1 00:00:05,606 --> 00:00:07,498 {\an8}- In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:07,499 --> 00:00:09,008 {\an8}sexually based offenses 3 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:11,110 {\an8}are considered especially heinous. 4 00:00:11,111 --> 00:00:13,614 {\an8}In New York City, the dedicated detectives 5 00:00:13,714 --> 00:00:15,515 {\an8}who investigate these vicious felonies 6 00:00:15,516 --> 00:00:17,050 {\an8}are members of an elite squad 7 00:00:17,150 --> 00:00:18,911 {\an8}known as the Special Victims Unit. 8 00:00:19,011 --> 00:00:20,854 {\an8}These are their stories. 9 00:00:26,260 --> 00:00:28,427 - Is she there? - Shh. 10 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:33,499 I'm getting a warm feeling, almost like, um, 11 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:35,768 someone is cooking? 12 00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:38,271 Warmth. Spices. 13 00:00:38,272 --> 00:00:42,793 It's like it's cold outside and you're eating stew. 14 00:00:44,536 --> 00:00:46,914 - That's her. 15 00:00:47,014 --> 00:00:49,550 That's Grace. That's my sister, Grace. 16 00:00:49,650 --> 00:00:52,551 She visited Morocco one time and started cooking tagine 17 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:53,778 every chance she got. 18 00:00:53,779 --> 00:00:55,989 - Yeah. 19 00:00:56,089 --> 00:00:57,157 - Is there anything else? 20 00:00:57,291 --> 00:00:58,283 - Shh. 21 00:00:58,383 --> 00:01:00,059 Sorry. She's gathering. 22 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:03,462 She--she--she really wants me to get this right. 23 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:05,465 Um... 24 00:01:05,566 --> 00:01:07,267 She's happy. 25 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:10,361 She misses her life. 26 00:01:10,362 --> 00:01:13,072 She holds no ill will. 27 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:14,366 - [sniffles] 28 00:01:16,234 --> 00:01:18,878 When she died, we had a-- 29 00:01:18,879 --> 00:01:20,614 had a big fight about whether 30 00:01:20,714 --> 00:01:23,349 she was doing enough for the cancer. 31 00:01:23,350 --> 00:01:24,810 I was such an ass. 32 00:01:24,910 --> 00:01:26,019 - She gets it. 33 00:01:26,119 --> 00:01:27,312 She really does. 34 00:01:27,412 --> 00:01:29,814 She loves you. 35 00:01:29,815 --> 00:01:31,258 - Ask her about the Rollies. 36 00:01:34,895 --> 00:01:36,797 - The Rollies? Is that a food? 37 00:01:36,897 --> 00:01:39,157 - Our dad's Rolexes. 38 00:01:39,257 --> 00:01:41,417 She had them, 39 00:01:41,418 --> 00:01:43,469 but we've been going through her stuff and no Rollies. 40 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:45,896 She had them only 'cause she's the one who moved him 41 00:01:45,897 --> 00:01:47,506 into the nursing home. 42 00:01:47,507 --> 00:01:50,259 I would have, but I was working. 43 00:01:50,260 --> 00:01:51,277 - I-- 44 00:01:51,278 --> 00:01:53,504 [suspenseful music] 45 00:01:53,505 --> 00:01:56,716 She, uh-- 46 00:01:56,717 --> 00:01:57,618 - Yeah? 47 00:01:57,718 --> 00:02:00,277 ♪ ♪ 48 00:02:00,278 --> 00:02:02,189 - I'm sorry. She's quiet. 49 00:02:02,289 --> 00:02:03,889 - Then ask her again. 50 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:05,616 ♪ ♪ 51 00:02:05,617 --> 00:02:06,951 Ask her again. 52 00:02:06,952 --> 00:02:09,187 They're worth, like, tens of thousands of dollars. 53 00:02:09,287 --> 00:02:10,788 - I hear you. 54 00:02:10,789 --> 00:02:12,498 There's nothing. 55 00:02:12,499 --> 00:02:14,450 I-I don't even know if she's still here. 56 00:02:14,451 --> 00:02:15,636 - Get her back! 57 00:02:15,736 --> 00:02:20,272 ♪ ♪ 58 00:02:20,273 --> 00:02:21,808 I'm sorry. 59 00:02:21,908 --> 00:02:23,943 - [gasps] 60 00:02:23,944 --> 00:02:25,145 - What happened to your arms? 61 00:02:25,245 --> 00:02:26,480 ♪ ♪ 62 00:02:26,580 --> 00:02:27,580 - [blows] 63 00:02:27,581 --> 00:02:34,620 ♪ ♪ 64 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:36,490 - I'm really sorry. 65 00:02:36,590 --> 00:02:43,622 ♪ ♪ 66 00:02:48,568 --> 00:02:50,995 [line ringing] 67 00:02:50,996 --> 00:02:54,173 - Oh, come on. 68 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:56,801 - 911. What's your emergency? 69 00:02:56,802 --> 00:02:59,513 - Hi, I'd like to report a sexual assault. 70 00:03:01,673 --> 00:03:03,474 It was 4:30 a.m. 71 00:03:03,475 --> 00:03:05,751 - You were awake? - No, I heard something, 72 00:03:05,752 --> 00:03:08,746 and I opened my eyes to see what time it was. 73 00:03:08,747 --> 00:03:10,424 And then I realized, yes, there is-- 74 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:12,358 like, a floorboard is creaking, 75 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:15,753 there's somebody in my room, and then he's on me. 76 00:03:15,754 --> 00:03:17,731 - Did you see him? - No. 77 00:03:17,831 --> 00:03:21,333 He used a pillow or something to cover my head. 78 00:03:21,334 --> 00:03:25,705 And he's, like, holding my wrists really hard. 79 00:03:25,706 --> 00:03:29,333 But then he let go of one of my wrists. 80 00:03:29,334 --> 00:03:32,937 Like, I guess he is-- 81 00:03:32,938 --> 00:03:35,514 [sighs] 82 00:03:35,515 --> 00:03:37,383 I guess he was, like, going for my underwear. 83 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:38,985 So then I-- 84 00:03:39,119 --> 00:03:41,554 I could feel him, 85 00:03:41,555 --> 00:03:44,348 like, against my leg, 86 00:03:44,349 --> 00:03:47,017 and then... 87 00:03:47,018 --> 00:03:49,287 something-- 88 00:03:49,387 --> 00:03:51,898 I don't know-- 89 00:03:53,391 --> 00:03:55,960 Possessed me, 90 00:03:55,961 --> 00:03:59,805 a voice saying "fight back. 91 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:00,774 Don't give up." 92 00:04:00,874 --> 00:04:03,893 And somehow, I pushed him off, 93 00:04:03,894 --> 00:04:05,544 and he fell to the ground. 94 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:08,714 And I heard him run. 95 00:04:08,715 --> 00:04:11,918 - That was incredibly brave, Beatrice. 96 00:04:12,018 --> 00:04:14,154 So we're gonna need the underwear 97 00:04:14,254 --> 00:04:16,155 that you were wearing. 98 00:04:16,156 --> 00:04:17,148 - Why? 99 00:04:17,149 --> 00:04:18,658 - To test for DNA. 100 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:19,926 - He didn't ejaculate. 101 00:04:20,026 --> 00:04:22,495 - Well, there's potentially pre-seminal fluid 102 00:04:22,496 --> 00:04:24,181 or touch DNA that we can recover. 103 00:04:26,066 --> 00:04:28,100 - I threw them out. 104 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,493 - Oh, okay. 105 00:04:29,494 --> 00:04:32,171 Well, we will retrieve them, 106 00:04:32,172 --> 00:04:34,374 and hopefully there's no cross contamination. 107 00:04:34,508 --> 00:04:35,876 - Okay. They're right here. I can get them for you. 108 00:04:35,976 --> 00:04:38,211 - Let's let CSU get them. 109 00:04:38,345 --> 00:04:39,845 - Sorry. 110 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:42,882 - So, um, you think that he came in 111 00:04:42,883 --> 00:04:44,683 through the bedroom window. 112 00:04:44,684 --> 00:04:47,286 - Yes, the lock is broken up there. 113 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:49,221 It's been broken for a really long time. 114 00:04:49,222 --> 00:04:51,891 - You said that this happened at 4:30 a.m., 115 00:04:51,892 --> 00:04:54,694 but the 911 call wasn't placed until 10:02 a.m. 116 00:04:54,795 --> 00:04:59,031 - Was there a reason for the delay in reporting the crime? 117 00:04:59,032 --> 00:05:00,766 - Yeah. No-- 118 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:02,359 - Hey, uh, captains. 119 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:07,698 ♪ ♪ 120 00:05:07,699 --> 00:05:09,575 - Yeah? What's going on? - Tell her. 121 00:05:09,576 --> 00:05:11,110 - Hey, I don't wanna be arrested or wrapped up 122 00:05:11,111 --> 00:05:12,945 in whatever's going on. I'm just doing my job. 123 00:05:12,946 --> 00:05:14,113 - He's a locksmith. 124 00:05:14,114 --> 00:05:15,548 - That woman called me this morning, 125 00:05:15,549 --> 00:05:17,684 said her window was broken, needed fixing. 126 00:05:17,784 --> 00:05:19,553 I'm not an accomplice to any crime. 127 00:05:19,653 --> 00:05:21,487 I actually like cops. 128 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:23,647 - So what you're saying is that the crime scene 129 00:05:23,648 --> 00:05:24,657 has been tampered with. 130 00:05:24,658 --> 00:05:26,326 - Yeah, by the victim. 131 00:05:31,982 --> 00:05:34,834 [dramatic music] 132 00:05:34,935 --> 00:05:42,008 ♪ ♪ 133 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:22,381 [camera shutter snapping] 134 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:23,983 - I mean, it all happened very quickly. 135 00:06:23,984 --> 00:06:26,785 Uh, so I heard him run downstairs. 136 00:06:26,786 --> 00:06:28,220 And at first I was gonna follow him because, 137 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:30,547 like I said, I was just possessed by something, 138 00:06:30,548 --> 00:06:33,326 just filled with adrenaline or whatever. 139 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:35,194 And he was gone, and so then I turned around. 140 00:06:35,195 --> 00:06:37,463 I ran to my little girl's room, make sure she was okay. 141 00:06:37,464 --> 00:06:39,298 - Okay. And how old is she? - She's seven. 142 00:06:39,299 --> 00:06:40,634 - All right. And what's her name? 143 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:43,361 - Oh, why do you need to know her name? 144 00:06:44,204 --> 00:06:46,656 {\an8}- Um, for my report. 145 00:06:48,675 --> 00:06:50,442 {\an8}- Uh, Emma. She was asleep. 146 00:06:50,443 --> 00:06:51,744 {\an8}She slept through the whole thing. 147 00:06:51,745 --> 00:06:53,137 {\an8}So I just thought, like, why wake her? 148 00:06:53,138 --> 00:06:54,905 {\an8}And I closed the door to her room. 149 00:06:54,906 --> 00:06:56,516 {\an8}I just stayed there till it was time to wake her up. 150 00:06:56,650 --> 00:06:58,309 {\an8}- And what time was that? - 6:00. 151 00:06:58,310 --> 00:07:00,077 {\an8}That's when we get up for school. 152 00:07:00,078 --> 00:07:01,520 {\an8}And then I knew. 153 00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:03,188 {\an8}Yeah, I had a client at 9:30, so I didn't want 154 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:06,091 {\an8}to cancel that last minute. 155 00:07:06,092 --> 00:07:09,078 {\an8}- So that's why you waited to call 911? 156 00:07:09,079 --> 00:07:10,555 {\an8}- Yes. 157 00:07:11,990 --> 00:07:13,433 {\an8}- Got it. 158 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:46,398 {\an8}[suspenseful music] 159 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:49,935 {\an8}♪ ♪ 160 00:07:49,936 --> 00:07:52,905 {\an8}- Hey, they don't have a dog in here, do they? 161 00:07:52,906 --> 00:07:58,277 {\an8}♪ ♪ 162 00:07:58,278 --> 00:08:01,039 {\an8}- So in your job as a fortune teller-- 163 00:08:01,139 --> 00:08:04,633 {\an8}- Clairvoyant. My apologies. 164 00:08:04,634 --> 00:08:07,987 {\an8}Do you--do you read minds? 165 00:08:07,988 --> 00:08:10,881 {\an8}- I communicate with loved ones who are deceased. 166 00:08:10,882 --> 00:08:12,725 {\an8}- So you speak for the dead? 167 00:08:12,726 --> 00:08:16,054 {\an8}- No, I listen to the dead for the living. 168 00:08:16,154 --> 00:08:17,830 {\an8}[door squeaking] 169 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:21,167 {\an8}- [grunting] 170 00:08:21,267 --> 00:08:28,341 {\an8}♪ ♪ 171 00:08:37,167 --> 00:08:40,078 {\an8}- Hey. Find anything? 172 00:08:40,178 --> 00:08:41,855 {\an8}- Yeah. Check this out. 173 00:08:44,582 --> 00:08:45,725 {\an8}- And what am I looking at? 174 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:47,584 {\an8}- Doorbell cam footage from across the street. 175 00:08:47,585 --> 00:08:49,154 {\an8}4:34 a.m. 176 00:08:51,523 --> 00:08:53,533 {\an8}- I don't get it. Where's our guy? 177 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:55,134 {\an8}- Exactly. Nobody comes out. 178 00:08:55,135 --> 00:08:56,368 {\an8}- What about the back door? 179 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:58,304 {\an8}- There is no back door. 180 00:08:59,139 --> 00:09:01,407 {\an8}- Look, either you're saying that she's lying, 181 00:09:01,408 --> 00:09:03,208 {\an8}which--what's that about? 182 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:04,711 {\an8}- Griff, I haven't said anything yet. 183 00:09:04,811 --> 00:09:08,415 {\an8}- Then we are saying the perp never left, which, I've-- 184 00:09:08,515 --> 00:09:10,583 {\an8}trust me, I've looked around. 185 00:09:10,683 --> 00:09:12,251 {\an8}There's nobody here. 186 00:09:12,252 --> 00:09:14,611 {\an8}- [screaming] 187 00:09:14,612 --> 00:09:17,022 {\an8}You sick perverts! 188 00:09:17,023 --> 00:09:18,782 {\an8}- Ma'am, I'm sorry. 189 00:09:18,783 --> 00:09:20,459 {\an8}- You come to have your way with me? 190 00:09:20,460 --> 00:09:22,219 {\an8}- We're NYPD. All right? - Get out. 191 00:09:22,220 --> 00:09:24,789 {\an8}Out, out, out! 192 00:09:24,889 --> 00:09:26,131 {\an8}Now! 193 00:09:26,132 --> 00:09:28,293 {\an8}[tense music] 194 00:09:28,393 --> 00:09:29,793 {\an8}- Nobody here? 195 00:09:29,794 --> 00:09:33,173 {\an8}♪ ♪ 196 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:36,300 {\an8}- Do your clients ever go beyond this room? 197 00:09:36,301 --> 00:09:38,477 {\an8}Would any of them know about-- about the broken window 198 00:09:38,478 --> 00:09:39,970 {\an8}in the bedroom? 199 00:09:39,971 --> 00:09:41,648 {\an8}- You mean you think it was a client? 200 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:43,382 {\an8}- Well, I imagine in your line of work, 201 00:09:43,383 --> 00:09:46,351 {\an8}you come across a lot of, you know, eccentric characters. 202 00:09:46,352 --> 00:09:48,487 {\an8}- Why, because they're seeing a clairvoyant? 203 00:09:48,488 --> 00:09:50,722 {\an8}- No, that--that-- that's not what I mean. 204 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:52,057 {\an8}- I mean, they're distraught. 205 00:09:52,058 --> 00:09:53,492 {\an8}They miss somebody, but they're not-- 206 00:09:53,493 --> 00:09:55,385 {\an8}they're not violent, not really. 207 00:09:55,386 --> 00:09:56,420 {\an8}- Excuse me. 208 00:09:56,421 --> 00:09:57,563 {\an8}You didn't think to warn us that 209 00:09:57,564 --> 00:09:58,655 {\an8}there was someone else in the house? 210 00:09:58,656 --> 00:09:59,866 {\an8}- Oh, my God, Mom. 211 00:09:59,999 --> 00:10:01,425 {\an8}Did you disturb her? Is she okay? 212 00:10:01,426 --> 00:10:03,035 {\an8}- Is she okay? 213 00:10:03,036 --> 00:10:04,370 {\an8}- But I thought her door was locked. 214 00:10:04,504 --> 00:10:06,306 {\an8}- Hold on, you lock your mother in her room? 215 00:10:06,406 --> 00:10:08,574 {\an8}- Yes, she has Alzheimer's, so if she's left unattended, 216 00:10:08,575 --> 00:10:09,809 {\an8}she wanders around. 217 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:11,610 {\an8}She--she--she inevitably trips and falls, 218 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:13,245 {\an8}and she hurts herself. So I-- 219 00:10:13,246 --> 00:10:15,114 {\an8}- So, Beatrice, that really sounds like a lot, you know. 220 00:10:15,215 --> 00:10:17,282 {\an8}Maybe you should think about getting some help. 221 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:18,885 {\an8}- We had an attendant. 222 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:20,220 {\an8}Now it's just me. 223 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,753 {\an8}- Okay. What happened to the attendant? 224 00:10:21,754 --> 00:10:24,181 {\an8}- I had to fire him because he was stealing her jewelry, 225 00:10:24,182 --> 00:10:25,658 {\an8}so that's--that's why Emma and I moved home 226 00:10:25,758 --> 00:10:27,092 {\an8}last month so we could help my mom. 227 00:10:27,093 --> 00:10:32,357 {\an8}[indistinct voices] 228 00:10:32,457 --> 00:10:33,398 {\an8}Ow! 229 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:34,968 {\an8}- You didn't lock the door. 230 00:10:35,068 --> 00:10:36,860 {\an8}- Um... 231 00:10:36,861 --> 00:10:38,538 {\an8}- Can you see yourself out? 232 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:40,622 {\an8}- Of course. 233 00:10:40,623 --> 00:10:41,641 {\an8}Yeah. 234 00:10:44,744 --> 00:10:46,712 {\an8}- Excuse me. Stephen Dowd. 235 00:10:46,713 --> 00:10:48,313 {\an8}- Do you mind if we ask you a few questions? 236 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:50,274 {\an8}- Uh, sure. 237 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:51,917 {\an8}I'll park you right over there, 238 00:10:51,918 --> 00:10:53,353 {\an8}and I'll be right back, Mr. Cohen. 239 00:10:53,453 --> 00:10:54,654 {\an8}- Hell no. 240 00:10:54,754 --> 00:10:56,488 {\an8}You're not gonna leave me here parked under some bridge. 241 00:10:56,489 --> 00:11:00,050 {\an8}You guys can talk to him, but I'm staying. 242 00:11:00,051 --> 00:11:01,326 {\an8}- Okay. 243 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:03,220 {\an8}We are here to talk to you about your employment 244 00:11:03,221 --> 00:11:05,164 {\an8}for Beatrice and Sarah Witt. 245 00:11:05,165 --> 00:11:06,665 - Let me guess, she told you I stole something? 246 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:08,167 I didn't steal anything. 247 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:09,735 - Well, that's not what Beatrice said. 248 00:11:09,736 --> 00:11:11,562 - I told Beatrice that Sarah's necklace was missing. 249 00:11:11,563 --> 00:11:13,039 Then she turned it around and says 250 00:11:13,139 --> 00:11:15,407 I'm trying to say that to make it seem like it wasn't me. 251 00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:16,776 - Is that right? - Yeah. 252 00:11:16,910 --> 00:11:19,811 Beatrice was probably grabbing the jewelry herself. 253 00:11:19,812 --> 00:11:21,338 - [scoffs] 254 00:11:21,339 --> 00:11:23,282 Beatrice stealing from her mother? 255 00:11:23,283 --> 00:11:24,650 - I saw the bills piling up. 256 00:11:24,651 --> 00:11:26,009 She needs the money. 257 00:11:26,010 --> 00:11:27,352 That's the reason she let me go. 258 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:28,579 They couldn't afford me. 259 00:11:28,580 --> 00:11:30,355 - Where were you this morning between the hours 260 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:31,682 of 3:00 and 5:00 a.m.? 261 00:11:31,683 --> 00:11:34,860 - I was finishing my shift with Miles here. 262 00:11:34,861 --> 00:11:36,328 I pull an overnight usually with him on Sundays. 263 00:11:36,329 --> 00:11:37,930 - Yeah, that's true. 264 00:11:37,931 --> 00:11:40,098 I had him wiping my ass in the middle of the night. 265 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:41,759 - All right. Okay. - [chuckling] 266 00:11:41,859 --> 00:11:43,360 - Miles, please. 267 00:11:43,361 --> 00:11:44,670 - All right, we'll contact you if we have 268 00:11:44,671 --> 00:11:46,171 any more questions, all right? 269 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:49,241 - Honestly, I was happy to be out of that house. 270 00:11:49,242 --> 00:11:50,442 - Why's that? 271 00:11:50,443 --> 00:11:53,078 [uneasy music] 272 00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:55,847 - There'd be times I'd leave Sarah alone, 273 00:11:55,848 --> 00:11:57,917 asleep in her chair. 274 00:11:58,017 --> 00:12:02,187 I'd come back, a drawer across the room is suddenly open, 275 00:12:02,188 --> 00:12:06,059 but Sarah's supposedly still asleep. 276 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:08,928 I'm not superstitious-- [chuckles] 277 00:12:09,028 --> 00:12:12,398 But something creepy's going on in that house. 278 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:16,569 ♪ ♪ 279 00:12:22,342 --> 00:12:24,368 - Hey, uh, anyone hear from our man Bruno? 280 00:12:24,369 --> 00:12:25,303 - Yeah, I talked to him this morning. 281 00:12:25,403 --> 00:12:26,645 - He joined a chess club. 282 00:12:26,646 --> 00:12:28,213 - Seriously? - He may be joking. 283 00:12:28,214 --> 00:12:29,782 I don't always get his humor. 284 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:31,850 - So there was no luck with the neighborhood canvassing. 285 00:12:31,851 --> 00:12:33,819 No one saw or heard a thing. 286 00:12:33,820 --> 00:12:35,921 - So what do we have on local recent crime? 287 00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:38,190 - There was a burglar five weeks ago, 288 00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:39,758 but he's been in jail ever since. 289 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:41,093 - Peeping Toms, other gateway crimes? 290 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:43,261 - Nothing. - And the vic is a psychic. 291 00:12:43,262 --> 00:12:46,698 Too bad she didn't foresee this coming. 292 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:49,301 - I went to a palm reader once. - Yeah? How'd that go? 293 00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:51,838 - You know, she told me that I was gonna have three children. 294 00:12:51,938 --> 00:12:53,405 - It's a lucky guess. 295 00:12:53,406 --> 00:12:54,999 - Probably, but there are some things out there 296 00:12:55,099 --> 00:12:56,276 without an explanation. 297 00:12:56,376 --> 00:12:58,311 - The explanation is usually someone's BS'ing. 298 00:12:58,411 --> 00:13:00,178 - I saw a ghost once when I was ten. 299 00:13:00,179 --> 00:13:01,280 - And? 300 00:13:01,381 --> 00:13:02,814 - Yeah, it was a Saturday morning, 301 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:04,082 and I was the only one awake in my house. 302 00:13:04,083 --> 00:13:05,342 I look at the end of the hall. 303 00:13:05,343 --> 00:13:07,320 There's a beautiful woman there--don't smile-- 304 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:09,121 a beautiful woman and she waved at me, 305 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:10,347 and then she was gone. 306 00:13:10,348 --> 00:13:11,456 - I'd say your dad was stepping out. 307 00:13:11,457 --> 00:13:13,016 - [laughs] - I mean, all I'm saying is 308 00:13:13,017 --> 00:13:14,018 there's no ghosts. 309 00:13:14,118 --> 00:13:15,193 There's no poltergeist. 310 00:13:15,194 --> 00:13:16,953 It's just us. - Amen. 311 00:13:16,954 --> 00:13:18,430 - Us and the aliens. - Oh, God. 312 00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:19,565 - Aliens? - Aliens. 313 00:13:19,666 --> 00:13:20,924 - Do you hear this? - Guys, please, don't. Don't. 314 00:13:20,925 --> 00:13:22,200 Don't get him started. 315 00:13:22,201 --> 00:13:24,603 So Beatrice just sent over the name 316 00:13:24,604 --> 00:13:26,605 of a client that spooked her. 317 00:13:26,606 --> 00:13:28,599 So you two, go knock on some doors. 318 00:13:33,746 --> 00:13:35,373 {\an8}- I asked her to contact a dead spirit. 319 00:13:35,473 --> 00:13:37,083 - Oh, we're sorry for your loss. 320 00:13:37,216 --> 00:13:39,685 - Oh, I didn't lose anyone, not like that. 321 00:13:39,686 --> 00:13:43,021 My ex had broken up with me to date her coworker. 322 00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:45,425 - How's a clairvoyant supposed to help with that? 323 00:13:45,525 --> 00:13:48,227 - To see if she could send an evil spirit to haunt the guy. 324 00:13:48,328 --> 00:13:50,063 If he were to drop dead from fright... 325 00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:52,765 - What? Your ex is gonna back to you? 326 00:13:52,899 --> 00:13:54,033 - Maybe. 327 00:13:54,133 --> 00:13:55,325 - How'd that work out for you? 328 00:13:55,326 --> 00:13:57,135 - She refused to do it. 329 00:13:57,136 --> 00:13:59,337 Said it would violate her ethics as a clairvoyant. 330 00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:00,897 But who knew there were ethics? 331 00:14:00,898 --> 00:14:03,942 - Well, I--I bet that pissed you off, yeah? 332 00:14:03,943 --> 00:14:05,711 - Honestly, she really helped me. 333 00:14:05,712 --> 00:14:07,612 She said she'd been through a pretty brutal breakup herself 334 00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:09,147 with the father of her kid. 335 00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:10,717 And the thing she learned was, 336 00:14:10,817 --> 00:14:13,318 you can really live through a lot more than you expect. 337 00:14:13,319 --> 00:14:15,588 It was like therapy. 338 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:17,190 Is she okay? 339 00:14:19,492 --> 00:14:21,761 [knocking] 340 00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:22,962 - I just need a week. 341 00:14:23,062 --> 00:14:26,089 I swear I'll pay the second my funds are released. 342 00:14:26,090 --> 00:14:27,533 - NYPD. 343 00:14:30,002 --> 00:14:31,536 - [scoffs] 344 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:34,931 Rent is a civil matter between leaser and leasee. 345 00:14:34,932 --> 00:14:36,475 - We could barely find you. 346 00:14:36,476 --> 00:14:38,277 You've been evicted so many times for not paying rent. 347 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:39,412 - You'd think all the money he's saving, 348 00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:41,279 he'd be able to afford child support. 349 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,749 - Well, I haven't received a notice 350 00:14:42,849 --> 00:14:44,541 or any subpoenas regarding that matter. 351 00:14:44,542 --> 00:14:47,786 - Don't worry about that 'cause we've alerted your employer, 352 00:14:47,787 --> 00:14:50,055 Rapid Ramp Garage on 37th Street. 353 00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:51,523 Yeah, they're gonna be 354 00:14:51,524 --> 00:14:52,784 garnishing your wages going forward. 355 00:14:52,884 --> 00:14:54,259 - God damn it! 356 00:14:54,260 --> 00:14:56,695 Thanks a lot. - Hey! 357 00:14:56,696 --> 00:14:58,163 what are you doing? 358 00:14:58,164 --> 00:15:00,966 - Now I gotta find new employment and a new apartment. 359 00:15:00,967 --> 00:15:03,603 - Oh, I bet Beatrice is bugging you to pay up, yeah? 360 00:15:03,703 --> 00:15:05,003 - I'm not answering anything. 361 00:15:05,004 --> 00:15:06,639 - Where were you yesterday between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m.? 362 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:08,274 - No answer. 363 00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:10,176 - 'Cause we have reason to believe that you were so angry 364 00:15:10,276 --> 00:15:12,377 and you were so frustrated that you broke 365 00:15:12,378 --> 00:15:14,212 into her house and you assaulted her. 366 00:15:14,213 --> 00:15:16,548 - That's so messed up. You don't have any proof. 367 00:15:16,549 --> 00:15:19,050 - We got motive. - Well, it wasn't me. 368 00:15:19,051 --> 00:15:21,286 - Hey, you think a jury is gonna believe you? 369 00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:22,479 Huh? 370 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:23,955 You've got a rap sheet to the floor 371 00:15:23,956 --> 00:15:25,716 including second-degree assault. 372 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,820 - I was at the CVS on 53rd. 373 00:15:29,821 --> 00:15:31,730 - You were shopping at 4:00 a.m.? 374 00:15:31,731 --> 00:15:33,598 - Talk to the security guard. 375 00:15:33,599 --> 00:15:36,501 He's the one who accused me of shoplifting, which I wasn't. 376 00:15:36,502 --> 00:15:39,171 It's on the security camera. He showed me. 377 00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:41,999 You know, I might be a criminal, but so is Beatrice. 378 00:15:42,099 --> 00:15:43,567 She's a fraud 379 00:15:43,568 --> 00:15:45,945 and a liar. 380 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:49,448 You know she got arrested for that, right? 381 00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:58,190 {\an8}- Look, it was all a mistake. 382 00:15:58,191 --> 00:16:00,725 I dropped the complaint. - Right, but just to be clear, 383 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:03,528 you, Madam Zorrill, aka Bonnie Mark, 384 00:16:03,529 --> 00:16:06,465 filed a fortune-telling complaint against Beatrice? 385 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:07,899 - Yeah. - And you're saying that's not 386 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:09,234 the least bit hypocritical? 387 00:16:09,235 --> 00:16:11,595 - What I do is for entertainment. 388 00:16:11,596 --> 00:16:12,738 Never claimed otherwise. 389 00:16:12,839 --> 00:16:14,798 - So your complaint is, Beatrice tries to pass off 390 00:16:14,799 --> 00:16:16,099 what she's doing as real? 391 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:17,677 - That was my complaint. 392 00:16:17,777 --> 00:16:19,110 - So why you change your mind? 393 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:21,480 - 'Cause I think she's actually the real deal. 394 00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:25,041 - Real--what, you think she can actually talk to the dead? 395 00:16:25,042 --> 00:16:27,712 - After she got the complaint from the cops, 396 00:16:27,812 --> 00:16:29,554 she came to me to talk. 397 00:16:29,555 --> 00:16:33,384 And while she was here, she told me that my mother, 398 00:16:33,484 --> 00:16:37,662 who's been dead for two years... 399 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:40,665 appreciates the flowers I buy for her. 400 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:44,436 - Buying flowers for the dead isn't exactly a unique idea. 401 00:16:44,437 --> 00:16:47,205 Maybe she saw you taking flowers to your mother's grave. 402 00:16:47,206 --> 00:16:53,069 - I put them in a vase in a private shrine in my apartment. 403 00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:55,431 And Beatrice knew they were peonies. 404 00:16:57,842 --> 00:17:00,286 Look, I don't even believe in this stuff, all right, 405 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:02,079 but that woman, 406 00:17:02,179 --> 00:17:03,723 I can't explain. 407 00:17:03,823 --> 00:17:07,250 Maybe it's 'cause she's had so much trauma in her life. 408 00:17:07,251 --> 00:17:10,345 - Trauma being her sexual assault? 409 00:17:10,346 --> 00:17:11,697 - You don't know? 410 00:17:15,693 --> 00:17:16,660 Sit. 411 00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:18,603 - I'm good. 412 00:17:18,604 --> 00:17:21,598 [tense music] 413 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:26,278 ♪ ♪ 414 00:17:26,279 --> 00:17:27,345 [ominous music] 415 00:17:27,346 --> 00:17:30,283 - Thing about that house she lives in, 416 00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:33,877 it's cursed. 417 00:17:33,878 --> 00:17:38,616 Her mother... 418 00:17:38,716 --> 00:17:39,992 is a murderer. 419 00:17:40,126 --> 00:17:41,785 - Who'd she kill? 420 00:17:41,786 --> 00:17:47,032 ♪ ♪ 421 00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:49,167 - Beatrice's father. 422 00:17:49,168 --> 00:17:56,242 ♪ ♪ 423 00:18:02,014 --> 00:18:03,908 {\an8}- He came home, and there-- there was a-- 424 00:18:04,041 --> 00:18:06,552 {\an8}this crazed look in his eyes. 425 00:18:06,686 --> 00:18:10,022 {\an8}I mean, he would-- he'd got that way a lot, 426 00:18:10,122 --> 00:18:12,750 but this was the worst. 427 00:18:12,850 --> 00:18:16,094 I told him to sleep it off, 428 00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:19,698 and he punched me in the face 429 00:18:19,699 --> 00:18:23,869 and--and--and tried to rip off my pants. 430 00:18:23,970 --> 00:18:26,071 So I scratched his eyes, 431 00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:28,607 and he pushed me and grabbed the fire poker. 432 00:18:28,608 --> 00:18:30,442 And then he starts hitting me. 433 00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:32,268 {\an8}[suspenseful music] 434 00:18:32,269 --> 00:18:34,938 {\an8}He wanted to kill me. 435 00:18:34,939 --> 00:18:37,682 {\an8}- I heard some noises. 436 00:18:37,683 --> 00:18:39,417 {\an8}- What noises? 437 00:18:39,418 --> 00:18:43,438 {\an8}- Yelling and a really loud bang. 438 00:18:43,439 --> 00:18:45,023 {\an8}- The revolver? 439 00:18:45,024 --> 00:18:46,117 {\an8}- What's that? 440 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:48,460 {\an8}- The gun. 441 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:51,121 [suspenseful music] 442 00:18:51,122 --> 00:18:53,958 Did you go to see what had happened? 443 00:18:54,058 --> 00:18:56,260 It's okay. You're not in trouble. 444 00:18:59,305 --> 00:19:04,467 - Mommy says not to leave my room when Daddy's angry. 445 00:19:04,468 --> 00:19:07,747 - Did that happen a lot? 446 00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:09,648 Did he ever hurt you? 447 00:19:14,420 --> 00:19:18,423 Did you leave the room when you heard the loud bang? 448 00:19:18,424 --> 00:19:20,626 - No. 449 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:22,953 I always listen to Mommy. 450 00:19:24,597 --> 00:19:27,333 - So neighbors often saw Mr. Gerald Witt drunk, 451 00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:28,633 and sometimes they thought they heard 452 00:19:28,634 --> 00:19:30,136 screams from inside the house. 453 00:19:30,236 --> 00:19:32,162 - Where did the revolver come from? 454 00:19:32,163 --> 00:19:34,139 - Registered to Mr. Witt. 455 00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:35,840 Sarah reported that the gun fell to the ground 456 00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:37,168 as he was beating her. 457 00:19:37,301 --> 00:19:38,477 She grabbed it, shot him in the heart. 458 00:19:38,577 --> 00:19:40,662 - So self-defense. - DA didn't bring a case. 459 00:19:40,663 --> 00:19:42,148 - I mean, we've been thinking that Beatrice 460 00:19:42,248 --> 00:19:43,482 has been hiding something, right? 461 00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:44,883 Maybe this is it. 462 00:19:44,884 --> 00:19:47,845 Both Sarah and Beatrice were abused by the father. 463 00:19:47,978 --> 00:19:50,488 Look, I know she might not be all there, 464 00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:52,274 but I think we gotta question Sarah. 465 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:55,226 - Okay. 466 00:19:55,227 --> 00:19:58,129 - You know, I never really know what I'm gonna get 467 00:19:58,130 --> 00:19:59,865 every time I open the door. 468 00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:02,134 I mean, she does have moments of clarity, but please, 469 00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:04,170 please don't agitate her. 470 00:20:04,303 --> 00:20:06,622 - I can promise you that is not our intent. 471 00:20:08,190 --> 00:20:09,741 - Okay. - We'd also like to speak 472 00:20:09,742 --> 00:20:11,043 with your daughter, Emma. 473 00:20:15,197 --> 00:20:16,548 - Why? 474 00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:18,717 - Because she was home at the time of the attack. 475 00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:20,653 - You wanna talk to my seven-year-old daughter, 476 00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:22,187 who slept through the whole thing? 477 00:20:22,188 --> 00:20:24,322 - We'd be derelict in our duties if we didn't. 478 00:20:24,323 --> 00:20:26,058 - Well, how am I supposed to explain that what 479 00:20:26,192 --> 00:20:27,726 you want to talk to her about is Mommy almost 480 00:20:27,860 --> 00:20:29,895 getting raped in her home while she's sleeping? 481 00:20:29,995 --> 00:20:33,231 If this guy gets to go free because my girl 482 00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:35,500 got to stay innocent, I really am okay with that 483 00:20:35,501 --> 00:20:39,304 because what I am not gonna teach my daughter 484 00:20:39,305 --> 00:20:43,409 today or any day is that I can't protect her. 485 00:20:46,479 --> 00:20:49,206 - May we please at least talk to your mother? 486 00:20:55,412 --> 00:20:56,756 - Hey, Mommy. 487 00:20:57,923 --> 00:20:59,508 Come on in. 488 00:21:01,594 --> 00:21:03,328 - Ms. Witt. 489 00:21:03,329 --> 00:21:04,429 Hello. 490 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,698 May I call you Sarah? 491 00:21:06,699 --> 00:21:08,399 My name's Detective Griffin. 492 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:09,767 I'm gonna ask you a few questions, all right, 493 00:21:09,768 --> 00:21:11,771 and if you can hear me-- 494 00:21:11,904 --> 00:21:13,755 it'd be great if you could give me any sort of response, 495 00:21:13,756 --> 00:21:15,431 either verbal or raise your hand 496 00:21:15,432 --> 00:21:17,776 or nod your head or something, all right? 497 00:21:21,438 --> 00:21:24,949 Ms. Witt, have you seen anyone enter or leave the brownstone 498 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:27,886 that should not be here? 499 00:21:27,887 --> 00:21:29,288 - Gerald? 500 00:21:30,189 --> 00:21:32,056 [dramatic music] 501 00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:34,793 Gerald? 502 00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:36,428 Is that you? - No. 503 00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:38,621 I'm--I'm sorry, ma'am. My name is Detective Griffin. 504 00:21:38,622 --> 00:21:41,449 - Oh, Gerald. 505 00:21:41,450 --> 00:21:43,201 We were so young, 506 00:21:43,202 --> 00:21:45,295 and I hate you! 507 00:21:45,296 --> 00:21:46,271 [spits] - Whoa, Mom. 508 00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:47,273 - I hate you! - Hey, Mom-- 509 00:21:47,373 --> 00:21:48,473 - Burn in hell! 510 00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:49,800 - Mommy, that's not him. That's not him. 511 00:21:49,934 --> 00:21:51,409 Mom, that's not Gerald. - I hate you! 512 00:21:51,410 --> 00:21:52,977 - Mommy, it's not-- - Go to hell! 513 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:54,413 - Mama, Mama, it's okay. 514 00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:55,747 That's not him. That is not him. 515 00:21:55,748 --> 00:21:57,283 - Ah. - That is not him. 516 00:21:57,416 --> 00:21:59,818 - Can I use your bathroom please? 517 00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:01,186 - I'm sorry, okay? 518 00:22:01,187 --> 00:22:02,979 I know you're just trying to do your job, 519 00:22:02,980 --> 00:22:04,647 but so am I, as a mother. 520 00:22:04,648 --> 00:22:06,659 - I get it. I understand. 521 00:22:08,294 --> 00:22:10,579 You wanna tell me what happened with Gerald, your father? 522 00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:12,748 - [scoffs] 523 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:15,833 What do you wanna know? 524 00:22:15,834 --> 00:22:18,169 He came home drunk every night. 525 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:20,004 I'd be in my bed asleep, 526 00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:21,664 and then I'd hear those heavy footsteps 527 00:22:21,665 --> 00:22:22,942 boom, boom, boom down the hallway, 528 00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:24,500 and then he'd beat her. 529 00:22:24,501 --> 00:22:26,277 But you know all of that already, right? 530 00:22:26,278 --> 00:22:27,338 - Yeah, I read the police reports. 531 00:22:27,471 --> 00:22:29,139 - Okay, so. 532 00:22:31,675 --> 00:22:33,676 So you don't like me. - I'm sorry. What? 533 00:22:33,677 --> 00:22:35,178 - No, I don't want-- I'm not trying to offend you. 534 00:22:35,179 --> 00:22:37,839 I'm just--I don't need to be a psychic to see that, you know? 535 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,526 - Well, like has nothing to do with this job. 536 00:22:40,626 --> 00:22:43,019 - Okay, so what does? - The truth. 537 00:22:43,020 --> 00:22:44,345 - Your mom doesn't have any sort 538 00:22:44,346 --> 00:22:46,198 of infectious diseases, does she? 539 00:22:46,332 --> 00:22:47,866 - You don't think I've been truthful? 540 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,702 - Can you communicate with the dead? 541 00:22:53,138 --> 00:22:55,773 - Ever since I was little, I've always had this feeling 542 00:22:55,774 --> 00:22:57,343 like I can talk to people who weren't there. 543 00:22:57,443 --> 00:22:59,869 Now, maybe that is me just disassociating, 544 00:22:59,870 --> 00:23:02,205 or maybe it's something else. I really don't know. 545 00:23:02,206 --> 00:23:04,874 - If we're being truthful, I'm gonna label that a non-answer. 546 00:23:04,875 --> 00:23:06,343 - Hey, Curry. 547 00:23:08,888 --> 00:23:11,215 - When my husband died, my mother-in-law 548 00:23:11,348 --> 00:23:13,658 made an appointment with a psychic, and she insisted I go. 549 00:23:13,659 --> 00:23:16,361 You wanna know what the psychic said to me? 550 00:23:16,362 --> 00:23:19,365 He said my husband missed me. 551 00:23:19,465 --> 00:23:22,393 But I--I know what cold reading is, right? 552 00:23:22,493 --> 00:23:24,552 It's--it's pattern. 553 00:23:24,553 --> 00:23:26,671 It's sizing someone up and making a series 554 00:23:26,672 --> 00:23:28,207 of high probability guesses, 555 00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:30,742 emphasizing when you're right, and then glossing over 556 00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:33,561 when you're wrong so that it seems like 557 00:23:33,562 --> 00:23:35,405 you have some kind of superpower. 558 00:23:35,406 --> 00:23:37,240 But that's called being a con man. 559 00:23:37,241 --> 00:23:39,418 - Curry, Curry. - No, it truly is okay. 560 00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:40,744 You have every right to your anger, 561 00:23:40,878 --> 00:23:43,422 but that is not what I do. I don't do cold reading. 562 00:23:43,555 --> 00:23:45,090 All I do is say what I honestly feel 563 00:23:45,224 --> 00:23:46,926 when it's me and the client alone in the room. 564 00:23:47,059 --> 00:23:48,560 It's basically stream of consciousness. 565 00:23:48,694 --> 00:23:51,562 Now, that could just be me being empathetic, 566 00:23:51,563 --> 00:23:55,701 but the feelings that are expressed are real. 567 00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:59,930 And hearing them said out loud, 568 00:24:00,064 --> 00:24:01,598 truthfully, 569 00:24:01,732 --> 00:24:04,276 seems to help people. 570 00:24:05,978 --> 00:24:08,939 [soft music] 571 00:24:09,039 --> 00:24:11,549 [door opens] - Mom, I'm home! 572 00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:13,109 - Please don't say anything. 573 00:24:13,110 --> 00:24:14,602 I'm actually begging you. 574 00:24:14,603 --> 00:24:16,788 - Okay, we won't. 575 00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:19,290 - Mom! - Hi, Emma. 576 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:20,783 Thank you, Keira, for bringing her home. 577 00:24:20,784 --> 00:24:23,119 We'll see you tomorrow. 578 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:25,296 - Who are you? 579 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:27,257 - Well, we're just--we're just visiting with your grandma. 580 00:24:29,268 --> 00:24:30,736 All right, we'll-- we'll be in touch. 581 00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:32,604 - Thank you. I appreciate that. - Mm-hmm. 582 00:24:32,738 --> 00:24:35,132 ♪ ♪ 583 00:24:35,265 --> 00:24:36,966 - It's Emma? - Mm. 584 00:24:36,967 --> 00:24:39,802 - I couldn't help but notice your stuffed animals. 585 00:24:39,803 --> 00:24:41,637 Are you gonna be a kittycorn for Halloween? 586 00:24:41,638 --> 00:24:43,949 - You know, we don't actually trick or treat here, 587 00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:45,817 but thank you. I appreciate you stopping by. 588 00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:47,352 - Well, hey-- just one more question. 589 00:24:47,353 --> 00:24:50,981 Hey, have you seen anyone 590 00:24:51,115 --> 00:24:52,523 or have your kittycorns seen anyone in the house, 591 00:24:52,524 --> 00:24:54,892 any men, you know, that-- 592 00:24:54,893 --> 00:24:56,295 that shouldn't be in here? 593 00:24:56,395 --> 00:24:57,621 - No. 594 00:24:58,864 --> 00:25:00,299 Just Grandpa. 595 00:25:00,432 --> 00:25:02,984 ♪ ♪ 596 00:25:02,985 --> 00:25:05,804 - Emma, that--she just has a very active imagination. 597 00:25:05,904 --> 00:25:08,340 She's heard my mom talk about her husband, 598 00:25:08,474 --> 00:25:09,666 so we're just gonna go about our day. 599 00:25:09,767 --> 00:25:11,760 - I only dreamed of him once. 600 00:25:13,303 --> 00:25:15,172 - You dreamed about him? 601 00:25:15,272 --> 00:25:17,849 - I thought he was real, but he told me 602 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:20,017 it was the middle of the night and I was dreaming 603 00:25:20,018 --> 00:25:21,487 and to go back to sleep. 604 00:25:21,587 --> 00:25:23,287 [tense music] 605 00:25:23,288 --> 00:25:25,723 - Okay. All right. 606 00:25:25,724 --> 00:25:28,494 So what did he look like? 607 00:25:28,594 --> 00:25:31,095 She said that she saw a man with long hair 608 00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:32,188 and a long beard. 609 00:25:32,189 --> 00:25:33,164 - Well, who needs sketch artists 610 00:25:33,165 --> 00:25:34,298 when you have seven-year-olds? 611 00:25:34,299 --> 00:25:35,967 - But Grandpa Witt is dead. 612 00:25:35,968 --> 00:25:38,352 - And he was a clean-shaven piece of garbage. 613 00:25:38,353 --> 00:25:40,672 - So either the little girl imagined him-- 614 00:25:40,806 --> 00:25:43,074 - Or she saw the actual assailant, 615 00:25:43,075 --> 00:25:45,310 and she mistook him for her grandfather. 616 00:25:45,411 --> 00:25:47,980 - Captain, I've been looking at the old police report 617 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,414 from Gerald Witt's death, 618 00:25:49,415 --> 00:25:51,883 and something's not adding up with the forensics. 619 00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:54,051 I don't think Sarah killed him. 620 00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:55,711 I think Beatrice did. 621 00:25:55,712 --> 00:25:58,489 [phone buzzes] 622 00:25:58,490 --> 00:25:59,490 - Benson. 623 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:04,028 ♪ ♪ 624 00:26:04,029 --> 00:26:05,396 I'll be right there. 625 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:07,665 Uh, Beatrice called 911. 626 00:26:07,666 --> 00:26:09,318 He broke in again. 627 00:26:17,843 --> 00:26:19,570 - Hey. - No signs of forced entry. 628 00:26:19,703 --> 00:26:21,663 I mean, honestly? No signs of anything. 629 00:26:23,565 --> 00:26:25,751 - I was walking up the front steps, 630 00:26:25,884 --> 00:26:28,353 and I saw the shadow of a man inside the house. 631 00:26:28,454 --> 00:26:29,755 - Where--where is Emma? 632 00:26:29,855 --> 00:26:31,255 - She's at a friend's house. 633 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:32,915 I was coming back from dropping her off. 634 00:26:32,916 --> 00:26:35,359 The 911 operator told me that I had to wait outside, 635 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:38,255 but my--my mom is at home alone so I couldn't just wait. 636 00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:39,755 - So where was the man when you came in? 637 00:26:39,756 --> 00:26:41,082 - He wasn't there. There is no one here. 638 00:26:41,083 --> 00:26:42,900 It's just my mom. 639 00:26:42,901 --> 00:26:44,402 Am I going crazy? Am I being paranoid? 640 00:26:44,403 --> 00:26:46,262 Am I seeing things? 641 00:26:46,263 --> 00:26:48,606 What--what--what-- what is happening to me? 642 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:51,542 [suspenseful music] 643 00:26:51,543 --> 00:26:58,200 ♪ ♪ 644 00:27:02,279 --> 00:27:05,457 - I'm--I'm not gonna sugarcoat this, all right? 645 00:27:05,591 --> 00:27:08,284 This is a very difficult case 646 00:27:08,285 --> 00:27:10,963 because whoever this is is not-- 647 00:27:11,063 --> 00:27:16,435 well, he hasn't left any evidence, but also, 648 00:27:16,535 --> 00:27:20,973 I need you to tell me everything. 649 00:27:23,876 --> 00:27:27,446 I want you to tell me what really happened 650 00:27:27,546 --> 00:27:29,948 with your father. 651 00:27:30,082 --> 00:27:37,072 ♪ ♪ 652 00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:44,329 [muffled footsteps] 653 00:27:45,656 --> 00:27:47,766 - Is she pacing in there? 654 00:27:47,866 --> 00:27:49,433 Maybe she's sundowning? 655 00:27:49,434 --> 00:27:51,670 - Or she's agitated 'cause she saw something? 656 00:27:51,803 --> 00:27:53,338 - If there's anything to see. 657 00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:58,669 Ms. Witt? 658 00:27:58,802 --> 00:27:59,845 Hey, it's the police. 659 00:27:59,945 --> 00:28:02,097 We are gonna open the door, okay? 660 00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:08,320 [tense music] 661 00:28:08,453 --> 00:28:11,989 ♪ ♪ 662 00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:13,317 What the-- 663 00:28:18,797 --> 00:28:20,298 - So, Beatrice, when I was little, 664 00:28:20,299 --> 00:28:22,700 you know, I don't know, like eight or nine years old, 665 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:24,036 I used to-- 666 00:28:24,169 --> 00:28:26,338 I would set my alarm, I'd get myself dressed, 667 00:28:26,438 --> 00:28:29,541 I would pour my Cheerios, and I'd pack myself a lunch. 668 00:28:29,675 --> 00:28:33,045 And I--I'd even write little notes to myself, 669 00:28:33,145 --> 00:28:34,862 and I would put them in my lunch box. 670 00:28:34,863 --> 00:28:38,215 But the note said, "dear Olivia, 671 00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:40,042 "I love you. 672 00:28:40,043 --> 00:28:43,221 Always and forever, Mom." 673 00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:46,858 Because other kids had notes in their lunch boxes 674 00:28:46,959 --> 00:28:51,387 and I didn't want them to know that my mom 675 00:28:51,388 --> 00:28:52,863 was, you know, 676 00:28:52,864 --> 00:28:54,548 passed out drunk from the night before, 677 00:28:54,549 --> 00:28:58,219 and I wouldn't see her until I got home from school. 678 00:28:58,220 --> 00:29:01,240 And then she'd be, you know, drinking again. 679 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:07,011 So when I was little, I used to imagine 680 00:29:07,012 --> 00:29:09,581 that I had a guardian angel. 681 00:29:11,883 --> 00:29:13,752 And then I realized 682 00:29:13,885 --> 00:29:18,247 that I was my guardian angel. 683 00:29:18,248 --> 00:29:21,584 [soft music] 684 00:29:21,585 --> 00:29:23,694 Maybe you know what that's like. 685 00:29:23,695 --> 00:29:25,397 - [sighs] 686 00:29:25,530 --> 00:29:30,092 ♪ ♪ 687 00:29:30,093 --> 00:29:34,431 When Dad would come home, 688 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:37,542 I really couldn't sleep because 689 00:29:37,643 --> 00:29:39,744 I'd be listening for his footsteps 690 00:29:39,745 --> 00:29:41,712 because I knew where they were going. 691 00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:43,114 They weren't going for Mom. 692 00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:44,382 They were coming for me. 693 00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:47,051 They were coming to my room. 694 00:29:47,052 --> 00:29:48,944 [sighs] 695 00:29:48,945 --> 00:29:51,889 [dark music] 696 00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:55,793 ♪ ♪ 697 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:58,896 [clattering] 698 00:29:58,897 --> 00:30:01,624 ♪ ♪ 699 00:30:01,625 --> 00:30:02,958 - Someone's in the attic. 700 00:30:02,959 --> 00:30:03,969 Go. 701 00:30:05,937 --> 00:30:09,298 - She would stop him 702 00:30:09,299 --> 00:30:11,809 to protect me. 703 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:14,111 And then he'd beat her 704 00:30:14,112 --> 00:30:17,607 and he would rape her instead. 705 00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:21,585 - [sighs] 706 00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:24,956 - And the other night, when that guy was on top of me, 707 00:30:25,057 --> 00:30:29,427 I thought--just for a second, I thought... 708 00:30:29,428 --> 00:30:30,728 it's him. 709 00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:33,397 That is my dad. 710 00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:34,832 [sobs] 711 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:37,768 He's, like, back from the dead. 712 00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:39,504 - Okay. 713 00:30:42,466 --> 00:30:46,845 - I used to check his gun safe every day 714 00:30:46,978 --> 00:30:51,515 just praying, you know, that he would forget to lock it. 715 00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:55,178 And he never did, except for that one day. 716 00:30:55,278 --> 00:30:56,822 That day, he forgot. 717 00:30:56,922 --> 00:31:01,318 So I took the pistol, and I hid it under my pillow. 718 00:31:03,186 --> 00:31:05,346 And that night was the first night I ever actually 719 00:31:05,347 --> 00:31:06,964 fell asleep before he came home. 720 00:31:06,965 --> 00:31:08,692 ♪ ♪ 721 00:31:08,825 --> 00:31:10,368 But I woke up to Mom. 722 00:31:10,469 --> 00:31:12,703 She was screaming. 723 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:14,138 So I grabbed the pistol. 724 00:31:14,139 --> 00:31:18,008 I ran over here down the stairs... 725 00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:20,537 [sniffles] 726 00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:24,800 And there's Dad, and he's hitting Mom with a poker. 727 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:30,221 So I hold up the gun, 728 00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:31,856 and Mom sees me first. 729 00:31:31,857 --> 00:31:35,718 And she shouts for me to stop. 730 00:31:35,719 --> 00:31:37,395 I still think about that. 731 00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:38,864 - Because she loved you and she didn't want you 732 00:31:38,964 --> 00:31:42,233 to have that on your conscience. 733 00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:46,738 - And the trigger is so heavy, you know. 734 00:31:48,874 --> 00:31:52,068 But something possessed me back then, 735 00:31:52,202 --> 00:31:55,238 and I just-- 736 00:31:55,338 --> 00:31:59,183 I pulled the trigger like it was easy. 737 00:31:59,184 --> 00:32:05,247 ♪ ♪ 738 00:32:05,248 --> 00:32:07,759 She took the gun out of my hand. 739 00:32:09,861 --> 00:32:14,257 She cleaned it with her own shirt. 740 00:32:14,391 --> 00:32:16,934 - She took the charge. 741 00:32:16,935 --> 00:32:19,086 - She made me swear not to tell anyone 742 00:32:19,087 --> 00:32:21,739 because she said it was her fault, but I don't know. 743 00:32:21,740 --> 00:32:23,041 You know, how is it her fault? 744 00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:25,735 It was him. He wanted me. 745 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:31,273 She protected me every chance she could. 746 00:32:31,274 --> 00:32:34,919 The sickest-- [scoffs] 747 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,222 I really think that part of her hates me for it. 748 00:32:38,223 --> 00:32:40,792 ♪ ♪ 749 00:32:40,926 --> 00:32:44,895 Because I killed her husband. 750 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:48,600 ♪ ♪ 751 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:51,735 [dramatic music] 752 00:32:51,736 --> 00:32:58,810 ♪ ♪ 753 00:33:10,388 --> 00:33:12,482 - Hey, Griff? - Yeah. 754 00:33:12,616 --> 00:33:15,076 - This spackle here is cracked. 755 00:33:19,931 --> 00:33:21,500 - There's a draft. 756 00:33:22,968 --> 00:33:24,468 Hey, this wall's not attached. 757 00:33:24,469 --> 00:33:26,471 Cover me. - Mm-hmm. 758 00:33:26,605 --> 00:33:33,345 ♪ ♪ 759 00:33:52,689 --> 00:33:54,465 There's somebody living up here. 760 00:33:54,466 --> 00:34:01,539 ♪ ♪ 761 00:34:08,730 --> 00:34:11,148 - What are they doing to my house? 762 00:34:11,149 --> 00:34:13,701 - Ma'am, unfortunately, we are in the middle 763 00:34:13,702 --> 00:34:15,277 of a police investigation. 764 00:34:15,278 --> 00:34:17,021 - Oh, no. 765 00:34:17,022 --> 00:34:18,422 Not again. - No. 766 00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:20,158 Ma'am-- - I did it. 767 00:34:20,292 --> 00:34:22,092 Whatever it was, I did it. 768 00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:23,794 - Ma'am-- - It wasn't Beatrice. 769 00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:26,131 - Beatrice is not in any kind of trouble, all right? 770 00:34:26,231 --> 00:34:27,389 You're okay. 771 00:34:27,390 --> 00:34:30,402 - Oh, thank God. 772 00:34:33,238 --> 00:34:35,307 - Wait, sorry, I-I don't believe this. 773 00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:37,309 Someone has been living inside my house? 774 00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:40,744 - In the attic, and I know this is hard to believe, 775 00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,972 but it's not as uncommon as you may think. 776 00:34:42,973 --> 00:34:46,417 - And he stole my mom's jewelry and all these photos? 777 00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:47,586 That's just so creepy. 778 00:34:47,686 --> 00:34:49,320 - So whoever he is, he was having 779 00:34:49,321 --> 00:34:51,122 a parasocial relationship with you, 780 00:34:51,222 --> 00:34:53,223 and I imagine that the other morning, 781 00:34:53,224 --> 00:34:55,652 he was trying to... 782 00:34:55,752 --> 00:34:56,761 make it real. 783 00:34:56,861 --> 00:34:58,796 - So do you know how long he's been up there? 784 00:34:58,797 --> 00:35:01,131 - From the amount of garbage that we saw, 785 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:04,401 I would say maybe-- maybe three months. 786 00:35:04,402 --> 00:35:07,605 - Three months he's been in my attic? 787 00:35:07,606 --> 00:35:10,541 [suspenseful music] 788 00:35:10,542 --> 00:35:17,616 ♪ ♪ 789 00:35:22,087 --> 00:35:24,289 - [grunts] 790 00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:29,560 There's nothing up here. 791 00:35:29,561 --> 00:35:36,634 ♪ ♪ 792 00:35:48,046 --> 00:35:50,047 All right, the guy must have climbed the fire escape 793 00:35:50,048 --> 00:35:52,901 two doors down then jumped roofs. 794 00:35:56,054 --> 00:35:57,287 - Hey. 795 00:35:57,288 --> 00:35:59,690 Look at this photo. 796 00:35:59,691 --> 00:36:02,976 I just look so-- 797 00:36:02,977 --> 00:36:04,996 I look so normal. 798 00:36:08,658 --> 00:36:10,418 Actually, I don't--huh. 799 00:36:13,405 --> 00:36:14,730 - Beatrice, what? 800 00:36:14,731 --> 00:36:16,941 What are you-- what are you saying? 801 00:36:17,075 --> 00:36:19,610 - Sorry, I just-- 802 00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:21,170 - What? 803 00:36:21,171 --> 00:36:23,414 - I mean, the photo is not mine. 804 00:36:23,415 --> 00:36:24,908 Like, it's me in the photo, but it's not-- 805 00:36:25,008 --> 00:36:26,909 was not in my belongings. 806 00:36:26,910 --> 00:36:29,420 I've never owned this photo. 807 00:36:29,421 --> 00:36:32,322 - Okay, well, then who would have had it? 808 00:36:32,323 --> 00:36:36,326 - The guy who took it, my high school boyfriend. 809 00:36:36,327 --> 00:36:38,562 - Who--who was that? What is his name? 810 00:36:38,563 --> 00:36:40,464 - Chris. Chris Garibaldi. 811 00:36:40,465 --> 00:36:43,367 Um, but the day after that photo was taken, 812 00:36:43,368 --> 00:36:45,169 his parents shipped him off to boarding school. 813 00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:47,539 I haven't heard from him since then. 814 00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:51,108 - Parents say he was a problem child 815 00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:52,210 since the day he was born. 816 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:53,769 - They sent him to boarding school after he 817 00:36:53,770 --> 00:36:54,979 threatened a teacher with a knife. 818 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:56,346 He's been in and out of mental institutions since. 819 00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:57,506 - And most recently? 820 00:36:57,507 --> 00:36:59,750 - Released from Bellevue three months ago. 821 00:36:59,751 --> 00:37:01,218 His parents couldn't handle him at home, 822 00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:02,945 so they kicked him out. - BOLO is out. 823 00:37:02,946 --> 00:37:04,613 We have alerted shelters citywide. 824 00:37:04,614 --> 00:37:06,391 So far nothing. - We know where he's going. 825 00:37:06,491 --> 00:37:08,893 - Well, this time we're gonna be there first. 826 00:37:08,993 --> 00:37:14,364 ♪ ♪ 827 00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:17,167 - Rollins, how's it looking? 828 00:37:17,168 --> 00:37:19,728 - No. Nothing yet. 829 00:37:19,729 --> 00:37:21,739 Hang on. There's somebody there. 830 00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:23,408 He's coming up the fire escape. 831 00:37:23,508 --> 00:37:27,895 ♪ ♪ 832 00:37:27,896 --> 00:37:29,304 Be safe. 833 00:37:29,305 --> 00:37:30,748 He could be armed. 834 00:37:35,053 --> 00:37:37,313 [creaking] 835 00:37:37,413 --> 00:37:38,590 [metal clangs] 836 00:37:40,158 --> 00:37:42,427 - NYPD! Get on your knees! 837 00:37:42,527 --> 00:37:44,128 - Th--this is my home. - Get down. 838 00:37:44,129 --> 00:37:45,362 Hands behind your head. 839 00:37:45,363 --> 00:37:47,165 Cross your ankles right now. 840 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:49,600 - Beatrice didn't recognize me. 841 00:37:49,601 --> 00:37:51,602 I--I just need to shave. 842 00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:52,920 She'll love me again. 843 00:37:52,921 --> 00:37:53,938 No, no, please. 844 00:37:54,038 --> 00:37:55,072 Beatrice! 845 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:56,665 Beatrice, tell them! 846 00:37:56,666 --> 00:37:58,376 Beatrice, help me! 847 00:37:58,510 --> 00:38:01,078 Beatrice, please! 848 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:02,514 Beatrice! - No, no. 849 00:38:02,614 --> 00:38:04,907 - Beatrice! - Go. 850 00:38:04,908 --> 00:38:07,519 So I--I spoke with his parents, 851 00:38:07,619 --> 00:38:11,780 and they said that he idealized your relationship 852 00:38:11,781 --> 00:38:12,956 from all those years ago. 853 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:16,460 And he said that he felt that this house 854 00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:19,631 was his--his safe space. 855 00:38:19,731 --> 00:38:21,216 - [gasps] 856 00:38:26,271 --> 00:38:27,971 Is it weird that I-- 857 00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:30,742 I feel sorry for him? 858 00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:33,310 - It's not weird. 859 00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:34,646 Not at all. 860 00:38:53,147 --> 00:38:54,531 - Hi. 861 00:38:54,532 --> 00:38:56,558 Is everything okay? - Yeah, um, I just-- 862 00:38:56,559 --> 00:38:57,569 I just wanted to give you an update. 863 00:38:57,669 --> 00:38:59,236 - Oh, okay. 864 00:38:59,237 --> 00:39:02,273 - Uh, Chris Garibaldi is being arraigned. 865 00:39:02,407 --> 00:39:03,807 The judge just wants to make sure 866 00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:05,142 that he's fit to stand trial. 867 00:39:05,143 --> 00:39:07,144 But even if he's found not competent, 868 00:39:07,145 --> 00:39:08,837 they're gonna keep him at the hospital. 869 00:39:08,838 --> 00:39:10,330 They'll reassess every few months, 870 00:39:10,331 --> 00:39:12,849 but you're safe, okay, both of you. 871 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:14,810 - Thank you very much for everything. 872 00:39:14,811 --> 00:39:16,220 And I just-- 873 00:39:16,221 --> 00:39:19,489 I just wanted to say, on behalf of my profession, 874 00:39:19,490 --> 00:39:23,352 that I am sorry for how that psychic misused you 875 00:39:23,353 --> 00:39:24,586 and your mother-in-law. 876 00:39:24,587 --> 00:39:29,067 ♪ ♪ 877 00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:31,870 - My husband and I were already separated when he died. 878 00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:33,770 We just-- 879 00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:35,206 we hadn't told anyone yet, 880 00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:39,309 not his mom and not even our son. 881 00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:42,871 So when she wanted me to go see that psychic with her, 882 00:39:42,872 --> 00:39:45,942 I mean, I get it, but... [sighs] 883 00:39:46,042 --> 00:39:48,552 I was so angry 884 00:39:48,553 --> 00:39:50,488 and frustrated at her, 885 00:39:50,622 --> 00:39:52,689 at the psychic, 886 00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:53,824 but mostly at myself 887 00:39:53,825 --> 00:39:57,044 for not just telling her the truth. 888 00:39:57,045 --> 00:39:58,929 [pensive music] 889 00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:01,498 - I mean, I'm just saying 890 00:40:01,499 --> 00:40:03,693 I'll give you the friends and family discount. 891 00:40:05,103 --> 00:40:07,155 - I'm good. Thank you. - Okay. 892 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:10,866 - I'll be in touch. 893 00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:12,342 - Thank you. 894 00:40:12,343 --> 00:40:19,417 ♪ ♪ 895 00:40:25,490 --> 00:40:28,317 [dramatic music] 896 00:40:28,318 --> 00:40:35,350 ♪ ♪ 897 00:40:54,744 --> 00:40:57,747 [wolf howls]