1 00:00:06,173 --> 00:00:07,868 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:07,941 --> 00:00:11,844 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:11,912 --> 00:00:13,607 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,445 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:18,315 These are their stories. 6 00:00:19,453 --> 00:00:20,579 Come on, we're gonna be late. 7 00:00:20,654 --> 00:00:22,452 Hang on, this is when she comes out. 8 00:00:23,257 --> 00:00:25,316 She does yoga, and she's got all these awesome outfits. 9 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:27,053 Sometimes you can even see her nipples. 10 00:00:27,394 --> 00:00:29,328 Dude, you are so sick. 11 00:00:29,463 --> 00:00:31,192 I know, right? 12 00:00:31,932 --> 00:00:34,765 There she is! The second window over! 13 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:38,665 Come on, what's she doin'? 14 00:00:38,739 --> 00:00:40,969 Well, she's just lying there. 15 00:00:41,241 --> 00:00:43,801 I think there's blood on her. 16 00:00:51,251 --> 00:00:53,982 Elevator's out. You gotta take the stairs. 17 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:57,490 You know what they say, Earl. No pain, no gain. 18 00:00:57,558 --> 00:01:00,118 Some suit up there is asking for you. 19 00:01:07,901 --> 00:01:09,300 Falco? 20 00:01:10,137 --> 00:01:11,127 Nick. 21 00:01:11,505 --> 00:01:13,439 You're Joe Fontana. Yeah, right. 22 00:01:13,507 --> 00:01:15,236 Yeah, sorry about your partner. How's he doing? 23 00:01:15,309 --> 00:01:17,107 Well, he's on the mend, thanks. 24 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:19,077 Brooklyn North? They keep you guys busy out there. 25 00:01:19,346 --> 00:01:23,840 Yeah, I figure a few weeks, Manhattan South Homicide, like a paid vacation. 26 00:01:24,284 --> 00:01:26,013 So, uh, how you wanna do this? 27 00:01:26,153 --> 00:01:28,121 Well, me, I'm all about the work, no muss, no fuss. 28 00:01:28,388 --> 00:01:29,617 Me, too. Good deal. 29 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:31,618 So, what do we have? 30 00:01:31,692 --> 00:01:33,888 Samantha Savage. 31 00:01:33,961 --> 00:01:35,861 One in the chest. 32 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:37,795 Samantha Savage, the porn star? 33 00:01:37,864 --> 00:01:41,960 It's kind of hard to tell with her clothes on, but yeah, one of the uniforms recognized 34 00:01:42,035 --> 00:01:44,732 a tattoo on her neck. A broken heart. 35 00:01:44,805 --> 00:01:47,536 Must be a close student of her work. Who found the body? 36 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:49,042 Kid who lives across the street. 37 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:52,306 Him and his buddy saw her through the window with binoculars. 38 00:01:52,379 --> 00:01:54,905 Said they were doing a little bird-watching before school. 39 00:01:54,982 --> 00:01:56,541 I'll bet they were. 40 00:01:57,017 --> 00:01:59,679 The porn world is gonna be in mourning tonight. 41 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:03,282 Iwonderwhat they fly at half-mast? 42 00:02:54,841 --> 00:02:58,175 Now, this may come as a surprise, but I know all about Samantha Savage. 43 00:02:58,245 --> 00:02:59,303 Why, Lieutenant. 44 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:03,043 Please. I've got two teenage boys. She's huge on the web. 45 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:05,580 Atop-tier adult video star. 46 00:03:05,652 --> 00:03:09,418 Her autobiography came out a couple of months back, bestseller. 47 00:03:09,489 --> 00:03:11,981 Next thing you're gonna tell me, she's on Oprah's Book Club. 48 00:03:12,059 --> 00:03:13,993 You ever seen her billboard in Times Square? 49 00:03:14,061 --> 00:03:15,222 Real name is Jackie Norrell, 50 00:03:15,295 --> 00:03:17,593 California driver's license. Toluca Lake. 51 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:19,188 What's she doing in New York? 52 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:22,198 According to the landlord, she had a six-month sublet on the apartment. 53 00:03:22,269 --> 00:03:23,361 Time of death? 54 00:03:23,437 --> 00:03:25,667 M.E. says between 8:00 and 10:00 last night. 55 00:03:25,739 --> 00:03:27,833 There were signs of a struggle, but no forced entry, 56 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:29,433 so she probably let the shooter in. 57 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:31,534 Any help from the neighbors? 58 00:03:31,611 --> 00:03:34,171 We canvassed the whole building, got negative results. 59 00:03:34,247 --> 00:03:36,341 What about our two young birdwatchers? 60 00:03:36,416 --> 00:03:39,943 Well, they claim they never saw anyone else in the apartment. 61 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:43,684 The bullet they pulled is a .380. Iran her through NCIC. 62 00:03:43,824 --> 00:03:47,158 She applied to NYPD last month for a pistol permit. 63 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:48,888 I checked with LA County Sheriff's. 64 00:03:48,995 --> 00:03:51,487 Out there, she has a permit for a .380. 65 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:53,329 So, it's possible she got killed with her own gun. 66 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:54,725 How about next of kin? 67 00:03:54,801 --> 00:03:55,927 Haven't found one yet, 68 00:03:56,002 --> 00:03:58,494 and she lists her manager as an emergency contact. 69 00:03:58,638 --> 00:04:01,164 Well, it's late enough, you can call California. 70 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:02,299 212 area code. 71 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:03,365 Him, too. 72 00:04:03,777 --> 00:04:07,236 Personally, I think all these people should stay in LA. 73 00:04:08,482 --> 00:04:12,544 Samantha came into town to do publicity for her book. Decided to stay a while. 74 00:04:12,619 --> 00:04:15,680 Is it possible she was trying to get away from someone on the West Coast? 75 00:04:15,756 --> 00:04:16,746 Someone in her industry? 76 00:04:17,190 --> 00:04:20,285 Iwouldn't know. I didn't handle that side of her business. 77 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:22,554 We'll have to look at all her crazy fan mail. 78 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:27,164 Most of it's e-mail nowadays. I'll get it printed out for you. 79 00:04:27,501 --> 00:04:30,232 She had a permit to carry a gun in Los Angeles. 80 00:04:30,303 --> 00:04:33,238 She had a stalker out there, some guy who broke into her house. 81 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:36,501 Well, she applied for a permit to carry a gun out here, too. 82 00:04:37,010 --> 00:04:39,308 Maybe she was worried about her father. 83 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:42,838 He showed up last month at one of her book signings, bugging her for money. 84 00:04:42,916 --> 00:04:45,044 She had a restraining order against him in California, 85 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:46,586 but, you know what that's worth. 86 00:04:46,753 --> 00:04:48,847 What's his name? Elston Norrell. 87 00:04:49,656 --> 00:04:51,488 He started doing the rounds on talk radio 88 00:04:51,558 --> 00:04:53,652 about five minutes after her body was found. 89 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,930 First stage of grieving. The media interview. 90 00:05:00,901 --> 00:05:03,461 I loved Jackie with all my heart. Oh, really? 91 00:05:03,537 --> 00:05:04,971 When was the last time you saw her? 92 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:06,233 About a month ago. 93 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:08,172 We heard you were asking her for money. 94 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:13,543 I got medical issues. I might have asked her for a little help, uh... 95 00:05:13,613 --> 00:05:15,047 Is that a crime? 96 00:05:15,115 --> 00:05:17,641 Your daughter had an order of protection against you, so, yeah. 97 00:05:18,285 --> 00:05:19,775 That wasn't her idea. 98 00:05:19,853 --> 00:05:22,345 That was the people around her, trying to turn her against me. 99 00:05:22,789 --> 00:05:24,086 You must have been pretty pissed off. 100 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:26,353 She didn't pony up with the money, ungrateful kid. 101 00:05:26,593 --> 00:05:29,961 If you think I had anything to do with her death, you're wrong. 102 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:31,896 I would never hurt my little girl. 103 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:34,490 Where were you last night between 8:00 and 10:00? 104 00:05:35,168 --> 00:05:38,297 I got back to the Y about 7:30, quarter till 8:00. 105 00:05:38,371 --> 00:05:40,237 Stayed in my room the rest of the night. 106 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:42,635 Look, it's like I told those other detectives. 107 00:05:43,076 --> 00:05:44,373 What other detectives? 108 00:05:44,444 --> 00:05:47,880 Those two guys that told me I had to stop calling her. 109 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:49,138 They were pretty rude about it, too. 110 00:05:49,249 --> 00:05:50,410 When'd they tell you this? 111 00:05:50,483 --> 00:05:54,113 About a month ago, after I saw Jackie at her book thing. 112 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:56,178 Like, the next day, they were all over me. 113 00:05:56,256 --> 00:05:58,850 You remember their names? They gave me their card. 114 00:06:01,127 --> 00:06:02,754 I checked out Norrell's alibi. 115 00:06:02,829 --> 00:06:04,126 The Y confirms that he came in 116 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:06,461 a little before 8:00 on the night of the murder, 117 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:07,864 and no one's seen him leave. 118 00:06:08,168 --> 00:06:12,332 That's not what I'd call airtight. What's this about two other detectives? 119 00:06:12,439 --> 00:06:15,306 Mark Wiley and Rick Conlon. I talked to Wiley, 120 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:18,436 and he said somebody asked him to lean on Norrell. 121 00:06:18,545 --> 00:06:20,639 Who? You're gonna love this. 122 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:22,876 Arnie Maclaren. The commissioner? 123 00:06:22,949 --> 00:06:24,144 Ex-commissioner, yeah. 124 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:26,777 And future Chief of Domestic Security. 125 00:06:26,853 --> 00:06:30,255 I couldn't believe when the President nominated him for that job. 126 00:06:30,423 --> 00:06:33,085 Didn't he do enough damage running the department? 127 00:06:33,159 --> 00:06:35,150 I heard he tried to get the Police Academy to make 128 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:37,219 his autobiography required reading. 129 00:06:37,364 --> 00:06:39,594 So, why would he call Wiley, what's the connection? 130 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:41,031 They worked Street Crime together. 131 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:44,332 Did Maclaren told Wiley why he wanted them to lean on Norrell? 132 00:06:44,404 --> 00:06:46,395 Just said he would consider it a favor. 133 00:06:46,473 --> 00:06:48,669 We heard he's very big on favors. You want us to call him? 134 00:06:48,742 --> 00:06:52,144 No, I'll talk to him first, let him know you're coming. 135 00:06:52,212 --> 00:06:54,442 Maclaren's not a guy you wanna blindside. 136 00:06:57,617 --> 00:06:59,244 Falco and Fontana? Yes, sir. 137 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:00,718 I got a car waiting, let's walk. 138 00:07:02,188 --> 00:07:05,988 I met Samantha Savage at her book party. We share the same editor. 139 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:07,825 You guys got a copy of my book? 140 00:07:07,928 --> 00:07:09,919 I don't read. I do. 141 00:07:09,996 --> 00:07:12,465 Dave, signed copies to the detectives. 142 00:07:12,532 --> 00:07:13,693 No problem, sir. 143 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:16,267 Well, Miss Savage told me her father was giving her a hard time, 144 00:07:16,336 --> 00:07:18,634 so I said I'd see what I could do. 145 00:07:18,705 --> 00:07:23,267 I put in a call to Wiley, asked him to tell the old goat to leave her alone. 146 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:27,905 If you don't mind my saying, sir, that's a pretty big favor for somebody you barely know. 147 00:07:27,981 --> 00:07:30,575 Come on, put yourself in my place, Detective. 148 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:33,347 You're at a cocktail party, you're drinking Dom Perignon. 149 00:07:33,553 --> 00:07:36,579 Samantha Savage in a very little, very tight, black dress, 150 00:07:36,656 --> 00:07:40,058 her balcony out to here, is asking you for a favor. 151 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:41,650 Trust me, you're gonna do it. 152 00:07:41,728 --> 00:07:43,093 I guess. 153 00:07:43,697 --> 00:07:45,028 What are you, gay? 154 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:47,495 You're Ed Green's partner, right? 155 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:48,828 FONTANA: Yes, sir. How's he doin'? 156 00:07:48,902 --> 00:07:51,872 Better every day. Yeah, well, tell him I hope he's back on his feet soon. 157 00:07:52,038 --> 00:07:53,164 I will, sir. 158 00:08:01,114 --> 00:08:04,015 It's kind of funny, seeing you at that desk. 159 00:08:04,084 --> 00:08:06,109 I can work somewhere else. 160 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:10,088 No, it's fine, really. 161 00:08:11,524 --> 00:08:13,390 What is all of this? 162 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:18,361 Cyber fan mail. Printouts of messages posted on Samantha Savage's website. 163 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:20,299 Well, she was popular. 164 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:23,401 14,000 posts the week before she was killed. 165 00:08:23,603 --> 00:08:26,402 These are Samantha Savage's telephone records. 166 00:08:26,473 --> 00:08:30,034 Do you remember that editor that Maclaren mentioned worked on both their books? 167 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:34,576 Her name is Helen DeVries, and she called Samantha Savage six times 168 00:08:34,647 --> 00:08:36,638 on the day she was killed. 169 00:08:40,286 --> 00:08:42,687 Samantha Savage was a home-video hooker 170 00:08:42,756 --> 00:08:46,056 who couldn't write a sentence if you spotted her the noun and the verb. 171 00:08:46,393 --> 00:08:49,624 I came up with the idea for the book, found the ghostwriter, 172 00:08:49,696 --> 00:08:52,893 edited the manuscript, chose the cover art. 173 00:08:52,966 --> 00:08:56,163 I took that silicone-stuffed bimbo and turned her into a bestselling author. 174 00:08:56,236 --> 00:09:00,696 How does she repay me? By taking her follow-up how-to sex manual to Knopf. 175 00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:04,169 You made her a success, and she runs off to the competition. 176 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:05,334 In a nutshell. 177 00:09:05,445 --> 00:09:06,776 Would have made me mad as hell. 178 00:09:07,013 --> 00:09:09,607 Oh, you have no idea. Celeste! 179 00:09:11,584 --> 00:09:12,574 Helen? 180 00:09:12,652 --> 00:09:15,952 The catalog's supposed to sell the books, not put people to sleep. 181 00:09:16,122 --> 00:09:18,955 Stop thinking here, start thinking here. 182 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:21,819 You see the difference? Yes, ma'am. 183 00:09:21,928 --> 00:09:22,918 (sums) 184 00:09:23,163 --> 00:09:25,598 When did you find out she was planning to change publishers? 185 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:28,464 Her pissant manager called me on Tuesday. 186 00:09:28,768 --> 00:09:31,829 Yes, the day she was killed, hence the flurry of phone calls. 187 00:09:31,938 --> 00:09:33,372 What did you and Samantha talk about? 188 00:09:33,673 --> 00:09:35,607 Oh, she was too much of a wimp to pick up the phone. 189 00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:38,576 You can bet I left messages. Sent her some e-mails, too. 190 00:09:38,778 --> 00:09:40,576 What did you do that evening, after work? 191 00:09:40,647 --> 00:09:43,241 You mean, where was I when Samantha was killed? 192 00:09:44,117 --> 00:09:46,552 I left the office a little after 7:00, drove straight home, 193 00:09:46,619 --> 00:09:47,882 had dinner with my son. 194 00:09:48,054 --> 00:09:51,615 Where's home? Westchester, Dobbs Ferry. 195 00:09:51,691 --> 00:09:56,686 Look, guys, I'm flattered. But kill a writer? Only in my dreams. 196 00:09:59,132 --> 00:10:02,898 So, you think Helen DeVries killed Samantha Savage over a book? 197 00:10:02,969 --> 00:10:05,336 No, no, not a book. A book deal. 198 00:10:05,405 --> 00:10:07,965 Savage's next book could have sold a couple of million copies. 199 00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:10,373 DeVries would have been losin' out on some serious cash. 200 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,070 And she was pissed. 201 00:10:12,212 --> 00:10:15,739 We pulled the messages she left on Savage's voice-mail. 202 00:10:15,815 --> 00:10:19,183 DEVRIES ON TAPE: You think you're gonna get away with this, you bitch? You whore! 203 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:23,017 I'm gonna burn you to the ground, you and that bottom-feeder agent of yours. 204 00:10:23,723 --> 00:10:25,817 They all like that? Pretty much. 205 00:10:26,059 --> 00:10:29,893 I ran DeVries through NCIC, she took an assault collar four years ago, 206 00:10:29,996 --> 00:10:32,260 punched an employee during a staff meeting. 207 00:10:32,332 --> 00:10:34,027 Pled out to a misdemeanor, and got probation. 208 00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:37,028 Point being, she shows a propensity for violence. 209 00:10:37,203 --> 00:10:41,538 DeVries says she left work at 7:00 and went straight home, which the garage confirms. 210 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:44,805 The parking lot attendant remembers because her car's in the shop, 211 00:10:44,944 --> 00:10:47,140 and when she left, she was driving someone else's. 212 00:10:47,213 --> 00:10:48,544 We dumped her home phone. 213 00:10:48,615 --> 00:10:51,812 She got a call from her office a quarter to 9:00, her son answered, 214 00:10:51,885 --> 00:10:55,321 told her assistant she was just that minute walking through the front door. 215 00:10:55,388 --> 00:10:59,154 An hour and forty-five minutes from Midtown to Dobbs Ferry. 216 00:10:59,259 --> 00:11:01,421 Could've been traffic. Could've been. 217 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:04,429 Could been she stopped at Samantha Savage's first. 218 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:08,263 All right. Talk to her assistant again, 219 00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:12,794 see if you can get a detailed description of what went down in the office that day. 220 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:16,675 If you work for Helen, you're either a bitch or a moron. 221 00:11:17,911 --> 00:11:19,379 And which are you? 222 00:11:19,445 --> 00:11:21,413 Uh, both, at this point. 223 00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:23,480 I'm surprised people put up with it. 224 00:11:23,583 --> 00:11:27,144 I've been there seven months, and I'm the senior staff member. 225 00:11:27,287 --> 00:11:29,949 She's a brilliant editor, though, I'm learning a lot! 226 00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:32,219 It's just a tough education. 227 00:11:33,293 --> 00:11:36,058 Is Helen gonna know I talked to you? She'd have my head on a pike. 228 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:39,063 Oh, no, this is strictly between us. 229 00:11:40,767 --> 00:11:43,634 Well, she was pretty pissed off about Samantha jumping to Knopf, 230 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:45,569 but it wasn't anything I hadn't seen before. 231 00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:46,833 So, what happened later? 232 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:52,608 It was the end of the day, she was in her office, and she just went ballistic. 233 00:11:52,779 --> 00:11:55,908 I have never heard her that angry, I mean, not even close. 234 00:11:55,982 --> 00:11:57,472 She says why? No. 235 00:11:57,684 --> 00:12:00,483 But you could hear her all the way down the hall, cursing Samantha out. 236 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:02,715 (PHONE RINGING) Excuse me. 237 00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:04,753 Was there anyone with her in her office? 238 00:12:04,824 --> 00:12:06,849 No. She get a phone call, maybe? 239 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:08,550 Not that went through me. 240 00:12:08,628 --> 00:12:11,290 She could've gotten a call to her cell, or an e-mail. 241 00:12:11,598 --> 00:12:13,066 Something must've set her off. 242 00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:16,466 It's Lieutenant Van Buren. She wants us back at the house. 243 00:12:16,536 --> 00:12:18,300 Thank you very much. 244 00:12:19,639 --> 00:12:22,438 This is Detective Pete Milligan, Street Crime. 245 00:12:22,542 --> 00:12:23,668 Nick Falco. Hi. 246 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:25,472 Joe Fontana. How ya doin'? 247 00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:27,946 He may have something on your case. 248 00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:31,415 Walter Parks. Collared him this morning with a quarter ounce of coke, 249 00:12:31,484 --> 00:12:34,510 a few blocks away from where Samantha Savage was killed. 250 00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:37,213 Walter thinks he might have saw something. 251 00:12:41,261 --> 00:12:42,592 What did you see, Walter? 252 00:12:42,662 --> 00:12:44,130 Am I gonna get a deal for this? 253 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:46,393 VAN BUREN: We'll make sure the D.A. knows you helped us out. 254 00:12:48,134 --> 00:12:50,660 A little after 8:00, I was making a delivery across the street 255 00:12:50,737 --> 00:12:52,432 from where that porn chick got killed. 256 00:12:52,739 --> 00:12:54,605 How do you know what building that was? 257 00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:59,275 Been in all the papers. So, I see this white lady tear down the steps. 258 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:02,113 She runs to the corner, throws something in the trash, 259 00:13:02,215 --> 00:13:04,445 runs back, gets into her car, takes off. 260 00:13:04,517 --> 00:13:06,508 You check out what she threw in the garbage? 261 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:08,680 Sure I did. It was a gun. 262 00:13:08,755 --> 00:13:11,224 And I'm sure Walter, being the kind of fella he is, 263 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:13,817 just didn't want a free gun sittin' around, is that right, Walter? 264 00:13:16,195 --> 00:13:18,027 I asked Walter that same question. 265 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:20,493 Well, there ya go. 266 00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:22,492 A .380. 267 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:30,771 BORGIA: Sounds a little thin. 268 00:13:30,843 --> 00:13:33,744 We know DeVries was angry at Savage forjumpin' ship. 269 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,814 She has a history of acting out violently, 270 00:13:35,882 --> 00:13:38,010 and she can't really account for her whereabouts at the time of... 271 00:13:38,084 --> 00:13:39,609 And did we mention the fact that we have witness 272 00:13:39,686 --> 00:13:41,518 that puts her at the scene of the crime? 273 00:13:41,587 --> 00:13:43,919 A small-time drug dealer looking to stay out of jail. 274 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:45,651 The gun the guy found is Savage's, 275 00:13:45,725 --> 00:13:48,319 and Ballistics says it's definitely the one that was used to kill her. 276 00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:50,392 Are DeVries' prints on the gun, at least? 277 00:13:50,463 --> 00:13:53,433 The only prints of any value belong to this guy Walter Parks, 278 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:54,762 who found the gun in the trashcan. 279 00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:58,134 Look, we would love to have her standing over a warm body 280 00:13:58,204 --> 00:14:00,229 with a smoking gun in her hand, but we don't. 281 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:01,703 So, what are you looking for? 282 00:14:01,774 --> 00:14:05,404 Well, the M.E. told us that there are powder burns near the entry wound. 283 00:14:05,478 --> 00:14:09,005 We figure Savage and DeVries argued, maybe Savage went for her gun. 284 00:14:09,082 --> 00:14:11,642 They struggled, it went off. It happened in close. 285 00:14:11,751 --> 00:14:13,276 So, you're looking for Savage's blood? 286 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:15,419 On DeVries' shoes or clothes. 287 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:17,421 I think I can get you a search warrant for that. 288 00:14:17,757 --> 00:14:19,953 We'll need to get in her car, too. 289 00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:26,160 Helen? 290 00:14:26,232 --> 00:14:27,825 What the hell took you so long? 291 00:14:28,101 --> 00:14:31,765 They're taking my clothes, Charlotte. They think I killed Samantha! 292 00:14:32,105 --> 00:14:35,234 Detective, Charlotte Swan, Ms. DeVries' counsel. What's going on? 293 00:14:35,475 --> 00:14:39,139 We have a search warrant authorizing us to remove these items from the premises. 294 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:42,275 Helen, this seems to be in order. 295 00:14:42,348 --> 00:14:44,248 I don't care! Stop them, it's outrageous! 296 00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:45,307 I can't. 297 00:14:46,352 --> 00:14:48,150 I want you to know I'm holding you personally 298 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:51,247 responsible for keeping these items clean and orderly. 299 00:14:51,457 --> 00:14:55,257 Believe you me, I know exactly how you feel. Not a wrinkle, I promise. 300 00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:56,954 What about my civil liberties, huh? 301 00:14:57,397 --> 00:14:59,422 Detective, can I see you a minute? 302 00:15:03,403 --> 00:15:05,201 What do we have? We haven't started yet. 303 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:07,965 Why not? He told us to wait. 304 00:15:08,341 --> 00:15:09,365 Nick, what's the problem? 305 00:15:09,442 --> 00:15:11,035 Remember the garage attendant told us 306 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:12,874 DeVries was driving someone else's car that day? 307 00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:15,277 Yeah, he said it was a gray Mercedes. 308 00:15:16,349 --> 00:15:17,544 Not a silver BMW. 309 00:15:17,683 --> 00:15:19,242 Which isn't on the warrant. 310 00:15:19,318 --> 00:15:21,787 All right, look, the, uh, garage attendant made a mistake 311 00:15:21,854 --> 00:15:24,323 on the make and the model, it's no big deal. Open it up! 312 00:15:24,390 --> 00:15:28,327 Hold it! I ran the plates, it's registered to Doug DeVries, her brother. 313 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:29,896 So he loaned her his car, so what? 314 00:15:29,962 --> 00:15:31,726 It's not on the warrant! 315 00:15:32,098 --> 00:15:35,261 You know, you're beginning to sound like a broken record. Who are you on the phone to? 316 00:15:35,334 --> 00:15:37,428 A.D.A. Borgia. She's on the other line with the judge, 317 00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:39,665 trying to get him to approve entry into this car. 318 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:42,203 See, this is what comes of goin' to law school at night. 319 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:44,539 I'd hate to see whatever we find in there get thrown out 320 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:46,374 because we didn't go the extra mile. 321 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:49,313 Yeah... Great, thank you. 322 00:15:50,183 --> 00:15:52,675 We're in. The judge is extending the warrant to cover this one. 323 00:15:52,985 --> 00:15:54,384 Well, hallelujah. Open it up. 324 00:15:54,454 --> 00:15:56,115 What the hell's going on? 325 00:15:56,222 --> 00:15:58,247 We're searchin' your car, what does it look like we're doin'? 326 00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:00,656 OFFICER: Detectives! We've got something that looks like blood. 327 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:02,216 Couple of drops on the armrest. 328 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:03,660 Enough for a match? 329 00:16:03,729 --> 00:16:05,197 Oh, yeah. Well, that's great. 330 00:16:05,264 --> 00:16:06,857 Let's collect it and get the hell outta here. 331 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:08,227 Aren't you glad we waited? 332 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,496 Yeah, I'm ecstatic. 333 00:16:14,874 --> 00:16:16,968 CLERK: "Docket number 45789, 334 00:16:17,076 --> 00:16:19,602 ”People of the State of New York v. Helen DeVries. 335 00:16:19,679 --> 00:16:21,408 "Charge is Murder in the Second Degree." 336 00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:23,973 I think I heard a little somethin' about this one. 337 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:25,073 How does the defendant plead? 338 00:16:25,151 --> 00:16:26,277 Not guilty, Your Honor. 339 00:16:26,486 --> 00:16:29,888 Your Honor, Ms. DeVries has substantial means at her disposal. 340 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:31,980 We believe there's a strong chance she'll flee if she's released. 341 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:34,884 SWAN: Your Honor, my client has deep roots in the community. 342 00:16:34,961 --> 00:16:38,955 What's more, thanks to the press-friendly practices of the D.A.'s office, 343 00:16:39,031 --> 00:16:42,228 she's the best-known defendant since Michael Jackson. Where could she go? 344 00:16:42,301 --> 00:16:46,761 I really don't think celebrity constitutes insurance that the defendant will appear. 345 00:16:47,406 --> 00:16:51,274 And her history suggests a personality that could charitably be described as 346 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:52,743 impulsive, Your Honor. 347 00:16:52,812 --> 00:16:55,747 I'm with the People on this one. Defendant is remanded. 348 00:16:56,883 --> 00:16:58,612 I thought you were a mensch, Jack. 349 00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:00,651 JACK: My offer is man one, 15 years. 350 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,621 How many times do I have to say it? I didn't kill Samantha. 351 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:08,183 If you're convicted of murder at trial, the alternative's 25-to-I ife. 352 00:17:08,261 --> 00:17:10,696 Life? Are you retarded? What did I just say? 353 00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:12,259 SWAN: Helen... 354 00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:16,095 You're not helping yourself by calling me names, Ms. DeVries. 355 00:17:16,168 --> 00:17:20,799 Let's think about this, Jack, what's the motive here? A book contract? Please. 356 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,530 Other authors have left Helen. 357 00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:24,042 And lived to tell about it. 358 00:17:24,243 --> 00:17:25,972 I'm glad to hear you're not a serial killer. 359 00:17:26,112 --> 00:17:27,910 We have a witness who puts you at the scene. 360 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:30,345 With more priors than I have gray hairs. 361 00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:32,908 Give me ten minutes with him on cross, I'll bury him. 362 00:17:32,985 --> 00:17:35,113 There's the DNA evidence from her car. 363 00:17:35,187 --> 00:17:36,814 The jury will never hear about it, 364 00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:38,618 I'll have it suppressed at a map hearing. 365 00:17:38,858 --> 00:17:41,020 Your cops took a shortcut. 366 00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:48,229 SWAN: When the police sought permission to gain entry to the car 367 00:17:48,301 --> 00:17:51,635 where the blood was found, they misrepresented the situation, Your Honor. 368 00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:55,368 All they had was a vague description that didn't match the car in front of them! 369 00:17:55,441 --> 00:17:58,467 The description they had was more than adequate to identify the car, Your Honor. 370 00:17:58,544 --> 00:18:00,535 Yes, it varied in a few details. 371 00:18:00,646 --> 00:18:02,944 The color and manufacturer are details? 372 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:06,780 The difference between silver and gray, and two high-end luxury automobiles, 373 00:18:06,852 --> 00:18:08,115 I'd call those details! 374 00:18:08,287 --> 00:18:10,517 The police ran the license plates 375 00:18:10,656 --> 00:18:13,591 and determined that the car belonged to Ms. DeVries' brother. 376 00:18:13,659 --> 00:18:15,218 They spoke to a judge. 377 00:18:15,394 --> 00:18:17,453 He agreed to extend the warrant to cover the car. 378 00:18:17,530 --> 00:18:19,589 I don't know how they could have been more conscientious. 379 00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:22,566 The police knew the car didn't match the description they'd been given, 380 00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:24,967 they knew it didn't belong to Helen DeVries. 381 00:18:25,071 --> 00:18:28,974 You're earning your fee today, Ms. Swan, but I don't buy the argument. 382 00:18:29,041 --> 00:18:32,033 The police acted legally. I'm denying the motion. 383 00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:35,604 Will Your Honor at least consider revisiting the issue of bail? 384 00:18:36,048 --> 00:18:39,848 My client represents no flight risk, and has a 13-year-old son 385 00:18:40,019 --> 00:18:43,478 who's suffering significant hardship because his mother's in custody. 386 00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:45,219 I'm willing to discuss it. 387 00:18:45,291 --> 00:18:46,918 Bail's not the issue here, Your Honor. 388 00:18:46,993 --> 00:18:49,792 You won the motion, Mr. McCoy, don't get greedy. 389 00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:52,763 Bail is set at two million dollars, cash or bond. 390 00:18:56,235 --> 00:18:58,465 I'm grateful he didn't throw out the case. 391 00:18:58,537 --> 00:18:59,800 Hey, Jack, check this out. 392 00:19:00,673 --> 00:19:04,337 I ran Doug DeVries' car, the car Helen DeVries was actually driving that night. 393 00:19:04,610 --> 00:19:07,841 Got a parking ticket on Hudson Street at 7:45. 394 00:19:08,581 --> 00:19:11,744 That's more than 50 blocks from Samantha Savage's apartment. 395 00:19:11,817 --> 00:19:13,410 DeVries never mentioned going down there. 396 00:19:13,552 --> 00:19:17,147 There's more. During the day, Helen DeVries sometimes uses a car service. 397 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:20,655 According to their records, they dropped her off at a Hudson Street address 398 00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:22,160 six times in the last two months. 399 00:19:22,528 --> 00:19:23,962 Near where she got the parking ticket? 400 00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:28,934 Across the street! And get this, the bodyguard service Samantha Savage used, 401 00:19:29,235 --> 00:19:32,296 their records show they dropped her off at the same Hudson Street address 402 00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:35,033 a dozen times in the six weeks before she was killed. 403 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:39,109 Both women went to the same address. Were they ever there at the exact same time? 404 00:19:39,245 --> 00:19:41,771 Never even on the same day, not that I can find. 405 00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:45,377 Have the cops check out the building. 406 00:19:51,657 --> 00:19:54,058 No doorman, no security cameras. 407 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:56,823 So why should it be easy? 408 00:19:58,097 --> 00:20:00,930 I was wondering if you'd ever seen either of these women in the building. 409 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,399 No, I'm sorry. 410 00:20:02,468 --> 00:20:03,958 Thank you for your time. 411 00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:06,438 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 412 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,031 Can I help you? 413 00:20:11,844 --> 00:20:14,745 Dave, right? You work for Maclaren? Yeah. 414 00:20:15,981 --> 00:20:18,006 Detective Falco, Detective Fontana. 415 00:20:18,517 --> 00:20:20,815 Oh, right, right. Hey, did you get the books? 416 00:20:21,287 --> 00:20:23,483 What's going on? 417 00:20:24,323 --> 00:20:27,657 Detectives, what can I do for ya? 418 00:20:31,397 --> 00:20:35,925 The city rented the apartment after 9J11 because of its proximity to ground zero. 419 00:20:36,202 --> 00:20:38,967 I used it as an office during rescue and recovery, 420 00:20:39,105 --> 00:20:40,937 and I still do from time to time. 421 00:20:41,707 --> 00:20:43,573 Arnold, we have a few questions, if you don't mind. 422 00:20:43,642 --> 00:20:44,632 Shoot. 423 00:20:45,177 --> 00:20:47,669 Did you ever meet Helen DeVries at that apartment? 424 00:20:48,981 --> 00:20:50,972 We worked on my book there a few times. 425 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:54,916 Did you meet her there the night that Samantha Savage was killed? 426 00:20:56,522 --> 00:20:57,956 I didn't see Helen that night. 427 00:20:58,023 --> 00:21:00,685 Did you ever meet Samantha Savage at that apartment? 428 00:21:00,826 --> 00:21:06,026 I met Samantha Savage exactly once, at her book signing party. Helen introduced us. 429 00:21:06,532 --> 00:21:10,765 We know that Samantha Savage went to that building on a number of occasions, 430 00:21:10,836 --> 00:21:12,668 all subsequent to that party. 431 00:21:13,072 --> 00:21:14,369 I don't know what to tell you. 432 00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:17,032 She must've known someone else who lived there. 433 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:21,645 I never saw her there. Look, guys, I'm facing Senate confirmation. 434 00:21:22,248 --> 00:21:26,708 If the press can find any excuse to put me and Samantha Savage together... 435 00:21:27,319 --> 00:21:29,913 We're investigating a homicide, Commissioner. 436 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:32,549 It takes us where it takes us. 437 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:34,827 I understand that. 438 00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:41,064 Just don't drag my name through the mud on the way. 439 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:44,166 We'll be as discreet as circumstances allow. 440 00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:46,063 I appreciate it. 441 00:21:53,078 --> 00:21:55,547 Nobody's more connected than Arnie Maclaren. 442 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:58,841 So make damn sure whatever you got on him is rock solid. 443 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:01,580 Absolutely. (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 444 00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:03,117 BRANCH: Come in. 445 00:22:03,189 --> 00:22:04,384 Sorry to interrupt. 446 00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:05,920 JACK: What is it? 447 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:09,426 Helen DeVries was just shot to death in a parking garage in Midtown. 448 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:16,325 FALCO: Anyone see it happen? OFFICER: No witnesses. 449 00:22:16,602 --> 00:22:18,866 What about the attendant? He's two floors up. 450 00:22:19,538 --> 00:22:21,404 They gotta have video. We're gettin' the tapes. 451 00:22:22,708 --> 00:22:24,005 One in the back, one in the head. 452 00:22:24,076 --> 00:22:25,373 Still got her watch. 453 00:22:25,744 --> 00:22:27,872 I bet you her wallet's still in her purse. 454 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:29,337 What's that? 455 00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,917 "For Samantha, R.l.P." 456 00:22:55,908 --> 00:22:58,036 I thought you said he didn't take anything. 457 00:22:58,177 --> 00:23:01,477 I don't think he did. She still had her money, credit cards, watch. 458 00:23:02,281 --> 00:23:04,147 This is where he hears someone comin'. 459 00:23:06,252 --> 00:23:07,617 What did the note say? 460 00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:10,886 "For Samantha, R.l.P." 461 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:12,613 Some wacko fan, maybe. 462 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:13,950 Nah. 463 00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:17,929 The shooter knewjust where to stand so the camera wouldn't see him. 464 00:23:17,997 --> 00:23:19,396 Knew where she parked her car. 465 00:23:20,199 --> 00:23:23,225 This wasn't some wacko fan bent on revenge. 466 00:23:23,469 --> 00:23:24,595 Start closer to home. 467 00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:25,796 Yeah. 468 00:23:29,541 --> 00:23:32,636 We were married for 12, but were only together for about eight. 469 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:34,203 Divorce took a long time. 470 00:23:34,813 --> 00:23:36,679 We heard it was pretty rough. 471 00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:40,682 It's like getting beaten over the head with a baseball bat every day for four years. 472 00:23:41,553 --> 00:23:43,521 We saw her house, it was very nice. 473 00:23:43,722 --> 00:23:45,315 Yeah, if you like livin' in the burbs. 474 00:23:45,658 --> 00:23:46,989 No thanks. 475 00:23:47,826 --> 00:23:51,126 Still, it looks like she got the better deal, financially-speaking. 476 00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:55,033 The real issues between us were over custody. 477 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,761 I didn't care that much about the money. 478 00:23:56,835 --> 00:23:58,564 Well, then you would be the first. 479 00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:00,401 Where were you yesterday, about noon? 480 00:24:00,706 --> 00:24:04,006 Having lunch with a friend of mine. Mexican place, 16th and 8th. 481 00:24:04,243 --> 00:24:05,642 I still got the receipt, if you want. 482 00:24:05,844 --> 00:24:07,141 We'll need to see that. 483 00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:10,477 Look, we were tryin' to get along, for our son's sake. 484 00:24:11,884 --> 00:24:13,477 She had a new boyfriend. 485 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,047 She wasn't supposed to tell me who, but she couldn't resist. 486 00:24:18,724 --> 00:24:19,714 Who was that? 487 00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:22,957 You guys must know him. He used to be police commissioner. 488 00:24:26,699 --> 00:24:28,793 I'm supposed to be catching a train to Washington. 489 00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:31,760 I've got a meeting with the chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee. 490 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:33,998 Explain what held you up, I'm sure he'll understand. 491 00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:35,804 What is this about? 492 00:24:35,908 --> 00:24:39,139 Commissioner, we know you were having an affair with Helen DeVries. 493 00:24:40,546 --> 00:24:42,537 From where I stand, your options aren't great. 494 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:47,718 Tell your story to a Grand Jury and risk self-incrimination. 495 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:51,417 Or take the Fifth, which looks terrible from a public relations point of view. 496 00:24:51,690 --> 00:24:53,351 Or talk to us now. 497 00:24:59,064 --> 00:25:01,396 Yes, I was seeing Helen DeVries. 498 00:25:02,034 --> 00:25:03,763 At the apartment on Hudson Street? 499 00:25:05,404 --> 00:25:06,428 Yes. 500 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:09,839 Did you meet her there on the night Samantha Savage was killed? 501 00:25:09,908 --> 00:25:11,501 I told you before, no. 502 00:25:11,577 --> 00:25:15,309 What about Samantha Savage, did you have sex with her in that apartment, too? 503 00:25:16,115 --> 00:25:17,742 I answered this question before, too. 504 00:25:17,816 --> 00:25:18,840 I only met her once. 505 00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:21,851 She just happened to go to the very same address more than a dozen times? 506 00:25:22,221 --> 00:25:23,780 A lot of people in that building, 507 00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:25,517 she could have been there to see any one of 'em. 508 00:25:27,126 --> 00:25:30,118 These are the records of the security company Ms. Savage employed. 509 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:34,731 They brought her to the Hudson Street address on 14 separate occasions. 510 00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:38,560 These are affidavits from all the other tenants in the building, not one of whom 511 00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:40,832 ever had any contact with Ms. Savage. 512 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,538 These are the phone records for the building going back six months. 513 00:25:45,711 --> 00:25:48,942 Not a single call to Ms. Savage from any of the tenants. 514 00:25:49,648 --> 00:25:52,879 You're the only person in that building who ever met Samantha Savage. 515 00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:57,683 Yet it's your contention that she went there repeatedly to see someone else? 516 00:25:57,790 --> 00:26:00,555 I can't tell you why she went there, but it wasn't to see me! 517 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:02,625 We'd like to believe you, Commissioner. 518 00:26:02,928 --> 00:26:03,986 But you don't. 519 00:26:04,129 --> 00:26:07,030 You haven't exactly been forthcoming up till now! 520 00:26:11,437 --> 00:26:15,067 My affair with Helen had nothing to do with the murder of either woman. 521 00:26:16,542 --> 00:26:19,910 And I didn't tell you because I couldn't. For obvious reasons! 522 00:26:20,813 --> 00:26:23,077 You're married. Your wife is expecting. 523 00:26:23,148 --> 00:26:26,778 Exactly! Look, I have made mistakes in my personal life, 524 00:26:26,852 --> 00:26:28,479 which I regret. 525 00:26:29,221 --> 00:26:32,452 I've caused my wife pain, which I also regret. 526 00:26:34,293 --> 00:26:38,628 But this job I'm being offered concerns the safety of the nation. 527 00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:41,932 And this can't get out. 528 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:47,398 Frankly, Commissioner, it's hard to see now how it wouldn't. 529 00:26:53,312 --> 00:26:56,771 Ballistics just came back on the bullet that killed Helen DeVries. 530 00:26:56,915 --> 00:27:01,079 It matches one from a gun that was used in an armed robbery in the Bronx 531 00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:02,211 seven years ago. 532 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:04,221 What about the robber, do we know where he is? 533 00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:07,554 Died in Coxsackie two years ago, and the gun was never recovered. 534 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:10,819 But the arresting officer was Pete Milligan. 535 00:27:10,929 --> 00:27:13,296 Pete Milligan? The guy that brought us Walter Parks? 536 00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:16,630 The same. Maybe it's time we had a talk with our friend Pete. 537 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:20,602 Talk with Mr. Parks first, see if you can shake his story. 538 00:27:22,741 --> 00:27:24,766 FONTANA: We sat down with your pal, Walter Parks, again. 539 00:27:25,177 --> 00:27:27,942 He says you planted that coke on him, then told him 540 00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:31,244 he would do time for it unless he fingered Helen DeVries 541 00:27:31,383 --> 00:27:32,976 for the Samantha Savage murder. 542 00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:36,553 Come on, guy's tryin' to get out from under a coke bust. 543 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:38,153 I didn't plant nothing on nobody! 544 00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:39,850 You laid out the whole thing for him. 545 00:27:40,926 --> 00:27:43,657 You gave him a story, you showed him Helen DeVries' picture, 546 00:27:43,729 --> 00:27:46,130 you told him where to find the gun! 547 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:48,493 Walter is a coke dealer and a junkie. 548 00:27:48,567 --> 00:27:50,592 You believe him before you believe me? 549 00:27:50,936 --> 00:27:53,803 You know, the gun used to kill Helen DeVries was a throwaway. 550 00:27:54,706 --> 00:27:55,764 So? 551 00:27:55,841 --> 00:27:59,744 Well, you took it off a bad guy in the Bronx seven years ago. 552 00:28:01,513 --> 00:28:03,277 FALCO: You know how much trouble you're in. 553 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:06,815 Best thing you could do for yourself now is to tell us everything. 554 00:28:10,088 --> 00:28:11,487 Yeah, right. 555 00:28:14,927 --> 00:28:17,521 I wanna talk to my rep. And a lawyer. 556 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:22,396 That's fine with us. You'll wait here, we'll call Internal Affairs. 557 00:28:24,002 --> 00:28:26,528 In the meanwhile, we're gonna go search your apartment. 558 00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:37,175 Fontana called. 559 00:28:37,249 --> 00:28:39,479 They found the gun Milligan used to kill DeVries. 560 00:28:39,818 --> 00:28:41,377 And the clothes he wore when he did it. 561 00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:42,716 They placed him under arrest. 562 00:28:43,355 --> 00:28:45,790 Good. Now I'd like to know why he did it. 563 00:28:45,857 --> 00:28:47,689 ANNOUNCER ON TV: Now we go five to Commissioner Arnold Macfaren. 564 00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:49,193 Maclaren making his statement? 565 00:28:49,261 --> 00:28:50,319 Just starting. 566 00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:53,456 MACLAREN: Unfortunately, when my wife and I employed this fine woman 567 00:28:53,532 --> 00:28:57,765 to take care of our children, we neglected to pay her payroll taxes. 568 00:28:58,971 --> 00:29:02,601 Now, the mistake was unintentional, but the responsibility is mine. 569 00:29:03,342 --> 00:29:08,439 And so, I have regretfully informed the President that I must withdraw my name 570 00:29:08,513 --> 00:29:12,950 from consideration for the post of Director of Domestic Security. 571 00:29:13,552 --> 00:29:15,418 Thank you. I'll answer more questions a bit later. 572 00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:18,479 I don't know about you, but I feel safer already. 573 00:29:22,561 --> 00:29:25,189 JACK: We know you killed Helen DeVries, Mr. Milligan. 574 00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:28,762 We know you tried to frame her for Samantha Savage's murder. 575 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:30,765 The question is, why? 576 00:29:30,836 --> 00:29:34,067 We couldn't find any connection between you and the murdered women. 577 00:29:34,306 --> 00:29:37,435 If you'll give us who you were working for, I'm ready to offer man one 578 00:29:37,509 --> 00:29:39,341 for the DeVries killing, 15 years. 579 00:29:39,411 --> 00:29:41,243 We were thinking a little differently. 580 00:29:41,313 --> 00:29:43,543 Man two, five years. JACK: Forget it. 581 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:46,346 No, you forget it. I won't do more than five. 582 00:29:46,652 --> 00:29:48,984 I don't care what the extenuating circumstances were, 583 00:29:49,054 --> 00:29:50,818 or who else was involved, you pulled the trigger. 584 00:29:51,223 --> 00:29:53,055 Man two or no deal. 585 00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:55,422 You want the big fish, this is the little fish. 586 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:57,220 Not that little. Trust me, 587 00:29:57,296 --> 00:29:59,355 in the scheme of things, Pete is plankton. 588 00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:02,796 I been a cop a long time. I seen lots of guys done worse than me 589 00:30:02,868 --> 00:30:05,132 get better deals than what you're offering. 590 00:30:05,203 --> 00:30:06,967 Man two, or you get nothin'! 591 00:30:07,239 --> 00:30:08,331 That's not true, Mr. Milligan. 592 00:30:08,407 --> 00:30:10,034 At the very least, I get you! 593 00:30:15,213 --> 00:30:18,183 Have you checked Milligan's personnel file? Any blemishes? 594 00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:21,686 Nothing we can use as leverage. Maclaren was Milligan's C.O. 595 00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:23,084 He must have something on him. 596 00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:25,146 Talk to Milligan's partner. 597 00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:27,517 Pete really killed that lady? 598 00:30:27,693 --> 00:30:28,819 Yes, he did. 599 00:30:29,027 --> 00:30:30,552 He's always been a hard luck guy. 600 00:30:31,096 --> 00:30:34,122 I'd say the real hard luck here belonged to Helen DeVries. 601 00:30:35,967 --> 00:30:36,957 True. 602 00:30:38,637 --> 00:30:40,435 Milligan ever mention Maclaren to you? 603 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:45,636 He said you could reach out to him if you got jammed up. 604 00:30:45,977 --> 00:30:47,467 Anything else? 605 00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,845 He said once that Maclaren saved his life. 606 00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:52,040 HOW? 607 00:30:52,384 --> 00:30:54,318 I think it was back when Pete was drinking. 608 00:30:54,553 --> 00:30:56,578 Which he used to do pretty hard. 609 00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:58,254 Something to do with his ex-wife. 610 00:30:59,224 --> 00:31:00,419 Do you know where I can find her? 611 00:31:00,592 --> 00:31:04,790 She's on the job. She works at One P.P. Her name's Haywood now. 612 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:10,833 It was when he was in Maclaren's squad. 613 00:31:10,902 --> 00:31:13,030 I was in uniform over at the 21. 614 00:31:13,572 --> 00:31:16,007 Pete was drinkin' a lot, he was comin' home from work drunk. 615 00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:18,099 He was drinking onthejob? Oh, yeah. 616 00:31:18,176 --> 00:31:20,076 Maclaren bailed him out more than once. 617 00:31:20,946 --> 00:31:24,541 So, one night he starts up with me and our son got in the middle of it, 618 00:31:24,816 --> 00:31:27,808 and Pete hit us both. I called 911. 619 00:31:28,653 --> 00:31:31,679 Maclaren came to see me the next day, he said Pete's job was on the line. 620 00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:33,389 One more strike. 621 00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:35,950 He said he could make the whole thing go away if I chose not to pursue it. 622 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:37,290 He was putting the pressure on. 623 00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:40,289 Well, plus he offered me a deskjob downtown, 624 00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:42,493 which he knew I wanted, because I hated being on the street. 625 00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:44,467 So, Maclaren fixed it. 626 00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:48,235 Pete stayed on the job, I got a desk here. 627 00:31:48,340 --> 00:31:51,708 We got divorced. Pete quit drinking a couple of years later, 628 00:31:51,777 --> 00:31:54,974 which is why I hate like hell that this is happening to him now. 629 00:31:56,181 --> 00:31:57,740 Your ex-wife told us about the favor 630 00:31:57,816 --> 00:32:00,410 Arnie Maclaren did for you and your family, Detective. 631 00:32:01,620 --> 00:32:03,611 What about it? It was completely illegal. 632 00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:05,313 So charge me. 633 00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:06,721 Not you, your ex-wife. 634 00:32:08,093 --> 00:32:09,083 What are you talking about? 635 00:32:09,161 --> 00:32:10,287 BORGIA: She took a bribe. 636 00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:14,097 Maclaren offered her a betterjob if she declined to press charges, 637 00:32:14,199 --> 00:32:15,598 she accepted the offer. 638 00:32:15,901 --> 00:32:18,029 It could get her as much as seven years. 639 00:32:18,804 --> 00:32:21,205 More time than you're willing to spend inside. 640 00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:24,004 Son of a bitch. You'd really do that? 641 00:32:24,376 --> 00:32:26,242 She'd lose her job, her pension. 642 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,473 Will you come down a little, Jack? 643 00:32:31,183 --> 00:32:32,912 Man one, ten years. 644 00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:37,480 Tell them what happened. 645 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:42,550 It was Maclaren. 646 00:32:43,094 --> 00:32:45,995 The whole way. lowed him. 647 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:51,296 You killed Helen DeVries for Arnie Maclaren because he saved your job? 648 00:32:52,270 --> 00:32:54,238 He did a lot more for me than that. 649 00:33:05,684 --> 00:33:08,710 MILLIGAN: Maclaren said he needed me to find a guy to say he'd seen someone 650 00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:11,779 come out of a certain building and throw away a gun. 651 00:33:12,557 --> 00:33:15,549 He gave me a picture of the woman the guy was supposed to have seen, 652 00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:18,891 showed me the building, gave me the gun. 653 00:33:20,699 --> 00:33:22,394 Was this the gun? Yes. 654 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:25,768 Which we've already established belonged to Samantha Savage. 655 00:33:25,904 --> 00:33:26,962 And the building? 656 00:33:27,706 --> 00:33:30,368 It's where Samantha Savage was living when she was killed. 657 00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:35,077 And did you find a person to do this for you? To lie to the police? 658 00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:37,774 His name is Walter Parks. 659 00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:42,110 Who was he supposed to say he'd seen exiting the building with the gun? 660 00:33:43,989 --> 00:33:44,979 Helen DeVries. 661 00:33:45,724 --> 00:33:48,250 Did Mr. Maclaren ask you to do anything else? 662 00:33:48,593 --> 00:33:51,722 He gave me a shirt with some of Samantha's blood on it. 663 00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:55,858 I was to transfer some of the blood to an armrest in Ms. DeVries' car. 664 00:33:56,101 --> 00:33:58,570 He was asking you to plant evidence? 665 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:00,028 Yes. 666 00:34:00,305 --> 00:34:01,466 And did you? 667 00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:03,635 Yes. 668 00:34:04,309 --> 00:34:05,470 Anything else? 669 00:34:09,314 --> 00:34:13,148 He came up to me a few weeks later and said things weren't going right. 670 00:34:14,152 --> 00:34:16,052 We had to take her out. 671 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:17,882 By take her out, he meant? 672 00:34:17,956 --> 00:34:19,390 Kill Helen DeVries. 673 00:34:20,825 --> 00:34:22,293 He said if I didn't do it, 674 00:34:23,128 --> 00:34:26,291 he'd make sure I went to prison for the things I'd already done for him. 675 00:34:26,665 --> 00:34:31,603 Kept remindin' me of what I owed him. He was very persistent. 676 00:34:31,836 --> 00:34:36,865 So at Arnold Maclaren's behest you went to Ms. DeVries' parking garage? 677 00:34:37,208 --> 00:34:41,304 Yes, and I shot her. Twice. 678 00:34:41,713 --> 00:34:44,011 Once in the back, and once in the head. 679 00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:59,921 You killed Helen DeVries because Arnie Maclaren asked you to? 680 00:35:00,465 --> 00:35:01,830 That's right. 681 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:03,334 Because he threatened you? 682 00:35:03,401 --> 00:35:04,630 Yes. 683 00:35:04,703 --> 00:35:06,330 And because you owed him? 684 00:35:06,404 --> 00:35:11,069 He saved my job. Helped get my ex-wife a transfer she wanted. 685 00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:15,979 Mr. Maclaren helped you, he helped your ex-wife? 686 00:35:16,281 --> 00:35:17,407 Yes. 687 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:18,916 And what about your son? 688 00:35:21,286 --> 00:35:22,378 What about him? 689 00:35:22,454 --> 00:35:26,687 Isn't it true several years ago, your son was involved in a hit-and-run accident? 690 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,085 Yes. 691 00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:30,490 He had been drinking? 692 00:35:30,762 --> 00:35:32,093 I blame myself for that. 693 00:35:32,163 --> 00:35:33,426 He fled the scene? 694 00:35:33,832 --> 00:35:35,630 And the other driver was seriously injured? 695 00:35:35,767 --> 00:35:40,466 Like I said, that was my fault, I drove him to it, my behavior at home. 696 00:35:41,006 --> 00:35:44,533 Be that as it may, these are serious offenses. 697 00:35:46,011 --> 00:35:47,706 Were charges ever filed? 698 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:49,170 No. 699 00:35:49,247 --> 00:35:50,237 Why not? 700 00:35:51,316 --> 00:35:53,751 Maclaren made 'em go away. 701 00:35:54,252 --> 00:35:59,952 You pled to a lesser sentence in exchange for your testimony in this case. 702 00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:02,549 Yes. 703 00:36:02,627 --> 00:36:05,824 What else did the District Attorney do to secure your cooperation? 704 00:36:05,897 --> 00:36:07,922 Objection. Sustained. 705 00:36:08,033 --> 00:36:10,798 Did the District Attorney threaten 706 00:36:10,869 --> 00:36:14,032 to charge your ex-wife with receiving a bribe? 707 00:36:16,474 --> 00:36:17,498 Yes. 708 00:36:17,742 --> 00:36:19,141 And what about your son? 709 00:36:19,411 --> 00:36:22,711 Did you tell the District Attorney's office about the hit-and-run accident? 710 00:36:22,881 --> 00:36:25,179 Yes. And what was their response? 711 00:36:26,985 --> 00:36:30,717 They agreed to let him plead to a number of lesser charges. 712 00:36:31,756 --> 00:36:33,155 Prison time? 713 00:36:34,459 --> 00:36:35,790 Probation. 714 00:36:42,434 --> 00:36:43,424 Probation? 715 00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:56,846 I'd like to know how they knew about our discussions with Milligan. 716 00:36:57,549 --> 00:37:00,041 I think there's a good chance Maclaren's got someone in our office 717 00:37:00,118 --> 00:37:01,779 feeding him information. 718 00:37:01,853 --> 00:37:03,514 How did he manage that? 719 00:37:03,588 --> 00:37:05,078 He knows where all the bodies are buried. 720 00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:07,889 He should, he put them there. 721 00:37:07,959 --> 00:37:09,859 Putney did a pretty good job of making it look like 722 00:37:09,928 --> 00:37:11,896 we put the screws to our own witness. 723 00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:14,364 That Milligan'd say anything to save his wife and kid. 724 00:37:14,866 --> 00:37:18,029 The night Samantha Savage was murdered, DeVries got aticket 725 00:37:18,103 --> 00:37:20,595 near Maclaren's Hudson Street apartment. 726 00:37:20,672 --> 00:37:23,004 Maybe she was down there looking for Samantha Savage. 727 00:37:24,175 --> 00:37:26,075 Maybe she found out about the affair. 728 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:28,269 I think you have to take another run at Charlotte Swan. 729 00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:30,981 See if Helen DeVries confided in her. 730 00:37:31,483 --> 00:37:32,507 All right. 731 00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:36,350 Better take some bicarb with you, you might have to eat some crow. 732 00:37:39,624 --> 00:37:43,527 If you hadn't let Arnie Maclaren lead you around by the nose... 733 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:44,653 I know. 734 00:37:44,729 --> 00:37:48,290 Helen DeVries would never have been charged with Samantha Savage's murder, 735 00:37:48,366 --> 00:37:51,734 and I personally think she'd still be alive. 736 00:37:52,837 --> 00:37:54,931 We regret that error very much. 737 00:37:56,374 --> 00:37:58,638 You think Maclaren killed Samantha Savage, too? 738 00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:04,947 He may never have to answer for it, but if we can convict him of Helen's murder... 739 00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:07,951 And you'd like my help with that. 740 00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:10,953 I know it's an unusual request. 741 00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:17,019 I did receive something from Helen. 742 00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:19,920 I think it was an image from her cell phone. 743 00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:23,030 You said the cell phone was lost. 744 00:38:23,101 --> 00:38:24,466 For all I knew, it was. 745 00:38:24,536 --> 00:38:27,471 I never saw the phone, Helen assured me she'd lost it. 746 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:30,904 You knew that we were looking for anything related to that phone. 747 00:38:31,209 --> 00:38:34,577 If this is material, you were obliged to turn it over. 748 00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:38,173 It was an attachment to a communication from my client. 749 00:38:38,249 --> 00:38:39,774 That made it privileged. 750 00:38:39,851 --> 00:38:41,546 That privilege died with Helen DeVries. 751 00:38:41,619 --> 00:38:43,144 Gray area. Not to a judge! 752 00:38:43,221 --> 00:38:44,814 I don't wish to get a reputation 753 00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:47,881 as defense attorney who works for the D.A.'s office. 754 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,728 But the last thing I wanna see is your case against Maclaren collapse. 755 00:38:56,968 --> 00:39:00,404 Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Maclaren, but I don't think this photograph 756 00:39:00,471 --> 00:39:03,168 of you and Ms. Savage was taken at her book party. 757 00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:11,139 Where is it from? 758 00:39:11,216 --> 00:39:13,981 Helen DeVries forwarded it to her lawyer from her cell phone. 759 00:39:15,086 --> 00:39:19,853 DeVries received it as an e-mail attachment the night Samantha Savage was killed. 760 00:39:23,328 --> 00:39:24,386 Who sent it to her? 761 00:39:24,462 --> 00:39:25,554 Samantha Savage. 762 00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:27,764 Oh, come on, it's a fake. 763 00:39:27,832 --> 00:39:30,995 You could put Britney Spears together with the pope, it doesn't mean squat. 764 00:39:31,302 --> 00:39:32,292 Arnold. 765 00:39:36,674 --> 00:39:39,268 So Samantha sent Helen a picture, so what? 766 00:39:39,544 --> 00:39:42,445 You still deny you were having an affair with Samantha Savage? 767 00:39:42,614 --> 00:39:44,639 I guess there's no point any more. 768 00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:47,649 Thanks to you, my career in public service is in the toilet. 769 00:39:47,852 --> 00:39:49,980 That's where you put it, Mr. Maclaren, we didn't. 770 00:39:52,757 --> 00:39:53,815 PUTNEY: What are you offering? 771 00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:55,291 Hey, hey, hey, the hell with that! 772 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:58,226 If there is an offer on the table, we should hear it. 773 00:39:59,364 --> 00:40:02,334 Two counts of murder two, one for each woman, 25-to-life. 774 00:40:02,467 --> 00:40:04,561 To run concurrently. PUTNEY: Come on, Jack, 775 00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:07,669 he's 56 years old. He'll come out in a body bag. 776 00:40:07,939 --> 00:40:09,464 Man two for Savage. No. 777 00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:10,905 He didn't go there to kill her! 778 00:40:11,009 --> 00:40:12,170 I didn't go there at all! 779 00:40:13,378 --> 00:40:15,005 Man one for Savage, ten years. 780 00:40:15,914 --> 00:40:18,576 Murder two and 20 years for DeVries. 781 00:40:18,950 --> 00:40:20,213 To run concurrently? 782 00:40:25,857 --> 00:40:26,847 Twenty years? 783 00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:30,952 I'll be 76. 784 00:40:32,997 --> 00:40:34,487 And you've got nothing. 785 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:40,102 I've got two ex-mayors, a governor, and an archbishop. And what do you got? 786 00:40:40,571 --> 00:40:45,031 A drunk, a bad cop, who says I did this and I did that, 787 00:40:45,176 --> 00:40:47,270 and he's tryin' to save his own ass and his son's! 788 00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:50,676 And a picture! 789 00:40:51,983 --> 00:40:53,576 A prank! A prank? 790 00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:58,517 Helen had no idea I was seeing Samantha on the side. 791 00:40:59,424 --> 00:41:03,327 And Samantha, dumb bimbo, thought it'd be funny to send Helen a picture of us in bed. 792 00:41:03,695 --> 00:41:04,992 Why'd you let her send it? 793 00:41:05,063 --> 00:41:06,656 I didn't let her send it! 794 00:41:06,831 --> 00:41:08,299 I was asleep! 795 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:12,395 First I knew about it was when Helen showed up 796 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:15,064 banging on my door an hour later, out of her mind. 797 00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:18,503 By that time, Samantha had gone home, so you went to Samantha's apartment 798 00:41:18,576 --> 00:41:19,737 to get the phone. 799 00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:21,745 I told you I never went there! 800 00:41:21,946 --> 00:41:24,574 Did she go for her gun and you overpowered her, is that what happened? 801 00:41:24,649 --> 00:41:25,844 I never went there! 802 00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:29,944 You don't even have the cell phones, you can't connect the dots, you've got bull. 803 00:41:30,021 --> 00:41:31,079 Arnold! 804 00:41:32,256 --> 00:41:33,314 We should take the deal. 805 00:41:33,391 --> 00:41:35,917 Shut up, Quentin, we're not takin' any deal. 806 00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:39,259 We're gonna go back in that courtroom, and we're gonna let the jury decide. 807 00:41:39,364 --> 00:41:40,490 And you. 808 00:41:41,733 --> 00:41:43,827 You're gonna wish you never screwed with me. 809 00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:03,445 JUDGE: Have you reached a verdict? 810 00:42:04,122 --> 00:42:05,453 We have, Your Honor. 811 00:42:05,656 --> 00:42:07,055 How do you find? 812 00:42:07,492 --> 00:42:11,258 On the count of murder in the second degree, we find the defendant guilty. 813 00:42:17,101 --> 00:42:18,296 Get your hands off me! 814 00:42:25,643 --> 00:42:28,544 He was going to have this huge job in Washington, 815 00:42:28,613 --> 00:42:31,207 and she would have something to hang over his head forever. 816 00:42:31,783 --> 00:42:32,841 He should have taken our offer. 817 00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:35,311 Instead, he's doing 25-to-life. 818 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:36,749 Now, speaking of Washington, 819 00:42:36,821 --> 00:42:40,655 I've had a number of calls commending us on our work in the Maclaren case. 820 00:42:40,792 --> 00:42:43,955 His powerful friends are washing their hands of him. He's finished. 821 00:42:44,028 --> 00:42:46,429 Order's restored. All's right with the world.