Lanie Parish:  Melanie Cavanagh , _ 34 _ at time of death . Turns out COD was blunt force trauma to her head .
Kate Beckett: How 'd you get her ID ?
Lanie Parish: Her fingerprints were in the system .
Kate Beckett: For ...
Lanie Parish: Misdemeanor drug possession .
Richard Castle: She does n't look like a junkie .
Lanie Parish: No . She 's in pretty good shape , considering . But judging the lack of frost and tissue degeneration , I 'd say wherever she was stored , the temperature rarely varied .
Richard Castle: Like a freezer .
Lanie Parish: Freezer would do the job .
Kate Beckett: How long has she been dead ?
Lanie Parish: Well , considering how long she 's been like this , factoring decomposition , I 'd say she probably was frozen within twenty - four hours of being killed .
Kate Beckett: What do you mean " How long she 's been like this " ?
Lanie Parish: According to the records I pulled , this woman 's been missing for over five years .