The Autopsy of Jane Doe Page #2

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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..

Up north.

Not around here.

Nasal passages,

no sign of inflammation.

No fluid

and no foreign substances

and ear canals are..

Clear.

Oh.

I hadn't expected that.

- Tongue has been...

- severed.

Crudely. Non surgically.

- Well, she could have bitten

it off, you know

she ods on something,

tensed up...

- these aren't bite marks.

See, striations.

Huh?

I've seen something

like this before

about 15 years back.

Human trafficking

around Norfolk.

Two girls

hands and feet

bound tight

to keep them from running.

Cut out their tongues

for making too much noise...

- you think this was some kind

of a prostitution thing?

- Can't rule it out.

Here, she has a molar missing

on the lower left side.

Take some impressions.

- It's definitely

some kind of fabric.

- Bag it.

Send it to the lab.

No external seminal fluid

present.

Give me a swab.

Ah, she's torn up inside.

There are ridges,

grooves in the tissue.

- Abrasions?

- No. Cuts.

Deliberate.

- Severed tongue,

shattered joints

vaginal trauma..

The theory tracks.

- We're barely out

of the external.

We got a ways to go.

We'll now proceed

with the internal examination

starting with the heart

and lungs.

Help me with the block.

- They're not supposed

to bleed like that. Right?

- I've seen it.

But only on a fresh corpse.

An hour dead, maybe two.

It's caused by a build up

of pressure.

- What is that?

Melanoma maybe?

- On the inside?

Possible.

Let's see what the lab

comes back with.

Can you hand me the rib cutters?

Today?

- Sh*t.

- What did you do?

- Oh, I got it.

- I need you to focus here.

- I got it.

- Well, you were right.

Her waist doesn't fit her frame.

It's not congenital.

- Then what is it?

Well, if you wear one

long enough, a corset...

- didn't those go out of style

a couple of hundred years ago?

- The lungs

severely blackened.

- Wouldn't have taken her

for a smoker.

- She could smoke

ten packs a day for 30 years

wouldn't explain this.

- But that's what killed her,

right?

- No, this amount

of lung damage though

I'd expect the body to be

covered in third degree burns.

It's like finding a...

A bullet in the brain

but with no gunshot wound.

Her heart's marked up.

Almost like it's been cut.

- Well, not just her heart.

What do you think that is?

Genetic defect?

- Probably scar tissue.

- Scar tissue?

From what?

- Imagine all this

internal trauma

was reflected externally.

Shattered ankles and wrists

fire-burned lungs,

scarred organs.

What would she look like?

- She'd be mangled.

Disfigured beyond recognition

but she's not.

I mean, how the hell

do you even do this?

- If you wanna kill someone

you shoot them

or poison them or drown them.

A million easy ways.

You don't go to these lengths

unless you wanna make them

suffer

what the...

- I'll get it.

- So clean.

What happened to you?

What the hell happened?

Are you okay?

- Something's in the vent.

Thanks.

Oh, sh*t.

- Give me a minute.

What are you doing?

- The drawer..

Must have not closed it

all the way.

- Stanley was a pain in the ass.

But he was your mother's.

One of the few things

of hers I had left.

- Yeah, I miss her, too.

- Right.

Let's keep going.

This is stage three

of the autopsy of Jane Doe.

Beginning with the stomach

and the gastro-intestinal

system.

- Dad, you can talk to me.

- I'm not keeping

anything from you.

- You just... you put up

this act for people...

- I'm fine.

- Alright.

What is that?

A flower?

- Jimson weed.

Paralyzing agent.

Probably explains

the inflammation on her organs.

Hmm.

Here's a weird thing.

That settles it.

She's from up north.

- Yeah, but how did she

end up here?

- One thing at a time.

I'm just trying to make sense

of all this.

- Gusts are now being reported

at up to 60 miles per hour.

Rain is expected to top

three inches within the hour.

This one might be a bigger deal

than we were led to believe.

- Dad, how about we just

finish this in the morning?

- Burke needs a COD tonight.

We're not even close.

When we start something,

we finish it.

You wanna leave..

Leave.

- It looks like

some kind of shroud.

- Hmm. And old.

- Stomach acids should have

dissolved this thing.

I mean, the fact that

it's intact at all is amazing.

Now see, what is that?

Roman numerals?

Okay.

- These numerals.

The order.

T and... and this s.

It doesn't fit.

What are you doing?

- Someone pulled out her tooth

wrapped it in fabric

and forced her

to swallow it.

- And the drawing?

- I don't know. Religious?

Possibly, uh, ritualistic?

- Well, let's play that one out.

Every ritual has its purpose.

What mo have we seen so far?

- First they bound her.

Then they ripped out

her tongue, poisoned her

paralyzed her forced her

to swallow the cloth.

Then, uh, the cuts, the

internal mutilation, stabs.

Then as if that wasn't enough,

they burned her.

Almost like a human sacrifice

- I got to tell you we have

serious weather reports

coming in from all the monitoring

stations across the state.

We've got a flash flood

warning now in full effect

for all of Grantham county.

They've got concerns about..

- You can't kill

someone this way

without leaving a trace

on the outside.

She doesn't even have

a broken nail.

- If we could just find out

why she was tortured...

- down here, if you can't see it

touch it, it doesn't matter.

- Now, these bodies

are not just cods, dad.

This happened to her

for a reason.

- Trust me when I tell you

this is not a storm you

wanna get caught in, folks.

If you're home, stay home.

One thing's for sure.

You're not going anywhere.

- Hey, dad?

I think maybe

we should get out of here.

Help me with this.

- Holy sh*t.

- What the f***?

Dad? Dad?

- Here!

Let's get the f*** out of here.

- Come on, come on.

- The generator.

- There's not enough power.

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