Jane's had a listless night's sleep. She's still not feeling great and her sleep has been haunted with dreams of Hoyt pinning her hands to the floor. She's almost relieved when her phone starts ringing. She looks at her bedside clock as she answers and notices it close on 5:30am. "Rizzoli" she informs the caller and is told of a murder on Broadway in Cambridge. "On my way" she responds. Jane's still clammy; she has a quick shower before heading to the scene.
Maura, Frost and Korsack are already there when Jane arrives. "You still don't look too flash Jane" Korsack voices his concern.
"No I'm fine Vince; feeling much better" she lies. "What have we got?"
"Our perp likes to upset City commuters," Frost answers. Uniforms are already frazzled by drivers blowing horns and shouting abuse. Maura is deep in concentration and methodically going over the scene. Jane chuckles; it amazes her how Maura can be so focused on what she's doing and yet so unaware of the pressure she's causing everyone else because of the time she's taking.
Maura stands and signals to EMT to take the body to the morgue. Crime scene techs are also finished and with much relief the uniforms open the road and start directing traffic. She walks over to where Rizzoli, Frost and Korsack are standing. "I'll confirm after the autopsy but I can say with a degree of certainty we are looking for the same person that raped and murdered Lillian Romano."
Jane's eyes drop to her feet, Korsack shakes his head and Frost puts his hands on his hips "damn" he says. They all hate it when their delay in solving a crime costs another person their life.
Maura looks at them; she knows how they're feeling. "Well I'm going to go and get started on the autopsy." She looks more closely at Jane as she walks past her and she's concerned at what she sees. "You should be at home Jane" Maura offers with compassion.
Jane looks at her and frowns "a couple of days ago you wouldn't talk to me for not coming to a crime scene."
"That's before I knew you were really sick."
"Actually I'm feeling a lot better" she lies.
Maura knows she's lying. "Suit yourself; I'll see you at the autopsy then." Her words sound flippant but they hide genuine concern.
Maura leaves, Jane and Frost go and speak to the street sweeper that almost ran over their Jane Doe.
"Ah the good detective has graced the scene I prepared for her and the queen of the dead." He is pleased. Sweet, sweet Maria had been a most delightful conquest. She'd fought, she'd begged and she'd pleaded for him. He is pleased. His plan is building to a crescendo and the detective and the doctor will be at his complete mercy before too long. Yes he is very pleased.
He leaves the scene and starts thinking about his next victim. He needs time to prep each one for her role in his masterpiece. He goes back to his abode and heads to the attic. He looks at the images. He puts a cross through Maria just as he had done with Lilly. Everything is going according to plan.
"So where are we" Korsack asks. He, Jane and Frost are sitting at their desks. Jane throws her head back in frustration and runs her hands through her thick mane of hair.
"We've got two victims similar in appearance. They're almost the same colouring, height, build and age. Neither of whom could be identified at the scene" Jane starts.
Frost joins in "Our first victim is a dental nurse working in Beacon Hill; she's single and lives alone in Jamaica Plain. All her immediate family live in Arizona and none of them were in town at the time."
"Both victims have been left on busy roads early in the morning and in both cases Maura's thinks they've been dead for about three hours" Jane explains. "We're investigating two sex offenders who live close to the first crime scene, the one we found Mendoza; he doesn't cut it for me. We haven't found the other yet."
"I've got footage from the nearest traffic camera at the first crime scene on the night of the murder. They've sent me from 8pm to 8am but I haven't had a chance to scan any of it yet" Frost adds. "I just ordered footage from the nearest camera for last night, from Traffic Control."
"And Maura's got nothing Jane" Korsack looks at her in hope.
"No, she thinks it could be poisoning but she can't prove it. The only anomaly in Lilly's system was a high dose of Ibuprofen but not enough to kill her. Hey Frost have the patient records come in from the Dental clinic?"
"No but I should have them this morning. I'll run the names for hits in CODIS as soon as it gets here."
"Yeah and ring Frankie and offer him some overtime to scan those video's" Jane suggests. "Oh and run the residents within a mile of today's murder and see if we get any hits" she adds.
"I'm going to see Maura; see if she's found anything" Jane stands. As she puts her weight on the arm rest of her chair, the hand carrying that weight goes to water and she falls catching her chin on her desk. She lets out a loud expletive. When she comes back up her chin is dripping with blood. Korsack and Frost race to her.
"Are you OK" Korsack grabs a tissue off Jane's desk and gives it to her to cover the cut.
"Yeah, yeah; damn chair moved out from under me."
"Jane, sit for a minute" Frost urges.
Jane's hands are shaking and she doesn't want the guys to see them. "Actually all the more reason to see Maura, she should have a Band-Aid." Jane grabs another couple of tissues, shoves them under her chin and heads to the morgue.
After she's gone Frost looks at Korsack "that was weird."
"Yeah" Korsack returns the gaze, "she's definitely not well."
By the time Jane gets to the morgue the blood from her chin is dripping through the tissues. Maura is engrossed over the body when Jane enters.
"Maura have you got a Band-Aid" Jane whines.
"What" Maura turns and lifts her gaze. "Goodness me Jane, what have you done?" She goes to get her first aid kit.
"I slipped and hit my chin on my desk" she whines some more.
"You shouldn't even be here Jane" Maura comes back and placing the kit beside them feels Jane's forehead. "You have a fever."
"I'm fine Maura can you please just help me stop this blood from dripping everywhere!"
Maura has Jane sit and lean her head back. After she cleans the cut she has a good look at it; "Jane it needs sutures; come on I'll run you over to Mass General."
"What; no Maura you do it."
"Me! No" Maura shakes her head.
"Maura you're stitching up dead bodies all the time."
"Exactly Jane; dead bodies" Maura's frustrated.
"Come on, we don't have time to waste waiting around Emergency at Mass General, please Maura."
"OK; OK, but it's going to hurt. I don't have any anesthetic!"
Jane squirms like a baby and drives Maura mad, but she's satisfied three stitches are all that's needed. She covers it with Benedine and places a Band-Aid over it. When she's finished, she looks at Jane "try to be a bit more careful will you!"
"Thanks Maura; so what have you got?"
Maura peels off the latex gloves she's used for Jane's chin and grabs a new pair as she goes over to the body. "A lot of similarities to what I found on Lillian" she explains.
Jane mumbles "huh."
"Most of the particulates from her clothing are what you'd expect to find on someone found on the side of the road Jane. Her clothing was interesting though. They are not the same clothes as Lilly was wearing but they are the same brand."
"Really; that is interesting" Jane perks up.
"The report on Lilly's garments, were that they were brand new; they'd never been washed Jane. I examined our Jane Doe's clothes through a microscope before sending them away and I'm quietly confident they'll come back with the same findings."
"So that's why there's nothing on their clothes, he's changing them before dumping their bodies" Jane muses.
"I think that's a reasonable conclusion" Maura reinforces Jane's thoughts.
"What sort of clothes are they Maura, where would he have bought them?
"They're a fairly common low price range of apparel Jane" Maura advises.
"I guess I could get Frost to pull videos from every department store within a 10 mile radius; look for men shopping in ladies wear. It's just we already have hours of video we're scanning that are all probably going to come up empty" Jane says in frustration.
"Yes, it would seem the parameters for a search on those criteria would be very broad at this stage Jane."
"Gee you're a big help Maura! What's next for you?"
"I'm about to start cutting Jane; I'll examine all the internal organs. In the meantime I wait for DNA results, dental records and other results from blood tests and cavity swabs."
Maura watches as Jane sits in concentration subconsciously rubbing her hands. Her poor friend looks terrible.
"I've sent Frost the finger prints Jane" Maura adds.
"Hmm; what oh yeah; OK well good. I think I'll go and see whether the guys have anything" Jane shakes out her hands before standing. "Thanks for patching up my chin" she smiles at Maura; "Ouch!" The smile causes her chin to pinch.
Maura looks at Jane with concern "Jane…"
Jane turns back as she heads for the door "yeah?"
"Don't push yourself too hard; you can deny it all you like, but you aren't well."
Jane's touched by Maura's sincerity and genuine concern. "I won't… Hey call me if you come up with anything."
Maura nods "Of course."
"Oh Maura; thank you" Jane's appreciation is genuine.
Maura smiles and shakes her head as Jane leaves.
Shannon O'Reilly is a 36-year-old landscaper who has a consistent habit of going for a run every night at 7:30pm. Each night she passes through a remote corner of the Back Bay. She's always wondered about running through this particular area because of it seclusion but the alternative would add another three miles and nearly half an hour to her jog. She's always figured she's young and fit and if she were unlucky enough to be confronted in that brief moment, she'd outrun any attacker. Tonight she will find out.
Meanwhile he puts his secret Ibuprofen formula into the meals he's prepared for his next victim. She will eat; she will suffer; she will die!
As Jane walks back into the squad room Frost is on his feet to greet her. "Jane I've checked all Lilly's co-workers and they're all clean."
"Good Frost, what about our Jane Doe's prints; any luck?"
"No she's clean Jane" Frost's frustration is evident in his eyes.
"She'll turn up in some way; he wants us to know who they are" Korsack adds. "Maura will be up here at some stage with a name; I'd bet on it."
"Maura had one interesting piece of news; Lilly was wearing new unwashed clothes and while she's waiting for tests to confirm it; she feels confident our Jane Doe is in new clothes too. He's changing their clothes" Jane explains.
"Well that explains the lack of evidence on the clothing" Korsack stands and walks around his table. "How's the chin Jane?"
"Maura put three stitches in it; I'm sure she did that just to make me be more careful."
"You don't look all that good Jane" Korsack says with concern.
"You're as bad as Maura Korsack, I'm fine."
"Hey Jane" Frost chimes in. "I've scanned the clients from the dental clinic to see if we get any hits and a few names have popped up."
"Really, anyone of interest" Jane asks.
"Well let's see Dr. Maura Isles is in the system" he laughs.
"Yeah that makes sense" Korsack laughs. "She's in the system for all the same reasons we are."
"Yeah cross contamination" Frost adds.
Jane chuckles "I think we can safely rule out Dr. Isles; who else is on there?"
"Let's see; there are another couple of Doctors. A Doctor Mira Tendulkar and a Doctor Jackson Hughes come up in the system."
"I know Hughes" Jane explains. "He's a specialist at Mass General. Why is he in the system?"
Korsack is reading over Frost's shoulder, "Seems he was busted on drug possession in College. Misdemeanor" Korsack adds.
"Huh; doesn't surprise me" Jane shakes her head as she thinks about Jackson. "The female doctor" she asks.
"She consults to the FBI; in the system for the same reason as Maura" Frost explains.
"So who else pops up Frost" Jane continues.
"Well Mendoza of course but check out this guy. Henry Wang's been in and out of prison all his life; he was suspected for killing small animals but his first conviction was a vicious assault on a female classmate in high school."
Again Korsack looks over Frost's shoulder. "His rap sheet doesn't include rape or murder but he's been into just about everything else. I think we should have a chat with him Jane; you feeling up to it."
"Sure Korsack but you drive" Jane laughs. "Frost…"
"I've got plenty to do Jane and Frankie will be here when his shift finishes, we'll get started on those videos."
It's getting late in the afternoon when Korsack and Jane return. Henry was a loser who's mummy pays his dental bills but more than likely not the loser they're after. Frost and Frankie are in the BRIC going over footage. Jane and Korsack are about to head there to see how they're going when Maura walks in.
"Hey Maura we're just heading to the BRIC" Jane explains.
Maura nods and follows her and Korsack. "Jane our Jane Doe's stomach content is interesting."
"Really; why?"
"Well both Lilly and this victim were well fed. The food content in their stomachs is extraordinarily similar."
"You're right that is interesting. He's changing them before he dumps them; I wonder if he's feeding them before he kills them" Jane thinks out loud.
"I'm having their stomach contents re-examined. I've asked them to check for traces of Ibuprofen in the food" Maura outlines. "If it's poisoning it's a clever way to hide it."
"Huh" Jane shrugs as they enter BRIC. Frost and Frankie looked bored and cross-eyed. "That bad hey guys?"
"There was nothing on the tapes from Tuesday" Frankie stretches back as he gives his update. "Hey what happened to you" he asks when he sees Jane's chin.
"Maura punched me for jumping to conclusions without evidence" Jane tries to keep it light.
"I did not!" Maura doesn't like the implication at all.
"You know what, it's been a long day; anyone up for a drink at the Robber" Korsack asks.
Frost and Frankie are keen but Jane begs off. "You know what guys, I think I'll head home and have an early night; this smack on the chin's given me a bit of a headache. But hey; have one for me."
"Thank you Sergeant Detective Korsack," Maura responds. "Not tonight." She glances sideways at Jane; Korsack picks up Maura's signal and nods.
As Shannon jogs her regular route for the evening her iPod is pumping out her favourite tunes. As she swings into the brief section of her run that's dark and secluded she scans the scene for any obvious threats. It's quiet like it is on every other night. As she sweeps around the last turn something clips her ankle and before she knows it she's on the ground. Annoyed; she's about to drag herself up when something explodes into her face. That's the last thing Shannon remembers.