Free Web NovelChapter 328: Chapter 318 Fish Line_2
Zhu Xingxing made a circle and, after the scan was finished, hurried over to the car door. Using tweezers, he picked up several pieces of white flakes stuck on the neck pillow.
"Dandruff. The victim doesn’t seem to have a dandruff problem, so if it’s not from the killer, it must be from someone who once sat in the passenger seat."
Zhou Ning had already briefed Mr. Pang by then. The driver of the concrete mixer truck and Zhu Yunping were still undergoing emergency treatment at the hospital. Mr. Yang’s video came in handy this time and was shown directly to Mr. Pang, who was quite unsettled after watching it.
"I must say, that person’s behavior was too frenzied; it’s not how a normal person acts. The Lexus ran the red light at a speed exceeding eighty through the intersection, while the concrete mixer entered the intersection at a speed within the legal limit. The Lexus is completely at fault here!"
Zhou Ning nodded.
"So we have to check whether the Lexus driver, Zhu Yunping, was driving under the influence of drugs. Additionally, this person is a family member of a suspect involved in a sediment case we just processed."
Mr. Pang raised an eyebrow, and Zhou Ning glanced at Xu Dayuan, who nodded in agreement.
Zhou Ning briefly described Zhu Yunping’s background and his mother’s connection to that case. Mr. Pang’s mouth fell open upon hearing it.
"Isn’t this just spoiling someone rotten? A typical case of a rich second-generation playboy. I’ll send someone to the hospital to photograph the wounds, and I’ll arrange the coordination with the traffic police. You just proceed as normal and let me know if you need anything. It’s so hard to even think of resting."
After speaking, Mr. Pang walked away quickly, making calls and shouting as he went. Zhou Ning listened and couldn’t help but smile.
"It’s good to be back, at least it’s not a one-man fight anymore."
Xu Dayuan patted Zhou Ning on the shoulder.
"Quit being sentimental. I’m going up front to wait for the victim’s family. I’ll have a detailed talk with them later, and after calming them down, I’ll come over. You need to speed up your work here."
Xu Dayuan left briskly with his team. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn’t need to personally manage such an incident, but Zhu Yunping’s special identity and its connection to the previous case, along with another death in his car, meant the case took on a different nature if he was indeed driving under the influence.
Zhou Ning returned to the garage where, under the operation of several mechanical arms, the Lexus was positioned in the middle, having been mostly cut open. Zhu Xingxing and Sun Gaotie were fixing the victim’s position from different directions, and with the last sound, the tail of the car came off, along with the seats separating.
Zhou Ning approached and observed the victim Fu Wendan’s neck closely after Yang Xuetong and Mr. Zhao finished taking photographs and samples.
The glass shards and metal that penetrated were not very deep, and none had damaged the carotid artery. The most severe piece was stuck in the gap of the C-shaped cartilage, but several of the choke marks were quite deep. These marks were extremely fine, cutting through the skin on both sides of the victim’s neck in three places from top to bottom.
Zhou Ning rolled up the victim’s sleeves and looked at the hands; sure enough, the victim’s index finger, middle finger, and ring finger all had corresponding marks, with wounds deep enough to expose bone.
Bloodstains were also found dripping from the victim Fu Wendan’s neck onto her body and the seat, columnar, splattered, spindle-shaped, with various marks densely scattered. Aside from the missing windshield which prevented observation, the bloodstains on other parts were distributed evenly.
This meant the victim was strangled while in the passenger seat. Could it be that the driver, Zhu Yunping, didn’t know?
High on drugs, thrilled to the point of hallucinations, he kept challenging other vehicles on the road and dragged a body around with him?
This seemed somewhat implausible, but under the victim’s buttocks there was already a dried-up pool of blood, and the body hadn’t been moved post-mortem, an indisputable fact.
Gazing at the victim’s scars, Zhou Ning squinted slightly. Such fine strangulation furrows, with visible multilayered cut marks forming three lines in total. What kind of thin yet resilient material could do this?
Metal wire?
No matter how fine, a metal wire cutting the neck would cause different damage, without the same layering, more like a fishing line, the kind used in professional sea fishing.
However, this Lexus LFA was a two-seater sports car. Sitting in the driver’s seat, it would be impossible to create strangulation marks from this angle, right?
Zhou Ning stood up and took a look at the ruined tail of the car, waving to Mr. Zhao.
"When the trunk of the sports car is open, is it possible to strangle the victim to death with a fishing line from the passenger seat?"
Mr. Zhao hurried over, glanced at the remains of the car’s rear, and nodded toward Zhou Ning.
"I think it’s possible. When the trunk of the Lexus LFA is open, with the current angle of the seat, no special adjustment is needed to strangle the victim’s neck. However, the perpetrator’s hair or face might have brushed against the rear windshield, which is now shattered."
Zhou Ning also took a look and indeed, the rear windshield was completely broken, with only the edges still clinging to the frame, the rest of it turned to rubble in the car.
"Then try to extract it. Judging by the state and pattern of the blood drips, the victim Fu Wendan hasn’t been moved, and the time of death is within an hour. Be careful with dismantling the vehicle, look for remnants of the rear windshield and the fishing line..."
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The body of Fu Wendan, along with the seat, was transported to the autopsy room.
Mr. Zhao waved his hands at Zhu Xingxing and Sun Gaotie, urging them.
"What are you two waiting for, get moving and help with the autopsy. Mr. Yang and I will investigate the vehicle here. We can’t let Mr. Liu and Zhou Xiaozhou do it, they are not up for carrying and lifting since the victim is still attached to the chair."
Seeing this, the two hastily went up as well, and Mr. Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.
Finding two storage bins, he started separating the fragments of the rear windshield with Yang Xuetong. It was easy to identify due to certain characteristics. Despite being shattered to pieces, the residual striped patterns remained intact, connecting some parts. The completely pulverized pieces were not picked up, as Mrs. Cui from the forensic department would have a fit if such samples were sent.
After clearing most of the debris, a flattened trunk storage bin was revealed, housing a complete set of fishing rods and various sea fishing tools, marked with English and Japanese brands. Mr. Zhao whistled.
Yang Xuetong glanced at it and looked toward Mr. Zhao.
"I don’t recognize this brand, but it looks expensive just by the looks of it. The cases are made of crocodile skin."
"There are several brands here, but this Fuji one is the most expensive, a Sapporo brand, considered enthusiast-level fishing gear. It seems meant for sea fishing. The playthings of rich people’s sons are truly beyond our imagination. But are these fishing lines all new?"
Mr. Zhao said, pulling out the bin even though it was crushed, with the contents inside remaining intact. As he drew out the bin, a tangled mass of fishing line also came out, mixed with some curled long hair and blood.
Seeing this, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
Yang Xuetong used tweezers to place the fishing line in an evidence bag, then climbed up from the side, his knees covered in glass shards. He shook off his feet and was about to go upstairs to deliver it for examination when Mr. Zhao stopped him.
"Hold on, buddy. We don’t know whether the perpetrator was on drugs, whether it was through injection or ingestion. Moreover, the signs of the victim’s struggle are not clear. She only hooked the fishing line with her fingers during asphyxiation. Could she have been on drugs too?"
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Mr. Zhao pointed at the car door and the area in front of the passenger seat and said:
"This car’s interior is all custom-made with black velvet cloth, which can make it hard to notice details. There’s a shallow slot under the door handle that can be used for storage, and the glove compartment button is quite hidden, on the side. Take a good look, it doesn’t seem deformed."
Yang Xuetong smiled, as he was completely convinced by Mr. Zhao’s knowledge about cars.
"By the way, this car isn’t cheap, right?"
"Lose the ’right,’ this is the 2012 LFA 4.8T AT model with a base price of 5,988,000 yuan. Add custom interior and various taxes, how much do you think it takes to drive it on the road? Besides, this color, it’s the classic 2008 edition color, which this model didn’t have. Customization would definitely cost extra, but my aesthetic cannot accept this shit-yellow color."
"Isn’t it eggshell yellow?"
