4714 Sundridge DR, Grissom pulled the Tahoe into the drive way beside Brass's unmarked Taurus. Before Sara even had the chance to unbuckle her seat belt, Grissom had already hopped out of the SUV and retrieved their field kits from the trunk.
Sara opened her door and slid out of the car. She zipped up her CSI windbreaker and looked at the sky. It was overcast and there was a cool breeze. She hoped it wouldn't rain. They followed Brass thought the forest and found David the assistant coroner waiting with the body.
She pulled out her camera and snapped a series of photos, the body, the drag marks and the few foot prints she found. She made several dental stone casts of the shoe prints while Grissom examined the body, occasionally bagging and tagging evidence.
Two hours later they had done all that they could do out side. The wind was picking up and just as they were packing up their kits it started to rain. It was time to go to the cottage.
"Had the house cleared already, it appears she was killed in her bedroom. Theres blood all over the sheets." Brass informed them as they watched David drive off with the body of Susan Waterhouse.
Sara snapped photos of some footprints in the hall and then followed Grissom into the bedroom. There were ropes tied to each of the four bedposts and there were large amounts of blood soaking the sheets. In the middle of the bed lay a bloodied knife. Sara grabbed an evidence bag and carefully slid the knife in.
"Generally I can't stand messy, unclean and forgetful people but when a killer leaves behind this much evidence..."
He trailed off. Sara smiled. "Either somebody ain't to smart, or they never got a chance to clean up."
It all depends on the evidence Sara, we have to see how long she's been dead and approximately how long she was out side before we'll know that."
Back at the morgue Al Robbins had some answers.
"Ligature marks indicate that she was alive when she was tied up. She probably got the bruise when he knocked her out." He said indicating to the purplish blue bruise covering a good portion of the right side of her face.
"He killed her by stabbing her in the throat, knife hit an artery and she bled out within minutes." Grissom nodded. "Anything else Al?"
"Yes actually" he said uncovering her torso. Her breasts had deep gouges and across her stomach "Bitch" was carved. "He raped her with a foreign object." Al stated.
Sara rubbed her eyes and sighed. "How long has she been dead Doc?"
"Judging by her liver temp she was dead only an hour before the hikers found her. She's been dead for 5, 6 hours tops."
"Lets go back to the scene Sara, and see if we can find anything else."
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