in it. In the show's final episodes By Any Means parts one through four, the Major Crimes detectives work to take Stroh down once and for all. At the end of Major Crimes, Stroh is shot dead by Rusty Beck though Lieutenant Provenza takes credit to protect Rusty. During the investigation into Stroh at the end of Major Crimes, his rape and murder spree is revealed to go back to age sixteen, though his earliest known crime was in the sixth grade when he burned a teacher with sulfuric acid. Many of Stroh's earliest crimes had been covered up by his mother through bribes, allowing Stroh to avoid detection and justice. References List of The Closer characters Closer, The Closer, The