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Another main reason why Zhang Datou and others did not go to the scene near where the body was dumped for another investigation was that it was a bit tragic.

The old man who herds cattle still speaks haltingly. He has lived for decades and has never seen such a big thing.

Because the body in the grass had been dismembered and there were signs of burning.

If they weren't placed in a haphazard pile, with the hands and feet clearly visible there, the old man wouldn't have been able to tell at first glance that it was a corpse.

Of course, under normal circumstances, when you pass by the dam, you may not necessarily see the body in the grass. The grass below is very high and the body is hidden in it. If the old man was not grazing cattle here, he would probably not see it if he followed the cattle eating grass.

Wang Zhaokai arrived earlier than Lu Chuan and had a general understanding of the situation, but he did not rush into the scene rashly. Lu Chuan was an expert in on-site surveys, so Wang Zhaokai felt more at ease after waiting for Lu Chuan to arrive before entering the scene.

"Director Lu, I have just communicated with the person who reported the case. At 7 o'clock this morning, the old man came to the dam to graze cattle as usual. As he passed by this bush, he found a piece of flattened grass and came over to see that it was a body."

Lu Chuan had already put on protective clothing, gloves and shoe covers, and continued to ask: "Are there any other findings?"

Wang Zhaokai shook his head: "Although the old man comes here every morning to graze the cattle, he doesn't always go to the dam side. He goes to the side with better grass and water. Because it's just the beginning of spring, there's not much fresh grass."

Wang Zhaokai's meaning was very clear. The other party did not herd cattle every day, so the suspect might not have dumped the body yesterday, but might have been two or three days ago.

Sure enough, Wang Zhaokai continued, "The old man said that the last time he came here to graze cattle was about six or seven days ago, but he didn't find these things last time."

"Okay, let's disperse the crowd first. We'll go ahead and have the forensic doctor come over to confirm the time of death."

As Lu Chuan walked towards the scene where the bodies were piled up, he continued, "Carry out some housing investigations in the village to see if there have been any strange incidents in the village recently, and if anyone has gone missing."

Next, Lu Chuan entered the scene to begin investigation, while Wang Zhaokai and his men also entered the village and began to communicate with the police from the local police station.

When Lu Chuan just arrived at the place where the body was dumped, Wang Chaokai received some important information.

It was provided by Zhang Datao, director of the local police station.

"Five days ago, someone in Wangjiagou reported that a man was missing. We sent someone to investigate, but there has been no progress so far. Our man..."

A body was found in the grass at a dam near Wangjiagou Village. Someone had reported the case to the police five days ago, so of course the police would have some associations.

Wang Zhaokai was also moved. How could it be such a coincidence that all these things happened in Wangjiagou Village?

"Come on, take me to see the situation."

Wang Zhaokai and the police station personnel went to the village first to learn about the circumstances of the missing case, while Lu Chuan had already begun investigating the area near the place where the body was dumped.

The Criminal Police Brigade originally wanted to see the criminal police assisting Lu Chuan.

"Director Lu... this..."

He has been assisting Lu Chuan in the on-site investigation of the High-tech Zone Criminal Police Brigade for the past two years, and his ability has improved rapidly, but this kind of scene is the first time he has seen it, and it is indeed a bit miserable.

The body must have been burned after being dismembered. It was black and had many burnt areas.

There is a woven bag next to it.

The body should have been shaken out of the woven bag, which had signs of being torn open, and many of the bones on the body had been torn into pieces, exposing the bones inside. Lu Chuan also frowned.

After killing the person, Shura chopped the body into several pieces and then burned it, but for some reason it was not burned completely, and he then threw the body here.

The other party must have put the body in a woven bag, but some wild dogs or stray dogs must have bitten the bag open, revealing the body inside.

Now many parts have been bitten off, with many bones left, and the relatively intact parts are the exposed fingers and toes.

"Take photos first, then look around to see if there are any suspicious footprints, fingerprints or anything like that."

Field site surveys are actually quite difficult, especially after a long period of time.

Moreover, the weeds near the dam are very deep, and there are traces of cattle herders passing by and livestock trampling on the area, so it is difficult to find the traces left by the murderer where the body was dumped.

What remains is to see whether there are fingerprints left by the murderer on the woven bag, and whether there are any fingerprints left on the body. If so, the direction of this case may be clearer.

Probably for this reason, Lu Chuan also made a brief analysis and found that there were obvious blunt force injuries on the victim's head.

The collapse of the back of the head bones was probably caused by being hit by a heavy hammer, which may be the direct cause of death.

Moreover, there were many marks of hammering at the collapsed places of the bones, which must have been caused by multiple beatings, which eventually led to the death of the deceased.

The specific time of death should not exceed 7 days, but the specific situation still requires some auxiliary verification from the forensic department, and a specific judgment can be made through autopsy and examination of internal organs.

As for the survey of the surrounding environment, just as Lu Chuan had worried beforehand, there were not many results or progress.

There were too many weeds around, so basically no trace was left after he walked past. You could only see the grass fallen down. However, the weeds fell in basically the same way after being stepped on by different people.

The only difference is that the hoof marks are deeper after the old cow stepped on them recently, but they can still be distinguished after people walk by.

Because the victim's head had been burnt and facial features could not be identified, the identity of the victim still needed to be determined through DNA information extraction.

Just as Lu Chuan was about to start this work, Wang Zhaokai hurried over.

"When we were investigating in the village just now, we also communicated with the police from the local police station. A man named Li Xiaofeng in the village was reported missing five days ago."

Wang Zhaokai looked at the body in the bushes and said, "This person...is most likely the missing man."

Missing?

"Does he have any relatives?"

Lu Chuan asked: "It's best to be an immediate family member."

Wang Zhaokai nodded affirmatively: "His parents are in this village."

"Okay, collect DNA information from his parents right away, and then compare them." (End of this chapter)