September 3rd 2015

The Medical Examiner's office was bustling with life, lab techs were working on their analysis for the blood works and samples they had been given from the autopsies; the ones left from the previous day and from the autopsies that had been done that morning. It was already eleven am and the majority of the lab had been there since nine am although some of the medical examiners had gotten in earlier in order to start on the autopsies of the bodies that had come in overnight.

Megan Hunt had completed her first autopsy of the day and was stood wearing a red designer dress with matching heels but her clothing was covered by the medical gown so that there wouldn't be any stray body matter that accidently ruined the material of her dress.

The body was female, 35-40 years old and had blonde hair but was yet to be identified. She had been found wearing nothing but her fuschia undergarments and her body was littered with abrasions, bruises and cuts along with burn marks. It was clear that the body had been dumped and that the side of the highway was definitely not the original murder site, it was also clear from the autopsy that she had been tortured for at least four to five days preceding her death.

'Jane Doe' was not the first body that had been found in this manner, so far there had been 7 bodies and 8 if you included the new 'Jane Doe'. The female was Jane Doe #3.

The first victim was a 29 year old female, blonde hair, blue eyes and wore a set of black lingerie although the left bra straps was torn. She had similar injuries to that of Jane Doe #3 but the injuries were much less precise and much messier. The young woman was identified as a nurse from the local hospital whose name was 'Mary Benson'. Her boyfriend had raised the alarm when she didn't return from her night shift and never met him for lunch as it was very out of character because normally she would text him regularly and inform him when she left work. He had gotten that message but had never had one to say she was home safely. It was another 10 days before her body was discovered on the side of the highway 11 miles from the hospital. The autopsy revealed that she had died around 12 hours before she was found.

The second victim was identified as a 32 year old female, another with blonde hair and blue eyes. Again she wore nothing but her underwear. Her name was confirmed to be 'Moira Doyle' who worked as a sales assistant at a local store before she was found 16 miles away from where she worked. Moira had similar signs of torture and abuse but had vanished 10 days before her body was found however time of death was estimated to have been around 16 hours preceding the discovery.

The third female victim also fitted the victim pattern of blonde hair and blue eyes. She had been reported as missing after she failed to collect her child from school. She had never been late to collect the child before and the school had attempted to call the woman for almost two hours before alerting authorities. The woman was identified to be 34 year old 'Calleigh Procter' and was employed by the local hospital as a receptionist. She was found in the same manner as the previous two, on the highway and showing signs of torture before death.

'Jane Doe #1' was found next, wearing nothing but marked white underwear that had stains of blood and dirt on them. She was found around 1 mile from the first body and fitted the same description as the other three females. Despite having her photo distributed, they were yet to identify the young woman who they estimated to between the ages of 25-30. She had no distinguishing marks such as tattoos or birthmarks. The young woman had been dead for approximately two to four hours before she was found.

'Angela Demar' was the fifth body to be found, another victim matching the victim profile of the other victims. She was reported missing only one week previously and had signs of violent abuse and torture on her body. The woman was 37 years old and worked as a police officer at the local precinct. She had been reported missing when she vanished whilst on patrol. Her partner had suggested they split up and walk the path of the park as neither saw any danger in doing so and both had radios that they could use. It was routine and it was part of basic duty. He tried to reach her on the radio a few times but failed and when he went to look for her, all he found was her radio, badge and other standard issue equipment that had previously been on her belt.

Four days after the discovery of Ms Demar, another victim fitting the profile was discovered on the highway approximately 7 miles from 'Jane Doe #1'. The woman was identified as a receptionist who worked with a local law firm in the town centre. Her name was 'Suzana Isles' and she was 33 years old.

The time between when the victim went missing and when the victim's body was discovered was getting shorter with each victim. The original being that of 11 days whereas the sixth only four days. When it came to the seventh body the time was the same and remained at four days. The seventh victim took the temporary name of 'Jane Doe #2' when her identification failed despite attempts by law enforcement.

Then the eighth came in the form of 'Jane Doe #3' whose autopsy had just been completed and whose body had been found three days after 'Jane Doe #2'. The injuries were very similar to the other victims and the cause of death was the same for all of them. Electrocution. This explained the burn marks that the bodies had suffered along with the signs of torture they had suffered preceding their deaths.

Her body had been found in the early hours of the morning of September 3rd 2015 and the killer had been taunting law enforcement for weeks with the lack of forensic evidence or clues as to their identity. They were working around the clock to try and discover the identities of the victims.

The redheaded Medical Examiner removed her blue standard issue gloves and threw them into the trash can before removing her covers as well. She had to write up her full report but had written her notes and recorded her findings like she always did. The sound of her heels clicked on the flooring and sounded around the hallways as she walked through them. Her scrunched up slightly in confusion as she approached the glass walls of her boss' office and noticed that the woman was absent.

She glanced around her and looked Curtis Brumfield who worked as the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, "Curtis? Have you seen Kate this morning?", she asked in curiosity with concern etched upon her face.

The man shrugged, "She hasn't come in today", he said simply, "But I don't know her diary, she probably has a meeting or press conference or something…. you know what she's like". He was referring to the political side of things that she was heavily involved in.

"When did you last see her?", she asked him hastily.

He stood and thought for a moment, "Yesterday evening before I left for the night", he said to the increasingly worried Medical Examiner, "You know she's probably in a meeting right?"

Megan nodded and stepped into the glass office, picking up her cell phone to call the blonde woman and became increasingly worried when all she managed to get was the woman's answer phone.

Kate always answered her phone to Megan, the redheaded woman could not recall a single time where the phone went unanswered because even in a meeting, the blonde would excuse herself to answer it. By this point, Doctor Megan Hunt was desperate to hear the woman's voice, "Please pick up", she begged quietly to nobody but herself.

Her eyes shot around the office, worry and concern etched on her features before she hit another number on her phone and held it again to her ear, "Peter?", she said softly into the phone, "We may have a problem".