Mystery Street Page #3

Six months later, | we were called in on the case.

Our autopsy proved | that she died of apoplexy...

...at almost the exact moment | the husband was buying a bus ticket.

- Saved that husband a little trouble. | You sure did.

A little trouble? Hm.

Say, but what about the puddle of blood?

Oh, uh, when she collapsed, | she bumped her nose. Nosebleed.

I'll get this case started.

- Say, doctor. | - Yeah?

- What's this? | - Man's head was split wide open.

It wasn't murder either.

It certainly wasn't apoplexy.

McADOO:
Believe it or not, | he did it himself. On purpose.

What is your name, please, madam?

Address?

How long ago did this happen?

Just a second.

- Sorry. | - Kilrain.

Maple? This is | the Boston Detective Bureau, mister.

Open the door, would you, Garrity?

We'll send someone right up, | Mr. Charles. Please don't touch anything.

Run this down, will you, Garrity?

Says a man came to fix her phone.

She got suspicious | because he wasn't wearing any pants.

Oh, Moralas, this is O'Hara.

- How are you? | How do you do?

Cape Cod skeleton case. | He'll be with us a while.

Been over to see McAdoo yet?

Do you know around 300,000...?

People die every year in this country | from unexplained causes.

He's met McAdoo all right.

It's because only eight states | require coroners to be doctors.

Maybe they figure doctors | can't help when you're dead.

No, I don't know. | Doctors like McAdoo can help plenty.

I saw murders | that turned out to be suicides.

Suicides that were accidents, | and accidents that paid off in murder.

- McAdoo say yours is murder? | - I think it is.

Take it easy. | Ever been on a murder case before?

Not exactly. Up in the Portuguese district | where I'm assigned, it's mostly small stuff.

- Excuse me. | - Let's unwind, lieutenant.

- You had dinner yet? | - Nope.

When do you see McAdoo again? | First thing tomorrow morning.

McADOO:
| Can you see it all right?

- Got it? | Mm.

McADOO:
Now, those are from your case. | Human hairs under low magnification.

They're darker at one end, aren't they?

Mm-hm. | Dark end natural, white end bleached.

- That makes it a blond. | - Or the murderer was a blond.

- Then it was murder. | - If it was murder.

- So far, we've got blond hair. | - Mm-hm.

Now, those leaves you brought in:

Cape flora, low blueberry, poison ivy.

Here's the poison ivy.

Now, these plants stopped growing | the day the body covered them.

They're almost in full leaf, the size | they should be the end of May.

- Then we know the date of the murder. | - Well, not necessarily.

Suppose the body had been dead | when brought there.

- If it had been brought there. | - Then, what have we got?

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