There are many ways to determine the basic information of a corpse.

For example, judging age can be done by examining the degree of tooth wear, or through bone age tests.

Even the shape of the skull can be used for judgment.

For instance, in teenagers under twelve years old, due to incomplete bone development, the skull has not fully closed.

By the size of the gaps, one can determine the specific age range.

Many indicators from autopsy and crime scene investigations need to be analyzed comparatively.

By combining multiple judgment criteria, it is possible to accurately determine the victim's basic information.

Although Lu Chuan does not have a forensic specialist skill card, his intermediate crime scene investigation skills are comprehensive, allowing him to assist Shen Yan without any issues.

In less than two hours, the basic information of the deceased was outlined.

Female, aged between thirty-five and forty, height of 1.63 meters, weighing around fifty kilograms.

Time of death within forty-eight hours, cause of death undetermined.

The body was briefly refrigerated at low temperature before dismemberment.

"Why would the killer freeze the body for a short time?"

Regarding the freezing of the body, the killer likely started the process before rigor mortis fully set in.

It is even possible that the initial crime scene was in a low-temperature environment.

Generally, the purpose of freezing a body is mostly to hide it, but the killer does not seem to have that intent.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have discarded the body all over the street.

Shen Yan's question was also what Lu Chuan had been contemplating.

"Looking at the cutting marks on the body, the freezing wasn't deep; it seems just enough to let the blood coagulate…"

Hmm?

Blood coagulation!

Lu Chuan and Shen Yan exchanged glances, and in unison: "To facilitate dismemberment!"

Dismembering a body is not simple work; it requires not only skill but also physical strength.

Just like cutting meat in the kitchen, soft meat is hard to cut, and so are frozen-solid pieces.

However, slightly frozen meat slices smoothly, leaving no blood stains.

Did the killer slightly freeze the body just to facilitate dismemberment?

In the meeting room.

"Captain Qin, the victim's identity has been found!"

Qin Yong, who was reenacting the body disposal by the killer, perked up.

"What's the situation?"

Liu Guodong held Lu Chuan's fingerprint identification analysis report: "The deceased was named Wang Guizhi, from Haizhou City. Her family reported her missing two days ago."

On the projector was the analysis report showing the successful fingerprint match between Wang Guizhi and the fingers extracted from the deceased's severed limbs.

To analyze such fingerprints, Lu Chuan hadn't needed any processing; in less than two minutes, the system had given a successful match result.

"Wang Guizhi, female, thirty-seven years old, a cleaner at the Northern Meat Processing Plant. Two days ago, after work, she didn't return home, and her husband reported her missing."

Basic information about Wang Guizhi was being displayed one by one.

Northern Meat Processing Plant?

This is the largest livestock slaughtering and processing enterprise locally in Haizhou, monopolizing nearly half of Hai City's butchering industry.

"Where did Wang Guizhi disappear?"

"The case was handled by the Northern Market Police Station. On the day of the incident, the station sent people to check surveillance videos of Wang Guizhi's usual route home."

"She got on the usual bus she takes to go home, and then disappeared."

"What time?"

"At 6:42 pm. Wang Guizhi usually gets off work at this time and then takes the bus at the meat processing plant entrance to go home."

"What are everyone's thoughts?"

With the victim's identity confirmed, the investigation had made a breakthrough.

Following routine procedures, the police would investigate Wang Guizhi's social circle.

Indeed, Ren Qiang extinguished the cigarette he was holding and spoke first: "I think it's best to divide into two groups. On one hand, we should survey Wang Guizhi's interpersonal relationships."

"Based on the current situation, the nature of Wang Guizhi's work and her family's economic conditions are average. The chances of murder for money or a crime of passion are low."

"The possibility of a familiar perpetrator is still higher."

Ren Qiang has handled many murder cases and is experienced.

In some murder cases, just by knowing the victim's identity, one can make a pretty accurate guess.

In Wang Guizhi's case, a crime of passion or murder for money was clearly unlikely.

As for impulsive murder, dismemberment is not a good choice.

Therefore, checking Wang Guizhi's interpersonal relationships might increase the chances of solving the case.

"What about the second line?"

"The scene."

Ren Qiang responded promptly: "From the plastic bag locations on site, it's apparent that the perpetrator disposed of the body parts from one end of Folk Street to the other."

"Moreover, the Tongguan Young Master's roujiamo shop owner admitted that the body parts found in their store were picked up from the doorstep when he opened in the morning."

Yuck!

When Ren Qiang said this, everyone turned to Wang Shuai, who first discovered the case.

At this moment, Wang Shuai's face was pale, seemingly suppressing something.

Ultimately, he couldn't hold it; Wang Shuai retched and ran out again.

The reason is simple: the Tongguan Young Master's roujiamo meat is not clean.

The boss, trying to save on costs, used the cheapest expired frozen meat from the wholesale market.

What is expired frozen meat? It's meat that had been defrosted and then frozen again.

This kind of meat is cheap and has a high-profit margin.

Even if it has a bit of an off-flavor during processing, with some special additives, most people can't taste it.

This morning, the store happened to receive a batch of meat packed in black plastic bags.

The owner mistook the killer's body bag dumped in the drainage at his storefront as part of their inventory.

"He thought it was dropped during the delivery and picked it up for processing."

All the chefs in the back kitchen could testify to this, and neither the owner nor the chefs had time to commit the crime.

Tests on the kitchen's floor and walls did not detect any traces of human blood.

There are strict procedures for detecting blood in crime scene investigations.

First, determine if it is indeed a bloodstain.

Upon drying, blood changes from red to dark red, brown, and eventually colorless over time.

Second, after confirming it is a bloodstain, determine whether it's human or animal blood.

The composition of human and animal blood differs, and they can be distinguished through testing.

Lu Chuan found no traces of human blood in the roujiamo shop's kitchen.

As for Wang Shuai's vomiting… he used to frequently visit this roujiamo shop.

Given this incident, who knows what he might have eaten in the past...

That he can still compose himself to participate in the investigation is already full marks for professional ethics.

"I think Old Ren makes sense. The locations where the disposal took place were all along the periphery of Folk Street."

Sun Jun added his opinion.

"These are the locations marked with the seven disposal plastic bags, making a total of eight with the one from the roujiamo shop."

As Sun Jun mentioned the roujiamo shop, Wang Shuai, who had just returned from vomiting, walked in.

Yuck!

Wang Shuai suddenly felt the world was full of malice towards him today.

Why should eating a few roujiamos be such a big deal, after all?

But the feeling of fingers being chewed in his mouth... truly disgusting.

"Everyone look at the distances between these bags, they're almost all about two hundred meters apart."

The projection switched to show the site images where the body bags were found: "Now look at the traces of these bags rolling."

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