Outside the farmhouse!
The police officers were all shocked when they heard the forensic doctor's description.
"Female corpse?"
"Holy crap, what are leatherworkers doing freezing women's bones?"
"Could it be that the corpse is the leatherworker's girlfriend?"
…
“It’s possible!”
The young forensic doctor nodded:
“At first, we were also confused as to why the leatherworkers kept the broken bones in the refrigerator.
It turned out that the corpse was very special.
When we say "broken bones", we don't mean that the bones are chopped into small pieces like the steak and lamb legs we usually eat.
Instead, the bones were scattered and separated into pieces.
But every bone was intact and none of them had been cut.
Moreover, the bones showed signs of being steamed for a long time.
In the softer areas of the bone plaque, we also found...tooth marks.
After research at our forensic office, we all agreed that the tooth marks came from humans.
And they were male teeth marks!"
The police officers, who were already surprised, instantly showed expressions of horror.
Shao Ming quickly asked:
"Forensic Doctor Zhang, you mean that those female bones might have originally had flesh on them.
But it was steamed!
And it was eaten by a man?"
Forensic Doctor Zhang nodded: "That's right!
At first, we didn't understand why the murderer did this.
I also don't understand why leather workers need to keep their skeletons intact?
And why save these bones instead of just throwing them away?
It wasn't until I heard Teacher Liu Huiming's question just now that I realized what was happening.
Forensic Doctor Zhang looked at Liu Huiming:
"Teacher Liu, I estimate that the corpse is most likely the leatherworker's girlfriend.
It's not like the leatherworker didn't leave any of his lover's belongings behind.
He left behind the most important thing, the remains of his lover!"
As a criminal profiler, Liu Huiming was accustomed to seeing brutal serial killers, but at this moment, his scalp still tingled:
“That… makes sense!
After all, the bones are directly related to the deceased and are definitely more commemorative than clothing, jewelry and other items.
Even ordinary people will keep some of their loved ones' ashes and carry them with them.
The Leatherworker, as a serial killer, is a bit more extreme.
Not only does he treasure his lover's bones, he also eats their flesh and blood..."
Liu Huiming sorted out his thoughts and regained his composure.
"This anti-human behavior proves that my previous profile of the leatherworker was correct.
The leatherworker's obsession, persistence and reluctance to let go of his lover are beyond our imagination.
He only recognizes this one lover in his life!
Gnawing on flesh and blood and making it a part of oneself, in the eyes of leatherworkers, perhaps it is a feeling of becoming one with the dead.
It was precisely because of this paranoia that he suffered a major blow and developed mental problems after his lover's death.
This is what I said before, the death of a lover is the trigger for the leatherworker to become a serial killer! "
The police officers nodded repeatedly, feeling that Liu Huiming's autopsy conclusions and the case facts could corroborate each other.
Xu Xinyi was puzzled.
“However, since the lover is so important to the leather maker, the leather maker also anticipated that the police might find this farmhouse.
Normally, he should take the remains away and not leave them here, right?"
“Good question!”
Liu Huiming looked at Xu Xinyi with a smile:
“This question can also be asked in another way.
Since the bones are so important to the leatherworker, why didn't he take them away?
What does this abnormality indicate?"
The police officers around frowned slightly.
Everyone had a hunch that this issue was very important, perhaps involving the core of the case and even affecting subsequent investigations.
Xiong Beibei scratched his head: "Because the leatherworker found a better substitute for the lover?
It's like a child playing with toys.
He may have liked a crane very much and couldn't let it go, and would not let his friends touch it.
But when someone gave him a transforming truck man, he immediately fell in love with someone else.
Throw away the crane and fall in love with the transforming truck instead!"
“That’s right!”
Liu Huiming snapped his fingers at Xiong Beibei and said with a smile:
"That's why the leatherworkers should have found a better lover substitute than corpses.
So the question now is, what is the replacement?"
This time, the police officers fell silent.
Liu Huiming reminded:
"Do you remember what I said before? This case needs to be investigated urgently because the Leatherworker is about to carry out a grand plan he has been planning for years?"
Shao Ming was shocked:
"Teacher Liu, are you saying that the Leatherworker's plan is related to his lover?"
“That’s right!”
Liu Huiming nodded heavily:
"I suspect the leatherworker wants to 'resurrect' his lover..."
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