Kayla Mae Maloney

When the decaying corpse of the Venezuelan Ambassador's son is found hanging from a tree on the campus of an exclusive private school, Dr. Temperance Brennan and Agent Seeley Booth are called in to investigate. The cause of death seems to be suicide, but both Brennan and Booth suspect there may be an alternative cause of death.

The BAU looks to outsiders for clues when three college athletes disappear the night of a pep rally; J.J. is instrumental in moving the case forward.

Lightman faces off with the leader of a self-help empire to free a wealthy woman who may be under the control of the cultlike leader; Lightman suspects the group of threatening him and his daughter.

Alan Shore bails out Catherine Piper (Betty White) after she goes on a spree of convenience-store holdups; Denise Bauer sues an HMO for inadequate Internet security that led to a brutal murder.