All language subtitles for Law and order S14E17 - Hands Free

the people are represented by two separate
yet equally important groups-

the police, who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

How many times have I told you,
put it where you can find it?

What are pockets for?

Now I'm not sure if I had them with me.
Yeah, you had it.

Ah, Mom, it stinks in here!
Of course it stinks. It's garbage. Now dig.

I'm so over curry!
You're gonna be grounded
for life if it's up to your father.

You know how he hates it
when you lose things.

Hey, Mom, look at this.

Oh, my God! That's a hand.
Okay, just drop it, drop it! Now!

Eww!
Come on!

He was looking for his what?
His braces.

They're plastic nowadays,
removable.

He find them?
Not yet.

He did, however, find a hand.
Just one? They usually come in pairs.

Hey, the restaurant said that they put their garbage
out at 10:00 last night right after they closed.

It was supposed to be picked up this morning,
but the carting company didn't show up.

So the hand could've been dumped on the
pile anytime in the last 22 hours.

Detectives? Found this in a
Dumpster on Fourth Street

Oh, God! don't tell me.
I'm guessing those two belong to each other.

Look, I need you
to get some help.

I want you to check every trash can, Dumpster and
garbage bag between First and Second Avenue,

from Houston to St. Mark's.

You kidding me?
Do I look like I'm kidding?

[Siren Wailing]

We're looking at an African-American
or Latino male,

about 50, 5'9" to 5'11",

190 to 200 pounds.

Dismembered postmortem. Amputation
was done using a very sharp utensil.

Blood was drained before
the body parts were wrapped.

Sounds like a neat freak.
Yeah, meticulous, to say the least.

Cause of death?
No head, no heart, no way to tell.

Time of death?

Given the cold weather, I'd say roughly 24
hours before the first pieces were found.

Absence of rodent feeding makes me think they were
in the garbage no more than a couple of hours.

The victim had arthritis.

Both knees had arthroscopic surgery.

And I'm betting he used a cane.

Palm of his right hand is callused.

Dr. Rodgers,you brought
your A-game today.

You got a home address for us too?
No, but smell his hand.

Menthol.
Mentholated propylene glycol.

Propa-what?

It's hand sanitizer.

There's a mentholated version
for people with arthritis.

He used some
shortly before his death.

Here we have the contents of the garbage bag from
Sixth Street, where the first hand was found.

That's from the Fourth Street
Dumpster, the Fifth Street garbage...

and the garbage can from St.
Mark's Place and Second Avenue,

which covers everything
we've found so far.

And? The people from St. Mark's
Place eat too much Thai takeout.

Okay. You're not in the mood.

The bags that held body parts were all
one brand... Tough Boy, five gallon.

Not one of your major brands,

but one other Tough Boy bag
was found in the Fourth Street Dumpster,

full of nothing
but ordinary household garbage.

But it could be the victim's
or the killer's.

Or some third party who just happened
to use the same brand trash bag.

You get any usable prints?
Nope. Just smears.

Runner's Digest.
Our guy used a cane.

Anybody can dream.
Somebody cut out page 35.

And somebody liked fruit,
a lot.

I like fruit. Yeah, but when
you buy it, where do you go?

Supermarket?
Heaven forbid. Fruit stand.

So if this is
the victim's garbage...

With his knees,
he probably shopped close to home.

There's a whole lot of fruit stands
in the East Village.

What the hell. Maybe I can pick
up a couple of Granny Smiths.

Tell ya what-- more than once I thought about crackin ' that
numbskull over the head with that friggin ' cane of his.

What a pain in the culo.

Guy gets one bad apple, tells me I should give
him a dozen free.
Hey, you know his name?

He's a customer,
not a bowling buddy.

Why? Something happen to him?
What makes you say that?

- Wishful thinking.
- Do you know where he lives? Ever deliver groceries to him?

This is not a full-service fruit stand,
Detectives. Strictly cash and carry.

Hey, is that hand sanitizer?

Antibacterial. Flu season.
I can't take a chance.

Won't help. The flu's a virus.

I haven't had so much as a sniffle in two years.

It's like taking antibiotics
for a cold. It's a scam.

Aah!
[Green] You sell this stuff'?

- At Maxon's-Around-The-Corner.
- Around the corner where?

That's the name of it.
Maxon's-Around- The-Comer.

Sure. I know Roger.
Why?

You know where we can find him?
He lives in the nabe. Ay, in here all the time.

He's like dandruff. You can't get rid of him.
Roger have a last name?

Obnoxious? Like it's my fault
the price of coffee went up.

Hey, does Roger Obnoxious ever pay
with a credit card or a check?

We don't take credit cards, and we definitely
don't take checks from guys like Roger.

Do you carry Runner's? Digest?

Magazines are in the back by the pet food.
How'd you know?

- How'd he know what?
- Roger bought a copy of Runner's Digest.

Did you remember that
'cause Roger got bad knees?

I remember that 'cause Roger never
bought anything but skin mags.

Okay we're looking for a crotchety 50-year-old
black or Latino pain in the ass...

who walks with a limp, uses a cane
and likes to look at dirty pictures.

And who's training for
the marathon. Hmm?

Page 35,
the one that was cut out.

Somehow I don't think this guy's a marathon man.
What's on the other side?

There you go.
What, the ad?

I don't think a guy with bad knees who
complains about the price of coffee...

is gonna be looking
at $300 running shoes.

- Not the shoes. The dude in the shoes.
- Now you're telling me he's got a crush on this guy?

What about the girlie magazines?
Maybe he swings both ways.

Great. So now we're looking for a
bisexual 50-year-old pain in the ass...

who walks with a limp, carries a cane and
whistles Dixie as he walks down the highway.

His name's Roger Barry.
Haven't seen him in 10 years.

And you're right. He's not a runner.
He's a boxer.

Oh, yeah? What name did he fight under?
Dad.

Daddy dearest. The old man.
Roger's your father.

My mom finally got tired of being his
punching bag and split, took me with her.

Haven't seen him since.

If you haven't been in touch with him all these years,
how'd he find out about your picture in the magazine?

Called me up out of the blue. Said
he wanted to know how I turned out.

So I told him about the ad. Let him
eat his heart out for a change.

[ Green ] You got an
address for your father?

That much forgive and forget
I was definitely not interested in.

- What's this all about? He in trouble?
- We're just trying to find him, that's all.

Sorry.
You got a phone number?

Told me he didn't have one.
Must've called me from a pay phone.

What’d your dad do
after he hung up the gloves?

Longshoreman.

Thanks.

The union must‘ve had to send
his pension checks someplace.

Mr. Barry won’t like this.
Course he don’t like much of anything.

Don't you need a warrant?
We would if we suspected
Mr. Barry of wrongdoing.

Well, he still won't like it.
[Briscoe] Hey, Ed.

Yeah.

Does this look like blood to you?

Yep. I'm calling C.S.U.

Something happen to that rat bastard
in my building?

Uh, it's a little too soon to tell.

Somethin‘ happen to him,
I know some people
who are gonna start celebratin‘.

Well, good. And you're gonna
give me their names, aren't you?
Yeah, apartment 2 E.

just go downstairs and read the buzzers.
Whole building complained about him.

C.S.U.'s on their way
Who complained the loudest?

Manny Esperanza down the hall
Said Mr. Barry was stealin' his newspapers.

Oh, yeah?
Where can we find this guy?

St.jude‘s Hospital.
He's an orderly.

That would give him access
to things that go cut in the night.

I don't know what happened
to Mr. Barry

I'm a medical professional.
You and Dr. Kevorkian.

He don't work here.
Look, look, I'm on triple shifts.

I ain't even been home
for the last three days.
Talk to my supervisor.

Oh, don't worry. We will.
Why you bustin‘ my chops?
Everybody in the building hated his guts.

Ask his girlfriend.
She's gonna say
that everybody hated him?

She'll tell you
the thing with the newspapers?
He started it.

Course she's deaf.
She couldn't hear what kind of nonsense
was coming out of his big mouth.

What an unpleasant personality.

This girlfriend have a name?
Jennifer something.

- Okay, do you know where she lives?
- Across the hall from him.

Don't you need probable cause for a warrant?
Oh, you're a judge now?

I'm just sayin‘.

Sorry, Irv.
This is where you get off.

[Green] Got a yearbook here.
Cedar Hill Academy.

Shelby, Shelby. Here she is.

Jennifer Shelby.
Well, her back in high school anyway.

She graduated from Cedar Hill,
class of '79.

Fancy girls' school
to a crappy one-room apartment.

Maybe we should pay
Cedar Hill a visit.

I think they’re on the Upper East Side.
Hey, Ed.

Whoa.
You can do some serious damage
with that bad boy.

Yeah, like take somebody apart
joint by joint.

Looks pretty clean.
Now, wait a minute.

There's a little residue here
at the handle.

Man, C.S.U. gonna get sick
of comin' to this building.

[Phone Beeping]

[Bell Ringing]
I don't know her personally.

Jennifer hasn't been to any events
since I've been alumni director
at Cedar Hill.

Is that because she's deaf?
Whatever gave you that idea?

In fact, I spoke to her
on the phone just last month
about the annual fund.

Annual fund? Wait a minute.

The Jennifer Shelby that we're
lookin' for lives in a six-story
walk-up on East Fourth Street.

Are you sure you have
the right Jennifer Shelby?
You know what? You tell us.

This Jennifer... our Jennifer...
lives on 63rd and Park.

She's married to Ross Teller.

The real estate mogul?
That's right.

What's this all about?
Are you talking to every
Jennifer Shelby in New York City?

How many of us can there be?

This Jennifer Shelby
had a copy of the Cedar Hill
Academy yearbook, 1979.

You mean she's impersonating me,
and her name really isn't Jennifer Shelby?

That's what it looks like.
How the hell did she get
a copy of the yearbook?

People clean out their closets,
put things on the street.

What did this person do anyway?
She's a suspect in a murder investigation.

Evan Barry gave us D.N.A.

The dismembered body
is his father, Roger Barry.

The blood that we found
in Roger Barry's bathtub drain...

matches the blood on the knife
that we found in the fake
Jennifer Shelby's apartment.

All that blood belongs to?
Roger Barry.

We know where he got cut up
and what he got cut up with.
And the real Jennifer Shelby?

She's as baffled as we are
She has no idea who
this other woman is.

We got plainclothes officers
sittin' on the apartment
just in case she returns.

Whoever she is,
she had to pay the rent.

I only met her once,
when she came in to sign the lease.

Roger Barry referred her.
God, I can't believe he's dead. Shocking!

Did she put down
a security deposit?

Yeah, first and last months
Cash. I remember that.

Nice, crisp, new
hundred-dollar bills.

How did she pay the rent every month?
Money order.

Uh, we need copies.
Not a problem.

[Sighs] I hope she's not in trouble.
Hey, she's the perfect tenant.

Never complains.
Not a peep out of her.

Funny. Just get us
the money orders.

Sure, I sold these. Jennifer Shelby.

Yeah, late 30s, early 40s,
thin, brown hair, deaf.

Oh, the deaf lady. Sure.

You seen her lately?
About once a month.

Comes in here, buys one for rent,
one for Con Ed.

I ain't seen her since last month. Sorry.
All right, man. Thanks.

Hey, wait.
My friend Jaime told me
he seen her at a meeting.

What kind of meeting?
You know, not A.A.

What's the other one, for drugs?
N.A. Narcotics Anonymous.

Yeah, that's it. At the church.
St. Alphonsus Liguri.
Fourth and "A".

All right.

You know we're not allowed
to talk about who's here and what goes on.

As far as last names go...
Believe me, I know the drill.

You a friend of Bill's?
Yup, for many years.

Then you know my hands are tied.

They're gonna be in handcuffs
in a minute if you don't start talking.

This woman's wanted
for questioning in a murder.
Jennifer Shelby? A murder?

Are we gettin‘ through
to you now, Marty?

She's been at a bunch of meetings
She's a nice girl, far as I can tell.

She's deaf.
How‘d she participate?

Well, she reads lips.
Somehow she manages.

We offered to get her an interpreter,
but she wasn't interested.

When was the last time she was here?
Last week.

By the way, Mr. Narcotics Anonymous,
how come you know her last name?

She was handing out these flyers.

She's got a painting
hanging in this gallery show
down the street.

She never gave me
a contact number. Sorry

What if you sold one of her paintings?

I hold the money for her
till she gets in touch with me.

That's Jenny's. It's a lot like her.

Mysterious, brooding, secretive.

I kind of like it. I don't know if I could
live with it, but...

My idea of modern art is LeRoy Neiman.

She signed it.
It's dated last month.

She didn't have any paints
in her apartment.
Canvases, nothing.

A lot of our artists rent studio
space in the Co-op on Avenue "C".

You're in luck.

Jen's been here all day.
She's on a creative jag.

I used to have those,
only I called them benders.

This is Jen's studio. I'll let you guys be.

Would you mind unlocking the door?
She's not gonna hear us knock.
Right. I forgot.

There you go.
Thanks.

How do we get her attention?
I don't wanna scare her.

Maybe she can feel vibration.

Whoa! Hey!

Stop! Stop!
All right, take it...

No!

Docket number 456383,
People v. Eli Madison.

Charge is murder in the second degree.
How does the defendant plead?

Not guilty, Your Honor.
Ms. Southerlyn?

The accused is charged with
murdering his 50-year-old neighbor
and hacking him into pieces.

I imagine you're requesting remand.
Your turn, Mr Archer

Mr. Madison is a scion of one of
New York's best-known families.

Yes, and I remember reading
about him in all the papers,
what was it, 10 years ago?

Those accusations were false,
Your Honor. They shouldn't be
taken into consideration now.

The defendant has been living
under an assumed name.

To avoid the negative publicity
that almost destroyed him.

Jennifer Shelby, Your Honor.

- Excuse me, counselor?
- His assumed name and false identity.

He's been living as a woman, Your Honor.

Better and better.
Bail is set at two million dollars.

Defendant will surrender his passport.
[Gavel Raps]

Next?

Is this the same Eli Madison whose
wife went missing 10 years ago?

The same Eli Madison
Adam Schiff could never
quite indict for her murder.

Why not?
Because her body
was never found.

Eli claimed she just
walked out on him one clay.
She's never been seen since.

How good a case was it?

The police found traces
of Caroline Madison's blood
in their bedroom,

evidence of a missing rug...

and a dryer full
of freshly washed sheets.

Hmm. That had to be quite a sight.
Eli Madison doing his own laundry.

Eli could never really account
for his movements that day.

Lots of gaps and inconsistencies,
and his alibi was his best friend.

And after the story broke
and Madison was questioned
by the police,

he fled the country.

Evidence of consciousness of guilt.
It sounds pretty solid.

Lots of bits and pieces,
but never quite enough.
And the Madisons had clout.

This office has tried a couple
of homicides without a body,

but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it.

What about this case?
We have a body. Most of one, anyway.

Unfortunately, not the parts
that would tell us cause of death.

- What are we missing?
- The head, the heart.

We'll have to trust the jury
to draw the obvious conclusion.

Which may not be all that obvious
when it comes time to deliberate.

He's got Al Archer, who'll blow a lot of
expensive smoke up the jury's skirt.

We can handle Archer
and his legions of experts, Arthur.

He also churns more documents
than the Land O' Lake girl churns butter.
Let him churn.

The facts don't disappear.

But they can be spun, along with a jury.
[Knocking]

And I'd feel a lot better if we had a motive.

Well, let the churning begin.

Motion fora change of venue.

Had I known, I'd have rented a banquet hall.

Because of the nature of the case
and the difficulty and the variety
of the issues involved,

Mr. Madison has authorized me
to retain co-counsel in his behalf.

This is Ron Gumer from Hanson Brackens.

He'll be advising on matters forensic.
Your Honor.

Madeline Myers from the Prescott firm.

She'll be dealing with the D.N.A. evidence.
Sir.

And Professor Enright,
who I'm sure you know,
wrote the book on venue, literally.

The more, the merrier.

I assume this is your party, Professor?
Thank you, Your Honor.

As we're all aware,

the critical consideration
of the venue provisions...

is whether the defendant
can get a fair trial...

in the community in which the crime occurred

“Millionaire Murderer."

“Mayflower Maniac."

"Seven-figure Sadist."
"Wealthy Wife Killer."

As we can see from these headlines,
a jury in this jurisdiction...

cannot possibly approach this
case with an open mind.

- The entire jury pool has been poisoned
- Those headlines are 10 years old.

The case at bar does not involve
Caroline Madison's disappearance.

Caroline Madison's family kept her
dissappearance at the forefront
of the city's consciousness...

with its very public wrongful death
lawsuit against our client.

And may I remind Your Honor...

that that case was dismissed only after
six years of litigation and publicity.

And where would you have me
transfer the case, Mr. Archer?

Suffolk County would be satisfactory to the defense.
[McCoy] The Hamptons!

Why not hold the trial in the lounge
of Eli Madison's country club?

Your Honor, any prior knowledge of
Mr. Madison's first run-in with the law...

can be dealt with on voir dire.

I agree, Mr. McCoy.
Defense motion is denied.

In that case, Your Honor,
I move to preclude any mention
of Ms. Madison's disappearance.

People oppose the request.
On what grounds?

You just said the case at bar doesn't
involve Caroline Maclison's disappearance.

Those are your words, Mr. McCoy.
He's changing the context, Your Honor.

No, Mr. McCoy. If it involves
Ms. Madison's disappearance,

it will not be admissible
in my courtroom.

I analyzed blood found
in the decedent's bathroom...

and on the knife found
in the defendant's apartment,

as well as the body parts
found by the police.

- How many matches did you find?
- Nine.

- Have you reached a conclusion?
- The D.N.A. samples are from
the same individual.

The blood on the knife
in Mr. Madison's apartment,

the blood in Mr. Barry's bathtub...

and the body parts... all the same D.N.A.?

Yes.

Specifically, Doctor, what analytic
method did your lab use?

P.C.R. Polymerase Chain Reaction.

- That's it?
- Yes.

You didn't use SNIPS?
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis.

No.
Or Short Tandem Repeat Technology?

- No.
- Can I ask why?

P.C.R. analysis is accurate and sufficient.

I didn't think it was necessary
to verify further with additional modalities.

Well, without having conducted
those additional analyses,

can you testify that the results
would be the same?

- No, I can't, but...
- Nothing further.

Detective Green, I show you People's exhibit "A".

Do you recognize it?
That's the knife that we found
in Jennifer Shelby's...

- Eli Madison's apartment.
- [McCoy] What did you do with it?

Well, we observed some residue
on the knife that looked like dried blood,

so we followed standard procedure
to preserve the chain of custody...

and protect the evidence from contamination.

And then we sent it to the lab to be analyzed.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Detective Green.

Did you do a thorough inventory
of the contents of the defendant's apartment?

- Yes, we did.
- And were there other knives
in the defendant's kitchen?

Yes.
Other sharp knives, for cooking or whatever?

There was a set of knives
of various sizes and a cutting board.

So was this knife, the one that you just
entered in to evidence, part of that set?

No.
How was it different?

That knife is quite a bit larger,
and the handle is different.

So this knife doesn't resemble
any of the other knives in the kitchen?

No. Not really.

Hmm.

I compared the incisions and markings
on the flesh and bone of the decedent.

With the structural characteristics of the knife.

Could this particular knife
have been used to cut up the body?

Yes, the bone and flesh incisions
are consistent with the cutting
characteristics of this knife.

“Consistent with."

That's not the same
as “the same," is it?

No.

This knife might have been used
to dismember the body.

Yes.
But you can't be sure.

It lacks sufficient
distinguishing characteristics...

to make a definitive identification.

ls there any way to determine
whether this particular knife
was used to kill Mr. Barry?

Not in this case. The knife lacks...

Sufficient distinguishing characteristics.

Thank you.

Oh, by the way, Doctor,

what actually did kill Mr. Barry?

Was he, in fact, stabbed to death,
or shot, or bludgeoned,

or did he die of natural causes?

A heart attack, stroke?

- The cause is unknown at this time
- Why is that?

We don't have enough of Mr. Barry's remains...

to determine with medical certainty
the cause of death.

[Archer] When you kept Mr. Barry company
on these occasions, how were you dressed?

As a woman. As Jennifer
He knew me as Jennifer.

So what happened
the night he died?

I was in Roger's apartment.
We were watching a basketball game.

I got caught up in it and yelled
something in my real voice.

And Mr. Barry?
He freaked.

He realized I wasn't really deaf,

that I wasn't a woman.

And why would that matter so much to him?

Eli?

We'd been... intimate.

So you'd had sex with Roger Barry.
Yes.

And he still didn't know?
I was good at putting him off in certain ways.

At deceiving him?
Yes.

Hmm. So he was upset, angry.

Furious! He hit me over and over with his cane.
He had a terrible temper.

I was fending him off, and he...

he made this awful gasping noise.

He dropped his cane,
clutched his chest and fell down.

Then he turned blue.
I guess he had a heart attack.

I did C.P.R. on him. It seemed like hours.

But...

So Mr. Barry is lying there, dead,

despite your best efforts to revive him.

So what‘d you do next, Eli?
I panicked.

Why?
I knew what the police would think!

I couldn't have our relationship
or my life as Jennifer Shelby exposed.

And I certainly couldn't go to prison.
I'd never survive.

So I decided to get rid of Roger's body.

So that's when you went back
to your apartment to get that knife.

- That's not my knife
- It isn't?

I've never seen it before.
Besides, I didn't need one.

Roger kept a metal cutter
in his closet.

So the knife that the police found
in your apartment,

the knife that doesn't match
any of the knives in your kitchen

the knife that you say you've never seen before...

How did that knife come to be in your apartment?
I have no idea.

- Well, how did Mr. Barry's blood get on that knife?
- I have no idea.

- I do!
- Objection! Chambers, Your Honor!

Accusing the prosecution of planting evidence!

I didn't mean to imply
you personally, Mr. McCoy,

but there is a long list of people
working for the state..

who've wanted Mr. Madison
in prison for the past 10 years.

There is no basis in fact for these allegations.
I will strike that remark.

You can't unring the bell,
Your Honor.

No, but I can issue an instruction
for the jury to ignore it, Mr. McCoy.

[McCoy]
Mr. Barry kept a metal cutter in his closet?

He worked with his hands.
He made his own furniture.

Quite a coincidence that the knife
the police found in your apartment.

has the same characteristics
as the metal cutter they didn't find.

Do you know why they didn't find it?
I tossed it into one of the Dumpsters.

I guess they didn't look hard enough.

The police also failed to find Mr. Barry's heart,

which would have proved or disproved...

your story about a heart attack.

I wish they had. An autopsy
would have exonerated me.

You should have thought of that before
you cut up your boyfriend's body.

[Archer] Objection!
Withdrawn.

You testified that you dismembered
Mr. Barry's body...

because quote...

“You knew what the police would think."

What were you afraid
the police would think?

Approach, Your Honor.

You've already ruled on this.
My client is being tried
for the murder of Roger Barry.

Any mention of his missing wife
is prejudicial and irrelevant.

I didn't ask Mr. Madison about
his wife's disappearance.

I asked him about his state of mind.

Your client opened the door,
Mr. Archer. I'm gonna allow it.

What were you afraid the police
would think, Mr. Madison?

That I killed him too, just like
you think I killed my wife.

You still think I killed my wife, even
though you know you can't prove it.

- Your Honor...
- Because I didn't do it!

They all think I killed my wife!
But they couldn't prove anything then,
so that's why they're setting me up now!

Move to strike. Unresponsive!

Stricken. Jury will disregard
the witness's last remark.

[Judge Bradley] Have you reached a verdict?
We have.

On the sole count of the indictment,
murder in the second degree,

how do you find?

We find the defendant,
Eli Madison, not guilty.

[Chuckling]

Well, I told you that Archer
could blow smoke.

It's like that old saying:
“Who you gonna believe,
me or your lyin' eyes?”

And they believed Archer.
Creating reasonable doubt
where none exists costs money.

And what, people like Eli Madison
are entitled to as much justice
as they can afford?

Well, at the end of the day,
all we really proved...

was that Eli Madison cut up a body.

I'm not done with Eli Madison yet.

What do you have in mind,
charging him with obstruction
and tampering?

No, with killing his wife.

Remember what I said about
prosecuting homicides without bodies.

If all Eli Madison wanted to do
was avoid being recognized,

he could have grown a beard or shaved his head.

But instead he put on a wig and a dress.

It must mean something.
Pretzel?

What if he is
a transvestite?

Then some of what he said
on the stand could be true.

Maybe he really couldn't bear
being found out.

And if that's why he killed Roger Barry...

Maybe he killed his wife
for the same reason.

Say she found out his secret.

For a man like Eli Madison,
living in that cloistered world
of old money...

Better a murderer
than a cross-dresser.

Exactly. Delve as deep as
you can into Eli Madison.

Let's find out how good he was
at keeping his secret.

Here he is. Eli Peter Madison.

Married Caroline Gail Thornton
December 5,1992.

Divorced her July14,1996.
Uncontested.

It's hard to contest anything
when you've been misplaced.

Is that it?

Did you know he was married before?

No.
1982.

That would have made him 18 or so.

He married a Diane Wharsey, also 18.

Didn't last long. Six months.

- You happen to have an address?
- [Scoffs] Twenty-two years old.

You gotta start somewhere.

I bought it with the settlement,
and I've been here ever since.

We were children.

Of course it didn't last.

Can I ask you an embarrassing question?

Can I stop you?

How was your sex life?

Uh...

We thought it was great.

I mean, what do you even know
at that age?

Did Eli have any tendencies
that weren't... mainstream?

Ms. Southerlyn, maybe you oughta
just stop beating around the bush...

and say what you mean.

Are you asking was he gay?
We could start there.

I don't think he really knew
one way or the other.

Now, let me ask you a question.

Why are you here?
Eli was acquitted.

We're looking into the disappearance
of his second wife.

Ah, Caroline.

The case is still open, and I was wondering
if he ever talked to you about it.

He called me from Europe.
He was distraught.

He felt persecuted.

He had to come back for the trial
and Dwayne had just died.

Dwayne ?
Evans. His very close friend.

Dwayne had a terrible accident.

Rock climbing or something out west.

They had just taken his deposition,
and he was supposed to come back
to New York to testify.

Was this Eli's alibi witness?
Mmm.

Eli was beside himself. He lost the one
person who could really exonerate him.

Did you know Dwayne?
A little.

He made Eli look like
the poster boy for normal.

How so?
Neurotic, hysterical.

You name it.

And you know, looking back?
He and Eli might have been lovers.

According to Immigration,
Eli Madison flew back from Europe...

two weeks before he testified in the civil suit.

He then flew back to Europe the
day after the case was dismissed.

He beat the rap on that one too.

His friend Dwayne Evans died
a week after Eli Madison
came back to the States.

That was an accident.
Evans was hiking in
the backcountry near Taos.

Some day-trippers found his body
at the base of the cliff.

You think Madison was involved somehow?

When he called Diane Wharsey to talk
about it, he told her he was in Europe,
but he couldn't have been.

He was already here.
She misremembers
the conversation.

Why would he kill
his alibi witness?

Diane said that Dwayne was unstable.

Maybe Eli was worried about how
he would hold up at the civil trial.

If Dwayne flip-flopped in court,

Eli might lose the wrongful death suit.

Criminal trial wouldn't be far behind.

If you can put Eli Madison in Taos
at the time of Dwayne Evans's death,

we might be able to persuade
the New Mexico medical examiner
to have Evans‘s body exhumed.

Eleven airlines flew into Albuquerque
during that time period.

[Beeping]
Checking first class for those weeks.

No Eli Madison on any of them.

I can check coach too.
That's gonna take some time.

Yeah, well, you might as well.

Maybe he drove to Taos
from Phoenix or L.A. or Las Vegas.

The needle in a haystack.
What about the family jet?

Isn't there a small airport in Santa Fe?
I checked that already.

The Madison Gulf stream
was in St. Bart's that month.

See what you can come up with.
I'll come back later.

If you can't find anything into
Albuquerque, expand your search.

Wait a minute.

Try Jennifer Shelby.

A Jennifer Shelby flew into
Albuquerque, New Mexico...

three days before Dwayne Evans
had his accident.

On the same day, Dwayne Evans
rented a car at the Albuquerque
airport and drove to Taos.

He checked into the Casa Benitez
in the company of a woman...

who matches the description
of Jennifer Shelby.

Eli Madison.

When the cops went to talk to her
about Dwayne‘s accident,

she'd split, vanished into thin air.

With Dwayne Evans dead,

all that was available for either the
civil suit or a possible criminal case...

was his deposition testimony.

Which was Eli's alibi.

Send pictures of Eli Madison
in and out of drag...

to the Taos P.D.

Ask them to do a photo array
for the people at the inn...

and file charges... murder two...
for killing Caroline Madison.

We still don't have the body.

Last I looked, killing a witness
is evidence of the underlying crime.

With all the other evidence,
it finally ought to be enough
to get an indictment.

I'm gonna contact
the authorities in New Mexico,
have them exhume Dwayne Evans.

They may want to file charges
of their own.

At our request, the New Mexico authorities...

exhumed and autopsied
the remains of Dwayne Evans.

I compared D.N.A. from skin taken
from under Mr. Evans's fingernails.

to court-ordered D.N.A.
taken from the defendant.

- And what did you find?
- The D.N.A. matched at 10 regions.

And from that, you're able to conclude...

The skin under Dwayne Evans's
fingernails was Eli Madison's.

[McCoy] Dr. Faruzzi, what method
did you use...

to compare D.N.A.
from the several samples?

P.C.R. analysis.

You didn't use Restriction Fragment
Length Polymorphism analysis?

R.F.L.P.? I didn't need to.

Eight years ago, if Dwayne Evans‘s death...

had not been ruled an accident,

what method would the New Mexico
forensic scientists have used?

Eight years ago, R.F.L.P. analysis
was state-of-the-art.

And now?
It's hardy used at all.

There are much more efficient
and accurate methods of testing.

- Such as?
- P.C.R. analysis.

No further questions,
Your Honor.

We were best friends.

I needed to talk to someone.
But why go in disguise?

Why visit Dwayne Evans as Jennifer Shelby?
To protect Dwayne's privacy.

The police, the press wouldn't leave me alone.

Everywhere I went, following me,
accusing me, taking pictures,
asking stupid questions!

[Archer] Can you explain how your skin
got under Dwayne's fingernails?

Yes.

We were lovers.

Did you go hiking with Dwayne that day?
No.

Ah. So tell us what happened.
We made love early that morning.

And then Dwayne left to go hiking
in the Rio Grande gorge.

He was supposed to come back by noon.

He didn't come back.

By 4:00, I was worried sick.

By 6:00 I was panic-stricken,
and by 9:00 I knew something
terrible had happened to him.

[Archer] Why didn't you call the police?
I panicked.

Because of my wife's disappearance,
I knew they would have thought
I had some thing to do with it.

Dwayne had taken the rental car.
I was stranded; I didn't know what to do.

The next morning I caught an early bus
to Colorado Springs and flew home.

So you didn't have anything to do
with Dwayne's accident?

Of course not.

I loved him more than anyone.

I'm sorry I wasn't there that day.

Maybe I could've helped him.

[Sobs]

You say you could have helped him
You don't do well under pressure.

Do you, Mr. Madison?
I don't know what you mean.

Your fiiend Dwayne doesn't come back from a hike.

You don't call the police, park rangers, E.M.S.

I explained why I didn’t do any of that.
I was under a cloud.

Isn 't it true that when
your wife Caroline disappeared,

it took you three clays to report her missing?

I was away with Dwayne.
I didn't even know she was gone.

Of course, Dwayne's not here
to corroborate your story.

Objection!
[Judge] Sustained

Withdrawn. You didn't call the
police for your friend Dwayne.

It took you three clays to call the police
about your wife's disappearance.

Mr. Madison, did you call the police
when your friend Roger Barry died?

Approach, Your Honor.

Your Honor, Mr. McCoy is attempting
to introduce into evidence...

facts relating to charges that my
client was recently acquitted of.

- I read the papers, Mr. Archer.
- I'm trying to establish a pattern
of behavior on Mr. Madison's part.

Some of his behavior may be
considered bizarre or inappropriate,

but not admissible.

Inappropriate? He admitted cutting
Mr. Barry's body into pieces when he died.

Some of the facts, out of context,
may be so gruesome, Your Honor,
as to be prejudicial.

I agree, Mr. Archer.

You may question the defendant about
his failure to notify the authorities,

but not about what he did subsequently.

So, Mr. Madison,

did you call the police
when your friend Roger Barry died?

No.
What were the circumstances of his death?

- He had a heart attack.
- A heart attack? Are you a doctor?

- No.
- Did you call an ambulance?

No.
Why not?

I thought I might be blamed
for what happened to him.

Just as you thought you might be blamed
for your friend Dwayne Evans's accident.

Yes.

Just as you thought you mightbe blamed
for the disappearance of your wife, Caroline.

- Yes.
- Blamed...

for a disappearance,
an accident and a heart attack.

The police, they were out to get me!

With three dead bodies,
can you blame them?

[Archer] Objection!
Withdrawn.

No further questions,
Your Honor.

In that case, Your Honor,
the defense rests.

The People wish to call
a rebuttal witness, Your Honor.

Mr. Evans was staying
at our bed and breakfast...

when he had his hiking accident.

- I remember him very well
- That was eight years ago.

We never had a guest die
before... or since.

You don't forget something
like that, believe me.

- Was he alone?
- He was with a woman. They checked in together.

Do you see that individual in the courtroom?

Yes, sort of.

The defendant.

You said Mr. Evans was with a woman.

The police showed me some pictures,
and I recognized her.

Then they showed me some pictures
without her wig, and it was him.

The defendant?
Yes.

Did you see Mr. Evans
on the day he had his accident?

I was up early fixing breakfast
for the guests.

I heard a car start up.
I looked out the window,
and I saw Mr. Evans drive off.

- Was he alone?
- There was someone in the car with him
on the passenger side.

Could you see who it was?
It was too dark.

Did you see the defendant, Miss Shelby,
as you knew her...

at any time that day?

A little after noon, I saw her get out
of a car out at the road...

and walk down the driveway
of the hotel to her room.

How did she look?

She looked hot, tired...
and very dusty.

Did you see her again?

No, the next morning I went
to change the sheets in their room,
and she was gone.

His stuff was still in the room
but not hers.

And then the police came.

They discovered Mr. Evans's body.

[Judge] Have you reached a verdict
in the death of Caroline Madison?
We have.

On the sole count of the indictment
murder in the second degree,

how do you find the defendant, Eli Madison?

We find the defendant guilty.

A homicide conviction without a body.

That's the prosecutor's quadruple jump.

- I'm not gloating.
- Ah, go ahead. You're entitled.

Guess justice isn't always for sale.

Not today anyway.

[Howling]