Forensic mad wife protector

Chapter 160 The Dead Is Chen Huilan! ? (two more)

"Metal rust flakes?" Yan Yunying frowned, a little discouraged, "In other words, it is likely that the trash can entered when it was burning, so it is meaningless."

Eve's eyes fell on the bones on the autopsy table, her expression was calm, "Whether it is meaningful or not needs further examination to find out, we are about to start the autopsy, Captain Yan, rather than waiting here, why not go and check, when is that trash can?" , How did it appear there?"

There was no sarcasm in her tone, Eve just narrated very calmly, Yan Yunying looked at her, and a dark light of unknown meaning flashed in her eyes.

When she was at the scene just now, she watched Eve go into the trash can to collect the bones.

No matter what her ability is, at least she is very dedicated and respects her work, and she doesn't pretend to be someone else.

Looking away, Yan Yunying glanced at Deputy Team Yao, "Let's go, call the criminal investigators and trace inspection experts in the bureau, and gather in the conference room in half an hour."

Eve didn't pay attention to them, and focused all her attention on the bones.

While the fire was hot enough to crack, shrink, and distort the bones, it wasn't nearly as hot as destroying them, far from what the murderer might have hoped for, or perhaps the murderer didn't care.

The pelvis revealed that the deceased was a woman, and other obvious female features included the absence of an extraoccipital tuberosity at the base of the skull and a humerus measuring only 42mm in diameter.

Eve used two methods to estimate age.

First, she checked the pubic symphysis. Judging from the pubic bone, the deceased was a middle-aged woman between 41 and 44 years old.

Second, she examined the palatal sutures, the seams at the roof of the mouth.Two of these sutures, which usually fuse in the early 20s, are now fully fused.The third place usually does not start to close until the early 30s, and now the sutures are completely closed.

Taking the average of the age ranges indicated by both methods, she estimated the deceased to be between 40 and 45 years old.

"Age and gender are easy to deal with, but what about height?" Qin Jinhui felt a headache looking at the skeleton, "The left and right femurs of the deceased are incomplete, and the ends of the two backbones are missing."

Eve smiled, "It's okay? We can measure the width of the proximal femur to estimate the height."

"Yes!" Qin Jinhui's eyes lit up, and he immediately started to act.

Using formula calculations, they concluded that the height of the deceased was about 158 ​​centimeters, with an upper and lower error of about 5 centimeters.If there is a whole femur, the estimate will be more accurate than this, but this at least gives them a range.

Judging from the X-rays, it was unlikely that the deceased had been killed by a bullet, but the heat stress caused by the fire made their search for traces of bone trauma more tortuous.

When the moisture contained in fleshy bones heats up rapidly and evaporates, the bones usually crack and warp.Some of the bones were blackened by smoke, others were completely burnt to ashes, leaving only a dry, crunchy mineral matrix, much as if it had been burned in an incinerator.

Limbs and head damage should not be serious.Surrounded by oxygen, the extremities are usually the first parts of the body to start burning; the head has only a thin layer of muscle protecting the skull, whose three layers of skull tend to separate and peel away once burned.

As expected, the skull was badly fractured and so much of it was incinerated that it was impossible for Eve to tell if she had suffered any cranial trauma prior to the fire.

Fortunately, torso bones such as the ribs, spine, and pelvis are better protected by thicker muscles, and generally withstand fire damage better than limbs and skulls.

When Eve checked the spine, she found two very obvious knife marks on the third lumbar vertebrae, located in the lower half of the torso, nearly ten centimeters below the skeleton that protects the ribcage.The larger of the scars was almost 1.5 centimeters long and ran across the ventral side of the vertebrae.Another knife mark was only 0.5 cm long on the ventral side of the vertebra, but cut deeper into the bone, angled upward, and protruded from the upper surface.

In other words, it is strong enough to pierce a 0.6 cm dense vertebrae.

In addition, Eve also found a large gap in the sternum, which may have been caused by a heavy blow with a sharp tool, although the cause of it is not as clear as the knife mark on the spine, which is obviously caused by a thin and sharp blade Yes, the knife is at least 17 centimeters long, enough to pierce the belly, cut across the lower abdomen, and cut through the spine.

"The deceased's abdomen was pierced twice, and his chest was pierced once. It can be basically concluded that the body was cremated after death." Qin Jinhui looked at the magnified scars on the screen, and his tone was very certain.

Eve lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, then said, "It's also possible that the abdomen was pierced only once, like this—"

As she spoke, she demonstrated to Li Hao, "After the weapon pierced the abdomen, it moved forward twice, and the two angles were different."

Qin Jinhui nodded, "It's burning so badly, it's not easy to restore the facial image."

This means that it may be difficult to confirm the identity of the deceased.

Eve also thought of this, she looked at Li Hao, "Call Yan Yunying first, the deceased is a 40 to 45-year-old woman, about 158 ​​cm tall, let her check the missing persons to see if there is a match."

The cause of death has been found, the question is who is the deceased?When was it killed again?

For the first question, Eve still planned to throw it to Jiang Xuchen. Considering that it was too late and the other party was pregnant again, Eve decided to look for her tomorrow.

As for the second question, it's even more troublesome.

After burning like this, not to mention the soft tissue, even the bones have turned to ashes, how to judge?

Qin Jinhui looked at the time, and it was almost two o'clock, so he said: "Captain Yan may not have news so soon, why don't you go back and rest first, and leave the evidence collection from the trash can to me and the trace inspection experts. .”

Eve thought of Jiang Xuhan who was still waiting for her at home, and nodded, "The inner wall of the trash can was burned, and there may be some evidence left on the outside. If there are any new discoveries, please let me know."

"it is good."

Back home, Jiang Xuhan was still awake.

As soon as he entered the room, he could smell the smell of egg noodles. It was obvious that Xiaofeng had called him before he came back, so he took the time to cook her a supper.

Walking into the kitchen, Jiang Xuhan just came out with a face in his hand, saw her smiling, "You're hungry, go and sit down."

Eve had already taken a shower at the office before she came back, and after working half the night, she felt really hungry when she smelled the scent, and she was growling.

Glancing at the noodles in Jiang Xuhan's hand, Eve licked the corner of her lips.

Noticing her gaze, Jiang Xuhan raised his eyebrows, "Not enough?"

Eve pursed her lips, "I still want to eat toasted bread, seaweed soup, and pork ribs in black bean sauce... It would be even better if I could have another papaya salad."

Jiang Xuhan: "..."

It has only been more than four hours since she left the house. Why did her appetite suddenly become so good when she came back?Those who didn't know thought she had just come out of a refugee camp.

Sighing, Jiang Xuhan put the noodles on the small dining table in the kitchen, and lightly pressed her shoulder to let her sit down, "Just wait, you'll have something to eat soon."

Eve nodded, sipping noodles, still thinking about the case.

The meals she ordered were not difficult to prepare, and Jiang Xuhan finished them all in less than half an hour, brought the dishes over, and Eve just finished eating the noodles, so she continued eating without putting down her chopsticks.

The girl lowered her head quietly and ate.

Jiang Xuhan sat beside her, took a sip of a cup of warm water, and looked at his little girl intently.

During this period of time, she was either injured or ill. Just in time, the case of Ji Yuanchong and Guo Yi came up again. The murderer hadn't been caught yet, and another case of burning corpses came. Heavy blue and black, looks very tired.

He almost watched her grow up, and it can be said that he knew her better than herself.

This sudden increase in appetite tonight proves that she is under a lot of pressure and needs to rely on food to decompress and increase calories to maintain the high-speed operation of her brain.

I'm afraid it's another tricky case.

In just two or three days, three corpses were found one after another. He always felt that the matter was not simple, and the third one was hard to say, but Chen Huilan might really be a trap set by Han Xingyu.

However, was he forbidden to visit, or was he locked in a special single room, similar to a ward in a mental hospital, where even the guards could hardly touch him? How did he contact his accomplices?

"What are you thinking?" A female voice suddenly sounded from the side.

Jiang Xuhan looked over, reached out and took a tissue to wipe the corner of her mouth, "I was wondering if there is no clue in your case this time, which would allow you to behave like this."

Eve swallowed a piece of pork ribs, and said sullenly: "The burn was too severe, there was almost no soft tissue left, the skull was severely damaged, and the possibility of recovery is not high. The cause of death has been confirmed, but the identity of the deceased and the time between deaths are temporarily unknown. unconfirmed."

"Is it the time of death again?" Jiang Xuhan frowned, "It is impossible to determine the time of death of the three corpses, could it be too coincidental?"

Eve froze for a moment, "You don't suspect that the deceased is related to Ji Yuanchong's case, do you? Chen Huilan had sufficient motives for killing Ji Yuanchong, but she killed a middle-aged woman in her 40s for the sake of What... wait!"

Something flashed through her mind quickly, Eve threw the chopsticks in her hand, took out her mobile phone, clicked into the mailbox, and checked the information about Chen Huilan again.

Chen Huilan, female, 43 years old, 156 cm tall, 63 kg in weight, from Baima County, Yancheng, suffering from severe diabetes...

Seeing this, Eve's doubts deepened. The age and height were consistent. Could it be that the deceased was really Chen Huilan?But how to verify it?
Her eyes fell on the words "severe diabetes" on the screen of the mobile phone, and in the next second, her eyes suddenly widened.

"I know what to check!" She stood up abruptly, put her arms around Jiang Xuhan's neck and kissed him on the forehead, "Thank you for the supper, thank you for the reminder! I'm going back to the office, you Don't wait for me! Good night!"

After that, he turned around and walked out quickly with a limp.

Jiang Xuhan sighed, got up, walked over to pick her up, and drove her to the office himself.

(End of this chapter)