Chapter 2 Chapter Two Liu Simiao

On the second day, Liu Simiao did not report to the Behavioral Science Team. Instead, at Du Jianping's invitation, he joined the task force specially established to investigate this major case.Liu Simiao knew why both Lin Xiangming and Du Jianping wanted to "rob" her - because she was Li Changyu's high apprentice! Li Changyu, mentioning these three words, the world's criminal appraisal circle - and even the global police circle - can be described as thunderous !This ancestral native of Rugao, Jiangsu Province, graduated from the 24th class of the "Central Police Academy" in Taipei. Since he served as the director and chief forensic expert of the Connecticut Criminal Forensic Laboratory in the United States in 1979, he has repeatedly solved strange cases with superb identification technology. He has won more than 800 awards, including the "Outstanding Achievement Award" from the American Academy of Forensic Science and the "Highest Accreditation Honor Award" from the International Society for Forensic Sciences.However, what made him really famous were the two "world-class major cases" he participated in the investigation of: the 1997 American football star OJ Simpson's wife murder case and the Chen Shui-bian case that occurred in Taiwan's "general election" on March 19, 2004 shooting.Li Changyu is well-educated and tolerant, but he is extremely rigorous and meticulous in his studies. Some students complained to him for half a month and gave up halfway.Therefore, when the file of Liu Simiao, who studied in the United States, was placed in front of him, he frowned when he saw her family background: a lady from a famous family, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on for too long... Who knows, this girl has been studying by his side for a long time... It was 3 years, and he was almost his most proud disciple.In this era and in this world, if John Douglas is said to be the "top master" in the analysis of criminal behavior, then Li Changyu represents another school in the field of criminal investigation - the "top master" of criminal forensic science.In this sense, Liu Simiao has always wanted to compete with Lin Xiangming, to see which one is better: criminal behavior analysis or forensic science! But Liu Simiao seems to be unlucky, and has never competed with Lin Xiangming. The chance for her to come—in fact, it was her cold and arrogant personality that killed her.After returning from studying in the United States, she directly joined the Municipal Bureau. It was something that many people envied, but she didn't get along well with her colleagues in any department. Needless to say, she was a maverick. It smells like bone cutting.As a result, she was first transferred from the forensics department to the intelligence analysis department, and later she offended a boss, who said: "I think she is just a talkative vase, give her a suitable position - the news department! The title "vase" greatly hurt Liu Simiao's self-esteem. During the few months she was in the news office, she was silent all day long, and the cold air radiating from her body made all her colleagues, including the director Li Mi, stay away.But everyone in the world knows that this "vase" is actually a first-class expert in criminal forensics.At half past nine, the first meeting of the task force was held in the conference room on time.The first issue discussed was the identity of the victim.The victim was found naked, without any clothing or documents. After being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, although her life was temporarily out of danger, she was in a continuous coma—even if she was awake, it didn’t make much sense, she said After being poured with a large amount of sulfuric acid, she has lost the ability to speak, and all the phalanges of her hands have been broken, so she cannot hold a pen or type on the keyboard. It is a headache to think about it if she wants to express the information the police needs by herself.The only thing that can be determined quickly is her age. According to the state of her neck striae, the hospital infers that she is around 20 years old.

"Cervical erosion is serious." Lin Fengchong, chief of the second department, looked at the materials faxed by the hospital, "Maybe they are sex workers." "Sex workers, prostitutes are prostitutes!" Du Jianping looked at the photos of the victim Looking again, he shook his head and said, "It's not like that. There are no burns from cigarette butts on his arms, and no needle holes from injections." Lin Fengchong frowned: "In a city with a population of more than 10 million, and the mobility is so strong, I want to confirm an identity. It’s really a bit of a needle in a haystack.” After carefully examining the photos of the victim, Liu Simiao suddenly asked, “The hospital’s inspection report said that the back of her head had been hit or hit many times, so was there any vomit at the scene?” Lin Fengchong nodded . "What's in the vomit?" Liu Simiao asked.Lin Fengchong was taken aback by the question: "I don't know about this." "Check it out immediately!" Du Jianping said.The forensics department quickly passed on the results. In addition to the undigested meat and fruit grains in the vomit, there were also a few very fine gray gravel... "What's the matter with the gray gravel?" Lin Fengchong Feel baffled. "Have any of the sub-bureaus received a report of the disappearance of a college girl in the past two days? If so, send the photo of the missing girl immediately." Liu Simiao said decisively.In less than ten minutes, a photo faxed by the branch office matched the victim: Chen Dan, 21 years old, a third-year student in the English Department of Chinese University, had not been back to the dormitory for two days, although she used to come back late at night. school, but rarely stay out at night.Everyone in the conference room looked at Liu Simiao with surprised eyes. "Hey..." Lin Fengchong muttered.Du Jianping had a smug expression on his face. "Tell the sub-bureau not to disclose any news about Chen Dan to the school. I will go to find out in person later." After Liu Simiao finished speaking, she heard Lin Feng Chong clear her throat, and suddenly realized that her performance today was too "outstanding". He was the actual leader of the meeting, and Du Jianping was "hanging out".She glanced at Lin Fengchong gratefully, and said to Du Jianping: "Director, I don't know if my opinion is appropriate, please correct me." "Very good! Very good!" Du Jianping lit a cigarette and said angrily, " Let’s do it according to your opinion! Next, let’s listen to the preliminary report of the on-site forensic personnel.”

Lin Fengchong was among the criminal policemen who rushed to the scene with Lin Xiangming at that time.With a hulking back and a mustache on his lips, he looked alert and capable. He was nicknamed "Lin Chong" in the bureau, and he was Du Jianping's favorite general. He was the one who made the preliminary report on the on-site forensics. "The site is located on the townhouse construction site in 'Wright Town'. Due to insufficient construction funds, the work has actually been suspended for more than half a year. There are some migrant workers and a few security guards stationed on the site. The leader is Pan Dahai, Before the accident, according to them, they did not hear any unusual movement.” Lin Fengchong said, “The crime scene is located in the basement of Villa No. 24. The villa is close to a section of the collapsed west wall of the construction site. There are no tire marks of cars nearby, but there are many The messy footprints were mostly caused by migrant workers, and it was impossible to accurately identify which ones were left by criminals. There are two exits in the basement of the villa, the north and the south. We entered from the north exit leading to the living room, and the south exit led to the back of the villa. Garden. After arriving at the scene, due to insufficient police force and poor consideration, we did not block the south exit at the same time.” Lin Fengchong showed pictures of the scene with a slide show: “After arriving at the scene, the victim was in a coma and his right breast was cut, but in the The scene was not found, and it was suspected that the victim was taken away by the criminal. The victim had multiple traumas. At first we suspected that it was caused by the beating, but later we found that the trauma was evenly distributed and the degree of trauma was relatively consistent. In the final analysis, it was very likely that the victim was taken away by the victim. The closure was caused by self-struggle in an unfinished rough secret room located on the west wall of the basement. According to the engineering designer, this secret room is due to the fact that most of the buyers of villas are upper-class people, and there are a lot of valuables and handicrafts that need to be kept secret. That's why it was specially built." The photo shows that the secret room is a lying rectangle, and a person can lie down in it while curled up. "Later we did extract the victim's blood and skin residues inside." "What are these shiny things?" Liu Simiao pointed to the photo and asked, "Is it glass?" "Yes." Lin Fengchong affirmed Answer, "There are a lot of broken glass stubble scattered on the rough ground, which is caused by the criminal breaking the glass door of the basement. According to the distribution track of the glass stubble on the ground when the criminal walked around, it can be preliminarily concluded that the criminal put the victim on the ground. After being dragged from the chamber, the crime was committed on the right side of her body."

"Did you find the criminal's footprints in the basement?" Liu Simiao asked.Lin Fengchong shook his head: "We suspect that the criminals used multiple layers of plastic bags to cover their shoes before moving around the scene." Liu Simiao's eyes widened.Lin Fengchong said: "The criminal is extremely cunning, and hardly left any physical evidence such as fingerprints or hairs—except for the matchbox." "Don't talk about the matchbox!" Du Jianping interrupted Lin Fengchong. There is absolutely no need to take such trivial pranks as seriously as Lin Xiangming.Suddenly, Du Jianping, who was sitting facing the door of the meeting room, stood up abruptly, and said with a smile: "Director Lei is here, I am not far away to welcome you." Everyone present followed his gaze to the door, except Liu Si Miao, they all stood up at the same time.There is a pair of beautiful eyes on the ruddy round face, the eyes are as calm as the lake water, the smile on the corner of the mouth has a kind of reservedness just right, if Si Miao is beautiful and beautiful, then this girl who is walking into the conference room leisurely is beautiful. Very classy.Lei Rong, the deputy director of the city's forensic identification center, is a queen-level figure in the domestic forensic science field. In a shocking incident at the International Forensic Science Congress in Los Angeles in May, executive chairman John Bolton drowned in a hotel bathtub the day before the conference ended.The autopsy revealed that Bolton had suffered a stroke while in the shower and was unconscious, which led to the tragedy.When the conclusion was reached, Lei Rong discovered a strange thing. There was no fingerprint of Bolton on the handrail next to the bathtub. "When vertigo occurs, the first habitual action of a person is often to rub the temples on both sides with the thumb and middle finger, but it is different in the bathtub." Facing top forensic doctors from all over the world, Lei Rong talked eloquently , "Dizzy in the bathtub, whether you intend to interrupt the bath or not, you have to grab the railing quickly. But now, there is no fingerprint of Bolton on the railing, which can only make me sure that he was unconscious before entering the bathtub." But suspicion cannot be taken as evidence, so Lei Rong insisted on a second autopsy.On the stainless steel dissecting table, Lei Rong used a high-power magnifying glass to search a little bit. After excluding the coma caused by trauma, she finally found several dot-like pinhole marks on Bolton's arm. Lei Rong surrounded the needle holes with a knife extremely carefully. The surrounding skin was incised, and there were slight inflammatory lesions in the subcutaneous fat and muscle at the site of the needle hole, which indicated that the needle hole was caused by injection shortly before death.

Many kinds of drugs injected into the human body can cause coma, so what did the criminal inject Bolton with?Blood tests showed that Bolton's blood had no toxic reaction.Lei Rong suddenly became nervous, and the investigation was in trouble.It was raining continuously, and at this moment, the Los Angeles police came to the door: "You questioned that Mr. Bolton was murdered. This is undoubtedly a denial of our commitment to the security work of this meeting, and it puts a lot of pressure on us. If you The cause of Bolton's coma cannot be found out in the shortest time, so we hope you can come forward and clarify to the media..." Clarify?Apologize against your will?No! Know that she represents China - and she doesn't think she is wrong.But the pressure is mounting. "I'll only give you the last half an hour." Secretary-General of the conference and a famous American forensic doctor Melles said to Lei Rong sternly, "After half an hour, if you can't find any evidence of poison, Mr. Bolton's body will be taken away "Half an hour! Only half an hour! Although Lei Rong is usually calm and calm, she is also very anxious at this moment.In desperation, she considered asking for help, but there was only half an hour—it must be as soon as possible! She dialed his phone number without hesitation, and made an international call.The phone was connected, and hearing his muttering voice, he must have been drunk again.She wanted to reprimand him at first, but her heart softened when she heard him call her "sister" sadly. "Listen to me, I'm in big trouble!" Lei Rong frowned and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking northeast from here, you can see the famous white tip of the cityshell in Los Angeles, "No one can help you except you. I, so, please wake me up!" She told the ins and outs of the case. "Sister, if he was really poisoned, then the murderer is too stupid." "Huh?" Any kind of poison will definitely be detected!" He said, the wine hadn't sobered yet, so he was a little tongue-tied. "Then you mean that I was wrong in judging that he was murdered?" Lei Rong said anxiously. "That's not necessarily... your reasoning about the handle of the bathtub is still plausible." He said, "it can't be done, sister, I feel sick and want to vomit... Anyway, if there is a murderer, he will not be Poison...absolutely not."

Maybe because of the signal, the phone was disconnected.Lei Rong called again, but couldn't get through. She was stunned for a while, and strolled in the square outside the Los Angeles Forensic Medical Examination Center. Some brown-skinned children in Mexican national costumes were playing and feeding the pigeons... The time was one minute A second passed, her shadow wandered with her mood. "The murderer couldn't have poisoned it. What is that? What is that? Could it be..." All of a sudden, the pigeons on the square flapped their wings and shone white like an aura! "...Could it be medicine? !" Immediately called Secretary Bolton: "Does Mr. Bolton usually inject any medicine?" "Drug? Oh, he has been suffering from diabetes for a long time, and he needs to inject insulin every day." Insulin can cause a large amount of glucose to be broken down, resulting in hypoglycemia, which can lead to coma.But Lei Rong remembered that the blood test results from the testing center showed that the blood sugar level in Bolton's body was not low, and even exceeded the normal level.But... a wealth of professional knowledge seems to flow, circling in Lei Rong's mind.She thought of a famous case in the history of forensic science in the world: Kenneth Barlow’s wife murder case in Bradford, England in 1957, how similar that case was to what happened before her eyes—sudden death, often This causes blood with a high concentration of blood sugar to flow out of the liver, which is the body's stress response to death... In other words, the coma caused by hypoglycemia is the thing before death, and the blood containing high concentration of blood rushes out of the liver after death. Blood sugar "covers" the truth.Then, the only way to prove all this is... Oh my god! Hurry up! Lei Rong quickly ran back to the inspection center building. stop.Melles next to him said indifferently: "Half an hour has passed." Lei Rong said sincerely: "Mr. Miss, my creed is that one must strictly keep one's promises." The stretcher has already been carried to the gate, and it will be transported to the car in one step and cremated. From then on, the truth of Bolton's death and the murderer's crimes will be completely annihilated.

Doesn't anyone realize that the murder of the executive chairman at the International Forensic Congress is an insult to forensic medicine all over the world? Lei Rong raised her head and shouted: "Mr. Melles—I suspect that you murdered Mr. Bolton!" Melles turned around in a huff, dumbfounded, as if he had just been struck by lightning: "You...you What are you saying? Say it again!" "I said, I suspect that you murdered Mr. Bolton!" Lei Rong said quietly, "Otherwise why did you keep preventing me from performing an autopsy on Mr. Bolton?" Melles was full of anger: "Let me remind you, I can sue you for defamation for what you said!" "It doesn't matter." Lei Rong said with a smile, "Anyway, you don't have the guts to give me a few more minutes to do the last autopsy." China Foreigners have never seen the aggressive method of human beings, so Melles said: "Okay, I will let you do the last autopsy, but I advise you to find a good lawyer first, because no matter what the autopsy results are , I will sue you for defamation..." Lei Rong quickly extracted the trace components of the injection from the subcutaneous fat muscle tissue of the injection needle eye on Bolton's arm, and sent it to the laboratory for testing.After a while, the director of the laboratory ran over quickly, his face pale. "Insulin—isn't it?" Lei Rong asked nervously, her voice trembling. "No..." the laboratory director swallowed, "it's not a small amount of insulin—the residual dose is astonishing, it's absolutely impossible for a human pancreas to secrete so much!" Lei Rong stared at Melles, her eyes filled with the joy of victory .Bolton's doctor was arrested immediately.The result of the investigation was that he was having an affair with Bolton's wife, so he increased the dose of insulin injected to Bolton, causing a hypoglycemic coma, and drowned Bolton in the bathtub... At the closing ceremony of the International Forensic Science Conference, May At the suggestion of Le Si, all the forensic doctors present stood up and paid tribute to Lei Rong with warm applause.Lei Rong, who returned home with a high reputation, was even more modest. Soon, at the age of 27, she became the deputy director of the Municipal Forensic Medicine Center.Liu Simiao knew in his heart that if it wasn't for solving the current case as soon as possible and suppressing Lin Xiangming's "arrogance", Du Jianping would not have easily asked her to act.

Lei Rong originally wanted to sit on the side seat, but Du Jianping refused and insisted that she sit beside him.The conference room fell silent, waiting for Lei Rong to speak.Lei Rong said: "I just came from the hospital and conducted a preliminary examination on the victim—oh, her name is Chen Dan, isn't she? At present, I have the following conclusions for the special case team's reference: First, Chen Dan's skin There are large bruises and peelings, and it is certain that these injuries were caused by Chen Dan being imprisoned and struggling in the blank chamber." Secondly, although Chen Dan's skin has large bruises and peelings, her genitals have not been torn No subcutaneous bleeding, skin peeling, scratches, etc. were found on the inner thigh and lower abdomen—that is to say, Chen Dan should not have been raped. "So, is it possible that she had sex with the criminal?" "" According to the results of vaginal examination and anal canal examination, we did not extract semen. "But it's not impossible if criminals take precautions," Leirong said. ""Thirdly, the murder weapon used to cut the breast should be a scalpel. The trauma examination showed that the knife was cut from the right side of the right breast, and the cut was completed at the cleavage. The method was very cruel. Lin Fengchong said: "What did the criminals cut Chen Dan's breasts for?" "" I don't know, I haven't figured this out yet.However, when I was on the phone with Xiang Ming last night, he had an opinion, which I think is very valuable and worth referring to.He said that from the perspective of world crime history, serial perverted killers usually cut off the victim's organs as souvenirs of the crime after committing the crime, with the purpose of reminiscing about the pleasure of crime in the future, such as jerrybrudos in the United States, He committed many rapes and murders in Oregon, and every time he cut off the victim's breasts and made them into plaster casts for appreciation..." Hearing Lin Xiangming's name, Du Jianping felt dizzy and hurriedly moved Topic: "Do you think Chen Dan knows criminals or not? Lei Rong frowned and said: "This is a question that puzzles me. The criminals poured sulfuric acid into her mouth and broke off her fingers. They obviously didn't want her to express information, so it is very likely that they knew each other; but He didn't kill her or blind her eyes, as if he didn't care whether she recognized him or not..." Lin Fengchong said: "Is it possible that the criminal knew that he and Chen Dan had little chance of meeting again and cut her off? Feeling that the hatred has dissipated, there is no need to inflict greater harm or kill her? "

"The offender's methods were brutal, and I had the impression that the offender behaved in a very 'systematic' way. Physical evidence. Such a criminal has a kind of rational madness. Everything is within his plan and under control. Once his criminal plan is started, it is like pushing down dominoes with his fingers. It will never be interrupted until the last piece falls. ..." Lei Rong pondered for a while and said, "My personal opinion is that this case may involve very complicated criminal psychology issues, so I suggest that you let the behavioral science team intervene earlier to deal with it together... In addition, I I want to talk about that femur." On the screen, a slideshow showed a photo of the femur.The photos taken with an ordinary lens and a large negative film are very clear. The length is marked on the scale placed next to the femur. There are blood stains on the bone and some tissues that have not been removed. "There is no doubt that this is indeed the femur bone of an adult woman. Judging from the color of the blood stain and the shape of the tissue, the cutting time is not very long. I have heard about the matchbox. It seems that this is probably the 'first bone. Matches'." Du Jianping said irritably: "I still don't think this is a series of perverted murders, but a murder between ordinary acquaintances, and the box of matches was purely left by the criminals to interfere with the thinking of our police. Yes! So, Si Miao and Feng Chong, you should go to the school where Chen Dan is now to find out about the situation. In my opinion, the current college students are all type A blood, impulsive when things happen, and this girl looks very beautiful, so I can't guarantee it It's love killing—it stopped halfway through the killing!" Lei Rong knew that her words were not to Du Jianping's liking, she stood up with a smile and said, "Alright, then I'll go back to the appraisal center first." Lei Rong, Liu Simiao and Lin Fengchong walked out of the conference room together. There were many people waiting in front of the elevator, so they walked downstairs together along the walking ladder. "Si Miao, I've always been curious, how did you determine that Chen Dan is a college student?" Lin Fengchong asked, "If you hadn't quickly locked the direction of her identity search, maybe we would have to start a large-scale investigation again." "Nothing That's great." Liu Simiao said coldly, "If we lock the victim's age at twenty, fluctuating within two years, female, and living in this city, then there are mainly three types of people: prostitutes, students, A low-end professional or unemployed. Judging from the photos, her nail polish and hair dye are light but not greasy, with a certain taste, and it cannot be owned by low-end professionals or unemployed; Correct, most of the prostitutes inject long-term drugs, the skin on the arm where the needles are dense will show fibrosis, and they like to use cigarette butts to burn the scar on the arm when they are empty and bored, she has none of these—then she is probably a college student.”

"Then you asked about the vomit, and the gray sand..." "I just wanted to see if I could find the most common food in the school cafeteria from her vomit, but luckily, there were." "Ah? You mean gray gravel?" "Yes." Lin Fengchong still couldn't understand: "How can gray gravel determine her student status?" "Think about it, what kind of food may contain sand, but in Is it not easy to scratch your teeth when eating? Moreover, whether it is a prostitute, a low-end professional or an unemployed person, the probability of eating it is much lower than that of a college student?" Lin Fengchong suddenly realized: "Congee! You are talking about porridge!" Especially mung bean porridge, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and all university cafeterias provide it for free..." Through the window of the corridor, Liu Simiao saw a white light, "We have to hurry up, the school will be closed soon. It's summer vacation, and when the students come home in a few days, it will be difficult for us to find any clues." "Si Miao." Lei Rong said, "Actually, you are quite lucky." "Why not?" Liu Si Miao stopped, stared at Lei Rong and asked. "Originally, her vomit would not have such 'evidence'." Lei Rong said with a smile, "The food a person eats can usually be emptied from the stomach to the small intestine within two hours... Chen Dan The food in the stomach has not been completely digested, I think it is because of too strong mental stimulation and fierce physical confrontation, which caused her digestive function to stop." "You mean, my inference is correct, it's pure luck? "Liu Simiao's gaze was as cold as ice.Lei Rong shook her head: "You think too much." When they walked out of the office building of the Municipal Bureau, a heat wave hit their faces, and the hairs of the three of them stood on end.At this time, a "cruiser" stopped in front of them, the window was down, Lin Xiangming sat in the driving seat and waved to them with a smile, Si Miao turned her head to the side, not looking at him. "Are you going to Chinese University? I'm going too, let's go together." Xiang Ming said.Lei Rong went back to the Forensic Medical Examination Center, taking a different route.Lin Fengchong pulled Liu Simiao into the car, and asked, "What are you doing there?" Xiang Ming smiled, but did not answer.Lin Fengchong knew it in his mind, knowing that Director Xu must have granted him the privilege to participate in the investigation, so it was useless to say more.Si Miao has something on her mind, and tea is always deep, so on the way to Hua Wen University, the carriage was very quiet, and a middle-aged man sang melancholy from the CD player——

"Everyone can live, everyone can die, hello, my love, goodbye, my love..." The singing sounded like the haze quietly rising from the sky in the afternoon, and the world outside the brown car window seemed to be darkened. "Whose song?" Lin Fengchong felt an extraordinarily lonely feeling. "Leonard Cohen... an old man in a California monastery. I loved listening to his songs especially when I was in the United States. The love and cruelty that no one can avoid." Xiang Ming smiled apologetically, "Is it a bit too sad?" Lin Fengchong said Taking a glance from the corner of the eye, she was surprised to find that Si Miao next to her was biting her lips tightly, and there was a sparkling drop of something in the corner of her frosty maple eyes... What's wrong with her? ! Lin Fengchong dared not ask. The "cruiser" parked outside the school gate.The moment Xiang Tea locked the car, Si Miao passed by him, both of them glanced at each other intentionally or unintentionally, their eyes happened to collide, and they immediately dodged away, pretending nothing happened.The three of them walked inside together. They were all wearing casual clothes, not police uniforms, so many boys stared straight at Liu Simiao, winking at her and making faces. The moment he passed by, he leaned over and whistled at her.Si Miao turned a blind eye.Walking into the milky white teacher's office building, they first revealed their identities in the reception room, and then asked where the security department was. The old man in the reception room said: "4th floor, office 405... hey, didn't a policewoman come here just now?" Maybe it’s still in the security department now.” The three of them were taken aback for a moment, and then rushed up to the 4th floor in unison.The door of the security department was closed. Lin Xiangming pushed the door open, and saw several teachers who looked like teachers nervously talking to a "policewoman" who was sitting with his back to the door.Hearing the noise, the "policewoman" with her back to the door turned her head, and her dark cloud-like hair was blown charmingly as if blown by the wind... "Guo Xiaofen?" Lin Xiangming couldn't help calling out!