EXPLANATORY NOTE: This chapter contains sexual intimations, explicit violence, and sensitive (religious) themes for some adults.
If you are sensitive to these themes, it is recommended that you stop reading this story.
The cause of death: heart attack.
There are no signs of violence, no traces on the fingernails, and no skin tissue other than the deceased's.
The modus operandi is completely different from previous ones; the only comparison is that it happened the same way in different places across the country.
Another piece of information Brown has to report: he takes a small bag of dark grayish powder out of one of the boxes.
Clive asks what it is, checks the label, and can see that Samantha's panties have been reduced to ash.
For a moment, he thought they had changed the contents.
Brown clarifies that he has already ordered a review of the origin of the ash.
It's textile fibers; that's all that remains of the evidence.
It's absurd.
While in custody, is it incinerated, and the bag hasn't been altered?
Brown immediately states, the sample was taken in front of the officer, a lab manager came to collect the sample, the contents weren't altered.
It's already very late, they say goodbye for now, in the afternoon, she'll go visit her favorite suspect.
For now, she'll rest a while, they still have to go to the directorate's greenhouse.
Agent Brown tells her that so far she's only been doing fieldwork, she's traveled enough, now it's his turn.
He takes a ticket to Atlanta from his coat.
He also hands her a folder with the itinerary she must follow, she can modify it as she sees fit, at least for a couple of days.
Clive seems to agree, at least he'll sleep during the flight and for a while before going to the inspection site.
Brown stays in the warehouse.
Clive leaves to pack his suitcase.