Law & Order (TV Series)
Floater (2003)
Leslie Hendrix: ME Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Quotes
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Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : Look, I'm not ruling anything out yet. I still need to do more x-rays, a tox screen. But don't hold your breath.
Ed Green : That's all I've been doing.
Lennie Briscoe : So how long was she in the water?
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : More than a month, less than two. I'm sorry I can't be more definitive. However, you see this?
[showing them an x-ray]
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : It's a hairline fracture. Right cheekbone and eye socket.
Ed Green : Somebody punched her in the face.
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : Yeah, probably broke her nose. At the very least, a hell of a shiner the next day.
Lennie Briscoe : Tough to swim with a broken nose. No wonder she drowned.
Ed Green : You sure she didn't get that taking a header into the Hudson?
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : No, this is a blow, not a fall. And a recent one. It hadn't started to heal.
Lennie Briscoe : Well, until we hear different, we're gonna think of this as a homicide.
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : Can't hurt.
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Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : White female, 5'7", early thirties.
Ed Green : Any prints?
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : If she had fingertips.
Ed Green : You got anything?
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : Yeah, water in her lungs. She was alive when she went in.
Lennie Briscoe : We were hoping for something more definitive, like maybe a bullet?
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : Sorry.
Ed Green : What are we talking about here? Homicide, suicide, accident? What?
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers : Look, what can I tell you? It's your classic CUPPI. Case unde...
Lennie Briscoe : Case undetermined pending police investigation, right.