Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Crimes

Murder for Hire 9 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes

Killings arranged and paid for, and the trail of money that leads back to whoever ordered them.

Season 3 · Episode 5
Tangled

Aired October 26, 2001 · Murder / rape / murder for hire

A doctor is beaten to death and his wife raped in their home, and the investigation runs through his estranged son and his affairs to a mistress and her downstairs neighbor.
Season 4 · Episode 11
Damaged

Aired January 10, 2003 · Child rape and murder

A little girl wounded in an apparent robbery turns out to have been raped, and the hero clerk and her troubled adoptive sister become the focus of the case.
Season 5 · Episode 1
Tragedy

Aired September 23, 2003 · Kidnapping / murder

A heavily pregnant artist disappears in what looks like a carjacking, and the detectives race to find her before a dangerous labor kills her and her baby.
Season 7 · Episode 15
Manipulated

Aired February 7, 2006 · Rape and murder; murder for hire

The murder of a lawyer who secretly danced at a strip club points to her lover, until the detectives find his paralyzed wife pulling the strings.
Season 11 · Episode 12
Shadow

Aired January 13, 2010 · Double murder / embezzlement / murder for hire

SVU teams with a Special Frauds detective to prove that a socialite who embezzled from a charity also murdered her wealthy parents.
Season 22 · Episode 9
Return of the Prodigal Son

Aired April 1, 2021 · Car bombing and murder

A car bomb nearly kills Kathy Stabler, bringing Elliot Stabler back to New York and into an uneasy reunion with Benson as SVU hunts the bomber.
Season 23 · Episode 14
Video Killed the Radio Star

Aired March 3, 2022 · Rape, murder and murder for hire

When a radio host is accused of raping a sponsor’s wife, Rollins goes undercover and uncovers his claim to a decade-old killing.
Season 24 · Episode 21
Bad Things

Aired May 11, 2023 · Rape for hire, kidnapping and murder

A string of stranger rapes in which the attacker knows each woman’s name points to men paying for revenge, while Muncy pursues a captor who starves his victim in a cage.
Season 24 · Episode 22
All Pain Is One Malady

Aired May 18, 2023 · Rape for hire and serial sexual assault

As SVU and Organized Crime close in on the revenge-for-hire site Shadowërk, a serial attacker unconnected to the site preys on strangers across the city.

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