***ALSO STARS - KEN LERNER, COLLEEN COFFEY, CHRISTOPHER PETTIET, LISA ROBIN KELLY, JOHN SCOTT CLOUGH

***PLOT - THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY OF A RESPECTABLE LOS ANGELES SUBURB IS SHATTERED BY A BRUTAL MURDER. A YOUNG WOMAN IS BEATEN TO DEATH WHILE MAKING LOVE AND HER PARTNER LEFT UNCONSCIOUS. EVEN MORE BIZARRE IS THE SUBSTANCE FOUND ON THE VICTIMS FOREHEAD, LIPS AND CHEST - A SCENTED OIL USED TO ANOINT THE BODY BEFORE A CATHOLIC BURIAL. WHAT STARTS AS A STRANGE BUT ISOLATED CASE FOR DETECTIVE SAM DIETZ AND HIS PARTNER JESSIE SOON TURNS INTO SOMETHING MUCH MORE SINISTER.