Show: The Closer - 3x12
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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 memorialized the body, let's pull this poor man out, please.
Sergeant gabriel, phd.
The first officers arrived at the scene roughly 12 minutes after mr.
Henry's death was called in.
Uh, since it was clear that he had been dead for some time, the officers decided to leave the crime scene undisturbed.
All right, if you got a close shot, let's turn the camera offuntil...
for heaven's sakes, would someone please quiet down those dogs?
Hello.
Lieutenant tao, priority homicide division, lapd.
The swelling of the victim indicates he's been in the water eight to nine hours.
Though bloated, we can identify him through his driver's license as the owner of the house.
Hold it right there.
Oliver henry...
arguably the most successful divorce lawyer in los angeles.
By all accounts, he wasa good man, a decent man, a man who loved his job.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the prosecution is gonna prove to you mr.
Henry was murderedby the defendant who verbally and physically threatened the victim repeatedly in the weeks right up to his death.
Now, mr.
Cordry here, the lawyer for the defense, is gonna argue that mr.
Henry's death was accidental, but I need you to pay very close attention to the inconsistencies you're gonna see with that theory on this video and throughout the case.
To start, you'll notice the contusions visible on mr.
Henry's forehead.
Roll it.
Looks like he ran into something right here.
I got it.
A little overdressed to go swimming, 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 you to check and see if there's any leather from the victim's shoes around the pool.
Thank you.
Sergeant gabriel, would you mind showing me where mr.
Henry kept his clothes?
Thank you.
He's all yours, gentlemen.
He takes excellent care of his wardrobe.
His closet's as big as my kitchen.
Chief, what are you looking for?
Signs of wear, and I'm not finding them.
Sergeant gabriel, would you check these suits and shirts for frays and tears?
And, lieutenant provenza, I want these shoes and clothes put into evidence, please.
As neatly as he kept them...
please.
Thank you so much.
Oh, yeah.
Okay, until recently, oliver henry was partners with his wife, valerie, in the law firm of henry and henry...
considered the number-two divorce law firm in the city.
Clientele includes celebrities, politicians, and the very rich.
Fees average $500 an hour for associates, twice that if you want oliver henry specifically.
Cheaper to hire a hit man.
So, you're saying mr.
And mrs.
Henry were partners?
Yeah, well, they divorced, too just settled about three months ago.
They're still in the processof dissolving the firm.
Now, he was considered the 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 learn from the neighbors?
It's not a good place to have a block party, chief.
I mean, nobody knows anyone.
All I got is this kid who saw a black beamer, maybe a convertible, parked in henry's driveway around 9:00 last night.
Hmm, black bmw in the hollywood hills.
That narrows it down to, like,50,000 people.
Hey.
Any chance this hollywood divorce attorney accidentally fell into his own pool?
'Cause the media are already insisting that one of his movie-star clients killed him, and we just can't affordthat kind of murder 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 case load.
Henry and henry currently have 379 active divorce suits, each with a client and an irritated spouse.
That's casting a pretty wide net.
And how do you feel about your own wife's divorce attorney?
Yeah, okay.
What would really make mefeel a little better, though, is some evidence that a crime was actually committed, because if the guy just 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 sure to let you know.
Don't make work for yourself.
All right, y'all, let's start checking mr.
Henry's clients and their spouses, see if any of them have a criminal record.
I want to know if any of them drive 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 knuckles and fingers.
Could this have happened by accident?
On just one hand, I'd say yes.
On the other hand, too...
looks more likehe was dragged from behind.
But the contusion's on the front of his head.
No hemorrhaging though.
Low impact.
It looks like he ran into a door or fell from less than his full height.
And he didn't block the blow with his hands.
So, let's say it happened something like this.
Someone was walking mr.
Henry along, let's say, from his house to his pool, and he started to pass out.
And they let him slip which explains the scrape on the knee.
And dropped him.
So he hits his head...
kaboom.
But not hard enough to knock him unconscious.
Right, so, mr.
Henry falls, and our killer turns 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 sure until 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 like there was no way I could comfortably state the death was accidental.
Thank you, dr.
Morales.
Your witness.
So, this, um, this drug that turned up in mr.
Henry's tox screen was, again?
Midazolam...
better known as versed.
It's a sedative, among other things, not available by 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 way to prove that my client administered this drug?
Is that correct?
I wouldn't know.
I'm here to discuss the medical aspects of the case.
Well, then could you tell the members of the jury what types of medical professionals use this drug on a regular basis?
Anesthesiologists, mostly, but those working in a surgical field would have access to it.
So, while the state has focused its efforts on the defendant, isn't it true that any doctor, nurse, or medical professional could have accessed this drug?
Or someone close to a doctor, nurse, or - objection.
That calls for a ridiculous amount of speculation.
Sustained.
Let me ask you this, then, doctor.
Is it possible that mr.
Henry, who had recently suffered a divorce, who was splitting up his business with his ex-wife, administered the drug to himself?
And on the way to his pool, stumbled and fell, hit his head, but managed to 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 tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god?
I do.
I tried very hard to figure out how mr.
Henry's death might have been an accident or suicide, but the more I learned, the more certain I became it was murder.
Did you arrive at mr.
Henry's house with that idea in mind that his death was a homicide?
No.
In examining the crime scene, did you immediately conclude that oliver henry had been murdered?
Absolutely not.
I don't see how it could be anything else, especially with this tox screen.
Yeah?
What does it say?
Oliver henrytested positive for versed, which isn't available even by prescription, so someonemust have drugged him.
Ugh, your car insurance is late again.
Look, why don't you just sign this form and...
what are you looking for?
I know I had some ho hosin here, and I'm sure I had a ding dong in 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 combine our finances or not?
Really, just, you know, tell me because it really doesn't matter to me.
I thought we agreed if we putall our money in one place, it would make it easier to get preapproved for a loan.
Yes, but then you never do 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 form and that signature card.
That puts youon all my bank accounts, okay?
And then you can just 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 glass or buried the vial, walked quickly to the pool, fell, hit his head, knocked himself out, and then dragged himself into 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 spouses in at least 11 of them.
That we know of.
Henry even pulled restraining orders 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 order and the car to go with it.
Oh, good.
Let's talk to him.
So, on the fourth day of your investigation, you were still concentrating on at least seven people.
Eight...
including valerie henry.
The victim's ex-wife, correct?
Yes.
Apparently, she'd been out of town since the morning mr.
Henry was found dead.
Before that?
I'm afraid I was alonein my new apartment that night, so I can't offer you an alibi.
Thank you for continuing to 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 actually go through with it.
So stupid.
Mrs.
Henry, um, did your husband have a drug or alcohol problem?
Was he chronically depressed or 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't deserve someone quite so- solid state insurance...
oh, hello?
Hold on, please.
I'm so sorry, mrs.
Henry.
I was on hold for 15 minutes before 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 continuing to 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 satisfied with 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 had them in the first place or at least joint 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 fairest divorce 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 permitting asshole divorce lawyers to put a lien on a client's home 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 re checking the names?
We found five f-flarpls.
Flarpls?
Fla...
flarpls among mr.
Henry's cases.
Had any of those five been issued against someone with a black convertible bmw?
One...
against the defendant.
Your honor, this would be a good time to stop for the day.
Okay.
Ladies and gentlemen, remember your oath.
You are not to discussthis case with anyone, including the members of 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 tiano disallowing the dog hair from valerie henry's mangy pets...
You arrested the right guy.
Don't worry about it.
That's why this is so frustrating.
I keep going over everything in my head.
If I had been able to get a confession, we wouldn't even be here in the first place.
Ah, look, look, look, look, look.
We have a media scrum we have to walk through.
So before you walkinto that...
commander taylor will coach you through your statement.
That's ridiculous.
I know exactly what to say.
No, you don't and you're irritable and you snap at people.
I do not.
We shouldn't even be talking to the press.
Vultures.
I want to thank y'allfor your interest in this case.
The lapd has decided that commander taylor will be fielding all 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 system has 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 flarpl against the schafer residence.
What?
Henry put a lien on schafer's house.
Sorry.
I have to take this.
Hello?
Yes, uh, multiple-driver rate.
That's right.
Y'all go on.
Um...
I know this.
Okay.
Anyway, chief, uh, we havereports of a confrontation between dr.
Schafer and 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 wife ended up reconciling.
What?
Sorry.
That is twice what 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 l-l-I can'tseem to get it for some reason.
I got a guy.
Let me see what I can get you.
Are you sure?
L-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 evidence against dr.
Schafer.
There must have been otherdoctors that henry was suing.
Do you have a license plate on 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 murder...
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 press looking over your shoulder because the evidence you've got is enough to ruin thisguy's life but not enough to arrest himfor murder.
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 two before he died.
That's when you told him you and 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 affair with 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 murder?
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 murder, 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 answer to 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 everythingl 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 of a 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 committing murder 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 simply because 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 number dr.
Schafer gave us?
Dead end.
Registered to a disposable cellphone.
We're finding out where 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 you please look after miss edwards?
Thank you.
I'll take that, boys.
And I'll need to familiarize myself with the subjects...
subject.
Hey!
Why does he get to go...
uh, lieutenant flynn, see if you can give dr.
Schafer a ride back down to parker center.
Maybe he knows where we can findhis invisible friend.
Will, I'm sorry.
This case isn't quite wrapped up yet.
But I'm expectingany minute this isn't about the case.
There's a problem with your insurance, and your rate won'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 something you 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 his record 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 decide to discuss it with fritz, just don't tell him you heard about 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 ass 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 you so 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 back from the vehicle 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 house really 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 knowl'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 wife and daughter.
May never have this chance again.
I'm gonnastick with my lawyer.
Look, I didn't kill anyone.
Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, dr.
Schafer.
I don't believe you.
Lieutenant.
Since you already have a lawyer, you understand your rights.
You're under arrest for the murder of oliver henry.
I think we've gota problem.
With what?
Chief, something you have to see.
I was going over our 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 tell him about your concerns.
Well, my concerns are that this man killed his wife's divorce attorney.
And, um, some of the evidence that we have to prove that may be inadmissible.
Well, if it was just the transposed license plate numbers, I could probably swing that, but...
there...
there's something else?
Detective daniels was very specific about what you were looking for in dr.
Schafer's car, and nowhere does it mention dog hair.
And I could probably swing that on its own, but I have to add it to the mixed-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 evidence to prove it, ms.
Johnson.
Not that oliver henry was murdered or that myclient was anywhere near him the night he died.
As for the drug found in mr.
Henry's system, we've already established the possibility that he could have self-medicated and fallen into the pool.
On the whole, the evidence points - evidence?
Like scuff marks?
Those scuff marks are not present on any other pairof mr.
Henry's shoes.
And we found bits of matching leather in the cement around the...
excuse me, ma'am.
I wonder how many people in this courtroom have scuff markson their shoes.
I know I do.
Does that mean someone has tried to kill me?
I don't think so.
And do we know when the shoes were scuffed?
Can you say, ms.
Johnson, that mr.
Henry injured his footwear 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 that what 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 found dog hair from the victim's...
objection!
The witness knows that evidence has been disallowed.
You asked, for heaven's sakes!
Counselor, as bone headed as it may be, you did ask.
I very directly.
So I will allow chief johnson to answer.
Thank you, your honor.
Mr.
Henry owned two dogs.
We matched the dna of the victim's pets to the dog hair we found in dr.
Schafer's bmw.
Excuse me, your honor.
Your honor, I would like to request a brief recess.
Permission to approach the bench, your honor?
I'm sorry, your honor, but a witness for the defense has unexpectedly shown up.
The defense team had 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, who ou assured me did not exist, shows up out of the blue.
Mr.
Garnett, we did our due diligence on mr.
Barnes.
It seems to me the timing of his arrival is awfully convenient.
Just tell me what I need to do.
Break schafer's alibi.
Otherwise, jeopardy is attached.
If the case gets dismissed or goes to jury, the doctor walks, and I look like an idiot.
We'll never be able to prosecute anyone else for this murder because the case we're having now creates all the reasonable doubt a jury's gonna need to let the next defendant off 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 taking your questions today.
Have a nice weekend.
To Be Continued
One, two, three...
testing.
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 memorialized the body, let's pull this poor man out, please.
Sergeant gabriel, phd.
The first officers arrived at the scene roughly 12 minutes after mr.
Henry's death was called in.
Uh, since it was clear that he had been dead for some time, the officers decided to leave the crime scene undisturbed.
All right, if you got a close shot, let's turn the camera offuntil...
for heaven's sakes, would someone please quiet down those dogs?
Hello.
Lieutenant tao, priority homicide division, lapd.
The swelling of the victim indicates he's been in the water eight to nine hours.
Though bloated, we can identify him through his driver's license as the owner of the house.
Hold it right there.
Oliver henry...
arguably the most successful divorce lawyer in los angeles.
By all accounts, he wasa good man, a decent man, a man who loved his job.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the prosecution is gonna prove to you mr.
Henry was murderedby the defendant who verbally and physically threatened the victim repeatedly in the weeks right up to his death.
Now, mr.
Cordry here, the lawyer for the defense, is gonna argue that mr.
Henry's death was accidental, but I need you to pay very close attention to the inconsistencies you're gonna see with that theory on this video and throughout the case.
To start, you'll notice the contusions visible on mr.
Henry's forehead.
Roll it.
Looks like he ran into something right here.
I got it.
A little overdressed to go swimming, 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 you to check and see if there's any leather from the victim's shoes around the pool.
Thank you.
Sergeant gabriel, would you mind showing me where mr.
Henry kept his clothes?
Thank you.
He's all yours, gentlemen.
He takes excellent care of his wardrobe.
His closet's as big as my kitchen.
Chief, what are you looking for?
Signs of wear, and I'm not finding them.
Sergeant gabriel, would you check these suits and shirts for frays and tears?
And, lieutenant provenza, I want these shoes and clothes put into evidence, please.
As neatly as he kept them...
please.
Thank you so much.
Oh, yeah.
Okay, until recently, oliver henry was partners with his wife, valerie, in the law firm of henry and henry...
considered the number-two divorce law firm in the city.
Clientele includes celebrities, politicians, and the very rich.
Fees average $500 an hour for associates, twice that if you want oliver henry specifically.
Cheaper to hire a hit man.
So, you're saying mr.
And mrs.
Henry were partners?
Yeah, well, they divorced, too just settled about three months ago.
They're still in the processof dissolving the firm.
Now, he was considered the 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 learn from the neighbors?
It's not a good place to have a block party, chief.
I mean, nobody knows anyone.
All I got is this kid who saw a black beamer, maybe a convertible, parked in henry's driveway around 9:00 last night.
Hmm, black bmw in the hollywood hills.
That narrows it down to, like,50,000 people.
Hey.
Any chance this hollywood divorce attorney accidentally fell into his own pool?
'Cause the media are already insisting that one of his movie-star clients killed him, and we just can't affordthat kind of murder 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 case load.
Henry and henry currently have 379 active divorce suits, each with a client and an irritated spouse.
That's casting a pretty wide net.
And how do you feel about your own wife's divorce attorney?
Yeah, okay.
What would really make mefeel a little better, though, is some evidence that a crime was actually committed, because if the guy just 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 sure to let you know.
Don't make work for yourself.
All right, y'all, let's start checking mr.
Henry's clients and their spouses, see if any of them have a criminal record.
I want to know if any of them drive 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 knuckles and fingers.
Could this have happened by accident?
On just one hand, I'd say yes.
On the other hand, too...
looks more likehe was dragged from behind.
But the contusion's on the front of his head.
No hemorrhaging though.
Low impact.
It looks like he ran into a door or fell from less than his full height.
And he didn't block the blow with his hands.
So, let's say it happened something like this.
Someone was walking mr.
Henry along, let's say, from his house to his pool, and he started to pass out.
And they let him slip which explains the scrape on the knee.
And dropped him.
So he hits his head...
kaboom.
But not hard enough to knock him unconscious.
Right, so, mr.
Henry falls, and our killer turns 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 sure until 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 like there was no way I could comfortably state the death was accidental.
Thank you, dr.
Morales.
Your witness.
So, this, um, this drug that turned up in mr.
Henry's tox screen was, again?
Midazolam...
better known as versed.
It's a sedative, among other things, not available by 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 way to prove that my client administered this drug?
Is that correct?
I wouldn't know.
I'm here to discuss the medical aspects of the case.
Well, then could you tell the members of the jury what types of medical professionals use this drug on a regular basis?
Anesthesiologists, mostly, but those working in a surgical field would have access to it.
So, while the state has focused its efforts on the defendant, isn't it true that any doctor, nurse, or medical professional could have accessed this drug?
Or someone close to a doctor, nurse, or - objection.
That calls for a ridiculous amount of speculation.
Sustained.
Let me ask you this, then, doctor.
Is it possible that mr.
Henry, who had recently suffered a divorce, who was splitting up his business with his ex-wife, administered the drug to himself?
And on the way to his pool, stumbled and fell, hit his head, but managed to 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 tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god?
I do.
I tried very hard to figure out how mr.
Henry's death might have been an accident or suicide, but the more I learned, the more certain I became it was murder.
Did you arrive at mr.
Henry's house with that idea in mind that his death was a homicide?
No.
In examining the crime scene, did you immediately conclude that oliver henry had been murdered?
Absolutely not.
I don't see how it could be anything else, especially with this tox screen.
Yeah?
What does it say?
Oliver henrytested positive for versed, which isn't available even by prescription, so someonemust have drugged him.
Ugh, your car insurance is late again.
Look, why don't you just sign this form and...
what are you looking for?
I know I had some ho hosin here, and I'm sure I had a ding dong in 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 combine our finances or not?
Really, just, you know, tell me because it really doesn't matter to me.
I thought we agreed if we putall our money in one place, it would make it easier to get preapproved for a loan.
Yes, but then you never do 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 form and that signature card.
That puts youon all my bank accounts, okay?
And then you can just 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 glass or buried the vial, walked quickly to the pool, fell, hit his head, knocked himself out, and then dragged himself into 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 spouses in at least 11 of them.
That we know of.
Henry even pulled restraining orders 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 order and the car to go with it.
Oh, good.
Let's talk to him.
So, on the fourth day of your investigation, you were still concentrating on at least seven people.
Eight...
including valerie henry.
The victim's ex-wife, correct?
Yes.
Apparently, she'd been out of town since the morning mr.
Henry was found dead.
Before that?
I'm afraid I was alonein my new apartment that night, so I can't offer you an alibi.
Thank you for continuing to 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 actually go through with it.
So stupid.
Mrs.
Henry, um, did your husband have a drug or alcohol problem?
Was he chronically depressed or 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't deserve someone quite so- solid state insurance...
oh, hello?
Hold on, please.
I'm so sorry, mrs.
Henry.
I was on hold for 15 minutes before 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 continuing to 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 satisfied with 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 had them in the first place or at least joint 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 fairest divorce 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 permitting asshole divorce lawyers to put a lien on a client's home 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 re checking the names?
We found five f-flarpls.
Flarpls?
Fla...
flarpls among mr.
Henry's cases.
Had any of those five been issued against someone with a black convertible bmw?
One...
against the defendant.
Your honor, this would be a good time to stop for the day.
Okay.
Ladies and gentlemen, remember your oath.
You are not to discussthis case with anyone, including the members of 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 tiano disallowing the dog hair from valerie henry's mangy pets...
You arrested the right guy.
Don't worry about it.
That's why this is so frustrating.
I keep going over everything in my head.
If I had been able to get a confession, we wouldn't even be here in the first place.
Ah, look, look, look, look, look.
We have a media scrum we have to walk through.
So before you walkinto that...
commander taylor will coach you through your statement.
That's ridiculous.
I know exactly what to say.
No, you don't and you're irritable and you snap at people.
I do not.
We shouldn't even be talking to the press.
Vultures.
I want to thank y'allfor your interest in this case.
The lapd has decided that commander taylor will be fielding all 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 system has 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 flarpl against the schafer residence.
What?
Henry put a lien on schafer's house.
Sorry.
I have to take this.
Hello?
Yes, uh, multiple-driver rate.
That's right.
Y'all go on.
Um...
I know this.
Okay.
Anyway, chief, uh, we havereports of a confrontation between dr.
Schafer and 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 wife ended up reconciling.
What?
Sorry.
That is twice what 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 l-l-I can'tseem to get it for some reason.
I got a guy.
Let me see what I can get you.
Are you sure?
L-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 evidence against dr.
Schafer.
There must have been otherdoctors that henry was suing.
Do you have a license plate on 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 murder...
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 press looking over your shoulder because the evidence you've got is enough to ruin thisguy's life but not enough to arrest himfor murder.
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 two before he died.
That's when you told him you and 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 affair with 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 murder?
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 murder, 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 answer to 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 everythingl 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 of a 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 committing murder 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 simply because 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 number dr.
Schafer gave us?
Dead end.
Registered to a disposable cellphone.
We're finding out where 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 you please look after miss edwards?
Thank you.
I'll take that, boys.
And I'll need to familiarize myself with the subjects...
subject.
Hey!
Why does he get to go...
uh, lieutenant flynn, see if you can give dr.
Schafer a ride back down to parker center.
Maybe he knows where we can findhis invisible friend.
Will, I'm sorry.
This case isn't quite wrapped up yet.
But I'm expectingany minute this isn't about the case.
There's a problem with your insurance, and your rate won'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 something you 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 his record 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 decide to discuss it with fritz, just don't tell him you heard about 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 ass 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 you so 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 back from the vehicle 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 house really 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 knowl'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 wife and daughter.
May never have this chance again.
I'm gonnastick with my lawyer.
Look, I didn't kill anyone.
Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, dr.
Schafer.
I don't believe you.
Lieutenant.
Since you already have a lawyer, you understand your rights.
You're under arrest for the murder of oliver henry.
I think we've gota problem.
With what?
Chief, something you have to see.
I was going over our 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 tell him about your concerns.
Well, my concerns are that this man killed his wife's divorce attorney.
And, um, some of the evidence that we have to prove that may be inadmissible.
Well, if it was just the transposed license plate numbers, I could probably swing that, but...
there...
there's something else?
Detective daniels was very specific about what you were looking for in dr.
Schafer's car, and nowhere does it mention dog hair.
And I could probably swing that on its own, but I have to add it to the mixed-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 evidence to prove it, ms.
Johnson.
Not that oliver henry was murdered or that myclient was anywhere near him the night he died.
As for the drug found in mr.
Henry's system, we've already established the possibility that he could have self-medicated and fallen into the pool.
On the whole, the evidence points - evidence?
Like scuff marks?
Those scuff marks are not present on any other pairof mr.
Henry's shoes.
And we found bits of matching leather in the cement around the...
excuse me, ma'am.
I wonder how many people in this courtroom have scuff markson their shoes.
I know I do.
Does that mean someone has tried to kill me?
I don't think so.
And do we know when the shoes were scuffed?
Can you say, ms.
Johnson, that mr.
Henry injured his footwear 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 that what 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 found dog hair from the victim's...
objection!
The witness knows that evidence has been disallowed.
You asked, for heaven's sakes!
Counselor, as bone headed as it may be, you did ask.
I very directly.
So I will allow chief johnson to answer.
Thank you, your honor.
Mr.
Henry owned two dogs.
We matched the dna of the victim's pets to the dog hair we found in dr.
Schafer's bmw.
Excuse me, your honor.
Your honor, I would like to request a brief recess.
Permission to approach the bench, your honor?
I'm sorry, your honor, but a witness for the defense has unexpectedly shown up.
The defense team had 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, who ou assured me did not exist, shows up out of the blue.
Mr.
Garnett, we did our due diligence on mr.
Barnes.
It seems to me the timing of his arrival is awfully convenient.
Just tell me what I need to do.
Break schafer's alibi.
Otherwise, jeopardy is attached.
If the case gets dismissed or goes to jury, the doctor walks, and I look like an idiot.
We'll never be able to prosecute anyone else for this murder because the case we're having now creates all the reasonable doubt a jury's gonna need to let the next defendant off 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 taking your questions today.
Have a nice weekend.
To Be Continued