When Tony puts away the big greasy hamburger the box is closed but when he opens the drawer to get it out the box is open.
It was concluded that the bruises on the young dead girl's sternum were caused by CPR done by the homeless marine, not by an attack on her. But any Marine trained at all in CPR would know that it must be done on the floor or some other hard surface. The girl's body was still on the bed, where CPR wouldn't work.
When reviewing the evidence, Ducky shows Gibbs the victim's Bronze Star Medal and calls it "Bronze Star for Valor". The medal lacks the V Device on the ribbon that indicates the medal was awarded for valor. The Bronze Star Medal is awarded, without the V Device, for meritorious service or achievement in a combat zone.
On U.S. Marine medals multiple stars are mounted vertically. The Purple Heart shows two stars mounted horizontally. Additionally, Ducky incorrectly referred to the two stars as "Marine" stars. The stars denote subsequent awards of the same medal.
U.S. Marine medals have stars awarded for subsequent awards of the same medal mounted vertically. The Purple Heart shown at 5:24 shows the two stars mounted horizontally. Additionally, Ducky incorrectly refers to the stars as "Marine" stars. The stars denote subsequent awards of the same medal.
The SOS-note states "Please help me" in clearly recognizable Western handwriting- unlikely to have been written by a Chinese girl who has been in the country (fallen prey to a gang of human traffickers) for mere weeks, and having worked on a Chinese farm before that.
When the team is processing the crime scene with the dead girl, the camera gives a close up of the girl's face and her eyelids can be seen to move slightly.
At 20:18- Ducky tells Gibbs that the Chinese girl was raped but that the rapist wore a condom. So: without ANY actual DNA evidence (seminal fluid) on what does he base his conclusion?
Luis Romero says 'so I'm a former marine.' Marines consider themselves Marines for life, even after they are out of service. They often say there is no such thing as a former Marine. He would not have considered himself a 'former marine' and even if he said it, Gibbs as a Marine himself, would have bristled at the term.