Victor Nardin is an ex-convict who was suspected to be a serial killer. When a pair of murders committed in a similar fashion to the killings Wade Crewes committed occurs, Sherlock Holmes looks in the case-files, and finds him. Sherlock notes the Chechen Football affiliation tattoos, and is able to find out what hotel he is staying in. He then finds out what room he is in by calling the hotel and impersonating a bell boy. Sherlock goes to the hotel room and notes the disarray. He also notices the carpet was pulled up and finds a gun beneath the floorboards.