CSI: Vegas

Previously on CSI: Vegas... All of these cases,

all of these people, are related.

Alan Herskovitz.

He killed Lynn Zobrist.

And then he went after Lamont Moore.

We found this dossier hidden in Lamont's motel room

and somebody wanted him to commit a murder.

Along with this note.

Reminds me of the Voynich Manuscript.

The author invented his own language.

Why do you think it's happening? Could it be a game?

Are those doodles on the carbon paper? What else would they be?

Proof that Dr Auerbach has some secrets?

When she gets back to Vegas,

she's gonna answer some hard questions.

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, what's your emergency?

I'm in an alley off of Flamingo just east of Paradise,

I want to report a stabbing.

Are you with the victim?

Yeah, it's me.

I was stabbed in the stomach.

Okay, sir, what's your name?

Mike Webber.

Mr. Webber, I'm dispatching

an ambulance and police now.

Can you identify the person who hurt you?

This guy, this, uh...

this loudmouth in a bar, we got into it and...

he took off.

Okay, sir. Help is on the way.

I will stay on the line until...

No, no, no, I'll be okay.

Mr. Webber, are you sure..

Control. Medic 17.

I have an ATL on the victim.

Appears unresponsive. Okay. Let's go.

Sir, can you hear me?

Sir?

No response. He's apneic.

Pupil are fixed and dilated, no pulse.

I've got EKG.

That's it.

Hey, Chris,

you think that's what people will notice when you're dead?

A hole in your shoe? No chance, man.

I keep my sneaks fresh.

Bro...

this is my third double this week.

I like overtime, but I'd like a little time off, too.

Think Beau's getting back in the field anytime soon?

Uh, something he said to me the other day makes me doubt it.

What's that?

I'm not going back in the field anytime soon.

Ah. All right.

Michael Webber.

Tourist. Looks like home address is Phoenix.

Apparently Webber told 911 he'd been stabbed

by a guy he met at a bar.

LVPD is canvassing now.

Any idea why the ground is wet?

Hmm, not sure.

We're behind a restaurant,

they probably clean things back here.

You notice all the blood?

Not really. Me neither.

Guy gets cut in the belly,

dies in minutes, bleeds out fast. Where's the blood?

Could be internal bleeding.

Hey, Allie, what's up?

Guess who's back in Vegas.

Diane Auerbach.

Headed to her house now.

Why Auerbach's house?

Well, she got an earlier flight than expected.

She lands in about an hour.

I just want to get to her house

and pick her up when she gets there.

Can you meet me there with uniforms?

Hey, Al.

You want to bring Auerbach in today?

Max said to pick her up as soon as she's back and...

she's back.

We're actually at a scene right now.

Got a canvass underway,

the guys just started processing.

Okay, we shouldn't wait.

If Auerbach is behind the silver ink killings,

we're talking multiple homicides here,

more to come as well.

Listen, if you can't meet me there,

I'll just... I'll go pick her up myself.

Okay, LVPD's got the canvass, we can handle everything here.

Okay. Uh, yeah, I'm on my way.

It's gonna take me a little while.

Just hold off on doing anything.

All right. Okey doke. See you soon.

Thank you. Yeah, I'll catch up with you when I get back.

He wasn't just any old tourist.

Gorge-A-Palooza.

Eating contest?

Might've been a contestant.

We should find out where it was held.

Hey. Do you see those bruises?

Hilt of a knife made them.

Find the knife we can match to the wound.

Huh.

I can tell you this is gonna be weirder

than your everyday stabbing. How?

This isn't blood. I think...

I think it's barbecue sauce.

What the hell happened to this guy?

Dr. Milton Hudson, I presume?

You must be Dr. Roby.

Thanks for filling in

while our head M.E. was out of town.

Folks in San Jose were singing your praises

so dang much I had to hang up on them.

I'm happy to fill in.

I hear this guy was bleeding barbecue sauce, huh?

Kansas City style,

from the presence of ketchup and molasses.

The sauce extruded due to omental evisceration.

Pressure from inside the stomach forcing the contents out.

I think...

it's pulled pork.

I hear he was in some kind of eating contest.

Never seen anything quite like it.

His stomach... That's a lot.

...three times the normal size.

Must be 15 pounds of food in there.

Did that contribute to his death?

Won't know until I get inside.

15 pounds of pulled pork.

What were you thinking?

And Kansas City sauce. Mm-mm.

It's laced with sugar.

It's for children and the weak.

Hey.

You were supposed to bring backup.

We're not taking Auerbach in. Why not?

It's the wrong move.

Notes from her therapy sessions

were used to blackmail targets into committing murder.

She'll say she gave us some of those notes, which she did.

She also claimed some had been stolen.

Who knows what she's up to?

Maybe she's toying with us.

All the more reason not to bring her in

without solid evidence.

Otherwise we'll tip her off

she's a suspect with nothing to show for it.

Okay, what do we do?

Get a search warrant.

Collect all the evidence in the house first.

We're gonna have to convince a judge we have probable cause

to believe that there's evidence inside the house.

It's worse. She's a therapist,

her notes and files are privileged.

A judge won't approve a warrant unless it's airtight.

She's here.

Chavez, why are you smiling? Because

you want this case so bad

it's practically vibrating off of you.

Listen, I want Auerbach, too.

But let's do it the right way.

Hey, Chris.

You see how this drop of blood is elongated?

Like a teardrop?

Means, uh, Webber was walking when it fell.

The strike point, the fat end,

points to where he was coming from.

We follow this trail,

we'll end up where Webber was stabbed.

Right on.

Yo.

There's a big cluster over here.

Must be where the stabbing happened.

Partial footprint, too.

Hey, look.

A few more drops head in this direction.

Probably fell off the knife when the attacker ran.

I did the last dumpster. What?

I.. I would do this one, but Penny just texted me.

That the, uh, Gorge-A-Palooza is at the Antaeus Hotel.

I.. I got to check it out, man.

Beau should be doing this. You got this.

Are you ready to gorge?

I'm Jason Ketchum, your host.