Maledictus

"Maledictus"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 19
Directed by	Frank Prinzi
Written by	Dick Wolf (creator) René Balcer (developer and story) Stephanie Sengupta (story and teleplay)
Production code	E2122
Original air date	April 21, 2002
Guest stars
David Thornton Veanne Cox Damian Young Alla Kliouka Martin Moran Michele Harris Ylfa Maria Edelstein Antonia Rey Wendy Spero
Episode chronology
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"Maledictus" is a first season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Plot summary

In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames are investigating the case of a beheaded woman whose body has disappeared.

During the investigation, the detectives discover that the victim turns out to be the daughter of a jailed Russian mob boss. At first, they suspect that she was murdered after announcing plans to write a revealing book about the family business, and thugs planned a gangland hit to kill her, but evidently someone beat them to it. Further investigations reveals that one of her previous private school classmates had an even more sordid reason to execute her.

Then, Goren and Eames discover that a real estate magnate might have feared exposure of his own dark childhood secrets if a book had been published.

Cast

Vincent D'Onofrio	Det. Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	Det. Alexandra Eames
Jamey Sheridan	Capt. James Deakins
Courtney B. Vance	A.D.A. Ron Carver

Fact

• Interestingly, this episode revealed many resemblances to the Robert Durst case. Durst's long-time friend, Susan Berman, known affectionately as a "Jewish Mafia Princess", was found murdered execution style. Durst was questioned regarding her death, but not charged.

External links

• IMDb entry
• Official Website