My partner, Robert Goren, and I walk towards the crime scene. The body of John Gehring had been discovered, bound, gagged and severely beaten. Goren bends down next to the corpse and begins to examine the head. "He's got a broken nose."
I can see that besides the broken nose, he has two obviously premortem black eyes, and his leg is in a funny position. The body is in a abandoned warehouse.
"Eames, help me turn over the body." Goren asks, and I help him to move the corpse.
"Look, whoever killed him tasered him first to subdue him." I notice the taser remarks on the back of his neck.
Just then Goren points something else out "His skin's pruned up."
"Maybe he was submerged in water for a long time?" I suggest.
"Nope, see there's no petechial hemorrhaging like there would be if he was drowned. If your not convinced you can check for yourself."
"No thanks, I just ate."
Goren laughs at my comment, but doesn't press further.
I'm about to say something else, but that's before I get a really good look at John's face. Even with his face splattered in blood, his nose broken and his eyes glazed over in panic, he looks eerily familiar. I know I haven't met him , so where have I seen that face before? I look at my partner and that's when it hits me, John Gehring looks like my partner. I feel my breath hitch in my throat, "It's probably just a coincidence Alex. I'm sure there's a lot of men in New York City that look like Goren." I mumble to myself.
That doesn't help me any, I know I'm lying solely to calm myself. There aren't very many men who look like my partner. He's a large intimidating mountain of a man, with dark curly hair and a beard that I would just love to shave off (Okay, I admit, I fantasize about that maybe a tad bit too much). I just happen to glance at the victim's file which I had tucked under my arm, when I look at where the victim lived I'm certain this is not a matter of the victim accidently looking like one of the officers that reported to the crime scene, John Gehring lived in the same apartment building as my partner.