Gibbs didn't buy that explanation, kept investigating, and found forensic evidence that implicated Jenny. La Grenouille). It concludes the La Grenouille storyline which ended with a cliffhanger in season four's finale, "Angel of Death". According to the CIA agent, it was a sanctioned assassination and the killing had to be carried out. The way they were talking about La Grenouille's murder in 'Internal Affairs' (5.14), La Grenouille's murderer was talking to him on his boat, grabbed his hand, pulled the gun out and shot him, and then either the force knocked him over the side of the boat or his murderer threw him off the side. NCIS Who killed La Grenouille? Portrayed by: Armand Assante First Appearance Last Appearance List of Appearances René Benoit (or La Grenouille- the Frog) was a French arms-dealer and the arch-nemesis of deceased NCIS Director, Jennifer Shepard. When the FBI investigated NCIS for being behind La Grenouille's murder, Kort intervened and stopped the investigation by revealing that the assassination had been sanctioned by the Central Intelligence Agency. The discovery of the dead body of La Grenouille causes the Washington office of NCIS to be investigated by the FBI, with Jenny as the prime suspect for his murder, the NCIS building being shut down by the Bureau and Assistant Director Vance relieving the Director and taking her place for the time. So it was Kort, not Shepard, that killed La Grenouille. When Gibbs brings Kort before Vance and Fornell, he produces a termination sanction order for La Grenouille. A flashback then shows that Henri Rousseau, La Grenouille's bodyguard was the one who drove Tony's car and as such, was the one killed in the explosion which means that Rousseau's badly burnt body is what is down in the NCIS morgue. I know the NCIS wikia hangs it on Kort, and presumably he's who killed Jasper Shepherd as well, then used a latex mask to impersonate him later, but I … It was a couple months after when Internal Affairs aired, witch is the next time we hear anything about him. What fans didn’t know at the time is that DiNozzo was working undercover as "Tony DiNardo" and started dating Jeanne to get closer to her father, infamous arms dealer René Benoit (a.k.a. In addition, he was also the ex-husband of Helen Berkley, father of Jeanne.. Who killed La Grenouille in NCIS? Kort gets to walk free for the murder (if he did it). La grenouille ncis actor René Benoit NCIS Database Fando . After La Grenouille's death, Kort purged his organization of all his old lieutenants and took control for the CIA. Kort said the death was sanctioned, La Grenouille wanted to retire; he has been. We were first introduced to Jeanne Benoit, a beautiful doctor, in Season 4. This season also reveals more background information about Gibbs. Gibbs then grabs Kort and presses on his hand in the way whoever killed La Grenouille and Jasper Shepard (assuming the latter wasn't suicide) pressed on their hands. Agent Trent Kort is arrested in the following episode and admits he murdered La Grenouille, having taken Shepard’s gun from the arms dealer to shoot him with. He stole Jenny Shepard's gun, trying to make it look like she killed La Grenouille, went to the boat, used what Ziva referred to as a thumb tap on La Grenouille, then shot him. CIA agent Trent Kort stopped the investigation by saying that the CIA had killed Benoit in a sanctioned. We don't know for sure, but it's strongly implied that it was Jenny Shephard. The other plot point that confused me of the end of Jenny's reign as Director was who killed La Grenouille. La Grenouille was shown dead in the harbor where his yacht was in Bury Your Dead. The fifth season of the police procedural drama NCIS premiered on September 25, 2007 and marks the end of Donald P. Bellisario's involvement as show runner.