I am gutted for this detective's work. Trust me, I am the best one at technology and everything else. Jane called me a Geek. I don't like this termiology but I accepted who I am. I am that geek. But I vomit my stomach at what I am seeing on the actual body. It's nasty.
Jane appeared in the morgue. Maura came out of the office. Susie carried Nicholas Reed from the freezer section of the morgue. The brunette detective furrowed her eyebrows at her best friend.
"What's going on?"
"Dr. Chang found this one on the report. See for yourself." Maura pointed to the microscope on the table. Jane nodded after walking to the table and seeing on the plate on the microscope. Susie exhaled in the air and continued to bring Nicholas to the deathbed, which Jane called it. Maura thanked her along as she was beside her best friend.
"It is the white blood cells. There are no red blood cells. Do you know what it means?"
"No. I failed at science. Please speak English." Jane made a face. Maura gave her a look before pointing to Nicholas's body.
"Red Blood carries oxygen. White blood cells prevent any infection and bacteria in the body. Let me show you the comparison."
"Ok, Maur. What's your point?"
"Last night, I examined the external autopsy from the crime scene. This victim had a fractured spine. Remember that Frankie told you?"
"Yes. Frankie mentioned that it is no blood on his neck." Jane nodded.
"This cause of death was three hours ago before his death."
"Three hours ago? It's impossible. He was attacked. It was supposed that Nicholas died after the puncture in his neck." Jane waved her hands in the air while pointing to the victim on the table. Maura questioned a look.
"The crash broke his back when he was attacked, Jane."
"That explains a lot. I saw the big dent on the brick wall. Nicholas was crashing on the wall, but how?"
"Maybe someone used the equipment to blast Nicholas out."
"It is possible. So, can you find anything to match the 'equipment', Maur?"
Maura rolled her eyes. Jane nodded toward Nicholas with a teasing grin. She felt proud to tease her best friend.
"Maura, get to the point where you show me the comparison."
"Oh, right. I used the x-ray machine from last night. It showed the cervical and thoracic spines that are fractured together. It can be shown as the kyphosis. But I found the lumbar spine that messed up in a straight line. It caused that crash. Also, it fatally killed him."
"It's no wonder how the spine works." Jane joked. Maura questioned her. The brunette detective groaned internally when Maura didn't understand her jokes and sarcasm.
"Jane, see the x-ray from this early morning that I asked Dr. Chang to double-check. It went back to the normal spine." Maura pointed to the second picture that showed a healthy and straight spine. Jane took a closer look at the comparison between last night and today's photos.
"What the hell!?"
"I am going to use a Y-incision cut and see what it has." Maura nodded toward Nicholas's body. Jane nodded while turning to the deathbed.
"What else do I need to know?"
"No drug overdose. Everything was normal due to the tests that I requested. I will keep you in a circle, Jane."
"It's a 'loop'. Not a circle." Jane mumbled before heading up to the elevators. Maura shook her head before looking at Nicholas. Her thoughts went in the evidence of tests and x-ray.
"Nicholas, how did you fix up your spine in hours?"
Meanwhile, in the bullpen, Jane came in with her thoughts from the morgue. Frost looked up at her and called her name quickly. Korsak was gone to the Divison Cafe to get something for his team to eat.
"Jane, I got something."
The brunette detective nodded toward her partner and circled back to his desk. He pointed toward the photo of Nicholas Reed walking on way to home. It showed a clock, 8:58 pm. It was basically a twilight before night time.
"Maura told me that he died three hours ago before his death. Show me where he arrived at his place."
Frost nodded while tipping on the keyboard. Jane crossed her arms on her chest while rocking on her heels. Korsak came in with the bags.
"Here is your lunch. Frost, you got a turkey sandwich with fries. Jane, you have a burger and fries. It's both from the Dirty Robber. Thanks to Angela. She came in today and saw me inside the cafe. So, she brought all of us for lunch."
"Why is Ma here?" Jane furrowed her brows.
"She came to see you, but I can't get hold of you because you were with Cavanaugh and Maura. It's something that she wanted to let you know." Korsak shrugged. Jane nodded. Frost exclaimed while pointing to the security camera, which was cornered by the coffee shop.
"He was seen by the coffee shop. It is not far from Boston University."
"Put it on the timeline. So, we can brainstorm soon. I am starving. Let me check on Ma. I will be right back." The two men nodded before ravishing their food on the desk. Frost gathered the images of Nicholas walking on the timed shot and printed. Korsak got a call from dispatch downstairs and hung up.
"Frost, did you interview a witness from last night? Any chance if you know her, Riley Maxwell?"
"Oh, yes! I told her to come in today. She looked so shaken and didn't reply to anything due to my questions. So, it's better this way."
"Allright, you get to it, I tell Jane." Frost nodded before heading ahead to get her in the interrogation room. Korsak searched for Jane but found her near the storage in the back. The conversation was fluidly in anger. He went concerned but called Maura on his cell.
"Dr. Isles speaking."
"You need to come upstairs. I think Jane needs your comfort. Make sure she is calming down and meet me at the interrogation room A." Korsak mentioned before heading back to the interrogation to meet Frost and the witness.
"I will be right there." Maura hung up and got worried about her best friend. She looked up at her criminal tech, Susie in the lab. It was incomplete on her autopsy, but she needed to get upstairs to Jane.
"Susie! Get here to finish it for me." Dr. Chang heard her before heading to help her out. Maura thanked her before changing in the bathroom and ran to the elevators to see Jane.