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[Melodious music]

[Indistinct radio chatter]

The victim's Mandy Monroe.

Stabbed to death
in her living room

between 2 and 4 A.M.,
Sunday. She was with her fiance.

(Annabeth) 'Is
he good for this?'

surgical intern at St. Mike's,
on call midnight to 5 A.M.

Left Mandy's a little after 11,
scrubbing in at the hospital.

Cops arrested the
victim's uncle Sam Carter.

Witness saw him staggering
out of the building around 3 A.M.

Looking quite intoxicated.

- Murder weapon?
- It's a kitchen knife.

On the floor, next to the
body. Prints match the suspect.

And forensics got another
hit off a bottle of conditioner.

He hung around to take a shower?

- Hey, he was covered in blood.
- I would, wouldn't you?

[Annabeth sighing] So far it's a routine
grounder. Does he have any alibi?

Wife claims he was up
all night working at home.

- Some kind of computer whiz.
- Software engineer.

Sounds like the right
guy. We have a motive?

Her fiance popped the
question last night, she said yes.

Called the uncle's house to
give the family the good news.

Her engagement has
something to do with her murder?

Check out what they found
on the uncle's computer.

You really jumped the
gun on this one, annabeth.

Talk about a rush to judgment.

We have Mr. Carter's
prints at the scene

and on the murder weapon.

And I'm sure there's an
innocent explanation for both.

Is there an
explanation for these?

Pictures of his niece? So what?

Five hundred and sixty-four,
to be exact, on his computer.

He even customized
his screensaver

with the name Amanda.

There's nothing incriminating
about any of these.

He was a devoted
and doting uncle.

He was obsessed with her.

Mandy announced her
engagement last night.

You didn't seem to
take that news well.

That's your motive?

Ugh, please.

Mr. Carter, you can
keep a vow of silence

for the rest of your life.

We're gonna be charging
you with Mandy's murder.

No recollection of what
you're talking about.

None whatsoever.

So who all was at dinner?

Sam, me, his brother
Jordan, Sam's father Cyrus.

That the whole family?

Well, Sam has an
older sister sheryl

but we don't see her.

- And after dinner?
- We all said goodnight.

Cyrus and Jordan left.

Sam went out to his
office to work, I went to bed.

- He was up all night working?
- Yes.

Witness saw him coming
out of her building at 3.

They must have
seen someone else.

They saw him alright,
falling down drunk.

Sam has been sober for years.

When the police arrested him

he had a blood-alcohol
level near the legal limit.

I-I-I don't know how
that could be possible.

Your husband seemed
obsessed with his niece.

You make it sound
so... Unhealthy.

What would you call it?

Sam and Mandy have
always been close.

Sam's mother was
killed in a car accident

when he was 14.

Diane, Mandy's mother, passed
when Mandy was little. Cancer.

I think that's why Sam and Mandy
have always had a special bond.

Listen, I know
Sam is an odd duck.

But he is not dangerous.

His prints are on the murder
weapon, the kitchen knife.

He was over there a lot.

And in the bathroom,
on a bottle of conditioner.

That could have
happened any time.

When he's anxious, he
washes his hands a lot.

He must have been real anxious.
Apparently, took a shower there.

He could have. He's got a..

Cleanliness compulsion.

Washing calms him down.

I get it. Your husband
and your niece talk.

They end up fighting
over her engagement.

He stabs her, then
he takes a shower.

Not to mention,
to wash the blood.

Look, I know he didn't do this.

You should call Jordan,
because I heard them leave

around 11, just
after I went to bed.

So, he wasn't at
his desk all night.

No.

She done lied to the police.

Imagine that.

Mm-mm-mm.

[Thrilling music]

Where'd you and
your brother go so late?

An aa meeting, one at midnight
over on Willow and ashby.

Not that far from here.

Yeah, it's walking
distance, I guess.

I just dropped him
off and went home.

Just dropped him?

That's right. He likes
to walk, clears his head.

He can walk for hours.

Not this time. We have a
witness, saw him coming out

of this building, a
couple hours later, drunk.

I guess the aa
meeting didn't work.

Fell off the wagon anyway.

'Why do you think
that happened?'

I'll ask you the same question
I asked your sister-in-law.

What was the deal between
your brother and your niece?

Look, they were
just close, alright?

Nothing creepy about it.

Your brother's being arraigned
for her murder this afternoon.

Me, I'd call that creepy.

In the murder of Amanda Monroe,
how do you plead, Mr. Carter?

Not guilty, by reason
of insanity, your honor.

'Very well. I assume
the issue of bail is mute?'

yes, your honor.

Then the next item on the
agenda is a competency hearing.

Defense requests Dr. Wolfe..

Mr. Carter's
personal psychiatrist

'to do an evaluation for
the competency hearing.'

and for the people,
miss Scofield?

Dr. Perrin, your honor.

So ordered.

(Annabeth) An insanity
plea, good luck with that.

(Conlon) What other choice do
they have? We have him red-handed.

(Annabeth) You think
Porter could beat the odds?

(Conlon) Not in New York, but
Indiana has a bifurcated insanity verdict.

Gives the jury a choice.

(Annabeth) Not guilty
by reason of insanity

or guilty, but mentally ill.

Exactly, it's still an
impossibly high bar.

All my years on the job

I've never seen a
successful insanity defense.

Dr. Perrin is doing our side
of the competency hearing.

The competency
hearing is a formality.

That standard is set so low

he could be sticking
cornflakes up his nose.

As long as the court believes

he understands what's
going on around him.

He should, as long as he
stays on his antidepressants.

Let's make sure he does.

His family says Carter's
a recovering alcoholic.

He's been on the
wagon for many years.

He went to an aa
meeting that night.

Our witness says he was falling
down drunk at the crime scene.

The defense may
try to use intoxication

as a mitigating factor.

I'll ask ray to retrace
Carter's steps.

Let's depose the family as well.

I wanna make sure the
jury has a clear explanation

of why Carter did what he did.

- Crazy won't cut it?
- Crazy won't cut it.

Was your son drinking at
dinner, the night Mandy was killed?

He can't drink, he's
on antidepressants.

- How long's he been depressed?
- For years.

Has he been more
depressed than usual recently?

Happens every year
around the same time.

You see, Sam lost his
mother when he was a teen.

So the anniversary of her
death is hard on him, very hard.

Does he typically drink
on the anniversary?

I thought he'd been
sober for many years.

Oh, yes, he has.
For 14 to 15 years.

Well, if he hadn't had
a drink in years past

what was so significant about
this particular anniversary?

Mandy getting married
and moving away.

If you ask me, it was
more than he could handle.

Mr. Carter, don't you
think your son's attachment

to his niece was... Unusual?

Mandy was very special to Sam.

You see, they both lost their
mother when they were young.

And when she hit her teens

Mandy started looking
more and more..

Like Angela, Sam's mother.

Mandy reminded
Sam of his mother?

Yeah, she had a lot of her ways.

She reminded us all more
and more, the older she got.

It's like we got her back.

Despite his problems with
depression and alcoholism

Mr. Carter is fully
competent to stand trial.

Good.

I wanted to ask you about
his obsession with his niece.

It's a classic case
of transference.

According to his
father, as she grew older

the niece began to seem more
and more like Carter's mother.

Carter lost his mother
when he was in his teens.

Even though she died
in an automobile accident

he had a feeling that
she had abandoned him.

'So as Mandy got older'

and began to resemble
his mother more closely

his attachment to her
would naturally deepen.

Then why would he kill her?

'They said Mandy
was getting engaged.'

the fiance told us that they
planned to move to Baltimore.

So she was leaving him.

Both physically and
emotionally separating herself.

The relationship he had formed
with someone who reminded him

of his mother, was
being threatened.

It was about to end.

And that made him
mad enough to kill her?

I don't know what other
factors might've been at play.

His mother died
around this time of year.

'Anniversary effect.'

it's a period of great
stress and anxiety.

It could've fully triggered
his fear of abandonment.

And put him in a murderous rage.

Based on the evaluations
of the psychiatrist

who've examined Mr. Carter

the court finds the defendant
competent to stand trial.

Your honor, may I say something?

Normally, the defendant waits

until the court addresses
him, Mr. Carter.

But let's hear it.

These psychiatrists don't
know what's best for me.

Your honor, we just
found out this morning

that my client has stopped
taking his medications

'on a regular basis.'

why is that, Mr. Carter?
Why have you stopped?

It was making me feel lethargic.

I understood it
was for depression.

It has the opposite
effect on me.

It makes me feel... Bad.
It makes me feel low.

Your honor, the
people ask the court

to order Mr. Carter to resume
taking his antidepressants.

Both psychiatrists
base their evaluations

of competency on the
assumption that you continue

taking your medications
as prescribed, Mr. Carter.

- 'Do you understand?'
- Yes, your honor.

If you don't comply voluntarily

the court will order that
you be forcefully medicated

in order to insure that you
are competent to stand trial.

- Miss Porter.
- Defense has no objection.

- The people?
- The people concur, your honor.

- Take your meds, Mr. Carter.
- Yes, sir.

The judge declared Carter
competent to stand trial.

No surprise. How's that
working theory coming along?

Carter was drinking at a bar
few blocks from his niece's.

Probably trying to get his
nerve up to confront her.

We finish deposing the family?

Ed finally found sheryl
Carter, the older sister.

He's interviewing her now.

So, you don't stay in
touch with your family?

- Exchange Christmas cards?
- Not at all.

Okay, well, tell me about
your brother anyway.

What's to tell?

He's screwed up.

'Compulsive, depressed.'

obsesses over
stuff. Won't let go.

You ever known
him to be violent?

Dangerous or threatening?

A couple times I
came home from work..

He'd broken into my house.

Once he was in my bathroom..

Taking a bath.

Freaked me out.

Well, he is your brother.

Yeah, but still.

Don't you think
it's a little weird?

Yeah, a little.

What'd you do?

I called Lizzie to come get him.

I can't deal with
Sam's problems.

I have enough trouble of my own.

Your niece seemed to
get along alright with him.

'Mandy?'

Mandy was a Saint.

'It's my fault.'

what is?

I should have told
her a long time ago.

Told her what?

Before I broke off all
contact with my family..

I slept with the windows locked.

I wouldn't even turn
the air conditioner on

in the summer time.

- Why?
- 'I was afraid.'

I wouldn't be able to hear
Sam if he broke into the house

when I was home.

You know what it's
like to live that way?

Why were you so afraid of him?

My mother..

My mother didn't
die in a car accident.

Sam killed her.

Fourteen years old.

You believe that?

Got drunk and blew her
head off with a shotgun.

Why?

What would lead him to
do something like that?

- They had a fight?
- Not that I know.

Sam was one messed-up
kid. 11, 12 years old..

He'd ditch school and
go drink with his friends.

- Come home and sleep it off.
- What did your parents do?

Tried all kinds of things
to straighten him out.

Therapy, detention,
none of it worked.

Did he act out
when he got drunk?

Was he angry or violent?

No, not back then.

He'd just drink too
much and act foolish

and forget the stupid
stuff he did when drinking.

He had blackouts as a teenager?

He and I both had our
share of lost weekends

before we cleaned up our acts.

The difference is..

I never drank a drop
until mama was killed.

Tell me about that day.

I came home from school.

I remember, I was
really happy for a change.

I'd gotten an a
on a history exam.

I came up the street.

Cops were there.

Sam was on the front lawn,
covered in my mama's blood.

Daddy told me
since I was the oldest

I had to take care
of Jordan and Diane.

- Mandy's mother?
- Yes.

Daddy told me I couldn't
ever, ever tell them

what Sam had done.

- And you were how old?
- Seventeen.

Diane was 16,
Jordan was the baby.

- That must've been impossible.
- 'I dropped out of school.'

all the lying I had to do,
I couldn't concentrate.

Jordan and Diane
knew I was acting weird.

They used to ask me what
was wrong, but I couldn't tell 'em.

So, Jordan and Diane never knew.

- Right.
- Then Mandy never knew.

She had no reason not
to trust her uncle Sam.

Daddy swore he was better.

I didn't know.

It was just easier for me
to stay away from all of 'em.

But I should have told her.

I should have.

Why didn't you?

I was worried that if I
made her afraid of Sam

and she pushed him
away, it'd set him off.

He'd kill somebody again.

So what happened?

The very thing I worried about
all my life came true after all.

I don't know about
you, I got kids.

A parent's worst
nightmare, a kid dies.

I personally think it'd be worse

if they did something
like this, killed somebody.

- How'd it go down?
- Neighbor called it in.

We found the son passed
out cold, covered in blood.

Shotgun next to him.

Mom was upstairs in
her bedroom dead, finito.

- Why'd he shoot her?
- House was torn up.

Looked like a burglary. We
thought he had an accomplice.

They ransacked the place.

You think mom came home,
caught them going through her things?

That was the working theory.

- Carter a kid on drugs?
- Definitely. Drugs and booze.

We'd been there before.
The kid was trouble.

I had complaints, kids
drunk, puking on their lawns.

Why'd you think
there was another kid?

Her jewelry was missing.
Husband filed an insurance claim.

- What was Carter's story?
- Said he had a blackout.

Couldn't remember a thing.

Been drinking all afternoon.

Couldn't remember
where or with who?

- You believe him?
- He was drinking, alright.

He was stink-o. The blackout?

Just a kid's lame alibi.

He couldn't come up
with better at the moment.

He never gave up his accomplice.

There you go. You
got to give him that.

For a fallen down drunk,
he was a standup guy.

Where was the
rest of the family?

We called Mr. Carter at work.

He didn't say a word the whole
ride. I think he already knew.

He wasn't surprised to see
his 14-year old kid in handcuffs

covered in blood, charged
with his mother's murder?

It was like he'd
been expecting it.

[Dramatic music]

Sheryl told us your
son killed his mother.

Thank you.

Sam was not in his right
mind when he did that.

Because of his age, he was
never charged with her murder.

They sent him to a
psychiatric facility for a year.

Twenty five years ago,
kids weren't tried as adults.

Sam had no idea
what he had done.

It's a-a terrible thing to have
the kind of problem Sam had.

Major depression.

I did everything I could
to try and make him better.

I quit a good job.

Moved the family to Michigan
when he was released.

You even changed your name.

We picked that up on
the background check.

All so Sam would
have a fresh start.

That's what you
call a fresh start?

Twenty five years of lies?

My sister called out of the blue

with some crazy story
about Sam and mom.

Sheryl's not exactly
a reliable source.

- So, I thought I'd come to you.
- I'm so sorry, Jordan.

It's true.

This is a copy of
the police report.

My god.

My god.

How could they have
kept this from me?

My father has been
lying to me my entire life.

No, I had a right
to know about this.

- Yeah, you did.
- I barely remember my mother.

I hardly had a
picture of her, even.

'After she died,
one day daddy just'

gave all her stuff away.

The girls got her clothes.

The girls got her jewelry.

I didn't get anything
to remember her by.

Not one damn thing.

What's your angle?

One was a shooting, the
other, a stabbing, 25 years apart.

It's unlikely we
can get a murder

he committed as a
juvenile into evidence.

We use it out of court,
rattle their cage with it.

They might want to avoid
making the murder public.

- You want to offer them a deal?
- Let me take a run at them.

Your client pleads
to manslaughter.

Twelve years, it's a gift.

Some gift.

Well, he hasn't exactly
been candid with you

about his past problems
with alcohol and violence.

What past problems?

He's done this
sort of thing before.

What are you talking about?

Tell your attorney
about your mother.

- My mother?
- When you were a teenager.

My mother died
in a car accident.

'How do you think a jury's
gonna feel when they find out'

that he shot his mother when
he was 14 during a blackout.

They won't.
Even if this is true.

It has no bearing
on the current case.

'Oh, it parallels the
murder of his niece exactly.'

he murders a
female family member

under the influence,
and then claims insanity.

You'll never get
it into evidence.

- Bound to come out.
- Are you threatening us?

I'm urging your
client to consider

what he's putting
his family through.

Take the deal, Mr. Carter.
Let's put this to rest.

I'm doing what
they want me to do.

Let's see what judge
crenshaw has to say.

The people's motion to admit
the prior homicide as evidence

in the current trial is denied.

At this time, the
defense would like

the motion to include
mr. Carter's prior homicide.

Your honor, you just
ruled to exclude it.

What's the defense up to?

If you would
reconsider, your honor?

What's on your mind?
Why the change of heart?

The prosecution wanted
to include the homicide

Mr. Carter committed
as a juvenile

as a prior bad act.

The defense's position
is that the homicide

demonstrates the
length and severity

'of Mr. Carter's illness.'

Mr. Carter is, and has
been since an early age

subject to psychotic depression.

I grasp the distinction.
The first is prejudicial.

'This forms the
basis of his plea.'

the defense would like to motion
to include his medical records

from the corin psychiatric
institute for juveniles.

Mr. Conlon, anything
you'd like to add?

The people have no
objection to its inclusion.

It was our idea.

Then I'll allow the prior
homicide and juvenile records.

The defense has
the burden of proof.

Porter's just trying to bolster
the insanity plea any way.

They wanna use his
year in a psych ward

as evidence of insanity.

We can as easily argue

he benefited from
being institutionalized.

I think in the end,
it'll come down to how

Carter does on the stand.

You're taking a risk.

It's odd, the
defense going first.

Sort of like opposite day.

You guys never did opposite day?

Have dinner for
breakfast and end the day

with pancakes and maple syrup?

My wife did that once
with our daughter.

At my house, every
day was "stay-on-track

no-matter-what, Maureen" day.

Speaking of staying on
track, get with Dr. Peron.

Review the interview
she did with Sam Carter

for his competency hearing.

Amanda called that night.

And said that she
was moving away.

It made me feel so bad inside.

I wanted a drink so badly.

So I could stop
thinking about it.

I kept coming back
to the same thought.

I gotta stop Mandy from leaving.

So, I went over to
her place, just to talk.

There's nothing Mr. Carter
said that indicates

he experienced disassociation
when he killed his niece.

Did he lose touch with reality?

Blacking out doesn't involve
losing contact with reality.

'The person experiences
amnesia, yes.'

but he's still in contact
with his surroundings.

So, he's not halucinating
or hearing voices?

No, that's something
different. A psychotic break.

The defense is
arguing just that.

Could alcohol have
triggered a psychotic break?

I see no evidence of that.

They're trying to use his
mother's murder to argue

that he's been psychotic
since he was a teenager.

There are many cases of
teenagers killing their parents.

They're angry,
they're impulsive.

It doesn't mean
they're psychotic.

'What we do know about Carter'

is that alcohol abuse was
involved in his mother's murder.

And alcohol abuse led to
the stabbing of his niece.

When he's had a
few drinks, Sam Carter

becomes a loaded weapon.

Mrs. Carter, in the
last several months

has your husband's
behavior changed in any way?

I knew what to expect from
Sam around that time of year.

It's the anniversary
of his mother's death.

And so I would make sure he
was taking his anti-depressants.

But this time, it
was really bad.

- In what way?
- He hardly ate anything.

He'd be in his pajamas all day

'sitting on the couch,
wringing his hands'

'and listening to the same cd'

over and over, until
I thought I'd scream.

Did you know what he
had done to his mother?

No, he never told
me what he did.

'The night your
niece was murdered'

she called your house.

To tell us that she was engaged.

That she and her fiance
would be leaving town.

How did your husband react?

He was upset.

I was worried that he
would fall off the wagon.

What happens when
your husband drinks?

'He has blackouts.'

(annabeth) 'Mrs. Carter, of the
15 years you've been married'

has your husband
been depressed often?

Often. Around the anniversary
of his mother's death.

'And during those depressions'

especially the worst ones,
around those anniversaries

has your husband
ever been ejected

from a movie
theater or a restaurant

because he couldn't
conform his conduct

to socially
acceptable standards?

- No.
- Has he ever been arrested?

- No.
- Traffic tickets?

- Moving violations? D.W.I.'S?
- 'No.'

have you ever called
the police to your house?

- No.
- Ever afraid for your safety?

No.

That's all, thank you.

Mr. Carter is suffering
with major depression

with psychotic features.

What symptoms
are we talking about?

Sadness, thoughts of
extreme guilt, insomnia.

Agitated behavior, uh, pacing.

Compulsive and
frequent hand washing.

And the psychotic
part of the depression?

A loss of contact with reality

manifested by delusions
or hallucinations

that are consistent with
the theme of a depression.

When you asked
Mr. Carter to describe

the night he killed his niece

how would you
characterize his mental state?

He was delusional. He
had lost contact with reality.

Did his mental state rise to
the condition of legal insanity

as defined by Indiana statute?

In my opinion, yes.

Is the murder of
Mr. Carter's niece

connected to the
murder of his mother?

Mr. Carter suffers from
psychotic depression.

The night of his niece's
murder, his psychotic break

was triggered by heavy
alcohol consumption.

Something similar happened
when he killed his mother.

Did he know what he was
doing during that killing?

- In my estimation, no.
- And when he killed his niece?

I believe he had
no consciousness

of what he was doing and
no memory of its aftermath.

Thank you.

Dr. Wolfe, what percentage
of homicides in this country

are connected to alcohol
abuse on the part of the offender?

The number's quite high,
between 80 and 85 percent.

So, would it be accurate to
say, based on multiple studies

that violence, homicide and
alcohol consumption are linked?

That is correct.

Isn't it possible, likely,
Mr. Carter wasn't delusional

when he killed his niece?

'That because
he'd been drinking'

he acted on his
violent impulses?

That would be one
interpretation, but not mine.

According to you,
he was delusional?

Correct.

We've only Carter's word
for what he was thinking

when he went to his
niece's apartment.

He's been totally
consistent with all

the mental health
experts he's dealt with.

He's told the
same story to them.

- His story's been consistent?
- Yes.

As consistent as the lie
he's been telling for 25 years

about the death of his mother?

That she died in a car accident?

'Your brother killed your
mother when he was 14.'

yes.

A fact of which you were unaware
until he murdered your niece.

My family kept it from me.

Every year, he's
severely depressed

on the anniversary
of your mother's death.

Sam always managed to
do okay with his medication.

Did you witness any unusual
behavior on your brother's part

prior to his
murdering your niece?

None that I can recall.

Was there alcohol
at the family dinner

the night your niece
was murdered?

My father enjoys a
good bottle of wine.

We all do.

Did your brother drink any?

No, Sam knows he can't mix
alcohol with his medication.

- He knows better.
- Yes.

But he was upset about
Mandy's engagement.

I talked to him, I told him
he oughta go to a meeting.

So I drove him to
one, about midnight.

Did you pick him up?

He said he'd catch a ride
home with someone, or walk.

But instead, he went drinking
and then went to see his niece.

Yes.

In the last several months

did you ever stay over
at your brother's house?

No.

So, you were not aware of
his deteriorating mental state?

- Objection.
- Sustained.

So, you were not
aware of how long it took

your brother's wife to
convince him to eat a meal

or comb his hair, or
sleep for a couple of hours

instead of staring endlessly
at his computer screen

and listening to the
same cd over and over?

Objection. Facts
not in evidence.

Sustained.

- 'Counselor.'
- Mr. Conlon.

You set yourself
a hell of challenge.

Regretting it?

I could hardly do otherwise.
My client's the real deal.

Just depressed
like the rest of us.

According to Dr. Wolfe,
he's delusional.

Well, our expert
witness beg to differ.

I don't think your Dr. Perrin
turned the jury around.

- I still have the edge.
- Now who's delusional?

You're putting him on the stand.

Carter is genuinely unstable.

I think the jury will find
him very sympathetic.

The jury expects to see
someone talking to themselves

and fighting imaginary dragons,

anything less, he knew
what he was doing.

And so do I.

When your niece called to
say she was getting married

how did you react?

'It made me angry.'

I didn't wanna think about it.

- What did you do?
- I went to a meeting, but left.

'I was restless.'

- I went to a bar.
- You went to a bar.

- Did you have a drink?
- Three or four shots, yes.

We heard testimony from
the bartender that night

who said you had six or seven.

That you were, in his
words, "sloppy drunk."

'It could've happened.'

I don't remember.

You'd been sober for 14 years.

Why did you take
a drink that night?

So, I could stop the thoughts.

- What kind of thoughts?
- About my mother.

Thinking about how she died.

'What they said I did to her.'

sometimes the
thoughts... Keep coming

and no matter what I do, the
thoughts keep coming back to me.

And-and Mandy made
me feel better like..

My mother.

And... like a little part
of her was still here.

I... didn't want her to go.
I had to go and see her.

- So, you went to Mandy's place?
- Yes.

Was she glad to see you?

She seemed confused.

- I think I woke her up.
- Then what happened?

I started talking to her

and... i told her I
didn't want her to leave.

'How did she react?'

she started acting like
she was afraid of me

like I was crazy

and-and not making any sense..

She wasn't listening
to me anymore.

And then what happened?

I don't remember.

What is the next thing

you do remember
about that night?

I was waking up at my desk

and the police were arresting
me for Mandy's murder.

Thank you.

Mr. Carter, when
you were at the bar

with these thoughts
of your mother

and Mandy racing
through your brain

why didn't you call your
wife to come pick you up

instead of having
yet one more drink?

I wish that I had.

You have no memory
of taking a kitchen knife

and stabbing your
niece to death that night?

Oh, no, ma'am.

Well, that's
convenient, isn't it?

- Objection, your honor.
- Sustained.

No memory of taking a shower

after killing her to
wash off the blood?

No, ma'am.

- That's hard to believe.
- Your honor.

(Judge) 'Do you have a
question for the witness?'

(annabeth) 'You remember
going there that night'

and talking to your niece. You
even remember what you said.

Yes, ma'am.

You don't remember the
crucial event of that night.

- Killing your niece.
- No, ma'am, I don't.

No more questions, your honor.

Sam Carter was a
depressed teenager

who had been self-medicating
with alcohol and drugs

when he killed his mother.

'Every year on the
anniversary of her death'

he suffers from depression.

This year... His depression

was more severe than ever before

'and he had a psychotic break.'

the same kind of psychotic break

he suffered just before
he killed his mother.

He was legally insane

at the time he killed his niece.

(Maureen) 'The
people acknowledge'

that the defendant
suffers from depression.

But so do many
millions of people

who never commit a crime.

'Mr. Carter's
marriage of 15 years'

'as well as his
long-term employment'

testify to his
overall stability.

You heard
Dr. Perrin's testimony.

Mr. Carter had the ability
to discern right from wrong.

He made the wrong choice.

That night, the defendant

knowing that he had a
substance abuse problem

and a history of
violent behavior

and alcoholic blackouts

and knowing that
during one such blackout

he shot and killed
his own mother

went to a bar and
started drinking.

'He became enraged at the idea'

that his niece was
abandoning him

getting married and leaving him.

And he went to her apartment
and stabbed her to death.

Sam Carter has never
been legally held responsible

for the murder of his mother.

If he had been, this whole
tragedy never would've occurred.

I beg you... Hold
Mr. Carter responsible

for the murder of his niece.

- Great closing.
- Thanks. You too.

Jury's taking a long time.

- Thanks.
- Thank you.

Trying to sort through
the three possible verdicts

under Indiana law. Guilty.

Guilty but mentally
insane at the time.

Not guilty by reason of
mental defect or disease.

- That's a lot to sort through.
- Yeah.

[Phone ringing]

Annabeth chase.

Thank you.

- The jury's back.
- Okay.

[Dramatic music]

The jury finds the
defendant guilty

of the murder of Amanda Monroe

'but mentally ill at
the time of the crime.'

Mr. Carter, you'll
be transferred

'to a psychiatric facility.'

the duration and terms to be
determined at your sentencing.

[Bangs gavel]

Congratulations, I guess.

Who said a tie game is
like kissing your sister?

Vince lombardi.

We have to prepare
for our sentencing.

Make sure he doesn't end
up in outpatient care in 5 years.

Jury found him sympathetic.

The guy's only a bender
away from killing again.

I want him put away
for the rest of his life.

There's nothing in his
gov files we can use

to influence the sentencing.

Carter was a model patient
in the juvenile psych ward.

No run-ins with other inmates.
No problems with the staff.

Prior to his incarceration, he
had some curfew violations.

A couple of drunk
and disorderly charges.

Ticket for loitering
near a liquor store

the day of the murder.

Nothing that indicates
he was prone to violence?

'No, nothing.'

'according to the police report'

the house was ransacked,
jewelry and cash stolen.

Wait, Jordan told me

his father gave all his
mother's jewelry to his sisters.

Mr. Carter reported it stolen
and filed an insurance claim.

Just an opportunist?

Saw his chance to commit
a little insurance fraud?

His son kills his wife and he's
thinking how to make money

defrauding the
insurance company?

(Jordan) 'Cops made a mistake.'

found the jewelry in my room
a few days after my mom died

in a bag in the closet.

When I looked
inside, I thought..

Well, it sounds
dumb, but I thought

maybe she's left
it for me somehow.

'So I put it away
in my toy chest.'

few days later, daddy
came looking for it.

- What'd you say?
- Told him what I thought.

That mama must've
wanted me to have it.

He told me she
didn't put it there.

It wasn't for me. It
was for my sisters.

Your father filed a
claim on that jewelry.

'Collected a rather
large payment.'

doesn't surprise me.

That's daddy for you.

Rules were always
meant for somebody else.

Cheats on his taxes too.
Don't tell him I told you.

This is all I have
left of my mama.

You believe it all
fits in this little box?

- My mama's wedding ring.
- Mm.

- A boy's class ring.
- Mm.

"K.g.?"

Kevin grover.

Mama would always tell
this story how he took her

to the senior prom and
his car caught on fire.

She'd laugh and say it was
the hottest date she'd ever had.

[Chuckles]

She had some kinda crush on him.

She held on to it forever. He
must've had one on her too.

Sent the most beautiful
spray of flowers when she died.

- 'What do you want from me?'
- Tell me about Angela Carter.

Angela and me..

We were on again off
again for a lotta years.

- When she died?
- We were on again.

- And she was married then.
- Yeah, but not for long.

Did her husband know?

She said she was gonna tell
him, I don't think she ever did.

That's something you put
off for as long as you can.

It wasn't easy but
we kept it quiet.

Angela would come by
most days. We'd have lunch.

Did you have lunch with
her the day she died?

We did. Always the same time.

We'd go to this little diner.

Other side of town.

Early.

We'd beat the lunch crowd

so we wouldn't run into
anybody that we knew.

Angela would be on
her way home by noon.

- What?
- Are you sure about the time?

Yeah.

Something about Angela
Carter's murder doesn't add up.

Her husband reported
her jewelry stolen

but later he gave
it to his daughters.

Minor league insurance fraud.

I'm sure the statute of
limitations has run out on that.

The afternoon of the
murder, Carter was ticketed

for loitering outside a
liquor store around 3 o'clock.

Time enough to go home
and shoot his mother.

Here's the thing, she'd had
lunch that day with her lover.

- Her lover?
- Ed spoke to him.

I went back and looked
at the autopsy report.

She was killed within an
hour of eating that meal.

What's the official
time of death?

Uh, between 3 and 4.

- When did she have lunch?
- Before noon.

Doesn't completely
clear the kid.

No, but it makes
him more unlikely

and it moves the time of
death to about 1 o'clock.

Did the police check
the father's alibi?

The case was so cut-and-dried.
Only a cursory check.

Let's see what ed
and ray can find out.

Here's Cyrus's
file, January, 1981.

A letter to his co-workers

telling them where
to send flowers.

Donation to the spca.

Fax and report for
a company vehicle.

Check out the date.

Same day his wife was killed.

Checked out a company truck
on his lunch hour between 12:32.

Dented a Fender. Company
files a claim for the bodywork.

Question is, where was Cyrus
Carter between 12:30 and 2?

Right around the time
his wife was killed?

- We got a solid motive.
- A jealous husband.

If we can place him near the
crime scene, blow up his alibi..

Thinkin' there's a good chance
the Indiana public employees

insurance union
might have a record

of the specific location
of his little Fender bender.

[Dramatic music]

We're charging you for
the murder of your wife

'Angela Carter.'

[scoffs] That's
just a crazy idea.

You checked out a company
vehicle over your lunch hour

went home, killed your wife,
staged a robbery to cover it up

and then went back to work.

(Janet) 'I completely
agree with Mr. Carter.'

a truly crazy idea
and sheer conjecture

without a shred of evidence.

We have the records
from Indiana electric.

In your haste to get back
to work, you hit a utility pole

two blocks from your
house at 1:10 P.M.

(Annabeth) 'What
happened, Mr. Carter?'

you were in such a
state after killing your wife

that you got into an accident?

It's not like that.

I was driving through on
my way back from lunch.

In a company truck? Why didn't
you take your own car to lunch?

Why would I kill
Angela? I had no reason.

(Janet) 'Mr. Carter,
don't say anything else.'

'this is fantasy, Ms. Chase.'

you had all the reasons
in the world, Mr. Carter.

And his name was Kevin grover.

'Your wife's high
school sweetheart.'

we know they were having an
affair. Apparently, so did you.

But you didn't know that
they'd had lunch together

'that day, early.'

which means the autopsy
results, based on the contents

of her stomach place her
death during your lunch hour.

If they got the time of death
wrong, that's their problem.

You knew your wife was
leaving you, didn't you?

Your son didn't kill
his mother. You did.

'We have enough
evidence to take you to trial'

and convict you. I'm offering
you a choice, Mr. Carter.

Are you offering us a plea?

We'll discuss that if
he tells us the truth.

They were my kids. Our kids.

I wasn't gonna let
her take them away..

Call that man "daddy."

They're my kids.

You let the police
arrest your son.

I knew nothing much
was gonna happen to him

because of his age.
Besides, he's troubled.

I thought they would give
him the help he needed.

You let him believe
he killed his mother.

I have other children to raise.

If I went to prison, who
was gonna provide for them?

I gave my children a good life.

You keep telling yourself that.

I think about it all every day.

I don't know why I did it.

Or why I did what I
did to Mandy, either.

You think there's
a day, that goes by

I don't beg her for
forgiveness? Or my mother?

You don't need to
do that anymore.

Not for your mother anyway.

How come? Why not?

You didn't kill her.

Ms. Chase, there
was blood all over me.

My prints were on the gun.

You were very drunk that day.

You came home, the
house had been ransacked.

You saw your mother
lying in a pool of blood.

The shock of seeing her
body must've been tremendous.

The shotgun was
lying next to her

and you picked it up.

The stress of what you'd
just seen, you had a blackout.

And when you came to,
the police were arresting you

but you didn't do it.

- She was already dead?
- She was already dead.

And, all these
years, I thought..

If I didn't kill her..

Your father.

He shot her and let
you take the blame.

Daddy wouldn't have done that.

We confronted him with the
evidence and he confessed.

No.

No, no, no.

My daddy loves me.

And he wouldn't let
me suffer like that.

He wouldn't let me
think that I had done..

Something like that.

He wouldn't throw
my life away like that.

I'm sorry, Mr. Carter.

You're gonna have to
wrestle with that one.

And Mandy.

You can lay your mother
to rest now, at least.

(Female narrator) Stay tuned
for scenes from our next episode.

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