All language subtitles for Citizen Jane 2009

REPORTER (VOICEOVER): Just
a few minutes ago, police

began arriving in one of San
Jose's quietest neighborhoods

for what we believe to be
the scene of a homicide.

Police have not released
the name of the victim,

but what we have gathered so far
is that the victim lived alone

and was the member of
a prominent family.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

JANE: How's the Tom
O'Donnell stock portfolio?

-Mm.

It is peachy.

Some CEO gets a bad cough and
the company drops 10 points.

You sure you don't
want me to ride

with you to pick up Gertrude?

-No, you have to pack for LA.

-Baby, I'm gone for one day.

-I know.

-So have you told Gertrude that
you and I are a couple yet?

-No, but I think she's
about to find out.

-Oh, is that right?

[SEAGULLS CRYING]

-I need you to get every
last leaf out of there,

because last time
you left a few,

it rained, the water just seeped
right back into my living room.

I had a water
stain down my wall.

And also, I want you to
be careful of my azaleas.

Last week you
crushed all of them.

You have to be careful,
Virgil, please.

Hi, sweetie.

-Hello, my dear.

I still wish you were
staying through the weekend.

-I can't stay the weekend.

This guy hasn't listened
to anything I say.

He's terrible!

-(MUTTERING) Leave me alone.

Pain in the--

-Ask him if he ever pays
attention to what I say.

You know what?

I forgot I have to stop and drop
the newspaper off next door.

JANE: Share the paper
with your neighbor?

-Saves each of us $10 a month.

-OK.

I really wish you'd
sell the house.

I have plenty of room.

Or you could get
something nearby,

so I can keep an eye on you.

-Check with me when I turn 100.

-You know you love this city.

I'm serious about
this, Gertrude.

-So am I.

This is just lovely.

You see?

You just needed a little touch
of a man, that's all. [LAUGHS]

JANE: [SIGHS]

TOM: Gertrude?

-Hm?

-Little of Jane's magic gravy?

-Oh, yes.

So when are you two,
uh, getting married?

Well, it's either that or
you're grinning like that

because you just
won the lottery.

-Gertrude, you really have to
stop beating around the bush.

-I was gonna feel you in.

-You don't need my
approval to be happy.

So, uh, you have a
special date in mind?

TOM: We're just kinda
sneaking up on it.

-Oh, sounds more like a burglary
than a wedding plan. [LAUGHS]

-Well, the gold futures are
headed in the wrong direction.

So what I would like to do
is I would like to liquidate

and I would like to
apply all of the proceeds

to the German tech fund
that we spoke about.

So if you could give me a
confirming email that you

received this, that'd be great.

Thank you.

[BEEP]

-There you are.

-Hey.

-Doing deals at this hour?

-No, no.

Just leaving a message
for my guy in Zurich,

'cause they're half a day ahead.

-I don't know how
you keep track of all

these companies and accounts.

-So much for early retirement.

Takes more work to keep the
money than it did to earn it.

-Mine appears to be shrinking.

-I'm going to have a
look at your paperwork

before I leave for LA tomorrow.

So, how did we score
on the Gertrude scale?

-She said she's never
seen me so happy.

-Tell me this.

What is the greenest
thing you've ever seen?

-Big fat emerald.

-No.

-A baseball field.

-Nope.

-A golf green?

Ireland.

I've never seen Ireland.

-Do you remember my
trust fund in Switzerland

that I spoke to you about?

-Uh-huh.

-Well, it's going to
mature in 3 months.

And I really-- I really think
that'll be enough to take

care of us for the
rest of our life.

So I was thinking
we'd head to Zurich

and stop by Ireland
on the way back.

Making you happy
makes me very happy.

-So the football party, Sunday,
I can pick you up if you want.

-And drive all the way
back down to San Jose?

No.

-You know what?

I'm happy to swing by and pick
you up on the way back from LA.

-You know, you two
should spend your time

planning a trip somewhere.

I hear Ireland is very
green this time of year.

[HORN HONKS]

-That sounds like my car.

Gertrude, always a pleasure.

Let me know if you
change your mind.

-I'm walking you out, sweetie.
-Thank you.

Hm.

-I had a chance to look at
your portfolio this morning.

Anemic, huh?

-Not even keeping
pace with inflation.

But I'm meeting with a
couple investor pals in LA,

so I will see what we can do.

JANE: OK.

-Be at Henry Carmichael's.

Number's on the fridge.

My return will get me in
at 10:00 AM on Sunday.

-Want me to pick you up?

-No, no.

You have enough to worry
about with the football party.

-Oh.

-Ah.

BOTH: Lipstick.

DRIVER: Ready to go, sir.

-There you go.

-I'm good?

-Yeah.

-All right.

I will call Gertrude
when I land, just

to make sure she
didn't change her mind.

-OK.

I love you.

-That's my line.

-OK.

-I love you, too.

-Any good?

-Well, about every tenth book,
this author recycles her plots.

-Well, I'm impressed
she can find

nine original ones in between.

-Aw, honey, I am so glad that
you're having a happy life.

I used to worry so much about
you when you were little,

because you fretted
about everything.

You worried about the dress
you were going to wear,

and the lunch box you
were going to take.

-I stopped worrying like
that when I married Al.

-Mhm.

-He took care of
everything-- the money,

the accounts, a car to drive.

I guess I stopped
thinking the world

would end if I made a mistake.

And when he died, it was
like the roof fell in on me.

-How long have you and
Tom known each other?

Is it like 10 years?

-More like 20.

He always had his
accounts with Al,

and he used to travel all over
the world in his [INAUDIBLE]

and come back with these
really great stories.

He saved me.

I always thought I was a "one
man for life" kind of lady,

but one night he was
teaching me chess,

and I just looked at him--

-You know, watching
most women never

find one good man-- and you?

You found two.

So come on.

Time to take this woman home.

[CHUCKLES]

And no, no, I am not
selling the house.

I see that look.

[BOTH LAUGH]

-Oh, yes.

-Love you.

-I love you.

Drive carefully.

-OK.

-Hi, Gertrude.

-Oh, hi!

-I have the newspaper for you.

-Oh, Rosaria, you're a doll.

Thank you.

[HORN HONKS]

-Oh, Virgil!

My azaleas!

[PHONE RINGING]

-This is Henry.

JANE (ON PHONE): Hi, Henry.

It's Jane Alexander.

Is Tom around?

-It's your sweetie.

-Hm.

Hey, baby.

Excuse me a second.

OK, baby, sorry about that.

We were just grabbing a bite.

How was your day?

-Oh, it was good.

I went grocery shopping.

I bought stamps.

How was your day?

-Oh, I drove around all
day long, saw some friends.

Got a little bit of
business done, though.

Speaking of which, I think
we've found a way to refinance

the house, cut the mortgage
payment by about a third.

-Oh, that's great!

And listen, I found
tickets to Europe

on sale if we fly in September.

-Oh!

I can't wait, baby.

-Love you.

TOM (ON PHONE): Love you, too.

-Yeah, that last batch
went pretty quick.

--[INAUDIBLE] too
stuffed immediately.

-You know, I'm no good at this.

Lookit, lookit!

-[SIGHS] Sorry, sweetie.

-Hey!

-Plane took off late.

These are for you.

-Thank you!

-Hm.

Gave Gertrude a call.

No answer.

-Oh, well, maybe
she's in the garden.

-Mm.

Evelyn, how are you?

Thank you very much for taking
care of things in my absence.

-I'm trying to improve
my cooking skills.

-Yeah.

Oh, babe, is everybody
here, watching the game?

-Yeah.

-Excellent.

-Hey, wait-- Jane, he left a
big hole in your tray there.

-Hm.

[RINGS DOORBELL]

-(CALLING) Gertrude.

[KNOCK]

Gertrude?

Oh!

-Whoa-ho!

TOM: Ah, thank you, baby.

-OK, OK, OK.

[ALL CHEER]

-Now we're talking.

Mhm.

Mm!

Mm!

[PHONE RINGING]

Here we go.

Here we go.

-No!

TOM: Yeah, this is it.

-No.

No!

[CHEERING]

-Hello?

Yes, this is Jane.

-This is what it all
comes down to, right here.

[BEEP]

-(WHISPERING) My god.

[SIREN BLARING]

[INDISTINCT VOICE ON POLICE
RADIO]

[CAMERA CLICKS]

REPORTER: Sir, can
I get a comment?

Oh--

-[SOBS]

I'm Detective Romer.

-This is Jane Alexander,
Gertrude McCabe's niece.

-What happened?

Please.

-She was the victim
of a homicide.

-A homicide?

Who would do this?

Who would do this to her!

-Maybe you better come sit down.

We are trying to
piece this together.

It appears she was
sitting on the couch,

she was reading a book.

She stopped, she
had a little lunch.

There's a half-eaten
sandwich on the coffee table,

and the book is opened
up on the couch.

The best we can figure, between
12:00 and 2:00 on Saturday,

somebody obviously
came to the front door.

There was not sign
of forced entry.

Blunt force trauma to
the back of her head.

And as you saw, there
was stab wounds.

There's quite a few.

-Oh, god!

-Is it likely that she
would have opened the door

to a stranger?

-No.

No, no, no, never.

She would have given
him anything he wanted.

He didn't have to kill her!

-Gertrude raised Jane.

As a matter of fact, the
majority of her life,

she referred to her as Mom.

-Well, does she
have any enemies?

She have any disputes?

-No, no, no.

But there was two handymen,
I don't know, she fired.

-Honey, I'm gonna
run to the restroom.

That was a long drive.

-Detective, they just called.

I gotta go shoot a car
accident blocking the freeway.

I'll be back later.

-OK.

Ms. Alexander, are you
up for a walk-through?

Please?

What we're looking for
is missing objects,

things the killer
might have taken.

-Where's her checkbook?

There's supposed
to be a checkbook.

She always paid with checks.

DET.

ROMER: We haven't
found a checkbook.

Anything missing
here you can tell?

-I don't know.

I--

-Uh, your aunt, was she
getting a little forgetful?

Confuse, maybe?

-No.

She was forgetting
little things.

-We found almost
$200 in this back.

-Emergency money.

This is not right.

Somebody stuffed this in here.

Gertrude was meticulous
about her things.

-This looks to me like
a robbery gone sour.

JANE: Who would do this?

I mean, who would do this
to a harmless old woman?

-I've been asking myself
that same question

since I was a rookie.

Can you tell me where
you two both were

on Saturday afternoon?

-Yeah.

Jane was in San Francisco,
shopping for a party.

I was in LA on business.

I'm happy to give you the
ticket information, phone

number where I
stayed, et cetera.

-Thank you.

We need to clear everyone so I
can focus on the perpetrator.

-Detective, if
there's nothing else,

I'm going to get her home.

-Good.

Good.

Now if there is anything at
all that you can think that

would help.

-Will do.

Thank you.

-As we have been
reporting, San Jose police

are continuing
their investigation

into the murder of Gertrude
McCabe, which they are calling

one of the most brutal
and senseless crimes

they have ever witnessed.

-Hey, babe, why don't
you take a break?

-No.

I have to write it all down.

All of it.

-You need to eat something.

-The only thing I
need to do is make

this monster pay for
what he did to her.

-I know.

I know.

I know.

-Gertrude was my
life growing up.

She raised me.

Mom died.

She was one who raised me.

She did my schoolwork with
me, she took me to the movies.

No child ever had
a better mother.

I should have made her sell the
damn house and live with us!

-Come on, there's
no way you could

have forced her to do that.

That wouldn't have
made her happy--

eating what you wanted her
to, when you wanted her--

-No!

I should've taken care of her.

I should've looked after her.

Gonna get this murderer if
it's the last thing I do.

-OK.

OK.

Come here, come here, come here.

VIRGIL: I want to
know why I'm here.

Can you tell me why I'm her?

I patched a leak in the roof,
I cleaned some leaves out

of the gutter, she paid
me, I left, and that's all!

-Sit down!

Did you get along
with Mrs. McCabe?

-Yes, I got along with her.

-Listen to me, Mr.
Jackman-- Virgil--

someone killed that old woman.

Maybe it was someone who
thought they got shortchanged.

-Nobody shortchanges me.

-Yeah.

I sense that about you.

Sit tight.

Mrs. Jackman, your husband is
in a holding cell downstairs.

It says in this file that you
and he ran a retirement home

in Florida, and that Virgil
was fired for getting

funny with the old folks' money.

-Virgil can get funny with
anything he puts his hands on.

-Did Virgil have a
beef with Mrs. McCabe?

You listen to me.

If Virgil is responsible
for Mrs. McCabe's death,

I don't have any issue with you.

But if you cover up for him,
you are going down, too.

-He worked extra for that old
lady, and she wouldn't pay him.

Said he'd messed up
some of her flowers.

He's got a mean streak, Virgil.

-Was Virgil responsible
for Mrs. McCabe's death?

OK, then let's do it
that way, all right?

Jane.

-Please tell me
you have good news.

-Take a look at this.

Do you recognize it?

-Yeah.

This was a plate
Gertrude's brother

gave her when she graduated.

-What are the chances that
she would have given it

to a worker in lieu of payment?

-No.

No.

Not in this lifetime.

-OK.

Come with me.

Can you identify that man?

-Yes, he was her
handyman, Virgil.

-We found this plate in
the trunk of his car.

His wife said he did it.

We haven't found
the checkbook yet,

but the bank said the last check
to clear was to Mr. Jackman,

and it was cashed just a few
hours after your aunt's death.

-S-so that's it?

It's over.

-That's it.

We're gonna ask
the DA to indict.

Uh, we cleared the
crime scene, so

if you want to get your aunt's
possessions, you go ahead.

[SEAGULLS CRYING]

JANE: You know what
I can't figure?

Why would Virgil take
Gertrude's checkbook?

It just doesn't make any sense.

-Maybe he wanted to paper
the town with bad checks

and then split.

I mean, think about it.

Lot easier than
pawning her jewelry.

Come on.

Let's change the mood, just
for 15 minutes, all right?

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

-Hello?

-Jane, Detective Romer here.

-Is there an update?

I haven't heard anything.
DET.

ROMER (ON PHONE): Well,
there's been a development.

It seems that Virgil Jackman
was in Monterey doing

landscaping at the
time of the murder.

The homeowner alibied him.

-Why would his
wife say he did it?

DET.
ROMER (ON PHONE): She was lying.

She's done it
before, just to get

even with him for hitting her.

So the only thing we can
charge Virgil Jackman with

is stealing the silver plate.

-OK.

So what's next?
DET.

ROMER (ON PHONE):
Jane, we've cleared

everyone who's ever
worked for your aunt.

Deliverymen, former handymen.

We're at a dead end.

I'm sorry, Jane.

[BEEP]

-So they cleared Virgil.

-Yeah.

-Hey, it's the cops'
job to find the killer.

It's my job to take care of you.

-Detective Romer.

Jack Morris.

-Ah.

My replacement.

Welcome to Homicide,
Detective Morris.

Oh, you got a chance to
look at the McCabe files.

-Everything in the file.

-If you read everything in the
file-- well, good luck with it.

I've seen some dead
ends in my day,

but this one takes the cake.

You want Jane Alexander's bank
statements and phone records?

You don't buy the
robbery theory?

You do know we cleared Jane
and her boyfriend months ago.

She was in San Francisco.

He was in Los Angeles.

They talked on the
phone that night.

-Read that.

-You got a theory?

-Mm.

-Yeah.

I heard you don't talk much.

Your Captain in
Narcotics said you

were the best interrogator
he's ever seen.

How does that work,
if you don't talk?

-Me talking ain't the point.

-You, uh, you realize
it's July, right?

Probably start wrapping these
Christmas presents after Labor

Day and I think
you'd still make it.

-There's something missing, Tom,
and it's about the checkbook.

-Jane, I really think we ought
take that trip to Ireland.

Let the police do their job.

You're gonna go crazy
if you keep this up.

-I can't go anywhere right now.

-I'm not going to
allow whoever did

this to make you
a victim as well.

I'm not.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

I'll get it.

DET.

MORRIS: Hi.

Detective Morris, San Jose PD.

Can I come in, please?

TOM: Yeah, of course.

This way.

Jane Alexander,
Detective Morris,

San Jose Police Department.

-Hi.

-Jane.

Jack.

-Hi.

So what happened
to Detective Romer?

-He took a job in
private security.

I'm the new guy.

I Just transferred
in from Narcotics.

-Oh, so it's your
first homicide?

-They always give the
new guy a cold case.

-Cold case?

OK.

That's encouraging.

-Detective, can I offer
you a glass of lemonade?

-Ah, yes, thank you.

Kind of ran into a dead
end on the robbery angle.

-Well, yeah.

Of course you said.

What robber's going to
throw her stuff around

and then leave behind her cash?

-Jane's been reading a lot
of Gertrude's old mysteries.

-Hm.

Oh, that's really good.

Nice and tangy.

-So do you have any
leads, Detective?

-I've been looking a
little closer to home--

friends, acquaintances,
family members.

-I'm her only family
member, and her friends

are older than the automobile.

-You know of any
financial dealings

that Mrs. McCabe would have had?

Loans, private party purchases?

-I borrowed $25,000 from
her for house repairs,

and when I tried to pay it back
she just tore up the check.

-Hm.

-Ah, boy, that--
that is really good.

It's a lot better than
the stuff in the can.

Um, do you know what Mrs.
McCabe's estate was worth?

Houses, insurance?

-Well, that's all tied
up in the homicide.

Even the insurance.

-Oh, right.

-I have a feeling you
already know this, Detective.

-Ah, I've been looking at it.

I think it's worth
about a million dollars.

-Probably.

-Oh, one more thing.

Uh, we're fingerprinting
anybody who

was a regular at
the McCabe house.

Would you two mind coming down
tomorrow to be fingerprinted?

-Not a problem.

Of course.

-Great.

Lemonade was spectacular.

Thank you.

-I'll see him out.

[BEEP]

[BEEP]

[BEEP]

-You know the killer
wore latex gloves.

There are no prints.

-Sometimes you have
to stir the pot.

I want to thank you
both for coming down.

-Of course.

-I just got this file from the
FBI Behavioral Science Unit.

They profile crimes, difficult
ones without that many clues.

-OK?

DET.

MORRIS: I shouldn't
be doing this,

but I would like to share
some of this with you.

You mind sitting down?

-Sure.

-No, no.

DET.

MORRIS: "It's probable the
killer or killers were known

to the victim and acquainted
with her normal routines.

The lack of a forced
entry and trauma

to the back of the
victim's head indicates

she trusted her assailant
enough to permit

him entry and turn her back."

-Or maybe she turned
her back to run?

DET.

MORRIS: "Since
investigators have yet

to identify missing objects
other then the victim's

checkbook, the
ransacking may be viewed

as an attempt to
mislead investigators

into thinking the
crime was a robbery.

The repeated attempts at killing
the victim, which included

multiple stab wounds
and bludgeoning,

suggest the killer was
inexperienced in the commission

of a violent crime.

The most likely motive for
the murder of Gertrude McCabe

was to gain the
proceeds of her estate.

Do not eliminate the possibility
the killer is a woman."

-Are you insinuating
I killed my aunt?

The woman who raised me?

-I'm just reading
from the report.

-OK.

You know what, Detective?

This is ridiculous.

First of all, [INAUDIBLE]
anyone's money.

I've got a trust that I'm
about to cash that will more

than take care of
us financially,

and she's very aware of that.

Not to mention the
fact that she was

in San Francisco at
the time of the murder.

You know, baby, I think
the detective here

has is not interested
in solving a murder.

I think he's interested
in clearing a case.

-You're wasting your
time, Detective.

And meanwhile, there's a
murderer getting away with it.

-I think it's time we
get you an attorney.

All right, well, let's make
sure that happens ASAP.

OK.

Bye-bye.

[BEEP]

-Tom, they can't really believe
I had anything to do with it?

-I have a bad feeling
that Detective

Morris doesn't quite
see it our way.

-They can't arrest me for
something I didn't do.

It's crazy!

-I think they're giving a lot of
credibility to that FBI report.

You know, they
said she was killed

for the proceeds of her estate.

"Do not rule out the
prospect the perpetrator

might be a woman."

-I'm scared.

-Baby, look, I'm going
to go to Switzerland,

I'm going to take
care of business,

I'm going to come back, and
we're going to figure this out.

I just need you to
be strong right now.

We're going to be
together forever.

I just need to know that you're
OK, your finances are OK,

the house is taken care of.

-I love you so much.

-I love you, too.

It's gonna be fine.

[PHONE RINGING]

[BEEP]

-Hello?

-Jane.

Jack Morris.

Not calling too late, am I?

-Uh, no, it's OK.

-I was wondering if you
could do me another favor.

Could you and Tom come
back down to San Jose?

-Tom just left for Switzerland.

Why, what do you want?

-Need you take a polygraph.

-You want to take a
lie detector test.

-I just need to
clear everyone I can.

Trying to refocus the case.

-This is insane.

-Come down tomorrow.

Get a good night's sleep.

[BEEP]

-Yeah, I'm sure I will.

-I'm Jim Rhode, Jane's attorney.

I'd like to see the questions
that you're going to ask her.

-Chris.

-Is your name Jane Alexander?

-Yes.

EXAMINER: Do you live
in Pacific Heights?

-Yes.

EXAMINER: Did you enter
the home of Gertrude McCabe

on October 6 of last year?

-No.

EXAMINER: Did you learn
about the death of Gertrude

by phone call?

Did you learn of the death of
Gertrude McCabe by phone call?

-Yes.

-Did you plan the murder of
Gertrude McCabe with anyone

prior to her death?

-No.

EXAMINER: Did you
take the checkbook

from Gertrude McCabe's home?

-No.

-Did you assist
anyone in planning

the murder of Gertrude McCabe?

JANE: No.

EXAMINER: Were you present
at the home of Gertrude

McCabe at the time of her death?

JANE: No.

-Did you murder Gertrude McCabe?

-No.

-You didn't do it.

-[SIGH] Of course I didn't.

-I was pretty sure you didn't.

-Why did you put
me through that?

-Had to make sure you had no
involvement before or after.

-Are we done here?

-Sure.

-What's your next step?

-Same old step.

Catch a murderer.

[DIALING PHONE]

[PHONE RINGING]

JOEL: op: Hello?

-Hi-- hi, Joel?

It's Jane Alexander,
up in San Francisco.

-Yeah!

What can I do for you?

-Um, I'm just wondering if
maybe you heard from Tom lately?

He's in Switzerland, but I--
has he called you at all?

-No, not in a while.

Not since he left.

-If he calls you,
can you just ask

him to get in touch with me?

-Sure, no problem.

Take care.

-Thank you.

[PHONE RINGING]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

-Jack.

-You got some coffee?

I got something you need to see.

Look at that.

-It's a car rental receipt
with your name on it.

-Yesterday I flew to Los
Angeles, I rented that car,

and I drove from the
airport to San Jose.

I marked the mileage
at the bottom.

JANE: 672 miles.

-Now, look at this receipt.

JANE: Henry Carmichael.

-That's the same car, same
license plate, rented the day

that your aunt was murdered.

Look at the mileage.

-You're telling me that Henry
Carmichael killed my aunt?

-No.

Henry Carmichael rented the car,
but he never left Los Angeles.

I checked.

-I don't understand.

-Henry Carmichael gave the car
that he rented to someone who

didn't want his name on
the rental car receipt.

[RINGS DOORBELL]

TOM (VOICEOVER): Tom
O'Donnell drove to San Jose.

Tom O'Donnell murdered
Gertrude McCabe.

-Have you gone completely mad?

I've known this
man for 20 years.

I've never even heard
him raise his voice.

-The mileage points to Tom.

-What possible
motive could he have?

-The oldest motive
in the world-- money.

Your aunt's estate was worth
almost a million dollars.

-No.

Tom is not related to Gertrude.

He doesn't get a penny.

-I knew this was going
to be difficult for you--

-No, I'll tell you
what's difficult.

My aunt is dead, and since
you can't nail it on me,

you're gonna nail
it on someone else

who had nothing to do with it.

-Something else I
want you to look at.

This is a picture
of a tissue that

was found in your aunt's house.

Didn't match anything she had.

There's also a lipstick smudge.

And we checked
around, and it didn't

match anything that she owned.

I need you to just
think about this.

Check it out.

-Where did they find it?

-They found it stuffed down her
throat in your crude attempt

to keep her silent.

-Good night, Detective.

JANE (ON PHONE): This
detective said you rented a car

and gave it to Tom.

-[SCOFFS]

I put the rental car
on my credit card

because I owed Tom money.

You know, he spent all
day going to banks,

trying to refinance
your house for you?

I-- I can't believe this, Jane.

BANKER: I'm sorry, Jane, you
don't have enough to cover it.

-How can my balance be this low?

I've never overdrawn.

I've been at this bank forever.

-You weren't aware
that Tom transferred

a large sum before he left?

-He was just
managing some stocks.

BANKER: Well, he transferred
the money somewhere.

-What about the line
of credit on my home?

-Looks like you're
maxed out, plus

you have a balloon payment due.

Sorry.

TOM: "My dearest Jane, I asked
a friend to forward this letter

to you.

When I returned to
Switzerland, the authorities

were investigating
my former business

partners for some
of our transactions.

It's a mess.

My partners tried to blame me.

There have been
threats, and I fear

it could be dangerous
for anyone I'm close to.

It pains me more than
you will ever know,

but you must not
try to contact me

until this mess is cleared up.

I only want what's
best for you, and I

miss you more than
you could imagine.

I will never forget our
magnificent years together.

All my love, Tom."

DET.

MORRIS (VOICEOVER): This is
a picture of a tissue that

was found in your aunt's house.

There's also a lipstick smudge.

Now we checked
around, and it didn't

mention anything that she owned.

They found it stuffed down
her throat in a crude attempt

to keep her silent.

-This is an antique.

It belonged to my aunt.

So $200 is the best
I can do on that.

OK, sir.

Thank you very much.

-I got a message you
wanted to see me.

Something important?

-Yep.

DET.

MORRIS: You moving?

-No.

Um, the bank
foreclosed on my house.

I owe more than it's
worth, so they're

just gonna take it off my hands.

Let's go inside.

Evie, you can keep an
eye on this, right?

This is the lipstick.

I kissed him when
he was going to LA,

and he wiped it off and put
the tissue in his pocket.

This is the exact tube.

It was very clever,
giving me the photo.

-Some people you push.

Some people come by
their own design.

-I got this from Tom
on Christmas Eve.

He says he's in Europe.

He's still in the
country, isn't he?

-I checked every airline
and cruise ship from Canada

to Mexico, and unless he swam,
he's in the US somewhere.

-I feel like the
world's biggest idiot.

-You said it yourself, Jane.

He never gave you any
reason to mistrust him.

-And that trust has
taken everything from me.

-Even with this, I
have no evidence.

There is one thing
that I can do.

You fill out a complaint
for him taking your money

and I will put it on the wire.

And when we find him,
I will interrogate

this guy for murder.

This guy's dangerous, Jane.

There's no telling
what he's going

to do when he finds
out we're on his trail.

-OK.

You arrest Tom O'Donnell.

I can take care of myself.

It's kind of small.

-Ooh!

Kind of small?

You know, I-- maybe
it should come

with a shoehorn or something.

What do you think?

-It's cozy.

-Wait a minute.

Come on, you're not seriously
thinking of living here?

-It's very cheap by San
Francisco standards.

-Well, how about free?

Come live with me and Bob.

I can't let you-- I can't--
I can't let you stay here.

-Ev, you're a great friend, but
I dug myself into this hole.

I'm digging myself out of it.

INTERVIEWER: Honestly,
when I spoke to the agency,

I was a little concerned.

JANE: Why?

-Well, the job
recruiter said you

hadn't worked in,
um, what is it?

-Um, it's a little while.

INTERVIEWER: Oh.

-I worked on Wall Street.

-Makes me wonder why
they sent you here.

-Something about nobody
else wanting this job.

-OK.

Do you mind if I ask you why
you requested the night shift?

-Um, during the day,
I'm tracking a killer.

[PHONE RINGS]

-Deirdre Hill Rest Home,
how may I direct your call?

DET.

MORRIS (VOICEOVER): This
guy's dangerous, Jane.

There's no telling
what he's gonna

do when he finds out
we're on his trail.

-[GASP]

[SLAMS DOOR]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

-Hello?

-Jane.

Jack Morris.

-Have you been
getting my letters?

-You mean, "Roses are
red, violets are blue,

Tom O'Donnell's
laughing at you"?

We got a whole pile of them.

-You can expect more.

-Jane, listen to me.

If Tom is in touch
with his friends

and he finds out you're
trying to track him down,

that increases the chances
of him coming after you.

-OK, let's look at it this way.

If Tom O'Donnell kills me,
he'll be easier to catch.

You can expect more letters.

[BEEP]

-Good night, Jane.

-Good night.
-Try to keep awake.

-OK.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

[BEEP]

-Hello?

Hello?

[BEEP]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

[BEEP]

Hello?

[DIALING PHONE]

[PHONE RINGING]

WOMAN (ON PHONE): Hello?

JANE (ON PHONE): Is--
is this Shelley Markham?

This is Jane Alexander.

-Oh, hey.

Joel told me you
called a while back.

How are you doing?

Did the cops ever find that
guy who killed your aunt?

-No.

No, they-- no, they didn't.

I'm just wondering if
you've heard from Tom.

-Mm, not in a while.

JANE (ON PHONE): But do you
remember when you saw him last?

He did mention that he
might, um, swing by Las Vegas

and see you and Joel
on its way to Europe.

-Yeah, yeah, he stayed
with us on his way

to Sweden or something.

-Switzerland.

Switzerland.

You saw him on his
way to Switzerland?

-Yeah.

Hey, I gotta get to work.

You take care, OK?

-OK.

[BEEP]

(WHISPERING) Yes, yes, yes!

[BEEP]

Jack.

You have to take a
trip to Las Vegas.

DET.

MORRIS (VOICEOVER): Not a
bad place to hide, Vegas.

Blend in with all
those tourists.

+

-Excuse me, ma'am,
have you seen this man?

You folks seen this man?

-Hello, cowboy.

You been bad, Tom,
stealing Jane's money.

-I didn't steal anything.

-Then there's the other matter.

You know, Gertrude McCabe.

--[SIGHS] And you
wonder why I left.

Is there anyone competent
there where you work?

Anywhere at all, Detective?

-I found the car your
buddy Henry rented for you.

The one with all those miles?

If you can explain that,
this'll all go away, Tom.

-If I was fleeing
a murder charge,

why would I move to Vegas,
where anyone with a brain

could find me?

Besides, if you had
me on murder charges,

you wouldn't be
arresting me for fraud.

That's for sure.

JANE (VOICEOVER): What do you
mean, you won't extradite him?

He murdered an old woman.

DA MCARTHUR: First of all, you
don't have sufficient evidence.

The issue isn't
murder right now.

It's fraud, for
stealing your money.

I mean, on the
surface, the jury could

see this as a financial dispute.
DET.

MORRIS (VOICEOVER): No.

I want this guy for the
murder of Gertrude McCabe.

You don't extradite him,
we'll lose him forever.

-And god help you if
you let that happen.

DA MCARTHUR: Extradition
proceedings aren't cheap!

DET.

MORRIS: You're kidding, right?

-How do people like
that get in power?

-They get elected.

-Not by me.

So where are we?

-Well, unless we can
wave a magic wand

and get him to volunteer
for extradition,

Tom O'Donnell walks tomorrow.

-Not if I can help it.

-Don't do something
you're going to regret.

[KEYS JANGLING]

[BEEP]

-Are you OK?

-Yeah.

Yeah, Jane, I'm fine.

Why?

Jane, why-- why would
you do that to me?

-I didn't want to file
the fraud complaint, Tom.

Please, the bank was
going to come after me.

I never wanted to do it.

-But you know why
I took that money.

I took it so I
could go to Zurich

and cash the trust, for you!

I did that for you.

And now you know what that
crazy detective is saying?

That I killed Gertrude.

Me!

-I know.

-Have you ever seen
me hurt anyone?

-Never.

-Threaten anyone?

JANE: No.

No.

No, never.

Tom, please come back
willingly and talk to them.

Don't make them extradite you.

Please?

I would never
testify against you.

And I'll drop the fraud charges.

I settled Gertrude's estate.

I'm gonna get you an attorney.

I'll post your bail.

Please come back.

-(WHISPERING) I love you, baby.

-I miss you so much.

DET.

MORRIS: OR: You've
reached Detective Morris.

Please leave a message.

[BEEP]

-Jack, I waved the magic wand.

Tom O'Donnell just agreed
to voluntary extradition.

[BEEP]

BAILIFF: All rise.

Please be seated.

JUDGE WILSON: Thomas
O'Donnell, you

pled guilty to one count of
fraud for the theft of monies

from Jane Alexander.

Do you have anything to
say before sentencing?

-Yes, Your Honor.

I'm innocent.

Jane Alexander
actually requested

that I invest a sum of
money for her, which I did.

It wasn't until I
paid myself a fee

that she filed fraud
charges against me.

I pled guilty under duress
because of false information

provided by Ms.
Alexander, which is also

the reason I returned
here voluntarily.

-Wrong speech, Mr. O'Donnell.

What I was looking for was,
"I'm sorry I stole her money

and ruined her life."

Perhaps four years in
the state penitentiary

will give you some
time to mull it over.

Bailiff, remand him to custody.

Counselor, would you
approach the bench, please?

-But we still can't
charge him with murder.

-DA needs more evidence.

Right now Tom's got an
alibi for everything.

-Jack, I'm gonna get justice
for Gertrude if it kills me.

[TROLLEY BELL RINGING]

-Excuse me, do-- do you
know where Margaret is?

-Over there.

-Thank you.

Margaret.

-Jane, how are you?

I heard what Tom did,
taking your money.

Can't say I'm surprised.

-Why's that?

-Well, my husband and me
gave him money to invest.

We never got no
statements, nothing.

He said the company
went bankrupt.

Big lie, that was.

-Margaret, I-- I was
looking at my phone bill

and I noticed he called you the
morning my aunt was murdered.

-He called to say she died,
and-- and that he was coming

into some money, so he
could finally pay us back.

MAN: Margaret?
-I gotta go.

-Are you sure that was the
morning Gertrude was killed?

He called you three
times that month.

-I'm pretty sure.

There was a football game on TV.

49ers and Broncos.

MAN: Margaret.

-I really gotta go.

Sorry.

[PHONE RINGING]

-Homicide, Detective Morris.

-Jack, Tom called his niece and
told her Gertrude was murdered

an hour before we
knew she was dead.

And he told her I was coming
into Gertrude's money, OK?

So there's your motive.

-She's sure?

That's the only call he made
to her during that period?

-No, he called her
three times that month.

But she's pretty
sure, 'cause she

remembers the football
game being on.

DET.

MORRIS (ON PHONE): I'll call
the DA and let him know.

-Mr. McArthur.

I'm Jane Alexander, remember?

Did you review Detective Morris'
note on Tom O'Donnell's niece?

-The note says Margaret
Wilson was, uh,

"pretty sure" about
the date of Tom's call.

I can't convict
on "pretty sure."

-You're a pretty good
prosecutor, right?

What is it, 82% convictions
on major felonies?

-A lady who does her homework.

JANE: Yeah, well,
somebody has to.

Batting average like that
should earn you a big fat salary

in private practice, right?

-I'm going to need
more than this.

-And I'm gonna need a
prosecutor with some guts.

You don't happen to know
where I can find one, do you?

-Joyce Saldano.

Guy in my office calls her
the queen of lost causes.

She'll try any case
if she believes in it.

-Thank you.

-I'll call you back.

Jane?

-Yeah.

-Joyce Saldano.

-Hi.

-Do you mind if we get
straight to the point?

-Please.

-Frankly, this case stinks.

There's no physical evidence.

Not a strand of hair, a
fingerprint-- nothing.

No murder weapon, no witnesses.

-Cases based on
circumstantial evidence

get won all the time, and
every bit of this points

to Tom O'Donnell.

-Then there's the motive.

I searched every
murder conviction

in this county
going back 30 years.

There's not one case of a
suspect murdering someone

so that someone else could
collect the victim's estate.

Unless--

-Unless they're in it together.

We're just off to
a rousing start.

-Tom's friend Henry still
claims that Tom went to Vegas

and was back in
the afternoon too

early to have driven
to San Jose and back.

-Personally, Ms. Saldano,
I would charge Henry

with perjury and
accessory to murder.

-That's exactly
what I intend to do.

-I thought you said you
weren't gonna take the case.

-I said the case stinks.

I didn't say I
wasn't gonna take it.

Why don't you sit down
and have some dinner?

I have a few
questions to ask you.

Please, sit down.

-Fire away.

-Jane, if we fail, Tom
O'Donnell is a free man.

-But he isn't free yet.

No.

No, no, don't tell me.

-Model prisoner.

First offense.

Gets out this week.

He only had to serve nine months
of the four-year sentence.

-See, this is why they call it
the criminal justice system,

because it's criminal, the
way they administer justice.

Just don't ask me
to hide from him.

-You know, Detective
Morris tells me

that you're quite
adept at finding

the little pieces
of this puzzle.

I sure could use
some more pieces.

-I just don't understand
the purpose of this.

DET.

MORRIS: I got Tom to agree
to one more interview.

Told him if he
checks out, that he

never has to talk to me again.

-But you're lying, right?

-Me, lie to a murderer and
his attorney? [CHUCKLES]

-Charlie Vaughn.

I'm Mr. O'Donnell's attorney.

I want to remind you, Detective,
that we're here voluntarily.

-Anything I can
help you with here?

-I'd like to clear up this
Gertrude McCabe stuff.

-Not as much as I would.

-It says, um, here you--
you drove to Vegas, correct?

TOM (ON MONITOR): I
drove to Las Vegas.

I drove up and down
the Vegas strip.

I was waiting for a
woman to get off of work.

DET.

MORRIS (ON MONITOR): For?

-For personal
reasons, Detective.

-I can't find her name.

-You're gaming us, Detective.

Mr. O'Donnell has refused
to supply her name.

The lady was married.

-The hotel where this
rendezvous took place?

-You remember every hotel
you've ever been in?

Every restaurant?

And yes, I did.

I paid cash.

I didn't want to
hurt Jane if she

stumbled across a
credit card statement.

DET.

MORRIS (ON MONITOR): Was it
a big hotel, little hotel?

JANE (ON MONITOR): I
was meeting a woman

in a hotel room, Detective.

I was more interested
in her than the decor.

I would appreciate it,
Detective, if Jane Alexander

didn't find out
about any of this.

Despite making my
life miserable,

I actually care about her.

[SCOFFS]

-I'll just keep that
between the two of us.

This is a rental receipt.

It's the car Henry
rented and you drove.

-OK?

DET.

MORRIS: It amazes me that the
mileage is exactly the distance

between the Los Angeles
Airport and Gertrude

McCabe's house and back.

-I was in Las Vegas, Detective.

-The round trip to Las Vegas is
220 miles closer than San Jose.

You would have had to have
driven up and down the strip 84

times to make up the difference.

-I got lost driving back to LA.

I was tired.

I was actually falling
asleep at the wheel,

and I accidentally pulled
down a country road.

I found a burg town named
Attola, or A-- Attoya,

something like that.

-That totally explains it.

I wish you'd have
said that before.

How far up the road
was this little town?

Attola?

Attolia?

How do you spell that?

-Look it up, Detective.

[KNOCK]

-Unless you're planning
on re-arresting my client,

he walks in two hours.

Let's go.

-Yep.

-At least he really
cares about my feelings.

-He's that kind of man.

-You think you know
someone your whole life,

and one morning you
wake up to the devil.

-They're gonna let him go.

And you have to be
more careful than ever.

JANE: It's Atola?

Atola.

Anything--
A-T-T-O-L-I-A. Anything.

It's a town.

[INDISTINCT VOICE ON POLICE
RADIO]

-(WHISPERING) Oh my god.

Oh my god, oh my
god, what happened?

DET.

MORRIS: Someone broke in.

One of your neighbors
heard noises, called 911.

I put you on a watch list
with the San Francisco PD.

I came as soon as they called.

-This-- is it Tom?

-No, it's not Tom.

I called his parole
officer in San Diego.

He's right where he should be.

This is a random event.

-Now what am I supposed to do?

What am I supposed to do now?

What am I supposed to do?

Oh, god.

-Jane, you called me
with some information.

-Yeah.

The town, Attola.

-Attola is a ghost town.

I talked to the sheriff.

No one's lived
there for 40 years.

Tom probably found a map
in the prison library

and calculated how
far he had to drive

to make up the mileage
on the rental car.

-I guess if you lie enough,
then sooner or later,

one of those lies is going
to catch up with you.

-I've already got Joyce
issuing an arrest warrant.

[KNOCK]

DET.

MORRIS: They've been
living together for months.

He met her online using a
computer in the prison library.

Told her he was an
investment banker.

-So that's how he can
afford the fancy lawyer.

He found another one
as pathetic as me.

NEW GIRLFRIEND: Tom?

-The pathetic one
is in handcuffs.

-Watch you head.

JOYCE: Your Honor, just
how many continuances

is Mr. O'Donnell
going to receive?

This is the fifth one.

This is a murder
case, Your Honor.

The defense needs
time to prepare.

JOYCE: Mr. O'Donnell
is stalling.

His alibi witness, his pal,
Mr. Carmichael, has cancer.

Mr. Carmichael is afraid
I'll slap him with perjury

when he's called in to testify.

Mr. O'Donnell is stalling
until Mr. Carmichael dies.

-Well, if that
happens, we'll proceed

without Mr.
Carmichael's testimony.

Until then, Mr. O'Donnell
will remain in jail.

-I know you've had a
long day, and I'm not

gonna keep you here any
longer than I have to.

But there's something
I have to show you.

These are the original photos
taken at the crime scene.

This picture was misfiled,
taken by a second photographer

later that day.

Someone put the checkbook
back in the drawer

while you were
still in the house.

Where was Tom?

JANE (VOICEOVER):
At one point, he

excused himself to
go to the bathroom.

DET.

MORRIS (VOICEOVER):
Unbelievable.

This guy's a piece of work.

He put the checkbook
back in the drawer,

not knowing the desk had
already been photographed.

-Why would he do that?

-Because he knew the
estate, the big money,

would be tied up
with the homicide.

He wanted to know how much
cash Gertrude had on hand.

-He was desperate for money.

That's why he killed her.

[PHONE RINGING]

-Hang on.

Morris.

Henry Carmichael's dead.

Tom's attorney's demanding
the right to a speedy trial.

JOYCE: Jane, can I
speak with you, please?

I'm concerned about
you testifying.

Tom's attorney has asked to
see everything you've touched,

every witness that you
spoke to, and every letter

you sent to the cops.

He's coming after you, Jane.

-I can handle it.

-Look, what you
did was miraculous.

But it's my case now.

-Just the facts, ma'am.

-Circumstantial
evidence is like playing

chess with just the pawns.

If your anger takes over, the
defense will eat you alive.

This is one of the most
heinous crimes ever,

the cold, calculated,
and remorseless murder

of Gertrude McCabe.

The defendant, Tom
O'Donnell, bludgeoned her,

stabbed her repeatedly,
and when she wouldn't die,

he strangled her-- all so
that the victim's niece, Jane

Alexander, who had no
knowledge of any of this,

could inherit the
estate and Mr. O'Donnell

could enjoy the proceeds.

-Would you stop, please?

You're driving me crazy.

-You're gonna have
to chain me up.

-You want to explain to
me why they don't want you

sitting in on the
opening arguments?

-Because they don't
want any witnesses

to be influenced by
someone else's statements.

-You know, maybe
you should consider

a career in criminal justice.

It's really scary, but you're
getting good at this stuff.

-Maybe I should
consider a career

on a bomb squad, which
would be saner than this.

No thanks.

JOYCE: The defendant
was clever enough

to dispose of the murder
weapon and wear latex gloves.

That alone proves premeditation.

He plotted an elaborate
alibi, which she later

changed repeatedly when being
interviewed by detectives.

Our case is built on
circumstantial evidence,

and all of it points to the
defendant, Tom O'Donnell.

MARGARET: Tom said
Gertrude had been murdered

and Jane was going
to inherit her money.

Then he was gonna
pay us back the money

that we gave him to invest.

-Marked exhibit three.

Let the record show that Tom
O'Donnell made that call to San

Francisco to his niece two
hours before the body was found.

-When did you first hear your
uncle mention Gertrude McCabe's

death before her body was found?

-Jane told me.

Jane Alexander.

-So you didn't report
it to the police.

-No.

-This whole thing-- the time
of Gertrude McCabe's death,

your uncle being the alleged
culprit-- all of this

came from Jane Alexander?

-Yeah, she came to
visit me at work.

-And what was the
reason for the visit?

-Objection.

Calls for speculation.

-It establishes the
underlying motive

of the prosecution's
star witness.

-I'll allow.

-She was looking into
who killed her aunt.

VAUGHN: Detective Morris,
this was a difficult case,

wasn't it?

-Yes.

-So difficult that
you felt like you

needed to seek outside help.

Defense exhibit 11, Your Honor?

This is a report from the
Behavioral Science Unit

of the FBI, a report
you requested.

Would you read the
underlined portion, please?

-"The most likely motive for the
murder of Gertrude McCabe was

to gain the proceeds
of her estate.

Do not eliminate the possibility
the killer is a woman."

-I-- I'm sorry, one more
time, the last piece there.

-"Do not eliminate
the possibility

the killer is a woman."

-Which led you to
suspect Jane Alexander.

-Until I found out she
was still in San Francisco

at the time of the murder.

-Providing your theory about the
time of the murder is correct.

The body wasn't
discovered for at least

24 hours, isn't that right?

-Right.

-And yet you continued to
question her several times.

Who gained financially
from Ms. McCabe's death?

-No one yet.

-But that's only because the
insurance company refused

to pay, while Mrs.
McCabe's house deteriorated

because the estate
was in probate.

Now how much was the estate
worth at the time of her death?

-Estimate, around $1 million.

-And Jane Alexander was
the sole beneficiary?

-Yes.

-One million reasons
to suspect the woman

who is now your star witness.

[SIGH]

-Perfect.

-Nobody said anything, but I
can tell from Joyce's face.

We're not doing so well.

-Well, I hate to say
that I agree with you,

but I gotta say that
I agree with you.

-They're trying
to pin this on me.

And we can't even tell the
jury I passed the polygraph?

-Jane, how does anybody get
through an ordeal like this?

I mean--

-They don't.

They take their poison
one grain at a time.

REPORTER: We're awaiting
the arrival of star witness

Jane Alexander to
take the stand.

The defense has portrayed
the victim's niece

as a woman who tampered
with witnesses, a woman bent

on revenge.

-Witnesses have
testified that you

made phone calls, tracked
witnesses, collected evidence.

What exactly is your training
in criminal procedure?

-I read a lot of books.

-Sort of a self-taught
Sherlock Holmes.

-Objection.

The jury can draw
their own conclusions.

-Sustained.

-You were obsessed
with this case.

-I was determined to
get justice for a woman

who never hurt anyone.

VAUGHN: Mr. O'Donnell's niece,
Margaret, whom you visited,

knew you were out to get him.

-Objection!

-Sustained.

Please, would you rephrase?

-Did Mr. O'Donnell's
niece know that you

were out to prove
that Mr. O'Donnell was

guilty of this crime?

-No.

No.

When I spoke with
Margaret, I had no idea

he'd mentioned the
murder several hours

before the body was found.

-You were angry
with Mr. O'Donnell

for losing your
money in investments.

-No.

At the time of my aunt's murder,
I was unaware of his theft.

-But you became angry, vengeful
that your financial setbacks

eventually cost you your house.

-They weren't "financial
setbacks," Mr. Vaughn.

Your client robbed me.

VAUGHN: But your anger had
do have fed this desire

to see Tom O'Donnell
behind bars.

JANE: Justice is fed by
many things, common decency

being one of them.

-Prior to her death,
how much money

did you borrow from
Gertrude McCabe?

-Prior to her murder,
I borrowed $25,000.

VAUGHN: Which you never repaid.

So once she died, you
were off the hook.

-No, I tried repeatedly to repay
her, but she wouldn't take it,

so there's no hook, right?

I-- I was never on one.

-You were desperate for money.

-After Tom O'Donnell
stole my money,

I had to take care of myself,
as any sane person would do.

-Motion to strike as
non-responsive, Your Honor?

-You asked about the
financial state of mind.

Overruled.

But continue.

-So you were not motivated in
any way by anger or revenge?

-Anger will kill you.

And revenge isn't justice.

-Your honor, the defense
has exhausted this line

of questioning, not to
mention the entire courtroom.

-We'll take a noon recess.

When we return, Mr.
Vaughn, you'll move on.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

DET.

MORRIS: Hello?

Yeah, this is Morris.

Yes, sir, I'm the detective
on the McCabe case.

I'm at the courthouse, room 103.

Can you get that to me?

I'll be here.

JANE: It pains me to say it,
but his lawyer is really good.

-Well, he should
be for what Tom's

new sweetie's
probably paying him.

JOYCE: You're doing
great up there, Jane.

Just stay vigilant.

Keep your answers focused.

He's trying to wear you
down and trip you up.

Just answer the questions.

Don't offer anything
he doesn't ask you.

Remember, focus.

-I need to see you.

-Uh, you guys, uh, why
don't you just go sit down?

What's up?

-This might help.

-Good.

'Cause if the defense keeps
attacking like they are,

I don't know what's
going to happen.

(QUIETLY) Let's not say
anything about this right now.

Thank you.

VAUGHN: Ms. Alexander, the
police originally suspected you

of committing this
crime, didn't they?

-Uh, yes, yes, they
did, until the evidence

pointed to Tom O'Donnell.

-Would you please read
the underlined portion

of the FBI profile?

-"Do not eliminate
the possibility

the killer is a woman."

-Pretty damning conclusion.

-Well, it's-- it's just
wrong, 'cause he's the killer.

-How much money did you stand
to inherit when Ms. McCabe died?

-Gertrude McCabe was murdered.

-A forensic accountant
said it was $1 million.

You really had no idea?

-I'm not the one who put
a dollar sign on her life.

-You told friends and police
that you would do anything

to convict Tom O'Donnell
of this murder.

-Originally I told them I would
do anything to clear his name.

Then this evidence
started piling up,

and even a fool like
me had to believe it.

-You told police that in all the
years you knew Tom O'Donnell,

you never met a kinder man, that
he never used an unkind word.

-Yes, that's true.

That's true.

I was completely fooled by him.

VAUGHN: And then
all of a sudden,

this gentle, generous man turns
into a coldblooded killer?

-Yes.

He did.

-I'm sorry, Ms. Alexander, it
just doesn't seem plausible.

Nothing further, Your Honor.

The defense rests.

-Ms. Saldano, does
the prosecution

want to reexamine the witness?

-Briefly, Your Honor.

I'd like to submit
this document that I've

just received as evidence.

-Objection.

Permission to
approach the bench?

Your Honor, the defense was
not given proper notice.

JUDGE WILSON: Overruled.

I'll allow it.

-Thank you, Your Honor.

Ms. Alexander, this
document with just

given to me by Detective
Morris a few minutes ago.

Could you tell the jury,
please, what is the document?

-It's a life insurance policy.

-And who is the insured?

-I am.

-And what is the amount?

-$1.5 million.

[MURMURS]

-Did you take out that policy?

-No, I didn't.

And is that your signature?

-No.

It looks a little like it, but
I've never seen this before.

-Would you please
tell the court whose

name is there as
the beneficiary?

-Tom O'Donnell.

[MURMURS]

-Jack was right.

You were gonna kill me next.

[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

EVELYN: No questions, I'm sorry!

[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

BAILIFF: All rise.

-Please be seated.

Now, in the matter of "The
People v. Thomas J. O'Donnell"

on the sole count of
murder in the first degree,

how do you find?

-We the jury find the defendant,
Thomas O'Donnell, guilty.

[MURMURS]

[GAVEL STRIKES]

-Mr. O'Donnell, given the time
that it has taken to bring

this case to justice and the
jury has found you guilty,

do you, uh, have anything
to say for yourself?

-Yes, Your Honor.

The uh, FBI report said
the crime was committed

by someone timid,
someone inexperienced.

Understand me-- I was
raised in Montana.

I know how to hunt and kill.

I've killed deer,
elk, bear, and I

know how to do it with
a gun, knife, or stick.

If I wanted to kill
Gertrude McCabe,

I'd do it right, clean and fast,
not like some pathetic amateur.

-Ms. Alexander?

I'm juror number
four, and I just

want to tell you that I
prayed every night for you

to survive on that
witness stand.

I am so happy for you.

-Thank you.

JANE: Need a police escort?

[BOTH LAUGH]

-OK, where'd you
find the policy?

-I got a phone call
from a guy named

Daniel Niles, insurance broker.

He sold a policy to Tom
O'Donnell for $1.5 million

with your name on it.

He was watching the case,
put two and two together.

Me?

I answered the phone.

-No, you saved me.

-No, you saved yourself.

But then again, that's
why I make the big bucks.

-OK.

-[LAUGHS]

[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

REPORTER: Ms. Alexander, are
you happy with the verdict?

-Um, justice was served.

Nothing's going to
bring back my aunt.

-The defense portrayed you as a
spurned woman bent on revenge.

How would you describe yourself?

-Moral.

You borrow $50, you pay it back.

You kill someone,
you go to jail.

REPORTER: Thank you.

[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

Uh, Ms. Alexander?

-Yes.

-Hi.

Lyle Sanders.

-Hi.

-Thanks for taking
this meeting with me.

I read about what you did,
getting justice for your aunt.

-I only hope if I
was murdered, someone

would do the same for me.

So tell me about your sister.

-Well, uh, her husband shot her
in the kitchen of her house.

He claimed that the gun
went off accidentally,

and-- and the police closed
the case in four days.

They ruled it was an accident.

What they didn't know was
that she inherited a large sum

of money from our
parents and was

scared to death of her husband.

-How long ago did this happen?

-It was 12 years ago.

Here's the police file.

-I'll call you as
soon as I read it.

-Thank you.

Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

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