Madness of the Heart

Beicheng District, Textile Fourth Road, Fengshui Alley.

The old red brick house stands on the side of the road, looking like a fence from a distance. On this side of the fence, there is always a traffic jam. When the green light on the side of the road is lit, the crowd will flock to the opposite side like hornet, and on the other side of the fence, 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 small cars occasionally pass through the back alley in a hurry.

The back alley exudes 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 to put on.

The body has been taken to the Beicheng branch, but it is still necessary to see it in person.

Ming Shu walked to the trash can where the corpse was hidden, a little mud splashed on the heel of his leather shoes.

He is not wearing a police uniform today, he is wearing a short leather jacket that he bought not long ago. Soon it was New Year's Day and Christmas season. The streets and alleys were full of festive atmosphere. He got up very early in the morning and went to the cloakroom Xiao Yuan prepared for him for a long time. He planned to have a romantic Western meal with Xiao Yuan after get off work in the evening. One part of the excitement of the festival, but as soon as the case came, the plan naturally fell through.

The trace investigation was basically completed, but the criminal police from the branch had not been removed, and the warning belt was still pulling. Ming Shu greeted them and squatted by the trash can to compare the angle in the photo.

Judging from the situation after the trash can was knocked down, the corpse was stuffed into the trash can in a head-down position. The trash can was uncovered. After finding the corpse, the wild dogs ate the corpse’s hands, feet and neck. The flesh of the part and face.

"Team Ming!" A man with extremely short hair ran over.

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

"You remember me!"

"I have a good memory."

Xiang Tao is a criminal police officer of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Beicheng Branch. When investigating the case of Shachun and Wu Zhen, the serious case team needed the cooperation of the Beicheng branch, and Wang Hao, the deputy captain of the detachment who was at odds with Ming Shu, was perfunctory, but Xiang Tao was very serious and made a lot of effort.

Ming Shu noticed him at that time.

"Team Wang has gone to study. Team Li is now in charge of this case. I am in charge of the scene." Xiang Tao said: "After receiving the report, I was there as soon as possible. You can ask me any questions on the scene. ."

Ming Shu nodded and smiled: "Very positive."

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

Ming Shu's eyes twitched slightly, and he looked at the young policeman again.

The last time he cooperated, he saw that Xiang Tao was not satisfied with being under the hands of Wang Hao, and would leave the branch sooner or later and jump to the criminal investigation bureau. He didn't expect to meet again, this kid just said plainly.

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

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

Xiang Tao smiled brightly, "Of course it is the crime team!"

Ming Shu wanted to take a pat on Xiang Tao's shoulder, but because he was wearing latex gloves, he had to give up, "Then try hard."

Xiang Tao stood upright, "Yes!"

At this time, two wild dogs passed by outside the warning 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 security zone was worried that they would come in again and destroy the scene, so he quickly raised his hand to drive away. One of them turned and ran, but the other did not leave immediately, but grinned, his eyes were fierce, his back arched high-this is a posture about to launch an attack.

Ming Shu frowned, "There are many stray dogs here?"

"This area is a demolition area. Half of it is demolished. The remaining red brick houses are basically unoccupied. There are few people, and there are places to shelter from wind and rain. In addition, it is cold now, and stray dogs nearby are gathered here. "Xiang Tao said: "The forensic doctor's preliminary autopsy confirmed that the time of death was within four days and was thrown here shortly after death. The garbage here is not cleaned up every day. It is unmanaged. It takes only ten and a half months. An hired cleaner came to deal with the body, so the body has not been found. Ming team, the body was gnawed beyond recognition in four days, but fortunately, the facial bones were not damaged, and simulated restoration can be done. If the body is too late Some were discovered, and the stray dogs gnawed their skulls, making it even more difficult to identify them."

Ming Shu had some inferences in his mind, and asked, "Have you found clues such as fingerprints and footprints?"

"The footprint is incomplete and has been damaged by the wheels. There are fingerprints, but they are all stale fingerprints, which do not match the time of death, and there is no comparison result in the system."

Ming Shu 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 messy wasteland. On a few uncompleted houses, all windows are gone, and some have no roofs. At first glance, it looks like an experience. The tragic earthquake; on the right is a complete red brick house. Compared with the houses on the wasteland, the red brick houses seem to be able to live in, but they are not. They are the first batch of houses built in Dongye City, more than ten years ago. It has been refurbished, and now it looks different on the surface, but inside it is already dilapidated.

But to say that no one lives, that's not right.

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

Ming Shu turned his gaze from a piece of dry clothes, "Has the initial visit been done?"

"It's not finished yet." Xiang Tao said, "No one has said that they have seen the murderer throw the body."

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

"understand!"

Beicheng Branch, Criminal Investigation Detachment.

Knowing that Ming Shu had gone to the scene, Xing Mu consciously rushed to the branch office and performed an autopsy with the branch forensic doctor. When Ming Shu came to the branch, the detailed autopsy report just came out.

"I can't confirm my identity for the time being, waiting for a 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 corpse when the identity of the deceased cannot be determined by means such as DNA and fingerprint comparison. The simulation restoration is performed on the complete skull. Its technical support is a massive database. But even so, the restored portrait may not be consistent with the real appearance of the deceased. In many cases at home and abroad, there are many cases where the restored portrait is completely different from the real appearance. Therefore, most of the time, the police only use craniofacial restoration as a reference for last resort.

"At least the age is basically certain." Ming Shu quickly browsed the autopsy report. "The cause and time of death are also determined. The missing persons are checked according to the time of death, and the identity of the deceased is not a big problem."

Xing Mu had to admit that although he hated leadership, Ming Shu was very reliable.

The condition of the corpse was very bad. The face and neck were a disaster. The gnawing behavior of stray dogs destroyed the clues that might exist on the corpse, and the identity of the deceased was temporarily uncertain. As a forensic doctor, Xing Mu naturally has seen all kinds of corpses, but this time the deceased was fatally injured on the head. He must focus on the head of the corpse. If he stared at such a head for a long time, he would still suffer psychologically. Some influence. But when Ming Shu came, a few words gave him a lot of peace of mind.

Seeing Xing Mu staring at him, Ming Shu called out, "Ms. Xing?"

Xing Mu quickly returned to his senses and picked up his own report, "Let me just make the main points. The deceased was 1.63 meters tall, weighed 49 kilograms, and he was between 35 and 36 years old. A fracture of the occipital bone caused serious head injury and fractures. It was hit by a blunt tool. The contact surface of the blunt tool is a perfect circle with a diameter of 4 cm. It may be a tool hammer."

Ming Shu raised his hand, "Stop it."

Xing Mu looked up, "Huh?"

"In the vast majority of homicide cases where the head is hit with a blunt weapon, the killer will hit repeatedly. One is to vent his anger, and the other is to worry that he will not die if the number is small." Ming Shu looked at the report, "but in In this case, your conclusion is that the murderer only hits twice."

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

"Then what will happen if the murderer doesn't make up for the latter blow this time?" Ming Shu asked.

Xing Mu did not understand why Ming Shu asked so, but he could answer this question, "I will die too. Judging from the craniocerebral injury situation, when the murderer hits for the first time, he exerts greater strength and the victim loses immediately. Ability to act."

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

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

Ming Shu did not answer, and while continuing to read the report, he said: "The deceased’s clothes were not taken off, and neither was violated before or after his death. The back alley was not the first scene, but the scene of the corpse throwing... there was indeed an ideal throwing. The corpse site, but if it’s not for people who have been there for a long time, maybe you don’t know such a place at all."

Yi Fei walked over at this time, "The brothers of the branch have already investigated near the back alley. There were mutilated footprints at the scene, and there were also a large number of wheel marks. The murderer was likely to use some kind of transportation to carry the body. Now it is very important to find the scene of the crime. ."

"The deceased was dressed neatly, with jeans and sweaters, but no coats such as coats and down jackets, and no shoes on his feet." Ming Shu said: "This kind of dress usually appears after returning home. The shoes are taken off and the coat is taken off. But because he hasn't taken a shower yet, he didn't immediately change into house clothes."

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

"The probability is very high." Ming Shu looked at the report again. "The corpse had impact injuries on the chest, abdomen, thighs, and knees, as well as compression injuries and choking injuries on the back and back of the neck. Before being killed, the victim and the murderer experienced a fight. ."

Xing Mu walked to Yi Fei's back and made a few gestures on Yi Fei's back. "The murderer should have hammered the victim after he crushed the victim to the ground."

Yi Fei touched the back of his head subconsciously.

"From the appearance of the scars, the process of the murderer subduing the victim is very short." Ming Shu looked at Xing Mu, "Brother Xing, is it true?"

Xing Mu said: "Yes. They had a fight, and the deceased's mouth and nails did not have the murderer's skin tissue or blood. This also shows that the victim quickly lost the ability to resist."

"The victim was a woman over 1.6 meters in weight. She was a little lighter and not strong enough. However, when a person is in danger, she can explode huge energy. She will struggle to death, but the murderer still presses her to the ground so easily. "Ming Shu said: "The murderer is likely to be a strong man. If my previous judgment was correct, the victim was killed in her own home, then the murderer was either her family or she took the initiative to open the door to the murderer... ...What is this dog hair?"

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

Yi Fei said, "How come there is dog hair in the mouth?"

“It’s not surprising that there are dog hairs in the mouth. Some people have dogs in their homes, like dogs, bathe them, or play with dogs, the dog hairs may fly into the mouth. But there are 21 dog hairs under the victim’s tongue. This cannot be accidentally eaten." Xing Mu said: "I think it is possible that the murderer deliberately put it in the victim's mouth."

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

"There is dog hair in the corpse's mouth, and the corpse's face and neck are eaten by stray dogs. Is there any connection between the two?" Yi Fei said: "Brother Xing, is it possible that these dog hairs are dogs gnawing? Left behind when eating corpses?"

"The probability is very low." Ming Shu shook his head, "If the stray dogs stayed, they should be distributed in a mess, not all gathered in one place. This is the message left by the murderer deliberately. By the way, Brother Xing, you are sure of the deceased. Are all the bites caused by stray dogs?"

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

"There has been no'cannibalism' case in Dongye City, but in other cities, the'cannibalism' case has been on the rise in recent years." Ming Shu said: "I participated in the special operations team in the first half of the year. The murderer She is a woman in her forties who runs a chain gym, middle class, divorced, and her son is studying abroad. Before we arrested her, she had killed eight men under the age of 29, all of whom were guests of her gym. This A woman is rich and beautiful, and she can be regarded as a strong woman with a successful career, but on the back of her glamorous appearance, there is a monster who enjoys cannibalism."

Xing Mu shivered.

Ming Shu continued: "She killed them not because of hatred, but because of love. She ate their bladder and then dismantled the corpse. During the interrogation, she said that the state of the bladder can reflect whether a person is young and healthy. , Their bladder is very delicious."

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

"This case impressed me too deeply. People cannibalized people not because of hate, but because of the so-called'love'." Ming Shu put down the autopsy report and leaned against the table. "As soon as I heard that the face of the corpse was chewed. Eat, the first thing I think of is being gnawed."

Not to mention Xing Mu, but Yi Fei has got goose bumps. "The'face chewing demon' has indeed appeared abroad, and more than once. But we have all been to the scene. There are so many wild dogs, and their bodies have been wild. It’s not weird that dogs chew."

"I thought about a question at the scene." Ming Shu took his hands up, "There are a large number of stray dogs living in that alley. The number of them is so large that they are not afraid of people. We are doing trace surveys there. Some wild dogs are like The site was occupied, ready to rush up and bite at any time. The murderer threw the corpse there. On the one hand, he must feel that it was hidden. This is a person who is very familiar with the surroundings. On the other hand, did the murderer deliberately let the wild dog help him? Destroy some kind of evidence?"

When Xing Mu came back from relief, he heard that Ming Shu and Yi Fei were still discussing the "cannibalism" that had happened, and suddenly "Ah".

Ming Shu said, "Ms. 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. This is absolutely not wrong. I have not found any traces of human teeth biting, but she There was a 3mm sharp wound on his lower lip."

"3mm?" Ming Shu immediately looked at the detailed map on the autopsy report.

"Not above this." Xing Mu said: "Why don't you go to the autopsy room with me."

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

Ming Shu approached, saw Xing Mu lift the woman's mutilated chin, pointed to the right side of her lower lip and said: "This is it. The biting wound on her face has no life reaction at all, and the sharp injury here basically has no life reaction. "

Ming Shu asked: "Basic?"

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

Ming Shu stood for a moment, "Maybe the deceased's lower lip was cut off, or the entire lip was cut off."

Xing Mu was surprised, "Why, why?"

"I don't know." Ming Shu's complexion darkened, "Now there are many problems, 21 dog hairs, 3 mm sharp wounds. From a ritual point of view, the possibility of serial crimes cannot be ruled out. The deceased must be identified immediately and the first one is found. on site."

·

Beicheng District, Shuguang Business Building, Room -2114, Block C, Dragon Girl Design Studio.

"What's the matter with your team? Don't you check it before printing? What is this printed?" Long Xiaoqing stepped on high heels and patted a thick pile of manuscripts on the table. "It's **** crooked, it won't be typeset. Don't **** do this with my mother!"

Four women in their twenties were yelling at their necks, and the office filled with various books and magazines was silent for a while.

"I'm dumb, huh?" Long Xiaoqing was even more angry. "I didn't pay you any salary, didn't I? Recently, the order was big and I had to work overtime every day, but I doubled the pay for your overtime. You just use this kind of stuff to perfunctory I?"

"Sister Long, I'm sorry, I did these." Chen Jinghuan stood up, embarrassed: "It is true that I was not careful, but, but I didn't mean it. I didn't sleep all night and my brain was confused. Do it again, don't be angry."

Long Xiaoqing originally wanted to continue cursing, his mouth opened, and suddenly said: "All night? Meng Shan hasn't finished her vacation?"

Chen Jinghuan said: "No, her bereavement leave originally expired the day before yesterday, but people never came back. Her father passed away, so we couldn't always urge her. She originally did these tasks, and we did it separately. Now, Sister Long, we have done our best."

"What's wrong!" Long Xiaoqing's anger came up again, "Whose family has never died? She is special? It is not bad for my old mother to grant her funeral leave. She still doesn't come back with work? Don't come back. She will die!"

The women looked at each other, feeling that the boss was too venomous, and that Meng Shan kept dragging, which was really troublesome.

Long Xiaoqing picked up his mobile phone after scolding, dialed the number and said: "You don't urge, I urge!"

The women all looked at Long Xiaoqing behind the display screen.

"Turn off?" Long Xiaoqing cursed: "Pretend to be dead, right? Who of you knows where she lives?"

Chen Jinghuan whispered: "How do we know this. Long sister, Meng Shan is not going to have an accident, right?"

Long Xiaoqing, who was originally only angry, suddenly froze, and whispered: "That's it!"

Chen Jinghuan didn't understand the true meaning of this "bad" sound, and thought that Long Xiaoqing was worried about Meng Shan, so she tentatively said, "Sister Long, should we call the police?"

Long Xiaoqing was agitated, "Report a fart police! Give me the version again! Don't ask anyone about this again!"

·

In order to determine the identity of the victim as soon as possible, the criminal police are doing the most labor-intensive investigation centered on Fengshui Alley. Currently, the investigation has been carried out from Weaving No.4 to Weaving No.1.

Ming Shu didn't return to the Criminal Investigation Bureau and stayed in Beicheng District.

In some corpse throwing cases, the murderer tends to throw the body away from the area of ​​his daily life in order to hide himself. But this kind of corpse throwing has a characteristic, that is, most of the corpses will be dismembered. The body was not dismembered this time, and there were a large number of stray dogs in Fengshui Alley, and the garbage was not picked up for a long time. There were short-cut cars passing by in the alley, and very few people passed by. Although there were houses nearby, few people lived in it. ——These are the details that only those who are familiar with Feng Shui Alley know.

The murderer was familiar with Feng Shui Alley, which was his safe zone.

He has a high probability of living in this neighborhood, and he killed people in this neighborhood.

But what exactly do those 21 dog hairs mean?

"Ming Team!" Xiang Tao hurriedly, "We inquired all the way in the textile industry. There is a courier station that claims to be open all year round. The door has not been opened these days. The owner of the station is a woman in her thirties who lives alone and her name is 'Huang Yan', the phone is turned off and no one can contact her. Age and missing time meet our screening criteria!"

Textile 1st Road, Jiangbei 2nd Village.

“It’s here. It’s been a long time since I opened the door every day!” A resident pointed to the door of the express station and said: “My express is still inside. I didn’t have time to get the message sent to me last week. Zhou has time, and she won’t open the door anymore. You guys came well, and I will call the police if I don’t come again!"

The express station is located on the first floor of a residential building. Huang Yan privately opened a door on the wall facing the small road in the residential area. At this time, the door was closed tightly, but on a window facing the trash can, the curtain was not completely closed.

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

Ming Shu walked over, endured the stench from the trash can, and looked in against the window.

The room is dimly lit, and there are rows of shelves after each other. It stands to reason that there should be express parcels on the shelf, but at this time, the shelf is empty.

Ming Shu shifted his eyes down and suddenly his eyebrows tightened.

The express delivery on the shelves are all piled up on the ground, towering like a hill.

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