The searchlights illuminated the mountains and forests, and the ginkgo leaves all over the mountains and plains were like a sea of fire under the strong light.
It was bright everywhere, and the light set off the huge canvas bag full of blood in the corpse pit extremely dim and gloomy.
"The victim was dismembered, and there was no head in the bag." Xing Mu held a piece of his arm that had begun to rot, "Right now I'm not sure, whether the body parts in this bag belong to the same person or multiple people, we have to do it first. The body parts are spliced together. There is nothing around to prove the identity of the victim. If you can't find the head, you have to do a fingerprint and DNA comparison. "
Mingshu stood beside Xing Mu, looking at the corpses that had been chopped up in a mess, frowning slightly, "What is the approximate time of death?"
"After the body was dismembered, some values were no longer normal." Xing Mu said, "I preliminarily speculate that the deceased was killed during the period from October 6th to 7th."
The police dogs are still working meticulously on the mountain, and barks are heard from time to time.
Mingshu said: "That was on October 13th, before the accident of Lv Chen and Zhao Siyan."
Xing Mu squatted with numbness in his legs and stood up temporarily, "But from the scene alone, the contents of the two cases are completely different. Lv Chen and Zhao Siyan's body were easily discovered by tourists. The murderer deliberately Let the tourists see their death. They died quite tragically, but their bodies were finally expressed in an 'artistic' form. This time, the bodies were completely split and buried in the mountains and forests, without any sense of design. , and the murderer didn't want anyone to find it."
"For some murderers, the situation at the scene is a projection of their psychology, but for a few murderers, they can disguise the scene as they want to show the police." Mingshu said: "Don't forget Well, in the case of Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan, it is very likely that we were led by the murderer by the nose."
Xing Mu often couldn't keep up with Mingshu in logical analysis. Hearing that, he looked at the corpse on the ground and whispered, "You are the leader, what you say is what you say."
Mingshu: "Huh?"
"I said, the body parts are not spliced together, and even the cause of death cannot be determined." Xing Mu said: "I will go back and do a good autopsy, and try to tell you the results as soon as possible."
Mingshu looked around, and turned his eyes to the direction where Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan were killed.
There is no road in the mountains at all, and the distance is not easy to calculate, only an approximate distance can be estimated. It takes about 50 minutes for a person to walk down from the last place where the corpse was thrown. If you are on your way, you can walk there in half an hour.
The current thinking is - Lv Chen and Zhao Siyan lost their way at night, accidentally discovered the murderer who committed the crime, and then were killed by the murderer. In order to mislead the police, the murderer put the body in that evocative pose.
But Xing Mu said that the death of the headless corpse will not be later than the 7th. Based on this time, it is impossible for Lv Chen and Zhao Siyan to discover the murderer on the 13th.
Although Xing Mu has many problems, he is professional and very cautious. If he is not sure, he will never give a time frame.
What did Lu and Zhao see
The headless corpse was buried very concealed. If police dogs and detection equipment hadn't been dispatched this time, even experienced police officers might not have discovered the corpse pit. How could Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan, two lost tourists, have found the corpse pit
Taking ten thousand steps back, they really found the corpse pit. But after the murderer has finished hiding the corpse, will he still stay near the corpse pit
Under normal circumstances, shouldn't the murderer have left long ago
Since the murderer was not at the scene, how could they go after Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan
So, as Xing Mu said, there is no connection between the two cases
wrong.
Mingshu shook his head.
It should be noted that this time to find the headless corpse, there is a crucial premise, that is, in the case of Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan, after the investigation was fruitless and all possibilities were ruled out one by one, he thought of the last possibility, namely Lu and Zhao were killed by the murderer because of what they saw on Qiyue Mountain.
The current search results prove that his inference is correct, but the conclusion of the preliminary autopsy overturns his inference, which makes no sense.
What went wrong
Is there anything else you haven't thought of
In the distance, the police dog let out an excited cry. Soon, Fang Yuanhang shouted in the group channel: "Find the head!"
Like the corpse, the newly discovered head was packed in a canvas bag and buried in a pit.
The temperature in the mountains is low, the head is not seriously rotted, and the facial features can basically be distinguished.
Xing Mu meticulously placed the single head and the corpse together, and suddenly said: "The victim was beaten before his life, especially his face. However, the beating is not the cause of death. Judging from the craniofacial situation, it is very likely that he was beaten by the body. strangled."
Mingshu looked at the victim's face. It was, no doubt, a bloody, terrifying face, with scars all over it, and a crooked nose and slanted eyes. But if you look closely, the outline and eyebrows seem to have been seen somewhere.
"Fang Yuanhang." Mingshu shouted.
"Come here!" Fang Yuanhang ran over, "Master, what's the matter?"
Mingshu asked, "Do you have an impression of this face?"
Fang Yuanhang looked at it for a while, "I may still see something if there is no injury on my face, but now... Master, I have no impression."
"It's okay." Mingshu said: "I just feel a little familiar. By the way, has Haijing Temple found any clues?"
Fang Yuanhang said sternly: "I originally thought that there were only six monks in Haijing Temple: Wuhao, Wunian, Wuyu, Wushi, Wuhan, and Master Jingchen, but after investigation, there are at least three monks who are not currently in Haijing Temple. The monks and other people often come to the temple to offer incense. Their familiarity with Qiyue Mountain is not much lower than that of Wu Hao and others."
Mingshu said, "Did you find the same nails in Haijing Temple that you cared about last time?"
"No." Fang Yuanhang sighed, "I've basically found them. The nails used in the temple are different from those on Lu Chen and Zhao Siyan."
Mingshu raised his eyebrows, "What does 'basic' mean?"
"I'm not being lazy." Fang Yuanhang immediately defended himself, "In addition to the front yard of Haijing Temple, there is also an uninhabited backyard. We haven't searched the backyard yet."
"Why don't you go?" Mingshu asked, "Not enough time?"
"That's not true." Fang Yuanhang shook his head, "Master Guanchen is retreating there. Even if we have a search warrant, it is not convenient for us to break in."
For places of worship, this concern is understandable. Mingshu asked again: "Can the real names of the three monks you mentioned and those who often worship incense be identified?"
Fang Yuanhang said: "There is no record in the temple, so I can only ask the police station of Shouquan Town for help. Now only the identities of Wu Hao and other five people can be clearly identified. One of them is still an acquaintance of ours!"
Mingshu asked, "Who?"
"Wuyu's real name is 'Chu Xin', he is 33 years old, and he is the nephew of Chu Linxiong, the head of the Chu Group." Fang Yuanhang said, "When we investigated the case in Tanguo Province a while ago, didn't we deal with the Chu family? Although the person involved in the case is Chu Linxiong's illegitimate son Chu Can, and the one who came to the bureau to cooperate with our investigation is Chu Qing, the son of Chu Linxiong, but no matter what, we have dealt with the surnamed Chu!"
"Your definition of 'acquaintance' is too broad." Mingshu laughed, "Is this Wuyu the one who molested you?"
All the monks in Haijing Temple have the word "wu" in their names. After a series of words for enlightenment, Fang Yuanhang dared to make a ticket. After a long time, not many people could match them one by one, but Mingshu remembered them clearly. .
"Fuck!" Fang Yuanhang said, "Forget about that!"
Mingshu wanted to ask about the specific situation, but this mountain forest is really not a place to analyze the case carefully. The team members from Soshan came back one after another, and the helicopter stopped outside Haijing Temple. Xing Mu was picking up the body parts and preparing to take them back for autopsy.
"Wait for Teacher Xing's autopsy results." Mingshu took off his gloves and patted Fang Yuanhang's shoulder, "Go down the mountain."
Lan Qiao did not leave the serious crime team, and waited until Mingshu and his party returned.
Mingshu said, "Are you ready to take root here?"
Lan Qiao is not only a detective who is no worse than a man, but also has the slenderness and sensitivity unique to women, "I want to take a look at the corpse you brought back."
Mingshu immediately noticed the key, "Do you suspect that the person who died was Qiu Min?"
"Qiu Min's mobile phone was last used in Shouquan Town, which means that either he has been to Shouquan Town, or the person who took him from Yatou Mountain has been to Shouquan Town. Now there is another body in Qiyue Mountain. , I'm looking for Qiu Min, I have to find it whether I live or die." Lan Qiao said, "Ming team, I can't help thinking in this direction!"
After Lan Qiao's reminder, Mingshu suddenly understood why he felt that face was familiar.
The hideous scars on that head seemed to be Qiu Min's originally handsome and beautiful face.
At the same time, Xing Muzheng carefully took samples from the victim's mouth.
In many murder cases, the most important clues come from forensic identification - the body of the deceased, such as nails, genitals, anus, and oral cavity, is likely to be attached to the murderer's body fluids and hair.
The victim was beaten violently in the face, three teeth were lost, and there was blood in the mouth.
However, Xing Mu extracted a very small amount of skin tissue from the victim's teeth.
"Is this what the murderer left behind?" Xing Mu said to himself, "The victim was not the murderer's opponent. He bit the murderer when he was struggling with all his strength? But why was the murderer so careless?"
At first glance, the murderer in this case was prepared and possessed an anti-reconnaissance awareness. If, as Mingshu said, the murderer is also related to the case of Lv Chen and Zhao Siyan, then the murderer undoubtedly has an extraordinary sense of anti-reconnaissance.
Such a murderer, knowing that he was bitten, did not clean up the victim's mouth after killing the victim
Shouldn't the victim's head be completely destroyed when it cannot be cleaned up? Why is it still thrown in a place not far from the corpse
Although Xing Mu was annoying the leadership, he recognized the abilities of Mingshu and Xiao Yuan. In several meetings, everyone expressed their opinions, but he could only report the autopsy results and do some relatively ordinary analysis, unlike Mingshu Yi Fei, who always looked for the truth through the fog.
Forensic medicine is a technical post, but in a place like the serious crime team, the division of labor is clear and clear, but forensic trace detection technology must take on more responsibilities in addition to its own work, just like Mingshu is not a technical post, but basic forensic medicine. Common sense has long been familiar to the heart, Xiao Man is a trace inspector, and he always participates in the investigation and visits after he is busy with his own business... Everyone actively participates in the case, and Xing Mu does not want to be left behind. Recently, he has been consciously watching and thinking more. Whenever you think of a possibility, you must first refute yourself from the opposite side.
Refute yourself in the spirit of refuting your leadership.
After inspection, the skin tissue and part of the blood in the victim's mouth did not belong to the victim. When compared in the system, it actually belonged to Hong Chuanfei, whose DNA information was extracted not long ago.
The DNA information of the victim was compared with the remaining blood in the Yatoushan arsenal - the victim was Qiu Min, the Internet celebrity blogger who disappeared earlier.
Xing Mu has completed the splicing of the corpse, and there is no missing or mixed with another person's corpse.
Lan Qiao stood beside this broken corpse, feeling mixed emotions.
An ordinary disappearance case should have been investigated by the police station. However, the policeman realized that the case was not simple, and the police station alone might not be able to solve it, so he decisively handed it over to the branch. After receiving the case, the female police squadron started immediately, and every second counted, finding out a key clue, and even reporting it to the serious crime team. Not long ago, the person who kidnapped Qiu Min was also found.
It can be said that this is the fastest response that can be made to ordinary disappearance cases.
But Qiu Min was still dead, so "fragmented" that he died before the police began to investigate.
"Ming team." Xing Mu said, "The cause of death has been determined. Qiu Min was mechanically suffocated, and the murderer strangled him to death with both hands."
"What?" Mingshu turned around in surprise, "Strangled?"
Mechanical suffocation is one of the most common forms of death, such as strangulation, neck strangulation, chest compression, pressure on the mouth and nose, and foreign body blocking the airway, which can hinder external breathing and eventually cause mechanical suffocation.
In homicide cases, the use of ropes to strangle the neck is the most common. In the previous case, Sha Chun was strangled to death by Xiao Chun.
Neck strangulation is less common than strangulation.
Because strangling an adult with both hands is not an easy task, it requires great strength, and it is necessary to prevent one's own DNA information from being left on the victim.
Most of the strangulation cases have a distinctive feature - the murderer commits the crime with passion without preparation.
But in this case, the murderer doesn't look like a passion.
Rather than strangling the neck, the murderer has more and more efficient methods, such as directly using the knife that dismembers the body.
If that's the case, why did the murderer strangle his neck
Is strangulation an indispensable ritual
Xing Mu said: "By the way, Qiu Min was beaten not only on the face, but also on the chest, abdomen and thighs during his lifetime."
"It's Hong Chuanfei." Lan Qiao said, "Hong Chuanfei explained the atrocities against Qiu Min in the arsenal."
Xing Mu said: "What Hong Chuanfei said is not necessarily the truth, right? He only admitted that he beat Qiu Min, but he may actually be the murderer."
Mingshu glanced at Xing Mu, "Brother Xing, say whatever you think."
Xing Mu's face was a little hot, "Qiu Min was strangled to death, I think in the process of Hong Chuanfei beating Qiu Min, he might have strangled Qiu Min to death as soon as his emotions got up, and he felt scared afterwards, so he made up a story. A lie of 'Qiu Min was taken away'."
Lan Qiao shook her head. She knew Qiu Min's case best. If Hong Chuanfei was really the murderer, his reaction should not be like this.
Mingshu did not immediately deny Xing Mu and asked, "Why did Qiu Min's body appear on Qiyue Mountain? Was it taken by Hong Chuanfei?"
"This..." Xing Mu said, "He deliberately created the illusion that Qiu Min was taken away by another person, killed and dismembered? In fact, there is no other person at all, he is that person!"
Lan Qiao couldn't help interrupting, "Mr. Xing, have you met Hong Chuanfei in person and interrogated him?"
Xing Mu shook his head.
"You just heard me and Team Ming analyze the case and came to the conclusion that the murderer was Hong Chuanfei, but in fact, with Hong Chuanfei's thinking, it can't be done to such an extent." Lan Qiao said: "And the case of Qiu Min It is very likely related to the previous case of Qiyueshan, so conclusions cannot be drawn easily."
Xing Mu opened his mouth, a little dejected.
Mingshu laughed, "Brother Xing, don't worry, tell me what you think of next time."
Xing Mu almost blurted out - it's not in vain that I hurt you before.
But what came out was: "Wait, I have more to say."
Mingshu nodded, "I'm listening."
"In a normal case of dismemberment, the murderer will dismember the victim immediately after killing the victim." Xing Mu said, "But I can see from the seepage and decay of the cut surface that the victim was not separated until five to six days after he died. Corpse. This is very strange. It means that the murderer strangled Qiu Min to death early in the morning and hid the body somewhere. What's the point of TA doing this? Also, dismembering the corpse. Many murderers disassemble the corpse for the convenience of throwing the corpse. There are often cases where a leg is found here and a bag of internal organs is found there. But this case, After five or six days, the murderer went to decompose the body, but he still pretended to be buried in Qiyue Mountain, and only separated the head from the body. The head was found by us. I can't understand it a little... "
"Qiu Min was dismembered five or six days after he died?" Mingshu suddenly understood what he couldn't figure out before, "Qiu Min's death time was from October 6th to 7th, five or six days later, that's not very good. Could it be October 13th?"
Xing Mu was stunned for a while, "What Lu Chen, Zhao Siyan and the others saw was not the scene of the murder, but the scene of the dismemberment? But I still don't understand, after the murderer killed Qiu Min, why did he leave it for five or six days before dissecting the body? Corpse? Since the body has been divided, why not toss it separately?"
"Dividing corpses is not necessarily all for the convenience of throwing corpses." Mingshu said: "There is another possibility, venting anger."
Xing Mu said: "In other words, the murderer had already left after strangling Qiu Min, but after a period of time, he felt lingering anger and felt that it was too cheap to kill Qiu Min like this, so he went to the hiding place and put the body away. Dig it out and decompose it? This kind of psychology is equivalent to the 'whip corpse' of the past?"
Mingshu felt that a chain of clues were connecting with each other.
But not enough! The murderer's appearance was still hidden in the thick fog.
trial room.
Facing Qiu Min's autopsy photo, Hong Chuanfei was so frightened that his face was ashes, tears streaming down his face. , beat him up! I really don't know what happened next!"
Sitting opposite the interrogation table are Mingshu and Lan Qiao. Lan Qiao was about to speak, and Mingshu raised his hand slightly to signal for him to come.
"Don't you really want Qiu Min to die? You kidnapped Qiu Min on the 4th, originally intended to kill him, but then you beat Qiu Min to the point of serious injury and left him in the arsenal regardless, the purpose was to keep him in the arsenal. Die in pain." Mingshu's tone was very calm, like an interrogation machine, "Are you excited to see his death now?"
"I didn't!" Hong Chuanfei said in horror, "I... I'm afraid, I was wrong, I shouldn't have done that! Is it possible that if I called the police after leaving Yatou Mountain, Qiu Min would not have been killed? But, but I don't know what's going to happen next."
Ming Shu picked up a close-up photo of Qiu Min's face and erected it in front of Hong Chuanfei.
Hong Chuanfei tilted his head subconsciously, not daring to look directly at the photo.
"Turn around." Mingshu moved his finger on the photo, "Did you see these injuries? They weren't caused by the later murderer, they were all made by you!"
Hong Chuanfei trembled violently, and folded his hands in front of his face in a bowing gesture, "I know I'm wrong, I'm guilty, although you sentence me, but I really didn't kill, I don't admit the crime of murder!"
The repressed cries and gasps were remembered in the interrogation room. Soon, Mingshu asked, "How many people know about your plan?"
Hearing this, not only Hong Chuanfei, but also Lan Qiao looked at Mingshu.
"Only, only I know." Hong Chuanfei said, "How dare I tell others?"
"I won't force you to tell me anything today." Mingshu said, "Come back and calm down, and think about it again. When you have murderous intentions towards Qiu Min, have you revealed it to outsiders inadvertently. Did you notice anything unusual when you followed Qiu Min?"
Hong Chuanfei shivered: "Someone, someone wants to frame me?"
"It's not enough to frame Hong Chuanfei, the real murderer should have used Hong Chuanfei." After leaving the interrogation room, Mingshu went directly to Xiao Yu'an, "The two cases are now linked, Lv Chen, Zhao Siyan and Qiu Min are likely to die together. The hand of a murderer."
Although Xiao Yuan did not go to Qiyue Mountain, his understanding of several cases under investigation was no lower than that of Mingshu, and because he did not continue to run around outside, his thoughts were clearer.
"Hong Chuanfei really doesn't seem to be lying, but you can be sure that the person who killed Qiu Min was the same person who dismembered Qiu Min five days later?" Xiao Yuan said, "This judgment is a bit hasty."
Mingshu was still holding the autopsy report in his hand, and his eyes widened when he heard that.
It was very unusual that Qiu Min was killed and dismembered for five days. He had been thinking about why the murderer did this.
But it would be understandable if the murderer and the person who decomposed the body were not the same person.
But a new question emerged - around Qiu Min, are there really three people who want to put him to death? And they still "cooperate" so tacitly? Hong Chuanfei kidnapped Qiu Min, a mysterious man killed Qiu Min, and another mysterious man found Qiu Min's body and dismembered it.
In theory it is possible, but in practice, it is too incredible.
"Two murders, three lives, no matter which case you look at, the murderer is a person who is very familiar with Qiyue Mountain. The Haijing Temple in the mountain should not only be investigated, but also thoroughly investigated." Xiao Yuan said: "Yi Fei Just told me that the monks were preventing them from entering the backyard."
Mingshu asked, "What do you say?"
"The more obstructed, the more we have to investigate." Xiao Yuan glanced at the time, "They should have gone in by now."
Obstructing the police are the older monks Goshi and Gohan. Yi Fei had a search warrant, and all his actions in Haijing Temple were legal and compliant. He didn't go to the backyard before, but he respected it. Now he forcibly enters the backyard and acts according to the rules.
The heavy door was pushed open, and there was a thick darkness inside, and a gloomy mildew was blowing in the face.