"Lingju, just now the Chengbei Police Station received a report from the masses that a human stump was found in the Qingxu River. ”

As soon as he went to work on the morning of the second day of January, Ling Zhan received a report from Yue Xiangqi, the captain of the criminal police team, and when he heard that it was a murder, he naturally did not dare to slack off.

"Where are you now?"

"I was there. It is about 500 meters downstream of the Linglong Bridge on the Qingxu River. ”

"Have you notified the Forensic and Technical Section?"

"It has been notified that they are on their way. ”

"Okay, I'll be right there. ”

The murder case must be solved, which is a strict order of the city bureau and the provincial department. Ling Zhan hurriedly explained two sentences to Xiao Hua, ordered him to sit at home, took Xun Jianguo, and did not summon Jia Wei and Qi Zhibin, who were investigating the suspected suicide case of Suo Jianxing, the owner of Yayi Pawnshop, and hurriedly drove to the Qingxu River in the north of the city.

"Wandering. ”

"What's the situation?"

According to the comrades at the police station, it was first discovered by a group of winter swimmers in the morning. Yue Xiangqi pointed to a large black suitcase that Gui Lirong, the head of the forensic and technical department, was inspecting, and said: "At that time, they saw a brand-new black suitcase on the shore, and they opened it casually out of curiosity and found that it contained human limbs that had been cut into two sections, so they immediately dialed 110 to report the case." ”

At this time, Gui Lirong also walked over and reported to Ling Zhan: "After a preliminary investigation, no obvious traces and physical evidence left by the suspect were found on the suitcase or around it. It can be concluded that this is not the first place where the body was dumped. ”

Soon, the results of the preliminary examination of the stump by the forensic doctor also came out. The eight stumps in the suitcase should have belonged to the same young woman. It's just strange that the victim's hands are missing.

Similarly, due to the limited conditions at the site, the forensic doctor did not find any other valuable clues. Therefore, Ling Zhan immediately ordered the forensic doctor to return to the bureau immediately with the eight severed limbs, and conduct further technical appraisal with the help of advanced scientific instruments.

At this point, the first task in front of Ling Zhan and the others was to find the source of the corpse. Only in this way can the victim's information be obtained through the source of the corpse, so that specific investigation work can be carried out around his social background.

In order to locate the body, the remaining limbs of the victim must be recovered as soon as possible.

Then the first thing to do is to determine the specific location where the suspect dumped his body. There is also a question to be solved here, whether the suspect threw the body at once, or divided into several times. In the case of a one-time dump, there is only one dumping location. If it is divided into several times, there may be several dumping sites.

The amount of work and difficulty involved was well known to everyone present.

If you look at the specific location of the suitcase in detail, you can basically determine that it should be driven down the river to the shore. Although it was the middle of winter, the weather was not very cold this year, so only some of the inlets near the shore of the Qingxu River had a thin layer of ice. Going upstream, about 500 meters away from the location where the suitcase was found, there is a large traffic on the Linglong Bridge.

"If the suspect used a means of transport, then it is very likely that the place where the body was dumped was on the Linglong Bridge. Xun Jianguo pointed to the surrounding river bank and said: "Due to two or three rains in succession some time ago, although there are several dirt roads to reach the shore, the roads are very muddy. ”

Needless to say, Xun Jianguo's implication is very obvious. It is impossible for the suspect to be stupid enough to drive or walk to the riverbank to dump the body. It's easy to leave clear marks on muddy roads.

In this way, Captain Yue led a group of people and the notice of the police station to search upstream along the other side of the river. The rest of the people followed me and Uncle Xun to look upstream from here. See if the remaining limbs of the victim can be found. Everyone must be careful and not overlook any clues. ”

After some searching, until they went up the river and crossed the Linglong Bridge for nearly a kilometer, no one found anything. Neither the remaining stumps of the victim nor the traces left by the suspect were found.

Captain Yue led people to retrieve all the surveillance videos within one kilometer on both sides of the Linglong Bridge, and immediately handed them over to the video team to watch overtime. ”

"Yes. ”

"The rest of the group. ”

After returning to the bureau, Ling Zhan immediately notified the office and the Propaganda Department to post a notice to find the source of the body. All sub-bureaus and police stations were also notified to report all recent reports of missing persons. At the same time, some people were sent to use the large suitcase as a clue to see if they could find a store that sold the suitcase. and await the results of the preliminary identification by the forensic doctor.

However, since it is only the victim's limbs, it is almost impossible for the forensic doctor to determine more information about the victim. As for whether he could accurately judge the time of the victim's death, for Ling Zhan, he was also uncertain.

If the time of the victim's death cannot be determined, it is impossible to speculate on the time when the suspect dumped the body. Therefore, when Yue Xiangqi brought back the video materials within one kilometer at each end of the Linglong Bridge, Ling Zhan had to order the video team to take today as a starting point and organize forces to look backwards day by day.

"Remember, the focus is on the vehicles that cross the Linglong Bridge at night. Including electric cars, bicycles, motorcycles, and more. As long as there is an abnormality in the time of passing through the Linglong Bridge, all vehicles must be screened out, and no one is allowed to be missed. ”

The first to draw conclusions was the technical department, Gui Lirong reported to Ling Zhan: "Ling Ju, according to our careful inspection, we found that the four wheels of that large black suitcase did not have the slightest trace of wear. ”

"That means you can rule out the possibility that the suspect was carrying a suitcase to throw the body?"

"Yes. ”

Immediately, the forensic doctor also obtained the preliminary results - the female victim should be between 25 and 35 years old. Analysis of the wounds of the amputated limbs showed that the upper and lower limbs were severed from the knee and elbow joints, but did not injure the bones, but cut the victim's skin and muscle tissue with a sharp blade. It shows that the suspect has some knowledge of human anatomy.

The victim's DNA was not compared in the database.

"What does Uncle Xun think?"

"Killing people and dismembering corpses, it can be seen that the suspect is very cruel. The scattering of the corpses shows that the suspects are extremely cunning. Xun Jianguo analyzed slowly: "Although it is not 100% certain that the suspect cut off the victim's hands alone to prevent the police from identifying the victim's identity through fingerprints, it cannot be ruled out, and it is even very likely."

In other words, the suspect is not only familiar with the victim, but also knows that the victim's fingerprints have been included in the database of the public security system. It can be seen from this that the suspect has a very strong sense of anti-reconnaissance. ”

"But how do you explain that the victim's DNA doesn't match?"

Indeed, this is puzzling. Since the medical examiner determined that the victim was a young woman, it is impossible for the police to record the victim's fingerprints and not collect her DNA information if the victim has a criminal record. ”

"Team Ling, Uncle Xun, I have experienced a situation where the police only recorded fingerprints and did not collect DNA information. ”

"What's the situation?"

"It was when I was working at a grassroots police station that someone handed over a handbag with a large amount of cash. When the owner of the handbag goes to the police station to claim it, according to the corresponding procedures, he must sign and put his fingerprint on the confirmation of the claim provided by the police.

Under normal circumstances, the police station will collect the fingerprint information of the claimant into the database at any time. ”