Chapter 958 Clues
Zheng Gao was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he uncovered the straw mat and searched the body again, trying to find any personal items such as seals that could indicate his identity. However, except for a few local circulation coupons with a face value of ten yuan, Zheng Gao could not find anything else of value.
"It looks like it was not a robbery." Huang Tongyang touched his chin and judged: "The gold ring on this hand and the circulation certificate are still there. If the robber had no reason to let these things go, he might have accidentally fallen into the water and drowned."
At this time, five or six more police officers from the police station also arrived one after another. Huang Tongyang sent someone to report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After all, 99% of the drowned guy was a non-naturalized foreigner. According to the handling procedures, the foreign affairs department must be notified. A sound. In addition, people were sent to the Victory Port Port Authority to inquire whether any merchant ships from Western countries had docked here recently.
The police station has dealt with several cases of accidental death of foreigners in Sanya like this before, so Huang Tongyang directed his men to carry out identity verification work in an orderly manner. However, Zuo Zuo, who had sent someone to notify him from the beginning, arrived late. Huang Tongyang waited on the dock for almost an hour and still didn't show up.
Just when Huang Tongyang lost his temper and was about to send someone to urge him again, Wu Zuo finally arrived. However, he did not come alone, but went to the dock with the superior inspection team. This so-called inspection team is mainly responsible for supervising the public security work in Sanya. It will go to the grassroots every month to inspect the case handling. In addition to the Ministry of Justice, its members will also arrange personnel from the civil affairs and security departments to join in as appropriate. , so that timely coordination can be carried out when certain problems that the police cannot handle are encountered.
Representing the Ministry of Justice this time were Senior Superintendent Fu Li and Special Commissioner Lin Nan of the Ministry of Security. Fu Li can be regarded as one of the fastest rising stars among young naturalized citizens. He has already climbed to a very high position at a young age. Of course, this is also due to the fact that he has been in the dragon industry for a long time and has close personal relationships with the senior officials of Haihan. association. Lin Nan is also a senior member of the Security Department and has rich experience in handling emergencies. Originally, the Ministry of Civil Affairs also wanted to send someone, but due to temporary illness and absence, only the two of them took the lead.
The first stop of their inspection was to visit Victory Port, but before they set off, someone came to the Ministry of Justice early in the morning to apply for a warrant. After the two asked about it, they learned that it was the Port of Victory Port Police Station. After discovering a body that was suspected to have been drowned, they decided to come over to see what was going on.
After Huang Tongyang greeted the two of them, he briefly described the situation he knew so far, and finally added his own judgment: "... This person still smells of alcohol, and his belongings are not missing. He must have slipped while drunk. Falling into the water and drowning. Once the identity is confirmed, the case will be almost closed.”
When Wu Zuo opened the straw mat to inspect the body, Fu Li and Lin Nan also began to observe the condition of the body. Lin Nan looked at it and suddenly asked confusedly: "His identity can be confirmed by asking his entourage?"
Huang Tongyang said in shock: "But when we found this body, we didn't find this man's followers nearby... How did Mr. Lin know that he still had followers?"
Fu Li responded with a smile: "Let me explain to Mr. Lin. The black silk robe this man is wearing is the finest Su silk. Each piece costs over a hundred yuan. The two rings on his hands are inlaid with cat's-eye gemstones." and rubies are also valuable. As for the pair of calfskin boots on his feet, if I read correctly, they are an in-house special product produced by Tiandu Bootmaking Workshop. They are not easily available on the market. They are worth about 100%. It’s nearly a thousand dollars. People who are willing to spend so much money to dress themselves don’t have much money. What does it mean?”
Huang Tongyang frowned and said: "Either this person is strong on the outside and relies on his clothes to maintain his face, or... he has followers around him, so he doesn't need to pay for things out of his own pocket?"
Fu Li nodded and said: "Looking at his appearance, he should be a wealthy businessman from Persia. This kind of person is very particular about ostentation when going out. It is very common to bring a few followers with him. But this man drowned at the seaside, and there was no him nearby. This is a bit strange.”
"Maybe they just got separated after drinking." Huang Tongyang tried to explain this situation, but regretted it after he finished speaking. His explanation was too far-fetched. Although he was a little unconvinced, he had to admit that Lin Nan and Fu Li had a much more vicious vision than him. Although he also noticed the man's clothes, his origin and specific value were not as high as those of these two. People can see clearly. And in making inferences based on what he saw, he couldn't compare to these two specially trained people.
Sure enough, Fu Li immediately retorted: "If they are separated, the entourage will definitely search nearby repeatedly. If they can't find it all night, they should report to the official. And now neither Victory Fort nor you have received relevant news. , it means that he either did not bring his entourage, or the entourage knew about it and did not report it. If it is the latter, it would be interesting.”
Lin Nan turned to look north and said, "Have you sent someone to the Landscape Avenue to inquire about the restaurant?"
Huang Tongyang said with a look of embarrassment: "I have limited manpower, so I have sent a few people to a nearby hotel to check where this person is staying, but I didn't have time to check where this person drank last night."
Lin Nan nodded and said: "That's true. It looks like he was drunk and drowned. It is right to go directly to the place of residence to verify his identity."
During the conversation between the three of them, Zuo Zuo had completed the basic inspection and stood up and replied: "Based on the degree of rigor mortis and the spots on the corpse, it can be inferred that the death should have occurred before midnight today and after noon yesterday. However, the temperature of the corpse dropped due to being soaked in water. It will accelerate the formation of rigor mortis, so a more accurate time of death may require an autopsy to examine the degree of food digestion in the stomach. No obvious trauma has been found on the body, and specific examinations need to be carried out in the morgue."
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In broad daylight, it was naturally inconvenient to strip the body naked on the pier and examine it slowly. It seemed that this was all he could do at the moment. Huang Tongyang was anxious to settle the case quickly so that he could prepare to receive immigrants, so he asked: "Can the cause of death of drunkenness and drowning be determined?"
The man frowned and hesitated for a moment before responding: "The cause of death... may not be confirmed to be drowning."
"Oh? What evidence is there?" Fu Li asked immediately after hearing this.
Wu Zuo responded: "There are traces of drowning before death. For example, a drowning person will swallow a large amount of drowning fluid due to struggle, which will cause obvious swelling of both lungs, and a large amount of white foam will form around the mouth and nose due to poor breathing. These two None of these obvious external symptoms were seen on this corpse. In addition, there were many aquatic plants and kelp floating on the water on the shore of the pier, but no aquatic plants were found on this man's hands, mouth and nose. It doesn't look like he struggled after drowning. "You mean... it's possible that the body was thrown away after death to pretend to be drowned?" Huang Tongyang asked in disbelief. There were quite a few people who drowned near here in the past. This was the first time he heard that the people who died in the sea might be a homicide.
Wu Zuo responded: "I am just judging from the appearance of the corpse. If you want a more definite conclusion, you still need to conduct an autopsy on the corpse. Whether it was drowned or not, you will know when you look at the internal organs."
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Fu Li frowned and said: "If you want to do an autopsy, the local morgue does not have the corresponding conditions, so you have to send it to Victory Port Central Hospital."
Wu Zuo nodded and said: "The work of anatomy has always been the responsibility of Mr. Yue and his students in the hospital. I have been fortunate enough to assist him several times. This knowledge related to drowning was originally taught by Mr. Yue."< br>
The "date" that Wu Zuo mentioned was Johnson, the Minister of Health and Director of Victory Port Central Hospital. There are only a few professional medical staff among the time travellers. Apart from nurses like Zhao Xiaoruo and Wu Qiao, the only professional doctors are Johnson and Morgan. As the chief sniper instructor of the military, Old Morgan had relatively little time in health and medical institutions, and only Johnson had the time to take up this area of work. In addition to daily medical work, he also undertakes most of the related teaching tasks. Even the advanced training of the officers under the Ministry of Justice are arranged to study under him.
However, the autopsy of this corpse could not be carried out immediately. Considering that his foreign status was quite special, Fu Li and Lin Nan discussed it and decided to spend some time to confirm his specific identity first, and it would be best to find his family members. or companions, and then collect relevant evidence. After making the decision, they asked people to transport the body to a nearby morgue for parking, and then returned to the police station with Huang Tongyang to prepare to continue investigating the case.
People sent by Huang Tongyang to nearby hotels came back one after another, but they all found nothing. Fu Li decided to expand the scope of reconnaissance because he knew that there were also many foreign businessmen stationed in Sanya Port, and the docks in the local port area were also based on the requirements of businessmen from various countries. It needs to be divided into certain areas. If you go there and look for it, you may get new results. So Huang Tongyang issued an application for assisted investigation and had him sent to the police station in Sanya Port District.
That afternoon, there was an echo from Sanya. It was said that a Persian businessman who arrived in Hong Kong three days ago did not return home all night. His subordinates only noticed that something was wrong when they discovered that the owner had not left the room at noon today. . The physical characteristics of the missing persons he described were basically consistent with the floating corpses found at the Port of Victory Pier. The identity could be determined only by his subordinates identifying the corpses.
"The man's subordinates said that he did not tell where he was going when he went out, nor did he let anyone else follow him." Huang Tongyang reported to Fu Li and Lin Nanhui: "Judging from what his subordinates said, this kind of behavior of acting alone, It is indeed somewhat inconsistent with his usual habits.”
Lin Nan lowered his head after reading the confession materials just sent from the Sanya Port Police Station. He shook his head slightly and said, "The confessions recorded at this police station are also unclear. Where were his subordinates last night? Are they there?" The evidence present was not mentioned above.”
Fu Li responded: "It doesn't matter. Several subordinates have been sent over there to identify the body. They will be brought here when they are finished. We can also ask clearly in person."
Sure enough, more than an hour later, several crew members were sent to the Victory Port Police Station, and it was confirmed that the deceased was their employer, Persian businessman Hassan. In order to prevent these people from colluding in confessions, Fu Li, Lin Nan, and Huang Tongyang took them to separate rooms for careful questioning. However, there were two guys who were Persians who couldn't speak Chinese. Because of the language barrier, the interrogation was quite troublesome.
After the interrogation was over, the three gathered together again to summarize the information they had.
"These people claimed that Hassan gave them a day off when he went out, so they all went to a tavern near the port area to drink together last night and did not return to the hotel until midnight." Fu Li spoke first: "These people They testified to each other that no one left during the drinking period. In addition, they also pointed out that the owner of the tavern could also serve as their witness.”
Lin Nan continued: "If the people in the tavern can prove the time they appeared, then the possibility that one or several of them returned to the hotel after drinking and attacked Hassan should not be established. From the fact that Hassan and others The distance from the hotel where we stayed to the dock where we found the body was almost ten miles, and there was no transportation available at night. There was also a checkpoint on the Yulin Peninsula. It was impossible for them to kill Hassan at Sanya Port and then move it there overnight. Come to Port Victory to dump the corpse.”
Huang Tongyang responded: "Then this is equivalent to clearing the suspicion of his subordinates?"
"That's not necessarily the case." Fu Li's thinking was obviously much quicker, and he immediately shook his head and said: "If they start during the day, try to transport the body here, throw it into the sea when no one is prepared, and then return to Sanya at night It is theoretically possible to show up in Hong Kong. To clear their suspicions, the approximate time and cause of death of Hassan must first be determined through an autopsy.”
It must be said that Johnson's work efficiency is quite high. Before nightfall, he sent someone to deliver an autopsy report. Fu Li flipped through the pages for a moment and sighed: "This is indeed not an accident, but a murder!"
The autopsy report made it clear that no water-induced emphysema, internal foam, or drowning phenomena that would occur in drowning were found in the corpse's respiratory tract and lungs, and no foreign matter such as water plants was found in the mouth, stomach, and duodenum. However, there was obvious congestion in his internal organs. This was a sign that the body was suffocated and lacked oxygen, which caused the spleen organ to contract and discharge blood and enhance its oxygen-carrying capacity. Judging from the digestion in the stomach, the time of death should be between 6 pm and midnight, and the deceased must have eaten a sumptuous meal before death. Johnson directly suggested starting the investigation from nearby hotels and restaurants.
"There are no obvious external injuries on the body, and death from suffocation is not drowning." Fu Li summarized the conclusion of the autopsy report word for word: "This is a case of murder and body dumping!"
(End of chapter)