In the on-site investigation by the criminal police and the corpse identification by the forensic doctor, there are actually many characteristics that can be used to distinguish and judge whether the corpse was burned or the living person was burned to death.
The main reason for the emergence of these different characteristics is that corpses are inactive, and some symptoms that appear after being burned will not occur in living people.
Generally speaking, if a living person is burned to death, the eyes, throat, respiratory tract, and skin will show symptoms that are different from those of dismemberment after death.
For example, eyelash syndrome.
During the process of being burned to death, a living person will instinctively protect his eyes, which means that when stimulated by a large amount of smoke, his eyes will close first.
During this process, obvious canthus lines will appear during the burning process. These canthus lines will continue to remain and will not disappear, forming the so-called goose claw-shaped lines.
At the same time, because your eyes are closed tightly, the roots and middle of the eyelashes will not be burned, only the tips of the eyelashes. Will be burned, this is the so-called eyelash syndrome.
In addition, people who were burned to death would have large, irregular burn marks on their skin.
There will be erythema, blisters, scorching, and some cutting -edge parts, such as fingers or toes in the case of long -term exposure, and may also occur in carbonization.
During histological examination by forensic doctors, it will be found that the blood vessels have contracted, and some capillaries will rupture and bleed.
But if it is a corpse, there will be no above-mentioned symptoms, because the deceased has been killed and has lost its activity, so only some superficial symptoms will appear.
In addition, the deceased in a fire will inhale a large amount of carbon monoxide, which will cause the skin to turn bright red.
This bright red skin condition may be found in some skin that has not been burned, such as the armpits, inner thighs and other relatively hidden areas.
At the same time, some soot deposits will be found in the respiratory tract.
Some edema, bleeding and even necrosis may also be found in the upper respiratory tract.
In summary, when a living person is burned, he will experience pain and physiological reactions when he dies, but a corpse will not have these characteristics after being burned.
Furthermore, the state of the corpse in front of me basically shows that it was not dismemberment after death, but a living person who was burned to death.
If the body is burned to death, there will be no physical reactions. In other words, whatever state the body was in originally, it will remain in that state.
But now the corpse's hands are slightly raised. This is the natural reaction that a corpse should have during the struggle.
The same goes for curling up the legs. This active stress response only occurs when a living person is burned to death, and if a corpse is burned to death, it is impossible not to assume this special posture. of.
Of course, if the body was burned, it would be impossible to assume this posture. The legs would be easy to handle, but there would be no way to do it with the hands raised.
"There is obvious soot deposits in the mouth, and there is bright red skin under the armpits."
“In addition, the eyelash symptoms are also more obvious.”
"The preliminary judgment should be that he was burned to death before death, rather than dismembered after death."
After Wang Zhaokai and his team basically completed the investigation of the scene, the forensic doctor also arrived at the scene and came to a conclusion that was not much different from the preliminary physical and superficial inspection by the criminal police.
After a while, Lu Chuan also arrived at the scene, and Wang Zhaokai briefly introduced the situation.
"The cause of the fire scene investigation has come out. The fire should have been caused by the smoking of the deceased who was burned to death. Then he did not run out and was completely burned to death. He was the only victim." "What's the situation over there?"
Lu Chuan also noticed the situation on the other side of the deceased's husband's side, and many people gathered around him.
"Oh, that's the husband of the deceased over there. The two of them just got married. They were going out to have some fun, but they didn't expect to encounter such a thing."
Lu Chuan nodded: "That's quite tragic."
When the newlyweds came out to get married, the bride was burned to death. It was inevitable that the groom would be depressed.
"Does the judgment of the criminal police and the forensic doctor agree?"
Wang Zhaokai nodded: "There is no problem. The deceased was burned to death, not dismembered. It can be judged."
"Okay, let's follow the normal process. Notify the family members to issue a death certificate. After the family members sign the signatures, hand it over to the funeral home. Just complete the process normally."
In the case of accidental death, as long as the cause of death is determined to be non-criminal, the remaining process is a standardized process.
The police will first notify the family of the deceased. After the other party agrees, they will issue a death certificate, and then the body will be handed over to the funeral home.
Of course, if there are special circumstances or some special customs, burial can also be carried out, but this is not recommended now. Under normal circumstances, cremation will be carried out by the funeral home.
Moreover, if this kind of accidental death follows the process, the funeral home must be connected, and the entire process is relatively complete.
At the same time, family members also have to pay for this part of the funeral expenses.
After there was nothing going on at the scene, Lu Chuan returned directly to the High-tech Zone Branch.
The accidental death of tens of millions of people in Haizhou City actually happens every once in a while. There is basically one accidental death case every week in the High-tech Zone. Some are electrocuted, some fall from buildings, and some drown. Although there are relatively few cases of burning to death, there are always one or two cases a year. indivual.
Therefore, the criminal police brigade will handle the matter according to the normal process and will not invest too much manpower and material resources. Unless some problems are discovered in the process, they will continue to investigate further.
But the problem just arises.
Just when Lu Chuan arrived at the gate of the High-tech Zone branch in his car, a call came from Wang Zhaokai.
"Bureau Lu, I just found something suspicious when I called you."
"Although the husband of the deceased was at the scene, as usual, we called the parents of the deceased and contacted them."
Although the husband is a relative of the deceased, he is not an immediate relative. In this case, the police will usually notify the deceased's immediate relatives. If the parents notify the parents, if the parents do not notify the children, it will only be considered if there is nothing.
"What's wrong? What's the problem?"
"The parents of the deceased did not know that the deceased was married, and when explaining the cause of death, they said it was impossible! Because their daughter never smoked, how could she have burned herself to death because of a fire caused by smoking?"< br>
oh? (End of chapter)