On Monday, Olivia walked into the precinct to find Fin there.
"Liv," he said. "Did you hear about all the reactions to Elliot's trial."
"Yes," said Olivia. "Kathy called me last night. She and Elliot Jr. are getting overwhelmed with cards and donations for bail. There is even a Facebook page called Free Elliot Stabler circulating."
"I saw it and look whose been donating," said Fin showing her the list of donors.
"Oh my god, these are from some of the families of Matt's other victims." said Olivia. "And look here. Cragen, Munch, Huang, Novak and Cabot each made a sizable contribution. And wait a second, these are from our former victims!" she said recognizing the names of people she and Stabler had helped throughout the years.
"Stabler's helped a lot of people," said Fin.
"This is just awesome," said Olivia sitting down. "We can't tell Rollins or Carisi about it though since they might need to help with the investigation.
During that morning, the detectives continued to work on filing and getting warrants other cases that had been on their desk as well. Then right after lunch, Olivia got a call.
"That was Warner," she said. "The autopsy on Matt is done. She says there's something she wants us to know. Fin, lets go down to the morgue. Rollins and Carisi stay here."
Fin and Olivia drove down to the morgue where medical examiner Melinda Warner was waiting for them.
"Lieutenant Benson, Sergeant Tutuola, long time no see," said Melinda.
"Nice to see you again Warner," said Fin. "What did you call us down here for?"
"I'm going to show you the autopsy report on Matthew Wooten," she said leading them to his body. "The cause of death was massive hemorrhaging to the brain. I estimate he was hit in the head at least twenty five times based on the impacts. But when I was taking a look at his anus and rectum, I found something unusual."
"What is it?" asked Olivia.
"Anal fissure," said Melinda. "His anus was scarred heavily."
"What do you think was the cause of it?" asked Fin.
"He didn't have any diseases that would cause it," said Melinda. "If he had diarrhea or problems with his stool, the scars would be pretty recent. But from what I'm seeing the scars have been there for a long time."
"What does that mean Warner," said Olivia.
"It means," said Warner. "That either Matthew Wooten had a habit of sticking objects up his ass since he was a young child, or someone has been having anal sex with him for a long time."
"So what you're saying is Matt could have been raped when he was a child," said Fin.
"That would be the best hypothesis," said Melinda.
"Thank you Warner," said Olivia. "We'll take this to the investigation."
"You're welcome," said Melinda. "Oh, and do you how Elliot's doing?"
"He's getting a lot of public support, that's for sure," said Olivia.
"Yeah," said Melinda. "I can't believe what happened either. If you visit him give him my thoughts and prayers."
"Will do," said Olivia. "Goodbye."
Olivia and Fin drove back to the precinct.
"Homicide was here," said Sonny when they got back. "Strauss subpoenaed Elliot's records from the SVU, so we had to go through the files to get all of them and make copies. But they said they probably weren't going to bother us for the next few days."
"Okay," said Olivia. "But we have something really important to tell you guys. The autopsy on Matt revealed anal fissures. Warner believes the cause of it was that Matt had frequent anal sex during his childhood."
"Wait," said Amanda. "So Matt is another victim?"
"I guess," said Fin. "That might explain the motive. The question is by who."
"His father?" said Sonny.
"It would seem like it, but we have absolutely no evidence implicating him," said Amanda.
"Amanda's right," said Olivia. "Not even Mariel said he abused Matt. But…" Olivia paused a moment. "Wait a minute," she said. "Didn't Mariel mention that Dennis was alone with Matt in the afternoons?"
"Yes!" said Sonny remembering it.
"So maybe Dennis could have abused Matt when his mother wasn't home," said Olivia. "Then she would never have known."
"It seems like a good theory," said Fin. "But how are we going to prove it now that our witness is dead?"
"Jennifer," said Sonny. "Matt's older sister. Mariel said she was with them in the afternoons too."
"So maybe she knows something," said Amanda. "We need to talk to her. Where does she live?"
"Mariel said she moved to Florida when she was eighteen," said Olivia. "She's not on speaking terms with the family. But I'll run a background check on her to see where she is now."
Olivia went to the computer and ran her name through a database. She searched for a few minutes.
"Got her," said Olivia. "Jennifer Wooten, 24, lives in Fort Lauderdale, works at the Bliss Spa at the W hotel. No criminal record. Rollins, Carisi, I want you guys to go down there and get a word with her tomorrow."
Amanda and Sonny smiled at each other. Even though it was for work, it still meant going to Florida!
"Go book your flight. And guys," said Olivia. "If you can, get Jennifer to come back with you. I think it would be good for her to reconnect with her mother."
"Sounds good," said Sonny.
"I'll see you back here on Wednesday," said Olivia. She returned to her work.