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00:07Let's go! Let's go!
00:10Pick it up!
00:12It's higher!
00:21Nice one, Sawyer!
00:23Nice rescue, Sawyer.
00:25You're up, Layla.
00:30Layla! You got this. You got this.
00:34Come on, Layla, let's go!
00:36Head on a swivel! Come on!
00:39Get a move on, Layla! The clock is ticking!
00:44I don't see any bodies.
00:49Hey, it's Sawyer here.
00:51I can hear you breathing fast.
00:53Just stay calm, Layla, and keep moving.
00:55You've got 30 seconds to find the dummy.
01:12She's taking too long. Get in there, Sawyer.
01:16I'm coming in, Layla.
01:18Hold on. Maybe it's in here.
01:27Layla, stand back!
01:31That's not a dummy. That body's real.
01:34What?
01:35Captain Stanton, we need help in here.
01:50Good morning, Jay.
01:51Hey, what do we got?
01:52Okay, so, body was found in a locker during this morning's controlled burn.
01:56This is a private firefighting school.
01:59Sarah's inside with forensics.
02:00Who found the body?
02:02Two trainees, Layla Romero and her classmate, Sawyer Gill, was also part of the, uh, exercise this morning.
02:08I'll speak with the two of them and the staff right after I check out with Sarah.
02:11Well, what about Rex? I mean, it's still pretty hot in there.
02:14Yeah. We came prepared.
02:21Hey, Sarah.
02:22Hey, you two. Rex, looking good.
02:25What do you know so far?
02:26Not much, I'm afraid. The fire wiped out all trace of fingerprints or DNA in the locker.
02:32It was bolted shut. Presumably the killer didn't want it found.
02:36What about the victim?
02:37Oh, there was evidence of blood force trauma on the back of the skull, but no sign of blood spatter
02:42anywhere in the building.
02:44The victim was likely killed elsewhere, and then the body was brought here, post-mortem.
02:48ID?
02:49Well, it's gonna take time.
02:51Fire wreaks havoc on human tissue, not to mention the locker trapped the heat inside.
02:56And there's a clear burn line along the floor, suggesting a trail of fuel led the flame from the furniture
03:01to the locker.
03:04And something more than a body must have fed the flame in there to reach cremation heat, acting like a
03:09kiln to intensify the destruction.
03:12Yeah, I guess that was the point. Whoever did this was trying to erase all evidence of their crime.
03:18Nearly worked.
03:19If the body hadn't been found, there would have been nothing left but ash.
03:36Sounds like Rex has something.
03:41It's wet. Yeah, we see it, Rex.
03:44What do you think it is?
03:46Some kind of accelerant?
03:48It might explain the intensity of the burn inside the locker.
03:57Ugh.
04:00Hi there.
04:02Detective Mark Hudson, SJPD. This is my partner, Rex.
04:05You're in charge of the facility?
04:07Yes, James Kessler.
04:08This is my training captain, Elizabeth Stanton.
04:11Pleasure.
04:12Is there any way to put a time frame on how long the body might have been in that locker
04:15before this morning's exercise?
04:17Actually, there is.
04:18I conducted a line hall drill with the trainees yesterday, running hoses up and down the stairs.
04:23And the body wouldn't have been there yesterday because the locker was open then.
04:28Yeah, I remember it.
04:29So the body was placed there sometime overnight. Who has access to the facility after hours?
04:34All the staff have keys to the outer perimeter gate, and the trainees stay in dorms on site.
04:38They're free to come and go, but any movement in that direction will be picked up by our security cameras.
04:43Okay.
04:44I'm gonna need that security footage and to speak with the two trainees who participated in this morning's exercise.
04:50Sure.
04:50But, please, they're still under my command and my responsibility, so I need you to bear in mind.
04:55This has been a traumatic experience for them. They're just kids.
04:58Well, neither of them are suspects right now, but someone smuggled a body onto the grounds.
05:02I'm hoping they know something.
05:04Of course.
05:05Uh, they're off and out back at the picnic table.
05:07Okay.
05:08Thank you again.
05:08Rex, let's go meet some trainees.
05:14Layla?
05:15We're with SJPD.
05:17I'm Mark.
05:18This is my partner, Rex.
05:19How are you holding up?
05:22They warned us about this in training.
05:25Seeing a dead body.
05:27I should have prepared myself better.
05:30I've wanted to be a firefighter my whole life.
05:33But what if I'm not cut out for it?
05:35Then what?
05:40Oh, come on.
05:42No.
05:50I don't know if this is helpful, but you never get used to it.
05:55All you can do is let it drive you to keep it from happening again.
06:04Layla, we were trying to figure out how the body got in there.
06:06Can you tell me if you saw or heard anything last night?
06:09Uh, I went back to my dorm room to study.
06:14Did you see anyone coming or going?
06:16I saw Sawyer heading out around 8.30.
06:20Maybe...
06:20I don't know.
06:22Maybe he saw something?
06:25What's he doing?
06:28He's detecting something under your jacket.
06:30Do you mind showing me your arm?
06:39That looks... bad.
06:41How'd you get such a bad burn through your equipment?
06:43It was just a mistake.
06:45It's nothing.
06:46Can I go now?
06:48Everyone else is working and I'm just sitting here.
06:51Sure.
07:06Sawyer, I understand the night before you found the body you were off campus.
07:09Yeah.
07:10I left right after 8.30.
07:12I had a date.
07:13They've been teasing me about it all week, but you gotta take advantage of all you can, right?
07:17What time did you get back here?
07:18Around midnight, I think.
07:20Did you see or hear anything unusual?
07:23No.
07:24It was quiet.
07:25I got in and fell asleep immediately.
07:27Nothing interesting.
07:29You sure about that?
07:29My, uh, partner seems to think there's something pretty interesting in your duffel bag.
07:37Oh, my God.
07:38Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:38I totally forgot about that jerry can I found.
07:41I found it on my way back to my date just lying in the grass.
07:44I just figured somebody dropped it, but...
07:48It smells like accelerant.
07:52I'm gonna need you to tell me exactly where you found this, Sawyer.
07:55Okay.
07:56Okay.
07:59So what's your take on our witnesses at the fire institute?
08:02I checked the students and staff. Their background checks came back clean.
08:06As for the two who found the body, Sawyer left to go on a date and had the, uh, empty
08:10jerry can.
08:12Layla had a suspicious burn on her arm, but they both claimed to know nothing about the body.
08:18Hm. Okay.
08:19So why do you have that look on your face?
08:21I don't know. I mean, they're a tight group.
08:24It reminded me of, uh, when I first joined the military.
08:27The youthful camaraderie, feeling you're all bonded together.
08:30But it did seem that they were hiding something.
08:33Huh.
08:34Hiding something?
08:36Like what they saw last night?
08:38Maybe.
08:40And, you know, trouble is, without an ID on the victim,
08:43finding out how that body got into the fire tower is our only way forward.
08:48Jesse, any word on that security footage?
08:50There was nothing on three of the camera files.
08:52And I'm just downloading the final one now and, huh.
08:57Okay, let me check.
08:59Yeah.
09:00We're maybe about to find out how they smuggled the body onto the grounds of the fire institute.
09:05Cause this camera is pointed at the gate.
09:07And I've already checked the cameras pointing at the entrances to the dorms in the street.
09:12But nothing at the burn tower?
09:13No, they don't have a camera on that.
09:19That's most of the staff leaving.
09:22Hey, there's Sawyer.
09:24Leaving on his date.
09:28Huh, she's looking around a lot.
09:30Who's that?
09:33Captain Stan, she's the training captain.
09:38Okay, there's Sawyer coming back.
09:56Nothing.
09:57How is that possible? The body had to get their sum out.
10:00Jesse, could we run through that again?
10:02Okay.
10:09Wait, stop.
10:13Go back.
10:17Okay, that must be the part.
10:18Could you maybe run slowly?
10:21Move from back a bit?
10:26There, freeze.
10:33Looks like someone was scoping out the place.
10:36Headlights aren't much, but at least Rex got us that.
10:39Jesse, see if you can find it on any other cameras nearby.
10:41I want to know where they went next.
10:42Yeah, I'm on it.
10:44Rex, you want to see Sarah?
10:49Hey.
10:50You got your text.
10:51Yeah, preliminary autopsy results.
10:54The victim died of a cranial fracture, as suspected,
10:56and then was doused with an accelerant
10:58that matches the one that Rex found on the scene.
11:00And in the jerry can that Sawyer found on the grounds.
11:03That's interesting. What kind of accelerant?
11:05According to the chromatography test,
11:07it's kerosene.
11:08Very stable. Burns hot.
11:10What did we learn about the victim?
11:12Based on pelvic structure, the victim is female.
11:1450 to 65 years old.
11:16We can check missing persons.
11:18What about dental records?
11:19Now, I can canvass local dentists,
11:21but I think we'll get an ID faster with this.
11:25She had a surgical pin.
11:26Mm-hmm. In her leg from an earlier fracture.
11:29Each one has a unique serial number.
11:32Can only make it a few digits.
11:34But I've contacted all the medical supply companies
11:36in North America.
11:37No promises, but I think it's our best bet
11:39at getting an ID.
11:41Hey, guys, so I got a hit on the vehicle
11:43from the neighborhood security footage.
11:44It's a black pickup truck,
11:45and it's heading towards the back of the Institute.
11:49She had a plate number?
11:50I'm working to clarify the image.
11:52Okay. Meanwhile,
11:52if this is how the body was smuggled onto the grounds,
11:54I mean, Rex should be able to pick up the scent.
11:56Good work, Jesse.
11:56We'll go walk that perimeter.
11:58Yep.
12:03All right, I'll look for CCTV cameras
12:05while you do your thing.
12:29You got something, partner?
12:38Yeah, I see it. I see it.
12:42So this is how they smuggle the body onto the grounds.
12:45Here you go.
12:56Okay, I'm coming.
13:01Yeah, what do you got?
13:06Oh, wow.
13:09Somebody tore their jacket.
13:11Good work.
13:15Hello?
13:16Jesse, do me a favor and run that black truck
13:17against the name.
13:19Sawyer Gill, the trainee.
13:22You gotta take advantage of all you can, right?
13:24Yep, I'm on it.
13:34We have your truck on video near the back fence of the Institute.
13:38It's not what you think, I promise.
13:39We found a piece of torn fabric that matches your jacket.
13:42Not to mention your fingerprints on the fence itself
13:44and the jerry can with traces of the matching accelerant.
13:48Yeah, if you have an explanation, I'm all ears.
13:52As soon as I got back from my date,
13:54I was gonna go to sleep, but I changed my mind
13:57and I went around back.
13:58So you admit that you know about the secret entrance
14:00at the back of the Institute?
14:02It's not a secret.
14:03Trainees have been using it for years
14:05to sneak into the burn tower without being seen.
14:07We go there to chill, have a few beers.
14:10What were you doing there last night?
14:14I knew there was a controlled burn exercise the next day
14:16and that we'd be retrieving dummies.
14:20I figured they'd already hidden them in the tower
14:22and I wanted to scope it out.
14:24In other words, you were trying to cheat.
14:26It's not a competition.
14:27Layla can freeze up sometimes,
14:28so I figured if I could help guide her...
14:33Look, you have no idea how badly we all want this.
14:35To, like, to graduate and get to work helping people.
14:41If that's true, what did you see in there?
14:45Was the locker open or closed?
14:48I never made it inside.
14:50As soon as I got through the fence,
14:52I saw a flashlight shining in the tower.
14:54I ran back to my truck.
14:56And you didn't say anything?
14:58I was worried about getting in trouble.
15:00My whole family are firefighters, going back generations.
15:04I didn't want to risk my whole career
15:06over one stupid mistake.
15:09If that hole in the fence has been there for years,
15:12like Sawyer says,
15:13then anyone who knew about it
15:14could have snuck in without being seen.
15:16Jesse did a wide sweep of all the cameras in the area
15:18and came up with nothing.
15:19Whoever did it was careful.
15:20They managed to avoid them.
15:22Made sure they weren't caught.
15:23Yeah.
15:24Well, they're gonna be.
15:26Mark, Captain Stanton reached out
15:28and she wants to resume the trainee drills.
15:29Are you comfortable releasing the burn tower?
15:31Uh, no, I'm okay.
15:33Sarah is.
15:34Sorry, I just heard back from one of the medical supply companies.
15:37They have an ID on the victim.
15:39Joe, I think it's someone you know.
15:47Sylvia Lawton.
15:4959 years old.
15:50Retired criminal court judge.
15:52Sylvia Lawton was a legend on Duckworth.
15:54I'd known her for years.
15:56Are you sure it's her?
15:57I cross-referenced her medical records
15:59once I got the name.
16:00The pin was from a cycling accident 10 years ago.
16:04Why?
16:04She presided over hundreds of cases.
16:07Always fair.
16:10Why would anyone do that to her?
16:20This is more than just a colleague.
16:23This is a friend of mine that's been killed.
16:25I mean, I've known her for years.
16:31Start pulling those files.
16:32We're looking for anyone who may have held a grudge against her,
16:35but focus on people who had a knowledge of fire
16:37or a connection to the Institute.
16:39Whoever did this knew how to incinerate a body
16:41and get on those grounds unseen.
16:46We need to inform her next of kin.
16:50She had a daughter.
17:00I am so sorry, Millie.
17:06Your mother was fearless in her commitment to justice.
17:11I considered her a friend.
17:15I always used to worry when she took on those big cases
17:18to think it happened now after she was retired.
17:22When was the last time you spoke with her?
17:24A few days ago.
17:26She was working on some project for the past few weeks.
17:29What kind of project?
17:30She wouldn't tell me anything about it.
17:32But I think it had something to do with one of her old cases.
17:36She said she was trying to right an old wrong.
17:40Right an old wrong?
17:43We're gonna need to look through your mother's residence.
17:45Do you have a copy of her key?
17:54My mother fought for justice her entire life.
17:58Please.
17:59You need to find justice for her.
18:05Thanks.
18:08Rex and I will head right over.
18:16Easy.
18:25SJPD, we're coming in.
18:39Someone was searching for something.
18:54Yeah, I see it.
19:01Stop! SJPD!
19:15Oh, Rex.
19:17On your feet.
19:18Off you get it.
19:19No, you don't get it.
19:20Hands behind your back.
19:21I didn't break in.
19:22I didn't break in.
19:24Judge Sylvia, she's trying to save me.
19:26Cody Moreau.
19:2832 years old, convicted in 2013 of five counts of, wait for it, arson.
19:34Judge Lawton gave him 12 years.
19:3612 years of arson?
19:37Yeah, the case was a big deal at the time.
19:39A serial arsonist burning down garages all over the city.
19:42It was only a matter of time before someone got hurt, and ultimately they did.
19:46A John Doe was found killed in the last fire.
19:48So they charged him with murder.
19:49Yeah, they played it down to second degree, but Judge Lawton gave him the max.
19:51But here's the kicker.
19:53According to her phone records, Cody called her over three dozen times since he's been released.
19:59So why did he say that she was trying to save him?
20:08Is Sylvia okay?
20:11They wouldn't give me a straight answer.
20:13I got your file.
20:20Fire after fire after fire.
20:32Let's start with where you were two nights ago.
20:34I don't know.
20:35At home.
20:36Alone.
20:37Are you familiar with the North Atlantic Fire Institute?
20:39Of course I am.
20:40You read my file, didn't you?
20:42I used to go up there to watch the controlled burns before.
20:48I'm over that now.
20:49I got treatment.
20:55What's this about?
20:56What were you doing at Judge Lawton's house?
20:59I was checking on her.
21:01I saw the door open, the place trashed, just like you did.
21:05You just happen to know where a retired judge lives?
21:08We're friends.
21:12Yeah.
21:13I know.
21:14A judge hanging out with an ex-con, right?
21:19That's who Sylvia is.
21:23You said she was trying to save you.
21:24What does that mean?
21:25She was helping me with my case.
21:28She was the only one I got to believe I never killed anybody.
21:30Look, I...
21:32Start at the beginning.
21:33When did you first make contact with Judge Lawton?
21:37After I was convicted, I wrote to her from prison.
21:40I admitted to setting the garage fires all summer.
21:44I'm not proud of it.
21:46I was messed up.
21:48Angry, living in an abusive home.
21:50Burning stuff seemed to be the only way to get noticed.
21:53But I swear I never said that last one.
21:57I was always careful.
21:58I made sure no one got hurt.
22:00What did the judge do when you wrote her?
22:02She wrote back.
22:03She told me to own up to it.
22:04Take the blame.
22:07Would have been a lot easier if I took her advice.
22:10I was eligible for parole years ago,
22:12but got denied because I wouldn't admit to it.
22:15But the killer was still out there.
22:17Free.
22:18If I lied, took the blame, he'd never be caught.
22:24Anyway, I-I kept writing.
22:26Kept asking questions, sending info.
22:28She kept writing back.
22:30After a while, I think she started to believe me.
22:33And when you got out?
22:35I met for coffee a couple times a week.
22:37She started to figure, I guess, I had nothing left to gain.
22:40I already done my whole time.
22:42So she agreed to help me figure out who really did it.
22:46When was the last time you heard from her?
22:47Four days ago.
22:48She left a message saying that she made some real progress.
22:52And then nothing.
22:53No calls, no coffee.
22:54I tried calling her, but she didn't answer.
22:56So then I got worried.
22:57I went to her place and...
23:04She's dead, isn't she?
23:08Oh, I can't believe I got her into this.
23:10She died because of me.
23:19I may have found evidence to support Cody's story that the judge was helping him.
23:23We checked the system.
23:24Judge Lawton did log in to access the case file from the deadly arson when she'd already retired.
23:29Not to mention what her daughter said.
23:31She's writing an old wrong.
23:33It's classic Sylvia.
23:34If she thought she sent a man to prison for a murder he didn't commit, there isn't a length she
23:38wouldn't go to to write that wrong.
23:40I mean, if it's true that Cody didn't kill John Doe...
23:43Then whoever did kill him would be upset that she's looking into it.
23:47What does the case file say?
23:49Well...
23:50Okay.
23:51The last fire was set just after midnight in Shea Heights, the same area as Cody's other one.
23:55Now during the trial, Cody claims that he was out of town, but he couldn't prove it.
24:00What about the victim?
24:01Male. Late teens to early thirties.
24:04Check this out.
24:06It says here, the body was almost completely cremated, but the autopsy shows a skull fracture to the back of
24:12the head.
24:14Well, that sounds familiar.
24:16What else is in the file?
24:17Well, it's just photos of the crime scene and objects that survived the fire.
24:25Hold on, what's that?
24:27It's a pendant found near the victim.
24:29Police back then, they couldn't determine its origin.
24:32It's got some sort of crest on it.
24:34Is that a couple letters?
24:35A-B-E-R.
24:38I have another go at identifying it.
24:39I mean, if John Doe was wearing it, it could be a clue to their identity.
24:43Well, you're thinking that if we identify the victim, it'd give us an idea who the real killer is?
24:47And whoever they are may have killed Judge Lawton.
24:50How about it, Jesse?
24:51Can you send the old autopsy report to Sarah?
24:53Let's get her working on identifying John Doe as well.
24:56Yeah, will do.
24:57In the meantime, I'll hang on to Cody and see if I can get him a psyche, Val.
25:00We can't rule him out as the killer of either victim.
25:06No.
25:07All right, let's check in with Sarah at the judge's house.
25:15Whoever broke in, they were careful.
25:18No prints anywhere.
25:19What about the documents in the fireplace?
25:21I sent them back to the lab to see if we could salvage anything, but I did find a partial
25:25shoe print.
25:28Cody was wearing boots when I picked him up.
25:30Okay, well, if he didn't break in, who did?
25:33What were they trying to destroy?
25:36Evidence connecting them to whoever died in that fire 14 years ago?
25:39Yeah.
25:45Rex must be tracking the soot on the bottom of the intruder's shoe.
25:56The guy probably parked back here.
25:58I'll get Jesse to camp his door cams.
26:01Okay.
26:02Oh, looks like Rex found something.
26:10Gloves?
26:11Any chance you get a print out of those?
26:13Well, sometimes you can get a partial off the cuff from when they've pulled off the second glove.
26:19Right.
26:20Well, maybe our mystery intruder is in a national database.
26:24Hey, Jesse, what's up?
26:26I pulled the GPS data from Judge Lawton's phone, and it turns out she did visit the coffee shop that
26:30Cody claimed they met up at twice a week.
26:32The timing fits with her phone records.
26:34So he's telling the truth.
26:35I also got her last known location.
26:37It's a bike path in Pippi Park.
26:39Tell Sarah forensics will meet her at the scene.
26:42Copy that.
26:54Hey, they told me you were headed up.
26:55You're still here?
26:57Yeah, I wanted to get the lowdown on a search.
27:00Yeah, I think we found where Judge Lawton might have been murdered.
27:04We discovered this just off the bike path about five kilometers from the parking lot.
27:09Yeah, looks like blood.
27:10I collected samples. I'm just waiting for the lab analysis.
27:14I mean, it could be an animal, I suppose, but did forensics pick up anything else?
27:18A bike was found stashed in the bushes nearby.
27:20If it's Judge Lawton's bike, it stands to reason that...
27:23Oh, the lab just confirmed the blood found was hers.
27:29The team also found a shoe print near the parking lot that matches the one in the house.
27:35It looks like it was the same person who tracked her to the park, killed her, and went to the
27:39house to destroy the evidence.
27:41Seems that way.
27:43I'm just having the lab run it for size and brand.
27:46There were no cameras in the park, or even in the parking lot.
27:50So we're no closer to an ID on the killer.
27:52What about the fingerprints on the gloves and the documents in the fireplace?
27:55The print didn't match anything in our databases, and I'm actually heading back to the lab now to work on
27:59those burnt documents.
28:00I should have an answer by morning.
28:02Your work ain't double?
28:03Yeah.
28:04Judge Lawton gave her life searching for justice, and Cody served 12 years for a crime that seems he didn't
28:10even commit.
28:11What's a night's sleep in comparison?
28:14Night.
28:15Goodnight.
28:17Night, Pat.
28:18All right.
28:48All right.
29:19Oh.
29:27Morning.
29:29You look well-rested.
29:31Yeah.
29:32Ha-ha.
29:33I'm actually glad you're here.
29:34I've got some stuff to show you.
29:36The shoe print was a dead end.
29:38Uh, it's one of the most common brands out there,
29:41but I was able to decipher some of the words
29:43on the burnt documents.
29:45Now, it's not much, but she was focusing on something
29:47called the gauntlet?
29:48She wrote it more than once.
29:50Look, twice on this page alone.
29:52The gauntlet?
29:53Yeah.
29:54Any idea what it refers to?
29:56No, but it's somehow related to the pendant
29:57found at the crime scene.
29:59She was looking into that, too.
30:01Let's go see what Jessie knows.
30:03Okay.
30:03Are you gonna wear your lab coat?
30:07Nope.
30:07And I'm gonna grab this.
30:10I ran a reverse image on the pendant
30:12a handy tool the police didn't have 14 years ago.
30:15Right, so that's why they couldn't trace it.
30:17Well, it turns out it's a special services pin.
30:19It's awarded to firefighters in Bonavista.
30:21The Aber is part of Gene Tabor.
30:24His family says he gave this pin as a gift
30:27to a young boy named Liam Ralston.
30:29He used to hang around the station.
30:30He left Bonavista years ago and never came back.
30:33So he could be our John Doe.
30:35What else have you learned about him?
30:36Well, I've been looking into Liam's old socials.
30:39Here.
30:40These go back to 2012.
30:44Look, that's here in St. John's.
30:46And he's wearing the pin as a pendant around his neck.
30:52Click on the bottom one?
30:56No way.
30:5713 years ago, Liam was a trainee at the Fire Institute?
31:10Does the name mean anything to you?
31:12Uh, Liam Ralston?
31:14No, it doesn't ring a bell.
31:15Well, he was a trainee here, um, back in 2012.
31:18Any information you have will be helpful.
31:20I'll take a look.
31:21But, uh, that was way before our time.
31:23Right.
31:24The files were digitized last year, so they're on here somewhere.
31:27Can you include a list of the other trainees from that year
31:30and anyone who worked here?
31:32Of course. Of course.
31:33Everything except for the smoke drill today.
31:35Thanks for releasing the tower.
31:37Oh, no problem.
31:37One more thing.
31:38Have either of you ever heard of the gauntlet?
31:42It's a long time since I heard gauntlet.
31:44Why do you ask?
31:46It may be connected to the case.
31:48From what I know, the gauntlet was a stupid tradition back in the day.
31:52A bonding ritual that the trainees used to make each other do.
31:55But it's been banned for years.
31:58Um, what exactly was it?
32:01The object was to run up to the top of the burn tower while it was lit,
32:05ring a bell and then run down, but with no gear on.
32:07Only fire-suppressant gel smeared on their skin.
32:11Uh...
32:11These rites of passage are things of the past.
32:14Send that list to trainees when you can.
32:17Rex.
32:18Come on.
32:27We're sorry, Cody, for what happened to you.
32:30You're releasing me?
32:31Yes.
32:31But there's something that we want you to know.
32:34We just got a lead on the possible identity of the John Doe.
32:37Who you were convicted of killing.
32:40We think his name was Liam Ralston.
32:47He's so young. Why didn't anyone come looking for him?
32:50I had no family to speak of.
32:52Was never reported missing.
32:54I think the same person who killed Liam may also have killed Judge Lawton.
32:58Maybe because she was looking into your case.
33:02Do you have any idea who she was going to speak with?
33:05No, every time we met she was purposely vague.
33:07She didn't want to get my hopes up.
33:10Although last time she was upset about something.
33:15What was that?
33:16Hospital records.
33:18She was trying to get her hands on it,
33:19but they kept dragging their feet getting back to her.
33:23Can you time me this morning?
33:25Yeah, I will. Sure.
33:26Because I want to do better.
33:27Detective! How can we help you?
33:29To start is you two can tell me when you were at the gauntlet.
33:32The gauntlet?
33:33Um, I don't think I'm familiar.
33:35Sawyer, we really need to start telling the truth.
33:41A bunch of us did it.
33:42It was stupid.
33:44We really had no business fooling around with fire like that.
33:46We were just looking for something to bond us together like they did in the old days.
33:50You know, prove you got the right stuff.
33:52Except for when I did it, I touched a metal surface reaching for the bow.
33:56Which is how you got that burn that Rex found.
33:58And if anyone found out, we'd be kicked out for sure.
34:00Trainees!
34:02Fall in.
34:04Come on.
34:06Sarah, what's up?
34:08Cody told us Judge Lawton was waiting on hospital records as part of her investigation into his case.
34:13Now, it seems Liam was seen in the ER for a third-degree contact burn on his arm.
34:18Didn't you say that Layla had one too?
34:20Yeah.
34:21From the gauntlet.
34:22You figured out what it was?
34:24Yeah.
34:36What's going on?
34:36The Institute sent over the list of staff and trainees from 2012.
34:39Joe's calling his contacts in the fire department.
34:42See if any of the names listed are active now and remember Liam.
34:48Did you find anyone who went to the Institute with Liam?
34:51Yeah, rumor was that Liam got into a beef with one of the other trainees over who could run the
34:55gauntlet fastest.
34:57Word is that Liam won, but the other trainee, Jimmy, lost it and held Liam's arm against a hot railing.
35:04Hence the trip to the ER.
35:05But Joe, there's no Jimmy on this list of trainees.
35:08I know.
35:09Probably because the name was removed on purpose.
35:11By Jimmy himself.
35:15Well, I-I don't follow.
35:17Yeah, how could Jimmy remove his name himself?
35:21Because the trainee rumored to have attacked Liam is none other...
35:27...than James R. Kessler.
35:30Head of the Fire Institute.
35:39So when they were both trainees, Liam threatened to turn Kessler in, ruining his chances of becoming a firefighter.
35:44And Kessler being aware of the serial garage arsons at the time silenced him.
35:48He blamed the death on Cody.
35:49Only he did a great job of covering his tracks.
35:51But not a perfect one.
35:54I may have a way to prove him guilty.
35:57But I'm gonna need Rex's help.
35:59Of course.
36:04Uh, detectives, what can I do for you?
36:06Well, sorry to bother you, but, um, the list you sent us was, uh, was missing a name.
36:11Yeah, see?
36:12For the 2012 class, there are only nine names listed.
36:15I think there should be ten.
36:18Uh, strange.
36:20I'll take a look at it.
36:21Uh, could you take a quick look now?
36:24I'm sorry.
36:25No, it's not a good time.
36:27There's a training exercise starting in the burn tower, and I wanna be there to make sure the kids are
36:30okay.
36:30No, of course.
36:31Um, mind if we tag along?
36:35Right this way.
36:36Great.
36:47Yeah.
37:00You'll be here.
37:03Every single time, I can do it.
37:06Yeah.
37:06Okay, they seem to have this all in hand.
37:08Captain Stanton, I'll take over.
37:10Can you help these detectives find what they're looking for?
37:12Mr. Kessler, we really should speak privately.
37:14Can you see I'm in the middle of something?
37:17Go with the detectives now.
37:19Stay where you are, Captain.
37:22You really want to do this here?
37:24Fine.
37:25We know that the missing name on the 2012 list is yours.
37:28We also know that you got into a beef with Liam Ralston
37:31and that he was killed in a fire that was blamed on Cody Moreau.
37:34We think you started that fire.
37:37What in the other are you talking about?
37:38We also know that Judge Lawton discovered the truth
37:40and reached out to you.
37:42We believe you killed her
37:44and then tried to dispose of the evidence in the burn tower.
37:46The body was there because of you?
37:48How dare you accuse me of this?
37:50You have no proof of anything.
37:55Is that my tablet?
37:58I gotta admit, you were careful, but not careful enough.
38:02You left a partial fingerprint on one of your gloves
38:04when you went to Judge Lawton's house to burn her files.
38:07Rex found it, and I am willing to bet
38:09that if we test this tablet back at the lab,
38:12we'll be able to match the print.
38:15That's purely circumstantial.
38:17Perhaps, but enough to get a warrant
38:19to track the GPS on your phone.
38:21Just how careful were you, Jimmy?
38:24Are we gonna find intersections
38:26between your movements and hers, or, uh...
38:29or you want to make this easy on yourself
38:30and come quietly?
38:34Kessler!
38:36Rex, wait!
38:37We need to get this fire out now.
38:39All trainees, exit the burn tower immediately.
38:42You heard him.
38:43I'm going.
38:44I'm here, I'm here, I'm running!
38:46Trainees, Kessler is violent and dangerous.
38:50Do not engage with him while exiting.
38:52You're not going anywhere.
38:54Let him go!
38:55Get over here!
38:59Stay still, you're my ticket out!
39:01I can't breathe in here!
39:02Hudson, call your dog up!
39:04Tell him to stay back or she dies!
39:09Hudson, I know you can hear me!
39:11Call up your dog now or Lila dies!
39:12Call up your dog now or Lila dies!
39:14Hudson, I know you can hear me!
39:24Thanks for saving my life, Rex.
39:26Now we gotta save his.
39:31Let's go, let's go!
39:32You're gonna follow Detective Hudson inside!
39:35I need to get my firearm.
39:40Captain!
39:41Look!
39:41It's Lila!
39:42She's got Kessler!
39:44I got him!
39:54You did it!
39:55That was amazing!
39:56Nice job, Trainee!
39:58Nice job, Rex.
40:06We are gathered today to honor Liam Aaron Ralston,
40:10who gave his life searching for a way to serve.
40:13And we remember the honorable Judge Sylvia Lawton,
40:16who never stopped fighting to see justice done.
40:18for Liam,
40:20for Cody Morrow,
40:22and for this community.
40:23Today we ring the bell in their honor.
40:26Fire Trainees!
40:28Attention!
40:47Sorry for your loss.
41:01It's good of you to come.
41:03I'm honored to be included.
41:05You'll be pleased to know
41:06that Kessler was charged with Judge Lawton's murder.
41:09But, um...
41:11What?
41:13They retested all the material from Liam's murder
41:16against Kessler's prints, DNA,
41:18and even the kerosene he may have used.
41:20We still can't prove that it was him, not you.
41:25I'm sorry, Cody.
41:26I know you wanted to clear your name.
41:28I did.
41:30As long as the killer's off the streets,
41:32that's all that matters.
41:33We're never gonna stop trying to exonerate you.
41:38Cody.
41:39Someone wanted to meet you.
41:41Hi.
41:42I'm Judge Lawton's daughter, Millie.
41:46I think you should have this.
41:48What?
41:50No, no, I can't.
41:51Mom would have wanted it this way.
41:52I'm sure of it.
41:54I have plenty to remember her by,
41:56including the knowledge she didn't die in vain.
42:05Thanks.
42:08There's a reception back at the house.
42:11Please.
42:12You should come.
42:18I just...
42:19That's something in my head.
42:21I'm just gonna...
42:26Hey, where are you, uh...
42:28Where are you guys off to?
42:30More drills.
42:32Oh, yeah?
42:33I'm gonna be just fine.
42:34I know that now.
42:36Thanks, Detective.
42:38Good luck.
42:39What you waiting for, Rex?
42:40We need a fire dog.
42:43Well, go on.
42:49You got this.
42:53Love carries all of us, carries all of us, carries all of us.
43:01How you doing?
43:17You got this.
43:18How you doing?
43:46Transcription by CastingWords
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