Forensics

S01E03 Two males visit a New Plymouth house in the middle of the night, staying only a few hours before they leave. The following day the occupants discover what they think is a body left in the garage. Police are called. Wrapped in a bloodied sleeping bag is a male body. The corpse’s hands are hog tied behind his back with cable ties. Drag marks across the floor are visualised with the help of luminol. The rest of the garage is relatively undisturbed. Although the body has been found here, it is evident that this is not where the homicide took place, and the body has simply been unloaded here. While scientists and investigators work rapidly to identify the body, the Detectives begin the task of identifying the midnight visitors and the vehicle they were driving. Day two and the body is identified by fingerprints. The pathologist report reveals the victim died from head injuries, having been bludgeoned to death with a blunt circular- shaped instrument, much like a hammer. Police begin to canvas the New Plymouth Street, going door to door, to establish if the residents had seen anything suspicious. A white Toyota Corolla is identified as being involved, and amazingly in the middle of the police investigation of the street, a white Toyota Corolla appears. A car chase ensues, but the suspects dump the vehicle and flee on foot. Police examine the vehicle and discover firearms, and bloodstaining in the boot of the vehicle. The Armed Offenders Squad is called in and the small town is now crawling with men in black fatigues. Eventually the suspects are found and arrested, but they deny everything. However when they are searched police discover one has a handwritten list in his pockets which includes items such as ‘buy bleach & cable ties’ and, unbelievably, ‘kill fatty’.