CSI: Miami2002

Lieutenant Horatio Caine:
You got a minute?

Detective Frank Tripp:
Thirty seconds.

Lieutenant Horatio Caine:
Okay. Jeff Wilton.

Detective Frank Tripp:
Who?

Lieutenant Horatio Caine:
Jeff Wilton is a high school kid from Homestead that disappeared three days ago.

Detective Frank Tripp:
Father's an ex-con.

Lieutenant Horatio Caine:
And a concerned parent.

Detective Frank Tripp:
A divorced parent. Soon as he got out, wife took off, left the kid behind. Told the neighbor she liked the guy fine enough, as long as he was in prison.

Lieutenant Horatio Caine:
Okay. You think the kid did the same thing?

Detective Frank Tripp:
No, I think Jeff's in the Keys with a cheerleader. I think he'll run out of money, stroll back in a couple of days with a hickey on his neck and a smile on his face.

Lieutenant Horatio Caine:
What if he doesn't?

Detective Frank Tripp:
Well, I've got twelve confirmed dead yanking at my chain right now.

Lieutenant Horatio Caine:
So you're not interested in the kid unless he's dead?

Detective Frank Tripp:
You know what I mean.

Lieutenant Horatio Caine:
Okay, Frank. Why don't you let me take this one off your hands?

Detective Frank Tripp:
There's no crime scene to investigate.

Lieutenant Horatio Caine:
Maybe not, but that doesn't mean there wasn't a crime.