"Case Pending follows Lieutenant Luis Mendoza as he investigates the murder of a young girl in Southern California. A child disappears on her way home from the roller rink, and her battered body is later found abandoned in an empty lot in Southern California. It's a demoralizing scene that gives Lieutenant Luis Mendoza very little evidence to work with. But little does he know that just across town a young man-oppressed by guilt-finds a spot of blood...