Chapter 577: Two Corpses
It was the corpse of a baby boy, with basically intact physical features, but due to a long period of immersion in water, it was already highly decomposed and exuded an indescribable smell.
Even inexperienced people who see the long umbilical cord on the baby's navel should know that the child has just come out of the mother's womb and has been thrown into the river before it has been cut.
What's more, Min Xue is not an inexperienced person, through the "theory" in his head and Lu Mantong's notes, his forensic science knowledge is not weaker than many forensic doctors today, if it is lacking, it may just be a combination of theory and practice.
The body of the baby boy in front of him was about 40 to 50 centimeters long, with initial subcutaneous fat, and the proportions of limbs and head were not yet coordinated, and it was waiting to continue to grow, but the nails had begun to be clear.
All the scenes tell Min Xue that this is clearly a fetus that is not yet full-term!
It is not difficult to imagine that if you give another month, this fetus can smoothly grow into a white, tender and lovely baby boy.
It's just that now, this little baby, who should have been held in the palm of his hand by his family, was covered in rancid stench, and fell on the cold tarpaulin, and even his face was swollen and large pieces of rotten flesh, and he couldn't see the original appearance.
How cruel!
Who is it that is so cruel to an unborn baby?
Such a tragic situation is vividly displayed in front of them, and it is no wonder that the faces of the previous salvage team members are so ugly.
Min Xue's face sank like water, and Cao Xiaobai retreated directly a few steps away, and he couldn't bear to look at it anymore, but out of the professional instinct of the criminal police, he had to look at it.
"Brother Min, how can there be a baby in this river? Is it an abandoned baby from whose family?" forcibly endured the discomfort, Cao Xiaobai asked.
Infant abandonment has been a common occurrence since ancient times, and female babies, disabilities, or serious illnesses may be one of the reasons for their abandonment, but a significant proportion of them are the accidental product of irresponsible parents.
In recent years, there have been many news reports on the discarding of toilet babies and poop pits, almost to the point that they can no longer attract people's attention, and it is no wonder that Cao Xiaobai will think in this direction.
Min Xue does not deny this possibility, but he still leans towards another possibility.
"It's a twenty-nine-week fetus... You should remember Mo Feng's pregnancy, right?"
Wait a minute!
Twenty-nine weeks?
Brother Min, how do you see that?!
Cao Xiaobai was a little confused.
Not to mention unmarried women, even those who are married and have children may not be able to see it, after all, the baby has been in the belly, and everyone has no see-through eyes...
Don't talk about Cao Xiaobai, the audience is all looking like "It's really fake, I don't read much, don't fool me".
Of course, that's not the point.
The point is that after listening to Min Xue's words, Cao Xiaobai's expression gradually changed from bewilderment to shock, "Twenty-nine weeks... Eight months?!"
This just coincides with Mo Feng's pregnancy!
Therefore, the fetus in front of him is most likely the one in Mo Feng's womb?
It's possible!
Society is not so sinister as to casually salvage a presumed corpse, but it is just to the point of salvaging another corpse that has nothing to do with this case, right?
"Could it be because Mo Feng was frightened that the baby was born early?" Cao Xiaobai guessed.
Min Xue pointed to the baby boy's corpse calmly and seriously, "I'm afraid not, look at the top of this umbilical cord, although it is rotten, it was obviously cut by a sharp weapon, who do you think will know in advance that he will be born prematurely and prepare a knife with him?"
“......”
Well, this is really not logical, it is not impossible to carry knives with them, but it is indeed relatively rare in a harmonious society.
So, is it likely that someone else did it?
If that's the case with the fetus, what about the mother?
This question suddenly surged into the minds of everyone present, and everyone's faces became more and more heavy.
After Min Xue's preliminary inspection, he slowly stood up and beckoned, and the inquest personnel immediately stepped forward to take pictures and other work, and tried to extract relevant traces and physical evidence.
Although there is no conclusive evidence to confirm the identity of the fetus now, as its body was salvaged, some people suddenly muttered a lot less, and they had a little more confidence that Mo Feng was indeed thrown here, and they had more respect for the Min team who had been able to decisively decide to salvage it before.
Because this decision is really not so easy to make, and you need to carry too much pressure!
Of course, most people don't think about it that much, especially the technicians, who are focusing on the small corpse in front of them.
The forensic doctor rushed to the scene under the notice, and coincidentally, an acquaintance, Lu Mantong.
Min Xue simply nodded to Forensic Doctor Lu, and said hello, and the latter began to focus on the baby boy on the tarpaulin.
After careful inspection, Lu Mantong opened his mouth and made basically the same judgment as Min Xue, and then unexpectedly found that many people had surprised looks on their faces, including Cao Xiaobai, of course.
After hearing the judgment of professionals, everyone couldn't help but think, hey, it turns out that someone really didn't talk nonsense before. Therefore, it is really not a fluke that people can have a great name, but it is based on rich and extensive knowledge.
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I don't know if today is a "lucky day", but it didn't take long for the salvage ship to come with "good news".
A dismembered female body was salvaged and brought ashore!
It may be a bit inappropriate to say that it is a corpse, because only the torso and right arm of the corpse were salvaged and presented to everyone.
As for the head, left arm, and two thighs, I don't know where I was buried in this vast river.
As far as the current torso is concerned, the corpse has a lot of stones wrapped around it, some of which have been washed away by the river, and some of which are still hanging on the body, which is why it has not risen.
Everyone thought that the previous dead baby was already the limit of their own bearing, but when they saw the female corpse in front of them, many people still silently ran to the distance and vomited.
Because this female corpse not only has the peculiar whiteness and puffiness after being soaked in the river for a long time, but also the torso and abdomen of its limbs and head have been severed, and a huge hole can be seen with the naked eye, which is showing its terrifying appearance to everyone.
Some of the red, red, white and white gastrointestinal organs of different shapes are half hidden inside, while the other half, hanging down from the body, is entangled with the aquatic plants brought up from the bottom of the water, making it impossible to distinguish which part is a plant and which part once belonged to humans.
Not to mention ordinary people in this situation, even many "well-informed" old policemen can't help but look away.
Min Xue was the first to step forward to check as usual, and was silent for a long time.
This location...
From his professional point of view, although a certain organ that gave birth to life inside the female corpse was blistered, it was not difficult to see the laceration if you looked closely.
What this means couldn't be clearer.
Caesarean section!
Therefore, the previous baby boy is likely to have a mother-son relationship with the female corpse in front of him, and it was not frightened and prematurely born at all, but was clearly dissected by life!
Min Xue and Lu Mantong, who came up to check later, glanced at each other, their eyes were calm due to professional needs, but it was not difficult to see the undercurrent fluctuations hidden between each other.