Csi ny taxi cab serial killer

He tries to talk to the cabbie, unaware that the driver is the Cabbie Killer, while he drives off with Reed. He then tells Reed about the markings on the victims necks and gives him Comitis' name as a scapegoat for the killings so people wouldn't trust him. But after Reed publishes the article, things go better then expected as three fellow cabbies end up killing him. After this, he became inspired at how much people were paying attention to Reed's blog and decided to use Reed to get his message out to the world.

He kidnaps Reed, binds and gags him, and dumps him in his trunk, while he forced him to listen helplessly as the killer picks up a new victim. After he murders her, he dumps the body in with Reed. The Cabbie Killer forces Reed to blog about his exploits while he carves up his latest victim's neck. But Reed leaves clues in his blogs that allows Mac to figure out he's being held at an abandoned brewery. Stella manages to slow the bleeding, but The Cabbie Killer escapes.

Hawkes matches prints on the killer's cab to those found on Comitis' car, leading the CSIs to realize that Comitis and the killer were in a car accident with their cabs.

The CSIs storm the building he's living at and apprehend the killer, a religious fanatic suffering from delusions that made him believe the faces he saw on billboards were sinners he needed to deliver to the underworld. The Cabbie killer would pose as a normal cabbie. When his victims got in his cab, he closed and locked all possible ways of escape. Then, he hit a button on his radio that filtered carbon monoxide into the back seat, slowly killing his victims when they begged for their lives.

His signature was carving L, a reference to Leviticus , "No person devoted to destruction may be ransomed; he must be put to death", onto the backs of their necks. Hawkes traces the tarps the killer wraps his victims in to Kings County College, where he and Stella discover similar tarps at a construction site, along with tire treads.

Stella traces the tires and a dispatch button found among the coins from the fountain to a cab company, where the harried manager tells her and Hawkes a cabbie quit in a rage several months ago. He gets a hit on the DNA linking it to a case in Rochester. The case turns out to be the murder of a prostitute who was found with similar marks on her back to those found on the victims of the taxi cab killer.

Mac angrily tells Reed off for making up a story and naming him as the source. He warns Reed to be careful who he messes with. Reed gets a mysterious text naming a meeting point and promising more information on the taxi cab killer.

Hawkes finds drugs in the killer's blood that indicate he was being treated for extreme psychosis. He and Stella are able to trace the drugs to a recently closed facility named Mannix Asylum, and bring the patient records to Mac. One of them looks like a promising suspect, but the lead turns cold when the only name on the case file turns out to be "John Doe. After trying to talk to Lindsay at the lab and being rebuffed, Danny calls her and tells he misses her and that he's sorry for shutting her out.

She asks him if he has any idea how hard he is to love, but when he invites her over, she tells him she has to go.

Rikki Sandoval stops by Danny's apartment with a jar of sugar for him. He starts to tell her they need to end their affair, but she cuts him off, telling him she's moving away--that the memories of Ruben are too much for her. Finished with her 'rain walk,' Lindsay heads to the subway only to find it closed. As she debates hailing a cab, Reed gets into one, disappointed the person he was supposed to meet with the tip never showed up. He tries to talk to the cabbie, but the man ignores him, driving off with Reed trapped in the back Analysis: Mac Taylor is under the gun in this episode, as the taxi cab killer who first appeared in "Like Water for Murder" strikes again, this time dumping the body of his victim in a fountain rather than the ocean.

The killer's profile increases exponentially with this victim, forcing Mac to give a press conference in which he admits he wouldn't get into a cab in the city with the killer on the loose. It's a bold but truthful statement from Mac, who isn't going to lie to the press--and more importantly, the public--in the face of a very real threat. It's this kind of integrity that gets Mac in trouble; unless absolutely forced to, he won't play political games or downplay the importance of an investigation.

This angers Jordan Gates, the mayor's criminal justice coordinator, who worries about the economic impact of Mac's pronouncement on the city. Mac saved her life in "DOA For a Day" , but Jordan isn't cutting him any slack here, accusing him of creating a panic. Mac counters with telling her he'd rather be unemployed than dead, and asks her if she's going to take responsibility for the next person who winds up dead. Ever the politician, she has no comment to that.

Reed calls Mac early in the episode, hoping to score a hot tip. Mac is immediately frustrated, reminding Reed he gave the boy his number for personal use, not to try to wheedle scoop out him. Reed has all the enthusiasm of a young, idealistic journalist right out of college, believing he's chasing the big story and that his reporting will crack the case. It's a naive perspective, but Kyle Gallner conveys Reed's passion and drive with the authenticity needed to keep Reed from simply becoming a rather route thorn in Mac's side.

Which isn't to suggest Reed isn't an irritant to Mac; the CSI is definitely frustrated when he learns Reed has alluded to a source in the NYPD despite the fact that Mac refused to talk to him about the case. Mac cautions Reed to be careful who he messes with. Reed isn't sure whether Mac is referring to himself or to the killer, though he soon finds out when he responds to a text asking him to meet in a secluded area for information on the taxi cab killer. Not only does Reed go, but after he gets "stood up" he actually gets in a cab.

Though Lindsay finding the subway closed down and contemplating getting a cab is a momentary red herring, it's Reed who ends up in danger at the episode's end.

Because Reed is a recurring character and not a regular, his fate truly is in question. The strongest lead the CSIs have on the killer at the end of the episode is that he's a patient released from a mental hospital, but I have my doubts.

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