1 00:00:01,335 --> 00:00:03,237 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:03,271 --> 00:00:06,040 sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. 3 00:00:06,074 --> 00:00:08,209 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 4 00:00:08,242 --> 00:00:10,211 who investigate these vicious felonies 5 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:11,545 are members of an elite squad 6 00:00:11,579 --> 00:00:13,347 known as the Special Victims Unit. 7 00:00:13,381 --> 00:00:16,084 These are their stories. 8 00:00:17,818 --> 00:00:19,387 I'm taking Rachel to a dance audition, 9 00:00:19,420 --> 00:00:21,222 so you'll have to pick Eli up from soccer. 10 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:25,359 The Westers asked if we could come to dinner Friday night. 11 00:00:25,393 --> 00:00:27,395 Sounds great, hon. 12 00:00:27,428 --> 00:00:29,630 And I'm going to run off to Belize with the paperboy. 13 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:32,100 What the hell was that? 14 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:33,701 It's a miracle. He can hear. 15 00:00:33,734 --> 00:00:35,336 Damn homeless make a mess 16 00:00:35,369 --> 00:00:37,638 with our garbage and Sanitation fines me. 17 00:00:37,671 --> 00:00:38,639 Not this time! 18 00:00:38,672 --> 00:00:39,707 Sam... 19 00:00:41,809 --> 00:00:43,744 Who's there? 20 00:00:43,777 --> 00:00:45,413 Get out of there right now! 21 00:00:45,446 --> 00:00:48,082 Don't hurt me. 22 00:00:52,386 --> 00:00:54,455 Homeowner found him eating out of the trash. 23 00:00:54,488 --> 00:00:56,524 The kid looks eight or nine. Real skinny, no coat. 24 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:57,425 What's his story? 25 00:00:57,458 --> 00:00:59,127 Won't talk. Kid's pretty freaked out. 26 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:00,128 Well, no wonder. 27 00:01:00,161 --> 00:01:02,596 You've got him locked up in the back of your car. 28 00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:04,732 Just keeping him safe for you kiddie cops. 29 00:01:04,765 --> 00:01:07,435 I figure he eats garbage, he's abused. 30 00:01:07,468 --> 00:01:08,736 What do you think, homeless or runaway? 31 00:01:08,769 --> 00:01:10,538 He looks pretty clean for a street kid. 32 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:11,739 Hey, buddy. How are you doing? 33 00:01:11,772 --> 00:01:13,107 I'm Elliot. 34 00:01:13,141 --> 00:01:15,176 This is Olivia. 35 00:01:15,209 --> 00:01:16,510 What's your name? 36 00:01:17,178 --> 00:01:18,546 Look, you're not in trouble. 37 00:01:18,579 --> 00:01:20,848 We just want to talk with you. 38 00:01:22,150 --> 00:01:24,885 Please tell me your name? 39 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:25,886 Jacob Nesbit. 40 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:28,889 Hey, Jacob. You live around here? 41 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:29,723 97th Street. 42 00:01:29,757 --> 00:01:32,393 97th Street? That's just a block away. 43 00:01:32,426 --> 00:01:33,761 Who do you live with? 44 00:01:33,794 --> 00:01:35,296 My mom and my brother. 45 00:01:35,329 --> 00:01:37,165 Yeah? What about your dad? 46 00:01:37,198 --> 00:01:38,199 He's dead. 47 00:01:40,734 --> 00:01:43,837 Please don't tell my mom I was eating. 48 00:01:47,741 --> 00:01:51,779 Captioning sponsored by UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION 49 00:01:51,812 --> 00:01:54,748 and NBC 50 00:02:38,426 --> 00:02:39,827 You sure are hungry. 51 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:41,962 I never had pancakes before. 52 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:44,632 Your mom's never made them for you? 53 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:46,700 No. She says they're against the rules. 54 00:02:46,734 --> 00:02:47,701 What rules? 55 00:02:47,735 --> 00:02:49,703 About food and stuff. 56 00:02:49,737 --> 00:02:54,942 What's good to eat, what's not, how much food I can have... 57 00:02:54,975 --> 00:02:57,311 Your brother have rules, too? 58 00:02:57,345 --> 00:02:59,947 Yeah. But Adam never breaks them. 59 00:02:59,980 --> 00:03:03,717 Well, what happens when you do break them? 60 00:03:03,751 --> 00:03:05,686 You get a punishment. 61 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:07,255 What's the punishment? 62 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:12,960 I don't want to talk about it. 63 00:03:12,993 --> 00:03:15,329 Jacob, I'm just trying to help you out here, 64 00:03:15,363 --> 00:03:17,465 but I need for you to trust me. 65 00:03:17,498 --> 00:03:20,868 My mom says what happens at home stays at home. 66 00:03:20,901 --> 00:03:23,904 And what you and I talk about in this room 67 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:27,207 stays in this room. 68 00:03:29,477 --> 00:03:31,745 I can't tell you. 69 00:03:31,779 --> 00:03:32,746 It's against the rules. 70 00:03:32,780 --> 00:03:34,648 Can I finish my breakfast? 71 00:03:34,682 --> 00:03:38,586 Yeah, sure. 72 00:03:38,619 --> 00:03:42,823 We can't keep him here unless there's some allegation of abuse. 73 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:44,024 He's scared out of his wits. 74 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:45,393 He doesn't want his mother 75 00:03:45,426 --> 00:03:46,627 to know that he was eating. 76 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:49,397 Something is going on here. 77 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:51,899 All right. Check her out. 78 00:03:51,932 --> 00:03:52,833 I'll call ACS 79 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:55,869 and see if they got anything on the family. 80 00:04:04,011 --> 00:04:04,978 Can I help you? 81 00:04:05,012 --> 00:04:07,515 I'm Detective Benson. This is Detective Stabler. 82 00:04:07,548 --> 00:04:09,483 Let me get my mom. 83 00:04:09,517 --> 00:04:11,419 Please wait here. 84 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,755 Kid's awful polite. 85 00:04:14,788 --> 00:04:17,425 Or just obeying the rules. 86 00:04:21,061 --> 00:04:23,764 Hi, I'm-I'm Marilyn Nesbit. 87 00:04:23,797 --> 00:04:24,665 Is Jacob all right? 88 00:04:24,698 --> 00:04:26,934 Actually, we have him down at our station. 89 00:04:26,967 --> 00:04:29,002 Can we come inside and talk to you for a sec? 90 00:04:29,036 --> 00:04:32,039 What about? 91 00:04:32,072 --> 00:04:33,006 Why you didn't report your son missing? 92 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,509 He runs away and comes home all the time. 93 00:04:35,543 --> 00:04:36,944 I wasn't really worried. 94 00:04:36,977 --> 00:04:38,446 Mrs. Nesbit, we found your son 95 00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:41,515 eating chicken out of a garbage can. 96 00:04:41,549 --> 00:04:43,851 We'd really like to talk to you about it. 97 00:04:45,919 --> 00:04:48,422 I know my rights. 98 00:04:48,456 --> 00:04:49,857 I don't have to let you in. 99 00:04:49,890 --> 00:04:52,460 You bring my son home or I'll call a lawyer. 100 00:04:53,761 --> 00:04:54,728 Cops tell me that my kid 101 00:04:54,762 --> 00:04:57,465 is down at the station, I'd be there right away. 102 00:04:57,498 --> 00:04:58,466 What's she so afraid of? 103 00:04:58,499 --> 00:04:59,467 I don't know, 104 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:00,468 but he's not coming back here 105 00:05:00,501 --> 00:05:01,502 until we get some answers. 106 00:05:01,535 --> 00:05:04,071 Maybe she has some. 107 00:05:04,104 --> 00:05:07,007 Ma'am. Do you mind if we have a word with you? 108 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,942 Certainly. 109 00:05:10,578 --> 00:05:13,747 Marilyn Nesbit is a lovely woman. 110 00:05:13,781 --> 00:05:15,783 She brings me homemade muffins 111 00:05:15,816 --> 00:05:19,086 and she sends her boys over to help me do my chores. 112 00:05:19,119 --> 00:05:21,889 Did you ever notice any marks or bruises on the boys? 113 00:05:21,922 --> 00:05:23,023 Oh, no. They don't roughhouse. 114 00:05:23,056 --> 00:05:25,959 Jacob ran away. Have you heard any yelling or fighting? 115 00:05:25,993 --> 00:05:29,129 He didn't run away. He's just adventurous. 116 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:31,999 He's a handful. 117 00:05:32,032 --> 00:05:34,868 I don't know how his mother manages alone. 118 00:05:34,902 --> 00:05:36,970 When did the boy's father die? 119 00:05:37,004 --> 00:05:37,971 When Marilyn was pregnant 120 00:05:38,005 --> 00:05:38,939 with Jacob. 121 00:05:38,972 --> 00:05:42,042 Went out for some milk, walked into a store, 122 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:43,777 walked right into a holdup. 123 00:05:43,811 --> 00:05:46,380 He was killed by a 13-year-old boy. 124 00:05:46,414 --> 00:05:50,918 Now Marilyn stays home with the children all day. 125 00:05:50,951 --> 00:05:52,553 Don't the boys go to school? 126 00:05:52,586 --> 00:05:53,821 Didn't she tell you? 127 00:05:53,854 --> 00:05:58,726 She homeschools Adam and Jacob. 128 00:06:00,594 --> 00:06:02,930 Marilyn Nesbit has homeschooled her children 129 00:06:02,963 --> 00:06:05,399 for the past seven years. 130 00:06:05,433 --> 00:06:07,968 She took Adam out of public school after second grade. 131 00:06:08,001 --> 00:06:09,970 Jacob's never been enrolled. 132 00:06:10,003 --> 00:06:12,139 Anyone check on the boys? 133 00:06:12,172 --> 00:06:14,041 No one. The law requires lesson plans, 134 00:06:14,074 --> 00:06:15,543 status reports every semester. 135 00:06:15,576 --> 00:06:17,578 Marilyn's always filed them on time. 136 00:06:17,611 --> 00:06:19,847 These lesson plans look pretty detailed. 137 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,482 They're downloaded off the Internet 138 00:06:21,515 --> 00:06:23,050 from the New York Homeschool League. 139 00:06:23,083 --> 00:06:24,685 So any parent can yank their kid 140 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:26,053 out of school just by filing forms 141 00:06:26,086 --> 00:06:27,054 off a website? 142 00:06:27,087 --> 00:06:29,156 We're lucky we even have any regulations at all. 143 00:06:29,189 --> 00:06:31,158 Some states don't require parents 144 00:06:31,191 --> 00:06:32,993 to notify the school board. 145 00:06:33,026 --> 00:06:35,996 How many kids are we talking about? 146 00:06:36,029 --> 00:06:38,031 Nationwide, the closest estimate is one million. 147 00:06:38,065 --> 00:06:42,169 Sounds like you're not a big fan of homeschooling. 148 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:43,671 I am when it works. 149 00:06:43,704 --> 00:06:45,439 But going to school provides kids 150 00:06:45,473 --> 00:06:47,040 with more than an education. 151 00:06:47,074 --> 00:06:49,510 It's a safety net that catches medical, 152 00:06:49,543 --> 00:06:51,178 psychological, developmental problems, 153 00:06:51,211 --> 00:06:52,112 and child abuse. 154 00:06:52,145 --> 00:06:53,714 You think that Marilyn Nesbit 155 00:06:53,747 --> 00:06:56,183 was using homeschooling as a smoke screen for abuse? 156 00:06:56,216 --> 00:06:58,852 There are no red flags on file. 157 00:06:58,886 --> 00:07:03,190 Maybe you need to talk to Adam's old school teachers. 158 00:07:03,223 --> 00:07:05,459 I taught Adam in second grade. 159 00:07:05,493 --> 00:07:07,127 He was smart and sweet, 160 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,229 but he had some emotional issues. 161 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:10,964 Like what? 162 00:07:10,998 --> 00:07:13,667 Lots of fears, more than most seven-year-olds. 163 00:07:13,701 --> 00:07:16,236 It wasn't surprising given his father's murder, 164 00:07:16,269 --> 00:07:18,171 but he really needed counseling. 165 00:07:18,205 --> 00:07:19,973 Didn't he get any counseling? 166 00:07:20,007 --> 00:07:21,141 Mom wouldn't consent. 167 00:07:21,174 --> 00:07:24,144 Said she could help Adam herself. 168 00:07:24,177 --> 00:07:25,212 Fat chance. 169 00:07:25,245 --> 00:07:27,515 That woman was a fruitcake. 170 00:07:27,548 --> 00:07:28,982 How so? 171 00:07:29,016 --> 00:07:31,051 She had all these weird ideas about food. 172 00:07:31,084 --> 00:07:32,720 Adam would come to school hungry, 173 00:07:32,753 --> 00:07:34,855 but she wouldn't let him eat school lunch. 174 00:07:34,888 --> 00:07:38,058 She claimed it was full of pesticides and preservatives. 175 00:07:38,091 --> 00:07:41,662 So she packed nuts, raw veggies, protein drinks. 176 00:07:41,695 --> 00:07:42,663 He eat that? 177 00:07:42,696 --> 00:07:44,498 Would any seven-year-old? 178 00:07:45,499 --> 00:07:47,535 Adam stole other kids' food, wolfed it down, 179 00:07:47,568 --> 00:07:49,637 then threw up from eating too much too fast. 180 00:07:49,670 --> 00:07:50,504 Stabler. 181 00:07:50,538 --> 00:07:52,740 Didn't you discuss this with his mother? 182 00:07:52,773 --> 00:07:55,743 I kept making appointments, but she never showed up. 183 00:07:55,776 --> 00:07:58,245 Finally I said if she wouldn't meet with me, 184 00:07:58,278 --> 00:07:59,212 I'd report her for neglect. 185 00:07:59,246 --> 00:08:01,982 The next day, she pulled Adam from school. 186 00:08:02,015 --> 00:08:05,919 It's Novak. She wants to see us, now. 187 00:08:05,953 --> 00:08:07,788 Thank you. 188 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:13,761 Are these the detectives who've been harassing my client? 189 00:08:13,794 --> 00:08:16,664 Detectives Benson and Stabler, meet Denise Brockmorton-- 190 00:08:16,697 --> 00:08:19,132 legal counsel for the New York Homeschool League. 191 00:08:19,166 --> 00:08:20,734 And attorney for Marilyn Nesbit, 192 00:08:20,768 --> 00:08:22,135 whom you are persecuting 193 00:08:22,169 --> 00:08:24,271 solely because she exercises her right 194 00:08:24,304 --> 00:08:26,940 to withdraw her children from government schools. 195 00:08:26,974 --> 00:08:27,941 Nobody's being persecuted. 196 00:08:27,975 --> 00:08:29,643 We're just asking a few questions. 197 00:08:29,677 --> 00:08:31,244 While you're holding Jacob hostage. 198 00:08:31,278 --> 00:08:33,246 His mother wouldn't let us in the door. 199 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:34,615 We had to investigate. 200 00:08:34,648 --> 00:08:35,816 You mean go on a witch hunt. 201 00:08:35,849 --> 00:08:37,217 The detectives are merely trying 202 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:39,052 to ensure that Jacob is returned to a safe 203 00:08:39,086 --> 00:08:40,287 and healthy home environment. 204 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:41,689 Marilyn's a fine mother. 205 00:08:41,722 --> 00:08:43,557 The home is more than adequate. 206 00:08:43,591 --> 00:08:46,894 Prove it. 207 00:08:46,927 --> 00:08:48,629 Marilyn, I don't know how you keep this place 208 00:08:48,662 --> 00:08:49,730 so neat with two active boys. 209 00:08:49,763 --> 00:08:50,798 It's never been a problem. 210 00:08:50,831 --> 00:08:52,900 Where do the boys sleep? 211 00:08:52,933 --> 00:08:54,267 Right in here. 212 00:08:56,737 --> 00:08:57,705 Hey, Adam. 213 00:08:57,738 --> 00:08:58,706 Hello. 214 00:08:58,739 --> 00:09:00,307 What you working on, Adam? 215 00:09:00,340 --> 00:09:01,341 Trigonometry, ma'am. 216 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:02,576 Excellent. 217 00:09:02,610 --> 00:09:03,777 Do you go online? 218 00:09:03,811 --> 00:09:05,312 Just educational sites. 219 00:09:05,345 --> 00:09:07,047 Do you got any hobbies? 220 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,215 Learning. 221 00:09:08,248 --> 00:09:10,818 That's their passion, right, Adam? 222 00:09:10,851 --> 00:09:12,152 You mind showing us the kitchen? 223 00:09:12,185 --> 00:09:13,721 This way. 224 00:09:15,689 --> 00:09:16,824 What about exercise? 225 00:09:16,857 --> 00:09:18,592 Oh, we do morning calisthenics. 226 00:09:18,626 --> 00:09:20,160 What, Sweating to the Oldies? 227 00:09:20,193 --> 00:09:22,129 You have two active kids here; 228 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:23,163 that's not enough. 229 00:09:23,196 --> 00:09:25,332 The Homeschool League runs a weekly athletic event 230 00:09:25,365 --> 00:09:27,835 in Central Park. 231 00:09:27,868 --> 00:09:29,903 Adam seems pretty small for his age. 232 00:09:29,937 --> 00:09:31,071 I think he's just perfect. 233 00:09:31,104 --> 00:09:33,941 So he gets enough to eat? 234 00:09:33,974 --> 00:09:35,943 There's plenty of food. 235 00:09:35,976 --> 00:09:37,210 Healthy food. 236 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:38,812 Why feed them processed food 237 00:09:38,846 --> 00:09:41,281 that's full of chemicals that cause cancer 238 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:43,917 or beef that might have that mad cow disease? 239 00:09:43,951 --> 00:09:45,886 Detectives, I think that's enough. 240 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:49,723 Unless a balanced diet is a crime, we're done. 241 00:09:49,757 --> 00:09:51,358 Jacob's mother and her mouthpiece want 242 00:09:51,391 --> 00:09:52,826 to take him home. 243 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:54,027 We've got to let them. 244 00:09:54,061 --> 00:09:54,895 Who are you? 245 00:09:54,928 --> 00:09:56,363 Steve Krause, social worker from ACS. 246 00:09:56,396 --> 00:09:57,798 We're not done investigating. 247 00:09:57,831 --> 00:09:59,700 Can't you put him in a foster home overnight? 248 00:09:59,733 --> 00:10:01,201 Not without a significant statement 249 00:10:01,234 --> 00:10:02,770 about abuse from Jacob. 250 00:10:02,803 --> 00:10:05,238 Mr. Krause, you don't need a statement. Turn around. 251 00:10:05,272 --> 00:10:07,641 That kid is terrified of his mother. 252 00:10:07,675 --> 00:10:09,376 That's your interpretation. 253 00:10:09,409 --> 00:10:10,343 I spoke to Jacob. 254 00:10:10,377 --> 00:10:11,979 He told me he wants to go home. 255 00:10:12,012 --> 00:10:13,413 Did he tell you that he was hungry? 256 00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:14,848 Jacob's not malnourished. 257 00:10:14,882 --> 00:10:16,383 His mother uses food to control him. 258 00:10:16,416 --> 00:10:18,719 A mother has a right to her dietary beliefs, 259 00:10:18,752 --> 00:10:20,888 even the kids who'd rather eat junk food, 260 00:10:20,921 --> 00:10:22,255 Just because she's different, 261 00:10:22,289 --> 00:10:24,391 doesn't mean that she's guilty of abuse. 262 00:10:24,424 --> 00:10:25,292 Different. 263 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:27,761 Sounds like she's emotionally abusive. 264 00:10:27,795 --> 00:10:29,329 That's very hard to prove. 265 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:33,033 Best I can do is recommend family counseling. 266 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:33,867 Is that it? 267 00:10:33,901 --> 00:10:36,870 I'll make a follow-up visit tomorrow, 268 00:10:36,904 --> 00:10:39,339 but tonight, Jacob has to go home. 269 00:10:42,275 --> 00:10:43,310 I don't like this. 270 00:10:43,343 --> 00:10:46,213 I'm telling you, that mother is wound way too tight. 271 00:10:48,315 --> 00:10:51,685 This is my business card, okay? 272 00:10:51,719 --> 00:10:52,619 On the back is my cell phone number. 273 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:57,758 Call me anytime if you need anything, okay? 274 00:10:57,791 --> 00:10:58,826 Thanks. 275 00:11:08,335 --> 00:11:10,838 Maybe we'll go out and get some pancakes. 276 00:11:10,871 --> 00:11:12,305 If my mom says it's okay. 277 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:14,074 Let's go home. 278 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:18,245 I'll see you in the morning. 279 00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:19,246 What time? 280 00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:20,313 9:00 A.M. 281 00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:22,115 We'll be there. 282 00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:26,787 Dad! No cheating! Who's cheating? 283 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:29,122 Who are you calling a cheater, huh? 284 00:11:30,590 --> 00:11:33,326 Put me down, Dad. 285 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,262 I'm going to put you down. 286 00:11:35,295 --> 00:11:36,163 Kathy. 287 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:39,466 Hey, why don't you go get us some cookies? 288 00:11:39,499 --> 00:11:42,069 Hello? 289 00:11:43,804 --> 00:11:46,339 Jacob? 290 00:11:46,373 --> 00:11:48,308 Jacob, is that you? 291 00:11:48,341 --> 00:11:50,477 Is that the boy from today? 292 00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:51,478 Yeah, I think so. 293 00:11:51,511 --> 00:11:53,747 Go. 294 00:12:04,892 --> 00:12:07,227 Mrs. Nesbit? 295 00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:08,762 It's Detective Stabler. 296 00:12:08,796 --> 00:12:09,797 Is anyone home? 297 00:12:37,991 --> 00:12:39,259 Single gunshot to the temple. 298 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:40,861 Stippling around the wound. 299 00:12:40,894 --> 00:12:42,863 The gun was found by Jacob's right hand. 300 00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:46,099 Suicide? Not a chance in hell. 301 00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:47,801 The gun jammed when someone tried 302 00:12:47,835 --> 00:12:49,102 to chamber the second round. 303 00:12:49,136 --> 00:12:50,804 Kind of tough to do that 304 00:12:50,838 --> 00:12:52,539 when you've already shot yourself in the head. 305 00:12:52,572 --> 00:12:54,041 When did this happen? 306 00:12:54,074 --> 00:12:55,542 M.E. says between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. 307 00:12:55,575 --> 00:12:57,044 Jacob called me at 9:07, 308 00:12:57,077 --> 00:12:58,545 so it happened after that. 309 00:12:58,578 --> 00:13:00,047 Any word from Marilyn or Adam? 310 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,548 No. They're in the wind. 311 00:13:01,581 --> 00:13:03,283 If Adam's not already dead, too. 312 00:13:03,316 --> 00:13:05,886 Elliot, this is not your fault. 313 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:08,588 You didn't send that boy home. ACS did. 314 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:10,290 Screw ACS. 315 00:13:10,323 --> 00:13:12,292 I knew something was wrong. 316 00:13:12,325 --> 00:13:14,494 I watched that boy walk out that door. 317 00:13:18,899 --> 00:13:20,600 Any idea where Marilyn Nesbit might be headed? 318 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:22,302 No friends, no close relatives, 319 00:13:22,335 --> 00:13:23,603 no address book. 320 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,305 Why kill one kid and not the other? 321 00:13:25,338 --> 00:13:27,507 Abusive parents frequently single out one child. 322 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:28,909 Adam obeys her, Jacob doesn't. 323 00:13:28,942 --> 00:13:30,610 Maybe that's why Adam gets enough to eat. 324 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:32,312 Or maybe she did try to kill Adam, 325 00:13:32,345 --> 00:13:33,847 but the gun jammed. 326 00:13:33,881 --> 00:13:34,848 So, what? She's on the run, 327 00:13:34,882 --> 00:13:36,316 just dragging this kid with her? 328 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:37,851 Or maybe she's already killed him, 329 00:13:37,885 --> 00:13:39,152 and she's out dumping the body. 330 00:13:39,186 --> 00:13:40,988 What is her motive for killing her children? 331 00:13:41,021 --> 00:13:42,622 She destroys the things she loves 332 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:44,925 so that no one else can take them from her. 333 00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:47,160 The archetype is the Greek tragedy Medea. 334 00:13:47,194 --> 00:13:48,495 Medea. She killed her kids 335 00:13:48,528 --> 00:13:49,863 to spite their father. 336 00:13:49,897 --> 00:13:51,331 Yeah. Or, in this case, to spite ACS. 337 00:13:51,364 --> 00:13:52,933 They were coming that morning. 338 00:13:52,966 --> 00:13:54,634 If Marilyn Nesbit wouldn't have her children, 339 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:56,003 no one would. 340 00:13:56,036 --> 00:13:57,871 I dumped the phones. 341 00:13:57,905 --> 00:13:59,606 Other than calls from that shyster Brockmorton, 342 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:01,341 Marilyn hasn't spoken to anybody in days. 343 00:14:01,374 --> 00:14:03,443 And I got Marilyn's financials: no income. 344 00:14:03,476 --> 00:14:06,046 She's been living off her husband's life insurance. 345 00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:07,347 The money is getting low. 346 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:08,648 Any activity on her credit cards? 347 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:10,217 Still waiting on the report. 348 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:12,352 I got it flagged, just in case she uses them. 349 00:14:12,385 --> 00:14:14,254 DMV's got a car registered in her name. 350 00:14:14,287 --> 00:14:16,323 May not have to. Well, get it out on the teletype. 351 00:14:16,356 --> 00:14:18,258 That car comes standard with Auto-Pilot. 352 00:14:18,291 --> 00:14:20,393 You know, you're lost, you need directions, 353 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:22,662 you push a button, and it tells you where to go. 354 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:25,365 No kidding? How do they track the car? 355 00:14:25,398 --> 00:14:27,200 Built-in GPS transponder. 356 00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:28,668 It sends out a signal. 357 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,437 Thank God for technology. 358 00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:32,505 Now we just got to get Auto-Pilot 359 00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:34,041 to track Marilyn's car. 360 00:14:34,074 --> 00:14:36,576 Well, let's encourage them with a court order. 361 00:14:39,412 --> 00:14:41,381 Are you sure this is legal? 362 00:14:41,414 --> 00:14:43,683 - Judge signed it. - You're in the clear. 363 00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:46,386 Give me the car's VIN number. 364 00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:52,059 2036613220. 365 00:14:52,092 --> 00:14:54,061 Got it. Right here. 366 00:14:54,094 --> 00:14:55,595 Car's not moving. 367 00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:57,931 Can you zoom in on that? 368 00:14:57,965 --> 00:14:59,266 Sure. 369 00:15:02,002 --> 00:15:04,371 She's in the Bronx, by the Westchester border. 370 00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:06,406 Cross streets are East Drive and River Road. 371 00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:07,574 Okay, can you call us 372 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:09,242 if the car starts moving again? 373 00:15:09,276 --> 00:15:11,078 Well, I can do better. 374 00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:12,946 Track her with this. 375 00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:14,948 I'll program in her signal. 376 00:15:20,087 --> 00:15:22,722 Okay, turn right here. 377 00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:24,424 She hasn't moved yet. 378 00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:25,725 We're close. 379 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:27,094 Westchester Mall. 380 00:15:27,127 --> 00:15:28,962 Great place to dump a car. 381 00:15:28,996 --> 00:15:30,964 Yeah. With a body in the trunk. 382 00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:34,434 I don't see any blood. 383 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:35,735 Empty. 384 00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:37,604 So where the hell did they go? 385 00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:39,739 Maybe they came up here to meet someone. 386 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:41,741 Got no friends or family. 387 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:45,012 Only contact is with that Homeschool League. 388 00:15:45,045 --> 00:15:46,446 That's it. 389 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:47,747 John, it's Olivia. 390 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:50,283 Call the Board of Education. 391 00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:52,619 Find out if any other homeschool families 392 00:15:52,652 --> 00:15:55,288 using the same curriculum as Marilyn Nesbit 393 00:15:55,322 --> 00:15:58,458 live near Westchester Mall. 394 00:15:58,491 --> 00:16:00,994 Next house on the list is Nancy Kester. 395 00:16:01,028 --> 00:16:02,762 Homeschools her daughter Polly. 396 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:04,464 How many we got left? 397 00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:06,166 Three more after this. 398 00:16:07,334 --> 00:16:09,002 Can I help you? 399 00:16:09,036 --> 00:16:09,769 Yeah. Police. 400 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,471 Do you know a Marilyn Nesbit? 401 00:16:11,504 --> 00:16:12,772 Of course. Why? 402 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:14,174 Have you talked to her recently? 403 00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:16,143 Actually, I just picked her up from the mall. 404 00:16:16,176 --> 00:16:17,477 She called me when her car broke down. 405 00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:19,012 Do you know where she is now? 406 00:16:19,046 --> 00:16:21,014 She's in the kitchen baking cookies with the kids. 407 00:16:21,048 --> 00:16:22,149 What kids? 408 00:16:22,182 --> 00:16:23,483 Adam and my daughter. 409 00:16:23,516 --> 00:16:27,554 What's going on? 410 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:28,621 Leave us alone. 411 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:29,222 Marilyn, just take it easy. 412 00:16:29,256 --> 00:16:30,557 Mom, who are these people? 413 00:16:30,590 --> 00:16:32,692 The police. Marilyn, what happened? 414 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:35,395 They want to take my kids away from me! 415 00:16:35,428 --> 00:16:36,596 Step over here. 416 00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:38,398 Adam, I need you to come with me. 417 00:16:38,431 --> 00:16:40,567 You can't take my son! Go away! 418 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,102 Let her go! 419 00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:43,436 Please come with me. 420 00:16:43,470 --> 00:16:44,737 I love you, Adam. 421 00:16:44,771 --> 00:16:47,274 Everything is going to be fine. 422 00:16:47,307 --> 00:16:50,110 Don't say a word. Be a man. Be a man. 423 00:16:50,143 --> 00:16:51,544 Marilyn Nesbit, you are under arrest 424 00:16:51,578 --> 00:16:52,612 for the murder of Jacob Nesbit. 425 00:16:52,645 --> 00:16:54,281 You have the right to remain silent. 426 00:16:54,314 --> 00:16:56,183 Anything you say can and will be used against you 427 00:16:56,216 --> 00:16:57,184 in a court of law. 428 00:16:57,217 --> 00:16:59,319 Why are you doing this? 429 00:17:01,321 --> 00:17:03,656 My son is dead. 430 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,629 Now you're persecuting me. 431 00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:12,732 We're investigating a homicide. 432 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:13,733 Kids play with guns. 433 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:14,734 Accidents happen. 434 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,469 And that boy was murdered. 435 00:17:16,503 --> 00:17:17,737 You can't prove that. 436 00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:18,705 Sure, we can. 437 00:17:18,738 --> 00:17:21,608 Ballistics excludes a self-inflicted injury. 438 00:17:21,641 --> 00:17:22,842 I'm sure they also told you 439 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,511 my client's prints weren't on the gun. 440 00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:25,712 Textured grip. 441 00:17:25,745 --> 00:17:27,647 They wouldn't be. 442 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,649 What possible motive did she have? 443 00:17:29,682 --> 00:17:31,651 Jacob called Detective Stabler. 444 00:17:31,684 --> 00:17:34,121 He was about to open up about his mom. 445 00:17:34,154 --> 00:17:36,723 I can't imagine what he would have told you. 446 00:17:36,756 --> 00:17:39,092 Marilyn has nothing to hide. 447 00:17:39,126 --> 00:17:41,294 Good. Where did she get the gun? 448 00:17:42,662 --> 00:17:45,698 I bought it for protection. 449 00:17:47,367 --> 00:17:51,671 Living alone in a house with no man... 450 00:17:52,672 --> 00:17:54,641 I'm afraid. 451 00:17:54,674 --> 00:17:57,110 My client is aware she broke the law 452 00:17:57,144 --> 00:17:58,811 by having an unlicensed handgun, 453 00:17:58,845 --> 00:18:00,713 and she'll take full responsibility 454 00:18:00,747 --> 00:18:02,449 for her actions, but she did not 455 00:18:02,482 --> 00:18:03,616 shoot her son. 456 00:18:03,650 --> 00:18:05,752 Then why did you run when he got shot? 457 00:18:05,785 --> 00:18:07,754 How could you just leave him there? 458 00:18:07,787 --> 00:18:10,257 I wasn't even there when it happened. 459 00:18:10,290 --> 00:18:11,824 Where were you? 460 00:18:11,858 --> 00:18:13,193 At the store. 461 00:18:13,226 --> 00:18:15,228 When I came home, Jacob... 462 00:18:16,396 --> 00:18:20,700 was dead on the floor. 463 00:18:22,569 --> 00:18:24,271 Was Adam with you? 464 00:18:24,304 --> 00:18:28,675 No. He was home. 465 00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:30,377 Ask him. 466 00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:34,714 He was so frightened, he could barely speak to me. 467 00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:38,551 Marilyn Nesbit was at six different stores. 468 00:18:38,585 --> 00:18:39,719 Clerks remember her. 469 00:18:39,752 --> 00:18:41,388 She used a credit card each time. 470 00:18:41,421 --> 00:18:43,556 Transactions cover the whole range for time of death? 471 00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:46,559 Yeah. Some of the stores even have her on videotape. 472 00:18:46,593 --> 00:18:48,861 So there's no way that she shot Jacob? 473 00:18:48,895 --> 00:18:51,431 Liv, it could have been an accident. 474 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:53,900 How's my mom? 475 00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:55,335 She's fine. 476 00:18:55,368 --> 00:18:56,736 Can I see her? 477 00:18:56,769 --> 00:18:58,538 Not right now. 478 00:18:58,571 --> 00:18:59,706 Have a seat. 479 00:18:59,739 --> 00:19:01,741 She said that we could talk with you. 480 00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:04,844 Adam, we know that your mom wasn't home 481 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:07,280 when your brother was shot. 482 00:19:07,314 --> 00:19:08,715 So now it's up to you 483 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:10,450 to tell us what really happened. 484 00:19:11,751 --> 00:19:13,920 I don't want to talk about it. 485 00:19:13,953 --> 00:19:18,725 Your mom must have been pretty mad when Jacob ran away. 486 00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:20,893 She still loved him. 487 00:19:20,927 --> 00:19:23,263 She loves me, too. 488 00:19:23,296 --> 00:19:26,399 Jacob told you lies about mom. 489 00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:27,967 ACS was going to take us away. 490 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,669 That's not true. 491 00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:31,338 They just wanted to check up on you guys. 492 00:19:31,371 --> 00:19:32,872 Make sure you and your brother were safe. 493 00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:34,407 You're lying. 494 00:19:34,441 --> 00:19:36,509 They were going to put us 495 00:19:36,543 --> 00:19:38,511 in foster care. 496 00:19:38,545 --> 00:19:41,248 Do you know what happens to those kids? 497 00:19:41,281 --> 00:19:43,283 They get abused and molested. 498 00:19:43,316 --> 00:19:45,752 I can protect myself, but Jacob can't. 499 00:19:45,785 --> 00:19:47,420 He's too little. 500 00:19:47,454 --> 00:19:50,457 But the gun would protect him. 501 00:19:50,490 --> 00:19:53,793 And that's why you took your mom's gun-- 502 00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:55,795 to protect your brother. 503 00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:03,636 Adam, if it was an accident, 504 00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:06,773 then you're not going to get in trouble, 505 00:20:06,806 --> 00:20:09,742 but you have to tell us what happened. 506 00:20:12,845 --> 00:20:15,482 I took the gun from the closet. 507 00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:19,786 I told Jacob to shut his eyes, and I shot him. 508 00:20:19,819 --> 00:20:22,355 He's in a better place. 509 00:20:35,935 --> 00:20:37,003 Docket ending 0050 People v. Adam Nesbit. 510 00:20:38,705 --> 00:20:40,006 Murder in the 2nd Degree. 511 00:20:40,039 --> 00:20:41,941 How does your client plead? 512 00:20:41,974 --> 00:20:44,611 Not guilty, by reason of mental disease or defect. 513 00:20:44,644 --> 00:20:46,613 Excuse me, ma'am, but she's wrong. 514 00:20:46,646 --> 00:20:48,281 I did it. I'm guilty. 515 00:20:48,315 --> 00:20:49,416 Adam. 516 00:20:49,449 --> 00:20:51,451 Miss Jameau, please explain to your client 517 00:20:51,484 --> 00:20:54,354 that his statements can be used against him. 518 00:20:54,387 --> 00:20:55,822 I shot my brother. 519 00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:58,291 I know I have to go to jail. 520 00:20:58,325 --> 00:20:59,892 Your Honor, I ask that Adam's remarks be stricken 521 00:20:59,926 --> 00:21:01,127 and a plea of not guilty be entered. 522 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,731 Your client just confessed to murdering his brother again. 523 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:06,899 Which shows that he is clearly not competent 524 00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:07,900 to assist in his own defense. 525 00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:09,936 The People will show Adam knows right from wrong 526 00:21:09,969 --> 00:21:11,571 and should be allowed to enter the plea of his choice. 527 00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:13,773 He's an emotionally disturbed adolescent. 528 00:21:13,806 --> 00:21:15,074 He can't make that choice. 529 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:16,075 Enough. 530 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:18,678 I'm ordering a 7:30 exam. 531 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:22,715 Until the shrinks weigh in, he's not guilty. 532 00:21:27,387 --> 00:21:28,755 So much bad stuff happens to kids. 533 00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:31,090 They get kidnapped and molested all the time. 534 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:33,960 Oh. Is that why your mom homeschools you? 535 00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:35,328 Yes. 536 00:21:35,362 --> 00:21:36,629 We learned so much 537 00:21:36,663 --> 00:21:39,065 and we don't have to be afraid of getting hurt. 538 00:21:39,098 --> 00:21:41,033 Like at Columbine. 539 00:21:41,067 --> 00:21:43,870 Actually school shootings are pretty rare, Adam. 540 00:21:43,903 --> 00:21:46,406 That's not what my mom says. 541 00:21:46,439 --> 00:21:50,109 Plus, there's drugs and gangs and bullies. 542 00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:53,112 What do you think? 543 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,415 Same as my mom. 544 00:21:55,448 --> 00:21:58,918 Kids get hurt or killed for no reason. 545 00:21:58,951 --> 00:22:01,754 Like your father? 546 00:22:01,788 --> 00:22:06,393 After he died, Mom wanted to keep us safe, 547 00:22:06,426 --> 00:22:10,530 and we were... till Jacob talked to the cops 548 00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:12,599 and the government tried to take us away 549 00:22:12,632 --> 00:22:13,833 and put us in foster care. 550 00:22:13,866 --> 00:22:17,870 People were concerned about what was going on in your home. 551 00:22:17,904 --> 00:22:20,907 Nothing was going on. 552 00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:25,011 Everything was fine until Jacob messed it all up. 553 00:22:25,044 --> 00:22:28,415 So were you mad at him? 554 00:22:28,448 --> 00:22:30,049 No. 555 00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:32,118 He's just a kid. 556 00:22:32,151 --> 00:22:34,387 He didn't know what he was doing. 557 00:22:34,421 --> 00:22:38,425 Then why did you shoot him? 558 00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:42,995 To save him from something horrible happening to him. 559 00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:46,999 Do you think killing your brother was wrong? 560 00:22:47,033 --> 00:22:48,034 I broke God's law 561 00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:51,771 and I should be punished, but I had to do it. 562 00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:54,807 Why did you have to do it? 563 00:22:57,477 --> 00:22:59,446 Jacob is better off dead 564 00:22:59,479 --> 00:23:04,083 than being raped and abused in some foster home. 565 00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:05,818 Adam's competent to stand trial, 566 00:23:05,852 --> 00:23:08,488 but he's got some serious emotional problems. 567 00:23:08,521 --> 00:23:09,856 Clinically he's paranoid. 568 00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:11,758 So Adam really did kill Jacob to save him. 569 00:23:11,791 --> 00:23:13,693 Adam didn't think he had any choice. 570 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:16,663 It was the only way to protect his brother from harm. 571 00:23:16,696 --> 00:23:17,564 His mother convinced him 572 00:23:17,597 --> 00:23:19,566 that danger lurks around every corner 573 00:23:19,599 --> 00:23:21,568 and the only safe place is home. 574 00:23:21,601 --> 00:23:23,470 You think Marilyn's as guilty as Adam is? 575 00:23:23,503 --> 00:23:25,538 They convicted that mom in Connecticut 576 00:23:25,572 --> 00:23:26,773 whose son hanged himself. 577 00:23:26,806 --> 00:23:29,041 She'd been told repeatedly to get her son 578 00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:31,911 psychiatric treatment long before his suicide. 579 00:23:31,944 --> 00:23:33,680 So was Marilyn. 580 00:23:33,713 --> 00:23:36,182 I think she's responsible for Jacob's death. 581 00:23:36,215 --> 00:23:39,686 But Adam didn't commit suicide, he killed his brother. 582 00:23:39,719 --> 00:23:41,688 He broke the law and pled guilty. 583 00:23:41,721 --> 00:23:42,989 I can't ignore that. 584 00:23:43,022 --> 00:23:45,458 D.A.s cut deals with guilty people all the time. 585 00:23:45,492 --> 00:23:47,426 What makes Adam any different? 586 00:23:50,497 --> 00:23:52,499 Thank you for seeing me, Judge. 587 00:23:52,532 --> 00:23:54,233 Oh, Casey, stop calling me Judge. 588 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:56,202 I'm not on the bench anymore. 589 00:23:56,235 --> 00:23:58,805 It's a habit from when I used to clerk for you. 590 00:23:58,838 --> 00:24:01,974 And while we're having drinks, call me Mary. 591 00:24:02,008 --> 00:24:03,209 What should I call you 592 00:24:03,242 --> 00:24:04,777 when I'm begging for advice? 593 00:24:04,811 --> 00:24:06,112 Brilliant. 594 00:24:06,145 --> 00:24:10,249 So, why did you go into private practice? 595 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,051 Three boys in college 596 00:24:12,084 --> 00:24:14,487 and an ex-husband whose checks were always late. 597 00:24:14,521 --> 00:24:16,923 I could hardly get by on a judge's salary. 598 00:24:16,956 --> 00:24:21,694 So, tell me about the Nesbit case. 599 00:24:21,728 --> 00:24:24,230 Oh, the boy thought he was doing the right thing 600 00:24:24,263 --> 00:24:25,598 when he shot his brother. 601 00:24:25,632 --> 00:24:27,600 He's willing to go to jail for it. 602 00:24:27,634 --> 00:24:29,068 You don't know what to do. 603 00:24:29,101 --> 00:24:30,302 No. 604 00:24:30,336 --> 00:24:33,740 I don't think Adam Nesbit was acting of his own volition. 605 00:24:33,773 --> 00:24:36,943 You mean you don't want to indict him. 606 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:39,612 I guess I don't. 607 00:24:39,646 --> 00:24:43,516 It's weird, I never used to feel this way. 608 00:24:43,550 --> 00:24:45,284 It was simpler when you did white collar. 609 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:47,654 An executive embezzles, the motive is greed, 610 00:24:47,687 --> 00:24:49,188 that's easy-- nail his ass. 611 00:24:49,221 --> 00:24:52,559 SVU cases aren't nearly as clear. 612 00:24:52,592 --> 00:24:54,827 And this kid, he's like a ventriloquist dummy. 613 00:24:54,861 --> 00:24:57,029 Whatever mom says, he says. 614 00:24:57,063 --> 00:25:00,299 Oh. So, mom's to blame. 615 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:03,202 Are parent's responsible for their children's actions? 616 00:25:03,235 --> 00:25:04,303 That's the question. 617 00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:06,739 I don't have the answer. 618 00:25:06,773 --> 00:25:07,740 Find it. 619 00:25:07,774 --> 00:25:09,008 And while you're at it, 620 00:25:09,041 --> 00:25:11,277 figure out how you feel. 621 00:25:11,310 --> 00:25:14,781 Do you feel this boy deserves to be charged? 622 00:25:14,814 --> 00:25:18,785 Do you feel the facts fit the charge under the penal law? 623 00:25:18,818 --> 00:25:20,119 Did the boy have intent? 624 00:25:20,152 --> 00:25:22,855 I don't know what he was thinking. 625 00:25:22,889 --> 00:25:24,591 Well, find out. 626 00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:25,825 And find out why your defendant 627 00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:27,660 isn't rebelling against his mother, 628 00:25:27,694 --> 00:25:29,862 like a normal teenage boy. 629 00:25:36,603 --> 00:25:37,704 Adam was always serious. 630 00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:39,572 A little intense but very gentle. 631 00:25:39,606 --> 00:25:40,907 Certainly not violent. 632 00:25:40,940 --> 00:25:43,776 Did Adam ever talk to you about his mother? 633 00:25:43,810 --> 00:25:44,977 Not really. 634 00:25:45,011 --> 00:25:46,145 Mom, can I go? 635 00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:48,581 I really need to review my French. 636 00:25:48,615 --> 00:25:50,950 All the verbs in section six. 637 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:52,985 I'll drill you later. 638 00:25:55,254 --> 00:25:57,924 Polly is very confused by what's happened. 639 00:25:57,957 --> 00:25:59,626 She's known Adam for years. 640 00:25:59,659 --> 00:26:01,260 Were they close? 641 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:03,295 Well, she had a crush on him. 642 00:26:03,329 --> 00:26:05,297 Marilyn noticed, didn't approve. 643 00:26:05,331 --> 00:26:07,099 They stopped visiting us after that. 644 00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:09,669 Actually, I was surprised when she called from the mall. 645 00:26:09,702 --> 00:26:11,203 She didn't want Adam to have a girlfriend. 646 00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:13,673 She didn't want Adam to have any friends. 647 00:26:13,706 --> 00:26:16,075 She kept those boys a little close for my comfort. 648 00:26:16,108 --> 00:26:17,309 Made me wonder. 649 00:26:17,343 --> 00:26:19,145 About abuse? 650 00:26:19,178 --> 00:26:21,614 Nothing sexual. 651 00:26:21,648 --> 00:26:25,151 I just wondered if homeschooling was healthy for her kids. 652 00:26:25,184 --> 00:26:26,152 Why? 653 00:26:26,185 --> 00:26:27,620 Well, some families homeschool 654 00:26:27,654 --> 00:26:28,755 for religious reasons. 655 00:26:28,788 --> 00:26:32,324 Others, like us, we can't afford private school tuition, 656 00:26:32,358 --> 00:26:35,728 but we don't like the chaotic, overcrowded public schools. 657 00:26:35,762 --> 00:26:37,396 And Marilyn? 658 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:41,400 She wanted to control those boys completely. 659 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:45,004 Maybe it was her way of keeping them safe. 660 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,209 Miss Novak! 661 00:26:50,242 --> 00:26:51,778 Yeah? 662 00:26:51,811 --> 00:26:54,714 I... think I'd better give you these. 663 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:02,388 "My mom keeps telling me stuff that scares me. 664 00:27:02,421 --> 00:27:04,991 I want to run away, but I can't leave Jacob." 665 00:27:05,024 --> 00:27:06,225 Those are my e-mails. 666 00:27:06,258 --> 00:27:07,827 Where did you get those? 667 00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:11,397 Polly Kester gave them to us. 668 00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:12,431 You can't tell my mom. 669 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:14,033 I'm not supposed to do that. 670 00:27:14,066 --> 00:27:16,168 Miss Novak won't tell your mom. 671 00:27:16,202 --> 00:27:17,970 She just wants to help you. 672 00:27:18,004 --> 00:27:19,205 It's none of her business. 673 00:27:19,238 --> 00:27:21,908 "Polly, do you think there are things so bad, 674 00:27:21,941 --> 00:27:23,309 you'd be better off dead 675 00:27:23,342 --> 00:27:25,077 Stop! than living through them?" 676 00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:26,145 Please, stop! 677 00:27:26,178 --> 00:27:27,947 "Polly, why haven't you answered me? 678 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:30,282 "My mom wants me to do something. 679 00:27:30,316 --> 00:27:32,251 I don't know what to do." 680 00:27:32,284 --> 00:27:34,086 Adam, you wrote that the night Jacob died. 681 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:34,954 Make her go away. 682 00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:40,993 Adam, you have to tell us what happened. 683 00:27:41,027 --> 00:27:43,162 What did your mom want you to do? 684 00:27:43,195 --> 00:27:45,164 No, I won't talk about it. 685 00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:46,933 You wanted Polly Nester's help. It's too late! 686 00:27:46,966 --> 00:27:48,100 It's not. 687 00:27:48,134 --> 00:27:50,002 Yes, it is. 688 00:27:50,036 --> 00:27:52,972 I'm not supposed to be here. 689 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:54,874 I should be dead. 690 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:04,283 You shot Jacob, and you tried to kill yourself... 691 00:28:04,316 --> 00:28:06,819 but the gun jammed. 692 00:28:15,327 --> 00:28:17,797 That bitch is responsible, but I can't touch her. 693 00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:20,332 The e-mails don't implicate Marilyn in Jacob's death. 694 00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:24,270 She put crazy ideas in his head that made him kill his brother. 695 00:28:24,303 --> 00:28:26,172 Yeah, but it's tough to prosecute a parent 696 00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:28,340 for giving their kid warped views on the world. 697 00:28:28,374 --> 00:28:29,575 Even if it cripples them. 698 00:28:29,608 --> 00:28:33,813 Bringing up Adam with paranoid ideas isn't against the law. 699 00:28:33,846 --> 00:28:35,481 I mean you can raise your kid to be a racist 700 00:28:35,514 --> 00:28:36,949 so long as it doesn't cause harm. 701 00:28:36,983 --> 00:28:38,885 Well, there's your difference right there. 702 00:28:38,918 --> 00:28:40,419 This is like vehicular homicide. 703 00:28:40,452 --> 00:28:43,756 Adam is the car, Marilyn is behind that wheel. 704 00:28:43,790 --> 00:28:45,524 Her paranoia drove his actions. 705 00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:50,763 Can you charge Marilyn with causing Jacob's murder? 706 00:28:50,797 --> 00:28:53,165 Her gun, her fears, her beliefs. 707 00:28:53,199 --> 00:28:55,768 I could argue Marilyn facilitated the murder, 708 00:28:55,802 --> 00:28:57,536 but legally it's a long shot. 709 00:28:57,569 --> 00:28:59,772 So we've got nothing to lose. 710 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:04,777 If you have more questions, call my attorney. 711 00:29:04,811 --> 00:29:05,945 Make an appointment. 712 00:29:05,978 --> 00:29:08,047 Call her yourself. Have her meet you down in arraignment. 713 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,548 What is this? 714 00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:12,018 Marilyn Nesbit, you're under arrest for criminal facilitation 715 00:29:12,051 --> 00:29:13,219 in the murder of Jacob Nesbit. 716 00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:14,553 You have the right to remain silent. 717 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:17,389 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 718 00:29:17,423 --> 00:29:18,891 You have the right to an attorney... 719 00:29:23,395 --> 00:29:25,031 Who are you? 720 00:29:25,064 --> 00:29:26,833 I'm George Huang. 721 00:29:26,866 --> 00:29:29,068 I'm a psychiatrist. 722 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:30,236 I evaluated Adam. 723 00:29:31,537 --> 00:29:33,840 You think he's crazy? 724 00:29:33,873 --> 00:29:35,574 Not crazy. 725 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:38,845 Fearful. 726 00:29:38,878 --> 00:29:40,847 He's smart. 727 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,549 He knows the danger in this world. 728 00:29:43,582 --> 00:29:47,186 Because you taught them to him. 729 00:29:47,219 --> 00:29:51,891 Look, I grew up without a home. 730 00:29:51,924 --> 00:29:54,493 No mother, no safety. 731 00:29:54,526 --> 00:29:59,165 I don't sugarcoat the truth. 732 00:29:59,198 --> 00:30:02,601 How did Jacob respond to the truth? 733 00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:05,838 He thought I was being unfair. 734 00:30:05,872 --> 00:30:08,207 But life isn't fair, is it? 735 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,845 If it was, my husband would be alive, my son would be alive. 736 00:30:12,879 --> 00:30:14,847 None of this would have happened 737 00:30:14,881 --> 00:30:16,983 if Jacob had listened to me. 738 00:30:17,016 --> 00:30:19,251 How did Jacob disobey you? 739 00:30:19,285 --> 00:30:24,356 He would never accept that I was right. 740 00:30:24,390 --> 00:30:26,292 Always right? 741 00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:28,995 About what was right for him. 742 00:30:29,028 --> 00:30:30,629 I am his mother. 743 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:34,533 Well, sometimes even good parents make mistakes. 744 00:30:34,566 --> 00:30:37,036 Do you have any children? 745 00:30:37,069 --> 00:30:38,470 No, I don't. 746 00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:40,472 I didn't think so. 747 00:30:40,506 --> 00:30:42,942 You see, for me, you're just a short little man 748 00:30:42,975 --> 00:30:44,310 with a nasty little mind. 749 00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:46,245 You're trying to twist my words 750 00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:48,514 and get me to say things. 751 00:30:48,547 --> 00:30:50,917 Think I'm stupid? 752 00:30:50,950 --> 00:30:53,052 And you're right, I am, 753 00:30:53,085 --> 00:30:56,655 for sitting here and listening to you. 754 00:30:56,688 --> 00:31:00,559 Now, will you please call my lawyer? 755 00:31:03,595 --> 00:31:06,398 What the hell was that? 756 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:10,036 Marilyn's response to stress. 757 00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:14,206 How can she be reading the paper 758 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,607 as if nothing happened. 759 00:31:15,641 --> 00:31:18,544 Because she has a borderline personality disorder. 760 00:31:18,577 --> 00:31:21,380 She compartmentalizes the world. 761 00:31:21,413 --> 00:31:23,515 She's always right, and anyone who challenges her 762 00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:24,984 is not only wrong but her enemy. 763 00:31:25,017 --> 00:31:26,318 Including her children? 764 00:31:26,352 --> 00:31:27,219 Absolutely. 765 00:31:27,253 --> 00:31:29,521 Adam always obeyed her and so he was good. 766 00:31:29,555 --> 00:31:31,490 Jacob didn't, so that made him bad. 767 00:31:31,523 --> 00:31:33,292 So she doesn't really love them. 768 00:31:33,325 --> 00:31:36,028 It's a twisted, narcissistic kind of love. 769 00:31:36,062 --> 00:31:38,430 As soon as her kids show any individuality, 770 00:31:38,464 --> 00:31:41,100 she perceives it as rejection and an attack. 771 00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:42,534 What made her this way? 772 00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:44,971 Inadequate attachment to her own mother, 773 00:31:45,004 --> 00:31:46,973 maybe she was abused herself. 774 00:31:47,006 --> 00:31:49,708 But her husband's murder unleashed her paranoia. 775 00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:52,678 He gets killed, so the outside world's dangerous. 776 00:31:52,711 --> 00:31:55,014 Adam's teacher challenges her parenting, 777 00:31:55,047 --> 00:31:56,515 so school's a bad place. 778 00:31:56,548 --> 00:31:58,985 Can you sell it to a jury? 779 00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:00,953 Let's see if a judge buys it first. 780 00:32:02,321 --> 00:32:03,722 This is ludicrous, Your Honor. 781 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:06,092 My client in no way facilitated her son's murder. 782 00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:07,493 Adam Nesbit shot his brother 783 00:32:07,526 --> 00:32:09,996 because their mother told him they'd be better off dead 784 00:32:10,029 --> 00:32:10,929 than in foster care. 785 00:32:10,963 --> 00:32:12,464 After making these inflammatory comments, 786 00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:13,966 she left her frightened children 787 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,401 home alone with a loaded gun. 788 00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:17,536 What did she think was going to happen? 789 00:32:17,569 --> 00:32:18,670 So your psychic now? 790 00:32:18,704 --> 00:32:20,039 You can read my client's mind? 791 00:32:20,072 --> 00:32:21,040 All I had to read 792 00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:22,208 were Adam's e-mails. 793 00:32:22,241 --> 00:32:24,276 "My mom wants me to do something." 794 00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:27,013 But you had no idea what Adam Nesbit meant by that. 795 00:32:27,046 --> 00:32:28,214 No, but Marilyn Nesbit 796 00:32:28,247 --> 00:32:29,481 made sure that Adam thinks 797 00:32:29,515 --> 00:32:31,050 only what she wants him to think. 798 00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:33,352 Can't you see what's going on here, Your Honor? 799 00:32:33,385 --> 00:32:35,087 The People are persecuting my client 800 00:32:35,121 --> 00:32:37,289 because the government doesn't approve 801 00:32:37,323 --> 00:32:38,757 of her choice to homeschool. 802 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:41,693 So this is a politically motivated witch-hunt? 803 00:32:41,727 --> 00:32:43,529 If Adam went to a government school 804 00:32:43,562 --> 00:32:45,297 and shot a fellow student there, 805 00:32:45,331 --> 00:32:47,399 would Ms. Novak be charging his mother? 806 00:32:47,433 --> 00:32:50,602 The facilitation charge is legally sufficient. 807 00:32:50,636 --> 00:32:53,472 We'll see what the grand jury has to say. 808 00:32:53,505 --> 00:32:56,475 Cross one-90-50 notice. 809 00:32:56,508 --> 00:33:00,079 My client will testify at the grand jury, 810 00:33:00,112 --> 00:33:03,749 and I'm sure they will find a bereaved mother 811 00:33:03,782 --> 00:33:06,052 very sympathetic. 812 00:33:11,357 --> 00:33:13,159 Regarding last Tuesday, Mrs. Nesbit, 813 00:33:13,192 --> 00:33:14,626 you've stated you had no idea 814 00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:17,563 what Adam was planning to do when you left the apartment 815 00:33:17,596 --> 00:33:18,797 the night of Jacob's death? 816 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,666 Yes, ma'am. 817 00:33:20,699 --> 00:33:23,069 And where did you go? 818 00:33:23,102 --> 00:33:26,105 The grocery store... 819 00:33:26,138 --> 00:33:32,211 the pharmacy and, um, a couple of other shops. 820 00:33:32,244 --> 00:33:33,579 The prescription you picked up 821 00:33:33,612 --> 00:33:35,547 wasn't due to be refilled for another week. 822 00:33:37,216 --> 00:33:40,686 Jacob, uh... had some stomach problems. 823 00:33:40,719 --> 00:33:44,090 I always like to have a full supply 824 00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:46,725 of his medication on hand. 825 00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:49,228 Or perhaps you wanted an airtight alibi. 826 00:33:49,261 --> 00:33:50,262 I'm just careful 827 00:33:50,296 --> 00:33:51,830 about my son's health. 828 00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:54,100 You were careful to stand 829 00:33:54,133 --> 00:33:56,068 underneath the video cameras 830 00:33:56,102 --> 00:33:59,438 and to pay with a credit card for a five-dollar purchase. 831 00:33:59,471 --> 00:34:01,207 I know how you people work. 832 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:05,177 If I had paid with cash and had no record of buying his pills, 833 00:34:05,211 --> 00:34:07,713 you'd be charging me with medical neglect. 834 00:34:07,746 --> 00:34:08,747 So everyone's 835 00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:10,749 out to get you, Mrs. Nesbit? 836 00:34:10,782 --> 00:34:11,850 I never said that. 837 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:14,220 But it's clear, 838 00:34:14,253 --> 00:34:19,525 you don't approve of how I'm raising my sons. 839 00:34:19,558 --> 00:34:21,527 We're here today 840 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,163 in a matter of your son-- Jacob's death. 841 00:34:24,196 --> 00:34:25,564 Nothing more. 842 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:32,171 You're trying to take my children away from me. 843 00:34:32,204 --> 00:34:35,207 I know how you people are. 844 00:34:35,241 --> 00:34:40,246 Police, district attorneys, DYFS... 845 00:34:43,515 --> 00:34:46,152 you destroy families! 846 00:34:49,888 --> 00:34:54,393 Be careful. 847 00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:59,165 If you don't live your lives by their rules, 848 00:34:59,198 --> 00:35:01,167 they'll come after your kids too. 849 00:35:06,538 --> 00:35:08,640 I got your 911. What's the emergency? 850 00:35:08,674 --> 00:35:10,276 When Marilyn was testifying, 851 00:35:10,309 --> 00:35:12,444 she was talking about social services 852 00:35:12,478 --> 00:35:13,445 taking her kids away. 853 00:35:13,479 --> 00:35:16,248 But she didn't call them ACS; she said DYFS. 854 00:35:16,282 --> 00:35:18,750 Division of Youth and Family Services in New Jersey. 855 00:35:18,784 --> 00:35:21,687 Why is a New Yorker calling ACS by an out-of-state name? 856 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:22,821 Stall the grand jury. 857 00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:24,290 Let's take a road trip. 858 00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:32,364 There's no record of a Marilyn Nesbit in our system. 859 00:35:32,398 --> 00:35:34,266 Nothing on Adam or Jacob Nesbit either. 860 00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:35,834 Maybe she used a different name. 861 00:35:35,867 --> 00:35:37,636 Is there any other way that you can check? 862 00:35:37,669 --> 00:35:38,937 You've got D.O.B.s on the family? 863 00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:40,506 Right here. 864 00:35:40,539 --> 00:35:44,810 All right, let me try first names and birth dates. 865 00:35:47,913 --> 00:35:49,348 Here's something. 866 00:35:49,381 --> 00:35:51,350 A Marilyn Chesterfield. 867 00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:53,785 Same D.O.B., with a son Adam, 868 00:35:53,819 --> 00:35:55,221 but no Jacob. 869 00:35:55,254 --> 00:35:57,323 What's the allegation? 870 00:35:57,356 --> 00:35:58,557 Happened back in 1995, 871 00:35:58,590 --> 00:36:00,192 so it's archived here. 872 00:36:00,226 --> 00:36:01,327 Give me a minute. 873 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:02,328 It's got to be her. 874 00:36:02,361 --> 00:36:04,263 Adam was six, Jacob wouldn't have been born yet. 875 00:36:04,296 --> 00:36:05,964 Okay, so why's Marilyn using a different name? 876 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:06,932 Here it is. 877 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:09,901 Child came to school with welts and bruises. 878 00:36:09,935 --> 00:36:11,537 States his mother beat him. 879 00:36:11,570 --> 00:36:13,972 Child afraid to go home. Placement requested. 880 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:15,407 She beat Adam. 881 00:36:15,441 --> 00:36:17,809 No, the child's name is Daniel. 882 00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:20,346 Who the hell is Daniel? 883 00:36:20,379 --> 00:36:21,413 An older son. 884 00:36:21,447 --> 00:36:25,351 Here, the narrative says that the mother went back 885 00:36:25,384 --> 00:36:28,254 to her maiden name, but her married name 886 00:36:28,287 --> 00:36:30,556 was Marilyn Chesterfield Nesbit. 887 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,328 Mom was always a little crazy, you know? 888 00:36:36,362 --> 00:36:37,363 With weird diets and stuff, 889 00:36:37,396 --> 00:36:39,831 but Dad kept her from going off the deep end. 890 00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:43,802 When he got killed, she just lost it. 891 00:36:43,835 --> 00:36:45,737 How old were you? 892 00:36:45,771 --> 00:36:46,772 Thirteen. 893 00:36:46,805 --> 00:36:48,840 Adam was, uh, six. 894 00:36:48,874 --> 00:36:52,278 Mom was pregnant with Jacob. 895 00:36:52,311 --> 00:36:54,346 I mean, she was pretty paranoid, you know? 896 00:36:54,380 --> 00:36:55,981 She moved us out here to Jersey. 897 00:36:56,014 --> 00:36:57,816 She changed our name to Chesterfield. 898 00:36:57,849 --> 00:36:59,485 She said that they would kill us 899 00:36:59,518 --> 00:37:01,287 if we stayed in the city. 900 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,389 How did you wind up in foster care? 901 00:37:03,422 --> 00:37:06,224 When my dad got murdered... 902 00:37:07,926 --> 00:37:13,965 He went to that store because I wanted milk for my cereal. 903 00:37:13,999 --> 00:37:18,304 My mother blamed me for his death, 904 00:37:18,337 --> 00:37:20,306 so she started beating the crap out of me. 905 00:37:20,339 --> 00:37:22,941 Finally, I couldn't take it anymore and I told my teachers, 906 00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:25,611 and they said that she'd get help 907 00:37:25,644 --> 00:37:27,713 and then I could go home. 908 00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:29,948 But you didn't? 909 00:37:29,981 --> 00:37:33,285 My mother never showed up for family court. 910 00:37:33,319 --> 00:37:34,620 She disappeared. 911 00:37:34,653 --> 00:37:36,388 They couldn't find her. 912 00:37:36,422 --> 00:37:39,458 So I stayed in the system until I was 18. 913 00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:41,059 Then I joined the Navy. 914 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:43,862 I got out last year. 915 00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:45,831 You ever try to contact your mother? 916 00:37:45,864 --> 00:37:46,932 I thought about it. 917 00:37:46,965 --> 00:37:49,801 I was mad at her for a long time. 918 00:37:49,835 --> 00:37:53,939 But things got better once I was away from her. 919 00:37:53,972 --> 00:37:55,574 Um, nobody hit me. 920 00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:57,075 My foster parents are good people. 921 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:58,610 And I thought 922 00:37:58,644 --> 00:38:00,546 I was just better off. 923 00:38:00,579 --> 00:38:01,980 What about Adam? 924 00:38:02,013 --> 00:38:03,649 She never hit him. 925 00:38:03,682 --> 00:38:06,418 I thought he would be fine. 926 00:38:06,452 --> 00:38:07,519 I... 927 00:38:10,889 --> 00:38:14,092 I should have gone back. 928 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:15,727 I could've stopped it. 929 00:38:15,761 --> 00:38:18,564 You didn't know. 930 00:38:18,597 --> 00:38:23,402 I left him there with her. 931 00:38:24,903 --> 00:38:28,039 Look, he needs you now. 932 00:38:37,649 --> 00:38:39,851 You're wasting your time. 933 00:38:39,885 --> 00:38:42,421 I won't talk about my mom. 934 00:38:42,454 --> 00:38:44,890 All you have to do is listen. 935 00:38:44,923 --> 00:38:46,925 Hello, Adam. 936 00:38:53,432 --> 00:38:55,901 Who are you? 937 00:38:55,934 --> 00:38:58,537 I'm your brother. 938 00:38:58,570 --> 00:39:00,639 You can't be. 939 00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:02,941 Daniel's dead. 940 00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:04,510 He got killed in foster care. 941 00:39:04,543 --> 00:39:05,544 Mom told me all about it. 942 00:39:05,577 --> 00:39:06,945 She lied to you, Adam. 943 00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:09,147 She wouldn't do that! 944 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:10,849 She loves me! 945 00:39:10,882 --> 00:39:13,419 I never stopped thinking about you, Adam. 946 00:39:13,452 --> 00:39:15,020 I've always kept this. 947 00:39:15,053 --> 00:39:16,154 Remember? 948 00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:19,491 Remember, I taught you how to ride a bike. 949 00:39:19,525 --> 00:39:20,692 You were so afraid 950 00:39:20,726 --> 00:39:23,962 you were going to fall... 951 00:39:23,995 --> 00:39:27,098 but I wouldn't let you. 952 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,903 She lied about you. 953 00:39:34,205 --> 00:39:36,642 She lied about everything. 954 00:39:43,582 --> 00:39:46,818 She lied about the night Jacob died, didn't she? 955 00:39:50,956 --> 00:39:53,592 Tell me what happened. 956 00:40:00,566 --> 00:40:03,535 When Mom brought Jacob home, 957 00:40:03,569 --> 00:40:06,805 after he ran away, she was so mad. 958 00:40:06,838 --> 00:40:10,442 She kept yelling that we were going to foster care 959 00:40:10,476 --> 00:40:12,778 and that we were going to be raped 960 00:40:12,811 --> 00:40:15,581 and beaten to death, just like Daniel. 961 00:40:18,984 --> 00:40:23,955 She said if I was really brave, I could stop it from happening. 962 00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:30,562 She went to her room and came back with the gun. 963 00:40:30,596 --> 00:40:33,565 She said it was up to me. 964 00:40:33,599 --> 00:40:36,034 She said that we wouldn't suffer 965 00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:38,904 and that we'd be together in heaven. 966 00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:41,439 Dad and Daniel... 967 00:40:44,109 --> 00:40:46,478 I believed her... 968 00:40:52,618 --> 00:40:55,521 and I shot him. 969 00:40:58,657 --> 00:41:00,626 Oh, my God. 970 00:41:01,993 --> 00:41:03,862 What have I done? 971 00:41:03,895 --> 00:41:07,098 What did I...? 972 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:25,283 Ms. Novak. You could have sent the indictment to my office. 973 00:41:25,316 --> 00:41:26,685 Adam. 974 00:41:26,718 --> 00:41:29,621 Why did you tell me all those lies, Mom? 975 00:41:29,655 --> 00:41:31,523 Why did you tell me 976 00:41:31,557 --> 00:41:34,159 to shoot Jacob? 977 00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:37,596 What have you done to my son? 978 00:41:37,629 --> 00:41:40,298 They told him the truth. 979 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:42,033 Hello, Mom. 980 00:41:42,067 --> 00:41:44,269 What the hell is going on here? 981 00:41:44,302 --> 00:41:46,605 Ask your client. 982 00:41:46,638 --> 00:41:47,806 Marilyn? 983 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:49,307 Who is this? 984 00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:51,577 It's a trick. 985 00:41:51,610 --> 00:41:53,612 It's her son, Daniel. 986 00:41:53,645 --> 00:41:55,747 Daniel's dead. 987 00:41:55,781 --> 00:41:58,016 Thanks to you, my whole family is gone. 988 00:41:58,049 --> 00:41:59,017 And you're next. 989 00:41:59,050 --> 00:42:00,318 You'll never be safe. 990 00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:02,554 They'll kill you, 991 00:42:02,588 --> 00:42:05,156 like they killed your father. 992 00:42:05,190 --> 00:42:06,324 Don't listen to them. 993 00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:08,293 Adam, I'm your mother! 994 00:42:08,326 --> 00:42:10,228 I'm the only one you can trust! 995 00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:14,232 Captioning sponsored by UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION 996 00:42:14,265 --> 00:42:18,236 and NBC 997 00:42:18,269 --> 00:42:20,839 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org