Chapter 306 Another Possibility
Zhou Yi nodded and said, "I do have some ideas."
"Oh? Then tell me about it?" Tang Wenli became more and more curious and wanted to hear what he had to say.
"Although I haven't been to the scene yet..." Zhou Yi thought, with such heavy rain, there is really no need to go to the scene.
"But it's still very difficult to squeeze a body into a 35-centimeter hole. Given Li Youqiang's height and size, even if he were alive and crawled in, I'm afraid it would take a lot of effort to squeeze the body in."
Tang Wenli nodded. She was at the scene when the body was being salvaged. The fire brigade tried several times before finally allowing a smaller firefighter to go down.
Zhou Yi continued, "Unless the murderer transported the body there and dumped it within an hour of killing the victim, before rigor mortis set in, it's unknown if he could have stuffed the body into the well after rigor mortis set in."
"You're right. Captain Pan and his team are more inclined to believe that the deceased was immediately moved and dumped after being killed at the first crime scene," said Tang Wenli.
"Teacher Tang, are there any signs of being tied up on the deceased's body?" Zhou Yi suddenly asked.
Tang Wenli shook her head. "No, if the deceased was tied up or imprisoned, there would be obvious marks on the body. Especially after death, bruises would be more obvious due to blood coagulation."
"Were any drug residues found in the deceased's body?"
"The stomach contents of the deceased were tested and found to contain no drug content."
"In other words, the victim was not incapacitated before being killed. This means the murderer's plan must have been extremely thorough. After the ambush, he had to move and dispose of the body within an hour. He had to plan the time of the murder, the method of disposing of the body, and the location of the disposal in advance."
"Yes, that makes sense. You can discuss this with Captain Pan. We forensic doctors are not involved in the specific investigation work."
Zhou Yi said, "I know. Thank you, Teacher Tang, for clearing up my confusion. I still have another question and would like to hear your opinion."
Tang Wenli said readily, "Tell me."
"As the body begins to decompose, the muscle tissue is broken down by bacteria, and rigor mortis will gradually subside. I think it takes about seventy-two hours at most for rigor mortis to completely subside."
Tang Wenli was a little surprised. It seemed that the young man in front of her had some knowledge of forensic medicine. Her previous explanation seemed a bit redundant.
"That's right. Usually, between thirty-six and seventy-two hours after death, rigor mortis will completely subside at room temperature, and the body will return to its soft state..."
Tang Wenli was stunned when she spoke.
Because she finally realized what Zhou Yi wanted to say.
He was analyzing another possible way the body was dumped using forensic information.
That is, the body was not necessarily dumped immediately after the murder, but might have been dumped more than thirty-six hours after the death.
Because after the rigor mortis subsides, the body will become softer and easier to throw into the well.
Tang Wenli was not very clear about the difference between immediate disposal of the body and delayed disposal of the body in criminal investigation thinking, but she was surprised that Zhou Yi could think of such a possibility.
This is what Zhou Yi wanted to confirm.
Of course, there is a difference between disposing of the body immediately and disposing of the body later, and the difference is huge.
The fact that the body was disposed of in a short period of time means that the murderer had a strong motive for murder and a pre-planned murder plan.
The delay in disposing of the body may be because the murder occurred at the last minute and the murderer needed time to think about how to deal with the body.
This is related to the murderer's motive for committing the crime, the first crime scene and the investigation of the murderer's information.
"Officer Zhou, the family's application has been completed." Xia Yu appeared at the door of the forensic room and said.
"Okay, thank you. Teacher Tang, I'll be leaving first."
Tang Wenli smiled and her impression of this young man suddenly became much better.
Thinking about it, it seems like I haven't been in contact with Song Yiming for many years. We were both energetic young people once, but now we are middle-aged people with families and careers.
Thinking of this, Tang Wenli returned to her office, found Song Yiming's number and called him.
It was both to reminisce about the past and to get to know this young man named Zhou Yi.
On the other side, Zhang Xianglan finished filling out the application and stood at the stairs at the end of the corridor, feeling a little helpless.
Seeing Zhou Yi coming over, he quickly came up and asked, "Officer Zhou, I've completed the application. When can I expect the result?"
Looking at her timid look, Zhou Yi suddenly remembered Sister Niu who asked him questions in the hospital, and felt as if he was in another world.
"Ms. Zhang, I've told you before that the approval process takes some time, and there's no immediate result. I hope you understand."
Zhang Xianglan nodded.
"So my suggestion is that you buy a ticket and go back first. I'm here anyway, and I'll let you know as soon as the approval result comes out."
"But……"
Zhou Yi said with a cheerful face, "Ms. Zhang, don't forget that you still have a family. Your son Xiaowei is waiting for you at home. The child no longer has a father and grandmother, and this is the time when he needs his mother the most."
The mention of the child finally brought Zhang Xianglan back to her senses, and she finally agreed to go back and wait for news from Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi reminded her to be careful with her belongings on the way back.
Although I caught a lot of thieves when I came here, thieves are like weeds and will soon grow again.
For someone like Zhang Xianglan, who has just suffered a huge blow, if she is robbed again, it will be easy for her to become the camel that is broken by the last straw.
After seeing Zhang Xianglan off, Zhou Yi looked at the heavy rain outside with some worry. He turned to ask Xia Yu, "Officer Xia, should we go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau first?"
"Industrial and Commercial Bureau?" Xia Yu asked doubtfully, but then realized, "You mean investigating Ding Wenyuan?"
"Well, Ding Wenyuan is a self-employed person. If we want to check his specific information, we should go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau, right?"
Zhou Yi deliberately used a question, leaving the definite answer to the other party to speak.
Xia Yu borrowed a car from another department, and he said embarrassedly that the bureau's conditions were limited.
Zhou Yi had never been to Anyuan before, including in his previous life. He only knew that Anyuan's area was much smaller than Hongcheng, and that Anyuan had many mountains, so it was likely that its economy was relatively weak.
It can be seen from the situation of Anyuan Municipal Bureau that the conditions are not as good as those of Hongcheng.
"Officer Xia, have there been many murders here before?" Zhou Yi asked on the way.
"Anyway, I've only been here for less than a year, so I haven't dealt with many cases. This is the first time I've dealt with a case this serious. I've dealt with two homicides before, but they weren't complicated. The rest are just criminal cases like assault."
Xia Yu was not driving fast because the rain was too heavy and the wipers were too busy.
"I don't know what happened before that."
Just been here for less than a year? Zhou Yi thought to himself, it seems that he joined the police force after graduating from the police academy, which should be the same time as his own police career.
"Officer Zhou, do you have many cases there? Hongcheng is bigger than our Anyuan, right?" Xia Yu asked.
Zhou Yi answered without hesitation: "A lot. We have had a lot of cases recently."
Xia Yu sighed: "No wonder you look much more experienced than me."
Zhou Yi smiled and said nothing. This was not the reason why he was considered experienced.
The two men went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and explained their purpose. The leader of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau arranged a young girl to assist them.
The little girl asked them what they wanted to check specifically. Zhou Yi handed them the note he had prepared in advance and asked them to sit for a while.
Since it is still a traditional paper archive, the girl needs to search through the archival materials.
On the note Zhou Yi gave, in addition to Ding Wenyuan's name, there was also the license number on his individual business license.
In theory, it should not be difficult to find, as archival materials are generally filed according to numbers.
But the little girl couldn't find it after searching for a long time. Judging from her expression, she seemed to have a problem. Zhou Yi went up to her and asked, "Comrade, what's wrong? Is there any problem?"
The girl scratched her head and said, "I can't find the person you are looking for in the individual business owner's file. Did you make a mistake?"
"Is it possible that it has been cancelled?" Zhou Yi asked. After all, it was five or six years ago.
"No, even if it's cancelled, we will keep the materials on file."
Xia Yu, who was standing by, said, "Why don't you look for it again? Maybe it's somewhere else?"
The little girl said firmly: "Impossible, I have looked everywhere."
"Where did you end up?" Zhou Yi thought for a moment and asked, "Are these all the files of self-employed people?"
The little girl nodded.
"Is it possible that a self-employed person has been converted into an enterprise? Otherwise, could you please look for it in the company's files?" Zhou Yi said.
The little girl suddenly understood and said excitedly: "That's really possible. Wait a minute."
After saying that, she ran away to find another older sister who was in her forties.
After seven or eight minutes, the little girl ran over excitedly with a piece of paper in her hand.
"You're so smart. You're right. This self-employed business turned into a company three years ago. Here's a copy of the business license and the registration information. Take a look."
Zhou Yi took it and looked at it. The name of the company was Wenyuan Trading Co., Ltd., and the legal representative was Ding Wenyuan, whom they were looking for.
After thanking the girl, the two men took the information and drove straight to the company.
…
As for Zhang Xianglan, after returning to the hotel, she packed up her things and checked out. She asked the front desk how to take the bus to the train station, put on her old schoolbag, opened the umbrella Zhou Yi gave her, and walked into the rain.
According to the front desk, you need to take two buses to get to the train station. After leaving the hotel, walk 200 meters to the right. There is an overpass. After crossing the overpass, walk 30 meters to the right and there is a bus stop.
Zhang Xianglan walked forward in the heavy rain and saw the overpass, which was the kind with a roof. There were vague figures on the bridge, probably taking shelter from the rain.
Zhang Xianglan ran to the bridge, put away her umbrella, and found that her body was almost wet.
I shook the rain off my umbrella and walked up.
There were indeed people taking shelter from the rain on the bridge, and some small vendors setting up stalls.
Zhang Xianglan walked forward, folding her arms around her shoulders. A squatting, short man casually said, "Sister, do you want to take a look? They're all good stuff."
Zhang Xianglan was startled by him. She turned her head to look at the man and the stall in front of him, and her steps forward suddenly froze.
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