Chapter 22
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When they returned to the Post Mortem room, Erika Berger was once again studying am MRI scan on her laptop.
‘Grace,’ she called.,’ I’ve just this minute received Janet‘s Digital Autopsy. I’d previously removed the ligature from her neck and SOCO have couriered it down to a forensic knot expert at the MET. It’s surprising what you can learn from how a knot is tied.’
‘I got a badge for knot tying when I was in the Scouts, I know my bowline from a sheepshank.’ said Danny.
‘I’m sure that will come in very handy someday, Danny,’ Grace said sweetly.
Erika continued to scan the black and white images, scrolling them downwards from the crown of Janet’s head. If an image was of a side view of the head, Grace could make out the curvature of the spine at the base of the skull, see the line of the jaw-bone and teeth but other views, frontal and looking through the skull in section meant little to her. Erika scrolled down further, down to the throat. ‘Whoa,’ she suddenly exclaimed loudly, ‘Grace, look at this…’
Two minutes later, Grace excused herself to call DS Terry Horton.
‘Terry, Janet’s hyoid bone was broken which means…’
‘That she was strangled. She did not hang herself. She was murdered.’
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