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- Day 2 · Search the body one more time, thoroughly.
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"Are you a hepatobiliary expert?" He looks at the corpse's stomach with a mixture of tiredness and disgust.
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Nothing in your alcohol-soaked memory directs to having forensic expertise on either one.
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No scream, no sigh of relief rises from the darkness inside. It's humid there, sickly sweet air unlike anything living. You feel like throwing up, straight in that mouth...
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No scream, no sigh of relief rises from the darkness inside. It's humid there, sickly sweet air unlike anything living. You feel like you're about to throw up again, straight in that mouth of his...
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You manage to suppress the contractions trying to empty your stomach -- all it takes is concentration. Through it, you see nothing but darkness. More meat and darkness...
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"Haemorrhaging present in mucous," the lieutenant repeats impatiently. He lets go of the jaws. The mouth snaps shut before you.
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It's hard. You taste stomach acid in the back of your throat. A contraction -- your throat pumps a little something from your stomach and into your mouth. You're forced to swallow, just to keep looking...
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It's hard. Once more you taste stomach acid in the back of your throat. A contraction -- your throat pumps a little something from your stomach and into your mouth. You're forced to swallow, just to keep looking...
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"1. External examination -- summary."
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"Khm..." The lieutenant scratches the back of his head. "We already did that. Remember? We started, but we need the chaincutters from my motor-carriage to finish it."
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"Let's see, what did we find..." He scratches his chin as he leafs through his notes. "We observed haemorrhaging on the skin above and below the ligature mark. Well pronounced, consistent with a drop from 1 or 1.5 metres."
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"The chest was intact, normal contours. Abdomen protuberant, pelvis intact. No injuries in genital region."
"Back was symmetrical and intact, upper and lower extremities also -- but asymmetrical." The lieutenant nods along to his meticulous overview. "Old combat injuries on the right hand, thigh, and hip."
"Also numerous residual scars, covering about 40% of his skin. Extensive scarring, to say the least." He coughs. "Hands were clean, no sign of injury from struggling. That's about it."
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"Clothes," he begins. "The deceased..." He blinks, staring at the body. "The deceased used to wear a pair of armoured boots -- they're gone now. Interesting."
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He doesn't actually think it's 'interesting' that the boots have disappeared -- it's just sad, sad and unprofessional.
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"But he's still wearing his white briefs -- thank god for that. The make of the briefs is 'Babroudine' I think. Let's see..." He turns the body onto its side to check the underwear label.
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- "Clothes," he begins. "The deceased wears armoured boots and white briefs. The make of the briefs is Babroudine I think. Let's see..." He turns the body onto its side to check the underwear label.
- "But he's still wearing his white briefs -- thank god for that. The make of the briefs is 'Babroudine' I think. Let's see..." He turns the body onto its side to check the underwear label.
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"The boots were ceramic, vitreous enamel. They were fused to his skin from blood flowing downward postmortem. They were removed postmortem by scavengers."
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"The rest of the clothes have been removed postmortem by scavengers. In order to get to the ceramic armour. Officers are in search of the missing pieces."
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"Fortunately we already wrote down the serial number -- it begins with X5415. Let's move on."
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It was merely a jest -- horseplay! But now it looks like you're a total psychopath, jeopardizing the crime scene...
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"The upper torso is covered in a single tattoo, beginning on the right shoulder and reaching around the heart. The shape is abstract. The ink is blue and white."
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"The upper torso is covered in a single, continuous tattoo resembling a microelectronical circuit board. It reaches from the right shoulder to the heart. The ink is blue and white."
"The upper torso is covered in a single, continuous tattoo resembling a national pattern. It reaches from the right shoulder to the heart. The ink is blue and white."
"The upper torso is covered in a single, continuous tattoo resembling a map of the night sky. It reaches from the right shoulder to the heart. The ink is blue and white."
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"The assistant has a colour photograph of the markings -- to be added to the case files as document A1. The photo is taken on the scene, using a Trigat Mini."
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"The deceased has a steel reinforced cargo belt around his neck, tied with a hangman's knot. Colour -- yellow; length -- three metres. There is a buckle on the other end."
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"The deceased has a cargo lashing belt around his neck, tied with a hangman's knot. Colour -- yellow; length -- three metres. There is a buckle on the other end."
"The deceased has a cargo lashing belt around his neck, tied with a hangman's knot. Colour -- yellow; length -- three metres. Vermillion spirits is printed on the side."
"The deceased has a belt for airlifting cargo around his neck, tied with a hangman's knot. Colour -- yellow; length -- three metres. There is a buckle on the other end."
"The deceased has a belt for airlifting cargo around his neck, tied with a hangman's knot. Colour -- yellow; length -- three metres. Vermillion spirits is printed on the side."
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Write it down -- underline Vermillion.
He produces a measuring tape: "Well nourished, athletically built measuring 1.80 metres. Generally consistent with age 42. Preservation is good, ambient temperature below freezing."
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He produces a measuring tape: "Well nourished, athletically built measuring 1.80 metres. Generally consistent with age -- about 50. Preservation is good, ambient temperature below freezing."
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The spine is bent more than the lieutenant compensated for. This buster's actual height is about 1.85. And no, you could not take him straight on.
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"Body hair is light brown, distribution is consistent with age." He kneels in to get a better look: "The deceased had male pattern baldness. Hair is combed back, short."
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- Stroke his hair -- gently.Remembered · 1
- Write it down: Short, light brown, male pattern baldness.
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The stench is suffocating. Strands of dark brown hair start sticking to the latex of the glove -- like thread off a rag doll's head.
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