Chapter 394： Confirm the identity of the deceased

Today, it is raining heavily.

Since June, not only has the temperature in Liancheng increased, but the rainfall has also gradually increased.

Especially in the second half of June, it rained almost every day in Liancheng.

From the 26th to the present, it has been raining continuously.

It was not until noon today that the rain eased a little, and a long-lost sunny day appeared.

At 1:18 noon, Chen Yan arrived at the scene.

The location where the suspected body was found was in the northern suburbs of the Liancheng Ring Road.

This is Liancheng's key livelihood project in recent years.

This year, Liancheng's economy has developed rapidly and its population has risen rapidly.

Liancheng is surrounded by the sea to the south and east, and its city is close to the west.

There are development restrictions in all three directions, so Liancheng can only develop northward.

The ring road passing through the northern suburbs is the most important infrastructure construction for the development of Liancheng to the north.

The ring road in the northern suburb of Liancheng and the existing transportation network of Liancheng are all connected.

A circular traffic network is built around Liancheng, which can provide a good traffic foundation for the future development of the north of the city.

Li Yun, the captain of the fourth detective team, has arrived at the scene.

"Deputy Captain Chen, it was a nearby resident who reported the case."

Li Yun and Chen Yan have been in contact and have handled cases together, and they are very clear about Chen Yan's character.

So there is no politeness, just report the case directly.

"At 12.08pm, a nearby resident drove by and saw a shoe when he got out of the car to urinate nearby."

"It wasn't noticed at first, but after the resident urinated, he found another shoe on his way back to the car."

"Afterwards, the residents who reported the case found objects suspected of human feet under a collapsed road base nearby, and immediately reported the case."

The road where the incident occurred was built near the mountain, and on the right was a hill about 20 meters high.

On the left is the drain.

The road is a two-way eight-lane road, which was opened to traffic only three months ago.

At this moment, half of the driveway has collapsed on the side near the drain.

More than a dozen detectives are busy on the edge of the collapsed roadbed.

"After our people arrived, it was confirmed that what the reporter found was human feet. Now our detectives are excavating the scene."

Chen Yan frowned and listened to Li Yun's report, and also came to the edge of the collapsed roadbed.

The highway is a two-way eight-lane road, and it just opened to traffic three months ago, and the traffic flow is not very large, so even if half a lane of the road collapses, it still does not affect the passing vehicles.

In the collapsed roadbed, several detectives were carefully cleaning up the soil with shovels.

At this moment, the lower body of the corpse has been exposed.

Detectives are excavating the upper body.

Although there were no people living near the crime site, there were three villages nearby. At this moment, the cordon was already crowded with people watching the fun.

"Look, I said that this road is not good, and it will collapse after a heavy rain..."

"What's wrong with the road collapse, you're dead if you don't see it?"

"Tofu dregs project, what counts as how many people die?"

The surrounding people were constantly discussing and pointing at the location of the crime.

A lot of people are whispering.

Although it is far away, Chen Yan can still hear some.

There's no way this kind of thing.

The cordon can never be pulled out for a few kilometers.

The spectators have been driven away several times.

The people said to see, no one can do it.

Moreover, maybe these people will be required to cooperate in some investigations.

For example, the quality of this road.

A highway has just been opened to traffic for three months, but under a heavy rain, half of the roadway collapsed.

To say that this project has passed the test, Chen Yan himself does not believe it.

If Chen Yan remembered correctly, this road has been continuously repaired for more than two years.

Some of the workers who built the road at that time came from nearby villagers to work here, so these people must know some details about the construction of this road.

At the scene, Chen Yan opened the olfactory gene lock as usual.

This road opened to traffic three months ago, which means that the body was buried under the roadbed, and it has been at least three months.

For more than three months, the corpse was not long enough to be completely decomposed.

However, May and June are the high temperature seasons in Liancheng.

The body is buried under the asphalt, and the temperature will only be higher.

The degree of corruption of the corpse was very serious. In the foundation pit, Chen Yan could even see a lot of maggots crawling.

The detective in charge of exhuming the body, although wearing a mask, could not stop the attack of the stench at all.

This is also the reason why people are not so close.

Within a radius of dozens of meters, there is a disgusting corpse odor.

Olfactory gene lock, no valuable information was obtained.

"Everyone, be careful not to damage the body during the excavation."

Li Yun commanded from the side.

This was a meticulous work, and it took three hours from the beginning of the excavation to the final removal of the body.

"Captain Li, first transport the body back to the team for autopsy, and then analyze the cause of death."

"Check the items at the scene carefully to see if there is anything that can prove the identity of the deceased."

"Yes!"

At 6:30 pm, all the on-site investigation work was completed.

The body is undergoing autopsy in the autopsy room, and all the items found in the roadbed have been cleaned up.

Although the body of the deceased is highly decomposed, the decomposing degree of the limbs is much lighter.

The deceased had obvious restrictive streaks on the wrists and ankles.

There were also obvious large patches of blood on his clothes.

At the same time, next to the dead body, a rusty dagger was also found.

The possibility of homicide is very high.

Chen Yan had already reported to the Liancheng Detective Team and the Liao Provincial Detective Team as soon as possible.

The case was taken over by the Major Crimes Unit.

Detective 4th Division meeting room.

Chen Yan organized the first case analysis meeting.

"Captain Li, probably report the basic situation."

"Yes!"

"At 12:08 noon today, the fourth team received a call to the police."

"Near the 69-kilometer road monument on the ring road in the northern suburbs, someone found a suspected body object."

"The 4th Detective Team rushed to the scene as soon as possible. Through on-site investigation, it was confirmed that the reporter found a body."

"After preliminary investigation, the deceased, male, was 178 years old and about 45 years old."

"The time of death is about 3 months, and the specific cause of death is unknown."

"However, at the scene, it was found that the deceased's wrists and ankles had restrictive streak marks, and there were marks of piercings with sharp weapons on the clothes."

"Beside the corpse, a rusty dagger was found."

"The preliminary conclusion is that this is a case of vicious murder and burial."

【Ding! The task of the strongest police training system is released. 】

[Detect the roadbed burial case, within a time limit of five days, complete the task, reward the skill mineral cognitive map, and cancel the task reward if it fails or expires. 】

Li Yun had just finished reporting, and Chen Yan's mind also sounded the system task prompt.

Looking around, Chen Yan began to arrange the next stage of work.

"First, confirming the identity of the deceased is the top priority."

"At the crime scene, we did not find any items that could directly identify the deceased."

ID cards, mobile phones, and other things that contained the identity of the deceased were not found.

However, the scene was not for nothing.

At the scene, there were the watch of the deceased and a string of bracelets.

In addition to this, several checks were found in the right pocket of the deceased's pants.

However, the checks are all blank and have no other information.

"However, the watch worn by the deceased is an authentic Skyhawk watch."

"Although Tianying watches are not big luxury goods, they have a long history in China, and there are regular brand stores in Liancheng."

"The watch worn by the deceased should have a sales record. Check it to see if the identity of the deceased can be found through the sales record."

Also, the clothes of the dead.

White shirt, dark suit.

There are also brown leather shoes found by the informant.

Although they are not famous brands, both shoes and suits are genuine.

It is a popular dress brand in China.

A set of at least a few thousand dollars.

Ordinary people will not spend thousands of dollars on a suit.

It can be seen that the deceased should be a person with a certain identity and a certain social status.

"In addition, the DNA information of the deceased was extracted this morning and compared with the information in the missing persons database."

"Chaoyang, you are responsible for this matter."

"Yes!"

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In fact, Chen Yan had a hunch that the identity of the deceased should be better determined.

According to the dress of the other party, there should be a certain economic strength.

If such a person goes missing, it is impossible for the family not to report it.

Therefore, there is a high probability that the corresponding DNA information can be compared in the missing persons information database.

"Second, check the cheques in the deceased's pocket."

"The checks issued by the bank are all numbered. Check the numbers of these checks to see which company the bank issued them."

Most people don't have a check in their hands.

Querying these checks can help Chen Yan determine the identity of the deceased, and it can also be used for other purposes.

For example, if the check is for the deceased, it's okay, if not, who gave the check to the deceased?

"Wang Gang, follow up on this matter."

"Yes!"

"Third," Chen Yan looked at Li Yun, the captain of the fourth detective team: "Captain Li, the northern suburbs are the jurisdiction of your fourth team."

"You must be more familiar with some of the local conditions."

"Check the construction party in charge of the incident section of the Northern Suburb Ring Road. Who paved the road three months ago."

"Whoever digs the earth will pass the inspection and acceptance of the project."

"Also, contact the professional department to conduct quality inspections on the roads where the incident occurred."

"A newly built road that has only been used for three months, a heavy rain can wash away the roadbed!"

"Check! The deceased was killed, and it is very likely related to these."

"Yes!"

This inference, not only Chen Yan thinks so, everyone will think so.

Buried under the roadbed, the possibility of an accident is very small.

What's more, the deceased's body still has traces of injury.

Furthermore, the road surface of the crime scene is integrally formed.

There are no traces of repairs.

In this case, it means that the deceased was buried in the roadbed when the asphalt was laid in the final step of construction.

The construction of roads is different from other projects.

For example, when building a bridge, a pier is poured down, and a person in the middle accidentally falls, which is likely to cause an accident.

But roads are different.

Building a road is a one-meter-by-meter advance.

After the earthwork is finished, the inside should be leveled.

After that, a layer of clay, sand and gravel will be laid, and then it will be compacted by rolling.

When the asphalt was laid, it was actually very solid inside.

The construction of every meter of pavement has the participation of workers.

Why was the murderer able to bury a person in the roadbed?

If it wasn't done by insiders, it would be hell!

What's more, this road now looks like a tofu dregs project.

In the event of a murder, if they are due to infighting, the spoils are not evenly distributed.

Either the deceased is blocking someone's way of making money.

Fortunately, the road traffic is only three months.

Some equipment of the construction party has not been removed from the site.

In some places the traffic markings have not been drawn.

The project payment cannot be fully settled.

If these people really have a problem, no one can escape!

The first case analysis meeting ended quickly, and everyone left the conference room and began to advance the task at hand.

An hour later, Chen Yan got the autopsy report.

"Asphyxiation?"

"Yes," said Hu Fei, an autopsy detective from the 4th Detective Squad in charge of the autopsy.

"The immediate cause of death of the deceased was asphyxiation."

"However, the hyoid bone of the deceased was not fractured, ruling out the possibility of death by external force strangling the throat."

"Although the body of the deceased is highly decomposed, especially the chest and abdomen, the interior is basically completely decomposed."

"However, because the body was buried in the ground, the surface of some of the body did not decay rapidly."

"We found a lot of sharp tool scratches on the body of the deceased, but none of them were fatal."

"The deepest scar is under the right abdomen. There is a puncture wound, but the wound is not deep."

"It only pierced the skin of the abdomen, not the internal organs."

"We compared the thorn marks left on the skin and clothing from the daggers found around the deceased."

"After discovering that these were not fatal injuries, we carefully examined the mouth of the deceased."

"The teeth of the deceased were found to be falling out, and then, rose teeth were found!"

rose tooth?

Chen Yan frowned slightly.

The rose-tooth is the technical term in the autopsy.

Generally, teeth are white or yellowish.

However, in the process of suffocation and death, the capillaries inside the gums burst.

Blood soaks into the root of the tooth.

Usually invisible to the naked eye.

But after being soaked in alcohol, the roots of the teeth will appear rose-colored.

So, call it rose tooth.

This is one way of judging the death of the deceased by suffocation.

"Any other information?"

"Also," Hu Fei turned on the projection and continued to report: "We found multiple fracture marks on the deceased."

"Four ribs were fractured, caused by a heavy blow from outside."

"Five phalanges of the right hand are fractured, and the nails have fallen off."

"And the toes, the nails all fell off, and we found a toothpick inside the thumb!"

On the projection, there are photos of every detail mentioned by Hu Fei.

The more Chen Yan listened, the more solemn his face became.

Judging from these marks, the deceased was severely abused during his lifetime.

At the scene of the crime, Chen Yan had already found the wrist and ankle of the deceased, with strangulation marks.

However, because the hands and feet of the deceased were stained with mud, Chen Yan did not find any signs of broken nails or broken fingers.

When Hu Fei performed an autopsy, he carefully cleaned the body, so he found these details.

"in addition…"

Hu Fei looked at Chen Yan's ashen face, hesitant to speak.

As a detective specializing in autopsy, although Hu Fei has not done any major cases.

However, over the years, many bodies have been examined.

Even in the early years, he also participated in the investigation of a corpse case.

However, this was the first time Hu Fei had seen such a tragic corpse.

Just by looking at these scars, you can tell how much torture the deceased suffered during his lifetime.

"What else was found?"

Hu Fei paused: "In addition, we also found some traces of electric shock on the body of the deceased..."

At the scene of the crime, the deceased was wearing clothing, so many details were not found.

Only when an autopsy is done will it all be revealed.

Chen Yan exhaled a long breath: "Can you judge the way the deceased died by suffocation?"

"This high probability is death by water suffocation."

"We found a large amount of fluid in the mouth and nose of the deceased."

"And in the remaining lungs, fluid was also found."

"So it is very likely that the deceased was immersed in water by the murderer, resulting in suffocation, or covering his face, mouth and nose with a wet towel, etc., which eventually led to death."

Drowning and drowning are not the same.

The hallmark of drowning is the presence of large amounts of fluid in the deceased's stomach.

However, death by immersion is not the case.

Died by immersion in water, because the deceased was head down and the body was outside the water, so little water would be swallowed into the stomach.

It shows the characteristics of suffocation death.

Or, as Hu Fei said.

Since the murderer abused the deceased, it is very likely that the deceased may suffocate by covering the face with a wet towel.

Of course, using the term abuse may not be accurate.

Chen Yan believes that the word torture will be more accurate!

three hours later.

Zhang Chaoyang brought good news.

The DNA information of the deceased was successfully compared in the missing persons database!

Zhang Guoliang, male, 45 years old, supervisor of Liancheng Tiancheng Engineering Supervision Company.

Three months ago, Zhang Guoliang's family reported missing!