"The body was burned and the skin was carbonized..."
"The face below the level of the lower eyelids of both eyes to the mandibular margin area is severely collapsed and deformed..."
"There were no obvious injuries on the neck, trunk, or limbs, and there were no injuries on the hands."
While Jiang Yuan was speaking, he finished examining the corpse.
For Forensic Pathology LV1 players, performing a postmortem examination requires careful and repeated confirmation.
Especially when taking pictures, if you write something wrong, it will be embarrassing and may easily affect your later work.
But for someone like Jiang Yuan, who started out at LV3 in forensic pathology, physical examination has never encountered a bottleneck.
Forensic doctor Gong, who was cooperating next to him, also nodded slightly and said to himself: Just looking at the corpse surface, Jiang Yuan's skills are indeed good. They are watertight from top to bottom. There are basically no shortcomings. Today's wait is not in vain...
"Then let's start the dissection. Give me the scalpel... I need to loosen it up a bit..." As Jiang Yuan spoke, he reached out for the scalpel and began to stroke it on the corpse.
The dissection of a burned corpse is much more difficult than that of an ordinary corpse.
Not only is it more difficult to determine the cause of death, but also to dissect the corpse itself. Because the muscles of the charred corpse have contracted due to dehydration, the corpse will become quite hard.
For normal anatomy, the most commonly used tools are scalpels, scissors, bone saws, osteotomes, etc., which are all used once and then put down.
But when it comes to burned corpses, the latter heavy weapons become conventional weapons. Some forensic doctors are relatively weak and may just use electric bone saws or craniotomy saws.
Forensic doctor Gong was also experienced. Seeing Jiang Yuan start the autopsy, he started to help find an electric bone saw.
He lowered his head and rummaged through the tools, and then changed the blade of the bone saw. When he raised his head again, he saw that Jiang Yuan had already laid out the body.
The body was originally curled up and could not be placed completely flat, but now, it was completely lying flat.
Forensic doctor Gong couldn't help but say "Eh". He was a little unsure about what Jiang Yuan did and why he did it so quickly.
Jiang Yuan naturally had no time to pay attention to the psychology of forensic doctor Gong. He opened the trachea and esophagus all the way, took samples of the black mucus found inside and sent them for examination, and then opened the chest rhythmically to expose the lungs.
The lungs, which seemed to be undamaged from the outside, were now in pieces, with blood spots between the lung lobes, and large alveoli visible to the naked eye on the edges of both lungs. When touching the lungs with hands, one could feel a tingling sensation.
"What's going on?" Qi Changye didn't come here to take action. When he saw the abnormal situation, he asked first.
"It should be caused by the energy being conducted downward after the explosive was detonated in the mouth, causing the lung lobes to expand rapidly. If you open the cranial cavity for a while, you should also be able to see the contusion of the brain tissue..." Jiang Yuan explained casually, and continued.
Anatomy.
Forensic doctor Gong nodded while working. Jiang Yuan's explanation was very clear. He understood it as soon as he heard it and agreed with it. It's just that reasoning is easy to do, but actually collecting evidence is not that easy. Unlocking, taking pictures, collecting evidence, etc., all have to be done.
Do it step by step.
And because the corpse has been burned and the inside is twisted and deformed, conventional anatomy knowledge is somewhat insufficient. If it is done by force, it will not only be more difficult, but also more labor-intensive and time-consuming. It can be said that it is the butcher's job to untie the cow.
Worked in reverse.
Forensic doctor Gong's harassment did not affect Jiang Yuan's work.
Jiang Yuan, who has LV5 forensic pathology, is basically unable to have problems in such a basic link of autopsy. He does it all the way without using much brain, and it is all mature and classic solutions.
At the same time, Jiang Yuan spends more of his energy analyzing phenomena and problems.
Especially the remnants of explosives in the lungs, trachea, esophagus and mouth, Jiang Yuan tried his best to find them.
Some residues are exposed, but most of the explosive fragments are actually embedded in the tissue. And because there are so many injuries in the mouth and trachea, it is almost impossible to accurately find the explosive fragments through the rupture point. This work
, it would have taken a lot of time.
However, Jiang Yuan just made some gestures, and after asking forensic doctor Gong to take more photos, he could dig out a fragment with almost two cuts.
Forensic doctor Gong frowned, why is this?
Seeing Jiang Yuan cut out more than a dozen fragments in a short time, forensic doctor Gong finally couldn't help but asked: "Brother Jiang, how do you know where there are explosive residues?"
"I was actually cheating..." Jiang Yuan smiled and said as he did so: "Generally speaking, we look for explosive fragments first and then identify the explosives, but because there are actually several pieces of explosives exposed in the mouth,
If there are any remnants of something, then I will first determine what it is and how powerful it is, and then I can determine which wounds are caused by shock waves, which ones are caused by energy burns, and which ones are caused by the injection of debris..."
"Ah?" Forensic Doctor Gong's eyes widened, and seven or eight questions instantly came to his mind.
Before he could ask again, Qi Changye beside him was already concerned: "What do you think the explosives are?"
"Battery. We need to do a physical and chemical test specifically. If the components of the battery can be detected in this sticky substance, it should be fine." Jiang Yuan held LV5 against his head and made an inference easily.
Qi Changye was surprised: "Suicide with a battery? Could it be that only the battery detonated and the real explosive did not detonate?"
"It cannot be considered a suicide." Jiang Yuan glanced at Qi Changye and said, "The existing evidence does not support the conclusion of suicide."
"Didn't I mean that there were no injuries on the limbs and no defensive wounds on the hands? It wasn't suicide. Who could have stuffed explosives into his mouth?" Qi Changye paused and then said: "I forgot to tell you just now that this person is
The suspect who made the Z-shaped tool to pry open the rolling shutter door has a record of violent crimes and does not look like someone who would be easily arrested."
Jiang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said: "No other explosives were found. If the battery is used for suicide, detonating it is also a problem. Although the victim has the ability to make his own tools... use a detonator or even two kicks
Feet are more convenient and reliable than using batteries."
"It seems reasonable..." Qi Changye hesitated a little.
"The method of committing suicide by stuffing explosives into the mouth is still relatively rare. If the victim is familiar with the tools, he will have more choices. Therefore, I don't think it can be considered a suicide yet."
Qi Changye nodded slightly: "There was no resistance injury, and it was not suicide. It couldn't be an accident. That's too coincidental... Remote control?"
Jiang Yuan blinked: "No exception."
"Can you prove it? He can't just put a battery in his mouth and it explodes. There must be a shell or something."
"Were there no clues found at the scene?"
Qi Changye shook his head: "The area burned at the scene is still relatively large."
"Then I'll look for it again." After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he immersed himself in his work.
The fragments left in the victim's mouth are very small, and it is indeed not easy to find them one by one.
In addition, Jiang Yuan did not want to completely destroy the deceased's mouth to avoid the need for subsequent examinations.
Forensic Gong followed Jiang Yuan and soon became powerless. For him, this was a multiple drain on his mental strength, physical strength and self-confidence. The more difficult it was, the harder it was to persevere.
At this time, Jiang Yuan reluctantly found dozens of fragments, and then used tweezers to piece them together briefly, making several small piles with no visible shape.
Just when others thought the attempt had failed, Jiang Yuan threw away the tweezers and exhaled: "It might be an electronic cigarette."
"Ah?" Qi Changye suddenly became energetic: "He smokes e-cigarettes!"
Jiang Yuan nodded: "The battery in the electronic cigarette exploded, and some of it spattered on the face. Most of the fragments probably fell on the ground and were probably burned by the fire."
Qi Changye frowned and concentrated: "So, arson is not necessarily to burn the corpse to eliminate traces, but more likely to cover up the method of killing? But how do they know when the victim smokes e-cigarettes? What kind of observation is used?"
After all, he did not expect Jiang Yuan to answer all the questions. Instead, he was stimulated and excited by the questions he asked.
