"This well is 5.5 meters deep, made of bricks and cement, and has a cylindrical shape with a diameter of 1.1 meters..." Wang Fei introduced, "A total of four male corpses were found in the well, from top to bottom. Arranged in order, there are obvious layers.
"The further you go down, the older the bones are buried!"
"Layering?" Zhao Yu pointed to the well model and said, "Can I understand it this way? Every time the murderer leaves a person, he will be buried with soil?"
"Not just soil, but also rocks..." Wang Fei introduced, "The further down the bones are, the more obvious the signs of damage are!"
"Oh..." Zhao Yu somewhat understood why Wang Fei had to set up a model before looking at the bones. It turned out to be to allow him to understand the situation more intuitively.
“Each corpse has a different age,” Wang Fei continued. “Through soil analysis, we found that the first skeleton in the deepest layer was buried about five years ago;
“The bones on the third floor are from 4 years ago;
“The second layer of bones was also from four years ago, about half a year apart from the third layer;
“And the corpse on the top was from 3 years ago.
"Among them..." Wang Fei gestured at the model, "the thickness of each soil layer is also different, and the middle two are relatively thicker.
"Maybe it's because the two bones in the middle were buried at a similar time, and the corpse on the third floor had not yet completely decomposed."
"Wait a minute..." At this point, Zhao Yu suddenly discovered a problem, and immediately pointed at the model and said, "Is there no water in the well? Are these layers buried so smoothly?"
"There is no water," Wang Fei said. "Although the well is moist, it is mostly rainwater that has seeped in. There are no obvious signs of soaking in the bones!"
"Tsk, tsk... When was this well built?" Zhao Yu asked, "I haven't heard of any mountain villages or towns in that area, right?"
"We are still doing tests," Wang Fei said, "but judging from the materials, it shouldn't be that long ago!"
"Indeed," Zhang Yaohui said, "the nearest village to the incident is 12 kilometers away. There are basically no roads there and the location is very remote!"
"So..." Zhao Yu asked again, "Has the identity of the body been found?"
"No... come... follow me!" Wang Fei opened the small door of the forensic department and led everyone to the autopsy room.
At this moment, there was a corpse placed on each of the four autopsy beds in the autopsy room, which looked extremely scary.
"The corpse was brought in relatively late," Wang Fei continued, "We are extracting DNA from the bones, and it will take some time.
"Based on the preliminary inspection," she pointed to the bones, "the four skeletons are all men in their sixties, and their heights are basically about 1.7 meters. Only the last corpse is slightly shorter."
"So... what's the cause of death?" Miao Ying asked.
Wang Fei shook his head and said: "The cause of death has not yet been determined. Some fragments and injuries were found on the bones, but they were probably caused by the compression of stones and soil after death."
Out of professional sensitivity, while Wang Fei was talking, Zhang Peipei had already gone to the autopsy bed and was carefully observing the bones.
"Because the well is vertical, it is indeed very rare for corpses buried in this way, so it is a bit difficult to handle..." Wang Fei said frankly.
"By the way, Team Leader Zhao," Zhang Yaohui added, "We found ropes from the bones. We suspect that the deceased was tied up when the murderer buried the body!"
"Also..." Wang Fei remembered something and said hurriedly, "Judging from the way the bones were excavated, the arms were pressed behind the back, so the hands should have been tied behind the back."
After hearing this information, Zhao Yu seemed to have thought of something, but after thinking about it, he did not say it.
"So... where are the belongings of the deceased?" Miao Ying asked again.
"Only some belongings of the deceased were found," Zhang Yaohui replied, "but no relics related to the identity of the deceased were found."
"They are all here," Wang Fei pointed to the workbench in the distance. "The four people are wearing different clothes, but they are all ordinary. There is no obvious unique feature. We are still testing them."
Just as he was talking, a hunky-backed laboratory technician wearing a white coat walked out of the laboratory. When this man saw Zhao Yu, he immediately greeted Zhao Yu with excitement:
"Hey, it's really Brother Yu!"
Zhao Yu recognized him at a glance and it was his former younger brother Hu Bin.
"Wow, you are still a laboratory technician?" Zhao Yu quickly stepped forward and slapped him.
"Hahaha... Without you to protect me, how can I get promoted?" Hu Bin said carelessly, "Okay, brother, I still have a lot of work to do now. I'll catch up with you when I'm done!"
"Okay," Zhao Yu waved his hand and said, "I invite you to dinner tonight, you must go!"
"Well... this..." Hu Bin glanced at Wang Fei timidly.
"Okay," Wang Fei waved his hand, "If Detective Zhao invites you to dinner, of course you will be allowed to take leave!"
"Then Section Chief Wang, let's come together tonight!" Zhao Yu invited, "It's been a long time, let's catch up on old times together!"
"I'd better forget it!" Wang Fei pointed at a table of evidence and said, "There must be someone staying here. You just have to play well. Let's wait for another day. I'll treat you another day!"
"Okay, okay..." Zhao Yu shook hands with Section Chief Wang, and then followed Zhang Yaohui out of the autopsy room and went to the office for handover work.
As soon as he entered the office, there was warm applause. Junior sister Li Beini held a bouquet of flowers and presented them to Miao Ying, and said happily:
"Warmly welcome senior brothers and sisters to return with honor!"
The flowers were gorgeous and the applause was thunderous, which caught Miao Ying and others off guard.
"You're welcome, you're welcome...hehehe..." Zhao Yu pinched Li Beini's little face out of habit, "Long time no see, little girl has gained weight again! Hahaha..."
"Senior brother is really good at talking," Li Beni pouted, "I've obviously lost a few pounds!"
"Oh, it's so emotional, so emotional!" Zhao Yu put his hands behind his back and walked around in a circle with style. Looking at the familiar working environment in the past and thinking of all the past events that happened here, he couldn't help but sigh, "Oh , it feels so good to be home!
"Actually, it's been less than two years, but it feels like I've been away for a long time. Everything here is still the same!"
Zhao Yu kept saying the same thing, but looking around the police officers in the room, he only knew Li Beini, Zhang Jingfeng and Zhang Yaohui. Others like Lan Bo, Mao Wei, Liu Xueshan, Ma Wei and others had already been transferred to other jobs, and they were slightly different. It means things are right and people are different.
“Brother, look,” Li Beini pointed at Zhao Yu’s old desk and said, “After you became famous, this desk was permanently sealed by the police station and has never been used by anyone else!
"If you don't believe me, look through it. There are still things in the drawer that you have used before!"
"Really?" Zhao Yu opened the drawer and saw some files that he had used before, notes he had written, etc.
"Sometimes when police officers from other places come to our place for training, they have to come and visit!" Zhang Jingfeng quickly introduced.
"Really?" Zhao Yu glared at Zhang Jingfeng, "How do I feel that the word 'visit' you just said was almost replaced by 'pay tribute'?"
"Really?" Zhang Jingfeng covered his heart, "I'm so old, I almost told the truth!"
"I see," Ran Tao, who was standing behind, took the opportunity to say, "the leader wants to seal your desk not as a memorial, but because he is afraid that others will not be able to suppress it!"
As soon as this statement came out, the whole office burst into laughter...
(End of chapter)