Based on rigor mortis, the time of death for the female corpse was approximately 12-16 hours ago. At this time, under normal circumstances, no one would have reported someone missing yet. So Dean didn't ask Daisy to check for missing persons reports in the precinct. Instead, he took Harry and Robert along the garbage truck's route to conduct a search.
Most of this route consisted of apartment buildings. These types of apartments featured fixed garbage chutes on their exteriors, allowing residents to dispose of trash directly from inside their units without needing to go out. This design also simplified the search for Dean's team.
Before long, the trio had investigated three city blocks.
On their way to the fourth block, Harry, covering his nose from the stench, complained, "FK, someone actually threw pet excrement down the garbage chute! It's disgusting!"
