Novice Forensic Doctor

Chapter 238: Chapter 235 The Corpse in the Freezer_1

"What’s your sister’s name?"

"Zhang Yinan."

Xu Dayuan paused, but immediately caught on.

"She took your mother’s last name?"

"Yes, my sister took our mother’s last name. After she jumped from the building, her phone vanished into thin air, and the recordings she had saved before were nowhere to be found. My aunt believes that my sister must have overheard some secret, which is why someone silenced her. After all, according to the original plan, she was supposed to resign in a week, but instead, she died on Valentine’s Day in 2009."

Having said this, Chen Wenchi paused, then looked up again, his eyes filled with hatred.

"My aunt called the police then, and when they arrived, they did an autopsy as we requested. Our family was called to the forensic doctor’s room at the city bureau. I remember very clearly, the forensic doctor was a tall guy; he told us that it could be determined my sister had committed suicide."

Xu Dayuan furrowed his brows, no wonder Chen Wenchi was rambling nonsense from the beginning, with his acting and distrust towards the police. It turned out there was this hidden factor involved.

Thinking about the tall guy among the forensic doctors, he searched his memory.

Mr. Pang was only about 1.7 meters tall, and as for the other few forensic doctors he had met, Cao Xuanming specialized in traffic cases, and among the remaining two, Zhu Zuozhang was quite thin, and Feng Zhijian very fat; both not tall. The only tall standout was Zhou Ning, but if it was the early part of 2009, Zhou Ning hadn’t joined yet.

Realizing this, he paused midthought. Right, how could he forget Cui Haibin? This man had been transferred due to the red-clothes serial killing case, but before that, he indeed had been responsible for criminal cases and was definitely a tall guy.

Xu Dayuan opened his phone, browsed through some photos and, finding a group picture, zoomed in on Cui Haibin’s photo before showing it to Chen Wenchi.

"Please identify, is this the person?"

Chen Wenchi stretched his neck to look at Xu Dayuan’s phone, and his eyes instantly reddened.

"That’s him, that’s the guy, I remember his surname is Cui, he was the one who performed the autopsy on my sister."

Hearing this, Zhou Ning’s brows knitted tightly. He didn’t have much contact with Cui Haibin, having only met him twice—once during a software news conference and another time in the autopsy room of Qidong Eighth Hospital.

Arrogant and contemptuous, whether his work ability was up to par was unknown to him, but from a glance, deciding that the deceased had no relation to the red-clothes serial killings case was hasty, at the very least showing a lack of seriousness towards his work.

Yet even so, Zhou Ning couldn’t believe that Cui Haibin would take part in fabricating the results of a case, although determining whether a high fall was suicide or murder was incredibly difficult.

Yet it wasn’t impossible to discern. In the book written by Professor Li Chengbin, there was a detailed exposition on this subject, analyzing aspects such as the distance between the point of fall and the building, minor traces on the victim’s body, and residual substances on the clothing, etc. Having served as the head of a forensic department for so many years, could it be that he knew nothing of such assessments?

Impossible!

Bowing his head slightly, Zhou Ning put away his restless thoughts and focused on the interrogation room.

Unsure what Xu Dayuan had just said to Chen Wenchi, Chen Wenchi was now crying, staring at Xu Dayuan for a long time, as if making a firm decision, he gripped the edge of the small table and said:

"However, my sister’s body wasn’t cremated; we hid it away."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone showed a look of surprise. Xu Dayuan pondered for a moment and then approached Chen Wenchi.

"The forensic doctor you just mentioned was originally the chief of the forensic room in the Technical Department. However, due to a mistake in his work, he has been transferred. Where he was transferred to is something I don’t know yet, but I will have people look into him.

I will also arrange for a very professional forensic doctor to redo the autopsy for your sister, and of course, we will retrieve the records from that year. Although you’re not involved in our system, you should know about Li Chengbin, right?"

Chen Wenchi nodded.

"Of course, I’ve heard of him, Li Chengbin is also known as the Sherlock Holmes of Hua Country, but what does that have to do with what we’re discussing?" ƒrēewebnovel.com

Xu Dayuan smiled.

"The task force I mentioned to you includes a forensic doctor, who is one of Li Chengbin’s most proud students. He was the lead forensic doctor who found the clues in the red-clothes serial killings case you mentioned earlier. Without him, that case would not have been solved."

Chen Wenchi looked stunned, then bit his lip and nodded vigorously.

"Okay, I’ll turn over my sister’s body to you. I can also take you to find the box my aunt kept. But I request that my parents be temporarily taken away for their protection, after all, my father knows nothing about this. He served as the legal person for Qin Xuejin’s company only because Qin Xuejin had been in jail and couldn’t provide proof of having a clean criminal record."

Xu Dayuan nodded, aware that thinking this far, Chen Wenchi likely understood why they brought Chen Junpeng over—it was true that Fang Wenjie, Qin Xuejin, and Zhang Yinan were all dead, and they could only proceed this way to gain Chen Wenchi’s cooperation.

After thinking for a while, Xu Dayuan raised his hand and knocked on the one-way glass. This was to call Zhou Ning and the others over. Then he made a phone call to summon Mr. Zeng.

Several people entered the interrogation room where Liu Yufei had already unlocked the handcuffs from Chen Wenchi’s hands, and Mr. Zhao was collecting his blood.

At that moment, Mr. Zeng walked in, glaring at Xu Dayuan.

"What’s the matter, boss?"

"Put on plainclothes, take two people with you, and don’t drive a police car. Take Mr. Zhao’s car instead. Go to Yunlian Port. When you’re close, I’ll send you the phone number and address. Send those two people over, and whoever you take should also wear plainclothes. But make sure the equipment is fully prepared and keep the escorted individuals safe."

Mr. Zeng nodded vigorously, as Mr. Zhao scrunched his nose, clearly unhappy.

"Why use my car?"

At Xu Dayuan’s piercing glare, Mr. Zhao reluctantly pulled out his car keys without another word. In truth, he wanted to say that Zhou Ning’s car wasn’t a police car either, and being newer, it had better performance for long-distance driving, but he was too intimidated to voice his thoughts.

Mr. Zeng then inquired about who to bring along.

Liu Yufei stepped forward to make arrangements, clearly understanding Xu Dayuan’s intent. She organized for all newcomers to join, those straight from the police academy with no significant personal connections or backgrounds and who had average relationships with the rest of the team.

Xu Dayuan was very pleased with such arrangements, and at that moment, Zhou Ning approached Chen Wenchi.

"I’m forensic doctor Zhou Ning. Tell me about the time and place of your sister’s fall from the building. Did you visit the scene? Did you take any photos or videos? Also, what clothes was your sister wearing when the incident happened?"

Chen Wenchi’s eyes were fixed on Zhou Ning. The young appearance evoked a sense of distrust in him, prompting several glances towards Xu Dayuan.

However, after hearing Zhou Ning’s questions, and seeing him place a recording pen in front of him, Chen Wenchi’s unease greatly diminished.

"My sister’s accident was on February 14, 2009, at 12:44 PM. The surveillance of Guanghai Pharmaceutical Group captures only the entrance and inside of the buildings, while the spot where my sister fell is behind the Group’s tower.

It’s the parking area. When my sister fell, she hit a car before landing on the ground and died instantly. According to the building’s surveillance, she was wearing a white down jacket, a red wool skirt, and long boots when she entered the building.

At the time of the accident, she wasn’t wearing the down jacket. Later, when our aunt went to collect my sister’s belongings, she couldn’t find her down jacket or her mobile phone. Despite the careful review of the surveillance footage, nothing was found, as the camera angle was near the stairwell, and parts of the view were obstructed by blinds, so her position wasn’t clear.

Regarding the video, our aunt checked all the vehicles parked in the back and found two dashcam videos capturing the moment of my sister’s fall. However, the angle only showed from the third floor to the car roof, unable to provide sight of what exactly happened on the rooftop.

I was at school at the time and wasn’t informed about the incident. My father had just undergone heart surgery and was hospitalized; only my mother and aunt went to the scene, which is one of the biggest regrets for both me and my father."

Xu Dayuan passed a piece of paper and a pen to Chen Wenchi.

"Sketch the situation of the tower’s backyard. You’ve seen the video and heard from your aunt about it, I suppose you also visited the scene afterwards, right?"

Chen Wenchi nodded, took the pen, and began to draw attentively, explaining as he sketched:

"The tower has a total of twenty-two floors, with a circle of shaped shrubs and trees below, as well as a fountain. The location where my sister fell is to the left of the fountain. According to the data provided by the police, her feet were 7.9 meters away from the edge of the building, right above the parking spot."

Zhou Ning sent a message to Mr. Qu, asking him to check the height of the Guanghai Pharmaceutical Group tower and the wind direction and speed at that location on the day of the incident. Watching the sketch Cheng Wenchi drew, an idea flashed repeatedly in Zhou Ning’s mind.

He grabbed Chen Wenchi’s pen and quickly ran through some calculations on the paper using a formula.

According to the specific formula for high-altitude falls, assuming no wind and no external forces acting, the fall point from a 70-meter drop should be within six meters at most. But this distance seemed too far. Even with a forward jump, the variation in distance would only be about a meter or so, not excessively more.

Zhou Ning looked up at Chen Wenchi.

"The dashcam footage, your aunt kept it, right? Also, do you know the information about the car that got hit?"

Chen Wenchi nodded, his eyes not blinking as he stared at Zhou Ning.

"It’s preserved, but I don’t have it on me. As for the car, I don’t remember the license plate, but I know it belonged to Huang Li Ming, the manager of the administrative department. It was a blue Honda CR-V. She sold the car afterward, and by the time we went to look for it, there was no way to trace it."

Zhou Ning nodded.

"Where is the body now? Can we go and get it back now?"

Chen Wenchi looked towards Xu Dayuan.

"Did my parents send her away?"

Xu Dayuan called Mr. Zeng, and the call connected.

"Mr. Zeng, let Chen Junpeng take the call. Hello, please wait and let your son speak to you."

Xu Dayuan handed the phone to Chen Wenchi, who spoke for a few moments with his father, also instructing them not to use their cell phones temporarily, to turn them off, and then to follow the police’s instructions. Once the matters are resolved, the police would naturally bring them back.

After hanging up, Chen Wenchi visibly relaxed and handed the phone back to Xu Dayuan.

"Let’s go; I’ll take you to a place, but we need tools. Do we bring a shovel or a pickaxe?"

Mr. Zhao was taken aback. frёeωebɳovel.com

"What do you mean? You didn’t cremate your sister’s body but preserved it instead? So it’s buried?"

Chen Wenchi shook his head.

"My sister’s body is in a freezer. We need to dig up something. Let’s go!"