Zhou Qian 'an got out of bed the moment the notification popped up on her phone. When she saw the news of the murder in the chat group, Zhou Qian' an didn't know why, but she thought of that foreigner.
Green Forest Village, Green Forest Lake.
At this moment, the entire lake had been cordoned off, and even the large fields beside it were within the cordon. Dozens of villagers were watching on the ridge, their faces filled with hatred as they discussed animatedly.
The Azure Forest Lake was called a lake, but it was actually just a slightly larger pond.
As the pond was the village's public property, and the villagers were not short of money, they did not rent it out. Occasionally, villagers would come here to fish, which was also a daily activity of the villagers.
Because Liu Xie lived far away from here, he arrived later. At this time, the body had already been fished up, and the forensic doctor and trace examination had already begun to investigate the surroundings.
Liu Xie put on his gloves and shoe covers and walked to the crime scene.
"Captain Liu, we confirmed that the deceased is indeed the missing Japanese. The forensic doctor was conducting a preliminary autopsy. He believed that there would be a preliminary cause soon!”Zhou Qian 'an introduced.
Liu Xie replied with a heavy expression, then walked straight to the corpse.
The forensic doctor who was doing the autopsy saw Liu Xie coming over and stood up."
"Captain Liu! The preliminary examination showed that it was mechanical suffocation caused by strangulation. Moreover, there were obvious signs of abuse on the victim's body, indicating that the murderer and the victim should have a deep hatred. The specific situation needed to be returned to the bureau for a detailed autopsy!”
Liu Xie nodded and looked at the corpse.
The corpse had been soaked in the water for so many hours that its entire body was pale and swollen. Moreover, the fear and pain on its face could be seen. It was obvious what kind of torture it had suffered when it was alive.
However, Liu Xie noticed that the deceased was not wearing shoes. He was only wearing a pair of socks.
Liu Xie's eyes flashed.
After a while, Officer Tao ran over and said,"Captain Liu, we found a special set of footprints!"”
"Oh?"
Liu Xie was pleasantly surprised and asked him to quickly lead the way.
"This is…"
"Captain Liu," Huang Wei, a police officer from the Trace Inspection Department, reminded,"these footprints are not ordinary cloth shoes or sports shoes. They look more like the footprints of leather shoes."”
Liu Xie suddenly understood. He thought of the identity and clothing of the deceased. He whispered," It seems that the murderer was wearing the deceased's leather shoes to dump the body!" Judging from the environment here, the pair of leather shoes must have been covered in mud. The murderer should not have put the shoelaces back. The best way was to throw them away!”
Thinking of this, Liu Xie suddenly became spirited and instructed,
"Increase the search area and find a pair of leather shoes with mud on the soles!”
"Yes!"
Sure enough, half an hour later, they found the pair of leather shoes in a garbage dump on the cement road more than 500 meters away from the crime scene.
After Liu Xie carefully investigated the scene, he brought all the suspicious physical evidence back to the police station.
"Captain Liu, there's a situation!"
Zhou Qian 'an said to Liu Xie with a troubled expression as soon as she returned to the police station.
Liu Xie frowned. He must have guessed something.
The two of them talked as they walked to the forensics room.
"Is it the relatives of the deceased who didn't allow an autopsy?”Liu Xie asked.
Zhou Qian 'an nodded and said," The deceased's sister, Oda Keiko, has been crying sadly. No matter how hard we tried to persuade her, she wouldn't let us do an autopsy. She even made up her mind to bring the deceased's body back to China.”
Liu Xie's expression turned ugly. This was nonsense in his eyes, and it was a sign that he didn't believe in their ability to handle the case.
When they arrived at the autopsy room, they saw Ota Keiko squatting on the ground and crying sadly. Her boyfriend was comforting her in a low voice.
Liu Xie went over and invited the two to the lounge. After Oda Keiko was in a better mood, he persuaded them to agree to his autopsy.
Although the law stipulated that the police could use compulsory means to conduct an autopsy in a murder case without the consent of the family, the police could still use the autopsy method.
However, he was not a native after all, so he had to consider the impact.
Liu Xie only heard the man ramble on and on, and then the interpreter turned to Liu Xie and said," He said that the custom in their hometown is to keep their corpses intact and return to their ancestral land for burial. Therefore, he strongly requested the police to let them go.”
Liu Xie's temper had already reached its limit, but he still suppressed his anger and said to the interpreter," Tell them. Don't you want to know the cause of your brother's death? Don't you want to catch the murderer?"”
Just as the man was about to say something after listening to the interpreter, Keko Ota stopped him. After saying something to the interpreter, she took out her phone and went out to make a call.
Liu Xie looked at the translator in confusion. The translator said,"She wants to call back to China and ask her parents."”
Liu Xie immediately understood, but he and Zhou Qian 'an looked at each other and realized that the attitude of these two people towards the deceased was a little unusual.
Ten minutes later, a red-eyed Keko returned to the lounge. She held Zhou Qian 'an's hand and began to speak a lot of English.
Zhou Qian 'an seemed to be giving her a guarantee and consoling her.
"Captain Liu, she agreed to let us do an autopsy, but she hopes that we can solve the case as soon as possible and catch the murderer!”Zhou Qian 'an turned her head and said.
Liu Xie was delighted. He nodded and turned to leave.
Two hours later, Little Tao ran in anxiously and said,
"Captain Liu, there are a lot of reporters outside. They want to interview the police. They all know that a foreign friend died today!”
Liu Xie's expression changed drastically. The news definitely wasn't spread by us. It must be the family of the deceased. They want to use the fishing boat to suppress us?
After cursing, Liu Xie followed Little Tao to the police station.
When Liu Xie came outside, seven or eight reporters immediately took pictures of him and asked,
"Are you the person in charge of the police station?”
"Is the news that a foreigner died true?”
“……”
Liu Xie could neither deny nor admit it, so he could only respond with "no comment".
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