"That's right, because if he left, those bodyguards couldn't protect He Xin together. Conversely, now that both are here, as long as he's safe, He Xin will also be safe. If the Guilty Ones were to make a move, they wouldn't just target your grandfather. Otherwise, the families of the officers back then wouldn't have been shattered."
At this moment, I looked at Liu Yuning. She nodded at me: "Don't worry, I won't be so careless!"
She surely thinks of herself as a fierce female officer, different from the wives of other officers. However, she has been very cautious lately.
I patted her shoulder: "Regardless, it's better to be vigilant. Don't be careless. At this point, if anything were to happen to you again, I really..."
"Don't worry, I won't drag you down, nor will I affect your work. On the contrary, I want to join you in shattering the Guilty Ones' final conspiracy, these detestable scientists!"
Of course, I want that too, but right now, we can't even find our grandfather. Fortunately, they should be fine. Just as we were discussing what to do next, another piece of terrible news arrived.
At that moment, Director Ma answered the phone and immediately told us: "This is bad. The body of Officer Guo, who handled the case back then, was just found at his home!"
"What? Is it Guo Tianyu?"
This Officer Guo is not the one from Gaogang City, but from our provincial department. Director Ma said: "It's him. But he's no longer a police officer, how could he..."
"Let's go to the scene first!"
I replied, leading the Crime Punishment Team and some detectives towards Guo Tianyu's home.
It's a decent residential area. After changing careers, Guo Tianyu lived here. It's said that after leaving the police force, he started a small business selling jewelry. His wife has been missing and hasn't been found yet.
His son doesn't live with Guo Tianyu. He got married a year ago and moved to Zhenshui City because his wife is from there.
Upon arriving at the house, we put on our equipment before entering the scene. The body was hanging, but its feet were kneeling on a table. The scene was very bizarre. His hands were cuffed at the wrists, presenting a posture of being imprisoned in a box. He, who was no longer a police officer, was wearing his old police uniform!
Xie Chuchu and I approached the body. Ling Xiaotao was also there. The two of them, along with me, first unlocked the handcuffs on the body. These looked like ones bought online. It should be known that after Guo Tianyu resigned, his police ID, handgun, and handcuffs had to be returned to the police station. However, the police uniform was an exception. But he shouldn't be wearing this uniform again. It indicates that someone must have killed him and then put it on him.
Of course, this is assuming he was murdered. We first examined the cause of death. Xie Chuchu, with her high professional skills, soon found a clue: "There are cut marks on the wrists with significant blood loss. No other injuries were found on his body. Both of his wrists were cut. The cause of death should be here. As for the time of death, combined with the surrounding environment..." Xie Chuchu pulled out the rectal thermometer inserted under the body. The rectal temperature generally drops by 0.5 degrees Celsius per hour. It has now dropped by 5 degrees. Combined with the rigor mortis and muscle relaxation, and the obvious changes in eye pressure, it indicates that he died about 10 hours ago. It is now 2 PM, so about 4 AM ten hours ago."
Regarding the eye pressure statement, it should be as follows: The normal intraocular pressure for a person is 14-21 mmHg.
I think it's best to transport the body to a nearby funeral home for the remaining work, as it's too far to return to the provincial department. Generally, bodies are sent to the nearest funeral home for autopsy.
To facilitate the work of the forensic pathologist, many funeral homes have independent dissection rooms. After we transported the body, an old local forensic doctor joined us in the dissection room. He seemed to know Xie Chuchu and, knowing she was going to perform the autopsy, didn't interfere, acting like a local official who wouldn't dare to interfere with the work of provincial officials. Xie Chuchu and Ling Xiaotao worked together, and then Zhang Keying also arrived. I also joined the dissection work. We had already contacted Guo Tianyu's family, and they all agreed to the autopsy.
After removing his police uniform, we started again from the deceased's skull. We used a craniotomy saw to separate the skull, dividing the frontal bone, two parietal bones, an occipital bone, a sphenoid bone, and two temporal bones, all one by one. While checking with a UV light, I said: "There is an irregular contusion on the occipital bone. The outer skin has dozens of flap-like lacerations. The wounds were caused by a knife. We couldn't see clearly at the scene due to insufficient light, but now with dissection and analysis, we can see many details."