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12. Detention

The apparent 1994 suicide of a high-school student who fell from the school's roof after serving detention with three other students is reinvestigated when new information is discovered. At the time of the victim's death, a scrap of paper thought to be a suicide note was found next to the body. But now an additional piece of paper is found that indicates the victim thought his life was in danger.

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The team reopens the 1994 death of Trevor Dawson, a 16-year-old boy who was an outcast in school who fell to his death from the roof of his school after serving detention on the same day. The death was originally ruled a suicide, but a newly-found piece of his suicide note indicates that he may have been fearing for his life prior to this death. Song featured in the intro: " Come Out and Play ", by The Offspring. Song featured in the finale: " Landslide ", by The Smashing Pumpkins.

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