Ryan is siting in front of desk in hiis office, studyng Carl Johnson's case file.
-Hi, Ryan-Eric says.
-Hi, Eric-Ryan says.
-What are you doing?
-I'm studyng Carl Johnson's case file.
-Why?
-Just to check out every potential lead. His wife was stabed 20 times. None of stab wounds was deeper than two inches.
-Yes?
-At time of arest Carl was 30 years old, 5'11 tall, slightly overweight?
-And...
-Why would somebody strong like him stuck knife no more than two inches?
-I don't know. What do you think.
-I think... Maybe he is telling the truth. Maybe he realy didn't do that.
-And other evidences? Bloody gloves wich matched to size of his fists and had his DNA from skin cells and sweat inside. DNA analysis prooved that hair in raincoat is his. Ling's blood was all over. Blood splatters prooved that blood came there during stabing. He wore gloves over hands to avoid leaving fingerprints and raincoat over clothes so blood won't splatter it. Only thing missing was 5000 dolars from money bailt in living room. Piece of riped bill was found on toilet floor, near a can. He riped bills and flushed them down the toilet. Fly screen on back side of house was pulled out. It seemed that was killer's point of entury, but there was no shoe prints in soft ground outside. There was table near fly screen, wich used to had two vases on it. Vase was broken. It seemed that killer broke one of the vases while coming in, Ling confronted him, he panicked, grabed another vase from table and bludgeoned her non-fataliy, then grabed letter opener from table and stabed her to death. If vase fall of the table, some of it's broken pieces would roll under the table. They didn't. And if killer accidently knocked them away, he couldn't do that if some were riped under the table. Somebody TOOKED a vase, throw it on the floor and broke it, at least two feet away from the table. That is called ESTAGED crime scene. Also, there were traces of blood on fly screen, wich woildn't be wierd itself, because crime hapened there, but some of Ling's blood was smudged. That points out somebody was touching them AFTER the murder.
-His wife was murdered between 1 and 3 pm that said he was joging in park from 1 pm to 3 pm that day. Nobody could confirm whole time, but one women witnessed him accidently brushing against her while runing in park at about 1:10 pm and one man confirmed that he asked him for direction in that park at 2:45 pm.
-Prosecution explained that. He went joging to confirm his alibi and had raincoat and gloves hiden under clothes. He brzshesusheaa against woman at 1:10 pm to make analizu, then run back home, puted on gloves and raincoat, sneaked in using his pair of Keys, tooked letter opened, forced her to go to that location in house, bludgeoned her with vase, stabed her to death, stole money to make it seem like robery, flushed money down the toilet, dumped raincoat and gloves in dumpster near his home, sneaked in another part of park and continued runing, asking man for direction to confirm his alibi.
-I don't know. But something definetly doesn't matches. I will look futher in this.
-Do you need help?
-No, but thanks.
-You're welcome-Eric says and starts walking off.
-Eric-Ryan suddenly asks.
-Eric stops.
-Yes?-he asks.
-I'm... I'm sory for... that. You... You were right. I was just.. Very sad and woried... You know. I'm sory.
-It's OK, Ryan-Eric says.
Ryan knods his head.
Eric walks away.
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Boa Vista is in her lab, doing DNA testing of swab tooken from firing pin. After finishing testing,she runs DNA profile through CODIS. Soonly afrer, computer beeps . Match is found.
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Shanna is in interogation room, being interogated by Ryan and Horatio.
-Shanna-Horatio says.-We found your DNA on firing pin in rifle apparently used to shoot our CSI tech.
-How do you mean apparently?
-You tooked both firing pin and barrel from your rifle and replaced it with that from rifle of our suspect, Melissa Morales. It was hot that day, you were nervous... Drop of your sweat, probably from your face, droped on firing pin.
-This is ridicilous. Why would I do that?
-Because you killed Ling Johnson-Ryan says.-And then you framed her hubsband for that and tried to shoot him to make sure he wouldn't be paroled, but you accidently shoot our CSI tech. Then you tried to pin that on Melissa.
-After he passed away, your father left you some money, car, vacation home and .999 calibar rifle and bulliets-Horatio says.-We got warrant for search of your house, vacation home, both of your cars and studio.
-You replaced your firing pin and rifle barrel with those pulled out of Melissa's rifle after you tooked them out of her rifle and replaced them with those you tooked out of your rifle. Melissa was often shooting on firing range. Owner managed to found two bulliets and one shell casing linked to her. Balistict testing will proove that you used barrel and firing pin from Melissa's rifle. And we found glowes in your home, the same like that Melissa uses. It matches to glove print found on shooting sight. And witness found pair of ear rings near shooting sight,wich threw away. We talked with your employee. She designed ear rings wich match to that description as part of your jurly series. Only you had one pair of them. They shouldn't be on market till four months from now.
-You said you left your palm print on shooting sight because you had sex with guy on roof, right?
-Yes.
-That is a lie. Three pair of latent shoe prints were found on roof, two on letters. Two we linked to you. Two other to two other people. They are both males, but none of them matches to description you gave.
-Palm print was left there because that night you sneaked out a bar and climed up too make a look out.
-Initial forensic examination recovered skin under Ling's fingernails. DNA testing prooved unconclusive. Forensics, seeing Carl as suspect, tried two found two seperate DNA profiles by making DNA testing wich reacts only on male's DNA profile. Nothing was found. They pressumed something gone wrong with testing and didn't try to test any futher.
-It failed because both killer and victim were female. But forensics forgot to try to make a test wich reacts only on DNA of Afroamerican person. We still have sample. We will do that testing. We have your DNA in our database. We will compare it with DNA found under Ling's fingernails. We both know they will match.
-You don't understand-Shanna says.-Ling wannet to ruin me. She had photograph of me sniffing cocaine in park at night. I knew she did so because that night in park I saw flashlight and car pulling over... I writen licence plate... Called car club... And found out who owes the car. I drove to her house. Saw her hubsband coming on work... Then I rings the bell and she leted me in. I offered her money not to publish photographs, but she said that's her work and that I need help. And I just lost it. I tooked vase and bludgeoned her. I checked her pulse and realised she is still alive. I knew I went too far. I run my to car and puted on coffen glowes I had there. I found plastic raincoat in closet in master's bedroom and puted it on so no blood will came on my clothes and I also puted woolen gloves found there over my gloves so no blood would splatter my gloves. I left my gloves on for case woolen ones get riped. I tooked letter opener and stabed her about 20 times. I stole some money and jurly to make burgulary seem like motive. I wiped of my fingerprints from her neck, doorbell, door knob and vase with my shirt. I dumped bloody raincoat and bloody woolen gloves in dumpster near her home. Later that day, I washed my clothes, including my gloves, in bleach and gave my car on detail cleaning. I didn't know they will convict her hubsband.
(During Shanna's summation, flashback is shown:
Shanna is siting on bench in park, dressed in white T shirt and blue jeans. She is sniffing cocaine. Flashlight is shown. Black SUV, wich was parked near by, suddenly drives of few seconds after. Shanna looks up and sees licence plate.
Shanna is siting in her red Cadillac near Ling's home, wearing pink T-shirt, white jeans and black women's shoes with low heels. She sees Carl, dressed in white shirt and brown pants, siting in black SUV parked in yard and driving of. She walks out, closing the doors behind, walks to front doors and rings the doorbell. Ling lets her in living room. Ling is Asian woman in late 20's, about 5'4 tall, average weight, with long black hair and black eyes, dressed in yellow T-shirt, red shorts and blue woolen slippers.
-I know what You did. I'll give you money, just, please... Don't publish those photographs.
-That's my work. They are paying me for this, and I won't fool them. I work it fair. And you need help.
-I will give you 200 000 dolars! Please!
-Forget it! You should think about it before geting high and risking addiction! And death!
Shanna grabs vase from table and bludgeones Ling. Ling manages to nail her before colapsing. Shanna bends down and checks her pulse. She runs to her car, tooks glowes from glowe compartment, puts them on and runs back inside. She then walks in masters bedroom and searches closet. She founds red plastic raincoat and black woolen glowes. She puts them on. She then checks writing desk's drawer and founds photographs. She tooks them, walks in living room, and picks up 5 000 dolars from money bailt on table. She runs into toilet, rips photographs and money above the can, leting them to fali in it, and flushes pieces down the toilet. She runs back, tooks letter opener from table,and starts stabing Ling.)
-I didn't know they will convict her hubsband-she says.
-But you didn't say a word when they did-Horatio says.
-What could somebody in my position do?
-Why did you tried to shoot him?-Ryan asks, disgusted.
-I heard about case of Alton Stanworth, Afroamerican male who spent three years on death row before new evidences aquited him two months ago. I couldn't risk him being paroled. Case needed to stay closed. I was reading some blogs of ex prosoners in Miami prisons and I found out when and how prisoners go on lunch, shower and stuff. That day, I climbed up with my rifle. I wore gloves so I wouldn't leave fingerprints, slippers so I wouldn't leave shoe prints and that clothes todisguise myself. I pointed my rifle on him perfectly, but while pulling the triger, I slipped, my rifle moved down and... crap. I run to my car parked short distance saying desert parking lot, and drove of. I lost my ear rings while making my getaway. That day, several hours after you interogated me, I came back in police station because I realised that I forgot my cellphone there. I heard two guys talking in hallway. You-she shows with head on Ryan-and Latino one... Talking about woman. I quickly drove to my home and tooked rifle, found her adress in phone book, washed chlose I wore durinh shooting in bleach, puted on my glowes, tooked shell casing, rifle and chlose puted in my plastic trash bag, drove to her home, sneaked in bedroom, replaced barel and firing pin, found glowes in trash can in room, rubed them against her rifle,transporting gunpowder residue, found used trash bag in trash can, puted glowes in it, and also shell casing I picked up from roof, sneaked out, closing the window behind, and dumped it in dumpster near her home. I was so quick I was over in little more than dirty minutes, right before you showed up.
-You coincidentally used the same kind of bleach she did-Horatio says.-And you were coincidentlly right handed, like Ling's hubsband.
-You need to understand me-Shanna says.
-Actualy... we don't-Horatio says.
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Whole team is in hospital, standing near Valera's bed. Valera's is lyng on the bed with her eyes closed, dressed in white hospital pidjama. She soonly opens her eyes. She sees all of them. She smiles, and they all smile back.
-Welcome back-Horatio says.
-I... I was colecting evidences and suddenly... I... Just.
-It's OK, Valery-Ryan says and holds her hand.-Everything is o'right now.
They share eye contact...
With sparkles in their eyes.
This is not last chapter! There will be one more!