CSI Files
Captain
Synopsis:
The corpse of a young woman with a shaved head and an emaciated body is found off Highway 55 near the town of Sparks. She is branded with the number 19 and missing a hand, and when she is taken to the morgue, it's discovered that one of her eyes has been severed at the optic nerve. Wendy Simms in the DNA lab determines the severed eye did not belong to the dead young woman--the DNA of the eye is male. Dr. Robbins notes that the young woman had necrotizing faciitis, a flesh-eating bacteria, and puncture wounds on her body indicate it was injected directly into her blood stream. She also had a D&C, which could have been for anything from an abortion to polyps. The eyeball is traced to Jack Landers, a convicted sex offender who has been paroled. Jack is discovered disoriented and confused near a halfway house. The doctor who examines Jack thinks he's been lobotomized--in the 30s and 40s lobotomies were frequently done through eye sockets. The CSIs notice a brand on his arm, the number 18, indicating Jack was a victim of the same person who killed their Jane Doe. The young woman isn't a Jane Doe for long--her mother comes in to identify her after seeing her picture on the news. Her mother is none other than Lady Heather.
Brass tells Grissom that the victim's name is Zoe Kessler and also shares her mother's identity with him. Brass and Grissom take a look around Zoe's apartment and discover she went to a place called the Betz clinic and the clinic left several follow-up messages on her answering machine. Back at the morgue, Lady Heather IDs Zoe's body and asks Dr. Robbins if Zoe ever gave birth, but he tells her there's no way to tell for sure. Grissom offers Heather his condolences and tells her that back in November Zoe participated in a study at the Betz clinic. Catherine and Greg pay the clinic a visit and learn from Dr. Jacob Wolfowitz that Zoe was participating in a sleep study because she suffered from insomnia, but he tells them she left the study early. But Zoe's car was towed from the Betz clinic lot, so did she really leave on her own? When Wendy tells Nick that sinew found between Zoe's teeth was from her own hand, Nick and Warrick set off with a team of CSIs for the desert where Zoe was found to try to find her hand. They discover a pile of dirt in front of a barn that reeks of decomposition, and a variety of plants, including a corpse flower, in the barn. There's a package at the house next to the barn addressed to Jacob Wolfowitz, but when the CSIs knock on the door, it's Lady Heather who answers.
Lady Heather admits to Grissom that she broke into Wolfowitz's house in the hopes that he would press charges and give the CSIs the opportunity to get into his house, but Wolfowitz is refusing to press charges. Heather did take a rare etching of Romulus and Remus that she found in the house, noting that it's been torn from a book. Grissom calls in Professor Rambar to authenticate the page and the CSIs trace it to a rare book from the UNLV library. Catherine and Greg study the sleep trial tapes and witness both Zoe and Jack waking up in the middle of their sleep exams, seemingly in response to someone opening the door to their rooms. But the case takes a surprising turn when Wolfowitz is discovered dead in the Betz Clinic parking garage. The seat of the car is wet and there's no discernable cause of death. Rigor has set in, indicating he's been dead at least six hours. Dr. Robbins examines the body and determines that Wolfowitz has been frozen and thawed, indicating he died at least two days ago. There are bruises and puncture wounds on Wolfowitz's body and a number 1 branded into his arm. Catherine is puzzled by the autopsy results--how could Wolfowitz have been dead for two days when she saw him just yesterday. Lady Heather intercepts Grissom to give him a DNA sample she obtained from Wolfowitz--she slept with him. She and Zoe became estranged after she learned Zoe was pregnant by her married therapist and Heather had the man's license revoked. Heather is determined to bring Zoe's killer to justice but is shocked when Grissom tells her Wolfowitz is already dead.
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The corpse of a young woman with a shaved head and an emaciated body is found off Highway 55 near the town of Sparks. She is branded with the number 19 and missing a hand, and when she is taken to the morgue, it's discovered that one of her eyes has been severed at the optic nerve. Wendy Simms in the DNA lab determines the severed eye did not belong to the dead young woman--the DNA of the eye is male. Dr. Robbins notes that the young woman had necrotizing faciitis, a flesh-eating bacteria, and puncture wounds on her body indicate it was injected directly into her blood stream. She also had a D&C, which could have been for anything from an abortion to polyps. The eyeball is traced to Jack Landers, a convicted sex offender who has been paroled. Jack is discovered disoriented and confused near a halfway house. The doctor who examines Jack thinks he's been lobotomized--in the 30s and 40s lobotomies were frequently done through eye sockets. The CSIs notice a brand on his arm, the number 18, indicating Jack was a victim of the same person who killed their Jane Doe. The young woman isn't a Jane Doe for long--her mother comes in to identify her after seeing her picture on the news. Her mother is none other than Lady Heather.
Brass tells Grissom that the victim's name is Zoe Kessler and also shares her mother's identity with him. Brass and Grissom take a look around Zoe's apartment and discover she went to a place called the Betz clinic and the clinic left several follow-up messages on her answering machine. Back at the morgue, Lady Heather IDs Zoe's body and asks Dr. Robbins if Zoe ever gave birth, but he tells her there's no way to tell for sure. Grissom offers Heather his condolences and tells her that back in November Zoe participated in a study at the Betz clinic. Catherine and Greg pay the clinic a visit and learn from Dr. Jacob Wolfowitz that Zoe was participating in a sleep study because she suffered from insomnia, but he tells them she left the study early. But Zoe's car was towed from the Betz clinic lot, so did she really leave on her own? When Wendy tells Nick that sinew found between Zoe's teeth was from her own hand, Nick and Warrick set off with a team of CSIs for the desert where Zoe was found to try to find her hand. They discover a pile of dirt in front of a barn that reeks of decomposition, and a variety of plants, including a corpse flower, in the barn. There's a package at the house next to the barn addressed to Jacob Wolfowitz, but when the CSIs knock on the door, it's Lady Heather who answers.
Lady Heather admits to Grissom that she broke into Wolfowitz's house in the hopes that he would press charges and give the CSIs the opportunity to get into his house, but Wolfowitz is refusing to press charges. Heather did take a rare etching of Romulus and Remus that she found in the house, noting that it's been torn from a book. Grissom calls in Professor Rambar to authenticate the page and the CSIs trace it to a rare book from the UNLV library. Catherine and Greg study the sleep trial tapes and witness both Zoe and Jack waking up in the middle of their sleep exams, seemingly in response to someone opening the door to their rooms. But the case takes a surprising turn when Wolfowitz is discovered dead in the Betz Clinic parking garage. The seat of the car is wet and there's no discernable cause of death. Rigor has set in, indicating he's been dead at least six hours. Dr. Robbins examines the body and determines that Wolfowitz has been frozen and thawed, indicating he died at least two days ago. There are bruises and puncture wounds on Wolfowitz's body and a number 1 branded into his arm. Catherine is puzzled by the autopsy results--how could Wolfowitz have been dead for two days when she saw him just yesterday. Lady Heather intercepts Grissom to give him a DNA sample she obtained from Wolfowitz--she slept with him. She and Zoe became estranged after she learned Zoe was pregnant by her married therapist and Heather had the man's license revoked. Heather is determined to bring Zoe's killer to justice but is shocked when Grissom tells her Wolfowitz is already dead.
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