1 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,100 In Toronto's war on crime, the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives 2 00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:12,440 of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit. 3 00:00:12,860 --> 00:00:14,120 These are their stories. 4 00:00:16,260 --> 00:00:22,260 On behalf of the crew at 104, I just want to say how honored we are to be 5 00:00:22,260 --> 00:00:23,260 here with you today. 6 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:27,340 And when I ran into this building a year... When I ran into this school... 7 00:00:27,340 --> 00:00:32,280 No. We... When we ran into this school a year ago, when we ran into this school a 8 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,960 year ago, we weren't thinking about... 9 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:36,800 appreciation, or thanks. 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,700 We were thinking about your safety. 11 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:44,520 Pinewood Elementary and the family of Penny Campbell would like to formally 12 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:49,020 thank the firefighters of Station 104, and who better to do that than one of 13 00:00:49,020 --> 00:00:49,959 our students? 14 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:50,960 Ben? 15 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:57,280 When our school was on fire last year, you came to help us. We remember all the 16 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,560 smoke and being so scared, and how you came and got us out safely. 17 00:01:01,020 --> 00:01:02,940 You will always be heroes to us. 18 00:01:03,310 --> 00:01:06,430 Lieutenant Reese Manning, would you please come up and accept this painting 19 00:01:06,430 --> 00:01:07,430 and this plaque? 20 00:01:08,570 --> 00:01:12,190 Thank you to everyone for coming out today. 21 00:01:12,670 --> 00:01:16,470 On behalf of the rest of the crew at 104, I just want to say how incredibly 22 00:01:16,470 --> 00:01:17,890 honored we are to be here with you. 23 00:01:18,550 --> 00:01:24,250 When we ran into this school a year ago... This one, five bedrooms, four 24 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:27,090 bathrooms, media room, gym in the basement. 25 00:01:27,530 --> 00:01:28,850 You're going to love it. 26 00:01:29,470 --> 00:01:32,030 Rear windows face west, so the light hits perfectly. 27 00:01:32,650 --> 00:01:33,650 Right at cocktail hour. 28 00:01:34,170 --> 00:01:35,750 More like bedtime. 29 00:01:37,650 --> 00:01:40,670 Three kids under 10, I'm not making a lot of cocktails. 30 00:01:40,970 --> 00:01:41,970 Your wife could make them. 31 00:01:42,170 --> 00:01:43,730 Yeah, she could at her house. 32 00:01:44,550 --> 00:01:45,550 Holy God. 33 00:01:46,090 --> 00:01:49,490 I've been in the annex for too long. I wouldn't even know what to do with a 34 00:01:49,490 --> 00:01:50,490 yard this big. 35 00:01:51,570 --> 00:01:53,950 Pool, patio, potato patch. 36 00:01:55,190 --> 00:01:56,910 Everyone figures it out once they have the space. 37 00:01:57,110 --> 00:02:00,530 I was going to say putting green, but potato patch. 38 00:02:00,770 --> 00:02:01,770 There's an idea. 39 00:02:04,870 --> 00:02:08,930 So, Blair, tell me, what are the schools like around here? 40 00:02:10,530 --> 00:02:14,330 Hey, Sim. Yo. That sock caught on the garage door last. Check the blade for 41 00:02:14,330 --> 00:02:15,330 me? Aye, Captain. 42 00:02:15,470 --> 00:02:17,170 Acting, Captain. I'm not dead yet. 43 00:02:17,590 --> 00:02:20,270 Detached garage fire. We knocked it down before and made an extension to the main 44 00:02:20,270 --> 00:02:23,390 house. No injuries. That's what I like to hear. Hey, listen. Those conference 45 00:02:23,390 --> 00:02:24,388 people called again. 46 00:02:24,390 --> 00:02:26,870 Cap, you know I don't want to do that. I don't want to hear it, Hollywood. You're 47 00:02:26,870 --> 00:02:30,130 the one who sent your five-point rescue leadership strategy up the chain. They 48 00:02:30,130 --> 00:02:31,390 want you to go to Vegas this time. 49 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:36,020 One hour talking to a bunch of keeners, the rest you are carousing in Sin City. 50 00:02:36,220 --> 00:02:39,040 Cap, you know me, though. I'm just going to spend the whole time talking shop 51 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,640 with these guys. No one's choice but your own. You're allowed to have a 52 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:42,640 little fun once in a while. 53 00:02:43,780 --> 00:02:45,160 Okay, Smokey. 54 00:02:45,380 --> 00:02:47,820 You get your fix. 55 00:02:49,540 --> 00:02:50,600 And I get mine. 56 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 You're jittery. 57 00:03:00,060 --> 00:03:01,060 Second cup? 58 00:03:01,180 --> 00:03:04,440 I thought you were off work today. Yeah, well, my coverage booked off sick last 59 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:05,440 minute. 60 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,060 So, working today. 61 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,320 I'm fine, though. Still got enough time to prepare. 62 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:10,840 Vegas isn't until the weekend. 63 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,420 Right. Vegas. 64 00:03:13,420 --> 00:03:15,080 Come on. Don't look at me like that. 65 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:16,600 You know I don't want to go, right? 66 00:03:17,340 --> 00:03:18,340 Yeah. 67 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:21,300 Ooh. What? 68 00:03:22,660 --> 00:03:23,660 It's your first grade. 69 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,800 Pursuing you're going to be all salt and pepper like old Smokey there. 70 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,960 Hey, I'm trying to reach Reese, but he's not picking up. Would you grab him for 71 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,320 me? He's not in today. 72 00:03:35,820 --> 00:03:39,080 He said he was working today. Well, he's not on the schedule. Where is he? 73 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:40,500 Blair, I have no idea. 74 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,540 I know he's seeing someone, Easton. 75 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,980 I just want to know who it is. What's her name? 76 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:47,100 What are you talking about? 77 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,360 Forget it. 78 00:03:57,380 --> 00:03:58,500 What brings you to town, Chief? 79 00:03:59,329 --> 00:04:00,930 Uh, speaking at a conference. 80 00:04:01,230 --> 00:04:02,230 Fire safety. 81 00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:05,290 See, plenty of guys start the day at a seminar and end it at a chapel. 82 00:04:05,530 --> 00:04:06,530 I'm already married. 83 00:05:10,870 --> 00:05:12,770 We got the call at 8.08 last night. 84 00:05:12,990 --> 00:05:16,050 As soon as we heard the address, we moved double time, but it's too late by 85 00:05:16,050 --> 00:05:16,909 the time we got in here. 86 00:05:16,910 --> 00:05:17,970 What is it about the address? 87 00:05:19,470 --> 00:05:22,390 The house belonged to one of our senior crew. He's at a firefighter conference 88 00:05:22,390 --> 00:05:23,390 in Vegas. 89 00:05:23,550 --> 00:05:24,570 Left the night before last. 90 00:05:24,990 --> 00:05:25,990 Thanks. Yeah. 91 00:05:33,630 --> 00:05:35,850 We believe the victim is Blair Manning. 92 00:05:36,150 --> 00:05:38,110 34 years old, real estate agent. 93 00:05:38,590 --> 00:05:41,850 Wife of Lieutenant Reese Manning. He's a firefighter at Station 104. 94 00:05:42,630 --> 00:05:45,690 Firefighter's wife dying in a house fire. That's a little strange, isn't it? 95 00:05:45,810 --> 00:05:47,870 Must have heard all the horror stories from her husband. 96 00:05:48,130 --> 00:05:51,730 It's not like she was racing down the stairs in a panic. Exactly. 97 00:05:52,090 --> 00:05:54,010 One or two reasons why I called Bibb Wholeness. 98 00:05:54,350 --> 00:05:55,350 Requested her best. 99 00:05:55,610 --> 00:05:56,610 What's the other reason? 100 00:05:56,770 --> 00:05:59,250 Well, the burner was still on when our fire crew arrived. 101 00:05:59,510 --> 00:06:03,350 And cooking is the leading cause of residential fires. But as you say, she's 102 00:06:03,350 --> 00:06:06,390 a firefighter's wife. It'd be highly unusual if she'd leave food on the stove 103 00:06:06,390 --> 00:06:07,390 unattended. 104 00:06:08,030 --> 00:06:10,690 Where's the cat? Oh, he didn't find a carcass, if that's what you're asking. 105 00:06:10,850 --> 00:06:13,150 So if it wasn't the food, what do you think it was? 106 00:06:13,430 --> 00:06:15,770 Well, when you've been on the job as long as I have, you develop a pretty 107 00:06:15,770 --> 00:06:16,770 good nose. 108 00:06:17,090 --> 00:06:18,090 Smell it? 109 00:06:18,870 --> 00:06:19,950 Is it gasoline? 110 00:06:20,230 --> 00:06:24,010 Yeah. I'm gonna take some samples, countertops, the floors, test for 111 00:06:24,010 --> 00:06:25,010 residue. 112 00:06:26,370 --> 00:06:28,510 DNA test confirmed the victim's ID. 113 00:06:29,130 --> 00:06:32,690 This is Blair Manning. Any soot in her airways? Good question. 114 00:06:33,010 --> 00:06:34,010 And no. 115 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,320 She didn't die in the fire. She was dead before it started. 116 00:06:37,620 --> 00:06:38,700 What's her actual cause of death? 117 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,720 All of her injuries are consistent with the fall down the stairs, except for 118 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:43,720 one. 119 00:06:44,820 --> 00:06:47,080 Hyoid bomb. It was compressed inward. 120 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:49,180 Blair Manning died by strangulation. 121 00:06:52,260 --> 00:06:53,260 Any idea when? 122 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,480 No. Too much thermal damage to narrow it down. 123 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,500 Okay, so strangle Blair, throw her down the stairs to mask any injuries, then 124 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:02,600 set a massive fire. 125 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,480 It's a distraction, sleight of hand, a real magician's trick. 126 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:07,720 So who's our magician? 127 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:09,340 Dead wife, I'm looking at the husband. 128 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,200 If we're talking fire, I'd be looking for a fireman. 129 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,740 I am Detective John Darcy. 130 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,420 And I'm Detective Dave Manning. 131 00:07:18,140 --> 00:07:19,140 Thank you. 132 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,140 Um, I hopped on the first flight after I got the call, and the next thing I know, 133 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,740 I'm being escorted here by cops. 134 00:07:28,460 --> 00:07:32,400 Mr. Manning, I'm so sorry to have to tell you, your wife was murdered. 135 00:07:37,070 --> 00:07:39,790 I thought Blair died in a fire. It was an accident. 136 00:07:40,090 --> 00:07:44,290 It sure looked that way. So what makes you think it was a murder? 137 00:07:44,550 --> 00:07:46,370 We're still gathering the facts. 138 00:07:46,850 --> 00:07:47,870 Maybe you could help us out. 139 00:07:48,190 --> 00:07:51,110 Okay. Yeah, I want to help any way I can. 140 00:07:51,790 --> 00:07:52,790 Great. 141 00:07:53,770 --> 00:07:54,930 Blair was my best friend. 142 00:07:56,010 --> 00:07:57,090 My biggest cheerleader. 143 00:07:58,630 --> 00:08:01,930 Why don't you start by telling us how your wife was before you left? Was she 144 00:08:01,930 --> 00:08:03,610 happy? Was she upset? 145 00:08:04,610 --> 00:08:05,610 Was she alive? 146 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,840 Are you asking if I had something to do with this? Given the fact that she was 147 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,580 dead before the fire, it's a possibility. 148 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:21,960 Oh, my God. 149 00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:23,740 We were texting. 150 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,000 All day. 151 00:08:26,460 --> 00:08:27,460 That day. 152 00:08:28,220 --> 00:08:29,840 Right up until I spoke at the conference. 153 00:08:30,180 --> 00:08:31,520 A conference in Vegas. 154 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:32,940 2,000 miles away. 155 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:42,340 Mr. Manning, did your wife have any enemies? 156 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:44,039 Anyone who might want to hurt her. 157 00:08:44,780 --> 00:08:46,220 No. No. 158 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:48,320 Everyone loved Blair. 159 00:08:57,300 --> 00:09:01,580 I don't believe him. I hear you, but for now, let's go with the evidence. 160 00:09:03,060 --> 00:09:04,520 Husband's alibi checks out. 161 00:09:04,780 --> 00:09:09,960 Reese Manning was leading a seminar on rescue leadership in Vegas the same time 162 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,420 his house was burning down, and... 163 00:09:11,850 --> 00:09:15,370 He was texting with Blair right up to the fire. Have you spoken to her 164 00:09:15,370 --> 00:09:16,369 friends, family? 165 00:09:16,370 --> 00:09:17,570 Did she have any enemies? 166 00:09:17,950 --> 00:09:19,470 Reese said she didn't. 167 00:09:20,810 --> 00:09:26,130 And her friends and family all agreed. No one saw her or spoke to her in the 168 00:09:26,130 --> 00:09:29,690 last 48 hours, but everyone said the same thing. Reese and Blair had the 169 00:09:29,690 --> 00:09:30,690 perfect marriage. 170 00:09:30,790 --> 00:09:31,930 I had a nickel. 171 00:09:33,930 --> 00:09:34,930 What's your problem? 172 00:09:35,070 --> 00:09:36,670 Blair was my biggest cheerleader. 173 00:09:37,030 --> 00:09:40,030 Is that the first thing you say when you find out your spouse has been killed? 174 00:09:40,910 --> 00:09:42,910 It's a statement about him. It's not about his dead wife. 175 00:09:45,090 --> 00:09:46,090 Do we have motive? 176 00:09:46,330 --> 00:09:46,909 Not yet. 177 00:09:46,910 --> 00:09:50,370 And I'm sorry, but how would he kill her all the way from Vegas? 178 00:09:50,810 --> 00:09:51,850 We don't have time of death. 179 00:09:52,350 --> 00:09:57,070 Reese could have strangled her before he left, walked out, got on a plane to 180 00:09:57,070 --> 00:10:01,450 Alibi-ville, USA, could have paid someone to set the blaze. As a 181 00:10:01,450 --> 00:10:04,150 firefighter, it can't be that hard to track down an arsonist for hire, right? 182 00:10:04,710 --> 00:10:06,090 What about all the texting? 183 00:10:06,370 --> 00:10:10,130 Blair's phone was a melted brick, but we did get her tablet from her office. 184 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:14,540 It's mostly work stuff, but like most people, she got her messages on here as 185 00:10:14,540 --> 00:10:17,580 well. Day of the fire, Blair didn't text anyone besides Reese. 186 00:10:17,820 --> 00:10:20,340 But a guy named Hendrix Lane texted her a lot. 187 00:10:20,860 --> 00:10:22,480 Blair sold him a house three months ago. 188 00:10:25,620 --> 00:10:28,340 Blair seems like the type of woman who went above and beyond. 189 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:31,020 Yeah, she was great. 190 00:10:31,580 --> 00:10:35,460 She helped me find my house, sent flowers the day we closed, set me up 191 00:10:35,460 --> 00:10:36,339 with a decorator. 192 00:10:36,340 --> 00:10:37,940 Oh. Would you call her a friend? 193 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:39,920 Yep. 194 00:10:40,330 --> 00:10:43,710 It's interesting because your text messages suggest you were something 195 00:10:43,710 --> 00:10:46,630 more. Care to read those out for us, Hendrix? 196 00:10:49,370 --> 00:10:50,370 No? 197 00:10:51,290 --> 00:10:52,290 All right. 198 00:10:55,010 --> 00:10:57,650 Blair, what the hell was that? Answer my call. 199 00:10:57,850 --> 00:11:00,890 Blair, call me back. We need to talk this out in person. 200 00:11:01,130 --> 00:11:03,690 Hey, call me please or else I'm coming over there. 201 00:11:04,850 --> 00:11:08,770 Oh, Hendrix, I'm not going to lie to you. This does not look good. In fact... 202 00:11:08,830 --> 00:11:13,210 It looks like Blair ended your friendship the day before the fire, and 203 00:11:13,210 --> 00:11:15,830 you weren't taking it well. So what happened? 204 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:18,510 You've seen the texts. 205 00:11:18,730 --> 00:11:23,290 Okay. Well, Blair won't write you back, so maybe you follow up. 206 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:27,400 You go over there, you try to make her talk to you in person, she says no, you 207 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:31,180 get angry, you probably didn't mean to do it, but once you did, you decide to 208 00:11:31,180 --> 00:11:34,840 cover it up with a fire as some messed up nod to the hero husband she dumped 209 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,200 you for. He's not a hero, he's a fraud. 210 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:39,980 And you know what? I wish I had gone to her house, because maybe then she would 211 00:11:39,980 --> 00:11:42,400 still be here. But it was my weekend with my kids. 212 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,000 After Blair broke it off on Friday afternoon, I picked them up from my ex 213 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,780 and I drove straight to my cottage in Halliburton. I've got a doorbell camera 214 00:11:49,780 --> 00:11:53,480 and three kids who will tell you that I didn't leave the dock until this 215 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,320 morning. What did you mean he's a fraud? 216 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,180 Blair sent me this message the day before she died. 217 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:04,880 We can't do this anymore. 218 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,640 Reese is freaking me out. I'm just, I'm actually very scared. I don't want to 219 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,500 drag you into it at all. I'm just, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 220 00:12:13,290 --> 00:12:14,730 Does that sound like a good guy to you? 221 00:12:15,070 --> 00:12:18,850 Someone she was terrified of? He was completely self-absorbed, super 222 00:12:18,850 --> 00:12:22,070 controlling the way that she looked, what she ate, what she wore. 223 00:12:22,310 --> 00:12:25,750 I'm sure he promised that he would change after he found out. 224 00:12:25,950 --> 00:12:27,210 He knew about the affair? 225 00:12:27,510 --> 00:12:29,310 Yeah, Blair said he found out last week. 226 00:12:29,790 --> 00:12:33,930 I told her that she could leave him and come and live with me, but she couldn't. 227 00:12:33,930 --> 00:12:37,430 She was afraid that he was going to kill her. I just thought she was being 228 00:12:37,430 --> 00:12:38,430 hyperbolic. 229 00:12:40,650 --> 00:12:44,390 If there's anyone that you should be investigating for Blair's murder, it's 230 00:12:44,390 --> 00:12:45,390 her husband. 231 00:12:47,450 --> 00:12:49,110 So much for the perfect marriage. 232 00:12:49,450 --> 00:12:52,150 Trolling husband who thinks it's God's gift to public safety. 233 00:12:52,470 --> 00:12:54,170 Imagine what that affair did to his ego. 234 00:12:54,550 --> 00:12:57,390 Tell me that guy strangled his wife in a jealous rage. 235 00:12:57,670 --> 00:12:58,730 That's something I'll believe. 236 00:12:59,710 --> 00:13:01,430 I just got a message from Adams. 237 00:13:01,950 --> 00:13:03,590 They want to meet us back at the crime scene. 238 00:13:05,870 --> 00:13:07,610 Reese, you'll never guess what. 239 00:13:08,250 --> 00:13:12,330 Six years on the job, first goddamn time saving a cat from a tree. 240 00:13:13,770 --> 00:13:14,830 Smokey, hey. 241 00:13:17,690 --> 00:13:20,970 Hey, uh, I should take my room tonight. You need some sleep, all right? 242 00:13:21,410 --> 00:13:22,530 I can take the couch. 243 00:13:24,050 --> 00:13:28,370 I can't close my eyes without picturing what happened to her. 244 00:13:30,550 --> 00:13:37,210 Just tell me what it was like in the house with 245 00:13:37,210 --> 00:13:38,210 Blair. 246 00:13:39,630 --> 00:13:41,830 If the cops think someone hurt her, I need to know why. 247 00:13:42,470 --> 00:13:43,710 And what happened exactly. 248 00:13:43,950 --> 00:13:44,950 What I could have done. 249 00:13:45,890 --> 00:13:46,990 You sure you want to know? 250 00:13:47,890 --> 00:13:48,890 Yeah. 251 00:13:51,250 --> 00:13:52,310 I want to know everything. 252 00:13:53,050 --> 00:13:57,090 Our test confirmed it. There were traces of gasoline on the countertop and the 253 00:13:57,090 --> 00:13:58,090 floors. 254 00:13:58,910 --> 00:14:00,110 See the clean spot here? 255 00:14:01,010 --> 00:14:02,610 It's what we call a protected pattern. 256 00:14:02,970 --> 00:14:06,950 That's what happens in a fire when a heavy object blocks the airflow and it 257 00:14:06,950 --> 00:14:08,630 protects the surface underneath. 258 00:14:09,230 --> 00:14:10,510 This is our true point of origin. 259 00:14:15,450 --> 00:14:16,550 May I? Yeah. 260 00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:18,490 Huh. Very good. 261 00:14:19,770 --> 00:14:23,850 Could someone put gasoline in this coffee maker and then use it as an 262 00:14:23,850 --> 00:14:24,850 ignition device? 263 00:14:25,470 --> 00:14:30,090 Well, if they filled the reservoir with gasoline, it would drip onto the heating 264 00:14:30,090 --> 00:14:33,830 element and vaporize. The vapor would hit the open flame on the stove. 265 00:14:34,710 --> 00:14:35,649 Flash fire. 266 00:14:35,650 --> 00:14:37,350 I'll have to test the coffee maker to be sure. 267 00:14:39,319 --> 00:14:42,280 BRA. It's Brava Brew. It's a high-end coffee machine. 268 00:14:42,500 --> 00:14:46,260 And the timer to turn it on can be delayed up to 24 hours. 269 00:14:46,460 --> 00:14:49,540 It's the exact amount of time between when Reese left for the airport and when 270 00:14:49,540 --> 00:14:50,540 the fire started. 271 00:14:51,060 --> 00:14:52,420 It was the husband. 272 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:57,860 Guys, we're talking about a decorated firefighter. Exactly. His house burning 273 00:14:57,860 --> 00:14:59,300 down in an arson isn't... 274 00:15:00,150 --> 00:15:04,190 It's a cover-up by a man who murdered his wife after finding out about her 275 00:15:04,190 --> 00:15:08,130 affair, an affair he didn't tell us about. This is a man who stands to 276 00:15:08,130 --> 00:15:13,310 collect $3 million in insurance if this was an accident. This motive times two. 277 00:15:13,990 --> 00:15:15,050 What about the timeline? 278 00:15:15,970 --> 00:15:19,330 According to your case notes, Reese was in Vegas the day of the fire. The fire 279 00:15:19,330 --> 00:15:22,530 marshal confirmed they found traces of gas in the reservoir of the coffee 280 00:15:22,530 --> 00:15:26,910 maker. Reese killed her, set the 24-hour timer on the coffee maker, then walked 281 00:15:26,910 --> 00:15:27,789 out the door. 282 00:15:27,790 --> 00:15:30,310 but he was texting with his wife the day of the fire. 283 00:15:31,850 --> 00:15:32,850 You gonna get that? 284 00:15:36,650 --> 00:15:43,530 What is this? I scheduled those texts to go out to you 285 00:15:43,530 --> 00:15:44,349 ten minutes ago. 286 00:15:44,350 --> 00:15:48,310 Reese could have easily scheduled those texts from Blair's phone to himself to 287 00:15:48,310 --> 00:15:50,430 make it look like she was still alive when he left. 288 00:15:50,930 --> 00:15:51,930 That's clever. 289 00:15:53,439 --> 00:15:54,560 But it's not a confession. 290 00:15:54,860 --> 00:15:57,500 We're not getting a confession. We've already questioned the guy three times. 291 00:15:57,660 --> 00:16:00,600 He's exercising his right to remain silent. He's already got Lee Hines on 292 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,960 retainer. He's circling the wagons. 293 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,440 Which is why we need you to get him in court. 294 00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:10,400 Let the evidence do the talking. 295 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:16,360 Amanteo, we're telling you, Reese Manning murdered his wife. He had the 296 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,620 means, he had the motive, he had the opportunity. 297 00:16:29,660 --> 00:16:32,920 Reese Manning, you're under arrest for arson and for the murder of Blair 298 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:33,920 Manning. 299 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,120 What do you think you're doing? This man just lost everything. 300 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:39,440 Not everything. 301 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:41,300 He still has his right to due process. 302 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:44,940 You performed the autopsy on Blair Manning. 303 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,080 So which came first? 304 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:50,660 The fire, the fall, or the strangulation? 305 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,500 There was no soot in Mrs. Manning's airways, and there was no bleeding 306 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:57,280 associated with any of her fractures from the fall. 307 00:16:57,690 --> 00:17:02,690 The only injury with any localized hemorrhaging was the hyoid bone in her 308 00:17:02,690 --> 00:17:06,250 neck. It's a small U-shaped bone right here. 309 00:17:06,450 --> 00:17:10,150 The fracture pattern indicates strangulation, and the blood around it 310 00:17:10,150 --> 00:17:12,450 proves that she was alive when it happened. 311 00:17:12,970 --> 00:17:17,550 Mrs. Manning was dead before she hit the stairs and before the fire started. 312 00:17:17,890 --> 00:17:19,170 This was a homicide. 313 00:17:19,589 --> 00:17:24,349 So is it possible that Mrs. Manning could have been killed before her 314 00:17:24,349 --> 00:17:25,589 husband Reese left for Vegas? 315 00:17:25,910 --> 00:17:27,190 Yes, it's absolutely possible. 316 00:17:27,770 --> 00:17:28,770 Thank you, Doctor. 317 00:17:29,030 --> 00:17:30,030 No more questions. 318 00:17:34,670 --> 00:17:39,130 Doctor, a charred body presents one of the most challenging scenarios in 319 00:17:39,130 --> 00:17:40,530 forensic pathology, does it not? 320 00:17:40,730 --> 00:17:44,550 It complicates the examination, yes. Because intense heat can cause all kinds 321 00:17:44,550 --> 00:17:49,450 of damage, like contractions so intense they can snap the fragile hyoid bone. 322 00:17:50,230 --> 00:17:53,370 Yes, but in this particular case... Yes, let's get specific. 323 00:17:53,630 --> 00:17:57,190 In this particular case, were you able to determine the exact time of death? 324 00:17:57,550 --> 00:18:02,110 No, the heat damage was too severe. So you can't say for certain that Blair 325 00:18:02,110 --> 00:18:05,110 Manning was dead before her husband left for his work trip? 326 00:18:06,250 --> 00:18:08,110 No, I cannot. 327 00:18:08,350 --> 00:18:09,350 You cannot. 328 00:18:11,050 --> 00:18:12,350 No further questions. 329 00:18:20,190 --> 00:18:24,870 Investigator Adams, your report states that you found gasoline residue... 330 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:26,780 in this coffee maker's reservoir. 331 00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:28,340 Is that true? 332 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:32,740 Uh, yes, as well as the countertop around it. The fire was called in 333 00:18:32,740 --> 00:18:37,780 exactly 24 hours and 8 minutes after the defendant left for the airport. 334 00:18:38,140 --> 00:18:42,800 So in your professional opinion, is it possible that an experienced firefighter 335 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,900 like Mr. Manning could set this incineration device to burn down his 336 00:18:45,900 --> 00:18:47,680 house while sitting in a casino in Vegas? 337 00:18:47,900 --> 00:18:50,000 Calls to speculation and leading the witness. 338 00:18:50,620 --> 00:18:52,320 I don't require an answer, Your Honor. 339 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,000 No further questions. 340 00:18:57,580 --> 00:19:02,220 That is a remarkably complex hypothesis investigator. 341 00:19:02,540 --> 00:19:06,160 A Rube Goldberg machine made of coffee timers and gasoline. 342 00:19:06,380 --> 00:19:09,700 But let's look at what else you found in that kitchen. On page three of your 343 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:13,020 investigation report, you noted severe heat damage on and around the stove, 344 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:14,300 correct? Yes. 345 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,360 And you found a skillet with charred food in it on the active burner, did you 346 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:21,660 not? Yes, but it was the gasoline. According to Statistics Canada, 32% of 347 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:25,280 all residential fires, nearly one-third are caused by cooking accidents. Does 348 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,700 that sound accurate? 349 00:19:27,679 --> 00:19:31,560 Statistically, yes, but that doesn't... Simple, tragic accidents. 350 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,960 You yourself never left a pan on a burner a minute too long. I certainly 351 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:39,960 know I have. 352 00:19:40,020 --> 00:19:41,420 Objection. Irrelevance. 353 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:42,640 With John. 354 00:19:44,020 --> 00:19:45,920 Blair said her husband was very controlling. 355 00:19:47,180 --> 00:19:50,480 Withholding. Said that he only cared about his job. Said that she felt like a 356 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:51,480 prop. 357 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,260 She wanted out. And yet she ended things with you. 358 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:55,880 Does she give you a reason? 359 00:19:56,780 --> 00:20:00,280 She said she wanted to end things because she was afraid of her husband. I 360 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:01,460 asked her for an explanation. 361 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:06,100 The day before the fire, she said that Reese had found out about us and that 362 00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:09,320 she was scared that he would kill her if she tried to leave. 363 00:20:13,660 --> 00:20:14,700 No further questions. 364 00:20:19,060 --> 00:20:20,060 Your Honor. 365 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:26,180 Defense has no interest in dignifying the fan fiction of a jilted lover. 366 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:28,920 No questions. 367 00:20:32,740 --> 00:20:33,800 Heinz is a bulldog. 368 00:20:34,980 --> 00:20:38,360 Hendricks just laid her client's motive bare for the entire courtroom to see, 369 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:39,620 and she passes up his throat? 370 00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:40,900 Doesn't make sense. 371 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,080 Well, she didn't want to dignify the affair in front of the jury. 372 00:20:43,340 --> 00:20:44,980 Or she wants them to hear about it from someone else. 373 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:47,160 I think she's going to put Reese on the stand. 374 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,100 Well, that's defense suicide. 375 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:52,700 So I certainly hope she does. 376 00:20:57,580 --> 00:21:02,060 First of all, Mr. Manning, I want to offer you my condolences on the loss of 377 00:21:02,060 --> 00:21:04,860 your wife. Sir, I only have a few questions. 378 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:09,400 The Crown alleges you discovered your wife's affair three days before you left 379 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,260 for Las Vegas. Is that true? 380 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,680 No, it's not. The truth is I learned of Blair's affair a month before she died. 381 00:21:17,820 --> 00:21:19,240 Objection. Self-serving narrative. 382 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:24,220 Mr. Forrester does not have a monopoly on the narrative of this tragedy. 383 00:21:24,460 --> 00:21:28,800 My client's state of mind's a very definition of relevant, Your Honor. I'll 384 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,520 allow it. Proceed, Mr. Manning. 385 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:36,000 About a month before she died, I asked Blair what was going on with her, and 386 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,080 that's when she told me everything. 387 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:38,440 And your reaction? 388 00:21:38,620 --> 00:21:40,380 I was devastated. 389 00:21:42,260 --> 00:21:45,220 I wanted to be the man Blair married, you know? 390 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:46,960 But this job, it... 391 00:21:47,470 --> 00:21:50,190 It can be tough sometimes, as you can imagine. 392 00:21:50,550 --> 00:21:54,390 And what my wife saw as me being withholding was actually me trying to 393 00:21:54,390 --> 00:21:57,690 leave the job at the fire hall, guided as it was. 394 00:21:58,010 --> 00:22:00,870 So when she told me about the affair, I wasn't angry. 395 00:22:01,330 --> 00:22:03,570 I sort of understood. 396 00:22:05,330 --> 00:22:07,910 But Blair and I, we were trying to save our marriage. 397 00:22:09,290 --> 00:22:11,330 And that's why she called it off with Mr. Lane. 398 00:22:12,390 --> 00:22:13,390 Thank you. 399 00:22:13,450 --> 00:22:14,830 No further questions, Your Honor. 400 00:22:19,399 --> 00:22:22,280 Mr. Manning, when was the last time you spoke with your wife? 401 00:22:22,620 --> 00:22:27,080 We texted back and forth while I was in Vegas, the day of the fire. Your Honor, 402 00:22:27,140 --> 00:22:29,140 I'd like to show the witness exhibit 44. 403 00:22:31,620 --> 00:22:33,060 Mrs. Manning's text messages. 404 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:34,360 Go ahead. 405 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,180 Please read the last two messages you received from your wife. 406 00:22:46,220 --> 00:22:47,460 You're gonna smash it, babe. 407 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,100 Sending love and just cooking dinner. Nightclub. 408 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:54,260 Blair wrote love twice. 409 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:55,960 Spell it for the jury. 410 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:57,900 L-O-V-E. 411 00:22:58,820 --> 00:23:01,820 Now flip back three weeks. Tell us how she spelled it then. 412 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,540 She spelled it L-U-V. 413 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:11,840 L-U-V. 414 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:13,580 Every single time. 415 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:15,880 Right up until the moment you left for the airport. 416 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,930 Then suddenly... your wife discovers the correct spelling? 417 00:23:22,430 --> 00:23:23,430 No. 418 00:23:24,450 --> 00:23:30,090 Because I suggest you wrote those texts after you strangled her. You scheduled 419 00:23:30,090 --> 00:23:34,930 the text to send while you were in Vegas to give yourself a thousand-mile alibi. 420 00:23:35,050 --> 00:23:36,170 True or false? False. 421 00:23:38,930 --> 00:23:41,670 Okay, fine. Let's go back to the dang question. 422 00:23:42,810 --> 00:23:46,470 There's a text message from your wife's cousin, Susan. 423 00:23:47,150 --> 00:23:48,150 What does it say? 424 00:23:48,170 --> 00:23:50,890 Uh, it says, it's a boy. 425 00:23:51,150 --> 00:23:54,390 It's a boy. Susan had a baby. 426 00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:57,910 Yet your wife didn't answer, did she? 427 00:23:58,130 --> 00:24:00,470 No congratulations, no nothing. 428 00:24:00,670 --> 00:24:05,030 Your wife didn't answer her mother, her cousin, her work. She didn't go 429 00:24:05,030 --> 00:24:11,870 anywhere. Send an email. She didn't use a bank machine for the last 24 hours of 430 00:24:11,870 --> 00:24:13,010 Blair Manning's life. 431 00:24:13,470 --> 00:24:16,570 The only thing she did was text her ever-loving husband? 432 00:24:18,490 --> 00:24:22,110 Okay, can you explain that? Because to me it sounds like you sent those texts. 433 00:24:22,750 --> 00:24:25,670 Objection, Your Honor. Counsel is testifying. I'm putting the Crown's 434 00:24:25,670 --> 00:24:26,670 theory to the accused. 435 00:24:26,710 --> 00:24:27,710 He can answer it. 436 00:24:27,790 --> 00:24:30,090 Answer the question, Mr. Manning. I can't answer it. I can't answer it 437 00:24:30,090 --> 00:24:33,130 because I didn't send those text messages. And I sure as hell didn't kill 438 00:24:33,130 --> 00:24:34,130 my wife. 439 00:24:36,390 --> 00:24:37,750 I didn't do it, okay? 440 00:24:56,490 --> 00:24:57,490 Thanks, man. Yeah. 441 00:24:59,170 --> 00:25:02,230 I was just thinking about that five alarm on Royal York three years ago. 442 00:25:03,150 --> 00:25:04,890 Yeah, floor gave up right under me. 443 00:25:05,230 --> 00:25:06,550 Still got a scar on my knee. 444 00:25:07,510 --> 00:25:09,510 Smoked so thick I couldn't even see my own boots. 445 00:25:10,190 --> 00:25:12,830 Didn't even know it was you when I grabbed you. I almost pulled you down 446 00:25:12,830 --> 00:25:13,449 with me. 447 00:25:13,450 --> 00:25:16,270 But, um, I knew you'd get us out. 448 00:25:20,950 --> 00:25:21,950 I'm gonna miss it. 449 00:25:23,590 --> 00:25:24,590 What are you talking about? 450 00:25:24,670 --> 00:25:25,670 The job. 451 00:25:27,419 --> 00:25:29,160 Guys? Standing on the front line with you? 452 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:34,240 Rhys, come on. You were there on the court today, Simms. You saw me. 453 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,860 I lost it on the stand. That's all the jury's gonna be thinking about when 454 00:25:39,860 --> 00:25:40,860 they're deliberating. 455 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:48,360 I loved her so much. 456 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,900 The defense calls Easton Sims. 457 00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:05,080 What do you think the play is? 458 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:07,560 Character witness? 459 00:26:08,020 --> 00:26:11,300 Get Reese's crew to talk about his heroism in the film? Do you solemnly 460 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:14,400 affirm that the evidence being given by you to the court shall be the truth, the 461 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:15,580 whole truth, and nothing but the truth? 462 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:16,840 I do. 463 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,860 Mr. Sims, how do you know the defendant? 464 00:26:19,220 --> 00:26:21,160 We're both on A Platoon at Station 104. 465 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,280 Station 104 responded to the fire at the Manning residence, correct? 466 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,760 Yes, that's correct. And you were a first responder on that call. Define 467 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:28,860 your role to the jury. 468 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,320 I was part of the fire crew that attacked and suppressed the fire. Later, 469 00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:36,220 under Investigator Adams' direction, I assisted in evidence recovery. 470 00:26:36,580 --> 00:26:40,080 I removed sections of the kitchen countertop and flooring at the fire's 471 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:40,839 point of origin. 472 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,980 And what was the inspector looking for? Evidence of an ignitable liquid. 473 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,300 Like gasoline, for example? 474 00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:51,560 Yes. And what equipment did you use to pull the samples? 475 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:52,980 A gasoline-powered saw. 476 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,260 Objection! The defense gave no notice they would present such evidence, and if 477 00:26:57,260 --> 00:27:00,180 that's where we're going, I request an adjournment to review... If Mr. 478 00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:03,560 Forrester looks at the fire marshal investigation report, which the Crown 479 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:08,440 itself disclosed months ago, it notes, a firefighter removed those samples. That 480 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:09,860 firefighter is my witness. 481 00:27:10,460 --> 00:27:11,460 Request denied. 482 00:27:11,660 --> 00:27:12,900 Defense may proceed. 483 00:27:13,540 --> 00:27:16,220 So, Mr. Sims, are you saying... 484 00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:22,100 that the gas the fire marshal found, the same gas the Crown claims Mr. 485 00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:27,720 Manning used to burn down his own home, might have leaked from your power tool? 486 00:27:28,020 --> 00:27:32,000 Yes. And where was the coffee maker when you were pulling those samples? 487 00:27:32,340 --> 00:27:35,700 On the floor. On the floor near the gas powered saw you were using to take the 488 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:36,980 samples? Yes. 489 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,360 I'm sorry, I should have spoken up earlier. I was embarrassed by my 490 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:43,500 mistake. Yes, the truth is, I may have contaminated the scene. 491 00:27:47,470 --> 00:27:48,470 Quiet, please. 492 00:27:49,410 --> 00:27:50,530 Thank you, Your Honor. 493 00:27:51,810 --> 00:27:57,970 So to be clear, Mr. Sims, based on your firsthand actions, this jury is looking 494 00:27:57,970 --> 00:28:02,770 at a compromised crime scene. A fire of uncertain origins and an inconclusive 495 00:28:02,770 --> 00:28:06,850 timeline, all of which points to reasonable doubt. Objection. Counsel is 496 00:28:06,850 --> 00:28:09,050 presenting closing arguments mid-trial. 497 00:28:09,390 --> 00:28:11,190 Withdrawn, Your Honor. 498 00:28:11,930 --> 00:28:13,010 No more questions. 499 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,000 Be seated. 500 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,380 Will the defendant please rise? 501 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,380 Ladies and gentlemen, do you have a verdict? 502 00:28:49,820 --> 00:28:54,020 Yes, Your Honor. On the counts of arson and murder, how do you find the accused? 503 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,720 We, the jury, find the defendant, Reese Manning, not guilty. 504 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:12,680 Quiet, please. 505 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:16,560 No. 506 00:29:18,860 --> 00:29:22,240 Adam said they stepped away from the crime scene to grab their field kit 507 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:23,940 while Sims was pulling the samples. 508 00:29:24,140 --> 00:29:29,660 But Sims was using a manual chisel at the time. Adam's never heard or saw a 509 00:29:29,660 --> 00:29:32,400 gas-powered tool. So Sims perjured himself. 510 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,040 Because Reese convinced him to. 511 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,760 We can't just let this guy go. And what do you suggest we do? The Crown can't 512 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,280 appeal based on fresh evidence, even if it shows there was perjury. Double 513 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,980 jeopardy kicked in the second that jury gave their verdict. So the guy's guilty. 514 00:29:45,260 --> 00:29:46,179 Oh, very helpful. 515 00:29:46,180 --> 00:29:47,780 And no, he's not. You know why? 516 00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:53,160 Because the jury said so. Rhys Manning is a free man. If you had just caught 517 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,180 Sims in disclosure... It was your crime scene. 518 00:29:59,740 --> 00:30:02,100 This is over, detectives. 519 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,200 Theo, I'm sorry. 520 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:07,240 We all got played. 521 00:30:09,420 --> 00:30:12,840 Reese instructed justice in his own trial. It's not murder, but it puts him 522 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:17,000 in a jail cell. No, no, no. This department just suffered a very public 523 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,280 loss. You're not going near him. 524 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:20,740 Wait, what if we don't have to? 525 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,980 Reese wasn't the only one who lied on the stand. 526 00:30:26,540 --> 00:30:30,780 If Sims talks, we can make sure the next front page has Reese in a jumpsuit. 527 00:30:34,569 --> 00:30:39,410 Okay, talk to the friend, but if he doesn't give you anything to move on in 528 00:30:39,410 --> 00:30:43,750 the next 24 hours, I'm with Forrester, and this is over. 529 00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:47,630 Go ahead. 530 00:30:47,710 --> 00:30:51,150 Ask any one of my guys on the crew. They'll tell you I had the saw. Oh, 531 00:30:51,270 --> 00:30:54,770 right, the Sacred Brotherhood. You guys always have each other's backs on the 532 00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:58,690 job, on the witness stand. You want to generalize. Look at you guys. Dead wife, 533 00:30:58,790 --> 00:30:59,830 so it has to be the husband. 534 00:31:00,630 --> 00:31:01,630 That's a little lazy. 535 00:31:02,010 --> 00:31:03,090 The man's job. 536 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,720 is saving lives doesn't mean he's incapable of taking them reese didn't 537 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:13,980 kill blair oh right and you didn't purge yourself under oath come on give me your 538 00:31:13,980 --> 00:31:20,260 name who killed her you want suspects have a closer look at blair why she was 539 00:31:20,260 --> 00:31:23,260 the one with the secret life cheating sneaking around being a complete 540 00:31:23,260 --> 00:31:27,000 hypocrite hang on what do you mean hypocrite she called me a few days 541 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:31,060 before the fire said she was looking for reese at the station and when i told her 542 00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:35,790 that he wasn't there. She asked me who he was seeing. And what did you tell 543 00:31:35,790 --> 00:31:37,990 her? I said I didn't know what she was talking about. 544 00:31:39,690 --> 00:31:43,390 Reese just wants to put this all behind him and get back to work. I mean, we all 545 00:31:43,390 --> 00:31:44,390 do. 546 00:31:45,430 --> 00:31:46,630 So can I please go now? 547 00:31:50,350 --> 00:31:51,350 Sit tight. 548 00:31:55,550 --> 00:31:59,010 Okay, if Blair was right about Reese seeing someone else, then maybe she 549 00:31:59,010 --> 00:32:00,570 wasn't the only one who wanted out of the marriage. 550 00:32:01,159 --> 00:32:04,320 Divorce costs money. A dead wife pays three million. 551 00:32:05,420 --> 00:32:07,740 What we know for sure is that Blair was looking for answers. 552 00:32:09,420 --> 00:32:10,620 Let's find out if she got them. 553 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:15,840 You sure this is it? 554 00:32:16,180 --> 00:32:20,740 Yeah. This is the address Blair put into her GPS the day she talked to Sims. 555 00:32:20,980 --> 00:32:24,140 Mark said that she checked Reese's location before she got here. 556 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,240 Owner died two years ago. 557 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:28,520 No family. 558 00:32:29,070 --> 00:32:31,070 Properties in limbo with the trustee office. 559 00:32:33,090 --> 00:32:34,090 Police? 560 00:32:35,010 --> 00:32:36,190 Anyone there? 561 00:32:59,950 --> 00:33:03,550 Whatever Reese was doing in here, it was not getting luckier. 562 00:33:09,210 --> 00:33:10,510 Yeah, there's something under here. 563 00:33:24,990 --> 00:33:27,330 These look like burn marks. 564 00:33:28,230 --> 00:33:29,230 Circles are... 565 00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:30,340 Protected patterns. 566 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:32,380 Numbers must be variables. 567 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,460 I'm starting to think Reese's house isn't the first fire he set. 568 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,780 I've seen these grids before at training seminars. 569 00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:47,640 Reese was experimenting with spontaneous chemical combustion. 570 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:50,700 Delayed arson like his house fire. Yeah, except this is a totally different 571 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:55,060 method. The circular protected patterns, they all represent different sized metal 572 00:33:55,060 --> 00:33:56,360 containers like cans. 573 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:00,140 You add a drying oil like teak or linseed, and then you pack it really 574 00:34:00,140 --> 00:34:01,220 tightly with a cotton rag. 575 00:34:01,580 --> 00:34:05,500 The oil oxidizes until the cotton rag heats up until the point of ignition. 576 00:34:06,060 --> 00:34:07,340 What about the numbers on the grid? 577 00:34:07,660 --> 00:34:10,139 It looks like Reese was calculating the math of the countdown. 578 00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:13,760 Small versus large, 100 milliliters versus two. 579 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,620 Have you ever seen anything like this before? Is there any record of any 580 00:34:17,620 --> 00:34:20,739 arsonist in the city ever using this method? No, I mean, that's the clever 581 00:34:20,739 --> 00:34:24,239 thing about it. The evidence incinerates itself. All you're left with is a 582 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,800 container. And if the can is small enough, it'll be displaced by the high 583 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,420 pressure of a fire hose. Especially if the arsonist is the one holding it. 584 00:34:31,620 --> 00:34:35,420 What if the reason Reese was trying to get the delay down to a science was so 585 00:34:35,420 --> 00:34:38,460 that he could plant the ignition device and make sure he was on duty when the 586 00:34:38,460 --> 00:34:39,460 call came in? 587 00:34:40,540 --> 00:34:41,920 We should start with his schedule. 588 00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:45,560 Jodi, do you have the forensic files for the fires that Reese responded to? 589 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:47,320 Yeah. 590 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:53,120 Guys? 591 00:34:59,950 --> 00:35:01,170 I got it. All right, Cap? 592 00:35:06,450 --> 00:35:08,810 Welcome back, brother! 593 00:35:09,090 --> 00:35:10,970 Are you serious, man? 594 00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:12,310 Come on! 595 00:35:12,350 --> 00:35:13,350 Come on! 596 00:35:13,570 --> 00:35:15,330 You're gonna squish the doughnuts! 597 00:35:15,970 --> 00:35:20,430 Now, looking at the area of origin in all four of these fires, they all have 598 00:35:20,430 --> 00:35:23,430 the same small circular protected pattern, the same as the last row in 599 00:35:23,430 --> 00:35:24,430 Reese's test grid. 600 00:35:24,910 --> 00:35:27,830 It looks like that's the size of the container he settled on. Now, all of 601 00:35:27,830 --> 00:35:30,350 these fires started in storage rooms. They would have been packed with 602 00:35:30,350 --> 00:35:33,230 combustibles. They would have accelerated the flame and hid the 603 00:35:33,230 --> 00:35:34,230 ignition source. 604 00:35:34,310 --> 00:35:36,130 And Reese was the lead on all four. 605 00:35:36,530 --> 00:35:38,070 Uh, make that five. 606 00:35:38,290 --> 00:35:39,630 A restaurant on Kipling. 607 00:35:40,090 --> 00:35:41,530 Wow, these go back two years. 608 00:35:42,090 --> 00:35:43,090 Any casualties? 609 00:35:43,390 --> 00:35:44,390 No. 610 00:35:45,490 --> 00:35:47,090 We've only just scratched the surface. 611 00:35:47,370 --> 00:35:50,430 I'm gonna text Mark. Get him to dig into every fire that Reese was ever at. 612 00:35:52,860 --> 00:35:53,900 I've seen this before. 613 00:35:54,140 --> 00:35:56,680 Can you pull this restaurant fire up on your monitor? 614 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:00,900 Bottom left corner. Can you zoom in? 615 00:36:11,500 --> 00:36:16,760 The cutest carnivore? It's the same brand of cat food at Risa's house. 616 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,320 That's what caused all those protective patterns. 617 00:36:21,190 --> 00:36:23,850 This guy lights fires so he can be the hero who put them out. 618 00:36:24,390 --> 00:36:26,150 And maybe Blair knew it. 619 00:36:27,930 --> 00:36:28,970 That's why he killed him. 620 00:36:32,330 --> 00:36:37,730 I give you guys 24 hours to prove that Reese Manning tampered with a witness, 621 00:36:37,810 --> 00:36:41,790 and you come back claiming that he started several unrelated fires instead. 622 00:36:42,110 --> 00:36:43,110 Factfully, they're not unrelated. 623 00:36:44,250 --> 00:36:47,610 We lost that trial because the jury didn't believe that Reese started a 624 00:36:47,610 --> 00:36:50,310 delayed fire at his own home. But we had the wrong motive. 625 00:36:53,070 --> 00:36:54,070 Say more. 626 00:36:55,270 --> 00:36:57,830 His wife found out he was an arsonist. 627 00:37:01,950 --> 00:37:06,930 After we realized what Reese was doing, we found a folder for a fake property 628 00:37:06,930 --> 00:37:08,290 listing on Blair's tablet. 629 00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:11,730 She created it the day after she tracked Reese's location. 630 00:37:12,090 --> 00:37:17,470 It had photos of his garage lab, hardware store receipts for rags, teak 631 00:37:17,470 --> 00:37:18,750 oil, all kinds of... Oh, wait. 632 00:37:19,150 --> 00:37:23,310 If Reese was a teak oil rags guy, why didn't he use that method in his own 633 00:37:23,310 --> 00:37:24,890 house? Because it would take too long to ignite. 634 00:37:25,370 --> 00:37:31,610 Reese's experiments gave him a 36- to 48-hour window. If he used his usual 635 00:37:31,610 --> 00:37:35,670 method, he would risk arriving home from Vegas before his house burned down. 636 00:37:35,990 --> 00:37:38,690 He needed to pivot to something faster. 637 00:37:39,030 --> 00:37:42,230 That's where the coffee maker came in. This changes nothing about his 638 00:37:42,230 --> 00:37:45,650 acquittal. You can't try the guy a second time for the same murder. 639 00:37:45,950 --> 00:37:46,950 I know. 640 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:48,840 But we can get him on arson. 641 00:37:49,260 --> 00:37:52,760 So what? Put him away for a few years, hope he comes out a changed man? 642 00:37:53,020 --> 00:37:54,660 Theo, it's not just one fire. 643 00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:58,800 He's escalating. He's doing this for the praise, for the attention. 644 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,100 He's sociopathic. 645 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,540 Fire after fire after fire after fire. 646 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,200 He murdered his own wife just to protect his own mythology. 647 00:38:12,140 --> 00:38:13,160 I went elementary. 648 00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:16,380 Last June. 649 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:18,780 We covered that with Adams. 650 00:38:19,660 --> 00:38:22,640 Reese wasn't working that day. He wasn't working that fire, so why was he there? 651 00:38:26,860 --> 00:38:30,120 Reese was originally scheduled to work the day of the Pinewood fire, but he 652 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:33,700 rolled his ankle the day before, so I sent him home with a week. But he came 653 00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:37,860 back. Crew told me he showed up the next day with a box of donuts, ended up 654 00:38:37,860 --> 00:38:42,280 sticking around, which was a good thing, too. That school fire got out of control 655 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:43,058 real fast. 656 00:38:43,060 --> 00:38:44,980 Yeah, so we heard it. Took out a few classrooms. 657 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:47,660 Yeah, well, it could have been worse. 658 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:50,680 We only lost one. 659 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:52,460 What do you mean you only lost one? 660 00:38:55,260 --> 00:38:56,260 Mr. 661 00:38:56,980 --> 00:38:57,980 Manning? 662 00:38:58,420 --> 00:38:59,960 A few words? 663 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:04,560 It's fine. 664 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:06,640 Depends on the words. 665 00:39:06,780 --> 00:39:07,940 How about we're sorry? 666 00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:14,860 Look, Rhys, cops and firefighters, we're not that different. 667 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,260 We're all here to save lives, right? 668 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:19,280 Yeah. 669 00:39:21,380 --> 00:39:22,400 Appreciate the apology. 670 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,940 But that's all I got work to do. 671 00:39:26,180 --> 00:39:31,340 Hey, Toronto Fire passed you over for left-handed three times before you 672 00:39:31,340 --> 00:39:32,340 finally made the cut, right? 673 00:39:33,100 --> 00:39:36,940 Apparently there was an issue with your leadership abilities. 674 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:38,440 You were more of a crew guy. 675 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,780 But you didn't like that, so you found a shortcut. 676 00:39:42,190 --> 00:39:45,690 You started setting fires yourself so you could be the hero and put them out. 677 00:39:49,990 --> 00:39:50,990 And it worked. 678 00:39:51,390 --> 00:39:52,390 You got promoted. 679 00:39:52,950 --> 00:39:53,990 Conferences started calling. 680 00:39:54,210 --> 00:39:55,169 What are you talking about? 681 00:39:55,170 --> 00:39:58,090 Oh, he knows. No idea what these guys are talking about. Is that what you told 682 00:39:58,090 --> 00:40:01,730 Blair when she figured it out after she called Sims here, followed you back to 683 00:40:01,730 --> 00:40:03,130 your little fire lab? 684 00:40:04,010 --> 00:40:09,090 Your wife finally saw you for what you really are, a sociopath and an arsonist. 685 00:40:11,310 --> 00:40:14,650 And so you killed her. I was acquitted of my wife's death. You're right. 686 00:40:15,250 --> 00:40:17,270 Legally, you can't be tried for it again. 687 00:40:19,490 --> 00:40:23,890 But the Crown hasn't tried you for the death of Penny Campbell. 688 00:40:26,550 --> 00:40:28,130 Remember Pinewood Elementary? 689 00:40:28,790 --> 00:40:33,490 Everyone made it out safely, except Penny. Eight years old, she snuck off to 690 00:40:33,490 --> 00:40:37,670 the supply room off the library to read over lunch. She ended up with third 691 00:40:37,670 --> 00:40:39,730 -degree burns all over her body. 692 00:40:41,390 --> 00:40:42,610 There were cover stories. 693 00:40:43,190 --> 00:40:44,410 With your face on it. 694 00:40:45,490 --> 00:40:49,130 But none about that little girl who died three months later when she got sepsis 695 00:40:49,130 --> 00:40:50,490 from the injuries that you caused. 696 00:40:51,450 --> 00:40:53,650 She got two paragraphs in a local paper. 697 00:40:54,170 --> 00:40:57,970 I saved 12 kids that day. I was the first one in the door and I didn't stop. 698 00:40:58,070 --> 00:41:00,210 You were a hero. Yeah, actually. I was. 699 00:41:00,690 --> 00:41:02,010 I am. We are. 700 00:41:02,730 --> 00:41:05,150 You couldn't do what we do. 701 00:41:05,950 --> 00:41:06,948 Neither could you. 702 00:41:06,950 --> 00:41:09,450 It takes a certain type of person to run into a burning building. 703 00:41:10,030 --> 00:41:11,030 You know why? 704 00:41:12,529 --> 00:41:13,830 Because it's counterintuitive. 705 00:41:14,210 --> 00:41:17,870 Bonnie just doesn't want to do it. So you have to override that instinct, and 706 00:41:17,870 --> 00:41:19,690 you have to run into that fire to save lives. 707 00:41:20,090 --> 00:41:22,350 And you know what? The little kids thank you for it. 708 00:41:22,890 --> 00:41:23,930 Yeah, they do. 709 00:41:24,130 --> 00:41:28,590 Everyone thanks you for it. Everyone except you two. You have no idea who I 710 00:41:28,590 --> 00:41:30,710 am. Oh, we do, actually. As a matter of fact, catch. 711 00:41:34,910 --> 00:41:38,650 You were so busy pulling kids out for your photo op. 712 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:42,120 You forgot to retrieve the ignition device you left behind. 713 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:45,840 That's the stuff you feed your cat. 714 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,180 Imported from California, it's actually quite hard to find. 715 00:41:49,380 --> 00:41:50,380 This is ridiculous. 716 00:41:51,340 --> 00:41:53,820 You realize that, right? Because I have no idea what he's talking about. I've 717 00:41:53,820 --> 00:41:55,540 got five more photos just like that. 718 00:41:57,660 --> 00:42:01,520 Your lieutenant here has been setting the fires you're risking your lives to 719 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:02,520 put out. 720 00:42:14,290 --> 00:42:15,430 Reese, look at me. 721 00:42:20,710 --> 00:42:23,470 You really think your brotherhood's going to protect you this time? 722 00:42:28,170 --> 00:42:29,170 Cap, come on. 723 00:42:31,030 --> 00:42:34,690 Come on. You can't believe this, right? 724 00:42:35,330 --> 00:42:37,170 Come on. Hey, get your hands off me. 725 00:42:45,190 --> 00:42:50,250 Today marks the beginning of the Crown's prosecution of Reese Manning for the 726 00:42:50,250 --> 00:42:55,690 arson at Pinewood Elementary and for the resulting death of eight-year-old Penny 727 00:42:55,690 --> 00:42:59,290 Campbell. We also hope that these proceedings will bring a measure of 728 00:42:59,290 --> 00:43:02,370 justice to Blair Manning's family. 729 00:43:02,990 --> 00:43:05,710 You think this gets us back into those good books? 730 00:43:06,090 --> 00:43:07,090 I don't know. 731 00:43:07,770 --> 00:43:09,410 Let's wait for the smoke to clear.