Wind River Page #4

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Is that right?

What is it about?

Who was she?

Come over here.

- Want some milk?

- No.

She's a girl

who's lost her way in the snow.. that's all.

What's all this?

That's work buddy.

Did she die like Emily?

She died in the cold.

So she died like Emily?

Yes, so...

I'm afraid she did.

I am sorry.

- I see you found town okay.

- Yeah.. barely.

Do the family identified the body?

Yeah.

Did they give you a reason for

not reporting her missing?

Well she stayed with a boyfriend some...

didn't think anything of it.

She was eighteen.

Free to do what she wanted.

Have you done this before?

- Observed an autopsy?

- Yeah?

Ah.. no.

Anyone who tells you it gets easy

is a goddamn liar.

Let's get

it over with.

Okay Randy, you're on the clock.

I've got about five minutes of this with me,

so let's go.

I'll be quick

Good morning, Randy Whitehurst,

the medical examiner.

- I'm Agent Banner.

- She's FBI.

Thank you, yes. I'm FBI.

- This your first autopsy?

- Yes.

Hey, gotta have a first.

Yes, it's my first on an investigation,

but... I am trained for this, so..

- if we can just get to this. Please.

- Yes, ma'am.

As you see here, she suffered a deep

laceration along her brow line.

Two separated ribs.

Frost bite in

both feet up through her ankles.

Circumstances is your field, not mine.

- Let me show you.

- No I don't need it explained

I need to find whoever...

... chased her to death in this

snow and put him in prison.

and not calling it...

Sorry.

This is very prosecutable

as a murder..

Clearly she wouldn't have been

running through the snow

if she hadn't been attacked,

but I can't list the cause

of death as a homicide.

And I can't get an FBI team

to the reservation...

... unless it's listed as a homicide.

I'm not here to solve this..

I'm here to obtain a

cause of death...

... and send a team here that can.

Look, present the rape, present the

assault and I'm sure...

Those aren't under

the jurisdiction of the FBI.

Those fall to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Sorry.

You keep saying sorry,

but you keep doing it.

Don't look at me.

Hey, I'm used to no help.

You have six officers on your

entire force...

... to cover an area

the size of Rhode Island.

Yes I know that.

No offense, but this will have to curl

up in your lap in order for you to solve it.

- I know that too.

- We all know it's a murder.

You can have a US attorney to sign off on it

I'm happy to corroborate that,

But I just can't put it

on the death certificate.

Okay.

Thank you.

I appreciate your passion.

It's not the Fed's usual response.

But Randy is on our side

My supervisor sees this report,

he's gonna want me back in Vegas.

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