mystic
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Post by mystic on Oct 8, 2006 16:20:29 GMT 1
When Rhia entered the lab, she felt some kind of tension in the air. She shivered and made her way to her office, packed with bags. Slowly, not to disturb the silence in the hallway, she took her steps. Passing her boss' office she noticed the open door and heard voices. Not wanting to eavesdrop she quickened her pace and entered her office, where she started at once. The blood samples needed to be tested, if they matched and she also had to clear her thoughts. Something wasn't right, she felt. But she didn't have a clue what it was.
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briguy4588
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Post by briguy4588 on Oct 9, 2006 13:45:15 GMT 1
Brian stared incredulously at the computer screen. He had double-, triple-, and quadruple-checked these results. Both knives he had been working on were stained with the blood of the victim, but he didn't have any prints or epithelials to link it to a murderer. They were just more false clues, more evidence that they had to dredge through while the killer made his/her getaway.
Brian called Sam. "Most of the evidence I brought back with me has been useless. The killer is obviously distracting us with false clues... but I was wondering if that note told you anything yet?"
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Post by scorpii on Oct 9, 2006 16:06:39 GMT 1
Sam still waited for Luke's answer on her question whether she could bring in someone else to process the note, when her phone rang. "Excuse me" she said, and she walked out of the office. Then she picked up her phone. It was Brian. "Hey. Well, to be honest, I - I am in Luke's office, handling something, so I haven't got to that note yet. I promise I will process it as soon as possible" she lied. Maybe she had to be honest with him. No, she surely had to be honest with him. But what would he think if he heard about the accusation? Okay, that IAB guy would ask and tell him soon enough, but still... "I promise. I - I have to sort this out first" she had already said more than she wanted to.
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briguy4588
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Post by briguy4588 on Oct 9, 2006 17:06:51 GMT 1
Brian blinked as she hung up. He wondered what could possibly be more important than one of the few good pieces of evidence... but he knew Sam wouldn't put it off unless she had a really good reason. Brian decided to return to the scene to help Doreen.
And this time, he took his own car.
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Fabian
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Post by Fabian on Oct 10, 2006 14:21:42 GMT 1
Luke thought for a second and then answered when Sam hung up the telephone. "If it were up to me, you can do it. But you know that this is not the right time. I think you need to get someone from the nightshift in for this." Mr. Townsend looked back and forth from Luke to Sam. "Good choice."
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Post by scorpii on Oct 10, 2006 15:06:58 GMT 1
"Okay" Sam answered, and she got back to her lab. There, she again picked up her cell phone and dialed a number. "Park" Sam heard someone answering on the other side of the connection. "Hi Charlie! It's me, Sam. Listen, I'm in a situation in which I can't handle recent, open cases. You please want to do them?" "Sure. Must be a bad situation then" "It is. I'm under examination. Townsend, IAB." "What the hell can you have done wrong?" "You don't want to know Charlie. So, you do the open cases?" "Yep" "Thanks. See you soon here?" "See you there" Sam ended the call, and she sent a textmessage to Rhia and Brian. Easier to write it than to say it out loud. Rhia, Brian, I'm under the investigation of Townsend, of IAB. I'm being accused of a history forgery/tampering with evidence. Nightshift's Charlie Park will do all QD work on the open case. Sam. She put her cell away and folded her arms. She rested her head on them and sighed. If she ever found out who was responsible for that accusation...
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mystic
RPG character: Rhiannon Nerice supervisor
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Post by mystic on Oct 10, 2006 21:13:07 GMT 1
The test results only told her that all the blood was from the victim...so nothing new yet. Suddenly her phone beeped. "One new message" it said. Rhia pressed a button and read it. When she had finished she raised her face. Biting her lip she struggled with herself if to answer or not. Finally she made up her mind and went to Sam's bureau.
Not sure what to say, she entered.
"Hey, Sam..." she looked at her friend uncertain. "Just got your message...." she paused. "I understand if you don't wanna talk about it, but... if you just need someone... you know my number." She smiled weak.
"I trust you. Brian does. Luke does. We are behind you, no matter what...." this time Rhia's smile was firmer.
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Post by scorpii on Oct 11, 2006 14:53:50 GMT 1
Sam smiled at Rhia. "Oh, thanks Rhia! That really means a lot to me... thank you. You know, I finally thought I was over it when it happened to me in Miami... cos it has happened to me before, when I still worked down in Miami. And now it starts all over again. You know, it's like a nightmare that comes back to haunt you every night. Look, this is what the papers wrote about me back then" She gave Rhia article.
Miami-Dade Lab Technician Accused of Forgery by our special reporter
Miami - Again, people doubt about the credibility of the Miami Crime Lab. One of their QD lab techs, named Samantha Noir, is under investigation because of an accusation of forgery. QD laboratory technicians have the task to look at any evidence that is written, for example letters or e-mails. This reporter now wonders how many people may be innocent in jail because of the work of Samantha Noir. The supervisor of the lab, lieutenant Horatio Caine, told our reporter that he would examine this accusation and he promised he would do what is needed to be done. The lab tech Samantha Noir did not wish to comment, nor did any of the other employees of the lab.
"It's a miracle the paper didn't ask for a complete witch-hunt on QD lab techs" Sam said sarcastic. "And today, I still wonder who accused me of this. From my point of view, I really haven't done anything wrong. Just... a few things."
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mystic
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Post by mystic on Oct 13, 2006 14:22:58 GMT 1
Rhia read the article silently. She lookep up when she was finished.
"I had no idea..." she said quietly and shook her head in disbelieve. "Do you mean a few things in progressing evidence?" Rhia asked carefully. She didn't want to cut the open wounds deeper than they already were.
What a mess! Everything seems to be wrong... Sam, no, she can't be a forger. She's my friend. I will find out who framed her for this. Rhia's jaw tightened at this thought and she looked at Sam expectingly.
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Doreen
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Post by Doreen on Oct 14, 2006 4:44:09 GMT 1
"This case is driving me crazy", Doreen told Brian as they returned to crime scene.
"You found anything else?"
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briguy4588
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Post by briguy4588 on Oct 14, 2006 16:56:20 GMT 1
Brian frowned. "I'm stumped. We need that freakin' QD to look at that suicide note, maybe there's a clue in there. The rest of us are coming up with inconclusive or purposefully placed evidence. What about your investigation? Did the vic have any enemies or anything that would have the motive to do this?"
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Post by scorpii on Oct 15, 2006 13:09:01 GMT 1
Sam looked at Rhia. "No. Not really. There - there once was this case, a man who had killed himself, leaving a mess, which was, of course, very weird. A suicide note was found, I had to process it. After I was sure it was written by someone else than the victim - we had a letter the man had written to his girlfriend - a man showed up when I was ready to go home. It was late at night, and I was tired because it had been a long day. He told me to copy the note and ditch the original. In that case, when someone else would process it, he would not come up as the writer of it. The man threatened to kill my fiancé, who ironically broke up when I was being accused and fired because of the note. So that's the whole story. I have done things wrong. Very wrong. But I had no choice, I felt I had no choice at the time. Now, I don't know whether I had no choice or not. I feel guilty over it, because we of course had to let the man run. I wonder who he was..."
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Post by briguy4588 on Oct 15, 2006 15:43:51 GMT 1
Brian looked around the inside of the house, and went back outside. He began photographing the street in front of the house with a UV lens, hoping to catch some tire treads that might work as corraborating evidence if they ever got a suspect. When he had photographed as much as possible, he went back to his car and turned on his laptop.
He uploaded the pictures, and then began using image enhancement programs to look for the tire tread marks on the street. Understandably, there were a lot, but the one he was looking for would most likely be the faintest, because the car wouldn't have driven on the road as much as the regular neighborhood cars. Knowing this could take a bit, he turned up his heavy metal music, and focused really hard on his work.
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mystic
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Post by mystic on Oct 18, 2006 11:01:49 GMT 1
When Sam had ended her story, Rhia was stunned. She shook her head and put an arm on Sam's shoulder.
"Whoever did this to you, we'll find him! You didn't have a choice...I would've acted the same way you did, surely. If someone threatened me to kill someone I love...." she fell quiet.
"And your boss in Miami, did he believe you? Were there any further investigations? I mean...he threatened a member of the CSI team...Do you think our current case's got something to do with it...?" she questioned.
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Post by scorpii on Oct 18, 2006 18:56:42 GMT 1
"Yes, well, my sup did believe and he did investigate it, but you understand they had to fire me after I had damaged the integrity of the lab that much. He did prevent me from getting a rap sheet though. I'm sure he's also the one who recommended me to Luke. And about the current case? I dunno. What are the details?" Sam heard a knock on the door. "Ah, there's Charlie. He'll do that note. Hey Charlie" "Hey" Charlie said. "So, what's the note I gotta do?" Sam gave him the note. "Please process it as fast as possible, I had them waiting for too long already" Charlie nodded. "I will" "Thanks" Sam turned back to Rhia. "Where was I? Oh yeah. What are the details?"
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