Young journalist Nikolai Klimov was found in his own car with his throat cut. A ritual cross was found next to his body, and when inspecting the workplace, a leaflet with the address of the house near which his car was parked was found. By all indications, this murder resembles a sacrifice, and all traces lead to a popular sect.

The teenager Sasha dies in a car accident, and his mother Nina Tsareva and three younger brothers are hospitalized. Loginov and Petrovskaya interview witnesses to the incident and establish that the cause of the accident was a technical malfunction. However, the man who accidentally saved Tsareva and her sons insists on his version, according to which Nina herself wanted to commit suicide and kill her children.