Before long, news of the death in the woods of Orange Gully spread like wildfire throughout the Hongqi Factory.
Because Sun Kai and Wang Youpeng had already leaked the news when they came out of the trees, there were already more than a dozen people standing near Liu Han's body when the security department and the police investigation team arrived at the scene.
These people included factory workers and nearby villagers, but none of them dared to approach the deceased.
Liang Damin was a veteran who had served as the head of the security department for several years and was quite familiar with the police officers.
He cleared his throat and then shouted loudly to the onlookers, employees, and villagers:
"Go back, go back, go back! What's so interesting about a dead body? Haven't you ever seen a dead body before? There are police officers investigating here. Don't crowd around and interfere with their investigation. The employees of Hongqi Factory should lead the way."
After Liang Damin said this, many employees and villagers gradually dispersed.
A few curious people still stood at a distance, looking in this direction.
After the police conducted an on-site investigation and took photos, Liang Damin instructed two of his security personnel to cover Liu Han's body with a pre-prepared white cloth and then carry it out of the woods.
The body was taken to the ambulance.
The driver started the vehicle and drove directly to the Hongqi Factory.
After Liang Damin and the police officers discussed the matter, the jeep and the ambulance drove to the factory clinic and placed Liu Han's body in the morgue.
In 1977, air conditioning was not yet widespread. The offices of the Party Secretary and Factory Director of the Red Flag Factory only had oscillating electric fans, and it was even more impossible to install air conditioning in the infirmary and morgue.
At Shao Jian's request, Liang Damin arranged for security personnel to get a lot of ice from the factory canteen's ice storage room. They simply embedded it around Liu Han's body and arranged for two floor fans to fan it from the front and back to keep the body from decomposing and smelling bad temporarily.
After all, it's summer. If the body were placed in a normal room, it would definitely start to smell bad within half a day, and flies would swarm around it.
Since the deceased's identity has not yet been confirmed and the cause of death has not been determined, the public security authorities naturally cannot arrange for the body to be disposed of carelessly.
Meanwhile, Liang Damin arranged for people to handle Liu Han's body, while the public security bureau held an emergency meeting in a conference room next to the infirmary.
The meeting was chaired by Shao Jian, the head of the investigation team.
They summoned the complainants, Sun Kai and Wang Youpeng, to the scene and listened to their reports.
They were then arranged to leave the meeting room, and the police officers present at the scene gave a report on their investigation.
Taking into account all the circumstances, Shao Jian made several points of explanation.
"First, the preliminary assessment is that the deceased did not die of natural causes, but was murdered."
"Secondly, the on-site investigation revealed no signs of a struggle, suggesting that the deceased and the perpetrator were likely acquaintances. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the deceased was killed by a sneak attack."
"Third, immediately arrange for a forensic doctor to come and examine the body to determine the cause of death. Although there is ice to temporarily treat the body in the summer, we must find out the cause of death as soon as possible and carry out the subsequent treatment of the body."
"Fourth, the deceased was wearing a Hongqi Factory uniform. We need to confirm as soon as possible whether he was a long-time employee of Hongqi Factory. If he was, we need to notify his family immediately, investigate the specific circumstances of the deceased, and re-examine his file."
At this point, Shao Jian seemed to remember something and looked at Liang Damin.
"Liang Ke, Comrade Liang Damin, when we were reviewing the personal files of your factory's employees, we discovered that Dr. Wei Hong from your clinic used to work as a forensic doctor. Why don't we have Dr. Wei Hong examine the cause of death first? The forensic doctor sent by the Municipal Bureau might not arrive for a while. Besides, I've read about Wei Hong's background; she worked as a forensic doctor at the Municipal Bureau in Lanzhou, so she must have a wealth of experience."
Liang Damin was also aware that Wei Hong had worked as a forensic doctor.
Since the investigation team leader made such a request, Liang Damin naturally couldn't refuse, so he immediately got up and agreed to contact Wei Hong.
"Director Shao, no problem, I'll arrange it right away."
After saying this, Liang Damin turned and left the meeting room, going directly to Wei Hong.
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