Animal Detective

Chapter 180 If she were the murderer, it would be too shameful.

Shen Xin squatted by the pit, watching Du Xinkai busy himself.

He carefully picked up the woman's skull and examined it closely by the light of the searchlight.

It should be about looking at the sutures of the skull.

Based on the degree of closure of the coronal and sagittal sutures, one can roughly estimate age.

"Old Du, she's very young." Shen Xin couldn't help but show off his skills in front of Guan Yu.

Du Xinkai nodded slightly, handed the skull to Yu Peixin, and then picked up the teeth to examine them.

Experienced forensic pathologists can estimate a victim's age by examining tooth wear.

Of course, it's also essential to examine the pubic symphysis.

The appearance of ridges and grooves is also an important piece of evidence for estimating age.

"What do you mean?" Chen Chao asked, squatting down.

Shen Xin was also extremely nervous.

After a moment's thought, Du Xinkai speculated, "Based on my personal experience, the woman's age should be between 18 and 20."

After saying that, he hesitated for a moment, then added, "Old Chen, didn't you say that Zhu Guishen is about to go bankrupt? He shouldn't have the money to find such a young lover, right?"

Shen Xin breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Du Xinkai's statement makes sense.

If you want to have a mistress, you at least need to be rich.

Zhu Guishen wasn't exactly ugly, but he was definitely not handsome either.

He probably doesn't yet have the charm to win over young girls.

So this might not be his lover.

Based on this line of reasoning, a reasonable assumption is that Zhu Guishen went up the mountain and, near Lotus Peak, unexpectedly witnessed someone committing a crime and murdering this woman.

Then they were implicated, killed by the murderer, and buried together.

If the murderer is the young man Wang Linhong saw, then that guy is a ruthless person.

Chen Chao remained noncommittal, saying, "Let's see the evidence."

An hour later, Sun Zhao arrived, panting heavily.

One downside is that you have to climb a mountain to get to the event.

He first gave Shen Xin a thumbs up, then observed the scene and asked Chen Chao to explain all the findings of the investigation.

He hadn't been involved in the case much, and after the investigation was reopened, he only knew the general situation.

Chen Chao explained the whole situation, and finally frowned and said, "Old Sun, there is actually another possibility."

He lowered his voice and said with a hint of sympathy, "What if it were the other way around?"

He gestured with his hand, indicating that he had turned it upside down.

Shen Xin's heart skipped a beat, and a chill ran down his spine.

Sun Zhao understood immediately and said, "You mean that after the marital relationship broke down, Zhu Guishen was the first to have murderous intent, so he specially bought life insurance for Yang Huixia."

"But Yang Huixia noticed and then killed Zhu Guishen."

He gasped.

The farm was poorly managed and short of money, and Zhu Guishen also had a mistress.

Or it's possible that he used all the money from the farm to support his mistress.

The mistress kept pressuring him for money, so Zhu Guishen had a wicked idea. He bought insurance and planned to try to murder Yang Huixia once the waiting period was over.

As it turned out, Yang Huixia knew about it in advance and seized the opportunity to turn the tables.

The incident occurred in May, right after the waiting period had ended, which is too suspicious in terms of timing.

Chen Chao nodded slightly; that was exactly what he thought.

Shen Xin felt a chill run down his spine.

Is this another love-hate relationship like Zhang Qin and Li Shanjie?

At this moment, Ding Yuwei, who was next to Shen Xin, suddenly said, "Captain Sun, Captain Chen, I don't think so..."

She stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence, shook her head, and indicated that she had nothing more to say.

Chen Chao said, "Speak your mind if you have any thoughts."

Ding Yuwei said, "It's not that I don't want to talk about it, it's that I misunderstood. At first, I wondered why Yang Huixia would choose such a high location to bury the body if she did it on the farm."

"Then I thought that maybe Lotus Peak was where Zhu Guishen and his lover had their trysts, so Yang Huixia chose to do it there." She finished speaking with an unnatural expression.

She tried to find evidence that Yang Huixia was not the murderer.

However, the more they analyzed it, the more suspicious Yang Huixia became.

Shen Xin knew what Ding Yuwei was thinking at that moment. After thinking seriously for a while, he said, "Monkey."

Seeing that the others were looking at him, Shen Xin continued, "We discovered the burial site through Bubu, and as far as I know, Bubu and Zhu Guishen had a very deep relationship. Zhu Guishen raised him single-handedly."

Shen Xin felt that even if Yang Huixia was going to act and tell lies, she shouldn't lie about Bubu.

After all, it was just an animal; how could she possibly have imagined that the police would investigate the animal?

Therefore, the information she gave about Bubu should be accurate.

For example, as soon as Zhu Guishen calls for dinner, Bubu immediately runs over.

“That Bubu may have witnessed the burial process. If the murderer was Yang Huixia, given his relationship with Zhu Guishen, he shouldn’t be so dependent on Yang Huixia now.”

Bubu is very dependent on Yang Huixia, and they have a very good relationship.

"Of course, it's possible that you would say he's just an animal, without memory or feelings."

Shen Xin added another layer of armor to himself.

Chen Chao waved his hand, glanced at Shen Xin, and said, "No, you're right. Sometimes, I really think that animals have more genuine feelings than humans."

Sun Zhao nodded in agreement.

Just like Lele, who has been guarding Wu Jiawang's burial site for many years, she can still recognize Gao Jinrui immediately when she sees him.

Animals know who treats them well and who has hurt them; their emotions are truly purer than those of humans.

At this point, Sun Zhao said, "Actually, I don't want Yang Huixia to be the murderer either. If she really is the murderer, wouldn't it make us look very incompetent?"

The investigation into Yang Huixia began when the crime occurred, but it has remained unsolved, with no clear evidence yet proving that Yang Huixia was the murderer.

If she really is the murderer, that would be incredibly shameful.

"Let's first identify the woman's body, and also find the young man the cleaning lady mentioned," Sun Zhao said in a deep voice.

With two bodies lying here, this is no small case.

"Of course, Yang Huixia's side also needs to be reinvestigated."

Shen Xin couldn't just stand by and watch.

Getting off work was out of the question, so he went with Ding Yuwei to the Dingshan Police Station to help look through the records of missing persons.

A girl, in her late teens or early twenties, has been dead for two years, and no one has reported it?

So they must have reported it to the police, but there's still no news about it.

Moreover, it's not enough to just look through the police report records of Dingshan Police Station; we also need to look through the police reports of the surrounding police stations, and even the entire city.

Because it was uncertain where the woman was from.

Meanwhile, updates on the autopsy and technical investigation at the scene were continuously provided from the mountain.

The body had already turned to bones, so some of the wounds were no longer visible.

The male skeleton is estimated to be around 40 years old, which matches Zhu Guishen's age.

The two individuals had no cell phones or anything that could prove their identities, indicating that the murderer had searched them before burying the bodies.

The male remains were found near the heart, in the rib area, with deep scratches and linear fractures, suggesting this may have been the fatal wound.

No bone wounds were found on the female corpse, so the cause of death could not be determined. It is possible that she died from excessive blood loss due to a puncture in the abdomen, or she may have suffocated by covering her nose.

It's all turned to bones now, so many things are uncertain.

Then there were the clothes on the two people's bodies.

The man was wearing sandals, black sweatpants of a certain brand, and a light gray short-sleeved shirt.

The women wore classic black and white canvas shoes, slim-fit jeans, a white cotton off-the-shoulder short-sleeved top, and an underwear.

The bra size is 80C, which provides a physical characteristic.

Is this big or small?

Shen Xin pointed to the message sent in the group chat and casually asked Ding Yuwei, who was sitting next to him.

Ding Yuwei's face turned red instantly.

He gritted his teeth and said irritably, "The same age as me."

Shen Xin glanced at it and instantly got the idea.

(End of this chapter)