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00:00The victim's name is Sam Rupert, male Caucasian, age 41, height approximately six foot one and
00:11weight approximately 180 pounds. He owns an extremely fancy restaurant in Alameda Canyon
00:17called Sam's. It's got great food, but it's particularly famous for its wine cellar.
00:23That's where the body was found. It was early this morning before anyone else was in.
00:30The cleaning lady discovered him at around 6.15. She called it in a few minutes later.
00:37There's a setup in the wine cellar for wine tastings, fancy dinners, that sort of thing.
00:42That's where he was, right next to the dining table down there. There are no signs of struggle,
00:47and the only apparent wound is a small puncture in the side of the neck just below his left ear.
00:53Only a single drop of blood. The OMI thinks it may have been done by a pin, but there's nothing
00:59around. They estimate time of death at near midnight. The crime scene people have been
01:05all over it, but we've left it for you to take a look for yourself. The autopsy will tell us more.
01:10There are no signs of forced entry into the building. The maid says it was all locked up,
01:17but nothing seemed unusual. Rupert was talking on the phone in his office when the last staff left
01:22at 11.30 p.m. 6,000 in cash from last night's business is still on hand, so burglary wasn't a
01:29motive, at least not overtly. A very good bottle of wine is missing. A second is sitting uncorked on
01:36the table next to the body, so or two half-filled wine glasses. It looks to me like Mr. Rupert knew
01:43his murderer. Our initial inquiries about the victim seem to indicate a very good guy. He's very active
01:49in local charities, and his staff seem to like him. I asked Bill H at headquarters, and unlike a lot of
01:54other restaurant owners, this one's clean of any mob connections. I don't know, detective, but this looks
02:00like a tough case.
02:30And I noticed that the name is still the deal against the
06:00I usually clean the bar first, but for some reason, I decided to start with the wine cellar.
06:08Everything was dark.
06:38Mr. Rupert, anybody he was not getting along with.
06:41Oh, no, no, no, no.
06:42Everybody liked Mr. Rupert.
06:43He was very good to us.
06:46Oh, and his restaurant is very popular.
06:48Beasy, busy, busy every night.
06:50Mrs. Casares, can you tell me what you did from 5 o'clock on last night?
06:54Sure.
06:55Sure.
06:56I make dinner for my husband, and then I went to my stitching club.
07:04Well, we're making this special quilt, and that was over about 10, 15, and my girlfriend, Dolores
07:16Ruiz, she drove me home, and we had some friends over, and they left about 11, and then I slept
07:25with my husband all night long.
07:27Okay, thank you, Mrs. Casares.
07:29We'll get back in touch if we have any other questions.
07:35You've used an hour of time, Detective.
07:37Five hours left.
07:38Your name and relationship to the deceased?
07:48My name is Mimi Andrews.
07:50I was a good friend of Sam's.
07:52I looked out for real estate deals for him.
07:55How long had you known Mr. Rupert?
07:57About a year and a half.
07:58We met at a dinner for heart research.
08:00It was held here at the restaurant March 19th last year.
08:04When was the last time you saw or spoke with the deceased?
08:07I saw Sam yesterday afternoon around 3 o'clock.
08:11We went to look at some land, a commercial acreage near the freight airport.
08:16We took my car, and then I dropped Sam back off here at the restaurant around 6 o'clock.
08:23Do you know anyone, Mrs. Andrews, who may have wanted to kill Sam Rupert?
08:27I can provide you with a lead if that's what you're after.
08:30Try David Sturgeon, Sam's chef.
08:33David had about a year left on his contract, and he wanted to break it.
08:38He said that he had an investor who was going to set him up in his own place.
08:41Sam wouldn't hear of it.
08:43Sam said if David tried to do anything, he would tie him up in court.
08:47And according to Sam, David got real ugly about it.
08:52They had a fight just two days ago in front of half the staff.
08:56Ask them.
08:57Sam, if you ask me, David had every reason to kill him.
09:01Can you tell me exactly what you did last night, Mrs. Andrews, after you dropped Mr. Rupert off?
09:05Sure.
09:06I stopped by the office to finish up some paperwork.
09:09Lana Kindle was there and can verify that for me.
09:12Then I went to the Thai place on Pine for takeout on the way home.
09:17I climbed into bed and watched The Accidental Tourist on HBO.
09:21And my mother called around 9.30, and I drifted off by 11.
09:27Thank you for your help, Ms. Andrews.
09:28That will be all for now.
09:38Your name and relationship to the deceased?
09:41David Sturgeon.
09:42I'm the head chef here at the restaurant.
09:44How long have you worked for Mr. Rupert?
09:46I've worked here for two years.
09:48I have a year left on my contract.
09:51Unfortunately.
09:52You don't like your job?
09:54I like to cook.
09:55And I'm damn good at it.
09:56I just don't like to work for someone else.
09:58I want my own place.
09:59But Sam didn't exactly see things my way.
10:03We had a huge fight about it a few days back.
10:05The egomaniac tried to act like he made me.
10:08It's more like the other way around.
10:11It was no big deal, man.
10:13We shook hands when it was over.
10:15But now that he's dead, everybody's probably going to point the finger at me.
10:18Like I'd kill the guy just to break the contract.
10:22Can you tell me your movements yesterday from 5 o'clock on?
10:25Sure.
10:26That's easy.
10:27Staff dinner was at 5.
10:29I cooked all night.
10:31Dinner wound down around 10, 10, 15.
10:35Then I was out of here.
10:37I have to go to the fish market every morning at 5.30 and I have to sleep sometime.
10:43Did you go straight home?
10:45Yeah.
10:46My roommate was awake, Sheila West.
10:48She'll vouch for me.
10:49We're sleeping together.
10:51Are you the last kitchen staff to leave?
10:54Around the last.
10:55Usually Manny, the dessert chef, was hanging out doing his thing.
10:59And I think he was still here.
11:01So was the dishwasher.
11:03But they both would have been gone by 11.
11:05Just one more question.
11:07Is there anyone that hasn't been getting along with Mr. Rupert?
11:09Someone here on the staff?
11:10Well, Sam had Blake in for a little chat around 2.30 yesterday afternoon.
11:19From what I could hear in the back garden, I think Blake might have been dipping into the till.
11:23Most of the bar is cash, so it's easy enough.
11:26And tempting, too, I might add.
11:28Sam wasn't known for paying overly well.
11:32Blake's got two kids in alimony.
11:35You mean Blake Ferran, the bartender?
11:36Yeah, you got it.
11:37Thank you for your help, Mr. Sturgeon.
11:40Hey, man.
11:41No crowd.
11:53Your name and relationship to the deceased?
11:55Blake Ferran.
11:56I work at Sam's.
11:57I'm the head bartender.
11:58Can you tell me, Mr. Ferran, whether anything seemed out of the ordinary last night?
12:03Just that crazy guest.
12:05Elliman, I think his name is.
12:07Sam might have been a shade touchy in general.
12:10Nothing went on that would make me think that the boss would show up for work dead.
12:14Um, is the wine cellar locked?
12:16Most of the time.
12:17We unlock it during normal serving hours for access.
12:21Who has keys?
12:22I do.
12:24Sam.
12:26Abelina, I think.
12:27Louis, the maitre d'.
12:28And David Sturgeon, the chef.
12:31And that's about it.
12:33Oh, um, I think, um, I think Maria, Sam's assistant, has a key, too.
12:39Who locked the wine cellar last night?
12:41I left at 11.
12:42Louis said he'd take care of it.
12:44Do you have any idea who might want Sam Rupert dead?
12:48You mean, do I know who killed him?
12:49No.
12:52But I half hope it was Lily.
12:55You mean Mrs. Rupert?
12:57Well, she had the motive.
12:59See, Sam plays around.
13:01He's done it ever since I've known him.
13:03I got a feeling it's been going on for quite a while.
13:06Right in front of her face.
13:07In front of their friends.
13:09People probably wonder why she didn't do it sooner.
13:12Can you tell me what you did after leaving work last night?
13:15Sure.
13:16It was early by Sam's standards when I got off.
13:19Well, so I went and shot some pool with some guys I know down at Little Richard's on Simmons Street.
13:24I was there from 11 till 2, 2.30.
13:27Hey, any number of people saw me, you can ask.
13:31Thank you, Mr. Farron.
13:32Anytime.
13:35Detective, this is your chief.
13:38Just a reminder, you have four hours left to investigate the case.
13:42Your name and relationship to the deceased?
13:51Lily Rupert.
13:52I'm Sam's wife.
13:55Mrs. Rupert, when was the last time you saw your husband?
13:57Yesterday, when he left for the restaurant.
14:00You didn't think it odd when he didn't show up at home last night?
14:03You didn't think of contacting the police?
14:05My husband had girlfriends.
14:09But it's nothing new.
14:11He began slipping around within a few months of our marriage ten years ago.
14:19Sometimes he'd spend the night with one.
14:22That's what I assumed he was doing last night.
14:24Can you tell us your movements were around 5 yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Rupert?
14:30Yes.
14:32I had two women friends in for dinner.
14:36My sister Anne and her daughter Belinda were here from out of town.
14:40Belinda kept a date with her uncle at the restaurant.
14:44And we had a ladies' night here.
14:47The guests left at about 12.30.
14:50My sister and I talked for about an hour.
14:52And then we went to bed.
14:52Was your husband acting odd or different in any way lately?
14:57No.
14:58He was his usual, charming, preoccupied self.
15:03Thank you for now, Mrs. Rupert.
15:04That will be all.
15:07You know, I thought I would feel a lot more sorry.
15:09But I'm not.
15:10In a way, I'm relieved.
15:11Your name and relationship to the deceased?
15:23Louis Perez-Lacy.
15:25I'm a maitre d' here at Sam's.
15:27But I want you to know I considered Sam a good friend.
15:30And this whole thing may be all my fault.
15:33What do you mean, Mr. Perez-Lacy?
15:34Well, last night we had a guest for dinner.
15:38His name is Edward Talman.
15:40He's been here before.
15:41One of those rich, demanding types.
15:43He does something in the film business.
15:45Anyway, he called at the last minute and said he had to have a certain table for dinner.
15:50When he got here, it was taken.
15:51I mean, he just flipped.
15:54You know, he said that we promised.
15:56I don't know.
15:57Maybe he'd been drinking.
15:59Well, he started to create a real fuss.
16:01So Sam comes over to try to smooth things out.
16:05It was our busiest time.
16:07Just after 8 o'clock.
16:10Talman started to yell.
16:12He even tried to slug Sam.
16:14That was it.
16:15Blake comes over.
16:17The three of us escort him out.
16:20When we get to the parking lot, Talman turns to Sam and says,
16:23I'll kill you, you lousy fuck.
16:25Those were his exact words.
16:28Of course, Sam just says,
16:30Mr. Talman needs a good night's rest.
16:32He even offered to call and check on him in the morning.
16:35So you think that Mr. Talman may have actually been good to his word?
16:40Well, there was something about the way he said it.
16:42I thought to myself,
16:43this guy is really capable of murder.
16:47I just don't know who else might do it.
16:50Can you describe your movements from around 5 o'clock onward yesterday,
16:53Mr. Perez-Lacy?
16:55Sure.
16:56I mean, I was here at the restaurant last night.
16:59It was a madhouse, as usual.
17:02The incident with Talman is the only thing that sticks out for me.
17:06Sometimes Sam and I would have a drink at the end of the night.
17:08But last night he was a little distracted.
17:11I don't know.
17:12He's been working hard lately.
17:14So I said goodnight to him in his office and left.
17:17It was around 11.30.
17:20Yeah, 11.30.
17:21I remember looking at the clock on his desk.
17:24Sam was on the phone.
17:25I mean, he looked kind of funny, but maybe he was just tense.
17:29Anyway, on the way home, I stopped at the convenience store,
17:33the one on Brigand and Hutch.
17:35I bought a pack of cigarettes there.
17:37The boy there knows me.
17:39And I just went home and read myself to sleep.
17:42Okay, that's all for now, Mr. Perez-Lacy.
17:45Thank you very much.
17:46Certainly.
17:59Your name in relationship to the deceased?
18:01Maria Campbell.
18:03I was Sam's personal assistant here at the restaurant.
18:06So you have a good working knowledge of the restaurant?
18:08Yes, I do.
18:10Ms. Campbell, from your perspective,
18:12would you say the employees were happy here?
18:14Yes.
18:16Well, not everyone.
18:20Sam was having trouble with the chef, David Sturgeon.
18:23David wanted to leave,
18:24but he still had a year to go on his contract.
18:27I don't know if you know anything about the restaurant business,
18:29but this is a big no-no.
18:31Sam was angry.
18:32David, he'd help David along to where he'd gotten.
18:36David really owes it to Sam.
18:39I should say, owed it to Sam to stay through his contract.
18:44Anyway, they had a bad fight a few days ago.
18:48Sam said they shook hands afterward,
18:50but he said he had the feeling that David really had it in for him.
18:55Anyway, he was afraid that he'd start laying off the cooking,
18:58you know, lowering his standards.
18:59Well, did he?
19:01No, not so that you'd notice, anyway.
19:04Not yet.
19:05Did Mr. Rupert say or do anything unusual or different yesterday,
19:09anything that sticks in your mind?
19:10No.
19:11He did say that he was planning to talk to David again.
19:16I think he was going to ask him for a drink after work last night.
19:19Did you see them together?
19:22No, I left for the day around 5.30.
19:25Can you tell me your movements after you left work last night?
19:28Yes, of course.
19:29I drove to the supermarket to get some bottled water,
19:34and I went to the West Ridge Sports Center for my weights workout.
19:39That was around 6.
19:41And then I showered and went home.
19:43I live alone.
19:45I spoke briefly to my neighbor, Mr. Fitch, on my way in.
19:48That was around 7.30 or 7.45.
19:51I spent the evening home, alone, with my cat, Ralph.
19:56If you think of anything else, anything that sticks in your mind,
19:59please let us know.
20:00I will, of course.
20:04Detective, three hours down, three hours to go.
20:16Your name and occupation?
20:18My name is Edward Talamon.
20:19I am a movie producer.
20:21Mr. Talamon, I believe you were a guest at the restaurant
20:24owned by Sam Rupert yesterday evening?
20:25If you can call it that.
20:27I've never been so badly treated in my life.
20:30I'll never go to that place again.
20:33I had an important business associate with me.
20:36They had guaranteed me a specific table.
20:39When I arrived, it was taken.
20:44Naturally, I was upset.
20:46So what if I yelled a little?
20:47Is that a crime?
20:50It's alleged that you threatened Mr. Rupert with murder.
20:52Is that true?
20:53Well, I might have used that figure of speech,
20:56but I haven't murdered anybody so far.
20:59And there are plenty of people that have pissed me off more than Sam Rupert.
21:02My first wife, for instance.
21:04Now, there's somebody I'd really like to kill.
21:05Do you mind telling me what this is all about?
21:09Mr. Rupert was found dead this morning in the restaurant.
21:12Dead?
21:13I know, it is interesting.
21:16Dead like in murder.
21:17We haven't ruled it out.
21:21Do you think there's a story in it?
21:22Maybe I could buy the rights from his estate.
21:26Mr. Talman, can you give us an account of your whereabouts last night from the time you left the restaurant?
21:31Sure.
21:31I even have witnesses.
21:33My friend, High Steadman, drove me to my house.
21:35He was staying over.
21:37He and my housekeeper, Anna, put me to bed.
21:39I'm afraid I was drowning in my troubles in drink last night.
21:44I was in no condition to go out and kill someone.
21:49Anna woke me again this morning.
21:52That's it.
21:54Thank you for your help, Mr. Talman.
21:55We'll be back in touch if we have more questions.
21:58Dead.
21:59Life sure is funny.
22:09We'll be back in touch if we have more questions.
22:39This is your chief speaking.
23:05The mayor is all over me.
23:07Only two hours left to solve this murder.
23:09Get me somebody.
23:33This is an alibi checks.
23:35The neighbor said that he talked with Ms. Campbell last night around the time that she said
23:39the only problem, and it's the same problem we have with Mimi Andrews, is that after 7.30,
23:44we only have the suspect's word.
23:52This suspect's alibi checks out, but it's really only good through 9.30 when her mother called.
23:57She lives alone in a secluded area.
23:59I asked the neighbors if they'd noticed her movements, and they said no, but they never noticed
24:03her movements.
24:03You can't see Mimi Andrews' house from anywhere around there.
24:13Lily Rivers' alibi is pretty solid.
24:16The two women guests at her party said that they didn't leave until 12.30.
24:19This matches what she said, and her sister says they talked until 1.30.
24:23If the victim was killed around 12 midnight, I would say this rules her out.
24:26Detective, only one hour left.
24:44You have a suspect, I assume.
24:46called the victim.
25:04Bye.
25:05Bye.
25:12Bye.
25:14Bye.
25:14Bye.
25:14Bye.
25:15Detective, do you know where the murderer is?
25:32Was there enough foreign saliva in the deceased's mouth to make a DNA fingerprint?
26:02What kind of wine was found at the scene of the crime?
26:18What's the estimated time of death?
26:28Were there any clues found on the floor at the scene of the crime?
26:31What were they?
26:41What sort of doctor was Sam Rupert scheduled to see on the morning after his murder?
26:54Did any celebrities eat at the restaurant last night?
27:02Was the wine on the table at the scene of the crime from France or California?
27:08How much money was found on the victim's person?
27:17What did Louis Perez-Lacy discuss with the clerk at the convenience store on the way home?
27:27How many cases of Chateau Latour are produced each year?
27:35How many cases of Chateau Latour are produced each year?
27:37How many days of Chateau Latour are produced each year?
27:47Good work, Detective.
28:06You've put together quite a case.
28:07I grant you a warrant to arrest the suspect.
28:10I hope you've found your murderer.
28:17I loved him.
28:24And he was never going to love me.
28:27Not ever.
28:31The ring was it.
28:33I knew when he bought the ring for Mimi,
28:35he was going to leave his wife and ask her to marry him.
28:41I kept thinking he was going to figure it out.
28:44She didn't even love him, the bitch.
28:47I kept thinking that he was going to finally figure out
28:49that it was me he loved.
28:54So I did the only thing I could.
28:56The only thing I could do that would keep him mine.
29:00And so there's nothing,
29:02there's absolutely nothing you can do to me
29:04that could touch me now
29:06because he's mine and that's all I care about.
29:09I must admit, I'm pretty impressed
29:13that you saw past the knife.
29:16I thought you'd nail David Sturgeon for sure.
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29:28Excellent job, Detective.
29:30That was a tough case.
29:31Let's say,
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