1 00:00:05,673 --> 00:00:07,575 (male announcer) In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:07,608 --> 00:00:10,144 the people are represented by two separate 3 00:00:10,178 --> 00:00:12,046 yet equally important groups-- 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,414 the police who investigate crime 5 00:00:13,447 --> 00:00:16,617 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:16,650 --> 00:00:18,319 These are their stories. 7 00:00:20,554 --> 00:00:23,157 You wanna explain to her this ain't the Four Seasons? 8 00:00:23,191 --> 00:00:25,093 I swear, she hits that button again, 9 00:00:25,126 --> 00:00:27,661 she's gonna feel a whole new source of pain. 10 00:00:27,695 --> 00:00:30,198 Hurry! Her son Michael! 11 00:00:30,231 --> 00:00:32,066 He's on the floor. 12 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:33,634 [panting and groaning] 13 00:00:33,667 --> 00:00:35,503 He's not breathing! I don't know what happened. 14 00:00:35,536 --> 00:00:38,406 He--he just collapsed. I don't--come on, hurry! 15 00:00:38,439 --> 00:00:40,408 Michael, baby, please talk to me! 16 00:00:40,441 --> 00:00:42,543 Come on, baby. Please, talk to me. 17 00:00:42,576 --> 00:00:44,345 Help him! Help him! 18 00:00:44,378 --> 00:00:46,414 Ma'am, I need to look at him. 19 00:00:46,447 --> 00:00:47,581 Please, please, give me space. 20 00:00:47,615 --> 00:00:49,283 Come on, let the nurses see him. 21 00:00:49,317 --> 00:00:50,684 Code blue! Code blue! 22 00:00:50,718 --> 00:00:53,154 Four Benson 322! 23 00:00:53,187 --> 00:00:54,855 Get a crash cart now! Michael, talk to me! 24 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:56,224 (man) Let the nurses do their job, okay? 25 00:00:56,257 --> 00:00:59,293 (Ashley) Oh, my God. Breathe, Michael, breathe! 26 00:00:59,327 --> 00:01:01,862 Breathe! He said that his head hurt and then he just collapsed. 27 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:03,231 Oh, my God, he's dying! 28 00:01:03,264 --> 00:01:04,865 (man) It's okay, let the nurse do her job. 29 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:05,966 (Ashley) Michael, please, breathe, breathe! 30 00:01:05,999 --> 00:01:07,601 (Dr. Havens) His name is Michael Jones. 31 00:01:07,635 --> 00:01:09,603 Just the two of them in the room when he died? 32 00:01:09,637 --> 00:01:11,572 No, her publicist was there as well. 33 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:12,873 He's waiting to talk to you. 34 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:14,675 So what makes you think foul play? 35 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:16,377 Well, there's no obvious trauma. 36 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:18,612 But he was fine one minute and dead the next. 37 00:01:18,646 --> 00:01:20,448 That happened to my Uncle Harry. 38 00:01:20,481 --> 00:01:21,682 They called it a heart attack. 39 00:01:21,715 --> 00:01:24,418 A 19-year-old kid? It's not likely. 40 00:01:24,452 --> 00:01:28,322 (Dr. Havens) As soon as we pronounced, we got everybody out. 41 00:01:28,356 --> 00:01:30,090 Nothing's been touched in the room either. 42 00:01:32,326 --> 00:01:34,628 (Cassady) Is that blood coming out of his mouth? 43 00:01:34,662 --> 00:01:36,297 (Dr. Havens) Pulmonary edema. 44 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:38,532 His lungs filled up as he was dying. 45 00:01:38,566 --> 00:01:39,667 That can happen with a poisoning? 46 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:41,535 Absolutely. 47 00:01:41,569 --> 00:01:43,337 Where's his mother now? 48 00:01:43,371 --> 00:01:45,639 Down the hall. Sedated. 49 00:01:45,673 --> 00:01:47,708 She's in a pretty bad way. 50 00:01:47,741 --> 00:01:51,912 Change of clothes, some books. 51 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:52,980 Cell phone. 52 00:01:53,013 --> 00:01:55,616 Who would have been in and out of this room tonight? 53 00:01:55,649 --> 00:01:58,519 Nurses on shift. An attendant maybe. 54 00:01:58,552 --> 00:01:59,553 Regular traffic. 55 00:01:59,587 --> 00:02:02,356 What time is dinner, normally? 56 00:02:02,390 --> 00:02:03,757 Um, 7:00, I think. 57 00:02:03,791 --> 00:02:06,927 She's the patient. 58 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,496 The food was for her. 59 00:02:08,529 --> 00:02:10,531 Maybe the kid wasn't supposed to be the victim. 60 00:02:17,371 --> 00:02:20,341 [theme music] 61 00:02:20,374 --> 00:02:28,382 * 62 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:05,319 That son of a bitch killed Michael. 63 00:03:05,353 --> 00:03:06,420 I know he did. 64 00:03:06,454 --> 00:03:07,588 Now, what are you gonna do about it? 65 00:03:07,621 --> 00:03:09,457 Who are you talking about? 66 00:03:09,490 --> 00:03:11,559 Miles Foster. My husband's son. 67 00:03:11,592 --> 00:03:12,593 He and is sister Hillary 68 00:03:12,626 --> 00:03:14,662 are contesting the will in court. 69 00:03:14,695 --> 00:03:17,331 I have a legal right to that inheritance. 70 00:03:17,365 --> 00:03:18,666 William signed the papers. 71 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:20,668 How much money are we talking about, exactly? 72 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:24,705 46 million. 73 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:27,675 I can't believe Michael's gone. 74 00:03:32,446 --> 00:03:37,518 He was my baby. 75 00:03:37,551 --> 00:03:39,553 We didn't get any time together. 76 00:03:39,587 --> 00:03:42,623 Why'd they have to hurt him? 77 00:03:42,656 --> 00:03:46,294 It's possible that you were the target here, Ms. Jones. 78 00:03:46,327 --> 00:03:49,597 Oh, my God. 79 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:52,633 These people think they can do anything. 80 00:03:52,666 --> 00:03:53,467 This Miles Foster, 81 00:03:53,501 --> 00:03:55,002 has he ever threatened you before? 82 00:03:55,035 --> 00:03:55,969 That's all he's done. 83 00:03:56,003 --> 00:03:59,507 He's had men follow me home, crank phone calls. 84 00:03:59,540 --> 00:04:00,774 Okay, we'll look into that. 85 00:04:00,808 --> 00:04:03,043 Now, what's the state of the settlement? 86 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:04,545 There is no settlement. 87 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:06,514 All the money's tied up in probate. 88 00:04:06,547 --> 00:04:08,749 What happens if you're not around? 89 00:04:08,782 --> 00:04:10,050 Under the terms of the will, 90 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:13,621 everything goes to Miles and Hillary. 91 00:04:13,654 --> 00:04:16,690 I want that man arrested! 92 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:22,796 Ashley Jones is accusing me of poisoning her son? 93 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:24,665 This nightmare won't end. 94 00:04:24,698 --> 00:04:26,534 Well, we believe someone intended 95 00:04:26,567 --> 00:04:27,635 to poison her. 96 00:04:27,668 --> 00:04:28,836 I applaud them for the effort, 97 00:04:28,869 --> 00:04:30,638 but I assure you I had nothing to do with it, Detective. 98 00:04:30,671 --> 00:04:32,440 You and your sister stood to gain. 99 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:33,641 We're about to win our lawsuit. 100 00:04:33,674 --> 00:04:35,676 We have no reason to do something like that. 101 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:37,044 (Cassady) She can appeal, can't she? 102 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:38,779 She can take it to the Supreme Court, 103 00:04:38,812 --> 00:04:39,847 for all I care. 104 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,317 The woman's been exposed as a first-rate con artist. 105 00:04:43,351 --> 00:04:45,453 How'd she manage to stake a claim in the first place? 106 00:04:45,486 --> 00:04:46,754 By manipulating my father. 107 00:04:46,787 --> 00:04:48,589 92, in declining health, 108 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:49,557 she tricked him into marriage, 109 00:04:49,590 --> 00:04:51,525 and contrived a way to amend his estate plans. 110 00:04:51,559 --> 00:04:53,394 Maybe he was in love. 111 00:04:53,427 --> 00:04:55,095 I know she certainly wasn't. 112 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:57,665 My father died less than a year after they were married. 113 00:04:57,698 --> 00:04:58,799 She's used every scheme in the book 114 00:04:58,832 --> 00:05:00,501 to get her hands on that money. 115 00:05:00,534 --> 00:05:01,735 Knowing her, she probably killed her own son, 116 00:05:01,769 --> 00:05:02,736 just to accuse me. 117 00:05:02,770 --> 00:05:05,473 Well, she said you threatened her in the past. 118 00:05:05,506 --> 00:05:07,107 People following her home. 119 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:08,542 We hired private investigators 120 00:05:08,576 --> 00:05:11,712 to document her lifestyle. 121 00:05:11,745 --> 00:05:13,681 It was never intended as a threat. 122 00:05:13,714 --> 00:05:15,616 Talk to my attorney. 123 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:18,752 Allow her to enlighten you. 124 00:05:18,786 --> 00:05:20,721 (Heath) William Foster was halfway senile. 125 00:05:20,754 --> 00:05:22,656 Ms. Jones worked on him till he didn't know which way was up. 126 00:05:22,690 --> 00:05:24,525 Within a month, the pre-nup was negated, 127 00:05:24,558 --> 00:05:26,427 and she was a heartbeat away from retirement. 128 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:28,596 That's not gold digging. That's grave robbing. 129 00:05:28,629 --> 00:05:30,664 You do understand how this looks? 130 00:05:30,698 --> 00:05:32,600 Detective, Miles Foster has no motive 131 00:05:32,633 --> 00:05:33,601 for getting even. 132 00:05:33,634 --> 00:05:35,769 His lawsuit is wrapping up quite well for us. 133 00:05:35,803 --> 00:05:37,471 Because of something you have on Ashley. 134 00:05:37,505 --> 00:05:38,472 Mm-hmm. 135 00:05:38,506 --> 00:05:40,708 A signed affidavit from her personal trainer. 136 00:05:40,741 --> 00:05:42,743 Courtesy of Mr. Simon, my investigator. 137 00:05:42,776 --> 00:05:43,611 He was sleeping with Ashley 138 00:05:43,644 --> 00:05:46,113 from the day she married William Foster. 139 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:47,815 Why'd the trainer tell you about it? 140 00:05:47,848 --> 00:05:49,517 'Cause she used him like toilet paper. 141 00:05:49,550 --> 00:05:50,751 He thought he was moving out of the gym, 142 00:05:50,784 --> 00:05:51,785 and up to the penthouse. 143 00:05:51,819 --> 00:05:53,387 Are there any more like him? 144 00:05:53,421 --> 00:05:54,388 Plenty. 145 00:05:54,422 --> 00:05:55,689 She was a kept woman for years. 146 00:05:55,723 --> 00:05:57,458 How does her son figure in all this? 147 00:05:57,491 --> 00:05:58,291 He didn't. 148 00:05:58,325 --> 00:06:00,127 She shipped him off when he was a kid 149 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:01,795 to live with relatives upstate. 150 00:06:01,829 --> 00:06:03,731 (Green) Any idea why he came back? 151 00:06:03,764 --> 00:06:06,600 Let's just say the tire doesn't roll far from the mobile home. 152 00:06:06,634 --> 00:06:07,835 Money. 153 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:10,738 She's been working men since the age of consent. 154 00:06:10,771 --> 00:06:13,507 Her own son shows up, starts working her. 155 00:06:13,541 --> 00:06:16,877 Call it karma. 156 00:06:16,910 --> 00:06:18,779 (Cassady) A drug buy. 157 00:06:18,812 --> 00:06:22,382 I shot those photos outside Ashley's apartment last week. 158 00:06:23,917 --> 00:06:25,553 Hey, Lieu. Yo. 159 00:06:25,586 --> 00:06:27,788 The toxicology report from that hospital food 160 00:06:27,821 --> 00:06:29,657 came back negative. 161 00:06:29,690 --> 00:06:31,191 No poison in the ravioli. 162 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:33,193 So maybe the kid did die of an overdose. 163 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:34,762 His mother and her publicist says 164 00:06:34,795 --> 00:06:36,664 he was acting totally normal before he died. 165 00:06:36,697 --> 00:06:38,198 Well, what about that photo? 166 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:39,867 Cassady's at Narcotics, 167 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:41,535 seeing if they can identify the dude. 168 00:06:41,569 --> 00:06:42,736 And what'd the M.E. say? 169 00:06:42,770 --> 00:06:43,904 She's still not done with the post. 170 00:06:43,937 --> 00:06:46,874 She has to order more tests to verify the cause of death. 171 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:49,777 Look, I don't want to keep spinning our wheels 172 00:06:49,810 --> 00:06:51,144 if this isn't a homicide. 173 00:06:51,178 --> 00:06:52,846 Call her again, light a fire. 174 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,615 You're gonna have to call her, 175 00:06:54,648 --> 00:06:56,684 because she's sick of talking to me. 176 00:06:56,717 --> 00:06:58,886 Our wannabe player is Marco Penzler. 177 00:06:58,919 --> 00:07:00,888 He's had a couple of run-ins with Narcotics. 178 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:02,690 Mostly low-level heroin deals. 179 00:07:02,723 --> 00:07:05,793 He's got a bench warrant on a marijuana summons. 180 00:07:05,826 --> 00:07:06,727 Keep reading. 181 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,696 He also has an attempted murder charge. 182 00:07:08,729 --> 00:07:10,764 What's that about? 183 00:07:10,798 --> 00:07:11,865 The D.A. declined to prosecute, 184 00:07:11,899 --> 00:07:12,700 because of lack of evidence. 185 00:07:12,733 --> 00:07:14,568 But the word is he pushed a burn bag 186 00:07:14,602 --> 00:07:15,469 with roach poison. 187 00:07:15,503 --> 00:07:16,470 Put a kid in the hospital. 188 00:07:16,504 --> 00:07:18,238 He could have done the same thing to Michael. 189 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:21,709 Any contact with Marco before the kid died? 190 00:07:21,742 --> 00:07:23,744 Not that I could tell. (Green) It's possible, though-- 191 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:25,746 There was a call on Michael's cell records 192 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:26,947 that we couldn't link up. 193 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:28,949 It could be a disposable cell phone. 194 00:07:28,982 --> 00:07:32,586 Which has dealer written all over it. 195 00:07:32,620 --> 00:07:33,721 Pull Marco in. 196 00:07:33,754 --> 00:07:35,956 Okay. 197 00:07:35,989 --> 00:07:37,858 I can read the sign on the door. 198 00:07:37,891 --> 00:07:39,860 You're homicide. 199 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:40,828 What's that got to do with me? 200 00:07:40,861 --> 00:07:42,830 Michael Jones is a client of yours, right? 201 00:07:42,863 --> 00:07:44,798 I saw he died on the news. 202 00:07:44,832 --> 00:07:46,700 Yep, he died. 203 00:07:46,734 --> 00:07:47,835 And now here you are. 204 00:07:47,868 --> 00:07:50,738 Right. Here I am. 205 00:07:50,771 --> 00:07:52,873 You know, they said, I burned that dude, 206 00:07:52,906 --> 00:07:53,741 but it ain't true. 207 00:07:53,774 --> 00:07:55,643 That's why the D.A. dropped the charges. 208 00:07:55,676 --> 00:07:56,577 Except maybe it's happened again, 209 00:07:56,610 --> 00:07:59,279 and it's coming back to you again, Marco. 210 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:00,748 We know that Michael talked to you that day. 211 00:08:00,781 --> 00:08:01,882 And we know you dealt to him in that past. 212 00:08:01,915 --> 00:08:03,216 Did he OD? 213 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:04,251 Did you sell him heroin? 214 00:08:04,284 --> 00:08:05,686 Didn't have any to sell. 215 00:08:05,719 --> 00:08:07,855 Fashion Week cleaned me out. 216 00:08:07,888 --> 00:08:09,890 Must've scored some gutter junk that messed him up. 217 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:10,891 You know what I think? 218 00:08:10,924 --> 00:08:13,894 I think he owed you. 219 00:08:13,927 --> 00:08:16,530 Came to you for another favor, and you gave him the bad stuff. 220 00:08:16,564 --> 00:08:19,600 Mikey didn't have any problem coming up with cash. 221 00:08:19,633 --> 00:08:21,669 He got it from that fine MILF of his. 222 00:08:21,702 --> 00:08:22,703 (Cassady) Then who'd he hook up with? 223 00:08:22,736 --> 00:08:24,905 You're the dick. 224 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:26,774 All I know is he didn't die from nothin' I gave him. 225 00:08:26,807 --> 00:08:28,308 'Cause I didn't give him nothin'. 226 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:29,910 Autopsy's starting. M.E.'s waiting for us. 227 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:31,779 Perfect. 228 00:08:31,812 --> 00:08:32,880 Well, Marco, in about ten minutes, 229 00:08:32,913 --> 00:08:35,683 we'll know if you're on the level. 230 00:08:37,985 --> 00:08:40,688 His tox showed moderate levels of heroin, 231 00:08:40,721 --> 00:08:43,323 and a couple prescription medications. 232 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:44,825 He died of the drug cocktail? 233 00:08:44,858 --> 00:08:46,960 That probably helped him along, 234 00:08:46,994 --> 00:08:48,862 but the actual cause of death 235 00:08:48,896 --> 00:08:51,331 was a golf ball-sized metastatic tumor 236 00:08:51,364 --> 00:08:52,833 in his brain. 237 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:54,334 Well, he complained of a headache 238 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:55,769 before he collapsed. 239 00:08:55,803 --> 00:08:56,937 Yeah, I bet he did. 240 00:08:56,970 --> 00:08:58,806 Probably had a massive seizure. 241 00:08:58,839 --> 00:09:01,274 (Green) So he died of complications from cancer? 242 00:09:01,308 --> 00:09:02,342 Not so fast. 243 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:03,944 I'm ruling it a homicide. 244 00:09:03,977 --> 00:09:06,046 How do you figure? 245 00:09:06,079 --> 00:09:08,616 Then non-recreational pharmaceuticals in his blood 246 00:09:08,649 --> 00:09:11,351 were cyclosporine and prednisone. 247 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:12,953 Immunosuppressants. 248 00:09:12,986 --> 00:09:14,955 People take them when they get a new kidney, 249 00:09:14,988 --> 00:09:15,956 or a new heart. 250 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:17,825 What did he get? 251 00:09:17,858 --> 00:09:20,728 New legs. 252 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:23,964 See here and here? 253 00:09:23,997 --> 00:09:25,966 He got cancer from bone grafts. 254 00:09:25,999 --> 00:09:27,334 You got it. 255 00:09:27,367 --> 00:09:28,902 You're looking at first-class surgery, 256 00:09:28,936 --> 00:09:30,704 with third-rate donor material. 257 00:09:30,738 --> 00:09:32,806 How'd that happen? It shouldn't have. 258 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,008 The bone should have been screened and sterilized. 259 00:09:35,042 --> 00:09:37,845 No way this came from a legitimate tissue bank. 260 00:09:37,878 --> 00:09:41,014 Are we talking about black market body parts? 261 00:09:41,048 --> 00:09:42,282 I typed the cells in the tumor. 262 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:43,884 Even called in a neuropath consultant 263 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:46,987 for confirmation. 264 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:49,022 This young man died of ovarian cancer. 265 00:09:57,130 --> 00:09:58,265 Rodgers thinks the surgery is legit, 266 00:09:58,298 --> 00:10:00,200 but it's anybody's guess where those donor bones came from. 267 00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:01,802 Well, what are we talking about here? 268 00:10:01,835 --> 00:10:04,137 Illegal chop shop? Stolen body parts? 269 00:10:04,171 --> 00:10:05,973 That would explain why the cancer wasn't detected. 270 00:10:06,006 --> 00:10:08,308 Any real tissue bank would screen for diseases. 271 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,343 If that stuff gets into the distribution chain-- 272 00:10:10,377 --> 00:10:11,945 I don't want to hear about it. 273 00:10:11,979 --> 00:10:13,781 Who's been notified so far? 274 00:10:13,814 --> 00:10:15,248 Well, the M.E.'s office reached out 275 00:10:15,282 --> 00:10:16,249 to the Health Department. 276 00:10:16,283 --> 00:10:18,852 They're issuing bulletins to area hospitals. 277 00:10:18,886 --> 00:10:20,320 Do we have any leads 278 00:10:20,353 --> 00:10:22,823 on who performed this operation on the kid? 279 00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:23,991 We got nothing. 280 00:10:24,024 --> 00:10:25,859 There's over 100 medical facilities 281 00:10:25,893 --> 00:10:27,895 in New York City that can do bone grafts. 282 00:10:27,928 --> 00:10:30,397 What about when it happened? 283 00:10:30,430 --> 00:10:32,199 Rodgers thinks that, judging by the healing of the bone, 284 00:10:32,232 --> 00:10:33,166 it was about a year and a half ago. 285 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:34,935 At that time, Michael was a heroin addict 286 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:35,936 living on a street. 287 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:37,237 I doubt he was insured. 288 00:10:37,270 --> 00:10:39,406 Yeah, well, I doubt any transplant hospital 289 00:10:39,439 --> 00:10:40,941 would even take your temperature 290 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:42,075 without proof of insurance. 291 00:10:42,109 --> 00:10:44,244 Meaning somebody came through for him in a big way, 292 00:10:44,277 --> 00:10:46,379 because that procedure was not cheap. 293 00:10:46,413 --> 00:10:49,082 Talk to his mother again. 294 00:10:49,116 --> 00:10:51,318 See if she knows anything. 295 00:10:54,287 --> 00:10:55,956 (Ashley) Michael admitted he'd been homeless 296 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:57,357 and used drugs. 297 00:10:57,390 --> 00:11:01,795 I said, "So what?" 298 00:11:01,829 --> 00:11:04,331 We were making a fresh start. 299 00:11:04,364 --> 00:11:07,400 I didn't want to dwell on the past. 300 00:11:07,434 --> 00:11:09,402 His or yours? 301 00:11:09,436 --> 00:11:13,006 Look. 302 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,309 I may not have always been there... 303 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:18,045 I had a substance abuse problem 304 00:11:18,078 --> 00:11:21,048 of my own to deal with, okay? 305 00:11:21,081 --> 00:11:23,450 Ms. Jones, help us out. 306 00:11:23,483 --> 00:11:25,318 We don't know anything about what happened to your son 307 00:11:25,352 --> 00:11:26,319 when he was on the street, 308 00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:28,922 except he had major surgery. 309 00:11:28,956 --> 00:11:31,424 (Cassady) Seems pretty unusual, 310 00:11:31,458 --> 00:11:33,360 considering he was a homeless drug addict at the time. 311 00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:36,463 What do you want me to say? 312 00:11:36,496 --> 00:11:39,232 I don't know anything about it. 313 00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:41,835 Can you tell us anything? 314 00:11:41,869 --> 00:11:43,871 Old friends he might have mentioned. 315 00:11:43,904 --> 00:11:45,272 Places he used to hang out. 316 00:11:45,305 --> 00:11:46,940 Anything? 317 00:11:46,974 --> 00:11:49,276 Um... 318 00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:51,211 A few weeks ago, 319 00:11:51,244 --> 00:11:54,114 Michael had a girl in the apartment. 320 00:11:54,147 --> 00:11:58,852 She looked like she'd been crying. 321 00:11:58,886 --> 00:12:00,954 She left pretty quickly after I came home. 322 00:12:00,988 --> 00:12:02,489 Did you get a name? 323 00:12:02,522 --> 00:12:05,392 Natasha, I think. 324 00:12:05,425 --> 00:12:08,095 She was an old girlfriend. 325 00:12:08,128 --> 00:12:10,330 I didn't press on the details. 326 00:12:10,363 --> 00:12:12,966 Anything else? 327 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,236 Um, her shirt. 328 00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:19,239 There was a name on her shirt. 329 00:12:19,272 --> 00:12:22,943 Delancey's. Delaney's. 330 00:12:26,346 --> 00:12:29,149 (Natasha) Me and Mike, homeless junkies. 331 00:12:29,182 --> 00:12:31,484 I can't believe I lived that way. 332 00:12:31,518 --> 00:12:34,354 I hadn't seen him in almost two years, 333 00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:36,389 then we reconnected. 334 00:12:36,423 --> 00:12:39,392 It was obvious that he was still using. 335 00:12:39,426 --> 00:12:41,328 I told him I didn't want to see him again 336 00:12:41,361 --> 00:12:42,495 if he wasn't gonna get clean. 337 00:12:42,529 --> 00:12:44,464 Do you know how he broke his legs? 338 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:46,199 Back then we were doing little rips 339 00:12:46,233 --> 00:12:48,135 to keep up with our habits. 340 00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:51,271 We got caught boosting an air bag. 341 00:12:51,304 --> 00:12:54,074 Mike took off across Queens Boulevard. 342 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:55,909 A taxi hit him. 343 00:12:55,943 --> 00:12:57,277 (Green) Where'd they take him? 344 00:12:57,310 --> 00:12:58,511 I don't know. 345 00:12:58,545 --> 00:13:00,413 The paramedics wouldn't let me go with him. 346 00:13:00,447 --> 00:13:02,349 I figured he was dead. 347 00:13:02,382 --> 00:13:04,051 I mean, he looked halfway there 348 00:13:04,084 --> 00:13:05,418 when they put him in the ambulance. 349 00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:07,387 If he got hit on Queens Boulevard, 350 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:09,189 do you think maybe they took him 351 00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:09,990 to Queen City hospital? 352 00:13:10,023 --> 00:13:12,459 I checked right after it happened. 353 00:13:12,492 --> 00:13:15,195 They didn't have him listed as a patient. 354 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:16,529 Well, is it possible that he was admitted 355 00:13:16,563 --> 00:13:17,430 under another name? 356 00:13:17,464 --> 00:13:20,533 What name? 357 00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:22,469 Well, maybe he had somebody else's insurance card 358 00:13:22,502 --> 00:13:24,537 or I.D. or something. 359 00:13:24,571 --> 00:13:28,976 Now I know why I couldn't find him. 360 00:13:29,009 --> 00:13:31,378 Yeah. 361 00:13:31,411 --> 00:13:34,181 We found a wallet in the glove box 362 00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:36,984 of a car that we had ripped. 363 00:13:37,017 --> 00:13:38,451 The I.D. sort of looked like Mike. 364 00:13:38,485 --> 00:13:40,453 He kept it in case we got busted. 365 00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:41,554 Do you remember the name? 366 00:13:41,588 --> 00:13:43,456 We used to make fun of it, 367 00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:49,963 'cause it sounded rich-- Huvey Wilson. 368 00:13:49,997 --> 00:13:52,199 Mr. Huvey T. Wilson, a.k.a. John Doe. 369 00:13:52,232 --> 00:13:53,600 Two shattered femurs. 370 00:13:53,633 --> 00:13:56,203 Looks like we treated him about a year and a half ago. 371 00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:58,305 You did bone grafts on him to repair his legs? 372 00:13:58,338 --> 00:13:59,606 Not according to this. 373 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:01,574 The kid had insurance issues. 374 00:14:01,608 --> 00:14:03,076 The card probably came back stolen. 375 00:14:03,110 --> 00:14:04,211 All right, so if he can't pay, 376 00:14:04,244 --> 00:14:05,412 what happens next? 377 00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:08,048 Well, if you can't pay, you get the blue light special. 378 00:14:08,081 --> 00:14:09,482 In this case, double amputation. 379 00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:10,550 You've gotta be kidding me. 380 00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:12,352 Hey, blame the bean counters. 381 00:14:12,385 --> 00:14:14,121 We don't take any pleasure cutting off someone's legs. 382 00:14:14,154 --> 00:14:16,123 Look doctor, up until two days ago, 383 00:14:16,156 --> 00:14:17,524 he was walking upright. 384 00:14:17,557 --> 00:14:19,459 We know he got bone grafts on both legs. 385 00:14:19,492 --> 00:14:21,094 Maybe he transferred out. 386 00:14:21,128 --> 00:14:23,096 There's not way he got that kind of charity here. 387 00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:24,231 What does his chart say? 388 00:14:24,264 --> 00:14:25,498 Um... 389 00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:26,499 Missing a couple pages. 390 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:28,235 It happens. 391 00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:30,170 Okay, do you have any idea where this surgery 392 00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:32,372 might have been done? 393 00:14:32,405 --> 00:14:34,307 There's a non-profit orthopedic clinic in Manhattan 394 00:14:34,341 --> 00:14:36,376 and they've taken some of our hard luck cases in the past. 395 00:14:36,409 --> 00:14:38,511 Dr. Vaughn runs the program. 396 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:40,247 The guy's practically pining for sainthood. 397 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,215 This way. 398 00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:46,186 (Dr. Vaughn) You're sure about this? 399 00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:47,554 Ovarian cancer? 400 00:14:47,587 --> 00:14:49,522 The M.E. thinks it came from the bones you used 401 00:14:49,556 --> 00:14:51,158 to fix his legs. 402 00:14:51,191 --> 00:14:53,493 I'm sorry, I highly doubt that. 403 00:14:53,526 --> 00:14:55,162 The M.E. seems pretty confident 404 00:14:55,195 --> 00:14:56,296 it came from the grafts. 405 00:14:56,329 --> 00:14:58,531 Doctor, we need to know where the donor bones came from. 406 00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:01,134 We use several procurement companies 407 00:15:01,168 --> 00:15:02,069 and tissue banks. 408 00:15:02,102 --> 00:15:04,137 It could have come from any one of them. 409 00:15:04,171 --> 00:15:07,374 Well, how do you cover your uninsured patients? 410 00:15:07,407 --> 00:15:09,109 Through grants and fund-raising. 411 00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:10,543 Our clinic has an operating budget 412 00:15:10,577 --> 00:15:12,345 of almost $15 million. 413 00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:15,148 Most of that goes to subsidizing patient care. 414 00:15:15,182 --> 00:15:16,416 $15 million. 415 00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:18,551 And all that comes from financial donations? 416 00:15:18,585 --> 00:15:20,353 People give generously 417 00:15:20,387 --> 00:15:22,255 to help us care for the working poor 418 00:15:22,289 --> 00:15:23,490 and indigent. 419 00:15:23,523 --> 00:15:24,491 To help a patient like Michael, 420 00:15:24,524 --> 00:15:27,160 who almost lost his legs because he was homeless. 421 00:15:27,194 --> 00:15:28,561 And you don't occasionally cut corners? 422 00:15:28,595 --> 00:15:30,630 We may be a non-profit clinic, 423 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:32,532 but our quality of care is on par 424 00:15:32,565 --> 00:15:34,367 with any university hospital. 425 00:15:34,401 --> 00:15:36,569 Look, Detective, it's extremely rare 426 00:15:36,603 --> 00:15:39,572 for cancer to metastasize the bone. 427 00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:41,508 Michael must have contracted the disease 428 00:15:41,541 --> 00:15:42,509 some other way. 429 00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:45,178 Now, as far as the graft bones are concerned, 430 00:15:45,212 --> 00:15:47,547 I'm telling you I don't know which company procured them. 431 00:15:47,580 --> 00:15:49,349 Don't you at least have the donor's name? 432 00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:51,451 The provenance has to be tracked somehow. 433 00:15:51,484 --> 00:15:52,552 I have a copy of the donor's death certificate. 434 00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:53,553 That's it. 435 00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:59,326 "Karen Kendall." 21 years old. 436 00:15:59,359 --> 00:16:02,162 You'll also notice the cause of death. 437 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:05,465 It wasn't ovarian cancer. 438 00:16:05,498 --> 00:16:07,334 Karen was driving home from college 439 00:16:07,367 --> 00:16:08,735 for spring break. 440 00:16:08,768 --> 00:16:10,570 A truck cut her off in the tunnel 441 00:16:10,603 --> 00:16:12,672 coming into Manhattan. 442 00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:15,608 The doctors said she was brain dead. 443 00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:17,610 We took her off life support 444 00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:20,180 six days after the accident. 445 00:16:20,213 --> 00:16:21,748 Did you donate any of her organs 446 00:16:21,781 --> 00:16:23,683 or tissue at that time? 447 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:27,220 No, no, we never consented to anything like that. 448 00:16:27,254 --> 00:16:31,591 The hospital asked us to, but it was too much 449 00:16:31,624 --> 00:16:32,692 with Karen dying so suddenly. 450 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:34,561 Which hospital? 451 00:16:34,594 --> 00:16:36,496 Chase General. 452 00:16:36,529 --> 00:16:38,765 They said they'd take care of her. 453 00:16:38,798 --> 00:16:40,767 But you're saying they did it anyway? 454 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,370 We think that somebody did. 455 00:16:43,403 --> 00:16:44,637 My God. 456 00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:49,642 Had your daughter been diagnosed 457 00:16:49,676 --> 00:16:50,777 with ovarian cancer? 458 00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:54,547 Cancer? No. 459 00:16:54,581 --> 00:16:57,317 She was in peak health. 460 00:16:57,350 --> 00:17:00,220 She ran marathons. 461 00:17:03,656 --> 00:17:06,726 Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, we're gonna need to verify 462 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:08,728 what happened to your daughter's body. 463 00:17:08,761 --> 00:17:11,398 So the Medical Examiner's gonna want to look at her remains. 464 00:17:11,431 --> 00:17:14,634 She was cremated. 465 00:17:14,667 --> 00:17:17,704 Who handled the cremation? 466 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:19,406 Uh-- 467 00:17:19,439 --> 00:17:21,274 Bicks Funeral Home. 468 00:17:21,308 --> 00:17:24,677 Tony Bicks helped us with the arrangements. 469 00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:28,581 [sobbing] 470 00:17:31,251 --> 00:17:33,753 (Bicks) Talk to the hospital morgue. They're the body butchers. 471 00:17:33,786 --> 00:17:36,656 (Green) The hospital says you picked up Karen Kendall's body 472 00:17:36,689 --> 00:17:38,591 within two hours of her death. 473 00:17:38,625 --> 00:17:40,627 Apparently, it would have taken too long 474 00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:42,195 to harvest her remains there. 475 00:17:42,229 --> 00:17:43,430 I'm sorry, I don't remember. 476 00:17:43,463 --> 00:17:44,597 You signed her out. We have the time. 477 00:17:44,631 --> 00:17:46,766 Well, if that's what it says, then that's what I did. 478 00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:48,335 What was the rush? 479 00:17:48,368 --> 00:17:49,769 I was probably there on another run. 480 00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:53,240 She was the only body that day. 481 00:17:53,273 --> 00:17:54,607 What are you getting at? 482 00:17:54,641 --> 00:17:56,609 What she's getting at is there's a small window of time 483 00:17:56,643 --> 00:17:59,212 to harvest her remains before they're unusable. 484 00:17:59,246 --> 00:18:02,349 Unusable and worthless to a paying tissue bank. 485 00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:04,217 And you think that's what I did? 486 00:18:04,251 --> 00:18:05,285 That body was cremated, 487 00:18:05,318 --> 00:18:06,753 which means you could have taken anything you wanted, 488 00:18:06,786 --> 00:18:07,654 and nobody would know 489 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:09,456 that the family didn't give their consent. 490 00:18:09,489 --> 00:18:10,357 I think you're making a lot of 491 00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:12,725 unfounded accusations here, Detective. 492 00:18:12,759 --> 00:18:13,526 Cool, how 'bout we have a look at your records? 493 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:14,527 We can straighten this out right now. 494 00:18:14,561 --> 00:18:17,297 I think you can take it up with my attorney. 495 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:19,466 We can get a warrant if we have to. 496 00:18:19,499 --> 00:18:20,667 Meyers, Prescott, and Mendelbaum. 497 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:21,734 They're in the Yellow Pages. 498 00:18:21,768 --> 00:18:25,238 You call 'em. We'll wait. 499 00:18:28,475 --> 00:18:31,711 278 bodies went through Bicks Funeral Home last year. 500 00:18:31,744 --> 00:18:35,848 Of those, 213 did not consent to donate tissue or bone. 501 00:18:35,882 --> 00:18:37,684 And most of those names are now showing up 502 00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:38,751 on the donor lists. 503 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:40,520 Who'd Bick sell to? 504 00:18:40,553 --> 00:18:42,422 It could have been any number of tissue banks or brokers. 505 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:44,724 Every company I talked to was not willing to admit 506 00:18:44,757 --> 00:18:45,525 that they bought directly from him. 507 00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:48,428 Yeah, well, worried about liability. 508 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:50,330 This stuff could be scattered across the country. 509 00:18:50,363 --> 00:18:51,764 (Cassady) I pulled the LUDs from the funeral home. 510 00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:53,866 Bicks called Vaughn's clinic on a regular basis. 511 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:55,502 You think Vaughn knew what he was getting? 512 00:18:55,535 --> 00:18:57,437 (Cassady) He said he didn't. 513 00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:58,838 And he might not have, if Bicks was forging 514 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:00,707 consent forms, death certificates-- 515 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:03,376 He wasn't exactly helpful when we talked to him. 516 00:19:03,410 --> 00:19:04,711 How much money are we talking about? 517 00:19:04,744 --> 00:19:06,579 Okay, you want the list? 518 00:19:06,613 --> 00:19:08,748 These are non-organ parts-- veins, cartilage, 519 00:19:08,781 --> 00:19:11,784 tendons, bones. 520 00:19:11,818 --> 00:19:13,920 One body is worth over 200 grand. 521 00:19:13,953 --> 00:19:17,357 Do Bicks' financials bear that out? 522 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:18,491 He's got a little something in the bank, 523 00:19:18,525 --> 00:19:20,327 but nothing like this kind of cash flow. 524 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:21,794 He's gotta be hiding it. 525 00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:22,862 Even still, 526 00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:24,831 we can't pin him for the murder of Michael Jones. 527 00:19:24,864 --> 00:19:26,933 We can get him for Grand Larceny and Forgery, right? 528 00:19:26,966 --> 00:19:28,468 Only if you can prove that Bicks was the one 529 00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:31,671 who pillaged the corpses. 530 00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:33,473 A lot of those bodies didn't get cremated. 531 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:34,774 Talk to the families. 532 00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:37,510 We need to start digging people up. 533 00:19:37,544 --> 00:19:39,479 This was pure slice and dice. 534 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:40,847 I've got corpses missing bones 535 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:41,914 from their legs and arms. 536 00:19:41,948 --> 00:19:45,552 Major veins and tendons are also gone. 537 00:19:45,585 --> 00:19:47,354 Take a look at this. 538 00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:48,421 Are those pipes? 539 00:19:48,455 --> 00:19:49,856 PVC, for plumbing. 540 00:19:49,889 --> 00:19:51,558 To maintain the shape of the limbs 541 00:19:51,591 --> 00:19:52,959 for the viewing, would be my guess. 542 00:19:52,992 --> 00:19:55,762 I also found bloody aprons and gloves 543 00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:58,498 dumped inside a couple of abdominal cavities. 544 00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:00,633 Can we trace any of this to Bicks? 545 00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:02,369 Here's a preliminary. 546 00:20:02,402 --> 00:20:06,506 CSU pulled two latents off the inside of a pipe. 547 00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:08,841 Guess who? 548 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:11,344 (man) I know that this has been very, very difficult... 549 00:20:11,378 --> 00:20:13,546 You go. 550 00:20:15,615 --> 00:20:16,716 You have to remember 551 00:20:16,749 --> 00:20:18,618 all of the wonderful things about Bob... 552 00:20:18,651 --> 00:20:20,853 Tony Bicks, step this way, please. 553 00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:23,490 [quietly] Keep your voice down. 554 00:20:28,495 --> 00:20:29,829 You're under arrest for Grand Larceny and Forgery. 555 00:20:29,862 --> 00:20:31,664 What are you doing? I'm in the middle-- 556 00:20:31,698 --> 00:20:32,899 You have the right to remain silent. 557 00:20:32,932 --> 00:20:35,468 Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. 558 00:20:36,603 --> 00:20:38,571 (male clerk) Docket number 83522-- People v. Anthony Bicks. 559 00:20:38,605 --> 00:20:40,507 Charge is Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, 560 00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:42,008 Forgery in the Second Degree. 561 00:20:42,041 --> 00:20:43,710 Mr. Bicks pleads Not Guilty, Your Honor. 562 00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:45,578 People on bail? 563 00:20:45,612 --> 00:20:47,747 The defendant altered official state death certificates 564 00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:50,517 to facilitate an illegal trade in stolen body parts. 565 00:20:50,550 --> 00:20:52,419 I'm sure that forging his passport 566 00:20:52,452 --> 00:20:53,586 isn't beyond his capabilities. 567 00:20:53,620 --> 00:20:54,587 People seek remand. 568 00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:56,055 That's absurd. 569 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,057 Not one of these charges is over a C felony. 570 00:20:58,090 --> 00:21:00,493 (Rubirosa) Your Honor, we are still exhuming bodies. 571 00:21:00,527 --> 00:21:01,628 The full scope of this criminal enterprise 572 00:21:01,661 --> 00:21:02,695 is expanding. 573 00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:05,565 The victims in this case were already dead, correct? 574 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:06,866 Not true. 575 00:21:06,899 --> 00:21:07,700 Mr. Bicks' actions implicate him 576 00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:09,636 in the homicide of Michael Jones. 577 00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:12,405 Mr. Jones contracted ovarian cancer 578 00:21:12,439 --> 00:21:14,474 from illegally harvested bone he received 579 00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:15,408 during a transplant. 580 00:21:15,442 --> 00:21:17,610 Lot of dots to connect there, Counselor. 581 00:21:17,644 --> 00:21:19,479 There is a murder indictment pending, Your Honor. 582 00:21:19,512 --> 00:21:22,449 Then let's revisit bail if they file. 583 00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:24,317 I'm not letting Dr. Frankenstein here off so easy. 584 00:21:24,351 --> 00:21:26,386 Bail is 300,000. Cash only. 585 00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:27,854 He can't make that, Your Honor. 586 00:21:27,887 --> 00:21:29,589 Maybe he's got something he can sell. 587 00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:30,557 [bangs gavel] 588 00:21:30,590 --> 00:21:33,326 (Rubirosa) Looks like Bicks'll post tomorrow. 589 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:34,561 His lawyer wouldn't discuss a plea. 590 00:21:34,594 --> 00:21:36,496 She's waiting to see if we make good 591 00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:38,331 on our murder indictment. 592 00:21:38,365 --> 00:21:41,368 Judge Goldberg's betting against us. 593 00:21:41,401 --> 00:21:44,704 We know Bicks harvested Karen Kendall's bones. 594 00:21:44,737 --> 00:21:46,806 We know Dr. Vaughn transplanted them 595 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:48,107 into the victim. 596 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:49,542 I find it hard to believe 597 00:21:49,576 --> 00:21:51,611 that Vaughn was totally in the dark. 598 00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:52,645 It's circumstantial. 599 00:21:52,679 --> 00:21:54,714 If we can't link them together with shared intent, 600 00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:56,115 we can't make a case. 601 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:58,351 The phone records aren't proof of complicity? 602 00:21:58,385 --> 00:21:59,819 It'd be easy to say the calls were related 603 00:21:59,852 --> 00:22:01,454 to fund-raising. 604 00:22:01,488 --> 00:22:03,390 Bicks has given money to the clinic in the past. 605 00:22:03,423 --> 00:22:04,824 Illegal profits could have been disguised 606 00:22:04,857 --> 00:22:06,693 as financial donations. 607 00:22:06,726 --> 00:22:08,761 We still haven't been able to trace where the money went. 608 00:22:08,795 --> 00:22:11,364 What does Dr. Vaughn have to say for himself? 609 00:22:11,398 --> 00:22:13,400 I was referred to his attorney-- 610 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:15,368 Dave Seaver. 611 00:22:15,402 --> 00:22:16,536 He's not malpractice, by the way. 612 00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:17,570 Strictly criminal law. 613 00:22:17,604 --> 00:22:18,738 That should tell us something. 614 00:22:18,771 --> 00:22:21,674 We still can't prove that Vaughn knew 615 00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:22,742 where the body parts were coming from. 616 00:22:22,775 --> 00:22:23,910 Not without flipping Bicks. 617 00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:26,746 The clinic's records might shed some light. 618 00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:29,382 Do you really think we're gonna get a subpoena 619 00:22:29,416 --> 00:22:30,583 for medical records? 620 00:22:30,617 --> 00:22:32,385 Half the judges on the roster 621 00:22:32,419 --> 00:22:34,487 have had hip replacements. 622 00:22:34,521 --> 00:22:38,458 Given the issue, I don't think we'll have a problem. 623 00:22:41,594 --> 00:22:43,496 Not bad. Yeah? 624 00:22:43,530 --> 00:22:48,367 "Not bad" got me a full ride to Georgetown next fall. 625 00:22:50,503 --> 00:22:51,604 You're Jason Carter, right? 626 00:22:51,638 --> 00:22:55,575 Man, I must be dreaming you came here looking for me. 627 00:22:55,608 --> 00:22:57,577 I'm Connie Rubirosa, 628 00:22:57,610 --> 00:22:58,778 with the District Attorney's office. 629 00:22:58,811 --> 00:23:01,681 I needed to talk to you about Dr. Adam Vaughn. 630 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:03,583 Yeah, what's up with Dr. Vaughn? 631 00:23:03,616 --> 00:23:06,853 Did he perform surgery on your knee last year? 632 00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:10,490 Yeah, I wouldn't have been able to play ball if he hadn't. 633 00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:12,992 Why you wanna know? 634 00:23:13,025 --> 00:23:14,894 Jason smashed up his knee 635 00:23:14,927 --> 00:23:17,530 at the end of his junior year. 636 00:23:17,564 --> 00:23:20,700 They called it a tibial-plateau fracture. 637 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:22,669 I shattered my kneecap, basically. 638 00:23:22,702 --> 00:23:24,804 Now you're saying the bone they used to fix him up 639 00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:27,740 was stolen out of some other body? 640 00:23:27,774 --> 00:23:29,442 As far as we can tell, 641 00:23:29,476 --> 00:23:30,777 Jason was one of two people 642 00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:33,880 who received parts from this donor. 643 00:23:33,913 --> 00:23:36,949 A young man about your age died of cancer. 644 00:23:36,983 --> 00:23:38,618 He contracted it from a bone 645 00:23:38,651 --> 00:23:41,521 Dr. Vaughn transplanted in his legs. 646 00:23:41,554 --> 00:23:42,689 Dr. Vaughn wouldn't do nothin' like that. 647 00:23:42,722 --> 00:23:44,991 What do you want with Jason? 648 00:23:45,024 --> 00:23:46,793 We're building a murder case against the man 649 00:23:46,826 --> 00:23:48,728 who illegally harvested the body. 650 00:23:48,761 --> 00:23:49,862 We need to be able to prove 651 00:23:49,896 --> 00:23:51,864 that the cancer came from this donor, 652 00:23:51,898 --> 00:23:54,501 and not another source, like a blood transfusion. 653 00:23:54,534 --> 00:23:55,502 How do you do that? 654 00:23:55,535 --> 00:23:57,036 Jason would need to undergo 655 00:23:57,069 --> 00:23:59,739 a biopsy of his knee. 656 00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:01,741 Yeah, I don't know about that. 657 00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:04,043 I understand this is an unusual request. 658 00:24:04,076 --> 00:24:05,612 Unusual. You're coming in my home. 659 00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:06,445 Telling me he might have cancer? 660 00:24:06,479 --> 00:24:10,517 We need Jason's help to make this case. 661 00:24:13,653 --> 00:24:14,787 No. 662 00:24:14,821 --> 00:24:15,655 I'm calling Dr. Vaughn right now. 663 00:24:15,688 --> 00:24:16,923 We're getting to the bottom of this. 664 00:24:16,956 --> 00:24:18,658 Ms. Carter, Dr. Vaughn is a suspect 665 00:24:18,691 --> 00:24:19,659 in our investigation. 666 00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:20,527 Excuse me? 667 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,929 That man gave Jason a second chance 668 00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:24,531 at going to a top college. 669 00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:26,265 He's getting the benefit of the doubt from me. 670 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:28,935 You need to know that if he refuses, 671 00:24:28,968 --> 00:24:30,937 I will have no choice but to get a court order 672 00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:32,038 to compel him. 673 00:24:32,071 --> 00:24:34,807 Then I guess you'll have to do that. 674 00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:47,053 Jason Carter is not under any obligation 675 00:24:47,086 --> 00:24:48,588 to help Mr. McCoy. 676 00:24:48,621 --> 00:24:49,789 Except that the bone in his knee 677 00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:50,757 was illegally obtained. 678 00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:52,959 The notion that the state has no recourse 679 00:24:52,992 --> 00:24:54,694 in an investigation is not right. 680 00:24:54,727 --> 00:24:56,763 (Jeffs) Mr. Carter is not a target 681 00:24:56,796 --> 00:24:57,897 of the investigation, Your Honor. 682 00:24:57,930 --> 00:25:00,767 It's a major intrusion, on an innocent third party. 683 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,835 Mr. Carter may be a victim of the crime. 684 00:25:02,869 --> 00:25:03,936 Maybe he'd like to know. 685 00:25:03,970 --> 00:25:05,271 As his Fourth Amendment rights 686 00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:06,639 are flushed down the toilet? 687 00:25:06,673 --> 00:25:08,007 Your Honor, my client would prefer to handle 688 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,475 any health issue privately. 689 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:13,079 (McCoy) The Supreme Court held in Winston v. Lee 690 00:25:13,112 --> 00:25:14,714 that compulsion of minor surgery 691 00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:16,583 to obtain evidence of a crime 692 00:25:16,616 --> 00:25:17,684 is not unreasonable. 693 00:25:17,717 --> 00:25:18,851 I would hardly call the procedure minor. 694 00:25:18,885 --> 00:25:21,688 Mr. Carter would have a piece of his bone tissue removed, 695 00:25:21,721 --> 00:25:23,723 which could destroy his knee all over again. 696 00:25:23,756 --> 00:25:25,758 Winston concerned surgery on a patient 697 00:25:25,792 --> 00:25:27,326 who was also a suspect in the crime. 698 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:28,728 The decision wasn't based on that. 699 00:25:28,761 --> 00:25:29,662 It was based on the level of intrusion. 700 00:25:29,696 --> 00:25:31,731 And the court ultimately denied the request 701 00:25:31,764 --> 00:25:32,665 because of that. 702 00:25:32,699 --> 00:25:35,735 The court left the door open in those cases 703 00:25:35,768 --> 00:25:38,738 where the public interest outweighs the intrusion. 704 00:25:38,771 --> 00:25:39,739 And this is one of those cases. 705 00:25:39,772 --> 00:25:41,774 The New York Department of Health 706 00:25:41,808 --> 00:25:43,710 and the CDC are involved, 707 00:25:43,743 --> 00:25:46,312 due to the potential for a major health crisis. 708 00:25:46,345 --> 00:25:49,749 We're not making this request lightly. 709 00:25:49,782 --> 00:25:51,884 Is there no other way around it? 710 00:25:51,918 --> 00:25:53,152 We don't believe so. 711 00:25:53,185 --> 00:25:55,121 From a search of Dr. Vaughn's records, 712 00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:57,757 Jason Carter is the only other patient we know of 713 00:25:57,790 --> 00:25:59,592 who received remains from Karen Kendall. 714 00:25:59,626 --> 00:26:02,862 And what's a biopsy going to prove, Mr. McCoy? 715 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:04,897 That the bone graft Michael Jones received 716 00:26:04,931 --> 00:26:07,700 gave him cancer and caused his death. 717 00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:18,377 I'm reluctantly granting the request. 718 00:26:18,410 --> 00:26:20,079 Mr. Carter, 719 00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:23,850 I understand this court is asking a lot of you 720 00:26:23,883 --> 00:26:24,984 with this order. 721 00:26:25,017 --> 00:26:26,753 If I didn't feel there were larger 722 00:26:26,786 --> 00:26:28,354 public health issues here, 723 00:26:28,387 --> 00:26:29,889 I would not have decided this way. 724 00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:32,925 And frankly, young man, 725 00:26:32,959 --> 00:26:36,963 I think you ought to know, one way or the other. 726 00:26:49,208 --> 00:26:53,079 They're saying it's the same thing? 727 00:26:53,112 --> 00:26:55,982 (Rubirosa) Yeah. 728 00:26:56,015 --> 00:26:58,985 I don't feel bad or nothin'. 729 00:26:59,018 --> 00:27:01,420 The doctors say it's still early. 730 00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:03,422 You can treat it. Beat it. 731 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:04,957 How am I gonna pay for this? 732 00:27:04,991 --> 00:27:07,827 Think Medicaid's gonna give him what he needs? 733 00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:10,963 You'd have a solid civil case against anyone we convict. 734 00:27:10,997 --> 00:27:12,999 It could mean a large settlement. 735 00:27:15,167 --> 00:27:17,770 (McCoy) Jason, 736 00:27:17,804 --> 00:27:21,874 I can't imagine how hard this must be for you right now. 737 00:27:25,812 --> 00:27:27,714 What do you want me to do? 738 00:27:27,747 --> 00:27:30,950 Testify at trial. 739 00:27:40,893 --> 00:27:44,764 Dr. Vaughn didn't mean to do this, did he? 740 00:27:44,797 --> 00:27:46,733 (Bicks) Damn right he knew! 741 00:27:46,766 --> 00:27:48,901 I'm not going down for what Vaughn did. 742 00:27:48,935 --> 00:27:50,002 Not for murder. 743 00:27:50,036 --> 00:27:52,739 You were an active participant in the crime, Mr. Bicks. 744 00:27:52,772 --> 00:27:54,173 You knew full well that Dr. Vaughn would use 745 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:56,142 the bone and tissue you illegally harvested. 746 00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:57,243 That I harvested? 747 00:27:57,276 --> 00:27:58,778 Hold on, Tony. 748 00:27:58,811 --> 00:28:00,880 I want assurances you'll reduce the charges. 749 00:28:00,913 --> 00:28:02,849 Your client proffers the information, 750 00:28:02,882 --> 00:28:04,984 then we can discuss what it's worth. 751 00:28:05,017 --> 00:28:06,018 Mr. Bicks? 752 00:28:10,890 --> 00:28:13,092 I didn't take anything out of those bodies. 753 00:28:13,125 --> 00:28:15,127 All I did was get a finder's fee, 754 00:28:15,161 --> 00:28:16,462 and fix the paperwork. 755 00:28:16,495 --> 00:28:18,931 Dr. Vaughn did the harvesting? 756 00:28:18,965 --> 00:28:20,266 My hands shake. 757 00:28:20,299 --> 00:28:21,901 You don't cut those tendons out right, 758 00:28:21,934 --> 00:28:22,735 they're worthless. 759 00:28:22,769 --> 00:28:25,772 How many bodies are we talking about? 760 00:28:25,805 --> 00:28:26,973 500, maybe. 761 00:28:27,006 --> 00:28:29,141 Maybe more. 762 00:28:29,175 --> 00:28:31,778 He said his patients couldn't afford anything else. 763 00:28:31,811 --> 00:28:33,479 This was only for his clinic? 764 00:28:33,512 --> 00:28:35,114 No, he sold some of the parts 765 00:28:35,147 --> 00:28:37,316 to tissue banks around the country. 766 00:28:37,349 --> 00:28:39,018 As long as the paperwork looks good, 767 00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:40,152 they don't ask where the stuff came from. 768 00:28:40,186 --> 00:28:42,755 A lot of people walking around with that stuff in them. 769 00:28:42,789 --> 00:28:44,824 (Prescott) Heard enough? 770 00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:46,759 You won't file murder charges? 771 00:28:46,793 --> 00:28:49,495 He testifies, I'll agree to concurrent sentences 772 00:28:49,528 --> 00:28:52,131 for the Grand Larceny and the Forgery. 773 00:28:52,164 --> 00:28:53,866 He does at least ten years. 774 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,137 Tissue, or even an organ-- 775 00:28:58,170 --> 00:28:59,138 (nurse) I asked them to wait, Doctor-- 776 00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:00,139 This can't wait. 777 00:29:00,172 --> 00:29:01,908 Dr. Vaughn, please stand up. 778 00:29:01,941 --> 00:29:03,075 I'm in the middle of a consultation. 779 00:29:03,109 --> 00:29:05,077 You'll have to reschedule. Excuse me. 780 00:29:05,111 --> 00:29:06,979 You're under arrest for the murder of Michael Jones. 781 00:29:07,013 --> 00:29:08,080 (nurse) Doctor-- 782 00:29:08,114 --> 00:29:10,049 Everything's okay. Call my lawyer. 783 00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:10,917 (Green) You have the right to remain silent. 784 00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:12,351 Anything you say can be used against you 785 00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:13,319 in a court of law. 786 00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:18,190 Anthony Bicks has agreed to testify, Dr. Vaughn. 787 00:29:18,224 --> 00:29:22,394 He's going to tell a jury about your gruesome enterprise. 788 00:29:22,428 --> 00:29:24,263 Let's not confuse the issue here, Jack. 789 00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:27,233 The illegal procurement of body parts is one thing. 790 00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:29,101 How you get to murder-- 791 00:29:29,135 --> 00:29:30,903 It's called foresight. Dr. Vaughn knew the risks. 792 00:29:30,937 --> 00:29:33,239 He evinced a depraved indifference 793 00:29:33,272 --> 00:29:35,007 toward his patients. 794 00:29:35,041 --> 00:29:36,042 You're wrong, Mr. McCoy. 795 00:29:36,075 --> 00:29:38,244 I gave my patients consistently excellent care. 796 00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:39,979 Tell that to Michael Jones. 797 00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:42,248 Or Jason Carter. He's sick too, by the way. 798 00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:45,517 (Seaver) This is a malpractice case. 799 00:29:45,551 --> 00:29:47,386 This is a public health crisis. 800 00:29:47,419 --> 00:29:49,421 Man One. 15 Years. 801 00:29:49,455 --> 00:29:51,924 And he surrenders his medical license. 802 00:29:51,958 --> 00:29:52,925 (Seaver) There was no way of knowing 803 00:29:52,959 --> 00:29:54,426 Karen Kendall had ovarian cancer. 804 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:56,896 It wasn't diagnosed at the time of her death. 805 00:29:56,929 --> 00:29:59,531 Dr. Vaughn didn't have access to her medical records 806 00:29:59,565 --> 00:30:01,333 because the harvest was illegal. 807 00:30:01,367 --> 00:30:03,202 He couldn't have known either way. 808 00:30:03,235 --> 00:30:06,505 There are always complications in transplant medicine. 809 00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:08,374 But weigh that against the fact 810 00:30:08,407 --> 00:30:11,010 those butchers were going to amputate Michael's legs 811 00:30:11,043 --> 00:30:13,212 because he was poor? 812 00:30:13,245 --> 00:30:16,015 People like Karen Kendall have so much they can give, 813 00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:17,483 and they don't. 814 00:30:17,516 --> 00:30:20,219 I did what I had to do for my patient. 815 00:30:22,388 --> 00:30:25,091 Our offer's on the table. 816 00:30:28,394 --> 00:30:31,063 Then I guess we're done. 817 00:30:35,134 --> 00:30:36,368 Even the noblest crusaders aren't beyond 818 00:30:36,402 --> 00:30:37,536 a little hypocrisy. 819 00:30:37,569 --> 00:30:38,971 It usually involves money. 820 00:30:39,005 --> 00:30:40,339 That was my initial hunch. 821 00:30:40,372 --> 00:30:42,574 But I pored over his financials--nothing. 822 00:30:42,608 --> 00:30:44,576 If Vaughn sold surplus body parts 823 00:30:44,610 --> 00:30:46,045 on the open market, 824 00:30:46,078 --> 00:30:47,279 there should be some evidence of a profit. 825 00:30:47,313 --> 00:30:49,181 The only explanation I could come up with 826 00:30:49,215 --> 00:30:51,217 is that he sunk the money right back into his clinic. 827 00:30:51,250 --> 00:30:53,319 How's that for noble? 828 00:30:53,352 --> 00:30:54,586 Well, I stand corrected. 829 00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:56,322 We don't need a financial motive 830 00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:58,457 to hold Vaughn accountable for murder. 831 00:30:58,490 --> 00:31:00,092 There's a clear chain of events 832 00:31:00,126 --> 00:31:01,360 that led to Michael Jones' death. 833 00:31:01,393 --> 00:31:03,595 They'll counter your causation argument 834 00:31:03,629 --> 00:31:07,033 by citing the statistical risk of any surgery. 835 00:31:07,066 --> 00:31:07,967 It's about consent. 836 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,601 Michael Jones wasn't aware of the risks. 837 00:31:09,635 --> 00:31:11,337 Vaughn gambled with his life. 838 00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:12,404 No pun intended, 839 00:31:12,438 --> 00:31:14,406 but I think the doctor has another bone to pick. 840 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:15,207 Which is? 841 00:31:15,241 --> 00:31:18,077 Vilifying the insurance companies. 842 00:31:18,110 --> 00:31:20,079 Turning this trial into a referendum on the inequities 843 00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:21,981 of the American medical system. 844 00:31:22,014 --> 00:31:23,149 The haves and the have-nots. 845 00:31:23,182 --> 00:31:25,084 Even the have-nots wouldn't want 846 00:31:25,117 --> 00:31:26,485 what Vaughn was selling. 847 00:31:26,518 --> 00:31:27,987 There are 46 million 848 00:31:28,020 --> 00:31:30,089 uninsured people in this country. 849 00:31:30,122 --> 00:31:32,992 In a jury pool, that's one in six. 850 00:31:33,025 --> 00:31:34,994 Well, then you better make Dr. Vaughn seem like 851 00:31:35,027 --> 00:31:37,563 a worse choice than no doctor at all. 852 00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:46,305 (Jason) Dr. Vaughn never told me I might get cancer. 853 00:31:46,338 --> 00:31:48,507 (McCoy) What did Dr. Vaughn tell you? 854 00:31:48,540 --> 00:31:51,110 He just said he'd fix my knee. 855 00:31:51,143 --> 00:31:52,644 Where did he tell you the new bone came from? 856 00:31:52,678 --> 00:31:54,513 He didn't. 857 00:31:54,546 --> 00:31:56,148 He never told me nothin'. 858 00:31:56,182 --> 00:31:58,084 How did you feel when you learned 859 00:31:58,117 --> 00:32:00,352 you'd contracted cancer? 860 00:32:00,386 --> 00:32:02,121 Scared, I guess. 861 00:32:02,154 --> 00:32:03,655 Angry. 862 00:32:03,689 --> 00:32:06,125 I just sorta thought Dr. Vaughn was more on top of it, 863 00:32:06,158 --> 00:32:07,393 you know. 864 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,528 I started chemotherapy last week, 865 00:32:09,561 --> 00:32:11,530 and hopefully that'll do the trick. 866 00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:13,099 I just want to live my life 867 00:32:13,132 --> 00:32:15,134 without having this hanging over my head. 868 00:32:15,167 --> 00:32:18,037 Nothing further. 869 00:32:19,638 --> 00:32:22,641 Would you have gotten your tibial-plateau fracture repaired 870 00:32:22,674 --> 00:32:24,043 without Dr. Vaughn? 871 00:32:24,076 --> 00:32:25,244 No. 872 00:32:25,277 --> 00:32:27,579 My mom couldn't afford it otherwise. 873 00:32:27,613 --> 00:32:29,581 Because you and your mother don't have any health insurance? 874 00:32:29,615 --> 00:32:31,317 That's right. 875 00:32:31,350 --> 00:32:34,586 So, Dr. Vaughn treated you 876 00:32:34,620 --> 00:32:37,323 for next to nothing? 877 00:32:37,356 --> 00:32:39,691 Basically. 878 00:32:39,725 --> 00:32:42,194 Without that, would you be playing basketball 879 00:32:42,228 --> 00:32:43,595 for Georgetown next fall? 880 00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:46,298 No. 881 00:32:46,332 --> 00:32:47,299 If he wouldn't have fixed my knee, 882 00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:49,101 they never would have given me a scholarship. 883 00:32:49,135 --> 00:32:51,470 Recruiters had to see I still had my game. 884 00:32:51,503 --> 00:32:53,605 It means a lot for you to play, 885 00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:55,207 doesn't it? 886 00:32:55,241 --> 00:32:57,609 Just about everything. 887 00:32:57,643 --> 00:33:01,480 Jason, I want you to think about this. 888 00:33:01,513 --> 00:33:03,582 If Dr. Vaughn had explained 889 00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:05,584 that under very rare circumstances, 890 00:33:05,617 --> 00:33:09,288 an undiagnosed cancer can transfer itself 891 00:33:09,321 --> 00:33:11,190 through the donor bone, 892 00:33:11,223 --> 00:33:13,092 would you have said no to the surgery? 893 00:33:13,125 --> 00:33:15,461 Probably not. 894 00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:17,463 You'd still have the operation? 895 00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:19,565 If it would have fixed my knee, I would. 896 00:33:19,598 --> 00:33:23,202 Do you blame Dr. Vaughn for your cancer? 897 00:33:27,673 --> 00:33:30,542 I know he didn't mean for it to happen to me. 898 00:33:30,576 --> 00:33:32,578 I actually feel bad he's in trouble, you know? 899 00:33:32,611 --> 00:33:34,146 Okay. 900 00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:36,215 Nothing further. 901 00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:40,219 Seaver scored points today. 902 00:33:40,252 --> 00:33:43,155 I'm worried we've lost our leverage to deal. 903 00:33:43,189 --> 00:33:45,557 Don't be. I'm not offering one. 904 00:33:45,591 --> 00:33:47,359 Jack, Jason Carter basically said 905 00:33:47,393 --> 00:33:49,495 he'd be willing to endure chemotherapy 906 00:33:49,528 --> 00:33:50,729 for a college scholarship. 907 00:33:50,762 --> 00:33:53,665 Risk versus reward. Understandable. 908 00:33:53,699 --> 00:33:55,767 It doesn't change the circumstances 909 00:33:55,801 --> 00:33:57,203 of Michael Jones' death. 910 00:33:57,236 --> 00:34:00,172 Well, maybe not, but informed consent 911 00:34:00,206 --> 00:34:02,141 is beginning to sound irrelevant. 912 00:34:02,174 --> 00:34:04,443 Especially after Vaughn makes his pitch to the jury-- 913 00:34:04,476 --> 00:34:06,145 What? 914 00:34:06,178 --> 00:34:07,746 What date do you have for Michael's surgery? 915 00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:11,383 Um... 916 00:34:11,417 --> 00:34:13,619 "April 28th." 917 00:34:13,652 --> 00:34:14,720 This is odd. 918 00:34:14,753 --> 00:34:18,457 This medication log shows the dispensary gave Michael 919 00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:21,327 his first anti-rejection drugs on the 23rd. 920 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,363 Days before the transplant. 921 00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:26,665 Could be a clerical mistake. 922 00:34:26,698 --> 00:34:28,200 The same nurse signed the daily charts-- 923 00:34:28,234 --> 00:34:29,701 Valerie Miller. 924 00:34:29,735 --> 00:34:31,803 She signed the medication log too. 925 00:34:31,837 --> 00:34:33,605 It might be worth asking Nurse Miller 926 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:35,674 for a clarification. 927 00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:37,176 It gets hectic at the clinic. 928 00:34:37,209 --> 00:34:38,210 I'm sure I wasn't paying attention 929 00:34:38,244 --> 00:34:39,211 when I wrote it down. 930 00:34:39,245 --> 00:34:41,313 So when did Michael Jones have his surgery? 931 00:34:41,347 --> 00:34:42,414 The 28th, like it says. 932 00:34:42,448 --> 00:34:45,251 I checked with the dispensary. 933 00:34:45,284 --> 00:34:47,286 Their records show that they issued the medication 934 00:34:47,319 --> 00:34:49,288 on the 23rd. 935 00:34:49,321 --> 00:34:51,423 Patients don't start taking this kind of drug 936 00:34:51,457 --> 00:34:54,826 before they receive a transplant. 937 00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:57,663 Miss Miller, did he have his surgery on the 23rd, 938 00:34:57,696 --> 00:34:59,265 and not the 28th? 939 00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:02,834 I just did what I was told. 940 00:35:02,868 --> 00:35:05,337 Don't put me in the middle of this. 941 00:35:05,371 --> 00:35:07,539 It looks like you already are. 942 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,814 Dr. Vaughn asked me to change the dates in the file 943 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:18,684 after he heard Michael Jones had died. 944 00:35:18,717 --> 00:35:20,519 Why did he do that? 945 00:35:20,552 --> 00:35:23,322 Karen Kendall was still on life support on the 23rd. 946 00:35:23,355 --> 00:35:24,656 She wasn't the real donor. 947 00:35:24,690 --> 00:35:27,259 (McCoy) Who was the real donor? 948 00:35:27,293 --> 00:35:30,362 A woman named Tina Sadowski. 949 00:35:33,732 --> 00:35:35,734 (McCoy) People's 22. 950 00:35:35,767 --> 00:35:40,506 This is Tina Sadowski's death certificate. 951 00:35:43,275 --> 00:35:44,243 When did she die? 952 00:35:44,276 --> 00:35:47,579 April 22nd. 953 00:35:47,613 --> 00:35:50,816 The day before Michael Jones had his surgery. 954 00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:51,950 What's the cause of death noted? 955 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:54,453 I'm so sorry, Dr. Vaughn. I didn't want to do this. 956 00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:56,255 They told me they were gonna take my nursing license 957 00:35:56,288 --> 00:35:58,257 if I didn't testify. Your Honor? 958 00:35:58,290 --> 00:36:00,526 The jury will disregard the witness's comment. 959 00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:01,760 You're out of order, Miss Miller. 960 00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:03,262 Answer the question. 961 00:36:08,634 --> 00:36:10,369 What's the cause of death noted 962 00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:12,904 on Tina Sadowski's death certificate? 963 00:36:12,938 --> 00:36:16,408 Ovarian cancer. 964 00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:22,881 Nothing further. 965 00:36:22,914 --> 00:36:24,883 Your Honor, 966 00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:27,653 we have no questions for this witness. 967 00:36:29,621 --> 00:36:30,889 I was notified by the hospital 968 00:36:30,922 --> 00:36:33,692 that they had an uninsured patient 969 00:36:33,725 --> 00:36:36,695 who'd shattered both femurs. 970 00:36:36,728 --> 00:36:39,431 They intended to amputate his legs. 971 00:36:39,465 --> 00:36:41,333 I knew I could help him. 972 00:36:41,367 --> 00:36:42,501 And did you? 973 00:36:42,534 --> 00:36:44,370 Absolutely. After his recovery, 974 00:36:44,403 --> 00:36:46,872 Michael Jones was able to walk again. 975 00:36:46,905 --> 00:36:49,741 And why did he die, Dr. Vaughn? 976 00:36:49,775 --> 00:36:53,812 It's a painful fact, but there are risks in medicine. 977 00:36:53,845 --> 00:36:56,382 If you give a million patients penicillin, 978 00:36:56,415 --> 00:36:58,717 a small but predictable number will always die 979 00:36:58,750 --> 00:37:00,319 of anaphylaxis. 980 00:37:00,352 --> 00:37:02,754 But who questions the benefit of antibiotics? 981 00:37:02,788 --> 00:37:06,758 What did you use to fix his legs? 982 00:37:06,792 --> 00:37:08,660 I used two six-inch pieces of human bone 983 00:37:08,694 --> 00:37:10,862 that I harvested from a donor. 984 00:37:10,896 --> 00:37:12,631 I took them without consent. 985 00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:16,368 Why did you do that? 986 00:37:16,402 --> 00:37:17,436 Because we have a system in this country 987 00:37:17,469 --> 00:37:18,937 that favors the wealthy and insured. 988 00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:21,440 They expect that if they need blood, 989 00:37:21,473 --> 00:37:24,410 tissue, or even an organ, it'll be there for them. 990 00:37:24,443 --> 00:37:25,811 Truth be told, it usually is, 991 00:37:25,844 --> 00:37:27,946 because they can pay. 992 00:37:27,979 --> 00:37:29,481 How many of those people do you think 993 00:37:29,515 --> 00:37:31,583 become donors themselves? 994 00:37:31,617 --> 00:37:34,720 I'll tell you, it's less than 10%. 995 00:37:34,753 --> 00:37:36,955 I took an oath to care for my patients. 996 00:37:36,988 --> 00:37:39,725 I had to do everything I could to help them. 997 00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:42,494 How's that square with harvesting bones 998 00:37:42,528 --> 00:37:44,396 from a woman who died of ovarian cancer? 999 00:37:44,430 --> 00:37:47,499 To the non-medical eye, 1000 00:37:47,533 --> 00:37:48,734 I agree it looks reckless. 1001 00:37:48,767 --> 00:37:51,370 That's why I stupidly tried to cover it up. 1002 00:37:51,403 --> 00:37:53,405 It wasn't reckless? 1003 00:37:53,439 --> 00:37:55,607 It's extremely rare for ovarian cancer 1004 00:37:55,641 --> 00:37:57,509 to metastasize to bone tissue. 1005 00:37:57,543 --> 00:37:58,777 (Seaver) How rare? 1006 00:37:58,810 --> 00:37:59,811 (Vaughn) Put it this way. 1007 00:37:59,845 --> 00:38:01,547 Michael Jones had a greater chance 1008 00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:02,881 of getting struck by lightning, 1009 00:38:02,914 --> 00:38:04,883 or even dying in a plane crash, 1010 00:38:04,916 --> 00:38:07,919 than developing ovarian cancer from that donor's bones. 1011 00:38:07,953 --> 00:38:10,622 (Seaver) And what were his odds of walking again 1012 00:38:10,656 --> 00:38:11,790 without your help? 1013 00:38:11,823 --> 00:38:13,792 Zero. 1014 00:38:18,864 --> 00:38:20,466 It's a noble argument, Doctor, 1015 00:38:20,499 --> 00:38:22,668 but it glosses over the reality of the crime, 1016 00:38:22,701 --> 00:38:24,035 don't you think? 1017 00:38:24,069 --> 00:38:29,875 You stole human remains from unwilling donors, correct? 1018 00:38:29,908 --> 00:38:31,877 (Vaughn) Perhaps they were unwilling. 1019 00:38:31,910 --> 00:38:34,012 There's no question they were needed. 1020 00:38:34,045 --> 00:38:37,449 (McCoy) You had no way to determine their suitability, correct? 1021 00:38:37,483 --> 00:38:39,951 The medical histories of the donors 1022 00:38:39,985 --> 00:38:41,052 were never vetted. 1023 00:38:41,086 --> 00:38:45,424 The parts you procured were never screened for disease. 1024 00:38:45,457 --> 00:38:46,492 Isn't that right? 1025 00:38:46,525 --> 00:38:48,059 I made the best evaluation I could. 1026 00:38:48,093 --> 00:38:50,762 I believe I chose good candidates. 1027 00:38:50,796 --> 00:38:55,667 So confident, you even sold the parts that you didn't use 1028 00:38:55,701 --> 00:38:59,505 to other tissue banks for a profit, correct? 1029 00:38:59,538 --> 00:39:01,540 The money was only to keep my clinic running. 1030 00:39:01,573 --> 00:39:04,876 You confidently chose good candidates, 1031 00:39:04,910 --> 00:39:07,613 like Tina Sadowski-- 1032 00:39:07,646 --> 00:39:10,516 a woman who died of ovarian cancer. 1033 00:39:10,549 --> 00:39:13,719 As I said, the risk of transferring the disease 1034 00:39:13,752 --> 00:39:15,654 was extremely rare. 1035 00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:18,023 Except in this case, you were wrong. 1036 00:39:18,056 --> 00:39:20,526 Michael Jones died. 1037 00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:23,562 Jason Carter now has cancer as well. 1038 00:39:23,595 --> 00:39:25,196 And I tremendously regret that. 1039 00:39:25,230 --> 00:39:28,099 (McCoy) You knew with any illegal donor you were getting a loaded gun. 1040 00:39:28,133 --> 00:39:29,535 Correct? 1041 00:39:29,568 --> 00:39:30,902 My patients wouldn't have gotten 1042 00:39:30,936 --> 00:39:32,638 the treatment I provided anywhere else. 1043 00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:34,573 So in other words, you didn't think 1044 00:39:34,606 --> 00:39:36,041 you were risking much? 1045 00:39:36,074 --> 00:39:38,677 I'm saying I weighed the risks against helping people 1046 00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:40,579 who desperately needed it. 1047 00:39:40,612 --> 00:39:44,816 But you never told your patients what those risks were. 1048 00:39:44,850 --> 00:39:48,554 They never had a choice. Isn't that right? 1049 00:39:48,587 --> 00:39:49,988 Do you think Michael Jones would have chosen 1050 00:39:50,021 --> 00:39:51,657 to lose his legs? 1051 00:39:51,690 --> 00:39:54,092 In a perfect world, Mr. McCoy, I might be guilty. 1052 00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:56,061 But I practice medicine in the real world. 1053 00:39:56,094 --> 00:39:58,530 Where you're also bound by laws. 1054 00:39:58,564 --> 00:40:00,599 Which support a medical system that does not operate 1055 00:40:00,632 --> 00:40:02,100 in the best interests of people in need. 1056 00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:03,502 It's dictated by money. 1057 00:40:03,535 --> 00:40:06,738 Or more often, in the case of my patients, a lack of it. 1058 00:40:06,772 --> 00:40:10,008 Except that the system is not on trial here. 1059 00:40:10,041 --> 00:40:12,911 You are, because you gambled with a young man's life, 1060 00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:14,112 and lost. 1061 00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:16,715 What would you have me tell someone like Michael Jones? 1062 00:40:16,748 --> 00:40:18,550 Too bad? 1063 00:40:18,584 --> 00:40:21,620 As a doctor who swore an oath to help my patients, 1064 00:40:21,653 --> 00:40:22,654 that's not acceptable. 1065 00:40:22,688 --> 00:40:25,023 He depended on me to save his legs, so I did. 1066 00:40:25,056 --> 00:40:27,025 You saved his legs. You lost the patient. 1067 00:40:27,058 --> 00:40:28,860 And given the odds, I'd do it again. 1068 00:40:28,894 --> 00:40:30,762 Which is why, Dr. Vaughn, 1069 00:40:30,796 --> 00:40:32,564 your cure is worse than any disease. 1070 00:40:32,598 --> 00:40:33,532 Objection! 1071 00:40:33,565 --> 00:40:34,566 Sustained. 1072 00:40:39,571 --> 00:40:41,840 Nothing further. 1073 00:40:56,154 --> 00:40:58,624 Has the jury reached a verdict? 1074 00:40:58,657 --> 00:41:00,225 We have, Your Honor. 1075 00:41:00,258 --> 00:41:02,127 (Judge Harvey) On the count of Murder in the Second Degree, 1076 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,094 how do you find? 1077 00:41:03,128 --> 00:41:07,633 We find the defendant, Adam Vaughn, Not Guilty. 1078 00:41:37,763 --> 00:41:39,598 Take comfort in the fact that he's losing his license 1079 00:41:39,631 --> 00:41:42,668 to practice. 1080 00:41:42,701 --> 00:41:44,169 I'm not sure people like Jason Carter 1081 00:41:44,202 --> 00:41:46,938 feel that way. 1082 00:41:46,972 --> 00:41:49,708 Jack, you were right on the law. 1083 00:41:51,743 --> 00:41:57,115 Does that mean that Dr. Vaughn was wrong?