corpse and off her.
“Unfortunately, we don’t have enough information on him yet. He was only found a few hours ago by a couple of kids walking by the river bank. They thought it was a joke at first until one of them turned over the body,” Dr. David answered, pulling off his white, sterile gloves.
“Why didn’t you call me earlier to collect specimens and transport the body with you?” Emerald was concerned Dr. David had done everything himself. Was her job in jeopardy and she wasn’t aware of it?
Walking across the room, Dr. David tossed his gloves into the trash can and then removed his medical cap before answering her.
“Since the body was found so close to the water, I didn’t want any of the evidence lost. I know you have the experience to do it correctly, but I collected everything I could and brought it all back here. I need to go upstairs and find out if anyone knows more about the young man. Can you cover the body for me?”
“Yes, of course,” Emerald answered, still a little worried by the fact Dr. David had done part of her job for her. “Do you know what might have killed him? He’s so young and looks in perfect health. I find it hard to believe it was from natural causes.”
Turning around her boss stared at her. “I have an idea, but I don’t want to make it official until I have all of the facts together first.”
He spun back around and went towards the door. “I’ll be back in about fifteen minutes. An officer is supposed to come by to see if I have a cause of death. Please tell him I don’t but I will be in touch as soon as I do.”
Standing in the back of the room, Emerald watched as Dr. David opened the door and left the room without saying another word to her. He would probably be gone longer than fifteen minutes. He could have at least told her the officer’s name. She wondered how long it would be before he actually showed up. Sighing, Emerald knew none of her questions were going to get answered now because Dr. David was gone. So, she might as well cover the poor boy’s body and look over the bags of evidence he left for her.
Making her way over to the cabinet, Emerald grabbed a white sheet and then came back over to the young man’s body. She unfolded it and draped it over him, whispering a prayer for him.
Emerald left the table and made her way across the room where all the specimen bags were placed any time a new body came in.
From the amount of bags waiting for her on the table, Emerald prepared herself for a very long night. Honestly, she might actually be here until early in the morning. There was no way she would be showing up at Shauntie’s tonight.
Chapter Three
Placing her glasses down on the table next to her, Emerald rubbed her hands across the back of her tired eyes. She had been working non-stop for the past twelve hours over the specimen samples while Dr. David finished up the autopsy on the young man’s body.
“Emerald, can you come over here for a minute?” Dr. David called out to her. “I want to show you something on the body.”
“Yes sir.” Placing the piece of evidence she was working on back into the bag, Emerald got up and went over to her boss.
Standing next to him, she looked down at the exposed body. “Did you find anything to determine his cause of death?” she asked.
Dr. David finished making the last stitch to close up the body. “I did all of the postmortem examination and I’m terming his death as a suicide. There weren’t any strange marks to his body; his stomach was empty of contents. The young man wasn’t poisoned. In addition, I did a rush on the toxicology report and it came back clean.
What a shame, she thought.
Emerald always hated when a young person’s body ended up here because of a suicide. At this young age, most kids didn’t understand that as bad as things seemed it would get better if they only gave it some more time.
“Did you ever find out his name?” Emerald asked as her boss
“Unfortunately, we don’t have enough information on him yet. He was only found a few hours ago by a couple of kids walking by the river bank. They thought it was a joke at first until one of them turned over the body,” Dr. David answered, pulling off his white, sterile gloves.
“Why didn’t you call me earlier to collect specimens and transport the body with you?” Emerald was concerned Dr. David had done everything himself. Was her job in jeopardy and she wasn’t aware of it?
Walking across the room, Dr. David tossed his gloves into the trash can and then removed his medical cap before answering her.
“Since the body was found so close to the water, I didn’t want any of the evidence lost. I know you have the experience to do it correctly, but I collected everything I could and brought it all back here. I need to go upstairs and find out if anyone knows more about the young man. Can you cover the body for me?”
“Yes, of course,” Emerald answered, still a little worried by the fact Dr. David had done part of her job for her. “Do you know what might have killed him? He’s so young and looks in perfect health. I find it hard to believe it was from natural causes.”
Turning around her boss stared at her. “I have an idea, but I don’t want to make it official until I have all of the facts together first.”
He spun back around and went towards the door. “I’ll be back in about fifteen minutes. An officer is supposed to come by to see if I have a cause of death. Please tell him I don’t but I will be in touch as soon as I do.”
Standing in the back of the room, Emerald watched as Dr. David opened the door and left the room without saying another word to her. He would probably be gone longer than fifteen minutes. He could have at least told her the officer’s name. She wondered how long it would be before he actually showed up. Sighing, Emerald knew none of her questions were going to get answered now because Dr. David was gone. So, she might as well cover the poor boy’s body and look over the bags of evidence he left for her.
Making her way over to the cabinet, Emerald grabbed a white sheet and then came back over to the young man’s body. She unfolded it and draped it over him, whispering a prayer for him.
Emerald left the table and made her way across the room where all the specimen bags were placed any time a new body came in.
From the amount of bags waiting for her on the table, Emerald prepared herself for a very long night. Honestly, she might actually be here until early in the morning. There was no way she would be showing up at Shauntie’s tonight.
Chapter Three
Placing her glasses down on the table next to her, Emerald rubbed her hands across the back of her tired eyes. She had been working non-stop for the past twelve hours over the specimen samples while Dr. David finished up the autopsy on the young man’s body.
“Emerald, can you come over here for a minute?” Dr. David called out to her. “I want to show you something on the body.”
“Yes sir.” Placing the piece of evidence she was working on back into the bag, Emerald got up and went over to her boss.
Standing next to him, she looked down at the exposed body. “Did you find anything to determine his cause of death?” she asked.
Dr. David finished making the last stitch to close up the body. “I did all of the postmortem examination and I’m terming his death as a suicide. There weren’t any strange marks to his body; his stomach was empty of contents. The young man wasn’t poisoned. In addition, I did a rush on the toxicology report and it came back clean.
What a shame, she thought.
Emerald always hated when a young person’s body ended up here because of a suicide. At this young age, most kids didn’t understand that as bad as things seemed it would get better if they only gave it some more time.
“Did you ever find out his name?” Emerald asked as her boss
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