Elizabeth Connors

When a baby is stolen from her mother in a grocery store, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) soon discover that the kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg in a baby snatching-and-selling scheme.

Gibbs and the team work to clear the name of a Navy medic killed in Iraq, who is the prime suspect in a murder in his hometown.

A woman signs for a package from RME Delivery, it's empty, and the deliveryman is shot on her doorstep. Detectives Briscoe and Green have a tough time figuring out who sent the empty package, because no ID was required. The victim is John Byrne, so they talk to his widow Adele, who is grief-stricken. She said he was working a lot of overtime, but when they go to John's workplace, he did not work any overtime at all. In fact, he called in sick quite often. The Detectives talk to John's best friend at work and he hints that John had some extracurricular activities on the side. The first lady they talk to says she broke it off because he was cheating on her with other women. They obtain motel footage of John and one of his "dates" in an argument outside of one of the motel rooms.

When Barbara, a woman who was adopted as a child, claims that her biological mother, Hilary, was murdered the day after Barbara was born, Rush and the team explore the world of unwed mothers and the maternity homes where they were hidden during the 1950s and '60s.

When people start mysteriously dying in Los Angeles, Don and his FBI team are called in by the Public Health Service to determine if it is an act of bio-terrorism. Applying Charlie's knowledge of the mathematics of diseases, they track the virus not only to stop it, but also to find its point of origin. Once they determine who is responsible and why, they are surprised by the suspect’s motive. Meanwhile, Don is surprised to learn that Charlie has been keeping a secret from him. CCH Pounder guest stars.

Jerry defends a barber charged with allowing his nephew to sell crack out of his barbershop, a crime for which the barber is now being tried. Marcus, under orders from Balco to "take the hard line" in prosecuting cases, refuses to give any leeway. Roz decides to start handling cases again, but her first one hits a snag that could ruin a woman's life and the life of her son. Bobbi's divorce proceedings get underway, but it's not too long before she gets thrown a curveball. And Jerry gets ribbed about his hair during a party celebrating his 33rd birthday.