CSI: CRIME scene investigation

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Sweet Jane

Written by Kenneth Fink and Naren Shankar
Directed by Kenneth Fink

The mystery begins with the corpse of a naked unidentifiable woman found in a deserted area off the side of the highway. Catherine and new CSI Michael Keppler are called to the scene. Much to their chagrin, they find no evidence to bring back to the lab except soil and branch samples and further conclude that the murdered wiped his victim down with alcohol to avoid trace and prints. Back at the lab, Greg determines from fingerprint analysis that the victim’s name is Veronica Sorenson a runaway from Victorville. She is 17 years-old with blonde hair and blue eyes. Catherine and Keppler devise a database search and realize that the serial killer has killed 3 more girls in 1999, 1989 and 1975. Pulling files from each respective case, the team realizes that other than photos they don’t have much to go on. Sara reaches out to the detective that was assigned the case in 1999. He mentions that he was extremely busy at the time and working on so many cases at once that his supervisor told him to let that one go. At the morgue, Sara and David Phillips find the body from 1999 and take tissue samples. Meanwhile, Nick gets a sample of the killer’s hair from a lead that the detective that worked on the 1989 case gave him. To investigate their last lead, Catherine, Keppler and Dr. Robbins request the 1979 Jane Doe to be dug up. Robbins notes that silver amalgam is found in her gum lining and it was found in Veronica’s gum lining as well. The team realizes that their killer is a dentist. Keppler decides to research dentists that have been in business since 1975; as the material stopped being used after that. Keppler also examines the locations in which the three bodies were found and locates the closest dentist office to their proximities. When Catherine and Keppler visit the office the receptionist notes that she remembers Veronica and states that she does not have dental records for any patients that started with them before seven years ago. The receptionist identifies Veronica’s dentist as old-timer Dr. Dave Lowry. Noting a bite mark one of the corpse’s bodies, Catherine and Keppler return to the dental office and take a teeth impression of Dr. Lowry’s mouth. However, results show that only four of the six teeth match the killer’s impression. Believing that Lowry straightened his front two teeth, Catherine and Keppler search for more evidence to put the dentist behind bars.