Da Vinci’s Inquest - Season 6 Episode 5

A severed body is found by the railroad tracks, apparently run over by a train. It turns out to be a young teen-aged boy by the name of Shane Tyler. It sounds as if Shane was down by the tracks dealing drugs. Da Vinci learns that Shane came from a troubled home, and that his mother, Matty, is also a drug dealer. After the autopsy, Da Vinci further learns that Shane was chronically abused. Da Vinci is certain that Matty is his abuser. Although Da Vinci never confirms the root cause for Shane's death, he speculates Shane may have taken his own life to escape his abusive environment. Meanwhile, Shannon and Williams investigate the death of a young woman found inside a car. They learn from Taylor that the car, reported stolen, was earlier used in a bank robbery. Taylor identifies the deceased as Tanya Myers, who, with her husband Kent, is suspected in a swath of bank robberies in the American Pacific Northwest. In this case, a police officer shot at the departing vehicle, which apparently hit Tanya fatally. The Myers' modus operandi: Kent romances a bank teller, who unwittingly provides information about the bank itself. Taylor also provides information on the Myers that may link them to the James Toresi murder. Shannon and Williams now need to find Kent, who on the latest sighting has hijacked another vehicle with a young female hostage inside. Elsewhere, Da Vinci approaches Pierce about what he knows about Curtis' blackmail.