"The Execution of Catherine Willows" is the sixth episode from the third season of the American forensic crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which is set in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Plot summary

Fifteen years ago, Catherine helped to put John Mathers on death row for the rape and murder of a young student at a local college. On the day of his execution, he is granted a stay based on new DNA evidence. Meanwhile, Grissom, Nick and Sara are looking for a missing student, who is found murdered and left in exactly the same fashion as the women in Catherine's case.

Continuity

This is the first appearance of the serial killer known as The Blue Paint Killer. The case would resurface later in "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"

See also

• List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes

External links

• "The Execution of Catherine Willows" at CSI Files