The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective-Chapter 162 - 138: Is the Device Implanted in the Woman’s Body Special?
Through the damage on the skin, to determine the directionality of the force, he had heard the old forensic expert Wu You analyze it before.
However, the judgment of damage direction in the past was much simpler than this.
At least the bleeding on the skin could be seen with the naked eye.
Jiang An stretched out his hand, explaining, "Under normal circumstances, our skin is very smooth and flat."
"When the skin comes into contact and rubs against an irregular object, localized skin damage occurs, forming local skin flap protrusions."
"Judging from the direction of my palm movement just now, we can also determine that the external force on the deceased’s skin was from the chest to the neck."
Wan looked curious and said, "The deceased was naked, and the chest rubbed against the ground..."
After thinking for a while, Zhang Yean said, "Could the body have been dragged?"
Jiang An turned to glance at Zhang Yean.
"Based on the distribution of damages, it does indeed match this position."
"Moreover, I deduce that the object contacting and rubbing against the deceased’s chest was very rough."
Li Jian focused his gaze on the skin of the deceased’s chest, "It is possible that during the process of discarding the body into the water, the chest rubbed against the ground."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang An said, "My view aligns with Mr. Li’s." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
Then, he raised his hand and pointed at the deceased’s lips, "There are a few sand particles inside the deceased’s upper lip."
"From the anatomical structure of the human body, the lips and chest are both on the front side of the body."
"I infer that the sand inside the deceased’s lips and the chest skin damage were formed simultaneously!"
"Formed simultaneously?"
Wan was shocked, "But the deceased’s abdomen skin does not have any damage?"
"If they were formed simultaneously, the skin on the front side of the body should all have damage?"
Upon hearing this question, both Li Jian and Zhang Yean fixed their gaze on the skin of the deceased’s abdomen.
Indeed, the abdomen skin, apart from localized venous decomposition, was very smooth and had no obvious skin damage at most places.
Zhang Yean turned to look at Jiang An with a puzzled expression.
Jiang An, however, calmly said, "Wan, please assist and change the position of the body."
Soon, with cooperation, they turned the body from a supine to a prone position.
Immediately after, Jiang An went to the end of the forensic table, lowering its height.
He then bent over, stretched out his hands, took hold of the deceased’s ankles, exerted force upwards, simulating dragging the body.
The other three observed intently.
The deceased’s calves, thighs, and abdomen were all lifted up by Jiang An.
Only the face and chest were in contact with the forensic table.
Immediately, Jiang An stepped back and made a gentle pulling motion.
The deceased’s upper body moved slightly on the forensic table.
Li Jian watched and nodded slightly.
Zhang Yean specifically bent over to check the deceased’s lips and instantly said excitedly, "Sure enough, as the body moves downward, the deceased’s upper lip flips open due to friction."
Jiang An laid down the deceased’s calves and pressed the button to raise the forensic table.
"So, this is why I believe these two manifestations on the body were formed from a single action."
"Especially the deceased’s upper lip, to embed sand within it requires it to flip open at a wide angle."
"Without using hands to pry it open, just now the action could exactly open the upper lip."
"Additionally, the contact surface where the deceased was dragged was likely quite rough and had sand."
Li Jian nodded and said, "There are many sand deposits in that river, with several sand mining sites upstream."
"I suspect the dragging location was possibly near that river."
Continuing, Jiang An took hold of the deceased’s hands.
"Sister, please photograph the deceased’s fingernails."
"Sure! Right away!"
"Click" after a snap, Jiang An continued, "There’s no sand within the gaps of the deceased’s nails."
"This indicates that during the dragging process, she did not resist or struggle."
"I suspect she was already dead during the dragging."
Li Jian listened and nodded lightly.
Zhang Yean also seemed enlightened, "Indeed!"
"If dragged while alive, the deceased would surely struggle vigorously."
"With long fingernails like that, surely there would be sand within the nail gaps."
Instantly, Zhang Yean looked at Jiang An with admiration.
Wan immediately gave a thumbs up, "Mr. Jiang, unknowingly, you completed a forensic field simulation experiment."
Then, Jiang An’s gaze swept over the skin damage on the deceased’s chest, "The skin damage on the deceased’s chest is very slight, just a peeling of the epidermis."
"In terms of how the damage was formed, I analyze that the skin on the deceased’s chest directly contacted the ground object."
Wan tilted his head and asked, "You mean the deceased was dragged naked?"
Jiang An nodded.
"If clothes were worn during friction, it would be difficult to cause skin damage."
Looking at the deceased in front of him, with Jiang An’s simulated actions, a picture emerged in Wan’s mind.
Jiang An once again examined the woman on the forensic table and suddenly said, "The deceased has a slender figure, should weigh less than 100 pounds."
"Why was she dragged instead of being carried or moved by holding?"
Instantly, everyone’s gaze focused on the forensic table, searching for the answer in their minds.
Meanwhile.
By the river where the body was found, Chen He said, "Mr. Zhang, have there been any missing person reports in your jurisdiction these past few days?"
Zhang Chao recalled briefly and shook his head.
"This week, we haven’t received any missing person alerts."
Chen He nodded, "If there is a missing person alert, please contact the criminal investigation team immediately."
