NYPD Blue Season 3 Episode 15 Head Case
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00:34What do we got?
00:36DOA. Somebody chopped his head off.
00:38Guys in his boxer shorts propped up in a chair.
00:40His head's face down in his own lap.
00:42The doorman says the tenant's a male in his mid-forties, which fits.
00:46But I didn't let him look at the DOA's head.
00:48I was afraid to disturb the body before you got here.
00:52There's no other body?
00:54No.
00:56Hey.
00:58What do we got?
01:00One DOA, 40-year-old white guy.
01:02Head cut off.
01:06This cop over here, she looks like she's ready to change careers.
01:14Do you want to run this for us?
01:16In there?
01:18Yeah, that'd be good.
01:30Watch where you sit.
01:32Uh, an anonymous female calls the precinct, says someone might be hurt in this apartment.
01:46Me and my partner come over, knock, try the door when there's no answer.
01:50It's unlocked when we come in.
01:52That's what we see.
01:54Who covered him up?
01:56My partner.
01:58All right, let's see what we got here.
02:10You don't often encounter this method of suicide.
02:14Listen to me a kid's story, Ichabod Crane.
02:20The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
02:22The Headless Horseman.
02:24I thought that was about Notre Dame.
02:28Mr. McGuire, you can do us a favor, you can just send the door man up.
02:42She'll be okay.
02:43Yeah.
02:44Mm.
02:46Let's see his mark.
02:48You don't look much happier in that photograph.
03:04Hope he didn't want to get buried wearing a hat.
03:18I have seen his cup.
03:19I have seen his cup.
03:20Sounds great.
03:22Oh, my God.
03:24Every dot com.
03:25All right, boys.
03:26What do you think?
03:27Không bịch, musy m150- believed-in.
03:28Ja, let me miss it!
03:29I remember the fact that five seconds was.
03:30The� Local Point-ется.
03:31You did also decide to find ya.
03:33I remember that what?
03:34I remember Bobby Berenke and do notả.
03:35They're having a cup of coffee.
03:36You've been a cup of coffee with leurs people.
03:37Even as soon as soon as I get you�.
03:38I remember the entire house.
03:39I remember his neck.
03:40I remember the bar in New York,
03:42and the legendary oggi was very close by the old community.
03:44You've topped off our head right.
03:45They've made the lady in the head,
05:46Three, four weeks back, Mr. Reese was in the company of a Spanish kid whose name is on the tip of my tongue. I'm looking at him right now in my mind, which Mr. Reese introduced me.
05:58Nobody last night, last few days.
06:02No, sir.
06:02Hey, thanks.
06:04You intend on working out that investigative angle?
06:07Yeah, right. We're going to look into that possibility.
06:12Happy to provide it. And that kid's name is going to come to me.
06:15You have my card there, right? So you remember, you give me a call.
06:20Right, right. Good looking kid.
06:22Yeah, New York City Gay Defense League. Uh-huh. I'll make sure he...
06:39Sir, he will get the message. I can't say when he'll return the call.
06:45All right.
06:47You're welcome.
06:48I'm sorry. That's okay. Can I speak to a detective, please?
06:53Excuse me. You're Vanessa Del Rio.
06:56Right. I've been getting harassing phone calls at home.
06:59I knew it was you. I said to myself, hey, wait a minute. That's a celebrity there.
07:04Oh, where should I know you from?
07:05She's sort of a famous performer in the field of adult entertainment, Tommy.
07:11Films.
07:13Interesting.
07:14I got this buddy, Mr. Del Rio. To this day, he's still nuts about you.
07:18That's cool. Uh, who do I speak to about these harassing phone calls?
07:21Well, I'm your man. I'm a detective. I'm Detective Martinez.
07:26How you doing?
07:27Not too great because of these friggin' calls I'm getting at home.
07:30Yeah. All right. Well, why don't we go in the courtroom and talk about it?
07:35Uh, Lieutenant, um, you got several calls from the head of the New York City Gay Defense League.
07:46About Simone's homicide?
07:47No, he wouldn't say, but he was very persistent that you call him back.
07:51Hey, boss.
07:52I think we found the murder weapon. Butcher knife and a towel thrown down the garbage chute.
07:56Any direction on the purpose?
07:58Well, the doorman said that the DOA used to bring home male hustlers.
08:01NYU professor getting hit in the hiney.
08:04I'm gonna grab a radio.
08:07There was a message on the answering machine from the mother talking about some dangerous guy who was staying at the apartment telling the DOA that he either needs to get the guy out of there or get out himself.
08:18Do you reach out to the mother?
08:19Well, we got her address at the apartment there, so we're gonna make a notification.
08:23Gay professor gets decapitated. This one's gonna get hot.
08:27You got that phone number?
08:29Mm-hmm.
08:30Diane, could you, uh, doctor this?
08:32Sure. Can I get you a cup of coffee on your way up?
08:35So, uh, tell me about this harassment, Mr. Del Rio.
08:45Some creep keeps leaving messages on my machine telling me he wants to screw me, that one of these days I'm gonna belong to him.
08:53Um, all kinds of sick stuff.
08:55Any idea who it might be?
08:56Every time I pick up the phone and say who the hell is this, he just hangs up.
09:01And how often does he call?
09:03I've got about 15 messages on tape in the last, uh, two months.
09:07And you don't recognize the voice?
09:09No, so last week I filed a complaint with the Annoyance Calls...
09:12The Annoyance Calls Bureau?
09:14Yeah, so they're trapping my calls. They know who it is. They won't tell me. They say I need a detective to contact them for...
09:23Right, I can help you with that.
09:24You know, I've got a 1-900-Fantasy voicemail line. $3.99 a minute. This jerk can say whatever the hell he wants.
09:33But see, that's Vanessa. This is Anna Maria. I know the difference.
09:39Anna Maria, huh?
09:41Anna Maria White?
09:45Sanchez.
09:46Sanchez? That's a pretty name.
09:52Thank you very much.
09:59Halloween.
10:11Margaret Rees?
10:17Yes?
10:18New York Police.
10:20I'm Detective Sipowicz. This is Detective Simone.
10:23What is it?
10:24We're very sorry, but there's been an accident involving your son, Daniel.
10:30I'm sorry, but your son's dead.
10:31We're very sorry for your loss, man.
10:46What sort of accident? Did he wreck the car?
10:54Your son was a victim of a homicide, Mrs. Rees.
10:57This would never have happened if he'd stayed here.
11:03You mean if he would have stayed here last night?
11:06No, if he hadn't moved away and left me alone. I knew there were people who would take advantage of him.
11:13Are you thinking of someone in particular who would have harmed your son?
11:18No.
11:18Did you call, uh, Daniel last night, ma'am?
11:23Yes.
11:23Of course, there was a message on his answering machine from a woman who sounded like you who mentioned someone being there in the apartment with him.
11:32And that you feel like this other person ought to leave.
11:35Last week, Daniel told me that he was letting a fella stay there for a day or two who was down on his luck.
11:42Daniel is like that, you see.
11:44Yesterday, I called. This was a full week later.
11:47I'm, I'm not an intrusive or a, a budding in type of mother.
11:53And this man answered the phone.
11:56He was still there.
11:58When I asked him how much longer he planned to stay, he became abusive.
12:02He, he was cursing me.
12:03Excuse me, about what time was this yesterday?
12:05In the morning.
12:07After that, I called Daniel at the university and asked him when that person was getting out.
12:13Daniel said that he planned on trying to make him leave last night.
12:18This person, do you know his name?
12:20Daniel said it was a former student of his.
12:22He never mentioned a name.
12:23Former student.
12:25Did you ever meet him, see what he looks like?
12:27No.
12:28From the conversation where he was cursing you,
12:31uh, what do you remember about his voice?
12:34Did he have a, a foreign accent?
12:36Uh, did he sound black, white?
12:39No, I, I couldn't tell.
12:41Mrs. Reese, did you call the 15th priest this morning to check for trouble in your son's apartment?
12:46No, I was waiting for him to call me back.
12:51Do you have Daniel's car?
12:53I'm sorry?
12:53The Oldsmobile.
12:54It's registered in his name, but we paid for it together.
12:58Do you know where it is?
12:59I'd like to have it.
13:01Uh, we could find out and let you know.
13:04I wonder if it's been stolen.
13:06If you could give us the license plate, it might turn out helpful in finding who did this.
13:11I'll write it down for you.
13:12How was Daniel murdered?
13:32Believe me, being a parent, I hate to have to tell you something like this,
13:38but you'll need to know for identification purposes.
13:43Your son was stabbed very badly in the region of the neck.
13:48The knife went pretty much right through.
13:52Are you telling me his head was cut off, that he was decapitated?
14:00Mrs. Reese, we are,
14:01we are terribly sorry, but it is better if you hear it now.
14:12Yes.
14:14It's good to know in dealing with the funeral arrangements.
14:31Hey, detective.
14:43I remember the kid.
14:45This is Joey Suarez.
14:47You guys want to talk to me about Professor Reese?
14:50Uh, yeah.
14:51I tell you what, why don't you get started with Detective Simpowitz?
14:53I got a couple of phone calls to me.
14:55All right, come on, you want some coffee?
14:56Yeah, all right.
15:01Gus, I said if you thought up a name, call us.
15:05Oh, I saved your step.
15:07This kid, he moves furniture and I saw him unloading his truck over on Houston.
15:14What'd you tell this kid?
15:15Just how Mr. Reese got his head cut off last night.
15:18Yeah.
15:19Did you describe any of the details of the crime scene?
15:21Oh, hey, I absolutely tell you, detective, from his reaction,
15:26this Joey definitely was not involved.
15:28All right, I'll talk to him.
15:30I want you to sit on this bench right here, Gus.
15:33You want me to wait until he's done?
15:34I want you to sit on the bench.
15:37Hi, Vanessa, come on in.
15:38Excuse me.
15:39Yeah.
15:43Let's see you again.
15:48Do you know a Richard Hart?
15:50Rick Hart?
15:51Is that who's doing this?
15:53That's my information.
15:55He's this guy I see at all my personal appearances.
15:58Just a little average guy that says how much he likes my work.
16:02I've seen him in Philly, Baltimore, all over the place.
16:05A lot of people follow you from town to town?
16:08Some of them travel in their business.
16:09I thought he was just a big fan.
16:11This Rick Hart, he never behaved strangely at one of your appearances.
16:14He never seemed threatening to you?
16:16He's not a threatening looking guy.
16:19I could probably take him in a fight.
16:21He's not a convicted rapist or anything, is he?
16:25I checked.
16:25He's got no criminal record.
16:27But you never know when one of these guys might decide to do more than talk about it.
16:31If I went ahead with the complaint, is this going to mean a long, drawn-out court proceeding?
16:36It's going to take some time, but maybe it's worth you following through.
16:40What if you just talked to him?
16:41Could you figure out if he was dangerous or something?
16:44I got his address.
16:45I could talk to him.
16:46Maybe I could act as like an intermediate step.
16:49Oh, you know, you'd really be a doll if you could do that.
16:51Especially if I could avoid a big deal in court.
16:54All right, sure.
16:55Uh, we'll go talk to this guy.
16:57Listen, Vanessa, um, remember that buddy I told you about of mine?
17:03He's definitely going to flip out over you being here.
17:05Your buddy's going to be excited, huh?
17:08Vanessa Del Rio?
17:10He's been talking about you since high school.
17:13And what's your buddy's name?
17:16Manny.
17:17Manny, little Manny, is that what you call it?
17:20How cute.
17:21Hey, wait a minute.
17:23This is a real friend of mine.
17:26I believe you.
17:27This place you met Professor Reese on Canal Street?
17:42SOS, right, on Canal.
17:44It's not a gay club.
17:46No, it's all types.
17:48But I mean, even so, I noticed this guy looking all out of place.
17:51How's that?
17:52Well, for one, he'll never be dancing.
17:54But this is how he would do.
17:56He would go into the bathroom, check you out, say, do you want to smoke a joint?
18:00Boom.
18:01Cool.
18:02Sure.
18:02So he gives you one, you fire it up.
18:05This guy smoked dope.
18:06No, no, he wouldn't be smoking.
18:08That's just like an icebreaker.
18:11Then he'd say there's more of that at his place.
18:13So then what would happen at his place?
18:15Yeah, you get high, conversate, till he makes his move.
18:21Then either you do or you don't, whatever.
18:23Maybe you just smoke up some more of his pot and then leave.
18:26He was in this club a lot?
18:28Maybe once a week.
18:31But I told him this myself.
18:33I said, what you're doing, man, this is laying yourself open for all kinds of things.
18:39I was talking mainly about burglary because he had some nice stuff.
18:42But going up to somebody in a bathroom, and it ain't even a gay club, really.
18:48That's taking a risk.
18:49What did Mr. Reese say to that?
18:51Nothing.
18:52He's just a real lonely guy.
18:53It's a shame, really.
18:54Mm-hmm.
18:55You talked to him at all since you hung out with him three weeks ago?
18:59Nah, he knew I wasn't with that sex.
19:01No, you just smoke up all this pot and then leave.
19:04Some good pot, too.
19:06Just for the record, Joey, what were you doing last night?
19:14Damn.
19:16This is what I get for coming down here to help you all?
19:19We have to ask.
19:20I was with my girlfriend.
19:22Why don't you write down her name and address?
19:25So I'm a suspect.
19:32Why you got the pen there, Joey?
19:34Write down her name to some of the other guys that went to that dance club that might have taken Mr. Reese up on his hospitality like you did.
19:42Who may or may not have been gracious enough to make him feel loved.
19:46I got no way of knowing about no other guy.
19:48Come on, Joey.
19:50The only reason I came here is because I feel sorry for the guy.
19:53I've been straight up with you.
19:54Does your girlfriend know you go home with men you meet in public toilets?
19:58Yeah.
19:58I told her about it.
20:00I took her some of the dope.
20:01All right.
20:02Calm down, Joey.
20:03Look, I think you're being straight with us.
20:05But whatever decent impulse it was that brought you down here, you need to follow through on that.
20:11Put some names down on that pad.
20:13Okay?
20:15See, we have to talk to as many people as we can that have spent time with Mr. Reese.
20:19That great dope he gave you, Joey, you owe him that much.
20:44When he was 16, my buddy Manny said he snuck into a topless bar.
20:48Saw Vanessa Del Rio dancing up on the stage.
20:51Said he stayed excited for three weeks.
20:53Oh, man.
20:55I'll tell you, I wish I was in the house when she was making a complaint.
21:00So how's she looking now?
21:02You know, she's no kid, but she looks all right.
21:05Who is it?
21:06Police.
21:08Police?
21:08Yeah, police.
21:09Open up.
21:12You Rick Hart?
21:13What's this about?
21:14I'm Detective Martinez.
21:18This is Detective Metavoy.
21:20We've been receiving complaints about harassing phone calls getting made from this address.
21:25Harassing phone calls?
21:26That's what I said.
21:27What, do you got a hearing problem?
21:28You live here with anybody?
21:30No.
21:30No.
21:30So you're the one who's making the calls then?
21:32Look, I don't know what you're talking about.
21:34You know exactly what I'm talking about.
21:36You've been making sexually explicit threatening phone calls to Vanessa Del Rio.
21:41And we're here to figure out if you're too warped to keep yourself from stopping.
21:45So if you can't control yourself, we could lock your ass up right now.
21:48You have no right coming here and making these accusations.
21:51Mr. Hart, we know your history of following Mr. Del Rio around.
21:55And we have a record of the calls you've made.
21:57You lived here a long time, right, Mr. Hart?
22:00Seven years.
22:01You've been employed at Roe Plant Interiors 14 years now?
22:05Have you been investigating me?
22:07You got a pretty set lifestyle.
22:09Imagine getting that disrupted off your employer finding out you were making these
22:14anonymous harassing phone calls.
22:16Suppose someone anonymously sent your employer those tapes.
22:21Please don't do that.
22:22I'll stop calling her.
22:24You gonna stop calling Mr. Del Rio?
22:26You should probably stay away from my personal appearances too.
22:29I never would hurt her in real life.
22:31Please make her understand that.
22:33I'm sure she'll be fascinated finding that out.
22:35I'm so ashamed for having these thoughts.
22:38Maybe you should get some help with that.
22:40Point is, Mr. Hart, you're on our list.
22:43You have a sex file with us that's active and open.
22:46I understand.
22:46I promise not to do it anymore.
22:49Tell her I'm sorry.
22:51And I think she's still the best actress in her field.
23:03I'm sorry.
23:04I love you.
23:06Yeah, Joey gave up four names.
23:14I'm going to run them through BCI.
23:16And we probably ought to have Diane make sure his story's right.
23:20Being with the girlfriend last night?
23:22Give me the name.
23:23Yeah, this is Detective Sip West 15 Squad.
23:26I'm on a short clock, so I'll stay on when you pull these out.
23:30Yeah, J-O-L-L-Y, like, ah-ah.
23:34Hey.
23:36And Junior.
23:37How's it going?
23:38I'm fine.
23:39Your dad didn't mention you'd be passing this way.
23:42He used to surprise me.
23:44And.
23:46Uh, hold on a second.
23:48You all right?
23:49Hey, Pop.
23:51Uh, I got, I got this.
23:54What's his name?
23:55Uh, here, the second guy here, uh, Le Grand.
23:59You got it?
24:00Yeah.
24:02Le Grand?
24:03Hey, he looked good.
24:06Thanks for the Christmas, bro.
24:07Yeah.
24:08Uh, well, Sylvia picked that out.
24:10They got it to you at the base, huh?
24:12How's she coming with her pregnancy and all?
24:14No, she's due May 17th.
24:17Gonna be a boy.
24:18Gonna have a brother.
24:19That's great.
24:20Yeah.
24:21So what are you doing here?
24:22You on leave?
24:23I wanted to talk to you about that.
24:25What?
24:25Excuse me, Andy.
24:26The registrar's office at NYU wants to know how far back you want to go with the list with
24:31Dan and Reese students.
24:33Tell him when he started teaching.
24:34I don't mean to interrupt.
24:36Hi, Andy.
24:36Hi.
24:37Adrian Lesniak.
24:38I met you at your dad's wedding.
24:40Sure.
24:40Good to see you again.
24:41So, uh, what's up?
24:43Things okay with the Air Force?
24:45Um, well, I want to talk to you about that.
24:47Well, is it okay or not?
24:49What?
24:49Yes.
24:50We'll talk about it when we have time to sit down.
24:53Excuse me, Detective.
24:55Margaret Reese on line two.
24:56Uh, I gotta take this call, Andy.
25:04His, uh, woman's son was a homicide last night.
25:08I'm gonna go see Mom.
25:10I just drove cross-country.
25:11I haven't even seen her yet.
25:12Yeah, listen, I, uh, I want to find out what's going on here, though.
25:15So, uh, why don't you have supper with Sylvia and me tonight?
25:18Sure.
25:19Good.
25:19Uh, seven o'clock, like the other time?
25:22Yeah.
25:22Yeah, good.
25:23Uh, but, uh, uh, uh, you, you know what?
25:26You're not in any trouble or anything, right?
25:28I, I can't tell you about it in, in, like, two minutes, Dad.
25:32Uh, we'll talk about it at dinner.
25:35All right.
25:38Okay, third name's, uh, 10 to me, about 20 less known at...
25:42Uh, hello, Mrs. Reese.
25:45No, no, no progress with the car.
25:48Uh, wait a minute, what, what wallet?
25:51What are you talking about?
25:52At your house?
25:54Thanks, sir.
25:56Uh, DOA's mother says a uniformed cop turned a kid's wallet about 15 minutes ago.
26:04Listen, Mrs. Reese, um, we didn't know that your son's wallet had been found, and, uh, we need to talk to the officer that brought it to you.
26:13Um, you think that's it?
26:18Litvac, L-I-T-V-A-C.
26:22Yeah, all right.
26:23Thank you very much.
26:25Yeah, definitely.
26:27Any sign of the car.
26:29Mm-hmm.
26:29Some idiot cop recovers this guy's wallet, and he drives it out to the mother in Queens?
26:39Donna, would you do me a favor?
26:41Would you call, uh, chief of personnel?
26:43I'm looking for a uniform named Litvac.
26:46Sure, detective.
26:48Hey, so how's Andy Jr. doing?
26:50He's looking good.
26:50Yeah, yeah, he looks okay, but, I mean, uh, I asked him how's things in the service.
26:55He says he'll tell me at dinner.
26:56I don't like the sound of that.
26:58You know if he's having any problems over there?
27:00Well, either the answer is, uh, things in the service are good, or any other answer.
27:05I mean, it means the opposite.
27:08Anyway, Andy, look, we got the rap sheet on these four guys that Joey gave you.
27:12Of course, you know, you could be a choir boy.
27:15Some officer decides he doesn't like you.
27:17You're just a sit-and-duck.
27:19One of these assholes decides you're rubbing the wrong way.
27:23Andy, just don't get ahead of yourself, okay?
27:25The guy's not around, so, uh, let me check Joey's alibi here.
27:32I'll tell you, right now, if this kid's in trouble with drugs or booze, I'm gonna kick his ass.
27:37Unless one of these sons of bitches is persecuting him, then I'm gonna find out his name, his address, I'm gonna kick his ass.
27:44Hi, yeah, is this Johnny DeCosta?
27:47Yeah, this is Detective Simone from the 15th Squad.
27:50Just wondering if I could take a minute to ask you, uh, what you were doing last night.
27:54You know, I'll tell you, if they take an irrational dislike to you, it don't matter what you do.
27:59Andy.
28:06I'm a kid like this nowadays.
28:09I'm telling you, it's not easy.
28:10I'm telling you.
28:24Boss, you gave us a 10-2?
28:37Yeah, Officer Litvak, Detective Simone Sipowitz, 15th Squad.
28:42How's it going?
28:44Hey.
28:45Hey, we wanted to talk to you about this wallet that you drove out to Bayside.
28:48It belonged to a Daniel Reese.
28:50I found it on the floor, the back seat of my R&P.
28:53Took it out to the address on the driver's license.
28:56On my meal period.
28:57Yeah.
28:58Well, they say it belongs to that DOA that got his head sliced off last night.
29:01No kidding.
29:02That was that guy?
29:03Well, when you took it out there, Mrs. Reese didn't mention anything at all about it belonging to a murdered son?
29:09She said it was his wallet, and thanks for bringing it.
29:12Then she asked about the status of a stolen car.
29:15I told her I didn't know anything about that.
29:18She didn't mention no homicide at all.
29:20Cops in that sector car made one caller around 2 a.m.
29:26Male black.
29:31Disorderly and public lewdness.
29:33Subject was observed behaving erratically, waving and yelling in traffic.
29:39Subject was not wearing underwear, and his pants were hanging down, revealing his genitals.
29:43Our guy took his underwear off at the DOA's apartment.
29:46So, is this caller, Rodney Wellstone, where is he in the system?
29:49Lodged at Central Booking.
29:52Made one phone call when they brought him in.
29:54Sheila Bell, 718 area code.
29:56Yeah, that's here in the arrest report.
29:58All right, we're going to want this guy transported to our house before he gets arraigned.
30:01Well, maybe we should reach out to this Sheila Bell before they bring him in.
30:04Yeah.
30:06Use the phone in the squad room.
30:07Hang on right.
30:11You need to get a visit.
30:12Thanks.
30:17My brother brought it here last night.
30:28He knocked on my door around 11 o'clock.
30:31This is your brother Rodney.
30:32He said he needed a place to stay.
30:35But Rodney has serious mental problems, and I didn't want to let him in.
30:40You afraid of him?
30:42I just stopped feeling comfortable around him.
30:46His behavior could be so strange, the things he said.
30:50I hated turning him away.
30:53Stinks in here.
30:54What'd he do when you didn't let him in?
30:56He asked, could he leave his car?
31:00Would I watch it for him?
31:02He said a friend of his gave it to him.
31:04Is it stolen?
31:06Is that why he was arrested?
31:08Uh, Mrs. Bell.
31:10The owner of this car, he was murdered last night.
31:14Oh, God.
31:16I knew.
31:18I knew this was going to be bad.
31:20All right, did Rodney mention this Mr. Reese at all, this guy that he was saying was his friend?
31:27He said he was his teacher when Rodney was in college.
31:32Frankly, I didn't want to get into it that much.
31:35So he left me the keys.
31:38And then around 2.30 he called, said he was in jail, and could I come get him out?
31:44I didn't pick up.
31:45I let the machine get it because I knew it was him, and I, I just can't deal with it.
31:54Did you call a precinct this morning, tell him to go look in Mr. Reese's apartment?
31:59I knew Rodney was in trouble over this car.
32:03So this morning I went outside and got the registration, the owner's address.
32:08I found out which precinct it was in.
32:10I called so they could check that address if things were all right.
32:13It's good you did that.
32:14And now this man's dead and Rodney probably killed him.
32:21My brother was intelligent.
32:24He was funny.
32:27I don't know who this is walking around in his body.
32:30The thing obsessed me, him possibly using drugs.
32:43Andy said he never took drugs his whole life.
32:46He sat across from me in a greasy spoon, said he never drank, never took drugs because of what he saw with me.
32:52And now something like this could be happening.
32:54You look at Andy, come on, this could be anything at all, man.
32:57He could have got transferred.
32:58He could have met somebody.
32:59This was specifically in response to how were things in the Air Force.
33:03That's all it was.
33:04You guys locked up in two.
33:13You seem nuts.
33:14Looks like the real deal.
33:15My sister said that he had been psycho like three or four years ago.
33:18She was afraid to let him in the house.
33:20I'm going to have the latent unit check his prints against the list.
33:23But the NYU registrar confirms Wellstone took a course from Reese in 1990.
33:29With that past relationship, his prints and the DOA's apartment, that's not going to prove it very much.
33:35It might have been nice if they had taken the DOA's wallet off this guy instead of finding the back of his sector card the next morning.
33:42Well, we do got him for boosting the DOA's car.
33:45His legal aid lawyer can say him and the professor were kissy-faced.
33:50He had it with the professor's permission and everything bad happened after Rodney took a hike.
33:56This guy says he's going to give a statement, but he's only going to do it once,
34:01and then he's going to stay silent for four years and seven months.
34:07We got to get this guy video taped.
34:10Four years and seven months.
34:12Detectives, I want my son's car.
34:18Mrs. Reese, I notified you like I promised.
34:21I explained the car's been vouchered as evidence.
34:24It's in the pound now in Whitestone, Queens.
34:27I want it.
34:28It belongs to me and Daniel.
34:29Ma'am, we have to hold the car a while.
34:32It may help us to prove a case against the person who killed your son.
34:36Well, can I see it then?
34:37I need to see it.
34:38I don't mean to be impolite, Mrs. Reese,
34:41but what good is seeing the car going to do?
34:44Detective, please, can I just be allowed to see it?
34:47I own that car jointly with Daniel.
34:55Can somebody drive her out to the pound?
34:59Yeah.
35:00Yeah, all right.
35:02Um, let's get a DA and a video technician over here.
35:07You need to go have a conversation.
35:09Yeah, right.
35:09I'll take care.
35:10I'll take care.
35:40Let's understand each other, Rodney.
35:59You say you're only going to do this once,
36:02and we're trying to accommodate that,
36:03put you on record right away.
36:05But this is to give a statement about killing Professor Reese.
36:10I don't want to hear you talk about presidential election
36:13or start singing three coins in the fountain.
36:16Nothing like that.
36:18Professor Daniel Reese.
36:20He's that machine, Terrandole.
36:22I am District Attorney Leo Cohen.
36:34It is 4-27-February-27.
36:40Also present in the room,
36:43Detective Robert Simone, shield number 3118.
36:46Detective Andy Sipworth, shield number 990.
36:51Also present, Rodney Wellstone
36:52and technician Louis Moskovitz.
36:56Mr. Wellstone,
36:57is that your signature on this form
36:59indicating you understand your right to counsel?
37:01Yes, I'm ready to speak.
37:07Now, Rodney, were you at Daniel Reese's apartment last night?
37:11Yes, I was.
37:13What were you doing there?
37:14I had gotten evicted from my apartment.
37:19I had lost my job.
37:21I wasn't working.
37:23I was sleeping in my car
37:25because I had no place to sleep,
37:27but the police in Brooklyn,
37:29they towed my car away,
37:31so I went to a shelter.
37:33How long was this before you met Daniel Reese?
37:36So I went to a shelter,
37:37but I don't like staying in the shelters
37:40because of how people live,
37:41so I came to Manhattan to hang out.
37:45I was hanging out by a gas station.
37:47I wanted to be a service attendant.
37:49I'm not a bad guy,
37:51but what happened physically,
37:53I died.
37:55I died,
37:56and I was resurrected
37:57by omnipotent pyrotechnics.
38:01The Holy Spirit,
38:03which is the most powerful force
38:05in the universe.
38:06Let's not get into the universal forces
38:08too much, Rodney, okay?
38:10Tell us how you wound up
38:12at, uh, Mr. Reese's apartment.
38:15Professor Reese drove into the gas station
38:17and he recognized me.
38:19Where from?
38:20I took a philosophy class with him.
38:22When was that?
38:23Mmm, 1990.
38:27Okay, so he recognized you.
38:29What happened after that?
38:30I asked him if I could have $20
38:32because I didn't have any money
38:35and I hadn't eaten.
38:36He gave it to you?
38:37No, he took me to a deli
38:39and bought me something to eat.
38:41He had a cup of coffee for himself.
38:45We chatted.
38:47He's got a big heart.
38:49I know because I reached in
38:51through his neck
38:51and felt it down there.
38:53So he bought you some food
39:00from the deli.
39:01Then he took you back
39:02to his apartment?
39:03I told him about getting evicted,
39:05the whole sad story.
39:07But he said he didn't have
39:09a place for me to stay.
39:11He gave me $10
39:12and he walked out.
39:14He didn't take you
39:15to his apartment.
39:17So how'd you end up there?
39:18I knew Professor Reese
39:21wanted to help me.
39:22I knew he didn't just
39:23want to walk away like that.
39:25So I looked up his address
39:27in the phone book.
39:29So you found
39:31his apartment building?
39:32Yes.
39:33And I hung around
39:34until I saw him again
39:36and I said,
39:37Professor Reese,
39:38please,
39:39I just need a roof over my head
39:41for a couple of days.
39:42and he said,
39:44all right.
39:46He said,
39:47all right,
39:48that you could stay with him?
39:50I was going hungry.
39:52I had died.
39:53I knew he wanted to help me.
39:55He just insisted
39:56I had to wash my clothes.
39:57So I agreed to that.
40:00That seemed reasonable.
40:02What day was this, Rodney?
40:04It was the first day
40:05you were there.
40:07What's today, Friday?
40:09Today's Tuesday.
40:10I don't recall exactly.
40:14It was several days ago.
40:17Several.
40:18Do you smell me?
40:22Well, let's not worry
40:23about that right now.
40:24Are you reacting
40:24to the way I smell?
40:26Let's not talk about that.
40:27Okay, so last night
40:28what happened?
40:30Last night,
40:31I wanted to murder him,
40:33so I murdered him.
40:34Why did you want
40:35to murder him?
40:37Oh, man,
40:38he wanted me to kill him.
40:40Anyway,
40:42for the fun of it,
40:43because you know what?
40:44He's freaky like that.
40:46What do you mean?
40:47He's a fag,
40:48faggoty faggot.
40:49I could tell
40:50what was on his mind
40:51and I didn't like it.
40:52Did he make a passage to you?
40:53I knew what was on his mind.
40:55I saw all those
40:56damn punk magazines
40:57in his bedroom.
40:58That's why he got
40:59all insistent
41:00about me having to leave.
41:01Plus, his mother
41:02was saying to kick me out.
41:04I talked to that bitch
41:04on her phone
41:05and I took offense
41:06to what she was saying
41:07because I am God Almighty.
41:10And Professor Reese
41:11said that that apartment
41:12was mine.
41:12He said all the money
41:13he had was mine.
41:14His car was mine.
41:16What's this?
41:21When he was begging
41:23for his life.
41:25This is just before
41:27you killed him.
41:29He offered me all that.
41:31Now he wants
41:32to throw me out?
41:35I took off my shirt.
41:38I took off my pants.
41:41I said,
41:42hey,
41:42I'm not going no place.
41:44And I took a knife
41:45from the kitchen
41:46and I made him
41:47go in there with me
41:48and then I took him
41:48back out in the living room
41:49and sit in his chair
41:50like Mr. Big Bad
41:52Moojoo Man.
41:54And I told him,
41:55I said,
41:55take your clothes off.
41:58I know what you want.
41:59And he took them off
42:01and for a while
42:03he didn't say a word
42:04because he knew
42:05after he had insulted
42:07me like that,
42:08he knew that wasn't right.
42:12And then he started
42:13begging and
42:14then I stabbed him.
42:20Where'd you stab him?
42:21In the belly.
42:23And he went
42:24and then I put him
42:29out of his misery.
42:29I took his head
42:32off from his body
42:33just like I'll do to you.
42:36You want to stab me?
42:44I'll murder
42:44every person
42:46in this building.
42:49I don't want that
42:50to happen
42:50but we're going to have
42:51to ask you
42:52a few more questions.
42:52Do you think these handcuffs
42:54can hold me?
42:55Rodney,
42:55what'd you do
42:56after you cut off
42:57Daniel Reese's head?
42:59I won't speak of anything
43:00subsequent to that.
43:03Except washed myself
43:05sacramentally.
43:06I'm about to commence
43:07my four years
43:08and seven months
43:09of silence.
43:10Before you do that
43:12just tell us
43:14why you did
43:15what you did
43:16to Professor Reese.
43:20It was the most
43:21fitting punishment
43:22I could think of.
43:24I am the Holy Spirit.
43:26I give you
43:27consciousness of self.
43:28I control your heartbeat
43:30through omnipotent
43:31pyrotechnics.
43:32And you're not
43:35faking this
43:36are you Rodney?
43:38I was a student
43:40in New York University
43:41when I was first
43:43sanctified by
43:44omnipotent pyrotechnics.
43:46I sometimes
43:48resented
43:48my sanctification
43:49because I was
43:50a student
43:52and a family member
43:53and I had hopes
43:55to study philosophy abroad
43:56but finally
43:57I came to accept
43:59my calling
43:59and how I must live
44:01in the same way
44:01Jesus Christ
44:02in his parcel system
44:03had doubts
44:04about his life
44:05but finally accepted
44:06and even he
44:07who had been
44:07my teacher
44:08I cut his
44:09faggot head off.
44:18Now I begin
44:19my silence.
44:32Oh, Detective Martinez
44:45this came for you.
44:46Oh yeah?
44:47From your favorite actress.
44:54What do you got?
44:54Hey, look at that.
44:59Huh?
44:59To Detective Martinez
45:01for your little buddy
45:03Manny
45:03love
45:04Vanessa Del Rio.
45:06Huh?
45:06Yeah, cute, huh?
45:08You gonna frame that detective?
45:10Hey look,
45:11she kissed it too.
45:12Huh?
45:12Yeah.
45:13How come she put
45:14little buddy in quotes?
45:18What's the picture?
45:19Oh, uh, James made
45:21quite an impression
45:22on that porno star.
45:24She's just joking around.
45:26She's supposed to be sexy?
45:27I don't find her at all sexy.
45:30To each his own, I guess.
45:32You gonna keep that?
45:34Yeah, yeah,
45:34that's for him
45:36and his buddy
45:36to look at
45:37on lonely nights.
45:39Hey Greg,
45:39you're not helping
45:40the situation much.
45:41And the woman wondered
45:43why she has perverts
45:44calling her up at home?
45:45I mean,
45:45she makes a living
45:46showing her body
45:47to sick, pathetic guys
45:48and then she's surprised
45:49when some warper
45:50wants to take her up on it.
45:52Hey,
45:52it's not just
45:53sick, pathetic guys
45:54that watch those movies.
45:56Right, James?
45:58You don't look
45:59at that stuff, do you?
46:01Nah.
46:02Hey, what's up, James?
46:03Yo, Manny.
46:05How you doing, man?
46:06How's it going?
46:07My buddy, Manny.
46:08How you doing?
46:09World's biggest
46:10Vanessa Del Rio fan.
46:12Yeah.
46:13Hey, was she here for real?
46:14Was James messing
46:15with my mind?
46:16Nah, nah, she was here
46:18in the flesh.
46:19Damn, man!
46:20You should have
46:21called me when she was here,
46:22man.
46:22I would have gotten
46:23off of work.
46:24I told her about you,
46:25though, Manny.
46:26How she look?
46:27How she look?
46:27Yeah.
46:28Check this out.
46:30What you got for me?
46:32Oh.
46:35Oh, Vanessa, baby.
46:38Look at you.
46:39Look at you.
46:42Oh, she still looks good.
46:44Damn, I wish I was here, man.
46:47It's yours, baby.
46:48Vanessa the Undressa.
46:50The Latin from Manhattan.
46:52Come on, boys.
46:53There's room at the end, man.
46:55Isn't it pathetic?
46:57Hey, Adrian,
46:58this is a large nation.
46:59That's the first one
47:10of those I've done.
47:12That's it.
47:13I mean, doesn't it get
47:14to you after a while?
47:15Listen, that's sickness
47:16not being able to respond.
47:18No, I always find myself
47:19cheery and peppery
47:20afterwards.
47:21Detective!
47:23Our car is ruined.
47:24Now you're gonna have
47:25to do something.
47:26I missed this restraint.
47:27No, no, no, no, no, no.
47:28I went down to that
47:29impound lot.
47:30Now, I own that car
47:32jointly with my son,
47:33and now somebody's
47:34rancid body odor
47:35is in it.
47:36Daniel would never
47:37have tolerated that.
47:38I have got to get in there
47:40and wash that smell out.
47:42Now, if you people
47:43refuse to do it,
47:44then I'm just simply
47:44going to have to do it myself.
47:46We just can't allow
47:46that right now, man.
47:47I want that car
47:48disinfected.
47:49I taught my son
47:50cleanliness.
47:51Don't touch me.
47:52Just tell me
47:54what you were going
47:55to do about
47:56Daniel's car.
48:03That's the smell.
48:08That's the murderer.
48:09I smell him.
48:10Oh, God almighty.
48:12Arrest that man.
48:13He's under arrest,
48:14Mrs. Reese.
48:15Oh, God almighty.
48:16You shut up
48:17and be silent.
48:18Do what you said.
48:24Oh, my God.
48:29My son.
48:31My son is dead.
48:35Oh.
48:36Oh.
48:36Oh.
48:39Oh.
48:41Oh.
48:42Oh.
48:44Oh.
48:44This is the second
49:06refill, Andy.
49:07Don't eat any more
49:08of these.
49:11And let him
49:12get to this
49:13his own way.
49:14Don't turn this
49:15into an interrogation.
49:16All right.
49:16I'm only saying
49:17if it's drugs
49:18or alcohol,
49:18I want you to get up
49:19and leave the room.
49:23Hey, Pop.
49:24Hey, Andy.
49:25Come in.
49:27Hi, Sylvia.
49:28Hi, Andy.
49:28Gee, you look beautiful.
49:31Oh.
49:31Got two and a half
49:32more months to go.
49:34Yeah, Dad was saying.
49:36So what's going on?
49:37Would you like
49:38something to drink?
49:40Uh, uh, Coke, please.
49:42Is that what you're
49:43drinking these days?
49:43Coke?
49:44I mean, don't have
49:45something different
49:46for my sake.
49:48Yeah.
49:48Uh, uh, uh,
49:49Coke's good.
49:51Uh, come on in here.
49:52Sit down.
49:53Here.
49:54All right.
50:01So, uh, so what's going
50:04on, huh?
50:05You're being so secretive,
50:07I figured you must, uh,
50:08kill somebody.
50:10Oh, I wasn't being
50:11secretive, Pop.
50:12I, uh, but there's a
50:16couple things, and I
50:17wanted to talk it all
50:18through with you.
50:19I just wish you to let me
50:20know when, uh, we could
50:22have done something, huh?
50:23I mean, if somebody took
50:24an irrational dislike.
50:26The first thing is, I,
50:29I'm leaving the Air Force,
50:30Dad.
50:30See, there it is.
50:31That, that, that's what I
50:32knew was coming.
50:34I tore my rotator cuff,
50:36but it's not that bad.
50:37Um, they, they can't fix
50:40it with surgery.
50:41Anyways, I'm, I'm discharged.
50:44Your rotator cuff?
50:47No disciplinary aspect?
50:49No, uh-uh.
50:51No.
50:52Uh, no, I got good
50:53evaluations and so forth.
50:56Tore his rotator cuff.
51:01Andy, I'm sorry.
51:03Uh, it's not that bad,
51:07but I, but I had to leave
51:09the service and, uh,
51:11there's no disciplinary
51:12aspect.
51:13They give them all, uh,
51:15great evaluations.
51:17Um, have you given any
51:19thought to what you might
51:20do now?
51:21Well, the, the thing is,
51:24even before I joined,
51:25I took the test for the
51:27department in, um,
51:29Hackensack and they put
51:31me on a list.
51:32Then in January, they
51:34wrote, I had been
51:35accepted for training.
51:37Which department are we
51:38talking about?
51:39The police department.
51:42I applied to be a cop.
51:46The police department?
51:48Yeah, and I got in touch
51:50with them and they, and
51:51they hadn't, um, closed
51:53enrollment yet.
51:54Uh, I start training next
51:56week.
51:58Congratulations.
51:59That's great.
52:00Yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm,
52:02I'm pretty pleased.
52:03I, it's, it's two months
52:04of classes, then two months
52:06on-the-job training in the
52:08two more months of class.
52:10Your, uh, rotator cuff
52:11thing there, it's, uh, it's
52:13not gonna impinge that.
52:15They said it wouldn't
52:16disqualify me.
52:17So long as I pass the
52:19physical training test at the
52:20end of six months.
52:22And you've thought this
52:23through, the type of life.
52:25I think it's a good thing
52:27to be.
52:32I wanted to ask you,
52:34anytime you could give me
52:37pointers and so on, I'd,
52:39I'd be really grateful for
52:40that.
52:44Uniform cop, you know,
52:46it's different from a
52:47detective.
52:49I know, I know that much.
52:51But I was nine years
52:53a cop, uh, I still can
52:56remember a few things.
53:02So it's gonna be a boy,
53:04huh?
53:05And being back, you'll be
53:08able to spend more time
53:09with your baby brother.
53:11Maybe change a few diapers,
53:13even.
53:14Hey, I'd be willing.
53:16Good.
53:16Well, I guess, ready to eat?
53:23Sure.
53:24This baby is moving.
53:27Like right now?
53:29Yeah.
53:32You want to feel it?
53:36There.
53:37Give me your hand.
53:39It's right there.
53:45Wow.
53:46It's right there.
54:10I love it.
54:13Wow.
54:13Wow.
54:13Wow.
54:14Wow.
54:14Wow.
54:15Wow.
54:16Wow.
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