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Aired: 10/21/2003
When the wife and daughter of noted charity leader Conrad Hedges are kidnapped, Nick and Schanke are assigned to work with a psychic to uncover evidence leading to the women. Despite Schanke's skepticism, Denise Ford quickly locates the dead body of their chauffeur hidden in a warehouse where the Hedges' limousine was found. But, with her psychic visions clouded by disturbing images of Nick, Denise begins to doubt her own abilities. When Hedges receives a ransom note demanding one million dollars for the return of his family, Nick and Denise are sent to search the family's mansion for clues. After detecting a recent argument between Conrad Hedges and his daughter, Gennifer, Denise bolts from the girl's room when she sees Nick as a vampire. Aware that his presence is clouding Denise's powers, Nick remembers a 17th century Puritan who was similarly disturbed by him. Meanwhile, learning that Schanke has found Mrs. Hedges' body, Nick begins to wonder if a kidnapping actually took place at all. Questioning her own sanity because of her visions of Nick, Denise insists on dropping the case but, when Hedges' disappears with the ransom money, Nick is convinced to tell the psychic the truth about himself in order to bring her back onto the case. With the knowledge of Nick's past clearing her mind of the disturbing visions, Denise returns to the mansion and senses that the two women knew something Hedges wanted kept secret. Based on Natalie's examination of the corpse, Denise follows Nick to a warehouse where they find Hedges with the kidnappers and Gennifer. Admitting responsibility for arranging the abduction to cover up a long history of theft from his charity, Hedges grabs Denise as he attempts an escape. However, Denise is shot during a struggle and, though Nick flies her in his arms to the hospital, he is too late to save her life.