Redrum

"Redrum" is the thirteenth episode in the seventh season of the American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, set in Las Vegas, Nevada. Assemblyman Danilo Zamesca, an avid anti-drug crusader, is found murdered in his car in a remote location in the desert. Nick and Catherine process the scene and find a torn photograph on the ground and drugs in Zemesca's car. In the photograph, Zemesca is seen snorting heroin. Using bullet casings and fin... more

"Redrum" is the thirteenth episode in the seventh season of the American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, set in Las Vegas, Nevada. Assemblyman Danilo Zamesca, an avid anti-drug crusader, is found murdered in his car in a remote location in the desert. Nick and Catherine process the scene and find a torn photograph on the ground and drugs in Zemesca's car. In the photograph, Zemesca is seen snorting heroin. Using bullet casings and fingerprints found at the scene, the CSIs link Thomas Simon, the West Coast's biggest illegal drug supplier, to the murder. However, when Brass goes to Simon's strip club to arrest him, he learns that Simon hasn't been seen in weeks. Brass, Catherine, and Keppler meet with the Undersheriff, who pressures them to catch Simon. Keppler suggests using reverse forensics, a strategy in which a crime scene is faked and a "suspect" arrested, in order to lull Simon into a false sense of security and expose himself. However, in order for this strategy to... less