Serious Crime Unit 1

Chapter 222 Death Mentor (14)
Guichou Cliff is divided into two sections. From top to bottom, there is a vertical cliff of about 140 meters, and then there is a gentle slope of about 20 meters, followed by another 40-meter cliff, and then the hillside.It is almost impossible to climb from the bottom to the top of the cliff, unless you hang down from the top of the cliff with a rope.

However, there happens to be a tenacious climber who wants to challenge Guichou Cliff. His name is Wang Qiang, and he is the secretary-general of the Municipal Mountaineering Association.He once climbed Mount Everest with his teammates. Although they climbed Mount Everest from the south slope, he was very proud because it was the most glorious achievement in his life.

Wang Qiang brought his climbing equipment to the bottom of Guichou Cliff alone this afternoon and started climbing.An hour later, we climbed up the gentle slope of Guichou Cliff. There were bushes over one meter high on the gentle slope, with the tallest bush reaching two meters. There were small flowing springs on the cliff that nourished the bushes, making them grow dense and green.

Wang Qiang sat down to rest and took out a kettle to drink water. After drinking the water, he looked around habitually and suddenly found a piece of grass growing particularly vigorously in front of him. He had climbed many mountains and had a deep understanding of plants.He walked over and tried to plow open the grass to take a look, but found a corpse. No, it should be called a skeleton to be more precise, because the human muscles could no longer be seen.

He was shocked. Cremation has been practiced in Yangtze City for more than 30 years. There could be no skeletons in the cliff, unless the deceased fell off the cliff and died. But, was the deceased a homicide or a suicide?This must be clarified, after all, human life is at stake.So he took out his cell phone and called the police.

Jiang Yiming led the crime team to the scene, conducted an investigation, and asked Wang Qiang how he discovered the skeleton.

After Luo Jin conducted a preliminary examination of the skeleton, he said to Jiang Yiming: "Captain Jiang, judging from the shape of the teeth and pubic symphysis, the deceased was a female, about 19 to 21 years old. She was about 1.63 meters tall." The pubic symphysis and The physiological age of the human body is highly correlated, and forensic doctors who often see the pubic symphysis can determine the approximate age with a simple glance.But to be precise, calculations must be made.

"Can you tell how she died?"

"The deceased suffered multiple fractures such as the radius, fibula, cervical vertebrae, and parietal bones. These fractures should have been caused at one time, and it can be determined that the deceased fell to death from a height."

"Would the deceased be hit with a hard object first and then thrown off the cliff?"

"The deceased's fatal injury should be a parietal fracture. Judging from the fracture line, it was caused at one time. If the fracture was caused by multiple blows, the radiation should have several center points, and the fracture lines radiating from these center points would be The phenomenon of mutual truncation. Therefore, we can rule out the possibility that the deceased was hit hard by a hard object and then thrown off the cliff."

"Can you determine the approximate time of death?"

"Taking into account the city's climate, temperature, and degree of decomposition caused by temperature on the body, the time of death is approximately one year ago, and the error will not exceed two months."

The crime team had nothing from the scene to identify the deceased, and there was not a single piece of clothing on the deceased.

Jiang Yiming looked up at the high cliff and thought: Did the deceased commit suicide or homicide?If it was suicide, why did she go through so much trouble to come so far away?Just find a tall building in the city and jump off, and you'll be done with it.If it was a homicide, why would the murderer travel so far away to dump the body?There is only a winding and steep mountain road next to Guichou Cliff that can be climbed up. Without the cooperation of others, it is impossible to transport the body to the cliff and discard it.

Could it be that the deceased came to the top of the cliff with the murderer and was pushed down the cliff by the murderer?

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Because it was getting very late and the on-site investigation was almost complete, Jiang Yiming ordered the team to close.The next day, Jiang Yiming thought that he should go to the cliff to investigate, maybe he would gain something.

Wu Jiang felt that even if there were traces left on the cliff, they had already been destroyed by man or wind and rain. However, he followed Jiang Yiming's suggestion and took Zhou Ting to Guichou Cliff, opened the tool box and began to investigate.

Zhou Ting stood on the edge of the cliff and looked far away, and saw layers of mountains stretching into the distance. The warm morning sun shone on the dark blue top of the mountain, glowing softly.The Yangtze River City lies quietly at the foot of the distant mountains. The fields nearby are golden, and the rice fields set off golden waves in the wind, which is a spectacular sight.

A gust of wind blew through the treetops, accompanied by the sweet singing of birds, blowing away Zhou Ting's coat and hair, making his skin itchy. Due to the heavy and busy criminal investigation work, he had not been close to nature for a long time. At this time, the face in front of him Facing the blue sky, green mountains, gentle breeze, and beautiful scenery, he felt like he wanted to fly... He couldn't help but say: "This is really a holy place for suicide."

"Suicide Holy Land? Do you think someone would choose this place to commit suicide?"

"Yes, there are suicide resorts in every country. People who want to end their painful lives usually choose places with beautiful scenery to commit suicide. This is a comfort to the soul of the deceased. For example, Aokigahara in Mount Fuji, Japan, is a holy place for suicide."

"I am a native of the Yangtze River and have lived for 45 years. I have never heard that Guichou Cliff is a holy place for suicide."

"Maybe no one was discovered, right? In short, if I wanted to commit suicide, I would definitely choose here. This is much better than jumping off the building. First, no one will be discovered, so the pain of the family will not be so intense; second, the beautiful scenery , suitable for the traditional Chinese thinking of burying bones and leaving mountains behind.”

"So, do you think the deceased chose this place to commit suicide?"

"I don't dare to draw this conclusion, but as soon as I stood on the top of the cliff, I felt the urge to spread my wings and fly."

"Zhou Ting, have you been brainwashed by someone and you actually have suicidal thoughts?"

Zhou Ting was stunned for a moment: "No, Brother Ang, you misunderstood. I don't have any suicidal thoughts. I am an optimist. Even if the sky is going to fall in the next second, I will still laugh in the last second."

"That's good, give up that desire to fly and get to work!"

"Yes!" Zhou Ting took his steps back and began to carefully search for traces on the ground.They extracted a lot of shoe prints, but they were all old and blurry, at least six months old, and of little value.There were many shoe prints of birds and animals at the scene, especially those of hares.A half-rotted milk tea cup was recovered at the scene. The outer packaging had been completely eroded by wind and rain. It was unknown what brand it was.

After the survey was completed, they drove back to the team and reported the survey results and situation to Jiang Yiming.Jiang Yiming felt that they had gained a lot, because the shoe prints extracted were those of two different women. If the deceased was pushed off the cliff, then the murderer must be a woman.

Although there are no fingerprints on the milk tea cup, you can tell where it comes from and what brand it is from the appearance, which has reference value.

Members of the crime team held a case analysis meeting. Zhou Ting and Lu Yingying believed that the deceased should have committed suicide, while Wu Jiang and Xiaoke tended to commit suicide.Jiang Yiming agreed with Zhou Ting's opinion.

At this time, Luo Jin came in. He handed the DNA map of the deceased to Jiang Yiming and said: "Captain Jiang, I extracted the test materials from the dental pulp of the deceased and conducted DNA testing. After the results were obtained, they were listed in the DNA database of missing persons. We conducted a comparison and found that the deceased was Cheng Qian who disappeared in mid-December 2013."

"Luo Jin, you are so flattering. You found the source of the body so quickly. This is the fastest time in the history of our No. 1 Major Crime Team." Jiang Yiming praised.

"It's not that I'm great, it's that we are so lucky."

"Do you have any information about the deceased?"

"Yes, her name is Cheng Qian. She was 22 years old when she disappeared. She was from this city and studied psychology at the Provincial Medical College. Her father's name is Cheng Jie and her mother's name is Jiang Huan. They reported to Jiangbei 24 hours after Cheng Qian lost contact. The district bureau reported the case, and a week later, the Jiangbei bureau went to Cheng Jie’s home to find Cheng Qian’s test materials and entered her DNA data into the database, so we quickly found the source of the body.”

"Luo Jin, do you think Cheng Qian committed suicide or was murdered?"

"Judging from her fracture wounds, I think she committed suicide."

Jiang Yiming lowered his head and thought for a while and said: "Let's not jump to conclusions prematurely. We must find Cheng Qian's parents and see what they say before making a decision... Lao Wu and Xiao Ke went to find Cheng Qian's parents."

Wu Jiang and Xiaoke arrived at Chengjie's home. After the doorbell rang, a middle-aged man opened the door. A strong smell of alcohol came out of his mouth: "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"

"Are you Chengjie?" Wu Jiang found it strange that few people got drunk early in the morning.

"I...yes, I am Chengjie."

"We are from the city's criminal police team, and we found your daughter——"

"My daughter? Where is she? I'm going to see her soon!" His eyes were shining with hope. He seemed to have woken up from the wine, and he held Wu Jiang's hand tightly and asked.

"It's a pity that your daughter is no longer here."

"What do you mean?"

"She...went to...heaven..." Wu Jiang was afraid that he couldn't bear the blow and would faint, so he held Chengjie's hand tightly. He had seen many relatives faint when they saw the corpse of the deceased.

Chengjie was stunned for a moment and asked after a long time: "How do you know the deceased is my daughter?"

"We confirmed through DNA database comparison that the deceased is your daughter Cheng Qian."

"Oh my God, how could this happen? My daughter, your mother and I look forward to your coming home every day. We always think that you will play hide and seek with us, and after the joke is over, you will suddenly come home one day..." Chengjie burst into tears. This heartbreaking pain is indescribable.

Wu Jiang helped him sit down on the sofa, poured a cup of hot water from the water dispenser, and asked him to drink it slowly. After he calmed down a little, he said, "Your daughter may encounter something unpleasant, and then go to Guichou." Go and commit suicide."

"Suicide? No! My daughter will never commit suicide, she must have been murdered!" he suddenly shouted.

Wu Jiang was afraid that he would lose control of his emotions, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "What reason do you have to say that she won't commit suicide?"

(End of this chapter)