CSI: NY

Conditions in this room must have been desert dry.

No evidence of putrefaction by microorganisms.

Nothing to indicate the presence Nothing to indicate the presence...

Of rodents or maggots feeding on the body.

Yeah, a slow, Yeah, a slow,

Steady dehydration of the flesh.

Perfectly preserved.

Do we know who this is?

Flack only name listed...

As owner of the property is a sam harding.

Word is, he vacated the penthouse 80 years ago.

Place has been sealed up ever since. What about the 911 caller...

Who said he was gonna die? My boys searched the place,

Didn't find anyone-- our mummy's...

The only guy here.

So how does the dead guy call 911?

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Hey, guys. Hey, guys.

I figured out how our dead man called 911.

Someone broke in, and we're just finding this?

My guys swear My guys swear...

This room wasn't even here on the first go-round.

I don't know.

So, who calls 911, asks for help,

Says they're dying,

And then cuts out before help can arrive?

Maybe our Maybe our caller broke in,

Saw the body, made the anonymous call...

To lead us to the vic, and then took off.

So he pulls a b and e...

To rob the place, then turns good samaritan?

I'll remember to thank him before I toss his ass in jail.

I don't think burglary was the motive.

This place is full of antiques.

He could have picked it clean.

Whoever broke in was here for something else.

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Hi.

Are you lost?

No.

I'm not lost, but... Thanks.

Okay.

Are you supposed to be here?

Do you need to see someone,

Or, uh, can I help you with something?

It's just kind of strange...

To have someone that doesn't work in the lab...

Hanging out, you know.

Deborah martin, fbi personnel office.

I was cleared by detective mac taylor.

And I'm here observing the lab, procedures,

Work environment.

We're actually considering someone from this facility...

For our own lab.

Someone from here is moving to the fbi?

Mm-hmm. Wow.

That's a big deal.

Yes, it is. it's jake, isn't it?

It's jake's. I mean, he's such a...

Sorry, did I cross the line?

jake and I, we just, you know,

Applied at the same time together,

And, I-I mean, he is...

Actually, it's haylen becall.

Wow. Really?

Yeah.

Wow.

Really?

Yes. Yes.

Really?

Still yes.

Oh.

Wow.

Did you know that between 400 and 1400 a.D.

There was a common belief...

That mummia was a potent medicine with curative powers.

People used to grind up mummy parts and put them...

On their bodies to get well when they were sick.

Mmm, "take two milligrams of mummy...

And call me in the morning."

Something like that. Something like that.

Sid, I thought you had hobbies outside of work.

I take it my interest in the history of my profession...

And the fascinating world of the postmortem...

Does not strike you as an...

Enjoyable pastime?

Let's take him to a jets game this weekend.

okay, sid, what can you tell us about c.O.D.?

Your vic was murdered.

Cause was multiple stab wounds.

11, to be exact.

Mummification preserved every wound perfectly.

Crime of rage.

Or of passion.

Any idea when he was killed? I was just...

Doing the math.

These...

Are amex dentures,

Made out of aluminum.

They were created for american soldiers...

In 1917 as a more durable alternative to vulcanite dentures,

But were discontinued with the armistice of 1918.

The problem with aluminum is that...

It can stop the body's ability to absorb calcium.

This can prevent bone growth...

And reduce bone density.

Now...

Based on the deterioration of the bone at the gum line here,

I'd say our vic...

Was murdered five, six years...

After he got his shiny new choppers.

That would put the year of his death...

Somewhere around 1923.

flack: Sid, Sid,

Please tell me you were able to identify that body.

No, I assumed he was the owner of the penthouse,

Sam harding. Mm-mm, can't be.

According to my sources, harding died of pneumonia...

30 years ago and has been pushing up daisies...

In trinity ever since.

Then who is this?

I'll find out.

Got a positive I.D. On our mummy.

His name is walter jones.

According to these articles,

Jones was a bit of a player back in the day.

One of the first venture capitalists.

Could've been bigger than rockefeller or vanderbilt...

If he hadn't gotten himself murdered.

Looks like a lot of people might have wanted him dead.

oh, yeah.

Found court records for 19 lawsuits against him.

One of them was filed by an inventor named...

Sam harding. The owner of the penthouse.

Apparently, jones put up seed money...

For harding's invention business, but it sounds like...

Their deal eventually went sour,

'cause harding filed a suit in 1923...

For patent infringement- - but it was dismissed.

Jones comes up missing shortly after.

Sam harding had motive to make that happen.

Harding thought jones stabbed him in the back,

And when he didn't win in court, he got revenge.

We just solved an 8 6-year-old murder.

Not bad for a half a day's work.

Well, it gives us the rest of the day to tackle...

The remaining...

Who broke into the penthouse?

And who made the 911 call?

Adam ross. Adam ross.

Whatcha got? Oh, uh, yeah.

I, uh... Reconstructed the shattered glass...

From the skylight,

And I lifted several useable prints.

The name's richard lawson.

Now, he's gotta be the guy that came through...

The skylight and made the 911 call.

He's got two priors He's got two priors for breaking and entering.

As far as we can tell,

Nothing was stolen from the scene.

That's because what he broke in for...

...He couldn't carry out.

If this guy's a successful real estate agent,

What's he doing breaking into sam harding's penthouse?

Well, before he died, harding set up a trust...

To take care of his home, keep it empty after his death.

Nobody was allowed to go inside,

Not even the building's super...

Or maintenance man. He wanted to hide the fact...

That he murdered walter jones and left him there to rot.

His secret and jones's body would've remained undiscovered,

Except this week the rule against perpetuities...

Went into effect.

That stops dead people from owning property forever.

Right. Which means the penthouse was...

Just about to be put up for auction by the state.

That property's got to be worth $10 to $15 million.

Yeah, and that brings us right back to this guy,

Lawson.

Now, he makes his living...

By getting a jump start on his competition.

Two years ago, he broke into a foreclosure in the hamptons.

He's a suspect on two other cases.

And the times that he hasn't gotten caught,

He appraises the property...

And makes quite a bit of money on the sale.

We bringing him in? Well, that's the problem.

We can't find richard lawson.

Have you tried the penthouse? Have you tried the penthouse? Flack searched...

The place twice. Well, no disrespect to donnie boy--

You might want to try again.

When I processed the static lifts...

From the ceiling, I found footprints with directionality.

All right, now, all of them were moving into the room,

Nothing coming out.

So nobody went back up that rope.