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An art collector is found
dead in his luxury penthouse
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on Manhattan's
Upper East Side.
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Doormen make great witnesses.
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They know what
the people are doing.
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Surrounded by treasures.
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It's like walking into
a cave of wonders.
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Precious paintings,
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riches of a man
who has amassed this fortune.
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NYPD begins to vet suspects.
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Everybody kind of pointed
a finger,
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"Hey, you should go look at
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this female friend
of Mr. Cooley.
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Was this the work
of a scorned lover?
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She was with Mr. Cooley for,
you know, 10, 11 years.
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She could probably
get herself in there.
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Or did his generosity
come at a cost?
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And he helped many,
many people.
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I would actually characterize
him a modern-day Robin Hood
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without the bow and arrow.
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When you're thinking
about suspects,
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one of the main things
we're thinking about
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is was there a financial
motive to kill someone?
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Investigators uncover
a disturbing trail of wealth,
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greed and twisted deception.
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This was professional.
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Someone who was good at
taking money from people.
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Detective Rodriguez
made the discovery,
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and I remember him calling me
and going,
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"You're never gonna guess what.
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You're never gonna
guess what."
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[dramatic music]
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When I think of New York's
billionaires,
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the Upper East Side
is the first neighborhood
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that comes to mind.
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That's where
the old money lives.
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It's home to posh restaurants,
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designer shops
along Madison Avenue,
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and the great
cultural institutions
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like the Guggenheim
and the Metropolitan Museum.
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It's the neighborhood
that art collector,
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79-year-old
Christopher Cooley
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has called home
for almost 40 years.
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What stays with me
about this case,
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more than Christopher's
Upper East Side wealth,
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is his big heart
and generosity.
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Unfortunately, in a place
with 8 million people,
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the generous can be
tragically exploited.
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In Christopher Cooley's case,
it cost him his life.
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Normally, you kind of get
this sort of separation
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between the people
who live in the ritzy building
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and the people
who run the ritzy building.
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White-collar versus
blue-collar dynamic.
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But Christopher
was not that type.
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This is the type of man
who was very quick
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to pick up a conversation
with anyone.
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He would talk to the doormen,
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even strangers out
on the street.
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I would describe Uncle as
a very, very generous person.
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He helped many, many people.
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I would actually characterize
him a modern-day Robin Hood
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without the bow and arrow.
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[dramatic music]
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[phone ringing]
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Mom called me at night.
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She hadn't heard from Uncle.
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And despite the fact
that he traveled quite a bit,
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he would always check in.
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She was nervous
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and she finally got ahold
of the building super
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and said,
"Can you check on Uncle?"
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Christopher's sister Sarah
tells Ray Kazaj,
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the superintendent
of the luxury building,
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she hasn't been able to reach
her brother for over a week.
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Ray calms her down and says,
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"Listen, you know your brother.
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He likes to go
out of town a lot.
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It's possible
that maybe he flew overseas
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and just didn't tell you."
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So Ray hangs up the phone.
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He goes up
to Christopher's apartment.
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There's a stack
of newspapers there.
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Kind of odd, but maybe
it could just be something
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where Christopher forgot to put
a pause on a subscription
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before he left town.
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Ray knocks on the door.
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There is no response.
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Then he tries the door.
It's locked.
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Now, Ray and Christopher had
a close enough relationship
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where he had a key
to the apartment.
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He opens the door.
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It's like walking into
a cave of wonders.
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Precious paintings,
rare artifacts, sculptures.
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Riches of a man who has
traveled a lot in his life
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who enjoys art,
who enjoys going to museums,
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and who has amassed
this fortune.
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He can see Christopher from
the threshold of the doorway
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sitting upright in his chair.
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Then he feels this waft,
this smell.
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Realizing that the smell
was coming from Christopher,
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who was unresponsive,
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Ray immediately calls 911.
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EMS arrives
and within minutes,
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Christopher
is pronounced dead,
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and Homicide
is called to the scene.
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I was working the
19th Precinct detective squad
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when we got the call.
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I go, "They got something
strange over in the 19th.
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We might have something.
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So he said,
"What do they have?"
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He goes,
"Well, we have a guy here
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but he has what looks like
ties wrapped around his neck.
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And we have, like,
broken glass on the floor."
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We drove over and we walked
into the apartment.
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Mr. Cooley was slouched over
with, like,
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a pillow over his face.
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You could see
there was broken glass on him,
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blood on his head.
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A dispute appears
to have occurred
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with Chris struck from behind
with a glass lamp.
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When I saw the body,
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the victim's tie
will not in a natural position.
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The tie was wrapped
around his neck twice.
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It definitely gave
the indication
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that somebody utilized that
to choke out Mr. Cooley.
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And it's clear, Chris didn't
die of natural causes.
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The detectives immediately
call the medical examiner
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who comes to the apartment
right away.
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The medical examiner said
that she saw
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a particular hemorrhaging
inside of his eyes.
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The blood vessels in your eyes
exploding causes red dots
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which, nine out of ten,
is from being strangled.
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Having glass
all over himself.
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Having a pillow over his face,
I think it's pretty quick
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you could also
rule suicide out.
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This was definitely a homicide.
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Somebody choked him.
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So Ray immediately called
my mom.
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By 9:00 that night,
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I received a call
of what had transpired
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that--that Uncle had passed.
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I reached out and actually
called Ray that night
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and we talked about it,
shed a tear about it.
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It was devastating.
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We'd seen him
over the holidays
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a couple months before,
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and he was in good spirits,
good vigor.
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I cried.
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I don't cry much.
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Uncle and I were very,
very close.
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Uncle Christopher Cooley was
born in Hartford, Connecticut,
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but had been residing
in New York city
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for the better part
of 60 years.
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We learned
Christopher Cooley
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didn't leave
any children behind,
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but he was married for more
than 20 years to Mary Cooley.
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Shortly after their marriage,
Mary developed MS
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and he cared for her
for over 25 years.
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Regardless of her disabilities,
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he carried her
and took care of her.
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She absolutely was
the love of his life.
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After Mary died, Christopher
kept her memory close.
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He spent more time in a house
they'd bought together
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in Venice, Italy,
their home away from home.
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He and Mary loved Venice.
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He had a home over there
for 41 years
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right off the Giudecca.
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So he would go over there
around September
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and then back to New York
in the spring.
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Christopher doted on
his extended family
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and had devoted friends
on both sides of the Atlantic.
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He was a very infectious
person to be around.
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Some might use
the word "eccentric"
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but eccentric is good.
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At Christopher's apartment,
the Crime Scene unit arrives
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to do an initial sweep.
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After Crime Scene
takes photos
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of the overall apartment
and the victim,
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it does get very exciting
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when you find things
out of place
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and you know that this is
really good evidence
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that's gonna help solve this.
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There was the fingerprints
on the lamp glass
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that was broken on him.
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Saw a little bit
of blood on him.
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[dramatic music]
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Fischer notices Christopher
is still wearing
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an expensive watch
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and he finds a wad
of nearly $200 in his pocket.
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Puzzled that such an easy score
is left untouched,
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Fischer heads
to the front door
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and thumbs through the dates
of the newspapers
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outside of
Christopher's apartment.
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If newspapers are inside
the apartment
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where I understood
Mr. Cooley did read,
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like, three different
newspapers a day,
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you know, he's still alive,
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but if the newspapers
were outside, okay,
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he wasn't there
to collect them
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so he didn't bring them in.
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So that does help us
with the timeline
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in regards to his death.
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So the newspapers
were important
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because they were piling up
since March 5th.
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Christopher's likely been
dead for at least ten days.
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Detectives now wonder
how did the killer get in?
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There were no signs
of forced entry.
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As a matter of fact,
the door was locked.
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Unless somebody had a key,
well, how could this happen?
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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I believe that the person
was known to the victim.
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So now the question is
who wanted to harm him
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and had access
to his apartment?
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We do a building canvass.
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Did anybody hear anything?
Did anybody see anything?
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No one witnessed
anything suspicious
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and only expressed sadness
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at the loss
of their dear neighbor.
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He was a collector
of fine arts.
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He was a collector
of many things.
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There may have been
some things of value
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in the apartment.
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Something's not right.
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Who would ever hurt Uncle?
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I'm not one to sit
on the sidelines.
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I immediately drove down
to find out who did this.
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Coming up...
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The only person that
was of any interest
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was this ex-girlfriend,
Apples.
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Everybody kind of pointed
a finger.
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"Hey, you should go look
at Apples.
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Look at Apples."
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♪
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Investigators continue
to work the crime scene
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where art collector
Christopher Cooley
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was murdered in his
Upper East Side penthouse
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by someone who has keys
to his apartment.
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David Seymour is racing
to his uncle's apartment
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from Connecticut
to find out what happened.
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When I got to New York,
64th was quarantined off.
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The parade was going on
for St. Patty's day
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but the--the caution tape
and all the squad cars
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had a bit of
a different flavor to it.
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[drumming]
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Just blocks away
from the happy crowds,
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David enters
his uncle's building
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hoping for answers
and eager to help.
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This was a scene
out of "Law and Order."
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There were many,
many police officers there.
260
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There was expensive
pieces of art in there
261
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and he wanted
to take them out.
262
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He was prevented from doing so.
263
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Nobody can go
in the apartment.
264
00:12:27,528 --> 00:12:29,661
When I walked in
with the keys,
265
00:12:29,704 --> 00:12:32,664
they wanna know,
"When were you last here?"
266
00:12:32,707 --> 00:12:34,405
I felt like I was a suspect.
267
00:12:34,448 --> 00:12:36,494
♪
268
00:12:36,537 --> 00:12:39,410
But David was saying,
"Listen, we are,
269
00:12:39,453 --> 00:12:42,369
"you know, very affluent and we
don't need Christopher's money.
270
00:12:42,413 --> 00:12:44,371
"I can tell you
right off that
271
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this does not have anything
to do with our family."
272
00:12:46,678 --> 00:12:50,638
I think by the time I left
on that night of the 17th,
273
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they had ruled me out
at this point as a suspect.
274
00:12:53,859 --> 00:12:55,948
David Seymour was
very helpful in giving us
275
00:12:55,992 --> 00:12:58,646
a picture of who Mr. Cooley was
276
00:12:58,690 --> 00:13:00,518
and how he was beloved
by his family,
277
00:13:00,561 --> 00:13:02,041
how he was the eccentric uncle.
278
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He was always there
for any time
279
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anybody ever needed anything.
280
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He was a very decent person.
281
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[dramatic music]
282
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Detectives now need to talk
to Ray Kazaj,
283
00:13:12,486 --> 00:13:14,053
the building superintendent
to find out
284
00:13:14,097 --> 00:13:17,361
if he knows of anyone who
would want Christopher dead.
285
00:13:17,404 --> 00:13:20,494
You wanna try to speak with
the people who know him best,
286
00:13:20,538 --> 00:13:22,409
who he brings
into the apartment.
287
00:13:22,453 --> 00:13:27,371
Does he allow people to sleep
over or anything like that?
288
00:13:27,414 --> 00:13:30,069
Doormen make great witnesses
because again,
289
00:13:30,113 --> 00:13:32,419
they are, like,
the keepers of the gate.
290
00:13:32,463 --> 00:13:34,421
They know what the people
are doing.
291
00:13:34,465 --> 00:13:37,120
They know who's fighting
in the apartments.
292
00:13:37,163 --> 00:13:39,862
The only person of interest
to the family
293
00:13:39,905 --> 00:13:44,127
and the friends
was this ex-girlfriend Apples.
294
00:13:44,170 --> 00:13:47,347
They say she was actually
banned from the building
295
00:13:47,391 --> 00:13:52,831
because due to her violent
outbursts and argument.
296
00:13:52,875 --> 00:13:54,093
Everybody kind of
pointed a finger,
297
00:13:54,137 --> 00:13:55,486
"Hey, you should go
look at Apples.
298
00:13:55,529 --> 00:13:57,792
Look at Apples."
299
00:13:57,836 --> 00:14:01,492
Apples was a female friend
of Mr. Cooley
300
00:14:01,535 --> 00:14:05,104
for probably
a good ten-plus years.
301
00:14:05,148 --> 00:14:08,499
According to numerous,
numerous people,
302
00:14:08,542 --> 00:14:11,894
their relationship was very,
very volatile.
303
00:14:11,937 --> 00:14:13,547
♪
304
00:14:13,591 --> 00:14:15,593
Apples is well known
to Christopher's friends
305
00:14:15,636 --> 00:14:17,290
and family
306
00:14:17,334 --> 00:14:20,728
from when she first entered
the scene over ten years ago.
307
00:14:20,772 --> 00:14:22,600
We met her
at an art gathering
308
00:14:22,643 --> 00:14:24,428
or something along those lines.
309
00:14:29,433 --> 00:14:32,871
The amount of people
he helped is mind-boggling.
310
00:14:32,915 --> 00:14:34,655
And she needed some help
311
00:14:34,699 --> 00:14:38,181
so he certainly was helping
her out financially.
312
00:14:38,224 --> 00:14:40,487
♪
313
00:14:40,531 --> 00:14:43,490
And around a year ago,
their relationship had soured
314
00:14:43,534 --> 00:14:45,536
past the point of no return.
315
00:14:45,579 --> 00:14:47,407
[muffled, indistinct arguing]
316
00:14:47,451 --> 00:14:49,670
They would be arguing.
They would be fighting.
317
00:14:49,714 --> 00:14:52,021
People were actually
really threatened by her.
318
00:14:52,064 --> 00:14:55,938
She was definitely
the aggressor in it.
319
00:14:55,981 --> 00:15:00,551
♪
320
00:15:00,594 --> 00:15:04,033
Apples, she wanted something
more and he didn't
321
00:15:04,076 --> 00:15:07,645
and he decides to cut it off.
322
00:15:07,688 --> 00:15:09,429
Friends and family say
323
00:15:09,473 --> 00:15:13,042
Apples didn't take
the breakup gracefully.
324
00:15:13,085 --> 00:15:15,696
I don't want to use
the word "stalking,"
325
00:15:15,740 --> 00:15:18,221
but she certainly was
still trying to contact him,
326
00:15:18,264 --> 00:15:22,529
despite the fact that he was
trying to not speak with her.
327
00:15:22,573 --> 00:15:23,835
[phone ringing]
328
00:15:23,878 --> 00:15:25,141
Before the breakup,
329
00:15:25,184 --> 00:15:27,839
Apples lashed out
at Chris's friends too.
330
00:15:38,241 --> 00:15:40,808
The calls
grew more frequent.
331
00:15:53,865 --> 00:15:58,087
She was with Mr. Cooley for,
you know, 10, 11 years.
332
00:15:58,130 --> 00:16:00,263
She could probably
get herself in there.
333
00:16:00,306 --> 00:16:02,787
♪
334
00:16:02,830 --> 00:16:06,530
Did jealousy drive Apples
to kill Christopher Cooley?
335
00:16:06,573 --> 00:16:10,490
Maybe this was a case
of a romance gone wrong.
336
00:16:10,534 --> 00:16:15,278
But now, the trouble is
how do you track her down?
337
00:16:15,321 --> 00:16:17,193
Detectives, go back
to ask Ray,
338
00:16:17,236 --> 00:16:18,672
the super of the building,
339
00:16:18,716 --> 00:16:21,066
if Apples was seen
at the apartment
340
00:16:21,110 --> 00:16:24,548
but it's been months
since he's seen her.
341
00:16:24,591 --> 00:16:26,245
While detectives search
for Apples,
342
00:16:26,289 --> 00:16:27,638
David reports rumors
343
00:16:27,681 --> 00:16:30,293
from many of Christopher's
friends in Venice.
344
00:16:30,336 --> 00:16:35,037
♪
345
00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,300
I was receiving
a bunch of calls.
346
00:16:37,343 --> 00:16:40,651
There was the whole
Venice quorum
347
00:16:40,694 --> 00:16:43,132
trying to help with leads.
348
00:16:43,175 --> 00:16:46,657
So many people had an interest
in purchasing the property
349
00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:48,789
so I had to go quite a bit.
350
00:16:48,833 --> 00:16:52,576
Perhaps foul play had come
from someone in Italy.
351
00:17:04,327 --> 00:17:06,111
So when you're looking
at a case like this
352
00:17:06,155 --> 00:17:08,113
where the victim is a man
of international wealth
353
00:17:08,157 --> 00:17:09,636
with a home in Venice,
354
00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,812
we need to ask
if something happened in Italy
355
00:17:11,856 --> 00:17:14,119
that affects his life here
in New York.
356
00:17:14,163 --> 00:17:15,729
And the message
David is receiving
357
00:17:15,773 --> 00:17:19,951
from Christopher's friends
suggests there is.
358
00:17:19,994 --> 00:17:22,040
One of these ladies
was convinced
359
00:17:22,084 --> 00:17:25,087
that some of these buyers
killed Uncle.
360
00:17:25,130 --> 00:17:26,610
There was a friend
who was convinced
361
00:17:26,653 --> 00:17:28,220
that someone who had
an interest
362
00:17:28,264 --> 00:17:31,832
in purchasing the property
killed Uncle.
363
00:17:31,876 --> 00:17:33,095
No question about it.
364
00:17:33,138 --> 00:17:36,185
♪
365
00:17:36,228 --> 00:17:39,188
[dramatic music]
366
00:17:39,231 --> 00:17:40,928
♪
367
00:17:45,194 --> 00:17:52,157
♪
368
00:17:52,201 --> 00:17:53,724
Art collector
Christopher Cooley
369
00:17:53,767 --> 00:17:56,553
has been murdered in his
Upper East Side apartment.
370
00:17:56,596 --> 00:17:57,815
The most unnerving rumor
371
00:17:57,858 --> 00:17:59,773
about who killed
the affable art lover
372
00:17:59,817 --> 00:18:02,428
involves Christopher's
coveted Venetian home.
373
00:18:02,472 --> 00:18:05,127
♪
374
00:18:05,170 --> 00:18:07,172
David relayed a rumor
that someone trying to buy
375
00:18:07,216 --> 00:18:09,566
his uncle's house
had him murdered.
376
00:18:09,609 --> 00:18:11,307
We brought in a special
international unit
377
00:18:11,350 --> 00:18:12,438
to look into it,
378
00:18:12,482 --> 00:18:15,702
but it turned out
to be a dead end.
379
00:18:15,746 --> 00:18:18,705
And obviously,
there's a sense of frustration,
380
00:18:18,749 --> 00:18:21,186
but it is what it is.
381
00:18:21,230 --> 00:18:23,667
♪
382
00:18:23,710 --> 00:18:25,277
Back in New York,
383
00:18:25,321 --> 00:18:27,714
detectives finally get ahold
of Cooley's former lover,
384
00:18:27,758 --> 00:18:30,108
Apples, who they tracked down
to Christopher Cooley's
385
00:18:30,152 --> 00:18:31,283
phone records.
386
00:18:31,327 --> 00:18:33,633
And she agrees to talk.
387
00:18:33,677 --> 00:18:35,548
She lived a few blocks away.
388
00:18:35,592 --> 00:18:39,770
We went to her apartment
and she invited us in.
389
00:18:39,813 --> 00:18:41,859
Right off the bat,
she seemed the type,
390
00:18:41,902 --> 00:18:43,295
you know, little edgy.
391
00:18:43,339 --> 00:18:46,646
It was like, "Oh,
is this about my boyfriend?"
392
00:18:46,690 --> 00:18:49,171
Apples denies having
anything to do
393
00:18:49,214 --> 00:18:50,868
with Christopher's murder.
394
00:18:50,911 --> 00:18:53,175
You take what
other people say.
395
00:18:53,218 --> 00:18:55,742
She's constantly screaming
and she's constantly,
396
00:18:55,786 --> 00:18:58,354
you know, like,
yelling at Mr. Cooley.
397
00:18:58,397 --> 00:18:59,920
And as--in speaking to her,
you're like,
398
00:18:59,964 --> 00:19:03,576
"Well, where is this person?"
399
00:19:03,620 --> 00:19:06,753
She never lost her temper.
She never lost her cool.
400
00:19:06,797 --> 00:19:08,581
I don't see it.
I don't--I don't hear it
401
00:19:08,625 --> 00:19:11,454
at this point,
but you know, again,
402
00:19:11,497 --> 00:19:14,196
you don't look at a person and
go, "Okay, this is not her.
403
00:19:14,239 --> 00:19:16,589
This is definitely not her.
We have to rule her out."
404
00:19:16,633 --> 00:19:18,374
We came to find out
that Mr. Cooley
405
00:19:18,417 --> 00:19:21,551
was helping her
pay for her apartment.
406
00:19:21,594 --> 00:19:25,207
The detectives did a great job
seeing that, "All right,
407
00:19:25,250 --> 00:19:27,339
"well, this one here,
he's still paying her rent.
408
00:19:27,383 --> 00:19:29,341
I doubt it she would kill him."
409
00:19:29,385 --> 00:19:31,909
She wasn't gonna kill
her golden goose.
410
00:19:31,952 --> 00:19:35,739
Also, when we looked at her,
she was an older woman.
411
00:19:35,782 --> 00:19:37,958
She was slight in--in physique.
412
00:19:38,002 --> 00:19:39,438
I don't think that
she would've been
413
00:19:39,482 --> 00:19:40,700
physically capable of doing
414
00:19:40,744 --> 00:19:45,227
what--what it took
to take out Mr. Cooley.
415
00:19:45,270 --> 00:19:48,273
And when detectives checked
the building logs,
416
00:19:48,317 --> 00:19:50,667
there's no evidence that
she paid Christopher a visit
417
00:19:50,710 --> 00:19:53,539
in the days
leading up to his murder.
418
00:19:53,583 --> 00:19:57,804
The police sort of realize
it's not possible for Apples
419
00:19:57,848 --> 00:19:59,197
to have done it.
420
00:19:59,241 --> 00:20:01,678
But she tells detectives
there's one woman
421
00:20:01,721 --> 00:20:03,984
who paid him a visit
just before his death.
422
00:20:04,028 --> 00:20:07,945
And according to Apples,
that woman might know who did.
423
00:20:07,988 --> 00:20:10,643
She mentions,
"Hey, you know, you--
424
00:20:10,687 --> 00:20:12,515
maybe you want to go talk
to Christine Skalski
425
00:20:12,558 --> 00:20:14,430
in--in a different
tone of voice.
426
00:20:14,473 --> 00:20:15,561
Yeah, there was--
there was definitely
427
00:20:15,605 --> 00:20:18,651
a little bit of sarcasm.
428
00:20:18,695 --> 00:20:20,958
Now, we have to find
Christine Skalski.
429
00:20:23,874 --> 00:20:27,312
As detectives search for a
woman named Christine Skalski,
430
00:20:27,356 --> 00:20:29,009
Christopher Cooley's friends
and family
431
00:20:29,053 --> 00:20:30,489
gather for a funeral,
432
00:20:30,533 --> 00:20:33,536
some traveling all the way
from Venice to attend.
433
00:20:33,579 --> 00:20:36,016
We had the service
roughly a month
434
00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:39,281
after the passing of Uncle.
435
00:20:39,324 --> 00:20:42,284
We pushed the service just
to make proper arrangements
436
00:20:42,327 --> 00:20:43,981
and get our wits about us
437
00:20:44,024 --> 00:20:46,592
that it had been ruled
a murder.
438
00:21:01,477 --> 00:21:03,479
The funeral
is not only attended
439
00:21:03,522 --> 00:21:05,219
by family and friends.
440
00:21:05,263 --> 00:21:09,702
Detective Juan Rodriguez also
shows up to pay his respects.
441
00:21:09,746 --> 00:21:12,836
It's almost a standard
practice by detectives.
442
00:21:12,879 --> 00:21:15,404
You pay your respects and you
stay in the back of the room
443
00:21:15,447 --> 00:21:17,493
and you're kind of hoping
somebody comes up to you
444
00:21:17,536 --> 00:21:18,972
and, you know,
445
00:21:19,016 --> 00:21:20,800
and gives you information
that you're looking for.
446
00:21:20,844 --> 00:21:24,326
Sometimes the murderer may
be there, you know what I mean?
447
00:21:24,369 --> 00:21:26,850
But there were no leads
for Rodriguez that day.
448
00:21:26,893 --> 00:21:29,374
All he found at the funeral
were Christopher Cooley's
449
00:21:29,418 --> 00:21:32,769
heartbroken loved ones.
450
00:21:32,812 --> 00:21:34,901
I saw David Seymour.
451
00:21:34,945 --> 00:21:37,034
You know, David introduced me
to his sisters,
452
00:21:37,077 --> 00:21:39,341
and the sisters were emotional,
they were crying.
453
00:21:39,384 --> 00:21:41,995
They were telling me
to get justice.
454
00:21:42,039 --> 00:21:44,302
You want to do so good
for these people.
455
00:21:55,052 --> 00:21:57,402
At the funeral, detectives
get the phone number
456
00:21:57,446 --> 00:21:58,751
for Christine Skalski.
457
00:21:58,795 --> 00:22:01,754
from Christopher's sister
Sarah.
458
00:22:01,798 --> 00:22:05,845
The only hitch,
Christine lives in Tennessee.
459
00:22:05,889 --> 00:22:08,500
I actually had met
Christine several times.
460
00:22:08,544 --> 00:22:11,634
She was actually staying
with him for a period of time.
461
00:22:11,677 --> 00:22:13,418
I took her and Uncle
out to dinner
462
00:22:13,462 --> 00:22:15,812
and got to know her
a little bit.
463
00:22:15,855 --> 00:22:18,771
She was close with him,
but she tells the police
464
00:22:18,815 --> 00:22:22,993
that she didn't have a romantic
relationship like Apples did.
465
00:22:23,036 --> 00:22:26,953
She's a very soft-spoken,
nice lady,
466
00:22:26,997 --> 00:22:30,653
so it never crossed my mind
that she was on a list
467
00:22:30,696 --> 00:22:34,526
to really be examined
as a culprit.
468
00:22:34,570 --> 00:22:37,660
[siren wailing]
469
00:22:40,750 --> 00:22:43,840
Using cell tower
triangulation technology,
470
00:22:43,883 --> 00:22:44,971
detectives determined
471
00:22:45,015 --> 00:22:46,582
Christine's
cell phone location
472
00:22:46,625 --> 00:22:50,673
was in Tennessee in the days
leading up to the murder.
473
00:22:50,716 --> 00:22:52,718
But she admits
she was in New York
474
00:22:52,762 --> 00:22:56,983
a month before Christopher
was killed.
475
00:22:57,027 --> 00:22:59,464
She stayed
at Christopher's place.
476
00:22:59,508 --> 00:23:02,772
While in the apartment,
she comes across slippers
477
00:23:02,815 --> 00:23:05,688
and a bathrobe
and she asked Christopher,
478
00:23:05,731 --> 00:23:07,472
"Whose is this?
This doesn't look like yours."
479
00:23:07,516 --> 00:23:10,127
And he goes, "Oh,
this is just the man I met
480
00:23:10,170 --> 00:23:12,042
at the Lenox Hill Hospital.
481
00:23:12,085 --> 00:23:14,000
He's, like,
this investment banker.
482
00:23:14,044 --> 00:23:16,655
I let him stay at my apartment
for a couple of days.
483
00:23:16,699 --> 00:23:19,136
I'm thinking about
giving him some money."
484
00:23:19,179 --> 00:23:22,008
And just like that,
Christine is ruled out,
485
00:23:22,052 --> 00:23:26,186
turning her from a possible
suspect into a source.
486
00:23:26,230 --> 00:23:27,710
What he unearthed,
487
00:23:27,753 --> 00:23:30,495
the people he helped over
the years was tremendous.
488
00:23:30,539 --> 00:23:31,931
Tremendous.
489
00:23:31,975 --> 00:23:34,499
There was a friend
who fell on some hard times
490
00:23:34,543 --> 00:23:35,805
that he actually let stay
491
00:23:35,848 --> 00:23:38,460
at his apartment
for several months.
492
00:23:38,503 --> 00:23:40,505
We know Christopher to be
the kind of guy
493
00:23:40,549 --> 00:23:42,986
who was very open-hearted,
very forthcoming,
494
00:23:43,029 --> 00:23:46,163
very willing to strike up
conversations with strangers.
495
00:23:46,206 --> 00:23:47,599
Now the police are thinking,
496
00:23:47,643 --> 00:23:51,603
"Is this our suspect
we should be focusing on?"
497
00:23:51,647 --> 00:23:54,737
Bringing somebody you don't
know that you just met,
498
00:23:54,780 --> 00:23:57,740
that's definitely an avenue
we needed to explore.
499
00:23:57,783 --> 00:24:00,743
[dramatic music]
500
00:24:00,786 --> 00:24:03,093
♪
501
00:24:07,706 --> 00:24:11,580
♪
502
00:24:11,623 --> 00:24:13,364
For the month leading up
to his murder,
503
00:24:13,407 --> 00:24:14,974
Christopher Cooley
hosted a man
504
00:24:15,018 --> 00:24:16,106
he just met at the hospital
505
00:24:16,149 --> 00:24:17,499
in his Upper East Side
apartment.
506
00:24:17,542 --> 00:24:20,110
Christopher told his friend
Christine Skalski
507
00:24:20,153 --> 00:24:21,328
he was thinking of investing
508
00:24:21,372 --> 00:24:24,984
in one of the man's
financial ventures.
509
00:24:25,028 --> 00:24:26,377
According to Christine,
510
00:24:26,420 --> 00:24:28,248
there's something suspicious
about it,
511
00:24:28,292 --> 00:24:31,121
but she didn't
remember his name.
512
00:24:31,164 --> 00:24:33,166
♪
513
00:24:33,210 --> 00:24:34,603
She tells them
Christopher Cooley
514
00:24:34,646 --> 00:24:36,256
had been at
Lenox Hill Hospital
515
00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:38,171
a few months before his murder
516
00:24:38,215 --> 00:24:40,609
to be treated
for a kidney ailment.
517
00:24:40,652 --> 00:24:43,960
So we go
to Lenox Hill Hospital.
518
00:24:44,003 --> 00:24:46,005
We ask for, you know,
a list of names,
519
00:24:46,049 --> 00:24:48,399
anybody who could have came
in contact with Christopher
520
00:24:48,442 --> 00:24:52,359
while he was there.
521
00:24:52,403 --> 00:24:55,014
And we're talking about
getting the information
522
00:24:55,058 --> 00:24:58,235
who's staying
in the hospital room with him.
523
00:24:58,278 --> 00:25:00,585
You can't just walk into
the hospital and ask a nurse,
524
00:25:00,629 --> 00:25:02,456
"Hey, who was that guy's
roommate that was staying here
525
00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:03,545
a couple of days ago?"
526
00:25:03,588 --> 00:25:05,285
There are privacy laws.
527
00:25:05,329 --> 00:25:08,941
The doctors rightfully
won't divulge that information.
528
00:25:08,985 --> 00:25:11,074
So it's a mystery man for now.
529
00:25:11,117 --> 00:25:13,424
♪
530
00:25:13,467 --> 00:25:15,731
While detectives continue
to find a way
531
00:25:15,774 --> 00:25:19,256
to get names
from the hospital,
532
00:25:19,299 --> 00:25:22,259
Christopher Cooley's nephew
is still mourning his uncle
533
00:25:22,302 --> 00:25:24,043
and is desperate
to sort the details
534
00:25:24,087 --> 00:25:25,349
of Christopher's estate.
535
00:25:25,392 --> 00:25:30,615
♪
536
00:25:30,659 --> 00:25:33,575
It was several weeks
before the DA
537
00:25:33,618 --> 00:25:36,055
would let me in the apartment.
538
00:25:36,099 --> 00:25:38,754
As executor of
Christopher Cooley's estate,
539
00:25:38,797 --> 00:25:42,627
David Seymour begins reviewing
his uncle's financial records.
540
00:25:42,671 --> 00:25:45,717
I was just going through
items in the dining room table
541
00:25:45,761 --> 00:25:49,591
and I found his checkbook.
542
00:25:49,634 --> 00:25:53,072
And then David makes
a startling discovery.
543
00:25:53,116 --> 00:25:55,640
Uncle would always write
who a check was to
544
00:25:55,684 --> 00:25:58,295
and the dollar amount
or what it was for,
545
00:25:58,338 --> 00:26:01,472
except the last check
was missing
546
00:26:01,515 --> 00:26:03,256
with nothing written down.
547
00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:06,042
♪
548
00:26:06,085 --> 00:26:10,089
So then I went back through
previous months' checks
549
00:26:10,133 --> 00:26:13,527
and I immediately saw something
that stuck out to me
550
00:26:13,571 --> 00:26:17,227
like somebody hit me
with a baseball bat.
551
00:26:17,270 --> 00:26:21,187
Found a check for $1,425.
552
00:26:21,231 --> 00:26:25,235
I saw the signature.
This is a forged check.
553
00:26:25,278 --> 00:26:28,238
Uncle would always sign
a certain way
554
00:26:28,281 --> 00:26:32,416
so the mechanics
were all wrong.
555
00:26:32,459 --> 00:26:35,506
My immediate suspicion
was he had an idea
556
00:26:35,549 --> 00:26:38,335
what might be
a safe amount to write.
557
00:26:38,378 --> 00:26:40,685
The forged check,
dated March 2nd,
558
00:26:40,729 --> 00:26:43,601
is made out to someone
named Steve Garland.
559
00:26:43,645 --> 00:26:46,343
Detectives wonder if this
could be the mystery man
560
00:26:46,386 --> 00:26:49,694
Christopher had met
at the hospital.
561
00:26:49,738 --> 00:26:51,435
Great. Here we go.
562
00:26:51,478 --> 00:26:53,611
We need to talk to
Steven Garland.
563
00:26:53,655 --> 00:26:54,830
Around that time too,
564
00:26:54,873 --> 00:26:59,573
we started getting
other things back.
565
00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:03,229
Soon after, detectives hear
back from Lenox Hill Hospital.
566
00:27:03,273 --> 00:27:05,710
Pieces of the puzzle really
begin to fall into place.
567
00:27:05,754 --> 00:27:08,321
Administrators can't provide
the medical history
568
00:27:08,365 --> 00:27:09,801
of Christopher Cooley's
roommates,
569
00:27:09,845 --> 00:27:12,848
but they do have something
that proves useful.
570
00:27:12,891 --> 00:27:17,287
So they came out with a list
of seven names of people
571
00:27:17,330 --> 00:27:18,723
who could have came in contact
with Christopher
572
00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:20,812
while he was there.
573
00:27:20,856 --> 00:27:24,163
We looked at
all seven individuals.
574
00:27:24,207 --> 00:27:27,427
The name Steven Garland
kind of popped
575
00:27:27,471 --> 00:27:31,127
like a firework going off.
576
00:27:31,170 --> 00:27:34,870
Detectives call back
Christine Skalski
577
00:27:34,913 --> 00:27:37,786
who recognizes the name
Steve Garland.
578
00:27:37,829 --> 00:27:40,179
You know Steven Garland
turns out to be
579
00:27:40,223 --> 00:27:41,311
the investment banker
580
00:27:41,354 --> 00:27:44,880
who stayed
at Christopher's place.
581
00:27:44,923 --> 00:27:46,751
But even with
this major break,
582
00:27:46,795 --> 00:27:49,449
the investigation
is far from over.
583
00:27:49,493 --> 00:27:52,148
Maybe he's just--he forged
a check to himself.
584
00:27:52,191 --> 00:27:53,845
Maybe somebody else killed him.
We don't know.
585
00:27:53,889 --> 00:27:56,761
Detectives do a deep dive
into Garland's past
586
00:27:56,805 --> 00:27:58,589
looking for anything
that might beef up
587
00:27:58,632 --> 00:28:00,156
their case against him.
588
00:28:00,199 --> 00:28:02,898
We started doing background
information on this guy.
589
00:28:02,941 --> 00:28:04,334
We ran at him,
590
00:28:04,377 --> 00:28:06,510
and turns out
that he was a criminal.
591
00:28:06,553 --> 00:28:08,425
♪
592
00:28:08,468 --> 00:28:10,427
Steve Garland was
the kind of con man
593
00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:13,299
that you hear about in movies.
594
00:28:13,343 --> 00:28:16,389
Garland's career
as a con man began in Indiana.
595
00:28:16,433 --> 00:28:17,782
He would walk around
with cards
596
00:28:17,826 --> 00:28:20,785
that he made up
that he was some type of CEO
597
00:28:20,829 --> 00:28:22,352
for like Goldman Sachs.
598
00:28:22,395 --> 00:28:24,571
It was incredible.
599
00:28:24,615 --> 00:28:26,791
He was a true-life,
like, con man.
600
00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:29,446
♪
601
00:28:29,489 --> 00:28:31,361
He was essentially
a professional.
602
00:28:31,404 --> 00:28:34,190
Someone who was good
at taking money from people,
603
00:28:34,233 --> 00:28:36,888
being able to persuade people
to do things for you.
604
00:28:36,932 --> 00:28:40,805
He would usually
prey on women.
605
00:28:40,849 --> 00:28:42,633
He would promise them money,
606
00:28:42,676 --> 00:28:47,377
promise them things, and then
take it away and run off.
607
00:28:47,420 --> 00:28:48,857
The smooth-talking con man
608
00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:51,642
would often find
his victims online.
609
00:28:51,685 --> 00:28:54,253
He'd then arrange
an in-person meeting.
610
00:28:54,297 --> 00:28:56,647
He'd speak the right
language, the right lingo,
611
00:28:56,690 --> 00:28:59,345
had the vocabulary for it.
612
00:28:59,389 --> 00:29:01,913
Steve Garland was giving
his target deals
613
00:29:01,957 --> 00:29:04,394
that they couldn't pass up.
614
00:29:04,437 --> 00:29:07,179
"I could turn that into
thousands of thousands
615
00:29:07,223 --> 00:29:08,485
of dollars overnight."
616
00:29:08,528 --> 00:29:11,401
I think that was his--
a lot of his con.
617
00:29:11,444 --> 00:29:13,272
For a lot of people
who are in these sort of
618
00:29:13,316 --> 00:29:14,883
desperate situations
619
00:29:14,926 --> 00:29:17,537
who may need the money when
everything else in their life
620
00:29:17,581 --> 00:29:19,278
seems to be falling apart,
621
00:29:19,322 --> 00:29:21,585
why wouldn't you
hook onto this?
622
00:29:21,628 --> 00:29:22,891
With a check in his pocket,
623
00:29:22,934 --> 00:29:25,807
Garland would move on
to his next mark.
624
00:29:25,850 --> 00:29:27,939
He swindled
an elderly couple
625
00:29:27,983 --> 00:29:29,985
out of money in Indiana.
626
00:29:30,028 --> 00:29:31,725
Turns out he was arrested
numerous times
627
00:29:31,769 --> 00:29:33,858
for larceny type of crimes.
628
00:29:33,902 --> 00:29:36,556
It's kind of hard and you
take it a little personally
629
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,298
when you have to deal
with a con man
630
00:29:39,342 --> 00:29:40,996
whose prey is
the elderly people.
631
00:29:41,039 --> 00:29:43,868
To me, he's like one of
the lowest of the low
632
00:29:43,912 --> 00:29:46,218
because you can't mess
with the elderly people
633
00:29:46,262 --> 00:29:48,525
and think that it's okay.
634
00:29:48,568 --> 00:29:51,702
Now the time was to get out
there and find Garland.
635
00:29:51,745 --> 00:29:53,791
We were crunched for time.
636
00:29:53,835 --> 00:29:56,968
♪
637
00:29:57,012 --> 00:29:58,578
Coming up...
638
00:29:58,622 --> 00:30:00,711
We requested video.
There he was, you know,
639
00:30:00,754 --> 00:30:04,628
on March 2nd on video
cashing the forged check.
640
00:30:04,671 --> 00:30:06,935
It looked like there was,
like, blood on his shirt.
641
00:30:06,978 --> 00:30:08,762
Detective Rodriguez
made the discovery
642
00:30:08,806 --> 00:30:09,894
and I remember him calling me
and going,
643
00:30:09,938 --> 00:30:11,330
"You're never gonna guess what.
644
00:30:11,374 --> 00:30:13,028
You're never gonna
guess what."
645
00:30:13,071 --> 00:30:17,771
♪
646
00:30:21,993 --> 00:30:28,260
♪
647
00:30:28,304 --> 00:30:31,437
Detectives just discovered
that Steven Garland,
648
00:30:31,481 --> 00:30:33,918
the hospital roommate that
Christopher Cooley befriended
649
00:30:33,962 --> 00:30:37,443
and invited into his home
is a career con man
650
00:30:37,487 --> 00:30:41,970
with a string of arrests
for larceny in Indiana.
651
00:30:42,013 --> 00:30:44,407
After a lifetime
of conning people,
652
00:30:44,450 --> 00:30:47,453
Garland was a wanted man.
653
00:30:47,497 --> 00:30:51,762
In fact, he'd been arrested
in Indiana in 2016
654
00:30:51,805 --> 00:30:54,896
for cheating a woman
out of $84,000.
655
00:30:54,939 --> 00:30:58,203
When he was released
on a $20,000 bond,
656
00:30:58,247 --> 00:30:59,901
he headed for New York City.
657
00:30:59,944 --> 00:31:02,991
Lenox Hill Hospital,
to be precise.
658
00:31:03,034 --> 00:31:05,080
He was here in New York
getting treatment.
659
00:31:05,123 --> 00:31:06,603
As it turns out,
660
00:31:06,646 --> 00:31:10,128
there was one thing this
con man wasn't lying about.
661
00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:12,478
Maybe he was a fraud
in life,
662
00:31:12,522 --> 00:31:15,917
but his cancer diagnosis
was quite real
663
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,920
and he was suffering from it
and he needed treatment.
664
00:31:18,963 --> 00:31:23,359
♪
665
00:31:23,402 --> 00:31:26,101
And who does he find
at a Manhattan hospital,
666
00:31:26,144 --> 00:31:27,929
at Lenox Hill?
667
00:31:27,972 --> 00:31:30,366
Christopher Cooley.
668
00:31:30,409 --> 00:31:34,936
Possibly his greatest,
easiest target.
669
00:31:34,979 --> 00:31:37,416
He was a rich, wealthy man
670
00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:39,418
who was so generous.
671
00:31:39,462 --> 00:31:42,291
Lenox Hill Hospital
is one of the best hospitals
672
00:31:42,334 --> 00:31:44,423
in New York.
673
00:31:44,467 --> 00:31:49,428
A lot of the rich and famous,
they go to Lenox Hill Hospital.
674
00:31:58,655 --> 00:32:02,920
Even as he was suffering
from this deadly disease,
675
00:32:02,964 --> 00:32:06,141
Steve Garland
had to keep going.
676
00:32:06,184 --> 00:32:07,446
Conning people was his job.
677
00:32:07,490 --> 00:32:10,014
This was his livelihood.
678
00:32:10,058 --> 00:32:12,625
And there was no way
he was gonna stop,
679
00:32:12,669 --> 00:32:15,454
especially when greeted
with a wealthy man
680
00:32:15,498 --> 00:32:17,239
such as Christopher.
681
00:32:17,282 --> 00:32:19,981
A lifetime of conning people
is one thing
682
00:32:20,024 --> 00:32:23,201
but to kill someone
is completely different.
683
00:32:23,245 --> 00:32:30,252
♪
684
00:32:30,295 --> 00:32:32,080
Things really started
to heat up
685
00:32:32,123 --> 00:32:34,865
that Garland was our guy.
Here we go.
686
00:32:34,908 --> 00:32:37,041
Now let's start focusing
really, really hard
687
00:32:37,085 --> 00:32:40,305
on--on Garland.
688
00:32:40,349 --> 00:32:42,568
Around the time
of the homicide,
689
00:32:42,612 --> 00:32:45,049
Garland was supposed to show
up for a court date in Indiana
690
00:32:45,093 --> 00:32:46,616
which he didn't.
691
00:32:46,659 --> 00:32:50,141
Detectives are now following
a warrant that was out
692
00:32:50,185 --> 00:32:53,536
for Garland's arrest
in Indiana.
693
00:32:53,579 --> 00:32:56,321
When we were running
his name, we found out
694
00:32:56,365 --> 00:33:02,023
that Garland had been arrested
in New York on March 2nd.
695
00:33:02,066 --> 00:33:04,068
♪
696
00:33:04,112 --> 00:33:06,331
If Garland was arrested
on March 2nd,
697
00:33:06,375 --> 00:33:08,551
it seems he has an alibi
in Christopher's murder,
698
00:33:08,594 --> 00:33:11,249
which our detectives estimated
to be on March 5th,
699
00:33:11,293 --> 00:33:14,383
the day Christopher stopped
collecting his newspapers.
700
00:33:14,426 --> 00:33:17,516
♪
701
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,953
You know he was locked up
702
00:33:19,997 --> 00:33:22,956
so no way he could be
in the apartment.
703
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,133
But as they gear up to go
back to the drawing board,
704
00:33:25,176 --> 00:33:28,092
the autopsy comes in
from the coroner's office.
705
00:33:28,136 --> 00:33:31,617
We get to the autopsy.
That reveals everything.
706
00:33:31,661 --> 00:33:35,056
The report reveals Cooley
was killed on March 2nd,
707
00:33:35,099 --> 00:33:36,318
not the 5th.
708
00:33:36,361 --> 00:33:39,538
Garland doesn't have an alibi
after all.
709
00:33:39,582 --> 00:33:41,975
His arrest didn't happen
until several hours
710
00:33:42,019 --> 00:33:43,499
after Christopher's murder
711
00:33:43,542 --> 00:33:45,370
when he went
to get cancer treatment
712
00:33:45,414 --> 00:33:47,329
at the New York hospital.
713
00:33:47,372 --> 00:33:50,114
♪
714
00:33:50,158 --> 00:33:52,116
Indiana found out that
he was here in New York
715
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,422
getting treatment
716
00:33:53,465 --> 00:33:55,554
and knew when he was supposed
to show up there
717
00:33:55,598 --> 00:33:57,208
on March 2nd.
718
00:33:57,252 --> 00:33:59,950
Contacted the detectives
down here.
719
00:33:59,993 --> 00:34:04,302
So at 5:00, Steven Garland
walked in to get a treatment.
720
00:34:04,346 --> 00:34:08,089
NYPD arrests Garland
on the Indiana warrant
721
00:34:08,132 --> 00:34:10,613
completely unaware of
Christopher Cooley's murder
722
00:34:10,656 --> 00:34:12,180
at this point.
723
00:34:12,223 --> 00:34:13,616
They take him to Rikers Island
724
00:34:13,659 --> 00:34:17,359
to await extradition
back to Indiana.
725
00:34:17,402 --> 00:34:20,144
Rikers Island is one of the
biggest correctional complexes
726
00:34:20,188 --> 00:34:22,755
in the world
at more than 400 acres.
727
00:34:22,799 --> 00:34:26,107
It sits like a fortress in
the middle of the East River.
728
00:34:26,150 --> 00:34:29,675
♪
729
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,503
Rikers Island is a jail
730
00:34:31,547 --> 00:34:34,071
that's on its little own island
for itself.
731
00:34:34,115 --> 00:34:37,683
It houses inmates
that are awaiting trials
732
00:34:37,727 --> 00:34:41,600
or anybody who gets one
to two years sentence only.
733
00:34:41,644 --> 00:34:44,212
Garland was held there.
734
00:34:45,517 --> 00:34:47,128
Now,
with this new discovery,
735
00:34:47,171 --> 00:34:50,348
detectives had to Rikers
to pick Garland up
736
00:34:50,392 --> 00:34:52,133
but there's a problem.
737
00:34:52,176 --> 00:34:56,224
Garland was sent
back to Indianapolis.
738
00:34:56,267 --> 00:34:58,139
We missed him by one day.
739
00:34:58,182 --> 00:35:00,619
♪
740
00:35:00,663 --> 00:35:04,232
NYPD here now has
this monumental task
741
00:35:04,275 --> 00:35:08,149
of trying to extradite Steve
back to New York from Indiana.
742
00:35:08,192 --> 00:35:13,632
♪
743
00:35:13,676 --> 00:35:16,548
NYPD contacts police
in Indianapolis
744
00:35:16,592 --> 00:35:19,029
and gets the ball rolling
on extradition.
745
00:35:19,072 --> 00:35:21,684
In New York City, we have
all the evidence that we need
746
00:35:21,727 --> 00:35:24,121
to arrest him ourselves,
747
00:35:24,165 --> 00:35:27,298
but we're now waiting
for an extradition order
748
00:35:27,342 --> 00:35:28,560
from Indiana.
749
00:35:28,604 --> 00:35:30,083
And it's frustrating
750
00:35:30,127 --> 00:35:33,043
because you don't know
when it's gonna happen.
751
00:35:33,086 --> 00:35:35,176
As they wait for authorities
in Indiana
752
00:35:35,219 --> 00:35:37,134
to return Garland
to New York City,
753
00:35:37,178 --> 00:35:39,397
they contact Cooley's bank.
754
00:35:39,441 --> 00:35:41,182
We requested video.
755
00:35:41,225 --> 00:35:43,532
There he was, you know,
on March 2nd, you know,
756
00:35:43,575 --> 00:35:46,187
on video cashing the--
cashing the forged check.
757
00:35:46,230 --> 00:35:51,192
♪
758
00:35:51,235 --> 00:35:52,541
He's in video.
759
00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:56,371
He's wearing a shirt
that sort of stood out.
760
00:35:56,414 --> 00:35:58,416
It looked like there
was, like, blood on his shirt.
761
00:35:58,460 --> 00:36:01,680
♪
762
00:36:01,724 --> 00:36:04,466
The check was cashed
763
00:36:04,509 --> 00:36:08,252
at around, like, mid--
noon on March the 2nd
764
00:36:08,296 --> 00:36:10,689
and he was arrested
at 5:00 in the afternoon
765
00:36:10,733 --> 00:36:12,474
on March the 2nd.
766
00:36:12,517 --> 00:36:17,261
We definitely knew we were 100%
on the right direction.
767
00:36:17,305 --> 00:36:19,568
They have the motive,
they have the video,
768
00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:21,396
but it's circumstantial
evidence.
769
00:36:21,439 --> 00:36:25,269
Detectives need proof
that Garland was at the scene.
770
00:36:25,313 --> 00:36:28,446
Juan Rodriguez made the
determination to go to Rikers
771
00:36:28,490 --> 00:36:30,100
to look for property.
772
00:36:30,143 --> 00:36:31,623
Now the time
was to get out there
773
00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:34,235
and get that smoking gun.
774
00:36:34,278 --> 00:36:38,848
We were hoping to recover
a shirt that he was wearing.
775
00:36:38,891 --> 00:36:42,286
There has to be some type
of DNA on that shirt.
776
00:36:42,330 --> 00:36:43,548
We pick up the clothes
777
00:36:43,592 --> 00:36:47,117
and bring it back
to the 19th Precinct.
778
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:51,469
And the detectives were like,
"Oh, there's nothing here."
779
00:36:51,513 --> 00:36:52,862
The blood-splattered shirt
780
00:36:52,905 --> 00:36:56,126
was never collected
from Garland.
781
00:36:56,169 --> 00:36:58,607
He somehow discarded
that shirt.
782
00:36:58,650 --> 00:37:01,218
He was a slick guy.
783
00:37:01,262 --> 00:37:05,135
But something else jumps out
at Detective Rodriguez.
784
00:37:05,178 --> 00:37:06,745
Detective Rodriguez
made the discovery
785
00:37:06,789 --> 00:37:08,312
and I remember him calling me
and going,
786
00:37:08,356 --> 00:37:09,313
"You're never gonna guess what.
787
00:37:09,357 --> 00:37:11,228
You're never gonna
guess what."
788
00:37:11,272 --> 00:37:14,275
[dramatic music]
789
00:37:14,318 --> 00:37:18,279
♪
790
00:37:22,283 --> 00:37:26,243
♪
791
00:37:26,287 --> 00:37:28,201
Detectives need
physical evidence
792
00:37:28,245 --> 00:37:29,420
to connect Steve Garland
793
00:37:29,464 --> 00:37:31,335
to the murder
of Christopher Cooley.
794
00:37:31,379 --> 00:37:33,859
And when they collect
the clothes Garland left behind
795
00:37:33,903 --> 00:37:36,079
in Rikers Island,
there's no shirt,
796
00:37:36,122 --> 00:37:38,864
but they find a lead
that could be even better.
797
00:37:38,908 --> 00:37:40,910
♪
798
00:37:40,953 --> 00:37:43,260
I remember
Detective Rodriguez calling me
799
00:37:43,304 --> 00:37:44,348
and going,
"You're never gonna guess what.
800
00:37:44,392 --> 00:37:47,003
You're never gonna
guess what."
801
00:37:47,046 --> 00:37:48,874
When he got arrested,
he never had time
802
00:37:48,918 --> 00:37:51,834
to get rid of his shoes.
803
00:37:51,877 --> 00:37:55,272
Rodriguez takes a closer
look at the shoes left behind.
804
00:37:55,316 --> 00:37:57,318
They look like the same shoes
he was wearing
805
00:37:57,361 --> 00:37:59,363
when he cashed the check.
806
00:37:59,407 --> 00:38:00,886
When I got the shoes,
807
00:38:00,930 --> 00:38:04,847
I remember grabbing one
and you can feel the moisture.
808
00:38:04,890 --> 00:38:09,678
I was like,
"Why is thing wet for?"
809
00:38:09,721 --> 00:38:12,942
I said to myself,
"This guy washed the shoe."
810
00:38:12,985 --> 00:38:16,772
So I flipped over the shoe
and I'm like,
811
00:38:16,815 --> 00:38:20,819
"There's blood here."
812
00:38:20,863 --> 00:38:22,299
Detectives wonder
if the blood
813
00:38:22,343 --> 00:38:25,694
is that of Christopher Cooley.
814
00:38:25,737 --> 00:38:27,260
Called Crime,
they come and they vouchered
815
00:38:27,304 --> 00:38:30,133
the shoe for DNA.
816
00:38:30,176 --> 00:38:32,440
With the shoes sent
to the lab for testing,
817
00:38:32,483 --> 00:38:35,268
detectives play one last card.
818
00:38:35,312 --> 00:38:36,748
I went to Indiana and I
819
00:38:36,792 --> 00:38:40,404
went with my Homicide
detective, Tommy Fischer.
820
00:38:40,448 --> 00:38:43,320
We were gonna interview him
in regards to this homicide.
821
00:38:43,364 --> 00:38:46,105
In the back of your mind,
you're like, "Oh, con man.
822
00:38:46,149 --> 00:38:48,760
He's gonna talk his way
around everything."
823
00:38:48,804 --> 00:38:52,982
But your ego also says, "Hey,
I can get this guy to confess."
824
00:38:53,025 --> 00:38:56,681
We went to
the correctional facility.
825
00:38:56,725 --> 00:38:58,901
Finally,
detectives are face-to-face
826
00:38:58,944 --> 00:39:02,252
with the man
they've been hunting.
827
00:39:02,295 --> 00:39:04,167
He just kind of looked like
a, you know,
828
00:39:04,210 --> 00:39:06,778
a disheveled,
rundown older man.
829
00:39:06,822 --> 00:39:08,954
He was very--
he was very polite.
830
00:39:08,998 --> 00:39:11,043
And, "Hey, NYPD,
New York's finest.
831
00:39:11,087 --> 00:39:12,436
I love you guys."
832
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,786
The typical con man.
833
00:39:14,830 --> 00:39:17,310
"But unfortunately, guys,
I'm not gonna speak to you.
834
00:39:17,354 --> 00:39:20,488
I'm gonna request the right
to speak to an attorney."
835
00:39:20,531 --> 00:39:22,838
We didn't get the confession.
836
00:39:22,881 --> 00:39:24,883
♪
837
00:39:24,927 --> 00:39:28,060
Not long after detectives
land back in Manhattan,
838
00:39:28,104 --> 00:39:30,019
they get some good news.
839
00:39:30,062 --> 00:39:32,369
The lab tested the shoes
840
00:39:32,413 --> 00:39:36,329
against the blood
that they had from Mr. Cooley
841
00:39:36,373 --> 00:39:38,201
and the blood came back
a match.
842
00:39:38,244 --> 00:39:42,771
So not only do they have
Mr. Garland on video
843
00:39:42,814 --> 00:39:45,817
with the shoes on,
now they have Mr. Cooley's
844
00:39:45,861 --> 00:39:48,254
blood recovered
from those same shoes.
845
00:39:48,298 --> 00:39:50,169
♪
846
00:39:50,213 --> 00:39:52,258
They also run Garland's
fingerprints
847
00:39:52,302 --> 00:39:54,870
taken while he was
at Rikers Island.
848
00:39:54,913 --> 00:39:57,742
The icing on the cake,
they wound up recovering
849
00:39:57,786 --> 00:40:02,138
his fingerprints
from the lamp shards.
850
00:40:02,181 --> 00:40:04,401
That's the home run
right there.
851
00:40:04,445 --> 00:40:07,143
That put him at the
crime scene of my victim.
852
00:40:07,186 --> 00:40:09,145
That was a good moment.
Good feeling.
853
00:40:10,973 --> 00:40:13,497
Detectives present
their evidence,
854
00:40:13,541 --> 00:40:16,761
the fingerprints, the DNA
match, the forged check,
855
00:40:16,805 --> 00:40:18,546
and the financial motive
to the grand jury.
856
00:40:18,589 --> 00:40:21,157
Garland is indicted for the
murder of Christopher Cooley.
857
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,420
The NYPD asked
the Indiana governor,
858
00:40:23,464 --> 00:40:25,248
who at the time
was Mike Pence,
859
00:40:25,291 --> 00:40:27,511
to have Garland
sent back to New York.
860
00:40:27,555 --> 00:40:30,949
But Unfortunately,
the governor of Indiana
861
00:40:30,993 --> 00:40:33,299
was a little preoccupied
with his election
862
00:40:33,343 --> 00:40:37,042
then it took a little while
to try to get the extradition.
863
00:40:37,086 --> 00:40:39,828
♪
864
00:40:39,871 --> 00:40:41,090
As the time ticks by,
865
00:40:41,133 --> 00:40:43,875
Garland's cancer
ravages his body
866
00:40:43,919 --> 00:40:47,052
and he claims
he's too sick to travel.
867
00:40:47,096 --> 00:40:50,795
That was an unbelievably
frustrating situation.
868
00:40:50,839 --> 00:40:54,059
Being he was such a con man,
I thought,
869
00:40:54,103 --> 00:40:57,323
"Oh, yeah, I have cancer.
How bad is it really you know?"
870
00:40:57,367 --> 00:40:59,891
But it turns out it was bad.
871
00:40:59,935 --> 00:41:01,980
In August of 2017,
872
00:41:02,024 --> 00:41:04,156
detectives get
an unexpected call
873
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,811
from an official in Indiana.
874
00:41:06,855 --> 00:41:09,292
You're never gonna
to believe this.
875
00:41:09,335 --> 00:41:11,424
He died.
876
00:41:11,468 --> 00:41:14,863
Like what?
877
00:41:14,906 --> 00:41:17,300
Steven Garland died
of sepsis
878
00:41:17,343 --> 00:41:21,913
at the Plainfield Correction
Facility in Indiana.
879
00:41:21,957 --> 00:41:25,438
He got what he gave
and he was an evil guy.
880
00:41:25,482 --> 00:41:28,485
When I heard
that he had died,
881
00:41:28,529 --> 00:41:30,966
I had no sympathy.
882
00:41:31,009 --> 00:41:37,450
I think the irony
of how he died,
883
00:41:37,494 --> 00:41:39,627
not being able to breathe
884
00:41:39,670 --> 00:41:43,326
due to cancer of the lungs,
885
00:41:43,369 --> 00:41:46,503
is perhaps poetic justice.
886
00:41:46,547 --> 00:41:48,505
♪
887
00:41:48,549 --> 00:41:51,334
Even though they never had
a chance to prove it in court,
888
00:41:51,377 --> 00:41:53,510
detectives believe
they know what happened.
889
00:41:53,554 --> 00:41:55,947
After the two men met
at Lenox Hill Hospital,
890
00:41:55,991 --> 00:41:58,297
Christopher Cooley
took in Garland as a friend,
891
00:41:58,341 --> 00:41:59,951
inviting him to stay
in his apartment
892
00:41:59,995 --> 00:42:02,563
while getting cancer treatments
in New York.
893
00:42:02,606 --> 00:42:04,869
Garland began to cheat him
out of money
894
00:42:04,913 --> 00:42:06,915
and Christopher
picked up on it.
895
00:42:18,013 --> 00:42:19,971
Steve wasn't having it.
896
00:42:20,015 --> 00:42:21,973
A fight broke out.
897
00:42:22,017 --> 00:42:25,629
He strangled Christopher.
898
00:42:25,673 --> 00:42:30,025
♪
899
00:42:30,068 --> 00:42:32,941
There isn't a week
that goes by
900
00:42:32,984 --> 00:42:35,639
that I don't think about Uncle
in some way.
901
00:42:35,683 --> 00:42:38,555
Not having Uncle be part
of our life
902
00:42:38,599 --> 00:42:41,602
is a big--a big loss.
903
00:42:41,645 --> 00:42:45,127
There has been an emptiness
to all the family.
904
00:43:14,286 --> 00:43:15,679
Uncle had different views
of life,
905
00:43:15,723 --> 00:43:18,160
a different take on things.
906
00:43:18,203 --> 00:43:21,250
To know Uncle
was quite an adventure.
907
00:43:21,293 --> 00:43:23,556
There was always
a good bottle of wine to be had
908
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:28,039
and--and many,
many huckster laughs together.
909
00:43:28,083 --> 00:43:29,432
He is who he was, you know?
910
00:43:29,475 --> 00:43:33,475
I will never forget that.