While I agree with most of this but where do you see the case is a closed matter? The last I saw was that it was still active and I will absolutely support the ME, but I believe it's been shown that the tox screen was very basic and limited.
ETA- I'll have to go back but I thought there was something in regards to keeping samples for future screenings. Can someone confirm or correct me?
I didn't say it was closed but I do suspect LE considers this a closed matter. And I wouldn't be surprised if it was closed. Look, I've had a drink or two while enjoying my brand new hot tub, so forgive the playful tone (and any spelling issues).
The hope and idealism of this forum is addictive! I can attest to this, because I'm addicted! However... If wishes were fishes, I'd have an aquarium for a house. I keep hearing folks saying words that imply that the ME did the "My Little Pony" of tox screens. As if he had a tee time he needed to make, so he just sort of phoned it in. Toxic McLite. A Teeny Weeny Toxic Screeny. The Fisher Price EZ Bake Forensic Oven.
...implying to me (in my motif, just roll with it for a minute) that if we just wait a little longer, say past the half-hour mark in the show, CSI Hodges is going to stumble awkwardly into the shot and inform us that through his nerdy dark web(sleuths) connections he's discovered a secret GRU poison that perfectly mimics chronic atherosclerosis and a bilateral PTE within 7 days. And then the team does a "real" tox screen that, duh, includes the substance SOVY-ET19, discovering that
of course they had missed it, because duh, it was engineered to be utterly traceless and perfect in its mimicry! The iTox app on the ME's watch only detects undercooked sushi and irony-related deaths, not this! Doc Robbins and David look at each other gravely and utter in unison "******* Websleuths!" as they don their gear for a second autopsy, confirming the theory moments later.
...leading our team of intrepid CSIs and forensic pathologists to discover that our suspect was actually an arch-criminal who had worked out a delivery mechanism that they could administer from 3000 miles away; perfectly timed to croak our victim(our arch-criminal's henchman) at an appointed time the day after new/old evidence was "unearthed" (pun intended), because, alas our master criminal had in fact
predicted this eventuality would arise, weeks before the fact, and implanted it under his skin using advanced GRU methods and technology so that he could self-administer it! (she hasn't figured out gmail or burner phones, exactly, but cut her some slack, this GRU-trained arch-criminal is an assassin and criminal genius, and NOT a techie! It all makes sense now)
...this changes everything! Doc Robbins wads up his original autopsy report and scores a 3-pointer in the trash bin across the lab. Another charge is added to our arch-criminal's charge sheet, in addition to the more outrageous crimes we already have her on. Our case is solved! Hodges briefly makes out with a Resusci-Annie. Everybody high-fives and goes to the bar! Warrick is bartending (wait, what?)! ROLL WHO MUSIC!!!! <guitar riff>
<to be continued>