CSI: NY

Excuse me.

Hey, come on, man, just watch where you're standing, please.

Hey, sit over here.

Hey, chill out, all right?

You stepped on my foot again.

Please don't do that, all right?

Look, I'm sorry. Would you just relax?

What the hell is your problem, man?

You stepped on my foot, like, three times.

Just get out of my face.

I don't want any trouble.

Hey, if you do it again, jackass, you're a dead man.

Yeah, whatever.

I warned you, man.

Dude, it's the bus. It's not my fault.

NYPD. Drop the knife!

Go to hell!

Hey! Move!

Keep pressure on it.

You'll be okay. Call an ambulance.

Get up.

Now that's just wrong.

What do we know?

Not much.

Warehouse has been shut down since July.

Security patrol spotted a busted gate

a couple hours ago and called it in.

Some poor uni had the unique experience

of finding this horror show.

They made no attempt to conceal the body.

Whoever did this knew it would be found.

Well, they either didn't care,

or they were sending a rather emphatic message.

Check out the prison ink.

Our boy has gang ties.

"41-6-12" stands for D.P.L.

Dios, Patria, Libertad.

God, Fatherland, Liberty.

The Dominican National Motto.

Nobody loves a good dismemberment

like the Latin street crews.

If this is gang-related, it may be more than murder.

It could be a declaration of war.

Hello? Hello?

Who was it?

I don't know; we got cut off.

? Out here in the fields

? I fight for my meals

? I get my back into my living

? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

? Bite chunks out of me

? My love, it's very late

? Till morning comes

? Let's tessellate.

Lovato!

Interrogation room, now.

I recognized your number on the vic's caller I.D.

I know it was you on the other end of that line.

The phone log shows you called the vic

17 times today, all within a few hours

of the poor bastard being cut in half.

Look, I didn't do anything wrong.

Convince me. Who's the body

in that warehouse, and what's your connection to him?

What the hell's going on, Lovato?

Vic's name is Benny Madera.

He was a part of a drug case I worked.

Why did you call him today?

There was a new development.

You should have called your supervisor.

I did.

I told my DEA liaison everything.

You don't believe me?

Robert Hicks. Go check for yourself.

I had a responsibility to tell Benny his life was in danger.

And how did you know that?

One of his associates made me as a cop this morning.

I warned you, man!

Dude, it's the bus. It's not my fault.

- NYPD! Drop the knife! - Go to hell, man.

I think I'm the reason why Benny's dead.

Benny was known

as Toro on the streets.

Benny the Bull. 33 years old.

He's got priors for possession, distribution, assault,

all kinds of weapons charges.

This guy's been in and out of jail since he was 15 years old.

He was one of the subjects on an undercover narco case

I was on before I got transferred into homicide.

What was the assignment?

Infiltrating a crew of local Trinitario gang members,

gathering intel for a joint NYPD/DEA task force.

Benny was an up-and-comer.

He was well-respected and trusted by the other players.

He also had a good eye for fresh talent.

He was your way into the gang?

It took me months to get under his radar,

but as soon as I did, he took me under his wing.

After that, everybody knew me as Anita Castillo,

a member of Toro's crew.

How long were you under?

17 months.

A long time to live your life as someone else.

Must have seemed like an eternity.

I was building a strong case,

learning routines, making connections.

Investigation was right on track,

and then just like that, it was over.

Your cover was blown?

I had no other choice but to walk away.

As far as the Trinitarios

were concerned, Anita Castillo just disappeared.

And it would have stayed like that

if I hadn't taken the bus this morning.

Didn't even recognize her

at first, but the look in her eyes said

she knew exactly who I was.

And then I remembered where I saw her.

Toro sent me.

Bye, Mama.

She looks good, huh?

Toro sent me... with this.

Blood at the scene was a bust.

It all came from a single donor, the vic.

- Any prints? - A handful, but no hits in AFIS.

I think they were just left by old warehouse employees.

Well, the Trinitarios do know how to clean up after themselves.

You're thinking someone in his own crew murdered him?

He rolled out the red carpet for a narc.

In gang culture, that's a sin that can't go unpunished.

What about the girl on the bus... could she have done this?

Maybe, but not without the approval of a bigger player.

So, the question is,

who did she report to after seeing you?

Let's pick her up and find out.

We can't. I don't know her name.

But you do know where she was sitting on the bus.

All right, I'll call the MTA.

You don't have to.

The stabbing made the bus a crime scene.

It's already parked in the impound lot.

?

Sid, take a look at this.

Well, whatever it is,

that's certainly a unique shade of green.

Not one of Mother Nature's own?

Oh, perfect timing, Jo.

Uh, there's lots to tell you.

Well, start by telling me

how our victim ended up in two pieces.

Of course.

Uh, the violent transection occurred between

the rib cage and pelvis, penetrating

mostly soft tissue, but also severing the spinal column.

There were significant breakaway spurs and splintering

on the terminal side from where the vertebrae was cut.

That's consistent with the force provided by a motor-driven saw.

But which kind?

Periodic striations on the bone

rule out the circular or reciprocating varieties.

Leaving one likely culprit.

This man was cut in half by a chain saw.

Even more disturbing,

the rawness of the surrounding flesh suggests that our victim

was still alive when the sawing began.

Fortunately, the shock

and massive blood loss wouldn't have

- kept him that way for very long. - Right.

Can you tell me why his legs are frozen

in this kneeling position?

Spontaneous onset of rigor as the result of

cadaveric spasms.

More specifically: tetany.

Muscle contractions caused by

prolonged periods of continued stimulation.

In this case, caused by

repetitive and deliberate electric shocks.

- He was tortured first? - Yeah.

Confirmed by these electrical burns.

So what do you think caused these penetrating wounds?

Not sure, but I'm hoping these green flakes I found

embedded in the tissue will shed some light.

Little heads up on the slasher flick would be nice.

Got something, Adam?

Well, yeah, besides nightmares for the next three weeks.

Okay, we got a CODIS hit on our mystery girl from the bus.