Wed, Dec 8, 1999
The dead body of Clarence O'Malley is found by his long time best friend, George. It looks like Clarence died of natural causes. What Da Vinci and Shannon also find in O'Malley's apartment is a series of lottery tickets. Although drunk at the time the winning numbers are announced, Shannon is lucid enough to know that Clarence owns a ticket worth $2 million. Da Vinci and Shannon contemplate what to do with this knowledge. They go through a series of options, including keeping the ticket for themselves, especially if Clarence had no living relatives. Their resolve to "do the right thing" strengthens when they meet who looks to be Clarence's only surviving relative, an opportunistic Rick O'Malley. Da Vinci and Shannon definitely do not want Rick, who cared nothing for Clarence, to get the money. Da Vinci and Shannon finally decide on an option they feel is equitable and humanistic. Meanwhile, Leary is involved in a high stakes poker game at a private gambling club on what looks to be his off time. The players are all pretty intense on the game except for chatty Greg Prentice. Prentice's chattiness gets Leary talking, which suits the two men's purposes just fine. But Leary gets the final say in the conversation.
Sun, Feb 22, 2004
A traffic incident occurs when a man driving a stolen vehicle stops an ambulance, the driver of the stolen vehicle, wielding a shotgun, demanding morphine from the paramedic. After the incident, the driver of the stolen vehicle flees on foot, leaving the vehicle behind. The ambulance delay causes the death of the elderly woman being transported. Fingerprints retrieved from the stolen vehicle indicate the driver is probably Douglas James Shelby, who kidnapped his young daughter, Jennifer, from his estranged wife, with Shelby and Jennifer in tow currently on the run. Shelby's wife hired Lawrence Doan, a private investigator, to track her husband and daughter. Doan has tracked Shelby to a local motel. When Shannon and Williams, the two working on this case for Homicide, arrive at the motel, they learn why Shelby stopped the ambulance in the first place. Meanwhile, Da Vinci investigates the death of a painter, who was found on fire on a mechanized swing stage, the platform on the ground at the time the death occurred. Da Vinci eventually finds a second building painter, also dead, on top of an adjacent trailer. It looks as if he was electrocuted. Da Vinci later learns that the painting company has a history of problems, one with the swing stage which may have led to the deaths. Elsewhere, Kosmo and Leary continue their sting on Curtis. They question Marla, who vows to "stay clear" when Curtis is eventually taken down. During this process, Curtis pulls a fast one on Prentice. And Da Vinci learns that Bill Jacobs has always had every intention of running for the Chief of Police job, despite telling Da Vinci the exact opposite. Da Vinci also learns the reason for Constable Charlie Klotchko's bad mouthing of him, which is related to Jacobs' run for the top cop job.
Wed, Dec 2, 1998
Da Vinci and Homicide investigate the death of 15-year old Jodie French at an unsupervised house party. The death was caused by a single gunshot wound to the heart, the gun in Jodie's lifeless hand. Although an initial look at the evidence indicates that it was a suicide, rumors float around Jody's school that a boy by the name of Peter Florick and Jody had an argument prior to her death. There are however conflicting stories of Peter's whereabouts when the death happened. On questioning, Peter admits that he and Jodie had a special and intimate friendship with most of their conversations, verbal or otherwise, in special code only known to the two of them. Information surfaces that their relationship was much like Romeo and Juliet, with each family disapproving of the relationship. Both the authorities and Jodie and Peter's classmates are on opposing sides, half of whom think Jodie killed herself, the other half who think Peter killed her. Of their classmates who think Peter killed her, they let him know that he is not welcome around them. To end the speculation, Peter decides to take matters into his own hands. This case takes its toll on Patricia and Dominic, who are starting to have problems with an increasingly secretive Gabriella, who is about the same age as Jodie. Meanwhile, Danny continues with his shady dealings in trying to open his new club, with Leon admitting that he killed a narcotics officer who has been pestering them for a cut of the deal.
Wed, Nov 15, 2000
Eric DeWitt is found dead, his lungs filled with fluid, his mouth stuffed with dirt and his arms with burn marks. The authorities discover that DeWitt has a criminal past mainly related to drugs. Da Vinci pieces the information together that DeWitt was operating a crystal meth lab. DeWitt must have died from a leak at the lab. The problem facing the authorities now is to find the location of this potentially explosive lab. Sandy, DeWitt's strung-out junkie girlfriend, is of no assistance. The authorities ultimately find the lab when two more dead bodies, those of innocent victims, are found at a local motel from crystal meth fumes circulating through the motel's ventilation system. Sandy eventually gives up Paul, DeWitt's meth partner, and the site of another lab. Unfortunately, the authorities arrive on that scene a split second too late. Meanwhile, Joe and Leanne McNally are distraught when they discover that their infant daughter is missing from her crib. Joe eventually finds her dead in a garage down the street from their house. Although both parents are suspects in the death, the authorities don't really believe the parents did it. Patricia determines that the baby was sexually molested before death, but that there was no pattern of previous molestation. The authorities discover that William Collette, a suspected child molester, lives in the neighborhood, but all the evidence they have on him is circumstantial. Joe does whatever he can to ensure that justice in his mind is done.
Wed, Nov 24, 1999
Adolescent Byron Mizlowski is found dead on the shores of Burrard Inlet. It looks as if he either jumped or was pushed off the Ironworker's Memorial Bridge. Byron was a bright and responsible child and his parents gave him much leeway. They think that his biological father may have something to do with the death as Byron was physically abused by him in the past. However Patricia discovers in the autopsy that Byron was also sexually abused, as recent as the night of his death. Det. Bobby Marlowe from Sex Crimes thinks this case is linked to his case involving alleged sexual molestation of children by Byron's band teacher, Richard Zeto. Marlowe has a victim, Ryner Paget, who is remembering the sexual molestation incidents after the fact. To appease the territorial issue between Homicide and Sex Crimes, Da Vinci suggests he seize Zeto's property under the Coroner's Act to share between the investigators. After formally talking to Zeto, the authorities have much evidence against him but not enough to convict on any of the supposed charges. Once news spreads within the community of the investigation against Zeto, other evidence surfaces. Tragic consequences occur before the authorities discover who killed Byron. Meanwhile, Leary investigates a blood spattered apartment but no body. And Winston has a hit and run dead body. They don't yet know that they two are related.