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-All the burns on the body were not caused by the fire.

-Torture?

-Somebody nosing into our case again?

-Yeah.

And I don't like it.

-Where is tingo chaves?

He's the man who's going to make you very rich.

So we've got a $2 million puzzle,

and we're missing some pieces.

-One of my couriers is an informant.

-Take me to Becky right now.

-I had 20 cops down here beating the bushes looking for her.

Two hours I hear it on the nightly news.

The hell happened to him?

-I shot him.

-We didn't find him until this morning.

He was underneath all the debris.

-Does this fire tie in with one Monday on 34th street?

-Yeah, I think so.

So does your boss.

This place has got the same burn pattern as the first place.

Low charring.

Suspect used a flammable petroleum

product to put on the body again.

I'm sure it was gasoline.

-You said my boss.

Was Charlie devane here?

-Devane?

No, no.

This guy was a lieutenant.

Said he was from homicide.

-What was his name?

Lieutenant, uh, lieutenant Jack.

-Jack.

-Jack something.

He was asking questions.

-Like what?

-Well, age of the victim, uh, sex, you know.

I'm sorry if I was out of line.

-No, no.

You're all right.

I want to ask you something.

-Did we ever get the ID on the first victim?

-No, we're working on it.

Excuse me.

-Yeah.

Sergeant hunter, la homicide.

-Hi.

-You, uh, you see what went on here?

-Sure did.

I saw the dude who started it.

-Yeah?

Yeah, he jumped in his truck, and he

drove off down the street.

What kind of truck was it?

-It's one of them go anywhere four by fours.

-Uh-hmm.

-You know, I thought every house on the block was going to go.

-You wouldn't have, uh, got the licensing, would you?

-Hell, yes.

It's, uh, 2kxr715.

It's, uh, 2kxr715.

It's, uh, 2kxr715.

-Welcome to the regency, miss baca.

Sacramento operator,

hold for your contact, switchboard.

Switchboard operator switchboard.

I'd like to get in touch with Jack chance

immediately, please.

-I'll have to patch you through.

-Patch me?

Switchboard operator please hold.

He's on assignment in la.

Tell him it's Becky.

Switchboard operator ringing now.

-Yeah, Jack chance here.

Switchboard operator: Hold for Becky.

-Put her on.

I've got to talk to her right now.

Come on, now.

-Who you calling?

-Oh, you.

We were a little early, and I wanted

to find out if the car was on the way.

Switchboard operator: Becky hung up.

-Get her back.

-It's a long lines call.

I'll try.

-What are you doing here, tingo?

I thought you'd just send a limo for me.

-Mr. Sherman's very impressed with your work.

He wants to meet you, Becky.

-And just who is Mr. Sherman?

-He's the man who is going to make you very rich.

-All right.

-Oh, let me help, here.

-Thanks.

Take this.

-You know, you could have made two trips.

-No, I couldn't.

By the time I got out to the roach coach,

all the really good stuff would have been gone.

-What is this thing anyway?

-It's a file of every arson fire in la over the last four years.

Devane said there was another John

Doe arson murder last night.

I figured I'd check it out and see

if we can tie it in to a known arsonist.

-That's a good idea.

Do me a favor.

Run this license plate of a four by four through the dmv.

See if anybody's run it in the last week or so.

Be very discreet about it.

-Somebody nosing into our case again?

-Yeah, and I don't like it.

Remember the battalion chief at the 34th street fire?

He said there was a detective snooping around there,

and we couldn't identify him.

Well, he's back again.

-So what do you think?

FBI?

-It could be anybody.

I don't know who he is.

He's on my case, and I don't like it.

Anyway, when you get a rundown on this number here,

give me a call.

-Ok.

Oh, wait a second?

Did you get an ID on this morning's victim?

-No, like you're Danish, she was burned beyond recognition.

See you later.

-Yeah.

Are you sure about that?

All right, good.

Well, listen, I do appreciate the effort, thanks.

Robbery, homicide's a negative.

-What about the major crime unit?

-No, I saw captain Casey at the retirement dinner last night.

He would have mentioned it.

What makes you so sure this is a cop?

Maybe it's just a firebug getting his kicks.

-No.

According to the arson investigators at the scene,

our boy has been asking some very

specific and technical questions.

He's legit, all right.

-All right, well, I'll call the feds.

Maybe they've got somebody working down there.

Here's the post mortem on John Doe number two.

He was bound to a chair, like John Doe number one who

was also shot once in the back of the head.

Very interesting on page two there.

All the burns on the body we're not caused by the fire.

Preliminary investigation says it'd

be high voltage electricity.

-Torture?

-Wasn't that fast?

-I'll say.

-The four by four is registered to a Henry

granado, 11921 Wilshire Avenue.

I checked.

It's a condo.

The car has been run twice.

Two weeks ago by the county clerk's office.

That usually means they're prepping repossession.

-Who ran it the second time?

-I don't know.

Somebody in Sacramento this morning, 09:00.

-But who in Sacramento?

The computer refused to ID the requesting agency.

-What?

Now that doesn't happen very often.

I don't like that.

I'm going to make some calls.

-Did you match granado's car to a driver's license?

Yeah, they're correlating the registration

addressed to licensed drivers.

There's 13 Henry granados in the state.

Got the pictures on the way by laser fax.

-Good, I think we should do is get a search

warrant for granado's condominium.

I'll go out ad sit on it until you show up.

-Sounds good.

-I think he's definitely hispanic.

-Can you tell how old he is?

Well, i'm... I'm not even going to be positive even when

I'm finished, but I'd say he's probably in his mid 30s.

-How soon can you have this guy together?

We got another one this morning, same mo.

-Well, I'm not real sure about the hair.

But the face is pretty close.

-Henry granado.

-That was fast.

How did you manage to do that so quickly?

Oh, the killer drove granado's four by four

at the scene of the second murder.

-Well, I think you ought to tell that to the lieutenant.

He certainly didn't seem to know that this morning.

-Let me ask you a question.

Can you tell me what this lieutenant looked like?

-Well, yeah.

Uh, let me draw it.

-Becky.

I'm Phillip sherman.

How did your trip go?

-It went fine.

I prefer flying, but I understand the concern.

-It's a little too risky right now

with the feds watching all the airports now, isn't it?

Bingo.

Any chance you were tailed?

-Absolutely none.

-Good.

It should be $2.5 million.

-It's all there.

-Oh, I'm sure it is, but we'll count it anyway.

You see, uh, Becky we've been, well, experiencing sort

of cash flow problem on the east coast.

We'd like to get your input if you don't mind on what we could

do to protect ourselves against any future interruptions.

You'll have to be a little more specific, Mr. Sherman.

I don't...

-Of course.

Let's see.

Two weeks ago we lost a $1.5 million

when it arrived in Miami.

Now you and Mr...

-Granado.

-Yes, granado, transported it there.

Now six hours after you turned it over,

the feds arrested my people and confiscated the cash.

-Why didn't you tell me?

Hey, everything went fine.

We followed tingo's instructions to the letter.

Ask Henry.

-Oh, I have.

Believe me I have.

A week later, we lost $1 million in Fort Lauderdale.

Now you and your husband moved the money that time.

Is that correct?

-Hey, wait a minute.

Now you're accusing us of something that

happened thousands of miles away.

Hell, we could have been back in la by then.

-You know what?

That's exactly what your husband said.

Right up to the end.

-What's going on here?

-That's what i'm trying to find out.

Oh, I know one thing for sure.

One of my couriers is an informant.

Maybe more than one.

Now Henry and your husband both deny working for the law.

You're the only one left to question.

-Phoenix, and then Tucson, and then San Diego.

I was wondering why you had me on the road for six days.

You were keeping me tied down.

Where are they?

-You know what, sweetheart?

I would suggest that you concentrate

on saving your own skin.

Now, are you working for the cops Mrs. Baca?

-You are crazy.

I'm leaving now, and I would suggest

you do nothing to stop me.

-Never gets easy, does it, tingo?

-Hey, McCall.

-I'm in here.

Hi.

-Hi.

-There's suitcases, a money counter,

and some clothes in the closet and not much else.

This apartment has two spaces assigned to it and the garage.

There's nothing there.

And there's no four by four out on the street.

The manager said granado had a couple living

with him, a Becky and Dave baca.

And my guess is they left in a hurry

and probably a few days ago.

This coffee's pretty moldy.

-What did the manager say about granado?

-Said he was pretty secretive.

Kept to himself, didn't say too much.

He leased this place out for $1,800 a month, paid cash.

-Let's go check the rest of the place out.

Ok, let's see what we've got in here.

-Got anything?

-Well, I don't know.

You tell me.

-What is this?

-Oh, boy.

-Wow.

Huh.

What do you think, it was the s and l scare?

-I don't know, but this is real.

-Huh, check this out.

That's granado.

-That must be John Doe number two, huh?

-Uh-hmm.

Question is, where's his wife?

-Yeah, sherman.

-The cops just got a search warrant for granado's condo.

-Relax.

Read the affidavit.

Does it mention anything about an informant?

-It appears to be a routine follow-up

to a murder investigation.

They're looking for a suspect.

-So everything's fine, right?

Stop by.

I've got a little something special for you.

-Ah, you seen tingo chaves around here today?

-We open at five.

-Well, listen, I... you could help me out here.

I mean, tingo, he owes me a few bucks,

and if you can point me in the right direction,

I could make it worth your while.

-Look, geezo, hit the bricks running

before I tear your head off.

-Ooh.

Oh.

-Now, why don't we just start all over again?

Where is tingo chaves?

This is it, pal.

-Hey, what do I know.

He blows in and out of here like the wind.

-Where does he live?

-I don't know.

My mother's eyes.

-Now this could be the end of the ride.

So you think this over real careful.

Who does he answer to?

Sherman, Phillip sherman.

-Where's he?

-How the hell do I know?

-Thanks.

-Bingo.

Go around the block.

We've got a felony one in that four-by.

One way 156, code one.

-One way 156, go.

156, meet one Adam 9, code two.

Sixth and alvarado regarding your vehicle.

-Yeah, 56 Roger.

-A sergeant hunter was the affiant on the warrant.

-Is there any indication that granado

was working for the cops?

-No, nothing that I saw.

-Look harder.

Monitor their entire investigation.

I'll buy anything you can get.

-There's no backup.

Everyone's tied up with a barricaded suspect on Wilshire.

-Yeah, I heard all about that.

Where is he?

-Hotel down the way.

He met two guys, loaded some suitcases in the four-by,

went back inside.

-Where's your partner?

-He's down there with a rover keeping an eye on the motel.

-Ok.

You guys take the alley.

I'll go through the front, try to get to these guys

before they hit their cars, ok?

-One Adam 19, the driver's out of the room,

and he's getting into the four by four.

This is it.

-Get going.

Remember, south in alley behind the motel.

-Charlie.

-What have we got?

Did you get an ID on him?

-No ID as of yet, but I want to show you something.

Come here.

-All right.

That's the sign of the cross, madre tattoo, marielito.

- Yeah. - Cuban.

-That's what it looks like to me.

Come here.

I'll show you something else.

-Whew.

There must be more than $1 million there.

-Yeah.

-Drug money?

-Well, I'd say if it is drug money, it's being laundered.

The two mules who were handling it took off and.

-So we go a $2 million puzzle, and we're missing some pieces.

-Yeah, I think we've got one more

piece of the puzzle to take a look at it, huh?

-All right, let's go.

-Bill, take the money.

All units in the vicinity of one Adam 19.

Shots fired.

11921 Wilshire boulevard, penthouse suite.

One Adam 19, code two.

-I'll be your flash.

Don't even think about that.

-Yeah, yeah.

It's Jack chance, Sacramento pd.

-Ok, lieutenant.

-Ok.

-Now, want to tell me about your friends?

-We shouldn't have left you this long, but tingo got held up.

He was caught with another $2 million.

Would you like to tell me how they found out?

-I don't know.

-You don't know.

You really don't know, huh?

You see something?

You see these batteries?

Huh?

I can do this as long as I have to.

You can't.

Now tell me you're working for the cops,

and I'll make it go real quick for you after that.

-How long you been in town, lieutenant?

-Not long.

Uh, listen, captain, I'd like to apologize

for going around with your sergeant hunter here.

Why don't we just call tonight a wash.

I'll go home...

-Sit down.

You're not going anywhere until I find the truth.

So sit down.

And I'm not buying your I'm down here

looking for a fugitive crap, either.

Why didn't you check in with us?

Why didn't you let us know you're working on a case

down here?

What's the matter?

All the phones in Sacramento busted?

What's your interest and Henry granado?

Now, look, chance, we know that you were nosing

around that first arson homicide,

the one on 34th street Monday night.

The victim was Henry granado.

You know, I can call your boss and get

him out of bed if you want.

-Henry granado was my informant.

-All right.

And the rest?

I'm on loan to the state Attorney General.

It's a task force working on a money laundering operation.

They're muling drug profits of the east coast

and down to The Bahamas.

My primary suspect is a Cuban.

A marielito named chaves, tingo chaves.

-What about the couple, the bacas?

Dave and Becky, they were staying at granado's condo.

State agents, working undercover,

posing as man and wife.

I think you, uh, I think you may have found agent baca

this morning in that second torched house.

-Well, I can understand why your anxious.

-Yeah.

-What went wrong?

-Well, the feds, they wanted some money for evidence.

We'll just say, it's supposed to look like accidental seizures.

I tried to convince them it was too risky.

Chaves and his people, whoever they are,

well, they didn't buy it for a minute.

So he started looking for leaks right away.

-So you think chaves killed granado

and baca to plug the leaks.

What about Mrs. Baca?

Her name's Becky cruise, and he's

probably working on her right now.

-Why didn't you let us know?

We could have searched...

-Because you got leaks down here.

Dam busters.

-Well, then, lay them out.

-I, uh, I ran some phone calls, couple of license plates.

Chaves found out.

And that's when everything went to hell.

So you can understand why it is I'm not too interested in, uh,

in you messing around with my case.

Listen, I'm really dragging.

You think you can have your sergeant here

drive me back to the hotel so I could bag a couple hours sleep?

Because then in the morning, early, we

could go out, get tingo chaves.

I'm sure he'd take us right to agent cruise.

-That chaves?

-Yeah.

What the hell happened to him?

-I shot him.

-You big dumb bastard.

He's the only way I could get to her.

-All right, what the hell went on?

Look, it was an accident.

The cops spotted his car at the motel.

It was an accident.

-It was no accident.

They were looking for that car.

Dang fool should have burnt it.

He should have listened to me.

All right.

Is there any indication at all that they know about me?

-None.

Can't you find out?

-Yeah, can I find out.

This whole thing is taking a lot longer than I thought.

Now with tingo dead, I've got to do

every little damn thing by myself.

Now I need all the help I can get.

I want you to be extra vigilant for the next couple days,

you understand?

If I don't move $5 million down to grand bahama island

by this weekend, they're going... well,

let's just say I'll be permanently

persona non grata in Bogota.

-154.830 megahertz.

-That's are tech one.

-Yeah, just in case I need a backup.

-Just in case?

You know, you do have backup.

Why don't you use it?

This, uh, is all the information I

have on the case, telephone calls, address checks,

and a complete background late tingo chaves.

-You ought to get some sleep.

You're losing your edge.

-I think you're right.

If you get out of here, I'll call it a night.

Unless you intend to camp on my doorstep.

-No, I don't intend to camp on your doorstep.

You know, you still haven't answered my question.

Why the solo operation?

-If I had 20 cops down here, beating the bushes looking

for her, in two hours i'd hear it on the nightly news.

I don't intend to lose any more agents.

What would you do if it was your partner?

-I'd tell you what I'd do.

I'd beat the bushes until I knew she was safe.

But I'd use every available resource given to me to do it.

-Yeah, you're right.

A matter of fact, I'm sure of it.

I'm losing my edge.

-Get some sleep.

I'll pick you up at 07:00.

07:00.

-I don't want to die, please.

-As soon as I get my $5 million.

Now either you're a cop or you're not a cop.

You're gonna wait 'til I find out.

-So when I get to his room, I check and he's gone.

His bed hasn't even been slept in.

-Well, I talked to his captain.

He says chance is a bulldog with no rope,

but something is driving that man hard.

You know, I get the impression that you like the guy.

-Well, look, I understand him.

I think you do, too.

He's lost some people he cared about that he was close to.

No, he won't be doing any sleeping.

He's out there sitting on somebody.

-All right.

You keep me posted.

I'm going to call the justice department.

We don't know all we should on this one.

-Right.

-Hunter, come here.

I want to show you something.

-Ah, yes, what is that?

A telephone toll analysis.

Agrusa over in narcotics took the toll records

from chance's file and he ran them through the nin computer.

Check it out.

This is what he's got.

-You mean every drug connection in California's

been calling the El papagayo?

-Exactly.

It's owned by Phillip sherman.

Agrusa says that they've had a lot of rumbles on him

in the past.

And by the way, I checked on granado's car.

For whatever reason, the county clerk's office ran a dmv check.

It wasn't for a repo.

One owner.

And he paid cash.

-County clerk's office?

-And you know who issue search warrants for telephone records.

-County clerk's office.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-I'd like a number on that warrant, please.

-Ok.

Ok, your number's 3411.

-Thank you.

You have a nice day now.

-Thank you.

Mr. Sherman, please.

Look, if you've got a case, make it.

Otherwise, I think you better release me.

-Gloria, last week you ran a dmv on a car

registered to a Henry granado.

Why is that?

-Me?

Sergeant, any one in the office could have run that.

-I understand that, but your ID number is right there.

Look, if I'm the first one to sign on in the morning,

I leave the computer open.

We have 60 clerks in my office.

-Right after sergeant McCall left your office,

you called Phillip sherman.

Why is that?

I called my brother, frank.

He's been sick.

-Your brother, frank.

You know what we did, Gloria?

We tapped your phone.

You called Phillip sherman.

You now have two choices.

One, cooperate with me, or two, you've got to go to jail.

-All right, these are the routes I

want you guys to follow, all right?

I also want a woman in every car.

You understand?

Every car.

Makes it look better.

And no one, this includes you, Ricky,

no one exceeds the speed limit.

You also got false identification

papers in there just in case.

Yeah, sherman.

Wait, wait.

Ho, ho, ho.

When did all this happen?

-They just left.

The cops searched chaves's place.

Apparently he kept a diary.

It implicates you in two murders.

-Ok, uh, read me the entire affidavit.

Just listen.

You've got to get a hold of that diary somehow.

Because that's the only thing that connects me.

-Sherman.

Everybody just keep your hands right on that table.

Now, why don't you just put that phone

down and slide out of here.

Right now.

-Have a squad car meet me at 4211

ventura boulevard, code two, hotshot.

And then lock her up.

-You got it, sergeant.

-Get on the floor.

Get on the floor.

Come on.

Just take me to her, ok?

-You're crazy.

Take you to who?

All just relax.

Relax.

Just relax.

Huh?

-You remember me, geezo?

Drop it and...

Oof!

-Agh!

-Agh!

-Now, if you want to live, you take me to Becky right now.

Go on.

Go on.

Just drive this thing.

-This is Adam 11, can you have willam 56

meet me on an open tac?

Thanks.

-I want to explain.

Colombians have a representative down here.

His name is tingo chaves.

He's the one that called all the shots.

In fact, he's the one that picked

up granado and the bacas.

Yeah, I mean, you know those cocaine cowboys.

Violence is the solution to all the problems, right?

I want you to believe me now.

I tried to prevent it.

-How much further is it?

All units on tact one standby.

We have a tactical emergency.

-Air 9, Roger.

He's making a left turn on Franklin.

-Roger, air 9.

-It's flown out of Miami twice a month.

$10 million laundered through a bank in the grand Bahamas run

by a brit, a Ralph.

The connection is a Columbia businessman who lives in Miami.

And I'll testify to that.

That's what you want, isn't it?

Huh?

Then you can take everyone in.

-They're in the alley, rear entrance.

-Ok, you guys watch the front.

I'll go around the back.

-Now where is she?

Where is she?

-Second door on the left.

-Becky.

Becky.

Becky.

Oh.

It'll be all right.

-No, no.

No, please, you've got to believe me.

It was tingo who hurt her.

It was tingo.

-Chance.

Killing a drug pusher isn't worth it.

Put the gun down.

-No, he tortured Becky to death.

-The law will take care of him.

Put it down.

-What would you do if it was your daughter, huh?

-Nooo.