1 00:00:03,786 --> 00:00:04,178 . 2 00:00:04,221 --> 00:00:05,918 - In the criminal justice system, 3 00:00:05,962 --> 00:00:07,224 sexually based offenses 4 00:00:07,268 --> 00:00:09,487 are considered especially heinous. 5 00:00:09,531 --> 00:00:12,099 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 6 00:00:12,142 --> 00:00:13,883 who investigate these vicious felonies 7 00:00:13,926 --> 00:00:15,319 are members of an elite squad 8 00:00:15,363 --> 00:00:17,147 known as the Special Victims Unit. 9 00:00:17,191 --> 00:00:18,801 These are their stories. 10 00:00:21,195 --> 00:00:23,240 - All right, listen up. 11 00:00:23,284 --> 00:00:24,894 We're looking for Aretha Green-- 12 00:00:24,937 --> 00:00:29,464 13 years old, 5 feet tall, brown hair, brown eyes, 13 00:00:29,507 --> 00:00:31,640 last seen wearing a pink shirt and overalls 14 00:00:31,683 --> 00:00:35,122 entering the park at 110th Street, 1930 yesterday. 15 00:00:35,165 --> 00:00:37,254 I want horizontal and vertical lines. 16 00:00:37,298 --> 00:00:39,474 If you get into the brambles, move in twos. 17 00:00:39,517 --> 00:00:41,867 Report back once you've cleared your grid. 18 00:00:41,911 --> 00:00:42,868 Now let's move out. 19 00:00:42,912 --> 00:00:45,871 [dramatic music] 20 00:00:45,915 --> 00:00:48,135 ♪ 21 00:00:48,178 --> 00:00:51,834 - Missing almost 14 hours now. You think we'll find her, sir? 22 00:00:51,877 --> 00:00:54,054 - Something you should get used to, Garland. 23 00:00:54,097 --> 00:00:56,969 We find old men and toddlers. 24 00:00:57,013 --> 00:01:00,451 Kids this age don't get found. 25 00:01:00,495 --> 00:01:03,193 It's either solved or it isn't. 26 00:01:03,237 --> 00:01:06,153 [device beeps] 27 00:01:06,196 --> 00:01:08,285 - Mannox, 10-2 the command post. 28 00:01:08,329 --> 00:01:09,982 Take your guys to the mobilization point 29 00:01:10,026 --> 00:01:11,897 at Broadway and Fulton. 30 00:01:11,941 --> 00:01:13,073 - We're in the middle of a grid search here. 31 00:01:13,116 --> 00:01:14,552 What's going on? 32 00:01:14,596 --> 00:01:16,685 - Something happened at the World Trade Center. 33 00:01:16,728 --> 00:01:19,383 We're getting reports that a Cessna hit the North Tower. 34 00:01:21,777 --> 00:01:24,780 - 10-4. We gotta go. 35 00:01:24,823 --> 00:01:31,613 ♪ 36 00:01:31,656 --> 00:01:33,571 - Some kid was using a magnetic rod with a net, 37 00:01:33,615 --> 00:01:36,966 fishing for coins, ended up pulling up phalanges. 38 00:01:37,009 --> 00:01:38,750 It's the finger bone. 39 00:01:38,794 --> 00:01:40,230 - I know what it is. 40 00:01:40,274 --> 00:01:42,667 Forensic archaeologist already confirmed it's human. 41 00:01:42,711 --> 00:01:43,973 - That's when we sent the divers in, 42 00:01:44,016 --> 00:01:44,974 called you guys. 43 00:01:45,017 --> 00:01:52,112 ♪ 44 00:01:55,985 --> 00:01:58,292 - Jesus. 45 00:01:58,335 --> 00:01:59,249 Get this to the morgue. - Yes, sir. 46 00:01:59,293 --> 00:02:06,430 ♪ 47 00:02:08,302 --> 00:02:11,653 [tense music] 48 00:02:11,696 --> 00:02:18,312 ♪ 49 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:38,506 - Baby? You in the bathroom? 50 00:02:41,291 --> 00:02:44,816 Hello? Kendall? 51 00:02:44,860 --> 00:02:47,993 $850,000 worth of watches, gone, 52 00:02:48,037 --> 00:02:50,300 and they were all right here before I went out last night. 53 00:02:50,344 --> 00:02:51,562 - What about when you got back? 54 00:02:51,606 --> 00:02:53,042 - I didn't think to check. 55 00:02:53,085 --> 00:02:56,001 - And you said your girlfriend was with you, 56 00:02:56,045 --> 00:02:57,133 Kendall Vance? 57 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:58,830 - She probably went back to her dorm. 58 00:02:58,874 --> 00:02:59,962 - Her dorm? 59 00:03:00,005 --> 00:03:02,094 - On University and 8th. She goes to NYU. 60 00:03:02,138 --> 00:03:04,053 - Can you send me her info? 61 00:03:04,096 --> 00:03:06,011 - Just dropped you her card, but she has a test today, 62 00:03:06,055 --> 00:03:08,318 so she's not picking up. - How did you two meet? 63 00:03:08,362 --> 00:03:10,625 - SugarBabyz website. - I see. 64 00:03:10,668 --> 00:03:12,757 So you have an arrangement. 65 00:03:12,801 --> 00:03:14,846 - I don't like what you're implying. 66 00:03:14,890 --> 00:03:17,719 We're in a very committed relationship. 67 00:03:17,762 --> 00:03:19,460 Okay, sometimes, I help her out 68 00:03:19,503 --> 00:03:21,940 with tuition or books. So what? 69 00:03:21,984 --> 00:03:23,855 - A detective from my squad is reaching out 70 00:03:23,899 --> 00:03:26,858 to the registrar's office at NYU to try and locate her. 71 00:03:26,902 --> 00:03:29,121 - She wants to be a singer-- Broadway. 72 00:03:29,165 --> 00:03:32,429 - That's great, Mr. Mazdani. 73 00:03:32,473 --> 00:03:34,562 Hey, for what it's worth, 74 00:03:34,605 --> 00:03:37,826 no one by that name is registered at NYU. 75 00:03:37,869 --> 00:03:39,262 - Are you sure? 76 00:03:39,306 --> 00:03:40,698 She's never lied to me. 77 00:03:40,742 --> 00:03:43,658 She's sweet, fragile like an injured fawn. 78 00:03:43,701 --> 00:03:46,356 She'd been sexually assaulted. 79 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,011 - When? - A year ago. 80 00:03:49,054 --> 00:03:51,361 I was helping her get over it. 81 00:03:51,405 --> 00:03:53,885 - Did she keep anything here at the condo? 82 00:03:53,929 --> 00:03:56,018 - Maybe a toothbrush in the bathroom. 83 00:03:56,061 --> 00:03:58,977 [suspenseful music] 84 00:03:59,021 --> 00:04:02,067 ♪ 85 00:04:02,111 --> 00:04:05,897 - Check for prints. Swab this for DNA. 86 00:04:07,725 --> 00:04:11,076 - Earlier today, police divers searching the Harlem Meer 87 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,732 in Central Park recovered the skeletal remains 88 00:04:14,776 --> 00:04:19,998 of a young female approximately 12-13 years old. 89 00:04:20,042 --> 00:04:21,043 - We have dinner reservations 90 00:04:21,086 --> 00:04:23,915 at Three Broomsticks in an hour. 91 00:04:23,959 --> 00:04:26,396 Abby's changed her outfit three times already. 92 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,485 - [laughs] Of course she has. 93 00:04:28,529 --> 00:04:32,533 I'm okay like this? - Yeah, you look great. 94 00:04:32,576 --> 00:04:35,318 - Investigators still don't know how long 95 00:04:35,362 --> 00:04:37,277 her body has been in the water. 96 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:43,326 ♪ 97 00:04:43,370 --> 00:04:46,198 - Yeah, that's Kendall. 98 00:04:46,242 --> 00:04:47,417 - Eyval. 99 00:04:47,461 --> 00:04:49,071 - You speak Farsi? 100 00:04:49,114 --> 00:04:51,465 - It's a long story. 101 00:04:51,508 --> 00:04:53,510 - You really found the watches on her? 102 00:04:53,554 --> 00:04:55,295 I thought she liked me. 103 00:04:55,338 --> 00:04:57,209 - In her own way. 104 00:04:57,253 --> 00:04:58,820 The officer will see you out. 105 00:05:01,649 --> 00:05:04,086 - My client was living under an assumed name. 106 00:05:04,129 --> 00:05:05,435 Can I ask how you found her? 107 00:05:05,479 --> 00:05:07,437 - You've got bigger problems, Counselor. 108 00:05:07,481 --> 00:05:08,917 She's looking at grand larceny. 109 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:10,788 I advise you get her to confess. 110 00:05:10,832 --> 00:05:13,878 She pleads this out, she might not even do time. 111 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:17,186 - Chief. 112 00:05:17,229 --> 00:05:19,406 - Hey. [laughs] 113 00:05:19,449 --> 00:05:20,494 Thank you for meeting me. 114 00:05:20,537 --> 00:05:22,626 - Oh, so nice to hear from you. 115 00:05:22,670 --> 00:05:25,107 How've you been? How's the family? 116 00:05:25,150 --> 00:05:28,328 - Just got back from a week in Orlando. 117 00:05:28,371 --> 00:05:31,026 Made me long for the halcyon days of CompStat meetings. 118 00:05:31,069 --> 00:05:34,072 - [laughs] I bet. 119 00:05:34,116 --> 00:05:36,379 But you said-- you said that you had a case 120 00:05:36,423 --> 00:05:38,642 that you needed help with? 121 00:05:38,686 --> 00:05:40,035 - You heard about the body in the Meer? 122 00:05:40,078 --> 00:05:43,473 - Yeah, young girl. Just horrible. 123 00:05:43,517 --> 00:05:45,910 - It is. Take a look at this. 124 00:05:49,044 --> 00:05:50,045 - Aretha Green. 125 00:05:50,088 --> 00:05:53,483 - She went missing 20 years ago. 126 00:05:53,527 --> 00:05:55,398 I think she's finally been found. 127 00:05:55,442 --> 00:06:01,404 ♪ 128 00:06:01,448 --> 00:06:04,320 [dramatic music] 129 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:11,458 ♪ 130 00:06:49,844 --> 00:06:51,889 She disappeared the day before 9/11. 131 00:06:51,933 --> 00:06:54,022 - You were working the case? You must've been a rookie. 132 00:06:54,065 --> 00:06:56,328 - Patrol officer, four months out of the academy. 133 00:06:56,372 --> 00:06:57,808 We were performing a grid search 134 00:06:57,852 --> 00:06:59,680 in and around the Harlem Meer the morning of the 11th. 135 00:06:59,723 --> 00:07:01,595 - Grid search that was never finished. 136 00:07:01,638 --> 00:07:04,685 - The investigation went dormant after the attacks. 137 00:07:04,728 --> 00:07:06,208 To this day, I still think about her mother. 138 00:07:06,251 --> 00:07:07,470 - I get that. 139 00:07:07,514 --> 00:07:10,560 But isn't this Homicide's case, Chief? 140 00:07:10,604 --> 00:07:11,692 - Whoa, whoa. 141 00:07:11,735 --> 00:07:13,563 Careful what you call me in here. 142 00:07:13,607 --> 00:07:14,869 We don't want the roof caving in. 143 00:07:14,912 --> 00:07:17,480 - Besides, he's about to get a new title: 144 00:07:17,524 --> 00:07:20,135 deputy mayor of the new administration. 145 00:07:20,178 --> 00:07:21,832 - Needless to say, 146 00:07:21,876 --> 00:07:23,704 any other department will see me as even more of an adversary 147 00:07:23,747 --> 00:07:24,879 than they did before. 148 00:07:24,922 --> 00:07:27,098 - Well, I will deal with Homicide. 149 00:07:27,142 --> 00:07:29,710 Are you still in touch with your old CO? 150 00:07:29,753 --> 00:07:32,234 - Carl Mannox was the duty captain in charge 151 00:07:32,277 --> 00:07:33,801 of the investigation. 152 00:07:33,844 --> 00:07:37,544 He's living in a retirement community now in Hempstead. 153 00:07:37,587 --> 00:07:39,981 Wasn't happy I made deputy chief. 154 00:07:40,024 --> 00:07:42,940 - So Rollins, Velasco, you two are lead on this. 155 00:07:42,984 --> 00:07:47,510 Take a ride out to Long Island, and not on your motorcycle. 156 00:07:50,774 --> 00:07:52,036 - Who'd you say this was? 157 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:53,603 - Aretha Green. 158 00:07:53,647 --> 00:07:55,910 It was a missing persons case that you were the lead on. 159 00:07:55,953 --> 00:07:57,302 - You know how many cases like this I saw 160 00:07:57,346 --> 00:07:58,565 in 35 years on the force? 161 00:07:58,608 --> 00:08:02,525 - She disappeared on September 10, 2001. 162 00:08:02,569 --> 00:08:04,745 - Christ on a raft, that's right. 163 00:08:04,788 --> 00:08:06,877 We were looking for her when the planes hit. 164 00:08:06,921 --> 00:08:09,924 - You took the initial report, right? 165 00:08:09,967 --> 00:08:13,580 - It's got my signature on it. Yeah, I remember now. 166 00:08:13,623 --> 00:08:15,016 Mother was frantic. 167 00:08:15,059 --> 00:08:16,757 Daughter left her scooter in the park. 168 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,411 She went out to get it, never came home. 169 00:08:19,455 --> 00:08:20,935 Seemed like a nerdy kid. 170 00:08:20,978 --> 00:08:22,284 You know, not somebody who would ever get 171 00:08:22,327 --> 00:08:24,286 into any trouble. - You initiated a grid search, 172 00:08:24,329 --> 00:08:25,548 and then the Towers fell, 173 00:08:25,592 --> 00:08:26,984 and it just got put on the back burner? 174 00:08:27,028 --> 00:08:29,509 - More like pushed off the stove. 175 00:08:29,552 --> 00:08:30,771 There was before and there was after, 176 00:08:30,814 --> 00:08:34,514 but during-- so many tragedies unsolved. 177 00:08:34,557 --> 00:08:36,341 - Did the family ever try to contact you? 178 00:08:36,385 --> 00:08:40,128 - Yeah, every day for months, her mother would call. 179 00:08:40,171 --> 00:08:42,217 She was a nurse. 180 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:45,002 Good people, but what could I tell her? 181 00:08:45,046 --> 00:08:47,048 I had no leads. 182 00:08:47,091 --> 00:08:50,530 We're pulling bodies out of the rubble from dawn till dusk. 183 00:08:50,573 --> 00:08:52,575 - I can't even imagine. 184 00:08:52,619 --> 00:08:56,666 - You were too young, but guys my age who were down there 185 00:08:56,710 --> 00:09:00,322 lost a lot more since 9/11 than on it. 186 00:09:00,365 --> 00:09:01,584 Nobody got off scot-free, 187 00:09:01,628 --> 00:09:06,894 but some of us were luckier than others. 188 00:09:06,937 --> 00:09:11,594 Diagnosed lung cancer 2016, and I'm still here. 189 00:09:11,638 --> 00:09:13,553 [somber music] 190 00:09:13,596 --> 00:09:15,598 So why are you reopening the case? 191 00:09:15,642 --> 00:09:16,643 - You didn't hear about the body 192 00:09:16,686 --> 00:09:18,906 they found in Central Park? 193 00:09:18,949 --> 00:09:20,690 - I don't keep up with that stuff anymore. 194 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:24,041 They think it's Aretha? 195 00:09:24,085 --> 00:09:29,656 ♪ 196 00:09:29,699 --> 00:09:31,266 I hope you see it through. 197 00:09:33,790 --> 00:09:35,749 If you see the mother, tell her I'm sorry. 198 00:09:40,014 --> 00:09:42,494 - What are you doing on Long Island? 199 00:09:42,538 --> 00:09:44,627 The girl from the Meer? Geez. 200 00:09:44,671 --> 00:09:46,237 Yeah, well, let me know. I can help. 201 00:09:46,281 --> 00:09:47,325 See you tonight. 202 00:09:47,369 --> 00:09:49,240 I'm gonna make falafel. Bye. 203 00:09:49,284 --> 00:09:50,677 - Mr. Carisi, do you have a minute? 204 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:51,939 - Ms. Miglani, what can I do for you? 205 00:09:51,982 --> 00:09:53,114 - I have a client who was picked up 206 00:09:53,157 --> 00:09:55,507 by Major Case last night, grand larceny. 207 00:09:55,551 --> 00:09:56,726 - Okay. 208 00:09:56,770 --> 00:09:58,249 - Here's the thing, the guy she robbed 209 00:09:58,293 --> 00:10:00,251 didn't know her real name, number, address, 210 00:10:00,295 --> 00:10:02,210 but somehow, Major Case made the ID. 211 00:10:02,253 --> 00:10:04,821 They won't tell me how. - That's not really my purview. 212 00:10:04,865 --> 00:10:07,084 - No, but you know the client. 213 00:10:07,128 --> 00:10:10,653 She was one of Henry Mesner's first victims last year. 214 00:10:10,697 --> 00:10:13,787 The psycho who speared you in the ear. 215 00:10:13,830 --> 00:10:16,224 - Yeah, I remember Henry. 216 00:10:16,267 --> 00:10:18,052 Which victim? 217 00:10:18,095 --> 00:10:22,578 - Libby Blandon? That was a brutal assault. 218 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:24,972 Her mother was Henry's psychiatrist. 219 00:10:25,015 --> 00:10:26,321 Didn't Libby go back to school? 220 00:10:26,364 --> 00:10:28,062 - She dropped out, and now she's fleecing 221 00:10:28,105 --> 00:10:29,803 rich guys for six-figure watches, allegedly. 222 00:10:29,846 --> 00:10:32,283 - Oh, that's too bad. 223 00:10:32,327 --> 00:10:33,415 Wouldn't be the first victim 224 00:10:33,458 --> 00:10:35,678 that we saw unravel after an assault, 225 00:10:35,722 --> 00:10:37,898 especially one like that. 226 00:10:37,941 --> 00:10:40,248 So what can we do? - I'm not sure. 227 00:10:40,291 --> 00:10:42,990 Her lawyer, Miglani, says that the sugar daddy Libby robbed 228 00:10:43,033 --> 00:10:44,382 wouldn't have been able to ID her. 229 00:10:44,426 --> 00:10:46,733 She used a burner cell, fake name, but Major Case 230 00:10:46,776 --> 00:10:48,169 was still able to arrest her 231 00:10:48,212 --> 00:10:50,084 less than 12 hours after the initial report. 232 00:10:50,127 --> 00:10:52,086 - So how did they find her? - Major Case isn't saying. 233 00:10:52,129 --> 00:10:53,653 They somehow rused the mother into calling her. 234 00:10:53,696 --> 00:10:54,871 But here's the thing, 235 00:10:54,915 --> 00:10:57,265 Miglani overheard one of the detectives say 236 00:10:57,308 --> 00:10:58,832 that they didn't need to get Libby's DNA 237 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:01,443 because they already had it. - Her DNA was in the system? 238 00:11:01,486 --> 00:11:03,053 Has she been arrested since the assault? 239 00:11:03,097 --> 00:11:04,968 - Not in New York, not in CODIS. 240 00:11:05,012 --> 00:11:06,753 - Another city? Maybe another state? 241 00:11:06,796 --> 00:11:08,842 But that'd be fast. - Very. 242 00:11:08,885 --> 00:11:11,627 She's already pled not guilty, been ROR'd. 243 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,629 - Okay, well, after everything that Libby's been through, 244 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:14,761 she needs an advocate. 245 00:11:14,804 --> 00:11:18,025 So how do I reach her? 246 00:11:18,068 --> 00:11:20,592 - The girl from the Meer-- you got something for us, Doc? 247 00:11:20,636 --> 00:11:22,638 - Yes and no. 248 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:25,336 Still working up the genetic profile. 249 00:11:25,380 --> 00:11:28,383 I'll throw it up against the next-of-kin database, 250 00:11:28,426 --> 00:11:31,647 or if you think you can procure an antemortem exemplar-- 251 00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:33,605 - We'll take care of that. So we know manner was homicide. 252 00:11:33,649 --> 00:11:34,781 Cause? 253 00:11:34,824 --> 00:11:37,653 - Can't definitively determine that. 254 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,481 Maybe fractured skull. 255 00:11:39,524 --> 00:11:41,483 Any other indicators washed away long ago. 256 00:11:41,526 --> 00:11:43,746 - Can you tell when she went in the water? 257 00:11:43,790 --> 00:11:46,140 - More than a year ago, less than 25. 258 00:11:46,183 --> 00:11:47,532 Triangulating the post-mortem interval's 259 00:11:47,576 --> 00:11:49,056 gonna take some time. 260 00:11:49,099 --> 00:11:53,321 The good news is, we have a treasure trove of metadata: 261 00:11:53,364 --> 00:11:57,325 overalls, sneaker soles, this watch band. 262 00:11:57,368 --> 00:11:58,587 We'll narrow it down. 263 00:11:58,630 --> 00:11:59,675 - So you think she could've been down there 264 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:02,330 since September 2001? - It's possible. 265 00:12:02,373 --> 00:12:04,158 Oh. 266 00:12:04,201 --> 00:12:07,291 One other thing. 267 00:12:07,335 --> 00:12:09,859 This smaller pile-- 268 00:12:09,903 --> 00:12:12,819 fetal bones. 269 00:12:12,862 --> 00:12:15,909 About 20, 24 weeks based on the density. 270 00:12:15,952 --> 00:12:17,911 - Fetal bones? 271 00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:22,350 - She was pregnant. 272 00:12:22,393 --> 00:12:27,094 ♪ 273 00:12:30,706 --> 00:12:30,880 . 274 00:12:30,924 --> 00:12:32,926 - Those scooters were all the rage. 275 00:12:32,969 --> 00:12:34,362 Aretha never left the house without it. 276 00:12:34,405 --> 00:12:36,625 - No, she did not. 277 00:12:36,668 --> 00:12:39,454 - I let my granddaughter go out looking for it. 278 00:12:39,497 --> 00:12:41,456 I don't suppose I'll ever forgive myself. 279 00:12:41,499 --> 00:12:43,937 - That's enough of that now, Dad. 280 00:12:43,980 --> 00:12:45,286 You have to forgive us some. 281 00:12:45,329 --> 00:12:46,983 We haven't had anybody comin' around 282 00:12:47,027 --> 00:12:49,246 asking about Aretha in years. 283 00:12:49,290 --> 00:12:50,813 - A mistake we're here to remedy. 284 00:12:50,857 --> 00:12:53,163 - This about that girl in Central Park? 285 00:12:53,207 --> 00:12:55,122 It's not her, is it? - We're not sure. 286 00:12:55,165 --> 00:12:56,340 The medical examiner 287 00:12:56,384 --> 00:12:58,342 still needs to make an identification. 288 00:12:58,386 --> 00:13:02,564 - She was wearing overalls, blue ones. 289 00:13:02,607 --> 00:13:08,091 - They did find overalls and a watch. 290 00:13:08,135 --> 00:13:10,398 Do you recognize that? 291 00:13:10,441 --> 00:13:11,878 - I gave her a watch that looked just like that 292 00:13:11,921 --> 00:13:13,270 for a good report card. 293 00:13:13,314 --> 00:13:17,144 [somber music] 294 00:13:17,187 --> 00:13:18,667 Who did this to my baby? 295 00:13:18,710 --> 00:13:19,886 - We are still working this case. 296 00:13:19,929 --> 00:13:22,105 But the first step is, we need to make sure 297 00:13:22,149 --> 00:13:24,238 that this is definitely your daughter. 298 00:13:24,281 --> 00:13:25,848 - I don't understand. 299 00:13:25,892 --> 00:13:27,676 - We can make a DNA match through you, 300 00:13:27,719 --> 00:13:29,678 but it'd be easier if you could give us something 301 00:13:29,721 --> 00:13:31,071 of Aretha's to compare it to. 302 00:13:31,114 --> 00:13:33,073 - Something with her DNA on it. 303 00:13:33,116 --> 00:13:34,335 - I can do that. 304 00:13:38,556 --> 00:13:40,080 I always thought she had run away. 305 00:13:40,123 --> 00:13:41,864 You know, she'd been depressed the last few weeks, 306 00:13:41,908 --> 00:13:44,867 and I thought maybe I did something wrong. 307 00:13:44,911 --> 00:13:49,959 But I hoped, you know, someday, she'd forgive me, come home. 308 00:13:50,003 --> 00:13:51,918 I couldn't keep her room the same, you know, 309 00:13:51,961 --> 00:13:55,399 like a little girl's room. 310 00:13:55,443 --> 00:13:57,532 Grief isn't meant to stay fixed, it's-- 311 00:13:57,575 --> 00:14:00,578 - Unstuck from time. - Yeah. 312 00:14:00,622 --> 00:14:04,147 But I kept a few things: her baby teeth. 313 00:14:04,191 --> 00:14:05,801 will that work? 314 00:14:08,804 --> 00:14:09,892 - Yeah. 315 00:14:12,068 --> 00:14:13,983 - I haven't spoken to my mother in months. 316 00:14:14,027 --> 00:14:16,159 She kept blaming herself for what happened. 317 00:14:16,203 --> 00:14:18,640 She said it so many times that I started to believe her. 318 00:14:18,683 --> 00:14:22,209 - Okay, but she was still able to contact you? 319 00:14:22,252 --> 00:14:24,037 - Yeah, in case of emergency. 320 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,865 So when her receptionist called 321 00:14:25,908 --> 00:14:27,475 and said to get to the office right away, 322 00:14:27,518 --> 00:14:29,042 I thought something terrible had happened. 323 00:14:29,085 --> 00:14:31,000 - That's where the police were waiting to arrest you? 324 00:14:31,044 --> 00:14:32,784 - The first of many questionable tactics. 325 00:14:32,828 --> 00:14:35,570 - But it still doesn't explain how they were able to ID you 326 00:14:35,613 --> 00:14:38,529 and why your DNA was already in the system. 327 00:14:38,573 --> 00:14:40,923 - Have you ever been arrested before--as a juvenile? 328 00:14:40,967 --> 00:14:43,143 - No, first-timer. 329 00:14:43,186 --> 00:14:45,928 - Is it possible that somebody else at the SugarBabyz website 330 00:14:45,972 --> 00:14:47,234 knew your real ID? 331 00:14:47,277 --> 00:14:48,757 - After what happened to me, 332 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,934 I didn't want to be Libby anymore. 333 00:14:51,978 --> 00:14:54,850 I had a different identity for everyone I dated. 334 00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,504 - Okay. 335 00:14:56,547 --> 00:14:58,245 - It's not like I made a habit of this. 336 00:14:58,288 --> 00:15:00,073 I just wanted to feel taken care of, 337 00:15:00,116 --> 00:15:01,988 and Bijan was safe. 338 00:15:02,031 --> 00:15:03,946 I should've never taken the watches. 339 00:15:03,990 --> 00:15:06,514 - Okay, Libby, that's not why we're here. 340 00:15:06,557 --> 00:15:08,603 The point is, if her DNA 341 00:15:08,646 --> 00:15:10,692 was not legitimately in the system... 342 00:15:10,735 --> 00:15:13,564 - Could they have gotten it from a genealogical website? 343 00:15:13,608 --> 00:15:16,437 - No, the only time I ever gave anyone a sample 344 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,614 of my DNA was when SVU did my rape kit. 345 00:15:19,657 --> 00:15:22,791 [suspenseful music] 346 00:15:22,834 --> 00:15:26,447 ♪ 347 00:15:26,490 --> 00:15:27,796 - Thank you. 348 00:15:27,839 --> 00:15:31,756 Detective Szabo. Captain Benson, Manhattan SVU. 349 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,411 - I know who you are. Why are you here? 350 00:15:34,455 --> 00:15:36,544 - To talk to you about Libby Blandon. 351 00:15:36,587 --> 00:15:38,372 - Well, one squad's vic is another squad's perp. 352 00:15:38,415 --> 00:15:40,069 It happens. 353 00:15:40,113 --> 00:15:43,246 - So you do know that she was a victim of a brutal rape 354 00:15:43,290 --> 00:15:44,595 a year ago? 355 00:15:44,639 --> 00:15:47,511 - And you want me to ask the ADA for leniency? 356 00:15:47,555 --> 00:15:49,513 I already told her attorney if she confesses, 357 00:15:49,557 --> 00:15:51,559 the ADA would be open to a plea deal. 358 00:15:51,602 --> 00:15:53,430 - Well, that's actually not why I'm here. 359 00:15:53,474 --> 00:15:56,564 I was curious about how you ID'd her. 360 00:15:56,607 --> 00:15:58,479 - I didn't. The guy she robbed did-- 361 00:15:58,522 --> 00:15:59,828 made a corporeal ID. 362 00:15:59,871 --> 00:16:01,308 She couldn't even look him in the eye. 363 00:16:01,351 --> 00:16:04,311 - But how were you able to bring her in? 364 00:16:04,354 --> 00:16:07,705 She used a fake name, fake number, and fake address. 365 00:16:07,749 --> 00:16:10,708 But somehow, you managed to pick her up through her mother? 366 00:16:12,841 --> 00:16:14,843 - I respect the rank, Captain. 367 00:16:14,886 --> 00:16:16,105 But I don't come down to your shop 368 00:16:16,149 --> 00:16:17,846 and ask how you put your rapists in jail. 369 00:16:17,889 --> 00:16:20,240 - This doesn't have to be territorial. 370 00:16:20,283 --> 00:16:21,415 - Great. 371 00:16:21,458 --> 00:16:23,069 Then let's not make it that way. 372 00:16:23,112 --> 00:16:27,595 We're both on the same team just trying to solve our cases. 373 00:16:27,638 --> 00:16:30,337 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have DD5s to go over. 374 00:16:30,380 --> 00:16:34,645 ♪ 375 00:16:34,689 --> 00:16:36,038 - Hey, how'd it go with Major Case? 376 00:16:36,082 --> 00:16:38,649 - Oh, I made a new friend. - Not givin' in, huh? 377 00:16:38,693 --> 00:16:40,390 - Not even an inch. 378 00:16:40,434 --> 00:16:43,611 I mean, this one is a real ray of sunshine 379 00:16:43,654 --> 00:16:46,048 and extremely defensive. 380 00:16:48,094 --> 00:16:49,834 Carisi, do you think it's possible 381 00:16:49,878 --> 00:16:52,707 that she accessed Libby's rape kit to get the DNA? 382 00:16:52,750 --> 00:16:55,840 - Nah, the M.E.'s office is like its own fiefdom. 383 00:16:55,884 --> 00:16:57,407 There's procedures on the procedures 384 00:16:57,451 --> 00:16:58,930 on top of layers of protocol. 385 00:16:58,974 --> 00:17:02,891 For a cop to be allowed to access a victim's DNA 386 00:17:02,934 --> 00:17:05,024 in order to arrest her? That's inconceivable. 387 00:17:05,067 --> 00:17:07,243 - That's what I thought. 388 00:17:07,287 --> 00:17:10,812 I put a call to General Counsel at OCME anyway. 389 00:17:12,248 --> 00:17:14,859 - So the girl is definitely Aretha Green? 390 00:17:14,903 --> 00:17:17,079 - Yes. I was able to get a DNA match 391 00:17:17,123 --> 00:17:18,167 from the baby tooth. 392 00:17:18,211 --> 00:17:19,821 - Okay, we'll let the family know. 393 00:17:19,864 --> 00:17:23,216 - Something else that may be difficult to tell the family, 394 00:17:23,259 --> 00:17:28,830 but may help solve the murder. - What's that, Doctor? 395 00:17:28,873 --> 00:17:32,268 - I was able to pull a DNA profile from the fetal bones. 396 00:17:32,312 --> 00:17:34,140 It was a boy. 397 00:17:34,183 --> 00:17:35,924 Whoever the father is, he wasn't in CODIS, 398 00:17:35,967 --> 00:17:39,145 and he's a not familial match to Aretha. 399 00:17:39,188 --> 00:17:41,756 He was African American. - Not a lot to go on. 400 00:17:41,799 --> 00:17:44,846 - No, I wish there was more. 401 00:17:44,889 --> 00:17:48,371 But these bonds have told me as much as they can tell. 402 00:17:48,415 --> 00:17:49,807 Finding out who did this to her, 403 00:17:49,851 --> 00:17:52,071 that baton passes back to you. 404 00:17:54,682 --> 00:17:56,988 - It's her? 405 00:17:57,032 --> 00:18:00,079 - We are so sorry for your loss. 406 00:18:00,122 --> 00:18:02,168 - She's been in the water all this time? 407 00:18:04,431 --> 00:18:06,520 All alone? 408 00:18:06,563 --> 00:18:09,000 - We're gonna get through this, Cora. 409 00:18:09,044 --> 00:18:12,526 ♪ 410 00:18:12,569 --> 00:18:14,615 - I want my daughter's remains. 411 00:18:16,356 --> 00:18:18,097 I wanna bury her. 412 00:18:18,140 --> 00:18:19,663 Just put my baby to rest. 413 00:18:19,707 --> 00:18:22,840 - We'll arrange that as soon as we can. 414 00:18:22,884 --> 00:18:25,539 - There's something else, Ms. Green. 415 00:18:25,582 --> 00:18:28,585 Aretha was pregnant at the time she died. 416 00:18:28,629 --> 00:18:30,239 - I'm sorry? 417 00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:33,373 - She was more than five months. 418 00:18:33,416 --> 00:18:35,244 - No. - We have to ask, 419 00:18:35,288 --> 00:18:36,811 did you have any idea? 420 00:18:36,854 --> 00:18:39,466 - No. But that can't be true. 421 00:18:39,509 --> 00:18:41,468 - They must have got it wrong. 422 00:18:41,511 --> 00:18:44,297 - It's not the kind of thing a doctor gets wrong, Mr. Green. 423 00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:46,168 He found fetal bones of a boy. 424 00:18:46,212 --> 00:18:48,649 - No, no, I can't hear-- that is not true. 425 00:18:48,692 --> 00:18:51,217 No, she was just a baby herself. 426 00:18:51,260 --> 00:18:52,653 Dad, would you tell them? 427 00:18:52,696 --> 00:18:55,917 - It's all right, Cora. I got you. 428 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,181 It's best that you just go now. 429 00:18:59,225 --> 00:19:01,183 - Of course. 430 00:19:01,227 --> 00:19:04,708 But at some point, we will need to speak with both of you. 431 00:19:04,752 --> 00:19:06,275 - Whoever got Aretha pregnant 432 00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:08,582 may also be responsible for her death. 433 00:19:08,625 --> 00:19:11,585 - I understand. Just not right now. 434 00:19:11,628 --> 00:19:18,679 ♪ 435 00:19:22,683 --> 00:19:23,074 . 436 00:19:23,118 --> 00:19:25,381 - As OCME's General Counsel, I can assure you there's no way 437 00:19:25,425 --> 00:19:26,730 that profile was accessed. 438 00:19:26,774 --> 00:19:29,472 Victim DNA is never uploaded to any database. 439 00:19:29,516 --> 00:19:31,213 - And yet, it was. 440 00:19:31,257 --> 00:19:35,043 - Harry, this is Captain Benson of SVU. 441 00:19:35,086 --> 00:19:36,349 - How can I help you? - Well, I'm trying 442 00:19:36,392 --> 00:19:39,656 to figure out how a rape victim's DNA profile 443 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:42,050 was accessed in a criminal investigation. 444 00:19:42,093 --> 00:19:45,140 - Libby Blandon, her profile was uploaded three days ago. 445 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:48,796 - Oh, that was a Major Case request. 446 00:19:48,839 --> 00:19:50,276 - Request for what, exactly? 447 00:19:50,319 --> 00:19:53,104 - They had DNA from a grand larceny suspect-- 448 00:19:53,148 --> 00:19:57,021 no ID, DNA wasn't in CODIS, not in our regular database-- 449 00:19:57,065 --> 00:20:00,764 - How did you decide to run that DNA 450 00:20:00,808 --> 00:20:02,462 against a rape victim's DNA? 451 00:20:02,505 --> 00:20:05,769 Did you have a name or a date of birth? 452 00:20:05,813 --> 00:20:07,945 - The detective was told 453 00:20:07,989 --> 00:20:10,209 she had been an assault vic in 2021, so I checked, 454 00:20:10,252 --> 00:20:13,081 found her case was active, trial pending. 455 00:20:13,124 --> 00:20:14,430 - Hold on. 456 00:20:14,474 --> 00:20:16,519 You ran DNA from a current crime scene 457 00:20:16,563 --> 00:20:18,173 against multiple rape victims' kits 458 00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:19,696 without checking with your supervisor? 459 00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:23,657 - It came from Major Case, not some precinct detective. 460 00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:24,832 It's not illegal. 461 00:20:24,875 --> 00:20:27,487 - Because it never occurred to anybody 462 00:20:27,530 --> 00:20:29,097 that they needed a law to prohibit it. 463 00:20:29,140 --> 00:20:32,274 This is completely unethical. 464 00:20:32,318 --> 00:20:34,363 - And totally against OCME's protocol. 465 00:20:34,407 --> 00:20:37,497 I am as stunned and appalled as you are, Captain. 466 00:20:37,540 --> 00:20:38,889 I promise you, we'll be launching 467 00:20:38,933 --> 00:20:40,021 an internal investigation. 468 00:20:40,064 --> 00:20:42,502 - Good, so will the DA's office. 469 00:20:42,545 --> 00:20:44,243 And please tell me that this is the first time 470 00:20:44,286 --> 00:20:46,027 that you've done this. 471 00:20:46,070 --> 00:20:48,638 [suspenseful music] 472 00:20:48,682 --> 00:20:51,032 - Thank you for coming in, Ms. Green. 473 00:20:51,075 --> 00:20:53,208 I know this is not easy. 474 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:54,601 - Keep going over this in my head. 475 00:20:54,644 --> 00:20:56,342 It still doesn't make any sense. 476 00:20:56,385 --> 00:20:57,778 - We just ask you to think back. 477 00:20:57,821 --> 00:20:59,693 You know, maybe Aretha had a boyfriend. 478 00:20:59,736 --> 00:21:02,870 - Aretha didn't have any boyfriends though. 479 00:21:02,913 --> 00:21:04,088 She was a good girl. 480 00:21:04,132 --> 00:21:05,699 - I'm sure she was. 481 00:21:05,742 --> 00:21:08,179 But sometimes, teenage girls keep things from their mothers. 482 00:21:08,223 --> 00:21:10,399 - No, my daughter was all about her studies. 483 00:21:10,443 --> 00:21:12,053 If she had a boyfriend, I would have known it. 484 00:21:12,096 --> 00:21:13,228 - Okay. 485 00:21:13,272 --> 00:21:14,360 But who looked after Aretha 486 00:21:14,403 --> 00:21:15,839 when you worked the night shift? 487 00:21:15,883 --> 00:21:17,537 - My father was there, 488 00:21:17,580 --> 00:21:19,190 and there is no way he would have ever tolerated 489 00:21:19,234 --> 00:21:21,149 any boys hanging around. 490 00:21:21,192 --> 00:21:24,413 - We watched the news all day. 491 00:21:24,457 --> 00:21:30,201 I remember thinking, "Is it possible Aretha went downtown, 492 00:21:30,245 --> 00:21:31,507 maybe to help?" 493 00:21:31,551 --> 00:21:35,337 - She had gone missing a day before. 494 00:21:35,381 --> 00:21:37,078 - That's right. 495 00:21:37,121 --> 00:21:41,648 - Has she ever taken off on her own, maybe to a friend's house? 496 00:21:41,691 --> 00:21:44,477 - She came straight home from school. 497 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,479 Cora was pretty strict about that. 498 00:21:46,522 --> 00:21:50,004 - And she never had friends over, like a boy from class? 499 00:21:50,047 --> 00:21:54,313 - Sometimes to study. 500 00:21:54,356 --> 00:21:56,924 But I was there. 501 00:21:56,967 --> 00:21:58,708 - You were always there? 502 00:21:58,752 --> 00:22:03,322 - Well, a man has to walk around once in a while 503 00:22:03,365 --> 00:22:05,062 to stretch his legs, doesn't he? 504 00:22:05,106 --> 00:22:07,238 - Sure. 505 00:22:07,282 --> 00:22:11,112 - But if I left the house, it was only when Red was there. 506 00:22:11,155 --> 00:22:13,767 In case, you know? 507 00:22:13,810 --> 00:22:17,292 - Uh, Red--Red, who? 508 00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:20,295 - I shouldn't say anymore. 509 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:22,384 I don't want Cora getting pissed off at me. 510 00:22:24,734 --> 00:22:27,911 - So Cora had a boyfriend? - According to her father. 511 00:22:27,955 --> 00:22:29,826 - He was alone in the house with Aretha. 512 00:22:29,870 --> 00:22:31,001 Cora never mentioned that. 513 00:22:31,045 --> 00:22:32,873 There's nothing in the police report. 514 00:22:32,916 --> 00:22:34,222 - Do the old man a favor 515 00:22:34,265 --> 00:22:37,138 and not let on he was the one who told us. 516 00:22:37,181 --> 00:22:38,531 - Who told you that? 517 00:22:38,574 --> 00:22:39,923 - Ms. Green, no one is judging you. 518 00:22:39,967 --> 00:22:43,187 All we want is to find out what happened to Aretha. 519 00:22:44,711 --> 00:22:47,757 - He would never-- - No one is saying that either. 520 00:22:47,801 --> 00:22:51,239 But maybe he saw something or heard something. 521 00:22:51,282 --> 00:22:54,285 - My baby is gone. 522 00:22:54,329 --> 00:22:57,332 What difference does any of this make? 523 00:22:57,376 --> 00:23:00,814 [somber music] 524 00:23:00,857 --> 00:23:02,206 She's not coming back. 525 00:23:04,513 --> 00:23:06,950 - I know it doesn't feel that way now. 526 00:23:06,994 --> 00:23:08,125 But I believe there's a reason 527 00:23:08,169 --> 00:23:10,780 we found Aretha after all these years. 528 00:23:10,824 --> 00:23:12,695 She wants us to know. 529 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,439 - Red was married. 530 00:23:17,483 --> 00:23:20,486 That's why I didn't mention it to the police. 531 00:23:20,529 --> 00:23:23,489 Why drag his family through all this-- 532 00:23:23,532 --> 00:23:26,405 hurt his wife more than we already had? 533 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:32,193 He was an X-ray technician. 534 00:23:32,236 --> 00:23:35,065 We worked at the hospital together, 535 00:23:35,109 --> 00:23:36,545 and after, um... 536 00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:42,943 He moved to Uniondale. 537 00:23:42,986 --> 00:23:44,292 He may still be there. 538 00:23:44,335 --> 00:23:47,208 ♪ 539 00:23:47,251 --> 00:23:48,949 - You've got to be kidding me. 540 00:23:48,992 --> 00:23:53,214 Six victims' profiles were accessed by the OCME 541 00:23:53,257 --> 00:23:55,129 in the past two years? 542 00:23:55,172 --> 00:23:56,522 I hope there were no convictions. 543 00:23:56,565 --> 00:23:58,175 - Well, so far, we've found two-- 544 00:23:58,219 --> 00:23:59,612 both Major Case. 545 00:23:59,655 --> 00:24:02,397 A male assault victim, nine years old at the time, 546 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:05,095 was picked up in the Bronx at 17 years old 547 00:24:05,139 --> 00:24:06,575 and convicted of carjacking. 548 00:24:06,619 --> 00:24:09,448 - And a female sex worker who was raped two years ago 549 00:24:09,491 --> 00:24:11,450 was recently convicted of forgery and wire fraud. 550 00:24:11,493 --> 00:24:13,408 - And our current case, Libby Blandon, 551 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:14,714 was raped a year ago, 552 00:24:14,757 --> 00:24:18,065 is now awaiting indictment on grand larceny. 553 00:24:18,108 --> 00:24:20,763 - And I take it the Major Case detective is not forthcoming? 554 00:24:20,807 --> 00:24:24,027 - [scoffs] Detective Szabo? No, not even a little. 555 00:24:24,071 --> 00:24:28,249 However, we did find out that all six breaches in the system 556 00:24:28,292 --> 00:24:31,731 were made by the same forensic biologist, Harry Kent, 557 00:24:31,774 --> 00:24:35,038 and each at the request of Detective Szabo. 558 00:24:35,082 --> 00:24:37,693 - Well, we all know what's going on here. 559 00:24:37,737 --> 00:24:43,177 - Look, Libby Blandon was raped and brutalized by Henry Mesner, 560 00:24:43,220 --> 00:24:46,528 and instead of standing trial, he managed to get himself 561 00:24:46,572 --> 00:24:48,443 back in that mental hospital. 562 00:24:48,487 --> 00:24:51,490 My guess is that Libby has been 563 00:24:51,533 --> 00:24:53,230 on a downward spiral ever since. 564 00:24:53,274 --> 00:24:55,276 - Libby's defense attorney can probably get the judge 565 00:24:55,319 --> 00:24:56,582 to throw the DNA out, 566 00:24:56,625 --> 00:24:58,845 but the problem is, there is corroboration 567 00:24:58,888 --> 00:25:02,022 that's not reliant on the DNA. The victim identified her. 568 00:25:02,065 --> 00:25:03,240 She was in possession of the stolen property. 569 00:25:03,284 --> 00:25:05,286 - And I don't care. 570 00:25:05,329 --> 00:25:07,070 We can't let this set a precedent. 571 00:25:07,114 --> 00:25:09,812 This whole case needs to be thrown out. 572 00:25:09,856 --> 00:25:13,599 - At a minimum, I will call the Queens DA. 573 00:25:13,642 --> 00:25:16,819 Although I wish it was any other borough. 574 00:25:19,169 --> 00:25:20,431 - Heard they found Aretha. 575 00:25:20,475 --> 00:25:22,912 Poor child. How's Cora? 576 00:25:22,956 --> 00:25:25,828 - She's struggling. - I could imagine. 577 00:25:25,872 --> 00:25:30,790 Damn, I wanted to reach out, but I'm still married. 578 00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:32,618 - How long were you and Cora together? 579 00:25:32,661 --> 00:25:36,535 - A few years, on and off, workplace romance. 580 00:25:36,578 --> 00:25:39,494 After Aretha went missing, and then 9/11, 581 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:41,627 I had to get my life in order. 582 00:25:41,670 --> 00:25:43,237 Moved my family and job out here. 583 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,239 - Right, but you did know Aretha? 584 00:25:45,282 --> 00:25:46,849 - Of course. Smart girl. 585 00:25:46,893 --> 00:25:49,635 I used to help her with her science homework. 586 00:25:49,678 --> 00:25:51,767 She wanted to be a doctor. 587 00:25:51,811 --> 00:25:53,639 - So you two spent time alone together? 588 00:25:53,682 --> 00:25:56,032 - Sometimes, if Cora had a late shift, 589 00:25:56,076 --> 00:25:59,688 and her father needed a break or had a doctor's appointment. 590 00:25:59,732 --> 00:26:01,777 Coleman had the diabetes. He still alive? 591 00:26:01,821 --> 00:26:03,039 - He is. Mr. Washington, 592 00:26:03,083 --> 00:26:05,607 do you recall if Aretha had a boyfriend? 593 00:26:05,651 --> 00:26:07,348 - No. I wish I could help you. 594 00:26:07,391 --> 00:26:10,307 But that girl was all about schoolwork. 595 00:26:10,351 --> 00:26:11,744 Always figured it had to be a stranger. 596 00:26:11,787 --> 00:26:13,833 - Maybe, but we're still working the case, 597 00:26:13,876 --> 00:26:16,052 talking to anyone who had contact with Aretha. 598 00:26:16,096 --> 00:26:17,401 - And getting DNA. 599 00:26:19,229 --> 00:26:22,842 - You asking me for mine? - Is that a problem? 600 00:26:22,885 --> 00:26:24,844 - Is there any way my wife and kids hear about this? 601 00:26:24,887 --> 00:26:27,107 - No, they don't need to know. 602 00:26:27,150 --> 00:26:32,373 - Okay, that's fine, then. I can come in. 603 00:26:32,416 --> 00:26:35,942 When you talk to Cora, you can let her know my heart goes out. 604 00:26:35,985 --> 00:26:38,988 I haven't stopped thinking about her or Nina. 605 00:26:39,032 --> 00:26:42,252 - Nina? - Aretha's little sister. 606 00:26:42,296 --> 00:26:44,777 I guess she'd be almost 30 by now. 607 00:26:44,820 --> 00:26:46,517 Wait, you haven't talked to her? 608 00:26:46,561 --> 00:26:48,389 [suspenseful music] 609 00:26:48,432 --> 00:26:50,478 - Aretha had a sister, 610 00:26:50,521 --> 00:26:52,915 and the mother never mentioned it? 611 00:26:52,959 --> 00:26:54,264 Okay. 612 00:26:54,308 --> 00:26:56,092 Well, sometimes it's not about what they tell you. 613 00:26:56,136 --> 00:26:58,094 It's about what they don't tell you. 614 00:26:58,138 --> 00:26:59,661 Keep me posted. 615 00:26:59,705 --> 00:27:03,056 - You have some nerve, Captain. You're coming after me? 616 00:27:03,099 --> 00:27:05,406 - Excuse me? - I pick up a suspect 617 00:27:05,449 --> 00:27:07,713 on grand larceny in less than 12 hours, 618 00:27:07,756 --> 00:27:09,236 and all of a sudden, I'm getting harassed 619 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:11,499 by the DA's office, OCME, and-- 620 00:27:11,542 --> 00:27:13,544 thank God my captain has my back. 621 00:27:13,588 --> 00:27:15,416 - Oh, you're gonna need him, 622 00:27:15,459 --> 00:27:19,333 because not only was your behavior completely unethical, 623 00:27:19,376 --> 00:27:23,598 but you violated all NYPD's protocols about victim privacy. 624 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,253 - I am sorry Libby was raped. 625 00:27:26,296 --> 00:27:29,952 But that doesn't give her a free pass to break the law! 626 00:27:29,996 --> 00:27:31,388 - How many times have you done this? 627 00:27:31,432 --> 00:27:34,217 - Done what? Use DNA to solve a crime? 628 00:27:34,261 --> 00:27:37,743 - Do you have any idea how difficult it is 629 00:27:37,786 --> 00:27:40,006 to get a rape victim to come forward, 630 00:27:40,049 --> 00:27:41,224 let alone agree 631 00:27:41,268 --> 00:27:44,837 to the invasive trauma of a rape exam? 632 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,753 The minimum pact between us and them 633 00:27:47,796 --> 00:27:51,278 is that we don't use their DNA against them. 634 00:27:51,321 --> 00:27:53,541 - Tell that to the mother of a 25-year-old boy 635 00:27:53,584 --> 00:27:56,326 who was shot during a carjacking. 636 00:27:56,370 --> 00:28:03,116 - How 'bout you do your job by actually investigating 637 00:28:03,159 --> 00:28:08,121 or getting subpoenas instead of trading sexual favors 638 00:28:08,164 --> 00:28:10,689 for shortcuts to the DNA database? 639 00:28:10,732 --> 00:28:12,691 - You're scolding me for doing favors 640 00:28:12,734 --> 00:28:13,779 for people I'm involved with? 641 00:28:13,822 --> 00:28:15,737 That's rich! - I have never 642 00:28:15,781 --> 00:28:18,044 put a rape victim in jeopardy. 643 00:28:18,087 --> 00:28:19,828 - Oh, so you're some kind of saint? 644 00:28:19,872 --> 00:28:21,656 You've never put your finger on the scale 645 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,789 for a former partner or an IAB rat? 646 00:28:23,832 --> 00:28:26,313 - Get out of my office. - And you get out of my suit! 647 00:28:26,356 --> 00:28:27,967 - Get out now. 648 00:28:28,010 --> 00:28:29,751 Get out. 649 00:28:29,795 --> 00:28:33,189 ♪ 650 00:28:36,802 --> 00:28:37,193 . 651 00:28:37,237 --> 00:28:39,456 - Red asked about Nina? It's none of his business. 652 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:40,370 That why I never told the police 653 00:28:40,414 --> 00:28:41,937 about him in the first place. 654 00:28:41,981 --> 00:28:43,939 - And you never told police you had a younger daughter? 655 00:28:43,983 --> 00:28:45,332 - They never asked. 656 00:28:45,375 --> 00:28:47,203 - [scoffs] - After I called 911, 657 00:28:47,247 --> 00:28:49,423 I sent Nina to the neighbors. 658 00:28:49,466 --> 00:28:52,469 She was eight, crying over Aretha. 659 00:28:52,513 --> 00:28:54,036 I didn't want the police upsetting her even further. 660 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,473 - Cora did what she thought was right. 661 00:28:56,517 --> 00:28:59,259 - We understand that, but we need to speak with Nina. 662 00:28:59,302 --> 00:29:01,435 Where is she now? - God only knows. 663 00:29:01,478 --> 00:29:02,479 I don't. 664 00:29:02,523 --> 00:29:04,307 - Nina never got over her sister. 665 00:29:04,351 --> 00:29:07,310 She lost her faith. - She gave her faith to drugs-- 666 00:29:07,354 --> 00:29:09,356 chose a life on the street over her own family. 667 00:29:09,399 --> 00:29:10,966 - When was the last time you saw Nina? 668 00:29:11,010 --> 00:29:12,620 - Five years ago. 669 00:29:12,663 --> 00:29:15,318 She came around asking for money--again-- 670 00:29:15,362 --> 00:29:17,233 to put another hole in her arm. 671 00:29:17,277 --> 00:29:18,887 I told her, "Don't come around here anymore." 672 00:29:18,931 --> 00:29:20,367 I had already lost one daughter. 673 00:29:20,410 --> 00:29:23,500 I didn't want to watch the other one just fade away. 674 00:29:23,544 --> 00:29:26,765 - I'm so sorry. - Don't be. 675 00:29:26,808 --> 00:29:29,680 - I ran out of tears for her a long time ago. 676 00:29:29,724 --> 00:29:31,508 [suspenseful music] 677 00:29:31,552 --> 00:29:32,901 I always thought they'd find her body 678 00:29:32,945 --> 00:29:34,555 before they found Aretha's. 679 00:29:34,598 --> 00:29:39,168 ♪ 680 00:29:39,212 --> 00:29:41,431 - You get something on Nina Green? 681 00:29:41,475 --> 00:29:44,347 - Yeah, she racked up a lot of charges over the years. 682 00:29:44,391 --> 00:29:46,045 - Possession of a controlled substance, 683 00:29:46,088 --> 00:29:48,221 loitering, prostitution. Most recent? 684 00:29:48,264 --> 00:29:50,179 - January, prostitution and possession. 685 00:29:50,223 --> 00:29:51,267 - Is she still doing time? 686 00:29:51,311 --> 00:29:52,791 - No, she got parole last month. 687 00:29:52,834 --> 00:29:54,531 She's at a halfway house-- St. Bernadine's. 688 00:29:54,575 --> 00:29:55,924 Should we give 'em a call? - No. 689 00:29:55,968 --> 00:29:57,143 I don't want to spook her. It's better that we go 690 00:29:57,186 --> 00:29:58,405 in person. 691 00:30:00,755 --> 00:30:03,149 - Nina Green, yes, she's one of our residents, 692 00:30:03,192 --> 00:30:05,760 but she's not here now. - Where is she? 693 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:07,109 - I'm not sure. 694 00:30:07,153 --> 00:30:10,286 She's been doing real well working her program. 695 00:30:10,330 --> 00:30:13,855 Then this afternoon, her grandfather paid a visit. 696 00:30:13,899 --> 00:30:18,294 - Her grandfather? Did they go somewhere together? 697 00:30:18,338 --> 00:30:19,861 - I don't thinks so. 698 00:30:19,905 --> 00:30:23,169 He wasn't here long, but Nina was real upset afterwards. 699 00:30:23,212 --> 00:30:25,127 She didn't speak at all during group. 700 00:30:25,171 --> 00:30:28,130 She went out for a smoke and hasn't come back. 701 00:30:28,174 --> 00:30:29,784 - Do you have any idea where she went? 702 00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:34,397 - My fear--is to score. She wouldn't have to go far. 703 00:30:34,441 --> 00:30:37,139 Up until today, she's been a model resident. 704 00:30:37,183 --> 00:30:38,314 I hope you don't have to violate her. 705 00:30:38,358 --> 00:30:41,578 - That's not why we're here. 706 00:30:41,622 --> 00:30:44,581 If she comes back, tell her we need to talk with her, okay? 707 00:30:44,625 --> 00:30:47,541 It's important. It's about her sister, Aretha. 708 00:30:49,325 --> 00:30:51,240 - How does anyone still have my DNA? 709 00:30:51,284 --> 00:30:52,894 - Well, the DNA was never destroyed. 710 00:30:52,938 --> 00:30:55,114 The case is still open, pending Henry Mesner's trial. 711 00:30:55,157 --> 00:30:56,593 - Yeah, like that's ever gonna happen. 712 00:30:56,637 --> 00:30:58,552 - Libby, they're trying to help us. 713 00:30:58,595 --> 00:31:02,121 - I should just plead guilty. I did it. 714 00:31:02,164 --> 00:31:03,426 I don't wanna be like Henry, 715 00:31:03,470 --> 00:31:05,298 just playing the system to get off. 716 00:31:05,341 --> 00:31:07,474 - I agree. You should make restitution. 717 00:31:07,517 --> 00:31:10,085 But I'm not just looking out for you. 718 00:31:10,129 --> 00:31:12,958 Using DNA from a rape kit to prosecute 719 00:31:13,001 --> 00:31:17,266 sets a dangerous precedent for all rape victims. 720 00:31:17,310 --> 00:31:19,225 - You better hurry. The Queens grand jury 721 00:31:19,268 --> 00:31:21,662 just handed down an indictment. 722 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:27,842 - Libby Blandon, on the charge of grand larceny, 723 00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:29,365 in the second degree, how do you plead? 724 00:31:29,409 --> 00:31:30,758 - Not guilty, Your Honor. 725 00:31:30,801 --> 00:31:32,238 - The People are not requesting bail. 726 00:31:32,281 --> 00:31:33,674 - Good decision, 727 00:31:33,717 --> 00:31:36,242 especially since the charge is not bail-optional. 728 00:31:36,285 --> 00:31:38,766 Defendant is ROR pending a trial date. 729 00:31:38,809 --> 00:31:40,376 Let's take a five minute recess. 730 00:31:43,771 --> 00:31:45,338 - Detective Szabo. 731 00:31:45,381 --> 00:31:47,209 - This girl you were so worried about, 732 00:31:47,253 --> 00:31:49,298 she should have pled out. 733 00:31:49,342 --> 00:31:51,779 - You're the detective from Major Case. 734 00:31:51,822 --> 00:31:55,261 Lorraine Maxwell, head of the Manhattan trial division. 735 00:31:55,304 --> 00:31:57,045 - Of course. - You'll be hearing from us. 736 00:31:57,089 --> 00:32:01,397 The DA's office is reviewing all of your arrests. 737 00:32:01,441 --> 00:32:03,182 - Glad you have the time for that. 738 00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:10,319 - Lorraine Maxwell slumming in Queens. 739 00:32:10,363 --> 00:32:12,321 The U.S. Open isn't until August. 740 00:32:12,365 --> 00:32:13,714 - I'm not here for my health, Larry. 741 00:32:13,757 --> 00:32:16,108 This is Captain Benson from SVU. 742 00:32:16,151 --> 00:32:17,500 - To what do we owe the pleasure? 743 00:32:17,544 --> 00:32:19,198 - We have an interest in this case. 744 00:32:19,241 --> 00:32:21,069 We're having a hard time 745 00:32:21,113 --> 00:32:23,245 getting DA Drakos to call us back. 746 00:32:23,289 --> 00:32:24,681 - That's not the first time I've heard that. 747 00:32:24,725 --> 00:32:27,249 Want me to put in a call? - What'll it cost me? 748 00:32:27,293 --> 00:32:29,730 - A steak dinner in Manhattan. 749 00:32:33,473 --> 00:32:34,474 - I'm sorry, Lorraine. 750 00:32:34,517 --> 00:32:36,302 I must've missed your phone calls. 751 00:32:36,345 --> 00:32:38,521 I am assuming this is about the provenance 752 00:32:38,565 --> 00:32:40,349 of the DNA in the grand larceny case? 753 00:32:40,393 --> 00:32:42,047 - The provenance isn't in question. 754 00:32:42,090 --> 00:32:44,179 It came from a victim's rape kit. 755 00:32:44,223 --> 00:32:47,226 - Your victim was ID'd and indicted by a grand jury. 756 00:32:47,269 --> 00:32:48,618 What do you want me to do? 757 00:32:48,662 --> 00:32:51,578 - Well, you could start by dropping the case. 758 00:32:51,621 --> 00:32:53,623 - The woman is guilty of a felony. 759 00:32:53,667 --> 00:32:55,582 Look, if there was improper police procedures 760 00:32:55,625 --> 00:32:58,628 or OCME lapses then the NYPD can look into that, 761 00:32:58,672 --> 00:33:00,717 and her defense attorney can bring it up at trial. 762 00:33:00,761 --> 00:33:04,852 - The detective never should've had access to that DNA. 763 00:33:04,895 --> 00:33:07,289 - Any subsequent arrest and indictment 764 00:33:07,333 --> 00:33:10,945 stemming from that evidence is tainted. 765 00:33:10,989 --> 00:33:13,730 - Under what law? 766 00:33:13,774 --> 00:33:15,689 Look, I have nothing but sympathy for rape victims... 767 00:33:15,732 --> 00:33:17,212 - [scoffs] - But it doesn't give them 768 00:33:17,256 --> 00:33:19,345 a Get Out of Jail Free card. 769 00:33:19,388 --> 00:33:21,956 I drop this, where does it stop? 770 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,567 Murder? What message does that send? 771 00:33:24,611 --> 00:33:26,787 - What message? What message does it send 772 00:33:26,830 --> 00:33:29,398 to rape victims if they know that their DNA 773 00:33:29,442 --> 00:33:31,270 will be used against them? 774 00:33:31,313 --> 00:33:33,098 The chilling effect on reporting 775 00:33:33,141 --> 00:33:35,448 is gonna set us back decades. 776 00:33:35,491 --> 00:33:36,797 - Well then, instead of traipsing 777 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,887 all the way out to Queens and preaching to me, 778 00:33:39,930 --> 00:33:42,455 you should be fixing your problem with the OCME. 779 00:33:43,934 --> 00:33:45,980 - You should know that we're not dropping this. 780 00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:49,549 - And you should know that I'm not dropping this case. 781 00:33:49,592 --> 00:33:52,073 What are you gonna do? Go to the press? 782 00:33:52,117 --> 00:33:54,206 The Queens District Attorney's Office does not bow down 783 00:33:54,249 --> 00:33:55,642 to political pressure. 784 00:33:55,685 --> 00:33:58,427 - You're not on moral high ground here. 785 00:33:58,471 --> 00:34:00,299 This is quicksand. 786 00:34:00,342 --> 00:34:07,436 ♪ 787 00:34:14,878 --> 00:34:15,053 . 788 00:34:15,096 --> 00:34:16,097 - Hey. 789 00:34:21,276 --> 00:34:24,627 - I didn't do nothin'. - Oh, yeah? 790 00:34:24,671 --> 00:34:26,542 What's this? - A few dime bags. 791 00:34:26,586 --> 00:34:28,588 I'll be released in an hour. - Good point. 792 00:34:28,631 --> 00:34:33,114 We'll save you the trouble. You sell to this girl today? 793 00:34:33,158 --> 00:34:35,029 - She didn't have the cash, said she'd be back. 794 00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:36,248 - Where is she? 795 00:34:36,291 --> 00:34:38,946 - [scoffs] Selling what God gave her. 796 00:34:41,122 --> 00:34:42,558 - Go screw yourself. 797 00:34:44,778 --> 00:34:45,953 Son of a bitch! 798 00:34:48,303 --> 00:34:51,872 - Nina Green? - Are you kidding me? 799 00:34:51,915 --> 00:34:53,395 I was just giving that guy directions. 800 00:34:53,439 --> 00:34:55,789 - This is about your sister, Aretha. 801 00:34:55,832 --> 00:34:59,401 [suspenseful music] 802 00:34:59,445 --> 00:35:01,751 - My grandfather told me you found her. 803 00:35:01,795 --> 00:35:02,970 Didn't believe it-- 804 00:35:03,013 --> 00:35:06,016 I thought it was another one of his lies. 805 00:35:06,060 --> 00:35:08,715 - What other lies, Nina? 806 00:35:08,758 --> 00:35:10,760 - How much does my mother know? 807 00:35:10,804 --> 00:35:12,980 - She knows that Aretha was murdered 808 00:35:13,023 --> 00:35:14,329 and that she was pregnant. 809 00:35:17,027 --> 00:35:20,901 - Why would you tell her that? - You knew? 810 00:35:20,944 --> 00:35:22,816 - Aretha told me. 811 00:35:22,859 --> 00:35:25,340 But I never wanted my mom to find out. 812 00:35:25,384 --> 00:35:27,168 - Okay. 813 00:35:27,212 --> 00:35:28,996 - My grandfather said it would kill her. 814 00:35:30,998 --> 00:35:35,045 - Wait, how did he know? 815 00:35:37,657 --> 00:35:40,050 - So the grandfather's DNA was a match for the fetal bones? 816 00:35:40,094 --> 00:35:41,487 I thought the DNA ruled out family members. 817 00:35:41,530 --> 00:35:42,879 - It did. 818 00:35:42,923 --> 00:35:44,751 It never occurred to us that Coleman might not be 819 00:35:44,794 --> 00:35:46,013 Aretha's biological grandfather. 820 00:35:46,056 --> 00:35:47,797 - Oh, you think he knows? 821 00:35:47,841 --> 00:35:49,712 - The man's kept a lot of secrets for a long time. 822 00:35:49,756 --> 00:35:51,192 - Well, he refused a lawyer, so he's gotta know 823 00:35:51,236 --> 00:35:52,715 in some sense that this is over. 824 00:35:52,759 --> 00:35:54,587 You ready? - I am. 825 00:35:54,630 --> 00:35:56,023 - It's good to see you, by the way. 826 00:35:56,066 --> 00:35:58,852 I wish it were under better circumstances. 827 00:35:58,895 --> 00:36:02,203 - It's been some 50 years ago now. 828 00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:09,515 My girlfriend told me she was pregnant with Cora. 829 00:36:11,517 --> 00:36:14,172 I was a National Guard reservist-- 830 00:36:14,215 --> 00:36:16,957 out of town a lot. 831 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,741 I didn't think the baby could be mine. 832 00:36:18,785 --> 00:36:20,221 - But she told you it was. 833 00:36:20,265 --> 00:36:23,920 - She swore. I always had my doubts. 834 00:36:23,964 --> 00:36:28,708 But I did the right thing. I stepped up. 835 00:36:28,751 --> 00:36:30,666 I got married. 836 00:36:30,710 --> 00:36:34,409 I always treated Cora like she was my own. 837 00:36:34,453 --> 00:36:36,237 - You didn't do the right thing by Aretha though. 838 00:36:36,281 --> 00:36:38,457 You raped and killed that 13-year-old girl. 839 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:40,110 - No! 840 00:36:41,764 --> 00:36:44,202 It was an accident. 841 00:36:47,117 --> 00:36:49,511 When Aretha told me she was pregnant, 842 00:36:49,555 --> 00:36:55,213 I told her she could not have that baby. 843 00:36:55,256 --> 00:37:00,087 She said she was gonna tell Cora. 844 00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:03,264 - What did you do? 845 00:37:03,308 --> 00:37:05,484 - I couldn't reason with her. 846 00:37:05,527 --> 00:37:08,443 [tense music] 847 00:37:08,487 --> 00:37:13,056 I guess I got angry. I shook her. 848 00:37:15,798 --> 00:37:17,496 She fell against the tub. 849 00:37:20,716 --> 00:37:21,630 Hit her head. 850 00:37:25,112 --> 00:37:27,157 I never meant to kill her. 851 00:37:30,726 --> 00:37:32,293 I loved that girl. 852 00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:38,343 She was the light of my life. 853 00:37:39,996 --> 00:37:41,302 And us together... 854 00:37:43,173 --> 00:37:45,959 She was not my grandchild. 855 00:37:46,002 --> 00:37:48,918 So it was not a sin against God. 856 00:37:48,962 --> 00:37:56,012 ♪ 857 00:38:01,322 --> 00:38:02,671 - So he's pleading guilty? 858 00:38:02,715 --> 00:38:04,107 - He's not fighting this anymore. 859 00:38:04,151 --> 00:38:06,501 - He's gonna die in prison. 860 00:38:06,545 --> 00:38:07,894 How's the mother? 861 00:38:07,937 --> 00:38:09,330 - We're on our way to tell her now. 862 00:38:09,374 --> 00:38:10,897 - [sighs] I don't envy you. 863 00:38:10,940 --> 00:38:13,203 - On the other front, any progress with the rape kit DNA? 864 00:38:13,247 --> 00:38:15,423 - We may have found some common ground. 865 00:38:15,467 --> 00:38:17,425 - Keep me posted. - I will. 866 00:38:17,469 --> 00:38:18,600 - Nice to see you again, Lorraine. 867 00:38:18,644 --> 00:38:21,342 - And you too. I miss you around here. 868 00:38:21,386 --> 00:38:22,909 Give my best to Lamai. 869 00:38:22,952 --> 00:38:24,040 - Will absolutely do. Take care. 870 00:38:24,084 --> 00:38:26,782 - You too. 871 00:38:26,826 --> 00:38:28,654 - Common ground? - [chuckles] 872 00:38:28,697 --> 00:38:31,178 I had dinner last night with Judge Cohen, 873 00:38:31,221 --> 00:38:33,136 and he had a few more drinks than I did. 874 00:38:33,180 --> 00:38:35,965 So he said that he told Libby's attorney 875 00:38:36,009 --> 00:38:37,445 to request a bench trial. 876 00:38:37,489 --> 00:38:39,578 - So he's signaling to Miglani 877 00:38:39,621 --> 00:38:41,667 that he's gonna find Libby not guilty. 878 00:38:41,710 --> 00:38:43,364 Well, that's great news for Libby, 879 00:38:43,408 --> 00:38:45,584 but not for the other convictions. 880 00:38:45,627 --> 00:38:48,891 - Judge Cohen had some ideas about that too. 881 00:38:48,935 --> 00:38:53,766 Apparently, DA Drakos' husband was stepping out. 882 00:38:53,809 --> 00:38:57,378 So she cut and pasted Judge Cohen's signature 883 00:38:57,422 --> 00:39:00,338 on phone company orders for a wiretap. 884 00:39:02,209 --> 00:39:04,777 - And he's been sitting on that the entire time? 885 00:39:04,820 --> 00:39:06,996 - Never underestimate the complexity 886 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,129 of politics in Queens. 887 00:39:09,172 --> 00:39:10,217 [chuckles] [cell phone buzzes] 888 00:39:10,260 --> 00:39:12,350 Oh, as a matter of fact, 889 00:39:12,393 --> 00:39:14,656 the DA's making a statement now. 890 00:39:18,138 --> 00:39:19,531 - And with the help of OCME 891 00:39:19,574 --> 00:39:22,011 and Detective Szabo from Major Case, 892 00:39:22,055 --> 00:39:24,840 we have discovered a flaw in the OCME database. 893 00:39:24,884 --> 00:39:28,322 - She discovered the flaw? They created the flaw. 894 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:30,368 - So in a sense, they discovered it. 895 00:39:30,411 --> 00:39:31,717 - [scoffs] - I am dropping 896 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,414 all charges against the current defendant 897 00:39:33,458 --> 00:39:34,546 because the Fourth Amendment, 898 00:39:34,589 --> 00:39:37,418 right to privacy, is paramount. 899 00:39:37,462 --> 00:39:39,638 I will be looking into all prior convictions 900 00:39:39,681 --> 00:39:43,250 based on victims' DNA and looking to overturn them. 901 00:39:43,293 --> 00:39:46,514 I will also be calling on all other city DAs to join me 902 00:39:46,558 --> 00:39:48,429 in asking for legislation 903 00:39:48,473 --> 00:39:52,738 to ensure that this practice becomes illegal. 904 00:39:52,781 --> 00:39:56,742 - She's calling on other DAs to help her with her crusade? 905 00:39:56,785 --> 00:39:58,570 Wow, that is chutzpah. 906 00:39:58,613 --> 00:40:00,528 - You know, I've learned that the best way 907 00:40:00,572 --> 00:40:04,619 to get anything done is to let other people take the credit. 908 00:40:04,663 --> 00:40:07,013 [pensive music] 909 00:40:07,056 --> 00:40:09,276 - Again, we're so sorry. 910 00:40:09,319 --> 00:40:10,886 - If you wanna talk more about this-- 911 00:40:10,930 --> 00:40:14,281 - I've heard enough-- that he wasn't even my father, 912 00:40:14,324 --> 00:40:15,848 and what he did to Aretha? 913 00:40:15,891 --> 00:40:18,503 - I couldn't tell you, Mama. - Oh, I know, 914 00:40:18,546 --> 00:40:20,418 and I know that's why you ran away. 915 00:40:20,461 --> 00:40:21,984 But that's over now. 916 00:40:22,028 --> 00:40:24,291 - For what it's worth, he's agreed to spare you a trial. 917 00:40:24,334 --> 00:40:25,466 He's going to prison, 918 00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:26,859 most likely for the rest of his life. 919 00:40:26,902 --> 00:40:28,121 - I don't care anymore. 920 00:40:28,164 --> 00:40:30,776 I don't want to hear his name ever again. 921 00:40:30,819 --> 00:40:34,170 It's me and Nina now. That's all that matters. 922 00:40:35,911 --> 00:40:38,348 We're making arrangements for a service for Aretha. 923 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:41,482 - We'll leave you in peace. 924 00:40:44,354 --> 00:40:45,573 - That never gets any easier. 925 00:40:45,617 --> 00:40:48,837 - No. - You okay, Chief? 926 00:40:48,881 --> 00:40:52,450 - Cases like this, I don't miss being a cop. 927 00:40:52,493 --> 00:40:54,277 I guess I saw enough to last me. 928 00:40:54,321 --> 00:40:55,975 Godspeed to you both. 929 00:40:56,018 --> 00:41:02,764 ♪ 930 00:41:09,902 --> 00:41:12,861 [dramatic music] 931 00:41:12,905 --> 00:41:19,868 ♪ 932 00:41:40,019 --> 00:41:42,935 [wolf howls]