Chapter 76 The family does not agree to the autopsy
It was not until the afternoon of the next day that Dr. Qiao and the technical staff of the Changtian County Criminal Police Team arrived at Dahan Village. During this period, the children of Han Jun's family were also rushing home one after another. Su Le and the others also used this time to do family work.
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In order to facilitate communication, Su Le asked the village chief Han to call Han Jun's eldest son Han Lecheng alone to the river where the accident occurred. Pointing to the clear flowing water, Su Le said to Han Lecheng:
"Brother Han, is this the place where Mr. Han's accident happened?"
"Yes, that's where we found our father that day." Han Lecheng nodded and replied.
"Why do you think the old man went to the river?"
"The old man likes to walk by the river, and sometimes he fishes by the river." Han Lecheng couldn't help looking at the river with some sadness when he talked about his father's past.
"Did the old man go back from home after dinner the night before?"
"yes."
"About what time was it when he left?"
"It's around seven o'clock, maybe less than seven-thirty. He always goes back at this time every day, walks by the river for a while and then goes to sleep." Han Lecheng knew his father's habits very well.
"Did he drink tonight?"
"No, he never drinks."
"Then will he go fishing at night?"
"No, it's already dark. I can't see how to fish."
"The walking path is about ten meters away from the river. It is a gentle slope down to the water. The gentle slope is covered with cobblestones. So why do you think the old man went to a place near the water?"
"This, I don't know about this." Han Lecheng looked at Su Le in confusion and replied.
"Last night we took a rough look at the old man's remains. Although it had been briefly processed, the scars on his face could still be seen. So we suspected that there was something wrong with the old man's death."
"Ah, what do you mean?" Han Lecheng asked with his eyes widened.
"I suspect that it is not normal for the old man to fall into the water and drown."
"You mean my father might have been killed?" Han Lecheng asked.
"It's possible, but it's not certain yet."
"How is this possible? My father is so old and has never had any fight with the world. How could anyone harm him?" Han Lecheng waved his hands repeatedly.
"Impossible! I think it's impossible too. Our village has always been very safe. There's not even a small theft, let alone such a big thing as murder." Village Chief Han also disagreed with Su Le's speculation.
"Brother Han, if your father was killed, should we figure it out?"
"Of course we have to figure it out, but it's simply impossible." Han Lecheng said, shaking his head.
"We hope to conduct an autopsy on Mr. Han's body and find the real cause of Mr. Han's death. Please support us."
"Ah! How can this work? No! No!" Han Lecheng shook his head vigorously and said.
"After the autopsy, we will sew up the body well so that the old man can leave with dignity."
"No! Stop talking. He has never done anything bad in his life. He has spent his whole life taking care of the lonely elderly people. After his death, we will not let him suffer anymore." After Han Lecheng finished speaking, he went home without looking back.
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"Hey, success, don't leave, wait!" Village Chief Han called him from behind to wait for a while.
"Village Chief Han, thank you for your hard work and do your work as a family member."
"Oh, Officer Su, to be honest, I don't agree with the autopsy. His old man is gone, so don't make him suffer anymore."
"If Han Jun was really killed, would you let the murderer roam free?"
"You said if, but I said it's impossible. Why would anyone kill an old man for nothing?" After saying this, Village Chief Han left the river to look for Han Lecheng.
"Forget it Su Le, let's wait until Dr. Qiao arrives and we can discuss it." Zhang Pengfei patted Su Le on the shoulder and said.
The arrival of Dr. Qiao and his team caused a sensation in Dahan Village. The villagers rushed to the door of the village committee to watch. Dr. Qiao was not only the technical staff of Changtian County, but also Captain Hou Jian of the Changtian County Criminal Police Brigade.
They also came together. Because if Han Jun was really killed, it would be a major case involving life and death. As the captain of the county criminal police brigade, he must be present.
Dr. Qiao led a group of people to the scene by the river first. After investigating for a while where the body was found, Dr. Qiao said:
"This is not a crime scene. The body may have floated down from above. Let's look upstream. Please don't walk on the cobblestones to avoid damaging the scene."
Everyone carefully searched upstream along the path along the river. Only Dr. Qiao was walking on the cobbled river beach. He lowered his head and searched for clues in the gaps between the cobblestones.
"Su Le, do you know the route that Han Jun usually takes for a walk?" Dr. Qiao said loudly.
Su Le saw Han Lecheng, who was wearing mourning clothes, standing in the crowd, so he waved him to go into some places and asked:
"Brother Han, do you know that the old man walks in that area every day?"
"Oh, father, after eating, he always goes to the river embankment from the place where the accident happened, and walks up the river path. When he reaches the place where he lives, he walks a little further, and when he reaches the bend of the river, he goes back to the house to sleep."
Han Lecheng answered.
The search continued upstream, passing in front of the old man Han Jun's hut, and continued searching further. Suddenly everyone saw Dr. Qiao stretching out his hands to signal everyone to stop. He said to the technicians following him;
"Look, the arrangement of cobblestones around here is not normal. There are many pits that are not naturally formed. Let's take photos of this area first, and then carefully search every cobblestone gap to see if we can find any clues."
Su Le stood on the path and looked at the cobblestone river bed. Sure enough, he found many unnatural pits, which seemed to be traces of people stepping on them. There was also a long one meter long near the water's edge.
The strip marks look like traces of someone's feet dragging them.
"Dr. Qiao, I found a long hair here." A technician said.
"Okay, take photos first and then collect evidence." Dr. Qiao replied.
"Dr. Qiao, there are also a few hairs here, which are white." A technician said.
"Okay, take photos to collect evidence."
"Dr. Qiao, there seems to be blood stains on this cobblestone." A technician said.
Hearing that there were blood stains, Dr. Qiao hurried over to check carefully. He instructed the technicians to take pictures and then remove the pebble. No more blood was found under the cobblestone.
"Dr. Qiao, a lot of blood and hair were found here." A technician said by the river.
Dr. Qiao walked to the river and took a look. Sure enough, he found stains of blood on the cobblestones by the river. There were still many white hairs left in the gaps between the cobblestones. Among the white hairs, there was a yellow hair.
The on-site investigation work has achieved great results. After collecting evidence, Su Le summoned everyone to the village committee office. He also asked Village Chief Han to invite Han Lecheng over and asked him to listen to Dr. Qiao’s explanation of the on-site investigation.
Summarize.
Han Lecheng was accompanied by a younger, middle-aged man. Village Chief Han introduced that this was Han Lecai, the third son of Han Jun. He usually did business in the south and had just rushed home today after hearing the news of his father's death.
Dr. Qiao looked around at the people sitting in the office, drank some water, cleared his throat and said:
"Judging from the results of the on-site investigation, the place where the body was found was not the crime scene. The body floated down from the place where we found blood stains upstream. Although the river is not deep, there is no problem in floating a body. The place where the body was found
The river beach is relatively open, the river water is shallow and there are several large rocks in the river. The body floated to this position and was blocked by the rocks, so it stayed in that place."
"Was my father really killed?" Han Lecheng murmured.
No one answered Han Lecheng's question. Dr. Qiao continued:
"We found traces of fighting and dragging at the crime scene upstream, several blood stains on the river beach, and the hair of two people left at the scene. We suspect that the murderer may have knocked the deceased unconscious upstream, or killed him.
The deceased was dragged to the river, pushed into the water and drowned. Because there is no autopsy on the body, the cause of death cannot be confirmed yet."
"We don't agree with the dissection." Han Lecheng objected immediately before Dr. Qiao finished speaking.
"Brother Han, if we don't conduct an autopsy on the body, we won't be able to determine the cause of death, which will bring great difficulties to our subsequent pursuit of the murderer." Captain Hou Jian of the Changtian County Criminal Police Brigade said anxiously.
"No! No way! An autopsy is absolutely not allowed. My father must never suffer again." Han Lecai, who was sitting next to Han Lecheng, also did not agree with the dissection of the corpse.
"If we don't dissect the body and we can't determine the cause of death, it will be difficult to catch the murderer. Should we let the murderer go free and let Mr. Han die in peace?" Su Le asked.
"This..." The two brothers of the Han family didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Lecheng, Le Cai, since the police have found evidence that the old man was killed, I think it's better to do an autopsy. If the murderer is caught, the old man can leave peacefully." Village Chief Han also advised them.
"I don't think my father was killed. He might have accidentally fallen into the river," Han Lecheng said.
"Even if my father was killed, the case could be solved without dissecting the body. Why do we have to dissect the body and make him suffer?" Han Lecai said.
"People are unconscious after death, and anatomy will not cause the deceased to feel pain," Su Le said.
"That won't work. Tomorrow is my father's seventh day. During the first seven days, a person's soul will come back. If he can see his body being destroyed then, it will be okay!" Han Lecai said plausibly.
"The first seven are just a funeral custom. There is no so-called soul after death, let alone the phenomenon of the first seven souls." Su Le replied.
"If you say no, then there isn't. The elders in the village all say there is. We have them here for hundreds of thousands of years." Han Lecai didn't believe what Su Le said.
Dr. Qiao held Su Le's arm, straightened his body and said:
"How about this? We respect everyone's customs and don't conduct autopsies before the first seven days. Can we wait until after the first seven days to do the dissection?"
"That won't work. We will be buried after the first seven days. No one can touch my father's body." After saying this, Han Lecheng stood up and left angrily.