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Chapter 158 Suffocated to Death

"A preliminary estimate is that the cause of death of the deceased was suffocation." Qiu Lan gently moved the hands of the deceased around his chest, exposing his neck.

Hearing her words, Xu Chengyan had doubts in his eyes, "Suffocated to death?"

"Yes!" Qiu Lan nodded firmly, her voice was cold, "The deceased's lips were cyanotic, his pupils were dilated, and his eyelids were bleeding, which are typical symptoms of suffocation."

"But." Xu Chengyan lengthened the ending, and his eyes stayed on the bloody broken neck.

Qiu Lan understood his doubts.

Anyone who saw such a scene would probably have doubts about the judgment of death by suffocation, but science is science, and she believed in her professional judgment.

"Officer Xu, the wound on the neck was caused after the deceased had suffocated, because the wound shows no signs of healing."

"So I am sure that the neck of the deceased was broken after death. As for the specific report, I will go back to the laboratory to test the platelet content in the blood stain on the neck of the deceased."

"Okay, please trouble Dr. Qiu." Seeing her firm eyes, Xu Chengyan dispelled the doubts in his heart, the expression on his face gradually froze, and there was a burst of meaningful eyes in his eyes.

"What is the possible tool for committing the crime?"

Qiu Lan lowered her eyes and was silent for a second or two. After thinking about it, she replied, "Thin wires, metal wires with a diameter of less than two millimeters, such as iron wires and copper wires."

"Because the red strangle marks on the neck of the deceased were very thin, and the marks were only about one millimeter."

"Peipei, go tell Expert Cao to ask them to pay attention to thin wires and metal wires with a diameter of less than two millimeters when searching for evidence. That is likely to be the weapon that killed the deceased."

Xu Chengyan, with a serious face, glanced sideways at Peipei beside him, and responded.

"Okay." After hearing his words, Peipei immediately turned around and walked towards Cao Fan, telling him Qiu Lan's judgment.

At the same time, Qiu Lan took out the slender liver temperature detector from the box, slowly inserted it into the liver of the deceased, and the pointer on the instrument panel turned a few times.

"32 degrees, the time of death was an hour ago?" Qiu Lan dragged out the ending, with a hint of doubt in her voice.

"What's the matter?" Xu Chengyan looked at her with the same expression, and asked suspiciously, "Is there any doubt?"

After hearing his question, Qiu Lan didn't respond to him immediately, but lowered her eyes, bowed her head in thought for a moment, her eyes dimmed.

"On the back and legs of the corpse, there were many light purple spots. The spots appeared two to four hours after the death of the human body, but the liver temperature showed that the death was only one hour old."

She told Xu Chengyan about her doubts, her lips pursed lightly.

"There are also many small traces of corruption on the corpse, which is why there is such a strong smell, but these should not appear now?"

"The timing isn't right?" Xu Chengyan frowned, with a solemn expression, "Could it be related to the corpse being soaked in gasoline?"

"It's possible." Qiu Lan nodded thoughtfully, "However, it's not the problem of gasoline, but the gasoline contains other ingredients, which will affect our judgment of the death time of the deceased."

"Officer Xu, I have asked expert Cao to obtain evidence. I will not give you the exact time of death until the test results from him come out."

"Okay." Xu Chengyan nodded, and responded softly, "We will first investigate the family background of the deceased and see who he has made enemies with."

He glanced at the bruises on the corpse, and echoed what Qiu Lan had just said, his eyes sank.

"There were so many scars two hours before the death, maybe the person who fought with the deceased was the murderer of the deceased."

"I also agree." Qiu Lan raised her eyebrows and nodded slightly.

"The multiple scars on the deceased's body appeared almost instantly, and the person who hurt him must have dealt a heavy hand."

Generally speaking, if it is only a minor injury, only subcutaneous bruises will form within 24 hours, which can only be revealed under ultraviolet light.

However, the traces on the deceased's body were revealed early in the morning, and the force of the blow can be said to be capable of breaking a human finger.

So Qiu Lan still doubted that there were other scars inside the body of the deceased.

"Officer Xu, the simple situation is what I told you just now. As for the others, I can't report to you until I dissect it."

With a serious face, Qiu Lan took off the goggles and mask, and the blush on her face was clearly visible.

When Xu Chengyan, who was standing beside her, saw the scar on her face, a trace of concern and worry flashed across her eyes.

At this moment, Henry, who had been searching the garbage dump, walked towards them quickly, with a hasty look on his face.

"Doctor Qiu, Officer Xu, I found it." She came over with a sealed evidence bag and a cotton swab that was always glowing purple and pink.

"According to what Doctor Qiu said just now, I found a rusty copper wire with red and black marks on it. I verified it, and it was a blood stain reaction."

Rusty copper wire?
Qiu Lan took the evidence bag in her hand, and carefully looked at the evidence inside. The diameter was indeed less than two millimeters, and the length was enough to strangle a person.

"But." She frowned tightly, her lips were tightly pressed into a straight line, "This is not a weapon for strangling the dead."

"There are green traces on this copper wire, and the composition is copper oxide, which means that the copper wire is rusted."

"But when I checked the strangle marks on the neck of the deceased, I found no copper rust, and I found no traces of copper oxide on the wound on the neck of the deceased."

"Then this copper wire?" Xu Chengyan's eyes darkened, his brows were deep, "Could it be that there is another dead person?"

"Don't be so scared." Qiu Lan raised the corners of her mouth lightly and frowned, "It's also possible that someone was injured and strangled by the copper wire."

Hearing her words, Xu Chengyan nodded.

For some reason, when he saw the faint smile on the corner of Qiu Lan's mouth, he couldn't help showing a smile.

The cold atmosphere was instantly warmed up a lot.

"No matter what, this copper wire still needs to be taken back for testing." He glanced at the forensic officer beside him, and said in a calm voice, "Mo Heng, you should investigate further where this copper wire was found."

"Thank you for your hard work. Today, this place is indeed a heavy workload for you."

"It doesn't matter, this is what our job is, and it's not like we haven't searched the garbage dump before." Henry pursed his lips, replied, and then turned around and walked towards the garbage dump.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the sun sets, and the golden light covers the garbage dump.

The evidence collection work of the forensics department is still going on, but Qiu Lan has already preliminarily checked the corpse, and will only wait until tomorrow to dissect the corpse.

Xiao Cong led people to transport the corpse to the transfer vehicle, and she was also preparing to leave.

However, just as Qiu Lan was walking towards the direction of parking outside the cordon, a supercar with a beautiful face fell into her eyes.

That's Li Shanghan's car!

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