Chapter 823 - 692: Accident_2

Chapter 823: Chapter 692: Accident_2

Qin Liang forced himself to pull his attention back to the work at hand.

He took a deep breath, picked up the scalpel gleaming coldly on the tray beside him, walked toward Jia Zhuang’s corpse, and resumed his usual calm tone while assigning tasks to Bai Ye:

"Stop hesitating, let’s get started. You’re responsible for those three bodies, and I’ll handle these three. Hurry up and prepare the preliminary autopsy report, the conclusion... should we write accidental death?"

Bai Ye was still slightly confused: "Accidental?"

Qin Liang gave Bai Ye a meaningful look:

"Yes, it’s best if it’s accidental!"

Bai Ye’s heart raced, and he understood intuitively.

Got it, this case is also done by a good friend, I underestimated him in the end.

He committed not just a big case, but also one that’s ongoing.

Question:

How long does it take to perform autopsies on three bodies and produce autopsy reports?

The answer from Qin Liang and Bai Ye was 3 hours.

On average, one hour per body.

Thus, three hours later, Chang Erbing was holding six freshly made autopsy reports.

The first one was Jia Zhuang’s.

Forensic Autopsy Report (ID: A-7812)

Name: Jia Zhuang

Gender: Male

Age: 37

Discovery Location: Bathroom at home

Time of Death Estimate: Within 24-36 hours.

External Examination:

The deceased was found lying on his back on the bathroom floor, body wet. Postmortem lividity located on non-pressed areas of the back, consistent with the discovered position.

No apparent signs of struggle, restraint, or defensive injuries apart from the fatal wound. No defensive wounds on hands or feet.

Head Injury:

A significant stellate laceration on the occipital region (back of the head), approximately 5 cm long, with obvious subcutaneous hematoma accompanying the wound margin.

Small bone fragments visible within the wound, penetrating deep into the cranial cavity. The wound shape matches the hard angle and arc of the bathtub edge at the scene perfectly.

No injuries to the face or other parts of the body.

Cranium: A linear fracture corresponding to the scalp injury, extending to the skull base. Widespread subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhage, severe contusion of the brain tissue.

Others: No abnormalities in thoracic and abdominal organs, no internal bleeding.

Toxicology Screen:

No common toxins, alcohol, or substance abuse components detected in the blood.

Scene Correlation:

The bathroom floor at the scene was slippery, a broken soap found at the deceased’s feet. Bloodstains and small tissue fragments consistent with the deceased’s blood were extracted from the bathtub edge.

Analysis Explanation:

No signs of struggle on the deceased’s body, ruling out violence by others.

The head injury was caused purely by an external force, with characteristics entirely consistent with the mechanism of sliding and impact on the occipital region after falling and hitting the bathtub edge.

Intracranial hemorrhage and brain injury were direct causes of death, exacerbated by hemorrhagic shock speeding up the death process.

The environment at the scene (slippery floor, broken soap) formed a complete chain of evidence consistent with the injury.

Conclusion:

Deceased Jia Zhuang died from severe craniocerebral injury combined with hemorrhagic shock, caused by sliding and hitting the bathtub edge in the bathroom.

Accidental death!

Chang Erbing looked at the last line of the conclusion, his brow tightly knitted:

"Accidental?"

He furrowed his brow and moved on to the second report.

Forensic Autopsy Report (ID: B-7813)

Name: Li Moumou

Gender: Male

Age: 32

Discovery Location: Bedroom floor beside bed at home

Time of Death Estimate: Within 24-36 hours.

External Examination:

The deceased was found lying curled up near the electrical socket by the bedhead. Postmortem lividity located on lowermost areas, unchanged under pressure.

Characteristic electrical burn marks (electrical imprints) visible at fingertips of the right hand index and middle fingers; grayish-white, firm texture, centrally depressed circular injury approximately 2mm in diameter.

No surrounding skin burn marks. No other injuries or signs of struggle on the body surface.

Locally: Subdermal tissue corresponding to electrical burn marks showed coagulative necrosis.

Systemic: Scattered pinpoint hemorrhages visible under the endocardium.

Toxicology Screen:

No common toxins or alcohol detected in the blood.

Scene Correlation:

Deceased’s mobile phone was connected to a charger, charger plug still inserted in the wall socket.

Upon testing, the charger exhibited an internal short circuit and severe electrical leakage. The phone was found dropped beside the deceased’s hand.

Analysis Explanation:

No signs of struggle on the deceased’s body, ruling out external force injury.

The typical electrical imprint on fingers is direct evidence of electrical injury.

The internal examination findings of changes in heart and organs are consistent with the pathological features of death due to electric shock.

The faulty charger found at the scene establishes a clear causal relationship with the injury location.

It is speculated the deceased died after ventricular fibrillation and respiratory muscle paralysis caused by electrical current passing through the arm and heart while handling the phone or charger during charging.

Conclusion:

Deceased Li Moumou died from electric shock caused by using a leaking mobile phone charger.

Manner of death is accidental.

Chang Erbing studied the second report carefully, his brow furrowing tighter.

He irritably glanced through the remaining autopsy reports, unsurprisingly finding all conclusions to be — accidental death!

Chang Erbing’s fingers tightened around the reports, suddenly standing up.

He swung open the door to the autopsy room, the door panel hitting the wall with a heavy "bang." Qin Liang and Bai Ye, who were conversing quietly inside, jumped in shock and simultaneously turned to look at him.

Chang Erbing slapped the reports onto the table and asked:

"What the hell are you two up to? How can all of these be accidental deaths?"

Qin Liang and Bai Ye exchanged a glance, and ultimately, it was Bai Ye who stepped forward to respond, after all, the Patrol Office was his home turf, he was more familiar with it.

Bai Ye explained seriously:

"I also understand there’s an issue, but based on forensic pathological examination, we truly haven’t found any definitive injuries on the bodies that could indicate homicide.

Therefore, based on our existing examination evidence, we can only lean towards a preliminary conclusion of accidental death."

Chang Erbing nearly laughed out of frustration:

"How could this be possible, single project manager and all his workers, dying accidentally within approximately the same timeframe?

You tell me this is ’accidental’?"

Bai Ye also knew this was unconvincing, but he still stuck to his guns:

"I don’t know why such coincidence exists, it goes beyond my professional realm.

All I can do is give the most protocol-compliant judgment based on the body appearance and examination data I see.

If you have doubts about it, you’re welcome to conduct a deeper investigation and look for other possible evidence."

Chang Erbing was stunned, scrutinizing Bai Ye as if meeting him for the first time.

Since when did Bai Ye become so... insistent on "professional principles"?

Chang Erbing shot Bai Ye a penetrating glance, as if trying to see through his disguise to the real intentions beneath.

He glanced one more time at Qin Liang, persistently silent and merely wiping his tools, his heart full of doubts.

He wanted to suspect these two, yet they were there helping out of friendship, and it involved his and Captain Li’s mutual friend.

Words that might hurt feelings, he simply couldn’t say.

"Humph!"

Chang Erbing ultimately just let out a cold huff, choosing not to waste words.

"Fine, I’ll report these perplexing issues to Captain Li as is, let him decide and judge. He’ll surely discern the underlying intricacies!"

Deciding he couldn’t figure it out, Chang Erbing took the reports to Jade Garden to find Li Shang.

At the same time, elsewhere, another person was holding several interrogation statements, his head full of similar questions to Chang Erbing.

"Are you seriously sure this confession isn’t just a joke; I’ve never heard anything so outrageous before?"

The man spoke while rapidly scanning the statements in hand, twitching involuntarily at certain passages, caught between wanting to laugh and an impulse to kill.

Sweat was already beading on his subordinate’s forehead, and his back was drenched through his shirt.

Truth be told, he also found the confession absurd to the extreme.

However...

This was what they got after repeated interrogations, even using torture multiple times; the authenticity should be beyond doubt.

Seeing the subordinate hesitating and silent, the man laughed out of rage, his voice carrying a sinister threat:

"Alright then, I guess I still need to interrogate personally..."