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While washing her face, Lindsay recalled something she would much rather forget.
Lindsay and her partner, Laura, had been called out to investigate a possible arson. Lindsay had discovered some footprints in the mud outside and was making casts while Laura went into the building to collect samples. Lindsay had been placed lead on the case; Laura was coming because she was an arson specialist. She heard a crack and looked up to see the building collapsing. "Laura," she screamed, running towards the building. She didn't hear anything, and couldn't climb over the rubble. Pulling out her radio, "Dispatch, this is Detective Monroe at 331 Upper. The house has collapsed and Detective Loader is stuck inside, I can't get in."
"We'll send a rescue team immediately."
All Lindsay could do was wait. She kept trying to call Laura, but there never was an answer. If she could of gotten in she would of gone.
The rescue team arrived and began to make its way through the rubble. They had to resort to moving pieces of the building away. Lindsay snapped back into CSI mode to take pictures and mark the evidence. She knew that if she didn't, her boss would not be happy. They finally found Laura, who wasn't breathing. They pulled her out and the EMT felt for a pulse. There wasn't one. He tried using a defibrillator, but they couldn't revive her. He pronounced her dead, and Lindsay had to witness her being placed into a body bag. Even worse, she had to attend the autopsy.
According to the ME, Laura had been killed instantly by the collapse. But Lindsay always blamed herself for not being there. She thought that maybe she could have gotten her out of there before it collapsed. And while no one on the team blamed her, Laura's parents did. "You should have been in there," said Laura's mother. Laura's father snarled, "She wouldn't have been in there if you hadn't made her go in." And Lindsay couldn't entirely deny that second accusation. She had sent Laura in, she was the lead on the case.
Lindsay nearly started crying again.
Coming up: Angry Lindsay
