I am a super cop
Chapter 1762 Strange Identity [2 in 1 Chapter]
Chapter 1762 Strange Identity 【Two Chapters in One】
Monitor indoors.
After hearing Zhuang Qi's various explanations, Gu Chen probably understood why the old man appeared in the warehouse of the railway freight yard.
It was Zhuang Qi who co-authored it by cutting the barbed wire and letting the old man in.
Han Xu shook his head, pointed at Zhuang Qi, and said angrily: "Zhuang Qi, Zhuang Qi, I really don't know what to say about you? Not only did you let outsiders in casually, but you also cut the barbed wire? You..."
"President Han calm down, Xiaozhuang also pities the old man, he is afraid that the old man will freeze to death." Seeing that Han Xu was getting angry, the middle-aged female worker hurried over to persuade him.
All of these things were caused by Zhuang Qi.
Now the fire engulfed the warehouse, and the old man was burned to coke. Everything seemed to be doomed.
After Gu Chen recorded all this, he also asked Zhuang Qi, "You said the old man just came to live at night, so does he still stay near the railway overpass during the day?"
"Well, that's right, he usually stays there during the day, and occasionally moves around, but the range of activities is nearby." After all, Zhuang Qi knew the scope of the old man's activities, so when Gu Chen asked, she truthfully explained.
"Very good." Gu Chen nodded silently, and asked again: "If this is the case, the old man usually runs to the warehouse to live in the dead of night when the night is quiet, and the electric kettle you gave him is no problem."
"So the cause of the fire seems to have to be investigated separately?"
"Uh..." Zhuang Qi was a little embarrassed, but said truthfully: "Comrade policeman, I can assure you that there is nothing wrong with my electric kettle, and it will not cause a fire at all."
"Don't be in such a hurry." Officer Wang interrupted Zhuang Qi's speech and explained: "As for the fire, whether it was caused by electrical appliances or not, we have to hand it over to the fire brigade for investigation."
"But this dead old man, you have to help me complete the information."
"Ah?" Hearing Officer Wang's words, Zhuang Qi didn't seem to understand.
"Don't understand?" Officer Wang raised his eyebrows and asked her.
Zhuang Qi shook her head: "I don't know that old man, how can I help you complete the information?"
"Then did you see him yesterday?" Lu Weiwei asked hoarsely.
Zhuang Qi thought for a few seconds, then nodded and said: "Yesterday at noon, I saw him at the railway overpass, and he has been wandering around..."
Zhuang Qi is also in a panic now.
You know, the burning of the warehouse in the open yard is a big event.
Moreover, the old man she helped was also burned to charcoal now, which made Zhuang Qi a little sad.
Originally, I only wanted to help the old man, use the warmth of the warehouse, protect him, and help him survive the severe cold.
Unexpectedly, a big fire today burned all of them down.
The old man died, and this incident dealt a great blow to Zhuang Qi.
At this moment, Zhuang Qi was explaining everything about the old man to Gu Chen, her eyes gradually turned red.
Feel like crying with sobs.
After Gu Chen finished recording, Zhuang Qi couldn't hold back her tears any longer, she covered her face and burst into tears.
In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire office was awkward.
Han Xu also said angrily: "I didn't say anything about you? Why are you still crying?"
"It was I who harmed him. I shouldn't be a bodhisattva. It was my fault to let him live in the warehouse. If it wasn't for me, he wouldn't have died, woo woo..."
Zhuang Qi felt extremely wronged at this moment, thinking of the old man's charred corpse, the crying became louder and louder.
The middle-aged female worker quickly hugged Zhuang Qi, patted her back and comforted her, "It's not all your fault. How did this fire start? We don't know yet, so you don't have to blame yourself too much."
"There are police comrades in everything, don't be sad, ah..."
There was a sound of crying on one side, and on the other side, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang also walked out of the monitoring room under the leadership of Han Xu.
Han Xu also said with a helpless wry smile: "Comrade policeman, I'm really sorry. In fact, we didn't know about this old man before."
"Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a new employee of our company who let the old man in without authorization, which led to this catastrophe."
"Looking back, I have to conduct a self-reflection, and I must strengthen supervision in the future."
Seeing that Gu Chen walked out of the office building without answering, Han Xu chased him a few steps to Gu Chen's side, and said, "Comrade policeman, I don't know anything about this matter, it really has nothing to do with me. "
"I know, but you are responsible for supervision." Gu Chen just said casually, and came to the scene of the incident again.
At this moment, Huang Zunlong and Ding Liang had also arrived at the scene and cordoned off the scene.
And Gao Chuanfeng from the technical department of the Municipal Bureau has already arranged manpower to put the charred corpse into a transparent evidence collection bag.
Seeing that Gu Chen and the others just came over, with a fat man chattering beside him, Gao Chuanfeng asked directly: "Gu Chen, what's the situation with this man? He's burned like this?"
"A homeless old man, whose identity has not been confirmed yet." Gu Chen walked over and said.
"The identity hasn't been confirmed yet?" Gao Chuanfeng heard the words, and he was also the head of the road: "Then what should we do now? Bring it back to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau?"
"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded silently, and explained: "You put the body into a body bag first, and bring it back to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau for testing. I will go with you."
"Okay." I feel that dealing with this kind of charred corpse is much more complicated than dealing with ordinary corpses.
Gao Chuanfeng had helplessness on his face, but he could only bite the bullet and asked two assistants to help transport the corpse.
As far as the charred corpse is concerned, it is troublesome enough to carry, and it must be handled lightly.
Some of the fallen debris even has to be collected.
Afterwards, Gu Chen brought Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha to the scene of the crime, which was the burnt warehouse.
At this moment, white smoke was still rising from all corners of the warehouse, and various unpleasant smells rushed towards us.
After the firefighter Xiao Li checked the last open flame, he came out and said goodbye to Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, we have to go, I will leave this place to you."
"Thank you." Gu Chen thanked, and then asked: "Xiao Li, how do you think the fire started?"
"This..." Xiao Li, the firefighter, was stunned for a moment, and said calmly, "To be honest, I can't judge, after all, there are too many debris at the scene."
"There are still a lot of wood and fibers, such as the snakeskin bag, which is particularly easy to burn, and I won't talk about other sundries."
"Anyway, we found a burnt electric kettle at the scene. It feels that it should be caused by improper use of electrical appliances. This is usually the case with this type of fire."
"But the quality of this electric kettle is very good, and when there is no water or the water is not enough, it will automatically cut off the power. How could it be a fire caused by an electrical appliance?"
After listening to Zhuang Qi's explanation just now, Lu Weiwei immediately felt that what Zhuang Qi said made sense.
But Xiao Li, the firefighter, smiled wryly and said, "I don't know what to say. Generally speaking, many fires are caused by improper use of electrical appliances."
"Some are short-circuited during use, and some are spontaneously ignited on the spot. The owners of many electrical appliances can see it."
"So, it's more convenient to investigate, but here..."
The firefighter Xiao Li looked around and said helplessly, "But it's burned like this, and many things are inflammable."
"And now we don't know, did the old man ignite the surrounding combustibles? Or some other reason?"
"So, at present, we have at least discovered the existence of electrical appliances, so it is tentatively inferred that it is caused by electrical short circuit."
After a pause, the firefighter Xiao Li said again: "But is it true? It's hard for us to judge. If you have any new discoveries, you can also notify us in time."
"Okay." Knowing that the scene environment is too complicated, especially because there are too many flammable materials on the scene, Gu Chen also understands what the firefighter Xiao Li said, and can only thank him again and again.
Not long after, the firefighters drove away after gathering.
Gu Chen walked to the middle of the warehouse.
This warehouse is indeed different from the other large warehouses in that it is temporarily built to store sundries.
Compared with other large warehouses, this warehouse looks a bit cramped, but Gu Chen was able to find some powdered remains that had been burnt to ashes in the wreckage, and moved the charred electric kettle aside.
Seeing this, the middle-aged female worker hurriedly asked Zhuang Qi, who caused the trouble, to go over and help count the items.
Since the specific list of the warehouse was always in Zhuang Qi's hands, Zhuang Qi hurriedly followed behind Gu Chen, hoping to redeem her damn heart of a bodhisattva by explaining some of the wreckage to Gu Chen.
"Officer Gu, this is where the snakeskin bag is placed, so the ashes of the snakeskin bag are all around."
"Here, here is a place to put some wood, all the sundries from the railway freight yard..."
Zhuang Qi explained seriously, and Gu Chen also listened seriously.
But after a lap, Gu Chen really couldn't find any suspicious clues.
The surrounding area has already been burned in a mess by the fire, and with the fire fighting, many places have become extremely humid now.
Gu Chen turned his head and asked Han Xu: "When this corpse was brought out, were you there?"
"No... that's right, I'm at the scene." Hearing this, Han Xu hurried to Gu Chen's side.
"What was his situation at that time?" Gu Chen asked.
"Just..." Han Xu looked around, then pointed to a place and said, "Just lie down here."
"Is this the location?" Officer Wang said, pointing to the door.
Han Xu nodded silently: "That's right, he probably wanted to escape, but he might have been blocked by the combustible objects in front of him, so he didn't escape successfully, and then he was knocked down by the smoke, and finally swallowed by the fire."
Speaking of this, Han Xu also let out a long sigh, feeling a little regretful.
Lu Weiwei asked in a hoarse voice, "Are there any photos of the scene?"
"No...no, but what I said is true. Not only me, but many people at the scene saw the corpse lying here."
Listening to Han Xu's explanation, Gu Chen came to the so-called crime scene. Afterwards, Yuan Shasha brought the toolbox and handed Gu Chen a bag of white powder.
According to Han Xu's words, Gu Chen used powder to trace the exact location of the old man at that time.
It didn't take long to see a figure in the shape of a figure lying near the door.
Gu Chen clapped his hands, then took out his mobile phone and took a picture of the scene.
At this moment, Gao Chuanfeng, who had packed the corpse, also went outside and shouted: "Gu Chen, our side is ready, do you want to go back to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau with me?"
"Get in the car first, I'll be right over." Gu Chen also said casually.
After completing the preliminary survey of the scene, Gu Chen called Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, and explained:
"You stay here and take care of the follow-up work. I will go to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau with Gao Chuanfeng to see what's going on with the corpse?"
"No problem, leave it to us here." Ding Liang also has considerable experience in handling this kind of follow-up work, so he agreed.
Afterwards, everyone pulled up the cordon, and Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha together and drove to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau.
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Since returning to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau, it was already lunch time, so Gu Chen and Gao Chuanfeng's team joined Gao Chuanfeng's team to enjoy the packed lunch outside the testing room before preparing for the final test on the corpse.
Gao Chuanfeng also admired: "I said Gu Chen, how dare you come to examine the body after lunch? Are you not afraid to vomit out everything you ate at noon?"
"Why would you be a policeman if you're afraid of a dead body? I'm fine." Gu Chen said.
Officer Wang also grinned: "I'm fine too."
Yuan Shasha was a little nervous and said: "Although it looks disgusting, can I stay outside later? Because I'm afraid I won't be able to control it, and I will vomit and dirty the testing room."
"Haha." Hearing what Yuan Shasha said, Gao Chuanfeng felt a little proud.
Xin said that in your criminal investigation team of the Furong branch, there are still people who dislike this kind of charred corpse, otherwise they will be very embarrassing.
After all, my two assistants have been vomiting in the bathroom since they came back, and they have no appetite for lunch.
But if you say that Gu Chen's criminal investigation team didn't have any special reactions, it's a bit unreasonable.
Fortunately, Yuan Shasha still couldn't bear it. Thinking about it this way, Gao Chuanfeng felt much more balanced.
And Lu Weiwei took out a tissue and dipped it in her mouth, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Although it's a bit nauseating, it's not enough to vomit. I'm fine, no problem."
"Lu Weiwei, what's wrong with your throat?" After realizing that Lu Weiwei hadn't spoken before, Gao Chuanfeng was also quite curious.
In the past, when Gu Chen's team came to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau, Lu Weiwei would definitely be chattering, but today it was so quiet that Gao Chuanfeng felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere?
But where exactly?Gao Chuanfeng couldn't speak again.
As a result, when Lu Weiwei spoke, Gao Chuanfeng immediately understood that there was something wrong with Lu Weiwei's voice.
Lu Weiwei also waved her hand, and said helplessly, "I overused my throat last night, and now my throat is a bit dry, but after taking some medicine, I feel...much better than when I woke up early in the morning."
"Using your voice too much?" Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Gao Chuanfeng laughed and said, "Then you should talk less, take some medicine, sleep well tonight, and get up early tomorrow morning, and your voice will probably recover. "
"Let me lend you Gao Chuanfeng's auspicious words." Lu Weiwei also sighed, feeling that the days when she couldn't speak as she wanted were really hard enough.
Here, because of Gao Chuanfeng's two assistants, they vomited so much that they didn't even have an appetite for lunch.
Therefore, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang put on their protective equipment and followed Gao Chuanfeng to the testing platform.
Faced with such a charred corpse, even with a mask on, everyone can feel the unpleasant smell.
Seeing that everyone was wearing gloves, Gao Chuanfeng just wanted to ask if everyone was ready?In the end, Gu Chen took the lines.
"Are you ready? Let's start when you're ready." Gu Chen said.
Everyone echoed, and everyone immediately started to operate.
Detecting a charred corpse is exponentially more difficult than detecting a normal corpse.
In particular, many parts of the corpse will appear very fragile after being scorched by the fire.
With the help of the surgical light on the testing table, Gu Chen can see the corpse more clearly at this moment.
At this moment, the corpse was already scorched black, but the burning degree of each part was not the same.
Generally speaking, if a house or factory fire breaks out, there is almost never an example of a complete burnout unless there is a large amount of highly flammable material in the fire area.
But in today's warehouse, Gu Chen still found some combustibles, such as piles of snakeskin bags, and some waste wood.
Originally, Gu Chen thought that since the old man lived in a warehouse, he might be afraid of the cold outside, so he would light some wood in the warehouse to keep warm.
Thinking about a warehouse with this structure, it is obviously not advisable to burn fire for heating.
First of all, the old man lived secretly in the warehouse, and Zhuang Qi also specifically explained not to be discovered by other colleagues in the railway freight yard.
So in the utility room warehouse, he lit a fire to keep warm. Obviously, the fire light and the burning white smoke would quickly expose his target.
Moreover, if the fire is ignited inside the warehouse for heating, the smoke cannot be removed smoothly, which may easily lead to suffocation.
But when Gu Chen inspected the crime scene, he didn't find any of them.
After all, if wood is burned for heating, there must be a pile of burning wood on the scene, but Gu Chen didn't find it.
All the burning wood on site was piled up against the corner of the wall.
Even if it has been burned by a fire, it is still in a piled state.
Therefore, after Gu Chen ruled out the possibility of a short circuit caused by the electrical appliances, he also ruled out the possibility of the old man burning a fire to keep warm.
While inspecting the charred corpse of the old man, Gu Chen also quickly shared his thoughts with everyone.
After police officer Wang heard about it, he couldn't help feeling: "If it wasn't caused by the short circuit of the electrical appliances, and it wasn't the fire caused by the old man's own ignition, then how did the fire happen?"
"At the moment, it's not clear." While examining the corpse, Gu Chen also shook his head and sighed:
"I checked the scene and found that the old man was in a crawling state. Judging from the state of the old man's death, he should be crawling towards the door in an attempt to escape from the warehouse."
"Yes." Lu Weiwei also sighed, and shook her head helplessly with a hoarse voice: "The old man may want to escape from the warehouse, but there was too much smoke at that time."
"Maybe the old man was resting, but suddenly he found himself in a sea of flames, but when the old man wanted to escape, he was still surrounded by smoke, and he couldn't tell the north from the south."
Taking a deep breath, Lu Weiwei also shook her head helplessly: "So, it is very likely that he inhaled too much smoke, which caused him to suffocate and died, and then he was burned to death by the fire."
Speaking of this, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but choked up.
Looking at a reef corpse on the testing platform in front of her, Lu Weiwei couldn't hold back, and tears suddenly appeared in her eyes.
After checking the whole body of the Jiao corpse, Gu Chen also looked up at Gao Chuanfeng and said, "Gao Chuanfeng, the examination of the whole body is almost done. You can test the carbon monoxide content in the blood and tissues."
"Understood." Although it was his own territory, Gao Chuanfeng was somewhat awkward being directed by Gu Chen.
The two unsatisfactory assistants really have a lot to learn from Gu Chen.
Otherwise, you can operate completely independently.
Looking at the charred corpse, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but wondered in a hoarse voice: "Junior Brother Gu, the corpse is roasted like this? Can you still get a blood sample?"
"It's also possible." Gu Chen paused his hands, turned to look at Lu Weiwei and said:
"Don't underestimate this charred corpse. In fact, the charred corpse still has a lot of information to provide."
"For example, including some residues that may remain on the corpse, which may not come from the human body itself, may provide effective evidence for our investigation."
"And even though the corpse has been burned to black charcoal, the carbon monoxide content can still be detected from some blood and tissues through today's technology."
"How is the blood extracted? Where is it extracted?" Looking at the charred corpse in front of her, Lu Weiwei was also full of question marks.
Gu Chen pointed to the heart of the charred corpse and said: "This is the first autopsy on a charred corpse like this. If you are lucky, you can still extract some blood samples from the heart."
"After all, the other parts have been burnt, so I can only pump some blood from the heart."
Looking at a piece of black minced meat that fell on the testing table, Gu Chen immediately said, "Cut a little bit of charred meat, and then you can draw blood for the family members to test for DNA."
"Uh……"
Hearing Gu Chen's speech, Lu Weiwei didn't dare to imagine it anymore.
On the other hand, Police Officer Wang checked the abdomen of the corpse a few times, and said helplessly, "It's all burnt, and the intestines are broken."
"Let me do it." Feeling that Gu Chen knew a lot, and told him everything he knew, Gao Chuanfeng directly took out his extraction tool and began to extract the samples.
Gu Chen and the others took a few steps back to make room for Gao Chuanfeng.
With the successful completion of the extraction operation, Gao Chuanfeng also brought the samples to another testing station, and began to test these samples through high-precision instruments and equipment.
And everyone temporarily sat on one side to rest for a while.
It didn't take long for Gao Chuanfeng to have the result, and said to everyone involuntarily: "The result has come out."
"How?" Gu Chen raised his head and asked him.
"Strange." Gao Chuanfeng was also at a loss, and said slowly: "The test results show that the carbon monoxide content of this old man seems to be lower than normal."
"How could this be?" Hearing this, Gu Chen stood up immediately and walked to Gao Chuanfeng's side.
Gao Chuanfeng also showed the test data to Gu Chen for details, and said casually: "Theoretically speaking, the result of our test shows that the carbon monoxide should be higher than normal."
"That's right." Gu Chen also nodded in agreement, and asked curiously, "But why is there such a result?"
"Junior Gu, the carbon monoxide test result is higher than normal, does it mean that the old man died before the fire?"
After all, Lu Weiwei also knew this knowledge, so she asked Gu Chen straight to the point.
Gu Chen nodded silently, and explained: "Senior Sister Lu is right, and now we have a way to detect the carbon monoxide content in blood and tissues."
"But if the level of carbon monoxide is high, then the victim has inhaled carbon monoxide, which is a by-product of burning things, and we know that the victim was alive when the fire burned."
After a pause, Gu Chen also said thoughtfully: "At least...it can mean that the victim survived for a while."
"But if it died before the fire, the detected carbon monoxide content will not be higher than normal."
Looking back at the charred corpse on the detection table, Gu Chen suddenly came over and said: "The key to judging whether the deceased still has signs of life when he was burned by the fire is to find evidence that the victim was still breathing. Fortunately, we Now there is this cutting-edge equipment that can detect it."
"That's right." Officer Wang couldn't help but say after hearing this, "But at the beginning of the last century, there was no such measurement method."
"Typically, to get this result, the forensic examiner looks for soot and burn marks in the lungs, bronchi, and throat."
After a pause, Officer Wang continued: "However, if there are burns and soot on these parts, it means that the victim was still breathing when he was burned."
"If it was burned by fire after death, then these signs may not be found at all."
"That's right." Hearing this, Gao Chuanfeng agreed and said, "So when I checked the charred corpse just now, I didn't find these things."
"Combined with the detection of carbon monoxide content, it can basically be concluded that there is a high probability that the deceased was burned to death by the fire after death."
"The problem seems to be a bit complicated." Hearing what everyone said, Lu Weiwei suddenly felt that the matter seemed far from that simple.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, walked back and forth twice, then frowned and said, "If the victim didn't lose consciousness, but was caught in the fire, maybe he would have left evidence of his attempt to escape."
Looking up at the crowd, Gu Chen said again: "It's like the scratches on the door panel or the fragments in the palm of your fingers."
"Maybe he scratched off a few nails when he was trying to escape. These are theoretically possible."
"And we can tell from the soot in the lungs, burn marks, and damage to the nails that the victim was still alive at the time of the fire."
"But I have considered these at the scene before, but at the scene... I can't find them all, so I can only explain that he may have died before the fire."
"That's right." Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Gao Chuanfeng checked the charred corpse again and also confirmed Gu Chen's words, and couldn't help sighing:
"Gu Chen, your guess is correct. I can now conclude that this charred corpse actually died before it was charred. This can be verified."
"That's strange." Hearing Gao Chuanfeng's words, Lu Weiwei said in a hoarse voice, and said in a bad mood:
"But if the old man died before being burned, did he die naturally? Or was he murdered?"
"If it's the latter, then it's murder, then this fire..."
"Then the fire was probably set on purpose by the murderer in order to destroy the corpses and traces." Police Officer Wang also said.
The voice fell, and the scene suddenly fell silent for a few seconds.
Everyone looked at each other, and it seemed that at this moment, everyone had reached a consensus.
"Damn it, this old man may have been murdered, and the murderer deliberately set off a fire to cover up all of this in order to deceive people." Gu Chen frowned, feeling that the whole incident was developing in an uncontrollable direction.
At this moment, He Junchao in the office also called.
Gu Chen took off his gloves, clicked on the speakerphone and said, "Senior Brother He, how is the investigation going on?"
"According to your request, I searched the surveillance cameras near the railway overpass yesterday, and also intercepted a frontal photo of this homeless old man. After a big data investigation, I can basically determine the identity of this old man."
"Find it?" Hearing the result from He Junchao, Police Officer Wang was also overjoyed and said:
"If you can find out who this homeless old man is? That would be much easier. At least you can follow the vines to find out the relationship network around this old man, and find out who is trying to harm him."
After a pause, Officer Wang hurriedly asked again: "Then He Junchao, what is this man's name? What did he do before?"
"This person is called..."
He Junchao on the other end of the conversation also paused for two seconds before saying, "This man is... Zhou Wencai, a native of Jiangnan City."
"And, according to my extended information inquiries, there are some surprising discoveries."
"He Junchao, don't be fooled, just say it quickly." Lu Weiwei couldn't help urging her while her voice was recovering.
He Junchao on the other end of the phone laughed dryly, and said slowly, "Don't worry, this person, who was not good a few years ago, is the chairman."
"Dong...Chairman? Is this the chairman?" Officer Wang frowned when he heard He Junchao's remarks, and hurriedly asked:
"Hey, I said He Junchao, are you seriously checking? How could this homeless old man be the chairman? Did you make a mistake?"
"I can't make a mistake. Although this man is sloppy now, his appearance is quite recognizable. His name is Zhou Wencai, and he used to be the chairman of 'Wencai Huaxia Company'."
"Besides, this person has been philanthropic before and has done many charity activities. He is a great kind person. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. Later, due to strategic investment mistakes, the company went bankrupt."
"Later, it gradually faded out of the public eye, and few people paid attention to it anymore."
Fearing that everyone would not believe it, He Junchao reminded again: "You can search for Zhou Wencai in Jiangnan City, or search for 'Wencai Huaxia Co., Ltd', you can find this person."
"And the photos and videos of this person's charity work a few years ago can be found."
Hearing He Junchao's various explanations, Gu Chen didn't care too much, and immediately started searching on his mobile phone, and found some reports about Zhou Wencai.
"I found it." Gu Chen flashed his mobile phone in front of everyone: "Senior brother He is right, this Zhou Wencai is indeed a business owner, and he has always been loyal to public welfare undertakings before."
"Really?" Lu Weiwei lowered her head and said in shock, "This company is quite large, and it was brilliant a few years ago, but why is it like this now?"
Seeing some news reports about Zhou Wencai, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh with emotion. How could such a good person be so downcast?
Gu Chen also frowned, and thoughtfully said: "This Zhou Wencai, what has he experienced? Why did he change from the chairman of a company to the current homeless old man?"
"It's not bad." Officer Wang took a deep breath, and said with no surprise: "A big company like this is usually the result of these people's hard work all their lives."
"It can be said that this kind of company is also the epitome of the struggle of these founders throughout their lives."
"But think about it, the business empire that I have worked so hard to build for many years suddenly collapsed overnight."
"This kind of gap, ordinary people must not be able to bear it? Especially in this kind of situation where people have reached the end of their lives and want to make a comeback but it is no longer possible. Generally, those with poor psychological endurance may just find a rooftop and jump off."
"But this Zhou Wencai is not bad, at least he is still alive, maybe... he was just stimulated and had some mental problems."
"But why didn't his family look for him?" Gu Chen also questioned.
After all, Zhou Wencai is a native of Jiangnan City, and his company is also in Jiangnan City.
Logically speaking, Zhou Wencai's family members should also live in Jiangnan City, but why didn't anyone come to him?
Just let such an old man live on the streets in such a desolate way, and have to rely on some charity to survive.
This kind of super contrast made Gu Chen unable to believe that all this actually existed?
Officer Wang clicked his tongue twice, and said with a faint smile, "Maybe, it's Zhou Wen who has been avoiding his family?"
"We were in the office building of the railway freight yard just now. Didn't that silly girl named... Zhuang Qi tell us about it?"
"She said she wanted to help Zhou Wencai find his family and send him home, and she also wanted to contact our police for help."
"Huh? It seems that I have said it before." Lu Weiwei immediately realized when she heard it.
That's right, Zhuang Qi had already explained this situation to everyone in the monitoring room of the office building in the railway freight yard.
"That's why." Officer Wang also snapped his fingers and said without hesitation:
"So in my opinion, this Zhou Wencai is hiding from his family and is reluctant to go home."
"Otherwise Zhuang Qi tried to help him go home several times, so why didn't he go home?"
"Also, the person in charge, Han Xu, has always said that this old man is a guy with a brain problem, but what did Zhuang Qi say?"
"Zhuang Qi said that this old man is not a problem, and he looks very smart." Lu Weiwei continued.
Officer Wang nodded silently: "Isn't that right? This Zhou Wencai, perhaps because of the pressure of bankruptcy, has long been unable to face his family, so he chose to run away from home alone."
"As for why his family didn't look for her? Perhaps, his family knows where he is? Maybe they have also observed him secretly."
After a pause, Officer Wang raised his head and asked Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, is what I said reasonable?"
"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently, and echoed, "Senior Brother Wang said it is very possible, Zhou Wencai, maybe his family doesn't know where he is? Or maybe they know."
"If you don't come to look for Zhou Wencai, it means that Zhou Wencai didn't tell his family, where is he going? What are he doing now? Perhaps he hasn't disclosed these things to his family."
"And his family members may have mistakenly thought that he just wanted to go outside for a walk, maybe to relax or something."
After thinking for a while, Gu Chen said again: "In my opinion, the most important thing right now is to contact Zhou Wencai's family as soon as possible, and then we will follow his family to see if we can find some useful clues?"
"I agree with Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei also nodded silently, and then said to the phone: "He Junchao, can you invite Zhou Wencai's family to our police station?"
"Well... I'll try it, and I'll let you guys know if I get an appointment."
"That's fine."
After the two parties had a simple communication on the phone, they both hung up the phone.
At this moment, everyone looked at each other and seemed to feel that things were getting more and more strange.
The first is the identity of the elderly, Zhou Wencai, the chairman of a company, and a public welfare person, often doing public welfare activities in Jiangnan City to give back to the society.
It is a pity that Zhou Wencai's "Wencai Huaxia Co., Ltd." went bankrupt a few years ago due to some debt and investment problems.
Since then, Zhou Wencai disappeared.
But when Zhou Wencai was discovered again, he was already buried in the sea of flames, which made people feel sad.
But what is even more incredible is that this Zhou Wencai was swallowed by the fire after his death.
Therefore, everyone has always believed that the fire was indeed strange. It seemed that someone had murdered Zhou Wencai and then set fire to the entire warehouse in order to destroy the body and wipe out the traces.
But now, does the murderer exist?The question of who the murderer would be was suddenly put on the table.
Therefore, everyone feels that only by finding Zhou Wencai's family members can they learn more about Zhou Wencai's bankruptcy.
Everyone here was still doing the final inspection on Zhou Wencai's charred body, when He Junchao called again.
Gu Chen clicked on the phone again for speakerphone...
"Gu Chen, Zhou Wencai's family members have already been contacted. They are his lover and daughter. I have already made an appointment with them. They are currently out of town, but they are not far away. They will come back today."
"Then what time do you want to come?" Gu Chen asked.
"Around 7:[-] p.m., is that okay?" He Junchao said on the phone.
Gu Chen replied, "Then make an appointment until 7:[-] in the evening, and our side is almost over, so I'll be right back."
The two communicated with each other, and both hung up the phone.
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(End of this chapter)
Monitor indoors.
After hearing Zhuang Qi's various explanations, Gu Chen probably understood why the old man appeared in the warehouse of the railway freight yard.
It was Zhuang Qi who co-authored it by cutting the barbed wire and letting the old man in.
Han Xu shook his head, pointed at Zhuang Qi, and said angrily: "Zhuang Qi, Zhuang Qi, I really don't know what to say about you? Not only did you let outsiders in casually, but you also cut the barbed wire? You..."
"President Han calm down, Xiaozhuang also pities the old man, he is afraid that the old man will freeze to death." Seeing that Han Xu was getting angry, the middle-aged female worker hurried over to persuade him.
All of these things were caused by Zhuang Qi.
Now the fire engulfed the warehouse, and the old man was burned to coke. Everything seemed to be doomed.
After Gu Chen recorded all this, he also asked Zhuang Qi, "You said the old man just came to live at night, so does he still stay near the railway overpass during the day?"
"Well, that's right, he usually stays there during the day, and occasionally moves around, but the range of activities is nearby." After all, Zhuang Qi knew the scope of the old man's activities, so when Gu Chen asked, she truthfully explained.
"Very good." Gu Chen nodded silently, and asked again: "If this is the case, the old man usually runs to the warehouse to live in the dead of night when the night is quiet, and the electric kettle you gave him is no problem."
"So the cause of the fire seems to have to be investigated separately?"
"Uh..." Zhuang Qi was a little embarrassed, but said truthfully: "Comrade policeman, I can assure you that there is nothing wrong with my electric kettle, and it will not cause a fire at all."
"Don't be in such a hurry." Officer Wang interrupted Zhuang Qi's speech and explained: "As for the fire, whether it was caused by electrical appliances or not, we have to hand it over to the fire brigade for investigation."
"But this dead old man, you have to help me complete the information."
"Ah?" Hearing Officer Wang's words, Zhuang Qi didn't seem to understand.
"Don't understand?" Officer Wang raised his eyebrows and asked her.
Zhuang Qi shook her head: "I don't know that old man, how can I help you complete the information?"
"Then did you see him yesterday?" Lu Weiwei asked hoarsely.
Zhuang Qi thought for a few seconds, then nodded and said: "Yesterday at noon, I saw him at the railway overpass, and he has been wandering around..."
Zhuang Qi is also in a panic now.
You know, the burning of the warehouse in the open yard is a big event.
Moreover, the old man she helped was also burned to charcoal now, which made Zhuang Qi a little sad.
Originally, I only wanted to help the old man, use the warmth of the warehouse, protect him, and help him survive the severe cold.
Unexpectedly, a big fire today burned all of them down.
The old man died, and this incident dealt a great blow to Zhuang Qi.
At this moment, Zhuang Qi was explaining everything about the old man to Gu Chen, her eyes gradually turned red.
Feel like crying with sobs.
After Gu Chen finished recording, Zhuang Qi couldn't hold back her tears any longer, she covered her face and burst into tears.
In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire office was awkward.
Han Xu also said angrily: "I didn't say anything about you? Why are you still crying?"
"It was I who harmed him. I shouldn't be a bodhisattva. It was my fault to let him live in the warehouse. If it wasn't for me, he wouldn't have died, woo woo..."
Zhuang Qi felt extremely wronged at this moment, thinking of the old man's charred corpse, the crying became louder and louder.
The middle-aged female worker quickly hugged Zhuang Qi, patted her back and comforted her, "It's not all your fault. How did this fire start? We don't know yet, so you don't have to blame yourself too much."
"There are police comrades in everything, don't be sad, ah..."
There was a sound of crying on one side, and on the other side, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang also walked out of the monitoring room under the leadership of Han Xu.
Han Xu also said with a helpless wry smile: "Comrade policeman, I'm really sorry. In fact, we didn't know about this old man before."
"Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a new employee of our company who let the old man in without authorization, which led to this catastrophe."
"Looking back, I have to conduct a self-reflection, and I must strengthen supervision in the future."
Seeing that Gu Chen walked out of the office building without answering, Han Xu chased him a few steps to Gu Chen's side, and said, "Comrade policeman, I don't know anything about this matter, it really has nothing to do with me. "
"I know, but you are responsible for supervision." Gu Chen just said casually, and came to the scene of the incident again.
At this moment, Huang Zunlong and Ding Liang had also arrived at the scene and cordoned off the scene.
And Gao Chuanfeng from the technical department of the Municipal Bureau has already arranged manpower to put the charred corpse into a transparent evidence collection bag.
Seeing that Gu Chen and the others just came over, with a fat man chattering beside him, Gao Chuanfeng asked directly: "Gu Chen, what's the situation with this man? He's burned like this?"
"A homeless old man, whose identity has not been confirmed yet." Gu Chen walked over and said.
"The identity hasn't been confirmed yet?" Gao Chuanfeng heard the words, and he was also the head of the road: "Then what should we do now? Bring it back to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau?"
"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded silently, and explained: "You put the body into a body bag first, and bring it back to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau for testing. I will go with you."
"Okay." I feel that dealing with this kind of charred corpse is much more complicated than dealing with ordinary corpses.
Gao Chuanfeng had helplessness on his face, but he could only bite the bullet and asked two assistants to help transport the corpse.
As far as the charred corpse is concerned, it is troublesome enough to carry, and it must be handled lightly.
Some of the fallen debris even has to be collected.
Afterwards, Gu Chen brought Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha to the scene of the crime, which was the burnt warehouse.
At this moment, white smoke was still rising from all corners of the warehouse, and various unpleasant smells rushed towards us.
After the firefighter Xiao Li checked the last open flame, he came out and said goodbye to Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, we have to go, I will leave this place to you."
"Thank you." Gu Chen thanked, and then asked: "Xiao Li, how do you think the fire started?"
"This..." Xiao Li, the firefighter, was stunned for a moment, and said calmly, "To be honest, I can't judge, after all, there are too many debris at the scene."
"There are still a lot of wood and fibers, such as the snakeskin bag, which is particularly easy to burn, and I won't talk about other sundries."
"Anyway, we found a burnt electric kettle at the scene. It feels that it should be caused by improper use of electrical appliances. This is usually the case with this type of fire."
"But the quality of this electric kettle is very good, and when there is no water or the water is not enough, it will automatically cut off the power. How could it be a fire caused by an electrical appliance?"
After listening to Zhuang Qi's explanation just now, Lu Weiwei immediately felt that what Zhuang Qi said made sense.
But Xiao Li, the firefighter, smiled wryly and said, "I don't know what to say. Generally speaking, many fires are caused by improper use of electrical appliances."
"Some are short-circuited during use, and some are spontaneously ignited on the spot. The owners of many electrical appliances can see it."
"So, it's more convenient to investigate, but here..."
The firefighter Xiao Li looked around and said helplessly, "But it's burned like this, and many things are inflammable."
"And now we don't know, did the old man ignite the surrounding combustibles? Or some other reason?"
"So, at present, we have at least discovered the existence of electrical appliances, so it is tentatively inferred that it is caused by electrical short circuit."
After a pause, the firefighter Xiao Li said again: "But is it true? It's hard for us to judge. If you have any new discoveries, you can also notify us in time."
"Okay." Knowing that the scene environment is too complicated, especially because there are too many flammable materials on the scene, Gu Chen also understands what the firefighter Xiao Li said, and can only thank him again and again.
Not long after, the firefighters drove away after gathering.
Gu Chen walked to the middle of the warehouse.
This warehouse is indeed different from the other large warehouses in that it is temporarily built to store sundries.
Compared with other large warehouses, this warehouse looks a bit cramped, but Gu Chen was able to find some powdered remains that had been burnt to ashes in the wreckage, and moved the charred electric kettle aside.
Seeing this, the middle-aged female worker hurriedly asked Zhuang Qi, who caused the trouble, to go over and help count the items.
Since the specific list of the warehouse was always in Zhuang Qi's hands, Zhuang Qi hurriedly followed behind Gu Chen, hoping to redeem her damn heart of a bodhisattva by explaining some of the wreckage to Gu Chen.
"Officer Gu, this is where the snakeskin bag is placed, so the ashes of the snakeskin bag are all around."
"Here, here is a place to put some wood, all the sundries from the railway freight yard..."
Zhuang Qi explained seriously, and Gu Chen also listened seriously.
But after a lap, Gu Chen really couldn't find any suspicious clues.
The surrounding area has already been burned in a mess by the fire, and with the fire fighting, many places have become extremely humid now.
Gu Chen turned his head and asked Han Xu: "When this corpse was brought out, were you there?"
"No... that's right, I'm at the scene." Hearing this, Han Xu hurried to Gu Chen's side.
"What was his situation at that time?" Gu Chen asked.
"Just..." Han Xu looked around, then pointed to a place and said, "Just lie down here."
"Is this the location?" Officer Wang said, pointing to the door.
Han Xu nodded silently: "That's right, he probably wanted to escape, but he might have been blocked by the combustible objects in front of him, so he didn't escape successfully, and then he was knocked down by the smoke, and finally swallowed by the fire."
Speaking of this, Han Xu also let out a long sigh, feeling a little regretful.
Lu Weiwei asked in a hoarse voice, "Are there any photos of the scene?"
"No...no, but what I said is true. Not only me, but many people at the scene saw the corpse lying here."
Listening to Han Xu's explanation, Gu Chen came to the so-called crime scene. Afterwards, Yuan Shasha brought the toolbox and handed Gu Chen a bag of white powder.
According to Han Xu's words, Gu Chen used powder to trace the exact location of the old man at that time.
It didn't take long to see a figure in the shape of a figure lying near the door.
Gu Chen clapped his hands, then took out his mobile phone and took a picture of the scene.
At this moment, Gao Chuanfeng, who had packed the corpse, also went outside and shouted: "Gu Chen, our side is ready, do you want to go back to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau with me?"
"Get in the car first, I'll be right over." Gu Chen also said casually.
After completing the preliminary survey of the scene, Gu Chen called Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, and explained:
"You stay here and take care of the follow-up work. I will go to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau with Gao Chuanfeng to see what's going on with the corpse?"
"No problem, leave it to us here." Ding Liang also has considerable experience in handling this kind of follow-up work, so he agreed.
Afterwards, everyone pulled up the cordon, and Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha together and drove to the Technical Section of the Municipal Bureau.
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Since returning to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau, it was already lunch time, so Gu Chen and Gao Chuanfeng's team joined Gao Chuanfeng's team to enjoy the packed lunch outside the testing room before preparing for the final test on the corpse.
Gao Chuanfeng also admired: "I said Gu Chen, how dare you come to examine the body after lunch? Are you not afraid to vomit out everything you ate at noon?"
"Why would you be a policeman if you're afraid of a dead body? I'm fine." Gu Chen said.
Officer Wang also grinned: "I'm fine too."
Yuan Shasha was a little nervous and said: "Although it looks disgusting, can I stay outside later? Because I'm afraid I won't be able to control it, and I will vomit and dirty the testing room."
"Haha." Hearing what Yuan Shasha said, Gao Chuanfeng felt a little proud.
Xin said that in your criminal investigation team of the Furong branch, there are still people who dislike this kind of charred corpse, otherwise they will be very embarrassing.
After all, my two assistants have been vomiting in the bathroom since they came back, and they have no appetite for lunch.
But if you say that Gu Chen's criminal investigation team didn't have any special reactions, it's a bit unreasonable.
Fortunately, Yuan Shasha still couldn't bear it. Thinking about it this way, Gao Chuanfeng felt much more balanced.
And Lu Weiwei took out a tissue and dipped it in her mouth, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Although it's a bit nauseating, it's not enough to vomit. I'm fine, no problem."
"Lu Weiwei, what's wrong with your throat?" After realizing that Lu Weiwei hadn't spoken before, Gao Chuanfeng was also quite curious.
In the past, when Gu Chen's team came to the technical department of the Municipal Bureau, Lu Weiwei would definitely be chattering, but today it was so quiet that Gao Chuanfeng felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere?
But where exactly?Gao Chuanfeng couldn't speak again.
As a result, when Lu Weiwei spoke, Gao Chuanfeng immediately understood that there was something wrong with Lu Weiwei's voice.
Lu Weiwei also waved her hand, and said helplessly, "I overused my throat last night, and now my throat is a bit dry, but after taking some medicine, I feel...much better than when I woke up early in the morning."
"Using your voice too much?" Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Gao Chuanfeng laughed and said, "Then you should talk less, take some medicine, sleep well tonight, and get up early tomorrow morning, and your voice will probably recover. "
"Let me lend you Gao Chuanfeng's auspicious words." Lu Weiwei also sighed, feeling that the days when she couldn't speak as she wanted were really hard enough.
Here, because of Gao Chuanfeng's two assistants, they vomited so much that they didn't even have an appetite for lunch.
Therefore, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang put on their protective equipment and followed Gao Chuanfeng to the testing platform.
Faced with such a charred corpse, even with a mask on, everyone can feel the unpleasant smell.
Seeing that everyone was wearing gloves, Gao Chuanfeng just wanted to ask if everyone was ready?In the end, Gu Chen took the lines.
"Are you ready? Let's start when you're ready." Gu Chen said.
Everyone echoed, and everyone immediately started to operate.
Detecting a charred corpse is exponentially more difficult than detecting a normal corpse.
In particular, many parts of the corpse will appear very fragile after being scorched by the fire.
With the help of the surgical light on the testing table, Gu Chen can see the corpse more clearly at this moment.
At this moment, the corpse was already scorched black, but the burning degree of each part was not the same.
Generally speaking, if a house or factory fire breaks out, there is almost never an example of a complete burnout unless there is a large amount of highly flammable material in the fire area.
But in today's warehouse, Gu Chen still found some combustibles, such as piles of snakeskin bags, and some waste wood.
Originally, Gu Chen thought that since the old man lived in a warehouse, he might be afraid of the cold outside, so he would light some wood in the warehouse to keep warm.
Thinking about a warehouse with this structure, it is obviously not advisable to burn fire for heating.
First of all, the old man lived secretly in the warehouse, and Zhuang Qi also specifically explained not to be discovered by other colleagues in the railway freight yard.
So in the utility room warehouse, he lit a fire to keep warm. Obviously, the fire light and the burning white smoke would quickly expose his target.
Moreover, if the fire is ignited inside the warehouse for heating, the smoke cannot be removed smoothly, which may easily lead to suffocation.
But when Gu Chen inspected the crime scene, he didn't find any of them.
After all, if wood is burned for heating, there must be a pile of burning wood on the scene, but Gu Chen didn't find it.
All the burning wood on site was piled up against the corner of the wall.
Even if it has been burned by a fire, it is still in a piled state.
Therefore, after Gu Chen ruled out the possibility of a short circuit caused by the electrical appliances, he also ruled out the possibility of the old man burning a fire to keep warm.
While inspecting the charred corpse of the old man, Gu Chen also quickly shared his thoughts with everyone.
After police officer Wang heard about it, he couldn't help feeling: "If it wasn't caused by the short circuit of the electrical appliances, and it wasn't the fire caused by the old man's own ignition, then how did the fire happen?"
"At the moment, it's not clear." While examining the corpse, Gu Chen also shook his head and sighed:
"I checked the scene and found that the old man was in a crawling state. Judging from the state of the old man's death, he should be crawling towards the door in an attempt to escape from the warehouse."
"Yes." Lu Weiwei also sighed, and shook her head helplessly with a hoarse voice: "The old man may want to escape from the warehouse, but there was too much smoke at that time."
"Maybe the old man was resting, but suddenly he found himself in a sea of flames, but when the old man wanted to escape, he was still surrounded by smoke, and he couldn't tell the north from the south."
Taking a deep breath, Lu Weiwei also shook her head helplessly: "So, it is very likely that he inhaled too much smoke, which caused him to suffocate and died, and then he was burned to death by the fire."
Speaking of this, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but choked up.
Looking at a reef corpse on the testing platform in front of her, Lu Weiwei couldn't hold back, and tears suddenly appeared in her eyes.
After checking the whole body of the Jiao corpse, Gu Chen also looked up at Gao Chuanfeng and said, "Gao Chuanfeng, the examination of the whole body is almost done. You can test the carbon monoxide content in the blood and tissues."
"Understood." Although it was his own territory, Gao Chuanfeng was somewhat awkward being directed by Gu Chen.
The two unsatisfactory assistants really have a lot to learn from Gu Chen.
Otherwise, you can operate completely independently.
Looking at the charred corpse, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but wondered in a hoarse voice: "Junior Brother Gu, the corpse is roasted like this? Can you still get a blood sample?"
"It's also possible." Gu Chen paused his hands, turned to look at Lu Weiwei and said:
"Don't underestimate this charred corpse. In fact, the charred corpse still has a lot of information to provide."
"For example, including some residues that may remain on the corpse, which may not come from the human body itself, may provide effective evidence for our investigation."
"And even though the corpse has been burned to black charcoal, the carbon monoxide content can still be detected from some blood and tissues through today's technology."
"How is the blood extracted? Where is it extracted?" Looking at the charred corpse in front of her, Lu Weiwei was also full of question marks.
Gu Chen pointed to the heart of the charred corpse and said: "This is the first autopsy on a charred corpse like this. If you are lucky, you can still extract some blood samples from the heart."
"After all, the other parts have been burnt, so I can only pump some blood from the heart."
Looking at a piece of black minced meat that fell on the testing table, Gu Chen immediately said, "Cut a little bit of charred meat, and then you can draw blood for the family members to test for DNA."
"Uh……"
Hearing Gu Chen's speech, Lu Weiwei didn't dare to imagine it anymore.
On the other hand, Police Officer Wang checked the abdomen of the corpse a few times, and said helplessly, "It's all burnt, and the intestines are broken."
"Let me do it." Feeling that Gu Chen knew a lot, and told him everything he knew, Gao Chuanfeng directly took out his extraction tool and began to extract the samples.
Gu Chen and the others took a few steps back to make room for Gao Chuanfeng.
With the successful completion of the extraction operation, Gao Chuanfeng also brought the samples to another testing station, and began to test these samples through high-precision instruments and equipment.
And everyone temporarily sat on one side to rest for a while.
It didn't take long for Gao Chuanfeng to have the result, and said to everyone involuntarily: "The result has come out."
"How?" Gu Chen raised his head and asked him.
"Strange." Gao Chuanfeng was also at a loss, and said slowly: "The test results show that the carbon monoxide content of this old man seems to be lower than normal."
"How could this be?" Hearing this, Gu Chen stood up immediately and walked to Gao Chuanfeng's side.
Gao Chuanfeng also showed the test data to Gu Chen for details, and said casually: "Theoretically speaking, the result of our test shows that the carbon monoxide should be higher than normal."
"That's right." Gu Chen also nodded in agreement, and asked curiously, "But why is there such a result?"
"Junior Gu, the carbon monoxide test result is higher than normal, does it mean that the old man died before the fire?"
After all, Lu Weiwei also knew this knowledge, so she asked Gu Chen straight to the point.
Gu Chen nodded silently, and explained: "Senior Sister Lu is right, and now we have a way to detect the carbon monoxide content in blood and tissues."
"But if the level of carbon monoxide is high, then the victim has inhaled carbon monoxide, which is a by-product of burning things, and we know that the victim was alive when the fire burned."
After a pause, Gu Chen also said thoughtfully: "At least...it can mean that the victim survived for a while."
"But if it died before the fire, the detected carbon monoxide content will not be higher than normal."
Looking back at the charred corpse on the detection table, Gu Chen suddenly came over and said: "The key to judging whether the deceased still has signs of life when he was burned by the fire is to find evidence that the victim was still breathing. Fortunately, we Now there is this cutting-edge equipment that can detect it."
"That's right." Officer Wang couldn't help but say after hearing this, "But at the beginning of the last century, there was no such measurement method."
"Typically, to get this result, the forensic examiner looks for soot and burn marks in the lungs, bronchi, and throat."
After a pause, Officer Wang continued: "However, if there are burns and soot on these parts, it means that the victim was still breathing when he was burned."
"If it was burned by fire after death, then these signs may not be found at all."
"That's right." Hearing this, Gao Chuanfeng agreed and said, "So when I checked the charred corpse just now, I didn't find these things."
"Combined with the detection of carbon monoxide content, it can basically be concluded that there is a high probability that the deceased was burned to death by the fire after death."
"The problem seems to be a bit complicated." Hearing what everyone said, Lu Weiwei suddenly felt that the matter seemed far from that simple.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, walked back and forth twice, then frowned and said, "If the victim didn't lose consciousness, but was caught in the fire, maybe he would have left evidence of his attempt to escape."
Looking up at the crowd, Gu Chen said again: "It's like the scratches on the door panel or the fragments in the palm of your fingers."
"Maybe he scratched off a few nails when he was trying to escape. These are theoretically possible."
"And we can tell from the soot in the lungs, burn marks, and damage to the nails that the victim was still alive at the time of the fire."
"But I have considered these at the scene before, but at the scene... I can't find them all, so I can only explain that he may have died before the fire."
"That's right." Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Gao Chuanfeng checked the charred corpse again and also confirmed Gu Chen's words, and couldn't help sighing:
"Gu Chen, your guess is correct. I can now conclude that this charred corpse actually died before it was charred. This can be verified."
"That's strange." Hearing Gao Chuanfeng's words, Lu Weiwei said in a hoarse voice, and said in a bad mood:
"But if the old man died before being burned, did he die naturally? Or was he murdered?"
"If it's the latter, then it's murder, then this fire..."
"Then the fire was probably set on purpose by the murderer in order to destroy the corpses and traces." Police Officer Wang also said.
The voice fell, and the scene suddenly fell silent for a few seconds.
Everyone looked at each other, and it seemed that at this moment, everyone had reached a consensus.
"Damn it, this old man may have been murdered, and the murderer deliberately set off a fire to cover up all of this in order to deceive people." Gu Chen frowned, feeling that the whole incident was developing in an uncontrollable direction.
At this moment, He Junchao in the office also called.
Gu Chen took off his gloves, clicked on the speakerphone and said, "Senior Brother He, how is the investigation going on?"
"According to your request, I searched the surveillance cameras near the railway overpass yesterday, and also intercepted a frontal photo of this homeless old man. After a big data investigation, I can basically determine the identity of this old man."
"Find it?" Hearing the result from He Junchao, Police Officer Wang was also overjoyed and said:
"If you can find out who this homeless old man is? That would be much easier. At least you can follow the vines to find out the relationship network around this old man, and find out who is trying to harm him."
After a pause, Officer Wang hurriedly asked again: "Then He Junchao, what is this man's name? What did he do before?"
"This person is called..."
He Junchao on the other end of the conversation also paused for two seconds before saying, "This man is... Zhou Wencai, a native of Jiangnan City."
"And, according to my extended information inquiries, there are some surprising discoveries."
"He Junchao, don't be fooled, just say it quickly." Lu Weiwei couldn't help urging her while her voice was recovering.
He Junchao on the other end of the phone laughed dryly, and said slowly, "Don't worry, this person, who was not good a few years ago, is the chairman."
"Dong...Chairman? Is this the chairman?" Officer Wang frowned when he heard He Junchao's remarks, and hurriedly asked:
"Hey, I said He Junchao, are you seriously checking? How could this homeless old man be the chairman? Did you make a mistake?"
"I can't make a mistake. Although this man is sloppy now, his appearance is quite recognizable. His name is Zhou Wencai, and he used to be the chairman of 'Wencai Huaxia Company'."
"Besides, this person has been philanthropic before and has done many charity activities. He is a great kind person. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. Later, due to strategic investment mistakes, the company went bankrupt."
"Later, it gradually faded out of the public eye, and few people paid attention to it anymore."
Fearing that everyone would not believe it, He Junchao reminded again: "You can search for Zhou Wencai in Jiangnan City, or search for 'Wencai Huaxia Co., Ltd', you can find this person."
"And the photos and videos of this person's charity work a few years ago can be found."
Hearing He Junchao's various explanations, Gu Chen didn't care too much, and immediately started searching on his mobile phone, and found some reports about Zhou Wencai.
"I found it." Gu Chen flashed his mobile phone in front of everyone: "Senior brother He is right, this Zhou Wencai is indeed a business owner, and he has always been loyal to public welfare undertakings before."
"Really?" Lu Weiwei lowered her head and said in shock, "This company is quite large, and it was brilliant a few years ago, but why is it like this now?"
Seeing some news reports about Zhou Wencai, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh with emotion. How could such a good person be so downcast?
Gu Chen also frowned, and thoughtfully said: "This Zhou Wencai, what has he experienced? Why did he change from the chairman of a company to the current homeless old man?"
"It's not bad." Officer Wang took a deep breath, and said with no surprise: "A big company like this is usually the result of these people's hard work all their lives."
"It can be said that this kind of company is also the epitome of the struggle of these founders throughout their lives."
"But think about it, the business empire that I have worked so hard to build for many years suddenly collapsed overnight."
"This kind of gap, ordinary people must not be able to bear it? Especially in this kind of situation where people have reached the end of their lives and want to make a comeback but it is no longer possible. Generally, those with poor psychological endurance may just find a rooftop and jump off."
"But this Zhou Wencai is not bad, at least he is still alive, maybe... he was just stimulated and had some mental problems."
"But why didn't his family look for him?" Gu Chen also questioned.
After all, Zhou Wencai is a native of Jiangnan City, and his company is also in Jiangnan City.
Logically speaking, Zhou Wencai's family members should also live in Jiangnan City, but why didn't anyone come to him?
Just let such an old man live on the streets in such a desolate way, and have to rely on some charity to survive.
This kind of super contrast made Gu Chen unable to believe that all this actually existed?
Officer Wang clicked his tongue twice, and said with a faint smile, "Maybe, it's Zhou Wen who has been avoiding his family?"
"We were in the office building of the railway freight yard just now. Didn't that silly girl named... Zhuang Qi tell us about it?"
"She said she wanted to help Zhou Wencai find his family and send him home, and she also wanted to contact our police for help."
"Huh? It seems that I have said it before." Lu Weiwei immediately realized when she heard it.
That's right, Zhuang Qi had already explained this situation to everyone in the monitoring room of the office building in the railway freight yard.
"That's why." Officer Wang also snapped his fingers and said without hesitation:
"So in my opinion, this Zhou Wencai is hiding from his family and is reluctant to go home."
"Otherwise Zhuang Qi tried to help him go home several times, so why didn't he go home?"
"Also, the person in charge, Han Xu, has always said that this old man is a guy with a brain problem, but what did Zhuang Qi say?"
"Zhuang Qi said that this old man is not a problem, and he looks very smart." Lu Weiwei continued.
Officer Wang nodded silently: "Isn't that right? This Zhou Wencai, perhaps because of the pressure of bankruptcy, has long been unable to face his family, so he chose to run away from home alone."
"As for why his family didn't look for her? Perhaps, his family knows where he is? Maybe they have also observed him secretly."
After a pause, Officer Wang raised his head and asked Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, is what I said reasonable?"
"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently, and echoed, "Senior Brother Wang said it is very possible, Zhou Wencai, maybe his family doesn't know where he is? Or maybe they know."
"If you don't come to look for Zhou Wencai, it means that Zhou Wencai didn't tell his family, where is he going? What are he doing now? Perhaps he hasn't disclosed these things to his family."
"And his family members may have mistakenly thought that he just wanted to go outside for a walk, maybe to relax or something."
After thinking for a while, Gu Chen said again: "In my opinion, the most important thing right now is to contact Zhou Wencai's family as soon as possible, and then we will follow his family to see if we can find some useful clues?"
"I agree with Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei also nodded silently, and then said to the phone: "He Junchao, can you invite Zhou Wencai's family to our police station?"
"Well... I'll try it, and I'll let you guys know if I get an appointment."
"That's fine."
After the two parties had a simple communication on the phone, they both hung up the phone.
At this moment, everyone looked at each other and seemed to feel that things were getting more and more strange.
The first is the identity of the elderly, Zhou Wencai, the chairman of a company, and a public welfare person, often doing public welfare activities in Jiangnan City to give back to the society.
It is a pity that Zhou Wencai's "Wencai Huaxia Co., Ltd." went bankrupt a few years ago due to some debt and investment problems.
Since then, Zhou Wencai disappeared.
But when Zhou Wencai was discovered again, he was already buried in the sea of flames, which made people feel sad.
But what is even more incredible is that this Zhou Wencai was swallowed by the fire after his death.
Therefore, everyone has always believed that the fire was indeed strange. It seemed that someone had murdered Zhou Wencai and then set fire to the entire warehouse in order to destroy the body and wipe out the traces.
But now, does the murderer exist?The question of who the murderer would be was suddenly put on the table.
Therefore, everyone feels that only by finding Zhou Wencai's family members can they learn more about Zhou Wencai's bankruptcy.
Everyone here was still doing the final inspection on Zhou Wencai's charred body, when He Junchao called again.
Gu Chen clicked on the phone again for speakerphone...
"Gu Chen, Zhou Wencai's family members have already been contacted. They are his lover and daughter. I have already made an appointment with them. They are currently out of town, but they are not far away. They will come back today."
"Then what time do you want to come?" Gu Chen asked.
"Around 7:[-] p.m., is that okay?" He Junchao said on the phone.
Gu Chen replied, "Then make an appointment until 7:[-] in the evening, and our side is almost over, so I'll be right back."
The two communicated with each other, and both hung up the phone.
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