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(Male narrator) Previously on "close to home".

- What's going on? - Jason's dead.

Oh, my god!

I'm Matt ewing, a homicide detective.

Jason told me he wanted out of veeder's unit.

(Annabeth) 'You don't like veeder?'

think his unit's corrupt. I know Jason wasn't.

Found this note in Jason's car this morning.

- "Kellie" with an I e. - Like a girl's name.

Meet kellie Lawson.

'Flynn, he killed your partner'

think you'd wanna help convict him.

Veeder pushed kellie on Jason.

After which Jason said he would help kellie

get away from veeder.

Where's the gun?

Threw the gun in a drain between

the crime scene and his house.

Did I just hear you're indicting veeder?

They're toying with me, or my child and I are in danger?

They killed Jason, they'll kill you.

Mr. Veeder thinks the gun was planted by somebody

who's tryin' to frame him.

Flynn lied about me because you cornered him

with some cheap secret.

You manipulated kellie Lawson

like you manipulated the man who worked for you

didn't you detective?

They're all your whores, aren't they?

I'm not the manipulator, Ms. Chase.

- Did you kill Jason Myers? - No.

'On the one count of murder'

'we the jury find the defendant..'

not guilty.

(Ed) 'We found kellie Lawson.'

red hawk lake.

Park services was dredged in the lake bottom.

'Brought up a trunk weighted down with tiles.'

how long she been in the water?

Coroner says it's hard to tell. Weeks.

Maybe as long as we been looking for.

'Maybe so.'

he also said she had sex

with somebody the night she died.

And she was strangled with her own bra.

'One cop is accused and acquitted of murdering'

another on missing witness, who might have helped convict him

turns up dead right after the trial.

Kellie Lawson disappeared from the greenwich youth shelter

the same time veeder was murdering detective Myers.

Myers was tryin' to help kellie get away from him.

We know she was supposed to meet Myers the night he died.

Two murders have got to be connected.

We're not rulin' anything out.

And until we receive evidence to the contrary..

Chris veeder is our primary suspect.

Mr. Conlon, we are getting calls from the media.

Alright. We're gonna have to issue a statement.

- How much you gonna tell them? - As little as possible.

Coroner's agreed to list cause of death as strangulation.

No details.

Let's keep the particulars out of the press.

I'm gonna order all documents sealed

including coroner's verdict.

Sorry, was on phone with the lab.

The DNA they've recovered from the body is viable.

We need probable cause to get veeder's DNA.

We have DNA from the first trial.

(James) 'Discredited. We can't use it.'

'we'll have to get another sample.'

the killer would've to dump the body at night.

Let's get back to the lake

canvas the area, talk to park services.

Go back to the youth shelter and talk to the girls again.

Ray, your turn for the shelter, I'll take the lake.

Still have security in your house?

And a plainclothes detective for Haley and the sitter.

Good. I don't like worryin' about you.

'I live in my boat. Get up early.'

someone's motor wakes me in the middle of the night

I called park services. Not that they give a rat's ass.

- What time was it? - Two in the am.

- Thank you very much. - And sure about the date?

Yeah, I circled it on my calendar.

Any idea which boat it was?

No. They were already out on the lake.

If I knew, I'd have had it written up.

'You can't be comin' and goin' at all hours.'

- you see who was on the boat? - A guy and young girl.

Looked like she was out way past her bedtime.

Describe the man.

Average height, skinny, short hair, reddish.

- What about the girl? - Young and blonde.

- Think you could ID 'em? - I could try.

This new case, the press is really in an uproar.

You've read my statement.

We're pursuing multiple leads and we don't have a suspect yet.

Remember, we're trying to mend fences with the police

not antagonize them any further.

If they think you're looking over their shoulders...

Hey, I trust the police.

I don't know how many friends veeder has yet and until...

We should be building a positive image with you

and the voters, get you connected

with some high profile projects in the mayor's office.

Look, I'm happy to do it, Pete. But the job comes first.

The Attorney General's office is gonna have to wait.

I think the public can appreciate that thing.

- Sure they will. - Mr. Durkin.

- Ms. Chase, how're you today? - Fine. Thanks.

Can I have a minute with the boss?

Take as much time as you like, we're done.

Ed found a witness at the lake.

Saw veeder and kellie on a boat

a few nights after Myers was murdered.

She's sure about the ID and the date?

- Positive. - That's probable cause.

Get a warrant veeder's DNA.

I'll call hellmann and set it up.

Nice.

- Doug, Mr. Veeder. - Ms. Chase.

I was just taking stock at the shambles you've made of my life.

The shambles I've made of your life?

Suspended without pay.

Under departmental investigation.

The men in my unit on desk duty

internal affairs turnin' their lives upside down.

What do you complainin' about? You're acquitted.

That trail ruined my reputation.

Mr. Veeder's planning on suing you and the city for damages

'wrongful prosecution.'

good luck with that.

- A warrant for your DNA. - I know what it is.

This concerning the kellie Lawson matter?

Exactly.

What makes you think my client is involved?

Oh, we're tryin, uh, rule him out as a suspect.

Alright.

Well, counselor, looks like you're back on the clock.

- 'Wonderful.' - swab him.

We were right

she was in trouble but we never thought anything could happen.

You never heard from kellie after she left?

She was supposed to call, she was our big sister.

Big sister, little sister.

She was supposed to look out for us.

Kellie ever tell you about her real family?

- We were her family. - I don't think she had anybody.

That's why she liked it here.

This is a lot better than the places most of us come from.

Ms. Veeder's always honest, stay in school, stay on track.

And her husband Chris...

Detective veeder. What about him?

Look, I know they say he killed someone

but it's not true you know.

They let him go.

What about kellie? Did she like detective veeder?

She said she did. I think they talked a lot.

Huh.

Any idea where she might have gone when she left here?

Kellie was your big sister, right?

Could she have a big sister while she was here?

Somebody who was supposed to look after her.

Uh, this girl, grace. But she moved out last year.

Kellie called me the day after the cop was killed.

Said she needed a ride to the bus station.

Went to go pick her up but she never showed.

Nice digs.

Who picks up the tab?

Shelter pays for the part of it?

- Who pays the rest? - I do.

You have a job?

I work for this guy downtown, answer phones, stuff like that.

- What's his name? - Mr. Taggart.

- He works for the mayor. - How'd you get the job?

Mr. and Mrs. Veeder.

Veeders' really knocked themselves of you.

Life is sweet. What do you do for them, grace?

What do you mean?

'Well, you must do something special for them.'

'swell place like this, cushy job.'

we know veeder was pimping kellie to his pals.

He doin' the same to you?

I don't know what're talking about.

Could've done this on the phone.

I wanted to talk to you face to face.

I haven't seen you since the trial.

Brian Flynn's life, marriage, his career

they're ruined.

Matt, come on.

I had to put him on stand, I had no choice.

- I had to nail veeder. - Look how that turned out.

He killed kellie Lawson too

so I get the crack at him.

Heard there is DNA evidence.

Where did you hear that?

Nothing's confidential in a case like this.

- Can't stop the leaks. - I can try.

Well, you'll drive yourself crazy.

Can I trust you?

Never risk everything to help you before?

We're waiting on the DNA.

If it's veeder that puts him with kellie the night she died

I can really use your help with this, Matt.

Why do you need me?

You know how much animosity there is right now

between our office and the police.

And nobody is as familiar with veeder's unit as you are.

Come on, please, Matt, I need a friend at the force.

What're you lookin' for?

Ed and ray interviewed kellie's best friend from the shelter

a girl named grace Hendricks.

They think maybe something's going on between her and veeder.

Can you check it out for me?

- I'll ask around. - Okay. Thanks.

How did you know about the DNA?

The homicide guys who caught the case are friends of mine.

Well, tell them to stop talking.

- What've we got? - Nothing.

No signs of forced entry.

Lab tech locked up, went on his break.

He came back and couldn't find the file he'd been workin' on.

- Thought he misplaced it. - Kellie Lawson's file?

Tech said if he hadn't been workin' on it

he wouldn't have noticed it missin'.

What about the security cameras? There must be footage.

Camera near the door was disabled for 10 minutes.

Long enough to get in, grab the evidence and get out.

Whoever it was knew what they were doin'.

All the DNA evidence gone.

Well, hopefully our case didn't go with it.

[Telephone ringing]

Hello.

- 'Walk to reception.' - Okay.

I've been doin' some checkin' on your girl grace Hendricks.

Looked at her phone records.

She doesn't have any, we already knew that.

Teenage girl with a job, an apartment and no cell phone?

- Neither did kellie Lawson. - 'Pretty unusual.'

they didn't wanna leave any records.

Obviously. The question is how'd veeder stay in touch with them?

I don't know, carrier pigeon, disposable cell phones?

- Use them and lose them. - Impossible to trace.

Found a box from inner closet.

I don't even wanna know how?

We can't use those in court.

No, but you can use 'em.

- Where did you get that? - It doesn't matter.

We traced the calls on that phone.

What're you doing for him, grace?

What is veeder forcing you to do?

He's not forcing me to do anything.

I'm just trying to help you.

I don't want you to end up like your friend.

Sometimes..

What? Sometimes what?

Sometimes I do favors for Mr. Veeder.

I party with his friends.

You mean you have sex with them?

I'm not the only one.

There's a bunch of us from the shelter.

'And Mrs. Veeder?'

she doesn't know anything about it.

So, how was it arranged? With those phones?

Kellie would get a message about where and when

to meet Mr. Veeder's friends and she'd tell us.

Why did he go through kellie and not you?

She started doing favors from earlier.

She was fifteen.

- 'They're really tight.' - Lovers?

Yeah.

He never partied with any of the other girls.

Would he call kellie directly?

It always went through someone else.

She never told me who.

They call and say be at the motel at 9:30

for your job interview.

And that meant a sexual encounter?

He's a predator, grace, you need to get away from him.

- He would never hurt me. - No?

Did you tell veeder where to find kellie after she ran away?

He told me that he was concerned about her.

And did I have any idea where she was.

I said maybe she was with pretty boy.

Who is pretty boy?

One of the guys we party with.

They're all married, so we only know their nicknames.

Never met him.

She said he liked her.

She said he'd help her leave town.

Do you think pretty boy killed kellie?

No. It was veeder.

'We have a witness who saw them together out on the lake.'

I got her killed.

Grace, it's not your fault, he's a very dangerous man.

Can't you arrest him or something?

We don't have enough evidence.

You could help us get it.

I got greenwood youth shelter's tax returns

to the U.S. attorneys office.

I think we can prove veeder was using it to launder drug money.

Excellent. Subpoena the shelter's computers

financial records and files.

We'll come at veeder from all angles.

I'll draw it up.

Grace Hendricks is gonna a wear a wire for us.

I convinced her veeder killed kellie.

Does she know the risks?

She wants to do it for her friend, she feels responsible.

Veeder knows we talked to these girls

if he even gets a inkling grace is up to...

We'll have her covered.

Grace maybe our only chance of making the case against veeder.

Without the DNA, what other move do we have?

Veeder goes all the way across town to get a burger.

With all the heat, he doesn't exactly wanna be seen

on a date with an 18-year-old.

So, ray.

This last minute trips to New York in a couple of weeks

what's that about?

- If I tell you.. - Agreed.

- Swear? - Swear.

[Exhaling] I'm Batman.

Be real man.

I got this heart thing

that's why I came out here with conlon in the first place.

What kind of heart thing?

Let's just say I won't be runnin' any marathons.

On the other hand, I probably won't drop down

on you tonight either.

That's a relief.

Hang on, here they come.

Feels good to do something normal for a change.

Yeah.

These past couple of days, it's awful about kellie.

I know. Breaks my heart.

I should have talked her out of running away.

- I knew it was a mistake. - Don't blame yourself, grace.

She just made on a bad choice.

(Grace over radio) 'You really don't think pretty boy could have killed her?'

(veeder over radio) 'Not the type, he's into toys, massage oil, fun stuff.'

'i have a bad feeling about him.'

well, look, he never even made it to his place, I checked.

Whoever killed her had to be a real perv.

(Veeder on radio) 'You know, rough sex.'

kellie said sometimes pretty boy would tie her up.

Did he ever choke her?

Is that what happened?

Creep strangled her with her own bra.

Trust me, it wasn't him.

Pretty boy had nothin' to do with this.

He just gave her inside information on the murder.

They are gettin' in his car, we're on the move.

'They're headed back to grace's apartment.'

Thanks for dinner.

I feel much better.

Anytime.

If you need something..

Come to me.

And the next time you start thinking about kellie

do me a favor..

I want you to say a prayer for her.

Pray that she is at peace.

Ray, do you have a visual on what's going on?

Dammit! He's got his hands all over her.

(Annabeth over radio) 'He'll find the wire.'

take care of yourself, okay?

Okay.

I'll sleep much better tonight. Thank you, Mr. Veeder.

Goodnight.

- She's inside, he's leaving. - 'Oh, thank god.'

as soon as he's gone, we'll move her to the safe house.

Okay.

[Sirens blaring]

What a waste of my time.

Detective, once again you have the right to remain silent.

You know the rest.

Maybe a little rusty for not reading dealers their rights..

Look at you two, how's it feel to be arresting a real cop?

You get off on that?

You've no idea.

Annabeth, can you spell "vendettas?"

- Two t's like "acquittal." - Not this time.

We have Mr. Veeder disclosing details of the murder.

Confidential information which was not disclosed to the public.

Disclosing what and to who?

We are not in the discovery phase here, Doug.

Well, this is a fishbowl environment

and my client could have picked up the details of this case

'from any number of sources, another detective'

'crime technician... '

the coroner's verdict was sealed.

Oh, that office leaks like a sieve.

More important question is, what were the results

of the DNA test on my client and was there any match

'to evidence that you picked up at the crime scene?'

we're no longer in possession of that evidence.

(Doug) 'Really? Why not?'

he arranged for it to disappear.

You overestimate my power and influence.

Do I?

Without the evidence, you might consider droppin' the charges.

That's not gonna happen.

You're so obsessed with me

that you're not even lookin' for the real killer.

I'm looking right at him.

I don't understand.

Why are you people persecuting us?

(Ed) 'Don't tell me you don't know what your husband's up to.'

a non profit youth shelter, and you're clamin' 150 thou a year?

You never asked where the money is comin' from?

Grants and donations.

And I'm paid what I'm worth.

And I don't oversee the books, we have an accountant for that.

Your husband's laundering confiscated drug money

through your shelter.

And you've been reaping the rewards.

My reward is seeing throwaway young girls

grow up to be fine young women.

Oh, and a brand new Mercedes 550

paid for in cash never hurts, right?

We do good work here.

We're givin' these girls a fresh start.

Helpin' them find their first job.

What do they do for you?

I don't like your inference.

Ask your husband.

Ask him about the sexual favors the girls do for him

and his friends.

What's the word with the shelter files?

They givin' up their secrets here?

Still work in progress.

But I checked out the cache..

You know where the cookies are stored.

- Cookies? Sure. - Yeah.

Somebody used this laptop to visit the park services website.

Park services. Lookin' for what?

Checkin' water depths and prevailing currents

'for red hawk lake.'

I'm lighting a candle if you can tell me when.

The week detective Myers was murdered

and kellie Lawson disappeared.

Hallelujah. Who's laptop?

Mrs. Veeder's.

Rocking good news.

Mrs. Veeder's very well thought of in the community, Jimmy.

Children's hospital, greenwood shelter.

Lot of prominent people are involved with greenwood.

God knows we want their support.

Are you suggesting I curtail my investigation, Pete?

I'm just putting it into context for you.

Everything is a balancing act.

I thought runnin' for office I'd be makin' a lot speeches

but Pete here wants me to keep my mouth shut.

- Isn't that right? - Only when appropriate.

The mayor's interested in what you have to say.

That's why we set up this lunch.

How are you coming with the shelter's financial records?

[Sighing] They are in middle of renovating the facility.

I've done a renovation, it's great way to launder money

lot's of it.

Bottomless pit.

Looks like lot materials Mrs. Veeder ordered

ended up going into her house.

What a surprise, petty fraud.

Found something you really like.

Invoices for ceramic tile samples.

Veeder weighed down the trunk with tiles.

'Six or seven different kinds.'

uh, I thought the samples were free.

Still writes up an invoice anyway.

I bet it never crossed his mind there were invoices

for each of them, listing supplier and style.

They match the tiles in the trunk?

Too a t.

Where'd this come from?

Wait, don't.

These are my clothes.

How did somebody get my clothes?

"Can you swim, grace?"

How did they find us? How?

[Telephone ringing]

Williams.

Hey, ray, what's up?

I'm on my way.

Grace Hendricks has been stalked.

Veeder has a lot of reach.

I'll take her to a new safe house.

Veeder's gonna work on intimidating you.

Don't make eye contact with him, okay?

Stay focused on me.

- I'll try my best. - I know you can do this.

You did great with the wire.

But what about Mrs. Veeder? Will she be at the trial?

She's a defense witness

she won't be there for your testimony.

Will she still find out about kellie and me and the others?

'Yeah.'

that sucks.

Don't think about her when you're on the stand.

Think about what veeder did. He killed your friend.

Okay.

You'll do fine.

[Cell phone ringing]

Hi.

[Slow rock music]

Put your daughter to bed?

Yeah, read her a bedtime story till she fell asleep.

Thank god, my sitter could stay late.

I'd come by your house, except you are under guard 24/7.

No, this place is good actually. Nobody's paying attention to us.

If they do, we'll tell 'em we ran into each other

while were out cruising.

- That's completely ridiculous. - No, it's not.

Just start flirtin' with that guy at the end of the bar.

About this pretty boy you were lookin' for.

- Yeah, any luck? - Nope, not a thing.

You could have told me that over the phone.

Yeah, I could have.

But it's not the same seeing you in person.

It's not?

No, I don't think so.

I think I wanted to see you and you said "yes"

when you could have said "no."

Here we are.

Anyway, uh, pretty boy..

We don't have a physical description to go on

or anything else.

I'll keep working back from veeder's

see if I can figure out however he's contacting these guys.

See if we can find a loose thread to pull

and see if this thing unravels.

Okay.

- I better get goin'. - You're a cheap date.

Is that what this is?

Could be.

Uh... trial starts tomorrow and I have to pick up grace

at the crack of dawn.

Okay. Missin' your big chance.

- You think so? - Yep.

Guy at the end of the bar is really into you.

Goodnight.

[Dramatic music]

- Did you get any sleep? - Bad dreams, but I'm cool.

[Gun firing]

Stay down!

[Music continues]

You're both lucky to be alive.

I don't understand how they knew where the new safe house was.

I don't think the leak is coming from this office.

It has to be coming from the cop's.

Veeder's still got friends.

Did the investigators pick up anything at the scene?

Some shell casings, but they're untraceable.

Doesn't surprise me.

Look, if veeder thinks he can stop us this way

'he's mistaken.'

'that will be all.'

I promised grace that I'd see her through the trial.

- You havin' second thoughts? - I don't know.

Maybe I should step back, when those shots went off

all I could think about was Haley.

She'd be all alone.

I've been thinkin' the same thing.

Haley needs you. I'll take the case from here.

I'm not a quitter, this goes against the grain.

I know.

I'm bringing my files.

What you doing here?

I'm a homicide detective, I've got legit reasons

to be in a prosecutor's office.

- You were worried? - A little, yeah.

Been tryin' your cell all morning.

Oh, no, all the commotion I forgot to turn it on.

I'm fine, not a scratch.

- Grace? - She's okay too.

You should back off this case.

Let somebody else handle it.

- I already have. - Good.

[Dramatic music]

When was the last time you spoke with your friend kellie Lawson?

The day after detective Myers was killed, she called me.

She said she was scared and she had to leave town.

Did she say why she was leaving town?

She said that Mr. Veeder had shot another policeman.

- Objection, your honor. - Sustained.

Jury will disregard any reference to prior events

'and I will sanction counsel if either side tries to introduce'

'these events into this proceeding.'

what else did kellie tell you, grace?

She said she was gonna go meet a guy named pretty boy

about some money, help her leave town.

What was pretty boy's real name?

I don't know. He's married.

What was the nature of kellie's relationship with pretty boy?

Kellie used to party with him as a favor for Mr. Veeder.

Would you please tell the court what you mean by partied?

They had sex.

After kellie's body was found did you have a conversation

with detective veeder about her murder?

He said that pretty boy had nothing to do with it.

That she was killed by some creep

who strangled her with her own bra.

The same information the coroner testified

was confidential.

No further questions.

Ms. Hendricks, these parties that Chris veeder supposedly

threw for his friends, how did that work?

Mr. Veeder had a go-between.

Somebody who would call kellie

and give her the address and time.

'And she told us.'

- who was this go-between? - I don't know.

So, there is no way to corroborate your story then

is there?

No.

One last question, when you told Mr. Veeder

'that you couldn't stop thinkin' about kellie'

'what did he say to you?'

he told me to pray for her.

Hey.

I'm in a hurry, the defense starts its case this afternoon.

It's goin' cross-eyed, goin' back and forth

over these phone records looking for a pattern.

- Who's records? - Mr. and Mrs. Veeders.

Her calls from the shelter, his calls from the precinct.

- Called his wife a lot. - Devoted!

Yeah, they were interesting calls too.

He'd call her, they talk for 30 seconds

she'd hang up, call another number.

Setting up dates? Think Mrs. Veeder's the go-between?

Grace was sure she didn't know about the girls.

Could be grace was wrong.

Can you trace who she was calling?

Nope. She always called tossable a number.

I don't know what that is.

Calling that number plus an extension

forwards you to a line that can't be traced.

A very clever Mr. and Mrs. Veeder.

Yeah.

[Dramatic music]

Mrs. Veeder, the shelter renovation

you picked out those tiles yourself, didn't you?

Yes, I went to several stores and obtained samples.

'Samples matching the invoices'

that the prosecution submitted as evidence.

Correct.

And these particular tiles were found in the steamer trunk

with kellie Lawson's body.

I have no knowledge of how that happened.

'What did you do with these tiles?'

'i put them in a box and left it in the garage at the shelter.'

- and what happened to them? - They went missing.

I assumed some worker walked off with them.

As is so often the case.

One last question, uh

your office laptop, is it accessible?

I don't lock the door to my office if that's what you mean.

So someone could have come in and used it

to check out the conditions at red hawk lake?

Easily. Any number of people.

Thank you.

Nothing further.

(Conlon) 'Mrs. Veeder, you didn't notice'

that these tile samples were missing

until after your husband had been arrested

and your records seized, isn't that correct?

- Objection. Argumentative. - Sustained.

Mrs. Veeder, will you please tell the court

what you know about your husband's relationship

with kellie Lawson?

He mentored her

as he did so many of the girls at the shelter.

You were in fact the go-between, weren't you, Mrs. Veeder?

Excuse me?

Between your husband and kellie Lawson

for the sex ring that grace Hendricks testified

'he was running out of your shelter.'

that girl lied.

There is no such thing, there never was.

You made it up to destroy his reputation.

Phone records indicate that your husband

called you several times a day.

What's wrong with that?

Doesn't your wife call you, Mr. Conlon?

- I am divorced. - I'm not surprised.

It's the pattern of these calls that's interesting, Mrs. Veeder.

An incoming call from your husband

'followed immediately by an outgoing call from your phone'

to an untraceable number.

Why the secrecy?

The business of the shelter is confidential.

Were some of these untraceable calls

made to kellie Lawson, ma'am?

No.

To the other girls from the shelter

your husband used to service friends?

- Objection. - 'Sustained.'

the girls are ostensibly under your care, Mrs. Veeder?

(Doug) 'Objection, your honor!'

- 'objection.' - nothing further.

Kellie Lawson was a troubled young girl.

A runaway from home looking for a better life.

She thought she found that life at the greenwood youth shelter.

But what she found was Chris veeder.

'He abused her trust'

'he exploited her innocence, and when she tried to escape'

he lured her to red hawk lake in the middle of the night.

He strangled her.

'He threw her body in a trunk and dumped it in the lake.'

'detective veeder was arrogant enough to believe'

'that he would get away with her murder'

because he believed that kellie Lawson's life was insignificant.

That she was a throw-away girl, a girl no one would miss.

Chris veeder must be held accountable.

Find him guilty for the murder of kellie Lawson.

There is no forensic evidence whatsoever

that ties Chris veeder to the murder of this poor girl.

'Now, why does the prosecution believe that he killed her?'

because they never looked for any other suspect.

Kellie Lawson was a runaway, easy prey for a predator.

The prosecution didn't bother to look for the real killer

because from the minute

that kellie Lawson's body was found..

They focused all of their efforts

and all of their energies on to my client.

'Prosecution has a grudge against Chris veeder.'

and that's why they mounted this case

against him with no proof.

Now, see this for what it is, a vendetta.

Careful, Mr. Hellmann. You're treading very close to the line.

Fine, your honor.

Consider the evidence.

Find Mr. Veeder innocent.

Thank you.

(Judge) 'In the matter of'

the state of Indiana v. Christopher veeder..

'...the jury finds the defendant..'

'...guilty of murder.'

Annabeth, veeder wants to cut a deal before sentencing.

That sounds mysterious. Why is he ready to talk now?

It's a little late.

Well, the specter of dying in prison has loosened his tongue.

So, if you take life off the table

he'll give up his accomplice.

- His accomplice? - Pretty boy.

Pretty boy is his accomplice?

It's worth a conversation, don't you think?

Even this late in the day.

You better not be wasting my time, Mr. Veeder.

Wouldn't dream of it.

Alright, just give me a name, I'll talk to conlon

about the sentencing recommendation.

Peter durkin.

Durkin is pretty boy.

Kellie didn't know his real identity

until she saw him on the news

at that press conference conlon gave after Myers was killed.

You mean, after you shot him.

[Chuckling]

Durkin was standing right next to conlon

at that news conference

go on.

[Sighing] She tried to blackmail him.

'He had to shut up her.'

'he told her he'd hide her on his boat for the night'

and he called me and asked me to get rid of her.

'Which you did.'

'oh, I made him stick around, lend a hand.'

why should I do the dirty work all by myself?

What is going on?

You pulled me out of chambers, no explanation...

I'm sorry, I just don't even know where to start this.

Spit it out.

Veeder had an accomplice that night.

Pete durkin.

[Scoffing] He's lying. It is impossible.

Durkin keeps a cabin cruiser at red hawk lake

registered under some phony corp.

He used his marine parking pass that night, coming and going.

It fits the timeline.

- How does veeder know durkin? - Through his wife.

The veeders do community work

gives them access to a lot of people.

It's a big leap from that

to durkin being an accessory to murder.

I wanna get warrants to search durkin's car and his boat.

What's with the face?

I don't know if I could look down.

I get motion sickness.

We're docked, it's not even moving.

Yeah, it is.

(Ray) 'A crystal.'

kellie's necklace was missing one of this.

Pink fiber.

Could be from her bra.

Durkin, didn't think to vacuum?

No, outdoor carpeting is specially designed

to get wet and still have some grab.

Remind me, never kill anyone on a boat.

Toss your cookies..

[Chuckling] And leave your DNA.

Yeah.

Cops at the door?

Trial's over. Wh-what's this about?

Kellie Lawson's murder.

Veeder's implicated you as an accessory, Pete.

That is absurd.

A-A-And you're taking him seriously?

I-I don't understand.

Chris veeder told us what happened.

He gave us the name of your boat.

Described it's interior. We got a warrant.

Found a crystal from kellie's necklace.

Forensics, fibers, hair, they're a match to kellie

and I bet they'll be a match to you too.

Alright, if-if you are asking me if I knew kellie..

Well, the answer is yes.

I partied with her.

Veeder hooked us up.

Kellie came to me for help. She was freaked out.

Veeder found out that she was gonna see Myers

later that night and he just he slapped her around

until she-she told him where and then he killed Myers.

And when kellie found out, she was scared out of her mind.

I told her that I would take her to my boat

let her stay there overnight, and then get her out of town.

When I came back to the boat the next day, she-she was gone.

And you didn't know where she went.

Veeder. Veeder must have followed us to the boat

and when I left..

He killed her.

He just dumped her body in the middle of the lake.

How did he get a key to your dock?

Key to your boat?

You're lying, Pete.

I'm gonna charge you with accessory to murder.

Your campaign won't survive a scandal.

This is political suicide.

My job comes first, Pete.

I have connections.

Veeder's girls, they get around.

Judges, politicians, developers.

You bring charges against me

you will be setting off a chain of events

that you will regret.

Are you threatening me?

I'm just giving you the big picture.

You are throwing away your chance at Attorney General

the governor's mansion and for what?

So you can help a corrupt cop

shave some time off his sentence?

Get him outta here.

Arrest him.

I promised the people of this city that I would work

to clean up corruption in the police force.

I think we fired the first shot

with the conviction of detective Chris veeder.

And now, I'm cleaning my own house.

I've recently charged my former political advisor

Peter durkin, as an accessory to murder.

I hold myself and everyone of my colleagues

to the same standards of integrity

that I demand of our police.

People have advised me

that this level of honesty is not in my best interest.

My answer to them is, I work to serve your best interests

and to tell the truth as I know it.

[Instrumental music]

You really came through for me.

Shows how much one person can accomplish

with the power of nagging.

[Chuckling] I'm not a nag.

No, you're not headstrong either

or paranoid when you're working on a case.

Well, that's why I'm making you dinner.

Yes, that's very bold of you.

Invite me over to your place for all the world to see.

Well, I-I think it's time.

The war is over, we can tear down the barricade.

They are your barricades.

You tear 'em down.

You have to help me.

(Maureen) Yeah, just give me time to go home and change.

[Thudding]

[Dramatic music]

What? Sorry.

[Tires screeching]

Uh, look, I gotta go.

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

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