19. Cherry Red

Complete story — includes the ending

Goren and Eames investigate the apparent accidental death of Kate Finoff ( Liz Morton ), a young woman who had been left only a small item from the estate of an elderly woman she cared. This leads them to a state public administrator Roger Coffman (Dennis Christopher). He has been plundering the estates of people who had died without leaving a will to indulge his passion for vintage muscle cars cuminating in the purchase of valuable a red Ferreari for which he killed the eldery woman. When Roger's ailing and selfish father ( Paul Dooley ) caught on to his son's activities, he murdered Kate to keep his son out of jail.