#video #RJ Decker - Season 1 - Episode 04: In Vanity Veritas
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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 thoughts.
00:21Holden wasn't supposed to die.
00:23The plan was only to discredit him.
00:26I still 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 prison blues.
01:06I thought my criminal record might be a deal breaker,
01:09but it turns out she asked Mauricio to set us up
01:11because she only dates felons.
01:14Creepy.
01:14Yeah.
01:15But doesn't that make you her type?
01:17Apparently I'm not felonious enough.
01:19She likes to 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.
02:54I 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.
02:59Are 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.
03:23And 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.
03:56I'm not giving one hell of a heck.
04:00When I make my money.
04:01I'm playing diamonds, cash and checks.
04:05Yeah.
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
04:25Laying diamonds, cash and check
04:30Putting fancy things around my neck
04:35Not giving long hell and 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
05:04I'm playing diamonds, cash and checks
05:07And I ain't hired for my intellect
05:14I'm just out here paying my respects
05:19To the T-bombs and the T-birds and even T-rex
05:24I'm playing diamonds, cash and checks
05:30Four to the one to the five
05:34Again and again till we get it right
05:39It's just a four to the one to the five
05:43Again and again till we get it right
05:51Hey, Bob
05:51I've been thinking maybe you're right
05:53Maybe the affair is all in my head
05:55Bob, do you know anything about
05:57A 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
06:10Son of a...
06:11That's the Howard's house
06:12She 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
06:23And repeat after me, okay?
06:25Everything
06:25Everything
06:27Is gonna be
06:30Mr. Decker, are you there?
06:43That's what you think right now
06:50Fire marshal said it's looking like an accident
06:52There was a gas leak somewhere inside
06:54Then a spark
06:55What happens sometimes
06:56In these old houses
06:57That haven't converted to electric
06:58What about bodies?
06:59One
07:00Badly burned
07:00So no ID yet
07:01It's gotta be my client's wife
07:03I saw her go inside
07:04Right before it happened
07:05Respectfully
07:06I'm a homicide detective
07:07Not a tragic accident detective
07:09Yeah, I get it
07:10Unless you're thinking
07:11The fire marshal has it wrong
07:13My client was convinced
07:14His wife was having an affair
07:16Maybe with the guy
07:16That lives in this house
07:1730 seconds after she went inside
07:19The place goes up in smoke
07:22What?
07:23What?
07:24You think what?
07:24He rigged the house
07:25Waited for you to confirm
07:26She was here
07:27And then
07:27It's possible
07:28I mean, he has up until now
07:29Seemed like nothing but a nice guy
07:30But who knows?
07:34No, no, no, no, no
07:37Sir, you have to stay back
07:39This is my house
07:39Sir
07:40I need to find my wife
07:41Sir
07:41Her name is Natalie
07:42Detective Melabreu
07:43Are you Preston Howard?
07:44Yes
07:44I've been trying to reach my wife
07:46And I can't please tell me
07:47She wasn't in there
07:47Mr. Howard
07:48There was one fatality
07:50But we have reason to believe
07:51It was someone other than your wife
07:53You're saying somebody other than Natalie?
07:55Mr. Howard
07:55Do you know a Louise Vernon?
07:58Yeah, but
07:59We 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
08:05To meet you today?
08:07Me?
08:09Oh, why?
08:10Why would she?
08:11Why isn't anybody trying to find my wife?
08:13I'll find her, Mr. Howard
08:14But first, I know the fire marshal
08:16Has some questions about your house
08:19I can't believe it
08:20I can't believe that Louise is gone
08:22Like I said
08:23The person who died, the body
08:24It hasn't been identified yet
08:27You said you saw her go inside
08:29Who else could it be?
08:31Mr. Vernon
08:31Have you ever been inside the Howard's house?
08:34Uh
08:34They hosted a holiday cocktail
08:37Thing
08:38A few years ago
08:39Why?
08:40You called Mr. Decker this morning
08:42He told you he saw Louise go inside
08:44Then
08:48You
08:50You think that I
08:52Blew it up somehow?
08:53Are you insane?
08:55You did hire a P.I.
08:56Because you thought your wife
08:56Was cheating on you
08:58I
08:59I told you how much I loved her
09:00I told you I wanted to fix things
09:02Bob, I know
09:03I know
09:03Please
09:05Just go
09:09Thoughts?
09:11My gut says he didn't do it
09:12And yet
09:14And yet
09:14Jealous husband, dead wife
09:15I know
09:16Two and two almost always equal four
09:18And yet
09:18The fire marshal's preliminary take was
09:20The explosion was accidental
09:22And yet
09:23Louise was up to something this morning
09:25The car rental
09:25The wig
09:26The storage locker
09:27At repeat
09:27Two plus two almost always equal four
09:30Look
09:30She was having an affair
09:31She changed her car in her appearance
09:33To visit a neighborhood
09:33Where she could have been recognized
09:34Her death
09:35Act of God
09:36Not act of Bob
09:38Okay
09:39Look
09:39Something's up at the storage locker
09:41It was big
09:41It's way too big for a wig
09:43And a change of clothes
09:44I'm gonna check it out
09:44Okay
09:45You find something tells you
09:46That the explosion wasn't an accident
09:47You let me know
09:48Meantime
09:49I'm gonna go focus on crimes
09:50I know were murders
10:01Let's go
10:02Let's go
10:20Let's go
10:50Let's go
10:51You thought my day couldn't get any worse
10:54Louise
10:54You chose the wrong night
10:56To try to rob a storage locker pal
11:03You honestly want me to believe
11:04You're a private investigator
11:05We can check my website if you want
11:07But I think we'd both be better off
11:09Trying to get you to a hospital
11:12Louise
11:13Your husband Bob hired me
11:15Because he thought you might be having an affair
11:17I love Bob
11:19I would never
11:20Louise
11:21I believe you
11:21I do
11:22And not just cause of the gun
11:23I don't think you went to Preston Howard's
11:25For a nooner today
11:26I think you were there
11:27To rob the place
11:29Look
11:29My least favorite job as a P.I.
11:31Is tailing cheating spouses
11:33A close second is asset retrieval
11:35See insurance companies
11:36Pay guys like me
11:37To be on the lookout for stolen goods
11:38In pawn shops
11:39On the black market
11:40I recognize that
11:42From a bulletin
11:43One of those companies emailed me
11:45And if I had to take a guess
11:47I'd say everything in here is stolen
11:50You'd be wrong
11:51I bought this stuff at swap meets
11:53Cash transactions
11:54If any of it's stolen
11:56News to me
11:59Louise
12:01Bob thinks you're dead
12:03Now I watched you go inside the Howard's house
12:05I have pictures
12:08I
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
12:16Who was inside the house when it exploded?
12:18I smelled the gas
12:19The second I got inside
12:21But I don't know why I kept going
12:24And then I saw her
12:25You saw her
12:26Who did you see?
12:26All that blood
12:27And the gas
12:29I was so scared
12:30So I went out back
12:31And then I heard a boom
12:32And then I went flying
12:35It's okay
12:37My favorite Dior jacket
12:38It's okay
12:39And now it's right
12:40Whoa, whoa, whoa
12:40Hey, hey, hey
12:41I gotcha
12:43I gotcha
12:45Sophia's asleep
12:47That's nice
12:48It is nice
12:50Maybe even
12:52Very nice
12:55Her again?
12:56Seriously?
12:56What?
12:58Phoebe
12:59I'm giving you the steel home sign
13:02And you're still looking for dirt
13:03On Emmy Ochoa
13:04I'm not looking for dirt
13:05I'm just trying to understand
13:07You and your ex-husband
13:09Are both into sexy Latinas
13:10What is there to understand?
13:12I don't know
13:13Maybe how stupid I feel
13:15Maybe
13:16In two years
13:17I've been carrying all this guilt
13:18For not seeing how much RJ
13:20Was struggling
13:20Before he beat up Lucas Ochoa
13:22Now I find out that
13:23He's friends
13:24Maybe even friends
13:25With benefits
13:26With the woman
13:26Who's actually directly responsible
13:28For him going to prison
13:29You said he told you
13:31She's trying to make amends
13:32She found a case for him
13:33So what?
13:34So she's a freaking Ochoa
13:37Her dad is like
13:38A modern day boss
13:39Tweed
13:40They could be setting RJ
13:41Out to be their fall guy
13:42One
13:43I resent you
13:44Making a reference to a guy
13:45You know I won't know
13:46To be sure you're not just jealous
13:48What?
13:50No
13:50I mean
13:51She's pretty hot
13:54Maybe
13:56You didn't carry guilt
13:57For two years
13:59Because you're stupid
14:00Okay?
14:00You did it
14:01Because you have a big heart
14:03But come on
14:03Don't you ever think
14:04Maybe you're a little
14:05Too involved
14:06With your ex
14:09Why?
14:11RJ
14:12Someone we thought
14:13Died in that explosion
14:14Today turned up alive
14:15Said that a storage locker
14:17On 19th
14:17I have to get to ASAP
14:23Remind me
14:24Which one of us
14:25Is too involved
14:25With my ex?
14:35Hey you get the warrant
14:37Yeah a little while ago
14:38It's like a freaking
14:39Pirate's cave in here
14:41Jewelry artwork
14:43Slider gowns
14:44Robbery division
14:45Already matched a bunch of it
14:46To a string of burglaries
14:48That dates back
14:48A couple of years
14:49They'd been calling the suspect
14:51Like the bandit of Broward
14:52Now thanks to you
14:53They know it was Louise Vernon
14:55Who is she by the way?
14:56She's okay
14:57She's got a piece of shrapnel
14:58In her abdomen
14:58Lucky for her
14:59It didn't hit any organs
15:01Lucky for us
15:02Because the burglars
15:03Aren't the only thing
15:04She has to answer for
15:05What do you mean?
15:06Finally got an ID
15:07On the body
15:08That was found
15:08In the rubble yesterday
15:10Her bandit
15:11May be a murderer
15:13You're telling me
15:14Everything I bought
15:14At those swap meets
15:15Was stolen?
15:16Miss Vernon
15:17You honestly expect us
15:18To believe
15:18That you got a
15:18Patek Philippe watch
15:19On a swap meet?
15:20Yeah Louise
15:20We know your MO
15:21You put on a pair
15:22Of sunglasses
15:23A wig
15:23You rent a nice car
15:24So it looks like
15:25You belong in the
15:25Neighborhoods you're targeting
15:26If anyone spots you
15:28You're what?
15:29A high-end real estate broker
15:30Going door to door
15:31Natalie Howard though
15:32She was a friend
15:33She would have seen
15:34Right through a disguise
15:35Like that
15:35Yeah so we talked
15:36To Preston
15:37Her husband yesterday
15:38We told him
15:39We had reason to believe
15:39The body they found
15:40Inside the house
15:41Wasn't his wife's
15:42Only it was
15:44Medical examiner
15:44Confirmed it this morning
15:45Just like he confirmed
15:47It wasn't the explosion
15:47That killed her
15:48She was dead before that
15:49Blunt force trauma
15:51To the head
15:51You broke in
15:52Natalie caught you
15:53By surprise
15:54And there was a struggle
15:56And you caved your skull
15:57And you filled the place
15:58With gas
15:59And then you left
16:00Something behind
16:01To ignite it
16:01Arsenal investigator
16:02Thinks it was
16:03The hairdryer he found
16:04Please
16:07You have to tell them
16:11I did break into the house
16:13Yesterday
16:15But Natalie was dead
16:16When I got there
16:17Okay right
16:17And you got all this
16:19In your storage locker
16:20At swap meets
16:20I can prove to you
16:21I didn't kill her
16:22The glasses
16:22I was wearing
16:23They weren't just a part
16:24Of my disguise
16:25They were smart glasses
16:26They recorded everything
16:35I saw
16:36I still don't understand
16:37Why you filmed yourself
16:38Baking into houses
16:39Why do you like to record us in bed?
16:42It's I don't know
16:42A thrill
16:44Reliving it
16:48Yeah
16:55I thought
16:56A hairdryer
16:57Just like I thought
17:02Oh my god
17:06You want me to confess
17:07To a few burglaries
17:09I will
17:10But murder
17:11No
17:12Somebody else killed Natalie
17:18Hey
17:19Mal
17:20Hey
17:22Thought your client
17:23Said he needed to speak with you
17:24Well it turns out
17:25He doesn't want me
17:26Off the case just yet
17:27In case of
17:28I think my wife
17:28Is fooling around on me
17:29Because that one's solved
17:30She isn't a cheater
17:31She's a burglar
17:32Yeah
17:32I know
17:32But he says
17:33He feels terrible
17:34About what happened to Natalie
17:35He wants to make sure
17:36The cops find the
17:37Find the killer
17:39Right
17:39Because
17:40Where would the FLPD be
17:41Without the help
17:42Of low rent PIs
17:44Well technically
17:44I'm a no rent PI
17:45But hey
17:46Remind me
17:47Who caught the band
17:48Under Broward
17:49Okay
17:50We both know
17:50You're gonna go talk
17:51To Preston Howard
17:51Right now
17:52Dead wife
17:53You're looking at the husband
17:53You gotta talk to him
17:55I gotta talk to him
17:56When we save some time
17:57We'll do it together
17:59We told Preston
18:00He could stay with us
18:01As long as he needs
18:02I can't even imagine
18:04Losing your home
18:05And your wife
18:05All in an instant
18:07Grant's been out there
18:08With him all morning
18:09But it's so hard
18:10Neither of us knows
18:11What to say
18:12You've known the Howards
18:13A long time
18:14God
18:14Fifteen years
18:17I know it's none of my business
18:18But if you're here
18:19To confirm the stove
18:20Was the source of the leak
18:21Be gentle
18:22He told us he's been meaning
18:23To replace that old gas range
18:25For heaters
18:25Actually
18:25Miss Summers
18:26We're here to tell him
18:27That that old gas stove
18:28Wasn't the cause
18:29Of Natalie's death
18:30Oh my god
18:31Well
18:31He'll be
18:32He'll be so relieved
18:34Not so sure he will
18:38You're saying
18:38What happened to Natalie
18:39Wasn't an accident
18:41You're saying
18:41That she was murdered
18:42Emmy believes
18:43That based off
18:44The skull fracture
18:45The weapon
18:46Was something heavy
18:46And rounded
18:47Like a pipe
18:48Killer only set
18:49The explosion
18:50To cover their tracks
18:53You asked me
18:54About Louise Vernon
18:55Yesterday
18:55It sounded like
18:56She had been by the house
18:57Yeah
18:57Cause she had
18:58But as it turns out
18:59She wasn't there
19:00To hurt anyone
19:01She was there
19:01To rob the place
19:02I'm not sure
19:02The FLPD was ready
19:03To share that
19:04Particular detail
19:06But
19:07Yes it's true
19:08We like Louise Vernon
19:09For a series of robberies
19:10In this part of town
19:11Hold on
19:12We were robbed
19:13Last year
19:14Yeah
19:14So were two other houses
19:15On this street
19:16Are you saying
19:16That she was the one
19:17Who
19:17Probably
19:18But it's not
19:19What we're here for
19:20And we were able
19:21To prove Louise
19:22Didn't kill Natalie
19:23So Mr. Howard
19:24Can you think
19:24Of anybody else
19:25Who may have
19:26Wanted to hurt her
19:27No one
19:28I mean
19:30Natalie was a saint
19:31And things were good
19:33With 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
19:44Mr. Howard
19:44The hell they are
19:46You don't say another word
19:47Not without an attorney
19:48Okay
19:48All we're trying to do
19:49Is eliminate Mr. Howard
19:50As a suspect
19:51Yeah
19:51Well sorry
19:52You're not gonna do that here
19:57That Grant's a real charmer
19:59Huh
20:00Yeah
20:00Humble too
20:02It's a conspicuous
20:03And conspicuous consumption
20:05Doesn't it
20:05Detective Abreu
20:07So sorry
20:08I didn't want to say anything
20:09In front of Preston
20:10But
20:11There was
20:12Some trouble
20:13In their marriage
20:15Not that I think
20:16He would ever hurt Natalie
20:16But
20:17I just wouldn't want you
20:18To find out later
20:19That we'd held anything back
20:20What kind of trouble
20:21Preston asked Grant
20:23For a loan
20:24A few weeks ago
20:25Something about Natalie
20:26Spending too much
20:28That's
20:29That's all I know
20:30Imagine my surprise
20:35You reaching out
20:37In the middle of the day
20:38Saying you'd like to meet
20:40In public
20:40No less
20:41What do you mean?
20:43Well
20:43Your newspaper
20:45Hasn't exactly been
20:47Kind to my family
20:49Over the years
20:51Not sure what your readers
20:52Would think if they saw us
20:53Having coffee together
20:54Miss
20:55Delacroix
20:56First
20:57It's Catherine
20:58Second
20:59I don't think our readers
21:00Would be the least bit surprised
21:01They know the Broward County Herald
21:02Is only ever after the facts
21:04Not sure my father would agree
21:06But
21:06It's nice to finally
21:08Put a face to the byline
21:10My assistant said
21:11You had some questions
21:12About
21:12Ed Carter
21:14For decades
21:15He oversaw one of the biggest chains
21:16Of drug rehab clinics
21:17In the state
21:18Now he stands accused
21:19Of defrauding thousands of clients
21:21And orchestrating the death
21:22Of his own son
21:23It's no secret
21:24He's always been one
21:25Of your father's biggest donors
21:26Just like it's no secret
21:28That
21:28In light of those allegations
21:30My father returned
21:31Mr. Carter's
21:32Most recent donation
21:33And
21:34Introduced legislation
21:35To increase funding
21:36And oversight
21:37For addiction treatment
21:38It's my understanding
21:39You played a big part
21:40In bringing Ed Carter down
21:41You worked with a private investigator
21:43To tee him up
21:43For law enforcement
21:44I'm afraid that
21:45Because the investigation
21:46Is ongoing
21:47I can't comment on that
21:49At this time
21:50Huh
21:50What about the P.I.
21:52Is he a lot to comment
21:53I understand he has
21:54Some interesting ties
21:55To your family too
21:56Your stepbrother
21:57In particular
22:03Sort of a no-no
22:04When you've agreed
22:05To an interview
22:05Is that what this is
22:07An interview
22:10Because it seems
22:11More like an invasion
22:12Of your ex-husband's privacy
22:14After he did
22:15What he did to Lucas
22:16You think we didn't
22:16Find out every little thing
22:18We could about him
22:19I think you mean
22:19What Lucas did to RJ
22:20He was the one
22:21Who committed a crime that day
22:22But RJ went to prison
22:23Thanks in no small part
22:24To the testimony
22:25You gave at his trial
22:26I take it
22:27You don't like
22:28That I've been
22:29In RJ's orbit
22:31But did it ever occur to you
22:33That I genuinely
22:34Want to help him
22:35If you want to help him
22:38Maybe you'd like
22:39To take this opportunity
22:40To admit on the record
22:41That you perjured yourself
22:42Two years ago
22:45Of course that might mean
22:46A little prison time
22:46For you
22:49It's been a pleasure
22:51Miss Delacroix
22:57Same
22:59Thanks
22:59You've been a big help
23:02Million dollar life insurance policy
23:04On his recently deceased wife
23:06Plus the 2.5 from the house
23:08Assuming that was insured too
23:10Preston Howard's money troubles
23:11Are over
23:11Between the windfall
23:12And the attention
23:13This case is getting
23:14It's gonna have lawyers
23:14Lining up to represent him
23:15Good ones
23:17Hope you got a good look
23:18At him today
23:18Cause we won't see him
23:19Again for a while
23:20I bet you 50 bucks
23:22You're wrong
23:25Look I'm sorry
23:26For the way that Grant
23:27Spoke to you
23:28He wasn't wrong
23:29A lawyer would make
23:31A lot of sense
23:31And more importantly
23:34I think I might know
23:35Who killed Natalie
23:38Over all the years
23:39Mr. Howard
23:40Look I've never paid
23:42Much attention
23:42To our finances
23:44Natalie always took care
23:45Of the bills
23:47About a month ago
23:48I noticed that the balance
23:49In our joint savings
23:50It seemed low
23:52When I looked into it
23:53I saw that she had been
23:54Making some big cash withdrawals
23:56Every month
23:57Going back almost a year
23:59Always just under
24:00Ten thousand dollars
24:0110k being a threshold
24:02For reporting to the IRS
24:04She said that it
24:05Had to be some kind of mistake
24:07And that she would look into it
24:08But she seemed
24:12She seemed afraid
24:14And I was worried
24:17So the next time
24:18That she said she had errands
24:19To run
24:19I followed her
24:21She went to the bank
24:23Made a cash withdrawal
24:24And she drove straight
24:25To Dixie Court
24:25It's a rough area
24:26She gave the money
24:28To a guy that
24:28I'd never seen before
24:31Tattoos everywhere
24:32Even on his face
24:34And when she got home
24:36I asked her point blank
24:37Are you buying drugs?
24:39Gambling
24:41She wouldn't tell me
24:43She just said
24:44That it was the last time
24:45I told her
24:46Look whatever's going on
24:47It's okay
24:48But we can go to the police
24:50She said that she was
24:52Planning to go herself
24:55She just said
24:56That she needed more time
24:59Whatever Natalie
25:00Got herself into
25:01I don't know
25:03But maybe this guy
25:04Wasn't okay
25:05Or putting an end to it
25:08Well can you tell us
25:09Exactly where you saw Natalie
25:11Meet with him
25:13Yeah
25:22Crockett or Tubs?
25:23Hmm?
25:25Who's your favorite?
25:27Like chocolate or vanilla
25:29The Beatles of the Stones
25:31Crockett or Tubs?
25:34Tubs of what?
25:38Are you really going to sit there
25:39And pretend you don't know
25:40The guys from Miami Vice?
25:42I know the guys from
25:43Fort Lauderdale Vice
25:44I'm talking about the TV show
25:46The one
25:46You know what?
25:47Forget it
25:48You are a terrible
25:49Stakeout partner
25:50Why don't you call
25:51Emilia Cho
25:51Ask her to tag me out?
25:55Catherine told you about that?
25:56Listen don't get me wrong
25:57If I were staying alone
26:02What?
26:03Over there
26:04You think that's the guy
26:05Natalie Howard was paying off?
26:07One way to find out
26:13I heard on the news
26:14About a house
26:15Blowing up in the suburbs
26:17And I had no idea
26:18It was Mrs. H's
26:21Well we have pictures of her too
26:22If you'd like to see them Andre
26:24I get why you brought me here
26:26A nice white lady
26:27Coming to see a guy
26:28With his face saw
26:29Tatted up
26:29Oh god
26:30You're not here
26:30Because of the ink on your face
26:31You're here because of the ink
26:32On your rap sheet
26:33You got 8 arrests
26:34For possession of a controlled substance
26:3511 more
26:36For possession with intent to distribute
26:38I was a dealer
26:40Emphasis on was
26:41So if we were to test
26:42What's left of Mrs. H
26:43We wouldn't find any drugs
26:45In her system?
26:45No
26:45I left all that behind
26:47I work as a youth counselor now
26:48How do you explain
26:50All that money
26:50Natalie Howard
26:51Is bringing you that?
26:52It's for a community center
26:53I'm helping get built
26:54The construction site
26:55You picked me up at
26:56That's where it's gonna be
26:57Named for my baby brother
26:59Omari
27:00He's the reason
27:01Me and Mrs. H met
27:02And how do they know each other?
27:04Actually
27:04They didn't
27:06He died last year
27:08Hit and run
27:10Story made a lot of the papers
27:12Because he had just got a full ride to Miami
27:16Yeah, boy, kahoot
27:17But whoever ran him down
27:20Didn't give a damn who he was
27:21Left him there to die
27:23Mrs. H showed about the funeral
27:24Told my mom she read about it
27:26Said she knew what we were going through
27:27Because she lost his son to a drunk driver
27:29When I told her I was trying to get a community center built
27:32Name it after Omari
27:33She pledged a hundred grand
27:35People donating that amount
27:37Don't tend to do it in cash
27:38They write checks
27:39They want the tax deductions
27:41Honestly, I thought it was a little sus too
27:44She said she wanted to be anonymous
27:46That the only person deserved any attention
27:48Was Omari
27:50Can you account for your whereabouts
27:51On Tuesday between 10 a.m. and noon?
27:53I can
27:53So can a couple hundred other people
27:56I was at Mercer Elementary School
27:58Giving 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
28:10When Preston Howard found out about it
28:13Why 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, how was your date?
28:43You get up to anything interesting?
28:45I did, actually
28:47I'm doing a story in that big win you had
28:50The Ed Carter thing
28:51I thought I should have a conversation with Emmy Ochoa
28:54Oh, really?
28:54Funny, you didn't mention that story to me
28:56Oh, I'm sorry
28:57Are we keeping score now
28:59When 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
29:05Her willingness to get to bed
29:06Figuratively, of course
29:07With the meth addict who tried to kill her brother
29:10For, 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
29:25That was something
29:26Yeah
29:26When you're done with your personal calls
29:27Sorry
29:29What did Catherine do now?
29:31Listen, you are, for all your faults
29:33One of the coolest customers I've ever met
29:36Nothing ever seems to bother you
29:38Except for when my wife calls you on your BS
29:40I'm gonna go on a limb and say
29:42It has something to do with Emmy Ochoa
29:43Let's just say Catherine decided to introduce herself today
29:47And we'll just, we'll just leave it at that
29:50Oh, man
29:52Did I ever tell you about the day you were sentenced
29:56What Catherine did?
29:58Mm-mm
29:58Went home, got in bed
30:00And didn't get out for three days
30:02I remember thinking like
30:03Hey, what the hell?
30:05This is her ex
30:06You know, most people, they hear their ex is going to prison
30:07They throw a party
30:08And I will admit that like
30:10For a millisecond
30:11I thought maybe she wasn't over you
30:13But then I realized
30:14Oh, my beautiful wife
30:16Your beautiful ex
30:18She just loves bigger than I understood
30:22And when you love that big
30:24You worry that big
30:26My question for you is
30:28Do 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 Howard's house blew up
30:50And his brother was killed in a hit and run last year
30:54Okay, so as far as suspects go, we're back to square one
30:57In the death of Natalie Howard, yes
30:59In the death of baby bro
31:00Not so much
31:01Natalie Howard never had a kid
31:03Let alone one killed by a drunk driver
31:05So I wondered
31:06Why show up at Omari Blake's funeral?
31:09Why pledge a hundred grand
31:11To a community center being built in his honor?
31:14Let me guess
31:14Once Natalie's death was ruled a homicide
31:16You got access to her phone records
31:18Way ahead of you
31:19The night Omari Blake died in that hit and run
31:21Guess whose phone was pinging off the nearest tower
31:24Okay, so it is
31:26Natalie Howard killed Omari
31:27But Omari's brother didn't kill Natalie
31:30Then maybe one of the family members found out the truth
31:32And killed her to get revenge
31:34Yeah
31:36Sorry, it's my client
31:38I'm sorry
31:39Hey Bob, what's up?
31:41You need an update?
31:41No, I just got home
31:43Someone must have broken in
31:44Everything is torn apart
31:45I didn't want to call the police
31:48Because of everything going on with Louise
31:50But
31:50Okay, Bob
31:51Take a deep breath
31:52Just get out of the house
31:53I'll be there
31:54And like
31:54I just heard something
31:55I think the person who did this
31:58Bob
32:00Bob, what was that?
32:02Bob, answer me
32:03What was it?
32:04Bob
32:14Bob, what was it?
32:20I mean, as far as signatures go
32:24Hitting people on the head
32:25Is not a very unique one
32:27Even if you're right
32:28What motive would they have for attacking the bullet?
32:30Well, any luck, the answer's gonna come from that guy right there.
32:34Mr. Adult Onesie?
32:35Actually, Mr. Ring Camera. He 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.
32:59He 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 just 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, but I don't know if she can do better than this.
33:38Three couples, all friends from the same country club, all 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.
33:56I told Louise it's my least favorite job, but it's a thing for a reason.
34:00If 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, tore it up, looking for something she stole.
34:09Why wouldn't he just contact the police, ask if his property was recovered?
34:12Well, you're assuming what he was looking for, he'd be okay with the police knowing about.
34:15What, like a brick of cocaine or something?
34:17Spidey Sen says no, but that's only because based on the items retrieved from the storage locker, she wasn't into
34:21drugs.
34:22Only things that were nice.
34:24What nice thing would have tied Grant to a crime?
34:26Don't know, but I gotta think it's the same reason he killed Natalie Howard.
34:31Well, lucky for us, we 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 and 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.
35:06I'm glad.
35:09You said this is the claim Grant and Don fought with their insurance company after I robbed them,
35:13but I'm still a little fuzzy on what I'm supposed to be looking for.
35:17Something that isn't there.
35:19The idea is you stole something that could have gotten Grant in trouble.
35:23And if you did, there's a good chance you 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 of 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 their insurance company.
35:54Erte statuette?
35:55Yeah.
35:56Poochie dress?
35:57Emerald brooch?
35:59They claimed at least 20,000 bucks worth of stuff that I definitely didn't take.
36:06You, uh, want to charge him for fraud?
36:08I'm willing to testify.
36:10Oh, yeah, in exchange for reducing the charges against you?
36:13Actually, I, um, I was hoping I could get permission to visit Bob's room.
36:19I, I know I'm under arrest, but I'd like to hold his hand.
36:25Maybe even be there when he wakes up.
36:29You find something that proves Grant's something to the killer, and I'll work on that and the charges.
36:39Huh.
36:41The most valuable thing I took from Grant and Don's house?
36:44The one they could have made a huge legitimate claim for?
36:46Mm-hmm.
36:48It's not listed here.
36:55There.
36:56Right there.
36:59Ah, ostrich 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, I couldn't wear it and would have attracted too much attention, but it sure was nice to
37:14look at.
37:14Okay, maybe Grant stole it.
37:16They didn't make a claim because they were timed to the crime.
37:18A murder, an attempted murder, exploded the house off, or a stolen bag?
37:21I don't think so.
37:21A stolen bag worth over 200 grand.
37:24I 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, I, I told you I never used the bag, but I didn't get it.
37:33What's so special about a license plate?
37:35Ordinarily, not much, but I think this one's going to prove one of the Summers is a killer.
37:43The Summers, do you recognize these?
37:50Of course, they were all stolen from my home, but I'm confused.
37:54Is, is that why you asked me to come here?
37:57To give them back to me?
38:00Because I thought you had questions about the little misunderstanding 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 Bob came at him.
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, it's easy to trace.
38:30Your husband got it at auction a year ago, just before your 50th birthday,
38:34which, um, according to social media posts, you celebrated at Cabrera in Miami.
38:43Yes, sorry.
38:44I, I remember now.
38:46I, I have so many bags.
38:48I suppose I just, I forgot about this one.
38:51That must be nice to 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.
39:36He 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 and 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 sick your psycho husband on her.
40:27No.
40:28No, Grant would never.
40:30He's a good man.
40:32So 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 in about 20 minutes.
40:41Unless, of course, you're going to talk about a deal for yourself.
40:51Yeah.
40:53You made it.
40:54You said in your text you had a much better story for me than Emi Ochoa dupes Florida P.I.
40:59a 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 still pals, Emi.
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 Ben Underbroward, he hasn't talked to the press since he got out
41:19of the hospital.
41:20But with a wife of a cop who just talked the DA into a plea deal that would see her
41:24serve less than a year, he'd make an exception.
41:28And behind door number two?
41:31You see that group over there?
41:34It's a family of Omari Blake.
41:37I just told them how Don and Grant Summer, they couldn't turn on each other fast enough.
41:42They're both probably going to go away for life.
41:44Now, it doesn't bring Omari back, but they're all glad to be finally getting some justice.
41:49Now, I figured a piece in the Herald would be a good way to remind people who he was.
41:53How much he was loved.
41:55Not to mention some good publicity for the community center of the building.
42:01You're really going to make me choose.
42:03Well, it depends.
42:05You're going to 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.
42:24Let's talk to the Blakes.
42:25Let's talk to the Blakes.
42:29Let's talk to the Blakes.
42:38Let's talk to the Blakes.
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