Chapter 58: Digging for Corpses

Apricot Valley Copper Mine was a copper mine developed after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Its scale was not small, its output was large, and its resources were exhausted very quickly.

By the turn of the century, it was no longer worth digging here. What followed was various surface backfilling.

And the one who took over this project was the branch company where Tan Yong worked.

However, because of the return of funds for various projects, the surface backfilling work was done for a period of time, then stopped for a while, and did not continue continuously.

And this obviously gave Tan Yong a great opportunity.

In order to backfill the ventilation shaft, the company had already opened up the passage to that place, and cars came every once in a while, so Tan Yong's appearance was not abrupt.

There was no doorman or gatekeeper here. In a situation where entry was completely free, the safety of abandoning the corpse could be said to be greatly improved.

Even the backfilling that was carried out every once in a while made Tan Yong not even need the most basic burial after abandoning the corpse.

The personnel lowered by hoisting didn't take long to confirm the existence of the first corpse.

A young, fragmented female corpse.

The criminal police officers who had been busy for many days were all refreshed.

The dogs guarding the wellhead also barked with bared teeth.

Only Heizi was as calm as ever, showing the composure of an old dog.

"Using dogs to find corpses is really easy to use," Liu Jinghui stood by Heizi, looking down at the pitch-black ventilation shaft, wanting to touch Heizi, but didn't dare to move.

Heizi's trainer restrained Heizi and said: "Current police dogs tend to be all-round dogs. It is best to have tracking, searching, and tearing capabilities. Heizi is smart and learns fast. Its various skills are not worse than professional dogs."

"Is there this stress?"

"Yes, professional dogs need to be mobilized frequently, have high requirements for commanders, and have high requirements for the dog's physical strength. In addition, the cost of raising police dogs is indeed relatively large. The cost-effectiveness of all-round dogs is higher, especially for small units," Heizi's trainer was borrowed from Longli County to help, and his attention was more on the search itself.

Liu Jinghui just pretended to be relaxed, but when the female corpse really appeared in front of him, his emotions still couldn't hold back.

"Looking at the degree of weathering, the time of death is more than three years. The specific time needs to be judged when going back. The large pieces of the corpse have been picked up, and there are small pieces, which will be tossed for a while," the forensic doctor of the City Bureau went down to the bottom of the well and came up again, looking gray-headed and dirty.

Several leaders nodded with solemn expressions.

Liu Jinghui responded with an "En". Originally, finding the corpse proved his judgment and reasoning—Tan Yong killed more than one person.

However, everyone's focus is now not on Liu Jinghui.

"Not bad," Detachment Captain Yu Wenshu patted Jiang Yuan on the shoulder heavily, and a stone in his heart fell to the ground.

No matter what, this case happened in Changyang City and fell into the jurisdiction of Changyang City. Liu Jinghui and Gao Qiang were just reinforcements sent by the Provincial Department, and the criminal police from Ningtai County were just living forces drawn from below. In the end, the main body of the case-handling was still the Criminal Police Detachment of Changyang City.

Now, the case sees the dawn... no, it should be that the truth is revealed, Yu Wenshu really wants to thank Jiang Yuan.

He looked at Jiang Yuan with a handsome middle-aged face full of affinity and said: "Looking back, if you have any ideas, you can come to me..."

"I want to go down and help," Jiang Yuan pointed to the ventilation shaft.

Yu Wenshu was stunned: "There are all fragmented corpses below."

"I don't have many opportunities to do such cases usually," Jiang Yuan explained a little.

Yu Wenshu then expressed understanding and said: "Alright, youth is good."

He agreed, and arranged for people to let Jiang Yuan get on the hanging basket and slowly descend into the ventilation shaft.

Everyone below the well had no objection.

Doing things like digging up corpse pieces, if not forced, how many people are willing to do it. The older the forensic doctor, the less willing they are to do such troublesome cases.

It is only a young man like Jiang Yuan who is a newborn calf not afraid of tigers who would recommend himself.

Below the well.

A diameter of more than ten meters means an area of more than a hundred square meters.

Four people squatted inside, each responsible for the ground the size of a small living room, plus the well wall with an area not smaller than this.

Jiang Yuan wore a gas mask and four layers of gloves, digging soil while carefully picking up the bone pieces found.

After three years of devastation, most of the human fragmented tissues were left with only bones, but they had not yet evolved to the state of white bones.

However, more than three years of time, as well as the internal environment, made the bones begin to become crispy, a bit like peanut brittle that had been left for a long time. If you don't pay attention, the broken bones will definitely have one more piece.

Digging some soil, digging some bones, soon, large pieces of construction waste appeared.

At the same time, several broken ribs also appeared next to the large piece of concrete.

"This should be the soil layer at the bottom when the corpse was abandoned. Everything above is backfilled," the old forensic doctor sighed and said: "This work cannot be finished in a short time, and machinery must be brought down. At the very least, there must be a wind drill and a cutting machine."

"Whatever you want," the criminal police officer next to him said calmly: "It's already two corpses, plus the three kidnapped people. This kind of case, if there is evidence, it must be taken. Come and help lift it."

Jiang Yuan stepped forward to help, used a crowbar with others to pry open the concrete next to it, and then picked out the ribs inside bit by bit.

A slightly dim glowing ball rolled into Jiang Yuan's hand.

Chen Manli's legacy: Cooking 【Dog】 (LV5)—Cooking for the stray dogs around her is Chen Manli's most relaxing moment. No matter which city she works in or which residential area she rents in, Chen Manli first considers how to buy suitable ingredients to make delicious and nutritious food for her favorite dogs. Chen Manli feels that humans are ugly, evil, dirty, filthy, and hypocritical. Only those dogs wagging their tails are so sincere and so cute.

Jiang Yuan was a little dazed. LV4 crime scene investigation was already a very capable skill in his opinion. This point can be seen from the performance of the crime scene investigation of the Changyang City Criminal Police Detachment.

Then, what kind of strength will the LV5 skill be.

However, the usefulness of this skill, Cooking 【Dog】, is truly questionable.

Could it be that in the end, the winner in life is Dazhuang?

"Xiao Jiang. Go up and rest," the old forensic doctor called Jiang Yuan, and they got on the hanging basket together.

Jiang Yuan came back to his senses and asked: "Not continuing? There should be corpses below."

"Tan Yong came to identify the scene, so we took the opportunity to rest," the old forensic doctor paused and specifically reminded: "This project is huge. The early backfilling is still useful when concrete is poured directly. Take it easy, it won't be finished in one or two months."

Jiang Yuan thought it was the same. Tan Yong didn't know how many times he had filled corpses, and how long it lasted. The backfilled things during this period had to be dug out, and the project was too big.

After a while, the hanging basket was pulled to the wellhead, and Jiang Yuan and others were directly taken to the mountain col to repair. After a while, a prison car, escorted by two police cars, drove to the foot of the mountain.

Next, Tan Yong needs to identify the corpse abandonment scene under the shooting of the camera. On the one hand, this is to plead guilty, but more importantly, this method can confirm that the suspect is indeed the murderer. This is also one of the reasons why the case must be kept secret. There are always details in the case that are unknown to outsiders.

Jiang Yuan didn't mean to watch. As someone who had been down to the dungeon, he had a considerable understanding of Tan Yong's cruelty and anti-social degree, so he didn't need to "appreciate" it at close range.

"Wu Wu Fa Yi Jiang." Wei Zhenguo ran over and pulled Jiang Yuan over.

"Tan Yong confessed? How many people in total?" Jiang Yuan tried hard to pry open Wei Zhenguo's fingers.

"Tan Yong collapsed when he heard the interrogation police officer say 'Apricot Valley Copper Mine ventilation shaft' today, and confessed that including the basement, he killed six people in total," Wei Zhenguo sighed and said: "The other five are all here."

"How long?"

"Three years."

"Killed 5 people in three years, and then upgraded to kidnapping and homicide?"

"It looks like this, killing one person on average every six months," Wei Zhenguo shook his head and sighed long again.

Jiang Yuan looked at the abandoned mining area. In the sun, it seemed to reflect a metallic luster, which was a bit dazzling, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little wet.

"The case is almost done, let's go back. If we don't go back, Team Huang will be anxious," Wei Zhenguo coughed twice and said.

"En, go home." ===== CHAPTER 59 =====