Case No. LA007
Handless Corpse Discovered in Sewer

The Brief

Following the end of the Second World War a corpse was discovered in the sewers of Los Angeles. It had been riddled with bullets of an unknown origin and composition. The hands of the corpse had also been removed. The mystery was eventually passed to the west coast evidence response team who studiously ignored it. After the time travelling events of 16 December 2000, the mid-west team put together the truth of the matter. Here is what really happened.

The Facts

In order to close a time door connecting the year 2000 to 1941 Nathan Harlow stepped through. Mass between the two ends of the tunnel was equalised and Harlow was killed. He saved himself by making a deal with the demonic Lillian Winter. This was extremely ill-considered as it led to the deaths of many innocent people over the following fifty-nine years including special agents Henry Devries, Jane Munroe and Jack Burchill as well as the Nathan Harlow's infant self from another timeline.

In order to stop this insanity special agents Bradley Ecks and Todd O'Connell re-opened the time door and travelled back to 1941 to moments before Nathan arrived in the time period. They took the super-charged Nathan unawares and emptied several hundred rounds of high-velocity ammunition into him. They could not take his body back with them to the present because of the mass problem so so they left it in the sewers. They did however remove the hands so the body could not be identified.

Because this was not a major alteration to the time line, the time line adapted and absorbed the changes - hence the appearance of the case on the west coast team's books.

Unanswered Questions

• None - which is hardly surprising as evidence response not only solved this case, they were also the instigators, the perpetrators and the victim.

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See Also

• Time Travel