R&I
"Rizzoli!" "Isles!" Both women answered their phones simultaneously.
"Sorry Ma, we gotta go."
" I can't remember the last time we had a proper Sunday dinner!" Angela gruffed.
" I can't help it that people are being murdered."
" Well when you put it like that I sound selfish."
" Oh Angela! You are quite the opposite of selfish. Jane and I will make it up to you." Maura said compassionately.
"Don't you worry about it! Like Jane said , people are being murdered! Go catch the bad guy girls." Angela said pulling them both in for a hug.
"Bye Angela. It really does smell delicious!"
"Bye ma." Jane hugged as she ran out the door. The two women hopped into James unmarked. As much as Maura loved her Prius, she knew with Jane's lead foot, and siren capabilities, they would arrive to the scene much faster. Arguing with Jane about letting her drive for a change was futile.
After enduring the Boston traffic, they finally arrived at the crime scene, which happened to be at the Boston Common.
" Thank god I dressed down for Sunday dinner, this mud would have totally desolated my new heels I was going to wear!"
Jane rolled her eyes "I don't know why you bother with those. I have yet to think of one practical use for heels."
" oh Jane, fashion isn't about being practical, it's about expression!" Maura said with a cheeky smile.
The two women partake in idle chit chat as they walked to the crime scene.
" okay what do we got?" Jane asks an uniformed officer.
"Hispanic male appears to be early to mid 20's." The officer calmly stated and walked away. Maura and Jane approached the victim.
"Jesus whoever did this to him sure wanted to send a message". The body lay face up in the dark under a large tree. The young mans body seemed to be mutilated in a multitude of ways.
" How long has he been here Maur?"
"By his liver temperature I can definitely say he has been deceased about eight hours. By the lack of blood around the body, and the way the blood has pooled inside the body I would say he has been definitely moved post-mortem."
" Great so now we have another crime scene to find."
"It appears so Jane. I may be able to narrow down the possibilities once I get him back to the lab." Maura cleared the body for transport. Jane and Maura made their way back to the car.
"Something about this seems off. Why dump a body in such a busy place? This is a tourist spot for god's sake. This bastard wanted the body to be found. But why? Who is he trying to send a message to?" Jane pondered.
" Are you thinking gang involvement?" Maura asked.
" If this guy was anyone of importance I would recognize him, but I don't. He showed no physical signs of being in any gang I know of. Plus gangs don't do this to your average thug."
"Hopefully we can get a hit on the victims prints." Maura stated "His face is too deformed from the trauma to make an accurate guess on what he looked like."
They arrived back at the station. Jane made her way up to the bullpen as Maura made her way down to the morgue to change and start the autopsy.
"Find an ID yet?" Jane asked as she sat at her desk.
" Oh hello to you too Jane." Frost continued " Mr. Dylan Gonzalez. 24."
"Any offenses?"
"Thank god! That's how we were able to ID him so quickly. Possession of marijuana. Nothing else." Frost stated.
"Well at least he was in the system to ID him." Jane continued. "Any family we need to contact?" Jane asked.
"None. Parents died about five years ago. No other listed relatives. He has no current address either. This guy seemed to live off the grid. It's going to make things that much harder. "
"Keep looking frost!" Jane yelled as she stepped into the elevator on tv way to the morgue.
"Please tell me you found something Maur"
"So far I found a few things in the external exam. First we found some carpet fibers. Susie is testing to see if we can figure out its origin."
" Anything else?"
" Well, he appears to have a multitude of tiny circular abrasions all over his body." Maura paused. " I believe they may have been caused by this." Maura pulled up a picture of a gun on her laptop.
"Maura that's a gun..."
"Well yes, but instead of bullets it shoots tiny plastic BB's."
"An airsoft gun!" Jane exclaimed.
"Yes although in recent years its popularity has increased significantly, business wise it is an untapped market. There is something of interest about that. An airsoft store is located about half a mile from the dump site. If you were going to buy one this would be the only place in about a 20 mile radius that sells them."
"I'll take frost with me tomorrow for questioning the workers. You ready to go home ?"
" Yes, I can continue the external exam tomorrow. I have gotten all the trace evidence off of the body already." Maura explained.
" Oh Jane, don't look so distraught. Maybe going to that store tomorrow will give you more leads." Maura said as she got into the passenger seat. "Hopefully my mom saved us some leftovers, I'm starving!"
"Jane, you know she saved us food, she always does thankfully... I'm hungry myself."
"Dinner and a movie?" Jane asked not realizing how it sounded. She cleared her throat. "Well leftovers and a mind numbing movie to de-stress after a murder filled Sunday!"
"Sounds amazing right now Jane." Maura beamed.
Jane pulled up to the spot on Maura's driveway which has been essentially deemed hers. Both women got out the the car and made their way to the front door, Jane slightly ahead of Maura. Jane unlocked the door with her key, which she seemed to get more use of than the key to her own apartment.
"AH YAY LEFTOVERS!" Jane exclaimed as she put Maura's plate in the microwave, then her own,and met Maura on the couch.
