Lail and his assistant appeared in the morgue in a swirl of lights and transferred Jones’ body to a table. “Prepare the autopsy equipment Ms Urel. I’m going to get changed and scrub.” He exited the main area and went to the locker room to change into scrubs.

He returned shortly and they removed Jones from the protective coverings. “I’ve started the file for Mr Jones, Dr.” Lial nodded, “Thank you Urel. Let’s get started.” They began with a basic full body scan and then organic and inorganic particular scans and collected anything the computer identified. Then they went over the body by hand and collected anything else. Then they removed his clothing, bagged and tagged it, and then went through the process again. Taking scrapings from under his nails, and swabs of the cuts and bruises, inside his mouth, ears, and nose. The prepped all these for analysis by the lab later.

Hikya Lail, medical examiner