National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 425 - 425 392 Unwrapping the Package

425: Chapter 392: Unwrapping the Package 425: Chapter 392: Unwrapping the Package Jiang Yuan drove for about fifteen minutes to the site and saw that the scene was already surrounded by two layers of people.

Not only were dogs barking, but there was also a small truck, bringing saline and mineral water among other supplies, which were being distributed on the spot.

Jiang Yuan parked his car by the roadside and jumped out with a stern expression.

He ran over to see the body bag, which was more than ten meters away from the crowd.

Only one person stood nearby, and his expression relaxed slightly, but he still yelled, “Those who are fine, continue searching for other bodies, don’t crowd around.”

“We want to see how the murderer buried the body, and check out the depth and such,” a criminal police officer from Luyang City murmured.

Like the others, he was eager to crack the case and naturally did not appreciate being treated like a civilian.

All Jiang Yuan said was, “This murderer’s habits might have changed.”

That was all he said, and then he began to put on protective clothing, wearing three sets of gloves and a face shield.

Liu Jinghui, who followed behind, also donned protective gear.

“How was it discovered?” Jiang Yuan raised his voice to inquire of the officer next to the body bag.

“The dog barked,” the officer, also from Luyang City, said with a mix of excitement and confusion.

The police dog had already been pulled far away to avoid accidentally compromising the scene.

The police dog was just an ordinary Labrador, a breed with a good sense of smell commonly used as a police dog.

Luyang City had utilized such dogs in searches before but had never made a find.

If this bag of bodies had been found earlier, Luyang City might not have stumbled so much on the 805 case.

Jiang Yuan first observed the surroundings and took some pictures with his phone.

Liu Jinghui also took out his phone but started recording a video instead and pointed the camera nonchalantly at the people around.

Their current location was about thirty to forty meters away from the national highway, with utility poles and shrubs in between.

If the body had been buried on the spot, passersby on the highway would at most see people doing something here, but they probably wouldn’t be able to see clearly what was being done.

Compared to the discovery site of body number one, the distance here was much greater.

The site where body number one was found was only about twenty meters from the national highway and was a relatively open, flat area.

It was only after Xu Taining was brought in that the search area expanded to include 50 meters around the highway, which made it possible for the police dog to find this current discovery site.

However, this site indeed lay between the discovery sites of bodies one and two, about ten kilometers away from the site of body number one.

In terms of driving distance, it could be said to be very close, even perhaps too close.

Because in front of Jiang Yuan was just one body bag, containing only part of a body.

In other words, the murderer had at least two more large bags of bodies to bury.

If it was distributed evenly, that meant about ten kilometers between each burial.

Xu Taining also walked over.

He had been sitting in a car nearby, cooling off with the air conditioning, and only got out when he saw Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui arrive.

He too stood over ten meters away, just watching.

Liu Jinghui greeted him and said, “Director Xu is really composed.

If I had found bodies, I’d be restless.”

“I just went back to the car to take some heart-saving pills,” responded Xu Taining, adjusting his clothes.

“Besides, you all are here to solve the case, and this is still a Luyang City case.

Too many orders can cause confusion—it’s not a good thing.”

Like Liu Jinghui, he was also a senior police officer who had been on the road for years.

Of course, because it was very costly to have Xu Taining’s involvement, the cases he worked on were of a higher level and more complex.

He could see what was coming next.

Liu Jinghui wasn’t in the mood to joke either.

He took out his phone again to take photos and think.

Soon, a technician with a professional camera arrived on the scene, clicking away non-stop as if they had caught a celebrity in an affair.

A few meters away, Jiang Yuan opened his forensic investigation kit but didn’t rush to open the body bag.

First, he had people erect a sun umbrella and set up wind barriers around the area.

Normally, cases weren’t handled with such fuss, but now that they had the conditions, and it only took a few minutes to set up, he naturally operated to a higher standard.

By the time they were ready to open the body bag, Mei Fang and the leaders from the Luyang City Bureau were almost all present.

Mei Fang immediately stepped forward to help.

Handling bodies alone was very troublesome, but with two people, it was much easier.

Jiang Yuan saw Mei Fang coming and unceremoniously said, “Mei, I have an insect toolkit in my car.

Please grab it for me.”

“Okay.” Mei Fang took the car keys and turned around to get the items.

After a while, Mei Fang ran back with another officer following him.

A few meters away, Mei Fang put on his protective suit again, then took out the insect net from the toolkit and handed it to the officer next to him.

He then took out poison vials, beakers, insect rearing boxes, and other items, placing them beside the corpse, before handing tweezers to Jiang Yuan.

Once everything was ready, Jiang Yuan and Mei Fang positioned themselves on either side of the snake skin bag and slowly opened it.

Actually, the snake skin bag had already been opened by the criminal police when they found the body.

The bag was half-buried in the ground, only about thirty to fifty centimeters from the surface, not buried very deep.

Jiang Yuan waited for the technician to take photos, then he further opened the snake skin bag.

A foul smell hit them in the face.

If the earlier stench was a mere wafting scent, it was now like someone squatting on your face and defecating, accompanied by loud farts.

Of course, the actual odor was even more unpleasant.

The human revulsion to the smell of decaying flesh is ingrained in our genes, innate from birth.

The corpse inside the bag was no longer recognizable as human.

Instead, it was teeming with maggots.

At a glance, there were eggs, larvae, cast skins, pupae, pupal cases, and adult insects present.

In addition, insect limbs, feces, pupation holes, and emergence holes were also visible.

The criminal police standing behind began to swing the insect net, and Mei Fang specifically reminded them, “Prioritize catching newly emerged adults, the greyish-white ones that look cleaner and lighter in color.”

As they spoke, Mei Fang and Jiang Yuan began to catch various bugs, flies, eggs, and pupae with tweezers and by hand.

All the adult insects were crammed into the poison vials to be killed, the eggs were placed in beakers filled with 80% ethanol, and the luckier eggs were put into the insect rearing boxes.

The larvae were first dumped into beakers with boiling water and then transferred to the ethanol beakers.

The boiling water came from a thermos, emitting steam at over 90 degrees Celsius, giving off a warm feeling.

Soon enough, the insects on the body were mostly taken care of, but they still needed to dig around the site to collect any surrounding insects as well.

However, at this moment, Jiang Yuan’s attention shifted to the body.

A right leg, a large portion of the hip bone, and some chunks of flesh that might have been part of the abdomen made a very clear statement; the killer was not a forensic doctor.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have given up the hip bone so easily.

Mei Fang and Jiang Yuan sifted through the decayed flesh for bones.

The leaders of Luyang City Bureau, eager for answers, craned their necks and mumbled, “How is it?

Is it a new body or Number Two?”

“It should be a new body,” Mei Fang made the judgment with ease.

“That’s good, that’s good…

no, that’s too unfortunate…” the leader quickly corrected himself.

Zhou Yuanqiang leaned close to Liu Jinghui and asked in a low voice, “Director Liu, what do you think?”

“Actually, the discovery site of the body already explains many issues,” Liu Jinghui also had a strong desire to express his thoughts.

While examining the body, he said, “First off, the density of the burial sites suggests, regardless of the reason, the killer is familiar with the area.

This means he either lived or worked here.

Just this alone significantly narrows down the suspect pool.

At the very least, typical passersby shouldn’t be considered.”

As he spoke, Liu Jinghui continued, “Even frequent travelers like drivers are less suspect, as there’s no need to bury the bodies so close.”

“Third, the burial site of Number Two is still unknown.

But comparing Numbers One and Three, their distance from the national road is deliberate.

Number One was a complete body buried about 20 meters from the road, and Number Three was dismembered, more than 40 meters away.

This is likely because a complete body is too heavy to carry.

Also, it indicates that the killer indeed disposed of the bodies starting from the national road.

We just don’t know if Number One or Number Three was buried first.”

Liu Jinghui’s few sentences hit the nail on the head, without any waste of words, causing the officers from Luyang City Bureau to nod continuously.

They were all well-versed in Case 805.

Liu Jinghui’s analysis contained points that coincided with their prior judgments, and the rest aligned with their understanding.

From the few clues, they recalled some rumors about Liu Jinghui that suddenly surged in their minds.