Chapter 490: Bloodthirsty Teacher (2/2)

Female victim no.2 was also disfigured by hydrochloric acid, and her fingerprints were removed with a knife. Another important clue was the large amount of bleach in the vaginal canal, suspected to have been introduced after death. At the same time, semen was also found, but the DNA had been destroyed.

As I listened to Bingxin read the report aloud, I pulled out my cell phone to check on something.

”Song Yang-gege, are you listening?” Bingxin stomped her feet. “Why are you playing with your cell phone?”

”Sorry, I suddenly thought of something.” An awkward smile rose to my lips. “Go on, I’m listening!”

”What did you think of?” Xiaotao asked.

”I’d like to keep this to myself for the moment. Song Xingchen, hand me my Autopsy Umbrella.”

Xiaotao tutted in annoyance.

Female victim no.2 could be said to have a perfect figure. The coroner concluded the victim had been raped, so there was one thing I had to confirm.

While waiting for Song XIngchen, I picked up the victim’s hand and sniffed her fingers. Unfortunately, it smelled of formalin.

A while later, Song Xingchen returned with the Autopsy Umbrella. The Autopsy Umbrella twirled under the ultraviolet light, revealing a shocking sight–countless handprints all over the corpse. Although the handprints were faint, it was clear the murderer had thoroughly run his hands all over the victim.

There was even a tooth mark on her nipple which indicated the murderer had special feelings towards the victim. Perhaps he once had a crush on this woman.

After a moment of speechlessness, I said, ”The murderer already has a certain amount of experience. This time, he’s done a clean job of dealing with the victim.”

”You’re clearly ignoring the most important clue!” retorted Xiaotao.

”Don't worry, I'll talk about the murderer's feelings for female victim no.2 later.” I shook my finger. “Before that, I have a hypothesis to share... I suspect the three victims and the murderer were high school classmates, and the murderer currently works as an educator. They attended a class reunion on September 7th.”

”What?” The others shot a look of astonishment at me.

With wide eyes, Xiaotao queried, ”How did you come up with that?”

I turned to Bingxin, ”When did you graduate from high school?”

”Sixteen. What about it?” replied Bingxin.

”Ugh, you child prodigy!” I rolled my eyes. “I’ll ask someone else. Xiaotao, what about you?”

”Eighteen! Most people graduate from high school at that age.” My question seemed to set the gears in her head in motion. ”You mean to say the three victims were celebrating the ten-year high school graduation anniversary, as suggested by their age?”

I nodded, ”That’s just one aspect. It’s too much of a coincidence that all three victims are 28 years old. The first thing that comes to mind is classmates. Additionally, September 7th, the night when the couple was murdered, was a weekend when they usually hold class reunion dinners. Another important point to note is the deliberate disfigurement of the victims’ faces. Obviously, the victims’ identities would expose our murderer.”

”Then what about the murderer's occupation?” Xiaotao asked curiously.

”The date!” I smiled, ”The murderer killed the second victim ten days ago. Coincidentally, so was the first victim. Look at the date!”

”September 10th... That’s Teacher's Day!” Xiaotao and Bingxin exclaimed in unison.

”Yes, when the second corpse was dumped, it happened to be the weekend. The murderer only has free time on the weekends and Teacher's Day. He’s either repeating his studies or he’s an educator!” I declared.