[h1][center]Dr. Ellie Price[/center][/h1]
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Ellie assessed the poor paper quality with a bemused smile, the prints ruffling as she scanned through the case like a librarian flitting through a returned book. Nothing she hadn’t seen before where clinical descriptions and shocking photos were concerned. Her lips twitched in what might have been a snarl as child-like eyes stared back in fear and horror. That, at least, still affected her enough to know she hadn’t become desensitised just yet.

… Good.

The doctor straightened, alert, when Erin addressed her and Avalon with the same question she’d posed Marion, the late arrival. She’d clocked the subtle hint of a French lilt, curious if it was native or learned. A mental note was made to ask about it at a more appropriate time.

[color=#8FAF9A]“I’d start with the bodies.”[/color] The doctor replied, predictably. She’d taken notice of the similar wounds. Cuts, bruises, torn lips… [color=#8FAF9A]“Every assault leaves a pattern. Restraint marks, strike angles, sequencing. If these crimes are organised, the violence will repeat.”[/color] Bodies told their own detailed story if you knew how and where to look. Not just plain things like the instrument used or how old a mark was, but it told about intent and so much more.

[color=#8FAF9A]“If we can show the same method across multiple victims, we can argue a coordinated group rather than isolated crimes. That might give us something the courts recognise as conspiracy.”[/color] Maybe even a profile of the perp. Or perps. The papers ruffled again, Ellie’s eyes stopped at the arrest MET made several years before. Dick. A fitting nickname, she thought, glancing at his mugshot. [color=#8FAF9A]“I’d also double check that one’s case. Arson, was it?”[/color] A slim finger prodded harshly at that frowning mug, disdain dripped from her Welsh accent. [color=#8FAF9A]“Check if there is overlap with the beatings. Locations, contacts.”[/color] A long shot, perhaps, but Ellie didn’t mind those if all they had was a handful of papers and some maybes.

[color=#8FAF9A]“If I could see the victim’s records, perhaps we could correlate data there? Find out why these exact people have been targeted.”[/color] Her brow knitted as she read more thoroughly. [color=#8FAF9A]“And how our group chooses them.”[/color]