Detective Jameson strode purposefully across the dimly lit crime scene. Harsh police lights cast an eerie, unnatural yellow flickering glow. The stench of death hung heavy in the stagnant night air. Crimson droplets of coagulating blood stained the pockmarked sidewalk. Skeletal fingers clawed at a bloodied tattered shirt collar unnaturally. Bruised, livid flesh sagged beneath unblinking glassy dead eyes. Naked and ravaged, the victim lay sprawled obscenely on concrete. Nimble officer Bosch swabbed the surrounding area meticulously for clues. Greensleeves chattered into post-it notes in urgent shorthand useless. Tattered warrant and badge flapped in the portentous wind. Ice-cold doggedness steeling himself, Jameson knelt, peering at the body.