Episode
CSI: Miami: Slaughterhouse
Overview
Horatio and his team must uncover the evidence in the brutal murder of an entire family in their own home. The only survivors are a blood-soaked toddler, and the father who's in surgery. The immediate assumption is that the mother is responsible – post-partum depression – but the evidence discloses a different outcome.
Details
- Series
- CSI: Miami
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2002-11-11
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Slaughterhouse is Episode 8 in Season 1 of CSI: Miami. It aired on 2002-11-11. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 7: Breathless
Horatio, Calleigh and Speedle investigate the death of an exotic male dancer found dead after a sexual party, and must dig through the evidence to discover a motive. Meanwhile, Eric and Megan investigate the death of a man involved in diving that mysteriously died after climbing onto a random boat.
Episode 9: Killzone
During a typical morning rush hour in downtown Miami, an unseen sniper chooses three victims at random and opens fire, killing each with a single shot to the head. Horatio and his crew rush to the scene, which is quickly mobbed by TV news reporters eager to spin the murders into a national story. The initial investigation doesn't reveal much, as there were no witnesses and little evidence remains. But the case heats up when the sniper strikes again, killing two more innocent people.
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Episode 4: Just One Kiss
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Episode 13: Bunk
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