Episode 8
A mother and her baby are attacked at one of Miami's outdoor shopping malls. During the attack, the woman's baby is taken. Horatio and the team are called in to investigate. The team takes Jill (Mother) back to the house and meet with Stewart (Husband), and their teenage son, Keith, The phone rings and Stewart answers as the team attempts to trace the call. Stewart hears an voice ordering him to gather $500,000 dollars for the safe return of his baby. Calleigh tells Jill that if she pays the ransom, the kidnappers will have no reason to keep her baby alive. Horatio and Ryan go back to the crime scene. They find a pair of blue overalls in one of the trash cans. Boa Vista finds DNA on the clothing belonging to Marty Ellis. Horatio, Eric and a SWAT team arrive at Marty's residence to find that he was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest. at the Walsh residence, they discover that Keith has switched out the SIM card of his dad's phone. Calleigh finds that the money is missing. Stewart tells her that she only had $100,000 in the safe. Eric locates Keith riding his motorcyle. Keith tells Eric that he already dropped off the money to the kidnappers, Eric and Horatio go to the park. Under the bench where Keith said that he dropped off the money, Horatio finds a pacifier. Calleigh examines the bullet that killed Marty and finds that it belonged to a .357 Magnum used by Carla Hoyle. Horatio and Ryan arrest her at her house and find the weapon and Keith's backpack with the cash in her car. Calleigh examines Ricardo's book and finds that he was planning to meet with a couple flying in to the country to sell off the baby. Horatio tracks down couple and arrives as Ricardo is taking the money for the baby. Ricardo sees the police come after to him and escapes with both the baby and cash. Horatio chases him down and Ricardo crashes into a pile of cardboard boxes, which causes his truck to flip and roll over several times. Ricardo crawls out of his truck and points his gun at Horatio. Horatio shoots and kills Ricardo. As the vehicle ignites in flames and begins to smoke, Horatio saves the child. Great episode, this episode deserved a longer review, (My Score9/10)
