Chapter 10 chapter Ten

Winter goes to spring, and spring returns to summer solstice. It has been half a year since the first case of corpse dismemberment.The case is still unsolved, but I have realized a lot of truths related to the case. In the past, I would be disgusted when a new case came, thinking that it had nothing to do with the dismembered corpse case, and would distract my energy from handling the case, but now I gradually understand that this is like the ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulty in Journey to the West, where demons and demons can be eliminated. The demon seems to have nothing to do with learning from the Western Paradise, but you can't reach the Western Paradise without going through the ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties.What's more, the detection of these miscellaneous cases, on the one hand, can barely be regarded as exorcism and defense, and on the other hand, the insights gained from these cases can more or less help me organize my thoughts.

But no matter how hard it is for Tang Seng to learn scriptures from the West, he at least knows that he should go west!I don't even know where the murderer is. It seems that I am not as good as Tang Seng.I pursed my lips and smiled self-deprecatingly. "Brother Hao has also learned that it's not kind to be happy alone when you have nothing to do. Stop having fun, the corpse case at Lujiang Pier 12!" It was Xiao Rui's voice. "Really? Fake?" I didn't know for a while whether Xiao Rui was joking. "You see, if you tell the truth, no one will believe it. Why is it so difficult to be a human being?" Xiao Rui smiled, and she didn't seem to be embarrassing me at all.

"Who told you to have a criminal record? You don't think it's rare for you to make fun of me?" I said forcefully. After speaking, Xiao Rui and I both smiled, packed up the toolbox and went out together. Xiao Rui and I are regular visitors to Lujiang Pier 12.The curved Lujiang River has turned an almost 90-degree turn here, and Pier 12 is just downstream of this turn. Pier 12 was a little deserted.The original builder estimated that they wanted to take advantage of the slow flow of the river after the turn to moor some small-tonnage ships, so the wharf is not big, less than 50 meters long, and there are only two 8-ton cranes on the wharf.In recent years, cargo transportation has gradually become containerized, and this pier has almost been abandoned, but Xiao Rui and I visit it about ten times a year.

It was an old man fishing who found the body.As soon as the river flows slowly, the sediment brought from the upper reaches will inevitably be deposited here. The silted soil in the upper reaches of Pier 12 is black and shiny, but it is a piece of muddy land, no one has cultivated it to grow crops, but the wild reeds and weeds are very lush, and it is said that the fish caught in this place are also very fat. So there are a lot of people fishing. Xiao Rui had a reed flower in her mouth, and after a while she spit it out and drew it in a circle with her hand, and said casually: "Do you think the fish in this place are particularly fat because there are often..."

I was so disgusted that I was about to throw up, I immediately interrupted Xiao Rui's words abruptly, and decided to cancel the steamed bream from tonight's menu. "What's the point? We only have the appearance of gods, and we will return to dust in the end. Instead of turning into dust, it's better to enter the infinite loop of the food chain and let ourselves play a greater role..." Xiao Rui is further elaborating on her life philosophy, and my head is a bit big.Xiao Rui has always been indifferent to life and death. I don't know whether it is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, or the work of forensic medicine makes her detach herself from life and death prematurely?

Without allowing me to think too much, Xiao Li from the Shuishang Branch brought us to the scene.The body parts were still floating on the water, and the floating hem of the white floral dress could be vaguely seen under the cover of the reeds. I gritted my teeth, who told me that I was a forensic doctor, and said to Xiao Rui, "Go into the water!", and started to roll up my trouser legs, with a sad and ferocious smile. "Why do you always go?" Xiao Rui raised her head high, and tied her long hair into a bun with her hands behind her head. While rolling up her trouser legs, she said to me: "Compare, let's see who is faster!"

We rushed to the river like children, laughing and splashing as we went, as if we were not rushing towards a pile of carrion but a cluster of flowers.But the way back was not so easy, this time the body was not divided so small, it was simply cut into two sections, I dragged one foot, and Xiao Rui dragged one hand, originally each pulled It is very difficult to walk with a piece of corpse, and the silt at the bottom of the river is slippery and sticky, so we have to exert our strength every time we pull our feet.My footsteps gradually became heavier, and Xiao Rui's breathing became heavier and heavier. In order to reduce resistance, we walked sideways in unison, like two big crabs dragging food.

I can't help but smile at the thought of crabs.I know people compare forensics to crows because we only show up where death happens, but I think forensics are more like crabs.People have always had a bad impression of crabs. Domineering and gutless are all derogatory terms for crabs. But if you are familiar with the characteristics of creatures, you will know that the difference with their vicious appearance is that crabs do not kill. They burrow at the bottom of the water. However, the food they eat on weekdays is nothing but humus and animal carcasses.Without the hard work of the crabs, the most beautiful sunny beach in people's minds is just a natural burial ground with rotting corpses lying everywhere and the smell is terrible.

Under the hard shell, we all have a soft heart. The summer river rotted the body badly, so we completed the autopsy on a secluded river beach.In this case, if we take the corpse back to the police force, the ears will be dirty for several months, and those guys will definitely scold us and make them vomit. "How do I get fingerprints?" Xiao Rui frowned as she looked at the corpse. I had already put on my gloves, but I was in no hurry to start.What Xiao Rui said was indeed a problem.When dealing with unnamed corpses, we must pay special attention to all kinds of characteristics that are meaningful for verifying identities.However, the skin of the victim's hands almost fell off like a glove due to soaking in the water for too long, and there was no way to remove the fingerprints.Not only that, but if you want to write a missing person notice, how to describe your appearance and body is a problem.Since the rotting gas filled the corpse, the victim was swollen like a balloon. How could one tell the physical features?

Let's open a road in the mountains and build a bridge in the water.The height is the best solution, record the lengths of the two sections separately and go back to make an addition.It can be seen that the wound on the corpse was not caused by the propeller. We encountered such a thing last month. The deceased was drunk and drowned and then unfortunately was cut in two by the propeller of a passing ship. I thought about it, and made a long cosmetic incision behind the victim's mandible to release the putrid gas. Although it is impossible to be exactly the same as before, the general outline of the victim's face still came out!

The rest were fingerprints. Under Xiao Li's astonished gaze, I simply took off the "gloves" of the deceased and put them on my hands! I have been sitting in the office for half an hour, and I can still smell the rancid smell in my nasal cavity.I smoked two Marlboros in a row but failed to get rid of the terrible smell, and I was choked and coughed again and again.I was wondering if I had a phantom smell, Xiao Rui walked in, holding a dry towel in her hand, shaking the water droplets from the ends of her hair. It’s not always possible to appreciate the picture of a beautiful woman in the bath. I was watching it with a smile on my face, but I saw Xiao Rui holding the tip of her hair to the tip of her nose, smelling it, and then her face changed drastically: “Dead, dead, it’s still the same Great smell, my mother will definitely curse again when I go back!" I laughed out loud.Under Xiao Rui's glaring gaze, I managed to hold back my laughter and asked, "Have you tried orange peel?" "I've used it 3 times just now!" Xiao Rui's voice was a little crying, "It still doesn't work at all!" I'm so rude, Xiao Rui was about to cry, but I was still laughing in my heart.In fact, long hair is not allowed in the police force, but Xiao Rui refuses to cut it off, and the chief has nothing to do with her. Say Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive.I was thinking about Bureau Wang, so he came to our forensic room. "How's the situation today?" Wang Ju went straight to the point. I quickly organized my words, coughed and was about to speak, but out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of Xiao Rui frantically coiling up her hair and stuffing it into the police cap. I suppressed my laughter and opened my mouth: "The results of the drowning-related examinations will be available tomorrow morning at the earliest. The corpse is severely decomposed, and it is impossible to tell whether the severe injuries on the body were caused during life or after death with the naked eye. But judging from the blood loss throughout the body, The possibility of death from a sharp neck injury is high. It may be that the body was thrown into the water after death, and the possibility of entering the water before death is unlikely." My eyes glanced at Xiao Rui to see if she had anything to add. Xiao Rui pondered for a while, and said: "The clothing on the deceased provides us with some clues to determine the source of the corpse (note: the identity of the deceased). The style of the blue floral pleated skirt with white background was more than ten years ago. Women here are unlikely to wear such a skirt. But the skirt is of good texture, maybe it was given to her by relatives and friends in the city who thought it was outdated." Xiao Rui paused for a while, then continued, "The deceased's cervix It is married and giving birth. This case may be reported soon." "Okay!" Wang Ju couldn't help but patted the table. Finding the source of the corpse is undoubtedly a crucial step in solving the case. A policeman would be happy to see that there is hope in solving the case. Moreover, the continuous murder and dismemberment cases in the previous period really put too much pressure on everyone.Although we blocked all news as much as possible to avoid unnecessary panic, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, not to mention that there are so many people who found corpses. Now this matter has become an explosive topic in the streets.If the media also contributes to the flames, it is really a storm that is about to come. Officer Wang put on his police cap and said: "Determine the nature of the case as soon as possible. All follow-up work will have to wait until you are sure whether it was an accidental drowning or a homicide. The responsibility on you is not light! If you have any good ideas for identity verification, please feel free to contact me." , we must solve this case as soon as possible at any cost!" The last few words of Wang Ju's tone became more serious. I quickly looked at the desk, thinking that my desk was about to suffer another unexpected blow, but Wang Ju's slap was not photographed. He just looked at us seriously and walked out of the forensic doctor. room. As soon as Wang Ju left, I also sat down.If my guess is correct, this case is very different from the previous ones in terms of the cause of death and the method of committing the crime. It's still there, but no one can tell whether it's the murderer's suspicion, or the suspect is someone else, maybe he suddenly changed the method of committing the crime. It seems that this is a trap that God has set for us on the road to investigate the broken corpse case. Then see the tricks and break the tricks, see the game break.I'm thinking. The results of the drowning-related inspections came out quickly, and it was true that entering the water before death was not supported.But things didn't go as smoothly as we imagined.A week has passed, and we have not received a single report that matches the circumstances.Everyone began to feel irritable. According to statistics, nearly 90% of the cases were reported within half an hour after the incident occurred. After 3 days, the detection rate of cases reported quickly dropped to about 60%. It's pathetic. The ruthless time seems to be the criminal's natural accomplice, it will mercilessly devour all the evidence and clues related to the case.Crime is evil enough, but there is such an invincible helper.Whenever I think of this episode, I can only smile helplessly, thinking that forensic medicine is simply Don Quixote fighting against windmills. If you can't wait, take the initiative.Reward announcements have filled the streets and alleys, and the announcement of the dismemberment case immediately became an explosive topic of discussion on the streets.But now I can't manage that much anymore.Turn pressure into motivation, this is a sentence that Wang Ju often comforts everyone. For the photo on the announcement, Xiao Rui and I spent a lot of thought. On the computer, we used Photoshop to restore the appearance of the deceased as much as possible. Hua Piao made an identical dress, and found a model of roughly the same size to wear this dress for a photo, and then performed a "head swap" on the computer.We don't know if this patchwork full-body photo would be instantly recognizable to someone familiar with the deceased, but we've tried to do our best. We took the notice with us, and whenever we had the opportunity to go out to handle cases, we asked the local people if they knew the victim.Hitting the wall again and again will make people depressed, and Xiao Rui gradually begins to doubt whether her speculation is accurate.Every time I returned home empty-handed, I saw Xiao Rui biting her lower lip tightly. I understand Xiao Rui's mood very well. What is impossible in this grotesque world?Maybe the woman's child was long dead, and maybe the clothes on her were just a suspicious move by the murderer.Until the day when the truth comes out, this kind of self-doubt will always be with us.But now I have to nonchalantly encourage Xiao Rui to continue on this road, before really hitting a wall. In fact, when we went to Yueluoyang, we didn’t have any hope at all. Last time we asked the local police station, the comrades at the police station said that they had never seen such a person, and they must not be in their jurisdiction. This time we are going to handle a public security case, and by the way, ask the director of the village committee about the female corpse case.The village director looked at the photo and shook his head, but the village director's wife yelled, "Isn't this Xiaoying from our village?" I couldn't help but feel tighter, and in a blink of an eye, I took a good look at the wife of the village director.There is no doubt that this is a straightforward master. When she said this, surprise, worry and fear were intertwined and showed on her face without any concealment.Judging from her eyebrows and eyes, she was also a rare beauty when she was young, but it is a pity that the years have quietly changed the pink and tender complexion when she was young into a rough dark red, and the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes and the sagging face cannot conceal the vicissitudes of the years .A cotton underwear with cut-out embroidery around the collar is a sign that she still has a love for beauty, but the fat on the neck and shoulders unwittingly stretched the front and back of the dress several times. I was still feeling in my heart that the beauty is easy to grow old, but the village director yelled angrily: "The hair is long but the knowledge is short! What do you know? Didn't Xiaoying go to relatives with her husband? What nonsense?" The village director's wife's voice immediately dropped by half, and she didn't know what to mutter in her mouth.It seems that the village director is not only the one and only leader in the village, but also firmly holds the leading position in the family. I smiled and pulled the village director away to walk into the back room, chatting lively about homework, but winking at Xiao Rui with my eyes.As expected of being a partner for many years, Xiao Rui immediately dragged the village director's wife out of the house knowingly. It is not easy to find a word to talk to the village director. What's worse is that I don't talk much, and the village director is more like a gourd that hasn't been sawed open.In less than half an hour, my palms were already sweating, and I was thinking about what I should do next after talking about the weather and harvest, when I caught a glimpse of Xiao Rui walking back holding the hand of the village director’s wife out of the corner of my eye. .Her appearance at this moment is simply a savior from heaven. As I hurriedly walked out of the house, I wondered in my heart why women talk so much when they meet, regardless of whether they know each other or not.If it wasn't for Xiao Rui waving goodbye to the village director and his wife with a smile, I completely forgot to say hello to the village director before leaving. Walking to the secluded entrance of the village, I couldn't wait to ask Xiao Rui how the situation was.Xiao Rui frowned, saying that what she learned from the village director's wife was contradictory.The other party said that Xiaoying had been back to her hometown with her husband and children for several days, and the facial features in the photo did not look very similar to Xiaoying, but the dress looked familiar and her face was similar. I was lost in thought.This happens to us all the time.I remember once a gangster rushed into a restaurant and stabbed the owner of the restaurant three times in full view. Later, the police asked two diners and three staff members who were eating at the time to learn about the situation. The five people described the color of the gangster’s clothing in six ways ( The description of one of them is inconsistent), and it became a joke in the police force for a while. We can't blame anyone.Due to emotional interference such as tension and shock, most people's memory of unexpected events is inaccurate, and the speed of this short-term memory disappears much faster than we imagined.Even if the remaining memories are expressed in words, different occupations and educational backgrounds will have an impact on this expression: the descriptions of manual laborers are often too simple, and 96 mental workers are too confident in supplementing imagination. fact.Therefore, it is often a basic skill of investigators to eliminate the superfluous and preserve the true. I think this process of inductive reasoning is very similar to being a doctor: all kinds of complaints, examinations, signs, related and irrelevant, reliable and unreliable are mixed together, how to distinguish In addition to knowledge, sensitive intuition is also essential of. For some reason, I always feel that this time there is a drama.Thinking along this line of thought, everything the village director’s wife said can be reasonably explained: I heard that I have gone back to my hometown, so I am not there; the facial features do not seem to be possible, and our restoration may not be very accurate; There is no mistake, which strengthened my confidence; the face is almost the same, which shows that our cosmetic incisions at that time were still very useful... The more she thought about it, the more she felt it made sense. While she was in deep thought, Xiao Rui said: "When I mentioned Xiaoying's husband, the wife of the village director had a strange expression, a smile that was half a smile, as if she was a bit disdainful, and she refused to talk about it specifically. , just say you’ll know it when you see it.” husband?I let out a sigh of relief.Not surprisingly.We have seen too many couples fight each other.But before confirming this point, we need to find out whether the deceased is Xiaoying or not. If you want to find out this problem, it is best to go directly to Xiaoying's house.We left the village and turned to the local police station for help.It happened to be Xiao Zhu who was on duty, and he was very familiar with him, so he went straight to the topic without exchanging pleasantries.As soon as Xiaoying's husband was mentioned, Xiao Zhu smiled maliciously and told me that her husband was a "0". Xiao Rui was confused, but I couldn't help but burst out laughing.