Dolls
The body of an unidentified five year old girl is found in a dumpster. Mummified and disfigured, identification is extremely difficult. Through anthropological forensics they create a "picture" of their Cherish Doe, and pull synthetic fibers from her hand. By sifting through garbage and high-tech computer wizardry, they are able to determine where the body was dumped. There's a nail salon nearby (garbage indicated lots of cotton balls and nail polish) and they are on their way. Detectives Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Benson (Mariska Hargitay) conduct a "vigil" for Cherish and see a distraught woman, Violet Tremain (Gloria Reuben), clutching a photo of her missing daughter Nina (Teala Dunn). They are concerned she could be Cherish Doe.
