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Washington Associated Press, November 21st. Get out of my face! Get out of my

face!

The Food and Drug Administration announced today that the medicinal use

marijuana... Man, I got a job to do.

I got a job I gotta do!

They just don't understand what's at stake here!

They don't understand suffering!

Dude needs himself a cocktail.

You always do with this good?

Always.

You've never tasted anything like it.

80 % arabica for foundation, 10 % Costa Rican for fullness, and bouquet.

What's the other 10 %?

The reason you've never tasted anything like it.

Thanks so much for picking me up, Bailey. I hate leaving my car at the

Three murders in the Benton Park West area of St. Louis within 18 days.

Two in the past week. They'll be as confident as on the rise.

To be preserved last night's crime scene.

Merv Bernstein's the detective in charge. He's taking care of it.

Don't worry, it's our plane.

Can't leave without us.

Hey, you gonna sleep all day or what?

Muff, Muff, I can't find my jeans.

Yeah, well, look on the chair by the bed.

Not on the chair.

Bailey, this is Mike.

Mike, this is Bailey.

How you doing, man?

I had some kind of moves.

Demetrius Pope.

Point guard with the tar heels.

Until he blew out his knee.

I saw him at the final four a few years ago.

God, he could have been a star.

He's not going to be a star now.

This is a crush larynx.

Based on the linear demarcation across the midline, I'd say a single blow from

relatively blunt object.

Tire iron crowbar. Death was instantaneous.

Still no linkage between the victims.

I've been through Social Security and about a hundred other things.

None of them has a police record.

I mean, except for the location where they were killed. It was coming up

What's wrong, George? You sound lousy.

Must be a bad connection.

You seen a doctor since the accident?

Daily. I played 18 holes yesterday.

I mean, the only thing wrong with me is I can't make a three -footer.

Okay? I'll call you as soon as I get something you can use. Bye.

I have John Grant checking the area for witnesses. He's looking into shelters,

abandoned buildings.

Witnesses. This part of town has got a better chance of finding uranium.

Waitress in her 40s. Med student. He was 26.

Both white. Now this kid.

Robbery wasn't the motive.

So is he killing just to get his rocks off? I don't know why he's doing it,

Merv. Serial killers don't usually cross racial lines.

How's Gloria?

I'd have to ask her attorney.

No.

29 years.

I'm sorry, man.

What does it mean? I'm in a swell apartment.

Free brunch on Sundays.

My son is in the Amazon hugging trees. My daughter drives a Harley.

Things couldn't be better.

This newspaper guy was killed by blunt force to the throat.

The waitress was killed by a puncture wound to the ear that penetrated the

brain.

Then med student by blunt force trauma to the back of the head.

Emmy pulled out wood chips from her hair and scalp.

Weapons of opportunity?

Which he used to inflict only one wound.

What does that say?

He probably knows about anatomy.

Smack someone in the head with a two -by -four.

How much anatomy do you have to know?

But the med student was killed during the day in a relatively crowded place.

Maybe there's no witnesses because the killer blends in with the environment.

He becomes invisible.

Last night I was thinking about Quantico.

You, me, roasted goat, couscous.

Youngest kid couldn't have been more than six.

When Child Protective Services took them away, he asked me if he'd be able to

stay with his brother and sister.

I lied to him.

When he was little, he always used to cry when I left him at school.

He wanted to be with me.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Pope.

Do you know anyone who'd want to do this?

Was he involved in any activities that could have put him in danger?

He was a good boy.

We're trying to establish a motive.

What you mean is why it was his fault.

Why he deserves to die.

No, ma 'am. My son had dreams of glory that never came true.

But he took his disappointments like a man.

What happened to him makes no sense.

And don't you dare say that he did things to deserve it.

Don't you dare.

Where is his ring?

Did you people take it?

There's no mention of a ring.

They were national champions.

He always wore that ring.

I faxed the description of the ring to local pawn shops and dealers.

The killer might be trying to turn it into cash.

This is not about money.

The last victim had no money on him, but we don't know whether he was carrying

any in the first place. The waitress...

Went out for a smoke, left her tips inside.

The med student's a med student. He was broke.

A ring like that is worth something.

I like to cover all our bases.

Murph said that the number of homeless in Benton Park has doubled in the last

five years.

The victims weren't homeless.

No, but the killer might be.

Maybe that's why we can't find a witness.

Homeless are part of the landscape.

He can move around without being noticed.

So the more reason for him to take the rings, the more that he's going to need

the money.

He's escalating.

The last two murders came twice as fast as the first.

What's his trigger?

Could be mentally ill, schizophrenic. Most schizophrenics aren't prone to

violence. Well, what triggers him?

I'm going to go get a better sense of the neighborhood.

I'll have a uniform go with you.

No, thanks, Murph, but the last thing I need is to draw attention.

Then plainclothes, please.

Make an old man happy.

Eight pawn shops within the kill zone.

We're doing a follow -up right now.

I'll get with your people.

Any chance of you patching it up with Gloria?

Hey, she left me after 29 years.

I wouldn't patch it up for all the tea in China.

If she could crawl on broken glass, I wouldn't patch it up.

Call him, Irv.

No Sunday brunches can get lonely.

Bailey, it's me.

Maybe the killer has a military background.

He's efficient. He uses weapons of opportunity.

He might be trained for that.

Could be targeting this ten block area as a way to establish or protect what he

feels is his own territory.

Yeah, I'm on my way back.

Taxi!

What till?

Newbury Park.

Cushion Franklin.

Fine, just open the door.

Any proposal to increase the minimum wage?

The House of Representatives made it today that on both sides... You've got

second to get out of the way or I'm going to run you over!

At times, the debate reminded them of a daytime reality show, and they were

right.

Economic impact is such a move to the backseat of partisan politics.

Partisan politics.

Make this call to Franklin!

I'd say death was caused by a very bad headache.

The nasal cartilage is jammed into his brain.

No weapon.

I don't think so.

Based on the lack of subdural abrasion.

So he used his fist?

Fist, palm, elbow.

Where are we on the military?

George's work.

Do you think he learned about violence in boot camp?

Or as a result of being married?

My counselor says I shouldn't bother about my feelings.

Wish I had better news.

I narrowed the search to males aged 20 to 50 with a military record living or

working within five miles of Benton Park West, and we're still talking

thousands. Highlight the ones with a history of mental problems or violent

behavior and make a second grouping of those with financial difficulties,

marriages, a lot of stress.

Okay, great. I've already started something like that.

You sound better, Georgie.

Yeah, I changed headsets and bought a book on putting.

Talk to you later.

I come bearing gifts.

Gift, actually.

From Monty's Pawn Shop on East Grand. You gotta love their motto.

Cash for stuff.

Made General Norman Schwarzkopf.

That's how he signed the ticket.

Went and pawned this.

North Carolina.

Engraved initials DP.

Demetrius Pope.

Pretend the one this guy served in the desert saw him in the Schwarzkopf.

You were right about him turning the ring in for cash.

But then he took the bread and did some impulse buying.

Up to now, he's used weapons of opportunity.

Maybe he's tired of improvising.

Wants to plan his next attack.

Nothing about the killing seems to have been planned.

Not the threat of the victim, not the weapon.

Go back to the part where he puts the knife in his pocket.

Yeah, right there. Stop.

Look, there's a name on his jacket, but I can't read it.

Assuming it's his.

Could have gotten the jacket from a surplus store.

Or a shelter.

Let's get this to George.

I can have it sent over the T -line.

Put his description on the air. Double up foot patrols in the area.

And have a unit check out all the shelters for this guy.

I know there are no guarantees in life.

All this kid wants is to stay with his brother and sister and with very little

effort you can make that happen Okay with a lot of effort, but all these kids

have is each other Yeah, get back to me

Almost

forgot

At your apartment?

After what happened between us and Quantico, I know you work fast.

Nothing happened between us and Quantico.

You always read other people's phone messages?

Helps fight the tedium.

I bore easily.

Well, there's one thing we agree on.

Killings haven't been so much about anger as fear.

Maybe he wasn't trying to establish his territory.

He might be trying to protect himself from his victims because he's afraid of

them. Next military man afraid of a 93 -pound waitress.

What if she's not a 93 -pound waitress to him?

But let's say he's battling some sort of psychosis or he's tormented by his

nightmares. He might be mistaking his victims for other people, people in his

past. Like who?

Well, the victims come from all walks of life.

So does the military.

Maybe they're reminding him of people that abused him when he was in the

service. Well, when I was in the service, we had a distinct shortage of

-pound drill sergeants.

Well, the power to abuse has nothing to do with size and everything to do with

rank.

George was able to make out the first two letters on the guy's name tag.

H .A. It narrows it down, but there's a lot of possibilities to run through.

If the jacket's his.

Oh, you are full of it, Kevin. Hey, what's a babe like her gonna look at you

for? Hey, hey, hey, hey, shut up.

Check it out.

You wanna take him?

Take him for what?

Laughs.

Hey!

Cool knife, man.

Use it or lose it.

H -A -N -L -E -Y.

Tom, by the knife, why didn't he use it?

Neck was twisted like a pretzel.

Probably grabbed from the back or from the side. One quick snap from someone

definitely knew what he was doing.

Maybe I should go back to Vice. I could keep regular hours.

John, stand up.

Daddy! Hey, guys. How you doing?

Come here.

I had a bad dream last night. You did?

What about it?

I forgot, but I came upstairs and you weren't there.

Well, I'll be there for now on, okay?

Mm -hmm. Huh?

Hey, why don't you guys go outside and wait in the car? Mom will be out in a

second. We'll catch you after school, all right? Mm -hmm. Come here.

Come here.

Go ahead. Down here.

I'm not going through this anymore. Call them. You have to get help.

Nancy. You're having blackouts again. You have to see the doctors.

I can't. Why not?

Because I think they're the ones who did this to me.

Oh, honey, no.

No.

They would never do anything to hurt you. Really.

Really. You're confused.

Otherwise, you'd never even think of that.

How long do these blackouts last?

I don't know.

I come out of them and I wind up bleeding. I don't know how I got there.

I don't know.

Okay, you know what? I'm going to call the doctors and we're going to... No.

Promise me.

Nancy, please. You have to promise me.

What? Promise me that you won't call them.

Chris, I want you to be all right. I'm going to be all right. Please.

Okay, I do. Okay? I do. You promise? Yes, I promise you, sweetie. I promise.

It's okay. I promise.

I promise.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm going to be fine.

You sure? Yeah. I'm going to be okay. Hey, it went away before.

It'll go away again.

Okay?

You know what? I could take the kids. I could come right back. Honey, go to

work.

All right? I'm going to sleep most of the night anyway. I love you. I love

too.

Bye.

Can't get a word in with this guy. He must know Gloria.

Have you called her?

What are you hocking me?

I enjoy brunch alone.

His name is Benjamin R.

Hanley, 38, no permanent address, served in the Army, PFC, 88 through 92.

That's his dog?

Sixth Battalion, got an early discharge for medical reasons.

History of mental problems dating back to childhood.

His old man locked him in the attic for weeks on end in addition to other quirky

behavior.

I don't think he's the killer.

He's the guy from the tape.

I didn't recognize him because there was no sound on the tape.

But I saw him yesterday, a block from where Pope was killed. He was ranting

then, too.

He could never move through the city unnoticed.

But your guy said Hanley's a Gulf War vet with combat training.

Your efficient killer. The killer was able to get close enough to his victim

without arousing concern.

They were dead before they knew what hit him.

Hanley? He has a car alarm going off.

You wouldn't let him anywhere near you. I didn't. He had the ring.

He could have picked it up after the victim was dead.

I'm supposed to believe the killer was funneling Hanley around?

They were in close proximity to at least two of the crime scenes.

We're only talking about a ten block area.

Maybe the killer is not homeless.

Maybe he's one of the businessmen that work in the area.

America is fast becoming a third -rate educational power.

And if this trend is not reversed, the improvement of the technological power

will be over.

Well, I could... It may cost me my hearing, but I'm not done with him.

The killer could be living part of his life in an altered state.

In pieces, fractured episodes he isn't even aware of.

What, hallucinations?

He could have had them all his life. The military could have had nothing to do

with it.

Or he could have been fully functional without any signs of psychosis.

Until something traumatic happened to him in the military.

Seeing his buddies blown away or running away from combat.

That would tend to make him passive and withdrawn or kill as aggressive.

Might have been in special ops.

Took part in some kind of melee incident.

Guilt converted into rage.

He could think that his victims know about his guilt and that's how he's

them.

Rage can burn it into paranoia.

I'm sorry I had to run out on your mic.

Tell Mom and Dad that I'll call them later.

What?

Why didn't you tell me Mike's your brother?

Because you took one look at him and you formed an opinion.

If you walked into John's apartment and he was bouncing some babe off the wall,

you would have said, attaboy, bada -bing!

I stopped using Bada Bing years ago.

Malone. Well, I'll tell you one thing. There is no shortage of psychologically

damaged vets out there. But I got something I think is going to narrow the

Wait a minute, George. Let me put you on the box.

Okay. During the Gulf War, Allied bombers struck frontline Iraqi bunkers

our troops were advancing on them. And some of those bunkers contained a

broom of biological weapons.

Our troops were exposed to it? Yeah. Sixth Battalion ran across some chemical

agents they had never seen before.

The Pentagon, obviously, is trying to keep a lid on it, but my guesstimate is

that 3 ,000 to 5 ,000 of our guys were exposed.

What were the symptoms?

In some cases, severe hallucinations, delusions, stuff that required long

treatment, and in others, there was a delayed effect, months, even years.

Hanley was in the Sixth Battalion.

Sure, a thousand other guys.

George, of the list you've already compiled, can you tell how many 6th

vets are living in the area?

Those kids would have been better off if I never made that call.

George identified 11 vets who live within a 50 -mile radius of Greater St.

Louis.

Guys from the 6th Battalion who were exposed to chemical weapons in Iraq.

I'll have units sent to all the locations.

Get me a dispatch.

I want 11 cars ready to move.

Honey?

Chris?

Oh, God.

Hello, I need to talk to Dr. Harris.

It's about my husband, Christopher Langston. He was a lieutenant in the 6th

Battalion.

No, no, he can't call me back. I have to talk to him now. It's an emergency.

Please, I have to speak with him, okay?

Yes, Colonel Weston. I understand. I think the trouble is that... The patient

aware of the experiments.

The program's integrity must be protected at all costs.

I see. Yes, Doctor. We'll eliminate the problem.

I'll try to bring him in this afternoon.

Please, I was just trying to help.

You were trying to help me, Doc?

You were trying to help me?

Doctor, you know what? That's getting a little old.

I trusted you.

We all trusted you.

What you did was wrong.

No, it was wrong.

There were hundreds of us, and we were loyal. And you took that loyalty, and

spit it back in our faces.

We volunteered because we thought it was our duty to help our fellow soldiers.

All this for the long -term betterment of the United States military.

Well, vaccine my ass.

This didn't have anything to do with any vaccine.

You used us, and you tried to forget about us when you were done.

You betrayed us.

Oh, I know. You were following your orders, right? Well, guess what? We were

following orders.

Now, I'm going to take you back to that site of that betrayal.

And when the colonel comes back from patrol, I'm going to use you to make him

admit the truth.

And then I'm going to kill you both.

Now move.

So of the original 11, we've accounted for five.

Ted Fiorito was killed in a shootout with police in June of 96.

He went berserk in a convenience store and shot two people before he was taken

down. And Richardson has spent the last two years confined to a VA hospital.

Episodes of extreme disorientation and delirium.

And all of these guys were exposed to chemicals in Desert Storm.

They were in the 6th Battalion.

Do any of them have a history of spousal abuse or other domestic violence?

George?

Yeah, I'm bringing up the data.

Okay. Last June, Steve Boyer was arrested for pushing his wife down a

stairs.

And three years ago, Chris Langston was questioned by police for battering his

own car with a shovel.

Both these guys live within the zone?

Langston in Newbury Park.

Boyer in East Dayton.

We got a hostage situation.

Guy holding his wife at night point.

What's the location?

East Grand and Taylor.

Security guard found a car outside, registered to Christopher Langston.

Do we have containment?

Yes, sir.

All the exits are barricaded and wired.

They can't get out. They're in the basement.

Eyes and ears.

We've got induction mics on the first floor.

Telephone? Negative. But we've got a sniper moving into position.

This place is a mess.

He's having a tough time lining up a shot.

What, you think you were going to get some kind of promotion?

Huh? Is that what this was to you?

Building a life while destroying others.

Doesn't sound very Hippocratic to me.

Does it sound very Hippocratic to you?

Doctor. Huh?

Where's the entry to the basement?

Freight elevator.

Lieutenant, this is Cabin.

I've established position, but the shot is minimal.

The hostage is tied up in a chair, Lex is pacing around. I can't tell if it's a

crossbow, sir.

Is the hostage in immediate danger?

Repeat, sir.

We've lost communication with the sniper. Is it yours?

Who's he talking about?

He said something about a colonel.

But he didn't mention a name.

He's looking for authority.

What's commanding officer?

George, we need the name of the colonel in command of Langston's unit in the 6th

Battalion. As much background on Langston as you can find.

What is taking him so long?

He must consider you dispensable, too.

Kind of like we were.

Right, Doc?

I wonder if your conscience ever bothers you.

You know, if you lie awake at night thinking of all the lives you ruined.

See what happens when you follow orders, Doc.

Sir, my earphone's dead.

I'm going to talk him through this.

But if he makes a threatening move to the hospital, you take him out.

Lieutenant.

Colonel Weston.

You wanted me here.

I'm here.

Then you know why I wanted you here.

You've got a hostage.

She's fine.

For the moment.

Whether she stays that way is up to you.

What do you need from me?

The truth.

About what?

Don't play games with me. You know exactly what I want. You stay right

I want the truth about what you did to me.

About what you did to all of us.

That information is...

That's just your way of hiding the truth.

You know what?

No more.

I want the truth and I want the whole world to know about it.

Lieutenant, don't. Don't you lieutenant me. I said stand down.

Listen to me.

You know what?

I'm not under your command anymore, Weston, okay?

That's right.

That's right, you're not. You're damn right, I'm not.

Do you have snipers up there?

How many?

How many?

Mom.

You just want to pick me up.

Let her go.

I admired you.

I worshipped you.

We all worshipped you, you hypocritical bastard.

That's correct, Lieutenant.

There was a publicity.

I'm George, Dutty on Langston.

His father was career army.

A hero in Vietnam.

Check the cop.

These are key.

Didn't we mean anything to you?

Huh?

You said, you're my boys!

Well, you sacrificed your boys.

You sacrificed us.

Bailey, Langston was a scout. He was ROTC.

Everything about him has been about service and honor.

Sacrifice.

He needs to know that his wasn't in vain.

Lieutenant, I want to talk to you.

I have something to tell you.

Talk to me.

Let her go first.

You've got a division up there.

She's all I've got. She stays until I say so.

What I'm about to tell you is highly classified.

But you're a good soldier, and you deserve to know.

Okay.

You were an unwitting participant in a medical experiment.

The side effects of which weren't known at the time.

But your sacrifice, your sacrifice saved lives.

Hundreds, maybe thousands.

Your heroism, which has had to remain secret all these years, is just as

selfless as that of the men and women who gave their lives in combat.

There are families all over America.

You wouldn't have husbands and fathers if it weren't for you.

Why didn't they tell us, sir?

I don't know, son.

They said you wanted to see me.

I'll pick you up at 11.

You too.

Bailey.

Gloria and I are having brunch on Sunday.

I'm glad, man.

I figured, what the hell?

It's included in the rent.

What now?

George did some digging.

Chris Langston never served in Desert Storm.

He was stateside the entire time he was in the army.

For a six -month period, there's no accounting for him at all.

What's his condition?

He's still on the sedation.

Maybe his wife knows something about those missing six months.

Malone.

Uh -huh.

Why am I not surprised?

Langston's been transferred to a military facility.

Where?

Let's classify.