Forensics

After the inspection of the mummy's body form was completed, it was put into a black body bag, zipped up with a long zipper, and then transported to the city bureau.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Shen Junci had already entered the first autopsy room.

He and Qi Yi'an took out the corpse together, the mummy was very light, the two of them were enough.

Qi Yi'an put the body away and measured the weight: "It's only 27.3 catties."

Shen Junci was not surprised by this result: "After turning into a mummy, the human body will lose most of its weight."

The City Bureau was quiet at night, and only the hum of the exhaust equipment could be heard in the autopsy room.

After the basic measurement, Shen Junci first took a beaker, cut off the woman's index finger from the phalanx, and soaked the finger in the water.

The index finger fell into the beaker, slightly bubbling, and then changes visible to the naked eye, absorbing water.

After Shen Junci took care of his fingers, he turned around and faced the dissecting table.

Due to the lack of water, the female corpse's cheeks were sunken and sunken, and her teeth were protruding.The ribs on the lower chest are very obvious one by one, and her abdomen is deeply sunken, just like the inside of a boat, which is also called a navicular depression.

The scalpel cut under the neck and cut open the body of the female corpse.

The blade cut through the dry and cracked skin, making an ear-piercing sound, as if cutting a thick piece of leather.

It takes a lot more effort to cut open the body of a mummy than a fresh corpse. It took Shen Junci some effort to make the cut.

Unlike ordinary corpses that ooze corpse fluid and blood, the inside of a mummy is also dry.

The organs of the body can be seen in the abdominal cavity, and those organs have turned dark brown, and their volume has shrunk significantly.

After the two of them worked together to open the chest cavity, it was found that the lungs of the female corpse had almost turned black, and they were firmly attached to the back.

It can be seen that the same is true for the brain, the water in the corpse is completely sucked out, and the blood vessels are shriveled.

The whole corpse is like a flower that has withered and dried up.

Shen Junci concentrated all his attention and began various inspections...

Two hours later, at eleven o'clock in the evening.

Gu Yanchen finally finished the scene and returned to the Municipal Bureau.

After he archived the physical evidence, he immediately came to the forensic anatomy room next to him to check the situation.

Gu Yanchen's figure was straight and tall, and when he stood in the forensic room, it seemed that the roof was a little lower, giving people a sense of oppression.

Shen Junci was sewing up the corpse, and it was a bit difficult to sew up the dry and hard skin.

Gu Yanchen took the initiative to put on a mask and gloves and asked, "Has the blood sample been sent? What does the laboratory say?"

Qi Yi'an said: "Both blood samples have been sent over. Only the people on duty are in the laboratory. They said they have to wait in line. It will take two days to get the DNA results."

In the past, it took about a week to test DNA. Now that the Municipal Bureau's laboratory has the latest equipment, the time has been greatly advanced.The results can be produced within 3-6 hours at the earliest, but the laboratory is shared by several departments, and each criminal investigation team will also send some requests. Counting the queuing time, it usually takes 24 to 48 hours to complete.

Gu Yanchen said to Qi Yi'an, "Go and communicate, it's best to come out tomorrow."

Qi Yi'an took off his gloves: "Then... let me hurry back."

Seeing that the autopsy has been completed here, Gu Yanchen asked again: "Is the cause of death of the deceased determined?"

Shen Jun said: "The deceased had a blow wound on the back of the head. The cause of death was preliminarily judged to be high temperature and dehydration. Also, there was a birthmark on the deceased's foot, which can be used for identification."

Gu Yanchen turned his head and asked again: "Can the time of death be more specific?"

Shen Jun said: "I speculate that it was in midsummer a year ago, during the summer vacation from July to September."

If it is winter and the temperature is not enough, the corpse may decompose and it is difficult to form a mummified corpse.

Gu Yanchen continued to ask: "Is there anything else that can be determined?"

Shen Jun said: "I have performed a skull scan and tried to restore the face."

This is a newer technology.

The Municipal Bureau has a full set of [-]D modeling equipment, which can restore the appearance of the deceased to a great extent.

The mummy preserved the bones and muscles of the woman's head completely, and reverse restoration is not difficult.

Just as he was talking, the computer in the anatomy room beeped.

Shen Junci walked over and found that the head restoration had been completed, and the computer automatically gave a picture of the restoration based on the skull and muscles.

Shen Junci clicked with the mouse, and a beautiful woman appeared on the screen.

The girl looks like she is in her 20s, with shoulder-length hair, sweet and pretty.

Shen Junci made a series of fine-tuning according to the skeleton, hairstyle and facial features of the corpse.

He then entered the woman's height, weight, and attire when the body was found.

Soon, the software gave another full-face portrait, which looked like a standard photo.

Shen Junci printed the portrait and handed it to Gu Yanchen: "You can use it as a reference."

Gu Yanchen took the picture and thanked him.

Now with simulated images, they can help them identify the deceased more quickly.

Then Shen Junci showed Gu Yanchen the right index finger that had been cut off and soaked in water.

The head of the finger that has lost water is a thin claw. Shen Junci explained: "It takes about ten days for the fingerprint to be restored, and it needs to be completely soaked before imaging. If the restoration is not good, you need to inject paraffin."

When Qi Yi'an heard this, he felt that the information provided was almost complete, and if he was more detailed, he would have to wait for further inspection results.

Gu Yanchen continued to ask: "Doctor Shen, do you have any other information?"

Faced with the same corpse, different forensic doctors can obtain completely different information. Some people know more, while others discover less.

What can be deciphered from an unknown corpse?

The details contained above may be more stupid than most people guess.

Forensic anthropology summarizes and learns more about the dead from observation, measurement, statistics, and determination.

It's like a puzzle for forensics.

The test is not only the forensic experience, meticulousness, but also talent.

Shen Jun said: "Others have little to do with the case, and many of them are just my personal inferences, without theoretical basis, they will not be written in the forensic report."

Those discoveries are not even clues, and sometimes those tiny details can lead the police astray.

Gu Yanchen leaned against the table beside him: "Tell me, I will make a judgment based on the actual situation."

Shen Junci continued: "The deceased was about 25 years old when she died. She was from a good family when she was young, and her parents were somewhat conservative. From the details such as nails, hair, and body hair, it can be seen that she paid great attention to personal hygiene. Sex, with the hymen intact."

Speaking of this, Shen Junci walked up to the corpse and pointed it out to Gu Yanchen: "She has learned a lot of specialties, but it seems that she has given up halfway. From the bones of her back, ankles, and toes, it can be seen that she has been trained before her bones develop. Ballet dance training. The asymmetry of the clavicle on both sides shows that she once played the violin. In her hands, there are thin calluses left by the keys of the piano. In the throat, it can be seen that she has received professional vocal training."

Qi Yi'an followed the autopsy just now and didn't see the information at all. He hurried back to the corpse and observed it carefully again. Many details were indeed as Shen Junci said, but they couldn't be found without looking carefully.

Gu Yanchen said: "If you have trained all of these, then you should be from a good family background, knowledgeable and talented."

After talking here, Gu Yanchen had clearer information about the victim, and he finally got a satisfactory answer.

After everything was done, Shen Junci and Qi Yi'an went to put the corpse for storage.Gu Yanchen also helped them push the cart, and the three of them walked all the way to the freezer in the basement.

The temperature here was several degrees lower than upstairs, Qi Yi'an got the key card, and opened the freezer door, Gu Yanchen helped them put the corpse up together.

As the track pushed inward, the body of the female corpse gradually entered the refrigerator compartment.

Shen Junci went upstairs to change his clothes and came down, only to find that Gu Yanchen's car was parked downstairs.

Gu Yanchen honked the horn.

Shen Junci consciously opened the car door: "Are you off work too?"

Gu Yanchen said: "I'll check the rest tomorrow, sometimes haste makes waste."

Shen Junci got into the car, fastened his seat belt, and the car drove out of the city bureau slowly. The night outside was getting darker, and the signboards of many shops were darkened, only the street lights were still on.

Gu Yanchen drove forward, and when he reached a corner, he suddenly said, "I think the location of the crime this time is a little different."

Shen Junci raised his eyes to look at him: "How to say?"

Gu Yanchen said: "Playgrounds are usually places where parents and children often go when they are young. Most people will evoke good memories when they are fooled here...but the dead died here."

Tonight, he searched for the playground for a long time.

"Maybe it just happened to know that this place was abandoned." Shen Junci speculated softly, and then he moved his body a little uneasy, "Not everyone's playground memories are good."

Gu Yanchen asked sensitively, "What have you experienced?"

Shen Junci recalled it for a while, and turned his eyes to the car window, looking at the darkness.

"When I was walking through the playground today, something happened to me. When I was in kindergarten, once the school organized us to go to the amusement park. I remember it very clearly. One of the items was to ride a small train. There are two rows of seats, except for the driver and the staff, there are 24 seats in the back, and there are exactly 25 children in our class."

When Shen Junci said this, he paused for a moment before continuing: "I happily lined up, waiting to get on the little train. At that time, the teacher in the class suddenly called my name and pulled me aside. I had no idea what was going on, and watched the other children happily get on the little train, and then the train drove away."

Gu Yanchen was a little puzzled when he heard this: "Why didn't you let me go?"

Shen Jun said: "Probably I have to take a bye for a child, and I need to choose someone from among them. I didn't realize until then that I was not liked by that teacher."

Gu Yanchen said: "Your teacher should at least arrange you to be in another class, to go with other children."

Shen Junci looked out of the window and said calmly: "It's impossible for the whole class to wait for me alone. There will always be some byes in life, but I was still very young at that time."

Later that day, he played a lot of games, and it was his turn, but he never smiled happily again.

He was not the ugliest and most disobedient kid in the class, but he was left out because of this incident.He thought over and over whether he was too disobedient.Where did I make a mistake and angered the teacher.

This childhood incident caused him some self-doubt for a while.

When he is a little older, there are some similar times, if there are more people than there are vacancies, he will refuse by himself, so as to avoid the chance of being excluded by others.

Later, when he grew up, he realized.Sometimes disliking is the same as liking, and there is no reason for it.

In the world of adults, it's like missing a chance for a raise, or being left behind at a dinner party.It may also be uncomfortable, but it will not leave such a deep childhood shadow like when I was a child.

Because of this experience, in the past he didn't like to take the initiative to fight for others, he didn't like to get close to others, and he wouldn't try to please others in vain.

At that time, Lin Xianglan often said that he was stubborn, indifferent to others, arrogant, and he didn't even bother to pretend.

But Lin Xianglan didn't know that Lin Luo, who was obedient and enthusiastic about life, had long been left on the platform when he was a child.

After so many years, many childhood memories have been blurred, but until now, this scene seems to be imprinted in the soul.Sometimes he would still dream of that little train in his dreams, dreaming that he was standing on the platform, watching other children sitting in the car passing in front of him.

The car drove into the community quickly, and Gu Yanchen parked the car in the underground garage.

The two went upstairs together, and when they reached the door, Gu Yanchen said, "It doesn't matter if you missed the passing car, maybe, there is your special car waiting for you."

Shen Jun resigned: "Thank you."

He found that no matter when and where he was, Gu Yanchen could always warm his heart with a few words.

PUC, early morning.

Bai Meng checked the files of missing women in the city in the past two years last night, but found no similar missing persons in it.As soon as she arrived at the city bureau in the morning, she gave herself eye drops with two dark circles under her eyes.

Gu Yanchen had no choice but to start from other aspects. He collected all kinds of information, and the number on the fitness card was rubbed out. According to the number, the membership number of the female corpse was 1049.

There were already more than a thousand members a year ago, which indicated that this gym was likely to be a large fitness center.

So Lu Ying used a stupid method and took the two teams to check each gym.

When the No.13 gym was checked, the news finally came.

A year ago, there was a female member of this store who continued her yoga class for half a year, but then her mobile phone stopped working and she lost contact with her.

Lu Ying showed the restored pictures to the coaches in the gym, and several coaches said that they looked familiar.

Following the clues, according to the membership number 1049, they found out the mobile phone number used to register as a member.

The registered name is Xu Yapei, and the age and height can be verified.

Gu Yanchen imported the information returned by Lu Ying into the system, and quickly found her various information, ID number, mobile phone number, bank card...

"It should be her. The mobile phone and bank card have not been used for more than a year." Bai Meng looked at the photos in the system, "The photo of the ID card is basically the same as the restored picture."

It is difficult for people living in modern society not to use these life information for a year.

"Xu Yapei failed to graduate, entered a private kindergarten, worked as a kindergarten teacher, and left the job a year ago."

Piano and dancing also seem to be necessary skills for kindergarten teachers, which is also consistent with the results of the autopsy.

"I finally found it..." Bai Meng let out a long breath, stretched her waist, she came to Gu Yanchen's computer and compared the information.

Xu Yapei's mother is Tang Lu, 52 years old, widowed when she was 32, and she is a senior researcher at a research institute.

Xu Yapei also has a younger sister named Xu Ziyue, who is 23 years old and is still a graduate student at Bincheng University in this city.

Gu Yanchen posted the relevant information in the police work group, and he arranged: "Notify the family members to identify it."

Bai Meng called directly. She first called Tang Lu, but the other party didn't answer, so she called Xu Ziyue again.

The girl was a little surprised when she heard that it was the police who were asking about her sister Xu Yapei: "My sister? Did you find it?"

"It's best for your family members to come to the Municipal Bureau for confirmation soon." Bai Meng said tactfully.

Xu Ziyue was silent for a moment: "You found her body?"

Bai Meng said: "We are still not sure that the deceased is your sister, so I hope you will cooperate with our work."

Xu Ziyue on the phone hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "I want to discuss it with my mother. I'll tell you the specific time later..."

Listening to her on the phone, Gu Yanchen typed a line and handed it to Bai Meng.

Bai Meng looked sideways at the words on the note: "Your sister has been missing for more than a year?"

Xu Ziyue said: "We haven't seen her for a long time..."

Bai Meng continued to ask: "Then why didn't you and your mother call the police?"

Xu Ziyue hesitated for a moment and said: "Back then, my sister had a boyfriend. She had a big fight with her mother and then ran away from home. I thought she was hiding from us and being with that man..."

Gu Yanchen listened and wrote another line.

After seeing it, Bai Meng asked Xu Ziyue: "How is your relationship with your sister?"

"We grew up together when we were young. Later, when my sister went out to study, we were not seen very often." The girl's voice was crying, "Now I heard this news suddenly, I... I am completely blind..."

Bai Meng asked her again if she had the man's contact information, Xu Ziyue said that she didn't know, she asked the city bureau's phone number, and said that she would discuss it with Tang Lu.

After a while, Tang Lu called back and said that her daughter had told her about the situation and that she would go to the city bureau to identify the body at 01:30 in the afternoon.

After contacting the family members, Gu Yanchen watched Bai Meng sort out Xu Yapei's social relationship.

The schools Xu Yapei attended and the units he worked in were also listed one by one.

Gu Yanchen pondered for a moment: "I suspect that the murderer knew the victim and was close to him."

There were no traces of violation on the body, and no money was lost. It didn't look like a stranger's crime of passion.

"What would a young female preschool teacher be killed for? The person who killed her would be..." Lu Ying followed his train of thought, "A relative, a colleague, a boyfriend?"

"You should speed up your search, focusing on Xu Yapei's friends and colleagues." He paused and continued, "Also, from now on, monitor Xu Ziyue's and Tang Lu's related accounts."

The criminal police team was busy here, they quickly contacted Xu Yapei's previous work unit, and began to ask her colleagues, relatives and friends.

Those interviewed were quick to give them feedback.

Xu Yapei's disappearance happened to be during the summer vacation when she changed jobs. The old unit had left and the new unit had not been reported yet, so the kindergarten did not report to the police.

According to their feedback, Xu Yapei has a beautiful appearance, a lively and cheerful personality, and a strict family education. Many boys are pursuing her, but she has a mysterious boyfriend.

In the past, Xu Yapei had the behavior of not responding to messages suddenly, and would pop up again after a while, so after her disappearance, her family and friends didn't pay much attention.

Friends and former colleagues also don't know where she went.

As the investigation deepened, the police confirmed more and more that the deceased should be Xu Yapei, but there is still one missing family member for final confirmation.

Finding the identity of the deceased is an important step.

Gu Yanchen immediately felt relieved. After lunch, Deputy Director Dong bought watermelons for the entire criminal police team out of his own pocket. He bought a total of ten melons.

Gu Yanchen picked the one with the clearest lines, and went to the Special Criminal Division to divide it into two pieces. The one with the fleshy watermelon flesh looked bright red.

Bai Meng and Lu Ying came over and greeted Gu Yanchen: "Captain Gu, how much do you want to eat?"

Gu Yanchen waved his hands: "You guys eat, I will wait for the family members at the forensic doctor's side, and take them over to eat with them."

In the forensic office of the Special Criminal Division, only Qi Yi'an was rushing for the autopsy report, but Shen Junci was not here.

Seeing Gu Yanchen approaching, Qi Yi'an turned his head and said, "Captain Gu, my master is taking a nap, I'll wake him up if something happens."

Gu Yanchen waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I just came here to deliver a watermelon. You were very busy yesterday, so let him sleep."

Qi Yi'an looked at the time and said: "That's fine, he's about to wake up."

Gu Yanchen saw that there happened to be a refrigerator in the office, so he walked over to open the refrigerator door and prepared to put the watermelon in it.

As soon as the refrigerator door was opened, Gu Yanchen smelled a bloody smell, and then saw that the refrigerator was full.

Qi Yi'an suddenly thought of something, and jumped up from the computer: "Well, I'm sorry, Captain Gu, the refrigerator in the pathology room is full, so I borrowed our refrigerator for temporary use, and I will tidy it up."

Then Qi Yi'an came to the refrigerator, fiddling with various prepackaged brains, livers, kidneys, soft tissues...

Gu Yanchen held the watermelon, was silent for a moment, and then put the watermelon back on the table: "Isn't the refrigerator as big as the pathology department enough to store test materials? Do you have to occupy ours?"

A little has passed between them talking.

Shen Junci walked in from the outside, he saw Qi Yi'an cleaning the refrigerator, and saw Gu Yanchen standing aside, and the watermelon on the table, he understood most of it immediately.

Forensic Doctor Shen didn't care: "It doesn't matter, we usually leave this refrigerator empty."

Then Shen Junci greeted Qi Yi'an, "Don't clean up, come and eat watermelon. Gu, you haven't eaten yet, have you?"

Gu Yanchen suddenly felt that coming to the forensic department to eat watermelon might not be a good decision.He was a little afraid that they would pull out a scalpel and cut up the watermelon.

Fortunately, Qi Yi'an closed the refrigerator door, took out a fruit knife from the drawer, and ran outside to wash his hands and knife before returning to share the watermelon with them.

Half a watermelon is divided into nine slices, each slice is big.

There's nothing more satisfying than a sweet and sandy watermelon on a scorching afternoon.Qi Yi'an picked it up by himself and took a big bite: "This melon is quite sweet."

Shen Junci ate politely, and even put a tissue in his hand.

Gu Yanchen also picked up the melon and ate it. Compared to the other two, he ate it more boldly, and he ate a big piece in one bite.

Qi Yi'an put the trash can in the middle, ready for everyone to vomit seeds.

Gu Yanchen kicked them towards them with his foot: "I don't need this."

He usually doesn't spit out the seeds when he eats watermelon, and eats most of them together after swallowing.

Qi Yi'an persuaded him: "Captain Gu, this habit is not good. When I was a child, adults said that eating watermelon seeds would cause watermelon seedlings to grow in my stomach."

Gu Yanchen said: "Let's leave you to lie to your son."

Shen Junci nodded in agreement: "Yeah, eating a small amount of watermelon seeds won't hurt, usually it's just indigestion."

Seeing people supporting him, Gu Yanchen ate the watermelon more and more.

Then I heard Shen Junci say: "I remember the last time I dissected a corpse, you can still see intact watermelon seeds in the intestine. Also, if it falls into the appendix, it may cause appendicitis, and eating too much will cause intestinal obstruction. "

Gu Yanchen's movements suddenly stopped: "..."

The watermelon in my mouth is not sweet all of a sudden.He took a napkin from the side and silently spit out the watermelon seeds.

The author has something to say:

Gu Yanchen thought, it really wasn't a good decision to come to the forensic room to eat watermelon.