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00:21:46Yep, that's her.
00:21:47The reporter lady.
00:21:50Who am I telling us what you talked with her about?
00:21:52She just wanted to know why we sold the ranch.
00:21:54She didn't know about the water problem.
00:21:57There's a water problem?
00:21:58Well, we're not really supposed to talk about it until it's public,
00:22:01but the groundwater's polluted.
00:22:04We have to buy all our drinking water at the market.
00:22:06Can you imagine buying water?
00:22:09Has somebody bought the property?
00:22:11Yeah, nice people.
00:22:12They're letting us stay here rent-free until we close in our new place.
00:22:15Rent-free, isn't that nice?
00:22:17Jack Liker, he's a realtor.
00:22:19He said they're putting up a storage facility.
00:22:21Great big one.
00:22:22I guess when the water's bad, the land's not much good for anything else.
00:22:32It's awful.
00:23:02I guess we'll get around for work.
00:23:08Yeah you got it about right. Arsenic in the groundwater. So when they offered to buy this place we jumped
00:23:15at the chance.
00:23:16Very wise of you Max. Who was the buyer?
00:23:19A company out of Sacramento. They're gonna use it for them solar powered windmill things.
00:23:26What was the name of the company?
00:23:30Soul Green Technologies. Yeah that was the name.
00:23:34Did you actually see that water report?
00:23:36Well we weren't supposed to keep it you know. Everything was hush hush. But I sort of stole a copy.
00:23:46Bernice here has been sick and I didn't know whether it was related or not.
00:23:52I wanted some kind of proof in case I needed it for the insurance.
00:23:58Of course. Do you still have a copy?
00:24:01The other reporter your friend? Is she the one who died in that car fire?
00:24:08Yes. Her name was Amelia Moore and we think that something she discovered out here may have led to her
00:24:14death.
00:24:14I thought it was an accident.
00:24:17That's what we're trying to find out.
00:24:19I told her I didn't have it. I thought it would just be trouble.
00:24:25I understand Max but it could be very important.
00:24:28Do you think she'd be alive if I given it to her?
00:24:33I don't know. All I know is that it could make a difference now.
00:24:37I should have known something was screwy. Nobody ever even came to look at the place.
00:24:43Jack Liker handled everything. Acted like he was doing everybody a big favor.
00:24:59The toxicity studies. The supervisor of the project was Carl Timmons.
00:25:32The
00:25:33The
00:25:37Is this it? Yeah, 3-2-2-2-0, here.
00:25:52Don't believe Loretta's at home.
00:25:54What's that?
00:25:55Mrs. Oxley. Haven't seen her all morning.
00:25:58Sometimes she walks up to the store, sometimes she goes off for a visit.
00:26:02Mrs. Oxley has only been here a couple of months since selling her farm, isn't that right?
00:26:07Yeah, she's one of the short timers.
00:26:10Husband got burned up in a fire.
00:26:14Say, don't I know you?
00:26:15You're the TV lady.
00:26:18The inside buzz girl.
00:26:20Guilty.
00:26:21That kind of show had been around when I was young, I probably would have been on there.
00:26:26I was quite the little starlet.
00:26:29Oh, yeah.
00:26:32Producers, directors, writers.
00:26:34I had my pick.
00:26:35I can see why.
00:26:37Of course, times were different then.
00:26:39A girl with a reputation had a harder time.
00:26:43I'm sorry.
00:26:44I just, I'm wondering if you have any idea if Mrs. Oxley will be gone long.
00:26:48Oh, I wish I could help you, honey.
00:26:51Say, maybe you could do a show, Where Are They Now?
00:26:55Maybe, maybe.
00:26:56Look here.
00:26:58You won't believe the people I knew.
00:27:01Oh, wow.
00:27:01My favorite director, Alfred Hitchcock.
00:27:04Wow.
00:27:05Yeah.
00:27:05And Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis.
00:27:08Oh, you work with the greats.
00:27:09Oh, yeah.
00:27:09And the heavenly Cary Grant.
00:27:12Bye-bye.
00:27:13And Tyrone Coward.
00:27:17Don't get Tyrone Coward.
00:27:25Cedar Grove.
00:27:27Looks like it was once a thriving country town.
00:27:30Once.
00:27:31Not anymore.
00:27:34I guess the bad water story isn't such a big secret after all.
00:28:05Well, the report's dated January 5th of this year.
00:28:08Yeah, that's the one.
00:28:09And it shows nothing wrong with the groundwater.
00:28:13Well, thanks so much for looking.
00:28:15I guess I'll let my kids know they can drink the water again.
00:28:18The report on file with the Department of Water is perfectly clean.
00:28:21Water's pure as rain.
00:28:22Surprise, surprise.
00:28:23I got a rundown Carl Timmons.
00:28:28Pretty amazing, the way you get people to open up.
00:28:32I forgot how exciting this part of it all is.
00:28:34You're putting the pieces together?
00:28:35Admit it, Laura.
00:28:37You miss it.
00:28:38And this is what you were trained to do.
00:28:40It's in your blood.
00:28:42You want to take point this time?
00:28:44Of course.
00:28:45It's in my blood, too.
00:28:48Hello?
00:28:49Yeah, I'll be right there.
00:28:51Hang on.
00:28:52Looks like the Cedar Grove real estate bubble's already burst.
00:28:56Hi.
00:28:59Inside Buzz Girl.
00:29:01Jack Leighhart.
00:29:02Laura Peterson.
00:29:02Come on in.
00:29:04So, you're looking to buy out this way, are you?
00:29:07Mr. Leighhart, I'd like to get right to the point.
00:29:11Okay.
00:29:12I'm Meredith Bachelman of the Daily Free Press.
00:29:14I've got a few questions for you.
00:29:15Sure.
00:29:16Fire away.
00:29:16You've closed on quite a few deals over the last few months.
00:29:19Well, I am the only realtor in these parts.
00:29:22We're a dying breed.
00:29:23We've interviewed residents on the south side of Cedar Grove, transactions where you've represented both the buyer and the seller.
00:29:30Dual agency is legal in the state of California.
00:29:32On 35 transactions?
00:29:34On 35 transactions?
00:29:34You don't think that's pushing the ethical boundaries a little?
00:29:37Well, I believe everybody was satisfied.
00:29:39Didn't you tell people there were problems with the ground law?
00:29:41Look, when stories come up about bad water, even if they're just rumors, I have a duty to be up
00:29:46front with all parties.
00:29:47Disclosure laws are very clear about that.
00:29:49But you were being more than up front, weren't you?
00:29:52You showed them a toxicity report from the Department of Water, or should I say on the forged letterhead from
00:29:57the Department of Water?
00:29:58Wait a minute, what are you saying?
00:29:59Are you saying the water was poison?
00:30:01I think you know it's not, Mr. Lycar.
00:30:04Look, I'll admit I had some pretty good commissions last year, but I saw that report.
00:30:09I mean, hell, I even sold my own house outside of town.
00:30:12I thought I was doing everyone a favor.
00:30:14The buyers you represented didn't have any qualms about purchasing property with water problems.
00:30:19A big corporation doesn't really care about water.
00:30:21What big corporation would that be, Mr. Lycar?
00:30:26All right, I admit I made some money, but I was very up front with everybody.
00:30:31If they didn't want to buy and sell, then they didn't have to sell.
00:30:34I mean, I don't know what the hell you people want from me.
00:30:37I thought I was doing everyone a favor.
00:30:40Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some work to do.
00:30:47The part I don't understand is, why was Amelia even interested in this story?
00:30:52People cheated out of their homes?
00:30:54Maybe you don't find that kind of story compelling in Hollywood.
00:30:57Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but they were all paid.
00:30:59I mean, yes, it was deceptive, but a real estate scam story there, a dime a dozen.
00:31:04It was my fault.
00:31:07She wanted to drop the story, but I told her something smelled fishy.
00:31:11I told her to dig deeper.
00:31:14I got her killed.
00:31:17No, you can't blame yourself, Meredith.
00:31:20Oh, yes, I can.
00:31:23I can.
00:31:24Oh, my head hurts.
00:31:27Oh, don't you have some boyfriend to go home to or something?
00:31:32In between men at the moment.
00:31:36Stay that way.
00:31:37I married two, and they were both louses.
00:31:40Oh, you probably ran them off.
00:31:42Told them what they were doing wasn't good enough.
00:31:44Oh, I did, actually.
00:31:47Oh, my God.
00:31:50Can you imagine if I'd had children?
00:31:52They wouldn't have stood a chance.
00:31:57What about you?
00:31:58I expected you to be married by now.
00:32:00Oh, I don't know.
00:32:02I think, honestly, it had a lot to do with Amelia.
00:32:05You were pretty frustrated when she quit school and married Rick.
00:32:08No, I was angry.
00:32:11But now I understand what a difficult choice it was for Amelia.
00:32:18She made the right decision.
00:32:20Lori is an amazing girl.
00:32:22Yeah.
00:32:23Lost your partner.
00:32:27I lost my direction, too, I guess.
00:32:30I want it so badly to be successful.
00:32:32Oh, and you are?
00:32:36We literally came from nothing, Amelia and me.
00:32:39Amelia and I.
00:32:41We met our freshman year, and we swore we'd go to the top together.
00:32:47The day I was her bridesmaid at her wedding was bittersweet.
00:32:54Stop the presses.
00:32:55Pop star elopes with bodyguard.
00:32:57Public shocked.
00:32:59Film at 11.
00:33:00Laura Peterson.
00:33:04Oh, yeah.
00:33:05I'll be right over.
00:33:27I'll be right over.
00:33:29He's a movie producer, right?
00:33:31Yeah, maybe he's producing, but mostly he's a real estate developer.
00:33:34One of the biggest in the state.
00:33:36Okay.
00:33:36So why did Amelia have a box full of information on it?
00:33:46Laura, what's going on?
00:33:47I don't know what all this means, but Amelia was working a story rig.
00:33:52For what?
00:33:54To sell, I presume.
00:33:55Write it up and sell it freelance.
00:33:57We had plenty of money.
00:33:58It wasn't about the money.
00:33:59It was about doing something that made her feel good about herself.
00:34:02You're saying she wasn't happy?
00:34:04I'm still trying to figure it out myself.
00:34:06Where did you find all this?
00:34:09In behind the Christmas decorations.
00:34:11Well, she certainly did a lot of research.
00:34:18Why was Amelia interested in Peter Bergstrom?
00:34:37It's beautiful, isn't it?
00:34:40Actually, it is.
00:34:42And I'm not normally a fan of big developments.
00:34:45Well, El Rancho Estates, it'll be different.
00:34:48I have to say, you look even prettier in person than you do in town.
00:34:51What's going on for television, Miss Peterson?
00:34:52Laura, please.
00:34:54It was good of you to see me on short notice, Mr. Bergstrom.
00:34:56Peter, please.
00:34:58And I have to say, you piqued my curiosity.
00:35:01What have I done to deserve the attention of the inside buzz?
00:35:05You're producing a movie, I hear.
00:35:07Well, it's L.A., who isn't?
00:35:11Please, sit down, have a seat.
00:35:13I'm going to get grilled.
00:35:15Might as well do this in comfort, huh?
00:35:17Can I get you a cup of coffee or some water or anything?
00:35:20No, I'm fine.
00:35:21Excuse me for one second.
00:35:26Yeah, Margo.
00:35:30Yeah, put him through.
00:35:31I'll take that one call.
00:35:31Sorry, one second.
00:35:42Hey, Professor.
00:35:43I turned up some interesting information in a database.
00:35:46There was an explosion out in Cedar Grove about a year ago.
00:35:49Another car fire?
00:35:50A propane accident.
00:35:52A man got burned really badly, finally died a couple months ago.
00:35:55But it was the name that jumped out at me.
00:35:57J.R.
00:35:58Oxley.
00:35:58Yeah, how'd you know?
00:36:02I've been looking for Loretta.
00:36:04He's her wife.
00:36:08Loretta?
00:36:13Yeah.
00:36:14Okay.
00:36:15Ron, David, I'll do business with you guys anytime.
00:36:18Yeah.
00:36:19Hey, Ron.
00:36:19I wanted to fight on that plane.
00:36:21Yeah.
00:36:22Okay, thanks.
00:36:23Bye-bye.
00:36:26You climbed Mount Everest?
00:36:29That's impressive.
00:36:30Actually, it's my greatest folly.
00:36:32I broke my ankle on the summit.
00:36:35A 145-pound Sherpa named La Sange-Pourguet had to carry me down to base camp on his back.
00:36:42Aw.
00:36:42Not my finest hour.
00:36:44I hope you gave him a big tip.
00:36:45Actually, I gave La Sange his own travel agency.
00:36:49Now he has to deal with more crazy Americans than ever.
00:36:52Is that how you describe yourself?
00:36:54Crazy American.
00:36:55Yeah, I guess so.
00:36:57When I was a kid, a doctor told me that I had an adrenaline problem.
00:37:01Too much.
00:37:02But that's probably not what you came here to discuss.
00:37:06No, no, that's great.
00:37:06It gives me a feel for you.
00:37:07I mean, we can talk about the movie later.
00:37:09Okay.
00:37:10Too much energy.
00:37:11In high school, I played every sport imaginable, and that seemed to help.
00:37:16In college, I discovered other things, and I sort of threw myself into partying.
00:37:22A hundred percent.
00:37:23And all that bad behavior that that entails.
00:37:26But eventually, sewing your wild oats catches up to you, and I put that behavior behind me.
00:37:32But you're not really here to discuss my movie, are you?
00:37:40Do you know a woman named Amelia Moore?
00:37:43No, I can't say that I do.
00:37:44Who is she?
00:37:45A friend of mine.
00:37:46She died.
00:37:47I'm sorry to hear that.
00:37:48She was murdered in Cedar Grove.
00:37:52Uh, Cedar Grove, where's that?
00:37:54I think you know exactly where that is, Mr. Bergstrom.
00:37:59Miss Peterson, I'm afraid that you've come here under false pretenses.
00:38:03I'm going to have to ask you to leave my office now.
00:38:05But if you could only just tell...
00:38:06No, out now.
00:38:11And we were getting along so well.
00:38:26And we were getting along so well.
00:38:39Mrs. Oxley, Loretta Oxley, please, I need a moment.
00:38:43I'm a friend of Amelia Moore's.
00:38:44I want to talk to you about the sale of your farm.
00:38:47I can't talk to you.
00:38:47We've spoken to a lot of your neighbors.
00:38:49No, you shouldn't be here.
00:38:51You understand?
00:38:52Please, I'd like to talk about your husband.
00:38:54No.
00:38:54No.
00:38:55No.
00:38:56No.
00:38:56No.
00:38:58No.
00:38:59No.
00:38:59No.
00:39:31No.
00:40:27So let's report this to the police.
00:40:29Oh, come on, Laura.
00:40:30We dig deeper.
00:40:31The police aren't going to find this guy.
00:40:33Detective Maloney might.
00:40:34Oh, that would be the easy way out.
00:40:35Let somebody else uncover the truth.
00:40:37We both know what it was.
00:40:38No, not for certain.
00:40:39The guy could have killed you.
00:40:41Gorillas shot at me in Nicaragua, Laura.
00:40:44Mobsters threatened to break my legs in Chicago.
00:40:46You expect me to be afraid of some hick in a pickup truck in Cedar Grove?
00:40:50Maybe you should go back to reading press releases and calling it news.
00:40:56You were scared, weren't you?
00:40:58No.
00:41:01Mmm.
00:41:04Where were you today?
00:41:05The polo lounge?
00:41:09I tried to chase Sam Carl Timmons.
00:41:11Apparently he's on sick leave from the Department of Water, but he's never at home.
00:41:15Interesting.
00:41:16Mm-hmm.
00:41:17And then I met a man.
00:41:18Amelia was doing research on him.
00:41:20Peter Bergstrom.
00:41:21Peter Bergstrom?
00:41:23Why?
00:41:24You know him?
00:41:25Well, of course.
00:41:27Bergstrom's helped build Southern California.
00:41:30The piece that got me fired off the Times was an expose of corruption in the Bergstrom Empire.
00:41:35Amelia had a box full of information on him.
00:41:37I hate that family.
00:41:38Peter's an irresponsible playboy, but his father was cold, hard, vicious.
00:41:43He'd stop at nothing to get what he wanted.
00:41:45So what's the connection to Cedar Grove?
00:41:48Isn't Bergstrom's new development in Summit Park?
00:41:51Uh-huh.
00:41:55Laura Peterson?
00:41:58Yes, yes I did.
00:42:03I see.
00:42:04No, no, don't send a squad car.
00:42:06I'll come to you.
00:42:07I know where it is.
00:42:09I'm leaving right now.
00:42:11Wow.
00:42:12I just found Carl Timmons.
00:42:15I just found Carl Timmons.
00:42:37I'll protect him.
00:42:55Carl Timmons.
00:42:57Kind of fitting for a man in the water business.
00:43:00He drowned?
00:43:01Tell me it was an accident.
00:43:03Not judging by the finger marks on his throat.
00:43:06Looks like Carl was hiding out here.
00:43:08His grandparents' old house.
00:43:10Neighbor kicked on him.
00:43:11How did you know Carl Timmons?
00:43:13I didn't.
00:43:14There are four messages from you in his voicemail.
00:43:16If you listen to him, then you know I never met him.
00:43:19Why don't you quit the games?
00:43:20Because whatever's going on here, these people are playing for keeps.
00:43:23This isn't some cute Hollywood divorce story.
00:43:25These people are killers.
00:43:26I'd be open to an exchange of information?
00:43:28I'd be open to throwing your ass in jail for obstructing a homicide investigation.
00:43:32How's that sound?
00:43:33Sounds like you wouldn't get the information you need.
00:44:01Carl Timmons created this report showing high levels of arsenic
00:44:04in the drinking water in Cedar Grove.
00:44:06Cedar Grove was part of his territory, right?
00:44:08It was.
00:44:09The real report from the Department of Water shows that the drinking water is perfectly fine.
00:44:14So he faked a report?
00:44:16Which got floated out among the residents of Cedar Grove.
00:44:19They all panicked.
00:44:20Everybody sold cheap.
00:44:22Who'd they sell to?
00:44:24Three different companies.
00:44:26Storage facility group, a solar power company, and an investment group out in Nevada.
00:44:33So this is what Timmons was killed over?
00:44:36And Amelia Moore, too.
00:44:41This is the trading part.
00:44:45All right, well, we found some interesting things in the victim's heart, Josh.
00:44:50Amelia's.
00:44:51What?
00:44:51Her name was Amelia.
00:44:55I'm sorry, really.
00:45:00There's a whole set of pictures of Haas is taken in and around Cedar Grove.
00:45:06I recognize some of them.
00:45:08You can keep those.
00:45:09I've got copies.
00:45:10Also, there's a couple things in this notepad we just can't seem to figure out.
00:45:14Let me see it.
00:45:22This one's a date.
00:45:23October 22, 1989.
00:45:28You weren't very nice to me the first time we met.
00:45:38Well, this one is a strange.
00:45:40R-C-D-S-G-S-8.
00:45:42I have no idea what that means.
00:45:45And this one, this says Summit Park kill fee.
00:45:51Three million dollars.
00:45:53Summit Park.
00:45:56That's nowhere near here.
00:46:07I know.
00:46:08Oh, careful.
00:46:10Thanks.
00:46:12And he says,
00:46:14What do you mean I'm Irish?
00:46:19Listen.
00:46:20I know you're a reporter and all,
00:46:22but please be careful.
00:46:24I will.
00:46:25I promise.
00:46:26And if you think of anything else,
00:46:27call me.
00:46:28Don't be a hero.
00:46:30These are bad people.
00:46:41Laura, sorry if I was rough on you earlier.
00:46:44I'm a big girl.
00:46:45I can handle it.
00:46:48Keep this to yourself.
00:46:51Your friend Amelia,
00:46:52Amelia, it was my mother.
00:47:00Thank you, Roy.
00:47:01Good night.
00:47:17Good night.
00:47:19Good night.
00:47:40today we confirmed what everybody's been guessing all along the storybook romance that had all of
00:47:45america talking is officially tinseltown history that's right kids the lawyers have cited
00:47:51irreconcilable differences the publicists are spinning their stories and hollywood's royal
00:47:56couple is officially going their separate ways and that's the inside buzz for today
00:48:10today we confirmed yeah october 22nd 1989 that's what she'd written down
00:48:20listen i gotta go i'm still finishing tomorrow's piece
00:48:26yeah all right let me know what you find
00:48:30bye
00:48:43hey where you been all day oh uh working something what what you got a hot story
00:48:51pretty hot yeah
00:48:57hey
00:49:00you've been acting kind of
00:49:04weird since your friend died uh you okay
00:49:11todd do you like what we do do you think it's important well i definitely like it important i don't
00:49:18know
00:49:20but listen people love our stuff
00:49:24i have a friend an old journalism professor she says serious journalism produces serious consequences
00:49:32am i a joke
00:49:33all right listen it's a big world out there lots of bad stuff happening
00:49:38now i'm not saying we don't need to know about it all but all that bad stuff needs a balance
00:49:43and that's us
00:49:45we're part of the balance
00:49:46but do you feel good about what we do
00:49:48yeah i do
00:49:51question is do you
00:49:55hey
00:49:56stole your cookies
00:49:57want one sure but my cookies yeah i found them on your desk
00:50:01where are they from
00:50:04uh i don't know no no
00:50:08put them down todd
00:50:10carefully
00:50:11what you don't want to share with me put it down
00:50:38it's an explosive device
00:50:41not very sophisticated but powerful enough
00:50:44how did it get in here
00:50:45delivery guy dropped it off
00:50:46we'll see if we can pull anything off the security cameras
00:50:48boy who's doing this
00:50:50whoever they are they mean business
00:50:54back off a little while laura
00:50:57give me time to do my job
00:50:58they've killed amelia
00:50:59they went after meredith
00:51:00and now they've tried to kill me
00:51:01you know what that tells me
00:51:04i'm afraid to ask
00:51:05it tells me we're getting closer to the truth
00:51:08yeah well there's also something called
00:51:10the freedom of information act
00:51:12those records are public documents and i'm officially requesting them
00:51:16thank you so much for your help
00:51:19idiot
00:51:21okay this rcds gs-8
00:51:24gs-8 is a government pay scale
00:51:27rcds indicates a reserve county deputy sheriff
00:51:31what does that got to do with any of this
00:51:34not a clue
00:51:34but i've requested county personnel records from the cedar grove area in the late 1980s
00:51:40right around the date amelia would have written down
00:51:42well
00:51:43bergstrom has something definitely to do with this
00:51:46summit park kill fee three million dollars
00:51:49that's a hefty penalty
00:51:51kill fee
00:51:52when he made the deal to get approval for our rancho estates
00:51:55he agreed to pay summit park three million dollars
00:51:57but it didn't go through
00:51:58but the deal's going through right
00:52:00i mean you saw the model
00:52:01yeah yeah he's been on the news all week
00:52:03the grand slam opening's next week
00:52:06this is weird
00:52:07i don't know
00:52:08and i still can't find any mention of that date anywhere either
00:52:11although i swear i've seen the-
00:52:13hey guess what i-
00:52:14sorry
00:52:14oh no no it's okay
00:52:16did you find something?
00:52:17yeah there's a last minute emergency zoning commission meeting tonight in cedar grove
00:52:21i found it up on their website
00:52:23it might be interesting
00:52:24but everybody up there is going to know who we are by now
00:52:26they don't know me
00:52:27you're willing to sit through a zoning commission meeting?
00:52:30oh my god yes
00:52:31can i?
00:52:32no it's too dangerous
00:52:32of course you can
00:52:34you're a journalist aren't you christie?
00:52:35absolutely professor
00:52:42we shouldn't involve her
00:52:43she's just a kid
00:52:44you and amelia were both kids when you did your best work
00:52:51and therefore my client soul green technologies requests a variance to rezone their land from agricultural to commercial
00:53:01those in favor
00:53:04opposed
00:53:06the chair breaks the tie in favor
00:53:08thank you
00:53:09mr lycar
00:53:10the cedar grove zoning commission
00:53:12grant your client's discretionary approval
00:53:15a1 to c3
00:53:19we are adjourned
00:53:23thanks
00:53:25thank you
00:53:28thank you very much floyd
00:53:29i really appreciate the expedited service
00:53:32but uh
00:53:32you gotta tell me who the girl in the back is
00:53:35it's not often you get spectators
00:53:37at zoning meetings
00:53:38it's nothing jack
00:53:39some kind of civics class assignment
00:53:43gosh girls didn't look like that when i went to school huh
00:53:46you're talking about your classes assignment huh
00:53:47i'm gonna buy a coffee
00:54:02mrs sweeney do you mind if i ask you a couple of questions
00:54:05oh i just really want to get home
00:54:07pretty tough tonight huh
00:54:09does floyd niven always run his meetings like that
00:54:12uh lately anyway
00:54:14oh they're ganging up on you huh
00:54:17well it doesn't help that jack lycar has two relatives on the board
00:54:21really
00:54:23which ones
00:54:25that's his brother-in-law on the left
00:54:27and the other one's his uncle
00:54:29making floyd niven the swing vote
00:54:31on these rezonings
00:54:33that's the way it's been for the last three meetings
00:54:35or at least whenever lankar shows up
00:54:37hmm
00:54:38tell me this company soul green technologies
00:54:41do they ever give up the names of their principals
00:54:43oh yeah their board of directors is listed right here in the petition to rezone
00:54:47listen
00:54:48listen good luck with your class
00:54:51why does soul green need all these different plots
00:54:54so they get involved
00:54:55this is great so we've memorized
00:54:56all these real user jobs
00:54:57this isn't about some civics class
00:54:5917
00:55:01silence
00:55:0325
00:55:09okay
00:55:12these are lycar's recent rezonings
00:55:14someone calls out a number
00:55:16they all remember the joke
00:55:17it's okay
00:55:17sorry about it
00:55:18i got it
00:55:20all i know is that last year floyd niven sure couldn't afford a rolex
00:55:35all these threads peter birds from carl timmon cedar grove amelia's notes
00:55:40nothing fits together
00:55:41there's hundreds of names in these sheriff's employees records
00:55:46two questions we haven't answered yet
00:55:48what does the october 22nd date mean
00:55:50and why was amelia interested in this story
00:55:52what was she doing at a derelict cemetery
00:55:54three questions
00:55:56i got the names of the board of directors for soul green technologies
00:55:59oh goody more names
00:56:01i also nabbed these maps from the zoning commission
00:56:04nice work
00:56:05don't they usually put those windmills in long rows
00:56:08how valuable can the land be
00:56:12wait a second
00:56:13wait a second
00:56:14come here
00:56:17look at this
00:56:19look at this
00:56:22it's all one contiguous property
00:56:24look at that
00:56:25look at that
00:56:54look at that
00:57:02This is where it happened.
00:57:05I did this.
00:57:08Whoever rigged that gas tank, that's who's to blame, not you.
00:57:12There's a cemetery.
00:57:14I hate ghosts.
00:57:32Hey, look at this.
00:57:36It says keep out.
00:57:37I'm going in.
00:58:03This is Dottelmeyer.
00:58:18Jeremiah Dottelmeyer.
00:58:22There's a water pumping plant here.
00:58:25Maybe she was looking for Carl Timmons here.
00:58:29What are you doing?
00:58:31Meredith, I'd like to introduce the vice president of Soul Green Technologies, Jeremiah Dottelmeyer.
00:58:38You're kidding.
00:58:40And here's treasurer Marianne Jacobson, Richard Goodman, Peter Tippett.
00:58:44He's the president.
00:58:46They're all here.
00:58:49The entire board of directors.
00:58:52One of those companies is made up of ghost directors.
00:58:55Maybe all of them are.
00:58:57That makes Jack Leichardt the only real person involved.
00:59:00So then he isn't just representing teams of buyers.
00:59:03He is the buyer.
00:59:05But how'd he get the money?
00:59:06He'd have to get bank loans and down payments.
00:59:08Wait, wait, wait.
00:59:09What if they've, you know, done something to this?
00:59:11How could they?
00:59:12I was right here the whole time.
00:59:13I know, but I...
00:59:14Meredith, they want us to be scared.
00:59:16You know what I say?
00:59:17Let's go get them.
00:59:24All right.
00:59:27All right.
01:00:29So Lycar must have paid off Timmons for the fake water report.
01:00:32He killed Timmons?
01:00:33Lycar hardly seems tired.
01:00:35Wait, turn that up. There's something about El Rancho Estates.
01:00:37What?
01:00:38Peter Bergstrom announced unexpectedly today that he's pulling the multi-million dollar housing project out of Summit Park.
01:00:45City officials in Summit Park are threatening legal action.
01:00:48But Bergstrom insists El Rancho Estates will be built instead on a large tract of land in Cedar Grove in
01:00:55San Bernardino County.
01:00:56Now trading in local stocks was moderate today.
01:00:59Lycar's left.
01:01:01It makes no sense.
01:01:03Bergstrom's got millions invested in Summit Park.
01:01:06Survey expenses, environmental impact studies.
01:01:09Plus the three million dollar kill fee.
01:01:12Why would Bergstrom allow his original deal to fall apart?
01:01:15Dropping to Jack Lycar's left?
01:01:19How much money would be on the table to deal this up?
01:01:22Hundreds of millions.
01:01:26People are falling all over themselves to do business with Peter Bergstrom.
01:01:30Why would he end up with Jack Lycar?
01:01:35What's wrong?
01:01:37Maybe nothing.
01:01:38Do me a favor, we'll move.
01:01:40Pull over. Let this guy pass.
01:01:43Is that the guy who tried to run you off the road?
01:01:45I think so.
01:01:46You get his plate number?
01:01:49No plates on the front.
01:02:18You are the boss.
01:02:21We can make it.
01:02:26We can make it.
01:02:31We can make it.
01:02:38We can make it.
01:02:39We can make it.
01:02:39We can make it.
01:02:40We can make it.
01:02:40We can make it.
01:02:41Like her.
01:02:43It's me, Raze.
01:02:46No, I didn't.
01:02:48But I got away.
01:03:02I mean it, Laura, we stop this now.
01:03:05How can you say that?
01:03:05Let the detectives handle it.
01:03:07Harry, this is crazy.
01:03:08This isn't you.
01:03:09What about everything you taught me?
01:03:10Excuse me for being human.
01:03:11It's been a long time since I've been really killed twice in one week.
01:03:15We can't just quit.
01:03:16This is what we do.
01:03:17Look at yourself.
01:03:18Look at me.
01:03:19A celebrity hack newscaster and a washed-up reporter teaching at a second-rate school.
01:03:24Who are we kidding?
01:03:25We can delude ourselves most of the time, but out there it's about to get us killed.
01:03:28You're not washed up.
01:03:32I've been in a downward spiral for a decade.
01:03:34Wanted to know why I'm so nasty, that's your answer.
01:03:37I was unhirable doing the one thing I love to do, so I had to settle for this.
01:03:44Laura, you're not 20 years old.
01:03:46Why would you ever listen to what I said?
01:03:48You're a successful, independent woman with a great career.
01:03:53Go back to your life.
01:03:54Enjoy it while you've got it.
01:03:57Amelia's dead.
01:03:59Nothing we do is ever going to bring her back.
01:04:22So cozy.
01:04:24You're going to get to school.
01:04:26Oh, my God.
01:04:27Oh.
01:04:28Oh.
01:04:28Look at what's this.
01:04:29That's so funny.
01:04:31Terrific.
01:04:32Oh.
01:04:33Now they're all ready.
01:04:34And so now you make sure you get to school on time.
01:04:38And I'm just going to check with Daddy to see if dinner's ready.
01:04:41Okay?
01:04:41Right back seat.
01:04:47How's it coming?
01:04:49Uh, not a total loss.
01:04:51Smells good.
01:04:54How's Gloria?
01:04:56Sad.
01:04:57Doing better though, I think.
01:05:03Well, thanks for coming around.
01:05:04It's good for her.
01:05:06I'll be here whenever she needs me.
01:05:11What's that?
01:05:13Oh, uh, Amelia stashed stuff all over the house.
01:05:16That was, uh, tucked in behind the furnace, I think.
01:05:26Rick?
01:05:52I think we're ready.
01:05:54Deborah Varner.
01:05:56Deputy J.R. Oxley?
01:05:58What?
01:05:59This is it.
01:06:00This woman, Deborah Varner, she was driving Peter Bergstrom's sports car in Cedar Grove.
01:06:04The sheriff, his name was J.R. Oxley.
01:06:06So?
01:06:07But how does it connect?
01:06:08Bergstrom wasn't even there.
01:06:09It's got to connect somehow, doesn't it?
01:06:11Am I supposed to know what you're talking about?
01:06:12I'm sorry, Rick.
01:06:13Can I check on the spaghetti?
01:06:15Oh, try.
01:06:19Oh, uh, hey.
01:06:21Is Meredith here?
01:06:22I haven't seen her.
01:06:24Guess who was Reserve County Deputy Sheriff from 1985 to 92?
01:06:29Jack Leichard.
01:06:30So was J.R. Oxley.
01:06:33Both of them sheriffs the same time Peter Bergstrom's girlfriend was killed in an accident.
01:06:38Then years later, Oxley dies and his widow is pressured to sell her land to Jack Leichard.
01:06:43Who's already bought up most of the land in Cedar Grove?
01:06:45Which just happens to be where Peter Bergstrom suddenly decides to build a huge housing development.
01:06:50What does this all have to do with Amelia's murder?
01:06:55Let me come.
01:06:56Absolutely not.
01:06:57Oh, come on.
01:06:57I'm in on this.
01:06:58You can't just shut me out.
01:07:00I want to be you one day.
01:07:02Believe me, you don't want to be me.
01:07:05I don't want to be you.
01:07:06I want to be as good as you.
01:07:09Show me how.
01:07:12You better follow orders a hell of a lot better than I did at your age.
01:07:16Yes, ma'am.
01:07:40Looks like Leichard's still at work.
01:07:41So he is.
01:07:43This could be interesting.
01:07:45What are you going to do?
01:07:47Watch Leichard's face when we show him our head.
01:08:01Hello?
01:08:02Sorry, we're closed, but...
01:08:04Oh, it's you again.
01:08:05Yep, me again.
01:08:07You still working on that civics class assignment, little lady?
01:08:11This is not a good time for me.
01:08:13I'm shutting down the business.
01:08:14That must have been a big check you got from Bergstrom and Associates.
01:08:17El Rancho Estates is a huge project.
01:08:19Yeah, it'll certainly be good for Cedar Grove.
01:08:22Interesting article here.
01:08:23I wonder if you saw it.
01:08:24It's from October 22nd, 1989.
01:08:26It tells about the death of Peter Bergstrom's girlfriend.
01:08:31It's funny.
01:08:32You were deputy county sheriff back then.
01:08:34Yeah, well, I wish I could be of more help.
01:08:36If you'll excuse me.
01:08:37If not, you might remember it.
01:08:39Especially since you were the deputy who filed the accident report.
01:08:46Is that true?
01:08:47Were you bluffing?
01:08:48Sometimes it's not what you know.
01:08:49It's what they think you know.
01:08:52So you lied to get the truth.
01:08:54Something like that.
01:09:09I still can't reach Meredith.
01:09:11Maybe she's following some lead.
01:09:20Mrs. Oxley?
01:09:23Mrs. Oxley, we need to talk to you.
01:09:25Please just go away.
01:09:26We need to talk to you about your husband.
01:09:28We know that he was badly burned in a propane explosion.
01:09:30It was a terrible accident.
01:09:31There's nothing to talk about.
01:09:32I don't believe it was an accident at all.
01:09:35I think you told Amelia Moore the truth about how J.R. was murdered
01:09:39and what really went on that night of the car wrecked, didn't you?
01:09:41And look what happened to her.
01:09:46Oh, goodness.
01:10:01J.R. was such a handsome man.
01:10:04If you could have seen what that fire done to him.
01:10:08Mrs. Oxley, when did you learn the truth?
01:10:12A couple of months ago, J.R.'s hospital bills were taken, everything we had.
01:10:17And then he told me about this money he put away.
01:10:20$20,000.
01:10:22Told me to pay the doctors with it.
01:10:24Did he tell you where he got it?
01:10:25Jack Leichard gave it to him.
01:10:27To keep quiet about that night.
01:10:31It's okay.
01:10:32Just tell us whatever you told Amelia.
01:10:35Well, J.R. was first on the scene, so he called it in.
01:10:39The girl was dead.
01:10:42But she wasn't the one driving.
01:10:43It was a young man.
01:10:46Drunk out of his mind.
01:10:47Before J.R. could call it in, Jack Leichard shows up and pulls rank.
01:10:52He always was a weasel, that one.
01:10:55Leichard talks to the young man for a while, and then he tells J.R. he'll handle everything.
01:10:58Leichard took the dead girl's body and put it in the driver's seat, and then told J.R. to look
01:11:04the other way if he wanted to keep his job.
01:11:06Well, how did that news photo get taken?
01:11:10Some local guy from the paper just got one shot before Leichard chased him off, and then he kicked J
01:11:16.R. out of there, too.
01:11:18And what happened after that?
01:11:19Well, the next day, the newspaper comes out saying the girl was driving all alone.
01:11:23Well, that ain't right.
01:11:24And J.R.'s pretty upset, as you can imagine.
01:11:26And a couple of days later, Leichard gives J.R. $20,000 to keep quiet.
01:11:32They were just helping some young rich kid out of a jam.
01:11:35That's how Leichard put it.
01:11:37Well, times were tough.
01:11:39J.R. was only a part-time deputy, so he didn't get much of a pension.
01:11:44But he didn't touch a penny.
01:11:46He called it blood money.
01:11:49Until he didn't have a choice.
01:11:54When Leichard came around buying up property, did he offer you a fair price?
01:11:59Oh, it didn't matter.
01:12:01My J.R. stood up to him.
01:12:02No way we'd sell.
01:12:04He said he was tired of Leichard and all his lies.
01:12:08And then less than two weeks later, J.R. is in a burn ward.
01:12:13After someone broke the valve of that propane tank.
01:12:18J.R. was a good man.
01:12:22Mrs. Oxley, this is very important.
01:12:27Who was driving the sports car that night?
01:12:30Did your husband tell you?
01:12:34It was Peter Bergstrom, wasn't it?
01:12:57You know, I bet Leichard's been blackmailing Bergstrom for all these years.
01:13:01Until he was ready for the big payday, forcing Bergstrom to move the new development to Cedar Grove.
01:13:09That's Professor Backman, isn't it?
01:13:12Yeah.
01:13:14Who's she with?
01:13:17Peter Bergstrom.
01:13:18I don't get it.
01:13:20That makes two of us.
01:13:23Maybe he has something to do with the university.
01:13:25You know, grants, foundations, that kind of thing.
01:13:27Somehow, I don't think so.
01:13:29You have no idea what you're getting yourself involved with, Meredith.
01:13:32Peter, you can't pull off the tough guy act.
01:13:34You're not your father.
01:13:35When I wrote that expose on his business, he came after me with everything he had.
01:13:39Brought me down.
01:13:40My career, my marriage.
01:13:42Your family owes me.
01:13:44You're the one who sent that woman after me.
01:13:46The one who got killed.
01:13:47I sent her to finish what I started.
01:13:49Your family thinks you can buy your way out of any problem?
01:13:52Well, fine.
01:13:53Time to buy me.
01:14:12There has to be some kind of reasonable explanation for this, right?
01:14:16Meredith wrote an expose on the Bergstroms.
01:14:17She would have known the date Debra Varner died.
01:14:20Why would she lie to us?
01:14:21Because she wanted to know where the money was, what the scam was.
01:14:24She needed us to help figure that out.
01:14:26And Amelia.
01:14:28But all she's taught us.
01:14:31The one thing she taught us more than any other.
01:14:33You don't stop.
01:14:36You do whatever you need to until you uncover the truth.
01:14:38We'll stay here.
01:14:56We'll stay here.
01:14:59We'll stay here.
01:15:00We'll stay here.
01:15:05We'll stay here.
01:15:06We'll stay here.
01:15:07We'll stay here.
01:15:08We'll stay here.
01:15:08We'll stay here.
01:15:09We'll stay here.
01:15:09We'll stay here.
01:15:14help and after we saw bergstrom and meredith talking that's when they kidnapped christy
01:15:18you gotta go to the police and risked like our killing her are you crazy
01:15:22oh god the poor kid and i was the one who got her into this god and i knew better
01:15:29accepted
01:15:33what i might have one bargaining chip what's that the drills
01:15:58afraid you missed her dear you're kidding she's hard to catch ain't she
01:16:04do you have any idea when she might be back oh she's gone for good
01:16:08oh yeah went to live with her sister well do you have the address somewhere in santa fe
01:16:15i dropped loretta at the bus station myself how long ago last night about midnight
01:16:24i'm sorry did i do something wrong no oh
01:16:31you look so lost sweetie
01:16:44miss how would you like to be on tv
01:16:54what the hell is this we know how deborah varner died i know about you and i know about jack
01:17:02lycar what are you talking about i got the story i just thought you might like to comment before
01:17:06it's going to be on the news report airs this is ridiculous the gossip columnist is suddenly becoming a hard
01:17:12-biting news reporter is that what's going
01:17:13that's right i wouldn't mind moving a rung up the journalistic ladder and busting your ass is the perfect place
01:17:18to start
01:17:19and then that's all cute and everything turn off your camera and get out of my office before i call
01:17:24my attorney
01:17:24you and jack lycar conspired to make it look like deborah varner died alone
01:17:28when in fact you were the driver that night
01:17:30what are you doing you bust into somebody's office you took a camera in their face
01:17:34start hurling accusations out of you killed deborah varner and you paid off jack lycar to cover it up
01:17:38now lycar's come back to blackmail you
01:17:40that's the only reason you'd ever build el rancho estates on his land
01:17:44all right what you're saying right now is completely outrageous
01:17:47what's outrageous is that three people have died
01:17:51jr oxley carl timmins and my friend amelia moore
01:17:54i'm truly sorry but i have nothing to do with any of this
01:17:58i interviewed loretta oxley the deputy's widow
01:18:03jr oxley told his wife the truth before he died
01:18:06well look i i don't know what you think you have there in your middle hand
01:18:09but in a court of law that would be called hearsay
01:18:12oh i'm not taking it to court i'm a hack remember
01:18:14i make my living reporting innuendo and speculation it's the new journalism
01:18:18oh and let me promise you this is gonna make great television
01:18:22why don't you tell me what it is that you really want
01:18:24a college student named chrissy mcdermott
01:18:26she's been kidnapped and i want her released unharmed immediately
01:18:29okay fantastic so do i but i have no idea what you're talking about
01:18:33i didn't think you did
01:18:35it's lycar
01:18:37your partner
01:18:41now you want to talk
01:18:42you really want to talk take your camera turn it off
01:18:46turn it off put it down
01:18:48i'm fine show me your tape
01:18:51play it please because i'd love to see what's on
01:18:55just pop it in i'll be here
01:19:05my husband jr oxley was the first deputy on the scene the night of the accident
01:19:10peter bergstrom was driving drunk when he crashed his car in cedar grove
01:19:15he killed that poor girl in the passenger seat she died
01:19:19because of him jack lycar and bergstrom covered up what happened
01:19:24they made it look like that young girl done it to herself
01:19:44you have to understand i loved deborah varner
01:19:50and that night has haunted me my entire life
01:20:15tell me peter why'd you pick this godforsaken spot
01:20:21this is where the accident happened
01:20:24this is where it all started
01:20:26this is where it's all gonna end
01:20:28sounds morbid
01:20:29look
01:20:30i don't know why i need to meet with lycar you're paying me not him
01:20:34there's too many side deals
01:20:35i want everything on the table
01:20:37here he comes
01:20:43wait a minute what's he doing with christy
01:20:47this is crazy peter this is just crazy
01:20:49idiot why'd you grab the girl
01:20:51insurance what the hell is she doing here
01:20:53calm down jack we're just finishing a business deal here
01:20:56you said it yourself there's plenty for everybody right
01:20:58yeah but why did you get her involved
01:20:59she got herself involved believe me
01:21:01i'm cashing in same as you
01:21:03peter i had this all covered
01:21:05i want my payoff after 15 wasted years
01:21:08please my heart bleeds
01:21:10frisker
01:21:11oh
01:21:12back off
01:21:13you know what this this ends now okay people are getting killed jack kidnapped
01:21:17all right this is not the deal that we made
01:21:18she's clean
01:21:19deals changed pd boy
01:21:21no no you let that girl go now or this whole deal is off
01:21:25you know your father had a more practical way of dealing with these things
01:21:28i let the girl go when the deal is done
01:21:31okay blackheart just gave us plenty on the kidnapping i'm calling it in
01:21:33no wait i want him to murder
01:21:36let's get rid of her
01:21:37what are you gonna do with her
01:21:39what do you care all of a sudden you got scruples
01:21:42jack you can't go whacking every reporter who starts asking questions
01:21:44you listen to me peter i want to live your life
01:21:47i want a chance at the good life and if someone has to disappear well that's just tough
01:21:54killed amelia didn't you
01:21:58no i did
01:21:59you shut your mouth reese
01:22:01paid me 20 grand and another 15 for the water guy
01:22:03we've got him okay move move
01:22:12what is this
01:22:19reese let's go
01:22:20come on reese
01:22:23you've done fixing your problems like her
01:22:32whoa whoa whoa whoa jack forget it man i'm wired this is all on tape you're finished
01:22:36are you out of your mind you'll lose everything everything everything but my self-respect
01:22:41is
01:22:55christy are you okay
01:22:56oh
01:23:03it's all right honey
01:23:06no one can hurt you
01:23:07you're safe now
01:23:32jack lycar
01:23:34you're under arrest for the murders of amelia moore and carl timmins
01:23:38get him out of here
01:23:56all those years you lectured us
01:24:00did it really mean anything
01:24:01it was teaching you to become better journalists
01:24:06you're the reason amelia died
01:24:12yes i directed her towards the bergstroms they've always been ripe for bringing down
01:24:20i never meant for her to get hurt
01:24:22no you just wanted her to dig up some dirt for you
01:24:25she was a journalist
01:24:26she was a wife
01:24:29and a mother
01:24:31she idolized you
01:24:37she chose the wrong idol
01:24:38she chose the wrong idol
01:25:08the
01:25:31hey there amelia
01:25:32Like old times.
01:26:21Like old times.
01:26:37Like old times.
01:27:03Like old times.
01:27:03Like old times.
01:27:04Like old times.
01:27:06Like old times.
01:27:06Like old times.
01:27:11Like old times.
01:27:14Like old times.
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