The Rookie Feds Season 1 Episode 12
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00:00Oh, careful.
00:08You was almost about to have to buy me dinner.
00:11Here we go.
00:14How long have you been with the FBI?
00:15Three whole months.
00:16In case y'all didn't notice, I'm black.
00:18So all this harsh light y'all got me under, it's going to be a problem.
00:23Y'all got a diffuser or something you could put on this?
00:25If not, you can dial down the key light and bring it a little closer, because it's either
00:29that or I'm going to have to wipe some Vaseline on the lens.
00:33Wow, you really know your stuff.
00:34I used to be a high school guidance counselor, so I had my share of substitute teaching the
00:38media arts department.
00:40How about I just help y'all out?
00:43Uh, actually that's not kosher with a union, so you're a rookie.
00:48Probationary agent.
00:49But even though I'm relatively new to it, I've seen some crazy things.
00:54Like the Laughlin investigation?
00:57Yeah.
01:00That one shook me.
01:13Good morning.
01:14Good to see you again.
01:15Thanks for doing this.
01:16Ready to jump right in?
01:18Let's do it.
01:19Tell me about the day you found the body in the hills.
01:21It was the morning I started filming my reality show.
01:23Wait, you have a reality show?
01:25No, when you got a money maker like this and a life like mine, it demands documentation.
01:30I'm shooting a pilot episode myself.
01:32Wow.
01:33And what's it called?
01:407 Adam 9 Nichols Canyon, report of a mudslide blocking the road.
01:46There was a heavy rain last night.
01:48So like, almost an inch.
01:51When water falls from the sky here, the City of Angels becomes the City of Demons.
01:59But not today.
02:02Not on Smitty Streets.
02:05Holy s***.
02:17The name of the victim was Dante Smith.
02:20He was a missing persons, disappeared about 8 months before his body was found.
02:24But the mystery was, I mean, he'd only been dead for less than 24 hours.
02:28We didn't know where he'd been for all that time.
02:32What did you know about him?
02:33The poor boy came to LA with a dollar and a dream, hoping to become an actor.
02:37But let's just say, he wasn't very realistic about his talents.
02:41Whoa, whoa, whoa.
02:42Hey, hey.
02:43What?
02:44That's mean.
02:45You don't have to say that.
02:46What?
02:47You know, he wasn't that good.
02:48Simone, he's dead.
02:50Listen, I am sorry that the boy is dead, but he had no business trying to act.
02:55That's the bottom line.
02:57Dante Smith, reading for the role of bartender.
02:59Here's your rum and coke.
03:01You always order dad drinks.
03:04The bartender instantly regrets saying that.
03:06Hope she didn't hear him.
03:08Yo, yo.
03:09Make some noise.
03:10Repeat after me.
03:11To be or not to be.
03:13My G, that's the question.
03:1552% of men suffer from some form of erectile dysfunction.
03:22He had two puncture wounds on his neck.
03:25He died from, it's, he, um, I can't say that word.
03:31Exsanguination.
03:32It means the victim died of blood loss.
03:35And how did you determine that?
03:37Well, blood coagulates after death, you see.
03:39And you usually see liver mortis within a few hours.
03:43It presents itself like bruising, mostly in the lower extremities.
03:46But in this case, there was none.
03:48Which means whoever killed him drained the body of blood.
03:51That's right.
03:53The murderer was a vampire.
03:56I knew I had to bring the feds in.
03:58They have an agent who's an expert in the field.
04:01Before I joined the FBI, I played vampire detective Stoker Ramsey
04:05for six years on Vampire Cop.
04:13Oh, damn, Stoker, you look better than our victim.
04:17Don't mind me.
04:19What do we got?
04:21Name's Lars Cross.
04:23He's a coder for a tech startup.
04:25Rideshare app that went public last week.
04:27Looks like their IPO wasn't the only thing making a killing.
04:31I got coffins bigger than this.
04:33What's a successful coder doing living in a place like this?
04:37Let's see if your blood memory will help us find out.
04:40Ah.
04:49Ready?
04:51Here we go.
04:56Ah!
04:58Ah!
05:04Oh.
05:06Ah.
05:09Stoker.
05:11Oh.
05:13What did you see?
05:15The killer came for his phone.
05:19Let's get a warrant for his cell records.
05:23But that doesn't make me an expert.
05:25What did I tell you about them and your son?
05:27Stop it.
05:29Okay, let me just say this.
05:31My boy here was a method actor,
05:33so he learned everything there is to know about bloodsuckers.
05:35Read every book.
05:37He went to Transylvania.
05:39Tell him, B.
05:41He even got nominated for two People's Choice Awards.
05:43And remember when you won an MTV Award for Best Kiss?
05:45Yeah, I do.
05:47So, yeah, I know a lot about vampiric lore.
05:49Happy?
05:51Okay.
05:53So, when Officer Schmidty called me,
05:55I took it straight to our boss.
05:57Tell me about the Special Investigative Unit.
05:59It's a pilot program of my design.
06:01I handpicked this squad
06:03in order to create a fast-moving, problem-solving unit.
06:06And one of the perks is I choose my own cases.
06:08And this one was right up our alley.
06:10And why was that?
06:12Well, the body was found in a section of the canyon
06:14that is federal land, and that's our jurisdiction.
06:16Plus, it was also not your run-of-the-mill homicide,
06:18so it needed serious outside-the-box thinkers
06:20in order to solve it.
06:22Are your cell phones off, just in case?
06:24Uh, yeah, we're good.
06:26Okay, great.
06:28Then let's go.
06:30What were your first impressions of the victim?
06:32Uh, well, the victim had old bruises,
06:34bruises on his hands, bruises on his knees,
06:36and track marks all over his arms.
06:38Telltale signs of intravenous drug use.
06:40I'm a profiler by training,
06:42and I built a preliminary theory
06:44that Dante had developed a serious drug habit
06:46and lived on the streets,
06:48which, of course, would explain his eight-month disappearance.
06:50But we had to throw that theory out
06:52once the report came back from Dante's talk screen.
06:54Yeah, he had no signs of any drugs in his system.
06:56In fact, at the time of his death,
06:58Dante was in perfect health.
07:00Were you able to build a profile
07:02of where Dante might have been?
07:04No. Not at that time.
07:06You investigated Dante's death,
07:08and your unit never gave credence
07:10to the possibility of a supernatural suspect?
07:12Supernatural?
07:14You mean like vampires or something, right?
07:16You said you built a team of outside-the-box thinkers.
07:18Did you at least consider it?
07:20Okay.
07:22Let's, uh...
07:24Let's play your game.
07:26In any vampiric folklore,
07:28when has a bloodsucker ever kidnapped someone
07:30for eight months and then,
07:32only then, drank their blood?
07:34So that's a no.
07:36You never considered it?
07:38No. I didn't.
07:40Perhaps you should have.
07:42Tell me, Brendan,
07:44why didn't you disclose to you
07:46that a conflict of interest in the case?
07:48A conflict of in-interest? Uh, no.
07:50I-I don't.
07:52W-What are you talking about?
07:54Brendan knew the murder victim.
07:56We have a photo.
07:58This was taken at a nightclub about a year ago.
08:00There's you, and there's Dante Smith, the victim.
08:02Huh.
08:04That is him, B.
08:06Yeah, it's weird. I-I've never met him.
08:08You sure about that?
08:10Uh, yeah.
08:12I mean, if he said he-he doesn't know him, he doesn't know him.
08:14Right. That's a picture of a drunken me
08:16at a nightclub and another guy,
08:18so, you know, it's a good old-fashioned coincidence.
08:20Coincidence.
08:22That was no coincidence.
08:24Brendan Akers isn't who he claims to be.
08:26He's a corpse with the blood of human victims
08:28coursing through his body.
08:30Have you seen Vampire Cop?
08:32No way an actor could be that convincing.
08:46This ends tonight, Elvis.
08:48If you were a smart man, you'd get out of the way.
08:50Too bad I'm not a smart man.
08:52Ooh.
08:54Oh.
09:08What are you?
09:10Justice.
09:18Goddamn it.
09:24I had to learn the hard way.
09:26Crime sucks.
09:28No way that's an act.
09:30Brendan is the real thing.
09:32Is my son a real vampire?
09:34Well, I'll tell you one thing.
09:36His mom was a complete horror show
09:38who drained me financially.
09:40So there's nothing that supports the accusations
09:42that Brendan is, in fact, a vampire.
09:44Well, since I knew you'd be asking,
09:46I brought his baby teeth.
09:48Look at those canines right there.
09:50That little ragamuffin could tear through a stake
09:52at age two.
09:54Okay, okay. What are you doing?
09:56That's enough. That's enough, please.
09:58Thank you. That's a wrap.
10:00That's a wrap. Let's go.
10:02What are you doing?
10:04You can't just make that stuff up.
10:06People are gonna believe it.
10:08It's great TV, man.
10:10We'll put you back in the zeitgeist.
10:12I don't want to be in the zeitgeist.
10:14Where did you get those teeth?
10:16I know a guy.
10:18You want some?
10:20He's a vampire.
10:22Well, as Brendan's training agent
10:24and as a rational human being,
10:26I can confirm he's not a vampire.
10:28My ex-wife grew up in New Orleans,
10:30and I've worked there for years,
10:32so I've heard all of the vampire lore,
10:34and these are just stories.
10:36Zero evidence it's even possible.
10:38Hmm.
10:40Hmm? Did you say hmm?
10:42Yeah, just interesting hearing such skepticism
10:44from someone who believes in, um...
10:46Bigfoot?
10:48Well, that's different.
10:50Bigfoot's real.
10:52Uh-uh. Whatever you do,
10:54don't get Carter started talking about Skookum.
10:56Well, the thing about Bigfoot is...
10:58You know, I really think that we should just stay on topic.
11:00You know, about the murder.
11:02Okay, but...
11:04Let's pick this up later?
11:06Uh, yeah.
11:08Okay.
11:10Anyway, statistically speaking,
11:12murderers usually bury and dump bodies
11:14in places they know, live, or frequent,
11:16so we began the investigation
11:18where Dante's body was found,
11:20and after canvassing the neighborhood,
11:22we spoke to several residents
11:24who all pointed to one man.
11:26Andrews Huxley.
11:28He had an extensive rap sheet,
11:30assault, battery, public intoxication.
11:32Word was Mr. Huxley
11:34only went out at night,
11:36which is an opportune time to bury a body.
11:38So we paid him a visit,
11:40though in retrospect,
11:42we probably should have waited until daylight.
11:44All right.
11:48Is that blood?
11:50Yeah, that's blood.
11:52The door's ajar.
11:54Does the blood give us PC to go inside?
11:56Someone may be in imminent danger,
11:58so, yeah, it does.
12:00FBI!
12:02Anyone in there?
12:08What's going on?
12:10I don't know.
12:12Mr. Huxley?
12:14Anyone here?
12:16Carter.
12:18More blood.
12:20Let's go up.
12:32Okay.
12:42Is he breathing?
12:44Is he dead?
12:46I don't know.
12:48Mr. Huxley?
12:50Oh, my God!
12:52FBI!
12:54Oh, my God!
12:56FBI!
12:58Hands where we can see them!
13:00I mean, none of us really believed
13:02Andrews was actually a vampire.
13:04Peril skin, sharp teeth, red eyes.
13:06He did have some attributes
13:08that might lead one to assume
13:10he was a creature of the night.
13:12Am I being swatted?
13:14I read about this.
13:16People make a fake 911 call as a prank
13:18to get the cops to raid a house.
13:20It's not a prank.
13:22Why are you here?
13:24I just wanted to ask a few questions
13:26about a murder victim we found near here.
13:28Let me guess.
13:30All the neighbors said it was me.
13:32Just because I'm different,
13:34it doesn't mean that I'm a killer.
13:36I have porphyria.
13:38Porphyria is a vampire's disease.
13:40It's like a blood disorder that affects the skin,
13:42but you know more about it.
13:44Tell them.
13:46Porphyria, people with this condition
13:48have a severe aversion to sunlight.
13:50Also, it can lead to gum recession
13:52so that the teeth show more.
13:54They look like fangs.
13:56Tell them about Count Dracula.
13:58The Romanian prince Vlad the Impaler,
14:00aka Vlad Dracula, Count Dracula,
14:02he apparently had porphyria.
14:04Left untreated, it causes
14:06a lot of paranoia, hallucinations.
14:08Vlad apparently thought
14:10everyone was, like, after him,
14:12so he would just kill them first.
14:14And is that why you thought
14:16Anders Huxley killed Dante Smith?
14:18I didn't kill anyone.
14:20And an unfounded allegation
14:22does not give you the right to charge into my home.
14:24Well, we saw a trail of blood.
14:26That's why we came in.
14:28What happened to your hand?
14:30I caught it in an Uber drawer this morning.
14:32Blood everywhere.
14:34It was just so damn jet-lagged.
14:36Turns out Huxley had an alibi.
14:38Where were you last night?
14:40On a plane.
14:42Flying back from a work trip.
14:44My condition means I try to avoid
14:46being awake when the sun is up.
14:48You wouldn't believe what our alleged vampire
14:50did for a living.
14:54I'm a children's book author
14:56and illustrator.
14:58Wait, you're the author of Alastair the Aye-Aye?
15:00Yes, and I used to read his books
15:02to my son Isaiah when he was a kid.
15:04Alastair was always teased because
15:06he was different from all the other animals,
15:08but then he'd teach them that
15:10differences were what made each of them special.
15:12Anders turned his own
15:14experience of being ostracized
15:16for his condition into a hit
15:18children's book series.
15:20So we apologized to Mr. Huxley for the intrusion
15:22and he was really kind and
15:24forgiving about the whole mix-up,
15:26just like Alastair the Aye-Aye is.
15:28He even gave us signed copies.
15:30Yeah, that was nice.
15:32Are federal employees allowed
15:34to receive gifts?
15:38So Mr. Huxley wasn't a vampire
15:40or the killer after all?
15:42That is correct, which is why we could officially put this ridiculous
15:44vampire theory to rest
15:46once the medical examiner finished her report.
15:48Is that when you realized you might have
15:50a serial killer on your hands?
15:52A body completely drained of blood,
15:54buried in the hills above Nichols Canyon.
15:56It did. It had commonality with the M.O.
15:58It was a serial killer.
16:00Great. I mean, not great.
16:02It was a serial killer involved, but great that you had a lead.
16:04Oh, no, no, no. There's a problem here, you see.
16:06The Canyon killer couldn't have done it
16:08because he's in prison.
16:10Put there by one of your own agents.
16:12Isn't that right?
16:14Yeah, that's right.
16:16I caught the Canyon killer.
16:18We caught the Canyon killer.
16:20Ah, yes.
16:22And you are?
16:24Special Agent Mark Atlas, FBI, Behavioral Science Unit.
16:26Which was built on my profile.
16:28She gave some of the clues.
16:30Okay, you give the important ones.
16:32And what were the clues?
16:34Well, the Canyon killer's first victims were found
16:36in the Hollywood Hills in the summer of 2018.
16:38All the victims had evidence of being bound
16:40by the wrist, and they were drained of blood
16:42before they were buried.
16:44So while Agent Atlas was focused on the killer's M.O.,
16:46I gathered details on the victims
16:48and retraced their steps before their time of death.
16:50You both seem very pleased
16:52with yourselves.
16:54Do your colleagues find that annoying?
16:56Uh, I can be very passionate
16:58about what I do.
17:00I take a lot of pride in profiling.
17:02And some people may feel like that steps on their toes,
17:04but that's not my problem.
17:08The Canyon killer
17:10made national headlines.
17:12I followed the story in D.C.
17:14I was calling my dad every night
17:16to check in because Los Angeles was,
17:18it was on the edge.
17:20You were here at that time, B. Were you scared?
17:22Oh, my God, yeah. Me and my friends,
17:24we stopped clubbing for weeks.
17:26I mean, we fit the victim's profile perfectly,
17:28you know, like young, super hot guys
17:30with, uh, hairless...
17:34That sounded pretentious. Can, uh...
17:36Who cares? Tell your truth.
17:38If you're cute, you're cute.
17:40If you're hot, you're hot, and if you're not, you're not.
17:42Right. So we're gonna cut that?
17:44Leave it in. Leave it in.
17:46I really like that target on your wall.
17:48Did you actually fire the bullets that went through that,
17:50or did you just stab it with a pen and hang it up?
17:52I, uh...
17:54I won it in a raffle.
17:56Mm-hmm. So, um,
17:58did you work the Canyon killer investigation?
18:00I consulted with Laura
18:02and Mark Atlas on the Canyon killer task force.
18:04It's where I first saw Laura in action
18:06on a case, and she was brilliant.
18:08No stone left unturned,
18:10which is why I eventually asked her to join my squad.
18:12That's a complex profile.
18:14It may have looked easy.
18:16Oh, you delivered great evidence.
18:20At first, the Canyon killer was meticulous,
18:22but then, after the sixth body,
18:24he got sloppy.
18:26They all do.
18:28Hmm.
18:30Sorry, you go. No, you go.
18:32Well, you should start.
18:34Okay, um, where should we start?
18:36The victimology? Victimology, yes.
18:38Then you got it. That's you.
18:40Well, we, um, we realized
18:42that he was gregarious and probably attractive himself.
18:44It's why he felt he could approach his victims
18:46with such ease.
18:48He ran in the same circle as they did.
18:50And we figured he worked in the service industry,
18:52like many of his victims,
18:54all aspiring actors or models.
18:56And then, on top of that, all of his victims
18:58lived or worked near the Franklin Corridor.
19:00See? Just there.
19:02And then, on the seventh murder...
19:04Ooh. ...we caught a break.
19:06Forensics discovered primo trace evidence
19:08of that crime scene. Mm-hmm.
19:10Purple wig hair. Yes, but not just
19:12any purple wig. This was a custom job
19:14with real human hair that had been...
19:16Mm-hmm. ...professionally dyed.
19:18It was a signature headpiece. That's what I thought.
19:20Hollywood bullseye, baby. Bam.
19:22Is that a term? Is that a thing, a real thing?
19:24You just make that up? Well, you know what I'm saying.
19:26It's like a... Like nailed it. Yeah, nailed it.
19:28That's what I'm trying to say.
19:30Now, we have pulled over here because you do not
19:32want to miss what is on your right
19:34across the street from the famed Bronson Gate.
19:36It's the apartment building where Bella Lugosi,
19:38the world's most famous Dracula,
19:40died of a heart attack in 1956.
19:42Now, Lugosi was found
19:44in his bed, naked,
19:46clutching a script to The Final Curtain,
19:48a movie he was set to star in
19:50for schlock film maestro
19:52Ed Wood.
19:54It's all over, Ferris. We need to talk.
19:56Oh!
19:58Oh!
20:00Hold back. Hold back.
20:02Okay, FBI,
20:04put the phones down, please. Thank you.
20:06Get you on the road soon enough.
20:08Mm-hmm. That was a good day.
20:10Yeah, it's probably one of our best.
20:12Mm. We gave the victims'
20:14families closure, let the people of Los Angeles
20:16rest their fears, and put
20:18a monster behind bars.
20:20I'm an innocent man.
20:22Of this current murder, perhaps, but it's interesting
20:24how Dante Smith died in the exact same way
20:26as you killed your victims.
20:28Do you think you have a copycat?
20:30No. Because I've
20:32never killed anyone, ever.
20:34What exactly are you saying?
20:36That I'm not the Canyon Killer.
20:38I've only been saying that since my arrest.
20:40Special Agent Laura Stinson
20:42framed me. I'm at the center
20:44of the biggest FBI cover-up
20:46since Bigfoot.
20:48And how's this for your little, uh,
20:50TV program?
20:52I have proof.
20:54That's ridiculous. Yes, of course he says
20:56he's innocent. They all do.
21:00I-I did not
21:02frame Mr. Ferris.
21:04So you've said, but I've seen the evidence,
21:06and it's quite damning. Which means the real
21:08killer could still be out there.
21:10And if he is, then the blood of this newest victim,
21:12well, that's on your hands.
21:18Are you suggesting that Special Agent
21:20Stinson and Atlas framed
21:22a serial killer? I'm just looking for the truth.
21:24No. No, you're not.
21:26You're fishing for provocative soundbites
21:28that you can edit out of context.
21:30Anything to make this little documentary
21:32of yours, uh, I don't know, a bit more
21:34ambitious? This isn't some news mag
21:36with gotcha questions. I'm an award-winning
21:38documentarian. Film is my medium.
21:40I deal in truth. Yeah, right.
21:42Look, I don't appreciate what you're insinuating,
21:44especially when we have the proof.
21:46No, you don't. We do.
21:48Overwhelming evidence that proves that Mr. Ferris
21:50was the one and only Canyon killer.
21:52And how dare you, huh? How dare you
21:54disparage Laura Stinson's good name?
21:56She is one of the finest FBI agents
21:58to ever carry the badge.
22:00She's a train wreck.
22:02My lawyer found evidence that she was, uh,
22:04mentally unstable around the time
22:06she arrested me. Wait, you've been screwing
22:08my best friend behind my back for months
22:10and somehow that's my fault?
22:12No, I never want to see your face again.
22:14Do you hear me? Never!
22:16You're such a...
22:18Get your stuff out of my condo
22:20right now!
22:22Do you hear me, you...
22:24You...
22:28Relax a second, okay?
22:30Oh!
22:32What, Crystal?!
22:34Do you really trust this woman to catch
22:36a serial murderer when she couldn't even
22:38tell her own fiancé was stepping out on her?
22:40Agent Stinson was too busy
22:42spiraling to solve the case.
22:44I'm the real victim here.
22:46Okay, yes, fine. At the time of
22:48Mr. Ferris's arrest, my personal life
22:50was challenged,
22:52but that in no way affected my
22:54performance at work. Not at all.
22:56Of course it did.
22:58She got fired from the BSU right after
23:00her meltdown, but to keep her
23:02from losing her job, they conspired
23:04into falsified
23:06evidence against me. Wait,
23:08who are you saying conspired
23:10with her? Special Agent
23:12Mark Atlas.
23:14That's a wild accusation. Why would
23:16Agent Atlas do that? If it looks like
23:18a duck and it quacks like a duck,
23:20those two FBI agents are having
23:22sex. Agent Atlas,
23:24did you conspire with Agent Stinson
23:26because of a secret romantic relationship?
23:28Nothing could be further
23:30from the truth. So you didn't cover for
23:32Agent Stinson? No, of course not.
23:34And are you having a secret romance? Okay.
23:36Enough with this tabloid
23:38BS. Excuse me?
23:40All of these questions about our personal
23:42life, it's utterly shameful.
23:44So you're denying your affair. Can we just stop
23:46the cameras from rolling right now?
23:48I just need a minute. Okay.
23:50Can you just come with me, please?
23:52I'm gonna... We can take a break. Yeah, thank you.
23:54Just...
23:56Yeah. Keep rolling.
23:58Can you believe this?
24:00Just because a man and a woman
24:02work closely together, people
24:04think that we're, what, having sex? It's
24:06offensive. We are
24:08having sex. We could be having more
24:10sex. Yes, but we were not having sex then.
24:12We were working together with our partners
24:14on the Canyon Killer case.
24:16It was strictly business.
24:18Just stop that. No, I'm not
24:20ready to tell people
24:22about us.
24:26Do you still have your mic on?
24:30I do. What?
24:32I do have my mic on.
24:36Uh-oh.
24:38Excuse me, what? My Atlas
24:40and...
24:42Laura.
24:44I definitely didn't know that. No. Why didn't he
24:46tell me? Wait, did you know?
24:48Yeah.
24:50What? I mean, I knew, yes.
24:52And I am 100%
24:54on Team Laura. I mean,
24:56she finally getting some. When you say
24:58romantically, you mean like...
25:00Somebody is jealous.
25:02And then the case
25:04of the Mudslide Marauder took a...
25:06Wait a second. Mudslide Marauder? No one calls
25:08it that. On Smitty Streets, they do.
25:10Your claims of
25:12patsies and copycat killers,
25:14you know, it may help boost ratings, but
25:16it's irresponsible to cast
25:18aspersions on my people and the FBI.
25:20Dante Smith's murderer
25:22wasn't the Canyon Killer, and you
25:24know that. So stop
25:26creating a narrative that never existed.
25:28It's lazy storytelling, and you're better
25:30than that. Fine. You were saying?
25:32The case of the Mudslide
25:34Marauder took a
25:36turn. 911, what's your emergency?
25:38This is Dr. Candace Sadler
25:40from the Medical Examiner's office.
25:42I need to report a burglary.
25:44Okay, tell me what was stolen.
25:46A dead body. So the
25:48ME came in to work
25:50that morning to do the autopsy on Dante Smith's
25:52body, and uh... It was gone.
25:54Body gone. And last I checked,
25:56dead bodies do not move themselves.
25:58The undead do.
26:00Officer Smitty,
26:02what are you saying? What everybody's thinking.
26:04Dante, the victim,
26:06took a turn, became a vampire,
26:08and escaped.
26:10Seriously, you're still on the vampire thing?
26:14That's not at all what happened.
26:16Earlier that morning, someone broke into the morgue
26:18and stole his body.
26:22I suppose I could
26:24speculate as to why someone
26:26would steal a dead body from a morgue before
26:28it had even been autopsied and processed
26:30for forensic evidence, but...
26:32But the odds were, whoever took him out
26:34took him out.
26:36So your suspect
26:38got away with Dante's body. How did he pull that off?
26:40Our subject was able to walk
26:42outside of the medical examiner's office with Dante's
26:44body by impersonating a morgue
26:46attendant. He was smart enough to cover his face
26:48from all the surveillance cameras, but not smart
26:50enough to cover the license plate on his car,
26:52which was registered to our
26:54body snatcher, Jake Albert.
26:56So my team went to go pay him
26:58a visit.
27:02Jake Albert,
27:04show us your hands.
27:06Tell them off at the back.
27:08Jake!
27:22Where's Dante's body?
27:24I have no idea what you're talking about.
27:28Carter, check the freezer.
27:38So who's Jake Albert?
27:40Jake moved to L.A. from
27:42Montana five years ago. Spent
27:44a year trying to make it
27:46until a modeling scout saw him
27:48working in a Jamba Juice and plucked him
27:50from obscurity. After that,
27:52he was on a hot streak.
27:54Emphasis on the hot.
27:56Are you seriously
27:58trying to deflect from your relationship with Alice like that?
28:00What? No. Who told you we were in a
28:02relationship?
28:04Really?
28:06Jake was a, you know,
28:08model on the rise. Worked with all the big fashion
28:10houses. At the height of his career,
28:12he even dated Layla Laughlin.
28:14The cosmetics maven. Founder of
28:16Untold Cosmetics and the inventor
28:18of daily eye miracle cream.
28:20The woman's an icon.
28:36Daily eye
28:38miracle cream.
28:40Ageless,
28:42timeless,
28:44beautiful.
28:46By me,
28:48Layla Laughlin.
28:50Layla was
28:52a single mother working as a waitress
28:54when she had a dream to start her own
28:56beauty company. She used to mix
28:58all her products in her own kitchen
29:00and then sold them to local moms
29:02out of the back of her mansion.
29:04You admire her.
29:06What's not to admire? I mean,
29:08she took a risk. She bet on herself.
29:10Built a fortune 500 company
29:12all while raising her son.
29:14Plus, have you
29:16seen her? The girl had looks,
29:18poise, and always had a young
29:20hot boy on her side.
29:22She was living her best
29:24life for sure. And that life
29:26included Jake.
29:28Until it didn't.
29:30Jake was riding high
29:32until the harsh realities
29:34of the business brought his dreams crashing down.
29:36He hit 30 and his
29:38modeling contracts dried up.
29:40Layla left him for
29:42Dante. That's right.
29:44Dante was dating Layla
29:46Laughlin at the time of his disappearance.
29:48Hey, uh, you're not gonna wait until like
29:5040 minutes into this thing to tell the audience
29:52this part, are you? I hate when docs do that.
29:54Hold back information that the
29:56investigators knew on day one. The worst.
29:58Don't screw with the audience. I would never.
30:00Oh. 911,
30:02what is your emergency? My name's Layla
30:04Laughlin. I need to report a missing person.
30:06My boyfriend, he hasn't called or
30:08texted me back in days. I'm worried
30:10something's happened to him. Okay.
30:12What's his name? Dante Smith.
30:14Please help. I was never
30:16at the morgue. Um, but
30:18we saw you in the security footage. I have an evil twin.
30:20Swear to God, we barely
30:22even talk. We have surveillance footage of
30:24your vehicle. It's not even my car. It's registered
30:26to you. Someone stole it. We found the body
30:28in your freezer. I have an evil twin. You tried
30:30that one already.
30:32Oh, damn it.
30:34Those improv classes were a total waste
30:36of money.
30:38Why were you
30:40so confident about Jake Alpert?
30:42Jake Alpert had clear motive
30:44to kill Dante Smith. Jealousy
30:46because he was now dating Layla Laughlin who dumped
30:48him. Yeah, and stealing the body shows
30:50consciousness of guilt, but for a slam dunk, we
30:52needed to tie him to the murder
30:54with physical evidence, and we were most
30:56definitely able to do that, so once we
30:58processed him, we found traces
31:00of Dante's DNA. Isn't that
31:02to be expected since he moved the body? Oh, DNA,
31:04yes, but he actually had Dante's
31:06blood on him. But Dante had been
31:08completely drained of blood before he was buried.
31:10Exactly. So, here's the thing.
31:12We didn't just find
31:14Dante's blood under his fingernails,
31:16which is where most murderers
31:18get caught. We found traces
31:20of his blood all over his hands, and
31:22his arms, and his face,
31:24and his chest. What, did he
31:26bathe in it? No,
31:28it's even weirder, actually.
31:30Dante's blood had been
31:32infused in his anti-aging cosmetic cream.
31:38Jake!
31:40Layla Laughlin's number one
31:42selling anti-aging cosmetic cream,
31:44De Leon,
31:46was made of human blood.
31:48Our victim's blood.
31:50I admire the woman and all,
31:52but, damn,
31:54it's just... Gross.
31:56Nasty.
31:58In all your years
32:00at the Bureau, have you ever seen anything
32:02like this? Well, let me think. I don't know.
32:04Have I ever worked a case where someone
32:06completely drained the victim of their blood,
32:08only to use it as an ingredient
32:10in an anti-aging cosmetic
32:12cream?
32:14What do you think?
32:16Well, Elizabeth Bathory,
32:18she was the first female serial killer
32:20in history. The phrase
32:22bathed in blood originated with her.
32:24Because supposedly, she
32:26would drain her victims
32:28and then wash herself in their blood.
32:30Wow. Now, Elizabeth Bathory,
32:32she had nothing
32:34on Layla Laughlin. And Layla
32:36got rich while doing a De Leon miracle
32:38cream, grossed over $200 million
32:40last year alone. It's the signature
32:42product in untold cosmetics.
32:44Did you have any theories at the time as to why
32:46Layla targeted her own boyfriend? Uh, yes.
32:48It's because Dante had
32:50an exceptionally rare blood type.
32:52Rh null. And what's that?
32:54Rh null is known as, uh,
32:56golden blood. You know, it's the rarest
32:58blood type. Only 40 people on the
33:00entire planet have it. Well,
33:02make it 39 now. Right.
33:04Yeah, so. Anyway, most people have
33:06eight common blood types. You know, O positive,
33:08O negative, A positive,
33:10et cetera. But what most people don't know is that
33:12there's actually, you know, millions of
33:14blood types, determined by the presence or absence
33:16of certain antigens. But there's also a
33:18protein called Rh factor, which determines
33:20if your blood is positive or
33:22negative. Most people have some Rh factor,
33:24but if you lack it entirely,
33:26you're Rh null.
33:28You're golden.
33:30Damn.
33:32How did you know all that?
33:34Vampire Crop, season four. Our big bad
33:36was Golden Boy. The vampire only fed on
33:38Rh null blood. He became invincible,
33:40killed my character in
33:42the cliffhanger. I regenerated
33:44and came back the next season. But
33:46you said you watched every episode.
33:48There's a whole storyline.
33:50Yep, I did.
33:52You...
33:54You were so good on that
33:56show. Wasn't he good? Have you ever
33:58seen it? So we brought Miss Laughlin
34:00in for questioning. We found
34:02that your daily on Miracle Cream was infused
34:04with Dante's blood.
34:06That's
34:08insane. We agree.
34:10But Dante was never
34:12really missing. You held him
34:14captive for eight months.
34:16All for his rare blood.
34:18What happened? Went too far one day? Took too much blood?
34:20Did Dante go into shock or
34:22just die of blood loss? And then you
34:24buried him in the shallow grave
34:26thinking nobody would ever find him.
34:28But what you didn't count on was the mudslide
34:30that caused Dante's body to resurface.
34:36You think that I
34:38killed Dante for his
34:40blood? We tracked a
34:42$50,000 payment from your company to
34:44Jake Albert. Sounds to us that you
34:46hired him to steal the body back so the evidence
34:48against you would never be discovered. I had
34:50nothing to do with Dante's
34:52murderer or any of this.
34:54Miss Laughlin, I
34:56really looked up to you.
34:58Single mom like myself
35:00getting her second act
35:02at life.
35:04You taught me the key to success was
35:06helping others.
35:08What happened to that woman?
35:10You're staring her in the face
35:12right now and she is hoping
35:14that you're good enough at your job
35:16to find
35:18Dante's real killer.
35:20Now that's it for me. I want
35:22my lawyer. Now.
35:24We obtained a search warrant and
35:26raided the lab at Layla's company looking
35:28for proof of Dante's demise.
35:30However, it was squeaky clean.
35:32Layla's smart. Doing any sort of
35:34experimental blood work in her place
35:36of business would raise too many red flags
35:38and create potential witnesses.
35:40So we got a warrant for a residence.
35:50Ma'am, we have a warrant to search the premises. Is Miss
35:52Laughlin here? They're fighting.
35:54Who is? Miss Laughlin
35:56and Chance. Who is Chance?
35:58Chance was Layla's son. The boy
36:00genius. More of a con man if you ask
36:02me. Talked his mother into giving up
36:04control of her own company
36:06so he could run it.
36:08Let us in.
36:12So, Layla's
36:14son was the one putting Dante's blood
36:16in the cosmetic cream. That's right.
36:18And after Carter and I interviewed her, Layla
36:20figured it out, but instead of telling
36:22us that her son was the real life
36:24vampire stealing that poor boy's
36:26blood, she confronted him on her
36:28own. Which was a bad idea.
36:30Yes, it was. And by the time we got there
36:32it was already too late.
36:38Stay right there.
36:40FBI!
36:42Drop it! Do it now! Mom?
36:44Chance?
36:46Put the gun
36:48down now.
36:52I didn't mean for any of this
36:54to happen.
36:56She's gonna be okay, right?
36:58Right?
37:02Okay.
37:08Shockwaves rippled around the world
37:10as cosmetics mogul Layla Laughlin
37:12was shot and killed in her Bel Air
37:14home earlier today. The alleged
37:16shooter, her son Chance Laughlin,
37:18was arrested by FBI agents at the
37:20scene. In related news,
37:22Laughlin's new miracle cream, De Leon,
37:24is being recalled after it was
37:26determined that the secret ingredient
37:28that promised the Fountain of Youth was
37:30human blood. Where did this blood-infused
37:32cream idea come from?
37:34After we arrested Chance, we learned
37:36that once he took the reins from his
37:38mother, he became the company's head scientist
37:40in charge of research and development.
37:42And in an effort to boost sales,
37:44he created the De Leon cream
37:46using Dante's golden blood. And at that
37:48point, well, Layla was just
37:50a figurehead. She had no knowledge of her son's
37:52misdeeds. Chance had sunk
37:54you know, millions into R&D
37:56trying to isolate the anti-aging
37:58antigens from normal human blood.
38:00And then when Dante walked into
38:02his life with his golden
38:04blood... Like a
38:06gift from above. Who was
38:08banging his mom.
38:10So
38:12you had no ill will towards Dante?
38:14No. No, not
38:16when I found out he has golden blood.
38:18He was one of six people
38:20with Rh null blood in the whole country.
38:22Hospitals all
38:24around the world would call on him to donate.
38:26Chance knew Dante would never agree
38:28to donate for cosmetics, so...
38:30He abducted him and held him
38:32prisoner. Chance fed him nourishing food
38:34and kept him well rested. In order to
38:36keep Dante, and most importantly, his blood
38:38healthy. But Dante's blood was
38:40basically a renewable resource. Why
38:42kill him? I'd have kept him locked away
38:44indefinitely.
38:46What'd you know?
38:48Let's move
38:50on. So what went wrong?
38:52Why did Chance kill him? It was an accident.
38:54The demand for the De Leon cream
38:56skyrocketed. And one day, Chance
38:58took too much blood and Dante had a heart
39:00attack and died. So you drained him of every
39:02last drop? I even
39:04had to punch holes in his neck
39:06to suck out that precious blood from
39:08his carotid.
39:10That was annoying. Yeah, I bet it was.
39:12Then, you buried him
39:14in a shallow grave like an animal.
39:16I know, I know, my bad.
39:18Okay, but do you know how hard it is
39:20to dig a six foot grave
39:22in the rain?
39:24I just don't have that kind of upper body strength.
39:26The guy was an unrepentant
39:28megalomaniac. And it made me realize
39:30that if Dante died,
39:32Chance would need a new victim with the
39:34golden blood to keep making
39:36product. So we searched his house.
39:38FBI!
39:44You're gonna be okay.
39:46I need a medic in here now.
39:48Mr. Laughlin contacted
39:50Miko through an RH null support
39:52group website. Helping folks
39:54with golden blood navigate the medical system.
39:56Chance lured her to Los Angeles
39:58last week with the promise of a high paying job
40:00then kidnapped her.
40:02She was lucky, though the
40:04trauma of her abduction and
40:06torture will live with
40:08her forever. You seem proud of your
40:10team. I am.
40:12I am.
40:14We solved a homicide,
40:16saved a life,
40:18and ended a global cosmetic
40:20conspiracy. I mean, it doesn't get any better than that,
40:22right?
40:24You know what? I think this interview
40:26is over. But I still have
40:28a few more questions. Oh, I know, but I don't care.
40:30I got work to do.
40:32Can I reschedule with your...
40:34Okay, thanks.
40:36Okay, yeah, I think I...
40:38Yeah, I remember.
40:40Do you have a plane to catch?
40:42I do, but I'm not ready to leave yet.
40:44You know, the only reason I came here to do this dumb documentary
40:46was so I could spend more time with you.
40:48You know that, right? Well, it's just sex.
40:50We don't need an excuse. We can do it anytime.
40:52What if I want more than that?
40:54No.
40:56Okay.
40:58Oh, my God. What?
41:00Your mic is still on?
41:04Ugh.
41:06Get a life!
41:08Douchebags!
41:10You're stupid. I'm sorry, I didn't...
41:12I don't know how I didn't see it. Given you were a fan of
41:14Layla's, how do you feel about the news that her company
41:16had gone bankrupt?
41:18I admire how Layla refused to let people
41:20count her out. I mean, just because she was
41:22a woman of a certain age.
41:24Uh-huh, but what about her company?
41:26Her company?
41:28I'll put it to you like this.
41:30After working this case, I realized
41:32all she was really doing was making
41:34folks feel bad about growing old.
41:36Mm-hmm. So you're not using
41:38any more of her products? Hell no.
41:40Who knows what other bodily fluids
41:42that crazy son of hers might have put in it?
41:44Yeah. I mean, who the hell wants Layla Loughlin
41:46products now?
41:48Not me. Not me either.
41:52I bought out every store
41:54I could before the recall.
41:56That's just being smart.
41:58I don't care what's in it. This stuff works.