Chapter 113: Autopsy

"I'll just say it... It's too early for you. ”

Lin Xinyi gently patted Mao Lilan's back to help smooth the air, and took care of it for a long time, before finally relieving the little girl from unprecedented nausea and nausea.

"Mr. Lin... Sorry I got this dirty. Maolilan looked up in embarrassment, her face still pale.

"It's normal, there's nothing to be sorry about."

Lin Xinyi comforted a little, and then handed over the tissues that had also been prepared a long time ago:

"Wipe your mouth, if you can't hold on, you can still go now."

"No, it's all come to this."

"There's nothing to vomit anyway, let me continue to help!"

Mao Lilan gently wiped the corners of her mouth while bravely insisting on staying.

Her mind is simple but stubborn, as long as she recognizes something, she will definitely persevere to the end.

"Okay..."Lin Xinyi admired the strong will of this student very much:

"Then you change into clean gloves, take a camera to help take pictures and record, and we're officially starting."

It is officially started, but it is not a direct autopsy, but a complete examination of the body surface of the corpse before the autopsy.

"The skin on the surface, even the muscularis inside, is charred... The situation is not optimistic. ”

Lin Xinyi carefully examined the surface of the corpse, and his brows became tighter and tighter.

And Mao Lilan also had the courage to follow along to check, and soon found something suspicious:

"Mr. Lin, are these injuries a knife cut?"

"It's not." Lin Xinyi shook his head.

Thinking that this dissection had the purpose of taking students, he temporarily distracted himself and explained to Mao Lilan:

"This is a special phenomenon called 'chapped skin' that occurs when corpses are exposed to high temperatures."

"Because the high temperature causes the skin to solidify and contract, it is separated from the subcutaneous tissue and cracked, generally showing a straight line or arc, and the direction is more consistent than the skin lines."

"When examining this kind of charred corpse, it is necessary to pay attention to distinguish this corpse phenomenon from cutting and cutting."

Lin Xinyi explained while conducting an autopsy, and soon found something:

"Look, this is the knife edge."

"There was an obvious stab wound on the deceased's back, and judging by the location of the wound and the angle of the knife, it is likely that someone stabbed him in the heart from behind."

"This kind of injury is undoubtedly a fatal injury that can cause death - judging from the facts of the case, the deceased should have been stabbed to death by the murderer in the back first, and after the death, the body was hidden by the murderer in the bonfire of the fire festival in Chiki Village."

Lin Xinyi explained in detail the trauma found on the corpse, while Mao Lilan, as an assistant, picked up the camera very seriously and helped take pictures and records on the side.

"The heat ruined so many signs of a corpse, and that's all there was to see on the surface."

"So, what's next... Let's start dissecting! ”

Lin Xinyi sighed deeply.

As he spoke, he stood solemnly on the right side of the autopsy table and bowed slightly to the dissected deceased.

Without Lin Xinyi's explanation, Mao Lilan could also see that he was showing respect for the deceased as a forensic doctor.

She stood beside Lin Xinyi and bowed to the deceased, and subconsciously muttered easily:

"Don't worry, Mr. Negishi."

"We will definitely find the truth for you and catch the murderer!"

"Well, it will." Lin Xinyi was not surprised by Mao Lilan's naivety of chatting with the deceased, but echoed very seriously: "Because this is the work of our forensic doctors." ”

Then, he straightened up and picked up a scalpel from the instrument cart next to him.

This time, we need to do a systematic dissection, and we need to open the three chambers, that is, open the cranial cavity, thoracic cavity, and abdominal cavity to conduct a complete anatomical investigation.

"I'm used to using the one-word cutting method, which is the most convenient, direct and convenient."

"It is to start from the midline of the lower edge of the mandible, along the midline of the neck, chest and abdomen, around the left side of the umbilicus to the upper edge of the pubic symphysis, and cut the skin and subcutaneous tissue."

Lin Xinyi explained the anatomy to Mao Lilan, which gave her an initial impression.

Then, as he explained, he used the knife to slowly draw a long straight line from top to bottom along the midline of the lower edge of the lower jaw.

The knife cuts directly through the skin and soft tissues, deep enough to expose the rib cage of the chest.

At present, it is just that there is a long straight opening on the corpse, and the visual impact is not too great.

But then...

I saw Lin Xinyi put down the scalpel and probed his hand wearing two layers of gloves into the open knife in the middle of his chest.

As if he were taking off a heavy piece of clothing, he held the skin, subcutaneous fat, and pectoralis major muscles as a whole layer, along the rib surface, peeling off to the sides.

The skin had been completely charred, and it began to crumble and fall like a slag shortbread as soon as it was crushed.

And that thick layer of fat under the skin... Because it has been subjected to strong roasting at high temperatures, it does not show the same oily yellow color as chicken fat under normal circumstances.

This whole layer of fat is roasted to shrunk and ooze oil.

So when you peel it off vigorously, the visible grease is quickly squeezed out.

“.......”

Seeing this scene, Mao Lilan's face became more and more bloodless.

She bit her lip tightly, her body trembling, but finally she insisted on standing firm and did not take her eyes off it.

"How strong..."

Lin Xinyi couldn't help but sigh softly.

He felt that Mao Lilan was quite similar to himself, both of them studied martial arts first and then medicine, and naturally had the perseverance of a martial artist.

With this perseverance, you can quickly adapt to the harsh environment that ordinary people are difficult to adapt to.

"After peeling off the skin fat and muscle layer, it is necessary to check whether the soft tissues have bleeding and edema, whether there are fractures of the sternum and ribs, the location and shape of the fracture, and whether the surrounding tissues have life reactions."

"It's just that the soft tissue layers of this corpse are a little charred... It's just not that much that you can see. ”

Seeing that Mao Lilan was quite energetic, Lin Xinyi simply gave her a lecture by the way.

And he explained to Mao Lilan, and at the same time asked her assistant to help a little and participate in it:

"Help hand over the tweezers."

"Hmm." Mao Lilan quickly reacted and took out a pair of tweezers from the instrument cart and handed it over.

Obviously, she has gradually become accustomed to such an impactful picture and can keep up with Lin Xinyi's rhythm.

As soon as Lin Xin took the tweezers, he carefully lifted the peritoneum with the tweezers and made a small incision.

Then, under Mao Lilan's admiring gaze, Lin Xinyi directly stretched out the index finger and middle finger of his left hand and inserted it into the small opening, and slowly cut the peritoneum between the two fingers with a knife.

As if you were cutting open the plastic cover of a book, this will lift the peritoneum and cut it, avoiding damage to the abdominal organs during the cut.

The peritoneum is cut and the muscles attached to the lower edge of the chest wall are cut along the costal arch to enlarge the abdominal cavity.

"The anatomy generally starts with the thoracic and abdominal cavity like this, and the neck anatomy is put at the back."

"Because dissecting the chest and abdomen is equivalent to draining the blood first, it can avoid the observation of the original injury and bleeding of the neck when the soft tissue of the neck is cut because the anatomical area of the neck is contaminated with blood."

"Especially for the deceased who are suspected of being hanged, strangled, or strangled to death, this anatomical sequence of first the chest and abdomen and then the neck must be adopted."

"Of course, the body fluids of this charred corpse evaporate a lot at high temperatures, and the bloodletting has little effect, in fact, it can also start from the neck first."

Lin Xinyi was busy with his work, and at the same time explained to Mao Lilan in detail.

"I see." Mao Lilan nodded seriously, combined with the picture he saw, and silently wrote down the knowledge.

And Lin Xin sped up with one hand, opened the abdominal cavity, completely exposed the rib surface, and was busy opening the chest cavity.

He held a scalpel and cut through the second rib cartilage.

When cutting, the blade of the knife is deviated to the outside, and the costoclavicular joint and the first rib are cut off one by one along the inner side of the junction between the rib and the costal cartilage about 1 cm inside, and the sternoclavicular joint and the first rib are cut off in an "S" shape with a scalpel.

He then lifts the costal arch against the sternum and the posterior wall of the costal cartilage to separate the transverse sternum from the mediastinal connective tissue.

Finally, the sternum is removed to expose the ribcage, and the ribcage is completely opened.

After doing this, Lin Xinyi stopped his movements and fell silent thinking about it.

"Mr. Lin Xinyi, is there any problem?"

Mao Lilan noticed the solemnity of Lin Xinyi's expression.

"The situation is a bit troublesome..."

"This corpse was so badly damaged by the heat."

Lin Xinyi's tone became a little solemn:

Only when I opened it did I realize how badly the corpse was damaged by the heat.

Not to mention the charring from the skin to the muscles, even the organs and tissues in the body that you can see after opening the chest and abdominal cavity are baked almost cooked by the strong heat that penetrates into the body.

Although these organs were not charred like the superficial skin, avoiding the worst...

But this corpse is like a roast duck with just the right heat, the outside is burnt, and the inside is basically baked.

"The main purpose of our autopsy is to determine the true time of Mr. Negishi's death and to overturn the alibi of Yutaka Abe."

"If the roast is not too strong, you can easily determine the time of death by directly looking at the organs in the body for corruption and discoloration, or extracting the putrid bacteria in the organs and tissues for study."

"But now..."

Looking at those organs that were seriously discolored and deformed due to high temperature, Lin Xinyi sighed helplessly:

"It's a bit difficult to determine the time of death."