CSI Files
Captain
Synopsis:
A young man named Jeff Powell meets his end outside the Palermo hotel by the landing deck. Catherine notices white paint on his clothes and traces his path back up to the loading docks and through the service entrance. Catherine and Nick go to the man's hotel room and find evidence of a wild evening--the bed has clearly been used, and they discover cocaine in Jeff's luggage. Catherine finds a blonde hair in the bed and puzzles over an expensive leather jacket that doesn't seem to match Jeff's other clothes. They also find Jeff's wallet, with a corporate Visa card issued to Sheritown, Inc. Back at the morgue, David Phillips and Warrick puzzle over a red wine stain on Jeff's boxers, while Dr. Robbins shows Catherine that Jeff was killed by a blow to the neck that crushed several bones and caused him to asphyxiate.
Archie starts in on the video surveillance tapes from the hotel and spots a blonde with Jeff. She goes back to his room with him and leaves hours later, only minutes after Jeff does. Jeff walks out of the hotel, but the CSIs can't tell where he's going as he's blocked on camera by two larger men. Nick learns that Jeff made several big clothing purchases with the blonde woman, and Catherine learns that the rented Ferrari Jeff was driving was damaged. Traces of pool chalk on Jeff's hands lead the CSIs to a pool hall near the Palermo where Jeff and the woman were playing pool, and the owner recognizes and names the woman as Heidi Wolff when pressed. The CSIs bring Heidi in, and she admits to sleeping with Jeff but claims she bolted when he got serious on her. She was just looking for a fun time.
The CSIs trace the corporate card to Mick Sheridan, Jeff's boss, a Hollywood producer. Jeff was his assistant, and Mick had given him the Vegas vacation as a gift after Jeff saved him millions in his divorce. Paint trace on the Ferrari is a match for a black Corvette, and the CSIs trace the Corvette to the same place the Ferrari was rented from. The man who rented it that night, Randy Bolen, is a former stuntman with a record for assault. Randy played pool against Jeff that night and lost. He admits to following Jeff and Heidi and side swiping their car, but is surprised to learn Jeff is dead. In the AV lab, Archie has located the tape with Heidi and Jeff's meeting on it--she walked up to him and sat down next to him, crying, and pointing across the casino at someone off camera. Jeff comforted her and when he turned away for a moment, she spilled her wine on him--intentionally. Archie notices a thick wad of cash in her wallet, indicating she wasn't rolling Jeff for the money. The CSIs are also surprised to learn it was Heidi and not Jeff that rented the Ferrari with a corporate account--Caprice.
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A young man named Jeff Powell meets his end outside the Palermo hotel by the landing deck. Catherine notices white paint on his clothes and traces his path back up to the loading docks and through the service entrance. Catherine and Nick go to the man's hotel room and find evidence of a wild evening--the bed has clearly been used, and they discover cocaine in Jeff's luggage. Catherine finds a blonde hair in the bed and puzzles over an expensive leather jacket that doesn't seem to match Jeff's other clothes. They also find Jeff's wallet, with a corporate Visa card issued to Sheritown, Inc. Back at the morgue, David Phillips and Warrick puzzle over a red wine stain on Jeff's boxers, while Dr. Robbins shows Catherine that Jeff was killed by a blow to the neck that crushed several bones and caused him to asphyxiate.
Archie starts in on the video surveillance tapes from the hotel and spots a blonde with Jeff. She goes back to his room with him and leaves hours later, only minutes after Jeff does. Jeff walks out of the hotel, but the CSIs can't tell where he's going as he's blocked on camera by two larger men. Nick learns that Jeff made several big clothing purchases with the blonde woman, and Catherine learns that the rented Ferrari Jeff was driving was damaged. Traces of pool chalk on Jeff's hands lead the CSIs to a pool hall near the Palermo where Jeff and the woman were playing pool, and the owner recognizes and names the woman as Heidi Wolff when pressed. The CSIs bring Heidi in, and she admits to sleeping with Jeff but claims she bolted when he got serious on her. She was just looking for a fun time.
The CSIs trace the corporate card to Mick Sheridan, Jeff's boss, a Hollywood producer. Jeff was his assistant, and Mick had given him the Vegas vacation as a gift after Jeff saved him millions in his divorce. Paint trace on the Ferrari is a match for a black Corvette, and the CSIs trace the Corvette to the same place the Ferrari was rented from. The man who rented it that night, Randy Bolen, is a former stuntman with a record for assault. Randy played pool against Jeff that night and lost. He admits to following Jeff and Heidi and side swiping their car, but is surprised to learn Jeff is dead. In the AV lab, Archie has located the tape with Heidi and Jeff's meeting on it--she walked up to him and sat down next to him, crying, and pointing across the casino at someone off camera. Jeff comforted her and when he turned away for a moment, she spilled her wine on him--intentionally. Archie notices a thick wad of cash in her wallet, indicating she wasn't rolling Jeff for the money. The CSIs are also surprised to learn it was Heidi and not Jeff that rented the Ferrari with a corporate account--Caprice.
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