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The victim's is Hu Qi. 37 years old. He's a props maker that works here in the film production base.

Murdering someone in a closed environment like this, perhaps the murderer has planned this for a long time?

This is a homemade shotgun.

This is his own gun.

Based on the marks on this muzzle, I can confirm

that this is the gun that wounded the victim.

A wound like this one on the victim was probably made at close range.

Our preliminary opinion is that the victim left home in the middle of the night with his gun. The gun went off accidentally and shot himself.

He died from too much blood loss.

This isn't an accident. It was a homicide.

Where's the proof?

Indeed, there are other injuries.

Besides the gun wound on his leg, I can feel a hematoma in his occipitalis muscle.

There's a slight abrasion on the skin.

There's no wound, but there's an abrasion and a hematoma.

This could have been caused by a blunt object.

A wide, heavy, flat, and slightly rough blunt object.

It's possible that he fell down himself. It's also possible that it's from another object.

If he was hit with something, there might be residue from the object in the victim's hair.

It seems that we have found the object. These look like particles from a brick.

- Do we need to open up his skull now? - Yes.

We need to or else we won't be able to confirm whether the head injury or the gun wound is the fatal injury.

Okay.

Sergeant Lin. We've found new clues.

There's something wrong with this brick.

There's so many bricks, how did you confirm it was this one?

But this is the only brick with trails of blood and hair.

There's indeed a contusion in the occipital region of the brain.

But there's nothing in the frontal part opposite it.

No wounds there means that the victim was hit by the brick and did not fall by himself.

There was a vital reaction, meaning he was hit by the brick before he was shot.

So right now, we can't rule out multiple suspects or that one suspect attacked him multiple times?

I just don't understand why the unsubs would hit the victim with a brick when they were holding a gun?

The victim was shot in the leg by a gun. The artery in his femur ruptured and he died due to loss of too much blood.

At the same time, he also has a blunt injury in the occipital part of his brain. This is a homicide case.

Based on what we know so far, it's like this. Last night, around 9:30,

the victim went home, got some money, and then left again.

After 20 minutes later, he went home again and went to the storage to pick up this gun.

Approximately around 10 pm, he died.

In our preliminary examination, we found 460 RMB in the victim's pant pocket.

We have deduced two possible scenarios. The first, the victim got in a fight with someone so he went home to get the gun.

But during the process of the fight, the opponent took the gun and killed the victim.

The other is that the victim was drunk and got into an argument at the mahjong table so he went home to get the gun.

But he was killed on his way back to the mahjong table.

Right now, the four people that played mahjong with him are still suspects.

It's very likely that these four people are covering for each other.

We have yet to rule out multiple suspects or a single suspect who attacked multiple times.

It's very likely that this Hu Qi had an economic conflict with them.

Since they have conflict between them, bring the mahjong players back for questioning first.

- Xiao Hei. - Here.

- Get it done. - Yes.

Let me report the results of the physical and chemical tests.

The alcohol levels in the victim's blood reached 280 mg/ml.

Reaching 80 mg/ml is already considered drunk. His level is already close to the lethal dose.

Which means that the victim was severely intoxicated that time. At such high alcohol level,

the victims's balance and coordination were very poor.

If he got into a fight, his defense skill will also be very weak.

Next, the minimal dust obtained from the victim's hair and the ones from the brick were found to be the same.

Unfortunately, the surface of the brick is too rough. We've only found finger marks but not fingerprints.

What about the result of the gun testing?

We did a comparison with the gun parts and discovered that this gun was indeed personally made by the victim.

And we also did a check on the gun's surface, but didn't find any useful fingerprint.

Did you done any firing test?

It's on-going. We will get the result later.

Guys, cases involving guns are major cases. Since we don't have much evidence to support our case yet,

we'll discuss further after interrogating the four mahjong players.

Disperse.

I'll go type the autopsy report first.

Lao Qin, come with me to check the brick.

These were the marks that appeared after we smoked this. There are very few finger marks, no fingerprints. At most, there are just some marks of knuckles.

There is a finger mark here. It was left by the thumb, just half an knuckle.

The other side has three finger marks, left namely by the index, middle, and ring finger, all are also not even half of an knuckle.

That's right. I found that weird too.

Wouldn't most people use one and a half to two knuckles when holding a brick?

But the marks on this is so few and so small.

Wouldn't most people use one and a half to two knuckles when holding a brick?

Since there are no fingerprints, just give up.

Hello. Qin Ming.

It's from the Firearms Test Center.

I got it. Okay. Thank you.

The gun examination result has come out. The gun is just a normal self-made shotgun.

But the gun maker didn't do a good job. There are some flaws with the gun.

What do you mean?

They said that there is a gap between the trigger bar and the gun bore.

Every time he fires, there would be gunpowder leaking from the trigger bar.

That's a great discovery.

I've checked the victim's skin and found no traces of gunpowder.

- Didn't we already conclude that the victim didn't misfire and kill himself? - But the killer's hand must have one.

This is a clue and an evidence.

I also thought about that problem. But the crime has happened last night. Even if there is gunpowder residues on his hand, he might have washed it off.

There are guns who will leave gunpowder residues on the target's hand when they are fired.

But I saw that gun used in the murder. It's too long. It's hard for a gun that long to leave any gunpowder residues on the victim.

But I never thought there is a problem with the gun design, that gunpowder can leak out.

You still haven't told me if gun powder residues can be washed off.

When a gun is fired, the gunpowder is burned. Once it falls on your skin, it will burn it and make minute holes.

These holes are enough to store the gunpowder inside it. Washing can wash off the superficial residues but not those inside these holes.

Are they easy to find?

We just need to use a magnifying glass to observe and an adhesive to absorb them. Prepare them. Let's return to the crime scene.

Give me the brick.

We already know that on top of this brick, there are fingertip impression on both sides, but no impression of the palm.

A standard brick is 12 centimeters wide.

An adult male can easily hold it.

If you change to holding it with just your fingertips, not only will it require more effort, it is also illogical.

This might means that the murderer's hand is very small. It might be a woman.

But we can't remove the possibility that the murderer is a man with small hands.

The murderer previously used a brick to hit the victim's occipital skull bone.

But I checked the victim's head. Only the skin and subcutaneous areas have a hematoma.

If there isn't any skull fracture, the injury on the brain is very mild. This means that the perpetrator only has a very little strength.

Adding these two points together, I still feel that the killer is a woman.

But we've investigated and found Hu Qi to have no abnormal heterosexual relationship. Then which woman wanted to kill him?

Let's talk about that later. Let's reconstruct the crime scene first.

Hello. I am Li Dabao, a forensic investigator from Longfan Municipal Public Security Bureau.

Hello, Officer Li. What's the matter?

- Are you Hu Qi's wife? - Yes.

I want to talk to you to understand the situation.

What situation do you want to understand?

I want to know certain situations about you.

The occipital side of the victim's head got hit by a brick.

And then he fell on the ground and the gun also fell on his side.

At this time, the murderer picked the gun,

targeted his leg, and fired one shot.

You're saying that the victim was shot while lying down?

There is another possibility. The victim might also be standing.

If that's the case the shooter is lying down. The bullet trajectory

and the bones formed a specific angle.

This gun is around 60 centimeters in length and the shot was fired in close range.

If it was fired upwards, you can also form the same angle.

Hu Limiao said that he didn't hear shouting during the crime.

This might mean that the victim isn't afraid of the killer and thought that she wouldn't dare shoot him.

After getting shot, because of extreme shock, nonstop bleeding, and the effect of the alcohol,

he wasn't able to shout.

On the day of the crime, the front gates of this movie studio wasn't closed.

Which means, the killer might not really from this studio.

If she isn't from here, after firing, she surely will run towards this direction.

If she ran to this direction, the wall would have blocked her.

Hu Limiao and the others were playing mahjong. They totally couldn't see her.

This is a major finding.

Let us continue our investigation based on this then.

Where is Li Dabao?

- Drink some water. - Thanks.

What question do you want to ask me?

I want you to tell me your husband, Hu Qi.

My husband was a good man.

He was honest and humble.

He got along well with our neighbors.

I married him since I was 18.

Our relationship was also very good.

Where did you get the wound on your face?

Your finger joints are turning pale, suggesting you are very nervous.

Your posture is defensive.

Your facial complexion is yellowish, suggesting you've been in a chronic anxiety state.

The wounds on your face were caused by repeated beatings.

And the soda cans by the door, that's your alarm.

Your marital relationship wasn't as good as what you said.

You were very afraid of him, especially when you were asleep.

Hu Qi frequently beat you up. Am I right?

Why did you lie?

When he got drunk, he became a monster.

He hit me when he came home.

I was always in fear. I get frightened hearing the door sound.

That's why, I placed a pile of cans by the door.

So that when the door opens and they fall, I'd be warned.

I was unable to sleep every night.

Why didn't you just leave him?

I thought about it. I wanted to divorce him.

I even thought of doing suicide. But I can't.

My son is still so little.

He is very obedient and sensible.

He frequently got beaten up by his father, but he didn't cry.

He was afraid that I'd feel bad.

Can you tell me in details what happened last night?

You always make those cans to guard against me, am I right?

How dare you guard against me?!

I'll kill you all.

I'll kill you all.

Hu Qi! Hu Qi!

Leave!

- Hu Qi, don't go anymore. I beg you. - Get lost!

I'll kill you all... Get lost!

I'll kill them...

I'll kill them--

You hit me?

I'll kill you...

Shoot. Shoot.

Shoot!

Because you considered his goodness when he was not drunk,

you didn't choose to shoot his head and instead fired on the leg, am I right?

- But-- - But you didn't know that the femoral artery is one of the most important arteries in a human body.

Hu Qi...

Hu Qi...

What happened?

What happened?! What happened?

Yueyue! Yueyue! What happened?

- Mom... I... - Hurry and say it.

- Hu Qi is dead. - Dead?

I... I killed him.

I killed him...

Mom... I didn't mean to do it...

Mom, I didn't mean to do it...

Be quiet. Yueyue, come home with me.

Get up. Get up. I don't want this son anymore. From today,

you are my daughter. Let's go. Let's go home.

Although you've admitted to the crime, we won't handcuffed you until we've verified that you're the perpetrator.

But our medical examiner will still check the gunpowder residues on your hands.

With such rough hand, no wonder we didn't find any fingerprint before.

Officer, I beg you. Don't arrest Xiaoyue.

She didn't do anything wrong. It was all my son's fault. I beg you.

Xiaoyue...

Died from injuries?

This doesn't fit a murder case.

First, before Zhang Yue shot him, she suffered domestic violence from the victim.

Also, when she fired, she aimed for his leg. She didn't have the intent to kill him.

I understand.

Both are crazy.

Qin Ming!

Dabao is treating us to a meal. Why are you not going?

Meal? Why?

She said that we've closed the case, everyone was exhausted from it, so let's go out and have a meal together.

- Where? - She's waiting for you at the back of the building.

How about you?

Once I'm done writing the case closure report, I'll go look for you two.

Thank you Lao Qin for treating us to a meal today.

Aren't you the one treating?

Why are you such a miser? How is it possible for me to treat you guys with my measly salary?

Was Dabao very surprised?

What kind of person are you? You want me to pay the meal...

Was Dabao very surprised?

You want me to pay the meal...

Lin Tao...

Right. He told me he'll be right here in a jiffy, but he's still not here. Could he have stood us up?

Excuse me, sorry to bother you two. Your flowers.

Give them to me.

Do you want to order anything else?

- No need. - Okay.

I just knew that no one will give me flowers.

Did you receive the flowers? Do the dishes suit your taste?

Was it very romantic?

Is today your birthday?

No. It's Lin Tao's death anniversary.

Don't put it there. Those are evidences. If they get contaminated with flower pollen, the Trace Evidence Section will get mad at me.

Since you are so interested with the corpse of these flowers, then please just take them home and give them to your baby.

Or else, I will also dissect you.

No, we--

Wonderful.

I wish you happiness.

Oh, my! Something's on fire! Hurry and come out!

Isn't there no one around? Who lit that up?

Oh, my! Who lit that up?!

- Somethings' not right. - What's wrong?

What's not right?

Don't you think it looks like a human form?

You must be drunk.

Did we offend some ghost or deity?

That's impossible! At most, Mercury is in Retrograde.

Or, you're having visual hallucinations.

If you don't believe me, look at it closely.

Fine, we'll look at it. If it's not, you must treat as two to a meal.

Sure. If you two are wrong, not only must you treat me to a meal, each must buy me a a game equipment.

Fine. Fine. It's a deal.

Damn it! It's a human!

Sergeant Lin.

I've long heard that there is an abandoned transistor station here. I just never came here before.

Never thought there is such a huge drill ground here.

This drill ground has been abandoned for a long time. They initially planned to demolished it and build an amusement park.

But for unknown reasons, they temporarily halted the plans.

The road to here isn't easy to find, hence, not many people come here.

How did the people who reported the crime discover this place?

Those men that reported the crime just lived nearby.

They knew that nobody lived in these dormitories, so they connected it with electricity and made this their hangout base.

It was from here that they saw fire over there. They thought that someone got in, so they went over to look.

There are no street lamps here, so the light from the fire then surely was very obvious.

Because there are no streetlamps, there are also a few people who comes here.

Right. In the morning, there are only a few who comes here to do exercises. At night, not much people come.

This place is surrounded on all sides.

Around it are abandoned factories and residential buildings. The entrance is hard to find. This is a very remote place.

The killer must know this place very well. He knew that there are usually no people around so he chose this place to dump the corpse.

If the moon wasn't very bright tonight, you won't be able to see anything here.

- Let's go to the main crime scene. - This way, Sergeant Lin.

They must have used these sacks to put out the fire.

This position of the corpse is called pugilistic stance.

This is because a human muscle contracts at extreme temperature.

The limbs and body pull back following the direction of the joints.

They look like playing boxing.

That's why, it's called a pugilistic stance.

How about it? Is it a male or a female?

We're not in a labor room.

Male.

Can you determine if he was set on fire while alive or after death?

We can't be sure of that yet. We must wait to examine his airways during the autopsy

and the levels of carboxyhemoglobin in his blood.

- Help me turn him over. - Okay.

Try to determine the category of this case as soon as possible. We can then start our operation.

Strictly speaking, this is not anymore a pugilistic stance,

but a rolled-up stance. Before he got burned into a pugilistic attitude,

he already showed a more contracted rolled-up stance.

His knees are almost flexed up to his chest. Burning won't be able to cause that.

A high temperature can indeed cause muscular contracture.

But it won't cause flexion of limbs to its greatest possible degree.

That's why, the victim most likely was restrained before he was burned.

Wait a minute.

Okay.

Sergeant Lin, I think we should do a physical and chemical test. They might have used a combustion accelerator.

No problem. I'll have it done overnight. Look at these.

A metal object. Very light.

Black. Long. Has edges.

The pull rods of a luggage?

The cloth of the luggage has already been burned but the rods were preserved.

After the murderer killed the victim, he transported him here via a luggage.

Looks like this place is not the primary crime scene.

The killer burned the corpse either to destroy the evidence

or to cover up his crime. Although the corpse has already been burned like this,

we still have to determine the identity of the victim fast.

Sometimes, a corpse that's been meticulously handled by a perpetrator

will look as if its identity has been covered up more,

but there is a possibility that it will expose more information about the killer.

A corpse is a very elastic and strong object.

Its fire endurance ability far exceeds our imagination.

Common acts to destroy a corpse like high temperature, acid corrosion,

and explosion usually will not work unless it's a baby.

Or else, only the extreme hit in a crematorium or a steel melting factory

can totally convert a corpse into ashes.

Also, burning a corpse within a narrow space is more effective than in an open space.

A corpse with clothes will burn faster than a nude one.

A fat person will burn faster than a thin one.

The presence of a combustion acceleration will make it burn faster.

Indeed. Being able to burn a luggage with a corpse into this degree,

I'm reckon that a combustion accelerator must have been used.

We must exert a great effort later.

Our Forensic Pathologist Master Qin would also have a difficult time in doing an autopsy.

That's not what he meant. What he means is the dismemberment of the corpse will be a strenuous task.

We must make the corpse...

straighten.

But going back to it, the corpse has an injury on his chest to begin with.

Can you guys differentiate new and old wounds when you dismember the corpse?

You're belittling us forensic pathologists then.

It's actually very easy to differentiate an old from a new injury.

Pre-mortem wounds turn red because of the bleeding in the skin and muscles.

Postmortem wounds are yellow because of the skin and fats.

That is assessing based on if the wound showed any vital reaction.

Other than that, for both pre-mortem or postmortem wounds obatined before getting burned,

the borders will curl up because of the heat and the skin quality will harden,

while the edges of the wounds left by doing the autopsy won't curl up. That's easy to differentiate.

Hey, Lao Qin.

Don't you find someone's breathing disturbing?

I suddenly remember that there are still tire tracks and shoe prints on the crime scene that must be compared.

I'll go look at it now.

Sometimes, a severely burnt corpse, may show a well-preserved axillary skin.

That's why, we might be able to find traces of clothes on the armpit.

I'll take a look.

Most of victim's skin is completely burned. We won't be able to determine the specific damage situation.

But based on the several attack wounds on the victim's chest, he seemed to have been stabbed several times into the chest cavity by a sharp object while he was still alive.

Because of the high heat, the ribs have become very weak.

Fortunately, the internal organs didn't get burned.

There are no blood or ashes within the trachea. He probably didn't suffer any inhalational thermal injury.

The high heat evaporated the blood. There are not much blood in the chest cavity.

A ruptured aorta, we found the cause of death. Dying from one stab.

What is this?

This zipper...

The one written on it is most likely a brand.

There is a card here. Only this side can be read. What's written is...

Feng Shang P...

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The blood stains are concentrated on the chair, table, and the floor around them.

The victim might have been sitting on his own chair when he suddenly got stabbed on the chest.

The direction of the blood spurt is very disordered. This means that before he died, he might have fiercely struggled.

There is an area here devoid of dust. A previously rectangular object here got taken away.

Could it be that luggage?

A gym card?

The floor mat was below the chair. When he was attacked, he kicked the floor mat up to this level.

If the shoes of the killer rubbed on it, there might be trace evidences left on it.

There seems to be some objects on the floor mat, yellow and black objects.

There is just one gauze inside the trash bin. The lid wasn't closed.

Could this mean that he had just threw the gauze inside the waste bin when he got attacked?

The site where the corpse was dumped, DNA, has injuries, transport vehicle.

We don't have any relationship.

We had it wrong.

- Prepare to move. - Yes!

We probably are not far away from the killer.