Detectives Benson and Stabler take seven year-old Christopher Ryan in for questioning, after he is caught driving a runaway van. The seven-year old claims his foster parents, Gwen and Noah Sibert are abusive, causing detectives to investigate his allegations.
Eric Byers comes to the squad room, and warns the team about desires he has had towards his younger stepbrother, Cory Kelly. Eric then admits to also looking at websites to try to curb his urge.
When a young woman is found trespassing in a family's home, Detective Elliot Stabler is called in. But when the intruder's wallet is found in the home, it leads Stabler to his own home, as he discovers his own daughter may be the perpetrator.
After famous astronaut Marga Janssen's corpse is found afloat in the waters of Battery Park, Detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson initially believe the murder is linked to a string of serial rapes.
When a case involving a baby infected with AIDS is brought to the attention of Dr. Raye Massey, Detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson are called in to investigate.
Detectives Elliot Stabler and John Munch investigate a case in which a boy was set on fire. The Detectives find themselves at Blessed Heart High School, where their student escort, Max Matarazzo, introduces them to the 'Blessed Heart Chastity Circle' and senior Alec Bernardi.
Detective Elliot Stabler takes the case of a young woman, brutally killed and carrying a rare bird species in her purse. Dr. Melinda Warner presents shocking evidence, the saliva found in the cuts on the victim's body shows she was attacked by a tiger.
Mia Lorimer claims she was raped to hide being abused by her husband, Brett Lorimer. Jonah and Linnie Malcolm, tenants of the couple in question, are aware of the abuse, but fail to come forward for fear of being evicted.
A very pregnant Corporal Jessica Crewes disappears from her post as a Marine on the verge of giving birth to her rapist's child. When Jessie turns up dead in the trunk of her car, Navy Commander Grant Marcus tries to take over the investigation from Detective Benson and ADA Kim Greylek.
Kelly Sun is found wandering Riverside Park, beaten and raped, with no memory of what happened. Detective Olivia Benson finds out that Sun was on her way to Korea but never caught her flight and, instead, left with an Eric Lutz.
Heather Hallander returns home after being reported missing for four years. Heather tells Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler about the cement cell where she was a sex slave, and of her escape.
The body of a fourteen year-old girl is found floating in the Hudson River. Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler think the young girl was smuggled into the country by sex traffickers.
When Rosie Rinaldi is kidnapped, her mother, Liz Rinaldi, sends Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler in the direction of her ex-husband, Geno Parnell, a paroled convict.
A man is found badly injured with no idea what could have happened to him. Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler have a hard time finding evidence after a storm washes away the crime scene.
Pediatrician Gilbert Keppler is found guilty of sexually assaulting four of his male patients. Soon after his trial, his attorney Lionel Granger informs the detectives that Keppler will be suing the NYPD and the Denslow Medical Center on the grounds that they knew he was sexually abusing patients long before they took any action to stop him.
When Detectives Benson and Stabler arrive on the scene of a single murder, they discover two more dead bodies, those of Tisa Flores and Alejandro Reyes, in the apartment next door.
A young girl, Miriam Burdett, is found in an alley, with her throat cut and evidence of repeated rape and physical abuse. When asked to write who attacked her, because of her inability to speak, she draws a picture of the devil. When Detective Munch investigates, he finds several reports of a local priest, Father Theo Burdett, who neighbors claim is a devil worshipper.
After an up-and-coming artist is brutally murdered in her apartment, Detectives Odafin Tutuola and Elliot Stabler link her death to another unsolved murder case.
Ruth Walker reports that her two year-old granddaughter, Sierra Walker is missing, Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler investigate. After rounds of interrogation and a failed Amber Alert, Benson and Stabler believe that the prime suspect is none other than Sierra's young and irresponsible mother, Ashlee Walker.
Teenager Kim Garnet is found brutally beaten after she sends out nude photos of herself via text message. Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler pay a visit to Kim's boyfriend, Steve Walker, but eventually learn that he is not the only recipient of the nude photos.
When Pamela Galliano seeks to have a restraining order reinstated against her ex-boyfriend, Tyler Gleason, the assigned judge has something else on his mind. In order for some peace of mind, Judge Koehler asks Detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson to question a convicted serial killer about the whereabouts of his son's body, which adds a new twist to the case.
When a tourist is found dead in Central Park with the word "guilty" written across her forehead, Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler recover photos from the victim's camera.