Body+Farm+Notes+AKD

Patricia Cornwall: The Body Farm --- Chapter Summaries

Chapter 1: - Quantico Virginia= Location of FBI academy. - Emily Steiner found dead at lake in Black Mountain, North Caroline - Introduced to Captain Pete Marino → Involved in Violent Criminal Apprehension Program - Also introduced to her niece interning at the academy. - Mom described attacker. Etc. - Gaul is main suspect. - We found out that a baby in the Steiner family had died and the dad was dead to.

Chapter 2: - They suspect the body had been refrigerated - We find out about her niece Lucy and her project CAIN…which is used to track violent crimes. - We find nothing else out about Emily in this chapter - But we find out Lucy may be having a relation with Carrie Grethan.

Chapter 3: - Lieutenant Hershel Mote went to see Ferguson at his house and found him dead up stairs. - Mote then started having pains in his chests soon after he found Ferguson’s body. - “ the point of using a noose while masturbating is to place pressure on the carotids, which supposedly enhances orgasm.” - He was found in a bra and girls underwear along with a condom - Mote then had a cardiac arrest.

Chapter 4: - Dr. Thomas Kat who was a master forensic scientist entered the scene at Ferguson’s house. - The found shrunken pieces of frozen flesh, dry at the edges in the freezer. - He was also an expert at time of death etc. - The Nylon rope was a good surface for fingerprints

Chapter 5: - Wesley and Scarpetta went into Ferguson’s basement to search for any other evidence. - Wesley got cut by glass and needed stitches. - They found nothing in the basement - Wesley and Scarpetta begin to have an intimate relationship. - Marino becomes very jealous. - No new evidence of Emily Steiner or Ferguson.

Chapter 6: - Marino goes to the Steiner’s house. - Scarpetta went to Asheville Memorial Hospital to see Dr. Jenrette while doing the autopsy on Ferguson. - They found brown fluid in him just like in Emily. - They then discuss the knot that was tied. - They then move on to Emily Steiner’s case. Jenrette bringing out her brain. - They realized the cause of death was not the bullet wound. - They also realized that she was not drowned. - Mother kept calling Jenrette with unusual questions. - Scarpetta found a picture of Emily and the photograph showed her left buttock, where there was irregular brownish blotch on the skin no bigger than a bottle cap. - Scarpetta decided she waned to dig Emily’s body up again in order to investigate this mysterious mark that they had missed before. - But she needs permission from the court.

Chapter 7: - Marino had no problem getting Mrs. Steiner to come to the court in order to meet with the judge. - Scarpetta went to Lake Tomahawk to retrace where Emily was found. - When most people die they put flowers or cards etc where the person was found dead. But the only think Scarpetta found was a pile of fireballs under leaves like the ones that Emily had talked about in her diary. - Scarpetta got to the Steiners house as Marino was pulling out and she gets in and then they go to dinner. - No new evidence at the end except the fireballs.

Chapter 9: - After digging Emily’s body up they begin to re-evaluate everything. - The find that Emily had bitten her tongue, which may suggest that she had a seizer. - They examine the brownish mark even more still not sure what it is. - They found a box in Emily’s coffin, which was later discovered to have a cat in it. - They realized the cats head had been twisted 90 degrees - Went back to Mrs. Steiners house to question her - Then they go to Wren Maxwell’s house, Emily’s crush. - Wren tells Dr. Scarpetta about how Emily left church because she was upset after Wren did not show up early to meet her. - He then tells her about Creed the janitor at school and how he gave Emily flowers and candy instead of the toothpicks he made. - When Dr. Scarpetta got back to the hotel she received a message from Wesley saying that something is wrong with Lucy and that they were flying her back to Quantico.

Chapter 10: - Wesley tells Dr. Scarpetta that the fingerprint on Ferguson’s underwear was Mrs. Steiners fingerprint. - The tissue found in the freezer was o-positive same as Emily Steiners. - The lingerie was stolen from the Steiners house by whoever abducted Emily. - Wesley then told Dr. Scarpetta that Lucy had broken into the ERF and copied the CAIN files. - Lucy left with Dr. Scarpetta…did not find out any further evidence.