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(male announcer)
In the criminal justice system,

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the people are represented

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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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Anna's got a new man.
A gringo banker.

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Don't tell me
she dumped Enrique?

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That was three boyfriends
ago.

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She said the sex
always gets boring.

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Since when is that a reason
to break up with someone?

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She's a passionate girl.

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She's a sucia.

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A total puta.

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[sighs]
How I envy her.

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[laughs]

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[gasps]
Dios Mio!

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(male officer)
D.O.A. checked in alone
around midnight.

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No luggage, paid one night
in cash.

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Didn't make or receive
phone calls.

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Neighbors hear any noise?
Nothing.

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Kept things nice and tidy.

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13 bucks.

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Hey.

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What the hell is this?

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Tiedic--
toodic--tick--

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It's pronounced "Teague."
It's Gaelic for Timothy.

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I knew a Tadhg in high school.

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He threatened me when I went out
with his sister.

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Let's have a look.

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Temp's 88.

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He's been dead
about seven hours.

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Looks like he had himself
a little party.

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Is there any chance
this was an accident?

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Hard to tell,

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not knowing what or how much
was in the vials.

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But the good-bye note there
says otherwise.

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"Now more than ever
seems it rich to die.

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To cease upon the midnight
with no pain."

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It's signed Tadhg, but it
was written by John Keats.

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I happen to know
my Romantic poetry.

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Doesn't all of this
seem strange to you?

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A guy is about
to kill himself,

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but he keeps things very orderly
and he quotes poetry?

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Could be just
a well-versed neat freak.

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Maybe.

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But how many well-versed
neat freaks do you know

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that spell their own name wrong?

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His tank was close to full
on alcohol and Alprazolam,

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but he drowned before
the narcotic was fully absorbed.

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And the drug put him to sleep,
and then he slid underwater?

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Or someone helped him.

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Found skin scrapings
under a fingernail.

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And take a look.

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(Green)
Are those bruises?

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I didn't see that
when he was in the tub.

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Abraded areas like this

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only appear
after the skin dries out.

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(Fontana)
Someone could've forced him

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to take the plunge.

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There wasn't much evidence
of a struggle.

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Maybe that same someone
cleaned up the scene.

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(Mrs. Ruane)
It doesn't even look like
Tadhg's handwriting.

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I don't know.

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It's hard to say.

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(Green)
Do you know of anybody
that would want to harm him?

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No.

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Do you know,
did he have a girlfriend?

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None I'd heard of.

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He played the field.

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Look, my brother had a mouth

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that would get him
a punch in a bar.

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But someone phonying up
a suicide?

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Maybe it was the article
he was working on.

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He was a journalist.

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Did he say what the article
was about?

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No. I didn't ask.

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And he knew telling me
would get him an earful.

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(Green)
Earful for what?

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Being reckless,
going places he shouldn't.

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He'd put his head
in a lion's mouth

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to get a story.

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[whispers]
Oh, God...

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Ma, go lie down.

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I'll bring you some tea.

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Do you know where
your brother worked?

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Uh, he bounced around freelance.

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But the last I heard,
The Voice of the City.

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(Balderston)
Past year he'd been on

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an expose on gun dealers.

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Thought it was gonna be
his big "Insider."

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Win him a Pulitzer.

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How did that work out?

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First draft read like
a cheap conspiracy theory.

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I told him so. He blew up.

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Accused me of taking payoffs.

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Do you know,
did he receive any threats

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because of that story?

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None he told me about.
Doesn't mean it didn't happen.

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Had he been
threatened before?

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He'd get angry calls
from rappers to city councilmen.

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He liked to piss people off.

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Well, did he piss off anybody
in particular?

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No one I'd aim you to.

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In the past,
he did hard-hitting stuff

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from toxic waste to dirty cops.

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But recently
it's been missed deadlines

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and failing
to corroborate facts.

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Is that what got him fired?

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Uh, bending some girl
over his desk at lunch did that.

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Oh.

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Well, that sounds
pretty erratic.

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Yeah, he was a talented kid.
Sharp.

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But he could go too far
with a story.

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An interview, personally.

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You just couldn't live
with the mood swings.

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But he did say he was gonna

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pursue the gun story
somewhere else.

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Probably wound up
on someone's bad side.

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Who was his main source
on that story?

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Talk to Mike Wells at, uh,
Citizens Against Guns.

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(Fontana)
Thanks a lot.

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Tadhg might've been
a little eccentric,

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but his story had a chance
of getting guns off the street.

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How?

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He was investigating
this salesman named Alfred Biso.

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Biso'd taken delivery
of 500 cheap guns

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from a bargain manufacturer
in Nevada recently,

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and promptly reported

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463 of them stolen.

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Tadhg figured Biso lied
about the robbery

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so he could sell the guns
black-market at a better price.

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(Fontana)
Could he prove any of that?

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He tracked those guns
to dozens of shootings

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in Philly and New York.

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Do you know if he ever
interviewed Biso?

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He was going to.

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Alone.

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Not something I would've done.

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Do you have any idea
where we can find this guy?

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Tadhg left a box
of his research in my office.

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You're free to dig through it.

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Police! Get down! Get down!

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Up, up, up. Against the wall,
against the wall.

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Quite an arsenal
you go there, Biso.

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Those are all
legally purchased firearms.

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What are you two ladies doing,
your Christmas shopping?

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Come on, let's go.

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I understand
from a certain perspective

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all of those guns
doesn't look good.

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(Green)
It "doesn't look good"?

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The kids you were
selling to

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were barely 16.

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Is that what happened?

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Tadhg Ruane found out

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who you were selling
guns to?

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Who now?

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Tadhg Ruane.

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The journalist.

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Did he confront you
about selling guns?

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This is Tadhg's notebook.

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"4:30 Wednesday,
Tompkins Square Park, Biso."

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Unless there's
some other Biso.

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Dude was a journalist?
That nutcase?

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What you mean, "nutcase"?

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He talked a mile a minute
about any damn thing.

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Sports, food, getting laid.

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And he was recommended
by a legit guy.

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Recommended to you for what?
What did he need from you?

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Said it's urgent, he needs a gun
'cause someone was after him.

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Said he found a guy
in his closet.

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Crazy talk.

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You made the deal anyway.

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He had the cash.
Did you get him a gun?

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He didn't show up to get it.

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When was that
supposed to happen?

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Early yesterday.
Tompkins Square Park again.

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So it wasn't two nights ago
around midnight

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at the Athena Hotel?

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No.

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See, we think you met him

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at that hotel,
you put a gun to his head,

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you made him swallow some pills,
and then you drowned him.

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Whoa, whoa, whoa--
No, no, no.

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Come on, man.
You had every reason to do it.

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He was about to expose
your dirty little business deal.

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I had no idea
he was a reporter!

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Look, bro,
you sell guns to kids.

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That's serious enough.

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You add murder to that--

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Dude carried a bottle of booze
in his pocket.

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He took a leak in a trashcan
at the park.

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In the middle
of the damn park!

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What reporter does that?

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Biso's handwriting does not fit
the suicide note.

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Latent get prints off the note?

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A partial, but it was too
smudged for any kind of a match.

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Did the M.E. call back
on the skin

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under the D.O.A.'s nail?

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Barely enough
to test from.

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And it could be
the victim's own skin.

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He scratched himself?

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Well, the D.O.A.
did have scratches.

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That could could be
the source.

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But it's not conclusive.

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Biso come up with an alibi
on the time of death?

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He said he was smoking pot
in his apartment.

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And believe it or not,
his neighbors confirmed it.

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Look, are we chasing our tail
on this gun angle?

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Well, we did get a lot of guns
off the street.

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Yeah, but it sounds like

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this D.O.A. was pretty unstable.

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Do we even have a murder?

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The medical examiner says
that the bruises on his shoulder

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are consistent with someone
holding him underwater.

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Hey. Check this out.

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I'm digging through
Tadhg's research, right?

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Now, the handwriting on that
suicide note looks like

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it matches the handwriting
on these love notes I found

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in his notebook.

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And they're all signed "A.B."

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On his cell phone, there are
calls to an Angela Burkett.

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Go talk to her.

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(Angela)
I slipped it
into his coat pocket

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as he was leaving
for work last week.

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I wanted him to know that even
in darkness, there's beauty.

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Why did you sign
his name to it?

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'Cause I saw it as his portrait.
Dark, but beautiful.

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(Fontana)
Can you account for yourself
on the night he died?

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You think I--I murdered Tadhg?

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Were you anywhere near
the Athena Hotel?

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I was with a girlfriend
in Williamsburg.

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If you wouldn't mind giving us
her contact info.

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You want my opinion?
No one murdered Tadhg.

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He was a beautiful madman.
And a brilliant writer.

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But he suffered
from horrible depression.

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We heard he was eccentric.
But nothing about depressed.

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I was with him for two years.
I think I'd know.

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And you think he was suicidal.

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He suffered
from dysphoric mania.

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It's a mental illness
with extreme high-low states.

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You mean like bipolar?

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Like, one day he would want
to marry me.

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And buy a house with a yard
and a puppy.

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And the next day,
he wouldn't speak to me.

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He was sick.

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You need to speak
with his psychiatrist.

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(Dr. Freemi)
Angela sent you to me?

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That's surprising.

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(Fontana)
Why would you say that, Doctor?

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I shouldn't be talking to you
without a subpoena,

252
00:10:14,748 --> 00:10:16,950
but I'd leave Tadhg's death
at her doorstep.

253
00:10:16,984 --> 00:10:20,153
She says he had
"dysphoric mania"?

254
00:10:20,187 --> 00:10:21,855
Crippling sadness,
irritability.

255
00:10:21,889 --> 00:10:24,958
Euphoria, paranoia, promiscuity.

256
00:10:24,992 --> 00:10:26,694
Did you see his tox screen
when he died?

257
00:10:26,727 --> 00:10:27,494
Yeah.

258
00:10:27,527 --> 00:10:29,296
He had a whole lot
of tranquilizers.

259
00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:30,931
But no SSRIs

260
00:10:30,964 --> 00:10:32,265
or antipsychotics.

261
00:10:32,299 --> 00:10:33,867
It's because a couple
of months ago,

262
00:10:33,901 --> 00:10:35,836
Angela convinced him
that he'd be cured

263
00:10:35,869 --> 00:10:37,137
with herbs and exercise.

264
00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:39,239
And you weren't
buying into that?

265
00:10:39,272 --> 00:10:41,775
Or Angela's motives.

266
00:10:41,809 --> 00:10:44,444
Just before she convinced him
to quit the meds,

267
00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:47,948
he'd confessed cheating on her
and fathering a son.

268
00:10:47,981 --> 00:10:50,317
Did he say how Angela reacted?

269
00:10:50,350 --> 00:10:51,685
Threatened the other woman.

270
00:10:51,719 --> 00:10:52,920
And that other woman,

271
00:10:52,953 --> 00:10:54,888
did he happen
to mention her name

272
00:10:54,922 --> 00:10:57,858
while he was in therapy?

273
00:10:57,891 --> 00:11:01,028
Sarah Ridell.

274
00:11:01,061 --> 00:11:03,330
She showed up at my door
one night a few months ago.

275
00:11:03,363 --> 00:11:05,365
Said Tadhg was having problems,

276
00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:07,968
and it was best
if I just stayed away.

277
00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:11,438
Angela wanted to cut off contact
between Tadhg and his son?

278
00:11:11,471 --> 00:11:12,940
More like Tadhg and me.

279
00:11:12,973 --> 00:11:14,875
But I wasn't about to let Tadhg
see Sean alone,

280
00:11:14,908 --> 00:11:17,010
so effectively, yeah.

281
00:11:17,044 --> 00:11:20,113
Why wouldn't you let Tadhg
alone with Sean?

282
00:11:20,147 --> 00:11:21,715
He was so unpredictable.

283
00:11:21,749 --> 00:11:24,251
You never knew which Tadhg
would show up.

284
00:11:24,284 --> 00:11:25,452
When Angela came
to your apartment,

285
00:11:25,485 --> 00:11:27,254
did you feel
that she was threatening you?

286
00:11:27,287 --> 00:11:28,889
The point got across.

287
00:11:28,922 --> 00:11:30,958
Did you tell Tadhg
about that?

288
00:11:30,991 --> 00:11:32,059
I mentioned it.

289
00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:34,094
Were you two in contact a lot?

290
00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:36,396
Just sometimes.

291
00:11:36,429 --> 00:11:39,199
Not like he was around
to be a father.

292
00:11:39,232 --> 00:11:40,868
Nothing like that.

293
00:11:40,901 --> 00:11:44,137
So how often
did you see him?

294
00:11:45,272 --> 00:11:46,506
When he'd call.

295
00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:50,243
You mean...to hook up?

296
00:11:51,779 --> 00:11:53,981
When was the last time?

297
00:11:55,382 --> 00:11:59,019
[sniffling]
The day before he died.

298
00:11:59,052 --> 00:12:02,055
We got a drink and went back
to my place.

299
00:12:02,089 --> 00:12:05,358
It was all good until we'd
finished and he freaked out.

300
00:12:05,392 --> 00:12:06,760
What do you mean by that?

301
00:12:06,794 --> 00:12:07,928
He went nuts.

302
00:12:07,961 --> 00:12:09,897
Started blubbering like a baby.

303
00:12:09,930 --> 00:12:12,399
Do you know what that
was all about?

304
00:12:12,432 --> 00:12:16,436
Said when Angela found out
we did it, he was a dead man.

305
00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:18,005
(Van Buren)
He didn't look like

306
00:12:18,038 --> 00:12:19,907
he was killed
in a jealous rage.

307
00:12:19,940 --> 00:12:21,241
Angela was with the guy
for two years.

308
00:12:21,274 --> 00:12:23,043
She knew all of his weaknesses.

309
00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:25,879
So what, she took her time,
set him up?

310
00:12:25,913 --> 00:12:28,381
As susceptible as he was--
unemployed, off his medication,

311
00:12:28,415 --> 00:12:29,783
in despair?

312
00:12:29,817 --> 00:12:30,851
It wouldn't be hard
to lube the guy

313
00:12:30,884 --> 00:12:33,453
with booze and pills
and drown the poor bastard.

314
00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:35,188
And we checked the LUDs
in Angela's place

315
00:12:35,222 --> 00:12:36,156
the night of the murder.

316
00:12:36,189 --> 00:12:38,091
There were no calls
to or from the hotel.

317
00:12:38,125 --> 00:12:39,492
But an hour
before Tadhg checked in,

318
00:12:39,526 --> 00:12:41,261
she got a call
from the White Horse Tavern,

319
00:12:41,294 --> 00:12:42,996
which is right around the corner
from Tadhg's apartment.

320
00:12:43,030 --> 00:12:45,365
Well, didn't Angela
have an alibi?

321
00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:47,267
Some friend in Williamsburg?

322
00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:48,368
She couldn't be reached.

323
00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:50,137
And the super said she just left
for the Peace Corps.

324
00:12:50,170 --> 00:12:52,039
She's lying.

325
00:12:52,072 --> 00:12:54,207
Go to the tavern.

326
00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:57,377
Tadhg Ruane?
He was a regular.

327
00:12:57,410 --> 00:13:00,580
Did his self-portrait
right there on the wall.

328
00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:03,283
Was he in here three nights ago?

329
00:13:03,316 --> 00:13:04,451
Yeah, he was.

330
00:13:04,484 --> 00:13:06,219
Posted up right there
on that stool.

331
00:13:06,253 --> 00:13:08,021
Talking some trash
about the Knicks.

332
00:13:08,055 --> 00:13:09,422
How was his behavior?

333
00:13:09,456 --> 00:13:12,225
Uh, real low-key.
Real calm.

334
00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:15,996
Doesn't sound like the guy
we've been hearing about.

335
00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:18,198
Generally he's loony tunes.

336
00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:20,100
I never seen him so laid-back.

337
00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:22,302
Hey, do you know if he used
that payphone over there?

338
00:13:22,335 --> 00:13:25,138
Yeah. He did.
I don't know who he called.

339
00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:27,007
Do you know what time he left?
About?
Around 11:00.

340
00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:28,008
(Green)
You know where he went?

341
00:13:28,041 --> 00:13:29,843
No clue.

342
00:13:29,877 --> 00:13:31,511
You could ask
the limo driver, though.

343
00:13:31,544 --> 00:13:32,612
He took a limo?

344
00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,014
Asked me to call him one.

345
00:13:34,047 --> 00:13:36,884
Said tonight he wanted
to ride in style.

346
00:13:36,917 --> 00:13:37,985
You got the number?

347
00:13:38,018 --> 00:13:39,452
Yeah, I got the number
right here.

348
00:13:42,189 --> 00:13:44,224
(Fontana)
His limo driver
dropped him right outside

349
00:13:44,257 --> 00:13:45,458
and watched him walk in.

350
00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:46,960
So he was definitely here.

351
00:13:46,994 --> 00:13:49,963
I'm sorry,
I don't remember him.

352
00:13:49,997 --> 00:13:50,964
Listen, this might've been
this guy's last stop

353
00:13:50,998 --> 00:13:51,965
before he was murdered.

354
00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:55,302
So if you wouldn't mind
taking a closer look.

355
00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:57,470
If it's the same guy,
he may be the one that met up

356
00:13:57,504 --> 00:13:58,972
with one of my regulars.

357
00:13:59,006 --> 00:13:59,973
And who is that?

358
00:14:00,007 --> 00:14:01,308
Angie.

359
00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:03,276
Angela Burkett?
Yeah.

360
00:14:03,310 --> 00:14:04,945
Did she fill a prescription?

361
00:14:06,213 --> 00:14:07,147
Listen.

362
00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:09,282
For your information,
confidentiality laws

363
00:14:09,316 --> 00:14:10,984
do not apply to pharmacists.

364
00:14:11,018 --> 00:14:12,652
I'm well aware they do.

365
00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:14,054
Well then,
you're well aware

366
00:14:14,087 --> 00:14:15,255
that we'll go get a subpoena,
come back,

367
00:14:15,288 --> 00:14:16,957
close this joint down
for three days,

368
00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:18,058
and go through all your records.

369
00:14:18,091 --> 00:14:21,228
What's your pleasure?

370
00:14:24,564 --> 00:14:26,967
Last two months,
she filled a few.

371
00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,435
What were they for?

372
00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:31,138
Alprazolam.

373
00:14:32,272 --> 00:14:34,107
Are you sure they were
my pills he took?

374
00:14:34,141 --> 00:14:36,977
(Fontana)
We're sure.

375
00:14:37,010 --> 00:14:39,913
Uh...well, I keep them
in my nightstand.

376
00:14:39,947 --> 00:14:42,682
He must've taken them
without me knowing.

377
00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:46,019
You mind telling us why you've
been stockpiling so many pills?

378
00:14:46,053 --> 00:14:47,454
What do you mean?

379
00:14:47,487 --> 00:14:48,688
Well, your phone records
indicate

380
00:14:48,721 --> 00:14:52,225
calls to four psychiatrists
over the past couple of months.

381
00:14:52,259 --> 00:14:55,996
I was trying to find
a new doctor for Tadhg.

382
00:14:56,029 --> 00:14:57,497
Well, we think
that you were getting him

383
00:14:57,530 --> 00:15:00,633
all the right prescriptions
for downers.

384
00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:01,701
You don't know that.

385
00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:03,003
We'll know soon enough.

386
00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:05,505
We're gonna subpoena
all the records.

387
00:15:05,538 --> 00:15:07,474
(Green)
When'd you find out

388
00:15:07,507 --> 00:15:10,110
Tadhg was sleeping
with his son's mom again?

389
00:15:10,143 --> 00:15:11,611
I didn't know.

390
00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:12,645
You didn't know

391
00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:15,648
that he slept with her
the day before he died?

392
00:15:15,682 --> 00:15:17,084
No, I didn't know.

393
00:15:17,117 --> 00:15:18,118
And I wouldn't have cared.

394
00:15:18,151 --> 00:15:20,653
When did you get
the enlightened attitude?

395
00:15:20,687 --> 00:15:22,622
We know for a fact that you
threatened her to back off Tadhg

396
00:15:22,655 --> 00:15:23,756
a couple of months ago.

397
00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:28,996
No, I told her that Tadhg needed
to simplify his life.

398
00:15:29,029 --> 00:15:30,030
I can't believe this.

399
00:15:30,063 --> 00:15:31,098
Oh, God.

400
00:15:31,131 --> 00:15:32,132
Stop lying.

401
00:15:32,165 --> 00:15:34,067
He was screwing around,
and that pissed you off.

402
00:15:34,101 --> 00:15:35,402
That's a natural reaction.

403
00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:37,370
Screwing around is a symptom
of his illness.

404
00:15:37,404 --> 00:15:39,039
It doesn't mean anything.

405
00:15:39,072 --> 00:15:40,073
Oh, come on!

406
00:15:40,107 --> 00:15:42,075
He had a kid with another woman.

407
00:15:42,109 --> 00:15:43,710
You're the scorned woman.

408
00:15:43,743 --> 00:15:44,978
You got revenge.

409
00:15:45,012 --> 00:15:47,014
Admit it!
No, Tadhg needed my help.

410
00:15:47,047 --> 00:15:50,583
He wanted to die!
All I did was help him!

411
00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:56,323
You helped him die?

412
00:15:59,192 --> 00:16:02,962
I think I need to speak
with an attorney now.

413
00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:11,771
She helped him die.

414
00:16:11,804 --> 00:16:13,473
She's going to plead
not guilty?

415
00:16:13,506 --> 00:16:15,408
Well, her fallback will be
assisted suicide.

416
00:16:15,442 --> 00:16:17,244
Either way, it's Man 2.

417
00:16:17,277 --> 00:16:18,678
Why not Murder 2?

418
00:16:18,711 --> 00:16:20,113
How will we convict her
for murder?

419
00:16:20,147 --> 00:16:22,349
There's evidence
he was suicidal.

420
00:16:22,382 --> 00:16:24,484
He suffered depression. That's
no reason to put him to death.

421
00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:25,652
Of course not.

422
00:16:25,685 --> 00:16:27,354
But if he wanted to die,

423
00:16:27,387 --> 00:16:29,356
should she do 25 to life
for helping?

424
00:16:29,389 --> 00:16:31,391
He was held underwater.
He had a gut
full of pills.

425
00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:33,393
There's no evidence
she shoved them down his throat.

426
00:16:33,426 --> 00:16:37,397
She was aware of his promiscuity
and she wrote his suicide note.

427
00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:40,067
That's staging the crime scene,
which is consciousness of guilt.

428
00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:42,669
I will write the indictment
for Murder 2.

429
00:16:42,702 --> 00:16:46,606
But I'm sure her lawyer is gonna
have something to say about it.

430
00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:48,641
(Thurber)
Tadhg was violently depressed.

431
00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:50,110
Suicidal.

432
00:16:50,143 --> 00:16:51,744
He had tried
every kind of therapy,

433
00:16:51,778 --> 00:16:54,047
every drug, nothing helped.

434
00:16:54,081 --> 00:16:57,617
He begged Angela
to help him die.

435
00:16:57,650 --> 00:16:58,718
This was not murder.

436
00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:02,689
Why did she pen
his suicide note?

437
00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:04,791
After he took the pills,
his hands were shaking.

438
00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:06,526
And he asked me to write it.

439
00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:09,396
What about the bruises
on his shoulders?

440
00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:12,199
I don't know anything about
the bruises on his shoulders.

441
00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:16,203
He was out drinking earlier.
Maybe he got into a fight.

442
00:17:16,236 --> 00:17:18,738
So she simply assisted
his suicide.

443
00:17:18,771 --> 00:17:20,573
That's your contention.

444
00:17:20,607 --> 00:17:23,276
I was trying to free him
from his pain.

445
00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:24,744
Except that he didn't have
bone cancer,

446
00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:27,547
or advanced AIDS.

447
00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:31,251
Even Kevorkian limited himself
to terminally ill patients.

448
00:17:31,284 --> 00:17:35,222
Mental illness can be every bit
as painful and intractable.

449
00:17:35,255 --> 00:17:38,458
So why did you tell him
to stop taking his medication?

450
00:17:38,491 --> 00:17:40,660
Because it wasn't working.

451
00:17:40,693 --> 00:17:42,562
It made him more miserable.

452
00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:46,333
(Thurber)
A jury will understand
this was a merciful act.

453
00:17:46,366 --> 00:17:49,269
Drowning a drunk, sedated man
is merciful?

454
00:17:50,637 --> 00:17:52,739
My client might be willing

455
00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:55,675
to plead to Man 2,
assisted suicide,

456
00:17:55,708 --> 00:17:57,510
if she stays out of prison.

457
00:17:57,544 --> 00:17:59,312
No deal.

458
00:17:59,346 --> 00:18:01,448
Then what are you after?

459
00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:05,518
Man 2, 15 years.

460
00:18:05,552 --> 00:18:07,387
All right, I was hoping
that we could

461
00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,122
resolve this thing rationally,
but apparently we can't.

462
00:18:09,156 --> 00:18:13,360
So here is our
reciprocal discovery.

463
00:18:13,393 --> 00:18:15,162
Let's go.

464
00:18:22,569 --> 00:18:27,507
My name is Tadhg Ruane.

465
00:18:27,540 --> 00:18:30,543
I'm of sound body and mind.

466
00:18:30,577 --> 00:18:35,348
And I'm making this, uh,
this recording

467
00:18:35,382 --> 00:18:37,750
because I'm just...

468
00:18:37,784 --> 00:18:40,487
tired.

469
00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,723
I'm tired of the pain.

470
00:18:43,756 --> 00:18:46,326
I'm tired of living.

471
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,430
I'm sorry, Ma.

472
00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:52,832
I just can't do it anymore.

473
00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:56,503
Please understand

474
00:18:56,536 --> 00:18:58,838
that...

475
00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:01,341
I want to.

476
00:19:03,743 --> 00:19:06,546
I need to...

477
00:19:06,579 --> 00:19:09,549
uh...

478
00:19:09,582 --> 00:19:11,584
I need to die.

479
00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:52,659
Makes it hard to prove murder.

480
00:19:52,692 --> 00:19:55,628
What happened after the camera
was turned off?

481
00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:58,831
I think Angela helped him
commit suicide.

482
00:19:58,865 --> 00:20:00,733
But she didn't
pull the trigger.

483
00:20:00,767 --> 00:20:02,569
I don't buy her explanation

484
00:20:02,602 --> 00:20:03,870
for the bruises on his neck.

485
00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:06,373
I say it's evidence
Tadhg changed his mind.

486
00:20:06,406 --> 00:20:08,341
Well, we can't rest the case
on some bruises.

487
00:20:08,375 --> 00:20:09,576
They're an element.

488
00:20:09,609 --> 00:20:12,579
We'll argue that Tadhg
was mentally ill.

489
00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:15,482
And not in his right mind
to decide whether or not

490
00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:16,849
he could commit suicide.

491
00:20:16,883 --> 00:20:19,018
I differentiate Tadhg
as mentally ill,

492
00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:20,920
not mentally incompetent.

493
00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:23,723
That's kind of a nice
distinction for you, isn't it?

494
00:20:23,756 --> 00:20:26,693
I thought where you came from,
suicide was suicide.

495
00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:28,428
It is.

496
00:20:28,461 --> 00:20:30,297
But you can't fault a man

497
00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:33,633
for something
that he has no control over.
Exactly.

498
00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:34,867
A person with Tadhg's
mental illness

499
00:20:34,901 --> 00:20:38,004
who wants to commit suicide
is mentally incompetent.

500
00:20:38,037 --> 00:20:39,839
A fact that
she took advantage of

501
00:20:39,872 --> 00:20:41,674
for her own purposes,
and may even have engineered

502
00:20:41,708 --> 00:20:44,644
by encouraging him to stop
taking his medication.

503
00:20:44,677 --> 00:20:48,415
Assisting his death is murder.

504
00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,822
(M.E. Rodgers)
The cause of death
was drowning.

505
00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:58,458
(McCoy)
So he was alive prior
to going underwater.

506
00:20:58,491 --> 00:20:59,426
(Rodgers)
Yes.

507
00:20:59,459 --> 00:21:00,460
The post-mortem buoyancy tests
of his lungs

508
00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:03,330
indicate he was sucking in,
trying to breathe.

509
00:21:03,363 --> 00:21:06,499
People's exhibit two,
Your Honor.

510
00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:08,568
Can you tell us
what you see here?

511
00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:12,038
Bruises on the victim's
shoulders.

512
00:21:12,071 --> 00:21:14,674
In your opinion,
how did they get there?

513
00:21:14,707 --> 00:21:15,875
They're consistent with

514
00:21:15,908 --> 00:21:17,910
someone grabbing
the victim from above

515
00:21:17,944 --> 00:21:19,546
and forcing him underwater.

516
00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:22,349
(McCoy)
Nothing further, Your Honor.

517
00:21:22,382 --> 00:21:27,420
(Thurber)
Ms. Rodgers, your report said
that Tadhg Ruane ingested

518
00:21:27,454 --> 00:21:30,657
over a thousand milligrams
of Alprazolam.

519
00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:32,825
Is that correct?
Yes.

520
00:21:32,859 --> 00:21:35,662
So if he hadn't drowned,
he would've died anyway.

521
00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:38,398
Unless someone
intervened in time.

522
00:21:38,431 --> 00:21:39,566
But if nobody did,

523
00:21:39,599 --> 00:21:42,402
and he had, um,
taken a walk,

524
00:21:42,435 --> 00:21:43,770
or been alone,
he would've died.

525
00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:45,672
(Rodgers)
Yes.
(Thurber)
Now, these bruises

526
00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:48,007
in exhibit two,
your report states

527
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,977
that, uh, they happened
within minutes of death.

528
00:21:51,010 --> 00:21:52,379
(Rodgers)
Yes.

529
00:21:52,412 --> 00:21:53,546
(Thurber)
But isn't it possible

530
00:21:53,580 --> 00:21:54,847
that the bruises were inflicted

531
00:21:54,881 --> 00:22:00,720
post-mortem, when the body
was moved from the tub?

532
00:22:00,753 --> 00:22:03,956
Given their location,
it's unlikely.

533
00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:06,025
But it's possible.

534
00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,661
Yes.

535
00:22:08,695 --> 00:22:10,663
Thank you.

536
00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:16,769
Those with dysphoric mania
typically cycle rapidly

537
00:22:16,803 --> 00:22:18,871
between very depressed
and very manic.

538
00:22:18,905 --> 00:22:20,106
(McCoy)
During this cycling,

539
00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:22,875
did Tadhg ever say
he wanted to die?

540
00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:23,810
Once or twice.

541
00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:26,413
But more often,
he said he wanted to live.

542
00:22:26,446 --> 00:22:27,980
Are you aware of any prior
suicide attempts

543
00:22:28,014 --> 00:22:30,783
by the victim, Doctor?
No.

544
00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:35,455
Do you know why he stopped
therapy and medication?

545
00:22:35,488 --> 00:22:38,391
He said his girlfriend didn't
think it was working for him.

546
00:22:38,425 --> 00:22:41,561
(McCoy)
In your opinion, is
Tadhg Ruane's condition so bad

547
00:22:41,594 --> 00:22:44,397
as to be beyond help,
beyond hope?

548
00:22:44,431 --> 00:22:46,032
Objection. Speculative.

549
00:22:46,065 --> 00:22:49,035
Sustained.
Rephrase, Mr. McCoy.

550
00:22:49,068 --> 00:22:51,438
Could Tadhg Ruane
have benefited

551
00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:53,573
from further treatment,
Doctor?

552
00:22:53,606 --> 00:22:56,042
Absolutely.

553
00:22:58,945 --> 00:23:03,082
Doctor, would you say someone
with dysphoric mania

554
00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:06,653
can suffer as much pain
as a terminally ill person?

555
00:23:06,686 --> 00:23:08,120
It's hard to quantify pain.

556
00:23:08,154 --> 00:23:10,490
But the symptoms can feel
excruciating.

557
00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:12,925
Enough to make him want
to kill himself?

558
00:23:12,959 --> 00:23:14,794
Yes, but, uh, wanting to die
and acting on it

559
00:23:14,827 --> 00:23:16,563
are two different things.

560
00:23:16,596 --> 00:23:18,798
(Thurber)
But Tadhg's illness
wasn't curable, was it?

561
00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:20,199
(Freemi)
It was manageable.

562
00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,634
Had he stayed in therapy
and on meds,

563
00:23:21,668 --> 00:23:23,970
he could've lived
another 50 years.

564
00:23:24,003 --> 00:23:27,674
Have you ever had any other
patients commit suicide?

565
00:23:27,707 --> 00:23:29,876
Yes.

566
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:33,480
And did any of those patients
kill themselves

567
00:23:33,513 --> 00:23:35,748
while in treatment?

568
00:23:35,782 --> 00:23:38,184
One patient.

569
00:23:38,217 --> 00:23:40,720
Staying in therapy and on meds
is really no guarantee

570
00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:42,121
against suicide, is it?

571
00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,591
Objection. Argumentative.

572
00:23:44,624 --> 00:23:47,860
(Thurber)
Withdrawn. Nothing further.

573
00:23:52,231 --> 00:23:56,168
I'm starting to think the jury
won't buy Murder 2, Jack.

574
00:23:56,202 --> 00:23:58,471
You'll understand if I disagree.

575
00:23:58,505 --> 00:23:59,706
But why risk it?

576
00:23:59,739 --> 00:24:01,608
If she'll plead
to assisted suicide,

577
00:24:01,641 --> 00:24:03,175
maybe even a little jail time?

578
00:24:03,209 --> 00:24:05,812
Revenge warrants more
than a slap on the wrist.

579
00:24:05,845 --> 00:24:08,247
What if the jury
doesn't see revenge?

580
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,984
What if they just see her
as helping Tadhg

581
00:24:12,018 --> 00:24:13,686
free himself from pain?

582
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,955
Pain which might have dissipated
the next morning.

583
00:24:15,988 --> 00:24:17,023
He may have got up,

584
00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:19,692
and wanted to take his son
to the basketball game.

585
00:24:19,726 --> 00:24:22,729
Or he could've woken up worse.

586
00:24:22,762 --> 00:24:26,699
This is some thorough
devil's advocacy, Alex.

587
00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:31,604
I have strong convictions
about suicide.

588
00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:33,573
But assistance?

589
00:24:33,606 --> 00:24:36,142
For someone
who is dedicated to dying?

590
00:24:36,175 --> 00:24:38,645
I'm not going to
set the precedent

591
00:24:38,678 --> 00:24:41,648
that depressives and
schizophrenics can take an exit

592
00:24:41,681 --> 00:24:44,684
with the help of overburdened
loved ones

593
00:24:44,717 --> 00:24:47,186
whose act of love
may have been tempered

594
00:24:47,219 --> 00:24:50,022
by frustration, anger,
resentment.

595
00:24:50,056 --> 00:24:52,592
He was suicidal.

596
00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:55,194
What he did
may have been wrong.

597
00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:58,531
But her?

598
00:24:58,565 --> 00:25:00,600
And strictly speaking,

599
00:25:00,633 --> 00:25:02,234
look at her.

600
00:25:02,268 --> 00:25:04,637
She's like a wounded puppy,
Jack.

601
00:25:04,671 --> 00:25:06,939
Will a jury convict her?

602
00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:10,643
Did you see that?

603
00:25:10,677 --> 00:25:12,579
What?

604
00:25:12,612 --> 00:25:14,914
Right here.

605
00:25:16,082 --> 00:25:18,885
Watch the mirror
in the background.

606
00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:23,322
Just looks like
a change in light

607
00:25:23,355 --> 00:25:24,323
from one of them moving.

608
00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:26,593
Watch it in slow motion.

609
00:25:26,626 --> 00:25:29,095
Angela and Tadhg are here.

610
00:25:29,128 --> 00:25:33,966
The shadow in the mirror here
is not from them.

611
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,705
Someone else is in the room.

612
00:25:38,738 --> 00:25:39,639
Any idea who it might be?

613
00:25:39,672 --> 00:25:41,641
Not from current evidence.

614
00:25:41,674 --> 00:25:44,276
The detectives are looking
for the camera.

615
00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:45,511
She had an accomplice.

616
00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:50,717
An assisted suicide doesn't
require this kind of secrecy.

617
00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:53,886
Well, I was a little shaky
on Murder 2 before.

618
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,690
But an accomplice
changes the game.

619
00:25:57,724 --> 00:25:59,291
Do we try
for a continuance?

620
00:25:59,325 --> 00:26:01,761
Buy a little time
to investigate?

621
00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:02,729
Doubtful a judge
would go for it.

622
00:26:02,762 --> 00:26:04,864
And any delay could hurt us
with the jury.

623
00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:06,666
What if Angela was forced
into this?

624
00:26:06,699 --> 00:26:09,669
She's had ample opportunity
to let us know.

625
00:26:09,702 --> 00:26:10,803
Sounds to me

626
00:26:10,837 --> 00:26:12,705
like you need to find
your third man

627
00:26:12,739 --> 00:26:14,674
before the case goes
to the jury.

628
00:26:14,707 --> 00:26:18,244
Unless, uh,
Angela plans on testifying.

629
00:26:18,277 --> 00:26:20,780
Thurber said she was going to
in his opening.

630
00:26:20,813 --> 00:26:23,950
That's a cross-examination
I'd like to see.

631
00:26:27,153 --> 00:26:30,189
(Angela)
Sometimes Tadhg
wouldn't sleep for days.

632
00:26:30,222 --> 00:26:32,024
And he'd get paranoid.

633
00:26:32,058 --> 00:26:34,961
Any little setback could
send him into a rage.

634
00:26:34,994 --> 00:26:37,830
Punching walls, wailing.

635
00:26:37,864 --> 00:26:39,265
Did you try getting him help?

636
00:26:39,298 --> 00:26:40,667
I was the one

637
00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:42,802
who first suggested
he see a therapist.

638
00:26:42,835 --> 00:26:44,704
And how did the therapy
work out?

639
00:26:44,737 --> 00:26:45,772
He went a lot.

640
00:26:45,805 --> 00:26:49,141
And he took a lot of drugs
that had bad side effects.

641
00:26:49,175 --> 00:26:53,145
Dry mouth, diarrhea,
impotence.

642
00:26:55,147 --> 00:26:58,050
A lot of the time,
he would just lay on the floor.

643
00:26:58,084 --> 00:27:01,854
He couldn't speak or even cry.
He refused to eat.

644
00:27:01,888 --> 00:27:05,257
He said that
it was like somebody

645
00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:10,029
had turned the light out
in his soul, it was so dark.

646
00:27:12,431 --> 00:27:16,836
Did he tell you that he wanted
to kill himself?

647
00:27:16,869 --> 00:27:20,306
After a while,
it's all he talked about.

648
00:27:20,339 --> 00:27:23,976
He said he was gonna do it
whether I was there or not.

649
00:27:24,010 --> 00:27:26,913
I chose to be with him.

650
00:27:31,718 --> 00:27:35,287
Can you tell us
exactly what happened

651
00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:39,458
in that bathroom
after the camera is shut off?

652
00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:42,428
I held Tadhg's hand.

653
00:27:42,461 --> 00:27:45,798
He started to fade.
He thanked me.

654
00:27:45,832 --> 00:27:47,433
He told me that he loved me.

655
00:27:47,466 --> 00:27:48,935
And then?

656
00:27:48,968 --> 00:27:50,770
His eyelids got heavy.

657
00:27:50,803 --> 00:27:53,172
His head sagged.

658
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:57,409
Then he went under the water.

659
00:27:57,443 --> 00:27:59,411
Was he awake when he went under?

660
00:27:59,445 --> 00:28:02,181
I don't think so.

661
00:28:02,214 --> 00:28:03,449
You "don't think so"?

662
00:28:03,482 --> 00:28:05,417
No.

663
00:28:05,451 --> 00:28:08,220
Should we ask the other person

664
00:28:08,254 --> 00:28:10,790
who was in the bathroom
with you, Ms. Burkett?

665
00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:14,794
What do you mean?

666
00:28:14,827 --> 00:28:17,930
Your Honor,
I'd like the jury to review

667
00:28:17,964 --> 00:28:21,467
Defense exhibit "B."

668
00:28:36,415 --> 00:28:38,517
[gasps]
I'll make an offer of proof

669
00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:45,524
that an expert from the NYPD
Audio Laboratory will testify

670
00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:48,260
that there is a third party
in that bathroom.

671
00:28:48,294 --> 00:28:49,428
Your Honor--

672
00:28:49,461 --> 00:28:51,397
Just a second, Counselor.

673
00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:54,366
Who was with you, Ms. Burkett?

674
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,869
This is wrong.
This is so wrong.

675
00:28:56,903 --> 00:28:58,470
Please just answer
the question.

676
00:28:58,504 --> 00:29:00,372
He wanted to die.

677
00:29:00,406 --> 00:29:02,508
This was an act of love!

678
00:29:02,541 --> 00:29:05,377
Who is the other person?

679
00:29:06,879 --> 00:29:07,980
I won't say.

680
00:29:08,014 --> 00:29:12,751
Then you'll be held in contempt
and jailed until you do.

681
00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:24,263
It was his brother Gerald.

682
00:29:42,581 --> 00:29:44,817
(Angela)
After Tadhg made his decision,

683
00:29:44,851 --> 00:29:47,419
I tried to get Gerald
to talk him out of it.

684
00:29:47,453 --> 00:29:49,388
But he said
that it was Tadhg's choice

685
00:29:49,421 --> 00:29:51,590
and that we should respect it.

686
00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:53,025
And Gerald helped you
plan it out.

687
00:29:53,059 --> 00:29:54,126
He gave us the book

688
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,527
on self-deliverance.

689
00:29:55,561 --> 00:29:57,830
And told me we should use
the camera.

690
00:29:57,864 --> 00:30:00,833
And he was there to tape it?

691
00:30:00,867 --> 00:30:03,502
He got there just before Tadhg
took the drugs.

692
00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:05,204
He set up the camera.

693
00:30:05,237 --> 00:30:06,572
And he told us

694
00:30:06,605 --> 00:30:08,908
when to start.

695
00:30:08,941 --> 00:30:11,343
And then he mostly
just watched.

696
00:30:11,377 --> 00:30:14,146
While I sat
with Tadhg and...

697
00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:17,616
I stroked his head
while he got drowsy.

698
00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:21,120
You say Gerald
"mostly watched."

699
00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:22,588
What does that mean?

700
00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:25,191
Well, I don't know.

701
00:30:25,224 --> 00:30:27,559
Because...

702
00:30:27,593 --> 00:30:31,163
a-at one point,
I left the bathroom.

703
00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:32,531
Why?

704
00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:36,235
The water was supposed to be
a fail-safe...

705
00:30:37,303 --> 00:30:40,206
after the pills
knocked Tadhg out,

706
00:30:40,239 --> 00:30:42,508
so he could just...

707
00:30:42,541 --> 00:30:46,845
drift under the water,
go to sleep.

708
00:30:49,548 --> 00:30:53,119
But when he started to, I--

709
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,890
I left the room.
I-I couldn't watch anymore.

710
00:30:57,924 --> 00:31:01,928
Did Gerald stay in the bathroom
with Tadhg?

711
00:31:03,495 --> 00:31:05,898
Yeah.

712
00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:08,600
Did Tadhg struggle to get out
of the water?

713
00:31:11,938 --> 00:31:15,307
I heard the water splashing,
but...

714
00:31:18,244 --> 00:31:22,648
I just put my hands over my ears
and I cried.

715
00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:25,384
Because you knew
what Gerald was doing?

716
00:31:25,417 --> 00:31:27,019
Holding Tadhg down?

717
00:31:27,053 --> 00:31:30,522
Because the man that I loved
was dying,

718
00:31:30,556 --> 00:31:33,926
and I was so scared, and I--

719
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:38,264
I just wanted him
to be at peace.

720
00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:52,644
She has to testify
against Gerald.

721
00:31:56,082 --> 00:31:58,217
I won't do that.

722
00:31:58,250 --> 00:31:59,986
Explain to your client

723
00:32:00,019 --> 00:32:02,288
that suddenly admitting
to a third party on cross

724
00:32:02,321 --> 00:32:05,724
is going to make the jury think
she has something to hide.

725
00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:08,727
They're gonna wonder why

726
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,696
you didn't bring him up
to begin with.

727
00:32:10,729 --> 00:32:13,132
Especially if he's innocent.

728
00:32:13,165 --> 00:32:16,102
You're looking
at a murder conviction.

729
00:32:19,571 --> 00:32:22,341
But if she testifies, Man 2.

730
00:32:22,374 --> 00:32:24,576
You'll make
a strong recommendation

731
00:32:24,610 --> 00:32:26,445
for leniency in sentencing?

732
00:32:26,478 --> 00:32:31,017
I'll recommend ten years.
After she testifies.

733
00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:37,323
I only wanted to help.

734
00:32:37,356 --> 00:32:39,625
We'll see about that.

735
00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:52,538
She could've pointed to anybody
in that courtroom.

736
00:32:52,571 --> 00:32:54,140
But she pointed at you.

737
00:32:54,173 --> 00:32:55,574
I wasn't in that hotel.

738
00:32:55,607 --> 00:32:57,109
Where were you?

739
00:32:57,143 --> 00:32:58,477
On Bowery, at O'Dwyer's.

740
00:32:58,510 --> 00:32:59,645
I barback there.

741
00:32:59,678 --> 00:33:02,548
And your boss would back you up?
You were there all night.

742
00:33:02,581 --> 00:33:05,651
Some of the time I was
in the basement doing inventory.

743
00:33:05,684 --> 00:33:07,553
So he can't account for you
all night.

744
00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:09,055
You drive to work?

745
00:33:09,088 --> 00:33:10,656
Yeah.
Where do you
park the car?

746
00:33:10,689 --> 00:33:11,623
Around the block.

747
00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:14,593
You got a parking ticket
at 1:00 that morning

748
00:33:14,626 --> 00:33:16,662
on 24th and 8th.

749
00:33:16,695 --> 00:33:18,330
That's what, like,
30 blocks away?

750
00:33:18,364 --> 00:33:20,799
It just happens to be
around the corner

751
00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:22,000
from the Athena Hotel.

752
00:33:22,034 --> 00:33:25,537
Very same time your brother
was being pushed underwater.

753
00:33:25,571 --> 00:33:28,240
It's kinda strange.

754
00:33:28,274 --> 00:33:30,576
Am I under arrest?

755
00:33:30,609 --> 00:33:32,611
You're going to be.

756
00:33:35,281 --> 00:33:38,684
You're gonna want that story
in perspective.

757
00:33:38,717 --> 00:33:41,387
Well, if I'm not under arrest,

758
00:33:41,420 --> 00:33:44,690
I got nothing else to say.

759
00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:53,699
(Van Buren)
Gerald's got no record,

760
00:33:53,732 --> 00:33:57,169
but his name popped up on two
rob/assault complaint reports

761
00:33:57,203 --> 00:33:58,304
in the past year.

762
00:33:58,337 --> 00:33:59,171
He was a suspect?

763
00:33:59,205 --> 00:34:00,839
No, he was just interviewed
at the scene

764
00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:01,840
after the fact.

765
00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:03,575
His mother was the victim.

766
00:34:03,609 --> 00:34:05,277
Now, the perp was collared.

767
00:34:05,311 --> 00:34:06,845
He's a heroin dealer.

768
00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:08,714
And in Gerald's statement
to the police,

769
00:34:08,747 --> 00:34:11,383
he said that the dealer
was there to collect

770
00:34:11,417 --> 00:34:12,584
on his brother's debts.

771
00:34:12,618 --> 00:34:14,353
How bad was his mother
assaulted?

772
00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:15,354
Well, this second assault

773
00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:16,688
put her in the hospital.

774
00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:19,525
Thanks.

775
00:34:19,558 --> 00:34:22,294
My arm was broke.

776
00:34:22,328 --> 00:34:23,729
Healed, though.

777
00:34:23,762 --> 00:34:25,664
How did Gerald react?

778
00:34:25,697 --> 00:34:28,534
Well, he was upset.
As you can imagine.

779
00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:30,136
Did he confront Tadhg about it?

780
00:34:30,169 --> 00:34:31,603
He did.

781
00:34:31,637 --> 00:34:32,571
But Gerald understood

782
00:34:32,604 --> 00:34:35,441
how hard Tadhg was struggling
at the time.

783
00:34:35,474 --> 00:34:38,777
Didn't create any animosity
between them?

784
00:34:40,646 --> 00:34:43,449
Gerald loved his brother.

785
00:34:43,482 --> 00:34:46,585
He cared for Tadhg
and protected him.

786
00:34:46,618 --> 00:34:50,222
Fought bullies
all through their childhood.

787
00:34:52,624 --> 00:34:54,793
But what, Mrs. Ruane?

788
00:34:54,826 --> 00:34:58,230
I always thought Gerald
was capable

789
00:34:58,264 --> 00:35:01,200
of taking care of himself.

790
00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:03,669
While Tadhg was sensitive.

791
00:35:03,702 --> 00:35:05,704
He needed looking after.

792
00:35:05,737 --> 00:35:07,139
So I gave him money.

793
00:35:07,173 --> 00:35:10,809
Because he was an artist.

794
00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:13,345
Maybe too much.

795
00:35:13,379 --> 00:35:16,282
How much money did you give him?

796
00:35:17,883 --> 00:35:22,321
A think we're done talking,
Ms. Borgia.

797
00:35:23,589 --> 00:35:25,791
The police said around the time
of Tadhg's suicide,

798
00:35:25,824 --> 00:35:29,195
Gerald had several cell calls
in to a realtor in Phoenix.

799
00:35:29,228 --> 00:35:32,764
And he'd applied for
an Arizona contractor's license.

800
00:35:32,798 --> 00:35:35,834
He was living with Mom 'cause
he was broke from a divorce.

801
00:35:35,867 --> 00:35:37,636
How was he gonna buy a house
in Phoenix?

802
00:35:37,669 --> 00:35:38,570
He also had

803
00:35:38,604 --> 00:35:41,673
several calls in to a realtor
in Queens

804
00:35:41,707 --> 00:35:43,675
who said Mrs. Ruane planned
to sell her townhouse

805
00:35:43,709 --> 00:35:45,377
and relocate with Gerald.

806
00:35:45,411 --> 00:35:46,712
Then this guy showed up.

807
00:35:48,247 --> 00:35:49,915
Leland McNeil.

808
00:35:49,948 --> 00:35:51,283
A long rap sheet.

809
00:35:51,317 --> 00:35:52,384
Big time bookmaker.

810
00:35:52,418 --> 00:35:53,652
Known to break kneecaps.

811
00:35:53,685 --> 00:35:54,886
The cops spoke to him.

812
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,290
Before Tadhg died, he collected
a debt from him for $60,000.

813
00:35:58,324 --> 00:36:01,427
Did you run Mrs. Ruane's
financials?

814
00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:02,361
She refinanced her house

815
00:36:02,394 --> 00:36:03,595
right around the time
the debt was paid.

816
00:36:03,629 --> 00:36:07,633
Scuttling Gerald's plans to
relocate and start a new life.

817
00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:10,168
It's a theory.
Arrest him.

818
00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:17,576
Hey, Gerald.
You got a minute?

819
00:36:17,609 --> 00:36:18,744
What for?

820
00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:20,679
Put that down.
You're coming with us.

821
00:36:20,712 --> 00:36:21,980
You're under arrest,
Gerald.

822
00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:23,649
You have the right
to remain silent.

823
00:36:23,682 --> 00:36:24,950
You have the right
to an attorney.

824
00:36:27,619 --> 00:36:29,821
(Sheets)
When did you know of your
brother Tadhg's desire

825
00:36:29,855 --> 00:36:31,823
to end his life?

826
00:36:31,857 --> 00:36:33,259
For years.

827
00:36:33,292 --> 00:36:34,693
I had begged him to get help.

828
00:36:34,726 --> 00:36:35,694
Which he did, many times.

829
00:36:35,727 --> 00:36:37,963
But, uh, it didn't work.

830
00:36:37,996 --> 00:36:42,268
And when did you decide
to help him end his life?

831
00:36:42,301 --> 00:36:44,603
When I realized
there was no stopping him.

832
00:36:44,636 --> 00:36:46,972
And that if he went about it
with a gun,

833
00:36:47,005 --> 00:36:48,674
which is what he said he would,

834
00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:51,510
that he may accidentally
shoot off half his face

835
00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:53,011
or shoot someone else.

836
00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:55,414
I-I had nightmares about it.

837
00:36:55,447 --> 00:36:59,618
So I did research into...
exiting.

838
00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:03,622
Would you take us through events
on the night your brother died?

839
00:37:03,655 --> 00:37:05,624
Angela Burkett called me

840
00:37:05,657 --> 00:37:07,726
at the bar where
I was barbacking.

841
00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:11,597
Tadhg had told her,
"Tonight's the night."

842
00:37:11,630 --> 00:37:13,399
And did you meet them
at the hotel?

843
00:37:13,432 --> 00:37:14,866
With a video camera.

844
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:16,635
Which I set up.

845
00:37:16,668 --> 00:37:19,438
We, uh...

846
00:37:19,471 --> 00:37:21,540
We all said our good-byes
to Tadhg.

847
00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:23,375
Which was very sad.

848
00:37:23,409 --> 00:37:25,010
But at the same time,

849
00:37:25,043 --> 00:37:27,546
we all knew it was
what Tadhg wanted.

850
00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:30,782
And that he'd fought against
his illness his whole life.

851
00:37:30,816 --> 00:37:33,452
And he deserved to rest.

852
00:37:33,485 --> 00:37:36,254
So there was something
very positive about it.

853
00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:41,627
Tell the jury
what happened then.

854
00:37:42,694 --> 00:37:44,296
He, uh...

855
00:37:44,330 --> 00:37:45,931
He choked.

856
00:37:45,964 --> 00:37:47,866
And he flailed his arms.

857
00:37:47,899 --> 00:37:49,601
(Sheets)
What did you do?

858
00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:51,370
(Gerald)
I, uh, moved to sit

859
00:37:51,403 --> 00:37:52,504
at the edge of the bathtub.

860
00:37:52,538 --> 00:37:56,007
And lifted him up so his head
was out of the water.

861
00:37:56,041 --> 00:37:58,677
And he calmed down.

862
00:38:00,979 --> 00:38:04,650
And after a bit,
his breathing got very slow.

863
00:38:04,683 --> 00:38:09,721
And so I took my hands
on his shoulders.

864
00:38:09,755 --> 00:38:12,491
And as gently as I could,

865
00:38:12,524 --> 00:38:14,793
eased him back under.

866
00:38:14,826 --> 00:38:18,997
(Sheets)
Is that how he got the bruises
on his shoulders?

867
00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:20,832
He was taller than the tub,
so I had to press down

868
00:38:20,866 --> 00:38:22,668
until his head submerged.

869
00:38:22,701 --> 00:38:25,036
Was it a violent act?

870
00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:28,807
No.

871
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,743
(Sheets)
And what happened then?

872
00:38:31,777 --> 00:38:35,381
My brother passed away.

873
00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:39,685
And I'm very sad that he's gone.

874
00:38:39,718 --> 00:38:42,954
But...there is no reason

875
00:38:42,988 --> 00:38:48,394
why I helped him die
beyond easing his pain.

876
00:38:49,861 --> 00:38:51,530
He wanted to die,

877
00:38:51,563 --> 00:38:55,667
and he wanted my help.

878
00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:03,642
And what did you want
from your brother, Mr. Ruane?

879
00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:06,478
I just wanted him at peace.

880
00:39:06,512 --> 00:39:08,780
You wanted peace from him,
didn't you?

881
00:39:08,814 --> 00:39:11,049
That's the more accurate
statement, isn't it?

882
00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:14,119
No. You're wrong.

883
00:39:14,152 --> 00:39:16,054
He cost you your job

884
00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:18,757
by appearing
at construction sites

885
00:39:18,790 --> 00:39:20,792
and demanding your attention.

886
00:39:20,826 --> 00:39:23,795
That happened one time.
And he was very sick that day.

887
00:39:23,829 --> 00:39:25,731
On numerous occasions,
he'd arrive at your home

888
00:39:25,764 --> 00:39:29,668
at all hours, screaming outside
if you didn't let him in.

889
00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:31,970
Not "numerous occasions."
Maybe twice.

890
00:39:32,003 --> 00:39:34,706
(McCoy)
He broke into your home
and stole electronics

891
00:39:34,740 --> 00:39:38,644
and silverware to feed
his drug and gambling habits.

892
00:39:38,677 --> 00:39:41,613
It happened one time.

893
00:39:41,647 --> 00:39:45,016
A week later, your wife filed
for divorce, didn't she?

894
00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:48,153
Yes.

895
00:39:48,186 --> 00:39:51,757
And after you finally persuaded
your mother

896
00:39:51,790 --> 00:39:53,725
to relocate with you
to Arizona

897
00:39:53,759 --> 00:39:56,662
to buy a new home,

898
00:39:56,695 --> 00:39:58,497
and to start a new job,

899
00:39:58,530 --> 00:39:59,898
your brother's debts forced you

900
00:39:59,931 --> 00:40:02,801
to put your life on hold
yet again.

901
00:40:02,834 --> 00:40:05,170
Do you recall testimony

902
00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:06,705
by the medical examiner

903
00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:09,140
about the bruises
on your brother's shoulders?

904
00:40:09,174 --> 00:40:10,208
Yes.

905
00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:11,677
Those bruises

906
00:40:11,710 --> 00:40:13,679
bore no indication
of gentle easing.

907
00:40:13,712 --> 00:40:15,614
Isn't it true that you held him
under the water

908
00:40:15,647 --> 00:40:16,615
with brute force?

909
00:40:16,648 --> 00:40:17,816
No.
He was flailing his arms

910
00:40:17,849 --> 00:40:19,885
and gasping for air, wasn't he?

911
00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:21,152
No--

912
00:40:21,186 --> 00:40:22,688
Possibly trying

913
00:40:22,721 --> 00:40:23,822
to change his mind?

914
00:40:23,855 --> 00:40:25,123
No!

915
00:40:25,156 --> 00:40:27,759
How can you be sure?

916
00:40:32,764 --> 00:40:35,634
You can't.

917
00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:37,736
And you never entertained
the notion

918
00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:41,807
because you wanted him dead,
didn't you?

919
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,842
I loved my brother.

920
00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:46,077
But his death

921
00:40:46,111 --> 00:40:49,748
didn't just solve his problems,
did it?

922
00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:53,785
It solved them for both of you.

923
00:40:55,153 --> 00:40:58,857
Isn't that correct,
Mr. Ruane?

924
00:41:03,028 --> 00:41:06,598
Yes or no?

925
00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:32,558
You asked to see us?

926
00:41:36,862 --> 00:41:41,266
I, uh, I wanted
to say something.

927
00:41:41,299 --> 00:41:44,302
You're supposed to protect
your kid brother.

928
00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:46,772
And I did that his whole life.

929
00:41:46,805 --> 00:41:50,108
And every second of helping him
plan his exit,

930
00:41:50,141 --> 00:41:51,910
I swear that's what I was doing.

931
00:41:51,943 --> 00:41:54,713
I was being an older brother.

932
00:41:57,849 --> 00:42:02,120
But at that last moment...

933
00:42:02,153 --> 00:42:04,590
when he wanted to breathe...

934
00:42:08,794 --> 00:42:11,630
God forgive me.

935
00:42:24,209 --> 00:42:26,745
Man 2, 15 years?

936
00:42:26,778 --> 00:42:29,881
He'd take more if
Angela's sentence was reduced.

937
00:42:29,915 --> 00:42:34,753
She didn't do anything
but love him.

938
00:42:41,827 --> 00:42:43,261
Angela's lawyer called.

939
00:42:43,294 --> 00:42:45,664
They thanked us for
the reduction to three years.

940
00:42:45,697 --> 00:42:46,965
They should.

941
00:42:46,998 --> 00:42:48,934
She should've helped him
with his meds.

942
00:42:48,967 --> 00:42:50,736
Helped him stay in therapy.

943
00:42:50,769 --> 00:42:52,771
She got off light.

944
00:42:52,804 --> 00:42:54,773
Are you familiar with
Mark Twain's account

945
00:42:54,806 --> 00:42:57,142
of an incident on a riverboat
where a man

946
00:42:57,175 --> 00:42:59,811
was trapped burning underneath
an exploded boiler,

947
00:42:59,845 --> 00:43:01,713
begging his crewmates
to shoot him?

948
00:43:01,747 --> 00:43:02,848
A crewmate did shoot him.

949
00:43:02,881 --> 00:43:05,216
How much time
would you give him?

950
00:43:05,250 --> 00:43:07,719
I'm not sure I'd prosecute.

951
00:43:07,753 --> 00:43:09,054
And three years is light
for someone who thought

952
00:43:09,087 --> 00:43:10,656
they were doing the same thing?

953
00:43:10,689 --> 00:43:14,059
That exploded boiler
was real, Alex.

954
00:43:14,092 --> 00:43:16,695
Not just in
the trapped man's mind.

955
00:43:16,728 --> 00:43:18,697
There's a big difference.

956
00:43:18,730 --> 00:43:20,732
You think Tadhg Ruane
would agree with that?

957
00:43:20,766 --> 00:43:24,870
If he was around,
I'd ask him.

958
00:43:24,903 --> 00:43:26,905
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