Chapter 9 The Eighth Case Hell Hotel

The proprietress Ge Fan was wearing a black suit, lying on her back at the head of the big bed, as if she was asleep.Her seven or eight-year-old daughter was lying on her back about one meter beside her, with a towel covering her face. After hearing my retelling, Han Liang turned the steering wheel and drove out of an exit beside the expressway, saying, "If you were ten seconds late, we would have to run forty kilometers away to find the exit. U-turn." The police car turned around from the exit with its lights flashing, and drove back to Morihara City at high speed. "Why does the 'scavenger' go wherever we are?" Lin Tao pondered.

I thought about it, and said, "Don't tell me, it's really like this. We didn't travel on business for the two cases in Longpan. In the one case in Yuntai, we were handling the case in Fengling City near Yuntai." "It might be a coincidence." Chen Shiyu didn't turn her head. Dabao said, "Do you think the murderer is staring at us? The intention is to challenge us?" "The 'Yuntai case' is already like this, and now there is another revenge seeker? One a year? I haven't offended so many people." I said. "Maybe Xiaoyu offended someone?" Han Liang laughed.

"How is it possible?!" Chen Shiyu, who was sitting in the co-pilot, rolled his eyes. While talking, we saw a police car waiting at the intersection. Captain Xiao Jian squeezed into our on-site survey vehicle and said, "Come on, Brother Han, go straight ahead, and turn right after five traffic lights." "Hey, so accurate? The terrain is so familiar." Dabao said. Captain Xiao smiled and said: "I used to be the director of the police station in this jurisdiction, so of course I have to be familiar with the terrain. Let's not talk nonsense, let me introduce the situation to you first."

I nodded. Captain Xiao said: "This morning, some aunts who danced square dances went to the central park of Senyuan to dance square dances, and found a dead man in ragged clothes in a bush next to the square, so they called the police. I was vague at the time, so the police officer at 110 thought it was just a homeless man who died suddenly in the square, so he didn’t pay much attention, and ordered the local police station to call the police. When the police station sent the police, you happened to be on the highway. But when the police arrived at the scene, they found a large piece of Bloodstains, I thought it was a murder case, and when it was reported to me, I called you as soon as possible, but fortunately, you haven't gone far."

"The 'Scavenger' task force has already issued a co-investigation order. Once a similar case occurs, it will be investigated immediately. Have you called the Longpan City Public Security Bureau? They will send a working team." I said. Captain Xiao nodded and said, "I've been notified, and they're probably on their way too." "We have been following this case." I said, "Don't wait for them, let's work first." The scene was located near a square in the very center of Morihara Central Park, in a dark bush, a dead body was lying on its back.The body was covered with bloodstains, and there seemed to be traces of struggle. Obviously, this was a typical murder scene.

The lower body of the corpse is naked and blood-stained, and the tattered shirt on the upper body is also open.The blood around the body started from a bedroll next to the bushes and continued to the center of the bushes. "Who was the dead man?" I asked. Captain Xiao said: "The identity of the deceased has not been investigated yet. He should be a homeless person without a household registration. The nearby residents knew him and said that this person called himself Fifth Brother. He lived in the park by begging tourists for a living. In summer, he would find a random place to lay a bed and sleep, and in winter, he slept in a fake cave in the park. This man is conscious and gentle, and never harass or hurt tourists."

"In the previous three series of cases, the deceased had more or less mental problems, or had some bad behavior. Except for the special status of homeless and beggar, the fifth brother is normal." I said, "It seems that , The murderer’s goal is clearly targeting the special group of homeless people.” "Homeless people spend the night and survive around the roads." Dabao said, "From this point of view, the name 'scavenger' is easy to understand." "Then are there surveillance cameras around here?" Lin Tao looked around and said, "After all, this is a park and a public place."

Captain Xiao said: "This park is a public welfare park in our city. There are no walls around the park. There are a total of 16 or 17 paths leading directly to the center of the park. Of course, if you don't take these paths, you can also go from Some bushes and bushes entered the park. In short, this park is completely open. There are also roads around the park, and there are road monitoring installed by the traffic police department on the road. We have sent people to call and are watching. However, the murderer can also Bypassing the main road, entering and leaving the park by trails or bushes that do not connect to the main road."

"Video investigation work is like a dead horse as a living horse doctor." I said, "As long as the murderer is a little familiar with the environment here, he can easily bypass the surveillance. We still need to carry out our on-site investigation and autopsy work step by step." After speaking, we put on our on-site investigation equipment and began to approach the center of the bloodstain. Looking at the bloodstains at the scene, there are mainly large round dripping bloodstains and evenly distributed rubbing bloodstains.Especially in the middle of the rubbing blood, some skin texture can be seen.Obviously, this is the blood stain formed by the soles of the feet moving on the ground after the deceased was injured.The shape of the bloodstain is special. On the bedclothes where the deceased slept, you can see directional burr-like bloodstains, which are splattered bloodstains.Judging from this, the position where the deceased was first injured was here.

A pair of worn-out trousers of the deceased were thrown beside the bedding, with some splattered blood on the upward side, but no blood on the downward side.This shows that when the blood started to splatter, the pants were already in this posture, placed in the original position, and had not been moved in the later stage. "Obviously, he was injured after taking off his pants first." I said, "Does the deceased have a habit of sleeping naked?" Captain Xiao shook his head and said: "During our investigation, we also noticed that these aunts who danced in the square said that every time they came to dance, they could be seen sleeping with their clothes on. This person is a thinking person after all. Normal people generally don't sleep naked in public places."

"Oh." I said thoughtfully, "Lin Tao, the ground here is not smooth enough, and the conditions for observing the traces are not good, but you can study the shape of the bloodstain and see if there is anything strange in the middle of the bloodstain." After speaking, I beckoned and stepped into the bushes with Dabao to start a simple autopsy on the corpse. There were not many bloodstains adhering to the upper body of the deceased, and some splattered bloodstains could also be seen.Starting from the waist of the deceased, the blood stains suddenly intensified, and almost the entire lower body was covered in blood.The blood came profusely, adhered to the legs, and then formed scabs.Red legs, you can also see a lot of red leg hair, a little scary. The degree of blood staining on the corpse's right leg was much more serious than that on the left leg, and almost the entire leg had turned red.I squatted next to the corpse and carefully observed his right leg, but I still couldn't tell where the damage was. It must have been covered with blood scabs. I had no choice but to give up, and asked the Captain Xiao beside him, "Hey, by the way, didn't you say there was the word 'scavenger'?" After I finished speaking, I looked around.The surrounding area is empty, there are no walls, trees, etc. where you can leave your writing, the ground is full of blood, and there is no place to write a "pen". Captain Xiao took out a transparent evidence bag from the evidence box and said, "Look, this time is different from your previous cases. The murderer may have randomly picked up a piece of old newspaper around the scene and put it in the newspaper. These three characters were written on it, and then pressed with stones beside the bedding." I squatted on the ground, and at a glance I saw the middle of the three big characters. The word "Tao" in the middle was still a typo. "It's definitely the same murderer." I stood up and said to Lin Tao, who was a few meters away, "You and Xiaoyu stay to watch the scene, and don't forget to take a closer look at the old newspaper. Dabao and I went back to examine the body .” After taking pictures to fix the blood stains on the corpse, Dabao and I cleaned the corpse.As the blood scabs were washed away little by little, the wounds on the deceased's legs were gradually exposed. Dabao put a scale on one side of the wound and called the technicians around him to take pictures. "The wound is so thin." I said, "No wonder there is blood scab attached so you can't see it." "Yeah. The wound was opened, and the width was only one millimeter." Dabao said, "As we expected, the tools for committing crimes are all the same." "Scalpel." Forensic doctor Wang Feng and I said in unison. "The wound is four to five centimeters long, which obviously far exceeds the width of the scalpel." I said, "It means that after the murderer stabbed the knife into the deceased's thigh, he pulled it out with a cutting motion. This is a typical wound. Stab and cut." "The body of the deceased has light spots and looks like a blood loss." Dabao said while dissecting, "The corpse is very stiff. Well, in addition, there are no obvious signs of injury or bleeding in the chest and abdomen, and there are no restraints on the upper limbs." I performed a local dissection on the wound on the deceased's thigh, and I said, "This knife is really steady, accurate, and ruthless. It directly inserted into the femoral artery of the deceased. It can be said that the anatomical positioning of this knife is absolutely professional. In addition , The cutting action completely cuts off the entire femoral artery, and can also expand the soft tissue wound to ensure a large amount of arterial blood, and the human body will die quickly." "Professional techniques." Wang Feng said. I nodded and said, "We also judged before that the murderer was a medical worker." "And it's a woman." Dabao added, "At the scene, I smelled that familiar perfume again." "There were no restraint injuries on the lower limbs." I said, "The murderer killed the deceased with a single knife when the deceased was unsuspecting, which is exactly the same as the previous three cases. How about the time of death?" Dabao opened the stomach tissue of the deceased, pointed to the empty stomach wall, and said: "The stomach was basically emptied, and he died more than six hours after the last meal." "Combined with the deceased's rigor and corneal opacity, it is basically certain that the deceased has been dead for twelve hours." I said, "That is to say, it was about yesterday, June 2, around twelve o'clock in the evening." "Let this news be reported to the video investigation team immediately," Wang Feng said, "Let them shorten the video observation period." We inspected the corpse again from head to toe, and found nothing new, so after sewing up the corpse, we ate lunch and hurried to the special headquarters in the Senyuan City Public Security Bureau. In the headquarters, Qingya, the chief of the major case department of the provincial department, has brought two investigators from the criminal police detachment of the Longpan City Public Security Bureau to rush over. After I briefly introduced the autopsy, Qingya said: "It seems that this is a typical 'scavenger case'. The murderer has maintained her habits in terms of the target, time, tools, and modus operandi of the crime. What's the situation?" Lin Tao cleared his throat and said, "The bloodstains at the scene look complicated, but they are actually very simple. According to our analysis, the murderer should have stabbed the femoral artery of the deceased with a knife at a low position on the bedding, because a large amount of blood spattered After gushing out, the deceased got up and left the bedding, fled towards the bushes, fell down beside the bushes and formed a pool of blood, climbed up again, fled towards the bushes, fell down again and died in the middle of the bushes five meters from the edge. , we looked at the newspaper with the words 'scavenger' left. It was a newspaper from a few days ago. It should have been picked up by the deceased and placed in the middle of the bedding. There were bloody fingerprints on the newspaper, but there were no lines. Obviously the murderer was wearing rubber gloves." "That is to say, there were no signs of fighting at the scene?" I asked. Lin Tao shook his head and said, "The traces of the fight are not obvious, but at the bedding, the deceased may have made an action to forcibly move away from the murderer. During this movement, one of the murderer's shoe covers fell off." "Ah? The shoe cover fell off?" Qingya asked, "How do you know?" Lin Tao smiled slightly and said, "Because we found bloody shoe prints on half of the sole of the foot on the edge of the bedding. Since the sole of the murderer's shoe was stained with blood, it means that her shoe cover should have fallen off, and then stepped on the blood, and then stepped on the bedding. Unfortunately, because there was very little blood on the murderer's feet, or because the murderer put on the shoe covers again, we did not find any blood-occult footprints on the nearby ground." "Do shoe prints have any identifying value?" I asked. Lin Tao said: "The pattern on the sole is not characteristic, but the traces of wear are still characteristic. Therefore, as long as we can find the suspected shoes, we can compare them. But it is almost impossible to check people through shoe prints." "The shoe print on half the sole of the foot is well-founded." Team leader Wang of the video investigation team said, "We found suspicious people in the nearby surveillance video." After finishing speaking, Team Leader Wang turned on the projector, and a blurry video began to be shown on the screen. Team leader Wang said: "This is a suspicious person found on a road near the park at 11:30 p.m. on June 2. We can see that she is wearing shoe covers." In the video, a tall woman with long hair and a white dress hurried past a surveillance area.Team leader Wang fixed the video at the clearest frame. In the frame, the woman's face was blurred, and her hands could not be seen clearly because of the swing. Only one stepping foot could be seen wrapped in a dark shoe cover. .The suspect's hair style, clothing and physical characteristics are exactly the same as those described by witnesses in the murder of the coward in red. Team leader Wang said: "From our experience, although the suspect's feet are covered, the instep is very high, obviously wearing a pair of high-heeled shoes." "If it's high-heeled shoes, then we can only see half of the footprint." Lin Tao said. Team Leader Wang nodded, and continued: "At a quarter past twelve that night, the suspect appeared under the surveillance camera again, walking in the opposite direction. But she had an extra convenience bag in her hand." After speaking, Team Leader Wang played another video. I said, "Look, at this moment, the suspect's feet are no longer dark in color, but light in color, and the heel is also partly visible." Team leader Wang said: "Yes, we analyzed that after the suspect left the scene, in order not to attract attention, he took off his shoe covers and gloves that may have been stained with blood, carried them in this convenient bag, and left the scene." Discussions began in the conference room. I coughed and said, "Looking at it now, the murderer is undoubtedly a tall and thin woman. The murderer approached the victim in a sexually seductive way, and then used a series of professional methods to kill a homeless man. I suspect that this may be a The woman who was sexually assaulted by the homeless, the purpose of committing the crime is to take revenge on the homeless group." "The analysis is very reasonable." Qingya said, "Several of the deceased showed varying degrees of undressing, suggesting that the murderer approached and made the other party lose vigilance and resistance. The special group without enmity must be because the murderer has some ideological roots, and the root cause analyzed by Section Chief Qin is the most likely." "In addition, I don't think the murderer is from Morihara." I said, "We were still talking this morning that as long as you know a little about the surrounding area, you can avoid the camera, but the murderer appeared on the camera. I think the murderer knows this There is almost no understanding. She risked being discovered, wandered around the street wearing gloves and shoe covers, and finally walked into the park. She should be looking for a target, so as to prevent it from being too late to wear gloves and shoe covers when she finds the target.” "Yes." Qingya said, "of the four cases that have been reported so far, two are in Longfan, one is in Senyuan, and the other is in Yuntai. Therefore, it is most likely that the murderer is from Longfan. The next step is to ask the local investigation department to investigate Check the information of people staying in Senyuan and Yuntai at a specific time to find out suspicious people. The person you are looking for is a woman, and the age should be young. If there is occupation information on the household registration, the suspicion of people who are engaged in medical profession will be raised accordingly. " "Didn't you check the accommodation information last time?" Chen Shiyu asked, "Isn't there no news? I think checking the accommodation information is useless." "How could it be useless?" Qingya smiled confidently, and said, "Last time, the search was only within the scope of Yuntai City. Think about it, in Yuntai City, with so many floating population every day, it is of course difficult to search. This time It’s different, I live in Yuntai on April 25, and I live in Senyuan on June 2, once the two messages collide, the scope is much smaller.” "But our Senyuan is a tourist city, and the amount of accommodation information every day is very, very huge." Captain Xiao said, "It is still a lot of work to sort out one by one and compare the two with each other." "It doesn't matter if you have a lot of work, as long as you solve the case." Qingya said, "I'll give you a month, right?" Captain Xiao nodded. "Then we will evacuate." Qingya said, "We still have a transnational drug trafficking case in progress, Section Chief Qin, how about you?" "We are going to withdraw too." I shook the mobile phone in my hand and said, "Master sent a text message, Qingzhou City, murder case." On the long road from Senyuan City in the southwest of our province to Qingzhou City in the northeast, I called Lingdang and gave a simple greeting. Bell is used to the nature of my long-term business trips. From when we first started working, she would cry when I was on a business trip for more than three days. Now that I am on a business trip for half a month, she only occasionally calls to greet her. Get used to it naturally.Thinking of the scene of her going to and from get off work alone with her big belly every day in my mind, I still couldn't help feeling a little speechless and a little sore. Not just Ling Dang, many police wives in China are actually like this, silently dedicating behind the police.That's all I can do to comfort myself. Seeing that I had called, Dabao also called Mrs. Bao.Dabao is thirty-three, and the marriage with Bao's sister-in-law has been delayed again and again, and only the two of them know the reason.But I think that the nature of our work, which we are traveling all day, must be an important factor for Mrs. Bao to delay the wedding.Sister-in-law Bao is a carefree woman, but she is meticulous in everything she does, and she must be extremely cautious in choosing a husband.She and Lingdang often go shopping and communicate together. She knows that if she marries Dabao, she will live the same life as Lingdang. As a woman, it is understandable to weigh it carefully. When we drove into Qingzhou City, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, and night had already enveloped the entire Qingzhou City.Following the address on Master's text message, we drove to a commercial area near the Qingzhou Railway Station. The flashing police lights gathered a large crowd of onlookers, so we knew the location of the central scene without looking for it. Master's good friend, Director Xing Bin, has already taken command at the scene.Forensic doctor Ma Tianchao, who had just been promoted to be the deputy head of the Criminal Police Detachment of Qingzhou City Public Security Bureau, waited outside the cordon with his investigation equipment. "What's the situation?" I asked directly after getting out of the car. "Oh." Captain Ma said, "At noon today, someone reported that the proprietress of this hotel had been killed. After the district police station arrived at the scene, it was confirmed that this was indeed a murder case. The two deceased were the proprietress Ge of this hotel. Fan and her daughter Yu Tingting." "It was only discovered at noon?" I said, "Usually, murders are discovered in the evening and early morning, and murders are discovered at noon. It's really rare." The captain of the detachment Ma said: "Yes, we also felt strange about this at the time. It turns out that there is a cashier's room at the end of the hotel. This room is the room where the boss usually lives. There is a small window leading to the corridor, which is usually open. Yes. This morning, when the hotel guests left the hotel, some people saw the proprietress watching TV in the room. Later, some people reported that the small window was closed, and the exact closing time is unknown." "Who reported it?" I asked. "It was almost one o'clock at noon today. A couple of college students came here to open a room." Captain Ma said, "Because they are regular customers, they knew that the small window was the boss's 'bar', so they knocked on the window. They knocked on the door of the cashier's room, only to find that the door was actually ajar. They went in and saw the two dead on the bed in the middle of the room." I nodded silently and looked around the scene. This is a commercial concentration area located about two kilometers west of Qingzhou Railway Station.The commercial houses in this area are all two-storey small buildings in a row. The site is located on the second floor of a row of facade houses.From the narrow stairs between the two front rooms, you came to one end of the small hotel.The first room on the second floor is where the center site is located.In this small cashier room, apart from a green anti-theft door leading to the corridor, there is also a small window, just like the window in the cafeteria.The area of ​​the entire second floor is not small, and the two ends of the corridor are parallel rooms, and each room has a house number posted on it. All the residents of the hotel were taken away by the police for questioning, some with their doors open and some with their doors closed.According to Captain Ma, the police took away a total of seven people, three of whom lived alone, and the other four were two couples. In other words, five rooms should have been opened that day. Dabao and I walked along the corridor of the hotel to the end of the other end. Here is a balcony sealed by iron fences.There is no trace of prying on the fence, obviously, it is impossible for someone to come in and out from here.On one side of the balcony, there is a self-built hut. In the hut, there is a high-temperature disinfection machine and many towels of different lengths.It can be seen that the proprietress usually washes towels on the balcony and disinfects them with this machine.Firstly, the balcony is spacious enough to store towels. Secondly, this is an open place where residents can easily see the disinfection process of the proprietress, so they can use the towels here with confidence. On the other side of the balcony is a simple kitchen with a rice cooker, an induction cooker and some pots and pans on a table. "The murderer must have entered and exited the staircase," I said. "Is there a surveillance camera at the stairs?" Lin Tao asked. The captain of the horse detachment shook his head and said: "The management in this area is indeed not thoughtful enough. There are almost no surveillance cameras, which is a blind spot in supervision. However, it is not ruled out that this is a place where dirt is hidden. If cameras are installed, it is not just asking for trouble. ?" "Is that because the accommodation information will not be registered?" I asked. "I'm not sure about this." Ma Detachment Captain said, "In short, after someone reported the crime, we will control all the people who live here." "I heard that the proprietress and her daughter died?" I asked, "If there is a proprietress, there must be a boss. Where is the boss?" "Oh, the boss usually does business in Longfan, and he only comes back on weekends." Ma Detachment Captain said, "We have confirmed this, the boss has no time to commit crimes." I nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go into the center and have a look." The central site, that is, the cashier room, is a very small room.After entering through the green anti-theft door, what I saw was a low cabinet placed at the door, and a plate of fruit and a fruit knife were placed on top of the low cabinet. "The murderer doesn't seem to have used it, but let's take out this fruit knife." I carefully picked up the fruit knife and looked around, and saw nothing unusual. There are some daily necessities such as washbasin, teeth brushing tub, and towels on the top and bottom of the low cabinet. Judging from the quantity, there should be only one adult and one child living here.Next to the low cabinet are two thermos bottles.The low cabinet is next to the end of a big bed. One side of the big bed is against the inner wall of the room, and a desk is placed on the other side. Above the desk is the small window leading to the corridor.It is conceivable that the proprietress usually sits on the bed and does business on the desk. On the desk, next to the small window, there is a computer with a black screen.After the photo was fixed, I moved the mouse, and the desktop appeared, which was a player interface, which was playing "The Legend of Zhen Huan", which was broadcast nationwide at this time, but the player was clicked to pause.After taking another photo and fixing it, I minimized the player and found that the computer desktop was very clean, with almost no software installed.I searched in the control panel, but I didn't find the accommodation information registration software installed.This is a new computer. There is a bookcase at the head of the bed. On the bookcase is a wooden board with several rows of parallel rows of nails nailed on it. A bunch of keys are scattered around the board.Obviously, this is a wooden board on which the keys of the room are hung. Because of the fight, the wooden board fell down, and the keys were scattered on the bedside. The bookcase showed no signs of being turned over, and the magazines and periodicals inside were fairly neatly arranged.That's all the furnishings in the room. From the outside of the cashier room, the small window is covered by a curtain, so you can't see inside.But from the inside, I realized that the curtains were not pulled up, but because of the existence of fighting, the Roman rod above the curtain was pulled off, one end was hung on the roof, the other end was hanging in the air, and the curtain slid down on the end of the Roman rod, just in time. Covered the small window. "Oh, it turned out that the curtain rod was broken." The head of the horse detachment said, "When I was checking the row, someone reported that the proprietress only closed the curtains to sleep after twelve o'clock in the evening, and usually opened them. " "The explanation of this phenomenon is very important." I said, "If the murderer knows to close the curtain after killing or killing, then he has anti-detection capabilities." I opened the drawer of the desk without any hassle. In the drawer were stacks of official papers full of words, without any trace of flipping.Only then did I realize that there was a file folder on the desk, and inside the file folder was a stack of blank official papers. Judging by the quality of the paper, it was the same as the ones in the drawer. I asked Dabao to bring the evidence bag and put all the official papers in it. The two corpses lay side by side on the big bed.The proprietress Ge Fan was wearing a black suit, lying on her back at the head of the big bed, as if she was asleep.Her seven or eight-year-old daughter was lying on her back about one meter beside her, with a towel covering her face. The scene was small, and apparently the deceased had no obvious bleeding, so the scene investigation work was much simpler.Lin Tao was still observing the narrow ground and bed with a footprint light, while Chen Shiyu was waiting aside with a device for brushing fingerprints.Now Chen Shiyu is not just an investigator, but more like Lin Tao's little assistant. I looked around and saw that there were not many abnormal phenomena in the room.There is a key hanging on the side cabinet of the desk.I turned the key, opened the cabinet, and saw a small safe in the cabinet.It is conceivable that the daily turnover of the hotel is here. I summoned a trace inspector who was technically unlocked, and within ten minutes, I opened the small safe. There were two bundles of hundred-yuan bills, some scattered hundred-yuan bills, and some change.It can be seen that Ge Fan put all the cash in this safe, and the safe has not been touched. "Do you think it's because the murderer couldn't open the safe, so there's no sign of robbery?" Dabao asked, knowing that my intention of looking at the safe was to have a preliminary judgment on the nature of the case. I shook my head and said, "First, the door outside the safe is closed. I don't think the murderer has touched it." "Wait, why is there a key hanging on the cabinet door?" Dabao asked. "Think about it, if the deceased keeps all the keys away, every time someone comes to check out, she has to take out the key to open the cabinet door, and then open the safe, how troublesome it is. Since there is a safe inside, there are people in the house , there is no need to take the key of the outer cabinet door." I said, "In this way, she can directly press the code to open the safe, which is in line with common sense." Dabao nodded. I went on to say, "Secondly, if it's robbery and murder, then after the murder, even if the murderer can't open the safe, can't he still take the safe away?" Having said that, I tried it.This small safe only weighs forty to fifty kilograms, and I, who is not strong, can also move the safe out of the side cabinet of the desk. "I see that the clothes of the two deceased are very complete." Dabao flipped through the clothes of the deceased, and said, "Especially the suit of the proprietress, even the shirt is still tucked in the waistband of the trousers, it must not be an afterthought. In other words , there is no sign of sexual assault in this case. Is it revenge?" I pursed my lips and thought for a while, then raised my head and said, "It's too early to draw conclusions. It's better to conduct an autopsy first and see if there are any findings." "Fix the feature of covering the little girl's face with a towel." Dabao said to Chen Shiyu. While waiting for the funeral parlor's vehicle to pull the corpse, Dabao and I walked out of the hotel and came to a facade that was temporarily requisitioned as the special command headquarters on the opposite side of the hotel.I put on my gloves, covered the desk with clean evidence bags, and then took out a stack of official papers from the evidence bags. "Is this the official paper in the desk drawer?" asked the captain of the detachment. I nodded and said, "Although this small hotel didn't enter the passenger accommodation information in the computer system as required, she did write down everything in official paper." "It should be a new computer, and the accommodation information registration software has not been installed yet." Dabao said. "It's possible." I nodded and said, "These torn papers contain accommodation records within half a month. Almost every two days, guest information can fill a paper." "Unfortunately, these records are only recorded two days ago." The captain of the Ma detachment said, "The records of these two days are gone. Isn't there also a blank recording paper in the folder on the desk?" I nodded, smiled slightly, and said, "According to the habit of the proprietress, it is impossible for her not to remember the information of these two days. Then, the biggest possibility is that the murderer took away the paper that recorded the information of these two days!" In the funeral parlor of Qingzhou City, a small two-story building is still flickering with lights in the middle of the night at this moment.The exhaust fan and air conditioner in the forensic autopsy room of the Qingzhou Public Security Bureau were fully turned on, and the roar was endless. The deceased, Ge Fan, must have been a very clean young woman during her lifetime. Even after she died, she was still so clean and tidy.The clothes of the deceased were intact, and there were no obvious signs of struggle or contamination on the clothes.After the photo was fixed, we took off the clothes of the deceased one by one. Once the clothes were taken off, without the cover of the collar of the shirt, several dark subcutaneous hemorrhages could be seen on the bare neck of the deceased. "The cause of death has been revealed." Dabao said, "The signs of suffocation in the corpse are still obvious. Now that there is another neck injury, the cause of death is basically clear." I nodded in agreement, and checked the deceased's body form as usual.Other than the damage to the neck, no obvious damage was found elsewhere. I picked up the scalpel and quietly opened the chest and abdomen of the deceased.In the middle of the deceased's sternum, there was a prominent subcutaneous hemorrhage, which was round in shape and about five centimeters in diameter. "There is a contusion here, let's see how it was caused?" I asked Dabao. Dabao shook his head and said, "There are signs of a struggle at the scene. It's hard to say whether it's a punch or bump injury." "I don't think it looks like it." I said, "This injury is too regular. The scene is so narrow, I'm afraid I can't use my fists, and there is no object on the scene that can be bumped to form a circular subcutaneous hemorrhage." "Then how did you say it was formed?" Dabao asked. I shook my head and said, "Don't worry, follow the rules first." The internal organs of the deceased were dark in color, which is a phenomenon of congestion.Visceral congestion is a sign of asphyxiation.Open the stomach of the deceased, the stomach is still relatively full, the shape of the food can still be distinguished, it looks like porridge, fried dough sticks and salted duck eggs. "Did you investigate the breakfast time of the deceased?" I asked the horse detachment leader. Although the head of the detachment horse is already the deputy head of the detachment, the forensic work is still going on.The head of the horse detachment wearing an anatomy suit nodded and said: "This is very clear. We visited the small shop downstairs, and it was reported that the deceased went downstairs to buy fried dough sticks and salted duck eggs at around 7:30 this morning. Judging from the contents of the stomach, it should be Consistent with the circumstances of the investigation." Related to the inference of the time of death, investigators have developed the habit of investigating the last meal of the deceased. I said: "The food has not yet entered the duodenum, and the form of chyme is also clearly discernible, indicating that the deceased died within two hours after the last meal. Now that it is clear that the deceased had breakfast at about 7:30 to 8:00, then Her death must have been before ten o'clock in the morning." "This time is quite reasonable." Ma Detachment Captain said, "Generally, the residents either leave the hotel in the morning to do their own business, or they are still sleeping at this time. So this time period is relatively deserted." I saw nothing new in the anatomy of the thoracic and abdominal cavity. When Dabao stitched up the body, he opened the skin of the joints of the deceased's limbs.Underneath the skin was well-textured muscle tissue and tendons, and no subcutaneous or intramuscular bleeding was found. "There are no restraints!" said the head of the horse detachment. "Usually strangling people will have more or less restraints to prevent the dead from resisting." “说明这个凶手的控制力很强。”我说，“因为体力悬殊，他可以轻易控制被害人。而且，别忘了，死者这边还有个小帮手。” 我指了指停尸在一旁的孩子的尸体。 “可是，他是怎么控制被害人的？”马支队长问。 我沉吟了一会儿，突然想到死者胸口的一块出血，说：“把尸体翻过来，我们检验一下尸体的背部。” 和我猜想的一样，死者的双侧肩胛窝内，都有明确的出血痕迹。肩胛窝位于肩胛骨和后肋骨之间，不可能直接受力。只有在身体被力量压迫的情况下，因为肩胛骨的上下活动、摩擦，引起这里的出血。 “可见，”我眯着眼睛说，“死者是被人用膝盖顶住了胸口，然后扼死的。肩胛窝的出血提示死者有过剧烈的挣扎，但是因为这一顶一扼，几乎没有反抗的能力。说明两人体力的悬殊是非常巨大的。” “有一点我就不明白了。”大宝说，“既然体力悬殊，为什么现场还有打斗的痕迹？按理说，凶手可以一招克敌，没必要打斗吧。” “现场的现象很有可能只是表象。”我说，“尸体说出来的话才是真话。现场好像看起来有些凌乱，像是打斗，但是为什么我们在尸体上，没有发现这几处控制伤以外的损伤？按理说，既然有打斗，就会有损伤啊。” “难道你是说，打斗是伪装的？”马支队长问。 我摇摇头，说：“不像是伪装的。如果伪装的话，他完全可以把柜子抽屉都给翻乱。我们觉得现场凌乱，主要是因为窗帘掉下来了，还有那一板钥匙散落了。除此之外，再无打斗的痕迹。那么，我们就不能说这一定是打斗痕迹，说不准有其他的原因。” “回头再考虑吧，凌晨了，我们赶紧检验小孩子的尸体。”大宝打断了我的思路。 我点点头，和大宝一起把于婷婷的尸体搬上了解剖台。 每次检验小孩子的尸体，都是对法医心理的一种挑战。尤其是对马支队长这种有孩子的法医和我们这种即将有孩子的法医来说，给孩子做尸检会很压抑。 整个尸检过程在沉寂中进行，虽然沉寂，但是大家心里都有数，按照既定方针对尸体进行了检验。和葛凡的尸体一样，于婷婷的损伤也集中在颈部，尤其是颈部舌骨、甲状软骨的粉碎性骨折，更加确信凶手是一个力量很大的男人。 于婷婷全身也没有任何约束伤，这个八岁的女孩肯定不是凶手的对手。 “你们看她的双手！”在尸体解剖即将结束的时候，我突然发现了死者双手的异常。 死者的几个乌黑甲床的指甲中间，有白色的横线，这显然不是正常的现象。这是指甲有翻折的迹象。 “死者的指甲为什么会翻折？”我问。 “说明她在用力抓什么东西。”大宝说，“甚至都忘记了疼痛！” “能抓什么东西呢？”我接着问。 “还能抓什么，”马支队长说，“凶手呗！” “对！”我说，“小女孩是有反抗动作的。说明凶手在杀害其母亲的时候，她进行了反抗。只不过她幼小的手臂，根本不可能阻止得住凶手的攻击。” “这能说明什么？”大宝说。 我说：“这个现象明确提示我们，凶手只有一个人，他杀害葛凡的时候，于婷婷是没有人控制的。” “刚才经过现场勘查，我们别忘记一个很重要的信息。”大宝说，“小女孩的脸上是盖着一条毛巾的！这用行为心理分析的理论来解释，是一种愧疚心理，说明凶手很有可能认识死者！” “我不赞同你的观点。”我说，“如果是认识小女孩，就一定会认识女孩的母亲。那么他为什么对小女孩愧疚，而不对她的母亲愧疚呢？我觉得行为心理分析的理论不错，这是一种愧疚心理，但是愧疚心理并不表示只有熟人才能有。我们解剖小孩尸体的时候，都会觉得很沉重，如果不是个穷凶极恶的凶手，他杀了小孩，也一样会很难受。所以他因为愧疚，而在小孩的脸上盖毛巾就可以解释过去了。” “说得有道理！”马支队长站在了我这边，“我也不认为这是一起熟人作案。” “尸检结束了。”我长舒了一口气，说，“发现了一些线索，但也没有特别有效的收获。已经深夜两点多了，我们是现在就去专案组汇报呢，还是睡一觉捋一捋思路？” “现在就去吧。”马支队长说，“邢斌局长还在等我们呢！” 我一边点击着鼠标，播放着尸检的照片，一边提纲挈领地向专案组介绍了尸检的发现和我们相应的分析内容。 “死因和死亡时间都很明确了。”邢斌局长对着主办侦查员说，“你们调查，在这个时间段，那五个屋子的住客，都去哪儿了？” “我们也问了这七名人员。”侦查员说，“三个独住的人，和一对情侣，都称自己早晨就离开旅馆了，到中午时分才回来，都没有注意到收银房间的异常，直到警察来。但是这些人的证词都是孤证，无法进行印证。另外一对情侣称在房间里睡觉，一直睡到警察来都不知道。” “他们没有听见什么异常响动吗？”我问。 主办侦查员摇摇头，说：“我们做了侦查实验，因为这种旅馆主要是、主要是干那事儿的嘛，所以隔音都做得比较好，在收银房间大声叫喊，别的房间也听不见。” 我接着问：“那这七个人，你们是怎么控制的？” 主办侦查员说：“我们到现场的时候，这七个人就在旅馆里。我们和他们介绍了情况，他们就都很配合地跟我们到派出所了。” “那会不会还有其他人住宿，还没有回来呢？”邢斌局长问。 主办侦查员说：“我们派人在旅馆蹲守了，如果有人回来，就会带回来的。不过到现在也没有人进入旅馆。” “没事儿，这个我有办法。”我自信地说道。 “现场是不是有激烈搏斗的痕迹？”邢斌局长问。 我喝了口水，慢慢地说：“我们进入现场的时候，会觉得现场有打斗的痕迹，其实再次仔细看一看现场的情况，现场根本就没有打斗。你们看，收银房间的窗户是有防盗窗的，只有一个小窗户可以互通内外。但是这个小窗户是肯定不能钻个人进来的，那么凶手肯定是从门进来的。从门进来，最先看见的是矮柜。矮柜上面有这么多乱七八糟的东西，都没有被打翻，尤其是矮柜旁边的热水瓶都没有倾覆，说明现场根本就没有打斗。” “那窗帘和钥匙板怎么解释？”邢斌局长问。 我说：“我也不敢做明确的解释，只能说，凶手弄坏这两个东西，是有指向性的。也就是说，他是为了弄坏这两个东西而弄坏的。” 大家都歪着头听，显然没有听懂。其实我也被自己绕进去了，自己也不确定凶手为什么会弄坏这两个东西。 “总之，凶手一进门应该就很轻易地控制了老板娘。”我说，“所以根本就没有什么打斗。” “我支持老秦的观点。”林涛说，“我们通过现场勘查，现场的鞋印很简单，不复杂，不符合有打斗的痕迹。而且我们在床上的席子上，找到了几枚残缺的鞋印，可惜没有鉴定价值。” “这个痕迹不是没有用。”我说，“这就印证了我们法医的观点，凶手踩上了床，用膝盖顶住死者，掐死了她。” “动作干净利落，不拖泥带水。”大宝说，“这个人当时的情绪应该非常激动，所以才会有这么心狠手辣的动作。” 我点头认可。 “那你们觉得，这一起案件的性质应该是什么呢？”邢斌局长问道，“听说谋财和谋性都不太像，现在我们主张是因仇，不知道对不对？” “不对。”我斩钉截铁地说。 “啊？”邢斌局长有些意外。 “既然已经排除了谋性和谋财，那不就是谋人了吗？”邢斌局长说，“谋人不就是因仇吗？” “我同意谋人的观点，但是不同意因仇的观点。”我说，“首先，凶手选择杀人的时间是上午，光天化日，不是寻仇的好时间。其次，凶手没有携带任何作案工具，难道他就这么自信可以杀死两人？再次，现场一进门，就可以看到矮柜上的一把水果刀，这是一个杀人的利器，但他为什么不用刀，而选择了徒手？别忘了，当时旅馆里还有人，他这样杀人，是有风险的。最后，他一个人杀两人，而且在杀害葛凡的时候还遭到了于婷婷的抵抗。于婷婷是个小孩，她可以抵抗，也可以逃跑呼救，凶手当时并没有控制她，这是冒着很大的风险的。说明凶手对于杀人的实施，并没有做好充分的预案，他的谋人，是没有准备的。” “师父说过，排除了谋性和谋财，没有准备的谋人，就是激情杀人。”大宝补充道。 邢斌局长若有所思地点点头。 “谁会激情杀害一个旅馆老板娘呢？”我自问自答，“只有房客！” 大家都在点头。 我说：“当然，我们还有别的依据。比如，老板娘的电脑桌面上，正在播放《甄嬛传》。我们知道一般的播放器不会自己暂停的，但是为什么现场电脑的播放器暂停了？那么，只有老板娘自己点击了暂停。众所周知，一个人正在看电视剧，突然遇到了危险，怎么可能还来得及去点击播放器上的暂停？而如果是有人来找的话，就会下意识地先点暂停，再和别人说话。在这么个时间段，怕是只有房客才会和老板娘说话吧。” “也就是说，凶手和老板娘其实开始是和平谈话的。”主办侦查员说。 我点点头，说：“凶手的情绪是有个渐进的过程的，先是平稳，后来不知道为什么被激怒，从而杀人。” “可是房客我们都控制了啊。”主办侦查员说，“不过话说回来了，既然杀人了，他肯定不会再在宾馆傻待着了。肯定早已经跑了。” “对。”我说，“这些房客都是无辜的，你们可以停止审查了。” “火车站旁边的小旅馆，客流量这么大，又不是熟人，而且老板娘还没有登记旅客住宿信息。”邢斌局长说，“这可就不好找人了。” “我说过，按照老板娘的习惯，她不可能单单不记录这两天的住宿信息。”我说，“桌上的文件夹就是记录这两天的信息的。只不过被人撕下、带走了。” “那和没记是一样的。”邢斌局长说。 林涛微微一笑，说：“这个事情，老秦早就安排好了。” “安排什么了？”马支队长问。 林涛说：“我们在现场发现的公文夹里有一沓公文纸，上面一张是被撕掉的。但是别忘记了，它们原来是一个整体。在第一张纸上写字，不仅会在第一张纸上留下笔迹，同时会在第二张、第三张乃至后面数张上留下笔迹压痕。” “所以我已经让韩亮和陈诗羽同志，连夜带着那本文件夹，赶往省厅。”我说，“文件检验科的吴科长此时已经把压痕还原出来了。可惜，因为是一沓公文纸写完一张撕一张，所以后面的纸张上，有着前面数张纸的压痕，很难清晰反映被撕掉带走的那张纸上写的是什么。” “唉，我还激动了一下。”邢斌局长说。 “不过，如果我们能搞得清楚凶手住哪个房间，还是有希望还原出信息的。”我说。 “这是个希望。”主办侦查员说，“真希望你们直接把凶手的身份证号码给我，哈哈。” “不是没可能哦。”我说，“我们把房间一一打开，整齐的是没有人住的，凌乱的是有人住的。” “可是如果凶手是还没有开房正准备开房，或者几天都没有回来，当天回来的，因为老板娘每天都整理房间，怕是就不好分辨了。”侦查员说。 我点点头，说：“谋事在人，成事在天。我算是没力气了，忙了一整天。反正你们已经封存现场了，这样，我们调整一下，明天早晨八点钟，在旅馆门口碰面。” 实际上，我们只睡了四个小时。 到达现场的时候，我们几个人依旧睡眼惺忪。 “这些房间怎么打开啊？”我问。 主办侦查员说：“这个我们调查了，毕竟这只是个小旅馆，采用的方式是，来人的时候老板娘帮助开门，钥匙不交给房客。因为小旅馆不收押金，这样做可以有效防止房客拖欠房费。” “也就是说，平时所有的钥匙都挂在这块木板上？”我指着现场倒伏的木板，说，“来人的时候，老板娘就从木板上取下钥匙开门？” "right." “还记得吗？”我有些兴奋，说，“我之前说过，现场没有打斗的痕迹，窗帘和钥匙板的变动，是因为凶手有针对性。如果我没有猜错的话，这一堆钥匙里少了一把，而那一把，就是凶手所住的房间！” 大家可能觉得我说得有道理，于是拿起那一堆没有标注房间号的钥匙，开始从第一个房间一把钥匙一把钥匙地试。 整整花了半个多小时，大家终于把每把钥匙对应的房门都找清楚了，唯独少了213房门的钥匙。 “凶手就住这里！打开它！”我高声叫道。 林涛从勘查箱里拿出一个小包，说：“我来，我来。” 我知道他又要开始炫耀自己的开锁技术了。 可惜，没等他话音落下，主办侦查员已经一脚踹开了213房间的房门。 “你，你能别这么粗鲁吗？”林涛拿着一个耳朵扒似的工具，愣在那里。 和我们想象的完全不一样，房间里非常整洁，显然已经经过了老板娘的精心打扫。 “没住？还是住在这里几天没有回来？”侦查员问，“要是没住的话，就不会有信息登记，那么笔迹压痕就失去了意义。” 我说：“显然是住了几天没回来，不然他为什么不拿别的房间的钥匙，偏偏拿这个房间的钥匙？给小羽毛打电话，让吴老大赶紧分析压痕，看看213房间，有没有住客登记房间。” 说完，我突然想起了什么，接着说：“不对，如果他住了两天以上，他的信息就应该登记在抽屉里的公文纸上。” “抽屉里的公文纸，时间都接得上，到事发两天前，不可能少。也就是说，抽屉里的公文纸记录到5月31日，6月1日就没有了。”林涛说。 我说：“他没有拿走抽屉里的公文纸，而是撕走了桌面上的，说明他肯定是两天之内住进来的，也就是说，他顶多就前天晚上一晚上没回来。” “大前天或者前天住宿，前天晚上也就是6月2日晚上未归，房间被老板娘收拾过，第二天早晨又回来杀人。”大宝捋了一捋时间线，说，“这能说明什么呢？” “不知道。”我低头沉思。 “我有个问题。”侦查员说，“即便咱们能还原出213房客的信息，抓到了他，怎么能证明他就是犯罪嫌疑人呢？” “这个案子，确实没有什么好的证据。”大宝沮丧地说道。 “不一定！”我突然想起了什么，说，“大家看看，每个房间，有没有哪个房间少了毛巾。” “对啊。”大宝说，“中心现场于婷婷面部盖着一条毛巾，白色的毛巾。显然不是中心现场房间里的毛巾，而是宾馆常用的毛巾。” “你这样一说，我就有个问题出来了。”在大家分头在每个房间检查的时候，我说，“中心现场就有毛巾，他可以随便拿一条就给于婷婷盖上，为什么要舍近求远，去房间里拿毛巾？这不合常理啊。” “都检查过了，房间的毛巾一条也没有少。”林涛说。 大家都愣在原地，思考问题出现在什么地方。 “难道是凶手自己带来的毛巾？”大宝自言自语，“那也不对啊，自己带来的毛巾，怎么会和这个旅馆的毛巾一模一样呢？” “会不会，老板娘就是拿了一条多余的毛巾，放在中心现场的？”马支队长插话道。 “多余的毛巾。”我说，“现场矮柜只能挂四条毛巾，都挂满了，不应该再拿一条过来的。对了！多余的毛巾！” 我转身跑向走廊尽头的阳台。 这和提笔忘字是一个道理，当我们的思维定在房间里的毛巾时，就忘了阳台上有个清洗房，那里面，尽是毛巾。 “既然知道凶手从哪里拿毛巾就可以了啊。”大宝说，“毛巾都拿走了，你在这里面找，又能找到什么呢？” 我没有答话，把消毒柜里堆放的一堆毛巾全部搬了出来，然后一条一条地仔细观察。果然被我找到了！那是一条有一些浅淡红色血迹的毛巾。 “我们在尸检的时候，知道小女孩用指甲去抓凶手，对吧？连指甲都翻折了，还能不把凶手抓伤？现在是夏天，暴露皮肤多啊。”我高兴地说，“在看现场的时候，我们又疑问，为什么凶手舍近求远，不拿中心现场的毛巾，而跑到远处拿毛巾？原因就在这里。凶手从中心现场离开的时候，并没有想用毛巾盖住小女孩的脸，只是想找个毛巾擦一下自己还在流血的抓伤。于是，他来到了阳台消毒房，拿了一条毛巾擦血，然后丢进了消毒柜。” “你怎么知道这条带血的毛巾和本案有关系？”侦查员问。 我说：“消毒柜，是毛巾水洗晒干后再消毒的地方，里面都是干净的毛巾，怎么会有新鲜的血迹呢？” 侦查员点点头。 我接着说：“可能是抓伤表面的血迹没有完全止住，也可能出于其他原因，凶手带了一条毛巾走，走到现场时，可能看见了小孩的尸体，心有不忍，给她盖住了颜面。” “分析得很有道理。”主办侦查员说，“可是这条带血的毛巾，证明力还是不足。” “但是这条推断，告诉我们两个讯息。”我说，“第一，如果是为了继续擦血，那么盖住小孩面部的毛巾上，很有可能还能检测到潜血痕迹。第二，凶手知道阳台上有毛巾，那么他一定不是第一次入住这个旅馆，他对这个旅馆的结构应该挺熟悉。” 林涛从远处走回，说：“我接到了吴老大的电话，他说信息可以还原一部分，但是污损了一部分，不能恢复完全。” “足够了。”我自信地笑着，说，“我们刚说到，凶手以前可能也住过这个宾馆，可能还不止一次两次，那么，我们只需要拿吴老大还原出来的残缺信息，和这个旅馆以前的住宿登记记录比对，很快就能找出犯罪嫌疑人了！” “而且我们还有DNA可以作为甄别。”大宝说。 “这次，还真被你们说中了。”我笑着对马支队长说，“我们可以把嫌疑人的身份证号告诉你们了！” “很精彩啊。”马支队长说，“现场所有奇怪的现象已经全部被解释了，唯独那个窗帘，不好解释。你不是说凶手是有针对性的吗？那么他针对一个窗帘做什么？” “已经不重要了。”我说，“你们直接问嫌疑人好了。” 省厅法医有很多附加的工作，就是在出勘命案现场的时候，当地公安机关会利用空余时间，邀请省厅法医对辖区内疑难伤情鉴定进行会诊。 在青州市这个伤情鉴定大市更不可能例外，我们“买一送十”地帮青州市法医会诊了整整十起疑难伤情鉴定。 夜幕降临的时候，就是好运来临的时候，我们几乎同时得到了四个好消息：第一，盖住于婷婷面部的毛巾上，果真发现了潜血痕迹，并且检出了一个男子的DNA基因型，和阳台消毒柜