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- The Metropolitan Opera House
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is one of New York City's
cultural crown jewels.
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Inside this sparkling edifice
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lives a community of
world-class performers
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and crew members who've
made it a second home.
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- They bring in the best.
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What a wonderful pool of talent.
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- [Alan] So, when 31-year-old
violinist Helen Mintiks
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disappears during a performance,
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it becomes a dire emergency.
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- It was a very tense moment
when Helen didn't show up.
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- The only reason that
Helen would not come back
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is if she was incapacitated.
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- [Alan] Investigation
leads detectives
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deep into the Met's
hazardous backstage.
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- You can make a wrong
turn and be lost for weeks.
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- The detective said, "Hey,
I got something here."
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She's tied in the nude.
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What happened that day?
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- [Alan] And what police uncover
in the theater's storied wings
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stuns everyone to the core.
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- He goes into a rage.
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He takes out his hammer.
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- Whoever did this
was very familiar
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with the opera house.
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- And that person could
be here right now.
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- [Alan] The killer must be
someone in the building.
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A real-life Phantom
of the Opera.
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[dramatic music]
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[pensive music]
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- Lincoln Center
is just wonderful.
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And the Metropolitan
right there in the middle,
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like the biggest jewel.
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- The opera has
always been the pivot
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around which society twirled.
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Without things like
the Metropolitan Opera,
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New York is just
another big city.
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- This is vast.
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This is really high-class.
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The Metropolitan Opera House,
the mecca of grand opera.
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[pensive music]
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- [Laura] This being the
Metropolitan Opera House,
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we all did, I think, feel safe,
until after this happened.
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- Nothing like this had
ever happened in our world.
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- [Alan] On July 23rd, 1980,
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the Berlin Ballet is the
visiting company at the Met.
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- The night of the performance,
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it was a traditional
program of ballet,
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standard repertoire, and
some unusual repertoire,
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which we weren't involved in.
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- [Laura] The orchestra members
could leave the orchestra pit
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because the next ballet
was to recorded music,
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and after that, there
was an intermission.
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So they had a relatively long
period of time not performing.
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- [Alan] But after intermission,
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when the orchestra
files back into the pit,
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there's something amiss.
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- [Clay] The only thing that
stood out
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was that Helen didn't come back.
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But her violin was there.
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- [Alan] 31-year-old
Helen Mintiks,
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a beloved violinist
in the orchestra,
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would never miss a cue.
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- [Clay] It was a very tense
moment when Helen didn't show up
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because she was a
very reliable person.
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My wife, who was also
a violinist,
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moved up into that chair
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so there would not be an open
seat in the violin section.
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The show must go on.
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[audience clapping]
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When the performance ended
and the audience left,
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the orchestra moved
out of the pit
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and towards the locker room.
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We expected to see Helen,
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but she wasn't there.
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- The only reason that
Helen would not come back
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to pick up her violin is
if she was incapacitated.
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It was worth, I think,
20,000 or something.
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That violin was so precious.
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- [Clay] And so there was a
certain amount of
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natural anxiety because we're
a group of friends.
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We look out for each other.
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You really feel like there
is a family of musicians.
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And we discussed for some time
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what was the procedure here
when somebody disappeared.
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In all my years of playing,
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it's the only time
it ever happened.
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- [Alan] Helen's colleagues
wonder if she went home
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to the apartment she shares
with her husband Janis nearby.
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- [Clay] There was communication
with the stage manager,
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and they tried calling her home
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to see if she was at home.
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[phone ringing]
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But nobody picked up.
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- [Alan] Unbeknownst to the
stage manager,
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Helen's husband Janis was
already on route to the theater,
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as he routinely picks
her up at the stage door
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after her performances.
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But Helen never emerges
from the theater
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and Janis goes home.
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However, he doesn't
find her there either.
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As his worries grow, he
receives a surprise visitor.
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[doorbell buzzes]
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- [Judith] One of the musicians
in the orchestra
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returned her violin
to her apartment.
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By that time, he
was in total panic,
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and he called the police.
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[police car blaring]
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- [Det. Bruno] The call came in
sometime before midnight.
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Woman is missing.
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Where is Ms. Mintiks?
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- [Alan] Night watch officers
arrive at the opera house
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and speak to the concerned
Met house manager
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to get a description
of the missing Helen.
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- She has striking blonde hair,
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so that helps you,
and she's young.
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What happened to Helen Mintiks?
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We don't know if she
left the building.
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We don't know if she's
somewhere inside.
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So there's a lot
of unknowns here.
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- [Alan] Detectives ask
Helen's remaining colleagues
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a few more questions to
get a better understanding
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of the woman they're
searching for.
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- [Clay] I got to know Helen
as a freelancer.
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She was a beautiful woman
and a very fine violinist,
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and a very kind and
friendly person.
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Much beloved in our
company of musicians.
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- [Judith] I met Helen when we
were students at Julliard.
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We just struck up
a conversation,
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and we found out that we
both were Scandinavian
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and that we both
were from a farm.
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She was from a poultry farm in
Aldergrove, British Columbia.
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And we sort of
stared at each other
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and, you know, it was
like seeing myself.
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- [Alan] But in New York City,
Helen was far from the farm,
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tending to a blossoming
music career.
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- [Judith] Helen was really,
really good at her job.
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She could play whatever
they put in front of her.
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But she also brought people
cookies and cheesecakes,
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and was just a dream to
work with. Very friendly.
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So who wouldn't
want to hire her?
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She wanted to play
solo concerts.
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Her goal was to be a really
serious concert violinist.
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- [Alan] Helen's fellow
musicians
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explained to law enforcement
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that departing mid-show
would damage
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her professional reputation.
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She wouldn't have left unless
something was really wrong.
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And detectives discover
it's not the only thing
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that's really off key.
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- [Laura] The orchestra,
they have lockers
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because you don't
necessarily want to be going
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all around town in your
formal black outfit.
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- [Det. Bruno] In the locker
room where the orchestra
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put their belongings, they
found her street clothing.
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- [Det. Boyce] We come to the
realization
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she's dressed in her
performance attire.
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So that changes a lot.
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She never left the building.
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She's still here.
Let's go find her.
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So you have 10 floors
you got to search.
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- [Alan] With a space as
vast as the Met,
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the night patrol is
in over its head.
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As Helen's colleagues
from the orchestra
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depart the opera house,
the police call in back up.
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- [Det. Bruno] I got a call, I
was at home,
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and they said, "John, go
over to the opera house",
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the main theater, can
hold up to 4,000 people.
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And behind the stage
is a very big area.
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- I've seen the statistics of
how many stairwells there are,
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like 40 or something like that,
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and I don't know
how many elevators.
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But you can make a wrong
turn and be lost for weeks.
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- [Alan] The team of
detectives inspects
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all the nooks and crannies
of the massive building.
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They get their first lead
on Helen's whereabouts
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as day breaks.
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[birds chirping]
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- [David] The cops have been
working all night.
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Maintenance workers come the
next morning on the roof,
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and they find a pair
of women's shoes.
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- [Alan] The black
shoes match the color
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of the orchestra's dress code.
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With Helen thought to be
still in the building,
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detectives believe the
shoes must be hers.
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- [Det. Boyce] Those shoes
changed the game.
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She's on that roof.
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- [David] That is the first sign
that they're convinced
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something terrible has happened.
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- [Alan] Finally, police are
able to narrow down the search
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and concentrate their
efforts on the roof.
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But this plan of action
brings a daunting challenge.
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- [Det. Boyce] The roof of the
Met is massive.
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It's rambling. It's
different layers,
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alleyways, shafts.
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As the detectives fan out,
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searching each little
crevice, these shafts,
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a detective looks into a
shaft 30 to 40 feet down
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and says, "Oh my God."
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Laying on a steel girder,
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he sees a woman's body.
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She has no clothes
on, she's nude.
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And this woman has blonde hair,
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that distinctive blonde hair.
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- [Det. Bruno] And the body is
not moving.
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We got something here.
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It was obvious that that body
was Helen Hagnes Mintiks.
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She was hung up on a
couple of the beams
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up around the third floor.
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We wanted to see the
body a little closer up.
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She's tied, in the nude,
hands tied behind her back.
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That could not have happened
on her own volition.
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- [Alan] The investigation
immediately switches gears
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from a missing person case
to something much darker.
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- [Det. Bruno] This person did
not jump.
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It's not a suicide.
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The first thing we know
is this a homicide.
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[tense music]
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- [Alan] Coming up.
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- [Clay] There's a certainty
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that whoever did this
horrible thing,
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it had to be somebody among us.
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- [Laura] Someone who had
been working with us.
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And that was really scary.
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- [Clay] We just said, "Don't
ever go any place
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alone in the building."
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[tense music]
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- [Alan] NYPD detectives
[dhave just discovered
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violinist Helen Mintiks
murdered in a roof shaft
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at New York's
Metropolitan Opera House.
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They began to process
the crime scene,
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logging all evidence
that may lead them
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to who committed
this horrible crime.
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[alarm blaring]
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- [Det. Bruno] She was tied up
with a cord.
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The hands were tied
behind the back,
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and the feet were
tied at the ankles.
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- [Det. Boyce] She was thrown
naked off the rooftop.
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Everything you're seeing,
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you're seeing sexual assault.
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- [Det. Bruno] There was blood
on the face.
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The legs apparently
seemed to be broken
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as a result of a fall
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of approximately 30,
35 feet onto steel.
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And there was probably blunt
force trauma of the head.
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It was a very terrible thing.
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What happened that day?
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- [Alan] Now detectives have
the challenging job
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of breaking the news
to Helen's husband.
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- [Det. Bruno] Later on in the
morning,
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we got to speak to Mr. Mintiks
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and tell him that
we found the body
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we believe is your wife.
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And the circumstances of it,
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certainly is homicidal.
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To have her life taken
away in such a way,
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it's a terrible, horrible thing.
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- [Alan] Then, CSI hurries
to the roof of the Met
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and begins pouring
over the crime scene.
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They discover something
that may be a huge break.
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- [Det. Boyce] We're able to
obtain a palm print
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on the ledge, on the pipe.
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- [Det. Bruno] It's very
important
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because it's the only print
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and it is a place
where it is unusual
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for a person to go
to sit on a pipe.
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But we don't even
know if it's connected
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with the body at all.
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- [Det. Boyce] There's no
scientific evidence
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that will show us exactly
how long it's been there.
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- [Alan] Police send
Helen's body out for autopsy
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and collect the rope for
a forensic examination.
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Taking stock of the
crime scene layout,
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detectives come to a conclusion
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based on where Helen was found.
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- [Det. Bruno] This is a big
place.
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It was quite obvious that
whoever committed this crime
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was very familiar
with the opera house
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and where to go and how to go.
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No person from the audience
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or outside of the opera house
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could have known where to be.
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- [Alan] By late morning,
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the horrific event
becomes headline news.
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- [David] This is tabloid
fodder.
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Everyone is calling it the
Phantom of the Opera case.
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Juicy case for the news,
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dangerous case for
the powers that be,
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because this was such
an important case,
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maybe one of a dozen
or half a dozen
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most significant murders
in New York City history.
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[pensive music]
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- [Clay] Everybody was extremely
upset.
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I think one of the hardest
things after Helen's murder
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was that there's a certainty
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that whoever did
this horrible thing,
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it couldn't
been an outsider.
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It had to be somebody among us.
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- [Laura] The idea that a
murder had taken place
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right there where
we were working,
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and that person could
be here right now.
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- [Alan] With a case
this high-profile,
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the NYPD brings in their
top gun to lead it.
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- [David] Detective Jerry
Giorgio was famous
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in the department for being able
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to get a confession from
anybody calmly.
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He taught generations
of homicide detectives.
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- [Alan] Detective Giorgio
and other detectives
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immediately speak
with Janis again.
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- [Det. Boyce] Detectives always
look at the husband.
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Is there strife? Is
there any kind of issues?
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We need to speak to find out
what's going on in their lives.
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- [Alan] Janis and
Helen had been married
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for about four years.
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- [Judith] Janis was a sculptor,
and he made all kinds of art.
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They met at a summer music camp.
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They just fell head
over heels right away.
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And it was sad when she had
to come back to New York.
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She never stopped
talking about him.
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But as Christmas came around,
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she called him up
and invited him
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to come to New York
for Christmas.
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So, from then on, I don't
think they were ever apart.
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- [Alan] Detectives
have a clear idea
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of the window of time
the murder occurred
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and need to see where Janis
fits in that timeline.
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- [Det. Boyce] So Helen gets a
break at 9:30.
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This is about 45 minutes.
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She needs to be back
and ready to go.
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So it probably
happens in that time.
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- [Alan] Janis claims
he spent much of his day
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miles away from the
Met in lower Manhattan.
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- [Judith] One thing that a
sculptor needs is space.
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So he and a group
of other artists
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had purchased a loft downtown.
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He was very handy, I
mean, he could just build
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whatever needed to be built.
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So he was working on the loft
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at the time that she was
doing this job at the Met.
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- [Det. Boyce] He was with a
friend doing a project.
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Janis told Detective Giorgio
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that when it was time to pick
up Helen, walk her home,
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he left his friend and went
to the Met and waited outside.
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Detective Giorgio
went to the friend
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and took a statement from him.
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- [Alan] This friend confirms
that Janis was at the loft
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working during
Helen's performance.
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- Detective Giorgio
called the DA and said,
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"We have a strong alibi here.
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He could not have
gone and done this."
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- [Alan] With time
of the essence
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and hundreds of opera
workers to interview,
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the NYPD sets up a
makeshift command center
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in the Met's lobby.
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- [Det. Boyce] Detectives are
interviewing people
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who were there,
working that night.
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Did you see anybody?
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Did you see this woman
with this blonde hair?
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- [Clay] I was interviewed two
or three times
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by the detectives.
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Everybody was really
anxious, upset, concerned.
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- [Alan] While the
investigation continues,
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inside the Met, no
performances are canceled,
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despite its status as
an active crime scene
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haunted by the murder
of a colleague.
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- [Clay] After Helen's murder,
it felt strange.
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It's definitely like
an eerie feeling
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to be sitting in the last
place that Helen sat.
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[audience clapping]
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But we still had jobs to do.
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[audience clapping]
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- [Laura] I was dancing as a
member of the Berlin Ballet.
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The night on 23rd,
I was performing.
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Coming into the theater that
late afternoon the next day,
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it felt very strange knowing
that someone had been murdered.
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- [Clay] The security was
increased,
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the police were
there all the time.
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We had an informal
kind of buddy system
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that we talked about.
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Don't ever go any place
alone in the building.
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- [Laura] Backstage was filled
with detectives,
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and one thing I recall,
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so they had a picture of Helen
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and they were showing this,
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you know, "Did you
see this woman?
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Did you see this woman?"
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And I sort of was like,
"What? No, no, I don't."
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But I mean it was really sad.
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- [Alan] In spite of Helen's
murder less than a day prior,
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nearly 4,000 patrons show
up on July 24th, 1980,
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similar to the previous
evening's attendance.
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[audience clapping]
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As all eyes are on her dancing,
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Laura Cutler comes to
a sudden realization.
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- As we're doing a
wild gypsy dance,
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and I had a wonderful partner,
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and I remember he had me at
one moment almost upside down,
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and it suddenly
clicked at that moment,
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in my head, I went,
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[tense music]
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I had seen this woman.
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It probably was around
9:45 the night before.
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[tense music]
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[a
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[aud
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[audie
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00:20:10,976 --> 00:20:11,009
[audienc
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[audience
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[audience cl
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[audience clap
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[audience clappi
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[audience clapping
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00:20:11,176 --> 00:20:12,911
[audience clapping]
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- [Alan] Investigators at the
Metropolitan Opera House
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inquired if anyone in the
dance company saw Helen
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during intermission
the night prior.
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During the performance the day
that Helen's body is found,
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ballerina Laura Cutler
has a stunning realization
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under the spotlight.
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- [Laura] Something clicked.
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And so as soon as
we got off stage,
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I found someone and said,
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"I don't know all
the orchestra people,
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but I thought I had seen
that woman the night before."
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00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:50,782
And then that all started
a whole different chapter.
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- [Alan] Ms. Cutler rushes
to tell investigators
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that the night
Helen disappeared,
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she was watching the stars
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of the Berlin Ballet
from the wings.
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00:21:02,594 --> 00:21:05,564
- [Laura] I was backstage, and I
loved being able to watch
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Valery and Galina perform
the Don Quixote pas de deux.
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I was feeling very inspired.
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So I decided I was going
to go down to the studio
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and work by myself.
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- [Alan] Laura explains
that she went to go
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to one of the freight elevators
backstage to go practice
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and encountered some
colleagues she didn't know.
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- [Laura] So, as I was waiting
for the elevator to go down,
448
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there was a woman and a man,
and they came to the elevator.
449
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It probably was around 9:45.
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- [Det. Boyce] It's 9:30, break,
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9:45, they're walking
to the elevators.
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Boom. It's that timeframe
you're looking for.
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- [Laura] The man was
dressed kind of like
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he was a technician
of some kind.
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And then the woman
started speaking to me.
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She explained that she
was from the orchestra.
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She had a portfolio
with some examples
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of her husband's work.
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He was an artist and a sculptor.
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- Helen tells Laura Cutler
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that she's looking to
speak to Valery Panov,
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a famous dancer.
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- [Judith] Helen told me she
wanted to see Panov
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about the possibility of
getting work for Janis
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in stage sets, because
he could build anything.
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And he knew the top people
in all the ballet companies.
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Helen was really on a mission
to get to Valery Panov,
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and I think there
was just nothing
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that was going to
stop her from that.
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- [Laura] She really got my
attention
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because she had something
that she really wanted.
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We got on the elevator.
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And then she asked me, "Oh,
what floor do I need to go
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to find Mr. Panov?"
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- [Alan] Before
Laura could chime in,
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the man on the
elevator interjects
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that Panov's dressing room
was on the fourth floor.
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- And so I thought,
"Well, that's good.
479
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He clearly knows
where he's going,
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so he'll be able to help her."
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I said, "Well, good luck. I
think it'll go well," you know?
482
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She said, "Thank you so much."
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And that was it.
484
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I said goodbye, and the
doors closed, and I went off.
485
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- [Alan] Thanks to
Laura's realization,
486
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investigators finally have
two people to speak with,
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the unknown man in the elevator
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and the high-profile
Valery Panov.
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- [Det. Boyce] We need to speak
to Mr. Panov
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in regards to if this
woman ever came to see him.
491
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"Did this person ever
come and talk to you?
492
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And what did they say?"
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Immediately, Mr. Panov says,
494
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"I don't know what
you're talking about.
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No one's come to me. I don't
even know what you mean."
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Did she make it to Mr.
Panov's dressing room?
497
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,128
He's saying no.
498
00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:52,097
So you have to do
some investigation.
499
00:23:54,032 --> 00:23:56,001
- [Alan] Panov was
so high-profile,
500
00:23:56,034 --> 00:23:58,236
it gave detectives a
chance to ask everyone
501
00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:01,840
if they had seen him during the
timeframe of Helen's murder.
502
00:24:01,873 --> 00:24:04,209
- [Det. Boyce] Detective Giorgio
found out
503
00:24:04,242 --> 00:24:06,545
Mr. Panov went downstairs into
the audience
504
00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:08,146
while this performance went on.
505
00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:10,615
Many, many witnesses
saw him there.
506
00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:13,118
And this woman is murdered
during the performance.
507
00:24:13,819 --> 00:24:16,254
Therefore, he really took
him out of the picture.
508
00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:18,557
He's not the person
you're looking for.
509
00:24:21,059 --> 00:24:22,894
- [Alan] Then,
Giorgio and his men
510
00:24:22,928 --> 00:24:24,763
turned their attention
to identifying
511
00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:26,998
the unnamed man in the elevator.
512
00:24:30,669 --> 00:24:33,738
- [Laura] So the detectives
wanted me to
513
00:24:33,772 --> 00:24:36,174
be able to really describe him
514
00:24:36,208 --> 00:24:39,110
so that they could have
their artists make a sketch.
515
00:24:41,646 --> 00:24:43,048
I knew there was a young man,
516
00:24:43,081 --> 00:24:46,785
just sort of average
height and weight.
517
00:24:46,818 --> 00:24:49,054
His hair was kind of brown.
518
00:24:49,087 --> 00:24:51,590
- We're looking for
somebody who matches that.
519
00:24:53,191 --> 00:24:55,894
But the face is like
a hundred other faces
520
00:24:55,927 --> 00:24:57,162
in the opera house.
521
00:24:58,296 --> 00:25:01,166
- [Alan] As investigators
begin to circulate the sketch,
522
00:25:01,199 --> 00:25:04,069
they receive the autopsy report.
523
00:25:04,102 --> 00:25:05,937
- [Det. Bruno[ The cause of
death was
524
00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:08,173
blunt force trauma of the head.
525
00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:11,943
The blunt force trauma occurred
526
00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:16,047
when she fell down and hit
her head on the steel beam.
527
00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:19,818
She was alive for the 30 feet
528
00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:22,220
that she was falling
through the air.
529
00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:24,789
It was a very
tragic, tragic thing.
530
00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:29,528
- [Clay] Those last minutes must
have been terrifying.
531
00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:34,199
- The sexual assault kit that
was done prove inconclusive.
532
00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:37,035
- She was not raped.
533
00:25:37,769 --> 00:25:39,704
- [Det. Boyce] But is that
because Mrs. Mintiks
534
00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:40,839
put up a fight
535
00:25:40,872 --> 00:25:43,241
that he was unable to
continue with sexual assault?
536
00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:45,710
Now, that happens quite often
537
00:25:45,744 --> 00:25:48,246
with murders driven
by sexual assault,
538
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,182
but she's nude, so
the attempt was there.
539
00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:54,953
- [Alan] But the most
important forensic finding
540
00:25:54,986 --> 00:25:58,823
was related to the rope
that was used to bind Helen.
541
00:25:59,424 --> 00:26:02,127
- [Det. Boyce] Detectives see
and they analyze the knots.
542
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,728
It's a clove hitch knot.
543
00:26:03,762 --> 00:26:04,996
It's a tradesman knot
544
00:26:05,030 --> 00:26:07,599
that only tradesman
use for the most part.
545
00:26:07,632 --> 00:26:11,136
Laura describes a man in the
elevator as the utility man.
546
00:26:11,169 --> 00:26:13,138
So now you narrowed it down.
547
00:26:13,171 --> 00:26:14,673
It's a stagehand.
548
00:26:15,206 --> 00:26:16,975
That's a game-changer
right there.
549
00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:18,343
It's probably one of them.
550
00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:21,613
- [Alan] Stagehands know the
backstage
551
00:26:21,646 --> 00:26:23,615
like the backs of their hands.
552
00:26:23,648 --> 00:26:25,850
Detectives feel this lead
puts them hot on the trail
553
00:26:25,884 --> 00:26:28,386
of the last person
to see Helen alive,
554
00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:31,122
and they pursue it
with full force.
555
00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:35,627
- [Det. Boyce] You go back to
that individual in the elevator.
556
00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:36,761
Who is this person?
557
00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:39,264
[tense music]
558
00:26:45,570 --> 00:26:48,640
- [Alan] Investigators narrow in
on the mystery stagehand
559
00:26:48,673 --> 00:26:51,142
who rode the elevator
with Helen and Laura,
560
00:26:51,176 --> 00:26:54,279
who appears to be their
number one suspect.
561
00:26:54,312 --> 00:26:56,281
And they soon discover
that the stagehands
562
00:26:56,314 --> 00:26:59,751
are a complex group
of roughly 150 men
563
00:26:59,784 --> 00:27:01,753
who may be tough to crack.
564
00:27:05,824 --> 00:27:07,659
- [Clay] So these are
real professionals.
565
00:27:07,692 --> 00:27:09,427
They work very long hours,
566
00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:11,196
and they do hard physical labor
567
00:27:11,229 --> 00:27:13,765
moving huge pieces of scenery.
568
00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:17,669
- [David] The stagehands were
their own community.
569
00:27:17,702 --> 00:27:20,939
It's similar to many
other subcultures.
570
00:27:20,972 --> 00:27:26,044
It was a father, son, uncle,
nephew, tribal situation.
571
00:27:26,411 --> 00:27:28,346
So when they realized the cops
572
00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:31,182
were focusing in
on the stagehands,
573
00:27:31,216 --> 00:27:33,652
the stagehands were
not happy about that.
574
00:27:35,353 --> 00:27:38,957
- [Laura] I had been admiring
how these stagehands work.
575
00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:42,460
If the murderer turned out
to be one of these people
576
00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:46,297
who worked here at this
really special place,
577
00:27:47,232 --> 00:27:49,701
that would've been horrifying.
578
00:27:49,734 --> 00:27:52,370
[dramatic music]
579
00:27:52,404 --> 00:27:55,240
- [Alan] Investigators begin
engaging all of the stagehands
580
00:27:55,273 --> 00:27:57,809
for interviews, questionnaires,
581
00:27:57,842 --> 00:27:59,110
and copies of their palm prints.
582
00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:01,246
[dramatic music]
583
00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:03,715
The line of potential
suspects is unaware
584
00:28:03,748 --> 00:28:06,217
that police are already
monitoring them.
585
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,822
- They're looking at them
before they come in the room.
586
00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:13,858
Observing their conduct,
observing their body language.
587
00:28:13,892 --> 00:28:16,961
[tense music]
588
00:28:16,995 --> 00:28:19,097
Looking to see if
anybody's acting untoward.
589
00:28:19,130 --> 00:28:21,700
[tense music]
590
00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:25,403
They quickly notice a young man
591
00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:27,706
who fits the profile
of the sketch,
592
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,975
and they see him acting nervous.
593
00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:35,013
- [Det. Bruno] Craig Crimmins is
a stagehand.
594
00:28:35,046 --> 00:28:38,516
His father worked
as a stagehand,
595
00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:42,353
and his stepfather worked
in the opera house.
596
00:28:42,387 --> 00:28:44,122
Now there's the nepotism.
597
00:28:44,622 --> 00:28:47,992
- [David] He was part of the
tribe of backstage workers.
598
00:28:49,060 --> 00:28:50,295
- [Alan] Every
performance at the Met
599
00:28:50,328 --> 00:28:52,163
is highly orchestrated,
600
00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:55,533
and stagehands must execute
each task with precision.
601
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:58,269
Detectives want to know if
Crimmins hit all his marks
602
00:28:58,303 --> 00:29:00,438
on the night of Helen
Mintiks' murder.
603
00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:03,108
[tense music]
604
00:29:04,008 --> 00:29:07,045
- [Det. Boyce] So when further
pushed where he was that night,
605
00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:10,148
Craig Crimmins tells you, "I
made all my cues. I was there."
606
00:29:10,181 --> 00:29:12,050
- [Alan] The next step
is for investigators
607
00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:14,185
to verify Craig's statement.
608
00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:17,322
- [Det. Boyce] So we go back to
his shop foreman, his boss,
609
00:29:17,355 --> 00:29:21,059
and say, "Sir, we have something
with this kid, Crimmins."
610
00:29:21,092 --> 00:29:23,294
And he tells detectives
that Craig Crimmins,
611
00:29:23,328 --> 00:29:25,563
he acts very immature,
he drinks on duty,
612
00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:27,298
and things of that nature,
613
00:29:27,332 --> 00:29:29,901
but outside of that,
there's no red flag
614
00:29:29,934 --> 00:29:32,437
to him being violent to
anybody or starting trouble.
615
00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:35,540
He's actually just a 21-year-old
working in a man's world.
616
00:29:38,109 --> 00:29:42,447
So he's told, "Listen,
was he there at your cue?
617
00:29:44,382 --> 00:29:45,817
You have to tell us this
618
00:29:45,850 --> 00:29:47,085
because it's a big part
of the investigation,
619
00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:48,486
and it'll go bad for
you if you don't,
620
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,155
if you lie for him."
621
00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:55,593
And then you see it change
in the shop steward.
622
00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:59,497
"Well, he missed a couple
cues. He wasn't around.
623
00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:02,066
We had to send out a
search party for this guy."
624
00:30:04,102 --> 00:30:05,336
Well, that changes things.
625
00:30:06,037 --> 00:30:08,973
All of a sudden now,
he didn't hit that cue.
626
00:30:09,007 --> 00:30:10,041
He's lying.
627
00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:12,944
- [Alan] Having busted his lie,
628
00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:15,246
detectives returned to
Crimmins and press him
629
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,516
on his true whereabouts
that fateful evening.
630
00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:20,084
- [Det. Bruno] He said he was
with
631
00:30:20,118 --> 00:30:22,287
a guy by the name of
Tommy Gravina.
632
00:30:23,054 --> 00:30:26,391
And they said that after
the matinee performance,
633
00:30:26,424 --> 00:30:30,094
they went out and had lunch,
had a couple of beers.
634
00:30:30,128 --> 00:30:33,131
Craig then, for the
evening performance,
635
00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:35,500
fell asleep in the back.
636
00:30:35,533 --> 00:30:36,601
That's his story.
637
00:30:39,170 --> 00:30:41,406
- [Det. Boyce] And now you have
something to go check.
638
00:30:41,439 --> 00:30:43,241
Could someone back that up?
639
00:30:47,912 --> 00:30:50,415
- [Alan] Investigators
seek out Tommy Gravina,
640
00:30:50,448 --> 00:30:52,016
Craig's stagehand friend,
641
00:30:52,050 --> 00:30:54,352
and ask him about the new alibi.
642
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,422
- [David] He confirms
Craig's alibi,
643
00:30:57,455 --> 00:31:00,525
and says, "Yes, he was
asleep on the couch
644
00:31:00,558 --> 00:31:01,626
in the break room."
645
00:31:04,162 --> 00:31:07,999
- [Det. Bruno] We feel like we
may have our guy,
646
00:31:08,032 --> 00:31:09,500
but we don't have a case.
647
00:31:12,170 --> 00:31:13,471
It is frustrating.
648
00:31:15,607 --> 00:31:18,309
- [Alan] As the latest
lead seems to fade away,
649
00:31:18,343 --> 00:31:21,880
law enforcement get a call
that changes everything.
650
00:31:22,747 --> 00:31:24,415
- [David] Three weeks after the
murder,
651
00:31:24,449 --> 00:31:26,417
they do get a match
to the palm print.
652
00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:31,155
- [Det. Boyce] And I will tell
you, this is a feeling
653
00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:33,558
of happiness and screaming
in the detective squad
654
00:31:33,591 --> 00:31:35,326
when you get this information.
655
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,328
- When I hear that, I
thought, "We got our guy."
656
00:31:37,362 --> 00:31:40,265
[dramatic music]
657
00:31:43,468 --> 00:31:43,501
[d
658
00:31:43,501 --> 00:31:43,534
[dra
659
00:31:43,534 --> 00:31:43,568
[drama
660
00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:43,601
[dramati
661
00:31:43,601 --> 00:31:43,635
[dramatic
662
00:31:43,635 --> 00:31:43,668
[dramatic mu
663
00:31:43,668 --> 00:31:43,701
[dramatic musi
664
00:31:43,701 --> 00:31:46,037
[dramatic music]
665
00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:47,038
- [Alan] For weeks,
666
00:31:47,071 --> 00:31:49,173
NYPD's finest have been trying
to narrow down
667
00:31:49,207 --> 00:31:51,676
the suspect pool from thousands.
668
00:31:51,709 --> 00:31:54,178
Finally, with a
hit on forensics,
669
00:31:54,212 --> 00:31:57,248
they have a serious break on
finding Helen Mintiks killer.
670
00:31:58,616 --> 00:32:01,119
- [David] There's a match on
one of the palm prints.
671
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,189
It belonged to Craig Crimmins,
672
00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:08,693
the stagehand they thought
was in the elevator.
673
00:32:08,726 --> 00:32:12,063
- [Det. Boyce] It's huge. And
you sit, and now you strategy
674
00:32:12,096 --> 00:32:14,465
exactly how you're
going to handle this.
675
00:32:14,499 --> 00:32:17,068
You have someone who
was at the crime scene,
676
00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:19,070
don't know when he was there.
677
00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:22,073
People may go up there
to smoke cigarettes,
678
00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:23,207
but he was there at one point,
679
00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:24,676
and he didn't tell you that.
680
00:32:25,643 --> 00:32:26,945
And you look at this,
681
00:32:26,978 --> 00:32:28,546
and you look for a
profile of a killer.
682
00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:31,482
This guy's a dopey
kid walking around
683
00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:33,351
who has no sense of things.
684
00:32:33,384 --> 00:32:34,686
And why would he do this?
685
00:32:38,122 --> 00:32:40,925
- [Alan] And there's also the
question of his confirmed alibi.
686
00:32:42,260 --> 00:32:45,229
Detectives turned back to
the man who verified it,
687
00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:47,565
Crimmins' friend, Tommy Gravina.
688
00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:51,069
- [Det. Boyce] And now you have
to go hard at him
689
00:32:51,102 --> 00:32:52,503
and make sure he knows
690
00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:55,106
that he's going to be held
accountable for his actions.
691
00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:58,343
"Do you really want to go
to jail for Mr. Crimmins?
692
00:32:59,544 --> 00:33:01,512
You have to tell
us the truth now."
693
00:33:01,546 --> 00:33:03,715
[tense music]
694
00:33:04,549 --> 00:33:06,985
At that point, he stops,
695
00:33:07,018 --> 00:33:10,088
and he says, "Wait a second.
Here's what happened."
696
00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:13,992
- [Det. Bruno] And he goes on
to tell the story
697
00:33:14,025 --> 00:33:16,661
about he and Craig Crimmins
698
00:33:16,694 --> 00:33:19,230
after the matinee had gone out,
699
00:33:19,263 --> 00:33:22,600
had been drinking and
smoking marijuana.
700
00:33:23,401 --> 00:33:28,506
When they came back, he lost
track of Craig Crimmins,
701
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,075
but he was covering for him.
702
00:33:32,577 --> 00:33:35,146
- [Alan] It's an extraordinary
admission.
703
00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:37,148
Detectives sense they
have Gravina on the ropes
704
00:33:37,181 --> 00:33:39,017
and push him even further.
705
00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:41,352
Why did he lie to the police?
706
00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:46,691
- [Det. Boyce] At this point, he
breaks down
707
00:33:46,724 --> 00:33:49,260
and tells the detectives
why he's lying,
708
00:33:49,293 --> 00:33:51,229
Because Crimmins
asked him to do so.
709
00:33:52,063 --> 00:33:54,532
Craig Crimmins alibi
is falling apart.
710
00:33:54,565 --> 00:33:57,101
[tense music]
711
00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:01,639
Everything is coming down now.
712
00:34:02,106 --> 00:34:03,274
- [Alan] Craig Crimmins
713
00:34:03,307 --> 00:34:05,376
is now the investigation's
top suspect.
714
00:34:06,177 --> 00:34:08,312
Detective Giorgio
locates Crimmins
715
00:34:08,346 --> 00:34:11,315
and convinces him to return
for one more questioning.
716
00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:14,018
[tense music]
717
00:34:17,221 --> 00:34:18,456
- [Det. Boyce] So Detective
Giorgio,
718
00:34:18,489 --> 00:34:21,459
he goes in with him and
starts talking to him.
719
00:34:21,492 --> 00:34:22,827
"What were you
doing on the roof?
720
00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:25,530
Why didn't you tell us
before you were on the roof?"
721
00:34:27,198 --> 00:34:29,200
So Crimmins then
admits to Giorgio
722
00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:31,436
that he was on the
roof sunbathing.
723
00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:34,539
You go right back at him.
724
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,308
"Why don't you stop the lies?"
725
00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:41,079
There comes a climatic
time in the interview
726
00:34:41,112 --> 00:34:44,615
where Craig Crimmins admits
to Detective Jerry Giorgio
727
00:34:44,649 --> 00:34:47,718
that he's the person in the
elevator that he's asking about.
728
00:34:49,654 --> 00:34:53,324
He's the last person to
see Helen Mintiks alive.
729
00:34:53,357 --> 00:34:55,827
[tense music]
730
00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:01,399
That's a big deal.
731
00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:06,637
But he does not admit
that he's the murderer.
732
00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:08,573
He just says, "I was there."
733
00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:11,075
But you need a smoking gun.
734
00:35:14,812 --> 00:35:16,747
They have him there
for several hours,
735
00:35:17,682 --> 00:35:19,750
and they're pressing
him the whole time.
736
00:35:22,286 --> 00:35:24,622
But he released him about
eight o'clock in the morning.
737
00:35:26,557 --> 00:35:29,260
- [Alan] Despite Crimmins
matching the sketch,
738
00:35:29,293 --> 00:35:32,130
missing his cues, seeing
Helen on the elevators,
739
00:35:32,163 --> 00:35:33,898
and matching the palm print,
740
00:35:33,931 --> 00:35:37,235
police still think they
need more to make an arrest.
741
00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:42,540
- [David] They want to have
it locked down cold.
742
00:35:42,573 --> 00:35:44,509
They want to get a confession.
743
00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:47,411
They want to make sure they
had him dead to rights.
744
00:35:47,445 --> 00:35:50,114
[tense music]
745
00:35:50,948 --> 00:35:52,650
- [Alan] As detectives
strategize the best way
746
00:35:52,683 --> 00:35:55,419
to extract an admission
from Crimmins,
747
00:35:55,453 --> 00:35:58,523
they discovered a big problem
they may not be able to solve.
748
00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:01,692
- [Det. Bruno] You have some
individuals
749
00:36:01,726 --> 00:36:03,528
within the police department
750
00:36:03,561 --> 00:36:05,663
who have friends in the media
751
00:36:05,696 --> 00:36:08,132
who leak the
information to them.
752
00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:10,535
- [Det. Boyce] So word gets out,
753
00:36:10,568 --> 00:36:12,170
and they're going to
name him in the paper.
754
00:36:12,203 --> 00:36:13,905
Problem, big problem.
755
00:36:16,207 --> 00:36:19,410
- [David] The minute the media
announces his name as a suspect,
756
00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:20,711
he's going to walk.
757
00:36:20,745 --> 00:36:22,446
They won't get a confession.
758
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,448
He gets a high-priced lawyer,
759
00:36:24,482 --> 00:36:25,550
and it's on the radio.
760
00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:26,951
The clock is ticking.
761
00:36:26,984 --> 00:36:28,686
- You know, we have
to sit down together.
762
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,688
Let's make a decision.
Pick the guy up.
763
00:36:30,721 --> 00:36:33,191
Let's bring him to a precinct.
764
00:36:33,224 --> 00:36:35,560
- [Det. Boyce] Speak to him one
more time. Bring him in.
765
00:36:35,593 --> 00:36:38,529
Let's start the process and
go at him as fast as we can.
766
00:36:39,063 --> 00:36:40,431
You are under the gun.
767
00:36:40,464 --> 00:36:42,833
[tense music]
768
00:36:49,273 --> 00:36:49,307
-
769
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- [A
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- [Ala
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- [Alan]
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- [Alan] W
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- [Alan] Wit
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- [Alan] With
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- [Alan] With pr
776
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- [Alan] With pres
777
00:36:49,574 --> 00:36:49,607
- [Alan] With press
778
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- [Alan] With press th
779
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:49,674
- [Alan] With press thre
780
00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:49,707
- [Alan] With press threat
781
00:36:49,707 --> 00:36:49,740
- [Alan] With press threaten
782
00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:49,774
- [Alan] With press threatenin
783
00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:49,874
- [Alan] With press threatening
784
00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:49,907
- [Alan] With press threatening
to
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- [Alan] With press threatening
to s
786
00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:49,974
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spo
787
00:36:49,974 --> 00:36:50,007
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spoil
788
00:36:50,007 --> 00:36:50,041
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spoil t
789
00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:50,074
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spoil the
790
00:36:50,074 --> 00:36:50,107
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spoil the e
791
00:36:50,107 --> 00:36:50,141
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spoil the ent
792
00:36:50,141 --> 00:36:50,174
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spoil the entir
793
00:36:50,174 --> 00:36:50,208
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spoil the entire
794
00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:50,241
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spoil the entire ca
795
00:36:50,241 --> 00:36:50,274
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spoil the entire case
796
00:36:50,274 --> 00:36:51,909
- [Alan] With press threatening
to spoil the entire case,
797
00:36:51,943 --> 00:36:55,513
the NYPD A-team takes
matters into their own hands.
798
00:36:55,546 --> 00:36:59,784
Jerry Giorgio and his men
stake out Crimmins apartment.
799
00:36:59,817 --> 00:37:01,052
- [Det. Boyce] It's in the
Bronx,
800
00:37:01,085 --> 00:37:03,487
and they're going to wait for
him to come out of his house.
801
00:37:04,455 --> 00:37:07,491
- [David] By this point, the
news was already on the radio
802
00:37:07,525 --> 00:37:09,360
that he was the suspect.
803
00:37:10,828 --> 00:37:11,762
- [Det. Bruno] We got him when
he was
804
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:14,365
coming out of the building,
805
00:37:14,999 --> 00:37:17,401
and he was asked, "We have a
couple of questions for you,
806
00:37:17,435 --> 00:37:18,936
want to come to down to the
precinct?"
807
00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:22,039
[tense music]
808
00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:23,808
"Oh yeah, sure, I'll come down."
809
00:37:23,841 --> 00:37:25,543
[police car blaring]
810
00:37:25,576 --> 00:37:28,412
- [David] Luckily, Craig didn't
hear it on the radio.
811
00:37:28,446 --> 00:37:31,515
Craig thinks this is just
another round of questioning.
812
00:37:32,483 --> 00:37:34,285
- [Det. Boyce] They take him to
the 13th precinct
813
00:37:34,318 --> 00:37:35,486
in lower Manhattan,
814
00:37:35,519 --> 00:37:39,557
away from the area where he
was on the Upper West Side.
815
00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:41,292
And this way they
can talk to him
816
00:37:41,325 --> 00:37:43,794
undisturbed by any
outside influences at all.
817
00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:46,564
- [Alan] But law
enforcement knows
818
00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:49,033
this is their final chance
to secure a confession.
819
00:37:50,735 --> 00:37:53,404
- [Det. Boyce] So Detective
Giorgio realizes,
820
00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:54,772
this is the breaking point.
821
00:37:55,773 --> 00:37:58,976
You have him missing his cues
when he told you he hit him.
822
00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:01,679
He lied about where
he went all this time.
823
00:38:03,347 --> 00:38:05,950
And he presses on and
on and on, probing,
824
00:38:05,983 --> 00:38:07,918
and he sees the
defenses breakdown.
825
00:38:09,754 --> 00:38:11,622
"What are you doing, Craig?"
826
00:38:13,624 --> 00:38:16,694
Craig Crimmins then tells
him exactly what happened.
827
00:38:21,732 --> 00:38:24,835
- I went down to my locker
room, drank some beers,
828
00:38:24,869 --> 00:38:28,572
and on the way down
there, I met that lady.
829
00:38:28,606 --> 00:38:32,076
- [Det. Bruno] He encountered
Helen Mintiks in the elevator.
830
00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:34,945
Laura got off the elevator.
831
00:38:35,846 --> 00:38:40,951
Now, he turns to Ms.
Mintiks and says to her,
832
00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:43,421
"How would you
like to get laid?"
833
00:38:44,288 --> 00:38:48,459
She turned around and
slaps him in the face.
834
00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:52,463
The suspect draws his
hammer and menaces her.
835
00:38:52,496 --> 00:38:54,965
[tense music]
836
00:38:56,033 --> 00:39:00,504
- [David] He walks her around
the Met, up above, down below,
837
00:39:00,538 --> 00:39:04,642
down into the subbasements,
into the corridors.
838
00:39:04,675 --> 00:39:08,045
Any number of times, she's
one closed doorway away
839
00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:11,515
from hundreds of people
who are in the audience
840
00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:12,983
who could have save her.
841
00:39:14,952 --> 00:39:17,755
- [Det. Bruno] She attempts to
break away on the third floor.
842
00:39:17,788 --> 00:39:19,023
He subdues her.
843
00:39:19,824 --> 00:39:22,760
- [David] And he tries to rape
her, and he can't.
844
00:39:25,429 --> 00:39:29,133
But this increases his
humiliation and his rage.
845
00:39:31,202 --> 00:39:33,003
- [Det. Bruno] Then he takes her
up to the roof.
846
00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:38,809
- [David] He had no intention
of killing her,
847
00:39:38,843 --> 00:39:41,078
but he ties her up on the roof.
848
00:40:00,131 --> 00:40:03,701
- [David] He realizes she
could identify him,
849
00:40:03,734 --> 00:40:04,935
and he could go to jail.
850
00:40:06,837 --> 00:40:10,875
- [Det. Bruno] And Jerry tells
him, "Craig, what did you do?"
851
00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:18,549
- And that's how
she met her death.
852
00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:24,855
Jerry came out, looked
around to the guys,
853
00:40:24,889 --> 00:40:27,124
we were all sitting
outside, and he says,
854
00:40:27,158 --> 00:40:29,059
"We've got the confession."
855
00:40:29,894 --> 00:40:32,830
Craig Crimmins was
arrested right at that spot.
856
00:40:34,865 --> 00:40:37,601
- [Det. Boyce] Craig Crimmins is
charged with murder
857
00:40:37,635 --> 00:40:38,969
and attempted rape.
858
00:40:39,303 --> 00:40:42,473
- [Laura] It was someone who had
been working with us.
859
00:40:42,506 --> 00:40:45,976
And that was really scary.
860
00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:48,946
And I think it really
freaked people out.
861
00:40:49,814 --> 00:40:51,849
- [Alan] In spite
of the confession,
862
00:40:51,882 --> 00:40:53,884
Crimmins doesn't plead guilty
863
00:40:53,918 --> 00:40:56,020
and still takes his
chances at trial.
864
00:40:56,053 --> 00:40:58,856
But his gambit fares poorly.
865
00:40:58,889 --> 00:41:01,125
- [Det. Boyce] On September 2nd,
1981,
866
00:41:01,158 --> 00:41:02,993
he's convicted of both counts,
867
00:41:03,027 --> 00:41:05,596
and he is sentenced to
prison, 20 years to life.
868
00:41:08,065 --> 00:41:10,901
This poor woman was
brutally murdered.
869
00:41:10,935 --> 00:41:12,736
We got some measure of justice.
870
00:41:13,804 --> 00:41:15,272
- [Alan] Craig Crimmins
goes to prison,
871
00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:18,742
putting an end to the mystery
of the murder at the Met.
872
00:41:18,776 --> 00:41:21,512
But for friends and
family of Helen Mintiks,
873
00:41:21,545 --> 00:41:23,914
it's not just about
a life cut short,
874
00:41:23,948 --> 00:41:27,251
it's about a talent lost
before she could peak.
875
00:41:28,552 --> 00:41:30,654
- [Clay] Helen was a very
fine musician,
876
00:41:30,688 --> 00:41:36,126
and she had a life of
achievement ahead of her
877
00:41:36,327 --> 00:41:38,896
that was never fulfilled.
878
00:41:38,929 --> 00:41:41,599
[somber music]
879
00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:45,202
- I would think she'd
want to be remembered
880
00:41:45,236 --> 00:41:48,739
as a very serious artist.
881
00:41:49,707 --> 00:41:53,911
She would want to be remembered
as a very loving wife
882
00:41:53,944 --> 00:41:55,880
and a very generous friend.
883
00:41:57,681 --> 00:42:01,819
- [Alan] In 2021, Craig Crimmins
was released on parole,
884
00:42:01,852 --> 00:42:04,655
but the legacy of
his crime lives on.
885
00:42:04,688 --> 00:42:05,956
No one could have anticipated
886
00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:08,559
that the world's most
famous opera house
887
00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:10,828
would be the site of one of
the most disturbing murders
888
00:42:10,861 --> 00:42:12,796
in New York history.
889
00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:15,099
But the most shocking part,
890
00:42:15,132 --> 00:42:17,835
it was one of the Met's own.
891
00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:20,638
No matter the veneer
of glitz and glamour,
892
00:42:21,505 --> 00:42:24,208
evil may lurk just
behind the curtain.
893
00:42:24,241 --> 00:42:27,811
[suspenseful music ends]
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