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00:05In Toronto's War on Crime, the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit.
00:13These are their stories.
00:16Kara.
00:18Kara?
00:20Sometimes we have to admit what we've done in order to move on.
00:24Guess I won't be moving on then.
00:27Because I didn't do anything.
00:32I believe you.
00:38Watch your back, girl.
00:39Baby-killing bitch.
00:41Come on, Melville. We'll take the tunnel back.
00:43Let's go.
00:45Let's go.
00:53Gar?
00:54What?
01:08So you think broken ribs contributed to the baby's death?
01:12Injuries an adult could survive might be fatal for a child.
01:17So while rib fractures in general aren't considered life-threatening, as the defense experts suggested, in the case of an
01:25infant, they may be deadly.
01:27Thank you, Dr. Plath.
01:29Look what just came in from Innocence Canada.
01:31I can't take on any more cases right now.
01:33It's about Kara Melville.
01:39What do you mean, Kara's getting a new hearing?
01:41What, like parole?
01:42It's more than just parole, Mr. Melville.
01:45What's going on, Dad?
01:46Uh, it's nothing, Audrey.
01:48It's nothing.
01:51Detective Dreyfus, my ex-wife has only served a year for killing our six-month-old child.
01:57How is that even possible?
01:58They're saying we missed evidence.
02:01Due to the potentially exculpatory evidence that was not disclosed at Kara Melville's original trial, a blonde hair found on
02:11the victim's six-month-old Izzy Melville.
02:13This court has decided to release Kara Melville on bail, pending appeal.
02:19I am satisfied that there is merit, and she is not a flight risk.
02:26We won the battle today, but not the war, so you sit tight at the motel and let me focus
02:30on winning your appeal.
02:32Dad!
02:33Easy, Mr. Melville, give her some praise.
02:34Stay out of this.
02:36We will not get away with it.
02:38You think one hair is going to free you?
02:39I have way more than one hair to eat.
02:46I went through a lot of red tape to get this.
02:49I hope you know what you're doing.
02:51Thank you, Mrs. Shooter.
03:19What do you want?
03:20We need to talk.
03:35Miss Melville?
03:39Miss Melville?
03:42Hey, it's management.
03:44I just need to check your breaker.
03:46I'm coming in.
03:48I'm coming in.
03:59I'm coming in.
04:00What the hell?
04:08Miss Melville?
04:17This is close.
05:01I'm sorry to get you guys out here in the middle of the night, but we've got a weird one
05:05on our hands.
05:05You know what they say.
05:07No arrests for the Wiccan.
05:08Excuse me, sir. Are you the manager?
05:10Yeah. Hi, I'm Jonas.
05:12Detective Bateman. This is Detective Draft.
05:14Yeah, look, I didn't do anything, okay?
05:16The power went out around 8, so I went in to flip the breaker, and she was already dead, man.
05:20It's like the friggin' shining in there.
05:22All right, thanks, Jonas. You can give your statement to the officer over there.
05:26You might want to check his phone for photos.
05:29Yeah.
05:30You got a name on the victim?
05:31Cara Melville.
05:33As in the, uh, just got bail after being in prison for killing her kid, Cara Melville?
05:38Yep. Told you it was weird.
05:45Jonas found Cara in the tub. Her head was there, her feet were there.
05:49EMT tried to save her, but...
05:51But the hairdryer in the bath is instant death?
05:55Yeah.
05:56Blew the motel's power, too, which tells us two things.
05:59This place isn't up to code, and the time of death was 8 p.m. when the lights went out.
06:04Ah, and she's been living here ever since she left prison, yeah?
06:08Broke. Divorced. No family. She had nowhere else to go.
06:11Well, yet something tells me she was safer on the inside.
06:16Any, uh, forced entry?
06:18Jonas said the door was locked, but it's one of those cheap push buttons, so anyone could have popped it
06:22in on their way out.
06:23There's still cash in her purse, so it doesn't seem like a botched robbery.
06:26What about CCTV?
06:27Security cameras are broken.
06:29Hmm.
06:30That's why I called you. I can't tell if this is an accident, foul play, or self-inflicted.
06:35Well, if Cara was so close to real freedom, why would she end it all with a hairdryer?
06:40Well, this doesn't seem like surrender to me.
06:43It looks like a fight.
06:45That cut on her head wasn't caused by flailing or falling in the tub.
06:50Now the tile's too smooth.
06:52Her skin's split, it's a vertical laceration, so she must have hit her head on a sharp edge.
06:57Okay.
07:00Well, for her sake, let's make the, uh, invisible visible and play this out with me.
07:04Okay, let's give it a whirl. I'm Cara. Cara's in the bathroom.
07:07Okay.
07:09Killer enters.
07:12Makes a sound.
07:13Cara hears a noise, opens a door.
07:15Killer pounces fast.
07:17Right, there's no signs of a struggle, so killer grabs her, knocks her head into this door frame.
07:22Now she's about my height, so that would be there.
07:25Cara, I mean, there's no blood.
07:28Yeah, looks like it's been wiped by, uh, something that's messed with the paint there.
07:34We're gonna need, uh, a photo and swab of this, Mark.
07:36Copy.
07:37Okay, so Cara's knocked out.
07:40Killer throws her into the tub and then chucks the hairdryer in after.
07:44And then leaves under the cover of darkness.
07:49Okay, so who, who had it out for Cara?
07:57Is this her ex-husband?
07:59Yeah, that's Tate Melville.
08:05My dad's in Kingston on a job.
08:07Early morning hot tub in the stall.
08:09He drove out there last night.
08:10Why?
08:12Audrey, are you aware of what happened to your former stepmom?
08:15I never want to hear anything about Cara ever again.
08:19She's the worst thing that ever happened to my dad.
08:21Unfortunately, we have to inform you that, uh, Cara was murdered last night.
08:25At the motel where she was living.
08:28What?
08:31Wait, you guys don't think my dad had something to do with this, do you?
08:34We just need to speak with him.
08:36He didn't do anything.
08:38A lot of people were upset that Cara got bailed.
08:41Me?
08:41My dad, Detective Dreyfus?
08:43Oh, and in case you were wondering, I was at school last night.
08:46George Brown.
08:46We're not accusing you, Audrey.
08:48Good.
08:49I don't want to talk anymore.
08:53It's all right.
08:55If you, uh, just ask your dad to give us a call when he gets in.
09:01Tate was angry Cara got out, but he wouldn't do this.
09:06He's a good, hard-roping man.
09:08But Tate's in the wind.
09:09And his ex-wife allegedly killed their kid.
09:12I mean, it looks like motive to me, Detective Dreyfus.
09:15Allegedly?
09:16Now, what's up with this, uh, missing hair and how to get her an appeal?
09:21The hair wasn't entered into evidence because I didn't see it.
09:23Neither did Dr. Plath.
09:26Here are my autopsy photos from when I examined the victim.
09:29As you can see, there are no blonde hairs on Izzy's hand.
09:33And this is the police photo taken in the ER after resuscitation efforts ceased.
09:38Do you see any hairs around the hand?
09:40I mean, I maybe see something near the middle finger, but I can't be sure.
09:45Imagine you're in the ER a few feet from the body.
09:47You can understand why I didn't see it back then.
09:50Yeah.
09:50Neither did the coroner.
09:51Yes, the body and bedding were bagged and brought to me directly.
09:55We're checking through that old evidence to see if it was missed.
09:57We know who didn't miss it was Innocence Canada.
10:00Cara contacted them after she went to prison.
10:02They went through her file looking for a way to get her out.
10:05Now, at 300 times magnification, I guess the blonde hair's pretty clear.
10:11Yeah.
10:12Okay, so this picture proved that some evidence went undisclosed,
10:16and that was enough to get Cara her appeal?
10:18Well, that and the testimony of the ER doctor, Garvey.
10:22Supposedly, he remembered seeing it, but he didn't mention that to me at the time.
10:27Honestly, I think the hair is a contaminant.
10:30It wasn't Audrey's or Cara's, because both were brunette.
10:33And Tate was out of town on business.
10:35Yes.
10:36Cara was an alcoholic.
10:37She fell off the wagon.
10:39I guess Izzy wasn't easy to be alone with.
10:42Medical reports indicate she suffered from colic.
10:45Cara needed a break.
10:46She contacted Audrey to watch Izzy, went drinking.
10:49She got back by 10 p.m., sent Audrey home to her mom's house.
10:53She woke up at 5 in the morning to find Izzy convulsing.
10:57Subdural hematoma, shaken baby syndrome.
11:00With trauma like that, the timeline between injury and death is 4 to 6 hours.
11:05Cara was alone with Izzy for 7.
11:07And then, until you do the math.
11:10Okay, so you think Cara got out on a technicality.
11:15Did you happen to tell her ex that?
11:20Dad, I've been calling and texting.
11:22I know, I know.
11:23I'm sorry.
11:24Come here.
11:25Come here.
11:26Feels like it's happening all over again.
11:28Hey, hey, it's not.
11:29I promise.
11:30It's over.
11:31It's all over now.
11:32Hey.
11:35What do you mean it's over now?
11:39It means I'll take care of the cops.
11:41You don't have to deal with any of that.
11:43Did you go see Cara last night?
11:45Why would I do that?
11:46To see if she was telling the truth.
11:47Now, listen.
11:48The truth is that Cara killed Izzy.
11:52And nothing's going to change that.
11:54Okay?
11:55Okay.
11:58It'll be okay, Audrey.
12:06Grief-stricken father, riled up by an irate detective.
12:09Goes to Cara's hotel to exact revenge.
12:12Pretty good place to kill somebody and get away with it.
12:14Yeah, that room is basically a dirty bomb with DNA.
12:17It'd be hard to find a real suspect.
12:18Ordinarily, I'd agree with you.
12:20Everyone and their mother has been in that room.
12:22But I found something under Cara's nails.
12:24Foreign DNA.
12:26She might have scratched her attack.
12:32Look, I don't know what happened to Cara.
12:34I was in Kingston.
12:36Can we do this later?
12:37I got a job this afternoon.
12:38No, I'd prefer to talk now.
12:40Because that, uh, that bandage on your neck there,
12:43that might tell a different story.
12:45Oh, yeah?
12:45What's it gonna say?
12:46That you were maybe with Cara last night?
12:49Look, Cara scratched someone before she was killed.
12:52Skin cells under the fingernails.
12:54And if those cells happen to belong to you and you're not cooperating,
12:58you know, it just doesn't look good.
13:00Fine.
13:00Fine.
13:01I was with Cara last night.
13:03We argued and she scratched me, but I didn't kill her.
13:06You sure?
13:07Yes.
13:07I swear.
13:08I was on the road.
13:10You can check my GPS.
13:12Look, I know it sounds bad, but I just needed to know the truth.
13:17The truth about what, Dave?
13:20After the hearing, Cara said something weird.
13:24She said that she had more than one hair to exonerate herself.
13:28Well, if she had new evidence, new information,
13:31well, why didn't she bring it up at the hearing?
13:33Well, that's what Plath and Dreyfus said,
13:35but I couldn't get it out of my head,
13:37so I went to the motel.
13:38She wouldn't tell me.
13:40Said she couldn't because she hadn't collected enough evidence yet.
13:42Tate, did Cara think that someone else killed your daughter?
13:46Apparently.
13:47She was collecting proof on some hard drive,
13:51but it was stolen.
13:53How convenient, right?
13:54Where was this drive stolen from?
13:57A public library the day before she died.
14:00Which library?
14:01I don't know.
14:05This is Audrey. Do you mind?
14:07Of course.
14:08Hey, yeah.
14:10Yeah.
14:10Yeah.
14:11What if Cara did have new evidence?
14:14I mean, she'd only just found out about the hair.
14:17Maybe she had a hunch as to who it belonged to.
14:20Someone she knew,
14:21and if that someone knew that Cara was onto them,
14:24that is a reason to steal a drive.
14:27We're gonna have to check every library in the city
14:29to find a thief, aren't we?
14:30You make that sound like a bad thing.
14:39Tate's alibi is solid.
14:41We caught him on camera at a gas station near Oshawa at 8 p.m.
14:45You found Cara.
14:46Security footage came in from the libraries you went to.
14:48Yeah, confirms Cara was at this branch every day for a week before she died researching on their computers.
14:54We know what she was looking at?
14:55No idea.
14:56The history auto clears on these terminals, but this is the day before she was killed.
15:01And looky Lou, our blonde drive thief approaches.
15:09If the hair that was found on Izzy came from this guy, we could be looking at her real killer.
15:14Nah, and if, uh, Cara had something on that drive that further proved he was responsible, we may be looking
15:21at Cara's killer, too.
15:30So, you think Cara suspected someone else of killing her kid and that person murdered Cara?
15:37Anyone from the family recognize this guy?
15:40No. We showed this to Tate, Audrey, Dreyfuss. No one knows who he is.
15:44Maybe there's a reason that no one knows who he is.
15:46I mean, this may sound indelicate, but Tate was out of town the night that Izzy died and Cara was
15:51alone.
15:52You think Cara had a secret boyfriend?
15:54Maybe invited him over the night Izzy died.
15:56She didn't think he could have hurt Izzy until she found out about the undisclosed hair.
16:00So Cara gets out of prison, starts looking into him.
16:04He finds out she's suspicious of him. He follows her.
16:07Steals the drive and then kills her before she can expose him as a child murderer.
16:11If Cara is dead, then the appeal is abated and she dies guilty of second-degree murder.
16:17The whole case disappears.
16:19No one's looking for the real killer.
16:23I've never seen this guy before.
16:25Cara didn't mention the evidence she was collecting to try to find Izzy's real killer?
16:29Finding real killers is your job, detectives. I was very clear with Cara about what my job was.
16:34Showed that counsel did not get all the evidence they needed to adequately defend her.
16:38And then exonerate her and call it a day.
16:41Even without the hair?
16:42I didn't need it. I have the photo in Dr. Garvey's testimony.
16:45Are they still looking for it?
16:47Why? You want to compare it to this guy?
16:49Well, if he's a match, it could well be that he's Izzy's killer and Cara's killer.
16:54True, but I don't think that hair will help you prosecute Cara's killer.
16:58There's zero connection between her crime scene and a hair found in a kid's hand three years ago.
17:03Wait, did you say in the hand?
17:06The photo that we saw, it looked like the hair was on Izzy's hand, not in it.
17:11Not according to Dr. Garvey.
17:18Yes, that is what I told Miss Cross. In the ER, I saw a hair in Izzy's hand.
17:23It got dislodged in our efforts to save her life.
17:26You didn't tell the police?
17:27I thought the message had been relayed. It wasn't.
17:30So when Edith contacted me, I told her it had been entwined in Izzy's fingers, like she had grasped hair
17:36and pulled.
17:37So the hair wasn't a contaminant.
17:39If she pulled Cara's hair, the hair would have been dark.
17:42That means there must have been someone else inside that house between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. when
17:47Izzy was hurt.
17:47Maybe, or maybe it happened earlier.
17:51What do you mean?
17:53I think the timeline stated was too conservative.
17:58Dr. Plath is the preeminent expert, but I've seen shaken baby deaths occur 10, 12 hours after injury.
18:05Hold on. You're saying that Izzy could have been hurt much earlier that evening?
18:08Like when she was being minded by, uh, her half-sister, Audrey.
18:12Thank you, Dr. Garvey.
18:14Yeah.
18:16Now, if he's right, Audrey wasn't alone that night.
18:18Yeah, and she lied about not knowing who our blonde is.
18:21I think you're onto something with this secret boyfriend theory.
18:24Right idea. Wrong woman.
18:30Okay, I lied, but I barely know Christian.
18:33He was two grades older and we fucked up once.
18:36Was it that night?
18:37I was there, but I didn't hurt that baby.
18:42I wasn't allowed to have guys over.
18:44I didn't want my dad to know.
18:47Besides, Christian didn't do anything.
18:49Well, if you didn't do anything, why'd you steal Kara's drive?
18:53Can you tell me about when he reached out to you recently?
18:56He heard that Kara got released, read about the hair, and the news texted me.
19:00I hadn't heard from him since that night.
19:03He was freaking out that Kara was gonna blame us.
19:06And did you tell him what Kara said to your dad?
19:10Yeah, but she was lying about having more evidence.
19:13My dad told me.
19:16I know Christian didn't hurt Izzy.
19:20Kara did it way after we left.
19:22Audrey, that's not necessarily true.
19:25All it takes is five seconds of forceful shaking.
19:30The only person I touched was Audrey.
19:34Sure.
19:35You know, I heard that poor little Izzy was quite the crier.
19:41Did Audrey have to keep getting up to go take care of her?
19:45My client has already said he doesn't recall specific events.
19:49I don't think Goldilocks here even understood the specific events that he might have done something that hurt Izzy.
19:54I need you to think back, okay?
19:58Try as hard as you can to remember.
20:00Was there any time when Christian was alone with her?
20:05I mean, I went to the bathroom once.
20:10Izzy started crying, but then...
20:14She stopped.
20:19When I came out, Christian, he was in the hall.
20:23He wasn't in her room.
20:25Then, how did a blonde hair get entwined in Izzy's fingers?
20:33Are you trying to implicate my client in a crime that Kara Melville was already imprisoned for?
20:39Well, we'll leave that to Detective Dreyfus to further investigate.
20:43Our little chat here is to establish your motive in the murder of Kara Melville.
20:49Audrey told you about Kara's evidence that she had more than a hair regarding the real killer.
20:54So, you stole the drive, discovered that Kara had dirt on you, and you went to the motel and you
21:01killed her.
21:01No!
21:02No.
21:04Look, I may have been at Kara's the night Izzy died.
21:07Christian.
21:07But, I didn't touch that baby.
21:11And I was nowhere near that motel when Kara was killed.
21:14Well, where were you, Prince Charming?
21:17At home.
21:19Christian was doing community service for vandalism.
21:22He was at a food bank until 9pm.
21:25You know, so being a delinquent, uh, finally worked in your favor.
21:30What's on the drive?
21:31I don't even know.
21:34The files were password protected.
21:39I cracked the drive.
21:41Christian may look good for Izzy's murder, but Kara was not collecting evidence on it.
21:48These are just articles about other parents who went to prison for killing their kids.
21:52And there's nothing on the drive about a new suspect and Izzy's murder?
21:55Not as far as I can tell.
21:57Okay, so why would Kara think this would exonerate her?
21:59I mean, none of it even has to do with her daughter.
22:01Hmm.
22:02Open the directory for me.
22:05Who's this, uh, Nina Shooter and why'd she get her own folder?
22:08Yeah, hold on.
22:11Okay.
22:13Uh...
22:13Nina was an infant.
22:14Her mother, Maxine, was convicted of her second-degree murder.
22:18And she was incarcerated at the same prison as Kara.
22:22And lived on the same PC ward.
22:24Okay, so they were neighbors.
22:26But Maxine couldn't have given Kara any of this.
22:29I mean, she didn't have access.
22:30And Kara couldn't have got any of this on her own either.
22:32I mean, here's Nina's autopsy report, a second opinion from a pathologist.
22:36I mean, these are documents that only the Shooter family could acquire.
22:39Hang on.
22:41It says here the original autopsy failed to take into account a hereditary disease.
22:45Which may invalidate the assumption of child abuse having caused asphyxia as...
22:52Determined by doctor.
22:54Victor Plath.
22:57Maybe when Kara said she had more than a hair, she meant...
23:00More than a missing hair.
23:03And what do you get when you combine lost exculpatory evidence with, uh, proof of a genetic oversight?
23:10A pathologist who may be responsible for the wrongful convictions of both Kara and Maxine.
23:15What if Kara was planning to expose Plath's misconduct?
23:18And he killed her to keep her quiet.
23:20Dr. Plath, as Christian's lawyer, I'm concerned.
23:23The police may charge him with Izzy's murder.
23:25I'll testify in his defense if you need me to.
23:28Like I said, my timeline is correct.
23:30Kara killed Izzy.
23:31You haven't found that hair yet?
23:33No, but, uh, even if I did, it doesn't trump my expertise.
23:37We're looking, but I don't know if I'll ever find it.
23:41Okay.
23:42Keep me posted.
23:55There you are.
23:56I've been looking for you guys.
23:57And we were coming to find you.
23:58Major break in the Kara Melville case.
24:00Yeah, turns out she was collecting intel that could ruin Dr. Plath's career.
24:05Botched autopsies, missing evidence.
24:06We think he put two and two together.
24:08Suspect that Kara was looking into him.
24:10Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
24:11You're not suggesting that Plath, the Dr. Victor Plath, kill someone?
24:16To cover up malfeasance, yes.
24:18Okay.
24:20Okay, you have to stick a pin in this.
24:22Come with me.
24:23No, Inspector.
24:25Plath was there when Kara told Tate that she had more than just a hair to exonerate herself.
24:30We think Plath was in Kara's motel room.
24:32That smudge on the bathroom doorframe was caused by sodium hypochlorite.
24:36Yeah, AKA DNA clean wipes.
24:38Doesn't that sound like something a careful pathologist might take with him to a crime scene?
24:44Why don't you ask him yourself?
24:46Dr. Plath is in my office right now.
24:58Detectives, I hear you have a new suspect in the Izzy Melville case.
25:01I just wanted to let you know.
25:03I'm happy to provide my reports, a brainstorm.
25:06We appreciate that, Dr. Plath.
25:08You should speak with Detective Dreyfuss.
25:10She's handling Izzy's case.
25:12We're still busy with Kara's murder.
25:15I thought we were looking at the ex-husband for that.
25:18Oh, we are looking into a lot of people.
25:21All right, then.
25:22I'll go speak to Dreyfuss.
25:23I'm sure you've got Kara's investigation well in hand.
25:26Uh, you know, we could always use a second opinion.
25:30Do you have any instincts, Dr. Plath?
25:33To be honest, it kind of feels like we might be missing something that's right in front of us.
25:37Hmm.
25:38That's funny.
25:38I heard a great quote the other night at this reading.
25:41When you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras, sometimes the correct answer is the most obvious one.
25:50Oh, what event was that?
25:52Uh, the Brighton reading series I take my mother every month.
25:55Right.
25:55Well, your mother, huh?
25:57You must be close.
25:58Well, it was just the two of us growing up.
26:00Least I can do.
26:02Anyway, please, let me know if I can help.
26:11Well, I guess Sue just casually dropped his alibi.
26:16Well, the Brighton reading series took place the night of Kara's murder from 6 to 9 p.m.
26:21How convenient.
26:23Look, I'm not saying that you guys are right, because if you are, this is gonna be one hell of
26:28a mess.
26:29So you had better make absolutely sure that he was actually doing something wrong before you go near him.
26:35For murder.
26:41Wrong doesn't even begin to express what he did to me.
26:45How did you figure this out, Maxine?
26:47Kara and I met in therapy.
26:49We had to talk a lot about admitting to what we did.
26:53But we both knew we were innocent.
26:56We didn't do what Plath said.
26:58We think my daughter died of a genetic disorder.
27:01My mom's cousin had it.
27:03We told the police it ran in our family.
27:06But Plath didn't test Nina.
27:07He was too busy telling everyone I killed her.
27:11Because I was single.
27:12And had postpartum.
27:14He said similar things about Kara.
27:17That she was an alcoholic who was driven to drink by a colicky baby.
27:21He didn't know anything about us.
27:23What kind of parents we were.
27:27Kara loved Izzy.
27:31I loved Nina.
27:34Can you imagine losing the person you love most in this world?
27:38And having everyone think you killed them?
27:42We hoped that if Kara got free, she would use her exoneration as a way to start a real conversation
27:49about Plath.
27:51Be a voice for all of us.
27:57I know you're doing your best, but I am still getting calls about this Izzy Melville case.
28:01From who?
28:02Detective Dreyfus.
28:03She wants us to look for that hair evidence.
28:06Again.
28:07I checked that box.
28:08I'm telling you.
28:09It is not there.
28:10Victor is the chief coroner.
28:12It is my job to make sure that the autopsies we perform and the reports we issue are timely and
28:18accurate.
28:19You know me.
28:20I dot my I's.
28:21I cross my T's.
28:22I care more than anything about accuracy and getting justice for these victims.
28:26I know.
28:27And I think you're exceptional at it, Victor.
28:29But if you made a mistake, you need to tell me I can't help you if I'm in the dark.
28:34Francine.
28:35I don't make mistakes.
28:37I am shocked at what I've found.
28:40I looked at 20 of Plath's most recent autopsies.
28:45They are full of mistakes and inaccuracies, just like Nina and Izzy's.
28:48They led to 12 parents being convicted in their own child's deaths?
28:53All of them mothers.
28:55Single mothers.
28:56Or mothers with addiction and mental health issues.
28:58They were not killers.
29:00Look.
29:01Um.
29:02The McManus case.
29:04Plath said the mom stabbed her child with a meat skewer.
29:08But these look like animal bites to me.
29:10And the Baylor case.
29:12Plath thought that normal post-mortem lividity was actually evidence of strangulation.
29:18Sorry, I, I, I just, I can't believe what I'm seeing.
29:21How did no one notice this?
29:23He is the expert in pediatric forensics.
29:27Which allows him to what, Todd?
29:29Just make up his own mind about cause of death?
29:31It's an inexact science.
29:35Something that an adult could survive might kill a child.
29:39Plath purports to know the difference, but he's supposed to look at the whole picture, use background in tandem with
29:45forensics, not in lieu of it.
29:46These mistakes are egregious.
29:49I don't think these are mistakes.
29:51It seems Plath saw a certain type of woman made an assumption of abuse.
29:55And spread misinformation to lead to her conviction.
29:58Jesus.
30:00Okay, but how do we connect this to Kara?
30:02It, it still doesn't prove that Plath killed Kara.
30:05Actually, it might.
30:06You know, if he's okay with spreading misinformation, maybe he's okay with withholding evidence.
30:12Like the hair that could have exonerated Kara.
30:14We don't get to pick and choose what evidence we share with the police.
30:18We disclose everything, we save everything.
30:21It is drilled into us. The chain of custody is king.
30:25So maybe Plath still has that hair.
30:27And if he does, that in and of itself is a crime.
30:29Then we're one step closer to a murder confession.
30:32Hey, good job.
30:42Vicki?
30:43Mother!
30:45Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you.
30:47That's fine, my show's about to start.
30:51What were you doing over there?
30:53Oh, nothing. I came by to drop off your prescription.
30:56Oh.
30:57Is that all?
30:59Well, is there anything else you need?
31:04No.
31:05All right.
31:07I need to go to work.
31:10A cup of tea would be nice.
31:13Sure.
31:16I got the one you like.
31:18Uh, it's okay. I, I, I don't want any.
31:20Oh, come on. Have a cup of tea with your mum.
31:24All right.
31:26And you're coming over Saturday, right?
31:28I told you, I'm away this weekend.
31:30I've been, uh, asked to go to a conference.
31:33I've actually been invited to be the keynote speaker.
31:35Not that one.
31:36The blue one.
31:42Sorry.
31:45You always were a clumsy boy.
31:51Platt thinks that he's saving the world from abusers, locking them up one at a time.
31:55But he's a pathologist.
31:56It is not his job to be judge, jury, or executioner.
32:00Theo, we gotta do something.
32:01Oh, we will.
32:03But considering how entangled Platt is with the Crown, the defense,
32:07we can't just confront him.
32:09What about his alibi?
32:10Oh, the organizer of the Brighton reading says that he was there,
32:13but she can't confirm that he was there for the whole time.
32:16How many times has Platt testified for you, Theo?
32:19I don't know, like 20, 30, 40 times?
32:22And how often does he wax on about his expertise?
32:26That's literally why he's there.
32:28There, he has status. He has power.
32:30So, what happens if we take that away from him, strip him of his medals in public?
32:35He'd be vulnerable. He might crack.
32:38You can't just pop up at any old trial that he's at and start questioning him.
32:42No, I'm not talking about us. I'm talking about you.
32:45Come on, Theo.
32:46You can exonerate Kara for Izzy's murder and prosecute someone new, yeah?
32:50Like Christian?
32:51Like Christian.
32:52You wanna charge him?
32:53Well, we all believe that Christian killed that little girl.
32:55The only one who does not and cannot is Platt.
32:58He'll have to get up on that stand and say that hair is irrelevant.
33:02No, it's true.
33:02If he doesn't, he'll basically be admitting that he was wrong about Kara.
33:06Except I don't think I could even try Christian without that hair evidence.
33:10Well, come on, Theo. There has to be a way.
33:12Wait.
33:14If your objective is to discredit Platt, we can use Christian's preliminary inquiry to our advantage.
33:21I mean, the entire purpose of the proceedings is to test the evidence and challenge the witnesses.
33:27It's the perfect form to undermine Platt's expertise.
33:30And if I call him, he has to come.
33:40Dr. Platt, with regard to chain of custody, did your duties include collecting evidence in the Izzy Melville case?
33:47It's a bit more than that, but yes.
33:49Yes.
33:49And did you collect the hair that was visible and the police photo was taken in the ER shortly after
33:54Izzy died?
33:55I didn't see it on her.
33:56It did not arrive with the body for the autopsy.
33:59As a continuity witness, I need you to be specific.
34:03You didn't see it, or it wasn't there?
34:07I did not see it.
34:09No further questions.
34:12Hello, Dr. Platt.
34:14In your opinion, what was Izzy Melville's cause of death?
34:18Objection!
34:20Dr. Platt cannot give his professional opinion.
34:22He has not been qualified as an expert in this trial.
34:26Just a continuity witness.
34:28Of course I'm an expert.
34:30Okay. I'll qualify him right now.
34:32Dr. Platt, state your credentials.
34:35I am a published forensic pathologist.
34:37I have performed over 800 autopsies, testified in 100 trials.
34:41Many of them for the crown.
34:44Dr. Platt is now qualified as an expert.
34:47Dr. Platt, in your opinion, what was Izzy Melville's cause of death?
34:53Subdural hematoma incurred between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
34:57And in your opinion, what is the relevance of the hair evidence that was found in relation to cause of
35:04death?
35:05I don't think it has any relevance. I believe it was a contaminant.
35:11No further questions.
35:13You may step down.
35:19What are you doing here?
35:20Oh, I invited her.
35:21The court's in session.
35:23The crown calls previously qualified expert witness Dr. Lucy Da Silva.
35:32Dr. Du Silva, you've reviewed the evidence.
35:36In your expert opinion, how long was the timeline between Izzy Melville's injury and her death?
35:44It may have been longer than four to six hours. She may have been injured before 10 p.m.
35:51And in your expert opinion, what created the discrepancy between your findings and Dr. Platt's?
35:58I believe that Dr. Platt was biased.
36:04Thank you, Dr. Da Silva.
36:08Oh, actually, one more question.
36:10Have you had the opportunity to review any of Dr. Platt's other case files?
36:15Objection, Your Honor. Relevance?
36:18It's a preliminary inquiry, counsel. I'll allow it.
36:22Continue, Dr. Da Silva.
36:25I have reviewed other autopsies that he was responsible for.
36:29And I found them to be lacking.
36:33Dr. Platt failed to preserve pathology material.
36:36He misinterpreted autopsy findings.
36:39Objection.
36:39And he referenced parental history irrelevant to pathology.
36:43Objection.
36:43In my opinion, compromised the administration of justice.
36:47Objection, Your Honor.
36:49Overruled.
36:55Vicki, what's going on?
37:01You need to call me again.
37:03I need to respond to what she said as an expert.
37:06I think we've established you are far from being an expert.
37:12Theo, we're on the same side. We've worked together countless times.
37:15And if I knew then what I know now, I never would have used you.
37:21And frankly, this conversation is becoming a conflict of interest.
37:25What is that supposed to mean?
37:26It means he can't be your ally and prosecute you.
37:29Prosecute me? For what?
37:31For the murder of Kara Melville.
37:34Murder? Vicki, what's happening?
37:35Nothing, Mother. These people are trying to destroy my career with outlandish accusations.
37:39They set up my subordinate to slander me.
37:42I called the chief coroner.
37:44She's starting an inquiry into your cases.
37:46You pull that thread, you'll flood the city with killers.
37:48No, Victor. You already did that.
37:50I wasn't wrong about those women.
37:52They did terrible things to their children.
37:54All children are bad mothers, right?
37:57I don't have a bias, Graf.
37:58No, you don't have a bias.
38:00You have something deeper.
38:02You have personal experience.
38:05You saw yourself in those kids, didn't you?
38:11Six trips to the hospital before you were 14 years old.
38:15Broken bones, concussion, burns.
38:19Those were accidents. He was a clumsy boy.
38:22Oh, was he?
38:23Or is that just a lie you told yourself so you could sleep at night?
38:27The lie that he was too small to fight.
38:29You remember that hospital room?
38:31Yeah? Your mother on the other side of the curtain,
38:33weaving her stories about how you fell,
38:35how you wrenched your arm on the monkey bars.
38:39Feeling sick to your stomach about what would happen
38:42if you were to tell your truth.
38:44She's your mother.
38:46Victor, she's supposed to protect you.
38:47And she didn't.
38:49And every single time, they would send you right back home to her.
38:54You don't know anything about Victor.
38:55He had a wonderful home.
38:56No, a wonderful home is a safe home, and yours wasn't, was it?
39:00So what'd you do?
39:01You tiptoe around her moods as if they were landmines?
39:04Why do you care what happened to me as a child?
39:06Because it happened to me as a child.
39:08And I care.
39:10You see, I wanted to find your hiding place.
39:13Mine was under the stairs, but I wasn't sure about you,
39:15so I went to your mother's house, and we had a cup of tea,
39:18we talked, and I looked around,
39:20because you have something that we need,
39:23and I was sure I'd find it in your hiding spot.
39:27Where was it?
39:28Was it in the little nook behind the front door?
39:30Was it in the crawl space?
39:32No.
39:33See, the sad thing is, is that there was nowhere for you to hide.
39:39But I did find this all the same.
39:45You, uh, gave it to him.
39:50You said I would be helping Victor if I, if I showed you where his things were.
39:56That is not his, that is evidence.
40:00I can't believe you took it off Izzy's body and kept it all these years.
40:05You swore an oath to do no harm.
40:08I put a criminal behind bars!
40:09Yeah. The wrong one.
40:11I have spent my entire life in service of justice for the defenseless.
40:15You were not protecting those kids.
40:18You were trying to protect that little boy.
40:20Because having the power to decide who gets punished means no one is punishing you anymore.
40:25You are not going to blame me for this.
40:27I was a good mother. I raised him right.
40:30I mean, look at him. He's successful and wealthy and good manners and loyal.
40:35He was, he was a good boy.
40:37Mother!
40:37I mean, sure.
40:39Sometimes I had to use a firm hand. It's what he needed!
40:42What I needed!
40:44Was for you to stop, hurt me.
40:56You were terrifying.
41:00I was just a boy.
41:12You were just a boy.
41:15No one ever should have laid a hand on you, Victor.
41:18You deserved safety.
41:22And you were just trying to make it right for those kids, weren't you?
41:26When you went to see Kara?
41:31I had to stop her.
41:33From what?
41:33Talking.
41:35Yeah.
41:37Tell me what happened.
41:41I got into her motel room.
41:46I had to find her evidence.
41:48Mm-hmm.
41:49But...
41:51I made a noise.
41:55She came out of the bathroom.
41:56And...
42:01I hit her.
42:04And then?
42:09I pushed her into the tub.
42:13And then?
42:20I threw the hair dryer in.
42:26I threw the hair dryer in.
42:35Huh?
42:38No!
42:52The judge agreed.
42:54We'll declare a mistrial.
42:55Start over.
42:56Try Christian with the air and evidence.
42:58Once it's tested.
42:59Get justice for Izzy.
43:00And with this whole Plath thing cracked open,
43:02maybe for Maxine and Kara, too.
43:04Mm.
43:07Well, it's good to be reminded from time to time
43:10that our system of law is human and therefore fallible.
43:14And that the most we can hope to achieve is a certain justice?
43:18Well, P.D. James.
43:20It's a little popular for your taste.
43:22Well, I'm not above a Beech Reed Bateman.
43:25After this...
43:26Well, I think I'm overdue.
43:46It has done all with The Proco миments.
43:49It's good to be amazed at that you can hope to see that.
43:49Bye.
43:57Good luck.
43:58You
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