The Genius Female Forensic Pathologist, The Psychological Anatomist

Chapter 174

Fang Rui contacted the hospital staff, who dispatched several medical personnel to assist the police in

The cause of death given was: Intracranial infection leading to increased intracranial pressure, resulting in brain herniation.

The death diagnosis was: Severe traumatic brain injury, left temporal subdural hematoma; bilateral frontal, temporal, and right parietal lobe contusions; traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage; scalp hematoma.

The death record showed: On August 9th, at 19:52, the patient's vital signs became abnormal, with cardiac arrest, cyanosis of the lips, difficulty breathing, and dilated pupils. After resuscitation, the patient died at 20:46 that evening.

After the body was thawed, Mu Mian began the autopsy.

The deceased's face and fingers were cyanotic, and there were pinpoint hemorrhages in the conjunctiva, which could initially suggest that the deceased likely died from asphyxiation, or at least experienced a period of asphyxiation.

Mu Mian examined the deceased's mouth and nose, finding no foreign objects. However, she discovered some black ash-like substances in the respiratory tract. These substances were small, blocky, and very thin.

Mu Mian used a cotton swab to wipe some of the black ash and examined it closely under the light.

Mu Mian said, "This seems to be the residue of something that has burned."

Chen Xue observed for a while and then said, "It looks like plant ash. Could this stuff have blocked the deceased's airway, causing his death? Who put this into Yangyang's airway? That's too malicious! Isn't this premeditated murder?"

Mu Mian cut open the deceased's abdominal cavity, starting with the trachea and lungs, where she found a small amount of black substances.

Mu Mian then removed the deceased's stomach, cut it open, and found many black substances attached to the gastric mucosa.

Chen Xue said, "There's also stuff in the lungs and stomach? Could it be that when someone fed the deceased these things, some accidentally fell into the airway, causing asphyxiation?"

Chen Xue suddenly thought of something. "Could it have been his family who fed him this?"