The detectives mobilized on all fronts.
Investigating cold cases consumed the most manpower. In particular, these old cases with unclear objectives took a long time just to conduct interviews. Recollecting events from 8 years ago required time, confirmation needed corroborating evidence, and writing dozens of pages of notes might still miss the main points.
Conducting interviews was relatively easy; tracking down people could be more troublesome and difficult, as well as more time-consuming. Tackling such a murder case, who knows, several missing persons might even be located.
The criminal police officers from Qu'an County Bureau had no complaints, teamed up in pairs and hustled about their tasks, questioning individuals one by one, searching for people, and reexamining the materials from that year.
