Chapter 146: Warm Winter Sun
A month has passed in the blink of an eye, but the weather is still extremely cold... Fastest update visit: щщщ.79XS.сОΜ. It seems that before Team Leader Shao is transferred back to Dongxing City, I may have to serve as the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of this small public security bureau. The days passed carefree like this, and it was Chinese New Year's Eve.
This is the first time I've spent the New Year outside of home, and it's a little fresh and a little homesick. I don't know what happened to my warden's father, but it stands to reason that he should be speaking to a crowd of inmates right now. Either talking about his glorious past, or imagining the future.
This was originally a joyous festival, and every household hung lanterns with 'Spring Festival' couplets, sitting around the dinner table and eating dumplings while watching the 'Spring' Festival Gala. But we couldn't be happy today, because we received a call from the police, who claimed that a body had been found on the ice of the Elm River.
We drove to the location that the caller was pointing at, which was the section of the river near the Rainbow Bridge on the Elm River. Driving on the Rainbow Bridge, I saw that the entire bridge was hung with colored lights, and from a distance, it looked like a rainbow hanging in the sky. Looking at the residential area in the distance from the bridge, there are lights everywhere, and there is a joyful and peaceful atmosphere.
Under the bridge, it was dark and blind, desolate and cold.
Parking the car on the shore, a few of us climbed over the guardrail to the river, and the person who found the body was a sanitation worker. On this happy night of the family, they still have to stick to their posts, which is really hard enough.
The fifty-year-old woman stood on the shore and pointed to a corpse on the ice in the distance.
Under the illumination of the rainbow bridge, a person can be seen climbing on the ice in the distance. Judging by the long hair, this should be a 'female' person, but I'm not sure either. She was wearing a bright red 'colored' down jacket, which was very conspicuous. But it is not clear whether the person is dead or alive, and it is not known whether there are any blood stains on her body.
I tried to put my feet on the ice, and it still felt very strong, and it didn't seem to collapse.
I said to Gu Chen: "You and I go over to see the situation, Guan Zengbin, you stay here." ”
Guan Zengbin shook his head and said, "I'm going too." ”
"The ice is dangerous. I said.
Guan Zengbin waved his hand: "Dangerous for you, this is so sturdy, I'm afraid that I can fall into the river?" Besides, I'm a forensic ~ doctor, if there are any traces left on the scene, I am much more professional than you." ”
While talking, Guan Zengbin couldn't resist him, and the three of us had to move over there.
The cleaner's aunt said to us, "I shouted for a long time, but the girl didn't respond, I'm afraid she's dead......"
As we drew closer, the full picture of the 'woman' appeared in front of us. This is a corpse lying on the ice, and the reason why it is so certain is because on the ice, there was a puddle of fan-shaped traces of blood, which was splashed from her skull~. At the location of the 'female' head, a crack appeared in the ice. I've seen a lot of corpses, but it's really rare to see such a horrible corpse.
Her skull was almost a puddle of 'flesh' mud, and one of her eyes hung out of her socket.
Judging from the whole corpse, her arms and legs were broken in multiple places, and the whole person was twisted into a 'pumping' painting. A lot of white bones even pierced the skin and 'exposed' it. Blood was spreading around her, but against the backdrop of the red 'color' down jacket, it didn't look easy to distinguish. After Guan Zengbin took a picture with his camera, he squatted down with gloves on.
Looking at the appearance of the 'female', it can be seen that her age does not seem to be very large, and her height is only about one meter and a half. It's just that she was lying on the ice, so she couldn't see her full face, only half of it. However, looking at the leopard in the tube, judging from this less half of her face, you can see how "tragic" most of her face is on the ice.
After a while, Guan Zengbin spoke: "The appearance of the corpse is consistent with the death of a high fall, and the direction of force at all fractures is the same. Judging from her head, the tremendous pressure even lifted her eyeballs out of their sockets. Looking at her neck again, the cervical vertebrae are broken, and several vertebrae can even be protruded with 'flesh'~ eyes. The puddle of blood in front of the head was divergent, and the farthest blood was more than ten meters away. ”
As he spoke, Guan Zengbin looked up: "I'm afraid, this 'female' person jumped off the Rainbow Bridge." ”
When I looked up, the distance between the Rainbow Bridge and the ice was about 20 meters high.
Guan Zengbin continued: "Judging from the situation of the corpse, she should have landed first with her head. Judging from the amount of ~ blood, it should be a voluntary high fall death. ”
"What do you mean?" Gu Chen said as he looked at Guan Zengbin.
Guan Zengbin replied: "The so-called voluntary death from a high fall refers to the fact that in the process of falling, the person is awake. In addition to the traces of the corpse's life, you can see that the corpse's wrist has obvious contusions. This shows that at the moment of falling, she subconsciously used her wrist to support. This is human instinct and a factor in judging the death of a self-directed high fall. ”
"Still. Guan Zengbin's words changed: "As for why she fell off the rainbow bridge, it's hard to say." Whether it was pushed down, whether it was a suicide attempt, or whether it was accidentally dropped, is not clear at all. ”
I looked up at the Rainbow Bridge and thought.
There are guardrails on both sides of the Rainbow Bridge, and the height is about one meter and a half. And this 'female' is just over 1.5 meters tall and looks more like a junior high school student, so she must not fall from her footing. In other words, she either wanted to commit suicide, or was pushed down by someone.
It is not yet possible to determine which point it is.
Guan Zengbin said: "Take the corpse back, wearing so many clothes, I can't dissect it." ”
"I'm going to use that broken dissection room again. Gu Chen glanced at Guan Zengbin and said.
Guan Zengbin shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Fortunately, after Wu Meng became the captain of the criminal investigation team, the first thing he did was to install the heating, otherwise, he would be frozen again." ”
Guan Zengbin went back and brought the body bag, and Gu Chen and I carried the body up. I carried the arm of the 'female' corpse, and I felt like a puppet carrying a hanging string. I could feel that the bones inside were broken, which showed the great impact force. And especially in my position, I can just see the face of the 'female' corpse.
At this glance, it makes people feel a little dizzy.
The whole face of the 'female' corpse was torn, and the skin and flesh were severely bruised. She looks like she should be a teenage girl, but her skin is full of wrinkles like an old 'milk' and 'milk'. And this so-called wrinkle is bruised by a strong impact. Her other eye was also heavily congested ~ bloody and bulging outward, as if staring straight at me.
Putting the 'female' body in a body bag, Gu Chen and I walked back with one head on our heads.
When we went back, the cleaner aunt was still standing there watching our situation.
Putting the 'female' body in the car, I turned around and asked, "Auntie, when did you find the corpse, and did you see anyone around?"
The aunt replied: "I called the police when I saw the body, there was no one around, and I was responsible for this area." You think, what day is it, it's Chinese New Year's Eve. Besides those of us, there are people who are going to 'mess' around. I saw you put the body in a bag, what's the matter, are you dead?"
I waved my hand and said, "Jumped into the river." ”
As he spoke, he felt a little inappropriate, and said, "I've smashed the ice." ”
When the aunt heard this, she did not show fear, but said with some sadness: "If there is no great grievance, if you can still live, who will commit suicide on Chinese New Year's Eve." This is the most festive day for us Chinese, I can't figure it out, no matter how miserable, can it be worse than death?"
With that, the aunt left talking to herself.
"Let's go back. I shook my head.
When I went back, I naturally had to pass through the Rainbow Bridge, Gu Chen drove, I sat in the back, and the body bag was at my feet. I looked at the guardrails of the Rainbow Bridge all the way, and the gaps between the guardrails were so short that even a child could not fall through them. And judging by her height, it is also difficult to fall from above.
There are very few cars on the road, and if you think about it, you know that at this moment, most people spend their time at home.
This 'woman', no, to be precise, how did this 'girl' child come here? Walking, coming by car? Why did she come here, and what was the purpose of her here? Was it suicide or homicide?
But I vaguely feel that, just like the old aunt said, how desperate it must be for someone who can choose to commit suicide on this universal holiday. But how ruthless the person who chooses to kill people in this festival should be.
Suddenly, the roar of artillery was heard all around, and the sound was concentrated and loud, startling me in deep thought. I looked at my watch and realized that it was already twelve o'clock in the evening.
The New Year has arrived.
Then, countless ceremonial 'flowers' exploded on both sides of the Rainbow Bridge, which was very bright and beautiful.
"Happy New Year. I looked at Gu Chen and Guan Zengbin.
The two of them said in unison, "Happy New Year." ”
But this New Year, I guess I can't be happy. While everyone was enjoying the fireworks and eating the food, a few of us were still on our way back to the police station. And in the car, there was also a corpse wrapped in it. And the deceased was still a young 'girl' in the 'flower' season, and her visual age was less than eighteen years old.
This world is like this, happiness and sadness are balanced most of the time. When you feel happy, there must be someone you don't know who is sad. When a person is born, someone will naturally die. It's just that those who die on this festival are really sad and joyful.
We are a year older, but this young 'girl' has stayed at this age forever.
The car drove quietly on the rainbow bridge, and the sound of firecrackers around it was endless, but the young 'girl' in the body bag was sleeping quietly.
Let's find out why she's asleep.