Advocate for the deceased

Chapter 81 Don't insult animals ([-])

Zhou Hai nodded firmly.

"Now."

Huang Zhongsheng thought about it and compromised, since everyone is here, just watch it!

I turned around and went to negotiate with the commander of this firefighting mission. At first, that person firmly disagreed, but seeing that Team Huang was so persistent, he hesitated for a long time and finally nodded.

"Yes, but I have to follow. After all, the scene after the burning of the top floor is not safe, and emergencies may occur at any time."

"no problem."

Zhou Hai took Fatty and Xiaoliang up, but the lunatic was ordered to stay because he was the only one who drank.

The three changed their clothes and carried the suitcases, followed the commander and walked upstairs. When they reached the fourth and a half floors, they felt the scorching heat. Although the fire had been completely extinguished, the residual heat from the previous burning here was amazing.

At a fire scene, especially a fire scene where firefighters have arrived, it has always been difficult to find physical evidence. The entry of water and firefighters has destroyed all the evidence on the surface, so seeing the dead at the first time may give you more information.

Zhou Hai took a deep breath, turned on his headlights, and entered the dilapidated entrance door.

On the left hand side of the south side is a bedroom. The door was smashed open by the fire axe, and the old-fashioned latch on the door frame still has a piece of the door frame on it. It seems that the two children escaped in this room.

When Zhou Hai walked into the room, there was an empty bucket rolling around on the floor, and there were quilts, tables and chairs at the door. It seemed that the two children were using quilts to block the gap in the door to save themselves.

There were only two straw mats on the wooden boards on an iron bed with bunk beds. Zhou Hai was incredulous to see such an object in this age. There was a cabinet by the window.

There were a lot of sheets and knitted fabrics scattered outside the cabinet, some of which had been torn, strips of cloth tied into knots, but not finished, the window was wide open, and there was a cotton rack on the metal shelf outside the window. The top of the quilt is wet.

Looking at the traces on it, it seems that the boy once lay on it, maybe the cry heard before was this child.

Zhou Hai stepped over the broken door and bumped into the broken door, causing a wooden window on the door frame to rippling.

Zhou Hai looked up, and it turned out that there was a ventilation window that could be pushed open towards the living room. Fortunately, it was in this direction of opening and closing. If it was opened and closed towards the room, the two children would not be safe.

On the right hand side of the north side, there is only one table and four chairs in the narrow living room, and there are piles of melted substances on the northernmost side. There is only half a wall separating this place from the kitchen, and the glass windows and window frames on the half wall have disappeared.

Fatty walked over to check, and Xiaoliang took pictures everywhere, and many glass fragments on the ground had been firmly adhered to the ground.

On the south side, next to the children's room, was another slightly larger room, the door of which had been knocked over, perhaps because it was left open.

So it was much more serious than the fire next door. The wardrobe and boxes in the room were tilted here and there, and it seemed that they were blown down by a high-pressure water gun. A wire mat was piled up on some ashes by the window.

Opposite Zhou Hai is the bathroom, the door has long since disappeared, presumably it was opened after the explosion.

Next to the bathroom is the kitchen. Zhou Hai walked towards the kitchen without pausing. There was not much water on the ground, because Team Huang said that the north balcony here was overturned by the gas tank, and the water in the room also flowed out from here.

As soon as they entered the kitchen, they saw two corpses leaning against the wall, sitting in a half squatting position, facing each other.

Looking at the surrounding burning state, you can easily tell that the kitchen is the fire point.

The corpse closest to Zhou Hai had a pile of melted shiny substances under his body. He knelt down and poked it with tweezers. All the substances had been integrated into a whole, but with the crisp 'click' sound, some particles still fell off. .

When Zhou Hai sandwiched them together, a sapphire-blue oval-shaped substance shone with brilliance. What is it?
"This is beads, the kind of hand-strung beads. There are many in the living room that should have been finished. It seems that the couple are doing odd jobs.

However, the income of this kind of work will be very low. It is possible for a woman to pass the time to do it at home. It is rare for a man to follow suit. "

Zhou Hai nodded, "Let's look at the corpse together!"

The place was a bit narrow, Zhou Hai squatted on the side of the dead man with his back facing him, the fat man took pictures, and Xiao Liang raised the lamp to illuminate it.

The deceased had no clothing attached to his body, his body was severely carbonized, his hands and feet were missing, and his fist-like [1] posture was obvious. His lower limbs had been fused and fixed with the substances in front of him. It seemed that the fire was very fierce and melted these substances in an instant.

Zhou Hai moved in front of the dead man on the north side. Although the man's head had been charred, it was hanging towards the radiator beside him. This posture was extremely strange, and it was not caused by burning.

It seems that before the fire, the deceased was in such an awkward posture.

Is it really not an accident?

Zhou Hai's hand paused for a while, then moved closer to the dead man, illuminating the head of the dead man. The dead man's back was probably facing the fire source, and his face was still in a small space formed by the corner of the wall and the heater, so the carbonization of the head was not serious.

Zhou Hai reached out to touch the eyes of the deceased, trying to use his thumb and forefinger to stretch the skin around the eyes of the deceased.

I tried it several times, but I didn't find any goose claw [2] folds around the eyes, the skin around the eyes was completely dark, and the eyelashes all disappeared.

The fat man looked at Zhou Hai from behind with a puzzled look on his face.

"Aren't these two dead people fighting fists?
Isn't this the characteristic of burns during life?
Do you still have any doubts? "

"Generally speaking, fistfighting is the distinguishing feature of burns during life, but if the fire is fierce, it can also cause contraction of high-temperature coagulated muscles.

These two people have been sitting in place, why?
We heard the explosion, and it took only 5 minutes for the rescue to arrive, and another 5 minutes for the ladder and water gun to be in place, a total of 10 minutes. The two adults were charred, but the two children were safe.

why?
Moreover, the female deceased did not have the conditioned reflex to close her eyelids at all, and she may have lost consciousness before the fire. "

The on-site knowledge that Zhou Hai narrated has completely overturned what Xiao Liang learned at school, but if you think about it following Zhou Hai's train of thought, it makes perfect sense.

Xiaoliang pushed his glasses and asked eagerly:
"Brother Hai, should I contact Captain Huang to transport the corpse now?"

Zhou Hai nodded, "Notify!
But if it was arson, then who lit it here? "

"It's not suicide, is it?"

"No, escape is an instinct. Even if the man on the opposite side ignites, he will turn around or hold his head, but he obviously remains sitting still."

Hearing this, Fatty no longer insisted on his accident theory.

Huang Zhongsheng received a call from Xiao Liang, ran up quickly, stood in the hall and yelled, "You know the cause of death so soon?"

Zhou Hai pulled off his mask and turned to look at him.

"No, but the deceased appeared to be unconscious before the fire, so we hope to return the body for an autopsy."

"lose consciousness?
Could it be gas leak poisoning? "

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　[1] Fighting fist shape: When the whole body is charred and charred, the muscles solidify and contract when exposed to high heat. Because the flexor muscles are more developed than the extensor muscles, the flexor muscles contract stronger than the extensor muscles. It is the defensive state in hand-to-hand competition, so it is called "boxing posture".The fist fighting posture can also be formed when the body is burned after death, so it cannot be used to distinguish between burning before death or burning the body after death.

　　[2] Goose claw shape: In the fire scene, due to the stimulation of smoke, the victim often closes his eyes reflexively for protection, thus forming a "goose claw" change in the outer corner of the eye that is not blackened by smoke, which is called outer corner wrinkle pleats.There were no soot and charcoal deposits in the cornea and conjunctival sac.At the same time, due to the closed eyes, only the tip of the eyelashes is burnt, which is called eyelash syndrome.These manifestations are all signs of burning to death during lifetime.

　　
　
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