deep white secret

Chapter 135
three days later.

Forensic doctor Han sent the autopsy report to the criminal investigation team. Ningxia frowned after reading it.

"What's going on? Ningxia, please tell me."

Shi Yihang was a little anxious and urged from the side.

Ningxia projected the contents of the report on the big screen and said to everyone:
"The deceased, Meng Xiangren, male, 29 years old, 1.82 meters tall, had no external injuries except for tattoos on his body. The toxicology test result was negative."

"How could this be?"

Shi Yihang was the first to scream, while Xu Jie lowered his face.

"The cause of death was cardiac arrest, but there was no organic disease in the heart of the deceased. Korean forensic medicine spent a lot of time explaining it."

Everyone held their breaths. In the past two days, several members of the criminal investigation team repeatedly studied the cause of Meng Xiangren's death, but they still couldn't understand it.

Now the Korean forensic doctor's autopsy report has become the only key to solving the case.

Ningxia looked at the record carefully and said slowly:

"Cardiac arrest was caused by external force. As for the cause, Korean forensic doctors did not suggest it. The deceased's pupils were dilated and he was in an unconscious state before death."

"There was no urine retention in the deceased's bladder. According to the on-site investigation, Meng Xiangren was incontinent before his death."

When Ning Xia said this, she took a breath and looked up at Xu Jie. He was thinking seriously with his eyebrows downcast.

"We have all seen the scene. Meng Xiangren was half-naked, wearing only a pair of underwear. The time of death was between 22:23 and [-]:[-]."

"There were no external injuries on Meng Xiangren's body. This is exactly the same as during our on-site investigation. The autopsy was consistent with cardiac arrest. So, was the deceased murdered or died suddenly..."

Ningxia spoke slowly.

"The toxicology test was negative, but a small amount of zinc oxide ointment was detected on the back of Meng Xiangren's neck and shoulder blades."

"Zinc oxide? Skin disease? Meng Xiangren has a skin disease?"

"No, so it was probably left by the murderer. Finally, and the only clue the Korean forensic doctor gave us, a small amount of marijuana was detected in Meng Xiangren's blood."

Ningxia closed the report and looked at Xu Jie.

Xu Jie lowered his eyebrows and couldn't believe it:
"Where is the scene? What are the results of the physical evidence examination brought back?"

Zhang Lei replied:

"The deceased's mobile phone was not found, there was no bank card or cash in the deceased's wallet, and no other valuables were found in the hotel. As to whether it was taken away by the murderer or whether Meng Xiangren lived in poverty, we have to continue to investigate."

Xu Jie raised his hand and tapped the table, saying:

"One thing worth considering here is that if the deceased's cell phone was taken away, the person who took the cell phone is likely to be the murderer. Then it can be confirmed that Meng Xiangren was murdered. Where is Meng Xiangren's identity?"

Shi Yihang showed the results of the investigation:

"Meng Xiangren is a bartender at Ruby Club, and his social relations are complicated."

"This is a good thing. The more complex the interpersonal relationship is, the easier it is to find out the relationship between the murderer and the deceased. What about family relationships?"

"Contacted Meng Xiangren's parents. The result was disappointing. Meng Xiangren left home at the age of 19 and occasionally contacted his family for ten years. The family did not know exactly what he was doing in Jinghai City."

"What about Ningxia? How's the hotel's video surveillance going?"

Ningxia shook her head depressedly:

"There is nothing gained. I believe everyone, like me, feels that with surveillance, we can catch the murderer and find out the truth. But this time is different."

"Let's talk about the time when Meng Xiangren returned to the hotel. There were 37 people passing by the lobby before ten o'clock that night, and there was no Meng Xiangren. According to the waiter, Meng Xiangren probably went through the back door."

"As for the elevator, Meng Xiangren was photographed appearing at 20:03, with a woman beside him. At 20:05, Meng Xiangren and the woman walked out of the elevator."

Ningxia stood up after saying this, found the video surveillance, and projected it for everyone to see:
"This is the clearest picture I took. I can only see the woman with long hair and wearing a baseball cap. Judging from the photo, the woman deliberately avoided the camera."

Ningxia said with regret:

"Something weird happened. Until the police arrived the next day, I couldn't find any footage of the woman leaving."

There was silence in the room. After everyone compiled their investigation reports, they fell into deep thought. After a while, all eyes turned to Xu Jie.

"Head, what do we do now?"

Xu Jie felt clueless for the first time, and there were still a few questions lingering in his heart.

Is the girl the murderer?If it was the murderer, how did the girl commit the murder?How did the girl escape after the attack?

Xu Jie rubbed his eyebrows and whispered:

"First determine the cause of Meng Xiangren's sudden death or murder?"

Ningxia raised her hand:
"Captain Xu, it must be murder. Only murder will show signs of crime. The more deliberately it is concealed, the more lies it becomes."

"for example?"

"Meng Xiangren died. We know that he was actually lying prone on the bed. If it was a sudden death and there was pain in the precordium, Meng Xiangren would be sweating profusely and his face would be pale and painful."

Ning Xia walked to the table and covered her chest with one hand:
"Whether he was asleep or awake, his instinctive reaction was to cover his chest, but Meng Xiangren's expression was relaxed before he died, his pupils were dilated, and his arms were placed naturally, which did not meet the signs of sudden death."

After listening to this, Zhang Lei nodded towards Ningxia:
"Ningxia, I have learned a lot from Korean forensic medicine recently. My analysis is very good. I am equivalent to half a Korean forensic doctor."

Ningxia shook her head and smiled:
"There is no end to learning. Let's continue. Judging from the girl's strange whereabouts, the weirder she is, the more fishy she is. The whole surveillance has not found this person again. Why did she disappear? Because she is the murderer."

"It's a bit arbitrary to identify the girl as the murderer. However, I agree with Ningxia's analysis. Meng Xiangren definitely did not die suddenly. It's just that the murderer's way of committing the crime is unheard of and very strange."

Xu Jie nodded lightly:
"This method of killing is disguised as sudden death, which shows that the murderer has a strong ability to commit crimes. As for whether it is this girl..."

Xu Jie did not continue.

"Boss, do you think the murderer is not this girl?"

Xu Jie thoughtfully said:
"Let's not rush to conclusions. Regardless of whether he is a man or a woman, let's first look at the murderer as an individual. We have encountered cunning criminals. If the murderer had premeditated to kill Meng Xiangren, he must have planned it for a long time."

"Captain Xu, how should we investigate next?"

"Ma Mingjie, you and Officer Zhang focus on confirming Meng Xiangren's identity and digging deeper, including everyone he comes into contact with. It is impossible for a person to live independently in the world."

Everyone nodded, everyone felt stressed about having to start looking for a needle in a haystack again.

"In addition, a small amount of marijuana was found on Meng Xiangren. He may be a drug addict. I will follow up on this line."

"Shi Yihang, the next focus of your and Ningxia's work is to search for Meng Xiangren's various social records. Since it is a murder, we must first determine the motive of the murderer and find the person first, so that the subsequent problems can be easily solved."

After determining the direction of the case investigation, Ningxia raised the question that he had raised during the on-site investigation:
"At the scene of Meng Xiangren's death, there was strange water in the bathroom. What do you think?"

Ma Mingjie joked:
"We can only ask the murderer about this. The bathroom has nothing to do with the case. As you can see, Meng Xiangren had no external injuries. There was no murderer cleaning the wounds."

"By the way, Ningxia didn't say just now that the Korean forensic doctor and the identification team didn't find anything in the bathroom?"

Ningxia shook her head:
"There are no fingerprints or footprints in the bathroom, and the hair collected has been identified as Meng Xiangren himself."

"Don't think about this for now, I have a question."

Xu Jie pointed at the girl who captured the screenshot:

"I just read the forensic report. Meng Xiangren had no sexual intercourse before his death, but he was wearing underwear and topless. The girl looked generally good."

Xu Jie slowed down for a moment, and everyone suddenly understood.

"You said, Meng Xiangren and the girl stayed in the room for more than two hours, what were they doing?"

Zhang Lei thought of something and said softly:

"Team Xu, this is the biggest doubt. I have an idea. Can the Royal Garden Hotel provide peripheral services? This girl is actually the breakthrough in our entire case."

Xu Jie nodded and solemnly reiterated:

"That's it, go check it out."

(End of this chapter)