Chapter 42 - 42 Serious Case
42 Serious Case
More than half of Yin Tao’s words were due to her intuition. The degree of cruelty of this dismembered corpse case was astonishing. If Sun Peng was the murderer, he wouldn’t have done such a thing in the apartment he rented and exposed himself so obviously.
Feng Jing agreed with Yin Tao’s guess and said to Captain Chen, “We should investigate Sun Peng and the landlord’s social network and see who they have been in contact with recently.”
Captain Chen nodded and instructed the police officers beside him.
“Master, the amount of blood loss from these mutilated corpses is really too little.” Yin Tao felt that these corpses must have been specially handled. “Although blood stops flowing after the heart stops beating, with so many body parts and broken limbs, the amount of blood shouldn’t be like this.”
Su Ning also realized this problem. He nodded and said to Yin Tao, “That’s right. There were a few body parts that were cut at the blood vessels, but there was no obvious bleeding.”
Yin Tao knew what this meant. It was either the murderer did a very good job of cleaning the scene or the victim’s blood had already been sucked dry before he was dismembered.
“What was the murderer trying to do with such a large bucket of body parts?” Feng Jing felt that there were many suspicious points in the case.
“Culprits in mutilation cases are usually trying to hide the corpses. After they dismember the corpses, they would either dump them or hide them.” Yin Tao had always felt that although the mutilation cases seemed cruel, the culprits were usually very timid and only did so to cover up their crimes.
“Did the murderer not have the time to dispose of the bodies?” Feng Jing asked Yin Tao, only to find her shaking her head.
“It doesn’t seem like it. There are so many different body parts. If the murderer had intended to hide, why did he leave so many behind?” Yin Tao felt that the murderer didn’t have any intention of hiding the corpses. He brazenly placed a bucket of body parts under the window. With such a psyche, it didn’t seem like he wanted to hide them at all.
“Of course, we can’t rule out the possibility that he wants to burn or bury them together. However, compared to these, I’m more curious about where the other corpses are. Why didn’t he hide the bodies one by one but instead accumulated the limbs of different victims?”
Yin Tao was also at a loss. The plot in the original novel mainly revolved around the relationships between the male and female protagonists, there was almost no mention of the case.
Therefore, Yin Tao didn’t have any head start here. She sighed helplessly and said to Feng Jing, “We can only take it back for testing first. We will continue the investigations after confirming the identities of the deceased persons.”
Feng Jing knew that it was useless to be anxious now. The investigators at the scene did not find any fingerprints or footprints. There were no traces of Sun Peng’s life either. It seemed that someone had taken steps to clean up the scene.
“Captain Feng, I’ll go back to the police station with my master first. Let’s contact each other by phone.” Yin Tao finished dealing with the dismembered corpses and followed Su Ning and Dr. Zhang back to the police station.
As soon as he got into the car, Dr. Zhang heaved a sigh of relief and complained to Su Ning and Yin Tao, “I was supposed to take a break today, and I didn’t expect such a serious case to happen the moment I was called over.”
“There are too many body parts. Yin Tao and I can’t deal with it on our own. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have called you.” Su Ning didn’t want to call Zhang Yuan, who was resting at home, to come to the crime scene, but this case was too serious. He and Yin Tao really couldn’t deal with it on their own.
The two of them would take some time just to sort out the body parts.
“Old Su, who do you think did this? It’s too perverted. I really don’t know what his motive is.” Zhang Yuan recalled the tragedy at the crime scene and felt uncomfortable in his heart.
“Xiaotao, did you discover anything?” Su Ning wanted to train Yin Tao’s ability whenever the opportunity arose. The more outstanding she was, the higher Su Ning’s expectations of her.
“I think there should be more than one murderer. There are too many mutilated bodies, and the cutting techniques are different.” Yin Tao looked at Dr. Zhang and her master, who were staring at her, and continued, “Some of them are very skillful, so it won’t take too much effort to cut the bodies. But there are also some that were violently chopped up. The tools should be axes or machetes.”
Su Ning nodded and agreed with her deduction. He added, “Moreover, the murderer’s psychological state shouldn’t be to hide the corpse. I think he wants to attract the attention of the police more.”
“If the body parts are placed in the rental house, and the tenant has been missing for so long, it must be difficult to avoid being discovered by the landlord.” Su Ning felt that the murderer might think that the police would find it difficult to find him, so there would not be many clues next.
As soon as the car arrived at the police station, Su Ning and the others quickly dealt with the body parts and carefully did a detailed autopsy record. The body parts and limbs were then sent for DNA matching.