"Thank you." He looks her in the eyes as he says it, so that she knows he sincerely appreciates her effort as a civilian. Not that he's a police officer here.

Still, he's trained to deal with cases like these... and by now would be used to them even if he hadn't. This women has not. Ostensibly.

It's not exactly protocol, but there doesn't seem to be much in the way of security here... and this way it will be easier to discreetly move the corpse elsewhere, so he can't really complain. Either way, as he moves to kneel next to the remains, he's glad he's wearing gloves.

"Try to keep your distance. It's... an unpleasant sight."