National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 965 - 901: Pervert Plus

Jacob changed into a three-piece suit to greet Jiang Yuan at the entrance of the police station.

After Jiang Yuan requested to see the body, Jacob changed out of the three-piece suit, tossed aside the Oxford shoes, and put on a white lab coat and a new head cover... Such fussiness seemed a bit much, but that was just the British style.

As a British forensic doctor and a successor in Dama, he, Jacob, naturally wanted to showcase a different elegance when the foreign "God Jiang" arrived.

"Is the body thawed?" With the help of the embassy’s police liaison officer Chu Guanliang, Jiang Yuan quickly changed and entered the autopsy room.

"After receiving the call last night, we started defrosting. However, the body was already decomposed when it was found. Even though we performed an autopsy and placed it in an ice coffin, its condition is probably not good," Jacob explained while gesturing for his apprentice to push the body over.

A decomposed body is a mess, and refreezing it cannot make its condition any better.

In fact, bodies inside ice coffins continue to decompose slowly, just as meat in one’s own freezer goes bad. A body that has started decomposing deteriorates even faster, so usually, after a normal forensic examination, such bodies are disposed of quickly.

The fact that Jiang Yuan can still see this body after several days is purely down to the local police’s... slow efficiency.

Ni Cha and Zhong Renlong changed their clothes not only to help but also to accompany Jiang Yuan, to chat and discuss the case.

The thawed body was moved onto the autopsy table, a complete and limp mess.

Jiang Yuan sighed, "It smells terribly foul."

Apprentice Miao Rui Xiang, who had left early morning from Ningtai County and taken the earliest flight, was already dead-tired. The stench of the foreign decomposed body made him gag a couple of times.

The Dama police quickly made way, saying to give some space, but they were probably also afraid of being thrown up on.

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Miao Rui Xiang’s face turned bright red; he was also a forensic doctor and didn’t expect to be confronted with such an intimidating corpse.

"I’m fine, I’m fine..." Miao Rui Xiang took a couple of breaths to steady himself and said, "The smell is a bit overwhelming, worse than durian over rice."

Zhong Renlong translated to those around him in Malay, "The smell of the body is terrible, but he’d rather eat the body with his meal than have durian with it."

The Dama police officers conveyed their respect with their eyes and murmured in low voices in Malay:

"Truly a disciple of God Jiang. Born to be a forensic doctor."

"Durian is indeed very smelly."

"If it’s a member of Jiang Yuan’s team, even if they licked the corpse and read out the identity while throwing up, it wouldn’t be surprising."

"We already know the identity of this body."

"If it’s a member of Jiang Yuan’s team, once they get used to licking the corpse, they probably would want to verify the identity in their own way."

Jiang Yuan helplessly shook his head. If he didn’t have a Level 2 Indonesian language skill, he would have been foolishly laughing along with Miao Rui Xiang right now.

"Please reposition the body for me," Jiang Yuan said in Indonesian, reminding the Dama police who were chatting excitedly beside him.

Sure enough, the men immediately shut their mouths.

Jacob chuckled and stepped forward to help.

Bits of the corpse continued to flake off.

"Our current preservation conditions are also inadequate; the equipment really needs to be updated," Jacob took the opportunity to say. "We need at least a few more ice coffins, and it’s time to replace the autopsy tables too."

Ni Cha and Zhong Renlong, who were nearby, understood what he was saying. Ni Cha calmly said, "That’s for the big shots at the police headquarters to decide. Of course, if my vote is needed, I’ll cast it for you."

"Haha, thank you, thank you..." Jacob took the opportunity to shake hands with Ni Cha.

Ni Cha glanced at the human soil-colored altered adipocere on Jacob’s hands, then at the green putrefied skin on his own, brought his and Jacob’s hands together, blending fat with skin back into its original sticky state.

With the cooperation of the others, Jiang Yuan started by briefly examining the corpse.

"This isn’t pleasant to look at; let’s watch the video instead." Jiang Yuan washed his hands and then changed his greasy gloves.

A second autopsy is difficult enough, and even more so with a body that’s decomposed like this.

However, having a body is still better than not, and besides, it could be compared with the process of the previous autopsy, which might reveal something.

Jacob immediately called an apprentice to find the video, then continued to help Jiang Yuan inspect the corpse.

The stitched parts were cut open again, revealing mostly semi-decomposed insides, and the head of the corpse had completely changed, swollen and distorted as if beaten by someone, to the point that Ni Cha and Zhong Renlong could hardly bear to look directly at it.

Unable to help herself, Ni Cha stepped back, turned, and said in Indonesian, "God Jiang, let me tell you about the case."

"While I watch the video, you explain?" Jiang Yuan had arrived last night on an official flight and had brought some emotional intelligence with him.

Ni Cha quickly agreed and continued, "The body today was discovered a week ago, and it’s the fourth case in this series... The first two cases weren’t linked together. It was after the third body was found that they suspected a serial killer, and the case has been given high priority ever since. The first body was found half a year ago, the second three months ago, and the third three weeks ago. This one is from a week ago; the frequency is increasing."

"All four bodies have been found outdoors, all showing signs of rape, all killed by blunt force trauma to the head. Moreover, all four victims were prostitutes and used to work the streets nearby."

Ni Cha added specifically, "The weather in Dama is hot, and a body left outside for a week often decomposes badly. Of course, you’re the expert on this..."

"Your previous investigations, did you find anything?" Jiang Yuan continued to inspect the body, occasionally directing Jacob’s apprentice to replay the video.

Ni Cha exchanged glances with Zhong Renlong and sighed before speaking, "Although we’ve also put in some effort and found two murder weapons, and collected DNA from the killer, confirming the victims’ identities, none of these have helped much in identifying the killer."

"The killer’s personality is somewhat problematic, bold judging from the crime scene," Jacob added from a forensic doctor’s point of view. "The killer left many traces and didn’t use many anti-surveillance tactics."

Zhong Renlong agreed, "There’s no effort to hide the bodies. But his fingerprints and DNA aren’t in our database, and we don’t have any suitable suspects..."

"The killer must live or work nearby," Jiang Yuan concluded as he pointed at the video being played over and over. "From what we see here, after raping the victim, the killer proceeded to necrophilia."

"Necrophilia? But why does that suggest he lives or works nearby?" Zhong Renlong was puzzled.

Jacob focused, adding, "Determining necrophilia after rape could be..."

"It isn’t immediate necrophilia post-rape; it’s likely that the killer raped and killed the victim and then, one or two days later, engaged in necrophilia. You can infer this from the skin lacerations on the body and the physiological responses..." Jiang Yuan instructed to replay the video, explained to Jacob, and then said, "Of course, I speculate the killer is nearby based on the convenience for necrophilia."

"Necrophilia one or two days after killing the victim? This psychopath..." Ni Cha now fully believed Jiang Yuan’s judgment and said, "Doing so, he’s taking considerable risks; his psychology is definitely disturbed."

"Let’s take a look at the autopsy videos of the other three bodies," Jiang Yuan said without further speculation, still following the evidence-first approach.