Chapter 193 The case of a huge corpse dumping (please subscribe and ask for monthly votes)
Zhang Qiang’s body was found, so Zhou Fan should be happy.
But Zhao Donglai obviously felt that his tone was a bit heavy, and with confusion, he immediately took everyone to the scene.
Zhang Qiang was salvaged about two kilometers downstream.
That area happened to be on the edge of the city. There were no buildings and no people around. Both sides of the river bank were wasteland.
At this time, a corpse was lying on the wasteland by the river. It was Zhang Qiang who had just been fished out of his hands.
It had been less than 24 hours since he fell into the water. Apart from the fact that his body was slightly swollen with water, there was not much change.
After arriving, Zhao Tian immediately brought the personnel of the technical squadron forward to prepare for a simple autopsy on him.
At this time, Zhao Donglai noticed two lights on the dark river.
With the faint light, you can see two salvage boats.
"Zhang Qiang has been found, let them call it a day and go back to rest."
Hearing this, Zhou Fan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Captain Zhao, I'm afraid we can't finish the work yet."
"Why? "
"You'd better take a look at these things first."
As he said that, Zhou Fan took him two steps forward and pointed at a wet mountain climber on the ground with his flashlight. Backpack.
At this time, the zipper of the backpack was opened, but Zhao Donglai did not see clearly what was inside at first. He only saw a white sphere with some stick-like things around it.
He took another serious look and finally realized what was inside.
“Give me a pair of gloves!”
He shouted to Zhao Tian next to him, who hurriedly got a pair from the tool box and threw it to him.
After quickly putting on his gloves, Zhao Donglai went straight to it and completely opened the backpack. As he expected, a complete human skull appeared in front of him.
Next to the skull are several neatly cut bones of human arms and palms.
Everyone present, including Zhao Donglai, was shocked.
"Why is there a skeleton here? Zhou Fan, where were these things found?"
"It's at the bottom of the river. Zhang Qiang was brought up just after they were salvaged."
< br>Zhou Fan said, explaining the salvage situation at that time.
It turned out that they had been fishing from upstream all the way down, but nothing had been fished out. It was not until the ship reached this position that the salvage hook finally responded after being lowered.
However, as Zhang Qiang was hooked up, there was this backpack.
At that time, the corpse's feet happened to be stuck in the bag of the backpack, and someone was using his body to support a large stone on the shoulder strap of the backpack.
Having been a criminal police officer for more than ten years, Zhou Fan sensitively sensed something was wrong out of professional habit.
Who would throw their backpack into the river and tie it with stones?
Out of curiosity, he immediately opened the backpack and took a look, and then discovered the human bones inside.
He immediately realized that this was probably another murder.
So while notifying Zhao Donglai, he asked the salvage team to continue salvaging the nearby waters in more detail.
"Captain Zhao, I just checked. There are only human heads and two human arm bones. I suspect that the rest should still be in the water."
"This of yours The speculation makes sense.”
Zhao Donglai nodded and glanced at the boats still working on the river with a heavy expression.
According to the degree of decay of the bones in the bag, it would take at least a year to form like this.
In other words, this is probably a case from a year ago.
Generally, the investigation of this kind of case is quite time-consuming and labor-intensive. The key point is that it is very likely that the investigation will not be completed and it will eventually become an unsolved case...
At this moment, Zhao Tian left come over.
"Team Zhao, we found the deceased's ID card in his jacket pocket, which confirmed that the deceased was indeed Zhang Qiang himself."
"After a preliminary autopsy, the deceased's body spots appeared slowly and unobtrusively, and the spots in the mouth and nose appeared slowly. There is sand and silt in all, which is consistent with ordinary suffocation death, which is what we call drowning."
"In addition, based on the degree of rigor mortis and edema on the deceased, the deceased's body was likely to be dead. The time of death was probably around early morning, which is consistent with the last time Zhang Qiang disappeared."
"Okay, I understand. You have his body taken back, and remember to extract his DNA and Lin Qi's fingernails. If they are identified as the same person, the case will be closed."
After Zhao Dong finished speaking, he said, "Zhao Tian, take a look at this again."
Zhao Tian was nearby just now and heard some of their conversation.
Hearing this, she was not surprised. She immediately called a colleague, and the two of them squatted down and quickly conducted a simple inspection of the bones in the bag.
“The bones have decomposed very thoroughly, and no muscle tissue can be seen. According to the decomposition chart of the corpse in the water, the death time of the deceased is at least two years.”
“Broken The incision on the bone is very smooth. It should be made with a professional cutting tool or a bone chopper. It can be determined. , this is a very typical case of murder and dismemberment.”
“The forehead of the skull is relatively steep, the brow bone is flat and not obvious, and the cheekbones are slender. It can be seen that this is a female skull. , judging from the degree of tooth wear, the deceased should be a young woman, between the ages of 20 and 30.”
After Zhao Tian analyzed the condition of the bones, she carefully picked up all the bones and put them into a bag that was laid out at the same time. A detailed search of the bag followed.
Unfortunately, nothing was found in the bag that could prove the identity of the other party.
At this time, an exclamation suddenly came from the river, "We hit something again!"
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly gathered around the water's edge.
The salvage boat slowly came closer, and the things they fished out finally appeared in front of everyone.
What they salvaged this time was a suitcase large enough to hold an adult man, and a large stone was tied to the suitcase.
Seeing this, Luo Fei suddenly had a bad feeling.
If it was only used to hold the remaining torso and legs of the deceased, this suitcase would be a bit too big.
Sure enough, as the box was opened, his suspicion was confirmed.
Unlike the previous pack of bones, this box already had a faint stench before it was opened.
The moment it was opened, an even stronger stench instantly filled the place.
Everyone couldn't help holding their breath, holding their noses and taking two steps back. The more serious ones even almost vomited.
During the whole process, Zhao Tian and the team’s forensic doctor Guo Hua were relatively calm.
After all, the two of them have been running the scene for so many years, and this level of taste is simply trivial to them.
However, when they saw the scene in the box, the two of them couldn't help but gasp.
The box was filled with human body parts piece by piece. After the rotten muscles were soaked in water, a lot of sticky and disgusting liquid seeped out. The hair on the two heads fell out everywhere, and the rotten faces faced everyone.
"Wow!"
This time more people vomited, and even the well-informed Zhao Donglai couldn't help but tilt his head to the side.
This time Zhao Tian did not dare to perform autopsy casually anymore and quickly zipped up the suitcase. "Team Zhao, these things may need to be brought back to the technical room and processed before the autopsy can continue."
"Okay, then you can take it back quickly."
Zhao Donglai waved his hand and said to Zhou Fan, "Inform them to continue salvaging. I suspect there may be corpses here."
Zhou Fanhe He thought about it and immediately went over to negotiate.
At this moment, everyone was also in a rage.
“Three heads equals three lives!”
"And judging from the degree of decomposition of the body, we can't figure out when the deceased was killed, so this is probably a serial murder case!"
"He used this place as a fixed dumping point. Who is it? So crazy?”
“To be so crazy?” If it’s not Zhang Qiang, I’m afraid we still won’t be able to find these corpses...”
Amidst their discussion, another salvage boat quickly picked up a bag of corpses...
Finally, after a whole During the late salvage, they recovered a total of six bags.
Almost every bag contains parts of the human body.
The matter was serious, so Zhao Donglai immediately had all the pieces sent to the technical room, asking them to put all the pieces together in the shortest possible time to determine the number of victims.
After they returned to the police force, they held a meeting as soon as possible.
"Although Zhang Qiang is dead, judging from the clues we have so far, he is definitely the murderer of Lin Qi, so after a while, Luo Fei, please write me a case analysis report immediately."< br>
“When Zhao Tian and others get the results of their DNA comparison, this case can be submitted.”
After briefly talking about Zhang Qiang's case, Zhao Donglai immediately focused on the human tissues salvaged from the river.
"Now we need to focus on the broken corpses pulled out of the river. Liao Xingyu, you will later lead people to investigate the list of missing persons in Jiangzhou City in recent years, focusing especially on missing women."< br>
"Li Jun, you will take someone to visit the crime scene tomorrow. Circle to see if we can find any witnesses, and then copy back the surveillance of the surrounding road sections."
"Zhou Fan, find a group of professional divers to dive into the water tomorrow and see if there are any others inside. Nothing has been missed.”
After the meeting, it was probably past six in the morning.
Zhao Donglai asked everyone to go out to have some breakfast before continuing to work.
But as a result, he sat in front of the breakfast stall and had no appetite at all.
"Luo Fei, what do you think of this case?"
"No, there are too few useful clues at present, and I have no clue."
"Hey, Judging from the current situation, there must be a lot of victims this time. This is already a very serious case... You think we got into this kind of thing."
This kind of case can easily cause great panic in society and put a lot of pressure on the investigators.
"Captain Zhao, please don't worry. I think as long as the identity of the deceased can be confirmed in this case, we might be able to find clues to the murderer from this point on."
"And from behind. The body of the suitcase that was fished out Judging from the body, the decay time should not be too long, so it should not be difficult to determine the identity of the deceased."
"I hope so"
The two of them moved quickly. After finishing breakfast, they went back to the police station and continued their work.
Around eight o'clock in the morning, Zhao Tian finally got the results.
"Team Zhao, through the splicing and restoration of the body parts, it can be determined that there are at least seven victims."
"However, some human body fragments are missing, and currently only the complete pieces have been assembled. Six corpses were found, two of which were completely skeletal, and one of which was missing two thighs."
"The other one was that of a corpse. After the bones were turned into bones, the remaining four corpses showed varying degrees of decay. One of them died about a month ago."
"In addition, the gender of these corpses were all young women, and we also checked them. None of the tools used to contain the body were found with any identifying information.”
When Zhao Donglai heard that there were at least seven people killed, his heart skipped a beat.
This turned out to be more serious than he thought.
No, it seems that this matter must be reported to the superiors immediately.
"Zhao Tian, please immediately try to reconstruct the faces of these corpses and take a DNA sample. It will be easier to compare with the family members who identify the corpses in the future."
After Zhao Tian went down, Zhao Donglai immediately called Bureau Zheng.
"Director Zheng, yesterday when we were salvaging a suspect who jumped into the river and committed suicide out of fear of committing crime, we accidentally discovered a backpack containing severed human limbs and heads."
"...After that, we let the ships continue to salvage, and then we continued to salvage. Several boxes and bags containing human tissue were retrieved. After the technical room staff worked overtime to confirm, it is now basically certain that there are more than seven victims. "
When Zheng Changjun heard this, he immediately became concerned.
Generally, this kind of case involving serial murders, where the number of deaths is more than two, is a serious criminal crime, let alone seven!
He hurriedly told Zhao Donglai to solve the case as soon as possible.
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Donglai was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
A leader’s words can cause his subordinates to lose their legs.
What he said was easy. He was not even sure about the identity of the deceased, so where could he find the murderer.
After some slander, Zhao Donglai went to the second team’s office.
"Liao Xingyu, how are you? Have you found any information about the missing persons in recent years?"
"Without Team Zhao, we checked the records of missing persons reports received by the public case in recent years, and none of them matched the number."
"How is this possible?"
Zhao Donglai was confused, "Have you checked carefully? Have all the local counties, villages and towns verified it?"
"They have all been verified, and there is no... …I’m wondering if the deceased were all from other cities and were thrown to us by the murderer after being killed?”
“Your guess is not impossible. In this case, you should give it to us immediately? Police across the country have issued a notice to assist in the investigation, asking them to help check the list of people who have disappeared in the city in recent years. ”
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Verification work like this usually takes some time.
While waiting, Zhao Tian also made progress.
Informed by the facial recognition restoration technology, Zhao Tian finally succeeded in restoring the appearance of the other party on a corpse that was the least decomposed.
After receiving the restored photo, Zhao Donglai was so excited that he quickly asked Liao Xingyu to include the photo in the investigation notice.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, another good news came.
"Team Zhao, we just got a call from Huangxushi City. Two months ago, a masseur there disappeared. She was 25 years old. She mysteriously disappeared on her way to get off work in the early morning of March 25."< br>
“After her family called the police, the police immediately launched an investigation into her route to work, but did not find any clues.”
(End of Chapter)