The Forensic Doctor Better Than a Detective

As soon as the words were spoken, Wan turned his head and said, "Captain, is there a possibility that it was killed first and then undressed...?"

Li Jian looked at the victim's lower body, "Before the truth is revealed, anything is possible."

"Let's check if there are any male components inside the victim's body later."

After examining the skin on the victim's neck, Jiang An noticed with the corner of his eye that the victim's lips were slightly parted, and a row of neat teeth was faintly visible.

However.

With just a glance, Jiang An noticed that the color of the victim's teeth was different from that of normal teeth.

Then, he put down the magnifying glass in his hand and picked up metal tweezers once again to separate the upper and lower lips.

"Is there a problem with the mouth?"

Zhang Yean asked.

She held up her camera, ready to take pictures at any moment.

Jiang An nodded.

"The victim has eight dental implants in both the upper and lower teeth!"

"Eight?"

Wan instantly leaned over, "Wow! This is a wealthy family."

"Replacing eight teeth, that's quite expensive."

Jiang An nodded, "The color and texture of the teeth look very bright, they must have cost a lot."

Wan clicked his tongue, "I'm increasingly thinking this woman was a rich lady."

"Simply engaging in a field that avoids sunlight couldn't reach this economic status."

"Senior Sister, please take photos for records!"

Then, Zhang Yean pressed the shutter, and with a "click" sound.

Accompanying the shutter sound, the camera's flash light lit up simultaneously.

The glaring white light swept past, and Jiang An suddenly noticed three shiny particles at the junction between the upper lip and the gums.

"Brother Wan, please bring a strong light flashlight over."

"Strong light flashlight?"

Wan glanced up at the shadowless lamp.

Isn't the brightness of this shadowless lamp enough?

He then turned around to the toolbox, picked out the flashlight, and pressed the switch.

"Where to shine?"

Jiang An pointed with his lips, "The root of the victim's upper lip."

Wan adjusted the flashlight in his hand, directing the beam straight to the inner side of the victim's upper lip.

Li Jian and Zhang Yean also leaned over instantly.

Li Jian asked, "Did you find anything important?"

Jiang An nodded, "I suspect there are sand particles at the root of the victim's lip."

After speaking, he immediately unfolded the victim's upper lip to an even wider angle.

Indeed.

At the base of the victim's incisive gum are three sparkling particles.

Following the light beam, Wan said, "This is so hidden, and you found it."

Jiang An said, "It's precisely because it's so hidden that it has value."

Zhang Yean tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "Is it possible that sand particles from the water entered the root of the lip?"

Jiang An shook his head and said, "That possibility is very small!"

"There might be sand in the water that could enter the mouth."

"But these three sand particles are at the junction of the lip's mucosa and the gums."

"This location is very hidden, normally it adheres together unless external force separates the upper lip."

"Only external force separating the lips would expose the gap between them."

Jiang An then put away the tweezers he was holding, the lips returning to their original position, tightly adhering at the root of the upper lip and gum.

Seeing this, the three people nodded their heads.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yean suddenly asked, "Could the victim have been strangled in the water, with sand particles entering the bottom of the lips during the struggle?"

Thinking about the river full of sand and stones, Li Jian nodded.

Jiang An already had several possibilities in his mind.

But he didn't express any opinion.

Now, as the lead of the homicide squad, he was being cautious with his words.

Jiang An then continued to examine further down.

However, when he moved his gaze to the victim's chest, he suddenly stopped there.

Now, Zhang Yean had already become very coordinated with Jiang An.

Whenever Jiang An stopped his movement, she would immediately raise her camera and take a couple of clicks.

"Is there a discovery?"

Captain Li Jian asked.

Jiang An nodded, "There are many abrasions on the skin of the victim's chest."

"Abrasions?"

Jiang An set down the anatomical tools, spread his five fingers, and moved them horizontally from the victim's chest to the neck, pressing close to the chest skin.

Seeing this motion, Wan had a cheeky smile, "Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes looking, smelling, asking, and touching. What kind of autopsy method is this?"

"This is really the first time I've seen it! Truly eye-opening."

Zhang Yean glared at him, "If you don't understand, you need to learn more."

Twenty seconds later, Jiang An retracted his hand.

"Look now, it's very obvious."

Li Jian, Zhang Yean, and Wan bent over, observing carefully.

Suddenly, Zhang Yean said, "Are you talking about the furry protrusions on the skin?"

Jiang An nodded, "Those furry protrusions are the result of epidermal damage."

Li Jian was confused upon hearing this; he had participated in many autopsies, but where there were abrasions, the skin should show bleeding and appear red.

But the skin color of the victim's chest in front of him was waxy white.

Just when he was baffled, Zhang Yean asked, "Is there no bleeding from the skin damage for this victim?"

Jiang An replied, "When a human body still has vital signs, skin damage will result in redness, swelling, heat, pain, and localized bleeding."

"However, when the human body dies, skin damage causes the heart to stop beating, and without vascular pressure, there is no localized blood vessel bleeding."

Zhang Yean speculated, "Did the chest skin damage occur after death?"

Jiang An nodded, then said in a deep voice, "The skin damage has very distinct characteristics, with a very specific direction of force."

"Direction of force?"

Zhang Yean suddenly found this term very new.

"What does it mean?"

Unlike Zhang Yean and Wan's confusion, Li Jian's lips curled slightly upward.