So What Did Margie Say About...CSI: Skin in the Game

The 9/11/13 repeat CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode titled "Skin in the Game" had its first blog entry on 5/16/13.

One thing tonight's episode brought to light was the tenuous relationship between law enforcement and the media.  The media always wants front line access and total information but law enforcement is usually leery of allowing either.

It surprises me that the reporter was front and center at scenes, with evidence, and listening in on interviews.  There is such a thing as "ride along" but such total access is certainly not a common occurrence.

In many instances when too much information is released an investigation is compromised.  There are always certain details kept 'close to the vest' and are usually facts that only a suspect would know.  This helps to validate the confession when, and if, one is obtained.  It also allows those individuals who like to confess to be eliminated when their details are 'not on the mark'.  How can these facts be protected if they hit the front page of the paper or the early edition of the news??

The paperwork alone between the reporter who has free access and the law enforcement agency would likely be enormous.  Both sides want protection and security.  Both sides have agencies behind them that would likely worry about forthcoming lawsuits from victims or witnesses or even suspects.

I know there is a first amendment right which protects free speech but I think that the price to pay for "free" speech is a bit excessive if a guilty person goes "free".  Don't you??
 

So What Did Margie Say About...CSI: Skin in the Game

In the 5/15/13 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode titled "Skin in the Game" began by investigation into three women, two deceased and one in a coma.  All were strangled, had heart charms on their person or property, and were found in a staged scene with their bodies 'displayed'.  

At first it would appear that the boyfriend of one of these women was mere 'collateral damage' having been found shot in the head and located in a freezer.  The sex was wrong, the cause of death was wrong, and the location was wrong.  Such an outlier was curious.

 

There appeared to be a religious theme or undercurrent amongst all the scenes.  The so called signatures of this perpetrator were adding up. 

 

When one considers an MO or modus operandi (Latin for method of operation) it should reduce the possibilities of potential suspects.  It should lead to someone who has a particular method of operation or a particular habit that is so important to the personality as a trait that it becomes a signature to lead to a unique individual which helps to eliminate suspects and/or link crimes to one individual.

 

As it turns out the multiple signatures lead to the discovery that the perpetrator was following the outline of a particular theme - Dante's Inferno and the nine circles of hell.

 

It will be a small piece of the fiery place waiting for the next episode to see if either of the two daughters of major characters will be saved from doom.