1 00:00:04,226 --> 00:00:06,185 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:06,185 --> 00:00:07,490 sexually based offenses 3 00:00:07,490 --> 00:00:09,797 are considered especially heinous. 4 00:00:09,797 --> 00:00:12,365 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 5 00:00:12,365 --> 00:00:14,149 who investigate these vicious felonies 6 00:00:14,149 --> 00:00:15,629 are members of an elite squad 7 00:00:15,629 --> 00:00:17,413 known as the Special Victims Unit. 8 00:00:17,413 --> 00:00:19,067 These are their stories. 9 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:27,684 Are you my appendix? 10 00:00:27,684 --> 00:00:28,903 Excuse me? 11 00:00:28,903 --> 00:00:30,426 Because I want to take you out. 12 00:00:30,426 --> 00:00:32,863 Oh, that's-- 13 00:00:32,863 --> 00:00:34,865 That's not nice, that's my drink. 14 00:00:34,865 --> 00:00:36,041 Not anymore. 15 00:00:36,041 --> 00:00:38,478 - Okay. - Don't you know? 16 00:00:38,478 --> 00:00:41,481 Possession is 9/10 of the law. 17 00:00:41,481 --> 00:00:42,830 Where'd you get your law degree, 18 00:00:42,830 --> 00:00:45,224 College of Staten Island? 19 00:00:45,224 --> 00:00:46,921 These lips could give a guy like you 20 00:00:46,921 --> 00:00:49,532 a hell of a 21st birthday. 21 00:00:49,532 --> 00:00:51,056 Who told you it was my birthday? 22 00:00:55,364 --> 00:00:56,452 What did I tell you? 23 00:00:56,452 --> 00:00:57,279 Hey. 24 00:00:57,279 --> 00:00:58,976 Hey, hey, hey. 25 00:00:58,976 --> 00:01:00,500 Oh, come on, what's the matter? 26 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:02,719 What, did she spill your gin fizz? 27 00:01:02,719 --> 00:01:05,374 It was a tequila Negroni, you philistines. 28 00:01:05,374 --> 00:01:06,941 - A what? - It ain't an insult 29 00:01:06,941 --> 00:01:08,377 if we never heard the word before. 30 00:01:08,377 --> 00:01:10,379 - Whose idea was that? - Relax, kid. 31 00:01:10,379 --> 00:01:12,294 Mandy's a catch. A good, Irish Catholic girl. 32 00:01:12,294 --> 00:01:13,730 All right, that's it. 33 00:01:13,730 --> 00:01:14,949 Whoa, whoa, whoa, what do you mean that's it? 34 00:01:14,949 --> 00:01:16,037 What are you doing? Where are you going? 35 00:01:16,037 --> 00:01:17,386 I'm going back to the city. 36 00:01:17,386 --> 00:01:18,387 What do mean you're going back to the city? 37 00:01:18,387 --> 00:01:19,997 We're playing a game. 38 00:01:19,997 --> 00:01:22,261 I told you I wanted to keep my birthday low key. 39 00:01:22,261 --> 00:01:25,002 Oh, come on, turning 21 is not a low-key birthday. 40 00:01:25,002 --> 00:01:26,395 These guys watched you grow up. 41 00:01:26,395 --> 00:01:28,180 Come on, they just bought you a drink, that's all. 42 00:01:30,486 --> 00:01:31,531 Aidan! 43 00:01:32,967 --> 00:01:34,142 Aidan! 44 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:37,319 Son! Hey! 45 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:38,755 These guys didn't mean anything by that. 46 00:01:38,755 --> 00:01:40,148 They just wanted to celebrate with you. 47 00:01:40,148 --> 00:01:41,193 By getting me laid. 48 00:01:41,193 --> 00:01:42,455 What's wrong with that? 49 00:01:42,455 --> 00:01:44,152 If I have to explain it to you, 50 00:01:44,152 --> 00:01:45,458 then you haven't been listening. 51 00:01:45,458 --> 00:01:47,112 I gotta go. - No, no, no, wait. 52 00:01:47,112 --> 00:01:48,287 Just give me one second, okay? 53 00:01:48,287 --> 00:01:49,592 I have your suit for Aunt Pammie's wedding 54 00:01:49,592 --> 00:01:51,116 in the trunk of my car. Give me one-- 55 00:01:51,116 --> 00:01:52,421 My car is literally right here, 56 00:01:52,421 --> 00:01:54,423 and I didn't pick out that suit; you did. 57 00:01:54,423 --> 00:01:55,729 Don't start with that. 58 00:01:55,729 --> 00:01:57,731 You want me to wear it so bad, you drop it off. 59 00:01:57,731 --> 00:01:59,298 You want me to drive into Manhattan 60 00:01:59,298 --> 00:02:01,909 to drop off your suit? 61 00:02:01,909 --> 00:02:04,259 Aidan! 62 00:02:04,259 --> 00:02:05,652 Oh, come on. 63 00:02:08,350 --> 00:02:09,395 - Hey. - Oh. 64 00:02:09,395 --> 00:02:11,397 There you are. Sit down. 65 00:02:11,397 --> 00:02:15,923 And, uh, ask me why I'm popping a bottle of champagne 66 00:02:15,923 --> 00:02:17,403 in the middle of the day. 67 00:02:17,403 --> 00:02:18,839 You won a big case? 68 00:02:18,839 --> 00:02:20,057 - No. - No. 69 00:02:20,057 --> 00:02:23,365 We are celebrating. 70 00:02:23,365 --> 00:02:25,715 Okay, I figured that out. 71 00:02:25,715 --> 00:02:28,196 Okay, listen, stop being a detective for five seconds. 72 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,636 You blew those kids at Fordham away, 73 00:02:33,636 --> 00:02:35,986 and my old college roommate was impressed. 74 00:02:35,986 --> 00:02:39,816 And he called me today to put out some feelers. 75 00:02:39,816 --> 00:02:41,253 For what? 76 00:02:41,253 --> 00:02:43,298 The way he puts it, 77 00:02:43,298 --> 00:02:46,127 they're gonna approach you with a job offer-- 78 00:02:46,127 --> 00:02:47,694 a teaching position. 79 00:02:49,174 --> 00:02:50,653 I'm not a teacher. 80 00:02:50,653 --> 00:02:54,091 No, but you are an expert in forensic psychology. 81 00:02:54,091 --> 00:02:56,964 After you got shot, you've been all but hinting 82 00:02:56,964 --> 00:02:58,226 that you might need a change. 83 00:02:58,226 --> 00:02:59,793 I thought this might be perfect. 84 00:02:59,793 --> 00:03:01,664 Carisi, stop being a lawyer for five seconds. 85 00:03:01,664 --> 00:03:06,191 I didn't mean leaving SVU. 86 00:03:06,191 --> 00:03:09,237 You can say no if you want. 87 00:03:09,237 --> 00:03:12,458 Just don't say no right now. 88 00:03:12,458 --> 00:03:14,503 Right now, enjoy your champagne, 89 00:03:14,503 --> 00:03:16,679 and then after that, sleep on it. 90 00:03:19,769 --> 00:03:20,944 To the future. 91 00:03:23,904 --> 00:03:25,297 Hmm. 92 00:03:26,907 --> 00:03:27,908 Hmm. 93 00:03:35,568 --> 00:03:38,179 Aidan? 94 00:03:38,179 --> 00:03:39,876 Yo? 95 00:03:39,876 --> 00:03:41,922 Aidan! 96 00:03:41,922 --> 00:03:43,576 Aidan, come on, it's getting late. 97 00:03:43,576 --> 00:03:46,274 We got to be suited up in the church by 9:00 a.m. 98 00:03:46,274 --> 00:03:48,711 Aidan! 99 00:03:48,711 --> 00:03:50,365 Aidan, if you don't show up, your aunt 100 00:03:50,365 --> 00:03:51,714 is gonna absolutely lose it. 101 00:03:51,714 --> 00:03:53,107 I can hear your cell in there. 102 00:03:53,107 --> 00:03:54,064 I know you're in there, come on! 103 00:03:55,762 --> 00:03:57,067 Aidan! 104 00:04:00,897 --> 00:04:02,769 Aidan? 105 00:04:58,781 --> 00:05:01,131 So the victim is the kid of one of our own? 106 00:05:01,131 --> 00:05:03,830 Detective Mark McDaniels, Grand Larceny division. 107 00:05:03,830 --> 00:05:06,702 The same McDaniels who collared the postal inspector 108 00:05:06,702 --> 00:05:08,530 a few years back? - Special Frauds. 109 00:05:08,530 --> 00:05:11,185 That phony check scam case, right? 110 00:05:11,185 --> 00:05:13,796 Mack's a good man. 111 00:05:13,796 --> 00:05:16,625 What can you tell us about his son? 112 00:05:16,625 --> 00:05:19,976 The kid just turned 21, lived alone, went to FIT. 113 00:05:19,976 --> 00:05:23,632 Worked for some high-end clothing brand in Soho. 114 00:05:23,632 --> 00:05:25,547 And his father is the one who found him? 115 00:05:25,547 --> 00:05:27,201 He called it in. 116 00:05:27,201 --> 00:05:28,420 I called you guys. 117 00:05:28,420 --> 00:05:30,335 What's the sexual component? 118 00:05:30,335 --> 00:05:32,728 I found bite marks on his genitals. 119 00:05:45,959 --> 00:05:47,308 I couldn't get him out of the house. 120 00:05:47,308 --> 00:05:48,657 We'll talk to him. 121 00:05:50,137 --> 00:05:52,008 Detective McDaniels? 122 00:05:52,008 --> 00:05:53,575 I'm Captain Benson. 123 00:05:53,575 --> 00:05:55,098 This is Detective Rollins. 124 00:05:57,231 --> 00:05:59,451 Can you tell us what happened? 125 00:05:59,451 --> 00:06:00,582 Yeah. 126 00:06:00,582 --> 00:06:02,410 Uh... 127 00:06:02,410 --> 00:06:05,979 We were celebrating my son's, uh, you know, 21st birthday, 128 00:06:05,979 --> 00:06:08,416 and, uh, you know, 129 00:06:08,416 --> 00:06:09,504 he used to be such a good bowler 130 00:06:09,504 --> 00:06:11,158 when he was a kid, so we-- 131 00:06:14,857 --> 00:06:20,036 And I was just trying to drop off his suit. 132 00:06:21,298 --> 00:06:22,952 You know, uh, 133 00:06:22,952 --> 00:06:26,086 you know that expression one day at a time? 134 00:06:26,086 --> 00:06:28,175 I think today 135 00:06:28,175 --> 00:06:31,265 it's one minute at a time. 136 00:06:33,528 --> 00:06:35,661 He had-- he had bite marks on him. 137 00:06:37,402 --> 00:06:41,318 On his back, on his upper thigh, 138 00:06:41,318 --> 00:06:44,626 and, uh, 139 00:06:44,626 --> 00:06:47,934 all over his, uh, his groin area. 140 00:06:47,934 --> 00:06:50,589 Yeah, Detective Fernandez brought us up to speed. 141 00:06:50,589 --> 00:06:52,591 I mean, as far as I know, my kid was a virgin. 142 00:06:52,591 --> 00:06:54,984 What kind of-- what kind of monster does this? 143 00:06:54,984 --> 00:06:56,421 That's what we're gonna find out. 144 00:06:56,421 --> 00:06:58,597 Oh, God, I'm sorry. 145 00:06:58,597 --> 00:07:01,382 The door, was it broken like that when you got here? 146 00:07:01,382 --> 00:07:03,253 No, I did that. 147 00:07:03,253 --> 00:07:06,256 I didn't know it was a crime scene, but, you know, 148 00:07:06,256 --> 00:07:08,998 when I looked in and I saw my-- my son dead on the-- 149 00:07:08,998 --> 00:07:12,698 on the floor, you know, I kind of lost it, okay? 150 00:07:12,698 --> 00:07:15,265 Is there somebody that we can call for you? 151 00:07:15,265 --> 00:07:16,266 Your wife? 152 00:07:16,266 --> 00:07:18,573 My ex, Laura. 153 00:07:18,573 --> 00:07:20,053 Yeah, I should call her. 154 00:07:20,053 --> 00:07:23,056 Yeah, if I was his mother, that's what I would want, 155 00:07:23,056 --> 00:07:25,275 and I'd want to hear it from you. 156 00:07:25,275 --> 00:07:26,799 Yeah. 157 00:07:26,799 --> 00:07:28,017 Oh, God. 158 00:07:37,505 --> 00:07:39,464 We came as soon as I got your text. 159 00:07:39,464 --> 00:07:40,595 This guy's in bad shape. 160 00:07:40,595 --> 00:07:42,467 Look, father to father-- 161 00:07:42,467 --> 00:07:44,686 Okay, I'll keep an eye on him. 162 00:07:44,686 --> 00:07:46,601 This kid, it's awful. 163 00:07:46,601 --> 00:07:48,168 He crossed paths with a monster 164 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:49,865 at some point last night. 165 00:07:49,865 --> 00:07:52,172 Look, go outside and check if there's any security cameras. 166 00:07:52,172 --> 00:07:54,696 Check his phone, his social, and tell me what you find. 167 00:08:05,925 --> 00:08:07,622 Did the perp place the towel like that? 168 00:08:07,622 --> 00:08:08,971 I asked Mack about it. 169 00:08:08,971 --> 00:08:12,148 He said he did it to preserve the kid's dignity. 170 00:08:12,148 --> 00:08:14,499 Okay, well, that's gonna mess up the case, 171 00:08:14,499 --> 00:08:16,501 but I certainly get it. 172 00:08:16,501 --> 00:08:18,677 Half the closet's empty. 173 00:08:18,677 --> 00:08:20,722 Drawers too. 174 00:08:20,722 --> 00:08:21,984 Kid was an art school student. 175 00:08:21,984 --> 00:08:23,812 Probably on a shoestring budget. 176 00:08:23,812 --> 00:08:26,815 Probably didn't have much to begin with. 177 00:08:26,815 --> 00:08:28,730 That may be something. 178 00:08:28,730 --> 00:08:30,123 May be nothing. 179 00:08:30,123 --> 00:08:32,865 Thanks, Fernandez. 180 00:08:32,865 --> 00:08:36,956 Can you imagine if it was Jessie or Billie or Noah? 181 00:08:36,956 --> 00:08:39,088 We're used to seeing this stuff all the time. 182 00:08:39,088 --> 00:08:40,612 I can't. 183 00:08:47,662 --> 00:08:50,056 Thanks for coming in on your day off. 184 00:08:50,056 --> 00:08:52,580 Well, what can you tell us about Aidan McDaniels? 185 00:08:52,580 --> 00:08:54,582 Well, in addition to bite marks, 186 00:08:54,582 --> 00:08:56,932 he's got quite a few injuries. 187 00:08:56,932 --> 00:09:00,501 Cause of death, head trauma, internal bleeding. 188 00:09:00,501 --> 00:09:01,850 So he was beaten? 189 00:09:01,850 --> 00:09:03,678 More like tortured. 190 00:09:03,678 --> 00:09:05,593 Whoever did this started with the biting, 191 00:09:05,593 --> 00:09:07,203 then switched to some kind of object. 192 00:09:07,203 --> 00:09:09,031 Do you have any idea what the object was? 193 00:09:09,031 --> 00:09:11,643 Blunt force, four inch diameter 194 00:09:11,643 --> 00:09:14,297 with a significant taper. 195 00:09:14,297 --> 00:09:16,691 Off-hand, I'd say it was a wine bottle. 196 00:09:16,691 --> 00:09:19,781 Likely the same one he was sodomized with. 197 00:09:19,781 --> 00:09:21,348 So it was a rage attack? 198 00:09:21,348 --> 00:09:23,611 He's got quite a few internal ruptures. 199 00:09:23,611 --> 00:09:25,091 Ooh. 200 00:09:25,091 --> 00:09:27,310 Do you know if this happened antemortem or post? 201 00:09:27,310 --> 00:09:29,095 Haven't had enough time with the body yet. 202 00:09:29,095 --> 00:09:30,226 Why? 203 00:09:30,226 --> 00:09:31,576 Does that impact your investigation? 204 00:09:31,576 --> 00:09:33,578 No, but it'll matter to the father. 205 00:09:33,578 --> 00:09:35,275 He's a cop, he's gonna ask questions. 206 00:09:35,275 --> 00:09:37,582 I know I would. 207 00:09:37,582 --> 00:09:39,932 Were you able to recover any DNA? 208 00:09:39,932 --> 00:09:43,892 Checked the vic's mouth, under the nails, 209 00:09:43,892 --> 00:09:45,851 got a whole lot of nothing. 210 00:09:45,851 --> 00:09:49,071 Really? That's odd. He didn't fight back at all? 211 00:09:49,071 --> 00:09:52,466 Whether he did or he didn't, it's tough to say, 212 00:09:52,466 --> 00:09:54,381 and even tougher to prove at trial. 213 00:09:54,381 --> 00:09:57,645 His nails were trimmed right down to the beds. 214 00:09:57,645 --> 00:09:59,908 I also found residue of sodium stearate 215 00:09:59,908 --> 00:10:03,346 on his hands, face, neck, upper body. 216 00:10:03,346 --> 00:10:05,218 Sodium stearate? 217 00:10:05,218 --> 00:10:08,264 A common surfactant used in household detergents. 218 00:10:08,264 --> 00:10:10,745 And based on the new and improved lemony scent, 219 00:10:10,745 --> 00:10:12,660 I'd say it was dish soap. 220 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:15,707 Okay, so whoever this was knew how to get rid of the DNA. 221 00:10:15,707 --> 00:10:17,534 Sometimes the absence of something 222 00:10:17,534 --> 00:10:19,667 has a presence all its own. 223 00:10:23,540 --> 00:10:25,630 That level of rage, we're looking at some type 224 00:10:25,630 --> 00:10:26,892 of serial sex predator. 225 00:10:26,892 --> 00:10:28,197 But rage is--is primal. 226 00:10:28,197 --> 00:10:29,677 Rage is messy. 227 00:10:29,677 --> 00:10:31,636 It doesn't stop to trim someone's nails. 228 00:10:31,636 --> 00:10:32,985 But people can learn to control 229 00:10:32,985 --> 00:10:35,335 their aggressive impulses, professor. 230 00:10:37,424 --> 00:10:41,080 You okay? - Yeah, I'm fine. 231 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,951 What now? 232 00:10:42,951 --> 00:10:44,344 You get anything, Muncy? 233 00:10:44,344 --> 00:10:46,694 Yeah, I went through Aidan's texts. 234 00:10:46,694 --> 00:10:48,174 He made plans to meet up with a friend 235 00:10:48,174 --> 00:10:51,177 after the bar, Brian Donnelly, at the old neighborhood. 236 00:10:51,177 --> 00:10:52,221 Where's that? 237 00:10:52,221 --> 00:10:53,309 Howard Beach. 238 00:10:53,309 --> 00:10:54,702 Where John Gotti used to live. 239 00:10:54,702 --> 00:10:57,313 That neighborhood is racist, sexist, and phobic 240 00:10:57,313 --> 00:10:59,925 of just about everything. 241 00:10:59,925 --> 00:11:01,927 Good place to meet a monster. 242 00:11:08,368 --> 00:11:11,676 That's Aidan, good kid, a little sensitive. 243 00:11:11,676 --> 00:11:12,720 So he got murdered? 244 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,156 Jeez. 245 00:11:14,156 --> 00:11:16,028 Catch the guy? - We're working on it. 246 00:11:16,028 --> 00:11:17,943 We heard Aidan was here last night. 247 00:11:17,943 --> 00:11:19,814 Well, you heard wrong. Not Aidan. 248 00:11:19,814 --> 00:11:23,122 His boy Brian was here with some chick. 249 00:11:23,122 --> 00:11:24,253 You sure? 250 00:11:24,253 --> 00:11:25,690 I don't mean to talk out of school. 251 00:11:25,690 --> 00:11:26,691 The guy's married. 252 00:11:26,691 --> 00:11:27,822 No Aidan? 253 00:11:27,822 --> 00:11:29,215 I was here all night. 254 00:11:29,215 --> 00:11:30,695 If Aidan was here, I would've high-fived the guy. 255 00:11:30,695 --> 00:11:32,348 It was his birthday. 256 00:11:32,348 --> 00:11:35,525 I've been slinging that kid free pints since he turned 16. 257 00:11:35,525 --> 00:11:39,051 Did you just confess to serving a minor alcohol? 258 00:11:39,051 --> 00:11:41,531 All it would take is a phone call to shut you down. 259 00:11:41,531 --> 00:11:44,317 Unless you show us the security footage? 260 00:11:49,626 --> 00:11:51,716 We scrubbed through all the security footage. 261 00:11:51,716 --> 00:11:54,762 We saw Aidan's friend Brian out on some kind of a date. 262 00:11:54,762 --> 00:11:57,417 And it didn't go too well because after about 20 minutes, 263 00:11:57,417 --> 00:11:58,940 the date storms off. 264 00:11:58,940 --> 00:12:00,463 And no Aidan? 265 00:12:00,463 --> 00:12:02,465 No, and I went through all 12 hours the bar was open-- 266 00:12:02,465 --> 00:12:04,337 just a bunch of meatheads getting drunk. 267 00:12:04,337 --> 00:12:05,991 Hold on, go back, I want to see something. 268 00:12:07,819 --> 00:12:08,820 Freeze it. 269 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:19,004 Does Aidan have a sister? 270 00:12:20,832 --> 00:12:23,878 Nope, he's an only child. 271 00:12:23,878 --> 00:12:26,707 Brian's date is Aidan. 272 00:12:39,807 --> 00:12:41,983 That's you with Aidan, right? 273 00:12:41,983 --> 00:12:43,680 Yep. 274 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:45,334 He asked me to meet him at the bar. 275 00:12:45,334 --> 00:12:46,771 You mean she? 276 00:12:48,947 --> 00:12:50,209 Why'd he want to meet you? 277 00:12:50,209 --> 00:12:51,427 Said he wanted to talk. 278 00:12:51,427 --> 00:12:53,603 - About what? - What do you think? 279 00:12:55,823 --> 00:12:57,825 That. 280 00:12:57,825 --> 00:13:01,524 Aidan was my best friend since second grade. 281 00:13:03,875 --> 00:13:04,832 He's like my brother. 282 00:13:07,443 --> 00:13:08,575 Then she shows up. 283 00:13:08,575 --> 00:13:09,576 So you didn't know about this? 284 00:13:09,576 --> 00:13:12,361 That his name was now Aida? 285 00:13:16,278 --> 00:13:19,020 Howard Beach is a tough neighborhood. 286 00:13:19,020 --> 00:13:20,500 I'm lucky he passed. 287 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:21,893 The bartender didn't even know who he was. 288 00:13:21,893 --> 00:13:24,156 So if she didn't pass, the meatheads there 289 00:13:24,156 --> 00:13:25,244 would have beat your ass? 290 00:13:25,244 --> 00:13:26,375 Both of our asses. 291 00:13:26,375 --> 00:13:27,637 So that's what the fight was about? 292 00:13:27,637 --> 00:13:28,769 Yeah, I was pissed. 293 00:13:28,769 --> 00:13:30,815 I freaked out, yelled at him. 294 00:13:30,815 --> 00:13:34,601 I overreacted, yelled at him to stay the hell away from me. 295 00:13:34,601 --> 00:13:38,039 Don't you think I want to take that back now? 296 00:13:38,039 --> 00:13:39,649 Okay. 297 00:13:39,649 --> 00:13:42,652 So did Aida tell you where she was going after she left? 298 00:13:42,652 --> 00:13:47,048 She just asked if I would accept her for who she was. 299 00:13:47,048 --> 00:13:48,397 And what'd you say? 300 00:13:50,835 --> 00:13:52,010 No. 301 00:13:52,010 --> 00:13:53,881 What'd you do when you left the bar? 302 00:13:53,881 --> 00:13:55,796 I went home. 303 00:13:55,796 --> 00:13:58,320 My wife was in the middle of breastfeeding our baby. 304 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,409 If you need an alibi, you can ask her. 305 00:14:00,409 --> 00:14:01,933 Your wife? 306 00:14:01,933 --> 00:14:04,805 It's not gonna hold a lot of water in court. 307 00:14:04,805 --> 00:14:07,547 We're gonna need to take your dental impressions. 308 00:14:07,547 --> 00:14:09,592 Dental impressions? 309 00:14:09,592 --> 00:14:12,900 Yeah, whoever killed your friend left bite marks. 310 00:14:20,821 --> 00:14:22,257 I had to do it all over again, 311 00:14:22,257 --> 00:14:24,781 I would have bought him a beer and said I loved him. 312 00:14:31,005 --> 00:14:33,051 Brian's dental impressions weren't a match. 313 00:14:33,051 --> 00:14:34,791 And his cell phone put him at home 314 00:14:34,791 --> 00:14:36,315 at the time of Aida's murder. 315 00:14:36,315 --> 00:14:38,012 So our killer is still out there. 316 00:14:38,012 --> 00:14:41,233 All right, so any idea where Aida went after Howard Beach? 317 00:14:41,233 --> 00:14:43,191 Her cell phone pinged a tower in the West Village 318 00:14:43,191 --> 00:14:44,627 at 1:00 a.m. 319 00:14:44,627 --> 00:14:45,933 A lot of bars in that area. 320 00:14:45,933 --> 00:14:48,109 Where she would feel accepted. 321 00:14:48,109 --> 00:14:49,763 We'll start a canvass in the village. 322 00:14:49,763 --> 00:14:51,765 And we need to speak with Mack and his wife 323 00:14:51,765 --> 00:14:55,029 to find out if they had any idea 324 00:14:55,029 --> 00:14:57,118 about their child's private life. 325 00:15:03,168 --> 00:15:05,431 Laura just flew in. 326 00:15:05,431 --> 00:15:07,346 She hasn't been back since we split. 327 00:15:07,346 --> 00:15:08,782 She's a mother, I get it. 328 00:15:08,782 --> 00:15:10,262 I told her it was an active crime scene, 329 00:15:10,262 --> 00:15:13,134 but she wouldn't listen. 330 00:15:13,134 --> 00:15:16,833 Anyway, you guys aren't here to be marriage counselors. 331 00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:19,836 We have some new evidence. 332 00:15:19,836 --> 00:15:22,404 Is there a place that we could talk? 333 00:15:24,015 --> 00:15:25,973 This was from the night of the murder 334 00:15:25,973 --> 00:15:27,583 at a bar in Howard Beach. 335 00:15:27,583 --> 00:15:28,845 Yeah, what is it? This is nothing. 336 00:15:28,845 --> 00:15:30,630 He's in art school, come on. 337 00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:33,024 Well, we talked to Aidan's friend, 338 00:15:33,024 --> 00:15:37,724 and he told us that Aidan was trying to live as Aida. 339 00:15:37,724 --> 00:15:39,552 Who? What friend? 340 00:15:39,552 --> 00:15:40,988 - Brian Donnelly. - Donnelly. 341 00:15:40,988 --> 00:15:43,121 The Donnelly family are a bunch of criminals. 342 00:15:43,121 --> 00:15:44,165 He lied. - Mark-- 343 00:15:44,165 --> 00:15:45,210 - No. - He's not lying. 344 00:15:45,210 --> 00:15:46,341 What are you talking about? 345 00:15:46,341 --> 00:15:47,560 Remember when Aida came to visit me 346 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:48,909 in Sedona? - Yes. 347 00:15:48,909 --> 00:15:50,606 She was dressed like this the whole time. 348 00:15:50,606 --> 00:15:51,956 We even did a rebirth ceremony. - Okay, I can't even listen-- 349 00:15:51,956 --> 00:15:53,566 - Her name is Aida now. - I can't listen to this. 350 00:15:53,566 --> 00:15:54,741 And this is something that you thought 351 00:15:54,741 --> 00:15:56,351 you should keep from me? 352 00:15:56,351 --> 00:15:59,311 Aida wanted to tell you in her own way when she was ready. 353 00:15:59,311 --> 00:16:01,182 I told her to live her truth. 354 00:16:01,182 --> 00:16:03,706 Okay, I think the most important thing 355 00:16:03,706 --> 00:16:06,057 is that you both love the same child, am I right? 356 00:16:06,057 --> 00:16:10,191 So the more information that we have about Aidan, 357 00:16:10,191 --> 00:16:11,584 the easier it will be to find his killer. 358 00:16:11,584 --> 00:16:14,239 Her name is Aida. 359 00:16:14,239 --> 00:16:15,501 She was my best friend. 360 00:16:15,501 --> 00:16:17,372 We told each other everything. 361 00:16:17,372 --> 00:16:18,808 We spoke on the phone every night. 362 00:16:22,290 --> 00:16:24,945 What do you want to know? 363 00:16:24,945 --> 00:16:26,991 We need a list of your child's friends, 364 00:16:26,991 --> 00:16:29,863 and can you think of anybody that would be angry enough 365 00:16:29,863 --> 00:16:32,126 to do something like this? 366 00:16:32,126 --> 00:16:33,519 I don't understand. 367 00:16:33,519 --> 00:16:35,086 Aida was an artist. 368 00:16:35,086 --> 00:16:36,348 She kept to herself. 369 00:16:36,348 --> 00:16:38,002 She wasn't an angry person. 370 00:16:38,002 --> 00:16:39,916 Unfortunately, the killer was. 371 00:16:39,916 --> 00:16:41,788 Which leads us to the next thing 372 00:16:41,788 --> 00:16:44,443 that we wanted to talk to you about. 373 00:16:44,443 --> 00:16:47,272 The pieces don't fit. 374 00:16:47,272 --> 00:16:48,882 'Cause on the one hand, Aidan's crime scene 375 00:16:48,882 --> 00:16:51,102 exhibits all the hallmarks of a spree killer-- 376 00:16:51,102 --> 00:16:52,494 rage, sloppiness. 377 00:16:52,494 --> 00:16:56,150 And on the other hand, there was a meticulousness 378 00:16:56,150 --> 00:16:57,717 and a great deal of care. 379 00:16:57,717 --> 00:17:00,241 Are you saying that two different people 380 00:17:00,241 --> 00:17:01,460 attacked my daughter? 381 00:17:01,460 --> 00:17:02,983 And you think we're one of them? 382 00:17:02,983 --> 00:17:05,464 All we're saying is that these two things 383 00:17:05,464 --> 00:17:07,379 don't normally go together. 384 00:17:07,379 --> 00:17:10,295 All right, whoever did this went to great lengths 385 00:17:10,295 --> 00:17:14,516 to cover all of their tracks despite their apparent anger. 386 00:17:14,516 --> 00:17:16,736 There were no clothes in the closet. 387 00:17:16,736 --> 00:17:20,087 No makeup. No traces of a secret life. 388 00:17:20,087 --> 00:17:22,176 Most importantly, there was no DNA. 389 00:17:22,176 --> 00:17:23,656 Okay, then you go back to the house. 390 00:17:23,656 --> 00:17:24,961 We will. 391 00:17:24,961 --> 00:17:26,485 I'm sorry, I thought you were a captain. 392 00:17:26,485 --> 00:17:28,008 - Mark! - No! 393 00:17:28,008 --> 00:17:29,662 Laura, listen, they should be solving Aidan's murder, 394 00:17:29,662 --> 00:17:31,229 not accusing us. 395 00:17:31,229 --> 00:17:34,493 Look, I know that you've both been through a lot, 396 00:17:34,493 --> 00:17:36,147 and I feel for you, I really do, 397 00:17:36,147 --> 00:17:38,540 but there's one thing that you should know about me. 398 00:17:38,540 --> 00:17:40,977 If I thought that you killed Aidan, 399 00:17:40,977 --> 00:17:42,457 you'd already be in cuffs. 400 00:17:51,118 --> 00:17:52,902 That went well. 401 00:17:52,902 --> 00:17:54,513 Yeah. 402 00:17:54,513 --> 00:17:57,168 I think I understand why Laura moved all the way to Sedona. 403 00:17:57,168 --> 00:17:59,039 If it's any consolation, I saw what she did 404 00:17:59,039 --> 00:18:00,867 with Mack there, that verbal judo. 405 00:18:00,867 --> 00:18:02,521 Rollins, I've been giving guys like that 406 00:18:02,521 --> 00:18:04,088 the smackdown my entire career. 407 00:18:04,088 --> 00:18:06,525 No, I'm talking about you mirroring his language. 408 00:18:06,525 --> 00:18:08,222 Well, he wasn't gonna talk to us 409 00:18:08,222 --> 00:18:09,658 if I used the wrong pronoun. 410 00:18:09,658 --> 00:18:12,096 Wrong to him. 411 00:18:12,096 --> 00:18:13,749 You saw the look on his face when I talked 412 00:18:13,749 --> 00:18:15,969 about the closets being emptied out? 413 00:18:18,058 --> 00:18:19,015 I did. 414 00:18:20,930 --> 00:18:23,803 Look, from his point of view, I mean, 415 00:18:23,803 --> 00:18:26,110 it's like the guy lost his son twice. 416 00:18:26,110 --> 00:18:28,547 I've seen disassociation before. 417 00:18:28,547 --> 00:18:30,679 You have too. 418 00:18:30,679 --> 00:18:34,074 I mean, like you said, the pieces don't fit. 419 00:18:35,162 --> 00:18:36,250 You think he's hiding something? 420 00:18:36,250 --> 00:18:37,208 I don't know. 421 00:18:39,427 --> 00:18:41,255 There's been another assault. 422 00:18:41,255 --> 00:18:44,171 Chelsea, same MO-- sodomy, attempted murder. 423 00:18:44,171 --> 00:18:46,391 Let me guess, the vic's covered in bite marks? 424 00:18:46,391 --> 00:18:48,132 Yeah. 425 00:18:52,353 --> 00:18:54,007 Can you tell me your name? 426 00:18:54,007 --> 00:18:56,749 - Cora. - What happened, Cora? 427 00:18:56,749 --> 00:19:00,231 He tried to kill me, the man from the bar. 428 00:19:00,231 --> 00:19:02,755 Munce. 429 00:19:02,755 --> 00:19:04,496 Uni says she maced the guy 430 00:19:04,496 --> 00:19:07,238 and he fell off that fire escape. 431 00:19:07,238 --> 00:19:09,109 That means he couldn't have gotten far. 432 00:19:18,771 --> 00:19:21,121 Why don't you start wherever you feel comfortable? 433 00:19:21,121 --> 00:19:22,862 And you don't have to go in order. 434 00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:28,128 I was leaving the Cubbyhole with some friends. 435 00:19:28,128 --> 00:19:32,828 They got into a cab, and this guy started 436 00:19:32,828 --> 00:19:34,090 chatting me up outside. 437 00:19:34,090 --> 00:19:35,396 Did he give you his name? 438 00:19:35,396 --> 00:19:36,615 Lukas. 439 00:19:36,615 --> 00:19:41,315 He was tall, cute, light brown hair, 440 00:19:41,315 --> 00:19:44,144 and dimples and an accent. 441 00:19:44,144 --> 00:19:45,624 Okay, do you know what kind of accent? 442 00:19:45,624 --> 00:19:48,279 French or Dutch maybe. 443 00:19:48,279 --> 00:19:52,065 He said he was in town for a month as project manager 444 00:19:52,065 --> 00:19:54,067 for some architecture firm. 445 00:19:54,067 --> 00:19:55,547 Did he mention the name of the firm? 446 00:19:55,547 --> 00:19:56,896 No, he didn't. 447 00:19:56,896 --> 00:20:01,727 So, um, can I ask you a sensitive question? 448 00:20:01,727 --> 00:20:06,079 I'm in a hospital bed covered in bite marks. 449 00:20:06,079 --> 00:20:07,776 I think we're past that. 450 00:20:07,776 --> 00:20:08,777 Okay. 451 00:20:08,777 --> 00:20:10,257 Did he know that you were trans? 452 00:20:10,257 --> 00:20:12,041 I told him. 453 00:20:12,041 --> 00:20:14,696 He was intrigued. 454 00:20:14,696 --> 00:20:16,872 And what happened when you got home? 455 00:20:19,353 --> 00:20:20,485 The second we got into the door, 456 00:20:20,485 --> 00:20:23,879 it was like a switch flipped. 457 00:20:23,879 --> 00:20:27,013 He went full-on beast mode. 458 00:20:27,013 --> 00:20:28,275 How? 459 00:20:28,275 --> 00:20:29,885 He slammed me against the wall 460 00:20:29,885 --> 00:20:35,891 and tore my clothes off and started biting me. 461 00:20:35,891 --> 00:20:40,983 Then he grabbed a wine bottle, and... 462 00:20:40,983 --> 00:20:43,464 started raping me with it. 463 00:20:43,464 --> 00:20:45,292 I pretended to go along with it 464 00:20:45,292 --> 00:20:49,688 so I could grab my mace. 465 00:20:49,688 --> 00:20:52,473 I blinded the bastard, and he took off out the window. 466 00:20:52,473 --> 00:20:57,130 I heard him fall, but when I looked down, he was gone. 467 00:21:00,394 --> 00:21:02,614 Oh, oh, what's the matter? 468 00:21:02,614 --> 00:21:05,269 What's the--what is it? - Ma'am, are you okay? 469 00:21:05,269 --> 00:21:07,749 Oh, that poor man must have fallen. 470 00:21:07,749 --> 00:21:09,664 Oh, I tell my friend Rita all the time 471 00:21:09,664 --> 00:21:11,275 she should watch out for these things. 472 00:21:11,275 --> 00:21:12,798 These bodegas are gonna kill somebody. 473 00:21:12,798 --> 00:21:13,973 You should give the owner a ticket. 474 00:21:13,973 --> 00:21:15,235 Hey, freeze! 475 00:21:15,235 --> 00:21:16,323 What if my dog fell down there? 476 00:21:16,323 --> 00:21:18,020 Ma'am, shut up! Fin, I got him. 477 00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:19,500 Corner of 10th and 21st. 478 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:22,808 Basement of the Circle Mart. 479 00:21:22,808 --> 00:21:25,593 Stay put, Muncy. 480 00:21:25,593 --> 00:21:28,292 NYPD! 481 00:21:28,292 --> 00:21:29,815 Hands where I can see 'em! 482 00:21:43,219 --> 00:21:44,743 - Get up! - Ah! Ah! 483 00:21:44,743 --> 00:21:47,006 Get up! 484 00:21:47,006 --> 00:21:48,486 You're under arrest! Hey! 485 00:21:48,486 --> 00:21:50,836 You're under arrest! - Muncy? Muncy? 486 00:21:50,836 --> 00:21:53,491 I got him. I got him. 487 00:21:53,491 --> 00:21:54,492 What the hell happened to him? 488 00:21:54,492 --> 00:21:56,668 I think he's got a broken rib. 489 00:21:56,668 --> 00:21:58,496 Don't look at me, I didn't do it. 490 00:21:58,496 --> 00:21:59,540 He fell off the fire escape 491 00:21:59,540 --> 00:22:01,455 and then went down there to hide. 492 00:22:04,763 --> 00:22:06,634 Do you think it's the same guy who attacked Aida? 493 00:22:06,634 --> 00:22:07,896 We'll see. 494 00:22:07,896 --> 00:22:09,507 I mean, hopefully, we'll get some usable DNA 495 00:22:09,507 --> 00:22:11,117 from Cora's rape kit. 496 00:22:11,117 --> 00:22:12,553 Fin? 497 00:22:12,553 --> 00:22:14,642 Muncy hauled this guy out of a bodega cellar. 498 00:22:14,642 --> 00:22:16,035 Are we sure that it's him? 499 00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:17,515 Well, he's pretty banged up. 500 00:22:17,515 --> 00:22:18,820 Either he fell off a fire escape 501 00:22:18,820 --> 00:22:21,257 or Muncy's a lot stronger than she looks. 502 00:22:21,257 --> 00:22:22,258 You have a black light on you? 503 00:22:22,258 --> 00:22:23,738 Yeah, why? 504 00:22:23,738 --> 00:22:25,523 Because our vic just said that she maced him, 505 00:22:25,523 --> 00:22:27,089 and as far as I know, 506 00:22:27,089 --> 00:22:29,309 all pepper spray has UV dye in it. 507 00:22:29,309 --> 00:22:30,310 Okay. 508 00:22:41,277 --> 00:22:42,714 It wasn't me. 509 00:22:42,714 --> 00:22:44,759 Yeah, well, your eyes tell a different story. 510 00:22:46,674 --> 00:22:48,981 Lukas Peeters, he's a Belgian national. 511 00:22:48,981 --> 00:22:50,722 He's been in New York for two weeks. 512 00:22:50,722 --> 00:22:52,419 He doesn't have a record in the U.S. 513 00:22:52,419 --> 00:22:53,899 We're checking with Interpol. 514 00:22:53,899 --> 00:22:55,248 And the victim, Cora, made a positive ID? 515 00:22:55,248 --> 00:22:57,555 In a lineup. And the forensics were a match. 516 00:22:57,555 --> 00:23:00,471 His prints and her DNA were on the wine bottle 517 00:23:00,471 --> 00:23:01,820 that was used in the assault. 518 00:23:01,820 --> 00:23:03,169 This guy make any admission of guilt 519 00:23:03,169 --> 00:23:04,431 before he lawyered up? 520 00:23:04,431 --> 00:23:05,867 Oh, he's claiming that it was consensual. 521 00:23:05,867 --> 00:23:07,347 Nice try. 522 00:23:07,347 --> 00:23:09,218 I'll arraign him, I'll get an indictment. 523 00:23:09,218 --> 00:23:10,437 The vic's good to testify? - She is. 524 00:23:10,437 --> 00:23:11,525 Captain, sorry to interrupt. 525 00:23:11,525 --> 00:23:12,961 Detective McDaniels is here. 526 00:23:14,485 --> 00:23:15,964 It's okay. Send him in. 527 00:23:18,097 --> 00:23:20,186 I heard you have a suspect in custody? 528 00:23:20,186 --> 00:23:21,448 There he is. He killed my son. 529 00:23:21,448 --> 00:23:23,842 We don't know that. 530 00:23:23,842 --> 00:23:25,278 What are you charging him with? 531 00:23:25,278 --> 00:23:27,019 As of now, aggravated sexual abuse 532 00:23:27,019 --> 00:23:28,020 and attempted murder one, 533 00:23:28,020 --> 00:23:29,804 but on the case from last night. 534 00:23:29,804 --> 00:23:31,327 No, I heard about the bite marks 535 00:23:31,327 --> 00:23:32,764 on the second vic, the sexual assault. 536 00:23:32,764 --> 00:23:34,635 Did you match those to the bite marks on Aidan? 537 00:23:34,635 --> 00:23:36,594 Actually, they were inconclusive. 538 00:23:36,594 --> 00:23:38,073 Did you even ask him about Aidan? 539 00:23:38,073 --> 00:23:40,032 We did, and he denies ever having met her. 540 00:23:40,032 --> 00:23:42,295 Okay, so canvass all the bars, pull the street cams. 541 00:23:42,295 --> 00:23:43,514 Put them together, do your job. 542 00:23:43,514 --> 00:23:44,689 Detective McDaniels-- 543 00:23:44,689 --> 00:23:45,907 Even if they were seen together, 544 00:23:45,907 --> 00:23:47,605 there is no evidence putting him 545 00:23:47,605 --> 00:23:49,520 at your child's crime scene. There's no DNA. 546 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,044 We told you the whole place was wiped. 547 00:23:54,176 --> 00:23:55,264 Oh, my God. 548 00:24:00,487 --> 00:24:02,141 Detective McDaniels, is there something 549 00:24:02,141 --> 00:24:04,099 that you want to tell us? 550 00:24:04,099 --> 00:24:06,798 Because your son was dressed as a woman 551 00:24:06,798 --> 00:24:10,628 the night of his murder, and we cannot find the clothes. 552 00:24:10,628 --> 00:24:12,456 There's no makeup. - You know what? 553 00:24:12,456 --> 00:24:14,719 I'm not the one that you should be interrogating, Captain. 554 00:24:14,719 --> 00:24:16,590 Not when my son's killer is sitting in the other room. 555 00:24:16,590 --> 00:24:19,767 Did you--did you swab this guy? 556 00:24:19,767 --> 00:24:22,509 He has to have scratches, cuts. 557 00:24:22,509 --> 00:24:24,468 My son didn't take this lying down. 558 00:24:24,468 --> 00:24:25,686 Because you taught him to be tough? 559 00:24:25,686 --> 00:24:27,296 Yeah, he would have fought like a man! 560 00:24:27,296 --> 00:24:30,952 The ME didn't find anything under his fingernails. 561 00:24:30,952 --> 00:24:33,085 In fact, there were hardly any fingernails at all. 562 00:24:33,085 --> 00:24:35,174 There is definitely something else out there, 563 00:24:35,174 --> 00:24:37,524 something that you have missed. 564 00:24:37,524 --> 00:24:40,005 There's no way that this guy did what he did to my son 565 00:24:40,005 --> 00:24:41,572 without leaving more of a trace. 566 00:24:41,572 --> 00:24:43,878 You have to go back, right? 567 00:24:43,878 --> 00:24:45,619 Start your investigation from square one, 568 00:24:45,619 --> 00:24:47,316 or I promise you you're gonna be standing in front 569 00:24:47,316 --> 00:24:49,841 of a firing squad at CompStat wondering why you didn't 570 00:24:49,841 --> 00:24:51,930 do this right in the first place. 571 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,425 The victim, Cora Jones, was injured and traumatized. 572 00:25:09,425 --> 00:25:12,037 She told responding officers that 573 00:25:12,037 --> 00:25:14,430 Lukas Peeters had tried to kill her. 574 00:25:14,430 --> 00:25:17,564 And you found evidence that supports her statement? 575 00:25:17,564 --> 00:25:20,132 She was covered in bite marks, bruises, 576 00:25:20,132 --> 00:25:23,527 subdural hematoma from being clubbed with a bottle. 577 00:25:23,527 --> 00:25:26,704 We later learned that she was forcibly penetrated 578 00:25:26,704 --> 00:25:28,444 with that same implement. 579 00:25:28,444 --> 00:25:30,229 How did you identify a suspect? 580 00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:31,796 Well, Cora had maced her attacker, 581 00:25:31,796 --> 00:25:35,277 and he tried to flee but fell down a fire escape. 582 00:25:35,277 --> 00:25:37,497 Detectives tracked him down to a local bodega 583 00:25:37,497 --> 00:25:39,543 where he was hiding in a basement. 584 00:25:39,543 --> 00:25:41,762 And Ms. Jones identified herself to you 585 00:25:41,762 --> 00:25:43,459 as a trans woman, correct? 586 00:25:43,459 --> 00:25:44,722 Yes. 587 00:25:44,722 --> 00:25:47,463 And in your experience as an SVU detective, 588 00:25:47,463 --> 00:25:49,596 do you believe that she was targeted 589 00:25:49,596 --> 00:25:51,816 because of how she identifies? - Objection. 590 00:25:51,816 --> 00:25:54,296 My client is not being charged with a hate crime. 591 00:25:54,296 --> 00:25:56,603 A little latitude, Your Honor? 592 00:25:56,603 --> 00:25:58,562 I'll allow this line of questioning, 593 00:25:58,562 --> 00:26:00,259 but move it along. 594 00:26:00,259 --> 00:26:02,870 Witness may answer. 595 00:26:02,870 --> 00:26:06,265 Actual numbers are underreported. 596 00:26:06,265 --> 00:26:10,704 Transgender people, they're a targeted community. 597 00:26:10,704 --> 00:26:15,927 They more often experience rape, sexual assault, murder. 598 00:26:15,927 --> 00:26:17,581 And who usually commits these crimes? 599 00:26:17,581 --> 00:26:19,278 It's often an intimate partner, 600 00:26:19,278 --> 00:26:22,455 but it can be a stranger who initiates sexual contact 601 00:26:22,455 --> 00:26:25,632 and then changes their mind and reacts violently. 602 00:26:25,632 --> 00:26:27,155 And in your experience, 603 00:26:27,155 --> 00:26:29,723 why would somebody react this way? 604 00:26:29,723 --> 00:26:33,205 People like to put things in neat little boxes, 605 00:26:33,205 --> 00:26:37,122 and gender identity just doesn't work that way. 606 00:26:37,122 --> 00:26:40,342 It is a deeply felt, individual experience 607 00:26:40,342 --> 00:26:43,607 that doesn't always correspond to the sex given at birth. 608 00:26:43,607 --> 00:26:47,393 And this seeming contradiction, it-- 609 00:26:47,393 --> 00:26:50,744 well, it can lead to explosive reactions in some perpetrators. 610 00:26:50,744 --> 00:26:53,486 Was this the case with Lukas Peeters? 611 00:26:53,486 --> 00:26:56,315 Lukas Peeters purposely sought out Cora 612 00:26:56,315 --> 00:26:58,970 because she was a trans woman. 613 00:26:58,970 --> 00:27:01,059 And again, in your experience, 614 00:27:01,059 --> 00:27:02,626 why would he do that? 615 00:27:02,626 --> 00:27:04,802 Well, in my estimation, the rage exhibited 616 00:27:04,802 --> 00:27:06,804 in this attack is-- 617 00:27:06,804 --> 00:27:09,763 it's a peculiar form of projection of his anger 618 00:27:09,763 --> 00:27:12,374 about his own desires, which-- 619 00:27:12,374 --> 00:27:15,160 which were in conflict with who he believes 620 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,206 he should be sexually attracted to. 621 00:27:18,206 --> 00:27:19,643 Thank you. 622 00:27:22,602 --> 00:27:24,996 Is there a simpler explanation 623 00:27:24,996 --> 00:27:27,128 for all this, Detective? 624 00:27:27,128 --> 00:27:29,740 Such as consensual rough sex, for example? 625 00:27:29,740 --> 00:27:31,611 No, not in my opinion. 626 00:27:31,611 --> 00:27:33,352 The bite marks, the wine bottle. 627 00:27:33,352 --> 00:27:36,181 The initials CNC come to mind, 628 00:27:36,181 --> 00:27:37,878 consensual nonconsensual. 629 00:27:37,878 --> 00:27:39,706 You've heard of it? - Yes. 630 00:27:39,706 --> 00:27:45,581 And you're saying it's impossible in this case? 631 00:27:45,581 --> 00:27:47,758 You recently gave a lecture at Fordham University 632 00:27:47,758 --> 00:27:50,499 where you said, and I quote, 633 00:27:50,499 --> 00:27:53,111 "Human sexuality is strange," 634 00:27:53,111 --> 00:27:55,156 did you not? 635 00:27:55,156 --> 00:27:56,854 Yes, and later in that-- 636 00:27:56,854 --> 00:27:58,638 Thank you. 637 00:27:58,638 --> 00:28:00,074 Nothing further. 638 00:28:03,077 --> 00:28:05,427 Lukas Peeters attacked me. 639 00:28:05,427 --> 00:28:08,430 Pinned me against the wall, 640 00:28:08,430 --> 00:28:10,737 ripped my clothes off, 641 00:28:10,737 --> 00:28:13,261 started biting me. 642 00:28:13,261 --> 00:28:15,089 Then he raped me with a bottle. 643 00:28:15,089 --> 00:28:16,221 And what did you do? 644 00:28:16,221 --> 00:28:18,397 I pretended to go along. 645 00:28:18,397 --> 00:28:20,878 Did you mean that as some form of consent? 646 00:28:20,878 --> 00:28:22,183 Consensual nonconsensual? 647 00:28:22,183 --> 00:28:24,620 Absolutely not. 648 00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:29,713 I did it so I could grab my mace as a way to survive. 649 00:28:29,713 --> 00:28:32,716 Otherwise, I knew he would have killed me. 650 00:28:32,716 --> 00:28:33,847 Thank you. 651 00:28:33,847 --> 00:28:35,414 No further questions. 652 00:28:37,503 --> 00:28:43,117 Isn't it true you told my client you like it rough? 653 00:28:43,117 --> 00:28:45,816 There's rough, and then there's assault. 654 00:28:45,816 --> 00:28:47,687 Lukas assaulted me. 655 00:28:47,687 --> 00:28:49,558 Did you ever tell him to stop? 656 00:28:51,996 --> 00:28:53,258 I wanted him to. 657 00:28:53,258 --> 00:28:58,089 Did you say the word stop? 658 00:28:58,089 --> 00:28:59,917 I don't recall. 659 00:28:59,917 --> 00:29:01,701 The night is fuzzy. 660 00:29:01,701 --> 00:29:03,442 He hit me on the head with a bottle. 661 00:29:03,442 --> 00:29:04,791 How about the word no? 662 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,275 I was in shock. 663 00:29:10,275 --> 00:29:11,798 It happened so fast. 664 00:29:11,798 --> 00:29:15,671 Never said stop or no. 665 00:29:15,671 --> 00:29:18,849 Is it possible my client took the omission of those words 666 00:29:18,849 --> 00:29:20,285 as tacit consent? 667 00:29:20,285 --> 00:29:21,634 He had me pinned down. 668 00:29:21,634 --> 00:29:23,418 I was trying to defend myself. 669 00:29:23,418 --> 00:29:24,637 Correct me if I'm wrong, 670 00:29:24,637 --> 00:29:27,248 but weren't you on the wrestling team 671 00:29:27,248 --> 00:29:28,423 in college? 672 00:29:31,513 --> 00:29:34,995 Yes, but that was in my former life. 673 00:29:34,995 --> 00:29:36,736 Just curious, 674 00:29:36,736 --> 00:29:40,131 did you identify as a man in college? 675 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,792 Yes. 676 00:29:48,792 --> 00:29:51,620 And why wrestling? 677 00:29:51,620 --> 00:29:56,016 I was jumped outside of a local bar 678 00:29:56,016 --> 00:29:57,409 in the town I grew up in. 679 00:29:57,409 --> 00:29:59,280 And where was that? 680 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:00,978 Muscatine, Iowa. 681 00:30:00,978 --> 00:30:04,633 A small factory town. 682 00:30:04,633 --> 00:30:07,201 It must have been hard growing up there? 683 00:30:07,201 --> 00:30:08,986 Well, it wasn't the friendliest place. 684 00:30:08,986 --> 00:30:13,338 Still, it's fair to say 685 00:30:13,338 --> 00:30:15,601 you know how to defend yourself? 686 00:30:15,601 --> 00:30:19,170 It's been a long time, and I'm no longer that person. 687 00:30:19,170 --> 00:30:22,303 But you remember the techniques. 688 00:30:22,303 --> 00:30:25,350 How to throw someone, how to shift your weight, 689 00:30:25,350 --> 00:30:26,917 how to catch them off guard. 690 00:30:26,917 --> 00:30:29,876 My physicality is completely different now. 691 00:30:29,876 --> 00:30:32,400 Or maybe there's another answer. 692 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,272 That you enjoyed being overpowered, 693 00:30:34,272 --> 00:30:36,100 and you didn't want it to stop. 694 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:38,015 - Objection. - Withdrawn. 695 00:30:52,116 --> 00:30:54,379 Cora, you okay? 696 00:30:54,379 --> 00:30:56,381 - I'm sorry. - No. 697 00:30:56,381 --> 00:30:59,906 No, you have nothing, nothing to apologize for. 698 00:30:59,906 --> 00:31:02,213 For what it's worth, that lawyer's strategy, 699 00:31:02,213 --> 00:31:03,431 going after you like that 700 00:31:03,431 --> 00:31:04,911 didn't score any points with the jury. 701 00:31:04,911 --> 00:31:06,478 What about when Lukas takes the stand? 702 00:31:06,478 --> 00:31:09,046 You don't have to watch his testimony. 703 00:31:09,046 --> 00:31:12,266 I thought I was an expert at seeing people like that, 704 00:31:12,266 --> 00:31:13,877 that it would keep me safe. 705 00:31:13,877 --> 00:31:17,054 You became an expert in human behavior because-- 706 00:31:17,054 --> 00:31:18,403 because you had to. 707 00:31:18,403 --> 00:31:20,492 I hate that I was wrong about Lukas. 708 00:31:20,492 --> 00:31:23,756 - You couldn't have known. - Then how will the jury? 709 00:31:23,756 --> 00:31:25,932 Could you excuse me for a moment? 710 00:31:31,459 --> 00:31:32,983 You're a saint. 711 00:31:32,983 --> 00:31:34,854 I've no idea how you work these kinds of cases every day. 712 00:31:34,854 --> 00:31:36,943 Well, somebody has to. 713 00:31:36,943 --> 00:31:38,466 This poor kid. 714 00:31:38,466 --> 00:31:40,425 I mean, where the hell were her parents? 715 00:31:40,425 --> 00:31:41,774 If my Aidan was in that witness box, 716 00:31:41,774 --> 00:31:43,645 I would have been there every step of the way. 717 00:31:43,645 --> 00:31:45,604 Cora didn't have that luxury 718 00:31:45,604 --> 00:31:49,434 because her parents never accepted her. 719 00:31:49,434 --> 00:31:51,088 She left home when she was a teenager. 720 00:31:51,088 --> 00:31:52,959 I just hate the fact that she was even attacked like that. 721 00:31:52,959 --> 00:31:55,744 The world is a messed-up place. 722 00:31:55,744 --> 00:31:57,572 Yeah. 723 00:31:57,572 --> 00:32:01,794 But at least there's people like you out there. 724 00:32:01,794 --> 00:32:03,404 Like me? 725 00:32:03,404 --> 00:32:07,321 Somebody who makes a mistake but ultimately 726 00:32:07,321 --> 00:32:09,802 does the right thing. 727 00:32:09,802 --> 00:32:10,977 I'm sorry, are you trying to say something-- 728 00:32:10,977 --> 00:32:11,978 I am. 729 00:32:14,024 --> 00:32:16,635 You know, Mack, everyone has said to me 730 00:32:16,635 --> 00:32:20,291 that you're a good man... 731 00:32:20,291 --> 00:32:22,380 but we both know what you did. 732 00:32:24,469 --> 00:32:30,040 And quite frankly, I understand the impulse. 733 00:32:35,959 --> 00:32:42,008 But placing a towel over your child... 734 00:32:44,184 --> 00:32:47,013 Wasn't the only thing 735 00:32:47,013 --> 00:32:48,623 that you did, was it? 736 00:32:50,843 --> 00:32:51,800 Was it? 737 00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:57,850 I didn't want all the cops, the techs, 738 00:32:57,850 --> 00:32:59,634 everybody crawling all over that place 739 00:32:59,634 --> 00:33:03,682 investigating his murder to see him like that. 740 00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:06,293 Commenting on him, laughing at my son. 741 00:33:06,293 --> 00:33:10,384 So you took off her nails... 742 00:33:10,384 --> 00:33:13,692 you wiped off her makeup... 743 00:33:13,692 --> 00:33:15,172 and you hid her clothes. 744 00:33:15,172 --> 00:33:16,390 I-- 745 00:33:18,392 --> 00:33:19,785 What the hell did I do? 746 00:33:21,961 --> 00:33:22,831 I chose shame. 747 00:33:22,831 --> 00:33:25,791 Over justice for your child. 748 00:33:28,054 --> 00:33:30,361 If I'd just left everything the way it was, 749 00:33:30,361 --> 00:33:32,972 everything at the crime scene, 750 00:33:32,972 --> 00:33:36,062 maybe Cora wouldn't have been attacked. 751 00:33:36,062 --> 00:33:38,630 You know, Cora-- 752 00:33:38,630 --> 00:33:40,023 Cora needed a father. 753 00:33:40,023 --> 00:33:41,763 She needed somebody who accepted her, 754 00:33:41,763 --> 00:33:47,552 who was there for her. 755 00:33:47,552 --> 00:33:49,771 You can still be there for Aida. 756 00:33:52,122 --> 00:33:56,735 That's the name that your daughter chose for herself. 757 00:33:59,564 --> 00:34:01,653 I guess I wasn't really listening. 758 00:34:05,657 --> 00:34:08,312 I'm not a good person. 759 00:34:08,312 --> 00:34:10,053 You can be a better one. 760 00:34:20,802 --> 00:34:23,501 So this is what Aida was wearing 761 00:34:23,501 --> 00:34:25,242 the night of her murder? 762 00:34:25,242 --> 00:34:28,549 Yeah, that's everything, everything I-- 763 00:34:28,549 --> 00:34:29,724 I hid. 764 00:34:29,724 --> 00:34:32,901 The clothes Aida was attacked in. 765 00:34:32,901 --> 00:34:35,121 We'll comb them for DNA. 766 00:34:44,087 --> 00:34:48,395 Mack, if you're really serious 767 00:34:48,395 --> 00:34:50,397 about Lukas Peeters going away, 768 00:34:50,397 --> 00:34:54,314 then Carisi will indict him on murder. 769 00:34:54,314 --> 00:34:56,142 That means that you're gonna have to testify 770 00:34:56,142 --> 00:34:58,057 in front of the grand jury. 771 00:34:58,057 --> 00:35:00,973 Are you okay with that? 772 00:35:00,973 --> 00:35:02,496 I am. 773 00:35:02,496 --> 00:35:04,672 And you understand that that means 774 00:35:04,672 --> 00:35:06,370 that you need to confess 775 00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:08,023 for tampering with the crime scene? 776 00:35:08,023 --> 00:35:09,112 I know. 777 00:35:09,112 --> 00:35:10,461 That's a felony. 778 00:35:10,461 --> 00:35:12,767 I know. 779 00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:21,515 Well, then if I were you, I-- 780 00:35:21,515 --> 00:35:23,952 I would talk to my union delegate, 781 00:35:23,952 --> 00:35:26,651 and I would hire-- 782 00:35:26,651 --> 00:35:28,740 I'd hire a good lawyer. 783 00:35:28,740 --> 00:35:30,350 Whatever it takes to make this right. 784 00:35:30,350 --> 00:35:33,440 Even if it means you'll lose your badge? 785 00:35:40,143 --> 00:35:43,581 It was quiet when I got to Aida's apartment. 786 00:35:43,581 --> 00:35:46,453 She, uh--she didn't answer the door. 787 00:35:46,453 --> 00:35:50,327 So I looked in the window, and that's when I saw the-- 788 00:35:50,327 --> 00:35:53,373 saw legs on the floor. 789 00:35:53,373 --> 00:35:58,030 And I immediately got a bad feeling. 790 00:35:58,030 --> 00:36:00,685 What did you do next? 791 00:36:00,685 --> 00:36:03,296 I kicked in the door to get to my daughter. 792 00:36:03,296 --> 00:36:06,212 Can you describe how you found her? 793 00:36:12,087 --> 00:36:15,134 Eyes shut, splayed out. 794 00:36:18,050 --> 00:36:20,792 She had bruises and bite marks. 795 00:36:22,837 --> 00:36:24,187 There was blood everywhere. 796 00:36:26,276 --> 00:36:29,104 I moved her body... 797 00:36:30,628 --> 00:36:34,197 To put her to bed one last time. 798 00:36:34,197 --> 00:36:35,676 What was she wearing? 799 00:36:39,202 --> 00:36:41,204 Jeans, a blouse, 800 00:36:41,204 --> 00:36:45,077 red, high-heeled shoes. 801 00:36:45,077 --> 00:36:47,819 She had makeup on her face. 802 00:36:47,819 --> 00:36:51,605 She had those fake nails, 803 00:36:51,605 --> 00:36:54,217 which I removed. 804 00:36:58,221 --> 00:37:00,223 I was acting on instinct. 805 00:37:00,223 --> 00:37:03,748 A big part of me knew what I was doing was wrong, but... 806 00:37:05,445 --> 00:37:09,406 I'm also very aware of what it's like at a crime scene. 807 00:37:09,406 --> 00:37:14,237 You know, you got photographs and detailed reports, and-- 808 00:37:16,978 --> 00:37:18,632 And what? 809 00:37:22,114 --> 00:37:23,289 And as was stated earlier, 810 00:37:23,289 --> 00:37:26,379 my daughter identified as a woman. 811 00:37:28,903 --> 00:37:30,253 I didn't accept that. 812 00:37:32,167 --> 00:37:36,476 I wasn't enough of a man to accept that. 813 00:37:36,476 --> 00:37:38,826 And I'm ashamed of it now, 814 00:37:38,826 --> 00:37:42,265 but I was too embarrassed to let the cops-- 815 00:37:42,265 --> 00:37:45,833 the very men that I work with-- 816 00:37:45,833 --> 00:37:47,748 see her like that. 817 00:37:47,748 --> 00:37:51,186 What did you do with Aida's effects? 818 00:37:51,186 --> 00:37:52,536 I put them in two garbage bags 819 00:37:52,536 --> 00:37:56,931 and hid them in the boat in my garage. 820 00:37:56,931 --> 00:37:59,543 Why'd you hold on to them? 821 00:37:59,543 --> 00:38:00,892 Because they were the last things 822 00:38:00,892 --> 00:38:02,937 I had to remember my child. 823 00:38:12,207 --> 00:38:15,254 The grand jury handed down an indictment for murder one, 824 00:38:15,254 --> 00:38:17,430 thanks to Detective McDaniels' testimony 825 00:38:17,430 --> 00:38:20,433 and confirmation of Lukas's DNA on Aida's clothing. 826 00:38:20,433 --> 00:38:22,217 And when you told Lukas and his lawyer? 827 00:38:22,217 --> 00:38:24,002 Oh, they folded like origami. 828 00:38:24,002 --> 00:38:26,787 15 years for man one, 10 years on Cora's charges. 829 00:38:26,787 --> 00:38:28,398 And we also heard from Interpol. 830 00:38:28,398 --> 00:38:29,877 Any DNA hits in Belgium? 831 00:38:29,877 --> 00:38:32,010 Eight other rape victims in Germany. 832 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,795 He was a project manager for a building there last year. 833 00:38:34,795 --> 00:38:36,580 And the DA's office will cooperate 834 00:38:36,580 --> 00:38:38,321 with the German police on those cases, 835 00:38:38,321 --> 00:38:40,671 but only after Lukas serves his sentence here. 836 00:38:49,288 --> 00:38:51,377 Muncy, let me ask you question. 837 00:38:51,377 --> 00:38:53,292 You want a bite of my Hawaiian pizza? 838 00:38:53,292 --> 00:38:55,642 No, thank you. 839 00:38:55,642 --> 00:38:58,297 It's about that Belgian guy in the bodega cellar. 840 00:38:58,297 --> 00:39:00,386 Yeah, what about him? 841 00:39:00,386 --> 00:39:01,822 How long did you actually wait 842 00:39:01,822 --> 00:39:03,302 before you went down those stairs 843 00:39:03,302 --> 00:39:05,348 after I told you don't go? 844 00:39:05,348 --> 00:39:06,523 Honestly, Sarge, I was already 845 00:39:06,523 --> 00:39:07,872 halfway down the steps. 846 00:39:07,872 --> 00:39:09,613 What the hell is wrong with you? 847 00:39:09,613 --> 00:39:11,266 You know you could have got killed, right? 848 00:39:11,266 --> 00:39:12,703 Yeah, but I wasn't. 849 00:39:15,401 --> 00:39:17,055 But I hear you. 850 00:39:17,055 --> 00:39:18,491 I wasn't thinking. 851 00:39:18,491 --> 00:39:20,537 It's just, sometimes people piss me off. 852 00:39:20,537 --> 00:39:22,452 Yeah, I get what you mean. 853 00:39:22,452 --> 00:39:23,931 But you do something like that again, 854 00:39:23,931 --> 00:39:25,237 I'm gonna have to tell Benson. 855 00:39:27,457 --> 00:39:29,372 And one more thing, 856 00:39:29,372 --> 00:39:32,070 I don't know how you do it in Queens, 857 00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:34,159 but people up in Harlem, 858 00:39:34,159 --> 00:39:36,553 we don't put fruit on our pizza. 859 00:39:47,302 --> 00:39:52,003 So the loss of a child is not something you can prepare for. 860 00:39:54,527 --> 00:40:00,446 Aida had dreams and a lot of plans for the future. 861 00:40:00,446 --> 00:40:02,317 Plans that, um... 862 00:40:07,061 --> 00:40:10,630 She didn't share with me because she didn't 863 00:40:10,630 --> 00:40:12,023 feel like I would accept her. 864 00:40:16,288 --> 00:40:20,031 And that is my loss because-- 865 00:40:20,031 --> 00:40:23,034 Because I never got to meet her. 866 00:40:27,299 --> 00:40:29,301 But I loved her. 867 00:40:32,652 --> 00:40:36,264 - To Aida. - To Aida. 868 00:40:36,264 --> 00:40:37,744 all: To Aida. 869 00:40:37,744 --> 00:40:40,094 Aida. 870 00:40:40,094 --> 00:40:41,400 You think they have a shot? 871 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,358 Now that they both love the same child? 872 00:40:43,358 --> 00:40:45,970 Yeah, maybe. 873 00:40:48,973 --> 00:40:50,235 To love. 874 00:40:50,235 --> 00:40:52,280 Mm. 875 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:53,934 Nice work, professor.