1 00:00:01,402 --> 00:00:03,371 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:03,404 --> 00:00:06,174 sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. 3 00:00:06,207 --> 00:00:08,342 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 4 00:00:08,376 --> 00:00:10,344 who investigate these vicious felonies 5 00:00:10,378 --> 00:00:11,679 are members of an elite squad 6 00:00:11,712 --> 00:00:13,514 known as the Special Victims Unit. 7 00:00:13,547 --> 00:00:16,217 These are their stories. 8 00:00:18,686 --> 00:00:19,653 What do we got? 9 00:00:19,687 --> 00:00:20,554 Six-year-old male. 10 00:00:20,588 --> 00:00:22,323 Stopped breathing at a church service. 11 00:00:22,356 --> 00:00:24,325 No pulse. Gave him epi and atropine. 12 00:00:24,358 --> 00:00:26,160 Oh, please. The boy's dad. 13 00:00:26,194 --> 00:00:28,196 You wait here. 14 00:00:30,764 --> 00:00:32,566 Still no pulse. Pupils fixed and dilated. 15 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:33,834 Asystole. 16 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:35,569 Push vasopressin and atropine. Scalpel. 17 00:00:37,805 --> 00:00:39,840 Oh, my God, 18 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:41,842 what are you doing? We're trying to start his heart. 19 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:43,611 Sir, you need to wait outside. No, no, no, no. 20 00:00:43,644 --> 00:00:44,678 Please let me stay with him. 21 00:00:44,712 --> 00:00:46,214 Did he ingest anything: poisons, 22 00:00:46,247 --> 00:00:47,581 detergents, drugs? There was just-just 23 00:00:47,615 --> 00:00:48,682 a glass of milk before bed. 24 00:00:48,716 --> 00:00:50,084 Vasopressin and atropine 25 00:00:50,118 --> 00:00:51,552 on board-- still no pulse. 26 00:00:51,585 --> 00:00:52,620 How long's he been down? 27 00:00:52,653 --> 00:00:53,721 Nearly 30 minutes. 28 00:00:56,624 --> 00:00:59,460 You have to help him. 29 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:01,129 I'm sorry. 30 00:01:01,162 --> 00:01:04,332 There's nothing more we can do. 31 00:01:07,768 --> 00:01:08,669 Paramedics were called 32 00:01:08,702 --> 00:01:10,671 to a service at the Church of Divine Blessing 33 00:01:10,704 --> 00:01:12,140 just before midnight. 34 00:01:12,173 --> 00:01:14,475 A parishioner said the kid had stopped breathing. 35 00:01:14,508 --> 00:01:16,477 We did everything we could to resuscitate him, 36 00:01:16,510 --> 00:01:18,146 but he was DOA. 37 00:01:18,179 --> 00:01:19,713 His name's Jamie Semple. 38 00:01:19,747 --> 00:01:22,883 - Did you notify the parents? - Yeah. Dad came in 39 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:25,319 with the paramedics. And what's the cause of death? 40 00:01:25,353 --> 00:01:27,788 I have my suspicions, but you'd better wait for the autopsy. 41 00:01:27,821 --> 00:01:30,624 Why us? Because I think he was physically abused. 42 00:01:30,658 --> 00:01:33,661 There's these indentations. 43 00:01:33,694 --> 00:01:36,664 Do you mind if I take a look? 44 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,635 Partial finger impressions, and... 45 00:01:41,669 --> 00:01:43,704 is that a ring mark? 46 00:01:43,737 --> 00:01:46,340 Somebody really squeezed this kid. 47 00:01:46,374 --> 00:01:47,908 Or crushed him. Hold on. The ring might have 48 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:49,843 partial initials-- can we use your camera? 49 00:01:51,412 --> 00:01:53,681 From the positioning of the imprint, 50 00:01:53,714 --> 00:01:56,650 the ring... is on the right ring finger. 51 00:01:56,684 --> 00:01:58,719 Where are the parents? 52 00:01:58,752 --> 00:02:00,721 They're in the waiting area. They tell you why they took 53 00:02:00,754 --> 00:02:02,523 their kid to church in the middle of the night? 54 00:02:02,556 --> 00:02:03,524 Yeah. 55 00:02:03,557 --> 00:02:06,160 They were praying over him. 56 00:02:11,199 --> 00:02:15,469 Captioning sponsored by UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION 57 00:02:15,503 --> 00:02:18,239 and NBC 58 00:02:59,580 --> 00:03:01,282 Mr. and Mrs. Dufoy? 59 00:03:01,315 --> 00:03:04,285 I'm Detective Benson, this is Detective Tutuola. 60 00:03:04,318 --> 00:03:06,520 We are so sorry about your loss. 61 00:03:06,554 --> 00:03:09,790 We need to ask you a few questions. 62 00:03:10,824 --> 00:03:12,560 Can you tell us what happened? 63 00:03:12,593 --> 00:03:14,995 Um, I'm-I'm afraid I don't know a lot. 64 00:03:15,028 --> 00:03:16,697 I-I was... I work late. 65 00:03:16,730 --> 00:03:19,533 Um, I run a bodega up on 121st. 66 00:03:19,567 --> 00:03:22,703 Sam was home with Jamie. 67 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:25,706 Well, he'd been wild, real wild, all day, 68 00:03:25,739 --> 00:03:29,377 uh, just... throwing fits like he was possessed. 69 00:03:29,410 --> 00:03:32,713 When he finally quieted down, I took him to the church. 70 00:03:32,746 --> 00:03:33,881 I-I thought it might help 71 00:03:33,914 --> 00:03:35,849 if Father Hendry prayed over him. 72 00:03:35,883 --> 00:03:37,518 What time was it? 73 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:40,688 11:15, 11:30. 74 00:03:40,721 --> 00:03:43,324 And you were okay with this, Mrs. Dufoy? 75 00:03:43,357 --> 00:03:46,727 Well, um... we're-we're Jamie's foster parents. 76 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,563 His birth mother wanted church to be part of his life, 77 00:03:49,597 --> 00:03:53,033 so... we-we try to respect that. 78 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:54,635 So, what went on last night? 79 00:03:54,668 --> 00:03:56,404 We were praying with Father Hendry, 80 00:03:56,437 --> 00:03:59,740 and this lady was holding Jamie's hand, 81 00:03:59,773 --> 00:04:04,878 and... suddenly, she couldn't find a pulse. 82 00:04:04,912 --> 00:04:08,716 Jamie stopped breathing. 83 00:04:08,749 --> 00:04:12,586 We tried to wake him, but we couldn't... 84 00:04:12,620 --> 00:04:15,356 May I please see both of your right hands? 85 00:04:16,390 --> 00:04:17,691 Why? 86 00:04:18,726 --> 00:04:19,993 Please. 87 00:04:22,930 --> 00:04:25,399 Thank you. 88 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:26,767 Where's the church? 89 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,068 Um, 126th, 90 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,903 off Lennox. 91 00:04:29,937 --> 00:04:31,305 Okay. 92 00:04:31,339 --> 00:04:33,407 If you think of anything else, 93 00:04:33,441 --> 00:04:36,810 please call us, okay? 94 00:04:40,814 --> 00:04:41,915 God, it's 4:45. 95 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:43,784 I've got to be in court in five hours. 96 00:04:43,817 --> 00:04:45,085 Okay, you go ahead. 97 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:47,621 About time Munch got his bony ass out of bed 98 00:04:47,655 --> 00:04:49,457 for some religion. 99 00:04:49,490 --> 00:04:51,492 Thanks. 100 00:04:53,827 --> 00:04:56,797 Jamie and his father found comfort 101 00:04:56,830 --> 00:04:59,467 and healing here on many occasions. 102 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:01,101 Ask my brothers and sisters. 103 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:03,804 Why'd Jamie need healing? He had demons. 104 00:05:03,837 --> 00:05:06,340 He'd have fits: 105 00:05:06,374 --> 00:05:07,875 hurl himself to the ground, 106 00:05:07,908 --> 00:05:08,842 froth at the mouth, 107 00:05:08,876 --> 00:05:10,778 shout, swear, 108 00:05:10,811 --> 00:05:11,779 bang his head. 109 00:05:11,812 --> 00:05:13,947 And this was the devil's work? 110 00:05:13,981 --> 00:05:16,083 Medicine couldn't heal Jamie. Our prayers could. 111 00:05:16,116 --> 00:05:16,884 Then why is he dead? 112 00:05:16,917 --> 00:05:19,753 Excuse me, ma'am, and you are...? 113 00:05:19,787 --> 00:05:23,791 Mariel Plummer, ACS; Jamie's case worker. 114 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:24,925 I just came from the hospital. 115 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:26,794 I spoke to Lori-Ann and Sam. 116 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:29,763 I just can't believe this has happened. 117 00:05:29,797 --> 00:05:31,865 Jamie's in a better place now. The only better place 118 00:05:31,899 --> 00:05:34,768 Jamie could be is at home with his parents! 119 00:05:34,802 --> 00:05:38,906 I'm... sorry. This is just really upsetting. 120 00:05:38,939 --> 00:05:40,808 Ms. Plummer, in your professional opinion, 121 00:05:40,841 --> 00:05:43,076 was Jamie possessed by the devil? 122 00:05:43,110 --> 00:05:47,114 Jamie had ADHD with conduct disorder and epilepsy. 123 00:05:47,147 --> 00:05:51,685 You don't believe me, speak to his doctor. 124 00:05:51,719 --> 00:05:53,654 I worked with Jamie for nearly a year. 125 00:05:53,687 --> 00:05:55,122 He could be a real handful. 126 00:05:55,155 --> 00:05:56,957 When a child has both a behavioral 127 00:05:56,990 --> 00:05:59,527 and an organic disorder, 128 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,995 one exacerbates the other. What did you do for Jamie? 129 00:06:02,029 --> 00:06:03,564 Gave him medication for epilepsy 130 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:04,798 and therapy for the ADHD. 131 00:06:04,832 --> 00:06:06,066 He was steadily improving. 132 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:08,502 He could be a sweet kid: 133 00:06:08,536 --> 00:06:10,771 funny, loving, inventive... 134 00:06:10,804 --> 00:06:12,840 I can't believe he's dead. 135 00:06:12,873 --> 00:06:14,875 Isn't that Mariel Plummer? 136 00:06:14,908 --> 00:06:16,143 Yes. Jamie's case worker. 137 00:06:16,176 --> 00:06:17,811 She's great with kids. 138 00:06:17,845 --> 00:06:20,848 He was quite fond of her. 139 00:06:20,881 --> 00:06:22,650 I felt we had the behavioral problems 140 00:06:22,683 --> 00:06:24,518 under control, but there was always a chance 141 00:06:24,552 --> 00:06:25,819 that he could have another seizure. 142 00:06:25,853 --> 00:06:27,521 Could he die from that? 143 00:06:27,555 --> 00:06:28,989 There is a rare syndrome 144 00:06:29,022 --> 00:06:31,492 called Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. 145 00:06:31,525 --> 00:06:33,827 How does that happen? 146 00:06:33,861 --> 00:06:35,896 Not taking one's meds or mixing them. 147 00:06:35,929 --> 00:06:38,198 Do Jamie's foster parents know how to medicate him? 148 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:40,534 Yes, and how to care for him during a seizure... 149 00:06:40,568 --> 00:06:41,869 but in the last few months, 150 00:06:41,902 --> 00:06:44,705 they'd started looking for answers elsewhere. 151 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:47,107 Like at the Church of Divine Blessing. Yeah. 152 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:51,178 Sam Dufoy insisted that it was good for Jamie. 153 00:06:51,211 --> 00:06:55,716 A month ago, I told them either leave the church or leave me, 154 00:06:55,749 --> 00:06:57,851 because I couldn't take responsibility 155 00:06:57,885 --> 00:06:59,720 for Jamie's health. 156 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:03,657 They chose the church. 157 00:07:03,691 --> 00:07:05,158 According to Doc Engels, cause of death 158 00:07:05,192 --> 00:07:06,694 could be an epileptic seizure. 159 00:07:06,727 --> 00:07:07,928 You ask me, that kid is dead 160 00:07:07,961 --> 00:07:09,863 because his parents didn't give him his meds, 161 00:07:09,897 --> 00:07:11,699 and then dragged him off to a faith healer. 162 00:07:11,732 --> 00:07:12,766 That's the lure of faith healing. 163 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,968 Medicine doesn't give them the answer they want, 164 00:07:15,002 --> 00:07:16,203 so they turn to God. 165 00:07:16,236 --> 00:07:18,205 Doc said Jamie was getting better. 166 00:07:18,238 --> 00:07:21,041 He's got epilepsy-- he'll always be epileptic. 167 00:07:21,074 --> 00:07:23,210 Medicine can only treat the condition. 168 00:07:23,243 --> 00:07:25,212 Father Hendry can promise them a cure. 169 00:07:25,245 --> 00:07:26,580 But he can't deliver. 170 00:07:26,614 --> 00:07:28,582 Then he says it's the Lord's will. 171 00:07:28,616 --> 00:07:31,218 Yeah, or maybe Sam and Lori-Ann didn't pray hard enough. 172 00:07:31,251 --> 00:07:34,054 I got the feeling that Lori-Ann didn't approve of it. 173 00:07:34,087 --> 00:07:35,889 She doesn't belong to that church. 174 00:07:35,923 --> 00:07:37,224 Even if Jamie was having a seizure, 175 00:07:37,257 --> 00:07:39,026 and his dad took him for a prayer session, 176 00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:41,028 it doesn't account for the mark on Jamie's chest. 177 00:07:41,061 --> 00:07:43,063 Depends on what kind of prayer session you're talking about. 178 00:07:43,096 --> 00:07:45,766 That autistic kid who died in the Milwaukee church-- 179 00:07:45,799 --> 00:07:47,601 the parishioners held him down. 180 00:07:47,635 --> 00:07:49,236 They were laying on top of him to cure him. 181 00:07:49,269 --> 00:07:51,772 That would explain the ring mark. 182 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:53,907 Right? Somebody holds onto Jamie, he struggles, 183 00:07:53,941 --> 00:07:55,242 and they hold onto him tighter. 184 00:07:55,275 --> 00:07:56,944 Until he stops breathing. 185 00:07:56,977 --> 00:07:58,612 Thank you. I enjoyed that. 186 00:07:58,646 --> 00:08:00,681 Now, have we tracked down his birth mother yet? 187 00:08:00,714 --> 00:08:01,682 Social worker says 188 00:08:01,715 --> 00:08:02,816 she moved to Long Island. 189 00:08:02,850 --> 00:08:04,518 I made a call. The phone's disconnected. 190 00:08:04,552 --> 00:08:06,554 I also did a little homework on Father Hendry. 191 00:08:06,587 --> 00:08:08,756 He used to be minister of the Sacred Spirit Church, 192 00:08:08,789 --> 00:08:11,258 but left over "religious differences." 193 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:15,228 Okay. Liv, Elliot, you got trial prep. 194 00:08:15,262 --> 00:08:17,197 John, Fin, pay a visit 195 00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:19,099 to Sacred Spirit Church-- let's see how 196 00:08:19,132 --> 00:08:21,669 "different" Father Hendry's religion was. 197 00:08:23,270 --> 00:08:24,972 Lucas Hendry was with us for many years. 198 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:26,540 He was a popular preacher. 199 00:08:26,574 --> 00:08:27,575 Why'd he leave? 200 00:08:27,608 --> 00:08:30,778 He was drawn to a more charismatic form of worship. 201 00:08:30,811 --> 00:08:33,747 He felt people needed more drama in their faith. 202 00:08:33,781 --> 00:08:34,982 Have you heard of the Toronto Blessing? 203 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:36,116 Nope. 204 00:08:36,149 --> 00:08:37,284 It started in the '90s, 205 00:08:37,317 --> 00:08:38,986 in a church near Toronto Airport. 206 00:08:39,019 --> 00:08:40,320 Practitioners claimed 207 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:43,023 they could cast out demons, heal the sick, 208 00:08:43,056 --> 00:08:44,124 speak in tongues. 209 00:08:44,157 --> 00:08:47,561 Hendry and some of our members were seduced by it. 210 00:08:47,595 --> 00:08:49,029 Like Sam and Lori-Ann Dufoy? 211 00:08:49,062 --> 00:08:50,664 Sam was. He and Lori-Ann 212 00:08:50,698 --> 00:08:52,600 are good people. We were sorry to see them go. 213 00:08:52,633 --> 00:08:53,901 You think Father Hendry's 214 00:08:53,934 --> 00:08:54,768 a fraud? 215 00:08:54,802 --> 00:08:57,304 He doesn't hold rattlesnakes in one hand 216 00:08:57,337 --> 00:08:58,839 and the collection box in the other, 217 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:00,007 if that's what you mean. 218 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,109 He may be deluded, but he's sincere. 219 00:09:04,645 --> 00:09:06,213 Does Reverend Hendry always wear this ring? 220 00:09:06,246 --> 00:09:08,782 Yes. It was his grandfather's. 221 00:09:10,150 --> 00:09:12,052 This mark was on Jamie's body. 222 00:09:12,085 --> 00:09:14,121 See the partial initials: J.O.? 223 00:09:14,154 --> 00:09:17,124 Well, my initials are L.H. 224 00:09:17,157 --> 00:09:18,025 But it's your ring. 225 00:09:18,058 --> 00:09:19,827 The initials belong to your grandaddy, 226 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:20,994 Jackson Ormond. 227 00:09:21,028 --> 00:09:22,630 Where's the ring, Father? 228 00:09:22,663 --> 00:09:24,031 I don't wear it anymore. 229 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:25,265 We talked to the people that prayed for 230 00:09:25,298 --> 00:09:27,868 Jamie that night-- they said you were calling to the Lord, 231 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:28,902 battling with Satan. 232 00:09:28,936 --> 00:09:31,672 His demons were powerful. I had to fight them. 233 00:09:31,705 --> 00:09:32,973 You held him so tight 234 00:09:33,006 --> 00:09:35,008 that the ring left an impression on his flesh. 235 00:09:35,042 --> 00:09:36,677 I was healing him! 236 00:09:36,710 --> 00:09:38,111 You crushed the life out of him! No! 237 00:09:38,145 --> 00:09:39,647 You killed him! 238 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:48,756 God forgive me. 239 00:09:48,789 --> 00:09:51,992 I was only trying to help the boy. 240 00:09:53,060 --> 00:09:56,830 I-I-I must've held him too tight. 241 00:09:56,864 --> 00:10:00,100 I... I saw the mark my ring had made-- 242 00:10:00,133 --> 00:10:02,335 I took it off. 243 00:10:02,369 --> 00:10:04,772 I'm so sorry. 244 00:10:07,875 --> 00:10:09,142 About to take him 245 00:10:09,176 --> 00:10:11,344 to Booking. Put him in the cage. 246 00:10:11,378 --> 00:10:14,014 I think you better talk to Warner first. 247 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,222 We've got microscopic cotton fibers. 248 00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:24,191 I found them in Jamie's lungs and stomach. 249 00:10:24,224 --> 00:10:25,893 Along with these-- 250 00:10:25,926 --> 00:10:28,996 traces of toluene diisocyanate polyol 251 00:10:29,029 --> 00:10:31,331 and pentabromodiphenyl oxide. 252 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:34,367 Your basic foam rubber and fire retardant. 253 00:10:34,401 --> 00:10:36,704 So he was smothered with a cushion? 254 00:10:36,737 --> 00:10:37,705 Or a cheap pillow. 255 00:10:37,738 --> 00:10:40,107 Okay, somebody holds a pillow over Jamie's face. 256 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:42,375 The kid fights and bites right through the case 257 00:10:42,409 --> 00:10:43,343 into the foam. 258 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:45,779 Yeah, but the parishioners didn't say anything 259 00:10:45,813 --> 00:10:46,880 about a pillow. 260 00:10:46,914 --> 00:10:48,749 That's because Jamie wasn't smothered at the church. 261 00:10:48,782 --> 00:10:49,683 How do you know that? 262 00:10:49,717 --> 00:10:53,787 See how clear and deep the impression is? 263 00:10:53,821 --> 00:10:55,455 That wouldn't have happened with living skin. 264 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:58,358 His flesh had started to swell and become waxy. 265 00:10:58,391 --> 00:11:00,994 Jamie was already dead. 266 00:11:01,028 --> 00:11:04,164 At least an hour before this mark was made. 267 00:11:08,902 --> 00:11:09,937 You know, I don't know what you think 268 00:11:09,970 --> 00:11:10,938 you're going to find here. 269 00:11:10,971 --> 00:11:12,005 We'll let you know 270 00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:13,106 as soon as we find it. 271 00:11:13,140 --> 00:11:14,441 Pillowcase is clean, no tears. 272 00:11:14,474 --> 00:11:16,243 When's your husband coming back? 273 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:17,244 Soon. 274 00:11:17,277 --> 00:11:20,013 He's out making Jamie's funeral arrangements. 275 00:11:20,047 --> 00:11:21,148 Look like teeth marks. 276 00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:23,483 Mm-hmm. Check this out. 277 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:25,152 Blood? 278 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:26,286 No, it couldn't be. 279 00:11:26,319 --> 00:11:29,923 Jamie must've spilled his chocolate milk or something. 280 00:11:29,957 --> 00:11:32,492 Look, do you really think we would hurt him? 281 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:33,827 He was like our own son. 282 00:11:33,861 --> 00:11:35,162 We need to get this to the lab. 283 00:11:35,195 --> 00:11:36,329 See if they can ID it. 284 00:11:37,765 --> 00:11:40,233 Pillowcase. Found it in the trash. 285 00:11:40,267 --> 00:11:42,035 Tear marks. 286 00:11:42,069 --> 00:11:45,005 Check it against the bite marks on that. 287 00:11:51,111 --> 00:11:52,846 What's going on? 288 00:11:54,247 --> 00:11:56,416 Perfect match. 289 00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:59,319 We just found your murder weapon. 290 00:12:09,429 --> 00:12:11,064 Jamie was sleeping when I took him to the church. 291 00:12:11,098 --> 00:12:13,233 He was already dead when he got there, Sam. 292 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:14,534 No, no. After one of his fits, 293 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:17,137 it's like he's in a coma, but he always wakes up. 294 00:12:17,170 --> 00:12:17,971 He couldn't wake up. 295 00:12:18,005 --> 00:12:22,776 He'd been suffocated with a pillow. 296 00:12:22,810 --> 00:12:25,012 That's impossible. 297 00:12:25,045 --> 00:12:26,279 I'd never hurt Jamie. 298 00:12:26,313 --> 00:12:28,315 Then why are there bite marks on his pillow and pillowcase? 299 00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:30,984 Because Jamie is an epileptic. 300 00:12:31,018 --> 00:12:33,086 When he's having a seizure, he goes crazy. 301 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,322 He'll bite anything within reach. 302 00:12:35,355 --> 00:12:36,556 That doesn't explain 303 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:39,259 the fragments of foam and fiber in his lungs. 304 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:41,061 I don't believe you. 305 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:42,395 What do you think these are? 306 00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:45,298 That pillow was pressed so hard against Jamie's face 307 00:12:45,332 --> 00:12:47,234 he inhaled this stuff. 308 00:12:47,901 --> 00:12:49,369 No! 309 00:12:49,402 --> 00:12:51,338 Come on, Sam. The kid was running wild, 310 00:12:51,371 --> 00:12:53,373 you were at the end of your rope. 311 00:12:53,406 --> 00:12:54,341 You put that pillow over his face, 312 00:12:54,374 --> 00:12:56,243 and you held it there till he stopped moving. 313 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:57,244 Stop! 314 00:12:59,579 --> 00:13:01,982 I loved Jamie. 315 00:13:02,015 --> 00:13:02,983 No, you killed him. 316 00:13:03,016 --> 00:13:05,418 Then you took him to the church to cover it up. 317 00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:06,553 No. I know my husband. 318 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:08,455 He would never do anything like this. 319 00:13:08,488 --> 00:13:09,823 We dumped your phone. 320 00:13:09,857 --> 00:13:11,591 Sam called you at your store at 11:00. Why? 321 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:13,593 He said Jamie was out of control. 322 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:14,594 Did you go home? 323 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:15,595 I couldn't. 324 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:16,596 I had customers. 325 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:18,198 I told Sam to stay calm. 326 00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:20,300 That I would be there as soon as I could. 327 00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:21,234 Let it out, Sam. 328 00:13:21,268 --> 00:13:24,404 You'll feel better. 329 00:13:24,437 --> 00:13:28,175 I just wanted him to sleep. 330 00:13:28,208 --> 00:13:31,511 Just be still for a while. 331 00:13:31,544 --> 00:13:34,247 But then he stopped moving! 332 00:13:34,281 --> 00:13:36,316 So you took him to the priest. 333 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:38,618 Father Hendry woke him up before. 334 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,387 I thought he could do it again. 335 00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:42,422 Sam, don't say anything else. 336 00:13:42,455 --> 00:13:43,857 We're getting a lawyer. 337 00:13:44,457 --> 00:13:46,493 Baby... 338 00:13:46,526 --> 00:13:49,296 I tried so hard not to hurt him. 339 00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:50,931 I'm sorry! 340 00:13:50,964 --> 00:13:54,401 Oh, God, I'm sorry! 341 00:13:55,068 --> 00:13:56,269 Father Hendry didn't know 342 00:13:56,303 --> 00:13:57,637 Jamie was already dead? 343 00:13:57,670 --> 00:13:59,072 - Sam lied. - Told him 344 00:13:59,106 --> 00:14:00,473 the kid had a fit and was all wrung out. 345 00:14:00,507 --> 00:14:01,441 After a grand mal seizure 346 00:14:01,474 --> 00:14:04,277 epileptics can go into a semi-comatose state. 347 00:14:04,311 --> 00:14:05,879 It's called postictal shock. 348 00:14:05,913 --> 00:14:06,880 Sam's brought Jamie to the church 349 00:14:06,914 --> 00:14:07,915 like that before. 350 00:14:07,948 --> 00:14:10,483 Father Hendry thinks he can wake him up again. 351 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:12,452 Jamie's birth-mother just arrived. 352 00:14:12,485 --> 00:14:14,021 This woman is going to blow. 353 00:14:14,054 --> 00:14:15,455 Anything I can tell her? 354 00:14:15,488 --> 00:14:17,057 Yeah. You caught her son's killer 355 00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:18,591 and I'm arraigning him for murder. 356 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:22,095 Why didn't anybody tell me 357 00:14:22,129 --> 00:14:24,397 what those monsters did to my son? 358 00:14:24,431 --> 00:14:25,232 We tried calling you. 359 00:14:25,265 --> 00:14:26,433 Then why'd I have to find out about it 360 00:14:26,466 --> 00:14:28,368 over the television? 361 00:14:28,401 --> 00:14:30,303 My own little son... 362 00:14:30,337 --> 00:14:31,604 Didn't ACS contact you? 363 00:14:31,638 --> 00:14:34,241 How do you think this all got started? 364 00:14:34,274 --> 00:14:37,410 Who the hell do you think took Jamie from me 365 00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:39,446 and put him with those freaks? 366 00:14:39,479 --> 00:14:42,315 If you have any information about the Dufoys, 367 00:14:42,349 --> 00:14:43,917 we'd like to hear it. 368 00:14:43,951 --> 00:14:47,554 He said they hurt him. 369 00:14:48,421 --> 00:14:50,690 He begged me to let him come home. 370 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:52,625 Did you report that to ACS? 371 00:14:52,659 --> 00:14:53,726 Yes, I did. 372 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,462 But do you think that bitch did anything about it? 373 00:14:55,495 --> 00:14:57,364 You mean Mariel Plummer. 374 00:14:57,397 --> 00:14:58,398 Yeah, her. 375 00:14:58,431 --> 00:15:03,971 My son's poor dead little body is at her door. 376 00:15:06,073 --> 00:15:07,240 She's going to pay for it, 377 00:15:07,274 --> 00:15:10,510 and ACS is going to pay for it, 378 00:15:10,543 --> 00:15:13,180 the city's going to pay for it. 379 00:15:13,213 --> 00:15:14,481 That's not going 380 00:15:14,514 --> 00:15:15,915 to bring Jamie back. 381 00:15:18,451 --> 00:15:20,653 Have you ever lost a child? 382 00:15:21,554 --> 00:15:22,555 You think 383 00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:26,093 this is about money?! 384 00:15:28,061 --> 00:15:29,362 Unfortunately, 385 00:15:29,396 --> 00:15:30,663 it does seem to be about money. 386 00:15:30,697 --> 00:15:32,399 Tamara Semple's got convictions 387 00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:34,201 for credit card fraud and shoplifting. 388 00:15:34,234 --> 00:15:36,136 Doesn't take away her right to be angry. 389 00:15:36,169 --> 00:15:39,039 She loses custody of Jamie and he ends up dead. 390 00:15:39,072 --> 00:15:42,109 Kid might not have been much safer with his real mama. 391 00:15:42,142 --> 00:15:43,110 ACS removed Jamie 392 00:15:43,143 --> 00:15:45,712 after his little sister drowned in the bathtub. 393 00:15:45,745 --> 00:15:47,047 Where was Tamara? 394 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,448 Talking on the phone. 395 00:15:48,481 --> 00:15:50,417 Courts ruled it was an accidental death, 396 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:52,452 but ACS did a precautionary removal of Jamie. 397 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:54,321 This woman's kid dies in foster care, 398 00:15:54,354 --> 00:15:56,389 the first thing she sees is a big fat settlement. 399 00:15:56,423 --> 00:15:59,292 What about her allegations the Dufoys hurt Jamie? 400 00:15:59,326 --> 00:16:00,360 If they did, 401 00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:01,728 ACS could be found liable, 402 00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:04,597 which would weaken our case against Sam Dufoy. 403 00:16:04,631 --> 00:16:07,134 We should check it out. 404 00:16:09,102 --> 00:16:11,504 Wouldn't be the first lawsuit 405 00:16:11,538 --> 00:16:14,174 that Tamara Semple brought against ACS. 406 00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:16,376 Of course, none of them succeeded. 407 00:16:16,409 --> 00:16:18,011 She told us Jamie complained 408 00:16:18,045 --> 00:16:19,712 the Dufoys physically abused him. 409 00:16:19,746 --> 00:16:22,149 He never said a word to me about abuse. 410 00:16:22,182 --> 00:16:24,017 Sam and Lori-Ann were good parents. 411 00:16:24,051 --> 00:16:26,386 Good parents don't kill their kids. 412 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:28,255 You have to understand 413 00:16:28,288 --> 00:16:31,391 how difficult a child like Jamie could be. 414 00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:32,525 Sam probably snapped. 415 00:16:32,559 --> 00:16:35,495 Did you ever see any evidence that Sam was unstable? 416 00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:37,130 No. On my home visits, 417 00:16:37,164 --> 00:16:39,099 Jamie was happy, clean, 418 00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:41,234 and very fond of both 419 00:16:41,268 --> 00:16:42,235 Lori-Ann and Sam. 420 00:16:42,269 --> 00:16:43,236 Sam work? 421 00:16:43,270 --> 00:16:44,271 He stays home, 422 00:16:44,304 --> 00:16:45,438 looks after Jamie. 423 00:16:45,472 --> 00:16:47,740 Lori-Ann brought in the money. 424 00:16:47,774 --> 00:16:49,809 Sam and Lori-Ann were married young. 425 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:52,312 He was a college basketball star, 426 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:55,048 about to be drafted into the NBA, 427 00:16:55,082 --> 00:16:57,417 when a knee injury put an end to the dreams. 428 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:58,618 Excuse me. Tutuola. 429 00:16:58,651 --> 00:17:00,387 Lori-Ann stuck by him. 430 00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:01,221 I make it my business 431 00:17:01,254 --> 00:17:03,390 to know about my foster families. 432 00:17:04,657 --> 00:17:05,625 This is Jamie's file. 433 00:17:05,658 --> 00:17:06,693 You can take it. 434 00:17:06,726 --> 00:17:07,727 I'm afraid I can't take it 435 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,296 without getting a subpoena first. 436 00:17:09,329 --> 00:17:12,165 Sure. It's here when you need it. 437 00:17:12,199 --> 00:17:13,466 Thank you. 438 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:16,803 Thanks. 439 00:17:16,836 --> 00:17:17,870 Crime lab. 440 00:17:17,904 --> 00:17:20,740 They said they got something they want us to hear. 441 00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:22,742 I checked Sam's LUDS. 442 00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:25,312 A half hour before he called Lori-Ann at the store, 443 00:17:25,345 --> 00:17:27,380 he also called the Child Abuse Hotline. 444 00:17:27,414 --> 00:17:29,616 And all the Hotline calls are recorded. 445 00:17:29,649 --> 00:17:31,151 That's right. 446 00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:32,352 Hello? Hello! 447 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:35,322 - Child Abuse Hotline. - Can I help you? 448 00:17:35,355 --> 00:17:36,223 Yeah, it's my foster kid, 449 00:17:36,256 --> 00:17:38,091 I can't deal with him anymore. He's... 450 00:17:39,159 --> 00:17:40,127 Jamie, cut that out! 451 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,461 You've got to help me here! 452 00:17:41,494 --> 00:17:43,163 Sir, are you reporting an incident 453 00:17:43,196 --> 00:17:44,164 of child abuse? 454 00:17:44,197 --> 00:17:45,432 No, no, nothing like that. 455 00:17:45,465 --> 00:17:47,434 Is the child in danger at this moment? 456 00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:49,236 No! He's just out of control! 457 00:17:49,269 --> 00:17:51,138 Sir, if it's an emergency, call 911. 458 00:17:51,171 --> 00:17:53,540 Otherwise you should call your ACS caseworker. 459 00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:55,308 I have called! She never answers. 460 00:17:55,342 --> 00:17:56,609 I want help, you hear?! 461 00:17:56,643 --> 00:17:58,345 I want him out of my house! 462 00:17:58,378 --> 00:17:59,512 Sir, I'll take your information 463 00:17:59,546 --> 00:18:01,348 and pass it to Child Protective Services. 464 00:18:01,381 --> 00:18:03,783 They'll contact you within 24 hours. 465 00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:07,320 24 hours? Oh, man! 466 00:18:07,354 --> 00:18:10,323 Had he called his caseworker? 467 00:18:10,357 --> 00:18:12,859 Well, LUDS show four calls to Mariel Plummer's ACS office 468 00:18:12,892 --> 00:18:13,860 the day Jamie died. 469 00:18:13,893 --> 00:18:15,595 Did she talk to him? 470 00:18:15,628 --> 00:18:16,429 I can't say. 471 00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:17,530 No call was shorter than 20 seconds, 472 00:18:17,564 --> 00:18:20,633 which means Sam either had a conversation with her 473 00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:22,135 or left a message. 474 00:18:22,169 --> 00:18:25,438 It's funny how Mariel didn't tell us any of this. 475 00:18:25,472 --> 00:18:26,906 I'll put a rush on the subpoena. 476 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:28,808 You get a hold of all Mariel's case files. 477 00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:30,743 We'll see what else she forgot to tell us. 478 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:34,847 Mariel's records seem to show she was doing her job. 479 00:18:34,881 --> 00:18:36,249 Visited Jamie every month, but see those dates? 480 00:18:36,283 --> 00:18:37,250 They're the same. 481 00:18:37,284 --> 00:18:38,285 Yeah. 482 00:18:38,318 --> 00:18:39,886 which means all the records were wither generated 483 00:18:39,919 --> 00:18:42,255 or altered on the same date; which happens to be yesterday. 484 00:18:42,289 --> 00:18:43,390 What are you doing? 485 00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:45,658 I gave you everything you need. 486 00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:47,827 We were just admiring you writing up 487 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:50,563 six-months worth of records in only one day. 488 00:18:50,597 --> 00:18:54,601 I was checking them because of the subpoena. 489 00:18:54,634 --> 00:18:56,803 I didn't alter a thing. 490 00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:57,937 I'm afraid the log date 491 00:18:57,970 --> 00:18:59,839 only changes if an alteration is made. 492 00:18:59,872 --> 00:19:01,441 I was probably tidying things up. 493 00:19:01,474 --> 00:19:04,211 It's impossible to keep track of all the paperwork. 494 00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:05,278 Mariel Plummer, 495 00:19:05,312 --> 00:19:06,045 you are under arrest 496 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:07,914 for tampering with public records. 497 00:19:07,947 --> 00:19:10,250 You're arresting me for paperwork? 498 00:19:10,283 --> 00:19:11,651 And for reckless endangerment 499 00:19:11,684 --> 00:19:13,286 in the death of Jamie Semple. 500 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:14,787 You have the right to remain silent. 501 00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:15,822 Anything you do say... 502 00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:21,761 You've got a problem, Counselor. 503 00:19:21,794 --> 00:19:24,264 Arresting Jamie's social worker makes it harder 504 00:19:24,297 --> 00:19:25,265 to convict Sam Dufoy. 505 00:19:25,298 --> 00:19:26,466 He can claim it was her fault: 506 00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:28,268 he asked for help and didn't get it. 507 00:19:28,301 --> 00:19:29,936 And if a jury buys it, Sam could walk. 508 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:31,971 What are you going to do, plead him out? 509 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,206 No way. 510 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:34,341 He killed that kid. 511 00:19:34,374 --> 00:19:35,642 Question is-- who do I try first? 512 00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:37,810 If I go with Sam and I put Mariel on the stand, 513 00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:40,247 she can't testify without incriminating herself. 514 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:41,814 But I don't want to give her immunity. 515 00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:43,516 What does your gut tell you? 516 00:19:43,550 --> 00:19:45,318 Get the facts on the record... 517 00:19:45,352 --> 00:19:48,321 catch the little fish before I go for the big one. 518 00:19:48,355 --> 00:19:50,590 I'll go schedule Mariel's court date. 519 00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:56,963 Casey... 520 00:19:56,996 --> 00:19:58,898 Carolyn. What are you doing here? 521 00:19:58,931 --> 00:20:00,733 Representing Mariel Plummer. 522 00:20:00,767 --> 00:20:03,936 I trust you've had second thoughts about persecuting her. 523 00:20:03,970 --> 00:20:05,605 No. 524 00:20:05,638 --> 00:20:07,874 You seriously intend to clog up the courts, 525 00:20:07,907 --> 00:20:10,510 to try someone on a couple of clerical errors? 526 00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:11,611 Not errors. 527 00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:14,281 Deliberate falsifications designed to conceal the fact 528 00:20:14,314 --> 00:20:15,682 she recklessly endangered a child. 529 00:20:15,715 --> 00:20:16,783 My client was deceived 530 00:20:16,816 --> 00:20:18,551 by a nut case, who murdered a kid 531 00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:21,321 and then asked a voodoo priest to bring him back to life. 532 00:20:21,354 --> 00:20:22,389 But let's deal. 533 00:20:22,422 --> 00:20:23,189 A year's probation 534 00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:25,325 for falsifying the official record-- 535 00:20:25,358 --> 00:20:26,593 you drop all other charges. 536 00:20:26,626 --> 00:20:27,594 No thanks. 537 00:20:27,627 --> 00:20:28,795 She takes a felony plea-- 538 00:20:28,828 --> 00:20:30,630 guilty of reckless endangerment. 539 00:20:30,663 --> 00:20:32,665 Motion to dismiss the endangerment charge 540 00:20:32,699 --> 00:20:34,534 on constitutional grounds. 541 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:36,369 What are you talking about? 542 00:20:36,403 --> 00:20:38,471 You're forgetting your 14th Amendment, Casey. 543 00:20:38,505 --> 00:20:39,439 See you at the hearing. 544 00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:45,645 The Due Process Clause in the 14th Amendment 545 00:20:45,678 --> 00:20:48,681 does not require a state agency to protect its citizens 546 00:20:48,715 --> 00:20:49,682 from private violence. 547 00:20:49,716 --> 00:20:52,352 Therefore there's no case against my client. 548 00:20:52,385 --> 00:20:54,621 That ruling also says that a state agency 549 00:20:54,654 --> 00:20:55,955 isn't required to protect its citizens 550 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:57,524 against violence and other mishaps 551 00:20:57,557 --> 00:20:58,525 that are, I quote, 552 00:20:58,558 --> 00:20:59,326 "not attributable 553 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,394 to the conducts of its employees." 554 00:21:01,428 --> 00:21:04,331 Jamie Semple's death is at least partly attributable 555 00:21:04,364 --> 00:21:05,832 to Mariel Plummer's negligence. 556 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:07,634 Ms. Maddox, your own case law 557 00:21:07,667 --> 00:21:08,668 seems to help Ms. Novak. 558 00:21:08,701 --> 00:21:10,637 She's misreading what the justices 559 00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:11,638 had in mind. 560 00:21:11,671 --> 00:21:14,507 If a criminal court finds my client culpable 561 00:21:14,541 --> 00:21:16,609 for Jamie's death, then who's next? 562 00:21:16,643 --> 00:21:17,944 Police officers who fail 563 00:21:17,977 --> 00:21:19,111 to prevent a homicide? 564 00:21:19,145 --> 00:21:22,649 Firefighters who don't save someone from being burned? 565 00:21:22,682 --> 00:21:24,016 Your Honor, that's a reach. 566 00:21:24,050 --> 00:21:25,518 Many courts have ruled 567 00:21:25,552 --> 00:21:26,919 that a child in foster care is analogous 568 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:28,421 to a prisoner in state custody, 569 00:21:28,455 --> 00:21:29,989 and that state officials, like Ms. Plummer, 570 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:32,625 are not only liable for harm the child suffers, 571 00:21:32,659 --> 00:21:33,826 but also for failing to act 572 00:21:33,860 --> 00:21:36,763 where there is potential for harm. 573 00:21:36,796 --> 00:21:38,365 I'm sorry, Ms. Maddox, 574 00:21:38,398 --> 00:21:40,933 I agree with Ms. Novak's reading of the law. 575 00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:43,870 Your client must stand trial. 576 00:21:48,441 --> 00:21:50,443 When you called the Child Abuse Hotline 577 00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:51,411 the night Jamie died, 578 00:21:51,444 --> 00:21:53,346 you said you tried to contact 579 00:21:53,380 --> 00:21:54,714 your case worker, Mariel Plummer. 580 00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:55,715 How many times? 581 00:21:55,748 --> 00:21:57,384 Four times that day. 582 00:21:57,417 --> 00:22:00,387 Another three times the week before. 583 00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:02,689 Did she ever return any of those calls? 584 00:22:02,722 --> 00:22:05,091 No. 585 00:22:05,124 --> 00:22:06,626 Why were you calling her? 586 00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:08,561 Because I was having a hard time 587 00:22:08,595 --> 00:22:09,562 coping with Jamie. 588 00:22:09,596 --> 00:22:11,398 What could Mariel have done? 589 00:22:11,431 --> 00:22:14,567 If she had called back or visited, 590 00:22:14,601 --> 00:22:17,570 she would have seen that Jamie was out of control, 591 00:22:17,604 --> 00:22:19,406 and how I was struggling. 592 00:22:19,439 --> 00:22:22,542 Then none of this would have happened. 593 00:22:22,575 --> 00:22:24,644 Thank you. 594 00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:27,714 Why not call 911? 595 00:22:27,747 --> 00:22:29,849 What do you mean? 596 00:22:29,882 --> 00:22:32,552 You said you were scared you couldn't cope with Jamie. 597 00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:33,553 Why not call 911 598 00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:36,423 as the operator suggested? 599 00:22:36,456 --> 00:22:38,491 I don't know. 600 00:22:38,525 --> 00:22:40,126 Or take Jamie to the emergency room, 601 00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:42,995 or call a neighbor, or do anything? 602 00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:46,566 I thought I could handle him. 603 00:22:46,599 --> 00:22:48,635 How, by smothering him with a pillow? 604 00:22:48,668 --> 00:22:50,470 Objection! 605 00:22:50,503 --> 00:22:51,504 It goes to credibility, Your Honor. 606 00:22:51,538 --> 00:22:53,673 The jury has a right to know that this witness 607 00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:55,942 is facing criminal charges in the death of his foster son 608 00:22:55,975 --> 00:23:00,480 and therefore has an excellent motive to lie. 609 00:23:00,513 --> 00:23:01,481 I'll allow it. 610 00:23:01,514 --> 00:23:02,682 The witness will respond. 611 00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:04,617 Did you suffocate Jamie 612 00:23:04,651 --> 00:23:06,419 with a pillow? 613 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:10,657 I assert my Fifth Amendment rights 614 00:23:10,690 --> 00:23:13,826 against self-incrimination. 615 00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:15,962 Nothing further. 616 00:23:19,532 --> 00:23:22,068 How long have you been a social worker? 617 00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:23,169 About 18 years. 618 00:23:23,202 --> 00:23:24,571 And why did you become one? 619 00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:25,938 I wanted to help people-- 620 00:23:25,972 --> 00:23:27,707 make a difference in a small way. 621 00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:29,509 I'm sure there are many people 622 00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:32,111 who are very grateful to you. 623 00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:33,580 Frankly, I doubt that. 624 00:23:33,613 --> 00:23:34,781 I usually show up 625 00:23:34,814 --> 00:23:36,816 when a family is in crisis. 626 00:23:36,849 --> 00:23:39,619 I'm the one who has to say to the mom, 627 00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:42,121 "Why are your kids' clothes dirty? 628 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,524 Why did your kids miss school?" 629 00:23:44,557 --> 00:23:46,726 Worse than that, I'm the one 630 00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:48,595 that has to remove the kids 631 00:23:48,628 --> 00:23:51,664 if there's any suspicion of abuse or neglect. 632 00:23:51,698 --> 00:23:53,500 Have you ever been threatened? 633 00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:55,034 Usually just verbal abuse. 634 00:23:55,067 --> 00:23:56,869 I've been mugged three times, 635 00:23:56,903 --> 00:23:59,205 chased out of apartments with knives. 636 00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:01,073 I work in pretty rough areas. 637 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:03,743 And you keep coming back? 638 00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:06,846 Someone has to look out for the kids. 639 00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:10,550 Then what went wrong with Jamie? 640 00:24:11,751 --> 00:24:14,186 I made a mistake. 641 00:24:14,220 --> 00:24:18,491 I thought that Lori-Ann and Sam were good foster parents 642 00:24:18,525 --> 00:24:20,493 and that Jamie was safe. 643 00:24:20,527 --> 00:24:21,894 And you never thought 644 00:24:21,928 --> 00:24:22,962 he was in danger? 645 00:24:22,995 --> 00:24:23,963 No. 646 00:24:23,996 --> 00:24:26,533 And I had what I thought 647 00:24:26,566 --> 00:24:28,234 were more urgent cases-- 648 00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:31,571 and I was giving all my attention to them. 649 00:24:31,604 --> 00:24:33,172 I was wrong. 650 00:24:33,205 --> 00:24:36,943 I'll never be able to forgive myself. 651 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,210 Thank you. 652 00:24:41,781 --> 00:24:44,283 You say you didn't think Jamie was in danger... 653 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:46,819 but Sam Dufoy had called, left messages. 654 00:24:46,853 --> 00:24:48,087 Didn't that warn you? 655 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:51,257 The messages said that Jamie was acting up 656 00:24:51,290 --> 00:24:53,760 and that Sam wanted to talk. 657 00:24:53,793 --> 00:24:55,662 It didn't sound urgent. 658 00:24:55,695 --> 00:24:57,263 He called four times 659 00:24:57,296 --> 00:24:58,598 the day Jamie died. 660 00:24:58,631 --> 00:25:00,933 How much more urgent can it get? 661 00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:02,802 I thought Jaime was safe. 662 00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:03,970 You had no idea 663 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:06,539 what was going on in the Dufoy house. 664 00:25:06,573 --> 00:25:08,074 You'd hadn't visited in months. 665 00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:09,876 You'd forgotten all about Jamie. 666 00:25:09,909 --> 00:25:11,177 No, I cared about him. 667 00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:13,980 Then why not return Sam's calls? 668 00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:15,682 Because I was out of the office 669 00:25:15,715 --> 00:25:17,316 till late working on another case. 670 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:21,721 But you cared about Jamie. 671 00:25:21,754 --> 00:25:24,991 Why was that other case so much more important? 672 00:25:28,628 --> 00:25:31,698 A father returned home from prison. 673 00:25:31,731 --> 00:25:35,267 He beat his wife to death with a hammer, 674 00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:37,670 then he killed himself in front of his two children. 675 00:25:37,704 --> 00:25:39,038 That's what I was working on. 676 00:25:39,071 --> 00:25:44,110 That's why I didn't return Sam's calls. 677 00:25:44,143 --> 00:25:46,278 I made a terrible mistake, 678 00:25:46,312 --> 00:25:49,682 but don't accuse me of not caring. 679 00:25:53,285 --> 00:25:56,055 No further questions. 680 00:26:00,126 --> 00:26:03,262 A social worker's job-- poorly paid, usually thankless. 681 00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:05,231 They work in the most deprived 682 00:26:05,264 --> 00:26:07,600 and violent parts of our cities, 683 00:26:07,634 --> 00:26:11,137 where they can be assaulted, raped even murdered. 684 00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:13,606 Burnout's common. 685 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,275 Many don't last five years. 686 00:26:16,308 --> 00:26:19,912 Mariel Plummer has worked for 18. 687 00:26:19,946 --> 00:26:24,784 When Jamie died, she had nearly 20 cases. 688 00:26:24,817 --> 00:26:29,321 The recommended caseload is 12. 689 00:26:29,355 --> 00:26:32,625 This tragedy isn't Mariel's fault, 690 00:26:32,659 --> 00:26:35,061 it's the fault of an overburdened system: 691 00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:37,764 too few case workers, too few dollars, 692 00:26:37,797 --> 00:26:41,200 too many children in need. 693 00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:45,004 Out of grief and panic after Jamie's death, 694 00:26:45,037 --> 00:26:48,174 Mariel altered her official records. 695 00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:51,911 She admits it, she is sorry for it. 696 00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:54,246 Find her guilty on that charge, 697 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,850 not on the charge of endangering Jamie's life. 698 00:26:57,884 --> 00:27:02,789 Jamie slipped through a crack in the system. 699 00:27:02,822 --> 00:27:05,892 Blame the system, 700 00:27:05,925 --> 00:27:08,895 blame the man who killed Jamie, 701 00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:13,933 but don't blame the social worker. 702 00:27:19,772 --> 00:27:22,909 Mariel Plummer was the crack in the system. 703 00:27:22,942 --> 00:27:28,981 She was the one person whose job it was to look out for Jamie, 704 00:27:29,015 --> 00:27:31,818 and she failed to do her job. 705 00:27:31,851 --> 00:27:33,920 If she'd made any one of the visits 706 00:27:33,953 --> 00:27:35,788 she fraudulently claimed 707 00:27:35,822 --> 00:27:39,726 to have made, or returned any one of the phone calls, 708 00:27:39,759 --> 00:27:40,993 Jamie would be alive. 709 00:27:41,027 --> 00:27:45,031 She turned her back on him. 710 00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:47,166 That is child endangerment. 711 00:27:47,199 --> 00:27:51,170 This time you must blame the social worker. 712 00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:54,340 Find Mariel guilty and send a message to her, 713 00:27:54,373 --> 00:27:57,009 to her supervisors and to the city 714 00:27:57,043 --> 00:27:58,410 and to the state, 715 00:27:58,444 --> 00:28:04,016 that the death of even one child is unacceptable. 716 00:28:10,389 --> 00:28:11,924 Verdict in already? 717 00:28:11,958 --> 00:28:13,159 Guilty on the record tampering, 718 00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:14,894 not guilty on child endangerment. 719 00:28:14,927 --> 00:28:15,995 Why not? 720 00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:17,930 Maddox played the jury like a violin. 721 00:28:17,964 --> 00:28:19,932 Mariel was under intolerable pressure, 722 00:28:19,966 --> 00:28:21,768 she made an understandable mistake. 723 00:28:21,801 --> 00:28:22,969 They bought it. 724 00:28:23,002 --> 00:28:24,436 At least when you try Sam Dufoy, 725 00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:26,205 he won't be able to blame Mariel. 726 00:28:26,238 --> 00:28:27,406 Unless I blow that trial, too. 727 00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:30,309 Someone's got to be accountable for that poor kid's death. 728 00:28:30,342 --> 00:28:31,343 I may have something. 729 00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:33,780 Clear evidence of abuse from the Dufoy apartment. 730 00:28:33,813 --> 00:28:35,982 Why'd it take so long? 731 00:28:36,015 --> 00:28:39,118 Sample had to work its way from Criminalistics to Serology. 732 00:28:39,151 --> 00:28:41,020 Remember the stain on Jamie's bed? 733 00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:41,988 It's blood. 734 00:28:42,021 --> 00:28:44,223 Lab finally ID'd the object that made it: 735 00:28:44,256 --> 00:28:45,291 a cheese grater. 736 00:28:45,324 --> 00:28:48,227 Serology found skin cells and cheese fragments. 737 00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:51,798 Someone dragged a cheese grater across the kid's skin? 738 00:28:51,831 --> 00:28:53,332 How old is the blood stain? 739 00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:54,466 At most a few days. 740 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:57,469 Otherwise the blood would have oxidized completely. 741 00:28:57,503 --> 00:28:59,872 But Jamie didn't have 742 00:28:59,906 --> 00:29:00,706 any other marks on him. 743 00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:02,208 That's because it wasn't Jamie's blood. 744 00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:04,310 It's from a female. 745 00:29:04,343 --> 00:29:05,311 Mom? 746 00:29:05,344 --> 00:29:07,146 Wrong blood group. 747 00:29:07,179 --> 00:29:09,816 And from the low levels of the hormones 748 00:29:09,849 --> 00:29:11,383 FSH and LH in her blood, 749 00:29:11,417 --> 00:29:13,920 this female is in early puberty. 750 00:29:13,953 --> 00:29:16,488 The Dufoys had a girl in that apartment? 751 00:29:16,522 --> 00:29:18,457 Then where the hell is she? 752 00:29:18,490 --> 00:29:19,458 Go talk to Mariel. 753 00:29:19,491 --> 00:29:22,962 See if she made another understandable mistake. 754 00:29:30,036 --> 00:29:31,037 What do you want? 755 00:29:31,070 --> 00:29:33,105 Aren't you done harassing me? 756 00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:36,308 Don't kid yourself, lady, you got off light. 757 00:29:36,342 --> 00:29:38,177 I lost my job, my pension, 758 00:29:38,210 --> 00:29:40,546 I've been crucified by the press. 759 00:29:40,579 --> 00:29:42,581 I get threatening phone calls... 760 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:45,151 I don't have time for your self-pity. 761 00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:48,054 Where's the other foster kid that was staying 762 00:29:48,087 --> 00:29:49,188 in the Dufoys' apartment? 763 00:29:49,221 --> 00:29:50,923 What are you talking about? 764 00:29:50,957 --> 00:29:52,291 Jamie was their only child. 765 00:29:52,324 --> 00:29:53,425 You saw my records. 766 00:29:53,459 --> 00:29:55,127 Your records don't mean a damn thing. 767 00:29:55,161 --> 00:29:57,229 Forensics says there was another girl there. 768 00:29:57,263 --> 00:29:58,597 What forensics? 769 00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:00,166 The girl's blood. 770 00:30:00,199 --> 00:30:03,936 Sam Dufoy sliced her up with a cheese grater. 771 00:30:05,537 --> 00:30:09,909 Oh, my God, I... I had no idea. 772 00:30:09,942 --> 00:30:13,880 Why didn't I go to the apartment? 773 00:30:13,913 --> 00:30:15,147 I'm so sorry. 774 00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:18,150 Yeah, I bet you are. 775 00:30:18,184 --> 00:30:21,587 Just tell me where she is and how I can find her. 776 00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:22,989 I don't know... 777 00:30:23,022 --> 00:30:23,990 Hello. 778 00:30:24,023 --> 00:30:26,092 Just leave me alone! 779 00:30:26,125 --> 00:30:28,227 Give me this. 780 00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:30,229 Yeah, who the hell you calling a bitch? 781 00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:31,363 This is the police. 782 00:30:31,397 --> 00:30:33,966 Ring this number again we're going to come 783 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,267 busting in your damn door. 784 00:30:35,301 --> 00:30:37,636 Believe that. 785 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:39,872 Mariel... 786 00:30:39,906 --> 00:30:41,540 Okay, okay, okay. 787 00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:44,343 Put the gun down. Come on. 788 00:30:44,376 --> 00:30:47,914 Please put down the gun. 789 00:30:47,947 --> 00:30:50,316 I saved thousands of children and I'll only be remembered 790 00:30:50,349 --> 00:30:52,118 for one. 791 00:30:52,151 --> 00:30:53,920 No... 792 00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:05,164 You didn't have to do this. 793 00:31:12,671 --> 00:31:16,108 Single shot to the chest, point blank. 794 00:31:16,142 --> 00:31:18,310 This should be a quick job for you. 795 00:31:18,344 --> 00:31:19,345 Thanks. 796 00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:21,413 Are you okay? 797 00:31:21,447 --> 00:31:23,249 I'm cool. 798 00:31:23,282 --> 00:31:25,117 I know. 799 00:31:25,151 --> 00:31:27,586 But are you okay? 800 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:29,388 Yeah. 801 00:31:33,492 --> 00:31:35,694 You come to shrink me, too? Nope. You need me, you'll holler. 802 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:36,695 Yeah, I do. 803 00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:40,066 Would you get over to ACS, see what you can find 804 00:31:40,099 --> 00:31:43,302 on a foster kid-- a girl-- staying with the Dufoys. 805 00:31:43,335 --> 00:31:44,937 Mariel Plummer didn't know who she was? 806 00:31:44,971 --> 00:31:46,939 If she had have checked on Jamie, she would've, 807 00:31:46,973 --> 00:31:50,009 but, uh, I told her about the blood stain. 808 00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:51,910 That's when she shot herself. 809 00:31:53,212 --> 00:31:54,480 Where you going? 810 00:31:54,513 --> 00:31:57,183 I'm going to go get cleaned up. 811 00:31:57,216 --> 00:31:59,618 Then I'm going to pay Sam Dufoy a visit. 812 00:32:04,390 --> 00:32:06,558 I don't know what you're talking about. 813 00:32:06,592 --> 00:32:08,961 People who say that usually mean they do. 814 00:32:08,995 --> 00:32:11,330 There was no girl living with us. ! You're a liar. 815 00:32:11,363 --> 00:32:12,698 You cut her and left her blood 816 00:32:12,731 --> 00:32:14,700 and skin on the bed-- what's her name? 817 00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:16,568 He told you: he doesn't know. 818 00:32:16,602 --> 00:32:18,170 You kill her too? 819 00:32:18,204 --> 00:32:19,605 Like you killed Jamie? 820 00:32:19,638 --> 00:32:22,975 Guard, we're through here. 821 00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:25,377 Is she alive? 822 00:32:25,411 --> 00:32:27,046 What did you do with her? 823 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:28,447 Where the hell is she? 824 00:32:32,618 --> 00:32:33,619 That bastard didn't give me a thing. 825 00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:34,753 What about Lori-Ann? 826 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:36,622 She'll just come out with that "Sam's a good man" crap. 827 00:32:36,655 --> 00:32:37,656 You got anything? 828 00:32:37,689 --> 00:32:39,125 Yep. ACS have no record 829 00:32:39,158 --> 00:32:41,593 of any other kids placed with Sam Dufoy. 830 00:32:41,627 --> 00:32:44,563 So I got them to check under Lori-Ann's maiden name. 831 00:32:44,596 --> 00:32:47,299 Four kids were placed with Lori-Ann Watkins in the last two years-- 832 00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:49,535 all from Freshfields private foster home. 833 00:32:49,568 --> 00:32:51,103 Is one of them our girl? 834 00:32:51,137 --> 00:32:53,405 Last kid was placed with Lori-Ann six months ago, 835 00:32:53,439 --> 00:32:55,207 but ran away a couple weeks later. 836 00:32:55,241 --> 00:32:56,208 Her name is Megan Rose. 837 00:32:56,242 --> 00:32:56,975 Why the hell did ACS 838 00:32:57,009 --> 00:32:59,278 only hear about this now? ACS says 839 00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:01,680 they never got the report Megan was missing. 840 00:33:01,713 --> 00:33:03,515 Freshfields insists they sent it. 841 00:33:03,549 --> 00:33:05,084 While they're playing pass the buck, Megan could be dead. 842 00:33:05,117 --> 00:33:07,153 John, find out why this foster agency 843 00:33:07,186 --> 00:33:08,520 went on sending kids to a woman 844 00:33:08,554 --> 00:33:10,256 who kept on losing them-- Fin! 845 00:33:10,289 --> 00:33:11,690 I'm hauling her ass in. 846 00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,194 Yeah, of course I know Megan. 847 00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:17,263 She ran away a week after being placed with us. 848 00:33:17,296 --> 00:33:18,797 I'm afraid she was incorrigible. 849 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,399 And that just slipped your mind. 850 00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:22,068 It was six months ago. 851 00:33:22,101 --> 00:33:24,136 I'm sorry, it didn't seem relevant. 852 00:33:24,170 --> 00:33:29,508 What about Stacey Dean, Isiah Simpson, Nyal Iwa? 853 00:33:29,541 --> 00:33:30,576 They incorrigible too? 854 00:33:30,609 --> 00:33:31,777 Yes. 855 00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:34,213 They've been in the foster care system their entire lives. 856 00:33:34,246 --> 00:33:36,615 Sam is a great dad, and even he couldn't cope with them. 857 00:33:36,648 --> 00:33:38,750 He "take care of them" the same way he did Jamie? 858 00:33:38,784 --> 00:33:40,586 They ran away. 859 00:33:40,619 --> 00:33:42,221 We tried to help these kids, 860 00:33:42,254 --> 00:33:43,522 but they didn't want to be helped. 861 00:33:43,555 --> 00:33:45,357 And I resent your accusations, Detective. 862 00:33:45,391 --> 00:33:48,527 We're not through, lady. Sit back down. 863 00:33:50,429 --> 00:33:52,464 When these kids went missing, what did you do? 864 00:33:52,498 --> 00:33:55,067 I informed the foster care agency. 865 00:33:55,101 --> 00:33:56,202 And they informed ACS? 866 00:33:56,235 --> 00:33:58,204 Right. They gave the file back. 867 00:33:58,237 --> 00:34:00,239 Then why doesn't ACS have the files, 868 00:34:00,272 --> 00:34:01,173 and why are you still getting paid? 869 00:34:01,207 --> 00:34:03,275 Your bank records show you're still receiving 870 00:34:03,309 --> 00:34:04,643 Adoption Assistance Payments 871 00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:06,745 for every one of those kids. 872 00:34:06,778 --> 00:34:08,280 It was a computer error. 873 00:34:08,314 --> 00:34:11,217 Four computer errors, a little more than two years: 874 00:34:11,250 --> 00:34:12,518 you get two grand a month 875 00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:14,753 for kids that haven't been in your home in months. 876 00:34:14,786 --> 00:34:16,588 I'm telling you, it's a mistake. 877 00:34:16,622 --> 00:34:18,124 You took in runaways, 878 00:34:18,157 --> 00:34:20,492 treat 'em like crap, so they'd run away again. 879 00:34:20,526 --> 00:34:21,427 Or did Sam just kill them? 880 00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:25,231 No! Nobody else would touch these kids. 881 00:34:25,264 --> 00:34:27,199 Well, somebody touched Megan Rose with a cheese grater. 882 00:34:27,233 --> 00:34:30,136 What are you talking about? 883 00:34:31,203 --> 00:34:33,172 This is Megan Rose's blood, and it damn sure 884 00:34:33,205 --> 00:34:34,673 ain't six months old. 885 00:34:34,706 --> 00:34:36,642 She was in your home the week Jamie died. 886 00:34:36,675 --> 00:34:38,110 Did she see Sam kill him? 887 00:34:38,144 --> 00:34:39,378 I swear, Megan was gone. 888 00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:41,647 Or maybe she came back, I don't know! 889 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,116 I work so many hours at the store... 890 00:34:44,150 --> 00:34:46,352 If she came back, where is she now? 891 00:34:49,655 --> 00:34:52,391 You're trying to get me to hurt Sam, but I won't. 892 00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:53,492 Just tell us where Megan is! 893 00:34:53,525 --> 00:34:55,361 I said I don't know! 894 00:34:57,696 --> 00:34:59,598 - That's Megan. - Remember her now? 895 00:35:01,367 --> 00:35:02,268 She was in your home, Sam, 896 00:35:02,301 --> 00:35:04,703 maybe for a night, maybe for just an hour 897 00:35:04,736 --> 00:35:06,338 but her blood says she was there. 898 00:35:06,372 --> 00:35:09,241 Did you kill her, Sam? 899 00:35:09,275 --> 00:35:11,310 Come on! You're already going down for murder, 900 00:35:11,343 --> 00:35:12,211 what have you got to lose? 901 00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:14,213 Tell me what happened! 902 00:35:14,246 --> 00:35:17,149 What are you hiding, Sam? 903 00:35:17,183 --> 00:35:18,217 Are you trying to protect her? 904 00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:19,485 Did she kill Jamie? 905 00:35:19,518 --> 00:35:21,253 No! 906 00:35:21,287 --> 00:35:24,223 Then help me find her. She's just a kid. 907 00:35:28,227 --> 00:35:29,828 St. Columba's. 908 00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:32,231 The psych home? 909 00:35:33,665 --> 00:35:34,833 She went crazy. 910 00:35:38,237 --> 00:35:41,773 Megan was brought here three weeks ago. 911 00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:43,909 She was kicking and screaming at the staff, 912 00:35:43,942 --> 00:35:45,511 raving about murdered children. 913 00:35:45,544 --> 00:35:46,578 What did you do with her? 914 00:35:46,612 --> 00:35:48,647 Diagnosed her as acutely psychotic 915 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,316 with paranoid features. 916 00:35:50,349 --> 00:35:51,883 We sedated her with Haldol, 917 00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:53,919 waited for the psychosis to break. 918 00:35:53,952 --> 00:35:56,755 Unfortunately, as soon as the medication wore off, 919 00:35:56,788 --> 00:36:00,392 the delusions returned and we had to sedate her again. 920 00:36:00,426 --> 00:36:01,560 How's she doing? 921 00:36:01,593 --> 00:36:04,330 Quieter. We've reduced the dosage. 922 00:36:04,363 --> 00:36:06,232 But her foster agency doesn't want her back, 923 00:36:06,265 --> 00:36:07,499 and I doubt anyone else will, 924 00:36:07,533 --> 00:36:08,667 so it looks like 925 00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:10,302 she's set for a long stay. 926 00:36:10,336 --> 00:36:12,804 Any chance she was telling the truth? 927 00:36:12,838 --> 00:36:14,340 No, she had clearly decompensated. 928 00:36:14,373 --> 00:36:16,575 The foster parent who brought her in told us 929 00:36:16,608 --> 00:36:18,310 she would mutilate herself 930 00:36:18,344 --> 00:36:20,246 and that these psychotic episodes 931 00:36:20,279 --> 00:36:21,680 had become increasingly frequent. 932 00:36:21,713 --> 00:36:24,350 The foster parent-- her name Lori-Ann? 933 00:36:24,383 --> 00:36:25,984 Yeah. 934 00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:27,386 You should've listened to Megan. 935 00:36:27,419 --> 00:36:28,920 She was brought in here the night 936 00:36:28,954 --> 00:36:31,723 her six-year-old foster brother was murdered. 937 00:36:37,463 --> 00:36:39,998 Megan... 938 00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:42,268 My name is Fin. I'm a cop. 939 00:36:42,301 --> 00:36:44,236 I want to talk to you about Jamie. 940 00:36:44,270 --> 00:36:46,338 Get away from me. 941 00:36:46,372 --> 00:36:48,274 We know he's dead, Megan. 942 00:36:48,307 --> 00:36:50,242 Megan, get back into bed. You stay out of this. 943 00:36:50,276 --> 00:36:51,943 Get away from me! You leave me alone! 944 00:36:51,977 --> 00:36:53,512 I'm not going to hurt you. Yes, you are. 945 00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:54,746 You're trying to trick me! 946 00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:56,282 You're gonna stick me with needles! 947 00:36:56,315 --> 00:36:57,283 No, I'm not. 948 00:36:57,316 --> 00:36:59,351 I know you're telling the truth. 949 00:36:59,385 --> 00:37:01,887 I know who cut your face. 950 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,855 She said I was crazy. 951 00:37:03,889 --> 00:37:04,990 You're not crazy. 952 00:37:05,023 --> 00:37:06,692 You saw what happened to Jamie. 953 00:37:15,634 --> 00:37:17,969 Tell me. 954 00:37:18,003 --> 00:37:22,308 That night, were you in Jamie's room? 955 00:37:22,341 --> 00:37:24,376 Yes. 956 00:37:24,410 --> 00:37:26,378 Was Sam? 957 00:37:26,412 --> 00:37:28,447 No. 958 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,816 Who was it? 959 00:37:30,849 --> 00:37:33,885 I can't. I can't. 960 00:37:33,919 --> 00:37:35,987 I promise no one will hurt you. 961 00:37:37,723 --> 00:37:39,791 Who was it? 962 00:37:43,429 --> 00:37:46,498 Lori-Ann. 963 00:37:47,666 --> 00:37:49,535 Tell me what happened, baby. 964 00:37:52,738 --> 00:37:58,344 Jamie was crying and crying, and then he just stopped. 965 00:37:58,377 --> 00:38:01,513 So I went in his room and I saw her. 966 00:38:01,547 --> 00:38:03,849 She was covering his face with a pillow, 967 00:38:03,882 --> 00:38:07,353 screaming "Shut up! Shut up!" 968 00:38:07,386 --> 00:38:12,958 He was fighting, but he just wasn't strong enough. 969 00:38:12,991 --> 00:38:15,561 Then he just stopped moving. 970 00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:22,401 Come on. 971 00:38:30,476 --> 00:38:31,677 Where are you taking her? 972 00:38:31,710 --> 00:38:33,579 Away from this place. 973 00:38:38,116 --> 00:38:39,651 Got good news. 974 00:38:39,685 --> 00:38:41,086 We found Megan. 975 00:38:41,119 --> 00:38:43,088 Yeah, that is good news. 976 00:38:43,121 --> 00:38:44,723 Is she okay? 977 00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:45,757 Oh, yeah, she's doing fine. 978 00:38:45,791 --> 00:38:47,426 That's pretty slick: 979 00:38:47,459 --> 00:38:50,028 hiding a murder witness in a loony bin, 980 00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:51,963 telling them she was a psycho. 981 00:38:51,997 --> 00:38:53,599 Yeah, well, obviously, the girl is disturbed. 982 00:38:53,632 --> 00:38:54,600 She not that disturbed. 983 00:38:54,633 --> 00:38:57,369 She told me what happened. 984 00:38:57,403 --> 00:38:58,770 Said she saw you 985 00:38:58,804 --> 00:39:01,607 kill Jamie. Well, she's lying. 986 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,675 Who you think a jury's gonna believe: 987 00:39:03,709 --> 00:39:06,778 me... or some teenage delinquent? 988 00:39:06,812 --> 00:39:07,879 After they see 989 00:39:07,913 --> 00:39:08,947 how you cut her face, 990 00:39:08,980 --> 00:39:10,115 I think they're gonna believe her. 991 00:39:10,148 --> 00:39:11,583 She cut herself, okay? 992 00:39:11,617 --> 00:39:13,619 She's psychotic. 993 00:39:13,652 --> 00:39:15,587 And Jamie smothered himself, too. 994 00:39:15,621 --> 00:39:17,756 No, my loser husband did that. 995 00:39:17,789 --> 00:39:19,825 And I've heard enough. I'm going home. 996 00:39:22,828 --> 00:39:24,763 Sam... 997 00:39:26,498 --> 00:39:27,999 What're you doing here? 998 00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:30,402 I watched you through that window. 999 00:39:30,436 --> 00:39:32,404 You told me it was an accident. 1000 00:39:32,438 --> 00:39:35,607 You did it. You confessed. 1001 00:39:35,641 --> 00:39:36,808 No! 1002 00:39:36,842 --> 00:39:38,176 I could never have hurt Jamie. 1003 00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:40,412 I wanted him to be our son! 1004 00:39:42,481 --> 00:39:44,149 You killed him. 1005 00:39:44,182 --> 00:39:45,617 Don't you do this to me, Sam. 1006 00:39:45,651 --> 00:39:47,118 I'm not going to protect you anymore. 1007 00:39:47,152 --> 00:39:48,954 Protect me?! You never protected me! 1008 00:39:48,987 --> 00:39:50,121 You promised me 1009 00:39:50,155 --> 00:39:52,858 everything and you gave me nothing! 1010 00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:54,993 I've wasted my life on you! 1011 00:39:57,863 --> 00:40:01,199 I loved you, Lori-Ann. 1012 00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:02,801 I believed your lies. 1013 00:40:04,770 --> 00:40:06,037 I let you hurt those kids. 1014 00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:07,639 You weak son of a bitch! 1015 00:40:10,676 --> 00:40:13,745 You don't give a damn about anyone. 1016 00:40:15,180 --> 00:40:17,449 Lori-Ann Dufoy, you are under arrest 1017 00:40:17,483 --> 00:40:18,850 for the murder of Jamie Semple. 1018 00:40:18,884 --> 00:40:20,686 You have the right to remain silent. 1019 00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,187 You have the right to an attorney... 1020 00:40:23,188 --> 00:40:24,823 You okay? 1021 00:40:24,856 --> 00:40:26,992 I'm cool. 1022 00:40:27,025 --> 00:40:30,496 Captioning sponsored by UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION 1023 00:40:30,529 --> 00:40:32,498 and NBC 1024 00:40:32,531 --> 00:40:34,533 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org