A man is escaping from a pursuer... and stumbles onto a demolition site, where he is blown to bits. When his body is found in pieces, the Jeffersonian team discover that his ankles were bound, and a tattoo - which somebody was trying to cut out – confirms that he's an ex-con. The tattoo indicates that the victim was involved with a violent element in prison, though Booth, from his own experience in jail, warns Brennan not to pre-judge the man, who may have had to join a gang to survive. The investigation leads to a local bakery known for employing former felons. When Booth and Brennan learn that the victim originally went to jail for his involvement in a robbery gone bad, they begin targeting suspects from the ex-con's past. Suspects include his girlfriend who didn't report him missing in