CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015): Season 13, Episode 12 - Double Fault - full transcript

(woman grunting and screaming,
sharp impacts echoing)

(crowd applauding)

(players grunting)

CHRIS EVERT: What an incredible
turn of events

in this women's semifinal match.

Second seed Tara Janssen
is struggling to stay alive

in this match against
18th seed Claudia Weber.

LINDSAY DAVENPORT: Well,
Weber's not just any opponent.

These two, very close friends
off the court.

I know what it's like to play
against a friend,

and it's not easy.
It's a difficult proposition



for both these players.

DAVENPORT:
Weber to serve.

(both grunting)

A huge Janssen forehand.

Weber's getting to every ball.

(grunting)

- (crowd cheers, applauds)
- CHAIR UMPIRE: 40-15.

DAVENPORT:
Incredible rally ends

with the easy unforced error
from Janssen.

Weber, now with
her first match point.

You know, Lindsay,
Weber has never beaten Janssen.

And this would be
an incredible win for her.

Oh, biggest match of her career.

Claudia's husband and coach,
lvan, looks as nervous



as she does right now.

EVERT: And her father, also,
who's cheering her on.

You know,
he's never missed a match

since she's been 12 years old.

(grunts)

CHAIR UMPIRE:
Let.

DAVENPORT: Uh-oh, a little tight
there on that first serve.

Nerves, maybe?

(grunting)

CHAIR UMPIRE:
Game, match, Weber.

DAVENPORT:
What a way to end it.

120-mile-per-hour ace
to seal it.

EVERT: Wow,
and Claudia Weber now advances

to her first-ever premier final.

Claudia, congratulations
on an incredible win

in front of your hometown crowd.

Is it even more challenging,
playing against

one of your best friends
and doubles partners?

(exhales)

She's an incredible competitor.

That's what makes her
a great doubles partner.

Oh, and I want to thank
my husband and my dad

for believing in me.

And to all of you
who cheered me on.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mm, gosh, what a shame.

Did you ever see
Claudia Weber play?

No, I never did.

I'm more of a basketball fan,
really.

Mm, she was such a great player.

And a really good person
off the court.

You sound like a real fan.

AKERS:
CSls Russell and Finlay,

meet Justin Gimelstob.

He's the one who found
the body this morning.

Want to tell us
how you found her, please?

Just going through
my normal routine,

trying to get
a light workout in,

hit some balls
against the ball machine.

Then I called the police.

We're going to need
your clothes for evidence.

I'll escort you
to the locker room.

RUSSELL:
Thank you.

FINLAY:
Clay's been disturbed.

Medium force spatter.

Claudia was
definitely killed here.

Who says tennis
isn't a blood sport?

# Who... are you? #

# Who, who, who, who? #

# Who... are you? #

# Who, who, who, who? #

# I really wanna know #

# Who... are you? #

- # Oh-oh-oh #
- # Who... #

# Come on, tell me who are you,
you, you #

# Are you! #

Here goes the last of the rigor.

- Ready?
- Mm-hmm.

(groans, sighs)

Wow, her right arm

is quite a bit bigger
than her left.

Well, that's typical
of tennis players.

Their hitting arm's
often more muscular.

You a tennis fan?

Yeah, my, uh, doubles partner
and I are the top-ranked

wheelchair team at our club.

Liver temp is 89.5.

Puts TOD at less than six hours.

Shouldn't it be 12 hours?

She's in full rigor.

Physical activity
so close to death

sometimes causes
the body to go into rigor

a little faster than normal.

Got a spatter pattern
on her shoe.

Clay mixed in, so I can't really

tell if it's blood.

PHILLIPS: Serious
blunt-force trauma to the head.

She may have won the match,

but she took
a beating on the court.

Ms. Weber was not only beaten,

she was stabbed
in the throat, too.

PHILLIPS: Wasn't there
another tennis player

who got stabbed
on the court years ago?

FINLAY:
Yeah, Monica Seles.

- By an obsessed
Steffi Graff fan. - Right.

ROBBINS: Sports fans can be
extremely passionate.

Maybe someone was not happy

that Claudia won
that match yesterday.

Why are you treating me
like a suspect?

My wife just died.

I understand that.

But if anything,
we're doing everything we can

to eliminate you as a suspect.

When's the last time
you saw Claudia?

Uh, right after her match.

I stayed
for her press conference,

then I went home.

You know, her car was
still in the parking lot.

Were you worried when she didn't
come home last night?

She booked a room in a hotel

across the street.

My snoring, uh,
keeps her up at night.

And she wanted to get a good
night's rest before the final.

She was on that court
really late last night.

Does she normally stay
after hours like that?

She liked to hit balls
after a big match

at night;
it would clear her head.

So anybody in the tennis world

would understand that's...
that's part of her routine?

Athletes... they're-they're
creatures of habit.

Do you know of anyone who
would want to hurt your wife?

Everyone loved Claudia.

Okay, man.

The hardest part
was telling her dad.

He just lost his wife last year.

Claudia's... she was
all he had left.

I'm going to do everything I can

to find out who did
this, all right?

Check out these scuff marks.

Ms. Weber struggled
with her killer.

(grunting)

FINLAY:
Got more blood drops.

Some grass,
little pieces of gravel.

Could have come
from the killer's shoes.

All right, I'll collect
this section of the clay,

and then I'll bring it
back to the lab.

SANDERS: I got more blood drops,
leading to the garbage can.

Killer could have tried
to dispose of the weapon.

It's empty;
the bag's been changed.

Well, looks like
I'm going Dumpster diving.

AGENT: Excuse me,
are you CSI Supervisor

Diebenkorn Russell?

Judging by the suit,
I'm guessing you're

a government agent.

And, if you're DEA,

the mushrooms behind me
are medicinal.

I've been through this before
with you guys.

I'm not here
about your mushrooms, sir.

Agent Smith, USCIS.

Immigration.

All right.

What's that about?

One of your employees,
David Hodges.

David?
He's an American citizen.

He's got family in Canada,
yeah, but,

I mean, who doesn't?

How would you describe
Mr. Hodges' character?

A little odd
but nice, hardworking.

To the best of your knowledge,
has he ever been dishonest?

- No.
- Never falsified reports?

- Tampered with evidence?
- No, no, absolutely not.

Does he travel
internationally a lot?

Not that you'd notice, no.

Well, wait, no, he took
his mom to Italy last year.

Is Hodges in some kind
of trouble?

You recognize that woman?

RUSSELL:
No, should I?

David Hodges claims
she's his fianc?e.

HODGES:
Her name is E/isabetta.

We met at her family's
vineyard in Tuscany.

She educated me
about the acidic properties

of the Sangiovese grape.

- Sounds romantic.
- It was amore.

I knew then
that we were destined

to spend our lives together.

Well, I-I certainly hope that
lmmigration agrees with you.

Did the agent happen to seem
overly suspicious?

Raised a red flag, yeah,

when I-I didn't
recognize Eli-Eli...

Elisabetta.

Why-why didn't you tell anyone?

Um, what can I say?

I'm a man of mystery.

Yeah, okay.

Um, hey, very happy for you.

- Congratulations.
- Well, thank you.

I'm gonna let you get back
to your clay.

You know, technically
it's not clay.

American courts use
crushed basalt.

Ah, see, I didn't know that.
That's fascinating.

Okay, good, um...

ROBBINS:
As you can see,

being a professional athlete
takes its toll on the body.

Broken wrist,
stress fractures in the feet.

Come look at this.

Brown discoloration
of the cerebral cortex

adjacent to brown discoloration
of the subdura...

indicative
of previous head trauma,

likely a contusion.

How long ago?

No way to know for sure.

What about her current injuries?

Three depressed skull fractures

that left rectangular
impressions

approximately one inch wide.

Is that the cause of death?

No, actually this was:

This vertical fracture bisected
the thyroid prominence

and fractured
both superior horns,

causing
a soft tissue hemorrhage.

She choked on her own blood.

Essentially, yes.

Any idea
what the murder weapon is yet?

Well, the margins
of the wound are jagged

and the puncture's
less than an inch deep.

Doesn't appear to be a knife,
but at this point,

I can't say for certain
what it was.

So, Ernest, what time did you

change the trash bags
on that court?

Uh, start of my shift,
around 6:00 a.m.

You, uh, see anything
unusual in there?

I don't look in the bags,

not since a player on the court
had food poisoning.

Bags were full of puke.

Oh, well, that's great.

You don't mind going first,
do you, Greg?

So, this is, uh, everything
from yesterday and this morning.

Okay.

Thank you, Ernest.

# #

(groans)

Here we go.

Broken tennis racket.

This could be

our murder weapon right here.

Looks like
there's some blood on it.

SANDERS: Well, Claudia had
blunt-force trauma to the head.

Killer must have hit her
with that racket

and broke the frame.

(grunting)

STOKES: Yeah, and then
used this sharp edge

to stab her in the throat.

You know, I know tape
on the handle

absorbs sweat.

SANDERS:
Well, that means DNA.

# #

(machine whirs)

Got some results for you.

Hey, Henry...

you're friends
with Hodges, right?

Uh, depends on the day.

Did you know
that he was engaged?

You know, I heard it
from Rick in QD,

who heard it
from Arlene in Reception.

Word travels fast around here.

Yeah, well...

Ever since Hodges accused me
of trying to steal Wendy...

Wait, who's Wendy?

Our old DNA analyst.

Sorry. Uh, anyway, since then,

he doesn't really confide
in me anymore.

Okay, you have some results.

I do.

Blood on the frame
of the tennis racket

was a match to our victim
Claudia Weber.

So it's definitely
the murder weapon.

She was also
the major contributor

of DNA on the handle.

Killed by her own racket.

But there was
a minor contributor

of touch DNA
on the handle as well.

And get this:

It came back to Tara Janssen,

the player that Weber just beat

in the semifinals.

I guess Tara was
a sore loser after all.

Ms. Janssen, would you mind?

Oh, not at all.
Of course.

Hey, break it up.

Ms. Janssen, I hate to drag you
away from your adoring fans,

but we have to talk.

Please come with me.

Claudia was like
a little sister to me.

I've known her since she was 14.

How could you possibly think

that I'd do anything
to hurt her?

Because your DNA
was on her tennis racket,

which just so happens
to be the murder weapon.

Let me show you.

Claudia and I both used
the Ace-Trak 528 racket.

A couple of times, when we were

playing doubles, we grabbed
each other's by mistake.

Okay.

Ms. Janssen,
let me ask you something.

What's the prize money
on these kind of tournaments?

Half a million.

That's a good chunk of change.

So, when Claudia knocked you out
of the tournament,

you obviously lost
your shot at the cash.

I'm not interested
in the prize money.

I made $11 million
in endorsement deals last year.

So you do it for the glory,
for the love of the game.

I'm chasing history.

17 more wins,
and I'll break the record

for most career singles titles.

But, you know, let's face it,
I mean, you're pushing 30.

I mean, that's not old,
but in tennis, that's old.

And young up-and-comers like
Claudia could get in the way

of you chasing
your legacy, right?

Listen, no one likes to lose,
but... she deserved to win.

She played a great match.

And I was happy for her.

You weren't always
such a gracious loser.

Let me show you something.

This was taken
about a month ago.

TARA:
That ball was out?

That ball that landed
right there, that was out?

(crowd chattering)

Wow.

Yeah.

Where were you between
11:00 and 1:00 last night?

I had a late dinner
with Chris Evert,

and then I went home
and I went to bed.

Ms. Evert?
I'm CSI Finlay.

I need to ask you some questions

about Tara Janssen.

Sure, but can it wait?

I'm right in the middle
of a workout.

Can I borrow your racket
for a moment?

Thank you.

You play?

A little.
When I was a kid.

But enough to keep
the ball going, so we can talk.

Let's see what you got.

So what was
your relationship with Tara?

Well, she's been getting
some code violations lately,

and I'm really trying to help
her with her anger issues.

When was the last time
you saw her?

Last night, after a match.

We were just chatting

about her game.

Grabbed a bite, and then I just
dropped her off at her condo.

- What time was that?
- A little before midnight.

Did Claudia Weber have any
issues with anybody on the tour?

No, not the players.

But she hasn't been too happy
about her coach lately.

Is that her husband lvan?

Yeah. She actually has been
thinking about firing him.

Really?

She asked me if I'd be
interested in coaching her.

- Whoa!
- (laughs)

Where'd that come from?

You holding out on me?

I learned it from watching you.

(both laugh)

Thank you.

(speaking Italian)

I...

(continues speaking Italian)

What is the problem, baby?

Are you ashamed with me?

Elisabetta, mio amore,
please calm down.

Ca/mati.

Ca/mati. No.

Potresti avere all spoiled.

(continues speaking Italian)

Do you understand me?

Si. Si. Si.

- No, no, no.
- Who is that?

Hodges' fianc?e.

Fianc?e?

Yeah. Shh.

I'm trying to figure out
what she's saying.

If my translate app is correct,

it's something
about a green card.

HODGES:
Don't worry.

Everything will be okay.

(scoffs)
Okay?

Si. Bene.

Non okay.

(speaking Italian)

Like I'm invisible, or what?

Mm-mm. Ti amo.

No, it's... I didn't want
to tell anybody

about you yet.

Non soon pronto.

(speaking Italian)

Cold toes?

Oh, she means cold feet.

Hey, shh.

No. No cold feet.

(speaking Italian)

There is another woman
in your life?

Qua/che bionda bimbo Americana?

No, wait...

Oh, she thinks
there's another woman.

Yeah, I got that.

Elisabetta... there is only you.

Sei /'unica donna...

... che amo.

(speaks Italian)

You drive me crazy,
David, you know that?

But I love you.

I have never been jealous
of Hodges until this moment.

Mm-hmm, yeah.

- Wha?
- (camera clicks)

Now everybody knows who I am.

Way to go, Hodges.

You have something
for me, right?

Yes.

Uh, Hodges found traces
of chewing tobacco in the clay.

It's the same trace that Finn
pulled off the victim's shoes.

Guess who the DNA comes back to.

Why'd you lie to me, lvan?

What do you mean?

You know as well as I do,

you were on that practice court
with Claudia last night.

BRODY: Chewing tobacco
is a dirty habit.

When you spit, you got some
on your wife's shoes.

We have DNA to prove it's yours.

We know Claudia was
shopping around for a new coach.

You were about to be fired
by your wife.

That's got to be

a serious blow to the ego, man.

You couldn't handle it,

so you killed her.

No! No.

I went there to talk to her.

You just had the best game
of your career,

and you want to fire me?!

I can't take orders
from you on the court

and then come home
to you at night.

- It's too hard.
- So that's it?

You're just gonna get rid
of me, huh? I'm gone.

If we want to try
and make this marriage work,

you can't be my husband
and my coach.

I agreed to do whatever it took
to save our marriage.

And how long had you two
been having trouble?

About a year.

The last month
had been the worst. Uh...

She hadn't been herself.

What do you mean?

She'd been having nightmares.

She was calling out
some guy's name.

Brent.

Is, is that somebody on tour?

Not that I know of.

When I asked her about it,
she wouldn't tell me.

She'd been kind of
secretive lately.

Is it possible that your wife
was having an affair?

I don't think so.

Claudia was the most honest,
decent person that I ever met.

Hey. This is the last
of what was collected

from Claudia Weber's locker.

Cat treats...

three different kinds
of hand lotion.

Learn a lot about a woman from
what she keeps in her purse.

Same goes for her tennis bag.

Oh, what's this thing called?

A Blossom Ballerina?

Oh, yeah.

My daughter had one of those.

Took it everywhere.

Athletes tend to be
superstitious.

Maybe it was a good luck charm.

Receipts from Tasty Time
and Choozies Chicken.

Well, players burn
a lot of calories,

and fast food is an easy way
to replace them.

Their dirty little secret.

She might have
another secret, too.

This looks like LSD.

(laughs)

Man, that takes me back.

Wait, you took LSD?

No.

No, my folks did.

Hey, wasn't illegal until 1966.

Okay.

But Claudia Weber's tox
was clean.

And as you, or your folks,
should know...

- (chuckles)
- LSD doesn't stay in your system

for more than a half an hour.

You know, her husband thought

that she was keeping
a secret from him.

This would be quite a doozy.

But LSD isn't
a performance enhancer.

It's recreational.

So, pressures of the game...

maybe it was Claudia's way
of coping.

He also said
that she was having nightmares

about a guy named Brent.

Didn't think he was part
of the tennis world.

Maybe he's part of this world.

We got a print here.

(computer trilling)

RUSSELL:
"Darcy Shaw.

Felony drug distribution."

SHAW:
/'m not a drug dea/er.

I'm a doctor.

Well, Ms. Shaw, says here

you, uh, took an online course
in hypnotherapy.

That doesn't really qualify you
as a physician.

Or give you the right
to dispense illegal drugs.

Mind-altering drugs
like LSD have been used

for thousands of years
to help open the mind

and connect the body
with the soul.

Along with hypnotherapy,
this can be

a valuable tool in healing both
mental and physical ailments.

And what ailment were you
treating Claudia Weber for?

Claudia had been having
violent dreams,

and I believe that they were
repressed memories

of a traumatic experience
that happened when she was four.

What kind
of a traumatic experience?

I think that someone viciously
attacked Claudia and her mother.

She actually remembered
this happening?

Well, recovered memories...
it's not like a movie

with a beginning,
middle, and an end.

It-it comes in flashes.

And the-the brain doesn't
want to remember. It's...

It's too painful.

Hmm, so how's that work?

What, do you interpret
those flashes, do you?

I wasn't influencing
Claudia's memories

if that's what you're implying.

I was just there to guide her

safely through the process.

I recorded the sessions
if you'd like to see them.

As / continue

to talk, you feel a heavy,
relaxed feeling come over you.

With every word that I say,
it's putting you

faster and deeper into
a peaceful state of hypnosis.

How old are you, Claudia?

Four.

Look at that.

She's already
under the influence.

The LSD is making her
prone to suggestion.

Maybe it's just making it easier

for her to tap
into her subconscious.

SHAW:
Where are you?

(Claudia panting)

CLAUDIA:
I'm in the woods.

SHAW:
Who is with you?

CLAUDIA:
/'m in a tent.

By myse/f.

- I'm scared.
- No one can hurt you.

You're safe.

(clanking, banging,
woman screaming)

Mommy?!

They're hurting her.

Who's hurting her?

I don't know.

(man grunts)

(Claudia gasps)

Brent.

(distorted):
I need you to stay in the tent.

All right, everything's
going to be okay.

I won't let anything happen.

Stay here.

(zipping door)

- Brent!
- SHAW: Who's Brent?

(grunting)

Brent?!

Okay, so
that was her last session.

What are you thinking?

She talks about this guy
Brent, from her past,

who tried to save her.

If any of this even happened.

Why would you say that?

Because it's a memory

from when she was
four years old.

Tr-Trust me, kids' memories
are not the most reliable.

They have vivid imaginations.

Charlie... he swears
that he fell off a horse

when he was five years old.

Never happened.

But look at Claudia's
autopsy report.

Doc found evidence
of an old brain injury

right where she said
she got hit by the shovel.

I mean, don't you think
it's strange

that Claudia starts having
childhood memories

of someone trying to kill her,

and then, one month later,
she's dead?

I mean, that cannot be
a coincidence.

Timing is interesting.

I'm thinking
that whoever tried to kill her

when she was a kid came back
to finish the job.

Mr. Weber, I am so sorry
for your loss.

Your daughter was
such a talented athlete.

Thank you.

You-you said you had some
questions you wanted to ask me.

I do.

Did you and your family ever go

on a camping trip
when Claudia was little?

No.

My wife wasn't really the, uh...
the roughing-it type.

Why?

Well, about a month ago,

Claudia started having memories
from when she was four.

A-a camping trip where both

she and her mother
were violently attacked.

We always wondered
what happened.

What do you mean?

I'm not Claudia's
biological father.

When she was four years old,

I found her lying unconscious

by the side of the road,
up in Mount Charleston.

She was bleeding,
she was near death.

I picked her up
and I took her to the hospital.

Did you report it to the police?

Well, of course. I told them.

They searched the area
where I found her, but they...

they never found her family.

Did Claudia ever tell anyone
what happened to her?

She didn't remember anything.

The only way we figured

her name was Claudia
is because it was, uh...

it was written on her jacket.

Did anyone ever come looking
for her?

Were there
any missing persons reports?

Nothing. I mean, we just assumed
she was abandoned.

Social Services let
my wife and I become

foster parents, and then, um...

well, eventually we adopted her.

Did you tell Claudia
any of this?

We just wanted her to feel
like she was ours.

And she was.
She was ours.

We thought it was a blessing

she didn't remember
what happened to her.

FINLAY: So, these were taken
at the hospital

the day Claudia was found.

She suffered severe head trauma,

dehydration,
and multiple cuts and abrasions.

You know, a head injury
would explain

why she couldn't
remember anything.

Yeah, not to mention
the emotional trauma

- from the attack.
- You know, in all

her sessions, Claudia never
mentioned a daddy, just Brent.

Could be a brother,

stepfather, mother's boyfriend.

Hey, look at that...
Blossom Ballerina.

Just like the one you found
in Claudia's tennis bag.

It looked like it hadn't been
cleaned in years.

If she had that toy when
she was attacked, there still

could be evidence on it.

I'll get it to Hodges.

Hmm.

You decapitated
Blossom Ballerina.

Well, I assure you,
she didn't feel a thing.

So, I talked to Simon Weber.

His wife passed away a year ago.

He was cleaning out his house,
going through boxes.

He came across a box
of Claudia's old toys.

- Hmm.
- Sent them to her last month.

Could be seeing this toy is
what triggered her memories.

And if we can figure out
who tried to kill her back then,

we might be able to find out
who killed her now.

Exactly.

Hmm.

Was there something else?

Yeah.

Elisabetta.

That's...

Wow.

She's something, isn't she?

Oh, yeah, firecracker.

She is Italian.

I'm just surprised
you got engaged so quickly.

Well, when you know,
you know, right?

But...

you guys haven't known
each other that long,

and... marriage is not
something you rush into.

I-I would just hate
to see you get hurt.

Yeah, uh, don't worry about me.

What if this woman is using you
to get a green card?

Yeah.

Why would a beautiful,
amazing woman want

to marry me, right?

That is not what I meant at all.

You know I think you are
a great guy; you know that.

It took me

ten months to choose
a new cell phone last year.

I analyzed consumer reports,

data rates, battery longevity.

For once I'm following my heart,

not analyzing everything.

And that's great,
but you don't have to go

from one extreme to the other.

Can't you just be happy for me?

I don't trust this woman.

There's no other way to say it.

And deep down in your heart,
I don't think you do either.

If you thought this was
a real relationship,

you'd be shouting it
from the rooftops, right?

This is exactly why I didn't say
anything to anyone.

Because I knew
this is how you'd all react.

I just didn't expect it
from you.

I love Elisabetta.

Unless lmmigration gets
in the way,

I'm going to marry her.

Hey, what do you got?

Well, Hodges

found traces of Claudia's blood
on that Blossom Ballerina.

Lack of solubility suggested
it was a very old blood sample.

So she did have it
during the attack.

Well, you know, even though
Claudia was rescued,

her mom never came
looking for her.

Yeah, well, maybe Mom and Brent

- never made it out
of those woods. - Exactly.

Hodges found something else
mixed in with the blood.

Sulfur. So I've pulled up
a map of Mount Charleston.

There are several
sulfur springs in that area.

Well, according
to the police report,

Simon Weber found Claudia
on a service road

just south of Echo Cliff.

SANDERS:
There's a sulfur spring

less than five miles from there.

Yeah, let's get some
ground-penetrating equipment

out there, see what we can find.

("Little Broken Hearts"
by Norah Jones playing)

# Little broken hearts
of the night #

# Slowly picking up
their knives... #

WOMAN:
Clear.

(oscillating tone)

MAN:
Clear.

# Tonight they want revenge... #

Well, I have a hit.

# Making love
inside their hands #

# With no chance to defend #

# Tonight could be
their end... #

Looks animal. Maybe coyote.

# With the weapons
in their hands... #

MAN:
Clear.

# Can they end it all tonight #

# So easily? #

Hey, I got something.

That's too big to be an animal.

# Only the fallen need to rise #

# What if lightning
strikes them twice? #

# Will they give up
on their lives #

# And finally divide? #

(sighs)

One male, one female.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think we just found
Mom and Brent.

Based on the dimensions
of the injuries

and the extent of the trauma,

weapon used could have been
some sort of wide-based tool.

Like a shovel?

Yeah, injuries are
consistent with a shovel.

Just like Claudia remembered.

Take a look at the extent
of the injuries to the male.

Multiple depressed
skull fractures.

Ring fracture
at the base of the skull.

He was nearly decapitated.

So he took the brunt
of the killer's rage.

Hey, got DNA results,
and we've restored

the I.D. S found
at the grave site.

These are actually both
Claudia's biological parents.

Both?

Meet Karen... and Martin Abbott.

Martin.

Who the hell's Brent?

FINLAY:
Brent was their son.

Karen and Martin Abbott
were from Montana.

Brent was their oldest child,

and when he was 12,
they had Claudia.

- All-American family.
- Well, not exactly.

Martin Abbott had a record.

For what?

Assault and credit card fraud.

When the family disappeared,

he had several
outstanding warrants.

Maybe that's why nobody reported
the family missing.

Thought they just skipped town.

RUSSELL: Okay, Abbott family
gets the hell out of Dodge.

They go camping up in Nevada.

Parents end up dead,

Claudia barely escapes
with her life,

and Brent... nowhere to be found.

FINLAY:
So Brent is either

our killer or he is still buried

out in those woods.

Claudia thought
her brother was still alive.

I-I went through
her phone records.

For the past few weeks
she's been calling Brent Abbotts

across the country.

She was calling Brent Abbotts

up until the day she was killed.

I-I contacted a few of them.

Claudia asked them all the exact

same question: Were they

on a camping trip 18 years ago?

What if one
of these Brent Abbotts

really was her brother?

And he got nervous
that she was remembering

what happened in those woods.

That he killed their parents,
tried to kill her.

So he returns to Vegas
to shut her up for good.

Got away with murder once,

probably thought
he could do it again.

Only problem is, Claudia called
at least 50 Brent Abbotts.

How do we figure out
which one's our killer?

- Hey, Finn.
- Hi.

I've done some more checking
into Martin Abbott.

Now, according to his rap sheet,

he's used several aliases.

One of them... Ernest Prestwich.

Why does that sound familiar?

Well, Ernest Prestwich is
a janitor at the tennis center,

but that's not his real name.

According
to his contact information,

he has an L.A. Cell registered
to Brent Abbott.

So Brent used one
of his dad's aliases

but forgot to change
his cell phone number.

I cross-referenced
Claudia's phone records.

She called him a week ago.

That's great.
Let's bring him in.

Patrol just picked him up
at a service station.

Looks like the past finally
caught up to you, Brent.

We found your parents' bodies
on Mount Charleston,

right where you buried 'em.

After you beat them
to death with a shovel.

We get it.

Your old man was bad news.

I did some digging
into your history.

I know you made a lot
of trips to the ER.

I know that that son of a bitch
beat the crap out of you

since you were eight years old.

We understand.

Yeah, the cops even came
to your house a few times,

and your mother
never pressed charges.

She always covered for him.

She would always say

that the bruises were
from fights at school

and the broken bones
were from football.

And on this family camping trip,

you decided to end
the abuse once and for all.

Am I right?

We were in the middle
of the woods.

So I waited for everyone to fall
asleep and I took out Dad first.

Your dad abused you and your mom
did not protect you.

But why would you try to kill

your four-year-old
little sister?

I didn't mean to hurt Claudia.

I told her to wait in the tent;
she didn't listen.

(grunting)

Claudia!
Claudia!

/ thought she was dead.

I went to dig the grave.

When I turned around,
she was gone.

But she saw what you did.

Is that why you showed up
18 years later and killed her?

I-I didn't kill her.

I-I-I looked her up and saw
that she was playing in Vegas.

I didn't come here to kill her.

I came here to, to talk to her,
explain my side of the story.

Okay. What'd she say?

I didn't get a chance
to talk to her.

I went to the courts that night,
and she wasn't there...

so I left.

I didn't kill my sister.

G-Give me a-a-a polygraph
or take my DNA...

whatever it is you people do...
but I didn't kill Claudia.

What time
did you leave the court?

Uh, it was, like, 1:00.

Can anyone verify that?

It was pretty deserted.

N-No, there was the other,
uh, tennis player, though,

um, Janssen, Tara Janssen.

She was there.

- What was she doing?
- I don't know,

practicing, I guess.

She had a basket
full of tennis balls.

# #

# #

We found your prints
in Claudia Weber's blood.

BRASS:
Game. Set. Murder.

RUSSELL:
You know, I always thought

that you just killed Claudia

'cause you were
a sore loser, but...

murder over an off day
seemed a bit extreme,

so... we took a closer look.

BRASS:
You know, I always wondered

what players said to each other

after a match,

so we isolated
and boosted the audio.

Good match.

By the way, I'm sleeping
with your husband.

Ooh, that's cold.

I probably would have just
stuck with a handshake.

Out of curiosity,

how long have you been
involved with lvan?

Almost a year.

He and Claudia
were having problems

long before I came
into the picture.

So, instead of helping
your friend,

you helped yourself
to her husband.

I loved him.

He was going to ask
Claudia for a divorce.

That's why he went
over there that night.

I'm sorry, I know,
she doesn't...

TARA: But instead he to/d her
that he sti///oved her

and that he wanted
to work on their marriage.

Claudia agreed

to give him a second chance.

She didn't even love him.

She just didn't want me
to have him.

That's enough
to set anybody off,

especially someone
with a temper like yours.

She took everything
from me that night.

She took the match
and she took lvan.

I hated her for that.

(both grunting)

(Claudia screams)

(yells)

(sobs)

I killed her and I stuffed
her body in the ball machine.

Me and lvan...

we were good together.

We were.

She just should
have walked away.

Yeah, but she didn't,

so you eliminated
your competition on

and off the court.

BRASS:
So, instead of serving aces,

all you'll be serving is time.

Hey, glad I caught you.

Oh, hi, I was just going
to get dinner with my dad.

Oh, tell him I said hi.

I just wanted to thank you.

My lawyer called and told me

that you talked to lmmigration,

gave me a glowing
character reference.

Seemed like
it couldn't hurt, right?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, but you weren't
exactly supportive

of my relationship
with Elisabetta.

(sighs) You're my friend, and
I just want what's best for you,

so, if she makes you happy,
then it's good enough for me.

Thank you.

I should go.

Okay.

(sighs)

FINLAY:
So, / guess Tara Janssen

will go down
in the history books after all.

Yeah, just not the way
she wanted, I'm guessing.

Mm.

So now you can take
her spot on the tour.

(laughs)
That's funny.

Now, don't be so modest.

I heard that Chris Evert said
you had some real talent.

Well...

I did play a lot
when I was a kid.

You ever think
about turning pro?

Oh, when I was 15, yeah,
for a second.

What happened?

Life... life happened.

Well, I'm glad it did.

Yeah, me, too.