CSI Files
Captain
Synopsis:
A security guard breaks up a fight at the Lucky Dragon casino only to have one of the men take his gun, shoot him and run to the elevator where he takes a girl hostage and flees to a room on the third floor. Brass and the SWAT team arrive, ready for action. The action flashes back to fifteen hours ago, when the CSIs stand over the body of Janice Cutler, who was fatally shot in the mouth. Her husband, Willie, is nowhere to be found, instantly casting suspicion on him. Sara notices a smudged print on the 1 key on the phone and finds grass in the bedroom closet, while Warrick discovers an escort service brochure. The CSIs question the lawn boy, Timothy Johnson, who was sleeping with Janice. Willie caught them and threw him out, enraged, but Janice was alive when Timothy left. The CSIs trick Sally, the prostitute Willie called, into coming in to the lab, and she says he was sweet and offered her a brochure for a trip to Hawaii from a travel agency.
Catherine and Vartann head to the agency, Cowboy Dan's, and are shocked to discover the bodies of Cowboy Dan and an employee, Roger Banks, both fatally shot. They also find Willie Cutler alive, cowering under his desk, bleeding from a bullet wound to the side. They get Willie medical attention and the doctor says he is lucky because the bullet came close to severing an artery. He says he came into the office in the middle of the shooting and hid as soon as he got shot--he didn't see the shooter. He wants to call his wife, and when Sara tells him she's dead, he starts crying. Back at the travel agency office, Greg goes over the evidence and notes that the murder weapon has been wiped clean, but also notices a similar bloody smudge on the 1 key on the phone in Willie's office. Catherine notes that Roger Banks had just been promoted. Brass interrogates Willie about the three murders he's connected to, and brings up the promotion Roger got--the one Willie was passed over for. Does it have to with his felony record? Willie has one conviction from when he was nineteen years old, for an auto theft. Brass also asks the man about fifty thousand dollars he withdrew from his account. Willie claims it was for gambling and that he lost it all.
Greg realizes that only the 1 key is dialed because someone dialed Sunstar Taxis at 111-1111. Greg and Vartann question the driver, who recalls picking up a guy around 2:45 am who gave his name as Sammy. Greg looks at the video from the car--the man is wearing sunglasses but he bears a resemblance to Willie. It turns out Willie has an older brother Sammy, who did time for auto theft and was just released from prison six months ago. The CSIs wonder if Sammy was trying to destroy his brother's life, or if the two were actually working together. In the lab, Dr. Robbins notices pictures of Willie's gunshot wound and tells Sara there's no way the wound was caused by a bullet--more likely a sharp object. He also notices a blue streak in the injury which proves to be blue ink from a bloody pen found in Willie's office. Grissom realizes Willie faked being shot, and turns to blood spatter from his shirt, which he's able to match to Janice using serology. Willie either shot her or was there when she was shot.
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A security guard breaks up a fight at the Lucky Dragon casino only to have one of the men take his gun, shoot him and run to the elevator where he takes a girl hostage and flees to a room on the third floor. Brass and the SWAT team arrive, ready for action. The action flashes back to fifteen hours ago, when the CSIs stand over the body of Janice Cutler, who was fatally shot in the mouth. Her husband, Willie, is nowhere to be found, instantly casting suspicion on him. Sara notices a smudged print on the 1 key on the phone and finds grass in the bedroom closet, while Warrick discovers an escort service brochure. The CSIs question the lawn boy, Timothy Johnson, who was sleeping with Janice. Willie caught them and threw him out, enraged, but Janice was alive when Timothy left. The CSIs trick Sally, the prostitute Willie called, into coming in to the lab, and she says he was sweet and offered her a brochure for a trip to Hawaii from a travel agency.
Catherine and Vartann head to the agency, Cowboy Dan's, and are shocked to discover the bodies of Cowboy Dan and an employee, Roger Banks, both fatally shot. They also find Willie Cutler alive, cowering under his desk, bleeding from a bullet wound to the side. They get Willie medical attention and the doctor says he is lucky because the bullet came close to severing an artery. He says he came into the office in the middle of the shooting and hid as soon as he got shot--he didn't see the shooter. He wants to call his wife, and when Sara tells him she's dead, he starts crying. Back at the travel agency office, Greg goes over the evidence and notes that the murder weapon has been wiped clean, but also notices a similar bloody smudge on the 1 key on the phone in Willie's office. Catherine notes that Roger Banks had just been promoted. Brass interrogates Willie about the three murders he's connected to, and brings up the promotion Roger got--the one Willie was passed over for. Does it have to with his felony record? Willie has one conviction from when he was nineteen years old, for an auto theft. Brass also asks the man about fifty thousand dollars he withdrew from his account. Willie claims it was for gambling and that he lost it all.
Greg realizes that only the 1 key is dialed because someone dialed Sunstar Taxis at 111-1111. Greg and Vartann question the driver, who recalls picking up a guy around 2:45 am who gave his name as Sammy. Greg looks at the video from the car--the man is wearing sunglasses but he bears a resemblance to Willie. It turns out Willie has an older brother Sammy, who did time for auto theft and was just released from prison six months ago. The CSIs wonder if Sammy was trying to destroy his brother's life, or if the two were actually working together. In the lab, Dr. Robbins notices pictures of Willie's gunshot wound and tells Sara there's no way the wound was caused by a bullet--more likely a sharp object. He also notices a blue streak in the injury which proves to be blue ink from a bloody pen found in Willie's office. Grissom realizes Willie faked being shot, and turns to blood spatter from his shirt, which he's able to match to Janice using serology. Willie either shot her or was there when she was shot.
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