chasing the dark

Chapter 152 Cause of Death
It will take time for the rigor to ease, and the autopsy will definitely not be done tonight.All that needs to be done now is to transport the body back to the bureau and put it in order.

The forensic doctor left, and the criminal police stayed and continued to work.

No clothing or anything that could identify the deceased was found at the scene, so they could only expand the search area, looking for suspicious items and traces throughout the building.

The light in the building was dim, and it was even darker to see anything clearly.Temporary lighting is not sufficient to sustain a search of the entire building, nor is it necessary.Ye Zhanzhou asked everyone to close the team and continue tomorrow.

The first team of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau spent the last day of the [-]th Golden Week near the Beijin International Building.

On the morning of the [-]th, the small conference room was full of people, not only the first team, but also the forensic doctor Shen Peiqi and Li Ji from the technical department.

After Li Haotian prepared the projection equipment, Li Ji took the lead in projecting a picture on the screen: "This is the state of the corpse at that time, everyone pay attention here."

A small red dot slid around on the ground near the body.

"It's been paved here and here, and we've extracted fine dust on the ground, which has been tested to contain polypropylene. So ... it's been covered with plastic sheeting. Because the concrete floor is not smooth, it leaves a residue."

"Look here again." He circled a few speckled things, "This is low-temperature wax, not only on the surface, but also dust attached to the inside, formed during the cooling process."

"Except for the fingerprints of the deceased, no one else was extracted at the scene."

"Let me talk about the footprints next." Two sets of shoe prints were switched on the screen, "Two sets of suspicious footprints were found on the spot, both in size 42. One of them was coconut shoes, but after comparison, it was counterfeit and not genuine. The other One set is a pair of Ebu casual leather shoes, which are new this year and cost around [-]. There are no coconut shoes in the footprints leaving the scene, only leather shoes.”

"Judging from the footprints, one of these two people is between 1.7 meters 1.7 and 72 meters 75 in height and weighs 1.8 to 1.8 kilograms. The other is 78 meters to [-] meters [-] in height and weighs about [-] kilograms. I asked Director Shen, and the latter fits the bill. The height and weight of the deceased."

"There is a certain difference between leather shoes entering the scene and leaving the scene. After comparison and calculation, we can draw a conclusion: people wearing coconut shoes leave in leather shoes."

Li Ji glanced around with questioning eyes: "I don't know if I made my statement clear?"

Ding Xuan smiled: "Didn't you just want to say that the murderer arrived at the scene wearing coconut shoes, and when he killed the person and left, he put on the leather shoes of the deceased?"

"Yes, that's what it means." Li Ji nodded, "Everyone's footprints have their own characteristics, even if they wear the same pair of shoes, there will be differences. When leather shoes enter the scene, the stride is larger, and when they leave, they are smaller , and the arch of the foot is clearer than when I came in."

"Flat feet?" Ye Zhanzhou asked.

"Yes, it's flat feet." Li Ji turned off the slideshow and removed the USB flash drive, "That's all we have so far. Teacher Wu will go to the scene later, and if there are other discoveries, I will notify you as soon as possible. "

A USB flash drive was replaced on the computer, and Shen Peiqi projected the autopsy report on the curtain.

"The deceased was between 28 and 30 years old, 1.8 meters tall, and weighed 76 kilograms. The time of death was between [-] o'clock on the night of the fifth day and one o'clock in the morning on the [-]th. The welt marks on the body of the deceased were caused by PVC whips. This kind of whip will not beat people to pieces, but it will leave traces when it is strong enough. The traces on the deceased are of different shades, and the deep ones are mostly caused after death."

As he said this, there was a gasp from below.

Someone murmured: "What a great hatred, even if you die, you will whip the corpse."

Shen Peiqi did not stop the discussion below, but switched a photo: "Let me talk about the cause of death."

A mugshot of the deceased appeared on the curtain.

This sudden change had too much impact on the vision, causing another gasp.

"The face was bruised, the face was swollen, and there were many blood spots on the skin and conjunctiva. After autopsy, there was congestion in the brain, and there were fractures in the thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage. The cause of death was clear-strangled."

The photo switches to a close-up of the neck of the deceased.

"The fibers extracted from the ditch have been tested to be nylon and polyurethane, which is what we usually call nylon and PU. Judging from the location of the extract, it is a PU belt with nylon inside that strangled the deceased. The width is about Two centimeters."

"You can refer to this style."

Another picture appeared on the screen, a collar.The outside is black leather with a layer of orange flannel inside.There is a belt buckle at the joint, which can be adjusted in size.

"There was nothing else in the deceased's intestines except glycerol. Although the body had been cleaned, wax oil was still detected. I don't think I need to explain, you should also know what he was doing before he died. However, this process did not not done."

Jing Hong asked: "Is it possible that it was a manslaughter?"

"I don't think so." Shen Peiqi gave a negative answer, "No matter how tight this kind of collar is, it will only produce a sense of suffocation. As I said just now, the deceased's thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage had fractures. In addition, after the death There is only one possibility—the murderer held the collar of the dead man's back with his hand and twisted it tightly."

"Did the murderer leave any traces?" Ye Zhanzhou asked.

Since the two had had close contact, it was inevitable that they would leave something on the deceased.

"As I said, the body of the deceased has been cleaned. However, I asked Xiaogu to continue the inspection, and I will tell you the results."

Ye Zhanzhou raised his hand, indicating that he could continue.

Shen Peiqi put her hands on the conference table and said: "There was a three-centimeter old scar on the lower right side of the deceased's abdomen, which was left by an appendectomy. He had a serious gastric ulcer, and it was very likely that he had irregular diet. The deceased I have the habit of wearing a ring, and there is a ring mark on my right index finger."

"Is there any special meaning?" Lao Yang didn't know much about this kind of thing, so he asked a question.

Li Haotian shook his finger at him: "The right index finger represents being single."

"Yes, the general saying is like this." Shen Peiqi nodded, "But we didn't find this ring on the deceased. We don't know if he took it off by himself or was taken away by the murderer. Another thing is that the deceased's right palm There are calluses at the root near the wrist, which are caused by frequent use of the computer mouse."

"IT guy?" Zhao Lei subconsciously looked at his right wrist. He has been playing games for the past few days during the holidays, wondering if he will also develop calluses here.

"This involves many fields." Shen Peiqi spread her hands, "Programmers, network administrators, and even designers are all possible."

He closed the file on the computer, indicating that he had finished what he had to say.

"What's going on recently, there are no-suspect cases one after another." Xiang Guangming sighed, "Should we have to issue a corpse search notice first?"

(End of this chapter)