While the manhunt is in progress

Chapter 740
Amidst laughter, Song He, Wu Xuerui and Zhou Kai started their day's work, and this time the case that required them to work together was a corpse case.

"Since Youxian County is under the jurisdiction of our Yucheng, naturally it can't be near the water tower." Song He restrained his joking expression, and said seriously: "They are coming anyway, so let's wait here."

"And taking advantage of the time before they come, let's get acquainted with the case..."

Four days ago, the police station in Youxian County, Yucheng City received a call from an old river fisherman, claiming that he caught a skeleton from the river.

After the police heard the news, they rushed to the scene immediately and found the old man who was still in shock. At the same time, he also confirmed that the skeleton caught by the old man was a human rib.

As a result, the police immediately sealed off the scene for salvage. After more than 40 hours of salvage, most of the remains of the deceased were finally recovered.

"After preliminary identification, these bones all come from a woman." Song He pointed to a photo on his desk, which showed a human-shaped skeleton that was pieced together but partially missing.

"Unfortunately, all the salvaged bones were larger ones, and some of the smaller ones were no longer found. The most frustrating thing for the police in Youxian County is that this remains is indeed the most important skull."

Wu Xuerui looked at the photo thoughtfully, but saw that the pieced together skeleton was completely missing from the neck up, and the broken part of the cervical vertebrae showed that the head of the female victim was not completely ossified and washed away by the river. , but was chopped down before the body was discarded.

"If you can't find the skull, you can't even restore the appearance." Wu Xuerui frowned and said, "In this way, we need to find another way to identify the identity of the deceased."

"So I asked them to count all the missing cases in You County." Song He nodded and said, "Because the equipment in their county is not as advanced as our center's equipment, so this time they plan to collect all the things related to the case. Send it over for inspection."

"At the same time, their main investigators will also come over and direct the investigation work remotely while waiting for the test results. What we have to do is to help them determine the identity of the deceased and the range of suspects as soon as possible."

Zhou Kai flipped through the case materials, and said in a deep voice, "It will be very difficult to achieve the two points you mentioned with only these materials."

"There is no other way." Song He pointed to the other two photos on the desk: "Fortunately, there is no evidence at all. Although the body was found without clothes, there were still these two things .”

In the two photos I saw, there was a knotted rope and an open woven bag filled with stones.

"One end of the rope is tied to the waist of the corpse." Song He explained: "The other end is tied to a woven bag, and the woven bag is full of stones."

"You mean the way to tie the knot?" Zhou Kai looked at the photo thoughtfully: "This way of knotting is indeed different from that used by normal people, but...why is it a bit awkward."

"This is a double knot and two single knots." Song He took out the rope he had prepared and demonstrated it on the table leg, saying, "The double knot is also called a clove knot, and some people call it a pig's trotter buckle. It is relatively extensive, and can be used in mountaineering, navigation, rock climbing and rescue.”

"However, this kind of knot has a disadvantage, that is, after it is tied, it is easy to slip if only one end is stressed."

While talking, Song He had already tied a double knot on the table leg. He held one of the two ends of the double knotted rope with his left hand, supported the table with his right hand, pulled hard with his left hand, and tied it to the table leg. The knot slipped away instantly.

"But if we add one or two single knots after tying it, I won't slip even if I break the table legs." Song He demonstrated again, but saw that this time the double-set knot and two single knots not only did not slip , even under Song He's force, it became tighter and tighter!

"Under normal circumstances, few people would use double knots." Song He untied the rope, pointed to the photo and said, "But in this case, the knot tied around the waist of the deceased and the knot tied on the woven bag , exactly the same double knot plus two single knots."

"And we can imagine that when the murderer tied a knot and dumped the body, he would definitely choose the knotting method he thought was the safest. So in this way, we can conclude that the murderer is a person who understands knots and often comes into contact with ropes."

After Song He finished speaking, Zhou Kai nodded thoughtfully. Wu Xuerui looked at the photo of the woven bag, and a clear light flashed in her eyes: "It seems that this woven bag is also useful."

"That's right, this woven bag is really interesting." Song He pointed to the photo and said, "When the murderer abandoned the corpse, he definitely wouldn't go to the street to sell or find a bag with stones, so this bag will only be his favorite. Easy to find."

"And when we look at the words on it, it says 'exterior wall putty powder', so it is obvious that this woven bag once contained exterior wall powder. Combined with these two knots to infer, then the murderer is most likely engaged in high-altitude construction workers."

Zhou Kai suddenly said with a strange expression, "It would be interesting if you could confirm the identity of the murderer one step ahead of time when the identity of the deceased is still uncertain."

"How is that possible." Song He shrugged helplessly under Wu Xuerui's expectant gaze: "Although You County is a county, its development in recent years has been good. With so many buildings built, the number of people engaged in high-altitude operations is not high. Small groups."

"Besides, their mobility is also very high. It is very likely that the person we are looking for is currently working thousands of miles away."

"Then what about the bones?" Zhou Kai opened his mouth and dragged the topic to the bones: "What do you think about this?"

"Female, 1.6 meters to 1.6 meters tall." Song He looked at the photos of the bones and said: "The cervical and lumbar spines are slightly distorted as a whole, and some vertebrae are deformed, which should be caused by long-term related work."

"So the job she was engaged in probably required her to bend down and lower her head for a long time. However, there are no traces of sitting for a long time on the bones, so it shows that she basically worked in a standing position."

"In this way, there is a high probability that she is a female worker on the assembly line, but now I can't be sure if she is a female worker in a factory near You County or even Yucheng just by observing."

"Because now I can only confirm that she is fully adult and has not yet entered old age. After all, it is impossible to determine her specific age with the naked eye, so determining her biological age and time of murder can only be left to the identification department."

Zhou Kai nodded and said: "A lot of things have been confirmed, at least I have an explanation to the police in You County."

While talking, the three of them suddenly heard the sound of a car coming from outside the window. They went to the window to look, and saw several police officers carrying a huge evidence box from a police car and entering the building of the case center.

"It's just right to come." Wu Xuerui smiled: "You can determine the approximate range of the deceased and the suspect just after entering, do you think they are happy?"

Zhou Kai glanced at Song He with a smile: "It's best to solve the case today, so that he doesn't have to spend the night in Yucheng."

"Brother Kai, are you thinking..." Song He rolled his eyes, suddenly paused in fear, and didn't dare to say any more.

(End of this chapter)