Chapter 447 Methanol and Drowning
“In recent weeks, three women have been kidnapped and murdered in different locations in Los Angeles.”
Jiejie posted several female avatars on the screen , all white women with good looks and temperament.
"Sydney Otto, 23, bank teller, killed 15 days ago; Vicki Hager, 39, art teacher, killed 6 days ago; and Linda Dean, 28 , bartender, murdered 2 days ago
The places where they disappeared were located in various corners of Los Angeles, and their social backgrounds were completely different. It took less than 24 hours from the time when the three disappeared to the time when their bodies were found. Located in a public place”
"It seems like the killer made no secret of what he did," Emily said.
Jie Jie nodded, and then showed the photos of when the police found the body, "After sorting out these photos, Garcia swept all the snacks in the refrigerator. Jack, you need to replenish the inventory as soon as possible."
The three corpses that appeared on the screen were all naked and wrapped in blue waterproof membranes.
"Looks like a floating corpse?" Rhett squinted and stared at the projection on the screen, a little unsure.
The whole body of the corpse turned white, and the skin at the joints was wrinkled layer by layer, as if it had been soaked in water for many days, but there was no obvious swelling. It looked different from ordinary floating corpses. different.
"The place where the body was abandoned doesn't look like it's at the seaside or the river. It's a garbage dump. Did it drown somewhere else and then be transported to the place where the body was abandoned? Isn't it a bit unnecessary?"
Jack was very puzzled. It was common for people to abandon corpses after killing people in other ways, but it was relatively rare for drowned corpses to be fished out and discarded separately. Moreover, the time of death was so short that it was unheard of.
“This is not the weirdest place.” Jiejie shook her head and handed out the forensic examination report to everyone.
"They were not drowned in water."
"Methanol?" Rhett opened the report and said in surprise.
"Methanol was found in the lungs of each of the deceased, which means they were drowned alive by methanol!"
Emily held her chin and flipped through the report, "This is different from killing people. Throw it directly into the water. If the purpose is to torture the deceased, the murderer needs to have a sufficiently secret place. "What really stimulates Garcia is here." Jie Jie shrugged and pressed the remote control in her hand. There are three photos of the soles of the feet.
"A piece of skin was removed from the palm of the sole of each deceased's right foot."
"Methanol and skin? What is this guy doing?" Rossi, the most experienced person among them, frowned.
"Methanol is the saturated monohydric alcohol with the simplest structure. It was first discovered in retort wood and has a wide range of uses. Pure methanol has only a slight alcohol smell." Encyclopedia began today's science popularization.
"Is this thing poisonous?" When analyzing the case, no one hates Red's eloquent explanation. Of course, the premise is that they can understand it. For example, now, Emily will take the initiative to ask questions.
“It is of low toxicity and is one of the most hated fusel alcohols among winemakers. Oral administration of 5-10 ml will cause a person to become comatose within 8-36 hours.
15 ml can be used in It will cause retinitis, which is blindness, within 48 hours. 30-100 ml will cause damage to the central nervous system, leading to respiratory weakness and death."
Jack answered directly with a smirk on his face, and followed Rhett's path. Leaving Rhett with nowhere to go.
"The way to detoxify is to drink a lot of spirits with an alcohol content of more than 60%, because methanol itself is not very toxic, but the metabolites formaldehyde and formic acid produced in the human body are very toxic. Ethanol can compete with methanol for alcohol detoxification in the liver. Hydrogenase, so that the body has time to eliminate methanol."
Reed opened his mouth, and the expression on his face turned out to be a little aggrieved for a moment.
Emily punched her new landlord directly to tell him to shut up.
Jack shrugged funnyly, "Well, I was just studying winemaking recently, so I checked some information. Methanol is one of the culprits of hangovers after drinking. Next, I will give the time back to Dr. Reid. , let’s talk about the use of this thing.”
Rhett coughed lightly, collected his thoughts, and resumed his science time.
“Methanol has a wide range of uses, including solvents, antifreeze, polyester raw materials, and explosives. During World War II, the German army also added it to rocket fuel.
It can even be used to make plants Of course, the most widely used method is to use it as a growth promoter to increase crop yields, or to separate other chemicals.”
“So we can’t narrow down the suspects by tracking purchase records?” Xi felt dizzy after hearing this, and finally came to this conclusion.
Reed hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "I think so, even if the murderer needs an amount that can soak the entire body, it would be relatively easy to obtain it.
Because methanol is also used in biofuels, California's agriculture is very developed, and many people can make it at home. "
"Perhaps we can temporarily focus on the body itself, don't you think it's strange? All the deceased had naked bodies, but no signs of sexual infringement were found on their bodies, and they actually conformed to basic public aesthetics. Isn't it a bit contradictory? "
Jack knocked on the table and put forward a new view.
"Indeed, even an incompetent sadist like Robert Napper will vent his repression and pain on his victims. Frustration actually manifests itself in overkill, as with the 'Boston Killer'. ”
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The Robert Napper that Reid is talking about is another example of Scotland Yard's incompetence in the UK in the 1990s.
This pervert likes to attack women with children, with as many as 86 victims. Jack has seen one of the cases, which is quite high blood pressure.
In July 1992, a 23-year-old British female model named Rachel Rachel took her two-year-old son Alex for a walk in Wimbledon Park in London.
Robert Napper attacked them in broad daylight by a pond. He directly lifted 2-year-old Alex and knocked him unconscious. Then he knocked down Rachel and dragged the mother and son into into the bushes.
Robert Napper slit his mother's throat in front of two-year-old Alex, and then attempted a forcible examination. Due to his own reasons, the process did not go smoothly.
So during this period, Robert Napper stabbed Rachel Rachel 49 times in total with a sharp weapon.
When the police arrived at the scene, they saw Rachel lying in a pool of blood. Young Alex was holding on to his disheveled mother and kept shouting "Wake up." Wake up, get up, mother!”
He also put a note on his mother’s wound, as if to stop her bleeding. It is said that the Scotland Yard policeman who saw this scene collapsed on the spot.
It took nearly ten years before Scotland Yard caught the murderer with the help of DNA technology. During this period, a homeless man was wrongly accused, a policewoman suffered from PTSD, and a police cameraman Nervous breakdown.
After a long judicial process, it was finally 16 years after Rachel Rachel was murdered that she was successfully convicted, and Robert Napper, whose crime methods were not very clever, was imprisoned in a mental hospital.
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"Then there is another point. Regarding the removal of the skin from the soles of the deceased's feet, it cannot be speculated from a sexual aspect. Foot fetish does not seem to be the case?" Emily continued to raise more questions. doubt.
Continue to ask for monthly tickets.
(End of this chapter)