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Chapter 8 The strange female corpse (1)
1. The crime scene

On the third day, the brigade arranged a larger search.The technical team, Xiaowu's No. 20 Squadron and No. [-] Squadron each selected a part of criminal police, together with police officers from the local police station, more than [-] people followed the mountain road and down the mountain to investigate the scene.Back at the scene where the body was found, the criminal police still found nothing on the hillside.The mountain road above the cliff has been washed by heavy rain for many days. Even if there were clues, there are no clues left now.However, a suspicious object was found on a protruding stone on the cliff above the place where the female body was found.If the suspicious object is identified as coming from the female corpse, it can be confirmed that the female corpse was thrown from the mountain, and the investigation work at the scene at the foot of the mountain can be completed.

At the case analysis meeting, some people thought that since the body was dumped in such a remote area, one of the victims may be a resident of a nearby village and town, and the other is that the murderer should be familiar with the terrain in this area, and may be a local resident or villager.Villages and towns near the crime scene are the primary targets of investigation, especially those who own private vehicles in nearby villages.

The 8 female corpse case task force was established, headed by team leader Jin Rusong.Since the place where the case occurred was under the jurisdiction of the Second Squadron, Xia Yan, the captain of the Second Squadron, was duty-bound to serve as the deputy team leader of the case.

Preliminary work plan: the technical team will continue to investigate the scene; the criminal police of the special case team and the local police station will visit the surrounding communities to collect information and look for potential witnesses; the information team will check the missing persons, issue a corpse search notice, issue a special case to the public security organs in each district, and notify the Hebei police to assist in the investigation The forensic doctor should take out the autopsy report as soon as possible to determine the cause of death and guide the next step of investigation.Since the preliminary autopsy found that the deceased was a drug addict, an anti-drug team was arranged to assist in the investigation of the change of drug addicts in the area.

Team leader Jin Rusong is actually just a name, and deputy team leader Xia Yan is the actual person in charge of the case.The No. [-] Squadron had fewer people in the first place, but recently there have been more cases and the manpower has become even tighter.

Xia Yan arranged for Lao Cui and Xiao Wu to be responsible for visiting and investigating the local missing persons.

The investigation work sounds simple, but actually requires a lot of manpower and time to lay the groundwork.With a case in such a remote place, the time wasted on the road every day is driving people crazy.Sometimes it's easy to make a plan, but it's hard to execute it.Especially for those households scattered among the mountains, it is very laborious to check.

It took only two days to work like this, and Lao Cui wanted to ask for leave, and he asked for a week. "Heaven will send a great responsibility to you - Xiao Wu, come on!" Old Cui simply explained the precautions to Xiao Wu, patted his butt, and returned to the city.Lao Cui's seniority is much higher than that of Xiao Wu, so Xiao Wu should listen to Lao Cui.Xiao Wu has no right to command other criminal police officers. The criminal police team is already understaffed. Everyone has a lot of work on their hands, and there is no way to spare manpower to help.

Xiao Wu had to run alone.No way, who called him a newcomer.Fortunately, there are local police station police to help.Even so, it took Xiao Wu and the local police five full days to visit the villages and towns near the incident.

After running around for a while, there have been no recent reports of vicious incidents or missing persons in the surrounding areas of Ligeda Village, where the incident occurred.No missing persons in close circumstances have been found online.

Since the crime scene is a long distance away from the populated area, the body should have been transported by motor vehicle.After checking, there is no monitoring probe on this mountain road, and there is no monitoring installed on the provincial and national highways.On the national highway, there are only probes at the junction with Hebei and far ahead. The passing vehicles are like crucian carp crossing the river. Finding a suspicious car that deviates from the main road is not as easy as finding a needle in a haystack.

The body was pulled to the forensic identification center of the sub-bureau. The preliminary autopsy showed that the deceased was a female, aged 31-33 years, 1.70 meters tall and weighing 48-50 kg.

According to the corrupt blood vessel network and giant view phenomenon in the corpse, as well as the weather, the time of death was about 4 to 5 days before the criminal police arrived at the scene.

The autopsy found that there were five types of wounds on the body (body surface) of the deceased: [-]. large abrasions on the body surface; [-]. skull and rib fractures; [-]. wounds caused by animal tears and insect bites; Cuts with sharp instruments; [-]. Small flaky abrasions were seen on the wrists and popliteal fossa of the limbs.

According to the examination of the traces found at the scene and the identification of the body tissue, it can be judged that the deceased was thrown from the mountain road.During the fall, he first collided with a protruding rock before falling off the cliff, and then rolled to the place where the body was found.

The scratches of the first scar and the fracture of the second scar were extracted from the soil and other substances at the scene of the crime, and the location of the scars coincided with the traces of falling and rolling at the scene.

The third kind of scar animal and insect bites occurred after falling off the cliff, and it is estimated that they were caused by wild rats, insects and shepherd's dogs in the local mountains.

The fourth kind of wounds are on the face and the fingers of both hands.The face of the deceased was criss-crossed and scratched by a sharp weapon, and the fingers and ten fingertips of both hands were cut off.

The fifth type of abrasions distributed on the wrists and popliteal fossa of the extremities seems to be caused by binding.After autopsy, the five types of scars occurred at different times.Sharp weapon injuries and binding injuries come first, fall injuries and abrasions caused by falls come second, and bite injuries come last.According to the identification of anatomical tissue trauma, the person had died before the body was dumped.The abrasions on the wrists and popliteal fossa of the limbs should be caused by the binding and pinching of the hands for carrying the corpse.The sharp weapon injury occurred before the corpse was thrown, and the time difference between the sharp weapon injury and the fall injury caused by the throwing of the corpse was within 12 to 16 hours.

However, none of the sharp weapon injuries to the face and fingers that occurred were fatal.Moreover, these sharp weapon injuries occurred 24 to 30 hours after the death of the deceased.

"Probably the process is that the woman died first, and after about a day, her face was cut and her fingerprints were removed, and then she was moved to another place, and after half a day, she was moved to a car or was moved to a car for another half day before being transported to the case. It was found on the road above the site, and then thrown off the cliff. It lay on the hillside for about three days, and was discovered by sheep herders, and we moved it back.”

Forensic doctor Zhao Zhuowen explained the preliminary autopsy results to the task force and answered questions. "The person died before pushing off the cliff? Is this certain?" "It is certain."

"The cause of death?" "This is still unclear, and we are still investigating. He was thrown from the cliff, and his internal organs were seriously damaged, and it is not clear where the fatal injury is. Since the deceased was a drug addict, he may have died of drug overdose. Further examination and analysis are required."

"You just said that the woman was dead before the body was dumped. The difference between the sharp weapon injury and the body dumping was about 12 to 16 hours. Then the murderer took 12 to 16 hours to move the body after the murder. The real place where the crime happened should be within 16 hours' drive. , right? In 12 to 16 hours, if you take the high speed, you can drive from Shanghai to Beijing." Someone analyzed.

"That's not necessarily true. Teacher Zhao said that the difference between the sharp weapon injury and the throwing of the body is 12 to 16 hours. The person died the day before the sharp weapon injury. Who knows where she died? If she died in the car, the car kept moving. It takes more than a day to drive from Hainan Island to Beijing."

"It takes more than 30 hours on the highway, and you can drive to Beijing from all over the country."

"After the murderer killed the man, he stayed in the car with the corpse for 24 hours, scratched the face of the corpse with a knife, and then drove to Beijing for half a day and lost it. Isn't it fun?"

"Drifting a dead body from Hainan Island or Harbin to Beijing with so many checkpoints on the highway is too mentally tough. No one would do that!"

"That's not necessarily true. Isn't there a case in Beijing where a courier was ordered to deliver the corpse to Inner Mongolia after the murder?!"

"That's a very rare situation. I also think that it is impossible to run too far with such a large body placed in the car. If it is cut into pieces, it will be different. The target is small, and it can be thrown all the way."

"Haven't I analyzed it before, and people who don't know the local terrain would know which place is suitable for dumping the body? Why didn't he dump it in Badaling or Yesanpo? I think it was done by people nearby."

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe it's just going off the road and throwing the corpse in a ravine..." After the discussion, most criminal police still prefer that the deceased was killed in Beijing or Hebei, which is closer to the crime scene. At the same time, the person throwing the corpse ( The murderer) should be someone who knows the local situation better.

Generally, when throwing corpses (whole corpses), the radius of [-] kilometers is almost the limit distance, and any further distance is not good for the murderer.Although [-] hours of high-speed driving is enough to drive from Shanghai to Beijing, there are very few such cases of dumping corpses in the records.

If you choose to take the national highway, although there is no toll on the national highway in Beijing, there are many tolls on national highways in other places, and there are many policemen along the way.It is too far to drive to Beijing from other places, and the security check is very strict when entering Beijing. The murderer has to consider the risk of being discovered on the road.

If the thrower is not a local, then he must have a good understanding of the topography of this area.The destination of the corpse thrower should be relatively clear. He would only turn the car here if he knew that there was a side road and a cliff that was inaccessible.Otherwise, because of the heavy traffic on Provincial Highway 320 to the south and National Highway 108 to the north of the corpse dumping location, and the densely populated areas near Provincial Highway 320, foreign corpse dumpers would not come to such places if they were randomly selected.

Because the place where the corpses were dumped is one step away from the border of Zhuozhou, Hebei, it is much closer than Fangshan, Beijing.There are many nearby villages and towns in Hebei, and the first scene of the case may be in Hebei, so the cooperation of the Hebei police is needed in the next step.

2. Corpse throwing case

So, the cause of death?Except for the above five wounds, no other wounds were found on the body of the deceased.No obvious abnormalities were found in the internal organs and tissues except for the rupture and crush injury caused by the fall from a high altitude, and no common poisons were found in the stomach contents.But in addition to the obvious wounds on the body of the deceased, needle holes were also found.There were scars from long-term injections, old needle holes and venous nodules in the groin of the deceased's thigh.Heroin and methamphetamine metabolites were found in the blood of the deceased.

In addition, the deceased had sex before death, and dead sperm were found in the perineum and vagina.Whether they belong to the same male still needs further DNA identification.

"Rape?" "No trace of violence was found, so it should not be rape, but a normal sexual act." Someone was eager to draw conclusions: "[-]% of drug addicts died from drug overdose."

"It's possible, but it can't be finalized yet." Forensic Zhao was not so impulsive, and he continued to explain, "Heroin metabolites were found in the blood, but the amount detected can only indicate that the deceased had injected heroin before death, and cannot Determine if she overdosed. The deceased was not a newcomer, but a deep addict. One gram of heroin is a huge amount for a first-time addict and would kill, but a deep addict It may be a normal amount. This varies from person to person.”

Squadron leader Xia Yan asked: "Is it more likely that he died from injecting drugs?" It is relatively large. The deceased was a drug addict. According to my experience, she probably died of organ failure and sudden death caused by drug abuse (overdose). But—” Zhao Zhuowen spread his hands and said frankly, “We The technical force of the sub-bureau lacks experience in the symptoms of damage to internal organs caused by drug abuse and overdose of prohibited drugs, and experts need to be further confirmed. In addition, the instruments of the technical department of the sub-bureau are relatively low-end, not accurate enough, and the chemical components that can be detected are also limited. As I said just now, in addition to heroin, there was methamphetamine in the body of the deceased. Maybe the deceased was also taking other drugs and drugs, and the combined effect may lead to death. We have sent samples to the Municipal Bureau for further pathological analysis."

Zhao Zhuowen explained that long-term heroin injection may lead to coma, respiratory depression, and sudden death from suffocation. However, if the sudden death lasts for a long time, it is difficult to distinguish it from other causes of sudden death during autopsy.What's more, when the female corpse was discovered, the internal tissues had already begun to rot, which made the autopsy even more difficult.

Xiao Wu didn't quite understand: "Didn't sudden death die immediately? How could it last for a long time?" The death is a sudden death; it is also possible that the deceased did not inject an overdose of drugs, but just injected heroin according to the usual amount. It may be that the injection speed is too fast or just due to the accumulated damage of drugs, respiratory failure occurred, but it lasted for a day before dying, which is also considered a sudden death. .According to my experience, the possibility of death due to drug abuse is very high, but I dare not guarantee it, and further pathological and poisoning analysis is needed.”

The technical department has taken the deceased's brain tissue, lungs, heart, pancreas, liver, kidney, spleen, adrenal gland, thymus, uterus and accessories for pathological examination, and taken the contents of the stomach, stomach wall tissue and brain blood and sent them to the Municipal Bureau's Identification Center for poison testing.

Xiao Wu thought of a question: "Since he didn't die instantly, with so many wounds on his face and hands, would he bleed too much and die?"

"I just said that some sudden deaths that lasted for a long time are a kind of sudden death. This case should not belong to this kind of situation." Zhao Zhuowen explained to Xiaowu, "From the fact that the neck, waist, abdomen and limbs of the deceased were not injured. Judging from the spots on the body found in the pressure part, she was probably lying on her stomach when she died. When the murderer cuts her face with a knife, he should turn her over. God, the blood can't flow anymore."

Zhao Zhuowen projected the autopsy photos one by one on the screen for everyone to see, the spots and tissue changes could be seen clearly.Xiao Wu felt that this method was much better than watching bloody and smelly corpses on the spot.

Xiao Wu asked: "Can you tell whether the deceased injected heroin himself or was injected by someone else?" Zhao Zhuowen asked: "Do you want to find out whether the deceased was injected with drugs by someone else (the murderer)?" Wu nodded.His question involved the nature of the case, was it intentional homicide or accidental death? "There are people who are forced to inject drugs to kill people, but there are no traces of violence from the dead bodies. It is also possible for drug users to inject drugs into each other—" Zhao Zhuowen shrugged, "A drug addict of this level, if it is serious, probably two or three I have to inject once an hour, and when the time comes, I will search for drugs all over the world, I don’t think anyone needs to force me.”

A criminal policeman commented: "You will find your own death, sooner or later." Another criminal policeman has doubts: "The corpses I have seen are either complete or dismembered. I have never seen an abandoned corpse body is Complete, just scratched the face and fingerprints, and stripped the dead body without leaving any traces, don’t you think these behaviors are suspicious?”

This is also the question Xiao Wu wants to ask.In Xiao Wu's mind, it's not a big deal to die a drug addict. Is it necessary to destroy the body?
Someone replied: "I used to have a case in which a man died suddenly while visiting a prostitute in a hair salon. The owner and lady of the hair salon cut the face of the client and threw the body. After being caught and interrogated, the boss said he was a regular client, and he was afraid that people would recognize him. The police came to the door and mutilated the body. But they only cut the face and didn't cut the fingers. This woman had sex before she died, maybe she was naked before she died. The body was exposed to rain and sun in the wild , Three or four days, it is normal for traces to be lost."

"People nowadays, who have read too many American dramas and mystery novels, know how to destroy evidence."

"A drug addict's head will be so clear?"

(End of this chapter)