Police discover a young female lawyer, Vicky, raped and murdered alone in an apartment. Benson and Stabler seek out the victim's fiance Alan Winchell who confesses to breaking up with Vicky after finding out she worked nights at a strip club, but his voice patterns rule him out as a suspect. SVU's focus shifts to Vicky's law firm where partner Tessa McKellen, wheelchair bound, points them in the direction of Josie, Vicky's dancing partner, and possible suspect Tim, a frequent strip club patron, but when Tim's alibi checks out and Josie turns up dead as well, they are back at square one.