"Hey Sara, I've got something for to see."

"You think you've solved the case." Sara said.

"How did you know?"

"You know have a mom, five sisters, a sister-in-law and a plethora of nieces and other female relatives and you don't know women know everything." She paused. "Besides which Archie and I had already figured it out even before Greg came and gave me the results from the knife you sent back."

"So he did it."

"No." Sara crossed her arms.

"What? I just found a couple of kilos of cocaine at his apartment."

"Nick just out of curiosity if you went to your place and you didn't know us how exactly would you know what's yours if you got rid of all the stuff that could only be mine."

"So what you're saying is that it was hers?" Nick questioned.

"Come with me." Sara said climbed off the stool and headed for A/V. "Hey Gus." Archie had obviously gone home.

"Sara. Nick."

"Archie had a computer simulation set up for me."

"He told me all about it. Give me a second." He brought up the simulation.

"Can you run it from the shooter's perspective?" Sara asked.

"Sure." Gus agreed. He changed the perspective and ran it.

"I guess you didn't need my help after all." Nick said.

"Not true." Sara replied.

"What else do you have?"

"I ran her clothes there are traces of the drugs inside her pant legs and in the cuffs." Sara stated. "I also got a fingerprint from her glass, I ran it. It's not even her real name; it seems casinos issue non-gaming cards with less of a background check. She did three years for possession with intent to sell when she was eighteen."

"So the shooter goes to take her money after a transaction, she stabs him, hides the knife and the drugs goes to work. He's probably been following her to know when is the best time to get the drugs, so he goes to the Stratosphere and opens fire." Nick concluded.

"The fingerprints on the knife match hers and the blood is a positive match for the shooters and the knife is consistent with the one that caused the stab wound he received."

"So what now?"

"Brass and Catherine are on their way over to the hospital to arrest her. Thanks Gus."

"No problem."

"I need a copy of that saved we may need it later on."

"Not a problem." Gus told her.

"So that's where Brass disappeared to." Nick said.

"Yes." Sara nodded. "Do you know if you can charged with felony murder for something like this?"

"Felony murder?"

"She stabbed him, although she'll probably claim self-defence, which caused him to track her down killing a woman and injuring someone else."

"I honestly don't know. But they'll charge her with murder."

CSI CSI

"So I hear Sara has a suspect." Brass said when he found Catherine in the hallway of Desert Palms.

"She has the murder weapon and a motive."

"Explain it to me before we do this."

"The shooter Lionel Judas was in possession of a gun which killed three drug dealers who were robbed. Julie Paulo isn't Julie Paulo, Sara ran a fingerprint from her glass through AFIS and it comes back to Connie Petri. She was in jail for three years for possession with intent to distribute. Sara found traces of cocaine inside her work uniform and in the cuffs. She and Archie also pulled together a simulation of what happened give all the evidence and she was the intended target." Catherine added the rest of the scenario.

"She's been busy."

"With the knife and drugs Nick found at the blackjack dealers apartment, a knife which is cover in our shooters blood and has her fingerprints all over the handle we've got a pretty good case. Besides you know Sara she won't rest until the puzzle pieces are in place. She wants to go and tell Mariska Leonard's husband why she died, she thinks her kids will need to know why their mother died when they are old enough to understand, I agree with her. I told her she had to wait for you."

"Good."

"So shall we go and arrest her?" Catherine prompted.

"After you." Brass said.

There was a woman sat with her when they entered the room.

"Ms Paulo, I'm Captain Jim Brass with the Las Vegas Police Department, and this is Catherine Willows with the crime lab. And you are?"

"Danielle Braddox." The woman replied.

"Ms Braddox if you please wait outside." Brass requested.

"Stay, I want her to stay." Paulo stated. "Just while I answer your questions."

"We're not here to ask questions." Catherine stated.

"Some maniac just shot her and you're not here to ask her questions?" Braddox questioned.

"No. It would be better if you wait outside." Brass suggested again.

"No I'm staying." She stated adamantly.

"Okay. Julie Paulo or Connie Petri you're under arrest for the murder of Lionel Judas and pending drug charges. As soon as they hospital releases you will be taken to the precinct, but until that time." Brass handcuffed her arm to the bed.

"You're arresting her?" Braddox questioned.

"These officers will keep you company." Brass beckoned two men in uniform into the room.

"I'll call a lawyer." Braddox stated.

TBC