Unforgettable #103 "Check-Out Time" Closed Captioned
You ready for me, Walter? Take that, Carrie.
Ah, is that all you got?
MAN: Hey, look, what do you think?
I was trying to get the eyes, just...
Tick tock, my love.
Hello.
Okay, that's how you want it?
All right, I'm on my way.
I got to go. Now?
I'm about to be brilliant.
Good morning. We've got to stop meeting like this.
Excuse me. You can't come back here. This is a crime scene.
Vic's Brett Langley, 42.
One of the housekeepers found him at 9:30 this morning.
Head of security, Tom Martin, called it in.
Driver's license has a Connecticut address.
Corporate credit card, Bingham Pharmaceuticals.
Robbery? Nothing apparent.
This, uh... thing the murder weapon?
Mid-century expressionist.
What, a person can't have an interest?
M.E. puts the time of death
between 7:00 and 8:00 last night.
NINA: That's weird-- there's no papers, no files.
Don't think he was here on business.
Checked in with a personal credit card.
Well, he's in a robe.
Maybe he's here on another kind of business.
Could have been coming out of the shower, surprised someone... adjoining rooms?
Yeah, they keep them locked, unless you book it as a suite.
Looking for Detective Burns.
Yeah. Tom Martin, head of security of the hotel.
Whatever we can do to help.
I'm going to need to see security video from hallways,
elevators, lobby, all entrances and exits. Of course.
Any idea who's been in and out of this room
in the last 24 hours?
Our swipe card system indentifies and time stamps
all guest room entries.
Anything?
Nobody's entered that room last night
except for one of our housekeepers, Maria Ortiz.
7:14 p.m. doing turn-down.
She scheduled to work today?
She didn't show. It's not like her, really.
Here's her address and her phone number.
Okay, Maria Ortiz-- let's find her.
I sent a car out to her house.
Make sure they talk to everybody--
neighbors, she's got to have family...
WOMAN : Like so many hardworking women before her, Guys?
my client was attacked by a man who thought he had a right to do whatever he wanted.
Al. REPORTER: Is she admitting she killed him?
LAWYER: When Maria Ortiz
was sexually assaulted, she fought back
with deadly force to defend herself.
REPORTER: Ms. Ortiz, why didn't you go to the police?
Ms. Ortiz did
exactly the right thing in coming to me first.
As is well known to you all certainly,
I have a proven record of defending society's most vulnerable.
I guess we found her.
LAWYER: I'm honored that this brave woman
has chosen me as her advocate.
Yeah, I'm looking for Charles Mangano.
Sketch artist.
I work out of the 117.
Security footage from Tom Martin's office.
We got Maria Ortiz leaving Langley's room
night of the murder.
Looks like her shirt's ripped.
Let's go pick her up. Not so fast.
Confession, security footage?
Are you waiting for a sign from God?
Her lawyer's Debi Moser,
whose passion for defending
the defenseless is exceeded only by her passion for publicity.
Once she's got it, she knows how to use it.
The press conference, the confession, she wants us to move quickly.
That way, she controls
the narrative-- rape victim strikes back.
NINA: Hey, if that narrative
includes a murder confession, that's fine with me.
Except I got to try this case.
If the jury buys self-defense, she walks.
Well, that was the lab, and the murder weapon
came back positive for Maria Ortiz's prints.
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...
Maria Ortiz is lying.
I'm not sure about what, but she's lying.
I'm-I'm sorry. Am I missing something?
All right, guy tries to rape you.
You get away, you call the cops, right?
But when the reporter asked her why she didn't,
she couldn't answer the question.
She froze, completely.
I didn't pick that up.
Well, that's 'cause you were looking at the lawyer.
What I don't understand
is how did she get to Moser?
I don't know, maybe she saw her on Regis So what?
All right, let's do our homework.
Let's be sure we have the whole story.
Maria Ortiz
Not much.
According to the INS, originally from Dominican Republic.
Got her green card in 2010.
Worked at the Ely for 20 months.
Lives out in Corona. 37th Ave.
Tough area. And the victim?
Langley ran legal for Bingham Pharmaceuticals.
Lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.
No wife, no kids, generous compensation.
Sweet life.
Greenwich, Connecticut.
That's pretty far from Corona, Queens.
Let's find out how far.
All right.
That was Moser's office. Ortiz will talk to us.
Great.
Unless you're working on something.
No. No, I had a little breakthrough.
Man in the woods.
I thought I might talk to a sketch artist.
Gonna use someone from the department,
Mangano's the best we got.
But you got to know, it's gonna get around.
I can handle it.
Once again I'm doing the NYPD's job for them.
Oh, well, we'll send you a thank-you note.
You okay, dear?
I've informed my client
she's under no obligation to talk with you.
That this meeting is entirely a courtesy
we're extending to our friends in law enforcement.
Ms. Ortiz will say as much or as little
as she likes.
You're up.
Maria?
I'm Carrie Wells.
This is Detective Saunders.
What happened last night?
I went to the room around 7:00.
This was to do turn
I knocked.
There was no tag on the door, no answer, so I went in
to do my work.
He came out of the bathroom.
He had on his robe. It was open.
I said I'm sorry, I didn't know he was there.
And I went to leave.
He said, "Don't go."
I'm thinking he wants me to finish my work.
So I go to the bed.
He grabbed me.
We can stop, dear.
I want to say.
He pulled at my shirt.
I tried to push him away, but he hit me here.
I ran.
He grabbed me again and I hit him.
He fell right away.
Maybe I should have stayed, or called the doctor.
I'm sorry he died.
Yeah, I can see that you are.
Maria,
had you ever met Mr. Langley before last night,
or was that the...? MOSER: Uh-uh, no.
We're done.
I made the scope of this interview very clear to the D.A.
You want to win on self-defense,
you better hope she can repeat that performance.
Look, Detective... Wells, was it?
This woman was brutally assaulted.
Showing stunning presence of mind, she dared to resist her attacker,
which may be the only reason you didn't find her on that floor.
Pace yourself, counselor.
You want to save something for closing arguments.
I've enjoyed your company. Have a nice day.
Hell of a strategy. Your client confessing to murder?
What kind of strategy's that?
A good one, if the jury buys self-defense.
Yeah, unless they don't.
That was Nina.
Turns out Ortiz and her boyfriend were fired
from the Pearson Hotel three years ago. Why?
Allegedly stealing a laptop from a guest room.
Hmm, maybe Langley did interrupt a robbery.
Either way, Gilroy's getting us a search warrant
for Ortiz's place.
You know, I'm guessing
that's your computer.
Handsome boy.
Uh... muchacho hermoso.
Um, as far as I can tell there is nothing here
that connects Ortiz to Langley.
There's no photos, letters,
or fancy lingerie hanging in the back of the closet.
And there's no high-tech to speak of.
There's computers, cell phones and iPods.
If she is stealing, she must be fencing the stuff.
And spending the money on what?
Well, not home improvement.
I don't know-- you go to a hotel, right?
You take something-- a bar of soap, an ashtray, something.
You work at one-- I mean, not even a towel.
Maybe it happened like she said.
You know, there's like three families living in this house.
Hey, Al.
Yeah.
All right, I'm on my way.
Langley's work-- the drug company.
We're all in a state of shock. I think you can understand.
Brett was with Bingham for over ten years.
Here we go.
We haven't touched anything, as you requested.
Of course, certain documents are confidential.
Of course.
So this woman-- Maria Ortiz-- you don't recognize her?
Uh, no. I mean, yes, I've seen her on the news.
But when you say "recognize..."
AL: We assume Mr. Langley
was involved in a great deal of litigation
on behalf of your company.
Maybe as a plaintiff, a witness, relative?
MAN: I can check for you, but I don't understand.
Are you doubting her story?
Should we be?
I don't know.
Just, when something like this happens,
we all have questions.
Anyone have any answers?
No, not really.
Not really?
Well, it's just...
It makes you think-- did you miss something?
I remember several years ago--
and I'm sure this is completely unrelated--
but there were some complaints to the personnel department.
Several of the support staff felt that he was,
I don't know, a little inappropriate.
We talked to him. That was it.
Could we see those complaints?
Absolutely.
I'll need a court order.
Privacy concerns.
Excuse me. What are those?
Oh, uh, the legal department has a softball team.
Brett helped to organize it.
He got gym bags for everybody
and then some.
That guy-- that's him.
Hey, Joey. Joey T.!
Hey!
I'm innocent!
Of what, Joey?
Ah, crap. Who are you running from?
Put that down. What's this?
Fujis, from New Zealand.
We don't care about your fruit, Joey.
Tell me about this bag. What about it?
For starters, how is it that this guy
checked in with this bag
yesterday morning, and 15 hours later,
he's dead and you're holding his bag?
How should I know? Don't be stupid, Joey.
You tell them what they want to know.
I didn't kill anybody.
I found this thing.
In the Dumpster around the corner.
When'd you come across this?
Last night, late.
After midnight.
They pick up the garbage every morning, 5:15.
Well, was it empty when you found it?
Yeah, totally. All right.
What about my apples?
Property of the City of New York, Joey.
AL: We know Maria Ortiz didn't grab Langley's gym bag.
She wasn't carrying it in the security video leaving the room.
I got CSU all over it looking for prints.
Yeah, for what it's worth, it doesn't look
like Maria stole anything from her last job, either.
It turns out a couple left their computer in a coffee shop,
but reported it stolen out of their room.
No charges, but the hotel dumped her anyway.
ROE: Okay. Hey, guys.
That room connected to Langley's--
it was reserved under the name Alan Richards.
You do some digging,
you find out Alan Richards is a former Navy SEAL.
Now does freelance corporate security
for, among other companies,
Bingham Pharmaceuticals.
Where the victim worked.
Coincidence?
Yeah, that's what I thought,
till I had the hotel send me these.
It's from the camera in the lobby.
Okay, right here.
Every time our boy, Langley, leaves,
there's Richards.
It's the same coming back in.
They were following him.
His own company was following him.
LANGLEY : Lesley, Bingham's first concern
is and always has been
the health and safety of the consumer.
Langley is a true believer, that's for sure.
LANGLEY: Yes. So does every drug on the market.
LESLEY: Well, then, why did it take a lawsuit
for these risks to come to light?
LANGLEY: The FDA went through their approval process.
You know what, this Stemblar
has been linked to dozens of cancer deaths.
Langley was heading up Bingham's defense.
For that job, you want a true believer.
LANGLEY: Once the patient's physician has outlined the risks,
it's really up to the patient to decide.
LESLEY: How can they make those decisions
if they're not properly informed?
LANGLEY: The simple fact is that...
I'm going to take these, okay?
Sure, but, uh, you've already seen them,
so what's the point, right?
Oh, my God. It learns.
Oh, yeah, I got a call from my buddy, Charlie Mangano.
He said, uh, you got him working up a sketch.
Who is it?
Nothing related to this case.
Just something personal I'm working on.
Lesley, I'd have to...
All right, enough of this.
Why would they use their own security guy
to follow their number one lawyer?
Uh, this might help.
I've been going over Langley's credit card records,
and there's a bunch of parking charges
in an office building owned by a big plaintiffs' lawyer
named Leonard Diskant.
Now, he takes on pharma companies--
big pharma companies like Bingham-- all the time.
Well, maybe Langley was thinking of changing sides
and Diskant was his guy.
That was the M.E.
They just finished Langley's autopsy.
Turns out he had surgery for colon cancer,
but looks like he was clear of it.
Yeah, a brush with cancer--
that'll make you rethink your life.
I'm thinking maybe he was trying to flip.
Turn against his own company.
So we got a drug company, a gym bag
and a Dominican housekeeper.
What's the connection?
I say we just ask her.
Well, you can't question her-- she's got counsel.
I'm just going to talk to her. That'll bite us in the ass.
I wouldn't do that. I know you wouldn't.
Carrie? I'll be careful.
TíaMaria.
I'm sorry to bother you.
You're not allowed to talk to me. I know.
I just wanted to return these to you. That's all.
We took them during the search.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Is that your son?
You don't have to answer that.
What's his name?
Jose.
You mind me asking
what happened?
How was he hurt?
An accident in my country.
A car in the street. You know.
I'm sorry.
The guy was rich, a powerful man.
He didn't care.
Just drove away.
Can you believe that?
No.
Couldn't do anything.
He needs doctors his whole life now.
I still ask myself, how could he...
he do this to this angel boy
and not care?
You believe in devils?
Sometimes I do, yeah.
Maria, the world is full
of powerful people who don't care.
If things happened differently than you said at the hotel,
then I don't care what your lawyer told you,
we will find out, and it will come down on you.
Not them; you.
And they won't care, and they won't protect you.
You should go now.
Okay.
If you need to talk to someone,
you call me, all right?
Thanks again for returning those.
Sure.
You know what's hardest?
I was holding my son's hand when the car hit him.
Why? Wh-why didn't I get hurt?
I don't understand.
I know.
MIKE: So we found the Bingham security guy,
Richards, the one who was in the room next to the victim.
Now, he admits that he was following Langley,
but he didn't kill him.
He was having dinner at the Moore Street Grill
from 6:30 to 10:00,
and his alibi checks out with the restaurant.
Did he take the gym bag? No, he says no.
CSU's taken a bunch of prints off it,
but so far, no matches.
What about Diskant, this lawyer Langley was seeing?
According to him,
Langley was desperately looking for some kid
who was related to an old lawsuit against his own company.
He was trying to see
if one of their drugs had caused a birth defect.
So Roe was right-- he was switching sides.
That's what Diskant thought.
He gave me the name of the... the kid's mother.
It's a... a Lauren Garber.
Yeah, she's coming in.
There she is.
Detective Wells, I hope you don't mind
me dropping in like this,
but that seems to be the way you roll.
I brought you something.
It's a copy of the Constitution.
Somewhere in there, it says something
about self-incrimination.
You had no right questioning my client in her home.
It wasn't a custodial interrogation.
I was simply talking to her.
So now you're a lawyer.
Okay, Perry Mason, just know this--
you can't use a word of what she said to you.
Well-- and this is just a suggestion--
maybe you can.
Talk to her again outside of my presence
or without my permission,
and I'll sue this whole department
for harassment.
I'm having lunch with the deputy mayor on Friday.
Maybe I'll mention it.
Um, I-I'm...
I'll just... I'll wait in here.
What happened to careful?
Apparently, I don't do careful.
What else don't you do? You want to give me a list?
I told you not to question her.
I wasn't questioning her.
We talked about her family.
Al, listen to me... No, no, no, you listen.
You are part of a team here.
If you're trying to get fired,
there are easier ways to do that.
You want to fire me, you go ahead.
You dragged me into this,
and I'm trying to help you.
By talking to a suspect without counsel?
Maria Ortiz has a story.
I don't know if she's innocent or guilty or what it is,
but there is something else there,
and that lawyer is stopping her from telling.
You have to trust me on this.
Okay, so you talked about her family.
How is her family?
She has a son back home.
He's crippled, possibly brain-damaged.
What does that have to do with anything?
I don't know.
Something.
I don't know.
Well, that's a start.
WOMAN: Excuse me.
I'm looking for Detective Burns.
Yep.
I'm Lauren Garber.
You wanted to talk to me?
Yes. Miss Garber.
If you still do interviews, I could use your help.
Right this way.
Sure.
That's what I told Mr. Langley.
I wasn't interested in getting involved in any lawsuit.
And I couldn't help him find the boy.
I'd given my son up for adoption.
Why did you give up your baby?
At the time, I wasn't married.
I was right out of school.
Huge loans, lousy job.
It seemed like the right thing to do.
And the child was healthy? Any medical problems?
No, he was quite healthy.
What about his father?
I'm sorry? Uh, the baby's father--
did he agree to the adoption plan?
Yeah. Yes.
He and I weren't a couple.
It was just... brief.
Right.
So you still in touch with him? No.
But I don't understand what that has to do with this.
Well, it's just that Brett Langley
seemed intent on finding your child,
and if he couldn't get what he needed from you,
it's very likely he went to the child's father.
AL: We're looking into Langley's death.
If this child's father is somehow involved...
Believe me, he's not.
How can you be so sure?
I'm sure.
You're sure because Brett Langley...
...was the child's father, right?
He was looking for his own son.
Brett was taking my deposition.
He was handsome and successful.
I was a little scared and lonely--
more than a little lonely.
But it didn't last.
It was one night.
Brett was freaked out about jeopardizing the lawsuit.
I told him he didn't have to worry.
When I found out I was pregnant, I told him.
I could have went after him for the money,
but that wasn't my style.
I left the city, dropped out of the case,
and when I put the baby up for adoption,
I didn't name a father.
And then he, he shows up on your doorstep.
He was like a different guy-- sweeter.
He was all about apologizing for that night,
and there was no lawsuit.
He just wanted to see his boy.
And you were willing to help?
He told me about his cancer treatment.
His radiation therapy left him sterile.
He said he wanted to see the only child he'd ever have.
I gave him the name of the adoption agency I used.
There's no way this has anything to do with his murder, right?
The cancer did change Langley's life.
He was looking for his son,
but Bingham thought he was about to jump ship.
So how is Ortiz involved?
Langley and Ortiz were both desperate.
Maybe that's what connects them.
Got 'em.
Sandra and Ian Smith, the ones who adopted Langley's kid.
How old was Jake when you got him?
Two days old.
: He was, um, so small and pink, almost magenta.
What'd you know about Jake's birth father Brett Langley?
We didn't know anything, we didn't want to know.
It felt better that way.
Jake's our son, that's all that matters.
But when the agency contacted us, they said that,
because Mr. Langley
hadn't been informed of the adoption,
we might want to cooperate with him.
We met with him a few times,
agreed on a visitation schedule.
We were supposed to meet him one more time
to nail it down, but he didn't show.
Then we heard what happened.
Terrible.
Do either of you know Maria Ortiz?
From the newspapers.
IAN: What a story.
That business about rape.
I kind of feel like we dodged
a bullet.
He seemed like such a good guy, too,
but I guess you never know, do you?
Right.
let me take him upstairs...
Oh, let me help you.
Fine, I got him. Oh, I love kids.
Ooh, here we go.
Really, we're good. She's fine.
I'll come with you. No, it's fine.
How was it for all of you--
Langley just showing up like that?
It was hard, it was hard for all of us, even Mr. Langley.
You could see the regret.
If you'll just-- I need to grab the monitor.
Sure.
Sandra, I know you and your husband don't want to lose your son.
I don't understand, how could we lose him?
Let me make this very clear to you.
If you and your husband are obstructing
a murder investigation, you will both go to jail.
That duck in your bathroom-- it's real cute.
Langley give it to you, or did Maria Ortiz?
How long have you known Maria?
I...
How long have you known her?
A few months.
Right. We found her right after we met Brett.
What do you mean you found her?
It was Ian's plan.
Brett told us
right up front that he wanted
joint custody of Jake.
It was hard for me
to hear, but Ian went a little crazy.
Brett was such a big lawyer, and he hadn't been informed.
Ian said, if we took him to court,
there is no way we would win.
We thought if we could do something
to make him seem unfit to be a father...
That's where Maria Ortiz comes in.
We'd met Brett at his hotel a number of times in his room.
One time, Maria was there cleaning.
She really took to Jake,
so we got to know her,
really went out of our way, even brought her home for dinner.
Oh, my God. She just fell in love with our little boy.
Do you know about her son? Yeah.
She understood how helpless we felt.
You had her accuse Langley?
And you offeredher money?
$30,000-- all we had.
You knew about her son and you knew how desperate she was.
How could you?
I couldn't.
I told Ian, that was no way to fight for our little boy
and he agreed.
I didn't know until I saw it on the news.
We didn't want to lose our son.
My guess is, Langley figures out
what they're up to, confronts Maria,
things get out of hand, he ends up with his head bashed in.
Maria's terrified, Ian sends her to Moser
with the self-defense story.
Impoverished maid versus corporate lawyer.
Maybe the plan was to kill Langley all along.
The Smiths keep their kid.
Nope, no way, Maria would never go for that.
I'm just saying, people have done
a lot worse for 30 grand.
AL: Point is, either way, I think we got enough.
I'll notify Gilroy, let's get Maria.
I'll go.
I want to do it, okay?
I know you were hoping this might break another way.
Yeah, I definitely was.
Where's Ms. Moser?
I don't know, we called her.
I'll try to find her, all right?
She said she would be here.
Maria, I'll find her, I will.
Hey.
The D.A. wants to find the payoff from the Smiths.
Well, Maria didn't get a payoff.
She, she got caught.
He thinks if we find money going to her, it'll seal his case.
In her house, there was a, uh, a cash transfer receipt.
I mean, if she did get any money,
she would have sent it home to her son.
All right, we'll check the wire transfer offices near her place,
see if she unloaded a bundle.
Yeah, yeah, I'm on 57th Avenue.
Maria was at a wire transfer office out here
on September 19, but she only sent 500 bucks.
According to the clerk, that's her usual amount.
Good try, come on back.
There's something else.
Guys, I know this sounds crazy, but the time stamp
on this receipt says 7:36 p.m.
Ring a bell?
Time of the murder-- that can't be.
Maybe someone else sent the money.
Yeah, except I showed the clerk her picture.
She ID'd Maria and said she's a regular.
And she also said that there was
a 45-minute line that time of day,
which would take you back to 6:45 p.m., right?
You figure she's got to get back to the hotel
in Long Island City--
bus, rush hour. There's no way
she gets back in time to kill him.
All right.
I don't get it.
We all saw the video of Maria coming out of Langley's room.
It was time-stamped.
Wait a second, I never saw that video.
This way, sir.
OFFICER: Uh, no, excuse me.
No, no, no, this is a crime scene.
Replay that.
The flowers are different.
All right, when we got to the hotel,
the florist was trying to change the old flowers.
They were roses.
The same roses would have been there the night before
when Brett Langley was killed.
These are sunflowers.
So where are the roses?
This video isn't from the night of the murder.
It's been doctored.
Only one guy has had access to this video
since the night of the murder.
Our helpful head of security.
Looking for Detective Burns.
Yeah.
Tom Martin, head of security at the hotel.
Whatever we can do to help.
Your client was just arrested.
Where were you?
She lied to me. What can I do?
She's indefensible. In the court of public opinion, maybe.
In any court.
She conspired with these Smith people.
Maria didn't kill Langley.
She wasn't even there.
What are you talking about?
She has a rock-solid alibi, we know that for sure.
Then why would she confess?
Oh, come on, you know the story.
She trusted someone, they betrayed her.
The question is: are you going to betray her, too?
You know, I checked you out.
Quite the superstar.
You were, what, a coed
showing up all those Mayberry cops in Syracuse?
I'm sorry about your sister,
by the way.
Robert-- my researcher-- is a bit of a superstar, too.
They never found the guy?
No.
You still looking?
Yeah.
Well, if you ever need help, I specialize in lost causes.
Then don't give up on this one.
We believe Tom Martin's the guy.
Maria Ortiz wasn't even in the room.
Well, thanks for letting us know.
You should thank us.
Somebody was gonna turn up Maria's alibi sooner or later.
Are you trying to make me look bad, Detective?
All right, get this.
Tom Martin's telling our tech guys
that his server at the Ely crashed last night.
They've lost at least two days worth of security footage.
That's convenient.
Just so you know, he was extremely apologetic.
Is there any way to prove that Martin altered the video
without comparing it to the original?
Without the original footage, whatever Martin did is seamless.
So what's the theory?
Martin's running his own rape scam?
Yeah, but he doesn't care about the kid.
For him, it's strictly cash and carry.
Might explain Langley's gym bag,
the one the homeless guy found in the Dumpster.
Maybe the money was in the bag.
Well, if Martin grabbed it and tossed it,
maybe we can match his prints.
No. His prints are on it, but he knew that.
That's why he grabbed it so quickly in the alley.
Did I mention I'm hatin' this guy?
I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that Maria
would try to protect him. Hey, maybe they're in love.
Well, maybe she just owes him.
I was looking at her green card application.
Guess who turns up as her sponsor?
You know what, I'm done with this.
I want to talk to her, for real this time.
This time I'm coming.
Mike, Roe, get me anything on Martin.
I want to bury this guy.
I'm sorry, Maria.
Are you okay?
Listen, we can help you, but we're going to need
your cooperation.
Before my client cooperates, I need certain stipulations met.
Easy, Miles. Big words are for little lawyers.
MILES: Ms. Moser, I was informed you'd recused yourself.
Well, you were misinformed. Happens to the best of us.
And to you.
Detectives.
Ms. Ortiz.
Let's get down to business.
Okay, Maria, we know about
the Smiths, we know about Tom Martin.
We know you weren't there
when Brett Langley was murdered,
but I need you to admit that your confession wasn't true.
And if I do, what will happen?
You didn't kill anyone, Maria. The police know that.
If you help them,
I will make sure you're treated fairly.
Ian Smith asked me to tell a terrible lie.
I didn't want to, but he told me
about the lawyer, Langley,
and how he would steal Jake from them.
And I loved the boy.
I couldn't let another rich man ruin the life of a child.
You understand?
Yeah. So they offered you money?
I tried to think of it as payment for my son.
And I told Tom, because I was scared, it was so terrible.
And he told me we could get even more money.
More money from the Smiths?
No, from Langley.
$200,000.
Enough to care for my boy, Jose, for his whole life.
Tom made a video of me running from the room.
We would show it if Langley didn't pay us.
It would ruin his name, and he would never be with Jake.
So Langley agreed to pay?
Yes. He was supposed to meet us with the money,
but he didn't show up.
I was relieved.
But Tom-- he was so angry.
He told me to go home,
he would take care of it.
Tom went to the hotel room?
Yes. And then he called me. Langley had changed his mind.
He refused to pay him.
They got into a fight, and Tom killed him.
He said I should still say Langley tried to rape me.
I said, "No, please."
And he said, "I have the video,
they will know you were there."
I let him hit me.
He told me to call you.
That if I kept saying over and over
that I was defending myself, that's all I had to do,
and I would be all right.
I didn't want to, but I couldn't stop.
He told me I would go to jail.
He would make sure
that I would never see my son again.
I thought he cared about me.
Maria.
Hey, Tom.
I can't believe I'm looking at you right now.
Oh, my brave girl.
Didn't it work out the way I told you it would?
I saw it on TV, the cops screwed up.
As long as you stick to your story, they got nothing, nothing.
And we got 200 grand and a future.
You got the money?
Of course I got the money.
But like I told you, we can't use it right now. It's too soon.
MARIA: I need the money for Jose. You promised, Tom.
TOM: What're you talkin' about? Of course. It's not enough.
She's has to get him to Langley.
If he threatens her, we're going in.
TOM: Let me handle it.
Look at you.
Oh, you're so beautiful.
Hmm?
No?
What's the matter?
Nothing.
Just, I think about that man all the time.
TOM: Yeah, I know. Me, too. Just a few more minutes. Come on, Maria.
TOM: He was so stupid. I got his money, anyway. She's doing fine.
Are you ever sorry?
No, I can't allow myself.
I gave him a chance, Maria.
He was yelling at me, screaming right in my face.
So I shut him up. You shouldn't have done it, Tom.
What do you know about it? You weren't there.
Do they know you weren't there? No, they couldn't know that.
Is that why they let you go? MARIA: No.
Come on.
Where
You never told me. At home.
No, you weren't.
'Cause I called your house right after I did it. Remember?
That's it.
If anyone saw you, Maria--
if they even think that you weren't there--
it all comes down on me!
It was wrong! I'm sorry, Tom!
What did you do?!
Get your hands off her!
Come on.
You did great. You have the right to remain silent.
You have the right to an attorney.
TOM: I know my rights!
I want a lawyer!
You got enough on Ian Smith? Yep. Thanks to his wife.
He confirmed, he went ahead without her.
What about Maria?
We'll probably drop the extortion.
But she'll still do some time for conspiracy.
Huh.
She's lucky.
I guess.
I think Detective Wells and I
are developing quite a nice working relationship.
You should probably keep it that way.
You got a sec? Something I want to show you.
Sure.
Isn't this the part where the experts say to run and scream?
Where are we?
Al, what is this?
I figured you could use a little privacy now and then.
Come here, sit down.
Little something extra.
It's the newest SSP.
Suspect Sketch Program. All right?
As you remember more details,
you can keep adjusting it. That's...
Thank you.
I was out of line today. Sorry.
That's okay.
You're still pretty lousy at that, aren't you?
What, at admitting I'm wrong?
Pretending to admit you're wrong.
Oh, was it the "sorry"?
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, that was pushing it a little, huh?
Look, I know you think you're only doing this for Rachel,
that all this being police again is just something you got to put up with.
But think about how it went down with Maria Ortiz.
We never would have gotten to Tom Martin if it wasn't for you.
And there are thousands like her.
People you need a certain kind of eyes to see.
You know, Maria said something that made me think.
All these years I thought I couldn't remember
because of what happened, you know?
But it's not just that Rachel died or how she died. I think...
I think it's that I
lived and I...
I don't understand why.
It's not like Maria's son.
I mean, that was an accident, it's chance, no sense to it.
This guy let you live.
Maybe he wanted you to.
Why?
Stick to it.
Out there, in here, you'll figure it out.
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