1 00:00:02,847 --> 00:00:06,114 "My darling wife, Cindy, may her guts rot in hell. 2 00:00:06,116 --> 00:00:08,516 "I loved her so much. 3 00:00:08,518 --> 00:00:11,786 "She broke my heart. Then I broke her neck. 4 00:00:11,788 --> 00:00:13,988 "Yes, I killed her. 5 00:00:13,990 --> 00:00:16,824 "I shouldn't've, but she deserved it. 6 00:00:16,826 --> 00:00:18,359 "Now it's my turn. 7 00:00:18,361 --> 00:00:20,962 I deserve to die, too. Mark Strauss." 8 00:00:20,964 --> 00:00:22,330 It's poetic. 9 00:00:22,332 --> 00:00:25,632 - Too poetic. - Awfully convenient. 10 00:00:25,634 --> 00:00:28,135 The jury just heard Blunt was getting blown by the victim 11 00:00:28,137 --> 00:00:29,803 minutes before she was killed. 12 00:00:29,805 --> 00:00:32,306 They're finally looking at him like a murderer. 13 00:00:32,308 --> 00:00:34,308 And that same night, Strauss decides 14 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:36,143 it's finally time to confess? No way. 15 00:00:36,145 --> 00:00:39,546 Besides the people in this room, who else knows the note exists? 16 00:00:39,548 --> 00:00:42,115 No one. Just us. 17 00:00:42,117 --> 00:00:44,385 Did you log the suicide note as evidence? 18 00:00:44,387 --> 00:00:45,586 Not yet. 19 00:00:45,588 --> 00:00:46,920 Should we? 20 00:00:46,922 --> 00:00:49,790 Well, we should, only if we think it's real. 21 00:00:49,792 --> 00:00:52,225 It was typed into a blank word document. 22 00:00:52,227 --> 00:00:54,961 - And he didn't e-mail it to anyone? - No. We checked. 23 00:00:54,963 --> 00:00:56,563 He had just recently moved into that apartment, 24 00:00:56,565 --> 00:00:57,831 so his Internet wasn't set up yet. 25 00:00:57,833 --> 00:00:59,266 Then why did he write it on his computer? 26 00:00:59,268 --> 00:01:00,801 Exactly, especially when there was 27 00:01:00,803 --> 00:01:02,969 pen and paper sitting right beside the laptop. 28 00:01:02,971 --> 00:01:06,139 So, our working assumption is that Blunt killed this guy? 29 00:01:06,141 --> 00:01:08,308 Had him killed. Blunt's wearing a bracelet. 30 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:10,543 So ironically, he's the one guy we can rule out. 31 00:01:10,545 --> 00:01:12,812 So, let's drag them in and rattle their cages. 32 00:01:12,814 --> 00:01:15,181 Bill Wilkerson, Ivana West. Who else? 33 00:01:15,183 --> 00:01:17,683 Mm... we could do the lawyer... Hertzberg. 34 00:01:17,685 --> 00:01:19,386 No. Not Hertzberg. 35 00:01:19,388 --> 00:01:21,922 He won't say a word, and he'll know something's up. 36 00:01:21,924 --> 00:01:23,890 We should question Jimmy Salter. 37 00:01:23,892 --> 00:01:25,158 Okay, but question him 38 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,027 only as part of the homicide investigation. 39 00:01:27,029 --> 00:01:28,761 There can't be any mention of the note. 40 00:01:28,763 --> 00:01:32,465 I can stall Siletti 24, maybe 48 hours max. 41 00:01:32,467 --> 00:01:33,766 Wait... shouldn't we bring him in on this 42 00:01:33,768 --> 00:01:35,868 so he doesn't get blindsided? 43 00:01:35,870 --> 00:01:37,804 Siletti? Absolutely not. Judge Greer's going to grill him. 44 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:40,205 The less he knows, the better. 45 00:01:40,207 --> 00:01:44,376 There's got to be a suicide note. Right? 46 00:01:44,378 --> 00:01:46,512 Well, I only know what you know... 47 00:01:46,514 --> 00:01:49,014 media reports of a possible O.D., 48 00:01:49,016 --> 00:01:50,382 police investigating. 49 00:01:50,384 --> 00:01:51,684 Beyond that, I haven't been briefed. 50 00:01:51,686 --> 00:01:53,185 Your honor, move to recess 51 00:01:53,187 --> 00:01:56,521 until Homicide and D.A. Perez rule this death. 52 00:01:56,523 --> 00:01:58,824 Surely we can pause for a day or two 53 00:01:58,826 --> 00:02:01,025 so we're not all consumed by this circus. 54 00:02:01,027 --> 00:02:02,226 You'd like that, Warren... 55 00:02:02,228 --> 00:02:04,295 kill my momentum in the middle of my case. 56 00:02:04,297 --> 00:02:06,498 There is nothing about this outside situation 57 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:07,732 that affects the trial. 58 00:02:07,734 --> 00:02:10,068 A witness who has already completed his testimony 59 00:02:10,070 --> 00:02:11,070 has died. 60 00:02:11,071 --> 00:02:13,071 He'd hardly completed his testimony. 61 00:02:13,073 --> 00:02:15,340 As I recall, we were all just starting to think 62 00:02:15,342 --> 00:02:17,375 that maybe he killed Cindy Strauss. 63 00:02:17,377 --> 00:02:19,377 His role in this trial was over, 64 00:02:19,379 --> 00:02:21,546 and as for the circumstances of his death, 65 00:02:21,548 --> 00:02:24,849 there is no evidence, no facts, no rumor out there 66 00:02:24,851 --> 00:02:27,452 that justifies a pause in these proceedings. 67 00:02:31,391 --> 00:02:34,058 Your honor, I request that the state be allowed 68 00:02:34,060 --> 00:02:37,228 to finish its case against Mr. Blunt without interruption. 69 00:02:37,230 --> 00:02:39,030 How close are you to resting? 70 00:02:39,032 --> 00:02:41,565 Two days, three at the most. 71 00:02:41,567 --> 00:02:44,234 Very well. We're gonna proceed. 72 00:02:44,236 --> 00:02:46,036 There's to be no mention of Strauss' death 73 00:02:46,038 --> 00:02:48,171 by either of you or any other witnesses. 74 00:02:48,173 --> 00:02:50,207 When the state finishes its case, 75 00:02:50,209 --> 00:02:53,210 if... if Perez hasn't ruled on the death of Mr. Strauss... 76 00:02:53,212 --> 00:02:55,245 I'll file a motion for mistrial. 77 00:02:55,247 --> 00:02:56,647 And I am gonna have to consider it. 78 00:02:56,648 --> 00:02:58,581 Understood. 79 00:02:58,583 --> 00:03:01,618 All right. Let's get on with this. 80 00:03:18,702 --> 00:03:20,002 Mr. Wilkerson, 81 00:03:20,004 --> 00:03:24,040 on the night Cindy Strauss died, where were you? 82 00:03:24,042 --> 00:03:26,575 I was home, uh, all evening with my wife. 83 00:03:26,577 --> 00:03:28,344 Did you hear from Ms. Strauss that evening? 84 00:03:28,346 --> 00:03:33,615 Yes, she, uh, texted me a message at 9:00 P.M. 85 00:03:33,617 --> 00:03:36,117 I have the verified contents of that text message 86 00:03:36,119 --> 00:03:37,185 I would like to enter 87 00:03:37,187 --> 00:03:39,254 as people's exhibit 1, your honor. 88 00:03:39,256 --> 00:03:41,356 - May I approach the witness? - You may. 89 00:03:44,662 --> 00:03:47,663 Is that the text you received? 90 00:03:47,665 --> 00:03:48,964 Uh, yes, it is. 91 00:03:48,966 --> 00:03:52,233 Could you read the time and date stamp and the message? 92 00:03:52,235 --> 00:03:56,705 Yes. Uh, June 5, 2014, 93 00:03:56,707 --> 00:03:59,106 uh, 9:02 P.M. 94 00:03:59,108 --> 00:04:01,375 Text message from Cindy Strauss. 95 00:04:01,377 --> 00:04:02,877 Uh, "Erich and I spoke. 96 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:05,379 Everything's cool. See you tomorrow." 97 00:04:05,381 --> 00:04:07,648 Did she arrive at work the next morning? 98 00:04:07,650 --> 00:04:10,751 Uh, no. Um, we had a 10:00 A.M. flight to New York, 99 00:04:10,753 --> 00:04:14,488 and Cindy was supposed to show up at 7:00 A.M., 100 00:04:14,490 --> 00:04:17,257 uh, to perform her pre-flight duties. 101 00:04:17,259 --> 00:04:19,961 And when she didn't show at 8:00, I got worried. 102 00:04:19,963 --> 00:04:23,430 I called her several times. She didn't respond. 103 00:04:23,432 --> 00:04:26,099 And so I drove over to her house. 104 00:04:26,101 --> 00:04:28,167 And when she didn't answer her door, 105 00:04:28,169 --> 00:04:30,704 I found the manager of her complex, 106 00:04:30,706 --> 00:04:34,240 who opened the door with a-a-a master key. 107 00:04:34,242 --> 00:04:37,410 And we found Cindy... 108 00:04:37,412 --> 00:04:39,913 dead on... on the floor. 109 00:04:39,915 --> 00:04:43,717 I was stunned. Um... 110 00:04:43,719 --> 00:04:47,386 heartbroken. And, uh... 111 00:04:47,388 --> 00:04:49,355 I told the manager to get the police, 112 00:04:49,357 --> 00:04:51,992 and I stayed with the body until they arrived. 113 00:04:51,994 --> 00:04:53,492 Then what did you do? 114 00:04:53,494 --> 00:04:55,193 Uh, they questioned me, 115 00:04:55,195 --> 00:04:57,362 and I told them essentially what I just told you, 116 00:04:57,364 --> 00:05:00,398 and then I went over to the plane 117 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,835 to tell Erich what had happened. 118 00:05:02,837 --> 00:05:05,604 And what did he say? 119 00:05:05,606 --> 00:05:07,539 Well, he asked me 120 00:05:07,541 --> 00:05:09,842 if the, uh, police thought it was a homicide, 121 00:05:09,844 --> 00:05:12,711 and I said, uh, "I don't know." 122 00:05:12,713 --> 00:05:15,014 Well, were you surprised by his reaction? 123 00:05:15,016 --> 00:05:17,349 Well, yeah, a little, yes. 124 00:05:17,351 --> 00:05:21,720 Uh, it seemed cold, but he could have been in shock. 125 00:05:24,823 --> 00:05:27,492 Thank you. 126 00:05:27,494 --> 00:05:29,561 No further questions. 127 00:05:29,563 --> 00:05:32,564 Mr. Wilkerson... 128 00:05:32,566 --> 00:05:35,367 were you aware that Ms. Strauss and Mr. Blunt 129 00:05:35,369 --> 00:05:37,235 were having a sexual affair? 130 00:05:37,237 --> 00:05:40,172 Yes, she confided it to me. 131 00:05:40,174 --> 00:05:42,174 Hmm. So... 132 00:05:42,176 --> 00:05:44,242 you and Ms. Strauss were good friends? 133 00:05:44,244 --> 00:05:47,245 Well, we spent a lot of time together on the road. 134 00:05:47,247 --> 00:05:49,581 Just to set the record straight, 135 00:05:49,583 --> 00:05:52,917 you and Ms. Strauss were also having a sexual affair. 136 00:05:52,919 --> 00:05:56,119 - Is that correct? - Regretfully, yes. 137 00:05:56,121 --> 00:05:58,422 Why regretfully? 138 00:05:58,424 --> 00:06:01,358 I'm a married man. I-it was a mistake. 139 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,295 And I ended the relationship soon after it began. 140 00:06:04,297 --> 00:06:05,796 Was this before or after 141 00:06:05,798 --> 00:06:08,432 she commenced her affair with Mr. Blunt? 142 00:06:08,434 --> 00:06:13,237 I don't know. Um, I suspect before. 143 00:06:13,239 --> 00:06:16,440 Were you jealous of her and Mr. Blunt's relationship? 144 00:06:16,442 --> 00:06:19,142 - No. Not at all. - Mr. Wilkerson, 145 00:06:19,144 --> 00:06:22,512 during the time you had your affair with Ms. Strauss, 146 00:06:22,514 --> 00:06:24,280 did you ever hit her? 147 00:06:24,282 --> 00:06:27,050 Never. 148 00:06:27,052 --> 00:06:28,952 Did you ever hit your wife? 149 00:06:28,954 --> 00:06:31,354 - Excuse me? - Is it not true 150 00:06:31,356 --> 00:06:35,692 that as recently as two days ago, in a heated argument 151 00:06:35,694 --> 00:06:38,028 in the presence of your respective attorneys, 152 00:06:38,030 --> 00:06:39,963 you punched your wife and knocked her down? 153 00:06:39,965 --> 00:06:42,999 She went nuts on me. She attacked me! 154 00:06:43,001 --> 00:06:44,701 Uh, I was trying to defend myself. 155 00:06:44,703 --> 00:06:47,103 So that would be a yes. 156 00:06:47,105 --> 00:06:49,438 Yes. 157 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:50,973 Going back to the night in question, 158 00:06:50,975 --> 00:06:53,575 you testified that you received an S.M.S. message 159 00:06:53,577 --> 00:06:55,945 from Ms. Strauss on the night of her death at 9:02 P.M. 160 00:06:55,947 --> 00:06:57,079 Is that correct? 161 00:06:57,081 --> 00:06:58,247 9:02 P.M. 162 00:06:58,249 --> 00:07:01,083 And yet the medical examiner testified 163 00:07:01,085 --> 00:07:04,820 that Ms. Strauss' time of death was 8:30 P.M. 164 00:07:06,522 --> 00:07:08,157 Do you think she sent it from the afterlife? 165 00:07:08,159 --> 00:07:10,492 Objection. Argumentative. 166 00:07:10,494 --> 00:07:12,794 I'll withdraw the question. 167 00:07:12,796 --> 00:07:15,797 The police report states that Ms. Strauss' phone 168 00:07:15,799 --> 00:07:20,835 was found in her apartment when the police arrived the next day. 169 00:07:20,837 --> 00:07:22,336 Mr. Wilkerson... 170 00:07:22,338 --> 00:07:24,472 is it possible that you killed her, took her cellphone, 171 00:07:24,474 --> 00:07:26,074 - sent yourself the text... - Objection! 172 00:07:26,076 --> 00:07:27,576 And then returned the phone the next morning... 173 00:07:27,602 --> 00:07:28,343 Objection! 174 00:07:28,344 --> 00:07:29,677 - when you went to the house... - Prejudicial! 175 00:07:29,679 --> 00:07:31,179 - Badgering the witness! - To discover the body? 176 00:07:31,181 --> 00:07:32,247 Sustained. 177 00:07:32,249 --> 00:07:34,382 Mr. Daniels, one more stunt like that, 178 00:07:34,384 --> 00:07:37,585 I'm gonna hold you in contempt. 179 00:08:02,056 --> 00:08:05,224 - Uh, Mr. Wilkerson. - We need you to come with us upstairs. 180 00:08:05,226 --> 00:08:07,359 Oh, my... You got to be kidding me, right? 181 00:08:07,361 --> 00:08:10,362 - Right this way. - Come on. 182 00:08:10,364 --> 00:08:12,864 You don't mind if I cry, do you? 183 00:08:16,736 --> 00:08:19,505 We just have a few questions for you. 184 00:08:19,507 --> 00:08:22,007 Mark Strauss. 185 00:08:22,009 --> 00:08:24,510 Poor bastard. 186 00:08:24,512 --> 00:08:26,045 It's a real shame. 187 00:08:26,047 --> 00:08:28,514 Were you guys friends? 188 00:08:28,516 --> 00:08:30,916 Are you kidding me? No. 189 00:08:30,918 --> 00:08:33,852 With the way he abused Cindy... 190 00:08:33,854 --> 00:08:35,520 now, I'm not saying he deserved it, 191 00:08:35,522 --> 00:08:38,023 but karma's a bitch. 192 00:08:38,025 --> 00:08:39,658 Take it he killed himself? 193 00:08:39,660 --> 00:08:42,226 Why do you say that? 194 00:08:42,228 --> 00:08:44,729 Just a hunch. 195 00:08:44,731 --> 00:08:47,065 Trials put a lot of people through the wringer. 196 00:08:47,067 --> 00:08:49,000 Where were you last night when Strauss was killed? 197 00:08:49,002 --> 00:08:52,871 So, it is a homicide? 198 00:08:52,873 --> 00:08:53,972 Wow. 199 00:08:53,974 --> 00:08:56,140 Boy, I'd have bet anything he killed himself. 200 00:08:56,142 --> 00:09:00,178 Your whereabouts last night, please? 201 00:09:00,180 --> 00:09:02,480 I was with Erich at his house. 202 00:09:02,482 --> 00:09:04,549 I'm sure Erich didn't like Mark very much. 203 00:09:04,551 --> 00:09:06,516 He probably wouldn't mind lying for you 204 00:09:06,518 --> 00:09:08,886 if he needed you to take care of a... 205 00:09:08,888 --> 00:09:10,020 Shared problem. 206 00:09:10,022 --> 00:09:14,191 Now, why on earth would I kill Mark Strauss? 207 00:09:14,193 --> 00:09:16,694 - How's that gonna help Erich? - You're kidding, right? 208 00:09:16,696 --> 00:09:20,197 An unsolved homicide in a case like this... 209 00:09:20,199 --> 00:09:21,431 a key witness? 210 00:09:21,433 --> 00:09:23,767 That's more than enough to force a mistrial. 211 00:09:23,769 --> 00:09:25,603 That's why you saying you were with Erich 212 00:09:25,605 --> 00:09:27,370 isn't much of an alibi. 213 00:09:27,372 --> 00:09:29,172 So, where were you last night? 214 00:09:29,174 --> 00:09:31,174 You know, I don't know what to tell you, 215 00:09:31,176 --> 00:09:33,944 but the truth is that I was with Erich. 216 00:09:33,946 --> 00:09:35,378 Prove it. 217 00:09:35,380 --> 00:09:38,215 Please do not tell me to talk to Erich Blunt. 218 00:09:38,217 --> 00:09:39,782 That doesn't really count. 219 00:09:45,123 --> 00:09:47,790 This is all being recorded, right? 220 00:09:47,792 --> 00:09:51,495 Right, because so is every square inch 221 00:09:51,497 --> 00:09:54,030 of the perimeter of Erich Blunt's house. 222 00:09:54,032 --> 00:09:56,966 It's 24 hours a day video surveillance. 223 00:09:56,968 --> 00:09:59,302 Check it out. I was there all night. 224 00:09:59,304 --> 00:10:02,139 Come on. That's his business... virtual reality. 225 00:10:02,141 --> 00:10:04,274 Expect us to believe a video? 226 00:10:04,276 --> 00:10:05,674 Yeah. Talk to Jimmy Salter. 227 00:10:05,676 --> 00:10:07,109 He's the one who installed it 228 00:10:07,111 --> 00:10:09,011 after the arrest to keep the crazies out. 229 00:10:09,013 --> 00:10:11,147 Oh, he was bragging about it the whole time he set it up. 230 00:10:11,149 --> 00:10:14,517 It's a CCTV direct feed 231 00:10:14,519 --> 00:10:18,154 to you guys... SFPD. 232 00:10:18,156 --> 00:10:20,389 Check it out, and you'll see me walk in with Erich 233 00:10:20,391 --> 00:10:23,025 about 7:00 P.M., not leave till the next morning. 234 00:10:23,027 --> 00:10:25,327 Hey, Jimmy will even give you a DVD. 235 00:10:25,329 --> 00:10:28,797 It'll be watermarked, time-stamped, and cherry-coated 236 00:10:28,799 --> 00:10:33,335 so that after you watch it, you two pricks can suck it. 237 00:10:33,337 --> 00:10:36,138 Suck my alibi. 238 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,781 Why did you ask your husband to move out of the house? 239 00:10:46,783 --> 00:10:50,785 Uh, I received an e-mail with a video attached 240 00:10:50,787 --> 00:10:53,621 showing him receiving oral sex from Cindy Strauss. 241 00:10:53,623 --> 00:10:55,456 Did you know they were having an affair? 242 00:10:55,458 --> 00:10:58,259 Yes... Bill, uh, swore to me 243 00:10:58,261 --> 00:11:01,563 that it was brief and that he had broken it off. 244 00:11:01,565 --> 00:11:03,631 On the night she died, where were you? 245 00:11:03,633 --> 00:11:06,067 I was home all night with my husband. 246 00:11:06,069 --> 00:11:08,495 And did Mr. Wilkerson leave the home at any time that night? 247 00:11:08,521 --> 00:11:09,304 No. 248 00:11:09,305 --> 00:11:12,272 In fact, given your estrangement from your husband... 249 00:11:12,274 --> 00:11:14,874 in fact, given the physical altercation 250 00:11:14,876 --> 00:11:17,544 the two of you apparently engaged in the other day, 251 00:11:17,546 --> 00:11:21,715 you really have no reason to lie on his behalf, do you? 252 00:11:21,717 --> 00:11:24,784 No. None whatsoever. 253 00:11:26,621 --> 00:11:29,656 Thank you, Ms. Wilkerson. Nothing further, your honor. 254 00:11:29,658 --> 00:11:31,458 Mrs. Wilkerson, 255 00:11:31,460 --> 00:11:35,361 you testified you were home with Mr. Wilkerson all evening 256 00:11:35,363 --> 00:11:38,131 - the night of June 5th. Is that right? - Yes. 257 00:11:38,133 --> 00:11:41,167 Were you physically in your husband's presence 258 00:11:41,169 --> 00:11:43,203 between the hours of 7:00 and 9:00 P.M.? 259 00:11:43,205 --> 00:11:45,538 Uh, 7:00 to 9:00... 260 00:11:45,540 --> 00:11:48,742 uh, we always have dinner, uh, from 6:00 to 6:30, 261 00:11:48,744 --> 00:11:50,710 and that night was no different. 262 00:11:50,712 --> 00:11:54,047 Um, we started the movie... I remember it was around 9:00 263 00:11:54,049 --> 00:11:56,116 because he received the text message, 264 00:11:56,118 --> 00:11:58,150 uh, during the opening credits. 265 00:11:58,152 --> 00:12:01,319 Mm. Were you together between dinner and the movie? 266 00:12:01,321 --> 00:12:03,822 Well, I was mostly upstairs in the bedroom. 267 00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:06,825 He was, uh, downstairs watching sports in the basement. 268 00:12:06,827 --> 00:12:10,095 So, even though you believe you were in the house together 269 00:12:10,097 --> 00:12:13,165 the entire night, it's possible he might have left the house 270 00:12:13,167 --> 00:12:16,769 for a period of time after dinner and before the movie, 271 00:12:16,771 --> 00:12:18,103 is it not? 272 00:12:18,105 --> 00:12:20,873 No. No, I would have known. We have an alarm system. 273 00:12:20,875 --> 00:12:22,241 Was it armed? 274 00:12:22,243 --> 00:12:24,542 Yes. I arm it myself every night. 275 00:12:24,544 --> 00:12:27,545 Couldn't he have disarmed it without you knowing? 276 00:12:27,547 --> 00:12:29,881 No, no, because it beeps when you... 277 00:12:29,883 --> 00:12:32,350 when you arm or disarm it. I-I would have heard. 278 00:12:32,352 --> 00:12:34,786 Isn't it possible you just didn't hear it? 279 00:12:34,788 --> 00:12:37,622 Well look, anything is possible. 280 00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:40,592 So, if anything is possible, 281 00:12:40,594 --> 00:12:42,494 is it possible you left the house that night 282 00:12:42,496 --> 00:12:44,763 - and killed Ms. Strauss in a jealous rage? - Objection! 283 00:12:44,765 --> 00:12:46,298 - No, no, that is not possible. - Sustained. 284 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:48,566 And... and shame on you for suggesting it. 285 00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:50,468 Thank you, ma'am. 286 00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:52,503 No further questions. 287 00:13:09,825 --> 00:13:12,091 No work in the break room, English. 288 00:13:12,093 --> 00:13:14,227 Captain Salter. 289 00:13:14,229 --> 00:13:15,729 What happened to the rules around here? 290 00:13:15,731 --> 00:13:16,996 Used to be a sign on this door 291 00:13:16,998 --> 00:13:18,298 said the break room is for breaks. 292 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:21,100 Breaks were outlawed two years ago. 293 00:13:21,102 --> 00:13:23,303 Damn union ain't what it used to be. 294 00:13:23,305 --> 00:13:25,271 That's for sure. 295 00:13:25,273 --> 00:13:27,307 Listen, you sounded busy on the phone. 296 00:13:27,309 --> 00:13:30,210 I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd drop this off. 297 00:13:30,212 --> 00:13:32,712 Ahh. Security footage. 298 00:13:32,714 --> 00:13:35,414 Watermarked, verified... Blunt and Wilkerson 299 00:13:35,416 --> 00:13:38,484 were home all night playing "Call of Duty." 300 00:13:38,486 --> 00:13:41,487 Mm. Thanks. 301 00:13:41,489 --> 00:13:42,655 What about you? 302 00:13:42,657 --> 00:13:44,858 What about me what? 303 00:13:44,860 --> 00:13:48,694 Where were you the night Mark Strauss died, Jimmy? 304 00:13:48,696 --> 00:13:50,029 Now you call me Jimmy. 305 00:13:54,201 --> 00:13:57,370 I was at the hospital, visiting my mother. 306 00:13:57,372 --> 00:13:58,838 I slept there. 307 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,675 Talk to Nurse Roberts, Nurse Nguyen, and Nurse King. 308 00:14:02,677 --> 00:14:06,111 I'm there most every night because she's dying. 309 00:14:06,113 --> 00:14:09,382 Maybe you can understand. 310 00:14:11,585 --> 00:14:15,388 I've been in your shoes, pal. I know what it's like. 311 00:14:15,390 --> 00:14:18,023 You try to do good, you try to make a difference, 312 00:14:18,025 --> 00:14:20,225 and you arrest a guy like this. 313 00:14:20,227 --> 00:14:23,462 Suddenly, you're dealing with the press and politics. 314 00:14:23,464 --> 00:14:26,164 And the pressure builds and builds. 315 00:14:26,166 --> 00:14:28,967 And all of a sudden, the whole world's looking at you. 316 00:14:28,969 --> 00:14:32,971 And, god damn, you drop to your knees every night, 317 00:14:32,973 --> 00:14:35,040 pray that you got it right, because now... 318 00:14:35,042 --> 00:14:38,010 it's not just your ass on the line. 319 00:14:38,012 --> 00:14:41,880 It's your partner's, your lieutenant, your chief, the D.A. 320 00:14:41,882 --> 00:14:46,118 But what if the truth is he's innocent, 321 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,453 that you're wrong? See, that's... 322 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:50,789 scary. 323 00:14:50,791 --> 00:14:53,358 No wonder you keep piling on the dirt. 324 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,661 But take it from somebody who's been in your shoes, Terry. 325 00:14:56,663 --> 00:14:58,797 You're in a deep hole on this one. 326 00:14:58,799 --> 00:15:02,366 I strongly suggest you stop digging. 327 00:15:06,605 --> 00:15:10,841 Well, I got to get to the bottom of this, so... 328 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:13,311 I got to keep digging. 329 00:15:13,313 --> 00:15:16,780 Look at this kid... so close to two murders? 330 00:15:16,782 --> 00:15:19,483 Do you really think his hands are clean? 331 00:15:19,485 --> 00:15:21,953 I mean, you're the one that taught me 332 00:15:21,955 --> 00:15:24,956 there's no such thing as coincidence. 333 00:15:24,958 --> 00:15:26,623 And if you were in my shoes, 334 00:15:26,625 --> 00:15:30,160 you know you'd be all over this kid, all over him. 335 00:15:30,162 --> 00:15:33,063 But instead, you sold out, and now you're working for him. 336 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:36,366 I guess you found that retirement gig. 337 00:15:36,368 --> 00:15:38,068 This is what worries me. 338 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:40,937 What are you gonna do when this kid goes down? 339 00:15:40,939 --> 00:15:42,405 What are you gonna do when you realize 340 00:15:42,407 --> 00:15:45,275 you've been protecting a murderer 341 00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:49,412 and that your hands have blood on them, too... 342 00:15:49,414 --> 00:15:50,646 that you are the one 343 00:15:50,648 --> 00:15:54,150 whose thinking was compromised by self-interest 344 00:15:54,152 --> 00:15:55,986 and not me? 345 00:16:00,824 --> 00:16:04,893 The door swings both ways, Captain Salter. 346 00:16:04,895 --> 00:16:07,329 You can't be on both sides of it. 347 00:16:24,714 --> 00:16:27,181 Sorry you guys came all the way down here, 348 00:16:27,183 --> 00:16:29,017 but, uh, I'm actually under strict orders 349 00:16:29,019 --> 00:16:31,185 not to speak with anyone about Applsn or Erich Blunt 350 00:16:31,187 --> 00:16:32,521 without a team of lawyers present, so... 351 00:16:32,523 --> 00:16:34,789 This isn't about Erich Blunt. 352 00:16:34,791 --> 00:16:36,257 Well, with the trial 353 00:16:36,259 --> 00:16:39,260 and my role here as C.T.O. and acting C.E.O., 354 00:16:39,262 --> 00:16:42,330 everything in my life right now is about Erich Blunt. 355 00:16:42,332 --> 00:16:44,765 Sorry, guys. Wish I could help. 356 00:16:44,767 --> 00:16:46,634 Oli, what time's my meeting with Horowitz? 357 00:16:46,636 --> 00:16:48,536 You're 15 minutes late. They're waiting in room 6. 358 00:16:48,538 --> 00:16:50,838 "They"? I thought it was just Ben. 359 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,440 It's Ben, Marc, and Jeff. 360 00:16:53,442 --> 00:16:55,609 Ms. West. 361 00:16:55,611 --> 00:16:59,446 Look, I am keeping $15 billion of angry venture capital 362 00:16:59,448 --> 00:17:00,981 waiting on the other side of this building. 363 00:17:00,983 --> 00:17:02,182 So if we're not done here, 364 00:17:02,184 --> 00:17:04,051 we're gonna need to head in that general direction. 365 00:17:04,053 --> 00:17:06,586 We just need to confirm your whereabouts last night. 366 00:17:06,588 --> 00:17:09,356 I was here until 10:00, and then I was home. 367 00:17:09,358 --> 00:17:13,693 Do you live with anyone... boyfriend, uh, roommate? 368 00:17:13,695 --> 00:17:16,363 I live alone. 369 00:17:16,365 --> 00:17:19,066 Is this about that guy who died last night... 370 00:17:19,068 --> 00:17:20,733 Cindy's husband? 371 00:17:20,735 --> 00:17:24,771 I saw the headline on TechCrunch. Poor guy. 372 00:17:24,773 --> 00:17:27,240 Anyway, I was working from home last night 373 00:17:27,242 --> 00:17:29,876 catching up on e-mails... I can show you those records. 374 00:17:29,878 --> 00:17:32,311 Well, you can send an e-mail from anywhere. 375 00:17:32,313 --> 00:17:35,414 That's right. You can. But... 376 00:17:35,416 --> 00:17:37,850 your location is logged by your DNS. 377 00:17:37,852 --> 00:17:39,652 Just have to know where to look. 378 00:17:39,654 --> 00:17:42,922 Someone else could have logged in with your password, though, 379 00:17:42,924 --> 00:17:44,256 right, while you're halfway across town? 380 00:17:44,258 --> 00:17:46,726 Well, I suppose they could, 381 00:17:46,728 --> 00:17:50,929 which is why... we no longer use passwords. 382 00:17:58,272 --> 00:18:01,006 These here are my root logs 383 00:18:01,008 --> 00:18:05,010 from 7:00 P.M. last night until 7:00 A.M. this morning... 384 00:18:05,012 --> 00:18:08,347 every stroke I made and where I made it from. 385 00:18:08,349 --> 00:18:09,848 Well, I'm sure a world-class engineer 386 00:18:09,850 --> 00:18:11,649 would have no problem faking something like this 387 00:18:11,651 --> 00:18:12,950 in their sleep. 388 00:18:12,952 --> 00:18:15,286 Well, then you obviously don't know what a root log is. 389 00:18:15,288 --> 00:18:17,622 Every action you've ever made on any device 390 00:18:17,624 --> 00:18:20,057 is recorded on one permanent digital record. 391 00:18:20,059 --> 00:18:24,195 You can't alter it, delete it, erase it, or even touch it. 392 00:18:24,197 --> 00:18:27,865 You can only review it, search it... 393 00:18:27,867 --> 00:18:29,867 and print it. 394 00:18:37,476 --> 00:18:39,443 Please, take it. 395 00:18:39,445 --> 00:18:41,979 Show it to someone who knows something about computers. 396 00:18:41,981 --> 00:18:44,381 They'll tell you it confirms I was home last night. 397 00:18:44,383 --> 00:18:46,050 Excuse me. 398 00:18:49,988 --> 00:18:52,455 She works a lot. 399 00:19:01,798 --> 00:19:02,932 Ms. Harkins, you used to work for Erich Blunt. Is that correct? 400 00:19:02,934 --> 00:19:05,101 That's right. 401 00:19:05,103 --> 00:19:06,969 I worked in business development 402 00:19:06,971 --> 00:19:11,573 at his first start-up company, Wesne, form 2006 to 2009. 403 00:19:11,575 --> 00:19:13,742 And why did you leave his employ? 404 00:19:13,744 --> 00:19:17,911 I left because of a workplace-misconduct dispute. 405 00:19:17,913 --> 00:19:20,781 Could you be more specific? 406 00:19:20,783 --> 00:19:23,583 - I felt I was being harassed. - By whom? 407 00:19:23,585 --> 00:19:24,885 Erich Blunt. 408 00:19:24,887 --> 00:19:26,887 Objection as to relevancy, your honor. 409 00:19:26,889 --> 00:19:29,556 Prejudicial effect greatly outweighs any probative value. 410 00:19:29,558 --> 00:19:30,991 Goes to pattern of behavior 411 00:19:30,993 --> 00:19:33,927 by Mr. Blunt toward his female employees, your honor. 412 00:19:33,929 --> 00:19:36,596 Overruled. 413 00:19:36,598 --> 00:19:39,800 So, you quit your job because of this harassment? 414 00:19:39,802 --> 00:19:42,169 No. 415 00:19:42,171 --> 00:19:43,970 I filed a lawsuit. 416 00:19:43,972 --> 00:19:45,805 And did your lawsuit go to trial? 417 00:19:45,807 --> 00:19:48,808 No. We settled. 418 00:19:48,810 --> 00:19:50,810 How much did you receive? 419 00:19:52,913 --> 00:19:55,247 I signed a nondisclosure agreement. 420 00:19:55,249 --> 00:19:57,316 Please instruct the witness to answer, your honor. 421 00:19:57,318 --> 00:20:00,820 The witness will answer the question. 422 00:20:00,822 --> 00:20:04,657 How much did you get, Ms. Harkins? 423 00:20:04,659 --> 00:20:07,827 $650,000. 424 00:20:07,829 --> 00:20:09,595 Tell the jury 425 00:20:09,597 --> 00:20:16,101 what level of harassment has a price tag of $650,000. 426 00:20:18,071 --> 00:20:20,672 He didn't just harass me. 427 00:20:22,575 --> 00:20:25,744 He drugged me... 428 00:20:25,746 --> 00:20:27,746 and he raped me. 429 00:20:29,682 --> 00:20:33,351 Thank you, Ms. Harkins. 430 00:20:33,353 --> 00:20:34,619 Being drugged and raped 431 00:20:34,621 --> 00:20:39,457 are very serious allegations, Ms. Harkins. 432 00:20:39,459 --> 00:20:41,960 Did you file a criminal complaint with the police? 433 00:20:41,962 --> 00:20:44,128 No. 434 00:20:44,130 --> 00:20:45,796 Why not? 435 00:20:47,966 --> 00:20:52,469 I was embarrassed and humiliated. 436 00:20:52,471 --> 00:20:54,504 I'm the single mother of a 4-year-old son, 437 00:20:54,506 --> 00:20:56,741 and I just did not want to deal with it. 438 00:20:56,743 --> 00:20:58,442 Ms. Harkins, what was your salary 439 00:20:58,444 --> 00:21:00,077 when you worked for Mr. Blunt? 440 00:21:00,079 --> 00:21:04,014 Around $60,000 a year. 441 00:21:04,016 --> 00:21:06,483 And in 2009, Mr. Blunt was in negotiations 442 00:21:06,485 --> 00:21:09,519 to sell his company to Apple. Isn't that right? 443 00:21:09,521 --> 00:21:11,521 That was the rumor at the time. 444 00:21:11,523 --> 00:21:14,458 Did you have stock options in Mr. Blunt's company? 445 00:21:14,460 --> 00:21:15,859 No. 446 00:21:15,861 --> 00:21:17,794 So, isn't it possible, even probable, 447 00:21:17,796 --> 00:21:19,463 that, at the conclusion of a sale, 448 00:21:19,465 --> 00:21:21,998 you might well have lost your job 449 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,801 in an economy that was tanking? 450 00:21:24,803 --> 00:21:26,236 I couldn't say. 451 00:21:26,238 --> 00:21:28,672 Well, after you left Mr. Blunt's employ, 452 00:21:28,674 --> 00:21:30,173 did you find another job? 453 00:21:31,876 --> 00:21:33,744 Not right away. 454 00:21:33,746 --> 00:21:39,549 Exactly how long is "Not right away"? 455 00:21:40,919 --> 00:21:42,252 Three years. 456 00:21:42,254 --> 00:21:45,120 So, isn't it also possible 457 00:21:45,122 --> 00:21:47,757 that, in fear of losing your job and your livelihood, 458 00:21:47,759 --> 00:21:49,458 that you trumped up these charges 459 00:21:49,460 --> 00:21:51,126 in order to inoculate yourself 460 00:21:51,128 --> 00:21:54,263 against the financial consequences of losing your job? 461 00:21:54,265 --> 00:21:57,466 No, it is not possible, and it is not true. 462 00:21:57,468 --> 00:22:00,135 Ms. Harkins, with all due respect, 463 00:22:00,137 --> 00:22:03,306 is there a single shred of physical evidence 464 00:22:03,308 --> 00:22:07,576 that the events you alleged ever even took place? 465 00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:11,246 No. 466 00:22:11,248 --> 00:22:13,282 So, isn't it possible 467 00:22:13,284 --> 00:22:17,286 that you engaged in a consensual sex act with Mr. Blunt 468 00:22:17,288 --> 00:22:21,323 and then used that to leverage a huge payday for yourself? 469 00:22:21,325 --> 00:22:23,992 Objection. Inflammatory and prejudicial. 470 00:22:25,561 --> 00:22:28,230 No further questions, your honor. 471 00:22:31,267 --> 00:22:33,268 Very well. 472 00:22:33,270 --> 00:22:35,904 This court is in recess until tomorrow morning. 473 00:22:44,546 --> 00:22:47,748 I've been through every back door over there, 474 00:22:47,750 --> 00:22:51,385 cashed in all my favors, twisted arms, patted backs, 475 00:22:51,387 --> 00:22:56,057 threatened, begged... every trick in the book. 476 00:22:56,059 --> 00:22:58,726 Mark Strauss' death is what it is. 477 00:22:58,728 --> 00:22:59,894 They got nothing. 478 00:22:59,896 --> 00:23:02,196 Or maybe you're just out of tricks. 479 00:23:02,198 --> 00:23:04,365 We need this to be a suicide. 480 00:23:04,367 --> 00:23:07,568 Let's ramp up the pressure... leak that he left a note. 481 00:23:07,570 --> 00:23:09,536 I'll call Harvey at the wag. 482 00:23:09,538 --> 00:23:12,038 We can count on him to keep it anonymous. 483 00:23:14,843 --> 00:23:17,177 It looks like a legit root log. 484 00:23:17,179 --> 00:23:18,512 The labels all match her version of events. 485 00:23:18,514 --> 00:23:21,014 She was at Applsn on her desktop, 486 00:23:21,016 --> 00:23:23,250 then she was in an uber on her mobile, 487 00:23:23,252 --> 00:23:25,819 and then she was at home on her laptop. 488 00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:27,654 She didn't disconnect for eight hours straight. 489 00:23:27,656 --> 00:23:29,623 Could you fake a printout like that? 490 00:23:31,225 --> 00:23:33,260 I guess you could copy the real root log 491 00:23:33,262 --> 00:23:34,761 and then adjust the code line by line, 492 00:23:34,763 --> 00:23:36,295 but that would be a shit ton of work. 493 00:23:36,297 --> 00:23:39,331 It would take me days, if not weeks. 494 00:23:39,333 --> 00:23:41,200 Then again, I have a day job. 495 00:23:41,202 --> 00:23:44,270 All right, so you're saying we should assume that it's legit? 496 00:23:44,272 --> 00:23:46,806 I'm saying I wish I had a better answer. 497 00:23:46,808 --> 00:23:48,274 All right. Thanks, Kami. 498 00:23:48,276 --> 00:23:51,343 Thanks. 499 00:23:51,345 --> 00:23:54,113 Well, this is great. We're in trouble now, right? 500 00:23:54,115 --> 00:23:58,250 All right. There's still time. It's not over yet. 501 00:23:58,252 --> 00:24:00,887 We've got until Siletti rests, and I'm his last witness. 502 00:24:00,889 --> 00:24:02,087 When do you testify? 503 00:24:02,089 --> 00:24:03,822 First thing tomorrow morning. 504 00:24:06,692 --> 00:24:08,527 Do you have any brilliant advice for me? 505 00:24:08,529 --> 00:24:12,431 Speak very, very slowly. 506 00:24:23,300 --> 00:24:24,500 Inspector Mulligan, 507 00:24:24,502 --> 00:24:26,035 were you and your partner, Inspector English, 508 00:24:26,037 --> 00:24:30,038 dispatched to Cindy Strauss' home at 1124 Brannan Street 509 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,207 on the morning of June 6, 2014? 510 00:24:32,209 --> 00:24:33,475 Yes. 511 00:24:33,477 --> 00:24:35,844 And your subsequent investigation led you to believe 512 00:24:35,846 --> 00:24:38,580 that Erich Blunt murdered Cindy Strauss? 513 00:24:38,582 --> 00:24:39,881 Yes. 514 00:24:39,883 --> 00:24:42,150 What did your investigation reveal? 515 00:24:42,152 --> 00:24:44,085 Well, in addition to DNA evidence 516 00:24:44,087 --> 00:24:46,020 linking him to the crime scene, 517 00:24:46,022 --> 00:24:47,956 Mr. Blunt lied to us repeatedly 518 00:24:47,958 --> 00:24:49,958 over the course of several interviews 519 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,993 spanning two murder investigations. 520 00:24:51,995 --> 00:24:54,663 Two? What was the other one? 521 00:24:54,665 --> 00:24:58,400 The murder of Kevin Neyers, Mr. Blunt's biological father. 522 00:24:58,402 --> 00:25:00,902 He lied to us about receiving an extortion note from him. 523 00:25:00,904 --> 00:25:02,370 And, uh, in subsequent interviews, 524 00:25:02,372 --> 00:25:04,705 he lied about being with Cindy 525 00:25:04,707 --> 00:25:06,741 at her house the night she died, 526 00:25:06,743 --> 00:25:10,044 and he also lied about having sex with her 527 00:25:10,046 --> 00:25:11,813 the night of her death. 528 00:25:11,815 --> 00:25:15,316 Is it true that after you interviewed the defendant 529 00:25:15,318 --> 00:25:17,886 about Cindy Strauss' death, 530 00:25:17,888 --> 00:25:19,687 he asked you out on a date? 531 00:25:19,689 --> 00:25:23,158 Yes, and I agreed to it. 532 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:24,993 We needed Mr. Blunt's DNA 533 00:25:24,995 --> 00:25:26,661 in order to link him to Cindy's death, 534 00:25:26,663 --> 00:25:31,266 so I used the pretense of a date to obtain his DNA sample. 535 00:25:31,268 --> 00:25:33,167 Hmm. How did you do that? 536 00:25:33,169 --> 00:25:34,669 At the end of the evening, he kissed me. 537 00:25:34,671 --> 00:25:35,903 I was chewing gum. 538 00:25:35,905 --> 00:25:39,072 So, uh, we used the gum as a medium to sample the DNA. 539 00:25:39,074 --> 00:25:40,908 What did you do with the gum then? 540 00:25:40,910 --> 00:25:43,577 I immediately spit it into a, uh, evidence container 541 00:25:43,579 --> 00:25:45,212 and took it directly to the lab. 542 00:25:45,214 --> 00:25:47,047 Just a few more questions, Inspector. 543 00:25:47,049 --> 00:25:50,718 Where was Erich Blunt arrested? 544 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,789 He was taken into custody at a Krav Maga studio 545 00:25:54,791 --> 00:25:55,923 in the Tenderloin district. 546 00:25:55,925 --> 00:25:57,558 He's a... a second-degree black belt. 547 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:02,062 What is Krav Maga, Inspector? 548 00:26:02,064 --> 00:26:03,596 It's an Israeli-developed form of self-defense. 549 00:26:03,598 --> 00:26:07,267 It combines aspects of martial arts and deadly street fighting. 550 00:26:07,269 --> 00:26:09,602 At Mr. Blunt's level of expertise, 551 00:26:09,604 --> 00:26:12,539 would he be capable of breaking Cindy Strauss' neck? 552 00:26:12,541 --> 00:26:15,442 Objection, your honor. Calls for a conclusion. 553 00:26:15,444 --> 00:26:17,444 Overruled. 554 00:26:17,446 --> 00:26:19,446 You may answer the question, Inspector. 555 00:26:19,448 --> 00:26:20,714 Let me repeat. 556 00:26:20,716 --> 00:26:24,551 Was Erich Blunt capable of breaking Cindy Strauss' neck? 557 00:26:24,553 --> 00:26:25,652 Definitely. 558 00:26:25,654 --> 00:26:28,255 Thank you, Inspector. Nothing further. 559 00:26:31,892 --> 00:26:35,394 Inspector, do you generally kiss murder suspects 560 00:26:35,396 --> 00:26:37,563 - in order to secure their saliva? - No. 561 00:26:37,565 --> 00:26:41,234 Don't you think your willingness to use sex to obtain evidence 562 00:26:41,236 --> 00:26:44,503 exhibits poor judgment in the extreme? 563 00:26:44,505 --> 00:26:47,473 I don't consider a kiss to be sex. 564 00:26:47,475 --> 00:26:49,308 Ah. 565 00:26:51,511 --> 00:26:55,248 Inspector, were you present at Mr. Blunt's arrest? 566 00:26:55,250 --> 00:26:56,916 - No, I was not. - Why? 567 00:26:56,918 --> 00:26:59,185 It was your case, wasn't it? 568 00:26:59,187 --> 00:27:00,819 I was on temporary leave. 569 00:27:00,821 --> 00:27:04,023 My partner and the rest of the team handled the arrest. 570 00:27:04,025 --> 00:27:07,325 Why were you on temporary leave? 571 00:27:07,327 --> 00:27:10,796 In an unrelated case, I had cause to shoot an assailant. 572 00:27:10,798 --> 00:27:13,399 Anytime an officer is involved in a shooting, 573 00:27:13,401 --> 00:27:16,902 they're placed on temporary leave pending an investigation. 574 00:27:16,904 --> 00:27:19,571 So, you shot and killed the man? 575 00:27:19,573 --> 00:27:20,839 Is that right? 576 00:27:20,841 --> 00:27:24,810 It was a domestic-abuse situation. 577 00:27:24,812 --> 00:27:26,478 He came at me with a kitchen knife, 578 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,214 so I used deadly force to protect myself 579 00:27:29,216 --> 00:27:31,483 and the others in the room with me. 580 00:27:31,485 --> 00:27:33,318 What was a homicide inspector doing 581 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,188 responding to a domestic-abuse situation? 582 00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:39,658 The young boy who's mother was being brutally assaulted, 583 00:27:39,660 --> 00:27:42,828 he called me directly, so I showed up at the crime scene 584 00:27:42,830 --> 00:27:45,162 after calling the domestic-abuse unit. 585 00:27:45,164 --> 00:27:48,065 They were not there yet, so I went in alone. 586 00:27:48,067 --> 00:27:50,701 Wasn't that also poor judgment on your part? 587 00:27:50,703 --> 00:27:52,136 I think it would have been worse judgment 588 00:27:52,138 --> 00:27:53,438 for me to sit back and do nothing 589 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,240 while this man continued to brutally assault his wife. 590 00:27:56,242 --> 00:27:58,008 The family sued you for wrongful death. 591 00:27:58,010 --> 00:27:59,043 Is that correct? 592 00:27:59,045 --> 00:28:02,346 They were manipulated into it by a lawyer. 593 00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:05,550 They dropped the suit the next day. 594 00:28:05,552 --> 00:28:07,418 - So, let's review. - Sure. 595 00:28:07,420 --> 00:28:10,220 You sexually entrapped Erich Blunt 596 00:28:10,222 --> 00:28:12,256 into giving up a DNA sample, 597 00:28:12,258 --> 00:28:14,592 and you were completely out of policy 598 00:28:14,594 --> 00:28:17,361 when you shot and killed a man in a rogue police action... 599 00:28:17,363 --> 00:28:18,596 a killing for which 600 00:28:18,598 --> 00:28:23,767 you were put on administrative leave and sued. 601 00:28:23,769 --> 00:28:26,303 Inspector, don't you think these behaviors 602 00:28:26,305 --> 00:28:29,273 call into question your competence as a police officer? 603 00:28:29,275 --> 00:28:31,608 No, I don't. 604 00:28:31,610 --> 00:28:35,112 Two lives were at risk. I couldn't wait for backup. 605 00:28:35,114 --> 00:28:38,515 And as far as me going on a so-called date with Erich Blunt, 606 00:28:38,517 --> 00:28:40,917 there was no other means by which to obtain his DNA, 607 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:44,455 so I actually would not call it poor judgment. 608 00:28:44,457 --> 00:28:46,823 I'd call it smart police work. 609 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:52,562 Thought you did good. 610 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,063 Well, a lot of good it does 611 00:28:54,065 --> 00:28:56,933 if we can't prove someone else wrote Mark's suicide note. 612 00:28:56,935 --> 00:29:00,904 Here. This has been bothering me. 613 00:29:00,906 --> 00:29:02,839 Oh. 614 00:29:02,841 --> 00:29:04,841 - What am I looking at? - On the bottom there... 615 00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:08,378 it's an e-mail from Ivana West's root log. 616 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:10,079 "Not happy with this month's ad in Wired. 617 00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:12,248 "You shouldn't've moved ahead on that campaign 618 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:13,517 "without my signoff. 619 00:29:13,519 --> 00:29:15,652 All marketing must be okayed by me until further notice." 620 00:29:15,654 --> 00:29:16,720 So? 621 00:29:16,722 --> 00:29:18,153 "Shouldn't've." 622 00:29:18,155 --> 00:29:19,287 What about it? 623 00:29:19,289 --> 00:29:21,056 Look at that... the two apostrophes. 624 00:29:24,828 --> 00:29:26,428 Was it misspelled? 625 00:29:26,430 --> 00:29:27,897 No, but who uses that word? 626 00:29:27,899 --> 00:29:28,964 - "Shouldn't've"? - Mm. 627 00:29:28,966 --> 00:29:30,132 What are you talking about? 628 00:29:30,134 --> 00:29:31,433 People use the word "Shouldn't've" all the time. 629 00:29:31,435 --> 00:29:34,469 I know, but... 630 00:29:34,471 --> 00:29:39,107 who uses it in that way... 631 00:29:39,109 --> 00:29:41,943 with the two apostrophes? Like, how common is that? 632 00:29:41,945 --> 00:29:44,746 - Sorry. Why are we talking about this? - Look. 633 00:29:44,748 --> 00:29:47,182 Mark Strauss uses it in his suicide note. 634 00:29:47,184 --> 00:29:49,684 The last things he says. 635 00:29:49,686 --> 00:29:51,553 "Then I broke her neck. Yes, I killed her. 636 00:29:51,555 --> 00:29:53,688 "I shouldn't've, but she deserved it. 637 00:29:53,690 --> 00:29:57,859 Now it's my turn. I deserve to die, too." 638 00:29:57,861 --> 00:29:59,361 It's a bit of a stretch. 639 00:29:59,363 --> 00:30:01,029 I mean, grammar doesn't typically 640 00:30:01,031 --> 00:30:02,364 get us probable cause, right? 641 00:30:02,366 --> 00:30:04,199 Well, they nailed the unabomber that way. 642 00:30:04,201 --> 00:30:06,700 Okay, so you think Ivana went over there, killed him, 643 00:30:06,702 --> 00:30:08,635 - and typed up a suicide note? - Maybe. 644 00:30:08,637 --> 00:30:10,371 She faked a root log. 645 00:30:10,373 --> 00:30:11,638 I mean, she knew we were coming over there. 646 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:12,839 She was prepared. 647 00:30:12,841 --> 00:30:14,442 Mark was a pretty big dude. 648 00:30:14,444 --> 00:30:17,344 I know, but overdose... that's something she could pull off. 649 00:30:17,346 --> 00:30:18,845 Not much. 650 00:30:18,847 --> 00:30:21,848 Well, it's all we got. I think we should drag her in. 651 00:30:21,850 --> 00:30:24,185 You think this is what Salter was talking about? 652 00:30:24,187 --> 00:30:26,454 When he said we're so desperate to nail Blunt, 653 00:30:26,456 --> 00:30:28,789 we're basically willing to chase after anything? 654 00:30:28,791 --> 00:30:31,124 We'll know tomorrow morning. 655 00:30:54,348 --> 00:30:56,816 What the hell is this? 656 00:30:59,420 --> 00:31:01,588 We need you to come with us downtown. 657 00:31:04,725 --> 00:31:06,459 Where were you two nights ago? 658 00:31:06,461 --> 00:31:08,060 I already answered that question. 659 00:31:08,062 --> 00:31:09,862 - You know where I was. - Working. 660 00:31:09,864 --> 00:31:11,231 Yeah, that's right. 661 00:31:11,233 --> 00:31:13,032 Working my ass off trying to save the company 662 00:31:13,034 --> 00:31:14,534 of the guy that you are railroading. 663 00:31:14,536 --> 00:31:17,703 So, saving his ass meant taking out Mark Strauss? 664 00:31:17,705 --> 00:31:18,871 I'm leaving. 665 00:31:18,873 --> 00:31:20,340 No, not tonight. 666 00:31:20,342 --> 00:31:22,142 Maybe not ever. Sit down. 667 00:31:22,144 --> 00:31:24,409 Are you arresting me? 668 00:31:24,411 --> 00:31:26,612 We're holding you in custody under the suspicion of murder. 669 00:31:26,614 --> 00:31:28,447 This is unbelievable. 670 00:31:28,449 --> 00:31:30,949 This city has officially jumped the shark. 671 00:31:30,951 --> 00:31:32,684 - Hey, look who's here. - Hey. 672 00:31:32,686 --> 00:31:34,520 - With goodies. - How you doing? 673 00:31:34,522 --> 00:31:37,356 So, this is a hair sample that I plucked off your back 674 00:31:37,358 --> 00:31:38,690 yesterday at Applsn 675 00:31:38,692 --> 00:31:40,626 when you were printing out the bogus root logs, 676 00:31:40,628 --> 00:31:43,428 and this is a matching hair sample 677 00:31:43,430 --> 00:31:46,798 - that we found at Mark Strauss' apartment. - Uh-oh. 678 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,033 You did a great job of sweeping out the place. 679 00:31:48,035 --> 00:31:50,935 I got to say, you really did. 680 00:31:50,937 --> 00:31:54,273 But that's the thing with hair, you know? 681 00:31:54,275 --> 00:31:59,443 It's so thin that it blows under the bed and... 682 00:31:59,445 --> 00:32:01,780 you're toast. 683 00:32:01,782 --> 00:32:02,981 This is bullshit. 684 00:32:02,983 --> 00:32:04,215 Don't count on it. 685 00:32:06,385 --> 00:32:07,618 You see this? 686 00:32:07,620 --> 00:32:10,922 See this little guy? That's your fingerprint. 687 00:32:10,924 --> 00:32:13,524 Found it on Strauss' laptop. 688 00:32:13,526 --> 00:32:16,494 You know, when you were typing out that bullshit suicide note. 689 00:32:16,496 --> 00:32:18,462 We felt for sure we were gonna have to 690 00:32:18,464 --> 00:32:20,131 sweep your office for prints, 691 00:32:20,133 --> 00:32:22,600 but it turned out the FBI database had your digits on file 692 00:32:22,602 --> 00:32:25,236 from a drug bust in college, so that was a nice surprise. 693 00:32:25,238 --> 00:32:28,906 Anyway, the hair and the prints basically just prove 694 00:32:28,908 --> 00:32:30,908 that you were at Strauss' apartment 695 00:32:30,910 --> 00:32:32,409 sometime in the recent past, 696 00:32:32,411 --> 00:32:36,046 which is why my partner spent half the day digging up this. 697 00:32:36,048 --> 00:32:38,849 That's security footage from the liquor store 698 00:32:38,851 --> 00:32:40,350 right next door to Strauss' apartment. 699 00:32:40,352 --> 00:32:42,652 Now, the camera hasn't been maintained well. 700 00:32:42,654 --> 00:32:44,188 The wind blew it off target, 701 00:32:44,190 --> 00:32:46,890 but we were able to get a corner of Strauss' apartment, 702 00:32:46,892 --> 00:32:49,893 so we have images of you and Strauss 703 00:32:49,895 --> 00:32:51,195 entering the apartment two nights ago, 704 00:32:51,197 --> 00:32:55,398 and of you exiting his apartment by yourself. 705 00:32:58,937 --> 00:33:02,139 Anything you want to tell us? 706 00:33:04,542 --> 00:33:06,443 Yeah. 707 00:33:06,445 --> 00:33:08,945 I want to tell you that I am not saying 708 00:33:08,947 --> 00:33:12,949 another word without my lawyer. 709 00:33:21,059 --> 00:33:25,729 Nice try, but without a confession, we're done. 710 00:33:25,731 --> 00:33:30,333 I have to disclose the suicide note in the morning. 711 00:33:30,335 --> 00:33:31,834 It's been fun, folks. 712 00:33:31,836 --> 00:33:33,202 Maybe we can have a reunion in 10 years 713 00:33:33,204 --> 00:33:35,805 and talk about what might have been. 714 00:33:35,807 --> 00:33:38,407 I want another crack at it. 715 00:33:40,744 --> 00:33:42,245 I think I can get her to talk. 716 00:33:42,247 --> 00:33:44,280 You're not gonna get a confession out of her, Terry. 717 00:33:44,282 --> 00:33:46,482 She's too smart. 718 00:33:46,484 --> 00:33:48,818 And even if she does start talking, it's useless. 719 00:33:48,820 --> 00:33:49,919 She's under Miranda. 720 00:33:49,921 --> 00:33:53,389 No. We're not gonna get her on murder. 721 00:33:53,391 --> 00:33:56,558 The drugs in the tox report match Mark's prescription. 722 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,762 The autopsy shows zero damage to his mouth and throat 723 00:33:59,764 --> 00:34:00,897 with no signs of violence. 724 00:34:00,899 --> 00:34:02,431 I mean, look at her. 725 00:34:02,433 --> 00:34:04,566 There's no way she forced him to take all those pills. He O.D.'d. 726 00:34:04,568 --> 00:34:07,535 He O.D.'d, and she was there somehow. 727 00:34:07,537 --> 00:34:10,172 She wrote that suicide note. 728 00:34:10,174 --> 00:34:12,407 And that's all we need to know. 729 00:34:12,409 --> 00:34:14,242 I get it. 730 00:34:14,244 --> 00:34:15,410 Yeah, me, too. 731 00:34:15,412 --> 00:34:17,712 - I don't. - Good. 732 00:34:17,714 --> 00:34:19,514 Keep some plausible deniability. 733 00:34:20,983 --> 00:34:23,151 Excuse me. 734 00:34:39,751 --> 00:34:42,018 I got to tell you, 735 00:34:42,020 --> 00:34:46,022 this is one hell of a note. 736 00:34:46,024 --> 00:34:48,191 You got meter, irony. 737 00:34:48,193 --> 00:34:50,192 It's actually kind of funny. 738 00:34:50,194 --> 00:34:52,361 Look at the way she's laying. 739 00:34:52,363 --> 00:34:54,263 Nutjob. 740 00:34:54,265 --> 00:34:57,065 Where's my lawyer? 741 00:34:57,067 --> 00:34:59,402 Okay, I want you to do me a favor. 742 00:34:59,404 --> 00:35:01,604 Third page. 743 00:35:01,606 --> 00:35:05,240 Right after you're talking about your marketing campaign... 744 00:35:05,242 --> 00:35:07,242 Yeah, read this sentence right here. 745 00:35:07,244 --> 00:35:09,211 "You shouldn't've moved ahead on that campaign 746 00:35:09,213 --> 00:35:11,246 without my signoff." 747 00:35:11,248 --> 00:35:13,248 "Shouldn't've." 748 00:35:13,250 --> 00:35:15,984 Now, you used two apostrophes 749 00:35:15,986 --> 00:35:18,020 when you wrote the word "Shouldn't've," 750 00:35:18,022 --> 00:35:20,289 so we contacted a Berkeley linguist. 751 00:35:20,291 --> 00:35:24,092 They compiled statistics on common spellings. 752 00:35:24,094 --> 00:35:25,761 Would you believe 753 00:35:25,763 --> 00:35:30,932 that only 1 out of 800,000 people use two apostrophes 754 00:35:30,934 --> 00:35:33,134 when they spell "Shouldn't've"? 755 00:35:33,136 --> 00:35:36,103 So, we got you using one on your e-mail, 756 00:35:36,105 --> 00:35:39,574 and we got one on the suicide note. 757 00:35:39,576 --> 00:35:43,277 Oh, come on, Ivana. We can do this all night. 758 00:35:43,279 --> 00:35:45,413 I got tons of this shit. 759 00:35:45,415 --> 00:35:48,783 Or you could just tell me what happened. 760 00:35:48,785 --> 00:35:51,986 What happened is, I asked for my lawyer. 761 00:35:51,988 --> 00:35:53,588 Call Warren Daniels. 762 00:35:53,590 --> 00:35:55,490 You're not getting a lawyer. 763 00:35:55,492 --> 00:35:57,325 You can't do that! I know my rights! 764 00:35:57,327 --> 00:35:59,494 - And I'm violating them. - You realize that everything I say in here 765 00:35:59,496 --> 00:36:01,062 is inadmissible, right, and that you're not gonna get away with this? 766 00:36:01,064 --> 00:36:03,765 I don't plan on needing to. 767 00:36:03,767 --> 00:36:05,567 What is this? You're... you're bargaining with me? 768 00:36:05,569 --> 00:36:08,435 Look. I'm gonna give you two options. 769 00:36:08,437 --> 00:36:11,939 Okay, option one, you arrest me, and I get my lawyer. 770 00:36:11,941 --> 00:36:14,441 And the press has a field day. 771 00:36:14,443 --> 00:36:18,111 Worst-case scenario... you go down for both murders. 772 00:36:18,113 --> 00:36:21,782 Best-case... we get you for falsifying evidence 773 00:36:21,784 --> 00:36:24,585 - and obstructing justice. - Okay, so option two 774 00:36:24,587 --> 00:36:27,153 is that you violate my constitutional rights. 775 00:36:27,155 --> 00:36:31,191 And you get to tell me the truth with impunity. 776 00:36:47,609 --> 00:36:50,643 What if I say I killed him? 777 00:36:50,645 --> 00:36:52,145 I can't hold it against you. 778 00:36:52,147 --> 00:36:55,148 But you weren't gonna say that 'cause it's not the truth. 779 00:37:07,194 --> 00:37:09,829 Okay. 780 00:37:12,366 --> 00:37:15,368 The truth is, I would have killed him. 781 00:37:15,370 --> 00:37:18,304 And I was prepared to kill him. 782 00:37:18,306 --> 00:37:19,906 But you're right. 783 00:37:19,908 --> 00:37:22,742 I didn't kill him 'cause I didn't have to. 784 00:37:22,744 --> 00:37:24,444 Where did you find him? 785 00:37:24,446 --> 00:37:26,579 At a bar that he likes. 786 00:37:26,581 --> 00:37:28,915 By the time I got there, he was already shitfaced, 787 00:37:28,917 --> 00:37:30,450 and I was actually worried 788 00:37:30,452 --> 00:37:32,618 that he was gonna recognize me from... 789 00:37:32,620 --> 00:37:35,320 I don't know... the Applsn Christmas party 790 00:37:35,322 --> 00:37:38,157 or... CNBC, 791 00:37:38,159 --> 00:37:41,160 but... he didn't. 792 00:37:41,162 --> 00:37:43,162 And it was so easy. 793 00:37:43,164 --> 00:37:45,064 How did you get to his apartment? 794 00:37:45,066 --> 00:37:47,099 I told him I thought he was cute. 795 00:37:49,303 --> 00:37:51,103 We made out a little at the bar, 796 00:37:51,105 --> 00:37:54,206 and... I let him feel me up. 797 00:37:54,208 --> 00:37:58,544 I was gonna let him do me in the bathroom in a stall. 798 00:37:58,546 --> 00:38:01,513 And we tried, but, you know, he was so drunk, 799 00:38:01,515 --> 00:38:04,850 he could barely stand, let alone perform. 800 00:38:04,852 --> 00:38:06,052 So... 801 00:38:06,054 --> 00:38:09,288 he invited me back to his apartment 802 00:38:09,290 --> 00:38:10,923 where he said he had a little blue friend there 803 00:38:10,925 --> 00:38:12,592 that could help him get it up. 804 00:38:12,594 --> 00:38:15,861 But when we got there, he had everything but, 805 00:38:15,863 --> 00:38:18,097 so he started crushing pills 806 00:38:18,099 --> 00:38:20,765 and snorting oxys and parachuting. 807 00:38:20,767 --> 00:38:23,602 And like an hour and a half later, he just passed out, 808 00:38:23,604 --> 00:38:26,371 started choking on his own vomit. 809 00:38:31,511 --> 00:38:33,712 The dying part... 810 00:38:33,714 --> 00:38:36,348 did take longer than I expected, 811 00:38:36,350 --> 00:38:40,352 but then I wrote the suicide note, 812 00:38:40,354 --> 00:38:42,387 and I left. 813 00:38:42,389 --> 00:38:45,090 And it almost worked if he had had... 814 00:38:45,092 --> 00:38:46,391 Internet service. 815 00:38:46,393 --> 00:38:47,559 Yep. 816 00:38:47,561 --> 00:38:50,395 That note gets e-mailed to the media, 817 00:38:50,397 --> 00:38:54,399 the trial's over, and Erich's a free man. 818 00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:08,979 This chick is evil. 819 00:39:08,981 --> 00:39:10,615 Yeah, I-I've heard enough. 820 00:39:10,617 --> 00:39:12,783 What about the laptop? 821 00:39:12,785 --> 00:39:14,785 We'll handle it. 822 00:39:19,458 --> 00:39:21,425 Can I go now? 823 00:39:21,427 --> 00:39:23,661 Yeah. 824 00:39:30,402 --> 00:39:33,904 I shouldn't've used "Shouldn't've." 825 00:39:39,677 --> 00:39:41,511 I almost forgot. 826 00:39:41,513 --> 00:39:45,549 Want to know if I killed Cindy? 827 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:50,753 No. 828 00:39:50,755 --> 00:39:52,755 All right. 829 00:39:56,827 --> 00:39:58,995 Here she comes! 830 00:40:04,869 --> 00:40:06,102 We interrupt this program 831 00:40:06,104 --> 00:40:07,804 to bring you live to the Hall of Justice 832 00:40:07,806 --> 00:40:09,506 where D.A. Perez has an announcement. 833 00:40:09,508 --> 00:40:10,674 Mark Strauss' death 834 00:40:10,676 --> 00:40:13,009 has been ruled an accidental overdose. 835 00:40:13,011 --> 00:40:16,179 There were no signs of homicide or suicide. 836 00:40:16,181 --> 00:40:17,747 Mr. Strauss did not leave a note. 837 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:35,431 You know how to erase the hard drive? 838 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:37,266 I'm trying. 839 00:40:45,875 --> 00:40:47,843 I do. 840 00:41:08,097 --> 00:41:10,932 Watch yourself.