Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 151: You have to be a professional, you know so much
He knew about the corpse running case, and he agreed to transfer Yu Dazhang over to help.

At first he thought the case was not a big deal, just a little outrageous.

If we transfer a smarter one over there, and with the help of a few veteran detectives, we should be able to solve the case quickly.

Who could have thought that the fat man would come up with a new trick and escalate the corpse running case.

Good guy, he was asked to go to Qingpu Branch to help investigate the case, but he found himself back in Hongkou District and raided the entire funeral home!
"Yes." The criminal investigation team leader said in a positive tone:
"It was transferred back before the arrest, but Yu Dazhang is still the main person in charge of the case."

It depends on who hears this.

Ordinary people can't hear any problem and just treat it as a normal report.

But Director Liu heard another meaning: Yu Dazhang and the Qingpu Branch had a falling out.

And the disagreement arose over the arrest.

The higher the position, the less clear you should be in your words. It is best to keep things brief. This is also a way to protect yourself.

such as:

I agree in principle…actually I just don’t agree.

You are a very honest person...but a little bit stupid.

Work hard, you have great potential...the so-called potential is that you don’t have the ability now.

Obviously, the criminal investigation team leader also discovered the problem, but he did not say it directly. Instead, he expressed it in a tactful way.

"Ask Ji Bin from the Qingpu Branch to come to the Municipal Bureau." Director Liu said to the police officer in charge of liaison.

Although he had already guessed the general situation, some things were still better to be clarified in person.

The criminal investigation team leader was actually making a complaint.

Director Liu responded to him in this way: I understand, but I need to verify it myself.

"Go on with your report."

"Okay, after Yu Dazhang arrived at the Qingpu Branch, he arrested the driver of the corpse transport vehicle that night..."
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Hongkou Branch.

In the meeting room, Yu Dazhang asked the first question:

"After those unidentified bodies were taken away, where did they find ashes to replace them?"

He went home to rest after get off work as usual last night, but the interrogation never stopped.

The police officers in the police station work in two shifts, taking turns to interrogate the suspects continuously.

There are too many suspects in this case, so this is the only method available.

The morning meeting is for information synchronization.

"Using the ashes of other dead people to impersonate them." A police officer in charge of the interrogation last night replied:
"After the body is cremated, the cremator will smash the skeleton into powder, and the family will pay a few dozen yuan for the ashes collection."

"And there is no standard weight for ashes. Some people have more, some have less."

"The cremator takes advantage of this, and every time they pick up the ashes, they leave some behind."

"Once the weight of a body is collected, the ashes will be handed over to the funeral home."

This is quite a mean trick... Yu Dazhang was shocked when he heard it.

Isn't this just stealing ashes and selling them?

If the ashes are incomplete, it is no different from not leaving a complete body.

There is nothing that you cannot do.

These people can think of anything to get money.

"How many more bodies can be cremated to produce the ashes for one more person?" Yu Dazhang asked.

"At least ten bodies must be cremated." The police officer said, handing him a statement of confession:
"Most of the time, we need about 15 bodies, because the amount of ashes is not much, so at most only one tenth of the amount can be left at a time."

"If we leave too much, it will be easy for the deceased's family to find it."

"As a result, before the ashes were collected, the crematorium was investigated and the cremator was arrested."

Yu Dazhang knew the rest.

The number of bodies on the register did not match, and there were no corresponding ashes, so the funeral home had to find another solution.

Besides funeral homes, the only other places to store bodies are morgues. "Why don't they use animal ashes instead?"

Yu Dazhang thought this was a solution. Since everything had been burned to ashes anyway, no one would notice such details.

"You thought it was a roasted whole lamb!"

The person who spoke was Qian Cheng, who came to the meeting on behalf of the technical department.

Because he was very familiar with Yu Dazhang, he had no taboos in speaking and just started to criticize directly:
"The temperature must reach over 800 degrees Celsius to completely decompose and burn the organic matter in the body."

"The crematorium uses a special fire source that can reach a specified temperature."

"In comparison, even gasoline burning is not enough to burn the tissue in the body."

And he has to be a professional to understand this... Yu Dazhang was not angry after being criticized by Qian Cheng. Instead, he felt that his thoughts became clearer.

In his previous life, he had participated in solving a murder case.

After killing the person, the murderer dragged the body to a wasteland and burned it in an attempt to destroy the evidence.

He also went to the scene at that time. The body was burned beyond recognition, like charcoal, and there was no way to tell its original appearance.

The murderer confessed that he burned the body for more than three hours, but even then the body was not reduced to ashes.

The reason is that the temperature is not enough.

So ashes cannot be created just by burning them.

“Can’t we just take the animal carcasses to the crematorium and burn them?” Yu Dazhang continued to question:

"This way, we can burn it to ashes, break it into pieces and grind it into powder, and no one will be able to tell the difference."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present turned their eyes to him.

Even Li Jun couldn't help but frown.

Arrogant, right?
Pulling the animal carcasses into the crematorium, even a fool would know what to do.

There is no use in burning small animals, only animals like pigs, cows and sheep will work.

The carcasses of animals of this size cannot be hidden at all. Unless the surveillance cameras in the crematorium are just for show, if they are captured in the footage, it will be direct evidence.

"I mean, dismantle the animal carcasses and bring them in bit by bit."

Yu Dazhang felt uncomfortable being stared at by everyone, so he had to bite the bullet and explain:
"This way we can sneak into the crematorium without being monitored. As far as I know, there is no surveillance inside the crematorium."

The reason why he kept on dwelling on this issue was to eliminate all reasonable doubts.

All doubts must be explained clearly before the case is closed. This is the highest requirement for the integrity of the chain of evidence.

"Let me answer this question."

Qian Cheng knows Yu Dazhang too well, and he will not give up until he gets to the bottom of the matter.

"It would be useless even if we could bring the animal's bones into the crematorium."

"First of all, there are records for operating the incinerator. It's not like your kebab stove, which you can use whenever you want."

"Besides, the cremation records are kept for 50 years. It is impossible to delay the destruction of the records."

"Secondly, although the ashes have been burned and only some inorganic salts remain, making it impossible to detect DNA, it is still possible to tell whether they are human bones."

This time Yu Dazhang understood.

The method of using animals as a substitute is simply not advisable because there are too many loopholes.

This explains why, after the cremator was arrested, the only solution the funeral home could think of was to steal the bodies.

Indeed, if you want to conceal something from criminal investigation, this is the most direct, simple and effective method.

In that case, the four bodies...

Yu Dazhang looked at the police officer who was in charge of the interrogation last night:

"What did they do with the stolen bodies?"

The police officer shook his head helplessly:

"It was burned as an unknown body."

(End of this chapter)