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Chapter 14 Inference of time of death

A charred corpse is one of the ugliest, if not the ugliest.

The casino owner and Yuan Weimao both took one look and changed their expressions.

The casino owner was better off. He had finally seen the bloody scene. Although he had a horrible expression on his face, he still resisted taking a look and even took a closer look.

"No, this is really unrecognizable." The casino owner frowned and said: "Mr.

Yes, this is the exact same one."

The lower body of the corpse was still in good condition, with some clothes and trousers still left. Only the upper body, which was stuffed in the earth temple, was burnt to charcoal, the hair was gone, and the face was only a mass of black, with no facial features visible at all.

Yuan Weimao only glanced at it and it was over.

I have seen roasted chicken and goose, but I have never seen roasted people. On the way here, I was so excited that I almost wanted to pull Ding Lang out and whip his corpse. Now I was squatting on the roadside, vomiting, and bursting into tears.

I'm about to faint from the runny nose.

Wang Tong pinched his nose and kicked him: "Stop throwing up, go and see if the deceased is Ding Lang."

Yuan Weimao looked disgusted and waved his hands repeatedly.

"Recognize it, I can't recognize it." Yuan Weimao said with a cry: "My lord, he has no face, how can he recognize it?"

Wang Tong sighed. Although he looked down on him very much, he had to admit that he was telling the truth. There was no point in forcing him.

However, Ye Caitang was not afraid at all and walked over calmly.

Xia Yue also gave her a hand.

Ye Caitang asked in confusion: "Master Xia, what's wrong?"

Xia Yue said: "The corpse was burned horribly."

Ye Caitang nodded. She knew what the burnt corpse looked like.

Xia Yue seemed to feel that it was not appropriate and confirmed: "Can you do it? Don't show off. Although your father has told you many autopsy techniques, hearing them is false and seeing them in person is different. The ones who were burned to death are not the same as those who were hanged.

Death is no different."

Xia Yue had no intention of carrying the frightened Ye Caitang back. Six doors could not afford to lose this person.

"Don't worry." Ye Caitang smiled: "It's only two taels of silver a month. I can do it for money."

It’s okay even if it’s not possible.

Ye Caitang strode to the body and looked down.

Xia Yue and Wang Tong both looked at Ye Caitang's expression carefully, and several of the police officers were even more surprised. Where did a female widow from Liumen come from? It was so strange.

Ye Caitang spoke like an expert: "Normally, people who are burned to death, whether they are burned to death alive or after death, will have their bodies in a fist-fighting posture. But this corpse does not."

The boxing posture is similar to the defensive state of a boxer in a match. The muscles coagulate and contract when exposed to high heat. Because the flexor muscles are more developed than the extensor muscles, and the contraction of the flexor muscles is stronger than the extensor muscles, the limbs are often flexed.

But this charred corpse was in a lying posture on the ground, lying flat and straight, with its arms stretched out by its sides.

"Yes, I have seen burnt corpses, all of them huddled up." A detective asked: "Why doesn't this one huddle up?"

"There are several reasons." Ye Caitang opened the six doors from the room and went back to get the box he brought.

"The first is that the burning time was very short, and the whole body was not burned. Second, the upper body of the deceased was stuffed into the temple, and the lower body was still outside. He could not get up or move. Even after being burned, there was no room for

He shrinks."

"That's not right." Wang Tong looked at the dark face: "You said the burning time was short. If it was short, how could it be burned like this? The face was completely burned."

"What does it mean if the face is not burned anymore?" Ye Caitang smiled: "It can only mean that someone doesn't want others to see his face."

Ye Caitang opened the wooden box he brought with him.

Inside this box is what Ye Ming left to her, a set of her favorite inheritance.

It was a set of tools that Ye Ming used when doing homework. It was placed in the corner of the room. When she cleaned the room, she found that there was already a layer of dust on it, but it gave her a great surprise.

Due to the limitations of the times, the work of the police in this era is no better than when Ye Caitang was a forensic doctor. There are more instruments and equipment to assist in the examination. The work of the police in this era relies more on personal ability.

Experience and care, boldness and imagination.

In Ye Ming's box there is a set of tools commonly used for work, and even to Ye Caitang's surprise, there is also a pair of gloves.

Gloves are a rare item that is not commonly seen among the people. It is a good thing only used by the royal nobles. Ye Ming obviously made this pair by himself because of his professional needs. Although it is a bit rough for Ye Caitang, but

Something is better than nothing.

The inner layer of these gloves is cloth, and the outer layer is cowhide. It is also coated. I don’t know what it is coated with. But Ye Caitang tried it and found that the gloves are waterproof.

For workers, it is most important to prevent various liquids from directly contacting the skin. After all, no one knows what will be on the corpse. Bacteria, viruses, and various toxic organisms may cause harm to the body.

Then the ingenious Ye Caitang studied for two nights, cut and sewed, and abruptly changed it to his own size.

Ye Caitang put on gloves, pressed the chest and abdomen of the deceased that were not burnt, then looked at the skin on the arms and legs, and asked Wang Tong to turn the body over and look at his back.

"Sir, look." Ye Caitang pressed the corpse spots on his skin.

"Thirteen to eighteen hours after a person's death is the second stage of corpse plaques. This stage is the diffusion period of the development of corpse plaques. At this time, the corpse plaques cannot completely disappear when pressed, but can only fade slightly. After stopping pressing, the corpse plaques will fade.

The spots slowly return to their original color.”

Someone who can press and hold a corpse is very brave and unprofessional, let alone a half-burnt corpse.

Xia Yue nodded solemnly, and Wang Yi had a look of admiration on his face. Inexplicably, he felt that although he was young and had just arrived, Ye Caitang's words, demeanor, and movements at this time were no less than those of the old man from Liumen.

Ye Caitang said: "The skin of the deceased has a certain elasticity, and rigor mortis has begun to ease but has not completely disappeared. The abdominal cavity has bulged slightly, the lower abdomen has begun to decay and change color, and blisters have begun to appear on the surface of the skin."

She looked at the sky: "Based on the current temperature, I infer that the death time of the deceased was more than twenty hours, that is to say, it was the period from the afternoon to the evening of the 8th the day before yesterday."

It just so happened that this was also the time when He Ningqiu left home, disappeared, and then died.

The timing is so coincidental.

"The time of death can only be judged within this range from the appearance. Fortunately, the area burned was not large. Otherwise, the high temperature would have had a greater impact on the appearance of the corpse." Ye Caitang said: "If you want to be more precise, sir.

, we need to dissect the body to see how well the food in the stomach has been digested."
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