The body was floating on the water with its back facing up. There were many green algae hanging on the body. It was impossible to distinguish the specific clothes on the body. The body was swollen like a fat man, and the overall shape was like a giant.
The most obvious thing was that there was no head on the body, so Brother Huang from the police station contacted the Criminal Division immediately after receiving the report.
From the outside, he has been corrupted for a long time. Although he looks like a big fat man, this is also the reason why his body is swollen due to the corruption gas inside. He may have been just a thin person originally.
"The deceased is a male. He has been dead for a long time. He must have been dead for no less than a week." Zhu Li stared at the body with squinted eyes and said in a deep voice.
Since arriving at the scene of the crime, Chen Shu found that Zhu Li's entire temperament had undergone tremendous changes, which was completely different from the relaxed and relaxed mood when he had lunch with him in a western restaurant.
She is serious in speech and expression, exuding a calmness, calmness and concentration that belie her age.
Chen Shu took a few steps closer to the river until the toes of his shoes were immersed in the water. He looked at the body carefully and said doubtfully: "You can't tell the gender based on his clothes. He didn't even have a head. How did you know he was a male? You based the time of death on his appearance.
Is it judged by the corrosion condition?”
Zhu Li grabbed Chen Shu who was about to fall into the river, opened his suitcase, took out a pair of silicone gloves and stuffed them in.
"In river water, the human body can be divided into two parts, the front and back. The heavier part will sink relatively, and the lighter part will float on the water. The center of gravity of a male's body is often biased toward the front, so he will appear prone in the water, that is,
The face faces the river. Women, on the contrary, lie on their backs.
"Even if no heavy objects are tied up, the corpse will still sink to the bottom of the water. However, as time goes by, a lot of gas will appear in the corpse due to decay, so that cavities and a large number of bubbles will be generated inside the corpse, and then it will gradually surface.
water surface.
"To judge the time of death, we mainly observe the feet of the corpse. Since the gas in the corpse is first produced in the abdomen, and finally extends to the lower limbs, the order in which the corpse surfaces is first the chest and abdomen, then the feet. Look at this corpse
The whole body is floating on the water, so the approximate time of death can be determined."
Chen Shu nodded and put on the silicone gloves: "It's very professional. But when I was at the police station, I always fished it out and said it, so it was clear at a glance whether it was a boy or a girl."
"Not to mention that this body has no head. Even if the whole body is left, it will look like a giant, and it can be seen at a glance? Damn it." When facing Chen Shu, Zhu Li always laughed and joked with him involuntarily without realizing it.
Chen Shu grinned: "Without a brain, it's still clear at a glance!"
Julie blinked her eyes, a little dazed, and seemed to be reminiscing. It took her a while to realize that her ears were already red. She bit her lips and buried her head, not daring to look at him.
Xiao Ming, who was watching this scene, was really thinking: Is this still Zhu Wuchang from their criminal department?
Under the sun, Chen Shu straightened his back, clapped his hands and prepared to work: "By the way, does this count as damaging the scene?"
Julie smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter, just fish it out."
"good."
Chen Shu took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go into the river.
In cases of floating corpses, the first scene where the corpse is found is basically not the crime scene, so there is no need to conduct too detailed inspections on the disposal of traces at the scene.
"Wow."
A burst of retching came from the side, interrupting Chen Shu who was about to go down to the river to retrieve the body.
Julie turned her head and returned to her usual cold demeanor: "Why have you been on scene so many times and are you still like this?"
Xiao Ming wiped his mouth, his face was pale, and his lips were even bloodless: "Director, you two are the only ones who don't take things seriously. I'm really not used to it."
Zhu Li: "Hurry up and take pictures, Chen Shu is still waiting to retrieve the body. Originally, you had to do this job!"
Chen Shu?
Could it be Chen Shu from the branch's special police team?
These words sounded like thunder in Xiao Ming's ears, shocking his face and making him dumbfounded.
Xiao Ming felt excited about working with a big shot.
Policeman Chen Shu is a well-known figure among the younger generation of police officers. When he was at the police station, he won the first place in the branch's security crackdown every year.
He was first in the rankings; later he solved several murder cases, giving a severe slap in the face to the criminal police officers who had misjudged the situation and chased him across provinces.
The most legendary thing is the recent aid operation to Xinjiang, which created a heroic feat in which everyone had to carry the plaque of a first-class hero (although the ministry has not yet approved it, but the gossips have ignored it).
The legend about this person is no longer limited to Dongzhou City.
It looks like it matches our Director Zhu very well. Xiao Ming thought of many things in an instant, and his eyes brightened: "Yes! Take photos immediately!"
Police officer Huang Ge from the police station took a riot-proof steel fork from the police car and worked with Chen Shu to fish out the body and place it on the gravel on the shore.
After cleaning up the green algae attached to the corpse, the corpse now looks like a giant, looking like a big wax-black doll when viewed up close.
If Chen Shu accidentally touched some parts with his fingers, they would feel like they were soaked in lard, making them sticky and occasionally making a sizzling sound like a deflating balloon.
Xiao Ming, who was standing by the side, couldn't help but vomited again.
Chen Shu raised his head and glanced to the west, and said in a deep voice: "This body is still wearing clothes, which means it should have entered the water from the east on May Island."
When Xiao Ming heard this, he used his hand to hold up the glasses that were thicker than the bottom of the wine bottle on the bridge of his nose, and asked doubtfully: "Chen Da, do you know this too?"
Julie looked over with the same confusion.
Chen Shu chuckled: "I used to go fishing with the old policeman in the station, so I still know a little bit about this Yanzi River. You can see that the corpse's clothes and pants are still on it, which means that the water flow along the way is not fast.
"Starting from the west of May Island, the water flow becomes a little faster. You can see that the body even has no head, but the loose underwear on the upper body is still there, which shows that the water flow of the body after entering the river is very slow. So,
Only then can I roughly judge the location.”
Xiao Ming interjected: "If the water flow is strong, will the clothes of the corpse be washed away?"
"Yes, for example, the corpses we fished out from the Oujiang River were basically all naked. That's why."
Xiao Ming: "Oh."
Huang Ge, a policeman from the police station, stood nearby and listened in fascination. He unconsciously participated in the discussion: "I haven't received any reports of missing persons in the past few days. Could this case be a suicide?"
Chen Shu shrugged: "It will be clear if we pull the body back and cut it open to see if there is any silt in the lungs."
If there is silt in the lungs, it means that the deceased was still breathing when he entered the water; if there is no silt in the lungs, it means that the deceased had stopped breathing before falling into the water, so there is a possibility of homicide.
This is common sense. Anyone who has been a police officer for a few years, whether it is a police station, traffic police team or criminal department, will know these basic things.
Everyone nodded, waiting for the next 'but'.
"But." Chen Shu squatted down, touched the deceased's pants, and then reached into his pants and groped repeatedly, "There is a high probability that this case will be a murder."
"ah!"
Xiao Ming opened his mouth in surprise, pointed at the body and asked: "Chen Da, you can see it now? Why? Are you sure?"
An exclamation, plus three questions, completely showed Xiao Ming's shock.
As a trace examiner in the criminal department, Xiao Ming has been to many murder scenes or accident scenes, and he is more or less a person who has seen the world.
Furthermore, we work in the same building every day with the investigators of the Criminal University, and there are many bragging and spankings. Have you never eaten pork, or seen a pig running?
Xiao Ming's excitement also aroused the curiosity of Zhu Li and Brother Huang.
Three pairs of eyes hung on Chen Shu's hand, waiting for him to slowly explore the body.
Chen Shu pulled up the corpse's pants to reveal the long johns underneath: "It's cold, so wear long johns, that's no problem."
Then he opened the corpse's shirt: "But the upper body was only wearing a pair of thin underwear, not to mention a coat, not even a woolen sweater."
Xiao Ming hesitated and asked: "Will it be washed away by the river?"
Chen Shu: "There is a certain possibility. But look, these baggy underwear have not been washed away. Do you think the tight-necked cardigan or the zippered down jacket will be washed away?"
Xiao Ming seemed to realize something and suddenly realized: "Could it be that someone deliberately took off the deceased's coat before the body fell into the water? Oh, Brother Huang, why are you slapping me on the head!"
Huang Ge, the police officer at the police station, took back his hand and joked: "Xiao Ming, are you a member of the Criminal Department, or is Chen Da a member of the Criminal Department? Stop asking and save yourself some face."
"Brother Huang! Even if you are my cousin, you can't pat me on the head! I'll be fooled if you pat me!"
"With your IQ, you can't be stupid no matter how stupid you are!"
The two of them started to put the body into a body bag while bickering.