1 00:00:02,402 --> 00:00:04,803 [no sound] 2 00:00:05,872 --> 00:00:08,674 In New York City's war on crime 3 00:00:08,676 --> 00:00:11,443 the worst criminal offenders are pursued 4 00:00:11,445 --> 00:00:14,046 by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. 5 00:00:14,048 --> 00:00:15,848 These are their stories. 6 00:00:18,718 --> 00:00:21,053 WOMAN: Make a left up here at this light. 7 00:00:21,055 --> 00:00:22,721 MAN: We're driving in circles. 8 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:24,490 You think that's going to fool me? 9 00:00:26,126 --> 00:00:28,827 You know how Erica feels about her privacy. 10 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:31,797 Why? You ever ask yourself that? 11 00:00:31,799 --> 00:00:34,566 I don't need to. 12 00:00:34,568 --> 00:00:38,437 Now, pull up to this driveway on the left. 13 00:00:38,439 --> 00:00:40,105 Erica is just real upset 14 00:00:40,107 --> 00:00:41,607 about this, Doug. 15 00:00:41,609 --> 00:00:45,544 I mean, think about it. It's as big an insult as you can give another person. 16 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:48,514 If that's the way she feels, she can tell me to my face. 17 00:00:48,516 --> 00:00:50,049 I deserve at least that much. 18 00:00:50,051 --> 00:00:51,784 It's making her sick 19 00:00:51,786 --> 00:00:53,619 on top of everything she has to deal with. 20 00:00:53,621 --> 00:00:55,654 I just want to talk to her. 21 00:00:55,656 --> 00:00:57,122 She agreed. 22 00:00:57,124 --> 00:00:59,425 MAN: You're going to talk to her. 23 00:00:59,427 --> 00:01:01,627 She said she'd talk to you, didn't she? 24 00:01:01,629 --> 00:01:03,495 Then what's the problem? 25 00:01:03,497 --> 00:01:06,098 She wants you to sign something. 26 00:01:10,103 --> 00:01:12,271 What kind of a game is this? 27 00:01:12,273 --> 00:01:15,207 You come here, you make all your demands. 28 00:01:15,209 --> 00:01:18,310 You want to talk to her, you just sign that. 29 00:01:18,312 --> 00:01:19,778 This is ridiculous. 30 00:01:19,780 --> 00:01:21,346 I'm out of here. 31 00:01:23,216 --> 00:01:24,716 Are you threatening me? 32 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:27,453 Please, we're only making things worse for Erica. 33 00:01:27,455 --> 00:01:29,855 He's the one making the problems. 34 00:01:29,857 --> 00:01:32,291 I came all the way out here to see her 35 00:01:32,293 --> 00:01:34,693 and now you're laying this... crap on me?! 36 00:01:34,695 --> 00:01:36,295 You bet I'm going to make problems. 37 00:01:36,297 --> 00:01:38,030 I'll talk to her. 38 00:01:38,032 --> 00:01:39,598 Toby, you, too. 39 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,668 Why are you being so difficult? 40 00:01:42,670 --> 00:01:45,170 Don't be a fool, Christine. 41 00:01:45,172 --> 00:01:48,040 This whole house of cards is coming down. 42 00:01:48,042 --> 00:01:50,142 I gave all of you your opportunity. 43 00:01:50,144 --> 00:01:51,143 Douglas... 44 00:01:51,145 --> 00:01:53,645 Get yourself a lawyer. 45 00:01:54,581 --> 00:01:58,684 Erica is extremely disappointed in you, Doug. 46 00:01:58,686 --> 00:02:01,353 Do I get to talk to her or not? 47 00:02:01,355 --> 00:02:02,588 Go home. 48 00:02:02,590 --> 00:02:05,023 She just wants you to go home. 49 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:14,633 Maybe if I talk to her. 50 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:18,637 Erica says we have to let him do whatever he needs to do. 51 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,439 You can't stop someone 52 00:02:20,441 --> 00:02:23,008 from walking into their own hell. 53 00:02:26,079 --> 00:02:28,480 Hey. It's five-something. 54 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:30,149 Let's go. 55 00:02:30,151 --> 00:02:31,717 This guy, you should have heard him. 56 00:02:31,719 --> 00:02:33,519 More rules than the NFL playbook. 57 00:02:33,521 --> 00:02:36,188 I'm, like, "Why do you have to make it so complicated 58 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:38,190 "you fat moron? 59 00:02:38,192 --> 00:02:40,692 "Last time I checked, all the parts fit together. 60 00:02:40,694 --> 00:02:43,195 It don't have to be so damn complicated." 61 00:02:43,197 --> 00:02:44,296 (gasping) 62 00:02:44,298 --> 00:02:45,497 Oh, my God! 63 00:02:48,701 --> 00:02:50,569 Fire! Help! 64 00:02:50,571 --> 00:02:52,704 Help, there's somebody on fire here! 65 00:02:52,706 --> 00:02:54,139 Call 911! 66 00:03:43,323 --> 00:03:45,324 The fire set off this can of butane 67 00:03:45,326 --> 00:03:46,725 in Mr. Lafferty's coat pocket. 68 00:03:46,727 --> 00:03:48,126 That accounted for the fireball. 69 00:03:48,128 --> 00:03:50,195 Fire died down pretty quickly. 70 00:03:50,197 --> 00:03:51,430 Lucy Hotpants there 71 00:03:51,432 --> 00:03:54,099 thinks the guy died of spontaneous combustion. 72 00:03:54,101 --> 00:03:56,468 Right after he was spontaneously hit in the head. 73 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:59,404 I count three impact wounds in the right side of his skull. 74 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:00,505 What started the fire? 75 00:04:00,507 --> 00:04:01,974 They put a match to his coat. 76 00:04:01,976 --> 00:04:03,442 Fire marshal said it smelled 77 00:04:03,444 --> 00:04:05,277 like it was soaked in acetone. 78 00:04:05,279 --> 00:04:06,945 Nail polish remover. 79 00:04:06,947 --> 00:04:08,180 His wallet's missing. 80 00:04:08,182 --> 00:04:12,384 We I.D.'d him off his press badge in the glove box. 81 00:04:12,386 --> 00:04:15,520 There's blood and scalp tissue on the tip. 82 00:04:17,724 --> 00:04:21,693 The perp was... seated here. 83 00:04:21,695 --> 00:04:24,329 Rammed it into his head. 84 00:04:24,331 --> 00:04:25,631 He wasn't murdered 85 00:04:25,633 --> 00:04:26,865 in this location. 86 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:28,667 This bloodstain 87 00:04:28,669 --> 00:04:31,703 didn't spatter here when he was killed. 88 00:04:31,705 --> 00:04:33,605 It most likely came... 89 00:04:33,607 --> 00:04:37,309 when his head was resting against the door. 90 00:04:37,311 --> 00:04:39,678 His body was moved into the passenger seat 91 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,080 after he was killed. 92 00:04:42,082 --> 00:04:44,583 The killer then drove him here 93 00:04:44,585 --> 00:04:48,620 and put him back behind the wheel... 94 00:04:56,529 --> 00:04:58,563 and set him on fire 95 00:04:58,565 --> 00:05:01,333 to destroy evidence he was killed elsewhere. 96 00:05:01,335 --> 00:05:02,634 But "elsewhere" where? 97 00:05:02,636 --> 00:05:04,569 Well, we start where he started. 98 00:05:04,571 --> 00:05:07,873 There's a garage door opener on the end of his key chain. 99 00:05:13,379 --> 00:05:15,580 Looks like part of the umbrella. 100 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:19,651 Probably fell out of the car when the killer got out. 101 00:05:29,562 --> 00:05:31,697 Make-up products. 102 00:05:31,699 --> 00:05:33,565 I need a bag. 103 00:05:33,567 --> 00:05:38,603 Nail polish, emery boards, manicure clippers. 104 00:05:44,243 --> 00:05:46,745 Everything but nail polish remover. 105 00:05:49,515 --> 00:05:51,683 Looks like he was killed in the garage. 106 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:54,786 Somebody de-fragged his computer to wipe out files. 107 00:05:54,788 --> 00:05:57,255 The family silver's all accounted for 108 00:05:57,257 --> 00:05:59,524 including Mr. Lafferty's gold watches 109 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:00,792 and diamond cuff links. 110 00:06:00,794 --> 00:06:04,596 And Pulitzer Prize... 111 00:06:04,598 --> 00:06:08,934 for his coverage of the Tet Offensive in 1968. 112 00:06:08,936 --> 00:06:12,571 This guy was a war correspondent before he owned a magazine. 113 00:06:12,573 --> 00:06:15,474 Tough old bird. 114 00:06:16,676 --> 00:06:18,810 Newsmagazines. 115 00:06:21,581 --> 00:06:24,616 Newsmagazines... 116 00:06:24,618 --> 00:06:26,952 but no hobbies, no special interests. 117 00:06:27,987 --> 00:06:31,289 I spoke too soon. 118 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:34,626 It's a catalog for medical equipment. 119 00:06:34,628 --> 00:06:36,461 Probably for his late wife. 120 00:06:36,463 --> 00:06:37,662 She died last year. 121 00:06:37,664 --> 00:06:39,398 And he still keeps her things 122 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:40,632 in the garage. 123 00:06:40,634 --> 00:06:43,702 Tough, sentimental old bird. 124 00:06:43,704 --> 00:06:46,772 Maybe not that sentimental. His bank statements for the last three months. 125 00:06:46,774 --> 00:06:49,608 He was withdrawing cash on a regular basis. 126 00:06:49,610 --> 00:06:53,011 Big chunks-- seven grand, ten grand. 127 00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:56,348 He found himself a high-maintenance hobby. 128 00:06:56,350 --> 00:06:59,184 116 grand in the last six months to who-- 129 00:06:59,186 --> 00:07:00,419 a bookie, a girlfriend? 130 00:07:00,421 --> 00:07:01,820 The guy was a lonely widower. 131 00:07:01,822 --> 00:07:02,754 If he had a girlfriend 132 00:07:02,756 --> 00:07:04,089 we couldn't find any trace of her. 133 00:07:04,091 --> 00:07:06,391 His address book and appointment book are missing. 134 00:07:06,393 --> 00:07:08,260 His computer disk was wiped clean. 135 00:07:08,262 --> 00:07:10,962 We're still waiting on his phone records. 136 00:07:10,964 --> 00:07:13,999 DEAKINS: You don't like the girlfriend angle? 137 00:07:14,001 --> 00:07:15,934 I'm open to anything. 138 00:07:15,936 --> 00:07:19,471 Let's say the... perpetrator was a woman. 139 00:07:19,473 --> 00:07:23,608 She had excellent improvisational skills. 140 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:26,445 She created an incendiary device. 141 00:07:26,447 --> 00:07:29,815 She relocated the body to a high-crime area. 142 00:07:29,817 --> 00:07:30,916 For all the good it did her. 143 00:07:30,918 --> 00:07:31,983 She might as well have left him 144 00:07:31,985 --> 00:07:33,118 in the garage. 145 00:07:35,988 --> 00:07:38,623 Uh, that's the point. 146 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:43,028 She over-thought the event. 147 00:07:45,031 --> 00:07:50,836 She was careful, but almost... neurotically anxious 148 00:07:50,838 --> 00:07:53,672 about hiding her tracks. 149 00:07:53,674 --> 00:07:58,443 Lafferty might have been the target of her anger 150 00:07:58,445 --> 00:08:01,780 but he wasn't the object of her passion. 151 00:08:01,782 --> 00:08:04,816 She wasn't emotionally involved... 152 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:06,818 with him. 153 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:08,620 DEAKINS: She was emotionally involved 154 00:08:08,622 --> 00:08:09,888 with his bank account. 155 00:08:09,890 --> 00:08:11,890 Lafferty had two kids, right? 156 00:08:11,892 --> 00:08:13,725 A son and daughter. 157 00:08:13,727 --> 00:08:16,027 They're coming in for the I.D. 158 00:08:16,029 --> 00:08:18,296 I invited him to join my wife 159 00:08:18,298 --> 00:08:19,731 and some friends for dinner 160 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:21,867 but he wanted to stay in. 161 00:08:21,869 --> 00:08:24,736 Did you suspect he had other plans? 162 00:08:25,872 --> 00:08:28,640 Since Mom died, Dad's been a little difficult. 163 00:08:28,642 --> 00:08:30,609 He's been grieving. 164 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:40,452 Ms. Lafferty, any time you want to jump in... 165 00:08:42,889 --> 00:08:45,590 It's obvious, isn't it? 166 00:08:45,592 --> 00:08:48,693 Look at where you found my father-- on 11th Avenue. 167 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:49,761 He turned into 168 00:08:49,763 --> 00:08:50,862 a sex addict. 169 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:52,964 She's right. 170 00:08:52,966 --> 00:08:54,132 A couple of weeks ago 171 00:08:54,134 --> 00:08:55,901 I was in Bulgari's with my kids 172 00:08:55,903 --> 00:08:57,269 shopping for Mother's Day. 173 00:08:57,271 --> 00:08:59,037 Dad was at the jewelry counter. 174 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:00,705 Did you talk to him? 175 00:09:00,707 --> 00:09:04,609 Yes. He wasn't too happy to see me. 176 00:09:04,611 --> 00:09:08,446 As soon as the salesperson came back with his receipt, he left. 177 00:09:08,448 --> 00:09:11,716 I... thought he was buying jewelry for some girlfriend. 178 00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:13,418 Did you see what he bought? 179 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:16,288 No. 180 00:09:16,290 --> 00:09:17,756 The salesperson told him to come back 181 00:09:17,758 --> 00:09:20,058 and pick it up in a week. 182 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:21,826 He was having it inscribed. 183 00:09:25,898 --> 00:09:28,400 Mr. Lafferty bought a ladies' watch in gold. 184 00:09:28,402 --> 00:09:29,534 Lucky lady. 185 00:09:29,536 --> 00:09:30,669 He had some engraving done? 186 00:09:30,671 --> 00:09:32,604 It's on the next page. 187 00:09:32,606 --> 00:09:35,540 "To Erica, for giving me a reason to go on. Douglas." 188 00:09:35,542 --> 00:09:37,976 So romantic, don't you think? 189 00:09:37,978 --> 00:09:40,011 You don't want to know what I think. 190 00:09:40,013 --> 00:09:42,180 Which model is it? 191 00:09:42,182 --> 00:09:43,448 This one. 192 00:09:48,487 --> 00:09:53,158 Oh, uh... this watch has a clasp on the band. 193 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,293 It says on the receipt that Mr. Lafferty 194 00:09:55,295 --> 00:09:57,596 switched it with an expansion band. 195 00:09:57,598 --> 00:09:59,564 It's easier to take on and off. 196 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:02,634 He said that the lady might find a band with a clasp 197 00:10:02,636 --> 00:10:04,803 too difficult to use. 198 00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:07,973 I think she had a little handicap with her right hand. 199 00:10:07,975 --> 00:10:10,675 Thank you very much. 200 00:10:10,677 --> 00:10:11,943 We're going to Queens. 201 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:14,079 The medical equipment catalog in Lafferty's den-- 202 00:10:14,081 --> 00:10:17,415 that's where they have their store. 203 00:10:17,417 --> 00:10:18,583 Erica needs more. 204 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:19,884 We have to move. 205 00:10:19,886 --> 00:10:23,955 Re-think this, Barb-- please-- for Erica's sake. 206 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:25,657 We know what's best. 207 00:10:25,659 --> 00:10:29,494 I don't know how we're going to make due with this. 208 00:10:29,496 --> 00:10:31,596 Tell me where you're going. 209 00:10:31,598 --> 00:10:34,466 I'll see what I can do. 210 00:10:34,468 --> 00:10:36,234 I'll tell Erica. 211 00:10:36,236 --> 00:10:38,637 I know you're trying to help. 212 00:10:38,639 --> 00:10:40,872 She'll call you, okay? 213 00:10:48,347 --> 00:10:50,949 MAN: We supplied Mr. Lafferty with a wheelchair 214 00:10:50,951 --> 00:10:52,417 when his wife was sick. 215 00:10:52,419 --> 00:10:55,954 Then, three months ago, he ordered another one. 216 00:10:55,956 --> 00:10:58,556 It had to be motorized with a joystick control. 217 00:10:58,558 --> 00:11:00,025 A left-handed joystick? 218 00:11:00,027 --> 00:11:01,326 Yes. The young lady 219 00:11:01,328 --> 00:11:03,528 had lost the use of her right hand. 220 00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:06,564 He said she might eventually need a mouth control stick. 221 00:11:06,566 --> 00:11:08,433 Where were you supposed to deliver the wheelchair? 222 00:11:08,435 --> 00:11:09,801 To an Erica Windemere. 223 00:11:09,803 --> 00:11:11,036 I don't have the address. 224 00:11:11,038 --> 00:11:12,937 Mr. Lafferty was going to tell me 225 00:11:12,939 --> 00:11:14,673 when he came in to make the last payment. 226 00:11:14,675 --> 00:11:16,741 It's been ready now for three weeks. 227 00:11:19,645 --> 00:11:21,646 This chair's for a child. 228 00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:22,614 Mr. Lafferty said 229 00:11:22,616 --> 00:11:24,983 she is 14, and weighs only 90 pounds. 230 00:11:24,985 --> 00:11:26,685 The new love of his life-- 231 00:11:26,687 --> 00:11:28,953 a little girl in a wheelchair. 232 00:11:35,895 --> 00:11:38,830 Wheelchair, respirator, heart monitor... 233 00:11:38,832 --> 00:11:40,932 Over $30,000 total, just in medical supplies. 234 00:11:40,934 --> 00:11:42,267 Who is this girl, a relative? 235 00:11:42,269 --> 00:11:43,301 His kids have never heard of her. 236 00:11:43,303 --> 00:11:46,071 She's somebody he met in the last six months. 237 00:11:46,073 --> 00:11:48,173 Maybe he's involved with her mother. 238 00:11:48,175 --> 00:11:50,442 It's about what's inscribed on the watch. 239 00:11:50,444 --> 00:11:54,012 His wife is dead, his kids don't like him. 240 00:11:54,014 --> 00:11:56,981 Helping this girl filled a void in his life. 241 00:11:56,983 --> 00:11:58,850 His phone records came in this morning. 242 00:11:58,852 --> 00:12:00,118 No calls to anyone named Windemere 243 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,352 but a lot of calls 244 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:02,787 to numbers that never showed up 245 00:12:02,789 --> 00:12:03,988 before six months ago. 246 00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:05,423 Check them out. 247 00:12:07,326 --> 00:12:09,994 I was blown away when I heard what happened to Doug. 248 00:12:09,996 --> 00:12:11,896 He was just such a decent guy. 249 00:12:11,898 --> 00:12:13,732 Where did you know him from? 250 00:12:13,734 --> 00:12:16,768 We had, you know, common interests. 251 00:12:16,770 --> 00:12:19,137 You mean Erica? 252 00:12:19,139 --> 00:12:20,305 You know Erica? 253 00:12:20,307 --> 00:12:21,773 We're trying to get in touch with her. 254 00:12:21,775 --> 00:12:24,008 Just leave a message for her on the Web Site. 255 00:12:24,010 --> 00:12:25,610 Erica W. 256 00:12:25,612 --> 00:12:27,779 There's a chat room and everything. 257 00:12:27,781 --> 00:12:29,047 That's how I met Doug. 258 00:12:29,049 --> 00:12:31,750 We need to actually talk to her. 259 00:12:31,752 --> 00:12:33,818 I can't help you with that. 260 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:35,820 You're worried about, Erica? So are we. 261 00:12:35,822 --> 00:12:37,756 She's already been through a lot. 262 00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:39,958 I mean, you read the book. 263 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:41,392 Yeah, sure, the book. 264 00:12:41,394 --> 00:12:42,994 My partner hasn't. 265 00:12:42,996 --> 00:12:45,897 You should. It's so right on. 266 00:12:45,899 --> 00:12:47,866 He's been after me to get into it. 267 00:12:47,868 --> 00:12:49,400 What's it called again? 268 00:12:49,402 --> 00:12:50,802 Through the Darkness. 269 00:12:50,804 --> 00:12:54,272 What did you like most about her? 270 00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:56,674 She never gives up. 271 00:12:56,676 --> 00:12:59,944 My sister died of breast cancer three years ago. 272 00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:02,046 She left behind two kids. 273 00:13:02,048 --> 00:13:04,349 Erica's book helps me to talk to them. 274 00:13:04,351 --> 00:13:06,951 You've got to read it, okay? 275 00:13:11,991 --> 00:13:13,658 MAN: Since it came out last fall 276 00:13:13,660 --> 00:13:15,226 it's been one of our biggest sellers 277 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:16,528 which surprised me. 278 00:13:16,530 --> 00:13:18,463 It was pretty raw when we got it. 279 00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:19,998 Thank God for editors. 280 00:13:21,767 --> 00:13:22,767 Christine? 281 00:13:22,769 --> 00:13:24,969 These detectives need some information 282 00:13:24,971 --> 00:13:26,738 about Erica Windemere. 283 00:13:26,740 --> 00:13:28,807 Oh, one of my favorite authors. 284 00:13:28,809 --> 00:13:29,809 How can I help you? 285 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:32,844 We're investigating the murder of Douglas Lafferty. 286 00:13:32,846 --> 00:13:36,514 CHRISTINE: Oh, yes. In fact, Erica e-mailed me yesterday 287 00:13:36,516 --> 00:13:38,850 telling me how upset she was about his death. 288 00:13:38,852 --> 00:13:39,852 EAMES: They were good friends? 289 00:13:39,852 --> 00:13:41,786 Yeah, she was very fond of him. 290 00:13:43,055 --> 00:13:45,290 I just got the book. 291 00:13:45,292 --> 00:13:48,026 Oh, so she has ALS? 292 00:13:48,028 --> 00:13:48,828 Yes. 293 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:51,262 Lou Gherig's Disease. That's degenerative. 294 00:13:54,633 --> 00:13:56,835 "Your body's destroyed while... 295 00:13:56,837 --> 00:13:59,003 BOTH: ...your soul stays intact." 296 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:01,272 That's what it says here on the cover. 297 00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:02,640 That's the least 298 00:14:02,642 --> 00:14:04,642 of what she's had to face in her short life. 299 00:14:04,644 --> 00:14:06,377 She could teach us a lot. 300 00:14:06,379 --> 00:14:07,879 And we have a lot to learn. 301 00:14:07,881 --> 00:14:10,615 We need her address and phone number. 302 00:14:10,617 --> 00:14:13,985 You know she's just a bedridden little girl? 303 00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:15,887 Well, she might know something 304 00:14:15,889 --> 00:14:17,856 she doesn't even know she knows. 305 00:14:17,858 --> 00:14:20,024 She sounds like the kind of person who'd want to help. 306 00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:21,793 Yeah. 307 00:14:21,795 --> 00:14:23,895 I don't have a phone number for her 308 00:14:23,897 --> 00:14:25,797 but I can give you her e-mail. 309 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:28,766 Uh... 310 00:14:28,768 --> 00:14:30,401 is that how you worked on the book with her 311 00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:31,903 through her e-mails? 312 00:14:31,905 --> 00:14:33,771 Yes, and she calls me. 313 00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:35,974 She can't give out her address or her phone. 314 00:14:35,976 --> 00:14:38,610 The book explains why. 315 00:14:38,612 --> 00:14:39,777 How about her book royalties? 316 00:14:39,779 --> 00:14:41,512 How do you get the checks to her? 317 00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:42,714 Her foster mother 318 00:14:42,716 --> 00:14:44,282 Barb, comes to the office. 319 00:14:44,284 --> 00:14:45,783 She doesn't live with her parents? 320 00:14:45,785 --> 00:14:48,853 No, child welfare took her from them. 321 00:14:48,855 --> 00:14:50,688 Is there a foster father? 322 00:14:50,690 --> 00:14:51,923 There's Toby. 323 00:14:51,925 --> 00:14:53,691 He's the physical therapist. 324 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,328 And she has you. 325 00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:00,565 I'm sorry for all the secrecy. 326 00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:03,434 It's just that it's the only way to protect Erica's safety. 327 00:15:03,436 --> 00:15:05,603 You really do need to read the book. 328 00:15:05,605 --> 00:15:07,505 EAMES: Okay, thanks. 329 00:15:07,507 --> 00:15:08,907 Two days for the subpoena 330 00:15:08,909 --> 00:15:11,843 couple more days for the e-mail account information. 331 00:15:11,845 --> 00:15:13,778 GOREN: Probably another dead end. 332 00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:16,748 This kid doesn't want to be found. 333 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:21,753 She writes she's been dodging death threats. 334 00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:24,522 Her parents were members of a violent drug gang 335 00:15:24,524 --> 00:15:26,291 that sexually abused her. 336 00:15:26,293 --> 00:15:28,660 Sexually abusing a kid with ALS. 337 00:15:28,662 --> 00:15:29,794 Lovely. 338 00:15:29,796 --> 00:15:30,795 That was before the ALS 339 00:15:30,797 --> 00:15:32,931 kicked in at age 11. 340 00:15:32,933 --> 00:15:37,735 Her father is serving ten years for the sex abuse. 341 00:15:37,737 --> 00:15:40,672 Her mother vowed to kill her if she ever finds her. 342 00:15:40,674 --> 00:15:42,473 What are you writing? 343 00:15:42,475 --> 00:15:45,843 I'm sending her an e-mail. That's how everybody else gets her attention. 344 00:15:45,845 --> 00:15:48,413 "Dear Erica, I just finished reading your book. 345 00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:50,648 "I've met a lot of people in my line of work, but I've never 346 00:15:50,650 --> 00:15:52,583 met anyone with your courage and power to forgive." 347 00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:53,584 You get the idea? 348 00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:55,753 And then I tell her I want to talk to her about Lafferty 349 00:15:55,755 --> 00:15:57,288 and I include my phone number. 350 00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:59,691 Well, while you're waiting for an answer 351 00:15:59,693 --> 00:16:02,593 let's see if child welfare knows where she is. 352 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:07,632 Child welfare has no record of a girl with ALS 353 00:16:07,634 --> 00:16:10,301 going through their system in the last five years. 354 00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:14,005 No record of a girl being used as a sex toy by a dope gang. 355 00:16:14,007 --> 00:16:17,909 No record of foster parents named Barb and Toby. 356 00:16:17,911 --> 00:16:19,944 But people have talked to this girl, right? 357 00:16:19,946 --> 00:16:21,079 The editor of the book? 358 00:16:21,081 --> 00:16:24,482 We found a few people through her Web Site who said they got calls from her. 359 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:25,984 They all described the same thing: 360 00:16:25,986 --> 00:16:29,554 A sweet girl with a bad disease and a positive attitude. 361 00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:33,458 (phone rings) 362 00:16:33,460 --> 00:16:35,393 Captain Deakins. 363 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:41,332 Erica Windemere. 364 00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,601 For you. You want to take it here? 365 00:16:48,374 --> 00:16:49,674 Hello, Erica? 366 00:16:49,676 --> 00:16:52,243 This is Detective Alexandra Eames. 367 00:16:52,245 --> 00:16:53,578 Hello, Detective. 368 00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:55,046 Call me Alex. 369 00:16:55,048 --> 00:16:58,182 Am I on a speakerphone, Alex? 370 00:16:58,184 --> 00:16:59,650 Yes, I'm here with my boss 371 00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:01,652 Captain Deakins, and my partner, Detective Goren. 372 00:17:01,654 --> 00:17:04,188 We're all anxious to speak with you. 373 00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:05,523 Okay. 374 00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:07,191 I was so glad you wrote me. 375 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:10,028 If there's any way I can help, of course I want to do that. 376 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:13,264 When's the last time you spoke with Mr. Lafferty? 377 00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:17,468 We spoke all the time, about his children. 378 00:17:17,470 --> 00:17:18,603 He wanted to have 379 00:17:18,605 --> 00:17:20,171 a better relationship with them 380 00:17:20,173 --> 00:17:22,507 and he was such a big support to me. 381 00:17:22,509 --> 00:17:26,144 Erica, is there any way that we could meet 382 00:17:26,146 --> 00:17:28,279 and talk to you in person? 383 00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:30,281 It depends on my health. 384 00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:34,318 I've had so many bad days lately. 385 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,555 Alex, do you have any kids? 386 00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:39,590 No. 387 00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:44,028 Your voice reminds me of my kindergarten teacher. 388 00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:45,963 It's a very warm voice 389 00:17:45,965 --> 00:17:48,900 like you spend a lot of time talking to kids. 390 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:53,071 I hope you have some someday. 391 00:17:53,073 --> 00:17:55,206 Erica 392 00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:57,875 your book says you contracted ALS 393 00:17:57,877 --> 00:17:59,944 when you were just 11. 394 00:17:59,946 --> 00:18:03,147 That's pretty rare, isn't it? 395 00:18:03,149 --> 00:18:05,550 Yes. 396 00:18:05,552 --> 00:18:07,852 You still have the use of your right hand? 397 00:18:07,854 --> 00:18:10,088 No, I don't. 398 00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:12,156 But you have the use of your left hand. 399 00:18:12,158 --> 00:18:14,826 Yes. 400 00:18:14,828 --> 00:18:17,895 Well, that kind of asymmetric disability 401 00:18:17,897 --> 00:18:22,200 is unusual for ALS sufferers, isn't it? 402 00:18:22,202 --> 00:18:25,036 I don't know what usual is. 403 00:18:25,038 --> 00:18:28,773 What's happening to me is what's usual for me. 404 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:33,044 One more thing. 405 00:18:33,046 --> 00:18:38,716 How has ALS affected your menstruation? 406 00:18:40,052 --> 00:18:42,186 I... 407 00:18:42,188 --> 00:18:44,155 you mean... 408 00:18:44,157 --> 00:18:46,023 I don't want to embarrass you. 409 00:18:46,025 --> 00:18:49,827 In your book, you're very frank about your development 410 00:18:49,829 --> 00:18:51,796 as a young woman. 411 00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:54,065 If it makes you uncomfortable, I... 412 00:18:54,067 --> 00:18:55,700 It's not that. 413 00:18:55,702 --> 00:18:58,669 How has your condition affected you? 414 00:18:58,671 --> 00:19:01,672 I... 415 00:19:01,674 --> 00:19:03,641 Is this something that you have to think about? 416 00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:07,178 I-I can't believe I'm being attacked like this. 417 00:19:07,180 --> 00:19:10,948 Alex, people can't destroy you unless you let them. 418 00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:14,018 (phone jostling) 419 00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:17,588 WOMAN: What did you people say to Erica?! 420 00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:18,823 Uh, who's this? 421 00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:20,725 This is her foster mother. 422 00:19:20,727 --> 00:19:22,493 Erica's crying right now. 423 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:23,761 How could you people 424 00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:25,496 take five minutes of whatever precious time 425 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:26,797 she has left on this planet 426 00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:27,999 to do this to her? 427 00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:29,934 Shame on you. 428 00:19:29,936 --> 00:19:31,102 (phone disconnects) 429 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,915 If I hadn't heard it with my own ears... 430 00:19:43,917 --> 00:19:47,084 Well, it was a legitimate question. 431 00:19:47,086 --> 00:19:52,056 She was just trying to come up with the right answer. 432 00:19:52,058 --> 00:19:56,294 The right answer is whatever's happening to her body. 433 00:19:56,296 --> 00:19:59,263 She shouldn't have to think about it. 434 00:20:03,936 --> 00:20:07,638 That's why Doug Lafferty never took delivery of the wheelchair. 435 00:20:12,077 --> 00:20:14,779 She's a fake. 436 00:20:14,781 --> 00:20:17,615 And he found out. 437 00:20:24,523 --> 00:20:26,824 I remember my wife telling me about this book. 438 00:20:26,826 --> 00:20:29,227 It made some talk show book club selection. 439 00:20:29,229 --> 00:20:30,828 They called her the next Anne Frank. 440 00:20:30,830 --> 00:20:33,130 Except Anne Frank actually existed. 441 00:20:33,132 --> 00:20:34,832 No one's ever met this girl? 442 00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:39,770 Maybe someone has. This is from the introduction by Professor David Cantler-- 443 00:20:39,772 --> 00:20:43,140 "Erica's easy smile hides a will of iron 444 00:20:43,142 --> 00:20:45,910 which refuses to succumb to the ravages of life." 445 00:20:45,912 --> 00:20:48,813 Her easy smile wouldn't be easy to see over the telephone. 446 00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:51,616 Cantler-- the geneticist with the best-seller? 447 00:20:51,618 --> 00:20:53,718 Two best-sellers and four wives. 448 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,487 Apparently, the professor likes the ladies 449 00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:57,788 and vice-versa. 450 00:20:57,790 --> 00:21:00,992 You know us-- we like men who play with the building blocks of life. 451 00:21:06,231 --> 00:21:07,331 EAMES: Professor Cantler... 452 00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:08,065 Hello. 453 00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:09,333 I'm a graduate... 454 00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:13,137 Sorry, Alex Eames, in Social Work. 455 00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:14,639 I'm a graduate student. 456 00:21:14,641 --> 00:21:16,040 What can I do for you, Alex Eames? 457 00:21:16,042 --> 00:21:19,410 My thesis is on survivors of child sex abuse 458 00:21:19,412 --> 00:21:21,612 and I know you wrote the introduction to... 459 00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:22,480 Through the Darkness, yes. 460 00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:28,185 You see, I want to interview Erica for my thesis and if you could help me... 461 00:21:28,187 --> 00:21:30,321 Yes, well, I have a confession to make. 462 00:21:30,323 --> 00:21:32,923 Um, it wasn't possible to actually meet with her. 463 00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:34,191 But your introduction... 464 00:21:34,193 --> 00:21:36,027 Yes, I know-- a little poetic license. 465 00:21:36,029 --> 00:21:38,129 I went to meet her, but her health was so fragile 466 00:21:38,131 --> 00:21:39,497 she just wasn't strong enough... 467 00:21:39,499 --> 00:21:41,532 But you got to see where she lived. 468 00:21:41,534 --> 00:21:42,933 Yes, I did that, but, uh... 469 00:21:42,935 --> 00:21:44,635 My thesis partner. 470 00:21:44,637 --> 00:21:49,173 Hi. I'm Detective Robert Goren. 471 00:21:49,175 --> 00:21:51,208 How you doing? 472 00:21:51,210 --> 00:21:53,377 Did Alex mention she's a detective, too? 473 00:21:53,379 --> 00:21:56,580 And her thesis? That's actually a subpoena that we need to serve 474 00:21:56,582 --> 00:21:59,350 on Erica and her... foster parents. 475 00:22:01,219 --> 00:22:04,689 Uh, look, I actually don't know where she lives. 476 00:22:04,691 --> 00:22:07,625 Uh, they had me drive out to a gas station on Long Island 477 00:22:07,627 --> 00:22:11,996 and this man Toby picked me up and drove me around in his van for about a half an hour. 478 00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:14,231 You know what the house looks like, right? 479 00:22:14,233 --> 00:22:16,500 We'll just drive around until we find it. 480 00:22:19,638 --> 00:22:21,939 There's still food in the fridge. 481 00:22:21,941 --> 00:22:24,675 Whoever lived here must've just moved out. 482 00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:27,645 Gravel from the driveway. 483 00:22:27,647 --> 00:22:30,414 I waited to meet with Erica right here in this living room. 484 00:22:30,416 --> 00:22:31,549 She was in the bedroom. 485 00:22:31,551 --> 00:22:32,950 She was too sick to come out. 486 00:22:32,952 --> 00:22:34,685 Hook, line and sinker, Professor. 487 00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:36,620 I can't believe you fell for this. 488 00:22:36,622 --> 00:22:38,422 Erica exists. 489 00:22:38,424 --> 00:22:40,057 She's a gentle, loving soul 490 00:22:40,059 --> 00:22:43,227 who's been through great trials in her very fragile life. 491 00:22:43,229 --> 00:22:45,129 I've spoken to her many times. 492 00:22:45,131 --> 00:22:47,698 On the phone. 493 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,868 You're a scientist. 494 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:52,837 I don't have to stick my fingers in the wounds 495 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:54,739 to believe, Detective. 496 00:22:54,741 --> 00:22:57,875 There's a theorem-- Godel's Great Incompleteness Theorem: 497 00:22:57,877 --> 00:23:00,344 "Every axiomatic system will contain truths... 498 00:23:00,346 --> 00:23:02,780 ...that cannot be proven." 499 00:23:02,782 --> 00:23:06,784 But the absence of proof can be proof. 500 00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:10,287 This was Erica's bedroom? 501 00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:17,328 Uh... the bed was in here? 502 00:23:17,330 --> 00:23:19,230 I don't see any marks 503 00:23:19,232 --> 00:23:23,067 or indentations on the carpet or the wall. 504 00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:25,336 That's not conclusive. 505 00:23:25,338 --> 00:23:30,341 I don't see a 220-volt hookup for the respirator 506 00:23:30,343 --> 00:23:33,878 Doug Lafferty bought for Erica. 507 00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:39,984 Doug Lafferty bought her a respirator? 508 00:23:42,287 --> 00:23:44,321 You bought her one, too, didn't you? 509 00:23:45,857 --> 00:23:50,194 I'm sure they made a nice profit selling the equipment. 510 00:23:50,196 --> 00:23:53,731 I've been a fool. 511 00:23:53,733 --> 00:24:00,304 It's... Wanting to help someone is not foolish. 512 00:24:00,306 --> 00:24:05,075 But now you have to help us find these people. 513 00:24:05,077 --> 00:24:07,578 There's a pharmacy. 514 00:24:07,580 --> 00:24:11,415 Sometimes they ask me to pay for her prescriptions. 515 00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:16,353 GOREN: I'm a friend of David Cantler's. 516 00:24:16,355 --> 00:24:18,289 He was supposed to drop off some money 517 00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:21,125 for a kid's prescription-- Erica Windemere? 518 00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:23,527 He asked me to take care of it. 519 00:24:23,529 --> 00:24:24,829 Uh, is that okay? 520 00:24:24,831 --> 00:24:25,830 Sure, I guess so. 521 00:24:25,832 --> 00:24:26,831 How much is it? 522 00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:28,032 Well, let's see... 523 00:24:28,034 --> 00:24:31,068 She's on the Rilutek in addition to the Zanaflex and the Roxanol. 524 00:24:31,070 --> 00:24:32,837 That's, uh, $800 for all three. 525 00:24:32,839 --> 00:24:34,905 Eight hundred dollars? 526 00:24:34,907 --> 00:24:37,341 This girl never heard of medical insurance? 527 00:24:37,343 --> 00:24:39,610 She doesn't have any; that's all I know. 528 00:24:39,612 --> 00:24:44,949 Uh, I don't mean to be rude, but how do I know 529 00:24:44,951 --> 00:24:49,153 you're going to actually... send her the drugs? 530 00:24:49,155 --> 00:24:50,955 Uh, we do this all the time. 531 00:24:50,957 --> 00:24:52,490 Somebody pays for the drugs 532 00:24:52,492 --> 00:24:55,526 and I call Erica's foster mother to come get them. 533 00:24:55,528 --> 00:25:00,297 Can you show me Erica's prescriptions for the drugs? 534 00:25:00,299 --> 00:25:02,399 Why would I want to do that? 535 00:25:02,401 --> 00:25:04,602 Well, because I'm a cop. 536 00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:07,071 And you're five seconds away from being arrested 537 00:25:07,073 --> 00:25:09,607 for selling prescription drugs without a prescription. 538 00:25:09,609 --> 00:25:12,443 I-I just pass it on to Bob for Erica. 539 00:25:12,445 --> 00:25:13,444 It's a donation. 540 00:25:13,446 --> 00:25:15,446 After you take a handling fee? 541 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:19,783 Okay, Murray, this is what you're going to do. 542 00:25:19,785 --> 00:25:21,852 You're going to call Barb 543 00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:24,955 and tell her a big donation just came in 544 00:25:24,957 --> 00:25:28,526 and that you need her to come by before you close. 545 00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:32,263 Have you ever seen her? 546 00:25:32,265 --> 00:25:34,064 Have you, Christine? 547 00:25:34,066 --> 00:25:36,300 I've never seen J.D. Salinger either 548 00:25:36,302 --> 00:25:38,369 but that doesn't make me doubt his existence. 549 00:25:38,371 --> 00:25:40,404 Go ahead and be flip. I'm just telling you-- 550 00:25:40,406 --> 00:25:42,339 if you publish any further editions of the book 551 00:25:42,341 --> 00:25:44,909 I want my introduction excised. 552 00:25:44,911 --> 00:25:47,344 This is just happening because of Barb. 553 00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:48,979 She's too overprotective. 554 00:25:48,981 --> 00:25:50,748 Erica would be happy to meet with people 555 00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:51,782 if Barb would let her. 556 00:25:51,784 --> 00:25:54,418 Christine, you got taken and I got taken. 557 00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:55,920 Let's just hope that when this hits the papers 558 00:25:55,922 --> 00:25:57,922 we don't look like total idiots. 559 00:25:57,924 --> 00:25:59,590 I'll tell you what I hope. 560 00:25:59,592 --> 00:26:02,626 I hope that I never lose faith in one of the kindest 561 00:26:02,628 --> 00:26:04,995 most spiritual human beings I have ever met. 562 00:26:04,997 --> 00:26:07,298 I feel sorry for you. 563 00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:09,099 Well, feel sorry for yourself. 564 00:26:10,468 --> 00:26:11,802 You're not just 565 00:26:11,804 --> 00:26:15,172 betraying Erica, you're betraying all children. 566 00:26:19,844 --> 00:26:23,847 Erica is safe where we left her-- with friends. 567 00:26:23,849 --> 00:26:26,750 We found your motel room. 568 00:26:26,752 --> 00:26:29,887 There were none of Erica's personal belongings there 569 00:26:29,889 --> 00:26:31,388 not even a picture of her. 570 00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:32,890 We know what she looks like. 571 00:26:32,892 --> 00:26:34,592 We don't need a picture of her. 572 00:26:34,594 --> 00:26:37,328 And all of her things are with her. 573 00:26:37,330 --> 00:26:38,729 Uh, Toby's in the next room. 574 00:26:38,731 --> 00:26:40,798 You sure he's telling the same story? 575 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,568 Yes, I'm sure, because it's the truth. 576 00:26:44,570 --> 00:26:46,737 What's wrong with you that makes you want 577 00:26:46,739 --> 00:26:48,872 to destroy someone good like Erica? 578 00:26:51,009 --> 00:26:56,113 Um... I'm-I'm just a natural-born skeptic. 579 00:26:57,849 --> 00:26:59,817 Maybe I haven't had enough tragedy 580 00:26:59,819 --> 00:27:01,518 in my life... like Doug. 581 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,821 His wife is gone. 582 00:27:03,823 --> 00:27:07,191 His kids hate him. 583 00:27:07,193 --> 00:27:09,360 Death staring him in the face. 584 00:27:09,362 --> 00:27:12,229 Doug was full of love. 585 00:27:12,231 --> 00:27:14,031 Erica opened his heart. 586 00:27:14,033 --> 00:27:15,833 EAMES: Not to mention his wallet. 587 00:27:15,835 --> 00:27:18,469 I'm not even going to speak to that. 588 00:27:19,738 --> 00:27:22,773 Doug had doubts. 589 00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:26,810 Huh? 590 00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:28,679 Isn't what why... 591 00:27:30,248 --> 00:27:32,216 he was at the house... 592 00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:33,751 (clattering) 593 00:27:33,753 --> 00:27:34,885 (bag rustling) 594 00:27:34,887 --> 00:27:38,656 the night that he died? 595 00:27:43,695 --> 00:27:45,663 He wasn't there. 596 00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:49,500 GOREN: This is gravel. 597 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:52,903 From your driveway. 598 00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:03,514 Gravel... it gets around all the way to Manhattan. 599 00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:08,585 This is the same kind of gravel. 600 00:28:12,323 --> 00:28:15,492 We found it in the tires of Doug's car. 601 00:28:20,899 --> 00:28:22,966 He did come out that night. 602 00:28:22,968 --> 00:28:26,036 He and Erica needed to talk, and they did. 603 00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:29,573 Well, now we know one thing-- you're not above lying to us. 604 00:28:29,575 --> 00:28:32,676 I'll do whatever I need to protect Erica. 605 00:28:32,678 --> 00:28:34,578 Including killing an old man 606 00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:36,647 who threatens to destroy you? 607 00:28:36,649 --> 00:28:40,084 People can't destroy you unless you let them. 608 00:28:40,086 --> 00:28:43,387 I've heard that before... 609 00:28:43,389 --> 00:28:45,122 from Erica. 610 00:28:47,859 --> 00:28:49,660 Did she teach you that? 611 00:28:49,662 --> 00:28:51,395 Yes, she did. 612 00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:53,897 Strength of character, strength of will-- 613 00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:55,999 these are the tools you've been given 614 00:28:56,001 --> 00:28:58,035 to make yourself what you would be. 615 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:04,508 And you made Erica into what you'd like yourself to be. 616 00:29:04,510 --> 00:29:11,315 Erica made herself. I was just lucky enough to meet her in her time of need. 617 00:29:11,317 --> 00:29:12,716 (laughing) 618 00:29:12,718 --> 00:29:14,618 Ah, you're quick. 619 00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:16,720 Just like Erica. 620 00:29:21,126 --> 00:29:22,326 Do you ever get jealous 621 00:29:22,328 --> 00:29:24,294 about all the attention that she gets? 622 00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:26,096 No. 623 00:29:26,098 --> 00:29:29,166 Because some of it falls on you, right? 624 00:29:29,168 --> 00:29:34,138 I'm just there to help Erica. 625 00:29:34,140 --> 00:29:37,207 You take care of Erica. 626 00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:39,710 You control access to Erica. 627 00:29:39,712 --> 00:29:42,346 That makes you a very important person. 628 00:29:46,084 --> 00:29:48,552 Isn't that what this is really about? 629 00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:52,923 (door opens) 630 00:29:52,925 --> 00:29:56,193 Mr. Jacobs here has been hired to represent the Windemeres. 631 00:30:00,565 --> 00:30:01,965 ( door closes) 632 00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:05,969 GOREN: Now, some people pretend to be sick 633 00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:09,139 for the attention and the love. 634 00:30:11,709 --> 00:30:14,578 Some women, they make their children sick 635 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:15,779 for the same reason. 636 00:30:15,781 --> 00:30:17,815 Some women kill their babies. 637 00:30:20,084 --> 00:30:26,757 But this woman... she invented a sick child 638 00:30:26,759 --> 00:30:29,426 for the attention, for the love. 639 00:30:29,428 --> 00:30:31,695 But if somebody like Doug Lafferty gets in the way...? 640 00:30:31,697 --> 00:30:34,398 She's not violent. 641 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:39,436 She believes that she can talk her way out of anything. 642 00:30:39,438 --> 00:30:42,306 These people are con artists... 643 00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:47,344 but I don't think they killed Lafferty. 644 00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:52,382 GOREN: Someone showed Doug Lafferty 645 00:30:52,384 --> 00:30:54,451 the way to the house and then drove back 646 00:30:54,453 --> 00:30:55,519 to the city with him. 647 00:30:55,521 --> 00:30:58,455 Someone Barb and Toby trusted. 648 00:30:58,457 --> 00:31:00,924 We got thousands of e-mails to Erica cataloged here 649 00:31:00,926 --> 00:31:03,760 from every state and all of the replies. 650 00:31:03,762 --> 00:31:06,063 This was a full-time job. 651 00:31:06,065 --> 00:31:07,598 Full-time salary, too. 652 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,466 These are drafts of the book 653 00:31:09,468 --> 00:31:11,401 with handwritten revisions. 654 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:17,507 Looks like most of the book was rewritten. 655 00:31:17,509 --> 00:31:19,776 Not just rewritten, transformed. 656 00:31:19,778 --> 00:31:21,511 This paragraph here 657 00:31:21,513 --> 00:31:24,414 about Erica being told she had ALS... 658 00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:25,916 The original's, uh... 659 00:31:25,916 --> 00:31:28,352 I think the word you're looking for is "awful." 660 00:31:28,354 --> 00:31:32,122 But the new material, it breaks your heart. 661 00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:34,558 Whoever made these changes 662 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,727 it was a labor of love. 663 00:31:38,663 --> 00:31:41,265 What you've done is cruel and heartless. 664 00:31:41,267 --> 00:31:42,766 Arresting Barb and Toby? 665 00:31:42,768 --> 00:31:45,068 That puts Erica in terrible danger. 666 00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:47,537 Have you talked to her since their arrest? 667 00:31:47,539 --> 00:31:49,773 No. She's probably too afraid to call me. 668 00:31:49,775 --> 00:31:52,209 Well, maybe you're hoping she doesn't. 669 00:31:52,211 --> 00:31:54,611 After all, she might ask you to take care of her. 670 00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:57,047 I would do that without a moment's hesitation. 671 00:31:57,049 --> 00:31:58,548 It doesn't intimidate me. 672 00:31:58,550 --> 00:32:00,817 It should: You're single, no one to help you 673 00:32:00,819 --> 00:32:02,586 you have a full-time job. 674 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:04,788 Erica would be my full-time job. 675 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:09,393 GOREN: You have no doubt 676 00:32:09,395 --> 00:32:13,196 that she's a flesh-and-blood little girl? 677 00:32:13,198 --> 00:32:14,831 No, I don't. 678 00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:16,533 You had a scare 679 00:32:16,535 --> 00:32:17,535 last summer. 680 00:32:17,535 --> 00:32:22,205 One of your coworkers told us you had a bad Pap smear. 681 00:32:22,207 --> 00:32:25,142 I had a precancerous cervical condition 682 00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:26,543 which I was treated for 683 00:32:26,545 --> 00:32:28,445 not that it's any of your business. 684 00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:33,550 GOREN: But did it raise the question of whether you'd ever have your own children? 685 00:32:33,552 --> 00:32:36,787 Is that the void that Erica filled? 686 00:32:36,789 --> 00:32:42,225 Erica restored your faith in the human spirit. 687 00:32:42,227 --> 00:32:45,662 She gave you courage in the face of evil. 688 00:32:45,664 --> 00:32:49,766 No one was going to tell you she doesn't exist. 689 00:32:49,768 --> 00:32:53,170 To deny her was to deny you. 690 00:32:53,172 --> 00:32:55,605 Okay, this is ridiculous. 691 00:32:55,607 --> 00:32:57,708 Is it? 692 00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:09,252 I don't know where Erica ends and you begin. 693 00:33:09,254 --> 00:33:10,454 You are insane! 694 00:33:10,456 --> 00:33:11,555 This is all her! 695 00:33:11,557 --> 00:33:12,656 This is her! 696 00:33:12,658 --> 00:33:13,824 This is her life! 697 00:33:13,826 --> 00:33:16,226 These are her thoughts! 698 00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:31,241 Douglas Lafferty's faith wasn't as strong as yours. 699 00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:33,243 He wanted proof... 700 00:33:33,245 --> 00:33:35,412 didn't he? 701 00:33:35,414 --> 00:33:39,216 Is that why you took him to the house? 702 00:33:41,786 --> 00:33:45,856 Maybe Doug Lafferty's suspicions weren't appeased 703 00:33:45,858 --> 00:33:48,091 and he was going to make trouble. 704 00:33:48,093 --> 00:33:49,192 No. 705 00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:51,461 Maybe driving back to the city 706 00:33:51,463 --> 00:33:53,663 you tried to reason with him. 707 00:33:53,665 --> 00:33:57,701 You told him how much Erica meant to you. 708 00:33:57,703 --> 00:34:01,438 The closer you got to his home 709 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,674 the more frantic that you became...? 710 00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:06,510 I stayed home all night. 711 00:34:06,512 --> 00:34:08,111 I never left the house. 712 00:34:08,113 --> 00:34:09,446 We checked the logs 713 00:34:09,448 --> 00:34:11,648 of the messenger service your company uses. 714 00:34:11,650 --> 00:34:13,350 That night, they tried 715 00:34:13,352 --> 00:34:16,520 to make deliveries to you at 9:00 and midnight. 716 00:34:16,522 --> 00:34:19,122 There was no answer either time. 717 00:34:21,259 --> 00:34:23,393 CARVER: We don't doubt 718 00:34:23,395 --> 00:34:26,329 the sincerity of your beliefs, Ms. Wilkes. 719 00:34:26,331 --> 00:34:29,699 You were taken advantage of. 720 00:34:29,701 --> 00:34:32,702 And I'm willing to take that into consideration 721 00:34:32,704 --> 00:34:36,073 if you will tell us the truth. 722 00:34:41,879 --> 00:34:44,047 I stayed home all night. 723 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:47,617 I went to bed early 724 00:34:47,619 --> 00:34:50,520 and that is why I didn't hear the buzzing. 725 00:34:50,522 --> 00:34:52,756 Now, if you'll excuse me 726 00:34:52,758 --> 00:34:54,825 I would like to leave. 727 00:35:05,236 --> 00:35:07,637 The power of faith. 728 00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:12,075 GOREN: No, she really believes Erica is real. 729 00:35:14,345 --> 00:35:17,280 You know, maybe a little faith in Erica 730 00:35:17,282 --> 00:35:19,783 isn't such a bad thing. 731 00:35:24,555 --> 00:35:26,323 JACOBS: Look, they freely admit 732 00:35:26,325 --> 00:35:28,692 that Douglas Lafferty was at their house that night. 733 00:35:28,694 --> 00:35:31,128 They wouldn't admit that unless they had nothing to hide. 734 00:35:31,130 --> 00:35:32,329 Or they wanted to create 735 00:35:32,331 --> 00:35:33,763 an impression they had nothing to hide. 736 00:35:33,765 --> 00:35:35,665 I might have been more pliable a few days ago 737 00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:38,135 but now that the insurance policy has come to light... 738 00:35:38,137 --> 00:35:41,438 JACOBS: What insurance policy? 739 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,373 Ask your clients. 740 00:35:44,709 --> 00:35:49,646 Um, four months ago, Douglas Lafferty changed 741 00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:53,617 the beneficiary on his insurance policy 742 00:35:53,619 --> 00:35:56,153 naming Erica Windemere 743 00:35:56,155 --> 00:35:58,588 to receive a payout 744 00:35:58,590 --> 00:36:00,457 of $2 million. 745 00:36:02,793 --> 00:36:05,629 We didn't know anything about that. 746 00:36:05,631 --> 00:36:09,032 Oh, really? 747 00:36:09,034 --> 00:36:11,001 The money was to be held in trust 748 00:36:11,003 --> 00:36:13,136 with your client as trustee. 749 00:36:13,138 --> 00:36:14,471 EAMES: $2 million 750 00:36:14,473 --> 00:36:17,607 to spend any way she wanted. 751 00:36:17,609 --> 00:36:21,244 GOREN: The best part of it is 752 00:36:21,246 --> 00:36:23,547 you would have been able to keep all of it 753 00:36:23,549 --> 00:36:26,783 without ever having to prove that Erica exists. 754 00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:29,819 CARVER: A murder conviction 755 00:36:29,821 --> 00:36:32,355 will, of course, void the policy. 756 00:36:32,357 --> 00:36:35,091 Crime isn't supposed to pay. 757 00:36:35,093 --> 00:36:36,293 We didn't kill Doug. 758 00:36:36,295 --> 00:36:38,061 We swear. 759 00:36:38,063 --> 00:36:42,332 Well, if not you, then who? 760 00:36:46,437 --> 00:36:47,637 WILKES: I just found out 761 00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:49,906 that the District Attorney is seizing 762 00:36:49,908 --> 00:36:51,875 Erica's book royalties. 763 00:36:51,877 --> 00:36:53,276 That is inhumane. 764 00:36:53,278 --> 00:36:54,611 What is she supposed to live on? 765 00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:56,580 What's the D.A. supposed to do? 766 00:36:56,582 --> 00:36:57,881 We did find new evidence 767 00:36:57,883 --> 00:37:01,585 implicating Barb in Doug Lafferty's murder. 768 00:37:01,587 --> 00:37:05,589 Okay, I am not defending what Barb did. 769 00:37:05,591 --> 00:37:09,392 I am just here to protect Erica's interests. 770 00:37:14,031 --> 00:37:15,899 She sent you here to talk to us? 771 00:37:15,901 --> 00:37:19,703 No, no, I e-mailed her. I told her it was urgent I speak with her. 772 00:37:19,705 --> 00:37:22,339 I don't even know if she has a computer anymore. 773 00:37:22,341 --> 00:37:23,640 You see, this is 774 00:37:23,642 --> 00:37:25,141 the precarious situation she's in. 775 00:37:25,143 --> 00:37:29,112 Without those book royalties, she has nothing. 776 00:37:29,114 --> 00:37:32,449 I thought that she has hundreds of people sending her money. 777 00:37:32,451 --> 00:37:34,117 She's in hiding. 778 00:37:34,119 --> 00:37:38,121 How do you expect them to get the money to her? 779 00:37:38,123 --> 00:37:39,623 Well, Barb said she was safe. 780 00:37:39,625 --> 00:37:40,957 Barb is a liar. 781 00:37:40,959 --> 00:37:43,460 Barb needs to be kept away from Erica. 782 00:37:43,462 --> 00:37:45,962 Oh. 783 00:37:45,964 --> 00:37:47,230 Oh, you know what's best for her? 784 00:37:47,232 --> 00:37:48,432 Yes, I do. 785 00:37:48,432 --> 00:37:50,233 There's a call for Ms. Wilkes. It's her office. 786 00:37:50,235 --> 00:37:51,234 Oh, my God. 787 00:37:51,236 --> 00:37:52,769 Tell them she's busy. 788 00:37:52,771 --> 00:37:53,837 They said it was important. 789 00:37:53,839 --> 00:37:56,706 They're holding a call from an Erica Windemere. 790 00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:58,108 (sighs) 791 00:37:58,110 --> 00:38:00,744 Uh, put it through in here. 792 00:38:05,816 --> 00:38:07,550 (phone rings) 793 00:38:07,552 --> 00:38:08,752 WOMAN: Christine? 794 00:38:08,754 --> 00:38:09,653 Erica! 795 00:38:09,655 --> 00:38:11,788 Yes, it's me. I'm here. 796 00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:12,790 Hi. 797 00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:15,692 I'm so happy to hear your voice. 798 00:38:15,694 --> 00:38:17,494 I am too, Erica. 799 00:38:17,496 --> 00:38:20,563 I'm here with the police right now. 800 00:38:20,565 --> 00:38:23,066 So, tell me how you're doing. 801 00:38:23,068 --> 00:38:26,770 All right, but I'm very scared. 802 00:38:26,772 --> 00:38:28,672 I am taking care of everything. 803 00:38:28,674 --> 00:38:30,674 You don't have to worry about anything. 804 00:38:30,676 --> 00:38:32,208 I'm not going to let... 805 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:35,178 Did they tell you about Doug? 806 00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:39,382 Barb told me on the phone that he had insurance. 807 00:38:39,384 --> 00:38:41,818 I don't understand these things. 808 00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:43,920 (quietly): He had a life policy 809 00:38:43,922 --> 00:38:45,288 that left Erica $2 million. 810 00:38:45,290 --> 00:38:47,457 Oh, that's incredible. 811 00:38:47,459 --> 00:38:49,326 That's a miracle. 812 00:38:49,328 --> 00:38:51,361 Only now, I won't get it 813 00:38:51,363 --> 00:38:54,297 (voice breaking): because of Barb 814 00:38:54,299 --> 00:38:57,100 (sobbing): and what she did to Doug. 815 00:38:57,102 --> 00:38:59,469 Since Erica's the trustee and she killed Doug 816 00:38:59,471 --> 00:39:01,705 the policy's void, and Erica gets nothing. 817 00:39:01,707 --> 00:39:04,841 What's going to happen to me, Christine? 818 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:09,145 "The people I'm with can't afford to take care of me. 819 00:39:09,147 --> 00:39:10,613 "We don't have any money. 820 00:39:10,615 --> 00:39:13,416 Barb had it all." 821 00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:20,957 Erica? 822 00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:22,692 Listen to me, sweetheart. 823 00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:25,295 Nothing bad is going to happen to you. 824 00:39:25,297 --> 00:39:27,430 (quietly): She has no health insurance. 825 00:39:27,432 --> 00:39:29,065 I'm going to end up in a home. 826 00:39:29,067 --> 00:39:31,468 No, no, you're not. 827 00:39:31,470 --> 00:39:33,403 I'm going to make sure of that. 828 00:39:33,405 --> 00:39:35,805 (quietly): How? With what money? 829 00:39:35,807 --> 00:39:36,906 I mean... 830 00:39:36,908 --> 00:39:39,609 (aloud): Erica's at the end of her rope. 831 00:39:39,611 --> 00:39:40,844 Isn't that right, Erica? 832 00:39:40,846 --> 00:39:42,812 I'm sorry, Christine. 833 00:39:42,814 --> 00:39:44,948 I try to be brave... 834 00:39:44,950 --> 00:39:49,586 (sobbing): but... but losing Barb and Tony... 835 00:39:49,588 --> 00:39:50,653 Erica... 836 00:39:50,655 --> 00:39:52,389 It's just too much. 837 00:39:52,391 --> 00:39:56,926 You taught me so much about accepting loss 838 00:39:56,928 --> 00:39:59,696 and uncertainty and hardship 839 00:39:59,698 --> 00:40:01,698 and appreciating 840 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:04,768 what is beautiful and hopeful in life. 841 00:40:04,770 --> 00:40:07,504 Beauty won't help. 842 00:40:07,506 --> 00:40:10,173 Her disease is going to get worse. 843 00:40:10,175 --> 00:40:12,942 That's what she has to look forward to. 844 00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:15,812 More hardship, loss and uncertainty. 845 00:40:17,681 --> 00:40:18,915 Erica, you know 846 00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:21,885 that I would sacrifice everything for you. 847 00:40:21,887 --> 00:40:23,620 You better mean it 848 00:40:23,622 --> 00:40:26,489 because she's got no one else. 849 00:40:26,491 --> 00:40:29,426 You're the only person I have left, Christine. 850 00:40:29,428 --> 00:40:30,760 I know. 851 00:40:30,762 --> 00:40:32,562 (phone disconnects) 852 00:40:32,564 --> 00:40:34,964 What? Erica? 853 00:40:34,966 --> 00:40:35,932 Erica? 854 00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:36,900 Erica? 855 00:40:36,902 --> 00:40:39,002 Erica? 856 00:40:40,938 --> 00:40:42,839 Erica! 857 00:40:42,841 --> 00:40:45,008 Erica! 858 00:40:45,010 --> 00:40:47,544 Erica! 859 00:40:53,017 --> 00:40:55,652 What are you going to do, Christine? 860 00:40:55,654 --> 00:40:58,822 That money could change everything for her. 861 00:40:58,824 --> 00:41:00,924 It could save her life. 862 00:41:08,632 --> 00:41:12,268 Whatever you did, you... 863 00:41:12,270 --> 00:41:16,339 you did to... defend your faith in her. 864 00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:23,346 Your heart was pure. 865 00:41:26,650 --> 00:41:30,587 Now it's time to take the final step 866 00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:35,959 to give Erica the greatest gift. 867 00:41:39,763 --> 00:41:42,432 You need to do this... 868 00:41:44,368 --> 00:41:47,837 or your faith in Erica will have been... 869 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:49,906 a lie. 870 00:41:58,015 --> 00:42:00,316 I did it. 871 00:42:02,319 --> 00:42:04,287 Not Barb. 872 00:42:05,456 --> 00:42:07,991 I killed Doug. 873 00:42:09,894 --> 00:42:13,596 Tell me what you did. 874 00:42:13,598 --> 00:42:16,266 I killed him in his garage. 875 00:42:17,902 --> 00:42:22,772 I used nail polish remover, and I set him on fire. 876 00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:27,777 He was going to hurt Erica. 877 00:42:27,779 --> 00:42:31,381 He kept saying she wasn't real 878 00:42:31,383 --> 00:42:34,651 and I couldn't let him say that. 879 00:42:34,653 --> 00:42:37,887 You know, I just couldn't let him say that. 880 00:42:37,889 --> 00:42:39,956 (sniffling) 881 00:42:50,334 --> 00:42:52,769 So now I get the insurance money, right? 882 00:42:52,771 --> 00:42:53,870 When do I get it? 883 00:42:53,872 --> 00:42:54,904 I'm sorry. 884 00:42:54,906 --> 00:42:56,005 What?! 885 00:42:56,007 --> 00:42:58,675 Erica isn't the only thing that doesn't exist. 886 00:42:58,677 --> 00:43:01,611 You lied? 887 00:43:01,613 --> 00:43:03,646 You lied to me? 888 00:43:03,648 --> 00:43:06,382 I helped you, and... 889 00:43:09,620 --> 00:43:12,922 You ruined everything. 890 00:43:17,828 --> 00:43:20,763 Erica will be so disappointed in them.