Interrogation

"Mr. Daggers is it?"

"Yeah what is this about?"

"A murder, Mr. Daggers. The one you committed or were hired to anyway."

"What? You must be joking."

"No this is very serious a woman was murdered."

"I don't do murders..."

"Oh I forgot you're the one assaulting all the mimes in the greater Las Vegas area," interjected Brass.

"Hey that was only once and that's because the guy got to me."

"Fine, let's get back to the murder you recently committed," said Catherine.

"I didn't do anything to that brunette ex-con."

"Why Mr. Daggers we never mentioned anything about what she looked like much less anything about her ever having been in prison."

"I heard it in the news."

"Nice try there but that little bit of information was never released to the press."

"Then …um…I must have heard it somewhere else."

"Like from the person that hired you."

"No one hired me to do anything to anyone."

"Then why was your DNA found at the scene?"

"I don't know you people got the wrong guy."

"No, Mr. Daggers I don't think we do. Question is who hired you?" questioned Catherine.

"I already told you…oh forget it…what am I looking at?"

"First-Degree Murder."

"Can I get a deal? I'll cop to everything I just want to make a deal first."

"You'll have to talk to the DA about that might even put in a good word but first tell us who hired you."

"I was approached by a woman claiming to know my business…you know…she offered me a small fortune if I took care of the 'problem' she had."

"What did this woman look like?"

"Kind of tall, short hair…I really didn't get a good look at her cause it was dark."

"Anything else? Something she mentioned?"

"Oh yeah she said something about selling some place a relative of hers had left to her. She said she never liked the place anyway."

"She told you that much?"

"Yeah cause I asked her where she got that much money considering that she didn't look like the rich type."

"So she explained to you that she sold a business she never wanted to pay for the hit, is that right?"

"Yeah."

"You're not leaving anything out?"

"Nope that's all."

"Thank you for your time, Mr. Daggers, these fine officers will escort you to your cell."

After the officers escort the suspect out, Catherine turns to Grissom, "So what do you think?"

"I think he might be telling the truth. What we need to do now is look into who own the business previously…"

"…and then we can make another arrest," continued Catherine.

Crime Lab

"Got it!" Catherine exclaimed, looking up from the computer in front of her.

"Who was the previous owner?" Warrick questioned after getting filled in on everything that had happened in the past few days since he had been away on a forensic conference.

"A Jane Martin. Sold the place about a week ago. Now lives in Henderson."

"What is her link to the victim?"

"I pulled a few California newspapers with any reference to Jane Martin and came up with this." Catherine clicked on one of the icons and a news story popped up.

"It says here 'Domestic Dispute Ends in Death'" Catherine continues to scan the document until she reaches Jane's name, "Here 'local girl, Jane Martin tells police about what she saw when she first entered the house minutes after the murder took place'"

They scroll down further. "It says that Jane Martin was the next-door neighbor. What it doesn't say is why she would want to take revenge against Laura Sidle."

"Try the other clips." Warrick suggested. Catherine scrolls down different clippings and finds nothing until she comes across some pictures.

"There's Jane Martin with a guy and these other two have her pictured with the same guy," stated Catherine.

"What do the articles say?" asked Warrick. Catherine reads the headlines " 'Two Locals help raise money for new clinic'"

"This one is a little older it reads 'Local sweethearts seek vacation from the city'" They continue to skim through the newspaper when Grissom walks in.

"What do we got so far?"

"Jane Martin was the previous owner and was also a witness to the murder that Laura Sidle was accused of."

"Connection?"

"From the rest of the newspaper articles I'd say Jane Martin was the other woman which would give her a motive for hiring the hit."

"Where is she now?"

"Henderson."