Dr. Tom Loman quotes from CSI: Miami

Dr. Tom Loman

Multiple sharp-force injuries, ten in total. One puncture wound on his upper back, eight more puncture wounds on the front of his torso... and a single wound in his upper thigh. Combined, the puncture wounds caused extensive internal bleeding. This man died a brutal death.

Dr. Tom Loman

Horatio, I've been doing this work a long time. I've seen my share, but... Esteban... he needs to be stopped.

Tom

Meet Mr. Tito Estevev of Always Protected Security.

Ryan

That company might want to think about getting a new name, don't you?

Tom

Funny.

Ryan

Well doctor, I don't have any sort of fancy medical degree, but I'd venture to guess that this victim died due to a head injury.

Tom

Incorrect.

Ryan

[To Tom, who is up an elevator shaft trying to separate the victim from the elevator] Hey Tom! You still up there?

Tom

No, Ryan, I'm on lunch break.

Ryan

Doctor.

Tom

Concentration of carbon monoxide in his blood was 70%. That makes the cause of death asphyxiation.

Ryan

Or you could just say he died of smoke inhalation.

Tom

You say potato...

Horatio

[seeing their victim at the crime scene] Dr. Loman. I think we can safely say "overkill".

Tom

Absolutely brutal. She was struck at least nine times, with so much force and velocity that each blow on its own could have been fatal.

Horatio

What about a murder weapon?

Tom

Not sure yet. But judging from her injuries and the varying direction of the blood spatter, whoever did this was swinging wildly, from several different directions and angles.

Horatio

And totally out of control.

Tom

And fueled by rage.

Horatio

Yes. Someone... was very, very angry. Thank you, doctor.

Loman

I like to start my excavation at the feet, get an outline of the body first. But this time I can't find them.

Caine

And why is that?

Loman

Because he doesn't have a body!

Ryan

Tom, know what I need? An expert opinion, but you're here so you'll do. Come here and take a look at this.

Tom

How kind.

Dr. Tom Loman

[about their victim] I'm afraid I have bad news. Liver temp's eighteen degrees below normal.

Horatio

She died within the last twelve hours.

Natalia

We've been following Esteban for twenty-four.

Frank

So he couldn't have done this.

Horatio

We just became his alibi.

Frank

Well, the driver's sober. He said he didn't see the victim in the alleyway.

Horatio

We got a cause of death?

Dr. Tom Loman

Her cervical vertebrae and lateral malleoli are crushed.

Horatio

So she's got a broken neck.

Dr. Tom Loman

Not exactly. These injuries suggest she was already on the ground when run over. And look... frothing. And... ocular miosis.

Horatio

Which tells you what?

Dr. Tom Loman

These are all symptoms of being poisoned by a nerve agent. Odds are, she was already dead when the car hit her.

Horatio

So what you're saying is the car was unrelated to her death.

Dr. Tom Loman

She's cyanotic. I'd say she was poisoned minutes ago at most.

Frank

Maybe the killer's still inside, Horatio.

Horatio

Frank, lock it down. Nobody leaves.