Austin James:  C'mere . C'mere ! Look at it !
Austin James: That
Austin James: 's all that 's left of Donald Statheim , an aviator , crashed _ 1921 _ while circumnavigating Hudson Bay . Note the object imbedded in the left posterior fontanel . FONTANEL . It 's the point of an icepick . Statheim did n't die in the plane crash ; he died a minute beforehand when someone drove that into his brain . But who did it ? And how ? Those who saw Statheim leave on his last flight , they insist he was alone . And if the murderer was aboard the plane , how was he able to survive the crash , and then trek out of the wilderness ? Nobody knows .
Austin James: I
Austin James: 'm going to solve it ! Motive , method , murder ! And I 'm going to do it using nothing but this skull .
Michelle Castle: You 're crazy ! That 's impossible !
Austin James: Look at it ! The answer 's got to be there ; some infinitesimal bit of minutiae is just screaming it . And all I need to find it is the power of observation .