Chapter 39 Mysterious Death

Ouyang Xue frowned, responded a few words, and quickly walked out of the house. Strangely, as soon as he left there, the uneasy feeling just disappeared immediately.

Although the lighting in the corridor is not very good, standing here is really much better than being in that bathroom.

At this moment, the police guarding the scene brought a lean man. From his dexterous and slender fingers, it could be seen that these were hands that often dissected corpses. He introduced himself: "My name is Song Dian. I heard that this time

The case is a bit strange, so I recommended myself."

"Hello, my name is Ouyang Xue, inspector of the Xiangjiang City Public Security Department."

"Heroes, I've heard about them for a long time, haha." Song Dian smiled and shook hands with Ouyang Xue, then took out his notebook and asked while taking notes: "So, I want to get a preliminary understanding of the situation. How did the reporter describe it? Approximately

When was the case reported?”

Ouyang Xue pondered for a moment and said: "About five o'clock in the morning, 110 transferred the record of this strange help call, saying that someone was trapped in the bathroom and there was a fire. People outside the room could only see smoke coming from the door.

Exit. The patrol arrived at the scene five minutes later. By this time, someone had forcibly opened the bathroom door, and the scene was already like that. The patrol then described the situation at the scene. At about 5:40, the case was reported there.

Transferred to me."

"Is the reporter the wife of the deceased?" It seemed that Song Dian had already learned something about the situation before coming in.

"It's not her, it's a colleague from the deceased's unit." After saying that, Ouyang Xue adjusted her police hat and appearance, "At that time, the deceased's wife had already fainted, and no one heard the cry for help. At first, she didn't know there was anyone in the bathroom.

It wasn't until his wife called the deceased's name and fainted that everyone knew the deceased was still in the bathroom."

"Then what did you see when you arrived at the scene?"

"It's almost like this now. Only the unburned palm is left on the edge of the toilet, about four centimeters away from the ashes. The cross section is formed after burning, and there are symptoms of burns on the surface. The body of the deceased has been completely reduced to ashes.

"

"Have you investigated the yellow oil on the side?"

"Well, that's melted fatty tissue."

"Is there any useful information left at the scene?" Song Dian asked very carefully.

"No more. After inspecting the scene, the comrade in charge of the fire from the accident department told me that except for the complete burning of the deceased, nothing had burned. However, the wash basin and walls were heating up, and the door handle was also very hot.

Moreover, no traces of any combustion supporting materials, such as gasoline or the like, were found at the scene." Ouyang Xue replied while recalling.

"Have you ever investigated what clothes the deceased was wearing at the time?"

"The top is a cotton shirt, and the pants are not clear. The lover of the deceased does not remember."

"Did the deceased drink alcohol last night or in the early hours of the morning?"

"No."

"Did the deceased have a habit of smoking?"

"Yes." Ouyang Xue answered simply.

After Song Dian recorded some key points in his notebook, he stopped asking: "That's about all I have to ask. I'll go to the forensic room to study the ashes and residues later. At present, the conclusion of spontaneous combustion is not very accurate.

He definitely didn’t burn up on his own.”

"You mean, someone set the fire on fire?" Ouyang Xue raised her eyebrows, and a stern look flashed in her eyes.

"It should be. It's just that it's rare for it to be burned so completely in such a short period of time."

"Well, that's exactly what I'm wondering about. 80% of the human body is water, and it's simply unbelievable that it can burn so completely in such a short period of time without any combustion aids. But you said that someone set the fire, which seems unlikely.

"Ouyang Xue shook her head slowly and said.

"Yes, if someone set the fire, the criminal police comrades should find some clues. But the person who set the fire here should be himself." Song Dian said with certainty.

Ouyang Xue opened her mouth wide: "He burned himself to death? Suicide?"

"My preliminary inference is this."

"What evidence is there?"

"There is no direct evidence at the moment. But since the human body cannot burn on its own, and no one went in to set fire, and the deceased had a habit of smoking, I infer that the deceased died in an accident."

"It makes sense. But isn't such an accident too strange? The cigarette butt burned a living person until only one palm was left?" Ouyang Xue shook her head again.

"Have you heard of the 'wick effect'?" Song Dian asked.

"No. Does it have anything to do with this?"

"It has a lot to do with it. Regarding the phenomenon of spontaneous combustion of the human body, one of the more recognized explanations in the academic community is the 'wick effect', also known as the 'candle effect'. The human body does not burn itself. The human body is burned by a fire similar to a candle.

The source is ignited. Generally, the clothes worn by drunk or comatose people are ignited by fire, and the skin is burned and peeled off. The subcutaneous fat melts and flows out. The clothes are soaked by the liquefied fat and become a 'wick', and the fat in the body is like

The 'wax' continuously provides burning fuel, so the body burns slowly like a candle until all the fatty tissue is burned out."

Ouyang Xue raised her head in surprise and asked, "What about the remaining palms?"

Song Dian continued: "The parts of the body that are not covered by clothes will not be burned, because the melted fat needs clothes as a 'wick' to be fully burned, but when the liquefied fat flows to this part of the body, it will burn the skin there.

, and the remaining palm skin of the deceased does have symptoms of burns. In addition, thick smoke will be produced when fat is burned, which can explain why the ceiling of the bathroom will be blackened. Some of the melted fat will flow out of the body and flow to the floor. Since there is no

Clothes serve as wicks, they will not burn but remain.”

Ouyang Xue nodded slowly: "That makes sense."

But Song Dian over there said thoughtfully: "We can explain why he burned so completely, but we can't explain why he didn't call for help after he was on fire - there was a sink and a sink nearby.

A shower can easily extinguish a fire. Currently, the deceased who suffer from spontaneous human combustion are all drunk or asleep, and the deceased should not be in such a mental state at the time. The accident happened, but he was so silent.

The earth is dead..."

Ouyang Xue had heard of such incidents, so it was somewhat understandable for Song Dian's wild inferences. After a few words of conversation, Song Dian was left behind, who was still thinking hard, looking for fingerprint clues. Ouyang Xue was leaning on the window sill alone.

On the other side, his expression was silent, as if he was waiting or thinking about something silently.

"What on earth did you do just now? Why didn't you come out when everyone else came out?" Outside the corridor, Tang Yan was questioning Yin Hui.

The autumn air was crisp and cloudless. A group of wild geese flew south. It seemed that a gust of autumn wind was blowing up, blowing the leaves on the ground in all directions. It was as if someone was directing the leaves, and they all blew up the toilet next to them.

It looks a little scary.

However, Yin Hui only thought that these were overthinking.

He smiled bitterly: "Nothing, the policeman just asked some questions."

"Stop fooling me!" Tang Yan glared at Yin Hui dissatisfied, then walked forward with her hands in her pockets. The foreign woman in the video a few days ago, plus the beautiful police officer now, are all in the world.
Chapter completed!