Chapter 389: A Tragic Death (1/2)

I nodded, ”We can restore them when we get back to the station. By the way, send some officers to look along the road. There should be friction marks from the tires at the scene of the collision, as well as fallen teeth and blood from the victim.”

Xiaotao got to it at once.

Meanwhile, I raised the victim’s palm to examine it. The victim had slender hands and neat nails which suggested he was engaged in office work. Glancing at his face, I noticed an indentation on his nose bridge left by a prolonged period of wearing glasses.

I checked the victim’s spine and under the eyelids. ”The victim is most likely an office worker who spends all his time facing a computer screen. And he usually wears glasses.”

”By the way, why is there hair in his pocket?” Xiaotao wondered out loud. “Where do you think it came from?”

”It looks like animal hair. When I sniffed it earlier, it had a damp, unpleasant odor. Cats usually like to stay clean and have soft hair. I think it's dog hair. You can get the lab to test it,” I suggested.

At the mention of dogs, I made sure to search the body carefully but found no bite marks.

”Dog? So he may have been held captive for some time,” speculated Xiaotao.

I nodded, ”Get Bingxin to dissect the body tomorrow and take a look at the stomach contents.”

“It's strange for you to take the initiative to ask for an internal autopsy,” Xiaotao’s eyes widened in surprise.

I sighed, ”The internal bleeding is too serious! The blood may have congealed with the stomach contents and formed a huge lump. I can't get it out so I’ll need Bingxin to do it.”

When I stood up again, my vision turned dark for a moment because I had been squatting for too long. Stretching my arms, I instructed, ”Transport the body back to the station!”

Xiaotao and I walked over to the cement pipe to look at the other corpse.

Before starting on the autopsy, I opened the Autopsy Umbrella and asked Xiaotao to turn on the ultraviolet light. Unexpectedly, there were messy footprints all around and a pair of clearer footprints on the concrete pipe. It seemed that someone was crouching in that spot earlier.

”Hmph, this bunch of criminals will do anything!” I sneered. “Let’s gather the evidence first!”

Xiaotao called an officer over to photograph the footprints. With the narrow body of the cement pipe, going in would prove rather inconvenient so Xiaotao proposed we moved the body out.

But I shook my head, ”No, I’ll go in and examine the body there!”

”How uncomfortable would that be? You can't stand up straight in there,” she argued.

”Then be careful not to bump your head,” Xiaotao voiced her concern.

I climbed into the cement pipe, avoiding the rough inner walls. When I reached the victim, I was greeted by the sight of open legs and a pool of mixed liquid and blood flowing out from her torn vagina.

Although I had always remained calm in the face of dead bodies, I couldn't fight the anger boiling inside of me upon looking at such a horrible scene.

I didn't immediately begin the autopsy. Instead, I asked Xiaotao to pass me the ultraviolet light. Then, grabbing a piece of cloth made of the same material as the Autopsy Umbrella, I twirled it over the corpse. Immediately, numerous handprints appeared all over the victim’s body, especially on her breasts and hips. They were so densely packed together and overlapping one another that they were almost unrecognizable. Combined with the position of the body, it was obvious that a group of men had taken turns to have sex with the victim.