Kate Beckett:  Hey , Lanie . What do we got ?
Lanie Parish: Sorry , sweetie , it 's a bad one . Multiple contusions to the head , evidence of fracturing at the base of the skull . From the pattering , I 'd say she was repeatedly struck by that bat .
Javier Esposito: Do we know who she is ?
Lanie Parish: The guard who found her IDed her as Clara DeWinter . _ 35 _ , lives in Queens , and married .
Kate Beckett: What was she doing in this alleyway in the middle of the night ?
Lanie Parish: She was an IRS agent . Worked in this building here .
Kevin Ryan: Apparently she was working late . The employees sometimes cut across the alley to get to the parking garage next door .
Kate Beckett: Do we have a witness ?
Kevin Ryan: No , but we may have something way better .