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00:00In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous.
00:11In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are
00:16members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.
00:19These are their stories.
00:24Well, he's a good detective, but he's a lot to take in.
00:28Meaning?
00:29You'll see.
00:30Hey, Terry Bruno.
00:31Ah, I see you're still dressing like a perp.
00:33Hey, John.
00:34Nice fedora.
00:35You know it's 2025, right?
00:37Hey, the clothes make the man, Terry.
00:39Uh, who is this Tweedledum?
00:41Jake Griffin.
00:42Oh, Batman.
00:44Yeah, yeah, yeah, I heard about you.
00:45Okay.
00:46Yeah, hopefully not all bad.
00:48Mixed, mostly.
00:50Walking to the circus, boys, we got a guy inside, said his girlfriend was snatched in the middle
00:55of the night, says she was raped, so here you are.
00:58How do you want to handle it?
00:59Well, we've put a polo out on the girl, Nikki Suarez, so we will handle the citywide search,
01:03but the rape is all yours.
01:05Terry, between us, the media's already flinging some wild theories, so you're gonna need to
01:12drill down on this guy's story.
01:13It sounds like you're not liking it.
01:16Hey, kid, everybody's got a story, but this one's got some hair on it.
01:19All right, 10-4, we'll let you know.
01:20Okay.
01:21And when I woke up, the guy was wrapping my entire head in duct tape, and then he pinned
01:28me down, and that's when I realized that he had wrapped my wrists, too.
01:32So you didn't get a good look at him?
01:33No.
01:34What about his voice?
01:36He sounded like a robot.
01:38Like a what?
01:39Look, I know.
01:41All I could figure was that he was using some kind of voice-altering technology.
01:46Okay.
01:47What happened next?
01:49And then it sounded like he was assaulting her, and I didn't do anything because I didn't
01:55want him to kill her.
01:55And he kept saying that he had cameras and lasers set up watching me, and that if I didn't
02:02remain still for at least three hours, that he would kill her.
02:06What'd you do?
02:07I did what he told me to do.
02:10I stayed there, and I waited for what felt like three hours, and then when I finally got
02:16myself out, Nikki was gone.
02:18Look, we're gonna find her, but I need you to come down to the precinct to help us.
02:23Yeah, whatever you need.
02:24You guys just have to find her.
02:31You buying any of this?
02:33He's definitely hiding something.
02:36Well, the plot thickens, boys.
02:38We ran our guy Morrison.
02:39He did a two-year federal bid up a securities fraud case.
02:42Got out three years ago.
02:44Great.
02:44Max Con motivational speaker.
02:46Yeah, and a story with more holes in the BQE.
02:54So, Jimmy tells him NYPD has a new forensic technique where murder victims' eyes could
03:00be removed to determine the last image they saw before death.
03:02This is genius, but did it actually work?
03:05Like a charm.
03:06Guy gave up everything, including stuff we didn't even know about.
03:09Okay, I love it, and I'm gonna use it.
03:12Ah, a panel on generative AI in law enforcement.
03:16Maybe Jimmy was on or something.
03:18What a world.
03:19Yeah.
03:20How long were you two partners?
03:21Five years in uniform, four more as detectives.
03:24Oh.
03:24He was a great cop, great partner.
03:26You know how it is when it just clicks.
03:28I do.
03:29I do.
03:30And what got him?
03:32Here was a guy who'd been shot three times, including one shielding a witness, and in
03:36the end, it was cancer.
03:39Ah.
03:40Jake was only 12.
03:42All Jimmy dreamed of was seeing Jake take the oath.
03:44Oh.
03:45I appreciate you taking him under your wing.
03:48I mean, I know you didn't actually have a choice.
03:50I appreciate it just the same.
03:52I was hesitant, but Griffin has potential.
03:55Yeah.
03:59Benson.
04:02Okay, I'm three hours away, and I'm at a conference.
04:08Tell him we're heading back.
04:09Okay, I'm on my way back, okay?
04:12I'm sorry, Chief.
04:13Don't be active kidnapping.
04:15Great excuse to get out of here.
04:16Great.
04:20Nikki Suarez, 24, girlfriend of Greg Morrison, 50, who's presently our guest in interrogation
04:25room one.
04:25Why'd you bring him in?
04:27Because he's hinky.
04:28Care to expand on that keen insight?
04:30Yeah, he's rambling about the kidnapper setting up lasers and cameras and voice changers.
04:35Plus, he's an ex-con who peddles nonsense as a so-called motivational speaker.
04:40He did two years of club fed for securities fraud.
04:42And what about the missing woman?
04:43There's a bolo out on her.
04:45Two ones in charge of the search, but this guy isn't right.
04:48Yeah, the story's wild.
04:49But if it's true, we still gotta find her.
04:50Captain is on her way back from Albany, so why don't you two take your shot at Morrison
04:54and we'll coordinate with Weyland, CSU, and Canvas.
04:57When we break them, we'll let you know.
04:58Okay.
05:00If you could help me out, I do not understand the whole cameras and lasers thing.
05:04I'm not saying he was telling the truth.
05:07I am just telling you what he said.
05:10The whole voice-altering technology thing.
05:13Yes, he was obviously using something to make voice recognition impossible.
05:17Okay, well, maybe he thought you'd recognize him, you know?
05:20Who else had access to the brownstone?
05:23I did renovations last month.
05:24I gave the keys to my architect, Sean Davey.
05:28Sean Davey.
05:29You don't think he...
05:31Well, check it out.
05:32Anyone else you got beef with?
05:34You know, anyone else who would, uh, who'd want a reason to punish you?
05:43Guys, please.
05:44I-I'm begging you.
05:45You have to find Nicky.
05:47The whole city is out looking for her.
05:49But now, here's a chance for you to come clean.
05:54Let's start at the beginning.
05:56When was the last time you saw Nicky alive?
06:02Welcome back, Captain.
06:03Hey.
06:04So, I spoke with Curry.
06:05She said you're not liking this guy's story.
06:07It's more like a fairy tale.
06:08The guy who makes a living con in people, he thinks he can con us.
06:11He's hiding something.
06:11We just don't know what yet.
06:12Okay, Curry said that one of his neighbors said that she heard them arguing a couple of nights ago.
06:17Break it down for me.
06:18Captain?
06:20Oh, hold on.
06:22Yeah.
06:23There's a woman here that says we have her boyfriend in custody.
06:26Greg Morrison.
06:28Nicky?
06:29What?
06:29Nicky?
06:30No.
06:31No, I'm Kelsey.
06:32Uh, is Greg here?
06:33Come, come.
06:38Just have a look.
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07:26What's going on?
07:33Why is Greg here? Did he do something?
07:35So Greg is here. He's just answering a few questions for us.
07:40So why don't you go ahead and have a seat?
07:43So you said that you're Greg's girlfriend?
07:49How long have you been seeing each other?
07:53About a year.
07:54I live in Stanford. We met after one of his lectures.
07:58This morning he wasn't answering his phone calls when I tried to contact him, so I drove all the way down and...
08:03And then there was like a police officer at his place and sent me here.
08:09Look, can you just tell me what's happening, please?
08:12Should I have told you guys that I was also seeing Kelsey?
08:15Yeah, but that also has nothing to do with Nikki being kidnapped.
08:20If that's even true.
08:22Come on, guys, please.
08:24Call me a louse.
08:26Call me a cheater.
08:27But you're losing focus here.
08:29Are you going to go find her or not?
08:31The whole department is looking for her.
08:32We need you for a while.
08:33I think you know where Nikki is.
08:35What?
08:36I mean, how can we believe anything you say?
08:38You've been lying to us from the jump.
08:40So Greg told us that his girlfriend had been abducted.
08:45That she was kidnapped.
08:46What?
08:50I'm fine, fine.
08:52Yeah, no, I see that.
08:54I will tell you that he used a different name.
08:59He said that it was his girlfriend, Nikki.
09:08Who the hell?
09:09I've never seen this person before.
09:11Okay, so that's Nikki Suarez.
09:13He says, um, I see that you don't know anything about this.
09:19No.
09:19He said that's his girlfriend?
09:21I was going to break things off with Kelsey,
09:23and I understand that it was a bad thing to hide it from you, but...
09:27Because you didn't want to look like a bad guy?
09:29Right.
09:30Yeah.
09:30The kind of guy that would kill one of his girlfriends?
09:34Is that what you guys think?
09:35We are just trying to understand the nature of your relationships, okay?
09:39It might help us find the guy who you said abducted her.
09:42Who I said abducted her?
09:46Why do I feel like you guys don't believe me?
09:49Because I feel...
09:50I feel so stupid.
09:52God, I'm so embarrassed.
09:54Don't be.
09:56No.
09:57So, Greg was some kind of motivational speaker, right?
10:02Yeah.
10:03So, guys like this can be very, um, you know, manipulative.
10:08Was he ever, um, you know, controlling, or was he ever violent with you?
10:14No.
10:16No, I mean, obviously he's shady and a freaking good liar,
10:22but, honestly, he was always very respectful.
10:26I think you killed Nikki.
10:29If she's not really missing, we just, we need to call off the search.
10:33Okay.
10:36You guys obviously are not here to help me.
10:39So, I would like to leave now.
10:43And if you don't let me leave, I want a lawyer.
10:46You're not gonna motivationally speak your way out of this.
10:48I would like a lawyer!
10:49One way or another!
10:50You're going down for this!
10:51Don't move.
10:53Come on.
10:54I don't like him.
10:57If his girlfriend hadn't have showed up, he never would have told us.
11:00Slow your roll.
11:02Griff, what is your take?
11:03I don't know.
11:05He's clearly not telling us the whole story.
11:07Okay, well, so we're not there yet, and he's in both.
11:10I don't want in too hard.
11:11That's on me.
11:12He's just pissing me off with this bogus story.
11:14I agree that he's a suspect,
11:15but unless you have something other than a theory,
11:18we need to let him go and build a case that sticks.
11:21So, Rollins and Curry are speaking with Nicky's roommate.
11:27You two start with this architect
11:29who claims he has the key to his place.
11:33Gentlemen, how can I help you?
11:36Hey, I'm Detective Griffin.
11:38This is Detective Bruno.
11:40We're from Special Victims.
11:42Special Victims?
11:43We're investigating a kidnapping,
11:45and the guy we're looking at said you had keys to his place.
11:49What happened to you?
11:50I blew out my meniscus playing ball in the park.
11:54I had surgery last week.
11:55Hey, who were we talking about?
11:57Greg Morrison.
11:59He said I had his keys.
12:01Yeah, he did.
12:02Yeah, why you don't?
12:03Not anymore.
12:06Morrison hired me to do the plans on his renovation
12:08about a month ago, so he gave me the keys.
12:11I drew up the plans and explained to him
12:13the permitting process,
12:14and he asked if I could pay off
12:16the building inspectors to expedite it.
12:19Sounds like our guy.
12:20I told him I didn't pay off public officials,
12:22so he fired me
12:23and refused to pay my bill.
12:26Hmm.
12:27And the keys?
12:27I mailed them back to him
12:29with my final payment notice,
12:30which he ignored.
12:33You ever meet his girlfriend?
12:37Nikki.
12:39Seemed like a nice kid.
12:41Is she the one that was kidnapped?
12:42That's what Morrison's saying, yeah.
12:45Is there anything you could tell us about her
12:46or her relationship with Morrison?
12:50No, not really.
12:51I only saw him together once or twice.
12:55But one time when I let myself in
12:57before he fired me,
12:58I must have spooked her
13:00because she freaked out.
13:02Hmm.
13:02Something about a guy stalking her.
13:05I told her to report it,
13:06but she said she wasn't sure
13:08and she didn't want to seem paranoid.
13:10She'd give you his name?
13:11No.
13:13When Morrison came home
13:14and she clammed up about it,
13:17like she didn't want him to know.
13:27Look, we're not close.
13:29I mean, she moved in six months ago
13:30but spent way too much time
13:31with that boyfriend, Greg.
13:34Oh, y'all want anything?
13:35No.
13:36I take it you don't like him much.
13:38He's old enough to be her father.
13:40I mean, I saw right through him.
13:42Motivational speaker, my ass.
13:43He's a creep.
13:44Any reason to believe
13:45that he would hurt her?
13:46Like I said, we're not close.
13:48It's not like she shared
13:49that sort of stuff.
13:50Well, they seem pretty happy here.
13:52This is them, right?
13:53Yeah, it's him.
13:55Such a douchey smile.
13:56Is she wearing a smart ring?
13:58Did you wear that every day?
13:59Yeah, she's a fitness freak.
14:01She said it tracked her heart rate
14:03and I don't know, some other stuff.
14:05Like location.
14:08Hey, your husband is gold.
14:18They got us an emergency order
14:19for the location data
14:21from Nikki's smart ring.
14:22He even knows how to load a dishwasher.
14:25Detective Whalen's already got a search going.
14:26This is the last place
14:27that the ring pinged from.
14:28Hey, Whalen.
14:29Captain Benson in the flesh.
14:31How you doing?
14:31Well, I'll be better
14:32once we find this girl.
14:34Yeah, but we're gonna find her.
14:35I got a nose for stuff like this, you know?
14:37I gotta say, but if it's a prize
14:39to see you out in the wild,
14:40my captain's likely at the 19th hole by now.
14:43I see you're still working the hatch deck.
14:44Ah, yeah, well, I'm gonna bring it back
14:46if it's the last thing I do.
14:48Found it!
14:48Layla, we've got a sighting.
14:59We have a woman who matches
15:00the description of Nikki Suarez
15:01at Hector's Bodega,
15:03533 Neptune Avenue in Brighton Beach.
15:05Okay, 10-4.
15:06I know right what that is.
15:07How do you want to handle this?
15:07Tell them not to approach.
15:09If this is indeed Nikki,
15:10then she may still be in shock.
15:12Okay, do not approach the suspect.
15:14We're on our way.
15:14Watermelon?
15:19It's okay.
15:20It's okay.
15:21Maybe lemon coke and cotton candy's really good,
15:24even though it sounds gross.
15:26Nikki?
15:27Coke and cotton candy.
15:28Nikki, I'm Captain Benson.
15:32I'm a police officer,
15:34and I'm here to help you.
15:39Okay?
15:39It's okay now.
15:41It's over, Nikki.
15:43It's over.
15:44All right, I got you.
15:53I got you.
15:54I got you.
15:55You're safe.
15:57It's okay.
15:58It's okay.
16:01It's okay.
16:07Yeah, we got her.
16:08Thank God.
16:09That's great news.
16:11How quickly can you get down here?
16:12There's a press conference.
16:13I'd like you there with me.
16:14Oh, I can't.
16:16Nikki's awake, and I need to interview her.
16:18You have a team of very capable investigators.
16:21Have one of them do the initial interview.
16:23You should be here.
16:23Chief Tynan, I was the first one to speak with her,
16:27and she's traumatized,
16:28so I don't think it would be fair for me
16:30to pass off the initial interview to somebody else.
16:34Captain, our press people are saying
16:35that your victim may have orchestrated this entire kidnapping.
16:38They're calling it a gone-girl situation.
16:41I need you to take the lead.
16:42That is ridiculous.
16:45Then what do your advisor tell the press?
16:47Nothing.
16:47It's premature.
16:49Can this not wait?
16:51No, it cannot.
16:52Well, then tell them that it's an ongoing investigation.
16:58This is important, Captain.
16:59I need you here.
17:01I have to go.
17:01Okay, well, I apologize.
17:03I'm sorry.
17:11Woke up with tape over my eyes
17:13and tape over my wrists.
17:16It's really strong.
17:18Did he say anything?
17:20He kept calling me a bitch.
17:21Uh-huh.
17:22Said I should shut up and take it.
17:24The whole time, I just, um,
17:27I don't know, disassociated?
17:30That's your mind protecting you.
17:33So where did he take you?
17:35I'm not sure.
17:37I remember being in the trunk of a car.
17:39Okay.
17:40And then what happened?
17:42Uh, he brought me inside somewhere.
17:44Uh, he raped me again.
17:47Mm.
17:49And then he just,
17:51he left.
17:52He said he was going to come back with more men,
17:56and if I moved,
17:58mine had to kill me.
18:01And how did you get away from him?
18:04Had you escaped?
18:07I-I remember yanking on the tape
18:10until I got free,
18:12and then, um,
18:14I don't know.
18:16The next thing I remember,
18:17I was in that store.
18:20Um,
18:20I have no idea how I even got there.
18:23That's okay.
18:24So your memory's gonna come back in pieces,
18:26all right?
18:26That's your,
18:27your survival instinct kicking in.
18:31So I, I,
18:33I need to tell you something
18:34that's, um,
18:35a little uncomfortable.
18:36Um,
18:38that during our investigation,
18:40we found out
18:41that Greg,
18:43your boyfriend,
18:45is, um,
18:46is actually seeing somebody else.
18:50What?
18:51Yeah.
18:52He has a girlfriend.
18:54Who?
18:55Her name is, um,
18:57Kelsey.
18:58Kelsey James.
18:59Have you heard that name?
19:00I don't know who that is.
19:03Do you think she had something to do with this?
19:05We don't know.
19:05We don't know.
19:06We're just trying to figure out
19:07if your attack was orchestrated.
19:11Oh, Nikki.
19:12Mr. Morrison.
19:13I got your help.
19:13Kelsey.
19:14Mr. Morrison.
19:14Wait, what?
19:15What?
19:15Just Kelsey.
19:16Baby, I'm.
19:16This is not the time.
19:17What did you tell her?
19:19Now is not the time for this.
19:19Baby.
19:20Get up!
19:20Baby, she's not.
19:21Listen to me.
19:21I need you to step outside.
19:23Please.
19:24Step outside now.
19:26Okay?
19:28You're going to spend all your time coming after me,
19:31and now look what you've done.
19:32If you don't walk out of here right now,
19:34I'm going to lock you up for witness tampering
19:36and obstruction.
19:37Is that clear?
19:40Now.
19:42Go.
19:43Go.
19:49Nikki Suarez has been found alive.
19:51She's currently at the hospital
19:52receiving needed medical attention.
19:54Do you have any self-events?
19:57I have no further comment
19:59except to say that this remains
20:01an ongoing investigation.
20:02Any truth to the rumors
20:03that the victim orchestrated
20:05this entire kidnapping?
20:06Again, the investigation is ongoing.
20:08Chief, is this a gone girl scenario?
20:11We're investigating all angles.
20:14That is the definition
20:14of an ongoing investigation.
20:16Chief, I'm going to take one more question.
20:18It will be in Miss Warren's story.
20:20Okay, so the rape kit
20:21came back negative for semen.
20:23Are we sure that no condoms
20:24were recovered from Morrison's house?
20:26Nothing.
20:27What did Nikki say about the ex-boyfriend?
20:29Quentin Welsom.
20:30She met him on a dating app,
20:32but it was only one date eight months ago,
20:34and then a couple of weeks ago
20:37he started blowing up her phone
20:38saying that she was a man-hater
20:40and that she was a low-value woman,
20:42and she thinks that she may have seen him,
20:45you know, a couple times
20:46outside of Morrison's house.
20:48This is Quentin Welsom,
20:4938-year-old white male,
20:51runs a tech startup out of Queens.
20:52Voice-altering software?
20:54He hasn't been to work
20:55for the last three days,
20:55but the staff there does say
20:56that it's not unusual
20:57for him to disappear.
20:58Okay, what about his residence?
21:00Same.
21:00Dorman says no one has seen him
21:02in a couple of days.
21:03I blew it.
21:04I spent all this time
21:05zeroing in on Morrison,
21:06and now Welsom's on the run.
21:07Bernal, you want with your gut?
21:09I get it.
21:10Believe me, I've done the same thing.
21:12Now, we have a bolo out on him,
21:13and if he's still in the city,
21:15we're gonna find him.
21:15And he's got a 2024 Queens conviction
21:18for stalking.
21:19Look at this.
21:20It came in first, his burglary,
21:21and I spoke to the ADA in Queens
21:23who told me that they reduced it
21:25to stalking.
21:26He's got a conditional discharge.
21:28So he's escalating.
21:30Benson.
21:34Great.
21:36Great.
21:36We're on our way.
21:38So Waylon just said
21:39they got a hit on his license plate
21:41in Brighton Beach.
21:42Let's roll.
21:49Hey!
21:50Police!
21:52Freeze!
21:53Stop!
22:03Police!
22:05Oh, death is gonna leave a mark.
22:08What the hell was that?
22:10It's 18 months of kickboxing
22:11finally paying off.
22:12I want to make a complaint.
22:20That was police brutality.
22:22That bitch busted my eye.
22:24Okay, okay.
22:24Yeah, I'm not saying I agree.
22:26Do not quote me.
22:26But that's a pretty ugly shiner.
22:29Why'd you run?
22:30I was scared.
22:31You know, there's a lot of Russian gangsters
22:33in Brighton.
22:33Come on.
22:34Come on.
22:35Help us here.
22:37Okay, look.
22:37You guys seem okay.
22:39I honestly got nothing to do with this.
22:41And this is the second time
22:42some wacky girl's accusing me
22:44of something I didn't do.
22:45Oh, you mean you're a case in Queens.
22:46Yeah.
22:47Nonsense.
22:48Just like this.
22:48Let's start with Nikki Suarez.
22:50She is saying you stalked her.
22:51She is a lying bitch.
22:54We went on one bad date
22:55and all she did was moan
22:56about not being married.
22:57And, you know,
22:58she wanted to bang me.
23:00She wanted it.
23:01But I was afraid it was a trap.
23:03Look, Quentin, I hear you.
23:04I hear you.
23:04I do.
23:05But come on.
23:05Help us help you.
23:06Yeah, like, maybe if there was someone
23:08who could alibi you out
23:09from what happened two nights ago.
23:10That would go a long way.
23:12And Trisha, Nikki's not going to help
23:14because she can't even ID the guy
23:16that grabbed her.
23:17But an alibi.
23:23Ned Wilson.
23:24I was with him all night.
23:31Ned Wilson?
23:33Who's asking?
23:34You want to step outside, please?
23:36I don't think so.
23:37Hey, we're from Manhattan.
23:38We're having this for you.
23:38We want to ask you about Quentin Wilson.
23:40What, is he in trouble?
23:41What do you think?
23:42When's the last time you saw him?
23:43Two nights ago.
23:44For how long?
23:46What did he say?
23:47Well, he said that he was with you
23:48all night long,
23:49but we know he's lying
23:50because he raped and kidnapped a woman.
23:52But if you want to lie for him,
23:53then that's going to put you
23:54in some serious...
23:55Whoa, whoa.
23:55I'm not doing time for that guy.
23:58Look, he came by two nights ago.
23:59He asked me to borrow my car.
24:01I told him no.
24:02But, you know, the guy's insistent.
24:04And he gave me a hundred bucks.
24:05So?
24:06So what?
24:07I gave him the keys to my car
24:08and that's it.
24:10And when he returned it yesterday,
24:11he said if anyone asks,
24:12I was with him all night.
24:14But I wasn't.
24:15Okay.
24:16Hmm.
24:17Where's the car?
24:24Yep.
24:24Right here.
24:25Duct tape.
24:25We should check this for fingerprints.
24:28Yeah, if Quentin's are on there,
24:29he's toast.
24:30All right, we'll expedite this
24:31and tell him the car
24:32to do a complete processing.
24:34Let us know if you found anything else.
24:39Wait, tell the car.
24:40Yeah, it's all right, Ned.
24:41I'm sure insurance
24:42will get you a rental.
24:43No, no, I don't have insurance.
24:44Sucks to be you.
24:48Bad news, Q.
24:49Well, don't tell me
24:50Ned didn't stand up.
24:51Yo, bingo.
24:52And we found a roll
24:53of duct tape in his car,
24:54which he said you borrowed.
24:56Look, I paid him $100.
24:57Yeah, for the car or the alibi?
24:58Look, guys, I didn't do...
25:00Enough!
25:01Scumbag, we got you.
25:03You lied to us about an alibi.
25:05You have a prior for stalking.
25:06We found your prints on the duct tape.
25:08And you called Nikki 36 times.
25:11We have the phone records.
25:12You're done.
25:14Okay, listen.
25:16I didn't want to tell.
25:17I promised Nikki.
25:18But I am not going down
25:19for something that she put me up to.
25:21What the hell are you babbling about now?
25:22She orchestrated the whole thing.
25:24She found out her boyfriend
25:25was cheating on her
25:26and she wanted revenge.
25:27She wanted to bring all this heat on him.
25:30So she asked me to fake kidnap her.
25:35You're full of it.
25:36Well, you saw the news.
25:38Even your boss didn't rule it out.
25:39You must really think we're stupid, huh?
25:43Dan Olin.
25:44What about him?
25:45He's my lawyer.
25:46I'm done with you bozos.
25:47You believe this guy?
25:57No.
25:58But this is not the worst move
25:59I've seen a defendant make.
26:00You think it holds up?
26:01Look, I told Tynan
26:02that the press conference
26:04was a bad idea
26:05and now she's handed him
26:07a defense.
26:11Hey, Liv.
26:12We got a problem.
26:13Oh, well, good morning to you, too.
26:15What's the problem?
26:16Griffin's D.D. fives.
26:17Carisi, hold on.
26:19Hey, what's going on?
26:22Hey, Griffin.
26:24Who taught you how to write reports?
26:26Carisi.
26:26What?
26:26What reporting?
26:27What?
26:28Carisi, hold on.
26:29Take it easy.
26:30Take it easy.
26:31We're about to go to trial
26:32and Griffin's fives
26:32are going to sink us.
26:34Greg Morrison is the prime suspect
26:36in the disappearance
26:37and probable murder
26:38of Nicky Suarez.
26:40What is that?
26:40It's nobody's fault.
26:41It's my fault.
26:41I was the one
26:42who was wrong on Morrison
26:43and I let my ego
26:44get the best of me.
26:46I should have known better,
26:47all right?
26:48Don't put this on Griffin.
26:48It's nobody's fault.
26:51He was our prime suspect
26:52at the time.
26:53Carisi, if you want to be mad
26:54at somebody,
26:55direct it at me.
26:56You're not going to be
26:56the one on the stand
26:57defending this report.
26:58Olin is going to roast this kid.
27:00It is not uncommon
27:01for a case
27:02to take a different course.
27:04Liv,
27:05with Tynan's press conference
27:06and these fives,
27:07we're in deep.
27:08And we will be prepared, Carisi.
27:16Detective,
27:16you had better study up
27:17on your cross
27:18because with these fives,
27:20there is no way
27:21that I can keep you
27:22off the stand.
27:28He said he was going
27:38to come back
27:38with other men
27:39and if I moved,
27:41he'd know and kill me.
27:42And what did you do?
27:43I was able to free myself.
27:46The next thing I remember,
27:48Captain Benson
27:49was talking to me
27:50in the bodega.
27:51Ms. Suarez,
27:52there's been some
27:53media speculation
27:54that you might have
27:54had something to do
27:55with orchestrating
27:56this crime,
27:57did you?
27:58Absolutely not.
27:59What happened to me
28:00was horrific.
28:01I have trouble sleeping.
28:03I can hardly eat.
28:04To suggest I had
28:05anything to do with this
28:06is a lie.
28:08Thank you, Nikki.
28:09Nothing further you want.
28:12Mr. Olin?
28:13Thank you, Judge.
28:17Ms. Suarez,
28:18can you identify
28:21the man who did this to you?
28:23No, I couldn't see him.
28:25My eyes were taped closed.
28:26Could you identify
28:28his voice, perhaps?
28:30He used some sort
28:31of voice-altering device.
28:33A voice-altering device?
28:36Yes.
28:37So, as you sit here today,
28:39you can't tell this jury
28:41that it was my client
28:42who did this horrible thing
28:44to you, correct?
28:48That's true.
28:52I'm done, Judge.
28:53Judge.
28:53Judge.
28:57Well, the print is partial,
28:58meaning it doesn't contain
29:00all possible rich detail.
29:02There is a sufficient number
29:03of unique characteristics
29:04that correspond with
29:05the defendant's left thumbprint.
29:07In my professional opinion,
29:09the partial latent print
29:10is consistent to have come
29:11from the defendant.
29:12Thank you, Detective.
29:13Nothing further.
29:17Are you familiar
29:18with the president's
29:19Council of Advisors
29:20on Science and Technology's
29:222016 report,
29:24which proved that error rates
29:26rise for partial
29:27or poor quality prints,
29:29correct?
29:30It does, yes.
29:32Now, on direct,
29:33you said my client's thumbprint
29:34was consistent
29:35with the print recovered.
29:37I did.
29:38But you can't say
29:39with absolute scientific certainty
29:41that it is, in fact,
29:42my client's thumbprint,
29:44correct?
29:45That's true,
29:46but I think...
29:47That's enough.
29:47Thank you, Detective.
29:49I'm done.
29:52And can you tell the jury
29:54what the defendant told you
29:55about his supposed alibi?
29:58Yeah, he said
29:59he was innocent
29:59because he was with
30:01a Ned Wilson
30:02at the time of the crime.
30:04And was he?
30:05No, uh, no.
30:07Captain Curry
30:07and Sergeant Rollins
30:08were able to ascertain
30:10that he was lying about that.
30:12Detective,
30:12is it fair to say
30:13that at the beginning
30:14of this investigation,
30:15you and your partner
30:17believed that Greg Morrison
30:18could have been involved
30:19in Ms. Suarez's disappearance?
30:21Yeah.
30:22Yeah, but over the course
30:23of the investigation,
30:25we determined
30:26that he was not involved.
30:28Thank you, Detective.
30:28Nothing further.
30:33You said
30:34we determined.
30:36Who is we?
30:38Myself,
30:39Detective Bruno,
30:40our entire team.
30:41So that's your job
30:42to determine
30:44who is guilty?
30:45We make determinations
30:47based on the evidence.
30:48And in fact,
30:49you initially determined
30:50that...
30:51Let me get this right.
30:52You determined that,
30:54and I quote,
30:56Greg Morrison
30:56is the prime suspect
30:58in the disappearance
30:59and probable murder
31:00of Nicky Suarez.
31:01Yes, but...
31:04Is that what you wrote
31:05in your DD5?
31:07Yes.
31:08Because you knew
31:08at the time
31:09that Morrison
31:10was the prime suspect.
31:11Yeah, so, well,
31:12at the time
31:13we determined was...
31:13It sounds like
31:14you were acting
31:15like judge and jury.
31:17What?
31:17No.
31:18That's enough.
31:19Let me ask you this,
31:20Detective.
31:20Did there come a time
31:22when you determined
31:23that Ms. Suarez
31:25might have orchestrated
31:26this entire hoax?
31:28No.
31:28No?
31:29Did you see
31:30Chief of Detectives
31:31Tynan's press conference?
31:32Yes, I did, but...
31:34When asked
31:35about Ms. Suarez
31:36orchestrating
31:37a Gone Girl-type hoax,
31:40what did she say?
31:41I...
31:41I don't remember.
31:43She said
31:43that the investigation
31:45was ongoing.
31:47Same words you just said.
31:48Ongoing investigation.
31:50Yeah, yeah.
31:51Isn't it true
31:51that the entire NYPD
31:53was grasping at straws
31:55throughout this
31:57ongoing investigation?
32:00I...
32:00I don't understand
32:03the question.
32:04Some of you thought
32:04Greg Morrison was guilty.
32:06Others thought
32:07it was a hoax.
32:08Did anyone bother
32:08to do any follow-up
32:10whatsoever
32:10to determine
32:11if Greg Morrison
32:12or Ms. Suarez
32:13were in any way
32:14involved in this hoax?
32:16We determined
32:16your client was guilty
32:17and that was...
32:18Because you played
32:18judge and jury
32:19throughout this
32:20ongoing investigation,
32:22correct?
32:22No.
32:23No.
32:23I know.
32:26I'm done
32:27with this witness,
32:28Your Honor.
32:42Hey.
32:45How's Griffin?
32:48He's feeling defeated.
32:50Defeated.
32:51That's a good word.
32:52Olin's killing us.
32:55He's taking a shotgun
32:56approach
32:57and each pellet's
32:57ripping holes in our case.
33:00Can we see?
33:03Put me up there.
33:04What?
33:05You need somebody
33:06to marshal the evidence.
33:07You need somebody
33:08to show the jury
33:09the nature
33:10of ongoing investigations.
33:12I don't think
33:12that will help.
33:13Well, then let me
33:14at least get up there
33:16and defend my people
33:18and take responsibility.
33:19Liv, you don't have
33:20to do this.
33:20We have nothing to lose.
33:22Olin will come
33:24at you, Holly.
33:24Let him try.
33:26I'm not scared of him.
33:32The defendant
33:33met the victim
33:35at a prior date.
33:36He was undoubtedly
33:37stalking her.
33:38He had access
33:39to the voice-altering software
33:41and his print.
33:42It was on the duct tape.
33:44Now, all of these facts,
33:47when they're viewed
33:48in isolation,
33:49may seem circumstantial.
33:51But when viewed
33:51in totality,
33:53it made us understand
33:54that the defendant
33:55planned and executed
33:57the rape and kidnapping
33:58of Nicky Suarez.
34:00Thank you, Captain.
34:01Nothing further.
34:01Captain Benson,
34:07where were you
34:08when detectives
34:09Bruno and Griffin
34:10first brought
34:11Mr. Morrison in
34:12for question?
34:12Objection, relevance.
34:14Overruled.
34:16I was at a police conference.
34:18With Chief Tynan?
34:19Yes.
34:21So, you were unavailable
34:23to supervise this investigation
34:24from the start?
34:25No, I was in constant contact
34:27with my entire team
34:28throughout.
34:31Did you tell Chief Tynan
34:33to hold the now
34:34infamous press conference?
34:36No, I did not.
34:37But you saw it?
34:38Yes, of course.
34:39So, after you saw
34:40her performance,
34:42where she did not
34:43dispute the possibility
34:44that Ms. Suarez
34:45orchestrated her own kidnapping,
34:47did you call Chief Tynan?
34:49No, I did not.
34:51Because I knew
34:52that the allegation
34:53was ridiculous.
34:57That was your
34:58determination.
35:00That is a fact.
35:04Very good, Captain.
35:05But you know that facts
35:07are for the jury
35:07to determine, correct?
35:09I know my job,
35:10and I understand
35:11the job of the jury,
35:12but all I can tell you
35:13is that the defendant
35:14raped and kidnapped
35:15Nicky Suarez.
35:16Objection.
35:17Not responsive?
35:18Sustained.
35:20Jury will disregard
35:21Captain Benson's opinion
35:22as to the defendant's
35:23guilt or innocence.
35:24Thank you, Your Honor.
35:30No further questions.
35:41Yeah, we did what we could.
35:44Well, it doesn't feel
35:45like enough.
35:47Mr. Creasy,
35:48the judge wants you back.
35:50Here we go.
36:01I have a note
36:02from the jury.
36:02They are, in their words,
36:06hopelessly deadlocked.
36:13It's been two days.
36:14I'm declaring a mistrial.
36:16Your Honor,
36:17in light of this,
36:17I ask that you release
36:19Mr. Wells.
36:19Judge,
36:20we will retry this case.
36:21As soon as you are available,
36:22the people move
36:23and continue to remand.
36:24Granted.
36:25Defended is remanded.
36:27We'll adjourn for three weeks
36:28and set a new trial date.
36:39Hey, heads up, guys.
36:41I have something
36:42I want to say.
36:44Um,
36:46what is this?
36:47It's my transfer papers.
36:49I don't think
36:49I should be here anymore.
36:50Okay, sit down, detective.
36:52Sit down.
36:53We all did our jobs.
36:59Obviously,
37:00this is not the outcome
37:01that we wanted.
37:03But it's not over.
37:05Not by a long shot.
37:08Now,
37:09these cases are tough.
37:13But we will not stop
37:15until Nikki gets justice.
37:19Obviously, you're disappointed.
37:21So am I.
37:23But I am proud of you.
37:33I need you all to go home.
37:36And get some rest.
37:38Because we're back at it tomorrow.
37:42Okay?
37:45Okay.
37:47Chief Tynan.
37:48Since you always seem so busy,
37:50I decided to come see you.
37:51Okay.
37:54Been a long time
37:55since I've been in a squad room.
37:57Still feels like home.
38:02Captain,
38:02may we have a word?
38:04Of course.
38:04Of course.
38:05That's why.
38:06My office.
38:08See you for Sunday dinner, Jake.
38:11Yeah.
38:11Yeah, Chief.
38:12I'll be there.
38:12Excellent.
38:16Hey, um, Griff.
38:19Can I be your plus one?
38:20I think we should throw a wire on him.
38:22Yeah, I can help you put these back together.
38:24Who's got the tape?
38:25Yeah, yeah.
38:26Put that tape.
38:27Yeah.
38:28You guys are very funny.
38:29I'm concerned.
38:39We're going to get him at the retrial.
38:41From what I hear,
38:42Jake looked like a fool on the witness stand.
38:44He did not.
38:46He held his own
38:47against a very skilled lawyer
38:49on an extremely difficult case.
38:53And if I may,
38:55your press conference didn't help matters.
38:58My press conference?
39:00No, it was the department's press conference.
39:03One that the police commissioner
39:04asked me to conduct,
39:06which I did
39:07because I understand the chain of command.
39:10This isn't about chain of command.
39:12I told you it was premature.
39:15Captain,
39:16it is unbelievable to me
39:18that after all these years
39:19in law enforcement,
39:21you seem to have
39:21a fundamental misunderstanding
39:23of what your job is.
39:30My job
39:31is to help victims.
39:36End of story.
39:37Your job
39:38as a captain
39:39is not to boom doors with ESU
39:42or to search for evidence
39:44with a canine unit.
39:46It is to teach
39:47and oversee your detectives
39:49so that you do not
39:50find yourself in the position
39:52of having to defend
39:53their shortcomings.
39:54My team is the best
39:55in the department.
39:57I'm sure you believe that.
39:59I do.
40:00I'm starting to question
40:01your supervision.
40:06Meaning what?
40:06You should reconsider
40:08my offer to come to police plaza.
40:10So you can keep an eye on me?
40:11So this unit can be led
40:12by a captain who understands
40:13how to supervise.
40:14I'm not interested.
40:16Well, captain,
40:18chain of command
40:18dictates that that is not
40:21your decision to make.
40:23So, chief,
40:24I've been here
40:24for a very long time
40:25and I have seen
40:27administrators
40:28like you
40:30come and go.
40:32I know how to do my job
40:34and I would like very much
40:37for us to work together
40:38and do something good
40:39for this city.
40:41But you don't need
40:42to tell me
40:42how to do my job.
40:44What you need to do
40:45is stay out of my way.
40:56That is not how its works.
41:01Good night, captain.
41:15Good night, captain.
41:16Good night, captain.
41:17Good night, captain.
41:18Good night, captain.
41:19Good night, captain.
41:20Good night, captain.
41:21Good night, captain.
41:22Good night, captain.
41:23Good night, captain.
41:24Good night, captain.
41:25Good night, captain.
41:26Good night, captain.
41:27Good night, captain.
41:28Good night, captain.
41:29Good night, captain.
41:30Good night, captain.
41:31Good night, captain.
41:32Good night, captain.
41:33Good night, captain.
41:34Good night, captain.
41:35Good night, captain.
41:36Good night, captain.
41:37Good night, captain.
41:38Good night, captain.
41:39Good night, captain.
41:40Good night, captain.
41:41Good night, captain.
41:42Good night, captain.
41:43Good night, captain.
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