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The story you
are about to see

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was inspired by
actual events.

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The names have been changed
to protect the innocent.

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{\an8}*

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It was Tuesday,
cool in Los Angeles.

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My partner and I were
working the day shift

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on a robbery/homicide

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when a call came in at 8:10 a.m.

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A woman found dead
in a downtown loft.

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On the west side
of the L.A. River

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just over the
Sixth Street Bridge

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is the Warehouse District.

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By day it's all
shipping and receiving.

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By night these lofts are used
for after-hours parties.

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This isn't New York.

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Clubs aren't open all night.

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In L.A., the in-crowd
comes to places like this,

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and they're not easy to find.

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There are no signs,
no advertising.

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You have to know someone.

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Once inside, people
can lose themselves.

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Their worries,
their inhibitions.

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Sometimes they lose a lot more.

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My name's Friday.

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I'm a cop.

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Must've been some party.

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Sorry you missed out.

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I'll live.

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Jane Doe's downstairs.

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Who found the body?

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Cleaning crew
about an hour ago.

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Printed invites,
25 bucks at the door.

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What about the owner?

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Neighbors say he
lives out of state,

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just rents this place
out for events.

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Art shows, cocktail parties,
other, uh, adult functions.

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We get the picture.

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Who was renting last night?

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Cleaning crew says
they were hired

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by a guy named
Adrian Sherr.

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Sherrfire Productions.

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Yeah, we tracked
him down at home,

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sent out a unit for him.

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It's this way.

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{\an8}*

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Always wondered what
went on in the VIP room.

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So many cigarette
butts upstairs,

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must've been a hundred
people here last night.

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Someone might've stumbled
into seeing this.

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Maybe not.

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Basement door was locked,

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the cleaning crew
entered with a master key.

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Locked the door on the way out.

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Bought himself some time.

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Could've been our
hero left a print.

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Nobody touches that knob.

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Look at this.

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Scars, on both of her wrists.

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ID?

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What you see is what you get.

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Saw a sign outside,
"No overnight parking."

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Check the impound lots,
see who got towed last night.

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Guys,

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your party host, Adrian Sherr.

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Party promoter, my friend.

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There's power in syllables.

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You'd be surpri--

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Dude.

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Come on, what is this?

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We were hoping
you could tell us.

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You're the cops.

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It's your party.

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I don't know everything
that goes on in my parties.

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You know her?

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{\an8}*

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I might've seen her
around, I can't be sure.

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{\an8}*

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I need some air.

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I left at 5:00,
I thought everyone was gone.

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Late party.

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Bars close at 2:00,
people need a place to go.

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Get a lot of music
industry types,

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they go late.

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What do they get
for the cover charge?

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They pay for the atmosphere.

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You can do better than that.

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It's a party.

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There's a DJ, full bar.

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Guys, girls.

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Pros?

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Party girls.

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You know how it is.

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People meet.

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They vibe, hook up...

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Die.

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Funny.

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How does someone
get one of these?

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I send 'em out.

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I got a list.

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You have a copy of
last night's list?

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We'll need it.

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Coroner's here.

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Gunshot, medium caliber.

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T.O.D. around 3:00, 3:30.

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Talk about a burning sensation.

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One in the back.

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How's it look for rape?

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That's what I'm
trying to tell you.

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There's trauma to the genitals,
but I don't think she was raped.

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Not in a traditional
sense, anyway.

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- What does that mean?
- Now wait a minute.

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This isn't an entrance wound.

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It's an exit wound.

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So where'd the bullet go in?

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Ouch.

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{\an8}*

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We pulled a .38 slug
from the left corner pocket.

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Ballistics is trying
for a make and model.

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Is this a guest list?

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That's right, 91 names,

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so start checking records.

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Red flag any gun charges,

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sex crimes, violent behavior.

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{\an8}Most of these people
were plus-one.

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{\an8}Start with what we know.

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{\an8}We know a lot more now.

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{\an8}Four cars got towed last night,

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{\an8}all the owners picked up
their vehicles except one.

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{\an8}I pulled license
and registration,

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{\an8}boom, Jane Doe has a name.

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Charlene Pagni.

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Check out the court papers.

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Restraining order
from last year.

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So maybe she had a stalker.

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No, the order wasn't filed for,
it was filed against her.

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Michael Jamelski.

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{\an8}We went out for a few months,

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{\an8}then I met someone else
and tried to break things off.

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Charlene didn't
take it real well.

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Must've been really bad if you
had to file a restraining order.

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{\an8}Started with messages
on my machine.

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{\an8}She'd scream until
the tape ran out.

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{\an8}Then she almost got me fired.

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And you don't make
assistant manager overnight.

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You got that right.

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It doesn't look real good
when your ex comes in

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and chucks a snare
drum at your head.

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{\an8}So you filed the papers,
that back her off?

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{\an8}No, I came home a couple
weeks after that,

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found her on my kitchen floor.

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She'd gotten some razors.

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She slit her wrists?

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I think she wanted me
to find her like that.

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Where were you last
night, Mr. Jamelski?

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{\an8}We played the last set
at the Sinkhole.

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Scorpions tribute band.

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Charlene always
loved the Scorps.

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Charlene wasn't the only
one trying to stand out.

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{\an8}This is a hungry city.

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{\an8}Thousands of performers

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{\an8}competing for a
handful of roles.

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{\an8}It takes a gambler's mentality.

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{\an8}Quitting isn't an option,

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{\an8}like leaving a blackjack
table when you're down.

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{\an8}What if the next hand
turns it all around?

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{\an8}Until that happens,
people like Charlene

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{\an8}do what they can.

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{\an8}Waiting tables is a high end;

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{\an8}a low end you wouldn't believe.

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Whatever it takes to break in.

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And if they can't
be in the business,

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they'll be around it.

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Charlene's big break never came,

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but it wasn't for
lack of passion.

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She dreamt about it
her whole life.

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People sacrifice a lot trying
to make their dreams come true.

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What had Charlene sacrificed?

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{\an8}And who had she left behind?

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{\an8}You ready, Ms. Pagni?

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{\an8}Oh, Price.

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{\an8}My last name is--is Price,

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{\an8}I changed it when I re-married.

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{\an8}Okay, I'm ready.

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{\an8}*

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But her--her--

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her face is--the--

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No, her nose is
all wrong and her--

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her hair was--it was--
it was much darker than that.

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We verified her identity

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through driver's license
and fingerprints.

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It's your daughter.

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That--how could--she--

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That's not her, that--
that can't be her.

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That's not my baby.

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{\an8}Hi, I'm Charlene Pagni,

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{\an8}I'm 27.

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{\an8}I've been dancing
in one way or another

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since I was four years old.

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I didn't know she was trying
out for a television show.

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{\an8}We hadn't--we hadn't talked
for a couple of months.

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Is that unusual?

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No, not really.

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I don't give up that easy.

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I love it here.

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I finally feel like I belong.

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You have to understand,

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{\an8}she blamed me for
a lot of things.

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{\an8}Charlene's dad died
when she was nine,

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{\an8}and her stepfather...

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they never really got along.

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Did you ever talk to
your husband about that?

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Paul would never do the things
that Charlene said he did.

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Her address book wasn't
a lot of help, Mrs. Price.

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If there's anything
at all you can remember.

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Well, uh, there was someone

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she--she stayed with
when she first got here.

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God, what was her name?

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{\an8}Oh, it was, uh, Melissa.

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{\an8}Melissa, Melissa Edgar.

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No, I haven't talked
to her in a while.

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Um, not really, anyway.

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I loaned her some money
a few months ago.

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Nice, huh?

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Tell me Charlene's dead

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and I start talking
about finances.

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Her dancing wasn't
paying the bills?

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Not really, I mean,

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she booked a couple
music videos,

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an awards show, but that
stuff really doesn't pay.

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It seemed to me like she always
had somebody taking care of her.

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Boyfriends?

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No boys.

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Charlene liked older guys.

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Like Michael Jamelski?

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Ugh, yeah.

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Oh, she loved musicians,

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the whole long-haired
Sunset Strip thing,

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but, I mean, that guy like,
worked at Guitar Center.

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Uh, anyone current?

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I really wouldn't know.

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Do you know anything about
the party on Thursday night?

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Mm-mm.

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We used to go out all the
time, I had to slow down.

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But Charlene was amazing.

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Girl never slept.

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The guy who threw the party
says he didn't know her.

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Means someone else
got her on the list.

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Yeah, we knew a guy.

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He always kept us in the loop.

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Kind of a fixture,
he knows all the parties.

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Kevin Grimes.

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{\an8}*

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If you're drinking
Cristal in a hot tub

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at 1:00 in the afternoon,

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00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:26,893
chances are you're
in the music business.

262
00:10:26,926 --> 00:10:29,062
It's a lot of bubbles
and a lot of booze,

263
00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:31,698
and you never know what's
going on beneath the surface.

264
00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:33,800
Studio B, make sure
it's fully stocked.

265
00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:34,901
I'm sorry to keep
you guys waiting.

266
00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:35,735
Can I get you anything?

267
00:10:35,769 --> 00:10:36,770
Cappuccino,
horchata, Orange Bang?

268
00:10:36,803 --> 00:10:40,173
Just a couple of questions
about Charlene Pagni

269
00:10:40,206 --> 00:10:41,474
and we'll be on our way.

270
00:10:41,508 --> 00:10:43,043
Were you and Charlene friends?

271
00:10:43,076 --> 00:10:44,778
Uh, I wouldn't say
we were friends,

272
00:10:44,811 --> 00:10:46,112
more like acquaintances.

273
00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:47,747
Did you tell her
about Adrian Sherr's

274
00:10:47,781 --> 00:10:48,748
on Thursday night?

275
00:10:48,782 --> 00:10:51,251
Sure, I got a bunch of
people on the guest list.

276
00:10:51,284 --> 00:10:51,951
You see her there?

277
00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:54,287
Uh, for a minute maybe, yeah,

278
00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,489
but I don't think
we even talked.

279
00:10:56,523 --> 00:10:59,125
Did you see who she
was with at the party?

280
00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:02,162
{\an8}*

281
00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:04,764
Look, the truth is,
I was hammered.

282
00:11:04,798 --> 00:11:06,199
I don't remember a whole lot.

283
00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:06,966
Sounds like you got a problem.

284
00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,134
I've got the gene.

285
00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:09,936
No, I mean, coming
up with an alibi,

286
00:11:09,969 --> 00:11:12,839
should you need one.

287
00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:14,941
Were you and Charlene
ever intimate?

288
00:11:14,974 --> 00:11:16,309
No, honestly.

289
00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:17,911
I barely knew her.

290
00:11:17,944 --> 00:11:19,245
When's that stop a guy?

291
00:11:19,279 --> 00:11:20,847
No.

292
00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,349
We weren't intimate.

293
00:11:22,382 --> 00:11:26,286
We weren't anything.

294
00:11:26,319 --> 00:11:27,354
These girls come out here

295
00:11:27,387 --> 00:11:29,289
thinking they're gonna be
the next Jennifer Lopez,

296
00:11:29,322 --> 00:11:31,524
then reality sets in,
they can't hack it,

297
00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:33,059
and they do anything
to stay in the game.

298
00:11:33,093 --> 00:11:34,961
You sound like you think
she was asking for it.

299
00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:35,929
I'm just saying--

300
00:11:35,962 --> 00:11:37,297
Oh, come on, you saw
what happened to her.

301
00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:38,832
Nobody asked for that.

302
00:11:38,865 --> 00:11:39,966
Ballistics came back
on the .38 slug.

303
00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,302
Best guess: Colt Python.

304
00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:43,536
Revolver, makes sense.

305
00:11:43,570 --> 00:11:45,105
Run a list of all
the party guests

306
00:11:45,138 --> 00:11:45,972
for a registered Colt Python.

307
00:11:46,006 --> 00:11:47,907
We're on it.

308
00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:49,109
On the Charlene side of things,

309
00:11:49,142 --> 00:11:50,810
we found this
convenience store receipt

310
00:11:50,844 --> 00:11:52,245
when we were looking
through her personal items

311
00:11:52,278 --> 00:11:53,546
from the apartment.

312
00:11:53,580 --> 00:11:54,981
Note the circled item.

313
00:11:55,015 --> 00:11:56,216
EPT home test.

314
00:11:56,249 --> 00:11:58,118
Charlene had no
health insurance,

315
00:11:58,151 --> 00:11:59,319
so I scoured all the
free clinics in the area,

316
00:11:59,352 --> 00:12:03,023
found a Dr. Navarro,
saw her a week ago.

317
00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:04,791
Confirmed it.

318
00:12:04,824 --> 00:12:06,259
She was pregnant?

319
00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:07,994
Three weeks.

320
00:12:08,028 --> 00:12:16,069
{\an8}*

321
00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:19,439
I know you're new
and everything,

322
00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:21,074
but how do you miss
a pregnant corpse?

323
00:12:21,107 --> 00:12:22,075
New, huh?

324
00:12:22,108 --> 00:12:22,976
I was in the
San Bernardino County Coroner's

325
00:12:23,009 --> 00:12:25,045
for nine years.

326
00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,947
Presumably the same amount of
time you were in high school.

327
00:12:27,981 --> 00:12:30,383
The fact is a fetus is
practically imperceptible

328
00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:31,451
in the first month.

329
00:12:31,484 --> 00:12:32,419
Is there enough fetal tissue
for a genetic print?

330
00:12:32,452 --> 00:12:35,188
Anything we can match
to the father's DNA?

331
00:12:35,221 --> 00:12:37,023
Uterine trauma was extensive.

332
00:12:37,057 --> 00:12:39,125
Maybe, it would take at
least a week to generate.

333
00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:41,194
Did she have money?

334
00:12:41,227 --> 00:12:43,263
I don't think so, why?

335
00:12:43,296 --> 00:12:44,931
She had some work done.

336
00:12:44,964 --> 00:12:47,334
Teardrop implants,
subpectoral placement,

337
00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:49,202
incision hidden
in the umbilicus.

338
00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:50,170
That's an $8,000 surgery.

339
00:12:50,203 --> 00:12:52,205
And a $5 manicure.

340
00:12:52,238 --> 00:12:53,373
She didn't pay for those.

341
00:12:53,406 --> 00:12:54,941
Makes you wonder who did.

342
00:12:57,010 --> 00:12:58,211
Where are you at
with the boyfriend?

343
00:12:58,244 --> 00:12:59,212
It's a tough one.

344
00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:00,380
Girl didn't have many friends.

345
00:13:00,413 --> 00:13:01,981
Come on, Charlene's
a pretty girl,

346
00:13:02,015 --> 00:13:02,849
she ought to be
dating someone.

347
00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:05,085
Found a facialist
in West Hollywood.

348
00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,320
Said she came in once a month,
always wearing headphones.

349
00:13:07,354 --> 00:13:08,421
Took her music seriously.

350
00:13:08,455 --> 00:13:10,957
Well, she's a dancer,
right, what about an agent?

351
00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:13,393
Had a manager worked out
of a strip mall in Tarzana.

352
00:13:13,426 --> 00:13:15,862
He said he couldn't book her,
let her go last year.

353
00:13:15,895 --> 00:13:16,563
All right, then let's
work the evidence.

354
00:13:16,596 --> 00:13:18,398
What do you have
on partygoers?

355
00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:19,232
The notables.

356
00:13:19,265 --> 00:13:21,434
Robert Radden,
possession of a firearm.

357
00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:24,371
Bill Bryant, possession
of a firearm, lewd conduct.

358
00:13:24,404 --> 00:13:27,907
And Victor Hellman, two CCWs,

359
00:13:27,941 --> 00:13:29,409
unlawful discharge of a firearm.

360
00:13:29,442 --> 00:13:30,543
Victor Hellman?

361
00:13:30,577 --> 00:13:33,279
Yeah, he was a big-time
music producer, early '90s.

362
00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:34,247
Created all that
lo-fi garage sound

363
00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,449
that wiped out
the hair bands.

364
00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:37,951
I like him already.

365
00:13:37,984 --> 00:13:38,885
Sounds like money.

366
00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:40,320
Yeah, everyone wanted
to work with him,

367
00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:41,154
then he just disappeared
and became a recluse.

368
00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:43,890
Well, maybe he
came out of hiding.

369
00:13:43,923 --> 00:13:45,258
Why don't you guys
check out the first two

370
00:13:45,291 --> 00:13:46,893
and we'll check out Hellman.

371
00:13:46,926 --> 00:13:48,328
{\an8}*

372
00:13:48,361 --> 00:13:51,431
In show business, there are
stars behind the stars,

373
00:13:51,464 --> 00:13:53,166
people who pull the strings.

374
00:13:53,199 --> 00:13:55,001
Idolmakers.

375
00:13:55,035 --> 00:13:57,103
The general public
doesn't know their names,

376
00:13:57,137 --> 00:13:58,972
but they've seen their work,

377
00:13:59,005 --> 00:13:59,973
or heard it.

378
00:14:00,006 --> 00:14:01,941
If Charlene needed help
getting her big break,

379
00:14:01,975 --> 00:14:06,046
Victor Hellman would've been
a good person to know.

380
00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:09,282
But people who live behind
the curtain are hard to know.

381
00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:11,418
You have to be careful when
you pull that curtain back.

382
00:14:11,451 --> 00:14:15,188
You never know what
you're going to find.

383
00:14:16,122 --> 00:14:25,432
{\an8}*

384
00:14:25,465 --> 00:14:26,399
See, what'd I say?

385
00:14:26,433 --> 00:14:29,469
This guy was huge in his day.

386
00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:31,504
Kurt Cobain.

387
00:14:31,538 --> 00:14:33,139
Layne Staley.

388
00:14:33,173 --> 00:14:34,507
Stone Gossard.

389
00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:36,943
You know those guys?

390
00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:39,312
They're signed.

391
00:14:39,346 --> 00:14:42,148
Weren't we just there?

392
00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:45,318
Tryscophonics.

393
00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:48,188
It's an anagram.

394
00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:52,058
Any guesses?

395
00:14:52,092 --> 00:14:53,193
I give up.

396
00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:56,029
Psychotronics.

397
00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:58,331
It's a form of
remote mind control,

398
00:14:58,365 --> 00:15:00,467
not unlike music, a trigger.

399
00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:04,971
People act in ways they
wouldn't without the stimuli.

400
00:15:05,005 --> 00:15:06,606
The music's the switch.

401
00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:08,408
We'd like to ask you
about your whereabouts

402
00:15:08,441 --> 00:15:11,077
at a party Thursday night
on Sixth Street downtown.

403
00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:13,513
Sixth Street?

404
00:15:13,546 --> 00:15:15,482
Doorman was checking
names off a list.

405
00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:16,983
Yours was one.

406
00:15:17,017 --> 00:15:19,085
Oh, yes, yes, yes.

407
00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:20,353
God, I-I'm sorry,

408
00:15:20,387 --> 00:15:22,455
I barely leave
the house anymore.

409
00:15:22,489 --> 00:15:26,026
It's hard to conceive of
the... the world outside.

410
00:15:26,059 --> 00:15:28,228
Right.

411
00:15:28,261 --> 00:15:29,562
What time did you arrive?

412
00:15:29,596 --> 00:15:33,099
Uh, let's see.

413
00:15:33,133 --> 00:15:37,103
I had, um,

414
00:15:37,137 --> 00:15:39,539
late supper, tripe.

415
00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:43,610
Yeah, do you like
tripe, Detective?

416
00:15:43,643 --> 00:15:44,611
I mean, they say
organs are unhealthy,

417
00:15:44,644 --> 00:15:49,249
but there is something
immortal about the...

418
00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:51,418
about digesting
the digestive system

419
00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,586
of another creature.

420
00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:55,455
I guess I got there around 1:00.

421
00:15:55,488 --> 00:15:57,290
And you left...

422
00:15:57,323 --> 00:16:00,293
Oh, not long after,
maybe, maybe 2:30, yeah.

423
00:16:00,326 --> 00:16:02,162
Didn't stay long?

424
00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:05,165
Oh, I...

425
00:16:05,198 --> 00:16:06,399
never stay out long.

426
00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:09,502
I'm kind of agoraphobic.

427
00:16:09,536 --> 00:16:11,404
I mean, not clinically,

428
00:16:11,438 --> 00:16:16,309
but more like a rendering
than the actual disorder.

429
00:16:16,343 --> 00:16:18,411
You recognize this woman?

430
00:16:18,445 --> 00:16:20,513
{\an8}*

431
00:16:20,547 --> 00:16:23,650
No, I'm--I'm afraid I don't.

432
00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:28,154
Charlene Pagni, she was
killed at the party.

433
00:16:28,188 --> 00:16:30,256
Huh.

434
00:16:30,290 --> 00:16:32,325
What a tragedy.

435
00:16:32,359 --> 00:16:34,294
Do you own a gun, Mr. Hellman?

436
00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:38,064
A gun?

437
00:16:43,536 --> 00:16:44,270
It's quite a collection.

438
00:16:44,304 --> 00:16:47,207
Our murder weapon
was a .38 Colt.

439
00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,642
Hellman might've owned one,
but we couldn't press him on it.

440
00:16:49,676 --> 00:16:52,679
If he was our guy,
we didn't want to tip him off

441
00:16:52,712 --> 00:16:54,347
and risk him
dumping the gun.

442
00:16:54,381 --> 00:16:56,549
Then again, he might've
dumped it already.

443
00:16:56,583 --> 00:17:00,086
...you know, in "Touch of Evil,"
a Mexican, and Jimmy Stewart,

444
00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,256
Jimmy Stewart
played an Indian once.

445
00:17:03,289 --> 00:17:07,227
Guns don't kill
people, Detective.

446
00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:09,429
You know what kills people?

447
00:17:09,462 --> 00:17:10,630
Advertising.

448
00:17:10,663 --> 00:17:14,334
People kill because what they've
been promised by the world.

449
00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:16,236
So the growth hormone
won't be in till Tuesday,

450
00:17:16,269 --> 00:17:19,239
but I got enough Tiger
done to last at least...

451
00:17:19,272 --> 00:17:20,740
six months.

452
00:17:20,774 --> 00:17:23,410
{\an8}*

453
00:17:23,443 --> 00:17:24,744
Are you guys following me?

454
00:17:24,778 --> 00:17:25,912
No, just following up.

455
00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:28,214
We didn't know you and
Mr. Hellman had a relationship.

456
00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:30,483
Oh, yeah, Victor
and I go way back.

457
00:17:30,517 --> 00:17:31,151
I work for him at the studio.

458
00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:34,587
He lives in the guesthouse.

459
00:17:34,621 --> 00:17:36,389
So you guys went to
the party together?

460
00:17:36,423 --> 00:17:37,490
Not together, no.

461
00:17:37,524 --> 00:17:38,725
I mean, we saw each other,

462
00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:40,393
but, uh, Victor left early.

463
00:17:40,427 --> 00:17:42,328
Turns into a pumpkin at 2:30.

464
00:17:42,362 --> 00:17:45,131
2:30, so he told us.

465
00:17:45,165 --> 00:17:46,733
Well, if you could
just sign this waiver

466
00:17:46,766 --> 00:17:48,234
and give us a DNA swab,

467
00:17:48,268 --> 00:17:49,436
we'll cross your
name off our list.

468
00:17:49,469 --> 00:17:51,271
Uh, I don't want to
step on any toes here,

469
00:17:51,304 --> 00:17:54,307
but maybe Victor
should call his lawyer,

470
00:17:54,341 --> 00:17:57,644
just so everything goes
through the proper channels.

471
00:17:57,677 --> 00:18:00,380
You know, I think
you got a point.

472
00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:02,782
Yeah, I mean, Bernie
should be in on this.

473
00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:08,321
And I get in trouble for
signing things, you know?

474
00:18:08,355 --> 00:18:09,522
You guys don't mind, do you?

475
00:18:09,556 --> 00:18:13,326
{\an8}*

476
00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:14,227
Figured Hellman paid
the mortgage on his house

477
00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:16,629
with publishing points
from his songs,

478
00:18:16,663 --> 00:18:18,164
but that was just
the beginning.

479
00:18:18,198 --> 00:18:19,399
Guy's got himself
a little empire.

480
00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:21,401
Record label,
recording studios,

481
00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:22,702
net worth around 70 mil.

482
00:18:22,736 --> 00:18:25,171
Half of which he
apparently spends on firearms.

483
00:18:25,205 --> 00:18:28,274
And among those firearms,
a registered .38 Colt Python.

484
00:18:28,308 --> 00:18:30,243
Our best-guess murder
weapon, good work.

485
00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:31,411
What about his personal life?

486
00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:34,447
Wife divorced him seven
years ago and moved to London

487
00:18:34,481 --> 00:18:39,419
citing mental abuse and fearing
for her sanity and her life.

488
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:40,220
They don't talk.

489
00:18:40,253 --> 00:18:40,987
He's got a daughter,
Claudia, 27,

490
00:18:41,021 --> 00:18:43,390
sits on the board
of his company,

491
00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:45,291
splits her time
between here and New York.

492
00:18:45,325 --> 00:18:46,459
Left a message for her.

493
00:18:46,493 --> 00:18:48,294
Anything on
current relationships?

494
00:18:48,328 --> 00:18:50,230
Not current, but
a guy at the Globe

495
00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:52,832
gave me a short list of women
he's been known to frequent.

496
00:18:52,866 --> 00:18:54,367
Charlene make the list?

497
00:18:54,401 --> 00:18:56,269
No, but it's not up to date.

498
00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:58,605
Someone else on there
you might recognize though.

499
00:19:01,341 --> 00:19:03,443
My sex life is none
of your business.

500
00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:04,611
Victor Hellman's our business,

501
00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:07,247
and the fact that you had
a thing with him last year.

502
00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,482
We were hoping you could give us
some help with some information.

503
00:19:09,516 --> 00:19:10,817
Like what his relationship
was with Charlene.

504
00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:12,285
He killed her, didn't he?

505
00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:14,287
Now, why do you think that?

506
00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,523
Was he involved with Charlene?

507
00:19:16,556 --> 00:19:18,758
For the past couple months.

508
00:19:18,792 --> 00:19:21,361
You didn't mention that earlier.

509
00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,264
I didn't want to say anything.

510
00:19:24,297 --> 00:19:25,331
I was afraid.

511
00:19:25,365 --> 00:19:26,533
Of Hellman?

512
00:19:26,566 --> 00:19:30,236
{\an8}*

513
00:19:30,270 --> 00:19:31,471
Look, the guy's a freak.

514
00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:34,507
You don't know the
things that he did.

515
00:19:34,541 --> 00:19:35,141
Was he abusive?

516
00:19:35,175 --> 00:19:39,746
Not so much physical as...

517
00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:43,350
things had to be twisted
for him to get off.

518
00:19:43,383 --> 00:19:44,651
Sexually, I mean.

519
00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:47,387
He likes guns,
he always had one.

520
00:19:47,420 --> 00:19:48,822
He threaten you?

521
00:19:48,855 --> 00:19:52,892
{\an8}*

522
00:19:52,926 --> 00:19:53,727
I gotta make a phone call.

523
00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,895
Yeah.

524
00:19:55,929 --> 00:19:59,666
{\an8}*

525
00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:03,336
You can talk to me, Melissa.

526
00:20:03,370 --> 00:20:06,506
Sometimes, in the bedroom,

527
00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:09,442
he'd use one, a gun.

528
00:20:09,476 --> 00:20:12,645
What do you mean, use it?

529
00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:14,547
You know,

530
00:20:14,581 --> 00:20:16,483
use it.

531
00:20:16,516 --> 00:20:18,451
{\an8}*

532
00:20:18,485 --> 00:20:20,687
Unpleasant as that sounds,
it's still circumstantial.

533
00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,655
Come on.

534
00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:23,757
This ex-girlfriend
isn't a credible witness

535
00:20:23,790 --> 00:20:26,459
by virtue of the fact that
she was dumped, correct?

536
00:20:26,493 --> 00:20:27,794
Do you want to get
this guy or not?

537
00:20:27,827 --> 00:20:29,896
Hellman has resources,
and he'll have a dream team

538
00:20:29,929 --> 00:20:31,431
when it comes time
to lawyer up.

539
00:20:31,464 --> 00:20:32,699
They'll attack any
flaws in your warrant

540
00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:33,633
and use them to get
the case tossed.

541
00:20:33,667 --> 00:20:36,670
I don't want to be
put in that position.

542
00:20:38,338 --> 00:20:42,342
You need us to put Hellman

543
00:20:42,375 --> 00:20:45,311
with Charlene.

544
00:20:45,345 --> 00:20:48,348
{\an8}*

545
00:20:48,381 --> 00:20:50,550
You usually work this late?

546
00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:52,485
I'm kind of at the
mercy of the talent.

547
00:20:52,519 --> 00:20:53,687
They work late,
I work late.

548
00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:54,854
What are you gonna do?

549
00:20:54,888 --> 00:20:56,690
I'm sure Hellman pays you well.

550
00:20:56,723 --> 00:20:57,791
He takes care of me.

551
00:20:57,824 --> 00:21:00,560
You take care of him,
clean up his little messes.

552
00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:02,829
You know, I've been nothing
but cordial with you guys.

553
00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:04,698
I really don't
appreciate that attitude.

554
00:21:04,731 --> 00:21:06,499
If "cordial" means
lying like a little bitch,

555
00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:07,500
then yeah, you've been great.

556
00:21:07,534 --> 00:21:09,736
Hey, I don't have to talk
to you, you know that?

557
00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:10,937
Take it easy, take it easy.

558
00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:13,707
A good cop/bad cop approach
needs to be tailored to fit

559
00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:15,608
an individual's character.

560
00:21:15,642 --> 00:21:19,446
Kevin Grimes was loyal
to Hellman on the surface,

561
00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:21,481
but the surface was thin,

562
00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:22,816
and with a little warming,

563
00:21:22,849 --> 00:21:24,784
easily cracked.

564
00:21:24,818 --> 00:21:26,586
I'm sorry about that,
he gets emotional.

565
00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:28,588
I tell him,
"Keep objective,"

566
00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:29,522
but, you know, some people,

567
00:21:29,556 --> 00:21:32,392
it's not natural to
turn off their feelings.

568
00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:33,960
Yeah, I guess I
can understand that.

569
00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:35,962
Well, I think you can,
because it's your emotions

570
00:21:35,995 --> 00:21:37,931
not letting you say
bad things about Victor.

571
00:21:37,964 --> 00:21:39,632
- He's a friend.
- He's a good friend.

572
00:21:39,666 --> 00:21:41,735
But if you were
able to be objective,

573
00:21:41,768 --> 00:21:43,703
I think that you would see
that he could be getting you

574
00:21:43,737 --> 00:21:44,904
in real trouble here.

575
00:21:44,938 --> 00:21:45,472
Seriously?

576
00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:46,573
If Victor is involved

577
00:21:46,606 --> 00:21:48,575
with Charlene's murder
and you're covering for him,

578
00:21:48,608 --> 00:21:50,977
that makes you an
accessory after the fact.

579
00:21:51,011 --> 00:21:52,812
Now that's real jail time.

580
00:21:52,846 --> 00:21:55,515
Now, I know Victor's
been good to you, Kevin,

581
00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:58,952
but has he been that good?

582
00:21:58,985 --> 00:22:01,488
Sometimes Victor isn't real
skilled at meeting people,

583
00:22:01,521 --> 00:22:04,758
so I'll, you know,
make introductions.

584
00:22:04,791 --> 00:22:07,527
You introduced him to Charlene?

585
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,630
And they were sleeping together?

586
00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:12,465
Exclusively?

587
00:22:12,499 --> 00:22:13,900
No, Victor doesn't know
the meaning of the word,

588
00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:15,635
but Charlene, yeah.

589
00:22:15,669 --> 00:22:16,536
She was really into him.

590
00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:19,706
And you saw them
together at the party?

591
00:22:19,739 --> 00:22:25,645
{\an8}*

592
00:22:25,679 --> 00:22:27,914
Need your fingerprints
and a DNA sample.

593
00:22:27,947 --> 00:22:32,052
It's in the warrant.

594
00:22:32,085 --> 00:22:33,420
Bolo, Xanax.

595
00:22:33,453 --> 00:22:35,588
Scrape the inside of your cheek.

596
00:22:35,622 --> 00:22:37,590
You have a registered
Colt Python revolver

597
00:22:37,624 --> 00:22:38,892
on the record,
it's not here.

598
00:22:38,925 --> 00:22:39,993
I guess I don't
know where it is.

599
00:22:40,026 --> 00:22:40,894
He's got a lot of guns--

600
00:22:40,927 --> 00:22:42,629
You lied to us about
knowing Charlene.

601
00:22:42,662 --> 00:22:43,797
I'm assuming
you're lying now.

602
00:22:43,830 --> 00:22:44,898
Do the rest of the house.

603
00:22:44,931 --> 00:22:47,467
The results from Charlene's
tox screen came back.

604
00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:48,968
All sorts of sedatives
in her system.

605
00:22:49,002 --> 00:22:50,070
All right, we'll be
in the living room.

606
00:22:50,103 --> 00:22:51,104
Don't bother us unless
it's something substantive.

607
00:22:51,137 --> 00:22:54,441
I was wondering how you
got her in that position,

608
00:22:54,474 --> 00:22:55,875
but it makes sense,
you drugged her, right?

609
00:22:55,909 --> 00:22:57,143
I didn't drug anyone.

610
00:22:57,177 --> 00:22:59,813
Probably wasn't even conscious
when you did it to her, right?

611
00:22:59,846 --> 00:23:00,980
They were ludes, okay?

612
00:23:01,014 --> 00:23:02,248
Kevin got me some ludes.

613
00:23:02,282 --> 00:23:04,451
Do you have any idea how hard
it is to get ludes these days?

614
00:23:04,484 --> 00:23:07,821
Did you know
Charlene was pregnant?

615
00:23:07,854 --> 00:23:09,823
{\an8}*

616
00:23:09,856 --> 00:23:13,026
He didn't know.

617
00:23:13,059 --> 00:23:15,829
I had assumed that Charlene
told Hellman about the baby

618
00:23:15,862 --> 00:23:17,764
and that it had something
to do with her death,

619
00:23:17,797 --> 00:23:21,534
but it was clear
from Hellman's face.

620
00:23:21,568 --> 00:23:23,770
She hadn't told him at all.

621
00:23:23,803 --> 00:23:25,672
...just don't open your mouth.

622
00:23:25,705 --> 00:23:26,973
Now that we've got your DNA,

623
00:23:27,007 --> 00:23:29,042
we can go ahead and
confirm paternity.

624
00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:34,981
{\an8}*

625
00:23:35,015 --> 00:23:35,815
It was an accident.

626
00:23:35,849 --> 00:23:37,851
Victor.

627
00:23:37,884 --> 00:23:41,988
I'm already going to hell,
Bernie, it's simple physics.

628
00:23:42,022 --> 00:23:43,656
Maybe I'll descend
a little slower

629
00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:44,858
without the weight of
this on my shoulder.

630
00:23:44,891 --> 00:23:48,928
By law, I have to remind you
of your rights at this time.

631
00:23:48,962 --> 00:23:53,967
{\an8}*

632
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,102
It was just a game.

633
00:23:56,136 --> 00:23:59,839
We--we'd played it before.

634
00:23:59,873 --> 00:24:03,576
This time she even--
she even asked for it.

635
00:24:03,610 --> 00:24:05,011
I don't know how it happened.

636
00:24:05,045 --> 00:24:06,880
The gun, the gun,

637
00:24:06,913 --> 00:24:08,948
it wasn't supposed to be loaded.

638
00:24:08,982 --> 00:24:09,983
Come on, you forgot
the gun was loaded?

639
00:24:10,016 --> 00:24:12,585
I never load my guns.

640
00:24:12,619 --> 00:24:16,089
You can ask anybody.

641
00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:18,992
That night when I left
to go to the party,

642
00:24:19,025 --> 00:24:22,896
I swear, that gun wasn't loaded,
I mean, it couldn't have been.

643
00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:24,764
It just couldn't have been.

644
00:24:24,798 --> 00:24:30,070
{\an8}*

645
00:24:30,103 --> 00:24:33,173
It was just a game.

646
00:24:33,206 --> 00:24:42,115
{\an8}*

647
00:24:45,118 --> 00:24:49,055
So, by Hellman's account,
he shoots Charlene by accident,

648
00:24:49,089 --> 00:24:51,658
leaves the party,
dumps the gun,

649
00:24:51,691 --> 00:24:52,359
goes home and plays possum.

650
00:24:52,392 --> 00:24:54,728
The actions of an innocent man.

651
00:24:54,761 --> 00:24:58,865
Yeah, and a gun that
magically loads itself.

652
00:24:58,898 --> 00:25:00,633
I hope he was right about
where he dumped the piece.

653
00:25:00,667 --> 00:25:01,267
I don't know how
much longer I can dig

654
00:25:01,301 --> 00:25:04,871
in Frank Fong's leftovers.

655
00:25:04,904 --> 00:25:07,040
Looks like Mr. Fong
serves his Peking Duck

656
00:25:07,073 --> 00:25:10,710
without the head.

657
00:25:12,012 --> 00:25:15,849
{\an8}*

658
00:25:15,882 --> 00:25:18,218
Looks like he was telling
the truth about one thing.

659
00:25:18,251 --> 00:25:20,153
Oh.

660
00:25:21,955 --> 00:25:23,123
I'm looking for
the lead detective

661
00:25:23,156 --> 00:25:25,025
on the Charlene Pagni case.

662
00:25:25,058 --> 00:25:26,726
I can help you with that.

663
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,094
If you're not
the lead detective,

664
00:25:28,128 --> 00:25:31,264
then no, you can't.

665
00:25:31,297 --> 00:25:32,899
Who should I say is calling?

666
00:25:32,932 --> 00:25:34,234
Claudia Hellman.

667
00:25:34,267 --> 00:25:37,704
I'm Victor Hellman's daughter.

668
00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:39,739
Thank you, I could use this.

669
00:25:39,773 --> 00:25:42,242
I caught a plane out of JFK
as soon as I got your messages.

670
00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:44,077
This must be very difficult.

671
00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:46,212
We're gonna try to get you
a meeting with your father

672
00:25:46,246 --> 00:25:47,280
as soon as we can.

673
00:25:47,313 --> 00:25:49,215
Oh, that won't be necessary.

674
00:25:49,249 --> 00:25:52,686
My father needs
this time to himself.

675
00:25:52,719 --> 00:25:54,821
He needs to ask himself
who he's gonna be

676
00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:55,955
under these circumstances.

677
00:25:55,989 --> 00:25:57,257
Who he's going to be?

678
00:25:57,290 --> 00:25:59,225
People need to discover
their own abilities

679
00:25:59,259 --> 00:26:01,094
to generate and
create possibilities

680
00:26:01,127 --> 00:26:04,798
in challenging situations.

681
00:26:04,831 --> 00:26:06,933
I take it the two of
you aren't real close.

682
00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:10,904
My father is an emotionally
incomplete person.

683
00:26:10,937 --> 00:26:13,039
He doesn't connect
in meaningful ways.

684
00:26:13,073 --> 00:26:15,942
I had the same problems.

685
00:26:15,975 --> 00:26:18,945
The form showed me how to
redesign my relationships.

686
00:26:18,978 --> 00:26:20,680
You meet these types in L.A.,

687
00:26:20,714 --> 00:26:22,782
hooked on motivational seminars,

688
00:26:22,816 --> 00:26:24,751
ideologies for sale.

689
00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:25,618
Some call it brainwashing.

690
00:26:25,652 --> 00:26:28,054
All I know is once
they start talking

691
00:26:28,088 --> 00:26:29,756
about how it
changed their lives,

692
00:26:29,789 --> 00:26:31,991
pull up a chair, you're
gonna be there a while.

693
00:26:32,025 --> 00:26:33,026
So, what brings you
here, Miss Hellman?

694
00:26:33,059 --> 00:26:34,794
I just wanted you to know

695
00:26:34,828 --> 00:26:39,332
that I won't be standing in
the way of your investigation.

696
00:26:39,366 --> 00:26:44,804
In a way, I think this could be
a healthy process for my father.

697
00:26:44,838 --> 00:26:47,073
I'm in town for five days.

698
00:26:47,107 --> 00:26:48,808
If you need anything,
I'm staying at the Montclair.

699
00:26:48,842 --> 00:26:50,977
Thank you.

700
00:26:51,011 --> 00:26:57,050
{\an8}*

701
00:26:57,083 --> 00:26:58,818
She tell you how
misunderstood her father is?

702
00:26:58,852 --> 00:27:00,720
Not even close.

703
00:27:00,754 --> 00:27:04,224
{\an8}*

704
00:27:04,257 --> 00:27:07,027
I swabbed the inside of
the barrel of your .38.

705
00:27:07,060 --> 00:27:09,963
I found trace amounts
of blood and tissue.

706
00:27:09,996 --> 00:27:11,164
Inside the barrel?

707
00:27:11,197 --> 00:27:13,066
Mm, the blowback.

708
00:27:13,099 --> 00:27:16,069
Happens when a gun is fired
closed to, or in this case,

709
00:27:16,102 --> 00:27:17,771
inside the target.

710
00:27:17,804 --> 00:27:18,405
Have you tagged the blood?

711
00:27:18,438 --> 00:27:21,374
Yup, matches your victim.

712
00:27:21,408 --> 00:27:24,277
The only thing in the cylinder
was a single spent shell casing.

713
00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:28,948
I sent it over to
Prints with the gun.

714
00:27:28,982 --> 00:27:30,383
Okay, Victor Hellman's
thumbprint matched

715
00:27:30,417 --> 00:27:33,253
the lock on the door
at the crime scene.

716
00:27:33,286 --> 00:27:37,123
We also matched him to the
latents on the pistol grip.

717
00:27:37,157 --> 00:27:39,325
- What about the shell casing?
- No, I only got a partial.

718
00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:40,960
Can't tell you
who it belongs to,

719
00:27:40,994 --> 00:27:42,929
but I can tell you
it's not Victor Hellman.

720
00:27:42,962 --> 00:27:44,130
Gotta be kidding.

721
00:27:44,164 --> 00:27:46,232
- Are you sure?
- I checked it three times.

722
00:27:46,266 --> 00:27:47,233
That's somebody else's
print on the casing.

723
00:27:47,267 --> 00:27:50,303
What's this I'm hearing
about new evidence?

724
00:27:50,337 --> 00:27:52,772
The print on the
casing is not his.

725
00:27:52,806 --> 00:27:54,307
Oh, come on, someone
else loaded his gun?

726
00:27:54,341 --> 00:27:56,343
Somebody at the party, maybe.

727
00:27:56,376 --> 00:27:57,377
Without his knowledge?

728
00:27:57,410 --> 00:27:59,279
Said he was high on pills
his house boy gave him,

729
00:27:59,312 --> 00:28:01,147
doesn't remember who
else handled the gun.

730
00:28:01,181 --> 00:28:02,882
Don't you think we
should run this print down

731
00:28:02,916 --> 00:28:03,883
before you formally charge him?

732
00:28:03,917 --> 00:28:05,385
I don't see the need,
we've got a good case.

733
00:28:05,418 --> 00:28:06,886
What happened to
all this concern

734
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,021
about Hellman's dream team?

735
00:28:08,054 --> 00:28:09,122
We've got a celebrity defendant

736
00:28:09,155 --> 00:28:11,091
with a confession,
material evidence, great wits--

737
00:28:11,124 --> 00:28:13,026
A defendant they've already
convicted in the media,

738
00:28:13,059 --> 00:28:14,227
and now you're
rushing to catch up.

739
00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:15,995
Defense is gonna get
this on discovery.

740
00:28:16,029 --> 00:28:17,263
Don't you want to know
who it belongs to

741
00:28:17,297 --> 00:28:20,900
before you walk
in that courtroom?

742
00:28:20,934 --> 00:28:23,970
I'll stall, but
keep me apprised.

743
00:28:24,004 --> 00:28:26,306
Theories.

744
00:28:26,339 --> 00:28:28,441
To set Hellman up, someone
would have to have known

745
00:28:28,475 --> 00:28:30,143
about his little fetish.

746
00:28:30,176 --> 00:28:31,011
Nobody keeps
secrets in this town.

747
00:28:31,044 --> 00:28:32,912
He's right.

748
00:28:32,946 --> 00:28:34,180
Need I remind you
of a certain actor

749
00:28:34,214 --> 00:28:35,382
and his pet gerbil?

750
00:28:36,316 --> 00:28:37,283
All right, let's stay
with the facts.

751
00:28:37,317 --> 00:28:40,053
We got somebody else's
prints on the casing.

752
00:28:40,086 --> 00:28:41,321
Now, assuming for the moment,
this is a set-up scenario,

753
00:28:41,354 --> 00:28:44,057
we're looking for somebody
with opportunity.

754
00:28:44,090 --> 00:28:46,059
That brings us back
to the guest list.

755
00:28:46,092 --> 00:28:47,460
Who on that list
would have motive

756
00:28:47,494 --> 00:28:50,330
to ruin Victor Hellman's life?

757
00:28:50,363 --> 00:28:52,065
It could've been any one of 'em.

758
00:28:52,098 --> 00:28:54,934
They all despised me equally.

759
00:28:54,968 --> 00:28:56,136
Let's narrow it
down to the people

760
00:28:56,169 --> 00:28:59,339
you actually saw
at the party.

761
00:28:59,372 --> 00:29:01,307
Do you have a pen?

762
00:29:05,378 --> 00:29:09,149
Ungrateful bastard.

763
00:29:09,182 --> 00:29:10,383
Sociopath.

764
00:29:14,254 --> 00:29:17,190
Oppressed homosexual.

765
00:29:17,223 --> 00:29:19,392
Canadian.

766
00:29:19,426 --> 00:29:24,364
I mean, you having me
generate suspects like this,

767
00:29:24,397 --> 00:29:26,199
you sure you can trust me?

768
00:29:26,232 --> 00:29:27,967
We double-check everything.

769
00:29:28,001 --> 00:29:32,105
Oh, well, that's good,
because what an opportunity.

770
00:29:33,540 --> 00:29:35,408
I spoke to your daughter today.

771
00:29:35,442 --> 00:29:37,010
That's strain, detective.

772
00:29:37,043 --> 00:29:41,014
That's okay, Bernie.

773
00:29:41,047 --> 00:29:43,316
Did she convert you
with, um, platitudes

774
00:29:43,350 --> 00:29:46,052
about personal responsibility
and emotional completion?

775
00:29:46,086 --> 00:29:47,387
She mentioned something.

776
00:29:47,420 --> 00:29:50,490
She didn't want to see
me though, did she?

777
00:29:50,523 --> 00:29:53,126
{\an8}*

778
00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:55,495
It's okay, I mean,

779
00:29:55,528 --> 00:29:58,231
if there were anyone else
I could blame, I would,

780
00:29:58,264 --> 00:30:02,135
but it's--it's only me.

781
00:30:02,168 --> 00:30:05,338
I turned my daughter
into an automaton.

782
00:30:05,372 --> 00:30:10,143
At least it beats
the alternative.

783
00:30:10,176 --> 00:30:12,145
What's that?

784
00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:15,148
Turning her into me.

785
00:30:15,181 --> 00:30:18,018
{\an8}*

786
00:30:20,353 --> 00:30:21,521
That should keep you busy.

787
00:30:21,554 --> 00:30:24,090
{\an8}*

788
00:30:24,124 --> 00:30:26,326
He killed one of the most
promising young guitarists

789
00:30:26,359 --> 00:30:27,227
I've ever known.

790
00:30:27,260 --> 00:30:30,130
That kid had talent
on loan from God.

791
00:30:30,163 --> 00:30:31,264
And Hellman killed him?

792
00:30:31,297 --> 00:30:33,166
Well, he didn't actually
put the heroin in his veins,

793
00:30:33,199 --> 00:30:35,335
but he might as well have.

794
00:30:35,368 --> 00:30:37,570
Hellman's a monster
in the studio.

795
00:30:37,604 --> 00:30:39,506
Worked the kid half to death.

796
00:30:39,539 --> 00:30:42,542
Then smack took care
of the other half.

797
00:30:42,575 --> 00:30:44,377
I saw him at the party,

798
00:30:44,411 --> 00:30:46,179
but trust me, you know,

799
00:30:46,212 --> 00:30:48,048
I stayed away from him.

800
00:30:48,081 --> 00:30:49,149
Let's take some prints.

801
00:30:49,182 --> 00:30:52,585
Just in case.

802
00:30:52,619 --> 00:30:54,187
I didn't see him.

803
00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:56,022
Had I known he was at the party,

804
00:30:56,056 --> 00:30:58,191
I probably would've left.

805
00:30:58,224 --> 00:31:00,260
Sounds like you guys were tight.

806
00:31:00,293 --> 00:31:02,462
Hellman got it in
his head one day

807
00:31:02,495 --> 00:31:05,065
he wanted an acoustic track
with no finger drags,

808
00:31:05,098 --> 00:31:07,233
which is basically impossible.

809
00:31:07,267 --> 00:31:08,401
After the 42nd take,
he comes screaming

810
00:31:08,435 --> 00:31:11,604
out of the booth,
puts a pistol to my head,

811
00:31:11,638 --> 00:31:13,473
tells me to leave the state.

812
00:31:13,506 --> 00:31:17,477
I wanted to sue the guy,
but no one would take the case.

813
00:31:18,244 --> 00:31:19,579
He fired me.

814
00:31:19,612 --> 00:31:21,348
People change managers
all the time, it happens.

815
00:31:21,381 --> 00:31:25,085
Fact is I'm elated not to be
working with the guy anymore.

816
00:31:25,118 --> 00:31:26,619
I can see how he
might be difficult.

817
00:31:26,653 --> 00:31:28,121
Victor wasn't the problem.

818
00:31:28,154 --> 00:31:29,022
You allow for a certain
level of insanity

819
00:31:29,055 --> 00:31:31,424
when you're dealing
with an innovator.

820
00:31:31,458 --> 00:31:33,293
He was worth those headaches.

821
00:31:33,326 --> 00:31:34,427
The real problem
was his daughter.

822
00:31:34,461 --> 00:31:36,496
Claudia, right?

823
00:31:36,529 --> 00:31:40,500
Very ambitious lady.

824
00:31:40,533 --> 00:31:42,535
Not that it's
done her much good.

825
00:31:42,569 --> 00:31:45,305
She's on the board,
but Victor makes

826
00:31:45,338 --> 00:31:48,008
all the real decisions.

827
00:31:48,041 --> 00:31:50,210
I wouldn't trust that
guy to decide on lunch.

828
00:31:50,243 --> 00:31:52,012
There was this industrial band

829
00:31:52,045 --> 00:31:54,047
called Fury 66.

830
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,249
Claudia was desperate
to sign them,

831
00:31:56,282 --> 00:31:58,351
swore they were the future.

832
00:31:58,385 --> 00:31:59,419
She brought the demo
in for Victor,

833
00:31:59,452 --> 00:32:02,555
and he passed,

834
00:32:02,589 --> 00:32:05,425
30 seconds into the first track.

835
00:32:05,458 --> 00:32:07,027
So they signed with Epic.

836
00:32:07,060 --> 00:32:08,428
Wow, their album was huge.

837
00:32:08,461 --> 00:32:10,130
Triple platinum.

838
00:32:10,163 --> 00:32:10,563
Claudia was livid.

839
00:32:10,597 --> 00:32:12,632
If you ask me,

840
00:32:12,665 --> 00:32:14,668
that's what prompted
her play for the company.

841
00:32:14,701 --> 00:32:15,835
What play was that?

842
00:32:15,869 --> 00:32:18,538
She tried to have Victor
declared mentally incompetent,

843
00:32:18,571 --> 00:32:21,341
pull the company
out from under him.

844
00:32:21,374 --> 00:32:24,077
Didn't work, but still,

845
00:32:24,110 --> 00:32:28,581
you have to admire her moxie.

846
00:32:28,615 --> 00:32:30,150
Pulled court documents
on Claudia's power grab,

847
00:32:30,183 --> 00:32:32,619
they threw out the case
after Hellman submitted

848
00:32:32,652 --> 00:32:34,587
to a psych evaluation
and was deemed competent.

849
00:32:34,621 --> 00:32:37,157
Zero print matches
from Hellman's hate list.

850
00:32:37,190 --> 00:32:38,224
The daughter's worth a look.

851
00:32:38,258 --> 00:32:40,427
Well, we know she didn't
put the bullet in the gun

852
00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:42,362
'cause she was in New York
and we confirmed it.

853
00:32:42,395 --> 00:32:43,229
She couldn't have
loaded it herself,

854
00:32:43,263 --> 00:32:45,565
but someone could've
loaded for her.

855
00:32:45,598 --> 00:32:47,367
It's a stretch,

856
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,570
but if any of you want to
trek over to the Montclair,

857
00:32:50,603 --> 00:32:52,539
check it out,
be my guest.

858
00:32:52,572 --> 00:32:55,108
{\an8}*

859
00:32:55,141 --> 00:32:56,343
Friday's right, you know.

860
00:32:56,376 --> 00:32:58,144
It's kind of a stretch.

861
00:32:58,178 --> 00:32:59,679
You haven't met this
girl, she's like ice.

862
00:32:59,713 --> 00:33:01,681
Even so, it means we're
looking for an accomplice

863
00:33:01,715 --> 00:33:03,216
who was at the party,

864
00:33:03,249 --> 00:33:05,452
who got close to Hellman,
handled his gun,

865
00:33:05,485 --> 00:33:07,587
was also close to Claudia,
someone she trusts.

866
00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:10,423
All right, it's a stretch.

867
00:33:11,691 --> 00:33:16,563
{\an8}*

868
00:33:16,596 --> 00:33:17,597
And again.

869
00:33:17,630 --> 00:33:19,466
Is that my crab?

870
00:33:19,499 --> 00:33:20,734
{\an8}*

871
00:33:20,767 --> 00:33:23,470
Crab's gonna have to wait.

872
00:33:23,503 --> 00:33:28,375
{\an8}*

873
00:33:31,611 --> 00:33:33,246
How long have you and Claudia
been seeing each other?

874
00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:35,315
Almost a year.

875
00:33:35,348 --> 00:33:36,349
Did Hellman know about it?

876
00:33:36,383 --> 00:33:37,550
No.

877
00:33:37,584 --> 00:33:40,854
That was Claudia's call.

878
00:33:40,887 --> 00:33:43,623
Did you really bring me here
to talk about my love life?

879
00:33:43,656 --> 00:33:45,325
Hellman said
the gun was empty

880
00:33:45,358 --> 00:33:46,226
when he left the house
to go to the party.

881
00:33:46,259 --> 00:33:47,727
So?

882
00:33:47,761 --> 00:33:49,829
Means it got itself
loaded after he left.

883
00:33:49,863 --> 00:33:50,764
It was probably
loaded the whole time.

884
00:33:50,797 --> 00:33:53,566
Victor has a tendency
to forget things.

885
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,301
Especially when he's
been drugged, right?

886
00:33:55,335 --> 00:33:56,469
Drugged?

887
00:33:56,503 --> 00:33:57,404
He said you gave him
pills at the party.

888
00:33:57,437 --> 00:34:02,742
I got him some party
favors, what does that--

889
00:34:02,776 --> 00:34:05,879
You--you think that
I loaded his gun?

890
00:34:05,912 --> 00:34:07,614
Is that why you took
my fingerprints?

891
00:34:07,647 --> 00:34:09,616
With Hellman out of the way,
Claudia assumes control,

892
00:34:09,649 --> 00:34:10,483
you get what?

893
00:34:10,517 --> 00:34:11,117
An AandR gig, a piece
of the company?

894
00:34:11,151 --> 00:34:14,521
Oh, you can't be serious.

895
00:34:14,554 --> 00:34:16,723
Victor's my hero,
I idolize the guy.

896
00:34:16,756 --> 00:34:17,691
Why would I want to do
something like that?

897
00:34:17,724 --> 00:34:21,761
Maybe it's not a question
of what you wanted.

898
00:34:21,795 --> 00:34:23,630
You tried to get
control of the company

899
00:34:23,663 --> 00:34:24,831
with the competency hearing.

900
00:34:24,864 --> 00:34:27,567
The company was the one thing
standing between my father

901
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,602
and his realization
of what he'd become.

902
00:34:29,636 --> 00:34:30,837
He needed to confront that.

903
00:34:30,870 --> 00:34:33,440
You're saying challenging
his sanity was an intervention?

904
00:34:33,473 --> 00:34:35,375
Sure it was, but the
court ruled in his favor,

905
00:34:35,408 --> 00:34:37,277
so she needed a new plan.

906
00:34:37,310 --> 00:34:38,178
- Plan?
- Frame him for murder,

907
00:34:38,211 --> 00:34:40,914
he goes to prison,
the company goes to you.

908
00:34:40,947 --> 00:34:42,582
You think I'm
somehow responsible?

909
00:34:42,615 --> 00:34:44,751
After what he put me through,

910
00:34:44,784 --> 00:34:47,454
you think I put him
in this position?

911
00:34:47,487 --> 00:34:49,389
Kevin was a perfect
choice, wasn't he?

912
00:34:49,422 --> 00:34:50,790
Not only could he get
close to your dad,

913
00:34:50,824 --> 00:34:52,692
but look what he represented.

914
00:34:52,726 --> 00:34:53,426
You weren't only
stealing the company,

915
00:34:53,460 --> 00:34:55,795
you were slumming
with the help.

916
00:34:55,829 --> 00:34:58,865
Love is a function
of communication.

917
00:34:58,898 --> 00:35:02,502
Kevin and I have something
my father will never know.

918
00:35:02,535 --> 00:35:04,537
Claudia didn't manipulate me.

919
00:35:04,571 --> 00:35:06,406
So you were
a willing participant?

920
00:35:06,439 --> 00:35:09,409
We have no interest in
toppling Victor's empire.

921
00:35:09,442 --> 00:35:10,410
- We love each other.
- That's nice.

922
00:35:10,443 --> 00:35:11,544
I'm serious.

923
00:35:11,578 --> 00:35:13,713
I have a ring and everything.

924
00:35:13,747 --> 00:35:15,715
I was gonna... surprise
Claudia in New York.

925
00:35:15,749 --> 00:35:17,884
This whole thing
with Charlene hap--

926
00:35:17,917 --> 00:35:22,922
{\an8}*

927
00:35:22,956 --> 00:35:24,691
Don't get me wrong...

928
00:35:24,724 --> 00:35:28,762
I feel horrible about
what happened to her.

929
00:35:28,795 --> 00:35:32,599
If I hadn't invited
her to the party...

930
00:35:32,632 --> 00:35:33,900
I was just trying to help.

931
00:35:33,933 --> 00:35:36,469
Help?

932
00:35:36,503 --> 00:35:38,471
I thought that maybe
Victor and Charlene

933
00:35:38,505 --> 00:35:40,573
could get back together,
work things out.

934
00:35:40,607 --> 00:35:41,508
She made him happy.

935
00:35:41,541 --> 00:35:43,810
Why'd they break up
in the first place?

936
00:35:43,843 --> 00:35:47,881
Victor has what he calls
the five keys to life:

937
00:35:47,914 --> 00:35:50,583
food, drink, shelter,

938
00:35:50,617 --> 00:35:53,687
tail, and strange tail.

939
00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:56,856
{\an8}*

940
00:35:56,890 --> 00:35:58,591
Another woman?

941
00:35:58,625 --> 00:36:01,895
There's always another woman.

942
00:36:01,928 --> 00:36:04,998
My publicist sends me
everything with my name on it.

943
00:36:05,031 --> 00:36:06,599
I got less coverage
when I won the Grammy.

944
00:36:06,633 --> 00:36:08,802
Oh, that's terrible.

945
00:36:08,835 --> 00:36:10,904
Joke all you want, Detective.

946
00:36:10,937 --> 00:36:13,006
I certainly wouldn't want to
find out all those press leaks

947
00:36:13,039 --> 00:36:14,274
were coming out of your office.

948
00:36:14,307 --> 00:36:16,743
Tomorrow morning, your client's
getting charged with murder.

949
00:36:16,776 --> 00:36:20,980
It's in his best interest
to cooperate now.

950
00:36:21,014 --> 00:36:24,017
You cheated on Charlene,
she found out.

951
00:36:24,050 --> 00:36:26,753
It happened.

952
00:36:26,786 --> 00:36:28,988
We were fighting,
Charlene wanted more from me

953
00:36:29,022 --> 00:36:31,725
than I could give her,
it was all a big mistake.

954
00:36:31,758 --> 00:36:34,027
Do you think I'd
get electrocuted

955
00:36:34,060 --> 00:36:35,929
if I went in the
water with this?

956
00:36:35,962 --> 00:36:37,764
Who was she?

957
00:36:37,797 --> 00:36:40,900
She's just some
girl I used to know,

958
00:36:40,934 --> 00:36:42,836
but she couldn't have had
anything to do with it though.

959
00:36:42,869 --> 00:36:43,403
She wasn't even at the party.

960
00:36:43,436 --> 00:36:47,440
Mr. Hellman, who is she?

961
00:36:47,474 --> 00:36:49,509
Melissa.

962
00:36:49,542 --> 00:36:53,513
Melissa Edgar.

963
00:36:53,546 --> 00:36:56,950
Seven years, I never
once used this pool.

964
00:37:02,822 --> 00:37:03,490
What do you want from me?

965
00:37:03,523 --> 00:37:05,792
When we talked to you before,

966
00:37:05,825 --> 00:37:07,861
you were ready to burn
Hellman at the stake.

967
00:37:07,894 --> 00:37:10,063
Now we find out you slept
with him two weeks ago

968
00:37:10,096 --> 00:37:12,899
behind Charlene's back.

969
00:37:12,932 --> 00:37:15,769
Does that make sense to you?

970
00:37:18,605 --> 00:37:19,973
Tell us what happened.

971
00:37:23,810 --> 00:37:27,580
Two weeks ago, Victor
came into the club

972
00:37:27,614 --> 00:37:28,715
when we were closing.

973
00:37:28,748 --> 00:37:31,584
He only goes to public places

974
00:37:31,618 --> 00:37:33,687
when no one else is around.

975
00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:36,556
I guess that him and Charlene
were having problems.

976
00:37:36,589 --> 00:37:38,024
What kind of problems?

977
00:37:38,058 --> 00:37:40,593
He didn't say and I didn't ask.

978
00:37:40,627 --> 00:37:42,796
We had a few drinks,

979
00:37:42,829 --> 00:37:47,834
and then I don't know if
maybe I felt sorry for him.

980
00:37:47,867 --> 00:37:50,704
You went home with him?

981
00:37:51,504 --> 00:37:53,940
Yeah.

982
00:37:53,973 --> 00:37:57,877
I should've known that
something was gonna happen.

983
00:37:57,911 --> 00:38:01,581
I didn't put it together
till after we talked.

984
00:38:01,614 --> 00:38:03,783
Put what together?

985
00:38:03,817 --> 00:38:06,786
On the day of the party
I got a message from her.

986
00:38:06,820 --> 00:38:09,723
It was weird,
she was all calm.

987
00:38:09,756 --> 00:38:11,725
She said that she
didn't blame me

988
00:38:11,758 --> 00:38:13,493
and that it was
Victor's fault

989
00:38:13,526 --> 00:38:17,063
and he would have to
face the consequences.

990
00:38:17,097 --> 00:38:19,733
What else did she
say on the tape?

991
00:38:19,766 --> 00:38:22,736
She was rambling,
it didn't make a lot of sense.

992
00:38:22,769 --> 00:38:25,071
She said that she was
gonna make him understand

993
00:38:25,105 --> 00:38:28,875
what it was to feel pain
that never went away.

994
00:38:28,908 --> 00:38:32,612
She said that she was
gonna make him suffer.

995
00:38:32,645 --> 00:38:34,047
Make him suffer?

996
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:40,754
{\an8}*

997
00:38:40,787 --> 00:38:42,922
Somebody get the coroner's
protocol on Charlene.

998
00:38:42,956 --> 00:38:44,657
Right here.

999
00:38:44,691 --> 00:38:46,559
Just had it pulled from S.I.D.

1000
00:38:46,593 --> 00:38:47,794
They confirmed paternity.

1001
00:38:47,827 --> 00:38:49,162
Hellman was the father
of Charlene's baby.

1002
00:38:49,195 --> 00:38:50,130
I know.

1003
00:38:50,163 --> 00:38:53,066
Are you gonna tell us
what you're looking for?

1004
00:38:53,099 --> 00:38:55,068
This.

1005
00:38:55,101 --> 00:38:56,970
Her fingerprints.

1006
00:38:57,003 --> 00:39:00,040
{\an8}*

1007
00:39:00,073 --> 00:39:02,042
Do you want me to point out
the matching characteristics?

1008
00:39:02,075 --> 00:39:05,578
No, I see it.

1009
00:39:05,612 --> 00:39:07,047
Unbelievable.

1010
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,716
Charlene.

1011
00:39:09,749 --> 00:39:12,919
It was vengeance.

1012
00:39:12,952 --> 00:39:14,020
I'll call the DA.

1013
00:39:14,054 --> 00:39:18,658
Who knows how many times
Charlene had tried to die.

1014
00:39:18,692 --> 00:39:21,061
We knew she'd slit her wrists
in her ex-boyfriend's kitchen.

1015
00:39:21,094 --> 00:39:25,031
We knew she'd loaded the
bullet in Hellman's gun.

1016
00:39:25,065 --> 00:39:27,801
Maybe it was just
a matter of time.

1017
00:39:27,834 --> 00:39:29,569
It might be hard to understand

1018
00:39:29,602 --> 00:39:32,739
how someone could choose to
die in such a horrible way,

1019
00:39:32,772 --> 00:39:36,109
but it was this horror
that achieved her purpose:

1020
00:39:36,142 --> 00:39:38,745
To plant a nightmare
in Victor Hellman's mind

1021
00:39:38,778 --> 00:39:39,813
that would last forever,

1022
00:39:39,846 --> 00:39:42,749
damning him to relive her death

1023
00:39:42,782 --> 00:39:46,820
and the death of their
unborn child at his own hands.

1024
00:39:46,853 --> 00:39:48,922
Was she avenging
his infidelity

1025
00:39:48,955 --> 00:39:52,692
or avenging the failures
of her own life?

1026
00:39:52,726 --> 00:39:55,628
Those are the questions
that haunt you.

1027
00:39:55,662 --> 00:39:58,131
Did Charlene give
up on the world

1028
00:39:58,164 --> 00:40:00,800
or did the world
give up on her?

1029
00:40:00,834 --> 00:40:03,103
{\an8}*

1030
00:40:03,136 --> 00:40:06,740
{\an8}Victor Hellman was charged
with involuntary manslaughter.

1031
00:40:06,773 --> 00:40:08,108
{\an8}In an effort to avoid trial,

1032
00:40:08,141 --> 00:40:10,910
{\an8}Hellman agreed to a plea
bargain of ten months

1033
00:40:10,944 --> 00:40:15,115
{\an8}to be served at the
Los Angeles County Men's Jail.

1034
00:40:15,148 --> 00:40:20,820
{\an8}*

1035
00:40:22,022 --> 00:40:32,032
{\an8}*

1036
00:40:32,065 --> 00:40:52,052
{\an8}*

1037
00:40:52,085 --> 00:40:57,123
{\an8}*