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- Hello.

- Yates chooses his victims
at random.

Nadia Decotis was tortured
and killed.

Yates transported her
to his burial ground.

- How many others?
- Seven so far.

- No forensics, nothing
to tie him to any of them?

- Green nail polish
was applied to the victims.

He either burned the bodies,
or he buried them.

- He gets off on torture,
even in court.

See what we saw?
- I just hope the jury saw it.

- On the charge of murder
in the first degree,

we find the defendant
Gregory Yates guilty.

male announcer: In the criminal justice system,

sexually based offenses are
considered especially heinous.

In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

who investigate
these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as
the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

[water sloshes]

- What, was she dismembered,
or did she come apart in water?

- No obvious tears,
but there are

cutting marks
in the bones and tendons.

- Another body here
at Yates' burial ground.

- Yeah, some skinny-dipping
teenagers ditching class

kicked up the vic.

Local precinct gave us
the heads-up,

thought it might be one
we missed.

- How?
We covered the whole island.

- And Yates buried his bodies.

This one
we found floating in the water.

- It just happens to coincide

with when and where Yates
dumped Nadia?

Rollins.
- Okay.

What, he buried Nadia,
goes back out to Queens,

assaults two flight attendants,
has lunch with his fiancée,

and finds time
for a fourth assault?

Come on.
- The man was on a spree.

- For brunettes.

She's a redhead.
It's not his type.

- We got nine dead bodies

found here,
all by the same killer.

- And now we got the tenth.
Occam's razor.

- Guys, listen,
we have two options.

One is bad.
The other one is worse.

Either we missed one,

or Yates has a copycat.

- The victim is
a Caucasian female, late 20s,

probable cause of death--
fractured skull.

Right arm severed surgically
at the shoulder.

- Dr. Rudnick,
are we interrupting?

- No, not at all. Just notating
my initial findings.

Found in Pelham Bay,

so either she floated up
as the water warmed,

or CSU missed her in April?

- So you think Yates did this?

- I can't say definitively,

but there are findings
consistent with Yates' MO,

as well as evidence
of injury,

both vaginal and anal,
consistent with rape.

- Even after this long
in the water?

- There's no question
the skull was fractured

just like those of the two
flight attendants and Nadia.

- Yeah, but this body
was also dismembered.

That's not part of Yates' MO.
- Correct.

However, I can tell you the cuts
were made by someone

with surgical training.

And another
interesting detail--

microscopic traces
of green nail polish

under two fingernails.

- Another coincidence, Rollins?
- It's public record.

- If you say so.

- [sighing]
Ooh.

That poor, poor girl--
raped, tortured.

- And her skull
was fractured.

- You think I'm responsible.

I understand.

It is the logical assumption.

We had a saying
in medical school--

if you hear hoofbeats,
think horses, not zebras.

- The ME found traces

of green polish
on her fingernails.

- Really?

Now, that is fascinating.

Someone committed
this horrific crime,

and then he went
out of his way

to piggyback it onto crimes
I've been accused of.

- That was
my initial response.

And the red hair...

- [scoffs]
Gingers are anathema to me.

I prefer brunettes.

No offense.

It's a long story.

And the body dismembered--

it's so unnecessary.

It's so barbaric.

- Well, any ideas
why somebody would have done it?

- Well, I don't know.

Maybe the killer likes the act
of cutting into bone and flesh.

Do you mind if I...

have another look?

- Go right ahead.

- Mm-hmm.

I'm really sorry.
You...

you have your work
cut out for you.

- I appreciate
your help, Doctor.

- Thoughts are occurring.

If I can, uh, stew on them
for a couple of days...

I might have something
for you.

[door buzzes, unlocks]

[door creaks, closes]

[dramatic music]

♪

- Yates told you
that it wasn't him?

- Yeah.

- I bet he still says
that Nadia wasn't him.

- No, the timeline is too tight.
This girl was a redhead.

Okay, he's never dismembered
a body before this.

- We found skulls
last time, Amanda.

- Yeah, but that was skeletal
remains of decomped corpses.

This is different.

You know, his victims
were never prostitutes.

This girl is a Jane Doe.

- Amanda, I don't know
what you're doing,

but this isn't police work.

- I am cultivating a source.

Listen, Yates hinted that
he might know who the killer is.

- Hinted, but didn't say.

So what, do you have to go
back there again,

and then he'll tell you?

- He's playing you.
This guy's a psychopath.

- Not to mention, Amanda,

you went up there
without clearing it with me.

I'm not trusting your judgment
right now.

- Okay.

All right,
maybe you guys are right.

So say it is Yates.

Just let me keep
building a rapport.

Then maybe we can finally
get an ID on this girl.

[knock at door]
- Hey, Sarge.

Sorry to interrupt,

but I finally got a hit
from our DNA.

- From CODIS?
- No, military database.

Vic's name
is Brooke Groves, 28.

She was ROTC
at SUNY Plattsburgh.

- Didn't the ME
say she was a working girl?

- Well, yeah, but before that,
she had another life.

Last known address
was in Larchmont.

- I'll go with.

- Actually, Rollins, you
stay here with Fin.

I'll let you know
what we find out.

- There you are.

- Yeah, they spend all this
money renovating the squad room,

and there's still
nothing to eat.

- How you feeling?

- I'm just tired.

I've been taking too many shifts
since Nick left.

- You talk to him?

- Yeah.
Yeah, he's happy.

He's doing physical therapy
in Laguna Beach,

and he's got some kind of lead
with the U.S. Park Police, so...

- You miss him.
Is that what this is all about?

- No.
I'm pissed off, man.

I get grounded,
and this is my case?

I mean, I know more about how
Yates thinks than Carisi does.

- Olivia's just looking out
for you, Amanda.

- Yeah?
How do you figure?

- You're good at getting
inside these guys' heads.

Don't let them get
inside yours.

- Oh, no, bikes, toys--
she's a mom.

- No, they're not hers.

If a mom disappears, they file
a missing persons report.

[doorbell rings]

[dog barks]

- Can I help you?

- Uh, Yeah, we're NYPD, um,
Manhattan Special Victims Unit.

We're looking
for a Brooke Groves.

- That's me.

Actually, it was me.
I'm Brooke Norwalk now.

Hey, Tommy, Bobby,
go play on the iPad.

Did something happen
to my husband?

- No.
- No, no, no.

Um, we thought something
happened to you.

- I don't understand.

- It must have been a mistake,

but we got a body
in the morgue, actually.

- Oh, no.

Rachel.

My twin sister.

- Are you still in touch
with her?

- Off and on.

My husband doesn't know that.

Those boys
have never even...

After they were born,
my husband--

he said she couldn't come
around anymore.

- She had problems?

- Rachel went to pieces
after our mom died--

drinking, drugs.

She'd call me from the city,
swear she was going to get help.

I'd go into the city
and give her money.

A few months ago,
she called again really high,

and I told her
I was done enabling her.

[sighs]

How...

What happened to my sister?

- I ran the DNA again.

You two were
identical twins, yes?

- That's right.
When we were young, we...

[sniffles]
Used to dress alike.

No one could tell us apart.

- Brace yourself. There's
significant decomposition.

[metal curtain whirs]

- [gasps]

It's Rachel.

[sobbing]

- I'm very sorry
for your loss.

- [continues sobbing]

- Rachel Groves--
she stayed here on and off.

She was murdered?
- Yeah.

We think she was targeted
'cause she was on the fringes.

- Somebody
who wouldn't be missed.

- Rachel was troubled.

That's why I was so happy
when her mother came for her.

- Mother?
- I think it was her mother.

The last time I saw Rachel,
she left with an older woman--

gray hair, nicely dressed.

- When was this?

- I'd have to check.

It was still cold--
March, April.

I remember the woman
had a long coat and a hat on.

- Okay, do you have
security cameras here?

- Yes.
Come, follow me.

[telephones ringing
in the background]

- So Rachel was last seen
with this woman.

Can the sister ID her?

- No, I mean, their mother
died ten years ago,

and Brooke doesn't know

any other female relatives
or friends.

- So who is she?

- Obviously not Yates.

And look at the timecode--
April 15th.

Yates was in custody.

- April 15, 2012--
that's three years off.

- Yeah, and obviously it's a.m.,
but it reads as 11:30 p.m.

The timecode was glitched.
- Okay, so check the machine.

See what it reads now
and then adjust it from there.

- No, I tried that.

They already reset it once they
realized it was out of whack.

- I'll have TARU take a look.

- And, um, Sergeant...

in the meantime,
Yates called me twice.

He says
he has more information.

He won't talk
to anybody but me.

- Go.

But not by yourself.

[indistinct chatter
in the background]

[door buzzes, unlocks,
creaks open]

- You...

you brought backup.

I thought this was gonna be
just between me and you.

- You thought wrong.

- We're here because we were
able to identify

the victim from Pelham Bay.

- You know, I already told you
that I had nothing

to do with that girl.
- Mm-hmm.

- You also told me
that you would stew on this,

that you might be able to come
up with more information.

So it turns out...

she had a twin sister.

It sure would mean a lot
to someone

if we could bring
her closure.

- A twin?

Huh...

that is a real bond.

I would like to help,
but this is a long shot.

But I kept thinking
about those autopsy photos,

the medical training,
the red hair,

and suddenly I was reminded
of this incident that happened

back when I was becoming
a senior resident.

- That was what, in 2002?
- Yeah, about then.

I got a call
from an attending.

He needed stitches.

- He called you?
Why not go to the hospital?

- Because he was embarrassed.

When I got to the town house,
I found out why.

He had bruising and cuts

and what appeared to be

human bite marks
on his inner thigh and scrotum.

He claimed it happened
during some sex game gone awry.

- But you don't believe him.
- No.

I asked him if his partner
needed medical attention.

He assured me
that she was fine

and that she had left.

Whoever she was, I could sense
that she was still in the house.

There was a clump of red hair
on the floorboards,

and I...

I could smell her.
- Okay, Doc.

- No.
Really, I could,

and it wasn't the sex,
and it wasn't the hormones.

It was her fear.

It has a very real scent,
like ammonia.

- What was the name
of the attending?

- [chuckles]

I don't want
to incriminate anybody.

I...

I could be wrong, but...

I remember the street,
though...

Convent Avenue in Harlem.

The town house
has a lovely Juliet balcony.

- Sarge, Fin,
I wasn't expecting you.

These are the Changs.

They bought the house four years
ago, did a renovation.

Before that,
it had fallen into disrepair

after the 2007 death
of Manon Favreau.

She was a widow
whose husband's family

actually built this house
in the 1880s.

- Thanks for
the history lesson, Carisi.

Who lived here in 2002?

- We're looking at tax records,
utility bills,

but realistically--

- Yates could just be
pulling Rollins' chain.

- I don't see
what he gets out of that.

So we're here.

The couple's given us permission
to do a noninvasive search?

- Yeah,
but after all this time,

what are the chances
we're going to find something?

- Sergeant, you're here.
Come look at what we found.

The CSU techs picked up an image
using the GPR.

- What's that?
- Ground penetrating radar.

- It's like a sonogram that can
see inside of that wall.

- Yes. And see,
it used to be a chimney.

- What's that shadow?
There's something in there.

- I bet that's
another Yates victim.

So what,
we rip down the wall?

- Okay, go tell the owners

that that noninvasive search
just became invasive.

- A little help here.

- It's a suitcase.

- Great.
Let's get it out.

- [grunts]
There's something inside.

Should we open it?
- Yeah, go ahead.

[camera shutter clicks]

- She's mummified.

- So Yates' tip paid off.

There was a body
in the Harlem town house?

- In the wall, mummified.

- Anything else
in the house?

- Fin and Carisi are searching
the place with CSU.

We're getting a DNA sample.

As soon as the ME
dates the decomp,

search missing persons.

- Why not just ask Yates?

He's a convicted serial killer

who tipped you off
to the location of a corpse

in a house
where he also puts himself.

- Rollins has been
working him.

He swears
that it wasn't him.

- [scoffs]
You've got to be kidding me.

- The incisions
seem to have been made

by a medical professional,
pubis and ilium scraped

where they were separated
from the adductors.

- So she was dissected
just like Rachel Groves was.

- The muscle was cut
away from the bone.

- [clears throat]
Mm.

- Detective,
you look a little peaked.

- I'm fine.
No, I'm good.

- Dr. Rudnick, Rollins.

- A sergeant
and an ADA at an autopsy--

should I be nervous?

- Can you tell us anything?

- An autopsy like this
is an enigmatic puzzle.

The body was cut, broken,

and tied with an electrical cord
to fit in the suitcase.

It had to be uncurled,
X-rayed, rehydrated.

- Start at the beginning--
age, cause of death.

- She was a white female.

Uh, from her teeth,
I'd guess about 25.

5'6",
in good physical health.

- Cause of death?

- The skull was fractured,

but I believe the cause
was strangulation.

The hyoid
was also fractured.

The body was wrapped
in a blanket.

The dry heat and smoke
from the common chimney

effectively mummified
the remains,

and she was in situ
for over a decade mostly likely.

How is it she was discovered?

- Actually, it was a tip
from Yates.

- Dr. Yates?

It's a tip or a confession?

- Is this another one of his?
- I noted no nail polish.

But the incisions do show
evidence of medical technique.

And the fractured skull is
not inconsistent with Yates' MO.

- But strangulation is,
and the victim was a redhead.

- Yes, so was Rachel Groves.

I'll need to do
a thorough examination.

So far, I've found no trace
of the killer's DNA,

which is also not inconsistent
with Yates' MO.

- "Also not inconsistent
with Yates' MO."

- That's ME talk for, "Yates did
it, but don't quote me."

- Yates is appealing
his conviction.

Why would he tip us off
to another victim?

He's sick,
but he's not stupid.

- Rollins, all due respect--

- Don't start a sentence
that way.

- Fine.

If Yates didn't do it, then how
did he know that body was there?

- [scoffs]

- Your DA thinks I'm the one
who did this.

You know, I am the one
who told you all about her.

- That's exactly
why he thinks you did it.

- Is he always so circular
in his reasoning?

- You told me that you
were called to that house,

that you knew
a woman was there.

Do you know who she was?

- I do.

I even know who killed her.

But...

enough talk
about what I can do for you.

Let's talk
about how you can help me.

- Yates wants to touch
his fiancée, Susie Frain?

Hasn't he touched
enough women already?

- Look, they've been together
for 20 years.

He's never hurt Susie.

- And she's okay
with conjugal visits?

- She called about it twice.
- Every pot has a lid.

- Lovely.

You do realize how this would
look if word got out, right?

Yates is already on the hook
for multiple rapes and murder.

Now he wants to trade crime tips
for conjugal visits.

- If Yates
is telling the truth,

there could be
another serial out there.

- So pick your poison,
Counselor.

- Fine.
Bring the fiancée upstate.

Let them conjugate

and then interrogate
both of them afterwards.

You better be right
about this, Rollins.

[woman moaning]

- Okay, we good?

- Time's up, coming in.

- There you go.

- Ms. Frain,
before you leave,

uh, my detectives
have some questions for you.

- No one told me
about this.

- Oh, hey,
it's all right.

Just tell the truth.

- All right, we have some
questions for you too.

- So much for afterglow,
but a deal's a deal.

Come in here.

We'll have more privacy.

- I hope now that you've found
these two bodies,

you'll be releasing Greg
as soon as possible.

- Come again?

- I always knew Greg
wasn't capable of these crimes.

He was framed.

The poor girl in Pelham Bay--

she must have been murdered
after he was arrested,

or you would have found the body
when you first searched.

- Oh, did Greg tell you that?

- It's common sense.

And Lena--
we were all friends.

Greg was fond of her.

- Hold up.
Who--who's Lena?

- Lena Grunwald--

the girl in the wall.

I thought she had gone home
to Switzerland,

but she must have never left.

- Lena was a lovely girl.

She was over from Switzerland
for her doctorate,

and they, uh--
they met at Columbia.

- Met who?

- Her fiancé.

No.
[clears throat]

When--The night
that I stitched him,

he said that it was
a sex game gone wrong,

but he had
to have tortured--

[gasps]
Oh, he might have sealed her

in that wall
while she was still alive.

- Stay with us, Dr. Yates.

- Oh, yes, I'm sorry.

That poor woman.

- You were gonna
give us a name?

- I was.
Apologies.

Uh, Carl.

Yes, when I was
a senior resident,

he was an attending--

strange man,
a little delicate, pale.

He kept to himself, which was
why we were so sort of surprised

when he got engaged to Lena

- Does this delicate man
have a last name?

- Rudnick.
Uh, Dr. Carl Rudnick.

- That's it.
We're done.

Rollins.

- I went out on a limb for you.
- What?

- You think this is a game?

You are going to be transferred
so far upstate,

your ass is gonna freeze.

- Rollins, let's go.
- What did I say?

- Dr. Carl Rudnick,
Deputy Chief Medical Examiner

in the borough of Manhattan--
he's a serial killer.

- Wait.
Carl became an ME?

Oh, no, that--
that really is--

that is--
that is perfect.

He never liked people,
but he always liked cutting.

- [scoffs]
Don't even try, Yates.

- No, stay.
Please?

I need to know.

Did he do any of the autopsies
on the girls you found?

Nadia maybe?

Come on, a man like that
with all those female bodies

being delivered
to the morgue

having been tortured
to death?

That is a trigger.

He would get off on them,

and then he would want to go
do another one for himself.

That girl,
the girl in Pelham Bay...

Did Rudnick do
her autopsy too?

Have another ME
recheck the body.

His report didn't say so,

but I'll be you dollars
to doughnuts,

he cut that girl up
while she was still alive.

[door opens, creaks]

- Accusing the Deputy Chief ME
of rape and murder?

And they offered
this conspiracy theory

right after
their conjugal visit.

- Yeah, I know.
- He worked you two.

- Or the fiancé worked us.

Give Yates points.
That's a bold move.

- I'm sorry. You all were right.
I was wrong.

- Hold on, Rollins.

Now, look,
I'm still only mid-search,

but there was a Lena Grunwald

from Switzerland who went
to Columbia at that time.

Now, as far as I can tell,
she never graduates,

she just disappears off the grid
in winter of 2002.

- You actually looked
into this?

- Yeah, Counselor, I did,

because if Yates
is taking a flyer for an appeal,

then we have to rule this out.

Now, I'm still new here,

but how well do you guys
know Carl Rudnick?

- He got here
right before you did.

He came out of Miami-Dade,
I think.

- Carisi's right.

Yates is looking
to overturn his conviction.

Did Rudnick ever mention

that he went to medical school
with Yates?

- No, he didn't.

- So what if he did?

Yates kidnapped, raped,
tortured, and murdered Nadia.

He is guilty.

The only reason he's bringing up
conflicting evidence

is for his appeal.

- Still,
if they did know each other,

then Rudnick
should have recused himself.

- That's easy enough
to confirm.

Then while you're at it, see
if Rudnick has any connection

to the town house in Harlem

or if he even knew this supposed
fiancé of Lena Grunwald.

- That's Lena
with Carl, me, and Greg--

New Year's Eve 2001
in Montreal.

- So you knew each other
well enough

that you all go
on vacation together.

- Oh, yeah,
Canada, Europe a few times.

Lena spoke French
and German.

She was a great tour guide,
a lovely person.

- What can you tell us
about her relationship

with Carl Rudnick?

- Tempestuous.

They fought,
especially when they drank,

and they both drank.

She loved her Gewurztraminer.

- Remember the last time
you saw her?

- I remember when she left.

Greg threw me a birthday party,
and Carl brought a new date.

He said Lena
had broken off their engagement

and moved back to Switzerland.

- And that was...?

- Early February 2002.

- So you didn't think
it was strange

that she didn't say good-bye
to you herself?

- I did, actually.

In Montreal,
they were going at each other.

On the flight back,
Lena told me

that if anything ever
happened to her, Carl did it.

- Why didn't you
call the police?

- I was going to,
but then I got a note from Lena

with a photo of herself
in her village--Grindelwald.

She apologized. She said
she just had to get away.

- And you're sure
that it was her?

- I thought it was.
- You think you may have kept

that note and photo?

- I have tons of boxes
in mini storage.

You think it will help
if I find it?

- Okay, so Rudnick and Yates
overlapped in medical school,

and Lena was in business school
at the same time.

- And Susie just told us
that they were all friends.

- Which, as Carisi said,
Rudnick should have disclosed.

- It still doesn't mean
that Rudnick is good for this.

Remember, Rollins,

Yates tried to pin Nadia's death
on Will Halsted.

He's an opportunist.
- I know he is.

And I know he's good for Nadia's
murder and a dozen before,

but this woman in the wall...

I'm not sure about,
'cause look, I did a search.

I was trying to find who exactly
lived in this house in 2002.

Now, ConEd and phone bills
both went to Manon Favreau.

The name on the cable bill...

it's under Carl Rudnick.

- While it was owned
by Manon Favreau?

So he was renting.
- More like house-sitting.

It turns out, the maiden name
was Manon Rudnick.

She's Carl Rudnick's
great-aunt.

I mean,
these ancestry Websites--

you'd be surprised
what they know about you.

- Okay, so Rudnick neglected
to mention that the body

that we found
was in his aunt's house

and he was living there when it
was plastered in the wall.

- Damn,
he autopsied his own fiancée?

- 13 years
after he killed her.

- We don't know that yet.

We don't even know
if the body is Lena's.

- Susie told us that Lena sent
her a picture of herself

from Switzerland.

- Well, if she did send
that photo,

that's the last trace of her.

- Do we have any proof
that the body was hers?

DNA, dental records, anything?

- I called Warner.

She said according to Rudnick,
there's no way to ID her.

- There's a shock.

- Okay, I'll call
the Chief Medical Examiner

and see
if he'll authorize Warner

to independently redo
both autopsies,

preferably
when Rudnick's not there.

- The body's well-preserved,

most likely from
the frigid water temperatures,

which last well into April.

- Let's stop here.

Dr. Rudnick's time of death
may be mistaken.

- Maybe?
- He says early April.

But based
on the crime-scene photos,

it appears the body wasn't
wrapped in plastic or a tarp.

- Wait.
That's in his report.

- Yes, but if this body went
into the water in mid-April,

the fish or crabs would have
nibbled away at the soft tissue.

- So it's more likely
early May.

- I think so.

I'm surprised, frankly.

It's careless.

Dr. Rudnick is meticulous
to a fault.

He's one of the top MEs
in the country.

- What else do you know
about him?

- He's a guy
who works six days a week,

never puts in for overtime.

We all figure family money.

He's obsessed with his work.
- Okay, okay.

So his timeline is off.

Is it possible
that he's overworked?

- Maybe. And here's
another omission I noticed.

His report neglects to mention
that the dismemberment

took place antemortem.

- So Rachel Groves was alive.
Are you sure?

- Positive.

Cutting into live tissue
always causes a vital reaction

markedly different
from cutting into dead tissue.

- And there's no way
an ME would leave this out

or possibly mistake the two?

- No. Now, you want to tell me
what this is about?

- I'm sorry, Melinda.
I can't.

This is, uh,
an active investigation.

- Before I re-autopsy
this mummified body,

is there anything I should know?

- Uh, well,
she may be a Swiss national.

We haven't been able to ID her.

- That may be helpful.

- Okay.

[door opens]

- Melinda, watch your back
with Rudnick.

[door closes]

- What am I looking at here?

- It's proof that the body
in that wall was Lena Grunwald.

Okay, Warner
found these gold overlays

on her teeth that are specific
to German-Swiss dentists.

- Yeah, another detail
Dr. Rudnick did not put

in his autopsy report.

- We confirmed with her dentist
in Switzerland.

It is Lena's body.

- She never went home.

- Well, here's
where it gets tricky.

I finally heard back
from my guy at TSA.

Now, according to them,

Lena Grunwald
left JFK for Zurich

on February 11, 2002.

- So? We can't pinpoint
her time of death.

She must have come back,
been murdered sometime later.

- Yeah, but there's no record
of her coming back.

So, on a hunch,
I looked at Rudnick's travel.

Now, this guy--he's got
the opposite problem, all right?

He returned from Paris to JFK
on February 15th,

but there's no record of him
leaving the U.S. or even Canada.

- Okay, you got a theory
to go with this travelogue?

- What if Rudnick left the U.S.
using Lena's passport

and then came back as himself?

- You're suggesting he was able
to pass as a woman post 9/11?

- Yeah, a red-haired lady
with a Swiss passport--

so outside their profile, nobody
took a second look at her.

- And Rachel,
the victim from the bay--

I mean, she was last seen
leaving her shelter with a woman

or someone dressed like one.

- Using facial-recognition
software?

- We are.

Olivia's headed to 1PP now

to get the okay to bring Rudnick
in for questioning.

- Call her off.

We'll ask forgiveness later.

For now, I'll find a pretext
to invite him to my office.

- So, while he's with you, how
about a warrant for his house.

You know, knives, dresses--
who knows what we'll find?

[sighs]

- Please come in.

Dr. Rudnick,
just so you know,

everything in this room
is recorded.

Have a seat.

Um, Yates
is appealing his conviction,

so this conversation
may be discoverable

as part of that process.

- Of course,
I also record everything.

Oh, Sergeant Benson.

- Yes. Dr. Rudnick, thank you
so much for meeting us.

Just have a few questions
for you.

- Certainly.

- Okay, this file--
do you recognize it?

- Yes, it's the autopsy report

of the Jane Doe
you found mummified--

the Yates victim.

- And the address
where the body was found--

do you recognize that?

- That's bizarre.
I never noticed the address.

My eyes were
on the poor girl's remains.

- So you do recognize
the address?

- It was
my great-aunt's house.

- Look at this.

He keeps
autopsy photos bedside.

- He'll probably claim
he takes his work home with him.

- And this woman,
do you recognize her?

- Yes, of course,
that's Lena Grunwald,

an old flame of mine
from 15 years ago.

I'm sorry.
What's this all about?

- We believe the body found
in the wall of your aunt's house

was Lena Grunwald.

- Oh, my God.

I didn't recognize her.

And how could I
in that state?

Are you suggesting
I autopsied my ex?

- So you didn't know
that she was dead?

- Well, of course not.

Last time I saw her
was at the airport

when she left
for Switzerland.

She must have come back
without my knowledge

and fallen back in
with Yates.

- Who took her to your
aunt's house, killed her,

and entombed her in the wall?

That's an incredible
coincidence.

- Not really.

We all knew each other,

and I occasionally entertained
at that home.

- So you and Yates
knew each other?

- Yes, of course,
it's public knowledge.

We were at med school at
the same time a few years apart.

He was always
rather jealous of me.

- You and Yates were colleagues.

Did you ever think to mention that to anyone?

- Well, frankly, no.

- When did you last
hear from Lena?

- We broke up
amidst a hard winter.

It was 2002, 2003.

That son of a bitch...

He always had
a thing for Lena,

and killing her is his way
of hurting me.

- He did this to hurt you,

and you didn't know about it
for 13 years.

- Well, what other explanation
could there be?

He knew the house.
He knew her.

And he's
a convicted serial killer.

Ipso facto...

Oh, you can't think that I had
anything to do with this.

- We can't.

- Oh, it's patently absurd.

- Dr. Rudnick...

then you wouldn't mind

working through some
of the other inconsistencies

that we found.

- Well, not at all.

Given the change
in tenor of this conversation,

I'm contacting my lawyer.

I'd like to exercise
that right.

- [sighs]
Feel free.

We will wait to continue
questioning you

until a lawyer arrives.

- You realize that if he is
guilty,

then every case
he's testified in--

- I know.
Every autopsy he's performed--

I don't even want to think

about how many convictions
will have to be reopened.

- Oh.
- Olivia.

- Rita, what are
you doing here?

- I was working out
a plea deal

when I got a message from Carl.
- Carl.

- You're representing
Dr. Rudnick.

- Everyone is entitled
to the best defense

they can afford.

And Dr. Rudnick or his family
can afford a very good one.

- And that, of course,
is all that matters.

- My client's waiting.

He'll be coming with me.
He is done talking to you.

- Actually...

he won't be leaving.

- Rita, it's very good of you
to come on such short notice.

- Of course, Carl, but I'm
afraid I have some bad news.

- Carl Rudnick,
you're under arrest

for the murders of Rachel Groves
and Lena Grunwald.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can

and will be used against you
in a court of law.

You have the right
to an attorney...

- We'll see you in court.

- Dr. Rudnick,
how do you plead?

- Not guilty, Your Honor.

He's a respected
Deputy Chief Medical Examiner

for the borough of Manhattan.

- I'm aware of that,
Counselor.

- With an impeccable
reputation.

We request ROR as the charges
are, on their face, ridiculous.

- Mr. Barba?
- Dr. Rudnick

has been charged with two counts
of first-degree murder,

one in which the victim
was vivisected.

The other was found entombed in
the wall of his family's home.

He's already tampered
with evidence.

His position has allowed him
to cover up the crimes.

Through several family trusts,

he has the means
and the motive to flee,

and we have reason to believe

that he has traveled
internationally using passports

from one of his victims
in the past.

- Dr. Rudnick only
became a suspect

based on false accusations
by serial killer Greg Yates

in a desperate attempt
to throw doubt

on his own conviction.

- Even if that's true,

I'm sure the state
would not waste my time

if they didn't have
more compelling evidence.

Dr. Rudnick,

you are to surrender
your passport to the court.

Bail is set at $2 million.

[gavel bangs]

- Rudnick posted
a $2 million bail?

- There's no money
like family money.

It was wired in
before he was even processed.

- Whoa.
- Hey, check this out.

"The ME Nobody Knows."

"A Monster in the Morgue."

I mean, these headlines--
they write themselves.

- This is a freaky story.
- Yeah.

- Getting freakier
by the minute.

- Mommy and Noah
will get a little time later.

There you go, sweetie.
- Okay.

- All right.
[smooches] I love you.

- Sarge, you're going
to want to see this!

- Great.
You got something?

- Yeah, facial recognition
came back.

That TSA photo,
it's definitely not Lena.

The jawline
is wide by two centimeters.

The symmetry is wrong.

And they also say it's not
inconsistent with Rudnick.

- This guy has a closet
full of wigs and dresses.

We know it's him.

- We may know it's Rudnick,
but Barba wants proof.

We need that photo
of Lena in Switzerland

that he sent to Susie.

- Well, I've been trying
to reach Susie. So far, no luck.

- All right, Rollins,
let's call Yates, now.

- Something happened to Susie.

She was supposed
to call this morning.

She would never just forget.

- When's the last time
you talked to her?

- Last night.

She said she had good news.
- Good news?

- She said
that she had found the photo

that Lena supposedly sent
from Switzerland.

She felt it looked a lot
like Rudnick in drag.

- Was she going to tell
Rudnick that?

- No, I don't think so.

Wait. he's still in custody,
isn't he?

- No, he made bail
last night.

- Oh, no.

[sirens wailing]

- She's not here?

- No, and I doubt she went
alone willingly.

- Blood is mostly dried.
It's been a while.

- Get a BOLO
out on Rudnick asap.

Then head over
to Real Time Crime.

We're going to need
a task force, TARU,

TSA, Port Authority Police.

You know the drill.
- On it.

- Hey, Sarge.
Sarge.

I might have heard something
come over the borough-wide.

Got freshly cut body parts
coming in with the tide.

- Cut?
Were they female?

[sighs]

What do we have?

- Well, we're still putting
the pieces together.

Some fishermen saw the bags
coming in about an hour ago.

- This is
why I hate fishing.

Learned that growing up
in Staten Island.

- We're a long way
from Elmhurst.

We're not sure it's Susie.

- We are now.

[wolf howls]

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