1 00:00:01,353 --> 00:00:03,304 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:07,043 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:07,105 --> 00:00:09,111 the police, who investigate crime, 4 00:00:09,178 --> 00:00:11,664 and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:13,670 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,231 --> 00:00:18,686 There's a reason you have an alarm clock. I'll take the subway to school. 7 00:00:18,742 --> 00:00:21,250 Not by yourself, you're not. 8 00:00:29,409 --> 00:00:31,552 Just sign for it right here, ma'am. 9 00:00:31,616 --> 00:00:35,002 Nice day, huh? You don't have a 13-year-old daughter. 10 00:00:35,060 --> 00:00:38,070 This, too, shall pass. Before you know it, you'll be crying at her wedding. 11 00:00:38,137 --> 00:00:40,645 No doubt. Thanks. You bet. 12 00:00:44,423 --> 00:00:47,809 Do we know a Mary Johnson? Who? 13 00:01:18,430 --> 00:01:22,581 Vick name is John Byrne. Just delivered a package to this brownstone. 14 00:01:22,643 --> 00:01:25,152 On the way back to his truck, somebody blew him away. 15 00:01:25,218 --> 00:01:28,399 A robbery? Wallet's still in his pocket, along with the keys to his truck. 16 00:01:28,462 --> 00:01:31,312 Anybody see anything? Woman that lives here called it in. 17 00:01:31,370 --> 00:01:34,050 A Louise Hamilton. That's her up on the stoop. 18 00:01:34,112 --> 00:01:36,860 Okay, get a canvass going on the block. We'll get her statement. 19 00:01:36,921 --> 00:01:38,871 You got it. Thanks, Sarge. 20 00:01:38,927 --> 00:01:41,573 Mrs. Hamilton, what can you tell us? 21 00:01:41,636 --> 00:01:45,787 I was making breakfast for my daughter. I opened the door to sign for the package. 22 00:01:45,849 --> 00:01:49,532 I went back inside, and the next thing I know, I hear gunshots. 23 00:01:49,594 --> 00:01:51,544 Scared me to death. 24 00:01:51,601 --> 00:01:55,580 Did you notice anybody hanging out around here while you were at the door? I wasn't really looking. 25 00:01:55,647 --> 00:01:57,893 Tell them about the package, Mom. 26 00:01:57,954 --> 00:02:01,101 First of all, I don't even know the woman who sent it to me. 27 00:02:01,164 --> 00:02:04,083 Second, the envelope? It was empty. 28 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:07,128 Somebody had opened it? No, it was sealed. 29 00:02:07,183 --> 00:02:10,330 Where's the envelope now? We're gonna need to take it with us. Sure. 30 00:02:10,393 --> 00:02:12,343 It's right inside. 31 00:02:12,399 --> 00:02:15,683 That's pretty strange. Guy delivers an envelope... there's no letter in it. 32 00:02:15,743 --> 00:02:18,594 Something tells me the message was for him. 33 00:03:10,081 --> 00:03:14,095 Victim was shot twice with a .38-caliber revolver, not recovered. 34 00:03:14,161 --> 00:03:16,807 No eyewitnesses and nothing taken from the truck. 35 00:03:16,869 --> 00:03:19,047 A random shooting? Well, that or a setup. 36 00:03:19,110 --> 00:03:21,116 What makes you think that? 37 00:03:21,183 --> 00:03:23,965 John Byrne worked for RME Express for six years. 38 00:03:24,025 --> 00:03:27,982 He was on his regular route. The package he delivered was empty. 39 00:03:28,038 --> 00:03:30,820 They knew where he'd be and what time he'd be there. 40 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,993 Ed's checking with the company about the package right now. 41 00:03:34,057 --> 00:03:36,542 Have you told him yet? 42 00:03:36,598 --> 00:03:39,951 Ah, I just haven't found the right moment. 43 00:03:40,009 --> 00:03:44,194 So what's it been for you and me, 11 years? Something like that. 44 00:03:44,256 --> 00:03:46,832 That's the longest I was ever with any woman. 45 00:03:46,897 --> 00:03:49,577 Now, that's pitiful. 46 00:03:49,639 --> 00:03:52,148 The sender was listed as a Mary Johnson. 47 00:03:52,214 --> 00:03:55,532 - The return address on the airbill does not exist. - What a surprise. 48 00:03:55,591 --> 00:03:58,203 Did Latent get any prints off the envelope? 49 00:03:58,266 --> 00:04:02,280 Just Byrne's and the recipient. It was sent from one of their retail locations in the city. 50 00:04:02,346 --> 00:04:07,101 So maybe they could track a payment or give us a description of this Mary Johnson. 51 00:04:16,055 --> 00:04:19,567 You don't need an account or a credit card to send an RME package. 52 00:04:19,633 --> 00:04:23,818 Nice to know someplace still takes greenbacks. You don't require I.D. either, right? 53 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:25,921 Right. So no questions asked. 54 00:04:25,987 --> 00:04:28,336 Nope. Just like the post office. 55 00:04:28,395 --> 00:04:30,379 Except we get it there faster. 56 00:04:30,434 --> 00:04:33,980 Now, maybe you remember this woman... Mary Johnson. That doesn't 't ring a bell offhand 57 00:04:34,046 --> 00:04:36,828 Let me see the tracking number. 58 00:04:38,794 --> 00:04:41,610 Monday. Busiest day of the week. 59 00:04:41,669 --> 00:04:45,626 We had over 400 walk-ins at this location. 60 00:04:45,682 --> 00:04:50,699 Tell you the truth, the only thing I remember is this guy who spilled coffee all over the floor, 61 00:04:50,765 --> 00:04:55,018 And this knock-out blonde... knee-high boots, fishnets. 62 00:04:55,078 --> 00:04:57,188 I should really call her. 63 00:04:57,252 --> 00:04:59,966 She gave you her number? 64 00:05:00,027 --> 00:05:02,535 Got it off her package. 65 00:05:04,842 --> 00:05:07,350 Ah, the male libido knows no bounds. 66 00:05:07,417 --> 00:05:09,925 The dude I used to partner with when I was a rookie? 67 00:05:09,992 --> 00:05:14,348 If he saw a hot girl in a car, he'd run her plates to get her number. That'd go over big with the I.A.B. 68 00:05:14,406 --> 00:05:17,826 Anyway, cash payment, fake address, fake name. 69 00:05:17,883 --> 00:05:21,737 This is sounding more and more like a textbook case of how to set up an RME delivery guy. 70 00:05:21,796 --> 00:05:25,809 When you absolutely, positively have to kill somebody overnight. 71 00:05:28,885 --> 00:05:33,001 It's unbelievable. Just a day like any other. 72 00:05:33,065 --> 00:05:37,250 Then the call comes. Whole world changes. 73 00:05:37,311 --> 00:05:40,595 We're real sorry about your husband, Mrs. Byrne. Thank you. 74 00:05:40,655 --> 00:05:43,403 How long have you been married? 75 00:05:43,464 --> 00:05:45,448 Seven years. Happily? 76 00:05:45,504 --> 00:05:47,454 Very. 77 00:05:47,510 --> 00:05:50,657 Any financial problems or romantic ones? 78 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,970 Romantic? You know, seven-year itch? 79 00:05:54,031 --> 00:05:57,885 No. Just the usual married stuff. 80 00:05:57,942 --> 00:06:01,329 Whose parents we were gonna visit over the holidays. 81 00:06:01,387 --> 00:06:05,241 Nothing serious. Can you think of anybody that would want to hurt your husband? 82 00:06:05,299 --> 00:06:07,249 I can't imagine. 83 00:06:07,305 --> 00:06:11,194 John was the sweetest guy, really. 84 00:06:11,251 --> 00:06:13,201 Everybody loved him. 85 00:06:13,257 --> 00:06:17,579 - John owe anybody any money? - No, of course not. 86 00:06:17,638 --> 00:06:20,317 Uh, just our car payments. 87 00:06:20,381 --> 00:06:24,839 I mean, we weren't exactly on easy street. We both had to work. 88 00:06:24,894 --> 00:06:28,372 You work for RME also? Parks Department. 89 00:06:28,439 --> 00:06:30,924 You work for the city. We know what that's like. 90 00:06:30,980 --> 00:06:35,997 John had to put in a lot of overtime for us to make ends meet. 91 00:06:36,062 --> 00:06:38,571 He worked so hard. 92 00:06:40,444 --> 00:06:42,725 Byrne was a real decent guy. 93 00:06:42,784 --> 00:06:45,133 Everybody liked him, got along good. 94 00:06:45,192 --> 00:06:47,700 As a worker, not the best, not the worst. 95 00:06:47,766 --> 00:06:50,947 You sound like you had some reservations Nothing like that. 96 00:06:51,009 --> 00:06:53,187 Just a tad lazy. You know the type. 97 00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:57,105 Calls in sick when he gets the sniffles, can't wait to punch the clock every afternoon. 98 00:06:57,163 --> 00:07:00,082 Wait a minute. His wife told us he worked his share of overtime. 99 00:07:00,138 --> 00:07:04,563 Overtime? There's no such thing here. You're either on the early shift or the late. 100 00:07:04,620 --> 00:07:08,771 Who was he tight with? I mean, somebody he might have hung out with after work. 101 00:07:08,833 --> 00:07:11,284 Joe Rodriguez. He's out on his route now. 102 00:07:11,340 --> 00:07:13,849 I can get you his 20 if you wanna talk to him. 103 00:07:13,916 --> 00:07:16,424 You get the guy who did this to Johnnie? We're working on it, man. 104 00:07:16,490 --> 00:07:19,877 Do me a favor... when you pick him up, give me five minutes with the son of a bitch. 105 00:07:19,935 --> 00:07:23,389 You two were close, huh? I'm carrying the casket at his funeral. 106 00:07:23,445 --> 00:07:25,395 Me and some of the other drivers. 107 00:07:25,451 --> 00:07:29,636 Maybe you can tell us what he was doing in his spare time after work. 108 00:07:29,699 --> 00:07:31,774 What are you talking about? 109 00:07:31,838 --> 00:07:36,194 We know he was involved in some extracurricular activity that he was keeping a secret from his wife. 110 00:07:36,252 --> 00:07:40,403 Really? News to me. Come on Mr. Rodriguez 111 00:07:40,466 --> 00:07:44,115 If you're serious about helping us find your friend's killer, step up, tell us what you know. 112 00:07:47,789 --> 00:07:50,799 Johnnie always played his personal life pretty close to the vest, 113 00:07:50,865 --> 00:07:53,818 but I know he had a definite thing for one of the girls on his route. 114 00:07:53,875 --> 00:07:56,120 One of the girls on his route? 115 00:07:56,182 --> 00:07:58,690 One of the secretaries where he made a pickup every day You know her name? 116 00:07:58,756 --> 00:08:00,706 Gloria. The Kent Foundation. 117 00:08:00,762 --> 00:08:02,974 And they were getting it on? 118 00:08:03,036 --> 00:08:06,548 Wednesdays and Fridays... whew... Johnnie couldn't wait to get off work. 119 00:08:11,162 --> 00:08:14,012 Can I help you gentlemen? We're looking for Gloria. 120 00:08:14,071 --> 00:08:17,082 Is she here today? Yeah. 121 00:08:17,148 --> 00:08:19,930 Gloria, can you come up here a minute, please? 122 00:08:21,361 --> 00:08:24,941 - What's this about? - It's just routine. 123 00:08:25,006 --> 00:08:28,757 - Yeah? - This is about John Byrne. 124 00:08:28,818 --> 00:08:33,139 - John Byrne? - Delivery guy, RME Express. He's here every day. 125 00:08:33,198 --> 00:08:37,953 Oh, yeah. John. What about him? 126 00:08:38,014 --> 00:08:40,625 He was shot yesterday. He's dead. 127 00:08:42,460 --> 00:08:44,466 Oh, my God. 128 00:08:45,871 --> 00:08:48,448 Could we go somewhere else? 129 00:08:51,322 --> 00:08:54,276 - Where did this happen? - On his route. 130 00:08:54,332 --> 00:08:58,812 From your reaction back there, I guess he was delivering more than packages. 131 00:08:58,879 --> 00:09:01,297 You don't have to be crude about it. 132 00:09:01,354 --> 00:09:04,865 So you were seeing him? For a while. 133 00:09:04,931 --> 00:09:08,888 We'd go to a motel after work a couple of days a week. 134 00:09:08,944 --> 00:09:12,490 We're gonna need the name of the motel. You married? 135 00:09:14,260 --> 00:09:17,772 Yeah. Uh, look, I'm not proud of what I did. 136 00:09:17,838 --> 00:09:21,350 - Where was your husband yesterday morning? - In Atlanta, on business. 137 00:09:21,417 --> 00:09:23,800 And he doesn't know, okay? 138 00:09:23,857 --> 00:09:26,970 Besides, I stopped seeing John two months ago. 139 00:09:27,034 --> 00:09:30,147 Let me guess... the guilt finally won out over the excitement? 140 00:09:30,211 --> 00:09:32,492 Not exactly. 141 00:09:32,552 --> 00:09:35,665 I loved Johnnie, but he was a dog. 142 00:09:35,729 --> 00:09:38,112 I found out he had another girlfriend. 143 00:09:38,169 --> 00:09:40,745 And who would that be? I have no idea. 144 00:09:40,811 --> 00:09:44,824 But I know that the scratch marks on his back weren't mine, 145 00:09:44,890 --> 00:09:47,570 and from the way Johnnie talked about his wife, 146 00:09:47,632 --> 00:09:50,677 I know they weren't hers. 147 00:09:50,742 --> 00:09:54,493 I turn the same room around four, five times a day. How am I supposed to remember anybody? 148 00:09:54,554 --> 00:09:58,568 This guy was probably a frequent flyer. No, I don't recognize him. 149 00:09:58,634 --> 00:10:01,382 And I don't suppose you require I.D. to check in, huh? 150 00:10:01,443 --> 00:10:03,393 Does this look like the Plaza? 151 00:10:03,449 --> 00:10:06,299 Okay, your security cameras on the landings... do they work? 152 00:10:06,358 --> 00:10:09,368 My rooms might be inexpensive, but I run a safe establishment. 153 00:10:09,434 --> 00:10:12,250 Do you keep the tapes? Ninety days. 154 00:10:12,310 --> 00:10:14,990 I want to thank you guys for all the cool videos. 155 00:10:15,052 --> 00:10:18,063 Hey, anything interesting? There's a couple of things so far. 156 00:10:23,512 --> 00:10:27,229 There's our boy John Byrne. Dog! 157 00:10:27,291 --> 00:10:30,301 Can we go in tighter on that? 158 00:10:32,674 --> 00:10:35,924 - Can we print that? - Wait. Here's where it gets exciting. 159 00:10:35,984 --> 00:10:37,934 Nine minutes later... 160 00:10:37,991 --> 00:10:41,001 Nine minutes? These young guys have no staying power. 161 00:10:42,238 --> 00:10:44,655 On, look at the happy couple. 162 00:10:44,712 --> 00:10:46,822 Can you freeze on where she's kicking him? 163 00:10:46,886 --> 00:10:48,801 Yeah, back it up. 164 00:10:50,931 --> 00:10:53,942 Now, how close can you get on her shoes? 165 00:10:54,008 --> 00:10:56,516 What's the big deal with the shoes? 166 00:10:56,583 --> 00:10:59,502 Those are Dada Vipers. They're limited-edition sneakers. 167 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,569 The only place you can get them here is on Amsterdam in the 70s. 168 00:11:02,636 --> 00:11:06,022 Now I know where all your overtime goes. 169 00:11:06,079 --> 00:11:08,998 We have an exclusive deal with Dada. 170 00:11:09,055 --> 00:11:11,975 There was a line around the block when the Vipers came in. 171 00:11:12,032 --> 00:11:14,814 We sold out of those puppies in a day. 172 00:11:14,874 --> 00:11:19,059 You recognize her? Yeah, that's Blair. Boy, she looks pissed! 173 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,301 She one of your customers? She works here. She's in the back. 174 00:11:22,364 --> 00:11:26,320 Yo, Blair. Uh, was Blair working here Tuesday morning? 175 00:11:26,377 --> 00:11:28,327 We don't open till noon. 176 00:11:28,383 --> 00:11:31,029 What? 177 00:11:31,092 --> 00:11:34,102 We need to talk to you about your kicks. 178 00:11:36,743 --> 00:11:41,064 You want to talk about my shoes? We want to talk about who you were kicking with them. 179 00:11:41,123 --> 00:11:44,134 I don't know what you mean. John Byrne. 180 00:11:44,199 --> 00:11:48,919 You know, the dude that you were wrestling with at the Twilight Motel. 181 00:11:48,981 --> 00:11:51,831 What'd he say about me? He didn't say no thing. He's dead. 182 00:11:51,890 --> 00:11:54,433 What? Dead? How? 183 00:11:54,498 --> 00:11:58,614 Somebody shot him. So what was the melodrama about at the motel? 184 00:11:58,678 --> 00:12:01,392 How do you know so much about this? 185 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:03,404 That bitch follow us? 186 00:12:03,460 --> 00:12:05,411 What bitch? His wife. 187 00:12:05,467 --> 00:12:08,112 Whoa, wait a minute. His wife knew about the two of you? 188 00:12:08,175 --> 00:12:12,029 What do you think me and Johnnie were fighting about? Why don't you tell us? 189 00:12:12,087 --> 00:12:16,101 Adele called my house. She was off her freaking rails. 190 00:12:16,167 --> 00:12:18,675 I told Johnnie about it that day at the motel... 191 00:12:18,741 --> 00:12:22,093 that I wasn't gonna keep doing him if that psycho ever contacted me again. 192 00:12:22,152 --> 00:12:26,165 That charming little story leads me to ask, where were you Tuesday morning? 193 00:12:27,602 --> 00:12:31,183 - I was getting a bikini wax. - Okay. 194 00:12:31,247 --> 00:12:33,732 So she called you. What'd she say? 195 00:12:33,789 --> 00:12:36,468 She said I'd better stay away from her husband. 196 00:12:36,530 --> 00:12:40,042 And if I didn't, she was gonna do something about it. 197 00:12:44,656 --> 00:12:47,666 The shoe salesgirl copped to sleeping with Byrne, but we had to cut her loose. 198 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:50,652 Her alibi panned out? In a manner of speaking. 199 00:12:50,709 --> 00:12:54,962 Turned out she was getting a bikini wax. It was something called a Sphinx. 200 00:12:55,022 --> 00:12:57,132 Don't ask. I wish I hadn't. 201 00:12:57,196 --> 00:13:00,115 The upshot is Byrne's wife lied to us about the state of her marriage. 202 00:13:00,171 --> 00:13:03,956 - Said it was all hearts and flowers. - Which moves her up to the top of your list. 203 00:13:04,018 --> 00:13:06,526 Number one, with a bullet. 204 00:13:06,592 --> 00:13:10,606 Don't bring her in just yet. Soft-sell it, see if you can lock her into a story. 205 00:13:10,671 --> 00:13:14,822 I'm sure there are more lies where the first one came from. 206 00:13:19,599 --> 00:13:22,610 Mrs. Byrne! 207 00:13:22,676 --> 00:13:24,922 Are you making any progress, Detectives? 208 00:13:24,983 --> 00:13:28,301 - It's still early, but we got some leads we're working on. - A suspect? 209 00:13:28,361 --> 00:13:30,869 A pretty good candidate. Really? Who? 210 00:13:30,935 --> 00:13:34,322 - On, your husband know a woman named Blair? - No. 211 00:13:34,379 --> 00:13:36,728 Is she somebody John worked with? 212 00:13:36,787 --> 00:13:39,637 Somebody he knew. Is she your suspect? 213 00:13:39,696 --> 00:13:41,738 Well, it's a little too soon to tell. 214 00:13:41,803 --> 00:13:44,813 - You said you were working the day your husband was shot? - That's right. 215 00:13:44,879 --> 00:13:46,886 Where were you exactly? 216 00:13:46,952 --> 00:13:50,133 Doing grounds maintenance here in Riverside Park, around 81 st Street. Why? 217 00:13:50,196 --> 00:13:54,415 - That's where you were when you got the call about your husband? - My supervisor came and found me. 218 00:13:54,476 --> 00:13:57,828 We're gonna need his name so we can verify that. 219 00:13:57,886 --> 00:13:59,837 Do you mind if I ask why? 220 00:13:59,893 --> 00:14:02,242 Our lieutenant's a stickler for paperwork. 221 00:14:02,301 --> 00:14:04,877 By the way, do either you or your husband own a gun? 222 00:14:04,943 --> 00:14:06,893 No. 223 00:14:06,949 --> 00:14:10,369 I guess that about covers everything for now. We may need to talk to you again. 224 00:14:10,426 --> 00:14:13,346 You think of anything else, you give us a call, all right? 225 00:14:16,311 --> 00:14:19,322 Adele was definitely at work the day her husband got shot. I remember that. 226 00:14:19,388 --> 00:14:21,737 Where was she around 10:00 that morning? 227 00:14:21,795 --> 00:14:24,714 Working on one of the ball fields up here by the boat basin. 228 00:14:24,771 --> 00:14:27,188 I got a call that the cops wanted to talk to her, 229 00:14:27,246 --> 00:14:29,561 rode up there, brought her back to the office. 230 00:14:29,620 --> 00:14:34,740 - How'd she take it? - How do you think? Pretty damn hard. Wouldn't stop crying. 231 00:14:34,803 --> 00:14:37,653 Was anybody working with her at the ball field? 232 00:14:37,712 --> 00:14:40,061 No. The way it works is my crew fans out in the morning. 233 00:14:40,119 --> 00:14:42,765 They each do their assignments, and then they move on to the next one. 234 00:14:42,828 --> 00:14:46,944 If somebody wanted to play hooky for an hour or two, there's nobody watching the classroom. 235 00:14:47,008 --> 00:14:50,360 I suppose, but Adele's Miss Dependable. 236 00:14:50,418 --> 00:14:54,273 Besides, earlier that morning, about 8:30, 8:45, 237 00:14:54,331 --> 00:14:58,082 I cruised by the field she was working on with a new valve for one of the water fountains. 238 00:14:58,143 --> 00:15:01,427 I saw her out there, grooming the infield. 239 00:15:01,487 --> 00:15:03,437 Okay. Thanks, man. 240 00:15:03,494 --> 00:15:06,344 If she did it herself, she'd have had to be on a pretty tight timetable. 241 00:15:06,403 --> 00:15:10,416 Tight, but not impossible. Or maybe she found somebody that had a more flexible schedule. 242 00:15:10,482 --> 00:15:14,267 What, a hired hit? Let's check her financials. 243 00:15:14,327 --> 00:15:16,676 These people led the all-American life. 244 00:15:16,735 --> 00:15:19,985 Two paychecks every two weeks, rent payments, utilities. 245 00:15:20,045 --> 00:15:22,223 No two and a half kids and a dog. 246 00:15:22,286 --> 00:15:26,003 - They didn't need a dog. The husband was one. - I can't wait till you get married. 247 00:15:26,064 --> 00:15:31,081 Seeing as how we answer each other's phones, you'll probably find out about that before I will. 248 00:15:31,147 --> 00:15:33,759 There is nothing unusual in these bank statements. Yeah. 249 00:15:33,822 --> 00:15:36,934 There's not much in the Byrnes' credit card records either. 250 00:15:36,999 --> 00:15:40,043 She eats three times a week at Gardner's Café. 251 00:15:40,108 --> 00:15:42,286 He goes bowling every Sunday... 252 00:15:42,349 --> 00:15:46,602 and buys his underwear from a sporting goods catalogue. 253 00:15:46,662 --> 00:15:48,669 Wait a second. 254 00:15:48,736 --> 00:15:53,388 Gas station charges on her account up and down I-91, three days apart. 255 00:15:53,450 --> 00:15:57,839 Could have been visiting friends. Or making a down payment on a hit man. 256 00:15:57,898 --> 00:16:02,914 There's a $500 cash advance from a private A.T.M. in Bennington, Vermont. 257 00:16:02,980 --> 00:16:05,797 Be nice to find out to who, what and where. 258 00:16:05,856 --> 00:16:10,542 Vermont's a four-hour drive. Not if we go lights and sirens. 259 00:16:16,490 --> 00:16:19,842 You sure this is the right place? 50 West Main Street. 260 00:16:19,901 --> 00:16:22,683 Home of Murray's World of Guns. 261 00:16:22,743 --> 00:16:25,251 Of all the A.T.M.'s in the world, she picks one in a gun shop. 262 00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:28,271 Let's see what 500 bucks buys in Vermont. 263 00:16:28,327 --> 00:16:33,116 Her name is Adele Byrne. She came up here from New York. She used your A.T.M. a few months ago. 264 00:16:33,175 --> 00:16:36,528 A lot of people drop in just to use the cash machine. 265 00:16:36,586 --> 00:16:38,536 I don't pay much attention. 266 00:16:38,592 --> 00:16:40,907 Well, start focusing. Her husband was shot. 267 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:45,517 I couldn't sell to a New York resident even if I wanted to. 268 00:16:45,581 --> 00:16:47,531 Vermont law. 269 00:16:47,587 --> 00:16:51,065 Then you don't mind if we take a look at your sales records for that day? 270 00:16:51,132 --> 00:16:53,173 You guys got a warrant? No. 271 00:16:53,239 --> 00:16:58,028 But we can get one. Ed, where do you think the A.T. F. regional office is around here? 272 00:16:58,087 --> 00:17:00,436 See, Murray, it's not us you have to worry about. 273 00:17:00,495 --> 00:17:04,452 An illegal gun sale could get you a federal charge. 274 00:17:04,508 --> 00:17:06,458 What day was this? 275 00:17:06,514 --> 00:17:08,520 March 17. 276 00:17:15,208 --> 00:17:18,424 I sold a Smith & Wesson .38 to myself. 277 00:17:18,485 --> 00:17:21,472 As a cutout for her? Yeah. 278 00:17:21,527 --> 00:17:25,210 I wouldn't do something like this if she had a record, you know? 279 00:17:25,272 --> 00:17:28,192 I told her I'd buy the gun in my name, 280 00:17:28,249 --> 00:17:32,297 but she still had to wait a couple of days till I did a background check. 281 00:17:32,362 --> 00:17:34,643 A lot of good that did. 282 00:17:34,703 --> 00:17:37,919 Can you give us the serial number for that gun, please? 283 00:17:39,651 --> 00:17:42,263 This is ridiculous. It's the middle of the night. 284 00:17:42,326 --> 00:17:44,332 Funny. That's the same thing the judge said. 285 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,650 I don't know what you think you're gonna find. How 'bout the gun you bought in Vermont? 286 00:17:47,710 --> 00:17:50,218 Why didn't you just ask? It's not here. 287 00:17:50,285 --> 00:17:53,033 Don't be insulted if we don't take your word for that. 288 00:17:53,093 --> 00:17:56,047 Lennie, the place is clean. You told us you didn't own a gun. 289 00:17:56,103 --> 00:17:58,783 I don't. The gun I bought was stolen. 290 00:17:58,845 --> 00:18:02,665 Somebody grabbed my handbag. I reported it to the police. 291 00:18:04,295 --> 00:18:07,306 She filed a report with the 1-8 a month before her husband was shot. 292 00:18:07,372 --> 00:18:10,849 She said a kid came out of nowhere, snatched her purse and took off. 293 00:18:10,917 --> 00:18:13,425 She didn't say anything about a gun being in it. 294 00:18:13,491 --> 00:18:17,345 Yeah, and just by coincidence, there were no witnesses to this event. 295 00:18:17,404 --> 00:18:19,354 It doesn't mean it didn't happen. 296 00:18:19,410 --> 00:18:21,918 You also said she was working the day of the shooting. 297 00:18:21,984 --> 00:18:26,568 Yeah, and her work is roaming around Riverside Park by herself all day blowing leaves. 298 00:18:26,632 --> 00:18:28,639 Riverside Park. 299 00:18:28,706 --> 00:18:32,160 If she ducks out to take care of business, you know where she ditches the gun. 300 00:18:32,216 --> 00:18:34,930 The Hudson River. 301 00:18:34,992 --> 00:18:38,345 Underwater metal detectors. 302 00:18:38,403 --> 00:18:43,192 Back when I got my gold shield, there weren't even such things as fax machines or cell phones... 303 00:18:43,251 --> 00:18:45,257 or even computers. 304 00:18:45,325 --> 00:18:48,939 Did everything with your own two eyes. Checked ballistics, fingerprints. 305 00:18:49,004 --> 00:18:53,257 And a microscope like we used to have in junior high chemistry class. 306 00:18:53,317 --> 00:18:56,065 Think I've stayed on this job just to see what comes next. 307 00:18:56,126 --> 00:18:59,273 I hear we're getting blackberries next year. 308 00:18:59,336 --> 00:19:01,342 Yeah, next year. 309 00:19:02,613 --> 00:19:04,654 What is up with you? 310 00:19:06,926 --> 00:19:09,172 I'm putting in my papers, Ed. 311 00:19:11,842 --> 00:19:15,160 What? It's time. 312 00:19:15,219 --> 00:19:18,172 Wha... Really? What are you gonna do? 313 00:19:18,228 --> 00:19:22,584 I don't know. Play golf, shoot pool, lay around in the sun. 314 00:19:22,642 --> 00:19:25,184 If I get bored, maybe I'll try the D.A.'s office, 315 00:19:25,250 --> 00:19:27,862 pick up an investigation here and there. 316 00:19:27,925 --> 00:19:30,206 Ahh. 317 00:19:30,266 --> 00:19:32,342 Damn, Lennie, you... 318 00:19:32,406 --> 00:19:34,412 Hey! 319 00:19:36,820 --> 00:19:40,675 Same serial number as the one she bought in Vermont. 320 00:19:42,772 --> 00:19:44,722 Three spent shells. Wow. 321 00:19:44,778 --> 00:19:48,393 She hit him two out of three. Not bad for an amateur. 322 00:19:55,746 --> 00:19:59,200 Adele Byrne. You're under arrest for the murder of john Byrne. 323 00:19:59,258 --> 00:20:02,542 What the hell is going on? She'll take this to go. 324 00:20:06,781 --> 00:20:10,464 Just because my husband slept with somebody doesn't mean I would kill him. 325 00:20:10,526 --> 00:20:13,034 "Slept with somebody” doesn't 't do it justice. 326 00:20:13,101 --> 00:20:16,385 Your husband had sexual narcolepsy. He kept falling into bed. 327 00:20:16,445 --> 00:20:20,560 You found out what he was up to; then you took that little road trip to Vermont to buy that gun? 328 00:20:20,625 --> 00:20:24,170 - I bought that gun because I didn't feel safe. - So why did you buy it illegally? 329 00:20:24,236 --> 00:20:27,748 The same reason anybody does. An ordinary person can't get a gun permit in this city. 330 00:20:27,814 --> 00:20:30,494 What about the spent shells in the cylinder? 331 00:20:30,556 --> 00:20:32,506 I don't know who used the gun. 332 00:20:32,562 --> 00:20:35,743 Probably the kid who stole my purse. It wasn't me. 333 00:20:35,806 --> 00:20:39,090 You lied to us about your marriage. You didn't tell us about your husband's affairs. 334 00:20:39,149 --> 00:20:41,658 Because I knew you'd bring me down here and accuse me of this. 335 00:20:41,725 --> 00:20:45,647 And you lied about the gun. You asked me if I had a gun. I told you I didn't. 336 00:20:45,703 --> 00:20:49,558 Right. It was stolen by some mystery punk, so you could cover your ass. 337 00:20:49,616 --> 00:20:53,504 You know something? I don't want to say anything else until I talk to a lawyer. 338 00:20:53,561 --> 00:20:55,910 The woman's got an answer for everything. 339 00:20:55,970 --> 00:20:58,820 Well, there's one thing she won't be able to squirm out of... 340 00:20:58,879 --> 00:21:00,863 ballistics. 341 00:21:00,918 --> 00:21:02,868 The police spoke to Adele Byrne's supervisor. 342 00:21:02,925 --> 00:21:05,878 She was at work the day of the murder. All morning? 343 00:21:05,934 --> 00:21:07,884 He thinks so. It's not ironclad. 344 00:21:07,940 --> 00:21:10,894 She may have had a window to slip away unnoticed. 345 00:21:10,950 --> 00:21:13,903 And wait for her husband to deliver the phony package. 346 00:21:13,959 --> 00:21:17,209 What about the gun the cops fished out of the river? It's hers. 347 00:21:17,269 --> 00:21:20,485 She made a special trip out of state to get it through a straw buyer. 348 00:21:20,546 --> 00:21:22,359 And the motive evidence is solid. 349 00:21:22,419 --> 00:21:24,370 It's the oldest one in the book... a cheating spouse. 350 00:21:24,426 --> 00:21:27,379 She denied knowing anything about it to the police, 351 00:21:27,435 --> 00:21:30,685 but the girlfriend says that Adele threatened her and Adele's cell phone records show several calls. 352 00:21:30,745 --> 00:21:33,231 More than enough to charge her. 353 00:21:33,287 --> 00:21:35,202 Southerlyn. 354 00:21:36,196 --> 00:21:38,146 I'll be right there. 355 00:21:38,202 --> 00:21:40,551 Ballistics. This should sew it up. 356 00:21:40,610 --> 00:21:43,620 We got a problem. I don't understand. It's her gun. 357 00:21:43,686 --> 00:21:47,141 Okay. Now, here's the Smith & Wesson .38 you gave me. 358 00:21:47,197 --> 00:21:51,153 It couldn't have been in the river more than a couple days at most. It's still operative. 359 00:21:51,209 --> 00:21:53,661 This is a bullet I test-fired from it. 360 00:21:53,718 --> 00:21:57,674 Five lands and grooves with a right twist. Standard on a Smith &Wesson. 361 00:21:57,730 --> 00:22:01,687 And this is one of the bullets taken from John Byrne's chest, also five right. 362 00:22:01,743 --> 00:22:04,856 So it's our murder weapon. Look at the striations. 363 00:22:07,026 --> 00:22:08,977 They don't match. 364 00:22:09,033 --> 00:22:11,986 Which means this gun wasn't used to kill Mr. Byrne. 365 00:22:12,042 --> 00:22:14,996 Are you 100% sure? Look, striations don't lie, Ms. Southerlyn. 366 00:22:15,052 --> 00:22:18,837 Odds are the murder weapon was a Smith & Wesson .38. 367 00:22:18,897 --> 00:22:21,041 Just not this one. Right. 368 00:22:22,141 --> 00:22:25,094 You have your doubts now? Don't you? Adele Byrne's got a solid alibi. 369 00:22:25,150 --> 00:22:29,369 Her gun isn't the murder weapon. Maybe she got another .38 we ain't found yet. 370 00:22:29,431 --> 00:22:32,715 Why would she travel out of state to buy a gun if she already had one? 371 00:22:32,774 --> 00:22:35,727 Three spent shells in the cylinder. Somebody fired at something. 372 00:22:35,783 --> 00:22:37,733 Or someone. 373 00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:40,800 Any other shootings in that part of town recently? We'll check it out. 374 00:22:42,137 --> 00:22:44,087 Later. 375 00:22:44,143 --> 00:22:48,100 Hey. Ed Pachuco. He just got transferred to Manhattan South. He should be able to hook us up. 376 00:22:48,156 --> 00:22:50,607 You mind running that one down by yourself? 377 00:22:50,663 --> 00:22:53,617 I got some paperwork at One P.P I gotta take care of. Don't worry about it. I got it. 378 00:22:53,673 --> 00:22:57,093 Sorry to duck out on you. Don't even worry about it, man. Go and do what you gotta do. 379 00:22:58,087 --> 00:23:01,907 We've got drawers full of open cases. Depends on how far back you wanna go. 380 00:23:01,966 --> 00:23:04,919 The gun we're looking at was purchased three months ago. 381 00:23:04,975 --> 00:23:07,426 That should narrow it down. 382 00:23:07,483 --> 00:23:09,935 All right, here we go. 383 00:23:09,991 --> 00:23:12,944 This guy was capped during a drive-by. 384 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,855 Gunned down with a Tech-9. Dealer named Ramon Padilla. That's not it. 385 00:23:16,913 --> 00:23:21,668 A 33-year-old black male shot three times while jogging in Central Park. 386 00:23:21,728 --> 00:23:24,578 What'd the shooter use? A .38 revolver. 387 00:23:24,637 --> 00:23:26,587 Vic's name is Randall Gardner. 388 00:23:26,644 --> 00:23:29,095 Gardner. Gardner. You know anything about him? 389 00:23:29,151 --> 00:23:31,636 He was loaded. He was into real estate. 390 00:23:31,692 --> 00:23:34,144 His wife runs some kind of high-end coffee shop as a hobby. 391 00:23:34,201 --> 00:23:36,151 Yeah. Gardner's Café. Right. 392 00:23:36,207 --> 00:23:38,692 You look at her? The first thing we thought of. 393 00:23:38,749 --> 00:23:41,702 But she was alibied real tight, and we could not make it a for-hire. 394 00:23:41,758 --> 00:23:43,639 Let me get a look at the ballistics. 395 00:23:43,697 --> 00:23:46,149 So, you familiar with this Belinda Gardner? 396 00:23:46,205 --> 00:23:48,656 Yeah. We arrested our suspect in her coffee shop. 397 00:23:48,713 --> 00:23:51,724 I'll fill you in, but I gotta give the D.A. a heads-up. 398 00:23:54,397 --> 00:23:57,351 My husband and I left together that morning. 399 00:23:57,407 --> 00:24:00,691 I went to my yoga class Randall went running in Central Park. 400 00:24:00,751 --> 00:24:05,335 When I came back home, the police were waiting for me. It was awful. 401 00:24:05,399 --> 00:24:08,785 Did he run the same time every morning? That's right. 402 00:24:08,843 --> 00:24:13,928 I already told all of this to the police, Ms. Southerlyn. Three or four times, in fact. 403 00:24:13,992 --> 00:24:17,311 There was a woman who was arrested at your café. 404 00:24:17,370 --> 00:24:19,320 Adele Byrne. 405 00:24:19,376 --> 00:24:21,326 Did you know her very well? 406 00:24:21,382 --> 00:24:24,963 Not outside the cafe. She's a regular customer. 407 00:24:25,027 --> 00:24:26,738 We chat. 408 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,750 She lost her husband too. Yes. 409 00:24:28,806 --> 00:24:32,786 I gather the police think she might have had something to do with his death. 410 00:24:32,852 --> 00:24:35,201 He was shot the same week that your husband was. 411 00:24:35,259 --> 00:24:38,338 I know. Quite a bizarre coincidence. 412 00:24:39,406 --> 00:24:41,687 Turns out her husband was having an affair. 413 00:24:42,884 --> 00:24:44,834 What are you implying? 414 00:24:44,890 --> 00:24:48,344 Just wondering if that might be another thing that you share with Ms. Byrne. 415 00:24:50,508 --> 00:24:54,624 My husband was absolutely faithful to me, Ms. Southerlyn. 416 00:24:54,687 --> 00:24:59,042 Neither of us ever strayed. We took our vows quite seriously. 417 00:25:01,174 --> 00:25:04,127 Adele Byrne and Belinda Gardner knew each other from Gardner's Cafe. 418 00:25:04,183 --> 00:25:06,635 Their husbands were shot four days apart. 419 00:25:06,692 --> 00:25:09,645 I take it you think this can't be a coincidence. 420 00:25:09,701 --> 00:25:11,651 By itself, maybe. 421 00:25:11,708 --> 00:25:16,325 Adele Byrne's gun wasn't the one that killed her husband. 422 00:25:16,389 --> 00:25:19,342 I had Ballistics run the slug that killed Randall Gardner. 423 00:25:19,398 --> 00:25:23,651 That slug is a dead-on match. It definitely came from Adele Byrne's gun. 424 00:25:23,712 --> 00:25:26,164 So Adele Byrne killed Randall Gardner. 425 00:25:26,220 --> 00:25:30,040 A man she didn't know and had absolutely no occasion to cross paths with. 426 00:25:30,099 --> 00:25:33,052 I'll bet you all a steak dinner that Belinda Gardner killed John Byrne. 427 00:25:33,109 --> 00:25:37,362 Two women who don't know each other meet in a cafe and agree to kill each other's husbands. 428 00:25:37,422 --> 00:25:39,668 It's something out of Alfred Hitchcock. 429 00:25:39,729 --> 00:25:43,617 We know Adele's Byrne's motive... she caught her husband cheating on her. 430 00:25:43,675 --> 00:25:47,187 Why did Belinda Gardner want Mr. Gardner dead? 431 00:25:47,253 --> 00:25:50,469 That's the part we haven't figured out yet. 432 00:25:54,141 --> 00:25:57,094 Randall bought me this place when he flipped the building. 433 00:25:57,150 --> 00:25:59,100 It's pretty cool, right? 434 00:25:59,157 --> 00:26:03,444 Your brother must have been a very generous man. He was the best. 435 00:26:03,504 --> 00:26:07,460 Trying to make it as a painter, but I've sold, like, three pieces. 436 00:26:07,517 --> 00:26:11,473 If it wasn't for Randall, I'd be living in a rented room somewhere in bridge-and-tunnel land. 437 00:26:11,529 --> 00:26:14,642 Oh, and studio space? Yeah. Forget it. 438 00:26:14,706 --> 00:26:17,318 Was he as generous with his wife? 439 00:26:17,381 --> 00:26:19,331 Belinda? 440 00:26:19,387 --> 00:26:21,337 Depends on who you ask. 441 00:26:21,393 --> 00:26:23,674 Doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement. 442 00:26:23,734 --> 00:26:26,186 I'm sorry. I just never really liked that woman. 443 00:26:26,242 --> 00:26:28,818 She married Randall for his money. 444 00:26:28,884 --> 00:26:32,840 - How can you be so sure? - She met him in Vegas at a real estate developers' conference. 445 00:26:32,896 --> 00:26:35,347 Happy coincidence? 446 00:26:35,405 --> 00:26:37,947 Well, if you ask me, she targeted him. 447 00:26:38,012 --> 00:26:42,163 For her it wasn't a marriage so much as it was a business transaction. 448 00:26:42,226 --> 00:26:44,107 Do you think she was unfaithful? 449 00:26:44,165 --> 00:26:48,521 She liked my brother's money too much. She wouldn't 't risk getting prenuppeed in a divorce. 450 00:26:48,579 --> 00:26:51,532 She's one of those women whose real profession is shopping. 451 00:26:51,588 --> 00:26:53,367 Clothing, jewelry? 452 00:26:53,427 --> 00:26:55,708 And when she wasn't buying $800 sandals, 453 00:26:55,768 --> 00:26:59,725 it was massages, facials, fancy spas. 454 00:26:59,781 --> 00:27:03,258 How did she manage that regimen and her cafe at the same time? 455 00:27:03,326 --> 00:27:06,712 Randall bought her that place to keep her out of Bendel's. 456 00:27:06,770 --> 00:27:10,316 When that didn't work, he got fed up and put her on an allowance too. 457 00:27:10,381 --> 00:27:12,798 Really put a crimp in her lifestyle. 458 00:27:13,858 --> 00:27:17,439 She's gonna walk away with a big chunk of his estate now. 459 00:27:17,503 --> 00:27:20,981 I'm sure you told all of this to the police who investigated your brother's murder. 460 00:27:21,048 --> 00:27:23,499 Believe me, I did. 461 00:27:23,556 --> 00:27:28,037 But she had an ironclad alibi. Sol guess the bitch just got lucky. 462 00:27:30,311 --> 00:27:32,261 I talked to Randall Gardner's T&E lawyer. 463 00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:35,771 Belinda stands to inherit half of his estate. Which is how much? 464 00:27:35,827 --> 00:27:39,613 Her share comes to $13 million after taxes. 465 00:27:39,674 --> 00:27:42,992 Okay, but it's not like she was cutting coupons while Gardner was alive. 466 00:27:43,050 --> 00:27:46,972 Despite his best efforts. He was trying to keep her on a short leash financially. 467 00:27:47,030 --> 00:27:50,644 So Belinda wanted off the leash, and Adele Byrne wanted to punish her cheating spouse. 468 00:27:50,708 --> 00:27:52,659 They solved each other's problems. 469 00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:54,664 Quid pro quo. 470 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,673 It's a pretty ingenious plan. I'll be damned if they're gonna get away with it. 471 00:27:57,730 --> 00:27:59,736 Pick her up. 472 00:28:02,144 --> 00:28:05,428 Jack, why drag me down here if you're convinced Adele didn't kill her husband? 473 00:28:05,488 --> 00:28:07,905 That doesn't mean we're not gonna prosecute her. 474 00:28:07,963 --> 00:28:12,718 She cut a few corners to buy her gun. Okay, we surrender. What's the fine? You take credit cards, right? 475 00:28:13,780 --> 00:28:16,733 We're charging your client with the murder of Randall Gardner. 476 00:28:18,027 --> 00:28:21,208 I didn't even know Randall Gardner. 477 00:28:21,271 --> 00:28:23,654 Why would Adele murder a man she doesn't know? 478 00:28:23,711 --> 00:28:25,662 She conspired with Belinda Gardner. 479 00:28:25,718 --> 00:28:27,668 They murdered each other's husbands. 480 00:28:27,724 --> 00:28:31,738 The slugs in Mr. Gardner came from your client's .38. 481 00:28:33,577 --> 00:28:37,088 I've never even met the man. I don't know anyone named John Byrne. 482 00:28:37,154 --> 00:28:39,435 His wife is a regular customer of yours. 483 00:28:39,494 --> 00:28:41,445 And that's a crime? 484 00:28:41,501 --> 00:28:45,890 You don't have a murder weapon, and you have absolutely no forensics. 485 00:28:45,948 --> 00:28:50,167 For the last time, that gun was stolen from me. 486 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:53,045 You have absolutely no proof she's the shooter. 487 00:28:53,105 --> 00:28:56,582 Our motion to dismiss will be on your desk end of business. 488 00:28:59,926 --> 00:29:01,877 This is a house of cards, Your Honor. 489 00:29:01,932 --> 00:29:05,477 The prosecution against Adele Byrne is predicated on the one against Mrs. Gardner. 490 00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:08,998 And the prosecution against Mrs. Gardner is meaningless without Mrs. Byrne. 491 00:29:09,055 --> 00:29:11,506 You seem to have a catch-22, Mr. McCoy. 492 00:29:11,562 --> 00:29:14,516 You can't prove one murder without proving the other first. 493 00:29:14,572 --> 00:29:17,023 But we can prove them both at the same time. 494 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:21,800 C.P.L. 200.40 permits joinder of defendants where there's evidence of a common scheme. 495 00:29:21,861 --> 00:29:23,812 Two murders, one trial. 496 00:29:23,868 --> 00:29:27,824 You can't consolidate two cases that couldn't have been brought individually. 497 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,868 We can if we add a conspiracy count to both indictments. 498 00:29:30,923 --> 00:29:34,538 Where's the criminal agreement, Mr. McCoy? Where's your proof? 499 00:29:34,602 --> 00:29:36,951 He has none. It's all speculation. 500 00:29:37,009 --> 00:29:40,395 - You're gonna dismiss two murders? - Who said anything about dismissing? 501 00:29:40,453 --> 00:29:43,407 Apart from the defense lawyers, I mean. 502 00:29:43,463 --> 00:29:48,891 If Mr. McCoy thinks he can prove one murder independent of the other, I'm more than willing to let him try. 503 00:29:48,947 --> 00:29:50,691 Separate trials. 504 00:29:50,753 --> 00:29:53,170 - Your Honor... - Let the games begin. 505 00:29:54,732 --> 00:29:57,686 Can you convict 'em if you try each woman separately? 506 00:29:57,742 --> 00:30:00,695 I can prove Adele Byrne shot Randall Gardner. 507 00:30:00,751 --> 00:30:03,704 You can prove somebody used her gun to shoot him. 508 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:08,719 The bigger problem is the gun that Belinda Gardner used to shoot John Byrne. 509 00:30:08,775 --> 00:30:10,726 You don't have it. 510 00:30:10,783 --> 00:30:13,234 Because she did a better job ditching it. 511 00:30:13,290 --> 00:30:16,004 Which is why I'll try Mrs. Gardner last. 512 00:30:16,065 --> 00:30:19,519 That case will go a lot easier after Adele Byrne gets convicted. 513 00:30:19,577 --> 00:30:22,530 What if she gets acquitted? Have you thought about that? 514 00:30:22,586 --> 00:30:26,543 I mean, if you lose there's not a jury in the world that'll convict Belinda Gardner. 515 00:30:26,599 --> 00:30:29,552 You think I'm putting all my eggs in one basket. 516 00:30:29,608 --> 00:30:33,622 Consecutive trials make the first one an all-or-nothing shot. 517 00:30:34,624 --> 00:30:37,474 So why not try them simultaneously? 518 00:30:37,533 --> 00:30:40,612 Just explain to me how I can be in two courtrooms at once. 519 00:30:41,613 --> 00:30:43,494 Keep it as simple as you can. 520 00:30:43,552 --> 00:30:46,506 Adele Byrne's bullets ended up in Randall Gardner. 521 00:30:46,562 --> 00:30:50,073 What about you? At least I have a murder weapon. I have motive and opportunity. 522 00:30:50,139 --> 00:30:52,591 The circumstances speak for themselves. 523 00:30:52,647 --> 00:30:55,600 Did you notice an Arnold Barker on their witness list? 524 00:30:55,656 --> 00:30:58,667 The director of the Kent Foundation. Why is he on their list? 525 00:30:59,736 --> 00:31:02,017 That's where John Byrne's girlfriend worked. 526 00:31:02,077 --> 00:31:05,429 Belinda Gardner's lawyer's gonna make an issue out of John Byrne's infidelities. 527 00:31:05,487 --> 00:31:07,438 Create reasonable doubt? 528 00:31:07,494 --> 00:31:10,504 When all else fails, blame the other woman. 529 00:31:14,550 --> 00:31:18,803 Do you recognize what's been previously introduced as People's six, Mr. Gundrozach? 530 00:31:18,863 --> 00:31:22,945 Yeah, that's the gun I sold. A Smith & Wesson .38. 531 00:31:23,010 --> 00:31:25,963 Is the person you sold the gun to in the courtroom today? 532 00:31:26,020 --> 00:31:27,970 She's sitting right there. 533 00:31:28,025 --> 00:31:32,449 Let the record reflect the witness is indicating the defendant, Adele Byrne. 534 00:31:32,506 --> 00:31:35,517 Do you have sales records reflecting this transaction? 535 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:41,942 Kind of. My records show that I sold a gun... to myself. 536 00:31:42,003 --> 00:31:44,352 Why did you do that? 537 00:31:44,410 --> 00:31:47,260 She really didn't want to buy it under her own name, 538 00:31:47,319 --> 00:31:49,270 so I bought it for her. 539 00:31:49,326 --> 00:31:51,276 Did you recommend this model to her? 540 00:31:51,332 --> 00:31:54,582 She came in asking for that particular gun. 541 00:31:54,642 --> 00:31:56,957 S&W .38. 542 00:31:57,016 --> 00:31:59,399 She was real specific. 543 00:32:00,393 --> 00:32:02,970 Initially, we suspected the victim's wife, Adele, 544 00:32:03,035 --> 00:32:06,285 because she purchased the Smith & Wesson .38 in Vermont. 545 00:32:06,346 --> 00:32:08,627 But you didn't charge her with Mr. Byrne's murder. 546 00:32:08,686 --> 00:32:11,867 Our ballistics established that her gun didn't match. 547 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:15,785 It did, however, match the bullet found in Randall Gardner. 548 00:32:15,843 --> 00:32:17,793 The husband of the defendant. 549 00:32:17,849 --> 00:32:21,167 How did this change your theory about John Byrne's murder? 550 00:32:21,226 --> 00:32:25,513 Well, we considered the possibility that the two wives killed each other's husbands. 551 00:32:25,573 --> 00:32:31,057 What connection, if any, were you able to establish between the defendant and Adele Byrne to support that? 552 00:32:31,124 --> 00:32:33,074 Well, one thing is, 553 00:32:33,130 --> 00:32:36,083 Mrs. Byrne goes to the defendant's café three times a week. 554 00:32:36,139 --> 00:32:40,757 The other thing is, the defendant's husband was killed the same week as Mr. Byrne. 555 00:32:40,821 --> 00:32:42,828 - How? - He was shot. 556 00:32:42,894 --> 00:32:44,844 Also with a .38. 557 00:32:49,448 --> 00:32:52,060 So, Detective, by your logic, 558 00:32:52,124 --> 00:32:54,575 since I also frequent Gardner's Cafe, 559 00:32:54,631 --> 00:32:58,588 if my wife turns up dead I can expect a visit from the police. 560 00:32:58,644 --> 00:33:02,327 You can if you purchased a murder weapon. 561 00:33:02,389 --> 00:33:04,395 Well, did you find the gun... 562 00:33:04,462 --> 00:33:07,643 that you allege my client used to kill John Byrne? 563 00:33:07,705 --> 00:33:09,883 No. 564 00:33:09,946 --> 00:33:13,629 Oh, so, in other words, the only evidence that you have against my client... 565 00:33:13,691 --> 00:33:16,804 is that Adele Byrne bought a gun, 566 00:33:16,868 --> 00:33:19,548 a person who is not on trial in this courtroom. 567 00:33:20,546 --> 00:33:22,496 Tell me, Detective, 568 00:33:22,552 --> 00:33:25,938 um, did Mrs. Byrne offer an explanation for that purchase? 569 00:33:25,997 --> 00:33:29,851 She said she bought it for protection. 570 00:33:33,419 --> 00:33:38,140 There's been a lot of stuff in the papers lately about home invasions, rapes. 571 00:33:38,202 --> 00:33:41,622 John worked late a lot. I was home alone. I was scared. 572 00:33:41,679 --> 00:33:43,664 Had you ever fired a gun before? No. 573 00:33:43,719 --> 00:33:48,769 And I still haven't. The gun was stolen a few weeks after I got it. I reported it to the police. 574 00:33:48,836 --> 00:33:52,290 The prosecution contends you used it to shoot Randall Gardner 575 00:33:52,346 --> 00:33:55,527 I never even met the man. And Belinda Gardner? 576 00:33:55,590 --> 00:33:58,041 Sure, I... I went into her café. 577 00:33:58,098 --> 00:34:01,176 But the only time I ever talked to her was to order coffee. 578 00:34:01,241 --> 00:34:04,354 Mrs. Byrne, did you conspire with her to kill each other's husbands? 579 00:34:04,417 --> 00:34:06,230 Absolutely not. 580 00:34:06,290 --> 00:34:10,179 And where were you at the time Randall Gardner was shot? 581 00:34:10,236 --> 00:34:13,382 I was at work in Riverside Park. 582 00:34:15,452 --> 00:34:17,698 Where the police found the murder weapon? 583 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,907 It's a big public park, Ms. Southerlyn. 584 00:34:20,970 --> 00:34:24,949 So it's just a coincidence that Randall Gardner was killed with your gun. 585 00:34:25,015 --> 00:34:29,063 It's a violent city. That's why I bought the gun in the first place. 586 00:34:29,128 --> 00:34:31,306 The gun that you claim was stolen. It was. 587 00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:34,049 I filed a report with the police. 588 00:34:34,111 --> 00:34:36,723 Yeah, you covered all of your bases. Objection! 589 00:34:36,786 --> 00:34:38,792 I don't know what you're talking about. 590 00:34:38,859 --> 00:34:44,253 There's nothing in that report about a gun. You reported that your purse was stolen. Why didn't you mention the gun? 591 00:34:44,310 --> 00:34:47,354 I didn't want to admit that I'd bought a gun illegally. 592 00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:49,563 So that's one felony you admit to lying about. 593 00:34:49,626 --> 00:34:52,169 Does it get easier the second time around? Objection! 594 00:34:52,235 --> 00:34:54,048 Sustained. 595 00:34:54,107 --> 00:34:55,852 Manners, Ms. Southerlyn. 596 00:34:57,284 --> 00:34:59,735 Actually, that's not the only lie you told, was it? 597 00:34:59,792 --> 00:35:03,908 You also told the police that you didn't know your husband was being unfaithful to you. 598 00:35:05,142 --> 00:35:09,189 I didn't think John's infidelities had anything to do with his murder. 599 00:35:09,255 --> 00:35:11,797 Except to give you a motive to kill him. 600 00:35:11,863 --> 00:35:13,870 Your Honor! 601 00:35:16,745 --> 00:35:20,199 Do you know a woman named Gloria Regelson, Mr. Barker? 602 00:35:20,256 --> 00:35:23,973 She's a secretary who works with me at the Kent Foundation. 603 00:35:24,034 --> 00:35:28,322 And, um, what was her relationship with the victim, John Byrne? 604 00:35:28,382 --> 00:35:32,601 John delivered packages to our office on a daily basis. 605 00:35:32,662 --> 00:35:36,641 I've since learned that Gloria was having a romantic relationship with him. 606 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,822 Did you ever see them together, Mr. Barker? 607 00:35:40,888 --> 00:35:43,339 I saw them leaving the building together once. 608 00:35:43,396 --> 00:35:48,790 I didn't think much of it at the time, but in retrospect they were acting... rather friendly. 609 00:35:48,846 --> 00:35:54,307 Ah. I, um, want to direct your attention, Mr. Barker, to April 20. 610 00:35:54,364 --> 00:35:58,047 That's the day after the victim in this case was murdered 611 00:35:58,109 --> 00:36:01,062 Anything unusual happen at the Kent Foundation? 612 00:36:01,118 --> 00:36:04,071 A member of our custodial staff came to me... 613 00:36:04,128 --> 00:36:07,412 and reported that he'd found a gun in a trash can. 614 00:36:07,472 --> 00:36:11,394 It had been stuffed in the bottom of the can, wrapped in a brown paper bag. 615 00:36:11,450 --> 00:36:14,734 Did Gloria Regelson have access to this trash can? 616 00:36:14,795 --> 00:36:19,584 - Of course. - I see. What, if anything, did you do with this gun, Mr. Barker? 617 00:36:19,643 --> 00:36:22,995 The only thing I could think to do. I reported it to the police, and they took it. 618 00:36:23,054 --> 00:36:27,513 Your Honor, at this time the defense moves to compel the People to produce the gun... 619 00:36:27,568 --> 00:36:30,019 seized by the N.Y.P.D. at the Kent Foundation. 620 00:36:30,076 --> 00:36:34,033 - Defense hasn't established relevance. - A simple ballistics test will do that. 621 00:36:34,089 --> 00:36:37,373 However, since I do not have access to the gun and the police do... 622 00:36:37,432 --> 00:36:41,389 The People will see to it that the gun found at the Kent Foundation's offices... 623 00:36:41,445 --> 00:36:43,691 will be produced for ballistics testing. 624 00:36:47,799 --> 00:36:51,584 So, where the hell is this gun? We were able to locate the gun at the property clerk's office. 625 00:36:51,644 --> 00:36:53,594 A .38 Smith & Wesson. 626 00:36:53,650 --> 00:36:55,600 Great. What'd the ballistics test show? 627 00:36:55,656 --> 00:36:57,607 Just what the defense wanted. 628 00:36:57,663 --> 00:37:01,551 The gun found at the Kent Foundation was used to shoot John Byrne. 629 00:37:01,608 --> 00:37:04,653 - Can we tie it to Belinda Gardner? - Believe me, I tried. 630 00:37:04,718 --> 00:37:07,466 The trash can where the gun was found... 631 00:37:07,527 --> 00:37:10,480 was in an area open to the public that got a lot of foot traffic. 632 00:37:10,536 --> 00:37:13,490 So Belinda Gardner could have planted the gun. 633 00:37:13,546 --> 00:37:16,157 If only I could prove it. None of the staff remembers seeing her. 634 00:37:16,222 --> 00:37:18,263 I'm sure the gun's untraceable. 635 00:37:18,328 --> 00:37:22,410 The serial number was filed off Probably bought on the street. 636 00:37:22,474 --> 00:37:27,696 You gotta give these girls credit for one thing... they sure weren't standing behind the door when the good Lord handed out the brains. 637 00:37:27,757 --> 00:37:30,711 Gloria Regelson is the perfect patsy. 638 00:37:30,767 --> 00:37:34,986 She had an affair with Byrne, and now the murder weapon turns up at her workplace. 639 00:37:35,047 --> 00:37:38,628 A fact that I'm sure you'll address on cross. For all the good it'll do. 640 00:37:38,692 --> 00:37:40,973 I hope your trial's going better. 641 00:37:41,033 --> 00:37:43,211 It'd be hard for it not to. 642 00:37:43,273 --> 00:37:47,492 How about a continuance to buy yourself time to prove that Belinda Gardner planted the gun? 643 00:37:47,553 --> 00:37:51,007 They don't grant continuances just because you're getting your butt kicked. 644 00:37:51,065 --> 00:37:54,075 It's time for both of you to face the music. 645 00:37:59,157 --> 00:38:02,577 Mr. Foreperson, has the jury reached a verdict? 646 00:38:02,634 --> 00:38:04,710 Yes, we have, Your Honor. 647 00:38:04,774 --> 00:38:08,160 We find the defendant, Adele Byrne, guilty... 648 00:38:08,218 --> 00:38:10,169 of second degree murder. 649 00:38:15,374 --> 00:38:18,327 - Has the jury reached a verdict? - We have, Your Honor 650 00:38:18,383 --> 00:38:21,165 In the matter of the People v. Belinda Gardner, 651 00:38:21,225 --> 00:38:24,806 we find the defendant not guilty on all counts. 652 00:38:33,297 --> 00:38:36,251 I suppose you're about to say the glass is half full. 653 00:38:36,307 --> 00:38:40,263 You knew it was gonna be a tough case from the start, Jack. Don't count me out yet. 654 00:38:40,319 --> 00:38:42,669 I've still got one more at-bat. 655 00:38:46,940 --> 00:38:50,451 The ink on the verdict is barely dry and here you are gloating. 656 00:38:50,518 --> 00:38:54,269 We're not here for that. This isn't quite over yet. 657 00:38:54,330 --> 00:38:58,719 You're damn right it isn't. I've informed Adele she has numerous grounds for appeal. 658 00:38:58,777 --> 00:39:01,160 I'm hard-pressed to think of a single one. 659 00:39:01,218 --> 00:39:04,935 The only hope your client has is leniency at sentencing. 660 00:39:04,997 --> 00:39:08,851 Belinda Gardner, on the other hand, is celebrating at the Four Seasons. 661 00:39:08,909 --> 00:39:11,759 We're not conceding any relationship with Mrs. Gardner. 662 00:39:11,818 --> 00:39:13,768 Too bad. 663 00:39:13,825 --> 00:39:16,367 I was hoping to get a question answered. 664 00:39:16,433 --> 00:39:21,051 Specifically, how'd they choose Belinda Gardner's gun as the one to plant at the Kent Foundation... 665 00:39:21,114 --> 00:39:24,261 when they could just as easily have planted Adele's? 666 00:39:25,462 --> 00:39:27,811 How'd that work, Ms. Byrne? 667 00:39:28,872 --> 00:39:33,388 Belinda Gardner gets the patsy, while the working girl gets 25-to-life? 668 00:39:34,456 --> 00:39:37,068 Does that seem fair to you? 669 00:39:38,135 --> 00:39:40,085 I suppose... 670 00:39:40,141 --> 00:39:43,186 you can always take your chances on appeal. 671 00:39:54,151 --> 00:39:56,660 What do you want to know, Mr. McCoy? 672 00:39:58,633 --> 00:40:03,456 Your Honor, this is outrageous. Double jeopardy protects my client from further prosecution. 673 00:40:03,514 --> 00:40:06,468 Jeopardy only attached as to John Byrne's murder. 674 00:40:06,524 --> 00:40:09,477 We're indicting Mrs. Gardner for the murder of her husband. 675 00:40:09,533 --> 00:40:13,490 Which is even more ridiculous, considering Belinda Gardner didn't murder her husband 676 00:40:13,546 --> 00:40:15,997 A jury just concluded Adele Byrne did. 677 00:40:16,054 --> 00:40:19,008 Mrs. Gardner didn't have to pull the trigger. 678 00:40:19,064 --> 00:40:22,518 In fact, we're going to up the ante. We're charging her with murder, first-degree. 679 00:40:22,574 --> 00:40:26,759 Oh, this should be good In fact, it'd better be. 680 00:40:26,822 --> 00:40:29,604 First-degree murder includes murder-for-hire... 681 00:40:29,664 --> 00:40:33,951 and applies to both the shooter and the contracting party. 682 00:40:34,010 --> 00:40:37,795 Where the murder is for, and I quote, “pecuniary gain," which means money. 683 00:40:37,856 --> 00:40:41,334 Or did the laws change while I was asleep? 684 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,942 People v. American Motor Club, and I quote: 685 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:48,900 “The benefit of pecuniary value need not be money. It includes any service with monetary value 686 00:40:48,957 --> 00:40:52,937 Oh, so murder-for-hire is a service? Is that what you think? 687 00:40:53,004 --> 00:40:55,752 No. I've prosecuted enough hit men. I know for certain. 688 00:40:55,813 --> 00:40:58,264 And there is no requirement the service be legal. 689 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:00,601 Contract killings in exchange for drugs, for example. 690 00:41:00,661 --> 00:41:03,341 I have to agree. Motion granted. 691 00:41:03,403 --> 00:41:05,786 They've got you, Mr. Solomon. 692 00:41:11,863 --> 00:41:15,580 When Adele Byrne comes up for sentencing, we're recommending 20-to-life. 693 00:41:15,642 --> 00:41:17,592 What's good for the goose. 694 00:41:17,648 --> 00:41:19,860 Sure beats life without parole. 695 00:41:23,332 --> 00:41:25,282 Fine. 696 00:41:25,338 --> 00:41:28,189 Twelve people still acquitted me. 697 00:41:28,248 --> 00:41:30,198 Yeah. 698 00:41:30,254 --> 00:41:32,569 That's gotta burn. 699 00:41:35,872 --> 00:41:37,822 Once that guilty verdict came in... 700 00:41:37,878 --> 00:41:40,832 Belinda Gardner had to know that Adele Byrne was gonna give her up. 701 00:41:40,888 --> 00:41:45,107 That was the fatal flaw in their whole scheme... they were strangers. 702 00:41:45,168 --> 00:41:47,848 Well, it's nice to go out on a win. 703 00:41:53,527 --> 00:41:55,477 Lieu.