Solving the case: Combining the police dog's olfactory genes at the beginning

Chapter 193: A huge case of body dismemberment and dumping (please subscribe and vote monthly)

Zhang Qiang's body was found, so Zhou Fan should be happy.

But Zhao Donglai obviously felt that his tone was a bit heavy, and with confusion, he immediately took everyone to the scene.

Zhang Qiang was salvaged about two kilometers downstream.

That area happened to belong to the edge of the city. There were no buildings and no people around it. Both sides of the river bank were wasteland.

At this time, a corpse was lying on the wasteland by the river. It was Zhang Qiang who had just been fished out of his hands.

It had been less than 24 hours since he fell into the water. Apart from the fact that his body was slightly swollen due to blisters, there had not been much change.

After arriving, Zhao Tian immediately brought the personnel of the technical squadron forward to prepare for a simple autopsy on him.

At this time, Zhao Donglai noticed two lights on the dark river.

In the faint light, two salvage boats can be seen.

"Zhang Qiang has been found. Let them call it a day and go back to rest."

Hearing this, Zhou Fan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Captain Zhao, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish the work yet."

"why?"

"You'd better come and take a look at these things first."

With that said, Zhou Fan took him two steps forward and pointed at a wet hiking backpack on the ground with his flashlight.

At this time, the zipper of the backpack was opened, but Zhao Donglai did not see clearly what was inside at first. He only saw a white sphere with some stick-like things around it.

He took another serious look and finally realized what was inside.

"Give me a pair of gloves!"

He shouted to Zhao Tian next to him, who quickly got a pair from the tool box and threw them to him.

After quickly putting on his gloves, Zhao Donglai went straight to it and completely opened the backpack. As he expected, a complete human skull appeared in front of him.

Next to the skull are several neatly cut bones of human arms and palms.

Everyone present, including Zhao Donglai, was shocked.

"Why is there still a skeleton here? Zhou Fan, where were these things found?"

"It's at the bottom of the river. Zhang Qiang was brought up with him just after he was salvaged."

Zhou Fan said, explaining the salvage situation at that time.

It turned out that they had been fishing from the upstream all the way down, but nothing had been fished out. It was not until the ship arrived at this position that the salvage hook finally responded after being lowered.

However, as Zhang Qiang was hooked up, there was this backpack.

At that time, the corpse's feet happened to be stuck in the bag of the backpack, and someone was using his body to support a large stone on the shoulder strap of the backpack.

Having been a criminal police officer for more than ten years, Zhou Fan sensitively sensed something was wrong out of professional habit.

Who would throw their backpack into the river and tie it with stones?
Out of curiosity, he immediately opened the backpack and took a look, and then discovered the human bones inside.

He immediately realized that this was probably another murder.

So while notifying Zhao Donglai, the salvage team continued to salvage the nearby waters in more detail.

"Captain Zhao, I just checked. There are only human heads and two human arm bones. I suspect that the remaining parts are still in the water."

"Your speculation makes sense."

Zhao Donglai nodded and glanced at the boats still working on the river with a heavy expression.

Depending on the degree of decay of the bones in the bag, it would take at least a year to form like this.

In other words, this is most likely a case from a year ago.

Generally, it is quite time-consuming and labor-intensive to investigate this kind of case. The key point is that it is very likely that the investigation will not be completed and it will eventually become an unsolved case...

At this moment, Zhao Tian came over.

"Team Zhao, we found the deceased's ID card in his jacket pocket, confirming that the deceased is indeed Zhang Qiang himself."

"After a preliminary autopsy, the deceased's body spots appeared slowly and unobtrusively, and there was sand and silt in his mouth and nose, which is consistent with general death from suffocation, which is what we call death by drowning."

"In addition, based on the degree of rigor mortis and edema on the deceased's body, the time of death of the deceased was probably around early morning, which is also consistent with the time when Zhang Qiang finally disappeared."

"Okay, I understand. You have his body taken back, and remember to extract his DNA and compare it with the blood stains in Lin Qi's fingernails. If it is determined to be the same person, the case will be closed."

After Zhao Dong finished speaking, he added, "Zhao Tian, ​​look at this again."

Zhao Tian was nearby just now and heard some of their conversation.

She was not surprised when she heard this. She immediately called a colleague, and the two of them squatted down and quickly conducted a simple inspection of the bones in the bag.

"The bones have been completely decomposed, and no muscle tissue can be seen. According to the decomposition chart of the body in the water, the deceased's death time was at least two years."

"The incisions on the broken bones are very smooth. They should have used professional cutting tools or tools such as bone chop knives. It can be determined that this is a very typical case of murder and dismemberment."

"The forehead of the skull is relatively steep, the brow bone is flat and not obvious, and the cheekbones are slender. It can be seen that this is a female skull. Judging from the degree of tooth wear, the deceased should be a young woman, aged between [-] and [-]. between."

After Zhao Tian analyzed the condition of the bones, she carefully picked up all the bones and put them into a bag that was laid out at the same time.A detailed search of the bag followed.

Unfortunately, nothing was found in the bag that could prove the identity of the other party.

At this time, a cry suddenly came from the river, "We hit something again!"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this and hurriedly gathered around the water.

The salvage boat slowly came closer, and the things they fished out finally appeared in front of everyone.

What they salvaged this time was a suitcase large enough to hold an adult man, and a large stone was tied to the suitcase.

Seeing this, Luo Fei suddenly had a bad feeling.

This suitcase would be a bit too big if it was only used to hold the deceased's remaining torso and legs.

Sure enough, as the box was opened, his suspicion was confirmed.

Unlike the previous pack of bones, this box already gave off a faint stench before it was even opened.

The moment it was opened, an even stronger stench instantly filled the place.

Everyone couldn't help holding their breath, holding their noses and taking two steps back. The more serious ones even almost vomited.

During the whole process, Zhao Tian and the team's forensic doctor Guo Hua were relatively calm.

After all, the two of them have been running the scene for so many years, and this level of smell is simply trivial to them.

However, when they saw the scene in the box, the two couldn't help but gasp.

The box was filled with human body parts piece by piece. After the rotten muscles were soaked in water, a lot of sticky and disgusting liquid seeped out. The hair on the two heads fell out everywhere, and the rotten faces faced everyone.

"Wow!"

This time more people vomited, and even the well-informed Zhao Donglai couldn't help but tilt his head to one side.

This time, Zhao Tian did not dare to conduct an autopsy casually anymore and quickly zipped up the suitcase. "Team Zhao, these things may need to be brought back to the technical room and processed before the autopsy can continue."

"Okay, then take it back quickly."

Zhao Donglai waved his hand and said to Zhou Fan, "Inform them to continue salvage. I suspect there may be bodies inside."

Zhou Fan had the same idea as him and immediately went over to negotiate.

At this moment, everyone also exploded.

"Three heads equals three lives!"

"And judging by the degree of decomposition of the body, we can't figure out when the deceased was killed, so this is probably a serial murder case!"

"He thinks this is a regular dumping point for corpses. Who is so crazy?"

"If it weren't for Zhang Qiang, I'm afraid we still wouldn't have discovered these corpses..."

Amid their discussion, another salvage boat quickly picked up a bag of corpses...

Finally, after a whole night of salvaging, they recovered a total of six bags.

Almost every bag contains parts of the human body.

The matter was serious, so Zhao Donglai immediately had all the pieces sent to the technical room, asking them to put all the pieces together in the shortest possible time to determine the number of victims.

After they returned to the police force, they held a meeting as soon as possible.

"Although Zhang Qiang is dead, judging from the clues we have so far, he is definitely the murderer of Lin Qi. So when we get down, Luo Fei, please write a case analysis report to me immediately."

"When Zhao Tian and others get the results of their DNA comparison, this case can be submitted."

After briefly talking about Zhang Qiang's case, Zhao Donglai immediately focused on the human tissues salvaged from the river.

"Now we need to focus on the broken corpses pulled out of the river. Liao Xingyu, you will later lead people to investigate the list of missing persons in Jiangzhou City in recent years, focusing especially on missing women."

"Li Jun, you will take people to visit the area where the crime occurred tomorrow to see if you can find any witnesses, and then copy back the surveillance of the surrounding road sections."

"Zhou Fan, find a group of professional divers tomorrow and dive into that water to see if there is anything missing in it."

After the meeting, it was probably past six in the morning.

Zhao Donglai asked everyone to go out to have some breakfast before continuing to work.

But he ended up sitting at the breakfast stall with no appetite at all.

"Luo Fei, what do you think of this case?"

"No, there are too few useful clues at the moment, and I have no clue."

"Hey, judging from the current situation, the number of victims this time must be quite large. This is already a very serious case... You think we are involved in this kind of thing."

This kind of case can easily cause great panic in society and put a lot of pressure on the investigators.

"Captain Zhao, don't worry. I think as long as the identity of the deceased can be confirmed in this case, we might be able to find clues to the murderer from this point on."

"And judging from the corpse in the suitcase picked up at the back, it shouldn't have been decomposing for too long, so it shouldn't be too difficult to determine the identity of the deceased."

"I hope so."

The two of them finished their breakfast quickly and went back to the police station to continue their work.

Around eight o'clock in the morning, Zhao Tian finally got the results.

"Team Zhao, through the splicing and restoration of the body parts, it can be determined that there are at least seven victims."

"However, some human body fragments are missing. Currently, only six corpses have been completely assembled. Two of them are completely skeletal, and one of them is missing two thighs."

"There is another one that is about to turn into a skeleton. The remaining four corpses show varying degrees of decay. One of them died about a month ago."

"In addition, the gender of these corpses are all young women. We have also checked all the tools used to contain the corpses, and we did not find anything in them that could prove identification information."

When Zhao Donglai heard that there were at least seven people killed, his heart skipped a beat.

This turned out to be more serious than he thought.

No, it seems that this matter must be reported to the superiors immediately.

"Zhao Tian, ​​please immediately try to reconstruct the faces of these corpses and take a DNA sample. This will make it easier to compare with the family members who identify the corpses in the future."

After Zhao Tian went down, Zhao Donglai immediately called Bureau Zheng.

"Director Zheng, when we were retrieving a suspect who committed suicide by jumping into the river yesterday, we accidentally discovered a backpack containing severed human limbs and heads."

"...After that, we let the ship continue to salvage, and several boxes and bags containing human tissue were recovered one after another. After the staff in the technical room worked overtime to confirm, it is now basically certain that there are more than seven victims."

When Zheng Changjun heard this, he immediately paid attention to it.

Generally, this kind of serial murder case involving more than two people is considered a serious criminal crime, let alone seven!

He hurriedly told Zhao Donglai to solve the case as soon as possible.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Donglai was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

If the leader says a word, the subordinates will break their legs.

It was easy for him to say that he was not even sure of the identity of the deceased, so where could he find the murderer.

After some slander, Zhao Donglai went to the second team's office.

"Liao Xingyu, how are you? Have you found any information on missing persons in recent years?"

"Without Team Zhao, we checked the records of missing persons reports received by the public case in recent years, and none of them matched the number."

"how can that be?"

Zhao Donglai was confused, "Have you checked carefully? Have all the local counties and villages verified it?"

"Everything has been verified. No... I was wondering if the deceased were all from other cities and were killed by the murderer before being dumped here by the murderer?"

"Your guess is not impossible. In this case, you should immediately send an investigation assistance notice to the police across the country and ask them to help check the list of people who have disappeared in this city in recent years."

"Okay, I'll go now."

Verification work like this usually takes some time.

While waiting, Zhao Tian also made progress.

Using facial recognition restoration technology, Zhao Tian finally succeeded in restoring the appearance of the other party on a slightly decomposed corpse.

After getting the restored photo, Zhao Donglai was so excited that he quickly asked Liao Xingyu to include the photo in the investigation notice.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, another good news came.

"Team Zhao, we just got a call from Huang Xushi. Two months ago, a 25-year-old masseur disappeared. She mysteriously disappeared on her way to get off work in the early morning of March 3."

"After her family called the police, the police immediately launched an investigation into her route to work, but did not find any clues."

(End of this chapter)