Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Devil's Dissections (2015)

Tamara Tunie: ME Dr. Melinda Warner

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• Dr. Carl Rudnick : [on the recording]  The body's well preserved, most likely from the frigid water temperatures, which lasted well into April.

  Dr. Melinda Warner : [stopping the recording]  Let's stop here. Dr. Rudnick's time of death may be mistaken.

  Odafin Tutuola : May be?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : He says early April but based on the crime scene photos, it appears the body wasn't wrapped in plastic or a tarp.

  Amanda Rollins : But that's in his report.

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Yes, but if this body went into the water in mid-April, the fish or the crabs would have nibbled away at the soft tissue.

  Olivia Benson : So, it's more likely early May?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : I think so. I'm surprised, frankly. I mean, it's careless, and Dr. Rudnick is meticulous to a fault. He's one of the top ME's in the country.

  Odafin Tutuola : What else do you know about him?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : He's a guy who works six days a week, never puts in for overtime. We all figure family money. He's obsessed with his work.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, okay. So his timeline is off. Is it possible that he's overworked?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Maybe. And here's another omission I noticed. His report neglects to mention that the dismemberment took place ante mortem.

  Amanda Rollins : So Rachel Groves was alive? You sure?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Positive. Cutting into live tissue always caused a vital reaction, markedly different from cutting into dead tissue.

  Olivia Benson : And there's no way an ME would leave this out or possibly mistake the two?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : No. Now you wanna tell me what this about?

  Olivia Benson : Uh, I'm sorry Melinda, I cant. This is an active investigation.

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Before I re-autopsy this mummified body, is there anything I should know?

  Amanda Rollins : Uh, well, she may be a Swiss national. We haven't been able to ID her.

  Dr. Melinda Warner : That may be helpful.

  Olivia Benson : Okay.

  Odafin Tutuola : Melinda, watch your back with Rudnick.