Mystery Hunter - Chapter 48

[Chapter 48 Corpse in the Rain]

“Is there a ghost in this world?” Shao Lao looked at everyone.

Jiang He said, “According to my analysis, I have a 99% probability that this world is free of ghosts.”

Elder Shao looked at the big locust tree not far away, and said, “The murderer is a human. We will arrest people. If the murderer is a ghost, we will arrest the ghost. Put on your raincoat, it’s raining a lot. You drive your car under the big locust tree, and the headlights are facing the house on the right. It’s too dark here. Captain Li, notify Xu Yiman and the technical department to come and see if there are any useful clues.”

Captain Li nodded.

Everyone put on their raincoats, and the police officers parked the car.

The headlights of several cars were aimed at the shop on the right, finally dispelling the darkness.

Under the illumination of the headlights, a corpse is now in the store near the door, although the so-called door is no longer there. I don’t know what the shop was doing before. Most of them are debris and some household garbage that have not been removed, and there are many feces left by animals.

The store is divided into a front hall and a back room, and the floor area is not very large.

Although no one has come here for a long time, the continuous heavy rain has washed the streets and places near the door very clean. I can’t see the footprints left by anyone on the ground. It seems that it is difficult for trace inspectors to find them. What fingerprints and footprints.

I don’t know if this is accidental, or the murderer deliberately chose to do it in the heavy rain, so that the rain will wash away a lot of evidence.

Shao Lao took a few steps and picked up the mobile phone on the ground.

Shao Lao pressed it, and the screen of the mobile phone lit up, but the mobile phone had a password.

Shao Lao squatted down, picked up a finger of the corpse and pressed it down.

Phone is unlocked.

Shao Lao flipped the phone for a moment and knew the identity of this person.

Shao Lao said: “This person is also a student of No. 4 Middle School in Anxiang District. He has a lot of selfies, and there are pictures of wearing school uniforms. It seems that the deceased all have one feature in common, that is, they are all from No. 4 Middle School. Student. But every time, the murderer will take the dead person’s mobile phone, but not this time, what does that mean?”

No one answered, everyone was looking at the shop.

“Talk to the principal.” Shao Lao said, “Look who this person is.”

It’s too messy here. There is a lot of useless information at the scene, and Jiang He doesn’t know what the murderer left behind or what others left behind. Yes, so Jiang He’s focus was still on the corpse.

The head and shoulders of the corpse are located outside the store, and the rest are inside the store. Because the rain was so heavy, Jiang He did not find any blood on the ground. In such a long time, the rain had diluted the blood, and it had disappeared without a trace.

The heavy rain even turned the corpse’s face white. Near the temple on the right side of the corpse, the skull was shattered and deeply sunken. From the outside, you could even see the deep inside of the brain.

“Half of my brain was washed away by the rain.” Shao Lao squatted and looked at the wound and said.

Jiang He said, “The marks of the wound are very similar to the wound on the head of the previous corpse. I have a 70% probability that it is caused by the same weapon.”

Captain Li stepped forward and said, “It has already been The notice goes on, they are already on their way.”

“Fear.” Shao Lao stood up: “The corpse’s expression is distorted, and the mouth is wide open. It can be seen that he was very afraid before he died. At this moment, he was hammered to death. A forensic doctor once told me that this is called corpse spasm. When people are highly nervous and fearful, or have brain damage, the deceased will show the last expression or movement before death. Set it down.”

Jiang He listened with interest.

Mr. Shao said: “A hacker hacked into the computer of the Public Security Bureau before, and it played the conversation between the deceased and the murderer who were talking on the phone. In the vague call, there are many places that we can’t hear clearly, but from the few words. , we can analyze an established fact.”

Shao Lao looked at Jiang He: “The deceased thought the murderer was a ghost, and did not let the murderer approach him. In the conversation, it seemed that he had done something to make the murderer sorry. If so , then these three people must be related, and they must have done something together, otherwise, who would have a date in such a dark street.”

Although Jiang He did not agree with Shao Lao’s words, he did not refute it. It is pseudoscience to infer a conclusion from a person’s mood and expression. The traces left at the scene are different. This is the evidence that will not lie or deceive.

The dead man was lying in the doorway with his legs bent and his hands by his sides.

From the analysis of this action, the deceased was facing the shop before he died.

Jiang He expressed his thoughts: “The deceased was facing the store, which means that the murderer was in the store. The murderer was dressed in red. In such a dark environment, the red clothes were very bright, but the deceased was in the store. I didn’t find it right away. I have an 80% probability that the murderer hid in the store’s compartment beforehand.”

After speaking, Jiang He walked into the back room, crouched down to observe carefully, Sure enough, there were traces of rain on the ground.

Jiang He turned on his flashlight and looked at the ceiling. There was no sign of rain leaking on the ceiling, indicating that the rain must have been brought in by someone.

After seeing the rain, Jiang He was even more convinced of his speculation.

He walked out of the back room and said: “After seeing the deceased coming, the murderer came out of the back room, the deceased fell to the ground, and crawled out with his hands on the ground, the murderer approached the deceased, and the deceased grabbed the murderer’s clothes. , The murderer hit the deceased’s temple with a hammer.”

“The problem is.” Captain Li said, “Is the murderer really wearing red clothes? It’s not good to be preconceived.”

Jiang He shook his head and walked to the deceased’s side. He raised the deceased’s hand with gloves on.

Under the strong light, the hands of the deceased were clearly seen.

Jiang He grabbed one of the deceased’s fingers and said, “Do you see anything in the fingernail?”

Captain Li leaned down to look, only to see a red line on the fingernail of the deceased’s right index finger.

Jiang He said, “So what the policeman saw was correct. The red shadow is the shadow of the murderer’s escape. Take me to see where the shadow disappeared.”

The policeman nodded.

Elder Shao said, “Take the body to the car.”

Several people helped carry the body, while the policeman led Jiang He and Elder Shao to the place where the shadow was seen.

This big locust tree is in the middle of the big locust tree street, the vehicle is coming from the south, and the shadow disappears from the north.

As Jiang He walked north, he observed his surroundings and his feet. It’s all asphalt, and it’s impossible to leave footprints in this place. At this moment, Jiang He hopes to see the traces left by the murderer somewhere, which is the key to solving the case.

After walking for ten minutes, everyone came to the north side of the road.

Walk a little further north from this location, and you will come out of Dahuashu Street.

The policeman pointed and said, “It was in this small alley.”

When the flashlight shone on this small alley, a smile appeared on Lao Shao’s face. Because Shao Lao saw that in this muddy alley, from one end to the other, there are obviously more than a dozen footprints. At this moment, the rain has poured into the footprints, filling the small pits of the footprints, and the rain is rippling inside.

Shao Lao smiled and said: “There are so many footprints, even if some are washed away by the rain, but we can definitely compare the sole pattern corresponding to the footprints, and infer the person’s height and weight.”

Having said this, Shao Lao said: “Inform Captain Li, use an umbrella to support this alley, and don’t let the rain wash away the footprints.”

After saying that, Shao Lao looked up at the sky, and the rain may continue to fall. .

After Captain Li took someone to protect the alley, Xu Yiman and the trace inspector also rushed to the scene.

Xu Yiman looked at the corpse that was already in the body bag, and said, “You were on your way to the police, and someone else reported to the police that they had picked up a limb. This time it was a big leg. It was found in the guitar bag with the guitar in it. According to the DNA test, this big leg is also from Song You.”

Captain Li said, “I only found a few parts, and a large part is still missing.”

Xu Yiman nodded: “The murderer may have thrown his limbs into all corners of the city, which is not something that can be found in a short time. But we determined the identity of the highly carrioned corpse. Through the school and the hospital, we found the high-level carrion. When the blood was tested, it belonged to Zhuang Ziming’s blood, and after comparing it with the DNA of the carrion, it was found that the deceased was indeed Zhuang Ziming.”

“We have informed Zhuang Ziming’s parents that they will be coming tomorrow, no, to be precise, this afternoon. Come back.” Xu Yiman shrugged.

“Where’s the fingerprint?” Jiang He asked, “It’s the clear fingerprint found on the cabinet.”

Xu Yiman shook his head: “There is no file for this fingerprint in the information database. A fingerprint of the index finger of the right hand. Usually, we usually enter the fingerprint of the thumb. So this person has no criminal record and has not committed a crime before.”

Captain Li came over: “The investigation is clear, the name of the deceased. His name is Shi Wenshan, he is indeed a student of the No. 4 Middle School in Anxiang District, and he is also in Class 328. Teacher Guo said that this Shi Wenshan is usually cowardly in the class and has no sense of existence. I don’t know why such a thing happened.”

Shao Lao looked at Captain Li: “Can those footprints be extended?”

Captain Li nodded: “There are many samples, and this can be done. However, ghost killers don’t use hammers, and they won’t leave footprints in the alley.” After

speaking, Captain Li’s cell phone rang.

Mr. Shao said: “The three people who died are all classmates in Class 328 of the No. 4 Middle School in Anxiang District. I don’t know if there is another one. What did these people do to bring about such a disaster?”

Everyone was silent.

At this time, Captain Li, who hung up the phone, looked at the crowd and slowly said a sentence: “It’s not that three died, but four.”

[End of This Chapter]