"The first victim's name is Lance McCarthy, cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds to the head," Catherine announced to the team, sans Grissom, in the layout room. "We ID'd him from his fingerprints," she said. "Anyways, he's 22 years old, no fixed address… just P.O boxes. He does… in fact have a car and a cell phone, and… three… years ago, he was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. Which, was registered to him…" she added, referring to a sheet of paper. She displayed hers and Sara's crime scene pictures. Nick, Greg, and Warrick were stunned.
"Woah… that's what?" Nick checked the coroner's report, "ELEVEN shots in the head," he said in amazement.
"Crime of passion?" Greg suggested.
"What calibre gun does he own?" Warrick wondered.
"Wait, guys. Woah hold up… the SECOND victim… well the shooter… he, well…" Catherine struggled to choose the nicest words to describe a police officer's demise. "Officer Jensen was shot with this weapon," she said, extracting a .22 from the evidence box, and placed it on the table. "What we should want to know is a… that are the two victims related, and b… did this gun do all the damage… the other gun involved was of course… Sara's, and it's right here," she said, as her words entered taboo territory.
They left eagerly. Catherine of course knew very well the answer to both her questions. The two were most likely related, and the shooter was probably watching her and Sara and Jensen the entire time. He returned to the scene, only to meet his end. He shot both Lance McCarthy and Officer Jensen. Catherine was sure of it. The question was now, how was he related to Lance, and… if the gun used in the second shooting was indeed the same one that killed Eddie, and Lance, was this a new lead into his case? Was it also just a coincidence that Lance's arrest for carrying a concealed weapon was three years ago, the same time her ex husband was killed? And that the calibre bullet was the same? Catherine thought the only coincidence in this case was that Lindsey went to school with The Shooter, supposedly a Vince Starr. For now, this information was hush until they confirmed it.
Catherine was in the evidence vaults, looking for Eddie's case. A sad, lonely box that went cold three years earlier.
I've got two liars and no murder weapon!
Yeah, that's about all she had, Catherine thought, remembering being a little harsh on Sara, whose brilliance wouldn't kill the lies that time. She probably had to go talk to Sara. And the question was making her blood boil.
Why was Lance's arrest not included in Eddie's case? Was it a mistake on Sara's part? Or did the arresting officer not know to document it based upon the at-the-time current murder investigation. She looked at Lance's rap sheet again. An Officer Bailey. She'd never heard of him.
Nick and Warrick were waiting for the DNA results, and Greg came running from ballistics.
"The bullets match!" He exclaimed, out of breath. Before anyone could reply, he added, "and why did Sara quit?" he asked, bewildered. It seemed to be news to them all.
"What?"
"What?"
Greg looked at them. "Hey, don't… no… I didn't know either…" he said. All three were stunned.
"I… I can't believe… she didn't! How does a workaholic just quit?" Nick wondered, stuttering. Warrick and Greg hardly knew.
"She didn't even say goodbye," Warrick said. They were all thinking now.
"Which means," Greg thought, "she was upset."
"Yeah… I mean, she was… Y'know," Nick was trying to say. They all knew what he meant. Sara was the one who shot the cop killer. "But," Nick continued, "did that… really affect her that much?" He asked, he hadn't seen her after that. The only one who did was Greg.
"She seemed… distraught…" Greg mentioned. "But someone like her doesn't just quit. She… you'd think she'd be all out to get-" he stopped. Was Sara out to get the shooter? No, he was dead. She shot him. Maybe they were taking it too far. "Or, she just… quit," he suggested. The others nodded, unsatisfied. They sat there in silence, waiting for the results.
"Someone should at least call her," Nick said finally. Warrick and Greg both agreed. Silence.
"I vote Greg," Warrick said finally.
"Go, Greggo…" Nick said. There was no way out of this one. Greg pretended he wanted to win, and got out his phone.