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00:00Calling to order this meeting of the Avalon Birdwatching Association, order, everyone.
00:10I will not be silenced, Meredith. Not when it comes to my birds.
00:15Need I remind you, Topher Bouchard, that the Red Cross bill is highly endangered?
00:20Technically just threatened, Patricia.
00:21That destruction of its habitat is the sole reason for its decline.
00:25One of the many reasons.
00:26And that Newfoundland is the only place on Earth that the Perkna subspecies mates, lays their eggs, and raises their young.
00:35So I will not allow you or anyone else to disturb or even know the whereabouts of its nesting colony on my tract of woodland.
00:43Let alone invite you and your bandwagon of birders from away, from trampling all over it.
00:50Say hello to the avian activists.
00:52Two sides to everything, I guess.
00:53Patricia, please. Topher's tour members are our invited guests.
00:59They might be yours, Meredith, but they're not mine.
01:02And I have always respected that, Patricia. I have never stepped foot on your land.
01:07And yet, someone's been messing around in my woods.
01:11And just as the Red Cross bills are coming for their six-week stay.
01:15And you think that was me?
01:16Frankly, I resent that accusation.
01:19Well, whoever it was, Topher Bouchard, they better not try it again, or I will make them pay.
01:30Patricia.
01:30Patricia.
01:31Patricia.
01:40Hey, don't be a sore loser.
02:05Swimming's the only time I get to beat you at a race.
02:10What have you found?
02:21I think Birdie knew from that.
02:24Good one, Rex.
02:25Birdies from around here are killed to see that.
02:34Okay, everyone.
02:35We're nowhere near Patricia's land, so we should be fine.
02:37Just stay on the path, or you might end up with a soaker.
02:42This is Newfoundland's glorious marshlands.
02:46Now, I know when people think Newfoundland birding, they think gannets and puffins,
02:51but we have our share of wetland birds as well.
02:55Many just passing through, here to breed and feed, then off again.
03:00I came all this way to see baby crossbills, not herons and ducks, so take us to the colony.
03:05Well, I would if I could, but listen.
03:11That's the right crossbill.
03:13It's over in that forest.
03:15Oh.
03:16Oh, not so fast, Colin.
03:18That's all I can tell you.
03:39I didn't even want to be in that marsh.
03:40I can see ducks back in Seattle.
03:42Okay, Jesse.
03:43Yep.
03:43Hey, just wait with the rest of the group.
03:45I'll get back to you.
03:45Hey.
03:46Donovan Call gave me the basics.
03:48Bird-watching tourists, found a body in the marshes, and then drove here.
03:52Yeah, yeah, terrified that there was a killer on the loose.
03:55Okay.
03:56Victim's name is Patricia McGee.
03:57She's a local twitcher in St. John's.
03:59People that found her are all chasers.
04:01So what you're saying is that the victim is a devoted local birder, i.e. twitcher,
04:04whereas all these people have come a long distance hoping to see interesting birds?
04:09Yeah.
04:11Are you into birding, Mark?
04:12No.
04:13I did a crash course on the drive-in, just like you.
04:15I didn't do that.
04:16What have you discovered so far?
04:17Well, Skylar Jenkins came all the way to St. John's to see the baby Red Cross bills,
04:22and it feels ripped off.
04:24Well, that's fascinating, but maybe not pertinent.
04:26Colin Crawford, he found the body.
04:28He's new to birding.
04:28Flew in about a week ago.
04:30Any previous connection to the victim?
04:31Only peripherally.
04:32Skylar and Colin attended a meeting of the Avalon Bird Watchers Association three days ago,
04:36where the tour operator over there, Topher Bouchard, got into an argument with a victim.
04:41Pertaining to?
04:42Patricia accused him of trespassing on land that she owned in search of the Red Cross bill's nesting colony,
04:47the exact location of which she would divulge to no one.
04:50And was he trespassing this morning?
04:52No, no.
04:52The marsh is public land.
04:53Her land is west of there, and her house is very close to the crime scene.
04:57I'll get contact info for the people here, then release them.
04:59But hold Colin and Topher back.
05:01I want to check in with Sarah before I interview them.
05:03Okay.
05:03Rex.
05:05By the way, he's a real dude.
05:08A casual but committed birder.
05:10Very nice, Mark.
05:12I really have to up my game in the obscure information department.
05:17Rex and I are on route to the crime scene.
05:19Sarah, are you still there?
05:20Yeah, I'm here.
05:21See you soon.
05:25The victim was found prone here on the ground,
05:27apparently strangled with her own binocular strap,
05:30but I'll confirm the cause of death.
05:31So whoever killed her didn't bring a weapon.
05:34It suggests the attack may have been random, spontaneous.
05:38Stage to appear as such.
05:40There's no cell phone found, but her wallet wasn't taken.
05:45No assault other than the obvious.
05:48Oof.
05:49Yeah.
05:50I'll take the body for foreign DNA.
05:52Have you determined a time of death?
05:53Uh, no more than 12 hours.
05:55I'll be more exact after the autopsy today.
05:57What was she doing here by the pond?
06:00Was she meeting someone?
06:01Did she often bird watch here?
06:03Alone?
06:11What do you got there, Rex?
06:13Oh, something in the hair.
06:16A bird feather?
06:19It's small.
06:21It's red.
06:22Yeah, it could be a red crossbill.
06:23You can identify a bird off one feather.
06:26No, I can make a wild guess
06:27from an argument that the victim had just a few days ago.
06:30Oh, people argue about birds.
06:32Oh, don't they argue about it.
06:42Rex is certainly interested in that.
06:44Well, if Rex thinks it's significant, then maybe it is.
07:05Thanks for waiting, Colin.
07:06Oh, no problem.
07:08You good?
07:08Uh, sorry.
07:10Still a little shaken.
07:12I came to Newfoundland to spot birds, not bodies.
07:14I just have a few questions.
07:16Now, you witnessed an argument between the victim and your tour guide, Topher.
07:20Yeah.
07:20I mean, I only took up birding recently when I retired,
07:24but it seemed a pretty common point of contention.
07:26And what is that?
07:27People who want to shelter birds from any human interference
07:29versus those who want to bring more and more people to see them.
07:33And the argument got heated?
07:34Yeah, but she threatened him, not the other way around.
07:37Hmm.
07:39You don't think Topher was involved?
07:42It's too early to say.
07:43I'm just asking some routine questions.
07:45I mean, he has seemed really tense the past few days,
07:47but running a fledgling business is really hard.
07:50Pardon the pun.
07:52Uh, fledgling.
07:54Right.
07:54You said you took up the hobby when you retired.
07:56You, uh, you seem a little young for that.
07:58Oh, I made a killing in tech stocks.
08:00Oh.
08:01Still trying to figure out what to do with my time.
08:02No, hopefully this hasn't scared you off.
08:04No, no.
08:04I'll stick it out.
08:06Sorry about this.
08:06I know this can't be great for business.
08:08Half the tour is talking about leaving, requesting refunds.
08:13This sort of thing just doesn't happen here.
08:15You know, terrible things happen everywhere, unfortunately.
08:18How long did you know the victim, Topher?
08:19A little over five years since I started the business
08:22to join the local birding club.
08:23Where you argued with the victim just days ago.
08:25Patricia picked fights with everyone.
08:27She was nuts about hoarding the Red Cross bill all to herself.
08:31She accused me of trespassing.
08:33And did you?
08:33No.
08:34Never.
08:35I'm not even exactly sure where her land is,
08:37let alone bring people onto it.
08:38But you'd like to, I assume.
08:40You must be under a lot of pressure
08:41to get your clients access to rare birds,
08:43especially when they've flown so far to see them.
08:47Are you suggesting I might have something to do with this?
08:50If I did, why would I bring my tour group to find the body?
08:53That's a good question.
08:54Yeah.
08:55Where were you last night, Topher?
08:56Seriously?
08:57Oh, yeah.
08:58Very.
09:00I had a drink at the motel where the tour was staying
09:03and then went up to my room to plan the next day's events.
09:06Can anyone corroborate that?
09:08No.
09:09But what could I possibly have to gain from killing Patricia?
09:12Well, that's a good question, too.
09:13Oh, oh.
09:19Find out what you can about this Topher character.
09:21He got defensive straight out of the gate.
09:23You know, see if he has a record, financial situation,
09:25general background, run a quick check on a tour group, too.
09:28Just, you know, routine stuff.
09:30Have we identified next of kin?
09:32Well, there's no existing family,
09:33but her husband, Jedediah McGee,
09:35is listed as your sole beneficiary.
09:37Haven't been able to locate him.
09:39Oh, they weren't together anymore?
09:40No one on the island by that name.
09:42What about close friends?
09:43I mean, they might know where he is.
09:44And if Patricia was having trouble with anyone,
09:46felt threatened?
09:47Well, there's Meredith Legault.
09:49She's waiting at Patricia's house with Joe.
09:51She's an old friend and president
09:52of the Burgers Association.
09:53She had a key.
09:55Well, I guess what they say is true.
09:57Birds of a feather unlock together.
09:59Mark, are you stealing my vibe?
10:02I'm moving in on you, Jesse.
10:03Moving in on you.
10:08Don't like that.
10:17What a horrible, horrible thing to happen.
10:20I don't think I'll ever feel safe in the marsh again.
10:23Neither of us thought twice about going in there alone.
10:27You knew Patricia a long time.
10:28Since we were girls.
10:30We grew up together.
10:32Can you think of anyone who might have wanted to harm her?
10:34You don't think someone she knew could have done this?
10:36Well, we have to look at all possibilities.
10:38It seems that she could be contentious.
10:41An understatement.
10:42I'm sorry to say, but Patty wasn't always so prickly.
10:46She just got her heart broken so young.
10:49How's that?
10:50She was married briefly.
10:52She was barely 20.
10:53To a man named Jedediah.
10:55He was the one who first got us all into birding.
10:58Encouraged her to spend every dime that she inherited to buy that land.
11:02And then he just disappeared one day.
11:04Disappeared?
11:05Teddy had something to take care of and never returned.
11:08She waited.
11:10And waited.
11:11She, uh, she still has enlisted as a beneficiary in her will.
11:14Not that there's much to inherit.
11:16Rumor is she was struggling just to hold on to the house.
11:19So why didn't she sell the land?
11:21It must have been worth something.
11:23Patricia would rather die than betray her birds.
11:27Come with me.
11:28I'll let you into her house.
11:35Birds.
11:37Birds.
11:38Birds.
11:39It's a sad story, really.
11:42I mean, I love golf, but I'm not building a shrine to it.
11:45I don't know.
11:46You have to admire her dedication.
11:48Put her money where her mouth was.
11:50Did everything she could to protect a threatened species.
11:53Yeah, never forgot the love of her life.
11:57Oh.
11:59Yeah.
12:00Well, they look happy there.
12:01That must be a young Jedediah.
12:04No computer.
12:05No cell phone on the body.
12:08She was old school.
12:10Yeah.
12:10Well, I can't find anything that indicates she was planning to meet someone or had been threatened in any way.
12:15Nothing out of the ordinary.
12:16Don't look like old journals.
12:22Looks like she kept a diary of her life.
12:24What do you got there, Rex?
12:29What is it?
12:35Hey, is that what you see, Rex?
12:38It says red crossbell nest.
12:40Well, that's the bird that Patricia was arguing about, trying to protect.
12:45What's this?
12:46Wow.
12:47Is that real, Ruby?
12:51Why would somebody who's struggling to pay their bills have something like this?
12:54And is there more where this came from?
12:55That is quite the Ruby.
13:22Look, if it's real, it's worth a fortune.
13:24But where did it come from?
13:26And why wouldn't Patricia sell it if she was really struggling?
13:28Why was she storing it in a red crossbell nest?
13:30The bird that she was arguing about that nests on her land and left a feather in her hair.
13:35I've got a meeting with a local jeweler in town later today just to check on the value
13:39and also to keep it safe until we find out about her heir.
13:41Okay, I'm still searching for Jedediah McGee.
13:43I'm going to take this wedding photo and run it through facial recognition.
13:46Let me know what you find out.
13:47Also, I've been looking into the bird tourists, including the man that found the body.
13:51There's nothing unusual or suspicious about them.
13:52And Topher?
13:53Well, it seems that his business is hanging on by a thread, but there's no record.
13:58And as he said, he had a drink with the tour group, then he told them he was heading in for the evening.
14:02Then no one will vouch for him.
14:03There was Skylar, the disappointed chaser.
14:05She said she's pretty sure she saw him headed into his room, but that was about it.
14:08And what do we know about her?
14:09Well, she works for her parents' development company.
14:11Got into birding when it became popular online.
14:13Hashtag trendy.
14:14So that makes Topher our top suspect.
14:17But what I don't understand is why someone would kill just to look at some birds.
14:21That must be more than that.
14:22I'm going to head over to the provincial land registry.
14:24I want to know exactly where Patricia's land was.
14:27Something's nagging at you.
14:29Well, maybe it's all the birdomania that's rubbing off on me.
14:31I looked it up.
14:32Red crossbills like to raise their young, mature forests right now, this time of year, and only for a few weeks.
14:38So?
14:39So why was a twitcher, like Patricia, wasting her time in a marsh?
14:42Why was she looking at ducks when she should have been spending all her time at the crossbills?
14:46I think you're right.
14:48I think you've caught birdomania.
14:50Blame Rex.
14:53Sarah's got the autopsy for told.
14:54Let's go.
14:59Sarah, what have we got?
15:00Hey.
15:01Yeah, okay.
15:02So, time of death, 10 to 12 hours before the body was discovered.
15:05Cause of death also is presumed victim died of strangulation.
15:09Now, I did find foreign DNA on the binocular strap.
15:12It's traced, but it's there.
15:13Well, that's great news.
15:14Have you run it through the National Data Bank?
15:16That is the bad news.
15:17There was no match, but I'm widening the search.
15:20Also, the bird song Rex heard was, in fact, from the rare red crossbill, as was the feather from her hair.
15:28Well, I guess that makes me some kind of expert after all.
15:31Patricia's body showed clear signs of lividity.
15:36Posthumus pooling all the blood.
15:37Exactly, but the discoloration was on the posterior thorax.
15:41On her back?
15:42Yeah.
15:42But Patricia was found face down.
15:44I know.
15:44The blood should have pooled anteriorly.
15:47So, the lividity is off.
15:48She was found in a marsh when any sane bird who would be in the woods.
15:51And Rex found a red crossbill feather in her hair when she was nowhere near their nesting site.
15:56The body was moved.
15:59Moved.
15:59Yeah.
16:00Yeah.
16:02But from where?
16:04And why?
16:06Well, maybe she wasn't the only one who wanted to keep people away from their nesting site.
16:11Maybe they didn't want anyone to see where she'd actually been murdered.
16:16Maybe I can find some answers at the land registry.
16:18Maybe I can find some answers at the end of the day.
16:48Definitely a real gemstone.
16:54No doubt about that.
16:56So, it's a ruby then?
16:58Oh.
16:59And one of exceptional quality.
17:01Burmese.
17:04Remarkable clarity.
17:05And its color is the purest pigeon blood red.
17:09Pigeon blood?
17:12It's ironic.
17:14How's that?
17:14Well, the house where we found it was once owned by a lifelong bird watcher.
17:21One with deep pockets, I assume.
17:24Why'd you say that?
17:26How much would you estimate that this ring is worth?
17:29Judging the gem's weight, between four and five carats.
17:33On the right day, with the right buyers, I'd expect this ring to sell for at least two million dollars.
17:43Well, I guess I'll be requesting backup to get this pigeon back to the roost, huh?
17:48Sorry I didn't mention to you that I worked at the registry.
17:51Well, I'm not sure why you would.
17:53Yeah, exactly.
17:55I'm just glad to help.
17:56Yeah.
17:56Though I'm not sure how an outline of her property will help you find a killer.
18:00I'm just getting the lay of the land.
18:03Well, here it is.
18:07Patricia owned all of this area here.
18:10Is this survey hand-drawn?
18:11And Newfoundland has a unique land registry situation.
18:16The original settlers were breaking international treaties by overwintering,
18:20when it was indeed a newfound land.
18:22So anyone who did settle was simply squatting.
18:25Just claiming the land for their own, building on it with no deed.
18:28Exactly.
18:29This led to generations of families selling squatting rights over kitchen tables,
18:33drawing out the boundaries themselves.
18:35And this list here is tracking who claimed it, when, and who they passed it on to?
18:40Exactly.
18:41Okay.
18:42Oh, I never noticed that before.
18:45Noticed what?
18:46The man Patricia bought the land from.
18:48Lester Zimmer.
18:50He was a well-known Slavine, especially when it came to land transfer.
18:53I'm assuming by Slavine you mean a...
18:55A man with a less than reputable character.
18:57Zimmer was known for selling land that he didn't actually have claim to.
19:00So you're saying Patricia may not have even owned the land that she vowed to protect?
19:05Though I'm not sure how that could have led to someone killing her.
19:08I think we're in trouble.
19:20You have to do something.
19:23Two million dollars just sitting on top of a shelf in a bird's nest.
19:36I mean, still, it could have been passed down to her and she kept it, having no idea what it was worth.
19:39Yeah, but she put it in a red crossbill's nest.
19:41I mean, there has to be some significance to that.
19:43Yeah, I know, Rex.
19:44We're missing something.
19:46I just got a hit on the DNA found on the binocular strap.
19:49Jedediah Harris.
19:50Jedediah Harris, but not McGee.
19:52Yeah.
19:52Uh, is there a photo?
19:53I sent Jesse his Coast Guard records.
19:56Yeah, apparently he went AWOL.
19:58Okay, coming right up.
19:59Yeah, can you, uh, can you throw up a picture of Patricia's wedding photo as well?
20:03Yeah, you got it.
20:03Here.
20:06That's the same Jedediah, all right.
20:07The way that means...
20:08The DNA found on the murder weapon belongs to none other than Patricia's long-lost husband.
20:13Jedediah has returned after all these years.
20:16Where is he now?
20:17Guys, I put out a bolo on Jedediah using the age-adjusted image.
20:35Won't be 100% accurate, but it's a start.
20:38He looks like every tourist on this island.
20:40And half the islanders.
20:41Yeah, and comparing it with passenger arrivals, no hits.
20:44Photo progression is far from liable.
20:46Yeah, this is basically AI's version of a wild guess.
20:49So basically, we're looking for a 45-year-old Caucasian male who may look like our average show
20:53and could have already fled the island, for all we know.
20:55But who came back 25 years later to kill his estranged wife.
20:58Why?
20:59Well, he's listed as the sole beneficiary on her will.
21:01Could it be he's after the land?
21:03Maybe he knew about the ruby ring.
21:05Killed her to inherit that.
21:07I mean, it's all gotta be interconnected, but everything goes back to that Red Cross bill.
21:10We need to find that nesting site soon.
21:12Yeah, see where Patricia was actually killed and why she was moved.
21:15Analyze that site.
21:16I'm gonna look more into this ring.
21:18A ruby of this size has gotta have some history.
21:21Meanwhile, Rex and I are gonna get set for that bird hunt tomorrow.
21:24Not that I have any doubt that Rex will lead you to the nesting colony,
21:27but hey, should we?
21:28Should we put you to the test first?
21:29Ruff!
21:37Rex can pinpoint and track birdsong better than humans
21:40for a lot of really cool reasons.
21:41Dogs hear more frequencies, right?
21:43Yes, exactly.
21:44Especially higher frequencies.
21:46So we can hear up to 20,000 hertz.
21:53Okay.
21:54While dogs can hear up to 40,000.
22:03Wow.
22:04Yeah, that's incredible.
22:05So when Rex hears a bird song,
22:08he might be hearing additional notes
22:09that are way out of our range.
22:10Exactly.
22:12And his remarkable hearing doesn't end there
22:13because dogs possess this complex system
22:16of at least 18 muscles in each ear canal,
22:19enabling them to independently move,
22:20tilt, rotate, and adjust their ears
22:22to better capture and locate sounds.
22:24So not only can Rex hear the Red Cross bill song
22:26better than I can...
22:27He can hear more of it from a further distance,
22:30and he can track you directly there.
22:32I think we're all set for tomorrow.
22:53Joe, what are you doing here?
22:54It's an hour before shift.
22:55Uh, I never left.
22:56I just grabbed a couple of hours on the couch.
22:59And signed out all these old evidence boxes?
23:00Yeah, yeah, I had my coat on,
23:02and then I remembered an old jewelry heist
23:04from back when I was a rookie.
23:06It was hard to find the information,
23:08but, uh, you know what?
23:09Check this out.
23:10Wait, did you figure out
23:11how to put the images on the board?
23:12Sort of.
23:13Uh, oh, here it is.
23:15That's Patricia's ring.
23:17Yeah, it was stolen from the jeweler
23:18where I had the ring appraised,
23:20but three owners ago.
23:21And we have a suspect.
23:24His name is Leo Stiles.
23:27We picked him up two days after the heist
23:30trying to flee the island by ferry.
23:32He was held, questioned, but never arrested.
23:34So, therefore, no mugshot?
23:35Exactly.
23:36He was extradited back to the United States
23:38on old warrants,
23:39but the jewels from the heist
23:40never found.
23:42Huh.
23:43Okay, so you're thinking,
23:45you're thinking that Leo
23:46is actually Patricia's husband
23:47under a false name,
23:48and the reason why he disappeared
23:49is because he was extradited?
23:50You are reading my mind.
23:52He was released, returned,
23:54came to claim the jewels,
23:55and then maybe Patricia got in his way.
23:56Okay.
23:57I'll call the prison
23:57where he was incarcerated,
23:58see if they can send over an image
24:00if he was released.
24:00No, I'm one step ahead of you,
24:02young detective.
24:02See, the thing is,
24:03he was extradited back to California.
24:05It's still the middle of the night there,
24:07so we may need to wait on that information.
24:10Huh.
24:11Now Joe's stealing my mojo.
24:14Mojo.
24:21Okay, Rex.
24:22So we're just gonna
24:23follow that bird's song
24:26to find their nesting site.
24:28Seems doable.
24:34But I, uh,
24:36yeah, I have a feeling
24:37that I'm not hearing
24:39what you're hearing.
24:40Clever boy.
24:57Okay.
25:02What do you have there?
25:04Bird's nest
25:06and shotgun shells.
25:08Get him!
25:19Go, go!
25:34Rex.
25:35Easy boy.
25:36Let him go.
25:47No place on the truck.
25:48White, nondescript.
25:50So no one was actually
25:50shooting at you?
25:52No, shotgun was, uh,
25:53shotgun fire was at a distance,
25:55and it's possible
25:55it wasn't even connected
25:56to the shells
25:57that I found on the ground
25:57or the guy who fled.
25:59Or it could have been
25:59Jedediah and an accomplice.
26:01You guys are gonna need backup
26:02if you plan on going out there again.
26:04The more people,
26:05the more noise,
26:05the more targets.
26:07I was trained to track
26:08and dense brush
26:08in the military, Joe.
26:10Stealth is your best friend.
26:11Merp!
26:14That and a dog.
26:16First, I need to add
26:17a bit more intel.
26:18I'm meeting up with Sarah,
26:19get her insights.
26:20See if we can track
26:21this killer out of the bush
26:22before we head back in.
26:23Okay.
26:28It appears to be
26:28a red crossbill's nest.
26:30That cup-like shape
26:31and the color of the eggs.
26:33Well, do what DNA
26:34has to be certain.
26:35Why would Jedediah
26:36or anyone be shooting
26:37down nests?
26:38But to silence the birds,
26:39perhaps.
26:40You and Rex were tracking
26:41their nesting area
26:42via their bird song.
26:43Right to the edge of the colony
26:44by the looks of it.
26:45So get rid of the birds
26:46to get rid of their song?
26:47Yeah, and stop anyone
26:48from finding their nesting site.
26:50Merp!
26:50People or police.
26:54Now, it's odd to find
26:56a survey spike on her land.
26:58By all accounts,
26:59Patricia was never gonna sell.
27:00So maybe someone
27:01needed her dead
27:02before they could
27:02close the deal.
27:03Someone like her husband
27:04getting ready to sell
27:06after he hears it?
27:07Well, let's see what
27:08Torbay Surveyors
27:09has to say about that.
27:11Thanks, Sarah.
27:13Come on, Rex.
27:16Joe, hey.
27:17The president in California
27:18got back to us
27:19sent us an image
27:19of Leo Stiles,
27:20who was the suspect
27:21in the old jewelry robbery.
27:23That is definitely
27:23not Patricia's husband.
27:25Damn, I really thought
27:26I was onto something.
27:27Well, Joe, you still might be
27:28because I combed
27:28through Patricia's journals,
27:29the ones that you had
27:30booked into evidence,
27:31and found the exact date
27:32that Jedediah disappeared.
27:33And?
27:34It was two days
27:34after the jewelry robbery.
27:36Said he had to take care
27:36of something,
27:37then he gave her a red ring
27:38before he left.
27:38There was definitely
27:39a connection.
27:40That is great work.
27:41Well done, Jesse.
27:41Yes, reclaiming my vibe.
27:44Sorry, what?
27:44What did you say?
27:47Okay, look,
27:47we need to contact
27:48the person again
27:48and see if we can set up
27:49an interview with Leo Stiles.
27:50Ah, no can do.
27:52He passed away a month ago.
27:53Ah, seems like it's
27:54one step forward,
27:55two steps back
27:55with this case.
27:57All right, we still
27:58contact the prison.
27:59We see if there's
28:00someone that we can talk to.
28:01Someone who knew
28:02this man well, okay?
28:03After 25 years in there,
28:04he's got to have spoken
28:04to somebody about the robbery.
28:06Someone who can lead us
28:08to Jedediah.
28:08I couldn't find anything.
28:19Maybe the police
28:20already have it?
28:23I need to see you.
28:24Where can we meet?
28:31You know it's illegal
28:33to remove an official
28:34survey spike.
28:37Well, I'm a police officer
28:39investigating a homicide.
28:40I think it's okay.
28:41Well, I don't feel
28:42comfortable divulging
28:43confidential client information.
28:47Oh, really?
28:50Was it the owner
28:51of the property,
28:52the murder victim,
28:53who hired you
28:53to survey her land?
28:55No.
28:56No.
28:56So you were, in fact,
28:59trespassing
29:00when someone else
29:01hired you.
29:02Weren't you just mentioning
29:03the legalities of surveys?
29:06Listen, they talked me
29:07into it.
29:08They said there was
29:09some question about
29:10who owned the land anyway,
29:11that they were going
29:12to fight for ownership
29:13in Coors.
29:13Yeah, I don't need
29:14excuses.
29:15I need a name.
29:15Oh, Detective.
29:34Make any headway
29:35on the investigation?
29:35Ah, these things take time.
29:37I'm just here to ask
29:37a few more questions.
29:39How can I help?
29:40Oh, no, the questions
29:40are not for you.
29:41The questions are for Topher.
29:45As I recall,
29:54you said you didn't
29:55even know where
29:55Patricia's land was.
29:57I was nervous, okay?
29:59Patricia and I just had
30:00a very public argument
30:01right before she was killed.
30:02I also remember you asking
30:03if you had killed her,
30:04why you were bringing
30:05your tour group
30:05to find her.
30:06It doesn't make any sense.
30:08Unless you were working
30:08with someone else.
30:10Have you been in contact
30:11with Patricia's husband,
30:12Jedediah?
30:13Who?
30:14No.
30:14Did he offer to sell
30:15you the land
30:16if you helped him?
30:18Agreed to find
30:19Patricia's body.
30:20This is insanity.
30:21Because we suspect
30:23that Patricia was killed
30:24on her own land
30:24protecting the Red Cross bills.
30:26Whoever killed her
30:27didn't want a search party
30:28coming through there.
30:29Who would go to that extent
30:30to hide a bunch of birds?
30:31But it was you
30:32running through the woods
30:33yesterday.
30:34Didn't you drive away
30:35in that white pickup
30:36over there?
30:39That was you.
30:41I thought I was being chased
30:42by some maniac
30:43with a shotgun.
30:45Look, I'll admit
30:47I was trying to get
30:48Patricia's land.
30:50I was in the woods
30:51to get those spikes
30:51so I wouldn't be implicated.
30:52But I did not kill Patricia.
30:55And I am not working
30:56with anyone.
30:56Who are you hiding,
31:03Tofur?
31:04Is Jedediah in here?
31:06I have never met
31:07a Jedediah in my life.
31:10I have.
31:11But I swear
31:11I haven't seen him
31:12in over 25 years.
31:21So tell me
31:22if I've got this straight.
31:22You two were plotting
31:24to falsely claim
31:25that Patricia
31:25really didn't own
31:26her own land.
31:27So you could pressure her
31:28into selling
31:29before she lost it outright?
31:30It was for her own good.
31:32She was going to lose
31:33the house
31:33and I knew her birds
31:35would be safe
31:35with Tofur.
31:37I want to open up
31:38a bird sanctuary
31:38with boardwalks
31:40going through
31:40so people can see
31:41the Red Cross bills
31:42and fight to protect them.
31:44And make some money
31:45along the way.
31:46Well,
31:46commerce is not a crime.
31:48But fraud is.
31:50And now we've found out
31:51that you entered
31:52Patricia's house illegally.
31:54A neighbor called in.
31:57I told her not to go.
31:59I was just looking
32:00for the letter I'd sent
32:01claiming the title
32:01was under review.
32:04You sure you weren't
32:04looking for this?
32:08That's the ring Jedediah
32:09gave Patricia
32:10the day he left.
32:15Were you aware
32:16that Jedediah
32:16was involved
32:17in a jewelry heist
32:18just days before?
32:19I had no idea.
32:21Are you saying
32:22this thing is real?
32:23How could it be?
32:25He gave it to her
32:25in a crossbill nest
32:26like a sweet joke
32:28or a riddle.
32:29Which she kept there
32:30until her dying day.
32:32The crossbill colony
32:33was very special to them.
32:36Their secret place
32:37that only they could find.
32:39So even you
32:40haven't been there.
32:40I tried trespassing
32:45a couple of times
32:45just following
32:47the bird song
32:47but the bush
32:50is just so dense.
32:51And after the birds
32:52are gone
32:52and the song stops
32:54I don't know
32:54why you'd bother.
32:55Well without the song
32:56to guide you
32:57it would be next to impossible
32:58to find where they nest.
32:59Even for Jedediah
33:00after 25 years.
33:02You don't think
33:02he's involved in this?
33:04After all this time?
33:06We have evidence
33:07that strongly suggests
33:08he was.
33:09Even after he left her
33:11I
33:11always believed
33:13in their love.
33:16To think she might have
33:17died at his hand.
33:26You think the jewels
33:27are hidden
33:27where the crossbills nest?
33:28That's exactly
33:29what I think.
33:30No.
33:31Jedediah and Leo
33:32robbed the jewelry store
33:33and hid the jewels
33:34where only they could
33:34find them
33:35and then plan on
33:36returning when
33:36the heat was off.
33:37Yeah but Leo
33:37was caught
33:38and died in prison.
33:39And then when he
33:39finally returned
33:40Patricia surprised him.
33:42Wrong place
33:43wrong time.
33:43When the birds
33:44are nesting
33:44is the only time
33:45you can find that spot.
33:46I mean they were
33:47destined to stumble
33:47on each other.
33:48Yeah.
33:49And she was destined
33:49to be on the wrong
33:50side of that.
33:51Which I guess
33:51sounds good
33:52but why is Jedediah
33:53still out there?
33:55Shooting down nests
33:55silencing birds
33:56so no one could
33:57track them to the site.
33:58Presumably he knew
33:59exactly where the jewels
33:59were hidden.
34:01So why not just
34:01return and take them
34:02and run?
34:03Why take so long
34:03to get them back
34:04in the first place?
34:05Hey guys
34:05you're going to want
34:06to get it on
34:07this telecall.
34:07I got Leo's
34:08long time prison guard
34:09calling in from the states.
34:12Okay.
34:12Let's get Sarah too.
34:18Leo was an old head
34:19even when I first
34:19started working here.
34:20Meaning he's been
34:21in prison a long time?
34:2225 years
34:23by the time he died.
34:24Spent his days
34:25talking about the heists
34:26he pulled.
34:27He knew he was
34:28going to die in here
34:29so why not brag?
34:30Did he ever mention
34:31a jewelry heist
34:32in Newfoundland, Canada
34:32or a partner
34:33named Jedediah?
34:35I'm not sure.
34:36I know he claimed
34:37to have a stash
34:38of loot somewhere
34:38hidden where
34:39no one could find it.
34:40Did he leave
34:40any journals behind?
34:42Letters from the outside?
34:43No, nothing like that.
34:45You know,
34:45it's too bad you didn't
34:46call a few weeks ago.
34:47His cellmate
34:48was just released.
34:51Bradley spent a couple
34:52of years with Leo.
34:53Probably heard
34:53every story a million times.
34:54Okay, well
34:55if you send over
34:55Bradley's record
34:56we might be able
34:57to track him down.
34:58Absolutely.
34:59Will do.
35:00But be careful.
35:02Bradley Hoffman
35:02seems nice enough
35:03but he's a stone cold killer.
35:05Got it out of technicality
35:06after his third appeal.
35:08Thanks.
35:10Here's Bradley's record.
35:14That's Colin Crawford.
35:16The birder
35:16who found Patricia's body.
35:19Find him.
35:20Yeah, yeah.
35:20I'll check in
35:21with the motel
35:21and Topher.
35:22He's been released.
35:23You need to move
35:23into that forest?
35:24It's miles
35:25of thick brush.
35:26Can the tactical unit
35:27get us that
35:27kind of coverage?
35:28We don't need tactical.
35:29Right, right.
35:30All we need
35:30is stealth and a dog.
35:32There could be
35:33two of them out there, Mark.
35:34Jedediah's DNA
35:34was on the murder weapon.
35:35He's connected somehow.
35:36Well, then we bring him in too.
35:37We spooked them.
35:38They could disappear
35:38into those woods
35:39and we never bring them in.
35:41Tactical's there.
35:42They will stay
35:4320 yards back.
35:44That's the final answer.
35:46Okay.
35:47Come on, Rex.
35:54All right, just hold here
35:55and wait for my signal.
36:02Come on, Rex.
36:03Let's find this guy
36:04before he brings down
36:05any more crossbells.
36:06Oh, my God.
36:24Well, someone's looking
36:28for something, all right.
36:30You gotta be close.
36:37What is it, Rex?
36:40Who's your friend?
36:50Yeah.
36:51I think we might have
36:53found you how to die.
36:53I guess his partner
36:55didn't want to split the loot.
36:58Easy, easy.
37:00Stealth.
37:09When I take him,
37:09or shall I take him?
37:12Shut up,
37:13or I'll shut you up.
37:15Yeah, sure.
37:21Shots fired.
37:22Team one, proceed with caution.
37:24You looking for something
37:25down there, Colin?
37:27Or should I call you Brad?
37:31Whose identity did you steal?
37:33You know,
37:34along with all your other crimes.
37:38I'm just out here
37:39searching for birds.
37:40Oh, is that right?
37:41Okay.
37:42Okay.
37:43But you've been here before, yes?
37:46You came looking for the jewels,
37:48but all you found was Jedediah.
37:49Did Patricia come across you
37:52the same day
37:52that you stumbled
37:53on Jedediah's remains?
37:54Hmm?
37:55Is that why you killed her?
37:56What are you doing here?
37:59You.
38:07And then move the body
38:08to try and protect
38:09the location of the jewels
38:10while you continue to search?
38:11A man would nearly kill himself
38:18pulling that much weight
38:19through the brush.
38:21You're a determined man, though.
38:22Right?
38:31I think you're looking
38:32in the wrong place,
38:32to be honest.
38:35How's that?
38:35If you had to die,
38:37I gave Patricia a ring
38:38after the heist.
38:40Put it in a Red Cross bill nest.
38:44Hello.
38:54Hey, a little bird
38:55just told me
38:55where to find the stash.
38:56Ediors.
39:10Hmm.
39:15Hmm.
39:16Hmm.
39:18Hmm.
39:21Hmm.
39:21Hmm.
39:22Hmm.
39:24Hmm.
39:25Someone's getting steak dinner tonight.
39:49Well, it turns out there are $3 million worth of jewels in the crossbills' nets, not including the ring.
39:54More importantly, Colin, a.k.a. Brad, is back behind bars where he belongs.
39:58Well, Sarah had mentioned that Jedediah's DNA was found all over the gloves at the crime scene,
40:02and it's a miracle that the sample on the bino strap hadn't been degraded.
40:05Yeah, it's like Jedediah was literally getting his revenge from the grave.
40:10He and Patricia are gonna be laid to rest together. I think they'd appreciate that.
40:14The land is gonna be turned into a sanctuary just like Patricia wanted.
40:17Yeah, well, I'm just glad that the Red Cross bills are safe,
40:20and that you and Rex now have a little patch to dip into.
40:23You better get your bins ready for this, lifer.
40:27I can't even pretend. I have no idea what you just said.
40:30Got it back.
40:32All right, who's ready for dinner?
40:35Well, Sarah and Donovan will be here any minute. What are we having?
40:38Roast duck.
40:38Just kidding, twitchers.
40:45It's steak.
40:50Roxy.
40:52Ooh, nice catch.
40:54I'm nice.
40:54All right.
40:55Yeah.
40:55Bye.
40:56Catching tôi.
40:56Wow.
40:58Bye.
40:58Bye.
40:59Bye.
40:59Bye.
41:00Bye.
41:01Bye.
41:02Bye.
41:04You.
41:05Bye.
41:10Bye.
41:14Bye.
41:15Bye.
41:17Bye.
41:18Bye.
41:18Bye.
41:18Bye.
41:19Bye.
41:20Bye.
41:20Bye.
41:22Bye.
41:22Bye.
41:23Bye.
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