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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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