Criminal Investigation Files

At 09:30 in the evening, the Nancheng funeral parlor was still lit with faint white lights. There was a sense of coldness in this whiteness, and the whole room was several degrees lower than the outside.

The autopsy was completed. Lin Xiuran put his arms on the dissecting table, lowered his head and observed the half-rotten male corpse on the dissecting table with a dignified expression.

Obviously, the murderer did not want the victim to die easily. Before the victim died, he suffered a long period of torture. The surface of the corpse was covered with scars of various abuses. This time may last for a few days or even a week.The stomach contents of the corpse were empty, indicating that the victim had not eaten for a long time before death.

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, Song Wen and Fu Linjiang walked in from the door.

Song Wen's nose moved. In addition to the rancid smell, there was also a strong smell of blood in the room. In addition to these two smells, there was also a special smell in the air. It was a disgusting fishy smell, like A smell of evaporating liquid mixed with seawater, as if the whole room has become much more humid.

Lin Xiuran pointed to the male corpse on the dissection table, and introduced straight to the point: "The corpse was transported by the third team. The deceased's name was Zhang Peicai. He was 35 years old this year. He was an external investigative reporter from a self-media company. The official account of the deceased is quite well-known. The deceased is 1.7 meters tall, and the time of death can be preliminarily determined. It was three days ago.

"The land is sparsely populated, and there is no surveillance. It is estimated that it will be difficult to find the person who dumped the corpse." Song Wen said and looked at the autopsy table. The identity of the deceased was sensitive, and he understood why the case fell into his hands. , "From the current information, we can only confirm that the person throwing the corpse may have a means of transportation before transporting the corpse to that kind of place."

"According to the testimony of the scavengers who found the corpse, the corpse was not there last night. We can preliminarily determine the time when the corpse was thrown around this morning. The temperature has risen recently, and various insects have reached their active stage. The time is much faster than usual." Lin Xiuran made a simple explanation.

At this time, lying flat on the dissection table was the corpse of a young man. The flesh had begun to rot and gave off a strong stench. saw.

Under the white light, the corpse's eyes were slightly open. If there was any other difference, it would be that the white of the corpse's eyes revealed a reddish turbidity.Like when people get eye infections.The eyeballs turned completely red, and there were still red blood lines in them.Under the pale light, it seemed to have a pair of blood pupils.

Song Wen suddenly thought of the movie he had seen, and the zombies in it seemed to have such eyes.He looked down at the rotting corpse again, as if he would sit up at any moment.

The deceased was a young man, with slender and strong muscles, and his height was not low. Who subdued such a man and tortured him to death?

Lin Xiuran continued to introduce: "Zhang Peicai used to be a social investigative reporter. Later, he resigned from his position, but he did not stop social investigation. Later, he started to do news releases on the Internet. He did more famous series such as takeout. Visits to factories, and chaos in private kindergartens."

Fu Linjiang nodded: "I seem to have seen the secrets of the sanitation of a five-star hotel. Those workers used strong bleach cleaning agents, and threw the cleaned bedding directly on the ground. Whenever I think of it, I will I feel goosebumps all over my body.”

Song Wendao: "Don't be too nervous, we policemen can't afford to stay in a five-star hotel."

Fu Linjiang clutched his chest and said, "Thank you for your comfort, it makes sense, but why do I feel even more sad?"

There is no shortage of darkness in the world, and there are even many well-known gray areas. Many people have their own hidden secrets. Zhang Peicai's job is to expose these things, and he himself has long been in the gray area for money and popularity. Judge him as a purely good guy or a bad guy.

Some of his reports are true, while others exaggerate some facts.

If this kind of private investigation wants to make a fortune, it must either be a paparazzi star, or do such a sensational social news like Zhang Peicai.Along with a sensational piece of news, they often gain both fame and fortune.

Lin Xiuran continued: "Before the accident, the deceased told his relatives that he would go to investigate for a period of time, and the family did not care about his whereabouts. About a week ago, his younger brother could not contact him many times, so he reported The police were notified, because the relatives provided Zhang Peicai's specific characteristics and photos of the birthmark, so the source of the corpse could be determined so quickly this time."

Song Wen reached out for a pair of gloves and put them on familiarly, then looked down at the corpse: "Has the cause of death been determined?"

"It's confirmed, he died from excessive blood loss due to trauma." Lin Xiuran said.

"But it looks like there are many wounds on the corpse, and there is no obvious fatal trauma..." Fu Linjiang carefully observed the rotting corpse, most of the wounds were not fatal.

Lin Xiuran explained: "There are many scars everywhere on the body of the corpse. The torso, limbs, including the head. The murderer knows how to abuse others and can make the victim more painful."

"That is to say, the victim was slowly tortured to death by bloodletting." Fu Linjiang endured nausea while speaking, and bent down to observe the brain of the deceased. Song Wen followed suit. At this time, the skull of the corpse was sawed open and exposed The brains that came out were exposed to the air, and some of them were already rotten. The blood vessels in the dura mater were full, and there were blood stasis in several bleeding spots. The adult worms and flies had been collected, but some eggs and larvae still inevitably remained in the corpse.The whole brain becomes a worm's paradise, like a moth-eaten nest.

"This is..." Fu Linjiang found several white sacs on his brain, which were the size of rice flowers, and he reached out to touch them.

"Don't move!" Lin Xiuran said, stretched out his hand and used a pair of tweezers to break an egg-like white sac, and then put it on the dissecting table, some blood flowed out from the broken sac. It was a transparent liquid, and a white worm a few centimeters long wriggled out of it.

Song Wen finally knew what the smell he smelled before was the smell of maggots, a raw and fishy smell that was indescribable.Kind of like coming from an egg that's about to go bad.He looked down at the struggling worm and said, "Looking at the development of this worm, it doesn't look like it's been dead for three days."

Song Wen didn't do much research on this, but he also knew that forensic doctors often determine the time of death based on the condition of the insects, but looking at the current corpse, it seems that the insects will not develop until they have been dead for more than a week.

Lin Xiuran nodded: "The surface of the brain is swollen, and there are maggots in the coronal section. This person's brain is almost eaten away by worms." Then he tilted his head and explained, "After death, maggots will grow wildly according to the environment. As the saying goes Well, flies don't bite seamless eggs. Flies like to lay eggs in some moist places, such as wounds, mouth and nose, reproductive organs, etc. Now, although the corpse is rotting, according to the prompts of the insects, this person died on the head before he was alive. When injured, there should be bugs invading."

Seeing this scene, Song Wen stood up straight: "This means..."

Lin Xiuran calmly stated the cruel fact: "There are traces of iron nails on his head, leaving a circular wound on the skull. This is also a form of torture, that is to say, it is possible to The worms had laid their eggs in him while he was still alive. The decay and festering of the wounds caused the worms to proliferate."

Song Wendao: "It seems that the murderer is very experienced, like a veteran."

"Besides that," Lin Xiuran's expression remained fixed, "the deceased had some binding wounds on his hands and feet, and traces of adhesive tape on his mouth and nose. I suspect that he was imprisoned for a period of time before he was alive. When the deceased was found , in order to put it in the bag and fix the corpse, there are knots on his hands and feet, the knots are knitted in a special way, you can take a look later."

In many serial cases, the suspect will have a special binding method, which is also one of the important clues to lock the murderer later.

"What about his belongings? Is there a mobile phone or other documents with him?" Song Wen asked again.

Lin Xiuran shook his head and said: "No one knows what he was investigating and where he went during this time. When he was found, his body was only wearing simple clothes. We can use it as physical evidence, except for the rope on his hand. , is a big black bag used for dumping corpses."

"What about other clues? Didn't his family report him missing before?" Song Wen asked again.

Lin Xiuran thought for a while and said, "I heard a few words before, it seems that the brother of the deceased said that his brother told him when he left that he found a shocking news."

Song Wen frowned slightly after hearing this. Could it be more shocking than his previous revelations?Was this person murdered because he knew something?

After inspecting the corpse, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Lin Xiuran still needed to conduct further slice tests on the corpse and write the autopsy report. Song Wen said to Fu Linjiang: "Let's withdraw first, and start the investigation tomorrow." After he said this In a word, his eyes suddenly turned to the side, and a few packages were placed on the table in the corner of the funeral parlor.

"This is?" Song Wen frowned, that thing looked familiar.

Lin Xiuran raised his head and glanced: "Oh, Lu Siyu sent it here. He said that it was the goji berries and tea leaves that Zhang Dahai gave before, and you put my share with him. He just happens to be free today, so give it to me. I'll bring it over."

Song Wen frowned even tighter: "When did it happen?"

"Just now, as soon as he left, you came."

"You just let him go to the funeral home to deliver it?"

Lin Xiuran said: "He said he happened to be nearby. One minute after he made a phone call, he came over. Then he came over, left something and chatted for a few words before leaving." At this point, he finally felt from Song Wen's words that With some other meaning, he straightened up and asked, "Have you...been having a fight lately?" He thought about it before using such a word. Anyway, Fu Linjiang is not an outsider, he knows how much Song Wen cares about Lu Siyu, So I have no idea what the two of them are doing.

Song Wen asked: "Did he say anything else?" Based on the time, Lu Siyu probably came out of the police station and went to the funeral parlor. He drove all the way here and stopped the car, and then called Lin Xiuran.

Lin Xiuran pursed his lips for a moment, and made an expression of spreading his hands: "Say you won't let him reinstate, let me intercede for him. But after all, I'm from the Forensic Medicine Center, and I'm not his direct leader, so it's hard to say you guys Regarding the matter in the team, I comforted him a few words and let him go back."

Only then did Song Wen accept this explanation.But he couldn't figure out why Lu Siyu was so active.

The funeral parlor is a remote and gloomy place. When the two of them left the funeral parlor, the temperature outside was several degrees higher than the inside.After getting into the car, Fu Linjiang continued the topic just now: "I'm afraid this murderer is not simple."

"The murderer is hiding very well so far, leaving no trace." Song Wen started the car, "I guess this case is not so easy to solve."

"Hey, are you really going to reveal some information to Lu Siyu? I think his intuition and ideas are quite accurate sometimes." Fu Linjiang tentatively suggested.

"He won't ask you to intercede for him, right?" Song Wen still refused: "Let's check first and then talk. When he was not around, we still solved the same case?"

As long as it is a murder, from the moment the murderer makes up his mind, all actions are like dominoes that topple over. Every word he says, every thing he does, and even every step he takes may be affected by it. Change, this kind of change is very subtle, maybe he didn't even notice it.After every behavior, various traces will be left, as long as they can be reasonably connected through reasoning, you can find the answer you want.

There are no murderers who are smart enough, only hunters who are not smart enough and persistent enough.