Officer: "Newborn. Caucasian female. Five, six pounds tops."
Elliot: "Tossed down the sewer."
Officer: "If the water had been any higher, the little tyke would've been washed out to the East River." he informs as they bend down to take a look at the body
Elizabeth: "Umbilical cord's still attached. Tied off with dental floss."
Elliot: "We got a home birth."
Olivia: "Newborns. 10 times more likely to be killed the first day of life than any other time."
Elliot: "So odds are we're looking at a mom who freaked out?"
Elizabeth: "There's no obvious trauma. ME here yet?"
Officer: "En route. But the guy that found it is a doctor. Knows a thing or two. Endocrinologist."
Man: "Actually, uh, I'm an entomologist. I was studying larval activity, and I found a blowfly on the body."
Elizabeth: "Maggots."
Man: "Freshly laid. Which tells me she had not been down there more than 3 hours."
Olivia: "Well, if it was the mom, she couldn't have traveled far this soon after delivery."
Elliot: "If she lives nearby, shouldn't be too hard to find a new mom missing a baby."
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Man: "Yeah, we got a tenant about to pop. Name's Brianna Morris. Moved into 2-H three months ago."
Olivia: "Who with?"
Man: "Nobody. So she said. Didn't mention she was pregnant."
Elliot: "It's a hard thing to hide."
Man: "Well, she wore bulky clothes. When it became obvious, I made a passing inquiry. She denied it."
Elizabeth: "How old is she?"
Man: "Uh, early 20s."
Elliot: "Boyfriends?"
Man: "No. Not that I was introduced to. Miss Morris. I got a leak down in 1-H. Got to check your pipes" he smirks, exchanging a look with the three before opening the door "You there? Miss Morris, I got some people with me."
Elizabeth: "Guys" she calls out, walking further into a room where she finds Brianna lying on the bed "I don't think mom got rid of the baby."
Olivia: "I don't think she made it out of the delivery room."
Elizabeth: "No pulse." she sighs
Oliiva: "Then who dumped that baby?"
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Warner: "Someone helped deliver that baby. Even cleaned up the afterbirth."
Elizabeth: "So how did he kill her?"
Warner: "I can't rule yet that anyone did. Like mother, like daughter. I have got no obvious cause of death on either."
Elizabeth: "You think they might have died in childbirth?"
Warner: "You rarely see it nowadays. But mom could have had a blood or amniotic fluid clot, even a stroke. I'll let you know after the autopsies."
Fin: "Phone line works. She could've called for help."
Munch: "Killers don't usually encourage that."
Fin: "Killers usually cut the phone lines and don't wait around for labor."
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Ruthless
FanfictionIn the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are t...