Chapter 168 Black Ashes

Three bizarre cases of self-immolation occurred on rainy days.

The head, limbs, and torso were all burned to ashes.

How can this be?

There has always been a legend about spontaneous combustion of the human body.

Especially in foreign countries, relevant reports have always existed.

However, this was Chen Yan's first experience of seeing spontaneous human combustion, and even having video evidence of it.

It was raining when the three spontaneously combusted.

After the deceased was burned, the ashes were washed away by rain. When Zhang Yaoming and others arrived at the scene, there was basically nothing left to investigate.

Especially Li Wei's natural scene.

At the gate of the funeral home, there is a gravel road next to the main road. Li Wei was walking on this gravel road at the time.

The ashes of the burned corpses have been washed away by the rain.

Only some dark stains remain on the site.

The spot where Chen Pingping and Wu Jianguo burned spontaneously was discovered early because there were witnesses, so the crime scene was preserved.

Huimin Farmers Market.

The south gate, an area on the left, has been cordoned off.

Zhang Yaoming accompanied Chen and said: "Captain Chen, this location is the scene where Chen Pingping spontaneously combusted."

At the site, a small shed was built using waterproof plastic.

Outside, a detective was watching.

Seeing Zhang Yaoming coming, he immediately pulled back the plastic sheet.

When Chen Yan entered the small shed, what he saw was a pool of black stains.

“At that time, it was raining, and the rainfall was relatively heavy.

Zhang Yaoming began to introduce the situation.

“Because this was already the second case of spontaneous combustion, I came to the scene as soon as possible.

Zhang Yaoming pointed to the stains on the ground: "This is the ashes left after Chen Pingping spontaneously combusted."

"When we arrived, Chen Pingping's body had been completely reduced to ashes and was no longer burning."

At this moment, Chen Yan, while listening to Zhang Yaoming's report, squatted down and observed carefully.

Chen Yan put on his gloves, gently picked up the black stain on the ground, and put it on the tip of his nose.

At the same time, the olfactory gene lock is opened and the visual gene lock is opened.

The ashes have the unique smell of burnt protein.

There is also a pungent smell of burnt and carbonized plastic.

After that, nothing more.

After the visual gene lock was turned on, basically nothing was discovered.

The ashes on the ground are the unique form of carbonized substances

Moreover, due to being washed away by rain, part of the ashes adhered together, forming black lumps.

In addition, there are also some small particles, similar to small beads that condense into metal after melting and pre-cooling.

"Did the heavy rain at that time have any impact on the fire where the bodies burned?"

“According to witnesses at the time, Cheng Pingping was holding an umbrella.

"Originally, Chen Pingping came here to buy vegetables with her neighbors, and then followed the crowd out of the market.

"At that time, the two were chatting, but the neighbor said that he suddenly felt a high temperature coming from around him.

"Then, just when the neighbor was about to come up to see her, Chen Pingping's body suddenly burst into flames."

“Within a few minutes, even her umbrella was on fire.

"Although it was raining heavily at the time, the fire was getting bigger and bigger."

"In less than ten minutes, there was only debris and ashes left on the ground."

Chen Yan saw the entire process in the video.

It was incredible at the time.

Now, after Zhao Yaoming explained it in detail again, Chen Yan felt even more nonsense.

Yes, that's bullshit.

You know, Chen Pingping was holding an umbrella at that time.

The ribs of umbrellas are all metal structures, usually aluminum products.

This is why there are some fine metal beads on the ground.

But, what is Lu’s melting point?

660 degrees Celsius!

What is this concept?

The temperature of the flame of an ordinary lighter is less than 500 degrees Celsius.

The flame temperature is above 660 degrees Celsius, and the only thing that comes into daily contact is the fire.

Moreover, it is still the most prosperous fire.

According to the video records and what Zhang Yaoming learned at the scene.

Cheng Pingping's spontaneous combustion occurred in just ten minutes.

The fire was so huge that the rain could not put it out.

"Have the test results of the body ashes come out?"

Zhang Yaoming nodded: "It's already out."

"The components of the ash are a mixture of coke, some scraps of aluminum and iron, and no other chemical substances were found." Chen Yan frowned.

Zhang Yaoming and others obviously thought of some possible situations.

For example, are some chemicals causing the human body to burn?

However, no chemicals remain in the ash.

In this case, there are only two possibilities.

Either it has nothing to do with chemical substances, or even if all substances are burned when burning, no traces are left.

The second scene.

The place where Wu Jianguo spontaneously burned was on a sidewalk.

The same has been covered by a small shed.

The relevant circumstances were exactly the same as the scene where Chen Pingping died.

Only the remaining ash remains, some cemented together after being washed away by the rain.

Returning to the Dan City Detective Team, Chen Yan said nothing.

this situation

Chen Yan has never experienced it.

Not a single clue.

The most important thing is, how did these three people burn?

The human body is made up of 70% water.

Even if it is cremated, the cremator in the funeral home does not simply push the person in and burn it.

The process is relatively complicated.

There are some institutions inside the crematorium

After the corpse enters, there will be sharp claws to scratch the corpse to pieces to avoid sudden changes in the pressure inside and outside the corpse during burning, causing an explosion.

The flame used for incineration is also a mixed flame of high temperature, high heat and high pressure.

It can ensure that the body is fully burned.

Moreover, at the end of the incineration, there is a mechanical press plate to crush, so that some large bones, such as skulls, teeth, hip bones, etc., can be crushed into dregs.

In the end, it is the ashes that we see.

Let's put it this way, the funeral home put a lot of effort into turning the body into ashes.

Things like corpse cremators can also be regarded as technological products.

Because, in the past, this kind of work was done manually.

Use props to cut up the body, burn it, and then use a hammer to break the larger bones.

As a result, these three people were fine.

On a rainy day, it turns gray.

This is the same effect as the vampire in the movie, which turns into ashes after being exposed to sunlight.

Because of this, Qin Chuan immediately sent Chen Yan to Dan City to organize the investigation of the case.

Case analysis meeting.

Chen Yan presided over a case analysis of the self-immolation case in the rain for the first time.

Click.

Projected on the screen were photos of the three deceased people.

"Li Wei, Chen Pingping, and Wu Jianguo, three people.'

"According to the currently known information, there is no obvious connection between the three."

"They don't know each other, their occupations are very different, they have no intersection, and they have no common friends." "Vice Captain Lin Hao is still investigating the deeper connection between the three."

"Next, what we need to focus on is to find out the cause of the spontaneous combustion of the three people.

"Three people suddenly spontaneously combusted on a rainy day within a short period of time. The probability of accident or coincidence is very low.'

"So, if it was murder, why did the other party do it and how did it happen?'

Zhang Yaoming and others nodded.

possibility of surprise

In other words, the possibility of coincidence is really low.

Spontaneous combustion is a non-existent thing.

Now three people appear in a row, how is this possible?

Therefore, the possibility that the three died of murder is very high.

Since there is a high probability of murder, the question arises.

Why did the murderer murder these three people?

for money?

All three of them were burned to ashes. Where can they get money?

Moreover, among the three people, Li Wei was just an ordinary employee of the funeral home, and Chen Pingping was just a head nurse at the First Hospital. Both of them are ordinary people without much savings.

Wu Jianguo, on the other hand, worked in engineering and accumulated some capital when he was young.

But if it's for money, there's no need to burn people to ashes.

As for love killing

It's not very likely either.

The three of them, Wu Jianguo, are 60 years old.

Li Wei is 56 years old and Chen Pingping is 55 years old.

At this age, emotional entanglements are unlikely.

"So, the possibility of a vendetta is a big focus for us.'

"We will be doing research on this after Deputy Captain Lin Hao's investigation comes out."

"Now, our focus is to find out how the other party caused these three people to spontaneously combust."

After Chen Yan finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly solidified.

There is no way, everyone really can’t figure it out.

It's just spontaneous combustion, it still ignites spontaneously when it rains heavily.

Isn’t this nonsense?

Besides, even if you pour gasoline on a person and burn him, he won't turn into ashes in the end.

"Captain Chen," the speaker was a middle-aged man sitting next to Zhang Yaoming: "My name is Lan Feng, captain of the first detachment of the Dan City Detective Team.

"Let me tell you the situation