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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented
by two separate
yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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I'm just going
to have his baby.
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It's not like I want to
marry him or anything.
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Yeah, but you can
understand why
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his wife might be
a little jealous.
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Oh, please.
I don't want him,
I just want his genes.
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(LAUGHS)
Why does she even
have to know?
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Oh, that's what
I like about you, Sandra.
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You're such a romantic.
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What, you cramp up again?
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Sweetie?
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You okay?
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Hello?
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Is she...
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I'm not sure.
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She's ice cold.
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Oh, my God.
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She wasn't shot,
stabbed or strangled.
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There's no sign
of blunt force trauma.
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Suffocation?
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No petechial hemorrhages.
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Do we know who she is?
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There's nothing
in her pockets.
No ID.
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Nice jacket,
good shoes.
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Definitely not
a street kid.
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Looks like she's
about 10 or 11.
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Any sign
of sexual assault?
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Not that I could see.
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FEMALE OFFICER: Detectives.
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They found this joint
over by the seesaw.
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Hmm.
It's barely smoked.
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Looks like the party
just got started.
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The question is,
whose party was it?
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Can you get this
to the lab?
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Right away.
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Little girl like this,
what's she doing in
the park at night?
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Kids grow up fast
these days.
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Not this kid.
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ED: The M.E. on the scene
didn't seem to think
she that was suffocated.
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It's not your
run-of-the-mill
suffocation.
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I'm thinking more like
positional asphyxiation.
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You know how a boa
constrictor squeezes
the life out of its victims?
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Same thing.
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Thanks for the visual.
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See where the ribs meet
the breastbone?
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There were severe contusions
at the costochondral
junction.
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Her chest was compressed,
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which impeded breathing
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and caused her
to choke to death
on her own vomit.
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The story just keeps
getting better.
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In addition, I found
edema in her nasal
and laryngeal passages.
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Swelling?
Is that significant?
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Probably caused by some
kind of trauma.
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I'm thinking whoever
did it may have
tried to revive her.
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When did all this happen?
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Between 6:00 and 8:00,
maybe 9:00 pm.
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9:15 at the outside.
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There were also indications
that the body was moved
postmortem.
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So, you're saying
the girl wasn't killed
in the park.
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Well, it's hard to tell.
I mean, she could
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have been killed there
and repositioned afterwards.
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Or the perp could
have come back later to
admire his handiwork.
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Was there any sign
of sexual trauma?
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No. And the tox screen
came back negative, too.
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So the joint didn't
belong to the girl.
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We sent it out for DNA,
just in case we come up
with a suspect.
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Detectives, Missing Persons
just got a hit.
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Paula Weston,
11 years old.
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Reported missing by her
mother this morning.
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She lives on
Columbus and 88th.
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A block from the park.
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Sometimes I hate this job.
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ED: ls there somebody
you want us to notify?
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No. No one.
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Well, what about
her father?
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My ex-husband
hasn't been in the picture
in quite a while.
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He lives outside of Philly.
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It was just me and Paula.
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When was the last time
you saw her?
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Last night.
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She did her homework,
and then she watched
some TV, went to bed.
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The alarm went off around
7:00 this morning, and I
went into her room.
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She wasn't there.
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Then what?
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I called the police,
and then I started
to search the neighborhood,
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thinking that she
would show up somewhere.
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Does anybody have
a key to your apartment?
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No, no one.
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Cleaning lady?
Nanny?
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No. It's just us.
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ED: Did Paula ever
run away before?
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No, she didn't.
She didn't run away.
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Did you notice your daughter
was upset about anything
recently?
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Just the normal kid stuff.
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Last night, she wanted
to sleep over
at a friend's house,
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and I said no.
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Mrs. Weston, where does
your daughter's friend live?
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83rd just off 5th.
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That's across the park.
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I called over there
this morning and Alice's dad
said he hadn't seen her.
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My daughter was here
with me all night.
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We need to hear that
from her.
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She's not allowed out
on school nights.
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Mr. Danielson, please.
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I was here.
On the computer.
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When's the last time
you saw Paula?
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DANIELSON: They walk
part way home from school
together every day.
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Then Paula takes the bus.
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Paula have any other
friends at school?
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Anybody she likes
to hang out with?
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The kids at Hamlin
are kind of lame.
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Did she mention anything
to you about maybe
sneaking out last night?
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No.
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I hear there's a pretty
cool playground over
by 81st Street.
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You guys ever go there?
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I'm not allowed
without a grownup.
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Mr. Danielson,
we're not investigating
a parking ticket.
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If your daughter
knows anything.
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Alice, just
tell the truth.
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You won't get in
trouble, I promise.
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Sometimes on our way
home from school we'd
stop by the playground.
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What'd you do?
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Swings, mostly.
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Paula liked to go real
high and close her eyes.
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Then she'd jump off.
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Did Paula ever go over
there by herself?
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Maybe at night?
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No. It was
too dangerous.
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We're thinking she snuck
out of her apartment,
came over here
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ran into a couple
of bad guys.
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I swung by here twice.
Park was empty.
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It was a slow night.
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So what'd you do
to earn the buck fifty?
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Braved the cold?
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Hey, wait a minute.
What about this illegally
parked vehicle?
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81st Street,
right by the park.
A school bus.
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What, is there a night
school around here
I don't know about?
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Uh, the driver said he
dumped a bunch of kids
off at the Planetarium.
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He was just hanging
around waiting.
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Did he seem agitated?
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Only when I
gave him the ticket.
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Why didn't you just
tell him to move?
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I didn't see him
until I started writing.
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He said he left
for a minute
to relieve himself.
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He asked me to tear it up,
but once I start
writing it up,
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it's too late.
It's too late.
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We're gonna need
the number of
that summons.
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I got it right here.
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You drove a bus last night
for Roselawn Academy?
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Dropped some kids off
at the Planetarium?
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That's right.
Around 8:30.
It was a laser show.
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Well, there's a place
right next to the museum.
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Why didn't you just
park the bus there?
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It was full.
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You remember seeing
this girl hanging around
the park that night?
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No. She a runaway?
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She's dead.
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Oh.
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Little girl like that.
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What'd you do between
the time you dropped the
kids off and picked 'em up?
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I was on the radio
most of the night
with my dispatcher.
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He can verify that?
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She.
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Hold on. I had nothing
to do with this
little girl getting killed.
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BRISCOE: We didn't say
you did, Mr. Dunston.
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Yeah, well,
I'm telling you anyway.
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We checked your log
from last night.
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You were a half
hour late getting
back from the museum.
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That's right.
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You mind telling us why?
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I don't want to
cause any problems
for the school.
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ED: Hey, man,
don't worry about it.
We'll take the heat.
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Seems the chaperone
misplaced a couple
of the boys.
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I had to wait on 'em
before we could leave.
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LURIE: Our fourth
field trip this semester.
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We're lucky to have
involved parents.
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Yeah, we're looking
for the kids
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who might have
skipped out on that show.
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Must be hard to
keep track once
the lights go down.
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None of them were
involved in this
girl's murder,
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if that's where
you're going.
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BRISCOE: You seem
pretty sure about that.
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These are good kids.
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So were Leopold and Loeb.
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We need names,
Mr. Lurie.
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Look, I'm new, okay.
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No tenure.
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I was responsible
for chaperoning them
that night.
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I could lose my job.
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Then you lose
your damn job.
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We got a mother
who lost
her only child.
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KEITH: We were at
the laser show.
We didn't go near the park.
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BRISCOE: That ship's
already sailed, Keith.
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We got a witness
that puts you there.
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That's Paula Weston.
11 years old.
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You ever seen her?
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Is this really necessary?
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BRISCOE: Why don't you
ask your son that question?
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What about you?
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Derek, the detective
is asking you a question.
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We were just
chilling out. We didn't
do anything wrong.
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Then there's nothing
to be afraid of,
is there?
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MRS. VOGEL: Derek?
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After we split the laser
show, we went over
to the deli on Columbus.
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Did you get anything?
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Some sodas
and some matches.
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BRISCOE: The matches were
to light the joints, right?
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What joints?
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ED: Yeah, you
left one there.
Right next to her.
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Did you know that?
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You know, if we match
the DNA from that joint
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to the saliva
on this pencil...
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(GAS PS)
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We didn't kill her.
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ED: But you did see her.
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When we found her
she was already dead.
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Oh, my God.
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Why didn't you
go for help?
Call someone?
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And what?
Say we were out
getting high?
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So what did you do?
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She was lying
on her back,
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with like her arms
folded on her chest.
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That's not how
we found her.
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I pulled on one
of her arms to
try to get her up.
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KEITH: At first, we
thought she was sleeping.
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But when I touched her
face, it was all rubbery,
like a Halloween mask.
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I thought dead bodies
were supposed to be stiff.
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The clerk confirms the
boys came in the night
of the murder
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and bought some sodas.
What time?
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Uh, tape shows 'em
coming in the door
at nine 9:26.
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The laser show
in the Planetarium
started at 9:15.
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They wait till the
lights go down,
sneak out the building.
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Yeah, take a couple of
minutes to flip through
some nudie magazines,
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they got their sodas,
and they're out the
door at nine to.
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Meaning by the time
they got to the park,
according to the M.E.,
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Paula Weston
was already dead.
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They said that they tried
to sneak back
into the Planetarium,
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but the door was locked,
so they hung out in the
other side of the museum.
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00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:51,782
What else do you have?
244
00:11:51,844 --> 00:11:53,916
Besides a whole lot of
wasted time, not much.
245
00:11:53,981 --> 00:11:57,827
Well, the boys did say
that when they found Paula
she was all gently laid out.
246
00:11:57,918 --> 00:12:00,489
Like someone wanted
her to be comfortable.
247
00:12:01,155 --> 00:12:03,135
What do we know
about the father?
248
00:12:03,190 --> 00:12:04,931
Well, he and Janet
divorced way back.
249
00:12:04,992 --> 00:12:06,300
He opened a bar
near Philly.
250
00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:07,498
Well, talk to him.
251
00:12:07,561 --> 00:12:10,542
Maybe he got tired
of paying child support.
252
00:12:14,702 --> 00:12:16,113
BELMAR: We never should
have gotten married.
253
00:12:16,403 --> 00:12:20,112
Janet could be difficult
It was three years of
hand-to-hand combat.
254
00:12:20,307 --> 00:12:22,014
What's your relationship
like now?
255
00:12:22,142 --> 00:12:24,213
Oh, perfect.
We don't speak.
256
00:12:24,511 --> 00:12:26,081
So what's this
all about?
257
00:12:26,180 --> 00:12:28,717
What about your daughter?
Do you speak to her?
258
00:12:28,916 --> 00:12:30,327
My daughter?
259
00:12:30,451 --> 00:12:31,987
BRISCOE: Guess that
answers my question.
260
00:12:32,052 --> 00:12:33,326
Paula.
261
00:12:33,588 --> 00:12:35,261
No, Paula's
not my daughter.
262
00:12:35,323 --> 00:12:37,826
Janet adopted her
the year after
we got divorced.
263
00:12:38,059 --> 00:12:39,629
Funny she never
mentioned that.
264
00:12:39,694 --> 00:12:41,071
She likes to play
the victim.
265
00:12:41,129 --> 00:12:43,939
Tells everyone that she
and Paula were abandoned.
266
00:12:44,599 --> 00:12:47,307
Truth is,
it was her choice.
267
00:12:47,902 --> 00:12:49,779
To adopt
as a single parent?
268
00:12:49,904 --> 00:12:51,406
We talked about
having kids,
269
00:12:51,706 --> 00:12:53,447
Janet couldn't
have her own.
270
00:12:54,376 --> 00:12:56,413
Anyway, we never
got around to it.
271
00:12:56,478 --> 00:12:58,617
Lucky we didn't,
with what
she went through.
272
00:12:58,880 --> 00:12:59,984
Why do you say that?
273
00:13:00,081 --> 00:13:02,357
Just that she called me
when she was waiting
to get Paula.
274
00:13:02,417 --> 00:13:04,863
Sounded like there were
some big problems
with the adoption.
275
00:13:04,986 --> 00:13:07,023
Was the birth mother
still in the picture?
276
00:13:07,455 --> 00:13:08,695
Birth mother.
277
00:13:08,757 --> 00:13:10,828
Birth father.
Birth somebody.
278
00:13:14,630 --> 00:13:17,304
It was the grandmother.
She'd change her mind
every other day.
279
00:13:17,466 --> 00:13:19,241
She didn't want
to give up the child?
280
00:13:19,335 --> 00:13:20,837
More like
the welfare benefit.
281
00:13:20,970 --> 00:13:22,608
Where is she now?
282
00:13:23,339 --> 00:13:25,250
Died two years ago
in a fire.
283
00:13:25,308 --> 00:13:26,582
What about mom?
284
00:13:26,642 --> 00:13:28,553
She was 15
when she had Paula.
285
00:13:28,644 --> 00:13:31,056
She thought the
boyfriend would
step up to the plate.
286
00:13:31,113 --> 00:13:32,319
They always do.
287
00:13:32,381 --> 00:13:34,054
One day she realized
it was a lost cause
288
00:13:34,116 --> 00:13:35,652
bought a ticket
to California.
289
00:13:35,718 --> 00:13:37,493
ED: Hmm. Leaving Paula
with grandma.
290
00:13:37,653 --> 00:13:40,429
How old was Paula
when the adoption
went through?
291
00:13:40,623 --> 00:13:41,931
Almost four.
292
00:13:41,991 --> 00:13:43,061
Isn't that kind of old?
293
00:13:43,125 --> 00:13:44,661
It's hard enough
placing the infants.
294
00:13:44,727 --> 00:13:47,071
Nobody wants to take on
somebody else's problems.
295
00:13:47,129 --> 00:13:48,335
And there were problems.
296
00:13:48,397 --> 00:13:49,569
ED: Like what?
297
00:13:49,765 --> 00:13:54,009
Paula wouldn't eat,
she refused to be held,
had violent temper tantrums.
298
00:13:54,170 --> 00:13:55,912
Was Janet Weston
aware of all this?
299
00:13:55,972 --> 00:13:57,781
She was a single woman
in her late 30s.
300
00:13:57,874 --> 00:13:59,547
She knew
her choices were limited.
301
00:14:00,177 --> 00:14:03,420
To be honest,
we thought Janet was
a dream come true.
302
00:14:05,449 --> 00:14:07,929
Any mother too good
to be true never is.
303
00:14:08,018 --> 00:14:09,122
Except mine.
304
00:14:09,186 --> 00:14:11,166
I'm thinking mama
was in over her head.
305
00:14:11,388 --> 00:14:13,390
If she was,
she didn't let us
in on it.
306
00:14:13,523 --> 00:14:16,902
Maybe we should talk
to somebody who saw
this girl every day.
307
00:14:17,461 --> 00:14:20,101
SORENSON: Well, Paula
was a bright child,
but she had some issues.
308
00:14:20,163 --> 00:14:21,471
BRISCOE: Such as?
309
00:14:21,565 --> 00:14:25,604
Her temper was erratic.
She could be
manipulative, deceitful.
310
00:14:25,936 --> 00:14:27,973
The other students
avoided her.
311
00:14:28,038 --> 00:14:30,848
And if ever some
brave soul would
reach out to her,
312
00:14:30,941 --> 00:14:32,978
she would find a way
to sabotage it.
313
00:14:33,243 --> 00:14:34,950
It was actually
pretty sad to watch.
314
00:14:35,011 --> 00:14:38,152
Do you know if she was
having similar problems
at home?
315
00:14:38,549 --> 00:14:40,620
Well, from what I
understand, worse.
316
00:14:41,119 --> 00:14:43,429
So, Janet Weston
discussed these
problems with you?
317
00:14:43,488 --> 00:14:46,628
Yeah, pretty often.
She was frustrated,
depressed.
318
00:14:47,191 --> 00:14:50,400
I mean, bringing up
any child on your own
is difficult.
319
00:14:50,461 --> 00:14:52,964
I'm sure Paula's issues
made it that much
more difficult.
320
00:14:53,131 --> 00:14:56,078
Did Mrs. Weston ever
seem angry
about the situation?
321
00:14:56,134 --> 00:14:57,875
Oh, at times, I'm sure.
322
00:14:58,102 --> 00:15:00,776
She was a single mom
trying to make a life.
323
00:15:00,872 --> 00:15:02,783
When was
all this happening?
324
00:15:02,907 --> 00:15:06,320
Oh, I guess it was
getting worse the
last six months or so.
325
00:15:06,444 --> 00:15:11,120
That's when I recommended
a therapist that I thought
she could take Paula to see.
326
00:15:11,415 --> 00:15:12,985
Do you have any idea
who killed her?
327
00:15:13,050 --> 00:15:15,462
Well, that's what we're
trying to find out.
328
00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,593
So anything you
can tell us
would be a big help.
329
00:15:19,725 --> 00:15:22,706
Paula suffered from
Chronic Situational
Depression,
330
00:15:22,961 --> 00:15:26,636
ADD and Oppositional
Defiant Disorder.
331
00:15:26,799 --> 00:15:28,836
Well, that clears that up.
332
00:15:28,967 --> 00:15:30,947
She had serious
emotional issues
333
00:15:31,003 --> 00:15:33,415
stemming from traumatic
events in early childhood.
334
00:15:34,072 --> 00:15:36,211
That sounds like some
pretty heavy baggage.
335
00:15:36,308 --> 00:15:39,585
That's why the best approach
would have been long term
intensive therapy.
336
00:15:39,711 --> 00:15:41,349
BRISCOE: Would have been?
337
00:15:41,980 --> 00:15:45,484
Paula's mother was
looking for something
more immediate.
338
00:15:45,717 --> 00:15:47,128
A quick fix.
339
00:15:47,219 --> 00:15:50,257
People today don't understand
that problems which have
taken years to develop
340
00:15:50,322 --> 00:15:52,461
also take years to resolve.
341
00:15:52,691 --> 00:15:55,331
From what we heard,
Janet Weston knew what
she was getting into.
342
00:15:55,394 --> 00:15:58,968
No, no, not possible.
She had no experience
with a child like Paula.
343
00:15:59,098 --> 00:16:01,305
No idea of the sacrifices
it would entail.
344
00:16:01,534 --> 00:16:03,104
BRISCOE: Sacrifices?
Yeah.
345
00:16:03,236 --> 00:16:07,048
She told me that the
difficulties with Paula
weren't letting her sleep.
346
00:16:07,273 --> 00:16:09,583
They had cost her jobs,
relationships with men.
347
00:16:09,709 --> 00:16:11,848
She said she had
no social life anymore.
348
00:16:11,911 --> 00:16:13,754
She complained
about her social life?
349
00:16:13,813 --> 00:16:15,019
Janet was getting older.
350
00:16:15,949 --> 00:16:18,088
She didn't want life
to pass her by.
351
00:16:19,852 --> 00:16:22,059
Maybe she got tired
of waiting.
352
00:16:22,789 --> 00:16:24,462
We've seen mothers
snap before.
353
00:16:24,591 --> 00:16:28,971
Bathtubs, guns, yes.
But this little girl
was squeezed so hard
354
00:16:29,028 --> 00:16:31,133
she choked to death
on her own vomit.
355
00:16:31,297 --> 00:16:35,074
If she was looking for an
easy way out, she sure
chose a crazy method.
356
00:16:35,201 --> 00:16:37,181
Maybe this mother
had help.
357
00:16:37,570 --> 00:16:39,482
Well, what'd you get
on the ex-husband?
358
00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,142
First of all,
he's not the father.
359
00:16:41,208 --> 00:16:43,745
Janet adopted Paula
a year after the divorce.
360
00:16:43,911 --> 00:16:45,857
The biological mother's
off the hook.
361
00:16:45,913 --> 00:16:48,450
She's been living
in California
for the last 10 years.
362
00:16:48,516 --> 00:16:50,427
Which leaves us
with Janet Weston.
363
00:16:50,484 --> 00:16:54,398
Motive, Paula's problems
had been putting a crimp
in mom's style.
364
00:16:54,521 --> 00:16:56,000
Shades of Susan Smith.
365
00:16:56,056 --> 00:16:57,126
That's what
we were thinking.
366
00:16:57,191 --> 00:16:59,899
Well, what do you have
to back this up with?
A boyfriend?
367
00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:01,769
So far, only Paula's
therapist.
368
00:17:02,129 --> 00:17:03,233
She was in therapy?
369
00:17:03,330 --> 00:17:05,936
Yeah, till mom
pulled her out
after six sessions.
370
00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,607
Now, the therapist is thinking
maybe she was looking
for a quicker solution.
371
00:17:09,737 --> 00:17:11,444
ED: Mmm-hmm.
One with a guarantee.
372
00:17:11,505 --> 00:17:12,916
Like murder.
373
00:17:13,140 --> 00:17:15,211
Well, look, if the
problem was that serious,
374
00:17:15,276 --> 00:17:17,415
someone else
had to know about it.
375
00:17:20,382 --> 00:17:23,261
I heard them
yelling sometimes.
Throwing things.
376
00:17:23,385 --> 00:17:24,489
Throwing things?
377
00:17:24,552 --> 00:17:25,792
Once or twice.
378
00:17:25,921 --> 00:17:28,800
An eleven-year-old kid,
and you never called
the police?
379
00:17:28,990 --> 00:17:30,799
I didn't think
it was my place.
380
00:17:30,859 --> 00:17:32,634
What about the night
Paula died?
381
00:17:32,727 --> 00:17:34,070
Any fireworks then?
382
00:17:34,129 --> 00:17:35,369
No, not that night.
383
00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:36,431
Are you sure?
384
00:17:36,498 --> 00:17:38,136
Yeah.
They weren't home.
385
00:17:38,934 --> 00:17:40,038
How do you know?
386
00:17:40,168 --> 00:17:43,149
Well, I borrowed Janet's
food processor
a week before.
387
00:17:43,338 --> 00:17:46,012
I knocked on her door
to give it back.
Nobody answered.
388
00:17:47,208 --> 00:17:48,516
What time was this?
389
00:17:48,576 --> 00:17:50,453
Once, when I got home
from work.
390
00:17:50,545 --> 00:17:52,115
Then again
one more time,
391
00:17:52,180 --> 00:17:54,524
before the news
came on at 11:00.
392
00:17:55,417 --> 00:17:56,691
I can't believe
you're doing this.
393
00:17:56,751 --> 00:17:58,230
I haven't done
anything wrong.
394
00:17:58,286 --> 00:18:00,198
Except lie to us
from the start.
395
00:18:00,289 --> 00:18:02,166
I'm done in the bedroom.
396
00:18:02,225 --> 00:18:04,171
What are you people
looking for?
397
00:18:04,260 --> 00:18:05,364
A boa constrictor.
398
00:18:05,428 --> 00:18:07,169
ED: Lennie?
Any luck?
399
00:18:07,229 --> 00:18:09,140
Found this in the
back seat of her car.
400
00:18:09,198 --> 00:18:10,905
That's my upholstery.
401
00:18:11,167 --> 00:18:13,647
Tech says it looks
and smells like emesis.
402
00:18:14,737 --> 00:18:16,239
What's emesis?
403
00:18:16,739 --> 00:18:17,877
Vomit.
404
00:18:22,278 --> 00:18:26,021
A couple of months ago,
we drove up to Vermont
to see the foliage.
405
00:18:26,115 --> 00:18:27,492
Paula got car sick.
406
00:18:27,583 --> 00:18:29,688
She ride in
the back seat
the whole way?
407
00:18:30,286 --> 00:18:32,391
The front seat
has an air bag.
408
00:18:33,122 --> 00:18:35,534
I had nothing to do
with Paula's death.
409
00:18:36,492 --> 00:18:39,200
We know about the
difficulties the two
of you were having.
410
00:18:39,328 --> 00:18:41,741
I did everything
under the sun to
help my daughter.
411
00:18:41,832 --> 00:18:43,209
I'm telling you the truth.
412
00:18:43,266 --> 00:18:46,304
Yeah, well, I guess
there's a first time
for everything.
413
00:18:47,270 --> 00:18:50,308
You lied about
being home the night
of Paula's murder.
414
00:18:50,707 --> 00:18:52,812
It's hard to hear
someone knocking
when the TV's on.
415
00:18:52,876 --> 00:18:56,085
Except the TV wasn't on.
Your neighbor
didn't hear it.
416
00:18:57,714 --> 00:18:59,455
Ms. Weston, if things
got out of hand
417
00:18:59,583 --> 00:19:02,757
and there was some kind
of accident, now would
be the time to tell us.
418
00:19:02,919 --> 00:19:05,160
I've told you
everything I know.
419
00:19:06,123 --> 00:19:07,261
Do I need a lawyer?
420
00:19:07,324 --> 00:19:09,827
Look, if you want to
tell us something
that'll help you out,
421
00:19:09,893 --> 00:19:11,930
maybe a lawyer's
not the way to go
right now.
422
00:19:11,995 --> 00:19:14,908
You have the right
to a lawyer. No one's
telling you otherwise.
423
00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:18,543
Maybe I should get one.
424
00:19:25,810 --> 00:19:27,812
You advised the mother
to retain counsel
425
00:19:27,879 --> 00:19:29,256
before she could
tell us what happened?
426
00:19:29,314 --> 00:19:31,123
Ms. Weston asked
about a lawyer.
427
00:19:31,182 --> 00:19:33,526
I just wanted to
make sure she knew
what her rights were.
428
00:19:33,651 --> 00:19:34,994
If I erred on the
side of caution,
429
00:19:35,053 --> 00:19:36,760
it was just to avoid
a suppression hearing.
430
00:19:36,821 --> 00:19:38,926
You sure you weren't
being gun shy?
431
00:19:39,057 --> 00:19:40,798
She asked about
an attorney, Jack.
432
00:19:40,858 --> 00:19:42,303
What was I
supposed to say? No?
433
00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:44,499
What do we have
without her statement?
434
00:19:45,063 --> 00:19:46,974
I just got a fax
from the lab.
435
00:19:47,031 --> 00:19:49,511
They can't make a match
to the vomit found
in Janet Weston's car
436
00:19:49,567 --> 00:19:51,046
to a specific time period.
437
00:19:51,235 --> 00:19:52,976
Which means a jury
could buy her account
438
00:19:53,037 --> 00:19:54,345
of her Vermont
foliage trip.
439
00:19:54,405 --> 00:19:57,579
We still have the neighbor's
testimony that Janet
wasn't home that night.
440
00:19:57,675 --> 00:20:01,453
A jury is not going to
want to believe that a
woman killed her own child.
441
00:20:01,747 --> 00:20:02,919
I don't want to believe it.
442
00:20:03,148 --> 00:20:04,718
What else do we know
about this woman?
443
00:20:04,783 --> 00:20:06,592
She worked at a
catering company
in Midtown.
444
00:20:06,652 --> 00:20:09,360
She's been divorced
eight years,
raised Paula on her own.
445
00:20:09,588 --> 00:20:11,625
Is there a boyfriend?
Anybody we can talk to?
446
00:20:11,857 --> 00:20:13,393
Well, according to
everything we've learned,
447
00:20:13,459 --> 00:20:14,733
she never had time
for a social life.
448
00:20:14,793 --> 00:20:16,466
It was just work
and the kid.
449
00:20:17,730 --> 00:20:19,141
Which leaves us
with just one option.
450
00:20:19,198 --> 00:20:20,939
Talk to her employer.
451
00:20:25,237 --> 00:20:28,741
Janet Weston?
More interested in
mothering than catering.
452
00:20:29,608 --> 00:20:30,712
You think that's sexist?
453
00:20:30,776 --> 00:20:31,880
I didn't say that.
454
00:20:31,977 --> 00:20:33,957
She came in here
begging for a shot.
455
00:20:34,012 --> 00:20:36,720
Said her ambition
would make up for
the demands on her time.
456
00:20:36,849 --> 00:20:38,988
And it did for about
three months.
457
00:20:39,051 --> 00:20:40,155
Then what happened?
458
00:20:40,219 --> 00:20:42,496
The phone calls,
the excuses,
the headaches.
459
00:20:42,555 --> 00:20:45,365
She had to leave early.
Couldn't make it to
Hunts Point in the morning.
460
00:20:45,425 --> 00:20:48,406
Her kid was sick.
I cut her slack
I'd never give a guy.
461
00:20:48,561 --> 00:20:50,541
Now, see, that's sexist.
462
00:20:50,663 --> 00:20:53,143
A single mother
with a messed up kid.
What was I supposed to do?
463
00:20:53,233 --> 00:20:55,713
Besides, she said she was
getting it under control.
464
00:20:55,769 --> 00:20:57,908
How?
She'd gotten her kid
into therapy.
465
00:20:58,004 --> 00:21:00,678
A month or so ago
she promised me
it was getting results.
466
00:21:00,740 --> 00:21:04,017
My information is that
she'd taken Paula
out of therapy.
467
00:21:04,244 --> 00:21:05,655
I don't know why
she'd tell you that.
468
00:21:05,745 --> 00:21:07,349
Actually, she was pretty
excited about it.
469
00:21:07,413 --> 00:21:08,517
What'd she say?
470
00:21:08,581 --> 00:21:11,790
Unless it's food, I'm not
interested in the details.
471
00:21:12,218 --> 00:21:15,461
Yeah, Paula was
in therapy right up
until she died.
472
00:21:15,522 --> 00:21:17,001
Something alternative.
473
00:21:17,190 --> 00:21:19,636
I mean, it wasn't going
very well, but Janet
wasn't giving up.
474
00:21:19,726 --> 00:21:21,831
I heard she had.
From who?
475
00:21:21,995 --> 00:21:24,272
Dr. Diamant,
Paula's therapist.
476
00:21:24,532 --> 00:21:26,569
Diamant?
No, that doesn't
sound right.
477
00:21:26,767 --> 00:21:28,440
Was this
a new therapist?
478
00:21:28,502 --> 00:21:32,382
Yeah, it must've been,
because Janet mentioned the
name to me a few times, but..
479
00:21:32,540 --> 00:21:34,577
No, no,
it wasn't Diamant.
480
00:21:34,942 --> 00:21:36,785
I dated a boy in high
school named Diamant.
481
00:21:36,877 --> 00:21:38,481
That name I'd remember.
482
00:21:39,647 --> 00:21:41,320
I rechecked with
Dr. Diamant's office.
483
00:21:41,382 --> 00:21:42,918
He wasn't seeing Paula
as a patient.
484
00:21:42,983 --> 00:21:46,430
So, if what her co-worker
told you was true,
she found another therapist.
485
00:21:46,487 --> 00:21:50,333
Except Janet Weston's
not talking now that
she's retained counsel.
486
00:21:52,726 --> 00:21:54,967
Did you check with
her insurance company?
487
00:21:55,162 --> 00:21:57,039
Yeah. They reimbursed
her for Diamant,
488
00:21:57,131 --> 00:21:59,873
but there's no other claims
for any other therapist.
489
00:22:00,334 --> 00:22:01,938
Shrinks don't come cheap.
490
00:22:02,002 --> 00:22:03,607
You'd think she would
have submitted it.
491
00:22:03,772 --> 00:22:07,083
Rochelle Diggs did mention
alternative therapy.
Maybe it wasn't covered.
492
00:22:07,542 --> 00:22:09,544
In which case she
would have had
to go out of pocket.
493
00:22:09,611 --> 00:22:11,818
Did you check her
credit card statements?
494
00:22:11,913 --> 00:22:13,620
Totally maxed out.
495
00:22:14,082 --> 00:22:16,528
And her checking
account's overdrawn, too.
496
00:22:17,085 --> 00:22:18,257
She's broke.
497
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,197
Yeah, but take a look
at the charges, Jack.
498
00:22:20,255 --> 00:22:22,861
I mean, amidst this
alleged poverty,
she splurges on a hotel.
499
00:22:22,924 --> 00:22:24,665
Stoneybrook Suites.
500
00:22:24,793 --> 00:22:26,795
Transaction date
is December 17th.
501
00:22:26,862 --> 00:22:28,671
That's just three weeks
before the murder.
502
00:22:29,731 --> 00:22:32,712
See if we can find out
what she was doing there.
503
00:22:34,035 --> 00:22:36,675
Janet Weston.
Three days, two nights.
504
00:22:38,406 --> 00:22:39,908
Room service both nights.
505
00:22:39,975 --> 00:22:42,012
Yeah, a lot of women
do that when they travel.
506
00:22:42,143 --> 00:22:44,215
There's a service charge
for two people.
507
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,420
Well, there's, uh,
no one else listed
on the registration.
508
00:22:47,483 --> 00:22:49,827
But, uh, there is a
request for a roll-away.
509
00:22:49,886 --> 00:22:53,424
She brought her daughter.
Do you have any idea
why she was here?
510
00:22:53,823 --> 00:22:56,360
Oh, that time of year
we get a lot of conventions.
511
00:22:56,525 --> 00:22:58,334
Could you check?
Sure.
512
00:23:01,130 --> 00:23:04,339
Conference of
Therapeutic Associates.
513
00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:06,208
Now, that one
was a doozy.
514
00:23:06,335 --> 00:23:09,839
One of those wonks actually
gave me a lecture on
the virtues of hug therapy.
515
00:23:09,906 --> 00:23:10,907
(LAUGHS)
516
00:23:10,973 --> 00:23:12,611
ls there any information
on the conference?
517
00:23:12,675 --> 00:23:15,281
Oh, yeah. I think
we still have
some literature.
518
00:23:16,245 --> 00:23:19,920
"A Parent's Guide to RAD:
Tools for survival
with Difficult Children."
519
00:23:19,982 --> 00:23:21,552
What the hell's RAD?
520
00:23:21,651 --> 00:23:23,961
Reactive Attachment Disorder.
521
00:23:24,287 --> 00:23:27,462
It's believed to be
caused by a child's
inability to bond
522
00:23:27,624 --> 00:23:30,230
or attach with his
or her parents.
523
00:23:30,394 --> 00:23:33,170
Seems like every month
there's new syndrome
to diagnose.
524
00:23:33,430 --> 00:23:35,808
Yeah, this one's legit.
It's listed in the DSM-4,
525
00:23:35,866 --> 00:23:40,178
right along with
Oppositional Disorder,
ADHD and Autism.
526
00:23:40,304 --> 00:23:41,647
How common is it?
527
00:23:41,705 --> 00:23:43,048
It's fairly rare.
528
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,584
You see it mostly
in kids who've
suffered some sort of
529
00:23:45,642 --> 00:23:49,180
severe abuse or neglect
early in childhood.
530
00:23:49,446 --> 00:23:50,618
What about treatment?
531
00:23:50,747 --> 00:23:52,852
The psychiatric
community's
made some strides,
532
00:23:52,916 --> 00:23:55,419
but the child needs
to be provided
with effective tools
533
00:23:55,485 --> 00:23:57,021
for dealing
with the behaviors.
534
00:23:57,120 --> 00:23:59,657
Which means the parents
have to put in the work
535
00:23:59,790 --> 00:24:02,168
and learn therapeutic
techniques they can
use at home.
536
00:24:02,259 --> 00:24:04,569
Work Janet Weston
wasn't willing to do.
537
00:24:05,195 --> 00:24:07,472
Which is why I suspect
she went to this conference.
538
00:24:07,532 --> 00:24:10,911
She was obviously looking
for some kind of
non-traditional therapy.
539
00:24:11,669 --> 00:24:14,775
Janet Weston wanted
something that promised
faster results.
540
00:24:15,039 --> 00:24:16,245
What were her choices?
541
00:24:16,407 --> 00:24:20,719
Well, there's rage reduction
technique, where they
deliberately trigger anger
542
00:24:20,778 --> 00:24:23,190
so it can be
released in a
controlled environment.
543
00:24:23,481 --> 00:24:25,290
Of course, it can be
pretty dangerous
under the supervision
544
00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:27,296
of an unlicensed
therapist.
545
00:24:27,518 --> 00:24:28,895
You're saying
anyone can do this?
546
00:24:29,687 --> 00:24:31,860
Anyone with a shingle
and a dream.
547
00:24:34,158 --> 00:24:36,900
Check the list of speakers
at this conference.
548
00:24:37,061 --> 00:24:40,907
Let's narrow down what
alternative Janet Weston
might have chosen.
549
00:24:44,802 --> 00:24:46,714
Dr. Stahl did speak
at the conference
550
00:24:46,772 --> 00:24:50,948
but she's not here today,
and I can't give out
information about a patient.
551
00:24:51,243 --> 00:24:54,850
I just want to know
whether or not
Paula Weston was a patient.
552
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,789
Look, Dr. Stahl's doing
really important work
with these kids.
553
00:24:59,018 --> 00:25:00,463
If you want to
give her a hard time
554
00:25:00,519 --> 00:25:02,829
because you
don't understand,
I won't help you.
555
00:25:03,022 --> 00:25:05,798
We already know
that Janet Weston
attended a seminar
556
00:25:05,924 --> 00:25:08,097
given by Dr. Stahl
at this conference.
557
00:25:08,494 --> 00:25:10,940
If it turns out that you
know something about
her daughter's death,
558
00:25:10,996 --> 00:25:12,498
I won't be able
to help you.
559
00:25:17,336 --> 00:25:19,839
Paula got a few treatments
a few weeks ago, okay?
560
00:25:19,905 --> 00:25:22,283
What about the night
that she died?
561
00:25:25,811 --> 00:25:27,120
She was here.
562
00:25:27,247 --> 00:25:28,385
But I left.
563
00:25:28,448 --> 00:25:30,428
I don't know anything
about what happened.
564
00:25:30,884 --> 00:25:32,522
How come you never
came forward?
565
00:25:32,585 --> 00:25:35,088
The papers said that
she was attacked
in the park.
566
00:25:35,221 --> 00:25:36,393
I didn't think that...
567
00:25:36,456 --> 00:25:37,833
Who was here
when you left?
568
00:25:37,891 --> 00:25:40,838
Just Dr. Stahl, Paula,
and her mother.
569
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,304
Paula came in for a session,
I checked her in,
570
00:25:43,396 --> 00:25:45,706
set up the equipment,
and then I left for my class.
571
00:25:45,765 --> 00:25:46,903
What equipment?
572
00:25:46,966 --> 00:25:48,036
A tape recorder.
573
00:25:48,101 --> 00:25:51,105
Dr. Stahl tapes all her
rebirthing procedures.
574
00:25:52,605 --> 00:25:53,948
Rebirthing?
575
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,681
It's a fringe treatment
where the patient acts out
the birth experience
576
00:25:57,744 --> 00:25:59,781
to symbolize
a fresh start in life.
577
00:25:59,946 --> 00:26:01,084
How does it work?
578
00:26:01,147 --> 00:26:03,889
According to Skoda,
the patient's placed
in the fetal position,
579
00:26:03,950 --> 00:26:06,829
then wrapped
in a covering
to recreate the womb.
580
00:26:07,053 --> 00:26:08,465
What type of covering?
581
00:26:08,522 --> 00:26:11,264
Depends on the therapist,
but probably some
blankets and pillows.
582
00:26:11,425 --> 00:26:14,770
Apparently the therapist
applies pressure
to simulate contractions
583
00:26:14,829 --> 00:26:16,740
as the child
struggles to be born.
584
00:26:17,431 --> 00:26:19,741
This is supposed
to be some sort
of catharsis?
585
00:26:19,834 --> 00:26:22,838
It's allegedly designed
to simulate
an actual birth.
586
00:26:23,037 --> 00:26:24,744
The child emerges
from the blankets,
587
00:26:24,839 --> 00:26:27,115
and a new bond
is supposedly formed.
588
00:26:27,441 --> 00:26:30,513
What do we know about
how Paula's rebirthing
went that night?
589
00:26:30,778 --> 00:26:34,385
Dr. Stahl's intern mentioned
setting up a tape recorder
before she left.
590
00:26:34,548 --> 00:26:35,959
Oh, could we be
that lucky?
591
00:26:36,017 --> 00:26:37,325
No. She checked
while I was there.
592
00:26:37,385 --> 00:26:40,457
But if there is a tape of
that session, it's not
in Dr. Stahl's files.
593
00:26:41,655 --> 00:26:44,295
No, if things went wrong,
she wouldn't
keep it in her office.
594
00:26:44,358 --> 00:26:47,066
Why don't we get
a warrant for her home?
595
00:26:48,162 --> 00:26:50,541
This is outrageous.
You have no right.
596
00:26:50,599 --> 00:26:53,170
Oh, yeah, we do.
With this warrant.
597
00:26:53,402 --> 00:26:56,042
Now, if you know anything
about the circumstances
598
00:26:56,104 --> 00:26:59,085
of Paula's death,
now would be a
good time to cooperate.
599
00:26:59,141 --> 00:27:01,018
CORDOVA: Detective Briscoe?
600
00:27:03,111 --> 00:27:04,647
Check this out.
601
00:27:07,048 --> 00:27:09,995
Fleece blankets?
And a stack of pillows.
602
00:27:10,919 --> 00:27:12,899
Planning a pajama party,
Doc?
603
00:27:12,954 --> 00:27:14,797
I use these
in my practice.
604
00:27:14,923 --> 00:27:16,459
I was afraid you
were gonna say that.
605
00:27:16,558 --> 00:27:19,129
Lennie, I found these
in her desk back there.
606
00:27:19,461 --> 00:27:21,065
Rebirthing sessions.
607
00:27:21,196 --> 00:27:23,198
Paula Weston,
January 7th.
608
00:27:24,132 --> 00:27:26,612
I don't think I should
say anything else until
I talk to my lawyer.
609
00:27:26,701 --> 00:27:28,772
I think this tape
says everything for you.
610
00:27:28,870 --> 00:27:31,147
That's from
a therapeutic session.
611
00:27:31,741 --> 00:27:33,743
You've got to
put it into context.
612
00:27:33,843 --> 00:27:35,652
Oh, I wouldn't worry
about it, Doc.
613
00:27:35,711 --> 00:27:37,713
That's what juries
are for.
614
00:27:43,286 --> 00:27:44,526
PAULA: (GASPING) Please.
615
00:27:44,620 --> 00:27:46,156
I can't breathe.
616
00:27:46,222 --> 00:27:47,530
Paula Weston.
617
00:27:47,657 --> 00:27:50,365
STAHL: That's right,
a baby can't
breathe in the womb.
618
00:27:50,426 --> 00:27:51,427
PAULA: Please.
619
00:27:51,494 --> 00:27:52,939
JANET:
You're doing fine, honey.
620
00:27:52,995 --> 00:27:55,202
PAULA: Get off me!
I can't breathe.
621
00:27:55,264 --> 00:27:56,334
(PAULA GASPING)
622
00:27:56,399 --> 00:27:57,400
I'm gonna die
623
00:27:57,467 --> 00:28:00,004
STAHL: That's okay.
Go ahead
and die, Paula.
624
00:28:00,102 --> 00:28:02,378
You need to die before
you can be reborn.
625
00:28:03,139 --> 00:28:04,550
Turn it off.
626
00:28:04,974 --> 00:28:06,476
PAULA: Please.
627
00:28:08,044 --> 00:28:10,548
How could any mother
do that to their daughter?
628
00:28:10,614 --> 00:28:13,686
She thought she was
making her sick
child better.
629
00:28:14,117 --> 00:28:17,826
I won't condemn this
mother because she
chose an alternative therapy.
630
00:28:18,121 --> 00:28:20,499
God knows the AMA
has its own set of problems.
631
00:28:21,158 --> 00:28:23,729
What this therapist did
defied common sense.
632
00:28:23,861 --> 00:28:26,842
Well, how do we prove
that the mother
knew that going in?
633
00:28:26,930 --> 00:28:29,035
From everything
you've told me,
she had no idea
634
00:28:29,099 --> 00:28:30,772
she was putting
her child in danger.
635
00:28:30,834 --> 00:28:34,145
Well, maybe if she'd
stuck around
she would have found out.
636
00:28:34,905 --> 00:28:37,181
Janet Weston was only
there for 25 minutes.
637
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,947
Then she left, while
the session continued.
638
00:28:39,009 --> 00:28:40,147
She left?
639
00:28:40,210 --> 00:28:42,417
When she expressed
her discomfort at
what was happening,
640
00:28:42,479 --> 00:28:45,858
Dr. Stahl asked her
to step out because
her ambivalence
641
00:28:45,949 --> 00:28:48,361
was undermining
Paula's progress.
642
00:28:48,418 --> 00:28:51,263
So, maybe her discomfort
was telling her something
was wrong,
643
00:28:51,322 --> 00:28:53,029
but a therapist
told her to leave.
644
00:28:53,224 --> 00:28:55,898
And also asked her
to help cover up a crime.
645
00:28:56,027 --> 00:28:57,904
In her mind,
it was an accident.
646
00:28:58,196 --> 00:28:59,869
I'll charge her
with obstruction.
647
00:28:59,998 --> 00:29:03,878
But I'm not going to take
the position that a parent
has to second guess a doctor
648
00:29:04,002 --> 00:29:06,380
in order to avoid
a homicide prosecution.
649
00:29:06,871 --> 00:29:08,873
Except this wasn't a doctor.
650
00:29:08,973 --> 00:29:10,714
She calls herself one.
651
00:29:10,942 --> 00:29:13,422
That said it's not
our job to tell people
652
00:29:13,478 --> 00:29:16,118
what medical or
psychiatric treatments
are appropriate.
653
00:29:16,181 --> 00:29:19,321
But it is our job to
make sure whatever
treatment they do chose
654
00:29:19,384 --> 00:29:20,829
conforms to the law.
655
00:29:20,885 --> 00:29:23,889
We've prosecuted HMOs,
traditional physicians.
656
00:29:24,522 --> 00:29:27,731
Giving a therapist a pass
just because her therapy
657
00:29:27,792 --> 00:29:29,100
is considered alternative
658
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,335
holds her to
a lesser standard
not a greater one.
659
00:29:32,564 --> 00:29:36,273
The depraved indifference
statute was passed
for cases like this.
660
00:29:39,204 --> 00:29:41,650
Charge the therapist
with Murder Two.
661
00:29:42,408 --> 00:29:44,081
This is a witch hunt,
Your Honor.
662
00:29:44,176 --> 00:29:46,952
Anything that falls outside
the parameters
of traditional medicine...
663
00:29:47,079 --> 00:29:49,423
People can try an
alternative approach
664
00:29:49,481 --> 00:29:50,960
if they think it helps.
665
00:29:51,150 --> 00:29:53,892
But the cardinal
rule of medicine is
"First, do no harm."
666
00:29:53,953 --> 00:29:55,762
Dr. Stahl
violated that rule.
667
00:29:55,821 --> 00:29:58,631
And when the jury
hears that tape,
they're going to find
668
00:29:58,690 --> 00:30:00,397
that she violated
the law as well.
669
00:30:00,459 --> 00:30:01,802
Well, there's no way
they're going to hear it,
670
00:30:01,860 --> 00:30:02,998
because I'm moving
to suppress.
671
00:30:03,062 --> 00:30:04,973
JUDGE: On what grounds?
672
00:30:05,864 --> 00:30:07,275
In order for a jury to
hear that tape
673
00:30:07,333 --> 00:30:09,210
the prosecution has to
establish foundation.
674
00:30:09,268 --> 00:30:11,373
They can't do that
without my client's
testimony.
675
00:30:11,437 --> 00:30:13,714
How do you plan to
authenticate the tape?
676
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,577
Paula Weston's dead,
Dr. Stahl's the defendant.
677
00:30:16,643 --> 00:30:18,645
You can't compel her
to incriminate herself.
678
00:30:18,712 --> 00:30:20,385
The mother was there
We can get it in
through her.
679
00:30:20,447 --> 00:30:22,222
She was only present
for the first 25 minutes.
680
00:30:22,282 --> 00:30:25,889
She still would be able to
testify to who was there
and identify the voices.
681
00:30:25,952 --> 00:30:28,626
She can't testify that
it's a complete and accurate
account of the events.
682
00:30:28,688 --> 00:30:30,133
She wasn't there
the entire time.
683
00:30:30,290 --> 00:30:32,292
Not to mention that
there's a gap
in the recording.
684
00:30:32,359 --> 00:30:33,997
JACK: Someone turning
the tape over.
685
00:30:34,060 --> 00:30:36,700
No one knows
how much time elapsed
or what transpired
686
00:30:36,796 --> 00:30:38,036
during those events.
687
00:30:38,098 --> 00:30:40,339
The integrity
of that tape is zero.
688
00:30:40,667 --> 00:30:42,146
Mr. Olson has a point.
689
00:30:42,235 --> 00:30:44,545
You can't establish
foundation for either
the accuracy
690
00:30:44,604 --> 00:30:46,584
or the completeness
of that tape.
691
00:30:47,407 --> 00:30:49,614
I'm sorry
the tape's excluded.
692
00:30:54,048 --> 00:30:55,721
Where are we without it?
693
00:30:55,783 --> 00:30:58,093
We need to tell the jury
what really happened
in that room,
694
00:30:58,152 --> 00:30:59,688
and there's only one
other way to do it.
695
00:31:00,321 --> 00:31:01,800
Janet Weston.
696
00:31:02,123 --> 00:31:04,569
I can't testify
against Dr. Stahl.
697
00:31:04,692 --> 00:31:06,296
You want my client
to make your case?
698
00:31:06,660 --> 00:31:08,139
Drop the charges
against her.
699
00:31:08,195 --> 00:31:10,197
She should consider
herself lucky
we haven't charged her
700
00:31:10,264 --> 00:31:12,175
with criminally
negligent homicide.
701
00:31:12,366 --> 00:31:14,869
She lost her child.
Isn't that enough?
702
00:31:15,035 --> 00:31:17,982
Not when her own conduct
contributed to the loss.
703
00:31:18,139 --> 00:31:20,619
Not after she
tried to cover up
what happened.
704
00:31:21,342 --> 00:31:24,323
I thought Dr. Stahl
was helping Paula.
705
00:31:24,879 --> 00:31:27,052
But surely you can't
think that now.
706
00:31:27,114 --> 00:31:28,752
I questioned it,
I did, you know,
707
00:31:28,816 --> 00:31:30,591
when I didn't see
any improvement in Paula.
708
00:31:30,651 --> 00:31:32,824
But Dr. Stahl told me
that after the
rebirthing procedure,
709
00:31:32,887 --> 00:31:34,060
everything would be okay.
710
00:31:34,256 --> 00:31:35,963
How could you have
just accepted that?
711
00:31:36,124 --> 00:31:38,365
I went to Dr. Stahl
because I believed
712
00:31:38,426 --> 00:31:40,030
that she was
helping my daughter.
713
00:31:40,162 --> 00:31:44,304
But once you were
in that room and heard
your child's cries for help,
714
00:31:44,599 --> 00:31:46,272
you knew that wasn't true.
715
00:31:46,334 --> 00:31:49,008
As long as you defend
what Dr. Stahl did,
716
00:31:49,738 --> 00:31:51,308
you don't have
to blame yourself
717
00:31:51,506 --> 00:31:54,009
for taking Paula to see
her in the first place.
Is that it?
718
00:31:54,142 --> 00:31:56,918
I thought I was doing
what was right for Paula.
719
00:31:57,679 --> 00:31:59,852
Then do what's right
for her now.
720
00:32:01,716 --> 00:32:03,252
You've been protecting
this therapist
721
00:32:03,318 --> 00:32:05,855
at the expense
of your own daughter.
722
00:32:06,288 --> 00:32:08,859
You made one bad decision,
Ms. Weston.
723
00:32:09,424 --> 00:32:11,165
Don't make another.
724
00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:21,409
JANET: Paula was curled
up in a fetal position
on the floor.
725
00:32:21,771 --> 00:32:26,186
There was a sheet wrapped
around her so she couldn't
move, and some blankets.
726
00:32:27,076 --> 00:32:28,384
JACK: A sheet?
727
00:32:28,444 --> 00:32:30,424
Yes, a bed sheet.
Dr. Stahl asked me
728
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,154
to bring something
familiar for Paula.
729
00:32:34,016 --> 00:32:36,826
It was gathered and
twisted over her head,
730
00:32:38,354 --> 00:32:41,995
and that's where she was
supposed to come out
when she was reborn.
731
00:32:42,558 --> 00:32:44,560
Where were you
during this time?
732
00:32:44,627 --> 00:32:47,267
Dr. Stahl had me
help hold Paula down.
733
00:32:47,363 --> 00:32:51,368
We were pushing on her
with pillows to simulate
birth contractions.
734
00:32:51,868 --> 00:32:53,506
What was Paula doing?
735
00:32:53,569 --> 00:32:54,980
At first,
she was confused.
736
00:32:55,038 --> 00:32:56,745
She was asking
what she was
supposed to do,
737
00:32:56,807 --> 00:32:59,981
and then she
started...crying.
738
00:33:03,614 --> 00:33:06,026
And begging for us
to let her out.
739
00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:07,490
JACK: Did you?
740
00:33:08,151 --> 00:33:11,064
Dr. Stahl said that
Paula wasn't
trying hard enough.
741
00:33:11,121 --> 00:33:13,624
That we should put
more pressure on her
with the pillows.
742
00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:16,104
How long did this go on?
743
00:33:16,159 --> 00:33:17,900
About 25 minutes.
744
00:33:18,061 --> 00:33:20,473
And then Paula
started saying that
she couldn't breathe
745
00:33:20,564 --> 00:33:22,475
and that she was dying.
746
00:33:23,534 --> 00:33:25,138
That's when
I took a break.
747
00:33:26,970 --> 00:33:28,972
You left the room
at that point?
748
00:33:29,206 --> 00:33:32,517
Dr. Stahl said that
my ambivalence was
undermining the therapy.
749
00:33:32,576 --> 00:33:34,647
That I should
step outside.
750
00:33:37,048 --> 00:33:38,391
I play...
751
00:33:39,217 --> 00:33:42,198
I play that moment
over in my head,
every day.
752
00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:44,929
If I hadn't left the room...
753
00:33:45,123 --> 00:33:46,625
How long were you gone?
754
00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:47,930
About half an hour.
755
00:33:47,992 --> 00:33:51,098
When I came back in,
Dr. Stahl was
sitting on the couch.
756
00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:52,672
Paula wasn't moving.
757
00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:55,243
I ran over,
but she wasn't breathing.
758
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:56,643
JACK: What did you do?
759
00:33:56,834 --> 00:34:00,247
JANET: I was in shock.
And that's when Dr. Stahl
said that she was gone.
760
00:34:00,305 --> 00:34:02,080
That Paula was dead.
761
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,117
JACK: Why didn't you
call 911?
762
00:34:04,175 --> 00:34:06,121
JANET: It all happened
really fast.
763
00:34:06,177 --> 00:34:09,090
And Dr. Stahl was saying
that the police wouldn't
understand,
764
00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:10,921
you know, that it
was an accident.
765
00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:13,019
That we would both
be sent to jail.
766
00:34:13,852 --> 00:34:16,230
So you placed Paula's
body in the park?
767
00:34:16,755 --> 00:34:20,862
We laid her down
in her favorite spot
by the swings,
768
00:34:22,227 --> 00:34:24,707
where she used to feel
like she was flying.
769
00:34:26,065 --> 00:34:28,375
Ms. Weston, while
you were in the room
770
00:34:29,935 --> 00:34:31,972
and Paula was
begging for air,
771
00:34:33,839 --> 00:34:38,083
when she said
that she was dying,
how did Dr. Stahl respond?
772
00:34:41,814 --> 00:34:44,920
She told Paula
that everything
would be all right.
773
00:34:45,484 --> 00:34:48,829
That she should
go ahead and die.
774
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,470
What did you do when you
heard Dr. Stahl tell Paula
to go ahead and die?
775
00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:01,740
You left the room.
776
00:35:01,935 --> 00:35:03,676
I mean, that's how
seriously you took
that statement,
777
00:35:03,737 --> 00:35:05,910
because you knew it was
all part of role-playing,
778
00:35:05,972 --> 00:35:07,474
and she didn't
mean it literally.
779
00:35:07,874 --> 00:35:10,047
That's what I thought
at the time.
780
00:35:10,243 --> 00:35:13,690
Because if you believed
for one moment that
Paula was in any danger,
781
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,917
that she was being
suffocated right
in front of you
782
00:35:15,982 --> 00:35:17,928
you would
have stopped it.
Of course.
783
00:35:17,984 --> 00:35:20,260
Isn't it possible that
Dr. Stahl didn't realize
784
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,357
the gravity of Paula's
situation either?
785
00:35:22,555 --> 00:35:25,593
Objection as to what
Dr. Stahl did or
did not realize.
786
00:35:25,692 --> 00:35:27,933
This goes to the
heart of my client's
state of mind, Your Honor.
787
00:35:29,396 --> 00:35:31,398
I'll allow it,
if the witness knows.
788
00:35:32,933 --> 00:35:34,640
She's the professional.
789
00:35:34,968 --> 00:35:36,845
She should have known.
790
00:35:37,504 --> 00:35:40,918
I trusted her with
my daughter's life.
791
00:35:48,616 --> 00:35:50,493
Based on Janet Weston's
testimony I assume
792
00:35:50,551 --> 00:35:51,996
you'll be dismissing
the charges.
793
00:35:52,053 --> 00:35:55,193
Her testimony
established your client's
depraved indifference.
794
00:35:55,289 --> 00:35:56,768
Were we listening to
the same witness?
795
00:35:56,824 --> 00:36:00,067
Janet Weston didn't
say anything to show
that this wasn't an accident.
796
00:36:00,294 --> 00:36:03,400
The jury can infer
recklessness from
your client's actions.
797
00:36:03,598 --> 00:36:07,637
They heard Janet Weston
testify that she herself
did not appreciate the danger.
798
00:36:09,804 --> 00:36:11,977
She pleads to Manslaughter.
Five to 15.
799
00:36:12,306 --> 00:36:14,081
I can't believe this.
800
00:36:14,408 --> 00:36:16,649
I've devoted my life
to helping children.
801
00:36:16,744 --> 00:36:19,089
Well, you helped this one
right into her grave.
802
00:36:23,452 --> 00:36:25,159
The offer's a gift.
803
00:36:30,292 --> 00:36:31,930
Negligent homicide.
Two years.
804
00:36:31,994 --> 00:36:33,803
Once we start our case,
no deal.
805
00:36:34,629 --> 00:36:37,041
It's no deal right now,
Mr. Olson.
806
00:36:48,944 --> 00:36:52,391
Mainstream medicine
has failed so many
of these kids.
807
00:36:53,682 --> 00:36:57,186
You see the results of
their rage on the news,
in the schools.
808
00:36:58,353 --> 00:37:00,095
The techniques I use
are helping them.
809
00:37:00,990 --> 00:37:03,197
Which techniques did
you use with Paula Weston?
810
00:37:03,259 --> 00:37:05,739
I started by employing
holding therapy
811
00:37:05,862 --> 00:37:08,672
where I held her tightly
in a cradling position
812
00:37:08,731 --> 00:37:10,438
and confronted her verbally.
813
00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:14,107
The goal was to provoke
her to express her rage
in a setting
814
00:37:14,170 --> 00:37:16,081
where she could
feel supported.
815
00:37:16,372 --> 00:37:17,749
And what was the result?
816
00:37:17,940 --> 00:37:20,614
It's not something that
can be measured like that.
817
00:37:20,810 --> 00:37:23,256
It's a process the child
has to go through.
818
00:37:23,312 --> 00:37:25,292
And after several sessions
819
00:37:25,348 --> 00:37:27,658
I felt she was ready
to take the next step.
820
00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:28,990
Which was?
821
00:37:29,052 --> 00:37:30,429
Rebirthing.
822
00:37:30,887 --> 00:37:34,300
How many rebirthing
procedures had you conducted
prior to Paula Weston's?
823
00:37:34,791 --> 00:37:36,327
Close to a hundred.
824
00:37:36,759 --> 00:37:38,067
All without incident?
825
00:37:38,127 --> 00:37:39,128
Yes.
826
00:37:40,097 --> 00:37:42,703
What happened
was a terrible accident.
827
00:37:46,236 --> 00:37:49,547
You placed your
entire body weight
on a 72-pound girl,
828
00:37:49,673 --> 00:37:53,211
pressing on her
with pillows,
as she gasped for air?
829
00:37:53,744 --> 00:37:55,451
It's called
a breakable wrap.
830
00:37:55,512 --> 00:37:57,389
Not too tight,
like a cocoon.
831
00:37:57,981 --> 00:38:00,222
Obviously she couldn't
break this wrap,
832
00:38:00,284 --> 00:38:01,524
otherwise we
wouldn't be here.
833
00:38:01,585 --> 00:38:02,893
Objection.
834
00:38:02,953 --> 00:38:04,296
Sustained.
835
00:38:04,922 --> 00:38:08,267
For almost an hour,
Paula Weston
begged you to stop,
836
00:38:08,592 --> 00:38:10,265
told you that she
couldn't breathe.
837
00:38:10,361 --> 00:38:13,240
Paula was told beforehand
to act like a newborn baby.
838
00:38:14,031 --> 00:38:16,534
Kick and scream
and fight all she wanted.
839
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,477
I thought that's what
she was doing.
840
00:38:18,535 --> 00:38:20,378
You told her to
go ahead and die.
841
00:38:20,437 --> 00:38:22,748
I didn't believe she
really meant it.
842
00:38:23,174 --> 00:38:24,881
Oppositional kids claim
they're dying
843
00:38:24,943 --> 00:38:27,856
when they're asked
to do things like
clean their room.
844
00:38:28,213 --> 00:38:30,625
You say,
"Okay, go ahead and die"
845
00:38:30,715 --> 00:38:32,922
to defuse the
oppositional element.
846
00:38:33,351 --> 00:38:35,695
Everything I did was
according to procedure.
847
00:38:35,787 --> 00:38:37,061
JACK: Procedure?
848
00:38:37,522 --> 00:38:39,297
A child dies
in your office,
849
00:38:39,524 --> 00:38:43,165
and instead of calling
911, you dump her
body in the park?
850
00:38:43,228 --> 00:38:44,298
OLSON: Objection.
851
00:38:44,362 --> 00:38:45,466
JUDGE: Overruled.
852
00:38:46,064 --> 00:38:47,634
That was wrong.
853
00:38:47,932 --> 00:38:50,776
But I didn't call
the police because
I knew how'd they react.
854
00:38:50,835 --> 00:38:52,371
The same as you're
reacting now.
855
00:38:52,437 --> 00:38:55,384
I just couldn't do
anything to jeopardize
my work with these kids.
856
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:56,817
You mean jeopardize
your own freedom.
857
00:38:56,875 --> 00:38:58,218
You just didn't want
to go to jail.
858
00:38:58,276 --> 00:39:01,416
I don't take lives,
Mr. McCoy, I save them.
859
00:39:01,547 --> 00:39:04,050
What did you do
to save Paula Weston
860
00:39:04,383 --> 00:39:06,363
once you discovered
that she wasn't breathing?
861
00:39:06,419 --> 00:39:07,796
There was nothing
I could do.
862
00:39:07,853 --> 00:39:10,459
So you made no effort
to revive her?
863
00:39:12,024 --> 00:39:14,231
When I removed the wrap,
she was already dead.
864
00:39:14,293 --> 00:39:16,330
Did you check her pulse?
Of course.
865
00:39:16,462 --> 00:39:17,770
Did you try CPR?
866
00:39:17,830 --> 00:39:19,935
I told you
there was no pulse,
867
00:39:19,999 --> 00:39:22,001
no heartbeat,
her lips were blue.
868
00:39:22,067 --> 00:39:23,740
She was already gone.
869
00:39:26,772 --> 00:39:29,252
Look, it was an accident.
870
00:39:30,376 --> 00:39:32,686
I took every precaution.
871
00:39:33,879 --> 00:39:36,120
It was just
too late by then.
872
00:39:38,150 --> 00:39:40,892
It was too late the minute
that little girl walked
into your office.
873
00:39:40,953 --> 00:39:42,262
OLSON: Objection.
874
00:39:42,556 --> 00:39:44,035
JACK: Withdrawn.
875
00:39:54,468 --> 00:39:57,779
The jury was shooting
daggers at her
after your cross.
876
00:39:59,339 --> 00:40:01,410
Whatever sympathy
they may have had
went out the window
877
00:40:01,474 --> 00:40:04,011
the minute she tried to
cover up what she'd done.
878
00:40:04,211 --> 00:40:08,091
Still seems like getting an
ambulance wouldn't
have been much help.
879
00:40:09,783 --> 00:40:10,955
Maybe.
880
00:40:12,686 --> 00:40:14,097
Something bothering you?
881
00:40:15,455 --> 00:40:17,696
The swelling
inside her throat.
882
00:40:19,693 --> 00:40:21,570
When Rodgers did the autopsy,
883
00:40:21,695 --> 00:40:23,972
she attributed it
to attempts to revive
Paula.
884
00:40:24,799 --> 00:40:28,076
But Dr. Stahl just testified
that she didn't make
any attempts to revive her.
885
00:40:29,704 --> 00:40:31,183
Why would she lie about
something like that?
886
00:40:31,238 --> 00:40:33,718
It just makes her
look worse in the
eyes of the jury.
887
00:40:34,275 --> 00:40:35,982
Unless she didn't lie.
888
00:40:36,477 --> 00:40:39,083
Then something else
had to have
caused the swelling.
889
00:40:39,347 --> 00:40:41,418
Let's pay Rodgers
a visit tomorrow.
890
00:40:41,983 --> 00:40:44,463
If attempts to revive
this girl didn't cause
those injuries,
891
00:40:44,518 --> 00:40:46,361
I want to know what did.
892
00:40:47,388 --> 00:40:50,096
Girl found in the park
with positional asphyxiation,
893
00:40:50,224 --> 00:40:51,965
chest compression
894
00:40:52,126 --> 00:40:55,130
edema was consistent
with attempts to revive.
895
00:40:55,463 --> 00:40:57,033
I jumped to a conclusion
I shouldn't have.
896
00:40:57,131 --> 00:40:59,042
And now that
we've ruled that out?
897
00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:02,104
Well, when you called me
with Stahl's testimony,
I ran additional tests.
898
00:41:02,169 --> 00:41:03,443
SOUTHERLYN:
What did you find?
899
00:41:03,504 --> 00:41:05,485
She had an elevated
histamine level.
900
00:41:05,540 --> 00:41:06,917
What would cause that?
901
00:41:06,975 --> 00:41:10,184
Mast cells release
histamine when they
react to an allergen.
902
00:41:11,113 --> 00:41:13,753
You're saying Paula Weston
had an allergic reaction?
903
00:41:14,650 --> 00:41:16,527
I'm saying she
died of one.
904
00:41:17,252 --> 00:41:18,890
An allergy to what?
905
00:41:21,056 --> 00:41:23,798
You tell us it's urgent
and you bring us
down here
906
00:41:23,859 --> 00:41:25,634
to look at plastic gloves?
907
00:41:25,894 --> 00:41:27,703
We're withdrawing
our plea offer.
908
00:41:27,763 --> 00:41:30,607
No way you can do that
Janet's cooperated completely.
909
00:41:30,699 --> 00:41:32,508
I testified
against Dr. Stahl.
910
00:41:33,035 --> 00:41:34,139
Your plea agreement
indicated that
911
00:41:34,202 --> 00:41:35,875
if you withheld
any material fact,
the deal was off.
912
00:41:37,472 --> 00:41:39,782
I didn't hold anything
back from you.
913
00:41:39,942 --> 00:41:42,388
But you did from
Dr. Stahl, didn't you?
914
00:41:43,912 --> 00:41:45,517
EPPS: What's going on here?
915
00:41:46,049 --> 00:41:48,495
That's the medical history
your client
provided Dr. Stahl
916
00:41:48,551 --> 00:41:51,225
shortly before
the rebirthing procedure.
917
00:41:52,255 --> 00:41:54,235
What is the
significance of this?
918
00:41:54,290 --> 00:41:57,760
In it she fails to
disclose her daughter's
allergy to latex.
919
00:41:58,027 --> 00:42:00,303
Latex? What does that
have to do with anything?
920
00:42:00,363 --> 00:42:02,866
SOUTHERLYN:
Paula suffered from
an acute sensitivity to it.
921
00:42:03,032 --> 00:42:05,273
Which your client
was well aware of.
922
00:42:06,869 --> 00:42:09,110
I don't know what
you're talking about.
923
00:42:09,739 --> 00:42:11,650
Paula's school records.
924
00:42:11,874 --> 00:42:15,947
Two years ago, she was
rushed to the emergency room
in anaphylactic shock.
925
00:42:16,045 --> 00:42:19,117
She was blowing up
some balloons for a
classmate's birthday party.
926
00:42:19,916 --> 00:42:22,294
I still don't see what
this has to do with anything.
927
00:42:22,352 --> 00:42:26,495
Your client provided
a bed sheet for
the rebirthing procedure.
928
00:42:26,557 --> 00:42:28,036
EPPS: It was never recovered.
929
00:42:28,092 --> 00:42:29,537
SOUTHERLYN: You destroyed it,
didn't you?
930
00:42:29,593 --> 00:42:31,266
Don't answer that, Janet.
931
00:42:31,328 --> 00:42:32,363
She doesn't need to.
932
00:42:32,429 --> 00:42:35,672
We had the pillows
that were used in
the procedure retested.
933
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,571
The lab found traces
of cornstarch.
934
00:42:38,769 --> 00:42:40,077
EPPS: Cornstarch?
935
00:42:40,137 --> 00:42:42,242
SOUTHERLYN:
The latex gloves Janet
uses at her catering job
936
00:42:42,306 --> 00:42:44,752
are coated in cornstarch
to reduce friction.
937
00:42:46,577 --> 00:42:49,751
Cornstarch also
absorbs latex particles.
938
00:42:50,314 --> 00:42:53,318
SOUTHERLYN: You know about
that because of the brochures
the hospital gave you
939
00:42:53,384 --> 00:42:56,024
when Paula had her reaction
to those balloons at school.
940
00:42:56,687 --> 00:42:59,463
All you had to do
was rub those
gloves on that bed sheet,
941
00:42:59,590 --> 00:43:01,934
knowing once it was
put over Paula's head
942
00:43:02,192 --> 00:43:04,604
she'd go into
respiratory failure.
943
00:43:07,031 --> 00:43:10,706
You never intended her
to be reborn that night,
did you, Ms. Weston?
944
00:43:14,205 --> 00:43:17,482
Nothing was working,
do you understand?
Nothing.
945
00:43:18,076 --> 00:43:20,647
So you killed her
to make it easier
on yourself.
946
00:43:20,979 --> 00:43:24,188
Do you have any idea
what it's like
to come home
947
00:43:24,249 --> 00:43:26,752
and have your little
girl say, "Go away"?
948
00:43:26,951 --> 00:43:28,953
For everything to be
such a struggle?
949
00:43:29,053 --> 00:43:30,999
To never get any sleep?
950
00:43:33,658 --> 00:43:37,299
I spent every penny
I had on private schools
and doctors.
951
00:43:37,362 --> 00:43:40,502
They all had advice,
but none of them understood.
952
00:43:44,235 --> 00:43:48,184
I thought that I'd
have a little girl
who'd love her mom.
953
00:43:50,943 --> 00:43:52,581
I'm 42 years old!
954
00:43:53,879 --> 00:43:55,881
I was entitled to a life!
955
00:44:00,219 --> 00:44:01,630
She was 11.
956
00:44:03,122 --> 00:44:05,159
What was she entitled to?
957
00:44:11,997 --> 00:44:14,841
So we've reduced the
charges against Dr. Stahl
958
00:44:14,900 --> 00:44:18,177
to assault for
Paula's chest injuries
during the rebirthing?
959
00:44:18,237 --> 00:44:20,615
Janet Weston's act
in introducing the latex
960
00:44:20,673 --> 00:44:22,914
was the proximate cause
of her daughter's death.
961
00:44:22,975 --> 00:44:26,149
That adoption agency
thought Janet Weston
was a dream come true.
962
00:44:26,345 --> 00:44:28,189
Complete with pillows
and blankets.
963
00:44:28,381 --> 00:44:31,726
She turned out to be
that little girl's
worst nightmare.