National Forensic Doctor

Jiang Yuan stood at one end of the dissection bed, with Zeng Lianrong and Zhan Kan beside him.

Opposite him was Cui Qishan, and between them were Alessio and his translator.

Except that the body on the dissection table was Martina, the composition was exactly the same as the pilot's dissection the day before.

It’s just that everyone’s state of mind is completely different.

Needless to say, Alessio's heart was already in turmoil. Not only could he not help but wonder what the murderer was, he was also worried about his own life.

The translator was a young man who had seen the beautiful halo of Rome, but at this moment he was also confused and doubtful.

Jiang Yuan had just met Martina, and then he saw her body, so he naturally frowned. At the same time, because he had just met Martina and was seduced by her, it was not suitable for him to perform the autopsy of this body personally.

However, he would not hide away and wait for the investigation of this case. He had sufficient alibi to prove himself. He just needed to not participate in the autopsy itself and not become part of the evidence.

So, at this moment, Jiang Yuan was in the same position as Alessio, just watching from the sidelines.

Zeng Lianrong and Zhan Kan, who were in charge of the autopsy, had to prepare themselves mentally, not because of Martina, but because of Jiang Yuan.

Performing an autopsy in front of Jiang Yuan was somewhat stressful for forensic doctors, especially famous ones.

There was only Martina, she just lay there quietly, her long light golden hair flying out, her head held high, generous and confident.

Her lips were a little purple, as if she had applied Gothic lipstick; her neck had a deep V-shape, as if she was wearing a close-fitting metal necklace...

"The deceased was 175cm tall and weighed about 55kg. He was of normal development and in good nutritional condition... The livor mortis was distributed on the back of the body. It was dark red and did not fade under pressure, which was consistent with the characteristics of livor mortis within 12 hours of death. Rigor mortis had set in, and the joints of the whole body were stiff..."

Zeng Lianrong put on gloves and began to turn over the body and perform a surface examination.

Jiang Yuan is not the standard. Zeng Lianrong is a forensic expert from the Beijing Bureau, not just the Zhengguang Bureau. He is invited to several neighboring provinces from time to time. In terms of the overall level of forensic pathology, he is at least at the elementary level of LV3, and he has several specialties that should be able to reach the level of LV3.

Of course, there are still forensic doctors in the capital who are better than Zeng Lianrong, but as far as this case is concerned, it is not necessary to hire people from all over the world.

With Jiang Yuan standing in front of them, Cui Qishan and other criminal investigation personnel felt sufficiently at ease.

Zeng Lianrong also performed a careful autopsy of the body because Jiang Yuan was standing in front of him. He first examined the limbs and torso, then returned to the neck and began to speak carefully:

"There is an obvious V-shaped cord groove on the neck. The upper edge of the cord groove is located above the thyroid cartilage, and the lower edge extends to behind the ear. The width of the cord groove is about 1.2 cm, the depth is uneven, and there is local subcutaneous bleeding."

"Epidermal peeling and contusions were seen at the edges of the groove, and some areas showed signs of life."

"The direction of the rope groove does not match the common "eight characters do not intersect" feature of hanging, and there is no obvious "lifting hollow" phenomenon below the rope groove."

"There is bleeding in the deep muscles of the neck (such as the sternocleidomastoid muscle), and the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone are fractured, with bleeding at the fracture ends."

Zeng Lianrong's speech gradually became faster.

Anyone who has worked as a forensic pathologist knows that his judgments are actually about determining whether the deceased died from hanging himself or was strangled to death by someone else with a rope.

This is also the most common judgment of forensic doctors. Because among all the ways of death, suffocation is the most common. Including drowning, strangulation, strangulation, hanging, etc., all belong to mechanical asphyxiation, plus hanging is a common way of suicide. Therefore, there are always some clever people who make a false appearance of hanging after killing someone for various reasons.

Because there were many smart people, the ancient coroners had a good understanding of this even before modern times. For example, the summary of Xiyuanlu is "It is very easy to distinguish between suicide by hanging, being strangled to death, or pretending to be suicide by hanging. For those who really committed suicide by hanging, the place where they were tied with ropes or silk and crossed behind the ears is dark purple, with eyes closed, lips open, hands clenched, and teeth exposed. If the person is hanged on the throat, the tongue will touch the teeth, and if it is below the throat, the tongue will protrude. There will be saliva dripping from the chest and feces coming out from the buttocks..."

There was no feces coming out of Martina's buttocks, and by looking back at the evidence one by one, it is easy to determine the cause of her death.

The dissection hasn't started yet.

The evidence was so clear that Zeng Lianrong did not delay even though the case involved a foreigner. In front of Alessio, he turned to Cui Qishan and said, "Mechanical asphyxiation, it's a case."

He didn't say the exact method of death, but even though it was pretty clear, he still played it safe.

Once it is confirmed that it is a case and the criminal police team is informed, all kinds of resources can be safely deployed.

At the level of criminal police captain, they don't pay much attention to specific cases, but the specifications of homicide cases are different.

"Start the dissection." Zeng Lianrong looked at Jiang Yuan and Alessio again, then started.

I saw him first cut along the neck, smoothly cutting through the epidermis, and looking at the subcutaneous tissue and muscle layer of the neck.

"Extensive bleeding." Zeng Lianrong said as he was doing the work, while a forensic assistant was taking notes. Although Zhan Kan was a junior forensic doctor, he also helped with some auxiliary work at this time.

"No obvious foreign body was found in the trachea, but the mucosa was congested and had bleeding spots..."

"The thyroid cartilage is fractured..."

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Zeng Lianrong felt more and more relaxed as he worked. The body was fresh, and there was nothing strange about it. Although the manner of death was a little atypical, the state of death was basically typical.

To put it in more human terms, although the manner of death was strange, it was not weird at all.

Soon, Cui Qishan turned back and asked, "Any explanation?"

Zeng Lianrong had already cut open the abdominal cavity. He held the corpse's stomach and said, "There are slight scratches on the wrists of the corpse, indicating resistance. There is no food in the stomach. The time of death should be after 12:00 a.m...."

Cui Qishan nodded slightly and made a note in his notebook.

Jiang Yuan said at this time: "The time of death is most likely 2 o'clock in the morning."

Although he did not perform the autopsy himself, the information he collected from watching the autopsy was enough.

"Okay." Cui Qishan immediately added on his notebook, and said, "This is good. I'll check the surveillance footage before and after the death to see if anyone entered or left the deceased's apartment during this period."

Zeng Lianrong's mouth twitched twice, and he suppressed the idea of ​​asking Jiang Yuan. There was a foreign forensic doctor here, so if he wanted to ask, he would ask afterwards.

Alessio was asked not to speak, but after listening to the translator's words, he frowned and looked at Jiang Yuan frequently.

Zhan Kan, who had little work pressure, noticed Alessio's expression and couldn't help but smile. Jiang Yuan was well-known in Beijing for his ability to identify the time of death, but the foreigner had obviously never seen it.

"Was the deceased strangled to death with a rope?" Cui Qishan asked again.

Zeng Lianrong nodded: "Yes, but it shouldn't be the rope you brought. The rope you brought is for fun, and the edges have anti-strangulation marks. The rope for killing people must be thicker and stronger."

"If he brought the rope specially and there were defensive injuries, then it can be ruled out as an accident." Cui Qishan frowned as he spoke: "If it's just a plaything, accidentally strangling someone is one thing, but if it's murder..."

Zhan Kan was curious: "Interest?"

"The scene looked like sexual asphyxiation," Cui Qishan explained. He then looked at Alessio and said, "Come with me, who is this? The autopsy is almost done, right?"

The translator quickly told Alessio.

Alessio quickly said, "Not yet. It would be more reasonable to draw conclusions after the autopsy."

Cui Qishan's face tightened: "Didn't I tell you not to talk during the autopsy? Now that you've talked, I have no choice but to take you away."