(He finds a strand of hair on the bottom of the camera. (Just beyond the trophy case are large photos of various high school students - Sheila Latham, Charlie Kellerman with his camera, Megan Cooper in her cheerleader uniform and Ryan Lansco in his basketball pose.) Brass: (from radio) The last place they were seen was the parking lot at the school after the game. Grissom: Try "Megan." Grissom: Yeah, it's blood. Linda Lansco: And what about Ryan? Nick: A little blood in the parking lot, a lot of blood here. Officer Mitchell: This is Ryan Lansco's assigned parking spot. She's apparently victim of a hit-and-run car accident. That and Megan. They could have eloped to Mexico. We went down to the field house.
Plan: A: Grissom; Q: Who thought the young lovers may have run off to Mexico? A: blood; Q: What do Grissom and his team find in a pool? A: the disappearance; Q: What is the case of Ryan and his girlfriend? A: a high school basketball star; Q: What was Ryan's profession? A: his cheerleader girlfriend; Q: What is Ryan's relationship with? A: the field house; Q: Where did the team find Ryan's letterman jacket and cheerleading sweater? A: the team; Q: Who tries to determine what went wrong? Summary: Grissom and his team are discouraged when they find a pool of blood as they begin investigating the disappearance of a high school basketball star named Ryan and his cheerleader girlfriend. Grissom's quip that the young lovers may have run off to Mexico is soon quashed by the discovery of drops of blood by Ryan's vacant parking spot at the school. After finding a letterman jacket and cheerleading sweater in the field house and a pool of Ryan's blood nearby, the team tries to determine what went awry.