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In the criminal justice
system,
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sexually based offenses
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are considered
especially heinous.
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In New York City,
the dedicated detectives
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who investigate
these vicious felonies
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are members of an elite squad
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known as
the Special Victims Unit.
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These are their stories.
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Are you my appendix?
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Excuse me?
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Because I want
to take you out.
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Oh, that's--
[chuckles]
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That's not nice,
that's my drink.
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Not anymore.
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- Okay.
- Don't you know?
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Possession is 9/10 of the law.
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Where'd you get
your law degree,
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College of Staten Island?
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These lips could
give a guy like you
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a hell of a 21st birthday.
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Who told you
it was my birthday?
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What did I tell you?
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Hey.
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Hey, hey, hey.
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Oh, come on,
what's the matter?
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What, did she spill
your gin fizz?
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It was a tequila Negroni,
you philistines.
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- A what?
- It ain't an insult
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if we never heard
the word before.
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- Whose idea was that?
- Relax, kid.
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Mandy's a catch.
A good, Irish Catholic girl.
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All right, that's it.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa,
what do you mean that's it?
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What are you doing?
Where are you going?
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I'm going back to the city.
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What do mean you're
going back to the city?
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We're playing a game.
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I told you I wanted
to keep my birthday low key.
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Oh, come on, turning 21
is not a low-key birthday.
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These guys watched you grow up.
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Come on, they just bought
you a drink, that's all.
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Aidan!
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Aidan!
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Son! Hey!
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These guys didn't
mean anything by that.
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They just wanted to
celebrate with you.
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By getting me laid.
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What's wrong with that?
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If I have to
explain it to you,
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then you haven't
been listening.
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I gotta go.
- No, no, no, wait.
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Just give me one second, okay?
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I have your suit
for Aunt Pammie's wedding
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in the trunk of my car.
Give me one--
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My car is
literally right here,
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and I didn't pick out
that suit; you did.
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Don't start with that.
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You want me to wear it
so bad, you drop it off.
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You want me to drive
into Manhattan
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to drop off your suit?
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Aidan!
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Oh, come on.
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- Hey.
- Oh.
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There you are. Sit down.
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And, uh, ask me why I'm popping
a bottle of champagne
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in the middle of the day.
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You won a big case?
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- No.
- No.
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We are celebrating.
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Okay, I figured that out.
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Okay, listen, stop being
a detective for five seconds.
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You blew those kids
at Fordham away,
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and my old college roommate
was impressed.
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And he called me today
to put out some feelers.
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For what?
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The way he puts it,
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they're gonna approach you
with a job offer--
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a teaching position.
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[soft music]
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I'm not a teacher.
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No, but you are an expert
in forensic psychology.
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After you got shot,
you've been all but hinting
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that you might need a change.
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I thought this
might be perfect.
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Carisi, stop being
a lawyer for five seconds.
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I didn't mean leaving SVU.
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You can say no if you want.
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Just don't say no right now.
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Right now,
enjoy your champagne,
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and then after that,
sleep on it.
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To the future.
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Hmm.
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Hmm.
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Aidan?
[doorbell buzzes]
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Yo?
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Aidan!
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Aidan, come on,
it's getting late.
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We got to be suited up
in the church by 9:00 a.m.
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Aidan!
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Aidan, if you don't show up,
your aunt
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is gonna absolutely lose it.
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I can hear your cell in there.
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I know you're in there,
come on!
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[phone rings]
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Aidan!
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[tense music]
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Aidan?
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♪
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[dramatic music]
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♪
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So the victim is the kid
of one of our own?
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Detective Mark McDaniels,
Grand Larceny division.
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The same McDaniels who
collared the postal inspector
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a few years back?
- Special Frauds.
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That phony check scam case, right?
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Mack's a good man.
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What can you tell us
about his son?
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The kid just turned 21,
lived alone, went to FIT.
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Worked for some high-end
clothing brand in Soho.
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And his father
is the one who found him?
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He called it in.
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I called you guys.
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What's the sexual component?
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I found bite marks
on his genitals.
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I couldn't get him
out of the house.
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We'll talk to him.
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Detective McDaniels?
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I'm Captain Benson.
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This is Detective Rollins.
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Can you tell us what happened?
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Yeah.
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Uh...
[breaths shakily]
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We were celebrating my son's,
uh, you know, 21st birthday,
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and, uh, you know,
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he used to be
such a good bowler
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when he was a kid, so we--
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[voice breaking] And I was just
trying to drop off his suit.
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You know, uh,
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you know that expression
one day at a time?
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I think today
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it's one minute at a time.
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[somber music]
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He had--
he had bite marks on him.
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On his back,
on his upper thigh,
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and, uh,
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all over his,
uh, his groin area.
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Yeah, Detective Fernandez
brought us up to speed.
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I mean, as far as I know,
my kid was a virgin.
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What kind of--
what kind of monster does this?
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That's what
we're gonna find out.
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Oh, God, I'm sorry.
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The door, was it broken
like that when you got here?
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No, I did that.
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I didn't know it was
a crime scene, but, you know,
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when I looked in and I saw my--
my son dead on the--
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on the floor, you know,
I kind of lost it, okay?
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Is there somebody
that we can call for you?
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Your wife?
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My ex, Laura.
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Yeah, I should call her.
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Yeah, if I was his mother,
that's what I would want,
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and I'd want to hear it
from you.
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Yeah.
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Oh, God.
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[line trilling]
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We came as soon
as I got your text.
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This guy's in bad shape.
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Look, father to father--
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Okay, I'll keep
an eye on him.
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This kid, it's awful.
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He crossed paths
with a monster
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at some point last night.
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Look, go outside and check if
there's any security cameras.
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Check his phone, his social,
and tell me what you find.
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Did the perp place
the towel like that?
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I asked Mack about it.
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He said he did it
to preserve the kid's dignity.
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Okay, well,
that's gonna mess up the case,
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but I certainly get it.
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Half the closet's empty.
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Drawers too.
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Kid was an art school student.
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Probably on a
shoestring budget.
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Probably didn't have much
to begin with.
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That may be something.
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May be nothing.
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Thanks, Fernandez.
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Can you imagine if it was
Jessie or Billie or Noah?
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We're used to seeing
this stuff all the time.
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I can't.
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Thanks for coming in
on your day off.
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Well, what can you tell us
about Aidan McDaniels?
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Well, in addition
to bite marks,
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he's got quite a few injuries.
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Cause of death, head trauma,
internal bleeding.
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So he was beaten?
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More like tortured.
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Whoever did this started
with the biting,
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then switched to some kind
of object.
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Do you have any idea
what the object was?
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Blunt force,
four inch diameter
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with a significant taper.
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Off-hand, I'd say
it was a wine bottle.
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Likely the same one
he was sodomized with.
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So it was a rage attack?
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He's got quite a few
internal ruptures.
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Ooh.
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Do you know if this happened
antemortem or post?
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Haven't had enough time
with the body yet.
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Why?
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Does that impact
your investigation?
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No, but it'll matter
to the father.
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He's a cop,
he's gonna ask questions.
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I know I would.
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Were you able to recover
any DNA?
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Checked the vic's mouth,
under the nails,
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got a whole lot of nothing.
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Really? That's odd.
He didn't fight back at all?
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Whether he did or he didn't,
it's tough to say,
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and even tougher
to prove at trial.
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His nails were trimmed
right down to the beds.
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I also found residue
of sodium stearate
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on his hands, face,
neck, upper body.
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Sodium stearate?
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A common surfactant used
in household detergents.
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And based on the new
and improved lemony scent,
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I'd say it was dish soap.
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Okay, so whoever this was
knew how to get rid of the DNA.
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Sometimes the absence
of something
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has a presence all its own.
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That level of rage,
we're looking at some type
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of serial sex predator.
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But rage is--is primal.
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Rage is messy.
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It doesn't stop
to trim someone's nails.
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But people can
learn to control
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their aggressive impulses, professor.
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You okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
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What now?
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You get anything, Muncy?
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Yeah, I went
through Aidan's texts.
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He made plans
to meet up with a friend
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after the bar, Brian Donnelly,
at the old neighborhood.
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Where's that?
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Howard Beach.
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Where John Gotti
used to live.
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That neighborhood is racist,
sexist, and phobic
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of just about everything.
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Good place to meet a monster.
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That's Aidan, good kid,
a little sensitive.
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So he got murdered?
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Jeez.
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Catch the guy?
- We're working on it.
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We heard Aidan
was here last night.
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Well, you heard wrong.
Not Aidan.
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His boy Brian was here
with some chick.
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You sure?
262
00:11:24,248 --> 00:11:25,685
I don't mean to talk
out of school.
263
00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:26,686
The guy's married.
264
00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:27,817
No Aidan?
265
00:11:27,817 --> 00:11:29,210
I was here all night.
266
00:11:29,210 --> 00:11:30,690
If Aidan was here,
I would've high-fived the guy.
267
00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:32,343
It was his birthday.
268
00:11:32,343 --> 00:11:35,520
I've been slinging that kid
free pints since he turned 16.
269
00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,046
Did you just confess
to serving a minor alcohol?
270
00:11:39,046 --> 00:11:41,526
All it would take is a
phone call to shut you down.
271
00:11:41,526 --> 00:11:44,312
Unless you show us
the security footage?
272
00:11:49,621 --> 00:11:51,711
We scrubbed through
all the security footage.
273
00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:54,757
We saw Aidan's friend Brian
out on some kind of a date.
274
00:11:54,757 --> 00:11:57,412
And it didn't go too well
because after about 20 minutes,
275
00:11:57,412 --> 00:11:58,935
the date storms off.
276
00:11:58,935 --> 00:12:00,458
And no Aidan?
277
00:12:00,458 --> 00:12:02,460
No, and I went through
all 12 hours the bar was open--
278
00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:04,332
just a bunch of meatheads
getting drunk.
279
00:12:04,332 --> 00:12:05,986
Hold on, go back,
I want to see something.
280
00:12:07,814 --> 00:12:08,815
Freeze it.
281
00:12:08,815 --> 00:12:15,996
♪
282
00:12:17,649 --> 00:12:18,999
Does Aidan have a sister?
283
00:12:20,827 --> 00:12:23,873
Nope, he's an only child.
284
00:12:23,873 --> 00:12:26,702
Brian's date is Aidan.
285
00:12:26,702 --> 00:12:33,840
♪
286
00:12:39,802 --> 00:12:41,978
That's you with Aidan, right?
287
00:12:41,978 --> 00:12:43,675
Yep.
288
00:12:43,675 --> 00:12:45,329
He asked me to meet him
at the bar.
289
00:12:45,329 --> 00:12:46,766
You mean she?
290
00:12:48,942 --> 00:12:50,204
Why'd he want to meet you?
291
00:12:50,204 --> 00:12:51,422
Said he wanted to talk.
292
00:12:51,422 --> 00:12:53,598
- About what?
- What do you think?
293
00:12:55,818 --> 00:12:57,820
That.
294
00:12:57,820 --> 00:13:01,519
Aidan was my best friend
since second grade.
295
00:13:03,870 --> 00:13:04,827
He's like my brother.
296
00:13:07,438 --> 00:13:08,570
Then she shows up.
297
00:13:08,570 --> 00:13:09,571
So you didn't know
about this?
298
00:13:09,571 --> 00:13:12,356
That his name was now Aida?
299
00:13:16,273 --> 00:13:19,015
Howard Beach is a
tough neighborhood.
300
00:13:19,015 --> 00:13:20,495
I'm lucky he passed.
301
00:13:20,495 --> 00:13:21,888
The bartender didn't
even know who he was.
302
00:13:21,888 --> 00:13:24,151
So if she didn't pass,
the meatheads there
303
00:13:24,151 --> 00:13:25,239
would have beat your ass?
304
00:13:25,239 --> 00:13:26,370
Both of our asses.
305
00:13:26,370 --> 00:13:27,632
So that's what
the fight was about?
306
00:13:27,632 --> 00:13:28,764
Yeah, I was pissed.
307
00:13:28,764 --> 00:13:30,810
I freaked out, yelled at him.
308
00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:34,596
I overreacted, yelled at him
to stay the hell away from me.
309
00:13:34,596 --> 00:13:38,034
Don't you think I want
to take that back now?
310
00:13:38,034 --> 00:13:39,644
Okay.
311
00:13:39,644 --> 00:13:42,647
So did Aida tell you where
she was going after she left?
312
00:13:42,647 --> 00:13:47,043
She just asked if I would
accept her for who she was.
313
00:13:47,043 --> 00:13:48,392
And what'd you say?
314
00:13:48,392 --> 00:13:50,830
[suspenseful music]
315
00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:52,005
No.
316
00:13:52,005 --> 00:13:53,876
What'd you do
when you left the bar?
317
00:13:53,876 --> 00:13:55,791
I went home.
318
00:13:55,791 --> 00:13:58,315
My wife was in the middle
of breastfeeding our baby.
319
00:13:58,315 --> 00:14:00,404
If you need an alibi,
you can ask her.
320
00:14:00,404 --> 00:14:01,928
Your wife?
321
00:14:01,928 --> 00:14:04,800
It's not gonna hold
a lot of water in court.
322
00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,542
We're gonna need to take
your dental impressions.
323
00:14:07,542 --> 00:14:09,587
Dental impressions?
324
00:14:09,587 --> 00:14:12,895
Yeah, whoever killed
your friend left bite marks.
325
00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:19,815
♪
326
00:14:20,816 --> 00:14:22,252
I had to do it
all over again,
327
00:14:22,252 --> 00:14:24,776
I would have bought him a beer
and said I loved him.
328
00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,046
Brian's dental impressions
weren't a match.
329
00:14:33,046 --> 00:14:34,786
And his cell phone
put him at home
330
00:14:34,786 --> 00:14:36,310
at the time of Aida's murder.
331
00:14:36,310 --> 00:14:38,007
So our killer
is still out there.
332
00:14:38,007 --> 00:14:41,228
All right, so any idea where
Aida went after Howard Beach?
333
00:14:41,228 --> 00:14:43,186
Her cell phone pinged a tower
in the West Village
334
00:14:43,186 --> 00:14:44,622
at 1:00 a.m.
335
00:14:44,622 --> 00:14:45,928
A lot of bars in that area.
336
00:14:45,928 --> 00:14:48,104
Where she would
feel accepted.
337
00:14:48,104 --> 00:14:49,758
We'll start a canvass
in the village.
338
00:14:49,758 --> 00:14:51,760
And we need to speak
with Mack and his wife
339
00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,024
to find out
if they had any idea
340
00:14:55,024 --> 00:14:57,113
about their child's
private life.
341
00:15:03,163 --> 00:15:05,426
Laura just flew in.
342
00:15:05,426 --> 00:15:07,341
She hasn't been back
since we split.
343
00:15:07,341 --> 00:15:08,777
She's a mother, I get it.
344
00:15:08,777 --> 00:15:10,257
I told her it was
an active crime scene,
345
00:15:10,257 --> 00:15:13,129
but she wouldn't listen.
346
00:15:13,129 --> 00:15:16,828
Anyway, you guys aren't here
to be marriage counselors.
347
00:15:16,828 --> 00:15:19,831
We have some new evidence.
348
00:15:19,831 --> 00:15:22,399
Is there a place
that we could talk?
349
00:15:24,010 --> 00:15:25,968
This was from the night
of the murder
350
00:15:25,968 --> 00:15:27,578
at a bar in Howard Beach.
351
00:15:27,578 --> 00:15:28,840
Yeah, what is it?
This is nothing.
352
00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,625
He's in art school, come on.
353
00:15:30,625 --> 00:15:33,019
Well, we talked
to Aidan's friend,
354
00:15:33,019 --> 00:15:37,719
and he told us that Aidan
was trying to live as Aida.
355
00:15:37,719 --> 00:15:39,547
Who? What friend?
356
00:15:39,547 --> 00:15:40,983
- Brian Donnelly.
- Donnelly.
357
00:15:40,983 --> 00:15:43,116
The Donnelly family
are a bunch of criminals.
358
00:15:43,116 --> 00:15:44,160
He lied.
- Mark--
359
00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,205
- No.
- He's not lying.
360
00:15:45,205 --> 00:15:46,336
What are you talking about?
361
00:15:46,336 --> 00:15:47,555
Remember when Aida
came to visit me
362
00:15:47,555 --> 00:15:48,904
in Sedona?
- Yes.
363
00:15:48,904 --> 00:15:50,601
She was dressed like this
the whole time.
364
00:15:50,601 --> 00:15:51,951
We even did a rebirth ceremony.
- Okay, I can't even listen--
365
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,561
- Her name is Aida now.
- I can't listen to this.
366
00:15:53,561 --> 00:15:54,736
And this is something
that you thought
367
00:15:54,736 --> 00:15:56,346
you should keep from me?
368
00:15:56,346 --> 00:15:59,306
Aida wanted to tell you in
her own way when she was ready.
369
00:15:59,306 --> 00:16:01,177
I told her to live her truth.
370
00:16:01,177 --> 00:16:03,701
Okay, I think
the most important thing
371
00:16:03,701 --> 00:16:06,052
is that you both love
the same child, am I right?
372
00:16:06,052 --> 00:16:10,186
So the more information
that we have about Aidan,
373
00:16:10,186 --> 00:16:11,579
the easier it will be
to find his killer.
374
00:16:11,579 --> 00:16:14,234
Her name is Aida.
375
00:16:14,234 --> 00:16:15,496
She was my best friend.
376
00:16:15,496 --> 00:16:17,367
We told each other everything.
377
00:16:17,367 --> 00:16:18,803
We spoke on the phone
every night.
378
00:16:22,285 --> 00:16:24,940
What do you want to know?
379
00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:26,986
We need a list of
your child's friends,
380
00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:29,858
and can you think of anybody
that would be angry enough
381
00:16:29,858 --> 00:16:32,121
to do something like this?
382
00:16:32,121 --> 00:16:33,514
I don't understand.
383
00:16:33,514 --> 00:16:35,081
Aida was an artist.
384
00:16:35,081 --> 00:16:36,343
She kept to herself.
385
00:16:36,343 --> 00:16:37,997
She wasn't an angry person.
386
00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:39,911
Unfortunately,
the killer was.
387
00:16:39,911 --> 00:16:41,783
Which leads us
to the next thing
388
00:16:41,783 --> 00:16:44,438
that we wanted to
talk to you about.
389
00:16:44,438 --> 00:16:47,267
The pieces don't fit.
390
00:16:47,267 --> 00:16:48,877
'Cause on the one hand,
Aidan's crime scene
391
00:16:48,877 --> 00:16:51,097
exhibits all the hallmarks
of a spree killer--
392
00:16:51,097 --> 00:16:52,489
rage, sloppiness.
393
00:16:52,489 --> 00:16:56,145
And on the other hand,
there was a meticulousness
394
00:16:56,145 --> 00:16:57,712
and a great deal of care.
395
00:16:57,712 --> 00:17:00,236
Are you saying that
two different people
396
00:17:00,236 --> 00:17:01,455
attacked my daughter?
397
00:17:01,455 --> 00:17:02,978
And you think
we're one of them?
398
00:17:02,978 --> 00:17:05,459
All we're saying is that
these two things
399
00:17:05,459 --> 00:17:07,374
don't normally go together.
400
00:17:07,374 --> 00:17:10,290
All right, whoever did this
went to great lengths
401
00:17:10,290 --> 00:17:14,511
to cover all of their tracks
despite their apparent anger.
402
00:17:14,511 --> 00:17:16,731
There were no clothes
in the closet.
403
00:17:16,731 --> 00:17:20,082
No makeup.
No traces of a secret life.
404
00:17:20,082 --> 00:17:22,171
Most importantly,
there was no DNA.
405
00:17:22,171 --> 00:17:23,651
Okay, then you go
back to the house.
406
00:17:23,651 --> 00:17:24,956
We will.
407
00:17:24,956 --> 00:17:26,480
I'm sorry, I thought
you were a captain.
408
00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,003
- Mark!
- No!
409
00:17:28,003 --> 00:17:29,657
Laura, listen, they should
be solving Aidan's murder,
410
00:17:29,657 --> 00:17:31,224
not accusing us.
411
00:17:31,224 --> 00:17:34,488
Look, I know that you've
both been through a lot,
412
00:17:34,488 --> 00:17:36,142
and I feel for you,
I really do,
413
00:17:36,142 --> 00:17:38,535
but there's one thing that
you should know about me.
414
00:17:38,535 --> 00:17:40,972
If I thought that
you killed Aidan,
415
00:17:40,972 --> 00:17:42,452
you'd already be in cuffs.
416
00:17:42,452 --> 00:17:49,633
♪
417
00:17:51,113 --> 00:17:52,897
That went well.
418
00:17:52,897 --> 00:17:54,508
Yeah.
419
00:17:54,508 --> 00:17:57,163
I think I understand why Laura
moved all the way to Sedona.
420
00:17:57,163 --> 00:17:59,034
If it's any consolation,
I saw what she did
421
00:17:59,034 --> 00:18:00,862
with Mack there,
that verbal judo.
422
00:18:00,862 --> 00:18:02,516
Rollins, I've been
giving guys like that
423
00:18:02,516 --> 00:18:04,083
the smackdown my entire career.
424
00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:06,520
No, I'm talking about
you mirroring his language.
425
00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:08,217
Well, he wasn't
gonna talk to us
426
00:18:08,217 --> 00:18:09,653
if I used the wrong pronoun.
427
00:18:09,653 --> 00:18:12,091
Wrong to him.
428
00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:13,744
You saw the look
on his face when I talked
429
00:18:13,744 --> 00:18:15,964
about the closets
being emptied out?
430
00:18:18,053 --> 00:18:19,010
I did.
431
00:18:20,925 --> 00:18:23,798
Look, from his point of view,
I mean,
432
00:18:23,798 --> 00:18:26,105
it's like the guy
lost his son twice.
433
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,542
I've seen
disassociation before.
434
00:18:28,542 --> 00:18:30,674
You have too.
435
00:18:30,674 --> 00:18:34,069
I mean, like you said,
the pieces don't fit.
436
00:18:34,069 --> 00:18:35,157
[phone buzzes]
437
00:18:35,157 --> 00:18:36,245
You think
he's hiding something?
438
00:18:36,245 --> 00:18:37,203
I don't know.
439
00:18:39,422 --> 00:18:41,250
There's been another assault.
440
00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:44,166
Chelsea, same MO--
sodomy, attempted murder.
441
00:18:44,166 --> 00:18:46,386
Let me guess, the vic's
covered in bite marks?
442
00:18:46,386 --> 00:18:48,127
Yeah.
443
00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:52,348
♪
444
00:18:52,348 --> 00:18:54,002
Can you tell me your name?
445
00:18:54,002 --> 00:18:56,744
- Cora.
- What happened, Cora?
446
00:18:56,744 --> 00:19:00,226
He tried to kill me,
the man from the bar.
447
00:19:00,226 --> 00:19:02,750
Munce.
448
00:19:02,750 --> 00:19:04,491
Uni says she maced the guy
449
00:19:04,491 --> 00:19:07,233
and he fell off
that fire escape.
450
00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:09,104
That means he couldn't
have gotten far.
451
00:19:09,104 --> 00:19:15,066
♪
452
00:19:18,766 --> 00:19:21,116
Why don't you start wherever
you feel comfortable?
453
00:19:21,116 --> 00:19:22,857
And you don't have
to go in order.
454
00:19:22,857 --> 00:19:28,123
I was leaving the Cubbyhole
with some friends.
455
00:19:28,123 --> 00:19:32,823
They got into a cab,
and this guy started
456
00:19:32,823 --> 00:19:34,085
chatting me up outside.
457
00:19:34,085 --> 00:19:35,391
Did he give you his name?
458
00:19:35,391 --> 00:19:36,610
Lukas.
459
00:19:36,610 --> 00:19:41,310
He was tall, cute,
light brown hair,
460
00:19:41,310 --> 00:19:44,139
and dimples and an accent.
461
00:19:44,139 --> 00:19:45,619
Okay, do you know
what kind of accent?
462
00:19:45,619 --> 00:19:48,274
French or Dutch maybe.
463
00:19:48,274 --> 00:19:52,060
He said he was in town
for a month as project manager
464
00:19:52,060 --> 00:19:54,062
for some architecture firm.
465
00:19:54,062 --> 00:19:55,542
Did he mention the name
of the firm?
466
00:19:55,542 --> 00:19:56,891
No, he didn't.
467
00:19:56,891 --> 00:20:01,722
So, um, can I ask you
a sensitive question?
468
00:20:01,722 --> 00:20:06,074
I'm in a hospital bed
covered in bite marks.
469
00:20:06,074 --> 00:20:07,771
I think we're past that.
470
00:20:07,771 --> 00:20:08,772
Okay.
471
00:20:08,772 --> 00:20:10,252
Did he know that
you were trans?
472
00:20:10,252 --> 00:20:12,036
I told him.
473
00:20:12,036 --> 00:20:14,691
He was intrigued.
474
00:20:14,691 --> 00:20:16,867
And what happened
when you got home?
475
00:20:19,348 --> 00:20:20,480
The second
we got into the door,
476
00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,874
it was like a switch flipped.
477
00:20:23,874 --> 00:20:27,008
He went full-on beast mode.
478
00:20:27,008 --> 00:20:28,270
How?
479
00:20:28,270 --> 00:20:29,880
He slammed me
against the wall
480
00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:35,886
and tore my clothes off
and started biting me.
481
00:20:35,886 --> 00:20:40,978
Then he grabbed
a wine bottle, and...
482
00:20:40,978 --> 00:20:43,459
started raping me with it.
483
00:20:43,459 --> 00:20:45,287
I pretended to go along with it
484
00:20:45,287 --> 00:20:49,683
so I could grab my mace.
485
00:20:49,683 --> 00:20:52,468
I blinded the bastard,
and he took off out the window.
486
00:20:52,468 --> 00:20:57,125
I heard him fall, but when
I looked down, he was gone.
487
00:20:57,125 --> 00:21:00,389
[suspenseful music]
488
00:21:00,389 --> 00:21:02,609
[dog barking]
- Oh, oh, what's the matter?
489
00:21:02,609 --> 00:21:05,264
What's the--what is it?
- Ma'am, are you okay?
490
00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:07,744
Oh, that poor man
must have fallen.
491
00:21:07,744 --> 00:21:09,659
Oh, I tell my friend Rita
all the time
492
00:21:09,659 --> 00:21:11,270
she should watch out
for these things.
493
00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:12,793
These bodegas are
gonna kill somebody.
494
00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:13,968
You should give
the owner a ticket.
495
00:21:13,968 --> 00:21:15,230
Hey, freeze!
496
00:21:15,230 --> 00:21:16,318
What if my dog
fell down there?
497
00:21:16,318 --> 00:21:18,015
Ma'am, shut up!
Fin, I got him.
498
00:21:18,015 --> 00:21:19,495
Corner of 10th and 21st.
499
00:21:19,495 --> 00:21:22,803
Basement of the Circle Mart.
500
00:21:22,803 --> 00:21:25,588
Stay put, Muncy.
501
00:21:25,588 --> 00:21:28,287
NYPD!
502
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:29,810
Hands where I can see 'em!
503
00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:35,685
[grunting]
504
00:21:35,685 --> 00:21:42,344
♪
505
00:21:43,214 --> 00:21:44,738
- Get up!
- Ah! Ah!
506
00:21:44,738 --> 00:21:47,001
Get up!
507
00:21:47,001 --> 00:21:48,481
You're under arrest! Hey!
508
00:21:48,481 --> 00:21:50,831
You're under arrest!
- Muncy? Muncy?
509
00:21:50,831 --> 00:21:53,486
I got him. I got him.
510
00:21:53,486 --> 00:21:54,487
What the hell
happened to him?
511
00:21:54,487 --> 00:21:56,663
I think he's
got a broken rib.
512
00:21:56,663 --> 00:21:58,491
Don't look at me,
I didn't do it.
513
00:21:58,491 --> 00:21:59,535
He fell off the fire escape
514
00:21:59,535 --> 00:22:01,450
and then went down there
to hide.
515
00:22:04,758 --> 00:22:06,629
Do you think it's the
same guy who attacked Aida?
516
00:22:06,629 --> 00:22:07,891
We'll see.
517
00:22:07,891 --> 00:22:09,502
I mean, hopefully,
we'll get some usable DNA
518
00:22:09,502 --> 00:22:11,112
from Cora's rape kit.
519
00:22:11,112 --> 00:22:12,548
Fin?
520
00:22:12,548 --> 00:22:14,637
Muncy hauled this guy
out of a bodega cellar.
521
00:22:14,637 --> 00:22:16,030
Are we sure that it's him?
522
00:22:16,030 --> 00:22:17,510
Well, he's pretty banged up.
523
00:22:17,510 --> 00:22:18,815
Either he fell off
a fire escape
524
00:22:18,815 --> 00:22:21,252
or Muncy's a lot stronger
than she looks.
525
00:22:21,252 --> 00:22:22,253
You have
a black light on you?
526
00:22:22,253 --> 00:22:23,733
Yeah, why?
527
00:22:23,733 --> 00:22:25,518
Because our vic just said
that she maced him,
528
00:22:25,518 --> 00:22:27,084
and as far as I know,
529
00:22:27,084 --> 00:22:29,304
all pepper spray
has UV dye in it.
530
00:22:29,304 --> 00:22:30,305
Okay.
531
00:22:30,305 --> 00:22:37,268
♪
532
00:22:41,272 --> 00:22:42,709
It wasn't me.
533
00:22:42,709 --> 00:22:44,754
Yeah, well, your eyes
tell a different story.
534
00:22:46,669 --> 00:22:48,976
Lukas Peeters,
he's a Belgian national.
535
00:22:48,976 --> 00:22:50,717
He's been in New York
for two weeks.
536
00:22:50,717 --> 00:22:52,414
He doesn't have a record
in the U.S.
537
00:22:52,414 --> 00:22:53,894
We're checking with Interpol.
538
00:22:53,894 --> 00:22:55,243
And the victim, Cora,
made a positive ID?
539
00:22:55,243 --> 00:22:57,550
In a lineup.
And the forensics were a match.
540
00:22:57,550 --> 00:23:00,466
His prints and her DNA
were on the wine bottle
541
00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:01,815
that was used in the assault.
542
00:23:01,815 --> 00:23:03,164
This guy make any admission
of guilt
543
00:23:03,164 --> 00:23:04,426
before he lawyered up?
544
00:23:04,426 --> 00:23:05,862
Oh, he's claiming
that it was consensual.
545
00:23:05,862 --> 00:23:07,342
Nice try.
546
00:23:07,342 --> 00:23:09,213
I'll arraign him,
I'll get an indictment.
547
00:23:09,213 --> 00:23:10,432
The vic's good to testify?
- She is.
548
00:23:10,432 --> 00:23:11,520
Captain, sorry to interrupt.
549
00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:12,956
Detective McDaniels is here.
550
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:15,959
It's okay. Send him in.
551
00:23:18,092 --> 00:23:20,181
I heard you have
a suspect in custody?
552
00:23:20,181 --> 00:23:21,443
There he is. He killed my son.
553
00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:23,837
We don't know that.
554
00:23:23,837 --> 00:23:25,273
What are you
charging him with?
555
00:23:25,273 --> 00:23:27,014
As of now,
aggravated sexual abuse
556
00:23:27,014 --> 00:23:28,015
and attempted murder one,
557
00:23:28,015 --> 00:23:29,799
but on the case
from last night.
558
00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:31,322
No, I heard about
the bite marks
559
00:23:31,322 --> 00:23:32,759
on the second vic, the sexual assault.
560
00:23:32,759 --> 00:23:34,630
Did you match those
to the bite marks on Aidan?
561
00:23:34,630 --> 00:23:36,589
Actually,
they were inconclusive.
562
00:23:36,589 --> 00:23:38,068
Did you even ask him
about Aidan?
563
00:23:38,068 --> 00:23:40,027
We did, and he denies
ever having met her.
564
00:23:40,027 --> 00:23:42,290
Okay, so canvass all the
bars, pull the street cams.
565
00:23:42,290 --> 00:23:43,509
Put them together, do your job.
566
00:23:43,509 --> 00:23:44,684
Detective McDaniels--
567
00:23:44,684 --> 00:23:45,902
Even if they
were seen together,
568
00:23:45,902 --> 00:23:47,600
there is no evidence
putting him
569
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,515
at your child's crime scene.
There's no DNA.
570
00:23:49,515 --> 00:23:52,039
We told you the whole place
was wiped.
571
00:23:54,171 --> 00:23:55,259
Oh, my God.
572
00:23:55,259 --> 00:24:00,482
♪
573
00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:02,136
Detective McDaniels,
is there something
574
00:24:02,136 --> 00:24:04,094
that you want to tell us?
575
00:24:04,094 --> 00:24:06,793
Because your son was
dressed as a woman
576
00:24:06,793 --> 00:24:10,623
the night of his murder,
and we cannot find the clothes.
577
00:24:10,623 --> 00:24:12,451
There's no makeup.
- You know what?
578
00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,714
I'm not the one that you should
be interrogating, Captain.
579
00:24:14,714 --> 00:24:16,585
Not when my son's killer
is sitting in the other room.
580
00:24:16,585 --> 00:24:19,762
Did you--did you swab this guy?
581
00:24:19,762 --> 00:24:22,504
He has to have scratches, cuts.
582
00:24:22,504 --> 00:24:24,463
My son didn't take this
lying down.
583
00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:25,681
Because you taught him
to be tough?
584
00:24:25,681 --> 00:24:27,291
Yeah, he would have
fought like a man!
585
00:24:27,291 --> 00:24:30,947
The ME didn't find anything
under his fingernails.
586
00:24:30,947 --> 00:24:33,080
In fact, there were hardly
any fingernails at all.
587
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,169
There is definitely
something else out there,
588
00:24:35,169 --> 00:24:37,519
something that you have missed.
589
00:24:37,519 --> 00:24:40,000
There's no way that this guy
did what he did to my son
590
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,567
without leaving more
of a trace.
591
00:24:41,567 --> 00:24:43,873
You have to go back, right?
592
00:24:43,873 --> 00:24:45,614
Start your investigation
from square one,
593
00:24:45,614 --> 00:24:47,311
or I promise you you're
gonna be standing in front
594
00:24:47,311 --> 00:24:49,836
of a firing squad at CompStat
wondering why you didn't
595
00:24:49,836 --> 00:24:51,925
do this right
in the first place.
596
00:24:51,925 --> 00:24:54,884
[tense music]
597
00:24:54,884 --> 00:25:01,891
♪
598
00:25:06,635 --> 00:25:09,420
The victim, Cora Jones,
was injured and traumatized.
599
00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:12,032
She told
responding officers that
600
00:25:12,032 --> 00:25:14,425
Lukas Peeters
had tried to kill her.
601
00:25:14,425 --> 00:25:17,559
And you found evidence
that supports her statement?
602
00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:20,127
She was covered
in bite marks, bruises,
603
00:25:20,127 --> 00:25:23,522
subdural hematoma from
being clubbed with a bottle.
604
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:26,699
We later learned that
she was forcibly penetrated
605
00:25:26,699 --> 00:25:28,439
with that same implement.
606
00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:30,224
How did you identify
a suspect?
607
00:25:30,224 --> 00:25:31,791
Well,
Cora had maced her attacker,
608
00:25:31,791 --> 00:25:35,272
and he tried to flee
but fell down a fire escape.
609
00:25:35,272 --> 00:25:37,492
Detectives tracked him down
to a local bodega
610
00:25:37,492 --> 00:25:39,538
where he was hiding
in a basement.
611
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:41,757
And Ms. Jones
identified herself to you
612
00:25:41,757 --> 00:25:43,454
as a trans woman, correct?
613
00:25:43,454 --> 00:25:44,717
Yes.
614
00:25:44,717 --> 00:25:47,458
And in your experience
as an SVU detective,
615
00:25:47,458 --> 00:25:49,591
do you believe that
she was targeted
616
00:25:49,591 --> 00:25:51,811
because of how she identifies?
- Objection.
617
00:25:51,811 --> 00:25:54,291
My client is not being charged
with a hate crime.
618
00:25:54,291 --> 00:25:56,598
A little latitude,
Your Honor?
619
00:25:56,598 --> 00:25:58,557
I'll allow this line
of questioning,
620
00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:00,254
but move it along.
621
00:26:00,254 --> 00:26:02,865
Witness may answer.
622
00:26:02,865 --> 00:26:06,260
Actual numbers
are underreported.
623
00:26:06,260 --> 00:26:10,699
Transgender people,
they're a targeted community.
624
00:26:10,699 --> 00:26:15,922
They more often experience
rape, sexual assault, murder.
625
00:26:15,922 --> 00:26:17,576
And who usually
commits these crimes?
626
00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:19,273
It's often
an intimate partner,
627
00:26:19,273 --> 00:26:22,450
but it can be a stranger
who initiates sexual contact
628
00:26:22,450 --> 00:26:25,627
and then changes their mind
and reacts violently.
629
00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:27,150
And in your experience,
630
00:26:27,150 --> 00:26:29,718
why would somebody
react this way?
631
00:26:29,718 --> 00:26:33,200
People like to put things
in neat little boxes,
632
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:37,117
and gender identity just
doesn't work that way.
633
00:26:37,117 --> 00:26:40,337
It is a deeply felt,
individual experience
634
00:26:40,337 --> 00:26:43,602
that doesn't always correspond
to the sex given at birth.
635
00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:47,388
And this seeming contradiction,
it--
636
00:26:47,388 --> 00:26:50,739
well, it can lead to explosive
reactions in some perpetrators.
637
00:26:50,739 --> 00:26:53,481
Was this the case
with Lukas Peeters?
638
00:26:53,481 --> 00:26:56,310
Lukas Peeters purposely
sought out Cora
639
00:26:56,310 --> 00:26:58,965
because she was a trans woman.
640
00:26:58,965 --> 00:27:01,054
And again,
in your experience,
641
00:27:01,054 --> 00:27:02,621
why would he do that?
642
00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:04,797
Well, in my estimation,
the rage exhibited
643
00:27:04,797 --> 00:27:06,799
in this attack is--
644
00:27:06,799 --> 00:27:09,758
it's a peculiar form
of projection of his anger
645
00:27:09,758 --> 00:27:12,369
about his own desires, which--
646
00:27:12,369 --> 00:27:15,155
which were in conflict
with who he believes
647
00:27:15,155 --> 00:27:18,201
he should be
sexually attracted to.
648
00:27:18,201 --> 00:27:19,638
Thank you.
649
00:27:22,597 --> 00:27:24,991
Is there a
simpler explanation
650
00:27:24,991 --> 00:27:27,123
for all this, Detective?
651
00:27:27,123 --> 00:27:29,735
Such as consensual rough sex,
for example?
652
00:27:29,735 --> 00:27:31,606
No, not in my opinion.
653
00:27:31,606 --> 00:27:33,347
The bite marks,
the wine bottle.
654
00:27:33,347 --> 00:27:36,176
The initials
CNC come to mind,
655
00:27:36,176 --> 00:27:37,873
consensual nonconsensual.
656
00:27:37,873 --> 00:27:39,701
You've heard of it?
- Yes.
657
00:27:39,701 --> 00:27:45,576
And you're saying
it's impossible in this case?
658
00:27:45,576 --> 00:27:47,753
You recently gave a lecture
at Fordham University
659
00:27:47,753 --> 00:27:50,494
where you said, and I quote,
660
00:27:50,494 --> 00:27:53,106
"Human sexuality is strange,"
661
00:27:53,106 --> 00:27:55,151
did you not?
662
00:27:55,151 --> 00:27:56,849
Yes, and later in that--
663
00:27:56,849 --> 00:27:58,633
Thank you.
664
00:27:58,633 --> 00:28:00,069
Nothing further.
665
00:28:00,069 --> 00:28:03,072
[suspenseful music]
666
00:28:03,072 --> 00:28:05,422
Lukas Peeters attacked me.
667
00:28:05,422 --> 00:28:08,425
Pinned me against the wall,
668
00:28:08,425 --> 00:28:10,732
ripped my clothes off,
669
00:28:10,732 --> 00:28:13,256
started biting me.
670
00:28:13,256 --> 00:28:15,084
Then he raped me with a bottle.
671
00:28:15,084 --> 00:28:16,216
And what did you do?
672
00:28:16,216 --> 00:28:18,392
I pretended to go along.
673
00:28:18,392 --> 00:28:20,873
Did you mean that
as some form of consent?
674
00:28:20,873 --> 00:28:22,178
Consensual nonconsensual?
675
00:28:22,178 --> 00:28:24,615
Absolutely not.
676
00:28:24,615 --> 00:28:29,708
I did it so I could grab
my mace as a way to survive.
677
00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:32,711
Otherwise, I knew
he would have killed me.
678
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:33,842
Thank you.
679
00:28:33,842 --> 00:28:35,409
No further questions.
680
00:28:37,498 --> 00:28:43,112
Isn't it true you told
my client you like it rough?
681
00:28:43,112 --> 00:28:45,811
There's rough,
and then there's assault.
682
00:28:45,811 --> 00:28:47,682
Lukas assaulted me.
683
00:28:47,682 --> 00:28:49,553
Did you ever
tell him to stop?
684
00:28:51,991 --> 00:28:53,253
I wanted him to.
685
00:28:53,253 --> 00:28:58,084
Did you say the word stop?
686
00:28:58,084 --> 00:28:59,912
I don't recall.
687
00:28:59,912 --> 00:29:01,696
The night is fuzzy.
688
00:29:01,696 --> 00:29:03,437
He hit me on the head
with a bottle.
689
00:29:03,437 --> 00:29:04,786
How about the word no?
690
00:29:08,355 --> 00:29:10,270
I was in shock.
691
00:29:10,270 --> 00:29:11,793
It happened so fast.
692
00:29:11,793 --> 00:29:15,666
Never said stop or no.
693
00:29:15,666 --> 00:29:18,844
Is it possible my client took
the omission of those words
694
00:29:18,844 --> 00:29:20,280
as tacit consent?
695
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:21,629
He had me pinned down.
696
00:29:21,629 --> 00:29:23,413
I was trying to defend myself.
697
00:29:23,413 --> 00:29:24,632
Correct me if I'm wrong,
698
00:29:24,632 --> 00:29:27,243
but weren't you
on the wrestling team
699
00:29:27,243 --> 00:29:28,418
in college?
700
00:29:31,508 --> 00:29:34,990
Yes, but that was
in my former life.
701
00:29:34,990 --> 00:29:36,731
Just curious,
702
00:29:36,731 --> 00:29:40,126
did you identify
as a man in college?
703
00:29:40,126 --> 00:29:46,915
♪
704
00:29:46,915 --> 00:29:48,787
Yes.
705
00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:51,615
And why wrestling?
706
00:29:51,615 --> 00:29:56,011
I was jumped
outside of a local bar
707
00:29:56,011 --> 00:29:57,404
in the town I grew up in.
708
00:29:57,404 --> 00:29:59,275
And where was that?
709
00:29:59,275 --> 00:30:00,973
Muscatine, Iowa.
710
00:30:00,973 --> 00:30:04,628
A small factory town.
711
00:30:04,628 --> 00:30:07,196
It must have been hard
growing up there?
712
00:30:07,196 --> 00:30:08,981
Well, it wasn't
the friendliest place.
713
00:30:08,981 --> 00:30:13,333
Still, it's fair to say
714
00:30:13,333 --> 00:30:15,596
you know how
to defend yourself?
715
00:30:15,596 --> 00:30:19,165
It's been a long time,
and I'm no longer that person.
716
00:30:19,165 --> 00:30:22,298
But you remember
the techniques.
717
00:30:22,298 --> 00:30:25,345
How to throw someone,
how to shift your weight,
718
00:30:25,345 --> 00:30:26,912
how to catch them off guard.
719
00:30:26,912 --> 00:30:29,871
My physicality
is completely different now.
720
00:30:29,871 --> 00:30:32,395
Or maybe there's
another answer.
721
00:30:32,395 --> 00:30:34,267
That you enjoyed
being overpowered,
722
00:30:34,267 --> 00:30:36,095
and you didn't want it to stop.
723
00:30:36,095 --> 00:30:38,010
- Objection.
- Withdrawn.
724
00:30:38,010 --> 00:30:44,930
♪
725
00:30:52,111 --> 00:30:54,374
Cora, you okay?
726
00:30:54,374 --> 00:30:56,376
- I'm sorry.
- No.
727
00:30:56,376 --> 00:30:59,901
No, you have nothing,
nothing to apologize for.
728
00:30:59,901 --> 00:31:02,208
For what it's worth,
that lawyer's strategy,
729
00:31:02,208 --> 00:31:03,426
going after you like that
730
00:31:03,426 --> 00:31:04,906
didn't score any points
with the jury.
731
00:31:04,906 --> 00:31:06,473
What about when Lukas
takes the stand?
732
00:31:06,473 --> 00:31:09,041
You don't have to
watch his testimony.
733
00:31:09,041 --> 00:31:12,261
I thought I was an expert
at seeing people like that,
734
00:31:12,261 --> 00:31:13,872
that it would keep me safe.
735
00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:17,049
You became an expert
in human behavior because--
736
00:31:17,049 --> 00:31:18,398
because you had to.
737
00:31:18,398 --> 00:31:20,487
I hate that I was wrong
about Lukas.
738
00:31:20,487 --> 00:31:23,751
- You couldn't have known.
- Then how will the jury?
739
00:31:23,751 --> 00:31:25,927
Could you excuse me
for a moment?
740
00:31:31,454 --> 00:31:32,978
You're a saint.
741
00:31:32,978 --> 00:31:34,849
I've no idea how you work
these kinds of cases every day.
742
00:31:34,849 --> 00:31:36,938
Well, somebody has to.
743
00:31:36,938 --> 00:31:38,461
This poor kid.
744
00:31:38,461 --> 00:31:40,420
I mean, where the hell
were her parents?
745
00:31:40,420 --> 00:31:41,769
If my Aidan was in
that witness box,
746
00:31:41,769 --> 00:31:43,640
I would have been there
every step of the way.
747
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,599
Cora didn't have that luxury
748
00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:49,429
because her parents
never accepted her.
749
00:31:49,429 --> 00:31:51,083
She left home
when she was a teenager.
750
00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:52,954
I just hate the fact that she
was even attacked like that.
751
00:31:52,954 --> 00:31:55,739
The world is
a messed-up place.
752
00:31:55,739 --> 00:31:57,567
Yeah.
753
00:31:57,567 --> 00:32:01,789
But at least there's people
like you out there.
754
00:32:01,789 --> 00:32:03,399
Like me?
755
00:32:03,399 --> 00:32:07,316
Somebody who makes
a mistake but ultimately
756
00:32:07,316 --> 00:32:09,797
does the right thing.
757
00:32:09,797 --> 00:32:10,972
I'm sorry, are you trying
to say something--
758
00:32:10,972 --> 00:32:11,973
I am.
759
00:32:14,019 --> 00:32:16,630
You know, Mack,
everyone has said to me
760
00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:20,286
that you're a good man...
761
00:32:20,286 --> 00:32:22,375
but we both know what you did.
762
00:32:24,464 --> 00:32:30,035
And quite frankly,
I understand the impulse.
763
00:32:30,035 --> 00:32:32,863
[somber music]
764
00:32:32,863 --> 00:32:35,954
♪
765
00:32:35,954 --> 00:32:42,003
But placing a towel
over your child...
766
00:32:44,179 --> 00:32:47,008
Wasn't the only thing
767
00:32:47,008 --> 00:32:48,618
that you did, was it?
768
00:32:50,838 --> 00:32:51,795
Was it?
769
00:32:54,885 --> 00:32:57,845
I didn't want all the cops,
the techs,
770
00:32:57,845 --> 00:32:59,629
everybody crawling
all over that place
771
00:32:59,629 --> 00:33:03,677
investigating his murder
to see him like that.
772
00:33:03,677 --> 00:33:06,288
Commenting on him,
laughing at my son.
773
00:33:06,288 --> 00:33:10,379
So you took off her nails...
774
00:33:10,379 --> 00:33:13,687
you wiped off her makeup...
775
00:33:13,687 --> 00:33:15,167
and you hid her clothes.
776
00:33:15,167 --> 00:33:16,385
I--
777
00:33:18,387 --> 00:33:19,780
[sighs]
What the hell did I do?
778
00:33:21,956 --> 00:33:22,826
I chose shame.
779
00:33:22,826 --> 00:33:25,786
Over justice for your child.
780
00:33:28,049 --> 00:33:30,356
If I'd just left everything
the way it was,
781
00:33:30,356 --> 00:33:32,967
everything at the crime scene,
782
00:33:32,967 --> 00:33:36,057
maybe Cora wouldn't
have been attacked.
783
00:33:36,057 --> 00:33:38,625
You know, Cora--
784
00:33:38,625 --> 00:33:40,018
Cora needed a father.
785
00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:41,758
She needed somebody
who accepted her,
786
00:33:41,758 --> 00:33:47,547
who was there for her.
787
00:33:47,547 --> 00:33:49,766
You can still be there
for Aida.
788
00:33:52,117 --> 00:33:56,730
That's the name that your
daughter chose for herself.
789
00:33:59,559 --> 00:34:01,648
I guess I wasn't
really listening.
790
00:34:05,652 --> 00:34:08,307
I'm not a good person.
791
00:34:08,307 --> 00:34:10,048
You can be a better one.
792
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:16,967
♪
793
00:34:20,797 --> 00:34:23,496
So this is what
Aida was wearing
794
00:34:23,496 --> 00:34:25,237
the night of her murder?
795
00:34:25,237 --> 00:34:28,544
Yeah, that's everything,
everything I--
796
00:34:28,544 --> 00:34:29,719
I hid.
797
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,896
The clothes Aida
was attacked in.
798
00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:35,116
We'll comb them for DNA.
799
00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:48,390
Mack, if you're really serious
800
00:34:48,390 --> 00:34:50,392
about Lukas Peeters going away,
801
00:34:50,392 --> 00:34:54,309
then Carisi will
indict him on murder.
802
00:34:54,309 --> 00:34:56,137
That means that you're
gonna have to testify
803
00:34:56,137 --> 00:34:58,052
in front of the grand jury.
804
00:34:58,052 --> 00:35:00,968
Are you okay with that?
805
00:35:00,968 --> 00:35:02,491
I am.
806
00:35:02,491 --> 00:35:04,667
And you understand
that that means
807
00:35:04,667 --> 00:35:06,365
that you need to confess
808
00:35:06,365 --> 00:35:08,018
for tampering
with the crime scene?
809
00:35:08,018 --> 00:35:09,107
I know.
810
00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:10,456
That's a felony.
811
00:35:10,456 --> 00:35:12,762
I know.
812
00:35:12,762 --> 00:35:15,765
[solemn music]
813
00:35:15,765 --> 00:35:17,811
♪
814
00:35:17,811 --> 00:35:21,510
Well, then if I were you, I--
815
00:35:21,510 --> 00:35:23,947
I would talk
to my union delegate,
816
00:35:23,947 --> 00:35:26,646
and I would hire--
817
00:35:26,646 --> 00:35:28,735
I'd hire a good lawyer.
818
00:35:28,735 --> 00:35:30,345
Whatever it takes
to make this right.
819
00:35:30,345 --> 00:35:33,435
Even if it means
you'll lose your badge?
820
00:35:33,435 --> 00:35:40,138
♪
821
00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:43,576
It was quiet when I got
to Aida's apartment.
822
00:35:43,576 --> 00:35:46,448
She, uh--she didn't
answer the door.
823
00:35:46,448 --> 00:35:50,322
So I looked in the window,
and that's when I saw the--
824
00:35:50,322 --> 00:35:53,368
saw legs on the floor.
825
00:35:53,368 --> 00:35:58,025
And I immediately
got a bad feeling.
826
00:35:58,025 --> 00:36:00,680
What did you do next?
827
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,291
I kicked in the door
to get to my daughter.
828
00:36:03,291 --> 00:36:06,207
Can you describe
how you found her?
829
00:36:08,731 --> 00:36:10,168
[clears throat]
830
00:36:12,082 --> 00:36:15,129
Eyes shut, splayed out.
831
00:36:18,045 --> 00:36:20,787
She had bruises and bite marks.
832
00:36:22,832 --> 00:36:24,182
There was blood everywhere.
833
00:36:26,271 --> 00:36:29,099
I moved her body...
834
00:36:29,099 --> 00:36:30,623
[sighs]
835
00:36:30,623 --> 00:36:34,192
To put her to bed
one last time.
836
00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:35,671
What was she wearing?
837
00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:41,199
Jeans, a blouse,
838
00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:45,072
red, high-heeled shoes.
839
00:36:45,072 --> 00:36:47,814
She had makeup on her face.
840
00:36:47,814 --> 00:36:51,600
She had those fake nails,
841
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,212
which I removed.
842
00:36:58,216 --> 00:37:00,218
I was acting on instinct.
843
00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:03,743
A big part of me knew what
I was doing was wrong, but...
844
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:09,401
I'm also very aware of what
it's like at a crime scene.
845
00:37:09,401 --> 00:37:14,232
You know, you got photographs
and detailed reports, and--
846
00:37:16,973 --> 00:37:18,627
And what?
847
00:37:22,109 --> 00:37:23,284
And as was stated earlier,
848
00:37:23,284 --> 00:37:26,374
my daughter identified
as a woman.
849
00:37:28,898 --> 00:37:30,248
I didn't accept that.
850
00:37:32,162 --> 00:37:36,471
I wasn't enough of a man
to accept that.
851
00:37:36,471 --> 00:37:38,821
And I'm ashamed of it now,
852
00:37:38,821 --> 00:37:42,260
but I was too embarrassed
to let the cops--
853
00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:45,828
the very men that I work with--
854
00:37:45,828 --> 00:37:47,743
see her like that.
855
00:37:47,743 --> 00:37:51,181
What did you do
with Aida's effects?
856
00:37:51,181 --> 00:37:52,531
I put them
in two garbage bags
857
00:37:52,531 --> 00:37:56,926
and hid them in the boat
in my garage.
858
00:37:56,926 --> 00:37:59,538
Why'd you hold on to them?
859
00:37:59,538 --> 00:38:00,887
Because they were
the last things
860
00:38:00,887 --> 00:38:02,932
I had to remember my child.
861
00:38:02,932 --> 00:38:05,935
[somber music]
862
00:38:05,935 --> 00:38:12,202
♪
863
00:38:12,202 --> 00:38:15,249
The grand jury handed down
an indictment for murder one,
864
00:38:15,249 --> 00:38:17,425
thanks to Detective McDaniels'
testimony
865
00:38:17,425 --> 00:38:20,428
and confirmation of Lukas's
DNA on Aida's clothing.
866
00:38:20,428 --> 00:38:22,212
And when you told Lukas
and his lawyer?
867
00:38:22,212 --> 00:38:23,997
Oh, they folded like origami.
868
00:38:23,997 --> 00:38:26,782
15 years for man one,
10 years on Cora's charges.
869
00:38:26,782 --> 00:38:28,393
And we also heard
from Interpol.
870
00:38:28,393 --> 00:38:29,872
Any DNA hits in Belgium?
871
00:38:29,872 --> 00:38:32,005
Eight other rape victims
in Germany.
872
00:38:32,005 --> 00:38:34,790
He was a project manager
for a building there last year.
873
00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:36,575
And the DA's office
will cooperate
874
00:38:36,575 --> 00:38:38,316
with the German police
on those cases,
875
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:40,666
but only after Lukas
serves his sentence here.
876
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,322
[sighs]
877
00:38:49,283 --> 00:38:51,372
Muncy, let me
ask you question.
878
00:38:51,372 --> 00:38:53,287
You want a bite
of my Hawaiian pizza?
879
00:38:53,287 --> 00:38:55,637
No, thank you.
880
00:38:55,637 --> 00:38:58,292
It's about that Belgian guy
in the bodega cellar.
881
00:38:58,292 --> 00:39:00,381
Yeah, what about him?
882
00:39:00,381 --> 00:39:01,817
How long did you
actually wait
883
00:39:01,817 --> 00:39:03,297
before you went down
those stairs
884
00:39:03,297 --> 00:39:05,343
after I told you don't go?
885
00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:06,518
Honestly, Sarge,
I was already
886
00:39:06,518 --> 00:39:07,867
halfway down the steps.
887
00:39:07,867 --> 00:39:09,608
What the hell
is wrong with you?
888
00:39:09,608 --> 00:39:11,261
You know you could have
got killed, right?
889
00:39:11,261 --> 00:39:12,698
Yeah, but I wasn't.
890
00:39:15,396 --> 00:39:17,050
But I hear you.
891
00:39:17,050 --> 00:39:18,486
I wasn't thinking.
892
00:39:18,486 --> 00:39:20,532
It's just,
sometimes people piss me off.
893
00:39:20,532 --> 00:39:22,447
Yeah, I get what you mean.
894
00:39:22,447 --> 00:39:23,926
But you do something
like that again,
895
00:39:23,926 --> 00:39:25,232
I'm gonna have to tell Benson.
896
00:39:27,452 --> 00:39:29,367
And one more thing,
897
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:32,065
I don't know
how you do it in Queens,
898
00:39:32,065 --> 00:39:34,154
but people up in Harlem,
899
00:39:34,154 --> 00:39:36,548
we don't put fruit
on our pizza.
900
00:39:43,816 --> 00:39:47,297
♪
901
00:39:47,297 --> 00:39:51,998
So the loss of a child is not
something you can prepare for.
902
00:39:54,522 --> 00:40:00,441
Aida had dreams and a lot
of plans for the future.
903
00:40:00,441 --> 00:40:02,312
Plans that, um...
904
00:40:07,056 --> 00:40:10,625
She didn't share with me
because she didn't
905
00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:12,018
feel like I would accept her.
906
00:40:16,283 --> 00:40:20,026
And that is my loss because--
907
00:40:20,026 --> 00:40:23,029
[clears throat] Because I never
got to meet her.
908
00:40:27,294 --> 00:40:29,296
But I loved her.
909
00:40:32,647 --> 00:40:36,259
- To Aida.
- To Aida.
910
00:40:36,259 --> 00:40:37,739
all:
To Aida.
911
00:40:37,739 --> 00:40:40,089
Aida.
912
00:40:40,089 --> 00:40:41,395
You think they have a shot?
913
00:40:41,395 --> 00:40:43,353
Now that they both
love the same child?
914
00:40:43,353 --> 00:40:45,965
Yeah, maybe.
915
00:40:48,968 --> 00:40:50,230
To love.
916
00:40:50,230 --> 00:40:52,275
Mm.
917
00:40:52,275 --> 00:40:53,929
Nice work, professor.
918
00:40:53,929 --> 00:41:00,936
♪
919
00:41:09,554 --> 00:41:12,513
[dramatic music]
920
00:41:12,513 --> 00:41:19,694
♪
921
00:41:39,845 --> 00:41:42,804
[wolf howls]