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Matt Burke sighed as he listened to Jackie explain what she'd found in hours of CCTV footage that she'd expertly surfaced through without a peep of complaint. He knew he should be thankful that she'd even do it because he knew Robbie would rather call in sick than watch CCTV footage.
"Sir, are you alright?" Burke looked up quickly, a surprised look on his face at the sound of someone actually caring about he felt.
"Ofcourse, Jackie. What makes you ask?"
"You just look… I don't know… distracted…" She commented putting the paperwork down on his desk, her hands threading impatiently through her hair.
"I'm fine, Jackie." He promised in a fake cheery tone of voice before making the fake smile fade. "So, you're suggesting we go talk to the bouncer."
"Well sir. I can't do that until we find out the time of murder because my interogation would kind of be pathetic without that." Burke smiled reluctantly realising that Jackie didn't know how precise she was being. It's just the way she always was.
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"The cause of death was indeed the seventeen puncture wounds to the upper body. Well to be truthful the cause of death would actually have been the amount of blood loss the poor girl suffered." The doctor commented to them, handing Burke a file. Which he just past on to Jackie, his eyes never leaving the medical examiners. "The bruises on her upper arm are definitely not hers and according to the size of them, our attacker has large hands."
Burke leant over and examined the fingerprint bruises before looking down at his own hands. How the hell anyone could leave fingerprints that big was a shock to him. Could people even have hands that big?
"To add to that our victim was indeed sexually attacked. There's bad bruising here along her pelvis and back as if she struggled against the wall. Also there's chips of white paint here which is a cause for concern because I didn't see any white walls down that alley."
Once again Burke leant in and sighed. The poor woman.
"There was also a sample of semen collected on her upper right leg. Not a very large sample so I'd say our murderer either got rather excited beforehand or tried his best to clean her up."
"Are you suggesting that the murderer is indeed the man who attacked her?" Jackie asked.
The doctor looked over at them with a bored expression. "Well if it wasn't, our victim here is one unlucky lady."
Burke looked over at Jackie, his eyebrows raised at the common sense theory the doctor had just laid down to them. If only things could actually be that easy.
"What do you suggest the time of murder was?"
"I'd say anywhere between 12 and 3." The doctor looked up. "When I get the results back, I'll let you know a neater time slot."
"Thanks doc." Burke said before leaving autopsy, Jackie quickly following.
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Back in the main room, Burke looked over at Jackie. "I suggest going to talk to our Bouncer. Take Robbie with you."
"Yes boss."
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