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00:23:48Big Batman
00:23:52I wanted some kind of proof in case I needed it for the insurance.
00:23:58Of course.
00:23:58Do you still have a copy?
00:24:01The other reporter, your friend?
00:24:03Is she the one who died in that car fire?
00:24:08Yes. Her name was Amelia Moore.
00:24:11And we think that something she discovered out here may have led to her death.
00:24:15I 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.
00:24:22I 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 did it to her?
00:24:33I don't know.
00:24:35All I know is that it could make a difference now.
00:24:37I should have known something was screwy.
00:24:40Nobody ever even came to look at the place.
00:24:44Jack Liker handled everything, acted like he was doing everybody a big favor.
00:24:59The toxicity studies.
00:25:01The supervisor of the project was Carl Timmons.
00:25:17What did you say?
00:25:23The commander was a director of the crew to cover the mission and learn what made the students.
00:25:23And there's still a scene in the city.
00:25:24We have to die as well.
00:25:25There were some guests coming.
00:25:26There were some guests coming to the city in the city,
00:25:26And there were some guests.
00:25:26The commander was aящ rocky in the area today.
00:25:27The farmer was aona.
00:25:33The captain was a man in the city and the sea.
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,
00:26:00sometimes she goes off for a visit.
00:26:02Mrs. Oxley's only been here a couple of months
00:26:05since 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,
00:26:24I 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
00:26:46if 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,
00:26:53Where 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
00:27:36isn'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
00:28:20is perfectly clean.
00:28:21The water'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?
00:28:36Admit it, Laura.
00:28:37You miss it.
00:28:37And 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 Leichardt.
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. Leichardt, I'd like to get right to the point.
00:29:11Okay.
00:29:12I'm Meredith Backelman 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.
00:29:27Transactions 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?
00:29:34You don't think that's pushing the ethical boundaries a little?
00:29:37No.
00:29:37I 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,
00:29:45I have a duty to be up front 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.
00:29:55Or should I say on the forged letterhead from the Department of Water?
00:29:58Wait a minute.
00:29:59What 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.
00:30:08But 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.
00:30:29But 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.
00:30:58But they were all paid.
00:30:59I mean, yes, it was deceptive.
00:31:01But a real estate scam story there, a dime a dozen.
00:31:04It was my fault.
00:31:07Well, she 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.
00:31:24My head hurts.
00:31:28Don'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.
00:31:40You probably ran them off.
00:31:42Told them what they were doing wasn't good enough.
00:31:45I did, actually.
00:31:50Can you imagine if I'd had children?
00:31:52They wouldn't have stood a chance.
00:31:56What about you?
00:31:57I 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.
00:32:09No, 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.
00:32:32And 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.
00:32:46The day I was her bridesmaid at her wedding was bittersweet.
00:32:53Stop the presses.
00:32:55Pop star elopes with bodyguard.
00:32:57Public shocked.
00:32:59Film at 11.
00:33:01Laura Peterson.
00:33:04Oh, yeah.
00:33:05I'll be right over.
00:33:27Do you know who Peter Bergstrom is?
00:33:29Uh, he'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?
00:33:48I don't know what all this means, but...
00:33:50Amelia 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?
00:34:36It'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 will be different.
00:34:48I have to say, you look even prettier in person than you do on 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.
00:35:00What 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.
00:35:08Who isn't?
00:35:12Please, sit down, have a seat.
00:35:13I'm going to get grilled.
00:35:15Might as well do this in comfort, huh?
00:35:18Can 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. Oxley.
00:35:58Yeah, how'd you know?
00:36:02You've been looking for Loretta.
00:36:04That's your 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?
00:36:28That'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.
00:36:44Well, I hope you gave him a big tip.
00:36:45Actually, I gave La Sange his own travel agency.
00:36:48Now 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.
00:37:03But 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.
00:37:09Too 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 100% and
00:37:23all that bad behavior that that entails.
00:37:26But eventually, sowing 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.
00:37:52Wow.
00:37:53Cedar Grove.
00:37:54Where'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...
00:38:02pretenses.
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.
00:38:11We were getting along so well.
00:38:40Mrs. 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.
00:38:53No, you have to go.
00:38:54No, no, no.
00:40:57You were scared, weren't you?
00:41:04Where were you today?
00:41:05The polo lounge?
00:41:09I tried to chase down 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 made 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.
00:41:34Amelia 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.
00:41:46So 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.
00:42:05Don'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.
00:42:12I just found Carl Timmons.
00:42:19I need to, but...
00:42:25I have no idea.
00:42:32I can't get that.
00:42:40Oh, I didn't see anything.
00:42:42I mean, tell me.
00:42:44I don't know.
00:42:45I don't know.
00:42:46You go.
00:42:46No, no.
00:42:47Yeah.
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 wasn't 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 in the drinking water in Cedar Grove.
00:44:06Cedar Grove was part of his territory, right?
00:44:08It was.
00:44:10The 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.
00:44:33This is what Timmons was killed over?
00:44:36And Amelia Moore, too.
00:44:41This is the trading part.
00:45:12This is the trading part.
00:45:13Can't seem to figure out.
00:45:14Let me see it.
00:45:22This one's a date.
00:45:23October 22nd, 1989.
00:45:28You weren't very nice to me the first time we met.
00:45:38Well, this one, this is strange.
00:45:41RCDSGS8.
00:45:42I have no idea what that means.
00:45:45And this one, this says Summit Park kill fee.
00:45:50Three million dollars.
00:45:53Summit Park.
00:45:56That's nowhere near here.
00:46:07I know.
00:46:09Oh, careful.
00:46:10Thanks.
00:46:12And he says, what do you mean I'm Irish?
00:46:18Listen.
00:46:20I know you're a reporter and all, but please be careful.
00:46:24I will.
00:46:25I promise.
00:46:25And if you think of anything else, call me.
00:46:28Don't be a hero.
00:46:29These are bad people.
00:46:39Laura.
00:46:42Sorry if I was rough on you earlier.
00:46:44I'm a big girl.
00:46:45I can handle it.
00:46:47Keep this to yourself.
00:46:50Your friend Amelia, it was murder.
00:47:00Thank you, Roy.
00:47:19Thank you, Roy.
00:47:19Thank you, Roy.
00:47:19Thank you, Roy.
00:47:20Thank you, Roy.
00:47:20Thank you, Roy.
00:47:20Thank you, Roy.
00:47:20Thank you, Roy.
00:47:20Thank you, Roy.
00:47:23Thank you, Roy.
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
00:48:19mm-hmm listen 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
00:48:59hey you've been acting kind of
00:49:04weird since your friend died uh you okay
00:49:11todd do you like what we do
00:49:15do you think it's important well i definitely like it important i don't know
00:49:20but listen people love our stuff
00:49:24i have a friend an old journalism professor
00:49:27she says serious journalism produces serious consequences
00:49:32am i a joke all 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 we're part of the balance but do you feel good about what we do yeah i do
00:49:51question is do you
00:49:56hey stole your cookies want one sure but my cookies yeah i found them on your desk where are they
00:50:02from
00:50:04uh i don't know no no no put them down todd carefully what you don't want to share with me
00:50:12put it down
00:50:38it's an explosive device
00:50:41not very sophisticated but powerful enough how did it get in here delivery guy dropped it off
00:50:46we'll see if we can pull anything off the security cameras why who's doing this whoever they are they
00:50:51mean business
00:50:54back off a little while laura give me time to do my job they've killed amelia they went after
00:51:00meredith and now they've tried to kill me you know what that tells me
00:51:04i'm afraid to ask it tells me we're getting closer to the truth
00:51:08yeah well there's also something called the freedom of information act those records are public
00:51:13documents and i'm officially requesting them thank you so much for your help
00:51:20idiot okay this rcds gs-8 gs-8 is a government pay scale rcds indicates a reserve county deputy sheriff
00:51:30uh what does that got to do with any of this not a clue but i've requested county personnel records
00:51:37from the cedar grove area in the late 1980s right around the date amelia would have written down well
00:51:43bergstrom has something definitely to do with this summit park kill fee three million dollars
00:51:49that's a hefty penalty kill fee when he made the deal to get approval for our rancho estates he agreed
00:51:56to
00:51:56pay summit park three million dollars if it didn't go through but the deal's going through right i
00:52:00mean you saw the model yeah yeah he's been on the news all week the grand slam openings next week
00:52:06this is weird i don't know and i still can't find any mention of that date anywhere either
00:52:11well i swear i see that hey guess what i sorry oh no no it's okay did you find something
00:52:17yeah there's
00:52:18a last minute emergency zoning commission meeting tonight in cedar grove i found it up on their
00:52:22website it might be interesting but everybody up there's gonna know who we are by now they don't
00:52:26know me you're willing to sit through a zoning commission meeting oh my god yes can i no it's
00:52:32too dangerous of course you can you're a journalist aren't you christy absolutely professor
00:52:42we shouldn't involve her she's just a kid you and amelia were both kids when you did your best work
00:52:51and therefore my client sold green technologies requests a variance to rezone their land from
00:52:58agricultural to commercial those in favor opposed the chair breaks the tie in favor thank you mr lycar
00:53:10the cedar grove zoning commission grant your clients discretionary approval a1 to c3 we are adjourned
00:53:24thanks thank you thank you very much floyd i really appreciate the expedited service but
00:53:32uh you got to tell me who the girl in the back is her it's not often you get spectators
00:53:37for zoning meetings right it's nothing jack some kind of civics class assignment
00:53:42gosh girls didn't look like that when i went to school huh
00:53:46talking about your class assignment huh i want to buy a coffee
00:54:02missus sweeney do you mind if i ask you a couple of questions oh i just really want to get
00:54:07home
00:54:08pretty tough tonight huh does floyd niven always run his meetings like that uh lately anyway oh they're
00:54:15ganging up on you huh well it doesn't help that jack lycar has two relatives on the board
00:54:22really which ones that's his brother-in-law on the left and the other one's his uncle
00:54:29making floyd niven the swing vote on these rezonings that's the way it's been for the last three
00:54:35meetings or at least whenever lycar shows up tell me this company soul green technologies
00:54:41do they ever give up the names of their principles oh yeah their board of directors is listed right here
00:54:46in the petition to rezone listen good luck with your class why does soul green need all these different
00:54:52plots this isn't about some civics class 17 25
00:55:11okay these are like our recent rezonings
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 carlton and cedar grove amelia's notes nothing fits together
00:55:42there's hundreds of names in these sheriff's employees records two questions we haven't
00:55:47answered yet what does the october 22nd date mean and why was amelia interested in this story what
00:55:53was she doing at a derelict cemetery three questions i got the names of the board of directors for
00:55:58soul green technologies oh goody more names i also nabbed these maps from the zoning commission
00:56:04nice work don't they usually put those windmills in long rows how valuable can the land be
00:56:12wait a second wait a second come here look at this look at this
00:56:23it's all one contiguous property look at that look 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 there's a cemetery
00:57:14i hate ghosts
00:57:31hey look at this
00:57:35places
00:57:37says keep out i'm going in
00:57:39uh
00:57:47uh
00:58:03This is Dottelmeyer.
00:58:17Jeremiah.
00:58:18Yes, Dottelmeyer.
00:58:23There'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,
00:58:36Jeremiah Dottelmeyer.
00:58:38You're kidding.
00:58:40And here's Treasurer Mary Ann 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.
00:58:56That 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?
00:59:19Let's go get them.
00:59:24All right.
00:59:27We're ready.
00:59:35We're ready.
00:59:43We're ready.
00:59:53L Jadi Tati es a bit more of a gas.
00:59:54We're ready to go.
01:00:11If Lycar's running three different companies, he's got to be hiding something.
01:00:15It's an old trick for assembling a large tract of land.
01:00:18Otherwise, if people know that you need their land to complete your property, they'll hold out for a high price.
01:00:29So Lycar must have paid off Timmins for the fake water report.
01:00:32Did he kill Timmins?
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 land.
01:01:01Makes 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?
01:01:15Drop into Jack Lycar's land?
01:01:19How much money would be on the table if the deal this sells?
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.
01:01:41Let this guy pass.
01:01:43Is that the guy who tried to run you off the road?
01:01:45I think so.
01:01:46Can you get his plate number?
01:01:49No plates on the front.
01:02:17You are the boss.
01:02:21We can make it.
01:02:26Laura!
01:02:41I like her.
01:02:43It's me, Rhys.
01:02:46No, I didn't.
01:02:48But I got away.
01:03:02I mean it, Laura.
01:03:03We 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 nearly killed twice in one week.
01:03:15You 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.
01:03:31I'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.
01:03:55Enjoy it while you've got it.
01:03:57Amelia's dead.
01:03:59Nothing we do is ever going to bring her back.
01:04:23So, Cozy, you're going to get to school.
01:04:26Oh, look at what's this.
01:04:29That's so funny.
01:04:31Terrific.
01:04:32Oh, now 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.
01:04:44How's it coming?
01:04:49Uh, not a total loss.
01:04:52Smells good.
01:04:55How'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.
01:05:54I think we're ready.
01:05:55Uh, Deputy 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.
01:06:13Let me check on the spaghetti.
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 Lycar.
01:06:30So was J.R. Oxley.
01:06:34Both 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 Lycar.
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.
01:07:01I 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 Lycar'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 Lycar'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.
01:08:06Yep, 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.
01:08:38Especially 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.
01:08:51Yeah.
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.
01:09:20She's here.
01:09:21Mrs. Oxley?
01:09:22Mrs. 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.
01:09:37About how J.R. was murdered.
01:09:39And what really went on that night of the car wreck, didn't you?
01:09:41Look what happened to her.
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 Leichardt gave it to him to keep quiet about that nut.
01:10:31It's okay.
01:10:32Just tell us whatever you told Amelia.
01:10:36But 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.
01:10:45Drunk out of his mind.
01:10:47Before J.R. could call it in, Jack Leichardt shows up and pulls rank.
01:10:52He always was a weasel, that one.
01:10:55Leichardt talks to the young man for a while and then he tells J.R. he'll handle everything.
01:10:59Leichardt took the dead girl's body and put it in the driver's seat.
01:11:02And then told J.R. to look the other way if he wanted to keep his job.
01:11:06How did that news photo get taken?
01:11:10Some local guy from the paper just got one shot before Leichardt chased him off.
01:11:15And then he kicked J.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. is pretty upset as you can imagine.
01:11:27And a couple of days later, Leichardt 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 Leichardt 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.
01:11:55When Leichardt 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 Leichardt and all his lies.
01:12:08And then less than two weeks later, J.R. is in a bird ward.
01:12:12After someone broke the valve off that propane tank.
01:12:18J.R. was a good man.
01:12:22Mrs. Oxley.
01:12:25This is very important.
01:12:27Who was driving the sports car that night?
01:12:29Did your husband tell you?
01:12:33No.
01:12:34It was Peter Bergstrom, wasn't it?
01:12:57You know, I bet Leichardt'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?
01:13:16Peter 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.
01:13:28Somehow, 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.
01:14:18She would have known the date Deborah Garner 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.
01:14:54We'll stay here.
01:14:59Help!
01:15:00Help!
01:15:03Please!
01:15:04Help!
01:15:13Help!
01:15:15And after we saw Bergstrom and Meredith talking, that's when they kidnapped Christy.
01:15:18You gotta go to the police.
01:15:20And risked Lycar killing her?
01:15:21Are you crazy?
01:15:22Oh, God.
01:15:23The poor kid.
01:15:23And I was the one who got her into this.
01:15:25God, and I knew better!
01:15:29I accepted you.
01:15:32What?
01:15:33I might have one bargaining chip.
01:15:35What's that?
01:15:37The truth.
01:15:58I'm afraid you missed her, dear.
01:16:01You're kidding.
01:16:02She's hard to catch, ain't she?
01:16:04Do you have any idea when she might be back?
01:16:06Oh, she's gone.
01:16:07For good.
01:16:09Yeah.
01:16:10Went to live with her sister.
01:16:11Well, do you have the address?
01:16:14Somewhere in Santa Fe.
01:16:15Hey, I dropped Loretta at the bus station myself.
01:16:19How long ago?
01:16:21Last night.
01:16:22About midnight.
01:16:24I'm sorry.
01:16:26Did I do something wrong?
01:16:28No.
01:16:29Oh.
01:16:31You look so lost, sweetie.
01:16:44Miss, how would you like to be on TV?
01:16:47Oh.
01:16:48Oh.
01:16:49Oh.
01:16:54What the hell is this?
01:16:55We know how Deborah Varner died.
01:16:57I know about you, and I know about Jack Leighar.
01:17:02What are you talking about?
01:17:03I got the story.
01:17:05I just thought you might like to comment before it airs.
01:17:08This is ridiculous.
01:17:10The gossip columnist is suddenly becoming a hard-biting news reporter?
01:17:13Is that what's going on?
01:17:14That's right.
01:17:14I 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?
01:17:21Turn off your camera and get out of my office before I call my attorney.
01:17:24You and Jack Leighar conspired to make it look like Deborah Varner died alone.
01:17:28When in fact you were the driver that night.
01:17:31What are you doing?
01:17:31You bust into somebody's office, stick a camera in their face, start hurling accusations out of you?
01:17:35You killed Deborah Varner and you paid off Jack Leighar to cover it up.
01:17:38Now Leighar'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.
01:17:48What's outrageous is that three people have died.
01:17:51J.R. Oxley, Carl Timmons, and my friend Amelia Moore.
01:17:54I'm truly sorry, but I have nothing to do with any of this.
01:17:59I interviewed Loretta Oxley, the deputy's widow.
01:18:03J.R. Oxley told his wife the truth before he died.
01:18:07Well, look, I don't know what you think you have there in your middle hand, but in a court of
01:18:10law, 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 going to 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. It's Lycar. Your partner.
01:18:41Now, you want to talk? You really want to talk?
01:18:44Take your camera, turn it off. Turn 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.
01:18:54I'm fine. Just pop it in, I'll be here.
01:19:05My husband, J.R. 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.
01:19:17She died because of him.
01:19:20Jack 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 going to end.
01:20:28Sounds morbid.
01:20:30Look, I don't know why I need to meet with Lycar.
01:20:33You'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.
01:20:43What's he doing with Christy?
01:20:47This is crazy, Peter.
01:20:48This is just crazy.
01:20:50What, idiot?
01:20:50Why'd you grab the girl?
01:20:51Insurance.
01:20:52What the hell is she doing here?
01:20:53Calm down, Jack.
01:20:54We're just finishing a business deal here.
01:20:56You said it yourself.
01:20:57There'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.
01:21:11Frisker.
01:21:11Oh, back off.
01:21:13You know what, this ends now, okay?
01:21:15People are getting killed, Jack.
01:21:17Kidnapped.
01:21:17This is not the deal that we made.
01:21:19She's clean.
01:21:20Deal's changed, Petey boy.
01:21:21No, no.
01:21:22You 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.
01:21:29I let the girl go when the deal is done.
01:21:31Okay.
01:21:31Lycar just gave us plenty on the kidnapping.
01:21:33I'm calling it in.
01:21:34No, wait.
01:21:35I want him to murder.
01:21:36Let's get rid of her.
01:21:37What are you going to do with her?
01:21:39What do you care?
01:21:40All of a sudden, you got scruples?
01:21:42Jack, you can't go whacking every reporter who starts asking questions.
01:21:45Will you listen to me, Peter?
01:21:46I want to live your life.
01:21:47I want a chance at the good life.
01:21:49And 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.
01:22:04We've got him.
01:22:05Okay, move, move.
01:22:12What is this?
01:22:19Reese, let's go.
01:22:21Come on.
01:22:22Reese.
01:22:23You've done fixing your problems, Liker.
01:22:32Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Jack.
01:22:33Forget it, man.
01:22:34I'm wired.
01:22:35This is all on tape.
01:22:36You're finished.
01:22:37Are you out of your mind?
01:22:38You'll lose everything.
01:22:39Everything!
01:22:40Everything but my self-respect.
01:22:55Chrissy!
01:22:55Are you okay?
01:23:05No one can hurt you.
01:23:07You're safe now.
01:23:14No one can hurt you.
01:23:19You're safe now.
01:23:23No one else.
01:23:32Jack Lycar, you're under arrest for the murders of Amelia Moore and Carl Timmons.
01:23:38Get him out of here.
01:23:56All those years you lectured us, did it really mean anything?
01:24:01He was teaching you to become better journalists.
01:24:06You're the reason Amelia died.
01:24:12Yes, I directed her towards the Bergstroms.
01:24:15They'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.
01:24:27She was a wife.
01:24:29And a mother.
01:24:31She idolized you.
01:24:37She chose the wrong idol.
01:25:05She chose the wrong idol.
01:25:09Hey there, Amelia.
01:25:11I wish you would have told me what you were doing.
01:25:15Maybe we could have done it together.
01:25:19I'm working for the Times now.
01:25:22Second string, Metro.
01:25:24Let's just start.
01:25:26Right?
01:25:27Maybe once in a while you can...
01:25:30look down and give me a hand.
01:25:34Like old times.
01:25:40Where do you feel?
01:25:57I'm working for the Times.
01:25:57I'm working for the Times.
01:25:58I'm working for the Times.
01:26:05So...
01:26:07I don't know.
01:26:07I don't know.
01:26:08But you can't choose your mind.
01:26:08You can't choose her.
01:26:38Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:27:08Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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