1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:03,936 In New York City's war on crime 2 00:00:03,938 --> 00:00:06,105 the worst criminal offenders are pursued 3 00:00:06,107 --> 00:00:08,907 by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. 4 00:00:08,909 --> 00:00:10,909 These are their stories. 5 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:14,980 You couldn't wait ten minutes 6 00:00:14,982 --> 00:00:16,548 to sell this place out from under me. 7 00:00:16,550 --> 00:00:18,684 She's barely in her grave. 8 00:00:18,686 --> 00:00:21,387 I didn't sell the house. Mom did last fall. 9 00:00:21,389 --> 00:00:24,523 What? Who's going to buy this dump? 10 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:26,825 Some developer's putting up offices. 11 00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:29,061 She got a good deal. 12 00:00:29,063 --> 00:00:30,929 Oh, this is perfect. 13 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:36,502 You know, you're really something, you know that? 14 00:00:36,504 --> 00:00:38,404 You never come out to see her 15 00:00:38,406 --> 00:00:40,272 and you're going to stand there and complain 16 00:00:40,274 --> 00:00:41,274 that she sold the house 17 00:00:41,274 --> 00:00:43,375 so she could have a little something to live on? 18 00:00:43,377 --> 00:00:44,376 I'm upset, okay? 19 00:00:44,378 --> 00:00:47,112 I just buried my mother. 20 00:00:47,114 --> 00:00:48,180 What is it, Ricky? 21 00:00:48,182 --> 00:00:50,282 You get kicked out of your apartment again? 22 00:00:56,856 --> 00:00:59,958 (sighing) 23 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:01,794 It's okay, Ricky. 24 00:01:04,197 --> 00:01:05,531 They're not taking possession 25 00:01:05,533 --> 00:01:06,698 till the end of the week. 26 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:08,300 You can stay until then. 27 00:01:08,302 --> 00:01:09,468 The phone's off. 28 00:01:09,470 --> 00:01:11,403 The power's still on. 29 00:01:13,940 --> 00:01:15,808 RICKY: I need to find 30 00:01:15,810 --> 00:01:17,042 the contact information 31 00:01:17,044 --> 00:01:19,044 for one of your members, Jay Lippman. 32 00:01:19,046 --> 00:01:20,612 He's a mechanical engineer. 33 00:01:21,948 --> 00:01:23,749 No, Lip. 34 00:01:23,751 --> 00:01:25,951 P. Two P's. 35 00:01:25,953 --> 00:01:27,986 Lippman. 36 00:01:27,988 --> 00:01:29,388 You have to book the travel time 37 00:01:29,390 --> 00:01:31,023 as well as the appointment. 38 00:01:31,025 --> 00:01:32,391 I don't want to get there early 39 00:01:32,393 --> 00:01:34,159 and I don't want to get there late 40 00:01:34,161 --> 00:01:37,763 and I don't know anyone named Rick Morrissey. 41 00:01:37,765 --> 00:01:39,965 If he calls again, get rid of him. 42 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:50,342 I got some phone calls today. 43 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:52,911 Who from? 44 00:01:52,913 --> 00:01:55,848 Whoever it was just hung up. 45 00:01:55,850 --> 00:01:57,483 Four times. 46 00:01:57,485 --> 00:02:00,319 I don't know what you expect me to say, Anne. 47 00:02:00,321 --> 00:02:01,920 Telemarketers do that. 48 00:02:01,922 --> 00:02:03,922 Not when you pick up, Jay. 49 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:08,227 I'm not going through this. 50 00:02:08,229 --> 00:02:09,828 You're wrong. 51 00:02:14,868 --> 00:02:17,102 Don't the kids know what time dinner is? 52 00:02:17,104 --> 00:02:20,172 (phone ringing) 53 00:02:25,678 --> 00:02:26,311 Hello. 54 00:02:29,949 --> 00:02:31,950 Oh, sure. How have you been? 55 00:02:33,686 --> 00:02:35,954 That's not going to be possible right now. 56 00:02:39,225 --> 00:02:41,160 Yes. 57 00:02:41,162 --> 00:02:42,427 All right. 58 00:02:44,898 --> 00:02:46,765 I have to go out for a minute. 59 00:02:46,767 --> 00:02:48,934 That's just great. 60 00:02:57,977 --> 00:02:59,511 20 years I don't hear from you 61 00:02:59,513 --> 00:03:00,946 and that's the way it's going to stay, Rick. 62 00:03:00,948 --> 00:03:02,881 We got a problem, Jay. 63 00:03:02,883 --> 00:03:04,249 Sorry, I don't know you. 64 00:03:04,251 --> 00:03:06,718 Okay? That's the way it's going to stay. 65 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:07,920 Jay. 66 00:03:07,922 --> 00:03:09,254 We have to dig it up. 67 00:04:08,681 --> 00:04:11,617 It's clay. 68 00:04:11,619 --> 00:04:15,354 She was buried deep where it's cool. 69 00:04:15,356 --> 00:04:17,689 That explains why there's only partial decomposition. 70 00:04:17,691 --> 00:04:18,757 That plus the fact 71 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:20,392 it looks like the tarp was sealed. 72 00:04:20,394 --> 00:04:23,061 There's no telling how long she was in the ground. 73 00:04:23,063 --> 00:04:24,563 It's not more than 20 years. 74 00:04:24,563 --> 00:04:27,399 That's a black denim miniskirt from the London Limited. 75 00:04:27,401 --> 00:04:31,136 They only made them the one season, 1983. 76 00:04:31,138 --> 00:04:32,904 You wore one of these? 77 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:35,307 I looked good in it, too. 78 00:04:35,309 --> 00:04:37,309 Her fingers are in okay shape. 79 00:04:37,311 --> 00:04:38,510 We might be able 80 00:04:38,512 --> 00:04:40,479 to get prints off them. 81 00:04:40,481 --> 00:04:42,147 I'll need your men to canvass 82 00:04:42,149 --> 00:04:43,782 those buildings over there. 83 00:04:45,385 --> 00:04:47,119 Somebody took the trouble to move her. 84 00:04:47,121 --> 00:04:48,153 You got to wonder why they picked 85 00:04:48,155 --> 00:04:50,188 such a public place to dump her. 86 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:55,394 Yeah, the question is why they took the trouble at all. 87 00:04:58,698 --> 00:04:59,765 (knocking) 88 00:04:59,767 --> 00:05:00,699 What? 89 00:05:00,701 --> 00:05:01,566 That girl 90 00:05:01,568 --> 00:05:02,634 in the Bronx River. 91 00:05:02,636 --> 00:05:04,303 I told you, dump it back to Homicide. 92 00:05:04,305 --> 00:05:07,239 It's one of yours. 93 00:05:07,241 --> 00:05:08,473 Alyssa Cooney. 94 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:12,844 You sure? 95 00:05:12,846 --> 00:05:14,846 It's a tentative I.D. 96 00:05:14,848 --> 00:05:16,848 She had a previous injury, a broken leg. 97 00:05:16,850 --> 00:05:17,949 Right. 98 00:05:17,951 --> 00:05:20,919 The body had a broken femur and clavicle. 99 00:05:20,921 --> 00:05:24,723 Alyssa had a skiing accident when she was ten. It's her. 100 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:28,126 Give it back to Homicide. 101 00:05:28,128 --> 00:05:30,862 She was tortured, Captain. 102 00:05:30,864 --> 00:05:32,831 She had rope burns on her wrists and ankles. 103 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:34,900 Her jaw was broken; she was penetrated 104 00:05:34,902 --> 00:05:36,868 with foreign objects, she was suffocated... 105 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:37,869 The case is too old. 106 00:05:37,871 --> 00:05:38,804 You'll never break it. 107 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:46,144 Killers like this-- they don't stop after one murder. 108 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:48,413 Especially one they got away with. 109 00:06:04,430 --> 00:06:06,898 We had one suspect-- 110 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:09,868 her boyfriend, Mike Heskey. 111 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:12,471 Last I heard he lived in Queens, off Astoria. 112 00:06:14,006 --> 00:06:15,040 Look, I told the police 113 00:06:15,042 --> 00:06:16,908 I don't know how many times 114 00:06:16,910 --> 00:06:17,910 what I knew. 115 00:06:17,910 --> 00:06:20,479 The last time I saw her, we were in a bar on Canal. 116 00:06:20,481 --> 00:06:21,613 She was mad at me. 117 00:06:21,615 --> 00:06:22,814 Because you hit her. 118 00:06:22,816 --> 00:06:24,216 People in your dorm 119 00:06:24,218 --> 00:06:25,484 saw you hit her. 120 00:06:25,486 --> 00:06:27,519 Yes, that did happen. 121 00:06:27,521 --> 00:06:30,489 I was studying for midterms and she wanted to party 122 00:06:30,491 --> 00:06:32,491 and I'm not making any excuses. 123 00:06:32,493 --> 00:06:34,526 It sure sounds like excuses to me. 124 00:06:34,528 --> 00:06:37,195 Look, I've never hit another woman again in my life. 125 00:06:37,197 --> 00:06:39,398 You ask anyone. 126 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,167 What was the fight about? 127 00:06:42,169 --> 00:06:43,835 The one in the dorm. 128 00:06:44,771 --> 00:06:46,238 She was bored with me. 129 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,240 She was shopping around? 130 00:06:48,242 --> 00:06:50,876 Yeah. She had just moved to the city. 131 00:06:50,878 --> 00:06:52,844 She was like someone who'd been let out of a cage. 132 00:06:52,846 --> 00:06:56,148 Anything wild. That's... 133 00:06:56,150 --> 00:06:57,249 You again. 134 00:06:57,251 --> 00:07:00,018 I told you, so many times. 135 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:02,421 I don't know what happened to Alyssa. 136 00:07:05,525 --> 00:07:07,559 We found the body. 137 00:07:09,662 --> 00:07:11,563 You found her? 138 00:07:11,565 --> 00:07:13,899 We found her where you put her 139 00:07:13,901 --> 00:07:16,168 after you tied her up 140 00:07:16,170 --> 00:07:17,702 and tortured her and killed her. 141 00:07:17,704 --> 00:07:20,405 God is my witness, I did no such thing. 142 00:07:24,143 --> 00:07:25,477 It's all there. 143 00:07:26,412 --> 00:07:28,280 Oh, God. 144 00:07:28,282 --> 00:07:30,916 There. 145 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:38,557 And there. 146 00:07:38,559 --> 00:07:40,225 And there. 147 00:07:40,227 --> 00:07:42,060 God help me. 148 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:47,532 There? 149 00:07:47,534 --> 00:07:49,634 God help me. 150 00:07:49,636 --> 00:07:51,002 There?! 151 00:07:51,004 --> 00:07:54,539 What if I drove her into this? 152 00:07:54,541 --> 00:07:58,243 She was so mad at me. 153 00:07:58,245 --> 00:08:00,479 Why didn't I stop her? 154 00:08:40,219 --> 00:08:42,287 He didn't do it, did he? 155 00:08:45,758 --> 00:08:47,158 Send him home. 156 00:08:49,529 --> 00:08:50,529 It's been a long time 157 00:08:50,531 --> 00:08:52,230 since I've been out of the city. 158 00:08:52,232 --> 00:08:53,298 (coughing) 159 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:56,201 Got that cough, that downtown cough. 160 00:08:56,203 --> 00:08:59,604 I thought I'd go see my ex in Poughkeepsie. 161 00:08:59,606 --> 00:09:01,072 $10,000 could take you 162 00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:02,908 a little farther than that, Ricky. 163 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:04,476 Not to stop there. 164 00:09:04,478 --> 00:09:06,745 She and I always talked about going to Maine 165 00:09:06,747 --> 00:09:09,147 so I'm thinking... with this money... 166 00:09:09,149 --> 00:09:11,249 This could be a second chance for us. 167 00:09:11,251 --> 00:09:13,285 You're looking to relocate. Good. 168 00:09:13,287 --> 00:09:16,821 It's just, uh... I hate to leave my sister. 169 00:09:16,823 --> 00:09:19,124 You mention any of this to her? 170 00:09:19,126 --> 00:09:20,292 Any of this? 171 00:09:20,294 --> 00:09:23,595 I didn't want her involved. 172 00:09:23,597 --> 00:09:24,863 Good. 173 00:09:30,970 --> 00:09:34,506 I want to see you get on that bus, Ricky. 174 00:09:46,252 --> 00:09:48,520 MAN: I examined a tissue sample from your corpse. 175 00:09:48,522 --> 00:09:50,021 If there's something in the groundwater 176 00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:52,057 the tissue would pick it up, too. 177 00:09:52,059 --> 00:09:54,326 Trans-dichloroethylene. 178 00:09:54,328 --> 00:09:56,695 Xylenes, ethylbenzene. 179 00:09:56,697 --> 00:09:58,863 Industrial waste leakage. 180 00:09:58,865 --> 00:10:00,565 My first thought was the neighborhood 181 00:10:00,567 --> 00:10:02,334 around the Fresh Kills landfill. 182 00:10:02,336 --> 00:10:04,002 It's a long way from Staten Island 183 00:10:04,004 --> 00:10:05,704 to the Bronx with a body in the trunk. 184 00:10:05,706 --> 00:10:07,405 With all the spot checks since 9/11... 185 00:10:07,407 --> 00:10:09,908 There are private dumps in the Bronx 186 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:13,478 places where construction companies unload waste 187 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,746 no questions asked. 188 00:10:16,716 --> 00:10:17,949 WOMAN: The smell. 189 00:10:17,951 --> 00:10:19,117 Some days just awful. 190 00:10:19,119 --> 00:10:20,585 We tried to shut them down 191 00:10:20,587 --> 00:10:22,887 but City Hall doesn't care about the Bronx. 192 00:10:22,889 --> 00:10:26,291 Seems so. We've been to six other dumps in the Bronx already. 193 00:10:26,293 --> 00:10:28,893 Is there any other construction starting up? 194 00:10:28,895 --> 00:10:30,528 Or maybe a swimming pool? 195 00:10:30,530 --> 00:10:32,931 Mm. A swimming pool, that would be nice. 196 00:10:32,933 --> 00:10:35,634 The heat in the summer here will kill you. 197 00:10:35,636 --> 00:10:37,636 Oh. There's an office complex. 198 00:10:37,638 --> 00:10:40,005 They're building offices? Where? 199 00:10:40,007 --> 00:10:41,539 Juniper and Second. 200 00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:44,442 Some geniuses think that companies want to move 201 00:10:44,444 --> 00:10:47,112 out of downtown to the Bronx because it's safer 202 00:10:47,114 --> 00:10:48,480 because of the tragedy. 203 00:10:48,482 --> 00:10:50,448 I'll believe it when I see it. 204 00:10:50,450 --> 00:10:52,550 Thank you very much. 205 00:10:55,087 --> 00:10:57,188 They bought these houses here. 206 00:10:57,190 --> 00:10:58,757 The Marinos, the Dougans 207 00:10:58,759 --> 00:11:03,128 and then Sue Morrissey's across the street. 208 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:05,397 She just died, God rest her soul 209 00:11:05,399 --> 00:11:07,098 a week ago Monday. 210 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:08,366 Is anyone else living there? 211 00:11:08,368 --> 00:11:09,334 No. 212 00:11:09,336 --> 00:11:12,170 Thank you for your time, Mrs. Gambi. 213 00:11:12,172 --> 00:11:13,905 You won't find anybody! 214 00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:16,307 Everybody's gone but me! 215 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:25,850 I'll go around back. 216 00:11:25,852 --> 00:11:28,720 See if there's a way in through the garage. 217 00:12:00,052 --> 00:12:01,786 Down here! 218 00:12:03,055 --> 00:12:06,057 (footsteps descending stairs) 219 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:11,629 You find something? 220 00:12:16,001 --> 00:12:17,736 Yeah, it's a grave. 221 00:12:26,445 --> 00:12:28,613 There was a body in my parent's house 222 00:12:28,615 --> 00:12:30,415 that whole time? 223 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:33,084 That's unbelievable. 224 00:12:33,086 --> 00:12:34,119 20 years ago 225 00:12:34,121 --> 00:12:37,455 I was living there with my mother and father. 226 00:12:37,457 --> 00:12:39,891 Did you know a girl named Alyssa Cooney? 227 00:12:39,893 --> 00:12:42,026 I didn't. 228 00:12:42,028 --> 00:12:43,661 I don't know if my parents did. 229 00:12:43,663 --> 00:12:45,396 They're both dead now. 230 00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:47,632 Did anyone else live there in 1983? 231 00:12:47,634 --> 00:12:49,100 Maybe your parents had tenants. 232 00:12:49,102 --> 00:12:52,437 No, no. 233 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:54,773 Excuse me. 234 00:12:54,775 --> 00:12:56,875 How about the neighbors? 235 00:12:56,877 --> 00:12:58,843 Any of them have access to the house? 236 00:12:58,845 --> 00:13:00,512 I remember that Easter 237 00:13:00,514 --> 00:13:02,313 Mom and Dad took me to Florida for a week. 238 00:13:02,315 --> 00:13:05,683 Mrs. Gambi across the street, she was watering the plants. 239 00:13:05,685 --> 00:13:08,253 She live with any other family? 240 00:13:08,255 --> 00:13:09,487 Her husband. 241 00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:13,224 Maybe someone broke in while we were gone. 242 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:17,862 Mrs. Colton, do you know a Richard Morrissey? 243 00:13:17,864 --> 00:13:21,699 Oh, Ricky's my brother. Why? 244 00:13:21,701 --> 00:13:23,067 His fingerprints were found 245 00:13:23,069 --> 00:13:26,137 at your parent's home. 246 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:27,772 They were recent. 247 00:13:27,774 --> 00:13:29,574 Yes, of course. 248 00:13:29,576 --> 00:13:32,177 He was there for the wake. 249 00:13:32,179 --> 00:13:33,611 GOREN: Um... 250 00:13:36,048 --> 00:13:39,751 when we asked who else lived in the house 251 00:13:39,753 --> 00:13:41,586 you didn't mention him. 252 00:13:44,123 --> 00:13:45,690 Well, you said 20 years ago 253 00:13:45,692 --> 00:13:48,059 and he was living in the city then. 254 00:13:48,061 --> 00:13:52,797 He was at Hudson University and that's why I got confused. 255 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,835 He's been in trouble before. It came up with his prints. 256 00:13:56,837 --> 00:13:58,937 Mostly drug-related offenses. 257 00:13:58,939 --> 00:14:01,239 That was just stupid mistakes. 258 00:14:01,241 --> 00:14:03,575 That's nothing like what you're talking about now. 259 00:14:03,577 --> 00:14:05,610 Anyway, he's been to clinics. 260 00:14:05,612 --> 00:14:07,512 He's cleaned up his drug problems. 261 00:14:07,514 --> 00:14:09,981 We still need to talk to him. 262 00:14:09,983 --> 00:14:13,651 He changes addresses a lot. 263 00:14:16,922 --> 00:14:19,891 What about those drug clinics you mentioned? 264 00:14:23,662 --> 00:14:25,630 MAN: That clinic should update its files. 265 00:14:25,632 --> 00:14:28,466 Morrissey hasn't lived here in almost a year. 266 00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:32,170 The guy was a deadbeat. The landlord had to get a court order to lock him out. 267 00:14:32,172 --> 00:14:34,839 Has he been back since? 268 00:14:34,841 --> 00:14:36,741 Why would he come back? 269 00:14:36,743 --> 00:14:40,712 To get the stuff you kept when you locked him out. 270 00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:43,314 Next time, when you're going to lie 271 00:14:43,316 --> 00:14:45,817 don't answer a question with a question. 272 00:14:45,819 --> 00:14:48,353 We got rid of his stuff. We sold it. 273 00:14:48,355 --> 00:14:50,989 You would have needed a court order for that, too. 274 00:14:50,991 --> 00:14:53,358 Can we see it? 275 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:54,759 One more thing-- 276 00:14:54,761 --> 00:14:57,695 if you're going to tell a lie 277 00:14:57,697 --> 00:15:00,098 make sure you can back it up. 278 00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:01,266 I know what happened here. 279 00:15:01,268 --> 00:15:03,001 Me, too. Morrissey came back for his stuff. 280 00:15:03,003 --> 00:15:04,135 He gave you some money 281 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:05,703 and you didn't tell the landlord 282 00:15:05,705 --> 00:15:07,272 which, by the way, is none of our business. 283 00:15:07,274 --> 00:15:12,243 Okay, okay. Came back a couple days ago, paid what he owed: three grand. 284 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:13,311 Three grand cash? 285 00:15:13,313 --> 00:15:15,146 Yeah. He looked pretty flush. 286 00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:16,581 You get a current address out of him? 287 00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:18,883 No. All he took was his wedding pictures 288 00:15:18,885 --> 00:15:21,152 left the rest of his junk. 289 00:15:21,154 --> 00:15:22,253 Said he's going out of town for a while. 290 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:23,454 He has a wife? 291 00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:24,923 Ex-wife. 292 00:15:24,925 --> 00:15:26,591 In Poughkeepsie. Maureen. 293 00:15:26,593 --> 00:15:29,460 That woman ran circles around the poor guy. 294 00:15:35,501 --> 00:15:37,602 I haven't seen Ricky in years. 295 00:15:37,604 --> 00:15:39,237 Good riddance to bad rubbish. 296 00:15:39,239 --> 00:15:40,705 We heard he was heading this way 297 00:15:40,707 --> 00:15:42,974 with your wedding album under his arm. 298 00:15:42,976 --> 00:15:47,745 Oh, please. You're making me want to cry. 299 00:15:47,747 --> 00:15:50,815 I'm starting to see why the two of you didn't work out. 300 00:15:50,817 --> 00:15:53,117 It's too bad he came into all that money. 301 00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:56,220 So I got lousy taste. 302 00:15:56,222 --> 00:15:58,122 I got to go. 303 00:15:58,124 --> 00:15:59,724 Ricky's luck was a little better. 304 00:15:59,726 --> 00:16:00,992 The kind of money he's got now 305 00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:04,495 he should be able to step up from a burned-out housewife with a full mink jacket. 306 00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:06,931 That shows how much you know. 307 00:16:06,933 --> 00:16:08,132 This is sable. 308 00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:10,034 $2,400 at Draper's. 309 00:16:10,036 --> 00:16:13,671 Where'd you come by it, off the back of a truck? 310 00:16:13,673 --> 00:16:15,840 Fine. 311 00:16:15,842 --> 00:16:17,809 Ricky was here. 312 00:16:17,811 --> 00:16:20,111 He bought this for me. 313 00:16:20,113 --> 00:16:22,246 GOREN: How'd you get him to do that? 314 00:16:22,248 --> 00:16:24,849 Did you get him drunk? 315 00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:29,787 Is that what you did? 316 00:16:29,789 --> 00:16:33,758 You got him drunk and you took all his money. 317 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:35,259 He owed me. 318 00:16:35,261 --> 00:16:36,995 All the time we were married 319 00:16:36,997 --> 00:16:38,496 me working like a dog waiting tables 320 00:16:38,498 --> 00:16:40,231 he was putting it all up his arm. 321 00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:45,303 How much did you take him for? 322 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:50,308 Six grand and change. 323 00:16:50,310 --> 00:16:53,044 I dumped him back at the bus station. 324 00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:04,322 Jay, hey, over here! 325 00:17:06,258 --> 00:17:07,825 I was surprised to hear from you. 326 00:17:07,827 --> 00:17:08,893 I know. I know. 327 00:17:08,895 --> 00:17:12,130 It's just the main plan fell through. 328 00:17:12,132 --> 00:17:14,532 You want to grab a beer? 329 00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:16,300 What I've been through. 330 00:17:16,302 --> 00:17:19,604 I got to be honest. I could use a beer. 331 00:17:19,606 --> 00:17:21,406 You can't stay in the city. 332 00:17:21,408 --> 00:17:22,874 We talked about this. 333 00:17:22,876 --> 00:17:26,677 Yeah, but I'm thinking, "Where am I going to go?" 334 00:17:26,679 --> 00:17:28,813 I don't know anybody anyplace else. 335 00:17:28,815 --> 00:17:31,682 Here, at least, I got my sister. 336 00:17:31,684 --> 00:17:33,084 I mean it, Rick. 337 00:17:33,086 --> 00:17:37,655 Okay, the thing is if you can lend me a couple bucks. 338 00:17:37,657 --> 00:17:41,125 Not a whole 'nother ten. Just to tide me over. 339 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:46,664 Call me at the office on Friday. 340 00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:48,766 Use a pay phone. 341 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:54,573 What's this? 342 00:17:54,573 --> 00:17:57,875 Junk Morrissey left behind at his apartment. 343 00:17:57,877 --> 00:18:02,780 A newsletter from the Hudson University Chess Club, 1983. 344 00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:06,384 Morrissey's chess record: he's 0 for 12. 345 00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:07,952 DEAKINS: Receipts from a blood bank. 346 00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:10,822 He didn't make ten grand selling plasma. 347 00:18:10,824 --> 00:18:13,157 I want it covered anyway. 348 00:18:13,159 --> 00:18:14,492 From his sister: 349 00:18:14,494 --> 00:18:17,428 "Since you always hang up on me and you don't come home anymore 350 00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:18,630 "so here I am writing you. 351 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:20,765 "I just wanted to say I don't blame you, Ricky. 352 00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:23,434 "It wasn't your fault. 353 00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:26,637 Please, please, please call me." 354 00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:32,176 It's March 1983. 355 00:18:32,178 --> 00:18:35,680 That's a month before Alyssa Cooney disappeared. 356 00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:43,354 Morrissey was the only son, Mom's favorite 357 00:18:43,356 --> 00:18:45,623 until something happened. 358 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:49,460 Something that kept him from going home. 359 00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:51,596 Too bad that something wasn't a truck running him over. 360 00:18:51,598 --> 00:18:54,599 Surveillance just called. We got a winner. 361 00:18:54,601 --> 00:18:56,467 You just can't stay. 362 00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:58,202 There were cops here looking for you 363 00:18:58,204 --> 00:18:59,837 did you know that? 364 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:02,273 Cops? That's nothing. 365 00:19:02,275 --> 00:19:05,676 Look, Sally, it's just till Friday. 366 00:19:05,678 --> 00:19:09,280 You won't even know. I'll sleep in the rec room. 367 00:19:09,282 --> 00:19:10,281 Ricky... 368 00:19:10,283 --> 00:19:12,550 (doorbell rings) 369 00:19:14,419 --> 00:19:15,553 Sally! 370 00:19:16,755 --> 00:19:18,222 Wait. 371 00:19:22,694 --> 00:19:24,662 Aw, geez. 372 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:26,297 Rick Morrissey? 373 00:19:26,299 --> 00:19:28,366 You're under arrest. 374 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:31,269 Don't hurt him! 375 00:19:31,271 --> 00:19:34,572 I didn't do anything. I didn't know anything. 376 00:19:34,574 --> 00:19:35,573 This is a mistake. 377 00:19:35,575 --> 00:19:37,775 Story of your life, Ricky. 378 00:19:42,781 --> 00:19:44,415 I don't know if I need a lawyer. 379 00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:45,616 What do you guys think? 380 00:19:45,618 --> 00:19:46,784 That's up to you, Ricky. 381 00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:48,653 We can't tell you one way or the other. 382 00:19:48,655 --> 00:19:51,822 Yeah, but if I get one, then you guys are going to think I... I... 383 00:19:51,824 --> 00:19:53,724 Oh, man, maybe I better. 384 00:19:53,726 --> 00:19:55,826 He really can't make up his mind. 385 00:19:55,828 --> 00:19:57,028 I know it's important 386 00:19:57,030 --> 00:19:59,163 but I... I don't know. 387 00:19:59,165 --> 00:20:01,399 While you're thinking about it 388 00:20:01,401 --> 00:20:03,401 why don't we talk about this body 389 00:20:03,403 --> 00:20:05,002 in your mother's basement. 390 00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:07,271 There's no body in my mom's basement. 391 00:20:07,273 --> 00:20:08,573 That's crazy. 392 00:20:08,575 --> 00:20:11,175 There's no body anymore because you moved it. 393 00:20:11,177 --> 00:20:12,677 No, no. 394 00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:14,212 Hey, I just thought... 395 00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:17,148 Can I talk to my sister about this lawyer thing? 396 00:20:17,150 --> 00:20:18,549 No. Did you ever borrow her car? 397 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:21,419 She lent you ten grand. Maybe she lent you her car. 398 00:20:21,421 --> 00:20:25,523 No, that money-- see, I got that from selling my mom's house. 399 00:20:25,525 --> 00:20:28,392 That's the story you're going with? 400 00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:30,728 Yeah, my mom wanted me to have that house. 401 00:20:30,730 --> 00:20:32,129 She cared about me. 402 00:20:32,131 --> 00:20:33,297 You loved your mother. 403 00:20:33,299 --> 00:20:34,332 You depended on her. 404 00:20:34,334 --> 00:20:35,499 Yeah, sure. She was my mom. 405 00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:37,668 You wouldn't do anything to disrespect her 406 00:20:37,670 --> 00:20:39,003 disrespect her house. 407 00:20:39,005 --> 00:20:40,037 No. 408 00:20:40,039 --> 00:20:42,139 Like burying a body in the basement. 409 00:20:42,141 --> 00:20:43,474 No, see, that's my point. 410 00:20:43,476 --> 00:20:45,376 It's crazy. I wouldn't do it. 411 00:20:45,378 --> 00:20:47,044 It was somebody else's idea. 412 00:20:47,046 --> 00:20:48,112 Yeah, it was. 413 00:20:48,114 --> 00:20:49,480 You just helped. 414 00:20:49,482 --> 00:20:50,615 No, wait, wait, no. 415 00:20:50,617 --> 00:20:52,683 No, no, after the fact, Ricky. 416 00:20:52,685 --> 00:20:54,452 Because, like you said 417 00:20:54,454 --> 00:20:56,520 it was somebody else's idea... 418 00:20:56,522 --> 00:21:00,658 Yeah, yeah, I said that because it wasn't mine. 419 00:21:03,962 --> 00:21:05,630 This is Mr. Morrissey's lawyer. 420 00:21:05,632 --> 00:21:07,031 EAMES: He didn't ask for a lawyer. 421 00:21:07,033 --> 00:21:08,933 But his sister did. 422 00:21:08,935 --> 00:21:11,035 You be quiet. 423 00:21:11,037 --> 00:21:13,638 He's invoking his right to be silent. 424 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:14,972 Now scoot. 425 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:23,381 CARVER: The sister made his bail. 426 00:21:23,383 --> 00:21:25,349 Mr. Morrissey turns up at trial 427 00:21:25,351 --> 00:21:26,651 I'll eat my hat. 428 00:21:26,653 --> 00:21:29,353 He's not the one we need to worry about. 429 00:21:29,355 --> 00:21:31,122 The girl wasn't killed 430 00:21:31,124 --> 00:21:32,624 in a frenzy. 431 00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:35,693 The wounds were deliberately and carefully applied. 432 00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:38,629 The body was methodically wrapped in a plastic tarp. 433 00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:40,164 The crime 434 00:21:40,166 --> 00:21:43,601 required organized thinking, decision-making 435 00:21:43,603 --> 00:21:45,336 and Morrissey isn't capable of either. 436 00:21:45,338 --> 00:21:47,371 CARVER: You're saying there's an accomplice? 437 00:21:47,373 --> 00:21:49,573 a Leopold to Morrissey's Loeb? 438 00:21:49,575 --> 00:21:50,708 Well, half a Loeb. 439 00:21:50,710 --> 00:21:52,877 The half Morrissey didn't fry on drugs. 440 00:21:52,879 --> 00:21:54,011 Didn't you mention 441 00:21:54,013 --> 00:21:56,013 he was in his university chess club? 442 00:21:56,015 --> 00:21:58,716 With an 0 and 12 record. 443 00:21:58,718 --> 00:22:01,652 Please find this accomplice. 444 00:22:02,754 --> 00:22:04,322 Do you know how long it's been 445 00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:06,424 since I've even looked at a chessboard? 446 00:22:06,426 --> 00:22:07,858 You edited the club newsletter. 447 00:22:07,860 --> 00:22:10,261 Back then, chess was life. 448 00:22:10,263 --> 00:22:11,662 My brother had Frazier-Ali. 449 00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:13,230 I had Fisher-Spassky. 450 00:22:13,232 --> 00:22:14,765 Do you remember a Rick Morrissey? 451 00:22:14,767 --> 00:22:16,400 He was a member of the club. 452 00:22:16,402 --> 00:22:18,035 This guy here. 453 00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:19,337 Oh, yeah. Ricky. 454 00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:21,339 Sort of cute, but he had no game. 455 00:22:21,341 --> 00:22:23,574 I saw in later editions of your newsletter 456 00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:25,276 that his playing improved. 457 00:22:25,278 --> 00:22:26,744 Did someone give him lessons? 458 00:22:26,746 --> 00:22:28,112 I don't know. 459 00:22:28,114 --> 00:22:29,614 Ricky never really fit in. 460 00:22:29,614 --> 00:22:31,415 I think people thought he was a little strange. 461 00:22:31,417 --> 00:22:33,417 He was too strange for the chess club? 462 00:22:33,419 --> 00:22:36,320 That must be some kind of record. 463 00:22:36,322 --> 00:22:37,621 How about this guy? 464 00:22:37,623 --> 00:22:40,091 He spent his freshman year 465 00:22:40,093 --> 00:22:42,660 building a computer that plays chess. 466 00:22:42,662 --> 00:22:45,096 In 1982, that's no small feat. 467 00:22:45,098 --> 00:22:46,664 Lippman. Brilliant player. 468 00:22:46,666 --> 00:22:50,735 Complete snob. But if anyone could teach Morrissey anything 469 00:22:50,737 --> 00:22:52,237 it was him. 470 00:22:52,237 --> 00:22:55,072 Excuse me. No, no, no... listen to me. 471 00:22:55,074 --> 00:22:57,541 "Building a machine that truly thinks 472 00:22:57,543 --> 00:23:00,244 isn't playing God, it's being God." 473 00:23:00,246 --> 00:23:02,046 This is going to be fun. 474 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:06,117 It took me two years to program. 475 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,853 Only a month to beat. 476 00:23:08,855 --> 00:23:09,854 Was it as much fun 477 00:23:09,856 --> 00:23:11,055 as teaching Rick Morrissey? 478 00:23:11,057 --> 00:23:12,356 What makes you think...? 479 00:23:12,358 --> 00:23:13,424 We talked to a few people 480 00:23:13,426 --> 00:23:14,225 in the club. 481 00:23:14,227 --> 00:23:15,559 They thought maybe you had. 482 00:23:15,561 --> 00:23:17,395 What they said actually was 483 00:23:17,397 --> 00:23:20,398 if anyone could have taught him, it would have been you. 484 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,333 I think they meant it as a compliment. 485 00:23:22,335 --> 00:23:24,535 Sure, I gave him a few lessons. 486 00:23:24,537 --> 00:23:26,137 The other members of the club 487 00:23:26,139 --> 00:23:29,073 were having too much fun beating him. 488 00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:32,910 GOREN: And then watching them get beat by Morrissey-- 489 00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:35,346 that must have made it all the more pleasurable. 490 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,355 I bet he was a better student than this computer. 491 00:23:44,357 --> 00:23:48,526 I mean, it can't learn from its mistakes. 492 00:23:48,528 --> 00:23:52,229 Neither could Morrissey. 493 00:23:52,231 --> 00:23:56,133 That's another difference between men and machines. 494 00:23:56,135 --> 00:23:59,970 You can only teach someone as much as they want to learn. 495 00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:03,007 After a while, Morrissey lost interest in the club. 496 00:24:03,009 --> 00:24:05,476 Did you stay in touch with him? 497 00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:09,046 (softly): No. I never saw him on campus. 498 00:24:09,048 --> 00:24:10,781 I think he dropped out. 499 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:13,317 Do you know anybody else who was friends with him? 500 00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:15,252 No. 501 00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:18,222 And I wasn't friends with him. 502 00:24:19,558 --> 00:24:22,326 I like how you did that. 503 00:24:24,896 --> 00:24:28,065 You make me cross the room by keeping your voice down. 504 00:24:28,067 --> 00:24:30,167 It wasn't deliberate. 505 00:24:30,169 --> 00:24:33,070 Come on. It's the classic Sicilian gambit 506 00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:34,572 to get me to the door. 507 00:24:37,175 --> 00:24:39,643 We're done anyway. 508 00:24:39,645 --> 00:24:42,613 Thank you for seeing us. 509 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:45,749 By the way... 510 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:53,390 You don't want to know why we're asking about Morrissey? 511 00:24:53,392 --> 00:24:56,093 I can only imagine he's in trouble. 512 00:24:56,095 --> 00:24:57,361 I really don't care. 513 00:24:57,363 --> 00:24:59,430 I'm sorry I can't help you. 514 00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:05,002 He was having a ball moving me around the room. 515 00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:05,970 So he's a control freak. 516 00:25:05,972 --> 00:25:06,972 What else? 517 00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:09,540 He has no record, not even a speeding ticket 518 00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:10,774 and we went back 20 years. 519 00:25:10,776 --> 00:25:13,210 House in Westchester, wife, two kids. 520 00:25:13,212 --> 00:25:15,246 He's been a partner in an engineering firm 521 00:25:15,248 --> 00:25:16,780 for the last 15 years. 522 00:25:16,782 --> 00:25:19,149 You need to put him together with Morrissey 523 00:25:19,151 --> 00:25:20,718 for something besides a chess game. 524 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,254 Where did these guys live when they went to Hudson? 525 00:25:23,256 --> 00:25:25,256 Morrissey was in a room on Mott Street. 526 00:25:25,258 --> 00:25:27,791 Lippman was in a dorm. 527 00:25:27,793 --> 00:25:30,594 He have a roommate? 528 00:25:34,866 --> 00:25:36,967 Jay had a lot of theories about women. 529 00:25:36,969 --> 00:25:39,737 They want this, they don't want that. 530 00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:42,373 I doubt it was based on any actual fieldwork. 531 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:43,440 He never had a date? 532 00:25:43,442 --> 00:25:44,942 Remember, this was the '80s. 533 00:25:44,942 --> 00:25:48,178 There was a lot of pharmaceutical experimentation going on. 534 00:25:48,180 --> 00:25:50,614 One night Lippman started asking about Quaaludes. 535 00:25:50,616 --> 00:25:53,217 He said he needs some 'cause he's got some chick 536 00:25:53,219 --> 00:25:54,752 who's hot to party with him. 537 00:25:54,754 --> 00:25:56,086 You know who she was? 538 00:25:56,088 --> 00:25:57,354 No, some high school chick. 539 00:25:57,356 --> 00:25:58,756 When was this? 540 00:25:58,758 --> 00:26:00,391 Right before spring break. 541 00:26:00,393 --> 00:26:02,393 So you helped him out? 542 00:26:02,395 --> 00:26:04,461 Look, a couple of 'ludes. 543 00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:07,298 Girl likes to party. Why not? 544 00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:09,700 Hey, I don't think he ever closed the deal. 545 00:26:09,702 --> 00:26:11,535 I would have told me about it. 546 00:26:11,537 --> 00:26:14,338 Okay. Thanks. 547 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,276 Alyssa Cooney disappeared in April. 548 00:26:19,278 --> 00:26:20,477 It doesn't fit. 549 00:26:20,479 --> 00:26:21,779 (phone ringing) 550 00:26:21,781 --> 00:26:24,515 Eames. 551 00:26:24,517 --> 00:26:26,650 If you're going to stay in the city 552 00:26:26,652 --> 00:26:28,352 you'll need a job. 553 00:26:28,354 --> 00:26:31,288 I can introduce you to the foreman tomorrow. 554 00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:33,157 I don't know. 555 00:26:33,159 --> 00:26:35,125 I got a fear of heights. 556 00:26:35,127 --> 00:26:37,561 We're not that high. 557 00:26:37,563 --> 00:26:39,730 Come here. 558 00:26:39,732 --> 00:26:42,199 I want to show you something. 559 00:26:42,201 --> 00:26:44,368 Come on, Rick. 560 00:26:44,370 --> 00:26:47,371 Challenge yourself once in a while. 561 00:26:50,508 --> 00:26:53,143 That's what you said that night. 562 00:26:53,145 --> 00:26:55,312 "Challenge yourself." 563 00:27:03,588 --> 00:27:06,790 That was a long time ago. 564 00:27:09,761 --> 00:27:13,263 A couple of cops came by my office today 565 00:27:13,265 --> 00:27:14,531 asking about you. 566 00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:17,101 I didn't tell them anything. 567 00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:19,103 You talked to them, though. 568 00:27:19,105 --> 00:27:21,705 And you didn't tell me, Rick, did you? 569 00:27:21,707 --> 00:27:23,707 Don't. 570 00:27:23,709 --> 00:27:25,109 Don't, Jay. 571 00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:26,611 'Cause I didn't. 572 00:27:26,611 --> 00:27:30,414 I would never tell anything to anybody. 573 00:27:30,416 --> 00:27:32,349 I know you, Rick. 574 00:27:32,351 --> 00:27:34,018 Even after all this time 575 00:27:34,020 --> 00:27:35,519 you think I don't know you? 576 00:27:35,521 --> 00:27:38,088 No, I mean it. 577 00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:41,592 I didn't say anything. 578 00:27:42,727 --> 00:27:46,296 It's not so hard, Ricky. 579 00:27:46,298 --> 00:27:48,132 Just a step. 580 00:27:48,134 --> 00:27:51,301 No, no. 581 00:27:51,303 --> 00:27:53,137 Come on. 582 00:27:53,139 --> 00:27:56,774 Things just haven't worked out for you, Rick. 583 00:27:56,776 --> 00:27:57,775 (sobbing) 584 00:27:57,777 --> 00:28:00,778 Your mom's dead. 585 00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:02,746 Your sister turned you in. 586 00:28:02,748 --> 00:28:06,050 No! No! 587 00:28:06,052 --> 00:28:08,519 She wouldn't do that! 588 00:28:10,388 --> 00:28:13,757 You must be tired of your life. 589 00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:15,092 (sobbing) 590 00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:18,095 Never feeling safe. 591 00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:24,201 Jay... 592 00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:27,404 It's safety, Rick. 593 00:28:28,573 --> 00:28:31,742 Don't you want to be safe? 594 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,783 Security guard came on duty at 8:00. 595 00:28:39,785 --> 00:28:41,785 The gate had been left open. 596 00:28:44,422 --> 00:28:46,490 Looks like a suicide. 597 00:28:46,492 --> 00:28:49,359 Yeah? What, he have a note pinned to his chest? 598 00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:06,944 This is your fault. 599 00:29:06,946 --> 00:29:09,780 You accused him without any proof. 600 00:29:09,782 --> 00:29:12,449 He was scared. 601 00:29:12,451 --> 00:29:14,952 That's why he did this to himself. 602 00:29:14,954 --> 00:29:17,321 We don't think it was a suicide. 603 00:29:17,323 --> 00:29:19,022 We think Ricky was murdered. 604 00:29:19,024 --> 00:29:21,425 What? 605 00:29:21,427 --> 00:29:23,761 Over drugs? 606 00:29:23,763 --> 00:29:24,828 Is that what he was doing 607 00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:25,729 in that place? 608 00:29:25,731 --> 00:29:31,068 Sally, do you remember Jay Lippman? 609 00:29:31,070 --> 00:29:33,504 He was Ricky's friend in college. 610 00:29:33,506 --> 00:29:35,172 Ricky introduced you. 611 00:29:35,174 --> 00:29:36,673 No. 612 00:29:36,675 --> 00:29:39,343 In February, before spring break? 613 00:29:39,345 --> 00:29:40,911 No. 614 00:29:40,913 --> 00:29:43,747 Lippman got drugs from his roommate 615 00:29:43,749 --> 00:29:46,717 because he had a date... 616 00:29:46,719 --> 00:29:49,419 with a high school girl. 617 00:29:49,421 --> 00:29:53,190 You were 17. 618 00:29:53,192 --> 00:29:54,658 It wasn't me. 619 00:30:01,499 --> 00:30:03,734 "I don't blame you, Ricky. 620 00:30:03,736 --> 00:30:05,803 "It wasn't your fault. 621 00:30:05,805 --> 00:30:08,238 Please, please call me." 622 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,174 You wrote this in March. 623 00:30:10,176 --> 00:30:13,544 Your brother stopped coming home. Why? 624 00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:21,785 Lippman drugged you? 625 00:30:29,961 --> 00:30:34,031 Ricky'd been telling me how smart Lippman was 626 00:30:34,033 --> 00:30:38,902 so we went to his dorm room, just for a couple of beers. 627 00:30:38,904 --> 00:30:42,806 I started feeling woozy. 628 00:30:42,808 --> 00:30:45,976 I couldn't even stand up 629 00:30:45,978 --> 00:30:49,012 and Lippman told Ricky to go down the hall 630 00:30:49,014 --> 00:30:52,115 and get us some Cokes. 631 00:30:52,117 --> 00:30:56,053 Ricky did. 632 00:30:56,055 --> 00:30:59,189 It wasn't his fault. 633 00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:03,861 EAMES: What happened? 634 00:31:03,863 --> 00:31:09,666 I was lying on the bed, out of it. 635 00:31:09,668 --> 00:31:12,736 Lippman opened my shirt. 636 00:31:12,738 --> 00:31:16,073 He just looked at me. 637 00:31:16,075 --> 00:31:18,308 Looked at you how? 638 00:31:20,411 --> 00:31:26,650 I... sort of fascinated, I guess, but frozen 639 00:31:26,652 --> 00:31:30,387 and then he started... 640 00:31:32,457 --> 00:31:36,393 with one of the bottles. 641 00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:39,963 The next thing, Ricky was banging on the door 642 00:31:39,965 --> 00:31:42,299 and they were yelling 643 00:31:42,301 --> 00:31:45,335 and then Ricky got me out of the room. 644 00:31:46,671 --> 00:31:48,305 Thank you. 645 00:31:48,307 --> 00:31:50,540 I know this wasn't easy. 646 00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:57,547 Uh, one last thing. 647 00:31:57,549 --> 00:32:00,684 Do you know where your brother got $10,000? 648 00:32:00,686 --> 00:32:01,818 (sighs) 649 00:32:01,820 --> 00:32:03,620 Not from me. 650 00:32:03,622 --> 00:32:07,624 He would have spent it on drugs. 651 00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:12,896 Yes, my husband withdrew $10,000. 652 00:32:12,898 --> 00:32:15,265 It was an investment. So what? 653 00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:18,135 You have no business snooping into our finances. 654 00:32:18,137 --> 00:32:19,337 We do have a warrant 655 00:32:19,337 --> 00:32:21,905 and we were wondering why you have the bank call you 656 00:32:21,907 --> 00:32:24,374 every time he takes out money. 657 00:32:24,376 --> 00:32:28,145 Is it because you don't trust him anymore? 658 00:32:28,147 --> 00:32:32,549 Because he's had affairs in the past? 659 00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:34,918 I don't understand. 660 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,554 What has any of this to do with the police? 661 00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:39,923 Your husband could have gotten himself 662 00:32:39,925 --> 00:32:42,592 into serious trouble 663 00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:45,896 so please, just answer our questions. 664 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,001 There was one affair. 665 00:32:51,003 --> 00:32:53,837 It was a very long time ago. 666 00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:55,205 '92. 667 00:32:55,207 --> 00:32:57,341 It was very short-lived. 668 00:32:57,343 --> 00:32:58,875 You know the woman? 669 00:32:58,877 --> 00:33:00,143 No. 670 00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:01,778 How did you find out about it? 671 00:33:01,780 --> 00:33:03,013 Did he tell you? 672 00:33:03,015 --> 00:33:05,816 No. 673 00:33:05,818 --> 00:33:08,552 He'd been increasingly unhappy and he left. 674 00:33:08,554 --> 00:33:11,288 He was gone for a week-- I don't know where-- 675 00:33:11,290 --> 00:33:15,058 but when he came back, it was over. 676 00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:18,228 Things have been fine ever since. 677 00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:22,332 Before he left, what was his behavior like? 678 00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:24,801 Was he secretive? 679 00:33:24,803 --> 00:33:26,870 Impatient? 680 00:33:26,872 --> 00:33:31,375 I suppose, yes. 681 00:33:31,377 --> 00:33:36,780 And when he came back from being away, he was relaxed. 682 00:33:36,782 --> 00:33:38,382 Why is this... 683 00:33:38,384 --> 00:33:40,784 He was apologetic. 684 00:33:40,786 --> 00:33:42,552 He brought you gifts. 685 00:33:42,554 --> 00:33:46,490 Yes. 686 00:33:46,492 --> 00:33:49,026 What did he bring you? 687 00:33:49,028 --> 00:33:50,994 A necklace 688 00:33:50,996 --> 00:33:54,231 and these little black and white cows for the children. 689 00:33:54,233 --> 00:33:57,934 The necklace-- do you remember what store it came from? 690 00:33:57,936 --> 00:34:01,471 The box said something like "Bernard's" 691 00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:02,873 or "Berger's." 692 00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:04,007 I don't remember. 693 00:34:04,009 --> 00:34:05,842 Why are you asking me? 694 00:34:05,844 --> 00:34:07,544 It's all right, Mrs. Lippman. 695 00:34:07,546 --> 00:34:10,113 You've been very helpful. 696 00:34:13,351 --> 00:34:14,484 One more thing. 697 00:34:14,486 --> 00:34:16,019 If you want to tell your husband 698 00:34:16,021 --> 00:34:17,454 we were here... by all means. 699 00:34:17,456 --> 00:34:19,923 We have no secrets from him. 700 00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:22,959 The more he knows, the better it is. 701 00:34:26,964 --> 00:34:30,033 Tell me exactly what you told them. 702 00:34:30,035 --> 00:34:32,702 That it was a stupid affair a long time ago. 703 00:34:32,704 --> 00:34:34,871 This isn't about an affair. 704 00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:38,008 What is going on, Jay? 705 00:34:38,010 --> 00:34:41,244 "Be a good boy. Keep a nice home." 706 00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:43,313 "Everything's fine." 707 00:34:43,315 --> 00:34:44,815 "You can handle it." 708 00:34:44,817 --> 00:34:46,817 Jay... 709 00:34:46,819 --> 00:34:49,186 I can handle it, Anne. 710 00:34:49,188 --> 00:34:52,956 This isn't a problem. 711 00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:55,025 It's going to be fine. 712 00:34:59,864 --> 00:35:01,164 We found a Bernard's Jewelry 713 00:35:01,166 --> 00:35:02,666 in Montpelier, Vermont. 714 00:35:02,666 --> 00:35:04,901 That fits with the Ben and Jerry's porcelain cows. 715 00:35:04,903 --> 00:35:07,471 So he took his mistress for an ice cream cone in Vermont. 716 00:35:07,473 --> 00:35:08,872 How does this... 717 00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:10,907 EAMES: We sent the Alyssa Cooney file 718 00:35:10,909 --> 00:35:12,809 up to the Vermont State Police. 719 00:35:12,811 --> 00:35:13,811 We're waiting to hear. 720 00:35:13,811 --> 00:35:15,812 Before he went to Vermont, he gave every sign 721 00:35:15,814 --> 00:35:19,282 that he was heading for a crisis, an eruption. 722 00:35:19,284 --> 00:35:21,952 By the time he came back, the crisis was resolved. 723 00:35:21,954 --> 00:35:25,255 Simple explanation: he broke up with his mistress. 724 00:35:25,257 --> 00:35:28,358 Linda Messali-- 21-year-old prostitute. 725 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,093 Found November 1992 726 00:35:30,095 --> 00:35:32,696 behind a service station on Route 14 near Montpelier. 727 00:35:32,698 --> 00:35:35,031 The manner of death matched Alyssa Cooney's-- 728 00:35:35,033 --> 00:35:37,200 broken jaw, rope burns, suffocation 729 00:35:37,202 --> 00:35:39,803 genital trauma, wrapped in plastic tarp. 730 00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:41,538 Her pimp was the prime suspect 731 00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:44,975 but they never made the case stick. 732 00:35:44,977 --> 00:35:46,443 I don't know that we'll have better luck 733 00:35:46,445 --> 00:35:48,645 sticking it on Mr. Lippman. 734 00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:51,314 Apparently the forensic evidence is long gone. 735 00:35:51,316 --> 00:35:52,616 Oh, for crying out loud... 736 00:35:52,618 --> 00:35:54,684 You can't establish a connection 737 00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:56,353 between Lippman and Morrissey's death 738 00:35:56,355 --> 00:35:57,821 and Morrissey is the only person 739 00:35:57,823 --> 00:35:59,656 to connect him to the Cooney girl. 740 00:36:03,794 --> 00:36:06,029 Uh... 741 00:36:06,031 --> 00:36:08,398 Forget about convicting him. 742 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,967 Do we have enough to arrest him? 743 00:36:10,969 --> 00:36:14,337 Well, if we had the right judge. 744 00:36:14,339 --> 00:36:17,774 I know the right judge. 745 00:36:17,776 --> 00:36:19,442 My client is more than happy 746 00:36:19,444 --> 00:36:21,778 to cooperate with your investigation 747 00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:24,881 but we can't understand the basis for his arrest 748 00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:27,117 or for his humiliating treatment. 749 00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:30,187 It's for his own protection. 750 00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:31,588 Jay. 751 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:35,592 Here. 752 00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:48,939 Your lawyer tells us that you want to cooperate. 753 00:36:48,941 --> 00:36:52,042 That's good. 754 00:36:52,044 --> 00:36:54,811 First item: 755 00:36:54,813 --> 00:37:00,116 this incident with Rick Morrissey's sister Sally. 756 00:37:00,118 --> 00:37:01,184 What incident? 757 00:37:01,186 --> 00:37:02,686 She gave us a statement 758 00:37:02,686 --> 00:37:05,155 you drugged her and assaulted her in college. 759 00:37:05,157 --> 00:37:07,057 We're not going to talk about something 760 00:37:07,059 --> 00:37:08,325 the statute of limitations 761 00:37:08,327 --> 00:37:10,093 precludes you from even prosecuting. 762 00:37:10,095 --> 00:37:11,261 If we can't prosecute you 763 00:37:11,263 --> 00:37:12,796 what's the harm in talking about it? 764 00:37:12,798 --> 00:37:15,031 We refuse to answer any questions about it. 765 00:37:15,033 --> 00:37:16,499 End of story. 766 00:37:16,501 --> 00:37:18,969 I get it. 767 00:37:18,971 --> 00:37:22,772 Your lawyer's in charge, so we'll just talk to him. 768 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:31,081 GOREN: The sister's statement made it very clear 769 00:37:31,083 --> 00:37:34,551 your client and Morrissey were close friends 770 00:37:34,553 --> 00:37:37,887 in the spring of 1983. 771 00:37:37,889 --> 00:37:40,323 You're talking about a statement I haven't even seen. 772 00:37:40,325 --> 00:37:41,958 I'll answer their questions. 773 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:42,993 Jay... 774 00:37:42,995 --> 00:37:44,261 I can talk to them. 775 00:37:44,263 --> 00:37:45,929 I have nothing to hide. 776 00:37:52,803 --> 00:37:55,105 Morrissey told me 777 00:37:55,107 --> 00:37:58,275 his sister wanted a date with a college man. 778 00:37:58,277 --> 00:38:02,078 He said she liked doing drugs. 779 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,214 I misunderstood her intentions. 780 00:38:04,216 --> 00:38:08,318 As soon as I realized my mistake, I stopped. 781 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,388 The date ended and Morrissey took her home. 782 00:38:11,390 --> 00:38:15,125 One of the interesting details that Sally remembered 783 00:38:15,127 --> 00:38:19,396 is you were wearing boots-- Frye boots. 784 00:38:19,398 --> 00:38:26,136 Interesting, because we found some old bootprints 785 00:38:26,138 --> 00:38:30,307 in the basement where Alyssa Cooney was buried. 786 00:38:30,309 --> 00:38:32,909 I-I can't see. 787 00:38:32,911 --> 00:38:35,445 Whoa, whoa-- I didn't say you could touch that. 788 00:38:35,447 --> 00:38:37,113 That's evidence. 789 00:38:40,418 --> 00:38:42,552 We went back over 790 00:38:42,554 --> 00:38:46,556 some of the old newsletters from the chess club. 791 00:38:46,558 --> 00:38:49,225 We found a photo of you 792 00:38:49,227 --> 00:38:52,262 that's very pertinent. 793 00:38:52,264 --> 00:38:54,431 I think it shows you wearing boots 794 00:38:54,433 --> 00:38:57,934 that might fit that imprint in the basement. 795 00:38:57,936 --> 00:39:00,437 See? 796 00:39:05,810 --> 00:39:07,377 Those aren't boots. 797 00:39:07,379 --> 00:39:09,312 Those are loafers. 798 00:39:09,314 --> 00:39:12,315 I never wore boots, so you're wrong. 799 00:39:13,884 --> 00:39:16,486 But now you're sitting where I want you to sit. 800 00:39:22,059 --> 00:39:24,561 Another thing Sally told us 801 00:39:24,563 --> 00:39:28,264 is you tried to insert a bottle... 802 00:39:28,266 --> 00:39:29,966 That's categorically untrue. 803 00:39:29,968 --> 00:39:32,736 But significant, because it's consistent 804 00:39:32,738 --> 00:39:35,972 to what was done to Alyssa Cooney. 805 00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:43,780 It was Morrissey, right 806 00:39:43,782 --> 00:39:46,349 who picked up Alyssa, brought her back to you 807 00:39:46,351 --> 00:39:49,853 to make up for taking Sally away? 808 00:39:49,855 --> 00:39:53,990 (whispering): Your partner has the insane notion 809 00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:56,526 that I was Rick Morrissey's puppeteer. 810 00:39:56,528 --> 00:39:59,362 Nothing could be further from the truth. 811 00:39:59,364 --> 00:40:02,065 I don't know that Morrissey killed that girl 812 00:40:02,067 --> 00:40:04,567 but if he did, he did it on his own. 813 00:40:04,569 --> 00:40:06,236 He was a very disturbed... 814 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:17,347 Now I can hear you. 815 00:40:17,349 --> 00:40:21,151 And you can hear me. 816 00:40:24,722 --> 00:40:29,459 What was disturbing to you? 817 00:40:29,461 --> 00:40:33,163 Was it that Morrissey had something that you didn't? 818 00:40:33,165 --> 00:40:35,665 The love that you never had. 819 00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:37,233 That's not true. 820 00:40:37,235 --> 00:40:40,403 Love... 821 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:46,409 that you would do anything to get. 822 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:54,517 I bet that you were awkward with girls. 823 00:40:54,519 --> 00:40:57,220 You didn't know how to talk to them. 824 00:40:57,222 --> 00:41:00,256 They had their own ideas about what they wanted. 825 00:41:00,258 --> 00:41:01,791 No, no... 826 00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:04,194 Your sexual gropings were infantile 827 00:41:04,196 --> 00:41:07,397 and clumsy and unsatisfying. 828 00:41:07,399 --> 00:41:10,166 My client wants to return to his cell. 829 00:41:10,168 --> 00:41:12,235 To get this girl 830 00:41:12,237 --> 00:41:16,372 this love... 831 00:41:16,374 --> 00:41:19,476 you needed someone like Morrissey 832 00:41:19,478 --> 00:41:22,779 to offer up his sister. 833 00:41:25,616 --> 00:41:27,951 To bring you... 834 00:41:32,823 --> 00:41:34,858 Alyssa Cooney. 835 00:41:40,865 --> 00:41:42,565 You got it out of your system 836 00:41:42,567 --> 00:41:44,334 and now you could get on with your life. 837 00:41:44,336 --> 00:41:46,336 You became an exemplary man 838 00:41:46,338 --> 00:41:50,373 with a wife and a family, a home. 839 00:41:50,375 --> 00:41:53,743 And for a while, these needs, these thoughts 840 00:41:53,745 --> 00:41:59,048 were kept quiet inside you. 841 00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:08,558 But they came back, didn't they? 842 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:13,630 And you surrendered to them... 843 00:42:16,834 --> 00:42:19,869 and you went north. 844 00:42:23,974 --> 00:42:27,443 For ten years, you held on. 845 00:42:27,445 --> 00:42:31,080 Ten years! 846 00:42:31,082 --> 00:42:33,950 This took skill. 847 00:42:33,952 --> 00:42:35,985 It took control. 848 00:42:35,987 --> 00:42:39,722 It took... grand mastery. 849 00:42:43,594 --> 00:42:47,463 And that was the real feat, wasn't it? 850 00:42:50,067 --> 00:42:52,535 (panting) 851 00:42:52,537 --> 00:42:55,605 You have no idea. 852 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:06,816 (sobbing)