Tue, Oct 3, 2000
Da Vinci investigates the death of a man found lying in the entrance of an apartment building on the downtown east side. Kosmo investigates a woman found killed by a chopstick through her eye. While investigating a double murder, Leary becomes concerned about Shannon's health and covers for him with their sergeant.
Tue, Oct 10, 2000
An inmate serving a life sentence for killing a police officer forces Da Vinci to interpret a heart stoppage in an ambulance as a death in custody. Mick and Shannon search for the son of a woman who was beaten to death in her apartment. Winston is trapped in an elevator with a corpse. Da Vinci looks for a piano for Gabriella's birthday.
Tue, Oct 17, 2000
Cory Wilkins, a squeegee kid, is beaten to death while washing a windshield. His girlfriend, Lily, happened upon the scene immediately following the beating and only caught a brief glimpse of a woman running away from the scene, that woman who either did the beating or possibly knows who did. They do find the woman, a junkie, who did witness the beating by the driver of the car she was chasing. They do identify the vehicle, which was reported stolen by its owner, Frank Carver. Leary, Shannon and Savoy recover some evidence from the found car and a possible murder weapon close to where the car was abandoned, which points to one probable suspect. Although the junkie girl cannot positively identify the suspect, Lily, who happened to be at the police station when the suspect is brought in, can. Da Vinci investigates the death of Janie Steadman, who was found in the aftermath of a house fire. Da Vinci rules the death accidental, the fire started by a tipped over candle. This information is insufficient for Janie's father, Morris Steadman, who wants to know exactly and everything that happened in his daughter's death. Not wanting to think that his daughter did anything wrong in her life (the autopsy identified cocaine in her system), Steadman hires a private investigator, Tom Sprawl, whose mandate seems to be to provide Steadman with the information he wants to hear. Sprawl seems to be working on his own motives. Back at the morgue, Patricia is facing a case of déjà vu - she is to perform an autopsy on a John Doe, but she swears she did an autopsy on that same man two days prior, that John Doe with a $50 bill in his right shoe, this John Doe with a $50 bill in his left shoe. Wayne backs up Patricia's memory of the situation. Are they going crazy or is there a plausible explanation for the two identical John Does? Da Vinci finds a piano for him and Patricia to buy as a present for Gabriella. The problem is getting the piano from its present location back to the house.
Tue, Nov 7, 2000
A human skeleton is found in the Grandview Cut, just below an overpass. The body is determined to be that of Elaine Walker, a woman that has been missing for a year. The authorities suspect her husband, Robert Walker, as her killer as he has a $1 million double indemnity life insurance policy on her, a policy on which he was trying to collect even before conclusive evidence that she was dead. He also admits he was in an extramarital affair with a woman by the name of Melanie Stone at the time Elaine went missing, Melanie who currently lives with him. Leary and Kosmo go undercover as a couple who are looking after the house next door to Walker's house. They want to discover conclusive evidence of his guilt through surveillance. When they find out Walker has purchased a single one-way ticket to Jamaica, they inform Melanie that her life may be in danger. Melanie says she believed in Walker's innocence up to this point, but decides to provide whatever information she knows against Walker. Once the authorities discover the murder weapon in the Cut based on Melanie's testimony, the information provided by Melanie as a whole becomes more useful to them in solving the case than Melanie could have ever imagined. Da Vinci holds an inquest into a vehicle crash between a propane truck and a minivan. The minivan driver, Herbert Carlyle, died at the scene of a heart attack. The resulting explosion from the accident also caused the disfigurement of John Cray, a bystander coming to the aid of Carlyle and his wife, Gladys, the minivan's passenger. The inquest not only will try to prove what caused the accident, but also put the spotlight on the lack of safety of hazardous materials trucks operating on residential streets. The problem Da Vinci is having is that the key impartial witness, Cray, refuses to testify as his disfigurement has caused him to become a recluse. Da Vinci requires the assistance of sheriffs to bring Cray to the inquest; Cray testifies but obviously against his wishes. Back at the Coroner's Office, Kelly starts his new job as Chief Coroner, burying his staff under mounds of paperwork. And Gabriella starts piano lessons.
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Tue, Nov 14, 2000
Eric DeWitt is found dead, his lungs filled with fluid, his mouth stuffed with dirt and his arms with burn marks. The authorities discover that DeWitt has a criminal past mainly related to drugs. Da Vinci pieces the information together that DeWitt was operating a crystal meth lab. DeWitt must have died from a leak at the lab. The problem facing the authorities now is to find the location of this potentially explosive lab. Sandy, DeWitt's strung-out junkie girlfriend, is of no assistance. The authorities ultimately find the lab when two more dead bodies, those of innocent victims, are found at a local motel from crystal meth fumes circulating through the motel's ventilation system. Sandy eventually gives up Paul, DeWitt's meth partner, and the site of another lab. Unfortunately, the authorities arrive on that scene a split second too late. Meanwhile, Joe and Leanne McNally are distraught when they discover that their infant daughter is missing from her crib. Joe eventually finds her dead in a garage down the street from their house. Although both parents are suspects in the death, the authorities don't really believe the parents did it. Patricia determines that the baby was sexually molested before death, but that there was no pattern of previous molestation. The authorities discover that William Collette, a suspected child molester, lives in the neighborhood, but all the evidence they have on him is circumstantial. Joe does whatever he can to ensure that justice in his mind is done.
Tue, Nov 28, 2000
A charred dead body is found outside the wreckage of a burning car, the body which was bound before the fire. The car is registered to Phil Wilkins, a pool hustler. After uncovering some evidence, Shannon and Leary learn that the body is that of Wilkins, who lived life high but had no money. But the nature of the fire indicates that the perpetrator would have also suffered significant burns. Shannon and Leary suspect either one of his pool colleagues who he stiffed or Bobby, the manager of Wilkins' local pool hall as Wilkins was having a clandestine affair with Bobby's wife, Jessica. Part of Jessica's story may provide answers as to the death, and whether Shannon and Leary have to divulge the affair to Bobby. Da Vinci investigates the death of a young teen-aged woman, who was found dead inside a shipping truck. Someone was shipping her across the border from Portland to Vancouver, but a delay in transport caused the oxygen supply she was carrying to run out. The trunk's addressee, Darryl Morris, states that he was not expecting a shipment. Later, a second identical trunk addressed to Darryl Morris is found in the bonding warehouse, this time with a dead young teen-aged boy. Da Vinci decides the only way to find out who was actually expecting the trunks is to make the delivery of the now empty trunks and see who picks them up. But it's a discovery by Patricia that provides the strongest clues as to the identities of the two deceased and who was supposed to get them out of the trunks. Back at the coroner's office, Morris Steadman, still grieving over the death of his daughter, asks to review all Da Vinci's files as he still thinks her death was homicide. On some personal fronts, Sunny's car is keyed, with Leary thinking he knows the culprit. And Da Vinci starts what may be a relationship based on a chance encounter out of circumstance.
Mon, Jan 8, 2001
Five year old Alex Woods goes missing, presumably drowned by the log booms in the Fraser River after he supposedly jumped or fell off a pier. The death becomes suspicious when Helen discovers that Alex's mother, Sarah, lost another child five years previous in another outdoor accidental situation. But Da Vinci has to walk a fine line as there is a possibility she is innocent in both deaths. The suspicions continue after they find Alex's body. Both Da Vinci and Kurtz are also concerned that Sarah has yet another infant child at home, and that at least the two youngest were somewhat unwanted pregnancies from the fathers' perspectives. Meanwhile, Dr. Ian Stroud dies in an automobile accident. During the autopsy, Sunny finds that Dr. Stroud was killed by a gunshot wound to the head, the reason it not noticed at the accident scene being that the bullet had exited his body and the shot was clean. The rationale for the shooting becomes clearer when Leary and Shannon discover he performed abortions and was on an anti-abortion hit list. They narrow down the killer after determining the shot was fired at close range. Elsewhere, Fred Turner is suspected of murdering his wife, Susan, based on speculation by a neighbor, Molly Wolnic, who had reported domestic disturbances at the Turners' previously. This time, she heard an argument, saw Fred carry something outside, and since that incident Susan has not been seen despite usually working in her garden. Fred seems like a up-front guy to Kosmo and LaBoucane, the investigators, until they catch him in a few lies, namely about some blood in the kitchen and stories about his missing dog, Ginger. It isn't until Susan's body is discovered that the full story emerges. Meanwhile, Leary learns what Shannon has been doing in his free time.
Mon, Jan 22, 2001
In a back alley in the Downtown east side, Da Vinci and Zack McNab investigate a fatal hit and run. During the course of the investigation, the on duty female police constable reminds Da Vinci that during one of his drunken sprees a few years back, he made a play for her but had not called her since that night, her and the incident Da Vinci only vaguely remembers. Da Vinci later finds out that the constable is Zack's daughter, Ramona. Simultaneously around the corner from the hit and run, Shannon, Leary and robbery detective Rose Williams investigate the shooting homicide of a convenience store clerk named Jim. Jim was a popular figure in the neighborhood, running tabs for his regular customers until they received their bi-weekly welfare checks. Rose also mentions to Shannon and Leary that Jim had been robbed four times in the past two months by a historically non-violent junkie named Lucas Ross, a kid originally from a stable upper middle class family. After it was determined that Lucas had previously broken into the store to steal cash to support his habit, Jim preferred to hand over a small amount of cash to Lucas than to go through the pain and cost of any property damage caused by a break-in. Despite these robberies, Lucas was one of Jim's regulars and treated him as such. When the investigators learn of the other nearby incident, their exchange of information leads to them believing the two incidents tied together, them being able to piece together the outline of a credible story. That story leads to a stand off of sorts, including between Da Vinci, and detectives from three different divisions each having their own idea of what best to do. It could all go down in a blaze of bullets, that is unless Da Vinci's plan comes to fruition and comes off as he hopes, he putting his own life on the line in the process if he's wrong.
Mon, Jan 29, 2001
Da Vinci investigates the death of Tom Hill, a well-known Native activist who advocated for the rights of Natives and the disadvantaged in his neighborhood, the Downtown Eastside. Hill was found in the middle of a residential street on the west side of town--not his own neighborhood--with head injuries, broken legs, and no footwear. At the scene, all Da Vinci can determine is that Hill was run over buy a vehicle, but the actual cause of death is uncertain. Back at the morgue, Sunny and Patricia can't definitively conclude the sequence of events leading to his death. Charles Downey, a Native ex-con junkie, tells Da Vinci that he witnessed two police constables earlier that evening forcibly hauling Hill off from his Downtown Eastside neighborhood. Downey is reluctant to provide any official information to the police because he is afraid that his testimony--from a junkie on parole--would not hold up against that of police officers and that there would be possible retaliation. As such, Da Vinci promises Downey that he will act as his intermediary in the investigation. Other witnesses come forward, with some useful but inconclusive information which includes Hill sustaining a possible beating causing the head injuries prior to being run over. And when officially questioned, the two police officers who allegedly hauled Hill off--Constables Miller and Kozak--tell a somewhat unusual but credible enough story against the theory that they were the ones who hauled Hill off. With all this information, Da Vinci is still convinced that the two constables took Hill on a midnight ride or what Shannon calls a "sparkle tour," so named because a victim can count the stars on the night-walk home to while away the time. Da Vinci ultimately learns the convoluted story of who ran over Hill, but he is still certain the constables played a role in Hill's death. Meanwhile, Kosmo and LaBoucane investigate the death of Rachel Rosenblum, whose dead body was found in a residential dumpster. They learn that she died of an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol. Her casual boyfriend, Lee, states that he is unaware of the circumstances of her death. However, Kosmo and LaBoucane catch him in some lies, which force him to confess what he knows. Although Lee did not kill Rachel, his story disgusts Kosmo.
Mon, Feb 5, 2001
A pre-trial hearing is held in the suspected stabbing murder of Stacy Miller, a young female hiker, by Joel Hardy. Using Da Vinci's, Patricia's, and Homicide's notes from the initial investigation, Hardy's lawyer is trying to prove his client's innocence based on an alternative theory: that Miller was killed by a cougar attack--an alternative theory that had been considered during the coroner/pathologists exam. Da Vinci knows that is not the case, Patricia knows that is not the case, and Homicide knows that is not the case, but Hardy's lawyer is using the notes against their writers. To further support his case, Hardy's lawyer calls in an expert witness--a pathologist specializing in animal attacks--and subpoenas Sunny, who has to recall her discussions with Patricia and Da Vinci about the investigation. Elsewhere, Leary, Shannon and Da Vinci investigate the break-and-enter shooting death of Abigail Jefferson. A former cancer patient, Abigail was shot through the heart while in her bedroom, the murder weapon being her own gun. The murder occurred while her husband and two adult children were out shopping. The initial suspect is a neighborhood kid who does odd jobs for the Jeffersons. However, certain aspects of the Jeffersons' collective stories do not quite add up, including a delay between their finding the body and the call to 911. In addition, the investigators learn that Abigail's cancer was not in remission as she told her family. It isn't until Chick uncovers some evidence regarding the gun that the pieces of the story start to fall together. On other fronts, Morris Steadman continues his crusade to find evidence regarding foul play in his daughter's death, Da Vinci continues his relationship with Suzanne Reilly, and Shannon wrestles with the thought of putting his wife Lana into an extended care facility.