Einhorn compliments him on his finding, and tells him to let the police finish the job. Also, he took offense to the Dolphins giving Snowflake his number and teaching it to kick a field goal, and presumes he killed Podactor after he found him snooping around. Ace visits Einhorn and explains his theory: Finkle kidnapped Marino out of revenge due to blaming him for his career having failed. However, despite Ace warning Melissa to send extra protection, Marino is still kidnapped. Finkle became so obsessed with the loss and Marino that he became insane and was admitted to a mental hospital. Ace visits Finkle's parents and discovers that he blames Dan Marino for taking the snap incorrectly, causing him to miss the kick. Finkle missed the field goal kick at the end of Super Bowl XIX, which cost the Dolphins the championship and ruined his career. Ace learns of a former Dolphins player named Ray Finkle, who also owned a ring but did not appear in the team photo, as he was added later in the season. However, Ace proves it was a murder, embarrassing and infuriating Einhorn. At the crime scene, Miami Police Lieutenant Lois Einhorn concludes the death to be a suicide.

Roger Podacter, Miami Dolphins' Head of Operations, mysteriously falls to his death from his apartment. Ace tracks down the players in the team photo and sees their ring, but is dismayed to find every ring intact. Ace discovers a rare triangular-cut orange amber stone, which he speculates to be part of a 1984 AFC Championship Ring. Besides notifying the police, Melissa Robinson, the team's Chief Publicist, also hires Ace to find Snowflake. Two weeks before the Miami Dolphins football team is due to play in the Super Bowl, the team mascot, a bottlenose dolphin named Snowflake, is stolen. He keeps dozens of different animals in his apartment, and his eccentricities make him the laughing stock of the Miami-Dade Police Department. Despite the occasional successes, he struggles to pay rent and repair his battered 1970s Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Ace Ventura is a Miami private investigator who specializes in the retrieval of tamed or captive animals.

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