1 00:00:05,962 --> 00:00:09,096 In New York City's war on crime 2 00:00:09,139 --> 00:00:11,663 the worst criminal offenders are pursued 3 00:00:11,707 --> 00:00:14,275 by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. 4 00:00:14,318 --> 00:00:16,016 These are their stories. 5 00:00:19,193 --> 00:00:21,282 WOMAN: Make a left up here at this light. 6 00:00:21,325 --> 00:00:22,761 MAN: We're driving in circles. 7 00:00:22,805 --> 00:00:24,502 You think that's going to fool me? 8 00:00:26,374 --> 00:00:29,072 You know how Erica feels about her privacy. 9 00:00:29,116 --> 00:00:32,293 Why? You ever ask yourself that? 10 00:00:32,336 --> 00:00:34,817 I don't need to. 11 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:38,690 Now, pull up to this driveway on the left. 12 00:00:38,734 --> 00:00:40,344 Erica is just real upset 13 00:00:40,388 --> 00:00:41,650 about this, Doug. 14 00:00:41,693 --> 00:00:43,173 I mean, think about it. 15 00:00:43,217 --> 00:00:45,784 It's as big an insult as you can give another person. 16 00:00:45,828 --> 00:00:48,744 If that's the way she feels, she can tell me to my face. 17 00:00:48,787 --> 00:00:50,528 I deserve at least that much. 18 00:00:50,572 --> 00:00:52,182 It's making her sick 19 00:00:52,226 --> 00:00:54,097 on top of everything she has to deal with. 20 00:00:54,141 --> 00:00:56,099 I just want to talk to her. 21 00:00:56,143 --> 00:00:57,361 She agreed. 22 00:00:57,405 --> 00:00:59,668 MAN: You're going to talk to her. 23 00:00:59,711 --> 00:01:02,236 She said she'd talk to you, didn't she? 24 00:01:02,279 --> 00:01:03,715 Then what's the problem? 25 00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:06,066 She wants you to sign something. 26 00:01:11,114 --> 00:01:12,507 What kind of a game is this? 27 00:01:12,550 --> 00:01:15,423 You come here, you make all your demands. 28 00:01:15,466 --> 00:01:18,556 You want to talk to her, you just sign that. 29 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:19,818 This is ridiculous. 30 00:01:19,862 --> 00:01:21,342 I'm out of here. 31 00:01:23,474 --> 00:01:24,823 Are you threatening me? 32 00:01:24,867 --> 00:01:27,696 Please, we're only making things worse for Erica. 33 00:01:27,739 --> 00:01:30,525 He's the one making the problems. 34 00:01:30,568 --> 00:01:32,527 I came all the way out here to see her 35 00:01:32,570 --> 00:01:35,138 and now you're laying this... crap on me?! 36 00:01:35,182 --> 00:01:36,531 You bet I'm going to make problems. 37 00:01:36,574 --> 00:01:38,228 I'll talk to her. 38 00:01:38,272 --> 00:01:41,101 Toby, you, too. 39 00:01:41,144 --> 00:01:43,538 Why are you being so difficult? 40 00:01:43,581 --> 00:01:45,409 Don't be a fool, Christine. 41 00:01:45,453 --> 00:01:48,238 This whole house of cards is coming down. 42 00:01:48,282 --> 00:01:50,371 I gave all of you your opportunity. 43 00:01:50,414 --> 00:01:51,372 Douglas... 44 00:01:51,415 --> 00:01:53,635 Get yourself a lawyer. 45 00:01:54,897 --> 00:01:59,858 Erica is extremely disappointed in you, Doug. 46 00:01:59,902 --> 00:02:01,991 Do I get to talk to her or not? 47 00:02:02,034 --> 00:02:02,992 Go home. 48 00:02:03,035 --> 00:02:05,212 She just wants you to go home. 49 00:02:13,002 --> 00:02:14,873 Maybe if I talk to her. 50 00:02:14,917 --> 00:02:19,443 Erica says we have to let him dowhatever he needs to do. 51 00:02:19,487 --> 00:02:20,662 You can't stop someone 52 00:02:20,705 --> 00:02:23,186 from walking into their own hell. 53 00:02:27,016 --> 00:02:28,931 Hey. It's five-something. 54 00:02:28,974 --> 00:02:31,020 Let's go. 55 00:02:31,063 --> 00:02:32,064 This guy, you should have heard him. 56 00:02:32,108 --> 00:02:33,762 More rules than the NFL playbook. 57 00:02:33,805 --> 00:02:36,417 I'm, like, "Why do you have to make it so complicated 58 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:38,419 "you fat moron? 59 00:02:38,462 --> 00:02:40,943 "Last time I checked, all the parts fit together. 60 00:02:40,986 --> 00:02:43,424 It don't have to be so damn complicated." 61 00:02:43,467 --> 00:02:44,512 [gasping] 62 00:02:44,555 --> 00:02:45,513 Oh, my God! 63 00:02:48,777 --> 00:02:50,822 Fire! Help! 64 00:02:50,866 --> 00:02:52,737 Help, there's somebody on fire here! 65 00:02:52,781 --> 00:02:54,348 Call 911! 66 00:03:43,571 --> 00:03:45,529 The fire set off this can of butane 67 00:03:45,573 --> 00:03:46,965 in Mr. Lafferty's coat pocket. 68 00:03:47,009 --> 00:03:48,358 That accounted for the fireball. 69 00:03:48,402 --> 00:03:50,404 Fire died down pretty quickly. 70 00:03:50,447 --> 00:03:51,709 Lucy Hotpants there 71 00:03:51,753 --> 00:03:54,321 thinks the guy died of spontaneous combustion. 72 00:03:54,364 --> 00:03:56,714 Right after he was spontaneouslyhit in the head. 73 00:03:56,758 --> 00:03:59,630 I count three impact woundsin the right side of his skull. 74 00:03:59,674 --> 00:04:00,718 What started the fire? 75 00:04:00,762 --> 00:04:02,024 They put a match to his coat. 76 00:04:02,067 --> 00:04:03,678 Fire marshal said it smelled 77 00:04:03,721 --> 00:04:05,506 like it was soaked in acetone. 78 00:04:05,549 --> 00:04:06,985 Nail polish remover. 79 00:04:07,029 --> 00:04:08,596 His wallet's missing. 80 00:04:08,639 --> 00:04:12,600 We I.D.'d him off his press badge in the glove box. 81 00:04:12,643 --> 00:04:15,516 There's blood and scalp tissue on the tip. 82 00:04:17,996 --> 00:04:21,739 The perp was... seated here. 83 00:04:21,783 --> 00:04:24,568 Rammed it into his head. 84 00:04:24,612 --> 00:04:25,656 He wasn't murdered 85 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:26,918 in this location. 86 00:04:26,962 --> 00:04:28,920 This bloodstain 87 00:04:28,964 --> 00:04:31,749 didn't spatter here when he was killed. 88 00:04:31,793 --> 00:04:34,578 It most likely came... 89 00:04:34,622 --> 00:04:38,103 when his head was resting against the door. 90 00:04:38,147 --> 00:04:39,714 His body was moved into the passenger seat 91 00:04:39,757 --> 00:04:42,325 after he was killed. 92 00:04:42,369 --> 00:04:44,806 The killer then drove him here 93 00:04:44,849 --> 00:04:48,636 and put him back behind the wheel... 94 00:04:56,818 --> 00:04:58,776 and set him on fire 95 00:04:58,820 --> 00:05:01,562 to destroy evidence he was killed elsewhere. 96 00:05:01,605 --> 00:05:03,781 But "elsewhere" where? 97 00:05:03,825 --> 00:05:05,348 Well, we start where he started. 98 00:05:05,392 --> 00:05:07,872 There's a garage door opener on the end of his key chain. 99 00:05:14,183 --> 00:05:16,751 Looks like part of the umbrella. 100 00:05:16,794 --> 00:05:19,667 Probably fell out of the car when the killer got out. 101 00:05:30,286 --> 00:05:31,722 Make-up products. 102 00:05:31,766 --> 00:05:33,811 I need a bag. 103 00:05:33,855 --> 00:05:38,599 Nail polish, emery boards, manicure clippers. 104 00:05:44,518 --> 00:05:46,737 Everything but nail polish remover. 105 00:05:49,784 --> 00:05:51,916 Looks like he was killed in the garage. 106 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,006 Somebody de-fragged his computer to wipe out files. 107 00:05:55,050 --> 00:05:57,487 The family silver's all accounted for 108 00:05:57,531 --> 00:05:58,923 including Mr. Lafferty's gold watches 109 00:05:58,967 --> 00:06:01,317 and diamond cuff links. 110 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:04,842 And Pulitzer Prize... 111 00:06:04,886 --> 00:06:09,194 for his coverage of the Tet Offensive in 1968. 112 00:06:09,238 --> 00:06:13,242 This guy was a war correspondentbefore he owned a magazine. 113 00:06:13,285 --> 00:06:15,462 Tough old bird. 114 00:06:17,289 --> 00:06:18,813 Newsmagazines. 115 00:06:21,859 --> 00:06:24,862 Newsmagazines... 116 00:06:24,906 --> 00:06:26,951 but no hobbies, no special interests. 117 00:06:28,083 --> 00:06:31,521 I spoke too soon. 118 00:06:31,565 --> 00:06:34,872 It's a catalog for medical equipment. 119 00:06:34,916 --> 00:06:36,700 Probably for his late wife. 120 00:06:36,744 --> 00:06:37,875 She died last year. 121 00:06:37,919 --> 00:06:39,616 And he still keeps her things 122 00:06:39,660 --> 00:06:40,878 in the garage. 123 00:06:40,922 --> 00:06:43,925 Tough, sentimental old bird. 124 00:06:43,968 --> 00:06:45,274 Maybe not that sentimental. 125 00:06:45,317 --> 00:06:47,015 His bank statements for the last three months. 126 00:06:47,058 --> 00:06:49,844 He was withdrawing cash on a regular basis. 127 00:06:49,887 --> 00:06:53,456 Big chunks-- seven grand, ten grand. 128 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:56,546 He found himself a high-maintenance hobby. 129 00:06:56,590 --> 00:06:59,244 116 grand in the last six months to who-- 130 00:06:59,288 --> 00:07:00,637 a bookie, a girlfriend? 131 00:07:00,681 --> 00:07:02,073 The guy was a lonely widower. 132 00:07:02,117 --> 00:07:03,074 If he had a girlfriend 133 00:07:03,118 --> 00:07:04,511 we couldn't find any trace of her. 134 00:07:04,554 --> 00:07:06,600 His address book and appointment book are missing. 135 00:07:06,643 --> 00:07:08,471 His computer disk was wiped clean. 136 00:07:08,515 --> 00:07:11,213 We're still waiting on his phone records. 137 00:07:11,256 --> 00:07:14,042 DEAKINS: You don't like the girlfriend angle? 138 00:07:14,085 --> 00:07:16,174 I'm open to anything. 139 00:07:16,218 --> 00:07:19,700 Let's say the... perpetrator was a woman. 140 00:07:19,743 --> 00:07:23,834 She had excellent improvisational skills. 141 00:07:23,878 --> 00:07:26,663 She created an incendiary device. 142 00:07:26,707 --> 00:07:30,058 She relocated the body to a high-crime area. 143 00:07:30,101 --> 00:07:31,146 For all the good it did her. 144 00:07:31,189 --> 00:07:32,016 She might as well have left him 145 00:07:32,060 --> 00:07:33,148 in the garage. 146 00:07:36,064 --> 00:07:38,632 Uh, that's the point. 147 00:07:40,547 --> 00:07:43,027 She over-thought the event. 148 00:07:45,334 --> 00:07:51,079 She was careful, but almost... neurotically anxious 149 00:07:51,122 --> 00:07:55,213 about hiding her tracks. 150 00:07:55,257 --> 00:07:58,652 Lafferty might have been the target of her anger 151 00:07:58,695 --> 00:08:02,003 but he wasn't the object of her passion. 152 00:08:02,046 --> 00:08:06,007 She wasn't emotionally involved... 153 00:08:06,050 --> 00:08:07,138 with him. 154 00:08:07,182 --> 00:08:08,836 DEAKINS: She was emotionally involved 155 00:08:08,879 --> 00:08:10,838 with his bank account. 156 00:08:10,881 --> 00:08:11,926 Lafferty had two kids, right? 157 00:08:11,969 --> 00:08:12,970 A son and daughter. 158 00:08:13,014 --> 00:08:16,800 They're coming in for the I.D. 159 00:08:16,844 --> 00:08:18,541 I invited him to join my wife 160 00:08:18,585 --> 00:08:19,977 and some friends for dinner 161 00:08:20,021 --> 00:08:22,458 but he wanted to stay in. 162 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:24,721 Did you suspect he had other plans? 163 00:08:26,157 --> 00:08:28,856 Since Mom died, Dad's been a little difficult. 164 00:08:28,899 --> 00:08:30,597 He's been grieving. 165 00:08:37,386 --> 00:08:40,650 Ms. Lafferty, any time you want to jump in... 166 00:08:43,174 --> 00:08:45,829 It's obvious, isn't it? 167 00:08:45,873 --> 00:08:49,441 Look at where you found my father-- on 11th Avenue. 168 00:08:49,485 --> 00:08:50,007 He turned into 169 00:08:50,051 --> 00:08:50,878 a sex addict. 170 00:08:50,921 --> 00:08:53,010 She's right. 171 00:08:53,054 --> 00:08:54,577 A couple of weeks ago 172 00:08:54,621 --> 00:08:56,144 I was in Bulgari's with my kids 173 00:08:56,187 --> 00:08:57,319 shopping for Mother's Day. 174 00:08:57,362 --> 00:08:59,060 Dad was at the jewelry counter. 175 00:08:59,103 --> 00:09:00,931 Did you talk to him? 176 00:09:00,975 --> 00:09:05,022 Yes. He wasn't too happy to see me. 177 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:08,852 As soon as the salesperson came back with his receipt, he left. 178 00:09:08,896 --> 00:09:11,942 I... thought he was buying jewelry for some girlfriend. 179 00:09:11,986 --> 00:09:13,640 Did you see what he bought? 180 00:09:13,683 --> 00:09:16,338 No. 181 00:09:16,381 --> 00:09:17,992 The salesperson told him to come back 182 00:09:18,035 --> 00:09:20,298 and pick it up in a week. 183 00:09:20,342 --> 00:09:21,822 He was having it inscribed. 184 00:09:26,174 --> 00:09:28,611 Mr. Laffertybought a ladies' watch in gold. 185 00:09:28,655 --> 00:09:29,743 Lucky lady. 186 00:09:29,786 --> 00:09:30,874 He had some engraving done? 187 00:09:30,918 --> 00:09:32,833 It's on the next page. 188 00:09:32,876 --> 00:09:36,619 "To Erica, for giving me a reason to go on. Douglas." 189 00:09:36,663 --> 00:09:38,229 So romantic, don't you think? 190 00:09:38,273 --> 00:09:41,189 You don't want to know what I think. 191 00:09:41,232 --> 00:09:42,233 Which model is it? 192 00:09:42,277 --> 00:09:43,626 This one. 193 00:09:48,762 --> 00:09:53,418 Oh, uh... this watch has a clasp on the band. 194 00:09:53,462 --> 00:09:55,725 It says on the receipt that Mr. Lafferty 195 00:09:55,769 --> 00:09:57,814 switched it with an expansion band. 196 00:09:57,858 --> 00:09:59,773 It's easier to take on and off. 197 00:09:59,816 --> 00:10:02,863 He said that the lady might finda band with a clasp 198 00:10:02,906 --> 00:10:05,039 too difficult to use. 199 00:10:05,082 --> 00:10:08,216 I think she had a little handicap with her right hand. 200 00:10:08,259 --> 00:10:10,914 Thank you very much. 201 00:10:10,958 --> 00:10:12,350 We're going to Queens. 202 00:10:12,394 --> 00:10:14,309 The medical equipment catalog in Lafferty's den-- 203 00:10:14,352 --> 00:10:17,660 that's where they have their store. 204 00:10:17,704 --> 00:10:18,792 Erica needs more. 205 00:10:18,835 --> 00:10:20,184 We have to move. 206 00:10:20,228 --> 00:10:24,188 Re-think this, Barb-- please-- for Erica's sake. 207 00:10:24,232 --> 00:10:25,886 We know what's best. 208 00:10:25,929 --> 00:10:29,716 I don't know how we're going to make due with this. 209 00:10:29,759 --> 00:10:31,805 Tell me where you're going. 210 00:10:31,848 --> 00:10:34,677 I'll see what I can do. 211 00:10:34,721 --> 00:10:36,679 I'll tell Erica. 212 00:10:36,723 --> 00:10:39,856 I know you're trying to help. 213 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:40,857 She'll call you, okay? 214 00:10:49,170 --> 00:10:51,172 MAN: We supplied Mr. Lafferty with a wheelchair 215 00:10:51,215 --> 00:10:52,826 when his wife was sick. 216 00:10:52,869 --> 00:10:56,177 Then, three months ago, he ordered another one. 217 00:10:56,220 --> 00:10:58,788 It had to be motorized with a joystick control. 218 00:10:58,832 --> 00:10:59,659 A left-handed joystick? 219 00:10:59,702 --> 00:11:01,356 Yes. The young lady 220 00:11:01,399 --> 00:11:03,967 had lost the use of her right hand. 221 00:11:04,011 --> 00:11:06,970 He said she might eventually need a mouth control stick. 222 00:11:07,014 --> 00:11:08,493 Where were you supposed to deliver the wheelchair? 223 00:11:08,537 --> 00:11:10,017 To an Erica Windemere. 224 00:11:10,060 --> 00:11:11,279 I don't have the address. 225 00:11:11,322 --> 00:11:12,889 Mr. Lafferty was going to tell me 226 00:11:12,933 --> 00:11:15,849 when he came in to make the last payment. 227 00:11:15,892 --> 00:11:16,719 It's been ready now for three weeks. 228 00:11:20,114 --> 00:11:22,159 This chair's for a child. 229 00:11:22,203 --> 00:11:23,291 Mr. Lafferty said 230 00:11:23,334 --> 00:11:25,206 she is 14, and weighs only 90 pounds. 231 00:11:25,249 --> 00:11:26,903 The new love of his life-- 232 00:11:26,947 --> 00:11:28,949 a little girl in a wheelchair. 233 00:11:36,173 --> 00:11:39,046 Wheelchair, respirator, heart monitor... 234 00:11:39,089 --> 00:11:41,526 Over $30,000 total, just in medical supplies. 235 00:11:41,570 --> 00:11:42,876 Who is this girl, a relative? 236 00:11:42,919 --> 00:11:44,225 His kids have never heard of her. 237 00:11:44,268 --> 00:11:46,749 She's somebody he met in the last six months. 238 00:11:46,793 --> 00:11:48,403 Maybe he's involved with her mother. 239 00:11:48,446 --> 00:11:50,840 It's about what's inscribed on the watch. 240 00:11:50,884 --> 00:11:54,235 His wife is dead, his kids don't like him. 241 00:11:54,278 --> 00:11:57,194 Helping this girl filled a void in his life. 242 00:11:57,238 --> 00:11:59,066 His phone records came in this morning. 243 00:11:59,109 --> 00:12:00,763 No calls to anyone named Windemere 244 00:12:00,807 --> 00:12:01,721 but a lot of calls 245 00:12:01,764 --> 00:12:03,026 to numbers that never showed up 246 00:12:03,070 --> 00:12:04,201 before six months ago. 247 00:12:04,245 --> 00:12:05,420 Check them out. 248 00:12:07,814 --> 00:12:10,207 I was blown away when I heard what happened to Doug. 249 00:12:10,251 --> 00:12:12,122 He was just such a decent guy. 250 00:12:12,166 --> 00:12:13,950 Where did you know him from? 251 00:12:13,994 --> 00:12:16,997 We had, you know, common interests. 252 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,564 You mean Erica? 253 00:12:19,608 --> 00:12:20,740 You know Erica? 254 00:12:20,783 --> 00:12:22,002 We're trying to get in touch with her. 255 00:12:22,045 --> 00:12:24,047 Just leave a message for her on the Web Site. 256 00:12:24,091 --> 00:12:26,180 Erica W. 257 00:12:26,223 --> 00:12:28,008 There's a chat room and everything. 258 00:12:28,051 --> 00:12:29,270 That's how I met Doug. 259 00:12:29,313 --> 00:12:31,968 We need to actually talk to her. 260 00:12:32,012 --> 00:12:33,578 I can't help you with that. 261 00:12:33,622 --> 00:12:36,059 You're worried about, Erica? So are we. 262 00:12:36,103 --> 00:12:37,974 She's already been through a lot. 263 00:12:38,018 --> 00:12:40,194 I mean, you read the book. 264 00:12:40,237 --> 00:12:41,412 Yeah, sure, the book. 265 00:12:41,456 --> 00:12:43,240 My partner hasn't. 266 00:12:43,284 --> 00:12:46,113 You should. It's so right on. 267 00:12:46,156 --> 00:12:48,071 He's been after me to get into it. 268 00:12:48,115 --> 00:12:49,420 What's it called again? 269 00:12:49,464 --> 00:12:52,336 Through the Darkness. 270 00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:54,817 What did you like most about her? 271 00:12:54,861 --> 00:12:56,906 She never gives up. 272 00:12:56,950 --> 00:13:00,170 My sister died of breast cancer three years ago. 273 00:13:00,214 --> 00:13:02,259 She left behind two kids. 274 00:13:02,303 --> 00:13:04,914 Erica's book helps me to talk to them. 275 00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:06,960 You've got to read it, okay? 276 00:13:12,269 --> 00:13:13,880 MAN: Since it came out last fall 277 00:13:13,923 --> 00:13:15,272 it's been one of our biggest sellers 278 00:13:15,316 --> 00:13:16,578 which surprised me. 279 00:13:16,621 --> 00:13:18,493 It was pretty raw when we got it. 280 00:13:18,536 --> 00:13:19,973 Thank God for editors. 281 00:13:22,018 --> 00:13:23,106 Christine? 282 00:13:23,150 --> 00:13:25,195 These detectives need some information 283 00:13:25,239 --> 00:13:26,936 about Erica Windemere. 284 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:29,025 Oh, one of my favorite authors. 285 00:13:29,069 --> 00:13:30,461 How can I help you? 286 00:13:30,505 --> 00:13:33,073 We're investigating the murder of Douglas Lafferty. 287 00:13:33,116 --> 00:13:34,335 CHRISTINE: Oh, yes. 288 00:13:34,378 --> 00:13:36,946 In fact, I got an e-mail from Erica yesterday 289 00:13:36,990 --> 00:13:39,079 telling me how upset she was about his death. 290 00:13:39,122 --> 00:13:40,080 EAMES: They were good friends? 291 00:13:40,123 --> 00:13:41,995 Yeah, she was very fond of him. 292 00:13:43,344 --> 00:13:46,651 I just got the book. 293 00:13:46,695 --> 00:13:48,044 Oh, so she has ALS? 294 00:13:48,088 --> 00:13:49,306 Yes. 295 00:13:49,350 --> 00:13:51,265 Lou Gherig's Disease. That's degenerative. 296 00:13:55,704 --> 00:13:57,053 "Your body's destroyed while... 297 00:13:57,097 --> 00:13:59,229 BOTH: ...your soul stays intact." 298 00:13:59,273 --> 00:14:01,318 That's what it says here on the cover. 299 00:14:01,362 --> 00:14:02,580 That's the least 300 00:14:02,624 --> 00:14:04,887 of what she's had to face in her short life. 301 00:14:04,931 --> 00:14:06,410 She could teach us a lot. 302 00:14:06,454 --> 00:14:08,108 And we have a lot to learn. 303 00:14:08,151 --> 00:14:11,589 We need her address and phone number. 304 00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:14,679 You know she's just a bedridden little girl? 305 00:14:14,723 --> 00:14:16,116 Well, she might know something 306 00:14:16,159 --> 00:14:18,074 she doesn't even know she knows. 307 00:14:18,118 --> 00:14:21,034 She sounds like the kind of person who'd want to help. 308 00:14:21,077 --> 00:14:22,122 Yeah. 309 00:14:22,165 --> 00:14:24,124 I don't have a phone number for her 310 00:14:24,167 --> 00:14:25,995 but I can give you her e-mail. 311 00:14:27,127 --> 00:14:28,998 Uh... 312 00:14:29,042 --> 00:14:30,434 is that how you worked on the book with her 313 00:14:30,478 --> 00:14:32,132 through her e-mails? 314 00:14:32,175 --> 00:14:34,003 Yes, and she calls me. 315 00:14:34,047 --> 00:14:36,179 She can't give out her address or her phone. 316 00:14:36,223 --> 00:14:38,660 The book explains why. 317 00:14:38,703 --> 00:14:40,009 How about her book royalties? 318 00:14:40,053 --> 00:14:41,532 How do you get the checks to her? 319 00:14:41,576 --> 00:14:42,925 Her foster mother 320 00:14:42,969 --> 00:14:44,535 Barb, comes to the office. 321 00:14:44,579 --> 00:14:46,015 She doesn't live with her parents? 322 00:14:46,059 --> 00:14:49,062 No, child welfare took her from them. 323 00:14:49,105 --> 00:14:50,933 Is there a foster father? 324 00:14:50,977 --> 00:14:52,152 There's Toby. 325 00:14:52,195 --> 00:14:53,893 He's the physical therapist. 326 00:14:55,633 --> 00:14:57,331 And she has you. 327 00:14:58,506 --> 00:15:00,203 I'm sorry for all the secrecy. 328 00:15:00,247 --> 00:15:03,685 It's just that it's the only wayto protect Erica's safety. 329 00:15:03,728 --> 00:15:06,557 You really do need to read the book. 330 00:15:06,601 --> 00:15:08,081 EAMES: Okay, thanks. 331 00:15:08,124 --> 00:15:09,560 Two days for the subpoena 332 00:15:09,604 --> 00:15:12,041 couple more days for the e-mail account information. 333 00:15:12,085 --> 00:15:14,000 GOREN: Probably another dead end. 334 00:15:14,043 --> 00:15:16,959 This kid doesn't want to be found. 335 00:15:17,003 --> 00:15:22,573 She writes she's been dodging death threats. 336 00:15:22,617 --> 00:15:24,575 Her parents were members of a violent drug gang 337 00:15:24,619 --> 00:15:26,534 that sexually abused her. 338 00:15:26,577 --> 00:15:28,710 Sexually abusing a kid with ALS. 339 00:15:28,753 --> 00:15:30,016 Lovely. 340 00:15:30,059 --> 00:15:31,017 That was before the ALS 341 00:15:31,060 --> 00:15:34,150 kicked in at age 11. 342 00:15:34,194 --> 00:15:38,154 Her father is serving ten years for the sex abuse. 343 00:15:38,198 --> 00:15:41,549 Her mother vowed to kill her if she ever finds her. 344 00:15:41,592 --> 00:15:42,506 What are you writing? 345 00:15:42,550 --> 00:15:43,812 I'm sending her an e-mail. 346 00:15:43,855 --> 00:15:46,075 That's how everybody else gets her attention. 347 00:15:46,119 --> 00:15:48,643 "Dear Erica, I just finished reading your book. 348 00:15:48,686 --> 00:15:50,210 "I've met a lot of people in my line of work, but I've never 349 00:15:50,253 --> 00:15:52,603 met anyone with your courage and power to forgive." 350 00:15:52,647 --> 00:15:53,604 You get the idea? 351 00:15:53,648 --> 00:15:54,736 And then I tell her 352 00:15:54,779 --> 00:15:55,998 I want to talk to her about Lafferty 353 00:15:56,042 --> 00:15:58,218 and I include my phone number. 354 00:15:58,261 --> 00:16:00,089 Well, while you're waiting for an answer 355 00:16:00,133 --> 00:16:02,613 let's see if child welfare knows where she is. 356 00:16:05,747 --> 00:16:08,054 Child welfare has no record of a girl with ALS 357 00:16:08,097 --> 00:16:10,534 going through their system in the last five years. 358 00:16:10,578 --> 00:16:14,234 No record of a girl being used as a sex toy by a dope gang. 359 00:16:14,277 --> 00:16:17,977 No record of foster parents named Barb and Toby. 360 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:20,153 But people have talked to this girl, right? 361 00:16:20,196 --> 00:16:21,284 The editor of the book? 362 00:16:21,328 --> 00:16:22,764 We found a few people 363 00:16:22,807 --> 00:16:24,287 through her Web Site who said they got calls from her. 364 00:16:24,331 --> 00:16:26,420 They all described the same thing: 365 00:16:26,463 --> 00:16:29,553 A sweet girl with a bad disease and a positive attitude. 366 00:16:29,858 --> 00:16:33,470 [phone rings] 367 00:16:33,514 --> 00:16:35,385 Captain Deakins. 368 00:16:40,521 --> 00:16:41,565 Erica Windemere. 369 00:16:41,609 --> 00:16:43,611 For you. You want to take it here? 370 00:16:48,442 --> 00:16:49,704 Hello, Erica? 371 00:16:49,747 --> 00:16:53,055 This is Detective Alexandra Eames. 372 00:16:53,099 --> 00:16:53,621 Hello, Detective. 373 00:16:53,664 --> 00:16:55,840 Call me Alex. 374 00:16:55,884 --> 00:16:58,408 Am I on a speakerphone, Alex? 375 00:16:58,452 --> 00:17:00,062 Yes, I'm here with my boss 376 00:17:00,106 --> 00:17:02,064 Captain Deakins, and my partner, Detective Goren. 377 00:17:02,108 --> 00:17:04,197 We're all anxious to speak with you. 378 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:05,763 Okay. 379 00:17:05,807 --> 00:17:07,417 I was so glad you wrote me. 380 00:17:07,461 --> 00:17:10,681 If there's any way I can help, of course I want to do that. 381 00:17:10,725 --> 00:17:14,859 When's the last time you spoke with Mr. Lafferty? 382 00:17:14,903 --> 00:17:17,514 We spoke all the time, about his children. 383 00:17:17,558 --> 00:17:18,472 He wanted to have 384 00:17:18,515 --> 00:17:20,387 a better relationship with them 385 00:17:20,430 --> 00:17:23,694 and he was such a big support to me. 386 00:17:23,738 --> 00:17:26,349 Erica, is there any way that we could meet 387 00:17:26,393 --> 00:17:28,525 and talk to you in person? 388 00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:30,527 It depends on my health. 389 00:17:30,571 --> 00:17:35,402 I've had so many bad days lately. 390 00:17:35,445 --> 00:17:38,709 Alex, do you have any kids? 391 00:17:38,753 --> 00:17:40,146 No. 392 00:17:40,189 --> 00:17:44,237 Your voice reminds me of my kindergarten teacher. 393 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,195 It's a very warm voice 394 00:17:46,239 --> 00:17:49,111 like you spend a lot of time talking to kids. 395 00:17:49,155 --> 00:17:53,289 I hope you have some someday. 396 00:17:53,333 --> 00:17:55,422 Erica 397 00:17:55,465 --> 00:17:58,120 your book says you contracted ALS 398 00:17:58,164 --> 00:18:01,123 when you were just 11. 399 00:18:01,167 --> 00:18:04,126 That's pretty rare, isn't it? 400 00:18:04,170 --> 00:18:05,780 Yes. 401 00:18:05,823 --> 00:18:09,088 You still have the use of your right hand? 402 00:18:09,131 --> 00:18:10,306 No, I don't. 403 00:18:10,350 --> 00:18:12,395 But you have the use of your left hand. 404 00:18:12,439 --> 00:18:15,224 Yes. 405 00:18:15,268 --> 00:18:18,140 Well, that kind of asymmetric disability 406 00:18:18,184 --> 00:18:22,405 is unusual for ALS sufferers, isn't it? 407 00:18:22,449 --> 00:18:25,234 I don't know what usual is. 408 00:18:25,278 --> 00:18:28,803 What's happening to me is what's usual for me. 409 00:18:31,762 --> 00:18:34,374 One more thing. 410 00:18:34,417 --> 00:18:38,726 How has ALS affected your menstruation? 411 00:18:40,293 --> 00:18:42,425 I... 412 00:18:42,469 --> 00:18:44,384 you mean... 413 00:18:44,427 --> 00:18:47,474 I don't want to embarrass you. 414 00:18:47,517 --> 00:18:49,867 In your book, you're very frank about your development 415 00:18:49,911 --> 00:18:52,218 as a young woman. 416 00:18:52,261 --> 00:18:54,263 If it makes you uncomfortable, I... 417 00:18:54,307 --> 00:18:57,179 It's not that. 418 00:18:57,223 --> 00:18:59,399 How has your condition affected you? 419 00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:01,923 I... 420 00:19:01,966 --> 00:19:04,404 Is this something that you have to think about? 421 00:19:04,447 --> 00:19:07,407 I-I can't believe I'm being attacked like this. 422 00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:11,193 Alex, people can't destroy you unless you let them. 423 00:19:11,237 --> 00:19:14,979 [phone jostling] 424 00:19:15,023 --> 00:19:17,634 WOMAN: What did you people say to Erica?! 425 00:19:17,678 --> 00:19:18,853 Uh, who's this? 426 00:19:18,896 --> 00:19:20,768 This is her foster mother. 427 00:19:20,811 --> 00:19:22,726 Erica's crying right now. 428 00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:24,206 How could you people 429 00:19:24,250 --> 00:19:25,729 take five minutes of whatever precious time 430 00:19:25,773 --> 00:19:26,817 she has left on this planet 431 00:19:26,861 --> 00:19:28,210 to do this to her? 432 00:19:28,254 --> 00:19:32,127 Shame on you. 433 00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:34,825 [phone disconnects] 434 00:19:41,876 --> 00:19:44,313 If I hadn't heard it with my own ears... 435 00:19:44,357 --> 00:19:47,490 Well, it was a legitimate question. 436 00:19:47,534 --> 00:19:52,495 She was just trying to come up with the right answer. 437 00:19:52,539 --> 00:19:56,499 The right answer is whatever's happening to her body. 438 00:19:56,543 --> 00:19:59,241 She shouldn't have to think about it. 439 00:20:05,116 --> 00:20:07,641 That's why Doug Lafferty nevertook delivery of the wheelchair. 440 00:20:12,341 --> 00:20:15,518 She's a fake. 441 00:20:15,562 --> 00:20:17,607 And he found out. 442 00:20:24,788 --> 00:20:27,269 I remember my wife telling me about this book. 443 00:20:27,313 --> 00:20:29,445 It made some talk show book club selection. 444 00:20:29,489 --> 00:20:31,273 They called her the next Anne Frank. 445 00:20:31,317 --> 00:20:33,362 Except Anne Frank actually existed. 446 00:20:33,406 --> 00:20:35,103 No one's ever met this girl? 447 00:20:35,146 --> 00:20:36,713 Maybe someone has. 448 00:20:36,757 --> 00:20:40,021 This is from the introduction by Professor David Cantler-- 449 00:20:40,064 --> 00:20:43,372 "Erica's easy smile hides a will of iron 450 00:20:43,416 --> 00:20:46,332 which refuses to succumb to the ravages of life." 451 00:20:46,375 --> 00:20:49,073 Her easy smile wouldn't be easy to see over the telephone. 452 00:20:49,117 --> 00:20:51,859 Cantler-- the geneticist with the best-seller? 453 00:20:51,902 --> 00:20:53,948 Two best-sellers and four wives. 454 00:20:53,991 --> 00:20:56,733 Apparently, the professor likes the ladies 455 00:20:56,777 --> 00:20:58,039 and vice-versa. 456 00:20:58,082 --> 00:20:59,301 You know us-- we like men 457 00:20:59,345 --> 00:21:00,998 who play with the building blocks of life. 458 00:21:06,482 --> 00:21:07,570 EAMES: Professor Cantler... 459 00:21:07,614 --> 00:21:08,310 Hello. 460 00:21:08,354 --> 00:21:09,572 I'm a graduate... 461 00:21:09,616 --> 00:21:13,359 Sorry, Alex Eames, in Social Work. 462 00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:14,882 I'm a graduate student. 463 00:21:14,925 --> 00:21:16,449 What can I do for you, Alex Eames? 464 00:21:16,492 --> 00:21:19,626 My thesis is on survivors of child sex abuse 465 00:21:19,669 --> 00:21:21,845 and I know you wrote the introduction to... 466 00:21:21,889 --> 00:21:23,020 Through the Darkness, yes. 467 00:21:23,064 --> 00:21:24,631 You see, I want 468 00:21:24,674 --> 00:21:28,417 to interview Erica for my thesisand if you could help me... 469 00:21:28,461 --> 00:21:30,550 Yes, well, I have a confession to make. 470 00:21:30,593 --> 00:21:33,466 Um, it wasn't possible to actually meet with her. 471 00:21:33,509 --> 00:21:34,641 But your introduction... 472 00:21:34,684 --> 00:21:36,425 Yes, I know-- a little poetic license. 473 00:21:36,469 --> 00:21:38,340 I went to meet her, but her health was so fragile 474 00:21:38,384 --> 00:21:39,733 she just wasn't strong enough... 475 00:21:39,776 --> 00:21:41,778 But you got to see where she lived. 476 00:21:41,822 --> 00:21:43,824 Yes, I did that, but, uh... 477 00:21:43,867 --> 00:21:46,043 My thesis partner. 478 00:21:46,087 --> 00:21:49,395 Hi. I'm Detective Robert Goren. 479 00:21:49,438 --> 00:21:51,440 How you doing? 480 00:21:51,484 --> 00:21:53,616 Did Alex mention she's a detective, too? 481 00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:55,009 And her thesis? 482 00:21:55,052 --> 00:21:56,793 That's actually a subpoena that we need to serve 483 00:21:56,837 --> 00:21:59,318 on Erica and her... foster parents. 484 00:22:01,494 --> 00:22:04,932 Uh, look, I actually don't know where she lives. 485 00:22:04,975 --> 00:22:07,848 Uh, they had me drive out to a gas station on Long Island 486 00:22:07,891 --> 00:22:09,371 and this man Toby picked me up 487 00:22:09,415 --> 00:22:12,243 and drove me around in his van for about a half an hour. 488 00:22:12,287 --> 00:22:14,463 You know what the house looks like, right? 489 00:22:14,507 --> 00:22:16,509 We'll just drive around until we find it. 490 00:22:19,903 --> 00:22:22,384 There's still food in the fridge. 491 00:22:22,428 --> 00:22:26,083 Whoever lived here must've just moved out. 492 00:22:26,127 --> 00:22:27,868 Gravel from the driveway. 493 00:22:27,911 --> 00:22:30,653 I waited to meet with Erica right here in this living room. 494 00:22:30,697 --> 00:22:31,785 She was in the bedroom. 495 00:22:31,828 --> 00:22:33,395 She was too sick to come out. 496 00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:34,918 Hook, line and sinker, Professor. 497 00:22:34,962 --> 00:22:36,833 I can't believe you fell for this. 498 00:22:36,877 --> 00:22:38,661 Erica exists. 499 00:22:38,705 --> 00:22:40,489 She's a gentle, loving soul 500 00:22:40,533 --> 00:22:43,449 who's been through great trials in her very fragile life. 501 00:22:43,492 --> 00:22:45,189 I've spoken to her many times. 502 00:22:45,233 --> 00:22:47,714 On the phone. 503 00:22:49,455 --> 00:22:51,108 You're a scientist. 504 00:22:51,152 --> 00:22:52,849 I don't have to stick my fingers in the wounds 505 00:22:52,893 --> 00:22:54,982 to believe, Detective. 506 00:22:55,025 --> 00:22:58,115 There's a theorem-- Godel's Great Incompleteness Theorem: 507 00:22:58,159 --> 00:23:00,553 "Every axiomatic system will contain truths... 508 00:23:00,596 --> 00:23:03,033 ...that cannot be proven." 509 00:23:03,077 --> 00:23:06,776 But the absence of proof can be proof. 510 00:23:08,735 --> 00:23:10,476 This was Erica's bedroom? 511 00:23:15,698 --> 00:23:17,526 Uh... the bed was in here? 512 00:23:17,570 --> 00:23:19,441 I don't see any marks 513 00:23:19,485 --> 00:23:24,403 or indentations on the carpet or the wall. 514 00:23:24,446 --> 00:23:25,795 That's not conclusive. 515 00:23:25,839 --> 00:23:30,539 I don't see a 220-volt hookup for the respirator 516 00:23:30,583 --> 00:23:33,890 Doug Lafferty bought for Erica. 517 00:23:37,807 --> 00:23:39,983 Doug Lafferty bought her a respirator? 518 00:23:42,551 --> 00:23:44,510 You bought her one, too, didn't you? 519 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:50,907 I'm sure they made a nice profitselling the equipment. 520 00:23:50,951 --> 00:23:53,954 I've been a fool. 521 00:23:53,997 --> 00:24:00,526 It's... Wanting to help someone is not foolish. 522 00:24:00,569 --> 00:24:06,532 But now you have to help us find these people. 523 00:24:06,575 --> 00:24:08,011 There's a pharmacy. 524 00:24:08,055 --> 00:24:11,624 Sometimes they ask me to pay for her prescriptions. 525 00:24:14,627 --> 00:24:16,585 GOREN: I'm a friend of David Cantler's. 526 00:24:16,629 --> 00:24:18,500 He was supposed to drop off some money 527 00:24:18,544 --> 00:24:21,155 for a kid's prescription-- Erica Windemere? 528 00:24:21,198 --> 00:24:23,766 He asked me to take care of it. 529 00:24:23,810 --> 00:24:24,854 Uh, is that okay? 530 00:24:24,898 --> 00:24:25,855 Sure, I guess so. 531 00:24:25,899 --> 00:24:27,161 How much is it? 532 00:24:27,204 --> 00:24:28,075 Well, let's see... 533 00:24:28,118 --> 00:24:29,337 She's on the Rilutek 534 00:24:29,380 --> 00:24:31,121 in addition to the Zanaflex and the Roxanol. 535 00:24:31,165 --> 00:24:33,080 That's, uh, $800 for all three. 536 00:24:33,123 --> 00:24:35,125 Eight hundred dollars? 537 00:24:35,169 --> 00:24:37,563 This girl never heard of medical insurance? 538 00:24:37,606 --> 00:24:41,001 She doesn't have any; that's all I know. 539 00:24:41,044 --> 00:24:45,179 Uh, I don't mean to be rude, but how do I know 540 00:24:45,222 --> 00:24:49,923 you're going to actually... send her the drugs? 541 00:24:49,966 --> 00:24:51,185 Uh, we do this all the time. 542 00:24:51,228 --> 00:24:52,708 Somebody pays for the drugs 543 00:24:52,752 --> 00:24:56,669 and I call Erica's foster motherto come get them. 544 00:24:56,712 --> 00:25:00,542 Can you show me Erica's prescriptions for the drugs? 545 00:25:00,586 --> 00:25:02,631 Why would I want to do that? 546 00:25:02,675 --> 00:25:04,807 Well, because I'm a cop. 547 00:25:04,851 --> 00:25:07,331 And you're five seconds away from being arrested 548 00:25:07,375 --> 00:25:09,812 for selling prescription drugs without a prescription. 549 00:25:09,856 --> 00:25:12,641 I-I just pass it on to Bob for Erica. 550 00:25:12,685 --> 00:25:13,642 It's a donation. 551 00:25:13,686 --> 00:25:15,644 After you take a handling fee? 552 00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:19,996 Okay, Murray, this is what you're going to do. 553 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,912 You're going to call Barb 554 00:25:22,956 --> 00:25:25,175 and tell her a big donation just came in 555 00:25:25,219 --> 00:25:28,527 and that you need her to come bybefore you close. 556 00:25:31,051 --> 00:25:32,313 Have you ever seen her? 557 00:25:32,356 --> 00:25:34,315 Have you, Christine? 558 00:25:34,358 --> 00:25:36,709 I've never seen J.D. Salinger either 559 00:25:36,752 --> 00:25:38,798 but that doesn't make me doubt his existence. 560 00:25:38,841 --> 00:25:40,843 Go ahead and be flip. I'm just telling you-- 561 00:25:40,887 --> 00:25:42,584 if you publish any further editions of the book 562 00:25:42,628 --> 00:25:45,587 I want my introduction excised. 563 00:25:45,631 --> 00:25:47,589 This is just happening because of Barb. 564 00:25:47,633 --> 00:25:49,199 She's too overprotective. 565 00:25:49,243 --> 00:25:50,984 Erica would be happy to meet with people 566 00:25:51,027 --> 00:25:52,115 if Barb would let her. 567 00:25:52,159 --> 00:25:54,857 Christine, you got taken and I got taken. 568 00:25:54,901 --> 00:25:56,163 Let's just hope that when this hits the papers 569 00:25:56,206 --> 00:25:58,165 we don't look like total idiots. 570 00:25:58,208 --> 00:25:59,601 I'll tell you what I hope. 571 00:25:59,645 --> 00:26:02,865 I hope that I never lose faith in one of the kindest 572 00:26:02,909 --> 00:26:05,955 most spiritual human beings I have ever met. 573 00:26:05,999 --> 00:26:07,348 I feel sorry for you. 574 00:26:07,391 --> 00:26:09,089 Well, feel sorry for yourself. 575 00:26:10,743 --> 00:26:12,048 You're not just 576 00:26:12,092 --> 00:26:15,182 betraying Erica, you're betraying all children. 577 00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:25,235 Erica is safe where we left her-- with friends. 578 00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:26,976 We found your motel room. 579 00:26:27,020 --> 00:26:29,631 There were none of Erica's personal belongings there 580 00:26:29,675 --> 00:26:31,633 not even a picture of her. 581 00:26:31,677 --> 00:26:33,113 We know what she looks like. 582 00:26:33,156 --> 00:26:34,810 We don't need a picture of her. 583 00:26:34,854 --> 00:26:37,378 And all of her things are with her. 584 00:26:37,421 --> 00:26:38,945 Uh, Toby's in the next room. 585 00:26:38,988 --> 00:26:41,034 You sure he's telling the same story? 586 00:26:41,077 --> 00:26:44,777 Yes, I'm sure, because it's the truth. 587 00:26:44,820 --> 00:26:46,953 What's wrong with you that makes you want 588 00:26:46,996 --> 00:26:48,868 to destroy someone good like Erica? 589 00:26:51,305 --> 00:26:56,136 Um... I'm-I'm just a natural-born skeptic. 590 00:26:58,138 --> 00:26:59,356 Maybe I haven't had enough tragedy 591 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,750 in my life... like Doug. 592 00:27:01,794 --> 00:27:04,057 His wife is gone. 593 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:07,234 His kids hate him. 594 00:27:07,277 --> 00:27:10,193 Death staring him in the face. 595 00:27:10,237 --> 00:27:12,282 Doug was full of love. 596 00:27:12,326 --> 00:27:14,284 Erica opened his heart. 597 00:27:14,328 --> 00:27:16,069 EAMES: Not to mention his wallet. 598 00:27:16,112 --> 00:27:18,637 I'm not even going to speak to that. 599 00:27:19,986 --> 00:27:22,771 Doug had doubts. 600 00:27:25,513 --> 00:27:27,036 Huh? 601 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,647 Isn't what why... 602 00:27:30,344 --> 00:27:32,259 he was at the house... 603 00:27:32,302 --> 00:27:33,956 [clattering] 604 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,871 [bag rustling] 605 00:27:35,915 --> 00:27:38,657 the night that he died? 606 00:27:43,966 --> 00:27:45,664 He wasn't there. 607 00:27:47,927 --> 00:27:49,668 GOREN: This is gravel. 608 00:27:51,757 --> 00:27:52,888 From your driveway. 609 00:27:55,891 --> 00:28:03,682 Gravel... it gets around all the way to Manhattan. 610 00:28:06,032 --> 00:28:08,774 This is the same kind of gravel. 611 00:28:12,778 --> 00:28:15,694 We found it in the tires of Doug's car. 612 00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:23,179 He did come out that night. 613 00:28:23,223 --> 00:28:26,269 He and Erica needed to talk, and they did. 614 00:28:26,313 --> 00:28:30,230 Well, now we know one thing-- you're not above lying to us. 615 00:28:30,273 --> 00:28:32,885 I'll do whatever I need to protect Erica. 616 00:28:32,928 --> 00:28:34,800 Including killing an old man 617 00:28:34,843 --> 00:28:37,367 who threatens to destroy you? 618 00:28:37,411 --> 00:28:40,327 People can't destroy you unless you let them. 619 00:28:40,370 --> 00:28:43,417 I've heard that before... 620 00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:45,114 from Erica. 621 00:28:49,466 --> 00:28:50,903 Did she teach you that? 622 00:28:50,946 --> 00:28:52,339 Yes, she did. 623 00:28:52,382 --> 00:28:55,037 Strength of character, strength of will-- 624 00:28:55,081 --> 00:28:56,212 these are the tools you've been given 625 00:28:56,256 --> 00:28:58,040 to make yourself what you would be. 626 00:29:00,042 --> 00:29:06,309 And you made Erica into what you'd like yourself to be. 627 00:29:06,353 --> 00:29:07,833 Erica made herself. 628 00:29:07,876 --> 00:29:11,358 I was just lucky enoughto meet her in her time of need. 629 00:29:11,401 --> 00:29:12,925 [laughing] 630 00:29:12,968 --> 00:29:14,840 Ah, you're quick. 631 00:29:14,883 --> 00:29:16,929 Just like Erica. 632 00:29:21,411 --> 00:29:22,586 Do you ever get jealous 633 00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:24,327 about all the attention that she gets? 634 00:29:24,371 --> 00:29:27,113 No. 635 00:29:27,156 --> 00:29:30,464 Because some of it falls on you, right? 636 00:29:30,507 --> 00:29:34,381 I'm just there to help Erica. 637 00:29:34,424 --> 00:29:37,427 You take care of Erica. 638 00:29:37,471 --> 00:29:39,908 You control access to Erica. 639 00:29:39,952 --> 00:29:43,085 That makes you a very important person. 640 00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:48,569 Isn't that what this is really about? 641 00:29:51,311 --> 00:29:53,139 [door opens] 642 00:29:53,182 --> 00:29:56,185 Mr. Jacobs here has been hired to represent the Windemeres. 643 00:30:00,668 --> 00:30:03,410 [ door closes] 644 00:30:03,453 --> 00:30:06,892 GOREN: Now, some people pretend to be sick 645 00:30:06,935 --> 00:30:09,155 for the attention and the love. 646 00:30:11,984 --> 00:30:13,986 Some women, they make their children sick 647 00:30:14,029 --> 00:30:14,900 for the same reason. 648 00:30:14,943 --> 00:30:17,816 Some women kill their babies. 649 00:30:20,340 --> 00:30:26,955 But this woman... she invented a sick child 650 00:30:26,999 --> 00:30:29,523 for the attention, for the love. 651 00:30:29,566 --> 00:30:31,917 But if somebody like Doug Lafferty gets in the way...? 652 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,658 She's not violent. 653 00:30:34,702 --> 00:30:39,489 She believes that she can talk her way out of anything. 654 00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:42,318 These people are con artists... 655 00:30:44,581 --> 00:30:47,367 but I don't think they killed Lafferty. 656 00:30:51,284 --> 00:30:52,633 GOREN: Someone showed Doug Lafferty 657 00:30:52,676 --> 00:30:54,504 the way to the house and then drove back 658 00:30:54,548 --> 00:30:55,549 to the city with him. 659 00:30:55,592 --> 00:30:58,900 Someone Barb and Toby trusted. 660 00:30:58,944 --> 00:31:01,163 We got thousands of e-mails to Erica cataloged here 661 00:31:01,207 --> 00:31:03,992 from every state and all of the replies. 662 00:31:04,036 --> 00:31:06,299 This was a full-time job. 663 00:31:06,342 --> 00:31:07,648 Full-time salary, too. 664 00:31:07,691 --> 00:31:09,519 These are drafts of the book 665 00:31:09,563 --> 00:31:11,391 with handwritten revisions. 666 00:31:15,308 --> 00:31:16,962 Looks like most of the book was rewritten. 667 00:31:17,005 --> 00:31:19,616 Not just rewritten, transformed. 668 00:31:19,660 --> 00:31:20,748 This paragraph here 669 00:31:20,791 --> 00:31:24,447 about Erica being told she had ALS... 670 00:31:24,491 --> 00:31:26,885 The original's, uh... 671 00:31:26,928 --> 00:31:28,582 I think the word you're looking for is "awful." 672 00:31:28,625 --> 00:31:32,368 But the new material, it breaks your heart. 673 00:31:32,412 --> 00:31:34,588 Whoever made these changes 674 00:31:34,631 --> 00:31:36,895 it was a labor of love. 675 00:31:39,114 --> 00:31:42,204 What you've done is cruel and heartless. 676 00:31:42,248 --> 00:31:43,989 Arresting Barb and Toby? 677 00:31:44,032 --> 00:31:45,294 That puts Erica in terrible danger. 678 00:31:45,338 --> 00:31:47,949 Have you talked to her since their arrest? 679 00:31:47,993 --> 00:31:50,473 No. She's probably too afraid to call me. 680 00:31:50,517 --> 00:31:52,432 Well, maybe you're hoping she doesn't. 681 00:31:52,475 --> 00:31:55,043 After all, she might ask you to take care of her. 682 00:31:55,087 --> 00:31:57,263 I would do that without a moment's hesitation. 683 00:31:57,306 --> 00:31:58,960 It doesn't intimidate me. 684 00:31:59,004 --> 00:32:01,049 It should: You're single, no one to help you 685 00:32:01,093 --> 00:32:02,616 you have a full-time job. 686 00:32:02,659 --> 00:32:04,966 Erica would be my full-time job. 687 00:32:06,663 --> 00:32:09,623 GOREN: You have no doubt 688 00:32:09,666 --> 00:32:13,975 that she's a flesh-and-blood little girl? 689 00:32:14,019 --> 00:32:15,846 No, I don't. 690 00:32:15,890 --> 00:32:16,586 You had a scare 691 00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:18,066 last summer. 692 00:32:18,110 --> 00:32:22,418 One of your coworkers told us you had a bad Pap smear. 693 00:32:22,462 --> 00:32:25,378 I had a precancerous cervical condition 694 00:32:25,421 --> 00:32:26,988 which I was treated for 695 00:32:27,032 --> 00:32:28,990 not that it's any of your business. 696 00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:30,600 GOREN: But did it raise 697 00:32:30,644 --> 00:32:33,995 the question of whether you'd ever have your own children? 698 00:32:34,039 --> 00:32:37,216 Is that the void that Erica filled? 699 00:32:37,259 --> 00:32:42,786 Erica restored your faith in the human spirit. 700 00:32:42,830 --> 00:32:46,094 She gave you courage in the face of evil. 701 00:32:46,138 --> 00:32:50,011 No one was going to tell you she doesn't exist. 702 00:32:50,055 --> 00:32:53,841 To deny her was to deny you. 703 00:32:53,884 --> 00:32:56,017 Okay, this is ridiculous. 704 00:32:56,061 --> 00:32:57,714 Is it? 705 00:33:06,027 --> 00:33:09,465 I don't know where Erica ends and you begin. 706 00:33:09,509 --> 00:33:10,466 You are insane! 707 00:33:10,510 --> 00:33:11,598 This is all her! 708 00:33:11,641 --> 00:33:12,686 This is her! 709 00:33:12,729 --> 00:33:14,035 This is her life! 710 00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:16,211 These are her thoughts! 711 00:33:26,656 --> 00:33:31,879 Douglas Lafferty's faith wasn't as strong as yours. 712 00:33:31,922 --> 00:33:34,273 He wanted proof... 713 00:33:34,316 --> 00:33:36,449 didn't he? 714 00:33:36,492 --> 00:33:39,191 Is that why you took him to the house? 715 00:33:42,237 --> 00:33:46,807 Maybe Doug Lafferty's suspicionsweren't appeased 716 00:33:46,850 --> 00:33:48,330 and he was going to make trouble. 717 00:33:48,374 --> 00:33:49,418 No. 718 00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:51,681 Maybe driving back to the city 719 00:33:51,725 --> 00:33:55,468 you tried to reason with him. 720 00:33:55,511 --> 00:33:58,993 You told him how much Erica meant to you. 721 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:02,301 The closer you got to his home 722 00:34:02,344 --> 00:34:04,694 the more frantic that you became...? 723 00:34:04,738 --> 00:34:06,522 I stayed home all night. 724 00:34:06,566 --> 00:34:08,350 I never left the house. 725 00:34:08,394 --> 00:34:09,699 We checked the logs 726 00:34:09,743 --> 00:34:11,701 of the messenger service your company uses. 727 00:34:11,745 --> 00:34:13,573 That night, they tried 728 00:34:13,616 --> 00:34:16,750 to make deliveries to you at 9:00 and midnight. 729 00:34:16,793 --> 00:34:19,100 There was no answer either time. 730 00:34:22,321 --> 00:34:23,626 CARVER: We don't doubt 731 00:34:23,670 --> 00:34:26,542 the sincerity of your beliefs, Ms. Wilkes. 732 00:34:26,586 --> 00:34:30,111 You were taken advantage of. 733 00:34:30,155 --> 00:34:33,419 And I'm willing to take that into consideration 734 00:34:33,462 --> 00:34:36,074 if you will tell us the truth. 735 00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:44,256 I stayed home all night. 736 00:34:46,823 --> 00:34:48,042 I went to bed early 737 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:51,219 and that is why I didn't hear the buzzing. 738 00:34:51,263 --> 00:34:52,786 Now, if you'll excuse me 739 00:34:52,829 --> 00:34:54,831 I would like to leave. 740 00:35:06,582 --> 00:35:08,236 The power of faith. 741 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:12,284 GOREN: No, she really believes Erica is real. 742 00:35:14,938 --> 00:35:17,506 You know, maybe a little faith in Erica 743 00:35:17,550 --> 00:35:19,813 isn't such a bad thing. 744 00:35:25,688 --> 00:35:27,081 JACOBS: Look, they freely admit 745 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:28,952 that Douglas Lafferty was at their house that night. 746 00:35:28,996 --> 00:35:31,346 They wouldn't admit that unless they had nothing to hide. 747 00:35:31,390 --> 00:35:32,565 Or they wanted to create 748 00:35:32,608 --> 00:35:34,175 an impression they had nothing to hide. 749 00:35:34,219 --> 00:35:35,916 I might have been more pliable a few days ago 750 00:35:35,959 --> 00:35:38,353 but now that the insurance policy has come to light... 751 00:35:38,397 --> 00:35:41,661 JACOBS: What insurance policy? 752 00:35:41,704 --> 00:35:43,358 Ask your clients. 753 00:35:45,534 --> 00:35:49,886 Um, four months ago, Douglas Lafferty changed 754 00:35:49,930 --> 00:35:54,413 the beneficiary on his insurance policy 755 00:35:54,456 --> 00:35:56,371 naming Erica Windemere 756 00:35:56,415 --> 00:35:58,634 to receive a payout 757 00:35:58,678 --> 00:36:00,462 of $2 million. 758 00:36:03,248 --> 00:36:06,164 We didn't know anything about that. 759 00:36:06,207 --> 00:36:09,254 Oh, really? 760 00:36:09,297 --> 00:36:11,212 The money was to be held in trust 761 00:36:11,256 --> 00:36:13,345 with your client as trustee. 762 00:36:13,388 --> 00:36:14,694 EAMES: $2 million 763 00:36:14,737 --> 00:36:18,350 to spend any way she wanted. 764 00:36:18,393 --> 00:36:21,483 GOREN: The best part of it is 765 00:36:21,527 --> 00:36:23,790 you would have been able to keep all of it 766 00:36:23,833 --> 00:36:26,793 without ever having to prove that Erica exists. 767 00:36:28,969 --> 00:36:29,883 CARVER: A murder conviction 768 00:36:29,926 --> 00:36:32,581 will, of course, void the policy. 769 00:36:32,625 --> 00:36:35,323 Crime isn't supposed to pay. 770 00:36:35,367 --> 00:36:36,498 We didn't kill Doug. 771 00:36:36,542 --> 00:36:38,283 We swear. 772 00:36:38,326 --> 00:36:42,330 Well, if not you, then who? 773 00:36:47,335 --> 00:36:48,423 WILKES: I just found out 774 00:36:48,467 --> 00:36:49,946 that the District Attorney is seizing 775 00:36:49,990 --> 00:36:51,905 Erica's book royalties. 776 00:36:51,948 --> 00:36:53,515 That is inhumane. 777 00:36:53,559 --> 00:36:54,864 What is she supposed to live on? 778 00:36:54,908 --> 00:36:56,823 What's the D.A. supposed to do? 779 00:36:56,866 --> 00:36:58,303 We did find new evidence 780 00:36:58,346 --> 00:37:02,132 implicating Barb in Doug Lafferty's murder. 781 00:37:02,176 --> 00:37:05,832 Okay, I am not defending what Barb did. 782 00:37:05,875 --> 00:37:09,401 I am just here to protect Erica's interests. 783 00:37:14,319 --> 00:37:16,364 She sent you here to talk to us? 784 00:37:16,408 --> 00:37:18,236 No, no, I e-mailed her. 785 00:37:18,279 --> 00:37:19,933 I told her it was urgent I speak with her. 786 00:37:19,976 --> 00:37:22,544 I don't even know if she has a computer anymore. 787 00:37:22,588 --> 00:37:23,893 You see, this is 788 00:37:23,937 --> 00:37:25,373 the precarious situation she's in. 789 00:37:25,417 --> 00:37:29,551 Without those book royalties, she has nothing. 790 00:37:29,595 --> 00:37:32,685 I thought that she has hundreds of people sending her money. 791 00:37:32,728 --> 00:37:34,556 She's in hiding. 792 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:38,343 How do you expect them to get the money to her? 793 00:37:38,386 --> 00:37:39,648 Well, Barb said she was safe. 794 00:37:39,692 --> 00:37:41,171 Barb is a liar. 795 00:37:41,215 --> 00:37:43,913 Barb needs to be kept away from Erica. 796 00:37:43,957 --> 00:37:46,002 Oh. 797 00:37:46,046 --> 00:37:47,439 Oh, you know what's best for her? 798 00:37:47,482 --> 00:37:48,831 Yes, I do. 799 00:37:48,875 --> 00:37:50,311 There's a call for Ms. Wilkes. It's her office. 800 00:37:50,355 --> 00:37:51,051 Oh, my God. 801 00:37:51,094 --> 00:37:53,009 Tell them she's busy. 802 00:37:53,053 --> 00:37:54,402 They said it was important. 803 00:37:54,446 --> 00:37:56,752 They're holding a call from an Erica Windemere. 804 00:37:56,796 --> 00:37:58,319 [sighs] 805 00:37:58,363 --> 00:38:00,756 Uh, put it through in here. 806 00:38:05,892 --> 00:38:07,763 [phone rings] 807 00:38:07,807 --> 00:38:08,764 WOMAN: Christine? 808 00:38:08,808 --> 00:38:09,896 Erica! 809 00:38:09,939 --> 00:38:11,811 Yes, it's me. I'm here. 810 00:38:11,854 --> 00:38:12,855 Hi. 811 00:38:12,899 --> 00:38:15,728 I'm so happy to hear your voice. 812 00:38:15,771 --> 00:38:17,730 I am too, Erica. 813 00:38:17,773 --> 00:38:20,776 I'm here with the police right now. 814 00:38:20,820 --> 00:38:23,126 So, tell me how you're doing. 815 00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:27,783 All right, but I'm very scared. 816 00:38:27,827 --> 00:38:29,350 I am taking care of everything. 817 00:38:29,394 --> 00:38:31,700 You don't have to worry about anything. 818 00:38:31,744 --> 00:38:32,614 I'm not going to let... 819 00:38:32,658 --> 00:38:35,617 Did they tell you about Doug? 820 00:38:35,661 --> 00:38:39,621 Barb told me on the phone that he had insurance. 821 00:38:39,665 --> 00:38:42,058 I don't understand these things. 822 00:38:42,102 --> 00:38:43,973 [quietly]: He had a life policy 823 00:38:44,017 --> 00:38:46,106 that left Erica $2 million. 824 00:38:46,149 --> 00:38:47,673 Oh, that's incredible. 825 00:38:47,716 --> 00:38:50,023 That's a miracle. 826 00:38:50,066 --> 00:38:52,504 Only now, I won't get it 827 00:38:52,547 --> 00:38:54,506 [voice breaking]: because of Barb 828 00:38:54,549 --> 00:38:57,204 [sobbing]: and what she did to Doug. 829 00:38:57,247 --> 00:38:59,337 Since Erica's the trustee and she killed Doug 830 00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:01,948 the policy's void, and Erica gets nothing. 831 00:39:01,991 --> 00:39:05,081 What's going to happen to me, Christine? 832 00:39:05,125 --> 00:39:09,390 "The people I'm with can't afford to take care of me. 833 00:39:09,434 --> 00:39:10,826 "We don't have any money. 834 00:39:10,870 --> 00:39:13,394 Barb had it all." 835 00:39:19,182 --> 00:39:21,010 Erica? 836 00:39:21,054 --> 00:39:22,925 Listen to me, sweetheart. 837 00:39:22,969 --> 00:39:25,493 Nothing bad is going to happen to you. 838 00:39:25,537 --> 00:39:27,669 [quietly]: She has no health insurance. 839 00:39:27,713 --> 00:39:29,105 I'm going to end up in a home. 840 00:39:29,149 --> 00:39:31,673 No, no, you're not. 841 00:39:31,717 --> 00:39:33,632 I'm going to make sure of that. 842 00:39:33,675 --> 00:39:36,504 [quietly]: How? With what money? 843 00:39:36,548 --> 00:39:38,419 I mean... 844 00:39:38,463 --> 00:39:39,855 [aloud]: Erica's at the end of her rope. 845 00:39:39,899 --> 00:39:40,856 Isn't that right, Erica? 846 00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:43,946 I'm sorry, Christine. 847 00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:46,558 I try to be brave... 848 00:39:46,601 --> 00:39:49,604 [sobbing]: but... but losing Barb and Tony... 849 00:39:49,648 --> 00:39:50,866 Erica... 850 00:39:50,910 --> 00:39:52,607 It's just too much. 851 00:39:52,651 --> 00:39:56,959 You taught me so much about accepting loss 852 00:39:57,003 --> 00:40:00,223 and uncertainty and hardship 853 00:40:00,267 --> 00:40:02,443 and appreciating 854 00:40:02,487 --> 00:40:05,359 what is beautiful and hopeful in life. 855 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:08,144 Beauty won't help. 856 00:40:08,188 --> 00:40:10,582 Her disease is going to get worse. 857 00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:12,018 That's what she has to look forward to. 858 00:40:12,061 --> 00:40:15,804 More hardship, loss and uncertainty. 859 00:40:17,937 --> 00:40:19,634 Erica, you know 860 00:40:19,678 --> 00:40:21,897 that I would sacrifice everything for you. 861 00:40:21,941 --> 00:40:24,596 You better mean it 862 00:40:24,639 --> 00:40:26,728 because she's got no one else. 863 00:40:26,772 --> 00:40:29,644 You're the only person I have left, Christine. 864 00:40:29,688 --> 00:40:32,212 I know. 865 00:40:32,255 --> 00:40:32,778 [phone disconnects] 866 00:40:32,821 --> 00:40:34,997 What? Erica? 867 00:40:35,041 --> 00:40:39,001 Erica? 868 00:40:41,221 --> 00:40:47,532 Erica! 869 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,888 What are you going to do, Christine? 870 00:40:55,931 --> 00:40:57,716 That money could change everything for her. 871 00:40:57,759 --> 00:41:00,936 It could save her life. 872 00:41:08,901 --> 00:41:12,513 Whatever you did, you... 873 00:41:12,557 --> 00:41:16,517 you did to... defend your faith in her. 874 00:41:20,739 --> 00:41:23,524 Your heart was pure. 875 00:41:26,919 --> 00:41:30,575 Now it's time to take the final step 876 00:41:32,272 --> 00:41:35,971 to give Erica the greatest gift. 877 00:41:40,410 --> 00:41:42,630 You need to do this... 878 00:41:44,632 --> 00:41:48,984 or your faith in Erica will have been... 879 00:41:49,028 --> 00:41:49,898 a lie. 880 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,518 I did it. 881 00:42:02,607 --> 00:42:04,304 Not Barb. 882 00:42:05,697 --> 00:42:08,003 I killed Doug. 883 00:42:10,571 --> 00:42:13,835 Tell me what you did. 884 00:42:13,879 --> 00:42:16,272 I killed him in his garage. 885 00:42:18,187 --> 00:42:22,757 I used nail polish remover, and I set him on fire. 886 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:28,023 He was going to hurt Erica. 887 00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:31,592 He kept saying she wasn't real 888 00:42:31,636 --> 00:42:34,856 and I couldn't let him say that. 889 00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:37,903 You know, I just couldn't let him say that. 890 00:42:37,946 --> 00:42:39,948 [sniffling] 891 00:42:49,871 --> 00:42:52,308 So now I get the insurance money, right? 892 00:42:52,352 --> 00:42:53,875 When do I get it? 893 00:42:53,919 --> 00:42:54,920 I'm sorry. 894 00:42:54,963 --> 00:42:56,356 What?! 895 00:42:56,399 --> 00:42:58,880 Erica isn't the only thing that doesn't exist. 896 00:42:58,924 --> 00:43:01,840 You lied? 897 00:43:01,883 --> 00:43:03,885 You lied to me? 898 00:43:03,929 --> 00:43:06,584 I helped you, and... 899 00:43:09,891 --> 00:43:12,938 You ruined everything. 900 00:43:18,117 --> 00:43:20,772 Erica will be so disappointed in them.