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THE MORNING WAS NORMAL.

JOHN, MY FIANC�, GOT UP,
AND HE GOT IN THE SHOWER.

JOHN?
- IN HERE, HONEY.

I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU
EXACTLY WHAT HE PUT ON.

HE HAD ON A WHITE POLO SHIRT.

POLO WAS HIS FAVORITE THING
IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO WEAR.

GOOD MORNING, BABY.

MORNING.

WORK ALREADY?

I'M AFRAID SO.

I FIXED HIS COLLAR
BECAUSE IT WAS STICKING UP.

WE WERE GETTING VERY EXCITED
ABOUT OUR WEDDING,

WHICH WAS TO BE TAKING PLACE,
YOU KNOW, 5 MONTHS FROM THEN,

AND HE KISSED ME GOODBYE.

HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME.

I WATCHED HIM WALK
TO OUR BRAND-NEW CAR,

PULLED OUT THE STREET,

AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME
I EVER SAW HIM ALIVE.

**

**

**

Abington Police and Fire,

What's your emergency?

911, YES.
I NEED YOUR HELP.

WE'VE BEEN ROBBED.

MY MANAGER, JOHN,
HE'S BEEN SHOT.

LOOK, I'M SHOT, TOO.
I'M BLEEDING OUT.

COME NOW.
WE'RE AT HOULIHAN'S.

PLEASE HURRY, NOW.

WE WERE ALL GATHERED
IN THE DETECTIVE ROOM.

WE HEAR THAT THERE'S A ROBBERY
AT THE HOULIHAN'S RESTAURANT.

THERE'S SOMEONE THAT'S SHOT,
SO ALL HANDS ON DECK.

SO WE WERE PAIRED UP
AS PARTNERS,

AND THEN I WAS TOLD THAT
I WAS LEAD DETECTIVE.

EVERYBODY RUSHES OUT
OF THE DETECTIVE'S OFFICE,

AND WE GET DOWN THERE, PROBABLY,
ABOUT 4 OR 5 MINUTES LATER.

WE FIRST ARRIVED, WENT INSIDE,

AND WE KIND OF GET
A PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

THE 911 CALLER, MARK GRIFFIN,

WHO HAD BEEN SHOT,

WAS ALREADY ON THE WAY
TO THE HOSPITAL,

BUT POLICE MAKE A MORE
DEVASTATING DISCOVERY

INSIDE THE RESTAURANT BATHROOM.

AS DETECTIVES BEGIN
THEIR INVESTIGATION,

THEY ARE JOINED

BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHIEF
DETECTIVE OSCAR VANCE.

- PAUL.
- CHIEF.

IT WAS
A VERY GRUESOME SIGHT.

MATTER OF FACT,
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

THERE WAS A MAN LYING
IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM.

THE BLOOD WAS FRESH.

WE FIGURED THAT IT HAD
HAPPENED FAIRLY QUICK

BY THE TIME WE GOT DOWN THERE.

BEEN HERE ABOUT 10 MINUTES,
BY THE LOOKS OF IT.

IT WAS A VERY VIOLENT SCENE,

AND THE POSITION OF
THE BODY WAS FACEDOWN.

THERE WAS A GUNSHOT
WOUND TO THE HEAD.

ALLS I SEE IS ONE GUNSHOT.

NO SHELL CASINGS,
SO A REVOLVER MOST LIKELY.

YOU THINK THEY CAUGHT HIM
IN HERE OR TOOK HIM OUT,

LIKE A HIT OR SOMETHING?

YOU SEE A GUY,
A BIG, YOUNG FELLOW,

LAYING IN THE BATHROOM
LIKE THAT.

I DON'T CARE HOW LONG YOU WERE
ON THE JOB,

IT'S -- IT'S -- IT'S JUST BAD.

THE VICTIM'S NAME IS
JOHN THURBERG, 28 YEARS OLD.

HE HAD BEEN AN ASSISTANT MANAGER

AT HOULIHAN'S
FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS.

IT'S A COLD-BLOODED
KILLING INVESTIGATORS

FEEL COMPELLED TO SOLVE.

WE WERE GLAD THAT THE
RESTAURANT WASN'T OPEN YET.

WE WERE FORTUNATE
WE HAD WITNESSES THERE.

- WHO IS THIS?
- A WITNESS.

WORKS HERE, TOO.

THEIR FIRST WITNESS IS
THE RESTAURANT'S DISHWASHER,

JOHNNIE BLALOCK.

JOHNNIE, LOOK.

I KNOW THIS MUST ALL
HAVE YOU PRETTY RATTLED,

AND WE WANT TO GET YOU OUT
OF HERE AS SOON AS WE CAN,

BUT I HAVE TO ASK.

IS HE DEAD?

IS WHO DEAD?

BIG JOHN, MY MANAGER.

I SAW THEM
TAKE HIM IN THERE.

I HEARD THE SHOT.

YEAH.
HE'S GONE.

DAMN.

JOHN BLALOCK WAS VISIBLY SHAKEN.

HE WAS VERY, VERY UPSET BECAUSE
THEY REALLY LIKED THE MANAGER.

CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING?

UM, I CAME TO WORK AT 7:00.

I WAS LET INTO THE KITCHEN
TO START PREP.

GRIFF WAS THERE.

WHO'S GRIFF?

MARK GRIFFIN.

HE'S THE ONE WHO CALLED 911.

DETECTIVES PLAN
ON GOING TO THE HOSPITAL

TO TALK TO MARK GRIFFIN LATER.

ACCORDING TO JOHNNIE BLALOCK,

GRIFF HAD BEEN THERE
AT THE RESTAURANT

WHEN THE TRAGIC CONFRONTATION
BEGAN THAT MORNING.

HE HAD ARRIVED AT
THE STORE SOMETIME AROUND 7:00,

AND THAT HE WAS PREPARING
TO DO HIS WORK FOR THE DAY.

BLALOCK ARRIVED SOON AFTER.

THEN TWO MEN ENTERED
THE RESTAURANT.

GET DOWN, RIGHT NOW!
GET DOWN!

MR. GRIFFIN,
HE HEARD THIS COMMOTION.

HE CAME OUT.
HE SAW THE MANAGER, THURBERG,

WRESTLING WITH
A TALL BLACK MALE.

HE HAD A SHOTGUN AND,
NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

THERE WAS ANOTHER BLACK
MALE THERE WITH A HANDGUN.

LET GO!

GET UP BEFORE I
KILL YOU RIGHT NOW.

MOVE!

ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. DON'T SHOOT.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY HERDED
EVERYBODY BACK IN THE KITCHEN

AND WANTED TO KNOW WHERE
THE KEY TO THE SAFE WAS.

AND THEN
THEY SPLIT US UP.

THE SHORTER ONE,
THE ONE WITH THE PISTOL,

HE TOOK ME AND GRIFF
INTO THE KITCHEN

AND TIED US UP,
AND THEN THEY TOOK

BIG JOHN
TOWARDS THE MEN'S ROOM.

BLALOCK TELLS DETECTIVES

THAT WHILE THE GUNMAN
WAS TYING UP

MARK GRIFFIN'S HANDS,
HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIM.

THE GUNMAN THEN TRIED TO FORCE

GRIFFIN AND BLALOCK
TOWARD THE RESTROOM,

WHERE BIG JOHN THURBERG
WAS BEING HELD.

THEN THEY TOOK GRIFF
IN THE MEN'S ROOM,

AND THEY MADE ME STAY
OUTSIDE THE MEN'S ROOM.

WHY DID THEY LEAVE YOU
OUTSIDE THE MEN'S ROOM?

I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY
IT WENT DOWN.

BLALOCK SAYS THE TWO MEN

THEN WANTED THE KEYS
TO THE SAFE.

- GIVE ME THE KEYS, MAN.
- HURRY UP.

MR. THURBERG SAID,
"I'LL GIVE YOU THE MONEY.

HERE'S THE KEY."

MOVE.
DON'T YOU MOVE!

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT, MAN?
WHAT IS THAT?

IT'S THE DELIVERY BOY,
ALL RIGHT.

DURING ALL THIS CRAZINESS
INSIDE THE RESTAURANT,

NOW THE DOORBELL WAS RINGING

AND THERE WAS A DELIVERYMAN
TRYING TO GET

IN THE BACK OF
THE DELIVERY AREA.

HE'S NOT GONNA LEAVE
WITHOUT A SIGNATURE.

MAN, SHUT UP.

MOST CRIMES
DON'T TAKE VERY LONG.

IT'S A MATTER OF MINUTES,

AND IF AN INDIVIDUAL
BECOMES STARTLED,

AGITATED, THAT'S WHEN
THE EXECUTION OCCURS.

GO NOW, BEFORE HE
COMES AROUND FRONT.

HE'S GONNA KNOW
SOMETHING IS UP.

SHUT UP!

BLALOCK SAYS THAT FROM
WHERE HE LAY,

OUTSIDE OF THE BATHROOM,

HE COULD HEAR THE SHOT
THAT KILLED BIG JOHN.

THEY HEARD THE TWO
INDIVIDUALS SAY,

"THE MAN'S DEAD.
WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE."

DID YOU SEE
WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE?

ONE WAS ABOUT 6'3".

HE WAS A BIG GUY,
HEAVYSET.

HE WAS THE ONE
WITH THE SHOTGUN.

THE OTHER GUY, HE WAS
ABOUT, LIKE, 6 FOOT,

BUT HE WASN'T AS BIG
AS THE OTHER ONE.

YOU NEVER
SEEN THESE GUYS?

YOU DON'T KNOW THESE GUYS,

AND THEY NEVER WORKED
FOR HOULIHAN'S?

NOPE.

NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.

ONE MORE QUESTION, DID YOU
NOTICE ANYTHING AT ALL UNUSUAL,

ANYTHING OUT OF PLACE THIS
MORNING BEFORE YOU STARTED WORK?

I MEAN,
NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT,

THERE WAS THIS ONE THING.

BEFORE I WENT
INTO THE KITCHEN,

I WAS WALKING THROUGH
THE PARKING LOT,

AND I NOTICED THESE TWO GUYS
IN A CAR WATCHING ME.

JOHN BLALOCK, HE STATED
THAT HE NOTICED A BROWN CHEVETTE

WITH TWO BLACK MALES IN IT,
ONE LARGE, ONE SMALL.

OFFICER, WE NEED TO BROADCAST
THIS VEHICLE AND OUR PERPS.

POLICE PUT OUT
AN ALL-POINTS BULLETIN

FOR A BROWN CHEVETTE
AND TWO POSSIBLE SUSPECTS.

THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED
IN SUBURBAN ABINGTON TOWNSHIP,

JUST OUTSIDE OF PHILADELPHIA.

ABINGTON TOWNSHIP HAS
A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY

52,000 TO 54,000.

IT'S A VERY HIGH-PROFILE AREA
WHERE CORPORATE OWNERS LIVE

AND PEOPLE OF HIGH INCOME.

HOWEVER, POLICE
FOCUSED THEIR SEARCH

FOR THE KILLERS ELSEWHERE.

9 CHANCES OUT OF 10,

THEY'RE NOT
FROM ABINGTON TOWNSHIP.

THEY'RE PROBABLY
FROM PHILADELPHIA.

POLICE FANNED OUT,

AND THEY STARTED TALKING TO
ANYBODY THAT THEY COULD FIND,

ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY HAD SEEN
ANYBODY WHO LOOKS SUSPICIOUS,

WHO LOOKED LIKE
THEY WERE IN A HURRY,

WHO, YOU KNOW, MATCHED
THE DESCRIPTION

OF WHAT THEY HAD
OF THE TWO PEOPLE

WHO HAD BEEN AT THE ROBBERY.

AS THE CLOCK TICKED OFF,
WE WERE CONCERNED

AT WHERE THESE GUYS
WOULD BE GOING.

BUT WITH A GOOD HEAD START,

THE TWO PERPS COULD BE
ANYWHERE BY NOW.

WHILE POLICE SEARCH FOR THE
SUSPECTS AND THE BROWN CHEVETTE,

DETECTIVE MYERS
AND CHIEF VANCE

PIECE TOGETHER THE MOTIVE.

WELL, WHAT DID THEY GET?

THAT'S JUST IT --
NOTHING.

THE SAFE WAS
IN THE MANAGER'S OFFICE,

AND IT WAS NOT OPENED.

SO WE FIGURED THAT, MOST LIKELY,

THEY DID NOT GET
INSIDE THE SAFE.

SO THEY SHOOT THE FIRST GUY
BY MISTAKE,

THEN EXECUTE
JOHN THE MANAGER

AND LEAVE WITHOUT
TAKING ANYTHING?

MAYBE
IT WASN'T A ROBBERY.

FOLLOWING THE MURDER
OF HOULIHAN'S MANAGER,

BIG JOHN THURBERG,

DETECTIVE PAUL MYERS GOES TO
NOTIFY THE VICTIM'S FIANC�,

PATTI HEMKO.

USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE SEE
POLICE IN THEIR FRONT DOOR,

IT'S A BIG CONCERN

BECAUSE IN THEIR LIFE,
EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL,

AND THEN YOU SHOW UP,

AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM
SOME HORRIBLE NEWS.

IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST
THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO.

YOU'RE GIVING THEM
THE WORST NEWS

THEY HAVE EVER HEARD
IN THEIR LIFE.

I REMEMBER IT LIKE
IT WAS YESTERDAY.

I ARRIVED THERE THE SAME DAY

AS THE SHOOTING, AROUND 12:30,
KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

PATTI ANSWERED,
AND WHEN I LOOKED BEHIND HER

WAS HER WEDDING DRESS,

AND I HAD TO TELL HER
THAT HER FIANC� IS DEAD,

A VICTIM OF
A SENSELESS SHOOTING.

SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED,
WHICH ANYBODY WOULD HAVE BEEN.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

YOUR MIND DOESN'T WANT
TO BELIEVE IT.

I SAID, "HE CAN'T BE DEAD.
THERE'S NO WAY.

WE'RE GETTING MARRIED.

WE'RE GETTING MARRIED
IN FIVE MONTHS.

HE'S NOT DEAD.
HE IS COMING BACK."

MOST OF THE TIME,

PEOPLE JUST
DON'T BELIEVE IT'S TRUE,

AND YOU HAVE TO REALLY
SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN

TO HER STEP-BY-STEP
WHAT HAPPENED.

WE HAVE WITNESSES,
ALL RIGHT,

AND WE'RE GOING
TO CATCH THESE GUYS,

BUT FIRST I HAVE TO ASK YOU
A FEW QUESTIONS, OKAY?

OKAY.

DID JOHN HAVE BEEF
WITH ANYBODY?

DID HE EVER MENTION
SOMEONE WAS OUT TO GET HIM?

WHAT? NO.

EVERYBODY LOVES HIM.

IT TOTALLY BUTTONS UP.
LOOK AT THAT.

I DON'T THINK SO.
NOW TRY TO PUT YOUR HANDS...

- LOOK AT THIS SLIMMING...
- NOW DO THIS.

PATTI AND JOHN HAD MET
FOUR YEARS BEFORE.

IT HAD BEEN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT,

AND THEY'D BEEN
ENGAGED FOR TWO YEARS.

JOHN GREW UP RIGHT
OUTSIDE OF BOSTON.

HE WAS A VERY OUTGOING GUY.

HE SMILED ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T KNOW THAT HE WAS
EVER REALLY ANGRY.

ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE NOW.

HE WAS, YOU KNOW, 6'3",
250 POUNDS.

HE WAS KIND OF
LIKE A GENTLE GIANT.

HE WAS JUST HAPPY ALL THE TIME.

YOU NEVER SAW HIM UPSET.

SO HE HAD NO PROBLEMS

WITH ANYBODY
AT THE RESTAURANT?

NO, NEVER.

THEY HAD NO IDEA RIGHT IN
THE BEGINNING, LIKE,

WHO WOULD DO THIS,
WHY THEY WOULD DO THIS,

HOW THEY GOT AWAY,
NO IDEA WHATSOEVER.

DO YOU THINK THEY'LL
FIND THEM, HONESTLY?

WE'RE GONNA CATCH THEM.

ALL RIGHT,
PATTI, THAT'S A PROMISE.

HE WAS GENTLE,
AND HE WAS WONDERFUL,

AND HE WAS NOT VIOLENT,

AND HE WAS NEVER AGGRESSIVE,

AND HE DIED IN THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE MANNER,

AND I WANTED THEM TO BE CAUGHT

AND PAY FOR DOING SOMETHING
LIKE THAT TO SOMEBODY LIKE JOHN.

SIX HOURS AFTER
THE MURDER OF JOHN THURBERG,

POLICE HAVE ONLY VAGUE
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TWO PERPS

AND THE GETAWAY CAR
TO WORK WITH.

MARK GRIFFIN, THE COOK WHO WAS
SHOT WHILE BEING TIED UP,

IS BEING TREATED
AT ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

ABINGTON POLICE DETECTIVE
KENNETH CLARK

ARRIVES TO INTERVIEW GRIFFIN,

THEIR SECOND EYEWITNESS.

I'M SORRY
I HAVE TO MAKE YOU

GO THROUGH
WHAT HAPPENED AGAIN.

I UNDERSTAND.

HE WAS IN SOME PAIN,
AS I RECALL,

AND HE HAD AN INJURY
TO THE HAND.

IT WAS A GUNSHOT WOUND.

HE SAID THAT,
ALL OF A SUDDEN,

THERE WERE PEOPLE
INSIDE THE RESTAURANT

AND THAT THEY WERE PLACED
IN THE MEN'S ROOM.

GO ON, MAN.

GRIFFIN TELLS
THE SAME STORY THAT BLALOCK DID.

HE RECOUNTS GETTING SHOT
WHILE BEING TIED UP...

...AND DESCRIBES
HOW THE DELIVERY MAN

CAME TO THE BACK DOOR

AND RANG THE BELL
OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

RATTLING THE GUNMEN
IN THE MEN'S ROOM.

JUST SHUT UP!

WE WERE ALL THERE,
EXCEPT JOHNNIE.

HE WAS RIGHT
OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

DUDE JUST SHOT BIG JOHN
FOR NO REASON.

I'VE GOT TO ASK.

HE'S DEAD, ISN'T HE?

YEAH, MARK.
I'M AFRAID HE IS.

WHAT WAS THIS ALL ABOUT?
MONEY?

IS THAT WHY
THEY SHOT BIG JOHN?

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO FIND OUT.

BUT GRIFFIN'S ACCOUNT DIFFERS
FROM JOHNNIE BLALOCK'S

ON ONE KEY POINT.

WHILE BLALOCK SWORE HE SAW
THE TWO SUSPICIOUS MEN

IN THE BROWN CHEVETTE,

GRIFFIN IS CERTAIN
THEY FLED ON FOOT.

MR. GRIFFIN, HE SAID

THAT THEY
WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR,

WHICH IS THE SAME DOOR
THEY CAME IN,

AND THEY WERE RUNNING DOWN
TOWARD THE TRAIN STATION

WITH A DUFFEL BAG.

YOU DIDN'T SEE THEM GET INTO
A CHEVETTE, A BROWN CHEVETTE?

NOT THAT I SAW.
NO.

I JUST SAW THEM
PICK UP AND RUN.

IT COULD BE A STRESSED WITNESS

NOT REMEMBERING
EXACTLY WHAT HE SAW,

BUT INVESTIGATORS
DECIDE TO CHECK OUT

THE LEAD GRIFFIN
HAS JUST GIVEN THEM.

NOBLE TRAIN STATION
IS PROBABLY A BLOCK AWAY.

THE TRAIN GOES FROM WEST
TRENTON IN TO PHILADELPHIA,

SO WE WERE CONCERNED
THAT THE TRAIN

LEAVING THE STATION
HAD OUR GUYS IN IT.

**

HI.

I'M LOOKING FOR TWO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES

POSSIBLY CARRYING
A DUFFEL BAG.

HAVE YOU SEEN THEM?

I SAW A GUY IN HERE
A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO.

- WITH A DUFFEL BAG?
- YEAH.

- WHERE?
- RIGHT OVER THERE.

THERE WAS A BLACK MALE
STANDING IN THE CORNER,

MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION,
HAD A DUFFEL BAG.

HEY, YOU!
DROP THE BAG!

GET YOUR HANDS UP!
- WHAT'S GOING ON?

- DROP THE BAG!
- I DROPPED IT.

DISPATCH,
THIS IS UNIT FOUR.

I'VE GOT A SUSPECT
MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION

OF SUSPECT NUMBER TWO.
I NEED BACKUP NOW.

WE GOT A RADIO MESSAGE
THAT POLICE OFFICERS

HAVE A SUSPECT
THAT MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION.

THE MORE WE WERE LISTENING TO
IT, THE MORE HOPEFUL WE GOT.

WE SENT A DETECTIVE DOWN THERE,
ALSO, WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS.

I TOLD YOU.
I WAS GOING TO WORK.

YEAH. I HEARD YOU
THE FIRST 10 TIMES.

WE'RE WAITING FOR DETECTIVES
TO CHECK YOU OUT.

SIT TIGHT.

OFFICER.

THIS IS CHIEF OF
DETECTIVES OSCAR VANCE.

SIR, CAN I HAVE A LOOK
AT WHAT'S IN THAT BAG?

YEAH.
GO AHEAD.

**

AND AFTER A WHILE, AFTER TALKING
TO THE INDIVIDUAL

THAT THEY HAD STOPPED,
IT DIDN'T PAN OUT.

IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT.

SIR, YOU'RE FREE TO GO.

**

WITH TWO POSSIBLE
MEANS OF ESCAPE,

THE SCOPE OF
THE INVESTIGATION WIDENS,

AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF FINDING
THEIR SUSPECTS DWINDLES,

BUT DETECTIVES DON'T
HAVE TO WAIT LONG

FOR ANOTHER LEAD ON THE CASE.

WE RECEIVE A CALL FROM PATROL

THAT THEY FOUND
A BROWN CHEVETTE

MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION
OF THE ONE SEEN BY MR. BLALOCK.

IT WAS PARKED NEAR
A TRANSMISSION SHOP

ABOUT 2 MILES FROM
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

**

DISPATCH, I NEED A MOTOR VEHICLE
CHECK ON A CHEVROLET CHEVETTE.

THAT'S VIN NUMBER T36O1.

CAN I HELP YOU, OFFICER?

IS THIS YOUR CAR?

**

POLICE JUST
OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA,

INVESTIGATING THE MURDER

OF A HOULIHAN'S
RESTAURANT MANAGER,

BIG JOHN THURBERG,
HAVE JUST FOUND A CAR

THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
USED BY HIS KILLERS.

DISPATCH, I NEED
A MOTOR VEHICLE CHECK

ON A CHEVROLET CHEVETTE.
THAT'S...

IT WAS A CHEVY CHEVETTE
THAT WAS SEEN

UP NEAR A TRANSMISSION
REPAIR PLACE IN ABINGTON,

PARKED NEARBY HOULIHAN'S.

...00976118...

CAN I HELP YOU, OFFICER?

IS THIS YOUR CAR?

NO.
I'M JUST WORKING ON IT.

WHY?
WHAT'S UP?

WHERE ARE THE TAGS?

I DON'T KNOW.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S NO TAG ON IT,
SO THAT MAKES IT SUSPICIOUS.

YOU KNOW HOW I CAN GET
IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER?

NO IDEA.

JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND,
ALL RIGHT?

YOU RUN THE VEHICLE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER,

WHICH IS USUALLY
DISPLAYED ON THE DASH,

AND THEN WE CAN FIND THE OWNER.

DMV PATCHES THE OFFICERS

THROUGH TO THE VEHICLE'S OWNER.

YES. YOU DROPPED
THIS CAR OFF WHEN?

ALL RIGHT.
HOLD ON ONE MOMENT.

THIS CAR
WAS DROPPED OFF WHEN?

I DON'T KNOW, SAY,
ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

AND THE CAR HASN'T
BEEN MOVED SINCE THEN?

YOU LOOK AT THIS THING?

THIS THING BARELY RIDES.

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD
MAKE IT INTO THE STREET.

WHILE THIS LEAD IS A DEAD END,

AUTHORITIES STILL HAVE AN EYE
OUT FOR THE BROWN CHEVETTE

THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY
USED BY THE KILLERS.

AS THE MANHUNT CONTINUES,

PATTI HEMKO
BEGINS TO REALIZE THAT,

INSTEAD OF PLANNING HER WEDDING,

SHE'LL BE ARRANGING
HER FIANC�'S FUNERAL.

SINCE OUR WEDDING
WAS ONLY FIVE MONTHS AWAY,

I HAD MY WEDDING DRESS,
AND I NEEDED TO TAKE THAT BACK.

THINGS WERE COMING IN THE MAIL,

LIKE CARDS THAT GO
IN THE INVITATIONS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

YOUR MIND DOESN'T WANT
TO BELIEVE IT.

YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THAT
HE'S GONNA COME HOME,

THAT SOMEBODY IS LYING, THAT
IT'S, LIKE, SOME CRAZY THING.

I WENT TO SLEEP, IF THAT'S
WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT,

AND I WENT TO REACH OVER TO
WHERE HE LAYS, AND IT WAS EMPTY,

AND SO IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT
THAT I REALIZED,

"HOLY CRAP. HE IS NOT
COMING HOME, EVER."

PATTI ISN'T THE ONLY ONE

MOURNING THE LOSS
OF BIG JOHN THURBERG.

HIS CO-WORKERS GATHER
AT THE RESTAURANT

TO REMEMBER A MAN
THEY ALL LOVED.

THERE WAS JUST NO REASON
TO KILL JOHN THURBERG,

AND I THINK THAT REALLY
RESONATED WITH PEOPLE.

THESE GUYS MURDERED HIM
FOR NO REASON AT ALL.

IT MADE ME FEEL REALLY GOOD
THAT THEY WANTED TO DO THAT

FOR BIG JOHN,
AND THEY MADE SIGNS,

AND THEY TALKED ABOUT
WHAT HE MEANT TO THEM.

MARK GRIFFIN
IS STILL RECOVERING

FROM HIS GUNSHOT WOUND,

BUT CO-WORKER AND WITNESS
JOHNNIE BLALOCK IS THERE.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS EMPLOYEES

THAT CAME OVER
TO JOHNNIE BLALOCK,

SORT OF SHOWING
A LOT OF PITY FOR HIM

FOR THE MERE FACT
THAT HE WAS A VICTIM.

BUT THE PERSON WHO
EVERYONE FEELS FOR THE MOST

IS JOHN'S FIANC�E.

AS MUCH AS IT WAS
A WONDERFUL THING TO DO,

IT WAS ALSO ONE OF
THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO.

**

AS INVESTIGATORS
CONTINUE THE CITYWIDE MANHUNT,

THEY CIRCLE BACK TO
THE ONLY INFORMATION

THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH,

STATEMENTS FROM WITNESSES

MARK GRIFFIN
AND JOHNNIE BLALOCK.

BOTH BLALOCK AND GRIFFIN'S
DESCRIPTIONS MATCH.

BIG GUY WITH A SHOTGUN,
SMALLER ONE WITH A PISTOL.

BUT ONE CURIOUS DETAIL
STANDS OUT.

THEY HERD EVERYBODY INTO THE
MEN'S ROOM EXCEPT FOR BLALOCK.

BLALOCK IS OUTSIDE
THE MEN'S ROOM.

SO THEY GOT BIG JOHN
AND GRIFFIN

TIED UP IN THE BATHROOM.

WHY WOULDN'T THEY HAVE BLALOCK
IN THERE WITH THEM?

WHY ARE THEY TREATING HIM
DIFFERENTLY?

- GIVE ME THE **** KEY.
- PLEASE, PLEASE, JUST CALM DOWN.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

NOT ONLY CHIEF VANCE,

BUT A COUPLE OF OTHER
SENIOR DETECTIVES

HAD QUESTIONS
ABOUT HIS CULPABILITY.

I NEVER RAN ACROSS ANY CRIMINALS
THAT WERE CONCERNED

ABOUT OVERCROWDING
IN ANY BUILDING,

LET ALONE A MEN'S ROOM.

AND JOHNNIE BLALOCK IS
ALSO THE ONLY WITNESS

TO IMPLY THE KILLERS
GOT AWAY IN A CAR.

I'M THINKING THAT BLALOCK
IS PROBABLY SOMEBODY

THAT WE WANT TO SPEND
SOME TIME TALKING TO.

DOES JOHNNIE BLALOCK
KNOW MORE THAN HE'S SAYING?

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHIEF
DETECTIVE OSCAR VANCE

WANTS TO KNOW.

I HATE TO PUT YOU OUT,
JOHNNIE,

BUT THIS IS WHAT WE DO.

WE CHECK,
AND THEN WE RECHECK.

THIS WAS JUST
A ROUTINE THING OF US

MOVING FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER.

TAKE ME BACK TO THE DAY.

YOU WERE ALREADY AT WORK
WHEN THEY CAME IN?

I LISTENED TO HIM VERY CAREFULLY
FROM THE STANDPOINT

OF HOW THEY WERE TIED UP.

HE THEN STATED HOW THEY WERE
FORCED INTO THE BATHROOM.

THAT'S WHAT I CAN'T
UNDERSTAND, JOHNNIE.

WHY DID THEY HAVE YOU OUTSIDE
THE BATHROOM ON THE CARPET

AND HAVE THOSE OTHER GUYS

IN THE BATHROOM
ON THAT NASTY FLOOR?

I DON'T KNOW WHY
THEY KEPT ME OUTSIDE.

HE HAD NO DIRECT EYE CONTACT
DURING THE TIME

THAT I WAS TALKING TO HIM.

HE WAS SORT OF LIKE
ALL OVER THE PLACE

AS FAR AS HIS BODY
LANGUAGE WAS CONCERNED.

LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.

THEY CAME IN
TO ROB THE PLACE,

BUT THEY DIDN'T
GET ANY MONEY?

IT DIDN'T GO RIGHT.

IT WAS CHAOTIC.

I GUESS THEY CAME
FOR THE MONEY,

BUT THEY COULDN'T
GET IN THE SAFE.

BUT YOU WERE ON THE FLOOR,
JOHNNIE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT
THEY WERE TRYING

TO GET INTO THE SAFE?

NO, YEAH...I WAS.

I DON'T KNOW.
ALL RIGHT?

I WAS JUST GUESSING.
I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

IF A PERSON IS TELLING
THE TRUTH,

THEY'LL TELL THAT SAME STORY
THE SAME WAY,

WHETHER IT'S TODAY,
TOMORROW, TWO MINUTES LATER,

OR AN HOUR LATER, OR WHATEVER.

WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL
IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH,

USUALLY IT WILL FLUCTUATE,

AND THEY WILL NOT
TELL THE SAME STORY.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD,
YOU NEVER SEEN THESE GUYS?

YOU DON'T KNOW THESE GUYS,

AND THEY NEVER WORKED
FOR HOULIHAN'S?

NOPE.

I'VE NEVER
SEEN THEM BEFORE.

YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION,
YOU KNOW,

"THE EYES ARE THE WINDOWS
OF THE SOUL."

AT THAT TIME, HIS SOUL WASN'T
SPEAKING VERY TRUTHFULLY TO ME.

OKAY.

DO ME A FAVOR, JOHNNIE.

JUST SIT TIGHT
FOR A MINUTE, OKAY?

**

KEN.

CHIEF, WHAT'S UP?

SOMETHING IS UP
WITH THIS KID.

LET'S HOOK HIM UP
TO THE BOX.

YOU GOT IT.

FOR CHIEF VANCE,

THE QUESTION IS NO LONGER
IF BLALOCK KNOWS MORE.

IT'S WHAT THE YOUNG
DISHWASHER KNOWS.

VANCE DECIDES TO PUT HIM
TO THE TEST ON A POLYGRAPH.

DON'T LET THIS
MACHINERY BOTHER YOU.

IT'S STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURE AROUND HERE.

ALL YOU GOT TO DO
IS TELL THE TRUTH,

AND WE'LL HAVE YOU OUT
OF HERE IN NO TIME AT ALL.

THERE'S A PRETEST SET UP BEFORE
YOU ACTUALLY RUN THE CHARTS,

AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME,
HE SEEMED A LITTLE NERVOUS.

I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU
A FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS FIRST

SO WE DON'T GET
ANY SURPRISES.

OKAY.

HIS ANXIETY LEVEL INCREASED.

THE KIND OF QUESTIONS
I'M GONNA ASK YOU

ARE SIMPLE YES OR NO.

DO YOU KNOW WHO
KILLED JOHN THURBERG?

JUST OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA,

POLICE WORKING THE
JOHN THURBERG HOMICIDE CASE

HAVE HIS EMPLOYEE
JOHNNIE BLALOCK

IN THE HOT SEAT.

THE POLYGRAPH PROCEDURE
TAKES A MINIMUM OF TWO HOURS.

HOWEVER, AS TIME WENT ON
DURING THE HOUR AND 45 MINUTES,

HIS ANXIETY LEVEL
KEPT INCREASING.

DO YOU KNOW WHO
KILLED JOHN THURBERG?

MAN, LOOK, I DON'T WANT
TO DO THIS NO MORE.

WHAT'S THE MATTER,
JOHNNIE?

ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO
IS TELL THE TRUTH.

IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE,
IN ONE OR TWO PRIOR POLYGRAPHS

THAT I'D PERFORMED, INDIVIDUALS
ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF THE ROOM,

AND I WAS FEARFUL THAT THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.

YEAH.
I CHANGED MY MIND.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

I WANT TO LEAVE NOW.

OKAY.
OKAY, JOHNNIE.

NOBODY IS GONNA MAKE
YOU DO ANYTHING

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

SIT HERE
AND RELAX A MINUTE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I TRIED TO CALM HIM DOWN, AND
I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD BE BACK,

AND HE STAYED IN THE ROOM.

I WENT AND I SPOKE
WITH CHIEF VANCE,

AND I SUGGESTED THAT CHIEF VANCE
COME BACK IN WITH ME

TO TRY AND CALM HIM DOWN.

WHAT'S
THE MATTER, JOHNNIE?

IS IT THE POLYGRAPH?

YEAH. YEAH,
I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

I WANT TO LEAVE.

MY JOB DURING THAT
PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME

WAS TO KIND OF,
LIKE, WIN HIM OVER

FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HIM
HAVING TRUST IN ME.

THAT'S FINE, JOHNNIE.

YOU CAN GO.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE UNDER
ARREST OR ANYTHING.

UNHOOK HIM, KEN.

HE WAS A WITNESS.

HE WAS NOT UNDER ANY ARREST,
SO WE HAD NO REASON TO HOLD HIM.

YOU'RE HEADED TO
NORTH PHILLY, RIGHT?

YEAH.

I'M HEADED THE SAME
DIRECTION, MORE OR LESS.

YOU WANT A RIDE?

SURE. OKAY.

IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT
1:00 IN THE MORNING.

NO BUSES WERE GOING
TO PHILADELPHIA.

SO BASICALLY WHAT I DID WAS
I OFFERED TO GIVE HIM A RIDE,

AND, OF COURSE, HE SAID YES.

NOW, NORTH PHILADELPHIA FROM
ABINGTON TOWNSHIP IS ABOUT,

MAYBE ABOUT, 10 TO 12 MILES.

IT'S A PRETTY ROUGH
NEIGHBORHOOD,

ONE THAT HAS QUITE A FEW
INCIDENTS OF CORRUPTION,

DRUGS, ROBBERIES, MURDERS.

SO AS WE'RE RIDING,
I'M TALKING TO HIM,

AND I'M STILL TRYING
TO WIN HIS CONFIDENCE.

YOU'RE GONNA
STAY AT HOULIHAN'S?

I MEAN, IT COULD BE TOUGH
TO WORK AT A PLACE WHERE...

WELL, YOU KNOW.

HEY, YO, YOU CAN
STOP RIGHT HERE.

DROP ME OFF RIGHT THERE,
RIGHT TO THE CORNER.

"PULL THE CAR OVER," HE SAID,
"PULL THE CAR OVER."

HE SAID, "DON'T TAKE ME
RIGHT TO MY DOOR."

HE SAYS, "I'LL MAKE
IT FROM HERE."

HE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

TO SEE ME DROPPING HIM OFF.

HEY, I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE RIDE, SIR.

HOLD ON, JOHNNIE.

THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE GOT
TO SAY BEFORE YOU GO.

I GAVE HIM ENOUGH INFORMATION
TO LET HIM UNDERSTAND

THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE

EVERYTHING THAT
HE WAS TELLING ME,

AND THAT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING,

NOW IS THE TIME
TO GIVE YOUR STORY.

IF YOU KNOW THESE GUYS, AND
YOU'RE AFRAID TO SAY SOMETHING,

WE CAN HELP.
WE CAN PROTECT YOU.

NOT FOREVER, YOU CAN'T.

IN THE HIGHER-CRIME AREA
IN PHILADELPHIA,

THEY'RE NOT BIG FANS
OF POLICE OFFICERS.

NOBODY WANTS TO BE A SNITCH, SO
THAT MAKES OUR JOB A LOT HARDER.

JOHNNIE, LOOK.

HERE'S MY CARD.

IF YOU EVER FEEL LIKE TALKING,
YOU GIVE ME A CALL.

OKAY?

YEAH,
I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.

THANKS
FOR THE RIDE AGAIN.

AND HE GOT OUT
OF THE CAR, AND THAT WAS IT.

VANCE KNOWS
HE'S TAKING A BIG GAMBLE

LETTING HIS KEY
WITNESS WALK AWAY.

HIS BOSS, FIRST ASSISTANT
D.A. BRUCE CASTOR,

HOPES IT WON'T BACKFIRE.

NOW, IF HE GOES INTO THE WIND,
AND WE NEVER FIND HIM AGAIN,

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT
HE'S INVOLVED IN THE CRIME,

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

ABOUT EIGHT HOURS LATER,

CHIEF VANCE GETS A PHONE CALL.

IT'S BLALOCK,
AND HE WANTS TO TALK.

CHIEF VANCE.

BRUCE.

OF COURSE.
YEAH. LISTEN, MAN.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO,
IT'S FINE.

LISTEN, YOU'RE DOING
THE RIGHT THING, MAN.

YOU'LL SEE.

IT'S BLALOCK.

HE WANTS TO MEET
1:00, HOULIHAN'S.

THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WILL BE THERE AS WELL.

WELL,
LET'S SEE IF HE SHOWS.

HE SAID THAT HE WAS
COMING TO THE HOULIHAN'S,

AND THAT WE COULD MEET
AND TALK WITH HIM THERE,

WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A LONG SHOT.

IT'S BEEN,
WHAT, TWO HOURS?

NOT QUITE.

BRUCE KEPT ASKING ME,
HE SAID,

"THIS GUY IS NOT
GONNA SHOW UP."

I SAID, "BRUCE, BE PATIENT.

HE'LL BE HERE."

WE OUGHT TO JUST GO OUT
AND GET THE GUY.

HE'LL SHOW.

THEY ALWAYS SHOW.

**

I'LL BE DAMNED.

I WAS DEFINITELY SURPRISED
WHEN BLALOCK SHOWED UP.

CHIEF VANCE HAD READ THE
SITUATION PRECISELY CORRECTLY,

AND BLALOCK CAME BACK,

NOT WANTING TO CREATE
THE IMPRESSION

THAT HE HAD ANYTHING TO HIDE.

THANKS FOR COMING IN,
JOHNNIE.

WE'RE GONNA NEED ALL THE HELP
WE CAN GET ON THIS THING.

- SURE, NO PROBLEM.
- THIS IS BRUCE.

HE'S A LAWYER
WITH THE CITY.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

WHY DON'T YOU
HAVE A SEAT?

**

BY THIS TIME, HE WAS FAIRLY
COMFORTABLE WITH ME.

I WAS FAIRLY
COMFORTABLE WITH HIM

AND FEELING I HAD HIS TRUST.

LOOK, MAN.
I JUST WANT TO GET THE GUYS

WHO KILLED BIG JOHN,
JUST LIKE YOU.

WELL, JOHNNIE, WITH CHIEF VANCE,
YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS.

I'LL LEAVE YOU TO IT.

NOW THAT BLALOCK IS
COOPERATING WITH POLICE,

ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CASTOR GIVES VANCE SOME SPACE

TO WORK ON HIS WITNESS.

YOU HAVE TO WAIT
FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN,

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
WE HAD TO WAIT

UNTIL JOHNNIE BLALOCK
WANTED TO COOPERATE.

**

HOURS INTO THE CONVERSATION,

BLALOCK IS FINALLY READY
TO SHARE HIS SECRET.

LOOK, I'M SORRY
I TOOK SO LONG, MAN.

IT'S JUST
THESE GUYS, MAN.

THEY'RE DANGEROUS.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY KNEW
THAT I WAS SITTING HERE

TALKING TO YOU
RIGHT NOW...

IT WAS AT THAT TIME

THAT HE GAVE INFORMATION TO US
ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS

THAT WERE ALLEGEDLY
INVOLVED WITH THE CRIME.

HE INDICATED THAT HE SORT OF
KNEW WHO THOSE TWO PEOPLE WERE.

LOOK, SLINKY, THAT'S
THE NAME OF THE BIG ONE,

THE ONE
WITH THE SHOTGUN.

HE PLAYED BASKETBALL
AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD

FROM TIME TO TIME.

HE SAID ONE INDIVIDUAL
WAS SAM ROSS,

A GUY WHO WAS VERY TALL
AND HAD THE NICKNAME "SLINKY."

OKAY, JOHNNIE.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER GUY?

YEAH, I KNOW HIM, TOO.

HE THEN INDICATED THAT THERE WAS
ANOTHER GUY THAT WAS SHORTER,

AND THAT HIS NAME
WAS DAVE TRAVERS,

AND THAT HE WAS THE ONE
THAT WAS THERE WITH THE GUN.

YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE
THAT TOOK

BIG JOHN AND GRIFF
IN THE MEN'S ROOM.

AND HE SAID THAT DAVE TRAVERS
USED TO WORK FOR HOULIHAN'S,

AND THAT HE GOT FIRED.

YOU CANNOT
PUT MY NAME IN THIS.

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPEN TO
SNITCHES AROUND WHERE I LIVE.

IT'S OKAY, JOHNNIE.

WE'RE NOT GONNA LET
ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU

FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.

IT WAS A BIG MOMENT TO BOTH
MYSELF AND THE INVESTIGATORS.

THE SEARCH FOR
DAVE TRAVERS GETS UNDER WAY

IN ONE PART OF THE CITY.

MEANWHILE, DETECTIVE MYERS

AND THE PHILADELPHIA
POLICE SWAT TEAM

DESCEND ON SAM "SLINKY" ROSS'
HOME ADDRESS

IN ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST
DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE'RE IN NORTH
PHILADELPHIA,

DRUGS, VIOLENCE, SHOOTINGS,

SO WE'RE CONCERNED.

WE WANT TO BRING HIM
OUT IN ONE PIECE

SO HE CAN TELL US
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

MY JOB WAS TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

PHILADELPHIA POLICE!
OPEN UP!

HE COULD HAVE COME OUT
WITH A SHOTGUN AT US,

YOU KNOW, ANYTHING
COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

IT WAS JUST AN OVERWHELMING
POSITION TO BE IN.

**

THANKS TO A TIP
FROM WITNESS JOHNNIE BLALOCK,

DETECTIVES WORKING

THE JOHN THURBERG
MURDER INVESTIGATION

FINALLY HAVE THE KILLERS
IN THEIR SIGHTS.

ONE OF THE SUSPECTS,
SAM "SLINKY" ROSS,

IS NOW IN THE CROSS HAIRS.

PHILADELPHIA POLICE!
OPEN UP!

PHILADELPHIA POLICE!

YOU INSIDE, COME TO THE DOOR!

DO IT NOW!

WHAT'S THIS
ALL ABOUT, MAN?

- HANDS UP!
- YO, POLICE!

HANDS UP!
STEP OUT!

MAN.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

THIS BIG, BLACK MALE
CAME OUT AND SAID,

"I KNEW YOU GUYS WERE COMING.
I DIDN'T SHOOT NOBODY,"

AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST SIGH OF
RELIEF THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE.

LOOK, SAM.

YOU WANT TO GET AHEAD
OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
RUNNING BEHIND IT.

I KNOW, MAN.
I KNOW.

HE WANTED TO JUST GET
EVERYTHING OFF HIS CHEST.

I THINK HE WAS SCARED TO DEATH
THAT THERE WAS A SHOOTING,

AND HE WANTED NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT,

AS FAR AS HE'S CONCERNED,

AND HE WANTED TO TELL
WHAT HAPPENED.

FIRST OFF,
YOU GOT TO KNOW,

THIS IS NONE
OF MY IDEA, MAN.

OKAY, SAM.
I'LL BUY IT.

IF IT WASN'T YOU, WHO DID IT?
WHO SET IT UP?

WE JUST WANTED THE MONEY,
BUT TRAVERS FREAKED OUT

AND SHOT THE DUDE
IN THE BATHROOM.

- DAVID TRAVERS?
- YEAH.

HE WORKED
AT THE RESTAURANT,

SO HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN
EXACTLY WHERE THE MONEY WAS

AND WHO WOULD
HAVE BEEN THERE.

WAS THIS HIS IDEA?

NO.

TRAVERS WASN'T THE ONE
THAT PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER.

AND THEN, TO MY SURPRISE,

HE MENTIONED THE NAME
JOHNNIE BLALOCK.

IT WAS
JOHNNIE BLALOCK.

HE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.

HE TOLD US WHERE THE MONEY WAS,
WHO WAS GONNA BE THERE.

HE SET IT ALL UP, NOT ME,
NOT TRAVERS.

JOHNNIE SET IT
ALL UP, MAN.

IT WAS HIS IDEA.

SAM ROSS HAS PLENTY
OF REASONS TO LIE,

BUT HIS STORY DOES MAKE SENSE,

AND HE IMPLICATES HIMSELF,
SO VANCE BELIEVES HIM.

WHILE SAM ROSS IS RATTING OUT
JOHNNIE BLALOCK,

PHILADELPHIA POLICE
HUNT FOR DAVID TRAVERS.

THEY PUT OUT THE WORD
THAT THEY HOPE GETS TO TRAVERS,

THAT THEY WILL SHOOT TO KILL.

TRAVERS GOT THE MESSAGE
AND SAW A LAWYER

AND SURRENDERED HIMSELF

TO AVOID A CONFRONTATION
WITH POLICE.

WE GOT HIM, JOHNNIE.

- YEAH?
- YEAH.

TRAVERS AND ROSS ARE
LOCKED UP THANKS TO YOU.

I JUST HAD TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.

ME, TOO.

STAND UP AND PUT
YOUR HANDS ON THE WALL

AND SPREAD YOUR LEGS.

WHAT? LOOK, MAN.
I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING.

NOT EVERYTHING, JOHNNIE.

STAND UP AND DO IT NOW!

ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.

LOOK, I TOLD YOU
I DIDN'T DO NOTHING.

LOOK, I THOUGHT THEY WAS
GONNA KILL ME.

JOHNNIE BLALOCK IS ARRESTED

AND CHARGED
WITH THE MURDER OF HIS BOSS,

BIG JOHN THURBER.

JOHNNIE BLALOCK WAS AN EXCELLENT
ACTOR FROM THE STANDPOINT

OF TRYING TO DECEIVE
THE DETECTIVES,

INCLUDING MYSELF.

ALL ALONG, BLALOCK
HAD BEEN THE INSIDE MAN

PULLING THE STRINGS.

FIRST OF ALL,
HE PLANNED IT.

SECOND, HE MADE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM

TO ENTER INTO THE BUILDING

ONCE HE ARRIVED THERE
BY OPENING THE DOOR.

AND NOW
POLICE KNOW WHY BLALOCK

WASN'T HELD AT GUNPOINT
IN THE MEN'S ROOM.

HE ALSO KNEW
WHERE THE SAFE WAS

AND WAS TRYING TO
GET INTO THE SAFE.

MAN, GIVE ME THE KEY!

MAN,
YOU GOT THE KEY!

MAN, THIS SAFE HAS GOT
TWO DAMN KEYHOLES, MAN!

HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

THEY DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY
BECAUSE THERE'S TWO KEYS,

ONE FOR THE MANAGER
AND ONE FOR THE ARMORED CAR.

IT WAS A ROBBERY GONE BAD.

MAN, WHAT'S
THAT DAMN NOISE?

IT'S A DELIVERY, MAN.

YO, HURRY UP.

I CAN'T OPEN IT!

COME ON!

MAN, I'M LEAVING.

YO, SLINKY!

GO NOW, BEFORE HE
COMES AROUND FRONT.

HE'S GONNA KNOW
SOMETHING IS UP!

I SAID SHUT UP!

IT WAS NOT ONLY STUPIDITY
AND A TRAGEDY,

BUT THEY ONLY GOT $2
FROM JOHN THURBERG'S POCKET.

AFTER THE MURDER AND $2 ROBBERY,

JOHNNIE BLALOCK PRETENDED
TO BE ONE OF THE VICTIMS

AND SPUN A WEB OF LIES
SENDING INVESTIGATORS

ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE
LOOKING FOR A CHEVETTE

THAT DIDN'T EXIST.

HE TRIED TO COVER UP HIS STORY

BY TELLING UNTRUTHS
TO THE DETECTIVES,

AND ALSO TO MYSELF,

ABOUT NOT BEING INVOLVED
AND BEING A VICTIM.

SO HE WAS THEIR MASTERMIND.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY?
WE JUST SHOOK OUR HEAD.

THE MOST UPSETTING THING
TO EVERYBODY

WAS DURING
THIS MEMORIAL SERVICE,

EVERYBODY IS HUGGING THE GUY.

HE WAS EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR,

AND HERE IS A GUY
WHO SET UP THIS WHOLE MESS,

THIS SENSELESS MESS,
THAT KILLED A MANAGER

AND SHOT THE POOR
COOK IN THE HAND.

BECAUSE HE COOPERATES
WITH INVESTIGATORS,

SAM "SLINKY" ROSS
AVOIDS LIFE BEHIND BARS

BY PLEADING GUILTY
TO THIRD-DEGREE MURDER.

HE'S SERVING A MAXIMUM
SENTENCE OF 60 YEARS.

DAVID TRAVERS PLEADS GUILTY
TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,

AND JOHNNY BLALOCK PLEADS
TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

BOTH GET LIFE IN PRISON.

WHEN I HEARD THAT IT WAS,
LIKE, AN INSIDE JOB,

AND HE WAS THE "MASTERMIND"
BEHIND THE WHOLE ROBBERY,

AND HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN,

I WAS ABSOLUTELY,
POSITIVELY SICKENED.

THE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE
ABSOLUTELY SICKENED TO KNOW

THAT IT WAS ONE OF THEM
THAT ACTUALLY DID IT.

FOR PATTI, THE
BETRAYAL ONLY MAKES HER LOSS

THAT MUCH DEEPER AND SHARPER.

HE WAS MY SWEET JOHN WITH
THE SWEETEST FACE IN THE WORLD.

IT'S LIKE WE'RE FOREVER FROZEN,
BEING 28 YEARS OLD,

IN THAT MOMENT,
LIKE A PICTURE IN MY HEAD.