"Horatio we've found the driver of the pickup," Natalia confirmed. "Good," he replied. "They're bringing him up now," she added before heading back to her station. "Good work photographing the tread marks they left. We got lucky they were a match to the ones at the crime scene," Calleigh smiled as she headed in the opposite direction. Natalia only nodded still fuming over her encounter with Nikki Love three long days ago.

"I swear I had nothing to do with no murder," Freddy Martinez fought. "I can place your vehicle at the crime scene Mr. Martinez," Calleigh shot back. "We've also uncovered a bloody footprint in your passenger floor board matching those at the crime scene. Do you really think we'll believe you don't know anything?" Ryan Wolfe questioned. "Listen man I didn't kill Mendez," he growled. Freddy was sweating and his nerves were more than a little on edge.

"So you knew the victim," Calleigh asked with a softer tone. "Everyone knew Mendez; he was the go to guy." Freddy held his face in his hands highly distressed at the situation he was now in. "Mr. Martinez we can't help you unless you help us. I don't believe you're the one who shot Mendez but you fit the profile and that's all the jury will need," Ryan warned. "Listen I'm a dead man if I say anything do you understand me?"

Ryan and Calleigh glanced at one another finally understanding there was a much bigger picture to this murder. "Well Mr. Martinez if you don't tell us what you know we can't protect you," Calleigh sighed closing her file. "Officer go ahead and book him for the murder of Robby Mendez," she called to the uniformed man standing just outside the door. "No wait you can't," he pleaded looking back and forth between the two CSIs.

"It's Markus Valdez; it's always him. He calls the shots, the hits, he decides who lives and dies," Freddy rushed. "Markus Valdez killed Robby Mendez," Ryan Wolfe questioned. "Yes he called me and told me to pick him up and take him over there. We got there and he ordered me to stay in the car and keep the engine running. I heard one shot and then Valdez came out and got in my passenger seat. I drove him away and that was it," he hurried through the events.

"Can you testify to that in court?" Freddy looked at Calleigh like she was insane and shook his head violently. "No way am I going up against Valdez, he'll have me killed even before this makes it to court. You'll never get him on anything," Freddy argued. "We can put you in protective custody," Ryan began but the man only laughed. "I'm already a dead man," he sobbed. "Mr. Martinez we can protect you," Calleigh fought back. "No...Can I go now," he asked.

Calleigh and Ryan watched the man exit the building solemnly. "We've got his statement," Ryan tried to cheer her up. "I don't know Ryan; something is up with this. I feel like he hasn't told us everything. I'm positive Nikki Love has something to do with all of this, if I could just place her at the crime scene when the murder took place." Calleigh's phone suddenly sounded and she pulled it up to her ear. Ryan recognized Delko's voice on the other end but couldn't make out the words.

"Perfect be right up," Calleigh smiled turning back towards the building. "Are you going to fill me in," Ryan complained following closely behind her. "Ryan we just caught a break," she exclaimed hurrying towards the elevator. In the lab the two of them found Eric Delko smiling proudly as he looked over a report. "Well," Calleigh inquired still smiling. "Someone left behind a smudged fingerprint in our victim's blood. The print was unreadable but it seems whoever made it left behind some DNA."

"How," Ryan asked. "Whoever made the print wiped away a tear just before making it," Delko grinned. "Eric you paged me," Natalia asked walking in looking from face to face. "I need you to run this sample for a DNA profile," Eric handed over the evidence. "Great I'll notify you when I have the results," she took the sample. "Make that all of us," Calleigh smiled. "You got it," Natalia called back as she headed for her lab.

Hours later Calleigh and Ryan were called out to another crime scene. "The victim's names are Ella and," the responding officer flipped through his notepad looking for the male victim's name. "Freddy Martinez," Ryan sighed looking down at the freshly shot corpse. "Our informant," Calleigh questioning rushing over to Ryan's side. She frowned as she looked down at the man who'd been in her presence just hours ago.

"Well I think it'd be a safe accusation to say this murder is connected to Robby Mendez," Ryan offered opening his kit. "What do you have for me Alex," Ryan asked knelling down by the medical examiner. "Well hunny whoever did this is sickening. The shot is a through and through, fired close range, possibly against his skin. He has ligature marks on his left wrist; I think they made him watch as they killed his wife. She's badly beaten with multiple contusions and fractures, if the gunshot hadn't killed her I'm sure she would have suffered from internal bleeding."

"Do you think Valdez knew he snitched," Ryan asked Calleigh. "I'm not sure but my hunch is still telling me to focus on Love. We'll just have to follow the evidence and see which one of our suspects it leads us to if any at all." Ryan frowned; it seems rather obvious Markus Valdez did this. "You don't really believe that do you? That none of our suspects is the killer," Ryan asked. Calleigh smiled faintly and shook her head. "Still though it's our job to let the evidence speak for itself and keep an objective view on things."