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- morning. - yeah.

Firemen found Two bodies inside In the basement suite.

- yeah? They still in there? - yeah. There's one In the bedroom,

- one in the living room. - all right. What About upstairs?

Well, the fire was pretty much Contained to the basement.

We have a hall Just around the corner. They got here pronto.

What about the I.D.S? Any luck there?

One adult, one child. No I.D.S

Folks upstairs Are on holiday.

We're trying To get a number For the landlord.

How's it going?

Good. How's it going?

So we've got A kid in there?

Yeah.

Just did a preliminary Look-see.

Okay.

Watch yourself Coming through here.

Thanks.

The fire maybe started

Over here Near the laundry tubs.

Okay.

We're going to be looking Underneath here

For accelerants, Maybe.

Accelerants?

Yeah, you know, Cleansers,

Some old paint rags, Whatever.

Oh yeah.

You've got your little Space heater here.

Something maybe Got too close to it,

Got too hot.

It's one of the old ones.

Yeah.

That's nice.

And over here...

You've got the couch.

Oh yeah.

Adult male.

Looks like he made No attempt to escape,

Doesn't it?

Yeah. He got caught On the couch.

Smoke inhalation Maybe.

Yeah. It went up quick.

You want To have a look

At the other victim?

Yeah.

Okay.

Just over here.

Okay.

The outstretched arms,

He's trying To get out.

This poor kid here--

Yeah?

What were you doing,

Trying to get Underneath the smoke?

That's probably...

Get to the door,

But the window's Right there.

Do you mind If I take a look?

No. Go ahead.

So he comes to the window.

These are locked Pretty good, though.

All right, well,

He probably tried To get out this way first.

Got disoriented

Because he couldn't figure out How to get this thing open.

That's pretty tough,

And ended up,

That's as far As this poor kid got.

Uh-huh.

I think they just Put those in,

The security bars.

Why?

Well, on the rest Of the house

They look brand new.

I'm just guessing.

Well, that'd be Kind of a cruel twist,

Wouldn't it?

Yeah.

Okay.

What do you Want to do here?

Well, we're going to take A little while

To look around the scene,

See what we've got going on.

Listen, Would you give me a page

When you want to move The body?

I want to come down here And supervise that.

Yeah, all right.

Okay, thanks a lot.

You bet.

I've got The landlord here.

Have you Interviewed him yet?

No. He just Rolled in.

Okay, I'll do it. Thanks.

You the landlord?

Yeah, that's right.

Was there anybody Inside?

Well, I'm from The coroner's office.

My name's Dominic da vinci.

We're trying to find out

Who might have been staying here In the house last night,

The victims.

Are you familiar With the tenants here?

On the upper floor, It's a man and wife.

Right.

The basement, The basement's my son's suite,

But I think he's Over at his wife's place.

- your son has The basement suite? - that's right.

He's separated, And sometimes he stays Over at the house

With his ex.

I'm pretty sure He's over there,

Because I spoke With him yesterday.

Well, here's the thing. We've found two people.

They're deceased, They're in the basement,

And we haven't been able To identify anybody.

No, no, no. You can't go In there, sir.

- get out of my way. - no, no, no. We just Need information here.

You can't go Anywhere near that. All right.

Information's What we need here.

My son is in there.

Well, sir,

There's two people We have to identify,

Okay?

Who else Is in there?

Well, the other Is a child.

He's going to fall.

Watch him, watch him.

Sir, sit over here For a bit.

Anybody I can Call for you?

Anybody we can Call, sir?

It's my son... My grandson...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry this Even had to happen.

I know This is hard.

Are you sure?

Are you sure It was them?

Well, we know There was just an adult

And we know There was a child,

And that's all We really know

At this point, Okay?

I'm sorry.

Listen, have you got A family doctor

You can Put us in touch with?

You know, Someone we can get some...

Some records, Some dental records, Anything like that?

- what happened? - we don't know for sure.

We've got a whole team Of investigators working on it.

I've got to... I've got to call stephanie.

I've got To call his wife.

- we can send somebody over-- - no, no, I'll go over.

I'll go over.

Because she's going To be needing...

My god, it was her baby.

It was my grandson.

Should we Send somebody

Over there With you, sir?

It might be A good idea.

- yeah? - yeah, okay.

Let's get In your own car.

We'll get someone To drive you.

Look, the scene's Going to be tied up

For quite some time, Okay?

Now, she can't Come over here.

I wouldn't advise Letting her in.

- no, no. - don't even try.

Okay.

What's your son's name?

It's daniel.

And your grandson's?

It's peter.

So there's a bullet In the head?

Yeah.

Don't take my word for it, Though.

Have a look.

Well, what's going on Down here?

We've been digging here For a few months,

Bringing up bones, Artifacts,

Some boxes.

Boxes? What kind of boxes?

See these boxes here?

They're used To store the bones

Until they're transported Back to china.

So this guy here,

Is he one Of the ones

Waiting to be Shipped back?

No, he's laid out

Like he fell Where he was shot.

It looks like A separate incident,

But, you know, that's For you to find out.

Do you need me here For anything else?

For a bit, yeah,

Just to fill us in On what else is happening here.

I'm going To call work,

Let them know Where I'm at.

That got a bit chilly there For a minute.

Yeah.

We're not getting along so well These days.

She still Bent out of shape

Because of That josie thing?

I don't know.

Yeah, that, And some other --.

It's clearly a shot

Right through the forehead There.

- maybe the slug's Still inside. - uh-huh.

Hey, sunny. Hey, sunny,

So how many Of those boxes

Have you dug up Out of here so far?

12, so far.

Have you got any idea What's going on here?

Well, we know There was a fire here

In 1907,

And there was a row of brothels On this street,

And this was originally A fresh-produce warehouse.

Okay.

I'm going to go give The bunny suits a call,

Get them down here.

Can you call william?

Let him know To call sunny?

Thanks.

Hey.

So where were you Last night?

I just fell asleep On the couch

Watching the tube.

You might want To call next time

And let me know.

That's our new rule?

I've got to Make the call?

You can't call me?

Forget I said Anything.

I can do that.

All the information I have

Is completely credible.

I wanted evidence Other than from Your informant.

Alex mills is still The titled owner Of this house.

He's kept it empty Ever since his wife Went missing,

Except for A few squatters.

Around the same time His wife disappears,

He pours A new concrete floor In the basement.

How do you Know that?

I got The contractor's number

Off a receipt Left in the basement.

The guy remembers Doing the job,

Says he never Saw the wife.

Okay, go ahead.

You got Something else?

Another woman Saw the wife

Heading back To that address

From the grocery store

On the day She disappeared.

Another prostitute, You said.

I don't discount What she says

Because she's A prostitute.

Look, I'm simply asking The same questions

The crown's Going to ask.

How credible Is the information?

All the information I've gotten from my informant Has panned out.

Everything she's said so far Has been accurate.

Okay, tell me What you're next step is then?

I'm getting a warrant To dig up the basement floor

And see if alex mills Buried his wife under there.

You want to dig up A cement floor

On the off chance That sarah mills is under there?

I hope you know you're creating A hell of a lot of work

For the forensics squad.

I'm aware.

Your call then.

Hey.

I've got a better idea What's going on now.

Yeah?

You want to take Another look?

Sure, I'd love to.

I think we've got The fire starting

Right through here.

What, the heater? Is that the culprit?

We've got this Old-style space heater.

The switch is still In the "On" position,

So I'm thinking

This is the culprit Right here.

And you've got A pile of rags

Under the laundry tubs, And metal fragments,

An old aerosol can, And--

Boom, It explodes,

Catches the paint rags On fire.

If the can's close enough to it, It could,

But I'm still Looking into that.

So these paint rags Have caught on fire,

Then what Happens next?

You get more Flammables going up,

This wall here Goes up,

And you've got The adult sleeping

Right on The other side,

So he gets The toxic smoke

Right away,

Under the door, Through the wall here.

Well, I've seen these fires Start before

With these old space heaters.

People leave them on, you know,

Trying to get the damp Out of their basement.

Yeah, I've seen that, too.

Yeah, in 1907.

They said the fire happened Thereabouts, anyway.

Yeah, that could Fit the timeframe Of these remains,

And you can see that He's been burned, But usually,

You've got to pour Some kind of accelerant On top of the body

To make it burn All the way up Like this.

Okay. Anything else?

Yeah.

I think the guy's Chinese.

You can tell that By the shape of teeth?

Is that right?

Yeah. I'm going by that And these glasses here.

They were In the dirt

Under the body.

The writing on the frames Looks to be chinese.

That could be The manufacturer

Or the retailer.

Oh yeah. Right here.

And then there's this.

Looks like jade.

Maybe he wore it Around his neck For good luck.

Some chinese believe That if you fall,

The jade will crack, But you won't.

Too bad He couldn't have picked one

That'd stop a bullet.

Yeah.

I meant to ask you,

Have you heard from your wife Since she disappeared?

Yeah, I have, several times.

How's her health?

As far as I know, good.

She called you?

Where from?

I don't remember Asking her that.

I really didn't care Where she was.

Why was she calling?

She needed money,

Wanted to hurry up The divorce settlement,

That kind of thing.

Okay, so you're telling me

That's she's alive And well then?

As far as I know.

Can you tell me

How to get In touch with her?

I'd like to speak With her.

I have no idea.

She's pretty unreliable.

So start this again.

Okay, here's the window,

No here.

Excuse me.

I'm trying to find 322...

Hello. Excuse me?

I'm wondering, Have you got a minute?

I'm trying to find...

This is supposed to be Daniel dupont,

The record.

Yeah. Go right down here, Turn to your right,

And it's right there On the corner.

Are you kidding me?

I've been by here Six times. Thanks.

Boy.

Oh, sorry.

The fire investigator Wants to rule it accidental.

Accidental?

That's it?

The investigation's Over already?

Well, not unless I find something else unusual

In the next week or so.

I'm going to have to rule on it And close the file.

Oh, well, okay.

You said you heard Some information?

Oh yeah.

Well, my son was having Some problems here

With shoplifters.

What kind of problems?

Well, you can see Right here

He's got a lot Of collectors' items,

A lot of rare records.

Right.

Last weekend, he told me He was having problems

With a couple Of shoplifters.

- oh yeah? - a couple of them,

They stole some things And he caught them.

Really?

So he reported them To the police,

And then They came back here

The next weekend To the market here

And they threatened him.

I don't know

If there's anything To that, but...

I guess That's not too uncommon,

Shoplifters and all that, You know.

I could check into it If you like.

They might have found out Where he lived,

Because he had a break-in After that.

He had a break-in

In that basement suite?

- yeah. - is that right?

And I had the security Bars put on right after that.

You just had those installed Last week?

I was worried about him, You know,

His son staying there.

I didn't want anybody Breaking in and scaring the kid.

I'm just thinking,

I'm wondering If anybody around here

Might have overheard Those threats?

There's a guy In the next booth.

He's got a furniture stall.

He might have.

I wouldn't mind Talking to him.

Well, he was here Earlier.

I'm sure he's Around here somewhere.

Looks like he's still open.

I'm kind of concerned,

Because that's A lot of trouble to go through

To file a police report.

It must have been serious.

That's right, But those police,

They should know Those guys names.

Okay.

I'm going to check Into that, too.

How's your son's Wife, then?

How's she doing?

She's gone over To see her mother on the island.

She had to get away.

Is that right?

Every time she turned around, Something reminded her of...

Well, you know.

Yeah.

How about you? How are you making out?

Me, I'm all right.

Just trying To keep busy.

That's a good plan.

Don't you have another place Downtown?

Don't you have a music store?

That's right. I've been there over 30 years.

Yeah, I know That place.

You teach music, too, Don't you, piano?

Yeah.

I taught a lot of kids Over the years.

Wow, dinah shore.

I'll bet that's Worth something.

Yeah.

We're getting a bunch of hits Off that metal detector.

They're could be Anything under there.

Yeah, water pipes, Sewer lines.

Yeah, well,

I'm going to have To bust up the concrete To find anything,

So what do you Want me to do?

Start breaking up the floor, I guess.

Might as well.

Your call.

Tell me where to start, Because it's a crapshoot.

Well, if your Old lady threatened

To rat you out To the cops,

And you kill her,

Where down here You going to bury her?

Well, I guess I'd be thinking

About getting Rid of her first,

And then I'd dig Somewhere

Where nobody'd notice The dirt's been dug up

If they happen To come down here.

Right.

Bury her, Call the contractor,

And he's going To come down here

And check out the floor Pretty good,

Prepare it a little bit,

Maybe level it out a bit Before he pours the cement.

That's right.

That's your call there, Chick.

You're the expert.

Start wherever you feel You're going to get lucky.

But it's going to be A lot of work.

All right, we better Drill a few holes.

Excuse me.

Yes, sir?

Are you gordon, By any chance?

Yeah, that's me.

Great. I've been Looking for you.

- I'm from the coroner's Office. - okay.

I'm investigating

The death Of daniel dupont.

Oh... That's A sad thing.

Yeah, yeah.

Were you aware

Of the problems He was having

With some Shoplifters?

Yeah, that's right.

Anything you can Tell me about it?

About the shoplifters?

Yeah.

Not really.

We get them down Here sometimes.

Yeah.

Did he get any threats?

Did he tell you About any threats

- that he received? - from those guys?

From those guys, Any guys.

You know...

I think those guys Came back

And talked to him In the parking lot

Before he made The complaint.

Did he tell you That he'd had a threat?

He did, yeah.

Now, he made A police complaint.

Remember that?

Do you remember When it was?

Yeah, two weekends ago. Sunday, I think.

Two weekends ago,

And then They came back

And they threatened him When?

The next weekend.

That's Last weekend.

Yeah, yeah, Last weekend.

And what did he say When they threatened him?

I think He told them

He wouldn't Be intimidated.

He was that kind of guy.

So that's the 12th.

You know he was A good musician?

Yeah, I heard that. That's true, eh?

Yeah.

- okay, thanks. - uh...

His son died with him, Is that right?

Yeah.

That's true.

At least they went together.

I don't think either of them

Would have survived Losing the other.

They were joined At the hip.

Okay.

Again, thank you.

Sure.

Good night.

Um...

Detective.

Hey.

What's going on?

Not much. What's up with you?

Just chasing down A possible arson thing.

You?

Digging up some guy's wife He planted in the basement.

Oh, just who I Want to see, too.

- hey, rose. - angie.

- take it easy, dominic. - what's shaking, rose?

Oh, we've got Some bank robbers Out from montreal

- keeping us entertained. - is that right?

- what can I do for you? - looking for a couple Of shoplifters

That might have Held up a record booth At a flea market,

And then got picked up By your guys.

Not enough people dying,

You got to chase down Shoplifters?

Well, they threatened the guy That phoned them in,

And then next thing you know,

He and his son Both die in a fire.

I don't like it.

Listen, I don't know that file myself,

But I'll check it out And get back to you.

Tell wedgie I'm interested, okay?

You still got my number?

Yeah. Hey, hey, it was good How it worked out

For mick and leo On that shooting.

- thanks for helping. - yeah. Yeah, okay.

Take it easy.

You, too.

Hey, dominic.

Hi. How's it going?

Good. Look, I've got A favor to ask.

What's going on with your dig Down on powell street?

Powell street?

Yeah, on the edge Of old chinatown there

By the water.

It's nothing to do With me.

You've got A pathologist on it.

Yeah, she's doing it On her own, though,

With the anthropologist From the university

Or something like that. Why, what's going on?

I understand That they've recovered A half a dozen bodies.

- yeah. I heard that, - look, I've got some friends

- who asked me To intervene on their behalf. - some friends of yours?

Yeah, from a chinese Benevolent association. The community has an interest

- in seeing The remains properly buried. - what makes your friends think

They won't get possession Of the bones?

Well, you've seen what happens To historical remains,

I mean, half the time,

They end up In a university basement.

Yeah. Well, you've got To talk to homicide about it,

Because they're Involved down there now.

- what's their Interest in it? - there's another body

Recovered From that same era

That your friends Are interested in,

And this one's got A bullet inside of the head.

- was the victim chinese? - apparently.

So, you can Run it by them.

I'm just trying to stay Away from this one.

I've got enough problems With people who died today.

Forget a hundred years ago.

- I understand. - good luck on it.

Thanks. You too.

- hey. - hey.

Some good news Came in today.

Oh yeah?

You might want to pull Your forensics squad

Out of the basement.

Sarah mills, alex mills' wife,

She heard We were looking for her.

She's waiting in interview.

She wants to talk to you.

She's in interview?

Uh-huh.

He might have Wanted to kill me,

But he didn't.

You can see that.

Old and in the way?

Whatever.

Come on. He kicked you Back on the street when He got tired of you.

No. I left.

Because he had a new girl

He wanted for a welfare fraud You were into,

And you got jealous.

I don't know About any other girl.

I just got sick of him.

So you left town For a couple of years?

Uh-huh.

Why so long?

Got sick of the rain.

Why'd you come back?

Got sick Of winnipeg.

So you back in touch With your ex-husband?

No.

Alex's lawyer Ran into a friend of mine.

I got a call You people thought I was dead,

So... Here I am.

Okay.

Nothing else You can tell me?

That's about it.

Okay. Good.

Are you going To be seeing alex?

I probably will, yeah.

Tell him to give me A call at my sister's.

Will you do that?

At your sister's?

All right, sure.

Take it easy.

So you don't like

Your space-heater Theory anymore.

Nope.

We did A mechanical check

On that old space heater,

And determined

That it wasn't even working Before the fire.

- that's not Going to play. - nope.

So what are you thinking?

Well, I can't say.

Do you think It's arson, or not?

Well, I'm not finding

Any concrete Evidence of that.

Okay, well, What about the outside? Anything out there?

We've got Something out there, But it could be nothing.

What do you got?

We found

A whole bunch Of cigarette butts

Around here, Underneath the window.

Yeah...

So somebody was smoking Here, for sure.

Notice, you've got All these footprints, too.

Well, that could Be our people.

We stomped All over the place

When we responded To the call,

So that could be Our people.

Okay, so a live butt,

A cigarette butt or something Through this window,

There might have been rags-- Is that where you're Going with this?

I think The tenant himself

Flicked his cigarette Out the window.

We didn't find a butt On the inside,

But part of the hot ember Could have landed in there

Without his knowing it.

Do we know if he was a smoker?

According to His father, he was,

And we found A pack of smokes In the bedroom,

And then there's More cigarette butts

Around the other side Under his bedroom window.

So he had a habit

Of tossing His cigarette butts

Out the window, then?

Yeah, I think so.

Maybe he wanted to

Not expose his son To the smoke or whatever.

Do you think That could do that, though?

A live ember could light Those rags up like that?

Yeah. See, I think He's in the habit

Of flicking his butts Out the window,

But then he puts in These security bars,

It bounces off that,

But part of the hot ember Lands inside the house.

Geez.

Yeah.

Is that how You're calling this one?

No.

My official call

Is the origin of the fire Is undetermined.

Undetermined origin.

Hey, guys.

So these were With the bones.

Yeah. Right next to them.

Chick said there's Some chinese writing on them,

Maybe a manufacturer's name.

- yeah, that's chinese. - what's it say?

Well, I can't make Out all of it,

But this part here Definitely says San francisco.

Can you guys Tell me anything else?

So far, All we've got

Is what you just told us About san francisco.

You have some friends In these societies

Who might be interested in this, Apparently.

Is that right?

Yeah. They think that Some of these remains

May be family members, Ancestors.

Well, it would be good To know why know,

'cause we're just In the dark.

Maybe if you guys Could help them

Seize some of the remains That they're interested in,

Prevent those From being tied up By the university,

I'm sure they'd be Happy to help you out.

We could probably Help them out there.Ere.

I'll put them in touch.

Undetermined? Well, what is that Supposed to mean?

Well, it means we can't Say for certain What occurred.

Well, I'd like to know

What you think Might have happened.

All we can say for certain

Is the fire started Underneath the laundry tubs,

In those old rags,

But we can't say how or why They ignited, you know?

What about those guys,

Those guys Who threatened my son?

What'd they have to say?

We haven't spoken To them yet.

- are you going to? - I plan to.

And you'll let me know When you do.

I will, sir. Yes.

It's been hard.

With daniel And peter gone,

That's the end Of the family line.

That's the end Of the line.

Chick, I've got To shut this down.

The guy's wife Turned up alive.

She showed up?

You've got To wrap this up.

Okay. What do you Want me to do

With that skeleton I found in there?

These are female, young.

We've got Clothing remnants,

Good set of dental, And, best of all,

The purse Was buried with her.

If this was her,

Her name is Roberta vale.

The bones and artifacts We dug up earlier

Have nothing to do with The guy with the bullet In his head.

You don't know that. That's just your theory, right?

I think I do know that.

So you know Who the guy

With the bullet In his skull is,

And you know Who shot him?

No.

You don't know They're not related.

This could be The site of a mass murder.

Come on. Mass murder? Give me a break.

It's a bunch of remains Of immigrant laborers, Period.

Well, whatever it is, We need to get a look At those remains.

What guarantee do I have That they'll be Returned to me

- when the work is through? - when that time comes,

Then we'll talk About ownership.

Right now, All the work has Got to be suspended.

Yeah?

Hi. Mr. Steadman's here.

Okay, send him in.

- what's wrong? - he's been drinking.

Okay, bring him in.

Mr. Steadman.

Hi.

How are you doing?

How am I doing?

How do you think I'm doing?

I just realized

I don't even know What your first name is.

I've forgotten it.

What is it?

Morris.

Morris. Dominic.

Morris, thanks For coming in.

You want to take a seat?

So you got Any stuff for me

- about my daughter's Murder? - no, no.

Like I say,

I don't believe It's murder.

I still don't believe That's a murder,

And if we could,

If we don't have To get into that right now,

I'd really appreciate it. Just allow me that, okay?

I've got A problem, morris.

You know, I wonder if I could Get your help on it.

Help you?

You're supposed to be Helping me,

But you've been ignoring me.

I know I'm selfish To ask you this,

But I've got a situation here,

I don't know How to deal with it.

Okay, I've got this guy, I know this guy,

And he's lost

His son and His grandson in a fire.

I know nothing about that.

Well, what I was hoping for

Was I could Talk you into

Having a conversation With him.

If you could Talk to him.

Okay?

The situation That he's in

And the things that You've been through,

Well, I think It would help him

To see some things.

I'm not in no shape To help nobody.

Morris, you know,

If you could maybe Just pick up the phone

And give him A telephone call...

I've got his number Right over here.

Mr. Yu says

In 1907, There was a riot in chinatown.

All those Against the chinese immigrants

Came down to chinatown,

Looking for anybody They could find.

A lot of white people Attacked chinese people.

They threw rocks, Set a lot of fires.

Set the building Where we found the bones On fire, as well.

The fire happened The night of the riot? The building one?

- yeah. That's what The records show. - does he know anything

About the people

That were running The produce warehouse?

[ speaking chinese ]

Yeah. He says Mostly business people.

Places like this Were used for meetings, Community concerns.

Such as what?

Common interests.

The chinese benevolent society Used the space.

Tong members would gather And have meetings.

Any way of knowing

Who occupied The building

The night Of the riot?

He says he doesn't Really know.

I mean, everybody Ran to defend their homes.

Were any Of the rioters

Carrying guns?

Weapons?

How about the chinese people That were defending their homes?

Did they have any guns?

He says a few, yes,

But many more chinese Bought guns after the riot.

So the victim we found

Could've been shot By one of the rioters.

Yeah, it's possible, yes.

We need to try And identify this guy.

Ask him If there were any murders

That were reported The night of the riot.

Missing people? Anything like that?

No.

Okay, well,

Tell him Thank you very much.

- hey. - hey, rose.

These are the two jokers You've been looking for.

You talk to them?

Not yet.

You looking at arson?

No. The fire investigator Is starting to think

It was the guy himself, Dropping a cigarette.

You might want to take Another look at that.

I got a second report In there from the tenant,

A b&e for The week before.

Oh yeah?

That's why they put The security bars up.

Yeah. If you read The guy's report,

He says He thought he saw Two guys in the alley

For two nights running, Scoping the house.

He thought For a burglary,

After he made The shoplifting complaint.

Two guys in the alley?

Two guys smoking In the alley.

Well, okay. Great. That was fast.

- thanks, rose. - no problem.

So where'd you Find my sister?

In the basement Of a house in the east end.

When did you See her last?

I saw roberta

The saturday before She disappeared.

And it was The following monday She disappeared?

She was supposed To call me,

But she never did.

Okay, so what'd you do

That saturday You were together?

We went to the p.N.E. And rode the roller coaster.

I mean, we always Had to be there,

Like, the very first day The fairgrounds opened.

Anything else that day?

No. Not really.

I mean, we did the fair, She got on a bus,

And that's the last Time I saw her.

Okay.

Now, I understand From missing persons

That your sister Had some drug problems.

Yeah, she did.

I mean, she was Living on the street By the time she was 14.

Do you have any idea Who her friends were?

Not really, no.

I mean, she had Her street friends. You know those types?

Hookers.

She was just hooking To make money.

How about Where was she living?

She had a place, One of those hotels downtown.

I was never there.

- she just told me About it. - okay.

Is there anything else That you can remember That might help me out?

I don't know.

She said something about

How things were starting To look up for her.

How so?

I didn't ask her.

I didn't want to know.

I mean, whatever it was,

It was always A scam of some kind.

You know, some people, They'll work hard All their lives

Trying to get Something for nothing. That's my sister.

Well, it looks like you guys Are in the same boat as we are

With all those other bones That got dug up.

How are you going To identify those?

I have no idea.

We're going To get to the remains,

And dig into the piles A little bit further,

- you know, pray for luck. - well, I hope you get some.

Yeah, you too.

Good luck On that dead guy.

I think this guy

Was just in the wrong place At the wrong time,

Got hit by a stray bullet.

You're Thinking random?

Yeah, A turn-of-the-century drive-by.

Random Doesn't sound right to me.

Maybe if it was In on the street, yeah,

But this guy Was in the basement,

Hiding from rioters Looking to lynch somebody.

How random Could that be?

Your victim was killed

With what I'm going to guess Was an axe.

You can see numerous cuts On the skull here,

The ribs, on the spine, Shoulders, neck.

I'd say she received A dozen blows, maybe more.

No way of knowing If she was being cut up,

Or are these All pre-mortem?

The first couple of blows To the head

Would have killed her,

So either the killer went On chopping in a rage,

Or started in on Chopping up the body,

And abandoned the plan.

Was it one assailant? Can you tell?

It's impossible to say.

The victim, roberta,

I'm thinking She had to be involved

With alex and his wife Somehow.

Maybe she was the other girl In the welfare scam.

I don't know, Maybe it was something else.

Maybe they were Both into dealing,

Prostitution--

Have you got anything

That can tie Your dead girl to them,

A witness, something From forensics--

- not yet, no. - thanks.

But it was either them Or they rented out

Grave space In their basement.

I mean, they're the only ones Who can tell us that.

What about Your squatter?

- anything new? - nah.

The neighbor couldn't pin down A time when they were there.

Tell me what You do have, then?

I have A woman's butchered body

In this guy's basement.

All right, What's your next step?

I don't have anything To hold alex any longer,

So all I can do Is ask you to okay surveillance

On alex and his wife,

Apply for A part-six authorization

So we can wire up Their phones.

You're asking For surveillance,

Doing a part six,

Sounds like you want to go All the way on this.

I want to do it right.

Okay, you put your team Together,

And I'll get An undercover operator in.

Who do you want to handle him?

Me. I've had the course.

Have you handled Operators before?

I'm ready for one.

Okay.

Well, I'll see What's in our budget

And who's available To work u.C. On this.

Okay. Thanks.

Yeah.

I spotted the two of them Checking out

The record stand Again,

Looking to see If anybody was around,

So I get a hold of joe,

And he comes over,

I get louise

To bring a pair of handcuffs That she's got for sale,

There's no key,

And we jump the one of them

As he's trying To weasel out the side door.

- you jumped him? - I jumped him,

And the other guy ran,

And, hey, there he is.

You're in a lot Of -- now, gary,

Because you're involved In a homicide.

Hey, rose.

This is One of your guys.

Hello. Nice to meet you.

He doesn't think It's too serious.

He doesn't? Burning down a house, That's pretty serious,

- especially when There's people in there. - I was advising him

- you're thinking homicide. - that's pretty much how it's Looking, yeah, yeah.

I want you to talk to me A little bit about daniel

- and the little Record shop in here. - he called the cops on us.

- these are your cigarettes? - yeah, and I'm having one.

No. You're not having any.

We found some Cigarettes over there,

Outside the window At the fire scene,

And we can get dna Of those,

And see if you're the guy That was smoking them.

I don't know What fire you're talking about.

You don't?

Okay, well, We've got a police report,

In which daniel

Says that You and your friend, jack,

Were outside his house, In the alley,

And you were Checking out his place.

Then we got a second report That says you threatened him.

Then, of course, We've got the fire,

In which he and his son Died inside there,

Which brings me back To these cigarettes,

Because, you know what,

We found Some cigarettes out there

At the crime scene,

And they're the same brand As these.

Lots of people smoke those.

- your friend Smoke these? - no.

So it's just you That smokes those? Okay. That's good.

I smoke them,

I didn't burn Anybody's house down.

But you knew that house.

You knew where he lived.

You were described As being there.

You know what I'm going to do?

I'm going to Go back over there,

And I'm going to Look for your prints

From when you broke In to the house.

She gets those prints, And you're pretty much done,

Because I'll Tell you right now,

We've got shoe prints,

And I'm betting Those are yours,

Out there in the alley, All over the damn place.

And we've got The cigarettes

With your dna.

You understand, gary, What dna is?

Dna is like a... It's like a signature.

It places you Directly at the scene.

I didn't set a fire.

All I did Was steal some records.

Well, maybe your friend, jack, Will roll over on you first.

That's how it goes, gary.

The first guy to sing Gets set free.

You trust your friend, jack?

You think he's not Going to rat you out?

I didn't set a fire. I didn't set a fire!

I'm not buying Your little story here. I'm just not buying it.

I see you standing there On the scene there,

Smoking a cigarette,

Because your buddy, jack, Does not smoke cigarettes,

It's you.

There's no evidence

To put your friend, jack, Anywhere near that scene,

Just you, and right about now, My temptation is

To take you over to my car-- That's what I'm going to do--

Take you over to my car, Put you in the trunk,

And beat you. Do you want that? Do you want that?

- dominic... - I've got two people dead.

One's a little kid. Stick your tongue Out at me....

Can I Talk to you?

Just rip His face right off.

Just wait right There, my friend, okay?

You wait right there.

Go get him.

- I want this To happen right here. - okay.

He doesn't believe you. He thinks you're guilty.

- I didn't do it. - yeah, well,

He's going to find a way To get you found guilty.

If he wants you guilty, Believe me, you're guilty.

Is there anything You can tell him

To back him off?

Jack did it.

He broke into the house.

It wasn't me.

There's no evidence Of jack being there,

That's the problem.

He was there. He did it!

All right, but You see my problem,

Don't you?

Why don't you take us Back over there

Show us What happened,

Where you were,

Where jack was.

Maybe we can get you Out of this.

I'm not going Anywhere alone with him.

Okay. All right.

You can ride over With me.

Let me see if he'll Agree to that, okay?

Okay.

He's going to take us Over to the crime scene.

Oh yeah?

You take him To the crime scene,

You're pretty much Burning him off as a suspect.

Well, he's going to Put the other guy in,

We use him As our key witness, Drop him as a suspect.

If he's going to Put the other guy, That's homicide, 100%,

So we should be Calling homicide.

Do me a favor.

Let me keep this case.

Everybody wants it To be in homicide, huh?

The way I'm looking at it, They could use the help.

All right.

You wanted to see me?

Yeah.

I'm going to go ahead With your undercover request.

There's an operator By the name of danny leary,

So happens to be mick's brother, And he's supposed to be good.

Oh yeah? Okay.

Get your background materials Together for him,

And get me your picks For the cover team,

And go to work

As soon as leary Gets into town.

Okay, great. Thanks.

This is an expensive deal,

Over six grand a day Just for the bare bones.

- I want results. - me too.

So we've got the artifacts Back from the university,

And we found some bricks

Packed in the boxes With the bones.

Bricks? What kind of bricks?

Well, mr. Yu says here

That the bricks Identify the bodies.

Each brick Has a family name on it,

As well as the name

Of a village Back in mainland china.

Any brick For our guy?

No.

12 bricks, And your guy didn't get one.

No 13th brick.

No. I don't think so.

There were 12 boxes, 12 skeletons, 12 bricks,

All packed And ready to ship.

- I don't think Your guy's related. - yeah, we figured that.

So you're Going to send

These other bones Back to china?

No. It's too late For that.

They won't take Bones anymore,

So we're Going to have

A private service For them here.

I had a visit From your wife.

Yeah, I heard She was back in town.

Yeah. She wants you

To call her Over at her sister's place.

Thanks for the message.

So I'm going To start the paperwork

To get you out of here.

That's good to hear.

And I'm going To suggest to you

That you stay out Of this end of the city,

And away From the women down here.

I think I have the right

To go wherever I want And be with whoever I want

Without being threatened By the police.

Don't misunderstand me.

It is not a threat From the police.

Tell us where you were.

I was standing At the back fence, right there.

I was watching the alley.

Where was jack?

He went up To the house.

Show us.

He went up To this window.

He couldn't get in.

Because of These security bars.

Where were you?

Back at the fence.

You were back at that fence The whole time?

Yes.

How come we've got Your cigarette butts

Standing outside This window here?

How are you smoking Those cigarettes

And standing Around the gate?

That was from The time before,

When jack broke in The first time.

I was watching from there.

So you're saying The night of the fire,

You didn't come back up here To the house?

No.

I don't know How you can prove that.

I don't have one clue.

How are you going to prove

That you weren't The guy on the night

That put the cigarette In there

That killed that little boy And his father?

What if I were to tell you I got your fingerprints

All over the outside Of that damn window?

What if I told you The basement door over here,

We got your fingerprints All over that, too?

You know what happens

If I place you Inside this basement?

You are done, my friend, You are done.

Why? Because we've got Your fingerprints.

We can't date those.

We can't prove

That those fingerprints Did not originate

From the night of the fire, Right?

Same with the dna On the cigarettes there,

Those cigarettes.

Nothing is saying That you didn't smoke those

- the night of the fire. - so you see how it looks, Right?

You've got a little kid, The father,

You're the arsonist,

And your pal, jack's, Laughing at you.

He touched The lighter fluid can.

Maybe you can get it Off that.

Where's that can?

It's up the alley Somewhere.

He chucked it In the garbage can.

No, no, no, no.

You see, they pick up The garbage around here,

Like, mondays, tuesdays, Something like that.

What if it's gone? Then what?

Maybe the pillow case's Still in the garage.

Maybe you can get Prints off that.

Pillow case? What pillow case?

He took a pillow case Off the neighbors' line,

He soaked it, He tore a piece off,

He put the rest In the garage.

He used A piece of the pillow case

To start the fire?

Yeah.

He lit it, And he dropped it inside.

I don't think

We can get the prints Off the sheet.

We'll try, but I think

We're going to need That lighter fluid.

We need the can.

I know it's down the alley.

I don't remember Which garbage can it is.

Let's take a look now.