Chapter 12 Cliff Falls Case
"The person is dead?" Qiu Junxuan's tone was laced with suspicion. He bent down and wanted to check it out personally. However, when he saw the face of the deceased, his expression suddenly changed.
"Why is it him!" Qiu Junxuan said with a surprised look on his face.
"You recognized it too! Yes, it's him!"
He Jiahui noticed that Qiu Junxuan's face looked a little unnatural, so he said, "If you feel uncomfortable, go wash your face, drink some water, and take a rest."
This deceased person was the very talkative old man they met at the third assembly point.
A living person who was chatting enthusiastically with you a few hours ago turns into a corpse a few hours later. Even if you don't know the person, you will definitely feel very uncomfortable when encountering such a thing.
He Jiahui has seen big scenes, and he can adjust immediately, but Qiu Junxuan is still a rookie after all. Even if he comes from a police family, it will be difficult for him to adapt for a while.
"It's okay, I can do it, no need to rest!" Qiu Junxuan wanted to be strong. He endured the discomfort in his heart and did not leave.
He Jiahui observed the corpse and said: "The wound on the deceased's head was very obvious. It looked like a burst fracture, accompanied by the leakage of brain tissue. This was caused by a huge external force acting on the skull.
Such injuries include contact gunshot wounds, explosion injuries, huge objects hitting the head, falling from heights, being run over by wheels, etc.
In addition, there was blood flowing out of the deceased's mouth, indicating that he had internal bleeding. The preliminary judgment is that the death was caused by falling from a height!"
As He Jiahui spoke, he raised his head and looked upward, and then said: "The cliff above may be the place where the deceased fell!"
At this time, the instructors also rushed over, and they also saw the deceased lying on the ground.
"What's going on?" Li Wensheng, the head teacher, asked.
"The man is dead. Preliminary judgment is that he fell from the cliff above." He Jiahui replied.
Li Wensheng stepped forward to check the body, and then nodded: "Yes, the person is dead. This place is too far from the hospital. With this amount of bleeding, even if there is still breath, we cannot save him."
Everyone looked up at the cliff above, but it was empty and there was no one around.
One of the instructors said, "You must have lost your footing and fell! At this age, your legs are not flexible anymore, so it is still dangerous to climb mountains."
He Jiahui shook his head: "It is only a possibility that he slipped, but it cannot be ruled out that he was pushed down."
As He Jiahui spoke, he looked at the blood on the ground and the wound of the deceased, and then said: "The blood has not dried yet, he should have fallen from above not long ago.
Sir, we have to go up and take a look. There may be clues on the cliff. Even if there are no clues, we can protect the scene of the cliff fall."
As the police chief, Li Wensheng has the highest police rank here. He thought for a moment and nodded: "Call the police immediately and tell them to bring people from the forensics department. You two will follow me up, and the others will stay here to protect the scene."
"Sir, there is one more thing!" He Jiahui pointed to the body and continued: "We met the deceased on the way to the mountain. When we were resting at the third assembly point, we met several mountaineers. Tourists, this old man is one of them."
"It's him! I have an impression." Li Wensheng sighed.
He Jiahui continued: "Those mountaineering tourists must still be on the mountain now. They are the companions of the deceased. If we can find a few other people, we should be able to determine the identity of the deceased."
"Okay, then let's separate a group of people and look for those mountaineers." Li Wensheng said.
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Li Wensheng walked up the cliff with He Jiahui and Qiu Junxuan.
While walking up, Qiu Junxuan asked: "Chief Li, I heard that you have been in the serious crime team before. You should have encountered many cases of falling from heights. Tell us about it!"
Li Wensheng smiled slightly: "Your father, Chief Qiu, was the superintendent of the serious crime team back then. He handled more cases than me. Didn't you tell me about it?"
"My father is too busy and has no time. My brothers and sisters usually take care of me. Later, my brothers and sisters also became police officers and are as busy as my father." Qiu Junxuan replied.
"What I'm saying is that your brother is the senior inspector of Ji O and has to keep an eye on those clubs every day." Li Wensheng continued, "Then let me tell you about the case of falling from a high altitude.
There are many high-rise buildings in Xiangjiang, and the population is relatively densely populated. There are also many cases of falling from high altitudes, which mainly include slips, suicides and homicides. Among them, slips are accidents, and there is nothing to talk about.
When it comes to suicide, some are due to emotional reasons, some are due to debt problems, but most are due to mental illness. Modern people have a fast pace of life and high pressure in life. Many people have psychological problems.
As for homicides, many of them are due to fights between clubs. Those young and Dangerous boys who belong to the gangs like to throw people from tall buildings. As long as there are no witnesses, it will be difficult to convict them."
"Then how to judge whether it was a mistake, suicide or homicide?" Qiu Junxuan asked immediately.
"This depends on the investigation of our police. In addition, the forensic doctors and forensic evidence will also provide us with some clues. The specific situation must be analyzed in detail." Li Wensheng answered.
While talking, several people had already approached the cliff and arrived less than thirty meters away from the cliff.
He Jiahui looked at the ground in front of him, suddenly stopped, and said at the same time: "Chief Li, look at the ground in front of you, we can't go any further."
Li Wensheng also stopped, looked around, and said with approval: "Jiahui, you are quite attentive. Let's just stop here and don't get any closer until the forensic people come over."
"There is a cliff ahead, where the deceased fell. Why don't you go over there?" Qiu Junxuan asked puzzledly.
He Jiahui explained: "We walked all the way, and there were grass and fallen leaves under our feet. If we stepped on it, there would be no obvious traces.
But the front is different. From here to the edge of the cliff, there is no grass growing on the ground, and there are not many fallen leaves. It is all soil.
There will be footprints left on the soil. If the deceased fell from here, the footprints of the deceased will definitely be collected in the front. And if there are other people around, they will also leave footprints.
We are not wearing shoe covers now. If we walk straight over, we will probably destroy the footprints above and leave new footprints, so the scene will be destroyed. So we can't move forward anymore. Protect the scene and wait.
Come with the forensic evidence!"
"That's it!" Qiu Junxuan nodded in sudden realization.
He Jiahui squatted down and carefully observed the ground in front of him. Sure enough, he saw a row of footprints on the dirt, extending towards the cliff.
"This looks like a person's footprints." He Jiahui said.
Li Wensheng next to him nodded: "If there are no footprints of the second person, then we can rule out that he killed him."
Chapter completed!