Chapter 684 Anatomy and scene restoration
When Jack came to the medical examiner's office, Mike Taylor's female deputy Stella Bonacilla was also there, and there was a disemboweled male lying on the autopsy table. corpse.
A thin old man with gray hair wearing black-rimmed glasses was busy under the shadowless lamp. At this moment, he was scooping out the stomach contents from the deceased's stomach with a long-handled spoon.
Normally, forensic doctors may not wear masks when they appear on the scene, especially when encountering fresh corpses, but when they go to the autopsy table, they will be equipped with basic protective equipment.
No one knows whether the corpse suffered from any infectious diseases before death, and it is inevitable that tissue or blood will splash out during the autopsy process. When encountering a corpse that is severely corrupted or even looks like a giant, breathing with a disposable filter A mask and goggles are also required.
It can be seen that the CSI side is really busy. The case that happened three days ago, the body is just starting to be dissected now. Jack and Stella said hello, and they stood together and watched the old forensic doctor spoonful after spoonful. , took out a large glass jar.
"Normally starch is easily decomposed by gastric acid, but because the deceased ate too much, I can even find small pieces of bread, see?"
The old forensic doctor used a Use a small spoon to scoop an almost unrecognizable semi-solid piece into a glass dish and show it to Stella.
Jack put on gloves, and after receiving permission, carefully took the large glass jar from his hand, frowning to identify the ingredients inside.
"It looked like there was steak, asparagus, some salad greens and corn, and it looked like Mrs. Carter was a pretty good cook as a housewife."
Although the old forensic doctor was wearing a mask and couldn't see his expression clearly, his raised eyebrows showed a hint of excitement about meeting a close friend, "You know what? I'm always amazed at how corn kernels can resist stomach acid and finally pass through. The whole digestive tract."
Jack also shared a little story in a very funny way, "Did you know? There was a guy in Florida who wanted to know the answer just like you, so he added enoki mushrooms with corn. I did an experiment and finally concluded that corn kernels digest faster than enoki mushrooms
Corn kernels only need three cycles, while it takes a full fifteen to completely digest enoki mushrooms."
"That's enough for you two." Stella, who was completely unmoved by the corpse, couldn't stand the bad taste of these two people, so she quickly interrupted.
"Can we get back to the topic? According to the confession of his wife Deborah Carter, before she took action, her husband Kevin Carter had just sat down at the dining table and only ate one bite of the bagel, that is, We found the piece of suspected third-party DNA, so where did the food in his stomach come from?”
The old forensic doctor Hammerbeck shrugged nonchalantly, "This is your job. I can only tell you that these foods were eaten by the husband less than 20 minutes before his death."
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When Danny Regan rushed to the CSI laboratory with an excited expression, he saw two guys who were concentrating on analyzing the dishes on the computer screen.
"What are you doing?"
"Shh, don't talk." Stella turned around and shushed him, "Wait a minute, it will be your turn to work soon. ”
Then she continued to look through the photos of the scene one by one, "There is at least half a pound of asparagus scattered on the ground, usually enough for two people. The portion of creamed corn soup looks quite large, and the steak is complete."
Jack pointed to the salad plate that was lucky enough to escape the disaster and was not taken off the table with the tablecloth. "The salad has not been mixed yet, and it has not been touched at first glance. Although the plate is broken a lot, it is basically intact."
The same goes for the silver knives and forks, uh, except for the steak knife that stabbed the deceased seventeen times, but theoretically the steak knife was also clean, with blood stains on it. Oil stains."
"Wow, seventeen dollars, is this the end of an eight-year marriage?" Danny exclaimed as he picked up the case files they had and flipped through them.
"It seems that the marriage between You and Linda was shorter than this. It was all love." Jack's sigh attracted the attention of Stella and Danny at the same time.
Stella frowned at him in confusion, "What are you talking about?" "A rich middle-class life, easy and comfortable. If Deborah Carter married her husband just because of money, she would pretend that she didn't find anything. , put the ring back in the box, hung up the clothes, and then sat down to continue tasting the steak and the bottle of good Merlot red wine."
Jack's plausive words made Danny's face change. , and then curled his lips, "Hate out of love, it seems that this kind of thing is not limited to couples. I think you should be more worried about this than me."
"Uh" Jack didn't expect the boomerang to fly back. The speed is so fast, is it really close to the first year of Boomerang?
"OK, no matter what, we need to find evidence of the presence of a third person." Stella walked to a rectangular evidence examination table, covered it with a white cloth, and moved another chair, motioning for Danny to stand next to it.
"Now, you are the deceased Kevin Carter. According to Mrs. Carter, you just got home, and then you couldn't wait to pick up the bagel in the bread basket from the dining table and took a bite."
As she said this, she took a bite from the bread basket. Danny met him on the other side and hugged his neck. Danny picked up a roll of tape from the table and pretended to take a bite. Stella patted his hand like a coquettish wife, and then Only then did he put the half-bitten "bread" back on the table angrily.
"You have been traveling a lot recently, and I have a burning love in my heart, so I carefully prepared a sumptuous dinner." Stella waved her hand at the folders, tapes and other debris on the table. .
Danny continued to perform after her words, "And I am a great actor. Even though I had already had a full meal, I could easily deceive you with my pretense of gluttony, and then I became careless. ."
As he spoke, he took off his coat and placed it casually on the back of the chair, then turned his back to the two of them, signaling that he would leave temporarily.
Stella picked up his coat and started to perform without physical objects, because there was really nothing in this guy's coat, "Look, what did I find? A ring box and a card.
Me I smiled and opened the card first, thinking it was a little surprise from my husband. However, I was surprised to find that it said 'for my beloved Kevin'. I was shocked, and opened the ring box again to find that it was inside. It was a male ring inlaid with peridot, and everything suddenly became clear!”
“The husband, who was unaware of this, returned to the dining table after a brief wash.”
Danny pulled up the chair. After sitting on it, Stella made a half circle around the table and returned to him, holding a plastic tray with a small petri dish on it, pretending it was a ring, and hiding it in the other hand. Behind him.
Danny was immediately "shocked" and subconsciously raised his hands. However, before he could raise his hands halfway, Stella roared angrily, and the stapler in her other hand was already raised high. And he changed it to holding it with both hands, and "stabbed" Danny's chest fiercely.
Her strength was so great that she overturned Danny and his chair to the ground. If Jack hadn't tacitly stretched out his legs to help hook the back of the chair and gently blocked it, he might have been knocked unconscious this time.
Danny has not forgotten the confession record he just saw on the case file. When he fell down, he subconsciously grabbed the white cloth on the table with his right hand. Bits and pieces were also thrown all over the floor.
Stella did not stop there, and even rode on Danny, the stapler in her hand still stabbing him again and again.
"Crack!" There was a burst of applause from the surroundings. Apparently Jack was not the only one watching the show. Other researchers in the laboratory, including Mike Taylor, who had just returned from the police station, all applauded.
"To be honest, it's a pity that you don't go to Broadway to submit your resume." Jack stretched out his hand to pull Danny up from the ground with a wry smile on his face, turned to look at the mess in front of him, and faced Stella shrugged.
"Whether it's from the physical evidence at the scene or Mrs. Carter's confession, this is pretty much what happened. So where did the half piece of bread and the third person's DNA on the knife handle come from?"
Mike Taylor asked as he picked up the roll of tape on the ground and shook it at the three of them.
“I have an idea.” Jack and Stella looked at each other and said.
(End of this chapter)