Chapter 18 Case 16 Pillow Phantom

In a blink of an eye, the scorching summer came back again.The morning in midsummer also makes people feel irritable, the sun is spitting hot flames on the earth, the cicadas are constantly chattering in the trees, there are few pedestrians on the road, and the shops are empty. I walked out of the office and looked up at the scorching sun above my head, shaking my head.Forensic doctors don't like summer. Even I, who is afraid of cold, have a fear of summer.I think everyone understands the truth, it is because of the concept of giants. "Fortunately, this case is not a giant view." I turned my head and said to Brother Yong who was walking side by side.

Brother Yong is the Chief Prosecutor of the Public Security Bureau of Tingtang City, and is currently receiving a two-year technical training at the Provincial Department.Every year, the provincial department will mobilize key personnel from various cities to work in the provincial department. Firstly, it will provide the forensic backbones from various places with the opportunity to get involved in the detection of more serious and difficult cases, and secondly, it will reduce the burden of forensic work on the provincial department.This kind of training method is called "teacher leading apprentices", and my master will lead apprentices for forensic doctors in the whole province. The form of "teaching and teaching" is very important in criminal technical work. It is also because of the role of criminal technical experts in our province that our province's criminal technical personnel have been able to thrive from generation to generation, and more and more play an indispensable role in investigating and solving cases. missing role.

According to the time theory of the above school, Brother Yong is 5 years older than me, and he is my senior brother, but judging from the order of apprenticeship, I am a senior brother.Ever since, we all called each other "brother". In fact, this should be a happy holiday.Because of running around and traveling more than 200 days a year, the head of the general team gave me a week off in order to take care of our growing dissatisfaction.This is really good news. I have worked for several years and have never had a public holiday or made up overtime leave.The first day of the holiday was Saturday. I got up early at 6:00 in the morning, packed my bags and prepared to travel to Wuhan with the bell, when the phone rang.

"Push back your falsehood." Master knew that I would definitely reject the tone of discussion, so he used the tone of order, "There is a murder case in Tingshan County, one dead and two missing." "But, I... I finally..." This is bad news for me, I am emotional and incoherent. "Human life is more important than heaven." Master interrupted me, "All the people in Corey are on business trips, what if you don't go?" I hung up the phone silently, comforted Bell a few words, and rode my little eDonkey to the hall at lightning speed. In the office, Brother Yong was already waiting for me. When he saw me coming in, he said, "Master is in a hurry, let's go quickly. Let's get there before 9 o'clock."

I raised my wrist and looked at my watch, it was already almost 8 o'clock: "That's a little faster, at least an hour's journey." I picked up the survey box and walked out of the office side by side with Brother Yong. Many friends have questioned why so many police officers died in car accidents. In fact, the reason is very simple. The time to investigate and solve a case does not wait for anyone. A minute earlier may lead to different results. Of course, a minute earlier may lead to tragedy.I held on to the handrail tightly and let the police car rush to Tingshan County, more than 100 kilometers away, before 9 o'clock.

Brother Yong is from Tingtang, and Tingshan County is a county under Tingtang City, so Brother Yong is familiar with Tingshan County.Soon, we arrived at the location of the scene, Tingchi Town. "When you go to study, there have been more than 10 homicides in our city in the past six months." The head of the criminal police detachment of the Tingtang City Public Security Bureau jokingly said to Brother Yong, "You can't hold back the momentum when you leave." After a brief exchange of pleasantries, brother Yong and I put on masks, shoe covers, gloves and hats, and stepped into the cordon.

The site is located in a bungalow on the edge of this small village.The bungalow is a triplex structure. After entering through the gate in the middle of the bungalow, the first thing you see is the living room. There are two door frames on the east and west sides of the living room.There is no wooden door on the door frame on the west side, only a patterned curtain separates the west room from the living room.There is a wooden door on the east side, which is now ajar. After entering the gate, you can see a single wire bed placed in the east corner of the living room.A straw mat was laid on the bed, and on the mat lay the corpse of an old lady, with a colorful towel casually placed on the abdomen of the corpse.The corpse was facing the wall, and its left hand was resting weakly on the edge of the steel wire bed. The nails were dark purple, making it look eerie.

"The one on the west side is a utility room." The trace inspector who had just finished the trace inspection on the ground said, "It's full of debris, the ground condition is very poor, and there is no possibility of obtaining evidence." "Is there any trace of turning over?" The local forensic doctor has already passed the autopsy and preliminarily judged that the deceased died of mechanical suffocation caused by strangling the neck and covering the mouth and nose, so I am more concerned about the nature of the case. Open the curtain and walk carefully along the exploration steps into the utility room.

"At first glance, the deceased's living habits were not good, and the inside was very messy, but it doesn't look like there are traces of turning over." The trace inspector said. There are all kinds of dilapidated furniture, abandoned tricycles and some bottles and cans in the house.A thick layer of dust had accumulated on the sundries, so it must not have been messed up by the murderer. I walked out of the West Room and into the East Room.There was an old mat on a big bed in the east room, two towels on the mat were thrown to both sides, two pillows were placed on the head of the bed in normal condition, and a yellow-green skirt was draped on the other side of the bed.

I walked around the three spaces on site, and there was no sign of any furniture, drawers, or cabinets being turned over.I said, "It should not be property infringement. I heard that one died and two disappeared. Which two people still live in this house?" When the investigator heard my question, he came over and said, "The specific situation is still under investigation. The deceased's old lady was named Sun Linghua. Her wife died of illness more than ten years ago. Usually, Mrs. Sun took her with her." Cao Qingqing, the grandson of Cao Qingqing, lives in the east room. A month ago, Mrs. Sun’s daughter-in-law, Jin Ping, resigned from her part-time job because of her poor health and returned home. She lived with Cao Qingqing in the east room. A wire bed is sleeping in the living room. This morning, Mrs. Sun’s good friend, Mrs. Li, called Mrs. Sun to pick vegetables in the field as usual. , felt that something was wrong, opened the door and found Mrs. Sun lying on the bed, she hurried over to touch it, and it was hard. Mrs. Li ran to the left and right to see that there was no one in the house, so she reported the case."

I walked to the side of the corpse, picked up the arm of the corpse, and found that the rigor of the corpse had been fully formed, and the finger joints were flexed and unable to move. I said, "The deceased died after dark last night." "Do you want to take the rectal temperature?" Qiao forensic doctor in Tingshan County asked. "It doesn't make much sense." I said, "It's too hot, and the room is even hotter, so the temperature of the body can't predict the time of death accurately." "Is the door lock good?" Brother Yong raised his arm and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Okay, there are no signs of prying and pressing, and the door lock is intact." The trace inspector said. "I checked and found that several windows of the house were equipped with anti-theft windows. Although the quality is inferior, there is no sign of damage. The gate is also intact. It can only be said that the crime was committed by someone who was able to enter the scene peacefully." Yong Yong Brother said. I nodded in agreement, and then said, "Can you find any causal relationship?" The investigator said: "Currently we suspect that Jin Ping was responsible for the crime, and other causal relationships are under investigation." "Is there any basis for Jin Ping to commit the crime?" Brother Yong asked. "Jin Ping and Mrs. Sun have a very bad relationship. When Jin Ping first came back, there were many conflicts between the two of them, and quarrels are common." The investigator wiped his face. , Sweat was still dripping down, "Based on the preliminary investigation, Jin Ping took the children to fish for shrimps in the Ting River a few kilometers away yesterday afternoon, and did not return home until after 7 o'clock in the evening. Mrs. Sun was waiting for the two of them at home. People were impatient to eat, so they ran to the side of the road about 100 meters away from home to look at it several times, and when Jin Ping returned home with the child, the two quarreled." "Arguing?" I asked. "Did the neighbors really hear you?" "The neighbors said there should have been a quarrel, but it seemed that they only heard a few words." The investigator said, "I didn't hear any other sounds after that." "Well, that's it." Brother Yong said, "It seems that this Jin Ping is suspected of a major crime. Even if she didn't do it, she should be the insider." I am silent. "Yes, we also believe that after the murder, Jin Ping ran away with the child." The investigator said, "We are currently actively setting up a trap to hunt her down. It is estimated that she will not run far." "How old is the child?" I asked. "This year is 5 years old." The investigator said. "You have sufficient grounds for suspecting Jin Ping." I said, "However, I always feel that things are not that simple." "Do you have a different opinion?" Brother Yong asked. I frowned and said, "It's not that I have different opinions, but I just feel that there are some doubts vaguely entangled in my mind, and I can't figure it out myself." "I don't think there is a problem." Forensic Qiao said, "Acquaintances committed the crime, and the two disappeared mysteriously. She can't escape the responsibility." I nodded and said, "I know you have reasons, but the child is so young, grandma fights with mother, doesn't he cry?" The investigator said: "It is true that no one said they heard the child cry." "Besides," I continued, "the towels in the east room were opened, as if they were opened when they got up from sleep. Moreover, the skirt next to the bed should be Jin Ping's skirt, she can't be wearing underpants just run?" "It's hard to say." Brother Yong said, "Maybe she was so angry after falling asleep at night, got up and strangled the old lady, then put on other skirts and left with the child?" "Well. This can explain many suspicious points such as lifting the quilt, not wearing a skirt, and not crying the child." The investigator said. Brother Yong's explanation was indeed perfect, and I couldn't find any reason to refute it: "Anyway, take the corpse to the funeral parlor for another look." We started to pack the body in white body bags. While we were busy, an investigator ran over and reported: "A neighbor of Mrs. Sun's house found that the tricycle he left outside the house was missing. He got up this morning I heard that there was an accident here, so I ran over to watch the excitement. When I got home just now, I suddenly remembered that my tricycle was parked at the door of my house last night, it was not locked, and it just disappeared inexplicably." "Could it be that Jin Ping stole the tricycle and ran away with her own child?" Brother Yong said. "Of course, it may have nothing to do with this case." The investigator said. Without any other important clues, Brother Yong and I got in the car to the funeral home. The funeral home in Tingshan County is preparing to relocate, so the Tingshan County Public Security Bureau is not in a hurry to build a standardized forensic autopsy room, and plans to start the construction of the autopsy room after the completion of the new funeral home.I walked into the funeral home in this county, looked around, and said, "This funeral home has only a small yard, a cremation room, and a farewell hall. The area is very small. Where do you usually dissect?" "It will be carried out in the aisle between the farewell hall and the cremation room." Forensic Qiao said shyly, "But soon, after the new funeral home is completed, we can build the dissection room." I walked to the aisle between the farewell hall and the cremation room, and found that the light here was very dark, there were no windows, and the ventilation effect was very poor. I said, "How do you work under such conditions? If you encounter the view of giants, you must be smoked to death." ?” Forensic doctor Qiao said: "We have little water here, few cases, and not many dead bodies, let alone giants, which are rare." Hearing what I said, Brother Yong poked me with his elbow and said, "You can't talk about such things." "It's rare but you can see it." I forgot my crow's mouth and continued, "What do you do when you meet Giants?" Forensic doctor Qiao said: "Generally, it's not a homicide case, and I'm not afraid of onlookers. I just do it in the front yard. If you're involved in secrets, you have to endure the smoke here. Basic-level forensic doctors are not easy to do!" I sighed and slowly unzipped the body bag.Because there was no dissection bed, and the wheels under the mortuary bed were not fixed well, so we had to squat on the ground for autopsy.This is a very painful thing for fat people. Many grassroots forensic doctors have grown hemorrhoids because they squatted for a long time. Mrs. Sun was wearing a short-sleeved sweatshirt and a pair of boxer briefs. She was lying there with her body twisted. It seemed that she had struggled before she died. "The rigor is firm, and the cadaver spots are located under the body without pressure, and there is no open injury in the whole body." I said while trying to destroy the rigor of the corpse, "The cheeks are bruised, the conjunctiva can be seen bleeding points, and the toenails are bruised. .” "Mechanical suffocation is no longer a problem." Brother Yong said, carefully wiping the neck of the deceased with an alcohol cotton ball, "Look at her neck injury, it is quite characteristic." Hearing what Brother Yong said, I turned my head to look carefully at the injury on the neck of the deceased.The injury is mainly exfoliation of the epidermis, occasionally interspersed with several months of tooth-shaped contusions.I carefully wiped the skin around the mouth and nose of the deceased with an alcohol cotton ball, and I could also see tooth-shaped contusions for several months: "There are contusions and bleeding on the mucous membrane of the lips. It seems that the murderer strangled the neck and covered the mouth and nose at the same time." .” "Yeah." Brother Yong said, "It must be afraid of the dead shouting." "However, I have a question," I said, "how do exfoliations on the skin usually form?" "It's formed by the friction between the skin and rough objects." Forensic Qiao replied casually. "I know what Qin Fayi means." Yongge said, "You mean that it is impossible for the skin on the palms and the neck to peel off the epidermis, which can only be formed when you wear gloves, because the gloves are rough and rub against the skin on the neck to form an epidermis." Strip." I nodded, pointed at the crescent-shaped contusion with the hemostat, and said, "This crescent-shaped injury, I said, is a nail print. Do you have any objections?" "No." Forensic Joe shook his head. "But." Brother Yong continued, "How can you leave fingernail marks on the skin of the dead with gloves on?" It seems that Brother Yong understands what I mean.I went on to say, "If the murderer is Jin Ping, why did she wear gloves? The peeling off of the skin and fingernail marks suggest that the murderer is wearing a glove?" "Could it be that Jin Ping invited someone to kill, and the murderer wore gloves, but Jin Ping didn't, and the two of them worked together to kill the old lady?" Yong Ge said. "If you came prepared, wearing gloves to kill people by choking and choking, the old lady is so thin, two people need to kill together? It's too inconvenient for two people to choke the neck and cover the mouth and nose together, right? In such a small place, it is difficult for two people to stand by the bed." I said. "Then what do you mean?" Brother Yong asked. "I think that if Jin Ping kills with passion, it is impossible to find a pair of gloves to wear. I always feel that the murderer is someone else. If the murderer came to kill at Jin Ping's appointment, since he wears gloves, he will definitely wear a pair." I said Said, "Is it possible that the murderer went to the scene to steal something and picked up a glove nearby and put it on? But my assumptions can't explain why the murderer was able to enter the scene peacefully, and why Jin Ping disappeared. So my mind is also A lump of paste." "Then what should we do next?" said the trace inspector standing aside. "The work of tracking down Jin Ping cannot be stopped." I said, "In addition, I am afraid that we need to increase the search work on the periphery to see if it is possible to find some relevant evidence." Autopsies continue. Through the autopsy of the corpse, we have basically determined the cause of death of Mrs. Sun. The main problem to be solved in the subsequent autopsy work is to determine the cause of death of Mrs. Sun and further infer the time of death from the contents of the stomach. The hyoid bone of Mrs. Sun was taken out, and it was found that the greater horn of the hyoid bone was fractured, and there were obvious signs of bleeding in the deep and superficial muscles of the neck. issued. Opening Mrs. Sun's stomach, she found that the contents of the stomach were very dry and there were some corn kernels and pickle leaves, which had not been digested into chyme.I cut the duodenum and small intestine along the pylorus of the stomach, and found that the contents of the stomach had begun to discharge into the small intestine. "The deceased ate corn and pickles at night." I said, "Looking at the state of digestion, he should have died within 3 hours after the last meal." The trace inspector who was in charge of taking the video said: "On the day of investigation, Jin Ping and the child did not return home until 7:30 in the evening. Before that, Mrs. Sun was waiting for them to go home for dinner. Based on this calculation, Mrs. Sun should be around 10 o'clock. Clock is dead." "Yes." I said, "Go to bed early in the countryside, and Mrs. Sun should have gone to bed at this time. Combined with the towels and quilts lifted in the east room, when the crime happened, all three people in the family should have gone to bed. What is it?" It's hard to say if there are other murderers who waited for them to sleep and committed crimes, or whether Jin Ping woke up after falling asleep and killed them." After the autopsy, Brother Yong and I washed our hands at the door of the dirty toilet next to the funeral parlor.Brother Yong said, "What shall we do next?" "Anyway, I can't go back. Master told me that I won't go back to the city until the case is solved." I said dejectedly, "Besides, this case is full of doubts. If there is no further discovery, I really can't go back, and I won't sleep well when I go back." "That's right." Qiao forensic doctor packed up the body, walked behind us from the morgue, and said, "I have a few injury appraisals here, and they are very difficult. Just help us look at them this afternoon." Injury identification can easily lead to complaints, because no matter what conclusion the forensic doctor makes, there will always be one party who feels that he has suffered a disadvantage, and sometimes both parties will feel that they have suffered a disadvantage.Therefore, the grassroots will be extra cautious when conducting injury identification. In case of difficult injury identification, they will try their best to consult with the forensic department of the higher-level public security organ for consultation, unify opinions and ensure that the identification conclusion is accurate before issuing an identification letter. I spent the whole afternoon researching on injury identification, which made me dizzy. When I returned to the hotel at night, I fell asleep, but I was awakened several times by nightmares. I always felt that there was a corpse of a giant under the bed. Because of poor sleep quality, the next morning, I slept until 9:30, only to be awakened by a phone ringing. "Qin Fayi, there is a new discovery." It was Joe's voice, "Very valuable." "Don't worry, speak slowly, what's the matter? Did someone catch it?" I pushed Brother Yong who was still sleeping soundly on the other bed.Brother Yong looked at the corpse and the photos of the scene until after 3 o'clock in the night last night. "No, according to what you said, yesterday we organized technicians to start a peripheral search around the site, and the search area continued to expand. Sure enough, a bloody glove was found this morning by the Ting River, 3 kilometers away from the site." "Blood gloves?" I asked. "Is it related to this case?" "It's definitely related," Qiao the forensic doctor said, "According to the neighbors and the deceased's son who came back from other places yesterday, these gloves were woven by Mrs. Sun a few years ago. Later, she lost one, and the remaining one was thrown away. Where is the house?" Because I turned the phone on speakerphone, Brother Yong could clearly hear Qiao's forensic doctor's introduction. Brother Yong said, "Jin Ping really did the crime with a glove on?" "In addition, we looked down from the bank where the bloody glove was found, and found the tricycle lost by Mrs. Sun's neighbor's house, which was thrown in the water." Forensic doctor Qiao continued. "Major progress!" I patted the table, "Wait, we'll be right there!" Soon, we drove to the scene where the bloody glove was found. The car couldn't get in when it was 500 meters away from the scene, so we had to get out of the car and walk to the scene on foot.Brother Yong observed the direction while walking, and said, "It's not right, I'm familiar with this side, and the direction here is not the direction to the road. Why did Jin Ping abandon her tricycle and gloves here? It's a bit unreasonable." It stands to reason that if she rode to the side of the road and left it somewhere, wouldn't it be convenient for her to escape?" "Maybe she thinks it's safe to throw it in the water." Forensic Qiao had already greeted her, and after hearing Brother Yong's question, she analyzed it. Walking to the bank of the Ting River, I said: "It's unlikely. If she killed someone and stole a car to escape, there is absolutely no need to walk such a rough road here and abandon the tricycle. It was stolen anyway. What is she doing for it? Anyway , Continue to salvage to see if there are any new discoveries." "Yes." Qiao the forensic doctor said, "We are organizing people to salvage. Fortunately, this Ting River is a small river, and everything can be salvaged." I squatted by the small river where I found the bloody glove, and watched Tinghe carefully.The small river is running water, the drop is not big, and the water flow is slow.The river water is not seriously polluted, but it is not clear.Next to the river bank was a salvaged tricycle, an old tricycle, rusty and soaked by the river.There was a transparent plastic evidence bag in the tricycle, which should contain the glove that Mrs. Sun woven herself, and the glove was covered with dust.I picked up the evidence bag and carefully observed the glove. This should be the glove of the right hand. The material is very rough, and the weaving is also very rough. There is a blood stain on the glove's tiger mouth. "Don't put it here." I handed the gloves to the investigator next to me, "Hurry up and send it to the city bureau for DNA testing. Also, send this car to the physical evidence room and let the technicians see if it's of any value." As soon as the words fell, a commotion was suddenly heard.I looked up and saw that the people who had been watching by the small river began to run downstream one after another, and I also hurried downstream along the river bank.After walking 200 meters and turning a small bend, I found that in the water about 1 mile downstream, the police who launched the water were dragging things to the shore, shouting something while dragging. "This is definitely not a treasure." Yongge said, "It is probably a corpse." I tilted my head and glanced at Brother Yong, and said, "No way, this day, I must be watching the Giants." Brother Yong and I walked over quickly, but before we could see what the black mass was, a pungent stench hit our faces. And at this moment, another group of policemen who entered the water was heard shouting: "Hurry up, hurry up, there is another one, kid's, oh my god, it stinks to death." After 20 minutes, I simply put on the gown and stood next to the two highly decomposed corpses that looked like giants. "If nothing else happens," I looked at the bodies of the middle-aged woman and the five or six-year-old child in front of me, and said, "This is Jin Ping and her son." While guessing, I also pricked up my ears. Listening to the investigators asking the onlookers questions one by one.The onlookers had already exited 200 meters away.It is estimated that they have never seen this kind of giant view. Not only is it stinky, but more importantly, it is hideous, so they dare not take a second look. "Do you know who this is?" "Jin Ping, my God, it's Jin Ping." "How can you tell that she is Jin Ping?" "A mole on the neck!" "Yes, that mole!" Hearing what the crowd said, Brother Yong, Forensic Doctor Qiao and I all looked at the neck of the female corpse. As expected, although the corpse was highly decomposed, the red mole the size of a soybean was still clearly printed on the neck of the female corpse. "It seems that I guessed right, Jin Ping and her son are really dead." I rubbed my nose and said. "This can reasonably explain why Jin Ping took her son away from the road and came to this remote river." Yong Ge said. I was a little surprised, looked at Brother Yong and asked, "How do you explain it?" "Because they didn't run away at all." Yongge said, "They came here to commit suicide in fear of crime. Don't forget that Jin Ping brought her son here to catch lobsters on the day of the crime. Jin Ping killed someone, so I thought The place where the lobster was caught just now, so she brought her son here and committed suicide in fear of crime." I nodded and said, "You said it is self-produced and sold, which sounds very reasonable. However, I always feel that even if she can commit suicide, which mother has made a mistake and still has to bring her own The child died together?" "That's the reason." Brother Yong said, "But a person who can kill her mother-in-law just because of a few words must think differently from ordinary people. Maybe she is afraid of going on the road alone, so she can find her own children to accompany her." I frowned, and couldn't believe there was such a cruel woman in this world. "There are too many people here," I said. "Take the body to the funeral home for examination." There are a lot of onlookers at the scene, and if the corpse is examined on the spot, it will inevitably lead to leaks.Even if the forensic doctor does not say the test results, even if the case is self-produced and sold, it will still cause misunderstanding and speculation by the onlookers, and it will also violate the rights and interests of the deceased to a certain extent, so we decided to go to the dimly lit and airtight corridor of the funeral home dissected the two highly decomposed corpses. When I arrived at the funeral home, I found a gas mask from the inspection box, hoping that this gadget could block some corpse odors that would damage my health. The corpses of Jin Ping and the child were placed side by side on the floor of the aisle, and a large number of flies circled around the corpses.Originally, it was difficult to see flies in this secluded funeral home, but when the corrupt corpse arrived, it was as if a call had been issued, and all the flies around the funeral home arrived on time.I looked at the flies flying all over the sky, and shook my head helplessly: "Look, how can we work without an anatomy room?" The corpse of the giant view is very frightening. The woman in front of her is wearing a T-shirt with an indistinguishable color on her upper body and dark briefs on her lower body.Because the corrupt gas filled the body, the body swelled a lot like a balloon, and the skin appeared black and green.The eyeballs protrude from the eye sockets, the tongue sticks out of the mouth, and even the uterus and rectum have been oppressed by the putrid gas so that they overflow from the reproductive tract and anus, and are dragged outside the briefs.The child was only wearing a small douche, which was covered with black mud from the bottom of the river. The surface of the corpse was also the same, black and green, shiny and shiny. The gas mask does seem to have some effect. After wearing it, the stench has been slightly reduced, but the stench still continues to challenge the limit of my endurance through the gas mask, and I always have the desire to retch. "When Jin Ping fled, didn't she find a pair of pants or a skirt? She ran out wearing briefs? That's unreasonable." My voice came out through the gas mask, resonating with a buzzing sound. Brother Yong nodded: "Yes, but since she is determined to commit suicide, she probably doesn't care what she wears." "People who commit suicide usually dress neatly before committing suicide," I said, "especially women." "Maybe she can't think that much anymore. After all, killing someone is not the same mood." Qiao forensic doctor said. I was silent for a while, shook my head, and said, "No, no. We can't presuppose the cause of death first. In this case, the cause of death is the key. If they died by drowning, they should be self-produced. case. But if they had other causes of death, it’s hard to say.” "Yes, let's hurry up and work." Brother Yong said, "Why don't you start with the easy ones and then the hard ones, and take care of the children first?" I nodded, and brother Yong squatted on both sides of the child's corpse, and began to check the child's body watch.Flies kept hitting our heads and faces, and since the conditions were like this, we had to be patient. The condition of the corpse was very poor and covered with mud. We had to gently clean the surface of the corpse with gauze.But because the corpse is highly decomposed, there are air bubbles between the epidermis and the dermis, and the epidermis is also very easy to fall off, so every time we wipe it, we will accidentally rub off the epidermis of the corpse.After careful inspection, no damage was found on the child's body surface, except for a change in the color of the mucous membrane of the lips. "Is this bleeding?" I pointed to the part where the color of the mucous membrane of the lips changed with the hemostat. "Likely, but the conditions are too bad, there's no way to be sure." Brother Yong frowned. I kept wiping this small area with alcohol, and felt that this had indeed lost the conditions for a certain conclusion, so I had to give up.I picked up the scalpel and slowly cut open the child's chest and abdomen.When the knife passed through the abdomen, there was only a muffled "thump" sound. The corpse was like a punctured balloon, and the inflated abdomen quickly deflated, followed by an unbearable stench.Fortunately, I was wearing a gas mask. I retched and burst into tears. Fortunately, no one else noticed. No valuable clues were found in the autopsy. The trachea had been highly corrupted and turned dark red, and it was impossible to judge whether there were obvious signs of congestion.But when we opened the stomach of the corpse, we found that the contents of the stomach were very dry. "Not drowning," I said. "No drowning." "Maybe it was dry drowning?" Yongge said.The so-called dry drowning means that when a person jumps into cold water, the cold water stimulates the throat, causing convulsions, and then suffocation. In this way, water cannot enter the digestive tract. "Dry drowning is rare," I said, "and it usually occurs in winter, and the water temperature is not cold in summer, so it is difficult to die from dry drowning." I thought for a while, and said: "Combined with the change in the color of his mucous membrane of the lips, we should be able to confirm that this child died of mechanical suffocation due to pressure on the mouth and nose cavity!" My irrefutable evidence and tone silenced everyone present.A few minutes later, Brother Yong was the first to break the silence: "We were wrong. In fact, the death of the child does not affect the nature of the case. Think about it, everyone, if Jin Ping brings the child to the river, she can choose to throw the child into the river." into the water, but there is also the option of smothering the child and throwing it into the water." I lowered my head and thought for a while, then said, "Yes, Brother Yong is right, the key still depends on the cause of Jin Ping's death." As I said this, we turned our heads to look at Jin Ping's corpse, which was set aside and covered with flies.Identifying the cause of death is the most basic job of a forensic doctor, but it is usually a basic job. In this case, it is very rare that the cause of death of a person can involve the nature of the entire case and the direction of detection.We were immediately interested in the cause of death of this horrific corpse, and with an incomparable sense of sacredness, we began the examination of Jin Ping's corpse. Jin Ping's corruption is even more serious.Some of the soft tissues of the lips were gnawed away by the creatures in Xiaohenei, and the upper and lower rows of teeth were partially exposed. They were white, as if Jin Ping was staring at us with her teeth bared, looking fierce.We used the same method to examine the body surface, and basically confirmed that there were no obvious traces of external violence on the body of the deceased, and mechanical injury death was ruled out.Because Jin Ping's suffocation signs were very obvious, and there was no trace of violence on her neck, our previous inferences were verified step by step. Could it be that she really committed suicide by throwing herself into the river? Jin Ping's visceral corruption was more serious, and it was difficult to judge whether she died by drowning based on the morphological changes of her viscera.But when we cut open her stomach wall, everyone was stunned. Jin Ping's stomach was as dry as a child's. "There is no drowning in the stomach!" I said, "Jin Ping was also thrown away after death!" "The reason why you say that the child did not die from dry drowning is because statistically speaking, it is very rare." Yongge said, "But the cause of Jin Ping's death cannot be said to be highly probable, and a positive conclusion must be drawn. , can it be completely ruled out that she must not have drowned? She must have been killed by someone else?" I had some lack of confidence and said, "If two people died of dry drowning at the same time, wouldn't that be too coincidental?" I silently used scissors to cut open the duodenum along the pylorus of the deceased's stomach, and re-examined the child's duodenum carefully, and said confidently: "Although there is no direct evidence, I have indirect evidence to prove that the two died at the hands of others." Everyone looked at me suspiciously. I went on to say: "Look, the contents of the stomachs of the two deceased were also corn and pickles, the same as Mrs. Sun's. The degree of digestion also just entered the duodenum. So, I want to ask, one person killed another, and then Find a tricycle, ride the bicycle for 3 kilometers, kill the child, and then throw yourself into the river, how long will it take at least?" The investigator next to him said: "It takes more than 40 minutes to ride a bicycle on this kind of dirt road in the countryside. If you add in stealing cars, killing children, and throwing yourself into the river, it will take an hour anyway." Brother Yong already understood what I meant, his eyes lit up, and he said, "I see, I support your point of view now." The investigator said: "Support? Support what? They were killed by others? Why?" I said: "Judging from the degree of digestion of stomach contents, the digestion degree of Jin Ping and the child is the same as that of Mrs. Sun. That is to say, the three of them died at the same time. Since the time of death is the same, it cannot be Jin Ping. After Ping killed Mrs. Sun, she ran so far to commit suicide, and she didn't have any scud!" The investigator snorted and said, "Could it be that individual differences affect the degree of digestion?" I said: "Even if there are individual differences, it should be that young people digest faster. If young people and old people digest the same degree, then young people should die first. Moreover, individual differences will not affect much in such a short period of time. It is even more unlikely that there will be an error of more than one hour." After finishing speaking, I seemed to think of something suddenly, took the hemostat and gently clamped each of Jin Ping's teeth, shaking them gently.The other teeth did not respond, except when the right lower lateral incisor and canine were clamped, the tooth was easily pulled out.I said, "Look! The two teeth of the deceased were seriously loose! This is a sign that the oral and nasal cavity has been violated. Now there is direct evidence to prove that Jin Ping died at the hands of others!" Brother Yong laughed and said, "Amazing! You can think of all of this!" I said: "It's actually very simple. The gloves at the scene must be related to the deaths of the three of them. There was a lot of blood on the gloves, but there were no open injuries on the bodies of the three. Only Granny Sun had scratches on her neck.这样的擦伤不会在手套上留下任何可见的血迹，所以手套上的血，要么是鼻血，要么是牙齿受伤后的牙龈出血！” “好了，既然金萍母子被确定为被捂压口鼻致死，那么我们就要宣布这不是一起自产自销的案件了，凶手另有其人！”永哥做了总结性发言。 侦查员流露出无奈的表情，因为我们这样的结论导致他们需要继续没日没夜地工作了。 “可会是什么人作案呢？”侦查员说，“我们调查了，他们没有什么恩怨情仇，更没有什么债务纠纷，杀了3个人，是为了什么呢？” “杀人动机有疑点。”痕检员说，“我们也有疑点。之前我们判断得很清楚，凶手应该就在现场室内或者能够和平进入现场室内，那么什么人能敲开他们家的门，然后逐个儿杀死呢？关键还是用捂压口鼻的方式，一个人只有一双手啊！” “是的。”我对痕检员的看法很感兴趣，“凶手应该是在3个人都在睡觉的时候，逐个儿捂死的。” “对啊，那凶手是怎么进入现场的？从调查情况看，她们睡觉的时候很谨慎，门都是从里面用插销锁住的。”侦查员说。 解剖已经完事了，我一边脱下解剖服，一边苦思冥想，确实有一些事情让我百思不得其解。 现场的情形在我的脑子里不断地翻滚，突然，我灵光一闪，跳了起来：“我知道了！” 我的突然发话，把大家吓了一跳，所有人都迫不及待地看着我。 我说：“这只手套，是因为孙老太丢了另一只，所以扔在家里的某个地方了。那请问，最有可能的，是扔在什么地方？” 大家都觉得我有些思维跳跃，这正说着凶手的动机和进入现场的方法呢，我却想到了凶手作案时戴着的手套。 我看大家没有重视我的想法，接着说：“我再提示一下。死者家本来就很小，还有一个杂物间，那么，这个旧手套很有可能是扔在杂物间里。另外，我们再结合前期调查看一看，当天晚上天黑以后，老太因为在等金萍母子，心急的时候多次跑到100米外的公路边守望，不过就是去100米的地方，而且去看一眼就回，这个空当，老太不会还锁门吧！” “你是说凶手是溜门入室的？”还是侦查员对这方面最为敏感。 “是的，为什么不能是凶手趁老太出门的时候进的屋子，没想到老太很快又回来了，于是他只有……”我说。 “躲进杂物间！”永哥插话道。 “是的，如果他这么狼狈地被堵在杂物间，只说明了一点，他是没有准备而来的，是想顺手牵羊。”我说，“既然是顺手牵羊，就不会带什么工具，所以我们没有发现死者身上有工具损伤。如果是专门来杀人或者是来偷东西的，至少螺丝刀、匕首要带一个吧。” “有道理。”永哥说，“我知道你刚才说手套是什么意思了。你是说小偷在杂物间里潜伏的时候发现了这只手套，就顺手戴上了，对吗？” “是的！”我兴奋地说，“这就是为什么凶手戴了一只手套，形成老太太脖子上那种特征性损伤的原因！” “如此这般，”乔法医对我刮目相看，说，“就可以解释所有的疑点了。那么接下来我们怎么办？” “第一，凶手在杂物间潜伏几个小时，杂物间的东西上有很厚的灰尘，他很有可能在杂物间的物件上留下痕迹物证。之前我们找得不仔细，现在带勘查灯去，再仔细找找。”我慢慢说道，“第二，凶手发现孙老太突然回家，躲进了杂物间而没有躲在东卧室，说明他了解房屋的结构和摆设，也了解孙老太一家一般不会去杂物间，加之他是为了顺手牵羊，那么，这个凶手应该是熟人，而且离孙老太家不远。下一步就查一下这个村子里头有没有手脚不干净、有前科劣迹的人。” “能确定有前科劣迹吗？”侦查员问道，这个线索对侦查员非常有用。 “我觉得可能性会比较大。”我说，“他有反侦查意识，不然他为什么要把金萍母子的尸体运走，而不一起运走孙老太的尸体呢？” “对，想转移我们的视线。”永哥插话道，“他一定想不到我们这么快就从中发现了问题。” 侦查员走到解剖过道的外面，招手喊陪同我们一起到殡仪馆的辖区派出所民警过来。辖区派出所民警显然被尸体熏得已经吐了一会儿，这会儿看侦查员在招手喊自己，只有无奈地皱着眉头走了过来。 我笑着走了出来，问：“这个村，有没有因为盗窃被打击处理过的？” “有啊，贺老二。”派出所民警对自己辖区的情况了如指掌。 “侧面了解一下这个人在发案当天的情况，有没有作案时间以及发案后他的行为举止，如若可疑，就留置盘问，别让他察觉到风声，跑了就麻烦了。”侦查员说。 隔行如隔山，侦查员的这个部署让我连连赞许地点头。 案件侦破就是这样，一旦有了突破口，便如洪水决堤，一发不可收拾。对金萍母子的尸检，成为了本案的突破口，当我和永哥下午在宾馆房间喝茶聊天之际，案件侦破工作捷报频传。 下午4点30分，痕检员打电话过来，兴奋的声音在电话听筒中跳跃：“真的有痕迹，一枚鞋印，一枚指纹。这小子想找铁质工具的，找了个铁棒槌，拿了一下没拿动，留下了鞋印和指纹。” 因为之前我们去杂物间看过，里面很杂乱，各种脚印交叉在一起，所以我不放心地问：“能确定与本案有关吗？” “确定，都是非常新鲜的，不过位置很隐蔽，若不是仔细查找，还真找不到。” 兴高采烈地挂了痕检员的电话还不到半个小时，侦查员又打来电话：“经查，贺老二很可疑，于是密采了指纹，和现场的对比，认定同一。” 当我和永哥高兴地击掌庆贺之时，另一组负责监控贺老二的侦查员也打了电话来，说：“根据局领导指示，人我们已经抓了，马上开展审讯，你们来不来旁听？” 事实果然和我们的分析惊人的一致。当天，贺老二途经孙老太家，见家门大开，孙老太不在，于是溜门入室准备偷些东西，没想到刚准备偷拿挂在堂屋的咸鸭子时，孙老太回来了，他匆忙躲进杂物间。因为手上沾满了咸鸭子的油腻，贺老二就在杂物间顺手拿起一个布状物擦手，擦完手发现居然是个手套，于是顺手戴在自己的手上。金萍回来后，他听到孙老太和金萍争吵，老太说金萍不厚道，身上有1000元钱走哪儿带到哪儿，防她像防贼，自己又不会偷她的。贺老二顿时来了兴趣，等晚上3人都睡下了，贺老二就出来找那1000元钱，没想到惊醒了孙老太，于是只有下手掐死了老太。掐死老太后，贺老二十分惊恐，准备逃离现场时，金萍已被惊醒，打开了房间的大灯。没等到金萍叫出声，贺老二就冲过去压住金萍，捂住她的嘴导致金萍也窒息而死。贺老二看已经杀死了两个，决定一不做二不休，下手杀死仍在熟睡中的孩子，然后把金萍母子的尸体运走抛尸，伪造金萍和孙老太发生纠纷、杀死孙老太逃离现场的假象。 这都是后来听侦查员们说的，我和永哥没有去旁听审讯，因为我们胸有成竹。