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(knocking on door)

(phone ringing)

(phone continues ringing)

REPORTER:
Members of the New Victory Church,

holding a prayer service here,

very upset over the murder of
their church leader Jeff Harris,

and what looks to be
the apparent abduction

of his wife
Martha Harris.

Everyone assumes
she was abducted.

You don't?

Always look to the nearest
and dearest first.

In this case...
She's a preacher's wife.

Nobody wants
to believe she did it.

Oh, deep in their dark
little hearts,

they all want to believe
she did it.

My dad was a preacher.

Well, then,

you should know.
People love to see

the righteous fall from grace.

What was that like,
being a preacher's kid?

Tough, living in the fishbowl.

The worst part was the way
certain church ladies

would throw themselves
at my father.

(sighs):
Your mom must have loved that.

My mom divorced that.

Well, like
Sister Gertrude

used to say to us
when we were

lining up for
the confessional,

very good people
do very bad things.

Amen, Sister Gertrude.

Meaning we don't want anyone
giving Mrs. Harris a free pass

just because
she's a preacher's wife.

When she does show up, I want
every avenue explored.

If she shows up.

Maureen, you're
the expert.

Why don't you drop
by the crime scene,

and while the cops are
looking for the missing wife,

you can see if it feels
like an abduction to you.

Or?
Or if she murdered him.

The victim was found face
down, single bullet wound

in the back of the head from
a nine millimeter weapon.

BLACKWELL:
Preliminary trajectory report

suggest Pastor Harris
was on his knees.

Saying his prayers.

Credit card
applications,

home equity loan.

Money's always tight
in a minister's home.

Only one kid?

A son, Paul, 22.

That's unusual
for a minister's family.

I don't envy him.

At least I had a lot
of brothers and sisters

I could point
the finger at.

DRUMMER:
Will you look at this?

It's a pizza...
from De Michael's.

Easy, big fella,
that's evidence.

What a waste.

(phone rings)

Blackwell.

Thanks.

Cops found her in a motel
down in Madison, Indiana.

That's 100 miles away,
down by the Ohio River.

The Kentucky
state line.

BLACKWELL:
They tracked her vehicle south on I-65

from a gas receipt as
far as Scottsburg.

Found her inMadison when she
turned her cell phone on.

ANNABETH:
Any sign she was abducted?

BLACKWELL:
Nope, but they found blood on the driver's seat

and steering wheel
in her minivan.

State troopers got her
back to Indianapolis

in record time.

Ed's had her in there
for about 20 minutes.

She ask for a lawyer?

We offered,
she declined.

Seems like she's still
sort of in shock.

All right, preacher's kid.

Ready to go?

P.K. to those
who know me.

I don't think
I can survive this.

Let's just take things
one step at a time.

That's what Jeff always said.

That was his outlook.

And look what he did
for that church.

One thing at a time.

Grief or remorse?

Can't get a read on her.

You know, I used to love
to sing in my father's choir.

You did?

Me, too.

I, uh, I sang a solo
twice a month.

A solo?
Mm-hmm.

Wow.

I was always too shy
to take a solo.

Yeah, when it went well, I...

I felt like I was
talking to God,

I mean, that's how I saw it.

I know what you mean.

Mrs. Harris,
we were hoping

to hear the story from you.

I'm not going to be able to tell
you what you want to hear.

We're only interested
in the truth.

It's not that simple.

Mrs. Harris, just tell us
what happened.

Can we stop

for just a minute?

I'd rather... I don't want
to be a problem.

Uh, could I ask you something?

Um, you're a minister's
daughter.

I know you'll understand.

Go ahead.

Could I pray? Would you mind?

Of course.

Dear Lord, I pray for strength.

I pray for guidance.

I pray for forgiveness for
the evil that I have done.

Sounds like remorse to me.

I'd call it a confession.

Blood in the minivan,
blood on her blouse,

all a match for Pastor Harris.

Question is, does asking
God to forgive her

constitute a confession?
I wish she'd said, "God forgive me

for shooting my husband
in the back of the head,"

but it does speak
to her state of mind.

Cops found a receipt in the car
for De Michael's Pizza.

Puts her back in the house
about the time he was killed.

Anybody who's begging God
to forgive her is pretty close

to giving it up
altogether.

Well, let's keep
the pressure on her.

Charge her with the murder,
and then maybe

we can avoid
a trial altogether.

But we have no weapon yet,
no motive.

An affair, for instance?

His or hers?
Either.

If it turns out
to be that,

I think we can get her
to the table.

She's a preacher's wife.

She won't want
her dirty laundry

hanging out for everyone
and his brother to see.

Papers on the preacher's desk
seem to indicate

some financial distress
in the Harris household.

MAUREEN:
A couple half-filled out

credit card applications
and one home equity loan.

For how much?

The max, 50 grand.

Good, let's see what
other doors open up.

And let's do our homework with
the members of the church, too.

Preparations for the preacher's
memorial service are underway.

Might be a good
time to make an appearance

at the New Victory Church.
We're on it.

The jury's going to want to know

what makes
a preacher's wife kill.

}0<~t} is anywhere
in this state

where my client can
get a fair trial,

it certainly isn't Indianapolis.

Now in light of the grotesque
overexposure in the press...

The overexposure in the press

is the only reason
Mr. Hellman has taken this case.

The prosecution
manipulated my client

and prevented her from
seeking legal counsel

in her hour of need

by pretending to be
spiritually sympathetic.

Just how did we
manipulate her?

By getting her to pray with you.
How low can you go?

That occurred at Mrs. Harris'
request, not ours.

And then to leak her
anguish, her private prayer

to the gutter press, who portray
it as a confession,

it's unconscionable.

Our office leaked nothing
and he knows it, Your Honor.

Mr. Hellman, the press coverage
in this case strikes me

as not sufficient
to taint the jury pool. Your Honor...

Change of venue is denied.

Well, then I
respectfully request

that my client be released
on suitably modest bail.

Your Honor, Mrs. Harris has
fled this jurisdiction

once already.

She will be staying with
members of her church,

law-abiding people who will
hardly be inclined

to help her jump bail.

Your Honor, the defendant
admits fleeing the scene

without reporting
the crime to the police,

or summoning help
for the victim.

Bail is set at $300,000.

Why don't you just make it
a million, Your Honor?

Obviously my client can't
raise that kind of money.

But should she do so,
Mr. Hellman,

defendant will also submit
to electronic monitoring.

Yes, Your Honor.

(gavel bangs)

You did everything
you could, Mr. Hellman.

I appreciate it.
Thank you.

And thanks
for thbooks.

I'll see you real soon.

You should occasionally
reconsider your world view

that every defendant is guilty
until proven innocent.

That would make me
a defense attorney, Doug.

I'm a prosecutor.

I have another theory.

Somebody leaked,
"God forgive me" to the press.

Obviously.

Somebody looking for
a smaller,

more conservative venue,

perhaps something more in tune

with his client's
religious views.

You certainly have
a vivid imagination.

You are worth every penny.

Since I'm doing
this pro bono,

a penny would
actually be a raise.

I'd have to give you a refund.

I appreciate you
coming in, Paul.

I know Mr. Hellman counseled
you not to speak to us.

I'm only here to tell you

my mother belongs
at my father's funeral.

I understand why you'd
want her to be there. There's no way

she could have done this.

She's not a violent person.

We've never kept guns
in the house.

Really?

Why don't you tell me
about your parents?

Okay.

Financial problems?

Were they worried about money?

I wouldn't know.

I mean, they never talked
about that sort of thing,

not in front of me.

Was your father at home much?

He was on call 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.

But she wouldn't have
killed him for that.

No major problems
with their marriage?

No serious issues?

What marriage
doesn't have problems?

My mother was in it
for the long haul.

She was a lifer.

They both were.

Can she please
go to the funeral?

I'm sorry.

Not unless she can make bail.

I'm the church secretary.

I know exactly what
this man has accomplished.

My own son, Todd,

Brother Jeff
helped him stop drinking.

Last year, I was diagnosed
with breast cancer.

I understand.

Brother Jeff...

helped me come to terms with it,
got me through the chemo.

What about
financial difficulties?

Uh...

Raising money for
the new church

was full of
challenges, setbacks.

I meant their
personal finances.

Uh, well,
money was always tight.

Far as I know,
they were all right.

Mrs. Monroe, did you know of
any problems in their marriage?

What are you
insinuating?

Just a routine question;
I have to ask.

Well, if I did,
I sure wouldn't be

going around talking about it
at a time like this.

So there were problems.

We're all in

a tremendous amount
of pain here.

I'm pr... we're all
praying for Martha.

Been going over
the Harris' finances.

They were doing okay.

Made more than I did.

Found this in
his desk drawer.

Thought you might
want to look at it.

"On your special day, I'm
sending you some special love.

"Spending time with you

"is the most incredible gift
I've ever received.

"You are the light of my life.
Signed..."

"Your love lifts me higher.
Joan."

That's not his wife's name.

It's his secretary,

Joan Monroe.

Just met her.

Look at all the schoolgirl
hearts she's drawn there.

And the pressed flower?

So over the top.

If the preacher was having
an inappropriate relationship...

I can see how Martha Harris
could get that idea.

And look at this.

The Harris'
phone records.

The last call

made from the Harris' house
was to Joan Monroe's.

Preacher and the secretary spent
all kinds of time together,

raising money,
talking on the phone,

wife finds out...

I think you should speak
to Joan Monroe again.

And we'll see what Martha Harris
makes of this birthday card.

All righty.

What can you tell us
about Joan Monroe?

Uh, she took over as church
secretary when I stepped down

last year
from the job. She replaced you.

I'd had my turn.

Have you seen this before?

Um, Jeff received literally

a hundred cards
on his birthday.

This particular one
is from Joan Monroe.

ANNABETH:
We were wondering if he may have had

a special relationship
with his secretary.

Special?

Especially close.

So this is a fishing trip, hmm?

Nice day for it.

You're mistaken.

She was not special to him.

So she wasn't having an affair
with your husband?

Joan Monroe is a hardworking
woman who loves the Lord.

My husband appreciated
her dedication.

And I can see
that the two of you

share a similar dedication
to your work,

but I really
do not want to be

thought of as a jealous,
suspicious wife,

which I've never been.

Nor do I want my husband
to be remembered

as involved in any way
with that woman.

"That woman"?

I'm no preacher's kid,
but I don't think

she much likes Joan Monroe.

Oh, you know,
my mother,

she would never say anything bad
about anybody in the church.

Afraid of the backlash?

No, I think

she was worried if she started,

she wouldn't be able to stop.

(bell dings)

(chuckles)

Did you miss your dad
after he moved out?

I didn't have a lot
of time for that.

I had to help my mom raise
my brothers and sisters.

Yeah. I missed him.

Mrs. Monroe.

My partner and I
would like a word with you.

Detective.

I'm in a bit of a rush.

There's still a million
things yet to do.

Then we'll get right to it.
We believe you were having

an inappropriate relationship
with Pastor Harris.

Inappropriate?

You know, extramarital.

Whatever gave you that idea?

We found a birthday card.

There was nothing inappropriate
about that birthday card.

I know where
you're getting this.

It's her, isn't it?

It's Martha.

Poor woman.

She never knew
what a truly

righteous man she had.

Brother Jeff told me
how jealous she was,

because we were spending

so much time together
on the building fund.

We laughed about it.

That's how absurd it was.

I'm sorry,
if there's nothing else,

I really
have to get going.

Let me help
you with that.

It's fine,
I can manage.

It's no problem.

Oh, it's heavy.
Thank you.

Just put it in
the backseat here.

It's better in the trunk,

don't you think?

No, the backseat's fine, really.

Let's put it in the trunk.

It's full.

I'm sure we can
squeeze it in.

Mrs. Monroe, open
the trunk, please.

Now.

All right.

Cleaning out the office?

Like I said, lots to do.

She told us everything
right there on the street.

On the day
Pastor Harris died,

the church building fund
disappeared.

All $267,000 wiped out.

Gone?

Internet scam.

Oldest one in the book.

The Nigerian letter.

VEGA:
I got one of those once.

People are still
falling for that?

We've got
Randall looking

at the church computer now,

so we don't have
a full picture yet.

And the bags
of shredded documents?

Joan Monroe says
she didn't want

the preacher to be remembered
at his funeral

as the guy who
lost the church building fund.

Shredding documents
isn't going to stop anyone

from finding out
the money's missing.

Maybe she was trying to delay
that unpleasant revelation

until after his funeral.

Any chance of
recovering the funds?

Long gone.

International wire transfer
to Africa.

Let's say that

the preacher and his secretary
were having an affair.

That's what
it's looking like.

The preacher loses

$267,000 of the church's money
that the congregation

had worked so
hard to raise.

Another good reason
for his wife to whack him.

On the other hand,

if the secretary was involved
in losing the church's money...

My money is still on the missus,
not the mistress.

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Hey. Hey.

This is the warrant
to search Joan Monroe's house.

I know this money thing
has come into the case,

but my intuition says
it's still about jealousy.

And losing the money?

Maybe that led to Martha Harris
finding out about the affair.

Well, I just got off the phone
with the church deacons,

and agreed to share
with them what we know

about the loss
of the building fund.

Can you put together some
sort of summary for them? Sure.

I don't think it's going
to make them feel any better

about their pastor though.
Where you going?

To talk to his wife again,
see if she knows anything

about this
missing money.

If your dad lost every penny
of his church's money...

My mom would have
skinned him alive.

Mrs. Harris,
were you aware that,

the day your
husband was killed,

he had lost the entire
church building fund

in an Internet scam?

No matter how many times
you ask,

she is not going
to answer that question.

You should know

the church is now forced
to withdraw its offer

to buy the land at the corner
of Washington and Central.

And your source
is this church secretary,

Joan Monroe, right?
Funny how that name

keeps coming up.

She told us some
very interesting things

about Pastor Harris.
No doubt.

And did you manage to keep her
lawyer out of the room, too? We know that

the loss of this money and the
preacher's murder are connected.

Well, if you knew
it for sure,

you wouldn't be
baiting my client.

I don't know what
that woman told you.

You keep calling
her "that woman." Let it go.

She's just trying
to get a rise out of you.

The Nigerians took the money,
not my husband.

I never mentioned Nigerians.

I guess you answered
my question after all.

We're searching Mrs.
Monroe's house as we speak.

Hard time believing people fall
for this Nigerian Internet scam.

They don't fall
for it all at once.

It's one little hook at a time.

Don't forget they were trying to
raise money for the new church.

Yeah. They
got greedy.

That's how people
usually get scammed.

Look at this.

Power tool case?

If you consider
a nine millimeter

Glock 17 a power tool.

A lot of people would.

It's empty.

The weapon was registered
to Joan Monroe.

Anybody else have access
to the gun?

Her husband
died years ago,

but her son Todd lives
with her-- Ray's trying

to locate him now.
You think Joan Monroe did this?

Maybe Pastor Harris insisted
she take the blame

for the Internet scam.
People of faith

are particularly vulnerable
to these sorts of cons.

Because they're
so darn trusting?

You sound dubious.
A little.

I mean, just because you go
to church doesn't make you

some dewy-eyed,
innocent babe in the woods.

I know what you mean,

but I'm just saying,

if you knew
which buttons to push,

a smart operator
can take advantage.

You think that's
what happened here?

Well, Ed's
in with Randal

right now looking
at all the grisly details.

It was a classic affinity scam.

Affinity?

You're a good Christian,
I'm a good Christian--

you can trust me.

See, my antennae's up
right there.

Most people's
would be,

but these guys
are sophisticated.

They personalize things, like,

"Pastor Harris,
we've heard about your

"church building project.
Here in Nigeria,

"we dream of building
a hospital for the poor.

Perhaps we can help
one another."

So it's a win-win.

We get our hospital,
you get your church. Mm-hmm.

So what do they want help with?

Getting $15 million
out of their country.

All they need

is an American bank account
to deposit the $15 million in.

Why?

Because they claim
some corrupt

Nigerian officials
are going to steal it.

Okay. And in exchange
for doing this good deed?

30% of the $15 million.

So Pastor Harris gives them
the account number

and, the next thing you know,
it's bye-bye building fund.

So long, farewell, adios.

But why not open up
a separate account?

Why give up
the building account?

According to church bylaws,

that would have required
approval from the deacons.

And he didn't want them to know?

Maybe he thought
they would

nix the deal,
too risky.

They'd have been right.

How'd the Nigerians
convince them

they had $15 million
in the first place?

Yeah. This is an attachment
to an e-mail dated

two days before
the pastor was killed.

DRUMMER:
That's a lot of money.

Enough to make people do
some crazy-ass things.

We've been assuming
the loss of the building fund

was somehow tied to the murder.

but before that money
disappeared,

the preacher, Joan Monroe,

and maybe even his wife,

thought millions of dollars
were on the way.

The preacher's end was
30% of $15 million--

four and a half mil.

You're saying the
preacher was killed

by somebody trying
to get their hands

on that money, even
though it never existed?

Well, the preacher
believed it existed,

and he believed
it was coming.

And these people
believed the preacher,

so in their mind...
It was coming.

Money in the bank.

We've located Joan Monroe's son.

Cops in Ohio caught him
switching a license plate.

They found
a nine-millimeter Glock 17.

His mama's gun.

Excuse me while I get
the extradition ball rolling.

DRUMMER:
You were a member

of the New Victory
Church, correct?

I played drums in the band there

three times a week,
that's correct.

So what were you doing in Ohio

switching the license plates
on your car?

I was going to visit
a buddy of mine

and I noticed
my tags were expired,

and I was, like,
I don't want to get pulled over

because I have
a lot of parking tickets.

I know it's pretty stupid.

Where'd you get
the stolen plates?

I had 'em in my garage.

Not the sharpest knife
in the drawer.

Or that's what
he wants you to think.

Let's talk about
your mother's gun--

the murder weapon-- which
was found in your car.

I didn't have anything to do
with Pastor Harris's murder.

Your mother know you
took off with her gun?

She give it to you
to get rid of?

My mom had nothing
to do with it, either.

Then who did?

You've already got her.

It was Martha-- she did it.

The preacher's wife.

How do you know that?

Because I was sleeping with her.

Talk to me about Todd.

Alcoholic,
couldn't hold a job.

Pastor Harris got him
into rehab,

found him a job
in a shoe store

and let him play
in the church band.

So naturally he killed the man
who saved his life.

Some people don't know
how to receive. Something about

a serpent's tooth
and an ungrateful child?

What about the affair?

The motel in Madison
where Mrs. Harris was arrested.

Todd said that's
where they would meet.

They drive 200 miles round-trip
to conduct the affair?

I believe it--
she really wanted to make sure

no one from her church
would find out.

Hotel record--
Todd Monroe, every Thursday

around 3:00 p.m.,
going back at least

a couple of months.
Confirms the affair for me.

So Todd Monroe is saying
Martha Harris did it.

Is he saying why?

He don't want
to talk about that.

Yeah, but when we told him
we knew everything

about the Nigerian scam,
he immediately said Mrs. Harris

killed her husband because she
was after the $4 1/2 million.

But there never was any money.

That doesn't matter--
they thought there was.

But Todd's the one
with the gun in his car.

Isn't he
the likely shooter here? I would think so,

but we can't place him
at the scene.

Now, if Martha's affair
with Todd

were made public,
a much younger man,

and when we tell
her that Todd

is telling us
that she killed her husband...

She'd feel betrayed.

She might even turn on him.

I'm counting on the two of you
to make her feel really bad.

HELLMAN:
These frequent visits

with my client seem
to indicate a certain lack

of confidence
in your case against her.

We've arrested
Todd Monroe

in connection with
Pastor Harris's murder.

As I said.

He told us he and Mrs. Harris
met regularly at a motel

in Madison, Indiana.

His story checks out.

If we go to trial,
Mrs. Harris,

everyone will hear
about the affair.

He told us you killed
your husband for the money.

My husband and I
didn't have any money. Mrs. Harris,

Todd Monroe said
you killed your husband

because you wanted
the millions of dollars

he was expecting from Nigeria.

Nobody had millions of dollars.

I don't know what Todd

is talking about.

He killed my husband
because of me.

Martha,

as your attorney,
if you have

anything to say to these ladies,
now would be a good moment.

It wasn't
a normal Saturday night.

How so?

My husband was very upset
about something,

and I thought he had found out
about me and Todd.

And I said,
"Jeff, you have to tell me

what's going on."

He said he had done

a stupid, stupid thing.

He had trusted somebody
on the Internet

and had lost
the building fund money.

He said the people in the church
would never forgive him.

'd go to prison.

And he told me
I should leave him.

And what did you say?
I said he wasn't

the horrible person,
I was the horrible person.

I was the one
having the affair.

You confessed
your affair to him?

And we talked and prayed...

and Jeff forgave me.

He just forgave me.

I know this is going
to sound strange,

but it was the closest
we'd been in years.

And then he called Todd.

Could you hear

what he said to him?
He said, "I know

about everything," and to "Come
over right now, Todd."

And when he hung up the phone,
he asked me to leave

and to come back
in a couple hours.

The last thing that my husband
ever said to me in this world

was to bless me for having
the courage to tell the truth.

And when I came home...

Your husband died

when he confronted Todd Monroe
over the affair.

This is God's judgment on me.

(exhales)

Ladies.

She needs to agree to tell
this story to a jury.

And you will dismiss
all charges against her.

We will dismiss the charges.

I have to talk about everything?

Everything.

How your husband
telling you

he lost the church's
money led you

to confess
your affair with Todd,

which led to the fatal
confrontation

between the two of them.

And you'll need to tell
the jury just how

the affair started.

When my son Paul
went to college,

Jeff threw himself full-time

into raising money
for the church.

I felt like he was avoiding me.

I was so lonely.

That sounds tough.

And then my
husband decided

to introduce a more
contemporary service

to attract new membership,
and he told me

that nobody really liked
the music we had always sung.

So I sang my last solo,
the last one that

I would ever sing in my life,

and who was the only person
who came up to me after?

Todd Monroe.

He said that I had
the most beautiful voice

God had ever heard.

It was the kindest thing that
anyone had ever said to me.

You need to understand
that he was a listener.

I mean, everybody
listens to a preacher,

but nobody listens
to a preacher's wife.

Whenever I was with him,

he would always say,
"Tell me everything."

He listened to you.

He listened.

MARTHA:
Jeff said, "I know,

I know about everything,"

and then he asked Todd
to come over and talk.

I left, and when I came
back, Jeff was dead.

ANNABETH:
We would like

to enter into evidence
Pastor Harris's phone records.

Last phone call he made was
to Joan Monroe's house,

where the defendant

was residing.

Mrs. Harris,
one last question.

Why didn't you call 911 when
you found your husband's body?

I felt responsible,
and I was scared

that everything about
the affair would come out.

I didn't know what to do.

And then I kept thinking,
if I hadn't been unfaithful

(crying softly):
Jeff would still be alive.

ANNABETH:
No further questions,

Your Honor.

I just have a few questions,
Mrs. Harris.

You were at one time
the church secretary

for New Victory Evangelical,
were you not?

Uh, briefly last year.
So you have a working knowledge

of the church's finances--

bank accounts, passwords,

user names?
I did.

Your Honor,
I would like

to read this piece
of correspondence

from the Southern Guarantee
Bank of Costa Rica.

Objection, Your Honor-- we are
unaware of any such letter.

That's 'cause it just
arrived in the mail.

Counselors, to the bench.

ANNABETH:
Are we just supposed to take this at face value, Your Honor?

We have no way
of authenticating

these documents.
I agree, Miss Chase.

This is, uh,
quite a development.

I suggest
we take a recess

and convene in my chambers.

"Dear Mrs. Harris,

"thank you for your recent
deposit of $267,000.38,

USD."

Mrs. Harris, how much money
was in the church building fund

when it was
wiped out? $267,000.

Did you take
that money

and place it in an
offshore account?

I don't even know what
an offshore account is.

Well, Southern Guarantee Bank
seems to be familiar with you.

And I'm wondering, Annabeth,
how do you explain

this post office box
she shares with my client?

Uh, Mrs. Harris,
is this document accurate?

That's my signature,
but I didn't sign that.

I can see
how this must be

very upsetting
to everyone,

but I have to tell you,
I'm not upset, I'm relieved.

You're relieved?
The money's been found

The church can get
the money back.

It's what Jeff
would have wanted.

But everyone thinks
you took it.

God's grace is
like that sometimes.

It doesn't matter.

As long as the church
gets the money back.

In light of these revelations,
do the people wish

to amend their case
against Todd Monroe?

Your Honor,
we need time to investigate

and authenticate
these documents.

You have 36 hours, Ms. Chase.

At that time, I'll hear
from counsel again

and if not satisfied,

I will entertain
a motion to amend

i can dismss the charge against mr. ...

not going to think she stole
the building fund

and then killed her husband
to keep him quiet.

If we can link

Todd Monroe
to the offshore accounts...

The whole point

of an offshore account
is to put it

out of reach of U.S. authority.

If Todd Monroe managed to steal
the church building fund...

It would have to be done
electronically,

and there's nothing like that
on his computer.

What about his mom's computer?

Nothing of his there, either.

Go over everything again--

his car, his laundry,
his drum set.

If you come up blank, we're
going to have to make a deal.

There's nothing here
that wasn't here before.

It's Joe who gave up
the sauce,

but he's sure loving the lattes.

That's what they say.

Go on the wagon,
you get hooked on caffeine.

What's with the receipts?

Chocolate donuts tax
deductible or something?

I wish.

Here's another one.

"Greenville, Ohio."

That's where he was
picked up, remember?

When was he picked up?

The exact day? I don't know.

This is dated two months ago,
and it's for 30 bucks.

Who spends 30 bucks on coffee?

Somebody buying
computer time, maybe?

Internet cafe?

Our boy drives
out of state to go online.

If we're lucky.

Greenville.

That's an hour plus.

Depends who's driving.

The coffee shop owner
recognized him.

Said he came in every couple of
days, sat at the same station.

Since 9-11,
they back up everything

their customers do online.

These are messages and e-mail
attachments from the Nigerians.

We've seen all these before.

You have,

except they ain't from Nigeria.

I don't understand.

Well, tracking
Todd Monroe's online trail,

we came to a remote
storage service

where he kept
hundreds of documents

from various Nigerian
e-mail scams.

This folder is documents

he collected by responding
to actual scammers online.

And this folder
is the same content,

but with key details altered,

like Pastor Harris' name,
the church, et cetera.

So the money didn't
disappear to Nigeria?

He just bounced it around
different proxy servers

to make it look that way.

You're saying he created
this whole thing?

There never were any Nigerians.

It was Todd all along.

(sighs)

Because he knew Pastor Harris
personally,

Todd Monroe was able to tailor
these documents

to an extraordinary degree.

For instance?

For instance, in this e-mail
he claimed a child

in his fictitious
Nigerian church

was healed from cancer
after intensive prayer.

To which Pastor Harris
responded, "This is a miracle.

"Just this past week,

"my secretary Joan Monroe's
breast cancer

"went into remission.

God answers all our prayers."

He played on his own
mother's cancer?

It's all part of the affinity
scam, building trust

through a common
set of beliefs.

In this way he was able
to advance his purpose

with surprising speed.

And his goal?

To acquire the building fund.

Hmm.

What's this?

Photocopies of Martha
Harris' birth certificate,

driver's license,

Social Security Card,
credit cards, bank statements,

everything you need
to steal her identity.

And why would he need
Martha Harris' identity?

To set up an offshore account.

Whose idea was it

to open a post office box
together?

Mrs. Harris'.

She wanted a way to communicate
with me without using the phone.

In the time
you spent with her,

did Martha Harris ever
mention the Nigerian scam?

She talked about it constantly.

Her husband had gotten one
of those letters,

and he thought the whole thing
was for real.

She couldn't believe
how gullible he was.

So she knew
it was a scam?

She said she'd seen a whole
program on 60 Minutes about it.

But then she got this idea to
steal the church building fund.

She wanted to pretend
to be a Nigerian scammer,

so that when she took the church
building fund,

everyone, including
Pastor Harris,

would think the Nigerians were
the ones that took it,

which is exactly what happened.

And did Mrs. Harris
ever ask you

if you would help her
with all this?

She said I'd get half
the building fund.

Is that why you
continued to see her?

Yes.

You used her.

You took advantage
of her loniness.

I'm not proud of it.

Did she instruct you on how
to alter the Nigerian documents?

She did.

Did you steal her identity?

No, she gave me all her info.

She asked me to open an account
in her name.

She came up
with everything.

And did Mrs. Harris ever
speak to you about why

she wanted to steal the money?

She wanted to get back at my mom
and Brother Jeff.

Tell us what
you mean by that.

She was convinced
they were seeing each other.

Your mother, Joan Monroe and
Pastor Harris having an affair.

And were they?

No, but you couldn't
tell her that.

She knew if she took that money,
my mom and Brother Jeff

would get blamed
for the whole thing.

How did
the nine-millimeter pistol

that killed Pastor Jeff Harris
come to be in your car?

Mrs. Harris and I

would drive separately down
to Madison to meet.

She didn't like being
in the car by herself,

so she asked me to get
her some protection.

So you stole
your mom's gun?

I borrowed my mom's pistol
and I gave it to Mrs. Harris.

The night Brother Jeff
was killed,

she brought it back to me,

said she didn't
want it anymore.

Said it made her nervous.

Next thing I know,
I'm arrested for murder.

So you hear that Pastor Harris
has been killed,

and that his wife's missing.

The same woman who brought
back the gun to you.

And what do you do?

Call the police?

No.
Why not?

Because I was afraid my mom
would get blamed.

Really?

That's touching.

Where were you the morning after
Pastor Harris was killed?

In church, getting ready
to play in the band.

Isn't it true you went to church
that morning to avoid suspicion?

No.

And didn't you flee
two days later

when Martha Harris
was arrested,

because you were concerned
she'd identify you?

No.
And didn't you steal

a license plate in Ohio
to avoid getting caught?

No.
And weren't you taking

the murder weapon with you
in order to dispose of it

as far from the crime scene
as possible?

No.
No?

No further questions,
Your Honor.

Todd Monroe came up
with a brilliant plan.

He saw that if he spread
the poisoned promise

of nonexistent millions--

remember, these people were
already engaged

in raising money
to build a church--

he could exploit them,
and he did.

He played his pastor,
the pastor's wife,

even his own mother.

And when Pastor Harris called
on that fatal night,

and said "I know everything,"

Todd Monroe assumed

the pastor was talking
about the money

he'd just stolen,

$267,000; the building fund.

Todd Monroe was going
to hang onto that money.

He'd gone to a lot
of trouble to get it.

He had to shut Pastor Harris up.

So he shot him.

Todd Monroe held Pastor Harris
in the highest regard.

This was the man that had saved
him from the ravages of alcohol.

In his care, Todd Monroe
was learning

to believe in himself again.

But it was this very
vulnerability

that Martha Harris exploited.

She hatched the plan
to take the money.

It was her jealousy,
a jealousy so blind

that it assumed an affair
where there was none.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Martha Harris had come undone.

And my client was unlucky
enough to be there

to catch her when she fell.

And the prosecution knows
all this.

In fact, until recently,
they had been building a case

against her.

No wonder.

After all, there's an offshore
account with all the money

from the church building fund
with her name on it.

Follow the money,
ladies and gentlemen.

It leads to Mrs. Harris,
not Todd Monroe.

Todd Monroe killed
Pastor Harris?

Doesn't add up.

The case of The State of Indiana
v. Todd Monroe Jr.,

on the count of murder,

the jury finds
the defendant guilty.

(gavel bangs)

(knocking)

I came by to thank you and Miss
Chase, but she'd already gone.

Oh, she has a little girl.

She's gone home.

And what about you?

You're here so late.

Well, I don't have a child
and I'm not married.

I imagine it would be
difficult to have a family

and do what you do.

Part of the job.

Yeah, I gave my whole
life to the church.

That was my job.

Do you regret it?

Was it worth it?

Yes, it was.

Please tell Miss Chase
I came by.

I will.

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