Chapter 8 The truth emerges(1/2)
Lin Xinyi has escaped the predicament of being regarded as a criminal suspect.
No one can even question him.
Because his proof is always step by step, and each step is based on the evidence shown by the corpse.
This process is not like the imaginative and changeable reasoning of famous detectives, but more like an unpretentious statement, a simple and direct report.
Such report statements have the most irrefutable persuasiveness.
"It seems that Mr. Lin Xinyi is indeed not suspected of committing a crime."
Officer Megure finally agreed with this conclusion.
He completely put down his hostility and looked at Lin Xinyi with curiosity in his eyes:
"As you said, the deceased died of drowning and was immersed in water for more than 3 hours."
"But this doesn't prove that the deceased committed suicide, right?"
"More importantly, how are the corpses formed?"
"Also, how should we explain the blood waves witnessed by Brother Kudo and Xiaolan?"
The police department asked the most critical question.
"We will analyze the suicide matter last."
Lin Xinyi replied calmly and orderly:
"Let me first talk about the cause of these broken corpses and blood waves."
Hearing this, Kudo Shinto immediately pricked up his ears:
This is the place that troubles him the most!
He could easily see the cause and time of death of the deceased, but he could not imagine how a drowned person could become a corpse three hours later.
And he and Xiaolan witnessed the blood wave phenomenon more than ten minutes ago:
Since the body parts had been soaked in water for three hours, the blood should have been washed away by the river long ago, and the large area of blood waves should not be visible at all.
"The reason why Kudo saw the blood wave is actually very simple."
Lin Xinyi gave the answer calmly:
"That's because the time of death of the deceased and the time when the body turned into pieces are actually different."
"Not only different, but very different."
"This...I understand!"
Kudo Shinichi suddenly had an idea in his mind and suddenly realized:
"It is true that the deceased drowned three hours ago, but her body has been floating in the river since then."
"During this process, the body remains intact, so a large amount of blood in the body will not be lost into the water."
"And ten minutes ago, when Xiaolan and I discovered the body..."
"The body just happened to be cut into pieces for some reason!"
"A large amount of blood in his body was also lost into the river during the process of dismembering the body, which caused Xiaolan and I to see a wave of blood that seemed like the body had just been dumped."
"What?"
After hearing this famous detective's reasoning, the Mumu Police Department was a little puzzled:
"Brother Kudo, what is the reason why the deceased turned into a corpse?"
"Could it be that a second person intervened... No..."
He suddenly turned to look at Lin Xinyi:
"Mr. Lin Xinyi said that there seems to be no second person involved in this entire case."
“So, how did the deceased ‘dismember themselves’ after death?”
This question lingers in the hearts of everyone present, even the famous detective Kudo Shinichi is struggling with this.
In an instant, countless blazing eyes focused on Lin Xinyi.
The scene was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Lin Shinichi unknowingly replaced Kudo Shinichi and became the star that attracted much attention.
"The answer is simple."
Lin Xinyi said calmly.
But he did not give a direct answer.
This is his professional habit. Give evidence first and then draw conclusions:
"Everyone can see..."
Lin Xinyi gently moved away so that everyone could see more clearly the hideous body parts placed on the plastic sheet:
"The body parts placed here currently include the head, torso, right upper limb with hand, and left lower limb and thigh."
"And on these body parts, that is, the face, chest, forearms, and legs of the corpse, there are large areas of scratches and scratches that are basically parallel, linear, arc-shaped, and diagonal, and the spacing is close to the same.
hurt."
"At the same time, there are still large areas of epidermal shedding in these areas."
"You can imagine..."
"What kind of attack does a person have to be subjected to to be scratched all over his body?"
"This..." The onlookers began to think subconsciously.
But it was Police Officer Mumu who had the most experience in handling cases, who was the first to react:
"Is it... a traffic accident?"
"I have seen many corpses of people who died in traffic accidents before. Their bodies had more or less large-scale trauma caused by collisions with the car surface and the road."
"But..."
As he talked, he felt something was wrong:
"Brother Kudo, didn't you theorize that the body of the deceased was always soaked in water after death?"
"There are no cars in the river, so how could a traffic accident happen?"
"No, it's possible..."
The speaker was Kudo Shinichi.
After Lin Xinyi reminded him to this point, he immediately reacted:
"Boat!"
"I remember that before Xiaolan and I found the body, there were several cruise ships passing by on the river!"
"In other words, the corpse had collided with those ships?!"
"That's right."
Lin Xinyi nodded seriously:
"It's just that because the speed of the cruise ship is limited, just a collision with the ship will not cause such serious scratches."
"Not to mention, the intensity of the damage is enough to turn a complete corpse into pieces."
"Everyone, please take a look..."
He pointed to the section of the deceased's severed arm.
The flesh and blood there were rotten, the bones were broken, and the red, white, and yellow things were all mixed together, making one look at it with cold sweat and stomach acid churning.
But Lin Xin has long been accustomed to this scene:
"The most commonly used tools for artificial dismemberment are kitchen knives, sharp knives and other cutting tools that are common in ordinary people's homes."
"So when wounds are caused by artificial dismemberment, free flesh flaps are often visible on the edges of the wounds, which are traces of back and forth cutting."
"The chopping marks on the bones are generally short and shallow, and there are traces of repeated chopping."
“Scratches and fishtail-shaped knife marks are often visible on the skin, and more scratches can be seen on large joints.”
"And if you use a saw, you can see obvious saw marks on the broken end of the corpse. The wound surface is uneven, and wavy or stepped sawtooth marks can be seen on the bone section."
"The traces of the axe are more obvious, and the shape of the wound cavity, which is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, is very easy to distinguish."
"These are the traces that the murderer will inevitably leave behind when he manually cuts up the body due to his lack of personal strength and limited tools."
There are only a few tools available for artificial dismemberment.
The traces of trauma caused by each tool are distinctive.
As an experienced forensic doctor, Lin Xinyi can distinguish the differences from the wounds on the dismembered bodies at a glance:
"The wounds on this corpse are messily distributed and of different shapes. The wounds on various parts of the body have different shapes."
"The wound edges and walls of the head wound are neatly distributed, similar to a cut wound."
To be continued...