"Holtz, you're trying to say that guy is an undead man, just like those mummies in the movies?"

Harry looked at Holz with a 'you take us for fools' expression.

Holtz shrugged: "Forensic doctors generally treat untreated, fatal wounds as fatal wounds, I mean, Mike Smith may have masochism!" ”

He led everyone to a projection and played out traces of old wounds:

"See these puncture wounds.

I've seen it before.

It was made by a European torture instrument called a bone nail, which appeared in the Middle Ages and was a favorite of the Inquisition.

And this serrated wound.

This thing will be like a shark's teeth, buckled into the flesh, through the blood groove, and you will feel the weakness of the blood detached little by little. ”

"There are more than 400 similar old wounds on Mike Smith's body, of which nearly 300 are near-fatal wounds.

He was covered with scars except for his bare neck and head.

This situation, even with modern medical support, must be accumulated over the years to survive until now, otherwise there is no one to carry it. ”

Holz took out some images that everyone couldn't understand:

"I did a full dissection of Mike Smith.

His physical function is very poor, there are a lot of antibiotics and hormones in his body, and there are many scabs in the bones in his body, which are traces that will be formed by repeated bone fractures and healing.

This guy is alive with a tattered body with eighteen hands, and he is constantly suffering from the aftermath of excessive injuries.

If it weren't for the tragic death, I almost thought that he couldn't bear the pain and chose to commit suicide. ”

Dean looked away from the projection and asked directly, "These old wounds, and the new wounds on Mike Smith's body, are they caused by ancient European torture instruments?" ”

Holtz nodded: "I sent an email to ask a lot of people, and it is basically certain that all of them are torture instruments left over from ancient times, but the new injuries on Mike Smith's body are still somewhat innovative." ”

He opened another folder.

Hundreds of photos, forming a huge square photo wall, appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Holtz took out a laser pointer and circled the ranges:

"The time of Mike Smith's death can be roughly determined to be between two and four o'clock in the morning last night, and the new wounds on his body add up to a total of one hundred and twenty-one wounds, including punctures, stutters, cuts, punctures, burns, freezing, and electric shocks.

If you add the old scars of the past.

In Mike Smith, almost all traces of ancient European torture instruments can be found.

It is estimated that the most hated pagans of the Middle Ages did not have this treatment.

Because almost no one survives after so many punishments.

It's hard even in modern times.

This means that the torturer, who knows no less about these tools of punishment and the human body than a professional doctor. ”

Holtz gasped for breath and drained two cups of coffee in a row before continuing:

"In addition, Mike Smith has traces of drug injections in his body.

I haven't found a matching type of potion for this potion for the time being, and it's likely to be a private configuration, but through the ingredients, I can probably guess the effect.

Strong heart + calm! ”

A flash of excitement flashed in Holtz's eyes:

"People have self-protection mechanisms.

Once the pain or emotion reaches an unbearable limit, the person will be forced into a coma.

In order to keep Mike Smith awake, the killer injected him with drugs.

In addition to strengthening his heart and preventing Mike Smith from falling unconscious, the potion also amplifies his senses, allowing him to feel the taste of each punishment more clearly.

Then I think of his immobilized eyes, which he can't close.

Guess what other cruel things the murderer did? ”

Everyone had already substituted for Holtz's tragic situation of Mike Smith, and when they heard Holtz's inquiry, they shook their heads with a shudder.

It's enough to live and die, and there are more cruel things?

They don't dare to think about it any further.

Holtz glanced disdainfully at the group of weak chickens and looked at Dean expectantly, hoping that the other party could synchronize with his own thoughts.

This can at least show that he is thinking and not so perverted.

Dean didn't let him down.

He took out a cigarette and lit it, and said lightly:

"The pain of the body, after reaching a certain level, in fact, people will become numb, but the pain of the soul will be unprecedented because of the pain of the body!

Therefore, when the murderer executed Mike Smith, he took a mirror and put it in front of him, so that he could see with his own eyes how he was dismembered by a little bit of alternatives! ”

"Yes, after substituting these scars, the final conclusion I came to is this!"

Holz is happy to have someone who can be in sync with his own mind.

This means that it is not the perversion that you think, but the truth!

He released the last photo.

Here's a close-up of the eye in high definition:

In the black eyes that spread and smudged, in the fine burning, dots of blood were distributed.

Brown and red.

There is actually an eerie beauty.

"This is a typical symptom of death by suffocation, Mike Smith died of suffocation, he reached the threshold of death physically and mentally, and the pain was so painful that he suffocated, or he actively refused to breathe, and suffocated himself to death."

Everyone: "."

A corpse with hundreds of minor and serious wounds, the cause of death was suffocation, and it is likely that he refused to breathe and suffocated himself to death.

You think this is a detective written by an unpopular writer!

Even Dean was a little speechless and said, "Holtz, if you want to suffocate yourself to death, you can hardly do it, because the body will have its own thoughts." ”

This idea is the body's self-survival instinct.

Probably the consciousness doesn't want to live, but the body feels that it can still be rescued, ignoring the control of the body by the consciousness, and making some uncontrolled reactions

So it's almost impossible to hold your breath and kill yourself.

People have limits.

Dean prefers that Mike Smith is physically and mentally broken, suffocating in pain.

In short, Mike Smith died a torturous death.

This made Dean more sure of his conjecture: the murderer hated Mike Smith very much!

He looked at Holtz: "By the way, that Akita dog, have you checked the situation?" ”

Holtz was enjoying the disgusted expressions of old Hunter and the others, and when he heard this, he grinned and was about to click on another folder.

Old Hunter hurriedly stopped: "Holtz, let's say it directly, it's easy for you to let us get in, it's not comfortable!" ”

"The vice-team is right!" Harry glared at Holz viciously: "If you dare to release a photo of that dead dog again, I swear I will definitely invite you to eat maggot rice!" ”

"Wow, that thing has a high protein content, and it tastes good with mustard or ketchup." , Holtz shot back.

yue~

Harry covered his mouth and exited the screening room.

Holtz disgusted Harry, and then he was satisfied to introduce the results of the autopsy of the Akita dog:

"That Akita dog, about 15-20 days after death, had more than 30 traces of torture tools on his body, all his bones were shattered, his internal organs were broken, and he died of heavy bleeding.

Here's where the fun comes in.

Wound marks on the Akita dog can basically be found on Mike Smith's body.

I was inspired to extract some of the genetic material from inside Mike Smith's scar, and although it wasn't enough, it was certain that it wasn't human. ”

When Old Hunter heard this, his heart was shocked: "Holtz, do you suspect that Mike Smith tortured and killed this dog, and finally the dog owner found him and tortured Mike Smith in the same way and with the same tools?" ”

Holz nodded:

"Almost.

Don't forget, Mike Smith was troubled to be pinned into a kneeling gesture of repentance.

In that direction, it was facing the place where the dog was buried.

And where he died, there were often students who secretly came to look for the excitement of fighting in the wild.

This kind of place is not hidden at all.

This is also the reason why Mike Smith lost his breath at three or four o'clock in the morning, and was found at six o'clock in the morning.

I examined the soil on the dog's carcass.

After it was buried there, there were traces of turning, but it was close to the time of burial.

Half a month later.

Mike Smith died in the same place, kneeling towards the dog's corpse.

The murderer obviously had time to choose Mike Smith's hiding place, but he still did so, indicating that he didn't care if the body would be found, and simply wanted Mike Smith to kneel down and repent.

So there is a high probability that the murderer is the owner of the dog! ”

Dean looked at Holtz, who was talking eloquently, touched his chin, and said curiously: "Man, are you stimulated, you didn't use it like a police detective before, in addition to completing your job, you were still in the mood to deduce the murderer's criminal psychology." ”

He feels that this hair, today is a bit of an imitation of how he does things and speaks.

"I think it's weird, too, like", old Hunter narrowed his eyes, and then looked at Dean with a strange expression: "Now Holtz, like a low-profile version of you, Dean!" ”

The same will be identified, and the same will be deduced from the criminal mind

Holtz seems to have a strange sense of deliberately imitating Dean in his habit of talking and doing things today, except that he is not as tall, handsome, strong, and long as he is not as tall, handsome, strong, and long.

Robert looked at Holtz, then at Dean, and nodded heavily: "The deputy is right, you are indeed imitating Dean, Holtz, do you want to transfer to murder the division?" ”

Holtz spread his hands: "Well, you guys found out, I'm really tired of facing a pile of rotten corpses every day, plus finding some things that Dean will, in fact, I will too, so I want to give it a try." ”

It's mainly the profession of forensic medicine, and it's okay to say it.

In this hellish place, there are girls at his mercy every day, but they are all giants who lack hands and feet

It's hard to put into words.

"If you want to move, you're welcome, but now we need to get this case out of the way first!" Dean slapped his face, attracting everyone's attention: "This Akita dog is buried near the university, and under normal circumstances, if the breeder doesn't want his dog to be hunted by the dog hunters, he will definitely identify it." ”

Holtz nodded: "Yes, I did find the identity chip on its wreckage. ”

said.

He took out a transparent bag from the projection table.

Inside the bag was a cylindrical transparent electron crystal about the size of a baby's little thumb.

This thing is not a GPS positioning device, but it stores some basic information about the dog.

If the dog catching team catches it, through the machine scanning, it will know that the dog has an owner, and will contact the owner to bring it back, if it is far away, the owner also needs to pay a lost fee.

This discovery made the old Hunters very excited!

"Who is the owner of the dog?"

Holtz's expression was strange: "Mike Smith, this dog, is his own." ”

"It's normal." , Dean smiled: "If you are the owner of the dog, in order to avenge your dog, will you deliberately kneel the body on the dog's burial ground, and then don't take away the identity chip in the dog's body?" ”

Isn't this the same as not admitting oneself?

Ordinary criminals may make this kind of mistake.

But a person who can perform hundreds of punishments of different shades on people, and is not fatal, will never make such a mistake.

Because people who are accomplished in anatomy are forced to develop some very good habits.

Such as: detail, precision, meticulous observation, and more!

So from the beginning, Dean felt that the murderer was not the owner of the dog.

Holtz is not stupid either.

When he heard Dean's words, he had a smug look, and he collapsed with a clatter.

He threw the bag back and sighed: "Well, it's true, but this kind of murderer, he won't do meaningless things, that kind of inhuman torture, it's not fake, this kind of madness, I've only heard about some extreme cultists." ”

Cultists!

Dean thought of the old scars left by the ancient torture instruments on Mike Smith's body, and his heart moved, and he said: "Holtz, do you say that Mike Smith himself is a cultist, so he has so many old scars on his body, until he broke the canon because of something, and was finally punished by his angry companions?" ”

Holtz shook his head and explained:

"Dean, a modern cult, often carves a unique tattoo mark on a certain part of the body for the sake of identity, but Mike Smith has only dense scars, but no tattoo traces!"

Dean shook his head: "Holtz, you're wrong, Scar, it's the best tattoo!" ”

"Well, you can look for any relevant information at the Forensic Section, and I'll take the guys to Mike Smith's residence to check and see if I can find any clues.

I have a hunch that this case may be more troublesome than we thought. ”

Holz nodded in disappointment.

He found himself and Dean coming, and it was really just an ultra-low-profile version.

Leave the Assurance Section.

The soldiers were divided into two ways.

Hunter Sr. took Robert to the school where Mike Smith taught, found several of his graduate students, and inquired about Mike Smith's situation.

Dean took Harry and drove straight to Mike Smith's home in Los Angeles.

Tomorrow afternoon, I will be out of the quarantine site.

Good night.

(End of chapter)