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♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I can change I can change I can change ♪

♪ if you gimme your time ♪

♪ I can change I can change ♪

♪ I can try and get it right this time ♪

♪ but this is not my idea of a good time ♪

♪ this is not my idea of a good time ♪

♪ you can try to change it but you're making me hate you ♪

♪ so get off ♪

♪ I want to run want to run ♪

Oh, come on, man.

Come on, it's just a bad beat. Buy back in.

♪ It's so vain so vain so vain living in a lie ♪

♪ I can't explain can't explain ♪

♪ they don't even wanna take their time ♪

Hey, Ben I need to stop at the bank to get some cash.

♪ Maybe want to change my mind... ♪♪

[Dramatic music]

[Music continues]

[Siren blaring]

[Siren blaring]

[Siren blaring]

Get down on the ground!

Come on, on your knees!

Stomach on the ground!

(Ed) 'Connor Bradley, central state freshman.'

3.8 gpa.

- Business major. - And he robs a bank?

On his way to the movies with some friends.

- How much did he make off with? - $1237.

That's barely enough for popcorn.

Computer techs say he was playing a lot of online poker.

Burns through his cash for the semester.

- Can't face his parents. - He's addicted.

Gambling on a computer, there's nothing to stop you

except your cash flow.

Something you want to tell us, ray?

I keep my cards three-dimensional.

So is this an armed robbery, or did he

just sweet-talk the teller?

If you call this sweet talk.

"Give me all your money, and you won't get hurt."

She thought he had a gun.

- We recover any of the loot? - Nope.

Alright, let's set up some initial interviews

with the friends in the car, the parents...

The parents are coming in from Missouri.

Oh, no.

Nothing like that, "hi, mom, I'm in jail," phone call.

College kid robbing a bank.

Yeah, what is that, some kind of independent study?

On the robbery charge, how does the defendant plead?

Not guilty, your honor, and given that no weapon

or money has been recovered.

Your honor, this defendant has shown a willingness

'to threaten the lives of innocent strangers.'

(judge) 'Bail is set at $50,000.'

should the defendant make bail

he will not be allowed to return to Missouri, to drive

or to use anything other than a library computer

to continue his class work.

Will at least one parent remain in Indiana until trial?

- Yes, your honor. - So ordered. Next case.

So it's ten percent of $50,000?

- That's right. - How soon?

You post the bond, I'll get the paperwork rolling.

- You'd have him back by supper. - Thank you.

I assume you're not filling their heads with false hope.

My goal for the day was to get this family back together.

And your goal for tomorrow?

- How's 11:00 a. M.? - Um-hm.

[Dramatic music]

Two years, plus mandatory treatment for

his gambling addiction

and a full confession with financial restitution.

Wait, wait a minute. I have to confess?

We talked about this.

Confession of guilt before the judge

is part of any plea arrangement.

You know, I just thought..

I thought I could keep my parents from a trial.

Sally.

Connor, we're here today to decide your future.

We need to make a deal today, or that's it.

I can't make a confession in front

of my parents. It'll kill them.

The jury is gonna see you on that tape robbing the bank.

They won't care what your parents think.

I-I can't do it.

Mr. Bradley, we have it on tape.

Yeah, well, we've seen the tape

and it's a blurry mess, with somebody

who in our opinion doesn't even look like Connor.

Were you aware your son spent many hours

gambling over the Internet?

Connor told me about it, yes.

But he also said that he quit doing it last semester.

It was his first time away from home. He made a mistake.

And he's about to make another one.

You need to pressure him to take this deal.

He thinks he's letting you down.

Do you really want a full-blown trial

landing him in jail for four years

five hundred miles from joplin, Missouri?

Maybe we should hear all the options.

He gave me his word he did not Rob that bank.

Mr. Bradley, this is a list of the students

who went with your son to the movies that day.

Do you understand?

The jury has no reason to doubt any of them.

Four friends of his placing him at the scene.

That's their business.

Alright, let's be clear then. We were willing to deal.

Doesn't mean we'll go easy on the trial, quite the opposite.

They're all yours. I have witnesses to interview.

Kaitlin, the rest of the passengers in the car

that day describe Connor as quiet and withdrawn.

- Is that accurate? - Yeah.

Do you have any idea what was going on with him?

No, but I thought that the movie might cheer him up.

Did he ever talk to you about money?

- No. - You're close with him, right?

I mean, we were friends.

Kelly runyun was in the car that day, right?

Yes.

He told me Connor has feelings for you.

I guess like a crush, nothing serious.

We're really good friends.

I had no idea he was gonna Rob a bank.

Oh, excuse me.

Annabeth chase.

Hey, ray. What's up?

[Intense music]

Long way from the side of the road.

- Plus, no skid marks. - The bike wasn't mangled up.

Guy's out on bail for three days

and he just happens to be the victim of a hit-and-run?

Body's frozen. He's been out here overnight.

Why did his parents wait a day to report him missing?

They were trying to find him on their own.

Said they didn't want him getting in any more trouble.

His windpipe was crushed

and the neck fractures were inconsistent

with any kind of fall from a bicycle.

He was choked to death.

And there are some minor scrapes on the back of his hands.

All of this happened on the roadside?

Lividity shows up on his back, but he was found on his side

so he was moved.

What about time of death?

About four hours of decomposition.

But then he was dumped in nearly freezing temperatures, so..

So if he went missing on Tuesday

and turned upon Thursday?

Means he could've been killed pretty much

any time within that two-day spread.

Sorry. But it's not all bad news.

- What? - This came from the lab.

- Fiber? - Found it in the bike gears.

It's car upholstery.

It's not every day your defendant

- becomes a murder victim. - We're just getting started.

We hadn't even figured out why he robbed a bank.

Kid's an honor student, no history

of any kind of trouble.

- What do the police have? - Well, you know how it goes.

They start from the murder scene, and work out from there.

You think we should stick with the robbery case?

At least talk to his parents before they go back to Missouri.

And you still think he didn't act alone?

Maybe now that he's dead, people will be

a little more willing to open up.

Yeah.

Where you going?

I gotta pick up my daughter at the airport.

Oh, that's great.

That's not great?

Jessie got, uh, early acceptance at college

and since then, she's been blowing off the last half

- of her senior year. - I remember that.

We probably put too much pressure on her, right?

And, uh, she achieved her goal, and now she's letting loose.

Sounds like she needs a little quality time with her dad.

Yeah, that's what her mother thought, too.

But you don't?

Jessie is a bright, articulate, independent

stubborn person, just like her mom.

And someone else I know.

[Dramatic music]

I only have a few minutes.

My husband doesn't know that I'm here.

I understand.

After he turned down the deal and came back to our hotel

Connor told me that he robbed that bank.

I see.

- Did inform about the money? - No.

Did he say why he robbed the bank?

No, and he begged me not to tell his dad until he got back.

- Got back? - I should've never let him go.

Just tell me what happened.

He said that he needed to straighten some things out.

I told him I'd have to drive him

but he said that I needed to trust him.

So I let him go.

Your husband was where at the time?

He was out getting food for us.

And what time did your son leave?

It was around 3:00 in the afternoon.

Okay.

How was he killed?

'He was choked to death.'

oh-oh.

And then he was left outside for almost a day and a half.

Kaitlin, his mom said the last time she talked to him

he said he had some things to straighten out.

You have any idea what he was talking about?

- Well, you know he gambled. - Online, we know.

No.

I mean, he played poker live with a bunch of guys.

No one's ever mentioned that before.

That's because the game's exclusive, invitation only.

Part of playing there was not talking about it.

Are you saying he robbed a bank so he could keep playing poker?

I wouldn't know.

But you knew about the game. Did you play there, too?

- Not exactly. - Answer the question, please.

Look..

I know who runs the game, and I'm afraid of him.

Why?

Because the last time I saw him..

He twisted my arm behind my back

and slammed me up against a wall.

Why would he do that?

Because I was breaking up with him.

- What's his name? - Bryce Gibson.

'You know mom always makes everything sound'

'ten times worse than what really happened.'

don't even try it, Jessie.

Your mother and I are on the same page.

It was Chelsea's birthday.

You were gone all night, not one phone call.

I forgot my cell phone.

You forgot it, or you left it on purpose?

Let's talk about your grades, too.

They're not that bad.

Jessica, a c in calculus? For anyone else, that's okay.

For you, it's an embarrassment.

Dad, I'm gonna be an English major.

Look, just because Boston college gave you early admission

doesn't mean they won't change their mind and drop you.

Maybe I should look at schools while I'm here.

In Indiana?

Notre dame was always my second choice.

Have you talked to your mother about this?

Do you not want me to go to school nearby?

That's not what i'm saying, you know that.

Jess.

Hey, ray.

- I thought that was you. - Hi.

- Wow, you look great. - Thanks.

You, uh, staying long?

Talk to your supervisor.

Actually, boss, Ed's ready for us upstairs.

- This won't take long. - I'm going to stay here.

Promise not to embarrass you. Bye, ray.

Bryce Gibson, junior at central state

lives in a house with his dad.

Parents are divorced.

What connects this guy to the victim?

They played poker together at Gibson's place

according to Gibson's ex.

Yeah, poker and this.

Recovered from the victim's bike gears.

We took the Liberty of doing a drive-by Gibson's house

and found a brand-new car which led us to the one he traded in.

Traded in the day after the victim went missing.

Which made our job easier since he no longer owned the car.

There's no way he can contest the grounds for the search.

This fiber matched the interior upholstery.

'Nothing dumber than a smart criminal, huh?'

luminoled the floor boards. Came back with some human DNA

but the lab's still working on that.

The body was moved and from paint dust on the victim's hand

it looks like a fight that happened indoors somewhere.

Gibson loads the body and the bicycle into his car

and drives into the country to dump the evidence.

What's the time of death?

Victim's mother was the last person

to see him, Tuesday at 3:00 P.M.

When we recovered the body on Thursday, it was frozen

with only about four hours decomposition.

So we don't know when the body was dumped.

Going over Dr. Smith's report, something jumped out.

See that dust in the snow on his arm?

It snowed Tuesday night at 8:00 P.M.

And that's the last time it snowed until he was found.

Which makes it likely the body was dumped Tuesday evening.

Good. What do we know about the poker game?

Not much. The kids aren't anxious

to let the parents know they're players.

So we're going through the campus gamblers anonymous.

'Cause we think someone there might wanna get back at Gibson.

What about the "anonymous" thing?

They're gonna make an announcement.

Apparently, talking to us would count towards step four

making a moral and financial inventory.

We don't have time for that. Let's arrest Gibson right away

before he has time to hide any more evidence.

[Dramatic music]

Connor lost money, but it wasn't in thousands of dollars.

Just a friendly college poker game.

It's a $2.00 limit, Texas hold 'em.

We've been told the game was so exclusive

players were sworn to secrecy.

I don't know where you heard that.

Your ex-girlfriend, Kaitlin Howard.

- My ex-girlfriend? - News to you?

She's making things up.

Like you throwing her against a wall?

Can we confine this to questions about the alleged victim?

- Was Connor a regular player? - He played maybe..

I don't know, six times since school started.

And the two of you never got into any kind of fight?

Never.

So how did fibers from the victim's bike gears

come from a vehicle you once owned?

My client often gave the alleged victim rides home.

After poker, when it was too cold for him

to ride his bike, we just threw it in the back.

That's considerate.

Where were you Tuesday afternoon?

I was at home until my mom picked me up.

And what time was that?

About 4:00, I don't remember exactly.

- We go to dinner on Tuesdays. - At 4:00?

My mom likes to watch her money very carefully.

We get the early bird.

Watching sports is about the only thing

that gets my mind off poker.

Actually, the best part of a ga meeting

is we get to talk about gambling.

- What about Gibson's game? - Serious stuff, no limit pots.

How big?

Thousand bucks a game, last time I played there.

Yeah? When was that?

Wait a minute.

I thought we were just talking about Bryce.

You agreed to meet with us.

If you wind up giving us nothing..

We might think you have something to hide.

Last time I played at Gibson's, I accused him of cheating.

You caught him?

He had this pattern I couldn't figure out

for the longest time. It was like a..

A built-in pause before he made his bets, you know?

Like he was waiting on final instructions.

And then I realized, he's wearing a wire.

Did you actually see the wire?

You think I'm still blaming him for my losses?

I've already been through this in meeting.

Look, if he wasn't cheating

then why'd he throw me out of the room?

- Physically? - Yeah.

I shouldn't have said it in front of..

Where exactly do these games take place?

At a round table in the living room in the basement.

We've been through his place. There's no round table.

I don't know what to say.

But Bryce is the one who's got something to hide.

[Dramatic music]

So Gibson's dad lives upstairs, where's mom?

Lives in Hendricks county.

They're divorced.

Where is this supposed table?

Used to be something here.

Oh, look what we have here.

Safety first.

[Dramatic music]

Somebody tore the guts out of this.

Doesn't look like the inside of a smoke detector to me.

What do you know?

I wonder who was on the other end of that.

We found the table upstairs in the dad's place.

There's a camera in the ceiling. Check this out.

This thing has an infrared light hidden underneath

shining through the smoked glass top.

You can't see anything because it's invisible to your eye.

So any card lying face down would be visible

to the pinhole camera above.

Hey, I'll take that hand.

Okay, for this to work, somebody would have to monitor

what the camera was getting

and relay it back to Gibson.

The other end of the cable came out in the bedroom upstairs.

So his dad must have known what he was up to.

Maybe he also knows what happened to Connor Bradley.

That's strange.

I bought the house this past year and never noticed that.

Maybe the previous owners were security conscious.

We also found a table rigged to help your son cheat at cards

that had been moved to your part of the house.

The police, all sorts of people have been..

In the house for days, moving everything around.

I'm in a hotel myself, I can't even go home.

So it comes as a complete shock to you

that your son was running a crooked game in your basement?

First of all..

I'm gone much of the time.

I'm the tri-state manager

for a group of insurance brokers.

Second, you're right, it is my basement.

But it's also a completely separate apartment

and I try to give Bryce his privacy

he is in college after all.

But you were around Wednesday to co-sign on a car loan?

I got back that morning.

I, uh, had promised Bryce a new vehicle a couple months ago.

'His old one had a series of problems.'

'it really wasn't worth fixing.'

like some torn upholstery?

I wasn't aware of that.

You weren't aware that your son had used the vehicle

to transport a bicycle and a dead body the day before?

I highly doubt that to be the case

since my son was with my ex-wife that evening.

She picks him up at 4 o' clock every Tuesday.

Believe me, she's very strict about that.

You're not on good terms?

We were in business together.

It went bankrupt. Very ugly. She blames me for all of it.

I picked Bryce up at 3:00 so we could go to dinner.

So now it's 3:00?

Your husband's statement says 4:00.

Your son's statement says 4:00. What happened to 4:00?

Well, because that's when it normally is

but I remember it specifically

because I came by early that Tuesday.

- For what reason? - I had some shelves

I wanted put up. Bryce is good with that sort of thing.

- The name of the restaurant? - Metro grill on market street.

When you picked him up did you go in to his basement apartment?

I called Bryce from the car and told him I was out front.

I don't like running into my ex-husband, if I can help it.

Did you or your ex-husband know anything

about the illegal poker game he had

at his place every weekend?

I'm sorry he got involved in that.

If he was living with me, it never would have happened.

But just because my husband was negligent

that doesn't mean Bryce killed someone.

I don't know what I'm looking at.

That's the victim's DNA. We found it in your son's car.

Well, Bryce had many friends.

It's also the Dan we found on a scrape

on the wall in your son's apartment.

Take a good look. That's another mother's son.

Denham's going to make the boys' connection

seem as innocent as possible and then hammer at the alibi.

Well, if Connor left his house at 3:00 and Gibson

was on his way to dinner by then we have a problem.

But Metro grill only has mother and son from 4:30 to 6:30.

What's denham going to do with the missing 90 minutes?

I'm looking forward to a slide show

of the book shelves Gibson helped his mom put up.

Wait a minute. Denham's putting Mrs. Gibson up.

- To discuss the alibi, right? - Right.

Why don't we do the same with the dad, but do it first?

Get him to deny all the gambling

where he's completely unbelievable

then switch him to the alibi.

- So it all feels like a lie. - Work with the strengths.

Speaking of which, how's Scott pace holding up?

Solid, paints Gibson as a hothead

when it comes to covering the cheating.

What about Kaitlin?

A little scared of her ex-boyfriend still

but she'll get through it.

Play up the fear. It's the best emotional connection

we have to Gibson's violent side.

[Dramatic music]

Typically, in choke holds, the forearm compresses the neck

and occludes the upper airway

which cuts off oxygen to the brain.

Is that what happened here?

In this case, the hold was applied with such force

that it fractured the larynx and hyoid bone.

In other words, his neck was broken.

That's correct.

Uh, this caused spinal shock

which immediately shut down his breathing and, uh..

- He was dead within seconds. - No further questions.

Aren't choke holds most effective

when the person performing the hold

has the height and weight advantage?

In a general sense.

- What was the victim's height? - Six-foot, 170 pounds.

Your honor, I'd like to submit into evidence

my client's height, five foot ten, weight, 163 pounds.

If this were a college wrestling matchup

your honor, it wasn't a college wrestling matchup.

Sustained.

One last thing, we heard earlier from you about how the

time of death was determined by the Tuesday night snowfall.

- Is that correct? - Yes.

Did consider that whoever placed this body

by the side of the road

might have tried to cover it up with snow

thereby making it possible that

it could have been placed there at any point

between the snowfall and discovery?

- It never came up. - Thank you.

Dr. Schmidt, can you think of a reason why it never came up?

Probably because there was no more than one inch

of snow reported for that evening.

Can't even make a snowball out of that.

- Objection, your honor. - To what? The weather?

The first week, there'd be a bunch of new players.

They'd do pretty good their first time out.

That was Bryce's way of hooking them in to the game.

Objection, your honor. Speculation.

Sustained.

What happened after the first week?

The second week, everyone would do a little worse.

And then, by the third week

Bryce would completely wipe them out.

- And the next week? - He'd start all over again.

The last time you played at Bryce Gibson's

you were thrown out, is that correct?

- Yep. - By Bryce Gibson himself?

- Yeah. - Why?

I accused him of cheating.

And what did he say to you when he physically ejected you?

He told me that if I went around telling

anyone that he was cheating, that he would..

- Beat the "blank" out of me. - No more questions, your honor.

- Mr. Denham? - Nothing, your honor.

The witness may step down. Ms. Chase, next witness.

- What's up? - Kaitlin's a no-show.

I knew she was shaky

but I didn't think she was this shaky.

I think we should move up Gibson's dad.

Back so soon? I was just going to show Jess

what happens when college kids go bad.

Oh, the judge wanted an early lunch break.

- How's your trip so far? - It's pretty fun.

Indiana isn't nearly as dull as my dad said it was.

Sorry, we have to work.

- You sure everything's okay? - Everything's under control.

- Ms. Chase, this came for you. - Thank you.

Okay, you call ed and ray. I'll call her relatives.

Okay.

Maureen Scofield.

On our way.

Maureen, look at this. It's all money.

"Connor was going to give this back. Kaitlin."

- I'm guessing $1200 and change. - That was the clerk.

Judge lathrop wants us in chambers.

Rains, it pours.

Anything you want to tell me?

When we broke for lunch, I got into

an elevator with the last witness.

Scott pace.

He was talking on his phone and he was saying that

everything he said on the stand, he was making it up.

Did you know or suspect your witness was lying?

Of course not, your honor.

Mrs. Stottlemeyer, what did you do after overhearing

the witness say he was lying?

I told Paul here about it.

- And what did you do, Paul? - I told two other jurors.

Then we decided we'd better come up here and tell you.

- So a total of four jurors? - Ah, yes.

Thank you for your honesty.

In light of these developments

ladies and gentlemen, I am declaring a mistrial.

'That means you can go home.'

I deposed Scott pace. His story was not made up.

This whole thing stinks.

Well, obviously, somebody got to him.

What about the money from Kaitlin?

- Did it check out at the bank? - Every last serial number.

Any idea why she didn't give it up earlier?

Connor must've given it to her. When he died,

she probably got scared we'd suspect her.

- Do we? - I don't know.

We haven't been able to track her down yet.

Of course, receiving money from her

makes you a material witness when we start a new trial.

I haven't thought of that, actually.

First things first, though, who tampered with Scott pace?

Denham's annoying, but not dirty.

Gibson's dad, though, definitely likes to game the system.

- You mean he likes to cheat. - We never proved that.

We need to dig into this character's financial background

and we need to use obstruction of justice to do it.

- I think somebody paid you off. - No.

Nobody approached you before the trial?

Nobody approached me before the trial.

- Nobody gave you any money? - Nobody gave me any money.

Perjury ranges from three months to two-year jail time.

Look, I didn't lie, alright? My testimony hasn't changed.

You wanna be a smart-ass or tell the truth?

I was talking to a friend, okay? We were kidding around.

I didn't know that there were any jurors on the elevator.

And besides, I'm in recovery

so I'm not really responsible sometimes.

Are we done? 'Cause I'm gonna be late for class.

[Dramatic music]

So, Joe Gibson's insurance company..

Yeah?

Involves him visiting nursing homes all around the mid-west.

To spread the security of a well-planned retirement.

He sells deferred annuities from a reliable company.

That doesn't sound so bad.

Yeah, but I did some calling around.

Turns out when he shows up to meet with these people

he abruptly switches financial products

and sells them a supposedly better one.

Ah, but it's not better.

Forty percent early withdrawal penalty, anyone?

Daddy steals from little old ladies.

Technically, but not legally.

This guy's really good at keeping his nose clean.

On the bright side, I looked into Kaitlin's school records.

She's not a rich kid, academic scholarship.

That's nice, but how does that help us find her?

It's mid-term week at the university.

- She might skip court.. - But she won't skip a mid-term.

(Kaitlin) I helped Bryce with the poker games.

- Helped him cheat? - I knew about it.

It seemed wrong for me to protest when I was a part of it.

How big a part?

I'd meet new players and I'd bring them over to play.

- Like recruiting? - In a way.

That's how Connor and I met.

He was such a sweet guy.

Did you have feelings for him?

Bryce found out. That's why we broke up.

He said if Connor and I ever got together, he'd kill him.

And you believed him.

You know what he's capable of.

Did you tell Connor that you'd broken up?

He found out. He was all over me.

But then I got really scared for him,

and I panicked and I lied. I made up this story that I..

That I got kicked out of school because I was behind on tuition.

I just thought that..

That if I pushed him away I could protect him.

And do you know what he does for me?

- What? - He robs a bank.

Do you know what that's like? To have someone do that for you?

- Why did you keep the money? - I was in shock.

All this happened based on a stupid lie.

And before I could figure out how

to handle it, he was arrested.

But I did tell him the truth when he got out on bail.

I told him about the lie, about cheating, about everything.

How did he take it?

Well..

Actually, that's..

That's when we got together.

- You slept with him? - It just happened.

I just think 'cause everything was out in the open.

We were going to return the money and confess to the police.

He was still a bank robber. He was still going to jail.

We knew that. But we had a plan.

To come clean with everybody, to start over.

That's why he wanted to go to Bryce's.

To tell him he knew about the cheating.

And then he wanted to tell Bryce face-to-face that

he was in love with me.

And he never came back.

I begged him not to go. But he promised me that everything

would turn out fine if we just told the truth.

This thing better work with my dish.

Come on. The fight starts at 3:00, let's go.

Looks heavy.

Maybe you should take a break and set it down.

He said nobody gave him any money, but..

There's more ways then cash to a college boy's heart.

So, I got him with the TV, not much else.

You don't know where it came from?

Tracked it, but it was a cash sale.

- Does he know that? - Nope.

That's good.

We know who gave you that television.

Nobody gave it to me, I bought it myself.

With what?

Your checking account has a $ 65 high

for the past three months.

The store came up with the receipt.

And the guy who bought it for you is

gonna be booked on obstruction of justice charges.

You're next.

You're bluffing.

- What makes you so sure? - I'm beyond sure.

If you want anything from me, I want a promise

that I'm not gonna be charged with anything.

We'll think about it.

And I also don't want my parents to find out, either.

I'm in enough trouble as it is.

Let's see if it checks out.

You said some "guy."

It wasn't a guy.

- It was a woman. - Who?

Gibson's mom.

She told me if I lied in front of some jurors

there'd be a TV waiting for me

bought and paid for.

So you alone today?

Yeah, Jessie went up to notre dame.

By herself?

That's the way she likes to do things.

What's her mom think about this?

She thinks I'm trying to steal her away from her.

But you're not.

You know, the way that kid is all over

the place these days, i'm thinking maybe I should.

Where are we with Patricia Gibson?

We've got pace's confession, we got the plasma TV

but we don't have a receipt leading directly to her

so we're getting a search warrant.

- What about her work? - Works at home.

Runs a non-profit that steers kids into college.

What kind of kids?

Kids having trouble in high school.

Maybe she could give me a couple pointers.

Yeah, you could use them.

It's not my fault one of your witnesses lied in court.

No, but Scott pace didn't lie in court, he lied after.

In front of jurors, and that was your fault.

I have to say, looking around here

your organization seems to exist on paper only.

Oh, no, those contain confidential student records.

Really? They look like financial records to me.

You applying for a federal Grant? $500,000?

That's a whole lot of Grant.

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So, way back when they got divorced

the Gibsons had a successful vitamin supply business.

Where's the bankruptcy come from?

That's the beauty part.

They get divorced, he transfers all his assets

to his ex-wife in the settlement

and then declares bankruptcy.

You think they divorced for convenience?

They're not exactly ozzie and Harriet.

More like Bonnie and Clyde.

We might have an answer as to where the gambling profits went.

Okay.

It's just a theory, but, uh

take a look at these bank records.

How many non-profits do you know

regularly take in $6,000, $7,000 in donations

that get deposited like clock work on Monday morning?

Right after the poker weekend.

So Joe Gibson helps his kid cheat at cards

and then his kid sends the profits over

to mom to hide in her fake business.

Which also makes mom look legit on paper

so that she can apply

for a half million dollar federal Grant.

Your average American family.

With a whole lot to lose when their son commits a murder.

Illegal gambling, fraudulent non-profit

covering up a murder

that's quite a list.

I haven't done anything wrong.

As we speak, your son is making a deal to put you away.

I thought you might want to spread the love.

He wouldn't do such a thing.

But that's how you raised him, isn't it?

Look out for number one. I've got mine, now give me yours.

He'll be the star witness at your trial.

We know you had nothing to do with hiding the body.

So why am I here?

The matters of illegal gambling bilking senior citizens..

'It was your wife who tampered with the witness, wasn't it?'

you wouldn't do something like that.

So why go away for it?

- It was all Joe's doing. - I thought he was out of town.

In Illinois, an hour away.

I called him when I got to Bryce's

there was this dead boy.

And Joe said, "go to dinner."

Get out of the house, he would take care

of everything, and he did.

Your mom and dad aren't really divorced, are they?

That's ridiculous.

The three of you lived and worked together as a family.

Only not one anyone on the outside could see.

You can't prove this.

We have a direct connection

from your client's illegal gaming

to his mother's fraudulent business.

I'm proposing you a deal for voluntary manslaughter.

Ten years for something he didn't even do?

I'm not done. We'll take off two years if you testify

to your mother's role in the cover-up

and another two for your father.

Let me ask you this

you ever wonder why your dad used your car

to dump the body, instead of his own?

I wanted to call the cops, alright?

My mom said no.

Connor came over to tell me that he and Kaitlin were together.

I told him I didn't care.

And then he said he would tell everybody about the card game.

About the cheating.

And that's when the fight started.

I grabbed him around his neck, and the next thing I know..

He's on the floor.

It was an accident.

That may be, Mr. Gibson, but your actions

that followed were not.

The defendants are remanded to the state's custody

for the term set forth in their plea agreements.

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This has been a nice trip. I like it here.

Does that mean you made a decision about school?

I'm going to Boston.

Oh.

Good.

Well, you made the right choice.

Yeah, I had a wake-up call with notre dame this morning.

Oh, yeah? How so?

They took one look at my recent grades

and put me on a waiting list.

Well, I hope this motivates you to get your act together.

Academically speaking.

Obviously, I can do better.

Well, for the record, Jessica, it's been great having you here.

And I just wish that, um..

Remember, when you moved here

you promised to visit every month.

Yeah.

How many times have you come to visit?

Twice.

Maybe you should get your act together on that.

Well, obviously, I can do better.

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Hey, congratulations.

Six years for Gibson, four years for each parent.

- Triple play. - I had a lot of help.

Hey, where's Jessie? I wanted to say good-bye.

Oh, you missed her. I just drove her to the airport.

So what's the verdict?

- Bc, Boston college. - That must be a relief.

- That's not a relief? - I don't know.

I guess, I'm worried about her..

All the trouble college kids seem to get into these days.

Tell me about it.

Kind of liked having her here, you know.

You know, when my parents split up

and my dad left the house

I started dating a race car driver.

What?

It was for, like, a month, and he was

a teenage race car driver, little cars.

But that sure got my dad's attention.

You think that's what this is about?

I think they're always testing us

right from the beginning.

Well, that might explain the constant sense of failure.

- How old is Haley? - Nineteen months.

Yeah, well, you should know then, right?

Alright, I gotta get home to that.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

Oh, by the way..

Not one word to Maureen about the..

The race car driver?

Oh, don't worry, I'm saving that for later.

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