Echoes of the Past by Susanne Matthews

Author:Susanne Matthews
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing
Published: 2014-07-11T00:00:00+00:00

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Five hours later, freshly showered and back in her own clothes, Michelle got into the Camaro for the drive to the Lake of the Mountain Resort. She’d completed Lindsay’s external examination. The body had been cleaned, weighed, her hair brushed, and all the trace from it as well as from under her fingernails sent to the police forensic lab along with the rest of her clothing. She’d hung onto the cork, and tossed it in her purse. She’d ask Ron about it in the morning; after all, he’d know which wineries used them. Of course, the cork might have nothing to do with the case at all.

There’d been a perimortem cut on her Lindsay’s right hand, bruising around her left ankle indicating she’d sprained it shortly before her death—consistent with the fall she’d seen in Aaron’s memory. She’d also found bruises on her arm as if she’d been grabbed and dragged. Milo had suggested Aaron had put them there, but the boy’s spirit vigorously denied even the idea he could have hurt her. Her fingertips and toes had shown signs of frostbite. Michelle ordered the body x-rayed, but nothing unusual had presented itself. Chances were good Lindsay had gotten wet when she’d fallen. If the rain had started, conditions would have been ideal for hypothermia, but time would’ve been a factor too, and with the abrupt end to Aaron’s memories…

Michelle had taken blood samples from both bodies, tissue samples from inside Lindsay’s nose and ears, and had sent them to the hospital lab for a full chemical analysis. If Lindsay died from hypothermia, her blood sugar levels would be elevated, and Michelle hoped the lab would have the immunoassay information for her by tomorrow afternoon. Something Aaron’s spirit had said had rung a bell. She’d added a request that they check the blood for all types of drugs. Scopolamine, one of the date rape drugs, was said to impair memory. She’d read a paper on it recently stating it could be effective when inhaled in its powdered form. It was also used as a truth serum even though its primary function was to control nausea and travel sickness.

She had her recorder with her and would listen to and transcribe her notes before she went to bed. She’d also downloaded the pictures Milo had taken and would add them to her meagre file. She hoped the others had come through by now. This case wasn’t adding up and it bothered her.

On Monday, she’d have Milo help her with the internal examination of Lindsay’s body, while Jamie and George could do the external on Aaron. She’d go in tomorrow afternoon and do her own. While Michelle was sure Lindsay had died before she’d gone into the water, she’d need to prove it before she could say anything. “Sorry, but this one isn’t talking to me,” would create more questions than she wanted to answer. As it was, Milo thought she was nuts. The answers to how Lindsay had died were in the girl’s heart, liver, lungs, bladder, and brain.

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