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They interview his wife Karen, who reports that he had a nightmare or vision of a woman the night before he died. Breaking into his office, Sam and Dean find a printout with “danashulps” printed repeatedly on it, which they assume to be a name -- Dana Shulps. Sam stays to hack into the computer while Dean decides to return and ask Karen whether the name means anything. At her home, Karen sees a ghostly figure and rushes to call 911. When Dean arrives, he finds her dead in a pool of blood with a pile of paper near her which also has “danashulps” printed on it. As he bends over to examine bruises on her wrists, the police burst in and arrest him.

At her homeSam is arrested at their motel room, Karen sees a ghostly figure and rushes to call 911back at the police station the boys are interrogated separately. When A lengthy police record has been uncovered for Dean arrives, including suspicion of involvement in the murders in St. Louis, where he finds was reported as dead. Detective [[Diana Ballard]] interviews Sam, and he spins her dead in a pool tale about Tony being an old friend of blood with their father. Detective Ballard reveals she knows a pile of paper near her which also has “danashulps” printed on it. As he bends over to examine bruises on her wristslot about Sam’s history as well, the police burst and arrest tries to get himto admit Dean’s involvement in the murders.

Sam is arrested at their motel room, and back at the police station the boys are interrogated separately. A lengthy police record has been uncovered for Dean, including suspicion of involvement in the murders in St. Louis, where he was reported as dead ([[Skin]]). Detective [[Diana Ballard]] interviews Sam, and he spins her a tale about Tony being an old friend of their father. Detective Ballard reveals she knows a lot about Sam’s history as well, and tries to get him to admit Dean’s involvement in the murders. Detective Ballard leaves to confer with her colleague Detective [[Pete Sheridan]], with whom she is having a relationship. Sheridan is convinced of Dean’s guilt; he appears particularly invested in the case because Tony Giles was a friend of his. Dean’s lawyer, [[Jeff Krause]], arrives, but rather than speak to him Dean borrows a pen and tries to work out if “danashulps” is an anagram. His lawyer helps by pointing out that one word it forms, “Ashland”, is a nearby street. Dean gets Jeff to take a coded note to Sam, passing on the information and telling him to escape.

Diana tells Sam that a couple of years ago some heroin went missing from the police lockup. She suspects that Pete stole it and used Claire to fence it. They suspect Pete is the murderer. Pete has taken Dean from the police station and driven out to the woods, intending to kill him. Sam and Diana track the car via its lo-jack and arrive just as Pete has a gun to Dean's head. He admits that he killed Claire because she was going to turn him in, and then killed Tony who had been involved in laundering the money and was getting nervous, and Karen because he suspected she knew too much. Pete tries to convince Diana that he can pin the crimes on Dean, but as he is about to shoot Dean, Diana shoots and wounds him. Pete disarms her, but the ghost of Claire appears and distracts him long enough for Diana to draw her backup gun and kill him. Diana agrees to let the boys go, telling them she will feel safer knowing they are out there fighting the supernatural.

[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870535/ Keegan Connor Tracy], who played Karen Giles, also played [[Sera SeigeSiege]] in [[4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oj7UU8MdW8 Episode Promo: 2.07 The Usual Suspects]

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