Re: Letter from the Pathologist's office.mortal_sandJanuary 9 2009, 20:22:25 UTC
Mr Moody,
Very well. Anyone he worked with will suffice, I only need someone who knew him for a significant amount of time. Besides, I could probably call an identification from the documents found on him and save anyone the trouble, but I'd like a positive ID, to be honest.
As I said, the only one I can particularly think of is Benjy Fenwick's, but mainly because it was committed within the Ministry. Unfortunately, there was not enough of his body found to provide a proper autopsy, so it was difficult to determine a specific cause of death. The degree of mutilation is similar to many other murders of squibs and muggles, and unlike Mr Fenwick, there is little to no sign of struggle. There are not many cases I can immediately think of where magic was not used at all, unfortunately, but that does not mean it is unique. Many of the murders earlier on in the war were done by knife instead of by magic, but there was significant evidence that the death was caused by knife wounds, not by breaking of the neck. Mr Dorien's death is unusual, as he was long dead before he was mutilated, as if someone was trying to save him the suffering.
It's incredibly complicated, as it follows some patterns, but doesn't follow them all uniformly, so it's difficult to place.
Very well. Anyone he worked with will suffice, I only need someone who knew him for a significant amount of time. Besides, I could probably call an identification from the documents found on him and save anyone the trouble, but I'd like a positive ID, to be honest.
As I said, the only one I can particularly think of is Benjy Fenwick's, but mainly because it was committed within the Ministry. Unfortunately, there was not enough of his body found to provide a proper autopsy, so it was difficult to determine a specific cause of death. The degree of mutilation is similar to many other murders of squibs and muggles, and unlike Mr Fenwick, there is little to no sign of struggle. There are not many cases I can immediately think of where magic was not used at all, unfortunately, but that does not mean it is unique. Many of the murders earlier on in the war were done by knife instead of by magic, but there was significant evidence that the death was caused by knife wounds, not by breaking of the neck. Mr Dorien's death is unusual, as he was long dead before he was mutilated, as if someone was trying to save him the suffering.
It's incredibly complicated, as it follows some patterns, but doesn't follow them all uniformly, so it's difficult to place.
Head of Pathology,
Healer Caius Nott.
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Thank you for your professional opinion. If you do happen to think of anything, please contact us, as I shall if any other inquiries arise.
We will send one of Mr. Dorien's co-workers around as soon as may be, they probably knew him best.
Head of Magical Law Enforcement
Alastor Moody
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