civil forensic

Chapter 1098: Burning Corpses by the Lake

Chapter 1098: Burning Corpses by the Lake

"Captain Jiang, speaking of footprints, here we are..."

"Captain Jiang!"

"Brother Jiang...there are too many cases with footprints."

The Criminal Police Detachment is completely different from the grassroots front-line police units. The police officers in the Criminal Police Detachment are usually a superposition of three types of people: advanced education, advanced humanity, and advanced stubbornness. The only thing that can make them all call out at the same time is technology.

Dai Mingsheng was a little dazed for a moment.

Although he was the one who organized today's "on-site meeting" and "summary meeting", he did not expect it to turn out like this.

Especially when he saw several high-level humans and even high-level stubborn donkeys who usually looked down on him, now jumping up and down and shouting "Captain Jiang" or even "Brother Jiang", Dai Mingsheng actually felt a little sad for a moment.

He could only comfort himself that it was because he held two meetings at the same time that the atmosphere was livened up.

I thought so, but Jiang Yuan seemed to be as popular as the stars in Lanyue City's film and television city. And these senior talents under him were trying to attract Jiang Yuan by offering old and accumulated cases one by one...

Dai Mingsheng picked up the teacup, wiped the rim of the cup with the tea lid, sighed secretly, and thought to himself, this time, I can't give Huang Qiangmin too much.

Jiang Yuan was in a good mood as well. This was the criminal police team he was familiar with.

In other words, every time he comes to a new criminal police team, the criminal police team will eventually become one that he is familiar with.

"Brother Jiang, take a look at this case." A young criminal police officer came straight to the front of the stage, inserted a USB drive into the computer, quickly played a PPT, and said: "This is a case we are currently working on. We have no clues, and there are many footprints at the scene. Can you help me take a look?"

This was a very unruly behavior, but the meeting room was already in chaos, and seeing that the young detective was Wei Shijian, Dai Mingsheng smiled magnanimously.

Some young people really come here for their passion, like Wei Shijian. If he came here for power, there is no need for him to join the police force. Young people don’t understand, but their families always understand. As for those who come here to solve cases and want to be Sherlock Holmes, they usually maintain a basic respect for Dai Mingsheng.

Dai Mingsheng didn't think there was anything wrong with it. When he went to the Wei family, Wei Shijian knew to help get a pair of slippers, which showed that he was considerate.

After the meeting, young people like this suddenly come over to present a PPT. What's wrong with them? They just love their work.

Compared to the noisy shouting below, the PPT on the projection screen was obviously more attractive. Jiang Yuan also looked over.

"This case was discovered a month ago. The discovery site was in the reed marsh of Dongxi Lake. The discoverers were a team of 18 people on a team-building trip. It happened to be a Saturday, and they drove 6 off-road vehicles, drove over from a small road, and headed for the lake. When the vehicles could not move anymore, they had a picnic by the lake. Then someone found signs of burning by the lake, and then someone saw a charred skull and called the police." Wei Shixuan's PPT was probably prepared for an internal team meeting. Although he looked like a newcomer, the internal text was very detailed.

Especially after the photos of the crime scene were taken out, Jiang Yuan was also a little attracted.

"It was burned very thoroughly. Part of the head was also burned off. Is the rest preserved?" Jiang Yuan signaled Master Wei to stop and asked while looking at the photos on the spot.

Wei Shijian is a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, less than 25 years old. He said with bright eyes: "About one-third of it was preserved. This is a photo of the scene. After it was brought back, some of the bones were burnt and broken."

Dai Mingsheng coughed twice. This kind of problematic link is usually discussed in a small circle. It is always easy to make people feel embarrassed in public.

Jiang Yuan looked at it carefully for a while, nodded, and said, "In this case, it will be very difficult to restore the skull."

"But there are indeed a lot of footprints left around." Seeing Jiang Yuan's interest, Wei Shijian quickly showed him more photos. They were all footprints around the fire scene, and some were even in the middle of the fire scene.

Dai Mingsheng had to remind Jiang Yuan, saying: "Most of the footprints were proven to be from the team members who reported the case. In addition, some of the footprints were from our investigators."

"Because the fire was so thorough, when they first discovered it, they just thought someone had set fire to the reeds and were walking around playing in front of it. Later, they found a human skull inside and hurriedly called their colleagues over. Several people even went in to take a closer look, and some even took photos and videos..." Wei Shiqin specifically explained.

"It's burned so thoroughly, there's a high probability that an accelerant was used. Are you sure what it is?"

"Gasoline." Wei Shixun gave an unremarkable answer.

The human body has a lot of fat, and the fat content is very high. Men who can't see their abdominal muscles basically have more than 20%, and those with belly fat have more than 30%. Women with abdominal muscles also have a fat content of 20%, and if they are a little curvier, they will be close to 30%. The fat content of pigs is less than 30%, and that of sheep is just over 20%.

Therefore, with the help of combustion aids, the human body can be burned very thoroughly. But from another perspective, if there is no combustion aid, it is also very difficult to burn a human thigh bone or skull into an urn. Therefore, funeral homes actually use diesel or natural gas to assist combustion.

"Show me some more photos." Jiang Yuan was also somewhat interested in this case. A case that had not been solved for a month was more likely to become a backlog case, so it was no wonder that the young detective in front of him was anxious.

Wei Shixun responded excitedly and simply took the remote control to let Jiang Yuan play with it. Then he turned around and took the computer, opened the folder, and showed Jiang Yuan more photos on the spot.

While watching Jiang Yuan looking at the pictures, Wei Shijian said, "The crime scene is very close to Dongxi Lake, and the lake water has not changed much recently. There are a lot of footprints left near the reed marsh. I think if we can analyze all these footprints, like the Li Yaoji case, and find the person who was not at the scene but left footprints at the scene, then the case may be solved."

Dai Mingsheng held his forehead with his hand and said quickly, "Master Wei, how do you teach Captain Jiang to do things?"

"No, I'm discussing this with Brother Jiang."

"Old Jian." Dai Mingsheng directly called out Jian Louyuan from the first team.

If he can't discipline the young criminal guard captain of the First Brigade, can he discipline the captain of the First Brigade?

Jian Louyuan used the smile of an old man with a bad face to replace Dai Mingsheng's smile, and then said to Wei Shijian, "Xiao Wei, your plan is not bad, but there is a small problem."

"You say." Wei Shijian was more polite to his own captain. After all, he had taken a lot of blame for him, so he always had to have some conscience.

Jian Louyuan smiled at Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui awkwardly, and then said, "Your idea of ​​comparing footprints is good. We do have a lot of footprints from crime scenes now, but whose footprints should we compare these footprints with? At the very least, don't we have to define a range for the suspects?"

"This..." Although Master Wei was passionate, his brain was also a little damaged. After thinking about it over and over again, he could not find a solution.

Jian Louyuan sighed, and said to Jiang Yuan a little embarrassedly, "Captain Jiang, I'm ashamed to say that the identity of the victim in this case has not yet been determined... Of course, if you can find some clues through the footprints, it will be of great help to us."

"We." Jiang Yuan said.

"Confused?" Jian Louyuan was puzzled.

"It's the victims." Jiang Yuan tapped the screen of Wei Shixun's laptop and said, "From the remains of the corpses you found, there are both men and women here, so there are at least two victims."

"But there is only one skull." Wei Shixun said in surprise.

"We just said that only one-third of the skull is left." Jiang Yuan said nonchalantly, "The remaining skull may have been burned, or the murderer may have removed the head in advance. Well... I'll take this case."

Jiang Yuan looked at Dai Mingsheng and said, "Dai Zhi, if you have no objection, I will call Political Commissar Huang to come over and check with you."

"Come on." Dai Mingsheng's fists hardened.