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The Closer
Season 3 Episode 12
Not here. In the back.
Hurry!
By the pool. Set up by the pool.
Hurry up,buzz. We need to fish him out.
Ow!
I didn't see you,buzz.
Yeah,it's okay. Just step back.
I'm deputy chief johnson
Wait a second.You're bleeding.
One more minute won't hurt.
Are you sure?
Yes,ma'am.
Okay. I'm deputy chief
johnson,priority homicide.
A dog walker stopped by the home of mr.Oliver
henry and found the body in the pool.
Okay,detective sanchez,now
that we've memorializedthe body,
let's pull this poor man out,please.
Sergeant gabriel,phd.
The first officersarrived at the
scene roughly 12 minutes
after mr.Henry's death was called in.
Uh,since it was clear thathe
had been dead for some time,
the officers decided to
leavethe crime scene undisturbed.
All right,if you got a close shot,
let's turn the camera offuntil --
for heaven's sakes,would someone
pleasequiet down those dogs?
Hello.
Lieutenant tao,
priorityhomicide division,lapd.
The swelling of the victim indicates
he's been in the watereight to nine hours.
Though bloated,we can identify him through
his driver's licenseas the owner of the house.
Hold it right there.
Oliver henry --
- arguably the most
successfuldivorce lawyer in los angeles.
By all accounts,he wasa good man,a
decent man,a man who loved his job.
Ladies and gentlemenof the jury,the
prosecution isgonna prove to you
mr.Henry was murderedby the defendant
who verbally and physicallythreatened the victim
repeatedly in the weeksright up to his death.
Now,mr.Cordry here,the lawyer for
the defense,is gonna argue that
mr.Henry'sdeath was accidental,but I
need you to pay very close attention
to the inconsistencies you'regonna see with
that theory on this videoand throughout the case.
To start,you'll notice the contusions
visible on mr.Henry's forehead.
Roll it.
Looks like he ran
intosomething right here.
I got it.
A little overdressed to
goswimming,don't you think?
Okay,let's get his
shirt --how it's untucked.
This seam here...
a tear in the knee...
and the cuffs of the
pants...
here...and there.
And the scuff marks,
too,buzz,on the shoes.
Thank you.
Would you move,please?
Move back? Thank you.
Chief,you see this?
Could be drag marks.
Buzz?
I got it.
Lieutenant tao,I want youto check and see
if there'sany leather from the
victim's shoes around the pool.
Thank you.
Sergeant gabriel,would you mind showing
me wheremr.Henry kept his clothes?
Thank you.
He's all yours,gentlemen.
He takes excellent careof his wardrobe.
His closet's as bigas my kitchen.
Chief,what are you looking for?
Signs of wear,and I'm not finding them.
Sergeant gabriel,would you check these
suitsand shirts for frays and tears?
And,lieutenant provenza,I want these
shoes and clothesput into evidence,please.
As neatly as he keptthem...please.
Thank you so much.
Oh,yeah.
Okay,until recently,oliver
henry was partnerswith his wife,
valerie,in the law firmof henry and henry --
considered the number-twodivorce
law firm in the city.
Clientele includes
celebrities,politicians,and the very rich.
Fees average $500 an hourfor associates,twice
that if you wantoliver henry specifically.
Cheaper to hire a hit man.
So,you're saying mr.And mrs.Henry were partners?
Yeah,well,they divorced,too
-- just settledabout three months ago.
They're still in the
processof dissolving the firm.
Now,he was consideredthe rainmaker,
and she was regarded as,
you know,kind of average.
Her payoff isn'T. Valerie henry is still listed
as the beneficiary of our victim's
$10 millionlife-insurance policy.
She's not answering a phone.
All right,detective sanchez,what
did we learnfrom the neighbors?
It's not a good placeto
have a block party,chief.
I mean,nobody knows anyone.
All I got is this kidwho
saw a black beamer,
maybe a convertible,parked in
henry's drivewayaround 9:00 last night.
Hmm,black bmwin the hollywood hills.
That narrows it down
to,like,50,000 people.
Hey.
Any chance this hollywooddivorce attorney
accidentally fellinto his own pool?
'Cause the mediaare already insisting that
one of his movie-starclients killed him,
and we just can't affordthat
kind of *** right now.
We are slowly whittling
awayat a list of suspects.
Great. How many are we down to?
Not counting the wife,roughly 758.
What?
Our attorney's caseload.
Henry and henry currently have379 active divorce
suits,each with a clientand an irritated spouse.
That's castinga pretty wide net.
And how do you feel about
yourown wife's divorce attorney?
Yeah,okay.
What would really make mefeel
a little better,though,
is some evidence that a crimewas actually
committed,because if the guyjust fell --
excuse me.Uh,dr.Morales will see us now.
Wonderful. Thank you,sergeant.
If the autopsy report
reads,"accident" --
yeah,or suicide.Suicide would be great.
I'll be sureto let you know.
Don't make work for yourself.
All right,y'all, let's startchecking
mr.Henry's clients and their spouses,
see
if any of themhave a criminal record.
I want to know if any
of themdrive a black bmW.
Let's dumpthe victim's cellphone,
see who he was talking to.
And find the ex-wife,please.
Thank you. Sergeant gabriel.
Sorry.
I'm documenting the scrapes on the
back of his knucklesand fingers.
Could this have happenedby accident?
On just one hand,I'd say yes.
On the other hand,too --
looks more likehe was dragged from behind.
But the contusion'son
the front of his head.
No hemorrhaging though.
Low impact.
It lookslike he ran into a door or
fell fromless than his full height.
And he didn't block
the blowwith his hands.
So,let's say it
happenedsomething like this.
someone was walkingmr.Henry along,
let's say,from his house
to his pool,and he started to pass out.
And they let him slip whichexplains
the scrape on the knee.
And dropped him.
So he hits his
head --kaboom.
But not hard enoughto
knock him unconscious.
Right,so,mr.Henry falls,and
our killerturns the victim face up,
grabs
him under his arms,and drags him to the pool --
ow,ow.That's too hard.
-Sorry,chief.Sorry.
-That's too hard.
This only makes sense if
mr.Henry was drugged or drunk.
No alcoholin his bloodstream.
I'm doing a tox screen,but I won't
know for sureuntil we get it back.
Wait a minute.Check under his arms.
His suit coat was ripped there,and
if you pull hard enough...
good call.
And when the
toxscreen came back positive,
I just felt likethere was no way I could
comfortably statethe death was accidental.
Thank you,dr.Morales.
Your witness.
So,this,um,this drug
that turned up in mr.Henry'stox screen was,again?
Midazolam --better
known as versed.
It's a sedative,among other things,
not availableby prescription.
And did you findany fingerprints
on this versed,doctor?
It's a liquid,sir.
And had been metabolized,so,no.
Then there's no wayto prove that
my clientadministered this drug?
Is that correct?
I wouldn't know.
I'm here to discuss the
medical aspects of the case.
Well,then could you tellthe members of the jury
what types of medical professionals
use this drugon a regular basis?
Anesthesiologists,mostly,but those working
in a surgicalfield would have access to it.
So,while the state has focusedits
efforts on the defendant,
isn't it true that any doctor,nurse,or medical
professionalcould have accessed this drug?
-Or someone close to a
doctor,nurse,or -
-objection.
That calls for a
ridiculousamount of speculation.
Sustained.
Let me ask you this,then,doctor.
Is it possiblethat mr.Henry,
who had
recentlysuffered a divorce,
who was splitting up hisbusiness with his
ex-wife,administered the drugto himself?
And on the way to his pool,stumbled
and fell,hit his head,
but managedto pull himself into
the water before he passed out?
Is that possible?
-Yes,but I would sayhighly
unlike
- "yes" is sufficient.
No further questions.
No redirect at this time,your honor.
Call your next witness.
Do you swear to tellthe truth,the whole
truth,and nothing but the truthso help you god?
I do.
I tried very hard to figure outhow mr.Henry's
deh might have been an accidentor suicide,
but the more I learned,the
morecertain I became it was ***.
Did you arrive at mr.Henry'shouse with that
idea in mind that his death was a homicide?
No.
In examining the crime scene,did you immediately
conclude that oliver henryhad been murdered?
Absolutely not.
I don't see how it could beanything
else,especiallywith this tox screen.
Yeah? What does it say?
Oliver henrytested positive for versed,which isn't
availableeven by prescription,
so someonemust have drugged him.
Ugh,your car insuranceis late again.
Look,why don't you justsign this form and...
what are you looking for?
I know I had some ho hosin here,and
I'm sure I had a ding dongin the freezer.
I threw all that stuff out.
What? Why?
The doctor said,"no more sugar.
Sorry.
Uh,what were you
sayingabout my insurance?
That it's late again.
Look,do you want to
combineour finances or not?
Really,just,you know,tell me
because it reallydoesn't matter to me.
I thought we agreed if we
putall our money in one place,
it would make it easier to
getpreapproved for a loan.
Yes,but then you
neverdo anything about it.
Well,I was planningon
doing that next week.
You keep on saying that,and
then nothing ever happens.
Here,please.
Here,sign this formand
that signature card.
That puts youon all
my bank accounts,okay?
And then you canjust close yours.
Now I feel bad. I didn't
expect you to do all of it.
I don't mind doing it!
That way it gets done!
Well,I should bedoing something.
I would be happywith your signature.
-So,your vic ingested versed?
-Yes.
Did you find the vialit came out
of or the glasshe drank it from?
No.
So,henry gave himselfa knockout drug,
cleaned out the glassor buried the vial,
walked quickly to the pool,fell,
hit his head,knocked himself out,
and then dragged himselfinto the water.
Well,that sounds reasonable.
Agent howard.
Uh-huh.Yeah,no,I'm coming.
Uh-huh.Yeah.
Ah,so,chief,it turnsout
henry's 23 active cases --
he was either verballyor physically threatened
by the opposing spousesin at least 11 of them.
That we know of.
Henry even pulled restrainingorders on
this guy,this lady here,him,and him.
Now,and this one... this one right
here --this one peed on his car.
Lovely.
Any of them drive black bmws?
Well,there's at least
sevenin the ballpark.
Uh,two were navy
blue,one was a mercedes.
Now,this guy over here,he was a double play
-- restraining orderand the car to go with it.
Oh,good.
Let's talk to him.
So,on the fourth dayof your investigation,
you were still concentratingon
at least seven people.
Eight --including valerie henry.
-The victim's ex-wife,correct?
-Yes.
Apparently,she'd been out
of town since the morningmr.Henry was found dead.
Before that?
I'm afraid I was alonein my new
apartment that night,so I can'toffer you an alibi.
Thank you for continuingto hold.
And so after you heard
aboutyour ex-husband's death?
I got in my carand drove to palm
springs before the press attacked.
Vultures. I couldn't facetalking to them.
Mrs.Henry,since your ex-husband
diedunder suspicious circumstances,
I wonder if you wouldn't
mindtelling me why you two divorced?
Money,mainly.
Or the way I spent it.
Sad part is,I filed for divorce
just to --
just to get his attention.I never thought we'd
actuallygo through with it.So stupid.
Mrs.Henry,um,did your husbandhave
a drug or alcohol problem?
Was he chronically depressedor suicidal?
No,no,just the opposite.
Ollie was stable,trustworthy.
He was an eagle scout.
Did you know that?
It stillmeant something to him.
Uh...thrifty,brave... whatever.
He could still recitethe
whole silly oath by heart.
And you'd thinksomeone like
that would be dull...repressed.
But not ollie. He was decent.
Too decent.
=Maybe I, maybe I didn'tdeserve someonequite so
- solidstate insurance...
oh,hello?Hold on,please.
I'm so sorry,mrs.Henry.
I was on hold for 15
minutesbefore you got here.
Hello? Yes. Hi. Uh,fine. Thank you.
Um,I'm calling to inquire
aboutyour multiple-driver discount.
I want to find out what
kindof rate my fianc and I can -- ?
oh,no,please
don't put me on hold!
Your callis important to us.
Thank you for continuingto hold.
I'm sorry.
You were saying?
You're getting married. Oh...
yes.Well,I'm engaged... so,yes.
Putting all your thingstogether?
Bit by bit. It is time-consuming.
When you take it apart,too.
Speaking of which,were you
satisfiedwith your divorce settlement?
Oh,ollie was...fair.
I got a lot of cash,and
he got the house.
And max and mathilde,too.
The dogs.
And you have them now,right?
Well,yes,I should have hadthem in the
first place or at leastjoint custody,anyway.
Ollie thought I didn't
pay themenough attention.
Mrs.Henry,are you aware that you are still named
as the sole beneficiary of
your ex-husband'slife insurance?
-Are you sure?
-Oh,I'm positive.
Your ex-husband dies,and
you get $10 million.
Look,ms.Johnson,even the fairestdivorce
attorneys make enemies. It comes with the job.
One party feels they're notgetting enough,
the other party feelsthey're giving too much.
You make enemiesjust
doing the right thing.
Well,is there any particularclient
or spouse he was concerned about?
Well,he didn't talk muchabout
it -- attorney-client privilege.
But he was getting flakfrom someone -- the husband
of a client,about a flarpl that --
I'm sorry,a what?
Family law attorney'sreal
property lien -- flarpl.
Sounds like something you'd
getat a dairy queen...in india.
Well,it's a law permittingasshole divorce lawyers
to put a lien on a client'shome to ensure payment.
Your second wife?
All right,if y'all don't mind
going over these names again and see if
any flarplsor "fliprls" turn up?
Thank you. Thank you so much.
And what did you
findin rechecking the names?
We found five f-flarpls.
Flarpls?
Fla--
flarplsamong mr.Henry's cases.
Had any of those fivebeen issued against
someone with a blackconvertible bmw?
One --against
the defendant.
Your honor,this would bea
good time to stop for the day.
Okay.Ladies and gentlemen,remember your oath.
You are not to discussthis case with
anyone,including the membersof the press.
We'll reconvene
heretomorrow morning at 9:00.
And let me remindthe reporters present --
you are to conduct your business
outside the four walls of this building.
-Good job.
-I hope so.
With judge tianodisallowing the dog
hair from valerie henry'smangy pets...
-You arrested the rightguy.Don't worry about it.
-That's why this isso frustrating.
I keep going over everythingin my head.
If I had been ableto get a confession,we
wouldn't even be herein the first place.
Ah,look,look,look,look,look.
We have a media scrumwe
have to walk through.
So before you walkinto that --
commander taylor will coach
youthrough your statement.
That's ridiculous.
I know exactly what to say.
No,you don't and you're
irritableand you snap at people.
I do not. We shouldn't evenbe
talking to the press. Vultures.
I want to thank y'allfor
your interest in this case.
The lapd has decidedthat commander taylor
will be fieldingall your questions today.
Thank you. Thank you so much. Pardon me.
Uh... well,um,let me,uh,make a
short -- a brief opening statement here.
We feel thatthis case represents the
best that our justice systemhas to offer.
Good morning.
Let me remind you,deputy chief
johnson,that you are still under oath.
Mr.Garnett,you may proceed.
Thank you,your honor.
Good morning,deputy chief johnson.
We left off yesterday discussing
the exhaustive searchyou made
of mr.Henry'scurrent and past
clients and their spses.
Among the five people against
whom he had issued flarpls,
you found onewith a black convertible bmw.
Dr.Jonathan schafer.
And who is he?
He's an ophthalmologist,
and his wife,kristen schafer,
hired mr.Henry to beher divorce attorney.
And then henry took out a
flarplagainst the schafer residence.
What?
Henry put a lienon schafer's house.
Sorry. I have to take this.
Hello? Yes,uh,multiple-driverrate. That's right.
Y'all go on.
-Um...
-I know this.
Okay.
Anyway,chief,uh,we havereports
of a confrontation between dr.Schaferand mr.Henry.
Schafer left threatson
henry's voice mail.
And registered to schaferat the
dmv is a 2006black bmw convertible.
And this divorcewas acrimonious?
Uh,that pointdoesn't fit so well.
Dr.Schafer and his wifeended up reconciling.
What?
Sorry. That is twicewhat I'm paying now.
No,I don'T. You know what?
Just forget it,okay?
Thank you so much.
Problem?
I'm trying to combine fritzand
my car-insurance policy for
a discount,
and I-I-I can'tseem to get it for some reason.
I got a guy. Let me see what I can get you.
-Are you sure? I-I don't
--yes.
Because then thatwill free you up to
figure out all this businesswith the --
the flarpl,the car,and the knockout drug
adds up to specific evidenceagainst dr.Schafer.
There must have been
otherdoctors that henry was suing.
Do you have a license plateon this bmw?
No.
Look,I'm meeting with the
wifelater on this afternoon.
I'll get some
morebackground information.
Look,I knowwe have some blanks.
Well,fill them in,now,because having all
seven of you working on this case for over a week
when we still can't saydefinitively
if this is a *** --
oh,no,it is.It is.I'm sure of it.
And this dr.Schafer --he
is our best bet.
Please don't gamble,especially with
the presslooking over your shoulder
because the evidenceyou've got is enough to
ruin thisguy's life but not enough
to arrest himfor ***.
If you're gonna continueto go
after schafer,do it with a whisper.
So,chief...what now?
So,I last saw mr.Henry --hmm --
I guess it must have
been,gosh,just a day or twobefore he died.
That's when you told him youand
your husband had reconciled?
Trying to reconcile.
Which was his
original advice --mr.Henry'S.
The day that I hired him,the
first thing he told me was,
"see if you can work things
outwith your husband."
And why did you file for
divorcein the first place?
Jonathan was having an affairwith
this girl in his office.
Kind of clich?
doctor's wife losing outt
o her husband's receptionist.
But that's over,and he
swearsshe was the only one.
And you believe him?
I'd like to.
My family,you know?
Did you know your husbandhad
threatened your attorney.
But jonathan would never
haveactually done anything violent.He'S...
he's an
ophthalmologistnot a biker.
He may be a cheat,but he's not a killer.
I know my husband.
You didn't knowhe was having an affair.
I thk I did.
I just...didn't wantto believe it.
Uh,do you knowwhere your husband
was the night of the ***?
Well,no.
He's still stayingat the beverly
wilshire until we figure things out.
Look,why would
jonathankill my attorney...
...especiallyafter I told him we could
maybe give our marriageanother try?
If I change my mind,I'll
just hire another lawyer.
He can't drown them all.
Let's find this receptionist that dr.Schafer
was cheatingwith and talk to her.
And I want to get a
searchwarrant for dr.Schafer's car.
Maybe you can look throughthe
bmw while I talk to him.
Maybe he won't even knowwe did it.
Sergeant,this is a ***,isn't it?
I think so.
And on paper...
I mean,the doctormakes a good suspect,yeah,
but I thought his wife made a good point.
I mean,she drops her
divorce,the lien goes away.
Dr.Schafer killsthe
attorney -- why?
I don't know the answerto that... yet.
Maybe the good doctorcan tell me. Thank you.
I'm so sorry I'm so late.
Um,yeah,I never get it right.
Is it an optometristor an
ophthalmologist who performs eye surgery?
An ophthalmologist.
And which one are you?
-The surgery kind.
-Okay.
So,what is this about?
What did you guys want?
-Nobody told youwhy you were here?
-No.
No.I got a call.Someone asked
if I could talk to the police.
And when I arrived,
almost...an hour ago,
a white-haired guy,he just
toldme my rights and left me here.
I'm so sorry.
We are talking to so many people today.
That white-haired guy's
normally really sweet.
He must have been in a rush.
Um... I'm sure that you heard
aboutwhat happened to oliver henry?
Yeah,the guy who almostgot
my wife to divorce me.
I heard he died -- fell ina
pool or maybe pushed him.
Exactly. So we're investigatinghis death.
No,no,no,no,no.Don't worry.
Standard procedure.
We're talking to all his clientsand their
spouses -- people like you and your wife.
It's taking us some time.
-You've talked to kristen?
-Yes.
Standard procedure.
Um,she said... that
she actually followedmr.Henry's advice
and that maybe
you twowere working things out?
Yeah,we're trying.
I,uh,behaved
badly --very badly.
I'm trying to do everythingI
can to rebuild her trust. It's hard.
I wish I could just go
backand do things differently.
Well,hindsight's 20/20.
Little eye-doctor humorfor you.
Ah.Very good.
So,um,you were madwhen
your wife hired mr.Henry.
You -- you
yelled at him.
Yeah,I didn't have a very
adultresponse to the whole thing.
I -- I,um... ...Made some calls in the
heatof the moment that I -- it was so stupid.
She had every rightto hire an attorney.
I think I justdidn't
want it to be my fault.
I wanted it to be henry's fault,
as irrational as that sounds.
They finished searching the bmw,chief.
Well,let's finish up hereso
you can be on your way.
Um,so,we have three questions that we're asking
everyone about the night that oliver henry died.
Um,where you were... what you
were doing,and who you were with.
Sure. Of course.
That was,um...
as a matter
of fact,I was out of town.
Really?
Yeah.I was on a sort ofa get-my-head-together
fishing tripwith a buddy of mine.
A-a-and the
nameof your friend?
Barnes --
topper barnes.
"Topper. " That's two p's,lieutenant.
We were on his boat for four days.
I think -- I think I
havethe number right here.
Yep. There it is. 3-- well,
here.
Thank you. Perfect.
And,um,uh,the name of the boat?
Uh,super plum.
We were -- we took it
outof marina del rey.
Talk to topper. I was with him the whole time.
All right,then.
Thank you.
You can stop it right there.
So,my client told youhe had an alibi.
What's the problem?
Well,as is often the case of those suspected of
committingmurder in the first degree,
your client lied.
So,my client produced an
alibi,and you decided was fake.
I didn't decideit was fake.
The alibicouldn't be verified.
Neither the boatnor the man
dr.Schafer told us about existed.
Isn't it true,ms.Johnson,that you and your squad
have been restricted from working overtime?
-Yes.We have to apply for --
-do you ever feel any pressure
to solve cases faster?
I wish I could
solveeverything faster,sir.
-I drive myselfto find killers -
- well,what if my client's alibi
were out there somewhere,
and you couldn't find it simplybecause
you lacked the time or the resources?
Time was not the issue.
So,S.I.D. Isn't donewith the stuff they
vacuumedout of the car yet.
They say they're gonna needat
least another two hours.
But look,chief,we've donemaster searches on
this guy topper barnes,and he doesn't exist.
What about the phone numberdr. Schafer gave us?
Dead end. Registered to a disposablecellphone.
We're finding outwhere it was purchased.
Chief,bottom line,you'd
havean easier time finding santa.
I mean,what kind of a
nameis "topper," anyway? It's ridiculous.
Topper's boat is
nowhereto be found,either.
Can't find a registrationthe super plum,
and no local marinahas ever heard of it.
Chief,I put the receptionistfrom schafer's
office in interview room number one.
Her name is michelle edwards.
She brought her portfolio withher
like we do tv or something.
Take a look. Great set of twins.
Thank you,detective sanchez.
Lieutenant provenza,would
youplease look after miss edwards? Thank you.
I'll take that,boys.
And I'll need to familiarizemyself
with the subjects -- subject.
Hey! Why does he get to go --
uh, lieutenant flynn,see if you can give
dr.Schafer a ride back downto parker center.
Maybe he knows where we can
findhis invisible friend.
Will,I'm sorry.
This caseisn't quite wrapped up yet.
-But I'm expectingany minute
- this isn't about the case.
There's a problemwith your insurance,
and your ratewon't be going down.
-What aboutyour broker guy?
-He can't do anything.
-I thought you said
-he just can'T.
Uh,look,you should talk to fritz.
Is there somethingyou know that I don't?
Um,I'm not sure.
You know what? I really
shouldn'teven be involved in this.
Just tell me!
Okay.
Fritz has two D.U.I. S on hisrecord about
a month apart from,like,five years ago.
-D.U.I.S?
-So you didn't know. Great.
But fritz doesn't drink.
Right.
Okay.
The informationis all in that report.
If you decideto discuss it with fritz,just
don't tell him you heardabout it from me,please?
And I'm -- I'm sorry to
bethe bearer of bad news.
Really.
Yeah,right. I bet you are.
-Where are you from?
-Well,I'm from dallas.
I actually just moved
here about two years ago.
Hey,hey,hey.
I only worked at jonathan's
office during the day.
I'm an actress,and the hours
didn't conflictwith my classes.
It's nice to havethat kind of day job.
And before that,I wasa
waitress at a sports bar.
The doctor's officewas loads better than
getting your *** pinchedfor tips all day.
Men are such pigs.
Hello,michelle.I'm deputy chief johnson.
I just have a few questions to ask you
because we're investigating the death
of kristen schafer's divorce attorney,
and we hear that you
wereinvolved in the divorce.
Yes.
That's why I'm not working
withjonathan -- dr.Schafer -- anymore.
His wife found out that he
wasseeing me,and I was let go.
And were you surprised by that?
Yeah.
He told me for months that his
marriage was technically
over,
that I made him feellike more of a man.
But then he totally freaked
outwhen she was leaving him.
It just makes me wonder
whatother lies he was telling me.
Well,have you seenor spoken to dr.Schafer
since he treated youso badly?
He met me for lunch
once,sort of a goodbye thing.
And then I called him after I heard
about her lawyerdying on the news.
-And what did he say?
-He was surprised.
But he couldn't really
talkbecause she was there.
And he'd justgotten back into town.
From?
Some boat trip he took forthe weekend
with his friend,topper something.
-And did you ever meet this topper in person or
-not in person.
-Find out where he's from
-No,no
-or what he did for a living?
-No,nothing.
Okay.
Well,thank you so much
forgoing over all this with us.
The lieutenant herewill show you out.
Oh,so,am I free
to go,then,or --
well,just a few morestandard questions
that we -- we ask all of our witnesses.
First,since you,uh,broke up with dr.Schafer,
have you started datinganybody else?
No,not yet.
Oh.That's too bad.
And what is the best wayto
get in touch with you?
Excuse me,chief.
Yes,sergeant.
Lieutenant flynnis back with schafer.
They're ininterview room two.
You might want to talkto our ophthalmologist
about what S.I.D.Got backfrom the vehicl
No fibers from the henry home,no
chemicals from the pool...
dog hair.
Do the schafers have pets?
No,chief,but remember,the
victim had two dogs.
And S.I.D. Vacuumed the housereally well after
we were done with it,and guess what.
"We matched the hairfrom the victim's dog
to the hair in dr.Schafer'sconvertible.
" Oh,thank god!
Oh.Sorry.
Sergeant,excuse me.
Oh,thank you. Thank you so much.
Dr.Schafer.I am so sorry
to interrupt your day,but,um,
I just have a few more
things I'd like to clear up.
Such as?
Well,uh,oddly enough,though we have done
our very best to find this friend of yours,
the reclusive topper barnes,he seems to
have disappearedoff the face of the earth.
Or perhaps he sailedoff the edge
of it in the fabulous super plum,
his magical and invisible boat,since no one
else has ever seenhide nor tail of it but you.
Ms.Johnson,excuse me,but I think you
should knowI've already called my lawyer.
Whatever for?
Because I didn't likeleaving
here the last time
and getting in my car and finding
outthat you people had searched it.
And honestly,that dumb-blonde act
of yours didn't fool me for a minute.
You seem like an expertin dumb blondes.
You sure you don't wantto talk to me?
I can make thingsso much easier for you,
less embarrassing for your wifeand daughter.
May never have this chance again.
I'm gonnastick with my lawyer.
Look,I didn't kill anyone.
Well,I'm sorry to disappointyou,dr.Schafer.
I don't believe you.
Lieutenant.
Since you already have a
lawyer,you understand your rights.
You're under arrest for
the *** of oliver henry.
I think we've gota problem.
With what?
Chief,something you have to see.
I was going overour case file.
You got the S.I.D. Results,got the search warrant.
You got the dmv regon schafer's bmw.
See?
Deputy chief johnson,you
remember dda garnett.
Yes. Hello.
He's had a chanceto review the
evidence in the warrant in question.
Perhaps you would like to
tellhim about your concerns.
Well,my concerns are that this man
killedhis wife's divorce attorney.
And,um,some of the evidencethat we
have to prove that may be inadmissible.
Well,if it was just the transposedlicense plate
numbers,I could probably swing that,but...
there--there's something else?
Detective danielswas very specific about
what you were lookingfor in dr.Schafer's car,
and nowhere
does itmention dog hair.
And I could probablyswing
that on its own,
but I have to add it to
themixed-up license plate numbers.
I don't know. It's gonna depend on the judge.
But let me ask you this --
is this the guy?
I mean,you know this is the guy?
I do. I absolutely do.
But you have no
evidenceto prove it,ms.Johnson.
Not that oliver henrywas murdered
or that myclient was anywhere
near him the night he died.
As for the drugfound in mr.Henry's system,
we've already established
the possibility that
he could haveself-medicated
and fallen into the pool.
-On the whole,the evidence points -
- evidence?
Like scuff marks?
Those scuff marksare not
present on any other pairof mr.Henry's shoes.
And we found bitsof matching leather in
the cement around the --
excuse me,ma'am.I wonder how many peoplein this
courtroom have scuff markson their shoes.
I know I do.
Does that meansomeone has tried to kill me?
I don't think so.
And do we know whenthe
shoes were scuffed?
Can you say,ms.Johnson,that mr.Henry
injured hisfootwear the night he died?
No.
No. So,frayed cloth,a coupleof knee
and knuckle scrapes,scuff marks,
an unidentified bmw parked in the drivewayof
mr.Henry's house,and that's it,yes?
You have no physical
evidenceat all,do you?
Yes or no,ms.Johnson?
Chief johnson,you will pleaseanswer
the question about the physical evidence.
I don't havea yes or no answer.
But the lapdfound no evidence specifically
linking my clientto the scene of the crime.
-Isn't thatwhat you're telling us?
-No.
I'm sorry?You have other evidence?
-Your honor,I demand an answer.
-Fine.
In dr.Schafer's car,we founddog
hair from the victim's --
objection!The witness knows that
evidencehas been disallowed.
You asked,for heaven's sakes!
Counselor,as boneheadedas
it may be,you did ask.
-I
-very directly.
So I will allowchief johnson to answer.
Thank you,your honor.
Mr.Henry owned two dogs.
We matched the dnaof the victim's
pets to the dog hair we foundin dr.Schafer's bmw.
Excuse me,your honor.
Your honor,I would liketo
request a brief recess.
Permission to approachthe
bench,your honor?
I'm sorry,your honor,but a witness
for the defensehas unexpectedly shown up.
-The defense teamhad ample time
-we did not plan this,your honor.
Who is it? Who?
Topper barnes,the guy with the boat
-- my client's alibi.
Mr.Garnett.
Topper barnes,whoouassured me did
not exist,shows up out of the blue.
Mr.Garnett,we did ourdue diligence on mr.Barnes.
It seems to me the timing of
hisarrival is awfully convenient.
-Just tell mewhat I need to do.
-Break schafer's alibi.
Otherwise,jeopardy is attached.
If the case gets dismissedor goes to jury,
the doctor walks,and I look like an idiot.
We'll never be able to
prosecuteanyone else for this ***
because the casewe're having
now creates all the reasonable doubt
a jury's gonna need to let
the next defendantoff the hook.
This is a nightmare.
I will meet you backin
your office in one hour.
Commander taylor,what can you tell us?
Actually,deputy chief johnson
will be takingyour questions today.
Have a nice weekend.
To Be Continued