Manny gave Madaline a polite and tactful nod when she entered the room, despite his casually unkempt appearance. He'd seen a lot of horror in his life. He might have gotten used to it (perhaps a bit too much), but he always needed to remind himself that the victims and their families had not. Still, business was business and it was time to get down to it. He sipped his morning coffee and leaned in near the fore of the group, over Ellie's shoulder, and eyeing the various images of the victim, Cassie. 

He backed up nonchalantly when Ellie went to address the team, nearly bumping into Kennedy. He sidestepped, and leaned against the side wall. With his pointer and middle finger, he slipped out the small stirring straw he chewed in his mouth. 

"Boyfriend seems like the most obvious suspect, but in this line of work it's never really that simple." He said, thinking aloud. "Doesn't look like any run-of-the-mill demon or apparition possession I've ever seen either, so as you said, some non-rudimentary spell seems the most likely, which means we probably have a run-of-the-mill human to deal with." 

He was almost disappointed. Humans weren't his specialty, but that was mainly because he'd outgrown them. They were often too predictable and easy. Even hedge-witches and occult magic casters. Still, wouldn't hurt to do some research. 

"Give me a small bit, and I can probably find some enchantments that would cause this. I think the question is what kind of magic did this, rather than who casted it. Usually if we find out the former, it's easier to deduce the latter. We'd just need to check library records or certain behaviors to see who likely candidates would be." 

He was more of a researcher, and a doer, than a brainstorming kind of guy. But long years in the field fighting God condemns what had his mouth running. He also knew Ellie and the others appreciated everyone pitching in, even if it wasn't their expertise. Luckily, this was.