CSI: NY

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Ten.

Nine, eight...

10,000 cars were stolen in New York City last year.

All right, that's 28 a day.

Early this year, auto crime division identified a ring

specializing in luxury imports.

A few months back, the perps got a taste for Italian.

And now they're only stealing Ferraris.

16 of 'em in eight weeks.

Suspects are female.

Mid-to-late 20s, one blonde, one brunette.

Beyond that, details are sketchy.

So far, they've avoided surveillance cameras

and most eyewitnesses.

They target vehicles parked on the street, and

they're able to bypass the most advanced security systems.

These girls are good, but they've been lucky.

All right, and that's gonna change sooner

or later, and when that happens,

I want one of us to be there.

All right, you got your shift assignments. Let's get

out of here, let's be safe.

Sarge, you must have a thing for parking garages.

This is the fifth one we've checked out tonight.

Yes, it is. You want to tell me why?

'Cause stolen cars

with theft recovery devices emit a tracking signal,

but the battery only lasts three days.

Thief stashes the vehicle, walks away.

If it hasn't been found by the time he gets back...

Probably never will.

Whoa, whoa, stop, stop, stop.

Engine's still running on that car.

You know what to do?

Keep our eyes open,

stay in the blind spots.

Hey, Mac.

So, ACD confirms

the vehicle was stolen two nights ago,

and, uh, DOT checked local traffic cameras.

Guess who likes to run red lights?

The victim's one of our elusive car thieves.

Hmm. We have a name?

She had no I.D. on her.

What do you think?

That photo puts her behind the wheel.

Now we got to figure out who put her in the trunk.

We got powder flecks on some of the controls knobs inside,

and some kind of crushed electronic device

outside, but other than that, I can say

this is officially the cleanest Ferrari I've ever been in.

And how many is that?

Well, it depends

if you're talking stock or race modified.

Checked with lot security.

Guard did a walk-through two hours ago.

Ferrari wasn't here yet. Narrows our time frame.

Car could have been dumped here with her already in the trunk.

Boosting cars is a dangerous game.

But a really lucrative one.

A car like this, on the black market,

would sell for a fortune.

And even more if you sell the parts individually.

And why would it still be sitting here?

He may not have killed her for the car,

but simply because she stole it.

Somebody jacked my quarter of a million dollar midlife crisis,

I'd be mighty pissed. I'm bringing some of her vics for a chat.

Her death may have

had something to do with this powder on the controls.

She could have been moonlighting in narcotics.

Drug deal gone bad.

I didn't find any trace of it, though,

on her skin or her clothes.

Then it likely came from the killer.

Which puts him inside the car at some point.

Be nice if she could just tell us what happened here.

Maybe her body can.

Mystifying.

What is?

Robust 25-year old female.

Non-smoker, clearly works out.

Overall, the shapely picture of health.

At least she was.

Frankly, Sheldon, I'm stumped.

Any physical trauma?

Yeah, superficial contusions on the

upper abdomen and lateral aspect of the thigh.

While decidedly unpleasant, I'm quite sure

that small bruises are not what killed her.

Poison?

Toxicology was negative across the board.

Okay, well, it's not

unprecedented for an otherwise healthy young women

to have sudden cardiac arrest.

Take a look.

There's no indication of arterial sclerosis

or heart abnormality.

Nothing that would suggest a cardiac episode.

In fact, all of the vital organs, her brain included,

are well within normal parameters.

By all accounts, our decedent shouldn't be deceased.

Then why the hell is she?

Mr. Rose, you reported your 2009

Ferrari California stolen on July 26?

Yeah, my fault for parking it in such a bad neighborhood.

Temporary lapse in judgment.

Leaving your keys in the glove box...

that also a lapse in judgment?

I was just going to a party, didn't want to lose them.

I guess leaving them in the car was pretty stupid.

Almost as stupid as committing insurance fraud.

Just need some water.

Should never have bought that expensive car.

Just let vanity get the best of me.

Ego sometimes clouds our perspective.

Yeah, especially when birthdays start flying by.

Mr. Purdue, we recovered your Ferrari

early this morning

in a parking lot on the West Side.

- Was there any damage? - No, the car is fine. It's the dead body

in the trunk that's a problem.

I was at my boyfriend's all night.

I didn't know the car was gone until morning.

The car was registered to your father,

not you.

I borrowed it.

LINDSAY Without his permission?

I was surprised he even noticed.

He's been a little distracted lately...

ever since he ditched me and my mom

- for a girlfriend half his age. - So, how did he react when you told him

- the car had been stolen? - He took it pretty well, I guess.

Other than cutting me out of his will

and depriving me of my birthright.

That must have made you pretty angry

at the people that took the car.

I thought a fancy car would get the attention of some of the ladies.

So I cashed in my savings for the deposit and leased one.

How'd that work out for you? No ladies.

Just a mountain of debt.

I just figured if the car got stolen

I could use the insurance money to get out from under it.

Did you have anyone helping you with this genius plan?

No.

Recognize this woman?

Never seen her.

Can I go now?

I don't think so.

This was taken minutes after your car was stolen.

It's likely she and her associates

had been watching

you and it for days.

Does she look familiar?

No.

I wish I could help you.

The car will be impounded and processed.

Once we're through with the investigation, you'll get it back.

I'm not sure I want it back.

Mac, is that you?

Give me a hand.

You are just full of surprises today.

Here's one more:

This hot car is not the hot car

we thought it was.

The hidden VIN on the chassis

doesn't match the registration.

This is not Nathan Purdue's Ferrari.

Then whose car is it?

It was boosted from a Connecticut dealership,

about six hours before Danny found our Jane Doe.

Thieves put clean VINs on stolen cars

so they can resell them.

Why would someone put stolen VINs on another stolen car?

Lookin' good, JD.

Not many people can pull off those coveralls.

I love you, Adam.

Did you finish the reconstruction?

Ka-pow!

This baby's good as new.

What is it?

It's a homemade RF cloning device...

tool of choice for this year's

technologically discerning car thieves.

Now, let me give you guys a demonstration

with this handsome American-made vehicle.

All right, keys, please.

Come on.

Hey.

Now get in.

I can't.

Of course you can't, because it's locked,

and like any would-be thief,

you don't have the keys.

Adam.