Chapter 754 This Is Not Superstition

The central air conditioner in the forensic room made a loud puffing sound, but the heat it sent out was pitifully small. However, it still pretended to be working hard, just like Ma Rongcheng's son doing homework at home when he was a child - on the surface, he was very busy, but in fact, it was hard to describe.

If it weren't for his son's poor grades, Ma Rongcheng would have given up the idea of ​​going to the police academy a few years ago. At this moment, he couldn't help but get a little excited when he imagined the scene of father and son wearing police uniforms and working together on cases.

Ma Rongcheng looked at Chen Shu unconsciously.

Chen Shu, who was already a captain at a young age, was still in the Public Security Bureau, staring at the operating table with a burning gaze, full of energy and spirit.

Young people, Ma Rongcheng missed himself 20 years ago. In the brainstorming in the conference room just now, he was actually exposed to the vigorous fighting spirit and outstanding ability of this young foreign criminal policeman.

This made Ma Rongcheng, who only wanted to be transferred to the provincial department and prepare to lie down, couldn't help but arouse a little interest in his heart, and the unexpectedly awakened enthusiasm.

Ma Rongcheng couldn't help but sigh, thinking that he had such a brilliance when he was young, but at that time, he was still struggling to find his own shadow in "Police Story".

It's simple, but which policeman didn't come this way?

This made Ma Rongcheng, who originally planned to enjoy the past years in the provincial department, couldn't help but stir up a ripple in his heart, as if the enthusiasm of young people ignited an old version of "small universe".

When you are old, you have to help others. Ma Rongcheng, who refused to admit his age, secretly thought of teaching.

Puff.

Jiang Hai and Huang Mao, who had changed their clothes, took the initiative to stand up and take on the work of helping, lifted the body bag to the operating table, opened the bag with a bang, and took out the female corpse inside.

Suddenly, a smell of moldy wine mixed with sour smell rushed out from inside. Fortunately, everyone had put on masks, so the impact was a little bit, not particularly serious.

Old Tang first observed the nail crevices of the deceased, but it was obviously clean. Then he took off the clothes of the deceased, cleaned the surface slightly with a brush, and then began to carefully look over the body.

After focusing on the dark purple flaky corpse spots on the feet and lower abdomen of the corpse, Old Tang glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and concluded: "The time of death should be eight to fourteen hours ago, that is, between eight o'clock in the evening and two o'clock in the morning. There are corpse spots, so it should not be a disguised hanging after death."

"The surveillance can see that the person entered the room at eleven o'clock, so shouldn't it be more accurate to the four hours from eleven to two o'clock?" Jiang Hai added.

"That's your investigation, don't get involved with us." Old Tang was a little angry.

There was only one forensic doctor, Old Tang, present, so he did not explain the reason for the time of death in detail. He just moved out the iron box containing the scalpels step by step, and took out the shiny knives one by one to disinfect them.

Chen Shu put his hand on Jiang Hai's shoulder and whispered, "Are you sure that the person on the surveillance is the deceased?"

Jiang Hai turned around and said without hesitation, "Of course, the face is clear, isn't it? The clothes are similar."

Chen Shu nodded and agreed, "You are right, but we can't deny the forensic conclusion because of this. We investigators have to be inclusive and take all situations into consideration. Remember, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be prepared for one."

Jiang Hai nodded hazily, as if he understood.

Thinking of the couple who had already arbitrarily determined that their daughter committed suicide in the hotel, Chen Shu pulled the lead police officer Huang Mao aside and whispered: "You don't need the family members to sign for the autopsy? Have you gone through the formalities? According to my understanding, the parents of the deceased have determined that their daughter committed suicide, and they should not let us do the autopsy."

The couple had already taken tens of thousands of yuan in compensation from the hotel general manager early on, and it would not be easy to ask them to spit it out again.

Huang Mao was stunned, and then he giggled a few times: "Brother, to be honest, I don't know the procedure. Otherwise, ask forensic doctor Tang?"

Old Tang, who heard the conversation between the two, lowered his head to fiddle with the equipment while answering: "I contacted his family in Ontario. They proposed it themselves, saying that they firmly requested an autopsy and did not believe that their daughter committed suicide."

According to regulations, the autopsy of normal death requires the consent of the family of the person being autopsied, and when the police determine that it is an abnormal death, they only need to notify the family, and the act of autopsy does not require the consent of the family.

The daughter died, and the first thing the two guys did when they arrived at the hotel was to ask the hotel for compensation on the grounds that "the bathroom door frame was not designed properly, which led to the opportunity for suicide." Chen Shu couldn't help but think about the other party's purpose of "resolutely requesting an autopsy" from the worst perspective.

These days, as long as someone dies suddenly outside, the family members will most likely suspect that it was homicide, anyway, the fault is definitely not on their own family. Secondly, the police don't spend their money to handle the case, or in other words, if they can find something, they can get more compensation, so basically they will support the police's autopsy work.

It is indeed a bit cruel to tell the truth, but this is the current situation.

Unlike in the early years, although the superstitious flavor is a bit stronger, people are still generally reluctant to see their family members die and have to be stabbed a few times, and think that it is a sin to have a hole in the body to go down, so even if there are many suspicions, they don't want the police to dissect the body.

Thinking of the good girl described by the hotel general manager, Chen Shu couldn't bear it and asked: "Forensic Doctor Tang, can you determine the cause of the girl's death?"

Old Tang took out a steel ruler from his pocket and attached it to the strangulation marks on the corpse's neck. He glanced at the data up and down and said, "The width is consistent with the rolled up lanyard."

The situation here is the same as when a body is found in a river, there are two aspects involved before determining the cause of death. First, the victim died before entering the water (death before hanging); second, the victim died after entering the water (death by hanging).

The suspect's purpose was to create the illusion of committing suicide by jumping into the river (hanging himself).

Old Tang then turned the body over, examined it again, and said, "There are no external injuries on the body, which means there was no resistance when he died. Well, there are signs of drunkenness."

Glancing at the feet of the corpse, Old Tang quickly said: "Toes pointing to the ground, well, there is a high possibility of hanging."

After saying that, Old Tang picked up the scalpel and prepared to disembowel him.

Chen Shu couldn't bear it. It didn't matter whether he was superstitious or pitiful. Anyway, he raised his hand and put it on the forensic doctor's arm, stopping him and saying:

"Forensic Doctor Tang, why don't you wait any longer."

"What are you waiting for? My parents have agreed to the autopsy, and you still..." Old Tang was a little confused.

Chen Shu explained: "Because I suspected it was a suicide case, I didn't do the investigation at the scene very carefully. I didn't expect the horse expert from the provincial department to come over. Well, I meant to ask the horse expert to go to the scene for review. After the investigation, we will continue to follow up the surveillance investigation and social relations investigation. There is still a lot to do, and we are not in a hurry to take action immediately. "

Seeing that the other party was tending to be persuaded by him, Chen Shu concluded: "After all, if a person is disemboweled after death and suffers such a crime, he will not be able to survive. Well, I heard that she is a pretty good girl. She fell into this This situation is quite pitiful.”

Old Tang smiled, pointed the scalpel at Chen Shu, and preached: "You, an upright people's policeman, still care about this? Our ability to restore her innocence is the most important thing at the moment. I believe it is also what she needs most. Do you want to find someone else to investigate? Young man, sometimes the bodies of the dead are more reliable than the words of the living!"

Chen Shu shook his head and said sincerely: "Forensic Doctor Tang, you are right, but this girl is a bit pitiful."

Old Tang shrugged, took a step back and said, "How about taking a look at the hyoid bone first? This won't have much impact."

Chen Shu made a gesture of invitation.

Having said this, Chen Shu was actually a little puzzled. According to the forensic doctors he was used to seeing in Dongzhou City, they would not do an autopsy if they could do it. I really haven’t seen many people who want to take action.

Ah, no, it seems that there is such a person here, Zhu Li, Dr. Zhu.

The fruit of the autopsy is indeed very deep.

Seeing that the two of them had their own opinions, Ma Rongcheng expressed his position with the idea of ​​​​making peace: "Old Tang, please check your body again, and take a rest after you are done. Anyway, we are an old man, and we don't have much else. We just have a lot of time. I asked them to take me to the scene.”

Old Tang laughed and gently placed the scalpel on the iron plate beside him: "Officer Chen, I didn't expect you, an old criminal investigator, to be so superstitious. Okay, then let's leave the time to our horse expert."

Chen Shu felt bad because the expert had to go on a trip, so he took the lead and picked up the heavy survey box that Ma Rongcheng brought over, thinking that it would make it easier for the other party. After all, he was a Jingui technician.

When everyone took off their white coats one by one and hung them by the door waiting to go out, Chen Shu turned his head and found that Ma Rongcheng was lowering his head and carefully observing the marks on the neck of the deceased, so close that his nose was almost touching.

Looking at this situation, I must have discovered something!