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00:01You know, this is the life.
00:05Fresh air.
00:07Stiff breeze.
00:08And you know what they say, the best thing about fishing isn't what you catch.
00:12Right, right. It's keeping good company.
00:14Yeah.
00:15Yeah.
00:16And Rex certainly is the best company.
00:19Oh, well, at least one of us caught something, right, buddy?
00:25He looks hungry.
00:27Yeah, so am I.
00:29What do you say? Burger and a pint?
00:31Yeah, I'm down.
00:32Let's do it.
00:33Alright.
00:34Let's go buy a guy.
00:49Look, Gary, I get it.
00:52Things haven't been going your way.
00:53But you don't have to let me go.
00:56One thing busting after another.
00:58Winch motor, bilge pump.
01:00Then the fuel leaks.
01:02Just no sense in it.
01:03Well, you always sell the old tub to me, right?
01:05My family could lend me the cash if the price is right.
01:09I'm never selling the rusty runner.
01:11Declan.
01:12It was my dad's boat.
01:13He left it to me, trusted me with it.
01:16And when I find out who's messing with me, everything's gonna turn around.
01:21I get it.
01:22For sure.
01:23No problem.
01:24One more run together, then I'll find other work, Gary.
01:37Dad, I'll catch whoever's doing this to your boat.
01:57Sunnyside Fishplant.
01:58How can I direct your goal?
02:06Excuse me. Sorry. Excuse me.
02:10Hey there, Brianna.
02:12Chuck, you heard from Gary the last few days?
02:14She got out of the hospital yesterday. Ticker's been giving me trouble again.
02:17He took the rusty runner out days ago. He's not returning my calls.
02:21Where's your brother, Brianna? He's not your kid. Maybe leave the grown man alone.
02:28Let me know if you hear from him. Will do.
02:34I'm going to be opening the water before the sun gets up.
02:38Something's tangled in this net. Help me out, will you?
02:41Yeah.
02:45Dang it, Katie. What is that?
03:09Well, a bit of an early one this morning.
03:11I'd like to see air to get you woken up. Reminds me of when I was a kid, heading out
03:15on the water at first light.
03:16Yeah. I'm more of a coffee-well-a-scroll sort of person.
03:19What are we looking at?
03:20A fisherman found a body tangled in a net. Young male, no signs of foul play.
03:24Sarah, fill you in on the details.
03:26Any idea how long he's been on the water?
03:28Yeah. Based on visual decomposition, time of death was approximately 48 hours ago.
03:33Ultimate cause may have been drowning, but the victim had a serious skull fracture.
03:36Are you sure he didn't strike his head in a fall, land in the sea?
03:38Not with the addition of defensive wounds on both arms.
03:41Appeared to be from the same weapon.
03:42So he fought back and lost.
03:45Gary Francis, 32 years old.
03:47Yeah. He's a commercial fisherman, owns a boat called the Rusty Runner.
03:51Wait, so he didn't work for a larger company?
03:54Midshore vessels like this are almost always family-run little independent businesses, making their living off the sea one run
03:59at a time.
04:00I thought you were a military man.
04:01My grandfather worked his own boat out of Halifax his whole life, fishing whatever was in season, from lobster to
04:07cod, but not without the captain.
04:09So, uh, if Gary was killed right here two days ago, where's his boat?
04:15Yeah.
04:16I'll contact the coast guard to see if the Rusty Runner had a GPS.
04:24What have you found there, Rex?
04:26Something in his ear?
04:28Here.
04:30Yeah.
04:37What is that, a stump?
04:39Not sure.
04:42It's covered in an oily substance that...
04:45Hold that true.
04:49That's curious.
04:50I'll have a closer look back at the lab.
04:53Gary!
04:53Whoa, whoa!
04:54Hey, hey!
04:55Gary!
04:56Gary!
04:58Gary!
04:59Gary travels fast in the fishing community.
05:01Oh, this is never easy.
05:03I haven't heard from him since Friday.
05:06I was asking around.
05:07Is that unusual for your brother to be out of touch?
05:11For that long.
05:12Yeah.
05:14Gary's out of cell range on the water.
05:16And, uh, I took a temp gig in Gander, so I haven't been around.
05:20But you were concerned enough to come back and look for him.
05:24My brother had been having a hard time lately.
05:26I started to worry when he didn't even text.
05:29He'd always let me know when he was back.
05:31What do you mean by a hard time?
05:33Some money trouble.
05:35The boat was breaking down a lot.
05:37Just little things that added up.
05:40Broken pumps, clogged filters.
05:44Gary seemed to think that someone was messing with him somehow.
05:48Messing with him?
05:49He thought the things going wrong weren't accidents.
05:53He never laid it out.
05:55And I thought he was just getting in his own head, like paranoid.
05:59But now I, I wish I'd listened.
06:04I know this is hard, Brianna, but, uh, can you tell me who might have wanted to harm your brother?
06:10Someone who might take the rusty runner.
06:12The boat's gone, too?
06:14That was my dad's boat.
06:18Listen, anything you could tell us might, might help.
06:21Uh, there was this guy, uh, Declan.
06:27And, uh, Gary mentioned he kept trying to buy the boat.
06:38Uncle Terry?
06:41What are you at?
06:42This is it.
06:43Just got back from my uncle's boat up on the northern peninsula the past few days.
06:47Heard the news this morning.
06:48So the boat's gone, too.
06:50That's right.
06:51Uh, word is you were interested in buying the rusty runner.
06:53Ah, it's just all talk.
06:54Uh, can't afford to pay my own rent as is.
06:56And a tub like that's not worth going over.
07:00When was the last time you saw Gary?
07:02Six days ago.
07:04Friday.
07:04Uh, we went for a pint after our last run.
07:07He bought since he was letting me go.
07:09And then we both headed home.
07:10Gary cut you loose?
07:12It happens, right?
07:13Uh, not the first job I lost.
07:18Can you think of anyone who may have had a grudge against him?
07:21You know, was messing with his boat, maybe?
07:24Gary could get crazy that way, reading into things.
07:27Uh, but there was this one guy.
07:29Who's that?
07:30Wayne somebody.
07:31Baggins.
07:33Need an extra hand today, Gary?
07:34Airing's running.
07:36I got it, Wayne.
07:38Hangs around the harbor trading odd jobs for a cashier fish.
07:41Heard two of them in a screaming match a couple weeks ago.
07:44Know where I can find Wayne?
07:46Hangs out at the fog and fleeting lot.
07:48A lot of young fishers do.
07:50Sheepest fish and chips in town.
07:52Thanks for the tip.
07:53Come on, Rex.
07:56What's up with your dog?
07:57You mean the, uh, highly trained police canine?
08:00It seems he's interested in whatever's in your fish pan here.
08:03Do you mind opening it up?
08:04Sure.
08:05No problem.
08:11You said you were fishing in the Northern Peninsula?
08:13Isn't cod season closed up there?
08:15Depends on area, what kind of license, what kind of boat.
08:19These are legit.
08:20Well, Rex is alerting to something, so we'll take a closer look and our pathologist will figure out what it
08:25is.
08:29So, you're just gonna take him.
08:42You found a microchip in Declan's cod?
08:44Not the kind you put in pets.
08:47The Department of Fisheries sometimes implants acoustic tags in cods so they can track their migration and survival rates.
08:52And Rex has been trained to alert to the triphenylphosphine oxide in any microchip.
08:56Yeah, I'm still kind of shocked that he was able to detect that over the smell of the fish itself.
09:01Could you use that to investigate Declan's alibi?
09:04Says he was up in the Northern Peninsula over the last few days.
09:07Absolutely.
09:07I'll reach out to the Department of Fisheries.
09:09Get their tracking info.
09:10Okay.
09:11Meanwhile, I have the results of the autopsy.
09:15Time of death remains two days ago.
09:17So sometime Tuesday.
09:18But, as you can see, cerebral hemorrhage was deemed the sole cause of death.
09:23Sir Gary wasn't breathing by the time he hit the water.
09:25Exactly.
09:26Also, organic fibers were found embedded in his scalp.
09:29From the murder weapon?
09:30Uh, presumably.
09:31I'm having them analyzed.
09:33That might help identify the object that caused the death blow and the defensive wounds.
09:36Okay.
09:36What about the, uh, rock that Rex found in the victim's ear?
09:39Rr!
09:40That is a bit of a puzzler.
09:42It turns out it's a piece of crystallized salt covered in fish oils.
09:46Sea salt from being in the ocean?
09:47Wait, no.
09:48No, it's just common rock salt.
09:49We've got lodged in the canal before Gary's body ever entered the water.
09:53And how did a guy end up with oily rock salt in his ear while fighting off in a salient?
09:57I have no idea.
10:00It's also not the only puzzling thing.
10:03Something's bothering you.
10:05Well, I've seen many, many bodies that have been submerged in water for varying degrees of time.
10:10But there's something different about this one.
10:13Different how?
10:14Well, that's the problem.
10:14I can't put my finger on it.
10:17I just have to keep fishing for answers.
10:22I know.
10:22You've clearly been hanging around Jesse too much.
10:25Yeah.
10:27So our victim was having trouble with his boat.
10:29Thought someone was undermining him.
10:31And then wound up floating in the harbor, dead.
10:33With a piece of salt in his ear.
10:35Plus his boat's gone.
10:36Yeah, and it has been for a while.
10:37The harbor authority logged the Rusty Runner coming in last Friday.
10:40Gary's last run with Declan.
10:42Yeah, but the thing is, it was never logged going back out again.
10:44So we need to find out exactly when the Rusty Runner left.
10:47And where it is right now.
10:48In the meantime, Coast Guard confirmed that the vessel did not have a GPS.
10:51So they put the equivalent of a bolo out.
10:53Meanwhile, the pub should be open by now.
10:55Come on, Rex.
10:57Seems a little bit early for a cold one there, Mark.
11:00Yeah, not to mention that you're on a homicide investigation.
11:02Okay.
11:02Declan, the deckhand, said he witnessed an argument between Gary and a regular named Wayne.
11:07I'm going to see if there's any truth to that.
11:08Sure.
11:11Come on.
11:16You and that boat!
11:18You held it against him!
11:19You never let it go!
11:20Just calm down, Brianna.
11:21You're overwrought.
11:22I didn't mean to upset you.
11:23One more word from you, Wayne, and I swear!
11:25Step back.
11:27SJPD, what's going on here?
11:29We're having a little dispute.
11:31She's just upset about her brother.
11:32I don't take it serious.
11:36Think Wayne here has something to do with your brother's death?
11:41It's like he said, I'm...
11:43I'm just upset.
11:44Come on, dear.
11:44Let's get you inside.
11:46Fish and chips is on me.
11:49What do you got, Rex?
11:51Is it your truck, Wayne, with all the rock salt in the back?
11:55Yeah?
11:56What of it?
12:02Because it seems to be a spatter of a blood.
12:17I swear the blood is from cleaning fish.
12:20What's the big deal with salt?
12:21I salt my own cod sometimes.
12:23Is that a crime?
12:24We found a piece of rock salt in the victim's body, Wayne.
12:28Did Gary get that when you threw him in the back of your truck?
12:31I swear I had nothing to do with Gary's death.
12:34We've known each other our whole lives.
12:36Gary's deckhand says he saw the two of you arguing recently.
12:39Need an extra hand today, Gary?
12:40Herring's running?
12:42I got it, Wayne.
12:43Heard two of them in a screaming match a couple weeks ago.
12:45Declan said that?
12:47Uh-huh.
12:48Uh-oh.
12:49That guy says a lot of stuff that you can't take to the bank.
12:51What about Brianna?
12:54You held it against him.
12:55You never let it go.
12:56Just calm down, Brianna.
12:57You're overrun.
12:59Me and Brianna.
13:01Um.
13:03We were engaged years ago.
13:06The dream was that we would be running the boat together.
13:09Two of us raising kids.
13:10And, uh, then her dad died suddenly and left the rusty runner to her brother, Malona.
13:18Was Brianna bitter about that?
13:20Being cut out?
13:22No.
13:23Ancient history.
13:24Brianna loved Gary and she wouldn't hurt anybody, let alone her brother.
13:29That still doesn't explain why she was angry at you.
13:32You're barking up the wrong tree, detective.
13:35Declan is the guy you should be looking at.
13:38He's a real sleeve-eating, if you ask me.
13:39Hmm.
13:40But Declan has an alibi.
13:42And so does Brianna.
13:44Where were you two days ago, Wayne?
13:46I was fixing an engine on a trawler in Whitless Bay.
13:51Go ahead and check.
13:54Okay.
13:57Hey, how was the pub?
14:00Lively.
14:00It seems that Wayne and Brianna are old flames.
14:03One time, they wanted her dad's boat for themselves.
14:06He claims that that's all ancient history now.
14:08Yeah, but where was he on Tuesday when Gary was killed?
14:10Well, he says he was working on a trawler up in Whitless Bay.
14:13But he and Brianna are hiding something.
14:15I mean, she was screaming at him when I found him at the pub.
14:17All right, so Brianna claims that she was in Gander on Tuesday, right?
14:21And then Declan says that he was in the Northern Peninsula.
14:23And Wayne says that he was in Whitless Bay.
14:26Do we have any suspect who was near the scene of the crime when our victim was killed?
14:30Well, a local fisher claims he saw the rusty runner leave Foxtrap Harbor Friday night.
14:34The day of Gary's last run.
14:36Uh-huh.
14:36And another fisherman says he saw that the boat never came back and hasn't been seen since.
14:40So the boat left the harbor six days ago, but Gary was killed two days ago.
14:44Where was he in between?
14:45Somewhere else on the boat?
14:46I feel like I'm channeling Sarah here.
14:48There's something off about this case, but I can't put my finger on it.
14:51Okay, let's start by taking a closer look at the last day that Gary was seen alive.
14:54Okay, so we know that Gary and Declan went out onto the water and then came back and went to
14:58the pub.
14:59Yeah, what about in between?
15:01Between work and a pint?
15:02Fishers stop on the way home to sell their catch at a fish plant.
15:05Can you call his sister and see where that might be?
15:07Yeah, yeah.
15:12Something is definitely off.
15:17At Sunnyside, we buy directly from the fishers, fresh off our wharf, process it inside, and sell it wholesale.
15:22That's quite the operation.
15:24And I'm in charge of keeping it running smoothly.
15:26So, what does this have to do with a man found dead in Foxtrap Harbor?
15:30So, Gary Francis.
15:32Now, his sister believes he sold you a load of fish here last Friday, the last day that he was
15:35seen alive.
15:36Can't say I recognize him.
15:38Really?
15:39Even though he sold fish right here?
15:41I'm rarely on the dock.
15:43Chained to my desk.
15:44But I can check our records for you.
15:45Perfect.
15:46What about these two?
15:47Declan, he worked with Gary, and Wayne had in the past.
15:50Wayne, I know.
15:51He works here at the plant on and off.
15:53Last time would have been about a week ago.
15:56Can you send me the exact date?
15:57Of course.
15:58Uh, Tanya, my partner seems to be alerting to that man.
16:03Uh, may I?
16:04Go ahead.
16:06Is that salt?
16:07Yes.
16:08We go through thousands of pounds a year.
16:10Use it for everything from de-icing the wharf to seasoning a can of salmon.
16:16What about surveillance footage?
16:18Can you, uh, send that over to me?
16:20Absolutely.
16:21Amazing.
16:21Once I check with the owners, I'm just the manager.
16:23I don't want to lose my job in this economy.
16:27Of course.
16:27Do your thing.
16:35Donovan, what do you got?
16:36Well, I've got good news and bad news.
16:38The lab confirmed that the blood in Wayne's truck was, in fact, fish blood.
16:41So if I had to cut him loose.
16:43Okay, and the good news?
16:44The Coast Guard found the rusty runner adrift about 30 miles offshore.
16:48They're towing it back to Foxtrap Harbor as we speak.
16:50We're on our way.
16:51Okay.
16:59Coming aboard.
17:01Hey.
17:02We're just getting started here.
17:04No evidence of a struggle, but after being adrift at sea, any blood on the deck would likely have been
17:09washed away.
17:10So we can't rule out the rusty runner as the place where Gary may have been killed.
17:13Oh, here.
17:16Oh, what is this?
17:17Salt from a Sunnyside fish plant.
17:19Okay.
17:20Well, I'll see if it's a match to the crystal found on the victim, but that won't prove the salt
17:23was from there.
17:24I mean, common salt is common.
17:27Where's Jesse?
17:28Checking the hold.
17:30It's been stewing at sea for days and days.
17:32That's a fun job.
17:34Okay, guys.
17:35I just want you to know that the hold is clear of fish, but it is teeming with stench.
17:39I'll head back down, holding my nose this time.
17:42Oh, that's disgusting.
17:44Oh, it stinks.
17:45It smells like a foot.
17:46Rex seems interested in something over here.
17:48Oh, yeah.
17:48So the fibers we found in Gary's head wound turn out to be wood, deeply suffused with various aquatic flora
17:54and fauna.
17:55Okay, so a buoy could have been the murder wire.
17:57The triangular shape fits the wound pattern.
17:59But look, he's not alerting to anything.
18:01Well, I think I know why.
18:02You see that last high?
18:04No last buoy.
18:05Likely floating out at sea, never to be found.
18:08So maybe Gary was killed on his own vessel, but then how did he end up in the harbor when
18:13the boat's 30 miles out to sea?
18:15Let's, uh, let's check the bridge.
18:17Okay.
18:18Come on, Rex.
18:20You okay down there, Jesse?
18:22No.
18:24The throttle's engaged.
18:26The boat's still in gear.
18:27Okay, so the boat was in motion.
18:29Until it ran out of fuel.
18:32So, uh, what happened to the person driving it?
18:34Well, maybe someone pointed it out to sea and just let her go.
18:37Didn't care if the boat just sank out there?
18:39Or maybe wanted her to.
18:40I mean, evidence at the bottom of the ocean's usually no evidence at all.
18:48How does it rest?
18:54What's written on it?
18:56It looks like dates and numbers.
18:59Gary told people that he thought someone was messing with him.
19:02Could he have been tracking something?
19:05Let's see what Jesse makes of these.
19:06Okay.
19:07Okay, I'm gonna go back to the pod and see how Brianna reacts to the return of the rusty runner.
19:12Seems the old girl is carrying a lot of other people's baggage.
19:25I'm just so glad the rusty runner's back, safe and sound.
19:28Here you go, folks.
19:28I'm in the house.
19:30Chuck, you didn't have to do that.
19:32No, it's fine.
19:32You both deserve it.
19:33Just give me a shout if you need anything else.
19:37I was kind of surprised that you wanted to meet here, considering.
19:42It's a tight community.
19:44We're all intertwined.
19:45Yeah.
19:46I've known Chuck forever.
19:47He used to fish with my dad back in the day.
19:49On the rusty runner?
19:51Before Gary got old enough to help and took over for him.
19:55That's when Chuck bought this place.
19:57Between you and me, I don't think he's happy here.
20:01Well, my grandfather was never happy at shore either.
20:03My father was always on the horizon.
20:06What about you?
20:07Any regrets?
20:09What do you mean?
20:10Wayne said there's a history between you two and the boat.
20:14That you were upset when your father left it to Gary.
20:18At the time.
20:20But we worked it out.
20:22Oh, how's that?
20:23Gary gave me part ownership.
20:25For good or ill.
20:27But there's a downside to that?
20:30Profits aren't big.
20:31But responsibilities are.
20:35Is there something you're not telling me, Brianna?
20:38What did Wayne say to you earlier that upset you?
20:41Wayne doesn't know what he's talking about.
20:43But it was about Gary.
20:47We've got evidence that Rusty Runner leaving Harbor unregistered in the middle of the night.
20:52As part owner.
20:54What do you know about that?
20:57Gary would never do anything outside the law.
21:00If that's what you're implying.
21:02It wasn't.
21:03But you think he could have?
21:05I'm starting to think I need a lawyer.
21:14Second thought, I think I'll bring you a check.
21:23I had a look at those numbers that Sarah sent me last night.
21:26Now, the first column, they're dates.
21:28But the second, they seem to be a log of engine hours.
21:31Engine hours.
21:32That's a boat's equivalent of the odometer in a car.
21:34Oh, your grandfather taught you well.
21:36Seems like Gary was tracking a discrepancy.
21:39Now, the boat, it had more clicks than it should have on those specific days.
21:42Maybe that wasn't the first time the Rusty Runner left the harbor in the night undocumented.
21:47Brianna sure clammed up the mention of midnight runs.
21:49Still more questions than answers.
21:51Something's got to break soon.
21:52Yeah.
22:00Oh, I knew it looked off.
22:04Wow.
22:05Someone was in early?
22:06Yeah, I couldn't sleep.
22:08Insomnia?
22:08Alibis.
22:10Everybody's got one.
22:11Yeah, I think that's the problem.
22:14All our suspects have motive but no opportunity.
22:17Some were in Whitless Bay, Gander, and the Northern Peninsula at the time of Gary's death.
22:23There's something off about this case.
22:27I think I figured it out.
22:29The answer to everything.
22:31Ruptured membranes.
22:32Excuse me?
22:33Even I don't get that.
22:35It means that Gary didn't die on Tuesday like we thought.
22:37He died much earlier.
22:38Maybe even as early as the previous Friday.
22:40How is that possible?
22:41Because Gary's body was frozen.
22:43Frozen?
22:45Specifically, flash frozen.
22:56I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.
22:59Gary was frozen?
23:00How could they miss that on the autopsy?
23:02Well, flash freezing.
23:03The process of solidifying something almost instantly is designed to limit cellular damage.
23:08Right?
23:08So that fish or any food's texture and appearance remain very close to fresh when thawed.
23:13Same held true for Gary's remains.
23:14He looked fresher than he was.
23:15Right, which led you and the coroner to conclude that his time of death was Tuesday.
23:19I mean, Tuesday was actually time of defrost.
23:21Exactly.
23:22Gary most likely died days earlier, probably soon after he was last seen alive.
23:27Last Friday, the night his boat was secreted out of the harbor.
23:31Any chance the Sunnyside fish plant has one of these flash freezing facilities?
23:34Even better.
23:35It looks like they have a process that lowers the freezing solution far below zero.
23:39With the addition of salt.
23:40Just like the piece Rex found lodged in Gary's ear covered in fish oil.
23:43Right.
23:44Okay, contact the owners of Sunnyside.
23:46Let's bring Tanya in for questioning.
23:48And let's see what else we can dig up on her.
23:51She claimed that she didn't recognize Gary, but he'd sold there for years.
23:53I'll send a forensics team to their freezing facility.
23:56Oh, but the inside of a fish plant is kept as sterile as an operating room.
24:01Sorry, Rex.
24:03No dogs allowed.
24:05I know.
24:07Okay, so it looks like the flash freezing melted away all the alibis.
24:10Get down to the pub, Jesse.
24:11See what you can find out.
24:12Okay.
24:13Let's start with wait.
24:18So now you want to know where I was last Friday?
24:20Yeah.
24:21Case is evolving.
24:22Well, where were you the last time you saw Gary leave the pub?
24:27Uh, I went home.
24:28I slept.
24:29I worked a shift at Sunnyside the next day.
24:32Other than that, I was here.
24:33The usual.
24:34Okay, well, Sunnyside is seeming more and more connected to the crime now, Wayne.
24:37And you had access to it.
24:39And you had an argument with Gary and another one with his sister.
24:42I mean, I know you say it's ancient history, but from what I'm hearing,
24:46these emotions seem pretty raw.
24:48I said something I shouldn't have said, that's all.
24:50What was that?
24:53Look, Wayne.
24:54The guy you've known your whole life has been cut down in his prime.
24:58Do we really need to bring you in again?
25:03One night, a couple weeks ago, I saw the rusty runner heading out in the middle of the night.
25:09And I know that Gary was having some problems.
25:12Hmm.
25:13Okay, he thought he was up to something.
25:15Cod quotas are strict.
25:17Every trip has limits.
25:19Inspectors, they log everything.
25:22But if a boat slips out in the dark,
25:25has a buyer who doesn't ask questions,
25:29you do the man.
25:30So you think he was poaching and you confronted him on it?
25:33Yeah, he wouldn't give me a straight answer.
25:34He told me I was talking garbage.
25:35What'd you say to that?
25:39I reminded him what happens to fishers in this town who take what they're not supposed to take.
25:45He almost ripped my head off.
25:47I wouldn't have said anything normally, but I was just trying to look out for Brianna.
25:50Yeah.
25:50And how's that?
25:52The Department of Fisheries can fine you for poaching,
25:55put you in jail,
25:56and take your boat.
25:58And that boat is partly Brianna's.
26:00Even now, if they prove that the rusty runner was involved,
26:03Brianna loses everything.
26:05Okay.
26:06Is that why she was so angry with you?
26:08I told her what I thought was going on with her brother.
26:16The thing is,
26:17how can I be so sure that it wasn't you taking that boat out
26:20and covering your tracks by blaming a dead man?
26:25Because I would take my own life before I harmed Brianna.
26:30How come you never mentioned you work part-time with Sunnyside?
26:33I work part-time everywhere.
26:35Doesn't everybody?
26:37Money's tight all over.
26:42The owners have instructed me to do whatever I can to assist in your investigation.
26:48But the idea that someone was frozen at our plant is preposterous.
26:54But you don't deny that Gary Francis and the rusty runner were at Sunnyside
26:58the last day that he was seen alive?
27:00In fact, I can confirm it.
27:01Our records show that Gary sold Sunnyside fish on many occasions.
27:05What about the surveillance footage I requested over 24 hours ago?
27:09Delivered as we speak.
27:11But I have the pertinent footage right here.
27:19Gary and his boat in one piece sailing off for Foxtrap Harbor.
27:26But you have a flash freezing facility that uses the saltwater method.
27:31And your forensic team is there right now.
27:33But I have no doubt they will find nothing linking your unfortunate victim
27:37or his remains to the inside of our facilities.
27:42Well, perhaps you can answer this question.
27:45Does the plant operate at night?
27:47No, not for years.
27:48We've been down to one day shift since the cod stocks collapsed in the 90s.
27:51So if somebody wanted to sneak in after hours, there would be no one to interfere.
27:56Assuming that person had access, of course.
28:00What are you implying?
28:04We looked into your financial situation, Tanya.
28:07You had a six-figure debt six months ago.
28:10Spread across half a dozen online gambling sites.
28:13And now it's gone.
28:15Can you explain that?
28:18If you're implying that I'm involved in some sort of illegal activity,
28:23then I'm afraid this interview is done.
28:27I think I'll let the company's lawyers assist you from here on out.
28:42It's okay, Rex.
28:44She's free to go.
28:50So Wayne claims he saw the rusty runner going out at midnight.
28:54Thought that Gary was poaching.
28:56Yeah, and then he told Brianna and she flew off the handle at him.
28:58She got pretty defensive of me, too.
29:00Said that Gary would never do anything illegal.
29:02Yeah, but could it be that he was selling Tanya an illegal catch under the table after hours
29:06and then somehow something went wrong?
29:08But what if it wasn't him?
29:10I mean, Gary was tracking a discrepancy in his engine hours.
29:13Maybe he caught on to the fact that someone was using his boat without his knowledge.
29:17Heading out at midnight to poach fish.
29:20Okay.
29:21Okay.
29:22Okay.
29:23But look, I mean, Katanya really pay off her gambling debts by selling black market cod.
29:30Actually, I think it's more than that.
29:32I want to show you something.
29:32Okay.
29:33What's with all these trays?
29:35Well, it was bothering me that Rex was somehow able to smell the microchip buried inside the codfish you got
29:40from Declan.
29:42What's up with your dog?
29:44I mean, don't get me wrong.
29:45Rex is amazing.
29:46But to pick out a trace that faint over the smell of fish?
29:50Yeah, it surprised me, too.
29:51Yeah, so I thought I'd try it out for myself.
29:55Rex, come here.
29:57Check.
30:00That's an alert.
30:02Okay.
30:04So this is a microchip just by itself so he can detect it.
30:11Now, Rex, check.
30:18Codfish from the grocery store.
30:20He didn't alert with a chip inside it.
30:24He couldn't even smell it at all.
30:27Okay, so why was he alerting to the cod found at Declan's?
30:30This is my point.
30:32Just wait.
30:35Rex, track.
30:41Oh.
30:43And this time he alerts.
30:46This is the cod, Mark, you got from Declan.
30:49Complete with the original microchip inside.
30:52So if he couldn't smell the chip through the fish, why is he alerting now?
30:56Exactly.
30:56A mystery until I swabbed the surface of the cod and found trace amounts of fentanyl.
31:01Fentanyl on a fish?
31:03Yeah, it's not so crazy, actually.
31:04It's a decent way to hide drugs from the inspectors.
31:07So the rusty runner wasn't bringing in illegal fish at night.
31:10He was bringing in illegal drugs.
31:12Why not both?
31:13I just heard back from the Department of Fisheries this morning.
31:16This cod was taken from a closed area just 30 miles offshore of St. John's.
31:20Not the North Peninsula, like Declan said.
31:23Okay.
31:24All roads seem to lead to Declan.
31:26Bring him in.
31:27You got it.
31:28Rex?
31:38Hey, Declan.
31:43Declan, stop!
31:48FJPD!
31:57Caught in your own net.
31:59Seems fitting.
32:11So Declan ran.
32:13And climbed.
32:14And almost slipped the net.
32:16So maybe he knew that we'd found the traces of fentanyl on the confiscated codfish.
32:20Or heard his manufactured alibi had taken on water.
32:23That trip to the Northern Peninsula looks pretty convenient.
32:25But the bottom line is, he lied about where he found that cod.
32:28He wanted to buy Gary's boat.
32:30Maybe using it to poach was a way to raise the cash.
32:32Well, who else knows the way around the rusty runner better than him?
32:35Well, how does the fentanyl play into this?
32:37Yeah, not to mention murder and flash freezing.
32:40Wayne said that you couldn't take much of whatever Declan says at face value.
32:43Yeah, well, it looks like you better start fishing for the truth.
32:47Nah, you too.
32:51I know I shouldn't have run, but I heard you yelling police.
32:53And people at the pub were talking about how Gary may be poaching.
32:56We know you were poaching.
32:57Well, never in my life.
32:58I'm way beyond that.
32:59The fish that my canine alerted to at your place has tested positive for drugs.
33:03What?
33:04Gary suspected that someone was sneaking that rusty runner out at night.
33:07Did he figure out that it was you?
33:09Did he hide in the hole to catch you red-handed?
33:11No, no, you got this all wrong.
33:12Did he surprise you when you were offloading at Sunnyside?
33:14Where you killed him with a buoy rather than face charges, then froze him and got yourself an alibi?
33:19This is insane.
33:20I got no idea how you found drugs on that fish.
33:23I just bought it cheap is all.
33:25I didn't ask questions.
33:27Bought it cheap from who?
33:29Chuck sells it under the table.
33:32I don't know where he gets it.
33:34Here you go, folks.
33:34Not in the house.
33:36Chuck, you didn't have to do that.
33:38Nah, it's fine.
33:38You both deserve it.
33:39Just give me a shot if you need anything else.
33:41But he's got the cheapest fish and chips in town.
33:47Okay.
33:47So I asked the Department of Fisheries to track the microchip found in the cod after it left the water.
33:53They thought it was a pretty weird request.
33:54I bet.
33:55What did they say?
33:56They sent me this.
33:58Okay, so the cod, confiscated from Declan, covered in fentanyl, was caught offshore illegally,
34:03then transferred to the Sunnyside fish plant, then onto the Foggin fleet.
34:06So Chuck took the rusty runner on drug runs?
34:08Yeah, picked up a load of cod on the way to freeze along with it.
34:11Brianna mentioned that he'd worked the boat with her dad and hated working the bar.
34:15So we found a way out.
34:17But he needs someone with access to the fish plant.
34:20Send uniforms for Tanya.
34:22And let's bring this Chuck character in.
34:23You got it.
34:24Rex?
34:25Rex?
34:29Rex?
34:30Rex?
34:30Rex?
34:30Rex?
34:31Rex?
34:32Rex?
34:33Rex?
34:42Rex?
34:43Back again?
34:44Got new ways to smear my late brother?
34:47I'm looking for Chuck.
34:48He's not here.
34:50I have to go back to the hospital.
34:52Did me the favor of throwing me a few shifts.
34:54Back to the hospital?
34:55Yeah, he was there about a week ago.
34:57Around when Gary went missing?
34:59Well, I bet they didn't find anything wrong.
35:01Though it makes for a great alibi.
35:03What did Chuck need an alibi for?
35:05To freeze the body and shift the time of death.
35:08They froze my brother?
35:17What is it?
35:20Is this Chuck's truck?
35:22Yeah, he uses it when he buys fish.
35:31What's going on? What's he found?
35:33If I'm right, the reason your brother was killed.
35:45Thanks.
35:46The hospital confirms they admitted Chuck three days ago.
35:49He was claiming chest pains.
35:51It was a manufactured alibi while he shifted Gary's time of death.
35:54Yeah, well, he's not there now.
35:55Okay, uniforms at Sunnyside.
35:57Tonya disappeared mid-shift, but the office confirmed that Chuck's bought fish from her for years.
36:01And there's also this.
36:03Surveillance footage from Sunnyside Wharf against the dates from Gary's engine hours list.
36:10Nothing.
36:10I'll check the timestamp.
36:15Hours have been deleted.
36:17Yeah, to hide the rusty runners unloading, presumably.
36:19On every one of those same nights.
36:21But look at this.
36:22They missed one frame from over a month ago.
36:25Tonya and Chuck headed for his truck.
36:28Full of frozen fish and drugs, no doubt.
36:30And following the pattern of the dates that Gary had written down, next drug runs tonight.
36:34I mean, they'll be expecting someone in the rusty runner to come rendezvous with them offshore.
36:37Now, if only we could get the lab results on Chuck's truck, it would be a full circle.
36:41Fish oil, seawater, and fentanyl.
36:45Okay, let's go to Bolo on Tonya and Chuck.
36:48Okay, I'll get the ferries and airports covered.
36:50Do that.
36:51But there's another surefire way off this island.
36:53My money's on Chuck heading to the rusty runner.
36:55Let's go, Rex.
37:02There's Chuck headed for the boat.
37:05Rex, hold on.
37:06Wait for me.
37:10Chuck, stay where you are.
37:19Oh, please.
37:23Rex!
37:37Rusty runners, the SJPD return to the war.
37:40Coast Guard has been notified yet.
37:42Nowhere to go.
37:43Repeat, nowhere to go.
37:55Canine officer on board, Chuck.
37:57Be smart about this.
38:05Hey, hey!
38:07Get out!
38:09Get off me!
38:11Okay, okay!
38:15Hey!
38:22This is the Coast Guard. The rusty rudder has throttled down.
38:28Good job, partner. Now hold him until uniforms can get on the boat.
38:48Next time, wait for me, okay?
38:53I notified the Coast Guard, gave the exact location the illegal cod was harvested from, so they'll be able to
38:57find the drug suppliers.
39:04Nothing to say for yourself?
39:18It was really Chuck.
39:19Yeah.
39:20I can't believe it.
39:22Lucky I didn't get word of it before you did. Save for where he's going.
39:26You know, we should be able to release the rusty runner back to you later this week, I guess.
39:29This boat meant everything to Gary and my dad. My brother died defending it.
39:35I'm here to work it for you. Anytime. It's your call.
39:40I'd like that. I think Gary would, too.
40:00Hey, so we picked up Tanya 20 minutes ago. It was called in by a car rental company.
40:05And she confessed to using the fish plant to offload the rusty runner and transfer cargo to Chuck's truck.
40:12Now Chuck kept the fish and he shipped the drugs off island.
40:15And she swears that Chuck killed Gary, not her.
40:19How did she get mixed up in all this?
40:21She was contacted through a gambling site.
40:23Now they found out about her debt and they promised to pay it off.
40:26She brought in Chuck because she knew how much she wanted to get away from the fog and fleet.
40:31What about the fentanyl suppliers?
40:32Well, Chuck's escape route led the Coast Guard to exactly where they were stationed.
40:37And all of those who were responsible are now in the custody of border services.
40:40And Sunnyside had no knowledge about the drug operation happening at the plant, so it's business as usual.
40:46Okay, well, here we go.
40:49I don't know about you guys, but I'm starving, so how about some fish and chips?
40:53Oh, you know, suddenly I feel more like pizza.
40:56Yeah, me too, me too.
40:57Yeah, I did all.
41:00Come on, you.
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