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The story you are about to see

was inspired by actual events.

The names have been changed

to protect the innocent.

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It was Wednesday,

a breezy morning in Los Angeles.

My partner and I were working the day shift

out of robbery homicide division

when the call came in at 8:03 AM.

The body of a young woman

found at the reservoir in Chatsworth.

A 45 minute drive from downtown,

an hour plus in traffic,

Chatsworth was first settled in the 1860s

as a relay station for stagecoaches

traversing the mountain passes.

Today it's affordable real estate for working stiffs

who enjoy one of the lowest crime rates in the city.

It's said to be a good place to raise kids.

The kind of place where it could never happen.

But it does.

My name's Friday.

I'm a cop.

So tell us what we got here, Detective.

Well, we got a young girl,

beaten and burned, it's ugly.

Uh, I'm guessing gang bangers settling a score.

Been having a lot of problems lately, you know?

Lot of Mexicans moving into the area.

Anybody drive or walk through here since you arrived?

No.

And the body's way over there so, you know,

I doubt that's relevant.

You know, you got people coming and going

through here all the time.

People bleed through here, too?

We got blood drops,

tire shoe prints,

tape goes back a hundred yards in every direction.

We got SID, tag and bag everything.

Yes, Sir.

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I'm not buying she was dumped.

Torch the body in the water, dispose of evidence.

Probably figured the fire'd take care of the evidence.

Probably got out of the car up there,

drag marks say they pulled her down to where that blood is.

Beat her again, doused her,

lit a match, walked away.

Wait.

Still warm, hasn't been here long.

It's a high school jacket,

class of 2006.

Can't be more than 15.

Who does this to a kid?

Paramedics, get them back here now!

Code three!

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The burns have put her into hypovolemic shock.

She barely has a pulse,

I'm not surprised the paramedics missed it.

Any chance of a statement?

No, she's unconscious.

Full thickness burns on 70% of BSA,

multi organ dysfunction syndrome.

Meaning what?

She's got maybe three, four hours to live.

No hits on missing persons,

I checked Red Rock High,

12 kids no showed today.

Two are 14 year old girls

with 2006 jackets.

Similar eyes, hair color, size,

could be either one.

Nothing on the whereabouts?

Unknown, parents assume they're both in school.

Well, get the parents for both down here.

Give one a chance to say goodbye.

Did your daughter have any distinctive characteristics?

Tattoos, scars?

A beauty mark, a mole on her neck here.

I need to see her.

How about um, how about teeth?

Chips, cavities?

She has braces.

Does this girl have braces?

Where is Nina?

You're Mr. Stanton?

I'm Detective McCarron,

this is Lieutenant Friday.

Is my daughter here?

We're not sure,

we're trying to get some information first.

Sir.

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Oh, dear God.

What have they done to my little girl?

Mr. Stanton.

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Any signs of rape?

No semen, but there was some bleeding and bruising.

Appears to have been penetrated with a solid object,

possibly metal.

Sexual deviant gets off on torturing little girls.

Could be.

But the injury pattern is curious.

Got ligature marks on the wrists, probably tied up,

then there's shallow puncture wounds to the torso,

deep lacerations to the leg and neck,

blunt force trauma to the head.

It's haphazard, done with different implements,

suggesting different assailants.

Actual cause of death?

She was doused in gasoline.

Although it burnt out before totally consuming her,

it destroyed her respiratory function.

So she might have survived the torture

if she hadn't been burned.

I think so.

If she'd been treated in time.

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We understand you uh, work dispatch

at the Devonshire division.

Yeah.

I get the calls.

Kids molested and tortured.

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Kind of get used to it like uh,

it's almost normal.

Just never expect it to happen to your own.

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I bet you get that a lot.

When did you last see Nina?

Uh, I worked the night shift.

When I left around nine

she was here at her desk

doing English homework.

I uh...

I kissed her goodnight.

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What kind of filthy animal would do this?

You notice anything unusual lately about Nina?

Change of any kind?

Uh...

Her mom died a few years ago.

Cancer.

Uh, Nina withdrew a bit but uh,

lately we'd gotten really close.

She was coming into her own.

Starting high school, meeting new friends.

Nina was all I had.

She was my whole world.

Sorry, Mr. Stanton.

Who's this?

Uh...

That's Emily, her best friend.

Gonna need her number and a list of all Nina's friends.

Sure.

Guys.

Boyfriends.

Anyone you didn't approve of?

I'm like all fathers.

I wanna think that Nina was naive about that kind of thing.

She liked boys but uh,

she hadn't gotten to the dating stage yet.

Aside from boys any men she might have had contact with?

Uh, she babysat for Kevin O'Malley,

his son, but uh...

There's no way.

You don't think that...?

No, we just need to talk to everyone we can.

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Stanton said Nina had a cell phone.

Run down the records, find out who she talked to,

follow up with friends, teachers, counselors.

You got it, boss.

Let's go see this guy she babysat for.

Kevin O'Malley, Lieutenant Friday,

my partner, Detective McCarron.

We'd like to ask you a couple of questions.

I was just about to leave to work.

Well, this won't take long.

See you got some nasty cuts on your arms there.

I do sheet metal work.

What's this about?

Have you seen the news recently?

Uh-uh.

Nina Stanton was murdered.

What?

Oh, wow, uh, she was a great girl, I'm sorry.

She babysat for you, right?

Yeah.

When was she here last?

Last week, Thursday,

I had to work late.

Did you ever see her when she wasn't babysitting?

No, not really.

Ever hang out, ever talk to her on personal subjects?

No, we didn't hang out,

she was just a babysitter.

Where were you last night?

Cirque du Soleil was in town,

I took my son and my girlfriend.

What time did you get home?

I didn't, I stayed at my girlfriend's.

She can verify that.

Look.

I gotta get to work.

Do you mind giving us a DNA sample, Mr. O'Malley?

Why do you need that?

Am I a suspect?

Should I call a lawyer?

It's up to you, we can always come back with a court order.

Yeah, I think it's best you do that.

Call SIS.

Put surveillance on him.

Come in.

Who are you?

I'm Detective Duran, this is Detective Cooper.

You Emily?

I'm sorry about your friend.

It, it doesn't seem real.

You have any idea how this could have happened?

When's the last time you talked to Nina?

Yesterday in gym class.

Sixth period.

Look at that guy,

that hat looks like a little bitch smurf.

Who's this?

It's just Angie.

Don't worry about her.

You a friend of Nina's?

Not really.

Did Nina say what she had planned after school,

where she was going?

I saw her by the bike rack

arguing with her ex boyfriend.

Hey, home.

Emily.

Hey.

What the hell's this?

I'm Detective Cooper.

This is Detective Duran, LAPD.

You Emily's dad?

Yeah, I know who you are.

You let the stink in here?

Sir, we're investigating a murder.

I'm not your "sir".

If you ain't got a search warrant

I want you out of my house.

You dense, girl, huh?

What have I told you about letting the stink

up in my house, huh?

What did I tell you?

Now, don't do that, see?

See what you did, thanks.

Thanks for coming.

Come on, come on, it's okay, it's okay, kid, it's okay,

it's okay, baby doll, it's not your fault, it's okay.

Told you to leave, you get me?

Your daughter's giving us information

relevant to a murder investigation.

You let her finish what she was saying

or I'll arrest you for interfering, you get me?

You said Nina was arguing with an ex boyfriend,

we need his name.

Yeah.

Uh, Greg Parenteau.

He's a senior at my school.

Got what you need?

Now get out.

What were you two arguing about?

Wasn't really arguing.

When we kicked it a few times a few months back,

she's been sweating me ever since.

So when you kicked it,

you close the deal?

I might have hit it once or twice.

What about last night, did you see Nina?

No, I was here doing sprints.

Til what time?

About midnight.

Daytime drills aren't enough for you?

I got scouts coming by next week.

USC, Fresno State.

Gotta be ready.

Think we got something.

Can I go?

For now.

That was McCarron.

Said O'Malley the sheet metal worker's

making a move.

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Something tells me they ain't going to Disneyland.

O'Malley pulled his kid out of school this morning

then he closed out his checking account at the bank.

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What's in the bag, jerk off?

My guess, a murder weapon.

You want us to take him?

I'm gonna have a talk with him first.

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O'Malley.

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Okay, okay, okay.

Daddy!

No!

Call juvie, get the kid in protective custody.

You're not taking my kid!

Hey, you gave up the right to tell us what to do,

you ran from us,

you put that kid's life in danger!

Take him to RHD.

Auto shop pays O'Malley in cash.

Both his car and bank account are in his name,

but with one problem.

Cali ID he gave us doesn't match any birth certificates

or social security numbers.

Kevin O'Malley doesn't exist.

O'Malley.

Got relatives on my mom's side with that name.

Where you from?

Hm?

Boston.

Southie?

Uhhuh.

No kidding.

I got cousins up there,

they live in the uh,

what the, Whitestone.

Whitestone Projects on Deacon Road.

You from Whitestone?

Yeah.

Really?

Never even been to Southie, have you?

There's no Whitestone and there's no Deacon Road.

Probably not even Irish.

Look what we found in the car.

I just wanna see my kid.

When can I see my kid?

I'm thinking never.

Unless you come clean about all this pot.

And about Nina Stanton.

My name's not O'Malley.

It's David Freight from Boise, Idaho.

Two years ago he failed to get custody

so he stole his son from his ex wife and disappeared.

Showed up in Oregon as Alfred Beckerman, now here.

Explains why he ran,

doesn't clear him of murder.

His alibi might.

He was with his son and current girlfriend at the circus.

Neighbors saw him at her place.

All right, give him to narco,

inform the Idaho police,

and get that kid back to his mom.

Got it.

Mary Grady from media relations called,

said the story's going national.

She needs a statement.

No suspects, no leads, we got nothing to say,

stall her.

All right, I'm also running down with registered sex offenders,

1548 in the Valley alone.

Should have them checked by Christmas.

I've got something.

Nina's cell

has been used since her death.

Six calls in the last five hours

to a Van Nuys beauty salon.

Woman who runs it says the caller's her ex husband,

a guy named Michael Kim.

Location?

She said he's fallen on hard times.

Stays at this men's shelter in the Valley.

All right, let's move on it.

We're looking for a Michael Kim.

Anyone seen him?

Know Michael Kim?

No, Sir.

But uh, look here.

You give me $20

and I'll find him for ya.

It's a waste of time.

Wait.

Give me Nina's cell number.

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Mr. Kim.

Hey.

I think you're getting a call.

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Here.

Here's where I found the phone.

You're sure, right here?

Yeah.

Hey, Jimmy.

Check this out.

Yeah.

I got something.

Hang back.

Blood?

That's my guess.

Looks like we got a second crime scene.

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Hey, Lieutenant.

Proud of yourselves, aren't ya?

Pride goes before the fall.

Hey, you might wanna see this.

I'm betting these tire tracks

match the ones at the dump site.

It doesn't stop there.

Check this.

Somebody's car took a bite out of it.

Or vice versa.

And look here.

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What are you doing here, Mr. Stanton?

I heard the call at Devonshire,

you needed backup.

We got it covered.

Did you find anything?

Look, uh...

Appreciate you being here

and we're gonna let you know

as soon as we find anything out concrete.

This is from a Mustang.

'65, '66.

All right, check with DMV.

See if anyone in the zip code owns one.

I can access those records if you want.

Mr. Stanton, we got it.

That's easy.

Look, I know this is difficult.

But you really shouldn't be here.

You'll find who killed my daughter?

Yes.

If you let us.

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What kind of sick crap is this?

Kind of narrows our field of suspects.

To who?

White people.

Blood on the mattress.

Some spatter over there.

Ropes probably used to tie her up.

Candles, some sort of ritual.

Aided by this.

Barrel 151, pure grain alcohol.

Bart's Liquors.

You're saying you didn't sell this?

No one buys that poison.

Rick, this is you, right?.

Zeke?

Who bought the 151?

He had ID, he wasn't a minor.

Relax, we don't care about that,

was it someone you know?

No.

First time couple nights ago.

He came in, buy Puro, case of beer.

What'd he look like?

Big, white, short hair.

Short hair, like mine?

Shorter, like fuzz.

And he have numbers shaved in head.

All right, I was drinking.

If they knew that,

I'd get kicked off the team.

So what happened?

You went to that abandoned house with Angie,

you got drunk, lost control.

No.

Whenever you lie, I get upset.

I bought it for some girls.

What girls?

Angie Braddock and her friends.

What, you didn't party with them?

No.

I don't hang with her like that.

Angie's my cousin.

Angie Braddock.

Moved here two years ago from Virginia,

was kicked out of school,

arrested twice, shoplifting, possession.

Guidance counselor here says she's kind of an outcast,

but recently found a friend in Emily Ambrose,

who has a bit of a rep herself.

What kind?

High school slut.

Sounds like troubled teens,

not sadistic killers.

Where's the motive,

the evidence?

An officer just called from Devonshire division

with information on that '66 Mustang

with the missing grill.

Registered to Douglas and Catherine Braddock,

Angie's parents.

Now we're talking.

Start the paperwork for a search warrant.

There it is, 091, that's our house.

And that's the car.

Nina's father, this guy, man.

I'll handle it.

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I found the car through the DMV, I called it in.

You can see that it's missing the grill.

You shouldn't be involved in this, Mr. Stanton.

I told him,

but he insisted on waiting for you guys to show up.

It looks like there's blood back here.

Now look, I know what you're going through, I get it.

But what you're doing could put our case in jeopardy.

It's not your case, it's my daughter.

Now you know it's a misdemeanor

to run those records without clearance.

I'll ignore that,

but I want you to leave.

Would you see that he clears the area?

What's going on?

I'm Detective McCarron,

this is Lieutenant Friday.

Is this your car, Ma'am?

Belongs to my daughter, Angie.

God, this doesn't have something to do

with the murder of that little girl?

Where is your daughter now, Mrs. Braddock?

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What do you think you're doing?

These men are police officers, Angela.

They need to speak with you.

I didn't do anything.

All I did was pour gas on the bitch.

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I was only joking, okay?

No, it's not okay.

What did you do on Tuesday night?

On Tuesday.

Well, let's see, I read the Bible,

and I prayed for people like you.

Thanks.

Do anything else?

Yeah, I went out.

I smoked, I drank,

I had meaningless sex

and then I went home.

Jealous?

We know you were at the abandoned house, Angie.

My name's not Angie, it's Euronymous.

All right, Euronymous.

What time were you there and with whom?

Emily, Nina, me.

We did a seance.

Finished around 10:45

and we dropped Nina off at home at around 11.

How's that?

I don't think you're getting this.

Nina Stanton was brutally murdered

and we think you had something to do with it.

Cool.

Think what you want.

Look.

Nina's blood was on your car.

So?

So how'd it get there?

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Maybe the bitch got her period.

That's not gonna cut it.

That's not gonna cut it.

So ask Emily.

Emily?

Where'd you get the shiner?

I walked into something.

Your dad didn't give you that?

You lied to us when we came by your house.

I did?

You met Nina after school on Tuesday.

We, we were just hanging out, bored.

A-, Angie wanted to go to the haunted house.

The old, abandoned place on Melnow Road.

What time?

We got there around 9:30,

left around 10:45.

Exactly what Angie said.

We dropped Nina off around 11.

Wow, you two are so good with these times.

You and Angie have a powwow?

I remember because my curfew's 11:30,

you can ask my dad.

There's blood in the car, Emily.

Yeah, Nina got a bloody nose.

How?

Angie conjures spirits from the dead and one...

Well, I mean, I didn't see it because I was in the bathroom,

but when I came back she said that one of the spirits,

Euronymous, punched Nina's nose.

Emily, your friend was tortured to death.

Evidence will convict you of that crime.

Hey, I don't understand,

you don't seem like a monster to me.

So how did this happen?

I just don't see you doing

what was done to Nina.

Can you help me with that?

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My dad said you'd try this.

Word for word.

He knew exactly what you'd say.

You want the sheet on Emily's dad?

Armed robbery, aggravated assault,

three years in Corcoran.

Two arrests for spousal abuse and, get this,

busted at 18 for attempted murder of his parents.

Tried to torch the house,

charges dropped.

And he seems like such a nice fella.

Told ya I didn't want no stink around here.

I see your upper lip would.

That's a warrant

to look for evidence relating to the murder of Nina Stanton.

Any trouble, that's obstruction.

That's three strikes for you.

Go ahead, you just knock yourself out,

you ain't gonna find jack.

Tuesday night, where were you?

Tuesday, right here.

My girlfriend and I were watching O'Reilly,

then Scarborough.

Ain't that right, baby?

Where was your daughter?

Uh...

Back by curfew, 11:30.

Straight to bed.

Hey, Joe.

I think I got something.

She's got a Cloog account.

Translation?

Cloog, Cloogers.com.

It's an online site where people talk to friends and write stuff.

Like a journal.

How do you know this stuff?

I got kids.

I don't see nothing about a computer

in this here search warrant.

Judge Reiner, Joe Friday.

We're still searching the Ambrose residence,

we found a computer owned by our suspect.

We think there might be some personal stuff on it

relevant to the case.

Yeah.

Just sign your initials?

Law says the stink can take it.

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What do you got?

Emails from Emily Ambrose and Nina Stanton.

"Nini-pooh.

All I can think about is touching your sexy body again.

Meet me in the third floor bathroom at lunchtime,

I love you, Emily".

So they were more than just friends.

Goes on until a boy named Greg enters the picture.

Greg Parenteau, the jock.

"I saw you kissing Greg, you lying bitch.

Why do you want to hurt me".

Nina was cheating on Emily with Parenteau.

That's motive, but no proof.

Check this out.

"Nina, I'm sorry I yelled,

but if you don't cut off Greg

Euronymous will come visit,

do bad things to you".

Euronymous, isn't that what Angie Braddock calls herself?

You met that girl, she's a psycho.

By their own admission we could put both girls

at the abandoned house.

Angie's car has Nina's blood on it,

tire treads connect them to the dump site.

Yeah, but tire treads can match other cars.

Nothing puts them definitely at that dump site.

We've gotten convictions on less.

Yeah, but Emily's young, cute,

she'll come in the courtroom like little Bo Peep,

bat her eyelashes at the lonely guy in the jury box,

nah, we need more.

We need an eye witness.

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If Angie's statement helps make the case

we believe she's not as culpable as Emily.

She stays in juvie court,

gets second degree murder.

And maybe gets out after 20 years.

Where's the deal in that?

This was a heinous crime,

this is as good as it's gonna get.

We'll settle for voluntary manslaughter.

Are you nuts?

The public's calling for blood,

you want voluntary manslaughter?

You know what, forget about it, call it off.

Go for adult certification.

Is this police prejudice I'm hearing?

You're damn right it is.

Joe.

Here Angie, look at these.

This is mine to work out, Joe.

I'm not gonna stand here and watch them spit on Nina's grave.

Now offer Emily the deal.

This one can take her chances in adult court.

Can't I just go already?

This is your whole life we're talking about--

Are you deaf?

Are you deaf or are you just stupid?

I don't care.

I just want this over with.

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Emily wanted me to get Nina to the haunted house

so we could scare her.

So I lied and I told her Greg would be there

and she believed me.

When we went in the house

Emily jumped out of the closet

and Nina almost had a heart attack.

Go on, what'd you do then?

We got some rope,

we tied her up.

We had a seance to foretell her future.

Did Nina struggle?

Mhmm.

She was wriggling and blubbering like a little baby.

So Emily smacked her.

And then I smacked her

and I made her bleed.

Did that concern you,

like maybe you'd gone too far?

No.

We know why Emily wanted to hurt Nina.

Can you help us understand why you did?

Why not?

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These girls act like this whole thing is no big deal.

I mean, even when we first talked to them

right after the murder they seemed so calm.

And look at this girl.

How do you get to this point?

Could be she was born to this.

Could be she was desperate to impress Emily.

Could be it's her way of committing suicide.

In other words there's no answer.

No answer that's gonna make us feel any better.

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So why'd you stop when you did?

Well, after Emily used the crowbar

Nina passed out and stopped moving.

Just wasn't as fun anymore.

Right.

What happened to the crowbar?

Beats me.

So she was still alive when you took her to the car.

Mhmm.

What time was that?

Sometime after midnight.

How'd you decide to kill her?

Well, we weren't sure what to do.

We started bitching at each other.

That's when Emily picked up her cell phone, made a call.

Made a call to who?

Her dad.

He knows about these things.

He said not to leave her alive,

make sure she's dead,

get rid of her.

Sure it was her father?

I think so.

Emily's cell phone record confirms a three minute call

was made to the Ambrose house,

12:23 AM.

Earl Ambrose told his daughter to kill Nina.

It's conspiracy.

You don't know for sure what her father told her.

It's hearsay unless Emily gives him up.

I'm not sure she's ready to do that.

Say she is, there are risks involved.

The defense might use it against us.

How?

They argue the father was a violent bully,

pushed Emily into murder.

She could get a lesser conviction, maybe walk.

Right now we've got a solid case against Emily.

Safest bet is nail her first.

Facing hard time, she might give up the father.

We got a problem.

What?

That was juvie.

Angie Braddock tried to hang herself,

she's in a coma.

She's stable now, but has no sensation,

no response to touch or sounds.

Rules out a court appearance.

She could wake up today or in six months,

but there is no guarantee that her brain

will ever be functional.

I head about Angie Braddock,

is she okay?

No.

She's not okay, she's in a coma.

What does that do for our case?

It means we might not have one.

We still have the car.

Nina's clothing, the blood inside.

Who told you that?

I uh...

I overheard it from some officers at the scene.

You didn't touch anything in there, did you?

I had to look.

It was unlocked.

I went inside for a second,

just to look,

I didn't touch anything.

Here was a man who would do anything to get justice

for his daughter.

But by going into the car,

he had not only tampered with,

but polluted the chain of evidence.

A judge could rule that everything discovered

in the car would be inadmissible.

It's fruit of the poison tree, Joe.

Does it really matter that he entered the car?

I mean it was already a target of the investigation

and Stanton's a civilian.

Not subject to the rules of search and seizure.

He's still a police employee,

could have been acting as your agent.

The judge will throw it out.

Still worth a shot.

Oh, so the defense can argue Stanton tainted,

even planted the evidence?

Tear him to pieces on the stand?

He's the father of the victim,

who's not gonna side with him?

Even if the car is admitted it goes against Angie,

not Emily.

Emily was in that car.

According to Angie.

Her prints are all over it,

she admits she was in the car.

Not for the murder, she doesn't.

Look, if you wanna try to case on that evidence be my guest,

but I am telling you without Angie

you can't prove Emily's guilt.

What do we need?

A miracle.

How about a murder weapon?

Good luck with that.

Got an idea.

What's up?

Mary Grady, please.

Media relations.

Mary, Joe Friday.

We're releasing Emily Ambrose this afternoon,

I wanna give a statement.

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My daughter's free because she didn't do anything.

The real killer tried to commit suicide

because she was guilty.

Was this a wrongful arrest?

We've had a few bumps in the road,

but we will get those responsible

for Nina Stanton's murder.

We're adding detectives,

and we're closing in on the murder weapons.

Which weapons are you referring to?

A confidential informant has helped us

to narrow down the weapon's location

to a half mile square radius.

That's all I can say right now.

We will get justice for Nina Stanton.

That was McCarron with SIS.

Emily and her father took the bait

and they're making a move.

Patrol, this is unit one.

Patrol, this is unit two,

we have the point traveling eastbound on stack.

10-4, stay with them.

How we doing?

GPS tracker we planted is working nice.

This is our suspect right here

and these are our guys.

Problem is our suspect just keeps moving in circles.

You think he made the tail?

He would have gone home by now.

He's probably just unsure.

Cautious.

Unit two to control,

suspect is leaving the freeway,

headed into Hansen Dam.

Roger that unit two, let him go.

He's going off road by the reservoir.

He's going for the weapons.

Is there another road out of there?

Not unless he can drive through water.

All right, let's get everybody over there,

we'll be waiting for them when they come out.

Control to units one and two.

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Here he comes.

Get ready.

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This is the Los Angeles police.

Stop your vehicle.

Now step out of the vehicle

with your hands on your head.

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Lay down on the ground.

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Where's the daughter?

Where's the daughter?

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Emily!

Hey, stop!

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No!

No, no!

That's it, that's it.

That's it!

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Look what I found.

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Let me know if you change your mind

about wanting a lawyer, okay?

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Tell me what happened to Nina.

I loved Nina.

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I loved Nina.

At first I just wanted to scare her.

But, but she said she wouldn't come back to me

and I was mad,

I was hurt.

So I started to hit her.

And then she said she would come back to me,

but I knew that she was lying.

So I hit her some more.

And the more that I hit her

the better I felt.

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It was better when there was no explanation.

Why is that?

Now she's human.

You prefer a monster?

Yeah.

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So what was the plan?

Drop her off to get the weapons.

Make sure there was no surveillance

before you came back to pick her up?

She wanted to take a hike

so I drove her up there.

A hike.

We know Emily called and asked for your advice

before she killed Nina.

Who says?

She's confessing right now.

Yeah, right.

We know what you told her, Ambrose.

"Finish the job.

Kill that girl".

You wanna keep talking?

It's lawyer time.

Now we know you called your dad that night,

we can prove it.

What did he say?

Shouldn't have to shoulder this all yourself.

You tell us the truth about your dad.

And we'll try to get some time shaved off your sentence.

That's a chance to maybe start over.

Maybe have a family.

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It's okay, you can tell us.

My daddy.

He told me...

He told...

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He didn't tell me anything.

It wasn't him, it was me.

Emily.

We talked to Angie, we know.

We just need you to tell the truth,

in your own words, what he said.

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All Daddy said to me

was "nothing's more important than family".

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It's okay, Daddy.

I know.

You did good, baby doll.

You did real good.

Taught her well.

Screw you, stink boy.

What'd you say to me?

You heard me.

Don't let these stinks stop you, come on!

Get out.

So that's it, he just skates?

If I thought that would make a difference

I'd give him a beating myself.

That's what Ambrose wants,

to provoke someone else,

to be the same fire that consumed Angie, Nina, and Emily.

You know what, save it.

Oh, so you're the only one upset?

The way I see it, God always has a plan.

God, that little girl was tortured

and burned to death, man.

Ambrose will get his one day.

If not here, then at the gate.

We're gonna lose some.

We can give in to that frustration or anger,

or we can use it

to take down the next Ambrose tomorrow or the day after.

That's what this job's all about.

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Robbery homicide, Friday.

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She was my little girl.

You have the right to remain silent.

You give up this right anything you say

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

Angie Braddock never regained consciousness

and died three weeks later.

Emily Ambrose was convicted of murder in the first degree

and is serving 25 to life in a CYA facility.

When she turns 19 she will be transferred

to a women's prison to finish her sentence.

Wade Stanton was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter

and is serving 10 to 15 years.

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