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In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented

by two separate, yet
equally important groups:

The police, who
investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Celeste, wait up.

What are you doing? You
scared me half to death.

I just want to talk to you.

What the hell are you doing?

Say you love me.

- What?
- Say it!

Say you love me.

OK, OK. Just let go, please.

I love you.

Say it again.

I love you.

Liar.

Hey, Jalen.

Sorry, man.

I was up in Riverdale at
my son's basketball game.

The traffic was a nightmare.

I think I got a bad
taco or something.

Ugh. Other than
that, Mrs. Lincoln?

Yeah, the
play definitely sucked.

How'd your son's team do?

Oh, man. They got smoked.

Spencer went 0 for 9.

Can't all be Steph, huh?

What do we got?

Female, white, age 27.

Appears to have been
choked to death.

Appears?

You'll see.

Any witnesses?

One... saw a man
running from the scene

wearing a red
jacket, then she saw

the victim's body on the
ground and she called 911.

See anything else?
Hair color, race?

Mm-mm.

Oh, my God.

You weren't kidding, huh?

This play just got
a whole lot worse.

Celeste was happy.

She was working at a big wealth
management firm on 7th Avenue.

She loved it.

She just got promoted
to vice president.

Was she dating anyone?

I don't know.

We didn't talk about her
social life that much.

Is there a reason for that?

People her age

they see the world
so differently.

It was hard for me to relate.

So we just...

We didn't discuss
her personal life.

That's all.

There are too many
criminals out there.

And they just keep
getting more brazen

because nobody cares.

It's like you're giving
these animals a free pass,

telling them it's
OK to rob someone.

Or kill someone.

Ma'am...

I get it.

We both do.

And for what it's worth, the
two of us actually do care.

We do.

I promise you,

we will do everything
in our power

to find the person that
hurt your daughter.

You have my word.

If you should remember
anything else,

we're here.

So.

How did she die?

You never told me how
she actually died.

Just spoke to the ME.

Cause of death was asphyxiation.

I saw the crime scene photos.

Looked like a lot more than
just asphyxiation to me.

Yeah. It was a
violent end for sure.

Broken hyoid bone,

fractured cervical vertebra.

Though I'd never seen a head
in that position before.

Takes a lot of hate and rage

to do something like that.

I just ran Celeste's
texts and emails.

It all looks pretty typical,
except for one sent yesterday.

Definitely filled with
a lot of hate and rage.

Our guy's got a pretty good
résumé for a murder suspect.

Harvard, Columbia,
MBA, Goldman Sachs.

- Hey.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Stop! Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.

Don't hurt me. Please.

I'll pay the money, I swear.

Hey. Relax, Mason.

We're not debt collectors.

Let's start with some basics.

When was the last
time you saw Celeste?

I don't know. Um

a week ago?

- Oh.
- All right.

Well, that's you outside
her apartment yesterday.

And that's you, too,

three blocks from
the crime scene

seven minutes after
she was murdered.

Wait, she's

she's dead?

You're serious?

I loved Celeste.

Is that why you
were stalking her?

No. I wasn't stalking her.

I can get a bit obsessive,

but she wasn't
returning my texts.

People don't just
stop returning texts.

I would never hurt Celeste!

Never.

Even so, we're gonna
take a little ride

down to the precinct, OK?

This guy looks good for it, Lou.

He already admitted to
being jealous and obsessive.

Plus, we got video of him

three blocks from the scene
minutes after the murder.

An obsessive ex-boyfriend
on a downward spiral.

Tale as old as time, right?

And one that never ends well.

Hey, um, I've been
doing some research,

and it turns out that three
other women in New York

were killed the exact same way

as Celeste all in
the past three years.

Suffocation, broken hyoid bone,

and fractured cervical vertebra.

That is a very specific
way to kill someone.

Hey, Lou. I dug up the files.

Theresa Potter, 24, Black.

Last known address,
Red Hook, Brooklyn.

One prior arrest, larceny.

Was reported missing
August 22, '23.

Body was found this
year, October 27th.

And we have Angela
Rice, 21, Black.

Last known address,
Weeksville, Brooklyn.

Two prior arrests
for drug possession,

was reported missing
on November 11, '21.

Body was found April 3, '22.

And then we have Olivia
Washington, 22, Black.

Last known address, Clinton...

Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

Right?

Three priors for possession.

Went missing early May 2020.

That was my case.

I was lead on that.

We couldn't find anything.
We had no body, no evidence.

The thing just went cold.

Not quite.

February 11, 2021,
somebody found her

buried in an industrial
park in Long Island City.

I didn't know.

I was transferred out
of the 3-4 in November.

That case got reassigned.

So three Black women died
the same way Celeste did?

Strangled, broken hyoid bones,

and fractured
cervical vertebrae?

Yeah.

And that would be quite
the coincidence, huh?

There's no such thing.
Not in this business.

Celeste doesn't exactly
fit the same profile

- as the other vics.
- Yeah.

Well, maybe he wanted
something more exotic.

Wouldn't have been the
first serial killer

who changed lanes.

Look, I need you guys
to go back in there

and try to find a connection

between Mason and these
three victims, OK?

Done.

Oh, hold up.

Hold up.

The DNA under Celeste's
nails just came back.

No match.

But based on the markers,

there's a 99.8% chance

it belongs to a white
male with blue eyes.

So we're good? You believe me?

Yeah, we do.

OK, cool. Can I go now?

Yeah, but first, I just want
to ask you a few more questions

about Celeste, if that's OK.

Sure. Anything to help.

Now, I know she
worked in finance.

Um.

Just to be blunt, was
she also a sex worker?

Like... like an escort?

Vince.

Let him answer.

No. She wasn't an escort.

She work as an exotic dancer?

She go to swingers parties,
sex clubs, that kind of thing?

Vince, let me holler at you.

No, no, no. It's OK.

He's right.

Celeste was definitely into
the whole sex club scene.

But she wasn't a sex worker.

There was no money involved
or anything like that.

You know the names of the
clubs she liked to go to?

Look, obviously, I didn't know

Olivia Washington
was a sex worker.

I missed that in the
case file.

- I just thought, you know...
- I was fishing for gossip?

So Olivia's case just went cold?

Yeah, no body, no witnesses.

I think it's strange
nobody found anything.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

You've been working
Homicide a few years, right?

Two.

So you know it's not that
strange with a case like that?

Like that, huh?

A missing person case.

Look, you want to say something?

I'm saying it, bro.

Which is what?

Which is that poor
Black girls don't get

the same kind of love
that rich white girls get.

You know that. That's how it is.

Hey, man, maybe
that is how it is.

But that is not
how it is with me.

All right?

I worked that case hard, the
same way I work every case.

Good to know.

Thank you for taking the
time to talk to us, Ms. Horn.

Of course.

I was literally
just reading about

that poor woman in the "Post."

I didn't recognize
her from the photo,

but if you say she was here...

- Well, here's another photo.
- Maybe it'll jog your memory.

On a busy night, we
have over 200 guests.

Tough to keep track.

You guys probably keep
records though, right?

Of course.

Can you run the
name Celeste Clark?

Sorry, we don't reveal
our guests' names.

That's why they come here.
Because they feel safe.

They know that they
can express themselves

free of judgment and scrutiny.

Nothing's more
important than that.

Except murder.

- What's this?
- Subpoena.

Compelling you to hand
over all business records,

surveillance video,

and receipts from
the last two weeks.

You see, I knew places
like this existed, but I...

But what?

I just can't process it.

I mean, I know some wild people.

I'm a fun guy, but I don't think

I've ever met anybody
who would actually

go to a place like this.

That might not be true.

Well, you learn something
new every day, huh?

Oh, hey. I think this is her.

Sure is.

And she's wearing
a necklace there,

but we didn't find
one on the body.

She's talking to this white
dude and then she leaves.

And he follows her
out 41 seconds later.

Let me see if I can get a
clean angle on the face.

All right.

I'll send it to the Facial
Identification Section.

Good work. As usual.

Bruce is a good man.

Runs one of the top
investment firms in the city,

went to Stanford.

Very impressive.

Yet he treats
people with respect,

which is even more
impressive, if you ask me.

Most people like him don't
give you the time of day.

- That's great.
- Is he upstairs in his condo?

Not sure. I just clocked in.

- But I'll call up.
- Thank you.

He's not picking up.

Mind if we take a look at
your surveillance video?

We just want to see what
time he came in last night.

I think he got
back around 11:00.

- Freeze there.
- There he is.

I was close. 11:17.

Check out that jacket.

That's enough for a
search warrant, right?

Sure is.

NYPD.

Bruce Elliot!

NYPD.

No, stop.

Oh, my God, please.

NYPD.

What's going on? Who are you?

- Police. Where's Bruce Elliot?
- He just went to the bank.

- Who are you?
- His friend.

- His friend?
- Yes.

All right, friend, time to go.

Get your stuff. Let's
go. Come on. Here.

- OK.
- Come on, let's go.

What's going on?

Yo, Vince.

Think I found something.

Oh, man, we got him.

Now we just got to find him.

Hey, so the surveillance
camera had a clean angle.

Elliot made a
withdrawal from that ATM

exactly seven minutes ago,
started heading south.

So I say if he's moving,
say, a block a minute, right?

That's seven blocks, maybe eight

if he's moving
faster than usual.

I say we move the canvass
south to Franklin.

I like how you're thinking.

But there are three
subway stations

within a ten-block radius here.

This bastard could
be anywhere by now.

Yeah, Yee ran his
credit cards, man.

He doesn't have a
Metro app or a card.

Not necessarily.
That doesn't mean...

He's a rich prick who
doesn't take the subway, OK?

There's no way he's gonna
change his habits now.

He's walking, man, somewhere.

- Call it in.
- Yeah.

Hey, Vince.

That's our boy.

We got Elliot moving
south on Greenwich.

NYPD!

Hey, hey, hey!

Whoa, whoa.

Out of the way!

- Hey, hey, hey!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

- On the ground! On the ground!
- Stop right there!

Stay back! Stay back!

- No, don't do it! Don't do it!
- Hear me? Stay back!

- No, no, no, no.
- No, no, no, no.

Don't do it! Don't do it!

Don't. Don't!

I'll call for a negotiator.

No, man. We don't
have time for that.

Wait, what are you doing?

Hey, I'm gonna go in and
I'm gonna talk to him.

That's a bad idea.

He's desperate, he's armed,

and there's too
many people inside.

- Which is why it's a bad idea.
- Look, look, look.

I know why you're doing
this. You don't have to.

I'm gonna go in.

We're going in there.

Bruce!

- NYPD. Hit the exit.
- Move, move, move, move.

Exit. Go, go, go, go.

Everybody, everybody,
hit the exit.

Bruce, this is
Detective Vincent Riley.

Stay back, or I'll
shoot this bitch!

All right, listen, Bruce,
you got to let her go, man.

You don't want to make this
any worse than it already is.

Get me a car now, or I swear
to God, I'll shoot her!

I'm gonna work on that,

but the best thing
that you can do

to make that happen
is to let her go.

- She's not going anywhere!
- Not till I get the car!

OK, how about this, Bruce?

How about you exchange
her for me, OK? All right?

I'm worth a lot more
than she is, right?

I'm a cop. She's a civilian.

- Stop walking!
- All right, all right.

- Now!
- OK. All right. I've stopped.

We are gonna work this out.

I promise you.

You and me, OK?

Now, please, let her go.

Come on. Let her go.

You need to let her go, Bruce.

OK, you, come here.

- OK, OK, OK.
- Now. Now!

- OK. OK. I'm coming.
- I'm coming, all right?

I'm taking it slow,
and we're staying calm.

We're gonna work
this out. All right?

'Cause the guys outside,
they get anxious.

They don't want
to hear a gunshot.

Bruce Elliot,
you're under arrest

for the murder of Celeste Clark.

Next case.

Calling docket ending in 9612.

People versus Bruce Elliot,
murder in the second degree.

Your Honor, we plead not guilty.

Ms. Maroun, I'll
hear you on bail.

People seek remand, Your Honor.

The defendant's DNA was found
under the victim's fingernails.

And the necklace she was wearing

on the night of the murder
was found inside his condo.

The defendant also
took a woman hostage,

held a gun to her head.

We'll be adding kidnapping
charges later on today.

It's also important to
note that the defendant

is a suspect in three
other homicides.

Given the severity
of the charges

and the defendant's
financial means,

he is definitely a flight risk.

Your Honor, my client
has no prior arrests,

and he is an upstanding

and philanthropic
member of the community.

Moreover, the evidence is weak.

This is a witch hunt designed
to generate headlines...

Defendant is remanded.

Your Honor, my client
is willing to post

a $5 million bond.

You can post a $5 billion
bond, it won't matter.

This is about safety.

Next case.

Excuse me. Sir?

How come you're only charging
this man with one murder?

Paper said he killed
three other girls.

Why not charge him
with those murders too?

There isn't enough evidence.

But the police are
still investigating.

- If you will please excuse us?
- No!

You don't get to walk off

and pretend those other
girls didn't exist.

That my Theresa didn't exist!

Sir.

Of course, your
daughter existed.

But all we're saying is, we
don't have enough evidence

to move forward on those
three cases at the moment.

And why is that?

You'll have to
talk to the police.

And they'll tell me

the same nonsense
they've been telling me.

Just admit that y'all don't
care about poor Black people.

'Cause if you did,

you'd already have
all that damn evidence

you keep telling me you need.

If there's no evidence,
there's not much to discuss.

No, there's evidence.

Is there any that actually

ties Bruce Elliot to
these three other victims

besides the manner in
which they were killed?

He sent a few vague texts
to a phone registered

in the name of victim three.

There's a statement from
a friend of victim two

saying he bought her drinks
the night she disappeared.

And there's surveillance video

of Elliot's Range
Rover three blocks

from the industrial park where
victim one's body was found.

Smoke, no fire.

I suppose, but the
police also found jewelry

in Elliot's condo, trophies.

One of the pieces
belonged to Celeste

and the other three
presumably belonged

to the other three victims.

Police have been trying to find

evidence to support
that assertion,

but so far, no luck.

These women didn't have
much of a social footprint.

The odds of success
here are remote.

We can try to push
back the start date,

find more evidence, and try
all four cases together.

It'll give the families
of the other three victims

a more thorough sense
of justice and closure.

It will definitely show the jury

what kind of person
Mr. Elliot is,

assuming the police
can eventually

find enough evidence.

The Celeste Clark case is
much stronger than the others.

We're dealing with a different
type of victim here too.

Joining the three other
cases will muddy the waters.

It will enable the defense

to focus on their drug
use, their prior arrests,

the fact that they
were sex workers.

I'm not sure that's fair
to the other families.

If you're certain we
can nail this monster

for Celeste Clark's
murder, then do it.

Let's not complicate matters.

It might not be
fair, Ms. Maroun,

but it's the right move.

Ms. Horn, have you
had an opportunity

to review the footage recorded
by surveillance cameras

located inside your club

from the night Celeste
Clark was murdered?

Yes.

When you reviewed this footage,

did you see Celeste Clark

and the defendant
together that night?

Yes. I found video of them
talking to one another.

- How long did they talk?
- About a minute.

Did it appear that
they were involved

romantically or sexually?

No. They were just talking.

What happened after
their brief chat?

- Celeste left.
- What about the defendant?

He left 41 seconds later.

Nothing further.

Ms. Horn, the club you
manage provides a forum for

"adults to engage in

adventurous and unconstrained
sexual activity."

Correct.

And this is a bondage room?

Yes.

"A comfortable and clean dungeon

where the choking
and whipping of"...

Objection. Relevance.

Ms. Stanley, where are
you going with all this?

The victim was choked to death

30 minutes after leaving a
club that celebrates BDSM,

a fetish that often
times involves choking.

Every single person in that
club or any other sex club

she ever visited is
a potential suspect.

That's preposterous.

There is no evidence
that Celeste enjoyed

or participated in any
type of sexual activity

that involved choking.

More importantly,

whether she did or didn't enjoy
that type of sexual behavior

is irrelevant to whether
Bruce Elliot killed her.

Not so sure about that.

Your Honor.

Her lifestyle exposed her
to a certain level of risk.

That's fair game to
explore. It's admissible.

So back off, Mr. Price.

Please continue.

Your club offers a clean
and comfortable dungeon

where the choking and
whipping of submissives

takes place, correct?

Yes.

There's also a cuckold room

where patrons watch
their partners

have sex with strangers.

And you said you saw
Celeste Clark and my client

talking to one another
inside the club that evening.

Yes, on the surveillance video.

Surveillance video inside a club

where many patrons
were having sex.

Some. I'm not sure how many.

You don't have video
cameras inside the rooms

where people actually have sex?

Yes, that's correct.

So the fact that you didn't
see my client and Celeste

having sex doesn't mean
they didn't have sex.

Correct.

Judge Pappas was way more
liberal than I was hoping for.

And Stanley was
way more effective

than I was hoping for.

- It was too easy.
- Sex club, the fetish rooms.

She couldn't help herself.

When in doubt, shame
the damn victim.

Turn her into a sex freak.

Social norms have
changed, Nolan.

People my age don't view sex

with the same level
of judgment you do.

Um... uh... first off,
"people your age"?

Second. I'm not that judgmental.

OK. If you say so.

Good news is, I deliberately
picked the youngest,

most liberal jury
for this very reason.

I know. But that
might not be enough.

We need to let the jury know
that Bruce Elliot isn't just

another fun-loving
sex club patron

who happened to
have a bad night.

- Are you suggesting...
- We don't have a choice.

Your Honor, this is outrageous!

There is absolutely no
evidence that my client

had anything to do with
those other murders.

If there were,

Mr. Price would have already
charged him with those crimes.

These three other homicides

clearly constitute
prior bad acts.

More specifically, they show
a unique pattern of conduct.

All three women were
killed the exact same way

as Celeste Clark.

Also, contrary to Ms.
Stanley's assertions,

there is evidence tying Elliot
to these three other women.

Not enough to indict
at the moment,

but enough for them to be
admissible under Molineux.

I agree.

Your Honor, this is
unduly prejudicial.

By Mr. Price's own admission,
the evidence is scant.

Four women were killed in
the exact same horrific way

within five miles of each other.

That's good enough for me.

Given the uniquely violent
behavior in this case,

we decided to
search our database

to determine if any
other homicide victims

had been killed in
this same manner.

And what did you find?

Three other women were
killed the exact same way,

strangled to death,
their hyoid bones

and cervical vertebrae broken.

No further questions.

To be clear, Ms. Dixon...

Lieutenant Dixon.

My client has not been charged

with those three murders?

Correct.

My client's DNA was not
found on their bodies.

Correct.

So there's no proof

that Bruce Elliot had anything
to do with those three deaths.

She's lying!

Don't believe a word
out of her damn mount!

Sir, sit down and be quiet!

That son of a bitch right
there killed my baby girl!

Don't believe a word
out of her damn mouth.

Sir, sit down and be quiet.

That son of a bitch right
there broke her damn neck!

Have him removed!

He needs to pay for what he did!

You killed my baby!

I have no idea what
you're talking about, sir.

I never met your daughter.

Look at me! Look at me,
you sorry son of a...

Look at me!

You are instructed to ignore
the assertions and statements

you heard from the person

who was removed
from the gallery.

His daughter's death
and his beliefs

as to who may have
murdered her are irrelevant

and may not be taken into
account during deliberations.

Ms. Stanley, please
call your first witness.

We call Detective Vincent Riley.

Did you interview the
defendant in connection

with a missing persons report
involving Olivia Washington?

I did.

Did the police ever find Olivia?

They found her,
but she was dead.

Has anyone ever been arrested
in connection with her death?

No.

How long did you speak
with Mr. Elliot that day?

About 30 minutes.

And what was the result?

Uh, I don't think I know what
you mean by the word "result."

After talking with
him for 30 minutes,

did you arrest him?

No.

Did you consider
him to be a suspect?

No.

And your official rank?

Detective, First Grade.

That is a prestigious
position, correct?

One reserved for only the
NYPD's best and brightest.

Yes, it is.

Is this your handwriting?

Yes.

And those are your notes?

Yes, they are.

Can you please read
what you wrote down

after interviewing Mr. Elliot?

"Talked to Bruce Elliot
at approximately 2:30 p.m.

"on May 13th.

"His demeanor was calm,

"no overt signs of
anxiety or guilt.

Alibi was credible."

Detective Riley,
you are considered

to be one of the best
detectives in the entire NYPD.

And you concluded that
Mr. Elliot was a kind,

law-abiding citizen who had
absolutely nothing to do

- with...
- Objection.

Sustained.

Withdrawn. Nothing further.

You really think the jury

bought Stanley's song
and dance number?

It was pretty convincing.

I was staring at the
jury the whole time.

So now what?

We need to counteract
Riley's testimony.

How?

By impeaching his
credibility as a detective.

Excuse me?

The defense painted
him out to be a hero

and one of the best detectives
in the entire police force.

If someone of his ilk
thinks Elliot is a prince,

then damn it, he
must be a prince.

Exactly.

You want to turn Riley
into the court jester?

It turns out,

Riley was suspended
for six months

three weeks after he
interviewed Elliot.

Our relationship with the police

is already fraught, as you know.

So going after Riley on a case
with this much publicity...

We're talking about a
serial killer here, Jack.

Putting him away for life.

It is more important than our
relationship with the police.

Or embarrassing Riley.

It just is.

Give Dixon a heads-up.

Thanks for meeting me.

You're really gonna do this?

You're really gonna
impeach Vince?

I don't have a choice.

Sure you do.

You're just making the
choice that's best for you.

Best for the case.

Same thing.

I need to know
why Riley was suspended.

- For God's sake, Nolan.
- There's got to be another way.

There isn't.

I can subpoena the official
records, if you prefer.

Listen, Riley is a good man.

He is a great cop.

And for you to just
tear him apart is...

Look, he had a really rough go.

His father was dying.

He couldn't bear the thought
of putting him in a home,

so he worked all kinds
of crazy overtime

just to pay for the caretakers.

And he tried to
cope, like we all do.

And then one day while
all this was going on,

he overheard a huge argument
I was having with my captain.

And that sexist son of a bitch

called me something
that he shouldn't.

I'm just gonna leave it at that.

And, uh...

Vince walked in...

And he knocked his
ass out. One punch.

Yeah. And he'd been drinking.

So... not good.

OK.

I'm gonna send you over
the official report.

But, Nolan.

He threw a punch for me.

Who does that?

And as stupid and
reckless as it was...

I appreciate what he did.

Shortly after interviewing
the defendant,

you were suspended
from the NYPD.

That's correct.

For attacking a
captain while drunk.

Not exactly. Um...

I punched him once in the face,

and I wasn't drunk.

But you'd been drinking.

I had had a few sips of alcohol

earlier that day, yeah.

You drink alcohol while
you're on the clock

working as a police officer?

For a short period
of time, I did, yes.

And during this
short period of time,

you interviewed the
defendant in connection with

Olivia Washington's
disappearance?

Correct.

Also, during that
period of time,

your father was ill and

your wife and kids had
moved out of your house?

Yes.

That's obviously
incredibly stressful.

Yes, it was.

So when you interviewed
the defendant,

you were under
incredible stress,

you were drinking.

I didn't drink that day.

Even though you admit to
drinking during the day

- while on the job?
- I never said

that I drank every day.

I-I-I don't know
what that means.

It means that I didn't
drink every day.

OK, but the point
here, Detective,

is that you drank while at
work during this period of time

and you were under
extraordinary stress,

which means your assessment
of the defendant's guilt

or innocence is
absolutely meaningless.

Objection!

Sustained.

Nothing further.

Hey. You doing OK?

I know it wasn't pleasant, but

you did the right
thing for Celeste.

And for the other three victims.

Yeah. Well, it'll
all be for naught

if we don't get a conviction.

Let's dig into the
file, get to work.

You got a minute?

Yeah, sure.

Come on in.

Look, I'm sorry about today.

I get it.

You did what you had to do.

So why are you here?

Well, I kept on digging into
those other three murders.

And I made some phone
calls, found some photos,

and I found something that

I think is gonna
be pretty helpful.

Is this what I think it is?

Defendant is a
psychopathic misogynist

who derived pleasure from
killing defenseless women

with his bare hands.

The night of December 4th, he
met Celeste Clark at a club,

and later that
night, he killed her,

choked her to death, and then

viciously broke her
neck and her hyoid bone.

Not easy to break a hyoid bone.

In fact, it's extremely
difficult and... and rare.

Hyoid bone fractures represent
only 0.002% of all fractures

because it's so well-protected
by its location in the neck

behind the mandible in
front of the cervical spine.

In other words, it
takes tremendous force

and tremendous violence

to break someone's hyoid bone.

The defendant then
snatched Celeste's necklace

as a trophy.

Police found it inside
his condo the next day.

But Celeste is not
the only woman to die

at the hands of
this hateful man.

His killing spree began

three years before
Celeste's murder.

You heard the testimony.

You saw what the
detectives found

inside the defendant's condo.

That ring and those
two necklaces.

The defendant robbed these
four women of their lives.

And then he stole their jewelry

to commemorate his
despicable acts.

Bruce Elliot is a vile,

cold-blooded killer

and must be held
accountable for his actions.

So please, analyze the
evidence carefully.

And then convict this
monster of murder.

In the matter of
People v. Bruce Elliot,

has the jury reached a verdict?

- Yes, we have, Your Honor.
- How do you find?

We find the defendant

guilty.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

we thank you for your service.