All language subtitles for LA Dragnet s02e10 Killing Fields

The story you are about to see was
inspired by actual events.

The names have been changed to protect
the innocent.

It was Tuesday. It was hot in Los
Angeles.

Oppressive. A thick layer of smog
blanketing the city.

McCarron and I were working the day
shift at a robbery homicide when the

came in at 1 .30 p .m.

Caucasian male picked up on a
shoplifting charge.

Routine, except the suspect's car was
registered to a woman who'd been

missing nine months ago.

My name's Friday.

I'm a cop.

Place were cold. Ran the VIN number.
Came up priority. Missing persons for a

Cheryl Onaka, city councilman's
daughter.

Guy offered me 100 bucks to let it go.

Vice's bill was only 29.

Store manager fell and put it in the
trunk.

All right. Get it to own and pound the
car. Right.

You got me all right. I know it was
stupid. I don't know what I was

I've been under a lot of stress lately.
My mom's been sick with Alzheimer's.

Cheryl Onaka. You know her?

Yeah.

Is she in some kind of trouble?

We were hoping you could tell us. She's
been missing for the last nine months.

Jeez.

I wish I could help. It's been over a
year since I saw Cheryl.

Does she know you're driving her car?

She told it to me. I got the pink slip.
It should be in the glove compartment.

Got a problem here, Mr. Hurst.

Date says she signed it two months ago.

Yeah, I can explain that.

She forgot to date it, and so, I mean,
when I noticed it, Cheryl forgot to date

it. Pink slipped, and I filled it in
myself, which is great. Now I'm in

with DMV.

No bigger problem than that.

We've got a live one. Prince came back.
John Wesley Fuller's his real name. He

was arrested in 95 for stealing a .357
Magnum from a pawn shop in Tarzana. He

jumped bail. Check the alias. He goes by
Dennis Hirsch. We did.

Missing. Last seen in front of an
apartment building in Van Nuys, May

Anything on the guns?

Serial numbers were filed off, but the
lap raised them.

Registered to a marina well.

Let me get.

Also missing.

Cheryl Anaka.

Dennis Hirsch.

Marina Wells.

Anyone else you want to tell us about,
Mr. Fuller?

We know that's your name.

Can I get a glass of water?

Sure. If it'll help you talk.

Joe, you got a minute?

SID pulled up a seat cover, smell blood,
stains.

There's a duffel bag in the trunk, rope,
handcuffs, credit cards for half a

dozen people. Cooper's running the names
now.

What's he doing?

What's he doing?

What'd you just say? Come in.

Get paramedics up here, code three.

Toxicology confirmed cyanide. There was
residue from the capsule he kept taped

under his collar.

Just such an occasion.

He wouldn't be taken alive.

What else do we know about him?

Calluses on the hands, possibly worked
construction, concrete granules under

nails. Drug use? Positive for
olanzapine, an antipsychotic.

But aside from that, strong heart,
decent shape.

Yeah, his problem wasn't physical.

Fult Fuller's military records, medical
discharge based on psych evaluation,

impending psychosis.

It's no longer impending. Got an
address?

Not for Fuller, but FID found an address
for Lorraine Watson in the Honda,

Thunland area.

Well, what are you waiting for?

Lorraine Watson?

Yeah, can I help you? Yeah, I'm
Detective McCarron, LAPD. This is

Durant. Do you know this man?

I used to be married to him. What kind
of trouble is he in now?

He's dead, Miss Watson.

How? Suicide.

We need to know where he lived.

So the house is in your name, but John
lived here.

My father died and left me the house.

John needed a place. He sort of just
took it over.

It's kind of remote.

John liked that.

People got on his nerves.

Out here he could do his own thing.

Live like a pig.

How long have you been separated?

Eight years.

I was young.

Dumb, bad combo.

Neither of us had a clue what we were
getting into.

See him much after he slept?

No, well, just to talk about the house.

He promised he'd fix it up and help me
run it out. A lot of talk.

A lot of tapes.

Yeah.

John was a big movie fan.

Handcuff?

John liked his toys.

If you want, excuse me, a nature call.

Bullet hole.

Blood spatter.

What happened to it?

I don't know.

I haven't been here since John moved in.

I'm starting to feel a little
uncomfortable.

Do you mind if I get some air?

Fool didn't even feed his dog.

Jimmy!

FEMA.

Oh, God.

Is that human?

Take Lorraine out to the car. Don't let
her out of your sight. I'm going to call

Joe.

Hey, it's Jimmy. We got possible human
remains at the Fuller residence.

A couple acres of ground to cover.

Get the coroner's, bone guy's, SID. Send
all you got, all right?

All right.

And so it turned into a dig.

Same techniques employed in the ruins of
Troy.

Valley of the King, Cave of the Dead
Sea.

Search for history.

In this case, a terrible history.

Hey, Joe.

PI's working on what appears to be at
least two bodies.

Their remains were found in an
incinerator toward the back of the

Any chance of getting an ID?

It'll take a while.

Teeth knocked out.

Body's treated with lime to speed the
decomp.

I knew what he was doing.

Push the crime scene perimeter past the
edge of the property. When this breaks,

I want to keep the media as far away as
possible.

Right.

Go. He's inside.

What's down there?

Um, coffee, I think.

Why was it locked?

I don't know. I've never been down
there.

All right, we're going to take a look.

Jimmy? Try blood on the handle.

Power's off.

More blood.

He wasn't doing carpentry.

Joe.

Two -point restraints bolted to the
wall.

Enough for two prisoners.

Video tape recorder.

Tapes. Bucket for human waste.
Handcuffs. Leg irons.

Gynecological equipment.

Nursing bra.

Get the text down here.

Go on.

How bad is he?

Bad.

Hi.

The ex -wife's been here for three
hours. Should we let her go? What's your

She's telling the truth. She seems
totally blown away. Put surveillance on

Get the canvas going. See if anyone in
the area knew anything about what was

going on around here.

Looks like they're on vacation.

LAPD, anyone home?

You still think they're on vacation?

Not without this.

What have you done with my baby?

Why are you doing this?

Where's my husband?

You don't ask questions. You do as I
say.

My baby needs me.

Please let me see her.

Do what I say, or you'll never see your
baby again.

Kenny.

I'll do whatever you want. I'll do
whatever you want. Look at her, my baby.

Son of a bitch.

So is that too easy?

He's sober.

Maybe not.

Rewind the tape.

All right, stop right there.

Play back.

The camera moved.

Someone else was operating the camera.

The goblins.

Still out there.

Updates. What do we got?

SID pulled partial prints from the
basement.

They're Fuller's. That whole place and
all we got is a partial. What about the

tools? Video camera.

Nothing. Remember the cyanide?

These guys came prepared.

How about videotapes? I've watched 14
tapes, 183 to go.

Still no signs of the accomplice. He
said something once, but it was garbled.

Have electronics enhance it. Where are
we with missing persons?

Pins indicate our three missing persons,
plus the neighbors, where they lived,

dates they disappeared.

It's an area that spans from San Gabriel
Valley to Yacaipa.

There is one connection to Fuller.

Marina Wells used to work for Lorraine
Watts and the ex -wife. She's under

surveillance. Should we bring her in? I
think if she's the accomplice, we'll

learn more by watching.

How would you like to handle the media?

Let me rephrase that.

I've prepared a statement for the media.
What do you want me to do with it?

Nothing. Fuller's accomplice doesn't
know we're on to him. I don't want to

an exit strategy into action.

Won't be long before the stringers get
this. No way to prevent that.

Get moving.

Velvet phone.

Infants. About more than six months.

So what are we looking at in terms of
time frame?

Collecting, identifying?

Could be months.

We don't have months.

Stagger your shifts, bring in more
people.

Something here will link to the
accomplice.

We'll just have to find it.

What I want is an off -the -shelf sex
partner.

It's our accomplice. We think.

S .I .D. found the tapes in Fuller's
garage.

Tired or satiated or bored.

I simply want to put her away.

On a shelf.

So I can use her when I want.

Organized, controlling, narcissistic.

Textbook power control killer.

Gratification from complete dominance
over his victims.

I can just get rid of her.

I think we might have something.

Videotape 63 had a lab enhance the
audio.

Here,

wipe it off with this.

Fuller rips off the woman's blouse.

I figured we'd get the guy's blood off
the woman's blouse, possible DNA.

So I had the lab enhance the photo.

It's something. Let's get it to Cooper.

Yellow blouse. Possible DNA of our
accomplice.

No. No, nothing like that yet.

Of course, that doesn't mean it's not
here.

You okay?

Yeah, I just twisted my ankle.

Want me to take a look at it?

Paramedic said he was going to bring me
an ice pack. Of course, that was 20

minutes ago.

Paramedic? Nothing but corpses out here.

I don't know. He was wearing an EMT
uniform.

What did this guy look like?

Late 20s, short red hair.

Yeah, that's him right over there.

Hey.

Hold on. Hey.

Hey.

Spread your legs.

Spread them.

Don't move.

You got some kind of fascination with
dead bodies?

I'm a freelance videographer.

Impersonating the paramedic.

Carried a six -month sentence.

A thousand dollar fine.

Come on, man. Give me a break. You don't
know what it's like out there. You

don't take chances. You don't get
swapped.

Yeah, why should I believe you?

Ask on -scene video, access, extra. They
all know me.

Is this the only tape?

Where are they?

Sold, man. To the highest bidder.

The prime suspect committed suicide
while in custody.

At this point, there are no other
suspects.

We're working closely with missing
persons and the coroner's office. Lace

carefully composed euphemism to conceal
the fact that we had nothing.

I ought to hold him for a while. Not for
long.

Coroner confirmed 12 identified victims.

Area spread from San Bernardino to
Imperial Valley.

Men, women, children.

Lots of racial and socioeconomic lines.
No obvious correlation between the

victims. Maybe the randomness is the
point.

Tabloid just faxed over a list of leads
they got off their tip line. One of them

sounds a little strange.

Strange how?

Someone called their tip line in like a
whispered voice asking if they found

gynecological equipment at the compound.

That information wasn't released to the
media.

I know.

Did they get a name?

The guy wouldn't give it, but they got a
number off the caller ID, checked it

with the phone company. The guy's name's
Alex Lang, lives in Los Feliz. Get out

there. Take backup.

Detective McCarron, LAPD.

I .D.

How do I know you're not some sicko
posing as a cop?

Because I got two uniforms officers out
here will match for me.

We're looking for Alex Lang.

That's me.

You called the tip line asking some very
specific questions.

I changed my mind, okay?

I don't want to get involved.

Miss Lang, you asked about gynecological
equipment, things that were found at

the crime scene.

And do you know something or what?

I think I may have been held captive
there.

When?

Six months ago.

I was on my way back from Lake Tahoe.

Middle of the night, I get a flat tire,
and I pulled over to the side of the

road.

I looked up, and there was a tow truck
driver there.

Fuller.

I bent down to show him the puncture,
and, um... And, uh...

The next thing I know, I wake up and
they have me in a cage underground.

What?

Fuller and some other guy.

Do you remember what the other guy
looked like?

Not really.

I was so doped up at this kind of blur.

What, you got out?

There was two of us, me and this other
girl.

Fuller untied us for three -way, and

she's doing her thing, and she bites
down hard, and I just ran.

What happened to the other girl? I don't
know.

I got out. I ran.

I don't know how far.

I made it to a gas station, and I called
the police, and they came out and

drove me around.

But, you know, I was groggy. I couldn't
show them where I'd been held.

I don't think they even believed me.

You mentioned a cage.

We didn't find a cage on the property.

It exists.

Believe me.

Could you show us where?

What, like on a map?

No, in person.

It's okay. We're right here.

Try and focus on why we're here, okay?

Do you remember anything about the cage?

I was blindfolded.

It was away from the house.

I remember walking uphill.

You know how far?

Not far.

It was underground.

We had to climb straight down.

It was cold and wet.

I remember I stumbled over a tree stump.

It's there.

It's right there. Okay.

You did good, okay?

Yeah, someone give me a flashlight?

We got a body down here.

Yellow blouse.

Yeah, what's left of it.

Pupil's just dilated.

What?

We got Paul.

It's a paramedic!

We're gonna get you some help, okay?

What is it?

You wanna say something?

How you doing?

I'm okay.

Any word on the DNA sample from the
boss?

Cooper ran it through the DRJ database.
Came back negative.

How's she feeling?

They just took her off the ventilator.

She's been restless all night. She tried
to pull it out.

She's very weak. Keep it short.

And only one of you.

Hi, Dana.

You're safe now.

I spoke to your mother. She's coming
from Indiana. She'll be here in a couple

hours.

I need to ask you some questions that
will help us find your daughter, okay?

We know she's six years old.

Blonde hair, brown eyes.

Her name is Talia.

Are there any distinguishing
characteristics that might help us?

She was wearing a dress with flowers on
it.

And she has a dimple on her left cheek
when she smiles.

Is there anything you know about the man
who took her?

Asian. Then, in his late 20s,

he drove this dirty van.

Do you have any indication of where you
might have taken her?

Why did this happen?

What? Five more positive IDs.

Coop, notify next to Ken. Bring a
chaplain crisis counselor so we can get

started on those follow -up interviews.

How about leads on the missing girl?

Averaging 20 tips an hour. I've got
divisional guys volunteering, helping

the overflow.

Anything? A nurse from UCLA's bone
marrow clinic saw the composite on the

Says he might be a donor. She even
agreed to give tissue samples for

Humanitarian serial killer.

Just going down the list.

What are you reading?

Department of Child Services files from
the 70s.

I think our guy was the product of
severe childhood trauma and he might be

here. Half the kids I grew up with were
victims of childhood trauma.

Didn't grow up and hack people up,
though.

It's our job to understand him.

Our job is to catch him and put him
away.

I don't want to understand.

We got the match off the bone marrow
donor.

Man's name's Ben Lee.

Perfect DNA match off the sample taken
from the yellow blouse.

He lives in Koreatown.

Drop the knife.

Drop the knife.

Put your hands on your head. What's
going on?

Where's the girl? What girl?

I live here alone.

Can someone tell me what's going on?

You're under arrest for murder. For
murder?

Hey, please.

Would you be careful with that? Oh, why?
Is Talia Miller in here?

Who? Get him out of here.

We need to search every square inch of
this place.

Get FID in here. Have them check the
drains. Find out if there's a storage

Check the dumpsters in the surrounding
area within a two -mile radius.

We need to find the girl.

Marissa Sorensen identified you from the
bone marrow lab at UCLA.

Yes, I know Marissa. And we typed in the
bone marrow they had in storage.

It matched the blood we found on the
blouse.

What blouse?

The one worn by one of your victims.

What are you talking about? How'd your
blood wind up on our crime scene?

I don't know what to say.

I've been overseas for two years on a
Peace Corps mission.

Where were you stationed?

Rabib.

It's a rural village in northern
Cambodia.

Three years. That's a long time.

I wasn't there for three.

Two.

What did you do while you were there?

I helped the village link up to the
Internet so doctors at the Mayo Clinic

diagnose the sick.

Right. Tell us something we couldn't
find out off the internet.

There's a picture in my wallet of a boy
I saved.

He was dying of TB.

It's in the back compartment.

There's a hidden fold.

It's an ink pen.

It's a 10.

Very bright.

It's gonna be a computer engineer.

Plane tickets, documentation, visa.
Everything puts him in Cambodia.

Spoke to the field officer. Vouchers big
time.

DNA doesn't lie. We're talking a one in
ten million chance for error.

No way he could be two places at once.

Have the lab retype the sample. In the
meantime, check in the lead's

Hi.

I'm Detective Duran.

This is Detective McCarron, LAPD.

We're looking for Kenneth Lee.

I'm Kenneth Lee.

Father of Benjamin Lee, Peace Corps
volunteer?

Yes. Ben's my son.

What's this about? Has something
happened to Ben?

No, we just need some information.

I'm sorry, I'm just a little confused.
The Benjamin Lee we know is Asian.

Yes, he was adopted.

Through what agency?

So, Ben's okay.

Through what agency, Mr. Lee?

Bright World. They specialize in
Cambodian refugees.

Thank you. We'll get back to you.

That's right, Benjamin Lee, adopted
1972.

There was a brother.

A twin.

Yes, thank you.

Ben Lee had a twin.

Adopted into the U .S. by different
families.

Explains the DNA match.

Better call Friday, have him release Ben
Lee.

What do we know about the twin? Adopted
name is Greg Tomlinson.

Last address has him downtown Boyle
Heights.

Smell like almonds.

Be cyanide.

Coward.

Dying is too good for him.

I'll notify the coroner.

Oh, my God.

It's a little girl's dress. Her mother
described it to me.

Bag it.

We'll get it to S .I .D.

Type it against the mother's to confirm.
Now, until we find the body, we assume

she's still alive.

Cyanide as expected, but there's
something else.

Lymphedema of the scrotum. I took some
tissue samples. Have a look.

Warm? Lymphatic filariasis. It's one of
the souvenirs Vietnam vets brought home

from the war.

Can it be contracted in the States?

We find it in people who travel in third
world countries for extended periods of

time. Sub -Saharan Africa, Vietnam,
Laos. Cambodia.

Hey, did Greg Tomlinson spend any time
overseas recently?

Hasn't been out of the country since he
was adopted. No passport, no visa.

Do we have any prints from Tomlinson's
apartment that we can compare with the

corpse? The place was light clean. I
closed his basement.

How long ago did we release Ben Lee?

Two hours ago. Is there a problem?

Yeah. The guy we released wasn't Ben
Lee. He was our killer, Greg Tomlinson.

Feds pulled the prints off the corpse.
Got a match for Ben Lee.

Using the system because of his Peace
Corps stint. Update the media. Inform

that Greg Tomlinson could be using the
alias Ben Lee.

Call the CHP. Have them revise the Amber
Alert for the little girl. How'd he

pull this off?

Tomlinson's phone records show he called
a taxi from his apartment at 9 .14 p

.m. The taxi service confirms a pickup
from Lee's apartment to Tomlinson's the

night of the 13th.

One -way trip? Lures him over there
under the pretext of reuniting with the

-lost brother.

Makes us a little finite in a drink.
Tomlinson assumes his twin's identity.

And an exit strategy, just like Fuller.
What else do you know about Tomlinson?

His mother's here to see Duran.

Is it true what they're saying?

Is he your murderer?

Have you had any recent contact with
your son?

You didn't answer me.

He's a suspect, yes.

I know he's a suspect.

Is he a murderer?

I don't know if he is or isn't.

Well, he isn't.

Now, are you here?

Look at these.

These pictures.

It's Greg's dad.

What kind of relationship did they have?

Greg respected his father.

Why is that?

Because he gave him discipline.

What do you mean by discipline?

Jeff could be strict when he needed to.

Did he ever beat Greg?

Mrs. Tomlinson, help me understand your
son.

I could help save a little girl's life.

When Greg did something wrong, Jeff
would take him into the basement.

He told me to...

Take a walk or go shopping.

May I borrow these?

Please don't let them hurt you.

I'll do my best.

She tell you what made him a monster?

Jimmy, it doesn't help to dehumanize
him.

Guy wasn't human in the first place.

Hey, Duran, we got a hit for Tomlinson
off the Amber Alert.

Pursuit's underway.

He's driving a van heading east on 6th,
approaching Broadway, and he's got the

girl with him.

You ditched the van.

Air unit picked him up inside the tire
factory.

Fenced in.

Barbed wire.

He's not going anywhere.

What about the girl? He's got her.

Did you call SWAT? SWAT's on their way.

Girl hasn't moved in an hour.

Can we take him without endangering her?
Let me check.

Rollins, how's it look?

He's moving too much. If he settles, I
can take a shot.

What's the degree of risk of our
hostage?

At some point, the risk of taking the
shot outweighs the risk of waiting.

Joe, don't go there yet.

Give me a chance to talk to him.

I talked to his mother. I think I might
have an angle.

Come on. There's a little girl in there.

This is Gloria Duran.

I spoke to your mother.

I know about you and your father.

I know you suffered and it's not your
fault.

He's behind the kid. We don't have a
target at this time.

Grant, keep him talking. Try to draw him
out.

He tried. He's not responding.

How much longer, Joe?

He keeps moving.

It's not long. The sniper's trying to
get a shot.

For most police officers, this moment
never comes.

But when it does, there's nothing that
can prepare you for it.

The repercussions last a lifetime.

It will be months before all the victims
were identified.

24 people in all.

Men, women, children.

A computer programmer, a school teacher,
a student.

The ripples would be felt through these
people's lives.

Working a case like this can shake your
faith in humankind.

Make you wonder why you became a cop.

But then you remember.