Criminal Minds2005

Linda Grunwell, M.E.:
I've seen some bad ones in my fifteen years, but this was... bad.

Alex Blake:
What was the C.O.D.?

Linda Grunwell, M.E.:
It's hard to pinpoint. Virtually every bone in her body was crushed, and every major organ ruptured. My guess is skull fracture, but honestly, any one of these internal injuries might have killed her.

David Rossi:
What about the lacerations? Could they have been defensive wounds?

Linda Grunwell, M.E.:
No, they were in a distinct pattern. Quite deep, and severe, on the radius and ulna, but carefully placed so as not to cause death.

Alex Blake:
There would be substantial bleeding from a wound like that.

Linda Grunwell, M.E.:
Absolutely.

David Rossi:
Yet there was minimal blood at the crime scene.

Alex Blake:
The victim suffered the lacerations and burnings somewhere else, then was taken to the canyon to be killed.

David Rossi:
But why not make it one-stop shopping? Transporting her alive, even a short distance, would increase the risk significantly.

Linda Grunwell, M.E.:
The tox report did show traces of chloropromizine in her system.

Alex Blake:
A tranquilizer. That was what he used to control her.