All language subtitles for The Sleepwalker Killing 1997

[suspenseful music]

ANNOUNCER: The
following telefilm

is based on a true
story, an actual case

from the files of
"Unsolved Mysteries."

In the interest of privacy,
the names have been changed.

You think you know
the shape of your world.

I had a gentle husband
who I loved, who loved me.

We had a baby, our own home,
dinner on Sunday nights

with my mom and dad.

And then one day, all
of that was shattered.

Suddenly, I had to question
everything I believed.

[screams]

[phone beeping]

[shouting]

[horn honking]

Please.

- Sergeant!
- Please.

[moans]
- Sergeant, this man's bleeding.

Oh, god.

What did you do?

What did you do?

I think I killed someone.

Get some bandages.

Get an ambulance.
Think you killed someone?

POLICEWOMAN: I
need some bandages!

And call out for an ambulance!
- Well, who?

Who did you kill?

[breathes raggedly]

I don't know.

I don't know.

[dramatic instrumental music]

[radio chatter]

[siren blaring]

Ah, Detective Boyko.

What do we got?

The husband, Roth Lane,
he's in pretty bad shape--

multiple stab wounds.

Looks like he was strangled too.

The wife?

Anne Lane.

She was dead when we got here.

Those the kids?

POLICEMAN: Yeah.

Christopher and Tanya.

They were asleep in the
second floor bedrooms.

All right.

Let's see it.

[music playing]

Bedroom's through here.

[camera snapping]

[music playing]

[camera snapping]

[camera snapping]

No rigor.

Couldn't have happened more
than three, four hours ago.

Oh, yeah.

The guy said he came to the
station right from here.

Well, did he
say why he did it?

What can I tell you?

It's his mother-in-law.

[camera snapping]

He killed his wife's mother?

Well, where is she?

I'm sorry.

My hands have been full.

Well, do we have-- do
we know where she lives?

I guess.

He gave us his address
at the station.

Well, get a radio car
over there right now.

I hope the hell he didn't
kill his own family too.

[siren blaring]

[tires screeching]

[radio chatter]

INSTRUCTOR (ON TV): Pressing
your chin against your fist.

And back and down.

Police.
Anyone here?

INSTRUCTOR (ON TV): And back.

This is great for toning up
the front part of your back.

All the way back.

Mrs. Schall, are you awake?

INSTRUCTOR (ON TV): Out to
the right, all the way back,

and down.

What's happening?

What are you doing here?

Are you Lauren Schall?

Yes.

My husband call you?

Where is he?

POLICEWOMAN: He's
supposed to be here?

I don't know.

I just woke up.

Maybe he went to work early.

How did you get in?

POLICEWOMAN: The door was open.

He left the door open?

Ms. Schall, we'd like you to
get dressed and come with us,

please.

What is going on?

I'm sorry, but your
mother has been killed.

What?

Your father's been
injured as well.

My mom and dad?

If you'll get dressed, we'll
take you to the hospital.

BRIDGET: Lauren?

Is everything all right?

We have to go to the hospital.

Can you watch Kimberly?

Yeah, sure.

What's wrong?

My dad's hurt,
and my mom's dead.

[camera snapping]

We know where the
tire iron came from?

No.

I'll check his car when I
get back to the station.

The husband say anything?

He was unconscious
when we got here.

So what do you think?

Mother-in-law just let him in?

POLICEMAN: No, he
had a house key.

[camera snapping]

Gave it back to
me at the station.

He was a very helpful
guy, you know.

[camera snapping]

So he comes in and
attacks them in their sleep.

Just the kind of
son-in-law you'd want.

[camera snapping]

This drawer open like
this when you got here?

Yeah.

Probably came in here to get
the knife so the murder weapon

wouldn't be traced to him.

And then took the
phone off the hook

so no one could call for help.

You know where the knife is?

We found it in his car.

[sighs] First, he
does something cagey,

then he does something stupid.

Can't wait to meet this guy.

[radio chatter]

POLICEMAN: Footprints
lead off this way.

Where do they go?

Oh, over here, the
neighbor's driveway.

Looks like that's
where he parked.

BOYKO: Anybody parked
in the family driveway

when you arrived?

POLICEMAN: No.

So why'd he park
at the neighbor's?

Get me those photos as
soon as they're ready.

[somber instrumental music]

[phone ringing]

What happened?

How did I cut my hand?

Ike.

Mark, this is my
partner, Detective Boyko.

Have you been to my
wife's parents' house?

Yes.

I just came from there.

Please, tell me they're OK.

I'm afraid your
mother-in-law is dead.

[music playing]

Oh, god.

Oh, god.

[sobs]

[beeping]

Mr. Lane?

Mr. Lane?

Hmm?

I'm Detective Boyko.

Do you feel well enough
to tell us what happened?

(WHISPERING) Someone came
in the bedroom in the dark

and choked me.

And I blacked out.

So you don't know who it was?

[exhales]

Lauren.

It's OK.

Shh.

Yeah.

How's Dad?

They haven't told us anything.

[cries]

Is that the wife?

You're homicide?

Yeah, Lloyd Bokyo.

This is Ike Nolan.

She say anything?

Wondered where
her husband was.

Said she thought he
might be at work.

You didn't tell her?

[woman speaking on pa]

Why does a guy
attack his in-laws

and then turn himself in?

He gets cut during the attack.

Afraid he's going to look bad.

So instead of waiting
to be accused,

he comes right to us,
claiming he can't remember.

Yeah, temporary insanity.

So why does he go
after both of them?

Insurance, inheritance.

Huh.

See if you can get the
family lawyer on the phone.

When he gets in, can you
have him call his wife?

No, no, wait.

I'm not sure where I'll be.

I'll call back.

Thanks.

I'm Detective Boyko.

Why don't we sit down?

We want to see our father.

They're stabilizing him.

Let me ask you a
few questions first,

and then I'll see if
I can get you in, OK?

So just tell me what happened.

[suspenseful music]

We were sleeping, and Tanya
heard our mother screaming.

At first, I
thought it was just

somebody watching the
television, you know,

with the volume too loud.

[shouting]

Mom?

Mom, what's going on?

[shouting]

Mom!

What's happening?

[shouting]

[gasps]

[shouting]

BOYKO: So you never
saw who it was?

Has our father said anything?

He blacked out
almost immediately.

Is there anyone your parents
were having an argument with,

disliked them?

Anyone, even a
friend, a relative?

You have no idea?

No.

You sure?

Yes.

OK.

[music playing]

[beeping]

Dad.

Hmm.

You're all OK.

Yeah.

[exhales]

We're fine, Dad.

Good.

Your mom?

Dad, let's talk later, OK?

The doctor said we could
only see you for a minute.

Please tell me.

I'm sorry, Dad.

Mom didn't make it.

[sobs]

I'm sorry, Dad.

Talked to the lawyer.

Nobody's getting rich
off of either death.

Well, why don't we go
find out why the guy did it?

Oh, listen.

Hey, let me take this in, OK?

Oh, hey, fellas, listen.

Why don't you take a break?

How are you feeling, Mark?

You got some pain?

It's OK.
No.

BOYKO: No?

How are my wife and my baby?

Oh, they're fine.
They're fine.

I just spoke with your wife.

How am I going to face her?

Well, I'm not going
to kid you, Mark.

We got a bad situation here.

The officers advise
you of your rights?

[sniffs] Yeah.

I don't want a lawyer.

That's good.

It's better if we can
work this out ourselves.

So why don't you just
tell us what happened?

All I know is I was falling
asleep on my couch at home,

and the next thing I
know, I was at my in-laws.

I mean, I think I--

I know that I--

I can see Anne's face.

And I had this feeling that
her kids were in danger.

So I went running upstairs.

That's it.

I mean, the next thing I
know, I was driving my car

and had this knife
in my hand, so I--

that's when I drove
to the police station.

Mark, we're trying
to help you here.

And what are you doing?

You're lying to us.

No, I'm not.

I swear.

Mark, you drove, what, 15, 20
miles to your in-law's house,

took a tire iron into
the house, and beat

your mother-in-law to death?

Tire iron?

And you attacked your
father-in-law with a knife.

You expect us to believe
that you don't remember?

I know it doesn't
make any sense,

but that is what happened.

All right, Mark.

Mark, listen.

Just stop lying to us.

Stop.

You think we're stupid?

You think you can just go kill
someone and then just say,

I don't remember, and we'll
go, oh, oh, you don't remember?

Oh, I see.
That's fine.

Go on home.

Have a nice day.

I mean, come on Mark.

I loved Anne, all right?

She was wonderful to me.

I would never ever hurt
her, I swear to you.

Look, you went over there.

You got into an argument,
and things got out of hand.

I can understand that.

Mark, a jury can
understand that.

I want to know what happened.

I just can't remember.

I should have gone down there.

I should have tried to help Mom.

Christopher, don't.

We were scared, you know.

Yeah.

Well, you would have only
got yourself hurt too.

They arrested someone.

And he's right here.

What?

TANYA: I heard some
nurses talking.

Why didn't that
detective tell us?

I don't know.

[music playing]

- Why didn't you tell us?
- Come on.

Let's go back.

What's my husband doing here?

No.

Your husband's under arrest
for the murder of your mother.

You've got to be
out of your mind.

He's confessed.

What?

He's confessed.

[door slamming]

[music intensifies]

[somber piano music]

What did the detectives say?

CHRISTOPHER: Lauren,
what did he say?

It was Mark.

They've arrested Mark.

Mark?

The police think
that Mark did it?

TANYA: Why?

Wait a minute.

Why would they think that?

They said he's confessed.

He said that he did it?

Why would he hurt Mom?

They got along great.

I don't know.

[sighs] I'm sorry that I
couldn't tell you before.

We had some things that
we had to check out.

Are you sure that Mark did it?

He was wounded in the attack.

He had blood all over.

Do you have any idea why
he attacked your parents?

Had anything happened
between them?

Had they been arguing?

I don't think they ever had
an argument about anything.

CHRISTOPHER: No.

No, my mom and dad liked Mark.

What does he say?

He says he can't remember
what happened, nothing.

So you had no suspicion that
anything was wrong between him

and your parents?

When was the last
time you saw him?

Last night when I went to bed.

Did you hear him get up?

He slept on the couch.

Why the couch?

He was having
trouble sleeping,

so he stayed up and watched TV.

Hmm.

He has a key to
your parents' place?

I have a key to my parents'
place on my key ring.

These are his.

He must have taken mine.

All right.

I'll need to get some formal
statements from you all later

on, but right now I need someone
to identify your mother's body.

[soft music]

I'll do it.

No, I'll do it.

[dramatic instrumental music]

[door opening]

[wheels squeaking]

[clanking]

[chokes] [inhales sharply]

[cries]

EILEEN: When the police called
to tell me that my grandson had

been charged with
killing Lauren's mother,

I told them right out there
had to be some mistake.

Not Mark, it wasn't possible.

I raised that boy.

And in many ways, he
was the most gentle

person in the whole family.

I told the police
everything I know, Gram.

They don't believe me.

I'm going to get you a lawyer.

No, Gram.

I don't want you spending
your money on a lawyer.

Oh, nonsense.

What else have I got to
spend my money on, bingo?

[chuckles]

[sighs] Gram.

I keep thinking about how
this could have happened,

and all I can
think is that maybe

somebody's trying to frame me.

I'm going to go now.

May I hug him?

[suspenseful music]

BROOKE: Where are his parents?

Oh, well, he never
really knew his father.

And his mother
died 12 years ago.

And that's when he
came to live with me.

And I can tell you this--

that boy is no killer.

He says he doesn't
remember anything?

Bits and pieces.

He thinks maybe someone else did
it and is trying to frame him.

Frame him?

What makes him think that?

Well, we couldn't really talk.

There was a police
officer in the room.

You know private
defense can be expensive.

I have some stocks I can sell.

And I can take out a mortgage
on my house if necessary.

All right.

I'll talk with him tomorrow.

I'll call you afterwards and
tell you if I'll take the case.

Thank you.

[somber piano music]

You OK?

Hi.

I better feed her.

I think she's all right.

I gave her a bottle
about an hour ago.

KIMBERLY: [whimpers]

I'll put her down.

I can't stay here.

This is his house.

We can't leave her
alone, Chris, not tonight.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Hi, Eileen.

It's-- no, it's
Christopher, her brother.

It's Mark's grandmother.

She can't come to
the phone right now.

Can I have her call you back?

Yeah, I will.

Bye.

[phone beeps]

Mark asked her to call,
see if you were OK.

[hangs up phone]

Lauren, was Mark
different with you at all?

I mean, did he hit
you or anything?

No.

Did you guys have
a fight last night?

No.

I don't know what happened.

Don't you understand?

I can't make any sense
out of this either.

If I never would have met him,
this never would have happened!

Mom would still be alive!

Lauren, Lauren,
Lauren, Lauren, Lauren.

Don't.

It's not your fault, OK?

You were not the
one who did this.

[sobs]

CHRISTOPHER: It's
not your fault.

BROOKE: Mark, I'm not sure I
understand what you're saying.

You think somebody drugged you
and took you to your in-laws?

Tell me how they
would have done that.

Just-- just trying to make
some sense out of all of this.

I don't know.

Maybe-- I was drinking
pop that night.

Maybe somebody got into my house
and then they put some kind

of drug into my drink.

What, they broke in?

I guess.

Was there any
sign of a break-in?

No.

Maybe we forgot
to lock the door.

So somebody drugged you and,
what, carried you to your car?

Yeah.

[grunts]

I guess they would have had
to without Lauren waking up,

without the neighbors seeing.

Why?

Why would I hurt Anne and Roth?

I just keep going over it and
over it, over it in my head.

It's all that I can think about.

It's just so hard to accept.

You've already given your
statement to the police, Mark.

You don't have to say any more.

From now on as your lawyer,
I'll do your talking for you.

I agree.

There's no indication
of deception.

And I don't see any signs
of delusional thinking

or psychogenic repression.

Psychogenic repression?

You mean subconsciously
blocking out painful memories?

Right.

In fact, he remembered some
pretty disturbing images--

his mother-in-law's pleading
face, the daughter calling out

in alarm, all of which
pretty much rules

out any psychological problems.

But there could be something
physically wrong with him.

Well, that would be my guess.

I can run some
tests if you want.

Sure, go ahead.

All right.

I'll start with a CAT scan.

That'll turn up any tumors,
clots, that kind of thing.

If there's something wrong
with his brain, I'll find it.

Maybe you can have a look
at mine when you're done.

ROTH: Hi.

How are you feeling?

OK.

You're on your way to work?

Yeah.

Tanya watching Kimberly?

No, Bridget's babysitting.

I dropped Tanya and
Christopher at school.

It wasn't doing them any
good to just sit around.

Dad.

Mm-hmm?

It was Mark.

What do you mean?

It was Mark who
attacked you and Mom.

Mark?

I don't believe it.

He's confessed.

My god.

Lauren, why?

What could your mother
and I possibly have done

to make him want to kill us?

He's telling the police he
can't remember what happened.

Your mother treated him
like he was her own son.

I know.

I know.

[siren blaring]

The night before when Schall
told his wife he wasn't tired,

was going to watch
TV for a while--

Mm-hmm.

--that was so he could sneak
back without her knowing,

right?

I mean, this was premeditated.

I bet he was planning on
coming back after the murders

and just going to bed.

Pretend that he'd
been home all night.

And earlier when the
wife came home from work--

on the way to the
morgue, she told me

that he made a point of
helping her by taking her keys

when she came in the door.

The key ring that just
happened to have the key

to her parents' house on it.

Computer just coughed this up.

Can I have your pickle?

No, you can't have my pickle.

What are you, a seagull?

Get out of here.

Schall was arrested
three months ago for fraud.

And the wife
never mentioned it?

Listen, why don't
you get on the phone

with the prosecutor's office,
see what you can find out?

[doorbell ringing]

Mrs. Schall, we have a warrant
to search the premises.

What is it you're looking for?

It's just routine.

Please don't wake the baby.

[door shutting]

Mark liked to have
home-baked things?

I guess.

About as much as he
liked playing the ponies?

You failed to mention his
little gambling problem.

Detective, my mother's dead,
and my husband's under arrest.

I really didn't think
it was that important.

Your husband siphons all
the money out of your savings

account by forging your name,
then defrauds his employer

of 30 grand and loses
it all on the track,

and you didn't think
this was important?

I just meant-- why did
you cover up for him?

I didn't.

Your father told us you
didn't tell him any of this

until last week.

I didn't want him to worry.

Oh, so you were just going
to pretend it never happened?

No.

I yelled at him for days.

I threatened to leave him.

But you didn't?

No, I didn't.

I still loved him, even
if he had been stupid.

He promised to start going
to Gamblers Anonymous

and to tell my parents
what he'd done.

And when was he
going to do that?

The day he killed your mother?

[suspenseful music]

OK, let me guess.

He stays up after
you've gone to bed,

then decides to go on
his own to tell them.

Your mother gets angry.

Mark gets angry.

Next thing you know, she's dead.

I want to see him.

I don't know about that.

I can't go on like this.

I have to know why he did it.

If he's lying, I'll know it.

[somber instrumental music]

Mary Ellen Matulus.

Lloyd Boyko.

You're going to
prosecute my case?

Actually, I understood
it was my case.

When did you graduate?

You prosecute murder one before?

You do know this is a
capital case, right?

I graduated four years ago.

I have prosecuted murder cases.

And I've even won
a couple, Lloyd.

OK, Mary Ellen.

So listen.

We have a situation
with Schall's wife.

She wants to see him.

Some particular reason?

Yeah, she wants to know
why he killed her mother.

Now, I know legally
we can keep her out,

but I was just wondering.

If he's holding
something back,

maybe she's just the one
to get it out of him.

[grunts]

Good.

Thanks.

This list of personal effects
I got from the police report,

they don't list underwear.

Track pants, T-shirt, running
shoes, but no underwear.

Is that how you were dressed
when they arrested you?

I guess.

Do you normally go out
without underwear on?

No, no.

I usually wear,
you know, briefs.

My wife is here.

What are you doing?

I want to see her.

Mark, let me see
what they want.

They could be trying
to pull something here.

I don't care.
I want to see her.

Mark, listen to me.

I want to see her.

All right.

Just give me a second.

BOYKO: Detective.

What's going on here?

Counselor, Mrs. Schall
is here to see her husband.

For what reason?

I'm his wife.

Isn't that enough reason?

All right, but you
can't go in there.

And the guard stays out here.

Forget it.

Then she doesn't go in.

I don't want anyone
else in the room.

Fine.

Then we all stay out here.

Come on.

KIMBERLY: [whimpers]

If you want a divorce,
I won't fight it.

Mark, don't.

Stop crying.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Tell me what happened
after I went to bed.

All I remember
is falling asleep.

When I woke up, I
saw your mom's face.

Mark.

Come on.

You must know how you got there.

I don't, honey.
I swear to you.

Did you get in a
fight with my mom?

I don't know.

Why did you choke my dad?

I'm trying to tell--

Why'd you take the
tire iron into the house?

I don't remember.

I don't remember.

I have Kimberly.

Do you want to
see your daughter?

Can I?

[sniffs]

Hi, sweetheart.

Come here.

Go see Daddy.

See Daddy right there?

Hi, sweetie.

You got a cookie.

Ah.

How you doing?

How you doing?

I missed you so much.

How are your hands?

They hurt.

Is your father better?

They're going
to discharge him.

Mark, whatever happened,
you can tell me.

I wish I knew.

I wish I knew.

[beeping]

[whirring]

DOCTOR: That's the CAT scan.

I was looking particularly
for signs of epilepsy.

People can be quite
violent during seizures.

But there's nothing here.

The EEG turned up no signs of
abnormal electrical activity.

That's the blood work--

no evidence of drug
toxicity, no evidence

of psychosis or
antisocial behavior.

So what you're telling me is--

He's perfectly normal.

Which means we still don't
know why he doesn't remember

what happened that night.

Great.

Great.

There they are.

Let's go.

Mrs. Schall, how do you
feel about the prosecutor's

decision to seek the death
penalty against your husband?

We just buried our mother.

Can't you have a little
respect for our privacy?

I'll tell you what I think.

If I had a gun and he
would stand in front of me,

I'd kill him myself.

One of the nurses
at the hospital

told me you embraced
your husband

when you went to visit him.

How do you feel about him today?

Will you leave us alone?

REPORTER: I'm sorry.

Can I at least call you later?
- No.

No, please.

Come on.

Let's go.

You went to see Mark?

I had to.

I had to find out if he really
can't remember what happened.

I didn't tell you because
I knew it would upset you.

You hugged him?

Christopher, please.

It's more complicated
than you think.

No, there's nothing
complicated about it.

He killed our mother.

Is everything all right here?

Yeah.

We're OK, Dad.

[clinking]

BOYKO: Time to move.

Where are we going?

[chains rattling]

BOYKO: County lockup.

I won't try to escape.

Standard procedure.

[chains rattling]

BROOKE: There's a
rational explanation

for his inability to remember.

We're just not seeing it.

Lying is a
rational explanation.

Jimmy, do you know
of a single case

where someone goes out to
commit premeditated murder

without bothering to
put on his underwear?

[chuckles] Well,
you got a point.

[phone ringing]

You know, it is
pretty remarkable,

the consistency in
all these reports

about what he does remember--

his mother-in-law's face,
racing up the stairs,

the bloody knife in the car.

You know how people's
stories usually change.

"I woke up and saw my
mother-in-law's face.

I woke up in the car."

JIMMY: Yeah.

"I woke up."

He felt as if he'd
been sleeping.

Sleeping?

You think he was sleepwalking?

It makes as much
sense as anything else.

I guess it's too
late to go see Mark.

JIMMY: Brooke, wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Are you serious about this?

You got a better idea, Jimmy?

No, but sleepwalking?

Who else would know
if he sleepwalks?

[doorbell ringing]

[door opening]

Mrs. Schall, I'm Brooke McAdam.

I'm representing your husband.

There's something very important
I'd like to discuss with you.

Look, I don't think I
should be talking to you.

It'll only take a few minutes.

My family's already
really upset with me.

And to be honest, I don't
know what to think about Mark.

Please.

[phone ringing]

Hold on.

[phone ringing]

[beep]

Hello?

MARK (ON PHONE): Lauren?

It's Mark.

What's the matter?

MARK (ON PHONE): I'm sorry
to call, but my hands--

I got a lot of pain.

The guards won't get
the nurse for me,

and I tried to call my lawyer.

Hold on.

She's right here.

It's Mark.

Hello?
MARK (ON PHONE): Hi.

It's Mark.

I tried to reach
you at your office.

I'm having some
trouble with my hands.

What is it?

So you need some medication?

Very well, very well.

I'll take care of it right away.

[hangs up phone]

I know the head of
medical services.

I'll use my car
phone to call him.

He'll see that Mark
gets some medication.

Good night.

Whatever it is you want,
I'll tell you whatever I know,

but only in front of Mark.

I want him to know
exactly what I've said.

Fine.

[music playing]

I felt from the beginning that
if we could determine why you

don't remember anything,
we'd find out what

really happened that night.

So last night, Jimmy
and I were going

over your various statements
about what you do remember.

Over and over again, Mark,
you use the same words--

"I woke up."

Do you think it's possible
you were sleepwalking?

What do you mean, I drove
to their house in my sleep?

I can't believe this.

I came here because
I want to know

the truth about what happened.

And now I find out
you want me to help

you cook up some dumb defense?

I'm sorry.

I won't be any part of this.

Years ago, I'd wake up
in the middle of the night

and smell bacon frying.

And that's how I knew that
Howard, my late husband,

was in the kitchen
again in his underwear,

making breakfast sound asleep--

bacon, scrambled
eggs, fried onions.

He'd have all four
burners going.

The first time, I actually
found it sort of funny

until I tried to wake him.

And he whirled right
around and swung at me.

[screaming]

BROOKE: These people are asleep?

[screaming]

Sound asleep.

When they wake up,
they have absolutely

no memory of what they've done.

Can sleepwalkers
be violent too?

Oh, yeah, no doubt about that.

They seem to have some sort
of preset program of behavior

they're trying to carry out.

And if you get in their way,
if you try to stop them,

they'll fight you.

BROOKE: So do you think
it's possible Mark

Schall was sleepwalking?

Well, it's possible.

[clock chiming]

But I have to say, based
on what you've told me,

my guess is he's lying.

You see, adults sleepwalk for
only brief periods of time,

maybe 10 to 40 minutes.

That's not enough time to
accomplish all the things

you've told me this man did.

And also his actions
sound so complex.

It's not impossible
for sleepwalking,

but it's unlikely.

Dr. Corrigan, would you at
least examine Mark Schall?

Ms. McAdam, I'll be
very honest with you.

If I thought there was
a reasonable chance

that this man was
sleepwalking, I'd be

very interested in seeing him.

But as it is, I'm just swamped.

Doctor, it's true, isn't
it, that sleepwalking

can be genetic?

It does run in families, yes.

Mark's grandfather
used to get up

in the middle of the night and
cook breakfast in his sleep.

Eggs and bacon?

[chuckles]

Sometimes steak.

And isn't it also
true that going

without sleep for long periods
can trigger sleepwalking?

You've been doing
your homework.

Mark told me that he had had
almost no sleep during the two

days before the crime.

He was under a lot of stress
related to gambling debts.

What time did the
murder take place?

Between 3:30 and
4:00 in the morning.

Is that important?

Yeah.

You see, sleepwalking
episodes always

take place within the first
two or three hours of sleep.

Mark told me he stayed up
watching TV until after 1

o'clock that night.

So doesn't that fit
your time frame?

Maybe I could find
some time next week.

[instrumental music]

[dishes clinking]

Hi.

Thanks.

Oh, my dear, what you
must be going through.

I wanted so much to
come to the funeral.

I just wasn't sure
it was appropriate.

I understand.

You know, she always
told me you were

her best friend in the world.

She was my best friend.

I went to see Mark.

I know.

He told me.

That was very courageous of you.

[sighs] I have this
pain in my heart.

And I feel like if
I could understand

why my mom had to die, it
might go away just a little.

You know what his
lawyer thinks, don't you?

Yes.

And I think it's ridiculous.

Oh, now, dear, how
can you be so certain?

Eileen, I know how
much you care about Mark,

how much you'd like to find some
innocent explanation for what

happened.

And no one wants to know what
really happened more than me.

But come on, sleepwalking?

Lauren, it's not
that far-fetched.

Mark sleptwalk as a child.

Did you know that?

He did.

I heard a noise in
his bedroom one night.

And when I went in
to check on him,

he was halfway out the window.

He almost killed himself.

Well, that's a very nice
story with a nice, happy ending.

Unfortunately, my
mother's story didn't

have such a happy ending because
your innocent grandson killed

her.

Who's the big girl today?

MARK: It's birthday time.
LAUREN: All right, Kimberly.

Good girl.
You ready?

Want to blow your candles?

[blows] Yay!

Happy birthday, sweetheart.

You know, I would have
baked this cake myself,

but I'm afraid I'm just
not the cook your mom was.

LAUREN: Oh, it's great, Dad.

She looks so cute.

Is that new?

Yeah, my neighbors
took up a collection.

They got her a lot
of nice dresses.

She looks nicer than I do.

ROTH: Ah.

Mom would get a laugh
seeing me try to iron.

Well, it doesn't
look that bad.

So have you been to see Mark?

Yes.

His lawyer wanted to
ask me some questions.

How can you have
anything to do with him?

Because he's my
husband, Christopher,

and the father of my child.

Because he worked two jobs
so we could buy a home,

and he used to make me tea
when I came home from work.

Don't you see I can't
just forget all that?

Is this the same
Mark who sneaked around

and gambled, stole from
his employer and from you,

then lied about it?

Maybe that's the real Mark.

Maybe that's the Mark
who killed your mother.

Well, that's the
question, isn't it, Dad?

And we don't know,
do we, none of us.

You're all ready to send
him to the electric chair.

No, you're ready to hug
him and take him home.

TANYA: I remember the night
I saw Lauren at her lowest.

She'd gone to the phone and
started to dial her mother's

number without even thinking.

Suddenly realized
what she was doing

and just sat down and sobbed.

Her mother was the
one person she could

always talk to about things.

And then when she needed her
mother most, she was gone.

MARK (ON TV): Excuse me.

Can we take your order?

[laughs]

LAUREN (ON TV): Hi.

MARK (VOICEOVER): Dear
Lauren, I've had a lot

of time to think about things.

I still don't understand
what happened.

I feel such shame and guilt
over your mom's death.

I love you and
Kimberly so very much,

but I can't bear the thought
of destroying your lives too.

So I think the best
thing is for you

to go ahead and get a divorce.

You're still young.

You can find someone and
can have a happy life.

And Kimberly will need a father.

This is the hardest thing
I've ever had to do.

Mark.

Hi.

Can we talk?

I only have a couple
minutes left on my break.

I don't blame you
for being skeptical

about the sleepwalking idea.

I'm not sure myself.

I hired a sleep disorder expert,
one of the best in the country.

He's flying here next
week to examine Mark.

You're welcome to
observe, no obligations.

Why would I want to do that?

Because I think
you want to know

the truth about what happened.

What does it matter
to you what I think?

I won't try to
fool you, Lauren.

I want you on Mark's side.

If possible, I'd like you
to testify at his trial.

What could I
possibly testify about?

Lauren, nobody
knows Mark the way

you do, what he's capable
of, what he isn't capable of.

I think any jury would
put a great deal of weight

on anything you had to say.

I just have too
many questions.

What?

My keys.

Detective Boyko thinks that Mark
took my keys from me on purpose

when I came home that night.

You mean the ring that had
the key to your parents' house?

Where would you have put them
if Mark hadn't taken them?

On the table by
the front door.

And where did he put them?

On the table by
the front door.

So you see, he probably was
just trying to be helpful.

But why did he take my
keys when he left that night?

Mark told me that you both
kept your keys on that table

by the door and
that neither of you

paid much attention to which set
you grabbed when you went out.

Is that right?

Listen, Lauren.

You're right to raise questions
about Mark's behavior.

That's what I'm doing as well.

And that's how we'll
eventually find out the truth

about what happened that night.

But I simply can't find
anything suspicious in his

trying to help you
when you came in.

Eileen also told
me that her husband

used to make grunting sounds
while he cooked in his sleep.

Of course, that's
typical of sleepwalkers.

They think they're verbalizing,
but, in fact, they're

just making guttural sounds.

And there was this
Great Aunt Lil.

She used to shout
out in her sleep.

And her son Dennis walked
barefoot through the snow

to a neighbor's one time.

Then there's Uncle Burt.

He used to run around in the
yard of their summer cottage

while fast asleep.

All in all, there's no question
Mark is genetically prone.

So you believe he
was sleepwalking?

No.

No, I'm not prepared
to say that yet.

But I am impressed.

What more do you need?

Well, if Mark is truly
a sleepwalker, then

his brainwave patterns while
sleeping would be abnormal,

sort of a fingerprint
for sleepwalkers.

How would we find that out?

There's only one way.

Every one of us goes
through a regular cycle

of sleep each night that
involves five stages.

Now, you see how his eyes
are moving rapidly there?

Right now Mark is
in the first level.

It's a relatively light
stage of sleep characterized

by these rapid eye movements,
which is why we call it R-E-M,

REM sleep.

It's actually in this
stage, REM sleep,

that we experience dreaming.

JIMMY: Here's your coffee.

Thank you.

You see, the rapid eye
movements have diminished.

And we're starting to get
this slow rolling of the eye.

That's because he's
moving out of REM sleep

and into a deeper level
of non-dreaming sleep.

All right, he's well
into level three now.

And here we're
seeing the beginning

of some isolated slow waves.

They're going to
become more abundant

as he progresses into even
deeper levels of sleep.

BROOKE: Jimmy.

Mark is now in fourth
level slow wave sleep.

That's the deepest sleep of all.

You see the amplitude
of the brainwave,

sort of like large ocean waves.

This is when people sleepwalk.

Normally, adults spend about 10%
of their time in deep sleep--

children much more, about 40%.

So that's why kids
sleepwalk so much.

They're in deep sleep
more of the time.

DR. CORRIGAN: That's right.

Well, Mark spent about 30% of
his time in deep sleep tonight.

Three times normal.

[sighs] He has the abnormal
sleep pattern, the personal

history, the genetic history.

And the days just
before, he'd experienced

sleeplessness and great
stress, two known triggers.

All the police descriptions fit.

In my opinion, there
isn't much doubt.

He was sleepwalking on the
night he went to your mother's.

I don't see what
difference it makes whether I

was sleepwalking or not.

I killed Anne.

Mark, we know how badly you
feel, but it isn't that simple.

It isn't just a matter of
whether or not your actions

led to Anne's death.

The real question is,
were you to blame?

I did it.

Mark, someone's driving a car.

He has a heart
attack and black out.

The car swerves onto the
sidewalk and hits a pedestrian.

Is the driver at fault?

No.

There's nothing you
could have done, right?

Could you have done
anything to prevent

Anne from being hurt?

I don't know what.

You didn't make a conscious
decision to hurt her, did you?

MARK: No, of course not.

You didn't know
what you were doing.

You were blacked out.

You were asleep.

Yeah.

I guess you're right.

I mean, there's nothing
I could have done.

Well, I haven't put
it to her directly yet,

but I think there's a
good chance that Lauren

will testify for you.
- No.

- Why not?
- No.

I'm not going to put
her in that position.

Her family would
never forgive her.

Mark, Lauren's testimony
could be critical.

If the jury has any lingering
doubt, she could sway them.

No, not after what I have
already put her through, OK?

No.

BOYKO: Well, I'll tell you,
I thought I'd heard it all.

You know, at first, it was
the guy in San Francisco who

goes and shoots the
mayor, and then blames it

all on the Twinkies he'd eaten.

Then there was some bozo in
Florida who kills his ex-wife

and says it was because he
had a hyperactive thyroid.

But when I heard that
Mark Schall was going

to plead that he'd been
sleepwalking, I mean,

that really took the cake.

To me, it was just another
way to try to beat her out.

And to be honest, I had no doubt
that our own experts would blow

him right out of the water.

And the bloody footprints
come out of the house

and then start around
the house right here.

Headed for the
Lane's driveway.

No.

No, you see, that's
not where he parked.

He parked over here in
the neighbor's driveway.

So from the footprints it looks
like Schall stood at the corner

of the house, shuffling
around like he was looking

for his car, and
then remembered that

he parked at the neighbor's.

The point being?

The point being that if
he was really sleepwalking,

he would have parked
where he always parked,

in the Lane's driveway.

You know, sleepwalkers are
supposed to do familiar things.

Instead of parking where
no one could see his car.

Exactly.

Sounds like fairly
conscious behavior to me.

Damn right.

Ms. Matulus.

- Oh, Dr. O'Brien.
- Yes.

Your office told me I
could find you here.

- You've been to see Schall?
- Yes.

I just left.

Is there someplace
private we can talk?

Yeah.

We can-- just over here.

I thought I should let you
know as soon as possible.

I got all their documentation.

And?

And they have
been very thorough.

To be blunt, I don't
see any way of shaking

their sleepwalking defense.

What?

Dr. O'Brien, you think that
he drove over to his in-laws,

killed someone, cut his hands
to the bone in his sleep?

I know.

It sounds incredible.

And they may well
have a difficult time

convincing a jury, but
I believe it's true.

Wait a minute.

What's the difference?

He was dreaming about
killing his mother-in-law,

and what do you know?

He acted out his dream.

That's a common
misunderstanding, Detective.

Sleepwalkers are not dreaming.

In fact, they're not
thinking anything at all.

Their brains are actually
in a short-term coma.

That's why they never
remember anything.

I'll get you my report
first thing tomorrow.

Thanks, Doctor.

[sighs]

What if he was sleepwalking?

He drove 14 miles and
deliberately took a tire iron

into the house with him, got
a knife from the kitchen,

took the phone off the hook
so no one would call for help,

and then he viciously
attacked two people.

He's a liar, and he's
a cold-blooded killer.

You're right.

He knew what he was doing.

Ah.

We'll start with the forensic
experts and the doctors.

And then after that, the
investigating officers--

Hi.

Sorry I'm late.

MARY ELLEN: It's OK.

We're just getting started.

Now, I should warn you
that Mark's lawyers are

going to argue that
he was sleepwalking

when he committed the crime.

Sleepwalking?

Oh, come on.

They must think
we're pretty stupid.

What, he ran around our house
attacking our parents asleep?

Did you know about this?

You believed it?

I don't know, but
it seems possible.

Well, to be honest,
Lauren, I don't

think that it is possible.

And I intend to argue
that during the trial.

Now, there is one fact
that no one disputes,

and that is that Mark
planned to go to your parents

and confess his gambling losses.

And as you know, legally,
you don't have to testify

against your husband.

But--

We just want the jury to hear
the whole story, that's all,

so they can make a decision
knowing all the facts.

I can't, Dad.

TANYA: Lauren, what about Mom?

Can't you do this
one thing for Mom?

MARY ELLEN: Lauren,
your father told me how

close you were to your mother.

I know you must want
to see justice done.

All I'm asking you to
do is tell the truth.

Don't you think you owe
that to your mother?

I owe my mother more
than I can ever repay.

But if I testify against
Mark, the jury will

think I believe he's guilty.

And I don't know.

I just don't know.

BROOKE: Mark Schall had no
motive for killing Anne Lane.

In fact, as numerous
witnesses will testify,

Mark and his mother-in-law
shared a warm, affectionate

relationship.

Mark Schall had no
history of violence.

And as many doctors
will testify,

he has no mental or
physical illness.

Why then did this tragedy occur?

We will prove that there is
only one possible explanation.

On the night of May 23, Mark
Schall was sleepwalking.

I clocked the distance between
the Schall and Lane residences

at 14.1 miles.

Now, driving the route
involved making six turns

and observing two stop
signs and 14 traffic lights.

Thank you, Detective.

You can resume
the witness stand.

Can you tell us how Mark
Schall got into the Lane house?

He had a key.

And by using that key,
it was possible for him

to gain surreptitious entry?

That's correct.

Which gave him the element
of surprise in attacking

Anne and Roth Lane.

Yes, I would say so.

Thank you.

The key to the Lane house.

I presume you dusted
it for fingerprints.

We tried, but it
was quite smudged.

A number of people
had handled it.

So it's possible
then that Mark

Schall actually
rang the doorbell

and that Anne Lane let him in.

It's possible.

You also testified that you
believe that Mark purposely

removed the kitchen
phone from the hook

to prevent anyone
from calling 911.

I presume you dusted the
receiver for fingerprints.

No.

I instructed the
criminologist to do that,

but it just fell
through the cracks.

Oh.

Counselor, the fact is
we already had a confession

and conclusive
evidence identifying

the defendant as the killer.

But it is possible that Anne
tried to use the phone to call

for help, but that the extension
phone in the first-floor

bedroom had already been
knocked off the hook during

Roth's struggle
with Mark and that

she could not get a dial tone?

That's a lot of
assumptions, Counselor.

Is it possible, Detective?

Yes, it's possible.

You said you were in
your bedroom that night

and that you heard
Mark pacing outside.

Yeah, I think he came there
to kill Christopher and me.

Was the bedroom door locked?

No.

There are no locks
on our bedroom doors.

So there was nothing
stopping him from coming in?

Well, no, but--

In fact, in the five years
that you've known Mark Schall,

have you ever seen
him act violently?

No.

But he was making
these scary noises.

Scary noises?

Yeah, kind of like grunting.

BROOKE: Grunting?

TANYA: Yes, he was
grunting like an animal.

It was very frightening.

Eileen.

Hello, Lauren.

I said some awful things
to you at the diner.

I hope you can forgive me.

Well, this has been
hard on all of us,

but hardest of all
on you, I'm sure.

I believe Mark.

I believe he was sleepwalking.

What Tanya said about
the grunting noises

he made, it was exactly like
when your husband sleptwalk,

wasn't it?

[chuckles] I had a dream
about you too last night.

INMATE 1: Come on, man.

I got to arrange bail.

Yeah, no, for real.

INMATE 1: Listen, if I don't
call in the next five minutes,

I'm going to be stuck
in here the whole night.

INMATE 2: Get out
of my face now.

INMATE 1: Please.

INMATE 2: Shut up!

Let him use the damn phone.

Get out of my way.

- Come on, man.
- Hey.

- Hey, hey.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[grunting]

[groans]

[breathes heavily]

[somber instrumental music]

BROOKE: Mark, is it true
that you stole money

from your wife's savings account
and from your employer, money

which you subsequently
lost at the racetrack?

Yes.

Why did you do that?

About a year ago,
I went to the track

with some buddies of
mine, and I got lucky.

And I picked a winner
on my first bet,

only I didn't think
that it was luck.

I thought that I had some
kind of special knack.

But I didn't.

So I just kept betting to
try to win back the money

that I had lost.

I never did.

BROOKE: Was your wife
angry when she found out?

MARK: Yes.

I thought she might leave me.

She yelled and
screamed at you?

Yes.

So you had violent arguments?

Well, there wasn't
really any arguing, really.

It was just mostly
Lauren yelling at me.

BROOKE: Did it make you mad?

No, no.

I deserved it.

Boy, you must have felt
like fighting back a little.

I know when someone
yells and screams at me,

I even get the urge once
in a while to sock them.

I would never hit Lauren.

Never?

You never raised your hand to
your wife not once in the three

years that you were married?

No.

OK.

Your sister-in-law
told the court

that on the night
that Anne died,

you paced outside the
upstairs bedrooms, grunting.

Do you recall that?

Just a little.

And I had this feeling that
the kids were in danger.

So I went running up there.

And I thought that I was
yelling or calling out to him.

I thought I was
saying, kids, kids.

Mark, did you care about
your mother-in-law, Anne Lane?

Yes, very much.

Would you have ever
consciously harmed her?

No, never.

You never hit your wife?

No.

You never hit
your mother-in-law?

No.

So your testimony
before this court

is that you're a
nonviolent person.

MARK: I guess.

Do you know someone
named Judd Brazil?

He's a-- he's an inmate on
my tier at the county jail.

Two nights ago,
did you attack him?

MARK: This kid needed to use--

Did you attack him, yes or no?

Yes, we got in a fight.

MARY ELLEN: You threw
him against a wall,

opened a gash in his forehead
that required three stitches.

Yes.

Going back to the
night of May 23,

you say that you don't
remember trying to choke

your father-in-law to death?

No.

Stabbing him five times?

No.

You don't remember stabbing
your mother-in-law five times?

No.

Or breaking her
skull with a tire iron?

No.

Mark, do you really think
that anyone believes you?

BROOKE: Objection, your honor.

Do you really think
that you deserve to go

free after what you've done?

Your honor, please.

I don't know.

I don't know what is fair.

I guess that's for
others to decide.

[somber instrumental music]

[buzzing]

[door shutting]

Hi.

Hi.

I've been hoping you'd
come for so long.

I didn't think you ever would.

I got your letter
about getting a divorce.

I'm sorry I didn't write back.

I didn't know what to say.

I don't know why, but
on the way over here

I was thinking about the
morning after Kimberly was born

and how happy we were.

Did I ever tell you
what your mother was doing

when I called to tell her?

She was scrubbing the kitchen
floor, 3:00 in the morning.

She said, I was up.

I'll do some work.

Mark, I just want
you to know I know you

couldn't help what happened.

I know you didn't
mean to hurt my mom.

Thank you.

And I think the jury
must see that too.

I don't know.

I just keep wishing things
could be the way they were.

Nothing's ever going
to be the way it was.

At least if I do get
out, could I come home?

Mark.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have asked.

It's just so hard.

I mean, I know you didn't
mean to hurt Mom, but--

But I did.

Listen, if I get out, whatever
you decide, I'll understand.

[buzzing]

[door shutting]

Dr. Corrigan, does a
person who's sleepwalking

have any control
over what he does?

No, none whatsoever.

A person who is sleepwalking
is very much like a car

operating without a driver.

So if a sleepwalker
does not want

to do something, attack
someone, for instance,

would he be able
to stop himself?

DR. CORRIGAN: No, he would not.

He simply has no awareness
of what he is doing.

He's more or less blacked out.

Is such a person doomed
to be a danger to society?

No, not at all.

With the right medication and
a prescribed sleep regimen,

he could lead a
completely normal life.

Doctor, how is it
possible that Mark

Schall was able to drive his
car 14 miles in his sleep?

Sleepwalkers tend to
repeat familiar actions.

Now, it's my understanding
that Mark had driven

the same route over 100 times.

But turns, stop
signs, traffic lights.

It's like a person
who commutes to work.

Most days, he can't
even remember the trip.

It just becomes
automatic behavior.

Doctor, based on your
examination of Mark Schall,

do you believe that
he was sleepwalking

on the night of May 23?

Yes, I do.

Thank you.

Have you ever personally
witnessed a sleepwalker

in an aggressive state?

Personally, no, but
I have presided over--

A yes or no will
be sufficient.

No.

No, I haven't.

It's possible, is it not,
for a sleepwalker to act

on some unconscious desire?

I'm not sure what you mean.

Say Mark Schall had
a deep-seated desire

to kill his mother-in-law.

Is it possible he was acting on
that desire while sleepwalking?

Well, here, again, you
have many instances--

Doctor, we don't need anything
more than a yes or a no.

Is it possible that
Mark Schall was

acting on a deep-seated desire
when he killed Anne Lane?

Yes, theoretically, I
suppose it's possible.

On the other
hand, sleepwalkers

cannot do all the things that
an awake, aware person can do.

Isn't that true?

Yes, there are
many higher-order

activities that sleepwalkers
would be incapable of.

Aiming a gun, for instance?

Unlikely.

They tend to show very
poor coordination.

Chasing a moving object?

Probably not.

Like someone trying to
escape from an attacker?

No, I didn't mean to suggest--

Please answer the question.

Yes or no, is it possible?

No.

No?

No what, no?

No, a sleepwalker cannot
pursue a victim the way we know

Mark Schall pursued Anne Lane?

No.

I mean, yes.

I believe he was
capable of pursuing her.

First, it's no, then it's yes.

Which is it, Doctor?

Your honor.

Question withdrawn.

You've testified that one of
the reasons that you believe

Mark Schall was sleepwalking
is that he has no memories

of the events of May 23.

That's correct.

Are you saying
then that there is no

possibility that he recalls
stabbing and bludgeoning

his mother-in-law?

I have no evidence
that he recalls--

Just answer the
question, yes or no.

Um-- yes, it's possible
that he remembers.

So let me get this
straight, Doctor.

One of the reasons you
believe that Mark Schall was

sleepwalking is
that he says he has

no memories of those
events, and now you

admit that it's possible
that he does remember

and he's simply lying.

Have I got that right?

Yes.

Thank you.

[music playing]

Lauren.

Hi.

Detective Boyko said you
went to see Mark last night.

Yes, Christopher, I did.

Did you offer to
testify for him?

The subject didn't come up.

Well, we just think you
should know that if you do,

you're not our sister anymore.

[elevator bell dings]

[music playing]

[buzzing]

BROOKE: Yes?

MAN (ON SPEAKER):
Ms. McAdam, Lauren

Schall is here to see you.

Hi.

Hi.

Please come in.

I've been walking
around, trying to think.

Do you think the jury is
going to convict Mark?

I think they might.

Mark made me promise not
to ask you to testify.

You don't have to.

Good night.

BROOKE: Good night.

[somber instrumental music]

Dad.

Go ahead.

I'll be right there.

Hi.

Hi.

How are you?

Getting through it.

Yeah.

You know, part of
me has wanted so badly

to blame Mark for Mom's death.

Hate him for it because
it hurt so much.

But you and Mom always
told me the only way

to live in the world
is to live in truth.

And Dad, the truth is I
can't blame him anymore.

In my heart, I just can't.

He needs me now.

I know that if I testify
for him, I may lose you.

I may lose all the family.

But if I don't, Mark
may lose his life.

Your honor, the defense
calls its last witness,

Lauren Schall.

Lauren, when Mark went out
on the night of May 23,

he left the front door of
your house standing open.

In the three years
of your marriage,

had he ever done that before?

Never.

BROOKE: When he arrived
at your parents' house,

he parked in a
neighbor's driveway.

Had the two of you
ever done that before?

Yes, often.

They're an elderly couple,
and they don't have a car,

so they told us to feel free
to park there any time there

wasn't room at my parents'.

BROOKE: A tire iron
from Mark's car

was also used in the assault. Do
you have any idea why he might

have taken that into the house?

He used it a few months
ago to fix a heat register

at my mom and dad's place.

The only thing I can think
is in his sleepwalking mind,

he thought--

Objection, your honor.

Mrs. Schall can't
possibly know what

was in the defendant's mind.

Sustained.

The jury will disregard
the witness' speculation.

Lauren, can you think of
any reason whatever Mark might

have had to harm your mother?

I've gone over and
over that in my mind.

When I was in high school, I
had a big fight with my mom

and dad, and I moved out.

It was Mark who made
me see that they

truly loved me and
were just doing what

they thought was best for me.

My mom never forgot that.

From that time on, she loved
him like he was her own son.

And I know he felt the same
way and would never have hurt

her if he could have helped it.

Thank you.

Mrs. Schall, regarding
the fraud connected

to the defendant's
gambling losses,

this went on for some months
without your knowledge,

did it not?

Yes.

So your husband was able to
hide serious criminal behavior

from you?

I guess.

Did he lie to you
during that period

about what he was
doing evenings,

about savings
account withdrawals?

Yes.

MARY ELLEN: And you
believed those lies?

Yeah.

Just like you believe him
now when he says he doesn't

remember murdering your mother?

LAUREN: It's not the same.

MARY ELLEN: Isn't it?

He committed a crime, he lied
to you, and you believed him.

The only difference now
is that it's not fraud.

It's murder.

Isn't that right?

No.

Mrs. Schall, the
night of the murder,

you asked your husband
back to bed with you?

That's true.

MARY ELLEN: But he refused?

Well, he said--

He refused, didn't he?

Which is strange,
isn't it, because you

had been angry with him for
days over the gambling losses.

And he was sleeping on the
living room sofa in part

because you didn't want him
in your bed, isn't that right?

Yes.

So you finally invite him
back to bed, a wife's last act

of forgiveness, and he refused?

Is that so that
he could sneak out

later and murder your mother?

Your honor.

No.

I said, you can come to bed
if you want, and he said no.

He said, not until I get
back on the right track,

not until you can
trust me again.

There was no secret plan.

He was simply
ashamed of himself,

and he didn't think he
deserved my forgiveness.

That's why he didn't come to
bed that night because that's

the kind of person he is.

He has a conscience,
and he cares.

And that's how I know deep
down he would never ever

have hurt my mom on purpose.

He knows how much
I loved her, and he

would have never
taken her away from me

if he could have helped it.

[music playing]

Is it not simply unbelievable
that the accused could

have done everything
that he did the night

in question in his sleep?

Yes, people do sleepwalk,
but when they do,

they usually engage in
familiar patterns of behavior.

But what was familiar about
trying to kill two people?

Yes, sleepwalkers are known
to react violently when

someone tries to wake them.

But Mark Schall did not simply
strike out at the first person

who shook him.

He pursued his victims in
a sustained attack that

probably lasted many minutes.

But there's really only one
thing you need to remember,

and that is that Mark
Schall took this tire iron

from his car into
the house, where

he used it to viciously and with
premeditation kill Anne Lane.

That's how you know Mark Schall
knew exactly what he was doing.

[clanking]

BROOKE: Yes, it does
seem unbelievable.

In fact, every one of the
doctors that examined Mark

were initially skeptical.

But afterward, every one of them
came to the same conclusion,

that Mark Schall had
indeed been sleepwalking.

So why did a sleepwalking Mark
Schall go to his in-law's house

that night?

Probably because as he
fell asleep on the sofa,

he was anxious about his
meeting with Anne and Roth.

Deep in sleep an hour
or two later, Mark

subconsciously went
through the motions

that he knew he would go
through later that day.

[dramatic music]

Mark, what are you doing here?

Is something wrong?

BROOKE: But somehow in
his sleepwalking mind,

he got confused.

He thought he was on a mission
to fix the heat register.

ANNE: Mark?

What are you doing?

[shouts]

Ah!

BROOKE: When Anne Lane tried to
stop him, he reacted violently.

His anger aroused,
he pursued her

into the first-floor bedroom.

ANNE: Roth!

Roth!

BROOKE: There, Mark
ended up attempting

to strangle Ross Lane.

[shouting]

We believe Anne
rushed to the kitchen

to phone the police, found the
phone lying dead, got a knife,

and ran back into the bedroom
to protect her husband.

[phone beeping]

[shouts]

Stop it!

BROOKE: Mark grabbed
the knife from her

by the blade, something
no one in their right mind

would ever do.

ANNE: [screams]

BROOKE: In that
strange fugue state

we call sleepwalking, driven
by unknown forces of fear,

Mark Schall took the life
of his mother-in-law.

[gasps]

As much as we pride ourselves
on being a civilization

of knowledge and
reason, there remain

many mysteries about life.

One of them is sleepwalking,
that strange, primordial state

which led in this instance
to a senseless tragedy,

certainly for Anne Lane
and for her family,

but also for Mark
Schall, who must live

for the rest of his life
with the terrible burden

of knowing he inadvertently took
the life of someone he loved.

[music playing]

[keys jangling]

[buzzing]

I'm going to go get
something to drink.

Hi.

Hi.

I don't know what to believe.

If he's convicted,
I'm always going

to think there's a possibility
that he's really innocent.

And if they find
him innocent, I'm

always going to think there's
a possibility that he's guilty.

I know.

I miss my granddaughter.

How about a picnic
on the weekend?

Yeah.

[music playing]

The defendant will rise.

In the case of
Mark David Schall,

the verdict of the jury
under instruction number one,

murder in the first
degree, not guilty.

[AUDIENCE CHATTERING, GAVEL
POUNDING]

Let's have order, please.

[gavel pounding]

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury, thank you.

I wish you well.

You're dismissed.

Mr. Schall, you are free to go.

This court is adjourned.

[chattering]

[camera snapping]

Gram.

Oh, I'm gonna make
you the biggest dinner.

[music playing]

[camera snapping]

REPORTER: Quickly, Michael,
can we have a comment

please on the verdict?

[reporters chattering]

How you feel
about the verdict?

Detective, were you
surprised by the verdict?

Want my opinion?

A killer has gone free
today because a defense

lawyer has found yet one
more loophole for the guilty.

If you answer a
few questions now,

they might leave you alone.

REPORTER 1: What do you
think about the jury verdict?

REPORTER 2: Here comes Mark.

[reporters clamoring]

Mark, how do you feel?

Relieved.

Were you surprised
by the verdict?

Yes.

I can understand why people
might have their doubts.

Are you worried it
might happen again?

No, no.

My doctors have
me on medication.

Lauren, will you and
Mark be staying together?

We're going home right now.

I guess we'll take
it one day at a time.

[reporters clamoring]

[music playing]

[instrumental music]