Moore asks Singer if Capra’s personal address book was ever found, but it was not. Moore reviews the footage of Cordell’s house following the assault. Singer tells Moore that a neighbor reported hearing two gunshots, five minutes apart. Moore wonders why the shots were so far apart in time. Moore notices two glasses on the coffee table and a water glass on the kitchen sink, suggesting three people were in the house. Singer says they did not test the water glass for DNA. Moore also notices that the chain of the back door was not locked. He thinks it indicates that someone might have left the crime scene from the back door. Moore is disturbed by the overall blood and violence of the crime scene.

When he returns to the hotel room, Moore reviews the file from Capra’s first murder, that of Dora Ciccone in Atlanta. He notes Capra raped Ciccone before he killed her. He also finds that the crime lab found a single hair with bamboo hair syndrome on the body in addition to Capra’s hairs. He realizes that Capra’s accomplice had been with him since Atlanta.

Rizzoli goes to see Cordell at the ER. She confronts Cordell about her centrality to the case. She accuses Cordell of having a “weird bond” with the killer. Cordell argues that perhaps the killer is not obsessed with her but rather with Capra. Rizzoli realizes Cordell is right.

The killer reflects on his job at “the largest diagnostic lab in the city” (329). He begins to process an HIV and STD test for a patient. As he works, Cordell enters the lab. He thrills at being so close to her. After she leaves, he checks Cordell’s schedule and sees that she will be at the hospital until 5 pm. The killer goes to the garage and checks that Cordell’s car is there. He has Cordell’s car keys that he stole from her desk. He thinks about the Trojan Horse from Greek mythology and how none of Troy’s soldiers thought there might be a threat hidden inside. He decides that today is the day he will “claim [his] prize” (334).

Moore meets with a secretary at the Emory University Medical School Office of Student Affairs where Capra attended medical school. She cannot tell him very much about Capra except that he seemed like “a good boy” (336). Moore looks at the yearbooks for the graduating classes. He notes that only 108 people graduated from Capra’s class even though 110 people were admitted. The secretary says one student died in an accident in Haiti and another, Warren Hoyt, dropped out. She tells him to ask Dr. Kahn, the anatomy professor, about what happened.

Moore interviews Dr. Kahn. Dr. Kahn explains he had Hoyt expelled when he found Hoyt in the anatomy lab masturbating over a mutilated female corpse. Hoyt was Capra’s lab partner.

Cordell talks to Falco. She explains that their relationship has been tense because she did not want to tell Falco about what happened to her in Savannah. Falco is understanding. He says he does not pity Cordell; on the contrary he finds her incredibly strong and brave. He gives her a friendly embrace and walks her to her car.

Cordell is at home when she receives a call from the hospital saying that her recently deceased patient Herman Gwadowski’s son is insisting on meeting with her immediately. Cordell gets into her car. She calls the hospital from her car phone to explain she will be late to the meeting. While she is on the phone, she sees Hoyt in the backseat. He chloroforms her and she drops the phone.

The hospital calls the police to inform them what happened. Moore races to Hoyt’s apartment. They do not find any of the killer’s tools there. They realize Hoyt must be holding Cordell somewhere else. They go to the lab to find out more about Hoyt. They realize he was selecting his victims using information from the lab. He deduced from the blood tests that had been ordered if the victim had been sexually assaulted. Falco begs Moore to find Cordell before it is too late.