The morning started off well, but it was about to get busy. Detective Mac Taylor left the diner he was at to arrive at a crime scene. The crime scene was a dingy apartment building on the Upper East Side. When Mac arrived there Detective Don Flack was there along with Sheldon Hawkes.

" What have we got Flack?"

" Victims name is Zoey Tyler 32, looks like she took quite a beating. From what I can see from out here, there's a blood trail."

Mac then went up to Sheldon who was photographing the body and taking trace samples. Sheldon stopped and looked at Mac.

" Sheldon."

" Hey Mac. There's a lot of damage here. Multiple marks and a stab wound to the chest. My guess is that's the cause of death. The blood trail looks liked she crawled to the door, but then stopped."

" Who discovered the body?"

" She did," Flack said pointing to a young woman sitting on the ground. Stella's been trying to talk to her, but she isn't talking much. Can't even get a name out of her."

Mac then went up to where Stella was with the young woman.

" She's not talking Mac, she might be in shock. All she does is rock back and forth."

" Miss?" Mac said.

The young lady looked up and pushed some of her blond hair out of her blue eyes.

" I'm Detective Taylor. This is Detective Bonasara. Were from the crime lab."

" Go away. Leave me alone."

" We need to ask you some questions," Stella said," You discovered the body?"

" I said go away," the young lady yelled.

Mac looked at the fear in her eyes.

" We need to find out what happened here. It would be appreciated if you help us Ms."

" Noelle. Noelle Foster. I live down the hall. I came home and saw Zoey lying on the ground covered in blood. I did what I thought needed to be done, so I called for help. A few minutes later, the place is crawling with cops."

Noelle then slowly got up.

" May I go now?"

Mac and Stella looked at her. Mac handed her his card.

" If you think of anything else, please call us."

Noelle took the card and started heading down the hallway, but then she stopped.

" You might want to talk to Zoey's boyfriend Jeffery Malton."

" Do you know where we can find him?" Mac asked.

" Yeah, Wall Street. He's a big time trader. Thinks he's smart as a whip. Plus last night, they had a huge arguement."

" Do you know what it was about?" Stella asked.

" Hell if I know. It's not my business. That was between them."

Noelle then went down the hall and shut the door to her apartment. Stella looked at Mac.

" So what do you make of that?"

" Sounds like we might be dealing with more trouble then cooperation from her."

It was a little while later, Mac went to the medical examiners office to talk to Sid on the COD of Zoey Tyler.

" Cause of death is a stab would to the chest, but there're also multiple marks on her to concluded that she was also beaten beforehand."

Mac looked at the marks and came up with the same conclusion.

" Did you find anything else to change the cause of death?"

Sid shook his head.

" The COD was the stab wound. If I find anything else, I'll let you know."

Mac nodded his head and went to the lab where trace was being processed. At the crime scene a trail of blood was found which belonged to the victim. At the processing scene, several fingerprints were found on the door to the apartment. Stella then came up to him.

" Mac, we've got some hits on the fingerprints. One of them belongs to our victim, the other to Jeffery Malton, and to Noelle Foster."

" I wonder what else Noelle knows."

" Sounds like she may know something. Who do you want to talk to first?"

Mac thought for a moment.

" We'll talk to Jeffery Malton first, he might not have any idea that his girlfriend has just become a murder victim."

Stella and Mac went out of the crime lab to go talk to Jeffery Malton and to find out more about Zoey Tyler's murder.