"Do you know how much trouble you put us in?"
"You jeopardized the entire case!"
"She's the key witness in a major murder case and you're sleeping with her?"
Brass and Grissom were taking turns yelling at him, their scalding was starting to become repetitive and he somehow lost track of who was yelling what...
When Grissom noticed that it was getting them nowhere he indicated for Brass to leave the room, Warrick followed the detective with his gaze noticing Catherine standing on the other side of the door.
"Warrick, this is by far the stupidest thing you've ever done!" Grissom said quietly, taking a seat in front of Warrick and looking him straight in the eye "Getting involved with a witness in an active case? What were you thinking?"
Warrick didn't reply, just kept looking at his boss stubbornly.
"I hope it was worth it Warrick" Grissom sighed getting up from his chair "because I don't think I can get you out of it this time. You didn't only put your career on the line Warrick, but everything we find in this case is going to be tainted by this. You may have just sent a killer on the loose"
Grissom left and Warrick was left alone, a few seconds later he felt someone taking the seat in front of him again.
"You're in love with her aren't you?" Catherine's soft voice asked him
"How did you know?"
"this morning, when you came in, I couldn't quit figure out what was different about you until it suddenly hit me... you were happy!"
He didn't answer, instead he just lifted his eyes to meet hers. She smiled softly and leaned forward, giving him a gentle kiss on his forehead before getting up and leaving the room, leaving him alone again.
*
"Hey Catherine" Sandy, the technician from the finger prints lab called out to her when hse walked down the hall "I have something for you"
Catherine followed her into the lab and took a seat.
"I took your partial print and analyzed it. It's only a partial and I only have about 6 reference points to go on..."
"It's not enough for a positive ID" Catherine sighed
"Well no, but I tried to eliminate some of the possibilities... the preliminary analysis gave me about 3,000 possible matches, I eliminated anyone who isn't currently residing in Las Vegas, that gave me about 200 results, and then I cross referenced it with the MGM's employee list..."
"Cause we're assuming he needs to be close to her..." Catherine nodded, following Sandy's logic.
"I have 16 possible matches." Sandy finished triumphantly, handing her the results. "It's not definite and it probably wouldn't hold up in court but it's a start..."
"Yeah...It's a start..."
*
*
"Mr. Tucker just a few more things..."
"Look, we've been here for hours..." Tucker started to protest
"Just a few more things I promise" Nick apologized even though he didn't feel like it at all
"Can I at least have a glass of water?"
Nick signaled for one of the officers to get his a glass of water and then turned back to his questions "Jessie Parker started working in Vegas 6 month ago, when did you start?"
"About 4 month ago I think, maybe a little longer" Tucker took a sip of water from the glass that was placed in front of him
"Would you mind giving us a DNA sample?"
"Yes I would!" the man suddenly got slightly angry "I know my rights and I don't have to do that! If you want a DNA sample you better get a warrant and you better run it through my lawyer first! Now if you don't mind I'm going to go - I have to get to work!"
With a final glare the guy got up and left the room leaving Nick alone at the table.
*
"Hey Grissom you needed me?" Sarah asked as she got into his office, but before she had the chance to settle in he quickly got up and started heading out towards the audio visual lab.
"Yes I need your help. I have a possible match on the handwriting from the notes and the writing from Jessie Crawford's year book."
"Really?" Sarah asked, getting excited.
Grissom opened the yearbook in the marked page while walking and showed her the writing "Benjamin Walters" she read out loud the name at the bottom of the inscription.
She took the year book from him and flipped through it, trying to find the picture. But when she got to the right page - the picture above the name was blank.
"So we don't even have a picture..." she sighed in frustration
"No but we have a name" Grissom tried to sound hopeful, but he knew why she felt so disappointed - he felt the same way when he realized there was no picture. "Let's try finding out what Benjamin Walters has been up to since finishing high school"
"Where are you going?" she called after him when he started walking away down the hall.
"I'm going to see if Jessie Crawford even remembers this guy"
*
"Hey Catherine?" Nick asked as he walked into her lab "I heard that you have some possible prints?"
"Yeah 16 of them actually" She sighed "why, what have you got?"
"I've got a name - Chad Tucker, is it on your list? He's a Las Vegas hotel employee so his prints should be in the database. If he's on that list there..."
She quickly checked the list and shook her head no. Nick sighed and laid his head on the table, gently banging it against the hard surface "Is it just me or can we just not seem to get a brake in this case?"
"Well, I might just have the brake you were looking for" Greg appeared in the doorway as if out of nowhere "The hair from the car? The DNA is a match for the sample you took from Mr. Tucker"
"You managed to get a DNA sample from him?" Catherine asked, impressed
"He took a drink, I swabbed the saliva from the edge of the cup" nick gave her a mischievous grin but then became somber again "It still doesn't prove anything, Tucker admits to being in the car..."
"He just doesn't admit to killing the guy"
"Who does these days?" Sarah joked as she came into the room "Catherine are you done with the computer? I need to look for a lost high school boy from Dallas!"
Suddenly Catherine sat up as if bitten by a snake "Dallas! I've been going about this all wrong!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I shouldn't be looking for a finger print from Las Vegas! This guy might have not done anything wrong in here. I should look for a fingerprint from Dallas!"
*
"You jeopardized the entire case!"
"She's the key witness in a major murder case and you're sleeping with her?"
Brass and Grissom were taking turns yelling at him, their scalding was starting to become repetitive and he somehow lost track of who was yelling what...
When Grissom noticed that it was getting them nowhere he indicated for Brass to leave the room, Warrick followed the detective with his gaze noticing Catherine standing on the other side of the door.
"Warrick, this is by far the stupidest thing you've ever done!" Grissom said quietly, taking a seat in front of Warrick and looking him straight in the eye "Getting involved with a witness in an active case? What were you thinking?"
Warrick didn't reply, just kept looking at his boss stubbornly.
"I hope it was worth it Warrick" Grissom sighed getting up from his chair "because I don't think I can get you out of it this time. You didn't only put your career on the line Warrick, but everything we find in this case is going to be tainted by this. You may have just sent a killer on the loose"
Grissom left and Warrick was left alone, a few seconds later he felt someone taking the seat in front of him again.
"You're in love with her aren't you?" Catherine's soft voice asked him
"How did you know?"
"this morning, when you came in, I couldn't quit figure out what was different about you until it suddenly hit me... you were happy!"
He didn't answer, instead he just lifted his eyes to meet hers. She smiled softly and leaned forward, giving him a gentle kiss on his forehead before getting up and leaving the room, leaving him alone again.
*
"Hey Catherine" Sandy, the technician from the finger prints lab called out to her when hse walked down the hall "I have something for you"
Catherine followed her into the lab and took a seat.
"I took your partial print and analyzed it. It's only a partial and I only have about 6 reference points to go on..."
"It's not enough for a positive ID" Catherine sighed
"Well no, but I tried to eliminate some of the possibilities... the preliminary analysis gave me about 3,000 possible matches, I eliminated anyone who isn't currently residing in Las Vegas, that gave me about 200 results, and then I cross referenced it with the MGM's employee list..."
"Cause we're assuming he needs to be close to her..." Catherine nodded, following Sandy's logic.
"I have 16 possible matches." Sandy finished triumphantly, handing her the results. "It's not definite and it probably wouldn't hold up in court but it's a start..."
"Yeah...It's a start..."
*
*
"Mr. Tucker just a few more things..."
"Look, we've been here for hours..." Tucker started to protest
"Just a few more things I promise" Nick apologized even though he didn't feel like it at all
"Can I at least have a glass of water?"
Nick signaled for one of the officers to get his a glass of water and then turned back to his questions "Jessie Parker started working in Vegas 6 month ago, when did you start?"
"About 4 month ago I think, maybe a little longer" Tucker took a sip of water from the glass that was placed in front of him
"Would you mind giving us a DNA sample?"
"Yes I would!" the man suddenly got slightly angry "I know my rights and I don't have to do that! If you want a DNA sample you better get a warrant and you better run it through my lawyer first! Now if you don't mind I'm going to go - I have to get to work!"
With a final glare the guy got up and left the room leaving Nick alone at the table.
*
"Hey Grissom you needed me?" Sarah asked as she got into his office, but before she had the chance to settle in he quickly got up and started heading out towards the audio visual lab.
"Yes I need your help. I have a possible match on the handwriting from the notes and the writing from Jessie Crawford's year book."
"Really?" Sarah asked, getting excited.
Grissom opened the yearbook in the marked page while walking and showed her the writing "Benjamin Walters" she read out loud the name at the bottom of the inscription.
She took the year book from him and flipped through it, trying to find the picture. But when she got to the right page - the picture above the name was blank.
"So we don't even have a picture..." she sighed in frustration
"No but we have a name" Grissom tried to sound hopeful, but he knew why she felt so disappointed - he felt the same way when he realized there was no picture. "Let's try finding out what Benjamin Walters has been up to since finishing high school"
"Where are you going?" she called after him when he started walking away down the hall.
"I'm going to see if Jessie Crawford even remembers this guy"
*
"Hey Catherine?" Nick asked as he walked into her lab "I heard that you have some possible prints?"
"Yeah 16 of them actually" She sighed "why, what have you got?"
"I've got a name - Chad Tucker, is it on your list? He's a Las Vegas hotel employee so his prints should be in the database. If he's on that list there..."
She quickly checked the list and shook her head no. Nick sighed and laid his head on the table, gently banging it against the hard surface "Is it just me or can we just not seem to get a brake in this case?"
"Well, I might just have the brake you were looking for" Greg appeared in the doorway as if out of nowhere "The hair from the car? The DNA is a match for the sample you took from Mr. Tucker"
"You managed to get a DNA sample from him?" Catherine asked, impressed
"He took a drink, I swabbed the saliva from the edge of the cup" nick gave her a mischievous grin but then became somber again "It still doesn't prove anything, Tucker admits to being in the car..."
"He just doesn't admit to killing the guy"
"Who does these days?" Sarah joked as she came into the room "Catherine are you done with the computer? I need to look for a lost high school boy from Dallas!"
Suddenly Catherine sat up as if bitten by a snake "Dallas! I've been going about this all wrong!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I shouldn't be looking for a finger print from Las Vegas! This guy might have not done anything wrong in here. I should look for a fingerprint from Dallas!"
*