CSI:New York

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Obsession

Written by Jeremy Littman
Directed by Jeffrey Hunt

The murder mystery begins when a group of young boys accidentally throw their football through the window of a brownstone. When recovering the ball, one of the boys finds a man dead in a pool of blood. Telling the cops of their discovery, Mac and Stella rush to the scene of the crime and determine that the man bled to death from a single stab wound in his chest. Mac and Stella find rope and duct tape in the vacant apartment suggesting kidnapping could be a motive. Back at the lab, Lindsay confirms that there are lipstick marks on the duct tape. Blood found in the home is from another male and brunette hairs are also recovered. Adam tells Stella that blood found in the apartment is tied to ex-con Artemis Hunt. Artemis says he was doing a fix-it job a month ago for a property management company in the brownstone. Meanwhile, Stella ties a car parked outside of the brownstone to an Alex Martin. Mac realizes that their victim is Alex Martin, a real estate agent responsible for selling the property. Martin’s secretary alludes to a love affair he might be having. Horse traces in the trunk of the car lead Mac and Stella to the stables in Central Park where they learn that an Elizabeth Grayson could be their brunette. Liz states that Alex kidnapped her and brought her to the apartment where he rapped her. Liz says that she stabbed him and ran away. However, when Mac finds holes in Liz’s story and realizes that she slept with two men during her “kidnapping” the case is anything but closed.


Across town, a young man in semi-costume is found dead and stuffed in a grocery cart. At the scene, Danny and Detective Angell realize that their victim was a grocery cart racer who performed poorly in his last match. Sid confirms that the victim was hit in the head and that someone shot him with a price tag gun in the stomach. Trace samples determine that a female foot kicked him in the head and red nail polish remnants are found. Danny remembers that a single patent leather heel was found at the scene. Danny also realizes that a female grocery cart racers could be possible suspects including the victim’s teammate Rita who angry with him for losing and Carla a player on a competing team. Danny takes foot impressions of Rita and Carla’s feet. Meanwhile, Danny finds the hair from an albino animal on the cart. When visiting the back alley of a supermarket, Danny and Hawkes find a homeless man with an albino dog. The duo wonders if the female racers are to blame or the angry homeless man.