Chapter 2 This Is Not an Accident
Thinking about the task given by the system, Zhou Ning felt extremely powerless and a little distracted.
His arm was poked twice, instantly bringing him back to his senses.
"Xiao Zhou, forensic doctor, what are you staring at? Go up and take a look. It's okay if you don't understand. Just say a few words. Take pictures . We will take the body away."
Zhou Ning knew that Xu was getting anxious, so he tried to calm himself down.
"Xu Da, I just wanted to check the height and the condition of the body. We can't rashly go up and turn it over. By the way, is there a ladder here? I didn't expect the body to be up high, and I'm not prepared. I also need an electric saw that can cut through branches."
When Xu Da heard Zhou Ning's request, he was not angry.
It was unexpected that a new forensic doctor could analyze the case so calmly. After all, he was already prepared to take the body away directly.
"What are you all standing there for? Get a ladder and a chainsaw for Xiao Zhou, forensic doctor. Hurry up and start searching the intersection for brake marks, bloodstains, and car crash debris. Urge the traffic police. Why haven't they checked the surveillance footage yet?"
There was a series of instructions, with a strong sense of oppression. Some people went to call to borrow a chainsaw, while others scattered.
A burly criminal policeman came back carrying a long ladder. Zhou Ning knew him. His name was Zhao Xinli.
The ladder was placed under the tree, and Zhou Ning nodded to Zhao Xinli.
"Brother Zhao, help me hold the ladder. I want to go up and take pictures."
There are only two people in the county's forensic room. You don't have to imagine the trace examination personnel you see in TV dramas who go up and divide the work among themselves, such as marking traces and taking pictures to mark evidence, and finally the forensic doctor observing the body.
This is a small place, he has to do everything himself. Forensic Doctor Liu has explained this to him.
Zhao Xinli made an OK gesture. After all, he was wearing a mask, and this action was the most intuitive than grinning .
"Don't worry, you only weigh over 100 pounds, I can lift you up without any problem, I guarantee you won't fall, come on!"
Zhou Ning gritted his teeth, put the survey box on the ground, slung the camera across his armpit, grabbed the ladder and climbed up.
The ladder was made of aluminum alloy and made a creaking sound when one stepped on it. After climbing four steps, Zhou Ning's body swayed and his buttocks were supported by Zhao Xinli's big hand.
"Slow down, man. Cross your legs over the ladder, cross your left and right feet, squeeze them hard, and lift your hips."
Zhou Ning dodged Zhao Xinli's claws.
He took another step up and quickly did as he was told. Not to mention that he was holding the ladder with his legs to help stabilize his body.
He was standing at a slightly higher position than the corpse, and from this angle he could see the entire body.
The cadaver teachers in school and the stumps I saw during internship, to put it bluntly, were all for viewing from a distance. They only let you touch the top of the body. Moreover, there were a lot of people accompanying you, and you could smell the scent of formalin. You felt very safe, and all you had to do was listen to the teacher and nod your head. It was not as visually impactful as this.
The female corpse was hanging down with her head toward the other side of the tree trunk, her right leg hanging on the trunk, her left leg broken at the calf and pressed under the right leg, with the broken part inserted in the gap between the branches diagonally below.
The entire body was hanging upside down on the tree branch at an angle of almost seventy degrees.
The red plaid skirt was flipped to the side of her body. The shorts had very little fabric, which could only cover the private parts that were the size of a palm. She wore a tight white shirt on her upper body with a pink Kitty cat printed on the chest.
The deceased's long hair hung to the ground, his head tilted to the right, his eyelids were painted with shiny gold powder eyeshadow, and he wore exaggerated large gold hoops on his ears. The left side of his exposed cheek was swollen, with glass shards stuck in his cheek, and bruises on his eye socket.
Her hands were hanging down, but her fingers were unpainted and her nails were neatly trimmed.
The rain had stopped long ago by this time, and the clothes on the body were not completely wet, but water stains could be seen. Looking up at the dense leaves, it seemed that this location was still sheltered from the rain, but where did the person come from?
Zhou Ning raised his camera and took pictures of the deceased in every position to freeze the deceased's state. The shutter sounds kept clicking.
It seemed that this action gave Xu Dayuan confidence.
He looked away and urged the people on guard again to delete the photos of any onlookers who were taking pictures before letting them leave.
After taking the photo, Zhou Ning leaned against the tree trunk and tried to lean forward.
This action made him lose balance. His hand slid forward and he subconsciously pressed on the dead man's leg. The body swung to the left. With this movement, the two corners of the shirt flipped towards the ground. A dot-shaped puncture mark on the lower edge of the right rib caught Zhou Ning's eye.
It was just a small dot, but there were two column-shaped traces of blood flowing, and the edge of the skirt was also stained red with blood.
Zhou Ning was shocked. The deceased had a broken left leg and bruises on the left face, so how come there was a stab wound on the right side?
Could it be that...
Didn’t the deceased die in a car accident?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, the transparent screen in front of Zhou Ning also appeared at the same time, and the body of the deceased seemed to be scanned and displayed on the screen.
system hint:
The bound person came into contact with the corpse and discovered suspicious causes of death through an autopsy of the body.
The system task has been completed and the reward is being drawn.
"Ding, congratulations on binding the person. You have obtained the second-level authority of the Forensic Scene Learning System. Loading will be completed in two minutes."
Zhou Ning was completely confused. What kind of reward was this?
Forensic Scene Science was a course he took in his junior and senior years. Although his grades were not very good, was there any difference?
The key is still a second-level permission. What does this mean?
Just when he was distracted, Zhao Xinli had already grabbed Zhou Ning's ankles and belt. Probably because he saw Zhou Ning staggering, he was afraid that he would fall.
"Hey man, be careful. What's wrong? Are you afraid of blood?"
Zhou Ning wanted to strangle him to death. What would others think of this?
Before he could answer, Zhou Ning had been picked up by Zhao Xinli and squatted next to the survey box.
Xu Dayuan had taken off his mask and walked closer, his face looking serious, as if he was a little disappointed with Zhou Ning's performance.
"What?"
"Xu Da, I've finished taking pictures. You can find someone to saw off the branches, use a forklift to carry the flatbed, and put the body into a bag."
Xu Dayuan looked around, tilted his head slightly, and asked in a low voice:
"Did you see anything? Tell me the truth."
Zhou Ning pushed up his glasses. The mask blocked the nervous expression on his face, making him look calm. Only he knew how nervous he was at that moment.
However, with this subconscious action, the transparent display screen reappeared, and various contents learned by the forensic doctor at the scene kept flashing in his mind.
Forensic scene science is the application of knowledge of natural sciences such as forensic medicine, forensic clinical medicine, criminal psychology, biology and physics to study cases involving homicide and injury, reconstruct and portray the criminal process at the crime scene, and provide a basis for determining the direction of investigation and formulating investigative measures.
The foundation of forensic scene reconstruction is on-site inspection. The scene of death or injury is the information base for obtaining criminal intelligence, an important place for identifying the nature of the case, and the starting point for investigation ...
In an instant, a vast amount of knowledge flooded Zhou Ning's eyes, as if it was trying to squeeze into his memory. He felt a suffocating feeling as if he was about to burst, and he gripped the camera tightly.
After a dozen seconds of pause, although the knowledge was not digested, all the information just discovered became clear.
On the screen, the photos just taken are also displayed one by one.
The surface information he discovered was also organized on one side.
Zhou Ning didn't know how to express his feelings at the moment. Although he didn't know the process of the case, according to the prompt in the system, Zhou Ning knew that this case looked like a car accident, but there must be a hidden story.
He loosened his grip, found the photo of the deceased's legs, pointed at it and said:
"I'm sorry, I'm a little afraid of heights. Look, Xu Da, the deceased has an open fracture of the tibia and fibula on the right side of her lower leg. There are also scratches here. It can be determined that she was knocked away and fell on the tree. This is the first scene."
"You mean, this is a hit-and-run case?"
Zhou Ning shook his head and continued to flip through the photos of the lower edge of the deceased's right ribs.
"There were impact marks on the left calf, cheek and head of the deceased, but there was a stab wound at the lower edge of the right rib cage.
Because the body was in a special position at the moment, I couldn't check the depth of the stab wound, but the wound had no scabs and there were vertical columnar bloodstains on the ground, which showed signs of life [1]. This was an injury sustained before death [2], and it was caused shortly before the car accident.
Zhou Ning tried his best to use a few professional terms to make himself appear more professional.
Xu Dayuan took a breath and stared into Zhou Ning's eyes. These words just now made Xu Dayuan have a different understanding of this new forensic doctor in front of him.
At the same time, he put his hand on Zhou Ning's shoulder and lowered his voice further.
"You mean, this wasn't an accident, but a homicide?"
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PS:
【1】Life reactions: After the body is subjected to violence, a series of life reactions may occur both locally and throughout the body. These life reactions can be seen with the naked eye, light microscope or other laboratory examination methods. The macroscopic changes include bleeding, tissue contraction, swelling, scab formation, wound infection, foreign body movement, etc. Histological changes include: red blood cell aggregation in the subcapsular lymphatic sinus of local lymph nodes, thrombosis, embolism, inflammatory response, wound healing, etc.
One of the tasks of forensic pathology is to find these life reactions in order to infer the time that has passed from the violent action to death. Life reaction and super-life reaction are two different concepts.
The latter refers to the fact that in the early stages of biological death, some tissues and organs that are tolerant to ischemia and hypoxia, such as skin and muscles, still have vital functions and react to external stimuli in a similar way to when they were alive.
[2] Antemortem injuries: Differentiation between antemortem injuries and postmortem injuries refers to the distinction between antemortem injuries and postmortem injuries during autopsy.
It mainly depends on whether the injury itself has a living reaction. At the original scene of injury before death, splattered blood can be seen, and there is a large pool of blood around the body, and blood clots can be seen in the pool of blood. There are no such characteristics when the injury is posthumous or the body is moved to fake the scene.
