“I wish we knew if there was sexual assault. The MEs report doesn’t mention it. That’s putting us in a bad position. To know more about this person, I need more information.”
That sucked for them.
“If it’s not in the report,” Dannie began, “then Doc likely didn’t find any. I doubt he’d miss that with three skinned women.”
They couldn’t trust that.
Why?
People made mistakes. MEs who were bitchy could leave shit out to derail an investigation.
“If there was sexual assault, this changes it. We’re going to have to ask our ME a lot of questions.”
Gene agreed there.
Because Ethan wanted to get as much forensics as possible, the women’s things were coming with them.
“Do you have an evidence bag on you?”
He actually did. He always carried one in his coat pocket. You never knew when you’d need one.
Pulling it out, he handed it to him. Ethan bagged up the clothing, and then the single pair of panties that were with them.
Dannie was curious.
“How bad is this if we have a serial rapist?”
Gene didn’t miss a beat.
“BAD. But again, from what we’ve seen so many times before, if this was sexual in nature, he would have raped her here. The bed isn’t messed up. The room is pristine.”
Ethan agreed.
“He would have enjoyed violating her in her bed. That he didn’t…I’m thinking more who she was sleeping with,” he admitted. “She broke up with her boyfriend, so if we find any DNA in her panties…”
Dannie was curious.
“Uh, how long do you think that trace would hang out?” he asked.
Gene knew.
“Five days,” he stated. “So if she had sex the day before, she would still have trace in any panties she put on. Gravity,” he said, keeping it PG and letting the man use his imagination.
“We’re onto something,” Ethan said.
That had Gene’s attention.
Blackhawk went there.
“Uh, she was single, and she broke up with her man, but...,” he began, showing them.
Ethan picked up the waste basket beside the bed. Inside, there were used condoms and wrappers.
“Unless she never took the garbage out, someone was getting laid.A LOT. I count five,” he said, not touching them, but instead shaking the can.
Dannie gasped.
He had missed that.
