The coroner found fingerprints beneath the victim's skin.
Mara Hale finds an impossible clue at the county autopsy room. What begins as evidence becomes a trap built around one name.
On October 15, 2018, Mara Hale checks a pale forearm in the county autopsy room.
At 5:10 a.m., it reveals prints under ultraviolet light.
No witness is supposed to be near the county autopsy room.
They match every person who touched the victim.
Mara Hale realizes the official record is wrong.
The power fails around a pale forearm.
A cold smell fills the county autopsy room.
Mara Hale photographs everything before touching it.
The photograph shows a figure beside a pale forearm.
Mara Hale finds the real room empty.
Mara Hale calls the county dispatcher.
The dispatcher goes silent after hearing the county autopsy room.
They warn Mara Hale not to move.
A second sound answers from behind a pale forearm.
It repeats Mara Hale's full name.
The nearest exit locks behind Mara Hale.
Fresh marks circle Mara Hale's shoes.
They lead toward a pale forearm.
Mara Hale follows them one step too far.
Then one set belongs to the body itself from inside.