TEXT: [EXT. VARIOUS LAS VEGAS CITY LIGHTS (STOCK) - NIGHT] [INT. HOTEL CASINO - MAIN FLOOR - NIGHT] [INT. FOUR ACES- FRONT DESK - NIGHT] (Martha Krell rolls her bag to the front desk. The Front Desk Clerk looks at her.) Front Desk Clerk: Welcome back, Mrs. Krell. Martha Krell: I told you, it's Martha. (She takes her card.) Front Desk Clerk: Your room's ready and I have your credit card on file. (She turns to her co-workers as she leaves.) Martha Krell: See you in the morning. I'm beat. (The elevator door opens. She walks inside and presses the button.) Front Desk Clerk: (o.s.) Call me if you need anything, Martha. (She smiles as the elevator doors close.) (The Front Desk Clerk looks up.) (The elevator light for the second floor lights up.) [SCENE_BREAK] [INT. FOUR ACES MOTEL - SECOND FLOOR - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS] (The stairwell door opens and a man in a dark-colored jacket steps out. He looks down the hallway one way, then notes the EXIT door down the other hallway.) (Off screen, the elevator bell dings.) (The man in the dark-colored jacket and white sneakers heads toward the EXIT door. He follows the hallway and sees Martha Krell heading down the hallway with her luggage in tow.) (He starts walking quickly and purposefully toward her.) (Martha Krell reaches the motel room door and uses the card key to unlock the door.) (The man reaches Martha Krell quickly. He swiftly grabs her and pushes his way into her motel room, her scream muffled by his hand over her mouth.) WHITE FLASH TO: [INT. FOUR ACES MOTEL - KRELL'S ROOM] (Brass, Grissom and Sara walk into the room. Officers are there.) Brass: Decedent
SUMMARY:
Grissom and his team investigate a case where a stewardess has been violently raped and stabbed to death in her hotel room, in which Ecklie discovers parallels to a five-year-old cold case . Catherine's team assists Detective Cavaliere in the investigation of a young boy beaten to death in his own bed, but Nick and Cavaliere get into a bitter disagreement over their methods of finding the culprit.