3. Just an Old Fashioned Love Song

After being shot at, a wealthy doctor shoots an intruder in his garage. Homicide determines the body is his sister-in-law. Two sets of fingerprints are found on her gun; the money trail (gambling debts, forgeries, insurance) leads to an unlikely conspiracy.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

Ballard and Mike take the case of an intruder found shot dead in the garage of a sports medicine specialist. The victim is his sister-in-law, who had run up large gambling debts and was desperate to pay them off with or without his help. Munch faces an IRS audit and a bill for $30,000 in back taxes. Sheppard and Bayliss decide to go out on a date after revealing their thoughts about bisexuality to each other, Falsone thinks about asking Ballard out, and Gharty shows interest in Billie Lou while taking time off to move out of his house.

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