GIRL [SCREAMING]: Help me!
Oh, God, help me! Somebody, please. Please.
Oh, God, somebody help me!
Somebody help me!
Please! help me!
Help me!
Help me! Help me!
[SIRENS WAILING]
Hey. Heads up. Press is going to be all over this one.
Did the count change since you called me?
Four dead: mother, father, two teenage boys.
The sisters were luckier.
Teen girl heard a noise, hid in the closet.
Alerted the neighbors after the shouting was done.
Younger sister is over there.
They couldn't have killed their father tag team, soaking wet.
- What's the matter with your guys? - They've been inside.
Put your equipment down, son.
Put these on.
I'm gonna do a preliminary walk-through.
You're gonna take my notes.
Don't touch that. I want everything exactly the way it was.
Air smells like copper.
Lots of blood.
Breath through you mouth.
Yes, sir.
Male Caucasian, approximately 40 years old,
lying in a pool of blood.
No drag marks.
Body does not appear to have been moved.
Multiple stab wounds to the back and neck.
Looks like a single-edged blade.
Forced to such a degree that the left and right internal jugular veins
have been transected.
Head faces west, feet pointing east,
approximately two feet from the north wall, one foot from the south.
Could--? Could you take your own notes?
Because I think that I'm gonna be sick.
I got it. Go get some fresh air.
I heard on the scanner. Quadruple.
Figured you might need a hand.
- You don't sleep, do you? - No.
Blood swirl on the wall.
Are you thinking cult? Manson?
Somebody left a message.
I need to see the rest of it.
Female Caucasian.
Appears to be one stab wound to the throat.
Transection of left and right carotid arteries
with exsanguinating hemorrhage.
No defense marks.
Cursory opinion, she was killed in her sleep.
[DRIPPING]
Do you feel this?
Her soul's still in the room.
But there's something else.
O’RILEY: You want a barf bag?
I want the paramedics that were in this house back here, immediately.
Police escort, get them on this front lawn now.
You'd think I worked for you instead of the other way.
Call Dispatch.
You tell my entire graveyard shift that I want them here ASAP,
all of them, no exceptions.
Sara, those photos. Blown up, times ten.
Tell the lab we need every forensics tool available to us, here, right away.
This is the only crime scene in Las Vegas tonight.
Yes, sir.
The fear in this neighborhood
just south of Las Vegas Boulevard is almost palpable.
Scott Collins, his wife, and two sons, were brutally murdered in their beds.
Authorities thus far have offered no comment.
REPORTER: --even though it is a multiple murder.
We will have more on this.
It's okay, we'll give you clothes. The lab guys just want to see yours.
Sergeant, may I?
Tina, I'm very sorry about what happened to you tonight.
But everything we take from your house can help us find
what happened to your family.
When can I be with my sister?
She's so scared.
Soon.
Detective?
Thanks.
Hi.
Is your name Brenda?
I'm trying to find out who hurt your family.
Do you think you could help me?
Did anyone come into your room tonight?
Through the door?
Through the window, maybe?
Okay.
The Buffalo.
The Buffalo?
Who's the Buffalo?
Brenda?
First rule for this crime scene, do not do any interviews.
Second rule, don't talk to the sheriff either.
Media have it right? Four dead?
Killer was here not two hours ago. He left part of himself behind.
Catherine, I need you inside, mapping and blood samples.
- You got it. - Nick, Warrick, the perimeter.
I wanna know how he got here, how he got in,
- how he got out, and how he left. - I'll take the back.
- Warrick, you got the front? - You got it.
MAN: Hey, O'Riley, Grissom wants to see you.
O’RILEY: You were looking for me. - Hey, stop! Evidence.
We're gonna hug the wall?
This is the only room with no blood in it.
- Nothing to disturb. - You guys will never get it, will you?
Knife drawer.
One missing.
It's the only drawer open. Killer knew where they were going.
I think the suspect's been in this house before.
And this is the first place they stopped tonight.
Good. Linoleum.
- It's the best surface. - Best surface for what?
O’RILEY: You guys got some toys.
GRISSOM: It's not a toy, O'Riley.
It's an electrostatic dust-print lifter.
O’RILEY: Okay.
It's like a supercharged lint remover, only, it lifts footprints.
Possibly our killer's.
[CROWD MUTTERING]
We did everything by the book, sir.
Relax, I just wanna know where you walked in the house
and who you touched in there?
Well, we did use the main entry. And up the stairs.
But once we saw the husband, we grabbed the walls.
I felt for pulses in each room. Once I found they were dead, we booked.
Show me the bottom of your shoe.
Now yours.
- You fellows were both in the kitchen. - We didn't see any bodies there,
so I didn't think twice about walking on the surface.
All right. Yours are the only clean prints I found.
Thanks. You can get back to work.
News bim's waiting for you. Thinks you have an interesting look.
Is there any truth to the rumor a cult may have committed these crimes?
- I don't know that. - But you wouldn't rule it out.
I don't rule anything out.
SHERIFF: Mr. Grissom.
Sheriff.
The mayor has already called. So, what have you got?
Nothing.
I'm not asking you to lay out your whole case,
just give me something I can run with.
I have got to feed the press and diffuse the panic.
As soon as I have something, you'll have something.
Here's a thought. Why don't you try being more like Ecklie?
I could speak volumes about Conrad Ecklie,
but I have a crime scene to process, so you'll have to excuse me.
Sheriff, can you tell me what went on inside?
Let me assure everyone that the situation is well under control.
We don't have any suspects at this time, but our forensics crew is--
- You want me inside? - I need you to transport the little girl
to the police department. Brass is waiting for you.
You're kidding me, right?
I'm a taxi service on the biggest case of the year?
Sara, I need one of us with that little girl.
I wanna see all of their personal property:
clothes, jewelry, whatever they have on.
If there's something under all this blood, you'll be the first to know.
NICK: Hold up. Hold up one sec now.
This kid should be out playing Pop Warner.
We got the blood samples on their way to the lab.
Good. You buy this cult thing?
You mean the blood swirls next to the father's body and the boys' room?
I studied pictures of the Manson murders.
This isn't butter, it's imitation.
What's your take?
Whoever did it, killed the mother first.
In her sleep. Quick.
Explains why the blood is confined to the bed and the floor under it.
Husband woke up,
ran to protect his kids.
The killer nicked him here
and then finished him off down the hall.
Gave his life for the little girl.
- Should be more blood. - Yeah.
It's a hole. We need to fill it.
If we start from the inside and fan out,
whoever is left at the scene...
CATHERINE: The first suspect.
The teen daughter?
Well, she'd need help. Maybe a boyfriend.
Wonder if they call him Buffalo.
SARA: Look, Brass, I don't see why I gotta take her.
I'm the scientist. Catherine's the mom, ask her.
O'Riley was primary on this till it passed over to me. Big deal.
What about Family Services? Can't they take her?
They sent their case worker over to the hospital. Meet her there with the kid.
I am not good with kids.
Look, I'm not asking you to adopt her.
Just take her over to Sunrise for a psych eval, will you?
That's very pretty.
Or not.
Wanna go for another ride?
I'll take that as a "yes."
Tina, do you know what time you heard those noises?
No.
But they sounded like footsteps coming from the kitchen.
And that's when you hid in the closet?
Yes.
Does your family normally keep the doors locked at night?
I don't know.
My dad checks the house at night.
It's always been a safe neighborhood.
Tina, do you go out with anyone special?
I hook up with different guys. No one special.
Are any of them called Buffalo?
Buffalo?
No.
BRASS: How about this, Tina?
You live in a house with six people, right?
You must be used to hearing footsteps in the kitchen late at night.
Why so scared last night?
I know my brothers' footsteps. And my Dad's.
These were different.
NICK: How do you know it's fresh?
I checked the sprinkler system. It goes off every night at 0200.
And paramedics pronounced at 0240.
So somebody came out of the house,
and got on what looks to be a step down from a motorcycle,
and drove it across the lawn.
Yeah. I bet he dropped the bidi I found in the back on the way out.
- Bidi? - Yeah. Little hand-rolled cigarettes.
Probably a teenager. They're always taking shortcuts.
- How's that hand? - Hmm?
I saw you beating up the door a little while ago.
- You all right? - Yeah, it's cool.
I'll see you back at the lab.
SARA: Hey, Brenda.
- Which one is with Family Services? - I am. Connie Bellvue.
Brenda's fine. But I'd like her to have a consult.
I've paged the psychiatric resident, should be here within the hour.
- Thanks. I'll take it from here. - What--? What's the head exam for?
I said, we'll take it from here.
Look, if there's any forensic evidence found during this exam,
- I need to be there. - It's already going to be tense.
Go back to your crime lab, I'll keep you posted.
It's okay, Brenda.
I'm not leaving you.
[CLOCK CHIMING]
Linds.
[CRASH]
WARRICK: Damn. - That you, Warrick?
Tell somebody when you're cutting the lights.
What, are you working for OSHA now?
Grissom, you remember those tire treads I found
- on the front lawn? - Mm-hm.
WARRICK: Well, I ran them through the FBI register
and they belong to a '93 Honda scooter.
- That's good. - I DMV'd it.
A kid four blocks away from the scene owns the same make.
- That's very good. - I might have blown open the case
and all you give me is a "that's very good"?
If your family was murdered, wouldn't you run to them
to check to see if they were alive?
Yeah.
- This is a Lady Macbeth. - Lady Macbeth?
Out, out, damned spot.
There's not a trace of blood on the teen daughter's clothing.
Not a spot.
Linds? Lindsey.
Lindsey?
- Lindsey. Hi, honey. - Mommy, hi.
Oh, am I glad to see you.
- Daddy came to ballet tonight. - I know.
I was just there. Your teacher told me Daddy came to pick you up.
Oh, you feel so good. Oh.
Ed.
I'm working on this quadruple. Time got away from me.
- I apologize. - I figured that's probably what it was.
When they couldn't reach you, they called me.
- Yeah. Thank you. I didn't mean it. - Yep. Cath, Cath, Cath.
She's my kid too.
- Right. Yeah. - Right.
Oh, God.
So the case is bad? I saw it on the news. Hm?
- Hey. - What?
Are you hungry? I made pancakes.
- You made pancakes? - Mm-hm.
- For dinner? Ha, ha. - Yeah.
[BEEPER BEEPING]
That would be Grissom.
- How is your boyfriend? - Ed.
[PHONE RINGS]
Yeah?
I need you back here right away. The Collins case is busting out.
Okay, I'll be right there. Just, uh, let me put on some clean clothes.
Please do.
Eddie.
She's gonna ask where you are.
She always does.
- Mr. Ecklie. - Got off the phone with the sheriff.
He wants results, Gil.
He should go to a sports book. I hear the Stardust is good.
He should go to his first team, my team.
Teams? I didn't know this was a competition.
- Well, it is. And my crew usually wins. - Really?
Didn't graveyard beat day shift in softball last summer?
Yeah, you can joke all you want. It's your ass on the line.
Mm.
I think it was 14 to 3.
Like I said, it's all about results. And if you don't get them, I will.
The tire treads from the scooter
places you at the scene of the murders.
Look, I was in Hoover, visiting my father.
I don't know anything about Tina's parents getting killed.
Tina's parents? So you know Tina Collins?
Yeah, I know her. A lot of guys know her. She's a freak.
- You mean, sexually. - Yeah.
- Where's your scooter now? - I told him. I don't know.
So it just disappeared?
Look, it cost money, all right?
And my dad's been slacking on support.
So I bought it with three other guys. We share it.
Here's a pen.
Start writing.
Hey. Heard you had a suspect.
We got about four, just on my tire prints alone.
- Homicide's grabbing them up. - Let's talk about what else we have.
Tina Collins' pajama top, from the murder scene,
- without a drop of blood on it. SARA: Hello?
- How'd she explain that? - We're about to go ask her.
What did you find out about that stuff you collected at the back of the house?
The bidi? Yeah, DNA is still processing but Tina said
nobody in the family smoked.
So a non-family member was out there.
Bidi? Bidi? I thought you found a cigarette and a match
- behind the house. - Well, it's just like a cigarette.
Kids smoke them. They think there's less carbon monoxide.
What'd you find out about the psych exam on the little girl?
The shrink says the kid is in a catatonic state from a trauma.
I could have told you that. But she did respond to the name Buffalo.
- Respond how? - She freaked out.
And what are you doing about it now?
Going back to the girl. I left her in the car.
The windows are cracked.
Give me a little credit. She's at the hospital.
[SNICKERS]
I don't know why I didn't get blood on my pajamas, I just didn't.
But your statement says you bent down and hugged your mother,
who was bleeding profusely, then you ran out,
tripping over your father's body in the upstairs hallway.
But there was no blood on you.
I saw my family dead.
I was scared. I ran to the neighbors.
That is the truth.
The evidence is telling a different story.
I did the nasty with her, yeah, but I didn't kill her family.
Besides, my dad grounded me last week.
I shared a scooter with Oliver but I was camping last night.
Ask my mom. She made me go. Church group.
We had sex. So what? I want a lawyer.
You want a lawyer? Okay. We'll get you a lawyer.
Investigator Stokes will stay with you, in case you remember
- where you left that scooter. - Cool.
There's no smoking in here.
Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct, dude.
Yeah, and I'm not your dude.
This ain't a movie and Sharon Stone's fine. Let's go.
The matches?
The kid's name is Jesse Overton.
He time-shares the scooter.
He admits to having sex with your girl and he's asking for a lawyer.
I wanna get a warrant and search his house.
I'll keep you posted.
- I wanna see my sister. - It's not gonna happen, Tina.
It's a little too late to start coaching her now.
You don't understand. I need to speak with her.
- She won't speak. - The doctor says it's from trauma.
What happened, Tina?
Did you catch your boyfriend killing your family?
NICK: Ha-ha-ha, Houston, we have liftoff.
Let me take a look.
You see how each half of the match lines up?
I see.
Ahh. Who broke the case?
Well, if you believe what you hear in the halls, Ecklie.
Ecklie?
- Day shift. - Day shift.
Sophisticated criminal, huh?
Hmm? This is the getaway vehicle.
Tossing it in his own trash? Yeah, what else is new?
Whoa.
Is this a pair of jeans under all that blood?
[SIGHS]
Yet who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?
- What was that? - It's Shakespeare.
GRISSOM: Lawyer's pleading him guilty.
Had to, once I put the murder weapon in his mug.
MAN: Remember, yes or no. - Got it.
Did Tina Collins approach you at school and ask you to kill her family?
Yes.
MAN: Would you lie about that to escape the death penalty?
No.
MAN: Did you kill her family?
Yes.
Did Tina let you in the front door, the night of the killings?
Two o'clock. I waited till it was straight up.
MAN: Yes or no?
I'm sorry.
Yes.
MAN: Did she already have a knife for you?
JESSE: No, she let me choose.
MAN: Did you use that knife to kill Barbara Collins?
Yes.
MAN: And Mr. Collins? - Yes.
[SCREAMS]
MAN: And both sons?
Yes.
MAN: Was Tina mad at her parents for not letting you see each other?
Yes.
Did Tina Collins tell you she wanted them dead
so you could see each other?
Yes.
Well, the sick bastard's on the up and up.
Except your last question. Why?
Kill the family so they could be together?
Operator says his respiratory reactions were inconsistent.
- He's lying. NICK: We got them both.
- I don't much care why they did it. - I'm with you there.
I care.
I don't like holes. What are they hiding?
Did you collect the property from the Collins family?
Right after the autopsies. Sealed them myself. Why?
I told one of your assistants to make sure that I got them.
Well, I gave them to Ecklie. He said he'd deliver them to you.
He was down here on another case.
Ecklie.
- I want everything, right now. - I've been going over it.
Collins case is my shift. You are completely off base.
You afraid I'll find something that might show you up?
Oh. I'm sure, if you could, you would have by now.
Where is it?
ECKLIE: I don't care that you got some pimply faced kid to confess.
You kept the sheriff out of the loop. That's a career killer, Gil.
That's what so sad, Conrad. You think of this as a career.
GRISSOM: The Buffalo.
- Sara. SARA [OVER PHONE]: Yeah.
When they examined the little Collins girl, did they check for sexual abuse?
SARA: There were no overt signs. Why?
Have some ultraviolet photographs taken.
This is a very special camera.
It can see deep into your skin. It can see things nobody can see.
How about I take a picture of me first, okay?
See? It's okay.
You ready?
Okay.
Notes on mapping, Collins family murder case, number 00398.
Intruder killed mother.
Father went to protect the little girl,
got nicked by a knife.
Killer subdued him as Dad was entering
the little girl's room
to save her.
Grissom.
- Catherine Willows? - Who's asking?
Ted Goggle. I'm with Family Services.
Were you working the Collins case?
Uh, you know, your department can't seem to get things straight.
If you're looking for the little girl, she's got a case worker.
Actually, I'm inquiring about your little girl.
My-- Lindsey? Why? What are you talking about?
Your husband, Eddie, filed a report.
Says you neglected to pick her up after dance class last night,
that you routinely neglect her for your job.
Is this Eddie's idea of a joke? What, are you in one of his bands?
I already made a field visit to your house. Here's the form.
Lindsey seems okay but there is gonna be an investigation
as to whether there was parental neglect.
You're on notice.
[PHONE RINGS]
- Grissom. - It's me.
Something's off on the map.
GRISSOM [OVER PHONE]: Off? How?
Uh, I'm looking at Dad's blood in the hall.
I found an interesting drop.
The droplet tells me that he wasn't running to the little girl's room.
- He was coming out of it? - Yeah.
I filled one of your holes, Grissom.
The father was killed first, then the mother.
And the blood that we found in the hallway was from the knife.
Damn it.
Look at all those bruises.
GRISSOM: Somebody was all over this kid.
We have forensic evidence that your father sexually abused your sister.
We also know
that he was in her room the night of the murders.
How can you tell?
Blood drops.
They fall a certain way
depending on the motion of the victim.
Something horrible happened in that house, didn't it, Tina?
Long before the night of the murders.
That was the last night he was gonna touch her.
But why your mother?
And why your brothers?
Because they should have protected me.
You?
My father...
I was young. I learned to deal.
But when he went for my daughter--
Brenda is...?
- And who is...? - The father?
I was 13.
And nobody noticed that my clothes were getting bigger.
Nice, huh?
Brenda may hate me for what I did
but I protected her.
I did that much.
- Night, guys. - See you, Cath. Good work.
It'll be back to normal in 24 hours.
Normal would be nice.