Late Night Murder Case (I)
In the dark night, there was no other sound except the chirping of insects. Mosquitoes were flying lonely in the air, searching for food aimlessly.
There was a sound of footsteps, which seemed abrupt and strange in the middle of the night.
The man was dressed in black, and even though it was a summer night, he wore a cloak that covered his entire head and face. He was carrying a black cloth bag on his shoulder, the contents of which seemed very heavy, and the man's body was slightly tilted.
There was a dilapidated house at the end of the road. The man went in and put the cloth bag on the ground. He squatted down, untied the cloth bag, and revealed a terrified face.
It was a handsome man with his mouth sealed with tape, his hair a little messy, and his hands and feet tied.
He was speaking in a sob, but no one could understand what he was saying.
Fear grew in his eyes as he watched the cloaked man approaching. He wanted to escape and hide, but there was a concrete wall behind him, there was nowhere to escape or hide.
The cloaked man squatted in front of him. He saw his face and his eyes widened instantly. There was hatred and understanding in his fear.
The cloaked man stretched out his hand, grabbed his throat, and laughed strangely as he watched him struggle in vain. Suddenly, the cloaked man let go, and the man's throat gurgled. He guessed that he wanted to cough and breathe, but his mouth was sealed and he couldn't do what he wanted to do.
The man in the cloak took out a knife from his pocket, a very thin knife. He showed it to him and lightly scratched the back of his hand with the thin knife. Before he felt any pain, blood had already flowed out.
"Woo woo!" The tied man's eyes were filled with hatred.
The cloaked man laughed. "Death is a pleasant thing. I will let you experience it slowly."
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The Second Detachment is always filled with the smell of breakfast in the early morning, and a bunch of men like to buy breakfast and bring it to the team to eat. There are many varieties of food, such as steamed buns, soy milk, fried dough sticks and millet porridge.
Qi Jiabao held the buns, touched Yang Dawei's arm, and pointed to Gu Fang's office, "Every day is different. Wow, you are worthy of being Captain Gu."
"If you were half as capable as Captain Gu, someone would buy you breakfast, too."
"Then he has to have Captain Gu's appearance. With Captain Gu's looks, which woman wouldn't be confused?"
"Ha ha……"
Everyone laughed.
The door of an office was suddenly opened, and a bright-looking female police officer came out, with her hands on her hips, and shouted, "Shut up, Captain Gu didn't let me bring breakfast because you guys teased him every day."
"He doesn't allow it, but we do, right everyone?"
"Yes, look at our Jiabao and Qiu Ming, they are both good guys, there are plenty of beautiful women in the world."
Qi Jiabao, who was drinking soy milk, spit out, "Don't take me with you. I want to build a career first and then start a family." Qiu Ming said in a deep voice: "Don't take me with you either."
"Well, the topic is boring again." As soon as Jiang Shengyu finished speaking, Ran Lili exploded, "You want it, but I don't care. You are no match for Captain Gu. You have no looks, no height, and no ability..."
When everyone saw that Ran Lili was about to speak again, they all laughed and went back to work.
Yang Dawei glanced at Jiang Shengyu and said, "Speak less in the future."
"I'm used to it. I feel uncomfortable if I don't make some jokes every day, haha."
Yang Dawei was helpless and was about to look after the old case files that had been distributed to him. Gu Fanghuo came in in a hurry, "Go to the scene, there's a murder in Chang'an Hutong! I'm going to call forensic doctor Bao."
He rushed to the forensic department again and said, "Forensic Doctor Bao, there's a murder case. Let's go now. Pack up and we'll tell you about the case on the way."
Shen Xingyan raised her head, and Gu Fang pointed at her and said, "Take Xiao Shen with you."
He Li's heart skipped a beat and he went to see Bao Wu. Bao Wu said, "Go ahead and gain some experience."
On the way, Gu Fang introduced the case. The deceased was found by someone who was collecting waste. According to the scrap collector, there is an abandoned house there and few people go there. He usually puts the scrap he picks up there and sells them together when he has collected enough. He hadn't been there for two days, and this morning someone was found dead inside.
The scene had been cordoned off, and Gu Fang and his team lifted the cordon and went in.
Before he walked in, he smelled a bloody smell. Shen Xingyan wrinkled his nose. How much blood would have to be shed to produce such a strong smell.
When they saw the scene, everyone gasped.
The entire floor of the room was covered with blood, like a sea of blood. The deceased was sitting against the wall, his lower body soaked in blood.
Except for an open space about two meters around the deceased, the rest of the space was piled with a lot of debris, such as cardboard boxes, scrap iron sheets, glass bottles, etc., which were also soaked in blood.
Everyone looked solemn, put on shoe covers and gloves, and went in carefully.
The blood on the deceased's body had already coagulated and his clothes were soaked with blood, making it impossible to distinguish their original color. There were dozens of wounds of varying sizes all over his body, but none of them were fatal. He bled to death.
What is shocking is that the deceased's face was destroyed and bloody.
Gu Fang's scalp tingled. Another person was disfigured. Was the murderer the same one he had read in the file a few days ago?
In order to test Shen Xingyan and He Li, Bao Wu asked them to examine the body first.
He Lidao: "The deceased had a blunt force injury on the back of his head, and had been hit on the head. He had been strangled before his death, and there were strangulation marks on his neck. His wrists and ankles had been tied, and there were also strangulation marks. Judging from the rigor mortis, the deceased died between 3 and 5 this morning.
There were no other wounds on his body except the knife wounds. The cause of death was shock due to excessive blood loss... The murder weapon was a single-edged knife. ”
Bao Wu looked at Shen Xingyan, "Do you have anything to add?"
"Although the victim died between 3 and 5 this morning, the murderer must have committed the crime earlier. It takes time for the blood to dry up. I speculate that it was between 11 o'clock last night and 1 o'clock in the morning. The murder weapon was a single-edged knife, very thin and sharp, similar to... a scalpel."
Gu Fang raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Xingyan inquiringly.
Bao Wu nodded and looked at He Li. He Li lowered his head. He forgot that it would take time for the blood to dry. Bao Wu secretly sighed and said to Shen Xingyan: "Anything else?"
He Li looked up suddenly. Is there anything else?
Shen Xingyan said, "I have another guess. The murderer avoided fatal areas with each of his sword strikes, which shows that he is very familiar with the structure of the human body. Only painters, doctors, and..." She paused and said, "Forensic doctors."
Bao Wu snorted, "You've already learned to show off at such a young age. Do you need me to tell you this?"
Shen Xingyan pouted and said, "I told you it was just speculation."
Gu Fang waved his hand, "What she said makes sense, Old Bao, please don't embarrass the girl. When handling a case, we should pool our wisdom."
Bao Wu's expression eased a little, "We'll have to wait for the autopsy report to come out for details."
The body was carried to the autopsy room, and Gu Fang went to do the visit and look for the source of the body.
Because the face was damaged, finding the body was not easy. Apart from a birthmark on the right shoulder blade, there were no other identifiable features on the deceased's body.
Because the scene was damaged, no useful information could be extracted. We also checked the cameras along the street and found no suspicious persons or vehicles between 11pm last night and 1am this morning. Moreover, Chang'an Hutong was originally an abandoned place, so the task of finding witnesses was almost zero.
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Bao Wu dissected the corpse himself, while Shen Xingyan and He Li observed, learned and took notes.
The deceased was 175cm tall, well-proportioned, with smoother muscle lines than those of the average man. The fingers are long, the nails of all ten fingers are trimmed neatly and of uniform length, and the toenails are also trimmed neatly. The teeth are white, free of tartar and stains.
There was very little residue in the stomach contents, and death occurred about four hours after eating.
The clothes he was wearing were identified as new summer models of the P brand and were quite expensive.
Shen Xingyan kept sniffing, and she even got close to the corpse to smell it, "Director, do you smell a fragrance? The deceased must have sprayed perfume when he was alive."
Bao Wu went to smell it and indeed smelled a very faint fragrance.
A man who wears perfume, takes strict care of his body, and dresses elegantly.
Gu Fang came in to get the autopsy report. When he heard the word "perfume", his brows furrowed. "A man spraying perfume? This information can greatly narrow the scope of investigation." He took the report and looked at it. "It seems that our investigation direction is wrong. At least we have to start from the middle class."
Shen Xingyan pondered, "His clothes are new summer models, and there shouldn't be many of this brand in Nanfu City. As long as I find the purchase record at that time and compare it with the record of purchasing perfume, I should be able to..."
Gu Fang snapped his fingers. "Yes, the investigation is clear. It would be even better if you could smell which perfume it is."
"I don't know much about perfume, so why not go to the perfume section of the mall and look for it? There probably aren't many men's perfumes there."
"Okay, I'll leave this task to you. I'll send you an assistant."
"But I..."
"You're the only one who knows what perfume smells like. The men under me don't have such a careful eye. Besides, solving cases is also one of the duties of a forensic doctor, right, Old Bao?"
Bao Wu nodded, "Xiao Shen, you go ahead. He Li and I will finish it."
Shen Xingyan followed Gu Fang to the Second Detachment. Qi Jiabao volunteered to investigate the case, saying that he had not been to the scene and that he must be taken along this time. Gu Fang waved his hand and asked him to be in the same team with Shen Xingyan.
Shen Xingyan was speechless, "We are both newbies, are you at ease?"
Gu Fang smiled and urged them to go, hurrying up for the investigation.
Qi Jiabao raised his hand and said, "There are so many shopping malls in Nanfu City, can't we look for them one by one?"
Gu Fang was still smiling, "Ask your sister Xiao Shen."
Shen Xingyan raised the corners of her mouth and imitated his smiling expression, "Are the girls in the bar pretty? Are you reluctant to leave, Captain Gu?"
Qi Jiabao's eyes widened. "Captain Gu, are you hanging out at a bar?"
Gu Fang glared at Shen Xingyan and said, "Don't listen to Xiao Shen's nonsense."
Shen Xingyan curled her lips, turned around and walked out.
Qi Jiabao quickly caught up and shouted to Gu Fang: "Captain Gu, take me to the bar after the case is solved."
Gu Fang looked up at the sky and thought, why go to a bar? Good men never go to bars. After walking a few steps, he felt a burning gaze behind him. He turned around and met Ran Lili's resentful eyes. His heart skipped a beat and he shouted, "Dawei, Xiaojiang, Lao Wen, it's time to go. Qiu Ming stays behind to look after the house. Hurry up, take action, the victim is waiting for us!"
Qi Jiabao asked Shen Xingyan curiously, "How did you know that Captain Gu went to the bar?"
"He smelled like a woman, alcohol, and cigarettes, and there was lipstick on his collar. Where else could he be but a bar?"
"You are amazing. No wonder Captain Gu wants to transfer you here. I want to learn from you. But which mall should we go to first?"
"Baoli Bay." It's closest to Chang'an Hutong, maybe there will be some discoveries there.
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