Trace Examination Section, Autopsy Room.

This autopsy room is not very large, and there are not many forensic doctors, and there are at most 2-5 corpses at the same time on weekdays.

Today's situation is very special, not only are several people busy in the autopsy room, but there are also people coming and going in the morgue next to it, and from time to time you can hear a few greetings starting with "F".

Roan takes Mona, Michelle, and Lacey into the trace laboratory and soon meets a tall, thin, ugly white man in his 50s.

The other party was none other than the old forensic doctor of the trace examination department, Kovard.

Seeing the other party coming over, Luo An hurriedly smiled and stretched out his hand to the other party:

"Hello, Mr. Covard, I'm Roan Greenwood."

"I heard about you, Team Leader Greenwood."

Kovard took off his gloves, squeezed out a smile on his face, and reached out to shake Roan's hand:

"I didn't expect you to give us such a big gift when we met for the first time."

In addition to the nine newly dug up bones of Roan and Mona on the beach, Lacey and Michelle also brought back five still existing victim bodies from the Long Island police.

Considering the age of time and some other reasons, 6 of the 11 bodies have been cremated and other processes by the Long Island police, leaving only clues such as photos and the rest of the physical evidence.

This resulted in 14 bodies, which were sent to the trace examination unit in one day.

Combined with the fact that Winslow had just recovered from the bottom of the sea and had just transported the two bodies here, it meant that the trace department needed to process a full 16 bodies in a short period of time.

Trace Examination Section: "......"

Luo An understood that the pressure on the staff such as the forensic doctor of Covard was very high, so he specially asked Lacey to bring them some coffee beans and other small gifts.

Because of this, although Forensic Doctor Covard and the others were very unhappy, their attitude towards Luo An and the others was not bad, and after a few simple greetings, they took the three to the morgue not far away.

Walking into the air-conditioned morgue, turning on the lights, there are two rows of metal cars parked in the huge room, all of which are covered with white cloths of victims.

"These are the corpses you sent."

Dr. Covard first walked into the morgue and complained:

"I've been working here for more than 20 years, and it's the first time I've seen a situation like you, Team Leader Greenwood, where the corpses sent at one time are almost parked on the floor of the morgue, and the metal car is almost insufficient."

Luo An smiled wryly and shook his head, he had encountered serial murders in the past, and he had also encountered cases with many victims and corpses.

But this time the number of victims is 11+9+2, and the number is as high as 22.

And the first victim died in 1992, and the case that has spanned more than ten years so far, Luo An is really the first time to meet it.

"I didn't ask for the identity information of these corpses, they are all handled by my students, you can go to him later."

Forensic doctor Kovard walked to the first metal car in the first row, lifted the white cloth, revealing the slightly hideous corpse inside, and explained unhurriedly:

"The specific autopsy results of this batch of corpses you sent cannot be made in a short time.

But during the autopsy, I found out that there was something wrong with the cause of their death, so I asked the girl to call you over. ”

The girl that Kovard was talking about was Chenelle, who was standing behind him.

"Good work, Mr. Covard."

Luo An nodded and asked:

"Can you tell us about your problem?"

"The cause of death is different."

The forensic doctor of Covard did not talk nonsense and directly introduced:

"The 12 corpses in the first row on the left hand side all had injuries to their throat bones, indicating that the cause of their death was the same, that is, they all suffered from neck compression before their deaths, and finally suffocated to death."

"First row?"

Hearing the words spoken by Forensic Doctor Covard, Luo An's eyes moved slightly, and he looked at the second row of metal cars on his right, frowning slightly:

"Is the cause of death different for the victims in the second row?"

"It's really different."

Forensic doctor Kovard nodded, covered the white cloth on the first row of corpses, walked to the second row of metal cars, lifted the white cloth on one of the corpses, and introduced with an expressionless face:

"All eight of them had a crater in the back of their heads that had pierced their skulls, indicating that they had all been shot from behind.

In addition, 3 of these 8 people, the corpses are in good condition, and the examination found that there were traces of binding on their wrists, plus the body movements at the time of death showed kneeling.

So my students speculated that these eight men were supposed to be on their knees with their hands tied behind their backs, and one of them executed them from behind with a gun. ”

After the introduction of the forensic doctor of Covard, Mona, Lacey, and Michelle's faces suddenly looked very ugly, and a not very good idea and guess appeared in their minds.

Luo An's expression remained unchanged, he pondered for a few seconds, and asked:

"What about the last two people? What was the cause of their death? ”

"The cause of death of these two people is different from the previous people."

Dr. Corvad smiled, walked to the last two bodies in the second row, lifted the white cloth and said:

"These two people, the throat bones are fine, and the skull is not shot.

However, the skull at the back of their head was damaged by the beating of the stick. ”

Luo An's eyes narrowed slightly, nodded and continued:

"You mean, there was a guy who took a stick and killed these two people in the back."

"The autopsy results have not been completed, whether they were poisoned before their deaths, etc., I don't know yet."

Doctor Kovard covered it with a white cloth and said very strictly:

"I can only say that judging from the traces on the corpse alone, there is no problem with your conclusion for the time being."

"OK, thank you very much for your help."

Luo An reached out and shook hands with Dr. Corvad, exchanged a few words with the other party, and led the person out of the trace laboratory.

Walking into the elevator and pressing the floor button, Luo An pondered for a few seconds and asked:

"What do you all think?"

Mona, Michelle, Lacey, and Chenelle looked at each other for a few moments, and after a long silence, Lacey first said:

"I have a not-so-good guess."

"What speculation?"

Lacey swallowed and said:

"We're not going to have two serial murders this time, are we?"

“……”xN

It was very quiet in the elevator, and Lacey looked left and right at the expressions on Mona, Michelle, and Chenelle's faces, and asked:

"You think the same as me?"

Mona, Michelle and Chenelle looked at each other and nodded, Chenelle clasped her hands in front of her chest and frowned:

"Most serial killers have their own unique methods of killing, and over time, develop a habit of their own, and some serial killers are even proud.

Some of the corpses in the morgue just now died of suffocation, some of them died from shots in the back of the head, and the guy who attacked them was obviously not the same person. ”

Without waiting for Lacey to speak, Roan then added:

"Also, don't forget the two victims who were killed with sticks."

The elevator door opened, and several mermaids walked out, and Mona said with an ugly face:

"So, this time it's actually three serial murders?"

Everyone walked into the office area, and when Luo An was thinking about the case, Racy suddenly said with a strange face:

"Hasn't Winslow come back yet, how about he continue his search on the beach?

He had just led people to search a small area and found two new bodies.

The beach is so long, keep searching a little bit, maybe find something new. ”

“……”xN

When several people heard this, they immediately glanced at Lacey speechlessly, Luo An threw her a bag of snacks to block her mouth, looked at Chenelle, and asked:

"You said before that you were very arrogant to find the murderer, what happened?"

(End of chapter)