Chapter 16 Case 14 Death Knight

Time flies, time flies, and I have been working for nearly 3 years in a flash. Three years passed in a blink of an eye, and I followed Master all the way to various dangerous scenes: some had unbearable stench and maggots everywhere, some were full of poisonous gas, some could explode at any time, and some harbored severe infectious diseases Viruses... But as long as I have Master by my side, watching him deal with the problem calmly and calmly, and listening to him methodically analyze the clues found in the autopsy, I can always find some sense of security no matter how dangerous the place is.

But people are flesh and blood after all, and the god-like master in my mind is not a god after all.Even though he will still tell us some sneer jokes that are not funny at all at the most stressful moment, his body still betrays him, and his tired expression will occasionally reveal inadvertently from his rapt eyebrows and eyes, It was also at this time that I vaguely had some bad premonitions. When the spring of 2008 was coming to an end, Master suddenly said, "I can't hear in my left ear." Before saying this, the master was sitting in his chair and switched the phone from his left hand to his right hand. He, who was still asking the other party to speak louder, suddenly changed his expression.That morning he asked for leave for the first time, and soon, he was hospitalized again for the first time.

Master had no choice but to stay in the hospital, because the doctor diagnosed that it was a vasospasm in the inner ear caused by excessive fatigue, and if it was not treated in time, it might lead to deafness in one ear.On the third day of hospitalization, Master called me to the hospital bed. "For so long, you have performed very well and have the potential to become an excellent forensic doctor." Master's opening remarks were such a straightforward compliment, and I was at a loss for a while.In the process of solving the case before, even if I played a key role, Master only affirmed me with his eyes.

"Are you ready?" Master then asked. "Ah, what preparation?" I began to feel anxious again. "Prepare on your own, you can't always follow me to the scene every time, can you?" "Master, you just have a spasm of the blood vessels in the inner ear. Why do you make it look like you are going to retire early?" I joked. "You," Master ignored my joke, and seemed to be serious again, "You have also seen that the trust in our provincial and departmental forensic doctors is getting higher and higher, and the number of times we need to go to the survey site is getting higher and higher. There are more and more. I can’t do it alone. You have been with me for 3 years, and you should have the ability to handle cases independently.”

"But, don't I have to obtain the qualification of chief prosecutor before I can handle cases independently?" I hesitated. To be honest, I really didn't think that this day would come so soon, "Although I did graduate with a double bachelor's degree. , but after all, the working years are not enough, will this be against the rules..." "Well, you must first obtain the qualification of chief prosecutor's physician before you can become the first appraiser. That's right." Master said, "But participating in the investigation of homicides is different from inspection and appraisal, and your ability is greater than your reputation. I think you can give it a try." own skill."

As soon as Master said this, my ominous premonition became stronger. Could it be that the ducks are going to be put on the shelves so soon? "Hey, can you become the Chief Prosecutor of the Provincial Public Security Bureau?" Master smiled instead, "It depends on whether you can pass this set of test papers—a case just happened in Yanggong County, which was handled by the traffic police. An abnormality was discovered during the autopsy, the nature of which has not yet been determined, and they asked for our support." Ascertaining the nature of the case is the most responsible and difficult part of forensic work.In the death of a traffic accident, the duty of the forensic doctor of the county-level public security organ is to determine the nature through autopsy and rule out the possibility of homicide.But this time they actually asked the provincial department for help to determine the nature, which shows that this traffic accident must not be simple.

Hearing what Master said, I immediately panicked: "Isn't it true that the test questions are so difficult? When I come up, I will take the nature test?" Seeing my flustered expression, Master was even more amused: "Why are you so unconfident? You are an apprentice I taught you. You are also the Chief Prosecutor of the Provincial Department after all. Do you think it is so easy to become?" The master has already spoken out, I think I can't help it anymore, I can only submit obediently: "What is the case?" "I called you over as soon as I received the call in the morning. The body is still at the scene. You should go to Yanggong County now. You will know the case when you go there. The car is downstairs." Master threw me a police car "I'm not worried that you will fail the exam, but I'm worried that you will be safe to drive."

"Don't worry, I have six years of driving experience." I replied absent-mindedly. Yanggong County is a subordinate county of the provincial capital. It is only 30 kilometers away from the provincial capital. I arrived at the Yanggong County Public Security Bureau in half an hour. Drive to the crime scene: Yangqiao Town, Yanggong County. From a distance, I could see a dense crowd of people around the scene, and from time to time I could hear the creaking sound of the police walkie-talkie.I suddenly had a feeling of entering a boxing arena. There were huge crowds of people, noisy and noisy, but only Master was not around.When I parked the car and walked into the cordon with the on-site investigation box, I instantly felt the eyes gathered from all directions. My heart beat faster, and even my ears became sensitive. I vaguely heard someone talking in a low voice:

"This is the forensic doctor from the provincial department? It looks so young, is it reliable?" "He came alone? Where is his master?" "I'm still a student, right? My forehead is sweating..." ... The forensic doctor of the Yanggong County Public Security Bureau was surnamed Lin, and he was also my senior brother. I forced a smile on my face and went over to greet him, which was a way of saying hello.While talking to me, Forensic Doctor Lin couldn't help looking left and right, with disappointment and surprise that couldn't be concealed in his expression, and finally his eyes stopped on me, but his eyes were full of suspicion.

He didn't say anything. I secretly took a deep breath and started working! Of course, the first step is to familiarize yourself with the environment on site.I walked around the site, and my heart gradually calmed down. This is a small bridge running from north to south. There is no guardrail on the bridge, and there is no water flow under the bridge.Looking down from the bridge, the bridge is about 3 meters high, with dense weeds growing at the bottom of the bridge, and it is also full of domestic garbage.There is a small market town beside the bridge. Every day from 8 am to 3 pm, there will be many vendors in this small market town, but after 3 pm, there are very few people.

"Are there any residents around here?" I asked the investigator. "No. The nearest resident is two miles away, and this is the market town." "Why is there so much domestic garbage under this bridge?" I stood by the bridge and looked down carefully, and found that there were a lot of garbage such as white lunch boxes and plastic bags under the bridge. "No one cleans here. The vendors in the small market town usually eat lunch, and throw their lunch boxes and other garbage here. After a long time, it will be full of garbage." The investigator explained to me patiently. A 70% new motorcycle is supported on the bridge, and some mud is stuck to the motorcycle.The body of the deceased was parked next to the motorcycle. The body was completely dressed, and blood stains seemed to be visible on the clothes.Mud was also stuck to the face of the corpse, making it difficult to see the expression of the deceased. "What case?" I asked. Forensic doctor Lin waved and called the traffic police comrade who was in charge of the case. The traffic police said: "The preliminary investigation is over. The situation is as follows: On the 26th, that is, the afternoon of the day before yesterday, a middle-aged woman named Hu Lili went to the Yangqiao Town Police Station to report the case, saying that Her husband is missing." "Reported missing in the afternoon?" I was slightly surprised. "Yes, according to her, she went back to her natal home on the night of the 25th as usual, and when she returned to her own home on the morning of the 26th, she found that the quilt was neatly folded, thinking that her husband had gone to work. But at noon, her husband Wu Minglu The manager of the factory who worked part-time called her and asked her why Wu Minglu didn't go to work. She panicked at the time, and went to Wu's friend's house with Wu Minglu's father to search around, but no one had seen him, so she went to Reported to the police station." "What time does Wu Minglu get off work at night?" I asked. "He usually leaves for the factory at 7 am and returns home from the factory at 7 pm. The distance from the factory to his home takes half an hour by motorcycle." "What time did Hu Lili return to her mother's house on the evening of the 25th?" "She went back early and arrived at her natal home in the next village at 5:00 pm. Her natal family and neighbors can confirm that Hu Lili was at her natal home on the night of the 25th." "In other words, she didn't see Wu Minglu on the night of the 25th, did she?" I asked. "yes." "This motorcycle belongs to Wu Minglu?" I pointed to the motorcycle standing beside me and said. "It's confirmed, it belongs to the deceased." The police from the police station said. "Okay, you continue." I signaled the traffic police comrades to continue to introduce the situation. "Today, on the 28th, two days after Hu Lili reported the case, a vendor reported in the morning that he found a dead body under the bridge. When we arrived, we confirmed that the deceased was Wu Minglu, who was lying under the bridge with a motorcycle on his body. The crowd The report said that a person riding a motorcycle fell under the bridge." The traffic police comrade pointed to a place under the bridge where the weeds were overwhelmed. "Just saw it this morning?" "Yes, we asked about this in detail. Generally, no one would stand on the bridge and look down. When throwing garbage, they would stand a few meters away from the bridge and throw it under the bridge vigorously. There are garbage and weeds under the bridge, and the corpses were not caught. It is also normal for people to find it. Judging from the condition of the soil attached to the body, the deceased should have been lying under this bridge for two days, and it has been raining for the past two days. We can see that the clothes of the deceased were wet, and it should have fallen off during the time when he disappeared. down." I took a brief look at the appearance of the corpse, nodded, and approved the analysis of comrade traffic police. "On the 25th, the status of Wu Ming Road going to work..." I continued to ask. "At 7:00 p.m. on the 25th, Wu Minglu got off work on time. This has all been investigated." "Where does he usually eat?" "It's all home for dinner." I squatted by the bridge and carefully looked at the edge of the small concrete bridge, and said, "You think it might not be the cause of the traffic accident, but because there are no scratch marks on the side of the bridge, right?" What I said seemed to be unexpected to the investigators. He scratched his head and said, "This...hehe...We really didn't think of this. We still think it might be a traffic accident." "I raised doubts." Forensic doctor Lin interjected, "After receiving the call from the traffic police, I rushed over to conduct the autopsy. Except for serious injuries, other limbs were not injured. After all, when the body was found, the motorcycle was on top of the body, and when it fell from such a high place, the motorcycle was on top of the body again, so how could there be no damage?" "I think it's possible." The traffic policeman said, "When we found out, the motorcycle was on one side of the handlebars and the other side of the trunk was on the ground. These two points made the motorcycle empty, and the body, except for the head, was on the motorcycle chassis. In addition, other limbs just lay in this gap. It may be such a coincidence that the motorcycle only hit his head." I saw the photos of the original scene from the digital camera and nodded, thinking that the traffic policeman was right. Forensic doctor Lin saw that I agreed with the traffic policeman's opinion, and quickly said, "Can the chassis of a motorcycle cause several contusions on the head?" I smiled and said: "Don't worry, there are disputes, which means that this case is interesting. There may be many coincidences in interesting cases. As for the form of injury, we will talk about it when we do the autopsy. As I said just now, if you ride a bicycle from the bridge If it fell, why is there no rubbing marks on the side of the bridge?" The traffic police insisted on their point of view, walked to the side of the small bridge and said: "This bridge is made of concrete, but there are steep slopes on both sides of the bridge leading to the bridge. Come down, then naturally there will be no traces left on the side of the concrete bridge. The slope is an earth slope, and after it rains, even if there are traces, it will not be found.” I walked to the side of the slope and looked. The original location of the body was below the slope on the east side of the north end of the bridge.Looking at the photo, the rear of the motorcycle should be close to the river bed of the dry ditch east of the north end of the bridge. "If they rushed down the bridge from the slope at a very high speed, how could the dead body and the motorcycle fall so close to the river bed due to the initial kinetic energy?" I said, "The bridge is more than ten meters long, and it is impossible for the dead It’s so far from the south end, right? It looks like it’s riding a motorcycle and slowly falling down the slope at the north end of the bridge. There’s no initial kinetic energy.” My words made the traffic policeman fall into deep thought.Fayi Lin saw that I was beginning to support his point of view, nodded happily, and said, "That's right! Fayi Qin's analysis makes sense." I smiled and said: "Hehe, this is just a speculation. Many traffic accidents have very strange phenomena, which cannot be explained one by one, because the process of traffic accidents is changeable, and it is difficult to restore and reconstruct without being present." I I quoted a sentence from Master once, which means that everyone should not be preconceived, but speak with sufficient evidence. I went on to say: "According to what I just said, the deceased should have fallen under the bridge from the north to the south of the bridge. Now I want to ask, where is the deceased's home? Where is the unit? Is this road a must?" road?" "The deceased lived in the north, and his unit was in the south. This bridge is the only way he must pass to get to and from get off work." The police from the police station said. "That is to say, the deceased fell under the bridge in the direction from home to work." I said. The traffic policeman nodded in agreement, and suddenly said as if remembering something: "By the way, the motorcycle is in gear." I looked at the motorcycle next to me, and it was indeed in gear. It may have been turned off after falling.But I noticed that the headlights of the motorcycle were turned off. "Don't talk so much, let's start the work immediately." I imitated the master's tone and began to command, "In four steps, first, go down to see the scene where the body fell to the ground; second, go to the deceased's house to see; Thirdly, to examine the clothes of the dead body; fourthly, to dissect the dead body. Now, comrades of the undertaker, please take the dead body away, and I will go down and have a look." After speaking, I put on high-top rubber boots, and carefully descended slowly from the slope on the east side of the north side of the bridgehead into the dry ditch.The slope is really steep and slippery due to the rain in the past two days. It is not so easy to get down to the bottom of the ditch safely from such a high place.Fortunately, I haven't forgotten the skills I learned in the Criminal Police Academy. With a few steps and jumps, I reached the bottom of the ditch smoothly. The bottom of the ditch is full of weeds and rubbish. Fortunately, the sun is shining today and the temperature is quite high, so there is not much mud at the bottom of the ditch. At the bottom of the ditch to the east of the north end of the bridge, there was a human-shaped depression, which should be the location of the corpse. Because it rained for two consecutive days, the corpse sank due to gravity, leaving traces of the corpse on the soil.In and around the hollow pit of the human figure was some dirty domestic garbage, and not much blood was seen on the garbage.I squatted on the ground, put on gloves, and picked out the garbage bit by bit from the pit. The soil at the bottom of the pit was gradually revealed. It turned out that the bottom of the ditch was loose yellow sand, and it looked normal. With the help of comrades from the traffic police, I climbed from the bottom of the ditch to the bridge again.I brushed off the dirt on my body, and stood at the head of the bridge to contemplate the way the deceased would drive a motorcycle. I suddenly felt a little strange, but I just thought about it, but didn't say it out: "Why don't we go to the deceased's house?" I drove the car, took Forensic Doctor Lin and two investigators, and under the guidance of the investigators, we bumped all the way to the deceased's home. The deceased's home is located in the deep part of the village, and the dusty construction site can be seen in the distance.The deceased's house was in the middle of a row of bungalows.Investigators said: "Only the family of the deceased and the family next door lived there. The other households were working outside, and generally no one came back to live." I looked up at the house of the deceased. It had a big yard, white walls and black tiles, and aluminum alloy windows. From the outside, the house was clean and bright, with snow-white floor tiles and elegant yellow furniture.The house was built grandly, which shows that the deceased was relatively wealthy before his death, obviously surpassing the neighbors. I wandered into the courtyard of the deceased's house.Hu Lili, the wife of the deceased, was leaning against the door of the house, with a sad face and lost soul.I approached her quietly: "Sister, can I go into the house and have a look?" Hu Lili didn't look at us, but nodded sadly. When I walked into the house, a pungent latex paint smell hit my face. I quietly asked the investigator: "Has their house been painted recently?" The investigator said: "Oh, we have investigated this. The house here is going to be demolished recently. Wu Minglu's house is big. If it is more beautifully decorated, the demolition fee will be much higher, so before Wu Minglu disappeared, their house began to renovate. gone." "What happened after Wu Minglu disappeared?" I asked. "After he disappeared, he was still decorating. He just finished it yesterday." "The time period for this decoration is too coincidental." I went to the wall and rubbed my fingers against the snow-white wall, feeling as if the latex paint on the wall hadn't fully dried, "What time of the day does the decoration usually start? " "From 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, the time when Wu Minglu was not at home." The investigator said, "This problem was confirmed by the neighbor next door." I walked around Wu Minglu's house, and suddenly found a well-crafted diary in the corner of the closet, with Wu Minglu's name written on it.I asked loudly, "Sister, can I have a look at this diary?" Hu Lili, who was leaning against the edge of the door, nodded sadly. I opened the diary, and the date of each day was neatly written in the book, followed by the account of expenses.Looking at the details, it should be Wu Minglu's personal account book. I didn't care about Wu Minglu's daily expenses, and quickly turned to the last page of the diary. "On May 25, cigarettes are 10 yuan, liquor is 12 yuan, and dinner is 8 yuan." "Since Wu Minglu's work system is seven in the morning and seven in the evening, he must not be at home during the day and cannot keep the account." I lowered my voice and said excitedly, "This account should be recorded when Wu Minglu returned home on the night of the 25th. Explain that Wu Minglu On the evening of the 25th, I arrived home safely. The time period we need to investigate has been shortened again." The scout nodded. "He didn't get home until 8 o'clock in the evening. He should have arrived at the factory at 7:30 the next morning but he didn't arrive. This time period is the time when the deceased was killed." Forensic doctor Lin said. "Brother, let's not preconceive it. There is no basis to say that he was murdered." I smiled and said to Forensic Doctor Lin. "Haha, yes." Forensic Lin's attitude has obviously changed a lot. Seeing my previous discoveries, his trust in me has also increased. I walked out of the house, bent down and asked Hu Lili: "Sister, on the morning of the 26th, after you go home, is everything normal at home?" Hu Lili still nodded silently with the same attitude. "The quilt is also folded?" Hu Lili nodded. "Please be sorry." It seemed that there was nothing to ask about the situation, so I comforted me and walked out of the deceased's house. When I walked out of the small courtyard of the deceased’s house, I found that the family of three neighbors of the deceased looked at us with hesitant eyes, and I immediately read some meaning from their eyes.Could it be that they have something to say to me? I walked to their door, looked back to make sure that Hu Lili had not followed me out of the hospital, took out a teacup and said, "My fellow, can you pour me some water?" When I walked into the deceased’s neighbor’s house, I immediately asked, “Please tell me, did you hear anything in the past two days, that is, on the night of the 25th?” The neighbor couple shook their heads together. "Then what do you think of Lao Wu's death?" The young couple next door showed embarrassment together again. I looked at the investigators waiting outside the door and said, "Don't worry, if you have any clues, just tell them straight up, you don't want the deceased to be wronged, right? I'm from the Provincial Public Security Bureau, trust me." Forensic doctor Lin echoed: "Yes, it's okay, let's talk." The neighbor said: "Actually, it's nothing. I just have a little suspicion. We can't tell. It's just that I heard that Lao Wu died in a traffic accident today, so I feel a little strange." "Do you think that Old Wu might have been killed by someone else?" "No, we just felt a little suspicious. The day before Lao Wu disappeared, that is, on the 24th, two of my three dogs were lost." The neighbor said. "Lost a dog?" Forensic Doctor Lin was a little surprised that the neighbor's article was wrong.I waved my hand, signaling for Forensic Doctor Lin not to interrupt. The neighbor went on to say, "That's right. My family has three wolf dogs, which are very good. But when we came back from work in the field on the afternoon of the 24th, we found that we lost two of them. Coincidentally, the lost two can bark." , the remaining one can't be called, but it hasn't been lost." "Haha, there's nothing suspicious about this. It might just be a coincidence. There are so many dog-stealers now." Forensic Doctor Lin couldn't help but interject. "You mean that someone may have taken away your two barking dogs in a targeted manner in order to sneak into the deceased's house and commit crimes?" I interrupted Forensic Doctor Lin. "Yes, that's what it means. Otherwise, if you steal the dog together, why would you bark?" the neighbor said. I also feel that this clue cannot be used as the basis for determining that Wu Minglu was killed, and then said: "Is there anything else?" "Also, since the 15th, Lao Wu's house has been under renovation. Around the 20th, I heard Lao Wu and Hu Lili quarreling, talking about divorce. It sounds like Lao Wu suspects that Hu Lili has an improper relationship with the decoration workers." "How many people are there in their decoration team?" "Where is there any decoration team? We do decoration in the countryside. We find a friend to install it. He does all kinds of work by himself. The key is that Lao Wu is missing. His house is still being renovated, and work has not stopped until yesterday. Closed." It sounds like the two clues provided by the neighbor are of no direct value. However, my trip was worthwhile. These small clues collided fiercely in my heart, but unfortunately they did not collide with the spark I expected. After the on-site investigation was completed, we went around the deceased's house again, and before we knew it, it was already noon.Hungry, I went to a roadside stall in Xiaoji Town with Lin Fayi to buy a bowl of beef noodles, and ate it hungrily. "I'm full." I rubbed my belly and said, "Let's go, funeral home, go to work." In the forensic autopsy room of Yanggong County Funeral Home, Wu Minglu lay quietly on the autopsy bed.When we arrived, two forensic doctors who had just joined the work had already begun to take pictures and videos of the corpse, and took off the deceased's clothes layer by layer. The deceased's clothes were complete and normal. The lower body was underpants and outer pants, the upper body was a round-neck long-sleeved T-shirt and coat, and shoes and socks were worn on the feet. I quickly put on the dissecting suit, gloves and mask, and carefully spread the deceased's clothes on the prepared plastic sheet, checking them one by one. I looked at the wound on the head of the corpse, then at the round neck T-shirt of the deceased, squatted on the ground and thought for a while, pointed to the blood on the shoulder of the round neck T-shirt and said, "Brother, don't you feel the blood stain?" Is it weird?" Forensic doctor Lin looked at the clothes, but did not speak.I went on to say: "Only the head of the deceased had several open injuries, that is to say, only the head could bleed. If the deceased fell from the bridge, the motorcycle would be on top of the deceased, and the deceased would not be able to sit up. So, how did the blood from the head flow to the shoulder?" Forensic doctor Lin's eyes flashed, and he said: "Yes, yes! However, we don't preconceive it first. If the blood of the deceased flows out and forms a pool of blood on the back of the head, after it rains, the rain will dilute the blood and form a pool of blood on the head, neck and shoulders of the deceased. Then, is it possible that the pool of blood can infiltrate the shoulders of the clothes?" I thought for a while, what Lin Forensic Doctor said still had some truth, how can we rule out this possibility?Then I picked up the coat of the deceased, looked at it, and said, "The possibility that brother just said can be ruled out." Forensic doctor Lin looked at the coat and said, "Yes! If it is soaked in a pool of blood, it should be soaked into the coat first, and then it may be soaked into the T-shirt worn inside, and the coat has no blood!" I smiled and said: "This is an important discovery. According to the conditions of these two clothes, the deceased should have been in an upright position when his head was injured, so the blood flowed to his shoulders; , should not be wearing a jacket, so the blood will flow to the T-shirt on the inside!" "Haha! A fake traffic accident scene!" Forensic doctor Lin said. "Don't worry, we will make a conclusion after we have seen the corpse!" I said calmly. The injury of the deceased was very simple, and there was no obvious damage to the whole body, except for the four contusions on the head. "I just don't think it's possible for a motorcycle to hit my head and cause four wounds." Forensic doctor Lin said, "The traffic police are still arguing with me, and there is no blood on the bottom of the motorcycle." "After all, the traffic police don't understand the knowledge of forensic science. It is not unreasonable for them to say that one injury may form four wounds." I said, "I have carefully inspected the motorcycle, and there are obvious traces of being washed by rain. If it is really a motorcycle It was smashed, and it is possible to leave no blood." "One impact can form four wounds?" Forensic doctor Lin was a little surprised when he saw the change in my attitude. "Yes, there are many protruding and large screws on the bottom of the motorcycle. If these screws hit the head of the deceased at the same time, it is indeed possible to form four wounds at one time." I carefully clamped the skin around the wound with a hemostat, " There are inter-tissue bridges in these wounds, which are blunt trauma, so if you look at each wound separately, it cannot be ruled out that the screws from the bottom of the motorcycle hit the head." Interstitial bridge is an important basis for distinguishing between blunt trauma and sharp trauma.When a blunt instrument hits the skin, the mechanism of forming a wound is tearing; while when a sharp instrument slashes or stabs the skin, the mechanism of forming a wound is splitting.The soft tissue in the torn wound will naturally not be broken neatly, but will be connected by soft tissue fibers. "Then, this injury doesn't explain the problem?" Forensic doctor Lin asked. "It can explain the problem." I learned the master's categorical, "judging the nature of the case based on the shape of the wound depends on the conditions. The wound should not be based on the size of the wound, but should be based on the direction of the wound.” A look of enlightenment appeared on Forensic Lin's face. I went on to say: "Let's take a closer look at the four wounds on the head of the deceased. Based on the comminuted fractures below the wounds, we can analyze that the two wounds on the top of the deceased are vertical and there are no flaps." "The two wounds on the temporal part are also vertical, and there are no skin flaps!" Forensic doctor Lin said after carefully examining the wounds on the temporal part of the corpse. "Haha, but the top of the head and the temporal part of the head are not on the same plane. If they are perpendicular to two mutually perpendicular planes, then the force will naturally not be on the same line." I soon understood: "Yes! The force perpendicular to the temporal part should be parallel to the plane of the top of the head. If it is parallel to the temporal part and the top, then it can only be the force in two directions!" "Yes, no matter how many screws there are at the bottom of the motorcycle, it is impossible to form vertical wounds on his top and temples at the same time. Therefore, the force that caused the wounds on the head was not formed at one time. In this way, the deceased died. It should not be a traffic accident, but a blunt force blow that causes a craniocerebral injury." With such an analysis, Lin Fayi has a bottom line in his mind, and it seems that his previous suspicions are correct. We continued to dissect the corpse according to the standard system. After confirming that there was no abnormality in the thoracic and abdominal cavity, Forensic Doctor Lin began to thread needles and thread to prepare for suturing. I said, "Wait, let me take a closer look at the neck." I carefully separated the muscle groups of the deceased's neck, and found a patch of bleeding under the sternocleidomastoid muscle on his right side. "Another unexpected discovery." I said happily, "The skin of the deceased's neck was not damaged, but the deep muscles had bleeding, which indicated that the deceased's neck was under force during his lifetime. Although it was not a fatal injury, it was definitely not caused by a motorcycle or something hard. It should be formed by the impact of soft objects such as palms." "You mean, he was strangled by someone else?" "Yes, I was choked!" I said, "This choke is not to put him to death, but to fix his position so that he can be hit on the head. I also wondered at first, if the deceased was hit while exercising , or fell to the ground immediately after being hit, it is impossible for so much blood to flow on his clothes." "Yes. It should be that after the head injury, the deceased still had his upper body upright for a while." "The injury on the top of the head should have been caused by the murderer grabbing the neck of the deceased and fixing the deceased to the wall and blowing it. The wound on the temple should have been repaired twice after the deceased fell to the ground. The murderer feared that he would not die." "Junior brother was rebuilt on the spot!" Lin Fayi seemed to show a trace of reverence in his eyes. "Whether the reconstruction is correct or not, we will check his back later to see if there is any bleeding on the back." I said with a smile, "Now we are going to take out the deceased's small intestine and accurately infer the death time of the deceased." After master's painstaking research, based on the condition of the small intestine, a relatively accurate calculation formula has been established to deduce the relationship between the time of death and the last meal of the deceased. We carefully removed the entire small intestine along the mesentery and arranged it in a serpentine shape on the mortuary bed next to the dissecting table.After calculation, the death time of the deceased should be 5 hours after the last meal and 9 hours after the last meal. "After investigation, the deceased had a meal at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. We checked his account book in the morning. He must have returned home in the evening, and he bought dinner and returned home. Based on our current death time, we can infer , came to two conclusions, based on the 9 hours between the meal in the afternoon and the death, the death time of the deceased should be 1 o'clock in the morning on the 26th." I have always been bad at math, so I counted with my fingers, " He left the factory at 7:00 p.m. and arrived home at 7:30 a.m. If he had dinner at 8:00 a.m., it would be exactly 1:00 a.m. after 5 hours. So I am sure that the deceased died at 1:00 a.m. on the 26th. point." "Haha, this is another evidence!" Forensic doctor Lin had a solid idea at this time, and said, "It's impossible for him to go out on a motorcycle at 1 o'clock in the morning." At this time, I felt that my exam was likely to pass with a high score. I couldn't suppress the excitement in my heart and said, "Now let's turn the body over and examine his back. Look at what I reconstructed earlier." right on the spot?" As expected, the superficial muscles on the back of the deceased had obvious bleeding marks caused by being squeezed. "Being strangled by the murderer and pressed against a flat object, the upper body of the deceased is in an upright position, which means that the flat object mentioned just now should be perpendicular to the ground, such as a wall." I said casually. "Is this inference useful?" Lin Forensic asked. "It's a little bit useful." I said with a smile, "it means that there is a wall at the crime scene! There is no wall where we found the dead, so the murder scene cannot be the scene where we found the body. The real murder scene should be indoors, To put it bluntly, it is the home of the dead.” "Combined with the time of death, the deceased should indeed have been attacked in his own home." Forensic doctor Lin said, "This is a carefully disguised scene. But I still have a little doubt." I looked at Forensic Doctor Lin, meaning to let him ask. "Since he died at home at 1 o'clock in the morning, why is the quilt on his bed folded? He has to get up early for work, so how can he not sleep so late? Help him fold the quilt." I smiled: "Brother is confused. The quilt was folded, but it wasn't us who said it, it was his wife who said it. Since the deceased was killed at home, I think his wife may be a major suspect. It is also possible that she lied on the Internet, which further reflects Hu Lili's suspicion." "Junior brother, you can't be preconceived. You can't just be misled by the neighbors of the deceased. Hu Lili has solid alibi!" Forensic doctor Lin said. "I know it's definitely not Hu Lili who did it. Hu Lili can't do it. Because after the murderer pinched and fixed the deceased, the part that was hit was the top of the head." Seeing that Forensic Doctor Lin wanted to intervene, I stretched out my hand to stop her, and said, "Don't worry, I know what you mean, I didn't say that the murderer and the deceased must have a height difference based on the injury on the top of the head, because the deceased may have been strangled while sitting on the bed, so the deceased was sitting and the murderer was standing. Form a gap in body position. Therefore, it cannot be said that there is a height difference between the deceased and the murderer because of the injury on the top of the head. What I want to say is that the murderer should be much stronger than the deceased, or else he can control the deceased with one hand?" Forensic Lin nodded. "However," I continued, "if it is true that Hu Lili had an affair with someone else as the neighbor said, it cannot be ruled out that Hu Lili instigated the adulterer to commit the crime. Don't you think Hu Lili's alibi is too coincidental ?" Forensic doctor Lin said: "Well, what you said is reasonable, but we still have to rely on evidence. Can the autopsy be over?" At this time, Fayi Lin and I had stood in front of the dissecting table for 5 hours, and Fayi Lin kept twisting his waist with a little hyperosteogeny. "Brother has a back problem, let's get off first, and your assistant and I will continue." I said. "Anything else to dissect?" “既然是第一次主持案件侦办法医工作，我要做到万无一失。”我说，“我想把死者的脊椎打开，看看椎管内有没有出血。如果死者是驾驶摩托车从桥上跌落的，又是仰卧着地，那么他的脊椎肯定有伤。换句话说，如果像我们之前推断的，死者是死后被抛下桥的，他的椎管内是不可能有血的。” 林法医点点头：“那我先下了。” 我和实习法医一点一点分离了死者脊椎附近的肌肉组织，然后用开颅锯锯开了死者的脊椎骨。 椎管内，居然全是血。 这个发现太出乎意料了，怎么可能？出血是生活反应，难道死者还真的是跌落桥下的？难道我们之前的分析推断全部错误？ 林法医傻在那里，我也傻在那里，就这样傻傻地站了几分钟，我是真的没了主意，于是脱下解剖服，给师父拨通了电话：“师父，我遇见问题了。” “考试还能请教老师吗？”师父在电话那头用调侃的语气说道。 我知道师父只是和我开开玩笑，他一向主张人命大过天，绝对不可能因为这是对我的考试，而置一起命案于不顾。所以我没有理会师父的玩笑，继续问道：“简单点儿说，我认为这个案子的死者是被人杀害以后，被抛下3米高的桥下的，仰面着地。但是为什么死者的椎管里会有血？” 师父在那边沉默了一会儿，说：“你有充分的依据证明死者是被杀害以后从高处抛尸的吗？” 我的大脑又迅速地转了一圈，接着说：“有充分的依据！” “死者死亡几天了？”师父说。 “到今天，快3天了。” 师父笑道：“要懂得坚持自己的观点。抓大放小知道吗？法医是人不是神，不可能把所有的问题都解决。” “可是，这个问题解决不了，案件性质的判断就有问题，我心里就不得劲儿。” “解决得了。”师父的话锋一转，“高坠导致脊椎损伤，不是看椎管内有没有血。第一要看脊椎有没有骨折。” “没有骨折。” “第二要看脊髓有没有损伤。”师父说。 “嗯，看脊髓吗？”我一边说，一边打着手势，让实习法医把死者椎管内的硬脊膜剪开。 硬脊膜被剪开了，呈现出一条雪白的脊髓，完整、干净、没有出血。 我扑通乱跳的心终于又重新平静下来。 “脊髓没有出血损伤。”我说，“哈哈，师父，这是怎么回事？为什么脊髓没有损伤而椎管内会有血呢？” “因为尸体腐败，硬脊膜牵拉椎管内的神经根和小血管，导致小血管的破裂，所以才会在椎管内发现出血。简单说，就是腐败造成的。” 这排除了一切可以驳斥我观点的问题。挂了师父的电话，我信心满满，昂首挺胸地和林法医一起坐上车。 “师兄，我们掌握了这么多关键的线索片段，现在要去专案组把这些线索片段串联起来。”我高兴地说。 晚上8点，我顾不上吃饭，和林法医一起走进专案组会议室。会议室里，侦查员和交警同志都在等待我们的到来。 “交警同志赶紧回家吃饭吧。”我进了门就急着说，“是凶杀。” 我肯定的态度引起了专案组的一片嘈杂。 大队长显然已经做足了心理准备，说：“能肯定吗？” “能肯定。”我坐了下来，喝了口水，说，“我们长话短说，我从尸体检验情况开始说起。” “死者死于颅脑损伤，死亡时间是26日凌晨1点。”我刚说完，会议室又是一片窃窃私语，看来死亡时间的推断，让侦查员们也开始相信这真的不是一起普通的交通事故。 “依据之一，死者的颈部有软物形成的损伤，摩托车形成不了。”我说，“依据之二，死者的头上四处创口，是两个不同方向作用力形成，摩托车一次形成不了。依据之三，死者的脊椎没有损伤，不符合高坠后后背着地应形成的损伤。依据之四，死者的会阴部没有损伤。” 尸检的时候，我注意到了这个细节，但是没有和林法医说，所以林法医也很诧异：“会阴部？” “是的，如果死者是骑跨着摩托车跌落翻滚，会阴部应该有挫伤。”我说完，全场都在点头。 “根据以上四点依据。”我接着说，“尸检情况充分表明，死者是先被别人掐颈固定在墙壁上，然后用钝器打击头部致死。” 我停顿了一下，大队长感觉意犹未尽：“这就完了？” “当然没有完。”我笑着说，“现在我来说现场情况。依据之五，死者的跌落位置是桥北头东侧，死者家住桥北面，而当天晚上死者肯定已经安全到家，如果是死者再次从家里出来是由北往南骑，经过小桥跌落的话，按照驾驶车辆靠右行驶的惯例，死者驾车应该沿桥的西侧行驶，即使跌落也应该是跌落在桥北头西侧。即便是死者逆向行驶，我在现场也说了，由于速度动能，死者不可能紧贴着桥头跌落，应该冲出去一段距离，死者的这个位置应该是从桥头北侧东头位置垂直跌落。” 大家继续点头。 “再说摩托车。”我又喝了口水，“依据之六，摩托车虽然处于在档状态，但是大灯处于关闭状态。既然吴明路是在凌晨1点伸手不见五指的时候死亡的，怎么可能不开车灯骑车到现场？他总不可能是在跌落的瞬间关闭了大灯吧？但如果是凶手驾驶摩托车运尸到现场，为了不引起别人的注意，关灯驾驶就解释得过去。” “对！而且我们通过衣着检验，判断死者受伤的时候，上身处于直立位，如果是跌落桥下则不可能。这是依据之七。”前面的两个依据我之前没有透露，直接在专案会上通报，说得林法医热血沸腾，忍不住插话说出了我的第七点依据。 我笑着点了点头，继续说：“根据上面的七个依据，我认为死者是在睡眠状态中被人惊醒，然后被人掐压固定上身后打击头部致死。死者死亡后，凶手给死者穿了衣服，运送到发案现场，伪造了一个交通事故的现场。杀人现场应该是在死者家里，既然凶手能和平地进入现场，那么死者的妻子就脱不了干系。不知道我上述的七个依据够不够。当然，还有很多算不上依据的可疑之处，比如胡丽丽当天晚上过于巧合地不在场，比如死者失踪以后他们家的装潢工作仍在进行，比如说死者邻居家三条狗中有两条会叫的狗案发前突然神秘失踪，比如说死者应该是在夜间睡眠时间遇袭，胡丽丽却说第二天早晨回家后见家中的被子是叠好的。” 听我如此简单快捷而且有理有据地判明了案件的性质，大队长显得非常高兴：“这么多依据足够了！不过，我想知道，胡丽丽为什么会去杀她的老公？有什么作案动机呢？” “我听他们邻居说，吴明路和胡丽丽曾经有过剧烈的争吵，因为胡丽丽可能与装潢工有奸情，吴明路最近在和胡丽丽谈离婚。”我说。 “就因为这个杀人？”大队长摸了摸额头，说，“夫妻吵架而已，用作杀人动机，好像有一些牵强啊。” “开始我也觉得挺牵强，所以也和邻居私下交流了一下。”我说，“据说，他们那片房子要拆迁，吴明路的祖传宅子也拆，拆迁款是70万元！我们设想一下，如果吴明路和胡丽丽离婚了，因为是婚前财产，这70万元胡丽丽拿不到一分钱，但是如果吴明路死了，根据继承法，胡丽丽理应继承这70万元拆迁款。一个女人有了新欢，又面临这一辈子也挣不到的巨款，所以动了杀机，这还牵强吗？” 大队长对我的分析也表示了认可，说：“有道理！不过，有证据吗？” “如果可以确定凶案现场是在死者家中，就是指控胡丽丽是同案犯的有力证据。因为死者受伤会出血，胡丽丽不仅无视家中有血的事实，还谎称第二天早晨被子是叠好的。”我说，“不过，有个难点，就是死者家的墙壁在死者失踪后又粉刷了，不确定能不能找到死者确实死在自己家中的证据。” “你是说，死者家中应该有血，只是现在可能找不到了，对吗？”大队长说。 “凶手杀了人，急于将墙上的血迹粉刷掉，下一步，我们铲去新粉刷的乳胶漆，不知道有没有希望发现浸染到墙壁内的血迹。”我说，“另外，偷狗的事情也应该引起重视，毕竟不会有那么多巧合，邻居家的狗养了这么多年没人偷，死者死前一天被偷，恰巧被偷的是会叫的狗。这确实很可疑。所以下一步，要派一组人搜查装潢工的家，看能不能找到偷狗的工具和药品。” 第二天一早，我和几名侦查员到了胡丽丽家。 心里有了底，我们的眼神也就充满了冷峻。当胡丽丽看到我们气势汹汹地走到她家门口，冷冷地审视她的时候，她居然扑通一声跪了下来。“我都交代，我都交代，不是我杀的吴明路，能不能不判我死刑？”胡丽丽哭喊道。 没有想到案件侦破会进展得这么顺利，在胡丽丽被押上警车的时候，我和林法医也开始了在吴明路卧室寻找血迹的行动。法网恢恢，疏而不漏，血迹真的让我们找到了。 捷报频传，负责搜查装潢工的家的侦查员和技术员们也获得了战果，装潢工的摩托车后备箱中真的放着一根套狗的绳索，上面还依稀黏附着几根狗毛。 获取了这么多间接证据，而且这些证据可以形成一套完整的证据锁链，所以审讯工作进展得也很顺利。在铁证面前，装潢工也没能扛住多久，很快就交代了他受胡丽丽唆使杀人毁迹的犯罪事实。 原来胡丽丽和吴明路的感情一直不错，直到胡丽丽认识了装潢工赵某。为了能有更多欢聚的时间，胡丽丽提出了请赵某来家装潢，以获取更多拆迁款的建议。这个建议很快被吴明路采纳了，但是赵某和胡丽丽的奸情也很快被吴明路察觉。吴明路对妻子的行为感到愤怒，并表示一定要离婚。想到马上到手的70万元拆迁款就要不翼而飞，胡丽丽便心痛不已，于是找赵某密谋杀害吴明路。 25日晚，胡丽丽借故回娘家，走之前将家门钥匙放在门框上面。26日凌晨，赵某潜到吴明路家，用胡丽丽放在门框上面的钥匙开门进屋。本来赵某是想趁吴明路熟睡的机会杀害他，未曾想，他摸黑走路的时候不慎碰倒了放在客厅的酒瓶。吴明路突然惊醒，发现赵某并与其进行一番打斗，身体孱弱的吴明路败下阵来。赵某杀害吴明路后，为吴明路穿上外衣外裤和鞋子，驾驶吴明路的摩托车把尸体运到小桥旁，精心伪造了一个吴明路驾驶摩托车跌落桥下的交通事故现场。 26日早晨，胡丽丽回家后发现家中墙壁有大量血迹，立即慌了神，赶紧喊来赵某共同打扫了现场，为了掩盖墙壁上的血迹，他们在已经刷过乳胶漆的墙壁上又刷了一层。当他们看到交警处理吴明路死亡现场的时候，心里还在暗自庆幸计划成功了，未曾想，仅过了24个小时，他们就戴上手铐脚镣，在铁栏后面等待着法律对他们的严惩。 回到省城，我先去医院看望师父。师父的身体已经好了很多，听力也基本恢复。向师父汇报完案件的基本情况后，我心情沮丧地说：“这么多命案，原因无外乎一个情一个财，如果每个人都能压制欲望、控制贪念，踏踏实实地过日子，就没有凶案了，那样的世界，多好啊！” 师父从枕头下面拿出了一个信封，笑着说：“别那么多感慨了，没用的，来点儿实惠的吧。赶紧摆场子，请弟兄们吃饭。”说完把信封扔给了我。 打开一看，一个绿色的小本本，上面有我的照片，还有一行字：授予秦明主检法医师资格。