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

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

It was Thursday, crisp and clear.

I was working the day shift out of robbery homicide when the call came in

.m. An Orthodox priest murdered in this church.

L .A. is a spiritual city.

Dozens of ethnic groups, each with their own calling.

Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus.

Religion a la carte.

Hundreds of places to worship.

Mosques, temples, churches.

There's one cornerstone common to all faith.

It has to do with the taking of life.

Thou shalt not kill.

Today the stone crumbled.

My name's Friday.

I'm a cop.

Our victim's name is Father Andrew Molina, 45.

CI put this time of death around two hours ago.

He was found by a fellow priest, Dushan Siponya.

Any leads?

No witnesses. McCarron's going door to door checking yards.

Cooper's with the canine unit.

Dogs picked up a scent outside the church, but it got diffused around a

lot. Where our killer or killers made their getaway, they're probably long

by now.

I'm just playing it by the book. Press is going to scrutinize every angle of

this. On -scene video got here before we did. You clear them out?

Not before they cut some tape. It's not a pretty picture.

Whoa. Head's missing.

There's going to be a lot of press on that.

Single cut. Start with the neck through the fourth cervical vertebra.

Heads don't come off easily. What do you think they used?

Machete, maybe a large axe or a sword.

It's hard to say until we get a scope on the damaged tissue and bone.

Cut through the soft tissue of the throat. You get arterial spray,

eight feet.

Body falls forward.

Spray arts down.

That's what this would be.

Looks like something stopped it over there.

Someone, somebody, maybe an accomplice.

There were two sets of bloody footprints out the side exit. They'd be covered in

blood. Check the surrounding alleys and yards.

Check and see if any clothes got dumped.

No head and no trail of blood leading out.

With the bag of the head right here.

This was no random act.

Taking the head was part of a plan.

A thick trophy.

Eight pounds and a bowling bag.

Let's talk to the priest who found him.

I pulled into the parking lot.

I saw Andy's car.

The front door of the church was open.

I came in.

And then... It's okay, Father.

Let's talk about possible enemies.

Has the church received any threatening calls or mail?

No.

Father Molina was loved and respected.

It's a weekday, but he was early.

A parishioner must have requested confession.

If they speak only Serbian, they'd have asked for Milena. The call would come in

with that request.

They'd leave a message on the machine.

We want the machine.

Permission to access church phone records.

Of course.

When's the last time you saw Father Milena?

Just last night around seven.

He was going to take his wife out to dinner, so I locked up for him. His

Celibacy is not a requirement in the Orthodox Church.

He's cornered a possible suspect.

Hey!

You got him, Jimmy? Yeah.

Bum's name is Mortimer Allen Johnson.

Found his dog tagged on a shopping cart. Went AWOL from the VA hospital about

three weeks ago.

Our doctors gave him enough Thorazine to take down an elephant.

He's still flying.

Okay, one more time, Mort.

Let's try to act it straight.

Seven this morning, where were you?

Getting rousted?

You know, I don't think that you're a real cop. I would like to see some

identification, please.

Let's try a different road.

How'd your clothes get bloody?

Mortar. Guy next to me got blown apart.

I'm not buying the post -traumatic stress story, Mort.

How else can they get bloody?

They're not mine.

Your clothes aren't yours.

Whose are they?

I found them. Where?

In the street.

Um, in front of the... The donut shop and the dumpster and the trash can,

In a bag.

In a plastic bag.

Well, we'll check it out.

Notifying next of kin is a burden that cops share with clergy.

It's never easy.

We would have...

Been married four years in April.

How did you meet?

At church.

I'd gotten used to the idea that I'd never marry, but then Andy started

at the priest at the Holy Virgin.

I've been going there since I was a kid.

Did your husband receive any threats?

Did he act strangely after any calls?

No, nothing like that.

Your marriage?

We loved each other.

We've been very happy.

Why don't you tell us about his friend, family?

He had no other family here other than myself.

Here? He wasn't from Los Angeles?

No, he moved here shortly before we met, from Chicago.

Father Soponia said he spoke Serbian?

Yes, his parents.

were dissidents who fled from Yugoslavia.

He grew up speaking their language.

He still had a flight back then.

You have no idea who did this or why?

Well, we have a suspect in custody, but nothing certain. Of course, we'll keep

you informed.

We're terribly sorry.

Major arteries retracted into the body when the throat was slit. Cuts from a

sharp scalpel -like blade.

No way he was beheaded with a scalpel. That's true.

Decapitation was post -mortem.

What'd they use?

First I thought a carving knife, but under magnification it appears the

vertebrae were cut with a hacksaw.

Anything we can identify?

A single tooth chipped from the saw blade during decapitation. If you find

saw, you can match it.

What's this?

That's something relevant.

Burn marks?

Most likely from a stun gun. Would have disabled him so they could tie his

hands.

Then they supposed to throw and beheaded him.

S .I .D. processed the footprints.

Two sets. One set, size 9, work boot. Another smaller, unspecified sneaker.

The bum's a big foot.

Size 13.

All right, the bum's clear.

Start over. What do we know about our killers?

Organized. They came prepared with a plan and the right tools to do the job.

Fetishistic. Muscle. What they did took strength.

Why decapitate?

Trophy -taking, like Kemper and Dahmer. I say it's revenge.

For what?

As a priest.

Use your imagination.

Check civil records to see if any suits have been filed against Molina or the

church. Give us a line on what he stood for or who hated him.

Okay. Hall of Records has a civil case filed two months ago against Father

Molina and the church.

Damage claims for psychological suffering due to molestation.

Who's making the claim?

Plaintiff's unidentified.

That's typical of abuse cases.

Protect the accuser.

Oh, yeah, because the church protects the abusers.

Let's bring Fathers upon your aid. See if he'll tell us who's behind the

allegations.

We're vigorously defending the claims made against Father Molina.

You believe they're false?

I took my friend's confession.

I know it was in his heart.

People make these claims to get money.

Started with the Catholics, now they're coming after all of us. Valid or not, we

need to know who filed this claim.

You know I can't do that.

How was Father Molina chosen for this church?

We had an opening.

Posted it with the Greater Western Patriarchate. He responded.

So you'll have his references in? I told you, I can't give you that information.

Father, we're trying to solve a murder.

You say this man was your friend.

What they did to him, they could do to others.

We need that name.

Robert Allen Payne, 21 years old. What else?

The guy's got a short rap sheet, two aggravated assaults, a couple DUIs.

Call check the name of the specific record. See what else we get.

Already done.

The church isn't Payne's only target.

He's got a couple other claims on file.

What's the address?

You want to know about that pervert Andy Molina?

Haven't seen him recently?

Not for two years. Not after what he did to me. I vowed I'd never return to the

church. What did he do, Mr. Payne?

Asked me to touch him.

Tried to force me to have oral sex with him.

So you sued him.

Damn right I did. What?

You don't think I'm owed?

You were also owed by Pacific Sullivan Construction.

They used mold -contaminated drywall. I was sick for months.

And you sued Bricker and Sons Auto Works?

Oil in a customer lounge.

I slipped, broke my coccyx. I got x -rays.

You know, they settle for 50 grand.

Bain.

American name, right?

Yeah, Norman, Oklahoma.

Close to attraction to the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Who are you to question my beliefs?

Where were you this morning, Mr. Bain? I was here.

Look, I know what you're thinking, but I didn't have anything to do with that.

Can anyone confirm you were here?

Father Molina was a bad guy. A lot of people had reason to hate him.

Would you volunteer a hair sample?

And we need access to your shoes.

What? We found footprints at the scene. Your shoes can clear you.

Gloria.

Another 187. Same M .O.

No adder in a nursing home since this old man didn't have a chance.

Repeat performance.

Good day.

The head of our murdered priest.

Anthony Radich, 83 years old, bodies in early stages, rigor, estimated TOD about

three hours ago.

Beheaded him, carved a cross in his chest, left a bullet of the murdered

Cult thing?

Too soon for theories.

Who found him?

A night nurse making the rounds.

No spray pattern this time.

Must have learned about the arterial pressure with the first kill.

So they wrapped the victim's neck in towels before they slit his throat.

This our guy?

People within 50 feet, no one hears a thing?

This is the advanced dementia wing.

What about security?

It's retirement home.

Anjali's view is just a care. No view, no care.

Well, someone was at the front desk.

They claim nothing out of the ordinary.

No visitors, or at least none that signed in.

Get the visitor's log for the last six months. Find out who came to visit

Radich.

Killers knew this place. They knew this room.

Climbed in, climbed out again.

Windows clear for fingerprints.

Supposed to want gloves.

Floody footprints here and in the alley. Similar to the ones that we found at

the church.

We're proud of their work.

Taunting us?

We're the next victim. We're both.

Same pattern. Double burns from the stun gun, ligature marks, arterial cuts,

bones abraded by a saw.

Likely we're looking at the same killer.

Interesting anatomical similarities in the victims. Both the priest and the old

man are short one vertebra.

Is that rare?

Very. Maybe one in 10 ,000. It's also hereditary.

They're related?

It's a good bet. I'm running DNA.

DNA comps on the victims.

There's no question. They're father and son.

The priest's wife said he had no local family.

She was lying?

Or he was lying to her.

Two horrific crimes against members of one family.

Methodical, deliberate plan. A bloodline vendetta. Coop, get with Jimmy. Find

out all you can about the Radich clan.

Duran and I will talk to the priest's wife. His name's Anthony Radich. DNA

proves that he's your husband's father.

That's not possible.

Andy's father died years ago.

He's buried in Chicago.

Mrs. Melania, we know that this is a difficult time for you.

But there are some inconsistencies we're trying to clear up.

Your husband may not have been the man he said he was.

You said your husband had no family. None you ever met.

Think back. Are you absolutely certain there was no one?

Why are you asking about his family?

If these murders were family connected, we need to know whether or not he had

living relatives.

had a second anniversary party at a Yugoslavian restaurant.

A man came.

He spoke to Andy in Serbian.

Andy introduced him as his uncle from Bosnia.

Could this be him?

Why would Andy lie to me?

Chicago's Orthodox Patriarchate never even heard of our dead priest.

Faxed the Molina's picture.

No one recognized him. What about the referral letter? All forged.

Ran a social against national data. The real Andrew Molina was born in Chicago,

died in Nashville in 96.

So our priest was hiding under an assumed name.

Who was he hiding from?

You gotta wonder if he was even a priest.

What did we find out in the old man?

Anthony Radich. He was a Bosnian Serb, immigrated in 96.

His immigration papers list two sons, Stephan and Peter.

They arrived from Bosnia the same year.

Brothers came here right after the war ended.

Maybe the Bosnian conflict ties into these killings. Took new names, started

lives.

The old man had a cross carved in his chest.

The Serbians used to do that to some of their Muslim victims.

I'm going to get with the feds on this.

Your thought is the murders are payback for war crimes.

What do you think?

Victim number one is a priest, Stefan Radich, a .k .a. Andrew Molina. He's in

war crimes database.

Cabin's a soldier?

No, he was actually a priest. A priest who let soldiers use his church for

killing. That's a broad definition of sanctuary.

He entered the U .S. in 96 on an unknown alias. Any history on the old man?

Official in the public works department of a small village called Bayaluka.

But still the father which made him a target.

What about the other son?

Peter Radich.

Warned by the Hague.

Former lieutenant in a paramilitary squadron called the Jokers. Laked to

hundreds of civilian rapes and murders. Muslim, you die. Christian, you live.

We have no idea where he is. He's off the grid.

And now it's all about the Middle East.

He's not a high priority.

But he is to us.

Looks just like a Nazi camp.

Bosnia, ten years ago.

Hundreds of thousands of Bosnian Muslims were rounded up and either killed or

put in places like that.

Peter Radic, Serbian war criminal, son of one victim, brother to another.

These two racked up a high body count. Now it's payback time.

This is our next likely target.

We've got to find him.

Guy's a full -on war criminal and we have to save his life.

I got the visitor's log from the father's retirement home.

On Orthodox Easter six months ago, our victim had two visitors.

Andrew Molina.

And the Victor's daughter.

Family reunion. My guess is Victor Theran is Peter Radich.

Consult Human Rights Watch.

Part of their mission is to track war criminals.

Each pin represents 10 ,000 dead.

You do the math. Not a pretty picture.

Why the interest in Radich?

He connects to an investigation.

I'm glad you've taken an interest.

We have tape of his atrocities.

We sent it to the Hague six years ago.

Are they doing anything?

Not really.

He's on a want for questioning list.

You're a cop. I guess you can handle the rough stuff.

Seen enough?

No. Let it play.

That's radish.

The one with the saw.

Radish had hundreds of victims. There could be a whole army looking for

What was something that happened in a war in another country over ten years

We had a case. Armenian teen.

Shot to Turkish consulate in Westwood. Claimed it was revenge for an Armenian

massacre that took place in 1913.

Hatred doesn't die easy.

Yeah, look at the Middle East.

Palestinians, Israelis.

Look right here. Bloods versus Crips. All right. Say retribution is motive.

do we narrow down the suspect list?

Well, we know Radich operated with his death squad in Srebrenica. The murderers

might be the parents of some victims.

Or children.

Yeah. Kids who have become adults want to right the wrong.

Some of those kids got adopted by American parents. Wrong with that angle.

Father Sapone, you claim Milena's body. There's a funeral for him tomorrow.

Maybe Radich shows up for his brother's funeral.

It's impressive, but how reliable?

The base matches an error rate of less than one -tenth of one percent.

Biometric algorithms look at elements like distance between the eyes, basic

structure. Map them against the reference pick of Radich. We can cross

-reference a database of thousands of suspects.

Looking for one guy, it's easy.

Radich is here. We'll see him.

One of the plates on the sedan.

See who Radich is these days.

Control, Babies.

Part of California plate 4LDQ597.

Car is registered to a Vukov Riegert, dressed in Sino.

You certainly match.

Yeah.

Okay, Radich is wearing a black suit, red tie.

Approach him after he comes out. Remember, be discreet.

Current alias, Vukov Riegert. Address him by that. Let's not spook anybody.

Mr. Riegert.

This is Detective Cooper.

I'm Detective Duran, LAPD.

It's a bit late for police work.

We'd like to ask you some questions.

Another time, to the funeral.

We have a federal warrant to take you in for questioning. We prefer not to make

a scene.

You placing me under arrest?

That depends on whether you want to cooperate.

I only came to pay my respects to Father Molina. You knew him well.

I attended church.

What is this about? Others came. Why am I being harassed? Is this your father?

My father? No, of course not.

And the body of Anthony Radich?

No. I don't know him.

I, of course, heard about his murder. It's tragic.

You have five handguns registered to your name. Do you feel like your life is

jeopardy? I own buildings in some questionable areas. People are evicted,

get angry.

You've done very well here.

Yes, I have.

I have good business and good friends.

Important friends.

Do you like America?

I love America.

Ever miss Bosnia?

Bosnia was poisoned by the Muslims.

Someday you will see that what happened on 9 -11 was just the beginning.

I have trouble connecting terrorists with innocent Muslim civilians.

Innocent? The Muslims will only be happy when the entire world is at their feet.

Spoken like a true racist?

You can cut the act. We know who you are.

You're confused.

I'm Vukov Regard.

And if I'm not under arrest, I'm free to leave.

I know the law.

International law is your current trouble.

War crimes tribunal.

You have no standing with such a tribunal.

You're just pissed off because of murders you're too stupid to solve.

We'll inform the Hague that we found him, but extradition?

Is often a long, drawn -out and unsuccessful process. I say we kick him

and make good bait.

All right, but we'll do the surveillance, Joe. It involves foreign

Hey, anything pops on our end, I'll call you.

I researched Bosnian children whose families were killed by a Serb death

These are the ones who were adopted and reside in Los Angeles.

I ran down the last known addresses off CDL.

How many persons of actual interest?

Two. Let's talk to them.

Adopting number one, Miriam Nelson.

Looks like she rediscovered her roots.

I think you'll get more out of her going alone.

That's easy. I was running. I do two miles on the beach every morning.

And Thursday night?

I go to prayer services at the mosque every night.

I must be very therapeutic for you after what happened.

I read that your family was shot by a death squad.

No, that's not how the Serbs killed.

My father was forced to castrate his sons, and then I watched as they

my mother and my father with the same knife.

I'm sorry.

Others have suffered worse. Others are suffering even now.

But you know the men who did this to you and your family.

No.

Do you know Anthony or Stefan Radich?

This man?

These men are Serbs.

Why are you asking me?

Are these the ones who were killed, the priests?

The Serbs killed by the thousands.

Is that justification to murder Serbs today?

I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me.

I will make my arrows drunk with blood while my sword devours flesh.

The Quran.

No, your Bible. Old Testament.

The Quran advocates peace.

She's fervent and quiet, but a killer, I don't know.

Pen register or phone contact. See who she's been talking to. It's not going to

be easy to get a warrant.

Nothing ties her but attitude.

Feds are all over this. She's a Muslim, a fundamentalist. We want phone records.

We'll get them.

Who's Coop and Jimmy rolling on?

Stephen Baylor.

His adopted name, 22 years old.

Seven foster homes in five years.

Ordered the state until he hit the age cap.

Currently works in construction.

Check out the hacksaw.

It'll be the weapon.

Team Baylor.

LAPD. He's inside. I'm his roommate.

You got a day?

The blade found in Baylor's pickup truck is consistent with the saw used in both

crimes. And Baylor's hairs match those found on both victims.

There's more.

His work boots left prints at the church and at the nursing home. They're Dunham

size 9 Vibram sole.

When we took the shoe apart, we found the victim's blood in the stitching.

So we got one. Who was he with?

We filed two counts of first -degree murder. Capital charges. That'll inspire

him.

Fed's called.

Raddick flipped his surveillance.

How the hell did that happen?

Sent a look -alike out for a drive. Fed's followed. Raddick's been missing

hours. Let's ask Baylor where he hid the body.

We have your hair on both victims' bodies, your footprints at both crime

a weapon used to behead the victim.

He's staring at the needle, Counselor.

Want to help yourself?

Peter Raddick is missing. Where is he? You're reaching.

It's his only shot.

You saved him for last.

What'd you do with him?

Before he answers, what's the offer?

He tells us where Radich is, confesses and gives up his accomplice. We don't

pursue death.

My client suffers from post -traumatic stress disorder due to events from his

childhood. Come on. He beheaded two men, maybe three.

The prophet preaches.

Bye for now.

And the whole world goes blind.

Nothing about me.

There were 14 of us, three generations living in one house.

Serb soldiers broke down the door and took us to a field beside a church.

Peter Radish was one of them.

My mother tried to run into the church, and the priest opened

the doors and stood by while the soldiers raped her.

And shot her.

They killed all of my family.

One by one.

Slitting throats.

Then Radich took a saw.

And cut off their heads.

I passed out when they castrated me. And when I woke, they had buried me alive.

So far, the crimes mirror Radich's atrocities of the past. I think maybe

buried him alive.

Timeline works. Baylor could have abducted Radich before we picked him up.

Question is, where did they bury him?

What did we get from Baylor's apartment?

Coveralls like the homeless guy was wearing and a cooler that probably held

heads. We know he worked construction. Maybe he buried him at a job site. Do we

know where he was working?

He was tearing down a library out in the Pacific Palace. They had his job for

him and said he was making two runs a day to a concrete recycling plant

downtown. Get a canine unit down there. Maybe they get a cent.

All right, let's go, guys. Gotta hurry a little bit.

Let's get him out of there.

Open up.

Let's go.

Do you have a pulse?

I got a pulse.

All right, get him out of there.

You saved my life. How can I repay you?

How'd you wind up in that box?

A woman called about one of my properties.

We went to see it.

She came on to me.

Go on. I said we could go back to my place. She hit me with a stun gun.

Tied me up.

I heard the truck.

A guy shows up.

It's a guy.

Yeah. Describe the girl.

Attractive.

Twenties, dark hair, dark eyes.

So they put you in a box, they put a lid on it.

And they buried me. With the heads of your brother and father.

How'd that make you feel, Mr. Radich?

My name is Regert.

Vukov Regert. Your name is Peter Radich.

You ran a death squad called the Jokers.

Ten years ago, you killed a lot of families, and you got no remorse. It was

It was murder.

There's nothing you can do about that.

Nothing.

There's the woman.

She's Muslim?

You're under arrest for entering the United States under a false identity, an

appetizer. The big meal comes at the Hague.

All clear here?

Jimmy, take a look.

Trophy table.

Scalpel. Cross the priest wore. Murder weapon made only.

Hey, guys, check this out.

Allah exalts the black widows of Chechnya. I will be a true heroine of

I will die to achieve Allah's satisfaction.

Celebrate, for I will be welcome in paradise.

Television news report, the Ratatrescu.

Story let on all the majors.

War criminal dug up with the heads of his family.

Is it what hospital he's in?

Not by name, but by pictures.

We'll beef up all the units at St. Matthew's Hospital. If she shows up,

ready.

Is that like Miriam? Anything Christian can be a target.

Let's talk to our accountants.

Steve, I've been reading up on you. You've got a high school equivalency

diploma. You learned to trade.

You had what millions of Americans don't have, a job.

You were improving your life.

And then something happened.

You got hooked up with Miriam.

You converted to Christianity when you first came to the U .S. I didn't have a

choice.

My new parents made me. All the prophets deliver the words of the same God,

whether you're a Jew, a Christian, a Muslim.

Finding Miriam here was a miracle.

She taught me revenge is our sacred duty.

Sacred duty is to life, not death.

And Peter Radish didn't die.

We dug him up. We got to him in time.

Yeah, I did. Your fingerprints were all over the box you buried him in.

Congratulations.

You saved the devil.

And Miriam?

She left the tape saying she was going to kill herself.

You love her, don't you?

And everyone you ever loved has been taken from you.

Now, don't just sit there and allow her to die needlessly. Now, you have to help

us, Steve.

We don't have much time.

Now, please, please.

What does she plan to do?

If we couldn't get Radich alone, Miriam planned to get close to him and

use a bomb.

Where would she get a bomb?

She knows a guy, a Macedonian Muslim that runs a printing shop near

He has contacts to the right people.

Off the phone.

Let me see it.

Move.

Everybody, shut the radios off right now.

Let's get a bomb unit in here ASAP.

Let's clear out.

Crude ingredients.

It can make quite an effective bomb. A neighbor saw the owner leave with a dark

-haired woman in his minivan under an hour ago. She's wearing jeans and a

shirt. And a bomb.

Suspects are believed to be in a brown minivan.

California Place 4, Tom Robert Ida 922.

Request an APB on this vehicle. The advised vehicle may contain a bomb.

Use extreme caution.

Bomb squad is creeping the hospital.

Undercover is on every floor.

The metal detector is checking anyone who enters.

She could already be in there.

Evacuate the building. Create more chaos? No way. Put more targets in front

her. Just clear the floor right now.

Suspect vehicle on Delray heading north past the hospital.

Out of the car on the ground.

Suspect female not found.

Repeat.

Jim Nelson is not in the vehicle.

And there's no sign of a bomb.

Possible suspect in West Lot headed for the entrance.

I'm not sure, Jay.

Anyone see her face?

Looks just like our girl.

Detonator could be anywhere on her.

Yeah, or it could be on a remote.

Come on, Joe. We can't let her walk into that building.

We have to give her a chance to give herself up.

Lady in the red hat, LAPD, put your hands over your head.

Get on the ground.

Not her. Stand down, y 'all. Stand down.

If I stand down, that's not our suspect.

You hear me? Stand down.

Grab her. Get out of here.

Come on, this way, this way, this way, this way.

Suspect could still be on the premises.

Coop, Jimmy, join the search.

Roll back video on camera five.

Suspect addresses a nun, first floor.

Joe.

Miriam, you don't have to do this.

Get your hands up over your head so we can see them.

Now.

Everyone

hold

their positions until they disarm her.

Psycho bitch.

We'll make all those people pay for this.

It's always those people.

The people who are different than us and vilified because of it.

What I saw in the Renikov's eyes, I saw in Peter Radich and in Miriam Nelson.

Hatred masked under the guise of faith.

Miriam lived through horrible tragedies, but her inability to walk away from

violence.

was the greatest tragedy of all.

Steve Bailey was convicted of two counts, murder in the first degree,

kidnapping, attempted murder, and mayhem. He is serving a life sentence

the possibility of parole.

Peter Radek was charged by the World Court for crimes against humanity. He is

serving a 20 -year sentence.

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