Rusty Parker was good at her job. She was a photographer for the CSI unit on the Isle of Cortez. She had worked on many cases with her team, solving many. There was one particular case that required outside assistance. She required the aid of her mother. Her mother was a cousin of the deceased whose mutilated body was found on the lighthouse steps. Rusty lived with her father, a retired architect. He designed the lighthouse that served as a backdrop for the murder. Rusty needed her mother's guidance. She looked deep in her heart and soul, only to find she was not there. Rusty's mother was dead.