Life in North America, you call this an autopsy officer?!-Chapter 490 - 275: Corpses Can Talk, Shi San Delighted to Become a Mother_2
Chapter 490: Chapter 275: Corpses Can Talk, Shi San Delighted to Become a Mother_2
So this kind of mechanical, non-technical physical labor often has another characteristic: that is, the working hours are very long.
These people, their social circles are generally not too large, nor are they very fluid.
Because both mobility and social interactions require an investment of time, energy, money.
This characteristic is very important!
It can even be said to be the core idea in case-solving.
The reason is simple.
For victims with a narrow social circle, the fact that they were all killed by the same murderer suggests that there is some overlap in their characteristics, such as the killer being an intermediary that specifically hires cheap labor, or the killer specifically hunting these overlooked lower-class individuals in a poor area...
In any case, the killer must have targeted these low-class victims due to some specific factor.
Finding this specific factor means we can lock onto the killer’s identity!
So how do we find this specific factor?
We have to consider the way the bodies were handled, the location, the approximate time they were killed, and even their genders to make an assessment.
The simplest point.
Eight victims, five women and three men, with the males being older in age.
This suggests that the killer’s targets are all the old, weak, sick, or disabled.
He likely isn’t very strong and might not even have a history of robbery before committing these crimes; otherwise, the plethora of readily available guns could have given him enough confidence instead of specifically choosing the old, weak, sick, or disabled.
Additionally, the strong tend to be more impulsive, habitually using muscle and violence to solve problems, while the physically weak may have developed the habit of thinking as a means of ensuring their survival from a young age.
All these fit the killer’s profile.
On the bones of the eight victims, there were no obvious signs of trauma from a tool or weapon.
One case could be called a coincidence.
But all of them like this suggests the killer likely used drugs, smothering, or other ’soft’ methods to subdue and kill the victims.
In the chaotic lower-class neighborhoods, this is actually not an easy thing to accomplish.
The more chaotic the poor neighborhood, the more vigilant the residents are outside.
They are highly sensitive to danger, and they might even scan their surroundings from time to time, to prevent someone suddenly jumping out to rob them, or becoming a victim of a gang on bikes.
To successfully attack these people eight times in a row without one escaping or without any accidents truly isn’t a simple matter.
Combining the above factors: the killer likely didn’t have similar experiences before, the killer is physically slim and weak, the killer uses underhanded tactics...
The speculation that could be drawn is: the victims knew the killer, or at least they were acquaintances, which gave the killer the opportunity to harm them.
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"My brain really is working better and better..."
Brian took off his gloves, picked up a pen and paper, and began to record his analysis, one by one.
After he finished his work.
Creak~
The door to the morgue was pushed open.
His assistant Tom walked in with a yellow paper file in his hand, "Brian, were you performing an autopsy on those skeletons?"
Brian shook the pen and paper in his hand, "Yes, there’s some progress, Tom, you look well now."
Tom looked years younger and no longer had the gaunt, heavy-drug-addict look of the past.
He chuckled, "I have your ’Enhancement Reagent’ to thank for that, God, when I felt the joy of being a man again, I felt like I was back in my twenties, it’s such a wonderful state."
As he said this, Tom handed the file he was carrying to Brian:
"This is the autopsy result for the skeletons, which I brought back from the Forensic Bureau chemical department. It’s confirmed that all eight victims were drug addicts.
Their skeletons contained high levels of painkiller components.
These circumstances are common among certain cheap labor sectors.
Long hours of physical work lead to various discomforts in their bodies after middle age.
They could only rely on painkillers for relief, eventually leading to addiction.
However, due to reasons related to economy and lifestyle, this group of people wouldn’t go for real drugs.
They would only increase their painkiller dosage to maintain their standard of living, which really is just another dead-end street.
This group typically doesn’t have comprehensive retirement plans.
When they can no longer work, that’s when they fall into Hell.
Many middle-aged and senior crimes are committed by these people.
When I was a detective previously, I saw too many such criminals.
When the craving hits, they would engage in crime or other illegal activities such as robbery, trafficking, and so on.
At those moments, the law means less to them than a painkiller."
Brian flipped through the test report that Tom had brought back, smiled, and handed the paper where he had recorded his analysis to Tom, "This matches the hypothesis I made after the autopsy. I suspect these victims are as you described, the killer knew them very well and used this to kill them. However, I haven’t yet figured out the killer’s motive."
Motive, he really was a bit puzzled.
After all, from the current deductions, these victims had neither money nor health; they were just lives not worth much, where the cost of disposing of the bodies would likely exceed any benefit from killing them, plus there was the considerable risk of committing a crime.
The loss outweighed the gain.
Hearing this, Tom shrugged:
"Many serial killers have mental illnesses.
As children, some may have been bullied, or maybe suffered long-term domestic violence, and had unhappy childhoods; they could only prove their strength by abusing small animals.
