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WAS TIED DIFFERENTLY.
THE KILLER WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.
IN HIS SHOES?
YEP. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH,
TED HAD A COIN IN HIS RIGHT SOCK.
DUE TO RIGOR MORTIS, AN IMPRESSION REMAINED,
INCLUDING THESE FAINT MARKINGS. YOU SEE THAT?
YEAH. WOW.
HEY, CASTLE.
YOU WITH US?
YEAH. YEAH, OF COURSE.
UH... LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
SO, AFTER TED WAS SHOT, THE KILLER TOOK OFF THE SHOE
AND THE SOCK, GRABBED THE COIN
AND THEN PUT THE SHOE AND SOCK BACK ON?
MUST'VE BEEN A VALUABLE COIN.
ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T. I DID SOME ENHANCEMENT.
AND BASED ON THE COIN'S DIAMETER
AND THE MARKINGS,
WE'VE IDENTIFIED IT AS AN IRANIAN RIAL,
WORTH LESS THAN A PENNY.
WOW, AN IRANIAN RIAL, HUH?
CASTLE?
NO... THEORIES ON INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE
OR COVERT ESPIONAGE?
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION
TO SPECULATE AT THIS POINT.
OKAY.
WERE YOU ABLE TO NARROW DOWN WHERE TED WAS KILLED?
NO, BUT I DID CHECK HIS STOMACH CONTENTS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS-- APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES
BEFORE HIS DEATH, TED ATE CLAMS AND FUNNEL CAKE.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
UGH.
LANIE, YOU SLICE OPEN DEAD PEOPLE FOR A LIVING
AND YOU'RE GROSSED OUT BY THAT?
EVEN I HAVE MY LIMITS.
OKAY, FINE, UH, CLAMS AND FUNNEL CAKE.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE HE HAD AMUSEMENT PARK FOOD.
RIGHT, AND THE HYDRAULIC FLUID AND RED PAINT ON TED'S CLOTHES?
HE WAS AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK, AND I CAN TELL YOU WHICH ONE.
HOW?
WELL, AS A CONNOISSEUR OF CARNY FOOD,
THERE'S ONLY ONE AMUSEMENT PARK
THAT HAS BOTH FRIED CLAMS AND FUNNEL CAKE,
AND THAT PARK IS...
CONEY ISLAND.
(cell phone chimes and vibrates)
WHEN YOU DO THAT SHARED BRAIN THING.
UH, I...
HEY, I-I FORGOT I HAD TO... DROP BY MY PUBLISHER'S.
WE GOTTA LOOK AT THE... GALLEYS.
THERE'S ANOTHER--UH, FOR THE DERRICK STORM... NOVELS.