Chapter 4
A Meeting of the MindsIn the course of every homicide investigation there are elimination “rounds” of activity. In the case of Jeri Matson there was not a lot to go on at the outset so a number of “possibilities” had to be eliminated. Jeri was a young woman. Given the notion adopted early on by Janet about there being the residue of semen on the exterior of her v****a it was evident she was sexually active. But how old was she? They didn't know. Thus the first eliminative issue was identification.
Sometimes establishing identification is not so easy even though it seems like it should be the case. Janet attended the autopsy. She wanted to be able to tell Jim Cade and his troops the girl's name, age, etc. as soon as it was possible. The fingerprints had been obtained without the
