The Bone Room
Brennan and Wendell looked at the bones with their piercing blue eyes remembering that this was the only piece of evidence that was hope for the case .
"There appears to be spider web fractures to the skull suggesting blunt force trauma both on the Zygomatic and Maxilla " Brennan said while holding the skull
"Those same fractures are on the frontal and occipital lobes suggesting blunt force trauma"
"Based on the degree of fatality of the injuries this could be our cause of death"
She excitedly typed the results on the computer
"Yeah I've also found radial fractures on the anterior aspect of the ulna " Mr Bray added carefully putting the bone down
"I believe those fractures are pre mortem the killer was hitting the victim before delivering the final blow to the victim on the head '
Brennan said to Mr Bray .
"Mr Bray there appears to be something embedded on the posterior aspect of the C4 vertebrae what do you think it is?"
She asked him obviously questioning his observation abilities and he knew he had to impress her since it was his final year and he had to pass it.
But impressing the highly intelligent anthropologist before him was no easy task. He had to reason carefully and wisely .
"I think it is a piece of oxidized metal which suggests trauma consistent with a blast"
"Good work Mr Bray " Brennan congratulated him but the injuries were unlike no other .
Since the victim suffered a gunshot wound ,a burn and a dislocated forearm which led to a radial fracture.
The injuries indicate a torture , Brennan though she was a highly experienced and respected forensic anthropologist had never encountered such injuries.
With a critical mind she rolled the advanced electron microscope toward the true ribs and false ribs looking at anything that was not supposed to be there.
"Mr Bray here's a chart on how to reconstruct paramortem fractures to the skull"
She handed him an X-ray chart since that would keep him busy from concentrating on his girlfriend's texts on his phone.
With her intelligence,she knew Wendell won't find it easy to decode her work.
Before she continued with her work,Cam came in with the results of the ballistics test firings.
"Dr Brennan the bullets link to the gun of a Dr Vasco"
she handed Dr Brennan the files of the evidence.
" I'll tell Booth ,Mr Bray please reconstruct the injuries to the skull and work out the type of weapon that was used before I get back"
She left the jeffersonian to tell Booth about their only lead to the strange case.
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