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00:01Previously on R.J. 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.
00:15R.J.
00:16Holden 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.
00:25I 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.
00:47R.J., 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.
01:13Creepy.
01:14Yeah.
01:15But doesn't that make you her type?
01:17Apparently I'm not felonious enough.
01:19She likes the 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.
01:41And why are you so determined to fix me up all of a sudden?
01:45I'm just trying to help you make better choices, that's all.
01:48Better than what?
01:49I saw you having drinks with Emmy 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.
02:00Emmy 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, cashing checks.
03:51Putting fancy things around my neck.
03:55I'm not giving one hell or heck.
04:00I'm playing diamonds, cashing tricks.
04:06Another dollar, another day.
04:12Senoritas and Saint Tropez.
04:16Pouring chili on my Frito-Lays.
04:19Pouring chili on my Frito-Lays.
04:20No, ma'am, I ain't on no holiday.
04:26I'm playing diamonds, cashing checks.
04:30Putting fancy things around my neck.
04:33Not giving one hell or heck.
04:39I'm playing diamonds, cashing checks.
04:45It's just the four to the one to the five.
04:51Again and again till you get just right.
04:55It might take all day and all through the night.
05:00But even then, babe, you ain't qualified.
05:05And I'm playing diamonds, cashing checks.
05:09And 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, cashing checks.
05:30Four to the one to the five.
05:34Again and again till we get it right.
05:39It's just the four to the one to the five.
05:44Again and again till we get it right.
05:49It's just the four to the...
05:50Hey, 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 a 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.
06:11Son of a...
06:11That's the Howard's house.
06:13She 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.
06:19Okay, Bob, listen to me.
06:21Everything's gonna be okay.
06:22Deep breaths and repeat after me, okay?
06:25Everything...
06:26Everything.
06:27...is gonna be...
06:30Decker!
06:32Decker!
06:33Can you hear me?
06:35Mr. Decker, aren't you there?
06:43That's what we're doing right now.
06:44Come on!
06:45Come on!
06:50Hi, Marshal.
06:51Say it's looking like an accident.
06:53There's a gas leak somewhere inside, then a spark.
06:55Happens sometimes in these old houses that haven't converted to electric.
06:58What about bodies?
06:59One.
07:00Badly burned, so no ID yet.
07:02It's gotta be my client's wife.
07:03I saw her go inside right before it happened.
07:05Respectfully?
07:06A homicide detective, not a tragic accident detective.
07:09Yeah, I get it.
07:10Unless you're thinking the fire marshal has her own.
07:13My client was convinced his wife was having an affair, maybe with the guy that lives in this house.
07:18Thirty seconds after she went inside, the place goes up in smoke.
07:22What?
07:23What?
07:23What?
07:23You think what?
07:24He rigged the house, waited for you to confirm she was here, and then...
07:27What's possible?
07:28I mean, the eyes up until now seem like nothing but a nice guy, but who knows?
07:34No, no, no, no, no!
07:37Sir, you have to stay back.
07:39This is my house, please.
07:39Sir.
07:40I need to find my wife.
07:41Sir.
07:41Her name is Natalie.
07:42Detective Melabreu, are you Preston Howard?
07:44Yes.
07:45I've been trying to reach my wife, and I can't please tell me she wasn't in there.
07:48Mr. Howard, there was one fatality, but we have reason to believe it was someone other than your wife.
07:53You're saying somebody other than Natalie?
07:55Mr. Howard, do you know Louise Vernon?
07:58Yeah, but we 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 to meet you today?
08:07Me?
08:09Well, 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 has some questions about your house.
08:19I can't believe it.
08:20I can't believe that Louise is gone.
08:22Like I said, the person who died, the body, it hasn't been identified yet.
08:27You said you saw her go inside.
08:29Who else could it be?
08:31Mr. Vernon, have you ever been inside the Howard's house?
08:34Uh, they hosted a holiday cocktail thing a few years ago. Why?
08:40Well, you called Mr. Decker this morning.
08:42He told you he saw Louise go inside.
08:47Then...
08:49You...
08:50You think that I blew it up somehow?
08:53Are you insane?
08:54You did hire a PI because you thought your wife was cheating on you.
08:57I...
08:58I told you how much I loved her. I told you I wanted to fix things.
09:02Bob, I know. I know.
09:04Please...
09:05Just go.
09:09Thoughts?
09:11My gut says he didn't do it.
09:13And yet?
09:14And yet, jealous husband, dead wife. I know.
09:16Two and two almost always equal four.
09:18And yet, the fire marshal's preliminary take was the explosion was accidental.
09:23And yet, Louise was up to something this morning.
09:25The car rental, the wig, the storage locker...
09:27At repeat, two plus two almost always equal four.
09:30Look, she was having an affair.
09:31She changed her car in her appearance to visit a neighborhood where she could have been recognized.
09:35Her death?
09:36Act of God, not act of Bob.
09:38Okay.
09:39Look, something's up at the storage locker.
09:41It was big.
09:41It's way too big for a wig and a change of clothes.
09:44I'm gonna check it out.
09:44Okay.
09:45You find something tells you that the explosion wasn't an accident.
09:47You let me know.
09:48Meantime, I'm gonna go focus on crimes.
09:50I know we're murders.
10:02Gotcha.
10:02Let's go.
10:13Good luck.
10:23Good luck.
10:26Good luck.
10:29Yes, it is.
10:30Good luck.
10:32How are you doing?
10:33Good luck.
10:36You're all here, mamma.
10:37He's no sleep.
10:50Just when I thought my day couldn't get any worse.
10:54Louise?
10:54You chose the wrong night to try to rob a storage locker pal.
11:03You honestly want me to believe you're a private investigator?
11:06We can check my website.
11:07If you want, but I think we both would be better off trying to get you to a hospital.
11:13Louise, your husband Bob hired me because he thought you might be having an affair.
11:17I don't have Bob.
11:19I would never.
11:20Louise, I believe you.
11:21I do.
11:22And not just because of the gun.
11:24I don't think you went to Preston Howard's for a nooner today.
11:26I think you were there to rob the place.
11:29Look, my least favorite job as a PI is tailing cheating spouses.
11:33A close second is asset retrieval.
11:35Well, see, insurance companies pay guys like me to be on the lookout for stolen goods and pawn shops on
11:39the black market.
11:40I recognize that from a bulletin one of those companies emailed me.
11:45And if I had to take a guess, I'd say everything in here is stolen.
11:50You'd be wrong.
11:51I bought this stuff at Swapmeets, cash transactions.
11:54If any of it's stolen, news to me.
11:59Louise, Bob thinks you're dead.
12:03Now, I watched you go inside the Howard's house.
12:06I have pictures.
12:08I...
12:09I didn't mean to not go home to Bob.
12:12I only came here to change my clothes.
12:14Okay.
12:16You're here.
12:17Who was inside the house when it exploded?
12:18I smelled the gas the second I got inside.
12:21But I don't know why I kept going.
12:24And then I saw her.
12:25You saw her?
12:26All that blood.
12:27And the gas.
12:29I was so scared, so I went out back, and then I heard a boom.
12:33And 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, whoa, whoa.
12:41Hey, hey, hey, I got you.
12:43I got you.
12:45Sophia's asleep.
12:47That's nice.
12:48It is nice.
12:50Maybe even very nice.
12:53Hmm?
12:55Her again, seriously?
12:56What?
12:58Vivi.
13:00I'm giving you the steel home sign, and you're still looking for dirt on Emmy Ochoa.
13:04I'm not looking for dirt.
13:05I'm just trying to understand.
13:07You and your ex-husband are both into sexy Latinas.
13:10What is there to understand?
13:12I don't know.
13:13Maybe how stupid I feel.
13:16In two years, I've been carrying all this guilt for not seeing how much RJ was struggling
13:20before he beat up Lucas Ochoa.
13:22Now I find out that he's friends, maybe even friends with benefits, with the woman who's
13:27actually directly responsible for him going to prison.
13:29You said he told you she'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 a modern day boss.
13:39Tweet.
13:40They could be setting RJ out to be their fall guy.
13:43One, I resent you making a reference to a guy you know I won't know.
13:46Two, are you sure you're not just jealous?
13:49What?
13:49No.
13:50I mean, she's pretty hot.
13:54Maybe.
13:56You didn't carry guilt for two years because you're stupid, okay?
14:00You did it because you have a big heart.
14:03But come on, don't you ever think maybe you're a little too involved with your ex?
14:09Why?
14:10RJ.
14:12Someone we thought died in that explosion today turned up alive.
14:16Said there's a storage locker on 19th I have to get to ASAP.
14:23Remind me which one of us is too involved with my ex?
14:35Hey, you get the warrant?
14:37Yeah, a little while ago.
14:38It's like a freaking pirate's cave in here.
14:41Jewelry artwork.
14:43Kleiner gowns.
14:44Robbery division already matched a bunch of it to a string of burglaries that dates back a couple of years.
14:49You've been calling the suspect the bandit of Broward.
14:52Now, thanks to you, they know it was Louise Vernon.
14:55Who is she, by the way?
14:56She's okay.
14:57She's got a piece of shrapnel in her abdomen.
14:59Lucky for her, it didn't hit any organs.
15:01Lucky for us.
15:02Because the burglaries aren't the only thing she has to answer for.
15:05What do you mean?
15:06I finally got an ID on the body that was found in the rubble yesterday.
15:10Her bandit may be a murderer.
15:13You're telling me everything I bought at those swap meets was stolen?
15:16Ms. Vernon, you honestly expect us to believe that you got a Patek Philippe watch on a swap meet?
15:20Get Louise, we know your M.O.
15:21You put on a pair of sunglasses, a wig, you rent a nice car,
15:24so it looks like you belong in the neighborhoods you're targeting.
15:27If anyone spots you, you're what?
15:29A high-end real estate broker going door to door?
15:31Natalie Howard, though, she was a friend.
15:34She would have seen right through a disguise like that.
15:35Yeah, so we talked to Preston, her husband, yesterday.
15:38We told him we had reason to believe the body they found inside the house wasn't his wife's.
15:42Only it was.
15:43The medical examiner confirmed it this morning, just like he confirmed it wasn't the explosion that killed her.
15:48She was dead before that.
15:50Blunt force trauma to the head.
15:51You broke in.
15:52Natalie caught you by surprise.
15:54And there was a struggle.
15:56And then you caved your skull in.
15:58And you filled the place with gas.
15:59And then you left something behind to ignite it.
16:01The personal investigator thinks it was a hair dryer he found.
16:05Please.
16:07You have to tell them.
16:12I did break into the house yesterday.
16:15But Natalie was dead when I got there.
16:17Okay, right.
16:17And you got all this in your storage locker at Swap Meats.
16:20I can prove to you I didn't kill her.
16:22The glasses I was wearing, they weren't just a part of my disguise.
16:25They were smart glasses.
16:27They recorded everything I saw.
16:28All right.
16:36I still don't understand why you filmed yourself making it to houses.
16:39Why do you like to record us in bed?
16:41It's, I don't know, a thrill.
16:44Reliving it.
16:48Yeah.
16:56I felt a hair dryer just like I thought.
17:02Oh my God.
17:06You want me to confess to a few burglaries?
17:09I will.
17:10But murder?
17:12No.
17:13Somebody else killed Natalie.
17:18Hey, Mal.
17:20Hey.
17:22I thought your client said he needed to speak with you.
17:24Well, it turns out he doesn't want me off the case just yet.
17:27Case of I think my wife is fooling around on me?
17:30Because that one's solved.
17:30She isn't a cheater, she's a burglar.
17:32Yeah, I know, but he says he feels terrible about what happened to Natalie.
17:35He wants to make sure the cops find the, find the killer.
17:39Right, because where would the MLPD be without the help of low-rent P.I.?
17:44Well, technically I'm a no-rent P.I.
17:45But hey, hey, hey, remind me.
17:47Who caught the band under Broward?
17:49Okay, we both know you're gonna go talk to Preston Howard right now.
17:52Dead wife, you're looking at the husband.
17:54You gotta talk to him, I gotta talk to him.
17:56When we, uh, save some time, we'll do it together.
17:59He told Preston he could stay with his sauce he needs.
18:02I can't even imagine losing your home and your wife all in an instant.
18:07Grant's been out there with him all morning.
18:09But it's so hard.
18:10Neither of us knows what to say.
18:12You've known the Howards a long time?
18:14God, 15 years.
18:17I know it's none of my business, but if you're here to confirm the stove was the source of the
18:21leak, be gentle.
18:22He told us he's been meaning to replace that old gas range for years.
18:25Actually, Ms. Summers, we're here to tell him that that old gas stove wasn't the cause of Natalie's death.
18:30Oh, my God.
18:31Well, he'll be, he'll be so relieved.
18:34Not so sure he will.
18:38You're saying what happened to Natalie wasn't an accident?
18:41You're saying that she was murdered?
18:42The MA believes that based off the skull fracture, the weapon was something heavy and rounded, like a pipe.
18:48The killer only set the explosion to cover their tracks.
18:53You asked me about Louise Vernon yesterday.
18:56It sounded like she had been by the house.
18:57Yeah, because she had.
18:58But as it turns out, she wasn't there to hurt anyone.
19:01She was there to rob the place.
19:02I'm not sure the FLPD was ready to share that particular detail.
19:07But, yes, it's true.
19:08We like Louise Vernon for a series of robberies in this part of town.
19:11Hold on.
19:12We were robbed last year.
19:14Yeah.
19:14So were two other houses on this street.
19:16Are you saying that she was the one who...
19:17Probably.
19:18But, but it's not what we're here for.
19:20And we were able to prove Louise didn't kill Natalie.
19:23So, Mr. Howard, can you think of anybody else who may have wanted to hurt her?
19:28No one.
19:28I mean, Natalie was a saint.
19:31And things were good with you guys.
19:34What do you mean?
19:36Your marriage, no bumps in the road, nothing like that.
19:41You think that I killed my wife?
19:43Just routine questions, Mr. Howard.
19:45The hell they are.
19:46You don't say another word.
19:47Not without an attorney.
19:48Okay, all we're trying to do is eliminate Mr. Howard as a suspect.
19:51Yeah, well, sorry.
19:52You're not going to do that here.
19:57That Grant's a real charmer, huh?
20:00Yeah, humble, too.
20:02It's a conspicuous and conspicuous consumption, doesn't it?
20:05Detective Abreu?
20:07I'm so sorry.
20:08I, I didn't want to say anything in front of Preston, but there was some trouble in their marriage.
20:15Not that I think he would ever hurt Natalie, but I just wouldn't want you to find out later that
20:19we'd held anything back.
20:20What kind of trouble?
20:22Preston asked Grant for a loan a few weeks ago.
20:25Something about Natalie spending too much.
20:29That's, that's all I know.
20:31Why?
20:33Imagine my surprise.
20:35You reaching out in the middle of the day, saying you'd like to meet in public, no less.
20:42What do you mean?
20:43Well, your newspaper hasn't exactly been kind to my family over the years.
20:51Not sure what your readers would think if they saw us having coffee together, Miss Delacroix.
20:56First, it's Catherine.
20:58Second, I don't think our readers would be the least bit surprised.
21:01They know the Broward County Herald's only ever after the facts.
21:04Not sure my father would agree, but it's nice to finally put a face to the byline.
21:10My assistant said you had some questions about Ed Carter.
21:14For decades, he oversaw one of the biggest chains of drug rehab clinics in the state.
21:18Now he stands accused of defrauding thousands of clients and orchestrating the death of his own son.
21:23It's no secret he's always been one of your father's biggest donors.
21:26Just like it's no secret that, in light of those allegations, my father returned Mr. Carter's most recent donation and
21:34introduced legislation to increase funding and oversight for addiction treatment.
21:38It's my understanding you played a big part in bringing Ed Carter down.
21:41You worked with a private investigator to tee him up for law enforcement.
21:44I'm afraid that because the investigation is ongoing, I can't comment on that at this time.
21:50Huh.
21:51What about the P.I.?
21:52Is he allowed to comment?
21:53I understand he has some interesting ties to your family, too?
21:56Your stepbrother in particular?
22:03Sort of a no-no when you've agreed to an interview.
22:06Is that what this is?
22:08An interview?
22:10Because it seems more like an invasion of your ex-husband's privacy.
22:14After he did what he did to Lucas, you think we didn't find out every little thing we could about
22:18him?
22:19I think you mean what Lucas did to RJ.
22:20He was the one who committed a crime that day.
22:22But RJ went to prison thanks in no small part to the testimony you gave at his trial.
22:26I take it.
22:27You don't like that I've been in RJ's orbit.
22:31But did it ever occur to you that I genuinely want to help him?
22:36If you want to help him, maybe you'd like to take this opportunity to admit on the record that you
22:41perjured yourself two years ago.
22:45Of course, that might mean a little prison time for you.
22:49It's been a pleasure, Miss Delacroix.
22:57Same.
22:59Thanks.
22:59You've been a big help.
23:02Million-dollar life insurance policy on his recently deceased wife.
23:06Plus the 2.5 from the house, assuming that was insured too.
23:10Preston Howard's money troubles are over.
23:11Between the windfall and the attention this case is getting, he's gonna have lawyers lining up to represent him.
23:16Good ones.
23:17Hope you got a good look at him today, because we won't see him again for a while.
23:20Well, I bet you 50 bucks you're wrong.
23:25Look, I'm sorry for the way that Grant spoke to you.
23:28He wasn't wrong.
23:30A lawyer would make a lot of sense.
23:33And more importantly, I think I might know who killed Natalie.
23:38Over all the years, Mr. Howard.
23:40Look, I've never paid much attention to our finances.
23:44Natalie always took care of the bills.
23:46About a month ago, I noticed that the balance in our joint savings, it seemed low.
23:52When I looked into it, I saw that she had been making some big cash withdrawals every month, going back
23:58almost a year.
23:59Always just under $10,000.
24:0110K being a threshold for reporting to the IRS.
24:04She said that it had to be some...
24:07She seemed afraid.
24:09And I was worried.
24:12So the next time that she said she had errands to run, I followed her.
24:16She went to the bank, made a cash withdrawal, and she drove straight to Dixie Court.
24:20It's a rough area.
24:22She gave the money to a guy that I'd never seen before.
24:26Tattoos everywhere, even on his face.
24:30And when she got home, I asked her point blank,
24:32Are you buying drugs? Are you gambling?
24:36She wouldn't tell me.
24:38She just said that it was the last time.
24:40I told her, look, whatever's going on, it's okay.
24:43But we can go to the police.
24:45She said that she was planning to go herself.
24:50She just said that she needed more time.
24:54Whatever Natalie got herself into, I don't know.
24:58But maybe this guy wasn't okay, her putting an end to it.
25:03Well, can you tell us exactly where you saw Natalie meet with him?
25:08Yeah.
25:17Crockett or Tubbs?
25:19Hmm?
25:20Who's your favorite?
25:22Like chocolate or vanilla?
25:25The Beatles of the Stones?
25:27Crockett?
25:27Or Tubbs?
25:29Tubbs of what?
25:33Are you really going to sit there and pretend you don't know the guys from Miami Vice?
25:37I know the guys from Fort Lauderdale Vice.
25:39I'm talking about the TV show that won't...
25:41You know what?
25:43Forget it.
25:43You are a terrible stakeout partner.
25:45Why don't you call Emmy Ochoa?
25:46Ask her to tag me out.
25:50Catherine told you about that?
25:51Listen, don't get me wrong.
25:52You know what I was saying wrong?
25:57What?
25:58Over there.
25:59You think that's the guy Natalie Howard was paying off?
26:02One way to find out.
26:08I heard on the news about a house blowing up in the suburbs.
26:12I had no idea it was Mrs. H's.
26:16Well, we have pictures of her, too, if you'd like to see them, Andre.
26:19I get why you brought me here.
26:21A nice white lady coming to see a guy with his face all tattered up.
26:24Oh, God.
26:25You're not here because of the ink on your face.
26:26You're here because of the ink on your rap sheet.
26:28You got eight arrests for possession of a controlled substance.
26:31Eleven more for possession with intent to distribute.
26:33I was a dealer.
26:35Emphasis on was.
26:36So if we were to test what's left of Mrs. H, we wouldn't find any drugs in her system?
26:40No.
26:41I left all that behind.
26:42I work as a youth counselor now.
26:44How do you explain all that money Natalie Howard is bringing you then?
26:47It's for a community center I'm helping get built.
26:49The construction site you picked me up at, that's where it's gonna be.
26:53Named for my baby brother, Omari.
26:55He's the reason me and Mrs. H met.
26:57And how do they know each other?
26:59Actually, they didn't.
27:01He died last year.
27:03Hit and run.
27:05The story made a lot of the papers because he had just got a full ride to Miami.
27:11Yeah, boy, Kahoot.
27:12But whoever ran him down, didn't give a damn who he was.
27:17Left him there to die.
27:18Mrs. H showed about the funeral, told my mom she read about it.
27:21Said she knew what we were going through because she lost a son to a drunk driver.
27:24When I told her I was trying to get a community center built, name it after Omari, she pledged
27:29a hundred grand.
27:30People donating that amount don't tend to do it in cash.
27:33They write checks.
27:34They want the tax deductions.
27:36Honestly, I thought it was a little sus too.
27:39She said she wanted to be anonymous.
27:41That the only person deserved any attention was Omari.
27:45Can you account for your whereabouts on Tuesday between 10 a.m. and noon?
27:48I can.
27:49So can a couple hundred other people.
27:51I was at Mercer Elementary School giving a talk about staying away from drugs.
28:00Let's just say everything he told us was on the level.
28:03Natalie Howard was taking money out for good reason.
28:06When Preston Howard found out about it, why not just tell him the truth?
28:09She'll do you one better.
28:10Why did she tell him she was planning to go to the police?
28:13One sec.
28:16Hey, what's up?
28:17Am I catching you at a bad time?
28:19No, it's a good time, actually.
28:20I just got out of an interrogation.
28:22Funny.
28:23I'm calling because I went through one of those myself today.
28:36Hey.
28:37Hey, how was your date?
28:38You get up to anything interesting?
28:40I did.
28:41I should have a conversation with Emi Ochoa.
28:44Oh, really?
28:44Funny.
28:45You didn't mention that story to me.
28:46Oh, I'm sorry.
28:47Are we keeping score now when it comes to things one of us didn't tell the other?
28:51I get what you like about her, by the way.
28:53I mean, her capacity for forgiveness, her willingness to get to bed figuratively, of course,
28:57with the meth addict who tried to kill her brother for, you know, no reason at all.
29:02I mean, people have been sainted for less.
29:04I told you, okay?
29:05I told you.
29:06She regrets what she did.
29:08I'm glad that's enough for you.
29:09It isn't for me.
29:15Found something.
29:16Yeah.
29:16When you're done with your personal calls?
29:18Sorry.
29:19What did Catherine do now?
29:21Listen, you are, for all your faults, one of the coolest customers I've ever met.
29:27Nothing ever seems to bother you except for when my wife calls you on your BS.
29:31I'm gonna go on a limb and say it has something to do with Emi Ochoa.
29:33Let's just say Catherine decided to introduce herself today and we'll just, we'll just leave
29:38it at that.
29:39Oh, man.
29:42Did I ever tell you about the day you were sentenced what Catherine did?
29:47Mm-mm.
29:48Went home, got in bed, and didn't get out for three days.
29:52I remember thinking like, hey, what the hell?
29:55This is her ex.
29:56You know, most people, they hear their ex is going to prison.
29:58They throw a party.
29:58And I will admit that like, for a millisecond, I thought maybe she wasn't over you.
30:03But then I realized, no, my beautiful wife, your beautiful ex, she just loves bigger than
30:11I understood.
30:12And when you love that big, you worry that big.
30:16My question for you is, do you love being loved big?
30:21Because if you don't, you said you had something.
30:32Yeah.
30:36Everything Andre Blake told us checked out.
30:38He was at that school the day the Howard's house blew up.
30:40And his brother was killed and hit and run last year.
30:44Okay, so as far as suspects go, we're back to square one.
30:47In the death of Natalie Howard, yes.
30:49In the death of baby bro, not so much.
30:52Natalie Howard never had a kid, let alone one killed by a drunk driver.
30:55So I wondered, why show up at Omari Blake's funeral?
30:59Why pledge a hundred grand to a community center being built in his honor?
31:04Let me guess, once Natalie's death was ruled a homicide, you got to...
31:07Whose phone was pinging off the nearest tower?
31:10Okay, so if Natalie Howard killed Omari, but Omari's brother didn't kill Natalie,
31:15that maybe one of the family members found out the truth and killed her to get revenge.
31:21Sorry, it's my client.
31:24I'm sorry.
31:25Hey, Bob, what's up?
31:26You need an update?
31:26No, I just got home.
31:28Someone must have broken in.
31:29Everything is torn apart.
31:30I didn't want to call the police because of everything going on with Louise, but...
31:35Okay, Bob, take a deep breath.
31:37Just get out of the house.
31:38I'll be there and, like...
31:39I just heard something.
31:41I think the person who did this missed...
31:43Bob.
31:45Bob, what was that?
31:47Bob, what was it?
31:48Bob!
31:53Paramedics say he'll make it, but...
31:54Blow us to the back of the head.
31:56Odds are you to see who did it.
31:58Blow to the back of the head, just like Natalie Howard.
32:00You think the guy who killed her did this?
32:02I mean, as far as signatures go, hitting people on the head is not a very unique one.
32:06Even if you're right, what motive would they have for attacking them both?
32:10Well, any luck, the answer's gonna come from that guy right there.
32:14Mr. Adult Onesie?
32:15Actually, Mr. Ring Camera.
32:16He just told me his has a great view of Bob's driveway.
32:24Hey, are you seriously using terry cloth again?
32:31Hey, if you're looking for Preston, he isn't here.
32:34I had to go make some funeral arrangements for Natalie.
32:36Actually, Mr. Summers, we're here for you.
32:41We have video of this car arriving at Bob Vernon's house
32:43just minutes before someone assaulted him last night.
32:46There's lots of cars like this out there.
32:48Yeah.
32:49But only one Lux guy won, right?
32:53Lawyer.
33:02This is what you've been doing?
33:04Yeah.
33:05Well, a complicated case.
33:06I thought some visual aids might help.
33:08I would say it looks like something Sophia may,
33:10but I don't know if she can do better than this.
33:13Three couples, all friends from the same country club,
33:16all connected by the murder of Natalie Howard.
33:18And by the bandit of Broward, a.k.a. Louise Vernon.
33:21Exactly.
33:22She did rob the Summers' house.
33:24She attempted to rob the Howard's house.
33:26I think she's the reason Grant went to Bob's house last night.
33:30Revenge?
33:30Asset retrieval.
33:32I told Louise it's my least favorite job,
33:33but it's a thing for a reason.
33:34Someone steals your stuff, you want it back.
33:37Louise's storage locker was a detail we kept out of the press.
33:39Yes, exactly.
33:40That's why I think Grant went to her house last night,
33:42tore it up looking for something she stole.
33:44Why wouldn't he just contact the police,
33:45ask if his property was recovered?
33:47Well, you're assuming what he was looking for,
33:48he'd be okay with the police knowing about.
33:50What, like a brick of cocaine or something?
33:52Spidey Sen says no,
33:53but that's only because based on the items retrieved
33:55from the storage locker, she wasn't into drugs.
33:57Only things that were nice.
33:59What nice thing would have tied Grant to a crime?
34:01Don't know,
34:02but I gotta think it's the same reason he killed Natalie Howard.
34:06Well, lucky for us,
34:07we have a bandit who can just tell us what she stole.
34:10You really think what happened to Bob was my fault?
34:13Well, we think they're connected.
34:14I did, yeah.
34:17All this awfulness.
34:22Just because I was bored
34:24and needed a little excitement in my life.
34:26Bob's doctor said he opened size this morning.
34:31He didn't say anything,
34:32but she thinks it's a good sign.
34:36She thinks he's gonna be okay.
34:39That's good, Louise.
34:41I'm glad.
34:42I'm glad.
34:44You said this is the claim Grant and Don Fy
34:47with their insurance company after I robbed them,
34:48but I'm still a little fuzzy
34:51on what I'm supposed to be looking for.
34:52Something that isn't there.
34:54The idea is you stole something
34:56that could have gotten Grant in trouble,
34:58and if you did,
34:59there's a good chance
35:00you wouldn't have made a claim for it.
35:04Like the dog that doesn't bark, right?
35:07It's the absence of things that matters.
35:09I'm guessing you stole the complete works
35:11of Sherlock Holmes at some point.
35:17Wow.
35:19I'm the one being accused of theft?
35:22What do you mean?
35:24Grant and Don have been ripping off
35:25their insurance company.
35:29Erte statuette?
35:30Yeah.
35:31Poochie dress?
35:32Emerald brooch?
35:34They claimed at least 20,000 bucks worth of stuff
35:38that I definitely didn't take.
35:41You, uh, want to charge him for fraud?
35:43I'm willing to testify.
35:45Oh, yeah, in exchange for reducing
35:46the charges against you?
35:48Actually, I...
35:50I was hoping I could get permission
35:51to visit Bob's room.
35:54I...
35:54I know I'm under arrest,
35:57but...
35:58I'd like to hold his hand.
36:00Maybe even be there when he wakes up.
36:04You find something that proves
36:05Grant Summers is a killer,
36:06and I'll work on that and the charges.
36:14Huh.
36:16The most valuable thing I took
36:17from Grant and Don's house?
36:19The one they could have made
36:20a huge legitimate claim for?
36:21Mm-hmm.
36:23It's not listed here.
36:30There.
36:31Right there.
36:33Ah.
36:34Ostruskin with 18-karat gold hardware.
36:37There were only six made.
36:38One of them was auctioned
36:39at Sotheby's last year.
36:40Sold for over 200,000.
36:43Of course, I...
36:44I couldn't wear it
36:45would have attracted
36:46too much attention,
36:47but...
36:48sure was nice to look at.
36:49Okay, maybe Grant stole it.
36:51They didn't make a claim
36:51because they were timed to the crime.
36:53A murder, an attempted murder,
36:54exploded the house off
36:55or a stolen bag?
36:56I don't think so.
36:56A stolen bag worth over 200 grand.
36:58I don't think it was the bag
37:00he was looking for.
37:01I think it's what was inside
37:02the bag.
37:03Did you know that was in there?
37:05No.
37:05I...
37:06I told you,
37:06I never used the bag.
37:08But I didn't get it.
37:08What's so special about a license plate?
37:10Ordinarily, not much,
37:11but I think this one's going to prove
37:12one of the Summers
37:13is a killer.
37:19The Summers.
37:21Do you recognize these?
37:25Of course,
37:26they were all stolen from my home,
37:28but I'm confused.
37:30Is...
37:30is that why you asked me to come here?
37:32To give them back to me?
37:35Because I thought you had questions
37:36about the little misunderstanding
37:38between Grant and Bob Vernon.
37:40You mean when Grant misunderstood
37:41a pipe to the back of Bob's skull?
37:44Grant went there to talk to Bob
37:45about what Louise had done.
37:47Things got heated,
37:48and Bob came at him.
37:51Grant was just defending himself.
37:54What about this?
37:57Recognize this?
37:59No, that isn't mine.
38:02You sure?
38:03Because a bag like that
38:04is easy to trace.
38:05Your husband got it at auction
38:07a year ago,
38:07just before your 50th birthday,
38:09which, um,
38:10according to social media posts,
38:12you celebrated at Cabrera
38:13in Miami.
38:18Yes, sorry.
38:19I...
38:20I remember now.
38:21I...
38:21I have so many bags.
38:23I suppose I just...
38:24I forgot about this one.
38:26That must be nice.
38:27You could forget about one
38:28that costs six figures.
38:30What about this?
38:30What about this?
38:32Recognize that?
38:34That appears to be
38:35a plate from a car
38:37I reported stolen last year.
38:39Well, not just last year.
38:40The day after your birthday party.
38:43I'm confused.
38:44Did you find the car?
38:45No, odds are we never will,
38:47because odds are
38:48you and Grant got rid of it.
38:49That's crazy.
38:50Why would we do that?
38:51Because it was your car
38:52that struck and killed
38:53a kid named Omari Blake last year.
38:57At first, we thought
38:58it was Natalie who did it,
38:59but no, she was just
39:00the passenger, wasn't she?
39:02We traced the chain of title
39:03on the car.
39:051975 Mercedes SLC.
39:07It's a real classic.
39:08Originally purchased
39:09by your father
39:09the week you were born.
39:10He transferred the title
39:11to you when you turned 16.
39:13And you could have just
39:14gotten rid of the plate
39:14along with the car,
39:15but it was more than just
39:16proof of a crime, wasn't it?
39:21It was proof of how much
39:22daddy loved you
39:23and how special you are.
39:25Yeah, so much more special
39:26than some random
39:2717-year-old on a bike.
39:30It's too bad Louise
39:31stole your bag
39:32before you had a chance
39:33to get this out.
39:36Obviously, you managed
39:37to swear Natalie
39:38to secrecy that night,
39:40but unlike you,
39:41her conscience
39:42that got to her.
39:44She ended up donating
39:45$100,000 to a community center
39:47in Omari's name.
39:48Recently she told her husband
39:50there was something
39:50she needed to tell him
39:51and we think she was
39:52going to spill about
39:53what really happened
39:53that night.
39:54And we think she gave you
39:55the opportunity
39:56to do the same.
39:57Instead, you stick
39:58your psycho husband on her.
40:02No.
40:03No.
40:04Grant would never.
40:05He's a good man.
40:07So good he wouldn't
40:07take a plea deal
40:08to pin Omari
40:09and Natalie's murder
40:10on you?
40:11Because you should know
40:12the DA's office
40:13is about to offer him one
40:14in about 20 minutes.
40:16Unless, of course,
40:19you won't talk
40:19about a deal
40:19for yourself.
40:26Yeah.
40:28You made it.
40:29You said in your text
40:30you had a much better
40:31story for me
40:32than Emmy Ochoa
40:33dupes Florida P.I.
40:34a second time.
40:35How could I resist?
40:36Look, about that, I...
40:37It's okay.
40:39I overstepped.
40:40Not a lot,
40:42but enough.
40:44So it's still pal,
40:45Sam, yeah?
40:45Well, it depends
40:46how good this other story is.
40:47Well, actually,
40:47you have your choice
40:48of two.
40:49Mm-hmm.
40:49My client,
40:50Bob Vernon,
40:51husband of the infamous
40:52Ben Underbroward,
40:53he hasn't talked
40:53to the press
40:54since he got out
40:54of the hospital.
40:55But for the wife
40:56of the cop
40:57who just talked
40:57the DA
40:58into a plea deal
40:59that would see her
40:59serve less than a year,
41:02you'd make an exception.
41:03And behind door number two?
41:06You see that group
41:07over there?
41:09It's the family
41:10of Omari Blake.
41:12I just told them
41:13how Don and Grant Summer,
41:14they couldn't turn
41:15on each other fast enough.
41:17They're both probably
41:18gonna go away for life.
41:19Now, it doesn't bring
41:20Omari back,
41:21but they're all glad
41:21to be finally
41:22getting some justice.
41:24Now, I figured
41:24a piece in the Herald
41:26would be a good way
41:26to remind people
41:27who he was,
41:28how much he was loved.
41:30Not to mention
41:31some good publicity
41:32for the community center
41:33of the building.
41:36You're really
41:37gonna make me choose.
41:38Well, it depends.
41:40You're gonna quit
41:41trying to make me
41:41go on the dating apps?
41:42I'll let you know
41:43after we talk
41:44to the Blakes.
41:46All right.
41:47Let's talk to the Blakes.
42:04Blakes.
42:15Blakes.
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