Based on extensive past experience in solving cases, after committing a murder and disposing of the body nearby, the perpetrator usually opts to bury the body. If the body is disposed of at a distance, it is generally abandoned.
This is due to the natural psychological patterns of humans, where most people feel a natural sense of security near their hos.
They are relatively familiar with the geographical situation and people flow around their residence, making it easier to choose a spot to bury the body and take their ti.
However, disposing of a body at a distance is different. Perpetrators disposing of a body far away usually do it quickly and subconsciously because they are unfamiliar with the area and fear being discovered, so they complete the task as quickly as possible and leave.
It’s extrely rare for a perpetrator to choose a completely unfamiliar location to dig a pit and bury a body.
However, every rule has its exceptions.
Ren Qiang shook his head.
"Not necessarily. Do you rember the case report in Qinzhou five years ago? The perpetrator dumped the body right at their doorstep."
"Back then, everyone speculated the body was disposed of far away but buried nearby. But in the end, the perpetrator just dumped the body at their doorstep."
Regardless of the perpetrator’s situation, the clues obtained from visits and investigations are extrely limited.
The stench at the Warehouse Valley landfill is strong. Generally, the nearby villagers don’t co here; only so scavengers co to dig through the trash.
Moreover, this place doesn’t have surveillance caras. If the perpetrator ca here at night, no one would possibly notice.
"How’s the comparison with the missing person database going?"
"We’ve compared recent missing persons from our city but found nothing. It’s up to Cri Scene Investigation now."
The deceased’s body showed so mold, but the facial features were still recognizable.
Upon discovering the body, the Criminal Investigation Team staff imdiately collected the deceased’s facial images and compared them with recently missing persons in Haizhou City, but unfortunately, they found nothing.
This leads to two possibilities: either the deceased’s family did not report them missing, or the person is not within Haizhou City’s missing persons range.
The deceased was wearing a valuable diamond ring on their hand, and the necklace of colored gold around their neck appeared to be a brand na, which suggests the deceased’s family was quite affluent.
Generally speaking, the possibility of soone from such a background going missing without being reported as such is small.
Ren Qiang believes the likelihood is greatest that the person is a missing individual from another city.
But there is no way right now. Since the appearance didn’t match, they can only wait for the fingerprint analysis or DNA identification from the Cri Scene Investigation team.
Forensic Laboratory.
"Confird, there are signs of secondary mold growth, with different types of mold present."
It was Shen Yan’s first ti seeing a moldy body, previously having only seen them in videos.
So, this was a rare learning opportunity.
"In recent years, the number of moldy bodies has decreased. In the past, moldy bodies were particularly common."
Wang Changjiang remarked as he conducted the examination.
"About ten or twenty years ago, living conditions were poor. Unlike now, when everyone lives in apartnt buildings, back then, people lived in bungalows where humidity was high. A few days after death, mold could begin to form in most houses."
"Now, decomposition doesn’t necessarily lead to mold."
"Shen, co over and take a look. These areas showing mold spots are our focus in examinations because they can possibly obscure wounds or other marks."
"Look beneath these mycelium; there’s a layer of cohesive gray matter, which is already dead mycelium..."
"Execute a test, see what these mycelium are most likely resulting from mold occurring during the refrigeration process..."
"However, if it’s mold from refrigeration... then the ti of death is unlikely to be a month ago. Exact timing depends on lab results..."
In most cases, the likelihood of mold developing during refrigeration is low, unless the temperature is not low enough or hygiene is quite poor.
But for a body to develop mold under refrigeration, the ti cannot be short.
Yet the body found at the landfill had relatively little decay, approximately less than a month old.
Of course, this is because the body was sealed in a suitcase and covered with trash; otherwise, it would have rotted away long ago.
"Let’s perform an autopsy to see if we can determine the ti of death through changes in the organs."
Determining the ti of death is a comprehensive assessnt.
Generally, the determination can be made through visible signs such as livor mortis and rigor mortis.
For bodies with a prolonged post-mortem interval, assessnts can be made based on the degree of decomposition or generational growth of maggots.
The most challenging aspect for forensic doctors is determining the ti of death for refrigerated bodies.
Just like the current body.
The body shows mold, but the mold happened at the landfill, which allows us to determine the defrosting ti, approximately a month ago.
But the ti of death?
A year?
Two years?
The back of the body shows sh-like imprints but no livor mortis, indicating that the body was not imdiately frozen after death.
The freezing occurred after the livor mortis disappeared and rigor mortis was no longer present.
Also, from the dismbered thighs and arms, it is clear the perpetrator did this to facilitate dismbering the body.
But how long this refrigeration lasted...
Judging by the mold developed through the freezing process, it would take at least more than half a year.
Otherwise, it is difficult for mold to form on refrigerated bodies in less than that ti span.
Lu Chuan’s fingerprint identification analysis corroborated Wang Changjiang’s autopsy conclusion.
The deceased’s fingerprints were matched successfully, confirming the identity.
Wang Lili, female, thirty-two years old, from Huangzhou, reported missing since March last year, now one year and three months.
As soon as the deceased’s identity was verified, Lu Chuan disseminated the information.
The fingerprints on the suitcase were left by scavengers.
"It’s actually soone from Huangzhou?"
Ren Qiang was sowhat surprised when he received the information.
After the victim did not match with Haizhou City’s missing persons, Ren Qiang speculated the person might be from another city, but he didn’t expect it to be from Huangzhou.
Huangzhou isn’t just hundreds of kiloters from Haizhou City; it’s over a thousand kiloters.
How did the perpetrator manage such a long distance?
Considering the missing person was reported in Huangzhou, it suggests Wang Lili disappeared there and possibly was murdered in Huangzhou.
Killed in Huangzhou and the body discarded in Haizhou City, this long-distance disposal seems a bit extre, doesn’t it?
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night as the forensic team continues the autopsy, analyzing the ti of the deceased’s death.
The cause of death is clear, stabbing in the chest with a sharp weapon caused death.
But the ti of death...
The ti of disappearance does not necessarily indicate when the person died.
After completing the fingerprint analysis and confirming the identity, Lu Chuan went to the basent to assist.
Old Bai’s DNA identification was nearing completion, with results soon to corroborate Lu’s fingerprint identification.
The process is quite complex; the micro-evidence analysis experints tend to be laborious.
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