Chapter 3 Natural Death
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Sure enough, after a while, seeing that the sky had already darkened, the corpse was finally dug up intact and roughly cleaned of the dirt on the surface of the corpse.
The deceased was a man, and he did look very old, and He Ning intuitively deduced that he was at least sixty years old, his body was very thin and dry, and the clothes he wore were very thin, just single clothes and pants, and there was no thick jacket or sweater. Socks were worn on both feet, but only one foot was wearing shoes, which did not fit well and seemed to be a bit large, and the shoes on the other foot were probably still in the dirt pit, and they were knocked off when they were digging out. The corpses were generally much better decomposed than they had expected, and it looked like there was only some mild decomposition, so it didn't look particularly alarming.
Because the light is getting darker and darker, judging from the condition of the scene, the corpse has been buried here for not a day or two, it must have been a while, so there is no valuable trace evidence at the scene, so everyone briefly discussed it and decided to transport the body back to the public security bureau directly, and not to do any preliminary inspection at the scene, so as not to get completely dark, and they did not bring lighting equipment, which may be more troublesome to operate, but prone to problems.
So a group of people divided their labor, carefully put away the clothes found at the scene and the entity, put the body into a body bag and loaded it into the car, and He Ning and Tang Li also got in the car and followed the others back to the city and back to the public security bureau.
Because the forensic doctor needed to make a preliminary conclusion about the situation of the corpse, so that they could decide what to do next based on these conclusions, He Ning and Tang Li went directly to the forensic department with Forensic Doctor Liu, and after obtaining consent, they watched Forensic Doctor Liu process and examine the corpse.
The clothes and pants worn by the deceased are all very ordinary styles, the top is a shirt, there is no color, plus it has been buried in the soil for so long, it has long been stained dirty and wrinkled, and the pants are the same, a pair of black cloth pants, the waist is the kind of elastic band, there is nothing in the pants pocket that can be used to speculate on the identity, both of these clothes are very thin, and they don't look like the style they would wear in winter.
The forensic doctor cut the clothes off the deceased's body, carefully cleaned the surface of the corpse, and then began to carefully examine the deceased's physical condition.
"So far, no obvious mechanical injuries have been found on the deceased's body, and the possibility of death caused by external force can be ruled out," Forensic Doctor Liu said to He Ning and Tang Li, who were waiting for news, while carefully touching the deceased's skull after examining the body part of the deceased, "There is no external injury to the head, the only thing that can be found is that there are several needles on the back of the hand, and when you turn back to the body to perform an autopsy, you can make it clear whether there is a direct connection between the cause of death and the needle on the back of the hand." ”
"Forensic Doctor Liu, what is the approximate age of the deceased?" He Ning asked.
"It should be between sixty-five and seventy years old. Forensic Doctor Liu said while busy with the matter at hand.
"Can you estimate the time of death from the degree of decay?"
"This is really not particularly easy to say," Forensic Doctor Liu hesitated, in the past, when he faced the corpse, he could always accurately judge the time of the other party's death, and it was really the first time that he was so uncertain," Now that winter has just passed, the ground temperature has not warmed up for a long time, and it has remained below zero for a long time, under the ground temperature conditions below zero, bacteria will stop multiplying, and the decay of the corpse will also stop, the corpse is buried in the soil, isolating the air, which is also a reason to slow down the decay, plus the deceased is older, his own body is relatively thin and thin, and the water content in the body is relatively low, so the decay rate will be slower than that of ordinary people, combined with these conditions, plus the degree of decay of this corpse, I can only roughly infer that the time of death of the deceased may be in late autumn and early winter last year, because the ground temperature at that time was still above zero, so after the body was not buried in the soil, there were some signs of decay, but as the weather turned colder, the temperature dropped, and the ground temperature also dropped to below zero, and the decay stopped. ”
There is such a general speculation can still come in handy, He Ning and Tang Li thanked Forensic Doctor Liu, the forensic doctors were about to start the autopsy, they decided not to make trouble here, with these existing clues back to the office of the criminal police team, and began to check the missing person information in the last six months, since the deceased can be speculated by Forensic Liu to die in the late autumn and early winter of last year, there has been no news for so long, as a family member should not not call the police to find someone, even if they do not call the police, they may also seek help from the media。
So the two of them did a division of labor, Tang Li was responsible for reporting the missing person, and He Ning was responsible for contacting the newspapers, television stations, and radio stations in City A that were specifically responsible for reporting this kind of content, and asked if they had received a search notice looking for an elderly man in his sixties and seventies since the summer and autumn of last year.
For the results of this investigation, He Ning is full of confidence, the reason is very simple, the age of the deceased is really not young, sixty-five to seventy years old, which is very rare among the deceased in the criminal cases taken over by the criminal police team, generally the elderly at this age, the content of life is relatively simple, and the activity space is relatively fixed, and because of the age, whether it is psychologically or physically, serious conflicts with others, and the rise to personal injury is not much, the vast majority of the people who deal with them are also peers, so they often belong to the low-risk group among the victims of criminal crimes, so such an obvious targetIf you want to confirm his identity, it should be easy to find clues whether it is from the side of the family or the deceased himself.
She pinned her hopes on Tonic to her disappointment, as none of the newspapers or television stations had received similar missing person notices, and she pinned her hopes on Tonic as well, only to be told that there was no record of a missing person report that matched the deceased's situation.
In other words, such an old man has been quietly buried in the wilderness for almost half a year, but he has not been noticed at all, which is a little too strange.
When they were at a loss, the forensic doctor brought an even more strange result to them.
"The cause of death of this deceased was...... Natural death. Forensic Doctor Liu sat at Tonic Li's desk and took a sip of the warm boiled water that Tonic brought him, he was busy until now, let alone eating, and he didn't even drink a sip of water.
"Natural death?!" As soon as He Ning heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he looked at Forensic Doctor Liu in surprise.
Although Tonic did not exclaim directly in surprise like He Ning, the expression on his face also said it all.
"Yes, natural death, the pinhole on the back of the hand should have been left by the hospital intravenous treatment, no toxic substances were found in the body, it is certain that it died of natural causes. Forensic Doctor Liu nodded and said firmly.
"Why would an old man who died of natural causes be buried so secretly in a place like the scene of the crime?
"Just because a natural death is a natural death doesn't mean there's nothing strange in it. Tonic said to her.
Forensic Doctor Liu also nodded: "Yes, you are professional in solving the case, but I look at this matter from the perspective of common sense, and I also feel that something is wrong, especially in these years, cremation is advocated, except for a few rural areas because the concept is more conservative, it is unacceptable, insist on burying in their own fields and ancestral graves, that is also a very rare phenomenon, and even if it is a burial, it is impossible to just find a place to dig a pit and bury people. ”
He Ning was a little worried when she heard that the deceased had died of natural causes, coupled with the results of the investigation that she and Tonic had found nothing, but suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she suddenly had an idea, and she snapped her fingers excitedly: "Forensic Doctor Liu, didn't you say that there were multiple needles on the back of the deceased's hand, which were left by the hospital when he was injected intravenously for treatment? The deceased was thinly dressed and his shoes did not fit, and he did not look like he was going far away, so I think he should be a person from the local area of City A, and the hospital where he was treated is likely to be from City A, and we can also try to confirm the identity of the deceased through the hospital!"
"Well, this method is indeed quite feasible," Forensic Doctor Liu nodded after listening to He Ning's words, "The deceased has needle holes on the back of both hands, and one of the needle holes is thicker and deeper, I speculate that it should be the traces left by the indwelling needle, and the need to bury the indwelling needle may require long-term medication, maybe the hospital will stay longer, so the hospital should also know more about his situation, maybe there will be gains." ”
The idea and the direction of the investigation are there, but the time is not very suitable, and it is already past the end of work now, even if the hospital is a place where people work 24 hours a day, and run to investigate whether there is such a person who has been hospitalized in the hospital at night, the name is unknown, and the treatment in what department is unknown, which is also unrealistic, especially there are so many large and small hospitals in City A, walking one by one, plus the time for the investigation, it is estimated that this night is not enough, so there is no point in rushing this moment and a half, and it is more reasonable to simply start early the next morning。
Because it was not early, He Ning and Tang Li originally planned to invite Forensic Doctor Liu to solve the dinner problem together, but Forensic Doctor Liu politely declined their invitation.
"I won't make trouble for you, my wife at home is still waiting for me to eat," He Ning and Tang Li came together, although the two of them did not announce it to the outside world, but the state of the two of them together, a discerning person can still see it, and Forensic Doctor Liu is no exception, so he laughed and teased the two of them, and then said, " After so many years of getting used to it, no matter how late it is, unless it's all night, I try to go home for dinner, no matter how late, my wife also keeps me food waiting for me, let's do this line, it's not easy, the family is even more difficult than us, I go back to eat, she is happy. ”
After Forensic Doctor Liu left, Tang Li saw that He Ning's expression was very strange, so he looked at her suspiciously.
He Ning knew that Tang Li was asking what was wrong with him, and he was worried about himself, so he hurriedly smiled, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm just a little cranky all of a sudden." You said that Forensic Doctor Liu is busy and tired outside, and there is still a wife in the house who has a hot soup and a hot meal waiting for him to go back to eat, and it is very warm and relaxing when he arrives at home, but if it is replaced by the two of us, both of them are busy, very tired, after returning home, there is nothing in the cold pot and cold stove, let alone hot soup and hot dishes, even if you want to make a bowl of instant noodles, you have to boil boiling water, the kind of warmth that someone is eagerly waiting for, I am afraid there will be no chance to enjoy. ”
"Warmth is not about whether there is a hot meal to eat, but whether the people around you are right. As long as the person who eats with you is the right person, the home-cooked food and take-out box lunch are just as delicious. Tang Li shook his head at He Ning, saying that he did not agree with her statement, "The taste of waiting for others is not pleasant, if you can choose, I would rather be busy with the two of you, and after you are busy, you will boil water and instant noodles together." ”
He Ning didn't expect Tonic to say such a thing, originally in fact, what she had in her heart was indeed suddenly associated with the future of herself and Twonley, so she said such a thing with feeling, and now listening to Tonic say this, her heart does feel warm, and Fang Cai's concerns seem to have disappeared without a trace all of a sudden, she raised her eyes to look at Tonic and found that Tonic was also looking at herself, her eyes were burning, so that her heart also beat a few beats faster, and then she suddenly realized that she and Tonic had not started for a long time, how could she inexplicably think of the question of who will cook when you go home together after the case is busy?
Suddenly realizing this, He Ning immediately felt a wave of heat sweeping through her whole body from the bottom up, making her feel like she was almost about to burn.
"Let's go, let's go, when we talk about eating, my stomach feels very hungry, let's find a place to eat!" she quickened her pace and walked out, leaving the tonic behind her, to hide her feeling of shame and embarrassment at the moment.
Tang Li silently watched He Ning hurriedly drop a sentence and walked out, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, he laughed silently, didn't say anything, quickly followed, and walked out of the office with He Ning.