1 00:00:06,590 --> 00:00:08,430 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:08,490 --> 00:00:12,340 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,210 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:14,260 --> 00:00:17,040 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:18,550 These are their stories. 6 00:00:19,470 --> 00:00:21,640 Did you see how she grabbed the centerpiece? 7 00:00:21,710 --> 00:00:22,780 SIDNEY: I saw. 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,250 (SCOFFS) Thinks she owns the world. 9 00:00:25,310 --> 00:00:27,050 It was the same at the buffet. 10 00:00:27,310 --> 00:00:29,050 Like it was a... A hotel. 11 00:00:29,110 --> 00:00:30,790 It was a hotel. 12 00:00:30,850 --> 00:00:33,520 Oh, but that's his side of the family, not ours. 13 00:00:33,580 --> 00:00:34,590 (CAR HONKING) 14 00:00:34,650 --> 00:00:35,720 (CRASHING) 15 00:00:35,790 --> 00:00:37,320 (EXCLAIMS) Are you okay? 16 00:00:37,790 --> 00:00:39,100 Check the cake! 17 00:00:40,460 --> 00:00:41,530 (MEN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 18 00:00:41,590 --> 00:00:42,940 What the hell's the matter with you? 19 00:00:42,990 --> 00:00:44,800 It's a red light, for crying out loud! 20 00:00:44,860 --> 00:00:46,570 (MEN ARGUING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 21 00:00:46,630 --> 00:00:47,800 Don't you talk English? 22 00:00:48,130 --> 00:00:49,740 Hey... Hey! 23 00:00:50,230 --> 00:00:51,580 There's damage here! 24 00:00:58,180 --> 00:00:59,810 SARA: Oh, my God! 25 00:01:01,650 --> 00:01:04,560 Black female, mid-20s. Multiple gunshot wounds. 26 00:01:04,620 --> 00:01:06,490 The paramedics had a time getting her out of the trunk. 27 00:01:06,550 --> 00:01:07,550 Alive? 28 00:01:07,620 --> 00:01:09,290 They were working on her and the baby when they left. 29 00:01:09,350 --> 00:01:10,390 ED: Oh, God, baby? 30 00:01:10,450 --> 00:01:12,130 EMS medic said she was pregnant. 31 00:01:12,190 --> 00:01:13,330 Any ID? 32 00:01:13,390 --> 00:01:15,630 Her purse was in the trunk with her. 33 00:01:15,690 --> 00:01:18,640 Dena Meredith, 112, Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn. 34 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:20,470 Same address on the insurance card. 35 00:01:20,530 --> 00:01:21,740 Ignition's popped... 36 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,710 There's some stuff in the back seat. 37 00:01:23,770 --> 00:01:25,750 Shopping bags and auto parts. 38 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,180 BMW rims, Blaupunkt radio. 39 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:29,410 Boosters. 40 00:01:29,710 --> 00:01:31,780 Yeah, I take it, it wasn't those two, huh? 41 00:01:32,310 --> 00:01:35,780 Sidney and Sara Rosenberg. They were in the Cadillac. 42 00:01:36,980 --> 00:01:38,860 ED: Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberg, we're with the police. 43 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,290 Can you tell us what happened here? 44 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:41,660 I hurt my neck. 45 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,220 (STAMMERING) We were coming home from our nephew's bar mitzvah. 46 00:01:44,290 --> 00:01:45,490 At The Pierre. 47 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:46,560 I was stopped at the light. 48 00:01:46,620 --> 00:01:47,800 They hit us from behind. 49 00:01:47,860 --> 00:01:50,000 I got out to see what the damage was, and they ran. 50 00:01:50,060 --> 00:01:51,540 SARA: How's that poor girl? 51 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:52,900 We're hoping she'll be all right. 52 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:53,960 Can you identify them? 53 00:01:54,030 --> 00:01:56,440 Uh, two white kids. More, I didn't see. 54 00:01:56,500 --> 00:01:59,340 The older one had a cast here. 55 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,970 Older? How could you tell in the dark who was older? 56 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,020 The other one looked just like my cousin's son, Stanley. 57 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,380 Also a wild one. 58 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,290 BRISCOE: Did you see which way they went? 59 00:02:08,350 --> 00:02:11,220 They ran this way, right up the street. 60 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:12,350 Did they say anything? 61 00:02:12,420 --> 00:02:15,090 They didn't talk English. Sounded like, what? 62 00:02:16,150 --> 00:02:17,260 I should know? 63 00:02:19,060 --> 00:02:20,060 Thanks. 64 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:11,120 She lost a lot of blood. She's in a coma. 65 00:03:11,170 --> 00:03:12,350 She gonna make it? 66 00:03:12,410 --> 00:03:13,790 Fifty-fifty, at best. 67 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:15,350 What about the baby? 68 00:03:15,410 --> 00:03:18,920 Twenty-nine weeks. We were able to deliver him via C-section. 69 00:03:18,980 --> 00:03:20,460 He's touch and go, too. 70 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,590 Another half hour, they both would've been dead. 71 00:03:22,650 --> 00:03:26,160 Can you tell us how long she was lying in the trunk after she got shot? 72 00:03:26,220 --> 00:03:27,290 Oh, it'd be a guess, 73 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:28,360 but given the nature of the wounds 74 00:03:28,430 --> 00:03:31,100 and the amount of blood loss, I'd say two or three hours. 75 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,370 Is there anything else? 76 00:03:32,430 --> 00:03:34,600 Can you give us a call when she regains consciousness? 77 00:03:34,670 --> 00:03:35,800 If. 78 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:40,740 Dena's a good girl. Got a nice job at the bank. 79 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:42,110 Worked her way up, too. 80 00:03:42,170 --> 00:03:43,670 She's in the loan department. 81 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,310 Who would do this to her? 82 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,820 We're trying to figure that out, ma'am. 83 00:03:49,050 --> 00:03:51,320 Shoot a pregnant woman for a car. 84 00:03:52,780 --> 00:03:54,230 I don't understand. 85 00:03:55,190 --> 00:03:56,560 Mrs. Meredith... 86 00:03:57,490 --> 00:04:00,470 Do you have any idea where your daughter was last night? 87 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:01,660 (SIGHS) 88 00:04:03,190 --> 00:04:06,470 She called in the afternoon. 4:00. 89 00:04:06,930 --> 00:04:09,140 Said she was going out to dinner in the city. 90 00:04:09,770 --> 00:04:12,080 I told her she shouldn't be running around. 91 00:04:12,540 --> 00:04:13,910 Not in her condition. 92 00:04:14,740 --> 00:04:16,010 She just laughed. 93 00:04:17,010 --> 00:04:19,390 Said I worry too much. 94 00:04:20,140 --> 00:04:21,320 MAN: Dorothy... 95 00:04:22,810 --> 00:04:24,120 DOROTHY: Miles! 96 00:04:26,250 --> 00:04:27,660 These men are detectives. 97 00:04:28,150 --> 00:04:31,260 This is Miles Hawthorne, the baby's father. 98 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:32,630 Have you found the person who did this? 99 00:04:32,690 --> 00:04:33,720 We're working on it. 100 00:04:33,790 --> 00:04:35,630 BRISCOE: We were just about to ask your mother-in-law, 101 00:04:35,690 --> 00:04:37,900 if she knew where Dena went to dinner last night, 102 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,030 or who she went with. 103 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:40,130 I thought she was with you. 104 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:41,400 No. 105 00:04:41,470 --> 00:04:42,940 Mrs. Meredith, I can take you up 106 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,380 to see your grandson now if you like. 107 00:04:44,530 --> 00:04:47,910 Yes, please. If that's okay. 108 00:04:47,970 --> 00:04:49,580 Oh, yeah. You go ahead. 109 00:04:50,010 --> 00:04:51,210 MILES: I'll be right up. 110 00:04:54,110 --> 00:04:56,320 Actually, she's not my mother-in-law. 111 00:04:57,350 --> 00:04:59,790 Dena and I were supposed to get married in June. 112 00:04:59,850 --> 00:05:00,950 You two live together? 113 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,490 Dena's pretty independent minded. 114 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,760 Wanted to keep her own place till we tied the knot. 115 00:05:05,820 --> 00:05:07,500 You said she didn't have dinner with you. 116 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,400 When was the last time you saw her? 117 00:05:09,930 --> 00:05:12,130 The bank closes at 1:00 on Saturday. 118 00:05:12,430 --> 00:05:14,340 By the time we got done with the paperwork, 119 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:15,640 we didn't leave until 2:00. 120 00:05:15,700 --> 00:05:17,040 So, you work at the bank, too? 121 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:19,580 I'm the manager. Uh, People's Bank of Harlem. 122 00:05:20,270 --> 00:05:22,340 So after the bank closed, then what? 123 00:05:22,540 --> 00:05:23,610 I went home, 124 00:05:23,670 --> 00:05:25,650 and Dena and Cheryl went shopping for baby clothes. 125 00:05:25,710 --> 00:05:26,780 Cheryl? 126 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:29,790 Cheryl Treadwell. She works in Human Resources. 127 00:05:29,850 --> 00:05:33,260 Just for the record, uh, what did you do after you got home? 128 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,360 Watched some of the St. John's game. 129 00:05:35,850 --> 00:05:37,330 Had something to eat. 130 00:05:38,050 --> 00:05:39,260 After that, I went out. 131 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,030 Played some squash with friends. 132 00:05:41,090 --> 00:05:42,330 And last night? 133 00:05:42,790 --> 00:05:45,030 (SIGHING) Got some takeout, rented a movie... 134 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:46,630 Crashed. 135 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:48,000 So the last time that you and Dena 136 00:05:48,060 --> 00:05:49,630 spoke to each other was when you left work? 137 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:52,080 Dena mentioned she might have dinner with Cheryl. 138 00:05:52,670 --> 00:05:54,150 I thought that's where she was. 139 00:05:59,180 --> 00:06:01,320 Layettes, baby clothes, car seats. 140 00:06:01,380 --> 00:06:02,980 There was this humongous registry list. 141 00:06:03,050 --> 00:06:04,490 We spent the whole afternoon. 142 00:06:04,550 --> 00:06:07,430 Anything unusual about her mood? Her behavior? 143 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,020 Uh, aside from hormones, no. 144 00:06:10,090 --> 00:06:12,090 Any problems with her boyfriend? 145 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:13,430 Miles? He's a saint. 146 00:06:13,490 --> 00:06:14,970 Worships the ground she walk on. 147 00:06:15,030 --> 00:06:17,160 What time did you two get done shopping? 148 00:06:17,530 --> 00:06:19,370 Dena dropped me off around 6:00. 149 00:06:19,430 --> 00:06:21,170 And you were going to have dinner together? 150 00:06:21,230 --> 00:06:22,440 Uh, she bagged on that. 151 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:24,450 Said she was wiped out from all the shopping. 152 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:26,910 And she didn't mention any other plans? 153 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,180 No. She just said she was going to head home to Brooklyn. 154 00:06:35,110 --> 00:06:36,750 Fender-bender happened around 11:00, 155 00:06:36,810 --> 00:06:38,620 and the doctor puts the shooting at about 8:00. 156 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,250 Forensics indicates she was shot 157 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:41,690 while she was in the trunk. 158 00:06:41,750 --> 00:06:43,160 Slugs were from a .45. 159 00:06:43,220 --> 00:06:44,790 Any prints? Nothing so far. 160 00:06:44,860 --> 00:06:48,230 They did find scratch marks on the trunk lock from the inside, 161 00:06:48,290 --> 00:06:49,830 like she was working on it with something. 162 00:06:49,890 --> 00:06:51,030 Must've been why it popped open. 163 00:06:51,090 --> 00:06:53,600 So she was forced inside before she was shot, 164 00:06:53,660 --> 00:06:54,770 then struggled to escape. 165 00:06:55,670 --> 00:06:57,080 Not a pleasant thought. 166 00:06:57,130 --> 00:06:58,480 All right, say she was nabbed at 7:30, 167 00:06:58,540 --> 00:07:01,570 that still leaves a one and a half hour gap 168 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,310 from the time Dena dropped Cheryl Treadwell off. 169 00:07:04,370 --> 00:07:07,150 BRISCOE: We're running down her cell phone records and credit cards. 170 00:07:07,210 --> 00:07:09,550 Dena told her boyfriend that she was gonna go have dinner with Cheryl 171 00:07:09,610 --> 00:07:11,960 then she told Cheryl she changed her mind and she was going home. 172 00:07:12,380 --> 00:07:14,490 But she didn't. Why? 173 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:16,990 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) Ed, line three. 174 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:19,990 Detective Green. 175 00:07:20,060 --> 00:07:22,230 So, what do you have on the boyfriend? 176 00:07:22,290 --> 00:07:24,070 BRISCOE: His alibi seems to check out. 177 00:07:24,130 --> 00:07:26,840 From all indications, he's a stand-up guy. 178 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:28,810 No priors, steady employment. 179 00:07:28,870 --> 00:07:31,000 And Dena's mother's his biggest fan. 180 00:07:31,070 --> 00:07:32,510 Well, that says something. 181 00:07:32,570 --> 00:07:34,110 Yeah, all right. Thanks. 182 00:07:34,170 --> 00:07:36,410 That was auto. We got a hit on the Blaupunkt. 183 00:07:37,510 --> 00:07:38,710 What's this code? 184 00:07:38,780 --> 00:07:39,980 I never heard anything about a code. 185 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,750 BMW radios are manufactured with an encoded chip, 186 00:07:42,810 --> 00:07:45,090 which is specific to the car it's registered to. 187 00:07:45,150 --> 00:07:47,460 Ah! So, you found my radio, huh? 188 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:48,550 Great. 189 00:07:48,620 --> 00:07:51,530 If you happen to see a few wheels and an engine, let me know. 190 00:07:51,590 --> 00:07:53,970 My car was stolen four months ago. 191 00:07:54,020 --> 00:07:55,230 ED: Four months ago? 192 00:07:55,290 --> 00:07:57,430 Yeah, some cops raided a chop shop up in the Bronx 193 00:07:57,490 --> 00:07:58,730 back in November. 194 00:07:59,030 --> 00:08:00,770 They showed up with one of my front doors. 195 00:08:00,830 --> 00:08:02,710 And now you guys bring me my radio. 196 00:08:02,770 --> 00:08:04,970 At this rate, I figure I ought to get the whole car back 197 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,480 in about seven years. 198 00:08:06,540 --> 00:08:09,310 Do you remember the cop's name who brought you the door? 199 00:08:09,370 --> 00:08:11,250 No. Had me fill out some forms. Uh... 200 00:08:11,310 --> 00:08:13,580 An affidavit for the, uh, Grand Jury. 201 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,680 BRISCOE: You got a copy of it? Yeah. Bedroom. 202 00:08:16,380 --> 00:08:17,590 Yeah, in the glove compartment. 203 00:08:17,650 --> 00:08:18,820 (CHUCKLING) 204 00:08:22,650 --> 00:08:24,890 A grand larceny indictment would cause most people 205 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:26,800 to reconsider their line of work. 206 00:08:26,860 --> 00:08:28,530 Yeah, but not you, right, Bob? 207 00:08:28,830 --> 00:08:31,400 You just opened another chop shop someplace else. 208 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,770 I don't know what you're talking about. 209 00:08:33,830 --> 00:08:36,170 Come on, man. We talked to the Bronx D.A. 210 00:08:36,230 --> 00:08:37,510 We found out you were running the largest 211 00:08:37,570 --> 00:08:39,410 stolen auto parts operation on Jerome Avenue. 212 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:41,470 BRISCOE: Where you running it out of now? 213 00:08:41,540 --> 00:08:43,610 My client's put his past behind him. 214 00:08:43,870 --> 00:08:45,780 He's exploring other business opportunities now. 215 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:46,840 Oh, yeah? 216 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,580 You mean like attempted murder? 217 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:50,280 What? 218 00:08:50,350 --> 00:08:52,730 We found a pregnant woman in the trunk of a car 219 00:08:52,780 --> 00:08:53,920 that was boosted. 220 00:08:53,980 --> 00:08:55,460 She was shot three times. 221 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,430 What makes you think my client's involved? 222 00:08:57,490 --> 00:09:00,730 There were stolen auto parts in it that matched vehicles 223 00:09:00,790 --> 00:09:02,570 that were seized in the chop shop. 224 00:09:03,030 --> 00:09:04,970 But they never found your warehouse, did they, Bob? 225 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,510 If my client cooperates, what's in it for him? 226 00:09:10,570 --> 00:09:14,070 If his information is good, we talk to the D.A. 227 00:09:14,140 --> 00:09:15,950 and we turn this indictment into a misdemeanor. 228 00:09:23,050 --> 00:09:24,050 Okay. 229 00:09:24,110 --> 00:09:26,530 We're looking for two guys. Early 20s. 230 00:09:26,750 --> 00:09:28,530 One of 'em had a cast on his right arm. 231 00:09:31,820 --> 00:09:33,160 Gabor. 232 00:09:34,220 --> 00:09:35,430 Gabor Hartunian. 233 00:09:38,660 --> 00:09:40,570 Hey! Anybody lose a radio? 234 00:09:41,300 --> 00:09:43,210 Who are you? The Car Fairy. 235 00:09:43,270 --> 00:09:45,110 Put your hands behind your back. 236 00:09:47,140 --> 00:09:48,240 Lennie... 237 00:09:55,580 --> 00:09:57,250 ED: Gabor Hartunian, I presume. 238 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,190 Careful. Don't hurt his hand. 239 00:10:03,490 --> 00:10:04,860 Where were you Saturday night? Home. 240 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,900 This is before or after you took the Camry? 241 00:10:07,490 --> 00:10:09,160 I don't know about Camry. 242 00:10:09,230 --> 00:10:10,800 And you bought this wholesale, right? 243 00:10:11,460 --> 00:10:12,800 Never see it before. 244 00:10:12,860 --> 00:10:15,500 Sarkisian gave you up, Mark. How do you think we found you? 245 00:10:15,570 --> 00:10:17,510 BRISCOE: Did you know that woman was pregnant? 246 00:10:17,570 --> 00:10:18,670 What woman? 247 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:21,550 (BOTH SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 248 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,680 No, no woman. Just car. 249 00:10:23,810 --> 00:10:24,810 Shut up, Gabor. 250 00:10:24,870 --> 00:10:27,080 Yes, woman. You shoot. 251 00:10:27,140 --> 00:10:28,450 Me? No shoot. 252 00:10:28,510 --> 00:10:29,550 What about him? He shoot? 253 00:10:29,610 --> 00:10:31,590 Whoa, whoa. Nobody shoot no one. 254 00:10:31,650 --> 00:10:32,890 You should've made sure she was dead. 255 00:10:32,950 --> 00:10:35,050 Now she's gonna be able to identify you. 256 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:36,930 Yeah, not to mention the couple you rear-ended. 257 00:10:36,990 --> 00:10:39,870 You're gonna be as old as they are by the time you get out. 258 00:10:44,990 --> 00:10:46,000 No shoot no woman. 259 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:49,970 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 260 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:51,970 Tell the truth. 261 00:11:00,010 --> 00:11:01,350 The car was in a lot on the west side. 262 00:11:02,010 --> 00:11:03,220 What lot? 263 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,120 Twelfth Avenue and 66th Street. By the river. 264 00:11:06,580 --> 00:11:07,650 Why that car? 265 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,820 Sarkisian need Camry parts. 266 00:11:09,890 --> 00:11:11,830 You expect us to believe you two mopes 267 00:11:11,890 --> 00:11:13,560 just happened to pick a Camry 268 00:11:13,620 --> 00:11:15,500 that had a half-dead woman in the trunk? 269 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:17,560 I swear on my father's grave. 270 00:11:17,630 --> 00:11:19,230 How do I know your father's dead? 271 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:20,430 No shoot no woman. 272 00:11:20,860 --> 00:11:22,070 Well, what time was this? 273 00:11:22,130 --> 00:11:26,310 Around 10:30. We broke into the car and drive it off the lot. 274 00:11:26,370 --> 00:11:27,470 That's it. 275 00:11:27,540 --> 00:11:28,610 And then he hit that other car. 276 00:11:29,810 --> 00:11:31,910 We never even looked in the trunk. 277 00:11:31,980 --> 00:11:32,980 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 278 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,860 You know, as much as I want to close this case, 279 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,830 my gut tells me we're wasting our time. 280 00:11:44,890 --> 00:11:45,920 They're just punks. 281 00:11:45,990 --> 00:11:47,020 Forensics turn up anything? 282 00:11:47,090 --> 00:11:48,690 Well, they found their prints inside the car, 283 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:49,960 but nowhere near the trunk. 284 00:11:50,030 --> 00:11:51,700 (SIGHING) Well, if it's not these two guys, 285 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:52,900 we're looking at a blank wall. 286 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,140 Well, let's just get search warrants for both their homes just in case. 287 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,340 PEREZ: Lieutenant, the hospital just called. 288 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,440 Dena Meredith died 30 minutes ago. 289 00:12:00,740 --> 00:12:03,120 (SIGHING) That baby. 290 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:05,880 What away to enter the world. 291 00:12:11,610 --> 00:12:12,820 How'd it go? 292 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,190 Dumb and Dumber came up clean on the search of their homes. 293 00:12:16,250 --> 00:12:17,250 Not much here either. 294 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:21,030 Dena Meredith's utility bills, address book. 295 00:12:21,390 --> 00:12:23,390 Ed, cell phone IUDs, 296 00:12:23,830 --> 00:12:25,200 log from the day of the murder, 297 00:12:25,260 --> 00:12:26,570 and this is from the credit card company. 298 00:12:26,630 --> 00:12:27,630 Thanks, Reina. 299 00:12:27,700 --> 00:12:30,800 One-minute call to her home number at 3:27 p.m. 300 00:12:30,870 --> 00:12:32,970 Probably checking her answering machine. 301 00:12:33,670 --> 00:12:35,580 Another call at 4:05. 302 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,210 Three minutes to Jersey. 303 00:12:37,270 --> 00:12:38,550 Her mother said she called at 4:00, right? 304 00:12:38,610 --> 00:12:39,680 You got her mother's number over there? 305 00:12:39,740 --> 00:12:40,910 Whoa, listen to this. 306 00:12:40,980 --> 00:12:45,220 Credit card charge for $14 at Lot 61. 307 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,760 Saturday, 7:20 p.m. 308 00:12:47,820 --> 00:12:49,730 That's about an hour before she got shot. 309 00:12:49,790 --> 00:12:51,160 You know this Lot 61? 310 00:12:51,220 --> 00:12:52,720 Yeah, it's a spot downtown. 311 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,400 One last hurrah. 312 00:12:55,730 --> 00:12:57,600 Yeah, I remember her. 313 00:12:57,930 --> 00:13:00,740 She was wearing some maternity thing Still pretty cute. 314 00:13:01,930 --> 00:13:03,500 She came in here alone? 315 00:13:03,570 --> 00:13:05,200 Said she was waiting for someone. 316 00:13:05,270 --> 00:13:06,840 We were packed, so I made some room for her 317 00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:07,970 at the end of the bar and got her a snack. 318 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:09,920 A $14 snack? 319 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,480 So do you know if her date ever showed up here? 320 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,080 About 10 minutes later. Two guys. 321 00:13:16,650 --> 00:13:18,150 You ever seen them in here before? 322 00:13:18,210 --> 00:13:19,320 Nope. 323 00:13:19,380 --> 00:13:20,550 So, what happened next? 324 00:13:20,620 --> 00:13:22,650 Well, they hung out with her for a few minutes and left. 325 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,290 BRISCOE: She left with the two guys? 326 00:13:24,390 --> 00:13:26,090 Seemed like she knew 'em. 327 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,230 She in some kind of trouble? 328 00:13:27,820 --> 00:13:29,240 Not anymore. 329 00:13:29,490 --> 00:13:30,900 Did anybody else see them leave? 330 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,030 Yeah. Uh, check with Dom. 331 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:34,870 He's like the Pope of 21st Street. 332 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:38,570 Yeah, these two brothers rolled up in this champagne-colored Lexus. 333 00:13:39,170 --> 00:13:40,880 Gave me a C-note to watch it. 334 00:13:41,370 --> 00:13:43,440 Kind of sticks on a player's mind, know what I mean? 335 00:13:43,510 --> 00:13:44,810 You catch their names? 336 00:13:45,110 --> 00:13:47,050 One of the cats I seen around before. 337 00:13:47,380 --> 00:13:48,750 Uh, Henry. 338 00:13:48,810 --> 00:13:50,090 Other dude had a scar on his face. 339 00:13:50,150 --> 00:13:51,350 I never saw him before. 340 00:13:51,410 --> 00:13:53,330 This Henry have a last name? 341 00:13:53,380 --> 00:13:54,890 I'm sure he does, 342 00:13:54,950 --> 00:13:57,400 but we're not exactly on a last name basis around here. 343 00:13:57,450 --> 00:13:59,430 Champagne Lexus. You mean the SUV? 344 00:13:59,490 --> 00:14:01,730 Oh, word to the mother, man. The whole package, 345 00:14:01,790 --> 00:14:03,570 tricked out from top to bottom, baby. 346 00:14:03,630 --> 00:14:05,370 ED: Any idea where he got it from? 347 00:14:05,430 --> 00:14:06,870 Nah. I didn't ask. 348 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:09,200 It's not exactly in a player's budget. 349 00:14:09,270 --> 00:14:11,680 But he was all up in my grill about watching it for him. 350 00:14:11,730 --> 00:14:14,840 I think he said he had just picked it up somewhere in midtown. 351 00:14:14,900 --> 00:14:16,910 So you say the two men went in together, 352 00:14:16,970 --> 00:14:19,210 and a few minutes later, they came out with the girl? 353 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,690 Yeah. When they came out, the dude with the scar, 354 00:14:21,740 --> 00:14:22,750 went off with the pregnant lady. 355 00:14:22,810 --> 00:14:25,290 They all came out of the club together, then they split up? 356 00:14:25,350 --> 00:14:27,120 They might've been going to the same spot. 357 00:14:27,180 --> 00:14:29,060 'Cause see, what happened was the dude came out, 358 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,220 then he said something to Henry about following him. 359 00:14:31,290 --> 00:14:32,630 Any idea where they were going? 360 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:34,030 You got me there, baby. 361 00:14:34,090 --> 00:14:36,400 Hey, man, thank you. You got it. Take care. 362 00:14:36,460 --> 00:14:37,940 All right. Take care of yourself, huh? 363 00:14:37,990 --> 00:14:39,060 You, too. 364 00:14:39,130 --> 00:14:42,340 I think there's only one Lexus dealership in Midtown. 365 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,540 We need to know how many you've sold in the past month. 366 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,710 Champagne only. 367 00:14:47,770 --> 00:14:51,270 Oh, that's, uh, 18 units since New Year's. 368 00:14:51,340 --> 00:14:52,580 All with the full option package? 369 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:53,640 Well, let's see. 370 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:55,520 (CHATTERING ON PA) 371 00:14:57,950 --> 00:14:59,220 That narrows it down to 10. 372 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,090 How about five-star chrome rims? 373 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:03,190 Booming system? Leather interior? Our premium package? 374 00:15:03,250 --> 00:15:04,360 Yeah. 375 00:15:04,820 --> 00:15:05,960 Now we're at four. 376 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,430 You got a list? 377 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:09,960 Printing. 378 00:15:10,630 --> 00:15:12,000 Either of you gentlemen in the market? 379 00:15:13,530 --> 00:15:15,070 It's about a year's pay. 380 00:15:17,230 --> 00:15:18,340 Here. 381 00:15:21,900 --> 00:15:23,750 Anybody you recognize? 382 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:29,720 BOY 1: Ricky, Ricky, can you sign this? 383 00:15:29,780 --> 00:15:31,090 Hey, Chris, could you sign my ball? 384 00:15:31,150 --> 00:15:32,350 Yeah, sure, man. What's up? 385 00:15:32,420 --> 00:15:33,760 Chris, come on, Chris. 386 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,730 Uh, I'll see you guys, I'll see you. Sorry about that. 387 00:15:36,790 --> 00:15:37,790 See you, kids. 388 00:15:37,850 --> 00:15:38,890 Mr. Cody... 389 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:40,300 Uh, that's just for the kids, fellas. 390 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,100 Detectives Green and Briscoe. 391 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:43,760 We're just here to ask you a couple of questions. 392 00:15:43,830 --> 00:15:44,960 Questions? About what? 393 00:15:45,030 --> 00:15:46,510 About a champagne Lexus? 394 00:15:47,430 --> 00:15:49,210 My Lexus? I just bought it. 395 00:15:49,630 --> 00:15:50,940 What happened to my ride? 396 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,840 Your ride may have been involved in an incident Saturday night. 397 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,110 An incident? What, like an accident? 398 00:15:56,170 --> 00:15:57,980 ED: You give somebody named Henry the keys to it? 399 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,320 Henry Williams. 400 00:15:59,380 --> 00:16:01,380 Henry was seen driving your Lexus. 401 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:02,890 I let him drive my car sometimes. 402 00:16:02,950 --> 00:16:04,860 But I still don't understand what this is about. 403 00:16:04,910 --> 00:16:06,190 A woman was shot. 404 00:16:06,250 --> 00:16:07,590 Killed with a .45. 405 00:16:08,380 --> 00:16:10,190 Whoa, whoa. Slow down there. 406 00:16:10,650 --> 00:16:12,330 You say Henry shot some lady? 407 00:16:12,590 --> 00:16:13,730 ED: Her name is Dena Meredith. 408 00:16:13,790 --> 00:16:15,170 BRISCOE: She was pregnant. 409 00:16:15,830 --> 00:16:18,400 There's no way Henry shot her. How do you know that? 410 00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:20,200 Because I know Henry. 411 00:16:20,430 --> 00:16:21,570 Don't take this the wrong way, 412 00:16:21,630 --> 00:16:24,080 but where were you Saturday night around 8:00? 413 00:16:24,130 --> 00:16:26,770 I was at the Excelsior. I had a party for some friends. 414 00:16:27,140 --> 00:16:28,510 Left around midnight. 415 00:16:28,570 --> 00:16:30,610 That's kind of late. Didn't you have a game on Sunday afternoon? 416 00:16:30,670 --> 00:16:32,980 I don't need much sleep to sit on the bench. 417 00:16:33,180 --> 00:16:34,920 I've been having some problems with my foot. 418 00:16:35,910 --> 00:16:37,860 So, uh, where do we find Henry? 419 00:16:38,980 --> 00:16:40,090 Bed-Stuy. 420 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:43,790 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 421 00:16:47,420 --> 00:16:48,870 ls Henry Williams here? 422 00:16:50,730 --> 00:16:52,930 Talented girl. You could do worse. 423 00:16:55,970 --> 00:16:57,540 Yeah, Chris called me. 424 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,840 Said y'all was busting about some girl getting killed. 425 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:01,310 I don't know a damn thing about it. 426 00:17:01,370 --> 00:17:02,640 That's not what we heard, Henry. 427 00:17:02,710 --> 00:17:03,710 Well, you heard wrong. 428 00:17:04,110 --> 00:17:06,090 Oh, so you weren't at Lot 61 on Saturday night? 429 00:17:06,140 --> 00:17:07,420 Me and a hundred other people. 430 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,190 The other 100 didn't drive away with Dena Meredith. 431 00:17:10,250 --> 00:17:11,320 Neither did I. 432 00:17:11,380 --> 00:17:12,860 Man, I don't even know who you're talking about. 433 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,390 You know what, Henry? We believe you. 434 00:17:14,450 --> 00:17:16,660 But you're going to have to convince our lieutenant. 435 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,290 So, come on. You want to go with us now. 436 00:17:18,350 --> 00:17:19,920 If that's what it's gonna take. 437 00:17:23,090 --> 00:17:24,330 I'll follow you. 438 00:17:24,390 --> 00:17:26,170 No, not this trip, Henry. 439 00:17:26,230 --> 00:17:28,970 Yeah, Detective Green, badge number 3472. 440 00:17:29,030 --> 00:17:30,840 We need a vehicle impounded. 441 00:17:32,270 --> 00:17:34,510 ED: Narcotics. Six arrests, two convictions. 442 00:17:34,570 --> 00:17:36,610 That's just business, man. Ain't got nothing to do with no murder. 443 00:17:36,670 --> 00:17:38,740 Yeah, but getting in a car with a woman who ends up dead 444 00:17:38,810 --> 00:17:40,010 has plenty to do with it. 445 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,420 Look, man, I told you, I drove off from Lot 61 by myself. 446 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,150 Your witness is mistaken, all right? 447 00:17:45,210 --> 00:17:46,250 You can't hold me on that. 448 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:47,760 BRISCOE: Yeah? What about this? 449 00:17:47,820 --> 00:17:50,300 Your license was suspended two months ago. 450 00:17:50,350 --> 00:17:51,420 What's that got to do with anything? 451 00:17:51,490 --> 00:17:54,830 Driving without a license is a parole violation. 452 00:17:55,090 --> 00:17:56,400 Sit down, Henry. 453 00:17:56,460 --> 00:17:57,460 You ain't going nowhere. 454 00:17:57,530 --> 00:17:58,670 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 455 00:17:59,430 --> 00:18:02,200 SUV's clean, but the Lieutenant thought you should see this. 456 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:06,110 What's that, man? My report card or something? 457 00:18:06,170 --> 00:18:07,880 ED: It's the loan agreement for the Lexus. 458 00:18:07,940 --> 00:18:09,280 What's that got to do with me? 459 00:18:09,340 --> 00:18:10,840 It's from the People's Bank of Harlem 460 00:18:10,910 --> 00:18:13,980 BRISCOE: Dena Meredith was the loan officer. 461 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,610 But I guess you already knew that. 462 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:16,880 I want a lawyer. 463 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,530 You're saying this might be work related? 464 00:18:22,590 --> 00:18:23,930 JACK: We don't know that yet. 465 00:18:23,990 --> 00:18:26,760 What we do know is that there's a connection between the car loan 466 00:18:26,820 --> 00:18:28,460 that Dena made to Chris Cody 467 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,700 and a drug dealer named Henry Williams. 468 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,170 Whatever Dena may have done, whatever she was involved with, 469 00:18:35,300 --> 00:18:37,710 she certainly got more than she deserved. 470 00:18:39,570 --> 00:18:41,950 What does he mean, "What she was involved with"? 471 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,450 What's he talking about? 472 00:18:44,310 --> 00:18:45,980 I tried to tell her to be careful, 473 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,550 that these people were out of her league, but she wouldn't listen. 474 00:18:48,610 --> 00:18:49,750 What people? 475 00:18:50,750 --> 00:18:52,020 Chris Cody. 476 00:18:52,550 --> 00:18:53,960 What about Chris Cody? 477 00:18:54,580 --> 00:18:57,360 Dena was writing loans for him. Him and his friend. 478 00:18:57,590 --> 00:18:58,830 Henry Williams? 479 00:18:58,890 --> 00:19:01,840 She told me she was setting up businesses for Cody. 480 00:19:01,890 --> 00:19:04,390 That he was putting money back into the community. 481 00:19:04,460 --> 00:19:05,840 It was drug money. 482 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:09,940 She started at that bank right out of high school. 483 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,570 This guy was famous. 484 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:13,910 She got dragged into the whole trip. 485 00:19:13,970 --> 00:19:17,980 You know, parties, clothes, even the drugs. 486 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:19,450 Dena never did any damn drugs. 487 00:19:19,510 --> 00:19:21,450 Miles, she was my best friend. 488 00:19:22,450 --> 00:19:24,620 Why didn't you come forward before? 489 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,520 Because I thought what everyone thought. 490 00:19:26,580 --> 00:19:28,720 That this was just a freak thing. 491 00:19:28,990 --> 00:19:31,020 You know, a carjacking or something. 492 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,030 He was famous, Miles. 493 00:19:38,030 --> 00:19:41,010 According to Cheryl Treadwell, Dena Meredith processed a number of loans for Cody. 494 00:19:41,060 --> 00:19:44,480 But almost all the money ended up, one way or another, 495 00:19:44,530 --> 00:19:45,940 in the hands of Henry Williams. 496 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,240 To finance what? 497 00:19:47,300 --> 00:19:48,810 A variety of start-up businesses, 498 00:19:48,870 --> 00:19:50,710 basically cashing in on Cody's name. 499 00:19:50,770 --> 00:19:52,010 Any of them legit? 500 00:19:52,070 --> 00:19:55,150 Williams has a long sheet for narcotics convictions. 501 00:19:55,210 --> 00:19:57,090 I'd say legit's a stretch. 502 00:19:57,150 --> 00:19:59,520 What about the boyfriend? The bank's manager? 503 00:19:59,580 --> 00:20:01,190 He relied on her judgment. 504 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,460 Well, let's suppose Williams used the money to finance drugs. 505 00:20:06,690 --> 00:20:09,030 The question is, did Chris Cody know about it? 506 00:20:11,060 --> 00:20:12,270 The loans Chris made were simply the case 507 00:20:12,330 --> 00:20:15,400 of one friend lending a helping hand to another. 508 00:20:15,870 --> 00:20:19,340 You're telling me your client was unaware of the background of Henry Williams? 509 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:20,900 They're friends. Boyhood friends. 510 00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:22,570 Chris wanted to get him started. 511 00:20:22,910 --> 00:20:24,280 If it hadn't been for basketball, 512 00:20:24,340 --> 00:20:25,980 I might've been just like Henry. 513 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,610 There are a lot of people who don't play basketball 514 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,420 who don't wind up selling drugs, Mr. Cody. 515 00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:33,480 Well, I think the point here is that my client hasn't done any wrong. 516 00:20:34,020 --> 00:20:36,290 Then why lie to the police about knowing Dena Meredith? 517 00:20:37,250 --> 00:20:38,360 That was my fault. 518 00:20:38,420 --> 00:20:40,030 I told Chris that he should tell them 519 00:20:40,090 --> 00:20:42,800 he had no knowledge of Ms. Meredith's death. 520 00:20:42,860 --> 00:20:44,500 That was a miscommunication. 521 00:20:44,990 --> 00:20:47,100 And for that I take full responsibility. 522 00:20:48,630 --> 00:20:50,270 Then you did know Ms. Meredith? 523 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:52,950 I met her at the bank, arranging a loan for Henry. 524 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,710 Chris and his business managers did a number 525 00:20:54,770 --> 00:20:57,380 of substantial transactions through Ms. Meredith. 526 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,650 And what was all this money for? 527 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,620 CHRIS: Honestly, I didn't pay much attention. 528 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,680 I mean, Henry would pitch some ideas, 529 00:21:04,750 --> 00:21:06,060 I'd run 'em by my managers. 530 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:08,530 If they were good, I gave him the money. 531 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,460 I was just trying to put something back in the community. 532 00:21:15,090 --> 00:21:16,500 Just so we're clear, 533 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,340 so there aren't any more miscommunications, 534 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,030 you're saying you have no knowledge 535 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:23,540 why Henry Williams might have killed Dena Meredith? 536 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,840 I'm saying I don't think Henry did it. 537 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,320 Over the last two years, Cody gave Williams over $300,000. 538 00:21:31,370 --> 00:21:34,150 All that money went through Dena Meredith as business loans, 539 00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:36,210 which Cody's accountants then wrote off. 540 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,320 So, he has the taxpayers footing half the bill. 541 00:21:38,380 --> 00:21:39,720 It gets better. 542 00:21:39,780 --> 00:21:40,850 When the bank came to Cody 543 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,330 to make good on some of the loans, 544 00:21:42,390 --> 00:21:44,020 he claimed financial hardship. 545 00:21:44,090 --> 00:21:45,500 With his contract? 546 00:21:45,550 --> 00:21:48,090 It's in its last year, and negotiations for a new one 547 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:49,360 haven't been going well. 548 00:21:49,430 --> 00:21:50,630 Stress fracture. 549 00:21:50,690 --> 00:21:51,830 According to his medical records, 550 00:21:51,890 --> 00:21:53,600 the doctor put a pin in his right foot. 551 00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:56,580 But there's also something else on the record. 552 00:21:57,430 --> 00:21:59,310 He was in a drug program. 553 00:21:59,370 --> 00:22:01,680 He rehabbed while he was out with the foot injury. 554 00:22:01,740 --> 00:22:04,150 That's how he and the team kept if from the league. 555 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,520 Drug use by a star player isn't exactly the type of PR the team's looking for. 556 00:22:13,580 --> 00:22:14,720 So you didn't report it? 557 00:22:14,780 --> 00:22:17,590 Well, we have to work closely with the Player's Association, 558 00:22:17,650 --> 00:22:21,360 and the rules allowing us to demand a drug test are very specific. 559 00:22:21,420 --> 00:22:25,070 Without absolute proof, the union won't let us near their people. 560 00:22:25,130 --> 00:22:27,230 So why did Cody agree to a drug program 561 00:22:27,300 --> 00:22:28,640 if you couldn't prove he was using? 562 00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:31,270 Well, A, if he didn't participate, we would have gone to the league. 563 00:22:31,330 --> 00:22:34,040 And B, we showed him reports about the people he was hanging out with. 564 00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:37,450 People we considered to be less than, uh, savory characters. 565 00:22:37,510 --> 00:22:38,750 Henry Williams. 566 00:22:39,010 --> 00:22:42,250 After his foot surgery, the GM told him that if he didn't rehab, 567 00:22:42,310 --> 00:22:44,950 he'd be a salary cap casualty next season. 568 00:22:45,010 --> 00:22:48,720 These people were throwing, uh, late night parties, providing hookers. 569 00:22:48,780 --> 00:22:51,230 Then we got word about a banger named Marcus Cole. 570 00:22:51,550 --> 00:22:54,560 When he showed up, we really got scared. 571 00:22:54,620 --> 00:22:55,690 Scared of what? 572 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:56,960 That's his sheet. 573 00:22:58,330 --> 00:23:00,970 Twelve years for homicide. Six for drug possession. 574 00:23:01,030 --> 00:23:02,300 Currently on parole. 575 00:23:03,030 --> 00:23:05,310 Certainly be my first choice for an invite to a party. 576 00:23:05,370 --> 00:23:06,780 Maybe not enough for a conviction, 577 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,750 but certainly enough for a conversation. 578 00:23:15,010 --> 00:23:16,280 (BASKETBALL GAME PLAYING ON TV) 579 00:23:17,010 --> 00:23:18,890 He's in the living room. 580 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:27,530 What you watching, Marcus? 581 00:23:31,230 --> 00:23:33,670 Don't get up on our account. Come on. 582 00:23:34,430 --> 00:23:35,910 Hey, what's all this about, huh? 583 00:23:35,970 --> 00:23:37,840 We're from the Neilsen ratings. 584 00:23:39,700 --> 00:23:40,810 Look, man, I don't know nothing about nothing. 585 00:23:40,870 --> 00:23:44,980 See, we already know that. 'Cause if you did know anything about anything, 586 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:49,250 you'd know not to keep a semi-automatic .45 caliber pistol 587 00:23:49,310 --> 00:23:51,420 in a shoe box under your bed. 588 00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:54,990 My office is running the gun through ballistics as we speak. 589 00:23:55,250 --> 00:23:56,590 Now, this is just a wild guess, 590 00:23:56,650 --> 00:23:58,790 but we think that's the gun that was used to murder Dena Meredith. 591 00:24:00,190 --> 00:24:02,600 Now, see, y'all ain't got no probable cause 592 00:24:02,660 --> 00:24:04,330 to be searching my stuff like that. 593 00:24:05,030 --> 00:24:06,940 That's poison from the fruit tree. 594 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:11,180 Remember Sing Sing, Mr. Cole? 595 00:24:11,770 --> 00:24:13,840 Specifically the day you got out? 596 00:24:15,070 --> 00:24:17,180 That's your signature on a release form 597 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,690 consenting to searches of your person and your residence 598 00:24:20,740 --> 00:24:23,050 at the request of your parole officer. 599 00:24:23,550 --> 00:24:25,490 And guess who me and my partner 600 00:24:25,550 --> 00:24:27,490 spoke to before we dropped by. 601 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:32,030 Game's over, Mr. Cole. And once that ballistic report comes in, 602 00:24:32,090 --> 00:24:33,930 I don't need you anymore. 603 00:24:34,260 --> 00:24:35,740 It's as simple as that. 604 00:24:39,030 --> 00:24:40,270 (SIGHS) 605 00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:42,940 So what you gonna do for me, huh? 606 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,840 I mean, it's four letters no matter how you look at it. 607 00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:47,640 There's a difference between life 608 00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:50,740 and life with no possibility of parole. 609 00:24:50,810 --> 00:24:52,440 In another 25 years, don't you at least 610 00:24:52,510 --> 00:24:53,890 want the chance to sign a piece of paper like that? 611 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:01,190 Twenty. 612 00:25:01,250 --> 00:25:03,420 It depends on how good the information is. 613 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,030 Oh, it's good. It's real good. 614 00:25:08,020 --> 00:25:11,030 According to Cole, the murder was orchestrated by Chris Cody. 615 00:25:11,090 --> 00:25:12,660 Why, in God's name? 616 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,400 Claims not to know. What he will say is, 617 00:25:15,460 --> 00:25:17,340 that he was approached by Henry Williams 618 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,940 and paid $18,000 on Cody's behalf. 619 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:21,880 Do we have any corroboration? 620 00:25:21,940 --> 00:25:24,940 There was an $18,000 withdrawal from one of Cody's bank accounts 621 00:25:25,010 --> 00:25:26,540 two days before the murder. 622 00:25:27,180 --> 00:25:28,380 Let's bring him in. 623 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,290 I've already telephoned his lawyer 624 00:25:30,350 --> 00:25:33,260 and the team's general counsel to arrange a surrender. 625 00:25:33,350 --> 00:25:34,350 Good. 626 00:25:34,420 --> 00:25:36,760 I'd like him processed with as little fanfare as possible. 627 00:25:36,820 --> 00:25:37,920 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 628 00:25:37,990 --> 00:25:40,020 I just spoke to the team's practice facility. 629 00:25:40,090 --> 00:25:41,590 Cody didn't show up this morning. 630 00:25:41,660 --> 00:25:43,360 Briscoe and Green are checking his apartment. 631 00:25:43,430 --> 00:25:44,870 LEWIN: Notify the airlines. 632 00:25:44,930 --> 00:25:46,240 They're already on it. 633 00:25:47,530 --> 00:25:48,530 (SIGHS) 634 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:50,940 So much for lack of fanfare. 635 00:25:52,270 --> 00:25:55,340 The morning doorman at his building saw him leave around 6:30. 636 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:56,510 The police checked with the garage 637 00:25:56,570 --> 00:25:57,850 where Cody keeps his cars. 638 00:25:57,910 --> 00:26:00,280 He ordered his Jaguar around the same time. 639 00:26:00,340 --> 00:26:02,320 The attendant saw him get in and drive away. 640 00:26:02,380 --> 00:26:04,260 They put out his plates, make and model. 641 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,990 I'm asking for your cooperation, Mr. Garnett. 642 00:26:08,050 --> 00:26:13,160 I can't vouch for his safety if he doesn't peaceably surrender to authorities. 643 00:26:13,220 --> 00:26:15,220 I told you, I spoke with him last night. 644 00:26:15,290 --> 00:26:18,600 Now, obviously, I can't divulge the substance of our discussions, 645 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:20,230 but he seemed fine. 646 00:26:20,430 --> 00:26:21,870 And you have no idea where he'd go? 647 00:26:21,930 --> 00:26:22,930 None. 648 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,640 I'm telling you that as an officer of the court. 649 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:26,150 I have... Yes, I'm here. 650 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:27,870 Mmm-hmm. 651 00:26:28,670 --> 00:26:30,340 Mmm, okay. All right, thanks. 652 00:26:30,670 --> 00:26:31,780 He's at his mother's house. 653 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,480 Well, uh, at least I think so. 654 00:26:33,540 --> 00:26:37,010 He picked up a girlfriend, a Charlene Bettie, 655 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,920 at her home in Brooklyn around 7:30 this morning. 656 00:26:39,980 --> 00:26:41,190 Where's his mother live? 657 00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:42,590 Riverdale. 658 00:26:43,420 --> 00:26:45,870 Is he still inside? Yeah. Two of my men knocked on the door. 659 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,200 Saw an upstairs window curtain move, then nothing. 660 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,230 Couple of minutes later, we heard woman scream. 661 00:26:50,290 --> 00:26:52,800 We were about to go in, when she came out. 662 00:26:53,230 --> 00:26:54,670 Charlene? Yeah. 663 00:26:54,730 --> 00:26:55,830 What happened? 664 00:26:55,900 --> 00:26:58,170 (SOBBING) He's just... He's freaking out. 665 00:26:58,230 --> 00:27:00,610 I thought we were going for a ride in the country or something. 666 00:27:00,670 --> 00:27:02,050 But then he drove here. 667 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,780 The cops showed up, and he... ED: It's okay. 668 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,380 Do you know where he is in the house? 669 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,440 In the upstairs bedroom, I think. 670 00:27:08,510 --> 00:27:09,890 Or at least he was... 671 00:27:09,950 --> 00:27:11,450 And he's got a gun. 672 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,860 I think he's going to kill himself. I really do. 673 00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:16,930 Thanks. It's gonna be okay. 674 00:27:18,250 --> 00:27:19,660 Has anybody tried to contact him? 675 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,530 Yeah, I tried to call him. He didn't pick up. 676 00:27:21,590 --> 00:27:23,160 Neighbor says his mother's down south. 677 00:27:23,230 --> 00:27:25,140 All right, look, we don't want to step on anybody's toes here, 678 00:27:25,190 --> 00:27:27,730 but we know this guy. You mind if we try to start a conversation? 679 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,500 Hey, if you're volunteering, I'm all for happy endings. 680 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:32,140 Now, come on, I'll take you inside. 681 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:45,250 ED: Chris? 682 00:27:45,610 --> 00:27:46,620 Chris? 683 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,000 It's Detectives Green and Briscoe. You remember us? 684 00:27:50,190 --> 00:27:51,930 CHRIS: Don't come up here. 685 00:27:51,990 --> 00:27:53,430 You all right, Chris? 686 00:27:56,090 --> 00:27:57,800 Hey, Chris, we're coming up to talk, all right? 687 00:27:57,860 --> 00:27:58,960 CHRIS: I said don't! 688 00:27:59,030 --> 00:28:00,870 Just to talk, that's all. 689 00:28:04,370 --> 00:28:05,640 Chris? 690 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,180 Chris... 691 00:28:10,310 --> 00:28:11,550 You okay? 692 00:28:11,710 --> 00:28:12,910 (SOBBING) Stay away from me. 693 00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:14,080 Easy, easy. 694 00:28:16,850 --> 00:28:18,620 I never meant for any of it to happen. 695 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:19,890 We know you didn't. 696 00:28:19,950 --> 00:28:22,490 Just put the gun down, Chris, and nobody'll get hurt. 697 00:28:22,550 --> 00:28:24,290 Has anybody talked to Henry? 698 00:28:24,350 --> 00:28:25,590 'Cause he can set this straight. 699 00:28:25,650 --> 00:28:27,330 We can do that, man. We can talk to Henry. 700 00:28:27,390 --> 00:28:29,530 But first, we gotta take care of this. 701 00:28:29,590 --> 00:28:30,970 Look, you don't understand, man. 702 00:28:31,030 --> 00:28:33,010 I gotta set this straight! I gotta! 703 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:38,180 I tried... 704 00:28:38,370 --> 00:28:39,970 I tried to tell her. 705 00:28:43,070 --> 00:28:45,240 Don't! Don't! Don't do that, Chris. 706 00:28:45,310 --> 00:28:47,690 You got a lot of people cheering for you every night. 707 00:28:47,740 --> 00:28:48,880 You got a lot of fans out there. 708 00:28:48,940 --> 00:28:50,120 You don't want to go out like this. 709 00:28:50,180 --> 00:28:53,630 Think about the kids, Chris. The ones who wear your number. 710 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:08,670 (SIGHING) 711 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,810 All right. I'm sorry, man. 712 00:29:18,540 --> 00:29:20,610 My client wants to set the record straight. 713 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,880 He had a chance once before. He knows that. 714 00:29:22,950 --> 00:29:24,450 I won't promise anything. 715 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:28,490 Have you talked to Henry? 716 00:29:28,550 --> 00:29:30,190 JACK: He's being produced for arraignment. 717 00:29:30,250 --> 00:29:32,060 He hasn't been interviewed yet. 718 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,660 Look, this is hard, man. Henry and me... 719 00:29:39,090 --> 00:29:40,770 He owed some people money. 720 00:29:40,830 --> 00:29:42,000 Money for what? 721 00:29:42,060 --> 00:29:43,240 Drugs. 722 00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:44,970 Now, I don't know their names, 723 00:29:45,030 --> 00:29:46,910 but they fronted him for some coke. 724 00:29:46,970 --> 00:29:49,350 And I was supposed to give him the money, only I couldn't. 725 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,480 Dena said the bank wouldn't give me any more loans. 726 00:29:51,540 --> 00:29:53,080 What about your cars? Your co-op? 727 00:29:53,140 --> 00:29:54,210 Look, it's all borrowed. 728 00:29:55,110 --> 00:29:56,710 Borrowed time, my mom said. 729 00:29:58,150 --> 00:30:00,460 Look, anyway, Henry didn't believe me. 730 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,430 He thought I was trying to back out on the deal. 731 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,530 So he said he would make Dena give him the loan. 732 00:30:05,750 --> 00:30:09,330 Marcus Cole says it was you who wanted Dena Meredith killed. 733 00:30:09,390 --> 00:30:11,030 I had no reason to kill Dena. 734 00:30:11,090 --> 00:30:14,300 Unless it was to silence her about the drug money. 735 00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:16,900 $18,000 was withdrawn from your account 736 00:30:16,970 --> 00:30:18,310 two days before her murder. 737 00:30:18,370 --> 00:30:21,540 Henry said the dealers would wait for the rest of their money 738 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,450 if he could give them the 18 grand, 739 00:30:23,510 --> 00:30:24,920 so that's what I did. 740 00:30:24,970 --> 00:30:26,350 But that's all I did. 741 00:30:28,310 --> 00:30:30,450 You believe him? Who knows? 742 00:30:31,810 --> 00:30:33,690 The drug dealers have no names, 743 00:30:33,750 --> 00:30:35,990 and Dena Meredith certainly isn't around 744 00:30:36,050 --> 00:30:37,860 to help us figure it all out. 745 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,420 Briscoe and Green talked to Williams. 746 00:30:39,490 --> 00:30:40,990 He had nothing to say. 747 00:30:41,190 --> 00:30:43,860 That was before his best friend sold him down the river. 748 00:30:45,090 --> 00:30:47,130 I already told you, I ain't got nothing to say. 749 00:30:47,530 --> 00:30:48,530 That's too bad, 750 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,370 because Marcus Cole and Chris Cody have a lot to say. 751 00:30:52,170 --> 00:30:55,270 Cody claims that you killed Dena Meredith over some drug money. 752 00:30:55,340 --> 00:30:57,610 I assume this is all off the record? 753 00:30:57,910 --> 00:30:59,320 Chris is my brother. 754 00:30:59,370 --> 00:31:01,010 JACK: He rolled on you, Mr. Williams. 755 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,280 He said he refused to give you money 756 00:31:03,350 --> 00:31:04,980 you needed to pay off a drug buy. 757 00:31:05,850 --> 00:31:06,850 That's a lie. 758 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,590 We also have a witness that puts you with Cole and Dena 759 00:31:09,650 --> 00:31:11,220 just hours before her death. 760 00:31:13,190 --> 00:31:14,600 Are you being straight with me? 761 00:31:14,660 --> 00:31:17,330 Chris told you that this was about me and some drugs? 762 00:31:17,390 --> 00:31:19,130 He's letting you take the fall. 763 00:31:19,190 --> 00:31:22,200 He's counting on a jury not believing a word you say. 764 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,440 Chris wouldn't do that. 765 00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:25,670 He already has. 766 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,180 Damn. Chris, he's got no kind of character, man. 767 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:36,420 All he could ever do was play ball. 768 00:31:43,490 --> 00:31:44,900 If I, um... 769 00:31:45,150 --> 00:31:46,890 If I tell you the truth, what happens? 770 00:31:47,460 --> 00:31:49,230 Twenty-to-life, same as Cole. 771 00:31:49,490 --> 00:31:51,560 And Chris, he... He gonna be up in there with me? 772 00:31:51,630 --> 00:31:54,040 You'll be waving goodbye to him when you get out. 773 00:31:57,900 --> 00:32:00,180 This ain't got nothing to do with no drugs. 774 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,710 Chris is the father of that girl's baby. 775 00:32:06,710 --> 00:32:10,120 According to Williams, Cody didn't want to pay child support. 776 00:32:10,180 --> 00:32:12,180 Professional athlete making millions. 777 00:32:12,380 --> 00:32:14,660 In his mind, murder was a viable option. 778 00:32:15,020 --> 00:32:17,550 It's all part of the Chris Cody entitlement program. 779 00:32:17,620 --> 00:32:19,570 He's gotten by on talent his whole life. 780 00:32:19,620 --> 00:32:21,900 As long as he performed on the court, 781 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,670 he always had people ready to clean up his mess. 782 00:32:24,730 --> 00:32:26,470 Now, I don't think the responsibility for this 783 00:32:26,530 --> 00:32:28,130 rests entirely on his shoulders. 784 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,200 I think that's exactly where it belongs. 785 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,110 You know, the fact is, a ghetto kid turned pro sells tickets. 786 00:32:36,170 --> 00:32:39,880 The thug life image, that's what gets him on ESPN, 787 00:32:40,580 --> 00:32:42,180 that's what gets him his endorsements. 788 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:43,350 So... 789 00:32:43,450 --> 00:32:45,430 So we encourage it as a society, 790 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,620 and then clobber him when it spills off the court. 791 00:32:47,950 --> 00:32:50,690 A big part of sports is entertainment. 792 00:32:50,750 --> 00:32:54,960 An athlete forgets his image is just that, an image. 793 00:32:55,020 --> 00:32:56,370 The fault's his, not society's. 794 00:32:58,330 --> 00:32:59,670 What about these loans? 795 00:32:59,730 --> 00:33:02,230 Obviously for drugs. Had nothing to do with the murder. 796 00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:03,800 You can prove the baby's his? 797 00:33:03,870 --> 00:33:06,040 JACK: Miles Hawthorne has agreed to cooperate. 798 00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:09,210 We'll confirm paternity with a DNA test as soon as he comes in. 799 00:33:13,740 --> 00:33:14,810 Chris Cody hired me to kill her. 800 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:15,950 Why? 801 00:33:16,180 --> 00:33:18,090 Chris said she was pregnant with his baby. 802 00:33:18,150 --> 00:33:20,180 See, she called Chris up the day before, 803 00:33:20,250 --> 00:33:22,290 said she needed to talk to him about the kid. 804 00:33:22,350 --> 00:33:23,350 I guess to make arrangements, 805 00:33:23,420 --> 00:33:25,400 being that the due date was near and all. 806 00:33:25,450 --> 00:33:27,230 That's why he wanted me to kill her that night. 807 00:33:27,820 --> 00:33:28,960 He said she was gonna run back 808 00:33:29,020 --> 00:33:31,230 and tell her family about the baby and what not, 809 00:33:31,290 --> 00:33:32,470 and by then it'd be too late. 810 00:33:32,690 --> 00:33:34,040 JACK: Too late for what? 811 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:35,840 He'd have to pay. 812 00:33:36,130 --> 00:33:38,480 I mean, he already had that one kid down in Florida. 813 00:33:38,830 --> 00:33:40,470 Said he wasn't gonna pay for two. 814 00:33:41,370 --> 00:33:43,010 And you agreed to kill her? 815 00:33:43,140 --> 00:33:45,680 At first, you know, I just kind of laughed. 816 00:33:45,870 --> 00:33:47,950 'Cause it's like, I know Chris. 817 00:33:48,110 --> 00:33:49,450 Known him since we was little kids. 818 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,020 Chris has never really been the type to be down 819 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:53,460 for no real gangster stuff. 820 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:55,950 I mean, he could play the part and all of that, 821 00:33:56,020 --> 00:33:58,520 but deep down inside, I didn't think he had it in him. 822 00:34:00,460 --> 00:34:01,630 But he did. 823 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:04,030 He sure did. 824 00:34:06,430 --> 00:34:07,570 Nothing further. 825 00:34:08,630 --> 00:34:10,010 (CLEARING THROAT) 826 00:34:12,670 --> 00:34:15,840 You're a convicted drug dealer facing a murder charge? 827 00:34:16,370 --> 00:34:17,510 That's right. 828 00:34:17,570 --> 00:34:19,420 And you were offered a plea bargain 829 00:34:19,470 --> 00:34:21,750 in order to secure your testimony today? 830 00:34:21,810 --> 00:34:23,020 Twenty-to-life. 831 00:34:23,310 --> 00:34:25,920 You must've had something pretty important they wanted, huh, Henry? 832 00:34:25,980 --> 00:34:27,890 Say, like a pro basketball player. 833 00:34:28,380 --> 00:34:29,450 Objection. 834 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:30,860 Sustained. 835 00:34:31,690 --> 00:34:34,570 That money Chris gave you, that 18,000, 836 00:34:34,620 --> 00:34:37,470 that wasn't the only money he ever gave you, was it? 837 00:34:38,030 --> 00:34:40,300 He'd given you money before to buy drugs. 838 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:41,400 That's right. 839 00:34:41,460 --> 00:34:45,780 Only this time, this last time, he said no, didn't he? 840 00:34:46,540 --> 00:34:48,070 I don't know what you're talking about. 841 00:34:48,140 --> 00:34:50,010 Well, he cut you off, Mr. Williams. 842 00:34:50,310 --> 00:34:51,550 Only you still owed money. 843 00:34:51,610 --> 00:34:54,420 Money for drugs you'd been fronted, isn't that right? 844 00:34:55,610 --> 00:34:58,850 You killed this woman because my client wouldn't give you any more money, 845 00:34:58,910 --> 00:34:59,980 isn't that right? 846 00:35:00,550 --> 00:35:03,530 We killed her because Chris asked me to. 847 00:35:05,350 --> 00:35:06,420 You were the shooter? 848 00:35:06,490 --> 00:35:07,490 Yeah, that's right. 849 00:35:08,020 --> 00:35:09,400 How much were you paid? 850 00:35:09,460 --> 00:35:10,730 Eighteen thousand. 851 00:35:11,730 --> 00:35:13,430 How was the murder committed? 852 00:35:14,130 --> 00:35:16,970 Henry set it up for her to come to this bar downtown. 853 00:35:17,030 --> 00:35:19,510 When she got there, she got in her car with me, 854 00:35:19,570 --> 00:35:22,340 we followed Henry to where we told her Chris was gonna be at. 855 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:23,640 Where was that? 856 00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:25,880 This street up in the Heights. 857 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,440 When we got there, I put a gun to her head, 858 00:35:28,510 --> 00:35:29,990 told her to get in the trunk. 859 00:35:30,510 --> 00:35:31,990 Drove to this parking lot, 860 00:35:32,580 --> 00:35:33,920 opened the trunk up, 861 00:35:34,750 --> 00:35:35,820 put a cap in her, 862 00:35:36,690 --> 00:35:38,890 went to where Chris was at and told him it was done. 863 00:35:38,950 --> 00:35:40,370 JACK: Where was Chris Cody? 864 00:35:40,420 --> 00:35:41,770 Party at a hotel. 865 00:35:41,820 --> 00:35:43,700 What was his reaction when he was told? 866 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:45,700 Well, he was cool with it. 867 00:35:52,230 --> 00:35:53,610 (CLEARING THROAT) 868 00:35:53,670 --> 00:35:56,170 Did you ever, uh, talk with Chris Cody 869 00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:58,280 about killing Dena Meredith? 870 00:35:58,340 --> 00:35:59,610 I can't remember. 871 00:35:59,670 --> 00:36:03,820 Well, isn't it true that you never personally spoke with Chris Cody? 872 00:36:03,980 --> 00:36:07,860 That all your information concerning this murder came from Henry Williams? 873 00:36:08,380 --> 00:36:09,660 The 18 grand came from Chris. 874 00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:11,790 But it was Henry who gave it to you. 875 00:36:11,850 --> 00:36:13,230 Henry's his boy. 876 00:36:13,290 --> 00:36:15,330 All right, now when you said before that 877 00:36:15,390 --> 00:36:18,930 Chris was, uh, "Cool with it," with the murder... 878 00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:22,200 Were you present when he said that? 879 00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:24,110 Look, we was all at the party. 880 00:36:24,170 --> 00:36:27,240 Henry came up to me and told me everything was cool. 881 00:36:27,540 --> 00:36:28,610 Oh. 882 00:36:29,540 --> 00:36:30,880 Nothing further. 883 00:36:33,140 --> 00:36:36,710 I first met Dena a couple of years ago, at the bank. 884 00:36:37,510 --> 00:36:39,220 I went in with Henry about a loan. 885 00:36:39,710 --> 00:36:42,460 And eventually you had an intimate relationship. 886 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:43,520 Yes. 887 00:36:43,590 --> 00:36:46,760 Did you know you were the father of her baby, Chris? 888 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,960 At the time? No. I did not. 889 00:36:51,260 --> 00:36:52,930 I mean, of course, I knew she was pregnant, 890 00:36:52,990 --> 00:36:55,030 but she was about to marry another man. 891 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,440 So, no, I had no idea. 892 00:36:59,670 --> 00:37:03,310 Now, what about what Henry Williams told this jury? 893 00:37:03,370 --> 00:37:04,750 CHRIS: Henry and I go way back. 894 00:37:05,540 --> 00:37:09,220 I've always helped him out, which is why this is so hard, 895 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:10,810 what he's trying to do to me. 896 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:14,760 Maybe everyone was right. 897 00:37:15,620 --> 00:37:18,260 Maybe if I hadn't have bailed him out all this time, 898 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,820 maybe if I had made him take responsibility for... 899 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,100 I don't know. 900 00:37:27,430 --> 00:37:30,770 Did you have anything to do with the death of Dena Meredith? 901 00:37:31,230 --> 00:37:33,540 Absolutely not. 902 00:37:39,980 --> 00:37:43,050 You're upset Mr. Williams isn't taking responsibility 903 00:37:43,140 --> 00:37:45,520 for you, isn't that really it? CHRIS: No. 904 00:37:45,580 --> 00:37:48,190 The way people have always taken responsibility for you? 905 00:37:48,250 --> 00:37:50,090 I've taken care of myself. 906 00:37:50,150 --> 00:37:51,260 Have you? 907 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,430 In college, didn't you get your coach to bail you out, 908 00:37:54,490 --> 00:37:57,370 when your grades threatened your basketball eligibility? 909 00:37:57,430 --> 00:37:58,460 That was different. 910 00:37:58,530 --> 00:38:00,470 And when you went into drug rehab, 911 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,310 you had your team cover that up for you, didn't you? 912 00:38:04,370 --> 00:38:07,250 Object to the form of the question. "Cover up"? 913 00:38:07,300 --> 00:38:08,750 Rephrase, Mr. McCoy. 914 00:38:10,510 --> 00:38:12,510 You had your team 915 00:38:13,310 --> 00:38:18,160 keep your drug use out of the public eye, isn't that right? 916 00:38:18,210 --> 00:38:20,320 They didn't want people to know any more than I did. 917 00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:22,890 And that's exactly what you've always counted on, isn't it? 918 00:38:23,220 --> 00:38:26,390 That your athletic ability would make people look the other way. 919 00:38:26,450 --> 00:38:27,730 I don't use people. 920 00:38:27,790 --> 00:38:29,460 Didn't you use Dena Meredith? 921 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,100 Didn't you use her to give you money? 922 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,330 Money that you knew would be used to buy drugs? 923 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,040 She was getting her bonuses. 924 00:38:37,370 --> 00:38:39,280 So using her was okay, then? 925 00:38:42,370 --> 00:38:45,750 Now, if you knew 926 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:47,980 you hadn't done wrong, 927 00:38:48,510 --> 00:38:50,790 why did you lie to two detectives 928 00:38:50,850 --> 00:38:53,520 when you were asked about knowing Dena Meredith? 929 00:38:53,580 --> 00:38:54,860 That was a mistake. 930 00:38:55,180 --> 00:38:57,600 JACK: And what you said when you surrendered at your mother's house, 931 00:38:57,650 --> 00:38:58,760 was that another mistake? 932 00:38:58,820 --> 00:39:00,060 I don't know what you're talking about. 933 00:39:00,620 --> 00:39:03,100 You told Detective Green that you tried to tell her. 934 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,300 Tried to tell her what, Mr. Cody? 935 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,140 That you didn't want this baby, isn't that it? 936 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,170 I tried to warn her. 937 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:12,370 Warn her? 938 00:39:14,670 --> 00:39:15,700 About what? 939 00:39:17,410 --> 00:39:20,780 You've already testified you didn't know what Henry was going to do. 940 00:39:22,810 --> 00:39:24,720 You knew you were the father, 941 00:39:25,310 --> 00:39:29,260 and when she came to you, you did what you've done your whole life. 942 00:39:30,390 --> 00:39:31,690 You took care of yourself. 943 00:39:32,390 --> 00:39:34,990 GARNETT: Objection. Ls there a question here, Your Honor? 944 00:39:38,830 --> 00:39:41,070 Were these people using you, 945 00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:44,610 or were you using them? 946 00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:55,220 Mr. McCoy can paint whatever picture he wants of Chris Cody, 947 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:56,720 but the truth is, 948 00:39:57,210 --> 00:39:58,710 he can't prove any of it. 949 00:39:59,380 --> 00:40:02,360 The only evidence against Chris Cody is the testimony, 950 00:40:02,420 --> 00:40:04,620 the word of two convicted drug dealers. 951 00:40:04,690 --> 00:40:09,000 One who admittedly had dealings with the victim, 952 00:40:09,060 --> 00:40:10,330 and the other, 953 00:40:10,890 --> 00:40:14,530 who never personally spoke with Mr. Cody. 954 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,030 The simple fact is, 955 00:40:17,270 --> 00:40:20,470 Chris Cody never knew he was the father of this child. 956 00:40:20,540 --> 00:40:21,810 And if he never knew, 957 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,750 he had no motive for killing Dena Meredith. 958 00:40:26,470 --> 00:40:29,460 This man rose from nothing 959 00:40:30,380 --> 00:40:34,120 to become a respected person in his community. 960 00:40:34,750 --> 00:40:36,490 A champion for this city. 961 00:40:37,250 --> 00:40:39,630 He spent his own money in his old neighborhood, 962 00:40:39,690 --> 00:40:41,530 never forgotten where he came from, 963 00:40:41,590 --> 00:40:43,730 never forgotten who he was. 964 00:40:44,630 --> 00:40:46,160 Don't you forget him now. 965 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,870 Don't you let these people trade on his celebrity 966 00:40:49,930 --> 00:40:52,940 in order to steal his liberty and his good name. 967 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,280 He pulled himself up out of hell with his own hands. 968 00:40:56,710 --> 00:41:01,450 Don't you dare let them pull him back down with theirs. 969 00:41:08,420 --> 00:41:10,920 "Pulled himself out of hell with his own hands." 970 00:41:12,250 --> 00:41:15,460 More like he stepped on others in his climb to the top. 971 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,570 Listen to his self-serving story, 972 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,900 and ask yourselves if it makes any sense. 973 00:41:24,030 --> 00:41:28,040 He claims he didn't know he was the father of this child. 974 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,110 Says Dena Meredith never told him. 975 00:41:31,340 --> 00:41:33,550 Yet somehow Henry Williams knew. 976 00:41:34,810 --> 00:41:37,850 He claims he had no motive to kill. 977 00:41:37,910 --> 00:41:39,980 But he had the same motive to kill 978 00:41:40,050 --> 00:41:42,460 that he attributes to Henry Williams. 979 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:46,160 Silencing a witness who could implicate him in drug trafficking. 980 00:41:46,220 --> 00:41:49,860 And he had a second motive all his own. 981 00:41:50,090 --> 00:41:53,370 To avoid paying child support. 982 00:41:54,460 --> 00:41:56,770 This is no champion, ladies and gentlemen. 983 00:41:57,230 --> 00:41:59,910 This is no favorite son. 984 00:42:00,770 --> 00:42:03,380 This is a man who got by on his talent, 985 00:42:04,170 --> 00:42:06,520 had others willing to look the other way because of it, 986 00:42:07,110 --> 00:42:11,220 had others willing to do his bidding in order to profit from it. 987 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:18,330 A child taken from its dying mother's womb, 988 00:42:18,390 --> 00:42:21,390 will have to struggle to survive without her. 989 00:42:22,420 --> 00:42:27,530 Dena Meredith's mother will have to make it without her daughter. 990 00:42:29,730 --> 00:42:31,940 It's time to stop cheering for this man, 991 00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:35,200 and for his ability to play ball. 992 00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:40,340 It's time to stop fretting over the opportunities 993 00:42:40,410 --> 00:42:42,790 supposedly lost to him, 994 00:42:44,050 --> 00:42:45,460 and time to start thinking 995 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:47,890 about the opportunities 996 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:50,190 and the lives 997 00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:53,860 stolen by him. 998 00:43:06,770 --> 00:43:09,210 JUDGE: Mr. Foreman, I understand the jury's reached a verdict. 999 00:43:09,270 --> 00:43:10,410 We have. 1000 00:43:12,740 --> 00:43:14,340 On the first count of the indictment, 1001 00:43:14,410 --> 00:43:16,410 charging murder in the first degree, 1002 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,960 we find the defendant, Christopher Cody, 1003 00:43:19,510 --> 00:43:20,650 guilty, 1004 00:43:40,540 --> 00:43:41,780 Life without parole. 1005 00:43:42,940 --> 00:43:45,140 He won't be able to play his way out of that. 1006 00:43:45,510 --> 00:43:47,350 What do we hear about the child? 1007 00:43:47,410 --> 00:43:48,720 Doing fine. 1008 00:43:49,410 --> 00:43:53,120 A man murders the mother of his baby to avoid child support 1009 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,090 and winds up paying for the rest of his life. 1010 00:43:56,750 --> 00:43:58,320 Losing season all the way around.