4th crime scene
"This guy isn't stopping is he/" Calleigh said quietly as the four of them stood outside the apartment building waiting for their turn to go inside. To her surprise it was Jamie who placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder and gave her a gentle squeeze.
Horatio broke away from Detective Seviah and joined them, giving them the ok to go into the house, Alexx in tow.
They walked carefully, trying to stay in a straight line, checking the floor beneath them to make sure they were not trampling any important evidence. Just like the three other crime scenes, the apartment was a mess. Left over food, discarded clothing and a sky-high pile of dirty dishes in the sink. Erik lingered by the front door - checking for signs of forced entry while the others continued to the bedroom.
They tried to remain close to the walls and not disturb any footprints the killer might have left while Alexx went over to the body.
"Let's see what they've done to you shall we?" She murmured as she started checking the body and Speed and Calleigh started taking pictures of the crime scene.
"Cause of death - suffocation" Alexx began saying out loud "the trachea is broken, there's some contusions to the neck indicating manual strangulation"
"I guess he found his favorite method huh Jamie" Speed tried to ease the tension, but Jamie only nodded grimly - she had her fair share of experience with serial killers - and this one was beginning to worry her. She glanced over at Horatio, from the look on his face she could tell he was thinking the exact same thing.
"Strangulation tells us something about this guy" She said as she kneeled next to Alexx and began taking swabs of the neck surface "It means he's looking for control or power, which also means that he's probably not in a position of power in real life. The shape of the contusions indicates he was standing in front of the victim, which means he doesn't feel any remorse - killers a lot of time strangle their victims from behind because they fell bad about it, they don't want to see the victim's face. He doesn't care, he probably thinks they deserve to die, and he wants to watch them die, which means this is personal to him."
"So basically we're dealing with a total psycho" Erik said as he entered the room "No signs of forced entry here too"
The whole team became quiet, with out even thinking about it they all turned to watch Horatio who was still standing quietly by the window, lost in his thoughts.
"A day apart" He mumbled "Our killer is getting cocky"
"And sloppy" Alexx suddenly added "I've got some scrapings under the finger nails" she used a pair of tweezers to get the small pieces of skin into a plastic evidence bag and handed it over to Speed "You put up quite a fight didn't you sweetheart?" she caressed the victim's hair.
"I'll get this to the lab, analyze it" Speed announced and turned to leave
CSI DNA LAB - 2 HOURS LATER
"Hey Speed" Jamie greeted as she entered the lab "did you get anything off the skin scrapings?"
"Would everyone just stop rushing me?" He said with slight irritation "Horatio has been here 5 times in the last 2 hours asking me the exact same question, I'm not performing magic here people"
Jamie remained silent at his sudden out burst and for a few seconds the two of them just stared at each other until Jamie finally spoke "Feel better?"
"Yeah" He smiled sheepishly and smiled a little "Sorry"
"No sweat" she shrugged "We had a guy in the bureau that used to carry around boxing gloves in his kit, every time he got frustrated he's find something and just punch the hell out of it, trees, walls what ever"
Speed nodded and got turned back to his microscope "take a look at this" He indicated and Jamie leaned over the other microscope to take a look "I've ran this analysis three times and something is just not right - there's either something wrong with this DNA sample or there's something wrong with this guy's DNA"
"Well, you could say that" Jamie lifted her head as a smirk came on her face "Our guy has a genetic variation, a very common one in fact"
"Can you tell what it is?"
"Speed my dear, our killer is an albino"
"This guy isn't stopping is he/" Calleigh said quietly as the four of them stood outside the apartment building waiting for their turn to go inside. To her surprise it was Jamie who placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder and gave her a gentle squeeze.
Horatio broke away from Detective Seviah and joined them, giving them the ok to go into the house, Alexx in tow.
They walked carefully, trying to stay in a straight line, checking the floor beneath them to make sure they were not trampling any important evidence. Just like the three other crime scenes, the apartment was a mess. Left over food, discarded clothing and a sky-high pile of dirty dishes in the sink. Erik lingered by the front door - checking for signs of forced entry while the others continued to the bedroom.
They tried to remain close to the walls and not disturb any footprints the killer might have left while Alexx went over to the body.
"Let's see what they've done to you shall we?" She murmured as she started checking the body and Speed and Calleigh started taking pictures of the crime scene.
"Cause of death - suffocation" Alexx began saying out loud "the trachea is broken, there's some contusions to the neck indicating manual strangulation"
"I guess he found his favorite method huh Jamie" Speed tried to ease the tension, but Jamie only nodded grimly - she had her fair share of experience with serial killers - and this one was beginning to worry her. She glanced over at Horatio, from the look on his face she could tell he was thinking the exact same thing.
"Strangulation tells us something about this guy" She said as she kneeled next to Alexx and began taking swabs of the neck surface "It means he's looking for control or power, which also means that he's probably not in a position of power in real life. The shape of the contusions indicates he was standing in front of the victim, which means he doesn't feel any remorse - killers a lot of time strangle their victims from behind because they fell bad about it, they don't want to see the victim's face. He doesn't care, he probably thinks they deserve to die, and he wants to watch them die, which means this is personal to him."
"So basically we're dealing with a total psycho" Erik said as he entered the room "No signs of forced entry here too"
The whole team became quiet, with out even thinking about it they all turned to watch Horatio who was still standing quietly by the window, lost in his thoughts.
"A day apart" He mumbled "Our killer is getting cocky"
"And sloppy" Alexx suddenly added "I've got some scrapings under the finger nails" she used a pair of tweezers to get the small pieces of skin into a plastic evidence bag and handed it over to Speed "You put up quite a fight didn't you sweetheart?" she caressed the victim's hair.
"I'll get this to the lab, analyze it" Speed announced and turned to leave
CSI DNA LAB - 2 HOURS LATER
"Hey Speed" Jamie greeted as she entered the lab "did you get anything off the skin scrapings?"
"Would everyone just stop rushing me?" He said with slight irritation "Horatio has been here 5 times in the last 2 hours asking me the exact same question, I'm not performing magic here people"
Jamie remained silent at his sudden out burst and for a few seconds the two of them just stared at each other until Jamie finally spoke "Feel better?"
"Yeah" He smiled sheepishly and smiled a little "Sorry"
"No sweat" she shrugged "We had a guy in the bureau that used to carry around boxing gloves in his kit, every time he got frustrated he's find something and just punch the hell out of it, trees, walls what ever"
Speed nodded and got turned back to his microscope "take a look at this" He indicated and Jamie leaned over the other microscope to take a look "I've ran this analysis three times and something is just not right - there's either something wrong with this DNA sample or there's something wrong with this guy's DNA"
"Well, you could say that" Jamie lifted her head as a smirk came on her face "Our guy has a genetic variation, a very common one in fact"
"Can you tell what it is?"
"Speed my dear, our killer is an albino"
