Thesis on a Homicide Page #3

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Full name?

Maria Laura di Natale.

Address?

Independence Avenue 611,

8th floor, apartment 30.

Phone number?

154...

Wait here, please.

Some water?

Thanks.

You don't have

to do this now, you know?

You can go home if you want.

I'd rather get it

over and done with now.

Do you work here?

No, I'm a lawyer.

But I don't practice.

Don't worry about it.

The deputy superintendent

will see you now.

Thanks.

You'll be fine.

I don't think so,

but thank you anyway.

- Superintendent...

- Bermudez.

We went from never seeing each other

to seeing each other every day.

I'll end up thinking

you miss me, counselor.

There's some truth in that.

I see you redecorated.

There was a leak.

- Coffee?

- I'll give it a pass. May I?

I think I know

what you're here for.

I came to buy tickets

to the annual ball.

We don't host it anymore.

The guys

would rather go whoring.

No wonder.

Di Natale.

We hadn't had

anything like this in a long time.

Is the preliminary report ready?

Yes.

Death by suffocation.

She's got bruises

and cuts all over her body.

The murderer penetrated her

with a Tramontina knife

and injected her with formol.

So we can't tell the time of death.

The body

remains sort of preserved.

Who's in charge of the case?

Your friend.

- Hernandez?

- Yes.

Who would have thought?

Nobody

saw or heard anything.

It was late in the evening.

Everybody's in class at that time.

- Or in between classes.

- Maybe.

No fingerprints.

The guy used latex gloves.

We found one.

She was choked.

Right.

Using hands?

No, with a scarf

or something like that.

Who performed the autopsy?

Robles.

Soft asymmetrical ligature mark,

consistent with application

of pressure with a soft material.

Slight ecchymosis.

Nothing else?

What else do you want?

- Can I see her?

- No.

It's not like I owe you

that many favors.

I'll owe you one now.

Di Natale.

The girl was wearing

a thin chain around her neck.

Shouldn't there be marks?

There could be,

but it would depend on the pressure,

the angle, the material of the chain...

I'm no doctor, Robles,

but it's just a matter of logic.

If someone squeezed

her neck on a thin chain,

she should have

some sort of mark.

It might have disappeared

by the time of the autopsy.

Or maybe the murderer

put the thin chain after killing her.

That's why there's no mark.

It's a possibility, right?

It is.

Nice gesture.

He kills her

and then gives her a necklace.

What's the matter?

Did you know her?

No.

I don't think so.

I can crush a butterfly

and wring it to death,

and that's not illegal.

Now, if the butterfly belongs

to some billionaire's collection,

I can go to jail.

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