EPISODE

13. Homicide.com

A murderous webmaster announces on a website run by a homicide detective that he will kill women live and on-line at specified times and taunts the Baltimore police force to try and stop him from perpetrating the crimes.

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Sheppard and Bayliss investigate a woman's ritual stabbing death that was broadcast on the Internet. As news spreads of another scheduled performance, Sheppard fights to keep control of the case - her first red ball, and her first as primary following her beating - and Gee pushes her to get results. The killer, Luke Ryland, misdirects the police to carry out his second murder, then hijacks Bayliss' personal Website for a third one after Sheppard baits him into it. After a heated confrontation between Bayliss and Sheppard, the police arrest Ryland before he can commit this new murder. A crossover episode with the online spin-off Homicide: Second Shift.

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