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A woman discovers that the accidental death of her daughter was tied to an insurance scam in this fact-based movie. A woman discovers that the accidental death of her daughter was tied to an insurance scam in this fact-based movie.
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00:01:00This is absolutely gorgeous.
00:01:16And it cleared up.
00:03:30I'm Detentive Fellows. May I come in?
00:03:33Is something wrong?
00:03:35It's about your daughter.
00:03:36Annie?
00:03:37We got a call from the authorities in Oregon.
00:03:40She doesn't live here. She moved to Seattle.
00:03:43I know.
00:03:43I know.
00:03:44Your daughter was passing through Oregon.
00:03:47Don't tell me something. Something's wrong.
00:03:50There's no easy way to put this, ma'am.
00:03:52Your daughter had an accident.
00:03:55No.
00:03:55She's dead.
00:03:57She's dead.
00:03:57She's dead.
00:03:59Oh
00:04:29Okay
00:04:31Thank you
00:04:33Mom!
00:04:35Mom, we're here!
00:04:37Hey! Hey, Ms. Williams. Hey, Ms. Lincoln.
00:04:39I did it!
00:04:41Three o'clock for a guest, okay?
00:04:43Okay, see you there. Hi!
00:04:45Oh, you're so beautiful. I'm so proud of you.
00:04:47Let me take a shot. Just stand it with me.
00:04:49You look so beautiful.
00:04:51See, Mom, get in with Annie.
00:04:53Don't put the top of her head on.
00:04:55No, I won't.
00:04:57Cheapy!
00:04:59Paige, come here.
00:05:01Look at you.
00:05:03Last time I saw you, you were half this size.
00:05:05Getting up to eat, huh?
00:05:07That's good.
00:05:09Thanks.
00:05:11Hi.
00:05:13Thomas, may I don't have to do this again until Janie graduates?
00:05:15How you holding up?
00:05:17I'm exhausted, but it's fun.
00:05:19Mom?
00:05:21Mom, there's no more ice.
00:05:23How can that be? Is there any insight?
00:05:25I don't know. How many bags did you get?
00:05:27Me?
00:05:29I thought...
00:05:31Annie, I want to talk to you a minute.
00:05:37Picking up the ice was your responsibility.
00:05:39Are you telling me that you didn't do it?
00:05:43I take that as a no.
00:05:45Get in the car and we'll get some.
00:05:49Got her.
00:05:55Carol?
00:05:57Dr. Dunn is looking for you.
00:05:59Oh, great. I feel like a kid again.
00:06:01Ducking the principal.
00:06:03Did you talk to him?
00:06:05Uh-huh.
00:06:06He's not buying either of our excuses.
00:06:08He wants those evaluations tomorrow.
00:06:10I haven't even started mine.
00:06:14I put it back.
00:06:15It was in your closet.
00:06:16To put it back, it would be there.
00:06:18How many times have I told you not retrofineers to stay out of my stuff?
00:06:22We only borrowed it.
00:06:23It was my good silk blouse.
00:06:25Look, I put it back.
00:06:26I know I did.
00:06:27Are you talking about the white blouse that Aunt Betsy bought you?
00:06:29The one with the ruffles?
00:06:30Yes.
00:06:31What?
00:06:32Didn't you ask me to take it to the cleaners for you?
00:06:35It won't be ready until Thursday.
00:06:40You always take her side!
00:06:52Annie, honey.
00:06:57It was not about the blouse.
00:07:00It's really bothering you.
00:07:02Nothing's bothering me.
00:07:04I have never seen you explode like that over absolutely nothing.
00:07:08I hate it when she messes my things.
00:07:10This is not about your clothes, is it?
00:07:15Come on.
00:07:16What's the matter?
00:07:20It's just everything.
00:07:23Graduating.
00:07:25What am I supposed to do next?
00:07:26Well, how about junior college?
00:07:29Mom, I've been over this.
00:07:31I know, but there are plenty of programs for dyslexic students and we'll make it easy for you.
00:07:35Please just try.
00:07:36I can't.
00:07:37I just can't do it.
00:07:39We didn't think you could graduate high school either.
00:07:41And look, I was so proud of you the other day.
00:07:44And I know you were proud of yourself.
00:07:47Well, not now and then maybe next year.
00:07:49Well, then what are you gonna do?
00:07:51I don't know, maybe get a job?
00:07:53Not maybe.
00:07:54Either school or a job, one or the other.
00:07:56Mom, nobody's gonna hire me.
00:07:57That's not true.
00:07:58I have trouble just filling out the application.
00:08:01So we'll do it together.
00:08:04And then what?
00:08:05You gonna go to work with me too?
00:08:06Ken's still writing every day?
00:08:15He'll be home next week.
00:08:17I'll leave.
00:08:19And then he goes away again.
00:08:22Annie, I just don't want to see you tied down so young, repeating my mistakes.
00:08:27Mom, they're not mistakes for me.
00:08:29Ken and I love each other.
00:08:31I know, but marriage can go wrong at any age for any number of reasons.
00:08:33And you're so young to start out like...
00:08:35Nobody said anything about marriage.
00:08:56Hey, Annie!
00:08:58Ken!
00:09:00I can't believe it!
00:09:01I can't believe it!
00:09:02How are you?
00:09:03I can't believe...
00:09:04Get home!
00:09:10I can't believe it!
00:09:11Honey, would you get the salad dressing, please?
00:09:13Yeah.
00:09:19Mom, did you get the corn?
00:09:22I got better than corn.
00:09:25Hey, Mrs. Mills.
00:09:28Hello, Ken.
00:09:29Mom.
00:09:32Mom, would it be okay if Ken and I went out for a while?
00:09:35Yeah.
00:09:36Jenny and I will do the dishes just for tonight.
00:09:38Thanks, Mom.
00:09:40I'll get my sweater.
00:09:41All right.
00:09:43So, uh, how long will you be staying?
00:09:46I have to be back on base this weekend.
00:09:48I've been concerned about Annie.
00:09:50She's been really looking forward to your coming back.
00:09:52Yeah, I know.
00:09:53I have too.
00:09:55And then you'll be leaving right away?
00:09:57Yes, ma'am.
00:10:00Hi, Mom.
00:10:01Good night.
00:10:02Good night.
00:10:03Boy, he looks cool in that uniform.
00:10:05I love you, Annie.
00:10:06I love you, too.
00:10:07I just don't want to spend another year writing letters.
00:10:08You won't stop writing, will you?
00:10:09No.
00:10:10I won't have to if you come with me to Seattle.
00:10:11We could, you know, get married.
00:10:12It's a career.
00:10:18I love you, Annie.
00:10:20I love you, too.
00:10:22I just don't want to spend another year writing letters.
00:10:26You won't stop writing, will you?
00:10:28No.
00:10:30I won't have to if you come with me to Seattle.
00:10:35Well, kid, you know, get married.
00:10:37to carry you.
00:10:42We could have our own apartment,
00:10:45our own things.
00:10:47We could have thinners like this
00:10:48together every night.
00:10:51You'd be my wife.
00:10:55Will you marry me, Annie?
00:11:01Oh, my God.
00:11:04My mom would kill me.
00:11:07Say yes.
00:11:16Yes.
00:11:22She's so young,
00:11:24and she thinks she's in love.
00:11:26We have a time.
00:11:27She'll get tired of sitting around
00:11:29waiting for him to come back.
00:11:33Do you, Kenneth Carmen,
00:11:34take Anne Elizabeth Mills
00:11:36to be your lawfully wedded wife?
00:11:39I do.
00:11:41And do you, Anne Elizabeth Mills,
00:11:43take Kenneth Carmen
00:11:44to be your lawfully wedded husband?
00:11:47Oh, my God.
00:11:49I do.
00:11:50You know, I have some extra money saved.
00:11:52Maybe next week, after he's gone,
00:11:55I can take the girls on a little trip.
00:11:57Just the three of us.
00:11:58I think she'd like that.
00:12:01I now pronounce you man and wife.
00:12:05Okay.
00:12:10Okay.
00:12:10Okay.
00:12:10Annie?
00:12:29Annie?
00:12:30Annie?
00:12:30i love you mom but i love ken too don't be mad i'll call you from seattle mrs annie carmen
00:13:00come on sing come on it makes the road go faster look we've been singing since montana
00:13:21still got four hours more to go no matter how you cut it come on come on 65 bottles of beer on the wall
00:13:2665 bottles of beer on the wall 65 bottles of beer if one of those bottles should happen to fall
00:13:31lend me a quarter i need to make a call check your face check in okay 64 bottles of beer on the wall
00:13:3864 bottles of beer on the wall 65 bottles of beer if one of those bottles should happen to fall
00:13:43else? What's up? It's not here. My wallet. Where is it? I don't know. Where'd you have
00:13:53it last? Let me stop for lunch. I must have left it in the phone booth when I tried to
00:13:59call my mom. Well, we have to get it, Ken. It has on my ID. Yeah, well, that's two hours
00:14:06back, you know. Damn it, Annie. You've got to be more responsible. I know. Can I go to
00:14:35Rachel's tonight? Is your mother going to be there? I don't know. Well, you know the rules.
00:14:40No pad there. You don't go. Hello. Mom. Annie. It's been three days. Yeah, I'm six to call.
00:14:55I take it you're in Seattle. Yeah. Ken found us this great place. A guy he knew shipped out.
00:15:02How could you have done this? Please don't be mad at me. You knew the way I felt about
00:15:08it, and yet you turned around and... But I love him. And he loves me. Well, life is just
00:15:13not that simple young lady. I'm worried about you. I need to know that you're going to be
00:15:18okay. How are the two of you supposed to live? Well, Ken has his Navy pay, and, um, I'm going to get a job.
00:15:30I'm not scared to call you. Don't be scared to call me, ever. You're always my daughter.
00:15:34You're just lucky that you're 2,000 miles away. Look, you go and, um, and wash your face,
00:15:50okay? And tell that husband of yours that he better take really good care of you all
00:15:56coming up there. I will. I love you, Mom. I love you, too, baby.
00:16:11She's not coming back. She's not coming back.
00:16:16There you are.
00:16:46You know, I've been ringing this doorbell forever.
00:16:48I didn't hear it.
00:16:50You've had those for three months, and you're just now bringing them back.
00:16:53You didn't need an excuse to stop by, you know.
00:16:57I didn't like the way you sounded.
00:16:59You're up worrying all night, am I right?
00:17:02Yeah, partially.
00:17:04I was worried, and then I got mad, and now I don't know what I am.
00:17:10She sounded so scary. You know what? I'm scared for her.
00:17:13I don't know how to protect her from what lies ahead of her.
00:17:15You can't protect her, Carol. Kids have to make their own mistakes.
00:17:21I made those mistakes.
00:17:23I ran away, I got married very young, and before I knew it, I had the two kids.
00:17:29Had a divorce, and no way to earn a living.
00:17:32Aren't you getting just a little ahead of things here?
00:17:34No, I don't think so.
00:17:36I lived that way.
00:17:38Yeah? You turned out okay.
00:17:40That's because I had the discipline to go back to school and get a degree.
00:17:45I don't think Annie has that.
00:17:52Maybe things would have been different if her father had been around.
00:17:55No, that wouldn't have made any difference, and you know it.
00:17:58She needed to feel grown up.
00:17:59She wanted to play house.
00:18:02A lot of kids fall into that trap.
00:18:04Annie's not just another kid.
00:18:05She still struggles with a lot of things.
00:18:08Her reading, her confidence.
00:18:13Annie's not ready to be anybody's wife.
00:18:14Tonight's our anniversary.
00:18:25One month.
00:18:27Everything has to be perfect.
00:18:29Well, you know what, they are here somewhere.
00:18:31I feel so stupid.
00:18:33I mean, I saw them at the market.
00:18:34I just walked right past them.
00:18:35Oh, it's no big deal.
00:18:37Where did I put them?
00:18:39There they are.
00:18:44It's a humor about it.
00:19:00Annie!
00:19:03I've got to run.
00:19:05Bye.
00:19:09Whoa, I was just gone five minutes.
00:19:12You could have been gone five minutes.
00:19:15I was supposed to go buy the candles.
00:19:17Yeah, did you see the smoke in here?
00:19:18It was not five minutes worth of smoke.
00:19:21Ken, stop yelling at me.
00:19:23I made a little mistake.
00:19:24A little mistake.
00:19:25You know, your mistake could have burned this apartment down.
00:19:27It was not a little mistake.
00:19:29Look, I've got to be back on base in an hour,
00:19:31and there's nothing to eat around here.
00:19:33Wait, back on the base?
00:19:34It's our anniversary.
00:19:35Yeah, well, happy anniversary, darling.
00:19:37Honey, I'm sorry.
00:20:02It was all my fault last night.
00:20:04I'm sorry.
00:20:07Well, my temper didn't help either.
00:20:13Don't worry about you, Annie.
00:20:15Took you away from everything you know.
00:20:19I know you.
00:20:22It's not enough.
00:20:24Sure it is.
00:20:26Like I said, Annie, it's not enough.
00:20:28I'm tired of you living your life through me.
00:20:31I'm suffocating here.
00:20:33Well, I don't know anybody else.
00:20:34Why don't you make some friends?
00:20:35I mean, don't you meet anybody at that job of yours?
00:20:37I'm a waitress.
00:20:39Who am I supposed to meet?
00:20:40I don't know, Annie.
00:20:41Why don't you figure it out?
00:20:42It's your problem.
00:20:56Hey.
00:20:57Hey.
00:20:59You want to quiet?
00:21:00Yeah.
00:21:01So, what means you're here?
00:21:06I'm shipping out on Saturday.
00:21:09For how long?
00:21:11About six months, maybe.
00:21:17Maybe, uh, maybe you should stay with your mom for a while.
00:21:22No.
00:21:23I'm not going to go home with my mom.
00:21:27I'm your wife.
00:21:28You said you wouldn't be my wife.
00:21:33Why are you always so stubborn?
00:21:34I just, I don't want to leave you here alone in a strange city.
00:21:37Well, you knew that you'd be leaving me sooner or later.
00:21:40Yeah, I know.
00:21:40I just didn't expect it to be so soon.
00:21:43I thought maybe you'd have time.
00:21:45Time to what?
00:21:47Say it.
00:21:49Time to grow up?
00:21:54Annie.
00:21:55Get away from me.
00:21:56Look, I'm brought up enough, okay?
00:21:58I don't need you.
00:22:00I'll be fine.
00:22:02You know, this is exactly the type of behavior I'm talking about, Annie.
00:22:05Annie.
00:22:15Hello?
00:22:20Annie?
00:22:22Yeah.
00:22:22Are you okay?
00:22:24Fine.
00:22:26Yeah, I'm fine.
00:22:27You don't sound fine.
00:22:29Mom, we fight all the time.
00:22:35It's just not what I thought it would be.
00:22:39Marriage is real life, Annie.
00:22:42People fight in real life.
00:22:43But we didn't fight before.
00:22:46You weren't married before.
00:22:47And Ken's being shipped out.
00:22:52Annie, maybe you should think about coming home.
00:22:55No.
00:22:56No, I won't be a quitter.
00:22:58No one said anything about your quitting.
00:23:01Why should you be there alone?
00:23:05Because I'm Ken's wife.
00:23:07Well, let me send you a ticket.
00:23:09Thank you, but no.
00:23:10Round trip.
00:23:11I promise.
00:23:12I promise.
00:23:12Let's see.
00:23:23The time will fly.
00:23:25You may even get to like it and not let me come back.
00:23:27I won't like it.
00:23:27I won't like it.
00:23:27I won't like it.
00:23:57Janie, come to the kitchen.
00:24:23Hey, Mom.
00:24:27Hi.
00:24:34You always had impeccable timing.
00:24:44I can smell a chocolate cake 40 miles away.
00:24:47Nice to have you home.
00:24:55Nice to have you home.
00:24:56You going out?
00:24:57Yeah, yeah.
00:24:58There's a party at the old mill.
00:24:59I won't be late.
00:25:03That's a cute outfit.
00:25:04Thanks.
00:25:05Have you seen this?
00:25:06No, I don't think so.
00:25:07Yeah, I went the other night.
00:25:08I didn't know you went out the other night.
00:25:09I didn't know you went out the other night.
00:25:10Are you going out?
00:25:12Yeah, yeah, there's a party at the old mill.
00:25:17I won't be late.
00:25:19That's a cute outfit.
00:25:21Thanks. Have you seen this?
00:25:22No, I don't think so.
00:25:23Yeah, I went the other night.
00:25:25I didn't know you went out the other night.
00:25:40Good night. Thank you, guys.
00:25:45Riley's at my Sarah.
00:25:47See you tomorrow night.
00:25:48Do you know what time it is?
00:26:03Well, Sarah took Lisa's car,
00:26:05so we had to wait for them to get back.
00:26:06Yeah, that's tonight's excuse.
00:26:07What about Sunday and Monday and last week?
00:26:11Mom, you keep doing this.
00:26:12We agree that if I stayed here while Ken has gone,
00:26:14they wouldn't treat me like a child.
00:26:15You're acting like one, like an irresponsible child.
00:26:19I went out with my friends.
00:26:20We went to a party.
00:26:23I can't stand this third degree all the time.
00:26:25You've got to do something more with your life
00:26:26than party all the time.
00:26:28Like what, get a job?
00:26:29Yeah, for starters.
00:26:30Mom, I'm not smart like Jane, okay?
00:26:32I can't be the starter you want me to be.
00:26:33I just want you to be the best you can be.
00:26:35You're not even trying.
00:26:38Maybe I am.
00:26:39Maybe this is all there is.
00:26:41I don't believe it.
00:26:42Believe it.
00:26:44Come on.
00:26:45The only job I can get anyway
00:26:47is a worthless dead end.
00:26:52Mom, I'm not hurting anybody, okay?
00:26:56I just want to have a good time.
00:26:57I'm 19 years old.
00:26:59And you're a married woman.
00:27:00An adult married woman.
00:27:10And start acting like one.
00:27:13I don't want you coming home
00:27:14all hours of the night
00:27:15while you're living under my roof.
00:27:18Fine.
00:27:18Eddie?
00:27:31Eddie?
00:27:32Eddie, breakfast?
00:27:34Good morning.
00:27:35Eddie, this restaurant
00:27:37only serves breakfast once a day.
00:27:39Eddie?
00:27:42Eddie?
00:27:42Eddie?
00:27:43Eddie?
00:27:44Eddie?
00:27:44Eddie?
00:27:44Eddie?
00:27:48Eddie?
00:28:19What are you doing here?
00:28:21You cut new orders, turn us around.
00:28:25Didn't work out at your mom's house, huh?
00:28:29I called you, said you'd split.
00:28:32It was a disaster.
00:28:34Well, you have to go back there.
00:28:39Ken, don't tell me what to do, okay?
00:28:41I don't need any more people telling you what to do.
00:28:44Looks to me like you do.
00:28:45Honey, I need a husband, not a father.
00:28:49Yeah?
00:28:50Well, I need a wife.
00:28:54I am your wife.
00:28:58I cook dinner.
00:28:59I keep this apartment pretty clean.
00:29:01A maid could do that.
00:29:11We can't put this off anymore.
00:29:12Every conversation we have ends in a fight.
00:29:17We have to deal with what's wrong with this so-called marriage.
00:29:20Meaning what?
00:29:21Meaning it's a complete failure.
00:29:25This marriage?
00:29:26Or me?
00:29:30Answer me.
00:29:31Okay, Annie.
00:29:35You, as a wife, are a failure.
00:29:39It's just one disaster after another.
00:29:44What about you?
00:29:45You take no responsibility?
00:29:46Look, I'm not the one who has problems paying the phone bill.
00:29:49I just don't want to feel guilty about you sitting around here by yourself for the next six months.
00:29:54Fine.
00:29:55I've had enough.
00:29:58This marriage is finished.
00:30:02We're finished.
00:30:02Hey.
00:30:16hey i am not taking no for an answer i just fixed dinner oh you're passing up a good party
00:30:37but then okay i'm just not in the mood you got away with that lame excuse the first couple
00:30:45of weeks it's not gonna work anymore look marianne i just don't want to go that's exactly the reason
00:30:50why you have to i know how this feels i've been dumped myself you've just got to move past it
00:30:55speaking of move i gotta give notice go with it tomorrow tonight nobody stays home
00:31:04come on
00:31:15oh
00:31:17oh
00:31:22oh
00:31:24oh
00:31:26oh
00:31:30oh
00:31:34oh
00:31:51oh
00:32:04Oh, no, she's going to sleep.
00:32:22Hey, Ohio, you a Buckeye, just steal that check.
00:32:31No, it's mine.
00:32:33Well, ain't that a coincidence.
00:32:35You're from Ohio?
00:32:37Dayton.
00:32:38Home of the Wright brothers.
00:32:40And his band plays at a club near Tacoma.
00:32:46He asked me to come here though.
00:32:49Are you sure you wouldn't rather be home with that mouth-watering chicken pot pie?
00:32:54Gosh, I cannot tell you how good it feels to have fun again.
00:32:58To have someone call you a babe.
00:33:01Can you try to go to a club's house?
00:33:06I'm so excited to come to a club's house.
00:33:11I'm not going to be able to come to her friends, but I'm not going to be able to come out.
00:33:16How did you find me?
00:33:38Never underestimate a Buckeye.
00:33:46I see you cook a lot.
00:33:50I'm the worst.
00:33:53So, you got plans tonight?
00:33:57Not really.
00:34:16I'm not telling.
00:34:17Just get up there and knock, all right?
00:34:32So, this must be Annie.
00:34:36This is my mother.
00:34:37This is my mom, Helen Preston.
00:34:40Come on in.
00:34:42Hey, Mom.
00:34:42Yes.
00:34:46More mashed potatoes?
00:34:49Oh, yes, please.
00:34:50They're so good.
00:34:52George.
00:34:53Please.
00:34:53Oh, it's nice to have a family to cook for.
00:34:56Just make sure Mickey brings you around more often.
00:34:59Well, better yet, calm yourself.
00:35:02Watch out, Annie.
00:35:04Mom will lock you in the attic and feed you to death if you're not careful.
00:35:08Mickey says you're looking for a new apartment.
00:35:11Yeah.
00:35:11Yeah, it's just that everything I see is so expensive.
00:35:13You know, Mickey's room upstairs is empty.
00:35:18Well, this house could use some young life in it.
00:35:22Why don't you move in here?
00:35:23Just until things get settled.
00:35:25That way, you could look into beauty school like you wanted to do.
00:35:28And George and I would get to have a daughter.
00:35:31Hello, Ann.
00:35:33That's awfully generous.
00:35:35Oh, I'm a mother, dear.
00:35:36I'd worry about you out there in the world all alone.
00:35:46Hello?
00:35:52Mom, guess what?
00:35:54I moved.
00:35:55I was just telling Mrs. Preston that I needed a place to live.
00:35:58And she suggested I move in with them.
00:36:02Oh, and there's this great beauty school just down the block.
00:36:04It's perfect.
00:36:06Well, at least you're thinking about going to school.
00:36:10That's something good to come out of this.
00:36:12Mother, don't start.
00:36:15Well, you keep your room neat, okay?
00:36:19Thank you, Ellen.
00:36:20Well, let me speak to her, Annie.
00:36:22Oh, my mom wants to talk to you.
00:36:25Mrs. Mills.
00:36:26Carol.
00:36:27Carol.
00:36:27Carol, you have such a lovely daughter.
00:36:33You certainly have been very kind to her.
00:36:36I can't tell you how much we both appreciate that.
00:36:38Well, don't you worry about a thing.
00:36:39We're going to take care of her like she's our own.
00:36:42So, did we win the sweepstakes?
00:36:58Don't we always?
00:36:58Don't we always?
00:36:58Stop crawling out my back, George.
00:37:15Oh, well.
00:37:17She does love to write, doesn't she?
00:37:19Mm-hmm.
00:37:25All right.
00:37:28Okay.
00:37:29Am I just going?
00:37:29No, mine.
00:37:38Hi.
00:37:39Hi.
00:37:39Hi.
00:37:40How did it go?
00:37:41It went great.
00:37:41I gave my first haircut today.
00:37:43That's all right.
00:37:46So, you see, I can do this.
00:37:50George and I should take you out to lunch tomorrow to celebrate.
00:37:54How about we go to McCarthy's?
00:37:55The insurance office is near there so George can pick up his policy on the way back.
00:38:00You know, you really ought to think about life insurance.
00:38:04Don't you think I'm a little bit young for that?
00:38:06Oh, no, dear.
00:38:07It's never too early to start.
00:38:11Here, play my hand.
00:38:15Okay, what are you playing here?
00:38:16I'm having a knock with you.
00:38:18Oh, boy.
00:38:19Okay.
00:38:26Hello?
00:38:28Okay.
00:38:29Oh, hi, Carol.
00:38:30All right.
00:38:32No, no, she's not here right now.
00:38:35Oh, sorry.
00:38:37Well, sure, I'll tell her.
00:38:38Okay.
00:38:39Bye-bye.
00:38:44Who's that on the phone, dear?
00:38:46Wrong number.
00:38:49Jin!
00:38:50No!
00:38:51Well, then what's wrong?
00:38:52You said yourself she's been sounding great, happier than ever.
00:38:55Maybe that's what's wrong.
00:38:57Nobody can take your place with her.
00:38:59They got her to go back to school.
00:39:00She got a job.
00:39:01And the only thing that I got her to do is walk out.
00:39:04Oh, you know how kids are.
00:39:05They're always angels with somebody else's parents.
00:39:07I hardly speak to her anymore.
00:39:09If I don't catch her at home, she never calls me back.
00:39:11She is a kid.
00:39:13Count yourself lucky.
00:39:14She's living with such nice people.
00:39:17Yeah, maybe you're right.
00:39:18I love you.
00:39:21Great.
00:39:22Thank you very much.
00:39:24There you go, George.
00:39:25Ah, thank you.
00:39:27Pleasure doing business with you.
00:39:29It was very nice to meet you.
00:39:30Oh, nice to meet you, too.
00:39:31You take care, huh?
00:39:32Thanks.
00:39:32Bye-bye.
00:39:33Bye.
00:39:36This policy does cover accidental bad?
00:39:39Absolutely.
00:39:39Okay.
00:39:41When are we going to tell her?
00:39:50Tell me what?
00:39:51We can keep it a surprise, but we'd have to blindfold her, put her in the car, drive all
00:39:56the way like that.
00:39:57Drive where?
00:39:58Oh, we're just going to visit George's sister in San Francisco.
00:40:02San Francisco?
00:40:04Oh, my God.
00:40:05Oh, my God.
00:40:28This is one of our favorite places, right, George?
00:40:52That's right, George.
00:40:53Come here.
00:40:58It is absolutely gorgeous.
00:41:25Looks like it's clearing up.
00:41:28So, who wants lemonade?
00:41:46Oh, sounds great.
00:41:48You've been here before.
00:41:49One of our favorite spots.
00:41:53Hungry?
00:41:53I love the bean salad, dear.
00:41:58Oh, thank you, George.
00:42:00Well, I, for one, am completely stuffed.
00:42:02Me, too.
00:42:03Maybe we should take a hike to walk this off.
00:42:06George, why don't we take Annie down to see the waterfall?
00:42:09That would be a great idea.
00:42:10Yeah, I'd love to see the falls.
00:42:11Okay, let's go.
00:42:12Thank you, George.
00:42:13I'll take my walk.
00:42:29Okay.
00:42:31Bye.
00:42:31Bye.
00:42:32Bye.
00:42:33Bye.
00:42:34Bye.
00:42:34Bye.
00:42:36Bye.
00:42:36Bye.
00:42:37Bye.
00:42:37Bye.
00:42:38Bye.
00:42:38Bye.
00:42:39Bye.
00:42:40Bye.
00:42:40Bye.
00:42:41George, why don't you take Annie up on the rock
00:42:45and I'll get a picture of you with the waterfall behind you?
00:42:49Good, good idea.
00:43:06Come on, Annie, a big smile for your mama.
00:43:11Please! Please, ma'am!
00:43:22Come on!
00:43:24Come on!
00:43:25Come on!
00:43:27Come on!
00:43:30Come on!
00:43:32Come on!
00:43:34I don't know.
00:44:04I don't know.
00:44:34I wanted you to know how very happy she was that day.
00:44:41It helps to know that.
00:44:44You can see her in the pictures we took that day.
00:44:48Would you like to have them?
00:44:50Yes.
00:44:58I miss my sweet Annie's face.
00:45:00I miss my sweet Annie's face.
00:45:04I miss my sweet Annie's face.
00:45:06I miss my sweet Annie's face.
00:45:08I miss my sweet Annie's face.
00:45:16Next week is Thanksgiving.
00:45:18I've got to go there for myself and see it.
00:45:20You think that's a good idea, going alone?
00:45:23I need to.
00:45:24Jeanette Ansaldi said her cousin, you know the one who teaches a little brother, lost a child last year.
00:45:31I remember her telling me that.
00:45:35Did you know our teacher's insurance is a death benefit for the loss of a child?
00:45:39Well, that's what I thought.
00:45:44Don't you want to look into it?
00:45:46Will that bring Annie back?
00:45:49No.
00:45:50But you're entitled to it.
00:45:52You might use it to make Janie's life better.
00:45:53What do I have to do?
00:46:00Show them a death certificate?
00:46:09I should have called first.
00:46:11Look, I'm sorry, but I have to be at a deposition in five minutes.
00:46:14Well, they told me that you would give me her death certificate.
00:46:17I haven't issued one.
00:46:18Why not?
00:46:20I'm tying up loose ends.
00:46:21We're shorthanded like everybody else.
00:46:23But this has been determined as an accident, so what's holding you up?
00:46:26Well, there's paperwork, insurance policies.
00:46:29We don't have to do anything about that.
00:46:31My teacher's policy will cover it all.
00:46:33I'm not talking about your policy.
00:46:35I'm talking about your daughter's policy from Seattle.
00:46:39Seattle?
00:46:41Life insurance for $100,000.
00:46:45My daughter was 19 years old.
00:46:48What would she do with that?
00:46:50It's me.
00:46:52Oh.
00:46:53No, she would have told me.
00:46:55You're not the beneficiary.
00:46:56Helen Preston is.
00:46:57I don't believe that.
00:47:01That's true.
00:47:02I spoke with the agent myself.
00:47:04I don't care who you spoke to.
00:47:05I know my own daughter.
00:47:07Look, ma'am, I tell you what.
00:47:08Leave your address with the sergeant, and when the death certificate's ready, I'll send it to you, okay?
00:47:13I really have to go.
00:47:14Is that it?
00:47:17Is that it?
00:47:17That's all?
00:47:18What do you mean?
00:47:19I need some answers.
00:47:20I need some answers.
00:47:21Look, ma'am, I don't know why your daughter took out a life insurance policy.
00:47:25But I've seen people do all kinds of strange things, and this is not all that strange.
00:47:29Well, what about the Prestons?
00:47:31They're good people.
00:47:32They're all shook up about this.
00:47:34They said that when...
00:47:35They said they're going to get $100,000.
00:47:39Yeah.
00:47:39My people were all over that scene.
00:47:43It was an accident.
00:47:44Accept it.
00:47:45It's tragic, and you have my sympathies.
00:47:48But there was no evidence of anything criminal out there.
00:47:54Then keep looking.
00:47:55Looking for what?
00:47:56What do you want me to investigate?
00:47:59Murder.
00:48:09Murder.
00:48:10Murder.
00:48:11Murder.
00:48:12Murder.
00:48:13Murder.
00:48:14Murder.
00:48:15Murder.
00:48:16Murder.
00:48:17Murder.
00:48:18Murder.
00:48:19Murder.
00:48:20Murder.
00:48:21Murder.
00:48:22Murder.
00:48:23Murder.
00:48:24Murder.
00:48:25Murder.
00:48:26Murder.
00:48:27Murder.
00:48:28Murder.
00:48:29Murder.
00:48:30Murder.
00:48:31Murder.
00:48:32Murder.
00:48:33Murder.
00:48:34Murder.
00:48:35Murder.
00:48:36Murder.
00:48:37Murder.
00:48:38Murder.
00:48:39Carol, come in, please.
00:49:02It was nice of you to see me on such short notice.
00:49:09I would have been glad to take care of all those details for you, Carol.
00:49:14Closing out her affairs must have been so painful.
00:49:19Annie was my daughter.
00:49:22I saw her into this world, and I need to see her out.
00:49:26Annie loved this all smothered in vanilla ice cream.
00:49:32We loved her as our own.
00:49:34And I'm sure you'll understand my need to go through it again, to get it straight in my head.
00:49:43Of course, dear.
00:49:46Did you see it happen?
00:49:48No, nothing. Not a sound.
00:49:51We turned to go back.
00:49:53Before I knew it, she was gone.
00:49:56I had to stop George from diving in after her.
00:50:00You know, it was futile.
00:50:01We could see her there, under the falls.
00:50:10The Oregon police said that Annie took out an insurance policy.
00:50:14Yes.
00:50:16She was really cute about it.
00:50:18She said it made her feel so grown up.
00:50:22I know how much this hurts you, Carol.
00:50:25And I also know that only time can fix it.
00:50:29You don't know how this feels.
00:50:30Yes, I do.
00:50:32I lost a daughter, too.
00:50:35Cynthia was only three years old.
00:50:40We were living back in Dayton, 1972.
00:50:47What happened?
00:50:49It was an accident.
00:50:50It was a terrible, terrible accident.
00:50:56The one thing I do know is that you can beat yourself to death over a guilty conscience
00:51:01about what you could have done, what you should have done.
00:51:05In the end, it doesn't change anything.
00:51:08Poor, poor, Carol.
00:51:24I don't like it.
00:51:26Well, George, when are you going to acquire some backbone?
00:51:29Carol Mills is a school teacher from Ohio.
00:51:32You going to be scared of her?
00:51:33I was never thrilled about writing this policy.
00:51:47But you did it anyway.
00:51:48I asked the questions.
00:51:49They had the right answers.
00:51:50I told that woman that she had to have an insurable interest to be the beneficiary.
00:51:56What does that mean?
00:51:57A meaningful relationship with the policyholder.
00:52:00She didn't have one.
00:52:01She called me back and told me that Annie was going to marry her son.
00:52:04Annie was already married.
00:52:05I didn't know that.
00:52:06So the Prestons get their policy.
00:52:11And my daughter's dead.
00:52:36Hi, sweetheart.
00:52:37I missed you.
00:52:40Welcome home.
00:52:42Thank you, Laura.
00:52:43Thank you, Laura.
00:53:06What can I do to change your mind?
00:53:26Evidence.
00:53:27It's that simple.
00:53:28What about the insurance?
00:53:30Look, we've been through all that.
00:53:31Don't you care that these two people are getting away with murder?
00:53:34Mrs. Mills, I think it's time you accepted the fact that it was an accident.
00:53:43Now I remember.
00:53:44The little girl's name was Cynthia Preston.
00:53:47What happened to her?
00:53:48She hanged herself.
00:53:50My God.
00:53:52The sight of her hanging in that barn haunted me for years.
00:53:56How on earth does that happen to a three-year-old?
00:54:00Well, the story as I remember it is, she climbed up on a tractor that was in that barn.
00:54:04With some twine dangling over a rafter.
00:54:07Somehow she got twisted in it.
00:54:10The whole thing struck me as odd.
00:54:12Did you say something at the time?
00:54:14Sure did.
00:54:15But the captain knew the parents and couldn't believe that they'd hurt a child.
00:54:19What happened to the case?
00:54:21Ruled accidental hanging.
00:54:23Was there insurance on that little girl?
00:54:25I don't know.
00:54:27Could you check?
00:54:27It's really important to me.
00:54:29I'll try.
00:54:29Okay.
00:54:29Okay.
00:54:34Let's go.
00:54:52Who is it?
00:55:09Detective McAdams, Seattle Police.
00:55:13You Amy Carmen's mother?
00:55:15Yes.
00:55:16I'd like to talk to you.
00:55:18May I see the ID again?
00:55:19Sure.
00:55:22You don't sound like you're from Seattle.
00:55:26Seattle by way of Brooklyn.
00:55:30All right, we, uh, a little out of the way here?
00:55:33That depends on what you can tell me about Annie's insurance policy.
00:55:37Are you always this friendly?
00:55:40Only when I have to switch planes twice and lay over in Chicago for three hours.
00:55:44I'm sorry, I'm a little...
00:55:46Would you like some coffee, maybe something to eat?
00:55:48No, thank you.
00:55:48So, what do you know about this insurance?
00:55:55Well, I, I know that they say Annie took it out herself, that her signature is on the application,
00:56:00but I don't believe any of it.
00:56:03And how do you explain it?
00:56:05I don't know.
00:56:06I mean, that's the problem.
00:56:07I, it doesn't make sense.
00:56:08None of it makes sense.
00:56:09Like Mickey Holloway saying he was planning to marry your daughter?
00:56:14Exactly.
00:56:15I don't believe it either.
00:56:19Oregon insists that it's an accident.
00:56:21They don't know that family like I do.
00:56:24Mickey's been bad news since the first time I busted him.
00:56:27And the mother...
00:56:28She's just smart.
00:56:31Always two steps ahead of us.
00:56:33So when I heard the Prestons were with your daughter when she died...
00:56:36Then you'll go after them?
00:56:38That's why I'm here.
00:56:40Okay?
00:56:46These are photos taken of Annie the day that she died.
00:56:48Ah.
00:56:49Ah, she's very pretty.
00:56:52Yeah.
00:56:53George Preston.
00:57:05Have any other pictures of Annie?
00:57:07Something recent?
00:57:10High school graduation?
00:57:11Yeah.
00:57:19Look here at Helen's picture.
00:57:20You see how Annie's face looks kind of droopy there and her eyes look glassy?
00:57:24What are you trying to say?
00:57:25Well, she may have been drugged.
00:57:28Drugged?
00:57:28I don't want to rule out anything, okay?
00:57:32These I want my lab guys to look at.
00:57:35Oh, I'll get Oregon to fax me a copy of the autopsy report...
00:57:40...and then I'm going to want to talk to some people around here like a doctor.
00:57:46I know I'm throwing a lot at you, but I'm really going to need your help.
00:57:49Okay.
00:57:51I'll be in touch.
00:57:52Thanks.
00:57:53You're welcome.
00:58:03It's amazing how you can be so calm.
00:58:05Amazing how you can't be.
00:58:07She'll keep coming back, you know.
00:58:09She's not going to give up until...
00:58:11Sweetheart, you'll never get anywhere in this world if you let every little thing bother you.
00:58:16Now, haven't I always taken care of everything for you?
00:58:21Now, you just let me take care of things just like I always do.
00:58:26I don't want you to worry.
00:58:28Because that's when you do something stupid.
00:58:30Why, thank you.
00:58:46One of the things on my ex-wife's list of grievances.
00:58:50Well, if her list was down to that...
00:58:51Oh, don't I wish.
00:58:53This was one of the few things I could correct.
00:58:56Oh, wait a minute.
00:58:57I'm going to Rachel's.
00:58:59I want you to call me when you get there.
00:59:01Mother.
00:59:02Otherwise, you don't go.
00:59:04Okay.
00:59:05Bye.
00:59:06Bye.
00:59:06Bye.
00:59:06I'm very protective of her.
00:59:20You don't have to explain yourself.
00:59:21I'm a parent, too.
00:59:23Little boy.
00:59:26He's five now.
00:59:27That's why I moved to Seattle.
00:59:29My wife...
00:59:31Ex-wife remarried.
00:59:33I didn't want to miss seeing you grow up.
00:59:35All right.
00:59:40I, uh, went over the autopsy report.
00:59:44None of the standard drugs of choice show up.
00:59:46No marijuana, no cocaine.
00:59:48Well, that's a relief.
00:59:49But there's traces of an antidepressant.
00:59:54Antidepressant?
00:59:54No.
00:59:55Annie...
00:59:55Annie wouldn't take a pill like that.
00:59:57Oh, you can't be so sure of that.
00:59:59Her marriage is over.
01:00:00She's left on her own.
01:00:01You said she was an insecure kid.
01:00:02No, Annie would never take something like that.
01:00:04It was in her blood.
01:00:06It says so, right here.
01:00:08Something called amatrip.
01:00:12Amatrip?
01:00:15Amatrip?
01:00:19Where are you going?
01:00:20Carol?
01:00:21Just a second.
01:00:22All she talked about was beauty school, but I guess you knew that.
01:00:29Yes, I did.
01:00:31George?
01:00:32Yes, dear?
01:00:32Bring me an aspirin, will you, dear?
01:00:34I've had this headache all day.
01:00:37Just don't bring me one of your amatrips.
01:00:39He's done that before.
01:00:41Aspirin and amatrip look a lot alike.
01:00:43I saw Annie take one by mistake.
01:00:46Annie took it.
01:00:47Actually, it's a nice pill.
01:00:49Doesn't make you sleepy at all.
01:00:52This woman has covered more bases than Barry Bonds.
01:00:57Her husband takes those pills.
01:00:59She damn well knows their side effects.
01:01:01They cause drowsiness, disorientation.
01:01:04Or they cause you to be unsteady on your feet.
01:01:07And easy to push off a slippery rock.
01:01:08The room's been empty for three weeks now.
01:01:30I have to do everything myself.
01:01:38Hi.
01:01:46Hi.
01:01:47Job, hunty?
01:01:49Yeah, I'm afraid I'm not having much luck, though.
01:01:51You talked to the manager here?
01:01:52Maybe they need some help.
01:01:53There's nothing.
01:01:55What are you looking for?
01:01:56I worked in a hospital back home.
01:01:58I'm not picky.
01:01:59Waitress, cell.
01:02:01Just have to find something before my money runs out,
01:02:03or I'm on a bus back home looking like a failure.
01:02:05I'm on a bus back home and I'm on a bus back home and I'm on a bus back home.
01:02:35Nice of you to call.
01:02:36I've been thinking of you, dear.
01:02:38I just wanted to know how you were doing.
01:02:42Well, it's...
01:02:43It's been very hard, but I know you know that.
01:02:46We're getting stronger every day.
01:02:48And how's that sweet little daughter of yours?
01:02:51Janie, is it?
01:02:51She's fine.
01:02:57She's just fine.
01:02:59I appreciate your asking.
01:03:02Well, I just wanted you to know that you're in our prayers.
01:03:06You two take care now.
01:03:08Bye.
01:03:08What a surprise.
01:03:26I wasn't expecting you back in town this day.
01:03:28We got work to do.
01:03:29After she divorced Mickey's father, she married Carl Nelson.
01:03:44Not long after, he's diagnosed with cancer.
01:03:48Ellen, who claims to be a practical nurse,
01:03:50starts administering his intravenous.
01:03:52But having, he's dead, she collects on his life insurance.
01:03:55Now she marries George.
01:03:57They move into Helen's mother's house.
01:04:01Boom.
01:04:01The house catches on fire.
01:04:03But the insurance company decides not to total it.
01:04:06They want to rebuild.
01:04:08Not a month later, the house burns to the ground.
01:04:11And despite the fact that it's ruled us,
01:04:13and the company pays off in full,
01:04:15that's not all.
01:04:16Her mother, Helen, takes over her care.
01:04:20The woman is a diabetic, and Helen administered the insulin.
01:04:23Don't tell me that she...
01:04:25You got it.
01:04:26The mother died.
01:04:27Helen pocketed the money from the sale of the house
01:04:29and went merrily along with her wife.
01:04:33And then even her own child.
01:04:36How did she get away with this?
01:04:38Didn't anybody connect these deaths?
01:04:40She kept moving from state to state.
01:04:42A never talked to B.
01:04:43B never talked to C.
01:04:44And taken separately, each incident is easily explained.
01:04:47I blame myself.
01:04:51I let her get involved with these people.
01:04:53You couldn't know.
01:04:55These people are Ozzie and Harriet.
01:04:57They would have fooled me, too,
01:04:58and I'm a hell of a lot more jaded than you.
01:05:00There you go.
01:05:03Best burgers in town, Ma.
01:05:07There's some homemade coleslaw over there on the table.
01:05:10Haven't eaten this well since Mama died.
01:05:14Coleslaw.
01:05:14Oh, it does my heart good to see you enjoy it, Lisa.
01:05:20Since my Mickey moved out, I've had nobody to mother.
01:05:23It sure would be nice to have some of that again.
01:05:25You ought to take up Mama on her offer to move in.
01:05:29Hot and cold, running, food by the hour.
01:05:42I thought you were in an early flight this morning.
01:05:43This package arrived as I was checking out.
01:05:46I think we finally got something.
01:05:47What?
01:05:48I never understood why some of Helen's photos were 5x7s
01:05:52and others were trimmed down.
01:05:53So on a hunch, I called the lab,
01:05:55and it turned out they keep dupe negatives
01:05:57of all their enlargements.
01:05:58So I had everything reprinted full frame,
01:06:01and look what I found.
01:06:03Helen cropped off Annie's feet.
01:06:05You see?
01:06:05They're slightly in the air.
01:06:07And George has his hand on her shoulder.
01:06:12Do you think he was pulling her backward?
01:06:14That's exactly what I think.
01:06:16Can we use it?
01:06:18Yeah, we can use it.
01:06:19I think we have a picture of George Preston
01:06:22pushing your daughter off that rock.
01:06:29Gabe, you've had tough cases before.
01:06:33I didn't exactly hand you a slam dunk on that cane murder.
01:06:36I'm not afraid of tough, Steve.
01:06:38But proving a murder with scraps of circumstantial evidence,
01:06:42that's another story.
01:06:43Even without introducing her past bad acts,
01:06:46we have the insurance policy.
01:06:48We have the drugs.
01:06:49We have her inconsistent statements to the police.
01:06:52So what if it's not textbook?
01:06:55That doesn't make this girl any less dead.
01:06:57This crime, if indeed it was a crime,
01:07:02took place in Oregon.
01:07:03How do I justify the cost of this trial
01:07:05to the taxpayers of Seattle?
01:07:07Mr. Nichols,
01:07:08you're the only person standing in the way of justice
01:07:11for my daughter and letting these monsters go free.
01:07:14My mother raises her daughter.
01:07:17She watches over her.
01:07:18And then when she grows up,
01:07:20she goes,
01:07:20aha, she's safe.
01:07:22I can breathe.
01:07:23But now I know that they're never safe.
01:07:25You can never breathe.
01:07:29I do think it was a homicide.
01:07:34I just hope we can prove it.
01:07:40She fits in well here, don't you think?
01:07:43Mm-hmm.
01:07:44We could use Bill Wiggett for the insurance next time.
01:07:46Next time.
01:07:49We're not even out of the woods on this anything yet.
01:07:52Don't be ridiculous, George.
01:07:54If they had anything, we'd know it.
01:07:57I don't care, Helen.
01:07:58If anything happens to this Lisa so soon,
01:08:01there'd be no way to explain it.
01:08:05You're a nervous one, aren't you, Georgie?
01:08:08We're not going to do it tomorrow.
01:08:11This sort of thing requires planning.
01:08:13This garden could use a good weeding.
01:08:17This garden could use a good weeding.
01:08:17It's a real good, not thinking.
01:08:17This garden could use a good weeding at a good time.
01:08:20We're going to do it tomorrow.
01:08:29We're going to do it tomorrow.
01:08:35That's not a good thing.
01:08:37Well, I gotta admit, you saw a lot more there than I ever did.
01:09:02Let's just say I know these people.
01:09:07There we go.
01:09:17Here it is.
01:09:18I don't know what you think you're gonna find here now.
01:09:20Well, we don't know either.
01:09:22Just wanna take a look.
01:09:24I'll wait for you back in the car.
01:09:31I wish you could have known her, Steve.
01:09:34She was such a little fighter.
01:09:38That's why I know she didn't go quietly like they said.
01:09:41All those years, I tried to save her childhood, but in the end, I couldn't save her life.
01:09:49Where'd you go after school?
01:10:04Auntie Laura took me to the library.
01:10:07Well, that's right.
01:10:07We still need to return some books.
01:10:09No, I took them back the other day.
01:10:13By yourself?
01:10:14I took the bus.
01:10:15You know, I don't like you doing that.
01:10:17No, it was fine.
01:10:19Tell your mom everything's fine.
01:10:21Auntie Laura says hi.
01:10:23Oh, and that lady called when I was at home.
01:10:26What lady?
01:10:27The one that Annie lived with.
01:10:30Helen?
01:10:30What did she want?
01:10:33Not much.
01:10:34She was nice.
01:10:35She talked to me for a long time.
01:10:37She even knew the library that I went to.
01:10:41She did?
01:10:42Yeah.
01:10:43How did she know that?
01:10:47Hey, ma, where's Lisa tonight?
01:10:49Exercise class.
01:10:50Are you catching a cold?
01:10:55No, ma.
01:10:56You should dress more warmly.
01:10:59I'm sorry to eat and run, but I told Buddy I'd pick him up at 7.30.
01:11:02Are you coming tomorrow?
01:11:03I'm making your favorite chicken.
01:11:06Yes, I'm coming.
01:11:09Mwah.
01:11:09Night.
01:11:10Good night.
01:11:20I want to talk to you, Mickey.
01:11:22I want to know what's going on here.
01:11:24Your daughter's dead.
01:11:26Yeah, it's sad, but get over it.
01:11:27There's no chance of that.
01:11:30You know, that's too bad.
01:11:31It must not be easy being in mourning for such a long, long time.
01:11:35No, it's not easy.
01:11:37It makes you angry and determined to find out why the person you love had to die.
01:11:40She was unlucky.
01:11:41She fell off a cliff.
01:11:43By herself?
01:11:47This is not over, Mickey.
01:11:48Not by a long shot.
01:11:50Oh, it's over.
01:11:51Believe me, it's over.
01:12:08How did she know about Janie, the library?
01:12:11Don't get carried away.
01:12:13Didn't she used to live in Columbus?
01:12:15Dayton.
01:12:16I'm scared, Steve.
01:12:17I'm really scared.
01:12:18Relax.
01:12:19She's just trying to get to you.
01:12:21She's succeeding.
01:12:23Yes?
01:12:24Steve, the Preston's attorney is here to see you.
01:12:28Ask her to wait in one of the consultation rooms, please.
01:12:32I'll be right back.
01:12:35Steve, you and I both know this department has a very long reach.
01:12:39You question the Preston's friends and relatives, poke into their personal affairs.
01:12:42Let me make this crystal clear.
01:12:43I won't sit by while they're harassed.
01:12:47Just doing my job, lady.
01:12:50The law's on my side.
01:12:52You're looking for a scapegoat here.
01:12:54I won't allow nice people like this to have their lives screwed up.
01:12:57I don't know if I describe them as nice people.
01:13:00You've got a problem.
01:13:02Well, charges.
01:13:04Otherwise, back off.
01:13:05Not until I find out what really happened to that kid.
01:13:08You're dangerously close to the line here, Steve.
01:13:11Don't push it.
01:13:17Always a breath of fresh air, Lydia.
01:13:19What did Nicholas say?
01:13:23Just that he wanted to see us.
01:13:25I hope Lydia's sorry I didn't get to him.
01:13:27That one was this close.
01:13:30Evidence or lack of it.
01:13:31That's the only thing that'll make a difference.
01:13:42Okay.
01:13:44Miss Mills, take a seat.
01:13:49Time for truth or consequences.
01:13:55I think we're ready for a dry run.
01:13:57Let me hear you tell me the story.
01:13:59I want to see if we've left anything out.
01:14:01Okay.
01:14:04Annie met Mickey Holloway,
01:14:06and within a week,
01:14:07Helen moved Annie into her home.
01:14:10General American wouldn't issue
01:14:11without insurable interest.
01:14:13Now we have Georgia's amateur description.
01:14:16Mom, we're here.
01:14:17Hey, no, say nothing.
01:14:19Hey, see me.
01:14:23Love you too, baby.
01:14:24If I'm the defense attorney,
01:14:26I can argue 42 ways.
01:14:27I don't know.
01:14:28I'll try to click for him last week.
01:14:29Oh, my God.
01:14:30I'm going to prove that she is afraid
01:14:31of heights.
01:14:32I guess we're here.
01:14:34The statements from her doctor.
01:14:37This is a mosaic of a murder.
01:14:40Now you prosecute, right?
01:14:45Yes, ma'am.
01:14:49We have warrants for the arrest
01:15:15of Helen and George Preston.
01:15:18For what?
01:15:19The murder of Annie Carmen.
01:15:21Why are you coming to our home like this?
01:15:23You're under arrest.
01:15:24What do you think you are?
01:15:25No.
01:15:26You have the right to remain silent.
01:15:28If you choose to give up that right,
01:15:30anything you say can and will be held against you
01:15:33in a form of law.
01:15:34We are living in here.
01:15:35You have the right to an attorney
01:15:36for your questioning.
01:15:38If you cannot afford an attorney
01:15:40and so desire one,
01:15:42one will be provided for you
01:15:43with no charge.
01:15:45You'd have been a better mother.
01:15:46Your daughter wouldn't have left home
01:15:47in the first place.
01:15:48Now you want to persecute me
01:15:49because of your guilty conscience?
01:15:51This is not only a trial
01:16:08about the murder of Annie Carmen.
01:16:10It's also a test
01:16:11about who we are as a people.
01:16:14Should somebody be allowed
01:16:16to purchase an insurance policy one day
01:16:18and present a dead body
01:16:20in exchange a week later?
01:16:23Don't be fooled
01:16:24by the apple pie exterior
01:16:26of these defendants.
01:16:28Inside, they are cold-blooded murderers
01:16:30and we will prove that
01:16:32above and beyond a reasonable doubt.
01:16:36Annie Carmen's death
01:16:37was a terrible thing.
01:16:40But we add to the tragedy
01:16:42with the innuendo,
01:16:44the insinuation
01:16:45that this woman
01:16:46and her family
01:16:48are to blame.
01:16:50Annie Carmen's death
01:16:51was an accident.
01:16:54A fall from treacherous terrain
01:16:56by a girl inappropriately dressed,
01:17:00wearing backless shoes
01:17:01while standing on a slippery rock.
01:17:04This is a recipe for calamity.
01:17:07But it's not
01:17:08a blueprint
01:17:09for murder.
01:17:12On the night
01:17:12of the accident,
01:17:14did you ask
01:17:15about insurance?
01:17:17Yes.
01:17:18I asked her point blank.
01:17:19Was there any insurance?
01:17:21And the answer?
01:17:23Mrs. Preston told me no.
01:17:25She looked me right in the eye
01:17:26and she said no.
01:17:27Was that true?
01:17:29No.
01:17:30In fact,
01:17:30she paid for the insurance herself.
01:17:31Then Mrs. Preston
01:17:36stuck the insurance policy
01:17:37in her purse
01:17:38and headed for the door.
01:17:39Did she say anything?
01:17:41Only one thing.
01:17:42She asked me
01:17:43if the policy
01:17:44covered accidental death.
01:17:45And how did you answer?
01:17:47I told her it did.
01:17:48Then what happened?
01:17:50A week later,
01:17:51she walked back in,
01:17:52dropped the policy
01:17:53on my desk
01:17:53and looked at me
01:17:55with cold, dead eyes.
01:17:57Did she say anything then?
01:17:59Just two words.
01:18:01She's dead.
01:18:03Your witness?
01:18:04Tell me, Mr. Powell,
01:18:06when Annie Carmen
01:18:07was in your office,
01:18:08did she seem to be there
01:18:09against her will?
01:18:11No.
01:18:12No further questions.
01:18:14Like I said,
01:18:15she's my fiancée.
01:18:17Planning a big wedding,
01:18:18were you?
01:18:19Objection.
01:18:19Irrelevant.
01:18:20Foundational,
01:18:21Your Honor.
01:18:22I'll allow it.
01:18:24I asked if you were
01:18:25planning a big wedding.
01:18:27Well, we hadn't set
01:18:28a date yet,
01:18:29but we were going to
01:18:31very soon.
01:18:32Sometime after
01:18:33she got a divorce,
01:18:34I presume.
01:18:35You didn't know
01:18:36she was already married.
01:18:38Lots of marriages overlap.
01:18:40Where were you
01:18:40when Annie Carmen
01:18:41was killed?
01:18:42I was at home
01:18:43in my apartment,
01:18:44listening to music.
01:18:45Not at the Falls
01:18:46in Oregon?
01:18:48Absolutely not.
01:18:50I have further questions.
01:18:53Mr. Holloway,
01:18:56did your fiancée
01:18:58like to do things
01:18:59that were a little wild,
01:19:00maybe a little dangerous?
01:19:02One of the things
01:19:03I like best about her.
01:19:04So her desire
01:19:05to cast caution aside
01:19:06to get a better view
01:19:07of the waterfall
01:19:08didn't surprise you?
01:19:10Not at all.
01:19:11Annie lived with
01:19:12your parents,
01:19:13didn't she?
01:19:14Yeah.
01:19:15She lived in my room.
01:19:15And your mother
01:19:17treated her very much
01:19:18like her own child?
01:19:20Sometimes better.
01:19:22Better than her own
01:19:23mother treated her?
01:19:24Yeah,
01:19:24that's what Annie
01:19:25told me.
01:19:26Objection,
01:19:26that's hearsay,
01:19:27Your Honor.
01:19:28Sustained.
01:19:29What did you see,
01:19:31observe,
01:19:32of her feelings
01:19:33towards her mother?
01:19:36Well,
01:19:37sometimes when
01:19:38Annie's mom
01:19:38would call,
01:19:39she would
01:19:39duck her phone calls
01:19:42and tell my mother
01:19:43to take a message
01:19:44and then never
01:19:44phone back.
01:19:45So,
01:19:46without telling us
01:19:47what she said,
01:19:48was it your opinion
01:19:49that Annie
01:19:50bore a deep resentment
01:19:51toward her mother?
01:19:53Yeah.
01:19:54She didn't like
01:19:55her mother at all.
01:19:56No further questions.
01:19:59Since I see
01:20:00we're coming up
01:20:00on the hour
01:20:01at this time,
01:20:02let's recess for lunch.
01:20:05The defense
01:20:06is ready
01:20:06to start its case
01:20:07and they got
01:20:08a little surprise
01:20:08for us.
01:20:09Helen's gonna
01:20:10take the stand.
01:20:11Is that good or bad?
01:20:12Could be good
01:20:13if she trips herself up.
01:20:15Well,
01:20:15what if the jury
01:20:15believes her?
01:20:17Well,
01:20:17that is the downside.
01:20:20How do you feel,
01:20:21Mrs. Preston?
01:20:22Nervous.
01:20:24You don't have
01:20:24to testify here today.
01:20:26Why are you doing this?
01:20:27Because this vendetta
01:20:29against me
01:20:29is totally unfair
01:20:31and I need
01:20:34to set the record straight.
01:20:36Well,
01:20:36let's set it straight then.
01:20:38Tell me what happened
01:20:39that day on the cliff.
01:20:40Well,
01:20:41we walked back in
01:20:42from the road
01:20:43because
01:20:44Annie wanted
01:20:45to see the falls
01:20:46and have a picture taken.
01:20:50She said
01:20:50she'd never seen
01:20:51beauty like that.
01:20:53That her life
01:20:54before had been
01:20:55so, you know,
01:20:57dull.
01:20:59And now she was
01:21:00seeing things
01:21:01that she'd only dreamed of.
01:21:02Objection.
01:21:03Here's say,
01:21:04Your Honor.
01:21:04Sustained.
01:21:05Would you say
01:21:06that you became,
01:21:07in a sense,
01:21:09Annie's surrogate mother?
01:21:10In a sense, yes.
01:21:13Why would I kill the girl?
01:21:16I gave her life meaning.
01:21:18I loved her
01:21:19without judgment.
01:21:23And what was the reason,
01:21:25again,
01:21:25that you so conveniently
01:21:26cropped off
01:21:27Annie's feet
01:21:28on those photos
01:21:29that you gave her mother?
01:21:30There was no sinister reason.
01:21:32I just cut the photos
01:21:34to make them look better.
01:21:35But you didn't cut
01:21:36the other photos
01:21:36that you gave her.
01:21:37I already explained that.
01:21:39They were framed differently.
01:21:41Mrs. Preston,
01:21:42you said that
01:21:43you and your husband
01:21:44were alone
01:21:45with Annie Carmen
01:21:46at the falls.
01:21:47Yes.
01:21:48So no one else
01:21:49can account
01:21:49for what really
01:21:50happened that day,
01:21:51just you and your husband.
01:21:53Is that right?
01:21:54Yes, it is.
01:21:55But you stand
01:21:56to collect
01:21:56$100,000
01:21:58on her insurance,
01:21:59do you not?
01:22:00She wanted me
01:22:01to be the beneficiary.
01:22:02But she's no longer
01:22:03here to tell us
01:22:04that, is she?
01:22:07No.
01:22:08Unfortunately,
01:22:08she's not.
01:22:10Tell me about
01:22:10other insurance.
01:22:12Insurance on the life
01:22:13of your late husband.
01:22:15Objection,
01:22:15Your Honor.
01:22:16Irrelevant.
01:22:16I'll connect it,
01:22:17Your Honor.
01:22:18I'll allow it.
01:22:19I was asking you
01:22:20about the insurance money
01:22:21that you collected
01:22:22on the death
01:22:22of your late husband,
01:22:23Carl Nelson.
01:22:24He died of cancer.
01:22:25I was his wife,
01:22:26so of course
01:22:27I was the beneficiary.
01:22:29But you were also
01:22:30supervising his nursing care,
01:22:32were you not?
01:22:33I'm a nurse.
01:22:34And he died
01:22:34in your care,
01:22:36as did your mother,
01:22:37correct?
01:22:37They were both ailing.
01:22:39Any doctor
01:22:40can tell you that.
01:22:40Amazing how people
01:22:41seem to die around you,
01:22:43isn't it,
01:22:43Mrs. Preston?
01:22:44Objection,
01:22:45Your Honor.
01:22:46Sustained.
01:22:47What about
01:22:47other insurance payouts
01:22:48you collect on
01:22:49any others?
01:22:50From time to time.
01:22:51Like on a house
01:22:52that burned down?
01:22:54Twice.
01:22:55My husband and I
01:22:56tried to give
01:22:57this girl a home.
01:22:59A family.
01:23:00The love
01:23:01that she was
01:23:02desperate for.
01:23:02Now,
01:23:03now you're trying
01:23:04to turn this
01:23:05into something
01:23:05terrible,
01:23:06trying to,
01:23:07to make us
01:23:08the,
01:23:08the scapegoats
01:23:09for an accident
01:23:10that we couldn't,
01:23:11we couldn't
01:23:12possibly prevent.
01:23:15The defense rests.
01:23:19Okay,
01:23:19Mr. Nichols,
01:23:20are you ready
01:23:20with your rebuttal?
01:23:22The Annie
01:23:22that you've heard
01:23:23described,
01:23:24is this your child?
01:23:26No,
01:23:26not at all.
01:23:28Annie would never
01:23:28have behaved that way.
01:23:30It's not possible.
01:23:31Not possible at all.
01:23:33Nothing that they've
01:23:34said about my daughter
01:23:35Annie is true.
01:23:36No further questions
01:23:37at this time,
01:23:38Your Honor.
01:23:38And do you know
01:23:39if Annie had her meals
01:23:40at the Preston home?
01:23:41Dinners,
01:23:41specifically.
01:23:43Yes,
01:23:43sometimes I think
01:23:44she did.
01:23:44Home-cooked family
01:23:45dinners,
01:23:46in which Annie
01:23:46was included
01:23:47as a member
01:23:48of the family?
01:23:49Yes.
01:23:49So it wasn't like
01:23:50she just rented
01:23:51a room in the house.
01:23:52She lived there.
01:23:53She was treated
01:23:54like their own daughter.
01:23:55Isn't that true,
01:23:56Mrs. Nelson?
01:23:56I don't know.
01:23:57I wasn't there.
01:23:58Yes,
01:23:58we know that.
01:23:59But Helen was there,
01:24:00wasn't she?
01:24:01And she guided her,
01:24:02encouraged her,
01:24:04mothered her.
01:24:06Isn't that right?
01:24:08Your Honor,
01:24:09would you please
01:24:09instruct the witness?
01:24:10She twisted her.
01:24:13Were you in touch
01:24:14with Annie
01:24:14when she lived
01:24:14with the Prestons?
01:24:16Yes, I was.
01:24:17How often would you say?
01:24:18Once a week?
01:24:19Once a month?
01:24:20Well,
01:24:20not as often
01:24:21as I would have liked.
01:24:23I'd call her
01:24:24and then I couldn't
01:24:25catch her in.
01:24:26So would you say
01:24:26you felt rejected
01:24:27by your daughter
01:24:28in favor of Helen Preston?
01:24:30I'm her mother.
01:24:31That never changed.
01:24:33Yet you abrogated
01:24:34her care and nurturing
01:24:35to another woman
01:24:36and now you want
01:24:37to repay that woman
01:24:38by seeing her
01:24:39put in jail
01:24:40for the rest of her life.
01:24:41Isn't that right?
01:24:42Annie was taken in
01:24:43by them.
01:24:45Annie was a butterfly,
01:24:47caught in a spider's web.
01:24:49No further questions.
01:24:54I have one more question,
01:24:56Mrs. Mills.
01:24:57Did you love your daughter?
01:24:59With all my heart.
01:25:03My daughter died
01:25:04a horrible death.
01:25:06I can't bring her back.
01:25:08Objection, Your Honor.
01:25:09This is a speech.
01:25:10Your Honor, please.
01:25:12I'm asking you
01:25:13to allow me a moment.
01:25:14I'd like to speak
01:25:15on her behalf.
01:25:16I'd allow it.
01:25:16My daughter was
01:25:19a wonderful young woman
01:25:20who had her whole life
01:25:23in front of her.
01:25:25She came to know
01:25:26these people
01:25:26and to trust them.
01:25:28And through her,
01:25:29I trusted them too.
01:25:34I regret that.
01:25:38I'm asking you,
01:25:40please don't be fooled
01:25:40by them too.
01:25:41They murdered my daughter
01:25:44for money
01:25:44and they deserve
01:25:46to be punished.
01:25:52I understand
01:25:53you've reached a verdict.
01:25:55We have, Your Honor.
01:25:56Will the defendants
01:26:09please stand
01:26:10and face the jury?
01:26:13You may read the verdict.
01:26:15On the charge of murder
01:26:16in the first degree,
01:26:17we find the defendants,
01:26:18George and Helen Preston,
01:26:20guilty as charged.
01:26:21May I remind the court
01:26:29these proceedings
01:26:29are not over.
01:26:31I'm scared.
01:27:31I love you, Annie.
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