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00:00In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous.
00:11In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are
00:15members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.
00:19These are their stories.
00:24Well, he's a good detective, but he's a lot to take in.
00:27Meaning?
00:29You'll see.
00:30Hey, Terry Bruno.
00:31Ah, I see you're still dressing like a perp.
00:33Hey, John.
00:34Nice fedora.
00:35You know it's 2025, right?
00:37Hey, the clothes make the man Terry.
00:39Uh, who is this Tweedledum?
00:41Jake Griffin.
00:42Oh, Batman.
00:43Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:44I heard about you.
00:45Okay.
00:46Yeah, hopefully not all bad.
00:48Mixed.
00:49Mostly.
00:50Walking to the circus, boys.
00:52We got a guy inside.
00:53Said his girlfriend was snatched in the middle of the night.
00:55Says she was raped.
00:56So here you are.
00:58How do you want to handle it?
00:59Well, we've put a polo out on the girl, Nikki Suarez, so we will handle the citywide search,
01:03but the rape is all yours.
01:05Terry, between us, the media's already flinging some wild theories, so you're going to need
01:11to drill down on this guy's story.
01:14It sounds like you're not liking it.
01:16Hey, kid, everybody's got a story, but this one's got some hair on it.
01:19All right, Tug 4, we'll let you know.
01:20Okay.
01:22And when I woke up, the guy was wrapping my entire head in duct tape, and then he pinned
01:28me down, and that's when I realized that he had wrapped my wrists, too.
01:32So you didn't get a good look at him?
01:33No.
01:34What about his voice?
01:35He sounded like a robot.
01:38Like a what?
01:40Look, I know.
01:41All I could figure was that he was using some kind of voice-altering technology.
01:46Okay.
01:47What happened next?
01:48And then it sounded like he was assaulting her, and I didn't do anything because I didn't
01:55want him to kill her, and he kept saying that he had cameras and lasers set up watching
02:00me, and that if I didn't remain still for at least three hours, that he would kill her.
02:06What'd you do?
02:07I did what he told me to do.
02:10I stayed there, and I waited for what felt like three hours, and then when I finally got
02:16myself out, Nikki was gone.
02:18Look, we're going to find her, but I need you to come down to the precinct to help us.
02:23Yeah, whatever you need.
02:25You guys just have to find her.
02:31You buying any of this?
02:33He's definitely hiding something.
02:36Well, the plot thickens, boys.
02:38We ran our guy Morrison.
02:39He did a two-year federal bid up a securities fraud case.
02:42Got out three years ago.
02:44Great.
02:44Max Conn motivational speaker.
02:46Yeah, and a story with more holes in the BQE.
02:55So, Jimmy tells him NYPD has a new forensic technique where murder victims' eyes could be removed
03:00to determine the last image they saw before death.
03:03This is genius, but did it actually work?
03:05Like a charm.
03:06Guy gave up everything, including stuff we didn't even know about.
03:09Okay, I love it, and I'm going to use it.
03:12Ah, a panel on generative AI in law enforcement.
03:16Maybe Jimmy was on or something.
03:18What a world.
03:19Yeah.
03:19How long were you two partners?
03:21Five years in uniform, four more as detectives.
03:24Oh.
03:24He was a great cop, great partner.
03:26You know how it is when it just clicks.
03:28I do.
03:29I do.
03:30And what got him?
03:32Here was a guy who'd been shot three times, including one shooting a witness, and in the
03:36end, it was cancer.
03:39Ah.
03:40Jake was only 12.
03:42All Jimmy dreamed of was seeing Jake take the oath.
03:44Oh.
03:45I appreciate you taking him under your wing.
03:48I mean, I know you didn't actually have a choice.
03:50I appreciate it just the same.
03:52I was hesitant, but Griffin has potential.
03:55Yeah.
03:55Yeah.
03:59Benson.
03:59Okay.
04:04I'm three hours away, and I'm at a conference.
04:07Tell him we're heading back.
04:09Okay.
04:09I'm on my way back.
04:10Okay?
04:12I'm sorry, Chief.
04:13Don't be active kidnapping.
04:15Great excuse to dip out of here.
04:16Great.
04:20Nikki Suarez, 24, girlfriend of Greg Morrison, 50, who's presently our guest in interrogation
04:25room one.
04:25Why'd you bring him in?
04:26Because he's hinky.
04:27Care to expand on that keen insight?
04:30He's rambling about the kidnapper setting up lasers and cameras and voice changers.
04:35Plus, he's an ex-con who peddles nonsense as a so-called motivational speaker.
04:40He did two years of club fed for securities fraud.
04:42And what about the missing woman?
04:43There's a bolo out on her.
04:45Two ones in charge of the search, but this guy isn't right.
04:48Yeah.
04:48The story's wild.
04:49But if it's true, we still got to find her.
04:50Captain is on her way back from Albany, so why don't you two take your shot at Morrison
04:54and we'll coordinate with Weyland, CSU, and Canvas.
04:57When we break them, we'll let you know.
04:58Okay.
05:00If you could help me out, I do not understand the whole cameras and lasers thing.
05:04I'm not saying he was telling the truth.
05:07I am just telling you what he said.
05:10The whole voice-altering technology thing.
05:13Yes, he was obviously using something to make voice recognition impossible.
05:17Okay, well, maybe he thought you'd recognize him, you know?
05:20Who else had access to the brownstone?
05:23I did renovations last month.
05:24I gave the keys to my architect, Sean Davey.
05:28Sean Davey.
05:29You don't think he...
05:31Well, check it out.
05:32Anyone else you got beef with?
05:33You know, anyone else who would, uh, who'd want a reason to punish you?
05:36Guys, please.
05:44I-I'm begging you.
05:45You have to find Nikki.
05:47The whole city is out looking for her, but now is a chance for you to come clean.
05:53Let's start at the beginning.
05:56When was the last time you saw Nikki alive?
06:01Welcome back, Captain.
06:03Hey, so I spoke with Curry.
06:05She said you're not liking this guy's story.
06:07It's more like a fairy tale.
06:08The guy who makes a living con in people, he thinks he can con us.
06:11He's hiding something.
06:11We just don't know what yet.
06:13Okay, Curry said that one of his neighbors said that she heard them arguing a couple of nights ago.
06:17Break it down for me.
06:18Captain?
06:20Oh, hold on.
06:22Yeah.
06:23There's a woman here that says we have her boyfriend in custody, Greg Morrison.
06:28Nikki?
06:29What?
06:29Nikki?
06:30No.
06:31No, I'm Kelsey.
06:32Uh, is Greg here?
06:35Oh, come, come.
06:38Just have a look.
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07:04Oh, what's going on?
07:33Why is Greg here? Did he do something?
07:35So, Greg is here. He's just answering a few questions for us.
07:40So, why don't you go ahead and have a seat?
07:43So, you said that you're Greg's girlfriend?
07:49How long have we been seeing each other?
07:52About a year. I live in Stanford.
07:56We met after one of his lectures.
07:58This morning, he wasn't answering his phone calls when I tried to contact him,
08:01so I drove all the way down, and then there was, like, a police officer at his place and sent me here.
08:09Look, can you just tell me what's happening, please?
08:12Should I have told you guys that I was also seeing Kelsey?
08:15Yeah, but that also has nothing to do with Nikki being kidnapped.
08:20If that's even true.
08:22Come on, guys. Please. Call me a louse. Call me a cheater. But you're losing focus here. Are you going to go find her or not?
08:30The whole department is looking for her. We need you.
08:33I think you know where Nikki is.
08:35What?
08:36I mean, how can we believe anything you say? You've been lying to us from the jump.
08:40So, Greg told us that his girlfriend had been abducted. That she was kidnapped.
08:49What?
08:50Yeah. No, fine, fine.
08:52Yeah. No, I see that. Um, I will tell you that he used a different name. He said, um, that it was his girlfriend, Nikki.
09:07I mean, who the hell? I've never seen this person before.
09:11Okay. That's Nikki Suarez. Um, I see that you don't know anything about this?
09:19No. He said that's his girlfriend?
09:21I was going to break things off with Kelsey, and I understand that it was a bad thing to hide it from you, but...
09:27Because you didn't want to look like a bad guy.
09:29Yeah.
09:30The kind of guy that would kill one of his girlfriends.
09:34Is that what you guys think?
09:35We are just trying to understand the nature of your relationships, okay?
09:39It might help us find the guy who you said abducted her.
09:42Who I said abducted her?
09:45Why do I feel like you guys don't believe me?
09:48Just, I feel... I feel so stupid. God, I'm so embarrassed.
09:53Don't be. No.
09:56So, Greg, uh, was, uh, some kind of motivational speaker, right?
10:01Yeah.
10:03So guys like this can be very, um, you know, manipulative.
10:08Was he ever, um, you know, controlling or was he ever violent with you?
10:14No.
10:15No.
10:16No, I mean, obviously he's... shady and a frickin' good liar, but...
10:24Honestly, he was always very respectful.
10:26I think you killed Nikki.
10:29If she's not really missing, we just, we need to call off the search.
10:33Okay.
10:36You guys obviously are not here to help me.
10:40So I would like to leave now.
10:43And if you don't let me leave, I want a lawyer.
10:46You're not gonna motivationally speak your way out of this.
10:48I would like a lawyer!
10:49You're a lawyer!
10:50You're going down for this!
10:51Don't move.
10:53Come on.
10:56I don't like him.
10:57If his girlfriend hadn't have showed up, he never would have told us.
11:00Slow your roll.
11:02Griff, what is your take?
11:03I don't know.
11:05He's clearly not telling us the whole story.
11:07Okay, well, so we're not there yet, and he's in both, so...
11:10I went in too hard. That's on me.
11:11He's just pissing me off with this bogus story.
11:13I agree that he's suspect, but unless you have something other than a theory,
11:18we need to let him go and build a case that sticks.
11:22So Rollins and Curry are speaking with Nikki's roommate.
11:27You two start with this architect who claims he has the key to his place.
11:33Gentlemen.
11:35How can I help you?
11:36Hey, I'm Detective Griffin.
11:38This is Detective Bruno.
11:39We're from Special Victims.
11:42Special Victims?
11:43We're investigating a kidnapping, and the guy we're looking at said you had keys to his place.
11:49What happened to you?
11:51Blew out my meniscus playing ball in the park.
11:54I had surgery last week.
11:55Hey, who were we talking about?
11:57Greg Morrison.
11:59He said I had his keys.
12:01Yeah, he did.
12:02Yeah, why you don't?
12:03Not anymore.
12:05Morrison hired me to do the plans on his renovation about a month ago.
12:09So he gave me the keys.
12:11I drew up the plans and explained to him the permitting process,
12:14and he asked if I could pay off the building inspectors to expedite it.
12:19Sounds like our guy.
12:20I told him I didn't pay off public officials.
12:22So he fired me and refused to pay my bill.
12:26Hmm.
12:27And the keys?
12:28I mailed them back to him with my final payment notice, which he ignored.
12:33You ever meet his girlfriend?
12:37Nikki.
12:39Seemed like a nice kid.
12:42Is she the one that was kidnapped?
12:43That's what Morrison's saying.
12:44Yeah.
12:45Is there anything you could tell us about her or her relationship with Morrison?
12:50No, not really.
12:51I only saw them together once or twice.
12:55But one time when I let myself in before he fired me,
12:59I must have spooked her because she freaked out.
13:02Hmm.
13:03Something about a guy stalking her.
13:06I told her to report it, but she said she wasn't sure
13:08and she didn't want to seem paranoid.
13:10She'd give you his name?
13:11No.
13:13When Morrison came home and she clammed up about it.
13:17Like she didn't want him to know.
13:27Look, we're not close.
13:29I mean, she moved in six months ago,
13:30but spent way too much time with that boyfriend, Greg.
13:34Oh, y'all want anything?
13:35No.
13:36I take it you don't like him much.
13:38He's old enough to be her father.
13:39I mean, I saw right through him.
13:41Motivational speaker my ass.
13:43He's a creep.
13:44Any reason to believe that he would hurt her?
13:46Like I said, we're not close.
13:48It's not like she shared that sort of stuff.
13:50Well, they seem pretty happy here.
13:52This is them, right?
13:53Yeah, it's him.
13:54Such a douchey smile.
13:56Is she wearing a smart ring?
13:57Did you wear that every day?
13:58Yeah.
13:59She's a fitness freak.
14:00She said it tracked her heart rate and, I don't know, some other stuff.
14:04Like location.
14:05Hey, your husband is gold.
14:06They got us an emergency order for the location data from Nikki's smart ring.
14:22He even knows how to load a dishwasher.
14:24Detective Whelan's already got a search going.
14:26This is the last place that the ring pinged from.
14:28Hey, Whelan.
14:29Captain Benson in the flesh.
14:30How you doing?
14:31Well, I'll be better once we find this girl.
14:34Yeah, but we're gonna find her.
14:35I got a nose for stuff like this, you know.
14:37Gotta say, I've been surprised to see you out in the wild.
14:40My captain's likely at the 19th hole by now.
14:42I see you're still working the hatch deck.
14:44Ah, yeah, well, I'm gonna bring it back if it's the last thing I do.
14:48Found it!
14:49Oh.
14:50Layla, we've got a sighting.
14:51We have a woman who matches the description of Nikki Suarez at Hector's Bodega, 533 Neptune
15:04Avenue in Brighton Beach.
15:05Okay, 10-4.
15:06I know right what that is.
15:07How do you want to handle this?
15:08Tell them not to approach.
15:09If this is indeed Nikki, then she may still be in shock.
15:12Okay, do not approach the suspect.
15:14We're on our way.
15:15Watermelon?
15:16It's okay.
15:17It's okay.
15:18Maybe lemon coke and cotton candy's really good, even though it sounds gross.
15:22Nikki?
15:23Coke and cotton candy.
15:24Nikki.
15:25I'm Captain Benson.
15:26I'm a police officer.
15:27And I'm here to help you.
15:30Okay?
15:31It's okay now.
15:32It's over, Nikki.
15:33It's over.
15:34It's over.
15:35It's over.
15:46Frank!
15:52Alright, I gotcha.
15:53I gotcha.
15:54I gotcha.
15:55You're safe.
15:56It's okay.
15:58It's okay.
15:59It's okay.
16:02Yeah, we got her, thank God.
16:09That's great news.
16:11How quickly can you get down here?
16:12There's a press conference.
16:13I'd like you there with me.
16:14Oh, I can't.
16:16Nikki's awake, and I need to interview her.
16:18You have a team of very capable investigators.
16:21Have one of them do the initial interview.
16:23You should be here.
16:24Chief Tynan, I was the first one to speak with her,
16:26and she's traumatized, so I don't think it would be fair
16:30for me to pass off the initial interview to somebody else.
16:34Captain, our press people are saying that your victim
16:36may have orchestrated this entire kidnapping.
16:38They're calling it a gone girl situation.
16:41I need you to take the lead.
16:42That is ridiculous.
16:45Then what do your advisor tell the press?
16:47Nothing. It's premature.
16:49Can this not wait?
16:51No, it cannot.
16:52Well, then tell them that it's an ongoing investigation.
16:58This is important, Captain.
17:00I need you here.
17:01I have to go.
17:02Okay.
17:02Well, I apologize.
17:03I'm sorry.
17:11Woke up with tape over my eyes
17:13and tape over my wrists.
17:17He's really strong.
17:18Did he say anything?
17:20He kept calling me a bitch.
17:21Uh-huh.
17:22Said I should shut up and take it.
17:24The whole time I just, um, I don't know, disassociated.
17:30That's your mind protecting you.
17:33So where did he take you?
17:35I'm not sure.
17:37I remember being in the trunk of a car.
17:39Okay.
17:40And then what happened?
17:42Uh, he brought me inside somewhere.
17:44Uh, he raped me again.
17:47Mm.
17:49And then he just, he left.
17:53He said he was going to come back with more men.
17:55And if I moved, mine had to kill me.
18:01And how did you get away from him?
18:04How did you escape?
18:04Um, I, I remember yanking on the tape until I got free.
18:12And then, um, I don't know.
18:16The next thing I remember, I was in that store.
18:20Um, I have no idea how I even got there.
18:23That's okay.
18:24So your memory is going to come back in pieces, all right?
18:26That's your, your survival instinct kicking in.
18:31So I, I, I need to tell you something.
18:34That's, um, a little uncomfortable.
18:36Um, uh, during our investigation,
18:40we found out that Greg, your boyfriend,
18:45is, um, is actually seeing somebody else.
18:50What?
18:51Yeah.
18:52He has a girlfriend.
18:54Who?
18:55Her name is, um, Kelsey.
18:58Kelsey James.
18:59Have you heard that name?
19:00I don't know who that is.
19:01Do you think she had something to do with this?
19:05We don't know.
19:05We don't know.
19:06We're just trying to figure out if your attack was orchestrated.
19:11Oh, Nikki.
19:12Mr. Morrison.
19:13Mr. Morrison.
19:13Mr. Morrison.
19:14What?
19:15Miss Kelsey.
19:16Baby, I'm.
19:16This is not the time.
19:17What did you tell her?
19:19Now is not the time for this.
19:19Baby.
19:20Get up!
19:20Baby, she's not.
19:21Sir, listen to me.
19:21I need you to step outside.
19:23Please.
19:24Step outside now.
19:27Okay?
19:28You're going to spend all your time coming after me,
19:31and now look what you've done.
19:32If you don't walk out of here right now,
19:34I'm going to lock you up for witness tampering and obstruction.
19:37Is that clear?
19:40Now.
19:42Go.
19:43Oh.
19:50She's been found alive.
19:51She's currently at the hospital receiving needed medical attention.
19:54Do you have any stuff, Vax?
19:57I have no further comment except to say that this remains an ongoing investigation.
20:02Any truth to the rumors that the victim orchestrated this entire kidnapping?
20:06Again, the investigation is ongoing.
20:08Chief.
20:09Is this a gone girl scenario?
20:10We're investigating all angles.
20:13That is the definition of an ongoing investigation.
20:20Okay, so the rape kit came back negative for semen.
20:22Are we sure that no condoms were recovered from Morrison's house?
20:25Nothing. What did Nikki say about the ex-boyfriend?
20:28Quentin Welsom. She met him on a dating app,
20:31but it was only one date eight months ago.
20:34And then, a couple of weeks ago,
20:36he started blowing up her phone, saying that she was a man-hater
20:39and that she was a low-value woman.
20:42And she thinks that she may have seen him, you know,
20:45a couple times outside of Morrison's house.
20:47This is Quentin Welsom, 38-year-old white male,
20:50runs a tech startup out of Queens.
20:52Voice-altering software?
20:53He hasn't been to work for the last three days,
20:55but the staff there does say that it's not unusual for him to disappear.
20:58Okay, what about his residence?
20:59Same. Doorman says no one has seen him in a couple of days.
21:02I blew it.
21:03I spent all this time zeroing in on Morrison,
21:05and now Welsom's on the run.
21:06Bernal, you want with your gut?
21:08I get it. Believe me, I've done the same thing.
21:11Now, we have a bolo out on him,
21:13and if he's still in the city, we're gonna find him.
21:15And he's got a 2024 Queens conviction for stalking.
21:18Look at this. It came in first, his burglary,
21:21and I spoke to the ADA in Queens,
21:23who told me that they reduced it to stalking.
21:26He's got a conditional discharge.
21:28Okay, so he's escalating.
21:29Benson.
21:30Great. Great. We're on our way.
21:37So Waylon just said they got a hit on his license plate
21:40in Brighton Beach.
21:42Let's roll.
21:49Hey! Police!
21:51Freeze!
22:02Stop! Police!
22:05Oh!
22:06Death is gonna leave a mark.
22:07What the hell was that?
22:09It's 18 months of kickboxing finally paying off.
22:12I want to make a complaint.
22:20That was police brutality.
22:21That bitch busted my eye.
22:23Okay, okay.
22:24Yeah, I'm not saying I agree.
22:25Do not quote me.
22:26But that's a pretty ugly shiner.
22:28Why'd you run?
22:29I was scared.
22:30You know, there's a lot of Russian gangsters in Brighton.
22:33Come on. Come on.
22:34Help us here.
22:36Okay, look, you guys seem okay.
22:38I honestly got nothing to do with this.
22:40And this is the second time some wacky girl's accusing me
22:43of something I didn't do.
22:44Oh, you mean you're a case in Queens.
22:45Yeah.
22:46Nonsense.
22:47Just like this.
22:48Let's start with Nikki Suarez.
22:49She is saying you stalked her.
22:51She is a lying bitch.
22:53We went on one bad date, and all she did was moan
22:55about not being married.
22:57And, you know, she wanted to bang me.
22:59She wanted it, but I was afraid it was a trap.
23:02Look, Quentin, I hear you.
23:03I hear you. I do.
23:04But come on.
23:05Help us help you.
23:06Yeah, like maybe if there was someone who could alibi you out
23:09from what happened two nights ago.
23:10That would go a long way.
23:12And Trisha, Nikki's not gonna help,
23:14because she can't even ID the guy that grabbed her.
23:17But an alibi.
23:22Ned Wilson.
23:23I was with him all night.
23:30Ned Wilson?
23:32Who's asking?
23:33Yeah, step outside, please.
23:35I don't think so.
23:36Hey, we're from Manhattan.
23:37That's for you.
23:38We want to ask you about Quentin Wilson.
23:40What, is he in trouble?
23:41What do you think?
23:42When's the last time you saw him?
23:43Two nights ago.
23:44For how long?
23:45What'd he say?
23:46Well, he said that he was with you all night long,
23:48but we know he's lying because he raped and kidnapped a woman.
23:51But if you want to lie for him, then that's gonna put you in some serious...
23:54Whoa, whoa.
23:55I'm not doing time for that guy.
23:56Look, he came by two nights ago.
23:58He asked me to borrow my car.
24:00I told him no.
24:01But, you know, the guy's insisting.
24:03And he gave me a hundred bucks.
24:04So?
24:05So what?
24:06I gave him the keys to my car and that's it.
24:08And when he returned it yesterday, he said if anyone asks, I was with him all night.
24:13But I wasn't.
24:14Okay.
24:15Hmm.
24:16Where's the car?
24:23Yep.
24:24Right here.
24:25Duct tape.
24:26We should check this for fingerprints.
24:27Yeah.
24:28Quentin's are on there.
24:29He's toast.
24:30All right.
24:31We'll expedite this and tow in the car to do a complete processing.
24:34Let us know if you found anything else.
24:38Wait.
24:39Tow the car.
24:40Yeah.
24:41It's all right, Ned.
24:42I'm sure insurance will get you a rental.
24:43I have insurance.
24:44Well, sucks to be you.
24:47Bad news, Q.
24:48What?
24:49Don't tell me Ned didn't stand up.
24:51Yo, bingo.
24:52And we found a roll of duct tape in his car, which he said you borrowed.
24:55Look, I paid him a hundred dollars.
24:56Yeah?
24:57For the car or the alibi?
24:58Look, guys, I didn't do...
25:00I didn't...
25:01Enough!
25:02Scumbag, we got you.
25:03You lied to us about an alibi.
25:04You have a prior for stalking.
25:06We found your prints on the duct tape.
25:08And you called Nikki 36 times.
25:10We have the phone records.
25:12You're done.
25:13Okay.
25:14Listen.
25:15I didn't want to tell.
25:16I promised Nikki.
25:17But I am not going down for something that she put me up to.
25:20What the hell are you babbling about now?
25:22She orchestrated the whole thing.
25:23She found out her boyfriend was cheating on her and she wanted revenge.
25:26She wanted to bring all this heat on him.
25:29So she asked me to fake kidnap her.
25:31You're full of it.
25:32Well, you saw the news.
25:33Even your boss didn't rule it out.
25:34You must really think we're stupid, huh?
25:35Dan Olin.
25:36What about him?
25:37He's my lawyer.
25:38I'm done with you bozos.
25:39You believe this guy?
25:40No.
25:41But this is not the worst move I've seen a defendant make.
25:42You think it holds up?
25:43Look, I told Tynan that the press conference was a bad idea and now she's handed him a defense.
25:52Hey, Liv, we got a problem.
25:53Oh, well, good morning to you too.
25:54What's the problem?
25:55Griffin's DENY 5's.
26:04Chrissy, hold on.
26:05Hey, what's going on?
26:07It's a problem.
26:08It's not a problem.
26:09Good morning, I'm going to take a call.
26:12I'm going to take a call.
26:13I'm going to take a call.
26:15I'm going to take a call.
26:16See, I'm going to take a call.
26:17And I'll take a call.
26:19Hey, what's going on?
26:22Hey, Griffin.
26:24Who taught you how to write reports?
26:26Carisi.
26:26What?
26:27What reporting?
26:27What, I just...
26:28Hold on, Carisi. Hold on. Take it easy.
26:30Take it easy?
26:31We're about to go to trial and Griffin's fives are gonna sink us.
26:34Greg Morrison is the prime suspect
26:36in the disappearance and probable murder of Nicky Suarez.
26:40What is that?
26:40Nobody's...
26:41It's my fault.
26:41I was the one who was wrong on Morrison,
26:43and I let my ego get the best of me.
26:46I should have known better, all right?
26:48Don't put this on Griffin.
26:49It's nobody's fault.
26:51He was our prime suspect at the time.
26:53Carisi, if you want to be mad at somebody, direct it at me.
26:56You're not gonna be the one on the stand defending this report.
26:58Olin is gonna roast this kid.
27:00It is not uncommon for a case to take a different course.
27:04Liv, with Tynan's press conference and these fives, we're in deep.
27:08And we will be prepared, Carisi.
27:10Detective, you had better study up on your cross.
27:19Because with these fives, there is no way that I can keep you off the stand.
27:22He said he was gonna come back with other men.
27:40And if I moved, he'd know and kill me.
27:42And what did you do?
27:43I was able to free myself.
27:45The next thing I remember, Captain Benson was talking to me in the bodega.
27:51Ms. Suarez, there's been some media speculation
27:54that you might have had something to do with orchestrating this crime.
27:57Did you?
27:58Absolutely not.
27:59What happened to me was horrific.
28:01I have trouble sleeping.
28:03I can hardly eat.
28:04To suggest I had anything to do with this is a lie.
28:08Thank you, Nikki.
28:09Nothing further here on.
28:10Mr. Olin?
28:13Thank you, Judge.
28:17Ms. Suarez?
28:20Can you identify the man who did this to you?
28:23No, I couldn't see him.
28:25My eyes were taped closed.
28:27Could you identify his voice, perhaps?
28:30He used some sort of voice-altering device.
28:33A voice-altering device?
28:36Yes.
28:36So, as you sit here today, you can't tell this jury
28:41that it was my client who did this horrible thing to you, correct?
28:48That's true.
28:52I'm done, Judge.
28:57Well, the print is partial, meaning it doesn't contain all possible rich detail.
29:01There is a sufficient number of unique characteristics
29:04that correspond with the defendant's left thumbprint.
29:07In my professional opinion,
29:09the partial latent print is consistent to have come from the defendant.
29:13Thank you, Detective.
29:13Nothing further.
29:17Are you familiar with the President's Council of Advisors
29:20on Science and Technology's 2016 report,
29:24which proved that error rates rise
29:27for partial or poor quality prints, correct?
29:29It does, yes.
29:32Now, on direct, you said my client's thumbprint
29:34was consistent with the print recovered.
29:37I did.
29:38But you can't say with absolute scientific certainty
29:41that it is, in fact, my client's thumbprint, correct?
29:45That's true, but I think...
29:47That's enough.
29:48Thank you, Detective.
29:49I'm done.
29:50And can you tell the jury
29:54what the defendant told you
29:55about his supposed alibi?
29:58Yeah, he said he was innocent
29:59because he was with a Ned Wilson
30:02at the time of the crime.
30:04And was he?
30:06No, uh, no.
30:07Captain Curry and Sergeant Rollins
30:08were able to ascertain that he was lying about that.
30:12Detective, is it fair to say
30:13that at the beginning of this investigation,
30:15you and your partner believed
30:17that Greg Morrison could have been involved
30:19in Ms. Suarez's disappearance?
30:21Yeah.
30:22Yeah, but over the course of the investigation,
30:25we determined that he was not involved.
30:28Thank you, Detective.
30:28Nothing further.
30:33You said we determined.
30:36Who is we?
30:38Myself, Detective Bruno, our entire team.
30:41So that's your job to determine who is guilty?
30:46We make determinations based on the evidence.
30:48And in fact, you initially determined that...
30:51Let me get this right.
30:52You determined that, and I quote,
30:56Greg Morrison is the prime suspect
30:58in the disappearance and probable murder
31:00of Nicky Suarez.
31:03Yes, but...
31:04Is that what you wrote in your DD5?
31:07Yes.
31:08Because you knew at the time
31:09that Morrison was the prime suspect.
31:11Yeah, so, well, we, at the time,
31:13we determined was...
31:14It sounds like you were acting
31:15like judge and jury.
31:17What? No.
31:18That's enough.
31:19Let me ask you this, Detective.
31:21Did there come a time
31:22when you determined
31:23that Ms. Suarez
31:25might have orchestrated
31:26this entire hoax?
31:28No.
31:29No?
31:29Did you see Chief of Detectives
31:31Tynan's press conference?
31:33Yes, I did, but...
31:34When asked about Ms. Suarez
31:36orchestrating a gone-girl-type hoax,
31:40what did she say?
31:41I...
31:41I don't remember.
31:43She said
31:43that the investigation
31:45was ongoing.
31:47Same words you just said.
31:48Ongoing investigation.
31:50Yeah.
31:51Yeah.
31:51Isn't it true that
31:52the entire NYPD
31:53was grasping at straws
31:56throughout
31:56this ongoing investigation?
32:00Well, I...
32:01I don't understand the question.
32:04Some of you thought
32:04Greg Morrison was guilty.
32:06Others thought it was a hoax.
32:08Did anyone bother
32:09to do any follow-up whatsoever
32:10to determine
32:11if Greg Morrison
32:12or Ms. Suarez
32:13were in any way
32:14involved in this hoax?
32:16We determined
32:16your client was guilty,
32:18and that was we...
32:18Because you played judge and jury
32:19throughout this
32:20ongoing investigation,
32:22correct?
32:22No.
32:23No.
32:24I...
32:24No.
32:26I'm done with this witness,
32:28Your Honor.
32:28Hey.
32:45How's Griffin?
32:48He's feeling defeated.
32:50Defeated.
32:52That's a good word.
32:54Olin's killing us.
32:56He's taking a shotgun approach,
32:57and each pellet's
32:58ripping holes in our case.
33:00Carisi.
33:03Put me up there.
33:04What?
33:05You need somebody
33:06to marshal the evidence.
33:07You need somebody
33:08to show the jury
33:10the nature
33:10of ongoing investigations.
33:12I don't think that will help.
33:13Well, then let me
33:14at least get up there
33:16and defend my people
33:18and take responsibility.
33:19Liv, you don't have to do this.
33:21We have nothing to lose.
33:23Olin will come at you, Hoy.
33:25Let him try.
33:26I'm not scared of him.
33:27The defendant
33:33met the victim
33:35at a prior date.
33:36He was undoubtedly
33:37stalking her.
33:38He had access
33:39to the voice-altering software,
33:41and his print
33:42was on the duct tape.
33:45Now,
33:45all of these facts,
33:47when they're viewed
33:48in isolation,
33:49may seem circumstantial.
33:51But when viewed
33:51in totality,
33:53it made us understand
33:54that the defendant
33:55planned and executed
33:57the rape and kidnapping
33:58of Nicky Suarez.
34:00Thank you, Captain.
34:01Nothing further.
34:06Captain Benson,
34:07where were you
34:08when detectives
34:09Bruno and Griffin
34:10first brought
34:11Mr. Morrison in
34:12for questioning?
34:12Injection relevance.
34:14Overruled.
34:16I was at a police conference.
34:18With Chief Tynan?
34:20Yes.
34:21So,
34:21you were unavailable
34:23to supervise this investigation
34:25from the start?
34:25No,
34:26I was in constant contact
34:27with my entire team
34:28throughout.
34:29Did you tell Chief Tynan
34:33to hold the now
34:34infamous press conference?
34:36No,
34:36I did not.
34:37But you saw it?
34:39Yes,
34:39of course.
34:40So,
34:40after you saw
34:41her performance,
34:42where she did not
34:43dispute the possibility
34:44that Ms. Suarez
34:45orchestrated
34:46her own kidnapping,
34:47did you call
34:48Chief Tynan?
34:49No,
34:50I did not.
34:51Because I knew
34:52that the allegation
34:53was ridiculous.
34:57That was your
34:58determination.
35:00That
35:01is
35:01a fact.
35:04Very good,
35:05Captain,
35:06but you know
35:06that facts are
35:07for the jury
35:08to determine,
35:08correct?
35:09I know my job,
35:10and I understand
35:11the job of the jury,
35:12but all I can tell you
35:13is that the defendant
35:14raped and kidnapped
35:16Nicky Suarez.
35:17Objection.
35:17Not responsive?
35:18Sustained.
35:20Jury will disregard
35:21Captain Benson's opinion
35:22as to the defendant's
35:23guilt or innocence.
35:28Thank you,
35:29Your Honor.
35:30No further questions.
35:41You know,
35:42we did what we could.
35:44Well,
35:44it doesn't feel
35:45like enough.
35:47Mr. Creasy,
35:48the judge wants you back.
35:50Here we go.
35:51I have a note
36:02from the jury.
36:05They are,
36:05in their words,
36:06hopelessly deadlocked.
36:13It's been two days.
36:14I'm declaring a mistrial.
36:16Your Honor,
36:17in light of this,
36:18I ask that you
36:18release Mr. Wells.
36:19Judge,
36:20we will retry this case.
36:21As soon as you are available,
36:22the people move
36:23and continue to remand.
36:24Granted.
36:25Defended is remanded.
36:27We'll adjourn for three weeks
36:28and set a new trial date.
36:39Hey,
36:40heads up, guys.
36:41I have something
36:42I want to say.
36:45Um,
36:46what is this?
36:48It's my transfer papers.
36:49I don't think
36:49I should be here anymore.
36:50Sit down, detective.
36:52Sit down.
36:57We all did our jobs.
37:00Obviously,
37:00this is not the outcome
37:01that we wanted,
37:03but it's not over.
37:06Not by a long shot.
37:08Now,
37:09these cases are tough,
37:11but we will not stop
37:15until Nicky gets justice.
37:19Obviously,
37:20you're disappointed.
37:21So am I.
37:23But I am proud of you.
37:33I need you all to go home
37:35and get some rest
37:38because we're back
37:39at it tomorrow.
37:42Okay?
37:45Okay.
37:47Chief Tynan.
37:49Since you always seem so busy,
37:50I decided to come see you.
37:52Okay.
37:54It's been a long time
37:55since I've been in a squad room.
37:56Still feels like home.
38:02Captain,
38:02may we have a word?
38:04Of course.
38:05Of course.
38:05That's why.
38:06My office.
38:08See you for Sunday dinner, Jake.
38:11Yeah.
38:11Yeah, Chief.
38:12I'll be there.
38:13Excellent.
38:17Hey, um,
38:17Griff.
38:19Can I be your plus one?
38:21I think we should
38:21throw a wire on him.
38:22Yeah, I can help you
38:23put these back together.
38:24Who's got the tape?
38:26Yeah, yeah.
38:26Put that tape.
38:27Yeah.
38:28You guys are very funny.
38:36I'm concerned.
38:39We're going to get him
38:40at the retrial.
38:41From what I hear,
38:42Jake looked like a fool
38:43on the witness stand.
38:44He did not.
38:46He held his own
38:47against a very skilled lawyer
38:49on an extremely
38:51difficult case.
38:53And if I may,
38:56your press conference
38:57didn't help matters.
38:58My press conference?
39:00No, it was
39:01the department's
39:02press conference.
39:03One that the police commissioner
39:05asked me to conduct,
39:06which I did because
39:08I understand
39:09the chain of command.
39:10This isn't about
39:11chain of command.
39:12I told you
39:13it was premature.
39:15Captain,
39:16it is unbelievable
39:17to me that after
39:19all these years
39:19in law enforcement,
39:21you seem to have
39:21a fundamental
39:22misunderstanding
39:23of what your job is.
39:30My job
39:31is to help victims.
39:36End of story.
39:37Your job
39:38as a captain
39:40is not to boom doors
39:42with the ESU
39:42or to search for evidence
39:44with the K-9 unit.
39:46It is to teach
39:47and oversee
39:48your detectives
39:49so that you do not
39:50find yourself
39:51in the position
39:52of having to defend
39:53their shortcomings.
39:54My team is the best
39:55in the department.
39:57I'm sure you believe that.
39:59I do.
40:00I'm starting to question
40:01your supervision.
40:06Meaning what?
40:07You should reconsider
40:08my offer to come
40:09to Police Plaza.
40:10So you can keep
40:11an eye on me?
40:11So this unit
40:12can be led by a captain
40:13who understands
40:13how to supervise.
40:14I'm not interested.
40:16Well, Captain,
40:18chain of command
40:19dictates that that
40:20is not your decision
40:22to make.
40:23So, Chief,
40:24I've been here
40:24for a very long time
40:26and I have seen
40:28administrators
40:28like you
40:30come and go.
40:31I know
40:33how to do my job
40:34and I would like
40:36very much
40:37for us to work
40:38together
40:38and do something
40:39good for this city
40:40but you don't need
40:42to tell me
40:43how to do my job.
40:44What you need to do
40:45is stay out
40:46of my way.
40:56That is not
40:57how this works.
40:58Good night, Captain.
41:28Good night, Captain.
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