1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,883 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:01,883 --> 00:00:05,642 sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. 3 00:00:05,642 --> 00:00:06,799 In New York City, 4 00:00:06,799 --> 00:00:10,327 the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members 5 00:00:10,327 --> 00:00:13,401 of an elite squad known as The Special Victims Unit. 6 00:00:13,401 --> 00:00:15,361 These are their stories. 7 00:00:17,124 --> 00:00:19,673 Me and the old lady, we had some real blowouts. 8 00:00:19,673 --> 00:00:22,580 Nothing physical, but I just wish she'd die. 9 00:00:22,580 --> 00:00:24,169 I know the feeling. 10 00:00:24,169 --> 00:00:27,089 Divorce is not an option. I mean, I don't have anything. 11 00:00:27,089 --> 00:00:29,514 But half of nothing still leaves me in a hole. 12 00:00:29,514 --> 00:00:32,577 Can you please shut up? I'm really tired. 13 00:00:32,577 --> 00:00:35,434 Well, I'm tired too. I'm tried of circling around your damn block. 14 00:00:35,434 --> 00:00:36,510 Why don't you just get out? 15 00:00:36,510 --> 00:00:40,686 Why don't you just keep driving and I'll tell you when to stop. 16 00:00:41,602 --> 00:00:42,803 What? 17 00:00:45,869 --> 00:00:47,992 - Katie! - Damn kid! 18 00:00:47,992 --> 00:00:50,121 - Katie! - Get the hell of the street, you moron! 19 00:00:50,121 --> 00:00:51,229 Katie! 20 00:00:51,229 --> 00:00:53,428 Honey... are you okay, sweetie? 21 00:00:53,428 --> 00:00:54,634 This is 911 operator... 22 00:00:54,634 --> 00:00:57,966 Are you hurt? Where's your mother? 23 00:00:58,607 --> 00:01:01,225 Where's your mother? Are you okay? 24 00:01:01,225 --> 00:01:02,742 Somebody help me! 25 00:01:02,742 --> 00:01:04,558 Crank calls are against the law, sir. 26 00:01:04,558 --> 00:01:05,637 Hello? 27 00:01:05,637 --> 00:01:07,496 My daughter is covered in blood. 28 00:01:07,496 --> 00:01:08,808 Does that sound like a prank to you? 29 00:01:08,808 --> 00:01:11,233 Don't hang up. Help's on the way. 30 00:01:11,233 --> 00:01:12,779 Okay, sweetie, stay here. 31 00:01:12,779 --> 00:01:14,878 Just... just stay right there. It's okay, it's all right. 32 00:01:14,878 --> 00:01:17,089 Stay there. Stay there. 33 00:01:19,858 --> 00:01:21,224 Karin? 34 00:01:24,737 --> 00:01:25,885 Dad? 35 00:01:26,458 --> 00:01:28,804 It's okay. 36 00:01:28,804 --> 00:01:30,552 Karin? 37 00:01:45,988 --> 00:01:47,842 Detective, glad you could join us. 38 00:01:47,842 --> 00:01:50,605 I heard the victim got her head bashed in. Force entry? 39 00:01:50,605 --> 00:01:53,466 Doesn't look like it. Don't know yet if anything's missing. 40 00:01:53,466 --> 00:01:55,667 Could be a home invasion. Why call me? 41 00:01:55,667 --> 00:01:58,351 Cause it escalated to rape and attempted murder. 42 00:01:58,659 --> 00:02:00,286 Light, please. 43 00:02:01,664 --> 00:02:03,457 Seminal fluid. 44 00:02:04,725 --> 00:02:06,398 Any questions? 45 00:02:08,394 --> 00:02:09,990 What's the status on Karin Nicholson? 46 00:02:09,990 --> 00:02:12,733 She's still in surgery, it's gonna be a while. 47 00:02:12,733 --> 00:02:15,414 Okay, why don't we bag her clothes and start a rape kit? 48 00:02:15,414 --> 00:02:17,202 What's a rape kit, dad? 49 00:02:18,335 --> 00:02:22,230 Hi! My name's Katie. What's yours? 50 00:02:22,572 --> 00:02:23,831 I'm Elliot. 51 00:02:23,831 --> 00:02:25,981 - Hi, Elliot. - Hi. 52 00:02:26,249 --> 00:02:29,040 You look upset and need a hug. 53 00:02:29,664 --> 00:02:31,498 Can I? 54 00:02:34,457 --> 00:02:37,966 Uh... Katie... Katie... 55 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,501 Come here, sweetie. 56 00:03:45,687 --> 00:03:48,217 Some people think I'm an Elf. 57 00:03:48,517 --> 00:03:50,796 I'm not, see? 58 00:03:50,796 --> 00:03:53,457 I only have one pointy ear. 59 00:03:53,457 --> 00:03:54,864 I'm Katie. 60 00:03:54,864 --> 00:03:56,446 Sergeant Munch. 61 00:03:56,446 --> 00:03:58,635 Munch. That's funny. 62 00:03:58,635 --> 00:04:00,386 Can I have a hug, Munch? 63 00:04:00,386 --> 00:04:02,847 No, you may not. I'm a stranger. 64 00:04:02,847 --> 00:04:06,282 - You shouldn't even be talking to me. - Okay, bye. 65 00:04:09,173 --> 00:04:11,118 Something I could do for you? 66 00:04:11,318 --> 00:04:12,878 Are you mad at me? 67 00:04:12,878 --> 00:04:16,436 Didn't Sergeant Munch just tell you not to talk to strangers? 68 00:04:23,703 --> 00:04:24,964 What's wrong with her? 69 00:04:24,964 --> 00:04:28,435 She has a rare form of mental retardation called Williams Syndrome. 70 00:04:28,435 --> 00:04:30,911 She has developmental problems and a learning disability. 71 00:04:30,911 --> 00:04:32,132 Can she tell you what happened? 72 00:04:32,132 --> 00:04:34,738 Don't know... She's anxious one minute. Overly friendly the next. 73 00:04:34,738 --> 00:04:37,307 She seems to have a limited attention span. 74 00:04:37,307 --> 00:04:38,550 What's her father say? 75 00:04:38,550 --> 00:04:40,145 To be patient with her. 76 00:04:40,145 --> 00:04:41,490 She's special. 77 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:42,933 Then help dad question her. 78 00:04:42,933 --> 00:04:45,961 See if that puts her at ease. Loosens her tongue. 79 00:04:47,148 --> 00:04:49,979 Do you feel like talking about last night, sweetie? 80 00:04:49,979 --> 00:04:53,343 Do I have to? It was scary. 81 00:04:53,701 --> 00:04:57,267 Katie, you were very, very, brave, and you did all the right things. 82 00:04:57,267 --> 00:05:00,859 You called 911, you went outside to look for help. 83 00:05:00,859 --> 00:05:05,273 Katie, tell us what happened. It's okay, you can do it. 84 00:05:10,594 --> 00:05:12,704 They were yelling. 85 00:05:14,352 --> 00:05:16,615 It was too loud! 86 00:05:16,615 --> 00:05:19,299 So I covered my ears! 87 00:05:22,036 --> 00:05:24,430 I hid under my bed. 88 00:05:28,948 --> 00:05:31,207 Then it was quiet. 89 00:05:32,823 --> 00:05:35,004 I heard footsteps. 90 00:05:36,659 --> 00:05:38,921 I went to find mom. 91 00:05:40,530 --> 00:05:43,329 She was bleeding, so... 92 00:05:43,329 --> 00:05:45,207 I took the phone, 93 00:05:45,207 --> 00:05:49,428 even though I'm not allowed to, because it was an emergency. 94 00:05:53,172 --> 00:05:55,493 Then dad came home. 95 00:05:55,954 --> 00:05:58,656 He was gone a long time. 96 00:06:00,531 --> 00:06:02,444 The end. 97 00:06:03,915 --> 00:06:05,637 Where were you, Mr. Nicholson? 98 00:06:05,637 --> 00:06:07,861 I'm a project manager for a biochem company. 99 00:06:07,861 --> 00:06:10,872 I wish I didn't have to, but I travel a lot. 100 00:06:10,872 --> 00:06:13,754 I was gone the last couple days. 101 00:06:13,754 --> 00:06:16,467 We always drive dad to the airport. 102 00:06:16,977 --> 00:06:19,382 It's my turn to talk now, sweetie. 103 00:06:19,382 --> 00:06:21,753 You wanna go explore? 104 00:06:25,245 --> 00:06:28,885 So why did you pay the cab driver so much money to drive around the block? 105 00:06:28,885 --> 00:06:30,679 I was buying time. 106 00:06:31,223 --> 00:06:34,589 Dreading the... inevitable fight. 107 00:06:34,589 --> 00:06:36,902 - About what? - My long absences. 108 00:06:36,902 --> 00:06:41,635 Her feeling like a single parent. Anything...to stick the knife in. 109 00:06:41,635 --> 00:06:44,271 Can you think of anyone who would have a grudge against your wife? 110 00:06:44,271 --> 00:06:47,316 - Would wanna harm her? - No, not at all. 111 00:06:47,316 --> 00:06:50,197 Katie had major cardiac surgery six months ago. 112 00:06:50,197 --> 00:06:52,721 So we socialized mostly with parents like us. 113 00:06:52,721 --> 00:06:56,596 Actually, there has been some tension with some of the parents 114 00:06:56,596 --> 00:06:58,334 in our group therapy lately. 115 00:06:58,334 --> 00:06:59,311 About what? 116 00:06:59,311 --> 00:07:02,695 My wife and I filed a wrongful birth suit against a Dr. Gerald Morgan. 117 00:07:02,695 --> 00:07:05,721 He's a real popular high-risk obstetrician. 118 00:07:05,721 --> 00:07:08,828 And if we win, he will lose his insurance, 119 00:07:08,828 --> 00:07:12,041 and he's gonna have to close his practice. 120 00:07:12,292 --> 00:07:14,278 They didn't like that. 121 00:07:14,707 --> 00:07:16,313 You like the husband? 122 00:07:16,663 --> 00:07:17,670 No forced entry. 123 00:07:17,670 --> 00:07:20,206 Circled the block like he knew what was waiting for him. 124 00:07:20,206 --> 00:07:21,702 And he admits there was trouble in the marriage. 125 00:07:21,702 --> 00:07:24,537 Couples fight, and Nicholson was out of town. 126 00:07:24,537 --> 00:07:26,610 I'll have Munch double check when his plane landed. 127 00:07:26,610 --> 00:07:28,657 I say we check with the group therapy couples. 128 00:07:28,657 --> 00:07:30,394 What makes you think they'll talk? 129 00:07:30,394 --> 00:07:31,738 Nicholson said there was tension. 130 00:07:31,738 --> 00:07:35,282 If they were unpopular, someone's gonna wanna vent. 131 00:07:37,226 --> 00:07:39,496 Busken Group Counseling Center 452 East 75th Street Wednesday, October 3 132 00:07:39,496 --> 00:07:40,842 I know I lean on you a lot, 133 00:07:40,842 --> 00:07:42,856 but I need you to get Andrew from the music camp. 134 00:07:42,856 --> 00:07:44,924 Come right back here. Don't make any stops. 135 00:07:44,924 --> 00:07:45,954 And don't pick up your friends. 136 00:07:45,954 --> 00:07:49,028 Mom, I heard you the first 1,000 times. And Andrew likes my friends. 137 00:07:49,028 --> 00:07:50,367 Alex... 138 00:07:51,499 --> 00:07:54,797 Hi, I'm Tina Parven. You must be new to our group. 139 00:07:54,797 --> 00:07:56,367 Uh, not exactly. 140 00:07:56,367 --> 00:07:58,035 Paul and Ursula Way. 141 00:07:58,035 --> 00:07:59,946 Our son has Down Syndrome. 142 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:03,114 I heard the Nicholsons made waves for suing your OB. 143 00:08:03,114 --> 00:08:04,350 They're litigious. 144 00:08:04,350 --> 00:08:05,682 And I told them so. 145 00:08:05,682 --> 00:08:08,178 Paul's a surgeon. He took it personally. 146 00:08:08,178 --> 00:08:10,127 Can you tell me about their relationship? 147 00:08:10,127 --> 00:08:12,474 Challenged. Just like our kids. 148 00:08:12,474 --> 00:08:15,796 Yeah, my son Andrew is more than just Williams disease. 149 00:08:15,796 --> 00:08:19,544 But, uh, it takes its toll on our marriage. On his brother. 150 00:08:19,544 --> 00:08:22,126 Joel and I separated twice. 151 00:08:22,596 --> 00:08:25,686 Ben and Karin just got back together, and now this. 152 00:08:25,686 --> 00:08:27,500 Can she have visitors? 153 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:30,108 Uh, you'll have to speak with her husband about that. 154 00:08:30,108 --> 00:08:31,230 How long were they apart? 155 00:08:31,230 --> 00:08:34,584 A couple of months. My husband couldn't face it. 156 00:08:34,584 --> 00:08:36,790 Our daughter was Canavan disease. 157 00:08:36,981 --> 00:08:39,330 I'm sorry, Mrs. Weiss, I'm not familiar. 158 00:08:39,330 --> 00:08:41,273 Please, call me Jordanna. 159 00:08:41,273 --> 00:08:44,574 Canavan causes progressive brain damage. 160 00:08:44,574 --> 00:08:46,783 Marissa wasn't supposed to survive long. 161 00:08:46,783 --> 00:08:48,307 She's ten now. 162 00:08:48,810 --> 00:08:51,658 Were you upset by the Nicholsons' wrongful birth suit? 163 00:08:51,658 --> 00:08:54,726 Don't get me wrong. I love my daughter. 164 00:08:54,726 --> 00:08:56,928 I asked to be tested for everything. 165 00:08:56,928 --> 00:08:58,613 But I lost my own suit 166 00:08:58,613 --> 00:09:02,985 because canavan wasn't just standard test in the Ashkenazi panel. 167 00:09:03,168 --> 00:09:05,039 It is now. 168 00:09:06,945 --> 00:09:08,376 Just doesn't make sense. 169 00:09:08,376 --> 00:09:12,346 The Nicholsons just reconciled, yet he won't go inside to avoid a fight? 170 00:09:20,442 --> 00:09:22,058 How's Kathy? 171 00:09:22,058 --> 00:09:24,269 Over 40 and having a baby. 172 00:09:25,468 --> 00:09:27,347 Just can't stop thinking about all the bad things that can happen. 173 00:09:27,347 --> 00:09:29,766 So why don't you see a doctor? 174 00:09:31,891 --> 00:09:34,835 We're Catholic. Maybe it's better not to know. 175 00:09:39,593 --> 00:09:41,573 Office of Doctor Gerald Morgan 75 East 88th Street Wednesday, October 3 176 00:09:41,573 --> 00:09:44,886 Has the doctor told you if it's a boy or a girl? 177 00:09:45,358 --> 00:09:46,964 Excuse me? 178 00:09:46,964 --> 00:09:48,916 It's so hard for gay couples to adopt. 179 00:09:48,916 --> 00:09:51,490 A surrogate's really your only option. 180 00:09:51,490 --> 00:09:54,475 I don't get why they think it's better to leave kids in the system 181 00:09:54,475 --> 00:09:56,569 than send them to a gay home. 182 00:09:56,569 --> 00:09:58,966 You seem like a nice couple to me. 183 00:10:01,634 --> 00:10:05,025 Detectives, you can go in now. 184 00:10:07,087 --> 00:10:09,644 I'm not sure I should be talking about the Nicholsons' case without my attorney. 185 00:10:09,644 --> 00:10:11,970 We're not here about your lawsuit, Dr. Morgan. 186 00:10:11,970 --> 00:10:15,095 Someone raped and attacked Karin Nicholson last night. 187 00:10:15,095 --> 00:10:16,675 And you think that someone was me? 188 00:10:16,675 --> 00:10:18,727 - Where were you last night? - Here, and then home. 189 00:10:18,727 --> 00:10:20,121 - Alone? - I prefer it. 190 00:10:20,121 --> 00:10:22,594 I spend all day soothing terrified expectant mothers. 191 00:10:22,594 --> 00:10:24,055 Yes, very noble of you, Doc. 192 00:10:24,055 --> 00:10:25,793 And when something goes wrong, they blame you. 193 00:10:25,793 --> 00:10:29,443 They also blame God and themselves. I'm just a convenient target. 194 00:10:29,443 --> 00:10:32,698 Then why'd your malpractice carrier settle so often? 195 00:10:33,936 --> 00:10:36,512 Sometimes it's cheaper to pay than to fight. 196 00:10:36,512 --> 00:10:38,674 The only real beneficiaries are the lawyers. 197 00:10:38,674 --> 00:10:42,496 Maybe they cut deals because you withheld details about unhealthy babies. 198 00:10:42,496 --> 00:10:45,033 Look, when Karin Nicholson decided to have amniocentesis, 199 00:10:45,033 --> 00:10:46,715 it was too late for a legal abortion. 200 00:10:46,715 --> 00:10:49,136 The lawsuit has no grounds. Are we finished? 201 00:10:49,136 --> 00:10:51,542 Yeah, give us a DNA sample, and we're out of your hair. 202 00:10:51,542 --> 00:10:54,408 I'll have my nurse come in and collect a buccal swab. 203 00:10:56,124 --> 00:10:59,033 Olivia and Chester on trial prep, so it's just you and me. 204 00:10:59,033 --> 00:11:00,453 That figures. 205 00:11:00,453 --> 00:11:02,044 Yeah, I'm still here. 206 00:11:02,044 --> 00:11:03,629 What you got? 207 00:11:04,955 --> 00:11:06,293 Thanks. 208 00:11:06,718 --> 00:11:08,617 That was the lab. 209 00:11:08,617 --> 00:11:09,926 Don't tell me, no hits. 210 00:11:09,926 --> 00:11:13,785 DNA doesn't match to Dr. Morgan. CODIS came up empty. 211 00:11:14,553 --> 00:11:16,368 You know, I still like Nicholson for this. 212 00:11:16,368 --> 00:11:19,026 Their health insurance doesn't cover all of Katies' medical bills, 213 00:11:19,026 --> 00:11:20,819 and they're drowning in debt. 214 00:11:20,819 --> 00:11:22,384 Does the wife have life insurance? 215 00:11:22,384 --> 00:11:27,578 Half million dollar policy, and no record of our suspect leaving or arriving on any flight. 216 00:11:27,733 --> 00:11:29,391 There's motive and opportunity. 217 00:11:29,391 --> 00:11:34,046 I had airport security run their facet software against a picture of Ben Nicholson. 218 00:11:34,171 --> 00:11:37,364 Here is saying good bye to Katie and his wife. 219 00:11:37,570 --> 00:11:39,722 And here he is leaving the terminal. 220 00:11:39,722 --> 00:11:42,006 Who goes to the airport to catch a cab? 221 00:11:44,506 --> 00:11:47,286 You left the airport three days ago. Where the hell have you been? 222 00:11:47,286 --> 00:11:50,339 For the last time, I just can't answer that. / Can't, won't... 223 00:11:50,339 --> 00:11:51,895 you went on some bogus business trip. 224 00:11:51,895 --> 00:11:53,226 You laid low, you came home 225 00:11:53,226 --> 00:11:55,887 and beat the crap out of your wife the same day you were supposed to return. 226 00:11:55,887 --> 00:11:57,852 What set you off... a crushing debt of a nagging wife? 227 00:11:57,852 --> 00:11:59,200 - That didn't happen. - No? 228 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,614 And since I am not under arrest, I'm going back to the hospital. 229 00:12:02,614 --> 00:12:05,458 Because someone assaulted your wife! Now, if you didn't do it, 230 00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:07,066 why wouldn't you cooperate? Why won't you cooperate? 231 00:12:07,066 --> 00:12:10,682 - I am trying to, as much as I am able. - Doesn't look like that from here. 232 00:12:10,682 --> 00:12:12,250 Interview's over. 233 00:12:12,250 --> 00:12:14,521 Mr. Nicholson, wait outside. 234 00:12:15,171 --> 00:12:16,281 What's the FBI doing here? 235 00:12:16,281 --> 00:12:18,409 I just know we're not gonna like this. 236 00:12:18,409 --> 00:12:20,597 This is a Homeland Security issue. 237 00:12:20,597 --> 00:12:22,372 You cannot... I repeat... 238 00:12:22,372 --> 00:12:26,063 you cannot speak to Mr. Nicholson again without clearing it through my office. 239 00:12:26,063 --> 00:12:27,917 And holds onto something. 240 00:12:31,018 --> 00:12:32,728 And now we can't touch him? 241 00:12:33,535 --> 00:12:37,438 The Patriot Act trumps rape and attempted murder every time. 242 00:12:45,051 --> 00:12:47,152 Nicholson's got a maters from Penn 243 00:12:47,152 --> 00:12:49,781 and a PhD in Biochemical Engineering from Berkeley. 244 00:12:49,781 --> 00:12:52,300 - What's his specialty? - Aerosols. 245 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:55,156 The Fed's all over him. I don't think he's working on deodorants and hairspray. 246 00:12:55,156 --> 00:12:57,279 Not with that razor wire all around the security fence. 247 00:12:57,279 --> 00:13:00,769 More like anthrax and smallpox and aerosol cans with timers. 248 00:13:00,769 --> 00:13:04,257 - Here we go. - Fine, scoff, but fear feeds capitalism. 249 00:13:04,257 --> 00:13:07,234 Over the years, Nicholson spent a lot of time at Fort Dietrich, Maryland. 250 00:13:07,234 --> 00:13:09,091 That's where they do research and biological warfare. 251 00:13:09,091 --> 00:13:11,703 Nicholson also consults for high level think tanks, 252 00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:13,112 funded by Uncle Sam, 253 00:13:13,112 --> 00:13:15,908 and run by CEOs making money off the war. 254 00:13:15,908 --> 00:13:18,388 Panic sells gas masks, gentlemen. 255 00:13:18,388 --> 00:13:20,543 It still doesn��t explain why the Feds need him so badly. 256 00:13:20,543 --> 00:13:23,489 Could be whistle blowing, or he went rogue, and they flipped him. 257 00:13:23,489 --> 00:13:25,066 And I'll keep digging. 258 00:13:25,723 --> 00:13:27,702 This is a warrant for Nicholson's DNA. 259 00:13:27,702 --> 00:13:29,963 Take it publicly. Just don't ask him any questions. 260 00:13:29,963 --> 00:13:32,015 - When can we sit down with him again? - I'm working on it. 261 00:13:32,015 --> 00:13:33,886 In the meantime, talk to everyone else in his life. 262 00:13:33,886 --> 00:13:35,686 His employer, his neighbors, his friends. 263 00:13:35,686 --> 00:13:36,933 Smoke him out of his hole. 264 00:13:36,933 --> 00:13:39,488 Treat him like a perp. Maybe he'll come to you. 265 00:13:40,585 --> 00:13:42,222 Mercy General Hospital 365 West 32nd Street Thursday, October 4 266 00:13:42,222 --> 00:13:44,532 This isn't right. We shouldn't even be here. 267 00:13:44,532 --> 00:13:47,243 - I think we're intruding. - It's called being supportive. 268 00:13:47,243 --> 00:13:49,795 - Well, I gotta get to work. - Is Karin up for visitors? 269 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:52,327 The nurse is checking. Ben's with her now. 270 00:13:52,327 --> 00:13:55,797 Can't you stay a few minutes and talk to Ben? / No. 271 00:13:58,616 --> 00:14:00,296 It's time to give it up, Nicholson. 272 00:14:00,296 --> 00:14:01,740 You forced me to make a formal complaint. 273 00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:03,413 Where you shove that is up to you. 274 00:14:03,413 --> 00:14:05,918 That is a warrant for your DNA. 275 00:14:06,292 --> 00:14:08,206 Let's take this outside. 276 00:14:10,450 --> 00:14:11,892 What the hell are you trying to pull? 277 00:14:11,892 --> 00:14:13,341 I'm telling you, you've got the wrong guy. 278 00:14:13,341 --> 00:14:16,047 You wouldn��t vouch for someone just to save your investigation, would you? 279 00:14:16,047 --> 00:14:18,110 You're spinning your wheels, detective. 280 00:14:19,617 --> 00:14:21,586 Okay, open wide. 281 00:14:25,515 --> 00:14:28,432 Why are you treating Ben this way? His wife was attacked. 282 00:14:28,432 --> 00:14:30,401 He might be the one that put her in here. 283 00:14:30,401 --> 00:14:32,397 He wasn't out of town like he said he was. 284 00:14:32,397 --> 00:14:34,996 I don't believe it. Can they just do this? 285 00:14:35,130 --> 00:14:37,057 Mr. Nicholson? 286 00:14:37,057 --> 00:14:39,220 Your wife's condition is serious. 287 00:14:39,220 --> 00:14:40,455 How bad? 288 00:14:40,455 --> 00:14:44,448 Fragments from a skull fracture were embedded deep in her left temporal lobe, 289 00:14:44,448 --> 00:14:45,994 causing it to swell. 290 00:14:45,994 --> 00:14:49,920 Her Glasgow score is an eight, which means she's in a coma. 291 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,302 - Will she come out of it? - We'll have to wait and see. 292 00:14:52,302 --> 00:14:56,210 Unfortunately, we weren't able to save the baby. 293 00:14:56,210 --> 00:14:58,380 And because the fetus has not evacuated... 294 00:14:58,380 --> 00:15:01,276 - We need your consent for a DNC. - Baby? 295 00:15:01,276 --> 00:15:02,859 What baby? 296 00:15:02,859 --> 00:15:06,232 I'm sorry. I thought you knew. 297 00:15:06,526 --> 00:15:09,823 Your wife was about 3 months along. 298 00:15:09,823 --> 00:15:12,222 It's a very simple procedure. 299 00:15:31,843 --> 00:15:34,928 You have something you wanna tell us. Mrs. Parven? 300 00:15:36,109 --> 00:15:37,163 No, nothing. 301 00:15:37,163 --> 00:15:40,294 If you suspect something, you need to speak up. 302 00:15:41,872 --> 00:15:43,479 I'm sorry. 303 00:15:44,802 --> 00:15:46,994 Looks like she's got a lot on her mind. 304 00:15:46,994 --> 00:15:48,714 So do I. 305 00:15:48,714 --> 00:15:50,545 Back off Nicholson. 306 00:15:50,545 --> 00:15:53,881 The next time, the request will not be coming from me. 307 00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:56,371 How we supposed to do our job if we can't talk to the suspect? 308 00:15:56,371 --> 00:15:58,937 I filed an obstruction complaint, and the hearing is set for tomorrow. 309 00:15:58,937 --> 00:16:00,257 Have you boxed the guy in? 310 00:16:00,257 --> 00:16:03,473 We talked to his neighbors, his wife's family, and his employer. 311 00:16:03,473 --> 00:16:05,183 They all know he's our prime suspect. 312 00:16:05,183 --> 00:16:06,582 I thought he would have broken by now. 313 00:16:06,582 --> 00:16:08,753 Not with the FBI propping him up. 314 00:16:08,753 --> 00:16:10,857 Then go to his Achilles heel. Talk to his kid again. 315 00:16:10,857 --> 00:16:12,580 Well, didn't go so well last time. 316 00:16:12,580 --> 00:16:14,922 That's because you didn't ask the right questions. 317 00:16:15,287 --> 00:16:17,299 I did some research and spoke to some experts. 318 00:16:17,299 --> 00:16:21,075 I'm not comfortable using an impaired minor to turn the screws on her father. 319 00:16:21,075 --> 00:16:23,184 But what other choice have we got? 320 00:16:23,705 --> 00:16:24,814 What'd you find out? 321 00:16:24,814 --> 00:16:27,548 Children of the Williams Syndrome are extremely empathetic. 322 00:16:27,548 --> 00:16:29,766 They study faces for emotional expression. 323 00:16:29,766 --> 00:16:32,705 That must be why Katie asked me if I was angry with her. 324 00:16:32,705 --> 00:16:35,497 They're sensitive, eager to please, and affectionate. 325 00:16:35,497 --> 00:16:38,826 And some have savant-like abilities, super hearing and perfect pitch. 326 00:16:38,826 --> 00:16:41,497 Katie heard them yelling. She said she had to cover her ears. 327 00:16:41,497 --> 00:16:43,865 Which probably means she still heard every word. 328 00:16:43,865 --> 00:16:47,364 They confuse time, but they can tell you what was said and identify who said it. 329 00:16:47,364 --> 00:16:49,880 What would I be up against using Katie as a witness? 330 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,393 Anxiety, ADD, and they have trouble taking criticism. 331 00:16:53,393 --> 00:16:54,633 That sounds like you, Munch. 332 00:16:54,633 --> 00:16:56,280 But we're trying to jam up the kid's father. 333 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,146 You really think she's gonna tell us the truth? 334 00:16:58,146 --> 00:16:59,921 - She won't lie for him. - Why not? 335 00:16:59,921 --> 00:17:02,331 Because people with Williams Syndrome have no guile. 336 00:17:02,331 --> 00:17:04,159 They don't even know what deception is. 337 00:17:04,159 --> 00:17:06,459 Tell Nicholson we're questioning his daughter. 338 00:17:06,459 --> 00:17:08,065 - Let's go. - You coming with us? 339 00:17:08,065 --> 00:17:10,807 You think he's gonna let you talk to Katie without a fight? 340 00:17:13,436 --> 00:17:15,552 Get the hell away from my door. 341 00:17:15,552 --> 00:17:17,863 You've got people thinking I tried to kill my wife. 342 00:17:17,863 --> 00:17:19,037 We need to speak to your daughter. 343 00:17:19,037 --> 00:17:21,702 No, you will not speak to her... Not now, not ever. 344 00:17:21,702 --> 00:17:25,025 You've got her anxious and upset. Now leave her alone. 345 00:17:25,025 --> 00:17:27,341 I'm assistant district attorney Casey Novak. 346 00:17:27,341 --> 00:17:28,659 Here's how this is gonna play out. 347 00:17:28,659 --> 00:17:30,142 Now, we will end up at a hearing, 348 00:17:30,142 --> 00:17:33,249 and the judge will side with me because you cannot stop us from questioning 349 00:17:33,249 --> 00:17:35,375 the only witness to the attack. 350 00:17:35,375 --> 00:17:36,443 I'm her father. 351 00:17:36,443 --> 00:17:38,353 And you're also a suspect, Mr. Nicholson. 352 00:17:38,353 --> 00:17:41,260 It's about time you faced facts. 353 00:17:54,394 --> 00:17:55,694 Hi, Elliot! 354 00:17:55,694 --> 00:17:57,029 Hi, Fin. 355 00:17:57,029 --> 00:17:58,825 I'm so glad to see you. 356 00:17:58,825 --> 00:18:01,382 Hello, Katie, I'm Casey Novak. 357 00:18:01,619 --> 00:18:03,501 Pretty. 358 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:05,709 Let's sit down. 359 00:18:06,112 --> 00:18:09,775 We have some more questions we need to ask you, Katie. 360 00:18:10,251 --> 00:18:12,996 I don't want to upset you, so at any time if you feel uncomfortable, 361 00:18:12,996 --> 00:18:15,206 you just tell me and we'll stop, okay? 362 00:18:15,206 --> 00:18:16,554 Okay. 363 00:18:17,661 --> 00:18:19,137 Daddy, sit with me. 364 00:18:19,137 --> 00:18:21,468 It's all right, sweetie. Just answer his questions. 365 00:18:21,468 --> 00:18:23,197 I'm right here. 366 00:18:24,429 --> 00:18:26,309 The night that your mommy got hurt, 367 00:18:26,309 --> 00:18:28,334 when the voices were yelling, 368 00:18:28,334 --> 00:18:30,390 what'd you hear? 369 00:18:31,875 --> 00:18:35,550 You're ripping our family apart! 370 00:18:40,012 --> 00:18:42,352 Did you recognize the voice? 371 00:18:43,577 --> 00:18:45,572 It was dad. 372 00:18:46,094 --> 00:18:47,925 They were fighting. 373 00:18:47,925 --> 00:18:51,150 - They always fight. - What happened next? 374 00:18:51,976 --> 00:18:55,694 Mom said, "I hate you!" 375 00:18:55,946 --> 00:18:57,981 Then I heard... 376 00:18:59,386 --> 00:19:01,449 You slapped her? 377 00:19:02,897 --> 00:19:04,894 Was that all? 378 00:19:06,517 --> 00:19:11,094 "Come here, baby. You smell good." 379 00:19:11,817 --> 00:19:14,165 Was that your father's voice? 380 00:19:14,575 --> 00:19:16,510 My dad wasn't home... 381 00:19:16,510 --> 00:19:18,767 Or the man wouldn't be in their bedroom. 382 00:19:18,767 --> 00:19:21,264 Has the man been in the house before? 383 00:19:23,217 --> 00:19:25,146 Did you see him? 384 00:19:25,644 --> 00:19:27,495 I heard him. 385 00:19:27,998 --> 00:19:29,826 I always do. 386 00:19:30,582 --> 00:19:34,901 "Come here, baby. You smell good." 387 00:19:35,155 --> 00:19:38,611 Would you recognize that voice if you heard it again? 388 00:19:38,611 --> 00:19:40,694 I have perfect pitch. 389 00:19:40,694 --> 00:19:43,657 I'm supposed to be asleep, but... 390 00:19:43,657 --> 00:19:48,774 I told dad about him, and... he told me not to worry. 391 00:19:48,774 --> 00:19:51,247 "Everything's going to be all right. 392 00:19:51,247 --> 00:19:55,981 We're a family, and we're going to stay together no matter what." 393 00:19:56,192 --> 00:19:57,984 The end. 394 00:20:16,424 --> 00:20:18,272 Nicholson knew his wife was cheating. 395 00:20:18,272 --> 00:20:21,145 He's definitely using that shady terrorism threat to cover his ass. 396 00:20:21,145 --> 00:20:23,694 - Almost got away with it. - He still may. 397 00:20:26,347 --> 00:20:28,619 Federal Courthouse 500 Pearl Street Thursday, October 4 398 00:20:28,619 --> 00:20:31,584 - Assistant US Attorney Marion Springer? - That's me. 399 00:20:31,584 --> 00:20:32,797 ADA Casey Novak. 400 00:20:32,797 --> 00:20:36,616 I was told you're the Assistant US Attorney to see regarding Ben Nicholson. 401 00:20:36,616 --> 00:20:38,444 There's nothing to talk about. 402 00:20:38,444 --> 00:20:40,518 Well, Nicholson tried to kill his wife. 403 00:20:40,518 --> 00:20:42,874 What I can't figure is why you're shielding him. 404 00:20:42,874 --> 00:20:44,941 If you had enough evidence, you would have arrested him, 405 00:20:44,941 --> 00:20:47,242 and I'd be at the Tombs arranging his release. 406 00:20:47,242 --> 00:20:48,974 His daughter heard them arguing. 407 00:20:48,974 --> 00:20:51,031 She heard Nicholson hit her mother. 408 00:20:51,031 --> 00:20:54,263 Well, the poor thing is mistaken. He was with us. 409 00:20:54,970 --> 00:20:57,026 Really? The whole time? 410 00:20:57,539 --> 00:20:59,413 Need to know. 411 00:21:00,181 --> 00:21:03,188 Well, there's a woman in a coma, so, yeah, I do need to know... 412 00:21:03,188 --> 00:21:06,585 where Ben was, who he was with, and how long he was with them. 413 00:21:06,585 --> 00:21:08,830 I was hoping I wouldn't have to do this. 414 00:21:11,142 --> 00:21:12,880 The Patriot Act. 415 00:21:13,547 --> 00:21:17,984 This convoluted piece of legislation isn't worth the paper it's written on. 416 00:21:18,230 --> 00:21:20,280 Save it for the Judge. 417 00:21:21,492 --> 00:21:23,035 We got here as soon as we could. What's going on? 418 00:21:23,035 --> 00:21:24,946 The district attorney's office wasn't happy. 419 00:21:24,946 --> 00:21:26,583 We're not done with trial prep. 420 00:21:26,583 --> 00:21:28,689 Well, it'll have to wait. The Feds won't budge, 421 00:21:28,689 --> 00:21:31,392 - and this case is circling the drain. - So what can we do? 422 00:21:31,392 --> 00:21:34,891 Tina Parven from the Nicholsons' group therapy came in to make a statement. 423 00:21:34,891 --> 00:21:36,771 I got her parked in the interview room. 424 00:21:36,771 --> 00:21:39,056 See if you can't get something we can actually use. 425 00:21:39,056 --> 00:21:41,636 - Where you going? - COM stat. 426 00:21:43,515 --> 00:21:45,471 I didn't know what to do. 427 00:21:46,555 --> 00:21:49,153 I can't believe Ben would hurt Karin. 428 00:21:49,153 --> 00:21:51,286 But now you're not so sure. 429 00:21:52,184 --> 00:21:54,312 What changed your mind? 430 00:21:56,178 --> 00:21:58,291 She was cheating. 431 00:21:58,572 --> 00:21:59,626 How do you know? 432 00:21:59,626 --> 00:22:01,791 She was pregnant. They had to do a DNC. 433 00:22:01,791 --> 00:22:04,522 Ben didn't want to have any more children. 434 00:22:05,577 --> 00:22:09,579 Well, under the circumstances, surely you can understand. 435 00:22:10,491 --> 00:22:14,694 William Syndrome is a mutation. It's not inherited unless you have it. 436 00:22:14,694 --> 00:22:16,753 They why wouldn't he want another child? 437 00:22:16,753 --> 00:22:20,028 Because Ben didn't want to take any attention away from Katie. 438 00:22:20,028 --> 00:22:21,691 He and Karin argued about it, 439 00:22:21,691 --> 00:22:25,559 and she freaked when he got a vasectomy without telling her. 440 00:22:27,711 --> 00:22:29,499 Do you have any idea who she was seeing? 441 00:22:29,499 --> 00:22:31,185 Not a clue. 442 00:22:32,288 --> 00:22:36,237 She's my closest friend, but I guess she thought I wouldn't approve. 443 00:22:37,258 --> 00:22:39,583 Karin Nicholson is conscious. 444 00:22:41,551 --> 00:22:43,477 - Hold her down, please. - You have to let me go. 445 00:22:43,477 --> 00:22:45,476 Katie's having surgery. 446 00:22:45,929 --> 00:22:49,437 Karin... Karin... you're in the hospital. You were attacked. 447 00:22:49,437 --> 00:22:52,361 - Do you remember anything? - She has arotic stenosis. 448 00:22:52,361 --> 00:22:54,822 I have to get her ready. 449 00:22:54,822 --> 00:22:56,594 She gets so scared. 450 00:22:56,594 --> 00:22:59,828 Your family's fine, Mrs. Nicholson. 451 00:23:02,410 --> 00:23:04,248 She's sedated. 452 00:23:05,051 --> 00:23:06,694 Will she be more lucid tomorrow? 453 00:23:06,694 --> 00:23:09,666 Uh, head injuries are unpredictable, detective. 454 00:23:09,666 --> 00:23:11,874 Is her daughter scheduled for surgery? 455 00:23:11,874 --> 00:23:13,189 Six months ago. 456 00:23:13,189 --> 00:23:16,273 Well, I'll have to do more tests, but it looks like retrograde amnesia. 457 00:23:16,273 --> 00:23:18,474 You're saying that she doesn't remember anything? 458 00:23:18,474 --> 00:23:20,794 Depending on how much damage there is to the temporal lobe, 459 00:23:20,794 --> 00:23:23,183 that memory may never be recovered. 460 00:23:35,762 --> 00:23:39,462 I got a base line on Karin Nicholson using person, place, and time. 461 00:23:39,462 --> 00:23:41,394 She knows who she is. She knows where she is. 462 00:23:41,394 --> 00:23:44,324 - But not what day it is. - She thinks it's April 2007. 463 00:23:44,324 --> 00:23:45,513 So how long will this last? 464 00:23:45,513 --> 00:23:47,895 There's no cure for retrograde amnesia. 465 00:23:47,895 --> 00:23:50,728 And there's no way to know what she'll eventually recall 466 00:23:50,728 --> 00:23:52,573 and what she won't. 467 00:23:52,573 --> 00:23:55,062 Her husband hasn't returned my calls. 468 00:23:55,062 --> 00:23:58,434 She needs family and patience in order to recover from this. 469 00:23:58,434 --> 00:24:00,246 Which leaves us at square one. 470 00:24:00,246 --> 00:24:02,745 I'm sorry I don't have better news. 471 00:24:02,745 --> 00:24:04,225 So where do we got from here, Casey? 472 00:24:04,225 --> 00:24:05,965 To court. 473 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:09,472 Chambers of Judge Gregory Trenton Friday, October 5 474 00:24:09,472 --> 00:24:13,464 Judge Trenton, the FBI has been stalling our investigation from the very beginning. 475 00:24:13,464 --> 00:24:14,895 Now, I'm not looking for state secrets, 476 00:24:14,895 --> 00:24:16,995 just the suspect's whereabouts prior to the attack. 477 00:24:16,995 --> 00:24:18,773 Mr. Nicholson is working for us. 478 00:24:18,773 --> 00:24:20,805 The FBI have repeatedly vouched for him. 479 00:24:20,805 --> 00:24:22,841 He lied to the police when he said he was out of town. 480 00:24:22,841 --> 00:24:25,789 My agents were with him. Nobody can be in two places at once. 481 00:24:25,789 --> 00:24:28,717 If you can't account for every second, your assurances are worthless. 482 00:24:28,717 --> 00:24:29,840 She's got you there, Mr. Springer. 483 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,122 In order for the police to corroborate his movements, 484 00:24:32,122 --> 00:24:34,863 they have to question people of interest. That can't happen. 485 00:24:34,863 --> 00:24:37,430 So your work trumps putting murderers and rapists behind bars 486 00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:40,365 because there's a terrorist around every corner? 487 00:24:40,733 --> 00:24:42,756 You have no physical evidence 488 00:24:42,756 --> 00:24:45,335 linking Mr. Nicholson with his wife's attack. 489 00:24:45,335 --> 00:24:47,130 Or should we just wait while you fabricate some? 490 00:24:47,130 --> 00:24:48,833 That's enough. 491 00:24:48,833 --> 00:24:52,438 Without evidence, Ms. Novak, your appeal is premature. 492 00:24:52,438 --> 00:24:54,982 Find some... then we'll revisit. 493 00:24:55,147 --> 00:24:56,926 I hope this bastard's worth it. 494 00:24:56,926 --> 00:24:59,753 Ben Nicholson is a biochemical engineering specialist. 495 00:24:59,753 --> 00:25:01,687 Specializing in what... or is that need to know too? 496 00:25:01,687 --> 00:25:05,143 He works for an international corporation. He's bait. 497 00:25:05,143 --> 00:25:08,033 I get it. Nicholson's attractive to the criminal element 498 00:25:08,033 --> 00:25:11,006 because of his disabled daughter and insurmountable debt? 499 00:25:11,006 --> 00:25:12,905 Problem is, he nearly killed his wife, 500 00:25:12,905 --> 00:25:15,357 and you're protecting him for a sting operation. 501 00:25:15,357 --> 00:25:18,018 If buyers from rogue nations try to buy trade secrets, 502 00:25:18,018 --> 00:25:19,797 I've done my job. 503 00:25:19,797 --> 00:25:24,082 There is a terrorist round every corner, Ms. Novak, you just don't know about it. 504 00:25:26,869 --> 00:25:30,306 Unless we find physical evidence, Nicholson's off limits, period. 505 00:25:30,306 --> 00:25:32,534 No prints on the iron, even if the DNA matches, 506 00:25:32,534 --> 00:25:34,397 he could say she's his wife... she consented. 507 00:25:34,397 --> 00:25:35,803 We can't prove rape anyway. 508 00:25:35,803 --> 00:25:38,269 The victim lost six months of her life. She doesn't remember the attack. 509 00:25:38,269 --> 00:25:39,657 She doesn't even remember her pregnancy. 510 00:25:39,657 --> 00:25:42,726 Then it's a good thing we didn't tell her why we let her husband walk. 511 00:25:42,726 --> 00:25:44,242 Unless he tries again. 512 00:25:44,242 --> 00:25:46,841 DNA results... Nicholson did not rape Karin. 513 00:25:46,841 --> 00:25:49,899 That doesn't matter. He still could have attacked her for cheating. 514 00:25:49,899 --> 00:25:52,791 I'd buy that if we didn't get hit off the military database. 515 00:25:52,791 --> 00:25:55,110 What would former marine reserve Joel Parven do 516 00:25:55,110 --> 00:25:58,292 if confronted by a pregnant mistress? 517 00:25:58,405 --> 00:25:59,758 Nothing happened. 518 00:25:59,758 --> 00:26:02,101 Karin Nicholson might disagree with you. 519 00:26:02,101 --> 00:26:04,079 I was with her that night. 520 00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:07,763 She told me about the baby, I... I couldn't believe it. 521 00:26:07,763 --> 00:26:10,582 - I mean, she did it on purpose. - So you argued. 522 00:26:10,582 --> 00:26:12,922 Your marriage is hanging by a thread. 523 00:26:12,922 --> 00:26:15,140 She's not gonna get rid of it, so you bash her head in. 524 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:16,850 No, you got it all wrong. 525 00:26:16,850 --> 00:26:18,994 Yes, I was angry. 526 00:26:18,994 --> 00:26:22,132 My wife and I started to work things out... again. 527 00:26:22,132 --> 00:26:23,095 You don't know what it's like. 528 00:26:23,095 --> 00:26:26,014 Don't use your son's condition as an excuse, Mr. Parven. 529 00:26:26,014 --> 00:26:29,275 You slept with your wife's friend. You got her pregnant. 530 00:26:29,275 --> 00:26:31,832 When we started this, we were both separated, all right? 531 00:26:31,832 --> 00:26:33,208 Then we couldn't stop. 532 00:26:33,208 --> 00:26:36,542 I went there to make a clean break of it, and I ended up in her bed. 533 00:26:36,542 --> 00:26:40,220 All right, I was stupid and reckless, but I didn't hit her. 534 00:26:40,220 --> 00:26:42,028 And she was fine when I left her. 535 00:26:42,028 --> 00:26:43,803 And what time was that? 536 00:26:43,803 --> 00:26:45,876 - It was around 11:00. - And where'd you go? 537 00:26:45,876 --> 00:26:47,353 Home. 538 00:26:47,689 --> 00:26:48,643 Are we done here? 539 00:26:48,643 --> 00:26:50,803 We're not even close. Let's go over it again. 540 00:26:50,803 --> 00:26:54,196 Well, you're gonna have to arrest me, because you sure as hell can't keep me. 541 00:26:58,534 --> 00:27:01,238 Well, there's no way we're getting a confession now. 542 00:27:01,489 --> 00:27:04,021 Okay, maybe we should do a voice lineup. 543 00:27:04,021 --> 00:27:06,913 Give Katie a chance to identify her mother's attacker that way. 544 00:27:06,913 --> 00:27:09,233 Well, she's disabled. I don't know that it'll hold up. 545 00:27:09,233 --> 00:27:11,815 - She's not stupid. - You said it yourself, Elliot. 546 00:27:11,815 --> 00:27:15,066 She's developmentally challenged and an emotional roller coaster. 547 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:18,084 Can she even be sworn? Will she break on her defense cross? 548 00:27:18,084 --> 00:27:20,306 I don't want to put her through an ordeal for nothing. 549 00:27:20,306 --> 00:27:23,277 Either Katie makes the ID or Parven walks. 550 00:27:25,094 --> 00:27:29,101 Come here, baby. You smell good. 551 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:31,675 It's okay, sweetie. 552 00:27:31,675 --> 00:27:34,744 Come here, baby. You smell good. 553 00:27:35,521 --> 00:27:39,102 Come here, baby. You smell good. 554 00:27:40,326 --> 00:27:43,528 Come here, baby. You smell good. 555 00:27:43,528 --> 00:27:46,633 Sounds like seduction, not rape. 556 00:27:46,904 --> 00:27:49,230 Come here, baby. You smell good. 557 00:27:49,230 --> 00:27:51,032 That's him. 558 00:27:54,032 --> 00:27:55,862 You sure? 559 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,768 Number five's your client, Chauncy. 560 00:28:01,432 --> 00:28:03,748 ID'd by a less-than-credible witness. 561 00:28:03,748 --> 00:28:06,262 She can't possibly tell you what happened. 562 00:28:06,262 --> 00:28:08,080 You really wanna wasted our time like this? 563 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,384 - Come on, there's plenty of... - Leave me alone! 564 00:28:10,384 --> 00:28:14,189 I want a baby that can grow up. Be normal. 565 00:28:14,333 --> 00:28:16,115 That's what I want. 566 00:28:16,115 --> 00:28:17,480 Don't say anything... we need to hear this. 567 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:18,927 Too damn bad. 568 00:28:18,927 --> 00:28:22,297 You're breaking up my home, you selfish bitch! 569 00:28:22,297 --> 00:28:25,251 Let go! You're hurting me! 570 00:28:25,251 --> 00:28:27,277 Then bam! 571 00:28:27,277 --> 00:28:29,118 Mom was crying. 572 00:28:29,118 --> 00:28:32,383 Then bam, bam, bam. 573 00:28:33,223 --> 00:28:35,608 Then breathing. 574 00:28:36,634 --> 00:28:38,887 Bitch. 575 00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:41,570 Then he went away. 576 00:28:42,154 --> 00:28:45,045 But he used the wrong word. 577 00:28:45,045 --> 00:28:47,388 That's not what it means. 578 00:28:47,388 --> 00:28:49,757 Is it, dad? 579 00:28:51,321 --> 00:28:53,516 The end. 580 00:28:59,290 --> 00:29:00,693 Katie. 581 00:29:00,693 --> 00:29:04,351 Is the man who fought with your mother the voice in the other room? 582 00:29:04,351 --> 00:29:06,965 No, that's not him. 583 00:29:08,964 --> 00:29:11,489 You sure the voices are different? 584 00:29:11,489 --> 00:29:14,264 His pitch is too low. 585 00:29:25,635 --> 00:29:26,824 Dad. 586 00:29:26,824 --> 00:29:29,310 Where did the cops take you? Are you all right? 587 00:29:29,310 --> 00:29:31,317 I'm fine. They let me go. Where's your mother? 588 00:29:31,317 --> 00:29:34,340 Gone. She took Andrew, but I wouldn't go. 589 00:29:34,340 --> 00:29:37,837 This is crazy. I know you wouldn't do this. 590 00:29:37,837 --> 00:29:40,740 What? Katie, stop. 591 00:29:40,740 --> 00:29:42,388 What's wrong with you? 592 00:29:42,388 --> 00:29:44,665 You used the wrong word. 593 00:29:44,665 --> 00:29:47,452 A bitch is a female dog. 594 00:29:51,197 --> 00:29:52,851 Are you sure? 595 00:29:52,851 --> 00:29:56,040 My mother is not a bitch. 596 00:29:58,429 --> 00:30:00,772 What the hell did you do? 597 00:30:03,992 --> 00:30:05,634 Let's go. 598 00:30:05,815 --> 00:30:07,009 Dad. 599 00:30:07,009 --> 00:30:10,119 Don't say anything. Not to anyone. 600 00:30:10,119 --> 00:30:12,636 I'll get you out as soon as I can. 601 00:30:22,973 --> 00:30:24,502 Detective. 602 00:30:24,801 --> 00:30:26,699 Everything all right? 603 00:30:26,811 --> 00:30:29,321 No. Alex Parven... 604 00:30:29,321 --> 00:30:32,539 Did he say what happened? Did he tell you why he attacked Karin? 605 00:30:32,539 --> 00:30:35,256 He's lawyerd up. He's not talking. 606 00:30:40,229 --> 00:30:44,183 I was hoping he'd have confessed so Katie wouldn't have to testify. 607 00:30:44,183 --> 00:30:45,912 I understand. 608 00:30:51,819 --> 00:30:53,976 The Parvens had separated twice before. 609 00:30:53,976 --> 00:30:57,530 I think Alex felt this affair was... gonna kill it. 610 00:30:57,530 --> 00:31:00,319 So he followed his father to your place, waited for him to leave and 611 00:31:00,319 --> 00:31:02,299 confronted Karin. 612 00:31:02,299 --> 00:31:04,713 Can you prove that? / No. That's why we need Katie's testimony. 613 00:31:04,713 --> 00:31:07,449 She's the only witness we have to place Alex in your apartment. 614 00:31:07,449 --> 00:31:08,925 I want this finished. 615 00:31:08,925 --> 00:31:12,633 Katie and I can't move on until it's done. 616 00:31:12,633 --> 00:31:15,886 So you tell me when, and I'll bring her to court. 617 00:31:16,170 --> 00:31:19,475 And we'll hope that it works. 618 00:31:23,977 --> 00:31:28,023 I promise you I will shield your daughter from as much as possible. 619 00:31:30,071 --> 00:31:31,793 Thank you. 620 00:31:32,161 --> 00:31:34,158 I appreciated that. 621 00:31:34,804 --> 00:31:36,301 Yeah. 622 00:31:41,391 --> 00:31:43,423 Swearability Hearing Part 46 Monday, October 8 623 00:31:43,423 --> 00:31:44,701 We're here to determine 624 00:31:44,701 --> 00:31:48,995 whether Katherine Nicholson has capacity to testify as a sworn witness. 625 00:31:48,995 --> 00:31:51,926 Your Honor, the minor is severely disabled. 626 00:31:51,926 --> 00:31:54,610 This is a waste of the court's time and resources. 627 00:31:54,610 --> 00:31:57,798 Disabled or not, Katie Nicholson clearly heard the attack on her mother 628 00:31:57,798 --> 00:31:59,339 and ID'd the defendant. 629 00:31:59,339 --> 00:32:00,966 It seems reasonable to me. 630 00:32:00,966 --> 00:32:02,994 Is the child ready to be examined? 631 00:32:02,994 --> 00:32:05,399 Uh, Your Honor, the people ask for a continuance. 632 00:32:05,399 --> 00:32:06,896 Our witness isn't here yet. 633 00:32:06,896 --> 00:32:08,226 I have to object. 634 00:32:08,226 --> 00:32:10,496 We were all notified about the date and time. 635 00:32:10,496 --> 00:32:12,232 The minor has Williams Syndrome. 636 00:32:12,232 --> 00:32:13,906 Her mother's just out of a coma. 637 00:32:13,906 --> 00:32:16,337 That's all very touching, Ms. Novak. 638 00:32:16,337 --> 00:32:19,242 But it's the parents' responsibility to present her. 639 00:32:19,242 --> 00:32:21,368 Where is Mr. Nicholson? 640 00:32:24,702 --> 00:32:26,133 We're looking for him, Your Honor. 641 00:32:26,133 --> 00:32:29,864 I'll give you 24 hours, and then I'll have to dismiss. 642 00:32:31,227 --> 00:32:33,293 Where's Ben Nicholson? 643 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,360 Do you care at all, or is this guy just a pawn to you? 644 00:32:38,646 --> 00:32:41,496 - You're a bastard. - Well, I get that a lot. 645 00:32:42,781 --> 00:32:45,740 I don't have him. I wish I did. 646 00:32:45,740 --> 00:32:49,213 Chatter's down, and the guy's off grid. I'm worried. / Sure. 647 00:32:49,213 --> 00:32:51,438 My case is headed south. 648 00:32:51,438 --> 00:32:53,617 There are people he's supposed to be talking to. 649 00:32:53,617 --> 00:32:56,412 And instead, he's protecting his kid form you. 650 00:32:56,412 --> 00:32:59,362 You think I enjoy making Katie relive that moment? 651 00:33:00,467 --> 00:33:02,294 I don't blame the guy. 652 00:33:02,294 --> 00:33:04,858 I mean, what would you do in his place? 653 00:33:06,922 --> 00:33:09,619 I'd hide her in the last place anybody would look. 654 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:12,797 You find him, you let me know. 655 00:33:13,085 --> 00:33:14,997 You'll be my first call. 656 00:33:16,974 --> 00:33:18,755 Tina Parven! 657 00:33:19,790 --> 00:33:21,992 How'd you find me? No one knows where I was headed. 658 00:33:21,992 --> 00:33:23,960 Well, you use your bank card an awful lot in this area. 659 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,864 You been to buy groceries. I just followed you from there. 660 00:33:27,423 --> 00:33:29,392 - What do you want? - I need to take Katie with me. 661 00:33:29,392 --> 00:33:31,649 - I don't know where she is. - Yeah, you do. 662 00:33:31,649 --> 00:33:35,055 You're the perfect caretaker. You know all about her condition. 663 00:33:35,055 --> 00:33:37,673 Ben protects his daughter. You protect your son. 664 00:33:37,673 --> 00:33:40,633 You're crazy. / You know she's due in court to testify against Alex. 665 00:33:40,633 --> 00:33:43,484 If you refuse to hand her over, that makes you an accessory. 666 00:33:43,484 --> 00:33:45,929 That make you guilty of obstruction. 667 00:33:47,379 --> 00:33:49,239 Where is she? 668 00:33:52,893 --> 00:33:54,215 Ben went to meet someone. 669 00:33:54,215 --> 00:33:57,293 Katie's upstairs with Andrew and my sister. 670 00:33:57,293 --> 00:34:00,474 - Apartment 2-B. - Okay. 671 00:34:00,764 --> 00:34:02,698 Swearability Hearing Part 46 Tuesday, October 9 672 00:34:02,698 --> 00:34:04,925 Katie, do you understand what a lie is? 673 00:34:04,925 --> 00:34:06,545 Something that's not true. 674 00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:08,457 You get punishment for that. 675 00:34:08,457 --> 00:34:10,455 Have you ever told a lie? 676 00:34:14,332 --> 00:34:16,653 Someone made me a grilled cheese. 677 00:34:16,653 --> 00:34:18,544 But there were things in it. 678 00:34:18,544 --> 00:34:21,066 I didn't say it was good, but.. 679 00:34:21,066 --> 00:34:23,757 I ate it all, so she thought I liked it. 680 00:34:23,757 --> 00:34:26,746 - Is that a lie? - No. 681 00:34:26,746 --> 00:34:30,105 Your Honor, I submit this witness can be sworn. 682 00:34:30,105 --> 00:34:32,923 - So ordered. - Don't do that. 683 00:34:32,923 --> 00:34:35,116 She has very sensitive hearing. 684 00:34:35,116 --> 00:34:37,153 Oh, I'm sorry. 685 00:34:38,592 --> 00:34:42,208 That's okay. Can I have a hug? 686 00:34:42,895 --> 00:34:44,563 No. 687 00:34:46,215 --> 00:34:48,151 Maybe later. 688 00:34:48,618 --> 00:34:53,324 Katie, did you hear who was in the bedroom with your mother say anything else besides, 689 00:34:53,324 --> 00:34:55,787 "Come here, baby. You smell good."? 690 00:34:55,787 --> 00:34:57,348 Yes. 691 00:34:57,714 --> 00:34:59,612 What did he say? 692 00:35:08,871 --> 00:35:10,729 That's enough, Katie. 693 00:35:12,549 --> 00:35:16,632 Katie, you pointed out Alex Parven as the one who argued with 694 00:35:16,632 --> 00:35:18,379 and hit your mother, is that right? 695 00:35:18,379 --> 00:35:19,639 Yes. 696 00:35:19,639 --> 00:35:21,315 He used the wrong word. 697 00:35:21,315 --> 00:35:24,738 But my dad said it's really a bad word for girls. 698 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,933 How could you tell the difference between Alex's voice and his father's? 699 00:35:28,933 --> 00:35:34,559 Mr. Parven is even tempo, large pitch, deep timbre. 700 00:35:34,559 --> 00:35:39,552 Alex is fast tempo, high pitch, medium timbre. 701 00:35:39,552 --> 00:35:40,951 I study music. 702 00:35:40,951 --> 00:35:43,943 My teacher says singing and talking are alike. 703 00:35:43,943 --> 00:35:46,286 I know what I heard. 704 00:35:46,767 --> 00:35:48,562 The end. 705 00:35:50,012 --> 00:35:51,415 Thanks you. 706 00:35:51,415 --> 00:35:53,000 Is Katie all right? 707 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,558 Where you been? 708 00:35:54,558 --> 00:35:57,481 Doing what I do best... looking out for my daughter's future. 709 00:35:57,481 --> 00:35:58,560 Is that what the meeting was about? 710 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,528 Or were you trying to keep Katie from testifying? 711 00:36:00,528 --> 00:36:02,186 You and I have different priorities, detective. 712 00:36:02,186 --> 00:36:03,857 You're trying to take someone's freedom away. 713 00:36:03,857 --> 00:36:06,606 I'm trying to make sure Katie's happy and safe. 714 00:36:06,606 --> 00:36:09,660 Well, she's not as fragile as you think she is. 715 00:36:09,907 --> 00:36:11,403 Suddenly you're an expert. 716 00:36:11,403 --> 00:36:14,225 No, I just know a liar when I see one. 717 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:16,638 What? What? What are you talking about? 718 00:36:16,638 --> 00:36:19,259 Look, you're not afraid for your daughter. You're worried about yourself. 719 00:36:19,259 --> 00:36:22,741 That defense attorney is gonna rip her to shreds. 720 00:36:22,741 --> 00:36:25,184 Joel Parven has a child with Williams Syndrome. 721 00:36:25,184 --> 00:36:27,609 He knows exactly what buttons to push. 722 00:36:27,609 --> 00:36:30,676 You left Katie with Tina Parven so you could keep this meeting... 723 00:36:30,676 --> 00:36:32,577 not to protect your daughter. 724 00:36:33,268 --> 00:36:34,985 You don't know anything about it. 725 00:36:34,985 --> 00:36:37,116 I know the Feds are looking for you. 726 00:36:37,116 --> 00:36:38,434 I know you fell off grid. 727 00:36:38,434 --> 00:36:41,862 I know you took this meeting without them knowing about it. 728 00:36:45,507 --> 00:36:47,246 Not everything I do is their business. 729 00:36:47,246 --> 00:36:49,399 I went over everybody's statement, and the cabbie 730 00:36:49,399 --> 00:36:53,359 you went round and round with said you pulled out a wad of cash. 731 00:36:53,359 --> 00:36:55,635 Now, for a guy who's bankrupt... 732 00:36:56,727 --> 00:36:58,427 That made me wonder. 733 00:36:58,427 --> 00:36:59,852 Well, you can wonder all you want. 734 00:36:59,852 --> 00:37:03,078 Just don't question my love for my daughter. 735 00:37:03,464 --> 00:37:05,683 Everybody has an excuse. 736 00:37:05,973 --> 00:37:09,985 And if I were you, I'd think up a better one for the FBI. 737 00:37:09,985 --> 00:37:11,816 Thanks for the heads up. 738 00:37:12,790 --> 00:37:14,704 What did you do yesterday? 739 00:37:14,704 --> 00:37:17,190 I played duets with Andrew. 740 00:37:17,190 --> 00:37:19,552 Then we watched TV. 741 00:37:19,552 --> 00:37:21,815 Then I had a grilled cheese. 742 00:37:22,458 --> 00:37:25,074 Then we listened to music.. Then we... 743 00:37:25,074 --> 00:37:28,087 That's fine. What about the day before that? 744 00:37:29,964 --> 00:37:32,600 - I... I... - What about the day before that? 745 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,306 - Objection, Badgering. - I'm asking simple questions. 746 00:37:35,306 --> 00:37:38,137 If she can't handle this, what'll it be like at trial? 747 00:37:38,137 --> 00:37:39,602 Overruled. 748 00:37:39,602 --> 00:37:41,963 What time was your mother attacked? 749 00:37:45,904 --> 00:37:47,765 Bedtime. 750 00:37:48,944 --> 00:37:50,294 I was in my nightgown. 751 00:37:50,294 --> 00:37:52,284 No, Katie, it was much later than that. 752 00:37:52,284 --> 00:37:54,683 Did you see the attacker's face? 753 00:37:57,147 --> 00:37:58,556 I was under the bed. 754 00:37:58,556 --> 00:38:00,924 - Have you met Alex Parven before? - Yes. 755 00:38:00,924 --> 00:38:04,024 So why didn't you tell anybody he hurt your mother? 756 00:38:04,632 --> 00:38:06,728 You're upsetting me! Go away! 757 00:38:06,728 --> 00:38:09,494 Didn't the police ask you over and over again who did it? 758 00:38:09,494 --> 00:38:11,518 Katie, tell the truth. It wasn't Alex, was it? 759 00:38:11,518 --> 00:38:14,130 You just wanna please Ms. Novak. Isn't that why you said he did it? 760 00:38:14,130 --> 00:38:15,426 Objection. Leading. 761 00:38:15,426 --> 00:38:18,308 This is the McMartin case all over again. 762 00:38:18,308 --> 00:38:21,497 Individuals with Williams Syndrome are willing and apt to say 763 00:38:21,497 --> 00:38:23,113 what people wanna here. 764 00:38:23,113 --> 00:38:26,730 We're more likely to get a false positive from Katie than a five-year-old. 765 00:38:26,730 --> 00:38:28,786 The witness hasn't changed her story. 766 00:38:28,786 --> 00:38:31,974 not once, despite counsel's attempt to badger and confuse her. 767 00:38:31,974 --> 00:38:34,472 And you'd have us believe that she heard it under a bed, 768 00:38:34,472 --> 00:38:36,430 through walls and closed doors. 769 00:38:36,430 --> 00:38:39,092 I can prove she heard every single word. 770 00:38:40,457 --> 00:38:43,475 - Your Honor, if I may? - Proceed. 771 00:38:49,657 --> 00:38:54,254 I'm going to whisper three questions to Katie to see if she responds correctly. 772 00:38:56,242 --> 00:38:59,201 Katie, did Alex hurt your mother? 773 00:39:00,064 --> 00:39:03,910 Yes, Alex hurt my mother. 774 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:07,893 Why did he hurt her? 775 00:39:08,191 --> 00:39:12,322 She was hurting his family, because she was having a baby. 776 00:39:12,653 --> 00:39:16,335 Did anyone tell you what to say in court? 777 00:39:16,335 --> 00:39:20,394 Yes, my dad said don't tell anybody about getting money from Mr. Kim 778 00:39:20,394 --> 00:39:22,661 so we can go away. 779 00:39:23,318 --> 00:39:25,483 Who's Mr. Kim? 780 00:39:27,161 --> 00:39:30,310 He brings my dad money in a briefcase. 781 00:39:33,957 --> 00:39:35,836 The end. 782 00:39:39,915 --> 00:39:43,662 I thought you might like to know Alex Parven made a deal to avoid trial. 783 00:39:44,712 --> 00:39:46,527 Katie won't have to testify. 784 00:39:46,527 --> 00:39:47,667 That's a relief. 785 00:39:47,667 --> 00:39:51,467 I'm sure it is, since Katie won't have to reveal any more secrets in open court. 786 00:39:51,467 --> 00:39:54,091 That doesn't matter. The FBI owns me now. 787 00:39:54,091 --> 00:39:55,563 Yeah, well, they cut a deal with you. 788 00:39:55,563 --> 00:39:58,494 Like any common thief, you testify, you don't go to prison. 789 00:39:58,494 --> 00:39:59,855 I'd already turned the guy in. 790 00:39:59,855 --> 00:40:03,121 I just took his money and didn't tell the Feds. 791 00:40:04,142 --> 00:40:07,836 Must have been an awful lot of cash for you to take a chance like that. 792 00:40:07,836 --> 00:40:09,591 What'd you sell? 793 00:40:09,591 --> 00:40:12,742 A prototype for a new dispersion system. 794 00:40:13,059 --> 00:40:16,521 They're gonna find out soon enough it doesn't work. 795 00:40:17,408 --> 00:40:20,081 You took a lot of risk for nothing. 796 00:40:20,771 --> 00:40:25,618 Wouldn't have been a problem if Katie didn't repeat everything that she hears. 797 00:40:26,813 --> 00:40:29,196 Right. How's your wife? 798 00:40:29,196 --> 00:40:33,076 My soon-to-be-ex? Well enough to be discharged. 799 00:40:33,076 --> 00:40:36,223 Where she's gonna go from here, I don't know. 800 00:40:36,470 --> 00:40:38,729 And I don't really care. 801 00:40:39,066 --> 00:40:41,473 You know she doesn't remember any of it. 802 00:40:41,473 --> 00:40:43,674 The affair, losing the baby. 803 00:40:44,656 --> 00:40:47,754 Yeah, isn't that convenient? 804 00:40:49,711 --> 00:40:51,345 All right, Katie, let's go. 805 00:40:51,345 --> 00:40:52,901 Okay, mommy, it's time to go. 806 00:40:52,901 --> 00:40:55,058 No, Katie. We talked about this. 807 00:40:55,058 --> 00:40:57,841 She is not going anywhere with us. 808 00:40:57,841 --> 00:41:00,733 - Ben! / No. Dad. - We talked about this let's go. 809 00:41:00,733 --> 00:41:01,671 - Talk to me. - Dad! 810 00:41:01,671 --> 00:41:04,413 - Why don't you talk to me? - Let go of me. 811 00:41:04,413 --> 00:41:07,272 - Why can��t I come home? - Let go of her! 812 00:41:07,272 --> 00:41:09,710 Please don't walk away! 813 00:41:09,710 --> 00:41:13,373 - Katie. - No, Dad! No! 814 00:41:13,373 --> 00:41:15,666 Katie, please. Ben. 815 00:41:15,666 --> 00:41:17,612 Why can't I come home? 816 00:41:17,612 --> 00:41:21,487 Stop, daddy! No, we have to... 817 00:41:22,391 --> 00:41:26,876 Let me go.