Gail Harding

Gail Harding was the victim in Innocence Lost.

Murder Details
Gail was found encased in a solid concrete in a construction site. Before beginning the autopsy, Nathan had to use a hammer and chisel to get Gail's body out of the concrete. Later, after the autopsy was completed, Nathan told the team that Gail must had been partying before her death, since there were cocaine, alcohol, etc, found in her stomach, which was enough to make the victim overdose and fall into a coma. However, Gail had died because of being poured in concrete when she was unconsious. When asked what clues he discovered about the killer, Nathan said that he found nothing except some concrete rubble and told the team to examine it. After examining the concrete rubble, the team found some molecules of taurine which Jones had no clue about. So they asked Grace about it, who told the team that taurines were used in energy drinks, which revealed that the killer used to drink energy drinks. It was also revealed that the killer used cocaine after Grace had analyzed the powder specks found in the concrete mixer (the murder weapon).

Killer and Reasons
The killer was the bussiness partner of Derek Molina (a venture capitalist), Irina Phelps, who killed Gail to "protect" Derek's company. Irina was drunk when she found Gail unconsious (because of overdose) in the construction site. She thought that Gail was dead and encased the victim in solid concrete so that the body could not be found. Irina did this because she thought that Gail's death would give Derek's company a bad image since the victim was an employee of Derek, and as a result, she hid Gail's body in solid concrete. She did not want to jeopardise Derek's company, which the two of them had built with a lot of hardwork.

Case Appearances

 * Innocence Lost (Case #19)