Five
Late Wednesday afternoon, Inspector West closed the preliminary pathologist’s report, shut his eyes and leant back in his chair. Reading the report had unsettled him. The pathologist had written that there was no sign of s****l assault, but had noted that there appeared to be traces of a silicon based lubricant on the walls of her v****a, indicating she had recently had s*x with someone wearing a condom, and the condition of her vaginal walls suggested she had been alive at the time.
The light bruising of the knees suggested she had been forced to kneel on a hard surface. Her hands had been tied behind her back, and she had been shot through the head at close range with a 9mm pistol. The spent cartridge, found at the scene, was sitting on his desk in an evidence bag. The angle of th
