Chapter 47 The Significance of Dismemberment

After determining the cause of He Yunke's death, Xu Yiqing and Lin Sheng began to analyze other details that could be the key to solving the case.

Xu Yiqing asked: "Why did the murderer want to dismember the body?"

Lin Sheng was stunned: "This..."

Xu Yiqing said: "I mean most of the dismemberment cases."

Mr. Lin replied, "In order to conceal their identity, they dismembered the body and then dumped it. This is actually a defensive psychology caused by fear. They try to destroy the body as much as possible and scatter it far away from themselves. It is often seen when the crime is committed by acquaintances."

In general dismemberment cases, the murderer's pattern of dealing with the body can be roughly summarized as "throwing it far away and burying it nearby."

That is, if the body dumping site is very close to the murderer's residence or the crime scene, the murderer will choose to bury the dismembered body parts; but if the body dumping site is far away, the murderer will save time out of fear in an unfamiliar environment, and will choose to just dump the body parts that are taken far away without burying them.

Therefore, when investigating cases of dismemberment and disposal of corpses, some experienced detectives will analyze the murderer's safety circle based on the concealment of the body parts, and use simple geometry knowledge to determine the approximate direction of the murderer's residence or the first crime scene.

Xu Yiqing said: "No matter what the murderer's purpose was in dismembering and disposing of the body, he ultimately wanted to prevent the police from finding the deceased. Even if one of the body parts was found, there would be no way to determine the identity of the deceased."

Then he pointed to the autopsy table and said, "I felt something was strange when the body was brought here. Now I realize the suspicious part... The murderer cut He Yunke into pieces but did not dispose of the body."

After being reminded by Xu Yiqing, Lin Sheng also realized that the body in front of him, which had been dug out of the concrete, although broken into more than ten pieces, was at least complete when put together.

Xu Yiqing thought in the form of questions. While asking Lin Sheng, he was also asking himself: "Under what circumstances would a murderer cut up the body of a deceased person but not discard it?"

Lin Sheng shook his head, he couldn't think of it.

Xu Yiqing also pondered for a moment, but ultimately did not come to a conclusion.

Fortunately, Jiangcheng Police invited the most authoritative experts in this field just after the Chinese New Year to deal with the situation where the murderer's psychology could not be guessed.

Xu Yiqing called Zhou Shi, briefly explained the autopsy to her, and then asked this question lying on the dissection table -

Why didn't the murderer dump the body?

What's the point of sawing He Yunke into pieces?

The Forensic Department keeps pace with the times and uses an intelligent system similar to a car assistant in the autopsy room. Simple dialing and answering calls can be done with voice control, and there is no need to put on or take off protective clothing.

After a while, Zhou Shi's voice rang out in the autopsy room: "Why do you think the murderer didn't dump the body?"

Xu Yiqing said: "These body parts were found in the same place. If the deceased had not been pieced together, this would be no different from an ordinary cement corpse... Oh, and the time of death of the deceased is later than the time when the sculpture was built. This is the most incredible part, but let's not discuss it for now."

Zhou Shi said: "According to what I have learned, the definition of dumping a body is that the murderer takes the body to a place other than the crime scene to dispose of it. Disposing of the body after dismembering it is nothing more than making it more difficult for the police to catch you, and it is just deceiving yourself. So in fact, there is no such thing as not dumping the body after dismembering it, the only question is why the body is dismembered."

After Zhou Shi's advice, Xu Yiqing realized the reason for the dismemberment, but he was still a little hesitant: "Is it for easier transportation?"

"Yes, I guess the size of each dismembered body part is about fifty centimeters, maybe smaller."

Upon hearing this, Lin Sheng took out the autopsy report, which contained measured data. Sure enough, the sizes of the body parts were very uniform, almost the same as Zhou Shi had guessed.

Zhou Shi was 70% sure of his judgment: "He froze the victim after killing her, sawed her into pieces of weight and size that were easy to carry, and then dumped them into the concrete in batches... As long as the park was not the first crime scene, it was considered a body dump."

After listening to this, Xu Yiqing nodded. He had admired Zhou Shi's ability to guess other people's thoughts for a long time.

This time it helped me a lot.

"Thank you. I will continue working."

"Oh," Zhou Shi chuckled and sighed, "You came when I called you and left when I dismissed you. Just a polite thank you."

The phone was hung up, without giving Xu Yiqing any chance to say anything, just like a woman turning her head away after shaking her hair, refusing to listen and not explaining anything.

Lin Sheng didn't even notice that he was laughing secretly. It was only when Xu Yiqing squinted at him that he reacted. He coughed twice and pretended to be busy. But he was secretly muttering in his heart that Captain Du was right. The relationship between the master and the mistress didn't look like a divorce at all.

Xu Yiqing felt helpless when seeing this. He was led astray by Du Yu, so he had no choice but to put on his airs as a master.

"If you just listen with your ears, you will forget it in a moment... Go, write in the autopsy report that the murderer most likely went in and out of the construction site of the park renovation several times to dump the body."

"Okay, I'll write it right away."

In order to save transportation costs, the base of the bronze sparrow statue was cast at the construction site of the park renovation. Right in the center of the square, from the first time the civil workers applied plaster to the completion of the pouring, the base never moved.

After finishing speaking, Xu Yiqing took a breath and whispered to himself: "Personnel screening has always been the specialty of criminal police. Du Yu should be able to investigate this quickly. This way, we will have one more clue to help solve the case... and we will be one step closer to the truth of the photo."

About ten minutes later, news came from the laboratory.

Xu Yiqing had previously asked Lin Sheng to send the deceased's gastric fluid for testing... In fact, it could no longer be called gastric fluid. With the stomach in an advanced state of decay, the liquid inside was viscous and thin, like overcooked sugar color.

Lin Sheng took the report and read it to Xu Yiqing: "Diazepam was detected in the gastric solution."

Xu Yiqing said: "Diazepam is a chemical substance and the main ingredient of benzodiazepine sleeping pills."

Lin Sheng said: "He Yunke was drugged and killed in his sleep!"

Xu Yiqing stroked his chin: "A place with both a bed and a kitchen knife... The first crime scene should be someone's home, and it must be someone they know."

He was able to get into the house to drink water and was drugged, and he had a place to rest when he was tired. Xu Yiqing didn't believe that He Yunke was not familiar with the other party.

Even if there is such a possibility in a hotel, no hotel would dare to provide kitchen knives.

At this point, the autopsy can obtain enough useful information, including the cause of death, time of death, certain motives of the murderer, and even the possible first crime scene.

So Xu Yiqing did not delay any longer and handed the autopsy report to Du Yu, who had been smoking in the office of the Forensic Medicine Building.

Du Yu's face still looked bad, somewhat gloomy, without the cheerfulness that accompanied his usual steadiness.

It was obvious that having to report the death of his family members again was a big blow to him, especially since this time his broken family included a helpless wife and two hungry children.

Xu Yiqing patted his shoulder and said, "If it doesn't work, I'll go and tell him. It's customary for the medical examiner to come for a death notice."

Du Yu shook his head, his voice a little hoarse from smoking and silence: "No need, Lao Xu. Let me handle this kind of thing... and the autopsy report also mentioned that the murderer might be an acquaintance. According to the procedure, I still have to take Zou Yi's statement... Oh, it's just a side job."

Although Du Yu didn't think Zou Yi would kill her husband, the process still had to be followed.

After a pause, his eyes became sharp. "When I get back from Zou Yi's house, I will ask the technical department to crack He Yunke's old phone. Someone has already died, so I don't care about any commercial secrets."

In Du Yu's heart, the sky is big, the earth is big, and human life is the most important.

This is no longer just a missing case, the person is dead!
If there are any clues about acquaintances in the phone, he will definitely check it regardless of whether Fumei Group cooperates or not. What kind of bullshit commercial secrets are there? At worst, he can just take off his police badge and quit, but he has to give an explanation to He Yunke's widow.

Xu Yiqing sighed softly, and then said firmly: "I will go to Zou Yi's house with you. Don't worry, Lao Du, I will help you. This is also my business."

He Yunke’s death is no longer a simple forensic investigation.

How can we retreat when the danger is right in front of us?

The people in the photo died mysteriously one after another. When Xu Yiqing turned around, he could see darkness spreading to his feet.

But he never lacks the courage to step into the darkness in search of the truth.

(End of this chapter)

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