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Lu Chuan took the part and examined it carefully: "Put it away and take it back to the technical department for research. Maybe they can find clues related to the deceased or the suspect."

At this time, Zhang Hui and Wang Shuai came over. They shook their heads helplessly, indicating that they had found no items that could prove the identity of the deceased.

"It's okay, we have other clues." Lu Chuan comforted. He knew that solving a case is often not smooth sailing, and every clue may be the key to unlocking the door to the truth. As long as you don't give up, there will always be new discoveries.

Lu Chuan stood up, looked around, and thought about the next direction of investigation. The abandoned brick kiln was located in a remote area, and few people came here. The murderer chose to dump the body here, which must have been carefully planned. He speculated that the murderer might be familiar with this area, or he was looking for a hidden place to hide the body and evade the police.

"Zhang Hui, go and visit the surrounding area to see if there are any factories or companies nearby. The deceased was wearing work clothes and was most likely someone working nearby. Ask if anyone knows the deceased, or if anyone has gone missing recently." Lu Chuan issued a new order.

"Okay, Captain Lu." Zhang Hui turned and left, walking towards the nearby village.

After making preliminary arrangements for the work on site, Lu Chuan returned to the cave.

Lu Chuan, Yang Lin and Yang Sen gathered around the highly decomposed corpse. The pungent stench of decay was like an invisible fog, filling the abandoned brick kiln.

Judging from the current clues, there are basically not many directional clues. The person who reported the case is an old man from a nearby village. He smelled the scent while grazing sheep nearby, came over and discovered the body, so he reported the case.

Lu Chuan looked at the corpse in the cave. To be honest, Lu Chuan had seen this kind of giant corpse more than once. However, no matter how many times he had seen it, he still had a strong odor after smelling it.

Lu Chuan took a deep breath, suppressed his discomfort, and was the first to break the silence: "Yang Lin, Yang Sen, let's first conduct a detailed investigation of the surface of the body and collect all possible clues."

Since Zhang Hui and Wang Shuai were pushing forward the relevant work, Lu Chuan went to the crime scene to conduct a further inspection of the body. Of course, Yang Lin and Yang Hui were already very professional, but Lu Chuan still wanted to see if there were any more detailed discoveries.

Yang Lin squatted down, opened the investigation box, took out the portable multi-band light source, and carefully adjusted the angle so that the light shone on the body at a specific angle. "Captain Lu, there are many soft tissue liquefaction phenomena on the surface of the body, and some skin has fallen off. Judging from the current degree of decay, combined with the recent temperature, humidity and the environment in the brick kiln, it is preliminarily estimated that the time of death is between two and three weeks. But this is only a preliminary judgment, and it needs to be further confirmed after forensic autopsy." Yang Sen focused on checking the wounds of the body. He put on gloves, gently turned the body, and carefully observed every detail. "Captain Lu, the deceased has an obvious blunt force injury on the head, the wound edge is uneven, and there are contusion marks on the surrounding tissues. It is likely to be a fatal injury. Judging from the shape of the wound, the murder weapon should be a blunt instrument with a certain weight and volume, such as a hammer. In addition, there are strangulation marks on the neck of the deceased, but judging from the depth and characteristics of the marks, it should be strangled after death. It may be that the murderer did this to ensure the death of the deceased or to facilitate the transportation of the body."

Lu Chuan frowned slightly, carefully observing the wounds and strangulation marks, and quickly sorted out various possibilities in his mind. "Let's take pictures first, these wounds and strangulation marks are important clues. We should also pay attention to collecting hair, fibers and other physical evidence around the wounds, maybe we can find clues related to the murderer from them."

Afterwards, Lu Chuan, Yang Lin and Yang Sen began to check the clothes of the body. They found some oil stains in the pockets of the deceased's work clothes. Lu Chuan picked up a little oil stain sample with tweezers and put it into the evidence bag. "Take this back for testing to see what type of oil stain it is. Maybe we can infer the work environment of the deceased."

While checking the clothes, Yang Sen also found some strange fibers. These fibers were rough and dark in color, and were obviously different from the material of the deceased's work clothes. "Captain Lu, these fibers look suspicious and don't seem to be from the deceased's clothes. They may have been contaminated at the crime scene or during contact with the murderer."

Lu Chuan nodded: "Very good, collect them all and conduct a detailed fiber composition analysis. Maybe we can find the murderer's trace through these fibers."

Then, they began to survey the area around the scene. Yang Lin took out plaster powder and tools and prepared to cast the footprints found earlier. "Captain Lu, these footprints are crucial. Judging from the depth, stride length and shoe pattern of the footprints, the suspect is about 175-180 cm tall and weighs about 70-80 kg. In addition, the shoe pattern has unique wear marks, which is an important identification feature in the subsequent investigation."

Of course, the footprints found here are actually a suspect. It is still unclear whether they are suspects, but they appear next to the body. So it is possible that they are suspects, so we should collect them and do further analysis.

Yang Sen carefully searched for other traces on the ground around him. He found some metal parts fragments. These fragments looked relatively new and did not seem to have been left in the kiln for a long time. "Captain Lu, these parts fragments are very strange. I think they may belong to the same machine as the part we found next to the body."

Lu Chuan took the fragments and examined them carefully: "Let's piece them together first and see if we can restore their general appearance. If we can determine what machine the parts are, we may be able to find clues related to the case, such as the deceased's workplace or the murderer's tools."

During the investigation, they also found some wiped bloodstains on the walls of the brick kiln. Lu Chuan looked closer and found that the bloodstains had dried, but the traces of wiping could still be seen. "This bloodstain is likely left by the murderer. Yang Sen, extract some blood samples and go back for DNA testing to see if it can be compared with the deceased or other possible suspects."

As the investigation progressed, they found tire marks on the mud outside the brick kiln. The tire marks were relatively clear, with unique tire patterns and obvious wear characteristics. "Captain Lu, these tire marks are very important. Judging from the width and pattern of the tires, they should have been left by a light truck. Moreover, based on the depth and spacing of the tire marks, we can determine the vehicle's load and direction of travel at the time." Yang Lin said. (End of this chapter)