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“And?”

“He was dead before he entered the water”

“No water in the lungs?”

“The presence of water in the lungs and even the stoiven the duration of sub tissue indicate he did not die fro”

“Murder?”

“Tooanswered, “but you can definitely rule out suicide A corpse can’t dispose of itself after all”

“Can you tell how long he’s been dead?”

“Ten days, ht be able to pinpoint a location for you”

“That won’t be necessary Once we have identification, I’m sure we’ll knohere he died”

“We have many neays to work on identification…”

“Don’t tell me you’re another of our compatriots to travel abroad”

He sy conventions wherever I can Between those and CSI on my satellite, I’ve learned a lot I call my method Chinese Forensics with Capitalist Tendencies” He paused and looked down at the body with an expression that seeist softened over the years? “We have other tests we can run—”

“Hold off on that for now” Seeing Fong’s deflation, she added, “But I’d like to see the papers you found”

Once out of the lab, Fong was all brisk business again, and he hustled down the hallway Although his lab was orderly, his office was a mess, with piles of journals on the floor, files in haphazard stacks around the roo himself into the chair behind his desk The only other chair in the roo not to touch anything Pathologist Fong was funny that way

He opened a drawer, pulled out a large plastic bag, and dropped its contents on the desk Each piece had been wrapped in its own plastic sleeve