The Autopsy of Jane Doe Page #2

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No ID, no fingerprints

in the system.

No one has a clue who she is.

- I don't suppose you know

how she wound up there?

Stanley.

Damn thing gets meaner

by the day.

- Alvarez there was working

at Paul and Carol's place.

My best bet?

He killed our Jane Doe.

Needed a place to dump the body.

Didn't count the Douglas'

being home

or Paul having a .38.

First thing tomorrow,

I'll bring him in

but for now, she's the priority.

- Oh, still, it would

have been nice

to take a look

at the crime scene

- I got four people dead

and no god damn clue

how any of it connects.

- Nobody's pissin'

in your grits here, Shel.

But we do have protocol.

- Press is gonna need answers

on this in the morning

and I got nothing.

Now they'll buy a 10-79.

I can give them

a b and e gone haywire.

But what I can't sell is her.

- Time frame?

- It's gotta be tonight.

- Okay.

You didn't have to come back.

- I know.

- This is the autopsy

of an unidentified female

henceforth known as "Jane Doe."

Performing the autopsy

will be myself

Tommy Tilden, attending coroner.

I will be assisted

by Austin Tilden

certified medical technician.

This autopsy will be

conducted in four stages

beginning with

an external evaluation

followed by

an internal evaluation

of the heart and lungs,

the digestive organs

and finally, the brain.

- We've got some beautiful

weather here

for the next few days.

- Subject is

in her mid to late 20s.

- Appears to be.

- Subject appears to be

in her mid to late 20s.

Caucasian.

Skin appears normal.

No outwards signs

of bleeding or bruising.

No scarring, no distinctive

external markings.

Hair, brown.

Eyes..

Grey?

- Huh.

You don't see clouding like that

unless a body's been dead

for days.

There's no lividity.

- No rigor mortis either.

When do you think she died?

- Well, she's colder

than the ambient temperature.

- What, conditions at the scene?

- Could be confounding factors.

- Look how small her waist is.

Like it doesn't really fit

the rest of her frame.

- Could be congenital.

We won't know

until we open her up.

Mark it down on the board.

We'll come back to it later.

Her wrists and ankles

are fractured.

- How do you break

your wrists and ankles

without any outward signs?

- Oh, I see it all the time.

Simple fractures.

- Simple? Uh-uh.

Her joints are shattered.

What is that?

What is it? Dirt?

- No, no, this is denser.

Heavier.

It's... this is peat.

Haven't seen this stuff in ages.

- It's under her toenails, too.

- Yeah. There are trace

amounts in the hair.

She's covered in it.

- Like, maybe she was

buried in it?

Where do you even find peat?

- You buy it at a nursery.

But naturally in the ground..

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