- 5/3/2025
NYPD Blue Season 3 Episode 12 These Old Bones
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00:00Good morning.
00:30Come on, matter what, huh?
00:35When you're staying in the crib, why don't you pull yourself together before you come downstairs?
00:39Otherwise, it's like working in a rooming house.
00:42Yesterday, I checked out a one-bedroom over on 3rd Avenue.
00:46The whole place is smaller than this locker room.
00:50Bathtub in the kitchen. Guy wants $1,100 a month.
00:53Yeah. Plus, you're living next door to a guy who wears earrings in his tongue.
00:58Exactly. Compared to what's out there. The crib's not bad.
01:08Detective? This woman has information about a murder?
01:13Uh, well, here, why don't you come round here? Have a seat here.
01:21I'm Detective Sipowitz.
01:23My husband killed somebody, and you have to arrest him.
01:26What's your name?
01:27Chandra Esposito.
01:29What's your husband's name?
01:31Ricky Esposito.
01:33He did that to your eye?
01:35Yes. He smacked me around some.
01:38Last night, I finally told him that I wasn't gonna take it anymore, and he...
01:43He said if I try and leave him, he would kill me the way he done that boy eight years ago.
01:49You killed a kid eight years ago?
01:51Uh, before we hooked up, he lived over on 49th Street with, uh, Laney Rivera and her three kids.
02:00Then last night, he tells me that he, uh, killed her boy, Sal.
02:04Was how old eight years ago?
02:06Uh, it sounded to me like he was, uh, grown up. You know, um, pretty much grown.
02:12She's still on 49th?
02:15Yeah.
02:16Um, 913 West 49th.
02:21All right, we'll look into that.
02:24I think you oughta look into a shelter.
02:27No, I don't need a shelter.
02:29Just arrest him.
02:32Or he's gonna kill me.
02:42What's going on?
02:44What's going on?
02:45Just caught an eight-year-old homicide.
02:48Eight years?
02:50Yeah.
02:51Unless somebody's making up stories.
02:53You up?
02:54Uh, yeah, I'm up.
02:56Hey, Bobby.
02:57Hold up a minute.
02:59Detective Russell.
03:01Let's speak with you.
03:02Hey, Andy, I'll come with you.
03:12I wanna check out that neighborhood.
03:28Um, Diane.
03:31Diane.
03:32There's been a shooting at your parents' apartment.
03:37A shooting?
03:39Yeah.
03:40Your father's been killed.
03:46What?
03:48Your father's been killed.
03:51I'm very sorry.
03:54Where's my mom?
04:01Your mom's okay.
04:03She's at the apartment.
04:05But, Diane, it looks like your brother may have been involved.
04:11Involved?
04:12How?
04:13Apparently he did it, Diane.
04:15Lieutenant, I have to get over there.
04:16Look, look.
04:17I need you to take care of yourself, okay?
04:18I can't let you work this.
04:19Yeah, okay.
04:20Now, Bobby's up.
04:21I gotta get over there.
04:22Take a minute.
04:23Um, I'll fill him in, and then he'll drive you, okay?
04:25I gotta get over there.
04:26Okay.
04:27Now, Bobby's up.
04:28I gotta get over there.
04:29My father's a DOA, a homicide.
04:30What happened?
04:31The boss will fill you, and I gotta go.
04:32A neighbor called 911 and said the brother shot him.
04:34Oh, man.
04:35I don't want her driving alone.
04:36Well, I don't want her driving either, Bobby.
04:37But evidently, that's what she wants to do.
04:38Diane.
04:39Now, you're catching the case, or are you taking care of Russell?
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06:28Detective Russell, your mom's in the bedroom with your brother.
06:36I'm sorry for your loss.
06:45Ma.
06:47What happened, Doug?
06:49He came at me.
06:50I told him to back off, and he wouldn't.
06:52It was an accident, Diane.
06:54So I shot him.
06:55And I'm only sorry that I didn't do it ten years ago.
06:59Well, get to the bottom of this at the station house, but for now, you both have to be quiet.
07:03I don't want you to say anything more to anyone.
07:05Is Dougie going to jail?
07:09I don't know, Ma.
07:11I don't know what's going to happen.
07:16Dougie.
07:17What?
07:18Dougie, just take it easy, all right?
07:19Yeah, yeah, sure.
07:21Yeah, all right.
07:22Go ahead.
07:28Get him covered up.
07:33What do we got on this?
07:35Neighbor called it in.
07:37She told me she heard some arguing and a shot.
07:40Did I have?
07:41Yeah.
07:42Just one?
07:43Looks like one was enough.
07:46Detective Russell's brother gave me this weapon.
07:51Sign loaded it.
08:01Oh, Shabby, can you give us a second?
08:04Yeah.
08:05Understatements and so forth.
08:07We'll talk about it later on.
08:08Yeah, Shabby, I'll find you.
08:10Okay.
08:13That's my 38.
08:15You gave it to your brother?
08:17No, of course not.
08:18Well, how'd you get it?
08:18I don't know, Bobby.
08:19I'm going to take them down to the station house and get Dougie a lawyer.
08:22Yeah.
08:24They're real confused what happened.
08:26Yeah, okay.
08:27I'll talk to the neighbor.
08:29Did you already talk to Shannon?
08:31Yeah.
08:32Listen, get Doug and hand your mom ready, okay?
08:40I'm Detective Simone.
08:42Maria Blair.
08:44You, uh, call this in?
08:46I heard the sound and I came over to see what happened.
08:51I saw Doug with the gun.
08:52Did he say anything?
08:56He said he did it.
09:01These are really nice people.
09:03This shouldn't be happening.
09:03Well, some of these buildings have a lot of work in them.
09:24What do they call this part of town?
09:25Hell's Kitchen.
09:28Oh, I-I-I thought they changed it, uh, I thought they changed it to Clinton.
09:33Yeah, where is it?
09:39Is it a slumber?
09:40No, ma'am.
09:41We're New York City police detectives.
09:43Uh, we'd like to speak to a Mrs. Rivera.
09:46Detective.
09:46Uh, I agree right down.
09:49Not much foliage, huh?
09:52Boy, I-I-I bet in the summer it gets pretty hot.
09:56Yeah.
09:56Might be why they call it Hell's Kitchen.
09:59Mrs. Rivera?
09:59Can we talk inside?
10:03No, I prefer here.
10:06What is it?
10:07I-did somebody get robbed?
10:08Because I didn't see nothing.
10:09No, no, we-we wanted to talk to you about your son, Mrs. Rivera.
10:13Sal.
10:14Do you know where he is?
10:16Who's it?
10:17They had police detectives.
10:18They want to know about Salvador.
10:20This is my daughter, Margie.
10:23Sal don't live here no more.
10:24Do you know where he went, Margie?
10:27No.
10:27We haven't seen him seven, maybe eight years.
10:31Do you know Ricky Esposito?
10:34Yeah.
10:35Me and Ricky, we lived together five or six years.
10:39Look, what is this about?
10:41This Ricky is running around telling everybody that he killed your son, Mrs. Rivera.
10:46Ricky killed Sal?
10:48Oh, my God.
10:49That's crazy.
10:50Well, why don't you tell us whatever you can remember about the last time you talked to your son?
10:54Last time I talked to Sal, uh...
10:57Ricky was going over to do some work at his ex-wife's place, and Sal went with him.
11:06I never seen him after that.
11:08Did you call the police?
11:09Yeah, I called him once.
11:11He said, Sal's 19, probably just left.
11:14This ex-wife, uh, the house that Ricky and him were working on, do you remember where she lived?
11:20Yeah, Lisa Gay, she lives on 2nd and, uh, 14th, across from the projects.
11:27I got her address right here.
11:28You go talk to her.
11:30She'll tell you Ricky would never do a thing like this.
11:34Shame on you.
11:35All right, would you get the, uh, the address for us?
11:38Yes, I can get it.
11:39Come on.
11:39Let's go.
11:44Shame on us.
11:45The kid's gone eight years.
11:46She barely even missed him.
11:48Yeah, he turns up dead.
11:49She probably decided we did it.
11:50Mom, Detective Simone's gonna sit you down, get you a cup of coffee.
12:06I'll be in in a minute, okay?
12:07Can't I go with Dougie?
12:09No, Mom, you can't.
12:11Here's Russell.
12:12Right this way.
12:13Thanks, Bobby.
12:15Come on, Doug.
12:19In here, Dougie.
12:20All right, I have a call-in to John Tedesco.
12:28I don't need a lawyer.
12:29I just want to get this over with.
12:31Dougie, you're getting a lawyer.
12:33Look, I shot him.
12:38When did you take my gun?
12:39I bet he beat Mom at the bar when you gave me the keys to your apartment.
12:43You've been carrying the gun around?
12:46Mom had it.
12:47Mom?
12:48I gave it to her for protection in case he started beating her again.
12:52So the day when he started it on me, I went in the bedroom, and I got it, and I shot him.
12:59Dougie, there had to be physical violence.
13:03You had to be defending yourself.
13:07You tell Tedesco you were defending yourself.
13:10You hear me?
13:11Diane, look, I don't need any lawyer.
13:21How does that look?
13:23That's a great move.
13:25Diane's brother confessed to the neighbor.
13:27Plus, it turns out that one of Diane's guns was involved.
13:31Did she tell you how that happened?
13:32I don't think she knows.
13:33Okay, you're going to have to notify IAB.
13:37Yeah.
13:38Okay.
13:42Hey.
13:43You won't take a lawyer?
13:45No.
13:46Could you talk to him, explain why he has to?
13:49Sure.
13:50I have to go talk to Shannon.
13:52Shannon asked me to tell you that he doesn't remember what your mom or your brother were saying at the scene.
13:57They were both confused, and that's all he knows.
14:01Now, did Doug tell you how he laid hands on your weapon?
14:04He just said he took it.
14:06We're going to have to report this to IAB, you know.
14:08Was it secured?
14:10It's an off-duty weapon.
14:12I had it in the back of my dresser.
14:13You didn't notice it was missing?
14:15I just kept it around in case of prowlers.
14:17I wasn't checking on it every day.
14:19You want me to tell them that?
14:21You know, right now, I don't really care about losing a week's pay.
14:27ADA Cohen, is he Detective Simone?
14:30Uh, just a moment, please.
14:38That's the writing, D.A.
14:40Yeah.
14:41Could you hold off on the neighbor's statement just for a little?
14:44If Dougie's going to confess, I want that to be the first thing on paper.
14:48I don't really have the neighbor's statement yet.
14:52I've got to make burial arrangements.
14:56Okay.
14:58I'm Bobby Simone.
15:00Leo Cohen on the Russell homicide?
15:02I understand you've got a collar.
15:04We've got someone in custody.
15:06You ready for me to take a statement?
15:08Uh, you know, the, uh, suspect is the brother of one of our detectives.
15:15Detective Russell.
15:17It was their father who was shot.
15:20My understanding is Detective Russell's brother is Lloyd Up.
15:24Where are your own witnesses?
15:26It's not clear.
15:27It's not?
15:28The officer on the scene said Mrs. Russell was kind of confused, maybe in shock.
15:34He couldn't really make out what she was saying.
15:35And he doesn't really recall the son making any kind of statements at all.
15:40Well, on what basis was the son collared?
15:42Evidently, the neighbor came over when she heard the shot, uh, saw the brother holding
15:48the murder weapon in his hands.
15:49And that's about all we got right now.
15:51You going on the record with that?
15:52I'm just saying that's where the case is right now.
15:56Detective Simone, I'm sure you understand.
15:59In light of your leak on the Stackhouse investigation, Dave Abrams isn't president of your fan club
16:06right now.
16:06Oh, he's not president of my fan club, huh?
16:09My point, Detective, if I smell anything inappropriate at all in your investigation, any vagueness in
16:16your report, given this is another officer's family, my own feelings aside, I'm going to
16:21have to land hard on you.
16:23And that would be against your own feelings?
16:25Don't call me until you get your story straight.
16:51That's the craziest thing I ever heard.
16:53Ricky didn't kill nobody.
16:55That kid just took off.
16:57All right.
16:57So where were they working?
16:59Well, they laid some carpet in there, but mostly they put it in this little patio.
17:05Uh-huh.
17:09How much a place like this go for?
17:11Yeah, you don't mind my asking.
17:13I'd pay $4.50, but it's rent controlled.
17:16Ah, it's rent controlled, huh?
17:18So even after he divorces you, this Ricky don't mind coming around and doing work around
17:22the house?
17:23I told you, he's a good guy.
17:24And this kid, Sal, how come he was doing you so many favors?
17:28Ricky told him to, I guess.
17:30So you watched him pour the concrete?
17:32No, I was out of town that weekend.
17:35When I came home, Ricky had surprised me by doing the job.
17:38Well, uh, I think we may have to tear up this patio.
17:45Oh, no, you're not.
17:46It's the last place that we can put that kid.
17:49I want to know what's underneath there.
17:51You don't know the boys down there.
17:54You want us to get a warrant, ma'am?
17:56Absolutely, we can do that.
17:57Thing is, if we do find a body, it's going to look a lot better for you.
18:01Better for me?
18:02I haven't done anything.
18:04Well, I certainly hope the judge will see it that way.
18:08Look, Sal was a bad kid.
18:11Nobody misses him.
18:13Why you want to go tearing up my house looking for somebody no one wants to find?
18:17Well, Lisa, you got a dead body grown in your garden.
18:21We want to dig it up.
18:22We're just kind of wacky that way.
18:35Hey, Doug.
18:37Ready to take my statement?
18:40You know, Doug, I agree with your sister.
18:42I, uh, I think you should have a lawyer with you before you write.
18:48Any statements?
18:49Look, I shot my father.
18:51Having a lawyer ain't going to change that.
18:56All right, well, let's start with an oral statement.
18:59I shot my father.
19:01Yeah.
19:03Could you go back a little for me?
19:06I went by before work.
19:07I do it every day.
19:09You'd have breakfast with him?
19:10I have coffee.
19:14So everyone was, uh...
19:16Sitting around the table there?
19:21Something.
19:21More or less.
19:23Well, what happened, Doug?
19:25You started going off on me.
19:28About what a jerk I am.
19:30Failure at work.
19:32General overall failure.
19:34This was par for the course in terms of your dad's tone with you.
19:38Pretty much.
19:40But I just got sick of it, you know?
19:42I mean, finally you just get so sick of something.
19:45So I went and I got the gun.
19:47This is your sister's off-duty gun.
19:49So finally...
19:50I got it in the bedroom, came back, and I shot him.
19:57Okay, but before you went into the bedroom, what went down between you and your dad?
20:03Did your dad raise a hand to you?
20:05Yes.
20:07Doug?
20:10If you felt that your life was in danger, it is very important to make that clear, right?
20:15I felt like I was in danger, so I got the gun and I shot him.
20:19You came back into the living room and shot him?
20:21Yes!
20:23Was your dad advancing on you?
20:25Look, man, my dad deserved killing.
20:28But was he advancing on you, Doug?
20:30You want me to write it down?
20:31No, I don't want you to write it down.
20:33I want you to think about what you're saying.
20:35I want you to think about it and what your state of mind was when this happened
20:39and how important it is to make it clear that you were frightened.
20:50Then I'll come back and we'll talk.
21:01You're sure?
21:06All right.
21:07No, thank you for checking.
21:10Crime scene.
21:10Found a bullet in the wall of the bedroom.
21:12I checked it out with the M.E. to see if maybe there were two shots fired, but he says
21:15there was just the one, so apparently it went right through.
21:18Well, Diane, you've got to let somebody else take care of this kind of stuff, okay?
21:22I'm fine.
21:23Yeah, huh?
21:24Don't tell me how I'm feeling right now.
21:26Okay.
21:26Bob, you don't make me go home.
21:30Diane, just take it easy, okay?
21:34Where is he on the lawyer?
21:36He don't want one.
21:37Wow, that's ridiculous.
21:38I let him talk to me a little bit about what happened.
21:42What?
21:43Diane, it was...
21:44How could you let him talk to you without a lawyer?
21:46Diane, it was off the record.
21:48You've got to listen to me.
21:57Somebody killed your father.
21:59You think a stranger did that?
22:01I want my brother to have a lawyer.
22:02Nobody is looking to hurt your brother.
22:05Do you understand that?
22:10I'm not positive that Doug did it.
22:14I don't know what the hell went on in that apartment.
22:16I need to talk to your mother right now.
22:18Off the record.
22:22Absolutely.
22:29So they just found one bullet?
22:32Yeah.
22:33I guess that means that your dad was shot in the bedroom and was the class in the living room.
22:39I guess.
22:41Well, that doesn't fit what Doug told me.
22:48Hey, Miss Russell.
22:56How you feeling?
22:57Where's Dougie?
22:58Can I see him?
22:59Not just yet.
23:01I have a few questions that I need to ask you.
23:04Diane says I'm not supposed to talk to anyone.
23:07Well, she said it would be okay.
23:10She said it was all right.
23:12Yes, she did.
23:16Miss Russell, I need to ask you what happened this morning.
23:25I don't remember very much.
23:27It happened so fast.
23:32But I don't think Dougie meant to shoot anybody.
23:36I think the gun just went off.
23:38Where were you when the gun went off?
23:40We were in the bedroom.
23:43So this all happened in the bedroom.
23:46Isn't that what Dougie said?
23:48I would have to check my notes, but right now I'd like to hear what you remember.
23:53I don't remember anything.
23:55I told you.
23:56It all happened so fast it could have happened anywhere.
23:59But you do recall it happening in the bedroom.
24:07Dougie remembers better than I would.
24:11Nobody's looking to trap you here.
24:13Nobody's looking to hurt you.
24:15But you can hurt yourself.
24:17You can hurt other people in your family by telling half-truths.
24:24I don't remember exactly how it happened.
24:27It was all so confusing.
24:30I understand.
24:32I just know Dougie didn't mean to do it.
24:37Your husband and Doug, they were arguing.
24:39Yes.
24:40I don't think arguing so much as Pete would tease and hurt Dougie's feelings.
24:46Would he do more than just tease?
24:50Would they ever get physical with each other?
24:53See, I'm thinking specifically if Doug was afraid this morning.
24:58I think he could have been.
25:00You think he was afraid for his life?
25:06Could I see Diane?
25:07I think Diane should be here.
25:11Yeah, okay.
25:13Okay, I'll get Diane.
25:15She'll come in here.
25:16She'll take care of you.
25:17And then I'm going to go back and talk to your neighbor.
25:24Maria?
25:26Maria Blair, right?
25:29Maria's a lovely girl.
25:31I'll go get that.
25:35I'll go get that.
25:46What color fish you got?
25:48Well, they come in all different colors.
25:50There's nice yellow ones and they're different types.
25:54This is Dr. Laura Schiller.
25:56She's the anthropologist from NYU that the ME recommended.
26:00You're the bone expert, huh?
26:02That's me.
26:03Well, we got some bones we've been digging up from under that patio.
26:07We need you to identify them.
26:08You suspect foul play?
26:10Yeah, well, we always suspect foul play.
26:13It's kind of our job.
26:15You recognize any of these?
26:18Yeah, sure.
26:18This is a pork chop.
26:32Rib-eye steak.
26:35Ham bone.
26:37And this looks like ribs.
26:40Those aren't human remains.
26:42Sorry, Detective.
26:43What you have here is the remains of a barbecue.
26:46I told you that boy was not under there.
26:49None of them are human bones?
26:51Those are animal bones.
26:53Looks like a garbage dump of some sort.
26:56Did you used to dump your garbage here?
26:58That's where I used to keep my cans before Ricky built me this patio.
27:03You're going to put it back, aren't you?
27:06What the hell kind of cadaver dog is this?
27:09I can't tell the difference between a steak and a human being.
27:13There's a lot of bones here.
27:14He got confused.
27:15Yeah, yes.
27:15What happens when you pass a deli?
27:17He finds bodies in there, too?
27:20Look, he's a dog, which is why I own fish.
27:24Oh, now there's genius.
27:26Now what?
27:27Come on, get the hell out of here.
27:29You're making a mess.
27:33Hold on, we got something.
27:35Good boy.
27:36It's a carpet.
27:42Something's rolled up in a carpet.
27:53Hello, Sal.
27:55Hold on.
28:07My heart is getting ready.
28:08Stay there.
28:10You're trying to come.
28:10Get the Essex my head.
28:11And in the room.
28:21Yes.
28:21oh you're back yeah i wanted to get some more details from you and this player about what
28:36happened this morning i heard this shot i went over there i called 9-1-1 that's really all i
28:43have to say i'll tell you what why don't you come in here with me to the crime scene and uh
28:51you know maybe you can help me piece this sequence together
28:55i'm not involved in this i understand that
29:09you were just trying to help and i gotta tell you you going towards an apartment where a gunshot
29:18had just gone off i really admire your courage you're doing that well i gave my statement
29:25you know what i had to ask you who was it that opened the door here for you
29:34doug did when he opened the door he had the gun i think so you weren't frightened look doug's a
29:41really nice guy if he shot his dad i'm sure it was an accident thanks for the opinion
29:48so he had the gun in his hand and you weren't frightened he said he'd shot his father
29:55i called 9-1-1 and that's all did you uh dial 9-1-1 from from the bedroom
30:03i guess you guess could you come in here for a minute miss claire
30:09see because i mean otherwise you would have had to step over the body and
30:15well you would have been a couple of feet away from mr russell if you would have dialed from right
30:19out here then i called from in there mrs russell was in the bedroom
30:24how was she acting do you remember she was very upset you know i don't remember exactly
30:32i don't like this attitude what what's wrong with my attitude miss blair i'm investigating a homicide
30:38wait you're pushing at me you're treating me like i'm a suspect well i gotta tell you that's what i do
30:44for a living now let me tell you something else there's something very wrong with all the stories
30:50that i'm getting on this case now you could have the best reason in the world if you are covering up
30:56the truth that still makes you an accomplice to a murder i am not an accomplice to anything well
31:03that's how you're coming off
31:12so
31:20i heard the gunshot
31:24i came out into the hall
31:27and he was just coming up the steps
31:29he opened the door from the outside with his key
31:41and mrs russell was there and the gun was on the floor
31:47she was in a panic she said she didn't know how it happened
31:51doug said he'd take care of it and he told me that we have to tell everyone that he did it
31:57and you went along with that i've watched him 12 years trying to help
32:03he helped my mom when she was alive he was trying to help his mom
32:09you know i thought he was making a mistake by saying he'd done it but he asked me to help
32:15that's what i tried to do
32:27so he's got the kid rolled up in an old piece of carpet buried lengthwise in the hole bones collapsed on
32:36top of themselves any luck on dental records no we just started to search plus there was some
32:41personalized jewelry and a belt buckle meadow boy's got the sister looking at the stuff right now
32:51do you know about diane
32:52i'm sorry about what happened
33:18thanks you want to take a walk no i am i have to make arrangements bobby's out talking to a
33:30neighbor i need to be here if something develops are you working the case i have to be here andy
33:37you want to look out for your mother and your brother but you've got to make room for yourself in this
33:47i know you need to get out of here take a walk go to a meeting find a place to put what's going on
33:54inside because if you don't i guarantee you you may think you're on top of this now but sooner or later
34:01you're gonna reach out for that bottle
34:15i'm scared andy
34:16i want to drink real bad
34:31you want to take a walk
34:35you come with me yeah
34:46this was sal stuff is there a chance that uh sal could have sold the jewelry or
35:11or given it away i don't think so
35:16take these with me not yet
35:20as soon as we get a positive idea on sal's dental records then we'll release his effects
35:26look
35:33ricky said he killed sal that's probably what happened
35:41why would ricky have killed sal margie
35:44because of something i told him sal and me
35:48he he he was doing it to me your brother was sexually abusing you he was sleeping with me
36:01how old were you when we started uh
36:05maybe 11
36:08maybe 11. he was doing it for a long time
36:13three years about
36:15and you told that to ricky
36:19yeah
36:21i didn't tell anybody before because i didn't want sal to get in trouble
36:24then i found that he was screwing our little sister too
36:31let's just forget about it i thought he was gonna lose it
36:37what did ricky do
36:40just said he'd take care of it
36:43about a week later sal left
36:45i mean that's what we thought i guess that's not what happened
36:52no no it isn't you gonna arrest ricky yeah
37:01good
37:04i mean i didn't want sal to get killed
37:08i was just mad at him because he's too timing me
37:12too timing
37:17i just told you with my sister
37:22by sleeping with your sister that was two-timing
37:27yeah sick huh
37:34you gonna be okay yeah thanks sandy i have to talk to bobby okay yeah
37:41i gotta go pick up a perfect matter boy thanks sandy
37:45diane
37:48did you take a statement from the neighbor
37:50yeah
37:51how much did she see
37:55doug wasn't even there when the shooting happened diane
37:59the neighbor heard the shot from inside your parents apartment
38:02she opens up her door she sees doug coming up the stairs
38:09it was your mom who shot your dad
38:14i'm sorry
38:14your brother talked the neighbor into going along with saying he did it
38:29look i can get your mom to flip if she goes i think doug will change the statement
38:33i have to do it
38:39bobby
38:43okay
38:45thanks
38:46will you square it with fancy
38:49yeah he never said you couldn't talk to your own mother
39:01diane
39:09hi mom
39:12i sure would like to see dougie
39:15they've had me in here for quite a while
39:18we're um trying to get to the bottom of this takes time
39:22i don't know why we told you what happened
39:29what you told us wasn't true was it
39:32why would you say that
39:35detective simone talked to maria across the hall mom
39:39she says dougie wasn't even there when she heard that shot
39:43how would she know she didn't see it
39:46she says she saw dougie coming up the stairs after the shot went off inside the apartment
39:53and then doug and her came over saw what had happened well that's not true
39:58dougie is going to jail for a very long time
40:07if you don't tell the truth about what happened you can help dougie
40:14that one time when your dad tore up that bar you fixed that right away
40:20this is different why
40:28mom
40:34mom it's all right
40:38if we can just talk about what actually happened
40:41i know we can get through this
40:46i don't think we can
40:49otherwise it's going to destroy your life it's going to destroy dougie's life
40:55but it was doug's idea
41:01what was doug's idea
41:07it just happened so fast
41:12i don't even remember picking up the gun
41:16and then your father was lying there and
41:20and doug came in and said he'd take care of it
41:25what happened mom
41:29you and daddy had a fight
41:30i found a beer bottle under the bed what was that doing there
41:44he was gonna hit me with it
41:49he said he was gonna beat my half a brain out of my head
41:56you know this has been an interesting case for me today given my housing situation
42:21you think about it we've been in a lot of different locations
42:24finding that body in the backyard didn't make you think about getting back to your wife huh middle boy
42:30yeah i go back to my wife that'll be me someday
42:35which makes you ponder you know how many undiscovered bodies there may be out there
42:40that uh lisa gay said number 42 and a half you see any numbers anywhere i don't see anything
42:48hey you want to try up here what's this somebody's in there andy
42:56help me you're in trouble come on where's that please
43:04i said shut up
43:05hey somebody help me please
43:07leave it in the bed boy
43:08let that down
43:11rick esposito
43:12that's him
43:13rick esposito you're under arrest
43:16what for
43:17he's trying to kill me
43:18for that
43:19come on
43:23let's go
43:24are you okay ma'am
43:43i never would like to make a statement
43:44that's different than i said this morning
43:48that's all right miss russell
43:50as long as it's the truth
43:53after i write down what happened can i see my son sure you can
43:58you sure you want your mom to write all this down
44:01yes i'm gonna go talk to my brother i'll wash my face and go talk to him
44:06i don't know why you arrested me it was her idea she wanted to kill herself
44:16he's trying to murder me like he did that rivera kid
44:19shut up
44:19watch your mouth
44:20that police again called and said you all found them
44:23i don't know what she's talking about
44:29it's all right
44:36the truth huh
44:53never occurred to her to say it
44:56i walk in
44:58never occurs to me to ask
45:02i'm a detective i stood that beer bottle up
45:05and it never occurred to me to
45:09to push her that that's what went down
45:15now i gotta go into my brother and it'll never occur to dougie that
45:20that he should just say what happened
45:28because we're all so crazy
45:30come on
45:34nobody's crazy
45:42yeah right
45:47you want me to go in there and talk to dougie
45:49i am too
45:57it's because you got a world of guts and you love you brother
46:03what are you doing in there
46:24hey doug
46:24What are you doing in there?
46:29There was a cop sitting with me, but he had to go and do something.
46:34What the hell did he put you in the cage for?
46:37I don't know.
46:49Dougie.
46:50Mom's making a statement.
46:55We know you didn't shoot Daddy.
46:59She's just trying to take the weight for me.
47:02Maria told what happened.
47:07He was coming at her with a beer bottle.
47:11With Dad's history of abuse, there's a chance Mom won't even go to jail.
47:15I'm the one responsible for this.
47:22No.
47:24I did it, Di. I did it.
47:27I just didn't have the guts to pull the trigger.
47:31You gave Mom my gun because Daddy was hurting her and you thought she needed protection.
47:38I thought you wanted the truth.
47:39I'm talking about the truth.
47:41I gave Mom the gun to do what I wanted.
47:45If she didn't have that gun, is there any way she would have done it?
47:50I wanted him dead.
47:55Did you know I had the gun?
47:59No.
47:59Then it's just me?
48:10No, it's not.
48:16I left you there all those years.
48:21And I have to live with leaving you there.
48:24And you have to live with wanting him dead.
48:27But, Dougie, you didn't kill him.
48:31You have to fight.
48:39I want my brother.
48:44I feel so sick.
48:46I feel so sick.
48:54I've never been strong like you.
48:58Come on.
49:01Come out of there.
49:16I can't see Mom right now.
49:18All right, you go home and you do what I need to do.
49:37Hey.
49:40You cleared that homicide?
49:41What's that?
49:42Yeah.
49:44I want to put this one up for America's most ancient cases.
49:48The guy admits he buried the kid under the patio.
49:51The rest of it was an accident.
49:53He accidentally clobbered the kid with a baseball bat.
49:57And he was trying to kill the current wife?
50:00Yeah, that could count against them, too.
50:03Some family, huh?
50:05Yeah.
50:09Who's her mom, huh?
50:12Yeah.
50:15Diane actually closed the case out.
50:18She got her mom to give it up.
50:21Good for her.
50:25I got the DA waiting for me out there.
50:29Some guy named Cone.
50:31I want to see if we can defer a rest on Mrs. Russell.
50:36But this guy's in Abrams' pocket.
50:38Abrams owes you so many favors.
50:41I was just reading your new perpetrator's statement.
50:58Mm-hmm.
51:01There's an extensive history of spousal abuse, and the husband was coming at her with a beer bottle.
51:06Yeah, that's all right here.
51:09Looks like man two are involuntary.
51:11You really think that the grand jury will indict?
51:14I know we're going to give him the chance.
51:18Well, I'm wondering if we could defer a rest until you see if that happens.
51:22Because the woman's related to a detective in this squad.
51:25No, because with the circumstances of this homicide and the woman's voluntary confession and her age and history,
51:33you got some leeway not to put her in the system just now.
51:36Look, with no witnesses, we're not even sure this was self-defense.
51:40The weapon was recovered.
51:42An unbroken beer bottle.
51:44Hey, we're talking about whether this woman needs to be in the system before the grand jury gets the case.
51:49And both of us know that she can walk unless you're looking to kiss your boss's ass.
51:58Excuse me.
52:05Tell your girlfriend she can take her mother home.
52:19What happens now?
52:34Next week you'll go before the grand jury and they'll decide whether or not they're going to charge you.
52:39Am I going to jail?
52:42We're going to take that one step at a time, Mom.
52:45And Doug's going to be all right?
52:47Mm-hmm. He's waiting for us at his place.
52:50Here you go, Mrs. Russell.
52:56You work with nice people, Diane.
53:01Detective Simone isn't just someone I work with, Mom.
53:05We've been seeing each other.
53:09I'm in love with him.
53:13Good.
53:14He seems like a good person.
53:22He is.
53:26Good night.
53:31I'll call you in a couple of hours.
53:33Okay.
53:34Good night.
53:55Good night.
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