chasing the dark

Chapter 32 No Diabetes

"It's over if you say that earlier."

Jing Hong's words were quickly echoed by other people. They only wanted to know the results of the autopsy, and didn't want to hear those obscure technical terms.

"Okay." Xiaogu nodded, and continued, "The autopsy of the deceased's head shows that the cerebellum is degenerated..."

Facing the eyes of everyone, Xiaogu quickly explained: "It is the atrophy of the cerebellum. The cerebellum is the central nervous system responsible for the balance and coordination of the human body. Its main function is to maintain the body's stability and coordinate voluntary movements."

"Cerebellar atrophy often occurs in the elderly, manifested as unsteady standing, abnormal gait, slurred pronunciation and memory loss, etc. The symptoms are related to the degree of the lesion, and it is easy to be ignored in the early stage. There are many causes of the lesion, such as genetics, inflammation, deficiency, etc. Hypoxic blood disease, drug poisoning, alcoholism, etc. may all be the etiology."

"Which one do you prefer?" Ye Zhanzhou put down the report in his hand.

Xiaogu pushed his glasses again: "It's hard to judge, it may be related to the age of the deceased. But judging from the fact that the deceased contained amphetamine, the possibility of drug poisoning cannot be ruled out."

"Based on your observations of the deceased's cerebellum, to what extent has his problem reached?" Ding Xuan asked, afraid that he might not be clear enough, and added, "That is to say, does this old man still walk and talk normally?"

"There may be some impact, but overall, it shouldn't be a big problem." Xiaogu replied.

"Can the needle in the abdomen determine what drug was injected?" Ye Zhanzhou asked.

"According to the autopsy, the deceased did not have diabetes, so it must not be insulin."

"Could it be amphetamines?"

"There is a possibility that the deceased had used amphetamines for at least three months."

Xiaogu paused for a moment and said, "Antithrombotic drugs can also be injected through the abdomen."

"What the hell is it?" Ding Xuan's brows were almost frowned.

"It's hard to say, it's all possible." Xiaogu smiled awkwardly, and changed the topic, "Judging from the contents of the deceased's stomach, the deceased did not eat for at least six hours before death."

"Six hours? Isn't that just starving to death?" Ding Xuan said, "Brother Ye, just now Xiaogu said that the time of death was from the night of the [-]th to the early morning of the [-]th. Does that mean that our investigation is in the right direction? ?”

Ye Zhanzhou didn't say much, just hummed, and then asked Xiaogu: "Is there anything else?"

"Basically that's all." Xiaogu spread his hands.

Ye Zhanzhou nodded: "Okay, then I will trouble you. If there is something I don't understand later, I will ask you again."

After Xiaogu left, he asked, "What do you think?"

A criminal policeman named Xiang Guangming said: "There is a blunt trauma to the head, so there is no doubt about the murder."

"It goes without saying." Ding Xuan snorted, "The murderer had an argument with the old man, and hit the head to cause the person to fall into the water. Or, after hitting the head, he threw the person into the river. The key issue is, drowning Did it take eight days for the death to come up? Could it be that the body floated down from upstream and has never been found. If so, it is difficult to determine where it fell into the water."

"The average floating time of drowned people is two days in summer and two weeks in winter. But this is only an average value, and there are too many uncertainties in reality. But what you said is always floating on the river, this possibility is not very big. From The place where the body was found is upstream, it is relatively remote, but it is not inaccessible. Besides, there are sanitation workers, and the section of the road that I am in charge of must be cleaned every day."

The name of the speaker was Miao Wei. He was about the same age as Xiang Guangming, and he was brought out by the same retired old criminal policeman. The relationship between the two has always been very good.Seeing that Ding Xuan took Xiang Guangming's words, Miao Wei immediately expressed his opinion.

"Have you brought back all the monitoring along the river?" Ye Zhanzhou asked.

He had asked people to retrieve all the surveillance cameras along the Fenghe River before, and kept them.

"I got it back, and I kept it all." Lao Yang said, "There are not many surveillance probes on the edge of the Feng River. Including the various intersections in that section, there are only fourteen in total."

When he said that there were not many surveillance cameras, everyone was relieved, but the last sentence of fourteen made people feel angry again.

Watching surveillance is something no one wants to do, and it's very boring without Feiyan.It often takes a long time to read the monitoring, but in the end it is nothing.

With fourteen surveillance cameras, you don't need to think about the workload.

Ye Zhanzhou said: "The flow of the Feng River is not urgent. Every spring, the upper reaches will open the gates to release water, but usually at the end of March. By June, the flow speed has almost returned to normal. The falling point is not too far from the place where the body was found. It should be in the section of Fengbei New District.”

Miao Wei: "Another point is that the deceased hadn't eaten for at least six hours. Assuming he was lost from a nursing home, it means that he has been out for a long time. Even if he walks, he can walk from any place in the urban area. To Fengbei."

"It's possible." Ye Zhanzhou nodded, "We can expand the scope of the investigation to all nursing homes in the city."

At this time, someone suggested that in nursing homes, there are no conditions for taking drugs. Is the direction of the investigation of nursing homes wrong?

"Nursing homes are not all closed." Jing Hong, who has been silent all this time, said, "I have a relative who lives in a nursing home in the south. The place is comparable to a five-star hotel, and not all the people living in it are disabled. Old man. If you want to go out, you just need to register."

"Isn't that the south you're talking about? Mingyang doesn't have a five-star nursing home."

"At least the conditions we have been there for the past few days are very average."

"I heard that Fengbei is building a retirement community. The publicity is quite high, but I don't know what it will actually be like."

"..."

Everyone was discussing, Ye Zhanzhou knocked on the table: "Hey! It's crooked."

After the meeting room fell silent, he went on to say: "In nursing homes, those elderly who can move freely and take care of themselves are generally not restricted from going out, but they are required to come back within the scheduled time. This is the case in a nursing home we went to before. Elderly people should register first when they go out, and keep their mobile phones unblocked at all times.”

"However, nursing homes will conduct regular physical examinations on the elderly in the hospital. If it is really drug abuse, it will not fail to find out." Xiang Guangming said.

His words aroused another discussion, and it was all in vain before someone sighed.

Ye Zhanzhou glanced at Jiang Yu who was sitting in the corner: "Just say what you want, our team doesn't have so many rules."

Jiang Yu sat up straight: "I think the deceased may not have taken drugs on his own initiative."

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

Ye Zhanzhou raised his chin, signaling her to continue.

(End of this chapter)