CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Welcome to PBR finals in Las Vegas.

For two weekends, we have 45 riders

competing in a race for the world title.

The world champion goes home with a million bucks.

You want to talk a pressure?

It's all in Las Vegas.

Next up, Cody Latshaw?

riding Wintwister,

- This bull is a champion among champions. - Ready?

One of the finest bovine athletes in the world today.

Hurry up!

Hurry up! Pick and go?

Hold on, wait a minute.

Easy, Cody.

Cody. Hey, Cody, you all right?

You okay? Get a stretcher.

Get a stretcher!

I don't need a stretcher.

- You are sure? - I'm okay.

Just give me a hand.

All right. Here we go.

Re-ride!

Wait a minute.

He's up, he's asking for a re-ride.

I'm not sure why

but this is exactly why we call him Lazarus,

ladies and gentlemen. Knock him down, and he rises again.

What an athlete!

This guy is a true hero!

- So, who found him? - Security.

We have a tough time finding guys to wrangle a bull.

Cowboys like to party when they come to Vegas.

Did you see anything?

No, we just put the bull back in the pen.

Ty Murray, PBR president.

- And seven-time world champ. - Okay, Dustin.

- Jim Brass, Vegas PD. - Nice to meet you.

- Gil Grissom, Crime Lab. - Nice to meet you.

What can you tell me about this guy?

Cody Latshaw, a real institution.

Most guys his age hung up their rope a long time ago.

What about the bull?

Wintwister- He threw Cody earlier tonight,

but he got up and was fine.

He even asked for a re-ride.

"Re-ride"?

Well, if a bull doesn't buck good enough,

they can ask to get on another one.

That wasn't the case.

Wintwister had a good day.

Cody must not have been in his right mind

to think he'd get a second shot.

Is this the rope they tie around the bull?

That's one of them.

That's the bull rope.

is that rosin?

Yeah, it helps the rope stick to the glove so they can get a good grip.

Do all the riders

wear a glove?

Yes, sir.

He's not wearing one.

Guy was living the American dream.

Every kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy.

Not a dead cowboy.

CSI 8x11 - Bull -

Catherine.

PBR Sports Medicine Hi. just sent this over.

Taken after Cody's fall in competition.

He was held together by every kind of hardware

but roofing nails.

I can relate.

Yeah,it's a violent sport, check out his hands.

Riders live with constant injuries and pain.

They always get on the next bull

and try like hell to hang on for the next eight seconds.

You sound like a fan.

I used to date a bull rider.

Cowboy up.

Hey Doc. These are the one I took.

Thank you.

So there's just a few bills in his pockets.

- David, why don't you give me a hand here? - Sure

Some guys keep valuables in their boots.

Cody's little doggies are right fragrant.

Catherine, take a look at this.

This X-ray shows

he walked away from his earlier fall

with a hairline fracture of the C1 vertebra.

In bull riding,

the rider's spine must sustain vertical,horizontal

and diagonal thrust,

together if they put tremendous force onto the spinal column.

That guy was a walking time bomb.

Any trauma with sufficient force

would snap that vertebra

and sever the spinal cord.

It did.

The film David just took

shows a complete fracture.

That's your COD.

Consistent with getting thrown a second time.

Hey!

You got anything to do with taking my bull

off tomorrow's day sheet?

Do you own the bull?

Yeah,I'm Nancy Twicker.

And I want my bull in the finals.

The more he bucks, the more he's worth.

So whatever you got to do to clear him,

get it done.

Your bull gave Cody Latshaw a pretty brutal beating.

It's not the bull's fault.

I blame Cody for taking him out after hours.

Is it true that some riders tie the bull's testicles

to get them to buck more?

Well,sure,we always want the bulls to buck.

That's why we tie a flank strap across their back.

They're trying to shake it off.

Think about it.

If I tied a rope around your testicles,

would you feel like jumping up and down?

Could a guy get a bull out of this chute without any help?

Well, one guy could get a bull

all the way to the bucking chute, sure,

but well, then he'd have to tie on the bull rope and the flank strap.

Then he'd have to get on the bull.

And open the gate.

Not without help.

The chute only opens from the outside.

I gonna need to process your bull.

Can you do it in eight seconds?

Even confined like this,

these are not the most cooperative creatures.

So if my flank man says get back, you jump.

Hey, Cash.

Howdy, Cash Dooley.

And my name's about the only cash I got.

And this is Wintwister?

What, uh...

What would be the safest way

for me to handle his hooves?

There ain't one. Too dangerous.

He's a kicker.

Do you think I could get him to step on something?

Sure. But you better let me do the bending.

Can you could get him to step on this?

Cash knows bulls like nobody.

Heck, before these kids could even walk,

they're out riding sheep, then calves and baby bulls.

And finally these one-ton,

back-jerkin' snot-slingin' monsters.

Now, they get all busted up

and quit ridin', but they just can't quit these animals.

Cotton fiber.

Appears to be bloodstained.

I need another piece for comparaison.

Forget how to use the scissors?

Put your fingers in the holes and squeeze.

Yes, ma'am.

This looks like semen.

Cowboy had a roll in the hay.

Either he's messy

or, uh, we could have a Brokeback Mountain situation.

Oh God, that movie made me cry.

Me, too.

You know, it takes a big man to admit that.

And I am that man.

You don't say?

Fibers from the bull

are consistent with Cody's shirt.

Looks like Wintwister's a killer.

Found her body on patrol,

called in the 401AB, apparent fatal.

If there were any eyewitnesses, they didn't stick around.

Okay, thanks.

Threw her that far, he must have been going at least...

45.

Tiffany Rigdon, 27, local.

I'll run her for you.

Thanks.

Radiator fluid.

Bunch of empty liquor miniatures.

Card key from Pike's Gambling Hall.

Hit-and-run.

Hit back there...

...ran over here.

RO is Cody Latshaw- Durant, Oklahoma.

Isn't that Grissom's dead cowboy?

Yeah.

Boy, he had a hell of a night.

He gets humiliated...

...hits a pedestrian...

...he ditches the car, walks a couple of blocks to the arena,

joyrides a bull, and then ends up getting stomped to death?

Here's another card key

from Pike's Gambling Hall right here.

First one's for room 810, registered to Cody Latshaw.

Here you go.

Second one's also to room 810.

It's a complementary guest key issue to Tiffany Rigdon.