Chapter 395 Confirming the Identity of the Deceased (Additional Update 4/5, Posted Together, Please

Today, it rained heavily in Liancheng.

Since June, not only has the temperature in Liancheng risen, but the rain has also gradually increased.

Especially in the second half of June, it rained almost every day in Liancheng.

From the 26th to now, it has been raining continuously.

It was not until noon today that the rain eased slightly and a long-lost sunny day appeared.

At 1:18 p.m., Chen Yan arrived at the scene.

The place where the suspected body objects were found was in the northern suburb section of the Liancheng Ring Road.

This is a key livelihood project in Liancheng in recent years.

This year, Liancheng's economy has developed rapidly and the population has risen rapidly.

Liancheng is surrounded by the sea on the south and east sides, and is close to its city on the west.

There are development restrictions in all three directions, so Liancheng can only develop to the north.

The ring road passing through the northern suburbs is the most important infrastructure construction for Liancheng's development to the north.

The ring road in the northern suburbs of Liancheng is fully connected to the existing transportation network in Liancheng.

A circular transportation network has been built outside Liancheng, which can provide a good transportation foundation for the future development of the north of the city.

Li Yun, captain of the fourth detective team, has arrived at the scene.

"Deputy Captain Chen, the person who reported the case was a nearby resident."

Li Yun had met Chen Yan before and worked on cases together. He knew Chen Yan's character very well.

So he didn't say anything polite and reported the case directly.

"At 12:08 noon, a nearby resident drove by and saw a shoe when he got off the car to urinate nearby."

"At first he didn't pay attention, but after the resident urinated, he found another shoe on the way back to the car."

"Afterwards, the resident who reported the case found an object that looked like a human foot under a collapsed roadbed nearby and immediately reported the case."

The section of road where the case occurred was built next to the mountain. On the right side was a small hill about 20 meters high.

On the left was a drainage ditch.

The road was a two-way eight-lane road that was just opened to traffic three months ago.

At this moment, half of the lane on the side near the drainage ditch had collapsed.

A dozen detectives were busy at the edge of the collapsed roadbed.

"After our people arrived, they confirmed that the person who reported the case had found a human foot. Now several of our detectives are digging the scene."

Chen Yan frowned and listened to Li Yun's report, and also came to the edge of the collapsed roadbed.

The highway is a two-way eight-lane road, and it was just opened to traffic three months ago. The traffic volume is not very large, so even if half of the lane of the road collapsed, it still did not affect the passing vehicles.

In the collapsed roadbed, several detectives were carefully cleaning the soil with shovels.

At this moment, the lower half of the body was exposed.

The detective was digging the upper half.

Although there were no people living near the crime scene, there were three villages nearby. At this moment, the cordon was already surrounded by onlookers.

"Look, I said this road is not good. It collapsed after a heavy rain..."

"What's wrong with the road collapsing? Didn't you see that people died?"

"It's a shoddy project. What's the point of a few deaths?"

The people around were constantly discussing and pointing at the crime scene.

Many people were whispering.

Although the distance was far, Chen Yan could hear some of it.

There was nothing he could do about this kind of thing.

The cordon couldn't be extended for several kilometers.

The onlookers had been driven away several times.

The people just said to watch and no one could do anything.

Moreover, maybe these people will be needed to cooperate in some investigations later.

For example, the quality of this road.

A road has just been opened to traffic for three months, but half of the road collapsed during a heavy rain.

Chen Yan himself did not believe that this project was passed.

If Chen Yan remembered correctly, this road had been under construction for more than two years.

At that time, some of the workers who built the road were nearby villagers who came here to work, so these people must know some details about the construction of this road.

At the scene, Chen Yan opened the olfactory gene lock as usual.

This road was opened to traffic three months ago, which means that the body has been buried under the roadbed for at least three months.

More than three months is not enough for the body to completely decay.

However, May and June are the hot seasons in Liancheng.

The body is buried under the asphalt road, and the temperature will only be higher.

The degree of decay of the body is very serious. In the foundation pit, Chen Yan can even see a lot of maggots wriggling.

Although the detectives responsible for digging up the body are wearing masks, they can't stop the invasion of the stench.

This is also the reason why ordinary people don't get close.

Within a radius of dozens of meters, there was a disgusting stench of corpses.

The olfactory gene lock did not obtain any valuable information.

"Everyone, be careful and do not damage the body during the excavation."

Li Yun was directing on the side.

This was a delicate job. It took three hours from the beginning of the excavation to the final excavation of the body.

"Captain Li, first transport the body back to the team for autopsy, and then analyze the cause of death."

"Carefully check the items at the scene to see if there is anything that can prove the identity information of the deceased."

"Yes!"

At 6:30 pm, all the on-site investigation work was completed.

The body was being autopsied in the autopsy room, and the items found on the roadbed had been cleaned up.

Although the body of the deceased was highly decomposed, the degree of decomposition of the limbs was much lighter.

There were obvious restrictive marks on the wrists and ankles of the deceased.

There were also obvious large patches of blood on the clothes on his body.

At the same time, a rusty dagger was found next to the body of the deceased.

The possibility of homicide is very high.

Chen Yan has reported to the Liancheng Detective Team and the Liao Province Detective Team as soon as possible.

The case was taken over by the serious crime team.

Meeting room of the fourth detective team.

Chen Yan organized the first case analysis meeting.

"Captain Li, please give me a brief report of the basic situation."

"Yes!"

"At 12:08 p.m. today, the fourth team received a call from the police."

"Someone found something that looked like a body near the 69-kilometer road marker of the North Suburb Ring Road."

"The fourth detective team rushed to the scene as soon as possible. Through on-site investigation, it was confirmed that the reporter found a body."

"After preliminary investigation, the deceased was a male, 178 cm tall, and about 45 years old."

"The time of death was about 3 months, and the specific cause of death is unknown."

"However, at the scene, it was found that the wrists and ankles of the deceased had restrictive marks, and there were marks of sharp weapons on the clothes."

"A rusty dagger was found next to the body."

"It is preliminarily determined that this is a vicious murder and burial case."

[Ding! The strongest police training system task is released. ]

[Solve the roadbed burial case, the deadline is five days, complete the task, and reward the skill mineral cognitive map. Failure or overdue cancellation of the task reward. ]

Li Yun had just finished reporting, and the system's task prompt also sounded in Chen Yan's mind.

Looking around, Chen Yan began to arrange the next stage of work.

"First, confirming the identity of the deceased is the top priority."

"At the crime scene, we did not find any items that can directly prove the identity of the deceased."

ID cards, mobile phones, and other items that contain the identity of the deceased were not found.

However, the scene was not completely empty-handed.

At the scene, there was the deceased's watch and a string of bracelets.

In addition, several checks were found in the right pocket of the deceased's pants.

However, the checks were all blank and had no other information.

"But the watch worn by the deceased is a genuine Tianying watch."

"Although the Tianying watch is not a big luxury brand, it has a long history in China and has a regular brand store in Liancheng."

"The watch worn by the deceased should have a sales record. Check it out and see if the identity of the deceased can be found through the sales record."

Also, the deceased's clothing.

White shirt, dark suit.

There are also brown leather shoes found by the reporter.

Although they are not famous brands, both shoes and suits are genuine.

It is a popular formal wear brand in China.

A set costs at least several thousand yuan.

Ordinary people would not spend thousands of dollars to buy a suit.

It can be seen from this that the deceased should be a person of a certain identity and social status.

"In addition, extract the DNA information of the deceased this morning and compare it with the information in the missing persons database."

"Chaoyang, you are responsible for this matter."

"Yes!"

In fact, Chen Yan had a hunch that the identity of the deceased should be relatively easy to determine.

According to the other party's clothing, he should have a certain economic strength.

If such a person is missing, the family members cannot fail to report the case.

Therefore, there is a high probability that the corresponding DNA information can be matched in the missing persons information database.

"Second, check the several checks in the pocket of the deceased."

"The checks issued by the bank are all numbered. Check the numbers of these checks and which company the bank issued them to."

Ordinary people don't have checks in their hands.

Checking these checks can not only help Chen Yan determine the identity of the deceased, but also have other uses.

For example, if the check belongs to the deceased, it's okay. If not, then who gave the check to the deceased?

"Wang Gang, you follow up on this matter."

"Yes!"

"Third," Chen Yan looked at Li Yun, the captain of the fourth detective team: "Captain Li, the Beijiao crime scene is under the jurisdiction of your fourth team."

"You must be more familiar with some local conditions."

"Check the construction party responsible for the Beijiao Ring Road section where the crime occurred. Who paved this section of the road three months ago?"

"Who dug the earth and who accepted the project as qualified."

"Also, contact the professional department to conduct quality inspections on the highway where the crime occurred."

"A new highway that has just been in use for three months can be washed away by a heavy rain!"

"Check! The murder of the deceased is likely to be related to these."

"Yes!"

This inference is not only Chen Yan's, but anyone would think so.

The possibility of a body buried under the roadbed is very small.

What's more, the body of the deceased has traces of injury.

In addition, the road surface at the crime scene is formed in one piece.

There are no traces of repair.

In this case, it means that the deceased was buried in the roadbed when the asphalt was laid in the last step of the construction.

Highway construction is different from other projects.

For example, when building a bridge, if a person accidentally falls down from a pier, it is very likely to cause an accident.

But highways are different.

Road construction is a one-meter-by-meter process.

After the earthwork, the inside must be leveled.

After that, a clay layer and a sand layer must be laid, and then rolled and compacted.

When laying asphalt, the inside is actually already very compacted.

And every meter of road surface construction is participated by workers.

Why was the murderer able to bury a person in the roadbed?

If it wasn't done by an insider, it would be hell!

What's more, this road looks like a shoddy project now.

When a murder occurs, it is usually due to internal strife and uneven distribution of the spoils.

Or the deceased blocked someone's way of making money.

Fortunately, the road is only open for three months.

Some equipment from the construction side has not yet been removed from the site.

The traffic markings in some places have not been completed yet.

The project payment cannot be fully settled.

If these people really have a problem, no one can run away!

The first case analysis meeting ended quickly, and everyone left the conference room and began to move forward with the tasks at hand.

An hour later, Chen Yan got the autopsy report.

"Death by suffocation?"

"Yes," the person in charge of the autopsy was Hu Fei, the autopsy detective of the Detective Squadron 4.

"The direct cause of death of the deceased was suffocation."

"However, the deceased's hyoid bone was not broken, ruling out the possibility of death caused by external force strangling the throat."

"Although the body of the deceased was highly decomposed, especially the chest and abdomen, the interior was basically completely decomposed."

"But because the bodies were buried underground, some of the bodies did not decay quickly on the surface."

"We found many scratches from sharp objects on the deceased's body, but none of them were fatal."

"The deepest scar is on the lower right side of the abdomen. There is a puncture wound, but the wound is not deep."

"It only pierced the abdominal skin and did not penetrate deep into the internal organs."

"We compared the stab marks left on the skin and clothing, which were caused by the dagger found next to the deceased."

"After discovering that these injuries were not fatal, we carefully examined the deceased's mouth."

"It was found that the deceased's teeth were missing, and then rose teeth were found!"

Rose teeth?

Chen Yan frowned slightly.

The so-called rose teeth are a professional term used in autopsy.

Generally, teeth are white or yellowish.

However, when the human body dies from suffocation, the capillaries inside the gums will burst.

The blood soaks into the roots of the teeth.

Generally it is not visible to the naked eye.

However, after being soaked in alcohol, the roots of the teeth will appear rose-colored.

Therefore, it is called rose tooth.

This is one way to determine whether the deceased died of suffocation.

"Any other information?"

"Also," Hu Fei turned on the projection and continued to report: "We found multiple fracture marks on the deceased."

"Four ribs were fractured, caused by a heavy blow."

"Five phalanges of the right hand were fractured and the nails were peeled off."

"There are also toes, all the nails have fallen off, and we even found a toothpick in the thumb!"

On the projection, there are photos of every detail Hu Fei said.

The more he listened to Chen Yan, the more solemn his expression became.

Judging from these marks, the deceased had been severely abused during his lifetime.

At the crime scene, Chen Yan had already discovered signs of strangulation on the wrists and ankles of the deceased.

However, because the deceased's hands and feet were stained with mud, Chen Yan did not find any signs of broken nails or broken fingers.

When Hu Fei did the autopsy, he carefully cleaned the body, so he discovered these details.

"in addition……"

Hu Fei looked at Chen Yan, whose face was ashen, and hesitated to speak.

As a detective who specializes in autopsies, Hu Fei has never handled any major cases.

However, over the years, many corpses have been examined.

In his early years, he even participated in the investigation of a dismemberment case.

However, this was the first time Hu Fei had seen such a tragic corpse.

Just looking at these scars, you can tell how much torture the deceased suffered during his lifetime.

"Anything else discovered?"

Hu Fei paused: "In addition, we also found some traces of electric shock on the body of the deceased..."

At the crime scene, the deceased was wearing clothes on his body, so many details were not discovered.

It was only during the autopsy that everything was revealed.

Chen Yan took a long breath and said, "Can you tell how the deceased died of suffocation?"

"This is a high probability of death from water-induced suffocation."

"We found a large amount of fluid in the deceased's mouth and nasal cavities."

"And fluid was also found in the remaining lungs."

"So it is very likely that the deceased was immersed in water by the murderer, causing suffocation, or his face, mouth and nose were covered with a wet towel, which eventually led to death."

There is a difference between death by drowning and death by immersion.

A characteristic feature of death by flooding is the presence of large amounts of fluid in the stomach of the deceased.

However, this is not the case with death by immersion.

Death by immersion, because the deceased was head down and the body was outside the water, so very little water would be swallowed into the stomach.

It reflects the characteristics of suffocation death.

Or, as Hu Fei said.

Since the murderer had abused the deceased, he most likely caused the deceased to suffocate by applying a wet towel to his face.

Of course, abuse may not be the right word.

Chen Yan believes that using the word torture would be more accurate!

Three hours later.

Zhang Chaoyang brought good news.

The DNA information of the deceased was compared successfully in the missing population database!

Zhang Guoliang, male, 45 years old, supervisor of Liancheng Tiancheng Engineering Supervision Company.

Three months ago, Zhang Guoliang’s family reported him missing!