Chapter 45: Don't Act Like a Quail
The Anatomy Room of the Eighth Hospital.
Ever since the county hospital changed its name, there has been construction activity everywhere in the yard. As if to match its new name, the newly renovated outpatient building looks very grand.
However, the autopsy room remained unchanged. In front of Zhou Ning was the corpse with its head about to break off.
After taking the photos, Zhao Xinli held up the autopsy records. There were three bodies that needed to be dissected, and he couldn't hide because it would take too much time for Zhou Ning to complete it by himself.
"Xiao Zhou, forensic doctor, isn't it said to start with the easy ones and then move on to the difficult ones? Why don't you dissect the bus driver's body first?"
Zhou Ning frowned. He was a little annoyed because from the time he arrived at the scene to the time he touched the body, the system had not responded. This was unscientific. Whenever he encountered a case before, this system would pop up noisily. What happened today?
Could it be that because he wanted to develop the software for the facial restoration system, he announced these future knowledge and content in advance?
Zhou Ning directly rejected this idea. The previous paper on rubber particle detection of brake marks was more advanced, and he almost copied it verbatim. He continued to receive tasks later, so it should not be this problem.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Zhou Ning shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and glanced at Zhao Xinli.
"The bus driver's body is not urgent. He died because he was blown away by the explosion. A piece of metal was stuck in his right temporal region, causing brain death caused by craniocerebral trauma. I just did an autopsy on his body, but I don't have a record. Can you write it for me?"
Zhao Xinli suddenly realized.
"That's right. This deceased is relatively simple. You can do the autopsy. I'll be sitting next to you. If you need to record it, tell me. I really can't do it. "
Zhou Ning nodded. It was already Zhao Xinli’s limit that he could hold on and follow along.
"Turn on your computer and check if there are any emails in your mailbox. Xu Da said he would send the surveillance video and various information to me in a while. I also put my phone aside."
Zhao Xinli turned on the computer and unlocked Zhou Ning's phone. Sure enough, he saw unread emails and a text message with complete content.
"The owner of the white Passat is Cui Gongyi, male, 35 years old, works for the Taiwanese-funded Telefort Machinery Equipment (Qindao) Co., Ltd., and lives at No. 1, Building 12, Yuding Huacheng, No. 23 Xingfu Road, Gulou District, Qindao City. Wait, is this a single-family villa?"
Zhou Ning paused.
"I know Teleflex, it's a Taiwanese forklift company. Is that forklift produced by them? Ask Xu Da to ask the company ."
Zhao Xinli quickly made a phone call, and Zhou Ning did not delay and immediately began the autopsy.
The deceased's clothes had been removed. His suit, shirt and tie were all ROMON, not an expensive brand, but the well-fitting cut at least showed that the clothes were custom-made.
There was a brown box in his pocket with the seal characters "Chow Tai Fook" on it. When he opened it, there was a gold bracelet with a label showing the weight was 28.7 grams. The inner diameter was measured to be 6.8 centimeters. This size was too big for Zhou Ning to wear. It seemed that the person he was going to give the gift to had a thick wrist.
There was a bit of white stuff in the gap at the bottom of the shoe. Zhou Ning wiped it with a cotton swab. It was very sticky and smelled a bit like paint, but it was only the size of a fingernail.
There were no other characteristics on the clothes except bloodstains. Zhou Ning returned to the dissection table and began to examine the body carefully from head to toe.
The deceased Cui Gongyi's neck had three or four cervical vertebrae injured. Only the skin and flesh at the back of the neck were connected. The trachea, esophagus, skin, and muscle tissue in the front were all broken. The wound was not neat and there were residual glass fragments inside.
There was also a laceration on the right arm. It is estimated that when the forklift pierced the glass, the deceased raised his hand to block it and leaned back subconsciously, otherwise the deceased's head would have been completely separated.
Zhou Ning took an X-ray himself and examined everything from the skull to the toes. No other fractures or injuries were found. He then returned to the right side of the dissection table, turned on the new recorder, and officially began the dissection.
Zhao Xinli went to make a phone call. He also wanted to try recording the voice messages so that he could organize them later. He was thinking about it in his mind and his hands moved quickly.
After all, the cause of death had been determined, so Zhou Ning was free to act. He used the straight-line method to cut open the body, separate the tissues, remove the sternum and ribs, completely separate the digestive system, and take samples from various organs.
The deceased had several masses in his liver, aortic atherosclerosis and an aortic aneurysm. Zhou Ning was a little surprised that he could have such signs at this age. The deceased was not fat and had a medium build. Such a disease must be related to his eating habits.
Zhou Ning sutured the skin on the chest and abdomen of the deceased, and Zhao Xinli then pushed the door back. It seemed that his going out to make a phone call was just a cover, and he dared to come in only after he had been lying under the door to see that the autopsy was completed.
Zhou Ning said nothing else, tore off a layer of latex gloves, and turned off the recorder.
"Send this body back for me, then send the forklift driver's body here, and then record the last ten minutes in the recorder."
Zhao Xinli grinned and waved his hands behind him. Old Man Cui from the morgue and Xiao Liu followed him in and hurriedly carried the bodies away. The body of the forklift driver was already parked outside the door.
Zhou Ning put on another layer of latex gloves and waved at Zhao Xinli.
"Just record it here. The autopsy on this body is not easy. I need your help. After all, it's hard to lay it flat."
Zhao Xinli looked pale, he was really scared, but looking at the body lying prone with legs curled up on the table, Zhao Xinli nodded helplessly. It was just as Zhou Ning said, if he cut the autopsy alone, the body would probably shake.
"Okay, don't be disgusted if I retch or yell a bit."
Zhou Ning smiled. He was also scared at first. After all, it was his first time to carbonize a dead body. The feeling of touching it through two layers of latex gloves gave him goose bumps. But after seeing Zhao Xinli's look, he didn't seem so uncomfortable anymore.
"Don't mind, come and help me hold it."
Zhao Xinli shuddered visibly, but he did not retreat. He raised his hand and asked tremblingly:
"Where do I hold on to?"
"Wear two layers of gloves, then hold the deceased's legs, press down like I did, I will check the deceased's face, and then take an X-ray, this needs to be taken from the front and side."
Zhao Xinli nodded and moved over tremblingly. He had already put on gloves and took over the position that Zhou Ning was pressing on with his eyes closed.
"Forensic Doctor Xiao Zhou, please hurry up. I don't know how long I can hold out."
"Don't threaten me, and don't talk too much that affects my observation."
Zhao Xinli closed his eyes and nodded vigorously, but did not dare to move his hands.
Zhou Ning carefully observed the face of the deceased. Being burned to death can be said to be the most horrific state of death.
The deceased's mouth was wide open, teeth were exposed, eyes were tightly closed, eyelash symptoms [1] and goose-claw-like changes [2] could be seen, which were consistent with the characteristics of death by burns and were a very typical condition.
The epidermis had been carbonized, and the fingers and toes of the hands and feet were missing. The hands were curled up on both sides of the body in a fist shape [3]. There was no textile left on the body, except for a small piece of skin on the abdomen , with a piece of pink plastic debris underneath.
Zhou Ning picked it up and took a closer look. It should be the fragment of a lighter, which matched the metal component found before. After the deceased ignited the gasoline, the lighter also exploded, and a piece of debris splashed under his body. The rest except the metal part was burned.
If you press lightly on the deceased's chest, you can feel the bone friction sound. At least eight ribs were broken. Zhou Ning exhaled. It seemed that the deceased was also seriously injured after crashing into the bus.
So when the 120 personnel arrived, they did not find him still alive.
Without any nonsense, the autopsy began immediately. The moment the scalpel touched the deceased's body, Zhao Xinli shivered when he heard the crisp clicking sound.
But he didn't dare to say anything. He closed his eyes and turned his head to the other side.
After opening the chest and abdomen, it was found that, just as Zhou Ning had initially judged, the deceased had four broken ribs on each side and a fractured sternum. The broken section of the fourth rib on the left side pierced towards the heart. Although the penetration was not deep, it had already caused pericardial tamponade, which is a very rare situation.
Zhou Ning kicked Zhao Xinli's shoes and said:
"Don't be such a coward, hurry up and take the picture for me, I'm almost done here."
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【1】 Eyelash symptoms: Eyes are closed, only the tips of eyelashes are burnt.
[2] Goose claw-like changes: The outer corner of the eye is wrinkled, and the depression of the wrinkle is not burned. The eyelid forms a "goose claw" appearance, and charcoal ash can be seen in the palpebral fissure.
[3] Fighting fist posture: This is a posture that the body will show when it is burned or the body is cremated. The high temperature flame acts on the body, causing the water in the tissue to be lost, the skin, subcutaneous and muscle tissue to harden, and coagulative necrosis to occur. The epidermis will further turn black and gray, and the muscle tissue will shrink. Since the flexor muscles of the limbs are more developed than the extensor muscles, the carbonization contraction force is relatively greater, so the joints will be flexed, similar to the posture when boxing.
