1 00:00:05,505 --> 00:00:06,706 - In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:07,307 --> 00:00:08,675 the people are represented 3 00:00:08,708 --> 00:00:11,177 by two separate, yet equally important groups: 4 00:00:11,244 --> 00:00:12,912 the police, who investigate crime, 5 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,915 and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:15,949 --> 00:00:17,650 These are their stories. 7 00:00:21,554 --> 00:00:22,789 - Hey! 8 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:25,458 Hey, Leo. 9 00:00:25,525 --> 00:00:26,993 - Mr. Tatum. 10 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:28,094 We just got you back on the road. 11 00:00:28,194 --> 00:00:29,396 What's going on? 12 00:00:29,496 --> 00:00:31,965 - What's going on is, you sold me a bum camshaft. 13 00:00:31,998 --> 00:00:33,900 By the time I got back to Throggs Neck, 14 00:00:33,967 --> 00:00:35,301 my car's spewing white smoke. 15 00:00:35,368 --> 00:00:38,371 I want a new part, and I want my money back! 16 00:00:38,405 --> 00:00:40,707 - Look, we'll make it right, but... 17 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:44,044 free work, you know, it's not a great business plan. 18 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:46,780 I got folks that need to get paid. 19 00:00:46,846 --> 00:00:48,415 - Maybe I should call immigration. 20 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:50,717 They can explain that predicament to them. 21 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:52,052 - Excuse me? 22 00:00:52,118 --> 00:00:54,621 - You say "white smoke"? 23 00:00:54,688 --> 00:00:56,222 - Yeah, smoke that is white. 24 00:00:56,289 --> 00:00:59,325 - What you saw was not smoke. It was steam. 25 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:01,327 It means you have water in your combustion chamber. 26 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:03,396 Nothing to do with your camshaft. 27 00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:05,465 Did you buy gas when you left here? 28 00:01:05,498 --> 00:01:08,902 - So what if I did? - At a discount gas station? 29 00:01:08,968 --> 00:01:10,303 They sold you bad gas. 30 00:01:10,337 --> 00:01:12,706 Your problem is with them, not Mr. Leo. 31 00:01:12,772 --> 00:01:14,174 - Who is this guy? 32 00:01:14,207 --> 00:01:16,443 I don't understand what he's talking about! 33 00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:18,311 - T-this is Sunny. 34 00:01:18,345 --> 00:01:20,780 He's telling you to get the hell out of here. 35 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:26,686 He's just nicer about it than I am. 36 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:34,327 - There's a burn pattern around the wound. 37 00:01:34,394 --> 00:01:36,329 No stippling, though. 38 00:01:36,396 --> 00:01:38,198 - So he was killed execution-style, 39 00:01:38,298 --> 00:01:39,966 like he knew his killer. 40 00:01:40,066 --> 00:01:41,434 - Any weapons? - No. 41 00:01:41,501 --> 00:01:43,069 No cameras back here either. 42 00:01:43,136 --> 00:01:44,838 - How about a name? - Sun Zhen. 43 00:01:44,904 --> 00:01:46,139 His ID's on him. 44 00:01:46,206 --> 00:01:48,341 Wallet's still there, a little cash inside. 45 00:01:48,375 --> 00:01:49,776 - So we're probably not looking at a robbery. 46 00:01:49,843 --> 00:01:52,345 - Maybe, except there's no cell phone in evidence. 47 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:54,180 That's the victim's boss. 48 00:01:54,247 --> 00:01:56,783 He confirmed he had a phone on him, but it ain't here. 49 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:58,718 - Maybe there's something on the phone worth hiding. 50 00:01:58,785 --> 00:01:59,753 - Yeah. 51 00:01:59,819 --> 00:02:01,721 - Boss called 911? 52 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:03,423 - Mr. Brooks. 53 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:07,293 - How you doing, sir? 54 00:02:07,394 --> 00:02:09,095 Detective Riley. This is Detective Shaw. 55 00:02:09,195 --> 00:02:10,363 Can you tell us what happened? 56 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:12,999 - I-I was finishing up around back 57 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:15,468 with a late customer, and I heard a shot. 58 00:02:15,568 --> 00:02:18,438 And I knew Sunny was working in here, so I hurried over, 59 00:02:18,571 --> 00:02:20,507 and I saw some guy running away. 60 00:02:20,573 --> 00:02:23,710 - Can you describe him? - He was about my height. 61 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:25,478 Black hoodie... 62 00:02:25,512 --> 00:02:27,881 Funky green design on the back. 63 00:02:27,947 --> 00:02:29,416 I wish I could tell you more, 64 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:32,285 but it was dark, and he was running fast, 65 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:34,788 and he got a-a pretty good head start on me. 66 00:02:34,854 --> 00:02:36,089 - Okay. 67 00:02:36,222 --> 00:02:38,124 Well, what can you tell us about the victim? 68 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:41,528 - You know, I-I hired Sunny a-a few months back. 69 00:02:41,561 --> 00:02:45,165 Uh, he's a great kid. He worked his tail off. 70 00:02:45,231 --> 00:02:48,335 He'd take any hours I'd give him. 71 00:02:48,368 --> 00:02:50,437 He didn't share a lot, 72 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:53,807 but I think he had some serious money problems-- 73 00:02:53,873 --> 00:02:56,509 something about a-a sick sister 74 00:02:56,576 --> 00:02:59,112 in and out of the hospital. 75 00:02:59,212 --> 00:03:01,281 - All right, thanks. 76 00:03:01,381 --> 00:03:04,184 - Well, not the easiest life. 77 00:03:04,284 --> 00:03:06,519 - Not the easiest death either. 78 00:03:06,619 --> 00:03:10,023 * * 79 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:20,500 * * 80 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:57,437 - What have we got? 81 00:03:57,504 --> 00:03:59,606 - Still no sign of the victim's phone. 82 00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:02,342 I'm trying to crack his cloud, but no luck on that either. 83 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:03,576 - Forensics are back 84 00:04:03,610 --> 00:04:05,478 on the slug we pulled from the vic. 85 00:04:05,512 --> 00:04:07,714 Had some unique striations and deformities. 86 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:09,549 - Sure looks like our murder weapon 87 00:04:09,582 --> 00:04:12,118 was a Sig Sauer of some sort. 88 00:04:12,152 --> 00:04:13,386 Anything else? 89 00:04:13,453 --> 00:04:15,021 - We figured out that Sunny's father 90 00:04:15,055 --> 00:04:16,556 went back to China in a hurry. 91 00:04:16,623 --> 00:04:19,759 He was a member of an immigrant money club. 92 00:04:19,793 --> 00:04:20,727 They pool their funds. 93 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:22,629 They gave each other no-interest loans. 94 00:04:22,662 --> 00:04:24,664 It actually works pretty well for a time 95 00:04:24,731 --> 00:04:26,566 until someone runs off with the whole pot, 96 00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:28,168 like Sunny's father did-- 97 00:04:28,234 --> 00:04:29,636 stole 40 grand. 98 00:04:29,703 --> 00:04:32,172 - Which is unheard of in this community. 99 00:04:32,238 --> 00:04:34,841 These clubs are based on honor, trust. 100 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:37,344 - So you think somebody maybe came after Sunny 101 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:39,412 to collect a debt? 102 00:04:44,351 --> 00:04:46,786 - Mahjong's supposed to be a brain booster. 103 00:04:46,853 --> 00:04:50,056 Helps keep the mind sharp, prevents memory loss. 104 00:04:50,156 --> 00:04:52,292 - Oh, is that a factoid or a suggestion? 105 00:04:52,359 --> 00:04:53,793 If you want to pull up a chair, 106 00:04:53,827 --> 00:04:55,528 I can handle this. - Oh, easy, partner. 107 00:04:55,595 --> 00:04:57,230 I'm not that much older than you. 108 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:58,431 Here she is. 109 00:04:58,565 --> 00:05:00,200 Ms. Tan? 110 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:01,935 Ms. Tan, we need to ask you some questions. 111 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:05,205 - Too busy. Come back later. 112 00:05:05,271 --> 00:05:06,806 - Do we get any priority if we mention 113 00:05:06,873 --> 00:05:10,243 that you are running an illegal casino in the middle of Queens? 114 00:05:10,343 --> 00:05:12,278 - Ooh, I see. 115 00:05:12,312 --> 00:05:14,948 You are here to meet your monthly quota 116 00:05:15,015 --> 00:05:16,616 to harass Chinese people. 117 00:05:16,716 --> 00:05:19,419 - No, this is a murder investigation. 118 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:21,855 So we can talk here or the precinct. 119 00:05:21,921 --> 00:05:23,156 - "Murder"? 120 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:26,559 - Sunny Zhen. He's dead. 121 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:31,164 * * 122 00:05:34,134 --> 00:05:36,636 Nobody here would hurt Sunny. 123 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:39,406 We loved him like our own son. 124 00:05:39,472 --> 00:05:42,342 - His father ran off with a lot of money--your money. 125 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:44,744 - Our club's money, yes. 126 00:05:44,811 --> 00:05:48,815 And there was no one more hurt by that than Sunny. 127 00:05:48,882 --> 00:05:51,317 Shame--it crushed him. 128 00:05:51,418 --> 00:05:54,087 He gave us every spare dime he had 129 00:05:54,154 --> 00:05:56,589 to pay his father's debt 130 00:05:56,690 --> 00:05:59,459 until Sunny lost his job. 131 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:01,194 - Thought he worked at the auto garage. 132 00:06:01,294 --> 00:06:03,396 - Sunny was a chemist. 133 00:06:03,496 --> 00:06:07,967 He was a graduate student at Hudson University. 134 00:06:08,001 --> 00:06:10,003 Then he lost his job 135 00:06:10,036 --> 00:06:13,239 and his student housing, too. 136 00:06:13,340 --> 00:06:15,809 He was in a very bad way. 137 00:06:15,875 --> 00:06:19,379 He worked at the garage just to scratch by. 138 00:06:19,446 --> 00:06:21,648 - So why did he lose his job? 139 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:26,019 - The university accused him of... 140 00:06:26,086 --> 00:06:28,955 stealing secrets for the Chinese. 141 00:06:31,091 --> 00:06:32,726 - Was Sunny a spy? 142 00:06:32,826 --> 00:06:36,029 * * 143 00:06:41,568 --> 00:06:42,102 - Answer's no. 144 00:06:43,103 --> 00:06:44,904 I cannot tell you what Sunny Zhen was working on. 145 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:47,307 Our work is related to national security. 146 00:06:47,374 --> 00:06:49,075 Pentagon pays the bills. That comes with rules. 147 00:06:49,175 --> 00:06:51,544 So maybe you want to ask them. - We're asking you, Dr. Chen. 148 00:06:51,578 --> 00:06:53,313 You hired him as a grad student. 149 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:54,981 You recruited him to your program. 150 00:06:55,048 --> 00:06:57,717 You trained him in polymer chemistry. 151 00:06:57,784 --> 00:06:59,419 He gets accused of being a spy for the Chinese, 152 00:06:59,452 --> 00:07:00,587 and then someone executes him. 153 00:07:00,653 --> 00:07:01,921 Now, we're trying to find out why, 154 00:07:01,988 --> 00:07:03,356 and you're hiding behind a grant from the Pentagon. 155 00:07:03,390 --> 00:07:05,258 - Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 156 00:07:05,325 --> 00:07:06,593 You don't think that I-- 157 00:07:06,659 --> 00:07:08,428 - You tell us, Doc. That's the whole point. 158 00:07:08,528 --> 00:07:11,498 - Just because... 159 00:07:11,564 --> 00:07:13,967 somebody calls the university to report 160 00:07:14,034 --> 00:07:16,770 that Sunny was a spy does not make it true. 161 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:18,905 - So you think the tip was bogus? 162 00:07:18,972 --> 00:07:22,842 - Yes. Of course I do. 163 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:25,278 If this country ever suffers a chemical attack 164 00:07:25,345 --> 00:07:27,681 and you survive, 165 00:07:27,714 --> 00:07:29,049 Sunny Zhen would be on the list of people 166 00:07:29,082 --> 00:07:30,517 you would want to write a thank-you note to. 167 00:07:30,583 --> 00:07:33,186 That's the work that we do here. 168 00:07:33,219 --> 00:07:34,854 Sunny was a brilliant chemist. 169 00:07:34,921 --> 00:07:37,223 All he wanted to do was save lives-- 170 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:39,092 American lives. 171 00:07:39,192 --> 00:07:40,560 - So why not fight for him? 172 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:42,495 You've got tenure. You're not going anywhere. 173 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:45,098 - Because it's 2025. 174 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:47,434 The university is not going to risk federal funding 175 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:49,102 to stand up for an immigrant who is even accused 176 00:07:49,202 --> 00:07:52,105 of giving proprietary information to the Chinese. 177 00:07:52,172 --> 00:07:54,341 The accusation is all it takes. 178 00:07:54,407 --> 00:07:56,676 - A real profile in courage, huh? 179 00:07:56,743 --> 00:07:59,045 - It's a profile in reality. 180 00:07:59,112 --> 00:08:00,947 - So why would somebody call in a tip 181 00:08:01,047 --> 00:08:03,650 falsely accusing Sunny Zhen of being a spy? 182 00:08:06,419 --> 00:08:08,888 Turns out Sunny Zhen was not a spy after all. 183 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:11,891 The university nor the Feds could corroborate 184 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:13,960 any of the claims that were made against him. 185 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:16,496 - There's no evidence Sunny was in touch with anybody in China, 186 00:08:16,563 --> 00:08:17,697 including his own father. 187 00:08:17,797 --> 00:08:19,132 - Okay, so if Sunny wasn't a spy, 188 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:20,867 why was someone claiming he was? 189 00:08:20,934 --> 00:08:23,870 It's just a weird thing to do. - Revenge. 190 00:08:23,937 --> 00:08:25,372 There was this other grad student-- 191 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:27,007 this guy Eli Randall was pumping out papers 192 00:08:27,107 --> 00:08:29,609 with incredible numbers, like, groundbreaking stuff. 193 00:08:29,642 --> 00:08:31,044 - If they were true. 194 00:08:31,144 --> 00:08:33,613 But Sunny Zhen is the one who figured out that they weren't. 195 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:35,749 So he brought his concerns up to Dr. Chen, 196 00:08:35,815 --> 00:08:37,617 because when you're dealing in chemical warfare-- 197 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:39,519 - You can't fudge the data. - Right. 198 00:08:39,586 --> 00:08:42,856 So Dr. Chen fires Eli Randall, 199 00:08:42,922 --> 00:08:46,292 and then the next day, "somebody" calls the university 200 00:08:46,326 --> 00:08:49,095 and claims that Sunny Zhen is a spy. 201 00:08:51,164 --> 00:08:55,402 - Well, maybe the phony chemist got Sunny fired. 202 00:08:55,468 --> 00:08:58,371 It wasn't enough, and he killed him. 203 00:08:58,438 --> 00:09:01,107 - I buy it. 204 00:09:01,174 --> 00:09:03,610 - Pick him up. 205 00:09:03,677 --> 00:09:04,911 - It's not what you think! 206 00:09:04,978 --> 00:09:06,646 - We don't go off of what we think. 207 00:09:06,746 --> 00:09:09,082 We go off of what we know. We're the cops. 208 00:09:09,115 --> 00:09:10,617 So, for instance, we know 209 00:09:10,684 --> 00:09:12,786 that you moved back in with your parents 210 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:14,954 after Dr. Chen kicked you out of the lab. 211 00:09:15,055 --> 00:09:18,124 We also know that your father has three registered firearms, 212 00:09:18,158 --> 00:09:21,194 one of which is a Sig Sauer-- same make as the murder weapon. 213 00:09:21,261 --> 00:09:23,797 - No, no, no, m-my dad keeps his guns in his safe. 214 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:25,632 His fingerprint is the only thing that opens it. 215 00:09:25,699 --> 00:09:27,033 - We also checked your smartwatch. 216 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,034 Got the GPS off of that, 217 00:09:28,101 --> 00:09:29,836 so we found out that you were outside 218 00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:31,905 of Sunny Zhen's apartment two days before the murder. 219 00:09:32,005 --> 00:09:35,241 - I did not do this, okay? I swear. 220 00:09:37,077 --> 00:09:38,845 Okay, look, 221 00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:42,782 I did go over there, but it was to patch things up. 222 00:09:42,882 --> 00:09:44,351 - Guy gets accused of murder, 223 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:45,618 all of a sudden, he's Gandhi now, huh? 224 00:09:45,685 --> 00:09:47,821 - It's the truth, okay? 225 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:51,091 Look, Sunny and I both lost our jobs. 226 00:09:51,191 --> 00:09:53,593 The reality is, I had a financial cushion. 227 00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:54,761 Sunny didn't. 228 00:09:54,861 --> 00:09:57,030 I will be fine. Sunny was not. 229 00:09:57,097 --> 00:10:00,233 And I heard that he was struggling to make ends meet. 230 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,635 I knew that his sister was sick, and I felt responsible. 231 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:05,739 - Because you were responsible. 232 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:07,140 - I-I couldn't keep up. 233 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,943 The rest of the grad students were really smart, okay? 234 00:10:09,976 --> 00:10:14,848 And the pressure to succeed was crazy, and... 235 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:17,283 I fudged some data. - You did way more than that. 236 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:18,385 You ruined Sunny Zhen's life 237 00:10:18,485 --> 00:10:19,686 because he was smarter than you, 238 00:10:19,753 --> 00:10:22,956 and you couldn't take that, could you? 239 00:10:23,023 --> 00:10:24,391 - Yeah. 240 00:10:24,491 --> 00:10:26,760 Yeah, you're right. 241 00:10:26,826 --> 00:10:29,129 And I hate myself for it. 242 00:10:29,229 --> 00:10:32,499 But that's why I went over there to patch things up. 243 00:10:32,565 --> 00:10:33,800 So a couple nights ago, 244 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:36,436 I went over to his apartment to bring him some money. 245 00:10:36,503 --> 00:10:38,705 - Really? How much you give him? 246 00:10:38,738 --> 00:10:40,407 - Nothing. I didn't get that far. 247 00:10:40,507 --> 00:10:42,375 - And why is that? 248 00:10:42,409 --> 00:10:43,877 - Sunny wasn't alone. 249 00:10:43,943 --> 00:10:46,346 - Not alone, like with a woman? He's having a party? 250 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:48,748 What does that mean? 251 00:10:48,848 --> 00:10:50,817 - When I got there, he was out front 252 00:10:50,884 --> 00:10:53,186 with this dude leaning against a car. 253 00:10:53,286 --> 00:10:55,088 And so I went over to them, 254 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:58,224 and the guy he was with waves me off, 255 00:10:58,291 --> 00:11:00,160 tells me to take a walk. 256 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:02,862 And I'm like, who the hell are you? 257 00:11:02,929 --> 00:11:04,464 And... 258 00:11:04,564 --> 00:11:06,499 the guy flashes a gun at me. 259 00:11:06,566 --> 00:11:08,301 For real, okay? 260 00:11:08,368 --> 00:11:11,738 And he tells me to get the hell out of there, so I did. 261 00:11:11,838 --> 00:11:13,707 - What'd this guy look like? 262 00:11:13,773 --> 00:11:16,409 - It was really dark, and, um... 263 00:11:16,443 --> 00:11:17,877 I-I-I was really scared. 264 00:11:17,944 --> 00:11:21,514 I mean, I'm pretty sure he was Hispanic. 265 00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:25,185 - What about the dude's car? You know the make and model? 266 00:11:28,088 --> 00:11:30,657 Randall said the guy who threatened him 267 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:33,226 was driving a red BMW with tinted windows. 268 00:11:33,326 --> 00:11:35,095 Now, this--same car outside 269 00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:37,797 of Sunny Zhen's building two days before the murder. 270 00:11:37,897 --> 00:11:39,666 - Did you get a look at the driver? 271 00:11:39,766 --> 00:11:41,568 - We did not, but we ran the plates. 272 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:43,403 Came back to Ernesto Ruiz. 273 00:11:43,470 --> 00:11:44,704 - Who's that? 274 00:11:44,771 --> 00:11:46,740 - Nobody, not even a parking ticket, 275 00:11:46,806 --> 00:11:49,442 but check out who his daddy is. 276 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:51,311 Antonio Ruiz. 277 00:11:51,378 --> 00:11:52,879 - Drug dealer. 278 00:11:52,979 --> 00:11:54,814 - The one and only. 279 00:11:54,848 --> 00:11:56,850 We went after him a bunch of times 280 00:11:56,883 --> 00:11:59,319 in my days in Narcotics-- just couldn't pin him down. 281 00:11:59,419 --> 00:12:00,920 - Okay, can you tell me 282 00:12:00,987 --> 00:12:03,023 what all this has to do with Sunny Zhen? 283 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:06,860 - Ruiz likes to cook his own fentanyl. 284 00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:09,662 - Okay, so we have a murder victim who was a chemist, 285 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:12,098 who was fired, needed money, and happened to be 286 00:12:12,198 --> 00:12:14,134 in possession of a very special skill set. 287 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:17,203 - That would have been very valuable to a drug dealer. 288 00:12:17,303 --> 00:12:19,339 - Okay. 289 00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:21,408 Go find Ernesto Ruiz. 290 00:12:24,544 --> 00:12:26,379 - Ernesto Ruiz came to us last year 291 00:12:26,479 --> 00:12:27,781 through Teach for America. 292 00:12:27,847 --> 00:12:30,950 He's a godsend-- to staff and students. 293 00:12:30,984 --> 00:12:32,919 - You do know who his father is? 294 00:12:32,986 --> 00:12:34,554 - Sure. People talk. 295 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:37,557 But sometimes the apple does fall far from the tree. 296 00:12:37,657 --> 00:12:39,192 My understanding is Ernesto has money 297 00:12:39,225 --> 00:12:41,161 and doesn't even need to be here. 298 00:12:41,194 --> 00:12:43,530 His heart is called to serve. 299 00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:46,166 Can I just ask what this is about? 300 00:12:46,232 --> 00:12:48,101 - No. 301 00:12:48,201 --> 00:12:49,569 - Okay. 302 00:12:52,572 --> 00:12:54,140 - Nice. 303 00:12:56,009 --> 00:12:59,245 - Mr. Ruiz, I'm so sorry to interrupt. 304 00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:01,648 These gentlemen need to speak with you. 305 00:13:04,484 --> 00:13:06,186 - Bye, Mr. Ruiz. - All right, see you later. 306 00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:08,855 - Bye. - Bye. 307 00:13:09,456 --> 00:13:11,491 - Make sure you study for tomorrow's quiz. 308 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:13,326 Yeah. 309 00:13:16,830 --> 00:13:18,732 - Can I help you? - Yeah. 310 00:13:18,832 --> 00:13:20,667 We are investigating a murder. 311 00:13:20,734 --> 00:13:22,469 - A murder? Who--who died? 312 00:13:22,502 --> 00:13:24,637 - A man named Sunny Zhen. 313 00:13:24,671 --> 00:13:26,773 And this... 314 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:28,608 is your car parked outside of his building 315 00:13:28,708 --> 00:13:30,076 two days before the murder. 316 00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:33,580 - That's my car, but I've never heard of that name before, 317 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:35,148 and I wasn't there. 318 00:13:35,215 --> 00:13:37,717 Uh, sometimes I loan my car to friends. 319 00:13:37,751 --> 00:13:39,753 That's convenient, isn't it? 320 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:41,154 - Sure is. 321 00:13:41,221 --> 00:13:43,957 - Kind of gives you an excuse for anything, doesn't it? 322 00:13:44,024 --> 00:13:46,826 All right, I'll bite. Who'd you loan your car to? 323 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:49,262 Come on, man. 324 00:13:49,295 --> 00:13:51,164 We have an eyewitness that puts you there, 325 00:13:51,264 --> 00:13:53,033 says that you threatened him with a gun. 326 00:13:53,133 --> 00:13:54,901 - What? That's ridiculous. 327 00:13:54,968 --> 00:13:57,337 - How about this? Is this ridiculous, too? 328 00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:59,839 - That's two blocks from the murder scene. 329 00:13:59,906 --> 00:14:02,909 15 minutes later, Sunny Zhen was dead, so... 330 00:14:02,976 --> 00:14:07,013 what, you loan your car out that night, too? 331 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,783 - I have nothing to do with this, 332 00:14:09,816 --> 00:14:12,619 and I'm not saying another word. 333 00:14:12,719 --> 00:14:13,953 - Better call a sub. 334 00:14:17,257 --> 00:14:18,892 * * 335 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:29,269 - Hey, look, we need a warrant for Ernesto Ruiz's vehicle. 336 00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:32,172 It's a BMW that was seen in the area of the murder. 337 00:14:32,272 --> 00:14:34,674 We got to scrub it for evidence before he wipes it down 338 00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:36,343 or dumps it off a bridge or something. 339 00:14:36,409 --> 00:14:37,877 - So you're saying you think he's good for this? 340 00:14:37,977 --> 00:14:39,913 - All we know is that we don't have enough to hold him. 341 00:14:39,946 --> 00:14:42,382 - On one hand, he's a middle school teacher 342 00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:44,084 doing the Lord's work and all that, 343 00:14:44,184 --> 00:14:45,752 and he's got no criminal history, 344 00:14:45,852 --> 00:14:46,986 no history of violence, 345 00:14:47,087 --> 00:14:49,189 but his dad is a major dope pusher. 346 00:14:49,289 --> 00:14:52,225 - And the guy he was talking to, Sunny Zhen--a chemist. 347 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:54,794 - So you think he is in the family business? 348 00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,129 - I mean, it works for me. 349 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:58,264 - We also have an eyewitness, Eli Randall, 350 00:14:58,331 --> 00:15:00,200 who picked him out of a six-pack. 351 00:15:00,266 --> 00:15:01,701 - So let's start with a search warrant, 352 00:15:01,801 --> 00:15:03,436 and we'll impound Ruiz's vehicle. 353 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:05,605 - Thank you. 354 00:15:08,108 --> 00:15:09,676 Lou, we got something for you. 355 00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:12,612 Crime lab found traces of Sunny's blood in the red BMW. 356 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:14,147 - Okay, good. 357 00:15:14,214 --> 00:15:16,750 - They also found DNA evidence of somebody else in the car. 358 00:15:16,783 --> 00:15:19,252 - Omar Nuñez-- pride of the South Bronx, 359 00:15:19,352 --> 00:15:21,588 also Ernesto Ruiz's first cousin 360 00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:25,625 and a documented foot soldier of Ernesto's father, Antonio. 361 00:15:25,692 --> 00:15:27,327 - He's got a long sheet, this guy-- 362 00:15:27,394 --> 00:15:29,229 violent, most recently did two years 363 00:15:29,329 --> 00:15:31,898 for distribution of a controlled substance--fentanyl. 364 00:15:31,998 --> 00:15:33,466 - And when Sunny Zhen was killed, 365 00:15:33,566 --> 00:15:35,969 his boss said that the suspect fled the scene 366 00:15:36,069 --> 00:15:38,605 in a black sweatshirt with a green emblem in the back. 367 00:15:38,672 --> 00:15:40,774 - Okay, confirm with the boss that the pattern is the same. 368 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,542 - H-hold on, Lou. Check this out. 369 00:15:42,642 --> 00:15:43,910 One more thing. 370 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,812 So that... 371 00:15:45,845 --> 00:15:48,114 That's a Sig Sauer, 372 00:15:48,214 --> 00:15:51,117 same manufacturer as our murder weapon. 373 00:15:51,217 --> 00:15:52,819 - Well, arrest him. 374 00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:57,190 * * 375 00:15:57,257 --> 00:15:59,426 - Omar Nuñez, a quick word. 376 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:00,860 NYPD! Stop! 377 00:16:00,927 --> 00:16:01,928 - NYPD! - Stay where you are! 378 00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:04,631 - NYPD! Stop! 379 00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:08,401 Where you going, Omar? 380 00:16:08,501 --> 00:16:10,870 You got somewhere better to be? - Hands. 381 00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:17,844 * * 382 00:16:17,944 --> 00:16:20,213 - You know we got an eyewitness 383 00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:22,716 that puts you at the murder scene 384 00:16:22,749 --> 00:16:24,851 in this sweatshirt? 385 00:16:24,918 --> 00:16:27,921 - Yo, I lost that sweatshirt a long time ago. 386 00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:30,323 Must've been somebody else your "witness" saw. 387 00:16:30,423 --> 00:16:32,392 - Well, our forensics team said the murder weapon 388 00:16:32,459 --> 00:16:36,329 was a Sig Sauer-- a lot like that one there. 389 00:16:36,396 --> 00:16:38,098 Now, we didn't find that in your apartment, 390 00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:39,399 which I'm guessing you already knew 391 00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:41,801 because you ditched it someplace, didn't you? 392 00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:44,137 We found your burner phone, Omar. 393 00:16:44,204 --> 00:16:45,372 It was sitting right there on the countertop 394 00:16:45,472 --> 00:16:47,941 next to a pack of cigarettes and a box of condoms. 395 00:16:48,041 --> 00:16:49,976 - Yeah, so you ain't got to say nothing to us, bro. 396 00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:51,945 This phone... 397 00:16:51,978 --> 00:16:54,514 is going to do all the singing. 398 00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:57,784 - You recruited Sunny to cook fentanyl. 399 00:16:57,817 --> 00:16:59,319 He changed his mind. He wanted out. 400 00:16:59,386 --> 00:17:01,855 He even sent you a text. We got that right here. Look. 401 00:17:01,955 --> 00:17:04,524 "I saw what I saw. I can't do this anymore." 402 00:17:04,591 --> 00:17:07,327 Three hours later, you put a bullet in his head. 403 00:17:09,996 --> 00:17:11,464 - So, tell us, what did he see? 404 00:17:11,564 --> 00:17:14,768 What did Sunny Zhen see that he wasn't supposed to see? 405 00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:16,469 - Don't know nothing about this, man. 406 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:18,905 - Come on, man, this ain't looking good for you, bro. 407 00:17:19,005 --> 00:17:20,473 We have all the receipts. 408 00:17:20,573 --> 00:17:23,276 - We know who your boss is, too, Omar. 409 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:25,311 You want to give us Antonio Ruiz, 410 00:17:25,412 --> 00:17:27,313 things might look a little bit better for you. 411 00:17:27,414 --> 00:17:30,183 - Why don't you tell us what Antonio's been up to... 412 00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:32,519 or maybe his son Ernesto? 413 00:17:32,619 --> 00:17:34,120 - Yeah, how about that? 414 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:35,755 Is Ernesto involved in this? 415 00:17:35,855 --> 00:17:37,957 - Nah! 416 00:17:37,991 --> 00:17:40,660 Ernesto got nothing to do with this, man. 417 00:17:40,727 --> 00:17:41,928 Y'all leave his ass out of it. 418 00:17:43,263 --> 00:17:44,831 - Yeah, we're done here. 419 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:46,700 No more questions for my client. 420 00:17:46,766 --> 00:17:51,371 * * 421 00:17:51,471 --> 00:17:54,240 - We have a decent case against Omar, 422 00:17:54,274 --> 00:17:56,976 but so far, he is unwilling to cooperate. 423 00:17:57,010 --> 00:17:58,845 - Then we need to try harder. 424 00:17:58,945 --> 00:18:01,348 Omar's a grunt, a soldier. 425 00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:03,983 Antonio Ruiz is the real deal. 426 00:18:04,050 --> 00:18:07,487 5,000 New Yorkers died last year from a fentanyl overdose. 427 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:10,457 We have an opportunity to make a real statement here, 428 00:18:10,523 --> 00:18:12,225 to punish one of the perpetrators 429 00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:14,094 and get some of that garbage off the street. 430 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,162 - Obviously, we would like that, too. 431 00:18:16,196 --> 00:18:18,298 But Omar isn't willing to flip. 432 00:18:18,398 --> 00:18:20,800 We talked to his attorney this afternoon. 433 00:18:20,867 --> 00:18:22,402 - What about Antonio's son Ernesto? 434 00:18:22,469 --> 00:18:25,338 - We have a case against him? - Mm, not really. 435 00:18:25,405 --> 00:18:27,073 - What does that mean? 436 00:18:27,173 --> 00:18:29,743 - It means we can put Ernesto's car 437 00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:32,012 in the neighborhood where the murder took place 438 00:18:32,045 --> 00:18:33,580 around the time of the murder, 439 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,181 but we can't necessarily put Ernesto there. 440 00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:37,250 - And we also know from Omar's burner phone 441 00:18:37,283 --> 00:18:39,285 that he lied to Ernesto about why he needed a ride 442 00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:42,122 on the night of the murder, so even if he was there-- 443 00:18:42,188 --> 00:18:44,090 - You really believe this kid is innocent? 444 00:18:44,157 --> 00:18:45,959 - We can't prove otherwise. 445 00:18:46,059 --> 00:18:47,660 We're trying to nail the father, I get it, 446 00:18:47,761 --> 00:18:51,131 but there's a world in which Ernesto is guilty 447 00:18:51,231 --> 00:18:54,200 of nothing more than being a drug dealer's son. 448 00:18:54,267 --> 00:18:57,170 - There is a bigger prize to be won here, guys. 449 00:18:57,203 --> 00:18:59,673 Take another run at Omar. 450 00:19:02,609 --> 00:19:03,943 - Sam. - Yeah? 451 00:19:04,010 --> 00:19:05,645 - What's going on? 452 00:19:05,679 --> 00:19:10,216 You seem determined to stick up for this Ernesto Ruiz. 453 00:19:10,283 --> 00:19:11,651 Yeah, he's a schoolteacher. 454 00:19:11,718 --> 00:19:14,587 He's got no record, but his car was at the scene. 455 00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:16,756 We do have reason to think he might have been involved. 456 00:19:16,823 --> 00:19:20,060 - Yeah, I know. I just--I don't think it's... 457 00:19:22,062 --> 00:19:25,098 In my family, I was "the project." 458 00:19:25,198 --> 00:19:28,435 The whole family organized around one thing--me-- 459 00:19:28,468 --> 00:19:31,504 getting me a good education, pushing me to the top 460 00:19:31,538 --> 00:19:34,174 so that eventually I can pull everybody up with me. 461 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,942 - Yeah, okay, that's the beauty 462 00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:38,078 of the American immigrant experience. 463 00:19:38,111 --> 00:19:39,412 - I'm not looking for a medal. 464 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:42,115 I'm just trying to tell you that... 465 00:19:42,148 --> 00:19:43,917 Do you know what paid for all of this? 466 00:19:44,017 --> 00:19:45,452 - Uh, uh, yeah. 467 00:19:45,552 --> 00:19:47,354 I thought your father ran a Lebanese restaurant. 468 00:19:47,454 --> 00:19:49,155 - Do you have any idea how much baba ghanoush it takes 469 00:19:49,189 --> 00:19:51,157 to pay for law school? - No. I'm guessing a lot. 470 00:19:52,692 --> 00:19:54,361 - Well, the restaurant never made any money. 471 00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:57,297 But the sportsbook my father ran out the back door-- 472 00:19:57,364 --> 00:20:01,001 well, that did pretty well. 473 00:20:01,101 --> 00:20:03,203 Now here I am--public servant, 474 00:20:03,269 --> 00:20:06,072 making good on that promise to my family. 475 00:20:06,106 --> 00:20:09,142 That was my father. 476 00:20:09,242 --> 00:20:12,879 So, yes, immigrant stories are beautiful... 477 00:20:12,979 --> 00:20:15,348 but they can be complicated, too. 478 00:20:22,389 --> 00:20:24,224 I spoke with Omar's lawyer again. 479 00:20:24,290 --> 00:20:26,126 They're still not interested in cooperating. 480 00:20:26,159 --> 00:20:27,327 - So we move forward. 481 00:20:27,394 --> 00:20:29,462 Good news is, our case is strong. 482 00:20:29,529 --> 00:20:31,031 Who knows? Maybe he'll get cold feet 483 00:20:31,064 --> 00:20:32,999 when he sees all the evidence we have against him 484 00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:35,702 and the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison 485 00:20:35,802 --> 00:20:37,137 begins to set in. 486 00:20:37,170 --> 00:20:39,839 - Nolan, Sam, we need to talk. 487 00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:42,208 - About what? - Omar Nuñez. 488 00:20:42,242 --> 00:20:44,844 He's dead. 489 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:47,947 * * 490 00:20:53,953 --> 00:20:56,656 7:24 a.m., just another day. 491 00:20:59,793 --> 00:21:02,462 - Guy shaved his toothbrush into a knife. 492 00:21:02,529 --> 00:21:05,732 Kid died before he got to the operating table. 493 00:21:05,799 --> 00:21:06,966 - Wow. 494 00:21:08,802 --> 00:21:11,237 Now we just need to figure out if it's connected 495 00:21:11,304 --> 00:21:12,972 to Sunny Zhen's murder or-- 496 00:21:13,073 --> 00:21:14,974 - If prison is just a violent place. 497 00:21:15,008 --> 00:21:16,242 - Correct. 498 00:21:16,343 --> 00:21:17,477 - Here's what I can tell you on that. 499 00:21:17,544 --> 00:21:19,879 The guy who killed Omar is doing life-- 500 00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:21,614 no history of mental illness, 501 00:21:21,681 --> 00:21:24,384 never committed an act of violence before on the inside. 502 00:21:24,517 --> 00:21:26,519 - Did he say anything after the attack? 503 00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:28,788 - One thing, one thing only. 504 00:21:28,822 --> 00:21:31,057 He claimed he'd been beefing with Omar 505 00:21:31,091 --> 00:21:32,659 from a fight on the basketball court. 506 00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:34,527 That was a lie. - How do you know? 507 00:21:34,661 --> 00:21:36,062 - We maintain a record of every step 508 00:21:36,096 --> 00:21:37,797 these guys take in this place. 509 00:21:37,864 --> 00:21:40,133 These two men had never been on the yard together 510 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,002 at the same time, not once. 511 00:21:42,068 --> 00:21:45,438 As far as we can tell, the first time they ever met, 512 00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:48,708 this guy put a knife in Omar's eye. 513 00:21:51,411 --> 00:21:53,346 - It's pretty clear that was a hit. 514 00:21:53,413 --> 00:21:55,815 - Antonio Ruiz is obviously concerned 515 00:21:55,849 --> 00:21:57,951 about what was going to come out in court. 516 00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:59,319 - All right. Thank you. 517 00:21:59,419 --> 00:22:01,221 Had the warden at Rikers pull the visitor log. 518 00:22:01,287 --> 00:22:03,456 Get this--the inmate who killed Omar 519 00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:05,825 hadn't had a visitor in four months until yesterday 520 00:22:05,892 --> 00:22:08,828 when his daughter shows up for the first time in a year. 521 00:22:08,895 --> 00:22:11,898 - That would be, uh, quite a coincidence. 522 00:22:14,601 --> 00:22:16,002 - You went to go visit your father 523 00:22:16,069 --> 00:22:18,038 the day before the murder. 524 00:22:18,104 --> 00:22:20,006 So? 525 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,542 So it is of note that after not seeing your father 526 00:22:22,575 --> 00:22:24,444 for a year, you go to visit him, 527 00:22:24,511 --> 00:22:26,713 and then he kills somebody the next day. 528 00:22:26,780 --> 00:22:29,916 - What, it's a crime to visit my father in prison? 529 00:22:29,949 --> 00:22:32,819 - Ms. South, you know how much money you had in your account 530 00:22:32,919 --> 00:22:35,388 Monday morning? 531 00:22:35,488 --> 00:22:38,725 - A couple hundred bucks. - $87. 532 00:22:38,758 --> 00:22:40,760 You know how much you had at the end of the day? 533 00:22:40,794 --> 00:22:44,030 $5,087, which means that you went down to the bank 534 00:22:44,164 --> 00:22:46,032 and you deposited five racks in cash. 535 00:22:46,099 --> 00:22:48,902 So, no, it's not a crime to go visit your father in prison, 536 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:51,571 but it is a crime to be an accessory to murder. 537 00:22:51,705 --> 00:22:53,340 - If, for example, somebody paid you 538 00:22:53,406 --> 00:22:56,009 five grand to pass your father a message. 539 00:22:58,545 --> 00:23:00,246 - Where'd you get the money? 540 00:23:03,316 --> 00:23:04,617 I don't know. 541 00:23:04,684 --> 00:23:06,353 - Enough of this. Let's go. 542 00:23:06,386 --> 00:23:07,587 - Go? Go where? 543 00:23:07,654 --> 00:23:08,621 - We're going to jail, Melanie. - No! 544 00:23:08,722 --> 00:23:09,723 - Your kid's gonna be born in prison. 545 00:23:09,856 --> 00:23:11,291 Is that what you want? - No. 546 00:23:11,358 --> 00:23:12,625 No, no, please, please, I just-- 547 00:23:12,659 --> 00:23:14,894 I wasn't in a position to turn down that kind of money. 548 00:23:14,928 --> 00:23:17,030 - Well, here's the position you're in now. 549 00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:19,065 Last chance-- where'd you get the money, 550 00:23:19,165 --> 00:23:21,901 and what did they want in return? 551 00:23:21,968 --> 00:23:29,175 * * 552 00:23:29,676 --> 00:23:31,778 - Our killer's daughter visited him at Rikers 553 00:23:31,845 --> 00:23:34,014 before the murder, gave him a two-word message-- 554 00:23:34,147 --> 00:23:35,382 Omar Nuñez. 555 00:23:35,515 --> 00:23:37,484 And she says this guy, Alfred Arroyo, 556 00:23:37,584 --> 00:23:39,886 paid her to deliver the message. 557 00:23:39,953 --> 00:23:42,188 It's a long sheet, not a nice man. 558 00:23:42,222 --> 00:23:44,024 - Yes, and according to Narcotics, 559 00:23:44,090 --> 00:23:47,560 he is a documented lieutenant of Antonio Ruiz 560 00:23:47,627 --> 00:23:49,396 and also did time at Fishkill 561 00:23:49,496 --> 00:23:51,364 with the guy who killed Omar Nuñez. 562 00:23:51,398 --> 00:23:53,199 - You got a ping order on Arroyo? 563 00:23:53,266 --> 00:23:54,701 - Just came in. 564 00:23:54,734 --> 00:23:58,071 Riley and Shaw are on it-- somewhere near Mott Haven. 565 00:23:59,372 --> 00:24:01,474 - Okay, our boy's pulling over. 566 00:24:04,878 --> 00:24:11,851 * * 567 00:24:14,554 --> 00:24:16,289 There's Arroyo. 568 00:24:21,161 --> 00:24:22,996 Arroyo! 569 00:24:23,063 --> 00:24:24,898 NYPD! Hands up! 570 00:24:26,866 --> 00:24:29,002 Let's do this nice and easy. Get on the ground. 571 00:24:29,069 --> 00:24:30,937 Get on the ground! 572 00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:32,972 Hey! Gun! Gun! 573 00:24:37,344 --> 00:24:39,979 - 2-7 Squad. 10-13, 10-13, shots fired. 574 00:24:40,046 --> 00:24:46,986 * * 575 00:24:52,292 --> 00:24:53,893 - Riley! - I'm good! 576 00:25:03,236 --> 00:25:04,738 - Advance! 577 00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:07,974 * * 578 00:25:08,008 --> 00:25:10,210 Suspect down. 579 00:25:30,397 --> 00:25:32,999 Nothing of note in Arroyo's apartment. 580 00:25:33,099 --> 00:25:34,334 How much weight we got? 581 00:25:34,434 --> 00:25:36,236 - About 12 pounds, give or take. 582 00:25:41,174 --> 00:25:43,410 Car's got OnStar... 583 00:25:43,476 --> 00:25:45,512 which means if we track the GPS... 584 00:25:45,545 --> 00:25:48,081 - Find out where this guy got these drugs. 585 00:26:10,270 --> 00:26:15,442 * * 586 00:26:15,542 --> 00:26:17,610 - Careful. 587 00:26:22,482 --> 00:26:25,285 - Well, it's clear. 588 00:26:25,418 --> 00:26:31,624 * * 589 00:26:39,632 --> 00:26:43,370 Jesus. 590 00:26:43,436 --> 00:26:46,172 - Okay. 591 00:26:46,206 --> 00:26:49,275 M30 pills. 592 00:26:49,342 --> 00:26:51,378 Thousands of them. 593 00:26:51,411 --> 00:26:54,180 This is a major operation. - Yeah. 594 00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:58,852 Door number three? 595 00:26:58,918 --> 00:27:03,523 * * 596 00:27:14,067 --> 00:27:15,468 * * 597 00:27:15,568 --> 00:27:17,337 Weights. 598 00:27:20,140 --> 00:27:21,207 - Check that out. 599 00:27:21,341 --> 00:27:28,314 * * 600 00:27:48,735 --> 00:27:52,105 - How many? - That makes 13. 601 00:28:04,317 --> 00:28:06,186 - Dear God. 602 00:28:06,252 --> 00:28:09,856 * * 603 00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:18,732 - So far, we've been able to ID 6 out of the 13 bodies. 604 00:28:19,466 --> 00:28:21,301 They're all junkies, sex workers, 605 00:28:21,334 --> 00:28:22,802 undocumented immigrants. 606 00:28:22,869 --> 00:28:25,772 - All people who lived on the margins of society. 607 00:28:25,872 --> 00:28:27,674 People who could disappear. 608 00:28:27,774 --> 00:28:30,877 - And one--her family reported her missing, 609 00:28:30,944 --> 00:28:33,179 said that she's been hanging out with two Latino guys. 610 00:28:33,246 --> 00:28:35,148 They asked her if she wanted to party. 611 00:28:35,181 --> 00:28:37,350 She got in the car. They drove off. 612 00:28:37,450 --> 00:28:38,785 Never saw her again. 613 00:28:38,852 --> 00:28:41,788 - We showed them photos of Omar Nuñez... 614 00:28:41,855 --> 00:28:43,590 and Alfred Arroyo. 615 00:28:43,623 --> 00:28:45,225 They ID'd them as the two men. 616 00:28:45,291 --> 00:28:47,827 And both of these guys work for this man. 617 00:28:47,894 --> 00:28:49,863 Antonio Ruiz. 618 00:28:49,929 --> 00:28:51,231 - And these are all overdoses? 619 00:28:51,297 --> 00:28:53,533 - Fentanyl--mixed and cooked with the same chemicals 620 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,468 that Omar Nuñez and Sunny Zhen acquired. 621 00:28:55,502 --> 00:28:57,003 - And we know from their texts that they were trying 622 00:28:57,070 --> 00:28:58,905 to cook something new-- 623 00:28:58,972 --> 00:29:00,840 a bigger, stronger type of fentanyl. 624 00:29:00,874 --> 00:29:04,577 - So these 13 people were all guinea pigs? 625 00:29:04,644 --> 00:29:06,346 - Seems that way. 626 00:29:06,379 --> 00:29:08,415 - They were all taking an experimental drug, 627 00:29:08,515 --> 00:29:11,584 so they were either going to end up very high or dead. 628 00:29:11,685 --> 00:29:15,321 - Now, we know that the man behind this is Antonio Ruiz. 629 00:29:15,388 --> 00:29:17,724 - Problem is, we just can't prove it. 630 00:29:17,824 --> 00:29:20,260 - Then why don't you let us take a crack at that? 631 00:29:23,396 --> 00:29:24,831 Press is going nuts. 632 00:29:24,898 --> 00:29:26,766 My phone's been ringing off the hook. 633 00:29:26,833 --> 00:29:28,468 People want answers-- 634 00:29:28,568 --> 00:29:32,238 the mayor, the AG, the governor, me. 635 00:29:32,305 --> 00:29:33,873 I went over the texts 636 00:29:33,940 --> 00:29:37,143 that were recovered from Omar Nuñez's burner phone. 637 00:29:37,243 --> 00:29:39,779 I think I might've found a foot in the door. 638 00:29:39,846 --> 00:29:41,081 - Yeah? What's that? 639 00:29:41,147 --> 00:29:43,416 - We use the son to get to the father. 640 00:29:43,483 --> 00:29:46,019 - Ernesto? The schoolteacher? 641 00:29:46,086 --> 00:29:48,988 - No, Ernesto, the son of the drug dealer 642 00:29:49,055 --> 00:29:51,958 who kills his rivals and associates alike 643 00:29:52,058 --> 00:29:54,260 and experiments on human beings. 644 00:29:54,327 --> 00:29:57,664 An hour before the murder of Sunny Zhen, 645 00:29:57,697 --> 00:30:00,066 Omar asks Ernesto for a ride. 646 00:30:00,133 --> 00:30:02,068 "Yo, take me to Washington Heights. 647 00:30:02,168 --> 00:30:04,637 "This dude ripped off my girl, sold her a fake necklace. 648 00:30:04,738 --> 00:30:06,906 Got to go bitch-slap this"-- person. 649 00:30:06,973 --> 00:30:08,742 Omar used more colorful language. 650 00:30:08,842 --> 00:30:10,310 "Get my girl's money back." 651 00:30:10,377 --> 00:30:13,313 - And Ernesto said yes, gave Omar a ride, 652 00:30:13,380 --> 00:30:15,615 which means Ernesto was aware of a predicate crime 653 00:30:15,682 --> 00:30:17,017 before Sunny Zhen's murder? 654 00:30:17,117 --> 00:30:18,785 - In fact, he laughed it off. 655 00:30:18,885 --> 00:30:20,620 When Omar said he was gonna go bitch-slap someone, 656 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,089 Ernesto replied, "TMI, LOL. 657 00:30:23,156 --> 00:30:26,426 Okay, pick you up in 10." 658 00:30:26,493 --> 00:30:28,928 That makes Ernesto guilty of felony murder. 659 00:30:29,029 --> 00:30:31,765 I mean, it's aggressive. 660 00:30:31,865 --> 00:30:33,800 Felony murder statute is obviously meant 661 00:30:33,867 --> 00:30:35,402 to punish real accomplices, 662 00:30:35,502 --> 00:30:37,837 not necessarily someone who unwittingly gave his cousin 663 00:30:37,904 --> 00:30:39,606 a ride to bitch-slap someone. 664 00:30:39,639 --> 00:30:41,941 - If we do this, Ernesto is gonna be 665 00:30:42,008 --> 00:30:45,045 the only one held accountable for Sunny's murder. 666 00:30:45,111 --> 00:30:46,179 Ernesto. 667 00:30:46,246 --> 00:30:48,481 Not Omar, not Antonio-- Ernesto. 668 00:30:48,581 --> 00:30:50,884 And for what, for giving his idiot cousin a ride? 669 00:30:50,950 --> 00:30:53,019 - Ernesto knowingly participated in 670 00:30:53,086 --> 00:30:55,889 a felony that had fatal consequences. 671 00:30:55,955 --> 00:30:58,291 That's the law. - Technically speaking, yes. 672 00:30:58,324 --> 00:31:00,293 But this so-called predicate crime-- 673 00:31:00,393 --> 00:31:03,496 shaking down some guy who supposedly sold fake jewelry-- 674 00:31:03,530 --> 00:31:04,664 it was a lie. - I know. 675 00:31:04,698 --> 00:31:07,000 - Omar made the whole thing up. He lied to Ernesto. 676 00:31:07,067 --> 00:31:09,035 - But that doesn't matter legally. 677 00:31:09,102 --> 00:31:11,805 - But it does matter ethically. 678 00:31:11,838 --> 00:31:13,606 Omar never mentioned Sunny Zhen. 679 00:31:13,673 --> 00:31:14,941 He never mentioned drugs, 680 00:31:15,008 --> 00:31:16,576 and he certainly never mentioned murder. 681 00:31:16,676 --> 00:31:20,780 - Sam, we just hauled 13 people out of that damn river. 682 00:31:20,847 --> 00:31:22,782 We need to pull on every lever we have 683 00:31:22,849 --> 00:31:24,250 to take down the man responsible. 684 00:31:24,351 --> 00:31:27,487 - I get it, I do, but we've looked into this hard, 685 00:31:27,554 --> 00:31:29,089 and there's zero evidence 686 00:31:29,155 --> 00:31:31,991 that Ernesto is actually involved--zero. 687 00:31:32,092 --> 00:31:34,027 Are we really okay punishing Ernesto 688 00:31:34,094 --> 00:31:36,563 for his father's sins? 689 00:31:36,596 --> 00:31:38,264 - We don't have a choice. 690 00:31:38,365 --> 00:31:42,202 We need to squeeze Ernesto as hard as we can. 691 00:31:46,740 --> 00:31:48,174 - You guys can't do this. 692 00:31:48,241 --> 00:31:50,010 You can't just show up at my school 693 00:31:50,076 --> 00:31:51,745 and pull me away like we're in some Third World country. 694 00:31:51,811 --> 00:31:52,946 - Let's go. 695 00:31:53,046 --> 00:31:54,681 - That's my place of employment. 696 00:31:54,748 --> 00:31:57,183 I have relationships there with teachers and parents. 697 00:31:57,283 --> 00:31:59,285 - Okay, listen, we needed to do this quietly. 698 00:31:59,386 --> 00:32:00,854 - Truth is, we're trying to keep you safe. 699 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,523 - Safe from what? What is this? 700 00:32:03,590 --> 00:32:05,358 - Take a seat. 701 00:32:08,294 --> 00:32:11,031 - But I had nothing to do with that man Sunny getting killed. 702 00:32:11,131 --> 00:32:14,100 I've never met him. I've never heard of him. 703 00:32:14,167 --> 00:32:15,602 I-I didn't even know that this happened 704 00:32:15,702 --> 00:32:17,137 until you told me it happened. 705 00:32:17,203 --> 00:32:19,272 - If we move forward and win the trial, 706 00:32:19,339 --> 00:32:21,975 you would spend the rest of your life in prison... 707 00:32:23,910 --> 00:32:26,379 Unless you're willing to cooperate. 708 00:32:30,050 --> 00:32:32,485 - "Cooperate"? - We need you to wear a wire. 709 00:32:32,585 --> 00:32:35,388 - What the hell do you need-- - We want your father. 710 00:32:36,956 --> 00:32:38,425 - My father? 711 00:32:38,491 --> 00:32:40,427 - Help us procure evidence against him, 712 00:32:40,493 --> 00:32:43,396 and we will drop the felony murder charges. 713 00:32:43,463 --> 00:32:45,331 - No. No. Hell, no. 714 00:32:45,398 --> 00:32:47,701 I'm not gonna help you concoct some case against my father. 715 00:32:47,767 --> 00:32:49,602 - "Concoct"? No, we're not asking you to do that. 716 00:32:49,669 --> 00:32:52,238 We're simply asking you to help us procure evidence, 717 00:32:52,339 --> 00:32:54,908 evidence that will hold him accountable for murder. 718 00:32:54,941 --> 00:32:56,209 - What the hell did you just say? 719 00:32:56,309 --> 00:32:59,079 - You heard me. - He's not a killer. 720 00:32:59,179 --> 00:33:03,717 - Are you really that naive, or delusional? 721 00:33:03,817 --> 00:33:05,151 - Look, 722 00:33:05,218 --> 00:33:08,888 I know he's not a saint, but he's not a killer. 723 00:33:08,922 --> 00:33:10,390 The only ones who die in that life 724 00:33:10,423 --> 00:33:12,125 are the people who deserve it. 725 00:33:12,192 --> 00:33:14,728 - So your cousin Omar... 726 00:33:14,828 --> 00:33:17,497 he deserved it? 727 00:33:17,564 --> 00:33:19,032 - What? 728 00:33:19,099 --> 00:33:22,936 - Your father had him killed in prison. 729 00:33:23,003 --> 00:33:25,038 - No. 730 00:33:26,506 --> 00:33:27,974 No. 731 00:33:28,074 --> 00:33:29,642 That's... 732 00:33:31,578 --> 00:33:34,080 That's impossible. 733 00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:37,784 Me and Omar grew up together. 734 00:33:37,851 --> 00:33:40,887 He would never have somebody killed in the family, never. 735 00:33:40,987 --> 00:33:42,288 - You're wrong. 736 00:33:42,355 --> 00:33:44,190 We have strong evidence 737 00:33:44,257 --> 00:33:46,760 that proves that your father ordered that hit. 738 00:33:46,826 --> 00:33:48,795 But... 739 00:33:48,828 --> 00:33:51,164 that's not really why we're here. 740 00:33:51,264 --> 00:33:53,900 This is why we're here. 741 00:33:53,967 --> 00:33:56,336 - 13 bodies, Ernesto. 742 00:33:56,403 --> 00:33:58,138 13. 743 00:33:58,171 --> 00:33:59,806 No, don't look away. 744 00:33:59,873 --> 00:34:02,108 Look at your father's handiwork. 745 00:34:02,142 --> 00:34:03,943 You need to understand who he is. 746 00:34:04,010 --> 00:34:05,812 - He used them to test fentanyl. 747 00:34:05,912 --> 00:34:07,480 And if they died, so what? 748 00:34:07,547 --> 00:34:09,382 He just threw them away like trash. 749 00:34:09,449 --> 00:34:10,850 - Those bodies were dumped in the water 750 00:34:10,917 --> 00:34:13,386 behind some storage containers where we found a fentanyl lab. 751 00:34:13,486 --> 00:34:15,288 Now, those containers are in a lot 752 00:34:15,355 --> 00:34:16,723 that was purchased back in January 753 00:34:16,823 --> 00:34:18,425 by a company called VexCore. 754 00:34:18,491 --> 00:34:22,095 - We need to prove that your father owns VexCore. 755 00:34:32,372 --> 00:34:34,341 - Fine. 756 00:34:35,675 --> 00:34:37,577 I'll do it. 757 00:34:39,412 --> 00:34:42,315 But to prove you wrong. 758 00:34:53,393 --> 00:34:59,799 * * 759 00:34:59,866 --> 00:35:01,835 - Ernesto! - Hey. 760 00:35:01,935 --> 00:35:04,404 - Hi! Oh! Hi. 761 00:35:04,471 --> 00:35:06,773 - How are you? - Look at you! 762 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,242 No date? - Uh, no, mami. 763 00:35:09,309 --> 00:35:11,478 We, uh--we broke up. 764 00:35:11,544 --> 00:35:14,247 Well, you can do better, so much better. 765 00:35:14,347 --> 00:35:16,249 Look at you. You're so pretty. Oh, my God. 766 00:35:16,349 --> 00:35:19,019 Your father is at the grill because he doesn't want to talk 767 00:35:19,085 --> 00:35:21,321 to anybody, as usual. 768 00:35:21,354 --> 00:35:22,956 You, he will talk to you. - Yeah. 769 00:35:23,023 --> 00:35:24,958 - Okay? - Okay. 770 00:35:25,058 --> 00:35:30,730 * * 771 00:35:30,797 --> 00:35:32,665 ¿Cómo estás, papá? 772 00:35:32,699 --> 00:35:35,301 - Hey, mi'jo. Let me make you a plate. 773 00:35:35,368 --> 00:35:37,470 - All right, we got a positive on Antonio Ruiz. 774 00:35:37,537 --> 00:35:40,373 All units, stand by. Get ready to move. 775 00:35:40,473 --> 00:35:44,044 - You know, I'm gonna go use the restroom. 776 00:35:44,110 --> 00:35:46,846 It was a long drive. - Okay. 777 00:35:46,946 --> 00:35:53,853 * * 778 00:36:19,112 --> 00:36:26,219 * * 779 00:36:56,216 --> 00:36:58,184 - Ernesto. 780 00:36:58,284 --> 00:37:05,392 * * 781 00:37:12,065 --> 00:37:19,039 * * 782 00:37:33,253 --> 00:37:35,055 - Bank statements. Here we go. 783 00:37:41,094 --> 00:37:43,563 Okay, he found something. 784 00:37:43,663 --> 00:37:47,634 * * 785 00:38:05,285 --> 00:38:06,720 - No. 786 00:38:08,188 --> 00:38:09,956 No, no, no. 787 00:38:10,023 --> 00:38:11,424 - Now get out of there, kid. 788 00:38:17,897 --> 00:38:20,333 Found what you were looking for, mi'jo? 789 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:21,501 - Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 790 00:38:21,568 --> 00:38:22,635 - We got to get Ernesto out of there. 791 00:38:22,702 --> 00:38:24,437 - I agree, but let's let Antonio talk. 792 00:38:24,504 --> 00:38:25,705 Maybe he incriminates himself. 793 00:38:25,805 --> 00:38:27,073 - Why don't you show me what you just took? 794 00:38:27,140 --> 00:38:29,075 - What the hell have you done? 795 00:38:29,142 --> 00:38:30,343 - What are you talking about? 796 00:38:30,443 --> 00:38:33,813 - Did you have Omar killed? 797 00:38:33,913 --> 00:38:36,049 Did you test your drugs on actual people? 798 00:38:36,149 --> 00:38:38,885 * * 799 00:38:38,952 --> 00:38:41,454 Answer me! 800 00:38:41,521 --> 00:38:43,823 - Show me what you just took. 801 00:38:45,959 --> 00:38:47,494 Dios mío. 802 00:38:49,929 --> 00:38:53,099 What have you done, my stupid little boy? 803 00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:54,934 It's okay. It's okay. 804 00:38:57,270 --> 00:38:59,806 It's okay. 805 00:38:59,873 --> 00:39:03,910 What have you done? What have you done? 806 00:39:03,943 --> 00:39:06,379 All units, move. Go, go, go! 807 00:39:07,914 --> 00:39:09,382 - Go, go, go, go, go, go! 808 00:39:12,419 --> 00:39:18,258 * * 809 00:39:18,291 --> 00:39:20,260 You were my only son! 810 00:39:20,326 --> 00:39:22,495 - My only boy! - On the ground! 811 00:39:22,529 --> 00:39:24,097 - For you! - Hey! On the ground! 812 00:39:24,197 --> 00:39:25,532 Aah! 813 00:39:25,632 --> 00:39:27,033 - I got you. I got you. 814 00:39:27,133 --> 00:39:28,368 - How could you do this to me? 815 00:39:28,401 --> 00:39:29,436 - No, no, no, no, no! - Ernesto! 816 00:39:29,502 --> 00:39:30,637 - Here, take him. - Ma'am. 817 00:39:30,704 --> 00:39:32,605 - After everything I've done for this family? 818 00:39:32,639 --> 00:39:35,308 - Take him! Take him! - For you, Ernesto! 819 00:39:35,408 --> 00:39:37,677 - You can't be here! - Antonio! Mi vida! 820 00:39:37,744 --> 00:39:40,780 Ernesto! 821 00:39:42,682 --> 00:39:45,051 - The goal is complete anonymity. 822 00:39:45,118 --> 00:39:48,121 You'll get a new last name, new birth certificate, 823 00:39:48,154 --> 00:39:51,591 and check in with the U.S. Marshals once a year. 824 00:39:51,691 --> 00:39:54,694 Other than that, you're a free man. 825 00:39:56,296 --> 00:39:58,398 - You really think you can keep me alive? 826 00:39:58,465 --> 00:40:01,067 - We do the best we can. 827 00:40:01,167 --> 00:40:04,771 But there are two golden rules in Witness Protection. 828 00:40:04,838 --> 00:40:08,842 Never contact your family. Don't come back home. 829 00:40:12,979 --> 00:40:15,515 - It's up to you, Ernesto. You don't have to do this. 830 00:40:17,150 --> 00:40:20,653 - No. Let's do it. 831 00:40:20,687 --> 00:40:22,155 - We'll have someone take you to the airport. 832 00:40:22,222 --> 00:40:23,957 - But I want to see my mother first. 833 00:40:24,057 --> 00:40:25,225 She was supposed to be here. 834 00:40:25,258 --> 00:40:26,326 You said you were gonna call her. 835 00:40:26,426 --> 00:40:29,029 - Ernesto-- - I just... 836 00:40:29,095 --> 00:40:31,064 I want to see her before I go. 837 00:40:33,833 --> 00:40:37,203 - We called her. 838 00:40:37,303 --> 00:40:39,439 Unfortunately, she's not coming. 839 00:40:42,509 --> 00:40:49,082 * *