让死人“说话”,乍听起来纯属天方夜谭。但在不少侦破案例中 ,无论谋杀者的手段如何诡秘和狡诈 ,法医工作者仍可通过死者身上的种种蛛丝马迹 ,让尸体“讲述”被害经过 ,使罪恶的凶手绳之以法。本文撷取若干案例 ,以期达到普及法医知识的目的。——编者 Let the dead “speak”, at first glance sounds pure fantasy. However, in many cases of detection, no matter how secretive and deceitful the means of murder, forensic practitioners can still use the clues on the deceased to allow the body to “tell” the victims and bring the perpetrators of evil to justice. This article extracts several cases in order to achieve the purpose of popularizing forensic knowledge. --editor