Chapter 246 – A semi-trailer truck

"Please make way."

"The pot is boiling."

"Add a little more water."

"You need to trim that piece of meat."

In the autopsy room, everyone was busy working and shouting at the same time, making the environment a bit noisy.

In the case of a major crime, with more forensic doctors, the work is actually relatively easy. The main issue is the high mental pressure.

For example, now, with six forensic doctors huddled in one autopsy room, and with additional staff in the rest area, even the heavy work of boiling bones has become easier.

Bones that cannot be picked up with a single pair of tongs can easily be handled by two people working together.

Most forensic doctors are not fond of forensic anthropology, not only because of its high difficulty and low success rate, but also due to the high workload.

Unless dealing with a completely skeletalized body, most bodies buried for only a few years or found in water, require the application of forensic anthropology knowledge, which involves the boiling process.

Not to mention the psychological impact of the entire process, the physical labor alone is already very tiring.

In most grassroots units, there is only one forensic doctor.

For example, a thin and dry female forensic doctor like Wang Lan would find it quite difficult to work alone in a unit with only one position.

She cannot dissect the body first and then boil it, as the knife is likely to leave marks on the bones, making it unclear whether they are her own or the perpetrator's.

Lifting a large pot, pouring water, and so on, none of it is easy.

Of course, the above is all about ordinary forensic doctors.

In the criminal investigation industry, if anyone achieves a high level of expertise in any position, it is not a problem to enjoy special treatment.

The reason why Jiang Yuan was able to apply for the position of forensic doctor in Ningtai County is because Comrade Wu Jun caused a scene, demanding respect for the elderly and care for the young, and an increase in staff to reduce the workload.

And now, Jiang Yuan is running around doing work from other places, because he is strong enough, and the Ningtai County Criminal Police Team has been impressed by him.

In fact, it is not necessary to reach Jiang Yuan's level of expertise. Any forensic doctor with a level 2 forensic anthropology skill can apply for a position as a forensic assistant.

For example, Dr. Zhai has a forensic anthropology skill level of about LV2PLUS, and it is very likely that he will never reach LV3 in his lifetime. However, he is still able to guide work throughout the province as if he were a fish in water.

The difficulty of this skill is probably similar to that of imageology involved in criminal investigation. However, unlike imageology, there are high-value talents available in the market.

Forensic anthropology is not only difficult, but also has few students and limited opportunities for use.

Dr. Zhai originally thought that Jiang Yuan's level of expertise in forensic anthropology was at most at an entry level, just a little better than an ordinary forensic doctor, and could be used in a similar way - this was already a high opinion of Jiang Yuan.

After all, Jiang Yuan is still very young, and anthropology requires a lot of accumulation.

After Jiang Yuan discovered the special nature of the body bag, Dr. Cheng began to appreciate Jiang Yuan's keenness.

However, when the bones were boiled and placed on the autopsy table one by one, Dr. Cheng realized that Jiang Yuan's skill was far from just an entry level.

In terms of assembling the body, Dr. Zhai was far behind Jiang Yuan's progress.

In theory, assembling a body is something that medical students can do, but when it comes to doing it, there are still varying levels of proficiency.

The weakest students may have to assemble the bones in order from top to bottom, finding and adjusting them one by one.

Strong students like Jiang Yuan can simply pick up a bone and place it on the autopsy table, and it will be in the right position.

This kind of effortless operation is something that Dr. Zhai can do, but it is not easy.

Dr. Zhai is getting older, and his energy and physical strength are a bit lacking. After a few moments of distraction, he heard Jiang Yuan starting to make judgments:

"Source of the body, female, aged between 35 and 40..."

"Height around 160 cm..."

"Injuries to the shoulders, cervical spine, and knee joints..."

Dr. Zhai was originally assembling bones from another pot, but when he heard Jiang Yuan starting to draw conclusions, he stopped and turned to check Jiang Yuan's bones.

Naturally, there were no mistakes.

For example, determining the age and gender, Jiang Yuan can now almost make these judgments with just one bone.

This may sound like a basic requirement of anthropology, but it is actually very difficult.

For an ordinary forensic doctor who is not good at anthropology, they usually need to use the pelvis to make judgments.

Without it, they are at a loss.

For some people, even if you look at their skull when they are alive, you cannot tell if they are male or female. After they die, it is quite difficult to determine their gender just by looking at the skull.

It is not impossible to determine, but if a forensic doctor makes a mistake in gender determination four times, would the criminal police team dare to use such a conclusion?

So, for an ordinary forensic doctor, the pelvis is reliable, and it can also provide information about age and fertility.

```The pelvis could be considered a treasure trove for academic underachievers.

Here, one could also criticize the limited knowledge of the average murderer. Dismembering a body to hide the head is actually quite unnecessary. Aside from when the head is fresh and the face recognizable, after just a few days without preservation, even a bedfellow wouldn't be able to name the owner of the skull.

As for techniques like cranial reconstruction, aside from a few experts in big cities, how could an ordinary police department have such resources?

Thus, if you're going to commit a murder and want to avoid detection, hiding the pelvis is better than hiding the head. But this carries a heavier implication of defiance—it's like saying, "The bandits of the south village mock me for my old age and weakness, they kill and dismember, leaving the limbs but not the head, brazenly abandoning the body in my district."

The end result is inevitably a forensic anthropologist of level 8 being called in, gathering friends, and even summoning a level 3 anthropologist.

At level 3, almost every bone can provide a wealth of information.

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Not to mention determining gender, a single rib can indicate the time of death.

However, the limitations of anthropology also lie here.

Aside from determining gender, age, height, and other basic information about the deceased, estimating the time of death has never been particularly accurate.

Any additional information becomes increasingly divergent in terms of accuracy and difficulty.

"That's about it," Jiang Yuan said after assembling a skeleton, having provided all the information he could.

Given the current progress of the criminal investigation, there wasn't much that could be used.

Forensic Doctor Zhai nodded slightly. He couldn't offer more either.

"Shall we look at the second body?" Jiang Yuan still turned to Forensic Doctor Zhai.

"Sure, it's all yours," Forensic Doctor Cheng decisively stepped aside.

His expertise wasn't in examining bones. Faced with someone as formidable as Jiang Yuan, he readily yielded his place.

Jiang Yuan, unceremoniously, quickly assembled the bones and began his analysis, saying:

"Victim number two, aged between 30 to 35, female, about 165 cm tall. Time of death, between 3 to 5 years ago. Bunion on the big toe, likely often wore high heels, signs of fatigue from childbirth, has given birth..."

Forensic Doctor Zhai nodded in agreement.

Forensic Doctor Niu said, "So we have two young females."

Forensic Doctor Cheng, who had been expressing a "me too" attitude, now shook his head and said, "There's no need to jump to such conclusions now. Is the next body ready?"

"It'll take a while longer," Forensic Doctor Niu wrinkled his nose, patted his stomach, and sighed, "Looks like I'm on a diet today."

Jiang Yuan then continued to examine the two bodies.

Information like age and gender had been thoroughly researched by predecessors, and it was done by comparing and studying different bones repeatedly.

But to arrive at more complex conclusions, like the deceased's occupation, was very difficult. It wasn't something that could be determined with a casual glance; it often required comparing and aligning different scenarios.

After examining until late into the night, they each went their separate ways to sleep.

Jiang Yuan dreamt of nothing but white bones.

And chunks of decomposed flesh.

The floating fat from the bodies.

In his dreams, there was more body fat because modern people tend to be overweight, producing a large amount of fat, which is more statistically probable.

The next morning.

It was the sixth day since Liu Jinghui's disappearance.

Someone came to notify them: "The motorcycle has been delivered."

The forensic doctors, who had been stuffed in the meat boiling room all day, all rushed out.

Xu Taining directly brought in a semi-trailer truck into the funeral home.

The truck was covered with black cloth, concealing its contents.

The people who had come early to the funeral home for services were curious about the large vehicle.

"Must be a big case."

"A serial car accident?"

"I haven't heard anything, who could have a whole truckload of dead people?"

The driver, overhearing the comments, felt it was inappropriate as he parked the truck inside the funeral home.

Soon, the funeral home's management, having heard the rumors, came to take a look.

That's when they saw several motorcycles, each with a white ghost swaying on top, circling slowly around the yard...

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