In a remote mountain col in Wuma Village, Shuizhen Town, Wanzhou District, a nameless female corpse lies quietly in the broken house that has no roof, long decayed.

"Ouyang, do you think this person killed or committed suicide?" Lao Lu looked at the corpse lying on the ground and said.

I had already squatted down at this time, carefully examined the decaying corpse, and then said to Lao Lu with certainty: "There are no obvious external injuries to the deceased's torso and head, but there are obvious bruises on his neck, which should be left by strong tightening of something inside the rope. This means that the person was strangled to death. ”

Lao Lu nodded and did not say anything more.

I continued to look at the body, and judging from the extent of the decompose, the deceased had been dead for about 30 to 35 days. However, based on the body shape and characteristics of the corpse, it can still be judged that this is a female corpse. For women, her height is quite high, about 170 cm.

However, the face of the female corpse was so badly decomposed that it was no longer recognizable for a long time.

This female corpse also has a strange feature, that is, on the surface of the corpse, it is covered with an off-white windbreaker, but apart from this windbreaker, the female corpse has no clothes on her body and no shoes. Of course, there is nothing that can prove the identity of the deceased. Mobile phones, wallets, bank cards and other items are not available.

The style of this trench coat is relatively fashionable and has a good texture, and it is a branded dress bought in a big shopping mall. Coupled with an examination of the cadavers' teeth, I determined that the deceased should have been a young woman, at least no older than 35 years old.

The corpse did not leave much evidence on the surface, and if more evidence was to be obtained on the corpse, it would have to wait for the medical examiner to perform a further autopsy before drawing conclusions.

Of course, what I want to know most is whether this female corpse was sexually assaulted before her death?

I checked the crime scene, and there was a lot of straw and dead grass on the ground, which should have been piled up in this dilapidated house by nearby villagers, perhaps because the house was abandoned, so the villagers used it to hoard straw.

However, it was this action of the villagers that left some traces on the criminals.

The straw was found both inside and outside the house, so it was clear that the straw on the ground had left traces from the gate of the broken house to the inside of the house, leaving traces of dragging the corpse. However, around the corpse, there were no signs of too messy stalks, which means that the deceased did not struggle there.

Then this is a good indication that this is not the scene of the first crime, but the scene of the dumping of corpses.

However, because the ground was covered with straw and dead grass, there were no footprints of the murderer at the scene.

I walked out of the dilapidated house and took in the surroundings. Less than ten meters away from the dilapidated house, there is a mechanized road in the countryside, which can lead to the rural road, which in turn is connected to the national highway. So I'm sure that the murderer who came here to dump the body must have a vehicle.

The survey of the site was quickly completed, and nothing of value was found. This shows that the murderer was very clean and neat about this corpse.

The woman's body was taken to the forensic center, and a further autopsy report came out soon.

However, the autopsy report stated that there were no sperm spots on the deceased's body and that the deceased had not had sex before his death. That is, the deceased did not have been sexually assaulted.

Moreover, the report confirmed that the time of death of the deceased was 30 days ago, and the age of the deceased was determined to be between 28 and 32 years old. There is nothing of value left in the report.

Lao Lu stood in the corridor of the criminal investigation team, smoking a cigarette and said to me: "This case can be said to be clueless, but from the fact that the deceased could not find any belongings carried by the deceased, I guess it is a robbery and murder case." ”

I nodded, agreeing with Lao Lu's judgment. I said: "The deceased had not been sexually assaulted, and none of his belongings were gone, so it was indeed a robbery and murder." However, there is one more thing that puzzles me very much. ”

Lao Lu frowned and asked, "What confuses you?" ”

I said, "Why did the deceased wear nothing but a ladies' trench coat?" Is this trench coat a dead one? Or is it the murderer's? ”

Lao Lu still frowned, took a puff of cigarette, squinted at me, and then looked out of the corridor, and said, "I don't understand this either, but now this off-white trench coat seems to be our only clue." Whether the trench coat belongs to the deceased or the murderer, I think it will be the key to solving the case. ”

I said, "Yes." Judging from the current situation, if we want to solve the case, the first task is to find the source of the body and determine the identity of the deceased. ”

Lao Lu snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ash trough on the trash can next to him, and said, "I will immediately organize the police to investigate the recent missing persons." ”

"The investigation is based on the age of the deceased, the time of disappearance and the off-white trench coat," I said. ”

Lao Lu nodded and walked into the office with me.

The investigation of missing persons has been a great disappointment, as no woman in her 30s has gone missing for more than a month.

Lao Lu felt very puzzled and said to me: "This doesn't make sense, a living person has been missing for more than a month, isn't her family worried?" ”

I really can't answer Lao Lu's question. Because there are still many cases where no one has come to the police after missing for a long time, such as the deceased is a person who lives alone, she is a migrant worker outside the home, and has little contact with her family.

I said, "The deceased cannot be alone in this world, she must still have parents and relatives, and these people may not have noticed that the deceased has disappeared during this time, but sooner or later they will find out." We still have to keep an eye on the situation of the missing person, and I am sure that her family will come to report it. ”

Lao Lu nodded slightly and said, "I hope so." ”

Just six days after the body was found, the police received a call to report the crime. The person who reported the crime, a man, said on the phone that his wife was missing and had been missing for 38 days. And judging by his description of his wife, it is exactly the same as the deceased we found. The two main distinguishing features are the 170 cm height and the wearing of an off-white trench coat.

Thus, we finally learned the possible identity of the deceased. The deceased's name is Luo Qionghe, 29 years old, from Shandong.

After learning about this situation, I first put the object of my suspicion on the informant, that is, the husband of the deceased.

Because the time for him to report the case was really delayed for too long, a full delay of 38 days. This has to make me wonder if he is suspected of being a thief and shouting to catch a thief.

I told Lao Lu about my doubts, and Lao Lu also thought that something was wrong, so he decided to summon the husband of the deceased to the criminal investigation team on the pretext of investigating the situation of the missing persons.

In Lao Lu's office, I met the husband of the deceased. The man was thin, and his hair looked messy, giving him a raunchy look. His height is only in his early 170 centimeters, which does not seem to be a good match for the deceased. He was dressed casually, it was December, and the weather had cooled, but he was wearing an old gray suit with a pilling woolen shirt underneath the suit. What's even more outrageous is that he is wearing a pair of white sneakers with black stripes on his feet, which does not match his suit at all. His appearance at the junction of urban and rural areas made me immediately judge that he should be from the township.

Lao Lu asked him to sit on the sofa, and I sat next to him, and Lao Lu sat in his office chair.

Lao Lu straightened his waist and asked him, "What's your name?" ”

The man replied, "My name is Yang Changjun." ”

"What do you do?"

"I work at the light bulb factory in Tangfang."

"Where do you live?"

"At the Dong family."

Lao Lu nodded slightly and said, "Tell me about the day your wife disappeared." ”

Yang Changjun looked at Lao Lu and said, "My wife, like me, works in the light bulb factory. During that time, the factory was organizing physical examinations. On the day of her disappearance, Qionghe went to the city to participate in a physical examination, but as soon as she left like this, it was a month, and I also looked for her for a month, but I couldn't find her, so I called the police. ”

Lao Lu and I both looked at the man in front of us in silence, his description of his wife's disappearance was so simple, and the delay in reporting the case for so long, it was really hard for me not to doubt it.

I stood up, walked to Lao Lu's desk, and said to Lao Lu, "Give it to me." ”

Lao Lu looked at me and opened a file on the table, which was of course the file on Luo Qionghe's case.

Lao Lu took out two photos from this file, one was a photo of an off-white windbreaker, and the other was a full-body photo of the deceased.

I took these two photos, walked to Yang Changjun's side, handed him the photos and said, "Look at it, do you recognize the clothes and the deceased in the photos?" ”

Yang Changjun took the photo, looked at it carefully, and said very calmly: "This windbreaker is exactly the same as my wife's windbreaker, this windbreaker was bought in the New Century Department Store, it is her favorite piece of clothing, and it is also the most expensive piece of clothing." But I can't see who the dead man is in this photo, the face is already like this, I can't recognize it. ”

After Yang Changjun finished speaking, he handed me the photo.

I took the photo, looked sideways at Yang Changjun, and didn't ask him a question. Because I can't be 100% sure now, the deceased is Yang Changjun's wife, Luo Qionghe.

After that, Lao Lu asked Yang Changjun about the situation again, and let Yang Changjun leave.

After Yang Changjun left, I lit a cigarette, sat on the sofa and said to Lao Lu: "This Yang Changjun's performance is too calm, his wife has been missing for so long before reporting the case, and he is too calm for his wife who may have been killed." This kid is very problematic. However, it is not yet possible to completely suspect him, because the exact identity of the deceased has not yet been determined. When will the DNA comparison between Luo Qionghe and her parents come out? ”

Lao Lu looked at the file and said, "It is estimated that it will be two days later." ”

Two days later, the DNA comparison results came out, proving that the deceased was Luo Qionghe.

I took this report and said to Lao Lu: "It seems that I have to visit this Yang Changjun again." ”

Lao Lu drove me in a police car and drove me to Yang Changjun's home.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, our sudden visit caught Yang Changjun a little off guard.

Entering Yang Changjun's home, Lao Lu said to him bluntly: "Yang Changjun, after your wife disappeared for 38 days, you thought of calling the police, what do you think?" Tell me about it. ”

Lao Lu's tone was very blunt, and it was also very intimidating, with an obvious sense of doubt.

I saw Yang Changjun's Adam's apple squirm up and down, and said tremblingly: "I just thought I could find her, so I didn't plan to call the police at first." But after I found out that for such a long time, her phone has been turned off, and I was worried that something was in danger of her, so I called the police. ”

Lao Lu said angrily: "It took 38 days to call the police, are you a husband's worry about his wife?" Say, did you kill Luo Qionghe? Lao Lu's last sentence was almost shouted, which scared Yang Changjun into trembling.

Yang Changjun shook his head again and again, his face turned pale, and muttered: "It's not me, it's really not me." I don't know how she died, I really don't know. After he finished speaking, he sat down on the sofa behind him, his head drooping, and he looked dejected.

I exchanged glances with Lao Lu, and Lao Lu didn't question again.

I looked at Yang Changjun's home, and there were no wedding photos in the living room, and I didn't see any children's toys, so I speculated that their relationship between husband and wife might not be very good, and they didn't have children.

So I sat down next to Yang Changjun and asked, "Your wife has passed away, and I tell you clearly that you are now the biggest suspect of our police." If you are innocent, could you please give a reasonable explanation? ”

Yang Changjun kept his head down, and after listening to what I said at this time, he took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit one by himself, took two sips, and said slowly: "The relationship between me and Luo Qionghe is not good, and we always have a small quarrel for two days and a big quarrel for three days. Because she began to dislike me, saying that she had married from afar, but she had not been able to live a rich and happy life. Because her feelings for me have faded, she often goes online, and there are several male netizens on the Internet. Once she went to the city to meet a male netizen and was caught by me. Since then, our relationship as husband and wife has become even weaker, almost to the verge of divorce. This time she went to the city for a physical examination, and it was many days after she went, and I thought in my heart that she was using this opportunity to meet netizens again, maybe she had a relationship with those unserious men. So I decided to file for divorce when she came back. But she was gone for such a long time, and she didn't even go to class. I vaguely felt that something had happened to her outside. Comrade policeman, you must believe me, Luo Qionghe's death really has nothing to do with me. ”