TEXT: DUE TO MATURE THEME, VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED COLD OPEN. [EXT. VARIOUS LAS VEGAS DESERT (STOCK) -- DAY] (Heavy winds blow sand across the desert, making it difficult to see.) (A car travels along the road through the sight-obscured desert.) [EXT. DESERT (OFF HIGHWAY 55, NEAR SPARKS) - DAY] (Grissom arrives at the site and parks near the other officers' cars. In front of them, Brass is talking with a man in a heavy jacket. Brass has his hand over his nose and mouth to keep the dust and sand out.) (Grissom gets out of the car and joins Brass.) Brass: Guy was on his way to a landscaping job in Palm Springs. Saw a body sticking out of the sand. Grissom: Well, out this far, it's probably a body dump. (They reach the body. Nick is already there.) Nick: Looks like they starved her to death first. (They get a good look at the body. A bald, thin woman in her underwear partially covered by the blowing sand.) Brass: Well, Jesus fasted in the desert. Grissom: Yeah, but he had a choice. Nick: No clothes, no shoes, no hair. (The coroner's van arrives and backs up to the spot.) Brass: Maybe her dome was shaved 'cause she spent time in the pen. Nick: No right hand either. Could have been disarticulated by a wild animal. Brass: The only wild animal was the one who left her out here. (David Phillips gets out of the van and joins them.) David Phillips: Hey, Grissom. (Grissom turns and looks at David Phillips.) David Phillips: Conditions are less than ideal. Is it okay if we just do a scoop and run? Grissom: Yeah, David, shoe prints, tire treads -- all they are is... Brass:... Dust in the wind. (David smile
SUMMARY:
A half-naked woman is found half buried in the desert with a branding on her arm. She has no hair and is missing her right hand. The woman turns out to be Lady Heather 's estranged daughter. The autopsy reveals that the woman was a victim of an experiment and starved to death. The team investigates the Betz Clinic where the deceased underwent a sleep therapy session for her insomnia.