#video #Hudson And Rex S08E12 (2026)
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00:01you know this is the life fresh air stiff breeze and you know they say the best thing about fishing
00:11isn't what you catch right right it's uh it's keeping good company yeah yeah and rec certainly
00:17is the best company oh well at least one of us caught something right buddy
00:25he looks hungry yeah so am i what do you say burger and a pint yeah i'm down let's do
00:32it all right
00:49look gary uh i get it things haven't been going your way but you don't have to let me go
00:56one thing busting after another winch motor bilge pump and the fuel leaks just no sense in it
01:03you know i'll sell the old tub to me right my family could lend me the cash if the price
01:08is
01:08right i'm never selling the rusty runner declan it was my dad's boat he left it to me trusted me
01:16with
01:16it and when i find out who's messing with me everything's gonna turn around i get it for
01:22sure no problem one more run together then i'll find other work gary
01:37dad i'll catch whoever's doing this to your boat
01:56sunny side fish plant how can i direct your call
02:06excuse me sorry excuse me
02:10hey there brianna chuck you heard from gary the last few days she got out of the hospital yesterday
02:16ticker's been giving me trouble again he took the rusty runner out days ago
02:20he's not returning my calls where's your brother brianna he's not your kid maybe leave the wrong man alone
02:28let me know if you hear from him will do
02:34want to be open the water before the sun gets up something's tangled in this net help me out will
02:45what is that
03:09well bit of an early one this morning
03:11like sierra to get you woken up reminds me of when i was a kid heading out on the water
03:16at first
03:16light
03:16yeah i'm more of a coffee while i scroll sort of person
03:19what are we looking at a fisherman found a body tangled in a net young male no signs of foul
03:24play
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
03:36you sure didn't strike his head in the fall land in the sea
03:38not with the addition of defensive wounds on both arms appear to be from the same weapon
03:42so he fought back
03:44and lost
03:45jerry 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
03:53mid-shore vessels like this are almost always family run little independent businesses
03:58making their living off the sea one run at a time
04:00i thought you were a military man
04:01well my grandfather worked his own boat out of halifax his whole life
04:04fishing whatever was in season from lobster to cod
04:07but not without the captain
04:09so uh
04:10if gary was killed right here two days ago
04:13where'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
04:33oh
04:37what is that a stone
04:39not sure
04:42it's covered in an oily substance
04:44a whole batch
04:49that's curious
04:50i'll have a closer look back at the lab
04:53gary
04:53whoa whoa
04:54hey hey
04:54gary
04:56gary
04:57gary
04:58gary
04:58gary
04:59gary
04:59gary
04:59gary
04:59gary
04:59gary
05:00gary
05:01gary
05:01gary
05:02gary
05:03gary
05:14gary's out of cell range on the water
05:15and uh
05:16i took a temp gig in gander
05:18so i haven't been around
05:20but you were
05:21concerned enough to
05:22come back and look for him
05:24my brother had been having a hard time lately
05:26i started to worry when he
05:27he didn't even text
05:28he'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
05:36was breaking down a lot
05:37just
05:37just little things
05:39that added up
05:40broken pumps
05:42clogged filters
05:44gary seemed to think that
05:46someone was messing with him somehow
05:48messing with him
05:49he thought the things going wrong weren't
05:51accidents
05:53he never laid it out
05:55and i thought he was just
05:57getting in his own head
05:58like paranoid
05:59but now i
06:01i wish i'd listened
06:04i know this is hard
06:06rihanna but
06:07can 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
06:18anything you could tell us might
06:20might help
06:23there was this guy
06:24uh
06:25declan
06:27and uh
06:28gary mentioned he kept
06:29trying to buy the boat
06:38declan terry
06:41what are you at
06:42this is it
06:43just got back from my uncle's boat
06:45up on the northern peninsula
06:46the past few days
06:47heard the news this morning
06:48so the boat's gone too
06:49that's right
06:50uh
06:51word is you were interested in buying the rusty runner
06:52it's just all talk
06:54uh
06:54can'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
07:05we went for a pint after our last run
07:07he bought since he was letting me go
07:08and
07:09then we both headed home
07:11gary cut you loose
07:12it happens
07:13sorry
07:14not the first job
07:15i lost
07:18you think of anyone who may have had a grudge against him
07:21you know
07:22messing with his boat maybe
07:24gary could get crazy that way
07:26reading into things
07:27but there was this one guy
07:29who's that
07:30wayne somebody
07:32baggins
07:32need an extra hand today gary
07:34earrings running
07:36i got it wayne
07:38hangs around the harbor trading odd jobs for cash or fish
07:41heard two of them in a screaming match a couple weeks ago
07:44you know where i can find wayne
07:45you know where i can find wayne
07:46hangs out at the fogging fleet a lot
07:48a lot of young fishers do
07:49sheep as 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 no problem
08:11you said you're a fish in the northern peninsula
08:13isn't cod season closed up there
08:15depends what area
08:16what kind of license
08:17what kind of boat
08:19these are legit
08:20well rex is alerting to something
08:22so we'll take a closer look and our pathologist will figure out what it is
08:29so you're just gonna take them
08:41you found a microchip in declin's cod
08:44not the kind you put in pets
08:46the department of fishery 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 declin's alibi
09:04says he was up in the northern peninsula over the last few days
09:07absolutely i'll reach out to the department of fisheries
09:09get their tracking info
09:10okay
09:11meanwhile i have the results of the autopsy
09:14time 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
09:22so 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 i'm having them analyzed
09:33that might help identify the object that caused the death blow and the defensive wounds
09:36what about the uh rock that rex found in the victim's ear
09:40that is a bit of a puzzler
09:42it turns out it's a piece of crystallized salt covered in fish oils
09:45sea salt from being in the ocean
09:47but no no it's just common rock salt
09:49we've got lodged in the canal before gary's body ever entered the water
09:53but how did a guy end up with oily rock salt in his ear while fighting off an assailant
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
10:13well that's the problem i can't put my finger on it
10:17we'll just have to keep fishing for answers
10:21i know
10:23clearly been hanging around jesse too much
10:25uh yeah
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 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
10:46and 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
11:02deckle in the deckhand said he witnessed an argument between gary
11:05and a regular named wayne
11:06i'm gonna see if there's any truth to that
11:08sure
11:14come on
11:17you're in that boat
11:18you held it against him
11:19you never let it go
11:20just calm down brianna you're overwrought
11:22i didn't mean to upset you
11:23one more word from you wayne and i swear
11:24hey hey hey
11:25step back
11:27s.j.p.d. what's going on here
11:28uh we're uh 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 your truck wayne with all the rock salt in the back
11:55yeah
11:56what of it
12:02cause it seems to be spattered with 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 know each other our whole lives
12:35gary's dick hand says he saw the two of you arguing recently
12:38need an extra hand today gary
12:40airings running
12:42i got it wayne
12:43heard two of them in a screaming match a couple weeks ago
12:45declin 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
12:53that's both
12:54you held it against him
12:55you never let it go
12:56just calm down brianna you're overriding
12:59me and brianna
13:01um
13:03we were engaged years ago
13:05uh
13:06the dream was that we would be running the boat together
13:09two of us raising kids
13:10and uh
13:13then her dad died suddenly
13:14and left the rusty runner to her brother
13:17alone
13:18was brianna bitter about that?
13:20being cut out?
13:22no
13:22ancient history
13:24brianna loved gary and
13:26she wouldn't hurt anybody
13:27let alone her brother
13:28hmm
13:29that still doesn't explain why she was angry at you
13:32you're barking up the wrong tree detective
13:35declin is the guy you should be looking at
13:38he's a real sleeving if you ask me
13:39hmm
13:40but declin has an alibi
13:42and so does brianna
13:44where were you two days ago we
13:46i was fixing an engine on a trawler
13:48in witless bay
13:51go ahead and check
13:54okay
13:57hey
13:58how was the pub
14:00lively
14:00seems 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 witless 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 declin says that he was in the northern peninsula
14:23and wayne says that he was in witless bay
14:26do we have any suspect who was near the scene of the crime when our victim was killed
14:29well a local fisher claims he saw the rusty runner leave foxtrap harbor friday night
14:34the day of gary's last run
14:36and another fisherman says he saw that the boat never came back and hasn't been seen since
14:41so the boat left the harbor six days ago but gary was killed two days ago
14:44where was he in between somewhere else on the boat
14:46yeah i 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 declin 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?
15:08yeah yeah
15:12something is definitely off
15:16at sunny side we buy directly from the fishers fresh off our wharf
15:20process 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 now his sister believes he sold you a load of fish here last friday
15:34the last day that he was seen alive
15:36can't say i recognize him
15:38really? even 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 what about these two?
15:47declin he worked with gary and uh...
15:49Wayne had in the past
15:50and Wayne i know
15:51he works here at the plant on and off
15:53last time would have been uh...
15:55about a week ago
15:56can you send me the exact date?
15:57of course
15:59uh...
15:59tanya 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
16:20amazing
16:21once i check with the owners
16:22i'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
16:36what 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
16:42okay and the good news?
16:44the coast guard found the rusty runner adrift about thirty miles offshore
16:48they're towing it back to foxtrap harbor as we speak
16:50we're on our way
16:59coming aboard
17:01hey
17:02we're just getting started here
17:04no evidence of a struggle
17:06but after being adrift at sea
17:07any blood on the deck would likely have been washed away
17:10so we can't rule out the rusty runner is the place where a gary may have been killed
17:13oh
17:15here
17:16oh what is this?
17:17salt from a sunny side fish plant
17:19okay well i'll see if it's a match to the crystal found on the victim
17:22but that won't prove the salt was from there
17:24i mean common salt is
17:25common
17:27where's jesse?
17:28checking the hold
17:30that's been stewing at sea for days and days
17:32that's a fun job
17:33okay guys i just want you to know
17:36that the hold is clear of fish but it's teeming with stench
17:39i'll head back down holding my nose this time
17:42oh that's disgusting
17:43oh it stinks
17:44smells like a foot
17:46Rex seems interested in something over here
17:48oh yeah so the fibers we found in gary's head wound
17:50turned out to be wood
17:52deeply suffused with various aquatic flora and fauna
17:55okay so a buoy could have been the murder weather
17:57well the 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
18:11how did he end up in the harbor
18:12when the boat's 30 miles out to sea
18:15let's uh
18:16let's check the bridge
18:17okay
18:18come on rest
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
18:32what 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
18:38or maybe wanted her to
18:40i mean evidence at the bottom of the ocean is usually no evidence at all
18:54what's written on it
18:55it 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 pub
19:08and 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
19:25just so glad the rusty runner's back safe and sound
19:27here you go folks
19:28not in the house
19:30chuck
19:30you didn't have to do that
19:32nah it's fine you both deserve it
19:33just give me a shout if you need anything else
19:38i was uh i was kind of surprised that you wanted to meet here
19:40uh considering
19:42it's a tight community
19:44we're all intertwined
19:45yeah
19:46i've known chuck forever
19:48he 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
19:59i don't think he's happy here
20:00well my grandfather was never happy ashore either
20:03my eyes always on the horizon
20:06what about you?
20:07um, any regrets?
20:09what do you mean?
20:11Wayne 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?
20:24gary gave me part ownership
20:25for good or ill
20:27but there's a downside to that?
20:30profits aren't big
20:32but responsibilities are
20:35is there something you're not telling me, Brianna?
20:38what...
20:39what 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 harbour 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've
21:05i'm starting to think i need a lawyer
21:14second thought i think i'll bring you a check
21:24i 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 that's a bose 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 harbour in the night undocumented
21:47Brianna sure planned up the mention of midnight runs
21:49still more questions than answers
21:51something's gotta break soon
21:52yeah
22:00oh i knew it looked off
22:04wow
22:04someone was in early
22:06yeah i couldn't sleep
22:08insomnia
22:09alibis
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 witless bay
22:20gander
22:20and the northern peninsula at the time of gary's death
22:23there's something off about this case
22:26hmm
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 maybe even as early as the previous friday
22:40how is that possible?
22:42because 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?
23:02flash freezing
23:03the process of solidifying something almost instantly
23:06is designed to limit cellular damage
23:08right? so that fish or any food's texture and appearance remain very close to fresh when thawed
23:13the same held true for gary's remains he 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 gary most likely died days earlier probably soon after he was last seen alive
23:27last friday
23:28the night his boat was secreted out of the harbor
23:30any chance the sunnyside fish plant has one of these flash freezing facilities?
23:34even better it 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 let's bring tanya in for questioning
23:48and let's see what else we can dig up on her
23:50she claimed that she didn't recognize gary but he'd sold there for years
23:54i'll send a forensics team to their freezing facility
23:56oh but
23:58the 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 let's start with wayne
24:18so now you want to know where i was last friday
24:20yeah case is evolving
24:23where were you the last time you saw gary leave the pub
24:26uh...
24:27i went home i slept i worked to shift at sunnyside the next day
24:31other than that i was here
24:33the usual
24:33okay well sunnyside is seeming more and more connected to the crime now wayne
24:37and you had access to it
24:38and 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 the 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
25:05i saw the rusty runner heading out in the middle of the night
25:09and i know that gary was having some problems
25:13okay you thought he was up to something
25:15cod quotas are strict
25:17every trip has limits
25:19inspectors
25:20they log everything
25:22but if a boat slips out in the dark
25:25has a buyer who doesn't ask questions
25:29you do them out
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
25:41what 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
25:48but i was just trying to look out for brianna
25:49yeah and 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
26:11was going on with her brother
26:16the thing is how 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
26:27before i harmed brianna
26:30how come you never mentioned you work part time with sunny side
26:33i work part time everywhere
26:35isn'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 sunny side the last day that he
26:59was seen alive
26:59in fact i can confirm it
27:02our records show that Gary sold sunny side fish on many occasions
27:06what 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 salt water method
27:30and your forensic team is there right now
27:32but i have no doubt
27:34they will find nothing linking your unfortunate victim or 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
27:54there would be no one to interfere
27:56assuming that person had access of course
28:01what 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
28:20that i'm involved in some sort of illegal activity
28:23then i'm afraid this interview
28:25is done
28:27i think i'll let the company's lawyers assist you from here on out
28:43it'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?
29:09i 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
29:21okay, okay, okay
29:23but look i mean
29:25could Tanya really pay off her gambling debts by
29:28selling black market cod
29:30actually i think it's more than that
29:31i want to show you something
29:33okay, what's with all these trays?
29:35well, it was bothering me that rex was somehow able to smell the microchip buried inside the cod fish you
29:40got from Declan
29:42what's up with your dog?
29:44i mean, don't get me wrong, rex is amazing
29:46but to pick out a trace that faint over the smell of fish?
29:50yeah, it surprised me too
29:52yeah, so i thought i'd try it out for myself
29:55rex?
29:56come here
29:57check
30:01that's an alert
30:02okay
30:04so this
30:06is a microchip
30:07just by itself
30:09so he can detect it
30:11now
30:14rex
30:16check
30:18cod fish from the grocery store
30:20he didn't alert
30:21with a chip inside it
30:23he 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
30:36track
30:41oh
30:43and this time he alerts
30:46this is the cod
30:47mark you got from Declan
30:50complete 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, it'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
31:11why not both?
31:13i just heard back from the department of fisheries this morning
31:15this 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, all roads seem to lead to Declan
31:26bring him in
31:27you got it
31:28ok
31:31yeah
31:37gas
31:39hey Declan
31:43hey Declan
31:44stop
31:47S. J. P. D.
31:50a.m.
31:51a.m.
31:52a.m.
31:52a.m.
31:53a.m.
31:54a.m.
31:57a.m.
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.
32:29He 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?
32:36But 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.
32:44Yeah, 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.
32:58You've gone way beyond that.
33:00The fish that my canine alerted to at your place has tested positive for drugs.
33:04What?
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.
33:17Then 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.
33:35Not 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 show if you need anything else.
33:41But he's got the cheapest fish and chips in town.
33:47Okay, so I asked the Department of Fisheries to track the microchip found in the cod after it left the
33:53water.
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.
34:07So Chuck took the rusty runner on drug runs?
34:08Yeah, picked up a load of cod on the way to freeze along with it.
34:12Brianna mentioned that he'd worked the boat with her dad and hated working the bar.
34:15So he 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?
34:43Back again?
34:44Got new ways to smear my late brother?
34:47Looking for Chuck.
34:48He's not here.
34:50I had 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?
34:59I bet they didn't find anything wrong.
35:02Though 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?
35:32What'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.
35:51He was manufactured alibi while he shifted Gary's time of death.
35:54Yeah, but he's not there now.
35:55Okay, uniforms at Sunnyside.
35:57Tanya disappeared mid-shift,
35:59but the office confirmed that Chuck's bought fish from her for years.
36:02And there's also this.
36:03Surveillance footage from Sunnyside Wharf
36:05against the dates from Gary's engine hours list.
36:10Nothing.
36:11I'll check the timestamp.
36:16Hours 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.
36:26Tanya 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,
36:33next drug runs tonight.
36:34I mean, they'll be expecting someone in the rusty runner
36:36to come rendezvous with them offshore.
36:37Now, if only we could get the lab results on Chuck's truck,
36:39it would be a full circle.
36:41Fish oil, seawater, and fentanyl.
36:45Okay, let's go to Bolo on Tanya 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.
37:09Chuck, stay where you are.
37:19Halt!
37:21Please!
37:23Rex!
37:37Rusty runners, the SJPD return to the war.
37:40Coast Guard has been notified.
37:42Nowhere to go.
37:43Repeat, nowhere to go.
37:54K-9 officer on board, Chuck.
37:57Be smart about this.
38:05Hey!
38:07Hey!
38:07Get out!
38:09Get out of me!
38:12Okay!
38:12Okay!
38:22This is the Coast Guard.
38:24The rusty runner has throttled down.
38:28Good job, partner.
38:30Now hold him until uniforms can get on the boat.
38:33Okay.
38:48Next time, wait for me.
38:50Okay?
38:53I notified the Coast Guard.
38:54Gave the exact location the illegal cod was harvested from,
38:57so they'll be able to find 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 a word of it before you did.
39:24Save 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.
39:33My brother died defending it.
39:35I'm here to work it for you.
39:37Anytime.
39:38It's your call.
39:40I'd like that.
39:43I think Gary would, too.
40:00Hey, so we picked up Tanya 20 minutes ago.
40:03It was called in by a car rental company.
40:05And she confessed to using the fish plant to offload the rusty runner
40:09and transfer cargo to Chuck's truck.
40:11Now, 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.
40:41And Sunnyside had no knowledge about the drug operation happening at the plant,
40:45so it's business as usual.
40:47Okay.
40:47Well, 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, ditto.
41:00Come on, you man.
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