"So what have we got here?" Grissom asked Brass as he came up down the
ally.
"Male, in his twenties, a jogger found him and called it in, the ID says his name is Billy Meadows, we found his car just at the end of the ally, unlocked."
Gil nodded, his eyes taking in the scene in front of him as Warrick joined him and stood next to him waiting for instructions. They walked over to the body together. Grissom kneeled and flashed his flashlight at the corpse.
"What have you got for us David?" He asked the young coroner who was studying the body
"Double gunshot to the chest and the head" David replied "He's been dead for no more then 4 hours. I'll be able to tell you more after the autopsy"
Grissom nodded and David left them alone letting them collect their evidence.
"Hello!" Warrick said to no one in particular as he lifted something up with his tweezers
"What have you got there?"
"Two hairs, not identical. You think one of them might be our killer?" Warrick asked as he bagged the evidence
"Send it to the lab and we'll see" Grissom nodded
"This doesn't add up" Warrick said looking around him on the scene "there should be much more blood here"
"Which means our victim was murdered somewhere else" Grissom said somberly
** Smash cut to Billy Meadows apartment
Nick, Catherine and Warrick stood at the doorway and looked at the large blood stain on the living room carpet
"I guess we found our murder scene" Catherine mumbled
The three of them started carefully going over the evidence. Catherine kneeled next to the blood stain and started talking pictures as the two others moved into the bedroom and started working in silence.
"Hey" Nick suddenly called out to Warrick "Check this out" He handed over a framed picture of a young woman. "What do you think? Family?"
"Definitely girlfriend" Warrick replied
"how can you tell" Nick smirked, his competitive instincts kicking in
"Single guys keep family pictures in the living room. Something about having a picture of your mother staring at you when your in bed with a girl. this one's a girlfriend. She looks kind of familiar, don't know from where"
Nick studied the picture for another minute "Lucky guy" he mumbled and Warrick nodded his approval "I'll go talk to the apartment manager, maybe get a name"
He walked over to the door where the nervous manager was standing, his eyes glued to the big blood stain in the middle of the room
"How well did you know Mr. Meadows?" Nick asked him slightly startling him.
"Ho, pretty well, I live right next door. He was a good tenant, rent always on time, sometimes he played his music a little too loud but nothing more than that."
"This girl?" Nick continued, showing the man the framed picture
"That's Jessie, his girlfriend, ex-girlfriend actually, they broke up about a moth ago" "and how did Mr. Meadows take it?" Nick persisted
"Ok I guess, a little depressed, but he was happy this last week, he told me they might be getting back together"
** Smash cut to the lab
"Greg, what have you got on that blood sample?" Warrick asked as he walked through the glass doors
"The blood found in the apartment is definitely the victims, no signs of drugs or anything."
"What about the hairs I gave you?"
"Well one was the victim's complete DNA match, the other one is a whole other story. Not the victim's, definitely male, and drum roll please." Greg made a dramatic pause until Warrick gave him a threatening look. "He has dandruffs and uses hair dye"
"I just love it when they're dumb enough to leave their DNA" Warrick smiled just as Catherine popped her head in the doorway.
"Hey, found the girlfriend, wanna tag along?"
"see you later Greg!" Warrick said over his shoulder as he followed Catherine out the door. Greg only nodded and placed his headphones back on his head, going back to his work.
** Police station investigation room
Warrick took a careful look at the young woman as he entered the room. He noted that she was even more beautiful than in the picture. Long dark hair, clear blue eyes, casual clothe, hardly any make up but she still looked stunning.
"Good morning Miss Parker" Catherine greeted her and her voice shook Warrick out of his staring.
"Hey, I heard you were looking for me. I came as soon as I got off work" The girl replied.
"Where do you work Miss Parker?" Warrick asked even though that information was probably already in the file the police handed him.
"I'm a Bartender at the MGM. And please, call me Jessie"
"Ok Jessie, we found Billy Meadows body in an ally today, we understand that the two of you used to date?" Catherine went straight to the point
"Yeah, the cops told me" the girl replied quietly
"You don't seem too broken up about it" Warrick stated his eyes narrowing on her
"He wasn't my boyfriend. We were together a couple of times but nothing more than that."
"By were together you mean!?." Catherine's sentence trailed off
"We slept together a few times, he was a nice guy, we had a nice time, we broke it off on good terms. I'm sad that he died but we weren't really that close"
Catherine pulled out the picture they found in the victim's apartment "If the two of you weren't that serious, why would Billy keep your picture in his bedroom"
Jessie lifted the picture to get a better look. For a single second Warrick thought he saw something pass through Jessie's eyes, maybe fear, maybe recognition, but it went away quickly and she composed herself once again before she answered "I've never seen it before, I have no idea"
"Do you know anybody who might want to kill Billy?" Warrick asked
"Like I told you, he was a nice guy, sweet, quiet, didn't really bother anyone. I never knew anyone who didn't like him"
* Catherine and Warrick stepped out of the interrogation room and started walking down the hall.
"You think she's telling the truth?" Warrick inquired
"No. and yes" Catherine replied shaking her head "I don't know, something doesn't feel right."
Warrick nodded his agreement his mind flashed back to the look that flashed the woman's eyes when she saw the photo
"Well, at least now we have her finger prints" Catherine declared waving the envelope that contained the picture "We can run them against the one's we found in the crime scene and see if we get a match"
"Sneaky!" Warrick smiled in approval and Catherine smiled even broader
"I thought you'd like that!" she said playfully and they both headed back to the lab
"Male, in his twenties, a jogger found him and called it in, the ID says his name is Billy Meadows, we found his car just at the end of the ally, unlocked."
Gil nodded, his eyes taking in the scene in front of him as Warrick joined him and stood next to him waiting for instructions. They walked over to the body together. Grissom kneeled and flashed his flashlight at the corpse.
"What have you got for us David?" He asked the young coroner who was studying the body
"Double gunshot to the chest and the head" David replied "He's been dead for no more then 4 hours. I'll be able to tell you more after the autopsy"
Grissom nodded and David left them alone letting them collect their evidence.
"Hello!" Warrick said to no one in particular as he lifted something up with his tweezers
"What have you got there?"
"Two hairs, not identical. You think one of them might be our killer?" Warrick asked as he bagged the evidence
"Send it to the lab and we'll see" Grissom nodded
"This doesn't add up" Warrick said looking around him on the scene "there should be much more blood here"
"Which means our victim was murdered somewhere else" Grissom said somberly
** Smash cut to Billy Meadows apartment
Nick, Catherine and Warrick stood at the doorway and looked at the large blood stain on the living room carpet
"I guess we found our murder scene" Catherine mumbled
The three of them started carefully going over the evidence. Catherine kneeled next to the blood stain and started talking pictures as the two others moved into the bedroom and started working in silence.
"Hey" Nick suddenly called out to Warrick "Check this out" He handed over a framed picture of a young woman. "What do you think? Family?"
"Definitely girlfriend" Warrick replied
"how can you tell" Nick smirked, his competitive instincts kicking in
"Single guys keep family pictures in the living room. Something about having a picture of your mother staring at you when your in bed with a girl. this one's a girlfriend. She looks kind of familiar, don't know from where"
Nick studied the picture for another minute "Lucky guy" he mumbled and Warrick nodded his approval "I'll go talk to the apartment manager, maybe get a name"
He walked over to the door where the nervous manager was standing, his eyes glued to the big blood stain in the middle of the room
"How well did you know Mr. Meadows?" Nick asked him slightly startling him.
"Ho, pretty well, I live right next door. He was a good tenant, rent always on time, sometimes he played his music a little too loud but nothing more than that."
"This girl?" Nick continued, showing the man the framed picture
"That's Jessie, his girlfriend, ex-girlfriend actually, they broke up about a moth ago" "and how did Mr. Meadows take it?" Nick persisted
"Ok I guess, a little depressed, but he was happy this last week, he told me they might be getting back together"
** Smash cut to the lab
"Greg, what have you got on that blood sample?" Warrick asked as he walked through the glass doors
"The blood found in the apartment is definitely the victims, no signs of drugs or anything."
"What about the hairs I gave you?"
"Well one was the victim's complete DNA match, the other one is a whole other story. Not the victim's, definitely male, and drum roll please." Greg made a dramatic pause until Warrick gave him a threatening look. "He has dandruffs and uses hair dye"
"I just love it when they're dumb enough to leave their DNA" Warrick smiled just as Catherine popped her head in the doorway.
"Hey, found the girlfriend, wanna tag along?"
"see you later Greg!" Warrick said over his shoulder as he followed Catherine out the door. Greg only nodded and placed his headphones back on his head, going back to his work.
** Police station investigation room
Warrick took a careful look at the young woman as he entered the room. He noted that she was even more beautiful than in the picture. Long dark hair, clear blue eyes, casual clothe, hardly any make up but she still looked stunning.
"Good morning Miss Parker" Catherine greeted her and her voice shook Warrick out of his staring.
"Hey, I heard you were looking for me. I came as soon as I got off work" The girl replied.
"Where do you work Miss Parker?" Warrick asked even though that information was probably already in the file the police handed him.
"I'm a Bartender at the MGM. And please, call me Jessie"
"Ok Jessie, we found Billy Meadows body in an ally today, we understand that the two of you used to date?" Catherine went straight to the point
"Yeah, the cops told me" the girl replied quietly
"You don't seem too broken up about it" Warrick stated his eyes narrowing on her
"He wasn't my boyfriend. We were together a couple of times but nothing more than that."
"By were together you mean!?." Catherine's sentence trailed off
"We slept together a few times, he was a nice guy, we had a nice time, we broke it off on good terms. I'm sad that he died but we weren't really that close"
Catherine pulled out the picture they found in the victim's apartment "If the two of you weren't that serious, why would Billy keep your picture in his bedroom"
Jessie lifted the picture to get a better look. For a single second Warrick thought he saw something pass through Jessie's eyes, maybe fear, maybe recognition, but it went away quickly and she composed herself once again before she answered "I've never seen it before, I have no idea"
"Do you know anybody who might want to kill Billy?" Warrick asked
"Like I told you, he was a nice guy, sweet, quiet, didn't really bother anyone. I never knew anyone who didn't like him"
* Catherine and Warrick stepped out of the interrogation room and started walking down the hall.
"You think she's telling the truth?" Warrick inquired
"No. and yes" Catherine replied shaking her head "I don't know, something doesn't feel right."
Warrick nodded his agreement his mind flashed back to the look that flashed the woman's eyes when she saw the photo
"Well, at least now we have her finger prints" Catherine declared waving the envelope that contained the picture "We can run them against the one's we found in the crime scene and see if we get a match"
"Sneaky!" Warrick smiled in approval and Catherine smiled even broader
"I thought you'd like that!" she said playfully and they both headed back to the lab