Mu Min waited for a moment in front of the counter. The morgue attendant, a wretched old man with a rumpled black uniform jacket and an open collar, reluctantly put down the book in his hand and slowly followed the instructions.
Checked his ID.
Obviously, Mu Min's sudden visit disturbed his leisure time.
When he realized that the person who came was a senior police officer of the National Police and a veteran, he quickly buttoned up his collar and stood at attention with his heels on his heels.
"Chief..."
"Let's do business." Mu Min realized that although she was wearing a uniform, the other party obviously turned a blind eye to her police rank mark. Of course, it was too much to ask a "helper" who had been working in the county government for most of his life.
Not realistic.
The attendant recorded the visitor's name in the register.
"Which body do you want to see?"
"The student from the maid school who arrived on the morning of September 1st."
The expression on duty was dull for a moment, and this momentary change did not escape Mu Min's eyes.
"has a problem?"
"Chief, I have a small problem." The duty officer was a little nervous. Even though he had been working for the "Australians" for several years, he still didn't feel comfortable with it: the work of the Daming County Government was much simpler, and not nearly as good as that of the Australians.
There are so many complicated rules and regulations, but as long as you coax your boss, it doesn't matter what you do. In Australian yamen, there is always a dangerous and tense atmosphere.
"What's up?"
"Chief Su has given an instruction. No one can inspect No. 1633090107001 without her permission..." The clerk on duty suddenly had an idea, "Please allow me to call and ask for instructions."
After a few minutes, he put down the phone with a frightened expression:
"I will lead you right now. Please be considerate..."
"Stop using the polite words." Mu Min said seriously, "Lead the way."
The attendant picked out a bunch of keys from a large pile and then led the way.
After opening the last iron door, there was a monotonous corridor. The attendant turned on the light. It illuminated the dark brick spiral staircase at the end of the corridor that seemed to lead to hell. Next to the spiral staircase were four iron columns and iron grid panels.
In the enclosed square elevator shaft, a dark iron plate was suspended in the air with an iron chain - this was a human-powered elevator leading to the basement - specifically used to transport corpses.
Mu Min followed the attendant down the spiral staircase illuminated by weak electric lights. The stairs were very high. When she walked to the foyer, the attendant turned on the light, and the cold white light of the fluorescent lamp instantly illuminated the cold room covered with white tiles.
There are three tightly closed iron doors in the foyer, all with large locks. Arabic numerals are painted on the door leaves with black paint.
The attendant lit the cigarette in his hand, not to cover up the smell of decaying corpses—the temperature in the morgue was very low, and the corpses would not emit odor—but to cover up the pungent smell of preservatives.
"Is it No. 1633090107001, a student of the maid school?"
"right."
"Morgue One."
The attendant opened the padlock of a large door. When he opened the heavy door, the cold air hit his face. Mu Min couldn't help but shudder. The attendant turned on the light switch and the two of them walked into the morgue like an icehouse. The ceiling was pale.
Fluorescent lamps make the room look colder. The floor covered with white tiles is slightly tilted towards the center of the room. In the center of the room is the cover of the drainage channel. You can hear the melting ice cubes flowing in the drainage channel. In order to control the humidity
, the special hanging racks on both sides of the wall were filled with replaceable rough paper bags, containing the ashes used as dehumidifiers. On the other two walls were large wooden drawers wrapped in galvanized iron sheets. The corpses were placed there.
The attendant took a binder from the wall and flipped through it.
"This one." He put the clip under his arm, walked to a large drawer, and opened it. Mu Min walked over and uncovered the white sheet covering the body.
The frozen corpse looked very different from when she went to inspect the scene on the day of the incident. It could be seen that the deceased had been dissected. Mu Min breathed into the cold palms and put her hands into the underwear pocket of her coat.
Take out a pair of disposable cotton gloves, coated with a layer of tung oil, as a simple substitute for latex gloves
She put on gloves, picked up the deceased's arm, and looked at the corpse's hands and arms carefully. After a long time, she exhaled and said to the attendant:
"That's it."
Mu Min returned to the ground for a while before she felt the cold air that enveloped her body subsided a little. Just as she was about to leave the forensic center, she saw a tall, pale figure waiting for her in the foyer.
"Can I talk to you?"
"Of course." Mu Min seemed to have anticipated this meeting.
The conversation took place in Su Wan's office. Since it was not an office, she lit the gas lamp and asked the night shift secretary to pour two cups of tea. Then she closed the door and asked:
"Are you in charge of this case?"
"Yes."
"Does the Executive Committee have any instructions on this case?"
"There is no instruction." Mu Min laughed strangely, "Why do you think the Executive Committee will have instructions on this case?"
"A student from a maid school didn't stay in her dormitory properly and died inexplicably in the elder's dormitory. The case is still yours to take charge of. I find it strange that the executive committee didn't give instructions."
"You are very sensitive. But except for Xiao Zishan who called and asked, no executive committee member has ever asked about this matter." Mu Min said, "What do you want to tell me?"
"What did Director Xiao say?"
"Find out the truth and report it as soon as possible."
Su Wan seemed relieved: "Have you seen my autopsy report?"
"I've seen it." Mu Min nodded, "This report is very incomplete. It doesn't even conclude whether it was suicide."
Su Wan's report was a typical case of neglect. It only elaborated on the injuries and causes of death that were detected, and did not even conclude whether it was homicide. Mu Min had worked in criminal investigation for five years and had handled more than a dozen falling cases. With her experience,
Experience, this is a typical homicide case.
According to the report, the deceased was apparently beaten with heavy objects and violently, then pushed down a high-rise building and died.
Generally speaking, jumping from a building will not cause multiple spinal fractures or massive bleeding in the chest and abdomen. Massive bleeding in the head is possible, but it is not accompanied by a skull fracture.
Landing on the front will cause fractures of the sternum and ribs and front bleeding, but will not cause multiple fractures in the spine. Landing on the back will cause multiple fractures in the spine but will not cause front fractures. The deceased had two fractures, front and back. Based on the third floor of the dormitory area
It is impossible to build a building this high.
"This is a homicide case," Su Wan said with a relaxed look. "Because Mu Min was in a hurry, he only submitted the first forensic report."
"I understand that you have to wait for the executive committee's statement. But for us, finding out the truth is the most important thing. Who owns the truth is not our business."
"I have a second inspection report."
"Please tell me the contents of your second report first." Mu Min said, "I am very pressed for time."
"To put it simply, an accidental fall usually occurs on the head and feet. There are usually severe leg fractures, but the head may not be injured. Frontal falls are common in spontaneous falls, and there are usually frontal fractures and head injuries.
There will be bleeding in the abdomen and other phenomena, but even if the spine is severely fractured, there will be no bleeding in the abdomen. If you land on the front and the abdomen bleeds, it is basically a stone or something like the abdomen hitting the ground."
Mu Min listened very carefully and wrote down the key points in his notebook.
"Although I have not visited the crime scene, my students brought me a complete site investigation report and photos. There were no stones on the ground at the scene of the fall."
"so what?"
"So Lin Xiaoya actually fell from behind, and she was beaten before falling - the abdominal bleeding was an internal injury caused by the beating."
Falling from behind is usually a homicide, that is, someone is pushed down by the murderer or falls due to other factors. Because the person falls from behind, it will be accompanied by severe spinal fractures.
Mu Min nodded: "So it's definitely him who killed me."
"That's right, you just looked at the body, and you must have noticed the defensive wounds on her arms."
"Yes, I saw it."
"Although I'm not a mark expert, I can probably tell that it was made by a fairly strong stick - nine times out of ten it was made of hardwood. If there is a physical evidence report at the scene, you will probably find this murder weapon. Of course, naturalized
The level of civilian forensics personnel is too low, and it is very possible to miss it."
"I will conduct an on-site investigation myself." Mu Min scribbled a few strokes on her notebook, "Are you doing a sexual assault test?"
"Of course, I'm a licensed forensic doctor." Su Wan puffed up her flat chest, "It's strange, no."
"Why do you say 'very strange'?"
"The elders' residential area is filled with otakus from this time and space who have all kinds of weird ideas, and our maids are absolute slaves who have no right to life or personal rights - I have such an idea that you should understand.
right."
"Okay, you continue." Mu Min said helplessly.
"Because the seniors have different hobbies, so although I have checked that Lin Xiaoya's "chunvmo" is complete, I still did all the sexual assault tests I could think of. The results of all the tests showed that Lin Xiaoya had not been sexually assaulted during her lifetime.
In addition, there were no signs of binding, whipping, mild burns or other similar injuries on her body. I did not detect any traces of 'jingye' on her clothes or skin."
There was obvious disappointment in Su Wan's tone, which made Mu Min shiver again.
"However, something was discovered during the test of the stomach contents." Su Wan took out a page from the drawer, "I don't know what they were fed in the maid school, but it seemed to be a little too good.