1 00:00:01,535 --> 00:00:03,604 (male announcer) In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:03,637 --> 00:00:06,074 sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. 3 00:00:06,107 --> 00:00:08,542 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 4 00:00:08,576 --> 00:00:10,378 who investigate these vicious felonies 5 00:00:10,411 --> 00:00:12,080 are members of an elite squad 6 00:00:12,113 --> 00:00:13,747 known as the Special Victims Unit. 7 00:00:13,781 --> 00:00:16,684 These are their stories. 8 00:00:16,717 --> 00:00:19,153 [siren wails] 9 00:00:23,557 --> 00:00:24,692 (Stabler) He's goin' for the river! 10 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,062 [horn blares] 11 00:00:37,138 --> 00:00:39,039 (Beck) Hey, there he goes! 12 00:00:40,708 --> 00:00:43,444 [horn blares] 13 00:00:43,477 --> 00:00:45,179 Watch out! 14 00:00:58,326 --> 00:01:00,628 Aaah! 15 00:01:02,563 --> 00:01:05,099 Heard you two ran a marathon. 16 00:01:05,133 --> 00:01:07,468 Yeah, sure. The perp won. We lost him. 17 00:01:07,501 --> 00:01:09,503 Dispatch has your crime scene down at John Street. 18 00:01:09,537 --> 00:01:11,872 First I want you to check out these cars. Which cars? 19 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:13,874 The Jag and the Chevy. 20 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:15,843 Our boy was hiding between. 21 00:01:15,876 --> 00:01:17,811 He wasn't wearing gloves. 22 00:01:17,845 --> 00:01:19,247 I'll dust for prints. 23 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,115 Was the suspect armed? 24 00:01:21,149 --> 00:01:22,483 Not sure, never got that close to him. 25 00:01:22,516 --> 00:01:23,517 Any word on the victim? 26 00:01:23,551 --> 00:01:26,320 She's at Downtown Hospital moving on her own steam. 27 00:01:26,354 --> 00:01:28,689 Rape kit's done. They're just checking her for internal injuries. 28 00:01:28,722 --> 00:01:31,392 What did he do to her? 29 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:33,594 (Dr. Sanada) Nikki? 30 00:01:33,627 --> 00:01:36,464 These detectives are from the Special Victims Unit. 31 00:01:36,497 --> 00:01:38,699 (Stabler) Hi, Nikki. Can we come in? 32 00:01:38,732 --> 00:01:40,301 I'm Detective Stabler. 33 00:01:40,334 --> 00:01:41,769 This is my partner, Detective Beck. 34 00:01:41,802 --> 00:01:44,905 Why me? 35 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:47,575 Why did he do this to me? 36 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:50,744 [sobbing] 37 00:01:50,778 --> 00:01:51,879 We're gonna take care of you, Nikki. 38 00:01:51,912 --> 00:01:53,481 The first thing we're gonna do 39 00:01:53,514 --> 00:01:55,549 is get you some clothes, okay? 40 00:02:50,671 --> 00:02:52,373 How's Nikki? (Munch) Comfortable. 41 00:02:52,406 --> 00:02:54,542 Waiting for yours truly to find her a ginger ale in this dump. 42 00:02:54,575 --> 00:02:55,843 How bad? 43 00:02:55,876 --> 00:02:57,545 She told the doc M to P, P to V. 44 00:02:57,578 --> 00:02:59,313 M to P? 45 00:02:59,347 --> 00:03:01,582 Mouth to penis. P to V... 46 00:03:01,615 --> 00:03:03,317 Get it. 47 00:03:04,552 --> 00:03:06,954 You usually catch these perps? 48 00:03:06,987 --> 00:03:08,989 Well, most rapes, the women know their attacker, 49 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:10,691 so those become he said/she said cases. 50 00:03:10,724 --> 00:03:12,760 Those are the toughest to prove what actually happened. 51 00:03:12,793 --> 00:03:14,328 What about serial rapists? 52 00:03:14,362 --> 00:03:15,996 We had 11 working Manhattan last year. 53 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:17,831 We collared seven. Two by accident. 54 00:03:17,865 --> 00:03:21,535 They were just cold DNA hits on guys in the system already. 55 00:03:21,569 --> 00:03:22,870 You ready? 56 00:03:22,903 --> 00:03:25,473 Ready? 57 00:03:25,506 --> 00:03:28,376 To interview the victim while it's still fresh in her head. 58 00:03:28,409 --> 00:03:30,911 I've collared a few rapists who were wanted on other charges. 59 00:03:30,944 --> 00:03:33,814 Why don't I hit the computer and see if CRIMS has anyone with our guy's M.O. 60 00:03:33,847 --> 00:03:34,948 and an active warrant? 61 00:03:34,982 --> 00:03:37,251 Good idea. 62 00:03:39,987 --> 00:03:43,591 (Stabler) What happened next, Nikki? 63 00:03:43,624 --> 00:03:47,428 He... 64 00:03:47,461 --> 00:03:51,499 He made me get on my knees and... 65 00:03:53,601 --> 00:03:56,704 and go down on him. 66 00:03:56,737 --> 00:04:00,641 And then he told me to pull down my pants. 67 00:04:00,674 --> 00:04:03,277 And... 68 00:04:03,311 --> 00:04:06,814 and slammed me up against the wall, 69 00:04:06,847 --> 00:04:10,984 and raped me from behind. 70 00:04:12,986 --> 00:04:14,955 Did he do anything when he was done? 71 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:17,725 He, uh... 72 00:04:20,328 --> 00:04:23,831 he wiped me down with those wet naps 73 00:04:23,864 --> 00:04:28,702 that have alcohol in them. 74 00:04:28,736 --> 00:04:29,637 Anything at the crime scene? 75 00:04:29,670 --> 00:04:30,904 Nothing. 76 00:04:30,938 --> 00:04:32,440 CSU couldn't find hairs, fibers, 77 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:35,075 or any of the trash from those wipes. 78 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:37,311 (Stabler) How about what he looked like? 79 00:04:37,345 --> 00:04:38,912 I think he was older. 80 00:04:38,946 --> 00:04:42,850 Like--like in his 40s. 81 00:04:42,883 --> 00:04:43,951 Could you describe him to one of our artists? 82 00:04:43,984 --> 00:04:45,553 Yeah. 83 00:04:45,586 --> 00:04:49,490 I'll try, but it was dark. 84 00:04:49,523 --> 00:04:52,993 I--I saw something on his hand though. 85 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:55,028 What was on his hand? 86 00:04:55,062 --> 00:04:58,031 A scar. 87 00:04:58,065 --> 00:05:01,068 It looked like a--like a capital L, 88 00:05:01,101 --> 00:05:04,572 but with the bottom line going the wrong way. 89 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:08,409 [tap on door window] 90 00:05:08,442 --> 00:05:11,044 First Precinct just called. No sign of him. 91 00:05:11,078 --> 00:05:13,714 Probably hopped on a subway. 92 00:05:13,747 --> 00:05:14,948 You shut the door? 93 00:05:18,386 --> 00:05:20,053 Everything okay? 94 00:05:20,087 --> 00:05:22,823 Well, you tell me. How's she doing out there? 95 00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:24,392 Great. 96 00:05:24,425 --> 00:05:26,427 We were totally in sync chasing down the perp. 97 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:28,729 Word on her is that she's a pro. 98 00:05:28,762 --> 00:05:30,498 Maybe too much of one. 99 00:05:30,531 --> 00:05:32,666 I'm hearing her C.O. in Warrants dumped her. 100 00:05:32,700 --> 00:05:33,867 For what? 101 00:05:33,901 --> 00:05:35,603 Being overzealous. 102 00:05:35,636 --> 00:05:38,639 Average collars per month for a warrants detective is 8. 103 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:41,575 She's bringing in 12, 13 perps. 104 00:05:41,609 --> 00:05:43,377 Right, and making everybody else look bad. 105 00:05:43,411 --> 00:05:44,712 That's not overzealous. That's talent. 106 00:05:44,745 --> 00:05:47,381 Going through the wrong door and roughing up some innocent civilian 107 00:05:47,415 --> 00:05:49,116 doesn't show talent. 108 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:51,719 Now, it's only rumor, and I don't know the circumstances, 109 00:05:51,752 --> 00:05:54,522 but until I find out otherwise, you keep an eye on her. 110 00:05:54,555 --> 00:05:56,156 [knock on door] 111 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:57,891 Excuse me, Captain. Am I interrupting? 112 00:05:57,925 --> 00:05:59,126 Not at all. You got something? 113 00:05:59,159 --> 00:06:00,394 Oh, yeah. 114 00:06:00,428 --> 00:06:02,930 I spoke to O'Halloran. 115 00:06:02,963 --> 00:06:04,765 CSU hit pay dirt on the prints off the Jaguar. 116 00:06:04,798 --> 00:06:06,934 Barry Cole, 32. 117 00:06:06,967 --> 00:06:09,537 Did a nickel at Fishkill for a push-in robbery. 118 00:06:09,570 --> 00:06:11,505 Which turned into an assault. Last known address Brooklyn. 119 00:06:11,539 --> 00:06:14,174 Go get him. 120 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:16,076 It's two blocks away. 121 00:06:16,109 --> 00:06:17,511 (Stabler) The city pay for that thing? 122 00:06:17,545 --> 00:06:20,113 No, I did. But it's worth every penny. 123 00:06:20,147 --> 00:06:22,750 It's my contacts, e-mail, Internet, 124 00:06:22,783 --> 00:06:25,118 maps, you name it. 125 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:26,954 You should get one. No, thanks. 126 00:06:26,987 --> 00:06:30,123 My kids had to help me program the speed dial on my cell phone. 127 00:06:30,157 --> 00:06:31,625 No way. 128 00:06:31,659 --> 00:06:33,126 Oh. 129 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,928 What's that accent? European or something? 130 00:06:34,962 --> 00:06:36,930 I was born in Denmark. Oh. 131 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:38,532 I came here after I got married. 132 00:06:38,566 --> 00:06:39,833 Hmm. 133 00:06:39,867 --> 00:06:41,602 Your husband from Denmark? 134 00:06:41,635 --> 00:06:45,539 No, from here. 135 00:06:45,573 --> 00:06:48,075 But he was stationed in Germany when he was in the military, 136 00:06:48,108 --> 00:06:52,913 and we met when I was studying there. 137 00:06:52,946 --> 00:06:56,083 What happened to your partner? 138 00:06:56,116 --> 00:07:00,120 Olivia got pulled for an undercover job. 139 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:02,122 How long were you together? 140 00:07:04,692 --> 00:07:06,093 Seven years. 141 00:07:06,126 --> 00:07:07,628 How long were you in Warrants? 142 00:07:07,661 --> 00:07:09,863 Three and a half. 143 00:07:09,897 --> 00:07:12,933 Just had enough? 144 00:07:12,966 --> 00:07:16,003 It's up here. Turn left. 145 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:18,572 [knocking on door] 146 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:23,611 Look under the door. 147 00:07:24,978 --> 00:07:27,481 (woman) Who the hell is it? 148 00:07:27,515 --> 00:07:29,082 Police! 149 00:07:29,116 --> 00:07:30,518 How many? 150 00:07:30,551 --> 00:07:33,153 Wait a minute. I gotta put something on. 151 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:34,121 [pounding on door] 152 00:07:34,154 --> 00:07:36,524 I need you to open that door now. 153 00:07:36,557 --> 00:07:38,692 Okay! 154 00:07:38,726 --> 00:07:40,661 What do you want at this hour? 155 00:07:40,694 --> 00:07:41,962 Barry Cole? 156 00:07:41,995 --> 00:07:44,097 He's not here. I haven't seen him. 157 00:07:44,131 --> 00:07:46,066 Mind if we come on in, take a look? 158 00:07:46,099 --> 00:07:49,537 Just make it quick 'cause I gotta work in the morning. I gotta get some sleep. 159 00:07:49,570 --> 00:07:52,573 Did Barry do something wrong? 160 00:07:52,606 --> 00:07:54,942 Who sleeps here? 161 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:56,577 I fell asleep watching TV. 162 00:07:56,610 --> 00:07:58,946 (Beck) Stabler! 163 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:01,048 It's still warm. 164 00:08:01,081 --> 00:08:02,916 Someone was just sleeping here. 165 00:08:02,950 --> 00:08:05,252 Ophelia, you're lying. Where is he? 166 00:08:07,821 --> 00:08:08,856 He's running! Take the front. 167 00:08:08,889 --> 00:08:09,923 (Beck) Got it! 168 00:08:27,274 --> 00:08:28,542 Agh! 169 00:08:28,576 --> 00:08:30,177 [groaning] 170 00:08:30,210 --> 00:08:32,112 Come on, get up. 171 00:08:32,145 --> 00:08:34,815 Barry Cole, you're under arrest for rape. 172 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:37,050 Rape? I didn't rape anybody. 173 00:08:37,084 --> 00:08:39,152 Impact baton, huh? 174 00:08:39,186 --> 00:08:40,854 Yep. 175 00:08:40,888 --> 00:08:42,856 You should lose the sports jacket and shoes. 176 00:08:42,890 --> 00:08:44,124 They slow you down. 177 00:08:44,157 --> 00:08:46,526 Huh. 178 00:08:51,932 --> 00:08:53,300 I'm not saying anything to you people. 179 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:55,002 You should've taken me to the hospital. Shut up. 180 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:56,604 Hey, great work on those prints. 181 00:08:56,637 --> 00:08:57,905 Thanks. Hey, you got a second? 182 00:08:57,938 --> 00:08:59,172 Yeah. Your collar. 183 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:01,575 I'll go get him booked. Come on, sweetheart. 184 00:09:01,609 --> 00:09:04,845 Did she tell you anything about our conversation last night? 185 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:07,247 Just that you got a match on Barry Cole. Why? 186 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,117 Because I told her I wasn't done processing all the prints when she called. 187 00:09:10,150 --> 00:09:11,819 You're saying it's not Barry? 188 00:09:11,852 --> 00:09:13,921 The Jaguar we found his prints on was a rental. 189 00:09:13,954 --> 00:09:16,724 So I called the rental agency. Barry works there processing cars. 190 00:09:16,757 --> 00:09:18,759 Okay, so he borrowed one to do the rape. I don't think so. 191 00:09:18,792 --> 00:09:20,193 The only place they found his prints 192 00:09:20,227 --> 00:09:22,029 were on the passenger side window. 193 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:27,601 Our guy was hiding next to the driver's side. 194 00:09:27,635 --> 00:09:30,303 Also, your guy was probably crouched like this. 195 00:09:30,337 --> 00:09:32,973 Touching the car to keep his balance like this. 196 00:09:33,006 --> 00:09:34,207 Did you find that pattern on the Jag? 197 00:09:34,241 --> 00:09:38,011 Ten perfect fingertips. 198 00:09:38,045 --> 00:09:40,247 In the system? He's not in AFIS. 199 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,916 He doesn't have a criminal record. But he's in the state system. 200 00:09:42,950 --> 00:09:44,818 Name's Martin Trenway. 201 00:09:44,852 --> 00:09:47,955 Printed back in '77 when he became Assistant District Attorney 202 00:09:47,988 --> 00:09:50,390 here in Manhattan. 203 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:52,259 Did you tell her that? 204 00:09:52,292 --> 00:09:55,729 Sure, I called her back, but, you know, Barry Cole's got a record. 205 00:09:55,763 --> 00:09:57,397 So she thought he looked good for it. 206 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:59,633 Hey, whoa, I don't want to cause any problems. 207 00:09:59,667 --> 00:10:01,234 You just saved our asses. 208 00:10:01,268 --> 00:10:02,970 (Stabler) Detective Beck. 209 00:10:05,773 --> 00:10:06,907 Something wrong? 210 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:08,175 Cut him loose. 211 00:10:08,208 --> 00:10:09,743 Cut him loose why? 212 00:10:09,777 --> 00:10:11,912 You know damn well why. 213 00:10:14,982 --> 00:10:17,918 Barry had a record. I thought he was the best lead. 214 00:10:17,951 --> 00:10:20,854 But he wasn't the only lead. Now if you'd only listen to O'Halloran 215 00:10:20,888 --> 00:10:24,892 we wouldn't have spent the night chasing our tails instead of looking for this guy. 216 00:10:24,925 --> 00:10:27,060 Cut him loose before the captain finds out. 217 00:10:27,094 --> 00:10:29,730 Who's the piano player? 218 00:10:29,763 --> 00:10:32,032 A lawyer. Used to be an ADA. 219 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:39,840 (Trenway) How can I help you, detectives? 220 00:10:39,873 --> 00:10:42,109 (Beck) We're here about the Jaguar you rented. 221 00:10:42,142 --> 00:10:45,813 I don't remember getting any parking tickets. 222 00:10:45,846 --> 00:10:48,115 A car by the same description was used in a robbery in Brooklyn yesterday. 223 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:50,183 One of our officers spotted yours 224 00:10:50,217 --> 00:10:51,418 in a parking lot under the FDR drive. 225 00:10:51,451 --> 00:10:52,986 Called it in. 226 00:10:53,020 --> 00:10:54,722 You don't think I committed the crime, do you? 227 00:10:54,755 --> 00:10:56,156 Well, sir, you know how it is. 228 00:10:56,189 --> 00:10:57,057 We get the call. 229 00:10:57,090 --> 00:10:59,893 You have to check it out. Yeah, of course. 230 00:10:59,927 --> 00:11:04,164 Well, I rented the car yesterday afternoon 231 00:11:04,197 --> 00:11:06,199 to go to Jersey for a deposition. 232 00:11:06,233 --> 00:11:07,935 You came back to the office afterward? 233 00:11:07,968 --> 00:11:10,170 Around 6:00 in the evening. 234 00:11:10,203 --> 00:11:12,472 Oh, I have a receipt from the toll 235 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:14,174 at the Holland Tunnel if you want to see it. 236 00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:15,375 No, that won't be necessary. 237 00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:17,210 I think we've taken up enough of your time. 238 00:11:17,244 --> 00:11:18,779 Oh, not at all. Glad to oblige. 239 00:11:18,812 --> 00:11:20,848 Carpal tunnel? 240 00:11:20,881 --> 00:11:25,485 Uh, no, just busted my wrist playing basketball. 241 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:27,788 Teach me to set a pick against my 17-year-old son, huh? 242 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,863 Typical trial lawyer. Has an answer for everything. 243 00:11:35,896 --> 00:11:39,032 I just want to see if he's got a backwards L-shaped scar underneath that brace of his. 244 00:11:39,066 --> 00:11:41,434 I don't need to. 245 00:11:41,468 --> 00:11:45,038 The composite Nikki West gave us looks a lot like him. 246 00:11:45,072 --> 00:11:47,040 (Cragen) Yeah, it looks a lot like Trenway. 247 00:11:47,074 --> 00:11:50,310 And probably 10,000 other white guys who live in the city. 248 00:11:50,343 --> 00:11:53,246 10,000 other white guys didn't leave their prints on that Jag. 249 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,215 Yes, but Martin Trenway is one of the biggest 250 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:56,716 personal injury attorneys in town. 251 00:11:56,750 --> 00:12:00,220 So if we're gonna accuse him, we gotta make sure we have our ducks in a row. 252 00:12:00,253 --> 00:12:02,756 What do we know about Trenway personally? 253 00:12:02,790 --> 00:12:06,126 54, grew up in Queens, Douglaston, 254 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:09,362 Cardoso High School, college at Cornell, Duke Law School. 255 00:12:09,396 --> 00:12:11,899 Married to the same woman for 30 years. Two teenage sons. 256 00:12:11,932 --> 00:12:13,100 Lives in Stanford, Connecticut. 257 00:12:13,133 --> 00:12:15,502 Keeps a pied-à-terre one block from Gracie Mansion. 258 00:12:15,535 --> 00:12:17,537 And he's never been in trouble with the law. 259 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:22,242 He's a lawyer. He knows how to hide evidence like our rapist. 260 00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:23,944 He's got his M.O. down cold. 261 00:12:23,977 --> 00:12:26,980 Middle-aged men don't suddenly become rapists out of the blue. 262 00:12:27,014 --> 00:12:29,482 Well, there are rare cases. 263 00:12:29,516 --> 00:12:33,020 High functioning men like Trenway sometimes have a history of psychosexual problems 264 00:12:33,053 --> 00:12:35,255 like addictions to pornography and violence 265 00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:37,090 that they've managed to keep under wraps. 266 00:12:37,124 --> 00:12:38,525 Let's put Trenway in a lineup. 267 00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:41,461 That's risky. I think we lucked out with the sketch. 268 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:43,864 Nikki said that she didn't get a good look at him. 269 00:12:43,897 --> 00:12:45,532 But she did get a good look at his hand. 270 00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:50,037 Are you ready? 271 00:12:50,070 --> 00:12:51,138 I guess so. 272 00:12:55,909 --> 00:12:57,010 Gentlemen, make a fist. 273 00:12:57,044 --> 00:12:59,046 Keep your hand still. 274 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:29,476 Thank you, gentlemen. 275 00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:32,479 You're arresting me because of a scar on my hand? 276 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:35,883 Do you know how many people have one just like mine? 277 00:13:35,916 --> 00:13:38,318 Where's it from? 278 00:13:38,351 --> 00:13:41,588 Tendon transfer surgery from when I broke my wrist. 279 00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:44,391 You know? I want to remind you again that you have the right to have an attorney present. 280 00:13:44,424 --> 00:13:46,326 I am attorney. I know my rights. 281 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:48,395 I didn't do anything! 282 00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:50,063 Where were you last night around 11:00? 283 00:13:50,097 --> 00:13:53,033 My office, working late. 284 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:54,902 Okay, think about this. What time did you leave? 285 00:13:54,935 --> 00:13:57,304 Around midnight. 286 00:13:57,337 --> 00:13:59,006 You can check the security logs of the building. 287 00:13:59,039 --> 00:14:00,340 (Beck) We did. 288 00:14:00,373 --> 00:14:03,010 We also checked with the security guard on duty. 289 00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:07,180 He said you left at 9:45 and told him not to bother putting it in the book. 290 00:14:07,214 --> 00:14:09,016 I stepped out to grab a bite. 291 00:14:09,049 --> 00:14:11,084 He said you were gone till around 11:00. 292 00:14:11,118 --> 00:14:12,619 Funny that the rape and the chase 293 00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:14,654 happened all around the same time. 294 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:18,358 How many men are out on a street in that area 295 00:14:18,391 --> 00:14:19,492 at that hour, hmm? 296 00:14:19,526 --> 00:14:22,362 It's doesn't matter. We've got you. 297 00:14:22,395 --> 00:14:23,596 Show him the photos. 298 00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:29,136 Only one man hid behind this car and left his fingerprints. 299 00:14:30,637 --> 00:14:32,139 That'd be you. 300 00:14:32,172 --> 00:14:35,508 Come on! 301 00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:37,310 I dropped my briefcase when I got back from Jersey. 302 00:14:37,344 --> 00:14:40,213 It popped open. Some papers flew out. 303 00:14:40,247 --> 00:14:42,649 I guess I must've touched the car 304 00:14:42,682 --> 00:14:44,251 when I bent down to get 'em. 305 00:14:44,284 --> 00:14:48,188 Not like this you didn't. 306 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:51,992 You're going to arraignment. 307 00:14:57,164 --> 00:14:58,498 Trenway's got a lot of friends in there and no priors. 308 00:14:58,531 --> 00:15:00,300 There's no way he was getting remanded. 309 00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:03,136 Right, but $25,000 bail? That's a joke. 310 00:15:03,170 --> 00:15:04,938 Maybe he'll do another rape between now and the trial. 311 00:15:07,007 --> 00:15:09,142 Where you going? Hey, guys. 312 00:15:09,176 --> 00:15:12,946 You want a story? I got a story for you. 313 00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:14,514 Martin Trenway, the big P.I. lawyer, 314 00:15:14,547 --> 00:15:17,617 right over there, just got charged with rape. 315 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:18,451 (male reporter) Still rolling? 316 00:15:18,485 --> 00:15:19,686 Set. 317 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:22,022 Mr. Trenway. 318 00:15:22,055 --> 00:15:23,656 (female reporter) Mr. Trenway, can we have a second? 319 00:15:23,690 --> 00:15:24,891 (male reporter) Is it true you've been charged with rape? 320 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:28,728 Yes, yes, yes, but it is clearly a case of mistaken identity. 321 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:30,097 (female reporter) Do you have anything else to say? 322 00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:31,731 When do the police say it happened? 323 00:15:31,764 --> 00:15:35,368 Hand lineup was a good idea. 324 00:15:35,402 --> 00:15:37,304 Trenway's right, though. 325 00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:40,373 A lot of people probably have that same scar. 326 00:15:40,407 --> 00:15:43,010 I'm Detective Tutuola. You don't want to talk to me. 327 00:15:43,043 --> 00:15:45,412 This is the detective that got his mug on the front page. 328 00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:47,247 Detective Beck, this is Heather Stark. 329 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:48,381 She'd like to say thank you. 330 00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:50,017 I knew when I saw the pictures-- 331 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:51,751 You don't have to say anything. I was just doing my job. 332 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:54,621 But--but I remember him. 333 00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:56,756 I'm Detective Stabler. 334 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:58,391 Hi. 335 00:16:00,060 --> 00:16:02,729 You recognize that man? 336 00:16:02,762 --> 00:16:04,197 (Heather) Five years ago. 337 00:16:04,231 --> 00:16:06,433 I was going into a subway station 338 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:08,435 on 104th and Broadway 339 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:10,770 when a man knocked me 340 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:14,474 into a parked car. 341 00:16:14,507 --> 00:16:17,610 I fell and something hit me in the head, like he kicked me. 342 00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:20,480 What happened next? 343 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:24,551 He opened the car and pushed me into the back seat. 344 00:16:24,584 --> 00:16:26,419 And then he hit me again. 345 00:16:26,453 --> 00:16:28,655 Do you remember what kind of car it was? 346 00:16:28,688 --> 00:16:30,023 No. 347 00:16:30,057 --> 00:16:33,126 Okay. 348 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:34,694 He knocked me out, 349 00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:39,032 because when I woke up, 350 00:16:39,066 --> 00:16:41,068 we were in some abandoned lot. 351 00:16:41,101 --> 00:16:42,402 He had a knife. 352 00:16:42,435 --> 00:16:45,238 Mm-hmm. 353 00:16:45,272 --> 00:16:50,310 He made me perform oral sex. 354 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:52,212 And he raped me. 355 00:16:54,714 --> 00:16:57,150 What happened afterwards? 356 00:16:57,184 --> 00:16:59,352 He made me get out of the car. 357 00:17:01,654 --> 00:17:03,556 And he took off. 358 00:17:03,590 --> 00:17:06,626 And somehow I found my way to a gas station. 359 00:17:06,659 --> 00:17:10,363 Turned out he drove me to Long Island City. 360 00:17:10,397 --> 00:17:13,666 Now, why are you so sure Martin Trenway is the man who raped you? 361 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:17,837 [sighs] 362 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:20,140 We were in the car. 363 00:17:23,143 --> 00:17:28,348 He tried to rape me from behind. 364 00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:32,685 But he was too tall, so he got on top of me. 365 00:17:32,719 --> 00:17:37,324 He told me to close my eyes, but I didn't. 366 00:17:37,357 --> 00:17:41,161 So... 367 00:17:41,194 --> 00:17:45,098 When I saw this picture, I started to shake. 368 00:17:48,501 --> 00:17:51,571 I know it's him. 369 00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:54,407 [sighs] 370 00:17:54,441 --> 00:17:56,243 I'll never forget his face. 371 00:18:04,284 --> 00:18:05,885 Is there somebody I can call for you? 372 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:08,621 Yeah, my friend Melissa would be a good person. 373 00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:11,458 Oh, my God. 374 00:18:11,491 --> 00:18:12,659 Is that me? 375 00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:14,461 John, this is Heather. 376 00:18:14,494 --> 00:18:15,662 She needs someplace private to make a phone call. 377 00:18:15,695 --> 00:18:17,497 My pleasure. 378 00:18:19,832 --> 00:18:22,269 What are you doing? 379 00:18:22,302 --> 00:18:25,605 That woman just relived the worst experience of her life. 380 00:18:25,638 --> 00:18:27,140 She doesn't need to see the way she looked that night. 381 00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:31,644 Her case file's right there. 382 00:18:31,678 --> 00:18:34,481 (Stabler) How'd you get it so fast? 383 00:18:34,514 --> 00:18:36,383 It was a Queens SVU case. 384 00:18:36,416 --> 00:18:39,219 They're swamped, so they let us have it. 385 00:18:39,252 --> 00:18:41,821 We watched you interview Heather. 386 00:18:41,854 --> 00:18:43,623 The rapist's M.O. is very close to Nikki West's. 387 00:18:43,656 --> 00:18:45,158 Check out the composites. 388 00:18:45,192 --> 00:18:47,394 Either of them could be Trenway. 389 00:18:47,427 --> 00:18:48,395 (Stabler) Heather's interview five years ago 390 00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:50,163 reads word for word with what she just told me. 391 00:18:50,197 --> 00:18:53,166 She's consistent. 392 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,702 Well, the defense will still argue her ID of Trenway was improper. 393 00:18:55,735 --> 00:18:59,339 Oh, because she picked him out of the newspaper instead of a photo lineup. 394 00:18:59,372 --> 00:19:02,709 We may not need an ID. Heather's clothes and rape kit were inventoried 395 00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:04,877 with fluids present. 396 00:19:04,911 --> 00:19:07,614 DNA wouldn't have been processed back then unless they had a suspect. 397 00:19:07,647 --> 00:19:10,683 All the case evidence is at the property clerk in Queens. 398 00:19:10,717 --> 00:19:12,719 Statute of limitations is up in four days on this one. 399 00:19:12,752 --> 00:19:15,855 Get a warrant on Trenway's DNA. Find that evidence. 400 00:19:19,792 --> 00:19:22,362 The log says that file number should be right here. 401 00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:24,464 Well, it's not here, so where do we look next? 402 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:28,601 It could be anywhere. Place leaks so bad, we had to move stuff around. 403 00:19:28,635 --> 00:19:30,270 You mean you lost it? 404 00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:32,672 It's not lost. Sometimes it just takes a while to find it. 405 00:19:32,705 --> 00:19:33,906 So find it. 406 00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:35,642 I got two dozen cases ahead of you. 407 00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:37,977 Could take a couple of weeks. We don't have a couple of weeks. 408 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:41,214 This one doesn't get found, we got a rapist who goes out on the street. 409 00:19:41,248 --> 00:19:43,450 You're on the list. 410 00:19:43,483 --> 00:19:46,586 No wonder they took your gun and stuck you in this hellhole. 411 00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:48,921 Screw you, lady. 412 00:19:48,955 --> 00:19:51,591 Now, you can find it yourself. 413 00:19:51,624 --> 00:19:53,926 Someone should've fired that idiot. 414 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,863 So you got any friends who can undo the mess you just made in there? 415 00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:58,731 The mess I just made? 416 00:19:58,765 --> 00:20:01,734 Look, the guy may be a loser, but bullying him doesn't help us. 417 00:20:01,768 --> 00:20:03,336 So what are you saying? 418 00:20:03,370 --> 00:20:04,804 I'm saying you're running around half-cocked 419 00:20:04,837 --> 00:20:06,706 like you're still yanking bail jumpers off the street. 420 00:20:06,739 --> 00:20:08,475 It's about getting inside people's heads. 421 00:20:08,508 --> 00:20:10,543 Your problem is every perp smells the same to you. 422 00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:11,411 Yeah, they do. 423 00:20:11,444 --> 00:20:12,912 Well, they're not. 424 00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:14,914 They're not the same. 425 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:16,583 You got Trenway. He's a lawyer. 426 00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:17,950 You get him in the box, you work him. 427 00:20:17,984 --> 00:20:20,687 You don't get in his face. 428 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,290 And you don't turn your back on the victims. 429 00:20:23,323 --> 00:20:25,292 Like you did with Heather Stark. 430 00:20:31,298 --> 00:20:33,333 (Novak) Heather, can you please describe the injuries 431 00:20:33,366 --> 00:20:34,701 your attacker inflicted upon you 432 00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:36,903 in addition to the rape? 433 00:20:36,936 --> 00:20:40,273 He fractured my skull. 434 00:20:40,307 --> 00:20:43,843 Broke my nose and my right eye socket. 435 00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:48,281 My whole face was a mess. I needed plastic surgery. 436 00:20:48,315 --> 00:20:49,849 Do you know who did this to you? 437 00:20:49,882 --> 00:20:53,486 Yes. Martin Trenway. 438 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,488 He's sitting right over there. 439 00:20:55,522 --> 00:20:57,424 (Novak) Thank you. 440 00:20:57,457 --> 00:20:59,258 Nothing further. 441 00:21:05,898 --> 00:21:09,369 (Moss) Ms. Stark, you testified that you were sure 442 00:21:09,402 --> 00:21:11,504 that Mr. Trenway raped you because... 443 00:21:11,538 --> 00:21:13,440 you recognized him from the newspapers. 444 00:21:13,473 --> 00:21:15,074 That's correct. 445 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:18,411 The article printed after he had been arrested for another rape. 446 00:21:18,445 --> 00:21:20,980 Yes. 447 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:23,516 How often do you read the paper? 448 00:21:23,550 --> 00:21:24,817 Every day. 449 00:21:24,851 --> 00:21:26,953 Any one in particular? 450 00:21:26,986 --> 00:21:28,488 The Ledger. 451 00:21:28,521 --> 00:21:30,357 You're aware that Mr. Trenway 452 00:21:30,390 --> 00:21:32,325 is a very well-known attorney in town. 453 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:33,993 Yes, I am. 454 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:36,028 (Moss) So it wouldn't surprise you to hear 455 00:21:36,062 --> 00:21:38,831 that he'd been in the newspaper before he was accused of rape. 456 00:21:38,865 --> 00:21:42,001 No, it wouldn't. 457 00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:46,005 Do you know how many times Mr. Trenway's picture was in the Ledger 458 00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:47,707 in the five years since you were attacked? 459 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,809 No, sir, I don't. 460 00:21:49,842 --> 00:21:51,911 22. 461 00:21:51,944 --> 00:21:54,414 22 times. 462 00:21:54,447 --> 00:21:56,349 So since you read the Ledg every day, 463 00:21:56,383 --> 00:21:57,984 you had to have seen my client's face before. 464 00:21:58,017 --> 00:21:59,886 Objection. Calls for speculation. 465 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:02,355 (Moss) I'll withdraw the question. 466 00:22:02,389 --> 00:22:04,424 Ms. Stark... 467 00:22:04,457 --> 00:22:07,960 isn't it possible you recognized my client 468 00:22:07,994 --> 00:22:11,564 because you'd seen him in the paper previously, 469 00:22:11,598 --> 00:22:13,400 not because he attacked you? 470 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:15,835 I was looking at him the entire time 471 00:22:15,868 --> 00:22:17,837 he was raping me. 472 00:22:17,870 --> 00:22:20,773 I know it's him. 473 00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:22,675 Then why didn't you call the police 474 00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:25,044 one of the other 22 times you saw his face in the paper? 475 00:22:30,049 --> 00:22:31,984 I--I-- 476 00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:38,057 I don't know. 477 00:22:38,090 --> 00:22:39,992 No further questions. 478 00:22:44,163 --> 00:22:47,767 Eyewitness testimony is the least reliable of all evidence. 479 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,902 (Moss) As an expert in the field, Dr. Polk, I'm sure that you can cite 480 00:22:49,936 --> 00:22:51,438 studies to back that up. 481 00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:52,839 (Dr. Polk) Dozens of them. 482 00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:55,475 But the best proof comes from the real world. 483 00:22:55,508 --> 00:22:58,778 Of the first group of murderers and rapists 484 00:22:58,811 --> 00:23:02,014 whose convictions were overturned by DNA evidence, 485 00:23:02,048 --> 00:23:04,016 more than 80% were found guilty 486 00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:07,119 based on mistaken eyewitness testimony. 487 00:23:07,153 --> 00:23:09,188 Now, wait a minute. How is that possible, Doctor? 488 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:11,824 (Polk) Most jurors believe that human memory 489 00:23:11,858 --> 00:23:13,059 works like a videotape. 490 00:23:13,092 --> 00:23:17,730 That our minds play back an event exactly as it was recorded. 491 00:23:17,764 --> 00:23:20,667 So when Ms. Stark says five years after she was raped 492 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:23,470 that she is sure beyond any doubt 493 00:23:23,503 --> 00:23:26,739 that Mr. Trenway attacked her, is she lying? 494 00:23:26,773 --> 00:23:28,775 Absolutely not. 495 00:23:28,808 --> 00:23:32,178 She's telling the truth as she believes she remembers it. 496 00:23:32,211 --> 00:23:34,847 But her memory of that horrible event 497 00:23:34,881 --> 00:23:37,484 can always be changed by suggestion, 498 00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:40,787 whether intentional or not. 499 00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:42,522 Like a suggestion in a newspaper article, 500 00:23:42,555 --> 00:23:44,824 naming my client as a defendant in another rape case. 501 00:23:44,857 --> 00:23:47,460 Yes. 502 00:23:47,494 --> 00:23:48,828 Nothing further. 503 00:23:50,196 --> 00:23:52,799 People's seven, Your Honor. 504 00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:54,734 This is a composite based on a description 505 00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:56,803 Heather Stark gave detectives 506 00:23:56,836 --> 00:24:00,172 the night she was attacked five years ago. 507 00:24:00,206 --> 00:24:02,709 Do you think it looks like Martin Trenway? 508 00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:08,047 Well, yes, it could be him, but the fact that he's sitting 509 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,183 a few feet away is very suggestive, though. 510 00:24:11,217 --> 00:24:12,885 (Novak) Yes, but we've heard testimony that for seven hours 511 00:24:12,919 --> 00:24:16,155 after Heather Stark was raped and beaten, she was first hospitalized, 512 00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:18,525 poked, prodded, photographed, 513 00:24:18,558 --> 00:24:20,793 sutured, cleaned up, and interviewed by the police. 514 00:24:20,827 --> 00:24:22,529 And yet after all that, 515 00:24:22,562 --> 00:24:26,132 after all the possible suggestion that she might have been influenced by, 516 00:24:26,165 --> 00:24:28,234 she still gave a description of her attacker 517 00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:30,637 that even you agree resembles the defendant. 518 00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:38,010 Dr. Polk, taking into account 519 00:24:38,044 --> 00:24:39,879 the trauma that she experienced, 520 00:24:39,912 --> 00:24:44,717 and given her accuracy then and her confidence now, 521 00:24:44,751 --> 00:24:46,653 isn't is possible Ms. Stark correctly identified 522 00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:49,822 Mr. Trenway as her attacker? 523 00:24:52,659 --> 00:24:54,561 Yes. 524 00:24:56,863 --> 00:24:59,532 Thank you, Doctor. 525 00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:04,236 We'll pick up again after lunch. 526 00:25:36,969 --> 00:25:39,706 Tell me that you guys are here because you found it. 527 00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:41,240 It's already at the M.E.'s being processed. 528 00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:43,175 I gotta get the results in on rebuttal. 529 00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:45,077 Not so fast. There might be a problem. 530 00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:49,682 The rape kit and clothing at one time had been wet. 531 00:25:49,716 --> 00:25:51,951 That caused mold to grow on the biological material. 532 00:25:51,984 --> 00:25:53,319 So it's no good? 533 00:25:53,352 --> 00:25:55,021 We lucked out. 534 00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:57,356 Got a couple of DNA markers suitable for comparison. 535 00:25:57,389 --> 00:26:00,126 Okay, and? 536 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:01,628 I have definitive proof. 537 00:26:01,661 --> 00:26:02,595 We got him. 538 00:26:02,629 --> 00:26:04,997 I wish. 539 00:26:05,031 --> 00:26:07,967 These results aren't even close. 540 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,638 Martin Trenway could not have raped Heather Stark. 541 00:26:21,648 --> 00:26:23,716 The whole time he was raping me, I was staring right in his face 542 00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:25,785 so that I could remember everything about him. 543 00:26:25,818 --> 00:26:27,920 This is wrong. It's gotta be wrong. 544 00:26:27,954 --> 00:26:31,057 The DNA can't be wrong, Heather. 545 00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:35,361 Ms. Stark, listen, I-- Get the hell away from me! 546 00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:42,068 Detectives. Counselor. 547 00:26:45,137 --> 00:26:49,141 How--how could I be so sure about this and be wrong? 548 00:26:49,175 --> 00:26:52,378 It's gotta be a mistake, don't you think? 549 00:26:52,411 --> 00:26:54,313 Heather, I'm sorry. Another man did this to you. 550 00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:57,049 Now, we'll run the DNA through the system. 551 00:26:57,083 --> 00:26:59,819 If he's been arrested for any crime anywhere, we'll get him. 552 00:26:59,852 --> 00:27:02,021 It's too late now. 553 00:27:04,023 --> 00:27:05,692 I'm sorry. 554 00:27:11,798 --> 00:27:14,266 She's right. Even if we find whoever raped her, 555 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:15,868 the statute of limitations has run out. 556 00:27:15,902 --> 00:27:17,704 She never gets justice. 557 00:27:17,737 --> 00:27:19,706 Hope we get some for Nikki West. 558 00:27:19,739 --> 00:27:22,208 We've got Trenway. If he's the man who attacked her. 559 00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:25,011 It i him. No alibi, the ID of his hand, 560 00:27:25,044 --> 00:27:26,679 the fingerprints on his car. 561 00:27:26,713 --> 00:27:28,147 We put him on trial now, we make him a martyr. 562 00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:30,149 He's already the poster boy for mistaken identity. 563 00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:31,017 Well, what more do you need? 564 00:27:31,050 --> 00:27:32,384 Short of a confession? 565 00:27:32,418 --> 00:27:35,354 Another victim who will testify Trenway raped her. 566 00:27:40,192 --> 00:27:42,729 We already went back five years. Didn't find anything. 567 00:27:42,762 --> 00:27:44,430 Novak wants us to go back further. 568 00:27:44,463 --> 00:27:47,800 Find someone she can put on the stand as a Molineux witness to swear Trenway raped her. 569 00:27:47,834 --> 00:27:49,802 You know, show that he'd done it before. 570 00:27:49,836 --> 00:27:52,171 I don't even know why there is a statute of limitations on rape anymore 571 00:27:52,204 --> 00:27:54,173 now that we have DNA. 572 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:56,242 To prevent eyewitnesses like Heather Stark 573 00:27:56,275 --> 00:27:59,946 from accusing the wrong person. 574 00:27:59,979 --> 00:28:01,748 (Cragen) What time she get here? (Tutuola) She never left. 575 00:28:01,781 --> 00:28:03,883 (Munch) Some people shouldn't be allowed to drink coffee. 576 00:28:03,916 --> 00:28:05,351 Dani, what is this? 577 00:28:05,384 --> 00:28:06,719 Trenway. I got him. 578 00:28:06,753 --> 00:28:09,255 Yeah, how? 579 00:28:09,288 --> 00:28:13,960 There were 14 unsolved beatings and rapes upstate in Ithaca from 1970 to 1974, 580 00:28:13,993 --> 00:28:16,028 the same years Trenway went to college there. 581 00:28:16,062 --> 00:28:19,165 Now, the cops said that the attacks stopped 582 00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:20,800 at exactly the time Trenway left 583 00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:23,035 for law school at Duke. 584 00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:24,904 Okay, let me guess. 585 00:28:24,937 --> 00:28:26,873 The police in North Carolina handled a similar string of rapes 586 00:28:26,906 --> 00:28:29,208 that started right about that same time. 587 00:28:29,241 --> 00:28:33,345 11 victims. From August of '74 to May of '77. 588 00:28:33,379 --> 00:28:36,048 All unsolved. But... 589 00:28:36,082 --> 00:28:37,516 I think we'll find more of Trenway's work 590 00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:39,185 closer to home. 591 00:28:39,218 --> 00:28:40,186 (Stabler) How do you figure? 592 00:28:40,219 --> 00:28:42,388 Well, Trenway rented that Jaguar 593 00:28:42,421 --> 00:28:43,990 to go see a client in Jersey, right? 594 00:28:44,023 --> 00:28:46,058 He lives in Connecticut. 595 00:28:46,092 --> 00:28:49,195 He could've been raping women all over the tristate area for years. 596 00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:52,364 But we'd never know, because nobody shares information across jurisdictions. 597 00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:56,769 Right, now, Trenway grew up in Queens, Douglaston. 598 00:28:56,803 --> 00:28:58,838 So I pulled all the unsolved cases 599 00:28:58,871 --> 00:29:01,373 from 1967 to 1970 when he was a teenager. 600 00:29:01,407 --> 00:29:04,777 No rapes with his M.O. 601 00:29:04,811 --> 00:29:07,013 But there were two assaults in his neighborhood. 602 00:29:07,046 --> 00:29:09,816 One, the victim was a guy, so we can discard that. 603 00:29:09,849 --> 00:29:13,886 The other was a woman assaulted in her house. 604 00:29:16,222 --> 00:29:18,390 Lorraine Delmas, 32. 605 00:29:18,424 --> 00:29:21,427 Broken nose, cheek bone, jaw bone. 606 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:22,795 (Tutuola) Where have I heard that before? 607 00:29:22,829 --> 00:29:24,330 Or seen it. 608 00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:27,834 These photos could be carbon copies of Nikki West. 609 00:29:27,867 --> 00:29:29,068 That woman would be in her 70s 610 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:31,237 if she's still alive. 611 00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:32,571 I think she is. 612 00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:34,040 What makes you think that? 613 00:29:34,073 --> 00:29:36,075 I've seen this face. 614 00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:41,080 [tapping on glass] 615 00:29:47,553 --> 00:29:49,856 Mrs. Delmas. 616 00:29:49,889 --> 00:29:52,258 Miss Delmas. 617 00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:55,027 I'm Detective Stabler. This my partner, Detective Beck. 618 00:29:55,061 --> 00:29:56,562 I saw you in court two days ago. 619 00:29:56,595 --> 00:30:00,299 In the gallery. 620 00:30:00,332 --> 00:30:02,068 Please come in. 621 00:30:05,071 --> 00:30:08,074 I assume you are here to ask me about Marty. 622 00:30:08,107 --> 00:30:09,909 (Beck) How long have you known him? 623 00:30:09,942 --> 00:30:14,046 Ever since he was a boy. His mother and I were best friends. 624 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,315 You must've been shocked when he was accused of assaulting those women. 625 00:30:16,348 --> 00:30:19,251 Ah... 626 00:30:19,285 --> 00:30:22,021 It was nice you came to court to support him. 627 00:30:22,054 --> 00:30:24,290 I wanted to see what would happen. 628 00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:26,292 So you were pleased that the charges were dropped? 629 00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:29,128 Yes. 630 00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:31,864 How did you meet Marty's mother? 631 00:30:31,898 --> 00:30:34,000 Oh, Marie and I were little girls together. 632 00:30:34,033 --> 00:30:35,301 We grew up in the same town. 633 00:30:35,334 --> 00:30:37,169 In France. 634 00:30:37,203 --> 00:30:40,539 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. 635 00:30:40,572 --> 00:30:44,944 She met and married her husband there, James. 636 00:30:44,977 --> 00:30:46,913 And James' brother fell in love with me, 637 00:30:46,946 --> 00:30:49,181 and I moved here to be with him. 638 00:30:49,215 --> 00:30:50,449 But you never married. 639 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,555 We--we broke up 640 00:30:56,588 --> 00:31:00,459 after Marie died. 641 00:31:00,492 --> 00:31:03,495 Did you stay in touch with Marty? 642 00:31:03,529 --> 00:31:07,166 On her deathbed, she made me promise to take care of him. 643 00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:11,904 What about his father? 644 00:31:11,938 --> 00:31:13,439 After his mother died, 645 00:31:13,472 --> 00:31:16,242 Marty became a very difficult child. 646 00:31:16,275 --> 00:31:19,378 He couldn't communicate with his father. 647 00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:21,914 So he spent most of his time here with me. 648 00:31:21,948 --> 00:31:23,482 You were close. 649 00:31:23,515 --> 00:31:25,084 Yes. 650 00:31:25,117 --> 00:31:26,152 Miss Delmas... 651 00:31:26,185 --> 00:31:27,319 Please call me Lorraine. 652 00:31:27,353 --> 00:31:30,189 Lorraine... 653 00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:34,293 why were you sitting so far away from Marty in court? 654 00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:36,595 Oh, we haven't spoken for nearly 40 years. 655 00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,430 Did something happen? 656 00:31:38,464 --> 00:31:40,566 Marty went away to college. 657 00:31:40,599 --> 00:31:43,069 We just lost touch. 658 00:31:43,102 --> 00:31:45,104 Do you remember, uh, was that before or after 659 00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:46,405 you were attacked in your home? 660 00:31:56,582 --> 00:31:58,217 I'd rather not talk about that. 661 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:01,053 I understand it brings back painful memories. 662 00:32:01,087 --> 00:32:04,190 Lorraine, I read the police reports from that night. 663 00:32:04,223 --> 00:32:08,194 Whoever hurt you didn't break in. 664 00:32:08,227 --> 00:32:10,362 Did you know the man who attacked you? 665 00:32:15,501 --> 00:32:18,004 Well... 666 00:32:18,037 --> 00:32:21,140 It happened so long ago. 667 00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:23,209 You know, people in those days 668 00:32:23,242 --> 00:32:26,378 weren't afraid to open their doors. 669 00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:30,316 Would you take me home please now? 670 00:32:30,349 --> 00:32:32,384 Would you like something to eat before you go? 671 00:32:32,418 --> 00:32:34,220 Why is she protecting him? 672 00:32:34,253 --> 00:32:36,588 She's fulfilling the promise she made to Trenway's mother. 673 00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:38,490 No, I don't think that's it. 674 00:32:38,524 --> 00:32:41,127 She want to court to see Trenway finally get justice. 675 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,529 Well, if that's what she wants, why won't she talk? 676 00:32:43,562 --> 00:32:45,597 (Huang) Because she's ashamed. 677 00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:48,734 She's not going to talk to a man. 678 00:32:52,771 --> 00:32:54,273 [knocking on door] 679 00:33:25,437 --> 00:33:26,272 Oui. 680 00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:46,885 I promised his mother. 681 00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:49,488 Yeah, and you kept that promise. 682 00:34:49,521 --> 00:34:52,858 You helped him. 683 00:35:49,215 --> 00:35:52,584 Did Marty attack you that night? 684 00:35:52,618 --> 00:35:54,886 It's okay. 685 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,923 You don't have to protect him anymore. 686 00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:12,604 Yes, it was Marty. 687 00:36:12,638 --> 00:36:15,474 [crying] 688 00:36:21,913 --> 00:36:23,915 I didn't want to say it. 689 00:36:27,753 --> 00:36:29,755 It was Marty. 690 00:36:36,462 --> 00:36:41,767 He was very upset when he came over that night. 691 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,637 He wouldn't tell me why. 692 00:36:45,671 --> 00:36:47,573 He asked for a soda, 693 00:36:47,606 --> 00:36:50,776 and I went into the kitchen to get it. 694 00:36:53,279 --> 00:36:56,348 I was looking into the refrigerator 695 00:36:56,382 --> 00:36:59,785 when I was hit from behind. 696 00:36:59,818 --> 00:37:02,788 Knocked to the floor. 697 00:37:02,821 --> 00:37:05,257 It was Marty. 698 00:37:05,291 --> 00:37:06,992 He was hitting and hitting and hitting. 699 00:37:07,025 --> 00:37:09,795 You're lying! Why are you lying? 700 00:37:09,828 --> 00:37:11,863 You know it's true, Marty! 701 00:37:11,897 --> 00:37:13,532 You swore you wouldn't say anything! 702 00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:16,001 You grabbed that kitchen knife from the counter. 703 00:37:16,034 --> 00:37:18,003 You made me pull down my pants 704 00:37:18,036 --> 00:37:20,005 and you raped me! 705 00:37:20,038 --> 00:37:21,807 [gavel pounds] 706 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:22,941 Miss Delmas, Mr. Trenway. 707 00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:32,951 Why didn't you tell the police that you had been raped? 708 00:37:37,523 --> 00:37:39,325 Because I was-- 709 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,995 Because I was single. 710 00:37:44,029 --> 00:37:46,398 I was engaged to be married. 711 00:37:46,432 --> 00:37:48,367 And... 712 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,303 Oh, I was so embarrassed, so ashamed. 713 00:37:55,341 --> 00:37:57,343 I didn't know what my fiancé would do 714 00:37:57,376 --> 00:37:59,678 if he found out. 715 00:37:59,711 --> 00:38:02,948 And Marty was... 716 00:38:02,981 --> 00:38:05,317 family. 717 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:14,660 Your Honor, we submit that Miss Delmas' testimony 718 00:38:14,693 --> 00:38:15,927 meets the standard of People v. Molineux 719 00:38:15,961 --> 00:38:18,964 to present to the jury as proof 720 00:38:18,997 --> 00:38:21,066 that Martin Trenway has raped before. 721 00:38:23,835 --> 00:38:25,471 Miss Delmas... 722 00:38:25,504 --> 00:38:31,076 I am deeply sorry about the horror you experienced. 723 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:33,412 I am equally sorry that we can never 724 00:38:33,445 --> 00:38:36,382 try Martin Trenway for what he did to you. 725 00:38:36,415 --> 00:38:38,817 But this is an evidentiary hearing, 726 00:38:38,850 --> 00:38:40,986 not a trial. 727 00:38:41,019 --> 00:38:44,490 And because it happened so long ago, 728 00:38:44,523 --> 00:38:48,494 and there is no proof to support your testimony, 729 00:38:48,527 --> 00:38:52,364 I cannot allow this testimony under Molineux 730 00:38:52,398 --> 00:38:54,132 on the grounds that it would be 731 00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:56,602 unfairly prejudicial against the defendant. 732 00:38:56,635 --> 00:38:58,637 (Novak) Your Honor-- 733 00:38:58,670 --> 00:39:01,707 I buried it. 734 00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:05,511 Miss Delmas? 735 00:39:05,544 --> 00:39:09,915 I buried it just like I buried my memories. 736 00:39:12,918 --> 00:39:15,153 After Marty left that night, 737 00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:17,689 I took off all the clothes I was wearing 738 00:39:17,723 --> 00:39:20,559 and stuffed them in a box. 739 00:39:20,592 --> 00:39:23,529 There's a place in the basement 740 00:39:23,562 --> 00:39:26,131 between the beams. 741 00:39:26,164 --> 00:39:30,068 I hid the box there 742 00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:35,173 so that I would never see it again. 743 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:38,944 And I didn't. Not for 40 years. 744 00:39:38,977 --> 00:39:41,613 Until I read in the newspapers 745 00:39:41,647 --> 00:39:44,550 that Marty... 746 00:39:44,583 --> 00:39:49,988 had raped a girl. 747 00:39:50,021 --> 00:39:53,158 I knew it had to be true. 748 00:39:53,191 --> 00:39:56,862 The DNA on Lorraine's clothes is a match. 749 00:39:56,895 --> 00:40:02,834 Martin Trenway raped Nikki West. 750 00:40:02,868 --> 00:40:04,903 (Lorraine) I blamed myself. 751 00:40:04,936 --> 00:40:08,974 Marty was only 15. 752 00:40:09,007 --> 00:40:12,010 He had his whole life ahead of him. 753 00:40:16,782 --> 00:40:21,453 So I made myself forget what he had done. 754 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:30,596 Maybe if I had spoken up, 755 00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:32,798 he could've been helped. 756 00:40:32,831 --> 00:40:36,134 And maybe he would not 757 00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:39,104 have harmed this young lady. 758 00:40:45,210 --> 00:40:48,046 I am so sorry. 759 00:41:00,158 --> 00:41:02,661 Trenway pleads guilty to raping Nikki. 760 00:41:02,694 --> 00:41:04,763 He names all the other victims he can remember, 761 00:41:04,796 --> 00:41:08,066 and in return, I recommend the maximum sentence. 762 00:41:08,099 --> 00:41:10,602 Not long enough. Trenway agreed to it? 763 00:41:10,636 --> 00:41:11,903 He's waving the white flag. He knows it's all over. 764 00:41:11,937 --> 00:41:14,606 What does all that mean? 765 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,543 It means when and if he gets out of prison, he'll be too old to rape anybody. 766 00:41:17,576 --> 00:41:20,746 Miss Delmas... 767 00:41:20,779 --> 00:41:22,581 how can I ever repay you? 768 00:41:22,614 --> 00:41:24,783 Move on. 769 00:41:24,816 --> 00:41:27,953 Live your life. 770 00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:30,055 Don't lock yourself away the way I did. 771 00:41:38,664 --> 00:41:40,498 Mercí. 772 00:41:42,634 --> 00:41:44,803 Mercí. 773 00:41:48,273 --> 00:41:49,708 [sighs] 774 00:42:26,745 --> 00:42:28,980 ( wolf howling )