Chapter 10 – Processing more evidence

Leaving Cam's Autopsy Suite they moved to enter Dr. Hodgins lab.

"Dr. Hodgins have you found anything in the particulates you obtained?" Bones asked.

"Yes, Dr. B. I found evidence that he was at the party; the glitter I identified matched the decorations from the event last night. But that just verified what we knew, I also found evidence of marijuana in his pockets as well as a powdery substance I'm still trying to identify. I don't believe it's a narcotic it may actually be evidence of face makeup, his suit jacket pocket had traces of it. If I can ID the chemical composition I may be able to ID a brand which may be of some help, though nothing yet to ID the murderer."

"I have samples from your couch as well, it had traces of semen as well as other bodily fluids along with your typical coffee stains, that could take a while but I think we could run DNA analysis on it." Hodgins, hesitation is clear while he shared this piece of evidence.

Just as he's finished Angela walked in having just heard the last of Hodgins statement, she nodded and added, "Bren, Hodgins is probably going to find a match with our DNA. When we were engaged we played a game in the lab to see how many places we could "Do it" and one of those places was your couch."

Castle heard this and couldn't help but laugh, "Wow you guys really do live here don't you?"

Booth looked a little uncomfortable as he thought back over the last week; he looked at Bones and nodded, "Yeah, Hodgins you're also going to find my DNA and Bones'." Booth shrugged his shoulders then added, "Hey, its Bones couch!"

Kate now chuckled, "Well you guys do get around, exactly how many DNA samples did you get Dr. Hodgins?"

If couches could talk, wow it would have quite the tale to tell. He scratched that thought from his mind and brought his focus back to Det. Beckett, "Sorry my mind was elsewhere, what was your question Det. Beckett?"

"How many DNA samples did you find Dr. Hodgins?" Kate asked again knowing Hodgins mind had drifted to the gutter wondered a bit where Castle's was.

"Eight, I found eight and now it sounds like we've identified 4 though I will run all thru the DNA analysis," Hodgins answered a little embarrassed to have been caught doing it in Dr. B's office.

Castle smiled and thought what a randy group he's just fallen into looked to Tempe, "Well Tempe, your office has certainly seen a lot of action, any video?"

Booth blanched at the thought looked quickly to Bones, "God I hope not!"

Bones took Castle's question seriously, shook her head and said, "No Castle if the blinds are closed the offices have no video capabilities."

Booth asked, "Well Hodgins did you find anything else?"

Hodgins glad to be taken off that piece of evidence, "Yeah, I found what I think is skin under his nails, maybe we'll get lucky and it'll be of his attacker. Other than getting the scrapings I haven't done any analysis yet, so nothing to report. He also had a decent amount of Dermatophagoides farina attached to his clothes," seeing the confusion he interpreted, "Dust mites."

Castle asked curious, "What would that tell us?"

Dr. Hodgins patiently explained, "Dust mites, eat dead tissue and cells, but more importantly they retain the DNA in their systems as long as they haven't digested it yet. I've already extracted what I need, we'll see if it leads anywhere."

"One more thing I still have to perform the experiments on what type of force would be required to break ¾ inch safety glass the mummy case was made of, it may give us some idea of the type of weapon used," Hodgins added.

Booth asked once more, "Is that it Hodgins?"

"Yeah Booth I'll have more for you later today."

Bones quietly added for Hodgins benefit, "I'll be ordering a new couch and Dr. Hodgins I don't ever expect to find your DNA on it again," she raised a perfectly manicured brow.

He blushed and muttered, "You bet Dr. B," then quickly moved back to his work.

Angela enjoyed being the bad girl at times so having been "caught" only added to her pleasure. She smiled then asked, "Everyone can you follow me, I found some interesting bits on the video the security cameras provided," with that Angela left Hodgins lab expecting the group to follow her.

A/N: R&R is very much appreciated