Mystery Street Page #4

Rough working date. | Say, the week of May 20th.

- Your skeleton, lieutenant. | - Oh, yes.

By the way, Pete, you'll have to go back | and look for some more bones...

...and sift the sand | to a depth of at least a foot.

- What for? | - She's not all here.

- She? | - Oh, yes, definitely a lady. That was easy.

For example, let's take a look at John.

You'll notice that, like most men...

...his head size is larger in proportion | to the rest of his body.

He also has a little more jaw.

A woman's bones, on the other hand, | are lighter, smaller...

...and with less pronounced | muscular attachments.

I suppose you'd like to know her age.

I'd also like to know her height, | weight, occupation...

...and the name and number | of the person who murdered her.

We can answer all those questions | except the last.

- Age? | - Between 20 and 24.

- Probably closer to 24. | - That's only a guess, of course.

Oh, not really.

You see, it isn't until you reach the age | of 25 that all the bones get really solid.

She's just about completed that process.

Now, this is the last long bone | to fuse into one piece.

As you can see, it's almost closed.

- Um, occupation? Maybe? | - What people do often marks them.

Sometimes psychologically, | sometimes physically.

Uh, let's take this foot.

When this bone is this heavy, | it makes me think she was a toe dancer.

Now, as to height, | there are several ways.

The application of Pearson's Formula | to this thighbone...

...would indicate | she was about 65 inches tall.

How was she killed, doctor?

Haven't figured that out yet.

- Here's a preliminary report, lieutenant. | - Oh, thank you.

"A woman, bleached blond, | about 24, about 5'5"...

...died in or about the week of May 20th, | probably once a toe dancer. "

- Thank you, doctor. | McADOO: It's all right.

You've gotta find a face | to put on that skull.

Is that all?

You'll probably find not over 1000 girls | missing on that day.

- Approximately. | - Approximately.

- Goodbye. | - Bye.

Four from Connecticut.

Two from Vermont.

Twelve from Massachusetts.

Six from New Jersey.

Two from Maine.

A hundred and twenty-six | from New York.

- What do you think makes them do it? | - Do what?

I wish I knew. Then I'd tell my wife, | and maybe she'd disappear.

Hey, this one's not bad.

Now, for the picture that fits her skull.

- Look, these pictures are all different sizes. | - That's right.

But all we've gotta do is find out | how the photographs were made.

The camera used, | the exposure, the focus...

...what kind of film, what kind of paper | it was printed on...

...the distance from the camera, | and then match it.

Look, who says | this can even be done?

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