The world of American TV series: Starting with the L.A. Patrol.

Chapter 93 Old Zoo

"These two have just been moved to the dissecting table. It will take some time. Let me give you some preliminary information about the first two."

Brianna immediately entered the state, and the speed of speaking also accelerated a lot.

"The male corpse matches the information you provided. It has been buried underground for at least 5 years. It is almost completely skeletal. The palms and soles of the feet are missing. The biological samples have been sent to the laboratory for DNA comparison."

Huggins on the side raised a finger, indicating that he had something to say: "I checked the insect remains on the male corpse, and compared the soil composition, and the characteristics of the Diptera muscidae larvae inside."

"Uh, speaking of English, we just need to know the conclusion." Rossi was familiar with their style, knowing that there would be a long and eloquent speech, so he interrupted quickly.

Huggins rolled his eyes and said reluctantly: "Your guess is correct. This body was buried twice for no more than three days. The specific time needs to be further confirmed."

Rossi nodded and pointed at the two corpses that were completely skeletal. "These two are known victims. We have plenty of time to wait for the DNA test results to be compared. The most important thing now is that these two are later in time." The female body needs to be identified as soon as possible and clues that can reveal the murderer need to be found."

Brianna brought everyone to the corpse found at the first location. Jack endured the strong corpse smell and looked at the corpse. The corpse had already been cleaned up, and the clothes fragments were collected together and placed on a plate middle.

"I only did a preliminary examination and I can't provide much information. The body is no more than 30 years old and suffered great pain during its lifetime."

Brianna said, pointing to the face of the corpse.

"There are petechiae around the face, which meet the characteristics of death by suffocation, but there are no strangulation marks, the laryngeal cartilage is intact, and there are no signs of fracture. There are signs of internal bleeding on the entire face, indicating that the deceased cried for several hours before death."

Jack's forensic science skills are just beginning, but some obvious features can still be distinguished.

"Buried alive? I noticed that the nails on the corpse were particularly badly damaged."

Breonna shook her head, "It doesn't have to be buried alive. The relative sealing of the container is enough to cause suffocation. I found shards of paint in her fingernails."

Everyone had a creepy feeling. A young woman was wailing in pain in a closed oil drum, struggling desperately, and finally died of suffocation helplessly. Scenes.

"The murderer is a copycat, and he should also be an admirer of Rosalind. They are all keen to enjoy the victim's painful struggle before death, and gain psychological pleasure by torturing the victim. The specific methods are different, but the purpose is the same."

Jack didn't know how to do psychological profiling yet, but the role was relatively simple, and he quickly made some simple descriptions.

John has the ugliest complexion, and he is a very empathetic character.

"Ah, by the way, here is a discovery that you should be interested in."

Breanna took out a UV lamp and shone it on the skin of the corpse's chest.

John leaned his head closer and struggled to distinguish the blurry tattoos on it.

"DOD8918? What do you mean?"

"Day of Death, time of death, August 18, 8, which is six months ago tomorrow."

Rossi said grimly.

"Dr. Breanna, could you check out the fresher body from the second scene?"

Jack's heart moved and he made a suggestion.

Breonna nodded, walked quickly to the corpse, cut open the clothes with scissors and checked the skin of the corpse. The giant corpse had passed its viewing period, but it could still be vaguely distinguished from its appearance. The deceased was also a relatively young man before his death. of women.

"In the abdomen, DOD 11918."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and an ominous premonition rose in their hearts at the same time.

"The time interval between the first corpse and the second corpse is three months, that is to say, according to this rule"

John spoke what was on everyone's mind.

"There will be another victim tomorrow before Rosalind tells us about the third burial site, and that's her plan."

Rossi's face was extremely ugly.

"Is she trying to make a deal? Now she has a hostage." John asked.

Jack shook his head: "She won't say it. What she's doing is waiting quietly, enjoying all this, appreciating our anxiety and helplessness, and using this emotion as nourishment to nourish the demons in her heart."

John looked at Rosie blankly, and when he saw him nodding, his face suddenly turned gray.

Only Rossi looked calm, and continued to ask Breenna: "Dr. Breenna, do you have a way to find the crime scene? For example, by comparing trace traces."

Brianna shook her head and said, "We need time. Now the identities of the two deceased cannot be confirmed. I can't even extract fingerprints. It will take at least two hours to perform water dialysis on the finger skin, and even longer to wait for the DNA test."

"Uh" Jack touched his nose in embarrassment, but now was a race against time, not a time to hide.

He pointed to the chest of the corpse in front of him, "The deceased should have undergone breast augmentation surgery before his death. If the implant is removed, the code above may help to find out the identity of the deceased as soon as possible."

Although the atmosphere at the scene was very solemn, Jack still felt that everyone was looking at him a little strangely.

"Aha, I found you." Huggins, who was using the microscope, shouted excitedly, attracting everyone's attention.

"What did you find?" John asked impatiently.

"A fungus, spores of which I had previously found in the clothes and fingernails of the first deceased, an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus endemic to the forests of South Asia, were now in the clothes of the second deceased. This fungus was discovered."

"What does this mean? Both of the deceased have been to the southern subtropical forest?"

John was puzzled.

"There should be a tropical botanical garden or a zoo with Asian elephants in Los Angeles, right?" Huggins raised his head and asked.

"You mean that the murderer tattooed the victim in a busy botanical garden or zoo, and then locked him in an iron bucket to watch the desperate scream of the victim before he died?"

Just when John denied this possibility, Jack felt that the scene in front of him seemed familiar, and an idea suddenly flashed in his mind.

"It's not a botanical garden, it's a zoo, a closed zoo."

"There is an old zoo in Los Angeles. It was closed in the 60s and has been abandoned and isolated from the world."

He remembered that there was such a section in the original plot, where John found and rescued the third victim, and was beaten so that the murderer ran away. This was how Lucy was kidnapped later. plot.

Sure enough, John slapped his forehead and said, "You also know that old zoo. I went there when I was traveling around when I first arrived in LA, and this place is very close to Griffith Park."