TEXT: [EXT. LAS VEGAS (STOCK) - DAY] [SCENE_BREAK] [EXT. TONY BRAUN'S RESIDENCE - DRIVEWAY -- DAY] (Driveway gate automatically rolls open and a Black Chevy Truck drives up the driveway (with Nevada License #510-ZHI). There's shrubbery in the back of the truck with gardening tools/equipment.) (The truck stops and the gardener holding a red Big Drink cup exits. He takes a sip, puts the cup back in the car and closes door. He takes keys out of pocket and releases the back hatch of the truck to get his tools out and to get to work.) (Two large dogs whimpering pass through the unlocked backyard gate and greet the surprised gardener.) Gardener: Hey. How'd you guys get out? (The dogs bark a couple of times and head back into the yard through the gate. The gardener follows.) [EXT. TONY BRAUN'S RESIDENCE - BACKYARD - DAY - CONTINUOUS] (The dogs stand at the back glass sliding door. They bark and whimper at something inside. The doors are closed. The gardener takes off his dark glasses and approaches the dogs.) Gardener: What's the matter, boys? (He pets the dogs trying to calm them down. Still, the dogs bark and whimper at something inside.) Gardener: Easy. Hey... (He tries the doors, they're locked. Steps up close and peers in, his face extremely close to the glass. Off his face, he's surprised and horrified by the sight.) (There is a man lying on the floor in his white boxer shorts. He appears to be dead.) QUICK FLASH TO WHITE: [SCENE_BREAK] [EXT. TONY BRAUN'S RESIDENCE - OUT FRONT - DAY] (CATHERINE makes her way up the driveway to the house. She's carrying her CSI kit and maneuvers through the police officers out front. On the driveway there are at least
SUMMARY:
Grissom and crew are called in after high roller Tony Braun, a known drug addict, is found dead in his house by a gardener. Since drug paraphernalia are discovered near his body and it is also determined that he had recently inhaled heroin, the cause of death is at first thought to be an overdose. But further examination of the corpse reveals that Braun had been restrained at some point with duct tape, leading Grissom to believe that the victim was forced to ingest lethal amounts of heroin and, perhaps, other drugs.