Forensic mad wife protector

Chapter 198 The Incomplete Skeleton (Part [-])
The equipment provided by the technicians was sufficient. When the trace inspection experts, Jiang Xuhan, and Qin Jinhui dived to the bottom of the sea to dig up the corpses, there were also special divers with underwater photography equipment to take pictures of the process and connect the images to Eve’s laptop in real time. .

The trace inspection experts carefully dug out the corpse. Eve saw through the video that the skeleton was not complete. The creatures on the bottom of the sea had already torn apart and gnawed away most of the bones, leaving only the skull, some ribs, and two long bones , a section of the spine and neck bones, lying quietly in the mud.

Since there was no soft tissue connection, the bones were all scattered. In order not to damage the surface of the bones, five people worked together to carry the bones out of the water one by one and put them on the rubber boat.

Wait until all the bones are collected before sailing back to the shore.

Eve had a preliminary judgment from the moment she saw the image. Judging from the skull, the deceased was of Caucasian race, male, and her age was unclear.

When the rubber boat drove to the shore, Gu Beiye and Xu Boyu had already laid a clean tarp on the beach. Eve put on gloves and got ready. When the bones arrived, they would be placed in order immediately .

When Qin Jinhui changed his clothes and walked over with his gloves on, Eve had already arranged the few bones and was examining the skull carefully.

I don't know if she has doubts about Qin Jinhui's other personality, but Eve always feels weird when facing him.

She glanced at him, suppressed the strangeness in her heart, and said: "The skull of the deceased has thick brow ridges and obvious muscle indentations unique to men, the upper edge of the eye socket is blunt, the mastoid process behind the ears is larger, and the occipital bone at the bottom of the skull There was a bulge and it was clear that the deceased was male."

As she spoke, she shifted her gaze to the teeth, and continued: "The third molar has not yet erupted, which means he is not yet full. Judging from the wear and tear of the teeth, the deceased should be between 16 and [-] years old."

After initially identifying the deceased's race, gender and age, Eve began to check the deceased's height and bones for trauma.

"The skull is intact with no damage. Most of the subcranial bones are missing, and many of the remaining bones have been eaten by fish. The only two remaining long bones are the left femur and the right humerus, both of which are incomplete. The humerus The distal end of the bone has been bitten off, both ends of the femur are missing, lacking a complete long bone, it is difficult to deduce the height of the deceased."

Qin Jinhui looked at the skull on the tarpaulin and said, "His skull is so complete, it should be possible to reconstruct his head, so that the identity of the deceased can be confirmed."

"Well, the equipment here is not complete. Let's take the bones back to the research institute, make a 3D scan of the skull and send it to Xiaochen, so that she can do the avatar reconstruction." Eve didn't worry about the height of the deceased anymore. Yes, find out if this corpse belongs to Lucifer as soon as possible!
The group quickly packed up their things, returned to the search point after more than two hours, and then boarded a helicopter and went directly to the Jefferson Research Institute.

After arriving at the research institute, Eve and Qin Jinhui started the inspection and appraisal work non-stop.

Qin Jinhui sent the scanned image to Jiang Xuchen. Eve looked at the time. It was past six o'clock in China, so she called Jiang Xuchen without any hesitation and asked her to restore the portrait of the deceased as soon as possible.

After soaking in seawater for too long, all 15 vertebrae of the deceased were scattered, the top four cervical vertebrae were lost, and the No.12 thoracic vertebrae were also missing, but eleven of the twelve thoracic vertebrae were still preserved. It's lucky.

The twelve ribs on the right are all there, some are intact, some are only partially left, and many of them have been eaten by fish.The condition of the ribs on the left side is similar, only the seven ribs in the head and neck area remain, in other words, only stumps remain, and the other five ribs are all gone.Two adjacent right ribs, either the sixth and seventh, then the seventh and eighth.

"In the case of incompleteness, the ribs in the middle are hard to distinguish." Qin Jinhui also had a headache, "There are signs of trauma on it, and it doesn't look like it was caused by fish. If you can't tell the position of the ribs, The location of the injury cannot be accurately deduced."

Eve took the ribs from his hand and examined them carefully under a magnifying glass.

In the middle of the diaphysis, there was a hinge fracture in both ribs, suggesting that a blow to the right chest had caused the ribs to snap inward.

"From the point of view of the trauma on the bone, it was a large-scale blunt instrument injury, and the area of ​​the injury was also relatively large. The coverage of the injury site was large, and a little error in the position would have little effect."

Qin Jinhui nodded, and the two continued to check other bones.

There was little visible evidence of humeral or femoral diaphysis, and no signs of life injury other than damage from fish tines.

The teeth of the deceased were well preserved, and DNA could be extracted from the dental pulp. The problem is that they don't have Lucifer's DNA at all, and his family members died 11 years ago.The only way to know if this corpse is Lucifer's is to wait for the results of Jiang Xuchen's recovery.

There was nothing to examine on the bones, except for the fractures on the two ribs, there were no bullet holes or marks of knife wounds.

According to the limited clues provided by Emma and Han Xingyu, Lucifer was seriously injured when he escaped, but there was only one scar on this skeleton, which made Eve suspect that this was probably another person who traveled to a deserted island, The unlucky ghost who accidentally fell to his death.

Of course, it's also possible that the scars just happened to be on the missing bones, so they couldn't see them.

Anyway, the only thing to do now is to wait.

"Let's go eat first." Jiang Xuhan raised his wrist to look at the time, it was already almost eight o'clock, "Xiaochen's side may not be that fast, take a rest after eating, and wait for the sunken ship to be salvaged."

Eve's eyes were bloodshot. She hadn't slept well in the past few days. She woke up in a dream almost every night. After waking up, she couldn't remember what she dreamed of.

This reminded her of when she met Han Xingyu before, the other party asked her with a half-smile: "Have you had a dream recently?"

Originally, she didn't take that sentence to heart, but since she came to country M, the number of her dreams has increased, and it has become more serious in the past two or three days. She dreams almost as soon as she closes her eyes, but when she wakes up After that, no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't remember it at all.

After a few days in a row, she was a little bit out of spirits, her brows drooped, and she responded to Jiang Xuhan's words.

There is a staff restaurant on the first floor of the research institute. A group of five people took the elevator directly down, and turned a corner after getting out of the elevator.Perhaps considering that they will come over today, there is still Chinese food in the restaurant.

Jiang Xuhan knew that Eve hadn't had a good appetite these days, so he brought her some porridge and some light dishes.

Before the meal was finished, Eve was notified that the sunken ship had been salvaged, and the trace inspection experts had already rushed to the search point to check. In addition, the research institute also sent several forensic doctors to prepare to transport the skeletons in the cabin. Come back for verification.

Eve didn't go there. After eating, she checked the photos of the cabin sent by the technician on her laptop.

As can be seen from the photos, the cabin is densely covered with human skeletons.

Because of the seal, fish can't get in, only some plankton have eroded the soft tissue, and the bones inside are well preserved.Although the shipwreck looked messy as it moved, Eve could tell from the skulls inside that the dead in the cabin were basically children under ten years old, and there were about 20 people.

These are the abducted children back then. They were imprisoned by human traffickers and planned to be sold to other countries. What awaited them was not rescue, but a catastrophe.

Maybe even if they are alive, there is only misery and despair left, but there is always hope in life, and there is really nothing left when they die.

Eve looked at the photos, the blood in her eyes became brighter and redder.

"Don't look." Jiang Xuhan raised his hand to cover her eyes, "It will probably take more than two hours for them to come back, let's go to sleep first and then get up to work."

She has been working recently, even if she is resting, she will always wake up in the middle of the night.

Right now, with Gu Beiye following him, I don't need to worry too much about her mental state, but I am afraid that her body will be overwhelmed. I just hope that this case can be concluded as soon as possible, so that she can rest for a month before continuing to work.

Thinking that it would take a lot of time to identify the bones of the deceased, Eve didn't refuse, and obediently let him hug her.

There is a lounge on the top floor of the research institute, and the person in charge has tidied up the room for them early on.

Jiang Xuhan and Eve lived in the largest room, and the other four lived in one room each, side by side on the right side of the corridor.

Pushing open the door, the two looked around the room, simple modern style, warm tones.

Although it is only the lounge of the research institute, the room is not at all sloppy. There are two bedrooms, one living room and two bathrooms, even a balcony and a kitchen. There are all kinds of furniture and electrical appliances in the room, and there are two pairs of brand new shoes on the fantasy shoe cabinet. slippers.

"Your teacher really knows how to enjoy it." Jiang Xuhan smiled and put down the person in his arms.

Eve was a little sluggish, and said lightly: "The teacher has always advocated the combination of work and rest, and you should treat yourself well outside of work, so that you can treat work with a fuller spirit."

Jiang Xuhan glanced at her, "Why haven't you learned this?"

As soon as he works, he is a hard worker. He pursues convenience when eating, drinking and sleeping. It is good to be able to sleep when he is full.

Eve: "..."

She shouldn't have told him about this.

Jiang Xuhan didn't bother with her about this anymore, anyway, she wouldn't listen anyway, just pay more attention.

The two changed into their slippers and entered the room. Eve went to take a shower first. When she came out, she saw Jiang Xuhan standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and looking outside, with a cigarette on her lips, unlit.

"Have you quit smoking recently?" She walked over while brushing her hair.

From the window, you can see the fir forest outside. The tall trees are so tall and towering. Under the night, the verdant green becomes dark green, like ghosts and ghosts wandering in the world, which is a bit scary.

(End of this chapter)