Beicheng District, Textile 4th Road, Fengshui Lane.
The old red brick house stands on the side of the road. From a distance, it looks like a fence. On this side of the fence, there is always a traffic jam on the road. When the pedestrian green light on the roadside turns on, the crowd will flock to the opposite side like wasps. On the other side of the fence, It is a back alley with few people. Stray dogs, trash cans, and large discarded furniture are the owners of the back alley. Some cars occasionally pass through the back alley in order to hurry.
The back alley stinks for years.
As soon as Mingshu got off the police car, he smelled the unusual smell in the air, and immediately took out the prepared mask and latex gloves and put it on.
The body has been pulled to the Beicheng branch, but it is still necessary to see the scene in person.
Mingshu walked to the trash can where the corpse was hidden, a little mud splashed from the heels of his leather shoes.
He wasn't wearing a police uniform today, he was wearing a short leather jacket he bought not long ago. It will soon be New Year's Day and Christmas season. The streets and alleys are full of festive atmosphere. He got up early in the morning and went to the cloakroom Xiao Yuan prepared for him for a long time. As soon as the festival was lively, but the case came, the plan would be in vain.
The trace investigation has basically been completed, but the criminal police from the sub-bureau has not yet withdrawn, and the security belt is still being pulled. Mingshu greeted them and squatted by the trash can to compare the angles in the photo.
Judging from the situation after the trash can was knocked down, the corpse was stuffed into the trash can with its head down. The meat of the body and face.
"Team Ming!" A man with extremely short hair ran over.
Mingshu got up and smiled when he saw the person coming, "Xiao Xiang."
"You still remember me!"
"I have a good memory."
Xiang Tao is a criminal police officer of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Beicheng Branch. He has just joined the job and is very young. When investigating Shachun and Wu Zhen's cases, the serious crime team needed the cooperation of the Beicheng Branch, and Wang Hao, the vice-captain of the detachment who was not in harmony with Mingshu, was perfunctory in every possible way, but Xiang Tao was very serious and made a lot of efforts.
That's when Mingshu noticed him.
"Team Wang has gone to study. Team Li is in charge of this case, and I am in charge of the scene." Xiang Tao said, "I arrived immediately after receiving the report. You can ask me any questions you have on the scene. ."
Mingshu nodded and smiled, "Very positive."
Xiang Tao didn't hide his thoughts, "Team Li told me that the Criminal Investigation Bureau will recruit people again after the new year. If I work hard, maybe I will be selected."
Mingshu raised his eyes slightly and looked at the young policeman again.
The last time he cooperated, he could see that Xiang Tao was not satisfied with being under someone like Wang Hao. Sooner or later, he would leave the branch and jump to the Criminal Investigation Bureau. He didn't expect to meet again, and this kid said it so clearly.
At least in terms of xinxing, it is still a malleable talent.
Mingshu said, "I want to come to the Criminal Investigation Bureau. When I arrive at the Criminal Investigation Bureau, which squadron do you want to go to?"
Xiang Tao smiled brightly, "Of course it's the serious crime team!"
Mingshu wanted to pat Xiang Tao on the shoulder, but because he was wearing latex gloves, he had no choice but to give up, "Then work hard."
Xiang Tao stood up straight, "Yes!"
At this time, two wild dogs passed by outside the security zone, eagerly looking at the trash can.
Stray dogs are very vigilant, and it stands to reason that they should not approach when they see so many people. A team member standing near the security belt was worried that they would come in again to damage the scene, and quickly raised his hand to drive away. One of them turned and ran, but the other didn't leave immediately, but bared his teeth, his eyes gleamed, his back arched high—a posture about to attack.
Mingshu frowned, "There are a lot of stray dogs here?"
"This area is a demolition area. Half of it has been demolished. The remaining red brick houses are basically unoccupied. There are few people, and there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain. In addition, the weather is cold now, and the nearby stray dogs gather here. Xiang Tao said: "The preliminary autopsy of the forensic doctor confirmed that the time of death was within four days, and it was thrown here shortly after the death. The garbage here is not cleaned every day, it belongs to an unmanaged state, and it takes only ten days and a half months. A hired cleaner came to deal with it, so the body has never been found. Ming team, this body was gnawed beyond recognition in four days, but fortunately the facial bones were not damaged, and simulation recovery can be done. If the body is delayed again Some are found, and the stray dogs have eaten their skulls, making it even more difficult to identify them."
Mingshu had some inferences in his heart, and asked: "Have you found any clues such as fingerprints and footprints?"
"The footprints are incomplete and have been damaged by the wheels. There are fingerprints, but they are all old fingerprints, which don't match the time of death, and there is no comparison result in the system."
Mingshu raised his head and looked at the red brick house next to him.
The back alley where he is now, on the left hand side is the wasteland that has been demolished in a mess. There are a few houses that have not been demolished, all the windows are gone, and some even have no roof. The tragic earthquake; on the right is a complete red brick house. Compared with the houses on the wasteland, the red brick houses seem to be able to live in people, but in fact they are the first batch of houses built in Dongye City, more than ten years ago. It has been renovated, and now it looks different from the outside, but the inside is already dilapidated.
But it would be wrong to say that no one lives there.
No matter how dilapidated the house is, there are people guarding it.
Mingshu turned his eyes away from a piece of hanging clothes, "Have you done the preliminary visit?"
"It's not finished yet." Xiang Tao said, "No one has said that they saw the murderer throw the body."
"Check it out." Mingshu said, "I'll go to the branch and have a meeting later."
"clear!"
Beicheng Branch, Criminal Investigation Detachment.
Knowing that Mingshu had gone to the scene, Xing Mu consciously rushed to the sub-bureau and conducted an autopsy with the sub-bureau forensic doctor. When Mingshu came to the branch, the detailed autopsy report just came out.
"The identity can't be determined for the time being, and I'm waiting for a craniofacial simulation to restore it." Xing Mu looked a little worried, "but I personally don't believe in this technology very much."
Craniofacial restoration is a method of finding the source of the deceased when DNA, fingerprint comparison and other means cannot determine the identity of the deceased, and simulate restoration on the complete skull, and its technical support is a massive database. But even so, the restored portrait is not necessarily consistent with the real appearance of the deceased. In many cases at home and abroad, there are many cases where the restored portrait is completely different from the real appearance. So most of the time, the police only use craniofacial reconstruction as a last resort.
"At least the age is basically determined." Mingshu quickly browsed the autopsy report, "The cause and time of death are also determined. It is not a big problem to check the missing persons according to the time of death to determine the identity of the deceased."
Xing Mu had to admit that although he hated leadership, Mingshu was very reliable.
The condition of the corpse was very bad, the face and neck were a disaster, and the gnawing behavior of stray dogs destroyed the clues that may exist on the corpse, and the identity of the deceased is temporarily difficult to determine. As a forensic doctor, Xing Mu has naturally seen all kinds of corpses, but this time the deceased was fatally wounded on the head. He must focus on the corpse's head. Staring at such a head for a long time will still suffer psychologically. some influence. However, as soon as Mingshu came, a few words made him feel a lot more at ease.
Seeing Xing Mu staring at him, Mingshu shouted, "Mr. Xing?"
Xing Mu quickly recovered and picked up his report, "Let me tell you the main points. The deceased was 1.63 meters tall, weighed 49 kilograms, and was between 35 and 36 years old. The fracture of the occipital bone caused severe brain damage, and the fractured It was struck by a blunt object. The contact surface of the blunt object is a perfect circle with a diameter of 4 cm, which may be a tool hammer."
Mingshu raised his hand, "Stop."
Xing Mu raised his head, "Huh?"
"In the vast majority of homicides in which blunt weapons are used to hit the head, the murderer will strike repeatedly. One is to vent his anger, and the other is to worry that he will not die if the number of times is less." Mingshu looked at the report, "But in In this case, you came to the conclusion that there were only two hits by the killer."
Xing Mu was stunned for a moment, "Yes, only twice. Although a person's head is not fragile, it can't withstand heavy blows. If the strength is sufficient and the position is right, a single blow is enough to kill a person."
"Then what will happen if the murderer doesn't make up for the latter blow this time?" Mingshu asked.
Xing Mu didn't understand the reason for Mingshu's question, but he could answer the question, "It will also die. Judging from the traumatic brain injury, the killer used more strength when he hit the first time, and the victim lost it immediately. ability to act."
Mingshu took a few steps, "The murderer may be a familiar one."
Xing Mu was startled, "That means, the murderer has done crimes in the same way before?"
Ming Shu didn't answer, and continued to read the report while saying: "The deceased's clothes were not taken off, and he was not violated before or after his death. The back alley is not the first scene, but the place where the body was thrown... It is indeed an ideal body throwing place. It's a place, but if you hadn't been there for a long time, you might not have known such a place at all."
Yi Fei came over at this time, "The brothers of the branch have already been investigating near the back alley. There are mutilated footprints and a lot of wheel marks at the scene. The murderer is likely to use some kind of transportation to carry the body. Now it is very important to find the scene of the crime. ."
"The deceased was dressed neatly, with jeans and sweaters, but no coats, down jackets and other coats, and no shoes on his feet." Mingshu said: "This kind of attire usually appears right after returning home. The shoes are taken off, the coat is taken off, But I didn't change into home clothes immediately because I hadn't showered yet."
Yi Fei said: "Was the victim killed in his own home? Then the body was moved here by the murderer?"
"The possibility is very high." Mingshu glanced at the report again, "The corpse had impact injuries on the chest, abdomen, thighs, and knees, as well as compression and restraint injuries on the back and back of the neck. Before he was killed, the victim and the murderer experienced a fight. ."
Xing Mu walked to Yi Fei's side and gestured a few times on Yi Fei's back, "The murderer should have crushed the victim to the ground and killed the victim with a hammer."
Yi Fei touched the back of his head subconsciously.
"Judging from the appearance of the scars, the process for the murderer to subdue the victim was very short." Mingshu looked at Xing Mu, "Brother Xing, is that so?"
Xing Mu said: "Yes. They fought, and there was no skin tissue or blood of the murderer in the mouth or fingernails of the deceased. This also shows that the victim quickly lost the ability to resist."
"The victim is a woman over 1.6 meters. She is a little lighter and not strong enough. However, when a person encounters danger, she can burst with huge energy, and she will struggle to the death, but the murderer still pressed her to the ground so easily. "Mingshu said: "The murderer is most likely a strong man. If my previous judgment is correct and the victim was killed in her own home, then the murderer is either her family, or she took the initiative to open the door for the murderer... What is this dog hair?"
"The lips and tongue of the deceased have been bitten off by stray dogs, but I found a poke of white animal hair in the mouth of the corpse." Xing Mu said: "It was under the cut off tongue. After identification, the poke of white hair was found. It's dog hair."
Yi Fei said: "Why is there dog hair in the mouth?"
"It's not surprising that there are dog hairs in the mouth. Some people have dogs at home, like dogs, and when they bathe the dog, or play with the dog, the dog hair may fly into the mouth. But there are 21 dog hairs under the victim's tongue. This cannot be accidentally eaten." Xing Mu said: "I think it is possible that the murderer deliberately put it in the victim's mouth."
"The dog hair is hidden under the tongue..." Mingshu took a few steps and turned around, "Is this the murderer's 'mark?' What does the murderer want to convey through these 21 dog hairs?"
"There is dog hair in the mouth of the corpse, and the face and neck of the corpse are eaten by stray dogs. Is there any connection between the two?" Yi Fei said: "Brother Xing, is it possible that these dog hairs are being eaten by dogs? Left over from eating corpses?"
"The possibility is very low." Mingshu shook his head, "If the stray dogs were left behind, they should be scattered in a mess, not all gathered in one place. This is the information left by the murderer on purpose. By the way, Brother Xing, you are sure that the body of the deceased is on the body. Are all the bite wounds caused by stray dogs?"
Xing Mu said, "Do you suspect that it was caused by humans?"
"There has never been a case of 'cannibalism' in Dongye City, but in other cities, cases of 'cannibalism' have been on the rise in recent years." Mingshu said: "In the first half of the year, I was involved in one of the special action teams. A woman in her forties, running a chain of gyms, middle class, divorced, son studying abroad, she had killed eight men under the age of 29, all of whom were her gym guests, before we arrested her. A woman has money and looks, and is considered a strong woman with a successful career, but behind her bright appearance, there lives a monster who takes pleasure in eating people."
Xing Mu shuddered.
Mingshu continued: "She killed them not out of hatred, but out of love. She ate their bladders, then decomposed the bodies and discarded them. During the interrogation, she said that the state of the bladder can reflect whether a person is young and healthy. , their bladders are delicious."
Xing Mu's face turned pale, he covered his stomach and said, "I'm going to the toilet."
"This case left a deep impression on me. People eat people, not because of hate, but because of the so-called 'love'." Mingshu put down the autopsy report and leaned against the table, "Today I heard that the face of the corpse was gnawed. Food, the first thing I think of is being eaten."
Not to mention Xing Mu, even Yi Fei had a layer of goosebumps. "The 'face-biting maniac' has indeed appeared abroad, and more than once. But we have been to the scene. There are so many wild dogs there, and the corpses are wild It's not surprising that dogs nibble."
"I thought about a question at the scene." Mingshu held up his hands, "There are a lot of stray dogs living in that alley, and their numbers are so large that they are not afraid of people. The site seems to be occupied, ready to rush up to bite at any time. The murderer throws the body there, on the one hand, he must feel that it is hidden there, this is a person who is very familiar with the surrounding, but on the other hand, did the murderer deliberately let wild dogs help him Destroy some kind of evidence?"
Xing Mu came back from his hands, and heard that Mingshu and Yi Fei were still discussing the "cannibalization cases" that had happened, and suddenly "ah".
Ming Shu said, "Mr. Xing?"
"The scars on the deceased's face are a little strange." Xing Mu said: "Her face, neck, hands and feet must have been bitten by stray dogs. This is absolutely not wrong. I didn't find any traces of human teeth biting, but she There was a 3mm sharps wound on the lower lip."
"3mm?" Mingshu immediately flipped through the details on the autopsy report.
"Not here." Xing Mu said, "Why don't you go to the autopsy room with me."
The corpse was placed on the dissection table, and the woman's face could no longer be called a face.
Mingshu approached and saw Xing Mu lifted the woman's mutilated chin, pointed to the right side of her lower lip, and said, "This is it. The gnawing on her face has no life response at all, and the sharp injury here basically has no life response. "
Mingshu asked: "Basic?"
"The face is severely damaged, and the area is too small, I dare not draw a conclusion." Xing Mu said: "And I don't understand, if the sharp weapon injury was caused after death, why did the murderer cut a knife in this position. ."
Mingshu stood for a moment, "Perhaps the lower lip of the deceased was cut off, or the entire lip might be cut off."
Xing Mu was surprised, "Why, why?"
"I don't know." Mingshu's face darkened slightly, "Now there are many problems, 21 dog hairs, 3 mm sharp injuries, from the perspective of ritual, the possibility of serial crimes cannot be ruled out, the identity of the deceased must be determined immediately, and the first one must be found. on site."
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Beicheng District, Shuguang Business Building, Room 2114, Block C, Longnv Design Studio.
"What happened to your group? Didn't you check it before printing? What is it printed on?" Long Xiaoqing stepped on high heels and slapped a thick stack of manuscripts on the table, "It's all fucking crooked, I can't typesetting. Don't fucking do it here!"
Four women in their twenties shrank their necks from being yelled at, and the office full of books and magazines was silent for a while.
"You're dumb, huh?" Long Xiaoqing was even more angry, "I didn't pay you wages, did I? I have to work overtime every day because of the large orders recently, but I doubled the overtime pay for you. I?"
"Long Jie, I'm sorry, I did these things." Chen Jinghuan stood up, wondering, "It's true that I was careless, but, but I didn't do it on purpose, I didn't sleep all night last night, and my mind was confused, so I'll just do this. Redo, don't be mad."
Long Xiaoqing wanted to continue scolding, but his mouth opened, and suddenly said: "All night? Meng Shan hasn't finished her vacation yet?"
Chen Jinghuan said: "No, her bereavement leave had expired the day before yesterday, but she never came back. Her father died, so it's not good for us to always urge her. She was supposed to do these tasks, and we did it separately. Now, Long Jie, we have done our best."
"What's wrong!" Long Xiaoqing became angry again, "Who has never died? Is she doing something special? It would be good if my mother gave her funeral leave, but she still won't come back with her work? If she doesn't come back, She's dead!"
The women looked at each other, not only feeling that the boss's words were too vicious, but also feeling that it was really troublesome for Meng Shan to drag her on.
After Long Xiaoqing finished scolding, he picked up his mobile phone and said while dialing the number: "You don't rush, I urge!"
The women are all watching Long Xiaoqing behind the screen.
"Shut down?" Long Xiaoqing scolded: "Pretend to be dead, right? Who knows where she lives?"
Chen Jinghuan whispered, "How do we know that? Long Jie, is there something wrong with Meng Shan?"
Long Xiaoqing, who was just angry, suddenly froze and whispered: "Damn!"
Chen Jinghuan didn't understand the true meaning of the "crappy" sound, and thought that Long Xiaoqing was worried about Meng Shan, so she tentatively asked, "Long Jie, why don't we call the police?"
Long Xiaoqing was agitated, "Call the police! Remake the board for me! Don't ask anyone about this again!"
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In order to determine the identity of the victim as soon as possible, the criminal police are doing the most labor-intensive investigation centered on Fengshui Lane. At present, the investigation has been carried out from Textile 4th Road to Textile 1st Road.
Mingshu did not return to the Criminal Investigation Bureau, but stayed in Beicheng all the time.
In some corpse-throwing cases, the murderer tends to throw the corpse away from the area of his daily life in order to hide himself. But this kind of corpse throwing has a characteristic, that is, most of the corpses will be dismembered. The body was not dismembered this time, and there are a large number of stray dogs in Feng Shui Lane, and the garbage has not been cleaned up for a long time. There are cars that cut short paths in the alley, and very few people pass by. Although there is a house next to it, there are very few people living in it. — These are details that only those who are familiar with Feng Shui Lane know.
The murderer was familiar with Feng Shui Lane, which was his safe zone.
There is a high probability that he lives near here, and kills people here.
But what exactly do those 21 dog hairs mean
"Team Ming!" Xiang Tao arrived in a hurry, "We heard all the way in Textiles, that there is a courier station that claims to be open all year round and has not opened for a few days. The owner of the station is a woman in her thirties who lives alone. 'Huang Yan', the phone is turned off, no one can contact her. Age and time of disappearance meet our screening criteria!"
Textile Road, Jiangbei Second Village.
"It's here. It used to be open every day. It's been a long time since we opened the door!" A resident pointed at the door of the express station and said, "My express is still inside, and I didn't have time to get the message sent to me last week. Zhou has time, and she doesn't open the door again. You guys are good, if you don't come, I will call the police! "
The express station was located on the first floor of the residential building. Huang Yan opened a door on the wall without permission, and the door faced the path in the residential area. The door was closed at this point, but on one of the windows facing the trash can, the curtains were not fully drawn.
No one usually passes by that location, and naturally no one looks in through the gaps in the curtains.
Mingshu walked over, endured the stench from the trash can, and looked in against the window.
The room was dimly lit, with rows of shelves. It stands to reason that there should be express packages on the shelf, but at this time, the shelf is empty.
Mingshu's eyes moved down, and his eyebrows suddenly tightened.
The couriers on the shelves are all piled up on the ground, towering like a hill.
Under the "hill", a pair of calves and feet were exposed.