The killer that has targeted the CEO of Adler Foods, Owen Adler, is a brilliant deviant and possible former disgruntled employee. Daphne asks Sergeant Lou Boldt to assist in the investigation, which is not supposed to be an official inquiry. However, the death toll begins to mount as the killer contaminates Adler food products with cholera and strychnine.
Innocent children are among the victims.
This lunatic has to be stopped, but finding the perpetrator is frustratingly difficult. He eventually seeks a ransom, which gives the police hope of tracing the killer. However, he retrieves the ransom gradually by using an ATM card, always at machines that are not being watched by the police. Boldt and company put a time slowdown program on the ATM program, but he still manages to elude them. Meanwhile, Daphne feels that she is being stalked.