Chapter 72 Chapter 72 The white jaw beneath the dark red flesh...
The high summer temperature evaporated an indescribable fishy smell in the air, and mosquitoes were flying among the bushes. Before getting close to the scene, I could hear the noisy barking of dogs in the distance.
Ji Yinhe opened his eyes wide and looked out silently.
Although this area belongs to the Longfan District, it borders a township and is sparsely populated. It is very desolate, with a few courtyards scattered around. The dogs tied at the door are all fat and strong, staring at every passerby and stray animals trying to beg for food.
"...It's indeed a good place to dump a body." Ji Yinhe returned his gaze to the file in his hand. "Have the forensic doctor and the physical evidence arrived?"
"Here I am." The Grand Cherokee slid smoothly into the shade of a tree. Lu Zheng pulled the handbrake and handed her a newsboy cap.
“……?” Ji Yinhe blinked.
"Sunbathe." Lu Zheng uttered the word calmly.
"oh--"
Ji Yinhe thought that she looked fine from the outside, and she wasn't that delicate...
But since she had taken the hat, she still put it on her head honestly.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I got off the car, the golden sunlight covered me directly.
Maybe it’s because the car window was covered with film, so the temperature doesn’t seem high.
If it weren't for the brim of her hat, she probably wouldn't even be able to open her eyes.
"Thank you..." Comrade Xiao Ji said to Lu Zheng sincerely, and then immediately walked towards the scene.
Behind the cordon made of hemp rope, a dozen or so technical detectives were holding up their Seagull cameras and taking pictures around a place.
Through the layers of backs, you can still see the bloody corpse on the ground, surrounded by flies.
Beneath the dark red and muddy yellow mucus, a bare white jawbone was exposed, like a crumpled rag doll, without any trace of a human being.
Even though he had seen corpses so many times, and even last time they were just scattered body parts, Ji Yinhe had never felt so disgusted.
The delicate eyebrows suddenly frowned.
Xiao Xie, the forensic assistant under Lu Xiaoyan, saw them and hurried over to report the situation.
"Teacher Lu, Officer Ji, the deceased is a female, approximately 20 to 30 years old. She has been dead for more than 24 hours, but the murderer dropped her off here, probably last night."
Lu Zheng hummed and nodded, "Can you tell what caused the deaths? And what about those stray cats and dogs?"
Ji Yinhe looked around and saw a few cats scattered among the bushes, still looking at this side furtively.
"There were two injuries on the head. They were probably caused by external force hitting the head, resulting in scalp contusion, skull comminuted fracture, and open head injury and death." Xiao Xie led them closer and pointed out the fatal wound on the head first.
Lu Zheng studied it for a moment. "A wooden stick with a round or quasi-round flat surface can cause this kind of damage."
Ji Yinhe quickly wrote down his words, while Xiao Xie took the hand of the deceased again.
There was still a little amber-colored unknown substance remaining on the rotten flesh and blood, which gave off a strong fragrance.
"The murderer carefully prepared the gravy and smeared it on the victim's face and hands," Xiao Xie explained. "The location was obviously carefully chosen, as it was a gathering place for stray animals. So after just one night, the victim was devoured to such an extent that even his identity cannot be confirmed."
"Okay." Lu Zheng nodded and took out gloves and a mask.
Ji Yinhe took the equipment from his hand, put it on carefully, squatted on the ground and began to search the dead man's shirt and trouser pockets.
Xiao Xie scratched his head, "Well... we haven't found anything on the deceased that can prove his identity."
"..." Ji Yinhe tilted her head and looked up at Lu Zheng and Xiao Xie. "The stripes on the deceased's shirt, and the bow tie at the collar...do they look familiar?"
"It looks a bit like... a flight attendant uniform?" Lu Zheng narrowed his eyes. "But there are so many airlines flying to Jingzhou, so the range is huge..."
"Hey!" Xiao Xie clapped his hands suddenly. "My sister just took a flight last week and brought me back a magazine. It was full of people wearing these stripes..."
Ji Yinhe quickly asked: "Do you remember which civil aviation company dressed like this?"
"I don't remember..." Xiao Xie shook his head, "I just flipped through it and didn't look at it carefully!"
Ji Yinhe stood up and looked around, not knowing what he was looking at. Lu Zheng checked the body again, making sure there was nothing missing, and then said calmly: "It's okay, go back and find the magazine now--"
"Teacher Lu," Ji Yinhe interrupted him in a deep voice, motioning everyone to turn around. "Look, that building, about 1.5 kilometers away, isn't that the one with the Handong Civil Aviation Company sign hanging on it?"
Xiao Xie: "...Wow, so close?"
Lu Zheng frowned, took off his gloves and turned to open the car door.
When he came back, he was holding a blue book and flipping through the map inside as he walked.
Xiao Xie trotted over and put his head close to the map. "That's right! The Civil Aviation Dormitory... You're right, I'm really surprised, but the logo of this company is quite similar to the pattern on the deceased's shirt..."
Lu Zheng closed the book, picked up a piece of cloth with tweezers and stuffed it into the evidence bag.
Ji Yinhe rubbed his hands together, "Let's go! Let's go and take a look now!"
*
Civil aviation crew dormitory.
"...Officer, this fabric is indeed the flight attendant uniform of our Handong Airlines. What you described is true!" The supervisor looked at the clothing fragments in the evidence bag and then lowered his head to flip through the workbook on the table. "We have a flight attendant who has been absent for three consecutive days. She's not in the dormitory, doesn't answer the phone, and won't ask for leave from the chief steward... The director said that if this continues, she will be fired!"
Ji Yinhe was a little surprised, "He's been missing for three days, and you didn't call the police?"
"Officer, we're all adults. He's only been off work for three days, so we don't know what's going on!" The supervisor shook his head. "In our line of work, being noticed by bosses and officials is pretty common. We shouldn't interfere too much in other people's lives, right?"
Ji Yinhe: “…”
Lu Zheng asked: "What's the name of the missing stewardess? Can we go to her room and check?"
"sure!"
The supervisor cooperated and took the key, then pulled out a list from the drawer. "Room 607, Wu Sijia."
“……?” Ji Yinhe’s heart suddenly tightened when he heard the name.
Glancing at the list, she realized that this Wu was Koutian Wu, not her childhood playmate Wu Sijia.
And Sijia is a very common name... Comrade Xiao Ji breathed a sigh of relief and followed Lu Zheng's steps to go upstairs to check the dormitory.
The supervisor opened the door of Room 607, and a faint scent of toilet water wafted out.
The room was very tidy, and it was obvious that it was occupied by girls. Ji Yinhe and Lu Zheng put on foot gloves and walked in carefully, checking the items inside separately.
There was an empty Oxford cloth suitcase on the floor, with the airline logo on it. The wardrobe was crammed full of clothes, a half-read book was stuck on the bedside table, and the cup of tea was half full.
It doesn't look like he has any plans to go out.
There was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and an elegant woman in high heels trotted over and greeted Lu Zheng and Ji Yinhe, "Hello, I'm Wu Sijia's leader, my last name is Jin."
"Hello." Ji Yinhe walked over, stared at her purser's badge, and shook her hand. "We are criminal police from the provincial department's crackdown team. Comrade Wu may be involved in a case, and we would like to ask you about her daily situation."
Flight Attendant Jin hummed. "Xiao Wu is usually very dedicated to his work, but he's a bit of a loner. He likes to be alone and doesn't really associate with his colleagues. He closes the shop after work and goes to sleep... He rarely even comes to our dinners or group shopping trips."
Ji Yinhe hummed, nodded, and wrote a few words in the notebook, "What about her days off? What does she usually do?"
"We're not really sure about that..." Flight Attendant Jin said a little embarrassedly. "Today's flight attendants are all young women with rich leisure lives. If they go out and have romantic relationships, it's none of our business, right?"
Ji Yinhe raised an eyebrow, "So she's often not in the dormitory?"
"About the same," Purser Jin replied vaguely. "I heard she has an adopted father. He's quite old, so he might have gone home to take care of her."
She handed over the file bag in her hand. "I just got it from the personnel department. Officers, please take a look."
Ji Yinhe untied the white rope at the mouth of the bag and pulled out the application form that Wu Sijia used to apply for the Flight Attendant Academy.
There is no photo on it, but the information is very complete - she is a native of Jingzhou, born in 1971, and should be 25 years old now, which is consistent with the age of the female corpse initially examined at the dog farm.
In the family relationship information, only the name Wu Tianfeng was filled in, and the details behind it stated that the two were adoptive father and daughter.
"Thank you. Can we keep this with us temporarily?" Lu Zheng asked friendly.
"Sure, sure. Of course," said Chief Flight Attendant Jin. "Then I won't disturb you while you're working!"
Lu Zheng and Ji Yinhe cross-read the information in the file bag several times and carefully screened it in the dormitory.
No useful clues were found, and it is still difficult to match the missing Wu Sijia with the female corpse in the dog farm.
Lu Zheng thought about it and suggested, "Do you want to ask her adoptive father?" Ji Yinhe agreed, and the two went downstairs and got into the Grand Cherokee parked downstairs.
Before leaving the dormitory area, Ji Yinhe suddenly asked Lu Zheng to stop the car and jogged towards the guard post at the door.
The security guard sitting inside was holding up a comic book of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils and was reading it with great interest.
"Hello, I'm a police officer." Ji Yinhe showed him his ID. "Excuse me, do you know Wu Sijia?"
"Ah, I kind of remember him." The security guard didn't even look up. "He hasn't been back to work in a few days!"
Sure enough, the security guard knew just as much as the supervisor! Ji Yinhe asked again, "I heard that Comrade Wu is often not in the dormitory on weekends?"
"Yes, someone came to pick her up." The security guard laughed and slowly flipped through the album. "It can't be her adoptive father. I've seen her get into several different luxury cars! Who knows if she's being kept by someone..."
This kind of male-discriminatory statement made Ji Yinhe feel a little uncomfortable, but she still asked professionally: "The last time you saw her, what was the model of the car that picked her up? What was the license plate number... Do you remember?"
"I don't remember, but..."
Ji Yinhe stretched out his long arm and snatched the album from the other person's hand. "Please cooperate with the work. If you have anything to say, just say it!"
The security guard blinked in confusion, then said honestly after a moment, "It seems... there's a fake flower stuck on the windshield."
"Okay, keep an eye out for us and call me next time you see me."
Ji Yinhe threw the comic strip and business card to him, then turned around and started to fight.
Lu Zheng sat in the driver's seat with the sleeves of his white shirt rolled up, revealing his muscular and fair arms. It was unknown what he was thinking.
Ji Yinhe fastened his seatbelt and folded his arms, "Let's go find Wu Tianfeng!"
Lu Zheng stepped on the accelerator and waited until the car drove out of the dormitory area before glancing at her out of the corner of his eye and asking, "Are you in a bad mood?"
"No." Ji Yinhe puffed out his cheeks and said, "I just can't stand people who just sit there and do nothing!"
"Okay." Lu Zheng said nothing more and cut open the door to the address of Wu Sijia's adoptive father on the file.
Unexpectedly, two minutes after entering Wu Tianfeng's house, Ji Yinhe was staring at the photo frame on the chest of drawers, so shocked that he was speechless.
In the photo, Wu Sijia as a teenager is looking at the camera with a sweet smile.
It’s just that - the small mole on the bridge of the nose, the cold and tough temperament and the light red birthmark on the collarbone, Ji Yinhe would never make a mistake!
Isn't this Wu Sijia who disappeared from Jiangtan that year? !
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