Chapter 3 The Floating Skeleton (II)

When I knew the result, I had an extremely admiration for Baron and Director Raymond. It was simply a miracle to deduce the height, the age and the weight with just three soft tissues of the victim. At the same time, I was deeply realized that to be a forensic technician, who is not only in need of a solid theoretical basis but also is good at discovering and taking the advantage of peripheral conditions that can be used in cases. The essential difference between a forensic expert and an ordinary forensic doctor is that who can make flexible use of irrelevant clues to solve the conundrums.
The husband of the victim was controlled by criminal police immediately. After a few rounds of interrogation, the man definitely asserted Rita went out for stocking and didn’t come back. Although he was so prudent in speech, he was the most probable suspect. First, he didn’t report to local police for his missing wife; second, his career was very special -- he was a butcher.
Moreover, most suspiciously, the butcher’s little finger was cut off, the broken end still enclosed gauze.
We took out the gauze on his little finger, found the skins of the little finger had been already sutured, and the broken end was relatively neat. From this point, it was anastomosed with what he confessed that he cut off his little finger carelessly when he cut the meat.