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Chapter1
Arriving at the scene, a cheap gas station, Serena notices that a small crowd has formed around the parking lot. She pushes her way through the people and walks over to the police commissioner.
"Commissioner Douglas, can you get some of your men out here to patrol the perimeter. We need these people out of here if we're going to do our job." Serena says.
"Of course, agent Johnson. I'll get back up over here right away."
Muttering a quick thank you, Serena spots the rest of her team at the trash bins near the back of the building. Ducking under the yellow caution tape, she noticed small trickles of blood leading from the tape to the bins.
"Morgan, what's the situation?"
"Well, agent Johnson...there are traces of blood leading to these bins where our killer left the murder weapons. The body hasn't been found yet, but we found fragments of human hair stuck on the bolt of this wrench ma'am" Lita said holding up a plastic bag containing the tool.
"Ok people, we need to do an extensive search of the area. I want to cover all grounds within a 15 mile radius. Morgan, Harding, I want the two of you to search the bins. I expect every detail on anything you find pertaining to the incident reported to me right away. Thomas, Sanders, I'm assigning you to first get the story from Bennett. After the three of you are done, start looking for any signs of the body. I'm going to help calm the situation then I'll help you three. Well, let's get to it."
With everyone going in their different directions, Serena tried to get rid of the press.
"Agent Johnson, Kelly Gibson from channel 7 news. Is it true the body has not yet been recovered?"
"At the moment, I can't disclose that information, but I can say that we, in the bureau and in the police department, are doing everything we possibly can to resolve the situation."
"What about the killer. He's still on the loose. Shouldn't there be some kind of search going on to track him down? The county isn't safe with a murderer on the run." Said another annoying reporter.
"As I stated before, we're doing everything we possibly can to resolve this situation. After going through the evidence in the lab, I'm sure we'll at least have some clue about the person we're dealing with. Now, can you all please leave the scene? We have a murder to investigate."
Letting the newly arrived police officers deal with the press, Serena went to check up on the others. Seeing that Raye and Andrew were still getting the details from Darien, she headed over to the trash bins where Lita and Ken were searching.
"Have you found anything yet?" Serena asked.
"No, we haven't, but Ken here was just about to scrape some of that blood up into a vile to take to the lab." Lita said resuming her search of the continents in the bin.
"Ken, Continue with Lita. I'll get that blood since I'm going over to the lab soon anyway."
About 5 feet away, Serena found a small pool of blood to extract at least a drop from. Carefully letting it drop into the vile, she put the small lid over the opening and placed it into her coat pocket. While getting up, she noticed another smudge of blood on the concrete. Looking closer, it seemed that whoever left that blood, tried to wash it off, and nearly succeeding. Upon touching the spot, a small bit of bloody water accumulated on her finger. Looking all around the area, she found another stain of watered down blood on the floor. Then another a few inches away which eventually formed a long connected line of blood stained concrete. Serena followed the blood stain for about a hundred yards until she came upon the missing body. Cursing a few times, she took out her cell phone and called the others.
"Raye, I need you all to come quick, I found the body. It seems whoever did this to her, scattered maggots over her body, I suppose to feed on her flesh. Yeah I know, these creeps will do anything to get rid of their tracks. Where am I? You know where the sycamores are in these woods? Well, I'm just past them. All right I'll see you in 5."
She hung up her phone and placed it in the inside pocket of her coat, where she pulled two rubber gloves from. After placing them on her hands she took out a notepad, pencil, and a small ruler to measure the contusions or marks on the body. Careful not to move the corpse, she quickly and efficiently took the measures of the contusions and wrote them down. As she was putting the information away, the others arrived.
"Raye, could you photograph the body now." Turning toward the others she started again, "I want all the evidence and the body in my lab within the next 30 minutes, so we need to gather everything ASAP and get this area clear."
Raye took the photos with the others combing the area for evidence. Finally at 6:27 A.M., the scene was in order again as the police and FBI were headed back to their own offices.
Pulling into the parking structure for the Forensic Division, Serena and Darien along with Raye got out of the car and headed into the lab where the body was being taken by the 2 paramedics.
Once inside the lab, the paramedics placed the body on the autopsy table and left the building. The two agents and psychic put on the required hospital scrubs, rubber gloves, and hair nets to start the autopsy on the body.
Pulling the sheet away from the body, Serena first examined the contusions along the chest and arms. Then she examined the 3 lacerations on the frontal right part of the head with minimal brain injury, consistent with blows to the head. The toxicology tests indicate that she had a high amount of alcohol in her system, but there was no evidence of sexual assault. Marks on the neck are consistent with ligature marks, indicating the girl was strangled. Finally she examined the evidence and summed up exactly what had happened to this girl.
"All right, so from what I concluded, the lacerations or deep cuts made on the right frontal portion of the head were made by the wrench, which explains the hair on the bolt. The DNA matches that of Suzy Harper, a 14 year old student at Windom Middle School and the cause of death is strangulation. That's it, there isn't anymore evidence to help surface the killer."
Starting to once again cover the body, Raye stopped Serena and looked at one of the Markings on the girl's forearm.
"Serena, what are these marks from?"
"They're from the maggots that she had on her body, why?"
"Because," Raye grabbed a case out of her pocket, opened it, and began dusting the girls arm with powder before continuing, "I think these maggots were left on her body to cover this."
Turning the girls arm, Raye showed them what she had been talking about. Right below the eaten away skin, was half of a fingerprint.
Chapter1
Arriving at the scene, a cheap gas station, Serena notices that a small crowd has formed around the parking lot. She pushes her way through the people and walks over to the police commissioner.
"Commissioner Douglas, can you get some of your men out here to patrol the perimeter. We need these people out of here if we're going to do our job." Serena says.
"Of course, agent Johnson. I'll get back up over here right away."
Muttering a quick thank you, Serena spots the rest of her team at the trash bins near the back of the building. Ducking under the yellow caution tape, she noticed small trickles of blood leading from the tape to the bins.
"Morgan, what's the situation?"
"Well, agent Johnson...there are traces of blood leading to these bins where our killer left the murder weapons. The body hasn't been found yet, but we found fragments of human hair stuck on the bolt of this wrench ma'am" Lita said holding up a plastic bag containing the tool.
"Ok people, we need to do an extensive search of the area. I want to cover all grounds within a 15 mile radius. Morgan, Harding, I want the two of you to search the bins. I expect every detail on anything you find pertaining to the incident reported to me right away. Thomas, Sanders, I'm assigning you to first get the story from Bennett. After the three of you are done, start looking for any signs of the body. I'm going to help calm the situation then I'll help you three. Well, let's get to it."
With everyone going in their different directions, Serena tried to get rid of the press.
"Agent Johnson, Kelly Gibson from channel 7 news. Is it true the body has not yet been recovered?"
"At the moment, I can't disclose that information, but I can say that we, in the bureau and in the police department, are doing everything we possibly can to resolve the situation."
"What about the killer. He's still on the loose. Shouldn't there be some kind of search going on to track him down? The county isn't safe with a murderer on the run." Said another annoying reporter.
"As I stated before, we're doing everything we possibly can to resolve this situation. After going through the evidence in the lab, I'm sure we'll at least have some clue about the person we're dealing with. Now, can you all please leave the scene? We have a murder to investigate."
Letting the newly arrived police officers deal with the press, Serena went to check up on the others. Seeing that Raye and Andrew were still getting the details from Darien, she headed over to the trash bins where Lita and Ken were searching.
"Have you found anything yet?" Serena asked.
"No, we haven't, but Ken here was just about to scrape some of that blood up into a vile to take to the lab." Lita said resuming her search of the continents in the bin.
"Ken, Continue with Lita. I'll get that blood since I'm going over to the lab soon anyway."
About 5 feet away, Serena found a small pool of blood to extract at least a drop from. Carefully letting it drop into the vile, she put the small lid over the opening and placed it into her coat pocket. While getting up, she noticed another smudge of blood on the concrete. Looking closer, it seemed that whoever left that blood, tried to wash it off, and nearly succeeding. Upon touching the spot, a small bit of bloody water accumulated on her finger. Looking all around the area, she found another stain of watered down blood on the floor. Then another a few inches away which eventually formed a long connected line of blood stained concrete. Serena followed the blood stain for about a hundred yards until she came upon the missing body. Cursing a few times, she took out her cell phone and called the others.
"Raye, I need you all to come quick, I found the body. It seems whoever did this to her, scattered maggots over her body, I suppose to feed on her flesh. Yeah I know, these creeps will do anything to get rid of their tracks. Where am I? You know where the sycamores are in these woods? Well, I'm just past them. All right I'll see you in 5."
She hung up her phone and placed it in the inside pocket of her coat, where she pulled two rubber gloves from. After placing them on her hands she took out a notepad, pencil, and a small ruler to measure the contusions or marks on the body. Careful not to move the corpse, she quickly and efficiently took the measures of the contusions and wrote them down. As she was putting the information away, the others arrived.
"Raye, could you photograph the body now." Turning toward the others she started again, "I want all the evidence and the body in my lab within the next 30 minutes, so we need to gather everything ASAP and get this area clear."
Raye took the photos with the others combing the area for evidence. Finally at 6:27 A.M., the scene was in order again as the police and FBI were headed back to their own offices.
Pulling into the parking structure for the Forensic Division, Serena and Darien along with Raye got out of the car and headed into the lab where the body was being taken by the 2 paramedics.
Once inside the lab, the paramedics placed the body on the autopsy table and left the building. The two agents and psychic put on the required hospital scrubs, rubber gloves, and hair nets to start the autopsy on the body.
Pulling the sheet away from the body, Serena first examined the contusions along the chest and arms. Then she examined the 3 lacerations on the frontal right part of the head with minimal brain injury, consistent with blows to the head. The toxicology tests indicate that she had a high amount of alcohol in her system, but there was no evidence of sexual assault. Marks on the neck are consistent with ligature marks, indicating the girl was strangled. Finally she examined the evidence and summed up exactly what had happened to this girl.
"All right, so from what I concluded, the lacerations or deep cuts made on the right frontal portion of the head were made by the wrench, which explains the hair on the bolt. The DNA matches that of Suzy Harper, a 14 year old student at Windom Middle School and the cause of death is strangulation. That's it, there isn't anymore evidence to help surface the killer."
Starting to once again cover the body, Raye stopped Serena and looked at one of the Markings on the girl's forearm.
"Serena, what are these marks from?"
"They're from the maggots that she had on her body, why?"
"Because," Raye grabbed a case out of her pocket, opened it, and began dusting the girls arm with powder before continuing, "I think these maggots were left on her body to cover this."
Turning the girls arm, Raye showed them what she had been talking about. Right below the eaten away skin, was half of a fingerprint.