Chapter 514 Autopsy

Mr. Deputy Chief left in a hurry after visiting Holmes, and continued to deal with the pressure from the media and the parliament. The others also returned to their respective jobs, leaving only Lestrade as his companion.

Although the detection of the Whitechapel serial murder case is the top priority of the police, it does not mean that other tasks and cases can be completely put aside. London is the largest city in Europe and the world, and the police work here is not easy at all. , especially now that it is an eventful time, because the murder in Whitechapel has made many dishonest people start to move around, coupled with the growing panic among ordinary people, now the police in the entire London have canceled their vacations.

Lestrade has been following up on the first murder case since it appeared, and he is also the person who knows this round of cases best. It is naturally the most appropriate choice for him to stay and cooperate.

The three got out of the carriage, and not far away was the morgue. So far, three women have been killed, ranging in age from 34 to 50. Among them, the bodies of the first two victims have been returned to family members and friends Burial, and because the third person was killed two days ago, and he didn't have any family members, the body is still there.

Holmes was about to enter the door, but was stopped by Zhang Heng, who said to Lestrade, "Can you give us a little time."

The short police officer made a gesture of excuse, then stepped aside and waited patiently.

Zhang Heng said, "This case... I hope the two of us can solve it separately."

"Oh?" Holmes asked with a look of interest on his face, "The reason."

"I want to verify what I have learned during this period." Zhang Heng said.

Holmes looked into his eyes, and Zhang Heng didn't know if the other party saw something from it, but in the end Holmes just smiled and said, "Okay, this matter will become more interesting with you, since this time Let's take a bet on who will catch the murderer first, and the loser will have to provide two tickets to the Queen's Theater."

"...Are you addicted to watching operas recently?" But Zhang Heng didn't hesitate, and readily agreed to the bet.

The conversation between the two men took less than a minute, and then Lestrade was called back, and the latter began to introduce the case.

"The name of the deceased is Bernice, she is 46 years old this year, and like the previous two, she is also a prostitute who lives at the bottom of the Eastern District. Her body was found in the fence behind the low-cost apartment where she lived, and she was the first to be found. It was a coachman named Slater, and the suspicion can basically be ruled out."

The short police officer lifted the shroud and continued to introduce, "According to the forensic doctor's guess, the time of the incident was around five o'clock in the morning. The fatal wound was on the neck and was cut open by a sharp knife. The method was similar to the other two murders we encountered earlier. Same, at the same time, she was also cut open by the murderer after her death, and when the driver found her, a section of intestines was thrown onto her right shoulder."

While talking, Lestrade gave Holmes and Zhang Heng a copy of the photos of the scene, "But the difference is that part of her uterus and abdominal flesh were also cut away, which is what confuses us the most. , I can’t imagine at all what the murderer used for taking these pieces of meat.”

Holmes' eyes lit up, but he didn't rush to say anything, but asked Zhang Heng beside him, "Are you coming first or am I?"

"You go first." Zhang Heng was still flipping through the photos, including those of the two people who were killed before. He looked at them very carefully, trying not to miss any details, and at the same time confirmed some inferences from later generations.

Zhang Heng knows that it is not realistic to rely on the current lv1 criminal investigation skills alone to win the duel with Holmes. He has no room for error in this round of competition. Letting Holmes take the shot first is also a relatively flattering choice. While observing the focus of Holmes' observation.

The big detective didn't take it seriously at all. Wen Yan took out his usual magnifying glass from his pocket and walked to the corpse.

He quickly transformed into an alert hound, moving the magnifying glass left and right, and even put his face on the corpse despite the unpleasant smell... Five minutes later, Holmes retracted the magnifying glass contentedly, indicating that it was Zhang Heng's turn.

Zhang Heng took a deep breath and walked up to the corpse. In the past few months, he has gained a lot. Anatomy, forensic anthropology and scar examination, which are very important for criminal investigation, have made great progress. More and more information was obtained from the corpse.

The first thing Zhang Heng noticed was a smell of low-quality alcohol in the air. Later, he also found that the skin of the deceased was reddish, which was caused by telangiectasia. Combined with the smell of alcohol before, this indicated that the victim had a long-term drinking habit. Afterwards, Zhang Heng noticed the fatal wound on Bo's neck. It was obviously not just a one-knife cut. The murderer struck hard, and cut many knives, almost completely cutting off the victim's head.

In addition, under those wounds, there were obvious strangle marks on the neck. Zhang Heng frowned. Judging from the marks, it didn't look like a rope or a palm, but more like...a handkerchief? Zhang Heng recalled the statement that Jack the Ripper was a woman, but it was too early to make a judgment based on just a handkerchief.

Zhang Heng recalled Sherlock Holmes' warning that detectives must maintain absolute rationality and objectivity when handling a case, and must not be preconceived. If you are biased subjectively, you will be unconsciously biased when collecting evidence, and it is very likely that you will go farther and farther in the end.

So Zhang Heng temporarily put aside the information he found so far, and continued to check.

In addition to the wounds on the lower abdomen and neck, the victim's face was also painted.

"It can be seen that that guy really has a lot of hatred for prostitutes." Lestrade sighed from the side, "otherwise he would not have done such a thing to a corpse. I have been a policeman for so many years, but I have never seen one People who treat corpses like that."

Zhang Heng was noncommittal. He turned his head and looked at the scratches silently, then moved his eyes down, and finally came to the position of the abdominal cavity.

The womb is a very special place, the origin of human life, where the fetus is conceived. It can be seen that this serial killer also has a soft spot for this organ unique to women. In the first murder case, the victim was only His throat was cut and dozens of knives were stabbed in his body at the same time. Then the abdomen of the second victim was cut open and the uterus was also stabbed. When it came to the third victim, the murderer went one step further and cut off half of the uterus.

He\she is like an excited gold digger, walking into a huge gold mine, digging out the desire in his heart little by little.

I’m slowly returning to this update~(??˙o˙)?