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In the criminal justice system,

sexually based offenses

are considered
especially heinous.

In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

who investigate
these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as
the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

Kathy Mattea's "Eighteen
Wheels and a Dozen Roses" plays...

Never seen you here before

and it's not like
I'd forget you.

My boyfriend hates bars,

but he broke up
with me tonight.

So here I am.

Well, the guy must be blind.
Let me buy you a shot.

Tequila?

Hey! Easy over there.

- What's your problem?
- That's my sister.

He's behaving himself,
Dustin.

Yeah? He better be.

Sorry about that.

Out with the old,
in with the new.

- One shot?
- The rest are on the house.

Hey, you know what?
I'm wrapping up too.

You want to head
somewhere else?

Uh, hold that thought.
I'll be right back.

There's the girl
of my dreams.

Um, I should call it a night,

but thanks for
making me feel better.

Good luck catching a cab.

I can get you a car
unless you want company.

Sorry, not yours.

Suit yourself, bitch.

She's been out here
for a couple hours at least.

A woman walking her dog
found her 40 minutes ago.

Okay, then this whole area
should be taped off.

- Preserve any evidence we can.
- Go.

This could be our vic's.

No wallet, no ID,
cell phone's locked.

Uni found them over by
the emergency blue light phone.

- Lot of good that did her.
- You okay?

Yeah,
just the storm last night.

Every time I woke up there was
a scared kid or dog in my bed.

- I guess your vacation's over.
- Rollins, welcome back.

Was the vic able
to tell us anything?

She's unconscious,
half-naked, soaking wet,

with a nasty head wound.

She's hypothermic,
probably concussed.

Okay, so out here,

hours in the rain,
there goes our DNA.

Is there any security cams,
witnesses?

A dead zone.
Not a lot of eyes out here.

Our working theory is
she was attacked on that path

from behind
then dragged down the hill.

We found her purse
and a cell phone.

Another weird detail,

they found her jeans neatly
folded right beside her.

Captain, detectives,
she's coming to.

Hey, you're okay.
You're safe now.

Where am I?

- Mom?
- We're the police.

Honey, can you tell me
your name?

Can you tell me your name?

Incoming.

- Captain, we have to go.
- Yeah, of course.

Rollins,
meet her at the hospital

and see if she can ID
her cell phone or her purse.

Chief.

She was raped and
left for dead in Central Park.

Please tell me
that she's gonna make it.

We certainly hope so.

Well, press is here.
You got anything for them?

Keeping the park safe
is our top priority.

I mean, we're working
as hard as we can.

Yeah, no disrespect
but nobody cares

how hard we're working.
They want results.

And now's when you tell me
that we can't afford anymore

headlines about how New York
City is out of control.

- Yeah.
- Chief, what can you tell us?

You want to deal
with these jackals, huh?

1PP, the mayor?

We're working the scene.

Good.

Chief, one question:
What happened?

Something wrong, Liv?

I've been up since 5:00,
and already

it feels like this day
is never gonna end.

I mean,
this job is hard enough,

- but the politics...
- Let's just get this guy.

Season 23 Episode 18

Episode Title: "Eighteen Wheels a Predator"
Aired on: April 14, 2022.

We're here at Central Park,
at the scene of a brutal sexual assault

that has left a young woman
now fighting for her life.

Kayla?

The nurses said
you remembered your name.

Barely.

Okay, well,
I'm Detective Rollins.

I saw you earlier today
at the park.

How you feeling?

I've never been
breaking news before.

Yeah, well, why don't we turn
this off for a little while.

What's that?

- Is that yours?
- You found it.

Uh, my purse?

Yeah. Let's see.

- That's mine.
- Okay.

Um, I also had a wallet.

It was pink.

No wallet. I'm sorry.

So whoever raped me
robbed me too?

Did you find this guy?

Yeah, we are working on that.

Can you think of anything
that would describe him?

I never saw him.

I was walking home.

It was windy,
like a storm was coming.

I must've got hit in the head
from behind.

Then I woke up here.

Can you remember where
you were earlier in the night?

My boyfriend dumped me
by text from LA,

- so I went for a drink.
- Okay.

I had a few shots. Tequila.

- Wait, I paid with my phone.
- Great.

Oh, Embargo on Columbus.

And they only charged you
for one shot.

The bartender said
the rest were on the house.

I guess he thought I owed him.

Thanks, bro.
Good looking out.

A'ight, be safe, man.

Well, that's subtle.

- Hey.
- NYPD, you two work here?

Nope.

Then why is she
unlocking the door?

Did you work here last night?

That's a simple
yes or no question.

Yes.
My brother and I both did.

Is this about
the girl on the news?

What the hell?
Demmy, shut up.

Well, we did see
your side hustle just now.

Get your hands up.
Get them up.

You got anything sharp
I should...

Look, I got no idea
how that got there, okay?

These are
my roommate's pants.

Yeah, sure they are, man.
Let's go.

- Where are you taking him?
- 16th precinct, SVU.

Dustin, I'll meet you there.

I bought her a few shots
last night, that's it.

- I don't hurt women.
- Not what your record shows.

You got DV charges
going back seven years.

- My ex was crazy.
- Okay.

I didn't hurt the girl
on the news.

But she was
in your bar last night.

Yeah and so were
a lot of other guys.

Okay, did you see her
leave with anyone?

- No, man.
- But you did see her leave.

I offered her a lift,
she blew me off.

Oh, so you followed her.

I made sure
she got across the street

without getting hit by a car
then I went home.

Yeah, we can ask your
roommate about that, right?

The one whose pants
you borrowed.

Okay, I lied about that,

but I live with my sister.

Okay, it used to be
our parents' place,

but our name's on the lease.
That's illegal too?

Now I want my lawyer.

This guy's file reads
like the ABCs of crime.

- Assault, battery, citations.
- Add D for drug possession.

And initially he waived
Miranda.

He's that dense?

Well, he said
the only Miranda he needs

is the one
that'll get on her knees.

Yeah, so to answer your
question, Carisi, that's a yes.

Hey, I FaceTimed Kayla.

She ID'd Dustin from the bar,

but no memory of him
at the park.

But she did
a rape kit though, right?

Oh, he's in the system.
Wait for a match.

Well, his alibi sister
is here.

She wants to know
what's going on.

I can't imagine Dustin
doing anything like this.

- He's always protected me.
- Dustin's your brother.

We're not asking you
to betray him.

We're just asking you
to be honest, okay?

Why don't you have a seat?

So the two of them
were in the bar.

Yeah, but he talks
to lots of girls.

But you saw him with Kayla.

She was having fun.

Smiling, flirty,
they may have even kissed.

May have?

Just once
outside the bathroom.

Why'd they stop?

I don't know.

She kind of pushed him away
like she was teasing him.

That's when Dustin told me
he was leaving

and that I had to close up.

And what time
did you get home?

1:30, 1:45.

And was Dustin there
when you got home?

Demmy.

Was Dustin there
when you got home?

No.
I heard him come in later.

What time?

I don't know, after 3:00.

Did you talk to him?

I got up to talk to him,

but I could hear him
in the shower.

In the shower.

Does he always shower
after his shift?

No, but he must've got caught
in that rainstorm.

His muddy clothes
were on the floor.

- I put them in the laundry.
- Mm-hmm.

Where is Dustin?
I need to talk to him.

Yeah, he's not
coming home just yet.

Pick up all the clothes
from the laundry

and any men's shoes.

You're wrong about Dustin.

- Girls throw themselves at him.
- Yeah.

This is his room?

I'm not allowed
to go in there.

Then don't.

Okay.

Well, he wasn't lying about
growing up in this apartment.

Nothing old-school
about this.

Busy boy.

I think I got something.

I'm guessing that's not his.

That's what
I'm talking about.

The vic's wallet
was in his apartment.

Oh, along
with his muddy boots.

And a Sig Sauer.

And the DNA
from the rape kit?

We have the DNA in her mouth.

It was a match but
the rest of her kit was clean.

He used a condom,

the rain erased the rest
or both.

Either way, Carisi says
that we have enough to indict.

I'm gonna want you there
for a press conference after.

We have to reassure the city.

Chief, Captain,
I have someone on hold

who says he needs
to talk to you.

Right now?

He says he has
information about the case.

The caller ID is blocked.

Okay.
Somebody then record this.

I got it.

This is Captain Benson.

I seen the arrest
on the news.

Y'all done
congratulating yourselves?

Can you tell me
your name, sir?

I can tell you,
you arrested the wrong guy.

Okay, sir,
and how do you know that?

You found a pair of jeans
next to her body, didn't you?

Neatly folded.
Yeah, that was me.

I just did it again

and well,
I'd put her on the phone,

but she's not really
in the mood to talk right now.

Are you, sweetheart?

Okay, hang on, sir.
I want to hear more.

Well, that's not
gonna happen.

Hold on.

Folded jeans?

That's the one detail
we didn't give to the public.

From a blocked number,
he could be anywhere.

Call TARU.

Find out where
that call came from.

So a John Doe called
and knew a detail of the crime

that's not public information.

So option one, it's a copycat

and somehow the MO leaked.

Uh, okay, that can't happen.

Option two is
that Dustin is guilty

and he had a buddy call
from the outside.

Dustin's at Rikers.
Unless he used a burner,

- that call is recorded.
- Right.

Well, he's not
the sharpest knife.

And he had the wallet
in his apartment?

Did we get anything else
from the search?

None of Kayla's DNA
was on his boots or clothes.

Which leaves us option three,
is that John Doe is the rapist.

He wanted credit
and Dustin is innocent.

Hey, TARU dumped our phone,

got the cell number
that the call came from.

The phone pinged near a truck
stop near Bear Creek, Kentucky.

No answer now but I'm hold
for the local police chief.

Chief Berry,

I'm Captain Benson
from Manhattan SVU.

We got a call from a person
of interest in a rape up here.

Now, the call was made
from a cell phone

near a truck stop
just off Dixie Road.

I'm gonna stop you
right there, ma'am.

I'm at Dixie Road right now.

We just discovered
a young victim in the woods.

She's on her way
to the hospital in Ashland.

Sexually assaulted?
Is she alive?

She's unconscious.

She's got a wound
to the back of her head.

We're praying for her.

Okay, those clothes
that were in the foreground,

do those belong to the victim?

Yes, ma'am.
He took her pants off

and left them folded
neat as a pin beside her.

I take it you sense that my
rape and yours are connected.

I do, I do and if it would be
all right with you,

I would like to send two
of my detectives out to you.

Well, normally state police
would take charge,

but they got their hands full

with a school shooting
two towns over.

We'll take all the help
we can get.

Thank you so much.
Appreciate it.

A lot less turfy
than East Harlem.

Fin, Rollins, you're on the
next flight out to Kentucky.

No idea how that wallet
got in my bedroom

- unless your cops planted it.
- Planted it?

Like they planted the gun,
the coke, and the cash.

My client just wants
to clear his name.

Well, he's got a couple
options here.

Now maybe you had a party
in your apartment that night

and one of your buddies,
he's good for this.

He planted the wallet.
Is it possible?

I don't bring guys home
because of my sister.

I swear last time I saw Kayla,
she was headed to the park.

I did not follow her.

Well, you went somewhere,
so where did you go?

- I told you, straight home.
- Then stop lying.

We know that you didn't
come home until after 3:00.

- Wait, what?
- Not that confusing.

Yeah, there's cameras
all over your neighborhood.

- Bodega cams, traffic cams.
- Okay, okay.

Maybe I was a little late.
I might've had a business deal.

You want my client
to cooperate,

any unrelated crimes
he admits to...

We're only interested

in finding out
what happened to Kayla.

That's it.

- I sort of had a coke deal.
- Great.

Now we're getting somewhere.
Where and with who?

Hell's Kitchen.
Some guys, bangers.

You know,
I don't know their real names.

Is it possible that
maybe you told one of them

that there was a drunk girl
alone in the park?

No, of course not.

There's no way that
any of those guys are involved.

Let us decide that.

Coffee?
Just made a fresh pot.

No, thanks,
Chief, we're good.

So how is your victim doing?

She has a concussion
but no permanent damage.

Shay Landry, 19.
Known her since she was a baby.

She lives with her boyfriend

who just left for boot camp
two weeks ago.

We checked his whereabouts
last night?

Yes, ma'am.

Knee deep
in Georgia mud all day,

lights out by 9:00 p. m.

Okay, did the hospital
do a rape kit?

They knew what to do there.

I asked them
to rush the results.

Any similar assaults
in the area?

Not since I took over.
It's been six years.

Is it all right
if we talk to Shay?

Absolutely.

I was walking home,
and I heard footsteps.

Before I could turn around,
I was out like a light.

When I woke up,
I was here with my pants...

On the ground beside me.

Shay, I know it's hard,

but if you need for us
to back off.

I just can't believe
this happened to me.

Please don't go telling Jim.

No, no, we're not gonna
tell anybody, okay, honey?

We're just... we want
to track this guy down.

I'm okay.
I'm gonna try to help you.

You already are.
Do you remember anything?

Did he say anything?
Did he smell any way?

They was coming fast and soft

like he was
wearing tennis shoes.

I might've smelled cigarettes.
Not menthols.

Okay, that's good.

Just cast your mind around
like a net.

If anything comes up.

Next thing, I'm waking up.

I heard Braydon and Buster
joking around, smoking weed.

- Braydon and Buster?
- Local boys.

That's how I knew the guy
wasn't from here.

This place he dragged me to,
I know it looks deserted,

but it's the hidey hole.

All the kids come here
to mess around.

Everyone who lives here
knows that.

- I told you everything I know.
- Yeah, you did,

but there's just some gaps
that we'd like your help with.

- Take a seat.
- Okay.

So, Demmy, you told us that

your brother came home
around 3:00, right?

Yeah, I was kind of asleep.

Is there any chance that he
brought somebody home with him?

I don't think so. Why?

Well, because Dustin is
insisting that he has no idea

how that wallet
got into his room.

What do you guys think?
You got him locked up still.

Is it possible that
you brought somebody home?

What?
No, I can never do that.

I already told you.

He left early,
I had to close myself.

It was late.

I took a cab
straight down 9th Avenue.

- I have the Curb receipt.
- That's okay.

Wait, are you saying now

- you think he didn't do it?
- This is Rollins.

Demmy, excuse us for a moment.

So we got the DNA
from Shay's rape hit.

- We got a hit.
- He's in the system?

No, but we entered it
into CODIS.

His DNA is on multiple rape
kits in over a dozen states.

- How many?
- So far 15 going back to 2001.

From when Dustin was,
what, seven?

He's not our guy.

Our guy is
a serial rapist who's been

getting away with it
for the past 20 years.

Oh, it's like
the Justice League of America in here.

Good, good, good.

Well, SVU from every borough,

plus troopers and detectives
from Missouri to Jersey,

and most states in between.

And we're in it until
we figure out who this guy is.

No leaves, no weekends.

1PP has signed off
on all the overtime you need.

So the next time

I want their attention,
all I need to tell them

is that we're looking for
a nationwide serial rapist.

And the perp we had arrested
just got released.

- What was his name again?
- Dustin Tinsley.

The charges were dropped,
but he's out.

He's been ROR'd.

Oh, well, let's keep that
out of the press.

- Yeah.
- And you're right.

The next headline
we want to see is,

"NYPD arrests predatorial
serial rapist."

I know.

- 20 women?
- Yeah.

How on earth has he been

getting away with this
for so long?

He hits these small towns

then he moves
from state to state

with these irregular gaps
between assaults.

And he doesn't leave DNA
at every scene.

Not everything lands
in the national database.

Not everyone enters
the MO into ViCAP.

So his mistake
was striking here.

And calling us
to brag about the rape.

And our Kentucky vic,
Shay Landry,

she described the same MO

as we've heard from other women
that we've spoken to.

They went out drinking,
they were struck from behind,

their clothes were
folded neatly at the scene.

And as you can see,
he follows the interstates.

So we are looking
for a mobile offender,

a trucker,
a traveling salesman.

Did any of these women
get a look at the guy?

None that
we've spoken to so far,

but from the DNA profile,

our suspect's Caucasian,
Northern European.

And we has his voice
from the phone call.

It's a flat, Midland accent.
We should play it for Kayla.

Yeah.

I don't understand.
It wasn't Dustin?

Well, we're not sure,

but another suspect called,
and he knew certain details.

Have you caught him?

We actually need your help.
Take a seat.

Now, if you're up to it,

we'd like to play
his call for you.

- Okay.
- Okay.

I seen that arrest
on the news.

Y'all done
congratulating yourselves?

Now, that night,

did you talk to anybody
that sounded like that?

- You mean, not from New York.
- That's right.

There was a guy

hogging the jukebox
playing country-western.

People were yelling,
"Turn it off, cowboy."

He yelled back,
"This is real music."

If I let you look at this
again, you won't tell him?

He doesn't need to know.

Thank you.

What's going on with
that guy getting handsy?

- You see him near Kayla?
- No.

My brother thought
he was flirting with me.

Set him straight.
He walked out right after that.

And there, that man.

What kind of music
was he listening to?

Country-western.
Drove Dustin crazy.

You happen to see him
near Kayla?

All I know,
he got run off the jukebox,

left a 20 on the bar,
walked out.

I didn't see him after that.

- Walker Trucking.
- Could be our guy.

Okay, so he's playing
country-western music

at the jukebox and nobody
saw Kayla leave with him?

- No, he left before her.
- Can you take the footage back

to Dustin and Kayla
crossing the street?

Look at that. Same guy.

Waiting outside for her.
Stalking her?

Can Walker Trucking ID him?

Well, we sent them the still,

but they've got 6,000 drivers
across the U. S.

Hundreds of them
on the interstates

near New York that night.

None of these other victims
can ID him?

Not even a description?

No,
and we talked to all of them.

And I think we've been
talking to the wrong ones.

We've been focusing
on completed rapes,

assaults with the same MO.
This is survivors hip bias.

We need to look
outside the pattern.

Rapes that he botched.
Women who got away.

Cases overlooked.

You mean we need to find
attempted rapes

near truck stops
off interstates

- over the last 20 years.
- Yes.

Start calling local precincts.

Somewhere there's a needle
in the haystack.

You are certainly
not easy to find, Raelynn.

Thank you so much
for meeting us.

When I reported
six years ago,

the cop looked me in the eyes
and told me he had

actual rapes to deal with
before mine.

Because mine was incomplete,

they didn't even send me
for a rape kit.

I'm sorry about that.

I hear that more often
than I should.

Incomplete rape doesn't mean
that there was no assault.

Well, since you're here,

I guess you're taking it
serious now.

We are, very.

He did it to someone else,
didn't he?

Maybe.

Could you walk us through
what happened to you?

I was unlocking my car

in the parking lot
of Chellie's Tavern.

I'm hit on my head from behind.

Lights out.

When I come to,
I'm behind a dumpster.

My pants are off.
He's unzipping his fly.

I'm sure he didn't expect you
to come to,

so what did you do?

I start screaming
and kicking.

And then his phone rings,
and he covers my mouth

with one hand
and answers with the other.

And I was just waiting until
he wasn't paying attention.

I got away. I just ran.

Wow.

That takes an incredible
amount of bravery.

So none of this
is in your police report.

Did you, by any chance,
see his face?

It was dark, but yeah.

Would you be okay
to look at some photos?

Listen, even if you can't
ID him right now,

that doesn't mean
that we stop looking

for the man
who did this to you.

You found him.

Wow.

That's the guy.
That's...

that's the guy
who tried to rape me.

- Wes.
- Wes?

- Wes was his name?
- I just remembered it.

I could hear his wife yelling
at him over the phone.

Pissed he wasn't home,
said his daughters were

planning a birthday party
for him that night.

Are you gonna catch him?

You just made this
a whole lot easier for us.

There we go.

Hey, Rollins,
what do you got?

Five drivers
with Wesley in their name,

but only one
with that birth date.

Aaron Wesley Parker.

He's been at the company
since 2001.

Tell me that
his driving route syncs up.

Yeah, the dates and locations
of his routes match up with

the dates and locations
of the most recent assaults.

Where is he now?

The company said
he took the week off.

I'll text you his home address.

It's outside
of Reading, Pennsylvania.

Okay, alert local PD,
state troopers,

and have Carisi call Reading
and get a warrant.

Got you.

I guess we're turning back.
How far?

Just put the lights on.

NYPD? I don't understand.
What did Wesley do?

Where is your husband,
Mrs. Parker?

- He's not home.
- You know where he is?

The house is clear.
Garage and shed.

Yeah, I told you that.
Is he in trouble?

How long have the two of you
been married?

22 years.
I don't understand this.

When he's been
on the road for weeks,

he likes to blow off
a little steam.

Drink, gamble, nothing illegal.

I mean, except
for speeding tickets.

This is not
about speeding tickets.

And when is the last time
you saw your husband?

After supper.
He was wearing his lucky shirt.

He told me not to wait up.

When he gambles,
where does he go?

Captain, Sergeant,
that was quick.

You located Wesley Parker?

My guys are
with casino security.

They have eyes on him.
He's playing the slots.

Ready to move in
on your go ahead.

Hold off, we want
to get him talking first.

Once he's arrested,
he'll lawyer up right away.

Thank you.

I got him.

Is this free?

Knock yourself out.

Maybe you'll bring me luck.

That's why I like the slots

because it's all about
being lucky.

No strategy.

Oh, sure there is,
sweetheart.

Strategy is patience.

Uh, I will have
what he's having.

All right,
that's a Kentucky bourbon.

- Nothing better.
- You're from Kentucky.

I lived there for a while.
Now I drive out of Reading.

Trucker.

Yes, ma'am.
How about you?

Oh, I'm here visiting family,
but I live in New York now.

Oh, that's a big city girl.

It's not as bad
as everyone says.

Have you ever been?

Uh, as a matter of fact
I was just up there last week.

And you didn't call?

You know, I gotta say
that I hate driving there

between the bikes and the cabs.

Oh, please,
not to mention the weather.

- Rain, rain, rain, rain.
- No kidding.

- I got caught in a storm.
- Last Tuesday, the nor'easter.

Yup, yeah.
I got soaked.

- No umbrella, yeah.
- Yeah.

Yeah, something about you
is familiar.

What did you say
that you do up in New York?

I didn't, I didn't.

How would you feel
about going back?

- No, no time soon.
- No?

No.

See,
that's where you're wrong,

Aaron Wesley Parker.

- Are you kidding me?
- Stand up.

Put your hands
behind your back.

And turn around now.

Son of a bitch,
you know what?

- I knew, I knew.
- Did you?

You're under arrest
for 26 rapes and counting.

And like you said,
sweetheart,

patience is a good strategy.

Get him out of here.

Counselor, detective.

- Chief.
- You seen this?

Yeah, we just heard.

"NYPD arrests suspect
in 26 rapes across the US."

Finally, finally the NYPD

is trending for
something good, right?

Yeah, and Captain called.
They're on their way back.

Oh, that's great.
Great, great work.

Lot of eyes on you.
Don't drop the ball.

You don't look happy.

You don't think
you can make the case?

You mean after we already
arrested a suspect

who had the victim's wallet
in his bedroom?

But we know
he's not good for it.

Yeah, I know that
and you know that,

but here's the problem,
our serial rapist's DNA

is not in her rape kit
and Dustin's is.

He admitted to kissing Kayla.

Well, unless we can explain
how her wallet

got in his room,
the jury would have to be blind

not to see reasonable doubt.

If Dustin had an explanation

for that wallet, he would've
given it to us by now.

Maybe Demmy knows more than
she's telling us.

Detective Rollins.

Thank you.
I'm on my way.

Hey, what happened here?

A 911 call from the neighbor
hearing screams.

We found the girl naked
on the bathroom floor.

She got beaten up pretty bad.

Hey, Demmy,
who did this to you?

Nothing happened.
It's my fault.

- It's all my fault.
- No, honey.

- Hey.
- Long drive. How you doing?

How is she doing?

She's pretty banged up,
sexually assaulted.

Jesus, by who?

She's not saying,
but she agreed to a rape kit.

- So she knows who did this.
- Yeah.

Jesus, Demmy.

- Can you tell us what happened?
- Doesn't matter.

The neighbors said
they heard a fight.

Why should I talk to you?
You're the one who let him go.

Him?

Dustin did this to you, huh?

He found out
that you framed him?

'Cause we're pretty sure
that you're the one

that planted that wallet
in his room.

What we can't figure out
is why.

What difference does it make?

Because now, Demmy,

Dustin's not going
to prison for raping Kayla.

So if that was your plan,

it's not gonna work.

And whatever is going on
between the two of you,

is not gonna stop, honey.

Unless you talk to us.

You can start
with the wallet.

How'd you find it?

I had seen Dustin
on the street with Kayla.

I had a bad feeling.

After I closed up,
I walked into the park.

I guess I was trying
to find Dustin,

but I found the wallet.

I looked around.

I saw Kayla.
I thought she was dead.

I panicked,
ran out, took a cab home.

And what did you think
had happened?

I thought Dustin
had done something to her.

- I know how he gets.
- And you didn't call the cops?

No, because
then he'd know it was me.

I put the wallet in his room
and went to sleep.

Okay, so you wanted
to make sure

that Dustin got implicated
in Kayla's rape.

I thought he did it.

I thought he did it because
he always gets what he wants.

- He always has.
- Tell us more about that.

He's always treated me like
I'm his beck and call girl.

Thing to use and toss.

I just wanted him
out of my life.

I wanted to be free.

Hey, Demmy, when did this
first start happening?

I was 12, maybe.

When he first started
coming into my room.

Did you tell anyone?
Your parents?

No, they couldn't help me.
They had their own problems.

So Dustin's been raping
his sister for over a decade.

That's why
she planted the wallet.

- You're not gonna charge her.
- No, of course not.

Fin pick Dustin up?

Oh, outside his bar,
dealing drugs.

He's in holding
waiting for his lawyer.

And our serial rapist,
Wesley, hasn't lawyered up yet?

Well, apparently,
he's cooperating.

Wow.

You all did a lot
of work here.

You did a lot
of the work for us, Wes.

We probably would've
never caught you

if you hadn't called us
bragging about raping Kayla

from Shay's cell phone
after raping her.

Um, that call
could've been anyone.

Oh, we recorded it, Wesley...
Voice recognition,

that's just as good
as fingerprints or your DNA.

Which is all over
Shay's body.

Don't go looking
for no deep waters, Serge.

Deep waters?

You want to talk about
some deep waters?

Let's go there.

Guess what all these women,
all of them, have in common.

- Your DNA on every rape kit.
- No.

Even so, it takes strategy

to fly under the radar
for so long.

I know you didn't like it when
we arrested that other guy.

You wanted the credit, right?

Now's your time to shine

and tell people
who you really are.

Otherwise you're just gonna be

another little gray man
in a prison jumpsuit.

I took what I wanted
because I could.

It was there. It was easy.

I moved up and down
those highways,

and I left not a ripple
in my wake.

Yeah, can you tell me
more about that?

Okay.

Okay, you all said that this
was being videotaped, right?

It is.

Good.

Maybe someday,
maybe "Dateline" or Netflix

wants to do a special on me.

Another drug possession
charge?

This is getting
a little old hat.

Oh, is it?
Well, it's just the start.

We're adding rape and assault
to the list.

We're back here again?
I was cleared.

We're not talking
about Kayla, Dustin.

Demmy's accusing me?

No, she's a liar.

You can't believe a word
that bitch says.

Hey, that's your sister.
Show some respect.

He doesn't know the meaning
of the word, Counselor.

Can we clarify a minute?
Are you suggesting my client

raped and assaulted
his own sister?

Would you like to answer
that question, Dustin?

And before you do, know that we
have your DNA on the rape kit.

Maybe she planted that
like the wallet.

- Did she beat herself up too?
- What's going on here?

What is going on?

Your client has been
raping his sister

since she was 12 years old.

First of all, it's not rape.

She and I, we...

raised each other on our own.

We needed each other.

- She wanted it.
- Dustin, stop talking now.

- She started it.
- She wanted it?

- She wanted it.
- I can't listen to this.

Walk your client
through his options.

There aren't many.

I'm Chief Thomas McGrath,
and I am pleased to announce

NYPD has apprehended
Aaron Wesley Parker,

a suspect in the
Central Park sex assault.

SVU's Captain Benson
made the arrest,

so I'll let her
fill in the details.

Thank you, Chief.

In the course
of our investigation,

Manhattan SVU
discovered evidence

that implicated
Aaron Wesley Parker

in over two dozen rapes
across our nation

in the past 20 years.

- I guess McGrath got his win.
- We all did.

Large part to the hard work
and cooperation

of law enforcement officers
nationwide.

So we all share
in this victory.

Thank you.

You know, actually,
one more thing.

None of this
would've been possible

without the dedication
and experience

of SVU Sergeant Odafin Tutuola
and Detective Amanda Rollins.