chasing the dark

Chapter 29 Discovery
"What the hell?" Xu Luoqiu's eyes twitched, "Old Duan took you there?"

"No, you go out first, I'll take a shower."

Half an hour later, Jiang Yu came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel.

Xu Luoqiu had already hidden all the things related to ducks, and even thoughtfully made a cup of Xiang Piaopiao.

"Baby, don't do this, I won't be able to hold it."

Jiang Yu was powerless to argue, took a change of clothes, and went into the bathroom again.

After she changed into her home clothes and told her story with a cup of hot milk tea, Xu Luoqiu was filled with righteous indignation: "It was intentional, it was definitely intentional, he just didn't want you to stay."

"But having said that, Jiang Xiaoyu, why do you have to go to the criminal police team?"

Jiang Yu: "I'm a criminal investigation major. If I don't go to the criminal police team, why don't I go to the neighborhood committee?"

Xu Luoqiu rolled his eyes and came over: "Isn't the hall not fragrant? The court, the procuratorate, which one is not good? No matter how bad it is, you can still practice law. What's so good about the criminal police team?"

"Little poor boy, let's not suffer that crime anymore, Miss Zhou will take you out to wander."

Jiang Yu slapped the dirty hands off his face: "You'd better go out less, and be careful not to be slapped on the beach by papers."

……

At 08:30 in the morning, Ye Zhanzhou drove the car into the gate of the Municipal Public Security Bureau on time, swung the rear of the car, and parked in the parking space on the side of the office building.

Just as she was about to get off the car, Jing Hong sent a photo in the work group.

The background was the inspection and appraisal center. Among the group of people, a slender figure stood out, which was Jiang Yu.

Ye Zhanzhou twirled his tongue on the back molars, and squinted his eyes.

After locking the car, he went straight to the backyard.Before I got to the place, I saw a lot of people gathered in groups of three and two in the open space in front of the inspection and appraisal center building.

"Brother Ye," Ding Xuan broke through the crowd and ran over, "We were originally notified according to the time slot, but who would have thought that they would all come this early in the morning."

"Why are there so many people here?" Ye Zhanzhou frowned.

"That's not all. Three of the twelve have been found, and this is the other nine. At least two or three of the family came, and the most came seven."

"Xiaojiang came up with an idea. Each family is limited to two people, and they are divided into three groups according to the family. One group looks at the relics, one group looks at the corpses, and the other group checks the characteristics of the deceased, and then recirculates. The family representatives have already entered, and now everyone outside I came with you."

The only thing left of the old man was the suit of clothes and a shoe on his body, which had already been collected in the evidence department. The body was placed in the freezer, and all the family members were shown were photos, which did not take too long.

As for the characteristics, it is easier to handle. Just ask the lost old man whether he has been injected with insulin for a long time, and whether he has had blood drawn recently can tell the difference.

Not long after, there were only two family members of the lost elderly left in the reception room.

Because the face of the corpse was so swollen that the original appearance could not be seen clearly, it was impossible to tell which one it was from the photos taken by the family members alone, so the identity of the deceased could only be determined through DNA.

……

The next morning, the DNA comparison results came out. Unexpectedly, the two DNA samples did not match the deceased.In other words, the deceased was not among the lost elderly, and his identity became a mystery.

"Make a report and apply for an autopsy." Ye Zhanzhou is no stranger to this situation, and directly ordered, "Notify all police stations and communities if any elderly people living alone who match the age and physical characteristics of the deceased have disappeared. Ask the endocrinology departments of each hospital Has any such patient visited the doctor recently? The special disease personnel of the medical insurance center will also check."

If there is no problem with the autopsy, this is not a vicious case.Publicly issue an identification notice to the public, and if no one claims it within the specified time, it can be treated as an unnamed corpse.

The whole team took action, making phone calls, visiting and checking.

Just after getting off work, Ye Zhanzhou received a call from Shen Peiqi: "Lao Ye, have you found the source of the corpse?"

"Not yet." Ye Zhanzhou glanced out, and there were only a few people in Ruoda's office.

"Guess what I found?" Shen Peiqi was probably on the speakerphone, and her words echoed.

Ye Zhanzhou lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth: "Little pig, let it go if you have something to say, I don't have time to play guessing games with you."

As he spoke, he leaned back on the chair and crossed his legs on the corner of the desk.If Qiao Mingshan saw this dude's appearance, he would definitely slap him on the back of the head.

"Damn it, you're really getting more and more irritable." Shen Peiqi cursed before she started talking about the business, "I detected a small amount of amphetamine in the body of the old man who fell into the water. Is it unexpected?"

"What? You can't make a mistake, right? You're still an addict at such an advanced age?" Ye Zhanzhou put his feet off the table. He had never studied medicine and hadn't studied chemistry in depth. I couldn't be more familiar with it.

"Not necessarily drug use, but at least recent use of drugs containing this ingredient."

"An old man in his 70s will have ADHD, or do he need to rely on drugs to lose weight?"

Amphetamine is a psychotropic drug that has a significant excitatory effect on the central nervous system and can be used clinically to treat ADHD in children.In addition, amphetamine affects the satiety center of the hypothalamus through the excitatory effect on the central nervous system, which reduces people's appetite.

"What else?" Ye Zhanzhou asked.

"The wound on the forehead was caused during his lifetime, you know that, right?"

"Well, then what?"

Shen Peiqi whispered something to the person next to her, and then said: "There is drowning and sediment in the respiratory tract, severe edema in the lungs, and diatoms were found in multiple organs. Do you need me to explain the rest?"

From these points, it is sufficient to determine that the deceased was alive when he fell into the water. No matter what caused the wound on the head, the cause of death was drowning.

"I see, you are busy first, and let me know any new discoveries."

Ye Zhanzhou hung up the phone and was about to call Ding Xuan when he suddenly remembered that he had gone to the medical insurance center and hadn't returned yet, so he closed his half-opened mouth again.

Every year, there are people who fall into the water due to various emergencies and drown. However, the deceased had injuries on his head and amphetamines were found in his body. Things are not that simple.

……

Ye Zhanzhou explained what Shen Peiqi told him at the case analysis meeting early in the morning, and then went on to say: "...I won't give you popular science about what amphetamine is. If you don't know, you can use Baidu."

A criminal policeman tentatively said, "A small amount of amphetamine won't cause any big problems, right?"

"You know that the elderly are keen to buy health care products, right?" Ye Zhanzhou said, "There was a case in another province last month. Health care products can become addictive."

"I know that," Ding Xuan continued, "When the case happened, many elderly people were already addicted. Some of them were over 80 years old, and the drug rehabilitation center would not accept them."

(End of this chapter)