Adam couldn't comprehend what he was seeing before him as he entered the medical examiner's room. The room was cold to prevent bodies from decomposing. The room was vast with metallic walls. In the middle of the room was a metal table and on it was what looked like a middle-aged woman or what was left of her.
Adam walked over to the table, Jackson following behind. He walked up and joined the people surrounding the table. A tall older man with short curly salt and pepper-like hair was standing farthest from the table, standing near a wall. A man in a white coat and gloves was nearest to the body and was, at the moment, touching the neck of the corpse.
On the opposite end of the table was a dark-skinned woman wearing a police uniform same as the older man standing near a wall, she had a petite figure had long dark brown curls reaching down to her waist bobbing up and down as she circled the table examining the corpse.
As Adam walked up to the table the officer that was once standing near a wall walked up to Adam and stretched out his hand as he began to introduce himself.
" Hello, Detective Adam Ziegler. I'm Joe Swanson chief of the Harlem Sheriffs department, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"It's a pleasure to meet you too Mr. Swanson," Adam said as he shook Joe's outstretched hand firmly. "Oh my, where are my manners I almost forgot to introduce my good colleague here," he said as he gestured his hand towards Jackson.
"This is my good friend and colleague Jackson Willaims."
"Nice to meet you, Mr.Swanson," Jackson said as he reached out his hand towards Joe for a handshake which he accepted of course.
The others began to introduce themselves as well but Adam wasn't paying attention throughout the entire time he was mainly focused on the table, not on them.
The female police officer introduced herself as Terra Wilkins and the man in the white coat is Julian Wright he is the coroner.
(A coroner determines the cause of death by conducting inquests; performing autopsies; conducting pathological toxicological analyses. Also, determines responsibilities for death using scientific judgment. )
"Ahem, pardon me but may we get back to the main topic of why I am here, please?" Adam said as he pushed past all of them to get a closer look at the body.
"Of course Mr.Ziegler." This time the coroner spoke up and walked up next to Adam.
"So Mr.Wright What do we have here?"
"Well, Mr.Ziegler I am glad you asked because I am not 100 percent sure myself and that's why we have called you in today."
"Hmm well it looks to me this is no accident but who would do this to someone?"
"I agree it is not an accident but we do not know anyone who would ever do this horrific thing to another human being."
"Horrific isn't even close to describing it," Adam said as he examined the body from head to toe.
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The next paragraph is very graphic details of wounds, cuts, blood, bruises, and etc. If you do not like gore and anything graphic towards that I recommend skipping to the next paragraph.
The woman's body was all bruised and cut everywhere. Her eyes well she didn't have any eyes just black holes. Her lips were swollen with a deep shade of purple and blue and sewn shut with a thin string. Her neck was blue and purple with all the bruises just like the rest of her body. Around her neck was a deep gash and within the wound was a small thin cord tied tightly around digging deeper and deeper into the wound. On her torso was full of burns. Her skin was so burnt it almost was all black. The rest of her body was no better either. Her legs were just as damaged as her torso. Her ankles had deep scars signaling that she may have been tied up at some point. There were similar marks around her wrists as well. All of this making it more suspicious and more terrifying and all the more reason why they needed to catch this killer.
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"Oh my god..." Jackson muffled as he covers his mouth as if in an attempt to not vomit.
Everyone was sickened by the dreadful sight. Especially Terra knowing that she too is a woman. Adam was appalled by what he was seeing. Jackson excused himself from the room due to him not being able to handle seeing that.
"Well, if you think that's bad there's more," announced Joe.
"Indeed there is Mr. Swanson hence brings us the reason as to why we called you, Mr. Ziegler, here today in such short notice." Said Mr.Wright, the coroner, gesturing towards Adam as he moved towards the table and gently turned over the corpse revealing its backside.
"What in the hell?"