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If the identity of the deceased can be confirmed in Nangang Village, it will be relatively easy to solve the case. The murderer may be someone from Nangang Village who chose to dump the body nearby.

But now that the identity of the deceased has not been confirmed, we can only wait until tomorrow to salvage the food and conduct a DNA comparison.

Early the next morning, Lu Chuan and others rushed to the scene in Nangang Village.

Because we had already dug for an entire afternoon yesterday, everyone was already accustomed to this kind of thing, so today's work progress was relatively fast.

As the deputy director in charge of administration, Lu Chuan certainly couldn't just watch everyone go down. In the middle, he also went down into the reservoir.

By around 3 p.m., the water in the reservoir had basically been drained.

All that remained was to get the bones out.

After all the water is drained, the entire ribs are exposed.

Some of the bones can be taken out intact, but some have been scattered in the mud. Fortunately, photos were taken before, and there was video recording by instruments, so the shape of the bones can be completely restored.

The entire excavation work went smoothly, and Han Guo was sent to the Criminal Police Brigade at around 7 pm.

Lu Chuan personally presided over the identification and analysis of the skeleton.

The first step is to extract the DNA information of the skeleton. It would be best if we can compare the identity in the database.

Of course, this may be a smaller size.

When the skeleton was taken out, the outer clothing had not completely rotted away.

The lower body is denim shorts and the upper body is a printed short-sleeved shirt.

"Based on the child's clothes, we can judge that the victim died in the summer."

While Lu Chuan was inspecting, the forensic doctor from the Criminal Police Brigade began to take notes.

"There are signs of blunt force trauma to the front of the skull."

Lu Chuan picked up the skull from the corpse and examined it carefully. Above the right eye of the skull, there were obvious signs of being hit by a blunt object, causing the skull to be broken.

The marks of blunt force trauma found by Lu Chuan were very serious, causing the internal collapse of the skull, which should be the main cause of the victim's death.

Of course, because these are skeletons, we cannot completely determine the cause of death of the deceased, and we can only make auxiliary judgments.

"Based on the degree of tooth wear, the deceased was probably between 25 and 28 years old. She had a narrow pelvis and no fertility lines. She had no history of childbearing."

"Height... 158cm..."

In addition, the skeleton was wearing a pair of sandals on its feet.

Lu Chuan made a careful study of the wear and tear of sandals.

The sandals are made entirely of plastic.

Judging from the style, they should be sandals from a few years ago.

Judging from the degree of wear and tear, it has about two to three years of wear and tear.

The identification and analysis of the skeleton was relatively quick, probably in less than two hours, and Lu Chuan should have obtained some clues.

In the conference room, Lu Chuan was arranging and deploying the work of investigating missing persons.

"The deceased is a female, 1 meters tall, aged between 58 and 25."

"Before her death, she was wearing a denim skirt and a printed short-sleeved top."

"The estimated time of death was three years ago."

In fact, it is difficult to estimate the time of death of the deceased.

The time it takes to skeletalize varies greatly depending on the different natural environments in which the corpse is placed.

Lu Chuan can only make a rough estimate of the time based on the soaking of the clothes and the wear of the sandals.

The next task is to confirm the identity of the deceased. Lu Chuan then returned to the medical examiner's office to continue his research.

From the current perspective, skull injury should be the main cause of death of the deceased.

"Director Lu, what did you find?"

The forensic doctor from the Criminal Police Brigade discovered that Lu Chuan had been observing the scars on the skull.

Lu Chuan nodded: "There is a little clue, mainly the location of the scar."

Lu Chuan pointed at the scars on the skull and said, "The scars on the skull were caused by a blunt object. Judging from the fine cracks and debris, it was probably caused by something like a stone."

"Also, look at the location of this scar."

The forensic doctor came over and observed that the scars were concentrated above the right eye, roughly at the top of the head.

"Generally speaking, if two people are fighting and a hammer hits the face, it is likely to cause skull injuries on the back or front of the head."

Lu Chuan gently stroked the scar on the skull: "But this scar is located on the top of the head. What kind of body position would cause an injury in this area?"

The forensic doctor frowned and stretched out his hand to gesture...

"It should be a sneak attack from the back, and the opponent is relatively tall, so it was possible to cause damage to the top of the victim's head at this angle!"

The forensic doctor then realized that Lu Chuan was analyzing the location of the scars on the skeleton and reconstructing some details of the victim's scene.

"Yes, the victim is 1 meters tall, and about 58 meters tall after putting on shoes. And this mark should be that the murderer attacked from behind."

After Lu Chuan looked at it carefully, he stood up and simulated an attack from behind.

Then he asked: "Under what circumstances would a victim be attacked from behind and not be on guard or resist?"

The forensic doctor blurted out: "An acquaintance! He must be someone very familiar!"

Lu Chuan nodded in agreement.

That’s the judgment.

Not only that, Lu Chuan could judge from the scars on the victim that the murderer was about 1 meters tall.

Only a murderer of this height could have caused such scars.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the murderer is short in height, but he attacked from a high platform.

It's just that the possibility is relatively small.

In addition, Lu Chuan believes that the crime scene is most likely the first scene.

The reason for making this judgment is that the deceased was in a head-down position, and the impact caused the cervical vertebrae to be broken, so the skull floated up.

Of course, this is just a guess. Lu Chuan and others have already conducted an investigation around the scene, but found nothing.

Some stones were picked up from the surrounding area, and after comparison, it was found that the shapes of these stones did not correspond to the skull injuries of the deceased.

It is possible that the murderer picked up the stone, as his fingerprints may have been left on it, or it is possible that it was picked up by nearby villagers.

Both are possible. Wang Zhaokai and his colleagues learned this when they visited the villagers of Nangang Village.

The pond is not far from the village and there are many stones around it. When villagers build houses, they sometimes pick up these stones.

"Also, look at the impact mark on this scar. It was an impact from left to right."

The traces of the wound can show the direction of invasion.

"The impact marks of these dozen broken plants are all from left to right. If the murderer stood behind the victim and committed the crime, according to the normal body position..."

Lu Chuan stood up, picked up the pen holder on the table, and waved it in the air, trying to make a hammering motion. (End of this chapter)