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00:00Calling to order this meeting of the Avalon Birdwatching Association, order everyone.
00:16I will not be silenced, Meredith.
00:17Not when it comes to my birds.
00:20Need I remind you, Topher Bouchard, that the Red Cross bill is highly endangered.
00:25Technically just threatened, Patricia.
00:26That destruction of its habitat is the sole reason for its decline.
00:30One of the many reasons.
00:31And that Newfoundland is the only place on Earth that the Perkna subspecies meets, lays their eggs, and raises their young.
00:40So I will not allow you or anyone else to disturb or even know the whereabouts of its nesting colony on my tract of woodland.
00:48Let alone invite you and your bandwagon of birders from away, from trampling all over it.
00:54Say hello to the avian activists.
00:57Take sides to everything, I guess.
00:59Patricia, please.
01:00Topher's tour members are our invited guests.
01:04They might be yours, Meredith, but they're not mine.
01:07And I have always respected that, Patricia.
01:10I have never stepped foot on your land.
01:12And yet, someone's been messing around in my woods.
01:16And just as the Red Cross bills are coming for their six-week stay.
01:20And you think that was me?
01:22Frankly, I resent that accusation.
01:24Well, whoever it was, Topher Bouchard, they better not try it again, or I will make them pay.
01:35Patricia.
01:35Patricia.
01:35Patricia.
01:36Patricia.
01:36Patricia.
02:05Hey, don't be a sore loser.
02:08Swimming's the only time I get to beat you at a race.
02:15What have you found?
02:25A hunting bird in Newfoundland.
02:27A good one, Rex.
02:29Birds from around here would kill to see that.
02:35OK, everyone.
02:39We're nowhere near Patricia's land, so we should be fine.
02:42Just stay on the path or you might end up with a soaker.
02:46This is Newfoundland's glorious marshals.
02:50Now, I know when people think Newfoundland birding,
02:53they think gannets and puffins,
02:55but we have our share of wetland birds as well.
02:59Many just passing through here to breed and feed,
03:03then off again.
03:05I came all this way to see baby crossbills,
03:07not herons and ducks, so take us to the colony.
03:09Well, I would if I could, but...
03:12Listen.
03:16That's the right crossbill.
03:17It's over in that forest.
03:19Oh.
03:20Oh, not so fast, Colin.
03:22Oh!
03:23Oh!
03:24Oh, my God!
03:25Oh, my God!
03:26Ahh!
03:29That's all I can tell you.
03:31I didn't even want to be in that marsh.
03:32I can see ducks back in Seattle.
03:33OK, Jesse.
03:34Yep.
03:35Hey, just wait with the rest of the group.
03:36I'll get back to you.
03:37Hey.
03:38Donovan called gave me the base.
03:39That's all I can tell you.
03:44I didn't even want to be in that marsh.
03:45I can see ducks back in Seattle.
03:47Okay, yes, yep.
03:48Hey, just wait with the rest of the group.
03:49I'll get back to you.
03:51Hey.
03:51Donovan Call gave me the basics on birdwatching tourists,
03:54found a body in the marshes, and then drove here.
03:57Yeah, yeah, terrified that there was a killer on the loose.
04:00Okay.
04:01Victim's name is Patricia McGee.
04:02She's a local twitcher in St. John's.
04:04People that found her are all chasers.
04:06So what you're saying is that the victim
04:07is a devoted local birder, i.e. twitcher,
04:09whereas all these people have come a long distance
04:12hoping to see interesting birds?
04:14Yeah.
04:16Are you into birding, Mark?
04:17No, I did a crash course on the drive-in, just like you.
04:20I didn't do that.
04:21What have you discovered so far?
04:22Well, Skylar Jenkins came all the way to St. John's
04:25to see the baby Red Cross bills, and it feels ripped off.
04:29Well, that's fascinating, but maybe not pertinent.
04:31And Colin Crawford, he found the body.
04:32He's new to birding.
04:33Flew in about a week ago.
04:35Any previous connection to the victim?
04:36Only peripherally.
04:37Skylar and Colin attended a meeting
04:39of the Avalon Bird Watchers Association three days ago
04:41where the tour operator over there, Topher Bouchard,
04:44got into an argument with a victim.
04:46Pertaining to?
04:47Patricia accused him of trespassing on land
04:50that she owned in search of the Red Cross bill's
04:51nesting colony, the exact location of which
04:53she would divulge to no one.
04:55And was he trespassing this morning?
04:57No, no, the marsh is public land.
04:58Her land is west of there, and her house
05:00is very close to the crime scene.
05:02Get contact info for the people here,
05:04then release them.
05:04But hold Colin and Topher back.
05:06I want to check in with Sarah before I interview them.
05:08Okay.
05:08Rex.
05:10By the way, he's a real dude.
05:13A casual but committed birder.
05:15Very nice, Mark.
05:18I really have to up my game in the obscure information department.
05:22Rex and I are en route to the crime scene.
05:24Sarah, are you still there?
05:24Yeah, I'm here.
05:26See you soon.
05:30The victim was found prone here on the ground,
05:33apparently strangled with her own binocular strap,
05:35but I'll confirm the cause of death.
05:36So whoever killed her didn't bring a weapon.
05:39It suggests the attack may have been random,
05:42spontaneous.
05:43Stage two appear as such.
05:45There's no cell phone found,
05:47but her wallet wasn't taken.
05:48No assault other than the obvious.
05:53Oof.
05:54Yeah.
05:55I'll take the body for foreign DNA.
05:57Have you determined a time of death?
05:58Uh, no more than 12 hours.
06:00I'll be more exact after the autopsy today.
06:02What was she doing here by the pond?
06:05Was she meeting someone?
06:06Did she often birdwatch here?
06:08Alone?
06:08What do you got there, Rex?
06:18Oh, something in the hair.
06:21A bird feather?
06:24It's small.
06:26It's red.
06:27Yeah, it could be the red cross belt.
06:29You can identify a bird off one feather?
06:30No, I can make a wild guess
06:32from an argument that the victim had just a few days ago.
06:35Oh, people argue about birds.
06:37Oh, don't they argue about?
06:38Yeah.
06:47Rex is certainly interested in that.
06:51Well, if Rex thinks it's significant,
06:53then maybe it is.
07:08Thanks for waiting, Colin.
07:11Oh, no problem.
07:13You good?
07:14Uh, sorry.
07:15Still a little shaken.
07:17I came to Newfoundland to spot birds, not bodies.
07:19I just have a few questions.
07:20Now, you witnessed an argument
07:22between the victim and your tour guide, Topher.
07:25Yeah.
07:25I mean, I only took up birding recently when I retired,
07:28but it seemed a pretty common point of contention.
07:31And what is that?
07:32People who want to shelter birds from any human interference
07:34versus those who want to bring more and more people to see them.
07:38And the argument got heated?
07:39Yeah, but she threatened him, not the other way around.
07:42Hmm.
07:44You don't think Topher was involved?
07:47It's too early to say.
07:48I'm just asking some routine questions.
07:50I mean, he has seemed really tense the past few days,
07:52but running a fledgling business is really hard.
07:55Pardon the pun.
07:57Uh, fledgling.
07:59Right.
07:59You said you took up the hobby when you retired.
08:01You, uh, you seem a little young for that.
08:03Oh, I made a killing in tech stocks.
08:05Oh.
08:06Still trying to figure out what to do with my time.
08:07Well, hopefully this hasn't scared you off.
08:09No, no.
08:09I'll stick it out.
08:11Sorry about this.
08:11I know this can't be great for business.
08:13Half the tour is talking about leaving, requesting refunds.
08:18This sort of thing just doesn't happen here.
08:20You know, terrible things happen everywhere, unfortunately.
08:23How long did you know the victim, Topher?
08:24A little over five years.
08:26Since I started the business, joined the local birding club.
08:28Where you argued with the victim just days ago.
08:30Patricia picked fights with everyone.
08:32She was nuts about hoarding the Red Cross bill all to herself.
08:36She accused me of trespassing.
08:38And did you?
08:38No, never.
08:40I'm not even exactly sure where her land is,
08:42let alone bring people onto it.
08:43But you'd like to, I assume.
08:45You must be under a lot of pressure
08:46to get your clients access to rare birds,
08:48especially when they've flown so far to see them.
08:51Are you suggesting I might have something to do with this?
08:55If I did, why would I bring my tour group
08:57to find the body?
08:58That's a good question.
08:59Yeah.
09:00Where were you last night, Topher?
09:01Seriously.
09:02Oh, yeah.
09:03Very.
09:05I had a drink at the motel where the tour is staying
09:08and then went up to my room to plan the next day's events.
09:11Can anyone corroborate that?
09:13No.
09:14But what could I possibly have to gain from killing Patricia?
09:16Well, that's a good question, too.
09:18Merp!
09:19Merp!
09:24Find out what you can about this Topher character.
09:26He got defensive straight out of the gate.
09:28You know, see if he has a record, financial situation,
09:30general background.
09:31Yeah, will do.
09:31Run a quick check on a tour group, too.
09:33Just, you know, routine stuff.
09:35Have we identified next of kin?
09:37Well, there's no existing family,
09:38but her husband, Jedediah and McGee,
09:40is listed as your sole beneficiary.
09:42Haven't been able to locate him.
09:44Oh, they weren't together anymore?
09:45No one on the island by that name.
09:47What about close friends?
09:48I mean, they might know where he is.
09:49And if Patricia was having trouble with anyone,
09:51felt threatened...
09:52Well, there's Meredith Legault.
09:53She's waiting at Patricia's house with Joe.
09:56She's an old friend and president
09:57of the Birders Association.
09:59She had a key.
10:00Well, I guess what they say is true.
10:02Birds of a feather, unlock together.
10:04Mark, are you stealing my vibe?
10:07I'm moving in on you, Jesse.
10:08Moving in on you.
10:09Don't like that.
10:22What a horrible, horrible thing to happen.
10:25I don't think I'll ever feel safe in the marsh again.
10:28Neither of us thought twice about going in there alone.
10:32You knew Patricia a long time.
10:33Since we were girls.
10:35We grew up together.
10:37Can you think of anyone who might have wanted to harm her?
10:39You don't think someone she knew could have done this?
10:41Well, we have to look at all possibilities.
10:43It seems that she could be contentious.
10:46An understatement.
10:48I'm sorry to say,
10:49but Patty wasn't always so prickly.
10:51She just got her heart broken so young.
10:54How's that?
10:55She was married briefly,
10:57and she was barely 20.
10:58To a man named Jedediah.
11:00He was the one who first got us all into birding.
11:03Encouraged her to spend every dime
11:05that she inherited to buy that land.
11:07And then he just disappeared one day.
11:09Disappeared?
11:10Said he had something to take care of
11:12and never returned.
11:13She waited.
11:15And waited.
11:16She, uh, she still has him listed
11:17as a beneficiary in her will.
11:19Not that there's much to inherit.
11:21Rumor is she was struggling
11:22just to hold on to the house.
11:23So why didn't she sell the land?
11:26It must have been worth something.
11:27Patricia would rather die
11:29than betray her birds.
11:32Come with me.
11:33I'll let you into her house.
11:40Birds.
11:42Birds.
11:43Birds.
11:44It's a sad story, really.
11:47I mean, I love golf,
11:48but I'm not building a shrine to it.
11:50I don't know.
11:51You have to admire her dedication.
11:52Put her money where her mouth was.
11:55Did everything she could
11:56to protect a threatened species.
11:58Yeah, never forgot the love of her life.
12:02Oh.
12:04Yeah.
12:05Well, they look happy there.
12:06That must be a young Jettidaya.
12:09No computer.
12:11No cell phone on the body.
12:13She was old school.
12:15Yeah, well, I can't find anything
12:16that indicates she was planning to meet someone
12:19or had been threatened in any way.
12:20Nothing out of the ordinary.
12:24They look like old journals.
12:27Looks like she kept a diary of her life.
12:33What you got there, Rex?
12:35What is it?
12:35Hey, is that what you see, Rex?
12:43It says red crossbill nest.
12:45Well, that's the bird that Patricia
12:46was arguing about trying to protect.
12:50What's this?
12:51Wow.
12:52Is that a real ruby?
12:56Why would somebody who's struggling
12:57to pay their bills have something like this?
12:59And is there more where this came from?
13:00That is quite the ruby.
13:27Look, if it's real, it's worth a fortune.
13:29But where did it come from?
13:31And why wouldn't Patricia sell it
13:32if she was really struggling?
13:33Why was she storing it in a red crossbill nest?
13:35The bird that she was arguing about
13:37that nested on her land
13:38and left a feather in her hair.
13:40I've got a meeting with a local jeweler in town
13:42later today just to check on the value
13:44and also to keep it safe
13:45until we find out about her heir.
13:46Okay, I'm still searching for Jettidaya McGee.
13:48I'm gonna take this wedding photo
13:49and run it through facial recognition.
13:51Let me know what you find out.
13:52Also, I've been looking into the bird tourists,
13:54including the man that found the body.
13:55There's nothing unusual or suspicious about them.
13:57And Topher?
13:58Well, it seems that his business
14:00is hanging on by a thread,
14:02but there's no record.
14:03And as he said,
14:04he had a drink with the tour group,
14:05then he told them he was heading in for the evening.
14:06But no one will vouch for him.
14:08There was Skylar, the disappointed chaser.
14:10She said she's pretty sure she saw him
14:11head into his room, but that was about it.
14:13And what do we know about her?
14:14Well, she works for her parents' development company.
14:16Got into birding when it became popular online.
14:18Hashtag trendy.
14:19So that makes Topher our top suspect.
14:22But what I don't understand
14:23is why someone would kill
14:25just to look at some birds.
14:26That must be more than that.
14:27I'm going to head over
14:28to the provincial land registry.
14:29I want to know exactly where Patricia's land was.
14:32Something's nagging at you.
14:34Well, maybe it's all the birdomania
14:35that's rubbing off on me.
14:36I looked it up.
14:37Red crossbills like to raise
14:39their young and mature forests
14:40right now, this time of year,
14:41and only for a few weeks.
14:43So?
14:44So why was a twitcher like Patricia
14:46wasting her time in a marsh?
14:47Why was she looking at ducks
14:48when she should have been spending
14:49all her time with the crossbills?
14:51I think you're right.
14:53I think you've caught birdomania.
14:55Blame Rex.
14:57Sarah's got the autopsy results.
14:59Let's go.
15:04Sarah, what have we got?
15:05Hey.
15:06Yeah, okay, so time of death,
15:0810 to 12 hours before the body was discovered.
15:10Cause of death also is presumed
15:12victim died of strangulation.
15:14Now, I did find foreign DNA
15:16on the binocular strap.
15:17It's traced, but it's there.
15:18Well, that's great news.
15:19Have you run it through
15:19the national database?
15:21That is the bad news.
15:22There was no match,
15:23but I'm widening the search.
15:25Also, the bird song Rex heard
15:27was, in fact, from the rare red crossbill,
15:30as was the feather from her hair.
15:33Well, I guess that makes me
15:34some kind of expert after all.
15:39Patricia's body showed
15:40clear signs of lividity.
15:41Posthumous pooling all the blood.
15:42Exactly, but the discoloration
15:44was on the posterior thorax.
15:46On her back?
15:47Yeah.
15:47But Patricia was found face down.
15:48I know.
15:49The blood should have pulled interiorly.
15:51So the lividity is off.
15:53She was found in a marsh
15:54when any sane bird who would be
15:55in the woods,
15:56and Rex found a red crossbill feather
15:58in her hair when she was nowhere
16:00near their nesting site.
16:02The body was moved.
16:04Moved.
16:04Yeah.
16:05Yeah.
16:06But from where?
16:09And why?
16:10Well, maybe she wasn't the only one
16:12who wanted to keep people away
16:13from their nesting site.
16:14Maybe they didn't want anyone
16:17to see where she'd actually
16:18been murdered.
16:21Maybe I can find some answers
16:22at the land registry.
16:31Hello?
16:32Anybody here?
16:38Yes!
16:42Oh!
16:45Detective!
16:48Meredith.
16:49What can I do to help?
16:55Definitely a real gemstone.
16:58No doubt about that.
17:01So it's a ruby then?
17:03Huh.
17:04And one of exceptional quality.
17:06Burmese.
17:08Remarkable clarity.
17:10And its color is the purest
17:12pigeon blood red.
17:14Pigeon blood?
17:15It's ironic.
17:19How's that?
17:21Well, the house where we found it
17:22was once owned by a lifelong
17:24bird watcher.
17:26One with deep pockets, I assume?
17:28Why'd you say that?
17:31How much would you estimate
17:32that this ring is worth?
17:34Judging the gem's weight,
17:35between four and five carats,
17:38on the right day with the right buyers,
17:40I'd expect this ring to sell
17:41for at least two million dollars.
17:42Well, I guess I'll be requesting
17:49backup to get this pigeon
17:50back to the roost, huh?
17:53Sorry I didn't mention to you
17:54that I worked at the registry.
17:56Well, I'm not sure why you would.
17:58Yeah, exactly.
17:59I'm just glad to help.
18:01Yeah.
18:01Though I'm not sure
18:02how an outline of her property
18:03will help you find a killer.
18:05I'm just getting the lay of the land.
18:07Well, here it is.
18:10Patricia owned all of this area here.
18:14Is this survey hand-drawn?
18:17Newfoundland has a
18:18unique land registry situation.
18:21The original settlers were breaking
18:22international treaties by overwintering,
18:25when it was indeed a newfound land.
18:27So anyone who did settle
18:28was simply squatting.
18:30Just claiming the land for their own,
18:32building on it with no deed.
18:33Exactly.
18:34This led to generations of families
18:36selling squatting rights
18:37over kitchen tables,
18:38drawing out the boundaries themselves.
18:40And this list here is tracking
18:42who claimed it,
18:44when,
18:44and who they passed it on to?
18:45Exactly.
18:46Okay.
18:47Oh.
18:48I never noticed that before.
18:50Noticed what?
18:51The man Patricia bought the land from.
18:53Lester Zimmer.
18:55He was a well-known Slavine,
18:56especially when it came to land transfer.
18:58I'm assuming by Slavine you mean a...
19:00A man with a less than reputable character.
19:02Zimmer was known for selling land
19:04that he didn't actually have claim to.
19:05So you're saying Patricia
19:07may not have even owned the land
19:08that she vowed to protect?
19:10Though I'm not sure
19:11how that could have led
19:12to someone killing her.
19:15It's just...
19:17interesting.
19:24I think we're in trouble.
19:26You have to do something.
19:27Two million dollars
19:38just sitting on top of a shelf
19:40in a bird's nest.
19:41I mean, still,
19:41it could have been passed down to her
19:42and she kept it,
19:43having no idea what it was worth.
19:44Yeah, but she put it
19:44in a Red Cross bill's nest.
19:46I mean, there has to be
19:46some significance to that.
19:47Yeah, I know, Rex.
19:49We're missing something.
19:51I just got a hit on the DNA
19:52found on the binocular strap.
19:54Jedediah Harris.
19:55Jedediah Harris,
19:56but not McGee.
19:57Yeah.
19:57Is there a photo?
19:58I sent Jesse his Coast Guard records.
20:01Yeah, apparently he went AWOL.
20:03Okay, coming right up.
20:04Yeah, can you, uh,
20:05can you throw up a picture
20:06of Patricia's wedding photo as well?
20:07Yeah, you got it.
20:08Here.
20:11That's the same Jedediah, all right.
20:12The way that means...
20:13The DNA found on the murder weapon
20:15belongs to none other than
20:16Patricia's long-lost husband.
20:18Jedediah has returned
20:19after all these years.
20:21Where is he now?
20:36Guys, I put out a bolo on Jedediah
20:38using the age-adjusted image.
20:39Won't be 100% accurate,
20:41but it's a start.
20:43He looks like every tourist
20:44on this island.
20:45And half the islanders.
20:46Yeah, and comparing it
20:47with passenger arrivals, no hits.
20:49Photo progression is far from liable.
20:51Yeah, this is basically
20:52AI's version of a wild guess.
20:54So basically we're looking
20:54for a 45-year-old Caucasian male
20:56who may look like our average show
20:58and could have already fled the island
20:59for all we know.
21:00But who came back 25 years later
21:02to kill his estranged wife.
21:03Why?
21:04Well, he's listed as the sole
21:05beneficiary on her will.
21:06Could it be he's after the land?
21:08Maybe he knew about the ruby ring.
21:10Killed her to inherit that.
21:11I mean, it's all gotta be interconnected,
21:13but everything goes back
21:14to that Red Cross bill.
21:15We need to find that nesting site soon.
21:17Yeah, see where Patricia was actually killed
21:19and why she was moved.
21:20Analyze that site.
21:21I'm gonna look more into this ring.
21:23A ruby of this size
21:24has gotta have some history.
21:26Meanwhile, Rex and I are gonna get set
21:27for that bird hunt tomorrow.
21:29Not that I have any doubt
21:30that Rex will lead you
21:31to the nesting colony,
21:32but hey, should we?
21:33Should we put you to the test first?
21:34Rex can pinpoint and track birdsong
21:44better than humans
21:45for a lot of really cool reasons.
21:47Dogs hear more frequencies, right?
21:48Yes, exactly.
21:49Especially higher frequencies.
21:51So we can hear up to 20,000 hertz.
21:58Okay.
21:59While dogs can hear up to 40,000.
22:02Wow.
22:09Yeah, that's incredible.
22:10So, when Rex hears the bird song,
22:13he might be hearing additional notes
22:14that are way out of our range.
22:15Exactly.
22:17And his remarkable hearing
22:18doesn't end there
22:18because dogs possess this complex system
22:21of at least 18 muscles
22:22in each ear canal,
22:24enabling them to independently move,
22:25tilt, rotate, and adjust their ears
22:27to better capture and locate sounds.
22:29So not only can Rex hear
22:30the Red Cross both song
22:31better than I can.
22:32He can hear more of it
22:33from a further distance,
22:34and he can track you directly there.
22:41I think we're all set for tomorrow.
22:58Joe, what are you doing here?
22:59It's an hour before shift.
23:00Uh, I never left.
23:01I just grabbed a couple of hours
23:03on the couch.
23:04And signed out
23:04all these old evidence boxes?
23:05Yeah, yeah.
23:06I had my coat on,
23:07and then I remembered
23:08an old jewelry heist
23:09from back when I was a rookie.
23:11It was hard to find the information,
23:13but, uh, you know what?
23:14Check this out.
23:15Wait, did you figure out
23:16how to put the images on the board?
23:17Sort of.
23:18Uh, oh, here it is.
23:20It's Patricia's ring.
23:21Yeah, it was stolen
23:22from the jeweler
23:23where I had the ring appraised,
23:25but three owners ago.
23:26And we have a suspect.
23:29His name is Leo Stiles.
23:32We picked him up
23:33two days after the heist
23:34trying to flee the island
23:36by ferry.
23:37He was held, questioned,
23:38but never arrested.
23:39So therefore, no mugshot?
23:40Exactly.
23:41He was extradited back
23:42to the United States
23:43on old warrants,
23:44but the jewels from the heist
23:45never found.
23:47Huh.
23:48Okay, so you're thinking...
23:50You're thinking that Leo
23:51is actually Patricia's husband
23:52under a false name,
23:53and the reason why he disappeared
23:54is because he was extradited?
23:55You are reading my mind.
23:57He was released, returned,
23:59came to claim the jewels,
24:00and then maybe Patricia
24:00got in his way.
24:01Okay.
24:02I'll call the prison
24:02where he was incarcerated,
24:03see if they can send over an image
24:04if he was released.
24:05No, I'm one step ahead
24:06of you, young detective.
24:07See, the thing is,
24:08he was extradited
24:09back to California.
24:10It's still the middle
24:11of the night there,
24:12so we may need to wait
24:13on that information.
24:13No, Joe's stealing my mojo.
24:19Mojo.
24:25Okay, Rex.
24:27So we're just gonna
24:28follow that bird's song
24:30to find their nesting site.
24:33Seems doable.
24:34But I, uh,
24:41yeah, I have a feeling
24:42that I'm not hearing
24:44what you're hearing.
24:55Clever boy.
25:02Okay.
25:03What do you have there?
25:10Bird's nesting.
25:12Shotgun shells.
25:18Get him!
25:24Go, go!
25:25Go, go!
25:33Rex.
25:40Easy boy.
25:41Let him go.
25:51No place on the truck.
25:53White, nondescript.
25:54Nondescript.
25:55So no one was actually
25:55shooting at you?
25:57No, shotgun was, uh,
25:58shotgun fire was at a distance.
26:00It's possible it wasn't
26:00even connected to the shells
26:01that I found on the ground
26:02or the guy who fled.
26:04Or it could have been
26:04Jedediah and an accomplice.
26:06You guys are gonna need
26:07backup if you plan
26:08on going out there again.
26:09The more people,
26:09the more noise,
26:10the more targets.
26:12I was trained to track
26:13and dense brush
26:13in the military, Joe.
26:15Stealth is your best friend.
26:16That and a dog.
26:21First, I need to add
26:22a bit more intel.
26:23I'm meeting up with Sarah,
26:24get her insights.
26:25See if we can track
26:26this killer out of the bush
26:27before we head back in.
26:28Okay?
26:32It appears to be
26:33a red crossbill's nest.
26:35That cup-like shape
26:36and the color of the eggs.
26:38Well, do what you need
26:39has to be certain.
26:40Why would Jedediah
26:41or anyone be shooting
26:42down nests?
26:43What, to silence the birds,
26:44perhaps?
26:45You and Rex were
26:46tracking their nesting area
26:47via their bird song.
26:48Right to the edge
26:49of the colony
26:49by the looks of it.
26:50So get rid of the birds
26:51to get rid of their song?
26:52Yeah, and stop anyone
26:53from finding their nesting site.
26:56People or police.
26:59Now, it's odd to find
27:01a survey spike on her land.
27:03By all accounts,
27:04Patricia was never gonna sell.
27:05So maybe someone
27:06needed her dead
27:07before they could close the deal.
27:08Someone like her husband
27:09getting ready to sell
27:11after he'd hear it.
27:12You know, let's see
27:13what Torbayor's surveyors
27:14has to say about that.
27:15Thanks, Sarah.
27:18Come on, Rex.
27:21Joe, hey,
27:22the prison in California
27:23got back to us
27:24and sent us an image
27:24of Leo Stiles,
27:25the suspect
27:26in the old jewelry robbery.
27:27That's definitely
27:28not Patricia's husband.
27:30Damn, I really thought
27:31I was onto something.
27:32Well, Joe, you still might be
27:33because I combed
27:33through Patricia's journals,
27:34the ones that you had
27:35booked into evidence,
27:36and found the exact date
27:37that Jedediah disappeared.
27:38And?
27:39It was two days
27:39after the jewelry robbery.
27:41Said he had to take care
27:41of something,
27:42then he gave her a red ring
27:43before he left.
27:43There's definitely
27:44a connection.
27:45That is great work.
27:46Well done, Jesse.
27:46Yes, I'm reclaiming
27:47my vibe.
27:49Sorry, what?
27:49What did you say?
27:51Okay, look,
27:52we need to contact
27:53the prison again
27:53and see if we can
27:54set up an interview
27:54with Leo Stiles.
27:55Uh, no can do.
27:57He passed away
27:57a month ago.
27:58Ah, seems like
27:59it's one step forward,
28:00two steps back
28:00with this case.
28:01All right,
28:02we still contact
28:03the prison.
28:04We see if there's
28:05someone that we can
28:05talk to.
28:06Someone who knew
28:06this man well,
28:07okay?
28:08After 25 years in there,
28:09he's got to have
28:09spoken to somebody
28:10about the robbery.
28:11Someone who can lead
28:12us to Jedediah.
28:13I couldn't find
28:23anything.
28:24Maybe the police
28:25already have it?
28:27I need to see you.
28:29Where can we meet?
28:36You know it's illegal
28:38to remove an official
28:39survey spike.
28:42On the police.
28:43officer investigating
28:44a homicide,
28:45I think it's okay.
28:46Well, I don't feel
28:47comfortable divulging
28:48confidential client
28:50information.
28:52Oh, really?
28:54Was it the owner
28:56of the property,
28:57the murder victim
28:58who hired you
28:58to survey her land?
29:00No.
29:01No.
29:03So you were,
29:03in fact,
29:04trespassing
29:05when someone else
29:06hired you.
29:07Weren't you just
29:08mentioning the
29:08legalities of surveys?
29:11Listen, they talked
29:12me into it.
29:13They said there was
29:14some question about
29:15who owned the land
29:15anyway.
29:16That they were going
29:17to fight for ownership
29:18in Coors.
29:18Yeah, I don't need
29:19excuses.
29:20I need a name.
29:20Oh, detective.
29:38Make any headway
29:40on the investigation?
29:40Ah, these things
29:41take time.
29:42Just here to ask
29:42a few more questions.
29:44How can I help?
29:45Oh, no, the questions
29:45are not for you.
29:46The questions are for
29:47Topher.
29:56Hey.
29:58As I recall,
29:59you said you didn't
30:00even know where
30:00Patricia's land was.
30:01I was nervous, okay?
30:04Patricia and I just
30:04had a very public
30:05argument right before
30:06she was killed.
30:07I also remember you
30:08asking if you had
30:09killed her why you
30:09were bringing your
30:10tour group to find her.
30:11It doesn't make any
30:12sense.
30:13Unless you were
30:13working with someone
30:14else.
30:15Have you been in
30:16contact with Patricia's
30:17husband, Jedediah?
30:18Who?
30:19No.
30:19Did he offer to sell
30:20you the land if you
30:22helped him?
30:23Agreed to find
30:24Patricia's body.
30:25This is insanity.
30:26Because we suspect
30:28that Patricia was killed
30:29on her own land
30:29protecting the Red Cross
30:31bills.
30:31Whoever killed her
30:32didn't want a search
30:32party coming through
30:33there.
30:34Who would go to
30:34that extent to hide
30:35a bunch of birds?
30:36But it was you
30:37running through the
30:37woods yesterday.
30:39Didn't you drive
30:39away in that white
30:41pickup over there?
30:42That was you.
30:46I thought I was
30:47being chased by some
30:48maniac with a shotgun.
30:50Look, I'll admit,
30:52I was trying to get
30:53Patricia's land.
30:55I was in the woods
30:55to get those spikes
30:56so I wouldn't be
30:57implicated.
30:57But I did not kill
30:59Patricia, and I am
31:00not working with
31:01anyone.
31:07Who are you hiding,
31:08Tofur?
31:09Is Jedediah in here?
31:12I have never met a
31:13Jedediah in my life.
31:14I have.
31:16But I swear I haven't
31:17seen him in over 25
31:18years.
31:26So tell me if I've got
31:27this straight.
31:27You two were plotting
31:29to falsely claim that
31:30Patricia really didn't
31:31own her own land.
31:32So you could pressure
31:33her into selling before
31:34she lost it outright?
31:35It was for her own
31:36good.
31:36She was going to lose
31:38the house, and I knew
31:39her birds would be
31:40safe with Tofur.
31:42I want to open up a
31:43bird sanctuary with
31:44boardwalks going through
31:45so people can see the
31:46Red Cross bills and fight
31:48to protect them.
31:49And make some money
31:50along the way.
31:51Well, commerce is not
31:52a crime.
31:53But fraud is.
31:55And now we've found out
31:56that you entered
31:57Patricia's house
31:57illegally.
31:59A neighbor called in.
32:00I told her not to go.
32:04I was just looking for
32:05the letter I'd sent
32:06claiming the title was
32:07under review.
32:09You sure you weren't
32:09looking for this?
32:13That's the ring Jedediah
32:14gave Patricia the day
32:15he left.
32:20Were you aware that
32:21Jedediah was involved
32:22in a jewelry heist
32:23just days before?
32:24I had no idea.
32:26Are you saying this
32:27thing is real?
32:28How could it be?
32:29He gave it to her
32:30in a crossbill nest
32:31like a sweet joke
32:33or a riddle.
32:34Which she kept there
32:35until her dying day.
32:37The crossbill colony
32:38was very special to them.
32:41Their secret place
32:42that only they could find.
32:44So even you
32:45haven't been there?
32:47I tried
32:48trespassing a couple
32:50of times.
32:51Just following
32:52the bird song.
32:53But the bush
32:55is just so dense.
32:56And after the birds
32:57are gone and then
32:58the song stops.
32:59I don't know
32:59why you'd bother.
33:00Well, without the song
33:01to guide you
33:02it would be next to
33:02impossible to find
33:03where they nest.
33:04Even for Jedediah
33:05after 25 years.
33:07You don't think
33:07he's involved in this?
33:09After all this time?
33:11We have evidence
33:12that strongly suggests
33:13he was.
33:14Even after he left her
33:16I always believed
33:18in their love.
33:21To think she might have
33:22died at his hand.
33:23You think the jewels
33:32are hidden
33:32where the crossbills
33:33nest?
33:33That's exactly
33:34what I think.
33:35Yeah.
33:36Jedediah and Leo
33:37robbed the jewelry store
33:38then hid the jewels
33:38where only they could
33:39find them
33:40and then plan on
33:40returning when
33:41the heat was off.
33:42Yeah, but Leo
33:42was caught
33:43and died in prison.
33:44And then when he
33:44finally returned
33:45Patricia surprised him.
33:47Wrong place,
33:48wrong time.
33:48When the birds
33:49are nesting
33:49is the only time
33:50you can find that spot.
33:51I mean,
33:51they were destined
33:52to stumble on each other.
33:53Yeah.
33:54And she was destined
33:54to be on the wrong
33:55side of that.
33:56Which I guess
33:56sounds good,
33:57but why is Jedediah
33:58still out there?
33:59Shooting down nests,
34:01silencing birds
34:01so no one could
34:02track him to the site.
34:03Right, presumably
34:03he knew exactly
34:04where the jewels
34:04were hidden.
34:05So why not just
34:06return and take them
34:07and run?
34:07Why take so long
34:08to get him back
34:09in the first place?
34:10Hey, guys,
34:10you're gonna want
34:11to get in on
34:12this telecall.
34:12I got Leo's
34:13long-time prison guard
34:14calling in from the States.
34:17Okay.
34:17Let's get Sarah, too.
34:21Leo was an old head
34:24even when I first
34:24started work here.
34:25Meaning he's been
34:26in prison a long time?
34:2725 years
34:28by the time he died.
34:29Spent his days
34:30talking about
34:30the heists he pulled.
34:32He knew he was
34:33gonna die in here,
34:34so why not brag?
34:35Did he ever mention
34:36a jewelry heist
34:37in Newfoundland, Canada
34:37or a partner
34:38named Jedediah?
34:40I'm not sure.
34:41I know he claimed
34:42to have a stash
34:43of loot somewhere
34:43hidden where no one
34:44could find it.
34:45Did he leave
34:45any journals behind?
34:47Letters from the outside?
34:48No, nothing like that.
34:49You know,
34:50it's too bad
34:50you didn't call
34:51a few weeks ago.
34:52His cellmate
34:53was just released.
34:56Bradley spent
34:56a couple of years
34:57with Leo.
34:58Probably heard
34:58every story
34:59a million times.
34:59Okay, well,
35:00if you send over
35:00Bradley's record,
35:01we might be able
35:02to track him down.
35:03Absolutely.
35:04Will do.
35:05But be careful.
35:07Bradley Hoffman
35:07seems nice enough,
35:08but he's a stone-cold killer.
35:10Got it out of technicality
35:11after his third appeal.
35:13Thanks.
35:15Well, here's
35:15Bradley's record.
35:16Here's Bradley's record.
35:16That's Colin Crawford,
35:21the birder
35:21who found
35:22Patricia's body.
35:24Find him.
35:25Yeah, yeah,
35:25I'll check in
35:26with the motel
35:26and Topher.
35:27He's been released.
35:28You need to move
35:28into that forest?
35:29It's miles of thick brush.
35:31Can the tactical unit
35:32get us that kind of coverage?
35:33We don't need tactical.
35:34Right, right.
35:35All we need
35:35is stealth and a dog.
35:37There could be
35:37two of them out there, Mark.
35:39Jededi's DNA
35:39was on the murder weapon.
35:40He's connected somehow.
35:41Well, then we bring him in, too.
35:42We spooked them.
35:43They could disappear
35:43into those woods,
35:44and we never bring them in.
35:45Tactical's there.
35:47They will stay 20 yards back.
35:49It's the final answer.
35:51Okay.
35:52Come on, Rex.
35:59All right,
35:59just hold here
36:00and wait for my signal.
36:07Come on, Rex.
36:08Let's find this guy
36:09before he brings down
36:10any more crossbills.
36:11Oh, my God.
36:11Oh, my God.
36:12Oh, my God.
36:14Oh, my God.
36:14Oh, my God.
36:14Well, someone's looking
36:33for something, all right.
36:35You've got to be close.
36:42What is it, Rex?
36:42Who's your friend?
36:57I think we might have
36:58found you how to die.
36:58I guess
36:59partner didn't want
37:00to split the loot.
37:03Easy, easy.
37:05Stealth.
37:06When I take him,
37:14when I take him,
37:14or shall I take him?
37:17Shut up,
37:18or I'll shut you up!
37:20Yeah, for sure.
37:26Shots fired.
37:27Team one, proceed with caution.
37:29You looking for something
37:30down there, Colin?
37:31Or should I call you Brad?
37:36Whose identity did you steal?
37:38You know, along with
37:39all your other crimes.
37:43I'm just out here
37:44searching for birds.
37:45Oh, is that right?
37:46Okay.
37:47Okay.
37:48But you've been here before,
37:49yes?
37:51You came looking for the jewels,
37:52but all you found
37:53was Jedediah.
37:54Did Patricia come across
37:56you the same day
37:57that you stumbled
37:58on Jedediah's remains?
37:59Hmm?
38:00Is that why you killed her?
38:01What are you doing here?
38:04You.
38:12And then move the body
38:13to try and protect
38:14the location of the jewels
38:15while you continue to search?
38:16A man would nearly
38:23kill himself
38:23pulling that much weight
38:24through the brush.
38:26You're a determined man, though.
38:27Right?
38:36I think you're looking
38:37in the wrong place,
38:37to be honest.
38:40How's that?
38:41Jedediah gave Patricia
38:43a ring
38:43after the heist.
38:45Put it in a Red Crossbill nest.
38:48Hmm.
38:57Hmm.
38:59I think a little bird
39:00just told me
39:00where to find the stash.
39:10Hmm.
39:14Hmm.
39:15Hmm.
39:15Hmm.
39:16Hmm.
39:16Hmm.
39:17Hmm.
39:17Hmm.
39:18Hmm.
39:18Hmm.
39:19Hmm.
39:19Hmm.
39:20Hmm.
39:20Hmm.
39:21Hmm.
39:21Hmm.
39:22Hmm.
39:22Hmm.
39:23Hmm.
39:23Hmm.
39:24Hmm.
39:24Hmm.
39:25Hmm.
39:25Hmm.
39:26Hmm.
39:26Hmm.
39:27Hmm.
39:28Hmm.
39:28Hmm.
39:29Hmm.
39:29Hmm.
39:30Hmm.
39:30Hmm.
39:31Hmm.
39:31Hmm.
39:32Hmm.
39:32Hmm.
39:33Hmm.
39:33Hmm.
39:34Hmm.
39:34Hmm.
39:35Hmm.
39:35Hmm.
39:36Hmm.
39:36Hmm.
39:37Hmm.
39:37Hmm.
39:38Hmm.
39:38Hmm.
39:39Hmm.
39:39Hmm.
39:40Hmm.
39:40Hmm.
39:41Hmm.
39:41Hmm.
39:42Hmm.
39:42Hmm.
39:43Well, it turns out there are $3 million worth of jewels in the crossbills' nets, not including
39:58the ring.
39:59More importantly, Colin, a.k.a. Brad, is back behind bars where he belongs.
40:02Well, Sarah had mentioned that Jedediah's DNA was found all over the gloves at the crime
40:06scene, and it's a miracle that the sample and the binos trap hadn't been degraded.
40:10Yeah, that's like Jedediah was literally getting his revenge from the grave.
40:15He and Patricia are going to be laid to rest together.
40:18I think they'd appreciate that.
40:19The land is going to be turned into a sanctuary just like Patricia wanted.
40:22Yeah, well, I'm just glad that the Red Cross bills are safe and that you and Rex now have
40:26a little patch to dip into.
40:28You better get your bins ready for this, lifer.
40:31I can't even, I have no idea what you just said.
40:35Got it back.
40:36All right.
40:37Who's ready for dinner?
40:39Well, Sarah and Donovan will be here any minute.
40:42What are we having?
40:43Roast duck.
40:45Just kidding, twitchers.
40:49It's steak.
40:51Roxy.
40:56Oh, nice catch.
40:59Raph.
41:02I was ready.
41:06I had no idea.
41:07Do you want to fix your mold?
41:08Yep.
41:09I'd have to give a jump.
41:11No, no, no, nothing.
41:13Come stay home.
41:14I had no idea.
41:15Umm, come on.
41:17See you later.
41:18Mm-hmm.
41:19I'miere.
41:20I had no experience with this.
41:20My kin.
41:21I'm sorry.
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