Forensics

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, a forensic vehicle came from the city bureau.

Shen Junci took Qi Yi'an and drove the car directly into the yard.

After getting out of the car, two forensic doctors stood beside the manhole cover and knelt down to check the situation.

This is the sewer for workers to overhaul, and there are many pipes leading to the septic tank in the community.

The smell inside is mixed with the smell of corpses, but fortunately, it has passed the baptism of the giant view yesterday.Qi Yi'an actually felt that the taste was bearable.

The depth of the space below the sewer is about four meters, because it rained heavily a few days ago, there was some water in it, and the corpse was inside.

Shen Junci lowered his head and took out his rubber gloves.The five fingers of the glove were stuck together, and he blew into it, and the glove bulged like a balloon.He sealed the opening again, and when he pressed it with his hand, his fingers were stretched open.

He put it on skillfully, and said calmly, "Take pictures first, and then prepare to salvage."

Qi Yi'an picked up the camera and took a dozen photos, then began to prepare various tools and equipment, and took out the body bag.

Gu Yanchen came over and asked, "Did you bring the rope and the basket?"

The forensic department has a set of special equipment for salvaging corpses. It is solid and easy to use, and it is easy to remove the belt. Bureau D paid a lot of money before approving it.

This set of things can also be used for first aid, whether it is underground, crevices, or small mines.

Shen Junci: "I brought it, I'll go down and see the situation."

Gu Yanchen frowned, reached out and took his arm: "Let me go."

As far as Shen Junci's current situation is concerned, he almost wants to label him as a fragile item, how dare he let him do such a dangerous thing.

Shen Junci went to look for protective clothing: "No, you criminal police don't know how to operate, it may cause secondary damage to the corpse. You may also miss clues and information, and it will be difficult to solve the case at that time."

His tone was so natural that he seemed to have lost his memory of what happened yesterday.

"The well is quite deep." Gu Yanchen exerted force on his hand but did not let go. He lowered his voice and reminded Shen Junci, "There is only one set of devices. If you faint down the well, it will be troublesome to rescue again."

Shen Junci hesitated for a moment: "But in order to preserve the corpse, we still need a forensic doctor."

Gu Yanchen turned his head and looked aside: "Qi Yi'an, can you?"

Qi Yi'an had been making preparations just now, and he didn't know what the two leaders were arguing about. He was stunned for a moment when his name was called, and happily accepted this difficult task: "Okay, I'll go down and have a look."

Shen Junci reminded: "Did you forget your handshake meeting?"

Qi Yi'an was stunned for a moment, and then he became more determined: "It's okay, work is more important, I won't go to the handshake meeting if it's a big deal."

There was indeed no more suitable candidate than him at the scene, so Shen Junci called Qi Yi'an over and told him to go down and search for various essentials.

Qi Yi'an was a good boy, he nodded and wrote down while listening to him.Although he was about to give up the handshake meeting, he still learned his lesson and took the initiative to wear double gloves.

It was the first time he participated in the search for corpses and was entrusted with a heavy responsibility. He could no longer care about the disappointment of not being able to go to the handshake meeting.

Shen Junci helped Qi Yi'an put on the full-body protective clothing, and also put on rubber shoes on his feet. He was fully armed with a gas mask on his face, and he wore a lighting lamp on his forehead.

Gu Yanchen found a few criminal policemen to install the hanger and basket together, and then Qi Yi'an tied the safety belt and climbed down the handrail by himself.

There is a section of the hole that is a little narrow, and the inside is dark, with waste water more than ten centimeters deep below.

It's not spacious here. After Qi Yi'an got down, there was hardly any place to stand. He moved his body carefully, staggering a little distance from the corpse.

The underground is shady and the temperature is not enough, so there is no view of giants.

Qi Yi'an wore a gas mask, so he couldn't smell too much bad smell.There was not enough light inside, it was pitch black, and only the headlights could illuminate a small area in front of them.

Being alone in an unfamiliar and dark environment, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Shen Junci asked: "Is it the end?"

Qi Yi'an: "It's here." When he spoke, there was reverberation in his ears.

Shen Junci: "Is your breathing okay?"

Qi Yi'an: "No problem."

He raised his head and looked up at the hole, the hole above was bright.

Qi Yi'an said with emotion: "Master, I suddenly remembered a word."

Shen Junci: "What?"

Qi Yi'an spoke with an echo: "Sit in a well and watch the sky."

Shen Junci looked down at him sympathetically: "Do you mean to say that you are a frog?"

Qi Yi'an burst into tears, "Master, you pretend that I never said that."

When he didn't speak, the well fell silent all of a sudden.

Qi Yi'an waded through the water and took two steps forward. As he moved, his breathing became heavier. He finally came to the side of the corpse, and lowered his head to focus on the corpse in front of him.

Qi Yi'an first turned on the surveillance video on his body. This device is connected to Baimeng's computer, allowing the people above to see the real-time situation underground. Then he picked up the camera, turned on the night vision mode, and took a few photos.

With his hairstyle and clothes, he was sure that the person in front of him should be Song Ran.

There is no direct sunlight here, and it is much colder. Because the temperature is lower, the corpse is not severely decomposed. Compared with the two giants before, it is not so shocking. At best, it can only be regarded as an ordinary corpse. the scope of processing.

Just being alone with a carrion corpse in a dark and confined space is still a test of his heart.

Song Ran's body was obviously thrown in from above with the underarms in between. After so many days, the skin has turned grayish white, covered with a network of veins.His face was swollen and pale, his eyes were closed, his eyelashes drooped, and he was as quiet as if he was in a deep sleep.

The upper body of the corpse was wearing an old white T-shirt, which was stained dark red by blood, and the lower body was a pair of jeans, which also had a lot of messy blood stains on it.

The entire corpse was kneeling inside, and there were not many maggots, but the feet and knees had been soaked in the waste water, and they were obviously swollen, and there were still some signs of being bitten by rats on the body.

Qi Yi'an was working alone, but his heart still beat faster.He took the picture below, and carefully dragged the body.

The body was cold and heavy, like a large piece of dead flesh.Wearing a mask down the well will make people hypoxic. Qi Yi'an was so exhausted that he panted heavily before moving the corpse.

Shen Junci's voice came from above: "Is it going well? If hypoxia and dizziness occur, you must tell in advance, don't rush."

In the past, forensic doctors fainted when salvaging corpses. If the gas mask fell off, harmful gas might be inhaled. If you were unwell, you even needed to go to the hospital for emergency treatment.

It was precisely because of these concerns that Shen Junci did not insist on going down the well, but he still couldn't help worrying about Qi Yian's lack of experience.

"It's okay!" Qi Yi'an felt that he was breathing normally, but he was a little short of breath. He responded loudly to Shen Junci, and at the same time cheered himself up, "I can do it!"

He first checked the pockets and various parts of the corpse according to Shen Junci's instructions, and then tied the hands, feet and head of the corpse with plastic bags, in order to avoid losing important physical evidence during the upward movement.

Then he tied the armpits and groin of the corpse with ropes so that the corpse could be evenly stressed without damaging the bones and wounds of the corpse.

In the end, Qi Yi'an finally finished the work, and shook the rope: "It can be pulled."

The criminal police above use force, and there are pulleys on this simple device, which can save a lot of effort.

Not long after, the body was pulled up, and several police officers carried the body away, and laid it flat on a piece of plastic sheet that Shen Junci had already laid out.

The body was salvaged, but Qi Yian's work was not yet finished.

Shen Junci shouted down: "Look at what's underneath again?" Then he thought for a while, and then added, "Explore with your feet first, then touch with your hands, be careful not to get scratched by the weapon."

Qi Yi'an didn't have much experience, and many murderers would throw away the murder weapon when throwing away the corpse.If you are not careful, the underwater situation is unknown, and the staff are easily injured.

The sewage was like thick ink, and it was pitch black. Qi Yi'an carefully touched it with the searchlight above his head, and the monitoring was completely unclear.

Qi Yi'an's muffled voice came from down the well, "There seem to be bricks under the water."

After a while, Qi Yi'an said again, "I've confirmed, it's not bricks, but a few books, quite thick."

Shen Junci hurriedly asked the criminal police to put another small basket down.

It has been abandoned here for a long time, Qi Yi'an also found some old screws, small tree branches, and stones in the water, I don't know how they fell down.

After a while, Qi Yi'an's voice came from below: "I found the murder weapon!"

The murder weapon was also an important evidence, and Qi Yi'an was pulled up together with the small basket until it was confirmed that there was nothing useful below.

Shen Junci was not in a hurry to look at the corpse, and first helped Qi Yi'an take off his heavy protective clothing.

In a short period of time, Qi Yi'an felt that he had gone to the underworld for a while, and only now returned to the world.

Seeing that he was fine, Shen Jun resigned, "You did a good job."

After receiving Master's praise, Qi Yi'an suddenly felt more motivated.

Then Shen Junci and Gu Yanchen checked the things brought up from below.

As expected, the murder weapon was a serrated knife with a length of nearly [-] centimeters. The murderer could be said to be extremely vicious.

The knife has been soaked underwater for a long time, and it may not be possible to collect fingerprints on it.

Gu Yanchen said: "This knife is a controlled knife, go check and see if you can find the source."

Lu Ying nodded hurriedly, and recorded the shape and brand.

Others are a few books, including English books and some literary works, the thickest one is a dictionary.

Some books were wet by the water, and a few books fell on it, which was above the water and was dry.

Shen Junci opened one of the books with his gloves on, and saw a few sheets of paper stuck inside.

He handed it to Gu Yanchen.

Gu Yanchen looked down, and there was a letter on it.

The letter was written by Jin Yuewen to Song Ran.

"Song Ran:"

"Hello there!"

"The first time I met you was when I saw you wearing a security uniform and reading a book in the gazebo in the yard. I went to chat with you and learned that you wanted to go to school and offered to support you, but you rejected my offer. help."

"You said that you want to change your destiny by yourself. I saw in you a spirit that many people don't have, and it reminded me of my teenage years."

"I am also a child of a poor family. When I was a child, I lived in a village in the city and suffered a lot. At that time, I thought that if someone could help me, I would be able to avoid many detours and live a different life. Later, I relied on With my own strength, I finally slowly became rich."

"So later, I came up with the idea of ​​helping more people. I went to help those children who couldn't go to school, and families who returned to poverty due to illness, as if I helped myself back then. I don't ask them for anything in return, I just hope they In the future, I can give back to the society and help more people.”

"I have been reaching out to help all these years. By now, I am a little tired and I am getting weak. I am often anxious because I cannot help everyone."

"Some things happened recently, and I began to reflect on whether the help I gave was really what they needed? Did I really help the people who really should be helped? Did they really come to a dead end and must get my help? ?”

"It was your rejection that woke me up. Maybe I shouldn't change some people's lives."

"I am a kind person, but kindness should not be used in the wrong place. I need to learn to respect their fate. Also understand that not everyone deserves my help. Not everyone will be kind and grateful , I can save them for a while, but I can't save them forever."

"But I know these truths a bit too late. Some people are like greedy snakes. If I warm them in my arms, they will only be bitten by poisonous snakes."

"It was you who reminded me that there are always many poor people in this world, and there are still many people like you who are still working hard even in adversity."

"I heard that you are leaving. I only have these old books to give you. I wish you a bright future. I will also work hard to think about how to use my kindness in a more suitable place. I hope that every tomorrow will be better than today. Better."

"—Jin Yuewen"

The two were silent for a while after reading the letter.

Lu Ying also came over to look, then turned to look at the corpse beside him: "Song Ran... How old is it?"

Bai Meng looked at the file and said, "Nineteen, it's my 20th birthday this month."

"Fuck" Lu Ying cursed secretly, "I'm still a child, when I find the murderer, I really want to beat him up first."

This letter was not a key evidence, but it was passed among the criminal police, and finally handed over to the physical evidence side, and carefully kept.

By now, they figured it out.

That night, Song Ran went to Jin Yuewen's house to pick up books and bid farewell.He may have brushed shoulders with the killer.

Song Ran, who walked out of the villa not far away, heard the screams, turned back and met the murderer, he rushed forward without hesitation.Song Ran wanted to stop the murderer, but was also brutally killed by the murderer.

In order not to be discovered, the murderer stuffed his body into a nearby well cover, took away his mobile phone, took off his raincoat, and put it on himself, and the murderer threw those books into the hole together. Down.

The murderer only hid his body, but did not touch Jin Yuewen's body. One was afraid that Song Ran's surveillance would be suspected if he didn't go out, and the other was because he wanted to blame the little security guard.

If the police hadn't discovered this, they might have missed the opportunity to arrest him, and Song Ran's body would continue to rot here.

After sorting out all this, the whole scene fell silent for a while.

Qi Yi'an stood aside, his eye circles turned red, he whispered: "Why did the murderer meet him, it's so pitiful."

"There are many such things in this world. If you think it's unfair, try your best to change it. We can catch the murderer as soon as possible, which is the best consolation for the dead." Shen Junci coughed lightly at this point , "Let's start checking."

They knelt down to examine the body form.

Since it is an open-air operation, the smell is better, and it is not too unpleasant.

Qi Yi'an took out the survey form from the survey box, he squatted down, just in time to see the pair of sneakers that had been washed white, Song Ran's feet were soaked in the water, and the sneakers were swollen to the point of bursting.

Shen Junci untied the plastic bags that Qi Yian had put on before one by one.

Qi Yian was also busy.

Shen Junci asked him: "Are you afraid of going down the well?"

Qi Yi'an said: "It was a little bit at first, but then I got used to it, and now I'm not afraid of him anymore. He's a good man." He looked at the rotting corpse, "I'm not afraid of a good man. Even dead, rotten Good people are better than many bad people alive."

Shen Junci nodded in agreement, and said in a deep voice: "Name Song Ran, male, height 175cm, time of death was six nights ago, the body was soaked in rainwater, especially the feet, which were severely rotted. The knife was on the chest , a fatal knife, the hands of the corpse..."

When Shen Junci's corpse check reached his hand, he suddenly stopped.

He found that the left hand of the corpse was tightly clenched into a fist, which is rare.

Even after many days in the well, rotting, he did not let go of his hand.

Shen Junci's expression became serious.

After so many days, the rigor had already melted away.He carefully opened the corpse's hand, and in the pale palm that was already full of rot, there were a few short hairs.

Fortunately, Qi Yi'an was very careful during the salvage process, and these evidences did not fall.

Shen Junci picked up his hair with tweezers and observed it against the sunlight.

The length and color of the hair are different from Song Ran's. This hair can't be his, it's very likely the murderer's.If the hair follicles remain, the killer's DNA can be tested.

Qi Yi'an squatted aside and also became nervous.

Staring at it for a while, Shen Junci lowered his eyelashes and judged: "There are hair follicles, more than one, and they are not polluted. It is likely that they were pulled out from the murderer's head during the fight." He carefully used those hair follicles The evidence bag was stored separately, and he said with emotion, "It's really amazing to be able to endure until the end."

It was only after he said this that Qi Yi'an came to his senses.

Stabbed in the chest, it would be extremely painful and cause profuse bleeding.

The instinctive reaction of most people is to cover the wound with their hands, especially the left hand near the heart, but this rotting corpse did not do that.

At the last moment of his life, Song Ran clenched his fist tightly with his last consciousness, just to preserve this crucial evidence.

These little hairs escaped the murderer's eyes, and even after his death, they were not lost in the process of moving and taking off the raincoat.

Until now, it has been collected in the physical evidence box by the forensic doctor.

All of this is in the dark, like God's will.

Even though he was dead, Song Ran finally helped them identify the murderer.

Help them get closer to the real culprit step by step.

The direction of the investigation was adjusted, and the Special Criminal Division of the Penang City Bureau went all out to track down the murderer of the case.

Three bodies were dissected and the forensic doctor issued an autopsy report.

Summary of all evidence.

With round after round of investigations, visits, and repeated inspections of various materials.

On the fifth day after receiving the case, the Special Criminal Division finally locked down a suspect.

At the morning meeting, Deputy Director Dong of the Penang City Council in charge of criminal investigation announced the results of the investigation in front of the media.

"Ten nights ago, a vicious murder occurred in the Qinwangfu community in Penang City. Citizen Jin Mouwen, his father, and the former security guard Song of the community were killed one after another. Then three bodies were found by the police one after another. The perpetrator was frantic , The criminal method is extremely bad. Regarding this major murder case, the Penang City Council attaches great importance to it, and the police have conducted a multi-day investigation. At present, the evidence is convincing, and the suspect has been confirmed in this case.”

He showed a photo on the projection.

The person in the photo is a male, who looks very young, with a long thin face, pale complexion, and slender eyes.

Deputy Director Dong continued: "The suspect Zhao Mengan, male, 22 years old, was a dropout student at Penang University of Science and Technology. He was once funded by Jin Mouwen. His ID number:... Now the police released Wanted. We appeal to all walks of life and the general public to provide relevant clues, and if you find any relevant information, please call 110.”

Soon, clue calls about reporting Zhao Mengan kept coming in.

"I went to the same school as him in high school. He had good grades at that time. I didn't expect to do such a thing."

"This person is our college classmate, and his hands and feet were dirty when he was in college."

"He often skips classes and plays games in Internet cafes. He also spends money lavishly. Also, he seems to have made friends with people in the society, and he always says some strange things."

Gu Yanchen transferred people from the criminal police team to rule out invalid reports, and finally all the clues pointed to a dilapidated building near Chang'an Building.

"I've seen the person on the arrest warrant. He lives in Building 30 of Chang'an Building. When I was taking out the trash downstairs, I saw him smoking in the window."

"There is a woman in that family. What's her name? Yes, she seems to be called Xin Xiaomei. Different men always come to her family. Later, a man who looks like a little boy lives in. Maybe it's the person you are looking for."

"The woman hasn't gone out in the past few days. I don't know if she was also killed by him."

The police conducted an investigation and then closed the net.

Gu Yanchen figured out the situation, took a team of people fully armed, and set out to arrest them.

Several of their police officers from the Special Criminal Division needed to lead the team, and they followed different cars.Gu Yanchen got on the last car, and beside him sat a young policeman with short hair.

This car was intended to be arrested and transported. It was blocked from front to back. Two other police officers sat in the front, and there were only the two of them in the back compartment. The little policeman looked a little nervous, kept swallowing, and kept touching himself. A gun at the waist.

Gu Yanchen looked at him a little familiarly, and suddenly remembered where he had seen him before.

A few days ago, Bureau D asked him for a meeting to discuss. There have been a lot of cases recently, and they are considering adding staff to the Special Criminal Division. After sending internal emails, several resumes of young police officers took the initiative to send over, and this person is one of them.

Gu Yanchen still remembered his name, which was Yu Shen.

The resume is very positive, and the police school grades are also very good.

Gu Yanchen had heard Lu Ying talk about his family before, and he still had an impression.

Seeing him sitting next to him, Gu Yanchen asked, "Yu Shen?"

Yu Shen nodded nervously: "Hello, Captain Gu."

Gu Yanchen said: "How many arrests have been made?"

Yu Shen said, "The third time."

Gu Yanchen hummed. He was still a novice, so it was understandable to be nervous. The experienced Gu Dui advised the little policeman: "Don't be nervous, I'm here."

Yu Shen was stunned for a moment, and straightened his back: "I'm not nervous because of my actions, but because I was a little nervous when I saw Captain Gu." He paused and explained in a low voice, "It feels like attending an interview in advance."

Gu Yanchen picked out his files, but he hadn't reached the stage of interview yet.Hearing what Yu Shen said, he said, "It's good to have an interview in advance, which saves time."

There is no interview that provides more insight than a live arrest.

Gu Yanchen asked a routine and classic question: "Why do you want to be a policeman?"

Yu Shen didn't expect Gu Yanchen to actually ask here: "It's because of my family's affairs. My parents have been missing for more than ten years and have not been found. I think I have grown up myself, so why not try to find it by myself. You can also help more people."

Then Gu Yanchen asked him some police academy and professional questions. Generally speaking, he was quite satisfied with this child.

Gu Yanchen met many family members of the victims, and many of them were either devastated or became suspicious.In them, people can clearly feel a sense of distrust of others.

But Yu Shen looked sunny, and answered questions normally.

After chatting for a while, Gu Yanchen nodded slightly: "It's good that you can come out."

Yu Shen bowed his head and said frankly, "I was actually confused for a while."

At that time, his parents had been searched for many years, but there was no news. He was bullied and pointed at at school.He doubted the incompetence of the police, vented his emotions online, mixed with some dubious people, learned to smoke and drink, skipped exams, and even thought about degrading himself. He never thought that one day he would wear Put on this police uniform.

Gu Yanchen recalled that when he heard Lu Ying's story before, there seemed to be such a paragraph: "How did you get out?"

Yu Shen lowered his head and smiled: "Because I met a person, and when I met him, it was the saddest time for me. I felt that the surroundings were like a dark polar night, and I couldn't see anything when I was exhausted. Light. That person told me that alone is not enough, we must gather together like fireflies to have the power to break the darkness..."

Thinking of that person, Yu Shen felt a burst of warmth.

That person was the light that shone in the direction of his dark life.

Like the shining lights in the eternal night.

After hearing this, Gu Yanchen suddenly thought of Lin Xianglan.

He lowered his eyes: "I also had a mentor who taught me a lot."

Just talking here, the car passed a section of bad road, and stopped after a while of bumps.

They have already entered the Chang'an building area. There are many buildings here, but there is no complete community at all, let alone courtyard walls. There are all kinds of privately built attics in the air.

The yard is noisy with people.

As soon as the car window was opened, even the smell was very mixed, completely different from the perfume smell in those office buildings in the office area.

Gu Yanchen looked outside: "Here we are. Get out of the car and prepare to arrest."