Tomorrow I am off for a day of discovery with the Las Vegas CSI team. The past 3 weeks I have been observing and assisting with some gruesome autopsies and frankly it's time to get the hell out of there! I am constantly amazed and disturbed with the bizarre and horrific ways people manage to kill themselves and others.
The autopsies on the kids really hurt the most, I must admit. Last week we had an abuse case - a beautiful 9 month old girl. Just heartbreaking. There was also a drowning of a little kid (he was 2) and an accidental shooting of a teenager. Tragic. Listen, if you have kids and guns, unload them, lock them up, and teach them to respect guns! Got a pool and an infant? This is not exactly rocket science -- put a fence around your damn pool. And if your spouse is too stupid/drunk to watch the kids: divorce.
Then there are the really bizarre love triangle, murder-suicide cases. I've seen several of those over the past few weeks. News flash: If you're going to leave your spouse for some other hot vixen/hosebeast and your soon-to-be-ex owns a gun, isn't emotionally/mentally stable, and threatens to kill you for months on end , LEAVE THE DAMN STATE and do NOT tell them where you live! Chances are he wasn't kidding. Besides, GSWs to the head are messy and sometimes you just don't die right away. (If you're lucky, you get shot through the brainstem and stop breathing immediately.) And your 5 year old kid may witness some horrific shit; kiddos just don't need to have those images burned into their heads for the rest of their lives.
Finally, what is so hard about CHEWING YOUR DAMN FOOD, PEOPLE?! In a weird twist of events, I've seen autopsies on 3 people this week alone who have choked to death. There is nothing worse than finding the remains of steak or a Big Mac in a dissected out esophagus and trachea. I mean for fuck's sake, those pickles were even chewed in the slightest. (I will never, ever eat McDonalds again.) And for the love of god, learn the Heimlich Maneuver.
(a special note to Peri: why didnt you warn me about the SMELL?!?!?! I now know I have a very reactive gag reflex. Good thing I don't eat breakfast...)
Posted by LA at November 06, 2007 10:36 PM