During a beach vollyball game a male body is found under the sand. Delko and Dan Cooper (the lab guy) are already at the scene.
Horatio arrives at the scene with Alexx and they discover that the vic was a postal worker. Meanwhile Det. Frank Tripp tells Horatio that Jennifer (whose parents were murdered when she was 10) didn't want police protection anymore even though they didn't catch the killer and the only suspect they had Walter Resden was a free man.
Delko and Cooper find a belt buckle and trace it back to the guy who takes care of the beach. He claims someone gave him $1000 to dump a body, but he got scared and dumped it in the sand. He also claims he never saw the guy's face clearly because it was dark.
During a meet between Horatio and Jennifer he learns that she is seeing a guy named Lee whom she met online. Lee turns out to be Walter Resden.
Meawhile Alexx finds a key in the mouth of the vice they found on the beach.
The key does not fit in the door of the postal worker, but 2 bodies are found in the same way Jennifer's parents were.
Calleigh and Wolfe are on the case and they discover that the place has been cleaned with pine scent cleaner. The bodies also seemed to have been frozen and they can't determine a time of death. They trace the pine cleaner back to Resden, who has been withheld when he dropped by the police station to pick up Jennifer. They trace the cleaner back to Resden and his car, but it's still not enough and he is again set free.
Meanwhile Boa Vista isn't feeling too well and all symptoms point to her being pregnant. When she hears from Cooper that he and Delko were at the beach and what a player Delko was there Boa Vista gets upset.
When Delko and Boa Vista meet she tells him she is "late" and has a doctors appointment and that she had not been with anyone since her divorce but Delko.
Back to the frozen bodies Delko and Wolfe find clues in the van the bodies were transported in from Ohio to Miami.
They discover the link with Resden and then link all the murders he had committed to the kids that were raised in a foster home together with Resden.
The only survivor is a man named John and the key they found in the postal worker's mouth fit in John's door. John seems to be the only one who can tell the story of Resden's childhood in New York and they discover that he is the only one who is left alive because he helped Resden as a child from a beating from their foster father.
Horatio finds the next victim on Resden's list. The foster father, who now lives in Miami. Horatio reaches the old man's home in time whilst Resden points a gun at the old man. Horatio shoots Resden in the arm to disarm him.
Boa Vista turns out to have the flu and is not pregnant. She and Delko seem to end their fling at the end of this episode.
Jennifer realizes how stupid she has been and asks Horatio to forgive her.





