Chapter 311: Announcement of Corpse Identification
Pan Hongjie went to the side and called his leader to report the case. When he turned around, he saw a group of people surrounding the corpse, and the young man from Hongcheng had already started to take action.
"Hey, are there any rules here?" He said and strode over.
Xia Yu turned around and saw Pan Hongjie. He said excitedly, "Captain Pan, these two bodies are related to the one we found earlier. I think we can combine the cases."
"What? Merge the cases?" Pan Hongjie was startled and quickly came over to ask, "What's going on?"
At this time, the female corpse had been turned sideways, and some dirt had been wiped off the pajamas on her back. There were some faint gray-brown marks on the black pajamas.
"Captain Pan, look here. There is a knife wound on the pajamas, and at the same position, there is also a knife wound on the back of the female victim." Zhou Yi said as he pulled down the suspender pajamas.
Pan Hongjie indeed saw a knife wound on the back of the corpse, which was probably less than three centimeters.
Tang Wenli was holding the Tibetan knife that had been placed in the evidence bag, and the knife had been pulled out of the scabbard.
She placed the unsheathed Tibetan knife close to the wound on the victim's back and said, "Preliminary assessment suggests this knife was the murder weapon that caused the wound on the victim's back. As to whether it was fatal, we need to conduct a detailed autopsy after we return. However, according to Zhou Yi's analysis, this knife was most likely the fatal wound that caused the female victim's death."
Pan Hongjie felt a little confused. He found so much information in just the time it took him to make a phone call?
"Zhou Yi, tell me in detail what's going on."
Zhou Yi nodded and expressed his own judgment.
First of all, this is definitely not the first crime scene. Judging from the clothes of the two deceased and the mud in their toenails, this should be the place where the bodies were dumped and buried.
However, the depth of mud in the toenails of the male and female victims was different. Zhou Yi speculated that the male victim had died before being buried, while the female victim was killed here.
But he always felt that there was something wrong in the logic. At first, he guessed that the female deceased conspired with someone to transport the male deceased here to bury the body, and then was strangled to death.
However, Tang Wenli initially judged that the two people had been dead for at least a month. The female victim's clothing did not fit this situation. The temperature in the mountains in March was very low, and the bodies must have been dumped and buried at night, when the temperature would be even lower.
So he checked the condition of the female corpse and found the knife wound on the back, and the logic made sense.
Zhou Yi said: "Both victims were killed at the primary crime scene. The female victim was probably strangled before being moved here, but she may not have been dead at the time. She may have regained consciousness after being transported here and then attempted to escape. The murderer caught up with her and stabbed her to death from behind."
Tang Wenli nodded in agreement, "I agree with Zhou Yi's assessment. If he was stabbed in the back first, there's no need to strangle him with a rope. It's a bit redundant. It would be better to add two more stab wounds. Whether it was mechanical asphyxiation or not will be clear after the autopsy."
Zhou Yi added, "Teacher Tang, you can do a matching test later to confirm whether this Tibetan knife matches the wounds on the deceased's body. If so, it means that the murderer abandoned or accidentally lost the Tibetan knife after killing and burying the body, and it was finally picked up by the vendor who went up the mountain to steal monkeys."
"Of course, I am more inclined to believe that it was accidentally lost, because there is no reason for the murderer to abandon the murder weapon at the burial site, which could easily lead to the body being exposed."
Hearing this, Pan Hongjie nodded involuntarily: "Yeah, that makes sense. It was probably dropped accidentally. It was too dark, so the murderer might not have noticed it."
Killing someone and dumping the body, digging a hole to bury the body, especially late at night, is very physically and mentally exhausting, and it is easy to leave some clues inadvertently. Such cases are also very common.
Pan Hongjie immediately ordered: "Find the park administrator and ask if there is any way to get in at night. Climbing over the wall or through a gap will do."
Xia Yu immediately followed the order and ran down the mountain.
"If this knife is really the murder weapon, then we can really handle the two cases together," said Pan Hongjie, touching his chin.
One case is always better than two murders happening in a short period of time, but there are three deaths in one case, and Anyuan’s public security work is in chaos.
"Where is the male corpse? How did he die?" Pan Hongjie pointed and asked.
Tang Wenli shook her head and said, "I've already conducted a preliminary examination of the deceased man's body. Strangely, there are no obvious external injuries on the body. Captain Pan, look, the deceased man's lips are purple, so I initially suspect that the deceased may have died of a sudden heart attack."
"Heart attack? Died of it?"
"I'll tell you the specific results after I finish the autopsy."
Zhou Yi asked, "Teacher Tang, can you tell which of these two bodies or the male corpse in the well died first?"
Tang Wenli stood up, shook her head, and said, "No. Currently, in forensic medicine, the only time we can accurately determine the time of death is in the early stages of death, that is, within 24 hours. During this stage, our forensic doctors can accurately determine the time of death to within two hours. The longer the time, the greater the error, because there will be more interference from environmental factors."
"If the previous body was buried in the same soil as these two, with the same composition and humidity, then we could make a judgment based on the degree of decomposition. But the current environment is obviously different, so we can't generalize."
"I understand. Thank you, Teacher Tang."
Tang Wenli smiled at Zhou Yi, then said to Pan Hongjie, "Captain Pan, if there's nothing else, I'll take the two bodies back first."
Pan Hongjie nodded: "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Come on, all of you, come and give me a hand."
Zhou Yi stood up, took off his gloves, and walked to the pit where the body had been buried.
The reason why he asked Tang Wenli this question was to determine whether these two people were killed by Li Youqiang?
Because he had previously thought that Li Youqiang came to Anyuan to kill someone.
Combined with the information provided by Ding Wenyuan about the reasons for Fu Daqing's business failure, he suspected that the dead male corpse was the one who cheated Fu Daqing.
It is possible that Fu Daqing hired Li Youqiang to take revenge, killing the two victims and burying their bodies on the mountain.
But the question remains: how did Fu Daqing find this person? What was the motivation for the revenge killing after so many years?
And if this is the case, after killing and burying the body, Fu Daqing and Li Youqiang should return to Hongcheng and pretend that nothing happened.
How did Li Youqiang die? Was he killed by Fu Daqing? What was his motive?
I can't figure it out. It seems like I have some clue, but I still feel like something is wrong.
Zhou Yi didn't know whether this case had become an unsolved case in his previous life, but he really wanted to see the case file now.
If you can't predict the future, you will always feel insecure.
"Captain Wu, I thought I was dead, eh." Zhou Yi sighed in his heart.
On the other side, two bodies were carried onto the car on stretchers.
Before Tang Wenli got into the car, Pan Hongjie rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Forensic Doctor Tang, thank you for your hard work. Can you expedite the autopsy?"
Tang Wenli said helplessly, "I'll try to give you a preliminary conclusion within two days, but the official report won't be that quick. Captain Pan, you know I'm the only forensic doctor in Anyuan."
Pan Hongjie was also helpless: "I know, I know, but you also know that when has such a big case ever happened in Anyuan? Didn't I just call Director Guo?"
"Captain Pan, if you want to rush me, you might as well make good use of this foreign aid." Tang Wenli pushed her glasses and looked at Zhou Yi not far away.
"Zhou Yi?" Pan Hongjie followed her gaze, somewhat puzzled.
"What do you mean..." When I turned around, I found that Tang Wenli had already got in the car.
Pan Hongjie smoothed his hair and walked towards Zhou Yi.
"Zhou Yi, how is it? Any ideas?"
Zhou Yi turned around and saw Pan Hongjie. He immediately shook his head and said, "Not yet. The person who is more suspicious now is the man Ding Wenyuan mentioned who cheated Fu Daqing five years ago. I wonder if the male corpse just now is this person."
"Are you suspecting that Fu Daqing and Li Youqiang killed people out of revenge?"
"Well, from the perspective of criminal motive, this is quite reasonable. So the first thing to do is to confirm the identities of the two newly discovered deceased."
Pan Hongjie nodded. "When we found Li Youqiang's body two days ago, we checked the city's missing persons records. We have a ready-made one, so we just need to go back and check it again."
Zhou Yi slowly shook his head: "Maybe it's not enough."
"Why?"
"The two bodies we just exhumed were both wearing pajamas, indicating they were killed at night. Due to the advanced decomposition, we can't currently determine their ages or physical features. We'll have to wait for the autopsy results from Professor Tang. However, the fact that the male deceased was wearing pajamas on his upper body essentially rules out the possibility of an illegal prostitution transaction between the two."
Pan Hongjie thought about it and agreed with Zhou Yi. "It's really unlikely that a client would bring pajamas with him, even if it's for a night out."
"Well, Captain Pan, you're right. After all, pajamas are very much a part of home life, but prostitution is primarily about physical and psychological stimulation, which contradicts the normal human mindset. The deceased woman's pajamas, while sexy, weren't designed like sex toys. I've seen them, and the fabric is likely expensive silk."
"In other words, this is a couple or a couple who lived together, who were murdered and buried here," Pan Hongjie pondered. "But the missing persons list we compiled previously only listed people who disappeared individually."
This is what Zhou Yi really wanted to say.
The vast majority of missing persons reports are cases of single persons disappearing.
If it is a collective disappearance case of more than two people, then the nature of the case is different, and the police station will not dare to be negligent after receiving the report.
Because so many people are missing, basically they were either murdered or had accidents while going into the mountains.
Regardless of the situation, the case will be given different levels of importance. Even if the person is never found, Pan Hongjie and his team have previously checked local missing persons and should be able to connect the dots immediately.
Unexpectedly, it means that there is no record of missing person report.
That’s why Zhou Yi said it wasn’t enough.
Pan Hongjie also understood, "Then we can only issue a notice to identify the body."
This is the result he least wants to see, and it is also what the leaders above least want.
Once the body identification announcement is issued, it means that the official has announced the discovery of the body, which will attract social attention and public opinion, and the pressure to solve the case will increase.
"Captain Pan, we have a discovery." At this time, Xia Yu hurried over with a map of the park in his hand.
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