Chapter 418

Old Zhou said, "There are many ways to explain it."

"Then you explain."

"I don't know."

Hahahaha.

Several forensic experts laughed happily; they had to admit that when they saw the substance Chen Fan analyzed, they were also startled, and their first reaction was, what is this thing?

The fish ate the finger, then the bird ate the fish, then excreted it, which fell into the water, and then humans picked it up and placed it here?

Isn't this pure nonsense?

Soon, Li Tian's investigation ended, revealing something unimaginable.

This frogman did indeed place the finger, but it was the frogman himself who put it there, simply because he thought it was fun.

There was no other reason.

This result was not only unbelievable to the forensic experts, but the audience found it absurd as well.

"Holy crap, can you do something like this? Isn't this illegal?"

"But it feels like it's not illegal, holy crap."

"So, what exactly happened?"

"Damn it, big brother, how much free time do you have to do something like this? Humans can't do this."

In the observation room, Qin Ming said, "In that case, it can be understood."

What can be understood, big brother? You don't actually believe it, do you?

Teacher He said, "Does this exist?"

Qin Ming said, "It exists, and there are many cases; it's definitely not a small number. Let me put it this way: people sometimes really do strange and bizarre things. I once handled the most bizarre case: a couple got drunk, found a corpse, didn't rush to call the police, but instead held hands and defecated on the side before running away."

"At that time, we investigated for a long time and found the couple through that feces, but the result was unimaginable. Honestly, you don't even know how to handle such a thing; at most, you can just educate them."

Sister Yuanyuan said, "Humans are really strange; just for fun?"

"Exactly. Who would have thought? Actually, Chen Fan's idea is understandable: fish eat meat, then birds eat the fish, forming a cycle; that explanation makes sense, but who would have thought this act was simply done by the frogman himself?"

Li Tian, at the scene, said, "That guy told me he just wanted to see the forensic experts' skills. Dragging up corpses these days has given him a headache; he just wanted to see if you, Chen Fan, are as awesome as you are on the livestream and all that."

Chen Fan was speechless and said, "So, where was this bone found?"

"The man said he picked it up himself. We went to that area and searched for a long time but still couldn't find the body."

Chen Fan, with a dark face, said, "Then what do we do? Should we continue on our end?"

Several big shots nodded one after another.

Chen Fan, helpless, continued the testing.

Then he opened the book, started comparing it with the text, and began studying some local ecological knowledge.

"Based on the time inference, at this time of year, the fish that appear are mostly just a few species, and the ones capable of eating human flesh and swallowing a finger are not many; most importantly, they must also be catchable by birds, so the actual number is quite limited."

Old Zhou, looking at the text, said, "Then it must be upstream. The water there isn't very deep, making it convenient for birds to catch things and so on."

"Right, the fish also need to be large, but now the fish have been caught by everyone almost completely; where would any big fish still exist?"

"What if it's the fish farm over there?"

After these words were spoken, everyone instantly felt their line of thinking had gone wrong.

Li Tian quickly pulled out a map, compared it, and said, "This area, does it count as the upstream you mentioned and so on?"

"I suppose so. What's wrong?"

"Then it's basically this guy for sure. This guy raises fish and has a criminal record before. When I investigated this case, I looked at the list of criminals and so on; this kid counts as one of them."

Chen Fan was speechless and said, "Li Tian, you are discriminating against criminals. Although he made mistakes in the past, it doesn't mean he will make mistakes in the future. Why do you suspect him? This is blatant discrimination; I despise you."

"Do I need to look for gold in feces? By the same logic, if I want to find scum, why not just look for scum directly? You made mistakes; shouldn't these be what you bear? What's this, victim-blaming, moral kidnapping, is it?"

Chen Fan said, "No, I was just purely disgusting you."

Screw you, old man.

Li Tian, on his end, led people directly to the scene to investigate.

Feeding the corpse to fish is simple; just send the frogman into the water directly.

As for how the frogman gets into the water, there's a ready-made one right here; this ready-made frogman just committed a crime and is eager to prove himself.

The person went down.

Basically, upon arriving at the scene, for Li Tian, whether this guy committed a crime or not was immediately apparent.

The person was fished up; it was a skeleton.

After comparison, it was confirmed to be indeed a corpse.

The man also confessed the facts of his crime.

"This woman was an online girlfriend I met; she came to visit me. At night, we drank some alcohol, and I wanted to do things with the woman, but she disagreed and wanted to leave. I wouldn't let her, so I strangled her to death."

This result was very speechless.

"Then how did you dispose of the corpse?"

"I just threw it into the meat grinder over there; the person was shredded, and then I directly dumped it into the river. I often feed some chickens and other things to the fish when I have nothing to do, and no one noticed."

Tsk tsk tsk.

The man asked curiously, saying, "How did you discover it?"

"It was the birds flying in the sky. They ate the fish from your side, then defecated, the bones fell out, and someone else picked them up."

The regret and remorse in the man's eyes were never directed at the murder.

Rather, he felt it was unjust that he was caught; why did such unlucky things happen to him?

When Li Tian saw this scene, he also felt distressed inside his heart: why is it that these people are always remorseful about being caught for their crimes, rather than remorseful about the act of committing the crime itself?

In the observation room, everyone watching the arrest process, Teacher Luo said, "Don't you find it astonishing? This person, up to now, has shown no sign of remorse; in fact, he is only remorseful that he was caught for such a boring reason."

Sister Yuanyuan said, "Then this person should be shot."

Shishi, standing nearby, said, "Yes, they should be beaten to death directly."

Qin Ming said, "That is for the law to handle, not for us forensic experts. However, people like this are indeed very common. This is why many say they cannot see any remorse in criminals. Many people do not deserve sympathy because these criminals, when committing crimes, never think about the harm they cause others; they only think about why they are so unlucky and got caught."

Over here, after a few people finished handling the bones, they continued their seminar.

Someone brought up an interesting topic.

"Absolute relaxation."

It was a very interesting point. After proposing the topic, this man immediately began to demonstrate his qigong level.

"I am now gradually approaching absolute relaxation."

Chen Fan was speechless and said, "Then you should be dying soon."

?????

The forensic expert looked at Chen Fan and thought, No, big brother, are you even polite?

What do you mean?

Old Zhou coughed over here and said, "Child, your research direction is wrong. In forensic anthropology, regarding corpses, go read up on it. Absolute relaxation can only be achieved by the dead; the living cannot achieve it."

Uh?

It seems that is actually true. I remember forensic anthropology did mention something like that.

Meanwhile, someone pushed a food cart over, bringing several corpses.

"Everyone, come over. By the way, you newbies, come too. Let's calculate."

Three people appeared: Chen Fan, plus a boy and a girl, who were considered the most outstanding young people to emerge this year.

'We have handled the corpses. You three, come and calculate the time and so on.'

The first boy stepped forward and immediately began examining the corpse.

"The average oral temperature is 37.19°C, with a normal range of 36.7–37.7°C; the average rectal temperature is 37.47°C, with a normal range of 36.9–37.9°C; the average axillary temperature is 36.79°C, with a normal range of 36–37.4°C."

"Factors inherent to the corpse itself mainly refer to the deceased's age, physical condition, cause of death, and so on. Under normal circumstances, the bodies of children and the elderly cool down quickly, while those of young adults cool down more slowly. A newborn, within 5–10 hours after death, can drop to a temperature equal to the surrounding environment. Since fat has a heat-retaining effect and dissipates heat slowly, obese bodies cool down more slowly than emaciated ones. Bodies of those who died from chronic wasting diseases, massive hemorrhage, drowning, or extensive burns cool down quickly, whereas bodies of those who died from sudden death, mechanical asphyxia, or carbon monoxide poisoning cool down more slowly."

Chen Fan, standing aside, silently reached out, took some melon seeds from his pocket.

And started eating them.

Several big shots gathered around and each took a little.

The man, examining meticulously, said, "The time of death should be between fifteen and twenty hours."

Pfft.

Chen Fan couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud.

The man said, "What are you laughing at? I've been putting up with you for a long time."