FOR BETH! (Hugs Beth) Beth0987
This chapter is written by CSI Emma…. any mistakes with some of the forensics are my own. I had to research them so if they sound wrong, well, I'm just a kid...
Disclaimer: I do not own any CSI related characters, nor any Final Fantasy 7 characters. Any additional characters that appear during the whole story are more than likely to be my friends, so they pretty much own themselves.
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Yelina entered the autopsy room with Tim following behind her. The sound of her shoes tapping echoed across the room, alerting the coroner, Lindsay Johnson, to their presence. Lindsay was a well liked girl. She had long ginger hair tucked away into a ponytail, which put all attention onto her fair face which had stylish glasses resting on her nose. Her long lab coat fell to her knees and was a pure white, despite working such a messy job, but nevertheless she loved her job as coroner to the utmost.
"Hello everyone" Lindsay said with an amazingly perky voice.
"What have you got for us today Lindsay?" Yelina asked using as much perkiness she could muster.
"Well, C.o.D was a massive chest wound' she said cheerfully, while pointing to the wound on the now nude body on the table.
"Well duh!" Tim piped up, which made Lindsay laugh heartily. He got coldly glared at by Yelina, but making Lindsay laugh was worth it….
"Anyway, a horizontal object passed straight through her, most probably a long sword or spear, but I should think she fell on it, rather than being stabbed. Mainly because, it would take tremendous force to cause so much damage."
"Fallen? Pushed? Perhaps some sort of harpoon?" Tim thought out aloud.
"If she was harpooned, wouldn't there be GSR?" Yelina enquired.
"Well, there would actually be traces of explosives, and, Jane Doe here would be in a million pieces. You see, harpoon guns shoot out a mini 'torpedo' which penetrates the flesh, but then an explosive charge is lit inside the shell of the harpoon and explodes. It would be instant death for any monster. So either the harpoon was faulty or non-explosive or she wasn't killed by harpoon gun. But…" Lindsay took out a piece of photographic paper and poked the wound, then took out some chemical and doused the paper in it. Nothing happened. "Negative. No harpoon." Lindsay said with a hint of pride in herself.
"Is harpooning monsters LEGAL?" A shocked Tim blurted out.
"Of course not... too many people were getting injured..." Yelina cooed.
"Oh." Tim sighed with relief.
"Erm…" Lindsay thought momentarily "Ah, yes! T.o.D was undeterminable. She's been through too many environments to even get a decent liver temp. However, I've taken prints, scraped for DNA under the fingernails and taken a rape kit. They've all been sent to the lab" Lindsay smiled proudly. "But as much as I'd like to help you more, there's not much trace or anything else… not even a hair." her smile disappearing swiftly only to return briefly. "I found strange plant matter in her hair and on her arms- over at Trace!"
"Thank you" Yelina said, and then turned to leave. She signalled Tim to follow her out, but Tim snuck back a second longer to say great job to Lindsay, who blushed like mad!
Next chapter: Following the evidence!