MPD Detective Frank Tripp arrests colored youngster Tobey Hollins who has blood on his hands and shirt and gets him to confess the murder of Patrice Boland with the gun of her husband, day-trader Michael, who claims not to have been on board the yacht for months and wanted a divorce. Tobey is new meat and easy prey in jail. Patrice's PC ventilator was stuffed with love letters in Tobey's hand-writing. He admits the affair, says the murder confession was just to end the interrogation. Spilled drinks indicate she was shot in open water; she wanted to sell the boat, lipstick DNA forces prospective buyer Gina Rankin to admit she and her lover Steve Gabler made a test-spin, she claims Steve shot Patrice, Steve says Gina is the crazy shooter. After a failed prison riot, Tobey is found holding the improvised knife which killed hardened con Darrel Grimwood, who stole his sneakers- in the sole Horatio finds the bullet which shot trough Patrice, but not fatally, she was smothered afterward; Steve only shot her. Suddenly Horatio notices another blood spat on... Tobey's cell forensics uncover the truth about the stabbing...
—KGF Vissers