All language subtitles for Le_sang_du_ch_timent

Daddy!

Good morning, Charles.

Good morning.

Can I see that one?

Ten-round clip,
one-round chamber, double-action.

How much?

$118.50 with tax.

I'll take it.

There's a fifteen day waiting period.

You need an ID?

No, just a California driver's license.

Gotta ask you a couple of questions.

Have you ever been a mental patient

on a leave of absence
from a mental hospital?

Lemme think.

No.

Have you ever been found
by a court of law

to be a danger to others as a result
of a mental disorder?

No.

Fill out the rest of this.

I'll see you December 21st.
Merry Christmas.

Thank you.

Yes?

Mother!

No.

No, please!

The Lord said to me,

You are my son,

this day have I begotten you.

Lord, our God, with the birth of your son,

your glory breaks on the world.

Through night hours
of the darkened earth,

we, your people, watch for the coming
of your promised son.

As we wait, give us a foretaste
of the joy that you will grant us

when the fullness of his glory
has filled the earth.

The word of God became man,

we have seen his glory.

God, our Father, we rejoice
in the birth of our Savior.

May we share his life completely
by living as he has taught.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ,
our Lord.

Amen.

The body of Christ...

Sally Ann.

Morning, Tony.
How are you doing today?

Sorry, Tony, you can't go in yet.

Hi, Tony.
Let's move away from the door.

What's goin' on, Harry?

I had to borrow your office
for a few minutes.

Who are these guys?

Federal narcs.

Who's in my office?

Cordenas. And the narcs
are gonna talk to him when I'm through.

Cordenas is gonna talk to you
after three months?

He already has.

Why, did cops kill a federal agent?

Great. What did you give him?

What can I say?

Great. Can I have my office back?

Just a few minutes.
Why don't we get a cup of coffee.

What's he doing in my office?

He got his wife in there with him.

Tony, I promised him a contact visit
if he told me what I needed.

You're letting Cordenas use my office
as a trick pad?

Hey, it's his wife, Tony.

I told him use the couch,
not your desk.

Great.

- I warned him keep the place clean.
- Great. This is great.

Sally Ann, would you ring my office?

Gotta be in court.

This is important, too, you know.

Mr. Cordenas,

are you free?

One moment.

Mr. Cordenas, would you stop
whatever you're doing

and come out here, please.

Hey, man. What is this shit?

I still got ten minutes coming.

It's out of my hands, pal.

On the park stabbings,

see if we can bring in someone
that'll say that the defendant

with, uh, 33BA would still know
that a broken wine bottle

is a deadly weapon.

And tell the city cops to go back
to the park,

see if they can find the victim's nose.

Kate's father
is coming in for New Year's

so remind me.

Tried to reach you this afternoon.

Anything special?

I thought we could have lunch.

I called the office.
They said you were gone.

Ah, I wish I would've known.

You didn't get my message?

We had two murder arraignments
this morning,

then I had to go back to court
this afternoon

to get bail raised for that guy
in the arson case.

Did you get it?

Yes, I did.

You look tired.

Come here.

Hello?

Yeah, I'm awake.

I don't know if Major Crimes Deputy
is on duty tonight, Mel,

I think you should just dial the--

What's wrong?

Alright, just a sec.

Let me get a piece of paper and pen.

I gotta go out.

Where are you going?

Stand back, please.

Stand back, please.

Behind the line, please.

I've never seen anything
like this.

One victim down here,
then the two upstairs.

No signs of forced entry. Nothing missing.

Who were they?

The one who owns the house,
Mrs. Barbara Ellis, divorcee.

The other two are her mother and father,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hedrickson.

The rest of the house is undisturbed.

Just some blood downstairs
and the hallway in here.

I don't think it was a robbery,

and I don't think
it was somebody the victims knew.

The women were shot, dragged upstairs,
and then mutilated.

The man downstairs was shot
and just left there.

I thought I'd seen it all.
Nothin' like this ever.

What happened?

The victims were all killed
in the same fashion, probably yesterday.

Cause of death is fairly obvious.

Gunshots to the head,
small caliber bullet, probably .22

Yeah, but what about the other ones--

The women's bodies were cut open
to get at the organs.

God knows why.

Some of the organs were removed.

December 27th, 1986.
Home of Barbara Ellis.

Do you still feel a pulse?

Pulses are faint.

Let's get the PD cuff
for blood pressure, please.

Okay, blood pressure's
a hundred.

Can't get anything.

Let's get some dopamine.
Start a drip, please.

Here's the dopamine
added to the IV.

The dopamine's up, wide open.

Did she get a pressure yet?

Barely. Pulses are faint.

Speed up the dopamine
a bit more.

Still wide open.

I'm feeling pulses.

Do we have any back-up?

Yes, slow it down.

Very powerful volt.

Let's see the monitor.

Sinus passage...

What's wrong with her?

We restored her heartbeat
but her brain is no longer functioning.

Why was she even born to die like this?

It has to be your decision.

No! Why?

It has to be your decision.

Okay, boys, come help me
cover him up.

Come on.

Now, let's say goodbye to Juno
one last time.

Why don't you get your rake and help me?

Oh, Juno. He's gonna be chasing cats
in heaven now.

Alright.

Bye, Juno.

It's gonna be alright.

Andy, he's gonna be alright.

Andy, stop that.

He just doesn't like
going to the dentist.

Well, that's no excuse
for trashing a car.

I'll take him over there.

Then bring him home,
then I gotta scoot by the plant.

I suppose you haven't called the police.

Eileen, you and I both know
that Charlie Reece killed that dog.

Now, I'm not gonna let him
get away with that.

I just don't want any trouble from him.

Honey, we'll just let the police
handle it, alright?

Bye bye, Aaron, be a good boy.

We'll be back soon.

Come on. Let's go finish breakfast.

I'll take you to the park,
we'll take your toys,

and then when Andy gets back...

Alright, maybe we'll go to the park
in a little while, okay? Come on.

Aaron, are you through?

Okay, sweetheart.

What are you doing in here?

Just go on home now, you hear me?
Just go on.

Charles, what are you doing here?

Please, leave. Just go away. Please.

Gun.

I'm sorry.

When we catch the suspect,

we're not gonna bargain, no deals,
no psycho cop out,

nothing less than death penalty.

Some of you didn't vote for me
but I intend to show the state,

maybe the country,

how a crime like this is handled
in this county.

Tony, I'd like you to give us
a progress report.

We have a description of a man,

six feet, a hundred and forty
to a hundred and fifty pounds,

red coat, sunglasses,

near the scene at the time of the crime.

That's about it.

This case has got 'not guilty insanity'
written all over it.

It's gonna be very difficult
to get a jury to believe otherwise.

It might be ...

Curse on defense
to show insanity,

we don't have to prove anything.

The public wants the death penalty

and the courts are gonna have
to give it to 'em.

Well, I've never gone
after the death penalty.

If I was in the legislature,
I'd campaign against it.

You're not in the legislature.

In my office, we don't write law.

We carry it out.

Listen, if we find whoever did this
and convict him,

it's just gonna get overturned
somewhere off the line.

If they overturn us, that's the system.

But if we get a conviction,

you put on the record
that you can prosecute this.

The high court's on a dump
but that's final.

We're going after the death penalty

as long as the high court
says it's constitutional.

Period.

Daddy, I wanna ride my bike.

Let's go find Mommy first, huh?

Can I have apple juice?

Sure. You were such a good boy
at the dentist,

you can have what you want.

What's wrong, Andy?
What is it?

Daddy, what's wrong with Mommy?!

What's wrong?!

Where is she?! Where's Mommy?!

How are you and Whalen gettin' along?

He wants me on the triple murder case.

Of course.

You'll do a good job
and he'll take the credit.

Well, I'm one of the liberals
he campaigned against.

A murder conviction of this lunatic,
if they ever haul him in,

I don't know,

I don't think there's a jury
in the country that would kill him.

Well, they'll maybe look into you
to fumble.

Knowing your feelings,
they'd have a fall guy.

When I was a PD,
I defended the Rainer boys,

Tommy and Kevin.

They were pretty good boys
most of the time, had jobs, no records.

We went to trial because
these two charming fellows,

they got an old woman,
tied her with electrical cord,

left her hog-tied, then sat down
and watched her strangle to death

for forty minutes.

I got up, I reminded my jury
how long it took that woman to die.

They came back in three hours,
not guilty by reason of insanity.

That jury turned those boys loose

because they couldn't believe
that anyone could sit

and watch an old woman
choke to death for forty minutes

unless they were insane.

You got a guy that makes those boys
look like the apostles.

What of my boy? Where's Aaron?

We're looking for him,
Mr. Tippetts.

She's all, I just...

I saw her laying there,
her body was all cut open.

Oh, my God...

Is there anything I can get you?

Will you be staying here tonight?

Oh, God, no!
I can't stay here.

I can't stay at this house.

I wanna talk to him.

An hour ago, the fellow over there,
Eugene Tippetts,

brings his four year old kid
back from the dentist.

Finds his wife in the bedroom back there,

shot three times, small caliber,
and mutilated like the others.

Was she sexually assaulted?

Entry apparently
through an unlocked back door.

The guy just walked in.

Tippetts has another son,
about five years old.

His name is Aaron.

He was with the mother.

He's not home now. We're looking for him.

I love you...

Somebody start checking
with the utilities...

A neighbor saw a white Chevy
pull up to the house.

Saw the driver. Described as a white male,
twenty to thirty, long black hair,

six foot, one fifty to one seventy,
old blue jeans, a red parka, sunglasses.

It's gotta be him.

The witness knows the guy.

He says he lives a couple of blocks away
with his mother.

His name is Charles Edward, excuse me,
Edmund Reece.

Thirty three zero five El Dorado,
this is it, the Reece house.

Do we go in now or wait for a warrant?

If we have to arrest
with a search warrant,

it'll take a couple of hours minimum.

We have sufficient cause to arrest the guy
if he's home now.

He's a suspect in four murders.

Cover the back door.

Looks like a Holiday Inn.

Can you hear me?

Sedatives and tranquilizers.

All presciptions for Mrs. Naomi Reece.

Mrs. Reece,
we're from the Police Department.

But why are you in my house?

We're looking for your son.
Is he home now?

But I'm... did something happen?

We're gonna search your house now,
Mrs. Reece.

You can come with us if you want,
d'ya understand?

Sounds like consent to me.

Where's Charlie's room?

Stop it. Stop it.

Don't go in here.

Move out of the way, ma'am.

You can't be in here!

Mrs. Reece,
just stand out of the way!

Stop it!

There's a cellar back here.

Get out of here,
get out of here!

Stay here.

Locked.

Stop it. Stop it!

Cut 'em off.

Get away from me. Let me go!

Stay out of it!

Get your hands off of me!

Do not touch me!

What's that smell?

You cannot even
look in here. This is his special room.

He never lets any...

Go to Tippett's house.
Get the ID techs over here.

Get out, get out, get out.

Get out, get out.

Get out of here!

This is an emergency, ma'am.

Charlie, what were you doing?

Got some shells over here,
they look like twenty-two's.

Don't touch 'em.

My God. This looks like brains.

Who's in charge?

The Tippett's kid's had it.

If this guy's got him, he's dead.

We can't believe he's dead.

Our own justification for being here
is that we believe that boy's alive.

Alright, let's get pictures

and snag everything
that's not nailed down.

This is our guy, Mel.
It's all in plain view.

You want me to check your oil
and your water?

No, not today. Thanks.

You Charles Reece?

No. He's been gone all day.

You happen to know
when he's coming in?

No. If he's not in by now,
I'd say he's out for the day.

Who wants him?

Are you the owner?

No. I just work here.

What's your name?

Bob. Robert.

Last name.

Excuse me.

Have a nice day.

Whose Chevy is that?

I'm workin' on it.

You wanna open it for me?

Where's the keys?

I don't remember.

Think.

They must be inside,
I'll see if I can find them.

We'll come with you.

This place is such a mess,
I can never find anything. I never...

know if he put the keys up here or...

...or where.
Sometimes, he puts 'em up here.

It could be just about any place.

I don't know, this ring he put all...

Are these yours?

Halt!

Hold it right there!

Halt!

Nobody move!

Move! Move!

Police! Get out of the way!

Stop!

Get your hands up!

Get your hands up
where I can see 'em now!

Where I could see 'em!

Put 'em up!

What's the matter?

Get down on the ground.

What? What?

Get down on the ground!

I didn't do anything.

Get down on the ground!

It wasn't...

Now! Lay down! Lay down!

I didn't do anything...

Spread it out! Go on! Spread out!

What?

What am I here for?

You killed a woman today.

I need a doctor right away.

Mr. Reece,
did you kill Eileen Tippetts today?

I need a doctor, please.

Where's the little boy, Mr. Reece?

You'll never understand me.

Why not?

Because you're not chosen.

Ask me another question.

Have you ever seen a psychiatrist?

Yo. Lots of 'em.

Would you like to see one now?

Sure, I would.

You'll find out.

You're gonna get a big surprise.

Mr. Reece, let's cover
a couple load of areas.

How long did you work at the gas station?

Is the shrink here yet?

Dr. Rudin.

Tony Fraser, Assistant DA.

Yes, we've met before.

Thank you for coming.

Why did you ask for me?

You're on the duty roster.

Do you know what's goin' on here?

Okay, I want you to find out
anything you can about this little boy,

then I wanna know
what this guy's problems are.

Well, I can't examine him
until after he's been charged.

He's already been charged.

Well, it would be improper
even to talk to him

'till after he's consulted an attorney.

He has an attorney.

I just want whatever information
you can get on this little boy.

-Hello, Mrs. Reece.

Remember me, I'm, uh, Albert Morse?

I'm the public defender
assigned to your son's case?

Mrs. Reece, I'm here to help you.

Is this your husband?

He died when Charlie was six.

Charlie's been telling me
that he used to hit you.

Ha, Charlie? Never.

No, I meant your husband.

He punch me in the face, yes.

A lot of times, he kick me.

I was lyin' on the floor with, uh,
pans, broken dishes all over the place.

Cut myself.

Had to get fifty-two stitches.

He was mad about what somebody
said to him at work.

I had blood in my mouth
and I was beggin' him to stop.

I had to leave him.

We were only separated two months.

He came to the place I was stayin' and

he actually cried.

He apologized, you know, so I came back.

I loved him.

And I missed Charlie.

And I know how much he needed me.

Wait a minute, you mean,
your husband kept the boy?

Did you every report him to the police?

Why was that?

I don't know,
to tell you the honest truth.

Did your husband ever hit Charlie?

He loved Charlie.

He would never hurt Charlie.
Charlie was his darling.

Well he saw him hit you.

Charlie was standing there,
right there.

I covered my eyes
so I wouldn't have to see him starin'.

What happened to Charlie
after his father died?

Well, he was seven,
but he wasn't a bad child.

You ask our neighbors.
He, he mowed lawns,

he was always helpin' people.

He collected food and old clothes
for poor people. Everybody liked him.

He was on the football team
and the baseball team

at Mt. High.

I have a picture around here somewhere.

So he has no criminal record.

No.

No juvenile offenses.

Nothing. His grades were always good.

He went off to the community college
for a, a year.

He had a hard time.

It was just the two of us.

But I always gave him love.

I don't believe what they're saying
about him.

If I could see him now, I know
Charlie would tell me the real facts.

I understand he'd been hospitalized.

Yeah, at Sunnyslope. They helped him.

Well, who was the one who put him
on the hospital, Mrs. Reece?

Well, I told Charlie that I thought
he should see professionals.

Just needs professionals.

He got very upset with me.

But he got better.

They let him out.

He can get better, Mr. Morse.
He's a good person.

Just needs love.

He needs all the love I've got.

Well?

Okay,
he's got a lot of problems.

Serious, pathological problems.

Doctor, does he know the difference
between right and wrong?

He seems confused
and emotionally detached

from the killings.

Am I going to build a limited case
for legal sanity?

It's possible. Yes.

The women were shot,
dragged upstairs and then, mutilated.

The man downstairs was shot
and just left there.

I saw here laying there,
her body was all cut open.

Looks like
In The Wild in there.

Had the presence of mind
to pull the shade at the Ellis house.

Brought a plastic bag with him
so he could take the body parts he wanted.

Brought a concealed weapon with him.

He used a carving knife
from the Ellis kitchen for the mutilation.

I don't see your point.

Well, to inflict this kind of damage,
you'd need a large weapon, right?

Right.

It's hard to carry, hard to conceal.

Maybe he took one away
when he would find one.

That's thinking ahead, George.

I don't know, Tony,
that could be hard to prove.

Yeah, well,
I gotta prove it to myself first.

Didn't he wash the knife after he used it?

Somebody did,
and then took it back to the kitchen.

And then while he was in there,

he looks around for something
to drink their blood.

See, there's no panic.

The kitchen wasn't disturbed, was it?

No, I was in there,
he whooped very carefully.

That's my point.

I think he had motivation
for the killings,

and that it was sexual.

Harry, see what else you can find out
about him going back to when he was a kid.

Go back as far as you can, classmates,
girlfriends, whatever.

We wanna look
at the physiology of Mr. Reece's brain.

By that, I mean to see
if it's the right size and shape,

or if there's anything physically wrong
with it.

This machine
is a Magnetic Resonance Scanner.

It uses a powerful magnetic field
and radio waves to give us the sharpest,

clearest image of the brain.

Alright, we're now passing
through the base of the brain.

The temporal lobe and frontal lobe
are coming around,

they're both normal.

There is no mass.

We're passing through the fourth ventricle
and it's normal.

The third ventricle and lateral ventricle
are just coming around

and there are no lesions,

no bumps.

The size and the shape of the brain
are normal.

He appears
to have no structural brain disease.

Good luck, Al.

Charles, I'm Dr. Benjamin Keddie.
I'm a psychiatrist.

I was engaged by your attorney here,
Mr. Morse.

I've gone over your psychological tests
and your magnetic resonance scan,

and I think your best defense is insanity.

Mr. Morse and I will have to convince
the jury of your condition,

so we need you to help us understand it.

You see?

I don't want an insanity defense.

Everything I did was justified.

I had to do it. It was all up to me.

Did something tell you
to do those things?

What do you mean?

Well, for example,
did something tell you to go out

and shoot people?

I don't know what it was.

What do you think it was?

Well, that's for you to tell me,
Charles.

I hear voices on the radio
sometimes.

What sort of voices, Charles?

Music.

Tellin' me to kill.

There's this one station I listen to.

I listen and I'd hear Satan
telling me to kill.

Sometimes, I think this isn't real.

It's not really messages,
it's not making any sense.

But then finally I figured
it must be true.

So then when I started
to lose all my blood,

I figured that it was Satan poisoning me
for not keeping my end of the bargain.

Do you remember
going in to a woman's house

the day you were arrested?

She was making trouble,
and her dog was poisoned.

How did you feel
after you killed these people?

Just kind of delirious.

I didn't care.

Well, how did you pick out
this particular family to kill?

I don't know. It was just an accident.

An accident? What do you mean?

There's just no reason, you know.

I just walked out to the door,
and the woman opened the door,

and so I shot her right then.

What happened
to the little boy?

I put him in the trash can
with the lid in a garbage someplace.

Was he still alive?

I don't know.

I might have shot him
a couple of times.

You killed him?

No, I sucked some blood,
and then I got rid of it.

I'm confused, Charlie,
is to how you could hurt people,

a small child who never did you any harm.

Why, I never meant to hurt him.

I needed his blood.

Well, I feel bad about it now, I guess.

But not then.

Oh no, not then.

Affix time of death in relation
to bullet wounds and knife wounds.

Same with Mrs. Hendrickson.

Further note, Reece knew Mrs. Tippetts.

Did he have a reason for killing her?

Wasn't there a report of a dead dog
to the police department?

Mr. Tippetts is here.

Oh, right.

I need to interview him

and I didn't want him have to do it
at the office.

Okay.

Is it alright?

This is the man whose wife was--

I know. He has his son with him.

Thank you for coming.

Hello, son.

Do you have any toys?

We might have.

Come on.

Can I have a drink?

Sure. What would you like?

Water. No, apple juice.

No, thank you very much,
Mrs. Fraser.

Can I have a Coke?

I think the apple juice would be better
for you, son.

Andrew was asking we had any toys.

Come on, let's talk outside.

Be a good boy, Andrew.

Here you go...

I know it's difficult
to talk about it,

but you were the first person,
aside from your son, to find your wife.

And I need to have the jurors hear you.

I need to have them see her
through your eyes.

They all say that he's nuts.

I'm betting you do think that he's nuts,
don't you?

No, I don't.

I think Reece knew what he was doing
when he killed your wife.

This is, this is, this is...
this is all, it's a waste of time.

It isn't a waste of time--

I don't have the time, mister.

I got no time.

I sit there at home,
and I watch my boy Andrew,

that's all I do, I watch him.

That boy, he's all I got left.

You understand?

We're preparing to meet
Reece's insanity defense.

I'm asking for the death penalty,
which I've never done before.

But I feel, in this case,

I think the jury would vote for it.

You have to understand, if he's acquitted,

or if he's found not guilty
by reason of insanity,

they'll let him out of a hospital
or prison someday

and he'll be on the streets again.
I know you don't want that.

It's a terrible thing to lose a child.

Oh, oh, you don't know.

I do know.

I had a daughter younger than Aaron.

We lost her six months ago.

Lost her? What do...

That's a little bit different,
ain't it, huh?

You lost her?

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

She had pneumonia.

We thought she was getting better.

When I thought it was past
the dangerous stage, I went back to work.

I had a trial to finish.

My wife stayed at the hospital.

The last time I saw my daughter,
she was in an oxygen mask.

I'm, I'm sorry, I...

Jesus, God.

Can I color this book?

Sure. Wanna color together?

Is this a girl's toy?

I love it.

When my daughter
lost consciousness,

I had to make the decision
and let her die.

I thought it was better for her.

I feel the same about Reece.

Sometimes, life has to be taken.

I need you to help me.

What if I just don't show up?

I could have a warrant issued
for your arrest but I'd rather not,

believe me.

I thought a lot about everything
that happened.

We didn't go to church,
I ain't got no religion,

nothing like that.

I think all this was God's idea.

I don't know, Mr. Tippetts,

I just wanna see Reece punished
for what he did to your little--

I don't know why,

but I think God, he, he made a judgment
against us.

Did I tell you what I decided
this morning, tiger?

I think maybe you and me
are gonna leave this town.

Just pack up and head out on the road.

No school?

No, not for a while.

I think we're just gonna get in the car
and drive.

How long for, Daddy?

Well, for a long time.

Aren't we ever gonna stop?

I'm not sure. We're gonna stop but
mainly we're gonna drive

and we're gonna see places.

You like that idea?

Can I bring my toys?

Oh, you betcha, you can bring
every single one of 'em.

Is there children to play with?

Lots of children.
You can play with all of 'em.

How many patients are you treating here,
Paul?

Fifty or sixty, something like that.

We're operating way beyond capacity.

Well, you're to be commended.

Usually very ill are treated
by the least trying people

in our profession.

Thank you, Ben.

Paul, it's only a matter of time
before the DA discovers

that you examined Reece here
at Sunnyslope.

No, it, it wasn't me.
It was one of the staff psychologists.

I only discovered it recently.

Less than six months
before the first killing,

you agreed that he was well enough
to be let go.

It was the hospital staff.

They didn't see a potential for violence.

We don't have the money or the time.

All we could do was warehouse him.

You're willing
to rely on that

when you get on the witness stand?

Of course, not.

When it becomes common knowledge
that you certified Reece

and then let him go,
you're going to be sued.

You'll be sued
by the dead victim's families,

you'll be found guilty of malpractice.

My God, remember that case
that they brought against John Hingris,

psychiatrist?

Failure to predict future violence?

You see, there's no question
that he killed those people.

The only question is why.

Now if he is found guilty on those crimes,
you will be persecuted along with him.

I can't falsify the interview.

I didn't say anything
about falsifying.

My God, Paul, you don't have to falsify
anything in this case.

What are you suggesting?

Change your mind.

How do I explain that?

On further reflection,

I think that you'll arrive
at the same diagnosis I did.

Paranoid schizophrenia.

I've never pre-judged a diagnosis
in my life.

Did he ever mention
anything about the nazis

or being persecuted by demons?

No, I would have remembered that.

Then you might wanna include
a few comments on your report

on his persecution delusion.
It's part of his paranoia.

He has that delusion?

I had to draw it out of him,

and it's perfectly consistent
with his interest in human anatomy,

and nazis as a satanic cult.

See, just make a few, small adjustments
in your report.

It'll help to coordinate our presentation.

I'll have to, I have to look at all
my records.

I didn't hear you, Paul.

I said I may have some other records.
I'll have to look for them.

I know you wanna do everything you can
to help this man.

He's sick. We're the only people
who stand between him and death.

The death penalty is intolerable.

You have every right to stretch the truth
if necessary to save his life.

He can spend six months and God knows
how much tax money

proving he committed those crimes.

But if you go my way,
the people will get their guilty plea,

the people will get a shot
at a joint to life

whether it's a state prison,
or mental hospital,

and no one's gonna let this guy out.

He's gonna stay in there
until the cows come home.

It happens all the time.

Guy sent to a mental hospital,
later proves he's no longer dangerous,

and they have to let him go.

Do you really think
that any psychiatrist

is gonna certify this man
for release--

Al, it happens everyday!

Oh, come on, Tony.

It does. What about this guy
who raped a 12-year old girl in the 1980?

Cut off her arms and left her for dead.

He's just been paroled for good behavior.

If he pleads in front of me today,

you're not lookin' at any state hospital,
Al.

We're talkin' life in prison
and I mean it.

We're talkin' about this guy
as if he were just another murderer.

Ten years from now, the parole board
or whatever it's called

will have no memory of this.

Sooner or later, they'll let him go,
they always do.

He's gonna be an old man by this point.

A maximum sentence from me
and I'm sent nasty letters

from the community to the parole board,

you might wind up getting more
than if you went to trial.

I'll take that chance.

What are you gonna tell their families
when the jury comes back in that court

with a second degree verdict?

You're not gonna hold this guy in a joint
too long with that.

I think I can nail this guy.

When a defendant raises
the insanity defense as Mr. Reece has,

trial is divided into three parts.

You must first determine his guilt,

then, his sanity at the time
that the crimes were committed.

If you find him guilty and sane,
then in the third part, the penalty phase,

you must decide whether he will live
or die.

He had lots of pets,
dogs, cats, even ducks.

We used to play with the animals
at Wikigrove Park.

He used to go out of his way to avoid
violence of any kind.

Once, one of the guys
we went to school with

got drunk and took a swing at Charlie,
and Charlie didn't hit him back.

He just sort of backed him down,
and tried to reason with him.

I was his scout master.
He was a good boy.

I didn't see him for a few years
'till a few months ago.

He looked like an old man.

His face was pale and his eyes were crazy.

And he lost a lot of weight.

He seemed really nervous.

He wanted to know about blood poison.

If I knew anyone who died of blood poison.

I was a nurse at Sunnyslope
when he was a patient there.

I found a diary that he kept.

It, uh, was against the rules,
but I opened it,

and found dates, times, and places
of animals that he had killed.

Dogs, cats, rabbits.

When we heard he was going to be released,
we all raised hell about it,

but, uh, it didn't do any good.

We went together
all through high school.

He was on the football team
and I was a cheerleader.

I didn't have other boyfriends
than just Charles.

He was always very thoughtful.

He used to send me Valentine's flowers,
and we, we were very close.

Did you continue to see Charles
after you both graduated?

Yes, I did.
Uhm, for almost a year afterward.

Would you say your relationship
with Charles was normal relationship?

You mean, sexual?

Exactly.

Yes. He was my boyfriend
for almost five years,

I didn't have any other boyfriends.

Dr. Rudin,
did you make a diagnosis of Charles Reece?

Yes. I found that Mr. Reece
was a schizophrenic of the paranoid type.

And what did you base that diagnosis?

May I consult my notes?

Absolutely.

Well, first he was chaotic
in his thinking.

He couldn't follow or reply
to any of my questions.

He had delusions, for example,
that Mr. Tippetts was a nazi

out to harm him.

He didn't show any of the reactions
you'd expect

from someone who's committed
a hideous crime.

This is exactly what I was afraid of.

I want the information that would dug up
on this guy.

He believes that his blood is poisoned,

that his internal organs
aren't functioning,

and that his heart is failing.

Any of these things true?

Now Dr. Rudin, this is very important.

Do you think that Charles Reece understood
the nature and quality of his acts?

I would say that he had a sense
that he was killing,

but he didn't rationally understand
what he was doing.

Your honor, I have a request
that I be permitted to re-examine

Dr. Rudin as a hostile witness.

Objection, Your Honor.

Dr. Rudin is the people's own
psychiatrist.

Just because Mr. Fraser does not hear
the answers he wants does not mean--

I have certain representations
from this witness prior to trial,

and during his direct examinations,

and he's now testifying in a completely
different manner.

Objection overruled.
Go ahead, Mr. Fraser.

Thank you, Your Honor.

You've treated many schizophrenics.

Yes, I have.

Most of them live reasonably
normal lives, don't they?

Some do. Some are hospitalized.

But they all function,
whether they're in the hospital

or outside without killing people.

Yes.

Some even hold jobs, raise families.

If they're treated.

Some may require medication to function.

But not all.

No, not all.

No.

Delusions and abnormal states don't
necessarily equal murder,

even for people who have the same disorder
as the defendant.

Objection, Your Honor.
Counsel has again commented.

Ask a question, Mr. Fraser.

Based on your observations,

do you consider him a threat
to the safety of others?

I would say so. Yes.

Doctor, you said you were on the staff
at Sunnyslope Hospital.

I'm a consultant there, yes.

Well, during the summer of 1986,

do you remember seeing the defendant
as a patient?

I do not.

You didn't see him?

I said, I don't recall him
if he was there--

Let me refresh your memory.

These are hospital records.

You certified for release,
July 29th, 1986.

I didn't release him.
This was a junior member of the staff.

Well, now, Doctor,

if a member of your staff
certified him for release

just six months before he went
on a murderous rampage,

doesn't that mean that he didn't
manifest any of the symptoms

that allerted you to his dangerousness?

It was not my decision.

Did you approach
the interview you had with the defendant

at the police department
with any prejudices?

I most certainly did not.

He killed several people, cuts them up,
and drinks their blood,

and knowing these things,
you didn't go in there

thinking he might be crazy?

I did not. No.

Why not?

Because people can commit
multiple murders

and still not be, to use your word,
crazy.

So it's possible then, for a person
to commit a string of sadistic murders

and still be found legally sane.

Yes.

The DA just arrived.

Watch out down here,
you might slip.

Right here.

Right here!

Where were you when you boys
seen it?

We were here fishing

These two kids found the body
about an hour and a half ago.

They're down here fishing.

That's it down there.

We haven't made a positive ID yet,

but it looks like little Aaron Tippetts,
for sure.

John, where the hell are the medics?

Hello.

Who is this? Who's calling?

Just a moment.

It's for you.

Are you okay?

Who is this?

You've gotta get me moved
to another jail.

They'll poison me here.

Don't ever call me at home again.

Do you understand that?

If you call me here again, I'll make sure
your phone privileges are revoked.

I can tell you anything you wanna know.

If you wanna talk to me,
do it through your attorney.

That was Reece, wasn't it?

He can just call here anytime he wants?

I'll make sure it doesn't happen again.

My God, he was talking to me.
This crazy killer knows our number.

I'm sorry, Kate. I'm sorry
this guy has talked to you. Kate?

Dr. Gables, were you asked to determine
whether the defendant was sane or insane

at the time of the killings?

What sort of, uh, examinations
did you perform on him?

I reviewed all the medical
and neurological studies

that had been done on Mr. Reece
including brain wave tests,

and specialized x-rays of his brain.

I also performed extensive
psychiatric examinations on him

over a clinical period.

And what were your findings?

I found him to have no medical
and neurological illness of any type,

his nervous system is intact,
his general physical health is good.

He is, in my judgment, legally sane.

What other reasons do you have
for stating your opinion

that the defendant is sane?

He knows right from wrong,

He went to work,
ran from the police,

told me he'd killed some people,

he took to avoid
observation and detection,

sometimes, with me, he became evasive,

made very deliberate concious choices
of what he would or wouldn't talk about--

What sort of things
didn't he wanna talk about?

I'm sorry?

What sort of things
didn't he wanna talk about?

Why he killed people,
where evidence might be found,

things that would hurt him legally.

Doctor, did he know he was killing
living human beings?

Oh, but that was the point,
that was why he did it.

He claims he has a belief that his body
is failing and infected,

and he's convinced himself
someone else's blood will repair him.

He had to kill them to get the blood.

And you wouldn't, uh,
characterize that as insane.

Not into the law.

Reece's thinking is peculiar,
perhaps psychotic,

but at all times, he knew
what he was doing,

knew that it was wrong,

and he has the capacity to control
his behavior to not kill.

No further questions.

Dr. Gables,

do you believe that Charles Reece
has a serious mental illness?

Yes, I do. I've said so several times,
that he's probably psychotic.

I'm sorry if I haven't made myself clear.

Oh, well, that's alright, Doc,
we'll take care of that right now.

Dr. Leon Gables, you've testified
in over fifty cases, haven't you,

as an expert witness?

That's correct.

And each of those cases, you have
always testified for the prosecution

and against the defendant,
is that correct?

In each of the cases'
which I've testified as an expert,

I've made an individual opinion
on a merit case by casee basis.

That's good, Doctor, but in every case,
you have supported the prosecution,

is that correct?

Essentially, yes.

Don't you have a nickname
in the prosecutorial community?

Your Honor, I object!

Aren't you known as Dr. Death?

Your Honor, this is argumentative.

He has testified in fifty-three murder
cases and fifty-three convictions.

That's his nickname, Your Honor,
ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

this is Dr. Death.

Objection!

Okay, Charlie, it's lunchtime.

Thanks.

What's it like to actually drink
somebody's blood, Charlie?

I love watching people die.

Made 'em swiggle and squirm
all over the place,

and then, they just stop.

Oh, I'd cut 'em with a knife
and watch their face turn real white.

I loved all that blood.

They're gonna gash you
if you keep talking like that.

I'd rather die
than spend the rest of my life in prison.

I must've been real sick to do all that.

Boy, these sure are good.

What the hell are you doing?!

Get out of the way.

Where is the...

What do you want?

Where's the blood?!

Daddy!

Hold it right there!

Why the hell are they letting this guy
have something he could sharpen?

Any mention of his attempt to escape
or any reference to dead or injured guards

or the priest.

On what grounds?

It's not probative on the question
of guilt or innocence.

Oh, you're funny. Ah, you know--

Who the hell knows why he tried
to escape? Al's right. It's not probative.

I'm gonna grant the motion.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Dr. Keddie, is it your opinion that
one of the reasons

Charles Reece killed these people was

that he was afraid
they were poisoning him?

That was the primary reason.

It was a frantic, misguided effort
of self defense.

Was he capable of understanding
the nature and the quality of his acts?

Absolutely not.

The power of his delusions
overwhelmed his freedom of choice.

Thank you very much, Doctor.

Doctor, isn't it just possible
that this man killed his victims

because he enjoyed inflicting cruelty?

Definitely not.

His delusional need for blood
was the primary motivation

for what he did.

But didn't he kill
in this grotesque manner

because his purpose was also sadistic?

As a trained psychiatrist, I would say

that that is not in accord
with the evidence, as I perceive it.

As a trained psychiatrist,
are you saying

that a man who commits
on a woman he has just killed

isn't driven by a sadistic impulse?

I found no evidence that Mr. Reece
was motivated by sadistic feelings.

Doctor, didn't the nazis
have a delusion

about the Jews
causing the world's problems?

When an entire culture or even
a large group of people

believe in something,

I doubt that we could psychiatrically
label it as a delusion.

It may be wrong,
it may be a mistaken prejudice,

but it is not delusional.

Direct your attention
to the jury instructions for insanity

and tell me, doctor,
if you would find the nazis insane.

Objection!

I'll permit him to answer.

All the instructions refer to the word
"legal,"

for other nations, we're not talking
about the same thing at all.

Would you find the nazis
who killed

because of their belief in Jewish evil
insane using the California standard?

Those who operated on this belief,
and I think it fair to call this belief,

a disease,

I would generally find insane.

Even though they were organized enough
to set up gas chambers?

Extermination camps?

Ride railroads carrying Jewish victims?

In fact, organized a whole apparatus
of government

around the idea of killing Jews?

I think most people agree that the nazis
were insane.

And you find the defendant insane
for the same reasons?

Well, I don't follow you.

He believed blood would cure him,

they believed Jews were evil.

They both killed for their beliefs,
didn't they?

I don't see the parallels.

The defendant, like the nazis,

was able to organize
his own transportation.

Like the nazis, he brought tools of death
with him,

carried out his deeds and secret
like the nazis.

Don't all these things point away
from him being insane?

Mr. Fraser,
you find Mr. Reece better organized

than I do.

Do you understand the effect
of your opinions, doctor?

Under your theory, both the defendant
and the nazis

would be free from criminal responsibility
for their actions, wouldn't they?

That's not what I said.

I'm here to give my opinions
on the questions you put up.

You said the defendant
was unable to make choices.

I believe I said that he was not capable
of full, mature reflection on his actions.

You mean that, he couldn't control
himself?

That his actions were inevitable?

His behavior
was conditioned

by forces beyond his control.

Would you modify your opinion
about the defendant's capacity to choose

between moral alternatives
if you knew that he tried to escape--

Objection, Your Honor!

Your Honor knows my reason very well!

But I'm going to allow him
to answer.

This is expert opinion.

I would not change my opinion.

Trying to escape was expectable
under the circumstances.

It has no bearing under his overall
ability to choose.

Why is it expectable for someone being
held for murder to try to escape?

It's natural.

Normal?

Objection!

Let him finish.

It was instinctive.
Choice had little to do with it.

Isn't the mere fact of his attempt
to escape prove to you

that he knew what he had done was wrong?

It is not.

Anyone in this room would've tried
to escape in a similar situation,

guilty or not.

Charles Reece is not capable of free will.
My God, I've said that again and again.

Doctor, have you coached him
on his insanity defense?

Objection!

I wanna answer this--

Let him answer.

I demand to answer!

And I'll let him answer,

but don't you interrupt him again,
Mr. Fraser, you understand me?

Yes, Your Honor.

Now I resent the charges you've made.

I understand the revulsion everyone feels
in the face of brutal murder.

But I see him, too.

He shouldn't be killed.
He should be treated and studied.

What makes up a respectable young man
turn into a killer?

I wanna save him
because he has that secret.

Perhaps the next time someone like him
could be treated.

Perhaps we can vaccinate against murder.

We need to understand this man
for the betterment of society.

Even at the price of five lives?

That may be the most terrible part
of all.

The price of knowledge.

There is no doubt that Charles Reece
has to pay for what he has done.

The payment is hard.

Some people think it's just
about the hardest payment

that we can conceive of.

He will be locked up,
without the possibility of ever,

remember that, of ever getting out
for the rest of his life.

Once a verdict of death
has been carried out,

that's final.

Nothing can change what you've done.

So you must feel completely secure
in this decision.

You must feel that this is the only
right verdict in this case.

If you wake up the day after the verdict
and you say to yourself,

Oh, my God, I've made a mistake.

It's too late.

One night, ten years from now,

you might wake up
in the middle of the night and,

and you suddenly realize
I've made this mistake,

I sent Charlie to his death.

And there's nothing that you
or anybody else in this whole world

can do about that. Not then.

You see, that's the kind of decision
that you must make.

The defendant wiped out five people,
our fellow human beings,

cruelly and brutally,
in the most cold-hearted

and pre-meditated manner,
he's wiped them off the face of the earth.

And what has happened?

Well, we've talked to you in great length.

Not about the victims
but about the defendant!

About his life.

About his feelings, his problems,
his needs, his desires,

and in the final, brutal act, he is trying
to steal the compassion

that belongs to those victims!

Those victims deserve their time
in this courtroom.

Now, we've heard medical evidence

saying that it took the defendant
three minutes to butcher Barbara Ellis

after he shot her.

And she was just one of five victims.

We are now going to stop for three minutes

and I want you to think about what this man
did to her,

and I want you to also think
about the other four victims,

and about their last,
precious minutes of life

as this man horribly,
brutally murdered them.

This is how long it took
for just one of them to die.

The life of an innocent human being
is worth more than the life of a murderer.

Charles Reece must die.

If you believe the defendant knew
what he was doing,

then you must find him legally sane.

If you believe he did not,
then you must him him insane.

In order to find him guilty, you must find
that he intended to commit the crimes.

His intention is as much a part
of the offense as the act itself.

And if you find Mr. Reece
guilty of multiple murder,

be aware that he could be sentenced to die
in the gas chamber.

The decision that you make
must be on the evidence

and not on sympathy.

This case now remains with you.

What the hell are we gonna do?

I can't understand how a decent boy
could change so much.

He has to be crazy, that's all.

is possible?

What would you do if he'd killed
your son or daughter?

That's how we have to look at it.

We have to put ourselves in the place
of the victims.

We've got to try to understand
the difference between real insanity

and legal insanity.

How the hell do we do that?

We've gotta try.

Everybody admits he did the killings
so let's just deal with the facts.

We can't just deal with the facts.

If we send him to a mental institution,
he, he could be released.

Those psychiatrists and lawyers
won't have to live next door to him,

we will. Our neighbors will.

Killing this poor, sick young man
just doesn't make sense, I don't think.

It's not gonna bring back the victims,
and it's no better than what he did.

It's insane.

Well, sure, anybody who did what he did
is insane.

Dan White was insane.

Maybe the whole world is insane.

But that doesn't mean that
we should excuse what he did.

There has to be rules.

But you don't take a prisoner's life
just because they're insane.

You kill them if they're insane
and they wanna kill you.

All rise.

Be seated.

Have you reached a verdict Mr. Bayles?

Yes, Your Honor, we have.

Please hand it to the bailiff.

Thank you.

Madame Clerk, please read the verdicts.

Superior Court of California,
County of Stockton,

The People of State of California,
Plaintiff,

versus Charles Edmund Reece,
Defendant.

We, the jury, in the above-entitled cause,
find the defendant, Charles Edmund Reece,

guilty of a violation of Section 187
of the Penal Code

of the State of California, to which,
murder of felony relating to Barbara Ellis

as charges set forth in count one
of the information on file herein,

dated March 24, 1987.

Guilty of a violation of Section 187,

murder of felony
relating to Robert Hendrickson,

It isn't over yet. It's only
the first part of the trial.

We still got a shot to save your life.

We can still show the jury
that you aren't responsible.

Your Honor, I'm gonna request
that PET scan be performed to my client

as reliable way of showing the jury
that he's mentally ill

during the penalty phase.

PET scan only proports to show images
of the brain's chemistry

at a given moment in time.

In this case, it's after the crime
was committed.

It doesn't address
the question of responsibility.

But I understand that it can show
whether or not there is mental illness.

Your Honor, this is a new form
of brain imaging

which is used in the diagnosis
of epilepsy, depression,

Alzheimer's disease, as well as
mental deficiency.

Depriving Mr. Reece to put this in front
of the jury denies him a fair trial.

Your Honor, the studies don't all agree.

It's only another gadget to hide
Reece's responsibility.

Well, let's air on the side of caution.

I'm going to order the test.

Thank you, Your Honor.

We'll let the jury evaluate it.

Nobody knows what it'll show.

You're taking my blood.

Just a few samples.
It's nothing to worry about.

What for?

To measure the blood sugar that's
gettin' to your brain. That's all.

You're poisoning me.

Is my daddy
going to bring me a Christmas present?

No, Charles.

Why not?

Because I don't want him
to see you.

-Daddy!

These are abnormal patterns,
without a doubt.

What does that tell you?

Well, this yellow-green area here
is consistent with schizophrenia.

What you're seeing is a computer-enhanced
image of the chemistry of the brain.

And what it shows...
is a picture of madness.

How are you feeling?

Grand.

Charles, I've got some great news.

Your Honor,
based on the new scientific evidence,

we, the jury, find that the defendant
should go to a state mental hospital.

Careful now, that's hot stuff.

In the middle, okay?

Strike it. Atta boy!
Oh, get in there!

I could do it, Daddy.

Almost, alright, Andy,
get 'em going now. Come on.

You get another one.

We gotta win one this time.

Alright.

You can do it!

Come on.

One more.

Just one more, one more,
one more.

All right!

Look at that. Whoo!

Come on, Daddy.

Alright, sure is, Andy.

There's a north star over there,

and that's Mars.

Right over there is the Little Dipper.

Did you find the Big Dipper?

Over there.

That's it.

Can you tell me a story?

Sure, Andy.

Let's see.

Once upon a time, there was a castle
by the sea,

Big castle?

No, just a little castle.

It had flowers, trees...

And a doggy?

And a doggy. Yeah.

Dear Mr. Tippetts,

It's important that you understand
why I had to do what I did.

I had no hate for your wife
and your little boy,

even though your wife wa mean to me.

I needed their blood to help me
do my work.

They've now been sent to a better place
away from this violent world.

I know there's a place where
all little boys

can go have Christmas with their fathers,

so none of this can happen again.

I want you to know that I told them this
and they understood.

If you get this letter,
maybe you can visit me here

so that we could talk about this further.

I know that you're a very kind person
and would wanna help me.

I need your help very much.

Yours truly, Charles Reece