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00:01Previously on RJ Decker
00:02What are you wearing?
00:03Excuse me.
00:04Change your shirt and meet me at the address I'm about to send you.
00:06Who needs you to change your shirt?
00:08Wish.
00:09Yeah, you might have a new client for me.
00:11Welcome to the humble abode of the Carter family.
00:13That's Holden. I think he may have relapsed.
00:15RJ, Holden has been found.
00:17Holden was about to blow the whistle.
00:19He was willing to go up against his own father.
00:21Holden wasn't supposed to die.
00:23The plan was only to discredit him.
00:26Still think it was me.
00:27It was not you.
00:35Of course, I'll have to notify the police.
00:38This is a case for homicide.
00:41Homicide?
00:41I don't think you fully understand, Bigelow.
00:45You've been murdered.
00:47RJ, is that you?
00:48Yeah.
00:49Are you alone?
00:51Yes, very.
00:53Aw, no love connection?
00:55No, it wasn't her type.
00:56Dude, you're everybody's type.
01:01Maybe you could have worn a nicer shirt.
01:03Yeah, or my, uh, prison blues.
01:06Thought my criminal record might be a deal breaker,
01:09but turns out she asked Mauricio to set us up
01:11because she only dates felons.
01:13Creepy.
01:14Yeah.
01:15But doesn't that make you her type?
01:17Apparently I'm not felonious enough.
01:19She likes the repeat offenders.
01:23Okay.
01:24Maybe when it comes to matchmakers,
01:26we can do better than our old pals from Apalachee.
01:30Sorry, what?
01:31Who's we?
01:32The algorithms for the dating apps are like insano.
01:34I can help you poke around online tomorrow,
01:36try to find the right one.
01:37Algorithms?
01:38I think I'd rather go back to prison.
01:40And why are you so determined to fix me up all of a sudden?
01:44I'm just trying to help you make better choices, that's all.
01:48Better than what?
01:49I saw you having drinks with Emi Ochoa at FM station,
01:52and you looked friendly.
01:55That's not what you think.
01:56We were married.
01:57Okay, I know what you look like when you want to have sex.
02:00Emi Ochoa and I are not sleeping together.
02:02We're not.
02:03She feels bad about what happened.
02:04She wants to make up for it.
02:06And how exactly does one make up for perjuring oneself
02:08and sending an innocent person to prison?
02:10She brought me a case last week.
02:11It worked out.
02:12We went out for a drink to celebrate.
02:13That's it.
02:14I'm fine.
02:15Everything's fine, okay?
02:18So if you'll excuse me,
02:19I have an early meeting with a client tomorrow.
02:22I'm not gonna sleep with him either.
02:28Okay, here's Louise on her way to yoga.
02:32Playing mahjong at the club.
02:36Buying groceries.
02:37Bob.
02:40As much as I'd like to keep taking your money.
02:42I've been following your wife for a week.
02:44I have seen nothing that tells me she's cheating on you.
02:47Look at Louise.
02:49Now look at me.
02:50She is at least a nine.
02:52I am a five.
02:53I mean, that's when my psoriasis isn't acting up.
02:56I should have known better than to think that I could keep her happy.
02:58Are you sure this whole affair thing isn't just all in your head?
03:02I mean, are you sure?
03:04Do you see these earrings?
03:06Yeah.
03:06I didn't buy those for her.
03:08I checked her credit card receipts.
03:10She didn't buy them for herself.
03:11And when I asked her about it, she said that they were gifts from her mother.
03:15But I know that she's lying.
03:21I love her, Mr. Decker, so much.
03:24And I need to know what's going on.
03:26Because if I know what's going on, maybe I can fix it.
03:30Maybe I can make her love me again.
03:46I'm playing diamonds, cash and checks.
03:51Putting fancy things around my neck.
03:54I'm not giving one hell of heck.
04:00I'm playing diamonds, cash and checks.
04:06Another dollar, another day.
04:12Senoritas and Saint Tropez.
04:16Pouring chili on my Frito-Lays.
04:20No, ma'am, I ain't on no holiday.
04:25Playing diamonds, cash and checks.
04:30Putting fancy things around my neck.
04:35Not giving one hell of heck.
04:39I'm playing diamonds, cash and checks.
04:45It's just a four to the one to the five.
04:51Again and again till you get it just right.
04:55It might take all day and all through the night.
05:00But even then, babe, you ain't qualified.
05:05I'm playing diamonds, cash and checks.
05:09And I ain't hired for my intellect.
05:14I'm just out here paying my respects.
05:19To the T-bones and the T-birds and even T-rex.
05:24I'm playing diamonds, cash and checks.
05:30Four to the one to the five.
05:35Again and again till we get it right.
05:39It's just the four to the one to the five.
05:44Again and again till we get it right.
05:49It's just the four to the-
05:51Hey, Bob.
05:51I've been thinking.
05:52Maybe you're right.
05:53Maybe the affair is all in my head.
05:55Bob, do you know anything about a storage locker on 19th Street?
06:00No, why?
06:01Did Louise go to a storage locker?
06:02Is that where you are now?
06:04No, I'm in front of a house on Palmetto.
06:06She just went inside.
06:07Does it have a fountain in front with pink flamingos?
06:09Yeah, it does.
06:11Son of a-
06:11That's the Howard's house.
06:13She must be there to meet Preston.
06:14Okay, who's Preston?
06:15We know him and his wife from the club.
06:17He and Louise both played in the pickleball tournament.
06:19Bob, listen to me.
06:21Everything's gonna be okay.
06:22Deep breaths and repeat after me, okay?
06:25Everything-
06:25Everything.
06:27Is gonna be-
06:30Mr. Tecker, we'll be back.
06:32Mr. Tecker, you hear me?
06:35Mr. Tecker, aren't you there?
06:38Mr. Tecker, aren't you there?
06:43That's what we're doing right now.
06:44Come on!
06:45Come on!
06:45Come on!
06:49Come on!
06:50Come on!
06:50Come on!
06:50Fire marshal says it's looking like an accident.
06:53There's a gas leak somewhere inside, then a spark.
06:55Happens sometimes in these old houses that haven't converted to electric.
06:58What about bodies?
06:59One.
07:00Badly burned, so no ID yet.
07:01It's gotta be my client's wife.
07:03I saw her go inside right before it happened.
07:05Respectfully, a homicide detective, not a tragic accident detective.
07:09Yeah, I get it then.
07:10Unless you're thinking the fire marshal has it wrong.
07:13My client was convinced his wife was having an affair, maybe with the guy that lives in
07:17this house.
07:1830 seconds after she went inside, the place goes up in smoke.
07:22What?
07:23What?
07:23You think what?
07:24He rigged the house, waited for you to confirm she was here, and then-
07:27What's possible?
07:28I mean, he eyes up until now seem like nothing but a nice guy, but who knows?
07:34No, no, no, no, no!
07:37Sir, you have to stay back.
07:39This is my house, please.
07:39I need to find my wife.
07:41Sir.
07:41Her name is Natalie.
07:42Detective Melabreu, are you Preston Howard?
07:44Yes.
07:45I've been trying to reach my wife, but I can't believe so much.
07:47She wasn't in there.
07:48Mr. Howard, there was one fatality, but we have reason to believe it was someone other
07:52than your wife.
07:53You're saying somebody other than Natalie?
07:55Mr. Howard, do you know a Louise Vernon?
07:58Yeah, but we go to the same country club.
08:01You say she was inside my house?
08:03Did she do this?
08:04Any chance she was coming here to meet you today?
08:07Me?
08:09Well, why?
08:10Why would she?
08:11Why isn't anybody trying to find my wife?
08:13We'll find her, Mr. Howard.
08:14But first, I know the fire marshal has some questions about your house.
08:19I can't believe it.
08:20I can't believe that Louise is gone.
08:22Stop it.
08:22Like I said, the person who died, the body, it hasn't been identified yet.
08:27You said you saw her go inside.
08:29Who else could it be?
08:30Mr. Vernon, have you ever been inside the Howard's house?
08:34Uh, they hosted a holiday cocktail thing a few years ago.
08:39Why?
08:40You called Mr. Decker this morning.
08:42He told you he saw Louise go inside.
08:46Then...
08:49You...
08:50You think that I blew it up somehow?
08:53Are you insane?
08:54You did hire a PI because you thought your wife was cheating on you.
08:57I...
08:58I told you how much I loved her.
09:00I told you I wanted to fix things.
09:02Bob, I know.
09:03I know.
09:04Please.
09:05Just go.
09:09Thoughts?
09:11My gut says he didn't do it.
09:13And yet?
09:14And yet, jealous husband, dead wife, I know.
09:16Two and two almost always equal four.
09:18And yet, the fire marshal's preliminary take was the explosion was accidental.
09:23And yet, Louise was up to something this morning.
09:25The car rental, the wig, the storage locker...
09:27I repeat, two plus two almost always equal four.
09:30Look, she was having an affair.
09:31She changed her car in her appearance to visit a neighborhood where she could have been recognized.
09:35Her death?
09:35Act of God, not act of Bob.
09:38Okay.
09:39Look, something's up at the storage locker.
09:41It was big.
09:41It's way too big for a wig and a change of clothes.
09:44I'm gonna check it out.
09:44Okay.
09:45You find something tells you that the explosion wasn't an accident, you let me know.
09:48In the meantime, I'm gonna go focus on crimes.
09:50I know we're murders.
10:01Gotcha.
10:02Let's go.
10:07What?
10:13Nice.
10:21Well...
10:32Cool!
10:33Let's have a paternal case.
10:50Just when I thought my day couldn't get any worse.
10:54Louise?
10:54You chose the wrong night to try to rob a storage locker pal.
11:03You honestly want me to believe you're a private investigator?
11:06We can check my website if you want, but I think we'd both be better off trying to get you
11:10to a hospital.
11:12Louise, your husband Bob hired me because he thought you might be having an affair.
11:17I love Bob. I would never.
11:20Louise, I believe you. I do. And not just because of the gun.
11:23I don't think you went to Preston Howard's for a nooner today. I think you were there to rob the
11:27place.
11:29Look, my least favorite job as a P.I. is tailing cheating spouses. A close second is asset retrieval.
11:35See, insurance companies pay guys like me to be on the lookout for stolen goods in pawn shops, on the
11:39black market.
11:40I recognize that from a bulletin one of those companies emailed me.
11:45And if I had to take a guess, I'd say everything in here is stolen.
11:50You'd be wrong. I bought this stuff at Swapmeets, cash transactions.
11:54If any of it's stolen, news to me.
11:59Louise, Bob thinks you're dead.
12:03Now, I watched you go inside the Howard's house. I have pictures.
12:08I didn't mean to not go home to Bob.
12:12I only came here to change my clothes.
12:14Okay.
12:16You're here. Who was inside the house when it exploded?
12:18I smelled the gas the second I got inside. But I don't know why I kept going. And then I
12:24saw her.
12:25You saw her. Who did you see?
12:26All that blood. And the gas. I was so scared. So I went out back and then I heard a
12:32boom. And then I went flying.
12:35Hey, it's okay.
12:37My favorite Dior jacket.
12:38It's okay.
12:39And now it's right.
12:40Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
12:40Hey, hey, hey, hey. I got you.
12:43I got you.
12:45Sophia is asleep.
12:47That's nice.
12:48It is nice.
12:50Maybe even very nice.
12:55Her again? Seriously?
12:56What?
12:58Phoebe.
12:59I'm giving you the steel home sign and you're still looking for dirt on Emmy Achilla.
13:04I'm not looking for dirt. I'm just trying to understand.
13:07You and your ex-husband are both into sexy Latinas. What is there to understand?
13:12I don't know. Maybe how stupid I feel.
13:16In two years I've been carrying all this guilt for not seeing how much RJ was struggling before he beat
13:21up Lucas Ochoa.
13:22Now I find out that he's friends, maybe even friends with benefits, with the woman who's actually directly responsible for
13:28him going to prison.
13:29You said he told you she's trying to make amends.
13:32She found a case for him. So what?
13:34So she's a frickin' Ochoa.
13:37Her dad is like a modern day boss. Tweed.
13:40They could be setting RJ out to be their fall guy.
13:42One, I resent you making a reference to a guy you know I won't know.
13:46Two, make sure you're not just jealous.
13:49What? No.
13:50I mean, she's pretty hot.
13:54Maybe.
13:56You didn't carry guilt for two years because you're stupid, okay?
14:00You did it because you have a big heart.
14:03But come on, don't you ever think maybe you're a little too involved with your ex?
14:09What?
14:10RJ, someone we thought died in that explosion today turned up alive.
14:16Says it's a storage locker on 19th. I have to get to ASAP.
14:23Remind me which one of us is too involved with my ex?
14:35Hey, you get the warrant?
14:37Yeah, a little while ago.
14:38It's like a frickin' pirate's cave in here.
14:41Jewelry artwork, liner gowns.
14:44Robbery division already matched a bunch of it
14:46to a string of burglaries that dates back a couple of years.
14:49You'd been calling the suspect the bandit of Broward.
14:52Now, thanks to you, they know it was Louise Vernon.
14:55Who is she, by the way?
14:56She's okay. She's got a piece of shrapnel in her abdomen.
14:59Lucky for her, it didn't hit any organs.
15:01Lucky for us.
15:02Because the burglaries aren't the only thing she has to answer for.
15:05What do you mean?
15:06I finally got an ID on the body that was found in the rubble yesterday.
15:10Her bandit may be a murderer.
15:13You're telling me everything I bought at those SWAT meets was stolen?
15:16Ms. Vernon, you honestly expect us to believe that you got up a tech fleet watch on a SWAT meet?
15:20Yeah, Louise, we know your MO.
15:21You put on a pair of sunglasses, a wig, you rent a nice car so it looks like you belong
15:25in the neighborhoods you're targeting.
15:27If anyone spots you, you're what?
15:29A high-end real estate broker going door to door?
15:31Natalie Howard, though, she was a friend.
15:34She would have seen right through a disguise like that.
15:35Yeah, so we talked to Preston, her husband, yesterday.
15:38We told him we had reason to believe the body they found inside the house wasn't his wife's.
15:42Only it was.
15:43The medical examiner confirmed it this morning, just like he confirmed it wasn't the explosion that killed her.
15:48She was dead before that.
15:50Blunt force trauma to the head.
15:51You broke in.
15:52Natalie caught you by surprise.
15:54And there was a struggle.
15:56And then you caved your skull in.
15:58And you filled the place with gas.
15:59And then you left something behind to ignite it.
16:01The hospital investigator thinks it was a hair dryer he found.
16:05Please.
16:06You have to tell them.
16:12I did break into the house yesterday.
16:15But Natalie was dead when I got there.
16:17Okay, right.
16:17And you got all this in your storage locker at Swap Meats.
16:20I can prove to you I didn't kill her.
16:22The glasses I was wearing, they weren't just a part of my disguise.
16:25They were smart glasses.
16:27They recorded everything I saw.
16:28All right.
16:36I still don't understand why you filmed yourself baking into houses.
16:39Why do you like to record us in bed?
16:42It's, I don't know, a thrill.
16:44Reliving it.
16:48Yeah.
16:56I'm a hair dryer, just like I thought.
17:02Oh my God!
17:06You want me to confess to a few burglaries?
17:09I will.
17:10But murder?
17:12No.
17:13Somebody else killed Natalie.
17:18Hey, Mal.
17:20Hey.
17:22I thought your client said he needed to speak with you.
17:24Well, it turns out he doesn't want me off the case just yet.
17:27Case of I think my wife is fooling around on me?
17:29Because that one solved.
17:30She isn't a cheater, she's a burglar.
17:32Yeah, I know, but he says he feels terrible about what happened to Natalie.
17:35He wants to make sure the cops find the, find the killer.
17:39Right, because where would the MLPD be without the help of low-rent P.I.?
17:44Well, technically I'm a no-rent P.I.
17:45But hey, hey, hey, remind me.
17:47Who caught the band under Broward?
17:49Okay, we both know you're going to go talk to Preston Howard right now.
17:52Dead wife, you're looking at the husband.
17:54You're going to talk to him, I'm going to talk to him.
17:56When we, uh, save some time, we'll do it together.
17:59We told Preston he could stay with us as long as he needs.
18:02I can't even imagine losing your home and your wife all in an instant.
18:07Grant's been out there with him all morning.
18:09But it's so hard.
18:10Neither of us knows what to say.
18:12You've known the Howards a long time.
18:14God, 15 years.
18:17I know it's none of my business, but if you're here to confirm the stove was the source of the
18:21leak, be gentle.
18:22He told us he's been meaning to replace that old gas range for years.
18:25Actually, Ms. Summers, we're here to tell him that that old gas stove wasn't the cause of Natalie's death.
18:30Oh, my God.
18:31Well, he'll be, he'll be so relieved.
18:34Not so sure he will.
18:38You're saying what happened to Natalie wasn't an accident?
18:41You're saying that she was murdered?
18:42The MA believes that based off the skull fracture, the weapon was something heavy and rounded, like a pipe.
18:48Killer only set the explosion to cover their tracks.
18:53You asked me about Louise Vernon yesterday.
18:56It sounded like she had been by the house.
18:57Yeah, because she had.
18:58But as it turns out, she wasn't there to hurt anyone.
19:01She was there to rob the place.
19:02I'm not sure the FLPD was ready to share that particular detail.
19:07But, yes, it's true.
19:08We like Louise Vernon for a series of robberies in this part of town.
19:11Hold on.
19:12We were robbed last year.
19:14Yeah.
19:14So were two other houses on this street.
19:16Are you saying that she was the one who...
19:17Probably.
19:18But, but it's not what we're here for.
19:20And we were able to prove Louise didn't kill Natalie.
19:23So, Mr. Howard, can you think of anybody else who may have wanted to hurt her?
19:27No one.
19:28I mean, Natalie was a saint.
19:31And things were good with you guys.
19:34What do you mean?
19:36Your marriage.
19:37No bumps in the road.
19:38Nothing like that.
19:41You think that I killed my wife?
19:43Just routine questions, Mr. Howard.
19:44The hell they are.
19:46You don't say another word.
19:47Not without an attorney.
19:48Okay, all we're trying to do is eliminate Mr. Howard as a suspect.
19:51Yeah, well, sorry.
19:52You're not going to do that here.
19:57That Grant's a real charmer, huh?
20:00Yeah, humble, too.
20:02It's a conspicuous and conspicuous consumption, doesn't it?
20:05Detective Abreu?
20:07So sorry.
20:08I didn't want to say anything in front of Preston, but there was some trouble in their marriage.
20:15Not that I think he would ever hurt Natalie, but I just wouldn't want you to find out later that
20:19we'd held anything back.
20:20What kind of trouble?
20:22Preston asked Grant for a loan a few weeks ago.
20:25Something about Natalie spending too much.
20:29That's all I know.
20:33Imagine my surprise.
20:35You reaching out in the middle of the day, saying you'd like to meet in public, no less.
20:42What do you mean?
20:43Well, your newspaper hasn't exactly been kind to my family over the years.
20:51Not sure what your readers would think if they saw us having coffee together, Miss Delacroix.
20:56First, it's Catherine.
20:58Second, I don't think our readers would be the least bit surprised.
21:01They know the Broward County Herald's only ever after the facts.
21:04Not sure my father would agree, but it's nice to finally put a face to the byline.
21:10My assistant said you had some questions about Ed Carter.
21:14For decades, he oversaw one of the biggest chains of drug rehab clinics in the state.
21:18Now he stands accused of defrauding thousands of clients and orchestrating the death of his own son.
21:23It's no secret he's always been one of your father's biggest donors.
21:27Just like it's no secret that, in light of those allegations, my father returned Mr. Carter's most recent donation.
21:33And introduced legislation to increase funding and oversight for addiction treatment.
21:38It's my understanding you played a big part in bringing Ed Carter down.
21:41You worked with a private investigator to tee him up for law enforcement.
21:44I'm afraid that because the investigation is ongoing, I can't comment on that at this time.
21:50Huh.
21:51What about the PI?
21:52I see a lot to comment.
21:53I understand he has some interesting ties to your family too, your stepbrother in particular.
22:03Sort of a no-no when you've agreed to an interview.
22:05Is that what this is?
22:07An interview?
22:10Because it seems more like an invasion of your ex-husband's privacy.
22:14After he did what he did to Lucas, you think we didn't find out every little thing we could about
22:18him?
22:19I think you mean what Lucas did to RJ.
22:20He was the one who committed a crime that day.
22:22But RJ went to prison thanks in no small part to the testimony you gave at his trial.
22:26I take it you don't like that I've been in RJ's orbit.
22:31But did it ever occur to you that I genuinely want to help him?
22:36If you want to help him, maybe you'd like to take this opportunity to admit on the record that you
22:41perjured yourself two years ago.
22:45Of course that might mean a little prison time for you.
22:49It's been a pleasure, Miss Delacroix.
22:57Same.
22:59Thanks.
22:59You've been a big help.
23:02Million dollar life insurance policy on his recently deceased wife.
23:06Plus the 2.5 from the house, assuming that was insured too.
23:10Preston Howard's money troubles are over.
23:11Between the windfall and the attention this case is getting,
23:14he's going to have lawyers lining up to represent him.
23:16Good ones.
23:17Hope you got a good look at him today because we won't see him again for a while.
23:21I bet you 50 bucks you're wrong.
23:25I'm sorry for the way that Grant spoke to you.
23:28He wasn't wrong.
23:29Well, a lawyer would make a lot of sense.
23:33And more importantly, I think I might know who killed Natalie.
23:38Over all the years, Mr. Howard.
23:41I've never paid much attention to our finances.
23:44Natalie always took care of the bills.
23:47About a month ago, I noticed that the balance in our joint savings, it seemed low.
23:52When I looked into it, I saw that she had been making some big cash withdrawals every month, going back
23:57almost a year.
23:58Always just under $10,000.
24:01$10,000.
24:01$10,000 being a threshold for reporting to the IRS.
24:04She said that it had to be some kind of mistake and that she would look into it, but she
24:11seemed, she seemed afraid, and I was worried.
24:17So the next time that she said she had errands to run, I followed her.
24:21She went to the bank, made a cash withdrawal, and she drove straight to Dixie Court.
24:25It's a rough area.
24:26She gave the money to a guy that I'd never seen before.
24:31Tattoos everywhere, even on his face.
24:34And when she got home, I asked her point blank, are you buying drugs?
24:39Are you gambling?
24:41She wouldn't tell me.
24:43She just said that it was the last time.
24:46I told her, look, whatever's going on, it's okay.
24:48We can go to the police.
24:50She said that she was planning to go herself.
24:55She just said that she needed more time.
24:59Whatever Natalie got herself into, I don't know.
25:03But maybe this guy wasn't okay, her putting an end to it.
25:08Well, can you tell us exactly where you saw Natalie meet with him?
25:13Yeah.
25:22Crocodile tips.
25:25Who's your favorite?
25:27Like chocolate or vanilla?
25:30The Beatles of the Stones?
25:32Crockett?
25:33Or...
25:33Tubbs?
25:34Tubbs of what?
25:38Are you really going to sit there and pretend you don't know the guys from Miami Vice?
25:42I know the guys from Fort Lauderdale Vice.
25:44I'm talking about the TV show, the one...
25:46You know what?
25:47Forget it.
25:48You are a terrible stakeout partner.
25:50Why don't you call Emmy Ochoa, ask her to tag me out.
25:55Kathleen told you about that?
25:56Listen, don't get me wrong.
25:57If I were saying wrong...
26:02What?
26:03Over there.
26:04You think that's the guy Natalie Howard was paying off?
26:07One way to find out.
26:13I heard on the news about a house blowing up in the suburbs.
26:17I had no idea it was Mrs. H's.
26:21Well, we have pictures of her, too, if you'd like to see them, Andre.
26:24I get why you brought me here.
26:26A nice white lady coming to see a guy with his face all tatted up.
26:29Oh, God.
26:30You're not here because of the ink on your face.
26:31You're here because of the ink on your rap sheet.
26:33You got eight arrests for possession of a controlled substance.
26:36Eleven more for possession with intent to distribute.
26:38I was a dealer.
26:40Emphasis on was.
26:41So if we were to test what's left of Mrs. H, we wouldn't find any drugs in her system?
26:45No.
26:46I left all that behind.
26:47I work as a youth counselor now.
26:49How do you explain all that money Natalie Howard is bringing you then?
26:52It's for a community center I'm helping get built.
26:54The construction site you picked me up at, that's where it's gonna be.
26:58Name for my baby brother, Omari.
27:00He's the reason me and Mrs. H met.
27:02And how do they know each other?
27:03Actually, they didn't.
27:06He died last year.
27:08Hit and run.
27:10The story made a lot of the papers because he had just got a full ride to Miami.
27:16Boy, kahoot.
27:18But whoever ran him down, didn't give a damn who he was.
27:22Left him there to die.
27:23Mrs. H showed about the funeral, told my mom she read about it.
27:26Said she knew what we were going through because she lost his son to a drunk driver.
27:30When I told her I was trying to get a community center built, name it after Omari,
27:34she plans to hunt a grand.
27:35People donating that amount don't tend to do it in cash.
27:38They write checks.
27:40They want the tax deductions.
27:41Honestly, I thought it was a little sus, too.
27:44But she said she wanted to be anonymous.
27:46That the only person deserved any attention was Omari.
27:50Can you account for your whereabouts on Tuesday between 10 a.m. and noon?
27:53I can.
27:54So can a couple hundred other people.
27:56I was at Mercer Elementary School giving a talk about staying away from drugs.
28:05Let's just say everything he told us was on the level.
28:08Natalie Howard was taking money out for good reason.
28:11When Preston Howard found out about it, why not just tell him the truth?
28:14She'll do you one better.
28:15Why did she tell him she was planning to go to the police?
28:18One sec.
28:21Hey, what's up?
28:22Am I catching you at a bad time?
28:24No, it's a good time, actually.
28:25I just got out of an interrogation.
28:27Funny.
28:28I'm calling because I went through one of those myself today.
28:41Hey.
28:42Hey.
28:42How was your day?
28:43You get up to anything interesting?
28:45I did, actually.
28:47I'm doing a story in that big win you had, the Ed Carter thing.
28:51I thought I should have a conversation with Emmy Ochoa.
28:54Oh, really?
28:54Funny.
28:55You didn't mention that story to me.
28:56Oh, I'm sorry.
28:57Are we keeping score now when it comes to things one of us didn't tell the other?
29:01I get what you like about her, by the way.
29:03I mean, her capacity for forgiveness, her willingness to get to bed figuratively, of course, with
29:08the meth addict who tried to kill her brother for, you know, no reason at all.
29:12I mean, people have been sainted for less.
29:14I told you, okay?
29:15I told you.
29:16She regrets what she did.
29:18I'm glad that's enough for you.
29:19It isn't for me.
29:25Found something.
29:26Yeah.
29:26When you're done with your personal calls?
29:28Sorry.
29:29What did Catherine do now?
29:31Listen, you are, for all your faults, one of the coolest customers I've ever met.
29:36Nothing ever seems to bother you except for when my wife calls you on your BS.
29:40I'm going to go on a limb and say it has something to do with Emmy Ochoa.
29:44Let's just say Catherine decided to introduce herself today, and we'll just leave it at that.
29:50Oh, man.
29:52Did I ever tell you about the day you were sentenced what Catherine did?
29:57Mm-mm.
29:58Went home, got in bed, and didn't get out for three days.
30:02I remember thinking, like, hey, what the hell?
30:05This is her ex.
30:06You know, most people, they hear their ex is going to prison.
30:08They throw a party.
30:08And I will admit that, like, for a millisecond, I thought maybe she wasn't over you.
30:13But then I realized, no, my beautiful wife, your beautiful ex, she just loves bigger than
30:21I understood.
30:22And when you love that big, you worry that big.
30:26My question for you is, do you love being loved big?
30:31Because if you don't...
30:40You said you had something.
30:42Yeah.
30:46Everything Andre Blake told us checked out.
30:48He was at that school the day the Howards' house blew up, and his brother was killed in
30:52a hit-and-run last year.
30:54Okay, so as far as suspects go, we're back to square one.
30:57Mm, in the death of Natalie Howard, yes.
30:59In the death of baby bro, not so much.
31:02Natalie Howard never had a kid, let alone one killed by a drunk driver.
31:05So, I wondered, why show up at Omari Blake's funeral?
31:08Why pledge a hundred grand to a community center being built in his honor?
31:13Let me guess, once Natalie's death was ruled a homicide, you had access to her phone records.
31:18Way ahead of you.
31:19The night Omari Blake died in that hit-and-run, guess whose phone was pinging off the nearest
31:23tower?
31:24Okay, so if Natalie Howard killed Omari, but Omari's brother didn't kill Natalie, then maybe
31:30one of the family members found out the truth and killed her to get revenge.
31:34Yeah.
31:35Ah!
31:36What?
31:37Sorry.
31:38It's my client.
31:39I'm sorry.
31:40Hey, Bob, what's up?
31:41You need an update?
31:41No, I just got home.
31:43Um, someone must have broken and everything is torn apart.
31:45I-I-I didn't want to call the police because of everything going on with Louise, but...
31:50Okay, Bob, take a deep breath.
31:52Just get out of the house.
31:53I'll be there and, like...
31:54I-I just heard something.
31:56I think the person who did this may...
31:58Bob!
32:00Bob, what was that?
32:02Bob, answer me.
32:03What was it?
32:03Bob!
32:27Bob!
32:30Bob!
32:31The answer's gonna come from that guy right there.
32:34Mr. Adult Onesie?
32:35Actually, Mr. Ring Camera.
32:36He just told me his has a great view of Bob's driveway.
32:44Hey, are you seriously using terry cloth again?
32:46How many times have I told you, microfiber only?
32:56Hey, if you're looking for Preston, he isn't here.
32:59I had to go make some funeral arrangements for Natalie.
33:01Actually, Mr. Summers, we're here for you.
33:05We have video of this car arriving at Bob Vernon's house
33:08just minutes before someone assaulted him last night.
33:11There's lots of cars like this out there.
33:13Yeah.
33:14But only one Lux guy won, right?
33:18Lawyer.
33:27This is what you've been doing?
33:29Yeah.
33:30Well, a complicated case.
33:31I thought some visual aids might help.
33:33I would say it looks like something Sophia may,
33:35but I don't know if she can do better than this.
33:38Three couples, all friends from the same country club,
33:41all connected by the murder of Natalie Howard.
33:43And by the bandit of Broward, a.k.a. Louise Vernon.
33:46Exactly.
33:47She did rob the Summers' house.
33:49She attempted to rob the Howard's house.
33:51I think she's the reason Grant went to Bob's house last night.
33:55Revenge?
33:55Asset retrieval.
33:57I told Louise it's my least favorite job,
33:58but it's a thing for a reason.
33:59If someone steals your stuff, you want it back.
34:02Louise's storage locker was a detail we kept out of the press.
34:04Yes, exactly.
34:05That's why I think Grant went to her house last night,
34:07tore it up looking for something she stole.
34:09Why wouldn't he just contact the police,
34:10ask if his property was recovered?
34:12Well, you're assuming what he was looking for,
34:13he'd be okay with the police knowing about.
34:15What, like a brick of cocaine or something?
34:17Spidey Sen says no,
34:18but that's only because,
34:19based on the items retrieved from the storage locker,
34:21she wasn't into drugs.
34:22Only things that were nice.
34:24What nice thing would have tied Grant to a crime?
34:26Don't know.
34:27But I gotta think it's the same reason
34:29he killed Natalie Howard.
34:31Well, lucky for us,
34:32we have a bandit who can just tell us what she stole.
34:35You really think what happened to Bob was my fault?
34:38Well, we think they're connected, yeah.
34:42All this awfulness.
34:47Just because I was bored
34:49and needed a little excitement in my life.
34:51Bob's doctor said he opened size this morning.
34:56He didn't say anything, but she thinks it's a good sign.
35:01She thinks he's gonna be okay.
35:04That's, that's good, Luis. I'm glad.
35:09You said this is the claim Grant and Don
35:11fought with their insurance company after I robbed them,
35:13but I'm still a little fuzzy
35:16on what I'm supposed to be looking for.
35:17Something that isn't there.
35:19The idea is you stole something
35:21that could have gotten Grant in trouble,
35:23and if you did, there's a good chance
35:25you wouldn't have made a claim for it.
35:29Like the dog that doesn't bark, right?
35:32It's the absence of things that matters.
35:34I'm guessing you stole the complete works
35:36of Sherlock Holmes at some point.
35:42Wow.
35:44I'm the one being accused of theft?
35:47What do you mean?
35:49Grant and Don have been ripping off
35:50their insurance company.
35:54Airtay statuette?
35:55Yeah?
35:56Poochie dress?
35:57Emerald brooch?
35:59They claimed at least 20,000 bucks worth of stuff
36:03that I definitely didn't take.
36:06You, uh, wanna charge him for fraud?
36:08I'm willing to testify.
36:10Well, yeah, in exchange for reducing the charges
36:12against you.
36:13Actually, I...
36:15I was hoping I could get permission
36:16to visit Bob's room.
36:19I...
36:19I know I'm under arrest, but...
36:23I'd like to hold his hand.
36:25Maybe even be there when he wakes up.
36:29You find something that proves Grant Summers
36:31is a killer, and I'll work on that
36:33and the charges.
36:39Huh.
36:41The most valuable thing I took from Grant and Don's house?
36:44The one they could've made a huge legitimate claim for?
36:46Mm-hmm.
36:48It's not listed here.
36:55There.
36:56Right there.
36:59Ostrous skin with 18-karat gold hardware.
37:02There were only six made.
37:03One of them was auctioned at Sotheby's last year.
37:05Sold for over 200,000.
37:08Of course, I...
37:09I couldn't eat where it would've attracted too much attention,
37:12but...
37:13It sure was nice to look at.
37:14Okay, maybe Grant stole it.
37:16Didn't make a claim because they would tie him to the crime.
37:18A murder?
37:18An attempted murder?
37:19Exploded the house off for a stolen bag?
37:21I don't think so.
37:21A stolen bag worth over 200 grand?
37:23I don't think it was the bag he was looking for.
37:26I think it's what was inside the bag.
37:28Did you know that was in there?
37:30No.
37:30I told you I never used the bag,
37:32but I didn't get it.
37:33What's so special about a license plate?
37:35Ordinarily not much,
37:36but I think this one's gonna prove one of the Summers is a killer.
37:44The Summers.
37:46Do you recognize these?
37:50Of course, they were all stolen from my home,
37:53but...
37:53I'm confused.
37:55Is...
37:55Is that why you asked me to come here?
37:57To...
37:57Give them back to me?
38:00Because I thought you had questions about the little
38:03misunderstanding between Grant and Bob Vernon?
38:05You mean when Grant misunderstood a pipe to the back of Bob's skull?
38:09Grant went there to talk to Bob about what Louise had done.
38:12Things got heated and...
38:15Bob came at him.
38:16Mm.
38:16Grant was just defending himself.
38:19What about this?
38:22Recognize this.
38:24No, that isn't mine.
38:27You sure?
38:28Because a bag like that is easy to trace.
38:30Your husband got it at auction a year ago,
38:32just before your 50th birthday,
38:34which, according to social media posts,
38:37you celebrated at Cabrera in Miami.
38:43Yes, sorry.
38:44I...
38:45I remember now.
38:46I...
38:46I have so many bags.
38:48I suppose I just...
38:49I forgot about this one.
38:51That must be nice.
38:52To be so rich, you could forget about one that costs six figures.
38:55What about this?
38:57Recognize that?
38:59That appears to be a plate from a car I reported stolen last year.
39:04Well, not just last year.
39:05The day after your birthday party.
39:08I'm confused.
39:09Did you find the car?
39:10No, odds are we never will, because odds are you and Grant got rid of it.
39:14That's crazy.
39:15Why would we do that?
39:16Because it was your car that struck and killed a kid named Omari Blake last year.
39:22At first, we thought it was Natalie who did it, but no, she was just the passenger, wasn't she?
39:27We traced the chain of title on the car.
39:301975 Mercedes SLC.
39:32It's a real classic.
39:33Originally purchased by your father the week you were born.
39:35He transferred the title to you when you turned 16.
39:38And you could have just gotten rid of the plate along with the car,
39:40but it was more than just proof of a crime, wasn't it?
39:46It was proof of how much daddy loved you,
39:48and how special you are.
39:50Yeah, so much more special than some random 17-year-old on a bike.
39:55It's too bad Luis stole your bag before you had a chance to get this out.
40:01Obviously, you managed to swear Natalie to secrecy that night,
40:05but unlike you, her conscience, it got to her.
40:09She ended up donating $100,000 to a community center in Omari's name.
40:13Recently, she told her husband there was something she needed to tell him,
40:16and we think she was going to spill about what really happened that night.
40:19And we think she gave you the opportunity to do the same.
40:22And instead, you stick your psycho husband on her.
40:27No.
40:28No, Grant would never.
40:30He's a good man.
40:31So good he wouldn't take a plea deal to pin Omari and Natalie's murder on you?
40:36Because you should know the DA's office is about to offer him one.
40:39In about 20 minutes.
40:41Unless, of course, you won't talk about a deal for yourself.
40:51Kath.
40:53You made it.
40:54You said in your text you had a much better story for me than
40:57Emmy Ochoa dupes Florida PI a second time.
41:00How could I resist?
41:01Look, about that, I...
41:02It's okay.
41:04I overstepped.
41:05Not a lot.
41:07But enough.
41:09So it's still pals then, yeah?
41:10Well, it depends how good this other story is.
41:12Well, actually, you have your choice of two.
41:14Mm-hmm.
41:14My client, Bob Vernon, husband of the infamous band of Broward,
41:18he hasn't talked to the press since he got out of the hospital.
41:20But with a wife of a cop who just talked the DA into a plea deal
41:24that would see her serve less than a year,
41:26you'd make an exception.
41:28And behind door number two?
41:31You see that group over there?
41:34It's the family of Omari Blake.
41:37I just told them how Don and Grant Summer,
41:39they couldn't turn on each other fast enough.
41:42They're both probably gonna go away for life.
41:44Now, it doesn't bring Omari back,
41:46but they're all glad to be finally getting some justice.
41:49Now, I figured a piece in the Herald
41:51would be a good way to remind people who he was.
41:53How much he was loved.
41:55Not to mention some good publicity
41:57for the community center of the building.
42:01You're really gonna make me choose.
42:03Well, it depends.
42:05You're gonna quit trying to make me go on the dating apps?
42:07I'll let you know after we talk to the Blakes.
42:11All right.
42:12Let's talk to the Blakes.
42:25The Blakes.
42:26The Blakes.
42:30The Blakes.
42:32The Blakes.
42:35The Blakes.
42:42The Blakes.
42:44The Blakes.
42:45The Blakes.
42:47The Blakes.
42:47The Blakes.
42:48The Blakes.
42:48The Blakes.
42:49The Blakes.
42:51The Blakes.
42:52The Blakes.
42:53The Blakes.
43:01You
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