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00:02:30From 1992.
00:02:32It's great work again, Claire.
00:02:35You sure I can't hire you full-time?
00:02:40You know, uh, my nephew, he still talks about you.
00:02:45He's an associate professor now at Cal Poly.
00:02:50Architecture.
00:02:52That's very sweet.
00:02:53I don't think so.
00:02:55I'm sorry.
00:02:55Well, I had to try.
00:03:02I want you to take this case.
00:03:07I couldn't.
00:03:09Sure you could.
00:03:09And it'll do you good.
00:03:11You're always saying how all you do is sit around at home.
00:03:14The truth be told is I don't really want to give this to one of my people.
00:03:17I think this case would be best handled out of house.
00:03:20I don't know.
00:03:26You know, we're so seldom assigned murder victims.
00:03:30And there has never been a case like this in our department.
00:03:37This is important to me.
00:03:41Now, you'll have to meet with Sheriff Mann.
00:03:44He and I have a little bit of a history, so he's gonna angle to try to get you thrown
00:03:47off the case at every corner.
00:03:49But the fact is that after six months, if the decedent has no known relatives, then they are required to
00:03:55report it to us.
00:03:59You could be doing some good here, Claire.
00:04:03You're an excellent investigator.
00:04:04You are.
00:04:17Have fun?
00:04:18Thanks a lot.
00:04:43Thanks a lot.
00:05:30Thanks a lot.
00:05:57I like you, Claire. We've worked together before, but this is not what you do.
00:06:01This is not some spinster found dead all alone.
00:06:03This is not some old man found in a remote farmhouse on Black Mountain Road.
00:06:08This is not that.
00:06:10It's simply following protocol, sir.
00:06:13I called Vivian, Miss Hershey, directly.
00:06:16I asked her not to intervene.
00:06:18She does this just to spite me.
00:06:22Look.
00:06:34Yeah.
00:06:35Claire.
00:06:37Look.
00:06:40She was shot through the heart.
00:06:43Her head severed from her body with almost surgical precision.
00:06:48Both of her hands removed, cut clean through the bone, most likely with a medical power saw.
00:06:53Her breast implants were sliced from her torso with a scalpel or a very sharp razor.
00:06:59This is the picture that the public sees.
00:07:05This is what I see.
00:07:08This is why I can't sleep at night.
00:07:12How are your daughters, sir?
00:07:15They're good.
00:07:18They're great, actually.
00:07:20Loves of my life.
00:07:22They've really bounced back since, well, since my wife died.
00:07:26Sir, I haven't had a chance to tell you personally.
00:07:29I'm so sorry.
00:07:34I've made you a confidential copy of the case file.
00:07:39As you know, our victim took great pains to make sure that her identity was a secret.
00:07:44Her driver's license, social security card, both fake.
00:07:46That's not even her picture.
00:07:48There's some actress from L.A.
00:07:51She rented the Chandler house almost exactly three months before the murder.
00:07:55It's hidden up there, but it's really one of the most beautiful houses on the coast, so it's not cheap.
00:08:02She kept mostly to herself.
00:08:04She did do some volunteer work for a local food bank, delivering, you know, meals to the elderly, to the
00:08:09infirmed.
00:08:09There's a list in there.
00:08:11She also had a series of one-night stands, both men and women.
00:08:17You'll find wigs, perfume, sexual items up at the house.
00:08:23She would lure these people there.
00:08:24They'd drink and do drugs, and she was not a good girl.
00:08:30Not like you.
00:08:34Claire, your job is strictly her identity.
00:08:37Do not get involved with a murder investigation.
00:08:41The caretaker has the keys.
00:08:43He knows you're coming.
00:08:44You'll have access for 24 hours a day whenever you want to at the house.
00:08:49Although I don't know what you'll see.
00:08:51We've been over every inch.
00:08:59What do you think?
00:09:01To be honest, I'm afraid she might find something we missed.
00:09:07He thinks I'm this wallflower.
00:09:10Well, you are a wallflower.
00:09:18God, I can't believe you're on this case.
00:09:21Don't you have to be a rehearsal or something?
00:09:23Your, uh, your boyfriend, James, he just got a new car.
00:09:26I should go take a long, hard ride.
00:09:31I'm playing Chopin at the festival on Friday.
00:09:34I'll leave two tickets.
00:09:36Okay.
00:09:42Can you drop it?
00:09:46I don't know if I can do anything, but I'll try.
00:10:10Listen, when she moved in, was the house completely empty?
00:10:13Yes.
00:10:14Except for the phone.
00:10:16She told me she had bad credit and no credit cards.
00:10:20Paid me to put the phone in my name.
00:10:23She even used my old answering machine.
00:10:25Who uses those anymore?
00:10:28Look.
00:10:30There's one now.
00:10:31Still the looky-loos.
00:10:34They'll drive right up here in the driveway.
00:10:36I even catch them sneaking around the yard.
00:10:39I should remove it.
00:11:15I can't believe my mother and my wife.
00:11:21I'm soNDing.
00:11:26It's hard to leave.
00:11:27I want to make two, too.
00:11:28I know that I can write and write and write.
00:11:29Well, my wife is just a niece.
00:11:29He's soN poultry.
00:11:29He's soNouled.
00:11:29I'm soNouled.
00:11:33I love him.
00:11:35Hi, Sarah.
00:11:36I love her.
00:11:36I love my family.
00:13:15What's with all the plants?
00:13:17Yeah, I picked them up last night.
00:13:20I just realized it seemed so empty in here.
00:13:23Hmm.
00:13:28Her house is amazing.
00:13:30She has such nice things.
00:13:33Her makeup, her perfume.
00:13:37Are you wearing contacts?
00:13:39Yeah.
00:13:40I hardly ever wear them, but...
00:13:44The thing is that I know that man is gonna get me thrown off the case if I find anything
00:13:48substantial.
00:13:50You gonna go back there?
00:13:55She has a whole drawer full of sex toys.
00:13:58We need to go shopping.
00:14:01Oh.
00:14:12Hey, Clara.
00:14:14Good morning, Annie.
00:14:16You're like clockwork.
00:14:17Every week.
00:14:22Oh, and what's this?
00:14:23Are we getting kind of fancy going out this weekend?
00:14:27It's gonna look really good on you.
00:14:28bottom layer
00:14:32as the bottom layer
00:14:32so the bottom layer is rounded
00:17:02Hello, Claire.
00:17:08Sheriff?
00:17:09Thought I'd swing by, see how you were doing.
00:17:12Doing fine.
00:17:14Find anything?
00:17:16There's not much to see so far.
00:17:21Nice car.
00:17:22It's beautiful.
00:17:25You'll keep me informed if you find anything.
00:17:29Of course, sir.
00:17:31I'm gonna go around and talk to some of the neighbors tomorrow.
00:17:38You look good, Claire.
00:17:41You look good, Claire.
00:17:41I know.
00:17:53I know.
00:18:19I don't know.
00:18:25I don't know.
00:18:58I don't know.
00:19:35I don't know.
00:19:37I don't know.
00:20:07I just call you in the morning.
00:20:08I'm still going through stuff.
00:20:11Have you found anything?
00:20:14No.
00:20:16Well, just so you know,
00:20:17a man called again this morning
00:20:18asking me to take you off the case,
00:20:20and I just politely told him to fuck off.
00:20:25Well, you find anything.
00:20:27You let me know.
00:20:29Have a good night.
00:20:55I like the new look, Clara.
00:21:16I like the new look.
00:22:01She brought a strange man back to that time and time again.
00:22:05This is a nice community.
00:22:08It's respectable.
00:22:12She was amazingly beautiful, and she seemed like such a nice person.
00:22:32Oh, you said you'd come back.
00:22:37Um, no, I'm sorry, ma'am.
00:22:39My name is Claire Decker.
00:22:41I'm a freelance investigator for San Luis Obispo County for social services.
00:22:44I don't talk to police.
00:22:46I'm sorry.
00:22:46I'm not police.
00:22:47You're wearing her perfume.
00:22:51Yes.
00:22:53I am.
00:22:54She was a very nice young lady.
00:22:58Ma'am, would it be okay if I asked you a few questions about her?
00:23:03We'd like to find out who she was.
00:23:05Settle her estate.
00:23:08My name is Teresa Suskind.
00:23:10Come in.
00:23:11Please, sit down.
00:23:14I would offer you coffee, but I'm out of supplies.
00:23:18Juliet used to bring me supplies from the food bank every once in a while.
00:23:22So, how well did you know Juliet?
00:23:25Oh, she'd stop by once or twice a week.
00:23:29She liked to talk.
00:23:30Did she ever tell you anything about her life?
00:23:34Any places that she had lived before?
00:23:36That for few.
00:23:39I'm so sorry.
00:23:43If you'll forgive me, I just need a moment.
00:23:49Of course.
00:23:52Are you all right?
00:23:54Juliet is not coming back.
00:24:03I've seen photographs.
00:24:08It's so very sad.
00:24:12Teresa, do you have any family?
00:24:17Would people know who to contact in case of an emergency?
00:24:24It's back there, dear.
00:24:25In the closet just before the bedroom.
00:24:30It's something you should have.
00:24:44On the floor.
00:24:46The last time she was here, she left it.
00:24:52If she's not coming back for it, well, you'll know what to do with it.
00:25:03Good lord.
00:25:06People, I can't never see that.
00:25:06I think she's locked up.
00:25:06shop.
00:25:11Yes?
00:25:26There we go.
00:25:27At the window, I can tell her I expected...
00:25:27This place is a guest sobscape, she'd be late on June 5th.
00:25:30Oh, my God.
00:26:19Oh, my God.
00:26:33Hello, this is Julia Town.
00:26:35I'm not here right now, so please leave your name and number.
00:26:39Thanks.
00:26:40Adios.
00:26:44Hello, Claire.
00:26:45Oh, my God.
00:26:46Oh, my God.
00:26:54Oh, my God.
00:28:18You like my dress?
00:28:21Yeah, it's nice.
00:30:04Good morning, detective man.
00:30:05Claire, there was a break-in last night.
00:30:08An elderly blind woman, Teresa Suskind.
00:30:10She lives in that yellow trailer on Scott Street.
00:30:13Oh, my God.
00:30:13Is she okay?
00:30:14She's fine.
00:30:15The place was ransacked.
00:30:17Nothing was taken.
00:30:18It was a man.
00:30:19Now, Claire, the landlord said that she saw you at Teresa's yesterday.
00:30:26I did speak to her yesterday, yes.
00:30:29And some other people on the list.
00:30:32Uh-huh.
00:30:33So, you spoke to a woman who never talks to us, and that night, there was a break-in?
00:30:45Is there anything you're not telling me, Claire?
00:31:01How's it going?
00:31:02Hey.
00:31:13Her name is Jessica.
00:31:16Yeah.
00:31:18These were given to me by an elderly neighbor.
00:31:21Of hers, a woman who she used to deliver meals to.
00:31:23Now, the woman is blind, but they had many conversations.
00:31:26Wait, are you sure these are the decedents?
00:31:28I mean, maybe she had a child.
00:31:30No.
00:31:30I know.
00:31:32I haven't brought these to the attention of the sheriff's department yet.
00:31:35Now, Vivian, you know that as soon as I find a substantial lead,
00:31:39he's going to throw me off the case.
00:31:42I can find out more.
00:31:44Well, look, it's been six months since the murder.
00:31:46I suppose a couple more days isn't going to hurt anything.
00:31:50You do what you need to do,
00:31:52but you make sure it does not reflect badly on this department.
00:31:56Probably you.
00:31:56Sure.
00:31:59Whew.
00:32:00Little girl.
00:32:02All grown up.
00:32:12Hey.
00:32:13You going on a trip?
00:32:14Can I ask you a small favor?
00:32:17Could you watch this for me for a couple of days?
00:32:21Uh, hide it?
00:32:23I know that it sounds really strange.
00:32:25It's a long story, and I can't get into it right now, but it's really important to me.
00:32:29It's fine.
00:32:30Don't worry.
00:32:31I'll hide it for you.
00:32:32Oh, and don't open it.
00:32:36I'm not going to open your suitcase, Claire.
00:32:40Great.
00:32:43Sure.
00:32:45Who's that?
00:32:46It's my daughter.
00:32:47She's coming to town for a few days.
00:32:49Yeah, I'm really excited.
00:32:51I did not know that you had a daughter.
00:32:53Yeah.
00:32:54There's a lot you don't know.
00:32:56Maybe, uh, maybe you can meet her.
00:32:58We can go for a picnic or something like that.
00:33:03Or maybe I can just swatch your suitcase for you.
00:33:53Hello, this is Julia in town.
00:33:55I'm going to be running out.
00:33:56Please be playing and on board.
00:33:59Thanks.
00:34:01Adios.
00:34:08Do you think he's going to wait with it, Claire?
00:34:16That smells delicious.
00:34:25You didn't turn in the suitcase, did you?
00:34:27I did not.
00:34:28It feels good to do the wrong thing sometimes, hmm?
00:34:35It does.
00:34:37Be a bad girl.
00:34:40I'm sorry about the break-in.
00:34:42He was looking for that suitcase, wasn't he?
00:34:44Of course, my dear.
00:34:46Did he speak?
00:34:47Did he say anything?
00:34:49I spoke to him.
00:34:52He was not very happy by the time he walked out that door.
00:34:56Is he the killer?
00:34:57Oh, no.
00:34:59He was an errand boy.
00:35:02Have you always been so shy, Claire?
00:35:06I'm not shy.
00:35:08I'm not shy.
00:35:09I just like being alone.
00:35:12I was the same way, my dear, until I met my husband.
00:35:18It's amazing how love changes you.
00:35:22Your hair changes, your clothes, the way you speak.
00:35:28But it happens on the inside, too.
00:35:32One day, you wake up, and you're a different person.
00:35:39I can't believe it.
00:45:38I'll be right here.
00:45:41Adios.
00:52:03I was going to call you.
00:52:42I'm sorry.
00:53:10I'm sorry.
00:54:13Of course.
00:55:38I'm going to do.
00:55:46I'm sorry.
00:56:04I'm sorry.
00:57:01I'll have a vodka.
00:57:02I'm a martini.
00:57:37I don't believe it.
00:57:43I'm sorry.
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