Chapter 14: Extrapolation of Time of Death
The charred corpse is one of the most ugly, if not the most ugly.
The casino owner and Yuan Weimao both glanced at each other, and their faces changed.
The casino owner was better, he had finally seen the bloody scene, and although he had a miserable expression on his face, he still forced himself to take a look, and even took a closer look.
"No, it's unrecognizable." The casino owner frowned and said, "Lord Xia, this burn is not human, and I can't see my eyes and nose, how can I recognize this." But I did see Ding Lang wear this dress, and it was exactly the same one. ”
The lower half of the corpse is fine, there are still some clothes and pants left, only the upper body that was stuffed in the land temple is charred, the hair is not mentioned, and the face is only black, and the facial features are not visible at all.
Yuan Weimao only glanced at it.
I've seen roast chickens and goose, I've never seen a roasted person, and on the way here, I was still full of indignation, so I almost wanted to pull Ding Lang out and whip the corpse, and at this time I was squatting on the side of the road and vomiting, and I was about to faint with a handful of tears and snot.
Wang Tong pinched his nose and kicked him: "Don't vomit, go and see if the deceased is Ding Lang." ”
Yuan Weimao's face was vomiting, and he waved his hand again and again.
"Recognize, unrecognize." Yuan Weimao said with a cry: "My lord, he has no face, how can he recognize it." ”
Wang Tong sighed, although he looked down on him very much, but he had to admit that he was telling the truth, and there was no point in forcing him again.
However, Ye Caitang was not stunned at all, and walked over calmly.
Xia Yue also pulled her.
Ye Caitang was puzzled; "Lord Xia, what's wrong?"
Xia Yue said: "The corpse was burned very horribly. ”
Ye Caitang nodded, she knew what the charred corpse looked like.
Xia Yue seemed to feel that it was not appropriate, and confirmed: "Can you?" Don't be pushy. Although your father told you a lot about the techniques of autopsy, hearing is not the same as seeing a real person. This burned and hanged are not the same. ”
Xia Yue didn't want to carry the frightened Ye Caitang back at all, and the six doors couldn't afford to lose this person.
"Don't worry." Ye Caitang smiled: "Two taels of silver a month, I can do it for money." ”
No, you can, you can.
Ye Caitang strode over to the corpse and looked down.
Xia Yue and Wang Tong both looked at Ye Caitang's expression cautiously, and a few catchers were even more strange in their hearts, where did a female servant come from the six doors, it was too strange.
Ye Caitang opened his mouth to be an expert: "A normal person who is burned to death, whether he is burned alive or after death, the corpse will be in a fist fighting posture. But the body did not. ”
The boxing posture is similar to the defensive state of a boxer in the game, the muscles are coagulated and contracted in case of high heat, because the flexor muscles are more developed than the extensor muscles, and the flexor muscles contract stronger than the extensor muscles, so the limbs are often flexed.
But the charred corpse took on the ground in a lying position, lying flat and straight, with its arms stretched out at its sides.
"Yes, I've seen charred corpses, all shrunk into a ball." One of the catchers said, "Why doesn't this shrink into a ball?" ”
"There are several reasons for this." Ye Caitang opened the six doors that he brought from the room, and this time he came out and went back to get the box he brought.
"The first is that the incineration is very short, and it is not the whole body that is burned. Second, the upper body of the deceased was stuffed into the temple, and the lower body was still outside, and he couldn't get up and move, and even after being burned, there was no room for him to shrink. ”
"That's not right." Wang Tong looked at the black face: "You said that the burning time is short, if it is short, can it be burned like this?" The face was burned. ”
"What does it mean if the face is burned?" Ye Caitang smiled: "It can only mean that someone doesn't want others to see his face." ”
Ye Caitang opened the wooden box he brought with him.
Inside this box was Ye Ming's favorite set of inheritances left to her.
It was a set of tools that Ye Ming used when he was doing the work, and he was placed in the corner of the room, and when she cleaned the room, she found that there was already a layer of dust, but it gave her a very pleasant surprise.
The restrictions of the times, the work of this era is no more than when Ye Caitang was a forensic doctor, there are more instruments and instruments to assist in the examination, and the work of this era depends more on personal ability.
Experience and carefulness, boldness and imagination.
Ye Ming's box contained a set of commonly used tools, and even to Ye Caitang's surprise, there was also a pair of gloves.
Gloves are a rare item, not seen very often among the people, they are a good thing used by the nobles of the palace, Ye Ming's pair, obviously because of the profession needs to find a way to do it, although it is rough for Ye Caitang, but it is better than nothing.
The inside of this glove is cloth, the outer layer is cowhide, and it is also coated, I don't know what it is smeared. But Ye Caitang tried, and the gloves were waterproof.
After all, no one knows what will be on the corpse, bacteria, viruses, and various toxic organisms, which may cause harm to the body.
Then the ingenious Ye Caitang studied for two nights, cut and sew, and changed it to his own size.
Ye Caitang put on gloves, pressed the deceased's unburned chest and abdomen, looked at the skin on his arms and legs, and asked Wang Tong to turn the body over and look at his back.
"Look, sir." Ye Caitang pressed the corpse spots on his skin.
"Thirteen to eighteen hours after death is the second stage of corpse spots, this stage is the diffusion period of corpse spots, at this time the corpse spots can no longer disappear completely, they can only fade slightly, and after stopping compression, the corpse spots slowly return to their original color."
A person who can press back and forth on a corpse is not too bold, and it cannot be described as unprofessional, not to mention that it is still a half-burnt corpse.
Xia Yue nodded solemnly, Wang Tongyi's face was full of admiration, and he inexplicably felt that although he was young and had just arrived, Ye Caitang's demeanor and actions at this time were not inferior to the old man of the six doors.
Ye Caitang said: "The skin of the deceased has a certain elasticity, and the corpse mortis has begun to ease but has not completely disappeared. The abdominal cavity is slightly raised, the lower abdomen begins to decay and discoloration, and blisters begin to appear on the surface of the skin. ”
She looked at the sky: "Based on the current temperature, I infer that the time of death of the deceased is more than twenty hours, that is, the day before yesterday, the period from the afternoon to the evening of the 8th. ”
It just so happened that this was also the time when He Ningqiu left home and disappeared, and then died.
The timing was too coincidental.
"The time of death can only be judged from the appearance for the time being, but fortunately, the place where it was burned is not large, otherwise, the high temperature will have a greater impact on the appearance of the corpse." Ye Caitang said: "If you want to be more accurate, you have to dissect the corpse to see how well the food in the stomach is digested." ”
It's a pity that the head has been burned and completely featureless, otherwise, there can be some indications.