Yuehai City Public Security Bureau.mortuary.

"The time of death was between one and three in the morning. There were multiple circular depressions in the skull. The cause of death was a blunt instrument blow to the head, resulting in a comminuted skull fracture, brain contusion and laceration, and subdural hemorrhage."

Zhu Jiangjiang used a ruler to measure the size of the wounds on the skull one by one.

The victim was a young and delicate girl, but her head had already deformed and collapsed, her face was covered with black and red blood, and she was lifeless.

"There was no obvious tissue shrinkage and edema around the punctate burns on the abdomen and lacerations on the lower body, and there were very few blood scabs, all of which belonged to post-mortem injuries."

There were eight spot-like burns on the abdomen, and some soot-like things remained on them.

Zhu Jiangjiang brought tweezers and a blade, carefully swept the debris onto the glass slide, and put it into the evidence bag.

The long-dried white marks on the thighs and lower body were also sampled.

"The diameter of the twelve wounds on the head is about five to six centimeters, and the force points are concentrated. The murder weapon used by the murderer should be a hammer, which is inconsistent with the case ten years ago."

Although the mold of the murder weapon has not yet been made, the shape of the wound is very typical, and it is not difficult to deduce the type of murder weapon based on experience alone.

"That is to say, the murderer may be relatively thin." Shi Chong pondered.

This case was supposed to be an ordinary homicide, but the reason why the Yuehai City police invited the special investigation team over as soon as the case happened was because a similar case happened ten years ago.

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"The Zodiac Killer, whose real name is Fan Shuai, often sneaks into the homes of women living alone in the middle of the night, kills them and leaves smoke scars representing the constellations on the victim's abdomen. He once threatened to stop after killing twelve people."

Shi Chong posted Fan Shuai's photo on the whiteboard.

Fan Shuai, who is strong in stature, will hit the head hard to temporarily incapacitate the victim before committing the assault.

After he was done, he would repeatedly hit the victim's head hard, causing it to die completely, and then burned a unique constellation pattern on the victim's belly with a cigarette butt.

After killing the eighth victim, Fan Shuai, who was wanted throughout the city, was accidentally arrested because of a neighbor's report, and the death sentence was executed last year.

"The deceased yesterday had the ninth constellation Sagittarius on his abdomen, which matches the constellation of the deceased himself."

At the same time, it also means that this new killer has inherited Fan Shuai's career.

If nothing else, there will be at least three more victims.

"The scar on the victim's abdomen was left by a cigarette butt. This has never been disclosed in the media, so the suspect must have had close contact with Fan Shuai. Lin Zihan, how did your visit to the prison go?"

After listening to Shi Chong's words, Lin Zihan revealed a depressed expression, and revealed a large half-meter-long cardboard box.

"The prison guard said that only his relatives came to visit, but there are quite a few fans who sent him things."

There was a box full of letters sent to Fan Shuai by fans outside the prison, and it would take at least half a day to go through all of them.

"Different from Fan Shuai, the suspect used a hammer instead of a fist during the attack, and the assault also occurred after the victim's death. This shows that the suspect is most likely a thin and lacking in self-confidence."

Dr. Ye pushed his glasses and pointed to the date of the murder.

"Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of Fan Shuai's death. The suspect deliberately chose this time to commit the crime, and tried his best to reproduce the details of Fan Shuai's crime, which shows his blind admiration for Fan Shuai."

"People who lack collective identity are often prone to gain a strong sense of belonging in idol worship. Suspects should often be relatively withdrawn in life, out of tune with those around them, and even be excluded by others."

"Then how did the suspect get in touch with the victim?" Queen Bee frowned slightly.

The victim was a single woman, so she was naturally on guard, and there was no sign of the door lock being forcibly dismantled.

"Unless he's good looking, I really can't think of how someone who doesn't have good social skills managed to get into a victim's home."

"Captain, the lab report is out."

At this time, Zhu Jiangjiang hurried into the office holding the folder.

"In addition to soot, a thick white fiber was detected in the wound on the abdomen, which looked like paper scraps. There were sawdust and engine oil remaining in the tear wound on the lower body. I suspect that the murderer used something like a wooden stick."

The weirdest thing is that the DNA of the white residue came from Fan Shuai, a dead man who passed away for a whole year!

"I asked Lan Bo to check. Fan Shuai's wife submitted a document to the court a year and a half ago to apply for donating money, and it was approved."

While Zhu Jiangjiang was talking, Lan Bo had already sent the archived picture of the file to the group.

"Captain, Uncle Da and I should ask Fan Shuai's wife for questioning. I really don't want to read these letters anymore."

Before Shi Chong could speak, Lin Zihan hurriedly volunteered.

"These people seem to have feces in their heads, and they say they want to marry him, and it makes them want to vomit."

"Go ahead, by the way, contact Lan Bo to check the bank remittance records of all his close relatives before and after sperm donation."

When Shi Chong nodded, Lin Zihan immediately pulled Uncle Da to apply oil on the soles of his feet.

"Captain, does the victim have a cat at home?"

Zhu Jiangjiang recalled the dream he had on the plane, pretending to ask casually.

The answer was no, which undoubtedly confirmed Zhu Jiangjiang's doubts.

"This is strange, the victim did not have a cat, but during the autopsy I collected cat hair from the victim's sleeve."

The victim was wearing pajamas. How did she come into contact with cat hair when she didn't have a cat?
"The neighbor of the deceased once said that on the night of the incident, she seemed to hear a cat meowing." Queen Bee said.

"According to the investigation, the deceased was a very caring person. He often fed stray cats in the community after get off work, and would send rescued stray cats for sterilization from time to time."

"If the murderer used the deceased's sympathy for stray cats to commit the crime, he should have a good understanding of the deceased and must have observed it for a period of time before committing the crime. I will go with you and find out about the deceased's friends and colleagues."

Shi Chong handed over the task of screening letters to Dr. Ye and Zhu Jiangjiang, picked up his coat and turned to go out.

"Dr. Ye, look, this letter is a bit strange."

There were a lot of courtship letters and confession letters in the box, not without swearing, but Fan Shuai threw away the unsuitable ones, and all the letters that remained were letters from his fans.

Among these letters, a courtship letter written entirely in English is particularly special.

"It looks like an English poem, expressing the fiery love in a woman's heart." Dr. Ye picked up the letter paper and looked at it.

"It seems so on the surface, but there are so many ways to express love, why do you have to use English?" Zhu Jiangjiang always felt that something was wrong.

It’s true that Fan Shuai is a returnee, but the revival of ancient culture is popular nowadays. If you really want to appear reserved and affectionate, wouldn’t it be better to sing Guan Guan Jujiu?

"Analyzed from the perspective of graphology, the person who wrote this letter has a right-leaning, small font with unstable character spacing, downward lines, and soft strokes. It can be seen that he is introverted, likes to avoid failure, and longs for the approval of others. "

Dr. Ye pushed up his glasses and looked at it carefully.

"From this point of view, it is somewhat consistent with our criminal profile."

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