"So how was your Thanksgiving?" Stella inquired as she and Lindsay approached a scene on Friday morning.
"We spent all day processing a murder-suicide." Lindsay replied. "A guy decided that if his ex-wife would let him spend the holiday with his kids, she wouldn't either. So he walked in and shot all of them before killing self. We found a note."
"That's not a happy holiday story."
"Danny and I had our own thanksgiving celebration Wednesday night. Turkey and all the trimmings, I even convinced Danny to put on a tie."
"I've only ever seen him in a tie when he goes to court." Stella remarked.
"I put on very short red dress and heels, I think that was enough to convince him to do it all on his own."
"Sneaky." Stella smiled.
"It was nice."
"Hang on you managed to cook a whole turkey with all the trimmings after work?"
"Just a turkey crown." Lindsay admitted. "There was only the two of us and otherwise we'd have been eating turkey for days."
"I know some guys who will eat just about anything." Stella pointed out.
"True." Lindsay smiled.
"So are you ready to do this?" Stella inquired.
"I managed the zoo on my first day; the aquarium should be that much hassle."
"I'm afraid you're going to have to go and join the queue to get in." One of the security guards told them.
"I don't think so." Lindsay told him. "We're with the crime lab; we're here to investigate the dead body."
"Can you keep that quiet?" He requested.
"You don't think your visitors are going to notice an area cordoned off by a bevy of police officers?" Stella inquired.
"Will you just go inside and get this over and done with as soon as possible?"
"It takes as long as it takes; now point us in the direction of the Walruses."
CSI CSI
"Hey Mac." Danny caught up with him.
"Hey Danny, I heard about the murder-suicide yesterday."
"It wasn't pretty." Danny agreed. "I heard there was a body dumped in the walrus pen at the aquarium."
"Lindsay and Stella went to investigate." Mac stated.
"It's barely 36 degrees outside." Danny pointed out.
"I'm sure they'll be fine." Mac told him.
"Stood in cold water in temperatures barely above freezing? They'll catch pneumonia."
"They know what they are doing. Just make them some hot cocoa when they get back."
CSI NY CSI NY
"Morning ladies." Flack stood by the walrus enclosure rubbing his gloved hands together. "Can we make this quick it's freezing?"
"It takes as long as it takes to process." Stella informed him. "What have we got?"
"Body was floating in the water when the keepers got here this morning, the walruses put pushed it onto the island; they also took a good chunk out of this." Flack held up what looked like the remains of the guy's wallet in an evidence bag.
"How deep is the tank?" Lindsay inquired.
"The keepers say you can't search it for evidence, the walruses are used to them but they are a little territorial if anyone else goes near them. The water is 20m deep. They can get a diver in there for you if you want but it's freezing."
"How are we supposed to retrieve the body?" Lindsay inquired.
"The keepers will keep them distracted." Flack replied.
"If he was in the water there isn't much we can do anyway except get a water sample." Stella stated. "I don't think they'll let us drain the tank and personally I don't scuba diver."
"Me neither." Lindsay replied.
"So we take as many pictures as possible get him in a body bag and we'll collect the evidence back at the lab." Stella stated.
"See if we can take a closer look at the bottom of the tank just in case from one of the observation areas." Lindsay added.
"Sounds like a plan."
TBC