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Come on, Mom!
Faster.

Party's not gonna setup by itself.

That's the thing, Declan.

If you would help...

Mom!

I'm sorry.

Crap. There's
another party.

Not for long. I reserved
this space, and if they think

that they're gonna stay here,
I'm gonna give them a piece...

Jeez, Mom, that's how
you tell someone off?

I told Christine that
we're checking out a new library.

I hope she's not
too disappointed

when we take her to
the water park instead.

Are you kidding me?
97 slides, four waterfalls,

and the biggest dunkinator
in the state.

I'm very much
looking forward to it.

Tell you, I was kind
of surprised about that.

So, what, we'll hit up
Go-Kart World next?

No. Go-kart tracks
are not known

for their high concentration
of fecal matter.

What, there's...
fecal matter in water parks?

They're known for it.

And studies show
that early exposure

to E. coli bacteria is

beneficial to the development
of children's immune systems.

Fecal matter, like,
you know, poop, poo-poo?

The longer we stay,
the more there will be.

You know what?
I'll tell you what.

I think it's, uh... I think
we should head to the library.

Looks like the weather's
gonna change and...

Hmm. Oh.

Oh, this is yours.

This is mine.

Oh, look at that. Body was found
in Rock Creek Park.

We should get there ASAP.

Well, I'm sure
Aubrey can cover for you.

Nope, not this time.

- Why?
- Why?

'Cause it's, uh,
very important.

My text says nothing about that.
That's because

it's very important we'll get
your dad to take the kids

to the library
and go read a book.

Books are good
for the soul.

Livor mortis on
the remaining tissue indicates

the victim's been dead
ten to 12 hours.

- Why the balloons?
- Well, 101, Aubrey.

To make sure the body's found
sooner versus later.

Yeah. Got no I.D. on the corpse.
Also, it's fresh.

Checked with missing
persons. No one

- reported in the last 12 hours.
- There's no

evidence of any blood
in the vicinity of the remains.

And not in the corpse, either.
It's largely exsanguinated.

Well, the victim was killed
somewhere else and taken here.

I mean, look at the drag marks
that lead right out to the parking lot.

Well, I got a schematic
from the ranger.

Turns out that's the one lot
in the park with no cameras.

Well, either the killer got
lucky, or he planned ahead.

My informed guess is
that it's the latter.

Size of the mandibular

rami indicates

the victim is male.

Yeah, and the gums
are in bad shape.

Interproximal attachment loss
is typical of a guy in his 60s.

The diminished tooth sockets
are typical of an elderly man.

But the wear

on the molars
and the incisors indicates

he was in his forties.

Looks like he has
very poor dental care.

There are holes

on what's left of the shoes.

It seems like this guy
has fallen through the cracks.

Why did the killer choose him?

Why draw all this
attention to someone

who's completely
down on their luck?

That is not relevant unless
it helps us solve the case.

Let's get these remains
back to the Jeffersonian.

Zygomatic arches indicate
the victim was Caucasoid,

while the length
of the femur suggests

he was approximately
five feet ten inches tall.

And rats did
this to him?

There's no predation
from any other animals.

I've reviewed the X-rays.

There are fragmentation wounds

on the left clavicle,
scapula and femur.

I've seen
fracturing like this before.

There appears to be

shrapnel residue.

- IED?
- Yeah, it could be.

Which means this guy
might be former military.

There are multiple signs
of trauma to the body.

All are consistent with battle.

This is unusual.

Both prepatellar bursae
are swollen.

Doesn't "both" mean
it's housemaid's knee?

I don't think
this guy was a housemaid.

The condition arises
from extensive kneeling.

It is most common
in manual laborers.

Well, I've also heard of it

in the devoutly religious.

Nuns, monks, priests.

Not many priests
have seen combat.

What's wrong?

I-I need to see the ossicles
of the inner ear.

Magnify them.

There are fractures

on the stapes.

They've remodeled
some time ago.

14 years.

How can you be so precise?

Because Booth has
similar fractures.

I need to see
your reconstruction.

Um, I'm-I'm nowhere near done.

Please.

Okay.

Can you fill in the hair?

Yeah. What color?
Black.

It will be black.

Longer.

The eyes are blue.

The nose-- can you broaden
the Alar side walls?

Wait. Isn't that...?
That's Aldo Clemens.

Who is Aldo Clemens?

He married Booth and Brennan.

He was also the, uh, chaplain
of Booth's army unit.

Booth said that when he was
in trouble, Aldo saved him.

He owed Aldo his life.

♪ Bones 12x04 ♪
The Final Chapter: The Price for the Past
Original Air Date on January 24, 2017

♪ Main Title Theme ♪ The Crystal Method

== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man

Aldo was a good
man, Seeley.

You have my sympathies.
Thanks.

You're right.
Sympathy sucks.

What do we know?

Nothing that ties anyone
to the scene.

Aubrey's digging for witnesses,
parking tickets...

You think anything's
gonna come of it?

I don't know.

I hear Aldo was
in rough shape.

What was going on with him?

I don't know, Caroline.

I-I hadn't spoken to him
for over a year.

If I know you,

you tried.
You know what?

I'm not gonna let myself off
the hook on this one, all right?

Anytime I needed anything,
anything,

Aldo was always there for me.

I'm sure that goes for the
other men in your unit, too.

What does that mean?

He took on all
their troubles.

It could be
he didn't want you

getting pulled in, too.
Yeah, well, it's too late,

'cause I'm gonna find out
who did this to him.

Of course you are.

This is a little Lepisma
saccharina, aka silverfish.

So their diet consists of
cellulose and polysaccharides,

basically anything
you find in a house, so,

dinner is carpet,
and dessert is curtains.

So, our guy's not
from the park?

No. My guess is
that he hitched a ride

from wherever the victim
was killed.

You know, I'm gonna go have
a little chat with him,

see if he can't help us
find our way back there.

There are antemortem contusions

- on the right and left metacarpals.
- Suggesting

Aldo Clemens was getting
into a lot of fights.

I don't get it.

He was a priest.

Well, he left the priesthood
after he came back.

Do you know why?

Booth once told me that, um,

Aldo never stopped
believing in God,

but that his belief
no longer comforted him,

not after what he'd seen, so...

how could he make
it his life's work?

Ugh. Aubrey is worried about
what this will do to Booth.

Yeah, the past is a rabbit hole.

I'm worried about him, too.

Aldo's spiral is, unfortunately,
not an aberration.

Studies show that erratic,
self-destructive behavior

is a common
post-concussive syndrome

that can manifest years
after the initial trauma.

I got concussed
too, Bones, all right?

I was in the same
explosion as Aldo.

I am aware of that.

Because of your brain tumor,
I am also quite familiar

with MRI's
of your cerebellum.

I'm not concerned

for your mental health.

I could've gotten him help.

Perhaps.

But that's in the past.

Moving forward, there is only
one thing you can do for Aldo.

Look, if you're gonna tell me
to forgive myself, please don't.

Forgiveness would be ineffective.
Okay then, what?

I mean, what works?
Revenge.

That's not me.
I mean, there are rules.

You will follow those rules.

The act of bringing a murderer
to justice is,

anthropologically speaking,
a form of revenge.

You have suffered a loss.

Making the killer suffer
for that loss will help.

Yeah, well, I hope so, Bones.

Because right now
I couldn't feel much worse.

Hey.

You, uh, got something that
could help with the case?

Because we could use it.

This is not about the case.

Where's this from?

Miami International Airport.

He used the name of
a Dutch national

who's long since dead

so it took two weeks
to work its way through

our fugitive facial
recognition system.

He's made some changes
to his face,

but if you're asking
for an I.D.,

that's him.

That's my dad.

Treasury's been tracking
and closing his accounts.

They've squeezed him to
the point where he may be back

to dig up whatever
remaining assets he has left.

He's running
a hell of a risk.

Well, if it's about money,
he'll risk it.

He may reach out
to you for help.

That would be a mistake.

You sound pretty
confident about that.

The man's your father.

And I already
turned him in once,

so it'll be even easier
the second time.

You know how Dr. B says that
the bones don't just reveal

the victim's death,

they also reveal
the victim's life?

Unfortunately, the only thing
this body's revealing

is sadness, pain, and decline.

Oh, fractures from fights,

density loss from poor
nutrition, drunken falls.

And this liver
tells a story on its own.

Vesicular degeneration
makes it pretty clear

he became a heavy drug user.

Well, he had all his teeth,

so it wasn't meth.

Well, heroin's the most likely
candidate.

It has too short a half-life

to show up on a tox screen.

But if we could find his dealer,

that might be helpful.

Hold it, I've got an idea.

I thought these scratches
on the proximal phalanges

were caused by rat predation.

I never asked,
why eat the toes

when there's so much good
stuff left on the body?

I might not have
asked that one either.

Wait, are these scratches
needle marks?

They're the right depth
and appropriate length.

I'm hoping there's trace amounts
of heroin on the bones.

Well, if so,
it wouldn't metabolize

the way it does
in the bloodstream.

Ask Hodgins to swab
for particulates.

Tom Ellis?

Police?

No, FBI. Special Agent
Seeley Booth. This...

And I'm his partner,
Dr. Temperance Brennan.

We're here to ask you
questions about Aldo Clemens.

What'd Aldo do?

He died last night.

Well, if you guys are here,
I assume it was murder.

You don't seem too upset
about it.

I liked Aldo.

Hated having to fire him,
but that's the way it goes,

right?

Why'd you fire him?

He was stealing
from the tip jar.

You fought with him.
His facial bones were broken.

There's extensive fracturing
to the ribs.

You hit him so hard

your hand
was broken.

Who told you about that?

It's poorly set,
which I can see.

I also checked your
hospital records,

because I do thorough research.
She's good.

It was self-defense.
He came at me.

Where were you yesterday?

I was working here
at the bar.

I close up at 5:00 a.m.

You can check it out
with any of my regulars.

Can you think of anyone who
may have wanted to hurt Aldo?

He was spinning out of control.

He would've done anything
for his next fix.

Who was his dealer?
No idea.

Never saw him, didn't want to.

But I heard Aldo call him,

begging him,
promising him anything.

He just didn't have
the money.

If Aldo tried anything with him,

he might not have gone easy
on him like I did.

There are fractures on
the left fifth and sixth ribs,

the nasal bones, and
the zygomatic process

of the left maxilla.

They're impact
fractures, most likely caused

by Aldo's fight with Tom Ellis,
which was a month ago.

There are additional fractures
on the ribs

which appear
to be more recent.

Take a look, Ms. Warren.
Could those have been caused

by the same assailant?
The amount of remodeling

indicates the damage
is no more than two weeks old.

That is not consistent
with what Tom Ellis

told Booth and me.
But the directionality

of the wounds indicates
a left-handed assailant.

Isn't Tom Ellis
right-handed?

He is.
Someone else is responsible

for these wounds.

If you're noticing a zip
in my roll,

it's because I am officially
extremely excited.

I swabbed the needle marks
on the proximal phalanges.

I came up
with heroin particulates.

Did you find enough
particulates to run

a chromatographic impurity
profile analysis?

Yeah. Nine whole micrograms.

Angela's running
a signature profile now.

So, Aldo was shooting
a cocktail of codeine,

phenobarbital, ascorbic acid,
finely ground glass...

Glass?
How does that happen?

It's actually a fairly common
adulterant. What's interesting

is the high proportion of
diamorphine hydrochloride.

That's the actual heroin.

It suggests
Aldo's drugs came

- from a high-end dealer.
- Oh, then

we should be able
to identify him.

The DEA maintains this database

of known and suspected dealers
in the area.

If we can just enter
the proportions

that Hodgins gave us,
we should be able

to narrow this down.

All right, well,

that's a lot better
than where we started.

We can narrow
that further.

How many are left-handed?

Uh, I don't think

that's included
on the rap sheets.

Hmm. Bring up their photos.

The left clavicle on this one
is higher than the right.

That's an indication
of handedness.

Also,

his left deltoid
is slightly more developed.

And he parts his hair
to the right.

I mean, most lefties do that.

Jake Tompkins.

I'll call Booth
and let him know.

So, this hood isn't exactly
screaming "drug dealer."

You sure we got
the right address?

Well, Tompkins is not your,
you know, usual drug dealer.

He runs
a very efficient business.

Well, I mean, he has to
have slipped up somewhere.

Otherwise he wouldn't
be in the database.

Well, he was charged, but he
was never convicted, you know?

Like I said,
he's very careful.

Yo.

Jake Tompkins?

FBI. Special Agent
Seeley Booth.

Special Agent James Aubrey.

How can I help you?

Ask you a few questions.
When was the last time

you saw Aldo Clemens?
Sorry,

don't know him.

Look at the photo,
Jake, okay?

Clemens was found dead
this morning.

We know
that you were his dealer.

Okay. I think we're done here.

I don't know anything
about drugs.

And just so we're super clear
on that,

I'm gonna go call my lawyer.
Thanks.

Okay, you do that.

You call your lawyer, and
he'll get you out in no time.

But that's when I get started.

What is that supposed to mean?

I'll be all over you.
Whatever you do,

buy, sell, I'll be watching you.

That's actually called
harassment.

It is. It's called harassment.

You really want
to do that

to your business, Jake?
Look, we're just after

whoever actually killed
Aldo Clemens.

My hunch is killing
isn't exactly your thing.

Answer some questions,
I'll be out of your life.

I might have known this guy.

If I did,

I would have dropped him
as a client months ago.

He run out of money?
No.

They always find the money.
Aldo...

had become a risk.

Some guy was following
him, so I cut him off.

Who was following Aldo?
You got a name?

I can't even tell you
what he looked like.

He was some guy in a crappy
car. I thought he was a cop.

He drove by
a few times.

He never got out of the car.

Sorry.
I wish I could be more help.

Yeah, well, actually,
you know what, you can.

What are you doing?

This is one of those
video doorbells

that record you, right?
Yes, it is.

Do you know
how much that thing cost me?

A lot. They're very expensive.

But it's good for you, because
then it'll confirm your story.

Thank you very much for this.

Hey. Honey, let's go home.

It's late.
Mm-hmm.

I'm almost finished.
I'm gonna be done in a second.

Oh, no, you won't.

Do not tell me that you are
operating on a silverfish.

Well, it's more like
a scenic journey

through his digestive tract.

Okay. I'll be in my office.

Hold on, Angie.
Look what I found.

Oh.

Wow, that's actually
kind of beautiful.

Right? So, this is
just the sort of saccharide

most silverfish love
to munch on.

In this case, it's
a highly magnified particulate

of professional grade
acoustic foam.

So if that bug hitched a ride

on Aldo's body...
We need to call Booth.

Uh, Brennan said Booth's busy.

What, too busy
to hear about this?

Trust me, it's important.

Sergeant. It's been a while.

Yeah, too long.

I wish it was
for a different occasion.

Yeah, me, too.
Who killed him, Seeley?

I don't know, Dave,
but I'm gonna find out.

Need my help?

No, I'm good. But either of
you two, uh, ever hear from Aldo

before he, uh, went missing?

Not me.
He wasn't easy to find.

All right, well, if you hear
anything, just let me know.

It's my job now
to take care of things, okay?

Sure, Booth, we'll sit and wait
for that to happen.

You know what, Ted, I'm not here

to get into this with you
right now. This is about Aldo.

Guess that's what it takes--
one of us dying

before he comes around here.
Oh, come on, Ted,

you know he had nothing to do
with Father Clemens' murder.

Yeah. What did Booth do
to help him stay alive?

Not enough.

We all could have been
more in touch with him.

He's the reason
that we're all home.

At least for me, I'm grateful.

For what?

You moved on, started a family.

It wasn't that easy
for the rest of us.

Look, Ted, I can't make up for not being
around, okay? But I'm here now.

It's too late for that.

I'm done with you, like
you were done with all of us.

It's very late.

I didn't hear
you come in.

Well, I wanted
to let you sleep.

It didn't go well
with the men?

These guys saw hell.

You know, most of them
are still paying the price.

You feel the effects of war,
too, Booth.

Yeah.

Yeah, but I got lucky.

I got a great family
and great life.

Got all this.

You're an addict,
just like Aldo.

Yeah.

Unlike him, you got help.

Yeah. But you're in my corner.

That's the difference.
Aldo had no one.

Hey. I just, uh,
dropped off Jessica.

And, let me guess,
you thought you might check in

to see what I'm getting
from Tompkins' video doorbell.

Looks like it's
rough going.

I thought those things
actually worked.

They do. They record everyone
that comes to the door.

But it's got such
a small hard drive,

so, once it's full, it
just records over itself.

So it's useless.

Well, no, not exactly.

Stuff doesn't
actually disappear.

It just gets jumbled.
I was able to plug in this

facial recognition software
to isolate the times

that Aldo came to the house.

Is that him? I can't see it.

Oh, uh, that's because
you're not looking at Aldo.

You're looking at
what's behind him.

I'm trying to isolate the car
that was following him.

Well,
that's a few too many times

to be a coincidence.

Yeah, agreed.

Now we just have to figure out
who was driving it.

Ms. Warren.

You wanted to see me?

I was reexamining
the spinal column,

and I found these fractures
on the C1 and C2.

They suggest that the vertebrae
were severely displaced.

Which indicates a
hyperflexion fracture.

The neck was snapped

at the C2 vertebra.

That would cause
complete paralysis

of all muscles
below the brain stem.

Yes. The lungs
cease functioning,

resulting in a complete loss
of oxygen to the brain.

Cause of death
wasn't exsanguination.

It was this fracture.

Uh, Dr. Brennan.

Yes?

Didn't your father
come back into your life

after spending years
as a fugitive?

You're concerned
about what Aubrey will do

if he finally comes face-to-face
with his dad?

How can he live with himself

if he turns in his own father?

My father had abandoned
me and my brother,

he was a fugitive from justice.

I... I certainly
never anticipated

that we would manage to have

a positive relationship.

How did you make that happen?

By opening myself
to the fact that...

his actions,
while partially his fault,

were necessitated by events.

He's a much better man

than the one
I had built him up to be.

So there's a chance
that could happen for Aubrey?

Statistically, there's always
a chance, Ms. Warren.

There's been
another sighting.

Where?

Uh, it's a
financial record.

Tell me, is there
any difference

between a latte
and a latte macchiato?

Wait, wait, wait,
I don't understand

how a financial record
is a sighting.

We'll get to that.

With a latte,
you add your espresso shot

to the steamed milk,
the, uh, the macchiato,

it's the reverse.

And you taste the difference?
Absolutely.

I don't buy it.

So...

where was he seen?

Well, we have good evidence,

but not eyewitnesses,
from a wire office in Atlanta.

There was a transfer
for $9,000

from an overseas account
that's tied to an alias

previously used
by Philip Aubrey.

All right.

Small office, high volume.

Clientele is primarily
alien laborers.

And the amount transferred
is just a hair

under the FDIC
notification threshold.

That's definitely him.

Now he's got cash.

He may go under.

He's here
for a reason.

He's making
his way north.

He'll surface.

Aubrey.

Hey, so I was able to
filter out most of

the visual noise
from the doorbell video.

Did you find the vehicle
that was following Aldo?

Yeah, I'll send you a link.

It's a '97 Intrepid.

Did you get a plate number?

I couldn't from this angle,
so I went through

all the traffic cams
in the area.

The car belongs to Ted McKinney.

He's former military.

He actually served
in Booth's unit.

Booth's not gonna like this.

Me either, Cher.

That is not something
I wanted to see.

If you think I killed Aldo,
you're nuts.

I don't know what to think.

Why were you following him?

That's my business.

Well, you're in here, so
it becomes my business now.

You really think Booth's
the guy for this?

They have a history.

I can't think of anyone better.

Recognize that car?

It might be mine.

It might be yours.

Oh, I think it's yours,

'cause that is you
inside of the car.

Following Aldo.

That's not true.
"That's not true?"

Come on.
Ted, look at this.

I can pull all
these video stills up.

Come on, we have
enough here to build a case.

Do you want to tell
me what's going on?

What happened that night?

Okay, I needed him.

I needed someone and he wouldn't
even talk to me.

I understand, all right?

You felt abandoned.
No one was there for you.

No one was there to
listen, not even Aldo.

Like I didn't even exist.

Look, just tell me...

what happened that night, okay?

I can help you,
no matter what you did.

I didn't kill Aldo.

I did something worse.

What's worse than killing?

I went looking for him
in Bellevue.

He started to go there
to buy his drugs.

I didn't know
what I was gonna do.

Then, as I'm watching
him, someone pulls up.

The driver gets out
and jumps Aldo.

Who was it?

I don't know.

Come on, Ted, look at me.

You have to remember
who this was.

It could save you.

Whatever happens, I deserve.

Because I froze.

I didn't help him.

Aldo got taken
and I just let it happen,

like-like I wasn't even there.

McKinney served with Aldo

and those men trust each other
with their lives.

How could he just watch
Aldo get taken

and not try to help?
I don't know,

but Booth believes
he's telling the truth.

Did McKinney see anything
that we can use?

Nothing specific.

No plate numbers,
no physical characteristics.

But he did say

that it was clean,
precise, perfectly executed.

Perhaps someone else
with military training.

Well, which means

it's possible one of the other
men in his unit is responsible.

You think?
Well...

they carry anger,
they are taught to kill.

There are many recountings,

starting with ancient Greeks,
of returning warriors

murdering those
they are closest to.

Dr. Brennan?

What is it, Ms. Warren?

There's something
you really need to see.

I re-examined the impact
fractures on the left eighth

and ninth ribs.

How did your perception
of the fractures change?

It didn't.
They're exactly the same.

But,

look at these rat bites

on the anterior plane
of the affected sternal ribs.

They are deeper
and closer together

than the other rat bites

which you've catalogued.

That's what I thought.

They appear to be both
peri and antemortem.

Did you run an
immunohistochemical test?

I did.

It came back positive
for fibrin clots

and new bone deposition.

There is only one

very likely interpretation.

What do you think that is?

That the victim was alive

while the rats
were eating his torso.

That is, indeed,
the most likely possibility.

I've seen a lot of
things, but this?

For the rats to get
inside the ribs like that,

it's... truly horrifying.

There's no better word for it.

Note... the contusions
on the anterior

sternal seventh and tenth ribs.

I catalogued those
as defensive wounds.

That is understandable.

The pattern is also consistent
with a cage

being pressed up against
that section of the torso.

It originated in
the Middle Ages.

The cage would be
filled with rats

One end of it is heated,

so the animals are forced

to burrow into the body
of the still-living victim.

There must be hundreds of bites.

Which indicates

that Aldo Clemens was tortured
for an extended period of time.

McKinney said that Aldo

went to buy heroin in Bellevue.

And if he's telling the truth...

He's telling the truth.

...then he wouldn't have

any trouble finding product.
It's low quality,

but there's plenty of it and
the dealers aren't too picky.

Has no one here read the report?

Yeah, we read it.
Your close friend

was tortured with rats.

That is something
we need to discuss.

Look, what do you say?
I was hoping

you would have the words.
For something like this,

there's not much
you really can say.

We just... we move on.

And we keep looking
till we find this guy,

and we don't stop.

That was just right, Seeley,
I knew you would have it.

I've been reading about
this kind of torture.

They say it still exists
in the Balkans

and parts of the Middle East.

Yeah, I heard of it.

Your unit served in both.
McKinney was there.

No chance McKinney did it.

Look, the guy
doesn't have a alibi.

He's impulsive and he's angry.

He's too angry to have done it.

I agree with Booth.

This was controlled.
It took planning.

McKinney's not capable of that.

Take a look at this, huh?

Look at those tire marks.

They're fresh.
Yeah.

McKinney was parked there,
a half block away.

Then it makes sense
that these tire marks

are from the car that took Aldo.

The tracks run north.

There's a highway
on-ramp three blocks away.

No way he took it.
How do you know that?

Because he's planned.

He thinks of everything.
He's calculated, okay?

There's no way
he's gonna take the highway.

I mean, there's surveillance
cameras all over the place.

That explains why we have

next to nothing to work with.
Ah, not true,

we know how he thinks.

What does that get us?
We know that he takes

the road less travelled, Aubrey.

We find that road, we find him.

And we don't stop, got it?

So let's keep looking.

Let's find him.

So, I used Booth's theory that

whoever took Aldo based their
route on avoiding surveillance.

Every turn they took
was weighted towards

avoiding cameras and crowds.

That is elegant.

But what happens

when there's more than
one equal choice?

Yeah, well...

it gets less and less useful.
This is now out of control.

Well, at least it gives us
a general direction.

Hey, I swabbed the perimortem
striations on the ribs.

The rat bites?
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

So, rat teeth
never stop growing.

Which means they're always
having to gnaw on something

just to keep them
the right length.

Good to know.

What were they gnawing on?
I don't know.

I found, uh,
particulates of lead paint,

so maybe they were gnawing on
some cabinets, looking for food.

When was lead paint banned?

1978.

So-so, we've got
professional-grade

acoustic foam and lead paint.

We need to be looking for a
sound studio built before 1978.

Somewhere northwest of Bellevue.

Right, but it would have to be
near Rock Creek Park,

because they had to get
that body back there by morning.

That's still a few square miles.

Well, if it's a studio,

it's likely to be abandoned.

That looks like
an industrial park.

Well, it was,

but now it's slated
for demolition.

I'll call Booth.

Looks like this is where
he set up shop.

Look at all this stuff.

Booth?

Yeah?

Look at this.

There's parish records.

News clippings about Aldo.

Discharge documents...

This X-ray is not Aldo's.

It's of somebody else.

How do you know?

There's a stellate-shaped wound

directly above
the right squamosal suture.

Gunshot?
Yes.

The extent of the damage

indicates a high powered rifle.

Perfectly placed. Not too many
people can make that shot.

The writing is Cyrillic.

Serbian.

That is correct.

Where are you going?

Over here.

Going behind door number two.

Look at this.

This is not good.

Oh...

This is blood.

Aldo's?

We can't be completely sure,

there are tests...

Look at that, Bones. Look.

That's the cage.

Cam will want to do
blood spatter analysis

as soon as possible.

Bones.

I need to finish...

No, look. Look!

Booth, that's a bomb!

We got to go, now.

Crews are still
battling the blaze

at an abandoned office complex
in Anacostia.

The cause of the fire
is undetermined,

but fire marshals suspect the
strong possibility of arson.

Booth says it
was an IED.

Yeah, but do IEDs usually
take this long to burn off?

No, Booth saw Jerry Cans of gas.

My hunch is it was powered
by a petroleum gel.

It sticks to everything and
burns at over 2,000 degrees.

Which means there
won't be much left.

Close to zilch.
Whoa, Dr. B.

Oh, my God.
What are you doing here?

My work.

W-We can handle this.

You should be home.

Yeah, at the very least,

you shouldn't be
watching this.

It must have
been terrible, huh?

It was unpleasant.

And losing the opportunity to

examine vital evidence
makes it more so.

Right. Well, I uploaded
the photos that you sent.

My theory

is that Aldo Clemens
died on that table.

Why torture him so horribly,

but end it with a relatively
quick, humane death?

Maybe he got the
information he wanted.

Maybe.

But there's a cruelty to
this killer, it doesn't fit.

I agree.

Cause of death was a transected
cervical spinal cord.

We need to understand
how that was done.

Okay, well, all we have is
a bloodstained table

and a few strips of duct tape.

I have enhanced
the stains here.

Well, the largest concentration
of blood will be

where the rat cage was
fixed to the ribs.

Can you align the body
accordingly?

Yeah, I'll center the stain

on the eighth
and ninth rib.

The remaining tape matches up
with the arms and legs.

Uh, this doesn't make sense.

The skull would need more
range of motion

for the spinal column
to be transected.

Okay, let me recreate
the fracture to the C2.

You're right.

His skull would have had to go

right through the table.

The body is
in the wrong position.

Was that tape torn?

I'm sure this is important.

But why?
Because if I'm the killer

and I want to get a dead body
off my table,

I'd cut the tape.

It was torn.

Which suggests
Aldo tried to break free.

So perhaps he was killed
somewhere else.

They're at the sound studio,
combing through the wreckage.

What's left?
What's left

is you could fit
into a beer can,

that's what's left.

So we're back where we started.

Who is this guy?

And why did he target
Aldo Clemens?

Yeah.
Hold on.

Yeah?

There's one possible
explanation for

how Aldo died.

Well, look,
does it get us any closer

to finding out who killed him?

Well, let me show
you what we have.

All right, hold on.

What do you got?

From the position of the body

and the fractures,
the killer couldn't

have snapped Aldo's neck
while he was restrained.

So what's left?

The most likely explanation

is that Aldo
killed himself.

He was fastened
to the table

by duct tape,

but he managed to loosen it.

Not enough to escape,

but enough to give him

some range of movement.

If he pushed himself back
onto the table,

he could raise his upper torso,

which made it possible for him
to generate

a whiplike motion.

And sever his spinal cord.

I don't know.

The man was once a priest.

And suicide is
a cardinal sin.

It wasn't a suicide.

Booth, the facts
clearly indicate that it was.

A sacrifice, it was a sacrifice.

"Sacrifice"?

He was trying
to protect someone.

♪ If you figure me out ♪

♪ You better keep
your mouth shut ♪

♪ You can see I'm livin'
in my orange tree now ♪

♪ And if you figure it out ♪

♪ I will come down
and show you my face ♪

Look, so, um,

sorry that I haven't been
exactly present.

Oh, well,

we've all been
working hard.

I haven't been that available,
either.

No, I'm talking
mentally present.

I've been distracted.

Oh, yeah, it's--

it's about your father.

No, I-I understand.

You must be worried about
what happens when they find him.

I am.

It's not as cut and dry
as I thought it was gonna be.

Well, I'm glad you're
seeing that now.

Look, there's something else

that I've been thinking about.

I want you to know that...

I'm not him.

Uh, I know that, Aubrey.

He left his wife,
he left me.

You know, I would--
I would never ever do that.

What are you saying?

I'm saying that...

when I commit to something,

it's real.

That I'm serious about us.

Did I say the wrong thing?

No.

Of course not, Aubrey...

...but there's a lot going on.

I know.

And when it's all taken care of,

I'm gonna feel the same way.

I know this
is difficult, Booth, but...

...you're gonna get through it.

Yeah,

sounds like something
Aldo would have said.

He was right.

Yeah, but this
is different.

Bones, he, um...

he died...

'cause he was trying
to protect me.

What do you mean?

You know that X-ray

that we saw in
the sound studio?

I know who that was.

There was no name on it.
I looked for that.

He died of a gunshot
wound in the head.

Center core.

3,000 feet away.

I'm the one who
made that shot.

That is a ridiculous assumption.

There are other snipers
capable...

Bosnia.

1995.

The general-- remember,
I told you about him?

The warlord
that you had to shoot.

You saved a lot of lives
doing that.

I killed him...

I, uh...

I killed him right
in front of his own son.

He's got allies and family.

This is about revenge.

You-you can't know that, Booth.
It was just one X-ray.

I mean, Aldo knew that
I was the shooter.

He killed himself

so he wouldn't have to
give me up.

That's one possibility.
There are others.

It's the only thing
that makes sense, Bones.

And whoever this is,
they're not gonna stop

until...

What should we do?

Just be ready.

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