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Why would Martin need a criminal

defense attorney?

He hasn't done anything.

Well if I knew that,

I couldn't tell you anyway.

Martin won't be back for

quite some time.

I'll show you out.

Thank you.

So you're telling me the

techs found nothing

in that motel room?

Nothing?

We did it twice.

Nothing, it's a motel room, do

you have any idea how many hairs

we pulled out of there?

Well, she's officially a

missing person, consider the

report filed by me.

You need someone to file?

I got to go,

I got another call.

Find her, Clyde, will you?

Find something.

Alan Page.

Hey, this is officer Eric.

Yeah, the Chief told me to pull

the files on that black rose

murder case.

Great.

Thanks, how soon can we

get 'em shipped?

There's a little problem.

What kind of problem?

Well, actually it's a 'they're

not here' kind of problem.

Not there, where are they?

I don't know.

They were catalogued

as being here.

No one's listed as having

checked 'em out.

Is there a copy anywhere?

We weren't making backups

10 years ago.

This would be the only place

where the information would be.

There's nothing here, I'm sorry.

All right, listen, uh, this

is really important, this is

beyond important.

I need you to keep looking for

me, and let me know

if something turns up.

I'm telling you, there's

nothing here.

Please, just keep looking.

Thank you.

Mommy's here.

Get it.

Mommy.

Hi, sweetheart.

Hey.

Hi.

Can I get you something

to drink?

No, I'm, I'm good, thank you.

Chamomile tea.

Great.

Okay.

So, did you have a good day

with your dad?

We're talking with Martin

Darius, CEO of Darius

Construction who made that

hefty donation to the

public library.

Three million dollars is a very

generous donation.

Well, it's for a good cause.

Arguably, though, there are

a lot of good causes out there.

Why the public library?

Yeah, you're right.

There are a lot of good

causes out there.

And reading is really crucial.

You know, when I was a kid I

didn't have much of anything,

and I spent a lot of my time

reading in a public library.

Whatever success I have--

Oh, thank you.

is due in large part

to that experience.

Thank you very much,

Mr. Darius.

Dan and Christina, back to you.

Let me see, honey.

This is you, this is Daddy,

and this is me in the middle.

And we're all in the same house.

Well, that's beautiful,

sweetheart.

Thank you.

It's a great house, Kathy.

Well, I'm happy to find you

among the living.

Now I'm wondering if I should

have you arrested.

Who do you want answering

questions, me or my attorney?

The women began disappearing

in February.

First it was, um,

Samantha Reardon.

Then Patricia Cross.

Gloria Escalante and, uh,

Anne Hazelton.

I mean, they vanished

without a trace.

No clues except for the roses

and the notes.

Lake's wife and daughter were

killed in October.

When a wife is murdered,

where do you look first?

The husband.

Right.

Only this was different.

I mean, this killer left his

calling card.

Which meant that if, uh, if Lake

had killed his family, he was

probably good for the other

women as well.

Still, I didn't believe it was

him at first.

Why not?

I just didn't.

Mr. Lake?

Well, we have to give

O'Malley something.

Like what?

You got any suggestions?

We've been over and

over this.

We haven't even had lunch yet.

You want to see about lunch?

I'm hungry.

I'll tell you, whoever's

doing this is a genius.

I mean, kidnap and kill these

many women, this clean.

Hey, wait a second.

This guy, Singer.

The neighbor that's a CPA.

Yeah, right here.

He says he saw Peter Lake come

home at 7:20.

7:20?

911 call came in at 8:15.

Mmhm.

And in the call he said he

just found the bodies.

Yeah, so what was he doing

for an hour?

Killing his wife

and daughter.

How could a man break

his own daughter's neck?

Hey, Frank, Peter Lake is

on his way back

to see you right now.

We're leaving right now.

Hey, now wait a minute, it's

not enough, it's not evidence.

I mean, he comes home, he finds

the bodies.

He, he's overcome, he doesn't

make the call for an hour.

Who's not to say?

You're right.

Even though we have opportunity,

we still need motive.

The wife found out something.

But what?

And what about the little girl?

I mean, why did she have to die?

Maybe the little girl saw

something, didn't know what it

was and told Mom.

Or she sees Daddy kill Mommy.

So he has to kill her, too.

Yeah, but we still have no

link to the other murders,

the other women.

Figured you guys

would be here.

Hi, Peter.

We're just, uh, going through

the victims' files, to see if

anything doesn't fit.

Find anything?

Nothin' much.

I just, uh, thought I'd let

you know that I told the Chief I

thought that guy, Waters, would

be someone to watch.

So who was Waters?

He was a flower delivery guy

who, uh, who had a history of

indecent exposure.

Why not him?

He didn't fit the profile.

Just tell us what happened

that night.

Was she cute?

I just wanted to show it

to her, that's all.

What made you do it?

She didn't think I could.

What?

She, she dared you to do it?

Oh, she dared me alright.

Yeah, what did she say?

She didn't have to

say a thing.

They have their ways of letting

you know what they think.

But actually the woman never

spoke to you.

I know what she wanted.

What they all want.

All?

All of them?

You mean, women?

And girls?

You can talk to me, Henry.

They're all the same.

All of them.

What are they thinking?

That I can't, you know,

be with them.

I can, any time I want.

What about this guy Waters?

Waters, the florist

delivery guy?

What about him?

Those women would have let

him into their homes, okay?

I mean, if he was delivering

a big bouquet of flowers, they

would have let him in.

That's access.

And he has a history

of sex crimes.

Waters was only seen at one

of the crime sites.

There's no other evidence

linking him to any

of the other victims.

And his history of sex crimes

comes down to one questionable

incident of flashing.

I just got a feeling

about him.

He can put the women in his

delivery truck

to drive them away.

I mean, who'd look there?

He works for a florist, he can

get black roses easily.

He's a florist delivery man,

and he leaves behind his calling

card, a black rose.

It fits, right?

No.

Because nothing else

about him fits.

He lives with his sick

grandfather, he, he's a

high school dropout.

Are you going to be okay?

Yeah.

Thanks, Nancy.

Oh, it's nothing.

No, Peter, no.

No.

Goodnight.

He came onto you?

Believe me, I shined it

on at first.

But there was no doubt

what he wanted.

Yes, granted, it looks bad.

But...

Well, there was more.

Turner found a link between

Peter Lake and all of

the other women.

Anne Hazelton belonged to the

same country club.

Cross' husband's law firm did

overspill work for

Lake's law firm.

Escalante and her husband

organized a charity golf

tournament for Sandra

and Peter Lake.

And Reardon and her husband

were on the Hunter's Point

Preservation Committee

with Peter Lake.

It was way beyond

coincidence.

Unbelievable.

Yeah.

How did you nail the

other guy for it?

We got an anonymous tip.

Somebody called and said that

they'd overheard Waters bragging

that he was, uh, holding a, a

woman in his basement.

We had to check it out.

First player ever with three

consecutive 100-yard games...

Henry Waters?

I'm Detective Gordon from the

Hunter's Point Police.

This is Detective Turner, and

Officers Smith and Mayhew.

May we come in?

Hey, what for?

I, I check in with Wheeler.

I saw her last Wednesday, I gave

her a sample and everything.

You can ask her.

This isn't about your

parole, Henry.

Then what?

Just step aside.

I, I didn't do anything.

Listen, otherwise I'm gonna

have Officer Mayhew cuff you,

and you're gonna be held in

violation of your parole.

Ah, come on.

Come on, let's deal with him.

100-yard gain...

Which way is your basement,

Henry?

Why don't you stay here

and watch him.

You got it.

I need you to stay

right here, sir.

Look at this.

No wonder he didn't

want us down here.

That's not what

we're here for.

Look at this.

It's Patricia Cross.

What did he do to her?

Mayhew!

Get in here, come on.

I don't want to go in there!

Henry, what do you

know about this?

No.

No, I, I didn't do anything.

I didn't do anything!

Stop!

Stay right here.

Body, dead perp, the killer's

signature, all wrapped up in a

nice little bundle.

Waters took the fall.

And we all knew who

was behind it.

So it was Waters after all.

The Chief's holding a

press conference.

We may never find the bodies

of the other women.

Well, you must be happy.

The man who killed your wife

and daughter is dead.

I'm satisfied.

Yeah.

Yeah, everyone's satisfied.

But I'm not.

I know it's you.

I know who you are, and I'm

gonna get you.

We've got to have dinner.

You know, for old time's sake.

The case was officially

closed.

I never saw Peter Lake again.

Will you testify

to this in court?

Hey Mom, are you gonna

marry Martin Darius?

No, sweetheart.

Where you get an idea like that?

Daddy thinks you

like him more.

No, honey, that's not true.

No, I just work for Mr. Darius.

What kind of work?

Well, I actually haven't done

anything for him yet.

I just promised him that I would

help him if he needed my help.

Your daddy can be very

silly sometimes.

Hello?

Betsy?

Martin Darius.

The police are here in my home,

and they have a warrant.

I don't know.

Put the officer in charge

on the phone.

It's for you.

Inspector Barrow.

I'm Betsy Tannenbaum, I'm

Martin Darius' attorney.

Until I can verify that the

search warrant that you have is

in proper order and for just

cause, any evidence that you

collect will be subject to a

motion for inadmissibility.

And just when are you

planning on verifying

this warrant?

I'm on my way.

I'm Betsy Tannenbaum.

Detective Barrow.

Oh, it all seems to be

in order, Detective.

Gee, thanks.

Give the place a

thorough search.

We don't want to miss anything.

Wait a minute,

I want a list of everything

taken for examination

or marked as evidence.

Making a huge mistake.

They have a legal search

warrant, we can't stop them

unless you want to be charged

with obstruction of justice.

Excuse me.

Do you mind?

Sorry.

Thank you.

You knew this was gonna

happen, didn't you?

No, I didn't.

Really? Then why did you

come over here the other day?

To speak to your husband.

Which I haven't had a chance

to do yet.

What is this all about?

Why are the police

searching our home?

I don't have any idea.

I really don't.

Over here.

All right.

We have a positive match on

the tire tread of the BMW in

your garage to that found at a

murder site, Mr. Darius.

What?

Martin Darius, I'm placing

you under arrest for the murders

of Wendy Riser, Laura Ferrar and

Vicky Miller.

You have the right to

remain silent.

to an attorney.

We're gonna handcuff you now,

Mr. Darius, standard procedure.

Nobody touches me.

You are not gonna handcuff me.

Yes, we are.

One way or another, we are.

They're within legal bounds

to handcuff you, Martin.

You must do it, otherwise you'll

be charged with resisting

arrest, just go with them.

Don't say a word.

I'll call the district attorney

and find out what this is about.

Get me a bail hearing

right away.

I wouldn't go down to the

jail till tomorrow morning,

probably take us

all day to book him in.

We want to make sure we

do everything to your

satisfaction, counselor.

Murder?

Martin, what are they

talking about?

It's all wrong.

Don't worry, Lis,

I'll be out in a day.

Don't count on it.

I am counting on it.

We're searching the rest of

your house now, Mrs. Darius,

I'm gonna need the keys for

that Humvee for impound.

And don't worry, we'll give you

a receipt for everything.

Why is this happening?

As soon as I know, I will

tell you, I promise.

I can't believe this.

If there is something that

you know about the charges

against your husband, it would

help everyone if you told me.

Are you kidding?

I don't know anything

about this.

I had to ask.

Look, I need you to go

away for a while, is there

someplace you can stay?

Yeah, um, my dad's house.

All right, now go pack a bag

and leave quickly.

I'll stay here until they

finish the search.

Okay.

Miss Tannenbaum?

We need to talk.

I was just on my way

to see you.

We definitely do need to talk.

I'll meet you by the stairs.

All right.

Mr. Page.

Betsy, please, call me Alan.

We are colleagues.

Alan, my client was just

taken away in handcuffs.

What are the basis

of these charges?

When did you hook up

with Martin Darius?

After the Hammermill case.

Think he wanted to align himself

with someone that had a good

track record against the DA.

1-0 isn't exactly

dominance, counselor.

Well it's better than 0-1.

What have you got?

Your client is facing three

counts of murder one with

special circumstances.

Each one carrying

the death penalty.

You're joking.

I don't have that

particular skill set.

Martin Darius?

Let's step outside.

So why do you think

it's Martin Darius?

10 years ago a group of

similar crimes took place in

upstate New York.

Some town called Hunter's Point.

There was a suspect named

Peter Lake involved.

Again, what does this have

to do with Darius?

I've had contact with the

detective on that other case.

Her name is Nancy Gordon.

She had proof that Peter Lake

and Martin Darius

are the same man.

Proof, what proof?

A photograph of Peter Lake.

He killed six people in

Hunter's Point, two of them his

own wife and daughter.

Three more here makes nine.

I know combat vets with less on

their conscience.

The point is, the signatures

in each of the victims' initial

disappearances, both here and

there, identical.

That's why we arrested

your client.

What signatures?

When each of the women here

disappeared, whoever took them

left something behind.

A black rose, and a card which

read, -Gone but not forgotten.-

Exactly like in Hunter's Point.

Well, if this Nancy Gordon

has prima-facie evidence that

Peter Lake killed the women in

Hunter's Point, why isn't

he behind bars?

Someone else took

the fall for it.

Nancy Gordon believes that

Peter Lake set him up.

Win or lose, Betsy,

this case will hurt you.

Walk away from it.

Thank you very much for

the advice, Alan.

But I still believe that

everyone is innocent until

proven guilty.

We both know otherwise.

Some people are guilty whether

it's proved or not.

Powerful people get away with

murder all the time.

And some people are brought

to trial who are

wrongly accused.

Betsy, I have put away tons

of violent individuals

in my career.

This man is worse than any of

them, believe me, I've got a

sense for it.

You've got a sense for it?

Then why don't you lock him up

and throw away the key?

I guess we'll be glaring

at each other from across

the aisle again.

If I'm glaring, it's

definitely not at you.

Let me show you something.

These are the three women that

we pulled out of a pit yesterday

at one of your client's

construction sites.

If it hadn't been for the rain,

they would have been buried in

cement forever.

You're right, Alan,

they're horrible.

But they don't convict

my client.

Oh, and you're also right

about Martin Darius.

He is powerful.

If you take a swing at him,

don't miss.

Yes, I am Peter Lake.

Or I was.

10 years ago, in Hunter's Point,

my wife and my daughter

were murdered by a man,

a sex offender, named Waters.

He killed some other women, too.

They found one of them

in his basement.

I know all about it.

What happened to Waters?

He's dead.

He was shot resisting arrest.

Well that excludes him from

being a suspect in this case,

doesn't it?

Yeah.

But not you.

I've been in Sacramento

for 10 years.

If I'm the killer,

what have I been doing

for the last 10 years?

And besides, am I the only

person here who knows about

Hunter's Point?

Nancy Gordon.

You're saying that she

murdered those women?

And she's framing you.

Why?

10 years ago, while the

investigation was dragging on,

Nancy Gordon and I

had an affair.

It started out

innocently enough.

She was working on the case, so

we obviously spent a great deal

of time together,

and we became friends.

She was easy to talk to.

She made me smile again.

It soon evolved into

something more.

She gave me the comfort

that I needed.

I was alone, lost.

There's no excuse for

what I did.

It was wrong in so many ways.

We met a few times.

I broke it off,

she wanted to keep it going.

I told her I just couldn't.

She's framing you for murder

because you ended the affair?

You have no idea what she's

capable of.

After I broke it off, she

refused to accept it was over.

Did you call the police?

No, I thought I could

handle it myself.

No, it's not, Nancy.

Nancy, it's not gonna work out.

Now look, stop it, just stop it.

Leave me alone.

No, I'm not gonna leave

you alone!

Peter!

Under the circumstances,

I don't think anyone can blame

me for leaving.

Changing my name,

trying to get away.

10 years, 3000 miles,

and she's still pursuing you?

You'll have to ask her

about that.

I have to think about

representing you, Mr. Darius.

If I don't, rest assured, I'll

return the retainer.

Betsy, let me tell you why

you're gonna defend me.

This case is gonna make you a

national figure.

It'll make your last case look

like a speeding ticket.

Why?

Because it's me, because there

are multiple victims, but

mainly, and most importantly,

because I'm innocent.

I could get other

representation easily.

I want you.

I did not kill these women.

Would you be wiling to take a

lie detector test?

Is your birth date

January 26th?

Yes.

Is your name Martin Darius?

No.

Do you live at

1212 Sunrise Way?

Yes.

Have you recently donated

money to the public library?

Yes.

Do you have anything to do

with the missing women

in Sacramento?

No.

Did you kill Wendy Riser?

No.

Are you a registered voter?

No.

Did you abduct Laura Ferrar?

No.

Do you own pornography?

No.

Do you drive a Ferrari?

Yes.

How'd I do?

Are you still my attorney?

From now on our conversations

are privileged.

What's our next move?

I start spending your money.

And following his meeting

with foreign dignitaries, the

President is expected to spend

the weekend at Camp David.

Meanwhile, the confirmation

hearing for Senator Raymond

Colby continued today

on Capital Hill.

Senator Colby is widely

considered to be in a strong

position with little

political opposition.

Many, in fact, consider the

debates to be merely

a formality.

Now turning to local news,

over 200 people gathered today

to oppose the construction

of a new shopping mall

on West Wind Boulevard.

A spokesman for

Darius Construction declined

to comment on the controversy.

Hoo!

Oh, my God.

Now it can't be T-Baum.

It is me, in the flesh.

Well, more like flannel.

Well, I leave messages and

you don't call me back.

See, no, I, I don't call back

because I know what that's like.

I mean, you know, you're already

into me for like two jobs, and I

don't want us to be about that.

You know, I don't want it to be

about the M-O-N-E-Y,

see now look, there it is.

You made me bring it up and I'm

already feeling bad,

look at that.

Well, don't feel bad because

I've got your payment.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

I mean, it's not that I'm eager

or anything, you understand.

Payment in full in tens and

twenties, like you like it.

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo.

Thank you.

It's too heavy.

Part of it's interest.

And part of it is advanced

payment on the next one.

Uh, advance... for what?

I want you to dig up all the

dirt you can on Martin Darius.

I hope to God

you're suing him.

I'm defending him.

Murder trial.

Okay, so, here's the number

for Darius' construction

foreman.

This is the service that

washes his car.

Wow, that was fast.

While you're being so

efficient today, I need a hard

copy file on any of the archival

news items that you can find on

a series of murders done at a

place called Hunter's Point,

New York.

1994 and 1996, there abouts.

'94, '96, okay I can do that.

Uh, is there anything else?

Yes, there is.

Uh, find out what you can pull

up on A, black roses,

or B, the phrase,

-Gone but not forgotten.-

Okay, I'll go look that up

on the internet.

Okay.

Um, Dr. Keane's outside

waiting for you.

Oh, good, I'll be

right there.

Dr. Keane, thank you so much

for stopping by.

What can I do for you?

Well, I was hoping that you

still had some of your contacts

at the coroner's office.

For some reason, coroners

don't make many new friends.

We tend to stick together.

I need the autopsies on the

bodies that were found at the

Darius construction site.

Do you want the county's

report, or do you want more?

The county doesn't give much

money for an autopsy these days,

budget cutbacks.

What do you mean?

more complete if they had more

time and money.

Well, we've got money if

it'll get us information.

This is a situation where

money can make the dead talk.

How much do you think it'll

take to get 'em to

testify under oath?

There are limits.

How long before you can

get me something?

Not long, I'll let you know.

Okay, thank you so much.

Bye.

Miss Tannenbaum.

Lisa.

I really need to

speak to you.

Is everything okay

at your father's?

Never better.

He's delighted that my husband's

been accused of, uh,

being a serial killer.

Is there anything I can do?

Yeah, I was, uh, wondering,

how long have you

represented my husband?

Just under a week.

Doesn't that make you

a bit uncomfortable?

Why?

Well, he hired you only a few

days ago, and now suddenly he's

arrested for murder.

Well, the thought did cross

my mind, but I think, like

anyone else, he's entitled to

the benefit of the doubt.

Why?

What do you know about him?

Nothing more than

his public persona.

Mind?

Actually, it's a

nonsmoking office.

Sorry.

Um, that's why you came by

the other day, isn't it,

to the house?

You were curious.

Can I help you with

something, Lisa?

I don't know where

he goes sometimes.

It's been happening

a lot this summer.

And when I try to ask, he just

gets cold and distant.

So I've hired a private

investigator.

I have to know.

Okay.

His name is Oberhurst.

The strange thing is, he hasn't

called me in weeks.

I leave messages, and he doesn't

call me back.

So I'm thinking Martin may have

found out and, and paid him off.

I wanted to give that to you.

Maybe he can tell you something.

I'll look into it.

Thank you.

Mr. Oberhurst.

Mr. Oberhurst?

Anybody home?

Mr. Oberhurst.

Hello?

This is the office of The

Oberhurst Detective Agency.

Our investigations are

discreet and confidential.

Leave a brief message, and one

of our operators will be back

to you shortly.

Thank you.

Yes, Mr. Oberhurst, this is

Lisa Darius calling again,

and I'm paying for a service

here, and I'm not getting

anything in return.

So if you don't call me back by

tonight, we're no longer

working together, thank you.

It was really creepy, Reggie.

Now what did you find

out about Darius?

Our little Martin does not

play well with others.

Once he's targeted an area,

he buys up the property under

market value.

Then he undermines all the

mom and pop shops.

You know, raises the rent, hits

them with code violations,

rezones, whatever, to, to

degrade the neighborhood.

Then, he appears like some sort

of guardian angel, starts a big

project, hypes the value, and

sells before the

construction is finished.

Thereby reaping all of the

rewards and passing on all of

the headaches.

Okay, we know he's

not an angel.

The question is, has he done

anything that would make anyone

hate him enough to want

to frame him for murder?

T-Baum, in general, in my

experience, framing is something

that doesn't really happen

in real life.

If someone is pissed off enough

that they want revenge, they

usually bypass the middleman and

bingo, they go straight

to the source.

They usually wind up in jail.

That depends on who's

defending them.

Look, all we have now is one

possible candidate who could

possibly hate him enough to want

to frame him for murder.

Nancy Gordon.

The prosecution's

star witness.

Alan, there's a problem.

What, what is it?

She's gone.

Gone, who's gone?

Nancy Gordon, you asked me

to swing by and check on her.

I knocked on her door,

I talked to the manager.

He said she checked out.

What?

Fellas, what's up?

Nancy Gordon's in the wind.

You're kidding.

You sure?

Yeah, without a trace.

Not even the black rose

and the note.

But she's half our case.

I know that, Randy.

And I don't need you looking

at me like that.

Like what?

Like you advised me not to

arrest Darius until I had more

than a few tire tracks

for evidence.

You're the DA, right?

Yeah, Nancy Gordon told me

the same thing.

What are we gonna do?

Find her, Clyde, all right?

Find her.

Help...

Help me!

Help me!