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Two uniformed officers arrived within six minutes, their radios crackling with static that cut through the hushed atmosphere of the maternity ward. Following closely behind them was a woman in a trench coat who introduced herself as Detective Laura Sanchez.<\/p>\n
Sanchez was a woman in her mid-forties with sharp, intelligent eyes that missed nothing. She didn\u2019t look like someone who tolerated hysteria. She ushered us into a small, empty family consultation room at the end of the hall and closed the blinds.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Carter,\u201d she said, her pen hovering over a notepad. \u201cYou made a very serious claim on the dispatch recording. You claimed to identify a newborn based on a deceased John Doe from two months ago?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel sat on the edge of the vinyl chair, his leg bouncing nervously. \u201cI know how it sounds, Detective. I know. But I have a photographic memory. It\u2019s why I was hired for the county security audit. I remember faces. I remember details.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTell me about the scar,\u201d Sanchez said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeft eyebrow. Crescent shape. About a centimeter long. It looked like a healed cut, maybe accidental forceps trauma or something in utero. The baby in the morgue\u2014John Doe #44\u2014had it. The baby in my sister-in-law\u2019s room has the exact same mark.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sanchez lowered her notepad. \u201cJohn Doe #44 was a tragic case. We never found the parents. But Mr. Carter, the odds of two unrelated infants having the exact same distinct scar are astronomical.\u201d<\/p>\n