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[ theme music Playing ]

Where is this call?

Stanley park.

There's something About that place

That annoys me.

Can't make up its mind.

It's halfway Between a wilderness and a park.

I know.

I used to love that zoo When I was a kid.

Now I find it kind of sad.

Yeah.

You want to commune With animals,

You should buy yourself A bag of nuts

And go up the mountain,

And maybe You'll see one.

Yeah, try hand-feeding A wild marmot or something.

Yeah, yeah.

You know the queen e?

The queen e, That's a nice park.

I was just going To say that.

See, now, They've got a nice big lawn.

They've got some trees, Couple of rose gardens.

You know what I mean?

It's civilized.

They're here!

Oh.

What the hell Was that?

I don't know,

But those guys Will have their hands full.

Good luck with that,

All cracked out.

Pathology?

Yeah. Put it In the corner.

Thank you.

Hey.

How's it going?

Okay. You?

Yeah, pretty good. Pretty good.

I'm with vancouver homicide.

I didn't do it.

Well, that's good.

Listen, I'm just Getting acquainted

With some of the girls Down here.

Smoke?

Thanks.

Go ahead, Take one for later.

You know About all the girls

That have gone missing From down here, right?

Yeah.

Good, 'cause I'm Investigating that,

And I'm looking For some input,

You know, who might be A dangerous date,

You know, somebody Who you guys think

- might be a suspect. - okay, yeah.

Check out my boyfriend. Lock him up for a week or two.

Just on General principles?

Yeah.

Well, unfortunately, I can't do that,

Otherwise the jails Would be overflowing,

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

Too bad.

Hey, listen,

If you want To talk sometime,

You think of something That might help me,

Call the number, Okay?

Take care.

Didn't they Used to have wolves

Down here somewhere?

Yeah, wolves.

They stand there And look at you,

Give you that Wolf stare-down.

Polar bears, too, Over at the zoo there.

Remember that?

Yeah. I remember When they got them bears.

Little cute polar bears.

People were three deep At the bear pit.

Then they used to do That pacing thing, right?

Back and forth, Back and forth.

Pacing, turning, All day long.

It turned them Neurotic.

That's how you get Caged up like that.

Hey, you remember When the bears Ate that guy?

Really? I don't Remember that.

Some clown hanging Out over the edge.

You don't remember that?

They covered it up Best they could.

Well, I guess so.

That'd put The tourists off.

Those zoos, That's a screwed-up idea anyway.

Animals on display Like that...

What'd you do, come In the wrong way?

Behind the tour buses...

These guys want to go Right in the middle of the road,

So we had words and I'm late. Sorry.

What's going on?

I don't know. We're not there yet.

Hey!

He's down here. I'll show you.

Okay.

You know, I was Just telling leo

About the time The polar bears

Ate that guy in the zoo.

Do you remember that?

- that was my first case. - get out of here.

What happened?

I'll never forget this As long as I live.

The guy was, you know...

I mean, I get there, And what I've got to do

Is I've got to get the bear Off the body,

- I've got to back him off-- - was he eating the guy?

I've got to Shoo him off.

First good meal He's ever had

In his whole entire Life, this bear,

And he has a chance To hunt something,

And here I am, Interrupting the flow.

That was instinct. He was a man-eater.

That's how we got that bear, After they shot the mother.

She was a man-eater.

Remember?

Unbelievable.

I don't like The look of that, leo.

What, the way he's Down on his knees?

Looks like somebody Strung him up there.

Why, 'cause he's Bent down low?

Yeah. That looks Kind of odd.

Get some shots?

Just hold on.

Let's get in there.

Kind of looks

Like he's been there For awhile, eh, dominic?

Couple months maybe?

Maybe.

Are you done?

Yeah. Come on in.

I think it's peculiar, The way he's looking.

Why, 'cause he's On his knees like that?

I've seen that before.

It's not that uncommon.

You notice that?

That's a real Hangman's noose,

Like he knew What he was doing, huh?

Yeah, looks like it.

Maybe he didn't account For the stretch of the rope.

Well, the weight Of his body

- would hang him. - yeah?

Maybe he left it loose like that On purpose.

Keep the option open Of changing his mind.

It takes a lot of determination To choke yourself to death,

- that's for sure. - yeah.

He's still got that Silver necklace on there.

Wrist watch Still there.

He's wearing gloves.

What's that, Bicycle clips

On his cuffs?

He's got a bicycle Clip on each cuff.

I'm not seeing a bicycle Anywhere.

Nothing in the pockets.

Well, the I.D. Could've fallen out.

Don't see a wallet On the ground here.

There's something Over here.

Have you spoken To the property owners

About this?

Have you cleared it With them?

No, you can do that For me.

Hello. Hey!

Yeah. I asked you To turn that thing off.

Again, please, Can you turn it off?

Unless you've cleared this With my boss,

I've got To keep on working.

That's just The way it is.

Shut it down, please.

One more time I'm asking you, Let me do what I've got to do.

Unless you've got Some paper

Telling me you're Taking charge of this site,

I've got to ask you to leave. Start it up!

We keep this up,

And I'll have this officer Arrest you

For interfering With a coroner's investigation.

You want that?

Go ahead, Arrest me.

Officer, check this guy For the bug up his--

Hi.

Come on.

Let me show you Where it is.

Who found it?

One of those Bottle pickers.

When did they Find these?

This morning. Watch your step.

Right around here.

Oh, yeah.

They're human. You're right.

- any idea what Was here before? - I don't know.

Part of japantown, chinatown, Something like that.

These weren't On the surface, though.

Looks like They've been brought up From a few feet below.

Yeah.

I'd better call The archaeology branch,

Tell them we might have Some human remains here.

They'll want to call an expert To take a look.

Okay, great.

I guess I get to tell these guys They're going home.

[ telephone ringing ]

Homicide. Detective kosmo speaking.

Ah, thanks for calling back, Mr. Silverman.

Uh, let's see...

Uh, you were involved In an assault recently

Of a prostitute.

Uh-huh.

Yes, sir, I understand that.

No, no, no, You're not in any more trouble.

See, I'm working On the missing prostitutes

Down there,

And I'm wondering If you could help me.

Well, I was thinking as someone Who frequents the area,

Maybe you wouldn't mind Coming in

And giving me Your take on it.

Great.

See you then.

Oh, we've got another Piece of rope here.

Hangman's knot again.

Maybe he was practicing.

Must be the practice rope.

Some antihistamine,

A shaving kit.

We've got a map here Of washington state,

And what have We got here?

There's some kind Of portable light.

- what is that? - bike light.

Bike light. Okay.

He's got a scarf.

I like this Nice thick sweater

He's got here.

Yeah, that's one Of those

Really good Cowichan kinds.

You get them all wet, You stay warm and dry.

Ready to rough it for awhile, Seems like.

- looks like it. - I don't see any sign Of a camp or anything

- around here, Though, do you? - no, nothing like that.

No food, Nothing to cook with.

And here he's got...

Oh, he's got His nasal spray.

- it's a good thing He didn't forget that. - oh, yeah.

Walkman, Extra batteries.

Got any tapes With that?

There's one in here.

Highlights From the pearl fishers.

Bizet.

Oh, yeah? He's into opera, huh?

He wrote carmen. You know that.

Don't know that one.

♪ ba dum dum dum Ba dum dum dum ♪

♪ ba dum dum bumba

- ♪ ba ba dum dum dum - I know the one.

What's that there?

Oh, here we go.

There's the wallet.

All right. Here we go.

Raymond early.

Too late for mr. Early.

Right. Well, I'll take that.

I'll go run him Through the system,

See if he's on it.

[ patricia ]: These women that you're seeing

All had a number of things In common.

They were aboriginal Part-time prostitutes

And full-time alcoholics

Who lived On the downtown east side.

Now, when I saw them In the morgue,

The fact that they had Large amounts of alcohol

In their system,

I felt was only indicative Of their lifestyle,

But in fact, It turned out subsequently,

These women were all murdered By a man named charlie josephs

Who forced them To drink themselves to death.

My mistake was in not looking

Beyond the narrow focus Of the forensic pathologist

To see that there was also A sociological pattern

In their deaths.

Charlie josephs May have provided the manner

In which they died, But he was ultimately not

The sole cause.

As pathologists, When we present our findings,

Cause of death Can be determined

In three ways--

It's natural, it's suicide, Or it's homicide--

But there is a fourth way

Under which all of these deaths Can and do occur,

And that is genocide.

Yep, our guy Is on the system, all right.

Got a canada-wide warrant Out for him.

- an ex-con? - yeah, big time.

Did life for killing a teller Up in prince george.

I guess they can Cancel the warrant.

Any idea what he's doing Down here in vancouver?

He was on parole

At a halfway house Down here,

And then about Four months ago,

He booked out For the weekend, Never came back.

Oh, yeah? Four months, yeah.

That fits What we're seeing here.

There's something else That might be related.

There's another ex-con, Eugene mason,

And he rabbited out of The same halfway house

A couple of days Before ray there,

And you've got A warrant on him too.

We won't find him

Hanging from a tree Out here in the park.

Maybe we ought to be taking A closer look at this guy ray.

Why? What are You thinking?

Well, nothing. He's an ex-con.

Maybe we ought to talk To the halfway house,

See what they know. Fill in the blanks.

That wouldn't hurt.

Everything's open To interpretation.

I'll talk To the parole officer.

I'll let you know What I hear.

Take it easy.

Okay.

Well, I'm going to hazard A guess it's been here Quite awhile.

I'd say we're looking At some pretty old remains.

So how old Is pretty old?

Hard to tell.

Is there a forensic interest From the coroner's office?

I won't know if it's Crime-related until I take A look at the materials.

Any idea What was here before?

No, no idea.

I bought the lot Six or seven years ago.

There was nothing on it.

It was just A useless piece of land

Like it is.

The city archives Might have something on it.

Anything else From just looking here?

No. No, I'd need to take A closer look.

I can help you With that.

It's not aboriginal, is it?

I can't tell From just a glance.

'cause some indian band

Will keep me tied up down here Forever if it is.

Well, it could be.

We know that there Were early settlements

All along The coastline here.

I'll get some students Down here to help out.

So what happens now?

Well, I'll arrange the paperwork To have the bones removed,

And uh, well, until we know What we're looking at,

All the work's Going to have to be suspended.

Well, how long's That going to take?

No idea. Sorry.

Okay!

Okay.

I was on a dig Down by the fraser river,

An aboriginal midden.

Fantastic.

Well, I took A lunch break,

And the contractors Poured seven yards Of concrete on it

- before I could retrieve The bones. - no way.

No, it happened.

Yeah, when you guys called,

I didn't think it sounded Like the ray early I knew.

You guys think He hung himself, huh?

We don't know. That's what we're Looking at.

How many ex-cons Have you got in here At any one time?

18, 20. Depends.

And ray early,

How long was he here Before he jumped?

About three months.

Was it a regular thing For ray to book off,

Go visit The girlfriend?

Yeah, pretty regular.

- excuse me. - hey, hey.

I know you. Miller, right?

Yeah, I know you, too.

You used to have A big spider tattoo.

What'd you do With that?

I had it removed.

Geez, I almost didn't Recognize that guy.

Any idea how ray would Make it to the island?

Yeah. He had His 10-speed with him.

So when he left here He was on a bike?

Yep.

'cause we didn't find any bike, Did we?

No, no bike.

So ray's late coming back, Then what do you do?

Well, I called his girlfriend.

Says he never did show up, So I called his parole officer.

The police didn't Go through his room?

- no. - no?

You still got his stuff here, Then?

Yeah, I've got it in a box Right in here.

Let's go Take a look.

So when ray left here,

You happen to remember What kind of mood he was in?

Yeah.

He was... He was adjusting, You know.

Trying to figure out Where he could fit in, but...

He must've had some frustrations With that, right?

You've seen that before, Haven't you?

Yeah, but if you're Asking me

Do I think ray early Was suicidal,

I've got to tell you, I don't believe it.

Yet, there he was Hanging from a tree.

What about the other Guy who took off, Eugene mason?

Were they friends Or what?

Yeah, Ray and eugene were tight.

You think it was A coincidence,

You losing them both In the same week?

Well, at the time,

I did think they had Some kind of plan.

Why was that?

The way They both signed out.

Here, take a look.

Ray early, 5:30. Gone fishing.

Look at the little Fish doodle there.

He ever sign out That way before?

Nope, and the same thing With mason here.

See?

"Gone fishing."

You think it means anything, Them signing out that way?

Could just be A joke they had.

Yeah, and we're Spinning our wheels.

What bothers me

Is that we didn't Find a bike up there.

Somebody walking by Could have boosted it.

A lot of them old guys Living in the park,

A bike would have been A real prize.

Oh, that miller. There's no scar

Where they took The tattoo off.

You can get Those removed

Pretty easily These days

With the old Laser surgery, right?

Yeah, it used to be A pretty good form of shorthand.

You'd say, "You know the guy With the birthmark

Or the tattoo on his neck," Or whatever,

And everybody knew Who you were talking about.

I get your meaning.

Yeah, the bad guys

Keep changing Their appearance,

- pretty soon we won't Recognize them. - I know.

Hey, tell me something, robbie,

And while we're talking About all the girls down there,

Are there any that you consider Your favorites?

I don't know. Not particularly.

Sometimes you end up With the same one,

But that's usually Just 'cause, you know,

She's down there When I'm there.

So, is it, what,

Kind of an Opportunity thing?

Yeah, I guess so.

Okay, you ever Notice anybody

Who's a regular like Yourself down there,

Who maybe Doesn't seem to fit in?

Maybe one the girls Told you about some guy

Who treated her In a bad way?

You know, Anything like that?

No, not that I recall.

Have you ever dated Any of these women?

I thought you caught somebody For these.

Well, we did, But unfortunately,

These ones here Are still missing.

Yeah, I went with her A few times.

That's theresa.

Right, terry.

What can you tell me About terry?

I don't know.

We just sort of hit it off Right away.

Oh, okay,

And how often were you guys Seeing each other?

About once a week To begin with,

Then it was Every couple of days.

Before long, It was every day.

Then it was pretty much Exclusively with her?

Was there any reason For that?

We were in love.

Uh...

When you were arrested, It was for drug possession,

And you stated That you traded drugs for sex.

Right.

I admit it.

She was going to get her drugs One way or the other,

Whether she got them On the street

Or she got them from me.

At least this way,

She was Getting a clean needle

And a clean Place to do it.

A clean place? What do you mean?

My house.

Oh, so you would take Her home.

Oh, yeah, lots of times.

She liked my kitchen.

We used to talk about

How we were going To decorate the place

When she moved in.

And how about When she disappeared?

Did you report that?

No.

We weren't Seeing each other then.

Why not?

She started using A lot more than usual.

She said she didn't like me To see her that way,

All messed up.

Oh, um, sure.

Hang on for one second.

Helen,

I need somebody From stanley park Maintenance.

Your piano teacher's On line one.

No, I'm not here.

You want me To lie for you?

That's what I pay you for.

I'm sorry, he's Not here right now.

I'll be sure to tell him You called, though.

Okay, thanks. Bye.

She wants Her key back.

- did you two break up? - oh, yeah.

Can you help me find Another piano teacher?

Not until you tell me What happened with this one.

Oh, you know, it was...

I guess we should have Stuck to music.

Mr. Da vinci?

- hello. - hi. I'm gina otaviani.

- nice to meet you. - nice to meet you.

- can we talk About ray early? - ray early?

Sure. My office Is right here.

You want to go in there?

Yeah, come and sit down.

Ray's parole officer Called me.

I understand You've spoken to her.

I just came from there.

Have you made a determination On the cause of death yet?

No, I usually wait For the autopsy.

Can I ask you What your interest in this is?

Well, I knew ray Pretty well.

I work with The prisoner's rights council.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I've heard of you.

I've heard Of you, too.

You've got A good civil rights rep...

Thank you.

Except when it comes To ex-cons.

No big surprise there, You were a cop,

Which is why I want to make sure You pay attention to this,

Because ray early Is a death in custody.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold it right there.

Back this truck up.

By what bizarre logic Do you figure that?

Well, he was A prisoner of the system

When he died,

Living in a halfway house On day parole.

That makes it A death in custody.

The key phrase you're missing Is the in-custody part,

He wasn't in custody.

He was not In the halfway house.

He had run off From there.

I don't think That's what happened.

You don't think That's what happened?

What do you think happened? I can't wait to hear this.

What in your mind Happened to ray early?

You remember the riot Up at the prison last spring?

A couple of guards Got taken hostage. That one?

Right. Well, The inmates involved in that

Requested ray come in And negotiate for them.

And the warden allowed that?

Yes, he did.

Ray had a reputation For settling disputes

On the inside.

If you remember, Nobody got hurt.

That's very nice,

But how does that end up With ray swinging from a tree?

The corrections officers there Had bad feelings about ray

'cause he stuck his nose Into it.

Ray told me There was a confrontation.

They threatened him?

It was implied.

So this man ray decides

That he's going to rescue A couple of guards

From a prison riot,

And they decide they'll hang him For being helpful?

He's a hero, what?

Ray created a threat To their authority.

- that's your theory? - yep.

He defuses A dangerous prison situation

And they kill him?

Can you just say that For me out loud?

- I want to hear you Say it to me out loud. - I think

The corrections officers Had a reason to kill him.

Have you no ability To hear yourself at all?

Do you know how stupid,

How ridiculous That sounds?

- it's a possibility. - it's a possibility?

How about this For a possibility?

You've got an ex-con Who can't cope with the outside.

His parole officer tells me He's despondent,

And he kills himself.

You never heard That before?

Of course I have, But this is what I know--

The last time I saw ray,

He was looking forward To full parole.

He was excited

To take his girlfriend's kids To the zoo.

He's painting you A beautiful picture.

You don't think he's Running a game on you?

Maybe he's running a game On his parole officer

And you're buying That picture.

I really haven't Got time for this.

Is there anything else You actually wanted?

It sounds like you're caving in To your prejudices about ex-cons

And not hold an inquest Into ray's death.

I'm not holding an inquest Into his death

Because there is no evidence

To hold an inquest Into his death.

Until such time As you have evidence--

Evidence, not emissions From your imagination--

Something to make me Change my mind,

I'm telling you, My ears will be open.

As a matter of fact, My door will be open to you,

So you come by any time you want And wind me up again, okay?

Bye for now.

Okay, just hang on For a second now.

Who exactly Gave you these letters?

The brother of the bank teller That ray early killed.

He's an ex-mountie, right, The brother?

Yeah. John seaton Is his name.

Now, just listen to this.

This is to ray early In prison.

"You have to pay For what you did.

"If the government Doesn't have the guts,

"And you don't Have the guts,

Then god will find An instrument of justice."

That sounds kind of cryptic For a threat, don't you think?

Well, he says pretty much The same thing

In each letter.

You add those Together...

Okay, how did you get them?

A few days After ray went missing,

I got a package in the mail From him.

The letters were in it, Along with some personal items.

Sounds like he's looking To clean house

Before he decided to do

What he was Going to do.

Those letters look pretty old. When did ray start getting them?

Right after his sentence to hang Was commuted to life.

That's over 20 years, right?

The last letter's Only two years old, This one here.

Well, the brother's Pissed off.

Early killed his sister. That makes sense.

It doesn't prove anything.

Where's seaton now?

He retired here in vancouver.

Ray ever say anything About seaton looking him up?

No, but ray told me

He was worried He was going to run into him.

That's what I think Might've happened.

Thing is, unless we can Put the two of them together--

All I'm saying is why not have A conversation with the guy,

See where it goes, hmm?

Yeah, we'll think About that.

All right, Thank you.

I appreciate it.

Okay.

What do you think?

I think we should wait For the autopsy report.

If they rule homicide,

Then we'll go Chase him down.

Patricia, how was Your first day At class?

Oh, good.

You talk to students, And you realize

You know something About your day job.

Not me. When I get up In front of the kids,

Well, I tend to think

They can see Right through me.

That's probably Left over

From the nuns

Standing you with Your face in the corner.

Did you get An office?

Not yet. They say By week's end.

Oh, and your man

Who hanged himself In the woods,

Sunny said he'll be Ready in about an hour.

Oh, sorry.

- hi, helen. - hi.

I was looking for you.

Did you hear back From stanley park maintenance?

I left him a message.

Uh, dominic.

Here you go.

Tell me

You're not treating ray early As a death in custody.

I'm not treating ray early As a death in custody.

- why would you ask that? - there are rumors.

Yeah, I just had a reporter On the phone asking questions.

Just give me a number. I'll kill it.

I've already killed it.

I just want to make sure It stays dead.

Right.

My partner and I

Were on something else Over here.

We just happened to see her.

Take a look.

Oh, yeah. There she is.

That's queenie king.

Yeah, queenie.

Saw her there and remembered

She was on that list You sent out

On the missing prostitutes.

Yeah. She was down here When I was walking the beat.

Been down here forever.

Yeah, long time.

Well, I'm not seeing any signs Of a struggle here.

There's no bruising on her Or anything like that.

You've got The rig there

Still in her arm.

Yeah, looks like an o.D.

You call the coroner?

Thought you'd want To see her first,

So you could Cross her off Your missing list.

- yeah, okay. Thanks. - thanks.

I think I'll call The coroner's office

And ask them to spring For an autopsy.

We'll see If that tells us

Anything different Than an o.D.

I think this is a case Of what you see is what you get.

The rope is The means of death,

No lacerations to the skin, No fractures,

No signs of any violence Prior to the hanging.

I'd say he did this All on his own.

You don't think there's A chance somebody else Strung him up there,

Tried to made it look Like a suicide?

There's always A possibility,

I'm just not seeing Any signs of it.

Did you get anything For tox?

Was there any drugs onboard? Can we find out?

Most of his internal Organs are decomposed,

Except for a remnant Of his liver.

I'm seeing what I can get from that,

Send a sample Cassette over to tox,

And let them Do their thing.

Any idea how long He was hanging

Out in the woods there?

The entomologist Recovered some bugs

From his abdominal cavity.

She speculates He's been there

- about eight weeks. - that can't be right.

It's got to be Longer than that.

Well, our guy's been missing For four months.

That's 16 weeks.

Oh.

Well, it fits With what I'm seeing.

That's her time.

Well, I could Double-check it with her,

See the latitude There.

- all right? - yeah, okay.

- thanks. - thanks, doctor.

What the hell do you Suppose he was doing

For two months

Before he got into Stanley park woods?

Well, he's got that map Of washington state,

So maybe he toured Around there

And then he got sick Of living stateside.

Maybe he got mixed up In something

- with eugene mason. - I'm down with that.

Life's not his oyster, So he goes back to crime. That's likely.

We ought to check The ex-mountie.

- fill in the blanks. - what ex-mountie?

That bank teller That early killed,

Her brother's an ex-mountie, And he sent early some letters

- of a threatening nature. - oh, yeah?

- and where'd this piece Come in from? - gina otaviani,

- works Prisoner's rights. - gina otaviani?

- otaviani, right. - hold onto that one.

- you know her? - yeah.

Right.

Well, no, I'm not interested in that.

What I want to know

Is if maybe you wouldn't Mind coming in

And helping me out On something.

- it's strictly voluntary. - [ knocking ]

Yeah, okay.

Thanks for your time.

You wanted The new bad date sheet.

Yeah.

It's the same one I've got.

Are you getting anywhere?

Well, so far I've got three guys

Who have volunteered To come in and talk to me,

So we'll see where that leads.

All these women, huh?

So ray early Finally had the guts

To kill himself.

How'd he do it?

He hung himself.

Now, that's Poetic justice.

How's that?

My sister wendy Was a special person.

When ray early shot her, Wendy's husband,

Well, he couldn't Take the grief,

So one day He goes out in the garage,

Throws a rope over a rafter, And hangs himself.

Committed suicide?

Yeah. That wasn't The end of it.

Their son got shunted From foster home to foster home,

Ended up a junkie.

O.D.Ed in nanaimo Two years ago,

So ray early Didn't just kill my sister,

He killed her whole family.

How about you? How'd you handle it?

What do you mean?

You took an early retirement. Why was that?

I've got cataracts.

You wrote some letters To early.

Yeah, I did.

You want to tell us About those?

What, you think I took revenge On ray early?

Did you ever Run into him here?

Nope.

You never thought About the fact

You live in the same city?

Oh, I thought about it.

You hear about The letter he sent me?

He says He deserved to be hung,

But since he wasn't,

He's going to try And make it up to society.

He asks For your forgiveness here.

Yeah, pretty stupid, huh?

It wasn't enough For you to wind me up,

You had to go Wind up the police, too?

I'm just asking The questions.

You're advancing Agenda here.

I don't appreciate it.

A guy gets out of jail, Rejoins society.

It's like trying to hop a train That's moving too fast.

Well, maybe he should've Bought a ticket.

I don't think You actually believe that.

Know what I actually believe?

I actually believe you cannot Will somebody to change.

What about willing society To change?

- isn't that part Of your mandate? - when it's called for.

So god marked cain For killing his brother,

And that's the end of it.

No chance For rehabilitation.

That's not Why he marked cain.

God marked cain because He wanted people to point

When he walked by and say, "Look out for that guy."

I know.

Traffic again.

What's going on?

A little Show and tell.

You guys talk To john seaton?

That's looking like A dead end, though.

The guy's Practically blind.

He's got cataracts.

- how are you doing? - hi.

You know what This is, gina?

- ray's bike. - where was it?

The park maintenance guy Found it

Up there in the trail About seven weeks ago,

And ever since then,

It's been sitting In the lost and found shed.

That fits with The time of death.

It's got a flat tire. You see that?

Yeah. He passed ray, The park maintenance guy,

On the road right here About 6:00 the night before,

And the next day,

When he saw bike With the flat tire,

He figured he'd come back, So he put it in lost and found.

Yeah, you see, The guy had a flat,

And he figured Enough is enough,

So he walks off Into the woods there

About a hundred yards, And he hung himself.

No, no, no, no. This doesn't prove anything.

He could've come up here To meet someone,

Could've walked Into the woods together.

Didn't see Anybody, okay? Nobody was seen at all.

There's no evidence On the trail, there's No evidence at the scene.

Therefore, what happened, As far as I'm concerned,

Is he came up here By himself to kill Himself,

And that's what he did.

- yeah, I'm pretty much Down with suicide. - well, I'm not.

Who locks their bike To a tree?

Someone who plans On keeping their bike,

Not somebody Intending to kill Themselves.

Explain that.

Well, maybe dominic Can explain it to you.

We've got some other things We've got to do.

Thanks....

Guys.

Yeah, it's this way.

The bike was found down here At the end of the trail.

What kind of a lock Was on it?

Bike lock, you know. You see them.

Where's the lock now?

Don't know. Here we go.

Bike was found Right here.

Okay, what'd you do With the lock?

Did you cut it off Or what?

Didn't have to. It wasn't locked.

I thought you said It was locked.

I didn't say that.

The chain Was wrapped around the seat,

Like he didn't care If the bike got lifted.

Okay.

Sorry to bother you With this again.

Thanks.

Bike wasn't locked, gina.

If you were going To kill yourself,

Why not just drop The bike wherever?

Leave it to a friend In need or something?

- gina... - okay.

Okay. You going To give it up?

- yeah. - thank you.

What about the gloves?

He was wearing gloves, right, But he tied a hangman's knot.

You ever try tying A knot wearing gloves? You can't do it.

It's a cold, Cold day, all right?

He ties up the knot, Like you say,

Puts on the gloves To cinch it nice and tight.

He has to So it doesn't slip on him,

You know what I mean?

Okay.

Sorry.

Come on.

- hey. - yeah?

Boss wants to know What you're ruling on ray early.

10 minutes.

Inquest?

No inquest, no.

Suicide?

Suicide.

U-I-c...Oh...

Backspace, I-d-e.

He's been here For about two weeks.

Pretty much Stays to himself,

Gets high, And that's it.

Number five?

Yeah.

What?

I'm looking for paul, man.

Show me your hands.

Eugene mason?

Eugene mason?

You're under arrest For parole violation.

Put this baby to rest.

Enter.

Done.

Done.

Helen?

Hey, helen.

Five copies.

Two copies for us, Two copies for homicide,

One copy for gina otaviani...

And she gets it today.

I don't want to hear From her all weekend.

Okay, one second.

All right, I'll tell him. Thank you.

That was homicide. They have mason in lock-up.

Okay, eugene mason is who?

Eugene mason Was the gentleman

Who jumped parole With ray early.

Sorry.

Gosh...

Look, I don't want Anything for it,

I just want to get what I know Off of my chest.

Ray early was killed By a convict.

I don't think I've heard That one yet.

How does that go?

Ray got out of prison Before me.

Uh-huh.

Well, I'm waiting For my turn for parole,

And this guy,

This convict We both know,

He wanted me to ask ray To do a favor for him.

And what was that?

He wanted ray To kill somebody for him

Down here in the van.

As a favor?

Not exactly.

This convict's wife Was going to pay him.

Okay,

And how does that Get ray killed?

Well, ray turned him Down flat,

And that really Pissed this convict off.

He said he was going To have ray taken out.

So he killed ray

'cause ray didn't want To kill somebody else?

That's what You're handing me here?

Okay, eugene, Let's just do this.

Let's just pretend That I'm buying

Any of this That you're handing me here.

Did ray tell you why

He wouldn't have taken A contract like that?

He was trying To get his act together,

But this was Screwing him up.

This was screwing him up? How was it screwing him up?

It bothered him, The fact that this convict

Thought that he could Reach out to him like that.

Bothered him.

Ray was real different After that happened.

- he was different. - yeah.

He was all down about it.

Uh-huh.

Hey, you look into this, All right?

A convict had ray killed.

Okay.

Give me the convict's name.

I can't tell you that.

Somehow, I didn't think so.

- you buying Any of that? - please.

- so what, we're looking At suicide again? - suicide.

So we're all in agreement here It's suicide?

So somebody else comes in With another story,

- forget it, right? I don't want to hear it. - okay.

- all right. - see you, leo.

- hey, winston. - hey, angie.

I got a call About queenie king,

One of the missing prostitutes We found.

Yeah, I was just Writing her up.

So what have you got? What's the story?

Well, we took A look at her.

She was covered In a lot of old bruising, scars,

Pretty much exactly What you'd expect to find

In somebody living on the street For the last 10 years.

Yeah, okay, And what about the autopsy?

Well, we may not need one,

Seeing as we found a spike Hanging from her arm,

But I'm waiting On a drug screen,

And if it doesn't show o.D., Then we'll do an autopsy.

- how's that? - yeah, okay.

Hey, you know Of any next of kin,

Somebody who might Claim the body?

No. No, I don't know.

Who reported her Missing?

Oh, some friends of hers On the street.

I think I'm going to give The aboriginal center a call,

See if anyone there Knows anything about her.

All right.

I'll keep her In the back of the cooler

Until somebody claims her.

See you.

Hi... Oh.

I'm off the clock In three minutes.

I understand That eugene mason was arrested,

And you talked to him And he's got a story.

Yeah, his story is Some guy took a contract on ray

And then somebody killed him.

Oh, yeah?

You didn't hear about that? Well, did you hear this one?

Ray had a contract And turned it down?

I knew about that.

I don't suppose You'll give that any weight.

Well, you know, I don't know where to start.

There's so many theories Bursting out of the walls here.

You come in with some story About how guards killed him.

That's still a possibility.

I didn't bite that one,

So you went to the cops With some other story

About an angry relative Of the victim--

- you weren't in any mood-- - killed him, maybe--

You didn't want To hear it.

Then we've got This last thing

About a contract Taken out on his life

Because he won't do a contract On somebody else's.

I take it from that You won't follow up?

No, I'm not, and neither Are the damn police, Either, okay?

What about the couple of months That ray was missing?

- will you look into that? - no, that's it.

- not even curious? - I've been thinking a lot About this, gina.

This is the way it happened, As far as I'm concerned.

Whatever he was doing, He changed his mind.

He knew if He turned himself in,

He'd go back to jail.

He had no option but suicide, And that's what he did.

Well, see, Now that is my point.

- what is your point? - his only other option,

Right up there At the top of his list,

Right next To get a college degree

Was he had to hang himself.

You know, gina, Like it or not,

This time The system actually worked.

Ray early came out of jail, He was rehabilitated,

And he's not Killing bank tellers any more.

And that's okay with you?

Yeah.

It's okay the only forgiveness He could get was from himself?

Fine with me.

Okay, then.

Yeah, that's about it For me, too.

I've got to go.

Oh, yeah.

Uh, remember you were quoting That stuff about cain,

The mark of cain?

Well, I looked it up.

Did you know god marked cain To protect him?

See, god didn't want Anybody else

Taking revenge out on cain.

He figured that was his job.

No, you're wrong.

Look it up.

I don't have to look it up.

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Here we go.

"And the lord Set a mark upon cain..."

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