Chapter 39: Two Big Men Book A Room (1/2)

Chen s.h.i.+ glanced at the wound of the headless deceased and said, “The wound is not too neat. There are some jagged flaps on the edge meaning her head may have been cut off with a saw. There is slight subcutaneous bleeding all around her neck. That means while her head was sawn off, some of the epidermal cells were still alive, so the suspect should have sawed her head off soon after her death.”

He looked around. “There is almost no blood in this area. It is definitely not the first scene of crime, but the scene of the abandonment.”

A police officer who obtained the evidence said, “The place where the indentation was just found, some fibers were extracted. They seem to be a kind of paper with high absorption.”

“It seems that a lot of paper was stuffed in the box to absorb any blood. This would require quite a lot of paper. You can look from here to the roadside to see if there are any footprints or blood.”

The police officer asked Lin Qiupu for permission with his eyes, to which Lin Qiupu nodded.

Chen s.h.i.+ looked at the nipples of the deceased carefully. Lin Qiupu frowned. “What are you looking at?”

Chen s.h.i.+ waved him to come over and said, “The left side is darker than the right side. It was bitten by someone. Saliva enzymes need to be tested.”

The police officers came over and collected two cotton swabs, one of which was put in the test chemicals where the reagents reacted. The police officer said, “There is a reaction, meaning there are traces of blood.”

“This blood should be the deceased's own. It seems that the bite was a bit hard. Give me a UV light.”

Chen s.h.i.+ took the ultraviolet light to check the skin of the deceased and found that some of the sprayed blood droplets appeared on her abdomen. The police officers collected samples of that as well. Chen s.h.i.+ said, “This looks like droplets that have been sprayed out. Someone must have sneezed on the body… There's also a heavy disinfectant smell which is used in cars.”

“Found two sets of footprints!” A police officer shouted in the distance.

“Take a mould!” Lin Qiupu said.

Chen s.h.i.+ signaled Lin Qiupu to come over to help turn the body over. Lin Qiupu said, “Don't rush to turn the body, see if there is anything we missed first.”

“No, rest a.s.sured!”

The two laid a layer of tarpaulin on the ground and turned the body over. The rope marks on her back were clearer than the rope marks on her wrist. Chen s.h.i.+ said, “You can redo the tying using the traces later. My guess is she was tied with all four limbs behind her back.”

“What is the cause of death?”

“One cause may be on the head; another could be postural asphyxia. When a person is restricted to an abnormal position for a long time, it can cause suffocation and lack of blood circulation.”

“I don't need you to explain it!”

“Give me a cotton swab.”

Chen s.h.i.+ asked for a cotton swab to separate the legs of the deceased. Lin Qiupu slightly frowned, this guy's b.a.l.l.sy.

Chen s.h.i.+ put his hand over his mouth and stuffed the cotton swab into the lower body of the deceased. He took it out to discover it had some old blood and some kind of water-based lubricant on it. He deduced, “She was raped, and it was for a very long time. It might have been... Excuse me for a while!”

Chen s.h.i.+ suddenly ran back to the car, vomited, then unscrewed a bottle of mineral water to swirl around his mouth before spitting it out. Then, he lit a cigarette to clear his throat.

“He deserved it! What a show-off” Lin Qiupu said disdainfully.

After almost completing the forensic work, the police officer said to Lin Qiupu, “Captain, you really have foresight, knowing that the forensic doctor wouldn't be here and inviting this expert over.”

“It was coincidence.” Lin Qiupu said with annoyance.

When he came to the side of the car, Chen s.h.i.+ was still exhaling clouds. Lin Qiupu mocked, “Can't stand it? This kind of life is not something that ordinary people can do. Yet you rushed in like that! Right, where did you study forensic science?”

“Self-study, and I especially like to watch Forensic Pioneer.”

Lin Qiupu was still suspicious. “What do you think of this case?”

“Multiple people committed the crime together.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“A feeling. From the various details of the deceased, the murderer is not experienced. However, it's been handled very cautiously... I mean, from the perspective of a criminal, it would not have been done by one person. Plus there were signs of gang rape. If the autopsy shows that it is death from Postural asphyxia, then it is very likely to be accidental negligence. The murderers are afraid to expose themselves, so took care of the body in a rural area, cutting off her head is also to extend the investigation time. I think we can start from investigating missing persons.”

“I told you to express your opinion, not to tell me what I should do. Otherwise, you might as well handle the case yourself then?”

“No, I don't have the time!”