[center]Nichole agreed with him. "Possibly. But there are no marks on his wrists or ankles, I already checked. He has a wound on the back of his heat, so it had to have been a blitz attack, and that's when the beating to his face occurred, and then he was put out of his misery. He wore gloves, we would've found some traces of something, partial prints, anything on his face, but he came up with nothing..." Nikki trailed off as a thought popped up in her head. "Maybe..." She held her finger up to silence him as she put on a fresh pair of gloves, going back to the body. 

She gently picked up one of his hands and looked under his fingernails. Of course! It could be far fetch, but it also could be something. She took a small scalpel and dug under his fingernails. A few bits of skin landed on a plain white napkin. She grabbed a miniature bag and carefully wiped the skin in the bag. "This could be nothing, it could be something. I'll send it and the bullet to the lab first thing in the morning." She said, putting both bags back up. She put the body back in the freezer, locking it up as well.

She brushed off his question about punching someone, of course she hadn't. She had always been the good girl in school, never been into a physical fist fight. Of course he had, being an officer he would have to physical take suspects down. "But, like I said, your unsub probably blitz attacked. There wasn't any marks from ropes, chains, ect on any of the other victims, either. But all had similar wounds on the back of the head, like from a bat or a pipe." She explained, removing the blue latex gloves and tossing them in a nearby bin.

Nikki, once again, shrugged off the lab coat, hanging it by the hanger by the exit door. She checked to make sure everything was properly placed, put up, or that no dead bodies were laying around. "I've got a few. I'll start by giving you Ronald's, your victim, and the other three victims." She said, strolling to a filing cabinet where she kept all her reports. "They seem random. Three whites, one black. Three females, Ronald the only male. All around the same age, mid to late twenties." She said, putting down four light brown folders. Ronald's was on top, followed by Tiffany Holder, 25; Georgia Roadway, 28; and Olivia Branch, 29. "All murdered the same way. Beaten almost to death and shot in the chest. Ronald the most recent. I was able to turn the bodies of Tiffany and Georgia to the families, but I've still got Olivia in the cooler. The family should be here by the end of the week, flying in from Washington. From what I heard, Olivia was visiting extended family here. All found in the alley. All nice homes, but no ransom." She said, shrugging as she sat across from Brandon. 

"I don't think I caught your first name?" She said. Before she could hear his response, the telephone in the morgue went off. Nikki excused herself and sighed loudly after hanging up. The phone call took only a few moments. She turned towards Brandon. "There's been another body. Beaten, shot in the chest. They're at the crime scene now and requested you. You can ride with me." She said, grabbing her coat, once again, and the keys to the morgue van, waving her hand for Brandon to follow her.[/center]