Warrick drove the unmarked black Chevy Tahoe up to the edge of the yellow tape and parked, "Man, I bet whoever makes this crime scene tape is rich!" The tape surrounded the building to keep reporters out.

"True," Catherine commented as she grabbed the two field kits out of the back, "But right now, we have a crime scene to process, and it would be best if that is what we are focused on, not just how rich the inventor of this yellow tape is." She lifted the tape so she and Warrick could go under and enter the crime scene.

They showed their ID cards to the officer standing outside the main entrance of the bank and he opened the door for them. Sergeant O'Riley stood inside, "Catherine, Warrick, OK, here's what all the witnesses said, one man came barging in, dressed in black waving a rifle, then a second or so later a second man came in with, get this, some sort of leopard," He paused as Catherine and Warrick exchanged glances, "the cat started snarling and apparently everyone fell silent, then the man holding the cat go of the chain and the cat leapt onto several people, some getting only scratches, two in the hospital, one of which is that famous football player, anyways, both look like they are going to pull through, and no fatalities, hundred grand stolen, apparently, one of the tellers says that it looked like the robbers weren't that smart, she said that they covered the video cameras, but didn't wear gloves. oh yeah, she said they all, including the cat, looked 'crazy'. I don't know but maybe she thought that the robbers and the cat had rabies or something." O'Riley shrugged and indicated the scene before them. "Well, I'll be finishing interviewing all the people inside here, and you can get to work as well."

"Alright O'Riley, tell us if you get anything else that is interesting." Catherine glanced around at the scene, "Hey Warrick, how about you take pictures of everything, and I'll dust for prints, if they didn't wear gloves, chances are they left prints, probably on that leash."

A leash, silver chain, very strong, but with a solid silver handle, odd design, meant for handlers of large cats, letters LR carved on the handle, perhaps to signify who owned the cat and leash or perhaps the initials of the place where the suspects worked, blood and a few ginger hairs stuck between the links, also a few brown hairs, only a partial print, but still it looks workable, if we get no lead on the print perhaps on the leash, it does have a serial number on it, the last two numbers are scratched out, but still our lab techs have worked miracles like unearthing a hidden number from a car door before.

Catherine glanced up, "Did you get anything Warrick?" She had been thinking while holding the leash in her latex covered hands, Warrick was standing above her.

"Yeah, a couple of partials, and lots of blood over there," He pointed to the counter, her eyes followed where he pointed to, "Had some ginger colored hair mixed in the blood, and I got pictures of the wounds of the people that the cat attacked. Think this case has anything to do with the case Grissom is working on?"

"Perhaps it does, not that sure though, be sure not to tell Grissom that you think they are connected, he'll tell you that you need to follow the facts, which will lead to theories, but if you start with a theory then you will bend the facts to fit the theory." Catherine smiled slightly remembering Grissom telling her that several times in the past, making sure it stuck in her head.

"True, well O'Riley says they all are saying the same thing, cat went ballistic, well lets get the evidence back to the lab." Warrick had already formed a theory about the case but didn't tell Catherine. The two robbers had a cat, probably from where they worked, they trained it to distract, probably were experienced in both zoology and crime, the homicide victim from Grissom's case probably went chasing after the dog, stumbled upon the suspects and was shot or attacked. These people probably were serial bank robbers, I remember a case where the robbers used a wild cat to kill the security guards, while everyone was looking at the cat they snuck in and stole the money, maybe these are the same people, just ran out of money from the other robberies or are still addicted to the thrill of the robbery.