Lieutenant Horatio Caine:  You got a minute ?
Detective Frank Tripp: Thirty seconds .
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: Okay . Jeff Wilton .
Detective Frank Tripp: Who ?
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: Jeff Wilton is a high school kid from Homestead that disappeared three days ago .
Detective Frank Tripp: Father 's an ex - con .
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: And a concerned parent .
Detective Frank Tripp: A divorced parent . Soon as he got out , wife took off , left the kid behind . Told the neighbor she liked the guy fine enough , as long as he was in prison .
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: Okay . You think the kid did the same thing ?
Detective Frank Tripp: No , I think Jeff 's in the Keys with a cheerleader . I think he 'll run out of money , stroll back in a couple of days with a hickey on his neck and a smile on his face .
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: What if he does n't ?
Detective Frank Tripp: Well , I 've got _ twelve _ confirmed dead yanking at my chain right now .
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: So you 're not interested in the kid unless he 's dead ?
Detective Frank Tripp: You know what I mean .
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: Okay , Frank . Why do n't you let me take this one off your hands ?
Detective Frank Tripp: There 's no crime scene to investigate .
Lieutenant Horatio Caine: Maybe not , but that does n't mean there was n't a crime .