6. In the Dark — Episode — Law & Order: Criminal Intent

6. In the Dark

When the body of several murdered homeless men are found sold to medical labs, Detectives Goren and Eames descend into abandoned subway tunnels - where they encounter its tormented inhabitants - until they discover all of the victims were newly registered for credit cards that were maxed out after their deaths. As they probe further, the investigators find a link to a suspicious auto parts salesman and his addled middle-aged girlfriend.

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The Major Case Squad begins an investigation into the murder of social worker Vicki Hale ( Amelia Campbell ) whose corpse is sold to a medical wholesaler who then resells human body parts to research institutions. It leads Goren and Eames to the deaths of several homeless men and a series of frauds relating to the sale of auto parts. This takes them to an elderly woman Rose Cahill ( Rutanya Alda ) in the early stages of dementia who believes her stillborn daughter, Jenny, is still alive and the mechanic Butch Perkins ( Geoffrey Lewis ) who loves and cares for her. Butch is charged with the murders which he committed to raise money for "Jenny".

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