Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Season 1, Episode 19

1 - 19: Maledictus

Detectives Goren and Eames are investigating the case of a beheaded woman whose body has disappeared. They discover that the victim is the American-raised daughter of a Russian mafioso. At first, they suspect that she was murdered after announcing plans to write a revealing book about growing up in a criminal family, and thugs planned a gangland hit to kill her, but evidently someone beat them to it.