The criminal police broke into the door, and a cordon was quickly pulled up outside the express station.
Jiangbei No. 2 Village is densely populated, and many families living here are three generations living in the same house. There are usually five or six people crowded in an old house of seventy to eighty square meters. Although it was not the peak time for entering and leaving at this time, the news of the incident at the express station spread quickly, and more and more people gathered outside the cordon.
The forensic doctor and the trace examiner were still on their way. Mingshu asked other police officers to stay outside to prevent the residents from destroying the scene. He put on shoe covers and latex gloves to enter alone, crouching on the hills before courier.
Before the store door was opened, the entire express station was completely closed. Although the curtains were open with a slit, the windows were tightly closed. Now the air has not spread out, and the surrounding area is filled with a very strong smell of blood and corpse.
Even multiple masks could not isolate the corpse odor, Mingshu subconsciously pressed the mask.
Huang Yan is not only the owner of this house, but also the owner of the express delivery station. At this time, it is likely that she is the one who was buried by the package.
Mingshu did not immediately go to the side of the package, but found a computer for work.
The computer is turned off, and the startup response is a bit slow.
While waiting for the computer to turn on, Mingshu looked at the camera hanging in the corner of the ceiling.
The camera didn't work, I don't know who turned it off.
All courier stations will be equipped with surveillance. The computers and cameras are likely to be turned off by the murderer, and the videos stored in them may have been deleted, but the technical investigators have the ability to restore the deleted data.
After half a minute, the computer finished booting, and the desktop was a picture of a woman.
The woman's hair is cut short, her facial features are not outstanding, and it looks a bit mean at a rough glance. She was wearing a light yellow low-cut chiffon dress, with more than half of the angel tattoo on her chest showing, against the backdrop of snow-white sand and turquoise sea.
Mingshu found the folder where the surveillance video was stored and clicked to open it. The last video was saved at 19:21 pm on December 13th.
And now it's December 16th.
Residents said that the express station was not open for two days, and the murderer may have committed the crime on the night of the 13th and deleted the following video.
Mingshu quickly pulled the video again and found nothing unusual. He planned to go back to Zhou Yuan or the technical investigation team of the branch to restore the data of this computer.
After leaving the computer desk, Ming Shu walked towards the corpse.
The exposed feet were not wearing shoes, only pure white socks. The socks were full of blood, and there were corpse spots on the bottom of the calf, which were stained with smear-like blood. Next to the corpse was a trail of blood trailing from another room.
Apparently, the victim was transferred here after his death.
The murderer deliberately threw the package on the shelf onto the victim.
But what is the meaning behind this behavior
Mingshu didn't move the package or the body for the time being, stood up, took two steps back, and looked up at the window with the curtains not drawn tightly.
The wrapping can cover the body, but the victim's calf and feet are exposed, which does not cover the body at all. If the murderer wanted to use a package to hide the body, he should cover his legs and feet together, and pull the curtains tight, not like this.
So if the purpose of dropping the package wasn't to hide the body, what was it
Mingshu walked along the trail of blood while thinking about it, observing the condition of the entire house.
As long as the houses in Jiangbei Second Village are on the first floor, they are all converted into shops, including fruit and vegetable shops, barber shops, canteens, pet beauty salons, massage shops, and more than one express delivery station.
In addition to the living room, kitchen and bathroom, this house has three bedrooms. The smallest one is Huang Yan's bedroom, and the other two plus the living room are full of express goods and Internet celebrity snacks. They no longer only provide express delivery services, but also do online celebrity snack sales together. When residents come to pick up express delivery, they will occasionally buy a bag of snacks to go home.
It seems that the dead boss was someone who knew how to generate income.
The body was thrown between two shelves in the living room, and the blood came from the largest living room. Mingshu stood at the door of this room and noticed the blood splattered on the wall.
The appearance of this kind of bloodstain is usually when people have their arteries cut off when they are alive, which can also explain why there is so much blood on the floor, and even the bloody footprints of the murderer.
The murderer didn't seem to clean up the scene after committing the crime, nor did he care about leaving footprints.
In this way, the murderer's anti-reconnaissance awareness is not strong.
Mingshu sighed, and a trace of anxiety surged in his heart.
There was only one case not long ago, but now it has suddenly become two.
The identity of the "faceless female corpse" thrown at Fengshui Lane on Textile Fourth Road is difficult to determine. The police conducted routine investigations throughout the entire textile road, focusing on finding women who have disappeared recently. As a result, the identity of the "faceless female corpse" has not yet been determined, but they have found another one. corpse.
Also a woman.
The end of each year is the peak period for criminals to commit crimes, and it is also the busiest time for criminal police officers.
Ming Shu glanced at the whole house, and when he returned to the living room, he saw Xiao Man squatting on the ground to open the investigation box.
"There is a traffic jam on the road, you are late, you are late!" In the cold day, Xing Mu was sweating profusely from running, and he coughed violently after saying a word.
"Have a cold?" Mingshu asked.
"It's okay, I took my medicine before I went out." Xing Mu's voice was hoarse and he was seriously ill, but he refused to delay work because of his illness. Take it down.
Mingshu stood aside and watched silently, and when the corpse was fully revealed, he let out a soft cry.
The victim's neck was blurred with blood, blood vessels and trachea protruding from the flesh and blood, and it seemed that his head was about to fall from his neck.
This is probably the fatal wound, and the blood on the bedroom wall is rushing out of the carotid artery.
But the strange thing is that there are large holes in the victim's chest, they are densely distributed, and it makes people's scalp tingle just by looking at them.
These small holes completely destroyed the victim's angel tattoo.
"What kind of injury is this?" Mingshu asked.
Xing Mu was obviously also taken aback, shook his head and said, "Leader, wait a minute, I have to look again."
Mingshu had to take a step back.
The deceased was wearing a winter nightdress, but the top half of the nightdress was not buttoned, and there was only a corset and a pair of panties inside the nightdress.
The panties were still in place, the metal hooks of the bodice were unraveled, and the straps hung loosely over the shoulders.
The buttons of the nightdress were not unbuttoned naturally, but were violently torn open. The buttons were scattered on the ground, and thread was flying where the buttons were sewn.
"The neck of the deceased was repeatedly slashed by sharp objects, and the trachea and arteries were ruptured." Xing Mu began to talk about the results of the preliminary autopsy, "Judging from the condition of the wound, the sharp weapon used by the murderer was not sharp. The fracture was a pre-existing injury, and there was a severe pressure injury on the lower jaw, caused by pinching the fingers. The murderer may have beaten the deceased's face, then controlled the deceased's head with one hand, and committed the murder with a knife in the other. The deceased was still conscious and kept struggling. , causing extensive damage to the neck."
Mingshu said: "That is to say, not only is the weapon not sharp, but the murderer is also not skilled in cutting his throat."
Xing Mu nodded, "The murderer has cut it many times, and the skin of the deceased's neck is relatively intact only at the back of the neck. As for the time of death, the corpse stiffness has been completely relieved, the abdomen has begun to swell with corruption, the cornea is severely clouded, white spots appear, and the pupils have disappeared. Unrecognizable, it is winter, the temperature is low, the indoor heating is not working, I infer that the time of death was above 4 o'clock, which is at least two days ago."
Mingshu still looked at the chest of the deceased.
Compared to the neck with everted blood vessels, the chest looks less scary, but more noticeable.
The murderer cut the victim's neck to kill the victim. Why did he make so many holes in the victim's chest? What tool made these holes
Did the murderer want to destroy the victim's angel tattoo
"The wound on the chest has no response to life. It is an additional injury after death." Xing Mu flipped the corpse over, revealing a lot of blood on the floor. "The murderer cut the victim's neck and throat in the inner room, but these small holes were created here."
There are at least hundreds of small holes, which seem to be messy, and many of them are stacked together, but if you look closely, you can find that some small holes that are not stacked have the same distance from each other.
It is impossible for a needle to pierce such a small hole.
Xing Mu watched for a while, then stood up and looked down at the corpse from a height.
Mingshu said, "Can you clean up these injuries now?"
Xing Mu nodded.
After cleaning, those small holes became clearer.
Mingshu suddenly said, "Do you think they look like seals?"
The small holes appear to be a whole, extending down from the clavicle, but in fact they are all framed in a circular area with their own boundaries.
"The cross section of the murder weapon is a circle with a diameter of about 5 centimeters. On this cross section, there are countless small cones distributed at equal distances." Ming Shu took out the notebook he carried with him, opened a page and drew a sketch, "The murderer held the The handle of the murder weapon was stuck to the chest of the deceased like a seal."
Xing Mu looked at the column on the notebook that looked like an old-fashioned flashlight, and frowned, "What kind of weapon is this?"
"The small cone on the cross section reminds me of the mouthparts of some insects." Mingshu said: "For example, caterpillars."
Xing Mu shrank his neck, "Don't talk about it, there are pictures!"
"Brother Xing, are you afraid of caterpillars?" Xiao Man leaned over and gestured with the pen in his hand, "If I guessed correctly, this is an ice crusher, which can also crush fruit. It is very common in beverage shops. Use it to smash large ice cubes, or crush grapefruit, oranges and other fruits. The diameter of 5 cm is not big, the largest cross section I have seen is more than 10 cm in diameter, and the small one is even 3 cm. no."
"The ice hammer from the drink shop." Xing Mu said, "There are not many people who have this thing."
Xiao Man shook his head, "Not much, not much. After all, most people don't have this stuff at home. But it's easy to get it. You can buy it anywhere, from hardware stores, online stores, and supermarkets with a full range of products."
Mingshu said: "However, it is easier to find the source of this kind of thing than to find ordinary sharp weapons. This can be used as an important clue."
Xing Mu was about to take the corpse back for an autopsy, and Mingshu asked Xiao Man, "How is your side?"
"This is equivalent to a store. Outsiders can come in any room except the room where the deceased slept." Xiao Man said, "So there are many footprints on the ground, but there is only one blood footprint."
Mingshu said: "The footprints of the murderer."
"But when the murderer committed the crime, he was wearing the deceased's slippers." Xiao Man pointed to the shoe rack in the corner. In addition to four pairs of women's shoes, there was also a pair of cotton slippers, "The texture of the blood footprint is the same as the texture of the slippers. , and the pattern of the slippers dropped by the deceased is also consistent with the blood footprint."
"There are three pairs of slippers here. The deceased wore one pair and gave the other pair to the murderer." Mingshu said, "And after the murderer killed her, he took the bloody slippers away?"
Xiao Man nodded, "It can only be understood this way."
"The murderer was an acquaintance of the deceased." Mingshu walked to the shoe rack, "Guests who came to pick up the courier will never change their shoes, and if they are still doing business during the day, they don't need to change their shoes. The deceased was wearing a nightgown and returned it to The murderer's slippers, the murderer could only visit at night."
At this time, Fang Yuanhang called and said that Wang Hongying, the discoverer of the "faceless female corpse", had provided a clue.
Beicheng Branch, the inquiry room.
When she saw the corpse's face, Wang Hongying fainted. After waking up, she kept talking nonsense. After the guidance of a psychologist, she finally calmed down.
In the end, she was someone who had been dealing with corpses for decades. Wang Hongying's psychological quality and acceptance were stronger than ordinary people. Not only did she tell the situation at that time in detail several times, but she also said, "That dead person looks familiar to me."
The detective in charge of the inquiry said: "Her face is gone, how can you tell that she looks familiar?"
Wang Hongying thought about it for a long time, "I always feel like I've seen her clothes before. It scared me to death at the time, but now the more I think about it, the more I think she should be someone I've met."
Wang Hongying is in the funeral business, and she usually contacts a lot, except for the family members of the deceased and the staff of the funeral home.
"Where does Wang Hongying live?" Mingshu asked.
Fang Yuanhang said: "On Guangdan Road, it is next to Textile Road. There is a famous 'Funeral Street' in Beicheng District. Most of the residents are engaged in funeral business. Master, do you suspect that Wang Hongying met the victim there?"
The dumping site is two stops away from Guangdan Road, and the investigation has not yet reached Guangdan Road.
Mingshu said: "The deceased had no coat, and was dressed indoors. Wang Hongying felt familiar, and it was unlikely that he had seen it outside. Divide a part of the police force to Guangdan Road to see if there are any women who have recently disappeared there. It is still there. In the initial investigation stage, don’t let any possibility be missed.”
After explaining to Fang Yuanhang, Mingshu walked out of the warning zone.
Xiang Tao and other detectives from the Beicheng Branch were learning about the situation from the gathered residents, and Mingshu could see that they were in a hurry.
The appearance of this case caught the police by surprise. It was a waste of time and manpower to determine the identity of the "faceless female corpse". Now that another corpse has been found in the jurisdiction, part of the police force must be taken away.
Although the two murders both took place on Textile Road, Beicheng District, and the victims were all women in their thirties, the modus operandi were not similar. The trachea and carotid artery were cut with a sharp weapon, but the murderer did not transfer the body, and left blood trails at the crime scene.
Comparing the two, the murderer does not seem to be the same person. The former only hit the victim twice on the head, and the first time was fatal, which can be called neat, while the latter repeatedly slashed the victim's neck and acted sluggishly.
There is no reason and no need for joint investigation. At present, the best way to deal with it is to investigate separately without interfering with each other.
but…
It would be wrong to say that the current victim bears no resemblance to the Faceless Female Corpse.
There is a strange point in the death of both of them - the 21 dog hairs in the mouth of the "faceless female corpse", and the dense holes in Huang Yan's chest.
After a brief discussion with Li Chicheng, the deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Beicheng Branch, Mingshu decided to assign the "faceless female corpse" case to the serious crime team, and the branch is mainly investigating the current case.
Guangdan Road.
It was already late at night, but the wreaths and paper figures placed on the road by the shops on the street were not taken back. Cars kept coming out of the alleyway. The windows of these cars were all covered with very dark film, not to mention night, but daytime. It is also difficult to see the inside of the car.
After Fang Yuanhang inquired about it, he realized that these were the cars that transported the remains.
Nowadays, when ordinary families hold funerals, they generally do not use their own cars to send corpses for cremation. This business is contracted by businessmen engaged in funeral business. When business is at its best in winter, a car can pull more than ten corpses in a night. funeral parlor.
People unfamiliar with funerals find it terrifying to drag dead bodies around in the middle of the night, but for those who make a living, it's no different than any 9-to-5 job.
"I feel like I'm infiltrating this street when I walk." Fang Yuanhang was wearing less clothes, and when the cold wind blew, he shivered in front of a paper figurine. Yuanhang glanced at it and scolded "Sun".
During the rush hour, many people suspected that the police would interfere with their business and were reluctant to speak. However, after asking along the way, some people said that they did not seem to have seen Meng Shan from Unit 6 recently.
Guangdan Road was not long, Meng Shan's home was at the innermost location, and the residents who provided clues took Fang Yuanhang directly.
Knock on the door, no movement inside.
But a house next door opened the door, and a middle-aged woman asked, "Are you looking for Meng Shan? Are you the police?"
"Have you seen her recently?" Fang Yuanhang asked.
The woman shook her head, "I heard her yelling in the room the other day, as if she was fighting with someone, but I haven't seen her since. I knocked on her door the next day, but no one answered."
Fang Yuanhang asked, "Do you remember the specific day?"
The woman thought for a while, "Friday."
Friday, in line with the death time of "The Faceless Female Corpse"!
Fang Yuanhang immediately reported the situation to Mingshu, who rushed to the scene and asked him to unlock it immediately.
The moment the door was opened, the cold wind suddenly poured in from the window and rumbled open the curtains. That battle, like someone rolled out of the window.
Fang Yuanhang walked quickly to the window, there was no sign of being climbed on the window, the street downstairs was empty, only a black cat ran past.
The building opposite is sparsely lit, and it seems that there are not many people living there.
The trace examiners started to work, Mingshu took a sniff, "What kind of smell is this?"
"Disinfectant." Xiao Man said, "Someone has disinfected this house."
Fang Yuanhang said, "That's why you want to remove traces?"
Xiao Man said, "You guys go out for now, and I'll do a blood test."
Mingshu arranged for the team members to learn about the situation of the Meng family nearby, and learned that a father and daughter lived here originally, and Meng Shan's father was Meng Yonghui. Meng Yonghui passed away a few days ago. Instead of building a mourning hall downstairs like most people, Meng Shan put Meng Yonghui's body at home. After two nights, she took it to the "West Moon" funeral home and burned it.
Since Meng Shan has no relatives, she can neither identify the corpse nor perform DNA comparison. Whether the "faceless female corpse" is her or not can only be determined after the examination materials in the room are extracted.
While busy here, a rather surprising news came from the branch—the surveillance in the express station did not capture the murderer.
Mingshu asked: "Is it not photographed, or is it impossible to recover with technical means?"
"It was not photographed." Xiang Tao said, "Before the murderer appeared, Huang Yan had already turned off the camera."
"Huang Yan used to have the habit of turning off the camera at night?"
"No, she won't turn off the camera even when she goes out, only on the day of the incident."
Ming Shu is silent.
Under what circumstances would Huang Yan—a woman who runs a shop alone and lives alone—turn off the camera she never turns off at night
And it happened that night, she was killed
"Huang Yan grew up in a single-parent family and was separated from her mother many years ago. Her mother has come to recognize the corpse and has also done a DNA test." Xiang Tao said: "The investigation of interpersonal relationships is still in progress, Team Ming, you Do you have any thoughts on Huang Yan turning off the camera?"
"Someone asked her to do it, and she was willing to do it for this person." Mingshu said: "But what kind of person Huang Yan is, I don't know right now. Analyzing a person's behavior must be based on understanding the person's behavior. Basically. Has the forensic doctor done an autopsy?"
Xiang Tao said: "I have done it, and it is consistent with Teacher Xing's preliminary autopsy results. In addition, Huang Yan has not been violated."
Mingshu thought for a while, "I suggest that you sort out Huang Yan's social relations first. Since she is willing to turn off the camera for this person, it means that this person is very important to her. They met at night, when Huang Yan met Yan is wearing a nightgown, and I suspect there is an emotional entanglement between them."
The night got a little deeper, and the traffic of the live broadcast platform "Crazy Rabbit" continued to increase. Countless game anchors, food anchors, and beauty anchors went online and started their day's work.
In an anchor room called "Stubborn Bluegrass", although the live broadcast has not yet started, fans have been chatting lively.
A piece of music sounded, and a charming face appeared on the screen.
"Lanlan is here!"
Fans cheered.
"Good evening." The anchor showed a sweet smile, "Long time no see, did you miss me?"
The fans were chatting, and the anchor smiled and replied: "I'm sorry, I've been too busy with work recently. Let's give you some benefits today, what do you want to see?"
"Just look at your face, you look so beautiful!"
"I want to watch Lan Lan dance!"
"Lanlan teaches us to make up!"
"Hey, what lipstick did Lan Lan put on today? The color is amazing!"
The anchor smiled softly, answered one by one, satisfied one by one, yawned tiredly when the broadcast ended in the early morning, and waved goodbye to the fans very sexy.
In the early morning, not only the anchors and fans, but also the criminal police of the serious crime group were not asleep.
Xiao Man completed the comparison of the samples from Meng Shan's home, and his DNA was completely consistent with the "faceless female corpse".