novelraw Chapter 394 Confirming the identity of the deceased
Chapter 394 Confirming the identity of the deceased
Today, it is raining heavily across the city.
Since June, not only the temperature in Liancheng has risen, but also the rain has gradually increased.
Especially in the second half of June, it rains almost every day in Liancheng.
Since the 26th, it has been raining continuously.
It was not until noon today that the rain slowed down a little, and the long-lost sunny day appeared.
At 1:18 noon, Chen Yan arrived at the scene.
The place where the suspected corpse was found was in the northern suburb of the Liancheng Ring Road.
This is the key livelihood project of Liancheng in recent years.
This year, Liancheng's economy has developed rapidly and its population has increased rapidly.
The south and east sides of Liancheng are surrounded by the sea, and the west side is adjacent to its city.
There are development restrictions in the three directions, so Liancheng can only develop northward.
Passing through the ring road in the northern suburbs is the most important infrastructure construction for Liancheng to develop northward.
The ring road in the northern suburbs of Liancheng is fully connected with the existing transportation network of Liancheng.
A circular traffic network has been built on the outskirts of Liancheng, which can provide a good traffic foundation for the future development of the north of the city.
Li Yun, captain of the detective fourth unit, has arrived at the scene.
Deputy Captain Chen, it's a nearby resident who reported the incident.
Li Yun had contact with Chen Yan and worked on cases together, so he knew Chen Yan's character very well.
So there is no politeness, just report the case directly.
At 12:08 noon, a nearby resident drove by and saw a shoe when he got out of the car nearby to pee.
It wasn't noticed at first, but the resident found another shoe on the way back to the car after peeing.
Afterwards, the residents who reported the incident found an object that looked like a human foot under a nearby collapsed roadbed, and reported it immediately.
The road where the incident occurred was built next to the mountain, and on the right side is a small hill about 20 meters high.
On the left is the gutter.
The road is a two-way eight-lane road, which was just opened to traffic three months ago.
At this moment, half of the driveway has collapsed on the side near the gutter.
More than a dozen detectives are busy on the edge of the collapsed roadbed.
After our people arrived, it was confirmed that what the reporter found was human feet. Now several of our detectives are digging the scene.
After listening to Li Yun's report with a frown, Chen Yan also came to the edge of the collapsed roadbed.
The highway is two-way with eight lanes, and it was just opened to traffic three months ago. The traffic volume is not very large, so even if the road surface of half a lane collapses, it still does not affect the passing vehicles.
In the collapsed roadbed, several detectives were carefully cleaning up the soil with shovels.
At this moment, the lower body of the corpse has been exposed.
Detectives are exhuming the upper body.
Although there were no people living near the crime site, there were three villages nearby. At this moment, the cordon was already surrounded by spectators.
Look, I said that this road is not good, and it will collapse after a heavy rain...
What's the matter if the road is broken? You're dead without looking at it?
Tofu dregs project, what's the point of killing a few people?
The people around were discussing non-stop, pointing at the location of the crime.
Lots of people are whispering.
Although it was far away, Chen Yan could still hear some of it.
There is no way for this kind of thing.
The cordon cannot be extended for several kilometers.
The onlookers have been driven away several times.
The people said to see, no one can do anything.
Moreover, maybe these people will be required to cooperate with some investigations later.
For example, the quality of this road.
A highway has just been open to traffic for three months, but under a heavy rain, half of the road surface collapsed.
Chen Yan himself does not believe that this project has passed the test.
And if Chen Yan remembers correctly, this road has been continuously repaired for more than two years.
At that time, some of the workers who built the road were from nearby villagers who came here to work, so these people must know some details about the construction of this road.
At the scene, Chen Yan opened the olfactory gene lock as usual.
This road was opened to traffic three months ago, which means that the body has been buried under the roadbed for at least three months.
More than three months, the corpse is not enough to completely decompose.
However, May and June are the high temperature seasons in Liancheng.
The body is buried under the asphalt road, and the temperature will only be higher.
The corruption of the corpse was so serious that Chen Yan could even see many maggots wriggling in the foundation pit.
Even though the detectives in charge of digging up the corpse were wearing masks, they couldn't stop the smell from attacking at all.
This is also the reason why the common people don't get close.
Within a radius of tens of meters, there is a disgusting smell of corpses.
Smell gene lock, no valuable information was obtained.
Be careful, everyone, don't damage the corpse during the excavation process.
Li Yun was directing from the side.
This was a meticulous job, and it took three hours from the beginning of the excavation to the final removal of the corpse.
Captain Li, first transport the body back to the team for an autopsy, and then analyze the cause of death.
Check the items at the scene carefully to see if there is anything that can prove the identity of the deceased.
Yes!
At 6:30 in the afternoon, all the site survey work was completed.
The corpse is undergoing an autopsy in the autopsy room, and all items found on the roadbed have been cleaned up.
Although the corpse of the deceased was already highly decomposed, the degree of rot in the limbs was much lighter.
There were obvious restrictive strangle marks on the wrist and ankle of the deceased.
There were also obvious large plaques of blood on the clothes on his body.
At the same time, a rusty dagger was found next to the dead body.
The possibility of homicide is very high.
Chen Yan had already reported to the Liancheng Criminal Police Team and the Liao Provincial Criminal Police Team immediately.
The case was taken over by the Serious Crime Squad.
The meeting room of the detective fourth unit.
Chen Yan organized the first case analysis meeting.
Captain Li, probably report the basic situation.
Yes!
At 12:08 noon today, Team Four received a call to the police.
Near the 69-kilometer road monument on the northern suburbs ring road, someone found a suspected corpse.
The fourth detective team rushed to the scene as soon as possible, and through on-site investigation, it was confirmed that what the reporter found was a dead body.
After preliminary investigation, the deceased was male, 178 in height, and around 45 years old.
The time of death was about 3 months, and the specific cause of death is unknown.
However, at the scene, it was found that the deceased's wrists and ankles had restrictive strangle marks, and there were marks on the clothes pierced by sharp objects.
Beside the corpse, a rusty dagger was found.
It is preliminarily determined that this is a case of vicious homicide and burial.
【Ding! The task of the strongest police training system is released. 】
[Detecting the roadbed burial case has a deadline of five days. Complete the task and reward the skill mineral recognition map. If you fail or exceed the deadline, the task reward will be cancelled. 】
Just after Li Yun finished his report, Chen Yan also heard the system's task reminder in his mind.
Looking around, Chen Yan began to arrange the next stage of work.
First, confirming the identity of the deceased is the top priority.
At the scene of the crime, we did not find any items that could directly prove the identity of the deceased.
ID cards, cell phones and other things that contained the identity of the deceased were not found.
However, the scene wasn't empty-handed.
At the scene, there was the deceased's watch and a string of bracelets.
In addition, several checks were found in the right pocket of the deceased's trousers.
However, the checks were all blank with no other information.
However, the watch worn by the deceased is a genuine Tianying watch.
Although Tianying watches are not a luxury brand, they have a long history in Huaguo, and there are regular brand stores in Liancheng.
The watch worn by the deceased should have sales records. Check to see if the identity of the deceased can be found through the sales records.
Also, the clothes of the dead.
White shirt, dark suit.
There were also brown leather shoes found by the informant.
Although they are not famous brands, both shoes and suits are genuine.
It is a more popular formal wear brand in Huaguo.
A set costs at least a few thousand dollars.
Ordinary people would not spend thousands of dollars on a suit.
It can be seen that the deceased should have a certain status and a certain social status.
In addition, the DNA information of the deceased was extracted this morning and compared with the information in the missing persons database.
You, Chaoyang, are responsible for this matter.
Yes!
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In fact, Chen Yan had a hunch that the identity of the deceased should be relatively easy to ascertain.
According to the dress of the other party, it should have a certain economic strength.
It is impossible for the family members not to report the disappearance of such a person.
Therefore, there is a high probability that the corresponding DNA information can be compared in the missing persons database.
Second, check the checks in the deceased's pocket.
The checks issued by the bank are all numbered. Check the numbers of these checks and see which company the bank sent them to.
Most people don't have such things as checks in their hands.
Inquiring about these checks can not only help Chen Yan determine the identity of the deceased, but also have other uses.
Like, if the check is from the deceased it's fine, if not then who gave the deceased the check?
Wang Gang, follow up on this matter.
Yes!
Third, Chen Yan looked at Li Yun, the captain of the No. 4 detective team, Captain Li, the place where the crime happened in the northern suburbs is under the jurisdiction of your No. 4 team.
You must be more familiar with some local conditions.
Look up the construction party responsible for the section of the ring road in the northern suburbs where the incident occurred. Who paved this section of road three months ago.
Whoever excavates the earthwork will check and accept the project as qualified.
Also, contact a professional department to conduct a quality inspection of the road at the location of the incident.
A newly-built road that has just been open for three months, a heavy rain can wash away the roadbed!
Check! The deceased was killed, which is very likely related to these.
Yes!
This inference, not only Chen Yan thought so, but anyone would think so.
The possibility of accidents is very small if the body is buried under the roadbed.
What's more, the body of the deceased still showed signs of being injured.
Furthermore, the road surface at the crime scene is integrally formed.
There is no trace of repair.
In this case, it means that the deceased had been buried in the roadbed when the asphalt was laid in the last step of construction.
The construction of roads is different from other projects.
For example, when building a bridge, a bridge pier is poured, and a person in the middle accidentally falls, which is likely to cause an accident.
But the road is different.
Road construction, that is a meter-by-meter advance.
After the earthwork, the inside should be leveled.
Afterwards, a layer of clay, sand and gravel will be laid, and then rolled and compacted.
When the asphalt was laid, the inside was already very compacted.
Every meter of pavement is built with the participation of workers.
Why was the murderer able to bury a person in the embankment?
If it wasn't done by an insider, it's called hell!
What's more, looking at this road now, it is just a tofu project.
A homicide occurred, mainly because of internal strife and uneven distribution of spoils.
Or the dead are blocking someone's money.
Fortunately, the road is only open for three months.
Some equipment of the construction party has not been removed from the site.
The traffic markings in some places have not been drawn yet.
The project payment cannot be fully settled.
If these people really have problems, no one can run away!
The first case analysis will be over soon, and everyone will leave the meeting room and start to advance the task at hand.
An hour later, Chen Yan got the autopsy report.
Death by suffocation?
Yes, Hu Fei, the autopsy investigator of the Detective Detective Unit 4, was in charge of the autopsy.
The direct cause of death of the deceased was asphyxiation.
However, the deceased's hyoid bone was not fractured, which ruled out the possibility of death by choking the throat with external force.
Although the deceased's body was already highly decomposed, especially the chest and abdomen, the interior was basically completely decomposed.
However, because the bodies are buried in the ground, the surface of some bodies does not decompose quickly.
We found many sharp scratches on the body surface of the deceased, but none of them were fatal.
The deepest part of the scar is under the right abdomen. There is a puncture wound, but the wound is not deep.
It only pierced the skin of the abdomen, and did not go deep into the internal organs.
We compared the stab marks left on the skin and clothing from the dagger found next to the deceased.
After discovering that these were not fatal injuries, we carefully examined the mouth of the deceased.
It was found that the deceased's teeth had fallen out, and then, rose teeth were found!
Rose tooth?
Chen Yan frowned slightly.
The so-called rose tooth is a professional term in autopsy.
Normally, teeth are white or yellowish.
However, during the human body's suffocation process, the capillaries inside the gums burst.
Blood can soak into the root of the tooth.
Generally invisible to the naked eye.
But after soaking in alcohol, the root of the tooth will show a rose color.
So, call it a rose tooth.
This is one way of judging that the deceased died of suffocation.
Is there any other information?
Also, Hu Fei turned on the projection and continued to report: We found multiple fracture marks on the deceased.
Four rib fractures were caused by external force.
The five phalanges of the right hand were fractured, and the nails fell off.
And the toes, the nails all fell off, we found a toothpick inside the thumb!
On the projection, there are photos of every detail that Hu Fei said.
The more Chen Yan listened, the more dignified his face became.
Judging from these traces, the deceased had been severely abused during his lifetime.
At the scene of the crime, Chen Yan had already discovered the wrists and ankles of the deceased, with marks from restricted movements.
However, because the hands and feet of the deceased were covered with mud, Chen Yan did not find any traces of fingernails falling off or finger fractures.
When Hu Fei did the autopsy, he cleaned up the corpse meticulously, so he discovered these details.
in addition……
Hu Fei looked at Chen Yan with a livid face, and hesitated to speak.
As a detective who specializes in autopsy, although Hu Fei has not handled any major cases.
However, over the years, many corpses have been examined.
Even, in his early years, he participated in the investigation of a dismemberment case.
However, this is the first time Hu Fei has seen such a tragic corpse.
Just by looking at these scars, one can know how much torture the deceased suffered during his lifetime.
Anything else to discover?
Hu Fei paused: In addition, we also found some traces of electric shock on the body of the deceased...
At the scene of the crime, the body of the deceased was wearing clothing, so many details were not found.
Only when the autopsy is done, will it all be revealed.
Chen Yan let out a long breath: Can you tell how the deceased died of suffocation?
The high probability is death from water-borne suffocation.
We found a large amount of fluid in the deceased's mouth and nose.
And in the remaining lungs, fluid was also found.
So it is very likely that the deceased was immersed in water by the murderer, leading to suffocation, or covering the face, mouth and nose with a wet towel, which eventually led to death.
Drowning is not the same as dying by water immersion.
A characteristic of drowning is that a large amount of fluid is found in the deceased's stomach.
However, death by water immersion is not.
Die by immersion in water, because the deceased was head down and the body was out of the water, so the water swallowed into the stomach will be very little.
It is characterized by asphyxiation death.
Or, as Hu Fei said.
Since the murderer had abused the deceased, it was very likely that he would suffocate the deceased by covering his face with a wet towel.
Of course, using the word abuse may not be accurate.
Chen Yan believes that using the word torture would be more accurate!
Three hours later.
Zhang Chaoyang brought good news.
The DNA information of the deceased was successfully compared with the missing population database!
Zhang Guoliang, male, 45 years old, supervisor of Tiancheng Engineering Supervision Company in Liancheng City.
Three months ago, Zhang Guoliang's family members reported him missing!