1 00:00:01,436 --> 00:00:03,742 In New York City's war on crime, 2 00:00:03,786 --> 00:00:06,049 the worst criminal offenders are pursued 3 00:00:06,093 --> 00:00:08,486 by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. 4 00:00:08,530 --> 00:00:10,010 These are their stories. 5 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,319 I made the honor roll again this year, Mommy. 6 00:00:15,363 --> 00:00:17,930 And Daddy bought me a new violin. 7 00:00:17,974 --> 00:00:20,455 I practice every day. 8 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:25,329 I know Daddy misses you a lot, 9 00:00:25,373 --> 00:00:26,983 even though he doesn't always say so. 10 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:29,942 Do you want to say hi, Uncle Larry? 11 00:00:29,986 --> 00:00:32,075 You tell her for me, kid. 12 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:35,687 Uncle Larry says hi. 13 00:00:35,731 --> 00:00:36,949 I love you, Mommy. 14 00:00:36,993 --> 00:00:38,995 I know you're watching over me. 15 00:00:46,176 --> 00:00:49,571 I just don't know, Evan. You know? 16 00:00:49,614 --> 00:00:51,964 I mean... 17 00:00:52,008 --> 00:00:53,618 It's big. 18 00:00:53,662 --> 00:00:56,491 This... 19 00:00:56,534 --> 00:00:57,579 It's big. 20 00:00:57,622 --> 00:01:00,973 Well, nothing's carved in stone. 21 00:01:01,017 --> 00:01:03,106 But you know what's at stake. 22 00:01:03,150 --> 00:01:04,803 Just think how you'll feel. 23 00:01:04,847 --> 00:01:06,631 Bye, Uncle Larry. 24 00:01:08,198 --> 00:01:09,895 You take care, kid. 25 00:01:11,897 --> 00:01:14,552 Think about what I said. 26 00:01:24,519 --> 00:01:26,695 Can't we just wash the wall with bleach? 27 00:01:26,738 --> 00:01:29,132 Mr. Ramsford, bleach doesn't kill black mold. 28 00:01:29,176 --> 00:01:31,656 You'll have to close till you clean it up. 29 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:34,572 But we just got three stars from The Times. 30 00:01:34,616 --> 00:01:35,834 It's our money review. 31 00:01:35,878 --> 00:01:37,923 I'd like to show it to you. 32 00:01:37,967 --> 00:01:40,404 It's in my office. 33 00:01:41,710 --> 00:01:43,146 I'm gonna have to get tough with this guy. 34 00:01:43,190 --> 00:01:44,800 You wait in the car. 35 00:01:46,541 --> 00:01:48,195 I've seen your crack hos up here this afternoon. 36 00:01:48,238 --> 00:01:49,674 I'm warning you. 37 00:01:49,718 --> 00:01:52,068 The Taft Houses are family buildings now. 38 00:01:52,112 --> 00:01:53,983 Check it out, I fix cars now. 39 00:01:54,026 --> 00:01:55,550 Stealing cars maybe. 40 00:01:55,593 --> 00:01:57,595 I'm gonna get your ass kicked out of here. 41 00:01:57,639 --> 00:02:00,729 You watch me. 42 00:02:00,772 --> 00:02:01,773 No. 43 00:02:01,817 --> 00:02:05,777 I thought it was all in the past. 44 00:02:05,821 --> 00:02:08,650 Yeah, I know where that is. 45 00:02:08,693 --> 00:02:09,825 No. 46 00:02:09,868 --> 00:02:11,522 Don't move. 47 00:02:11,566 --> 00:02:14,046 I'll be there. Bye. 48 00:02:36,808 --> 00:02:38,636 Hey, man, where you going? 49 00:02:51,649 --> 00:02:53,260 Citation pad's on the seat. 50 00:02:53,303 --> 00:02:54,783 Central, this is 6-8 Charlie. 51 00:02:54,826 --> 00:02:56,263 We got that missing D.O.H. Chevy 52 00:02:56,306 --> 00:02:58,569 reported 10-16 two days ago. 53 00:02:58,613 --> 00:03:01,790 Location is south side of East 115th, 54 00:03:01,833 --> 00:03:04,227 corner of Madison, in front of the Taft projects. 55 00:03:04,271 --> 00:03:06,969 Send a tow and units. Over. 56 00:03:07,012 --> 00:03:08,623 If he ran into trouble up there, 57 00:03:08,666 --> 00:03:10,842 they better send the whole damn cavalry. 58 00:04:02,154 --> 00:04:03,547 Got nine buildings to search, 59 00:04:03,591 --> 00:04:05,027 10,000 people to interview. 60 00:04:05,070 --> 00:04:07,029 This guy better not be playing house with a girlfriend 61 00:04:07,072 --> 00:04:08,509 the last three days. 62 00:04:08,552 --> 00:04:10,293 We know if he was working the night he disappeared? 63 00:04:10,337 --> 00:04:13,209 His boss is not sure. Mr. Martell. 64 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,559 He didn't have an inspection scheduled, 65 00:04:15,603 --> 00:04:18,823 but he did spot-checks of past violators, so... 66 00:04:18,867 --> 00:04:21,217 He carried a gun? 67 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:24,089 This piece of paper was in the glove box. 68 00:04:24,133 --> 00:04:27,702 There's gun oil stain on it. 69 00:04:27,745 --> 00:04:30,705 Our inspectors are prohibited from carrying weapons. 70 00:04:30,748 --> 00:04:32,228 If he was spot-checking violators, 71 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:34,186 he'd bring his citation pad with him? 72 00:04:34,230 --> 00:04:35,405 Well, it depends. 73 00:04:35,449 --> 00:04:38,626 Sometimes a verbal warning is sufficient. 74 00:04:38,669 --> 00:04:39,888 No doubt Larry ran into trouble 75 00:04:39,931 --> 00:04:41,324 while performing his duties. 76 00:04:41,368 --> 00:04:43,848 No doubt. 77 00:04:46,416 --> 00:04:48,766 He got a call, personal, I think. 78 00:04:48,810 --> 00:04:52,074 He looked upset, and then he left. 79 00:04:52,117 --> 00:04:53,728 He mention his plans for the evening? 80 00:04:53,771 --> 00:04:56,383 No. Our conversation was mostly work-related. 81 00:04:56,426 --> 00:04:58,210 He was training me. 82 00:04:58,254 --> 00:04:59,342 All right, Mr. Brookings, 83 00:04:59,386 --> 00:05:01,736 we'll get a statement from you later. 84 00:05:03,781 --> 00:05:05,957 Sugar. 85 00:05:07,394 --> 00:05:09,352 Sugar cravings. 86 00:05:09,396 --> 00:05:11,702 Late night trips to the projects. 87 00:05:14,226 --> 00:05:15,706 Might be supporting a drug habit. 88 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:18,970 That's one way to cope with a city job. 89 00:05:19,014 --> 00:05:21,277 I haven't decided on a partner for you yet. 90 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:23,105 I'm a get along kind of guy. 91 00:05:23,148 --> 00:05:26,369 Just glad to be here. 92 00:05:26,413 --> 00:05:27,762 Here you go. 93 00:05:27,805 --> 00:05:29,851 Fill out these forms, read the playbook. 94 00:05:29,894 --> 00:05:31,331 We'll talk later. 95 00:05:34,116 --> 00:05:36,205 What, the desk? 96 00:05:36,248 --> 00:05:37,902 Well, you're right-- 97 00:05:37,946 --> 00:05:39,295 it's the smallest one in the squad. 98 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:40,775 And it's behind this pillar. 99 00:05:40,818 --> 00:05:42,342 It wobbles. 100 00:05:42,385 --> 00:05:44,126 But you know what, Mike? 101 00:05:44,169 --> 00:05:46,868 It's yours. It's in Major Case. 102 00:05:46,911 --> 00:05:49,827 You earned your shot here. 103 00:05:49,871 --> 00:05:52,830 So be happy. 104 00:05:58,314 --> 00:06:00,055 Nice desk. 105 00:06:03,406 --> 00:06:05,190 Have you checked his LUDs? 106 00:06:05,234 --> 00:06:07,802 Maybe he had a connection in the projects. 107 00:06:07,845 --> 00:06:09,891 Or it's about the personal callhe got before he left work. 108 00:06:09,934 --> 00:06:11,458 He brought a gun. 109 00:06:11,501 --> 00:06:13,285 Maybe someone he knew was in trouble. 110 00:06:13,329 --> 00:06:15,200 You gonna just leave him there? 111 00:06:15,244 --> 00:06:17,464 Where I can see him. 112 00:06:17,507 --> 00:06:19,335 I burned a couple of favors to get him here. 113 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:20,467 We'll see. 114 00:06:20,510 --> 00:06:23,165 Deakins. 115 00:06:23,208 --> 00:06:24,906 Where? Okay. 116 00:06:27,474 --> 00:06:28,953 Found him. 117 00:06:35,351 --> 00:06:37,832 Tracks over tracks. 118 00:06:37,875 --> 00:06:39,573 He's been dirty a long time. 119 00:06:39,616 --> 00:06:41,226 Elevator's been out of service the last three days. 120 00:06:41,270 --> 00:06:42,402 But it happens once a month, 121 00:06:42,445 --> 00:06:45,448 so nobody thought it worth mentioning. 122 00:06:45,492 --> 00:06:47,015 It's a blunt force wound. 123 00:06:47,058 --> 00:06:48,843 Doesn't look like it should've been fatal. 124 00:06:48,886 --> 00:06:50,845 Who you got living on this floor? 125 00:06:50,888 --> 00:06:52,847 Grandmothers, families, 126 00:06:52,890 --> 00:06:57,417 and a jailbird drug dealer name of Raynard. 127 00:06:57,460 --> 00:06:59,070 The super wants me out 128 00:06:59,114 --> 00:07:00,898 'cause his oldest girl's got a thing for me. 129 00:07:00,942 --> 00:07:03,466 But I'm clean. I got a job. 130 00:07:03,510 --> 00:07:05,207 I ain't dealing. 131 00:07:05,250 --> 00:07:06,904 You were home Friday night. 132 00:07:06,948 --> 00:07:07,949 Maybe you heard something 133 00:07:07,992 --> 00:07:09,864 outside your door. 134 00:07:09,907 --> 00:07:11,431 I don't know anything about that murder. 135 00:07:11,474 --> 00:07:13,389 You stayed in all night? You didn't go out once? 136 00:07:13,433 --> 00:07:14,434 Not even to throw out the trash? 137 00:07:14,477 --> 00:07:15,913 No sir, I didn't. 138 00:07:15,957 --> 00:07:17,872 Those aren't the kinds of answers we like 139 00:07:17,915 --> 00:07:19,526 from parolees. 140 00:07:19,569 --> 00:07:22,485 So I guess I'm coming in? 141 00:07:22,529 --> 00:07:25,009 Yeah, you guessed right. 142 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:37,979 You from the Taft Houses? 143 00:07:40,285 --> 00:07:42,331 I used to do vertical patrols there when-- 144 00:07:42,374 --> 00:07:44,420 way back when. 145 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:45,769 Ride the elevators. 146 00:07:45,813 --> 00:07:49,512 Check the roof. 147 00:07:49,556 --> 00:07:51,558 Hey, uh, are the Wilson brothers 148 00:07:51,601 --> 00:07:52,820 still running things there? 149 00:07:52,863 --> 00:07:56,301 Or, uh, Buster Yates? 150 00:07:56,345 --> 00:07:58,390 Buster moved to Texas. 151 00:07:58,434 --> 00:08:00,828 But the rest, they're either dead or locked up. 152 00:08:00,871 --> 00:08:04,005 Buster used to crack me up. 153 00:08:04,048 --> 00:08:06,355 Funny guy, right? 154 00:08:08,313 --> 00:08:10,054 Yeah. 155 00:08:10,098 --> 00:08:12,013 He was funny. 156 00:08:12,056 --> 00:08:15,146 So what are they looking at you for? 157 00:08:15,190 --> 00:08:16,452 That health inspector thing? 158 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:18,541 I had nothing to do with it. 159 00:08:18,585 --> 00:08:21,239 Look at my sheet. I never did no violence. 160 00:08:21,283 --> 00:08:22,980 Hey, these are a couple of sharp detectives. 161 00:08:23,024 --> 00:08:25,809 They probably knew you were holding out. 162 00:08:25,853 --> 00:08:27,158 Were ya? 163 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:33,556 I found something near the elevator Friday night. 164 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,123 I got rid of it, 165 00:08:35,166 --> 00:08:36,603 'cause the super would try to put it on me. 166 00:08:36,646 --> 00:08:39,257 What'd you find? 167 00:08:39,301 --> 00:08:41,390 A needle. 168 00:08:41,433 --> 00:08:43,087 Not a junkie's needle. 169 00:08:43,131 --> 00:08:44,959 But the super would say it was mine anyway. 170 00:08:45,002 --> 00:08:47,831 Why not a junkie's needle? 171 00:08:47,875 --> 00:08:49,572 Spike was too thin. 172 00:08:49,616 --> 00:08:51,574 Dope would never go through it. 173 00:08:51,618 --> 00:08:54,969 This needle, it looked new? 174 00:08:55,012 --> 00:08:58,015 Yeah. Like a hospital needle. 175 00:08:58,059 --> 00:09:01,323 Yeah, okay, so I-- I talked to the people 176 00:09:01,366 --> 00:09:02,367 searching your house-- you're clean. 177 00:09:02,411 --> 00:09:03,499 We'll get you home as-- 178 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:05,066 as soon as we can. 179 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,243 Hey, uh-- 180 00:09:08,286 --> 00:09:09,592 Sorry. 181 00:09:09,636 --> 00:09:11,463 - I didn't mean to step on your-- - Nah. 182 00:09:11,507 --> 00:09:13,378 It's a good thing. Thanks. 183 00:09:17,339 --> 00:09:19,515 The only needle marks I found were on his arms. 184 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,300 And the only thing on the tox screen was heroin. 185 00:09:22,344 --> 00:09:23,606 So what killed him? 186 00:09:23,650 --> 00:09:25,608 Well, my best guess right now 187 00:09:25,652 --> 00:09:28,176 is heart failure from being mugged. 188 00:09:28,219 --> 00:09:30,352 What about these marks here 189 00:09:30,395 --> 00:09:31,658 on his chest? 190 00:09:31,701 --> 00:09:34,486 Looks like the decomp has been accelerated. 191 00:09:34,530 --> 00:09:37,185 Could be pressure was applied there at the time of death. 192 00:09:37,228 --> 00:09:38,969 From kneeling on his chest? 193 00:09:39,013 --> 00:09:40,884 Straddling him? 194 00:09:40,928 --> 00:09:42,364 All right. 195 00:09:42,407 --> 00:09:43,539 I'm on top of him. 196 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:45,585 I have a needle. 197 00:09:45,628 --> 00:09:47,456 I need to look inside his mouth. 198 00:09:47,499 --> 00:09:50,024 Let me. 199 00:09:50,067 --> 00:09:51,982 His tongue is in the way. 200 00:09:52,026 --> 00:09:53,505 Right there, pull. Mm-hmm. 201 00:09:53,549 --> 00:09:54,463 Okay, good. 202 00:09:56,552 --> 00:09:57,509 The dime-sized bruise 203 00:09:57,553 --> 00:09:59,599 under his tongue. 204 00:09:59,642 --> 00:10:01,165 It's a needle mark. 205 00:10:01,209 --> 00:10:03,385 Somebody injected him with something 206 00:10:03,428 --> 00:10:05,082 that didn't show up on the tox screen. 207 00:10:05,126 --> 00:10:06,693 Maybe that's what caused the heart attack? 208 00:10:06,736 --> 00:10:09,565 Potassium chloride on both counts. 209 00:10:09,609 --> 00:10:10,697 It's absorbed by the body, 210 00:10:10,740 --> 00:10:12,133 practically undetectable, 211 00:10:12,176 --> 00:10:13,613 and it's an instant heart attack. 212 00:10:13,656 --> 00:10:15,310 A needle full of potassium... 213 00:10:15,353 --> 00:10:18,443 I don't remember that in the mugger's handbook. 214 00:10:23,971 --> 00:10:26,190 Potassium-induced heart attack. 215 00:10:26,234 --> 00:10:28,105 Maybe somebody he was shaking down? 216 00:10:28,149 --> 00:10:31,065 Restaurant owner, slum lord? 217 00:10:31,108 --> 00:10:32,196 Well, whoever did it had 218 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,286 specialized knowledge of potassium. 219 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:37,245 "Narcotics Anonymous". 220 00:10:37,288 --> 00:10:39,421 This was in Larry's pocket. 221 00:10:39,464 --> 00:10:41,423 He took it with him into the projects. 222 00:10:41,466 --> 00:10:43,643 Maybe to carry the message to somebody in trouble. 223 00:10:43,686 --> 00:10:46,123 Somebody he knew well. 224 00:10:46,167 --> 00:10:49,736 You don't make 12-step calls to strangers by yourself. 225 00:10:49,779 --> 00:10:51,738 He was lured into the project to help a friend? 226 00:10:51,781 --> 00:10:53,609 A nice guy to the end. 227 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:07,101 I've got his 12-step meeting book here-- 228 00:11:07,144 --> 00:11:09,451 Stuffed in with all these, um, 229 00:11:09,494 --> 00:11:10,713 appliance manuals, 230 00:11:10,757 --> 00:11:13,368 Mexican travel brochures. 231 00:11:17,154 --> 00:11:18,721 I don't think Larry had any 232 00:11:18,765 --> 00:11:21,245 immediate plans to quit. 233 00:11:27,164 --> 00:11:28,339 Got a family that he's close to. 234 00:11:30,733 --> 00:11:32,300 Brother's graduation gown. 235 00:11:32,343 --> 00:11:35,303 The hood is green. He's a medical doctor. 236 00:11:35,346 --> 00:11:37,479 Not only that, he's an M.E. 237 00:11:37,522 --> 00:11:39,786 -Evan Chapel, -Nassau County Medical Examiner's 238 00:11:39,829 --> 00:11:41,352 office. 239 00:11:41,396 --> 00:11:43,137 Public service runs in the family. 240 00:11:43,180 --> 00:11:45,226 That might not be the only thing. 241 00:11:45,269 --> 00:11:47,489 This, uh... 242 00:11:47,532 --> 00:11:49,752 photos of the family picnic. 243 00:11:49,796 --> 00:11:51,449 Everyone's in short sleeves. 244 00:11:51,493 --> 00:11:54,496 Except the Chapel brothers are in long sleeves. 245 00:11:54,539 --> 00:11:58,500 I'm devastated by my brother's death. 246 00:11:58,543 --> 00:12:01,024 I keep feeling there was something more 247 00:12:01,068 --> 00:12:03,505 that I could've done. 248 00:12:03,548 --> 00:12:05,768 Did he try to call you that night? 249 00:12:05,812 --> 00:12:07,335 Would you have been home? 250 00:12:07,378 --> 00:12:09,119 He didn't call. I wish he had. 251 00:12:09,163 --> 00:12:10,730 I was here all night. 252 00:12:10,773 --> 00:12:12,340 Just the two of you here? 253 00:12:12,383 --> 00:12:14,168 Gwen and I are all we have, 254 00:12:14,211 --> 00:12:15,560 now that Larry's gone. 255 00:12:15,604 --> 00:12:18,346 My wife Monica passed away just before Christmas. 256 00:12:18,389 --> 00:12:21,305 Gwen has an aunt in Phoenix. 257 00:12:21,349 --> 00:12:24,091 I haven't told her yet her uncle died 258 00:12:24,134 --> 00:12:25,353 by drugs... 259 00:12:25,396 --> 00:12:27,703 in a housing project. 260 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:30,575 Larry might have gone there to help another addict, 261 00:12:30,619 --> 00:12:31,794 somebody close to him. 262 00:12:31,838 --> 00:12:33,753 I doubt it. 263 00:12:33,796 --> 00:12:36,364 I was his only friend. 264 00:12:36,407 --> 00:12:38,714 We understand that it might be hard for you 265 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:41,108 to talk about your brother's death. 266 00:12:41,151 --> 00:12:45,155 Especially around your daughter... 267 00:12:45,199 --> 00:12:46,374 Seeing that the subject 268 00:12:46,417 --> 00:12:47,854 of your own addiction could come up. 269 00:12:47,897 --> 00:12:50,595 See, you wear 270 00:12:50,639 --> 00:12:53,555 long sleeves in the summer, and your teeth... 271 00:12:53,598 --> 00:12:56,471 Yes. 272 00:12:56,514 --> 00:12:59,517 My brother and I were dope buddies. 273 00:12:59,561 --> 00:13:02,259 I had a two-bag-a-day habit in medical school. 274 00:13:02,303 --> 00:13:04,609 I stopped when Gwen came along. 275 00:13:04,653 --> 00:13:06,742 Larry never did. 276 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:07,874 I warned him about 277 00:13:07,917 --> 00:13:10,093 this high-quality heroin going around-- 278 00:13:10,137 --> 00:13:11,660 causing heart failure. 279 00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:14,837 No, see, we think his heart got a boost 280 00:13:14,881 --> 00:13:17,318 from a shot of potassium under his tongue. 281 00:13:18,623 --> 00:13:20,843 It's an exotic death, 282 00:13:20,887 --> 00:13:23,759 don't you think, Doctor? 283 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:26,370 You see a lot of that kind of thing in your line of work? 284 00:13:26,414 --> 00:13:28,285 Potassium? No. 285 00:13:30,157 --> 00:13:33,116 No, never. 286 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,379 Dad, I'm ready to go. 287 00:13:36,641 --> 00:13:37,773 Are they here about Uncle Larry? 288 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:38,861 Yes, they're detectives. 289 00:13:38,905 --> 00:13:41,516 This is my daughter Gwen. 290 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:42,865 Hi. 291 00:13:45,215 --> 00:13:46,434 What are you reading there? 292 00:13:46,477 --> 00:13:47,783 It's a book about ways 293 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:49,263 kids can make themselves feel better 294 00:13:49,306 --> 00:13:50,481 when people they love die. 295 00:13:52,657 --> 00:13:54,398 Sorry about your uncle. 296 00:13:54,442 --> 00:13:56,444 He was a troubled soul. 297 00:13:56,487 --> 00:13:58,794 He took drugs to make the pain go away. 298 00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:01,318 He's with my mom in heaven now. 299 00:14:03,451 --> 00:14:06,280 Let's get your lunch box, huh? 300 00:14:06,323 --> 00:14:08,804 You mind seeing yourselves out? 301 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:09,936 Bye, nice meeting you. 302 00:14:09,979 --> 00:14:12,895 Bye, Gwen. 303 00:14:12,939 --> 00:14:15,811 Somebody gave that girl a straight story, 304 00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:17,595 and it wasn't her dad. 305 00:14:17,639 --> 00:14:21,382 It might be the same person who gave her that book. 306 00:14:21,425 --> 00:14:24,341 It's from the library at Middleton College. 307 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:28,911 The book was checked out 308 00:14:28,955 --> 00:14:30,173 to one of our staff. 309 00:14:30,217 --> 00:14:32,828 Leslie Eastman. 310 00:14:32,872 --> 00:14:34,743 Uh, she's supposed to be at her desk, 311 00:14:34,786 --> 00:14:36,266 but she just went up to the stacks. 312 00:14:36,310 --> 00:14:38,181 How long has she worked here? 313 00:14:38,225 --> 00:14:39,922 Since February. 314 00:14:39,966 --> 00:14:41,837 She's a Library Science major. 315 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:45,797 [in snooty voice] Following in "Mummy's" footsteps. 316 00:14:45,841 --> 00:14:47,538 Her mother's a librarian? 317 00:14:47,582 --> 00:14:49,323 And that's the accent that she talks with? 318 00:14:49,366 --> 00:14:52,717 It's South African, I think. 319 00:14:54,676 --> 00:14:56,504 That's her desk? 320 00:14:56,547 --> 00:14:58,941 She's really phobic about people touching her stuff. 321 00:14:58,985 --> 00:15:00,203 I do it just to bug her. 322 00:15:00,247 --> 00:15:02,205 What's Ms. Eastman look like? 323 00:15:02,249 --> 00:15:04,555 Uh, medium height, middle-aged. 324 00:15:04,599 --> 00:15:06,557 I mean, like, mid-30s. 325 00:15:06,601 --> 00:15:08,690 Streaked blonde hair. 326 00:15:11,258 --> 00:15:12,868 It's the--the long ears, 327 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,565 the flame at the top of the head. 328 00:15:14,609 --> 00:15:16,872 It's--it's a Thai Buddha. It's carried for good luck. 329 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:22,225 It's her. 330 00:15:43,290 --> 00:15:45,422 What timing. 331 00:15:45,466 --> 00:15:47,381 If it weren't for your lucky charm, 332 00:15:47,424 --> 00:15:48,860 we would've missed you. 333 00:15:48,904 --> 00:15:51,385 Looks like your luck's run out. 334 00:15:51,428 --> 00:15:53,909 What a little pagan you are, Detective. 335 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:55,519 Don't you know that the secret of luck 336 00:15:55,563 --> 00:15:57,652 is never to trust it? 337 00:15:57,695 --> 00:16:01,569 My lawyer will meet us at your office. 338 00:16:05,486 --> 00:16:09,751 18 murders... 339 00:16:09,794 --> 00:16:11,448 Wow. 340 00:16:11,492 --> 00:16:14,016 Beauty, brains, and a complete psycho. 341 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:15,626 My dream girl. 342 00:16:15,670 --> 00:16:17,846 The Australians won't be open for business 343 00:16:17,889 --> 00:16:20,675 for another five hours. 344 00:16:20,718 --> 00:16:22,633 What are we looking at here? 345 00:16:22,677 --> 00:16:25,375 Wallace coached her how to steal diamonds. 346 00:16:25,419 --> 00:16:27,595 Then cut her throat. 347 00:16:27,638 --> 00:16:31,816 This is her youngest victim. 348 00:16:31,860 --> 00:16:35,342 Her own daughter? 349 00:16:35,385 --> 00:16:37,692 How do you figure Wallace ties in to the health inspector? 350 00:16:37,735 --> 00:16:40,086 We'll ask her. 351 00:16:40,129 --> 00:16:42,001 I'm sure Ella told you 352 00:16:42,044 --> 00:16:43,872 all kinds of stories about me. 353 00:16:43,915 --> 00:16:45,700 My lawyer can refute every one. 354 00:16:45,743 --> 00:16:49,878 Look, you're facing two murder charges here. 355 00:16:49,921 --> 00:16:52,707 By tomorrow morning, we'll have extradition papers 356 00:16:52,750 --> 00:16:54,535 from Australiafor the murder of your daughter. 357 00:16:54,578 --> 00:16:56,928 My daughter was lost at sea. 358 00:16:56,972 --> 00:16:58,626 And found on land 359 00:16:58,669 --> 00:17:01,324 in a shallow grave with a broken neck. 360 00:17:01,368 --> 00:17:03,326 You'll go to these trials. 361 00:17:03,370 --> 00:17:05,546 You'll be sent to prison. 362 00:17:05,589 --> 00:17:08,505 For life, no parole. 363 00:17:08,549 --> 00:17:10,638 Only way to get a light at the end of the tunnel 364 00:17:10,681 --> 00:17:12,379 is with a full confession. 365 00:17:12,422 --> 00:17:13,902 But I've done nothing. 366 00:17:13,945 --> 00:17:17,514 Except build a new life for myself 367 00:17:17,558 --> 00:17:18,994 with--with a job I'm good at 368 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,648 and--and people who love me, a family. 369 00:17:20,691 --> 00:17:22,258 It's what I've always needed. 370 00:17:22,302 --> 00:17:26,523 Evan Chapel and his daughter, this is your idea of family? 371 00:17:26,567 --> 00:17:28,569 You gave her the book on death. 372 00:17:28,612 --> 00:17:30,788 Told her the truth about her Uncle Larry. 373 00:17:30,832 --> 00:17:34,096 The worst thing you can do is lie to a child. 374 00:17:34,140 --> 00:17:36,098 What do you call all this? 375 00:17:36,142 --> 00:17:38,100 This phony name, phony career. 376 00:17:38,144 --> 00:17:40,494 Did you tell them anything about yourself, Nicole? 377 00:17:40,537 --> 00:17:42,583 Did you tell 'em what you do to the people who love you? 378 00:17:42,626 --> 00:17:44,802 You don't see me at all, do you? 379 00:17:44,846 --> 00:17:47,675 I thought this is a land of second chances. 380 00:17:47,718 --> 00:17:51,026 There's no second chance for you. 381 00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:52,506 'Cause wherever you go, people die. 382 00:17:52,549 --> 00:17:55,422 Accidents, Bobby. 383 00:17:55,465 --> 00:17:57,076 They happen in every family. 384 00:18:00,166 --> 00:18:03,386 Here's my lawyer. 385 00:18:03,430 --> 00:18:05,606 I'll tell him about your offer. 386 00:18:11,046 --> 00:18:13,048 We're asking this defendant be held without bail, 387 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,658 Your Honor. 388 00:18:14,702 --> 00:18:16,878 Miss Wallace is a fugitive on a murder warrant, 389 00:18:16,921 --> 00:18:19,620 a flight risk, with no ties to the community. 390 00:18:19,663 --> 00:18:20,882 Your Honor, the People have 391 00:18:20,925 --> 00:18:23,537 no physical evidence or eyewitness testimony. 392 00:18:23,580 --> 00:18:25,495 Ella Miyazaki accidentally cut herself 393 00:18:25,539 --> 00:18:26,714 when she jumped out a window 394 00:18:26,757 --> 00:18:28,107 into the Hudson River. 395 00:18:28,150 --> 00:18:29,847 Your Honor, we shortly expect a request 396 00:18:29,891 --> 00:18:32,720 for Ms. Wallace's extradition to Australia 397 00:18:32,763 --> 00:18:35,723 for the depraved murderof her three-year-old daughter. 398 00:18:35,766 --> 00:18:37,638 That's not her child. 399 00:18:37,681 --> 00:18:40,728 Your Honor, I have an affidavitfrom the coroner in Australia. 400 00:18:40,771 --> 00:18:42,033 Because these remains fossilized 401 00:18:42,077 --> 00:18:44,732 in the iron-rich soil of Eastern Australia, 402 00:18:44,775 --> 00:18:47,213 it was impossible to extract any DNA 403 00:18:47,256 --> 00:18:48,605 from them. 404 00:18:48,649 --> 00:18:49,563 There is no way of determining 405 00:18:49,606 --> 00:18:50,912 whose child that is. 406 00:18:50,955 --> 00:18:52,566 There will be no extradition 407 00:18:52,609 --> 00:18:53,958 request forthcoming. 408 00:18:54,002 --> 00:18:55,917 Since your case seems light on evidence, 409 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:56,918 I don't see why this client 410 00:18:56,961 --> 00:18:57,919 would flee. 411 00:18:57,962 --> 00:18:59,442 I'm setting bail at $1 million. 412 00:19:07,885 --> 00:19:10,497 I looked like a first-year law student up there. 413 00:19:10,540 --> 00:19:12,063 Why didn't we have this DNA report? 414 00:19:12,107 --> 00:19:14,196 Because we didn't know from the iron-rich soil 415 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,502 of Eastern Australia. 416 00:19:15,545 --> 00:19:17,243 Nicole knew because she buried the child there. 417 00:19:17,286 --> 00:19:18,505 She didn't trust her luck. 418 00:19:18,548 --> 00:19:19,941 I'm not trusting mine, either. 419 00:19:19,984 --> 00:19:25,555 Send me everything you have on her. 420 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:28,732 Accidents. 421 00:19:28,776 --> 00:19:31,648 Larry's death was no accident. 422 00:19:31,692 --> 00:19:35,565 Nicole says they happen in every family. 423 00:19:35,609 --> 00:19:39,613 She was on the loose in December. 424 00:19:39,656 --> 00:19:41,180 That's around the time Evan's wife died. 425 00:19:41,223 --> 00:19:43,138 Another accidental death? 426 00:19:46,315 --> 00:19:48,056 You do believe I'm innocent? 427 00:19:48,099 --> 00:19:50,014 I mean... 428 00:19:50,058 --> 00:19:51,494 murdering my own child. 429 00:19:51,538 --> 00:19:53,279 If I doubted you... 430 00:19:53,322 --> 00:19:54,932 would I want 431 00:19:54,976 --> 00:19:57,674 to marry you just as soon as possible? 432 00:20:00,590 --> 00:20:02,201 Oh. 433 00:20:04,681 --> 00:20:07,902 I was so afraid that... 434 00:20:07,945 --> 00:20:11,079 my arrest on top of everything else-- 435 00:20:11,122 --> 00:20:14,169 Larry's death is a blessing for both of us. 436 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:15,953 I relied too much on him. 437 00:20:15,997 --> 00:20:19,218 This is going to be a new time for me. 438 00:20:19,261 --> 00:20:21,220 For us. 439 00:20:27,922 --> 00:20:29,010 Monica Chapel's death 440 00:20:29,053 --> 00:20:31,012 was ruled an accidental suffocation. 441 00:20:31,055 --> 00:20:32,883 The flue in the hot water heatermalfunctioned. 442 00:20:32,927 --> 00:20:34,581 The house filled with carbon monoxide. 443 00:20:34,624 --> 00:20:36,191 She died in her sleep. 444 00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:37,801 She was alone in the house. 445 00:20:37,845 --> 00:20:39,281 Evan and Gwen were on an overnight trip 446 00:20:39,325 --> 00:20:40,761 to check out a boarding school. 447 00:20:40,804 --> 00:20:42,153 You know, in Larry's apartment, 448 00:20:42,197 --> 00:20:43,981 in the drawer where he kept his NA meeting book, 449 00:20:44,025 --> 00:20:46,767 he had, um, appliance manuals. 450 00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:51,075 A manual for a Bach gas water heater. 451 00:20:53,295 --> 00:20:56,167 That's what the Chapels had, a Bach. 452 00:20:56,211 --> 00:20:57,778 But Larry lived in an apartment. 453 00:20:57,821 --> 00:21:00,737 He wouldn't need a manual for a gas water heater. 454 00:21:00,781 --> 00:21:03,871 Unless he was looking to sabotage one. 455 00:21:03,914 --> 00:21:05,916 To kill his brother's wife? 456 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,310 That's a pretty sophisticated murder for a junkie. 457 00:21:08,354 --> 00:21:10,617 Yeah, but not for a junkie 458 00:21:10,660 --> 00:21:13,097 whose strings are being pulled by Nicole. 459 00:21:15,926 --> 00:21:19,321 She wanted a family so bad, 460 00:21:19,365 --> 00:21:21,062 she got one 461 00:21:21,105 --> 00:21:25,109 by getting rid of the lady of the house. 462 00:21:28,112 --> 00:21:31,333 Hypoxia from a carbon monoxide leak. 463 00:21:31,377 --> 00:21:34,336 One of the most common ways your house can kill ya. 464 00:21:34,380 --> 00:21:36,120 The carbon monoxide detector should've woken her up. 465 00:21:36,164 --> 00:21:37,252 Well, it didn't. 466 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:38,297 Probably because of the sleeping pills 467 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:39,298 she took every night. 468 00:21:39,341 --> 00:21:40,299 Her tox screen 469 00:21:40,342 --> 00:21:41,865 tested positive. 470 00:21:41,909 --> 00:21:44,215 All right, thanks, Doc. 471 00:21:44,259 --> 00:21:46,087 You might make a case Larry was involved. 472 00:21:46,130 --> 00:21:47,306 But Nicole... 473 00:21:47,349 --> 00:21:48,829 She was having an affair with Evan, 474 00:21:48,872 --> 00:21:50,744 but his wife was in the way. 475 00:21:50,787 --> 00:21:53,094 So she manipulated Larry into helping her. 476 00:21:53,137 --> 00:21:54,182 Then she kills him. 477 00:21:54,225 --> 00:21:56,837 A year ago, Evan started teaching 478 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:58,273 a late-night class in forensic pathology 479 00:21:58,317 --> 00:21:59,970 at the same college that Nicole worked. 480 00:22:00,014 --> 00:22:01,407 Except she started there 481 00:22:01,450 --> 00:22:05,672 in February, two months after Evan's wife was killed. 482 00:22:05,715 --> 00:22:07,064 New Haven, Connecticut? 483 00:22:07,108 --> 00:22:08,936 I have a motel charge on Evan's 484 00:22:08,979 --> 00:22:10,677 credit card statement for one night. 485 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,202 There's another two charges in November. 486 00:22:14,245 --> 00:22:16,160 Another one in December. 487 00:22:16,204 --> 00:22:18,380 And January. 488 00:22:18,424 --> 00:22:19,773 Charges stopped when Nicole 489 00:22:19,816 --> 00:22:22,776 started working at the library. 490 00:22:22,819 --> 00:22:27,781 When she and Evan didn't have to sneak around anymore. 491 00:22:27,824 --> 00:22:28,999 I still don't see 492 00:22:29,043 --> 00:22:30,131 what she wants with this guy. 493 00:22:30,174 --> 00:22:31,959 He's got a mortgage, savings bonds... 494 00:22:32,002 --> 00:22:33,352 Your average worker bee. 495 00:22:33,395 --> 00:22:35,397 He's weak like his brother. 496 00:22:35,441 --> 00:22:36,659 Someone she can manipulate. 497 00:22:36,703 --> 00:22:40,010 To do what? 498 00:22:40,054 --> 00:22:41,272 Start in New Haven. 499 00:22:41,316 --> 00:22:43,405 See if you can pick up a scent at the motel. 500 00:22:47,104 --> 00:22:48,105 Mr. Chapel was with us 501 00:22:48,149 --> 00:22:49,716 on five separate occasions. 502 00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:51,674 Each time he checked in at 7:00 at night, 503 00:22:51,718 --> 00:22:53,197 and was out by 6:00 the next morning. 504 00:22:53,241 --> 00:22:56,200 You remember if he had company, a woman? 505 00:22:56,244 --> 00:23:00,030 I don't remember the gentleman at all. 506 00:23:00,074 --> 00:23:01,815 No phone calls. 507 00:23:01,858 --> 00:23:03,207 No room service. 508 00:23:03,251 --> 00:23:06,689 Single room. Twin beds. 509 00:23:06,733 --> 00:23:10,737 Nothing says romancelike twin beds and a towelette. 510 00:23:10,780 --> 00:23:11,955 If you think so. 511 00:23:15,829 --> 00:23:17,483 Excuse me. 512 00:23:17,526 --> 00:23:19,354 Is there a hospital or a treatment center nearby? 513 00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:21,182 Yeah, the Samuel Pasche Medical Center. 514 00:23:21,225 --> 00:23:23,097 We get a lot of business from them. 515 00:23:23,140 --> 00:23:24,707 Chapel... 516 00:23:24,751 --> 00:23:27,231 I have a Gwendolyn Chapel? 517 00:23:27,275 --> 00:23:29,364 Gwendolyn. A young girl? 518 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:33,194 Yes, she came in several times last winter 519 00:23:33,237 --> 00:23:36,458 for tests as part of a long-termstudy of D.E.S. children. 520 00:23:36,502 --> 00:23:39,896 D.E.S. Her mother took it when she was pregnant with her? 521 00:23:39,940 --> 00:23:41,245 All I can tell you is the girl's 522 00:23:41,289 --> 00:23:44,858 participation in the study ended last January. 523 00:23:44,901 --> 00:23:47,295 Excuse me. 524 00:23:50,994 --> 00:23:53,388 D.E.S., that's something pregnant women took? 525 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:56,130 A synthetic female hormone usedto prevent miscarriages. 526 00:23:56,173 --> 00:23:58,219 It caused birth defects, so they stopped using it 527 00:23:58,262 --> 00:24:00,047 in the early '70s. 528 00:24:00,090 --> 00:24:03,398 I don't know how Gwen would've been exposed to it. 529 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:06,749 Well, if she was, there was probably a lawsuit. 530 00:24:08,490 --> 00:24:12,929 -Evan and Monica Chapelv. Seward O'Malley. M.D. OB/ -GYN. 531 00:24:12,973 --> 00:24:15,758 Gwen's mother was given Dienestrol cream 532 00:24:15,802 --> 00:24:18,979 by her gynecologist to treat vaginal dryness. 533 00:24:19,022 --> 00:24:21,024 Dienestrol contains 534 00:24:21,068 --> 00:24:23,418 synthetic estrogen, same as D.E.S. 535 00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:26,116 It's contra-indicated for pregnant women. 536 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,510 Turns out she was three weeks pregnant. 537 00:24:28,554 --> 00:24:31,121 Gwen was born with a heart defect that was corrected, 538 00:24:31,165 --> 00:24:32,558 and she runs a very high risk 539 00:24:32,601 --> 00:24:35,952 of cervical and vaginal cancersat puberty. 540 00:24:35,996 --> 00:24:37,301 How much was the settlement? 541 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:43,394 $5 million, in trust to Gwen. 542 00:24:43,438 --> 00:24:45,048 Well, that's what Nicole was after. 543 00:24:45,092 --> 00:24:47,007 If she knows about it. 544 00:24:47,050 --> 00:24:48,835 She works in a college library. 545 00:24:48,878 --> 00:24:52,534 They probably have an account on this database. 546 00:24:52,578 --> 00:24:54,493 Don't look so happy. 547 00:24:58,279 --> 00:24:59,846 It's her. 548 00:25:01,064 --> 00:25:02,892 You're early. 549 00:25:02,936 --> 00:25:04,459 I thought you'd slither 550 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:05,547 back into a crevice 551 00:25:05,591 --> 00:25:07,941 rather than face another trial. 552 00:25:07,984 --> 00:25:09,464 But here I am in the daylight, 553 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:12,902 adhering to the conditions of my bail like a good girl. 554 00:25:12,946 --> 00:25:14,861 Carrot stick? 555 00:25:14,904 --> 00:25:17,559 Look, this meeting was your idea. 556 00:25:17,603 --> 00:25:20,344 It's about Evan and Gwen. 557 00:25:20,388 --> 00:25:21,607 Yeah, a husband without a wife. 558 00:25:21,650 --> 00:25:23,304 A little girl without a mother. 559 00:25:23,347 --> 00:25:25,524 That's convenient for you, isn't it? What's this? 560 00:25:27,221 --> 00:25:28,570 Building Your Daughter's Self Esteem. 561 00:25:28,614 --> 00:25:29,919 Wow. 562 00:25:29,963 --> 00:25:31,181 You think by reading a book 563 00:25:31,225 --> 00:25:32,574 and throwing on an apron 564 00:25:32,618 --> 00:25:35,055 you can approximate being the parent to a child? 565 00:25:35,098 --> 00:25:36,186 I mean, that's like an ape 566 00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:38,101 trying to eat with a fork and knife. 567 00:25:38,145 --> 00:25:40,451 I wasn't born to it, but I'm getting better. 568 00:25:40,495 --> 00:25:43,454 And there was a vacancy. That's lucky for you. 569 00:25:43,498 --> 00:25:45,456 I had nothing to do with his wife's death. 570 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:48,242 Yes, you did. You killed her and Larry. 571 00:25:48,285 --> 00:25:49,983 Because not only can you zero in 572 00:25:50,026 --> 00:25:51,114 on the weakness of a person, 573 00:25:51,158 --> 00:25:53,987 but you have the cold-blooded willingness 574 00:25:54,030 --> 00:25:56,642 to exploit one, even a little girl. 575 00:25:56,685 --> 00:26:00,559 - No--- Even with birth defects. 576 00:26:00,602 --> 00:26:02,517 Three months ago, you used a library computer 577 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:07,217 to download information on Gwen's lawsuit. 578 00:26:07,261 --> 00:26:09,132 Because that's what you're after. 579 00:26:09,176 --> 00:26:10,481 You're after the money. 580 00:26:10,525 --> 00:26:14,355 You believe me capable of anything. 581 00:26:17,445 --> 00:26:20,230 Libraries have always been a refuge for me. 582 00:26:21,405 --> 00:26:23,625 All those books. 583 00:26:23,669 --> 00:26:25,888 Is it the same for you? 584 00:26:25,932 --> 00:26:28,021 What did you want to tell me about Gwen and Evan? 585 00:26:28,064 --> 00:26:29,631 Nothing. 586 00:26:29,675 --> 00:26:31,154 You leave them alone. 587 00:26:31,198 --> 00:26:34,941 I am free to do as I please for my own reasons, Bobby. 588 00:26:34,984 --> 00:26:37,465 Reasons you'll never know. 589 00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:54,003 Under the terms of settlement, 590 00:26:54,047 --> 00:26:56,571 Gwen doesn't get the money until she's 18. 591 00:26:56,615 --> 00:27:00,053 Evan and whoever he's married tocan't touch a dime. 592 00:27:00,096 --> 00:27:01,576 I can't see Nicole 593 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,491 flipping pancakes for the family breakfast 594 00:27:03,534 --> 00:27:04,579 until the girl's 18. 595 00:27:07,321 --> 00:27:09,628 "In the event of death..." 596 00:27:12,456 --> 00:27:15,416 Gwen dies, all the money-- 597 00:27:15,459 --> 00:27:17,592 all the money in the trust goes to her heirs. 598 00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:20,334 Meaning her father and whoever he's married to. 599 00:27:20,377 --> 00:27:23,424 Why not? 600 00:27:23,467 --> 00:27:25,644 Nicole's gonna kill her for it. 601 00:27:36,698 --> 00:27:38,613 Daddy doesn't love me, does he? 602 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:43,052 Sometimes Daddies can love too much. 603 00:27:43,096 --> 00:27:45,272 You wouldn't want that. 604 00:27:45,315 --> 00:27:48,405 And besides, 605 00:27:48,449 --> 00:27:50,494 I love you. 606 00:28:02,768 --> 00:28:04,291 I'll tell you what. 607 00:28:04,334 --> 00:28:07,033 I think you're ready for a new, 608 00:28:07,076 --> 00:28:08,382 grown-up lotion. 609 00:28:08,425 --> 00:28:10,036 You want to try mine? 610 00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:19,610 My wife died in a tragic accident. 611 00:28:19,654 --> 00:28:21,482 My brother had nothing to do with it. 612 00:28:21,525 --> 00:28:24,267 Nicole and I met after Monica died in March. 613 00:28:24,311 --> 00:28:26,008 She helped me find a book in the library. 614 00:28:26,052 --> 00:28:28,707 And two months later, she downloaded Gwen's lawsuit. 615 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:33,668 Gwen probably told Nicole about her condition. 616 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:35,670 I imagine Nicole wanted more information. 617 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:36,758 Well, she could've asked you. 618 00:28:36,802 --> 00:28:38,717 She did. 619 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,197 We talked about how we could lessen Gwen's risk of cancer. 620 00:28:41,241 --> 00:28:43,330 Nicole had good ideas. 621 00:28:43,373 --> 00:28:44,679 - Dr. Chapel--- She knows how to take 622 00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:46,463 care of herself, you can tell. 623 00:28:46,507 --> 00:28:49,031 Not like Monica with her sleeping pills, 624 00:28:49,075 --> 00:28:50,729 always running to the doctor. 625 00:28:50,772 --> 00:28:53,166 Dr. Chapel, Nicole is only out for herself. 626 00:28:53,209 --> 00:28:55,646 She knows if Gwen dies, you'll be a rich man. 627 00:28:55,690 --> 00:28:58,606 That's a horrible thought, even for a homicide detective, 628 00:28:58,649 --> 00:29:00,477 but especially for a woman. 629 00:29:00,521 --> 00:29:02,262 How can you be so blind 630 00:29:02,305 --> 00:29:06,657 to this-- to this monster that, uh, 631 00:29:06,701 --> 00:29:09,051 that--that killed her--her own daughter? 632 00:29:09,095 --> 00:29:10,792 Her child was swept out to sea. 633 00:29:10,836 --> 00:29:12,315 She's told me all about it. 634 00:29:12,359 --> 00:29:14,317 You won't even look at it. 635 00:29:14,361 --> 00:29:18,539 If I thought for one second that was her child, 636 00:29:18,582 --> 00:29:21,237 do you think I'd have asked herto be my wife? 637 00:29:21,281 --> 00:29:23,849 We're engaged. 638 00:29:23,892 --> 00:29:25,720 Uh, Dr. Chapel? 639 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:31,595 It's a picture of his only daughter. 640 00:29:31,639 --> 00:29:34,294 He keeps it in the same cardboard frame it came in. 641 00:29:34,337 --> 00:29:37,645 It's perfunctory. 642 00:29:37,688 --> 00:29:40,343 Hormonal therapy. 643 00:29:40,387 --> 00:29:41,475 Gynecological cancer. 644 00:29:41,518 --> 00:29:45,087 He's looking for treatments for Gwen. 645 00:29:48,351 --> 00:29:50,832 Why a PDR unless he wrote a prescription? 646 00:29:50,876 --> 00:29:53,835 Dr. Chapel called in 647 00:29:53,879 --> 00:29:55,750 a prescription to a pharmacy in Glen Cove 648 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:58,231 two weeks ago for synthetic estrogen. 649 00:29:58,274 --> 00:30:01,625 The patient's name was Nicole Wallace. 650 00:30:01,669 --> 00:30:04,715 Chapel had the pharmacist compound a paste 651 00:30:04,759 --> 00:30:07,762 containing 30 times the usual amount of estrogen-- 652 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,156 enough to promote the growth of cancerous tumors, 653 00:30:10,199 --> 00:30:11,461 especially in someone 654 00:30:11,505 --> 00:30:15,726 who is already highly susceptible to cancer. 655 00:30:15,770 --> 00:30:18,251 If Gwen's being dosed with this paste 656 00:30:18,294 --> 00:30:22,211 every day, how long before she develops tumors? 657 00:30:22,255 --> 00:30:23,647 A matter of months. 658 00:30:23,691 --> 00:30:25,824 Cervical cancer would ravage her 659 00:30:25,867 --> 00:30:27,390 before there'd be a chance to detect it. 660 00:30:27,434 --> 00:30:29,436 And it would look like she diedas a consequence 661 00:30:29,479 --> 00:30:32,569 of her exposure to D.E.S. in her mother's womb. 662 00:30:32,613 --> 00:30:33,701 As a paste, how would you 663 00:30:33,744 --> 00:30:34,920 administer it without her noticing? 664 00:30:34,963 --> 00:30:37,531 Couldn't be mixed with food. 665 00:30:37,574 --> 00:30:40,664 Through her skin in a lotion? 666 00:30:40,708 --> 00:30:42,231 Yeah. 667 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:45,452 What is it you're looking for? 668 00:30:45,495 --> 00:30:47,193 It doesn't say here. It should say. 669 00:30:47,236 --> 00:30:49,891 Gwen, can you show us what lotions you use? 670 00:30:49,935 --> 00:30:53,634 I don't want you involving her in this vendetta. 671 00:30:53,677 --> 00:30:56,898 Dr. Chapel, let her through. 672 00:31:04,427 --> 00:31:06,212 Here it is. 673 00:31:06,255 --> 00:31:07,953 Nicole gave me her special lotion 674 00:31:07,996 --> 00:31:11,652 to use when she took the other one away. 675 00:31:11,695 --> 00:31:14,307 Which one did she take away? 676 00:31:14,350 --> 00:31:18,398 The one Dad gave me in a blue bottle. 677 00:31:18,441 --> 00:31:19,703 Gwen. 678 00:31:19,747 --> 00:31:22,576 Thanks for your help, Gwen. 679 00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:27,276 I thought he was gonna start hyperventilating till he heard 680 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,323 "Nicole got rid of Daddy's lotion". 681 00:31:30,366 --> 00:31:32,803 She's got his back. 682 00:31:34,414 --> 00:31:36,590 I think with all the excitement today, 683 00:31:36,633 --> 00:31:39,767 I should spend some quality time alone with Gwen. 684 00:31:39,810 --> 00:31:41,725 She asked me to stay, and I told her yes. 685 00:31:41,769 --> 00:31:43,336 I'm putting her to bed early. 686 00:31:43,379 --> 00:31:45,381 I promised her. 687 00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:49,951 Why don't you make some popcorn, Daddy? 688 00:32:14,976 --> 00:32:18,284 The lotion Nicole gave Gwen wasnegative for estrogen. 689 00:32:18,327 --> 00:32:20,547 The good stuff must've been in that blue bottle. 690 00:32:20,590 --> 00:32:23,028 As usual, Nicole's timing was perfect. 691 00:32:23,071 --> 00:32:25,334 Six months ago, 692 00:32:25,378 --> 00:32:28,337 Chapel's office asked the New York M.E. 693 00:32:28,381 --> 00:32:31,950 for all infant mortalities and their files, 694 00:32:31,993 --> 00:32:33,908 including ones out of their jurisdiction. 695 00:32:36,084 --> 00:32:38,043 Nicole's daughter's autopsy was among them. 696 00:32:38,086 --> 00:32:40,697 That's why Evan didn't look at the photo. 697 00:32:40,741 --> 00:32:42,438 He had already seen it. 698 00:32:42,482 --> 00:32:44,049 Why didn't he tell us that? 699 00:32:44,092 --> 00:32:46,965 Because the study-- it was just a ruse. 700 00:32:47,008 --> 00:32:49,619 So that he could see the girl's autopsy. 701 00:32:49,663 --> 00:32:51,970 He told us he heard 702 00:32:52,013 --> 00:32:53,754 about the girl's death from Nicole. 703 00:32:53,797 --> 00:32:56,409 Yeah, well, he-- he lied. 704 00:32:56,452 --> 00:33:00,282 Let's say he did meet Nicole in March at the library. 705 00:33:00,326 --> 00:33:02,893 Less than a month later, he was checking up on her. 706 00:33:02,937 --> 00:33:04,286 He's an M.E. 707 00:33:04,330 --> 00:33:07,289 He can access her file from the police database. 708 00:33:07,333 --> 00:33:09,639 Somehow that didn't scare him away. 709 00:33:09,683 --> 00:33:12,033 Did he looked surprised to you? 710 00:33:12,077 --> 00:33:14,470 When--when Gwen said 711 00:33:14,514 --> 00:33:16,646 that Nicole took the blue bottle away? 712 00:33:16,690 --> 00:33:19,693 Thanking his lucky stars is more like it. 713 00:33:19,736 --> 00:33:20,911 If they were 714 00:33:20,955 --> 00:33:22,826 conspiring, Nicole would've told him 715 00:33:22,870 --> 00:33:25,612 that she took the bottle. 716 00:33:25,655 --> 00:33:29,790 But she took it without telling him. 717 00:33:29,833 --> 00:33:32,097 She suspected what he was up to. 718 00:33:32,140 --> 00:33:35,013 What are you saying? 719 00:33:35,056 --> 00:33:36,536 That it's Evan. 720 00:33:36,579 --> 00:33:38,364 Evan and Larry that killed his wife. 721 00:33:38,407 --> 00:33:39,843 And they plan to kill Gwen. 722 00:33:39,887 --> 00:33:42,716 Now, Nicole tried to stop it by killing Larry. 723 00:33:42,759 --> 00:33:45,458 But she was wrong, it couldn't stop Evan. 724 00:33:45,501 --> 00:33:49,418 Maybe it's you who's wrong. 725 00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:52,030 No. 726 00:33:52,073 --> 00:33:53,118 No, she wanted to tell me, 727 00:33:53,161 --> 00:33:55,076 but I didn't give her the chance. 728 00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:02,040 I'm still here. 729 00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:04,129 I haven't run. 730 00:34:04,172 --> 00:34:07,871 Well, you won't. Not yet. 731 00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:12,006 Look, I, uh... 732 00:34:15,923 --> 00:34:18,012 I know what you were trying to-- 733 00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:19,970 to tell me the other day. 734 00:34:20,014 --> 00:34:23,017 You wouldn't have believed it coming from me. 735 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:24,671 You had to find out on your own. 736 00:34:24,714 --> 00:34:27,674 What tipped you off about Evan? 737 00:34:27,717 --> 00:34:29,850 Was it the way that he spoke about his dead wife? 738 00:34:29,893 --> 00:34:31,112 His affect was all wrong? 739 00:34:31,156 --> 00:34:33,767 Something like that. 740 00:34:33,810 --> 00:34:35,856 And you got rid of Larry to protect Gwen. 741 00:34:35,899 --> 00:34:38,815 I killed Larry? 742 00:34:38,859 --> 00:34:40,861 What an imagination you have. 743 00:34:40,904 --> 00:34:43,907 You lured him into the projects. 744 00:34:45,996 --> 00:34:49,174 Did you tell him that Evan was up to his old habits? 745 00:34:49,217 --> 00:34:51,611 I mean, he probably confided in you. 746 00:34:51,654 --> 00:34:54,657 A man will talk about his past when he's in love. 747 00:34:54,701 --> 00:34:56,572 Especially with someone who he knows 748 00:34:56,616 --> 00:34:58,618 can't judge him. 749 00:34:59,923 --> 00:35:02,970 Someone whose... 750 00:35:03,013 --> 00:35:05,799 past is much worse than his. 751 00:35:05,842 --> 00:35:07,061 He confided in me 752 00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:09,498 long before he knew anything about me. 753 00:35:09,542 --> 00:35:10,891 No, he already knew. That's why he picked you. 754 00:35:10,934 --> 00:35:12,414 Because of your past. 755 00:35:12,458 --> 00:35:14,024 No, Bobby, he thought I was a normal divorcee 756 00:35:14,068 --> 00:35:15,548 getting her life back together-- 757 00:35:15,591 --> 00:35:16,592 Nicole. 758 00:35:16,636 --> 00:35:20,074 Less than a month after you met, 759 00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:23,425 he pulled the file on your daughter's death. 760 00:35:25,993 --> 00:35:28,126 He knew what you'd done. 761 00:35:29,214 --> 00:35:30,563 That's why he went ahead 762 00:35:30,606 --> 00:35:32,565 with his plans to kill Gwen. 763 00:35:32,608 --> 00:35:36,917 'Cause he knew he'd found the perfect patsy. 764 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,136 You know, a woman who already 765 00:35:38,179 --> 00:35:41,922 murdered her own child. 766 00:35:43,837 --> 00:35:45,186 Or did you think 767 00:35:45,230 --> 00:35:48,233 that you'd finally met "the one"? 768 00:35:48,276 --> 00:35:53,151 A man who sensed his-- his own limitations, 769 00:35:53,194 --> 00:35:56,850 who understood the weakness of others. 770 00:35:56,893 --> 00:35:59,244 And he had a daughter. 771 00:35:59,287 --> 00:36:00,810 Daughter loved you. 772 00:36:00,854 --> 00:36:02,116 She does love me. 773 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,552 Here you are 774 00:36:03,596 --> 00:36:06,947 with a child killer as a boyfriend, because this-- 775 00:36:06,990 --> 00:36:09,602 This is the kind of people that you attract. 776 00:36:09,645 --> 00:36:11,952 Because you will never have a normal life. 777 00:36:11,995 --> 00:36:14,215 A normal life is not for you, Nicole. 778 00:36:17,131 --> 00:36:19,873 If you want to protect Gwen, 779 00:36:19,916 --> 00:36:24,051 then you have to help us put Evan away. 780 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:31,493 How do you suggest I do that? 781 00:36:31,537 --> 00:36:35,497 By testifying that you found the tainted lotion. 782 00:36:35,541 --> 00:36:38,718 They'll never believe me. 783 00:36:38,761 --> 00:36:40,937 They will. 784 00:36:40,981 --> 00:36:44,114 If you confess to Larry's murder. 785 00:36:44,158 --> 00:36:46,682 You're insane to think that... 786 00:36:46,726 --> 00:36:48,206 I'd be willing to go back to prison. 787 00:36:48,249 --> 00:36:49,250 I have a child to care-- 788 00:36:49,294 --> 00:36:50,643 You cannot possibly think 789 00:36:50,686 --> 00:36:52,514 that you could have anything to do with Gwen's life. 790 00:36:52,558 --> 00:36:54,124 Yes. 791 00:36:54,168 --> 00:36:56,866 Now, you think about your own child, Nicole. 792 00:36:56,910 --> 00:36:59,129 That was an accident. I-- 793 00:36:59,173 --> 00:37:01,262 I never meant for her to die. 794 00:37:01,306 --> 00:37:03,656 I didn't. 795 00:37:03,699 --> 00:37:05,005 I--I loved her. 796 00:37:05,048 --> 00:37:07,703 You couldn't stop yourself. 797 00:37:07,747 --> 00:37:11,098 But she was just a little girl. 798 00:37:11,141 --> 00:37:12,839 You couldn't control yourself. 799 00:37:12,882 --> 00:37:15,755 And you can't guarantee that that won't happen again. 800 00:37:15,798 --> 00:37:19,541 Gwen is a good girl with a good heart. 801 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,547 She wouldn't-- she wouldn't love me 802 00:37:25,591 --> 00:37:27,810 if there wasn't anything good about me. 803 00:37:27,854 --> 00:37:29,116 What about your own child? 804 00:37:29,159 --> 00:37:30,639 Wasn't she a good little girl? 805 00:37:30,683 --> 00:37:35,688 Didn't she love you, even more than Gwen? 806 00:37:35,731 --> 00:37:38,952 One day, Gwen will do something... 807 00:37:38,995 --> 00:37:42,172 Or maybe she'll do nothing, and you will snap. 808 00:37:42,216 --> 00:37:43,739 No, no, that won't happen. 809 00:37:43,783 --> 00:37:49,179 Yes, you are not safe to be around, Nicole. 810 00:37:49,223 --> 00:37:51,791 Too much damage has been done. 811 00:37:51,834 --> 00:37:54,620 With her I'll be healed. It'll be all right. 812 00:37:54,663 --> 00:37:55,664 No. 813 00:37:55,708 --> 00:37:57,362 If you want to save yourself, 814 00:37:57,405 --> 00:37:59,277 you have to face up to who you are. 815 00:38:03,324 --> 00:38:06,109 That's it? 816 00:38:06,153 --> 00:38:08,590 That's all you have for me? 817 00:38:08,634 --> 00:38:13,116 Confess. Go to prison. 818 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,294 I'll give you Evan. 819 00:38:16,337 --> 00:38:18,252 In his office, 820 00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,733 I saw him hide a bottle 821 00:38:20,776 --> 00:38:24,040 of potassium chloride in the gray cabinets. 822 00:38:24,084 --> 00:38:25,868 Mm, you're implicating him 823 00:38:25,912 --> 00:38:27,348 in a murder that you committed. 824 00:38:27,392 --> 00:38:29,394 You'll never get him for murdering his wife 825 00:38:29,437 --> 00:38:30,917 or for Gwen. 826 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,223 But you can get him for Larry. 827 00:38:33,267 --> 00:38:36,357 The bottle has his fingerprints. 828 00:38:36,401 --> 00:38:40,230 He has a scar on his left thumb. 829 00:38:40,274 --> 00:38:41,754 And you planted it in his office. 830 00:38:41,797 --> 00:38:43,016 You know... 831 00:38:43,059 --> 00:38:44,365 Larry and Evan used to talk 832 00:38:44,409 --> 00:38:46,889 about retiring to Mexico if they had the money. 833 00:38:50,850 --> 00:38:53,113 This is not a way out for you, Nicole. 834 00:38:53,156 --> 00:38:55,289 I'm not looking for one, Bobby. 835 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:57,117 Don't believe me. 836 00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:02,383 You, of all people, mistrusting a librarian. 837 00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:11,349 Nicole asked me to prescribe this for her. 838 00:39:11,392 --> 00:39:13,176 She said she'd taken it in the past 839 00:39:13,220 --> 00:39:14,439 for a chronic condition. 840 00:39:14,482 --> 00:39:16,136 And you have no idea how it ended up 841 00:39:16,179 --> 00:39:18,268 - in your daughter's lotion?- That's right. 842 00:39:18,312 --> 00:39:21,184 - No idea. - Or how your brother got the operating manual 843 00:39:21,228 --> 00:39:22,316 for your hot water heater? 844 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:23,622 How would I know? 845 00:39:23,665 --> 00:39:24,971 Dr. Chapel, I'm going to offer you 846 00:39:25,014 --> 00:39:27,234 a one-time-only civil servant special, 847 00:39:27,277 --> 00:39:28,801 if you come clean about your wife and daughter. 848 00:39:28,844 --> 00:39:30,455 I don't have anything to say. 849 00:39:30,498 --> 00:39:32,326 Doctor, you use potassium in your work? 850 00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:33,980 No, not at all. 851 00:39:34,023 --> 00:39:36,025 What would you be doing with this? 852 00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:43,685 I have never seen that before. 853 00:39:43,729 --> 00:39:45,731 Got some nice smudges on it. 854 00:39:45,774 --> 00:39:49,169 Looks like a thumbprint with a scar. 855 00:39:49,212 --> 00:39:50,953 You don't have a scar, do ya, Doc? 856 00:39:50,997 --> 00:39:52,999 Fingerprints can be transferred. 857 00:39:53,042 --> 00:39:54,304 This is a setup. 858 00:39:54,348 --> 00:39:56,132 I wouldn't kill my brother. 859 00:39:56,176 --> 00:39:58,004 He's the only one who knew me. 860 00:39:58,047 --> 00:40:00,136 Who knew how hard it was for you to... 861 00:40:00,180 --> 00:40:02,922 stay clean and... 862 00:40:02,965 --> 00:40:05,925 - to work a straight job and to be a good father. - Yes. 863 00:40:05,968 --> 00:40:08,710 Everything normal people take for granted sickens me. 864 00:40:08,754 --> 00:40:10,059 Well, why fight it? 865 00:40:10,103 --> 00:40:11,800 Why not just... 866 00:40:11,844 --> 00:40:14,107 go live on the top of a... 867 00:40:14,150 --> 00:40:18,024 mountain of smack in Mexico. 868 00:40:18,067 --> 00:40:21,854 Isn't that what you and Larry dreamed of? 869 00:40:21,897 --> 00:40:24,204 How did you know about that? 870 00:40:24,247 --> 00:40:27,033 Were two people standing in the way of your gratification? 871 00:40:27,076 --> 00:40:28,817 Was it Monica? 872 00:40:28,861 --> 00:40:32,038 All her doctors and her sleeping pills. 873 00:40:32,081 --> 00:40:33,431 And Gwen. 874 00:40:33,474 --> 00:40:39,132 She was damaged goods from day one, wasn't she? 875 00:40:39,175 --> 00:40:41,395 Who told you about Mexico? 876 00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:43,310 Nicole? 877 00:40:43,353 --> 00:40:45,399 Too bad you got greedy and decided to cut Larry 878 00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:47,488 - out of it.- I did not kill him! 879 00:40:47,532 --> 00:40:49,969 You have a choice, Dr. Chapel. 880 00:40:50,012 --> 00:40:52,493 A certain conviction for your brother's murder 881 00:40:52,537 --> 00:40:55,453 or a plea to manslaughter for your wife's death 882 00:40:55,496 --> 00:40:58,064 and attempted murder. 883 00:40:58,107 --> 00:41:01,502 All right. 884 00:41:01,546 --> 00:41:04,897 My wife, the hot water heater-- 885 00:41:04,940 --> 00:41:07,160 That was all Larry's idea. I just went along. 886 00:41:07,203 --> 00:41:08,335 And Gwen? 887 00:41:09,989 --> 00:41:12,426 I can always have more children. 888 00:41:14,950 --> 00:41:17,344 $5 million. 889 00:41:17,387 --> 00:41:19,085 Where do you get that kind of money? 890 00:41:21,304 --> 00:41:22,784 Nicole-- She'd understand. 891 00:41:22,828 --> 00:41:26,396 Yeah, don't count on it. She turned you in. 892 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:30,313 Come on, get him out of here. 893 00:41:32,011 --> 00:41:34,056 Yes? 894 00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:38,539 He's busy right now. What-- 895 00:41:38,583 --> 00:41:40,106 It's Evan's housekeeper. 896 00:41:40,149 --> 00:41:41,803 Gwen didn't come home from school. 897 00:41:45,590 --> 00:41:47,853 Well, it's Nicole. 898 00:41:52,031 --> 00:41:54,512 Got additional units. ETA, two minutes. 899 00:41:57,079 --> 00:41:59,299 She said she was Dr. Chapel's fiancée. 900 00:41:59,342 --> 00:42:01,127 Gwen knew her. 901 00:42:01,170 --> 00:42:02,824 She--she ran over and hugged her. 902 00:42:02,868 --> 00:42:05,958 I'm so sorry. I didn't know. 903 00:42:06,001 --> 00:42:07,437 They still haven't turned up at the house. 904 00:42:07,481 --> 00:42:08,917 She won't. She's running. 905 00:42:08,961 --> 00:42:11,441 She's--she's got the kid. I should've-- 906 00:42:11,485 --> 00:42:12,965 Come on. 907 00:42:14,401 --> 00:42:17,447 Three days, 200 leads, and zip. 908 00:42:17,491 --> 00:42:19,058 Hmm. 909 00:42:19,101 --> 00:42:20,407 You may have to graduate her 910 00:42:20,450 --> 00:42:22,931 to the back of a milk carton and move on, huh? 911 00:42:22,975 --> 00:42:25,412 Goren-- Line two. 912 00:42:25,455 --> 00:42:26,413 Logan-- 913 00:42:26,456 --> 00:42:27,849 Want you to meet somebody. 914 00:42:34,116 --> 00:42:36,510 Okay, thank you. 915 00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:38,338 That was the Arizona Police. Gwen is safe. 916 00:42:38,381 --> 00:42:40,427 Nicole dropped her off 917 00:42:40,470 --> 00:42:42,908 at her aunt's house an hour ago. 918 00:42:42,951 --> 00:42:47,390 She did it. She did the right thing. 919 00:42:52,178 --> 00:42:54,223 You have a message. 920 00:43:00,099 --> 00:43:02,101 You were right, Bobby. 921 00:43:02,144 --> 00:43:04,843 I couldn't take the chance. 922 00:43:04,886 --> 00:43:07,628 This is one more thing you've taken from me. 923 00:43:07,672 --> 00:43:10,631 I'll put a trace on the call.