- Department protocol is violated when Catherine investigates her ex-husband's rape accusation.
- When the bones of a hand are found in the concrete below a house, Grisson and Nick investigate the case. They succeed to find the identity of the victim and now they seek out the killer. Grisson assigns Warrick and Sara to check the case of a violent police officer that chased a suspect in a Jeep and claims that the guy committed suicide in a parking area. One third case involves Catherine's ex-husband Eddie Willows that is accused by a dancer of raping her. Grisson warns her to step back of the case, but the stubborn Catherine proceeds the investigation.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Department protocol is violated when Catherine investigates her ex-husband's rape accusation. A missing bullet may or may not convict a police officer, and a female skeleton buried in concrete is found under a house.—Erik Kirchner
- A plumber crawling under a house finds mummified fingers stretched out from inside the houses foundation. Nick and Grissom unearth it. "3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a skeleton." The victim is a woman in her early twenties, who was stabbed before being placed in the "cement bath." The weapon is identified as a curved object with a serrated edge (eg crocodile teeth).
The house in whose foundation the Jane Doe was dump was sold after completion, removing the homeowner from suspicion. Grissom notes that, "if not for a leaky pipe, she could have been down there forever." Nick confirms that the "killer was counting on it."
Grissom calls in Teri Miller, with whom he communes over tarantulas, to make a model of Jane Doe's face. The apply a gel to the mold to the concrete to find Jane Doe's face. She is of nordic decent, so blond, and brown eyes are chosen because they photograph better. The news helps circulate the molded face, which is identified as Fae Green.
Dr. Robbins finds traces of salt and sand perserved in the ear canal. Grissom talks to Fae's mother, who says that Fae had just been certified as a scuba diver and had just moved in with boyfriend Jason Hindler, before her disappearance. The mother is certain that Hindler has nothing to do with Fae's death. Nevertheless, Nick and Grissom pay Hindler, now married, a visit. While wandering around Mr. Hindler's den, discovers that a previous fish tank had broken and leaked salty water and sand on to the floor.
Nick finds out that Mr. Hindler used to be a subcontractor at the housing development. Going back to the scene, Grissom finds bloody hand prints. They accuse Mr. Hindler, who screams "I didn't kill Fae. I love her. I still love her." His wife, Amy, is startled by the revelation. Nick sees a picture, and realizes that the murder weapon was a rock climbing pick. Amy pulls a gun on Nick and confesses that she killed Fae with one. Mr. Hindler was engaged to Amy before he met Fae, and Amy inadvertently killed Fae in order to get him back. Grissom pulls a gun on Amy and talked her down.
Grissom gives Sara an OIS (Officer-Involved Shooting), and Warrick volunteers to double-up. The officer is Joe Tyner, who "responded to shots fired; suspect fled the scene." The story goes that Officer Tyner followed a man in a jeep in a car chase until they ended in a parking lot. The man refused to be taken in and shot himself during the standoff. Warrick takes the gun, supposedly drawn but not fired. Unfortunately, a bullet is missing from the gun's clip, which weighs on Warrick's suspicion of the victim speeding down the strip only to commit suicide. Sara worries about pissing off the Police Department.
Sara and Warrick interrogate Officer Tyner without telling Brass first, who serves as Tyner's Union Rep. The round was not found at the scene, and Tyner can not explain where it went.
Warrick goes off to the crime scene to search for the bullet. A parking valet comes up to the CSIs and gives his version of the story, which matches word-for-word up to the point where the victim shoots himself. Instead, according to the valet, the man got out his registration, and the officer fired, "just like that."
The D.A. files charges against Officer Tyner, who violently confronts Warrick. Grissom stands up for Warrick, and Brass confronts Grissom in turn, demanding the missing bullet. Warrick deduces that, if "it's not in the body" and "it's not at the crime scene", then it must be in the jeep; the two break the jeep apart, piece by piece. After searching "every single piece of metal," Warrick finds the missing bullet in the spare tire. However, the lab determines that said bullet is from the victim's gun, confirming that the victim committed suicide.
Grissom tries to withhold a 426 (sexual assault) from Catherine over "conflict of interest." The alleged victim is an exotic dancer, which we learn Catherine used to be, and the accused is Catherine's ex-husband, Eddie. Catherine asks to do the prelim(inary evaluation), nonetheless; Grissom agrees.
Eddie claims that the sex was consensual. Catherine is planning on delegating the case to another CSI, and Eddie warns that, without Catherine, their daughter Lindsey may have to visit Eddie at Nevada State Prison. Grissom is concerned that Catherine is still in love with Eddie and demands she pass the case off to Warrick. He later confronts Warrick, who attempts to cover for Catherine.
Catherine walks in on Det. Evans interviewing the alleged victim, "April." There are bruises and skin under the victim's fingernails, but these could be consistent with either rape or rough sex. Catherine takes advantage of her past as an exotic dancer to get information from April's manager, Ted Beaton. Searching April's locker, Catherine finds contraceptives. The Contraceptive Film have to be inserted 1-3 hours before having sex, meaning that April had to have known she was going to have sex 1 - 3 hours before being "raped."
Confronted with this, April admits that she faked the crime in an attempt to get money out of Eddie.
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