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ATF Special Agent Zane Dodds takes a deep breath, puts his car in park and idols in silence. They've arrived.

This is the first homicide his new partner has been to and he knows this first is going to be the hardest.

He's seen plenty of dead bodies but his partner shall likely be distracted by the side.

In their shared silence, she twitches nervously next to him. They both take a moment, compose themselves, then get out.

All Zane and his partner know is that there's been a shooting in the South Florida neighborhood and a man is dead.

Several yards away, residents peer on at the scene, which is now lit up by law enforcement lights.

A group of police officers and crime scene techs hover around the outline of a body draped with a white sheet.

Zane glances over at his partner and surprisingly, she looks fine.

They stroll around the perimeter together, observing the grim scene in front of them, but after a few moments, Zane notices her behavior change.

She no longer appears comfortable. She's got a distant look on her face. Something is definitely different now.

It's like she's beginning to understand the gravity of the work waiting ahead of them.

Her body begins twitching more. She picks up her pace, then she lays down.

She's halted next to a critical piece of evidence, something that will be a big clue in telling Zane and the officers crowded nearby

who killed the man laying underneath the sheet.

That is the sound of millions of air particles streaming into the nose of a Labrador retriever.

The dog's name is Babs, and she's working.

When I have the food bag on, her reward, she's ready to go.

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