1 00:00:02,586 --> 00:00:04,588 911. What is your emergency? 2 00:00:04,588 --> 00:00:05,589 Th-There's been an accident. 3 00:00:05,589 --> 00:00:07,091 What kind of emergency? 4 00:00:07,591 --> 00:00:08,592 Please, I... I need you to send an ambulance! 5 00:00:08,592 --> 00:00:10,094 You've gotta hurry! Please! 6 00:00:10,094 --> 00:00:12,096 Sir... calm down, sir. Paramedics are on their way. 7 00:00:12,096 --> 00:00:13,097 Oh, my God! Please! Please, you gotta help me! 8 00:00:13,097 --> 00:00:15,099 Please, hurry! Sir, where are you injured? 9 00:00:15,099 --> 00:00:16,100 What? No, not me, my wife! 10 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:17,101 Hurry! She's in here! 11 00:00:18,602 --> 00:00:20,104 Get out of the way, sir. 12 00:00:22,606 --> 00:00:24,608 De-fib. Yeah. 13 00:00:24,608 --> 00:00:25,609 What does that mean? 14 00:00:25,609 --> 00:00:27,111 Sir, please stand back. 15 00:00:27,111 --> 00:00:29,113 Go ahead. Okay. 16 00:00:29,113 --> 00:00:30,114 Hold on. Hold on. 17 00:00:33,117 --> 00:00:34,618 All right. 18 00:00:34,618 --> 00:00:36,620 No response. 19 00:00:42,126 --> 00:00:44,128 Uh, it's an emergency call-out; 20 00:00:44,128 --> 00:00:45,129 The paramedics responded. 21 00:00:45,129 --> 00:00:46,130 They found 22 00:00:46,130 --> 00:00:48,132 Mrs. Lester on the back stairs. 23 00:00:48,132 --> 00:00:52,136 They pronounced at, uh... 12:16 a. m. 24 00:00:55,139 --> 00:00:56,640 And, of course, you walked through the house. 25 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:58,142 We were responding to a traumatic injury. 26 00:00:58,642 --> 00:01:00,144 Our priority was to assist the victim. 27 00:01:12,656 --> 00:01:15,659 That's Ray Lester, the vic's husband. 28 00:01:17,161 --> 00:01:18,662 Was he injured? 29 00:01:18,662 --> 00:01:23,167 No, uh, that's his wife's blood. 30 00:01:23,167 --> 00:01:25,669 He said he checked to see if she was still alive 31 00:01:25,669 --> 00:01:28,672 and he held her until the paramedics came. 32 00:01:28,672 --> 00:01:30,674 Wouldn't you? 33 00:01:30,674 --> 00:01:33,177 You never met my ex. 34 00:01:43,687 --> 00:01:45,189 Tequila will always remind me of Senor Frog's. 35 00:01:45,189 --> 00:01:46,690 Which one? 36 00:01:46,690 --> 00:01:50,194 Cancun. My honeymoon. 37 00:01:50,194 --> 00:01:51,695 My dime. 38 00:01:51,695 --> 00:01:54,198 Well, if you ever want to go back, it's on me. 39 00:01:54,198 --> 00:01:56,700 Is that a proposal? 40 00:02:04,208 --> 00:02:06,710 It's like the Red Sea in here. 41 00:02:06,710 --> 00:02:09,713 The Red Sea's not red, David. 42 00:02:10,214 --> 00:02:12,716 No, it's blue from afar and transparent when held in hand, 43 00:02:12,716 --> 00:02:14,718 like any other body of water. 44 00:02:14,718 --> 00:02:16,220 I was just speaking figuratively. 45 00:02:16,220 --> 00:02:17,221 I'm assuming 46 00:02:17,221 --> 00:02:19,723 those boot prints aren't yours. 47 00:02:19,723 --> 00:02:22,226 Please, I was just waiting for you guys to clear a path. 48 00:02:22,226 --> 00:02:24,228 Blame the paramedics. 49 00:02:24,228 --> 00:02:27,731 This girl's head and spine are perfectly aligned. 50 00:02:27,731 --> 00:02:28,732 Yeah, when you fall down 51 00:02:28,732 --> 00:02:30,734 the stairs, your head tends to go in one direction, 52 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:32,236 your body in another. 53 00:02:32,236 --> 00:02:33,237 I'll take a statement from the husband 54 00:02:33,737 --> 00:02:35,239 and the paramedics; See if she was moved. 55 00:02:35,239 --> 00:02:36,740 You know, twice as many people 56 00:02:36,740 --> 00:02:38,742 die each year from falling down stairs 57 00:02:38,742 --> 00:02:40,244 than from accidental gunfire? 58 00:02:40,244 --> 00:02:41,745 You didn't just get back 59 00:02:41,745 --> 00:02:43,247 from one of those coroner's conferences, did you? 60 00:02:47,251 --> 00:02:48,252 What are you thinking? 61 00:02:48,252 --> 00:02:50,254 Led Zeppelin. 62 00:02:52,756 --> 00:02:54,258 "Stairway To Heaven. " 63 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:06,770 64 00:03:06,770 --> 00:03:10,274 65 00:03:10,274 --> 00:03:11,775 66 00:03:11,775 --> 00:03:14,778 67 00:03:14,778 --> 00:03:16,280 68 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,283 69 00:03:19,283 --> 00:03:21,285 70 00:03:21,285 --> 00:03:24,788 you, you 71 00:03:24,788 --> 00:03:27,791 72 00:03:50,798 --> 00:03:51,799 Hey, Sanders. 73 00:03:51,799 --> 00:03:52,800 Hey. 74 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:53,801 Back stairs. 75 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:56,804 And, uh, you might want to hug the wall. 76 00:04:00,307 --> 00:04:02,309 Whew! 77 00:04:02,309 --> 00:04:03,811 Did you ever hear of Odor Eaters? 78 00:04:05,813 --> 00:04:07,815 Never mind. 79 00:04:07,815 --> 00:04:09,817 We don't get another boot allowance till spring. 80 00:04:09,817 --> 00:04:11,318 Well, I'll try to get 'em back to you 81 00:04:11,318 --> 00:04:12,820 before your next shift, okay? 82 00:04:12,820 --> 00:04:14,822 Uh, one more question: Did either 83 00:04:14,822 --> 00:04:16,323 of you guys move the body? Didn't have to. 84 00:04:16,824 --> 00:04:18,325 She was faceup. I unbuttoned her blouse 85 00:04:18,325 --> 00:04:19,827 to apply the leads, but that's it. 86 00:04:19,827 --> 00:04:20,828 We tried not to touch anything. 87 00:04:20,828 --> 00:04:23,831 Once we saw that blood, we knew you'd be showing up. 88 00:04:25,332 --> 00:04:26,834 Becky Lester. 89 00:04:26,834 --> 00:04:29,336 Catherine and I got here a half an hour after 90 00:04:29,336 --> 00:04:32,339 her husband called 911. 91 00:04:32,339 --> 00:04:33,841 Edges of the blood pools 92 00:04:33,841 --> 00:04:34,842 were already dry. 93 00:04:34,842 --> 00:04:37,344 The pools themselves were tacky. 94 00:04:37,344 --> 00:04:39,847 Which means she'd been down here at least an hour or two 95 00:04:39,847 --> 00:04:41,348 before you guys even got here. 96 00:04:41,348 --> 00:04:43,851 Why did the husband wait so long to call? 97 00:04:43,851 --> 00:04:44,852 Good question. 98 00:04:44,852 --> 00:04:46,353 Coroner won't touch the body 99 00:04:46,353 --> 00:04:48,355 till Catherine and I are done processing around it, 100 00:04:48,355 --> 00:04:50,357 so, Sara, would you please go up the front stairs 101 00:04:50,858 --> 00:04:51,859 and work your way down the back stairs? 102 00:04:51,859 --> 00:04:52,860 You got it. 103 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:54,361 Warrick, could you 104 00:04:54,361 --> 00:04:55,863 process the blood evidence from the front door 105 00:04:55,863 --> 00:04:56,864 to the back stairwell? 106 00:04:56,864 --> 00:04:58,365 And if you'll notice, 107 00:04:58,365 --> 00:05:00,367 she doesn't have any blood on her feet. 108 00:05:00,367 --> 00:05:02,870 So I can assume those bloody footprints aren't hers. 109 00:05:02,870 --> 00:05:05,372 Nick, Brass is in the study with the husband 110 00:05:05,372 --> 00:05:06,874 and he's waiting for you. 111 00:06:22,449 --> 00:06:24,952 Hey, Grissom, 112 00:06:24,952 --> 00:06:27,955 spatter on the wall doesn't exceed 18 inches. 113 00:06:27,955 --> 00:06:30,457 Well, that's consistent with a fall. 114 00:06:37,965 --> 00:06:39,466 Guys, 115 00:06:39,466 --> 00:06:40,968 if she fell, 116 00:06:40,968 --> 00:06:43,470 even if she was pushed down these stairs, 117 00:06:43,470 --> 00:06:46,473 I would expect to find smudge marks on these walls. 118 00:06:46,473 --> 00:06:47,474 Yeah, she would've 119 00:06:47,474 --> 00:06:48,976 instinctively reached out for leverage. 120 00:06:48,976 --> 00:06:50,477 There are none. 121 00:06:50,477 --> 00:06:52,980 Not to mention, that if she was up here 122 00:06:52,980 --> 00:06:55,482 before she was down there... 123 00:06:56,483 --> 00:06:58,485 ...she should've landed headfirst. 124 00:07:01,488 --> 00:07:04,992 The body position is inconsistent with a fall. 125 00:07:04,992 --> 00:07:07,494 Well, it's inconsistent if she felldownthe stairs. 126 00:07:08,996 --> 00:07:10,998 Maybe she fell up. 127 00:07:20,007 --> 00:07:21,508 Catherine, 128 00:07:21,508 --> 00:07:23,010 can I borrow your micrometer? 129 00:07:28,015 --> 00:07:32,019 Blood spatter measures two millimeters. 130 00:07:32,019 --> 00:07:33,020 Medium spatter. 131 00:07:33,020 --> 00:07:36,023 Suggests impact with a blunt object. 132 00:07:39,026 --> 00:07:42,529 But if she was hit, where's the castoff? 133 00:07:46,033 --> 00:07:47,534 It is a low ceiling. 134 00:07:47,534 --> 00:07:49,036 Pretty hard to swing a weapon. 135 00:07:49,036 --> 00:07:52,539 Sometimes first blush gives you a head rush. 136 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:56,543 I don't think I moved her, um... 137 00:07:56,543 --> 00:07:58,545 I mean, I cradled her head in my lap. 138 00:07:58,545 --> 00:08:02,549 Tried to wake her up, but that's it. 139 00:08:02,549 --> 00:08:04,551 So, you and your wife went to Piero's for dinner, 140 00:08:04,551 --> 00:08:06,053 got home around 10:00, 141 00:08:06,053 --> 00:08:07,054 got out the tequila, 142 00:08:07,054 --> 00:08:08,555 and then what? 143 00:08:08,555 --> 00:08:10,557 I, you know, got comfortable... 144 00:08:10,557 --> 00:08:13,560 Then we went outside and did a few shots. 145 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,062 How'd the tequila get back inside? 146 00:08:15,062 --> 00:08:18,065 Um, the phone rang and it was my daughter Susan. 147 00:08:18,065 --> 00:08:19,566 Your daughter? 148 00:08:19,566 --> 00:08:21,568 Yeah, from my first marriage. 149 00:08:21,568 --> 00:08:24,071 She's, she's staying at Becky's dad's. 150 00:08:24,071 --> 00:08:25,572 All right. 151 00:08:25,572 --> 00:08:27,074 It's Susan. Oh. 152 00:08:27,074 --> 00:08:29,576 Hey, babe. 153 00:08:29,576 --> 00:08:31,578 Uh-huh. 154 00:08:31,578 --> 00:08:33,580 Okay. 155 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:34,581 It's boy trouble. 156 00:08:36,083 --> 00:08:37,584 I'll take this inside. 157 00:08:39,586 --> 00:08:41,088 What did you do after that? 158 00:08:41,088 --> 00:08:45,592 Another shot or two and then I guess I fell asleep. 159 00:08:45,592 --> 00:08:47,594 And I woke up around midnight. 160 00:08:47,594 --> 00:08:49,596 And I figured that 161 00:08:49,596 --> 00:08:51,598 she and Susan had just gotten into one of their talk-a-thons. 162 00:08:52,599 --> 00:08:56,103 I took the tequila and the glasses into the kitchen 163 00:08:56,103 --> 00:08:57,104 and that's when I saw her. 164 00:08:57,104 --> 00:08:58,605 Oh, my God. 165 00:09:00,107 --> 00:09:02,609 Oh, oh, please! Oh, please! 166 00:09:02,609 --> 00:09:04,111 Oh, God! Oh, my God! 167 00:09:04,111 --> 00:09:06,113 Please! Oh, please! 168 00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:14,621 Now, is there any reason that you can think of 169 00:09:14,621 --> 00:09:17,124 why your wife would be using the back stairs? 170 00:09:17,124 --> 00:09:19,126 From the kitchen, it's closer to the bedroom. 171 00:09:19,126 --> 00:09:21,128 You never mentioned anything about the bedroom. 172 00:09:21,128 --> 00:09:23,130 Are you trying to trip me up or something? 173 00:09:23,130 --> 00:09:24,631 I mean, I don't... 174 00:09:24,631 --> 00:09:26,133 Maybe she went to, uh, brush her teeth 175 00:09:26,133 --> 00:09:27,634 or put on her nightgown. I really don't know. 176 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:29,636 Okay, sir. I'm going to need to take your clothing. 177 00:09:32,139 --> 00:09:34,141 I'll go upstairs and change. 178 00:09:34,141 --> 00:09:36,643 No, that's okay. We're still processing upstairs. 179 00:09:36,643 --> 00:09:38,145 You can remove them right here 180 00:09:38,145 --> 00:09:39,646 and I'll give you a jumpsuit. 181 00:09:39,646 --> 00:09:41,648 I'll close my eyes, if you're shy. 182 00:09:52,159 --> 00:09:55,162 Those don't look like mosquito bites. 183 00:09:56,663 --> 00:10:00,667 My wife likes to bite, and I don't mind it, okay? 184 00:10:00,667 --> 00:10:02,669 Okay. 185 00:10:13,180 --> 00:10:15,182 Okay, 186 00:10:15,182 --> 00:10:18,185 the husband says he fell asleep, he woke up 187 00:10:18,185 --> 00:10:19,686 his wife was dead. 188 00:10:19,686 --> 00:10:21,688 He's a good sleeper. 189 00:10:21,688 --> 00:10:23,690 Yeah, I'm sure he's gonna say something like that. 190 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:24,691 Anyway, there's a daughter. 191 00:10:24,691 --> 00:10:26,193 She spent the night 192 00:10:26,193 --> 00:10:27,694 at her grandfather's, who lives a few blocks away. 193 00:10:27,694 --> 00:10:28,695 I'm gonna check it out. 194 00:10:28,695 --> 00:10:30,697 I'm ready. 195 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:36,703 The blue markers denote the footprints. 196 00:10:36,703 --> 00:10:39,206 They're all consistent with the husband. 197 00:10:50,217 --> 00:10:52,719 The footprints are associated with gravitational blood drops. 198 00:10:52,719 --> 00:10:54,221 Please! Please! 199 00:10:59,726 --> 00:11:02,729 The yellow markers denote the paramedics' boot prints. 200 00:11:04,731 --> 00:11:05,732 I'll call it. 201 00:11:11,238 --> 00:11:13,240 And what about this here, on the counter? 202 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:14,241 It's a single blood drop. 203 00:11:14,241 --> 00:11:15,242 I'm thinking it's from when 204 00:11:15,242 --> 00:11:17,244 the husband reached for the phone. 205 00:11:20,247 --> 00:11:22,249 That's a good observation. 206 00:11:22,249 --> 00:11:23,750 What do you got in the bag? 207 00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:28,255 This... 208 00:11:28,255 --> 00:11:30,257 Is a bloody paper towel that I found in the trash. 209 00:11:30,257 --> 00:11:32,259 It's too textured to print, 210 00:11:32,259 --> 00:11:33,760 but Sanders talked to the paramedics, 211 00:11:34,261 --> 00:11:35,262 who confirmed that it wasn't theirs. 212 00:11:35,262 --> 00:11:36,263 I'm thinking it was from the husband, 213 00:11:36,263 --> 00:11:38,765 when he tried to clean up and saw it wouldn't be too easy. 214 00:11:38,765 --> 00:11:40,267 Lucky for us. 215 00:12:30,317 --> 00:12:31,818 Hey. 216 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:35,822 Husband slept in the other room. 217 00:12:35,822 --> 00:12:37,824 His reading glasses are on the nightstand. 218 00:12:37,824 --> 00:12:38,825 His clothing's in the dresser. 219 00:12:38,825 --> 00:12:40,827 That's odd. 220 00:12:40,827 --> 00:12:43,830 A man and a woman, who don't share a bedroom, 221 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:46,833 arrange to have a night alone, 222 00:12:46,833 --> 00:12:48,335 send their daughter to a relative, 223 00:12:48,335 --> 00:12:52,339 go out to dinner, have drinks by the pool, 224 00:12:52,339 --> 00:12:54,341 but they sleep in separate bedrooms. 225 00:12:54,341 --> 00:13:00,347 Maybe... one of them snored or had insomnia 226 00:13:00,347 --> 00:13:02,849 or liked to work at night. 227 00:13:02,849 --> 00:13:05,352 Or maybe they were suffocating each other 228 00:13:05,352 --> 00:13:06,853 and he couldn't breathe. 229 00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:17,364 Sexual lubricant. 230 00:13:17,364 --> 00:13:21,368 It's half empty. Sticky. 231 00:13:21,368 --> 00:13:25,372 You know, you don't have to sleep in the same bed together 232 00:13:25,372 --> 00:13:26,373 to have sex 233 00:13:26,373 --> 00:13:28,375 or... 234 00:13:28,375 --> 00:13:29,876 Have romance. 235 00:13:32,379 --> 00:13:35,382 I'm going to go see the doctor. 236 00:13:37,884 --> 00:13:39,386 I'll grid the house. 237 00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:48,395 I don't understand. 238 00:13:48,395 --> 00:13:51,898 Becky was in perfect health. 239 00:13:51,898 --> 00:13:52,899 Can I see her? 240 00:13:52,899 --> 00:13:54,401 I'd like to see my daughter. 241 00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:55,902 Well, her body's with the coroner, sir. 242 00:13:55,902 --> 00:13:58,905 There'll be an autopsy, as part of our investigation. 243 00:13:58,905 --> 00:14:01,408 But you said she fell. 244 00:14:01,408 --> 00:14:04,911 Yeah, if, um... if you don't mind, 245 00:14:04,911 --> 00:14:07,414 I'd like to ask you both a few questions. 246 00:14:07,414 --> 00:14:09,416 Anything. When was the last time 247 00:14:09,416 --> 00:14:10,917 either of you saw her? 248 00:14:10,917 --> 00:14:12,419 When she dropped Susan off 249 00:14:12,419 --> 00:14:13,420 yesterday evening, 250 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:15,422 she came in for a few minutes. 251 00:14:15,422 --> 00:14:18,425 Said she was headed home and out to dinner with Ray. 252 00:14:18,425 --> 00:14:20,427 And that's the last time you spoke with her. 253 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:22,429 Yeah. No. 254 00:14:23,930 --> 00:14:25,932 I called her. 255 00:14:25,932 --> 00:14:29,436 A little after 10:00, after Grandpa went to bed. 256 00:14:29,436 --> 00:14:30,437 What did you talk about? 257 00:14:30,437 --> 00:14:31,438 Why is that important? 258 00:14:31,438 --> 00:14:32,939 Well... 259 00:14:32,939 --> 00:14:35,942 Stupid stuff. 260 00:14:35,942 --> 00:14:40,447 My best friend Jamila and I, we both like Leon. 261 00:14:40,447 --> 00:14:42,949 And I know, friendship first. 262 00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:45,952 I just wanted Becky to say it, you know? 263 00:14:45,952 --> 00:14:48,455 Uh, yeah, okay. 264 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:50,957 Thank you. Thank you, Susan. 265 00:14:50,957 --> 00:14:53,460 Susan, would you give me a moment with the detective? 266 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:55,962 Okay. 267 00:14:58,465 --> 00:15:02,469 You said you found my daughter's body on the stairwell? 268 00:15:02,469 --> 00:15:04,971 That's right. 269 00:15:04,971 --> 00:15:08,475 You're aware that Ray's first wife, Susan's mother, 270 00:15:08,475 --> 00:15:10,477 was found the same way? 271 00:15:10,477 --> 00:15:12,479 Well, now I am. 272 00:15:12,479 --> 00:15:15,982 They said Susan's mom died of a stroke. 273 00:15:15,982 --> 00:15:16,983 But you don't think so? 274 00:15:16,983 --> 00:15:19,486 I never had any reason to doubt it. 275 00:15:19,486 --> 00:15:21,988 So how would you, uh, how would you characterize 276 00:15:21,988 --> 00:15:23,490 your daughter's marriage? 277 00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:25,492 Ups and downs. 278 00:15:25,492 --> 00:15:27,494 About a year ago, Ray's business went under. 279 00:15:27,494 --> 00:15:29,496 And Becky works 280 00:15:29,496 --> 00:15:30,997 for Western Airlines. 281 00:15:30,997 --> 00:15:32,499 They've been downsizing since 9/11. 282 00:15:32,499 --> 00:15:33,500 It's been rough. 283 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:35,502 Yeah. 284 00:15:35,502 --> 00:15:40,006 Mr. Stein, does your son-in-law have a temper? 285 00:15:40,006 --> 00:15:41,508 Do I have to answer that? 286 00:15:41,508 --> 00:15:43,510 You just did. 287 00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:49,015 Becky Lester, 32. Final meal, pasta. 288 00:15:49,015 --> 00:15:52,018 I can't tell you the variety of the noodle, 289 00:15:52,018 --> 00:15:54,020 but there was a white sauce with clams. 290 00:15:54,020 --> 00:15:57,023 And I found some blood in her stomach. 291 00:15:57,023 --> 00:15:59,526 Her tongue was lacerated perimortem. 292 00:15:59,526 --> 00:16:02,028 She probably chomped down on it when she hit the stairs. 293 00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:04,030 I sent a blood sample to tox 294 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:05,532 and Nick asked for teeth impressions. 295 00:16:05,532 --> 00:16:07,534 Husband claims she's a biter. 296 00:16:07,534 --> 00:16:09,536 Fine line between 297 00:16:09,536 --> 00:16:11,037 pleasure and pain. 298 00:16:11,037 --> 00:16:14,541 But who doesn't like to cross it every once in a while, right? 299 00:16:14,541 --> 00:16:17,043 Anyway, um, I don't know 300 00:16:17,043 --> 00:16:18,545 if it's probative, 301 00:16:18,545 --> 00:16:20,547 but there's semen in her vaginal vault. 302 00:16:20,547 --> 00:16:23,550 Sperm motility and positive acid phosphates 303 00:16:23,550 --> 00:16:25,552 suggest intercourse approximately 304 00:16:25,552 --> 00:16:27,053 six to 12 hours prior to death. 305 00:16:27,053 --> 00:16:29,055 Yeah, I'm mostly interested in cause. 306 00:16:29,055 --> 00:16:32,058 Exsanguination from five lacerations: 307 00:16:32,058 --> 00:16:34,561 Two to the forehead, one to the right temple, 308 00:16:34,561 --> 00:16:35,562 and two to the occipital bone. 309 00:16:35,562 --> 00:16:37,063 Are they consistent with a fall? 310 00:16:37,063 --> 00:16:39,566 Yes, but I'd expect to see hand fractures as a result 311 00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:41,067 of the impact, and there are none. 312 00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:43,069 Are they consistent with blunt force trauma? 313 00:16:43,069 --> 00:16:45,071 Sure, but if the husband bludgeoned her, 314 00:16:45,071 --> 00:16:46,573 there'd be fractures to the skull. 315 00:16:47,574 --> 00:16:48,575 And there are none. 316 00:16:48,575 --> 00:16:50,577 None. Well... 317 00:16:50,577 --> 00:16:53,079 You've given me a lot of information, Doc, 318 00:16:53,079 --> 00:16:55,582 and none of it very helpful. 319 00:17:09,579 --> 00:17:10,580 You want fries with that? 320 00:17:14,584 --> 00:17:16,586 Robbins said the vic bit her tongue. 321 00:17:16,586 --> 00:17:19,089 Theoretically, she could've expirated 322 00:17:19,089 --> 00:17:20,090 the blood on the wall, 323 00:17:20,090 --> 00:17:22,092 providing an alternative explanation 324 00:17:22,092 --> 00:17:23,593 for the medium velocity spatter. 325 00:17:24,594 --> 00:17:25,595 Do me a favor, 326 00:17:25,595 --> 00:17:27,097 check it out. 327 00:17:34,604 --> 00:17:37,107 Well, it looks like two millimeters. 328 00:17:37,107 --> 00:17:40,610 Same as the blood at the scene. 329 00:17:40,610 --> 00:17:43,613 So, maybe itwas just an accident. 330 00:17:44,614 --> 00:17:46,616 Tried to get up, 331 00:17:46,616 --> 00:17:49,619 she expirated the blood on the wall. 332 00:17:51,121 --> 00:17:52,622 She failed to regain her footing, 333 00:17:52,622 --> 00:17:54,624 impacting her temple, 334 00:17:54,624 --> 00:17:57,127 and then she bounced on her occipital bone. 335 00:17:57,127 --> 00:18:01,131 So we've got two theories, both supported by physical evidence. 336 00:18:01,131 --> 00:18:03,633 Yeah, if we ever find a murder weapon, my theory's done. 337 00:18:03,633 --> 00:18:05,635 Well, I know that there was no blood found in the car, 338 00:18:06,136 --> 00:18:07,637 so it's unlikely that Ray 339 00:18:07,637 --> 00:18:09,639 took a drive to dispose of the weapon. 340 00:18:11,141 --> 00:18:12,642 Hey, ready for a quiz? 341 00:18:12,642 --> 00:18:14,644 Guess how Ray's first wife died? 342 00:18:14,644 --> 00:18:17,647 Wait. She had a stroke on a stairway. 343 00:18:18,648 --> 00:18:20,150 Robbins told me. 344 00:18:20,150 --> 00:18:22,152 Is that the autopsy report? 345 00:18:22,152 --> 00:18:24,654 No, these are medical records. There was no autopsy. 346 00:18:24,654 --> 00:18:26,156 Jackie Lester had a heart condition. 347 00:18:26,156 --> 00:18:27,657 Three weeks before she died, 348 00:18:27,657 --> 00:18:29,159 she was admitted to the hospital with vertigo. 349 00:18:29,159 --> 00:18:31,161 She ignored the doctor's warnings, 350 00:18:31,161 --> 00:18:32,662 didn't take her medication. 351 00:18:32,662 --> 00:18:34,664 Family physician pronounced it a stroke. 352 00:18:34,664 --> 00:18:37,167 Well, if she wasn't cremated, 353 00:18:37,167 --> 00:18:40,170 it's not too late for a postmortem examination. 354 00:18:40,170 --> 00:18:42,172 Judge Witherspoon is issuing a court order for exhumation. 355 00:18:42,172 --> 00:18:44,174 Now, look, I just came from the DA. 356 00:18:44,174 --> 00:18:46,676 I gotta tell you, he's already made up his mind. 357 00:18:46,676 --> 00:18:48,678 Husband and wife, home alone, all that blood, 358 00:18:48,678 --> 00:18:50,180 shaky alibi. 359 00:18:50,180 --> 00:18:52,182 Plus, he says, "He just looks guilty. " 360 00:18:52,182 --> 00:18:54,684 How does one "look" guilty? 361 00:18:54,684 --> 00:18:57,187 You know, I'm just a messenger. 362 00:18:57,187 --> 00:18:58,188 What do you think 363 00:18:58,188 --> 00:18:59,689 the chances are he didn't do it? 364 00:18:59,689 --> 00:19:00,690 Well, what do you think 365 00:19:00,690 --> 00:19:01,691 the chances are 366 00:19:01,691 --> 00:19:02,692 we're going to give you an answer 367 00:19:02,692 --> 00:19:03,693 before all the evidence is in? 368 00:19:03,693 --> 00:19:05,695 Greg... 369 00:19:05,695 --> 00:19:09,199 Becky Lester had a BAL of point one-eight. 370 00:19:09,199 --> 00:19:10,700 And I found trace amounts of Diazepam. 371 00:19:10,700 --> 00:19:11,701 Thanks! 372 00:19:11,701 --> 00:19:13,203 Hey, I heard the coroner found semen, 373 00:19:13,203 --> 00:19:15,205 so I tested for birth control. 374 00:19:15,205 --> 00:19:16,706 Estrogen and progesterone levels were spiked. 375 00:19:16,706 --> 00:19:18,708 Where did you hear about the coroner's findings? 376 00:19:18,708 --> 00:19:20,210 Actually, I read the report. 377 00:19:20,210 --> 00:19:22,712 Maybe I don't want to be a toxicologist my whole life. 378 00:19:22,712 --> 00:19:24,714 I mean, you went from DNA to the field, 379 00:19:24,714 --> 00:19:26,716 and I guess you're kind of a role model to me. 380 00:19:26,716 --> 00:19:27,717 A role model, huh? 381 00:19:27,717 --> 00:19:30,220 Yeah. By the way, where do you get your hair cut? 382 00:20:13,263 --> 00:20:15,765 Quick. How many teeth in the human mouth? 383 00:20:16,266 --> 00:20:18,268 Without wisdoms? 28. 384 00:20:18,268 --> 00:20:21,271 Yep, and the 28 teeth in Becky's mouth 385 00:20:21,271 --> 00:20:22,272 do not match the bite impressions 386 00:20:22,272 --> 00:20:23,773 on her husband's body. 387 00:20:23,773 --> 00:20:25,275 I guess Ray found himself 388 00:20:25,275 --> 00:20:26,776 another set of pearly whites. 389 00:20:26,776 --> 00:20:30,780 Look, I loved my wife. 390 00:20:30,780 --> 00:20:33,783 But, a year into our marriage, 391 00:20:33,783 --> 00:20:36,786 she told me that she wasn't into sex anymore. 392 00:20:36,786 --> 00:20:40,290 And, uh, she went frigid on me. 393 00:20:40,290 --> 00:20:42,792 Asked me to move into the other bedroom. 394 00:20:43,793 --> 00:20:45,795 And you were okay with that? 395 00:20:45,795 --> 00:20:48,298 Well, I kept hoping things would get better. 396 00:20:48,298 --> 00:20:53,303 I mean, we had fun and we respected each other. 397 00:20:53,303 --> 00:20:55,305 And she was a great mom to Susan. 398 00:20:55,305 --> 00:20:57,807 I'm still confused about the bite marks. 399 00:20:57,807 --> 00:21:00,810 I found a way to make our relationship work. 400 00:21:01,311 --> 00:21:02,812 You found yourself a vampire? 401 00:21:02,812 --> 00:21:05,315 I met a girl on-line. 402 00:21:05,315 --> 00:21:06,816 She liked biting. I liked being bit. 403 00:21:06,816 --> 00:21:09,819 It just seemed like a good match, and it never got sexual. 404 00:21:09,819 --> 00:21:12,322 Uh-huh. 405 00:21:12,322 --> 00:21:14,324 And, uh, what is her name? 406 00:21:14,824 --> 00:21:21,331 I know her as Buffy227@gmail. com. 407 00:21:21,331 --> 00:21:23,833 And your wife never suspected anything? 408 00:21:23,833 --> 00:21:27,837 We'd meet at a motel... every few weeks. 409 00:21:27,837 --> 00:21:29,839 I'd tell Becky that I was going out for a bite. 410 00:21:31,341 --> 00:21:32,842 It was consensual 411 00:21:32,842 --> 00:21:34,844 and it wasn't sexual. 412 00:21:34,844 --> 00:21:36,846 It was not cheating. 413 00:21:36,846 --> 00:21:39,349 But you never told your wife? 414 00:21:39,349 --> 00:21:42,352 I didn't tell Becky everything I did every minute of the day, 415 00:21:42,352 --> 00:21:44,354 but that doesn't mean that I was unfaithful. 416 00:21:44,354 --> 00:21:45,855 When, exactly, was the last time 417 00:21:45,855 --> 00:21:48,858 that you had sexual intercourse with your late wife? 418 00:21:48,858 --> 00:21:49,859 Four years ago. 419 00:21:52,362 --> 00:21:55,365 Rosy Palm and Thumbelina are the only action that I get. 420 00:21:57,367 --> 00:22:00,370 Uh, wow, you know, uh, a joke like that 421 00:22:00,370 --> 00:22:03,373 doesn't quite seem appropriate for a distraught husband. 422 00:22:03,373 --> 00:22:04,874 I'm just answering the questions. 423 00:22:06,376 --> 00:22:12,382 Mr. Lester, did you know that your wife was having an affair? 424 00:22:16,386 --> 00:22:18,888 The day that she died, she had had intercourse. 425 00:22:22,892 --> 00:22:24,394 Are we done here? 426 00:22:24,394 --> 00:22:26,396 For now. 427 00:22:31,401 --> 00:22:34,404 Ow... ooh. 428 00:22:34,404 --> 00:22:36,906 She's hot. 429 00:22:37,407 --> 00:22:39,909 But I still wouldn't let her fang me. 430 00:22:39,909 --> 00:22:42,912 No, no, I'm... I'm with you. 431 00:22:42,912 --> 00:22:44,914 Was the video encrypted? 432 00:22:44,914 --> 00:22:46,416 Uh, no. 433 00:22:46,916 --> 00:22:48,418 I was processing Ray's computer 434 00:22:48,418 --> 00:22:50,420 and it was just sitting on the desktop... 435 00:22:50,420 --> 00:22:52,422 In a folder called "Dental Records. " 436 00:22:52,422 --> 00:22:54,424 Did you get an I. D. on Buffy? 437 00:22:54,424 --> 00:22:55,925 Grissom got us an administrative subpoena. 438 00:22:55,925 --> 00:22:58,428 ISP sent over the subscriber information: 439 00:22:58,428 --> 00:23:02,932 Dr. Jeri Cohen... aka Buffy227... 440 00:23:02,932 --> 00:23:04,434 Is a dentist. 441 00:23:04,434 --> 00:23:06,436 Are you kidding me? 442 00:23:06,436 --> 00:23:08,438 I could not make this stuff up. 443 00:23:09,939 --> 00:23:12,442 I'm not ashamed of my predilection. 444 00:23:12,442 --> 00:23:14,444 Assuming both parties are healthy, 445 00:23:14,444 --> 00:23:16,946 biting can be orgasmic. 446 00:23:16,946 --> 00:23:18,448 Huh. 447 00:23:18,448 --> 00:23:20,950 Dr. Cohen, where were you last night? 448 00:23:20,950 --> 00:23:23,453 Home alone, like most nights. 449 00:23:23,453 --> 00:23:24,954 Ma'am, we're here to talk about 450 00:23:24,954 --> 00:23:26,456 your relationship with Ray Lester. 451 00:23:26,456 --> 00:23:28,458 Well, I wouldn't call it a relationship, per se. 452 00:23:28,458 --> 00:23:30,460 There was no sex, no commitment. 453 00:23:30,460 --> 00:23:33,463 We'd meet at a motel room, once or twice a month. 454 00:23:33,463 --> 00:23:35,965 You e-mailed Ray digital video 455 00:23:35,965 --> 00:23:37,967 of your sessions together. 456 00:23:37,967 --> 00:23:43,473 Ray bought me that camera for, uh, my birthday. 457 00:23:43,473 --> 00:23:44,474 It was fun. 458 00:23:47,477 --> 00:23:48,478 If you say so. 459 00:23:48,978 --> 00:23:49,979 The KamaSutra says 460 00:23:49,979 --> 00:23:52,982 that any place on the body that can be kissed 461 00:23:52,982 --> 00:23:54,484 can also be bitten. 462 00:23:54,484 --> 00:23:56,986 Except the upper lip, 463 00:23:56,986 --> 00:23:59,989 the interior of the mouth, and, of course, the eye. 464 00:23:59,989 --> 00:24:01,491 It also goes on to describe 465 00:24:01,491 --> 00:24:04,494 eight different ways to bite your partner. 466 00:24:04,494 --> 00:24:06,996 Ray liked "the broken cloud. " 467 00:24:06,996 --> 00:24:08,998 Teeth... 468 00:24:08,998 --> 00:24:11,501 Are sexual organs. 469 00:24:11,501 --> 00:24:14,003 Um, Dr. Cohen, did, uh... 470 00:24:14,003 --> 00:24:16,506 Did, uh... Ray. 471 00:24:16,506 --> 00:24:18,508 ...Ray ever mention his wife? 472 00:24:19,008 --> 00:24:20,510 He told me he was married. 473 00:24:20,510 --> 00:24:22,011 It wasn't a problem for me. 474 00:24:22,011 --> 00:24:23,513 He said they made better friends 475 00:24:23,513 --> 00:24:25,515 than lovers and she was a good mother, and that's about it. 476 00:24:25,515 --> 00:24:28,017 Was he violent? Ray? 477 00:24:28,017 --> 00:24:30,520 No, he was nothing like that. 478 00:24:35,024 --> 00:24:36,025 See? 479 00:24:36,025 --> 00:24:37,527 No bite marks. 480 00:24:38,027 --> 00:24:39,529 I'm the aggressor. 481 00:24:39,529 --> 00:24:42,031 Ray just lies there and takes it. 482 00:24:42,031 --> 00:24:44,033 He's a real sweetheart. 483 00:24:46,536 --> 00:24:48,037 Uh, ma'am... 484 00:24:52,542 --> 00:24:55,044 Would you mind biting down on this for me? 485 00:24:55,044 --> 00:24:57,547 You know I wouldn't. 486 00:24:59,849 --> 00:25:02,351 They don't tell you about this part of the job 487 00:25:02,351 --> 00:25:04,353 when you're training to become a CSI. 488 00:25:04,353 --> 00:25:05,855 Come on, after five years, 489 00:25:06,355 --> 00:25:07,857 at least they don't smell anymore. 490 00:25:07,857 --> 00:25:09,859 Always with the silver lining. 491 00:25:09,859 --> 00:25:10,860 Right. 492 00:25:10,860 --> 00:25:12,862 You ready? 493 00:25:15,364 --> 00:25:17,366 Well, hello, Jackie Lester. 494 00:25:17,366 --> 00:25:19,869 On three. 495 00:25:23,873 --> 00:25:25,374 One... two... 496 00:25:25,374 --> 00:25:27,877 THREE. 497 00:25:32,882 --> 00:25:35,384 If you two don't mind... 498 00:25:37,386 --> 00:25:39,388 ...we'd like some alone time. 499 00:25:57,339 --> 00:26:03,846 your world from afar 500 00:26:03,846 --> 00:26:10,352 to be where you are 501 00:26:10,352 --> 00:26:16,859 secretly falling apart 502 00:26:16,859 --> 00:26:19,361 503 00:26:23,365 --> 00:26:25,868 504 00:26:25,868 --> 00:26:29,872 and you're beautiful 505 00:26:29,872 --> 00:26:33,876 506 00:26:33,876 --> 00:26:38,380 507 00:26:38,380 --> 00:26:44,887 but you don't feel... 508 00:26:45,888 --> 00:26:47,890 You done with your alone time, Doc? 509 00:26:48,390 --> 00:26:50,893 Just completed my prelim, but check this out. 510 00:26:50,893 --> 00:26:53,395 Subgaleal hemorrhages, consistent with 511 00:26:53,395 --> 00:26:55,397 lacerations to the occipital bone. 512 00:26:55,397 --> 00:26:58,901 So both of Ray's wives end up dead at the bottom of the stairs 513 00:26:58,901 --> 00:27:00,402 with lacerations to the head. 514 00:27:00,402 --> 00:27:02,404 If my full autopsy confirms murder, 515 00:27:02,404 --> 00:27:04,406 you maybe looking at the first 516 00:27:04,406 --> 00:27:05,908 serial stairway killer. 517 00:27:05,908 --> 00:27:07,409 If there was a murder weapon, 518 00:27:07,409 --> 00:27:08,911 it was not in that house. 519 00:27:08,911 --> 00:27:09,912 We searched everywhere. 520 00:27:09,912 --> 00:27:10,913 What's in the bag? 521 00:27:10,913 --> 00:27:12,414 Sex lube, found at the crime scene. 522 00:27:12,414 --> 00:27:14,917 Autopsy revealed that Becky was sexually active. 523 00:27:14,917 --> 00:27:16,418 Ray claims that they've both been celibate 524 00:27:16,418 --> 00:27:17,920 for the past four years. 525 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,422 And you wanted to see if her lover's prints 526 00:27:20,422 --> 00:27:21,924 were on that bottle. 527 00:27:21,924 --> 00:27:24,426 Two viable prints, both in a light coat of lube. 528 00:27:24,426 --> 00:27:26,929 One was Becky's and the other is an Adam Gilford. 529 00:27:26,929 --> 00:27:28,430 Work card is in the system. 530 00:27:28,430 --> 00:27:30,432 He's an executive at Western Airlines. 531 00:27:30,432 --> 00:27:33,435 Lovers and coworkers. That never works. 532 00:27:33,435 --> 00:27:35,437 If Ray did find out 533 00:27:35,437 --> 00:27:37,940 about the affair, that's motive. 534 00:27:37,940 --> 00:27:40,442 Of course I knew Becky Lester. 535 00:27:40,442 --> 00:27:42,945 I'm her boss. I'm the one who hired her. 536 00:27:42,945 --> 00:27:45,948 Hard to believe that was six years ago. 537 00:27:45,948 --> 00:27:48,450 And it's such a tragedy. 538 00:27:48,951 --> 00:27:50,953 She was loved. 539 00:27:50,953 --> 00:27:52,955 By some more than others. 540 00:27:52,955 --> 00:27:54,957 Excuse me? 541 00:27:54,957 --> 00:27:56,959 Mr. Gilford, we know that the two of you 542 00:27:56,959 --> 00:27:57,960 were sleeping together. 543 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,964 Becky wasn't in love with Ray. 544 00:28:01,964 --> 00:28:04,466 They'd stopped having sex. 545 00:28:04,466 --> 00:28:05,968 If they divorced, she'd owe him alimony, 546 00:28:05,968 --> 00:28:07,970 and Becky didn't think that was right. 547 00:28:07,970 --> 00:28:09,471 Becky told you that? 548 00:28:09,471 --> 00:28:10,472 She told me everything. 549 00:28:10,472 --> 00:28:12,474 She and Ray were living on vapors. 550 00:28:12,474 --> 00:28:14,476 They'd just taken a second on the house. 551 00:28:14,476 --> 00:28:16,478 She also told me that Ray was hiding money from her... 552 00:28:16,478 --> 00:28:19,481 The insurance payout on his first wife. 553 00:28:19,481 --> 00:28:22,484 Look, if you suspect she was murdered, 554 00:28:22,484 --> 00:28:24,486 I can tell you why Ray did it. 555 00:28:24,486 --> 00:28:26,989 We're listening. 556 00:28:26,989 --> 00:28:28,490 At Western Airlines, VPs and above 557 00:28:28,991 --> 00:28:30,993 receive corporate life insurance policies. 558 00:28:30,993 --> 00:28:32,494 Quarter mil payouts. 559 00:28:32,995 --> 00:28:35,497 Last week, a round of pink slips went out. 560 00:28:35,497 --> 00:28:37,499 We both got hit. 561 00:28:37,499 --> 00:28:40,002 Two weeks, she would've been out of here. 562 00:28:40,002 --> 00:28:42,504 And the insurance policy, suspended. 563 00:28:42,504 --> 00:28:44,006 And Ray is the beneficiary. 564 00:28:44,006 --> 00:28:48,010 He killed her just in time to make a killing. 565 00:28:58,020 --> 00:28:59,521 DA's planning to file charges 566 00:29:00,022 --> 00:29:02,024 against Ray Lester... tomorrow, 567 00:29:02,024 --> 00:29:04,526 after an ADA stops by the Crime Lab 568 00:29:04,526 --> 00:29:06,028 for a full briefing. 569 00:29:06,028 --> 00:29:07,529 That's too soon. 570 00:29:07,529 --> 00:29:09,031 Tell me about the first wife. 571 00:29:09,531 --> 00:29:11,533 Preliminary investigations suggests foul play, 572 00:29:11,533 --> 00:29:14,536 but we've got nothing definitive until she's fully posted. 573 00:29:14,536 --> 00:29:16,038 And the physical evidence 574 00:29:16,038 --> 00:29:19,041 in Becky Lester's death is completely ambiguous. 575 00:29:19,041 --> 00:29:22,044 The DA figures he'll make a headline while you find 576 00:29:22,044 --> 00:29:23,545 corroborating evidence. 577 00:29:24,046 --> 00:29:25,047 You think he's guilty, right? 578 00:29:25,547 --> 00:29:27,049 I don't think that yet. 579 00:29:27,049 --> 00:29:30,052 Oh, um, am I interrupting? 580 00:29:30,052 --> 00:29:32,554 No. Brass just called with a heads up. 581 00:29:32,554 --> 00:29:35,557 Since when does the DA's office tell us when we're ready? 582 00:29:35,557 --> 00:29:37,059 When the case is high profile 583 00:29:37,059 --> 00:29:40,062 and the DA is feeling heat from the sheriff. 584 00:29:40,062 --> 00:29:42,064 Look, you'll just walk him through the evidence. 585 00:29:42,064 --> 00:29:44,566 You won't bias your reports or skip anything ambiguous. 586 00:29:44,566 --> 00:29:45,567 It is what it is. 587 00:29:46,068 --> 00:29:48,070 If the DA wants to shoot his wad too early, 588 00:29:48,070 --> 00:29:49,571 we can't stop him. 589 00:29:49,571 --> 00:29:51,573 Okay. 590 00:29:55,577 --> 00:29:58,080 Sarah and I may have uncovered motive. 591 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,082 In the last two weeks, Ray filled out 592 00:30:00,082 --> 00:30:01,583 five loan applications. 593 00:30:01,583 --> 00:30:04,086 200 G's a pop. All denied. 594 00:30:04,086 --> 00:30:06,088 With his wife dead, 595 00:30:06,088 --> 00:30:09,591 he is the beneficiary of a $250,000 policy. 596 00:30:09,591 --> 00:30:10,592 Huh. 597 00:30:10,592 --> 00:30:13,595 I wonder what he needed the money for. 598 00:30:13,595 --> 00:30:17,099 I was... being blackmailed. 599 00:30:17,099 --> 00:30:20,102 Um, someone found out about Buffy. 600 00:30:20,102 --> 00:30:23,105 I... I got a letter and a photo in the mail. 601 00:30:23,105 --> 00:30:26,608 They wanted 200 grand or... 602 00:30:26,608 --> 00:30:27,609 Otherwise... 603 00:30:27,609 --> 00:30:29,611 Otherwise, they'd share 604 00:30:29,611 --> 00:30:32,614 your biting secret with your wife. 605 00:30:32,614 --> 00:30:35,117 Yeah. 606 00:30:35,117 --> 00:30:38,120 Our marriage was having enough problems. 607 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,621 I mean, you're covered in those bite marks. 608 00:30:39,621 --> 00:30:41,623 Didn't your wife ever ask where they came from? 609 00:30:42,124 --> 00:30:45,127 She hadn't seen me naked in a long time. 610 00:30:45,127 --> 00:30:47,629 I just... I would've been humiliated 611 00:30:48,130 --> 00:30:49,631 if she found out about Buffy. 612 00:30:49,631 --> 00:30:51,633 She was a great mom. 613 00:30:54,136 --> 00:30:57,139 And she kept... she kept me sane when my business went under. 614 00:30:57,139 --> 00:31:00,142 You still have the blackmail note? 615 00:31:00,142 --> 00:31:02,644 Yeah. I couldn't risk letting Becky find it. 616 00:31:02,644 --> 00:31:05,147 Soon as I opened that letter, it went right into my briefcase. 617 00:31:05,147 --> 00:31:06,648 I've got the only key. 618 00:31:14,656 --> 00:31:17,659 "Send $200,000 to P.O. Box 4976, 619 00:31:17,659 --> 00:31:19,661 "Searchlight, Nevada, 89431 620 00:31:20,162 --> 00:31:21,163 "within two weeks 621 00:31:21,163 --> 00:31:23,165 or I'll send photos to your wife. " 622 00:31:23,165 --> 00:31:25,667 The P.O. box was through a private company, 623 00:31:25,667 --> 00:31:28,670 paid for in cash with a pseudonym: Abe Lincoln. 624 00:31:28,670 --> 00:31:31,173 Ninhydrin picked up six distinct prints. 625 00:31:31,673 --> 00:31:33,175 Five were matched to Ray. 626 00:31:33,175 --> 00:31:35,177 What about the sixth? 627 00:31:35,177 --> 00:31:37,679 Becky Lester. 628 00:31:37,679 --> 00:31:38,680 Hold on. 629 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,682 Ray told Brass that Becky never saw that note, 630 00:31:41,183 --> 00:31:42,184 which means he was lying. 631 00:31:42,184 --> 00:31:43,685 If she read the note, 632 00:31:43,685 --> 00:31:46,188 then it's possible that Ray freaked out, 633 00:31:46,188 --> 00:31:48,190 bludgeoned her to death. 634 00:31:48,190 --> 00:31:50,692 What if Ray's telling the truth? 635 00:31:50,692 --> 00:31:51,693 Well, Catherine, if he was, 636 00:31:52,194 --> 00:31:54,196 her fingerprints would not be on this note. 637 00:31:54,196 --> 00:31:56,698 Unless she touched the letter before it was sent, 638 00:31:56,698 --> 00:31:59,201 which would make her the sender. 639 00:31:59,201 --> 00:32:00,202 Well, that doesn't make any sense. 640 00:32:00,202 --> 00:32:02,704 Becky thought that Ray was squirreling away money. 641 00:32:02,704 --> 00:32:05,207 Maybe this is her way of getting her hands on it. 642 00:32:05,207 --> 00:32:07,209 She used his fetish against him? 643 00:32:07,209 --> 00:32:09,711 She blackmailed her own husband, knowing that he would pay up, 644 00:32:09,711 --> 00:32:11,713 so she wouldn't find out his secret. 645 00:32:11,713 --> 00:32:13,215 That's ingenious. 646 00:32:13,215 --> 00:32:14,716 And really sad. 647 00:32:14,716 --> 00:32:16,718 If it's true. 648 00:32:16,718 --> 00:32:19,721 Well, if Becky's saliva's on that envelope, 649 00:32:19,721 --> 00:32:21,723 it's indisputable. 650 00:32:29,715 --> 00:32:30,716 This is a blood clot. 651 00:32:30,716 --> 00:32:32,217 Take a look. 652 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:35,721 Huh. The blood's continuous. 653 00:32:35,721 --> 00:32:37,222 Comes from deep within the parenchyma. 654 00:32:37,222 --> 00:32:40,726 The first wife had a stroke and it was fatal. 655 00:32:40,726 --> 00:32:42,227 What about the scalp lacerations? 656 00:32:42,227 --> 00:32:43,228 Perimortum. 657 00:32:43,228 --> 00:32:44,730 So she must've hit her head 658 00:32:44,730 --> 00:32:45,731 on the stairs on the way down. 659 00:32:45,731 --> 00:32:48,734 Well, I can't tell you about the second wife, 660 00:32:48,734 --> 00:32:50,736 but this was a natural. 661 00:33:03,749 --> 00:33:05,250 That's the Western Airlines logo. 662 00:33:05,250 --> 00:33:06,752 Over the past few years, corporations have begun 663 00:33:06,752 --> 00:33:08,253 embedding their insignia into the stationery 664 00:33:08,253 --> 00:33:09,755 for security purposes. 665 00:33:10,756 --> 00:33:13,759 If Becky wrote the note, she wrote it at work. 666 00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:15,260 This is Catherine. 667 00:33:15,260 --> 00:33:17,763 Oh, yeah. I'm on my way. 668 00:33:18,764 --> 00:33:21,266 For the record, I think you're filing prematurely. 669 00:33:21,266 --> 00:33:23,769 As always, I value your opinion. 670 00:33:23,769 --> 00:33:26,271 But I'm confident in our decision to move forward. 671 00:33:26,271 --> 00:33:27,773 But, come on, Grissom, 672 00:33:27,773 --> 00:33:30,275 granted the first death was a natural... 673 00:33:30,275 --> 00:33:32,778 But two dead women, married to the same guy, 674 00:33:32,778 --> 00:33:33,779 found in a stairwell? 675 00:33:33,779 --> 00:33:35,781 Lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice. 676 00:33:35,781 --> 00:33:37,783 Actually, it does. 677 00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:39,785 The Empire State Building gets struck 678 00:33:39,785 --> 00:33:40,786 20 times a year. 679 00:33:40,786 --> 00:33:43,288 Let's just run the case. 680 00:33:43,288 --> 00:33:45,290 Sorry, 681 00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:46,792 I got held up. 682 00:33:46,792 --> 00:33:48,293 No, you're just in time. 683 00:33:48,293 --> 00:33:49,795 Ms. Willows, would you bring 684 00:33:49,795 --> 00:33:51,797 Mr. Sinclair up to speed? 685 00:33:53,298 --> 00:33:54,800 I'd be happy to. 686 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,301 Ray and Becky Lester 687 00:33:56,301 --> 00:33:58,804 were unhappily married. 688 00:33:58,804 --> 00:34:02,808 She was having an affair with her boss, he was indulging 689 00:34:02,808 --> 00:34:04,309 his biting fetish. 690 00:34:04,309 --> 00:34:06,311 They were having financial problems. 691 00:34:06,311 --> 00:34:09,314 But Becky believed that Ray was hiding money. 692 00:34:09,314 --> 00:34:11,817 Two weeks ago, Ray received a blackmail note 693 00:34:11,817 --> 00:34:13,819 demanding 200 grand 694 00:34:13,819 --> 00:34:16,321 or the wife finds out about Bite Girl. 695 00:34:16,321 --> 00:34:17,823 Well, we have just confirmed 696 00:34:17,823 --> 00:34:22,327 that the blackmailer and the wife are one and the same. 697 00:34:22,327 --> 00:34:24,830 Based on what? 698 00:34:24,830 --> 00:34:26,331 The envelope of the ransom note. 699 00:34:26,331 --> 00:34:27,833 DNA was a match. 700 00:34:27,833 --> 00:34:29,835 The wife was blackmailing the husband? 701 00:34:31,336 --> 00:34:33,338 Never underestimate the deviousness 702 00:34:33,338 --> 00:34:34,840 of a malcontented spouse. 703 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,842 He found out and he killed her. 704 00:34:36,842 --> 00:34:39,344 We don't have any evidence to support that. 705 00:34:39,344 --> 00:34:40,345 Run the timeline. 706 00:34:42,848 --> 00:34:45,350 Couple got home around 10:00 p. m. 707 00:34:45,851 --> 00:34:47,352 They went outside and had some tequila. 708 00:34:47,352 --> 00:34:48,854 At 10:08, Ray's daughter 709 00:34:48,854 --> 00:34:51,356 from his first marriage phoned. 710 00:34:51,356 --> 00:34:53,358 Becky went inside to take the call. 711 00:34:53,358 --> 00:34:55,360 How long did they talk? 712 00:34:57,362 --> 00:34:59,364 It's not in Brass' notes. 713 00:34:59,364 --> 00:35:02,367 Well, I have the phone records here, so... 714 00:35:02,367 --> 00:35:05,370 Uh, the call lasted... 715 00:35:05,370 --> 00:35:07,873 Two minutes?! 716 00:35:07,873 --> 00:35:10,876 I thought the husband told Nick it was a marathon call. 717 00:35:10,876 --> 00:35:13,879 Yeah, I'm just seeing this for the first time here. Um... 718 00:35:13,879 --> 00:35:18,383 The incoming call did not come from the grandfather's house. 719 00:35:18,383 --> 00:35:21,386 I'm gonna call this number. 720 00:35:25,390 --> 00:35:27,893 You've reached the home office of Ray Lester. 721 00:35:27,893 --> 00:35:29,895 Please leave your details after the beep. 722 00:35:31,396 --> 00:35:33,899 Susan called her stepmother from inside the house. 723 00:35:33,899 --> 00:35:36,401 Did anybody process that office phone? 724 00:35:36,401 --> 00:35:38,904 The office was away from the crime scene. 725 00:35:38,904 --> 00:35:42,908 We, uh, checked it for a murder weapon, 726 00:35:42,908 --> 00:35:43,909 but that's about it. 727 00:35:45,911 --> 00:35:48,413 I'll get an investigator over there. 728 00:35:49,915 --> 00:35:52,417 Unless you're in too much of a hurry. 729 00:35:59,424 --> 00:36:01,426 There it is. 730 00:36:13,438 --> 00:36:14,940 Greg... 731 00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:17,943 There's a fingerprint in blood. 732 00:36:21,947 --> 00:36:22,948 Detective, 733 00:36:22,948 --> 00:36:24,449 what's going on? 734 00:36:24,449 --> 00:36:26,451 Mr. Stein, where's Susan? 735 00:36:26,451 --> 00:36:27,953 Is everything okay with Dad? 736 00:36:27,953 --> 00:36:29,454 We have a warrant to search your house. 737 00:36:29,454 --> 00:36:31,456 A warrant?! What? 738 00:36:31,456 --> 00:36:33,959 Would you both please step outside with this officer? 739 00:36:33,959 --> 00:36:35,460 Can I get my homework? 740 00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:37,462 Well, uh... 741 00:36:37,462 --> 00:36:39,464 Sure. 742 00:36:39,464 --> 00:36:40,966 That'd be all right. 743 00:36:40,966 --> 00:36:41,967 Okay. 744 00:36:51,476 --> 00:36:52,978 I'm gonna need to see inside your backpack. 745 00:36:52,978 --> 00:36:54,980 It's just my books and stuff. 746 00:36:54,980 --> 00:36:56,982 I'd like to see what you're studying. 747 00:37:22,507 --> 00:37:25,010 What did you hit her with? 748 00:37:34,519 --> 00:37:37,022 I want to talk to my dad. 749 00:37:37,022 --> 00:37:39,024 Why don't we take a ride downtown? 750 00:37:39,024 --> 00:37:40,525 You can call him from there. 751 00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:44,029 Nice work. 752 00:38:53,598 --> 00:38:56,101 My stepmom was a bitch. 753 00:38:56,101 --> 00:38:58,103 Susan, you're not helping. 754 00:38:58,103 --> 00:38:59,604 Please, stay quiet. 755 00:38:59,604 --> 00:39:01,606 Excuse me for a minute. 756 00:39:01,606 --> 00:39:03,108 You know, I guess this could explain 757 00:39:03,108 --> 00:39:04,609 why Becky's skull was lacerated 758 00:39:04,609 --> 00:39:06,111 and not fractured. 759 00:39:06,111 --> 00:39:08,113 She wasn't strong enough. 760 00:39:08,113 --> 00:39:09,614 I had to protect him. 761 00:39:09,614 --> 00:39:11,116 Protect who, Susan? Susan! 762 00:39:11,116 --> 00:39:12,117 Protect your father? 763 00:39:12,117 --> 00:39:13,618 Protect your father from what? 764 00:39:13,618 --> 00:39:15,120 She was gonna leave him. 765 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,123 So that's why you killed your stepmother, 766 00:39:18,123 --> 00:39:19,624 to protect your father. 767 00:39:19,624 --> 00:39:23,628 Last week, I skipped soccer practice and came home early. 768 00:39:27,132 --> 00:39:29,634 You are so damn brilliant. 769 00:39:31,136 --> 00:39:33,138 I just found the digital video 770 00:39:33,138 --> 00:39:34,139 and printed out the stills. 771 00:39:34,139 --> 00:39:36,141 "Dental Records. " 772 00:39:36,141 --> 00:39:37,642 I married a moron. 773 00:39:43,148 --> 00:39:44,649 Did you check the P. O. box today? 774 00:39:44,649 --> 00:39:47,652 Empty, but he's got another week. 775 00:39:47,652 --> 00:39:49,654 Ray's whipped. 776 00:39:49,654 --> 00:39:51,156 He brought up counseling again. 777 00:39:51,156 --> 00:39:52,657 The idiot would die 778 00:39:52,657 --> 00:39:55,160 before letting me in on his freak-ass fetish. 779 00:39:59,664 --> 00:40:02,167 My dad only married Becky because of me. 780 00:40:02,167 --> 00:40:04,169 Explain that to me. 781 00:40:04,169 --> 00:40:05,670 Well, he thought I needed a mom 782 00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:07,672 and that's why he stayed with her. 783 00:40:07,672 --> 00:40:10,675 Blaming herself for the marriage. 784 00:40:10,675 --> 00:40:13,178 She doesn't seem to blame herself for ending it. 785 00:40:13,178 --> 00:40:15,680 So you waited for your granddad to go to sleep 786 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,182 and you snuck out of the house, 787 00:40:17,182 --> 00:40:18,683 snuck back into your house, 788 00:40:18,683 --> 00:40:21,686 then you called your stepmom from your dad's telephone line. 789 00:40:21,686 --> 00:40:23,188 Pretty tricky. 790 00:40:23,188 --> 00:40:26,691 And then, you must've... 791 00:40:26,691 --> 00:40:28,693 Hid somewhere. 792 00:40:30,695 --> 00:40:33,198 I hid in the closet. 793 00:40:33,198 --> 00:40:36,201 I told her we had to talk and that I knew about her boyfriend. 794 00:40:36,201 --> 00:40:37,202 Uh, hey, Dad. 795 00:40:37,202 --> 00:40:38,703 Is Becky there? 796 00:40:38,703 --> 00:40:39,704 Could I talk to her? 797 00:40:39,704 --> 00:40:41,706 All right. 798 00:40:41,706 --> 00:40:43,708 It's Susan. 799 00:40:43,708 --> 00:40:45,710 Hey, babe. 800 00:40:45,710 --> 00:40:47,212 Just tell Dad you'll take the call inside 801 00:40:47,212 --> 00:40:48,713 and meet me in my room. 802 00:40:48,713 --> 00:40:50,215 Okay. 803 00:40:50,215 --> 00:40:52,717 It's boy trouble. 804 00:40:52,717 --> 00:40:54,219 I'll take this inside. 805 00:41:09,734 --> 00:41:11,236 Are we done here? 806 00:41:11,236 --> 00:41:12,737 Almost. We're almost done. 807 00:41:12,737 --> 00:41:14,739 You know, Susan, there was a bloody paper towel 808 00:41:14,739 --> 00:41:15,740 left in the trash. 809 00:41:15,740 --> 00:41:17,742 Can you tell me about that? 810 00:41:19,244 --> 00:41:22,247 I went into the kitchen and tried to clean up. 811 00:41:24,749 --> 00:41:27,252 Then I put the phone back in my dad's office 812 00:41:27,252 --> 00:41:28,253 and I walked back to Grandpa's. 813 00:41:28,253 --> 00:41:30,755 Where was your father when you killed your stepmother? 814 00:41:31,756 --> 00:41:34,759 He was outside. 815 00:41:34,759 --> 00:41:36,761 Asleep. 816 00:41:38,263 --> 00:41:41,266 Did you catch that? 817 00:41:41,266 --> 00:41:42,767 Timeline is off. 818 00:41:42,767 --> 00:41:47,272 Curious. 819 00:41:47,272 --> 00:41:48,773 You want to talk to the dad 820 00:41:48,773 --> 00:41:51,276 and I'll call the DA? 821 00:41:51,276 --> 00:41:52,277 Sure. 822 00:42:05,290 --> 00:42:07,792 You knew. 823 00:42:07,792 --> 00:42:09,294 What? 824 00:42:09,294 --> 00:42:12,297 Your daughter killed your wife and you knew it. 825 00:42:12,297 --> 00:42:15,800 I don't know what you're talking about. 826 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,803 Susan attacked Becky as soon as she went into the house. 827 00:42:18,803 --> 00:42:21,806 But you admitted to having another drink. 828 00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:23,308 You would've heard the attack. 829 00:42:23,308 --> 00:42:25,810 I'm sorry, but that's what happ... 830 00:42:25,810 --> 00:42:27,312 You went into the house 831 00:42:27,312 --> 00:42:30,815 and found Susan wiping blood off of her hands. 832 00:42:30,815 --> 00:42:34,319 You sent her back to her grandfather's. 833 00:42:34,319 --> 00:42:37,322 You came up with a story to tell the cops, 834 00:42:37,322 --> 00:42:39,324 and then called 911. 835 00:42:41,326 --> 00:42:44,329 You were protecting your daughter. 836 00:42:44,329 --> 00:42:45,830 And now she's protecting you. 837 00:42:48,833 --> 00:42:49,834 You can't prove it. 838 00:42:53,838 --> 00:42:58,343 Well, either way, you have to live with it.