Madness of the Heart

Beicheng District, Textile [-]th Road, Fengshui Lane.

The old red brick house stands on the side of the road, looking like a wall from a distance. On the side of the wall, there is always a road with traffic jams. When the green light for pedestrians on the roadside is turned on, the crowd flocks to the opposite side like bees. On the other side of the wall, But it is a back alley with few people. Stray dogs, trash cans, and large discarded furniture are the owners of the back alley. Some cars occasionally pass through the back alley in order to hurry.

The back alley has been emitting a stench for many years.

As soon as Ming Shu got off the police car, he smelled the unusual smell in the air, and immediately took out the prepared mask and latex gloves and put them on.

The body has been taken to the North City Branch, but it is still necessary to see the scene in person.

Mingshu walked towards the trash can where the corpse was hidden, the heels of his leather shoes splashed a little mud.

He didn't wear a police uniform today, but a short leather jacket he bought not long ago.Soon it will be the New Year's Day and Christmas season, and the streets and alleys are full of festive atmosphere. He got up early in the morning and went to the cloakroom prepared by Xiao Yuan for him for a long time. He planned to have a romantic western meal with Xiao Yuan after work at night. To join in the fun of the festival, but when the case comes, the plan will naturally fall through.

The trace investigation is basically completed, but the criminal police from the branch office have not been removed, and the warning tape is still pulled.Mingshu greeted them, and squatted beside the trash can to compare the angles in the photos.

Judging from the situation after the trash can was knocked down, the corpse was stuffed into the trash can with its head down. The trash can had no cover. After the wild dogs foraging around found the corpse, they ate the limbs, neck The meat of the body and face.

"Ming team!" A man with extremely short hair came running over.

Mingshu got up, and smiled when he saw the person coming, "Xiao Xiang."

"You still remember me!"

"I have a good memory."

Xiang Tao is a criminal police officer of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Beicheng Branch. He has just joined the job and is very young.When the serious crime team investigated the cases of Shachun and Wu Zhen, it needed the cooperation of the Beicheng Branch. Wang Hao, the deputy captain of the detachment who was at odds with Mingshu, did everything he could to perfunctory, but Xiang Tao was quite serious and put a lot of effort into it.

Then Mingshu noticed him.

"Team Wang has gone to study. Team Li is now in charge of this case, and I am in charge of the scene." Xiang Tao said, "After receiving the report, I arrived as soon as possible. If you have any questions, you can ask me at the scene." .”

Mingshu nodded and said with a smile, "Very positive."

Xiang Tao didn't hide his thoughts, "Captain Li told me that after the new year, the Criminal Investigation Bureau will recruit again. If I work hard, I might be selected."

Mingshu raised his eyes slightly, and looked at the young policeman again.

During the last cooperation, he saw that Xiang Tao was not satisfied with being under someone like Wang Hao, and would leave the branch office sooner or later and jump to the Criminal Investigation Bureau. He did not expect to meet again, and this kid just said it so plainly.

At least in terms of xinxing, he is still a malleable talent.

Ming Shu said: "If you want to come to the Criminal Investigation Bureau, then when you arrive at the Criminal Investigation Bureau, which squadron do you want to go to?"

Xiang Tao smiled brightly, "Of course it's the serious crimes team!"

Ming Shu wanted to pat Xiang Tao on the shoulder, but since he was wearing latex gloves, he had no choice but to give up, "Then try hard."

Xiang Tao stood up straight, "Yes!"

At this time, two wild dogs passed by outside the security zone, eagerly looking at the trash can.

Stray dogs are very vigilant. It stands to reason that they should not approach when they see so many people.A team member standing near the warning belt was worried that they would come in and destroy the scene again, so he raised his hand to drive them away.One of them turned and ran, but the other did not leave immediately, but grinned, its eyes were fierce, and its back was arched high-this was a posture about to attack.

Mingshu frowned, "Are there many stray dogs here?"

"This area is a demolition area, half of which was demolished, and the remaining red brick houses are basically unoccupied, with few people, and there is a shelter from the wind and rain. In addition, the weather is cold now, and the stray dogs nearby gather here. "Xiang Tao said: "The preliminary autopsy of the forensic doctor determined that the time of death was within four days, and it was thrown here shortly after death. The garbage here is not cleaned every day, and it is in an unmanaged state. It takes ten days and a half months. The hired cleaners came to deal with it, so the corpse has never been found. Team Ming, this corpse has been gnawed beyond recognition in four days, but fortunately the facial bones are not damaged, and simulated restoration can be done. If the corpse is later Some were found and had their skulls gnawed on by stray dogs, making it even more difficult to identify."

Mingshu had some inferences in his mind, and asked again: "Have you found any clues such as fingerprints and footprints?"

"The footprints are incomplete and have been destroyed by the wheels. There are fingerprints, but they are all old fingerprints, which do not match the time of death, and there is no comparison result in the system."

Mingshu raised his head and looked at the red brick house next to him.

The back alley where he is now, on the left hand side is a wasteland that has been demolished in a mess. On the scattered houses that have not been demolished, all the windows are gone, and some even have no roofs. At first glance, it seems that they have experienced a scene. The tragic earthquake; on the right hand side are complete red brick houses. Compared with the houses on the wasteland, the red brick houses seem to be able to accommodate people, but they are not. They are the first batch of houses built in Dongye City. Ten years ago It has been refurbished, and now it looks unique on the surface, but the inside is already dilapidated.

But it would be wrong to say that no one lives there.

No matter how dilapidated the house is, there are people guarding it.

Mingshu turned his gaze from a pile of clothes hanging out, "Have you done the preliminary visit?"

"It's not finished yet." Xiang Tao said: "At present, no one has said that they saw the murderer throwing the body."

"Continue to investigate." Ming Shu said, "I'll go to the branch office and have a meeting later."

"understand!"

North City Branch, Criminal Investigation Detachment.

Knowing that Mingshu went to the scene, Xing Mu rushed to the branch very consciously, and performed the autopsy with the forensic doctor of the branch.When Mingshu came to the branch, the detailed autopsy report had just come out.

"The identity cannot be confirmed for the time being, waiting for craniofacial simulation restoration." Xing Mu looked a little sad, "But I personally don't believe in this technology."

Craniofacial restoration is a method of finding the source of the dead body when DNA, fingerprint comparison and other methods cannot determine the identity of the deceased. It performs simulated restoration on the complete skull, and its technical support is a massive database.But even so, the restored portraits are not necessarily consistent with the real appearance of the deceased. In many cases at home and abroad, there are many cases where the restored portraits are completely different from the real appearance.Therefore, most of the time, the police only use craniofacial restoration as a reference in unavoidable situations.

"At least the age is basically confirmed." Mingshu quickly browsed the autopsy report, "The cause and time of death are also confirmed. It is not a big problem to determine the identity of the deceased by investigating the missing persons according to the time of death."

Xing Mu has to admit that although he hates the leader, Mingshu is very reliable.

The body was in dire condition, with the face and neck a disaster, stray dogs gnawing on clues that might have existed on the body, and the identity of the deceased was difficult to ascertain.As a forensic doctor, Xing Mu has seen all kinds of corpses, but this time the deadly wound was on the head, so he must focus on the head of the corpse. Staring at such a head for a long time will still hurt him psychologically. some impact.But as soon as Mingshu came, a few words made him feel a lot more at ease.

Seeing Xing Mu staring at him, Mingshu called out, "Teacher Xing?"

Xing Mu quickly regained consciousness and picked up his report, "Let me explain the main points. The deceased was 1 meters tall, weighed 63 kilograms, and was between 49 and 35 years old. The fracture of the occipital bone caused serious brain injury, and the fracture It was caused by hitting with a blunt object. The contact surface of the blunt object is a perfect circle with a diameter of 36 cm, and it may be a tool hammer."

Mingshu raised his hand, "Stop."

Xing Mu looked up, "Huh?"

"In the vast majority of homicide cases where a blunt instrument is used to hit the head, the murderer will hit repeatedly. One is to vent his anger, and the other is to worry that he will not die if the number of times is low." Ming Shu looked at the report, "But in In this case, you concluded that the murderer had only hit twice."

Xing Mu was stunned for a moment, "Yes, only twice. Although a person's head is not fragile, it can't withstand heavy blows. If the force is enough and the position is right, one blow is enough to kill a person."

"Then what would happen if the murderer didn't make up for the blow this time?" Mingshu asked.

Xing Mu did not understand the reason for Mingshu's question, but he could answer this question, "He will die too. Judging from the craniocerebral injury, when the murderer hit him for the first time, he used more force, and the victim immediately lost his weight." Mobility."

Mingshu took a few steps, "The murderer may be a familiar hand."

Xing Mu was startled, "That is to say, the murderer has committed crimes in the same way before?"

Mingshu didn't answer, but continued to read the report and said, "The deceased's clothes were not taken off, and he was not violated before and after his death. The back alley is not the first scene, but the corpse dumping site... It is indeed an ideal dumping site." It is a mortuary place, but if it is not someone who has been active there for a long time, they may not know such a place at all."

Yi Fei walked over at this time, "The brothers from the branch office have already checked around the back alley. There are incomplete footprints and a lot of wheel marks at the scene. The murderer probably used some kind of transportation to carry the body. It is very important to find the crime scene now." .”

"The deceased was dressed neatly, with jeans and a sweater, but no overcoat, down jacket or other coat, and no shoes on his feet." Mingshu said: "This kind of dress usually appears just after returning home. The shoes were taken off, the coat was taken off, But because I haven't showered yet, I didn't immediately change into home clothes."

Yi Fei said: "The victim was killed in his own home? Then the body was transferred here by the murderer?"

"The possibility is very high." Mingshu glanced at the report again, "The corpse had impact injuries on the chest, abdomen, thighs, and knees, and compression injuries and choke injuries on the back and back of the neck. Before being killed, the victim and the murderer had gone through a struggle .”

Xing Mu walked to Yi Fei's side, and made a few gestures on Yi Fei's back, "The murderer should have crushed the victim to the ground and killed the victim with a hammer."

Yi Fei touched the back of his head subconsciously.

"Judging from the appearance of the scars, the murderer subdued the victim very briefly." Ming Shu looked at Xing Mu, "Brother Xing, is that so?"

Xing Mu said: "Yes. They had fought, and there was no skin tissue or blood of the murderer in the mouth and nails of the deceased. This also shows that the victim soon lost the ability to resist."

"The victim was a woman over 1 meters tall. She was a bit underweight and not strong enough. However, when a person is in danger, she can burst out with huge energy. She would struggle desperately, but the murderer still pressed her to the ground so easily. "Mingshu said: "The murderer is most likely a strong man. If my previous judgment is correct, the victim was killed in his own home, then the murderer is either her family, or she opened the door for the murderer on her own initiative... ...what is this dog hair?"

"The deceased's lips and tongue had been bitten off by stray dogs, but I found a poke of white animal hair in the mouth of the corpse." Xing Mu said: "It was under the severed tongue. After identification, the poke of white hair It's dog hair."

Yi Fei said: "Why is there dog hair in the mouth?"

"It's not surprising that there are dog hairs in the mouth. Someone has a dog at home, likes dogs, bathes the dog, or plays with the dog, the dog hair may fly into the mouth. But there are 21 dog hairs under the victim's tongue. It couldn't have been accidentally eaten." Xing Mu said, "I think it's possible that the murderer put it in the victim's mouth on purpose."

"The dog hair is hidden under the tongue..." Ming Shu took a few steps and turned around, "Is this the murderer's 'mark?' What did the murderer want to convey through these 21 dog hairs?"

"There is dog hair in the mouth of the corpse, and the face and neck of the corpse were eaten by stray dogs. Is there any connection between the two?" Yi Fei said, "Brother Xing, is it possible that these dog hairs were eaten by dogs?" What was left when eating the corpse?"

"The possibility is very low." Mingshu shook his head. "If stray dogs were left behind, they should be scattered in a mess instead of all gathered in one place. This is the information left by the murderer on purpose. By the way, Brother Xing, are you sure that the deceased Are all the bites caused by stray dogs?"

Xing Mu said, "Do you suspect it was caused by humans?"

"There has never been a case of 'cannibalism' in Dongye City, but in other cities, the 'cannibalism' case has been on the rise in recent years." Ming Shu said: "I participated in one in the special operations team in the first half of the year. A woman in her 40s, chain gym, middle class, divorced, son studying abroad, and before we arrested her, she had murdered eight men under the age of 29, all of whom were clients of her gym. This woman Rich, good-looking, and a strong woman with a successful career, but behind her glamorous appearance, there is a monster who takes pleasure in eating people."

Xing Mu shivered.

Mingshu continued: "She killed them not because of hatred, but because of love. She ate their bladders, and then disassembled and discarded the corpses. During the interrogation, she said that the state of the bladder can reflect whether a person is young and healthy. , and their bladders are delicious."

Xing Mu's face turned pale, he clutched his stomach and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."

"This case left a deep impression on me. People cannibalize people not because of hatred, but because of so-called 'love'." Mingshu put down the autopsy report and leaned against the table, "When I heard that the face of the corpse was gnawed today Food, the first thing I thought of was being eaten by someone.”

Not to mention Xing Mu, even Yi Fei had goosebumps, "'Face-gnawing maniac' has indeed appeared abroad, and more than once. But we have been to the scene, there are so many wild dogs, and the corpses were killed by wild dogs. It's not surprising that dogs gnaw."

"I thought about a problem at the scene." Mingshu folded his hands, "There are a lot of stray dogs living in that alley, and their number has become so large that they are not afraid of people. We are doing trace inspection there, and some wild dogs are like The site seems to be occupied, ready to rush up and bite at any time. The murderer threw the body there, on the one hand, he must have felt that the place was hidden, this is a person who is very familiar with the surroundings, but on the other hand, did the murderer deliberately let the wild dogs help him? Destroy some kind of evidence?"

When Xing Mu came back, he heard that Mingshu and Yi Fei were still discussing the "cannibalism cases" that happened, and suddenly said "ah".

Mingshu said, "Teacher Xing?"

"The scars on the face of the deceased are a bit strange." Xing Mu said: "Her face, neck, hands and feet must have been bitten by stray dogs. There was a 3mm sharps injury to her lower lip."

"3mm?" Mingshu immediately flipped through the detailed pictures on the autopsy report.

"It's not on it." Xing Mu said, "Why don't you follow me to the dissection room."

The body was placed on the dissecting table, and the woman's face could no longer be called a face.

Ming Shu approached and saw Xing Mu lift up the woman's crippled chin, pointing to the right side of the lower lip and said, "It's here. The gnaw wound on her face has no life response at all, and the sharp instrument injury here basically has no life response. "

Mingshu asked: "Basic?"

"The face was severely damaged, and this area is too small, so I dare not make a conclusion." Xing Mu said: "And I don't understand why the murderer cut a knife at this location if the sharp injury was caused after death. .”

Mingshu stood for a moment, "Maybe the lower lip of the deceased was cut off, or maybe the whole lip was cut off."

Xing Mu was surprised, "Why, why?"

"I don't know." Mingshu's face was dark, "Now there are many problems, 21 dog hairs, 3mm sharp wounds, from a ritual point of view, the possibility of serial crimes cannot be ruled out, the identity of the deceased must be determined immediately, find the first on site."

·

Beicheng District, Shuguang Business Building, Block C-2114, Longnv Design Studio.

"What's the matter with your group? Didn't you check it before printing? What is it printed?" Long Xiaoqing stepped on high heels and slapped a thick stack of manuscripts on the table, "It's all fucking crooked, and I can't typesetting Don't fucking do it here with my mother!"

Four women in their twenties shrunk their necks from being yelled at, and no one spoke for a while in the office full of books and magazines.

"You're dumb, huh?" Long Xiaoqing was even more annoyed, "I didn't pay you wages, did I? Recently, the order is huge and you have to work overtime every day, but I doubled your overtime pay. You just use this kind of thing to perfuse I?"

"Long Jie, I'm sorry, I did these." Chen Jinghuan stood up, wondering: "It's true that I was not careful, but, but I didn't mean it either. I didn't sleep all night yesterday, and my mind was confused. Do it again, don't be angry."

Long Xiaoqing wanted to continue scolding at first, but opened his mouth, and suddenly said, "All night? Meng Shan hasn't finished her vacation yet?"

Chen Jinghuan said: "No, her funeral leave expired the day before yesterday, but she never came back. Her father passed away, so we can't keep urging her. She was supposed to do these tasks, and we shared them. Yes, Long Jie, we all tried our best."

"What's not to rush!" Long Xiaoqing became angry again, "Who hasn't died before? She's the only one doing something special? It would be nice if my mother would grant her funeral leave. She still has a job and won't come back? If she doesn't come back, She's dead!"

The women looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling that the boss's words were too vicious, and also felt that Meng Shan's procrastination was really troublesome.

Long Xiaoqing picked up the phone after cursing, dialed the number and said: "You don't rush, I will!"

The women all looked at Long Xiaoqing behind the monitor.

"Shut down?" Long Xiaoqing scolded: "Playing dead, right? Does anyone know where she lives?"

Chen Jinghuan said in a low voice, "How do we know this? Sister Long, something happened to Meng Shan, right?"

Long Xiaoqing, who was just angry at first, was startled suddenly, and said in a low voice, "Oh no!"

Chen Jinghuan didn't understand the true meaning of the "Oops", and thought that Long Xiaoqing was worried about Meng Shan, so she tentatively asked, "Sister Long, why don't we call the police?"

Long Xiaoqing was shocked, "Call the police! Re-make the plate for me! Don't ask anyone about this again!"

·

In order to ascertain the identity of the victim as soon as possible, the criminal police are conducting the most labor-intensive investigation centering on Fengshui Lane. At present, the investigation has been carried out from Textile [-]th Road to Textile [-]st Road.

Mingshu did not return to the Criminal Investigation Bureau, and stayed in Beicheng District.

In some corpse throwing cases, in order to hide himself, the murderer tends to throw the corpse away from his daily life area.But this kind of corpse throwing has a characteristic, that is, most of the corpses will be dismembered.The corpse was not dismembered this time, and there are a lot of stray dogs in Fengshui Lane, and the garbage has been left unattended for a long time, and there are cars that cut corners in the alley, and very few people pass by. Although there are houses next to it, there are very few people living in it ——These are details that only those who are familiar with Fengshui Lane know.

The murderer is familiar with Fengshui Lane, which is his safe zone.

He lived near here with a high probability, and killed someone near here.

But what exactly do those 21 dog hairs mean?

"Team Ming!" Xiang Tao hurried over, "We found out along the way that there is a courier station that claims to be open throughout the year and has not opened for the past few days. The owner of the station is a woman in her thirties who lives alone. 'Huang Yan', the phone is turned off, and no one can contact her. Age and missing time all meet our screening criteria!"

Textile [-]st Road, Jiangbei [-]nd Village.

"It's here. It used to open every day. It's been a long time!" A resident pointed to the gate of the courier station and said, "My courier is still inside. I don't have time to take the message I sent to me last week. Zhou has time, and she won't open the door again. You guys are here, if you don't come, I will call the police!"

The courier station is located on the first floor of the residential building. Huang Yan secretly opened a door on the wall, facing the small road in the residential area.The door was closed at this point, but the curtains on one of the windows facing the trash can were not fully drawn.

Normally no one would pass by that location, and naturally no one would look in through the gaps in the curtains.

Mingshu walked over, endured the stench from the trash can, and looked in through the window.

The room was dimly lit and lined with rows of shelves.It stands to reason that there should be express packages on the shelf, but at this time, the shelf is empty.

Mingshu looked down, and suddenly his eyebrows tightened.

The couriers on the shelves were all piled up on the ground, towering like a hill.

And under the "hill", a pair of calves and feet were exposed.