LaGuerta-Estrada Murder Case

LaGuerta-Estrada Murder Case is a police case in Season Seven of the Showtime series DEXTER.

It concerns the murders of drug lord Hector Estrada and Captain Maria LaGuerta inside a shipping container.

Episode

 * "Surprise, Motherfucker!"

Suspects

 * Hector Estrada - Concluded to have shot Maria LaGuerta because the gun that killed her was in his hand.
 * Maria LaGuerta - Concluded to have shot Hector Estrada because the gun that killed him was in her hand.

Unsuspected Killers

 * Dexter Morgan - A serial killer whose mother was killed on Estrada's orders. He killed him and then shot his corpse with a gun that he placed in LaGuerta's hand post-mortem.
 * Debra Morgan - Dexter's sister and LaGuerta's subordinate. She helped Dexter avoid being caught by LaGuerta and eventually shot her with Estrada's gun in order to protect him.

Victims

 * Maria LaGuerta
 * Hector Estrada

Closure of Case
The case was officially closed because of the evidence that LaGuerta and Estrada shot each other. However, the outing of Dexter as the Bay Harbor Butcher may have affected this, as he appears to have come under suspicion from Angel Batista.

Fate of Killers
Dexter and Debra Morgan got away with murder. However, Debra was later shot by Oliver Saxon and taken off life support by Dexter, and Dexter was shot dead by his son Harrison.