Chapter 523: Skull Superimposition

Chen Fan said, "Sir, go on. Did you notice anything else?"

The old man thought and thought, and more than two minutes passed.

Only then did he smell something wrong in the air; before, with the door closed, the scent shouldn't have escaped.

But now, because the door had been opened, a smell of rotting flesh had mixed into the hallway.

"What is this smell? It stinks so bad!"

The old man sighed, and as if triggered by the sense of smell, he thought of something the very next second.

"Right, I smelled this scent a while ago, but not here."

Everyone exchanged glances.

Chen Fan continued, "Sir, think carefully. Where did you smell it?"

The old man said, "It seems to have been in the trash can downstairs. That night was late; my wife and I had gone to our son's house for dinner during the day."

"In the evening, our daughter-in-law brought us back. As soon as we reached the bottom of the building, we smelled a foul stench like this in the trash can."

"We even discussed it then, wondering how the trash can could smell so bad."

"But by the next morning when we got up for our morning run, the smell had vanished."

"So, Officer, what exactly is this smell?"

The old man was extremely curious.

Chen Fan had no intention of hiding it and replied, "It is the smell of a decomposing corpse."

"What!"

The old man was utterly shocked; the next second, he couldn't help but feel like vomiting.

He even nearly fainted.

Fortunately, his wife opened the door, helped the old man inside, and he felt a bit better.

Liu Mengyan took over for Chen Fan and asked the old man more questions, especially about the timing when he smelled the corpse odor in the downstairs trash can.

But the old man said his memory was poor and he couldn't recall it anymore.

Everyone had to let it go.

Inside the autopsy room.

Chen Fan looked at the skull before him.

There was no need for an autopsy today; after all, only a skull remained.

What needed to be done today was to identify the deceased.

Liu Mengyan carefully cleaned the maggots from the skull one by one.

Making the skull look less disgusting.

Chen Fan said, "Apprentice, what I will teach you today is that only with authoritative identification can the case move forward to the next stage."

"This matter is extremely important; just like finding the cause of death, it is something we forensic doctors must do."

Liu Mengyan solemnly nodded.

"If it were an ordinary, undamaged corpse, the deceased's identity could be confirmed immediately."

"But if the corpse has been damaged, the face is blurred, there are no fingerprints, and only a skeleton remains."

"Then our identification work becomes slightly more difficult."

"And now that only the skull has been found, it will be even harder."

Old Liu watched Chen Fan from the side, feeling somewhat gratified.

Although these things were not taught to Chen Fan by him.

But seeing Chen Fan act as a mentor, rather than his usual careless self.

He felt as if he were watching his own child grow up.

But Chen Fan's serious demeanor did not last long.

Chen Fan said, "But don't worry, it doesn't matter; I will step in. This is not difficult for me; you just need to listen carefully."

Some of the young people present couldn't help but laugh at Chen Fan.

That internet slang; they didn't expect Chen Fan to use it so fluently.

"It doesn't matter; I will step in!"

"The corpse: It doesn't matter; I will arrange my own funeral."

"Damn, I thought Chen Fan would get serious this time, but the very next sentence was anything but serious."

"Can we hurry up and get to the point? I still want to see how the identification is done."

It was already one in the morning.

The number of viewers in the live stream was still over a million.

Chen Fan picked up the skull and said, "The simplest detection method right now is dental comparison."