All language subtitles for The Detectives (2018) 1x05 - Stranger Calling (English)

This particular case had an
extra level of motivation to it.

I've just never seen
anything like that before.

It just had never happened.

Good morning. 600 Group Equipment.

How can I help you?

There's a dead body at
the back of your lot.

Excuse me?

This is Fred Glazinsky.

Please report it to the authorities.

I'm sorry, what did you say? A body?

Is everything OK, Rose?

Yeah, I just uh...

Some guy just called, said that
there's a dead body in the back.

Kinda sounds like a prank though, right?

I don't know.

It just it didn't sound
like he was joking.

Yeah. I wouldn't worry
about it too much.

I'm sure it's nothing.

There's so many things that are strange

about this investigation.

We do not generally get calls
from anonymous people who say

"Go look in the back;
you'll find a dead body."

That's the first time that happened.

We just didn't know what else
that person was capable of.

He was taunting us.

Catch me if you can.

You haven't got me and
you're not gonna get me.

And I'm gonna do this again.

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This was a crime that
affected the whole community.

How many times do we tell young
people to be careful about

certain circumstances and don't
do this, and don't do that.

And this might happen,
and this might happen?

99.9 times, nothing happens.

But then all of a sudden,
something happens.

It's a parent's nightmare, and
it's a community's nightmare.

Ah, hell.

Throughout my career,
I've probably worked

about 90 homicide cases.

This is certainly one of
the more violent crimes

I've ever seen.

There was what appeared to
be evidence of a sex assault.

But there was also evidence of...

of behaviour that went well
beyond that, well beyond that.

The violence that was
perpetrated on this young girl

was unspeakable.

You get them to move that tape back,

I don't want to see any of
these details on the news.

This is somebody's daughter.

The body was lying on her back.

And because there was
some disfigurement,

you couldn't really see her face.

Who is this individual?

How did she get here?

Let's see if we can get
prints off the body.

We're going to need every piece
of evidence we can get on this.

The closer that the
suspect comes to the body,

there will be some
evidence on that body.

What you're looking for
is footprints in the area

of the body, hairs from the individual,

fibres from the individual's clothing.

Fingerprints on the brick and
any other pieces of that refuse

that were around there, wood,
and knowing full well those are

tough surfaces to get fingerprints from,

but there was a process
of taking fingerprints

from a dead body.

It had never happened in Canada before.

And we wanted to try that.

600 Group.

The future's uncertain.

The end is always near.

And you too are going to die.

We're going to need a
list of missing persons

that match her description.

And pull the name of every
sex offender in the area.

Whoever did this, it
wasn't his first time.

600 Group got another call.

Let's go.

This is, this is strange.

I mean, there's so many
things that are strange

about this investigation.

The future's uncertain,
the end is always near,

and you're gonna die, bye.

And that was it.

It was a short, succinct call.

Hey.

He called back.

Fred.

What did he say?

He said I was going to die.

OK, that's not gonna happen.

Let's get a tap on those phones.

Let's do it now. We need
to find out who's calling.

We don't have a lot of time here.

If we wanted to know
where the caller, Fred,

was making his calls from,
we'd have to make sure that uh,

the caller stayed on the line
long enough for us to facilitate

that tracing equipment.

Rose?

If that's Fred, you keep him on
the line as long as you can, OK?

Now.

Six Hundred Group.

I put dynamite in your building.

You have three minutes
before it goes off.

Who... who is this?

Get everybody out of the building.

Rose, please.

I need you to stay here,
he might call back.

What? It didn't work?

We didn't keep him on
the phone long enough.

OK. But he, he said that there's a bomb!

He's just toying with
you, I promise you.

I will get you out safe and sound.

I'll be right here with you. OK?

I'm gonna make sure you're safe.

- All right?
- OK.

Based on experience, when
you get the bomb threat,

the first thing you think of
is that this is a diversion.

You get bomb threats all the time.

I don't recall ever a bomb going off.

But obviously, every time one
of those bomb threats come in,

you gotta have something
in your mind that says

this might be something
that's, that's real.

But maybe he's gonna call again.

So we explained to Mrs. Hayden
that for us to be able to

trace those calls, we need
her to, to stay on the phone

a little bit longer.

Obviously, we're right
beside her at all times.

Hello?

90 seconds left.

Then it's over.

Wh... where did you plant the dynamite?

Two doors down from you.

Better run.

Who... who are you?

In a few seconds from
now, it won't matter.

Let's go.

Everything is happening

at a very, very rapid pace.

The caller by the name
of Fred that says that

there was a dead body in
the back of the 600 Group.

And now you've got this bomb threat.

Rod, over here!

Ten seconds.

Five seconds.

Four, three, two, one...

It's OK.

It's OK.

Is it over?

Almost.

You did great, Rose.

You were very brave.

Did I keep him on the line long enough?

We're gonna know soon enough.

And I know it wasn't easy,
but you did the right thing.

Let's get you outta here.

As time ticked on from the time
it was supposed to go off,

we were pretty comfortable
that this was a hoax.

The team's in there now,
searching for dynamite.

And we got information from the trace.

The call came from the Wilron
building, right behind this one.

That's within sight of the crime scene.

Yeah. I'll get a team in there
now, secure the building,

make sure no one leaves.

All right, not yet.

I don't want to alert
the caller we're onto him.

Get access to that building after hours.

Let's get in there,
see what we can find.

We want him to think he's
got the upper hand for now.

All right.

This is a great investigative
piece that came to us that the

calls were coming from
the Wilron Industries.

But if we were to walk down and say

"Hi, we're from Peel Regional Police.

Somebody's been making
some calls there",

a whole myriad of things could happen.

The individual that we're
talking to might be the caller.

So, it had to be very strategic.

We really have to categorize
what kind of evidence

we've got so far.

You find something?

Burnt hair.

We got a possible ID.

A teenage girl from the area
was reported missing last night.

Description fits.

Is there a name on the missing girl?

Darlene Prioriello.

Lives on Bloor Street.

We talk to the family yet?

Not yet.

All right.

I'll go.

If it is her, it's best
they hear it from us.

We've learned that a young
female, 16 years old,

had gone missing.

She'd been visiting somebody
and had not come home.

We were given general description

of what she looked like.

Uh, her hair color,
the length of her hair.

And from the knowledge that
we had at the crime scene,

we were reasonably certain that
this could be the same person.

How I'm going to do
this, this notification

that potentially this is their daughter.

Everything has to be done
with some sort of support,

some sort of empathy for
what they're going through,

but we do have to get to
the root of the matter

and identify this person conclusively.

You're here for Dolly?

Dolly?

Is that short for Darlene Prioriello?

Yes. My sister.

Did you find her?

May I come in?

Is there someone else home with you?

No um, I'm alone.

My mother's still out
there looking for Dolly.

But can you please tell
me what's going on here?

Very, very carefully I explained to her

that we'd found a female who
matched the description,

and unfortunately, she was deceased.

She wanted to know some circumstances,

and all I could really
tell her is that, you know,

we had found her at
the back of a factory.

Terri, are you home?

- Whose car is that?
- That's mine, ma'am.

I'm with Peel Regional Police.

Did you find my daughter?

Come with me, Mom.

What's going on?

Is she OK?

Mom, Mom, look at me.

Is she OK?

She immediately knew something was up.

And it's not good news.

No.

How do you know it's her?

We don't. We're not sure.

That's what we're trying to figure out.

Can you tell me what she was wearing?

She was wearing blue
jeans uh, a black sweater,

a lumber jacket and um,
and her favorite necklace.

The clothes match the body we
found, Ma'am, I'm so sorry.

It doesn't mean it's her!

Lots of girls dress like that.

Take me to her.

I, I want to see her.

It's just a terrible thing for them.

They've expected the worst, but they,

they've also hoped for the best.

And now, here's this detective
coming around to their door and

telling them it's the worst.

And also telling them that
the only way we can truly

confirm that is to have an
identification made of the body.

You have to feel for Mrs.
Prioriello that really sees

this as her responsibility to
go to the morgue and to identify

somebody that's
potentially your daughter.

Because there was some disfigurement,

she couldn't conclusively
identify the body.

It's not a good picture
for a mother to remember.

It really isn't.

Um, I can feel for Mrs. Prioriello.

If a parent or a loved one
cannot make a positive ID

of the deceased by simply
looking at them,

we have to move to alternative means.

In this case, we took hair
samples and fingerprints

from personal items of Darlene.

Darlene was a 16-year-old
girl going to school

who had a multitude of friends.

We've learned that she liked
horses and horse riding and,

and music and fashion
and she had a boyfriend.

The information that the
family provided to us

was that Dolly had last been
seen with the boyfriend.

So this, this is pretty critical.

I mean, the last person
to see anyone is always...

is always a big red flag.

We want to find out

if he may have something
to do with this death.

When the movie was done, she
was worried it was past curfew.

She didn't want to miss the bus,

so I walked her here to
make sure she was safe.

This is it.

We were a little bit early,
so I waited with her.

And so what, you just, you just talked?

What did you talk about?

We just talked about the movie.

And then what, she got on the bus?

And you saw her get on the bus?

- No.
- No?

The bus was late.

You left her alone?

I wanted to wait with her until
the bus came, but she insisted.

I can see the bus stop from my bedroom.

So I ran there as fast as I could.

But when I got there, she was gone.

I thought she took the bus.

I should have stayed.

He had immeasurable
amount of guilt, I'm sure,

because he'd walked her to a
bus stop and left her there.

He was interviewed, and all
the responses were appropriate

and we were able to eliminate
him as being a suspect.

Hello?

I killed her.

The caller was taunting the family.

Why someone would do this...

we just couldn't fathom that.

We couldn't understand
why that was happening.

A lot of people asked us
why we didn't immediately

go to Wilron Industries and, and say,

"Somebody here's making some calls."

"Who have you got working
in the, the factory?"

And, well, we don't have
any evidence at this point

to tie the caller to the crime itself.

We had to be very strategic.
We needed to find out

who we could trust at Wilron Industries,

and we did a significant
amount of investigation

before we met with the owner of
Wilron Industries, Hal Pells.

We've got anywhere from 15 to 25 people

working down here on weekdays.

I don't see any phones around here.

Well, not every work station has one.

They all use the same phone.

Can you take me to it?

Follow me.

This is it.

Anyone working the floor that day

would have made those
calls from right here.

View of the crime scene.

You got a list of everyone who
was working here at the time?

I could put one together for you.

You mind doing that while
we take a look around?

Sure. I'll be up in my office.

Thank you.

We should dust this phone for prints

if everyone on that list shares it.

It's a long shot, I know.

It's gonna be a long night.

It could have been possible
that it was a prank caller.

Wilron was pretty darn
close to uh, the 600 Group.

You could see into the back yard
where the body had been found.

Yes, there's a caller, but
is the caller the killer?

We could check for
fingerprints on the phone

and compare them to the
fingerprints on the body.

If it worked, it was going
to be critical to us

to link that caller to
the actual murder.

How's it coming?

Slow.

It's a new procedure.

It's... it's delicate.

Never done it before.

There's a lot of trial and error.

It's going to take time.

Is it gonna work?

We'll find out.

You could see what appeared
to be palm or finger marks

on her thighs that spread them apart.

So that reinforced the, the
issue of a sexual assault.

Gentlemen.

The victim is 16-year
old Darlene Prioriello.

Her friends and family call her Dolly.

By all accounts, an angel of a girl.

Calls to the 600 Group were traced to

the Wilron Equipment building.

Now, we have good leads on the caller

and we're following those up.

But we have no hard evidence
that he's the killer.

We're hoping that he calls
back and incriminates himself.

But if he gets wind of
what we're doing here,

that won't happen.

So no one...

no one outside of this room can
know that we traced those calls.

That said, without proof
that links the caller

to the crime scene,

we need to look into
every other possibility.

The crime scene suggests
a disorganized killer.

It's probably a... a lust murderer.

Someone who gets sexual
satisfaction from violence.

This could be a rapist whose fantasies

are becoming more and more violent.

So, we've compiled a list of
sex offenders in the area

whose profiles may fit
with Darlene's murder.

The person who committed this
crime is out there right now.

Now we need to stay focused
and get him off the streets.

We can't have another
Darlene on our hands.

It was obvious from the crime
scene that there was some sort

of sexual gratification
involved in this.

Part of our focus was
looking at what other type

of sex offenders did we
have out on the loose?

Keeping in mind though, that the
violence that was perpetrated

on young Darlene Prioriello that evening

went well beyond your
normal sex offender.

So we look at people who had not
only committed sex offenses,

but had a tendency towards
uh, violence against women.

D'Arc, why is Ronald
Brian Perkins on the list?

I arrested him, he should be in jail.

He should be. He escaped.

How?

It happened during a transfer
for a psychiatric assessment

at the Queen Street
Mental Health Centre.

There was one high profile
offender that was known as the

Mississauga Rapist,
Ronald Brian Perkins.

I was one of the two
arresting officers on that.

He's been accused of
committing sexual offenses;

he's been active in
Mississauga, and he's escaped.

He's on the loose.

Where is he?

You brought him in.

Any thoughts on where we should look?

Let me think about it.

It was unlikely that Ronald
Perkins be the caller,

because I was quite certain
he didn't work at Wilron.

But he had committed
some serious crimes.

I knew his way of acting
and what he was capable of.

We needed to find him.

Perkins?

It's like he just disappeared.

How about the caller?

Honer's on it, but the
calls have stopped.

People are scared out there, Rod.

Women are afraid to go out after dark.

They're avoiding public transportation.

If they can't travel by
car, they're staying home.

Might smoke the caller out.

Look, this guy, he loves attention.

We go to the press.

And tell them what, exactly?

That we've got nothing to show them.

That's exactly what we tell them.

We tell them we have nothing.

What's that mean?

We know Perkins isn't the caller,

so we go to the press conference
and we focus on Perkins,

we ignore the calls.

This guy's gonna feel ignored;
he's gonna start calling.

There are circumstances where
we will release information

to the media that we hope will
stimulate that individual

and to push that individual
into incriminating himself.

How can we get him to
continue those calls?

Because if he does, there's
somewhere he's gonna slip up

and make a mistake.

We're looking for this
man, Ronald Brian Perkins.

Some of you may remember him
as the "Mississauga Rapist".

He was arrested and charged
with eight assaults

but escaped custody and is
currently at large.

He should be considered
violent and dangerous.

We're offering a
one-thousand-dollar reward

for anything leading to
his capture and arrest.

It was a very high-profile
incident in the community,

so there was lots of
attention being focussed

upon this particular investigation.

Ronald Brian Perkins was 26

when he was arrested
for nine sex attacks

on women in Peel region
and four in Toronto.

While on his way to the Clarke
Institute for psychiatric

assessment in the company of
a hospital guard and a nurse,

Perkins bolted.

The capture of Perkins is a matter

of top priority, not
just for Metro Police,

but also for lawmen in Peel region.

And it worked.

The calls started picking up again.

Third call from "Fred".

Well, I guess he didn't much
like being ignored by the media.

He's called Darlene's school;
he's called the cemetery;

he's called the funeral parlor.

He called a journalist
at the Mississauga News.

Said he killed Darlene

and he'd kill again if
we didn't stop him.

"Set your bait and try to catch me."

Detective Honer.

It's for you

This is Wingate.

This is Fred.

It's Fred.

Fred who?

There's a present for you
at the Lakeview Library.

I suggest you go and pick it up.

Alone.

It's for you.

This is Wingate.

There's a present for you
at the Lakeview Library.

The caller seemed to
be following the media.

So it was only natural that when
he wanted to contact the police,

he reached out to Jim Wingate directly.

And he said there's a
package to be picked up

at the Lakeview Library.

It's addressed to you.

Uh, excuse me.

Can I help you?

I'm Inspector James Wingate,
Peel Regional Police.

Has anything been left here for us?

Uh, hold on.

Is this what you're looking for?

It was in the return bin.

That's the girl I saw
on the news, right?

The one that was killed?

Why would someone leave that here?

Don't worry, ma'am.

We'll take care of everything.

Have you noticed anything unusual?

Anyone hanging around,
people acting strangely?

No, I...

should I be worried?

If you notice anything strange,
you'll please let us know, OK?

Thank you.

He was taunting us.

You haven't got me, and
you're not gonna get me,

and I'm gonna do this again.

We really knew that that
was an important break.

I mean, that was an
important cog in this wheel

as far as solving this investigation.

We had very, very high
expectations that there was

going to be something in that package

to tie the caller to the killer.

It was a very chilling moment
when we opened that package

and saw what was in there.

We found a lighter...

and a necklace belonging
to Dolly Prioriello.

There was also a four-page
chronological account

of the, the homicide.

"At 11:05, I picked her up
hitchhiking at Dixie Road.

I drove through every
red light and stop sign

so she couldn't jump out."

"I lunged at her in the back seat.

She screamed, and I just
kept telling her "be quiet".

I can still feel the tension in the room

when we were reading that.

It sent a chill through
everybody that read it.

There was definitely...

phrases and, and descriptions
in there that were horrifying.

We're all human beings who read
this letter and you can say,

what did this young lady go through?

We still had gaps as to what had
actually transpired that evening

and it filled them all in.

It went from the time he picked
her up to the time she was dead.

It was the final straw.

What we didn't tell anyone
is that the first day

we knew who the caller was.

When we opened that package,
we knew who had delivered it.

We had known for a couple of days.

From the first day, we found
out that that call

went back to Wilron, where he worked.

I don't see any phones around here.

Well, not every work station has one.

They all use the same phone.

Can you take me to it?

The caller had no idea of what
was happening behind the scenes.

He didn't know that we were able
to go to Wilron equipment

and talk to Mr. Pells,

who took us out into the shop area

where we found a critical
piece of evidence.

- Darcy!
- Yeah.

Come here.

"The future's uncertain and
the end is always near."

The future is uncertain and
the end is always near

was written out on his uh, work desk.

That was what was said in the call.

We knew we were on the right track.

But we just didn't have enough
evidence at that point uh,

to lay a charge against that individual.

Even if he said he was the,
the person who made the calls,

it still doesn't prove the
intent to commit that murder.

There's logical steps
that have to be followed,

and you need all the evidence
you can get to convict somebody.

We identified the individual
that was making these calls

as David Dobson.

We wire-tapped his phones at
his residence and put immediate

physical surveillance on him
on a twenty-four-hour basis.

There's a present for you
at the Lakeview Library.

And then all of a sudden, we
now have this individual

calling the lead investigator
and delivering a confession.

We were in full surveillance mode

when he delivered that package
to the Lakeview Library.

This has gone beyond just a caller.

We now have hard evidence
that we can source back

to this individual.

We had enough evidence to
move and make the arrest.

David Dobson?

David! You're under arrest...

for the murder of Darlene Prioriello.

David? What's going on?

When we arrested David Dobson,
he was eating a peanut butter

and jelly sandwich.

- David, what's happening?
- Ma'am, Police.

What are you doing? David!

Sir! I need you to stay where you are.

We tell him he's under
arrest for the brutal murder

of a young, innocent 16-year-old girl

and it was like we told him
it was going to be cold out

this afternoon, you know.

There was no visible reaction.

There has to be some mistake!

Ma'am, I realize this is a shock,

but we just need to bring your
son down to the station...

we're gonna figure a few things out.

The bomb threat, all those
calls, the package, the letter,

and the violence itself.

That's my son!

How could this 17-year-old do this?

I would describe David Dobson...

as an unlikely killer. He
was only 17 years old,

had not had any record
of criminal activity.

So this was, this was different.

This was unique.

I'm sure a lot of thoughts were
going through Dobson's mind

as to was this the end?

Could he talk his way out of this?

What would be the
defense of this accused?

What can he say?

You've got the wrong person?

That wasn't me; I was
just making a story up

and you don't know any different?

Could he say he was mentally deficient?

He was insane?

She was standing on the
north side of the street,

and I pulled up and asked
if she needed a ride.

And I took her to the factory

cause I knew no one would be there.

And I put it in park.

And then I jumped over the back seat

and got on top of her and...

He talked in a very matter-of-fact tone

telling me how this
happened from the time

he picked up Darlene
Prioriello that evening,

attacked her and raped her.

And I told her it was over and...

she wanted to sit in the front seat.

So I reached into the driver's
side window and there was a

brick on the floor that I'd put
there, and I, I picked it up,

and she started screaming, "Oh no!"

And, and that's when I
saw the bigger brick.

Why? Why'd you do it?

I guess I thought I'd,
I'd get in trouble

or she'd say I-I, I raped her.

So you killed her.

Tortured her.

How can a 17-year-old in this society

be capable of doing this type of crime?

It has to be a mistake.

I know he didn't do this!

Ma'am, I told you, we have to...

It's all right.

I want them to see David.

You know, no matter
what your child does,

he's still your child.

You want to make sure that
his rights are protected

as much as possible.

Of an evidentiary value, it
was important for us that he,

he told the parents
in front of us, right?

Because it removes all that element of

"my son didn't do this, my
son couldn't do this."

He told them.

David. Tell them you didn't do this.

Make him understand.

Tell them.

Go ahead, David.

Tell them.

Tell them what you told me.

Tell them how Darlene Prioriello died.

OK.

David?

Hey, David, you don't
have to say anything.

No, no. It's OK. It's OK.

Um, after she fell down, I uh,
I hit her with the bigger brick.

You remember I told you about
the bigger brick, right?

I remember.

David No. Please, don't!

Dad, dad.

Sorry.

So, I, I dragged her through the field,

and all her clothes kept
getting bunched up around her,

her shoulders...

We're in this room with David Dobson,

and he is telling us a
story of how this happened.

In his words from the time he
picked up Darlene Prioriello

that evening and raped her,
attacked her, and killed her.

He told the entire story,
such a violent story,

such a violent death.

And he never, ever said that wasn't me.

Is that OK?

Yeah.

Mom.

Mom! Shh.

I'm sure they felt that
that's not the son we raised.

Who is this young man that
we used to call our son?

They lost their son that day as well.

The body of Darlene Prioriello

was found last Friday morning
at the rear of a factory

at 5220 General Road in Mississauga.

She was last seen the night before

when her boyfriend dropped
her off at a bus stop

on the north service road at Cawthra.

This morning, Peel
Regional Police arrested

a 17-year-old factory
worker as he left his home.

Charged with first-degree
murder is David James Dobson

of Haig Boulevard in Mississauga.

Dobson is scheduled to appear

in provincial court
in Brampton tomorrow.

Kevin Timble, CBC News, Mississauga.

It's hard for a family to be elated

that the police made an arrest.

I think they feel vindicated
that somebody's gonna pay

for this but it's not gonna
bring back their child, right?

It can't.

I'm so sorry for everything
that you've been through.

Thank you.

At least it's over now.

I don't think it'll ever be over.

Will he ever get out?

That's up to the courts.

No.

He won't.

We'll make sure of that.

All of us.

We had enough evidence
to bring him to trial

and be successful in our prosecution.

We got fingerprints on the body.

All those calls and the,
the package, and the letter,

and the confession.

He got the worst penalty that
was allowed, the strongest.

First degree murder,
minimum of 25 years in jail.

David Dobson was 17 years
old when he confessed.

He served 25 years of his life sentence

and is now eligible for parole.

But the Prioriello's believe
Dobson will strike again.

That's why they're fighting
to keep him behind bars.

Every two years, we will be
losing her all over again.

Terri Prioriello says she's
going to wear Darlene's

jean jacket when she reads her
victim's impact statement.

She says she's determined to
make her sister's presence felt

and keep her memory alive.

The Prioriello family have been
very strong in their advocacy

to keep David Dobson behind bars
and I applaud them for that.

David Dobson is still in jail
today, since May of 1983.

I knew and all our whole team knew,

and all our investigators
knew exactly what he'd done.

And it was vicious; it
was violent, abhorrent.

It was...

inhumane what he did.

How did this happen?

I don't think we'll ever know.

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