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The day after finding the body at Arlington Cemetery, Booth was sitting in his office doing paper work that seemed to be never ending and extremely boring.
Agent Genny Shaw entered her supervisor's office and interrupted him. "Agent Booth? Could I talk to you for a few minutes? It's about the body that was found at Arlington."
Grateful for an excuse to stop working, Booth looked up from his monitor. "Sure, I could use the break. What's up?"
Sitting down across from Booth's desk, Agent Shaw explained the reason for her visit. "When I heard about the body being found at Arlington, I remembered a report that came in two months ago about another body that was found in Indianapolis. A man by the name of Ted Jones, was cleaning up a grave site at the Spring Valley Cemetery at Fort Benjamin Harrison, when he found what looked like a recent burial. No one had been buried in that part of the cemetery for awhile so he got curious and decided to see what was buried there. He dug down about three feet and found a body. It wasn't in a casket and the body was wearing a Union Civil War Uniform. He reported it to the Indianapolis City Police, who took charge of the body. The coroner determined that the body was a white male, who appeared to be about 30 years old. The body had been buried there for at least three months. The coroner, Doctor William Jenkins, determined that the man was killed with a sharp instrument. He thought it might be a saber."
Interested, Booth asked her, "Did the coroner identify the victim?"
"No sir," Shaw slowly shook her head and continued, "Dr. Jenkins, didn't find any ID on the body. The body was badly decomposed, so he was unable to get any finger prints. He put out an alert looking for anyone with a missing persons file that fit his John Doe. I called him an hour ago and Dr. Jenkins said that no one has come forward to claim the body. The police and the coroner's office haven't got any further into their investigation either. They didn't find anything in the grave or on the body to point to the killer or the identity of the victim."
Seeing that Agent Shaw was waiting for him to reply, Booth responded, "And you think the body that was found at Arlington may be connected to the body that was found at the Spring Valley Cemetery?"
Relieved that Booth was taking her seriously, Agent Shaw explained, "Yes sir. I've heard you say more than once, that there is no such thing as coincidence in a murder investigation. We have a man dressed as a Union soldier from the Civil War that was murdered and buried in an unmarked grave at Fort Benjamin Harrison and now we've found a man dressed as a Confederate soldier from the Civil War that also was buried in an unmarked grave and may have been murdered. I just wanted you to know that if Dr. Brennan determines that our victim was murdered then we may have a serial killer on our hands."
The thought of a serial killer being involved sent a shiver down Booth's spine. He hated serial killers with a passion. Deciding that Shaw might be onto something, Booth logged off of his PC. "I guess I'll go over to the Jeffersonian to see if I can get Bones to give me cause of death. I'll be back in an hour or two."
Standing, Booth left his office and made his way to his car. "God, I hate serial killers," Booth thought. "They're all a damn bunch of psychos."
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Booth entered the Lab and spotted Brennan working on the platform. Swiping his card, he made his way up the stairs to see what she was looking at. Booth found out pretty quickly that it was the very badly decomposed body that had been found the previous day. Cam, having seen Booth walk down the hallway, followed him up the stairs to talk to him about the case.
"Hey, Booth." Cam smiled at her friend and pointed at the body. "We're still trying to decide how to proceed with the investigation of the body. Hodgins has collected all of the particulates from the body as well as the uniform. The body is so badly decomposed that I think we're going to have to de-flesh the body and go from there. I've examined the body and the flesh is just barely hanging onto the bones. I've drawn some blood and pulled the pieces of the organs that were still intact from the body for testing."
Walking over to where Brennan was standing, Booth placed his hand on Brennan's back. "How's it going Bones? Cam says you may have to wait and de-flesh the body first before you can give me cause of death."
Pleased to see her partner, Brennan turned and smiled at him. "We really can't tell what killed him yet. It looks like it may have been a sharp instrument though. I'll know more once I can see the bones more clearly."
Booth nodded his head and explained why he was there. "We may have a serial killer on our hands. Someone found another body at a cemetery at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana dressed in a Union Civil War uniform a few months ago. The victim was murdered about three months ago and it's possible that there's a connection with our Confederate soldier."
Hearing Booth's explanation, Cam shivered. "I always think serial killers are so creepy. I hate it when a reporter interviews the neighbor of the killer and the neighbor says 'I never suspected the guy was killing all of those people. He kept to himself and he was so quiet.' I always want to tell the neighbor, Yeah, he was quietly killing people that's why you didn't hear anything."
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