| 00:00:46 | ]How
whole
done?
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| 00:00:47 | ..this
year.
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| 00:00:51 | ..and better paint.
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| 00:00:54 | Let's break out the drop cloths,
rollers, brushes, and tape.
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| 00:00:59 | Let's start small. then go big.
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| 00:01:01 | No matter what the budget.
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| 00:01:02 | And when we're done, let's take a bow.
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| 00:01:05 | More saving. more doing.
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| 00:01:07 | That's the powerof the home depot.
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| 00:01:10 | Right now, get $5 off
any one-gallon can of any behror glidden
paint.
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| 00:03:15 | Docket ending 6221,
People versus Michael Gardner.
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| 00:03:18 | Intimidating a victim
in the third degree,
menacing in the second degree,
stalking
in the fourth degree.
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| 00:03:23 | Judge cohen:
Your lawyer
running late, Mr. Gardner?
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| 00:03:25 | I fired my
attorney,
Your Honor.
|
| 00:03:27 | I'm representing myself.
|
| 00:03:28 | Oh... that's wonderful.
|
| 00:03:30 | Approach.
|
| 00:03:31 | Your Honor, Mr. Gardner
is currently
under indictment
for multiple rapes.
|
| 00:03:34 | This is simply another way
for him to torture his victims.
|
| 00:03:37 | I have the right
to defend myself.
|
| 00:03:38 | Judge cohen:
Only if you
understand
the implications
of your decision.
|
| 00:03:41 | You'll be held
to the same standards
as any attorney.
|
| 00:03:45 | I understand.
|
| 00:03:46 | I'll grant your
pro se request
for these proceedings.
|
| 00:03:48 | Now, as far
as the rape indictments goes,
you'll have to take it up
with the trial judge.
|
| 00:03:53 | All right,
step back.
|
| 00:03:55 | Now as to
the charges
on the table,
how does the
defendant plead?
|
| 00:04:00 | Not guilty.
|
| 00:04:02 | Let's hear arguments.
|
| 00:04:03 | Cabot:
The defendant is
under orders of protection
against four women
he's accused of raping.
|
| 00:04:06 | He violated these orders
by approaching one victim
in a coffee shop
and hiding out
in front of another
victim's home.
|
| 00:04:11 | I wasn't hiding.
|
| 00:04:12 | I was walking my dog.
|
| 00:04:13 | One coincidence
I can buy.
|
| 00:04:14 | Two are stalking.
|
| 00:04:15 | I don't know
what she's talking about.
|
| 00:04:17 | I was buying coffee.
|
| 00:04:18 | If someone saw me in that shop,
I didn't see them.
|
| 00:04:20 | What contact did
the defendant have
with the
second woman?
|
| 00:04:22 | None. The detectives
arrested him
in order to prevent that.
|
| 00:04:26 | So, how did I violate any order?
|
| 00:04:27 | Unless the People have something
else to give me, you didn't.
|
| 00:04:31 | Your Honor, this is
the defendant's MO.
|
| 00:04:32 | He delights in continually
victimizing women
he's already raped.
|
| 00:04:35 | Then next time,
bring me evidence
that supports
your theory.
|
| 00:04:38 | I'm dismissing all complaints
as facially insufficient.
|
| 00:04:42 | Next case.
|
| 00:04:43 | (bangs gavel)
Gardner's repping himself
at his rape
trial, too?
|
| 00:04:52 | Yes.
|
| 00:04:52 | Judge Preston
granted his request.
|
| 00:04:54 | She appointed Russ as
his stand-by counsel.
|
| 00:04:56 | How can Preston
allow that?
|
| 00:04:57 | There's not much
she can do to prevent it.
|
| 00:04:59 | Normally, I would
consider this a win, but...
|
| 00:05:01 | But Gardner just
handed you your ass
in arraignment?
|
| 00:05:04 | Yeah, I was hoping
the judge would see
that this was in no way
a coincidence.
|
| 00:05:07 | Stabler:
Gardner didn't
attack
Karen Leighton near her home.
|
| 00:05:10 | He got her address
from the order of protection.
|
| 00:05:12 | I mean, we try to protect them,
and then, we end up
giving the guy a map
to find his victims.
|
| 00:05:17 | I mean, next time
we should just drive him there.
|
| 00:05:19 | Fin:
Judge granted
the bastard bail.
|
| 00:05:20 | Orders of protection were
the best we could do.
|
| 00:05:22 | We get anything useful
from Gardner's associates?
|
| 00:05:25 | Munch:
I spoke to his wife,
his business partner,
neighbors.
|
| 00:05:28 | Same story-- great guy,
never a harsh word,
couldn't have done it.
|
| 00:05:31 | Stabler:
So who gets to
tell the victims
their rapist gets
another crack at them in court?
|
| 00:05:35 | I will do it.
|
| 00:05:36 | Man:
Alexandra Cabot?
|
| 00:05:38 | Yeah, that's me.
|
| 00:05:40 | Your office said
I'd find you here.
|
| 00:05:45 | Now what?
|
| 00:05:47 | Gardner's hitting
the ground running.
|
| 00:05:49 | Motion to sever the charges.
|
| 00:05:54 | Gardner:
In three of the four cases,
police found no evidence
implicating me.
|
| 00:05:58 | Cabot:
Article 200, section 20
of the CPL states
that offenses are joinable
when proof of one is material
as evidence of the others.
|
| 00:06:05 | I'm saying you
have no proof.
|
| 00:06:06 | A positive
identification
by Carrie Huitt,
and your fingerprint at
the scene of the rape.
|
| 00:06:11 | Do the People have
any other evidence,
other than the pattern
of the attacks
to support the joinder
of the indictments?
|
| 00:06:16 | We don't need any, Your Honor.
|
| 00:06:18 | People v. West.
|
| 00:06:18 | When the MO is sufficiently
unique, multiple crimes
can be charged
under one indictment.
|
| 00:06:23 | The pattern
in all four rapes is identical.
|
| 00:06:25 | Uh, forgive me, Your Honor.
|
| 00:06:27 | I'm not as well versed
as Miss Cabot.
|
| 00:06:31 | Uh,People versus Sable.
|
| 00:06:34 | "When there is
substantially
more proof
"on one offense
than the others,
"there is a
substantial
likelihood
"that the jury
will be unable
"to consider separately
the proof
as it relates to each offense."
I believe that means
the jury's decision
on the first three victims
would be unfairly influenced
by the fourth.
|
| 00:06:46 | That's right on the money,
Mr. Gardner.
|
| 00:06:49 | It's called "bootstrapping."
I'm severing all counts.
|
| 00:06:52 | Your Honor, the particularly
heinous nature
of the crime makes...
|
| 00:06:55 | Would serve to only further
prejudice the jury.
|
| 00:06:58 | That's it, Miss Cabot.
|
| 00:06:58 | Gardner:
Uh, then I'd like
to make a motion
to dismiss all charges
based on lack of evidence.
|
| 00:07:03 | I think the evidence
against Mr. Gardner
has been amply established.
|
| 00:07:05 | Judge preston:
For the fourth
victim it has.
|
| 00:07:08 | For the others, not even close.
|
| 00:07:09 | The indictments
for victims one through three
are hereby dismissed.
|
| 00:07:13 | Any other business
we need to deal with?
|
| 00:07:16 | Good.
|
| 00:07:17 | Opening statements
at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.
|
| 00:07:19 | (bangs gavel)
We're adjourned.
|
| 00:07:25 | Unless this guy passed
the bar overnight,
Erin Russ is giving
him a lot of help.
|
| 00:07:29 | Don't worry.
|
| 00:07:29 | We'll still nail him
with Carrie's testimony.
|
| 00:07:31 | Well, not if she won't give it.
|
| 00:07:33 | I just got a message
from Bethany Taylor.
|
| 00:07:35 | Carrie says
she can't face her rapist again.
|
| 00:07:40 | I'm really sorry.
|
| 00:07:42 | Could you tell me
why you changed your mind?
|
| 00:07:45 | You know why.
|
| 00:07:47 | I don't want to talk to him.
|
| 00:07:49 | I don't want to hear him.
|
| 00:07:49 | You know, I have to get on
with my life.
|
| 00:07:52 | I can't keep going back to this.
|
| 00:07:53 | Carrie, how are
you going to get
on with your life
knowing that Gardner
got away with it?
|
| 00:07:58 | It's not my fault.
|
| 00:07:59 | It's not my
responsibility.
|
| 00:08:00 | That's right.
|
| 00:08:01 | You're only responsible
for yourself.
|
| 00:08:05 | d you discuss some
of the positive things
that could come out
of a victim testifying
against her rapist?
|
| 00:08:12 | It's often empowering.
|
| 00:08:13 | The attack was out
of your control,
but in court, you
have complete control.
|
| 00:08:17 | And even though Gardner is
doing the questioning,
he is bound by the
rules of the court.
|
| 00:08:22 | All that you're bound
by... is the truth.
|
| 00:08:25 | I just want...
|
| 00:08:27 | I just want to get over it.
|
| 00:08:28 | When am I going to get over it?
|
| 00:08:30 | Benson:
Carrie... I have
never known a single victim
who regretted testifying
against her rapist,
no matter how hard it was,
but I have known plenty
that wish that they had,
and by then, it was too late.
|
| 00:08:51 | Huitt:
And he kept, uh,
running his hand
through my hair,
uh, almost gentle.
|
| 00:08:58 | And...
|
| 00:09:02 | That's when I opened my eyes
a little.
|
| 00:09:06 | And you saw his face?
|
| 00:09:07 | Yes.
|
| 00:09:08 | Miss Huitt, do you see
the man who attacked you
in the courtroom
here today?
|
| 00:09:14 | Yes.
|
| 00:09:16 | There.
|
| 00:09:17 | Let the record reflect
the witness has identified
the defendant, Michael Gardner.
|
| 00:09:21 | Thank you, Carrie.
|
| 00:09:27 | Uh, Miss Huitt...
|
| 00:09:31 | you testified
that your attacker choked you
until you passed out.
|
| 00:09:37 | Yes.
|
| 00:09:38 | You tied a cord around my neck.
|
| 00:09:40 | But your attacker was
standing behind you, so...
|
| 00:09:43 | You didn't see him then?
|
| 00:09:46 | I saw you later.
|
| 00:09:48 | Yeah, when you woke up.
|
| 00:09:51 | And you testified that...
|
| 00:09:53 | your attacker sexually
assaulted you?
|
| 00:09:58 | You forced your penis
into my vagina.
|
| 00:10:04 | Gardner:
And when
you opened your eyes...
|
| 00:10:06 | uh, a little,
did your attacker see that?
|
| 00:10:11 | You weren't paying attention.
|
| 00:10:14 | How close was
he to you?
|
| 00:10:18 | You were six inches
away from my face.
|
| 00:10:21 | And he didn't notice
you were awake?
|
| 00:10:23 | Isn't that strange
if he was so close?
|
| 00:10:27 | Is it possible
he was farther away?
|
| 00:10:29 | Objection. He can ask
the same question
20 different ways,
and her answer will be the same.
|
| 00:10:33 | Move on, Mr. Gardner.
|
| 00:10:37 | (clears throat)
The night you saw me
at the police station,
was anyone with you?
|
| 00:10:41 | Yes.
|
| 00:10:42 | Um... a counselor
from the Rape Crisis Center.
|
| 00:10:46 | Bethany Taylor.
|
| 00:10:47 | Did-did you talk to her
that night?
|
| 00:10:51 | Yes.
|
| 00:10:52 | What about?
|
| 00:10:54 | Objection.
|
| 00:10:54 | Communications between
a rape crisis counselor
and a victim are privileged.
|
| 00:10:58 | Sustained.
|
| 00:10:59 | Uh, I have no other questions.
|
| 00:11:09 | Benson:
Once the fingerprint came back,
we apprehended the defendant
outside of his home.
|
| 00:11:14 | I advised him
of his Miranda rights,
Detective Stabler and Tutuola
questioned him,
with his attorney present,
and Carrie Huitt
positively identified him
as the man who had raped her
the night before.
|
| 00:11:24 | Thank you, Detective.
|
| 00:11:27 | Why didn't you question me,
Detective Benson?
|
| 00:11:30 | I was preparing your
victim for the line-up.
|
| 00:11:33 | Oh.
|
| 00:11:34 | So it wasn't because I punched
you earlier that night?
|
| 00:11:37 | Cabot:
Objection. Relevance?
|
| 00:11:38 | I'm trying to ascertain
whether the detective
has a personal stake
in my arrest and prosecution.
|
| 00:11:42 | I'll allow it.
|
| 00:11:44 | I have no personal stake in you.
|
| 00:11:47 | You weren't mad
at me?
|
| 00:11:48 | Or, uh, embarrassed
that I eluded your grasp
in front of your colleagues?
|
| 00:11:53 | It's not uncommon
for a perpetrator
to lose control
of himself,
and I have certainly
been hit much harder.
|
| 00:12:02 | When Detective Tutuola
took me into the line-up room,
I saw you in the corridor
of your precinct.
|
| 00:12:08 | Who were you talking to?
|
| 00:12:10 | Bethany Taylor.
|
| 00:12:11 | The rape crisis counselor.
|
| 00:12:13 | What were you talking about?
|
| 00:12:16 | Cabot:
Objection.
|
| 00:12:18 | I think
we've already established
counselor communications
are privileged.
|
| 00:12:20 | Actually, only communications
with thevictimare privileged.
|
| 00:12:25 | Not with law enforcement.
|
| 00:12:26 | Your objection's overruled.
|
| 00:12:27 | The witness may answer
the question.
|
| 00:12:29 | I was advising
Miss Taylor
not to interfere
with the line-up,
so that it would be
fair and impartial.
|
| 00:12:35 | I saw you looking at me...
|
| 00:12:37 | in that corridor, correct?
|
| 00:12:39 | Yes.
|
| 00:12:40 | I also saw Miss Taylor
look at me.
|
| 00:12:43 | Oh... you'll have to ask her.
|
| 00:12:46 | Where did she go after
she finished talking to you?
|
| 00:12:52 | Into the interview room.
|
| 00:12:53 | And who else
was in that interview room?
|
| 00:12:58 | Carrie Huitt.
|
| 00:13:00 | So...
|
| 00:13:01 | the sequence of events
goes like this:
Bethany Taylor talked to you,
then saw me in handcuffs.
|
| 00:13:07 | After that,
she talked to the victim alone.
|
| 00:13:10 | And only then,
after all this talking,
did the victim identify me.
|
| 00:13:14 | Objection.
|
| 00:13:15 | That's okay.
|
| 00:13:16 | I'm done.
|
| 00:13:21 | This is crap, Alex.
|
| 00:13:21 | Yeah?
|
| 00:13:22 | 'Cause it looks to me
like Michael Gardner
making a really good case
for tainted identification.
|
| 00:13:26 | I wish you'd told me
about this, Olivia.
|
| 00:13:27 | Hold on.
|
| 00:13:28 | That line-up
was not tainted.
|
| 00:13:30 | How do you know?
|
| 00:13:31 | What could a rape counselor
possibly gain
from helping a victim
make a false ID?
|
| 00:13:35 | It doesn't matter
what happens,
only what appears
to have happened.
|
| 00:13:37 | Oh...
|
| 00:13:38 | If the Judge tosses this ID,
this case is screwed.
|
| 00:13:42 | Bethany, what's up?
|
| 00:13:43 | I just got subpoenaed to testify
on Michael Gardner's behalf.
|
| 00:13:50 | (scoffs)
This isn't up for debate,
Your Honor.
|
| 00:13:53 | The law clearly states
a rape counselor
cannot disclose unless
the victim authorizes it,
or reveals intent to
commit a harmful act.
|
| 00:13:58 | Well, it's my understanding
I have a right to due process.
|
| 00:14:01 | How can I defend myself
if I don't know
all the evidence against me?
|
| 00:14:03 | The counselor's records
and testimony
were never in evidence.
|
| 00:14:06 | Exactly.
|
| 00:14:06 | So no one really knows
what was said.
|
| 00:14:08 | And you can't go on a fishing
expedition to find out.
|
| 00:14:10 | People v. Peñaheld
that the defendant cannot go
on a roving tour through
somebody's personal information
without a stated purpose.
|
| 00:14:16 | Well, I have
a very specific purpose.
|
| 00:14:17 | She saw me
before the line-up,
then had a private conversation
with the victim.
|
| 00:14:20 | I have a right to know if she
told her what I looked like,
or what I was wearing.
|
| 00:14:24 | All right.
|
| 00:14:25 | I'll question Miss Taylor
in chambers.
|
| 00:14:27 | If I feel her testimony
is material
to Mr. Gardner's defense,
the jury will hear it.
|
| 00:14:36 | How'd it go?
|
| 00:14:37 | Great.
|
| 00:14:37 | Didn't say a thing.
|
| 00:14:38 | What do you mean
you didn't say a thing?
|
| 00:14:40 | You're under subpoena.
|
| 00:14:40 | You don't have a choice.
|
| 00:14:42 | Yeah, I do.
|
| 00:14:43 | Bethany, this isn't
going to help anybody.
|
| 00:14:45 | Detective Benson,
I need you
to take Miss Taylor into custody
for contempt.
|
| 00:14:49 | Wait, Judge, there's
got to be another...
|
| 00:14:51 | Either you do it...
|
| 00:14:52 | or I'll get someone else to.
|
| 00:14:58 | Let's go.
|
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| 00:18:56 | Save it.
|
| 00:18:56 | Cabot:
Nothing good
is going to come
from this, Bethany.
|
| 00:19:00 | I won't break privilege.
|
| 00:19:00 | Well, it's going to be broken
with or without you.
|
| 00:19:02 | Judge Preston
has made her decision.
|
| 00:19:04 | She wants to hear
your testimony.
|
| 00:19:06 | I won't give it.
|
| 00:19:06 | End of story.
|
| 00:19:07 | Well, did you
tell Carrie
what Gardner looked like
before the line-up?
|
| 00:19:10 | You know I didn't.
|
| 00:19:11 | Then what does it matter?
|
| 00:19:13 | Tell Preston what
you talked about,
she'll find it immaterial
to the defense,
and then no one else
has to hear about it.
|
| 00:19:18 | Then the precedent is set.
|
| 00:19:19 | And every subsequent
rape survivor gets to wonder
"Can I talk about this,
or will everything I say
be broadcast on Court TV?"
No one will trust us
and no one
will report the crimes.
|
| 00:19:30 | Cabot:
So what's your plan?
|
| 00:19:31 | To spend the rest of
your life in here?
|
| 00:19:34 | I brought my toothbrush.
|
| 00:19:35 | I'll do the bid.
|
| 00:19:36 | Well, that's fine.
|
| 00:19:37 | But in the meantime,
this case goes down
as a mistrial or an acquittal,
and Michael Gardner walks.
|
| 00:19:43 | What if the victim
waives privilege?
|
| 00:19:46 | No.
|
| 00:19:47 | I think Judge Preston
will go for it.
|
| 00:19:49 | Then privilege is intact,
and no precedent is set.
|
| 00:19:52 | You would put this on Carrie?
|
| 00:19:54 | Do you have any idea
how damaging this could be?
|
| 00:19:57 | Bethany, what else
do you want me to do?
|
| 00:19:59 | Not that.
|
| 00:20:01 | I mean it.
|
| 00:20:02 | She can't handle it.
|
| 00:20:03 | You're supposed to help
the victims.
|
| 00:20:07 | Do your job.
|
| 00:20:14 | Benson:
You heard what happened
with Bethany?
|
| 00:20:17 | Mm-hmm.
|
| 00:20:20 | Carrie, I, um...
|
| 00:20:23 | I'm asking you to waive
your right to privacy
so that Bethany
can testify about her
conversation with you.
|
| 00:20:34 | You're not wearing
your engagement ring.
|
| 00:20:37 | Yeah, that was my decision.
|
| 00:20:40 | I didn't want Eric
to have to wait around
for me to get back to normal.
|
| 00:20:45 | I couldn't have sex
without crying.
|
| 00:20:48 | I love him, but I'm never going
to be back to normal.
|
| 00:20:51 | Carrie, I really
don't think
that this is the right time
to be making
these kind of decisions.
|
| 00:20:56 | When is
the right time?
|
| 00:20:59 | You're all sitting around
waiting for me to shake this off
and get back to normal.
|
| 00:21:03 | (chuckles softly)
(exhales)
You have no idea.
|
| 00:21:14 | I can't sleep more
than 20 minutes a night.
|
| 00:21:21 | (sniffles)
I hate to be alone
but God, I hate
to be around people more.
|
| 00:21:27 | And I am so afraid
to walk outside.
|
| 00:21:30 | Or-or be in a crowded place
because, you know,
I might see him.
|
| 00:21:37 | And all I can think to myself
is it would have been so much
better if he'd just killed me.
|
| 00:21:45 | So, uh, that's what I talked
to Bethany about.
|
| 00:21:49 | Because she told me
that I could say anything
to her,
and no one would ever know.
|
| 00:22:00 | Nothing that I do will ever
change what happened to you.
|
| 00:22:04 | I can only try to prevent it
from happening again,
except everything
that I have done has failed.
|
| 00:22:11 | I'm not going to
pretend that this
is a good thing.
|
| 00:22:15 | Or that this
is a fair thing.
|
| 00:22:17 | But I have to ask you
for your help.
|
| 00:22:22 | Because...
|
| 00:22:25 | you are our last chance.
|
| 00:22:33 | Carrie:
I hate
to see you in here.
|
| 00:22:36 | Don't worry about me.
|
| 00:22:37 | This was my decision,
not yours.
|
| 00:22:40 | I waived my rights.
|
| 00:22:41 | (scoffs):
And I wish she didn't
make you do that.
|
| 00:22:43 | But it doesn't
mean anything.
|
| 00:22:45 | I still won't talk.
|
| 00:22:45 | It's my decision,
and it's already done.
|
| 00:22:48 | You said that this
is about control, right?
|
| 00:22:51 | Taking it back.
|
| 00:22:52 | Well, I am.
|
| 00:22:53 | I do not want there
to be any chance
that this guy
can get away.
|
| 00:22:57 | So, please,
testify to the judge.
|
| 00:23:00 | It's okay.
|
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| 00:27:39 | Judge:
After questioning
Bethany Taylor,
it is my ruling
that her testimony
is not relevant
to the pre-trial identification,
and that the defendant's
right to due process
has not been violated.
|
| 00:27:50 | Therefore, the testimony will
not be entered into record.
|
| 00:27:53 | Objection!
|
| 00:27:54 | You can't object, Mr. Gardner.
|
| 00:27:54 | Take a seat.
|
| 00:27:57 | No, that's not fair.
|
| 00:27:58 | That is my ruling.
|
| 00:27:59 | (bangs gavel)
We're adjourned for today.
|
| 00:28:04 | So what else can Gardner pull
when he puts up his own defense?
|
| 00:28:08 | I expect he'll
throw a couple
of character witnesses
on the stand.
|
| 00:28:10 | He'll take
his own testimony.
|
| 00:28:11 | Just have to be ready
for anything that he does.
|
| 00:28:15 | Detective.
|
| 00:28:16 | Bethany.
|
| 00:28:17 | I know you didn't want this,
but thank you anyway.
|
| 00:28:20 | I didn't do this for you.
|
| 00:28:21 | I did it for Carrie.
|
| 00:28:22 | Want to know
what you did, Detective?
|
| 00:28:24 | This is a subpoena from a man
who raped another
client of mine.
|
| 00:28:27 | He wants her
records disclosed.
|
| 00:28:29 | So I was thinking,
you'd be the perfect person
to bully her
into waiving her rights.
|
| 00:28:34 | I did what I had to do
to stop Michael Gardner
from raping another woman.
|
| 00:28:37 | Six of my clients
already quit counseling.
|
| 00:28:40 | They don't trust me anymore.
|
| 00:28:42 | But you got your win.
|
| 00:28:42 | Who cares if it's
at everyone else's expense?
|
| 00:28:54 | Where is everybody?
|
| 00:28:55 | Kathy took the kids
toLa Boheme.
|
| 00:28:59 | Pass.
|
| 00:29:01 | So on your one night
as a bachelor, you go
to the grocery store?
|
| 00:29:04 | That's pretty
pathetic.
|
| 00:29:05 | Grocery store with strippers.
|
| 00:29:10 | Liv, you've got to let it go.
|
| 00:29:15 | You put a rapist
on trial.
|
| 00:29:16 | You did your job.
|
| 00:29:17 | I think I made it worse.
|
| 00:29:20 | Now, you know that's not true.
|
| 00:29:25 | I made Carrie relive
the worst thing
that's ever
happened to her.
|
| 00:29:30 | I screwed any number of victims
who might have sought counseling
from Bethany Taylor.
|
| 00:29:35 | And a few less rapes may be
reported because of it.
|
| 00:29:37 | If Michael Gardner is convicted,
he'll never rape another woman.
|
| 00:29:41 | It's not worth it.
|
| 00:29:42 | It's not worth
the cost.
|
| 00:29:45 | To you or them?
|
| 00:29:48 | I'm not talking about me.
|
| 00:29:50 | Yeah, you are.
|
| 00:29:52 | For as long
as I have known you...
|
| 00:29:56 | you've always identified
with the victims.
|
| 00:29:59 | Maybe that's because
you're a woman.
|
| 00:30:02 | I don't know.
|
| 00:30:05 | I do know it's
one of the things
that makes you
a great cop.
|
| 00:30:10 | It's also one
of the things
that makes this job
torture sometimes.
|
| 00:30:17 | You can never go back
and change things
that have already happened,
Olivia...
|
| 00:30:24 | You can't.
|
| 00:30:32 | You kill yourself
to make something happen
or you do nothing, and...
|
| 00:30:40 | Doesn't matter.
|
| 00:30:42 | There's always
another child molester.
|
| 00:30:45 | There's always another rapist.
|
| 00:30:47 | And it's like...
|
| 00:30:49 | you have to sell
a little piece of yourself
to get the job done.
|
| 00:30:58 | So what the hell's the point?
|
| 00:31:06 | I don't know.
|
| 00:31:08 | Maybe there isn't a point.
|
| 00:31:12 | Maybe the cost
is too high.
|
| 00:31:19 | Olivia, no one's
making you do this.
|
| 00:31:22 | The difference
between you and all the victims
is you can walk away.
|
| 00:31:31 | No, I can't.
|
| 00:31:47 | Judge:
We've been waiting
for over an hour, Miss Russ.
|
| 00:31:50 | We have no proof
that Mr. Gardner
has absconded, your Honor.
|
| 00:31:54 | If the defendant
has knowingly forfeited
his right to be present,
then the trial should
continue
without him.
|
| 00:31:59 | For all we know,
he could have
fallen ill,
or been in an accident.
|
| 00:32:03 | Find out, Miss Russ.
|
| 00:32:05 | Quickly.
|
| 00:32:09 | Got it.
|
| 00:32:10 | All airports are on alert.
|
| 00:32:11 | So far he hasn't shown up
on any passenger manifest.
|
| 00:32:13 | We're focusing
on domestic flights.
|
| 00:32:15 | His wife said that
his passport's expired.
|
| 00:32:17 | Which you don't need
to drive into Canada,
so customs along
the New York/Ontario borders
are on alert.
|
| 00:32:21 | Locals are putting Garner's
mug shot on the 11:00 news.
|
| 00:32:24 | It'll be in the papers
in the morning.
|
| 00:32:26 | But there's still
a possibility
that he's staying in town
despite the danger.
|
| 00:32:29 | He's already shown
a propensity for stalking,
which means that any number
of people could be a target.
|
| 00:32:34 | That's why I want
warnings out to the judge,
the DAs, every witness,
victim, juror...
|
| 00:32:38 | anybody who set foot
in that courtroom
that he could see as an enemy.
|
| 00:32:41 | Stabler.
|
| 00:32:42 | That includes you, Olivia.
|
| 00:32:43 | This guy's
got a hard-on for you.
|
| 00:32:45 | Good, I hope
he tries something.
|
| 00:32:47 | He did try something.
|
| 00:32:48 | Another attack.
|
| 00:32:52 | Officer:
Neighbor found her
when he was taking out
the garbage,
but he didn't hear a thing.
|
| 00:32:56 | Victim get a look at him?
|
| 00:32:57 | Don't know.
|
| 00:32:57 | She's dead.
|
| 00:33:00 | Stabler:
Cut up her face,
too, this time.
|
| 00:33:03 | Three or four slashes,
fingerprint bruising
around the neck.
|
| 00:33:06 | He's getting smarter.
|
| 00:33:07 | This time,
there's nobody to ID him.
|
| 00:34:27 | We all do it. but you don't have to.
|
| 00:34:31 | ..
|
| 00:34:33 | ..
|
| 00:34:36 | Odor and release a fresh scent.
|
| 00:34:37 | It's still working,so you can stop checking.
|
| 00:36:53 | Victim's Evelyn Sharp
from Staten Island.
|
| 00:36:55 | You were right about
the manual strangulation.
|
| 00:36:58 | Found traces of talc,
so I'm guessing
he wore latex gloves.
|
| 00:37:00 | So he's learning
from his mistakes.
|
| 00:37:02 | Her hands have
some defensive wounds--
bruises on her knuckles--
so I'm thinking
she woke up at some point
and fought back.
|
| 00:37:09 | She get a piece of him?
|
| 00:37:09 | Nothing under
her nails,
no fluids
or foreign hairs on the body,
but I did find
something interesting.
|
| 00:37:15 | Excised the skin
right down to the fascia.
|
| 00:37:18 | He got
a piece of her.
|
| 00:37:18 | So now he's collecting trophies?
|
| 00:37:20 | I thought so
at first,
but look at the size
and location of the wound.
|
| 00:37:24 | She was fighting him off...
|
| 00:37:27 | So he bit her.
|
| 00:37:28 | Then he cuts away
the skin
to get rid
of the evidence?
|
| 00:37:30 | Guy's becoming
a regular criminal genius.
|
| 00:37:32 | Not quite.
|
| 00:37:32 | He didn't cut deep enough.
|
| 00:37:33 | There's still an impression
in the muscle tissue.
|
| 00:37:36 | Benson:
Well, can you
match it
to Gardner's
dental records?
|
| 00:37:39 | Already did.
|
| 00:37:40 | No question.
|
| 00:37:41 | We got the son of a bitch.
|
| 00:37:44 | Still think your client's
an innocent man?
|
| 00:37:46 | This is no longer
a case of mistaken identities
or false line-ups.
|
| 00:37:50 | This man is guilty
of rape and murder.
|
| 00:37:52 | If I knew where he was,
I'd tell you.
|
| 00:37:54 | People are
in imminent danger here.
|
| 00:37:56 | I told you,
I don't know where he is.
|
| 00:37:57 | If I hear from him,
you're the first call I'll make.
|
| 00:38:04 | If he's getting any help,
it's not from a family member.
|
| 00:38:07 | Gardner's got no
relatives in New York.
|
| 00:38:08 | I talked to his business
partners and his staff.
|
| 00:38:11 | Nobody's heard
from him.
|
| 00:38:12 | Wife seemed pretty devastated
when he left.
|
| 00:38:14 | I don't think she's hiding him.
|
| 00:38:15 | Dump his phones,
the last six months.
|
| 00:38:16 | If it was a wrong number,
I want to know
what the conversation was.
|
| 00:38:19 | Gardner's financials.
|
| 00:38:20 | All of the money
belongs to Mrs. Gardner,
but he's got access
to everything.
|
| 00:38:24 | Any recent
transactions?
|
| 00:38:26 | Yup. A big one.
|
| 00:38:27 | Five grand yesterday morning.
|
| 00:38:28 | Check cashing place
in the Bronx.
|
| 00:38:31 | Man:
Yeah, that's
the Richie Rich.
|
| 00:38:32 | He wanted
to cash 20 grand.
|
| 00:38:34 | I told him five
was my limit.
|
| 00:38:36 | He wrote up a new check.
|
| 00:38:37 | Stabler:
He alone?
|
| 00:38:38 | I guess so.
|
| 00:38:39 | I didn't see anybody.
|
| 00:38:41 | We're going to need
the paperwork on that.
|
| 00:38:43 | The guy had the proper ID.
|
| 00:38:44 | I-I-I didn't do nothing illegal.
|
| 00:38:46 | Hey, are those
recording?
|
| 00:38:48 | This kind of business?
|
| 00:38:49 | You better believe it,
lady.
|
| 00:38:50 | We're going to need
the tapes.
|
| 00:38:55 | Benson:
Right there.
|
| 00:38:57 | Man:
That your guy?
|
| 00:38:58 | Stabler:
Yup.
|
| 00:38:58 | It doesn't tell us much
other than he's alone.
|
| 00:39:00 | I digitized the tape
from the other camera, too.
|
| 00:39:04 | Here's the same time frame.
|
| 00:39:06 | That's him exiting,
and getting
into that white SUV.
|
| 00:39:09 | Stabler:
Like the one
Carrie saw
the night of her attack.
|
| 00:39:11 | Did you get plates off that?
|
| 00:39:12 | Not the way the
camera's positioned.
|
| 00:39:14 | All the accident investigation
unit could tell me
was it's a '99 Lexus RX 300.
|
| 00:39:18 | Can you play that
a little longer?
|
| 00:39:20 | Sure.
|
| 00:39:21 | Benson:
He's getting
into the passenger side.
|
| 00:39:23 | Who's driving?
|
| 00:39:24 | Let's see if I can blow it up.
|
| 00:39:33 | We'll go frame
by frame.
|
| 00:39:38 | Looks like
he's kissing her.
|
| 00:39:41 | His wife's got long hair.
|
| 00:39:42 | Gardner's got himself
a girlfriend.
|
| 00:39:46 | Any ID on the mystery woman?
|
| 00:39:47 | We got six months
of phone records.
|
| 00:39:49 | There's nothing
out of the ordinary yet.
|
| 00:39:51 | The problem is
this guy's smart enough
to never have called the
girlfriend from his own phone.
|
| 00:39:55 | And if he bought a prepaid cell,
well, we wouldn't
know about that.
|
| 00:39:57 | A majority of the calls
this month
went to his lawyer,
big surprise.
|
| 00:40:02 | Last month too.
|
| 00:40:06 | And four months ago.
|
| 00:40:07 | Cragen:
Why would he need
to talk
to a criminal defense attorney
beforehe was arrested?
|
| 00:40:15 | Because he's been having
an affair with Erin Russ.
|
| 00:40:18 | She registered a vehicle
to the DMV four years ago.
|
| 00:40:22 | 1999 white Lexus.
|
| 00:40:27 | Stabler:
Look at this.
|
| 00:40:45 | Erin, it's Detectives
Benson and Stabler.
|
| 00:40:48 | Let us in.
|
| 00:40:49 | It's open.
|
| 00:40:57 | Erin, where is he?
|
| 00:40:59 | Where's Gardner, Erin?
|
| 00:41:00 | Where is he?
|
| 00:41:02 | He's here.
|
| 00:41:03 | Let me see your hands.
|
| 00:41:05 | Put up your hands.
|
| 00:41:14 | Benson:
Are you hurt?
|
| 00:41:16 | No.
|
| 00:41:18 | I found the murder weapon
in the car.
|
| 00:41:22 | He denied it.
|
| 00:41:24 | Even after I found everything.
|
| 00:41:28 | If he attacked you,
there's nothing
you could have done.
|
| 00:41:34 | That's right.
|
| 00:41:37 | Justifiable homicide.
|
| 00:41:41 | If he attacked me.
|
| 00:41:48 | I need to know it's over.
|
| 00:41:50 | I tried setting it up
with the people in charge.
|
| 00:41:52 | They said
it was inappropriate.
|
| 00:41:54 | How did you convince them?
|
| 00:41:55 | They don't need to know.
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| 00:43:18 | These are their stories.
|
| 00:43:21 | If the cab driver went
the way I told him to,
we wouldn't have
got stuck in traffic.
|
| 00:43:25 | We should have
taken the subway.
|
| 00:43:26 | Body slamming my way
onto the number nine
with the great
unwashed?
|
| 00:43:30 | No, thanks.
|
| 00:43:31 | You're a snob.
|
| 00:43:32 | We're so late, I'm sure
they started dinner without us.
|
| 00:43:36 | Come on, guys.
|
| 00:43:38 | Take it easy, Josh.
|
| 00:43:38 | I'm sure they're in the back
by the dining room.
|
| 00:43:43 | There, open.
|
| 00:43:44 | (shivering)
Evan!
|
| 00:43:48 | Sorry we're late.
|
| 00:43:51 | Josh:
Oh, my God.
|
| 00:43:53 | Woman:
Oh...!
|
| 00:43:55 | Yo, Lucates,
take this couple
up to Homicide
and have Kroling get
their statements, all right?
|
| 00:44:00 | Detective Dave Duethorn.
|
| 00:44:01 | Missed dinner with
my wife and kids.
|
| 00:44:03 | This better be good.
|
| 00:44:04 | Two naked women,
fluids everywhere,
both raped and
shot in the head.
|
| 00:44:07 | That's our bread and butter.
|
| 00:44:08 | So, I guess the two head-shot
naked guys with them
are nothing special, right?
|
| 00:44:14 | Well, what do you think?
|
| 00:44:15 | Stabler:
Looks like the party from hell.
|
| 00:44:17 | Dinner party
to be exact.
|
| 00:44:19 | With an orgy for dessert.
|
| 00:44:20 | Except they never made
it to the appetizer.
|
| 00:44:22 | Dining room table's
still set.
|
| 00:44:24 | And check that out.
|
| 00:44:25 | "Happy Engagement.
|
| 00:44:27 | Share wonderful lives together."
There's no signature.
|
| 00:44:31 | Who's the unlucky couple here?
|
| 00:44:32 | evan Briggs and his
fiancée Melissa Ziman.
|
| 00:44:34 | Other two are
Dean McCarren and
Regina Valerio.
|
| 00:44:36 | The couple who found
them made the IDs.
|
| 00:44:37 | Evan and Melissa invited
some grad school friends
over to celebrate.
|
| 00:44:42 | Not the type of evening
you expect to turn into
a sexual free-for-all.
|
| 00:44:45 | I'm thinking
home invasion.
|
| 00:44:46 | Doorbell rings,
victim opens door,
wacko busts in
and robs them.
|
| 00:44:50 | Fin:
You got
four victims.
|
| 00:44:52 | Got to be at least two perps.
|
| 00:44:53 | What did they take?
|
| 00:44:54 | All the victims'
jewelry.
|
| 00:44:55 | Marks on the men's wrists
indicate they wore watches.
|
| 00:44:58 | The women
wore necklaces.
|
| 00:44:59 | Their wallets and IDs
are also gone,
along with Ms. Ziman's
two-and-a-half carat
engagement ring.
|
| 00:45:03 | The couple who found them
told me she got it last week.
|
| 00:45:05 | Oh, and there's something else,
right, Doc?
|
| 00:45:08 | Both men were beaten,
probably with the business end
of an automatic.
|
| 00:45:11 | Something
must have set them off.
|
| 00:45:12 | Pummeled the men
and raped the women.
|
| 00:45:15 | Warner:
Not just the women.
|
| 00:45:17 | Excuse me?
|
| 00:45:18 | The men were raped, too.
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| 00:48:42 | All the violence
was pre-mortem--
the beatings and the rapes.
|
| 00:48:45 | Anything from the kits?
|
| 00:48:46 | Plenty of fluids, but
when I combed for hairs,
things got strange.
|
| 00:48:50 | Define strange.
|
| 00:48:51 | Take a look.
|
| 00:48:54 | Hairs look the same
to me.
|
| 00:48:55 | Warner:
Both belong
to evan Briggs.
|
| 00:48:58 | I found the
one on the left
on his fiancée.
|
| 00:49:00 | Nothing unusual about that.
|
| 00:49:01 | The other was in
the second male victim.
|
| 00:49:04 | What the hell went on here?
|
| 00:49:06 | Both men had blood
and fluids on them
that matched the blood types
of the other victims.
|
| 00:49:11 | The perps forced the
men to rape the women
and then each other?
|
| 00:49:15 | I'll need the DNA
to confirm it,
but that's how it looks.
|
| 00:49:19 | The townhouse
belongs to Earl Briggs,
CEO of HappyTime Toys.
|
| 00:49:24 | Evan is his son.
|
| 00:49:25 | Two of them lived there alone.
|
| 00:49:27 | Mom's deceased.
|
| 00:49:28 | I checked Earl's background
and financials.
|
| 00:49:30 | Aside from
being worth 50 million,
nothing points to anyone
intentionally targeting
his home.
|
| 00:49:34 | What about the victims?
|
| 00:49:35 | Squeaky clean.
|
| 00:49:36 | All four
come from wealthy families.
|
| 00:49:38 | Had entry-level jobs in media.
|
| 00:49:39 | Fin:
Ready for this?
|
| 00:49:40 | We're looking
for one perp.
|
| 00:49:42 | Lab found a bunch
of bloody footprints
all made by the
same pair of shoes,
and I checked VICAP.
|
| 00:49:46 | Nobody's active
with a similar M.O.
|
| 00:49:48 | It's hard
to believe
this sadistic son of a bitch
just suddenly popped up
on the radar screen.
|
| 00:49:52 | Guy like this was probably
in the system before.
|
| 00:49:54 | Sexual assault, rape, burglary,
maybe a few street holdups.
|
| 00:49:58 | Pretty big step
from there
to making four people
sodomize each other
and then
whacking them.
|
| 00:50:02 | What set them
off, Doc?
|
| 00:50:03 | Probably
one of the victims
said or did something
to challenge his masculinity.
|
| 00:50:06 | The sodomy
was to humiliate them.
|
| 00:50:08 | Killing them
was the ultimate
power trip.
|
| 00:50:10 | Is this nut job
going to
hit again?
|
| 00:50:12 | If he is a sadist,
he enjoyed it,
and he'll
want more.
|
| 00:50:15 | Fin took your notification.
|
| 00:50:17 | Your boss agrees
we should be working
this case together,
so, you're temporarily
reassigned here.
|
| 00:50:22 | All right,
that works for me,
but we got
a little math problem.
|
| 00:50:26 | Munch:
Yeah, well,
educate us.
|
| 00:50:27 | Four deceased,
plus our two latecomers.
|
| 00:50:30 | Look at the dining room table.
|
| 00:50:31 | Munch:
Seven place settings.
|
| 00:50:32 | Well, maybe
our missing dinner guest
didn't like
what was on the menu.
|
| 00:50:35 | We know who it is?
|
| 00:50:37 | No, but Evan's
father probably does.
|
| 00:50:42 | Everybody loved Evan.
|
| 00:50:44 | I can't think of a soul
who'd want to hurt him.
|
| 00:50:46 | Anybody have a
grudge against you?
|
| 00:50:48 | Oh, I doubt
any of my competitors
would resort
to this kind of mayhem.
|
| 00:50:52 | Well, as soon
as you can,
we're going to need
a list of everything
that was stolen.
|
| 00:50:56 | There's some jewelry missing.
|
| 00:50:58 | None of it's worth much.
|
| 00:50:58 | The most valuable thing to me
was the picture.
|
| 00:51:01 | What, a piece of art?
|
| 00:51:02 | A framed photo
of Evan and me
fishing.
|
| 00:51:05 | It's hung in that empty spot
on the wall.
|
| 00:51:08 | Why would he
steal that?
|
| 00:51:09 | Well, it's possible it
fell during the break-in
and we have it
in evidence.
|
| 00:51:13 | We'll check.
|
| 00:51:14 | Best we can tell,
Evan invited two couples
and another friend
for dinner,
but we can't account
for the single friend.
|
| 00:51:19 | I think it was Buzzie.
|
| 00:51:20 | Fin:
You know Buzzie's
real name?
|
| 00:51:22 | Uh, I'm sorry-- Paul Dumont.
|
| 00:51:24 | He just moved back from Boston.
|
| 00:51:25 | Evan and Buzzie used to go
to camp together.
|
| 00:51:28 | Do you have any idea
how we can find him?
|
| 00:51:31 | I just got him a job
over atNOHO Magazine.
|
| 00:51:34 | He started two weeks ago.
|
| 00:51:37 | Paul's not picking up.
|
| 00:51:37 | You want to leave a message
on his voice mail?
|
| 00:51:40 | No, we want to talk
to him in person.
|
| 00:51:42 | You don't know
if he's in?
|
| 00:51:44 | We have over 100
people working here.
|
| 00:51:46 | It's not my job to
keep track of them.
|
| 00:51:48 | Fin:
Is there anybody
that can help us?
|
| 00:51:53 | The police are here
looking for Paul.
|
| 00:51:58 | Sure, I'll tell them.
|
| 00:52:01 | Editor is on his way up.
|
| 00:52:02 | Appreciate it.
|
| 00:52:04 | Are you the officers
looking for Paul Dumont?
|
| 00:52:07 | Fin:
Yes, we are.
|
| 00:52:08 | I'm Ralph Sloan, the editor.
|
| 00:52:09 | I just got a call
from Paul's parents.
|
| 00:52:11 | Did something
happen?
|
| 00:52:12 | There was an
accident last night.
|
| 00:52:15 | He's in the hospital.
|
| 00:52:16 | Fin:
They say
which one?
|
| 00:52:18 | Roosevelt.
|
| 00:52:19 | He's in bad shape.
|
| 00:52:21 | EMS brought him in
last night
with massive skull fractures.
|
| 00:52:24 | Duethorn:
Was he awake
at any time?
|
| 00:52:25 | Extent of his injuries,
I'm surprised he was alive.
|
| 00:52:28 | We rushed him to the O.R.
|
| 00:52:29 | to reduce the swelling
in his brain.
|
| 00:52:31 | What are his chances?
|
| 00:52:32 | They're not good.
|
| 00:52:33 | A lot of damage
and bleeding.
|
| 00:52:35 | In my opinion,
too much for a fall.
|
| 00:52:38 | Who said he fell?
|
| 00:52:39 | EMS run report
said he was under the influence,
found lying on the street.
|
| 00:52:44 | But it didn't scan for me.
|
| 00:52:45 | Fin:
Well, I'm no doctor,
but that
doesn't look good.
|
| 00:52:48 | It's not.
|
| 00:52:49 | Mr. Dumont was hit in the head
in three places
with such force
it caused radiating fractures
more consistent with being
whacked on the head
with a blunt object
than with a fall.
|
| 00:52:59 | You checked his
blood alcohol?
|
| 00:53:01 | Yes, and it was zero.
|
| 00:53:02 | He didn't have a drop to drink.
|
| 00:53:04 | Patrols from the Two-Oh
respond to a call
for a drunk in one
of the stairwells
of the 79th Street
subway station.
|
| 00:53:10 | They find Dumont
all covered in blood,
smelling like he was dragged
through a wine vat.
|
| 00:53:14 | Cops figure he tied one on,
fell down the stairs,
so they called the bus.
|
| 00:53:18 | Did DNA put this guy
at the crime scene?
|
| 00:53:20 | Uh, no, no; only blood found
belonged to
the four murder victims.
|
| 00:53:23 | So, he never went inside.
|
| 00:53:25 | But his flowers did.
|
| 00:53:27 | Florist ID'd Dumont
as the guy
who bought the flowers.
|
| 00:53:29 | So, we're thinking
the perp sees Dumont
going up the steps
to the Briggs place
with his flowers
and a bottle of wine...
|
| 00:53:34 | Conks Dumont on the head,
throws him down the stairs,
holds the flowers
like he's delivering them.
|
| 00:53:38 | The door opens, he goes in
and he does his thing.
|
| 00:53:40 | Meanwhile, those
whacks on the head
leave Dumont
disoriented
but not down
for the count,
so, he somehow makes
it from the townhouse
all the way to
the subway station.
|
| 00:53:47 | That's a long way to go
with a skull fracture.
|
| 00:53:50 | Doctor said it's
possible before
he passed out.
|
| 00:53:52 | And the wine?
|
| 00:53:52 | Lab found stains
on his coat.
|
| 00:53:55 | Bottle must have broken
when he went down.
|
| 00:53:57 | So, Paul Dumont is
victim number five.
|
| 00:53:59 | Crime of opportunity, Captain.
|
| 00:54:01 | Wrong place, wrong time.
|
| 00:54:01 | Thanks. Just like
victims six and seven.
|
| 00:54:04 | We got two more?
|
| 00:54:05 | Riverside Park.
|
| 00:54:06 | Layton:
Parks Department guy
emptying the trash found them.
|
| 00:54:10 | Any ID?
|
| 00:54:11 | In their wallets.
|
| 00:54:12 | Russell and Darlene
Weston, both 51,
live a couple blocks
up Riverside.
|
| 00:54:18 | Both head shot, naked.
|
| 00:54:19 | Same as the townhouse.
|
| 00:54:21 | Any signs of rape?
|
| 00:54:22 | Blood on Mrs. Weston's
nether region.
|
| 00:54:24 | Still waiting
for the M.E.
|
| 00:54:25 | You guys find anything else?
|
| 00:54:26 | Dug a spent slug
out of a tree.
|
| 00:54:29 | Looks like a .380.
|
| 00:54:29 | Rushed it to
ballistics--
waiting to see
if it matches
the other victims.
|
| 00:54:33 | And check this out.
|
| 00:54:34 | Keys-- belonging to
one of the victims, I presume.
|
| 00:54:37 | But found a
couple yards away.
|
| 00:54:39 | And look at the ring.
|
| 00:54:39 | Ah, he left the keys
to the house,
but he broke off
whatever was on the other end.
|
| 00:54:44 | Maybe the keys to the car,
right?
|
| 00:54:46 | Cash and credit cards are gone.
|
| 00:54:47 | Layton:
So is their jewelry.
|
| 00:54:49 | We got six murders in two days.
|
| 00:54:51 | Dumont dies, that makes seven.
|
| 00:54:52 | We got ourselves
a spree killer.
|
| 00:59:02 | Add Paul Dumont
to the loss column.
|
| 00:59:03 | Hospital called;
he died an hour ago.
|
| 00:59:05 | Seven victims--
except for Mr. Dumont,
they were all robbed, sexually
assaulted, and then shot.
|
| 00:59:10 | Both scenes were
within 20 blocks.
|
| 00:59:12 | This guy has killed
as many people in two days
as Son of Sam did
in four months.
|
| 00:59:16 | Now, you all have your
assignments.
|
| 00:59:19 | Let's get this guy.
|
| 00:59:20 | Okay, how's it going
at the park?
|
| 00:59:22 | CSU's still there.
|
| 00:59:22 | Munch is supervising.
|
| 00:59:24 | The slugs they found confirm
that the Westons were shot
with the same gun used
in the Brigg's townhouse.
|
| 00:59:29 | Anything from the M.E.?
|
| 00:59:30 | Rape kits on both victims
tested positive for fluids.
|
| 00:59:33 | Doc Warner says pending
DNA, no stray hairs
were found other
than the victim's.
|
| 00:59:37 | So it's the same M.O.--
perp probably forced
them to have sex.
|
| 00:59:40 | Well, Mrs. Weston
also had bruising
consistent with being
pistol-whipped before she was
shot.
|
| 00:59:44 | Perp orders them to
do it, hubby says no.
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