1 00:00:01,435 --> 00:00:03,404 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:03,437 --> 00:00:05,806 sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. 3 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:08,376 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 4 00:00:08,409 --> 00:00:10,378 who investigate these vicious felonies 5 00:00:10,411 --> 00:00:11,712 are members of an elite squad 6 00:00:11,745 --> 00:00:13,547 known as the Special Victims Unit. 7 00:00:13,581 --> 00:00:17,785 These are their stories. 8 00:00:17,818 --> 00:00:20,721 Every day I drag my marigolds down here. 9 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:22,656 Every day I drag 'em back... 10 00:00:22,690 --> 00:00:26,060 I know you guys got a job to do, but come on... 11 00:00:26,094 --> 00:00:26,927 it's been like this for a week. 12 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:28,229 Sorry, but a crime scene 13 00:00:28,262 --> 00:00:30,498 takes priority over your flowers. 14 00:00:30,531 --> 00:00:31,365 Some priority. 15 00:00:31,399 --> 00:00:34,368 I haven't seen a cop around here in days. 16 00:00:34,402 --> 00:00:36,337 Mounted Sergeant to Central. 17 00:00:36,370 --> 00:00:39,107 Who's on the crime scene in the Rambles? 18 00:00:39,140 --> 00:00:41,509 Central to Mounted Post Two. 19 00:00:41,542 --> 00:00:44,378 Negative on a crime scene at that location. 20 00:00:44,412 --> 00:00:47,448 Central, it's got to be, it's still taped off. 21 00:00:47,481 --> 00:00:49,550 Nothing's been reported there. 22 00:00:53,321 --> 00:00:54,322 Scene's stone cold. 23 00:00:54,355 --> 00:00:57,758 Killer went out of his way to screw us on this one. 24 00:00:57,791 --> 00:00:59,760 He gets points for originality. 25 00:00:59,793 --> 00:01:02,863 Never seen a perp cordon off his own crime scene. 26 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:05,666 Millions of places you can buy police tape. 27 00:01:05,699 --> 00:01:08,269 My son stuck it across his bedroom door. 28 00:01:08,302 --> 00:01:09,270 Any ID? 29 00:01:09,303 --> 00:01:10,271 No. 30 00:01:10,304 --> 00:01:11,605 We know how she died? 31 00:01:11,639 --> 00:01:13,574 Strangled, judging by the bruising on her neck. 32 00:01:13,607 --> 00:01:15,409 Probably raped, but she's been here awhile. 33 00:01:15,443 --> 00:01:17,311 Won't know for sure until after the autopsy. 34 00:01:17,345 --> 00:01:18,679 Perp knew what he was doing. 35 00:01:18,712 --> 00:01:20,714 He clipped her fingernails after he killed her. 36 00:01:20,748 --> 00:01:22,416 After he killed her? 37 00:01:22,450 --> 00:01:23,617 How do you know that? 38 00:01:23,651 --> 00:01:24,885 Same polish on her toes. 39 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:25,886 It's fresh, 40 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:27,221 no chips. 41 00:01:27,255 --> 00:01:31,259 No woman I know cuts her nails to the quick after a manicure. 42 00:01:31,292 --> 00:01:34,162 So she scratched him-- he cut her fingernails 43 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:36,197 to get rid of the DNA underneath. 44 00:01:36,230 --> 00:01:39,233 Uses crime scene tape and he knows his forensics. 45 00:01:39,267 --> 00:01:40,834 We looking for a cop? 46 00:01:40,868 --> 00:01:42,736 Sure looks like it. 47 00:01:46,540 --> 00:01:50,811 Captioning sponsored by UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION 48 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:53,547 and NBC 49 00:02:33,921 --> 00:02:35,823 Your perp has to be an insider. 50 00:02:35,856 --> 00:02:36,824 He knows too much. 51 00:02:36,857 --> 00:02:38,492 No hairs, no fluids, no prints. 52 00:02:38,526 --> 00:02:40,228 So, basically, you've got nothing. 53 00:02:40,261 --> 00:02:41,262 I didn't say that. 54 00:02:41,295 --> 00:02:42,930 He choked her with one hand. 55 00:02:42,963 --> 00:02:45,699 Held something over her mouth with the other. 56 00:02:45,733 --> 00:02:48,236 I found a fiber in your victim's trachea. 57 00:02:48,269 --> 00:02:49,470 Oilskin cotton. 58 00:02:49,503 --> 00:02:53,574 She must've aspirated it during the attack. 59 00:02:53,607 --> 00:02:55,543 What's the fiber from? 60 00:02:55,576 --> 00:02:59,347 Could be a raincoat, or maybe a pair of gloves. 61 00:02:59,380 --> 00:03:01,749 Check out the bruise pattern. 62 00:03:01,782 --> 00:03:03,684 The thumb is to the right of the fingers, 63 00:03:03,717 --> 00:03:05,319 which means the perp strangled her 64 00:03:05,353 --> 00:03:06,387 with his left hand. 65 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:07,755 And he used a condom. 66 00:03:07,788 --> 00:03:08,789 You find spermicide? 67 00:03:08,822 --> 00:03:09,957 No, rubbing alcohol. 68 00:03:09,990 --> 00:03:12,826 He gave her a rubdown and a douche. 69 00:03:12,860 --> 00:03:15,729 But he missed a small piece of latex. 70 00:03:15,763 --> 00:03:20,268 You can tell the condom broke from the tear pattern. 71 00:03:20,301 --> 00:03:22,903 So our perp knew he had to clean up after himself. 72 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:24,238 I was able to match 73 00:03:24,272 --> 00:03:26,440 the fragment with the brand. 74 00:03:26,474 --> 00:03:27,975 "Twisted Desire." 75 00:03:28,008 --> 00:03:30,344 We got a match on our victim's prints. 76 00:03:30,378 --> 00:03:33,247 She was arrested last year for obstruction. 77 00:03:33,281 --> 00:03:34,848 Say hello to Rebecca Wheeler. 78 00:03:34,882 --> 00:03:36,917 She lived at Claremont and 107th. 79 00:03:36,950 --> 00:03:38,252 Well, if our perp's a cop, 80 00:03:38,286 --> 00:03:39,620 Cragen's going to be all over this. 81 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:41,455 I'll call him and have him meet us there. 82 00:03:41,489 --> 00:03:42,756 You got a time of death? 83 00:03:42,790 --> 00:03:43,624 Sometime last week. 84 00:03:43,657 --> 00:03:45,893 But she ate right before she was killed. 85 00:03:45,926 --> 00:03:47,995 I found undigested sushi in her stomach. 86 00:03:48,028 --> 00:03:49,963 You find out when Rebecca had dinner, 87 00:03:49,997 --> 00:03:51,432 you'll know when she died. 88 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:58,739 We've got take-out cartons and a credit card receipt 89 00:03:58,772 --> 00:04:00,774 from Miss Yoko's Sushi Restaurant. 90 00:04:00,808 --> 00:04:04,044 Friday night, 8:05. $42. 91 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:06,046 That's a lot of sushi for one person. 92 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:06,880 So she buys dinner for two. 93 00:04:06,914 --> 00:04:08,482 There was no sign of forced entry. 94 00:04:08,516 --> 00:04:09,950 She had take-out with her killer? 95 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:11,051 Could still be a cop. 96 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:12,886 I mean, check out these posters-- 97 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:13,921 "Stop Police Brutality." 98 00:04:13,954 --> 00:04:15,122 "Free Pedro Sanchez." 99 00:04:15,155 --> 00:04:18,292 She's a walking crusade against the criminal justice system. 100 00:04:18,326 --> 00:04:19,993 She might have pissed off a lot of people 101 00:04:20,027 --> 00:04:20,794 in law enforcement. 102 00:04:20,828 --> 00:04:22,830 Our killer is organized, intelligent, 103 00:04:22,863 --> 00:04:25,866 with a good knowledge of forensics. 104 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:28,602 His post-offense behavior is meticulous-- 105 00:04:28,636 --> 00:04:31,071 the nails, the douche, the alcohol rubdown. 106 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:33,073 Found this turkey baster 107 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:34,041 in the bathtub. 108 00:04:34,074 --> 00:04:34,875 He probably filled it with rubbing alcohol 109 00:04:34,908 --> 00:04:36,744 and used it to wash away the DNA. 110 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:38,379 Why not just dump the body in the river, 111 00:04:38,412 --> 00:04:39,212 let the water destroy the evidence? 112 00:04:39,246 --> 00:04:40,648 Because he cared about her. 113 00:04:40,681 --> 00:04:42,316 When he left her in the park, 114 00:04:42,350 --> 00:04:43,851 he laid her gently on the ground. 115 00:04:43,884 --> 00:04:45,553 He posed her, he covered her with leaves. 116 00:04:45,586 --> 00:04:49,357 Why use the crime scene tape to keep us from finding the body? 117 00:04:49,390 --> 00:04:50,558 To send us a message. 118 00:04:50,591 --> 00:04:51,825 He's smarter than we are. 119 00:04:51,859 --> 00:04:53,694 He could be a Police Academy washout, 120 00:04:53,727 --> 00:04:54,762 a disgraced ex-cop... 121 00:04:54,795 --> 00:04:56,497 Or a criminology student. 122 00:04:56,530 --> 00:04:57,598 Rebecca's schedule. 123 00:04:57,631 --> 00:04:59,066 She was taking graduate courses 124 00:04:59,099 --> 00:05:01,335 in Criminal Justice at Wallace University. 125 00:05:01,369 --> 00:05:02,370 Find her advisor. 126 00:05:02,403 --> 00:05:05,373 See if somebody had a grudge against Rebecca. 127 00:05:05,406 --> 00:05:07,408 Nobody had problems with Rebecca. 128 00:05:07,441 --> 00:05:08,809 The whole department loved her. 129 00:05:08,842 --> 00:05:11,745 She was always around when other students needed to talk. 130 00:05:11,779 --> 00:05:13,914 She was missing for a week, Professor Vega. 131 00:05:13,947 --> 00:05:15,483 No one found that strange? 132 00:05:15,516 --> 00:05:17,718 She was taking time off to finish her thesis. 133 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:19,119 Did Rebecca have a boyfriend-- 134 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:19,953 maybe an angry ex? 135 00:05:19,987 --> 00:05:22,089 I don't think Rebecca dated much. 136 00:05:22,122 --> 00:05:24,992 Whatever free time she had, she spent doing research. 137 00:05:25,025 --> 00:05:28,529 Her police record said she was arrested last year for obstruction. 138 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:30,030 Those charges were dropped. 139 00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:33,434 She was interviewing an ex-con and got caught in a drug sweep. 140 00:05:33,467 --> 00:05:34,668 She hang out with a lot of ex-cons? 141 00:05:34,702 --> 00:05:36,404 You say that like they're lepers. 142 00:05:36,437 --> 00:05:37,538 Not at all. 143 00:05:37,571 --> 00:05:40,107 Just wondered what attracted her to this line of work. 144 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:42,042 Her thesis was on convict re-entry-- 145 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:43,944 How most ex-cons end up back in prison 146 00:05:43,977 --> 00:05:48,115 because the system sets them up to fail. 147 00:05:48,148 --> 00:05:49,116 Yeah? How so? 148 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:50,183 Well, you should see them 149 00:05:50,217 --> 00:05:52,753 when they're discharged from Rikers, detective. 150 00:05:52,786 --> 00:05:54,021 Five bucks in their pockets 151 00:05:54,054 --> 00:05:55,423 and all the whores and dealers 152 00:05:55,456 --> 00:05:56,924 lining up to take it from them... 153 00:05:56,957 --> 00:05:59,059 Rebecca thought they deserved a better chance. 154 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:00,060 She ever deal 155 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:01,128 with any sex offenders? 156 00:06:01,161 --> 00:06:02,730 Rapists are practically impossible 157 00:06:02,763 --> 00:06:03,664 to rehabilitate. 158 00:06:03,697 --> 00:06:06,434 She was interested in uneducated screw-ups 159 00:06:06,467 --> 00:06:08,602 who wanted to get their lives together. 160 00:06:08,636 --> 00:06:09,737 Mostly junkies. 161 00:06:09,770 --> 00:06:12,005 She helped them get clean, stay clean. 162 00:06:12,039 --> 00:06:14,408 They ever give her trouble? 163 00:06:14,442 --> 00:06:16,176 Well, if they did, she never told me. 164 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:18,679 We're going to need the inmates' names. 165 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:20,914 Kyle Luhrmann was working on the research with her. 166 00:06:20,948 --> 00:06:22,450 He'll give them to you. 167 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,522 Crackheads, speed freaks, muggers-- 168 00:06:28,556 --> 00:06:30,824 Rebecca interviewed every inmate at Sing-Sing 169 00:06:30,858 --> 00:06:32,660 within six months of their release. 170 00:06:32,693 --> 00:06:33,994 Are these their current addresses? 171 00:06:34,027 --> 00:06:35,996 For those who aren't back in jail or dead. 172 00:06:36,029 --> 00:06:39,800 Can you tell us where you were Friday night? 173 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:41,669 At a department party. 174 00:06:41,702 --> 00:06:43,136 Got so trashed a couple of friends 175 00:06:43,170 --> 00:06:44,638 had to drive me home and pour me into bed. 176 00:06:44,672 --> 00:06:46,039 We're going to need their names. 177 00:06:46,073 --> 00:06:47,074 Sure. 178 00:06:47,107 --> 00:06:49,910 Is this Rebecca's desk? 179 00:06:49,943 --> 00:06:51,445 Yeah. 180 00:06:51,479 --> 00:06:53,146 I haven't touched it. 181 00:06:53,180 --> 00:06:54,147 Mind if I take a look? 182 00:06:54,181 --> 00:06:55,248 Good luck finding anything. 183 00:06:55,282 --> 00:06:57,918 Did you interview the inmates with Rebecca? 184 00:06:57,951 --> 00:06:59,620 No. I got my share of sob stories 185 00:06:59,653 --> 00:07:02,890 interning at Probation last summer. 186 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:03,757 That's why I crunch the numbers 187 00:07:03,791 --> 00:07:04,725 and Rebecca did all the people work. 188 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:05,526 Any sob stories 189 00:07:05,559 --> 00:07:07,828 in particular that got to Rebecca? 190 00:07:07,861 --> 00:07:08,929 There was one guy 191 00:07:08,962 --> 00:07:11,899 who found out his kid had cancer the day he gots out. 192 00:07:11,932 --> 00:07:14,034 Went straight for the needle. Got wrecked. 193 00:07:14,067 --> 00:07:15,869 Rebecca helped him go cold turkey. 194 00:07:15,903 --> 00:07:17,505 She even crawled into bed 195 00:07:17,538 --> 00:07:19,607 with the guy to help him through the DTs. 196 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:20,674 Where's the guy now? 197 00:07:20,708 --> 00:07:21,675 Dead. 198 00:07:21,709 --> 00:07:22,910 Idiot OD'd a week later. 199 00:07:22,943 --> 00:07:24,845 Did Rebecca get close 200 00:07:24,878 --> 00:07:25,813 with any other junkies? 201 00:07:25,846 --> 00:07:27,815 She said there was one guy that definitely 202 00:07:27,848 --> 00:07:28,916 wanted to get close. 203 00:07:28,949 --> 00:07:30,017 Freakin' crackhead. 204 00:07:30,050 --> 00:07:32,019 Every time she went out to Sing-Sing, 205 00:07:32,052 --> 00:07:33,921 he'd throw his arms around her, 206 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:34,988 tell her he loved her. 207 00:07:35,022 --> 00:07:35,989 Creeped me out. 208 00:07:36,023 --> 00:07:37,057 Rebecca feel 209 00:07:37,090 --> 00:07:37,925 the same way? 210 00:07:37,958 --> 00:07:40,628 She was fine till he tried to kiss her. 211 00:07:40,661 --> 00:07:41,729 She walked out. 212 00:07:41,762 --> 00:07:43,764 Two days later she was back there talking to him. 213 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:45,232 What's the guy's name? 214 00:07:45,265 --> 00:07:46,534 Rudy something. 215 00:07:46,567 --> 00:07:47,668 Last I heard 216 00:07:47,701 --> 00:07:50,704 he was still in prison. 217 00:07:50,738 --> 00:07:52,606 Rudy Lemcke-- burg two, ten months. 218 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:53,741 Assault, 18 months. 219 00:07:53,774 --> 00:07:54,908 Possession with intent, two years. 220 00:07:54,942 --> 00:07:57,578 This guy's been using the revolving door at Sing-Sing 221 00:07:57,611 --> 00:07:58,846 for the last ten years. 222 00:07:58,879 --> 00:08:01,749 And Rebecca wanted to take care of him like he was a stray cat. 223 00:08:01,782 --> 00:08:04,284 Her research partner said that she gave Rudy her phone number 224 00:08:04,317 --> 00:08:05,786 so he could call her day or night. 225 00:08:05,819 --> 00:08:07,721 Sounds like she got off talking to bad boys. 226 00:08:07,755 --> 00:08:09,890 Hey, warden at Sing-Sing says our friend Rudy 227 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:10,958 was paroled two weeks ago, 228 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:13,093 with a doting wife waiting for him on the outside. 229 00:08:13,126 --> 00:08:15,763 Find her, and bring Rudy in. 230 00:08:16,997 --> 00:08:18,666 I ain't seen Rudy since he got out. 231 00:08:18,699 --> 00:08:19,867 Coming around looking to hit it, 232 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:21,735 I told him I was with Dre now. 233 00:08:21,769 --> 00:08:24,304 You told the parole board that Rudy could live with you. 234 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:26,106 What else was I suppose to say? 235 00:08:26,139 --> 00:08:28,909 Keep my husband in jail for another two years? 236 00:08:28,942 --> 00:08:31,612 I'm a good wife. 237 00:08:31,645 --> 00:08:33,547 Lying about his place of residence 238 00:08:33,581 --> 00:08:35,282 is a violation of Rudy's parole. 239 00:08:35,315 --> 00:08:38,018 Now, when we find him, he's going back to prison. 240 00:08:38,051 --> 00:08:40,153 I don't know where he's at. I was just trying to help him. 241 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:41,722 You know, if Rudy committed a crime 242 00:08:41,755 --> 00:08:42,890 while you were covering for him, 243 00:08:42,923 --> 00:08:44,792 that makes you an accessory. 244 00:08:44,825 --> 00:08:45,793 You playing me? 245 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:47,027 You want to find out? 246 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:49,863 Or you want to tell me where I can find Rudy? 247 00:08:49,897 --> 00:08:52,232 Like I said, I kicked him out. 248 00:08:52,265 --> 00:08:56,804 Told him he had to find a job or sleep with the bums 249 00:08:56,837 --> 00:08:58,271 down at St. Anne's. 250 00:09:00,307 --> 00:09:02,676 Sister Peg, I've never seen you 251 00:09:02,710 --> 00:09:04,277 in the kitchen like this before. 252 00:09:04,311 --> 00:09:07,214 You get tired of handing out condoms to the hookers? 253 00:09:07,247 --> 00:09:08,916 I go where my girls go. 254 00:09:08,949 --> 00:09:10,250 A lot end up homeless. 255 00:09:10,283 --> 00:09:12,185 City won't let convicted drug users 256 00:09:12,219 --> 00:09:13,621 into public housing anymore. 257 00:09:13,654 --> 00:09:14,788 This guy been around here? 258 00:09:14,822 --> 00:09:15,623 Name's Rudy Lemcke. 259 00:09:15,656 --> 00:09:17,224 He was paroled a couple weeks ago. 260 00:09:17,257 --> 00:09:18,291 Why are you looking for him? 261 00:09:18,325 --> 00:09:20,127 We think he raped and murdered 262 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,129 a woman who's pretty much like you-- 263 00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:23,964 just trying to help out ex-cons. 264 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:27,801 To your right. 265 00:09:27,835 --> 00:09:30,938 The guy with the shopping cart. 266 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:40,648 Rudy Lemcke? 267 00:09:46,253 --> 00:09:48,656 I didn't do nothing! 268 00:09:48,689 --> 00:09:50,290 Then what are you running from? 269 00:09:50,323 --> 00:09:51,258 Hey, that's my cart! 270 00:09:51,291 --> 00:09:53,627 Yeah, use it to carry bodies around, do you? 271 00:09:53,661 --> 00:09:54,662 What bodies? 272 00:09:54,695 --> 00:09:55,663 Hers. 273 00:09:55,696 --> 00:09:57,164 I never seen her before. 274 00:09:57,197 --> 00:09:59,867 "Elements of Criminology" by Javier Vega. 275 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:00,701 That's Rebecca's advisor. 276 00:10:00,734 --> 00:10:02,135 You doing a little light reading, Rudy? 277 00:10:02,169 --> 00:10:03,737 I'm trying to educate myself. 278 00:10:03,771 --> 00:10:05,706 About how to cover up your crime scene? 279 00:10:05,739 --> 00:10:06,974 Maybe wash away your DNA? 280 00:10:07,007 --> 00:10:07,941 You take him. 281 00:10:07,975 --> 00:10:10,110 I'll wait for CSU to go through his crap. 282 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:16,083 Just put the cherry on the sundae. 283 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:17,751 Found the sushi delivery guy. 284 00:10:17,785 --> 00:10:19,186 Says he remembers seeing Rudy 285 00:10:19,219 --> 00:10:20,721 at Rebecca's apartment. 286 00:10:20,754 --> 00:10:22,289 Go give him the good news. 287 00:10:24,191 --> 00:10:26,326 You like sushi, Rudy? 288 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:27,294 What? 289 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:29,062 Eyewitness puts you at Rebecca's apartment 290 00:10:29,096 --> 00:10:30,163 the night she died. 291 00:10:30,197 --> 00:10:31,665 Says that you smelled. 292 00:10:31,699 --> 00:10:33,066 She bought me dinner. She was my friend. 293 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:34,835 She was a student-- you're a crackhead. 294 00:10:34,868 --> 00:10:36,136 You're not friends. She wanted to help me. 295 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:37,938 Yeah, but you wanted more, didn't you? 296 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:39,372 You get out of prison, your wife's got 297 00:10:39,406 --> 00:10:40,407 a new man, so you figure 298 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,175 you'll take what you need from Rebecca, right? 299 00:10:42,209 --> 00:10:43,677 No! She resists, you choke her. 300 00:10:43,711 --> 00:10:44,945 Maybe you didn't mean to kill her, 301 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:46,880 but next thing you know she's not moving... 302 00:10:46,914 --> 00:10:47,948 You got it all wrong, lady... 303 00:10:47,981 --> 00:10:48,949 You're scared. You panicked. 304 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:50,217 Then you remember the book. 305 00:10:50,250 --> 00:10:51,551 That'll tell you exactly how to clean up the mess you've made. 306 00:10:51,584 --> 00:10:54,955 Come on, Rudy. Everything that you did is in Professor Vega's book. 307 00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:57,691 Chapter 11-- "Crime Scene Forensics," remember? 308 00:10:57,725 --> 00:10:59,192 I didn't mean to hurt anybody. 309 00:10:59,226 --> 00:11:00,761 Write, Rudy, just write. 310 00:11:00,794 --> 00:11:02,429 Maybe you'll see the world again 311 00:11:02,462 --> 00:11:04,097 before you die. 312 00:11:05,132 --> 00:11:08,969 Olivia, bring me that book. 313 00:11:14,742 --> 00:11:16,009 Did you talk to this man? 314 00:11:16,043 --> 00:11:17,377 It's Rebecca's advisor. 315 00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:18,746 His name's is Javier... 316 00:11:18,779 --> 00:11:19,747 Vega. 317 00:11:19,780 --> 00:11:20,680 I collared him in '76 318 00:11:20,714 --> 00:11:22,983 for killing a woman named Joanna Lewis. 319 00:11:23,016 --> 00:11:25,886 He was coming off a three day heroin bender, 320 00:11:25,919 --> 00:11:28,956 looking for some cash when she surprised him ripping off her place. 321 00:11:28,989 --> 00:11:30,724 Doesn't mean that he's our guy. 322 00:11:30,758 --> 00:11:33,961 Vega strangled her with his left hand. 323 00:11:33,994 --> 00:11:35,896 Rudy's right-handed. 324 00:11:35,929 --> 00:11:37,898 And so high that he would confess 325 00:11:37,931 --> 00:11:39,232 to killing his own mother. 326 00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:40,367 Vega's our killer. 327 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,170 He tried to cover his ass with that crime scene gag. 328 00:11:43,203 --> 00:11:45,806 Been laughing at us ever since. Bring him in. 329 00:11:45,839 --> 00:11:46,907 I'll call Novak, 330 00:11:46,940 --> 00:11:47,908 ask her to get a warrant. 331 00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:48,842 He's destroyed enough evidence. 332 00:11:48,876 --> 00:11:51,278 Don't give him the chance to do it again. 333 00:11:51,311 --> 00:11:52,846 Professor? 334 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,247 Hit it. 335 00:11:58,919 --> 00:12:00,320 Clear. 336 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:02,956 Closet's empty. 337 00:12:04,958 --> 00:12:05,859 Nothing's in the dresser. 338 00:12:05,893 --> 00:12:08,095 This guy cleared out of here in a hurry. 339 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:14,935 Elliot. 340 00:12:14,968 --> 00:12:17,204 Condoms. 341 00:12:17,237 --> 00:12:19,506 Twisted Desire. 342 00:12:26,113 --> 00:12:26,980 We canvassed Rebecca's neighbors. 343 00:12:27,014 --> 00:12:29,182 One of 'em remembers seeing a 2003 Lexus RX 344 00:12:29,216 --> 00:12:31,885 parked outside her place the night of the murder. 345 00:12:31,919 --> 00:12:32,953 Same car Vega drives. 346 00:12:32,986 --> 00:12:35,255 What, this guy has a photographic memory for cars? 347 00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:36,556 He's a mechanic. 348 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:38,859 Talked about that car like it was Paris Hilton. 349 00:12:38,892 --> 00:12:40,027 Now, the same guy saw a man 350 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:41,361 in a black coat and a red scarf 351 00:12:41,394 --> 00:12:44,397 stuffing a large bundle into the back of a Lexus. 352 00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:47,000 He said "it looked like big-ass bag full of crap." 353 00:12:47,034 --> 00:12:48,869 This poet make a positive I.D. on Vega? 354 00:12:48,902 --> 00:12:50,804 No, it was too far away to see his face. 355 00:12:50,838 --> 00:12:52,372 Let's get his car out on the teletype 356 00:12:52,405 --> 00:12:53,606 and advise Narcotics. 357 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,376 If Vega gets rattled enough, he could be looking to score. 358 00:12:56,409 --> 00:12:57,978 Prison records says he's been clean since '88. 359 00:12:58,011 --> 00:12:59,913 You think he's gonna relapse after all that time? 360 00:12:59,947 --> 00:13:00,948 I think he's gonna go back 361 00:13:00,981 --> 00:13:02,950 to being who he really is, a thug and a junkie. 362 00:13:02,983 --> 00:13:04,852 It's the only way he knows how to survive. 363 00:13:04,885 --> 00:13:07,855 Did he rape this woman that he killed in '76? 364 00:13:07,888 --> 00:13:10,023 Don't know. He stuffed her in a steel drum. 365 00:13:10,057 --> 00:13:12,860 By the time we found the body, it was partially decomposed. 366 00:13:12,893 --> 00:13:14,862 He's come a long way since his junkie days. 367 00:13:14,895 --> 00:13:16,063 He's a professor, for crying out loud. 368 00:13:16,096 --> 00:13:16,964 I mean, you know, 369 00:13:16,997 --> 00:13:18,531 why is he going to screw everything up 370 00:13:18,565 --> 00:13:19,499 and kill again? 371 00:13:19,532 --> 00:13:20,633 Maybe Rebecca dug up something about his past 372 00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:23,236 when she was doing her research about him at Sing-Sing. 373 00:13:23,270 --> 00:13:26,606 He killed her to protect his reputation? 374 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:27,841 Go back through Rebecca's files. 375 00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:31,344 There's got to be something that points to the Professor. 376 00:13:33,881 --> 00:13:36,016 All her research is in those containers. 377 00:13:36,049 --> 00:13:38,185 But if Rebecca ever found out about Vega's past, 378 00:13:38,218 --> 00:13:39,920 she didn't mention it. 379 00:13:39,953 --> 00:13:41,855 Vega ever mention it to you? 380 00:13:41,889 --> 00:13:42,923 Not a word. 381 00:13:42,956 --> 00:13:45,425 No wonder he was such a great teacher. 382 00:13:45,458 --> 00:13:46,860 He knew so much about prison life, 383 00:13:46,894 --> 00:13:48,395 I should've guessed he'd done time. 384 00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:50,998 How'd Rebecca get along with him? 385 00:13:51,031 --> 00:13:51,798 Great. 386 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:53,533 She came here to study with him. 387 00:13:53,566 --> 00:13:55,202 The three of us used to get together for drinks 388 00:13:55,235 --> 00:13:57,037 at his place every week to talk about our research, 389 00:13:57,070 --> 00:13:59,306 but then... 390 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:00,340 Then what? 391 00:14:00,373 --> 00:14:01,641 Well, last month, she started 392 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:03,143 backing out, making excuses. 393 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:04,477 Couple of weeks ago 394 00:14:04,511 --> 00:14:06,246 she said she had concert tickets, 395 00:14:06,279 --> 00:14:08,148 but when I came here after talking to Vega, 396 00:14:08,181 --> 00:14:10,150 I found Rebecca crying at her desk. 397 00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:11,184 You ask why? 398 00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:12,652 Yeah, but she wouldn't tell me. 399 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:15,055 I told her if she had a problem with Vega, 400 00:14:15,088 --> 00:14:17,958 she better deal with it, but then she got really upset. 401 00:14:17,991 --> 00:14:19,392 So what did you do? 402 00:14:19,426 --> 00:14:22,629 I told her to talk to the dean. 403 00:14:24,397 --> 00:14:27,000 Javier Vega is a brilliant teacher. 404 00:14:27,034 --> 00:14:28,535 His life in prison gives him 405 00:14:28,568 --> 00:14:30,938 a unique perspective on criminology. 406 00:14:30,971 --> 00:14:32,973 So you knowingly hired an ex-con. 407 00:14:33,006 --> 00:14:35,375 Who's better qualified to teach criminology 408 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:36,509 than a former criminal? 409 00:14:36,543 --> 00:14:38,178 Well, then why keep his past a secret? 410 00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:42,182 Unfortunately, parents and donors aren't so open-minded. 411 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:45,418 I wouldn't want my children being taught by a murderer. 412 00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:47,154 Vega's a changed man. 413 00:14:47,187 --> 00:14:48,388 Prison is for rehabilitation, detective. 414 00:14:48,421 --> 00:14:50,623 It's to keep our children safe. 415 00:14:50,657 --> 00:14:54,194 Rebecca Wheeler didn't know how dangerous her advisor was. 416 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:56,496 Look what happened to her. 417 00:14:56,529 --> 00:14:57,664 Vega couldn't have killed her. 418 00:14:57,697 --> 00:14:59,299 He was her mentor. 419 00:14:59,332 --> 00:15:00,633 Rebecca had no reason to be afraid of him. 420 00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:01,634 That's not what 421 00:15:01,668 --> 00:15:03,270 her research partner said. 422 00:15:03,303 --> 00:15:06,239 Kyle Luhrmann told her to talk to you. Did she? 423 00:15:06,273 --> 00:15:07,340 Rebecca had an appointment 424 00:15:07,374 --> 00:15:09,142 for next week. 425 00:15:09,176 --> 00:15:11,478 What about? 426 00:15:11,511 --> 00:15:12,412 She wanted to change advisors. 427 00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:13,546 Because she found out that he was a murderer 428 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:17,184 and didn't want her career tied to a convicted felon. 429 00:15:17,217 --> 00:15:20,287 I don't believe that Vega murdered her. 430 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:21,955 But someone did find out about him. 431 00:15:21,989 --> 00:15:23,623 I received this anonymous letter last week, 432 00:15:23,656 --> 00:15:27,294 demanding that I fire Vega 433 00:15:27,327 --> 00:15:31,098 for covering up his past. 434 00:15:31,131 --> 00:15:34,067 We'll take this and a copy of his personnel file. 435 00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:37,070 You really think it's impossible 436 00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:38,405 to rehabilitate murderers? 437 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:40,273 I don't know, but why risk it? 438 00:15:40,307 --> 00:15:42,175 Once a killer always a killer. 439 00:15:42,209 --> 00:15:43,410 You're a good Catholic. 440 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:45,212 I thought Jesus taught forgiveness? 441 00:15:45,245 --> 00:15:47,080 Jesus was perfect; I'm not. 442 00:15:47,114 --> 00:15:48,548 Hey, hold on a second. 443 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:53,153 Vega's got a daughter, Gabrielle. 444 00:15:53,186 --> 00:15:54,587 Where is she? 445 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:55,622 Here. She's a law student. 446 00:15:55,655 --> 00:15:58,225 She gets free tuition 'cause daddy's a professor. 447 00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:01,094 I don't know where my father is. 448 00:16:01,128 --> 00:16:02,695 But I do know he didn't kill anyone. 449 00:16:02,729 --> 00:16:03,963 So why would he run? 450 00:16:03,997 --> 00:16:06,266 Because he knew the moment you would find out about his record, 451 00:16:06,299 --> 00:16:08,301 all you would see is an ex-con. 452 00:16:08,335 --> 00:16:11,038 Gabrielle, your dad is a convicted murderer. 453 00:16:11,071 --> 00:16:13,240 I don't know that person, detective. 454 00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:14,541 My father found out about me 455 00:16:14,574 --> 00:16:16,709 after my mother died. 456 00:16:16,743 --> 00:16:17,844 I went to see him in prison. 457 00:16:17,877 --> 00:16:21,014 That's why he got clean and he started going to school. 458 00:16:21,048 --> 00:16:23,283 So now he's a saint. 459 00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:25,485 He wrote to me every day. 460 00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:27,487 After he got out, he worked his ass off 461 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,689 so that we can have a good life. 462 00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:31,491 He made a stupid mistake when he was a kid, 463 00:16:31,524 --> 00:16:32,725 and he paid for it. 464 00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:35,028 Murder is not a stupid mistake, Gabrielle. 465 00:16:35,062 --> 00:16:36,363 He was a different person 466 00:16:36,396 --> 00:16:37,430 when he was high. 467 00:16:37,464 --> 00:16:38,698 He's been clean for 16 years. 468 00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:40,533 But you don't care about that, do you? 469 00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:41,701 You want to know what we care about? 470 00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:43,203 We care about the truth. 471 00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:45,805 And if your father didn't kill Rebecca Wheeler, 472 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:48,441 then we need to find him so we can clear him. 473 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:52,145 I'm a law student, Detective. 474 00:16:52,179 --> 00:16:55,048 I know how cops lie to get information. 475 00:16:55,082 --> 00:16:58,618 Even if I knew where he was, I wouldn't tell you. 476 00:16:58,651 --> 00:17:01,421 Maybe your colleagues will be a little more cooperative. 477 00:17:01,454 --> 00:17:03,123 Listen up. Has anyone seen this man? 478 00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:04,124 Name is Javier Vega. 479 00:17:04,157 --> 00:17:06,226 Bastard. 480 00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:08,761 Search all you want, 481 00:17:08,795 --> 00:17:10,163 He left the country. 482 00:17:12,499 --> 00:17:13,533 Gabrielle's lying. 483 00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:14,534 She loves her dad. 484 00:17:14,567 --> 00:17:16,269 She's not going to give him up. 485 00:17:16,303 --> 00:17:18,771 She says he left the country, and thinks what, 486 00:17:18,805 --> 00:17:20,140 we'll just stop looking? 487 00:17:20,173 --> 00:17:22,175 No reports of him at the Canadian border, 488 00:17:22,209 --> 00:17:23,776 he's not on any passenger manifests 489 00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:25,345 for flights leaving the tri-state. 490 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:27,314 My gut, he's still in the city. 491 00:17:27,347 --> 00:17:29,316 Why the hell would he stay here when he knows 492 00:17:29,349 --> 00:17:30,217 we're looking for him? 493 00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:32,285 Because he and Gabrielle seem pretty tight. 494 00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:34,187 Probably didn't want to leave her behind. 495 00:17:34,221 --> 00:17:35,222 You think she'd he dumb enough 496 00:17:35,255 --> 00:17:36,289 to hide her father? 497 00:17:36,323 --> 00:17:38,691 I think she would do anything to protect her father. 498 00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:39,759 Then she's an accessory. 499 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:41,428 Bring her in. I'll talk to her myself. 500 00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:43,296 You sure that's a good idea? 501 00:17:45,865 --> 00:17:48,568 There something you wanna say to me? 502 00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:51,404 Just that you seem a little involved. 503 00:17:51,438 --> 00:17:53,173 Vega raped and murdered 504 00:17:53,206 --> 00:17:54,441 an innocent young woman. 505 00:17:54,474 --> 00:17:55,675 Of course I'm involved. 506 00:17:55,708 --> 00:17:56,676 Captain, 507 00:17:56,709 --> 00:18:00,113 sector car out in Queens just spotted Vega's car. 508 00:18:00,147 --> 00:18:01,148 Vega driving? 509 00:18:01,181 --> 00:18:02,182 No sign of him. 510 00:18:02,215 --> 00:18:03,850 Captain, we can handle it. 511 00:18:03,883 --> 00:18:05,685 So can I. 512 00:18:09,189 --> 00:18:10,857 Engine's cold. 513 00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:12,192 Nothing. 514 00:18:16,163 --> 00:18:17,197 He was traveling with an older woman. 515 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:17,830 How you get that? 516 00:18:17,864 --> 00:18:18,831 Take a whiff. 517 00:18:18,865 --> 00:18:19,799 Lilies and roses. 518 00:18:19,832 --> 00:18:22,402 No woman one under 60 wears this perfume. 519 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:24,204 Maybe Gabrielle has old-fashioned taste. 520 00:18:24,237 --> 00:18:25,205 Gabrielle wears 521 00:18:25,238 --> 00:18:26,839 sandalwood and bergamot. 522 00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:30,143 Women notice these things. 523 00:18:30,177 --> 00:18:31,144 You notice that? 524 00:18:31,178 --> 00:18:32,145 What? 525 00:18:32,179 --> 00:18:33,913 Bus stop. 526 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:34,847 You're thinking Vega dumped the car 527 00:18:34,881 --> 00:18:36,349 and hopped the bus with his lady friend? 528 00:18:36,383 --> 00:18:38,451 You live in Queens. Where's this bus go? 529 00:18:38,485 --> 00:18:39,686 No idea. Let's find out. 530 00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:43,523 We go right on Van Dam along 48th Avenue to Sunnyside, 531 00:18:43,556 --> 00:18:46,226 then cut through the cemeteries to Maspeth. 532 00:18:46,259 --> 00:18:47,227 Cemeteries. 533 00:18:47,260 --> 00:18:48,428 Queens is lousy with 'em. 534 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:49,562 Can I borrow your newspaper? 535 00:18:49,596 --> 00:18:51,331 There you go. 536 00:18:51,364 --> 00:18:54,434 Roses and lilies. It's not perfume, it's flowers. 537 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:55,935 Where's he going with them? 538 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:59,572 Rebecca's funeral was this morning-- Avondale Cemetery. 539 00:18:59,606 --> 00:19:01,641 He's going to Rebecca's grave. 540 00:19:01,674 --> 00:19:03,176 Thank you. 541 00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:08,348 Javier Vega. 542 00:19:08,381 --> 00:19:11,150 Don't move. Now, stand up. 543 00:19:16,223 --> 00:19:17,357 Passport. 544 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:19,926 Been a long time, Vega. 545 00:19:23,263 --> 00:19:24,464 Do I know you? 546 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:26,333 It'll come back to you. 547 00:19:26,366 --> 00:19:28,935 Javier Vega, you are under arrest for the murder 548 00:19:28,968 --> 00:19:29,802 of Rebecca Wheeler. 549 00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:31,571 You have the right to remain silent. 550 00:19:31,604 --> 00:19:32,805 If you give up that right, 551 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:33,906 anything you say 552 00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:35,908 can and will be used against you in a court of law. 553 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:48,588 Cragen. 554 00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:50,557 I should've known you were behind this. 555 00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:52,225 You put yourself in the jackpot. 556 00:19:52,259 --> 00:19:53,393 I didn't kill Rebecca. 557 00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:54,427 But you ran. 558 00:19:54,461 --> 00:19:56,229 What choice did I have? 559 00:19:56,263 --> 00:19:58,998 The minute your cops heard I was an ex-con, 560 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:02,269 I went from professor to cold-blooded murderer. 561 00:20:02,302 --> 00:20:04,704 You are a cold-blooded murderer. You killed Joanna Lewis. 562 00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:05,838 30 years ago. 563 00:20:05,872 --> 00:20:07,440 Not this time. 564 00:20:07,474 --> 00:20:09,676 Somebody's setting me up. 565 00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:11,844 He must know you pretty well. 566 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:14,314 Rebecca was strangled by a lefty, 567 00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:16,783 raped using your brand of condoms 568 00:20:16,816 --> 00:20:17,950 and dumped by a man driving your car. 569 00:20:17,984 --> 00:20:19,586 Same M.O., same perp. 570 00:20:19,619 --> 00:20:21,421 I spent the last 20 years studying crime. 571 00:20:21,454 --> 00:20:22,555 If I was going to kill somebody, 572 00:20:22,589 --> 00:20:24,657 don't you think I'd cover my tracks a little better? 573 00:20:24,691 --> 00:20:27,294 You tried. 574 00:20:27,327 --> 00:20:30,863 Why would I kill Rebecca? 575 00:20:30,897 --> 00:20:32,565 I loved her, 576 00:20:32,599 --> 00:20:33,933 she loved me. 577 00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:36,969 We were going to be married. 578 00:20:37,003 --> 00:20:38,271 Wake up. 579 00:20:38,305 --> 00:20:39,439 She was so terrified of you 580 00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:40,673 she was going to change advisors. 581 00:20:40,707 --> 00:20:41,541 I told her to. 582 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:43,776 A student sleeping with her professor 583 00:20:43,810 --> 00:20:45,912 looks bad to everybody. 584 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:47,780 We were protecting our careers. 585 00:20:47,814 --> 00:20:49,949 Then why was she trying to end yours? 586 00:20:49,982 --> 00:20:53,019 We lifted her prints off a letter to Dean Busch 587 00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:54,587 outing you as a murderer. 588 00:20:58,591 --> 00:20:59,926 She couldn't have written that. 589 00:20:59,959 --> 00:21:01,594 Then how'd her prints get all over it? 590 00:21:01,628 --> 00:21:02,595 You tell me. 591 00:21:02,629 --> 00:21:03,963 She had no reason 592 00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:04,964 to write that, 593 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:06,032 and I had no reason to kill her. 594 00:21:06,065 --> 00:21:08,401 I told her everything about my past months ago. 595 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:16,042 I remember you, Vega. 596 00:21:16,075 --> 00:21:18,978 When I collared you after we found 597 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:21,914 that poor woman's stinking corpse, 598 00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:23,983 you cried like a baby. 599 00:21:24,016 --> 00:21:27,887 You denied it then, but we had your prints all over that oil drum. 600 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,022 You lied then like you're lying now. 601 00:21:30,056 --> 00:21:32,825 I will never forget what I did to Joanna Lewis. 602 00:21:32,859 --> 00:21:35,395 Her face will haunt me until the day I die, 603 00:21:35,428 --> 00:21:36,796 but my past is my past. 604 00:21:36,829 --> 00:21:39,031 I'm a different man now. 605 00:21:39,065 --> 00:21:40,367 Just like you. 606 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,835 Yeah, yeah, I remember you. 607 00:21:42,869 --> 00:21:44,371 You were a drunk. 608 00:21:44,404 --> 00:21:46,339 The stench of booze 609 00:21:46,373 --> 00:21:47,740 was all over you. 610 00:21:47,774 --> 00:21:51,578 But you changed, didn't you, Captain? 611 00:21:51,611 --> 00:21:54,781 You think you're the only one who can. 612 00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:08,861 All right. I'm listening. 613 00:22:08,895 --> 00:22:12,765 I was at Rebecca's the night she died. 614 00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:15,535 When I left she was alive. 615 00:22:15,568 --> 00:22:18,871 20 years studying crime, and that's the best you can do? 616 00:22:18,905 --> 00:22:19,872 Ask Rudy Lemcke. 617 00:22:19,906 --> 00:22:22,375 He was at Rebecca's that night. 618 00:22:22,409 --> 00:22:24,811 I dropped him off at the Lydia Motel 619 00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:26,546 to crash for the night. 620 00:22:26,579 --> 00:22:29,749 Rudy will tell you-- when we left Rebecca's 621 00:22:29,782 --> 00:22:30,850 she was alive. 622 00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:37,123 Vega's lying through his teeth. 623 00:22:37,156 --> 00:22:40,927 Nobody at the Lydia Motel remembers seeing him or Rudy. 624 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,429 I should've known. 625 00:22:42,462 --> 00:22:44,864 Why the hell did I even listen to him? 626 00:22:44,897 --> 00:22:46,132 We got to find Rudy, 627 00:22:46,165 --> 00:22:47,700 shoot some holes in Vega's alibi. 628 00:22:47,734 --> 00:22:49,135 Elliot, you checked the homeless shelter 629 00:22:49,168 --> 00:22:50,202 where Rudy was staying? 630 00:22:50,236 --> 00:22:52,572 No one's seen or heard from Rudy since we busted him. 631 00:22:52,605 --> 00:22:54,173 Fin put the word out on the street. 632 00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:56,543 Every crackhead and dealer knows we're looking for him. 633 00:22:56,576 --> 00:22:58,711 So all the evidence we have against Vega is circumstantial. 634 00:22:58,745 --> 00:23:01,180 We've have the fiber and the condom from inside Rebecca 635 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:02,915 that proves Vega was the murder. 636 00:23:02,949 --> 00:23:04,817 We've got means, motive, opportunity... 637 00:23:04,851 --> 00:23:06,519 And the fact that he strangled another woman 638 00:23:06,553 --> 00:23:07,987 exactly the same way 30 years ago. 639 00:23:08,020 --> 00:23:09,456 That's only admissible 640 00:23:09,489 --> 00:23:10,690 if Judge Petrovsky allows me 641 00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:12,191 to bring up Vega's prior bad acts. 642 00:23:12,224 --> 00:23:13,426 It proves an M.O. 643 00:23:13,460 --> 00:23:14,927 Shouldn't be a problem for you. 644 00:23:14,961 --> 00:23:16,429 I'm not saying I can't win. 645 00:23:16,463 --> 00:23:17,697 I just wish I had Rudy Lemcke. 646 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,467 You will. 647 00:23:23,536 --> 00:23:26,038 Can I talk to you a minute? 648 00:23:26,072 --> 00:23:27,173 Is there a problem? 649 00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:28,174 Vega's priors. 650 00:23:28,207 --> 00:23:30,142 June, 1975, grand theft auto. 651 00:23:30,176 --> 00:23:33,480 He got probation because his arresting officer 652 00:23:33,513 --> 00:23:35,782 recommended leniency to the D.A. 653 00:23:35,815 --> 00:23:36,916 It was you. 654 00:23:36,949 --> 00:23:38,084 Why'd you do it? 655 00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:39,886 He was a kid. He was high. 656 00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:41,754 When he came down he seemed serious 657 00:23:41,788 --> 00:23:42,789 about cleaning up his act. 658 00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:44,023 Except he wasn't. 659 00:23:44,056 --> 00:23:47,460 He got high again and killed Joanna Lewis while on probation. 660 00:23:47,494 --> 00:23:49,462 What does this have to do with Rebecca Wheeler? 661 00:23:49,496 --> 00:23:50,463 Vega's already 662 00:23:50,497 --> 00:23:51,464 crying frame job. 663 00:23:51,498 --> 00:23:52,532 You two have history. 664 00:23:52,565 --> 00:23:55,201 I just need you to tell me there's nothing personal 665 00:23:55,234 --> 00:23:56,202 going on here. 666 00:23:56,235 --> 00:23:58,838 All I want is for the bastard to rot in jail 667 00:23:58,871 --> 00:24:02,008 because the evidence points to him, because he's guilty. 668 00:24:08,581 --> 00:24:10,583 Yes, I killed Joanna Lewis. 669 00:24:10,617 --> 00:24:13,520 I was a 19-year-old heroin addict. 670 00:24:13,553 --> 00:24:15,888 I didn't know what I was doing. 671 00:24:15,922 --> 00:24:18,725 I went to prison and served my time. 672 00:24:18,758 --> 00:24:20,727 For the last seven years 673 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,163 you've donated $500 a month to what cause? 674 00:24:24,196 --> 00:24:26,666 The Joanna Lewis memorial fund. 675 00:24:26,699 --> 00:24:28,735 Did the court order you to make restitution? 676 00:24:28,768 --> 00:24:32,972 No. But it's the right thing to do. 677 00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:34,807 So you've paid your debt to society 678 00:24:34,841 --> 00:24:35,975 by serving your sentence, 679 00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:39,078 and now you're paying a debt to your victim's families. 680 00:24:39,111 --> 00:24:40,112 Tell us, Professor, 681 00:24:40,146 --> 00:24:42,148 why do you teach criminology? 682 00:24:42,181 --> 00:24:43,850 To atone for what I did. 683 00:24:43,883 --> 00:24:45,051 I hope I can use 684 00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:48,688 my mistakes to teach others to prevent crime. 685 00:24:48,721 --> 00:24:50,723 Like you taught Rebecca Wheeler? 686 00:24:50,757 --> 00:24:52,759 Yes. She was a brilliant student, 687 00:24:52,792 --> 00:24:54,060 and a generous woman. 688 00:24:54,093 --> 00:24:56,195 That's why I fell in love with her. 689 00:24:56,228 --> 00:24:58,698 That's why I could never have killed her. 690 00:24:58,731 --> 00:25:01,233 Thank you. Nothing further. 691 00:25:10,276 --> 00:25:12,011 Do you recognize this photograph? 692 00:25:12,044 --> 00:25:13,312 No. 693 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:16,949 This is Joanna Lewis's neck after you raped 694 00:25:16,983 --> 00:25:20,753 and strangled her in 1976. 695 00:25:20,787 --> 00:25:22,154 I never raped her. 696 00:25:22,188 --> 00:25:24,691 But you did kill her, didn't you? 697 00:25:24,724 --> 00:25:26,626 Yes. 698 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,096 What about this? 699 00:25:32,699 --> 00:25:34,100 I don't recognize that. 700 00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:36,235 This is Rebecca Wheeler's neck. 701 00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:38,204 They look the same, don't they? 702 00:25:38,237 --> 00:25:39,672 I didn't kill Rebecca. 703 00:25:39,706 --> 00:25:40,740 This is a fragment 704 00:25:40,773 --> 00:25:43,242 of a condom recovered from inside Rebecca Wheeler. 705 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:46,178 The same brand of condoms was found at your apartment. 706 00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:48,615 This is a fiber recovered 707 00:25:48,648 --> 00:25:49,816 from Rebecca's trachea. 708 00:25:49,849 --> 00:25:51,951 Your coat is made from the same material. 709 00:25:51,984 --> 00:25:53,319 And do you recognize this? 710 00:25:53,352 --> 00:25:55,788 It's the letter Rebecca wrote to the University 711 00:25:55,822 --> 00:25:57,323 demanding that you be fired. 712 00:25:57,356 --> 00:25:58,825 Rebecca didn't write that letter. 713 00:25:58,858 --> 00:25:59,859 Her prints are on it. 714 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:02,261 So if she didn't write it, who did? 715 00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:05,197 Why don't you ask the cops? 716 00:26:06,733 --> 00:26:09,836 Are you implying that the police planted evidence? 717 00:26:09,869 --> 00:26:11,938 It wouldn't be the first time. 718 00:26:11,971 --> 00:26:14,841 So the police knew your brand of condom 719 00:26:14,874 --> 00:26:19,245 took a fragment and placed it inside Rebecca. 720 00:26:19,278 --> 00:26:21,748 Then they took a fiber from your coat 721 00:26:21,781 --> 00:26:23,182 and jammed it down her throat? 722 00:26:23,215 --> 00:26:24,216 Yes. 723 00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:25,384 You're an intelligent man, 724 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:28,187 Professor. 725 00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:30,289 Isn't the most logical explanation 726 00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:31,691 that you killed Rebecca? 727 00:26:31,724 --> 00:26:33,259 I didn't kill her. 728 00:26:33,292 --> 00:26:35,361 I did not kill her! 729 00:26:54,046 --> 00:26:56,282 Jury took less than an hour. 730 00:26:56,315 --> 00:26:58,184 Guilty on all counts. 731 00:26:58,217 --> 00:27:00,319 That's my kind of jury. 732 00:27:00,352 --> 00:27:01,220 Detectives? 733 00:27:01,253 --> 00:27:03,422 Is it true you're looking for Rudy Lemcke? 734 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:04,657 We were. 735 00:27:04,691 --> 00:27:05,658 Trial's over. 736 00:27:05,692 --> 00:27:07,293 Why, do you know where he is? 737 00:27:07,326 --> 00:27:08,661 Maybe. 738 00:27:08,695 --> 00:27:10,029 You want to arrest him? 739 00:27:10,062 --> 00:27:11,698 No, he was an alibi witness. 740 00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:12,865 Where is he, Sister? 741 00:27:12,899 --> 00:27:13,866 Hiding from you. 742 00:27:13,900 --> 00:27:15,334 When you interrogated him 743 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:17,203 you pushed him over the edge. 744 00:27:17,236 --> 00:27:19,071 He didn't deserve that. 745 00:27:19,105 --> 00:27:20,873 He was a suspect in a murder case. 746 00:27:20,907 --> 00:27:21,908 He was innocent. 747 00:27:21,941 --> 00:27:22,942 Now he's terrified. 748 00:27:22,975 --> 00:27:25,712 You've been telling every drug dealer in town 749 00:27:25,745 --> 00:27:27,113 you're looking for him. 750 00:27:27,146 --> 00:27:28,247 They think he's a rat. 751 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:29,448 We just wanted to talk to him. 752 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:30,783 Well, he came to me for help. 753 00:27:30,817 --> 00:27:33,252 He's afraid he's going to get killed. 754 00:27:33,285 --> 00:27:36,122 We'll straighten things out on the street 755 00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:37,223 after we talk to him. 756 00:27:37,256 --> 00:27:42,294 You give me your word you're just going to talk... 757 00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:44,697 I'll take you to him. 758 00:27:46,265 --> 00:27:48,334 Professor ain't lying. He gave me some money, 759 00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:50,369 then dropped me off at a motel the night Rebecca died. 760 00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:51,437 What time? 761 00:27:51,470 --> 00:27:52,404 I don't got a watch. Maybe 7:00. 762 00:27:52,438 --> 00:27:54,240 Well, we've got a sushi delivery guy 763 00:27:54,273 --> 00:27:56,275 who puts you at Rebecca's at 8:00 p.m. 764 00:27:56,308 --> 00:27:57,309 Okay, maybe it was 765 00:27:57,343 --> 00:27:58,310 10:00 maybe 9:00. 766 00:27:58,344 --> 00:28:00,346 Come on, Rudy, you've got to think. 767 00:28:00,379 --> 00:28:03,115 Oh, it was definitely 9:00, definitely 9:00, 768 00:28:03,149 --> 00:28:06,285 because that was right after Rebecca and the Professor 769 00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:09,088 they finished duking it out. 770 00:28:09,121 --> 00:28:10,823 So you heard them arguing? 771 00:28:10,857 --> 00:28:12,024 About me. 772 00:28:12,058 --> 00:28:13,826 Rebecca said I could crash on her sofa. 773 00:28:13,860 --> 00:28:14,961 And then the Professor says 774 00:28:14,994 --> 00:28:16,228 no way he's going to let a crackhead 775 00:28:16,262 --> 00:28:17,797 sleep on his girlfriend's couch. 776 00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:18,798 His girlfriend? 777 00:28:18,831 --> 00:28:19,999 Yeah, you know they were 778 00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:21,133 lovey dovey. 779 00:28:21,167 --> 00:28:22,334 They were going to get married. 780 00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:23,302 You're sure about that? 781 00:28:23,335 --> 00:28:25,204 Well, maybe not. I don't know. 782 00:28:25,237 --> 00:28:26,973 Rudy, this is important. 783 00:28:27,006 --> 00:28:29,041 Rudy, Rudy, listen to me. 784 00:28:29,075 --> 00:28:30,877 Who told you that they were getting married? 785 00:28:30,910 --> 00:28:35,047 Um, Rebecca. Yeah. 786 00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:38,517 Think. 787 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:44,356 What time did the Professor drop you off at that motel? 788 00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:47,426 I don't know, man. 789 00:28:50,129 --> 00:28:52,298 But I do remember that 790 00:28:52,331 --> 00:28:56,402 it stopped raining on our way over there. 791 00:28:56,435 --> 00:28:58,037 Checked with the Weather Service. 792 00:28:58,070 --> 00:28:59,138 Rain stopped at 9:22 p.m. 793 00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:01,874 You know, it's possible that Vega dropped Rudy off, 794 00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:03,776 and then came back and killed Rebecca. 795 00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:04,877 It's more than possible. 796 00:29:04,911 --> 00:29:07,780 Neighbor saw Vega's car in front of Rebecca's at 11:30. 797 00:29:07,814 --> 00:29:09,882 So, Vega was telling the truth about Rudy. 798 00:29:09,916 --> 00:29:11,884 He'll use that to appeal his conviction. 799 00:29:11,918 --> 00:29:13,886 I don't want Vega wriggling out of this. 800 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,121 Go back to the neighbor. 801 00:29:15,154 --> 00:29:17,089 See exactly what time he saw that car. 802 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:22,829 I told the other detectives. It was 11:30. 803 00:29:22,862 --> 00:29:24,096 And you're sure about that? 804 00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:25,131 Positive. 805 00:29:25,164 --> 00:29:26,532 The Simpsons just ended. 806 00:29:26,565 --> 00:29:29,168 I got up to close my window before I went to sleep. 807 00:29:29,201 --> 00:29:30,569 That's my apartment right there. 808 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:31,871 I seen a guy in a coat 809 00:29:31,904 --> 00:29:33,372 put this big-ass bundle in a Lexus. 810 00:29:33,405 --> 00:29:34,841 He was parked right there. 811 00:29:37,543 --> 00:29:39,278 Vega doubled back. 812 00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:42,581 See that guy just 813 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:45,151 blew through the intersection. 814 00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:48,154 Red-light cam caught the whole thing. 815 00:29:48,187 --> 00:29:50,823 Maybe it caught Vega, too. 816 00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:54,426 City's making a bundle. 817 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:57,263 Lot of people run that light. 818 00:29:57,296 --> 00:29:59,065 We got one at 7:46, 819 00:29:59,098 --> 00:30:02,234 8:03, 8:40. 820 00:30:02,268 --> 00:30:03,235 That's Vega's car. 821 00:30:03,269 --> 00:30:05,004 the white Lexus. 822 00:30:05,037 --> 00:30:06,605 Next photo's 9:02. 823 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:08,407 And the car's gone. 824 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,477 That's when Vega said he took Rudy to that motel. 825 00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:13,145 What time does he come back? 826 00:30:14,246 --> 00:30:17,249 The Lexus returns 827 00:30:17,283 --> 00:30:18,918 at 11:07. 828 00:30:18,951 --> 00:30:20,887 So Vega returned to murder Rebecca. 829 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:21,921 Blow that up. 830 00:30:21,954 --> 00:30:23,222 Show me that license plate. 831 00:30:24,256 --> 00:30:25,624 Enhancing... 832 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:27,293 JMM 8120. 833 00:30:27,326 --> 00:30:30,229 Let's double check. 834 00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:32,198 Bring up one of the earlier photos. 835 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,335 MAL 5047... 836 00:30:36,368 --> 00:30:37,937 We got 837 00:30:37,970 --> 00:30:40,139 two different cars. 838 00:30:43,442 --> 00:30:44,310 It's a Lexus RX. 839 00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:46,278 DMV has it registered to this agency. 840 00:30:46,312 --> 00:30:47,413 We're looking for who rented it 841 00:30:47,446 --> 00:30:48,614 on the night of February 20. 842 00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:49,481 Here you go-- 843 00:30:49,515 --> 00:30:52,384 rental agreement and renter information. 844 00:30:52,418 --> 00:30:54,887 Well, first of all, the license is fake. 845 00:30:54,921 --> 00:30:57,523 New York driver's licenses have all numbers. 846 00:30:57,556 --> 00:31:00,326 This has three letters-- and you can't even 847 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:01,593 make out the picture. 848 00:31:01,627 --> 00:31:02,461 I'm sorry. 849 00:31:02,494 --> 00:31:04,897 I don't know how this could've happened. 850 00:31:04,931 --> 00:31:05,932 Yeah, I bet. 851 00:31:05,965 --> 00:31:09,001 You don't want us to bust you for renting cars 852 00:31:09,035 --> 00:31:11,103 to unlicensed drivers, do you? 853 00:31:11,137 --> 00:31:13,172 Maybe we can work something out. 854 00:31:13,205 --> 00:31:14,540 We're listening. 855 00:31:14,573 --> 00:31:16,909 We put GPS trackers on the deluxe models 856 00:31:16,943 --> 00:31:18,210 in case they're stolen. 857 00:31:18,244 --> 00:31:19,445 That way we can find 'em. 858 00:31:19,478 --> 00:31:21,413 How long do you keep those records? 859 00:31:21,447 --> 00:31:22,414 Six months. 860 00:31:22,448 --> 00:31:24,316 Show us the location of the car 861 00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:26,085 the night of February 20. 862 00:31:27,286 --> 00:31:28,320 This is where 863 00:31:28,354 --> 00:31:29,655 we are. 864 00:31:29,688 --> 00:31:32,458 He took Houston to the West Side Highway, 865 00:31:32,491 --> 00:31:34,293 got off at 96th Street, 866 00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:35,461 over to Claremont and 107th. 867 00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:37,029 That's Rebecca's apartment. 868 00:31:37,063 --> 00:31:39,365 And from Rebecca's apartment right into Central Park 869 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:40,599 where her body was found. 870 00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:42,935 We need to know where that car is right now. 871 00:31:42,969 --> 00:31:45,237 Whoever rented that car killed Rebecca Wheeler. 872 00:31:45,271 --> 00:31:48,274 And an innocent man's in prison. 873 00:31:52,979 --> 00:31:53,812 Somebody went to a whole lot of trouble 874 00:31:54,646 --> 00:31:56,182 to frame Vega for Rebecca's murder. 875 00:31:56,215 --> 00:31:57,383 And I bought it. 876 00:31:57,416 --> 00:31:58,617 And you weren't the one who set him up. 877 00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:00,586 But I was the one who made him a suspect. 878 00:32:00,619 --> 00:32:01,988 He was a convicted murderer. 879 00:32:02,021 --> 00:32:03,522 All the evidence pointed to him. 880 00:32:03,555 --> 00:32:04,523 Not to mention he ran. 881 00:32:04,556 --> 00:32:05,624 What were we supposed to think? 882 00:32:05,657 --> 00:32:07,293 Get the rental car over to the lab. 883 00:32:07,326 --> 00:32:11,130 Have them tear it apart. I'll talk to Vega. 884 00:32:11,163 --> 00:32:12,131 A mistake?! 885 00:32:12,164 --> 00:32:14,233 That's the best you can say?! 886 00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:16,202 "We made a mistake"?! 887 00:32:16,235 --> 00:32:18,604 I'm sorry. I'll talk to the ADA. 888 00:32:18,637 --> 00:32:20,706 Get you out of here right away. 889 00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:23,976 My hero. 890 00:32:25,377 --> 00:32:26,745 I want to make things right. 891 00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:28,314 There's nothing you can do. 892 00:32:28,347 --> 00:32:29,448 I can try. 893 00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:31,250 Can you bring Rebecca back to life? 894 00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:33,986 Can you give me back my career? 895 00:32:36,488 --> 00:32:38,057 Get out of my face. 896 00:32:38,090 --> 00:32:39,691 You're using again. 897 00:32:39,725 --> 00:32:42,028 Not even trying to hide it. 898 00:32:42,061 --> 00:32:43,562 It makes the time go quicker. 899 00:32:43,595 --> 00:32:46,365 You need to get clean. I can get you help. 900 00:32:48,334 --> 00:32:50,336 Your help put me here. 901 00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:54,506 You change your mind, you know where to find me. 902 00:32:54,540 --> 00:32:55,574 On the gate. 903 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:58,677 Who killed Rebecca? 904 00:32:58,710 --> 00:33:00,746 Somebody who wanted to hurt you. 905 00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:02,781 Any ideas? 906 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:04,650 Besides the NYPD? No. 907 00:33:07,053 --> 00:33:10,222 So this guy rented a car like mine? 908 00:33:10,256 --> 00:33:11,790 Yeah. 909 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,192 Where from? 910 00:33:13,225 --> 00:33:15,727 A place on Houston. 911 00:33:15,761 --> 00:33:19,531 I'll keep you posted. 912 00:33:19,565 --> 00:33:21,533 I won't hold my breath. 913 00:33:23,069 --> 00:33:25,504 Captain, you should've told me you were coming. 914 00:33:25,537 --> 00:33:26,638 I would've tidied up. 915 00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:27,706 When is Vega getting out? 916 00:33:27,739 --> 00:33:28,807 I'm on my way to court now. 917 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,642 We'll have him released first thing tomorrow morning. 918 00:33:30,676 --> 00:33:32,711 It's not soon enough. We need to do it now. 919 00:33:32,744 --> 00:33:34,146 Why, is he in some sort of danger? 920 00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:36,248 Just from himself. He's using again. 921 00:33:36,282 --> 00:33:37,316 Not much I can do. 922 00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:40,319 Rikers can't qet him down to court till morning. 923 00:33:40,719 --> 00:33:41,787 I'll call in a favor, 924 00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:43,689 have Vega produced by the end of business 925 00:33:43,722 --> 00:33:46,392 if you can get your motion on the calendar by then. 926 00:33:46,425 --> 00:33:48,560 Yeah, okay. 927 00:33:49,728 --> 00:33:50,562 You know, 928 00:33:50,596 --> 00:33:51,497 this isn't your fault. 929 00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:53,599 We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. 930 00:33:53,632 --> 00:33:55,601 You didn't put the needle in Vega's arm. 931 00:33:55,634 --> 00:33:56,502 No, I just torpedoed his career 932 00:33:56,535 --> 00:33:58,404 and locked him up with a bunch of junkies. 933 00:33:58,437 --> 00:33:59,738 You were doing your job. 934 00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:02,741 Maybe the brass will give me a medal. 935 00:34:05,211 --> 00:34:06,645 In light of this evidence, 936 00:34:06,678 --> 00:34:09,115 the People and the Defense are filing jointly 937 00:34:09,148 --> 00:34:11,417 to dismiss all charges against Professor Vega. 938 00:34:11,450 --> 00:34:13,385 Anything you'd like to add, Mr. Seaver? 939 00:34:13,419 --> 00:34:14,453 Just how pleased we are 940 00:34:14,486 --> 00:34:16,122 that the People recognize the error of their ways. 941 00:34:16,155 --> 00:34:17,789 Duly noted. 942 00:34:17,823 --> 00:34:19,625 The Court hereby grants the motion 943 00:34:19,658 --> 00:34:22,328 to set aside the conviction of Professor Vega 944 00:34:22,361 --> 00:34:23,695 in the interests of justice. 945 00:34:23,729 --> 00:34:26,765 You're free to go, with the Court's apologies. 946 00:34:39,611 --> 00:34:40,879 Any leads yet? 947 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:42,781 We're working on it. 948 00:34:46,252 --> 00:34:47,453 Do you own a home, Captain? 949 00:34:47,486 --> 00:34:48,620 I'm sorry? 950 00:34:48,654 --> 00:34:50,756 A home. Stocks. 951 00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:52,591 Any assets that we should know about? 952 00:34:52,624 --> 00:34:54,293 Consider yourself served. 953 00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:55,894 We're going after the City, 954 00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:58,564 the police department, and you, sir. 955 00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:02,768 We're seeking $12 million compensatory damages. 956 00:35:04,770 --> 00:35:07,173 You want to go out the back way? 957 00:35:08,807 --> 00:35:10,409 No. 958 00:35:24,790 --> 00:35:26,325 Been working on the car two hours now. 959 00:35:26,358 --> 00:35:27,426 Dusted every surface. No prints. 960 00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:28,427 They check the rearview? 961 00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:29,328 Yep. Nothing. 962 00:35:29,361 --> 00:35:31,230 What about the seat- adjustment button? 963 00:35:31,263 --> 00:35:33,465 A lot of times perps wipe down everything else, 964 00:35:33,499 --> 00:35:34,466 forget they moved the seat. 965 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:37,336 We've done this a couple times before, Captain. 966 00:35:37,369 --> 00:35:38,704 Hold on. 967 00:35:38,737 --> 00:35:40,639 Nail clippers. 968 00:35:40,672 --> 00:35:42,508 Is that a fingernail clipping? 969 00:35:42,541 --> 00:35:43,909 With red nail polish. 970 00:35:43,942 --> 00:35:45,677 Same color as Rebecca's. 971 00:35:45,711 --> 00:35:47,579 Let's see if we have a latent. 972 00:35:48,914 --> 00:35:50,849 I think we got something. 973 00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:53,552 Judy, how much longer? 974 00:35:53,585 --> 00:35:55,787 Done. Your guy doesn't have a criminal record. 975 00:35:55,821 --> 00:35:56,788 Sorry, Captain. 976 00:35:56,822 --> 00:35:58,390 Expand the search. 977 00:35:58,424 --> 00:36:01,727 Guy who did this had to know Vega and Rebecca. 978 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,563 Run prison guards, cops, anybody who works 979 00:36:04,596 --> 00:36:06,598 in the criminal justice system. 980 00:36:13,572 --> 00:36:14,440 You got something? 981 00:36:14,473 --> 00:36:15,507 Computer doesn't make the final match, 982 00:36:15,541 --> 00:36:17,576 I do. 983 00:36:17,609 --> 00:36:19,611 Same ridge line, identical whorl. 984 00:36:19,645 --> 00:36:22,214 It's only a seven-point match, but... 985 00:36:22,248 --> 00:36:23,215 Whose? 986 00:36:23,249 --> 00:36:25,751 Student intern-- Probation. 987 00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:27,753 Worked there summer 2003. 988 00:36:27,786 --> 00:36:29,688 Name's Kyle Luhrmann. 989 00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:41,800 Bastard's gone. 990 00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:45,471 Didn't even have time to finish his coffee. 991 00:36:47,473 --> 00:36:48,907 Captain, take a look at these. 992 00:36:48,940 --> 00:36:51,009 What is it? 993 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:54,012 Pictures-- all of them of Vega. 994 00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:58,684 With Rebecca getting into his car, wearing his coat. 995 00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:01,420 Luhrmann was stalking the guy. 996 00:37:01,453 --> 00:37:02,821 He got pictures of Vega's condoms, too? 997 00:37:04,690 --> 00:37:06,292 He wouldn't need to. 998 00:37:06,325 --> 00:37:08,760 Vega used to invite his students over to his apartment 999 00:37:08,794 --> 00:37:09,895 once a week for drinks. 1000 00:37:09,928 --> 00:37:12,698 Luhrmann could have found them just snooping around. 1001 00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:14,566 And Luhrmann worked with Rebecca. 1002 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,469 Easy to steal a blank piece of paper with her prints on it, 1003 00:37:17,503 --> 00:37:18,470 forge the letter. 1004 00:37:18,504 --> 00:37:19,538 Where is the son of a bitch? 1005 00:37:19,571 --> 00:37:21,707 Once he heard that Vega had been cleared, he'd run. 1006 00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:25,010 And so fast, he forgot his coat and scarf. 1007 00:37:30,516 --> 00:37:31,750 Anybody spots Luhrmann, 1008 00:37:31,783 --> 00:37:33,519 I want to be the first on scene. 1009 00:37:33,552 --> 00:37:35,487 Captain Cragen, I have to talk to you, sir. 1010 00:37:35,521 --> 00:37:37,723 I can't. 1011 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:40,692 You have to help him. 1012 00:37:40,726 --> 00:37:41,760 You and your father are suing me. 1013 00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:43,695 I can't talk to you without my attorney present. 1014 00:37:43,729 --> 00:37:46,732 Please? He left this note for me. 1015 00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:49,935 I think he's going to kill himself. 1016 00:37:49,968 --> 00:37:51,970 You got to read this. 1017 00:37:54,740 --> 00:37:56,675 "I can't ask you to save me again, 1018 00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:58,444 "and I can't save myself. 1019 00:37:58,477 --> 00:37:59,545 "I've made my bed, 1020 00:37:59,578 --> 00:38:01,046 now it's time for me to lie down." 1021 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:02,047 He's suicidal. 1022 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:02,981 He's homicidal, too. 1023 00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:04,983 "I hope you can forgive me one final sin 1024 00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:06,418 in the name of justice." 1025 00:38:06,452 --> 00:38:07,686 He's looking to get even. 1026 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:09,054 Think he's going to come after you? 1027 00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:10,422 Hold on a second. 1028 00:38:10,456 --> 00:38:11,723 He's talking about Rebecca. 1029 00:38:11,757 --> 00:38:14,693 "Not justice for me, but for the woman I loved." 1030 00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:16,562 Luhrmann didn't leave in a hurry. 1031 00:38:16,595 --> 00:38:17,696 Vega kidnapped him. 1032 00:38:17,729 --> 00:38:18,797 How'd he figure out 1033 00:38:18,830 --> 00:38:20,466 that Luhrmann killed Rebecca? 1034 00:38:20,499 --> 00:38:22,401 Son of a bitch. 1035 00:38:22,434 --> 00:38:23,268 He asked me where 1036 00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,504 the car was rented from and I told him. 1037 00:38:27,005 --> 00:38:29,741 The rental agency is only two blocks 1038 00:38:29,775 --> 00:38:31,076 from the Sociology library 1039 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:32,678 where Luhrmann hangs out. 1040 00:38:32,711 --> 00:38:33,679 Vega put it together. 1041 00:38:33,712 --> 00:38:35,581 So why not just kill him? 1042 00:38:35,614 --> 00:38:37,749 Vega wants him to suffer the way Luhrmann made Rebecca suffer. 1043 00:38:37,783 --> 00:38:39,718 Okay, so where'd he take him? 1044 00:38:39,751 --> 00:38:42,120 Some place that's emotionally significant. 1045 00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:44,122 Rebecca's apartment, Wallace University... 1046 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:45,123 Too many people around. 1047 00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:46,725 Avondale Cemetery? 1048 00:38:46,758 --> 00:38:47,726 He would never desecrate 1049 00:38:47,759 --> 00:38:48,760 Rebecca's grave... 1050 00:38:48,794 --> 00:38:50,596 But Central Park, 1051 00:38:50,629 --> 00:38:54,065 where he left Rebecca's body to rot. 1052 00:38:54,099 --> 00:38:55,200 Call ESU. 1053 00:38:55,233 --> 00:38:58,737 Tell them to set up a perimeter around the murder scene. 1054 00:38:58,770 --> 00:38:59,771 I'm on my way. 1055 00:39:01,873 --> 00:39:03,642 Vega's got a gun to Luhrmann's head. 1056 00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:06,011 He's using him as a shield so we can't get a clear shot. 1057 00:39:06,044 --> 00:39:07,012 Is Vega talking? 1058 00:39:07,045 --> 00:39:08,647 Just to Luhrmann. The line of fire is that tree 1059 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,616 to that rock. 1060 00:39:10,649 --> 00:39:11,883 Got it. 1061 00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:20,592 SWAT team leader 1062 00:39:20,626 --> 00:39:22,428 to Alpha Team: Into position. 1063 00:39:26,932 --> 00:39:29,601 Alpha Leader to SWAT Leader: 10-4. 1064 00:39:29,635 --> 00:39:31,036 You gotta help me! 1065 00:39:31,069 --> 00:39:32,037 He's crazy! 1066 00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:33,739 He's gonna kill me. 1067 00:39:33,772 --> 00:39:35,607 I don't blame him. 1068 00:39:35,641 --> 00:39:36,775 But let him go, Vega. 1069 00:39:36,808 --> 00:39:37,776 He killed Rebecca! 1070 00:39:37,809 --> 00:39:39,110 I didn't do anything to her, 1071 00:39:39,144 --> 00:39:40,111 I swear! 1072 00:39:40,145 --> 00:39:41,112 Tell him what you did 1073 00:39:41,146 --> 00:39:42,614 or I'll blow your head off! 1074 00:39:43,982 --> 00:39:47,018 All right. 1075 00:39:47,052 --> 00:39:49,421 I killed her. 1076 00:39:49,455 --> 00:39:50,789 Why? 1077 00:39:53,792 --> 00:39:55,627 What'd she do to you? 1078 00:39:55,661 --> 00:39:56,728 I loved her, 1079 00:39:56,762 --> 00:40:00,098 but she told me she was marrying you. 1080 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,670 I went to her apartment, 1081 00:40:04,703 --> 00:40:06,505 gave her one last chance. 1082 00:40:08,607 --> 00:40:09,975 She blew it. 1083 00:40:10,008 --> 00:40:11,009 You're dead. 1084 00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:12,778 Put the gun down. 1085 00:40:12,811 --> 00:40:14,646 You got your confession. 1086 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,214 You shoot him, you're dead. 1087 00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:18,817 You kill him, you lose your daughter, too. 1088 00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:20,786 Gabrielle's better off without me. 1089 00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:21,887 She came to see me. 1090 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,789 She begged me to bring you home. 1091 00:40:23,822 --> 00:40:26,825 The only way I'm leaving here is in a body bag. 1092 00:40:26,858 --> 00:40:28,093 Not if you let him live. 1093 00:40:28,126 --> 00:40:29,761 He confessed to murder. 1094 00:40:29,795 --> 00:40:31,763 He's finished. 1095 00:40:31,797 --> 00:40:34,733 Let me help you. 1096 00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:35,901 Nobody can help me. 1097 00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:38,136 You're still thinking like a junkie. 1098 00:40:38,169 --> 00:40:41,907 Fine. Go ahead, kill him. 1099 00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:45,110 Show me you're still a murderer too. 1100 00:41:01,159 --> 00:41:02,661 Gun! 1101 00:41:13,639 --> 00:41:15,106 Swat leader to all teams. 1102 00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:16,207 Stand down. We are code four. 1103 00:41:32,057 --> 00:41:33,258 Let's go see your daughter. 1104 00:41:33,291 --> 00:41:36,928 Captioning sponsored by UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION 1105 00:41:36,962 --> 00:41:38,664 and NBC 1106 00:41:38,697 --> 00:41:42,734 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org