Detectives Winters and Jaruszalski investigate when student Javier Gomez is found murdered on the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) campus. They discover that Javi had been on the trail of a private investigator who had been snooping around his sister on the instruction of her boyfriend's father. As such, her boyfriend's father comes under suspicion for Javi's murder - but just as he is about to stand trial, he is found murdered in his drive.
Javi's father immediately admits to the murder - but claims he acted in self-defense after the victim hit him with a shovel. However, a ballistics report fails to corroborate his story, and as such, DDAs Morales and Price must establish whether the accused is lying or another party is guilty of murder. With a witness who has lied on the stand, a father who is overprotective of his daughter, and more than one account of events, Morales must uncover the truth before it is too late.
