Do Not Disturb: Hotel Horrors (2015): Season 1, Episode 3 - Hell at Heathrow - full transcript

2011, LONDON,

ON THE FIFTH DAY
OF DEADLY POLITICAL RIOTS,

TWO BODIES ARE FOUND MURDERED

ON THE GROUNDS OF
THE RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN HOTEL

AT HEATHROW AIRPORT.

WHEN THEY GOT IN THERE, THEY
WERE GREETED WITH A BLOODBATH.

DEAR GOD!

ARE THEY VICTIMS OF
THE RIOTERS' ESCALATING VIOLENCE?

OR WERE THEY MORE INTIMATELY
ACQUAINTED WITH THEIR KILLER?

IF YOU SEE ME TALKING TO A GIRL,
DON'T INTERRUPT!

I DON'T THINK
I'LL BE COMING HOME TONIGHT.



THERE HAD BEEN
SOME KIND OF SEXUAL HORSEPLAY.

IT JUST SEEMED A SITUATION
THAT SOMEONE WAS GONNA GET HURT.

IT'S VERY REMINISCENT
OF "ROMEO AND JULIET."

IT'S A STORY
WITH A TWIST SO SHOCKING

THAT TRAINED INVESTIGATORS
NEVER SEE IT COMING.

I MUST HAVE COVERED
THOUSANDS OF MURDER CASES,

AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN
ONE LIKE THIS BEFORE.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

LONDON ENDURED IT'S THIRD
STRAIGHT NIGHT OF RIOTING.

THE UNREST MAY HAVE STARTED

AFTER POLICE SHOT AND KILLED
A MAN IN TOTTENHAM LAST WEEK.

THE SITUATION THEN
SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL.

PEOPLE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE
MORE -- MANY MORE ARRESTS.

THREE LIVES WERE CLAIMED
BY THE RIOTING TODAY



WHEN A GROUP OF FRIENDS

ATTEMPTED TO FEND OFF
AN ONSLAUGHT OF LOOTERS.

CLOSE BY, AT
THE RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN HOTEL

NEAR HEATHROW AIRPORT,

POLICE RESPOND TO AN URGENT CALL
FROM HOTEL MANAGEMENT.

IT'S THE POLICE.

THREE OF THEIR STAFF
ARE MISSING --

DESK CLERKS ALICE ADAMS,
TIBOR VASS,

AND MANAGER ATTILA BAN.

COULD THESE MEMBERS
OF THE CLOSE-KNIT HOTEL FAMILY

BE THREE MORE CASUALTIES
OF A CITY IN CHAOS?

LONDON'S BUSY HEATHROW AIRPORT
IS AN INTERNATIONAL HUB,

AND THE NEARBY POSH
RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN

IS THE PERFECT SPOT
TO SPEND THE NIGHT.

IT'S ALSO A PLACE FOR EX-PATS
LIKE ATTILA BAN AND TIBOR VASS

TO PURSUE CAREERS
IN THE HOSPITALITY BUSINESS.

THEY'RE BOTH FROM HUNGARY.

THEY HAD A LOT IN COMMON --
OBVIOUSLY, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE.

AND THEY BECAME FRIENDS.

- HELLO.
- HI.

HI. WELCOME TO OUR HOTEL.
DO YOU HAVE A RESERVATION?

- I DO. MICHAEL.
- OKAY.

19-YEAR-OLD TIBOR

HAD COME A LONG WAY
FROM HIS NATIVE HUNGARY.

WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER?
ISABELLA, WHAT TIME IS IT?

LATE.

I TOLD HIM I NEEDED HIM HOME
ON TIME TONIGHT.

SORRY I'M LATE, MOM.

THE PRACTICE SESSION WENT LATE,
OKAY? I'M SORRY.

THE ASPIRING MUSICIAN
AND PHOTOGRAPHER

GREW UP
IN A SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLD.

TIBOR HAD A VERY GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER.

HIS FATHER HAD DIED
WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.

- GO AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH MOM.
- TIBOR --

PLEASE, COME ON. DO IT
FOR YOUR BIG BROTHER. COME ON.

TIBOR, GO WASH UP AND COME TO
THE TABLE.

YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL IN THIS
LIGHT RIGHT NOW. COME ON.

TIBOR WAS QUITE AN ARTISTIC GUY.

HE WAS QUITE INTERESTED
IN PHOTOGRAPHY,

AND HE SPENT HIS FIRST PAYCHECK
ON BUYING A CAMERA.

THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT,
LET ME GET ONE MORE.

- GO.
- ONE MORE.

I'M MAD AT YOU.

TIBOR ALSO HAS
WANDERLUST TO SEE THE WORLD.

TIBOR HAD APPLIED
TO GO TO UNIVERSITY

AND HADN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

AS A YOUNG MAN,
HE WAS A FREE SPIRIT,

INTERESTED IN TRAVELING.

LONDON SUITED HIS PURPOSES.

- JUST CHECK RIGHT HERE, RIGHT?
- YEP, RIGHT THERE.

UM, CAN YOU JUST SIGN
RIGHT HERE?

SURE.

AT THE FRONT DESK,

HE'S SUPERVISED BY
31-YEAR-OLD MANAGER ATTILA BAN.

ATTILA IS BOUND
BY A STRONG DESIRE TO SUCCEED

AFTER GRADUATING
FROM BUSINESS SCHOOL.

GROWING UP AS A YOUNG GAY MAN
IN HUNGARY,

HE ENDURED MUCH SUFFERING.

ATTILA HAD HAD
A DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD,

ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE HIS STEPFATHER

USED TO BEAT HIM AND HIS MOTHER.

AND HE WAS BROUGHT UP
BY HIS GRANDPARENTS.

AND ATTILA'S LIFE DIDN'T
GET ANY EASIER AS HE GOT OLDER.

- QUEER!
- QUEER!

WHERE'S YOUR BOYFRIEND?

MAN, HE'S A QUEER!

DO YOU THINK I'M PRETTY?

WHEN HE KNEW THAT HE
WAS GAY AT THE AGE OF 17,

HE COULDN'T EXPRESS THAT
IN HUNGARY

FOR FEAR THAT HIS FAMILY
WOULD TURN AGAINST HIM,

LET ALONE THE REST OF SOCIETY.

ATTILA KNEW HE WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IN HUNGARY,

SO NOT LONG AFTER GRADUATING

WITH A DEGREE
IN HOTEL MANAGEMENT,

ATTILA LANDS A JOB

AS A RECEPTIONIST AT THE
RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN HOTEL.

BUT HE MOVES UP QUICKLY
THROUGH THE RANKS

TO BECOME FRONT DESK MANAGER.

- CONGRATULATIONS, MAN.
- STOP IT. NO.

- GREAT GUY!
- JUST -- JUST DOING MY JOB.

IN JANUARY 2011,

ATTILA IS NAMED
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

BASED ON HAVING THE MOST
POSITIVE CUSTOMER RATINGS

IN 2010.

CONGRATULATIONS.
NICE JOB, MAN.

THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.

ATTILA'S A RISING STAR.

SO THE COMPANY PROVIDES HIM
WITH A COVETED EMPLOYEE FLAT

LOCATED RIGHT BEHIND THE HOTEL

WHEN A RARE OPENING
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THIS IS THE PLACE.

NICE.

THE EMPLOYEES WHO GET A
FREE FLAT ACCOMMODATION ON THE SITE

ARE ONLY THE MOST TRUSTED ONES,

SENIOR EMPLOYEES
WHO WANT TO STAY.

LISTEN, UM...

I KNOW
YOU HATE YOUR APARTMENT.

YES.

TIBOR WAS STILL
HAVING A HARD TIME

ADJUSTING TO BEING
AWAY FROM HOME.

HE RENTED A CHEAP FLAT WITH
SEVERAL ROOMMATES TO SAVE MONEY.

REALLY?

IT WASN'T GOING VERY WELL.
PEOPLE WERE STEALING FROM HIM.

APPARENTLY,
THEY WEREN'T HYGIENIC.

I HAVE ALL THIS SPACE NOW.

I'D BE HAPPY
TO GIVE YOU THE OTHER BED.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

YEAH.
YEAH, I'M SERIOUS.

EVERYBODY WHO KNEW THEM
SEEMED TO AGREE

THAT ATTILA REALLY TRIED
TO HELP TIBOR,

THAT HE CARED FOR HIM.

WE CAN TRADE OFF
COOKING PROPER GOULASH.

PROPER GOULASH?

- THANK YOU SO MUCH!
- YOU'RE WELCOME.

A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES SPOKE
OF HOW HE WAS VERY FATHERLY

TO TIBOR
AND PROTECTIVE TOWARDS HIM.

ATTILA AND TIBOR
SEEM INSEPARABLE.

THEY WORK TOGETHER,
PARTY TOGETHER.

TIBOR BUILDS A DEEJAY CORNER
IN THEIR FLAT

AND IS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY.

HE WAS AN ATHLETIC,
PLEASANT, 20-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN

THAT PEOPLE FOUND ATTRACTIVE.

- AND WHO IS THIS? ANNA?
- HI!

MWAH, MWAH.

- SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I NEVER GET TO SEE YOU ANYMORE.

ANNA, ATTILA'S FORMER
ROOMMATE AND FELLOW HUNGARIAN,

LOVES HER DEAR FRIEND ATTILA.

I MET ATTILA 13 YEARS AGO
AT SCHOOL IN HUNGARY.

WE STUDIED ABOUT TOURISM,
HOTEL MANAGEMENT.

WE HAD LOTS OF FUN --

LAUGHING, HANGING OUT,
AND WENT OUT TOGETHER.

WE FELT LIKE OUR FRIENDSHIP
WAS GOING TO LAST.

ATTILA AND HIS NEWEST
ROOMMATE, TIBOR,

STICK TOGETHER FOR MONTHS
WITH FEW STRAINS.

HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THEY DID SOCIALIZE TOGETHER.

THESE WERE TWO PERFECTLY
CIVILIZED, WELL-BEHAVED PEOPLE

WHO WERE BOTH
EXTREMELY WELL LIKED

AND WELL RESPECTED
BY ALL THEIR COLLEAGUES.

- SEXY YOURSELF, YOU KNOW?
- THANK YOU.

TIBOR, CAN I
GET YOU ANYTHING?

TIBOR,
DO YOU WANT ANYTHING?

ANYWAYS, SO, LIKE,
WHAT -- WHAT DO YOU DO?

TIBOR, CAN I
GET YOU ANYTHING?

ATTILA,
I'M FINE, REALLY.

ALL RIGHT, OKAY.

UM, CAN YOU, LIKE,
HOLD ON FOR ONE SECOND?

- I'LL -- I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- YEAH. YEAH.

WHAT IS YOUR DAMN PROBLEM?

WHAT?

PLEASE, DON'T DO THE WHOLE
MARY POPPINS ROUTINE, OKAY?

IF YOU SEE ME TALKING TO A GIRL,
DON'T INTERRUPT!

WELL, WOULD IT KILL YOU TO CLEAN
UP AFTER YOUR OWN DAMN FRIENDS?!

TI-TIBOR.

ATTILA TOLD ME HE WAS UPSET

THAT TIBOR DOESN'T CARE
THAT HE HELPED HIM A LOT,

AND HE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING BACK
FROM TIBOR.

- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
- LUCY.

THE CONFLICT IS ENOUGH
TO MAKE TIBOR HOMESICK

AND QUESTION THE IDEA

OF DEVOTING HIS LIFE
TO WORKING IN A HOTEL.

UM, ATTILA, CAN YOU COVER ME
FOR FIVE MINUTES?

I NEED TO CALL MY MOTHER
ABOUT SOMETHING.

YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I'LL WATCH THE DESK.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

HEY, MOM. HOW ARE YOU?

E-EVERYTHING IS GREAT.

ACTUALLY, I'M...

THINKING ABOUT APPLYING
FOR SCHOOL IN BUDAPEST.

I THINK HE'D ALWAYS WONDERED

WHETHER HE WANTED TO CONTINUE
WITH SOME ACADEMIC STUDIES

OR CARRY ON WORKING.

TIBOR LOVED LONDON
AND THE FREEDOM IT BROUGHT.

BUT HE WAS ALSO AN INTENSELY
DEVOTED MAN TO HIS FAMILY.

HE WANTED TO GO BACK TO HUNGARY.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE ARE.

BETTER THAN YOUR MOTHER'S?
ABOUT THE SAME?

WORSE?

- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- IT'S BETTER.

- I WON'T TELL HER THAT, THOUGH.
- NO, DON'T DO THAT.

AFTER NEARLY A YEAR
AT THE HOTEL,

TIBOR IS ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE
AND EAGERLY MAKES PLANS

TO LEAVE THE JOB
AT THE END OF THE SUMMER.

SO, I GOT SOME BIG NEWS.

I GOT INTO SCHOOL
IN BUDAPEST.

SO...

I-I'M GOING TO BE LEAVING
IN A FEW MONTHS.

WELL, IS THAT --
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

I MEAN, SCHOOL IS NO
GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS.

YOU HAVE A FUTURE HERE,

AND IT COULD OPEN THE WORLD
TO YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY.

I MEAN...

DO YOU WANT
TO GIVE THAT UP?

I'M TIRED
OF YOU INTERFERING.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT,
ALL RIGHT?

AND NEITHER YOU
NOR ANYONE ELSE

IS GOING TO STAND IN MY WAY.

TIBOR BECAME SO ANNOYED,

AND ATTILA KNEW THAT, BASICALLY,
HE WOULDN'T BE SEEING TIBOR

VERY MUCH AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

ATTILA KIND OF
DEVELOPED A CRUSH ON TIBOR

THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE CLEAR
TO TIBOR.

BUT THE ROOMMATES WILL SOON
BE SWEPT UP IN A WAVE OF VIOLENCE

THAT NO ONE AT
THE RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN HOTEL

COULD HAVE PREDICTED.

IT JUST SEEMED A SITUATION
THAT SOMEONE WAS GONNA GET HURT.

SO, I GOT SOME BIG NEWS.

I GOT INTO SCHOOL
IN BUDAPEST.

I'M GOING TO BE LEAVING
IN A FEW MONTHS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

SCHOOL IS NO
GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS.

YOU HAVE A FUTURE HERE.

I'M TIRED
OF YOU INTERFERING.

BUT JUST WEEKS
BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE,

TIBOR MEETS SOMEONE

WITH THE POTENTIAL TO THROW
A WRENCH IN HIS PLANS --

A NEW GIRL FROM NEARBY
IVER HEATH AT THE FRONT DESK,

20-YEAR-OLD ALICE ADAMS.

SO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE
THE NAME CORRECT.

- HI. I-I'M TIBOR.
- HI.

- HI. ALICE.
- PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

ALICE WAS A YOUNG GIRL
WHO WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
YOU CAN GO ON BREAK IF YOU WANT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TIBOR, CAN YOU, SHOW HER
WHERE THE BREAK ROOM IS?

YEAH. SURE.
FOLLOW ME.

- OKAY.
- YEAH.

SO, THIS IS WHERE
WE ALL HANG OUT AFTER LUNCH.

IT'S OUR LITTLE PARADISE.

PARADISE.

SO, TELL ME.

WHAT'S YOUR, UM, STORY?

MUSIC.
IT'S MY LIFE.

- REALLY?
- YEAH.

ALICE WAS VERY ARTISTIC,
VERY MUSICAL.

SHE HAD AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
SINGING VOICE.

SHE WAS A LOVELY GIRL.

WHAT DO YOU PLAY?

PIANO AND GUITAR.

- ME, TOO.
- REALLY?

- YEAH.
- I SING, AS WELL.

THEIR INTEREST IN MUSIC
AND THE ARTS,

THEIR ABILITY TO PLAY
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS --

BOTH FOUND AN ATTRACTION
TO EACH OTHER

FROM THE MOMENT
THAT SHE ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL.

AS A YOUNG GIRL
GROWING UP IN THE U.K.,

ALICE LEARNS TO PLAY THE PIANO
WITHOUT EVEN TAKING LESSONS.

A SONG, SHE COULD HEAR IT ONCE

AND REPRODUCE IT
STRAIGHT ON THE PIANO.

WONDERFUL JOB THERE.

ALICE HAS A BOYFRIEND,
TAD, HER HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEART.

BUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP
IS NOW STRAINED

SINCE TAD LEFT FOR UNIVERSITY
NOT FAR FROM LONDON.

EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS JUST STARTED
AT THE HOTEL,

ALICE ALSO HAS PLANS TO TRAVEL.

I'M GOING TO HAWAII
IN A LITTLE BIT.

MY AUNT'S GETTING MARRIED.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M LEAVING
LONDON MYSELF IN A LITTLE BIT.

REALLY?

YEAH, I ACTUALLY GOT ACCEPTED
TO UNIVERSITY IN BUDAPEST.

SO, WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING?

I'M LEAVING
IN LIKE THREE WEEKS.

THAT'S JUST TOO BAD.

YOU JUST -- I JUST GOT HERE,
AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEAVE.

WELL...

WE CAN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
A LITTLE BIT MORE

WHILE WE'RE HERE, AT LEAST.

EVERYBODY, GET CLOSE. IF YOU
COULD JUST STEP IN A LITTLE.

OKAY.

IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG

FOR ALICE TO BE WELCOMED BY THE
HOTEL STAFF AS ONE OF THEIR OWN.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

A CHANCE PHOTOGRAPH
AT A HOTEL TRAINING SESSION

TAKES ATTILA OUT OF THE PICTURE.

WHY DIDN'T YOU WAIT
FOR YOUR SUPERVISOR, TIBOR?!

Y-Y-YOU KNOW
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR ME!

I'M SORRY, ATTILA.
I-I JUST -- I DIDN'T --

THERE WAS AN OUTBURST
AT A TEAM-BUILDING SESSION

WHEN A PICTURE WAS TAKEN.

THE PICTURE FEATURED ALICE,
AND IT FEATURED TIBOR,

BUT IT DIDN'T FEATURE BAN.

AND HE WAS ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS.

WHY DO YOU CONSTANTLY
UNDERMINE ME?!

WHY IS THAT, TIBOR?

IT'S NOT TIBOR'S FAULT.

DON'T YOU SAY A DAMN WORD.

IT LOOKED AS THOUGH
SOMETHING WAS GONNA GIVE.

BY EARLY AUGUST, TIBOR AND
ALICE ARE SPENDING MORE TIME TOGETHER

AND HAVE GROWN VERY CLOSE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK GOULASH
TASTES BETTER IN HUNGARY.

THIS IS MY MOTHER'S RECIPE
RIGHT HERE.

I'M NOT SURE YOUR MOTHER
KNOWS HOW TO COOK.

HEY.

ATTILA, WHAT'S GOING ON?

UM...

I WAS THINKING,
SINCE BOTH OF YOU ARE LEAVING,

MAYBE WE HAVE
A LITTLE GET-TOGETHER.

- SURE. THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN.
- THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

I'LL DO THE MUSIC
AND EVERYTHING.

YEAH, LET ME SHOW YOU
MY COLLECTION.

SURE.

BUT EVENTS BEYOND THE HOTEL

MIGHT THROW A WRENCH
INTO THE PARTY PLANS.

LOOTERS TRIED TO PRY
A TELEVISION OFF THE WALL

AT A BETTING SHOP
IN CLAPHAM IN SOUTH LONDON.

THE DEATH TOLL
CAUSED BY THE RIOTERS ROSE TODAY

WHEN A 68-YEAR-OLD MAN DIED

AFTER BEING BEATEN
BY A MOB IN WEST LONDON.

I AM DETERMINED,
THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED

THAT JUSTICE WILL BE DONE,

AND THESE PEOPLE WILL SEE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS.

RIOTERS WERE EVEN
APPARENTLY BREAKING INTO HOMES.

BECAUSE OF THE RIOTS,

ONLY TWO MORE COLLEAGUES
ARE ABLE TO JOIN THE PARTY.

WITHIN THE SAFE CONFINES
OF THE HOTEL GROUNDS,

THE CHAOS IN METRO LONDON
IS QUICKLY FORGOTTEN.

WRITE A SONG ABOUT ME.

RIGHT NOW?

- OKAY.
- WHAT ABOUT US?

- NO, JUST ABOUT ME.
- ABOUT YOU.

SOME OF THEM WERE
PLAYING A GUITAR AND SINGING.

IT WAS OBVIOUSLY QUITE A GOOD
AND RELAXED ATMOSPHERE.

CHEERS.

- TO NEW HORIZONS.
- CHEERS.

- OLD FRIENDS AND NEW BEGINNINGS.
- YEP.

THERE WAS A SORT OF
END-OF-TERM FEELING ABOUT IT,

AND LET'S TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE A PARTY NOW,

AND IT'D BE TERRIBLE

IF WE DIDN'T AT LEAST HAVE
ONE LAST FLING TOGETHER

BEFORE WE ALL LEAVE
IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

HEY, GUYS, I THINK MAYBE
WE SHOULD TAKE THIS PARTY

UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- WHAT'S THAT?
- IT'S POPPERS.

ATTILA PRODUCED AMYL NITRATE,
WHICH IS PARTY POPPERS.

IT'S A WELL-KNOWN, EASY-TO-TAKE
DRUG WITH AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT,

PARTICULARLY WHEN TAKEN
WITH ALCOHOL.

THAT'S IT.

BOYS?

NO?.

WHOA. I'M OKAY.

IT LOWERS INHIBITIONS.
THERE'S A MUSCLE RELAXANT,

SO IT HEIGHTENS SENSITIVITY
AWARENESS IN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.

YOU GUYS ENJOY.
WE NEED TO GET GOING, ALL RIGHT?

WHAT? WHAT? FOR REAL?

- WHY?
- SERIOUSLY?

WE HAVE TO BE IN
EARLIER THAN YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT.
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

ALL RIGHT. COME ON.

I HAVE TO CALL MY MUM.

- COME ON. REALLY?
- YEAH.

HELLO? MUM?

I-I DON'T THINK
I'LL BE COMING HOME TONIGHT.

I-I'VE HAD A BIT TO DRINK,

AND I-I DON'T THINK
I SHOULD BE DRIVING.

UM...

I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
LOVE YOU.

I HAVE TO CALL MY BOYFRIEND.

- WHAT?
- HE'LL WORRY IF I DON'T.

WHAT?

HELLO?

- Tad.
- HEY.

I'm still here.

I COULDN'T FIND MY PHONE,
SO I'M CALLING ON TIBOR'S.

TIBOR'S JUST A FRIEND
FROM RECEPTION.

ALL RIGHT...

ARE YOU OKAY?

Yeah, we're all in our clothes.

I'm going to sleep
on my manager's couch.

Stop it.

ALICE, DURING THE EVENING,
WAS IN TOUCH WITH HER OWN BOYFRIEND.

PHONED HIM UP,
EXPLAINING WHAT WAS HAPPENING,

HAVING A BIT OF FUN,

COMMENTING SHE WAS IN BED
WITH ATTILA BAN

AND ALSO MENTIONED TIBOR.

SHE SENT HIM A SERIES
OF TEXT MESSAGES, AS WELL.

AT ONE POINT,
SHE ACTUALLY TOLD HER BOYFRIEND

THAT SHE WAS IN BED
WITH ATTILA BAN.

MY MANAGER'S HERE.
YEAH, HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.

COME HERE.

HEY, T-TAD?

Hello.

YEAH, THIS IS --
THIS IS ATTILA. I'M --

Okay. How is she doing?

Yeah, no, she's fine.
She's fine.

No, no, no, we're --
we're taking care of her.

POLICE REPORTED 450 PEOPLE
WERE ARRESTED OVER THREE NIGHTS,

AND LONDON'S HOLDING CELLS
WERE FULL.

DISTRESS WAS EVIDENT ON THE
FACES OF PEOPLE FLEEING TROUBLE.

THE NEXT MORNING, AUGUST 10th,

TIBOR, ALICE, AND ATTILA

ARE DUE AT THE HOTEL
FOR THEIR 3:00 P.M. SHIFT,

BUT THEY NEVER SHOW UP.

WHEN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HOTEL

REALIZED THAT THREE OF THE
EMPLOYEES HADN'T TURNED UP,

THEY QUESTIONED THE STAFF.
NOBODY KNEW.

THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PARTY
THE NIGHT BEFORE

BUT DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HAD HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

TIBOR?

ATTILA?

THESE WERE TRUSTED EMPLOYEES.

THEY'RE NOT ANSWERING.

NOT TURNING UP
WAS NOT AN OPTION.

IT WAS SO OUT OF CHARACTER.

THEY WERE CLEARLY
VERY CONCERNED.

WITH THE NEARBY RIOTS
GAINING MOMENTUM OVERNIGHT

AND ALL OF LONDON ON EDGE,

HOTEL MANAGEMENT CALLS POLICE TO
LOCATE THEIR MISSING EMPLOYEES.

IT'S THE POLICE.

EVERYONE THOUGHT THEY WERE
HAVING A NICE TIME, A FUN NIGHT.

ARE YOU IN THERE?

UNFORTUNATELY, IT DIDN'T EXACTLY
TURN OUT LIKE THAT IN THE END.

MR. BAN?

THE PLACE LOOKED
PRETTY WELL TRASHED.

JONES.

DEAR GOD.

MR. BAN?

MR. VASS?

IT'S THE POLICE.

CERTAINLY OUT OF CHARACTER.

THEY'RE ALL GOOD,
WELL-RESPECTED EMPLOYEES.

SO NO REASON TO THINK

THAT ANY OF THE PEOPLE
WOULDN'T TURN UP FOR WORK.

CHEERS.

THEY QUESTIONED THE STAFF.

THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PARTY
THE NIGHT BEFORE

BUT DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HAD HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

WITH THE RIOTS HAVING
ALREADY CLAIMED FIVE LIVES,

HOTEL MANAGEMENT
TURNED TO AUTHORITIES

TO LOCATE ATTILA BAN,
TIBOR VASS, AND ALICE ADAMS.

ARE YOU IN THERE?

THE POLICE OFFICER
KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. NO REPLY.

MANAGEMENT HAD A KEY TO OPEN UP.

MR. BAN?

MISS ADAMS?

THERE WERE SIGNS
OF A LONG-RUNNING PARTY,

WHICH WERE A LOT OF DRINK,
A LOT OF DRUGS HAD BEEN TAKEN,

AND THE PLACE LOOKED
PRETTY WELL TRASHED.

JONES.

DEAR GOD.

- CALL IT IN.
- CALL FOR BACKUP.

POSSIBLE MURDER VICTIM,
FEMALE, CAUCASIAN, EARLY 20s.

POSSIBLE ALICE ADAMS.

WHEN THEY GOT IN THERE,

THEY WERE GREETED
WITH BASICALLY A BLOODBATH.

ALICE'S BODY WAS LYING DISCARDED
LIKE A RAG DOLL.

IT WAS AS IF
SHE'D BEEN TOSSED ASIDE.

COVERED IN 22 STAB WOUNDS

WITH A PILLOW
SHOVED ACROSS HER FACE.

THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT THE
MURDERER WANTS TO OBLITERATE.

22 STAB WOUNDS IS WAY BEYOND
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY

TO KILL ALICE.

YOU DON'T DIE INSTANTLY
WHEN YOU'RE STABBED,

AND SO BLOOD'S PUMPED OUT.

MURDER WEAPON.

NEXT TO ALICE'S BODY,
INVESTIGATORS FIND

A KNIFE, BLOODY MALE
BOXER SHORTS, AND A T-SHIRT.

BLOODY DRAG MARKS
LEAD TO THE BEDROOM.

GOD.

NO ONE IS PREPARED
FOR WHAT LIES INSIDE.

AND ONCE THEY'D GONE
THROUGH THE DOOR,

THEY COULD SEE
THE ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS SIGHT.

GOD.

TIBOR SPLAYED OUT ON THE BED.

STABBED TWICE, ONCE EFFECTIVELY
THROUGH THE HEART.

TIBOR'S BODY HAD BEEN
PLACED IN A DELIBERATE POSE.

TIBOR'S ARMS
WERE DOWN TO HIS SIDES

AND TOWARDS HIS GENITALS
AND TOWARDS HIS GROIN AREA.

THIS IS A REVERENTIAL

AND ADORING POSITIONING
OF THE BODY --

A CLEARLY SEXUAL POSITIONING
OF THE BODY.

AND HIS LEGS JUST UP
SLIGHTLY AND KNEES APART.

ODDLY, THERE WERE
NO REAL SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE.

ONLY ALICE HAD ONE DEFENSIVE
MARK ON HER ARM.

THERE WERE NO GREAT
DEFENSE INJURIES TO THE HANDS.

AND SHE WAS A LIVELY,
ATHLETIC YOUNG WOMAN.

TO STAB SOMEBODY 22 TIMES

WITHOUT THEM GETTING A HAND
IN THE WAY OF A KNIFE ATTACK

WOULD BE VERY UNUSUAL,
WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD HERE.

PERHAPS THAT DOES SUGGEST
THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN ASLEEP

OR MAYBE COMATOSE
THROUGH DRINK AND DRUGS --

COMPLETELY UNABLE
TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.

THE THEORY IS TIBOR WAS KILLED

PERHAPS AS HE LAY
PASSED OUT ON THE SETTEE.

AND THEN HE WAS DRAGGED
INTO THE BATHROOM.

HIS CLOTHES
WERE CUT FROM HIS BODY

AND LEFT IN A PILE
NEXT TO ALICE.

WHERE'S THE THIRD?

ATTILA BAN, THE PERSON
WHOSE FLAT IT WAS, WASN'T THERE,

AND THERE WERE TWO DEAD PEOPLE
IN THE FLAT.

POLICE MUST NOW DETERMINE

IF ATTILA COULD BE
A THIRD VICTIM TAKEN ELSEWHERE,

PERHAPS ANOTHER CASUALTY...

OR A SUSPECT HIMSELF.

HOW'S IT LOOKING IN THERE?

PRETTY BAD.

IN COMES THE FORENSIC SCIENTISTS

COVERED IN THEIR WHITE COATS
AND MASKS.

WHY DON'T YOU START
IN THE BEDROOM?

MINUTE EXAMINATION

OF EVERY SINGLE INCH
OF THAT FLAT.

THERE WAS DNA EVIDENCE
OF SEXUAL CONTACT

BETWEEN BOTH MEN AND ALICE.

AND THERE WAS SOME OF
BAN'S SEMEN ON TIBOR'S BODY.

IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR

THAT THERE HAD BEEN
SOME KIND OF SEXUAL HORSEPLAY

BETWEEN THE THREE OF THEM.

BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE
OF ANY INTERCOURSE.

HI. TAD --

PHONE RECORDS INDICATE

ALICE'S LAST CALL
TO HER BOYFRIEND, TAD,

WAS AROUND 3:30 A.M.

I couldn't find my phone,
so I'm calling on Tibor's.

Tibor's just a friend
from reception.

No, no, no, we're --
we're taking care of her.

DID A JEALOUS LOVER'S
RAGE EXPLODE

AND CLAIM THE LIVES
OF THREE YOUNG FRIENDS?

ON THE FIFTH DAY

OF THE MOST VIOLENT RIOTS
IN LONDON'S RECENT HISTORY,

ALICE ADAMS AND TIBOR VASS
ARE DISCOVERED BRUTALLY MURDERED

IN A FLAT ON THE GROUNDS OF THE
RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN HOTEL.

DEAR GOD.

I MUST HAVE COVERED
OVER A THOUSAND MURDER CASES,

AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN
ONE LIKE THIS BEFORE.

POLICE HAVE JUST DISCOVERED
A STRING OF CALLS AND TEXTS

TO ALICE'S BOYFRIEND
THE NIGHT BEFORE.

COULD THIS BE THE WORK
OF A JEALOUS LOVER?

AS THE REMAINS
OF ALICE AND TIBOR

ARE SHIPPED TO THE M.E.
FOR AUTOPSY,

POLICE STILL HAVE NO LEADS
ABOUT ATTILA BAN'S WHEREABOUTS

OR EVEN IF HE'S STILL ALIVE.

WHO WAS -- WHO WAS STILL IN THE
APARTMENT WHEN -- WHEN YOU LEFT?

WHEN WE LEFT, THERE WAS ALICE,
TIBOR, AND UM...

ATTILA.

ATTILA'S COLLEAGUES
ALSO COME UP SHORT

ON WHERE THE STAR SUPERVISOR
MAY BE.

WAS ATTILA
TAKEN BY THE MURDERER,

A CASUALTY
OF THE MARAUDING RIOTERS

WHO WERE TERRORIZING LONDON,

OR WAS HIS ROLE
EVEN MORE SINISTER?

DID HE KILL ALICE AND TIBOR
AND GO INTO HIDING?

IF SO, THEN WHY ISN'T THERE
A TRAIL OF BLOODY FOOTPRINTS

EXITING THE CRIME SCENE?

POLICE HAD WORKED OUT DIFFERENT
THEORIES OF WHERE HE'D GOT TO,

EITHER THAT HE'D LEAPT
OUT OF THE WINDOW

OR HE LEFT SOME SHOES
OUTSIDE THE FLAT

SO THAT HE COULD MAKE A GETAWAY

WITHOUT LEAVING
ANY BLOODSTAINED FOOTPRINTS

OR ANY SIGN OF HIS EXIT.

THEY CERTAINLY GOT
THE C.C. TV FOOTAGE

FROM THE HOTEL
THAT SHOWED THE CAR PARK.

AND SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION
DIDN'T SHOW HIM LEAVING.

IT WAS AS IF ATTILA
BAN HAD VANISHED INTO THE AIR.

INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE
TO INTERVIEW COWORKERS...

I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING,
ACTUALLY.

IT'S A FACEBOOK POST.

...AND LEARN THAT ATTILA
UPDATED HIS FACEBOOK PAGE

AT 6:30 A.M. THAT DAY.

WHAT DOES IT SAY?

IT'S LIKE...

"I'D LIKE TO WAKE UP
FROM THAT NIGHTMARE."

HIS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
HAD BEEN CHANGED,

AND THEY WERE
TO FIND OUT SUBSEQUENTLY,

BUT IT APPEARED AS THOUGH
HIS MOBILE PHONE WAS BEING USED.

ON MOBILE PHONES,
YOU CAN PICK UP

THE MAST THAT THE SIGNAL'S
BEEN SENT THROUGH.

AND THERE WAS A SIGNAL THROUGH
A MAST NORTH OF THE PREMISES.

SO I THINK
THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION

THAT HE WAS OUT AND ABOUT
SOMEWHERE.

ATTILA'S FRIEND
AND FORMER ROOMMATE ANNA

NOTICES THE STRANGE
FACEBOOK UPDATE, AS WELL,

AND BECOMES CONCERNED.

WHY WOULD SOMEONE PUT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON FACEBOOK?

GOD, I THOUGHT
HE WAS IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE.

I TRIED TO REACH HIM.

I SENT HIM A HUNDRED MILLION
TEXT MESSAGES

AND CALLED HIM ON SKYPE
AND FACEBOOK -- EVERYWHERE.

BUT HE DIDN'T ANSWER.

A FEW HOURS LATER,

ANNA GETS A CALL AT WORK THAT
THE POLICE ARE AT HER HOUSE.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE RIOTS,

IT TAKES HER LONGER THAN USUAL
TO GET HOME.

SO, I WENT HOME FROM WORK

AND FOUND SIX, SEVEN OFFICERS
SEARCHING MY HOME.

THEY SAID,
"YOU HAVE TO COME WITH US."

THEY DIDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING,

JUST THAT THREE PEOPLE
WERE MISSING,

AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ATTILA.

THIS IS D.C. NOVELLE
INTERVIEWING ANNA NIMATH.

TODAY'S DATE
IS AUGUST 11, 2011.

THE TIME IS 5:03 P.M.

INTERVIEWING HER IN REGARD TO
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ATTILA BAN.

HOW WELL
DO YOU KNOW ATTILA?

WE WERE ROOMMATES FOR A WHILE.
I KNOW HIM PRETTY WELL.

JUST ROOMMATES?

YES.

WE -- WE SHARE OUR HOMELAND
OF HUNGARY.

HOW LONG
HAVE YOU KNOWN ATTILA?

UM, 13 YEARS.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW HIM?

ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHERE HE MIGHT BE

OR WHO HE MIGHT BE WITH?

I DON'T --

I-I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

UM, IT'S PRETTY SCARY
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

AFTER FOUR HOURS OF QUESTIONING,

ANNA LEARNS
THAT THE SEARCH FOR ATTILA

HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE RIOTS IN LONDON

BUT ABOUT A DOUBLE HOMICIDE
IN HIS APARTMENT.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE ATTILA
AS A PERSON?

VIOLENT?

NO, NO.

ATTILA? NEVER VIOLENT.

- ANGRY?
- NO.

- JEALOUS?
- WHAT? NO.

THE ATTILA THAT I KNEW

WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

HE COULD NOT HURT A SPIDER.

THIS IS A MISTAKE.
THIS IS NOT REAL. NO.

- CHECKING OUT.
- YES. YES, OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT.

ATTILA WORKED VERY HARD.

HE WAS A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT MAN

WITH, I WOULD SAY, A VERY STRONG
SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG.

HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS.

RESPECTED BY
HIS WORK COLLEAGUES.

HE WAS A PERSON OF WHOM
ANYONE WOULD SAY,

"WELL, HE'S THE LAST MAN
IN THE WORLD

WHO I WOULD EXPECT
TO KILL TWO OF HIS FRIENDS."

ATTILA'S TRAIL
HAS GONE ICE-COLD,

SO THE SECOND MORNING
AFTER THE MURDERS,

FORENSIC EXPERTS
RETURN TO BAN'S APARTMENT

TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK.

WASN'T THAT DOOR OPEN
WHEN WE LEFT HERE LAST NIGHT?

THE DOOR
TO THE ADJOINING BEDROOM,

WHICH HAD BEEN OPEN,
WAS NOW SHUT.

CHARLIE, HAS ANYONE BEEN IN HERE
SINCE WE LEFT?

NO.

CLEARLY, THINGS HAD BEEN MOVED
INSIDE THE CRIME SCENE,

CAUSING SOME ALARM.

THE INVESTIGATORS KNEW
THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED.

SOMEONE HAD MOVED SOMETHING
IN THE FLAT.

CHARLIE,
CAN YOU COME OVER HERE?

DEAR GOD.

IT'S ATTILA!

AND THERE HE WAS,
LYING ON THE BED.

STARK NAKED, WITH A CRAFT KNIFE
STICKING OUT HIS ARM

AND A SECOND ONE
STICKING OUT OF HIS BUTTOCK.

DEAR GOD.

IT'S ATTILA!

ATTILA BAN HAS BEEN
STABBED, BUT HE'S STILL ALIVE.

I NEED AN AMBULANCE
AT THE BAN/VASS CRIME SCENE

ON NEW ROAD NEAR HEATHROW.

ON THE SECOND DAY OF
SEARCHING LONDON FOR ATTILA BAN,

SUSPECTED OF BRUTALLY KILLING
HIS TWO FRIENDS,

POLICE FIND HIM
AT THE CRIME SCENE.

BAN WAS IN THERE, STRETCHED OUT,
STARK NAKED.

IT WAS A BIZARRE TWIST
TO THIS CASE.

ATTILA!

BAN PRETENDS THAT
HE'S BEEN SUDDENLY STRUCK MUTE

AND IS NOW DEAF AND DUMB.

Whittam; HE WASN'T FORTHCOMING
ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

HE DIDN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
IN INTERVIEW.

HIS WOUNDS
ARE NOT LIFE-THREATENING

AND APPEAR TO BE SELF-INFLICTED.

THIS IS A CLEAR ATTEMPT BY HIM
TO MAKE HIMSELF THE VICTIM.

THAT BASTARD'S BEEN
HIDING IN HERE SINCE THE MURDER.

HE NEVER LEFT THE DAMN FLAT.

ATTILA BAN
HADN'T FLED FROM THE APARTMENT.

HE'D OBVIOUSLY REALIZED
THAT NOWHERE TO GO.

HE'D USED A KNIFE
TO CUT HIS WAY IN THE DIVAN BED

ON WHICH HE'D ARRANGED TIBOR
ON TOP.

HE'D CLEANED OUT THE INSIDE
OF THE DIVAN TO GIVE HIM SPACE.

SO, IN EFFECT,
YOU'VE GOT A SHELL.

YOU LIFT IT UP AND CLIMB IN IT.

YOU'VE GOT THAT SPACE
UNDERNEATH THE BED.

HE HAD A BOTTLE OF WATER.

HE HAD HIS CELLPHONE, IN WHICH
HE UPDATED HIS FACEBOOK PROFILE

AND SENT MESSAGES OUT.

AND HE'D CUT FURTHER HOLES

SO HE CAN SEE OUT
WHAT UNFOLDS IN FRONT OF HIM.

HE WAS LITERALLY
AT THE FEET OF THE INVESTIGATORS

WHEN THE PATHOLOGIST CAME IN
TO EXAMINE THE BODY.

AND HE SEEMED FASCINATED

TO SEE HOW THE POLICE
WERE DEALING WITH THE CRIME

THAT HE HAD COMMITTED.

TO REMAIN THERE AND TO WATCH
LIKE A COVERT SURVEILLANCE

IS MOST EXTRAORDINARY.

BAN LIVED IN THE MIDDLE

OF HIS OWN BLOOD-SOAKED
CRIME SCENE FOR TWO DAYS.

THE PREMISES WERE SECURE,

AND NOBODY THOUGHT THERE WAS
ANYBODY IN THE APARTMENT,

BUT HE WAS THERE.

AND HE CLEARLY CAME OUT AT NIGHT
WHEN THEY WEREN'T THERE,

AND THEN CLIMBING
BACK INTO THE BED

BEFORE THE INVESTIGATORS
RETURNED AGAIN IN THE MORNING.

HE HUMILIATED THE POLICE
AND FORENSIC INVESTIGATORS

BY HIDING IN SUCH A BIZARRE
AND UNUSUAL WAY

AND MANAGING TO STAY HIDDEN
OVER A TWO-DAY PERIOD.

THERE CAN'T BE MANY WEIRDER

THAN A GUY WHO KILLS TWO PEOPLE

AND THEN SPENDS TWO DAYS
NOT ONLY IN THE SAME ROOM

BUT HIDING IN A BED.

A FEW MONTHS AFTER
ATTILA BAN IS CHARGED WITH MURDER

AND BEFORE HE IS
BROUGHT TO TRIAL,

HE BEGINS TO SPEAK
ABOUT THAT HORRIFIC NIGHT.

A BUNCH OF US WERE HANGING OUT
AT MY FLAT, DRINKING.

WE WERE PARTYING,
PLAYING MUSIC.

WE DID DRUGS -- POPPERS.

WERE YOU ANGRY AT TIBOR VASS
AND ALICE ADAMS FOR SOME REASON?

NO. NO, THEY...

WERE BOTH
CLOSE FRIENDS OF MINE.

ATTILA WANTED TIBOR FOR HIMSELF.

TIBOR THOUGHT THEY WERE FRIENDS,
NOTHING MORE.

TIBOR WAS HIS MEANING IN LIFE.

HE WAS A FELLOW HUNGARIAN

WHO HAD BECOME
THE FOCUS OF HIS LIFE

AND WITH WHOM HE WAS CLEARLY
INFATUATED, OBSESSED.

TO BE REJECTED SO RESOLUTELY,
SO EMPHATICALLY

BY SOMEBODY WHO HAD BECOME
THE CENTER OF HIS WORLD

WOULD HAVE AROUSED
FEELINGS WAY BEYOND JEALOUSY.

I'M TIRED
OF YOU INTERFERING.

WHY DO YOU CONSTANTLY
UNDERMINE ME?!

TIBOR --

IF YOU SEE ME TALKING TO A GIRL,
DON'T INTERRUPT!

- QUEER!
- DO YOU THINK I'M PRETTY?

THIS IS WHAT I WANT,

AND NEITHER YOU NOR ANYONE ELSE
IS GOING TO STAND IN MY WAY.

THEN HOW DID THEY END UP DEAD
IN YOUR FLAT?

I DON'T --
I DON'T KNOW.

I...

I DON'T REMEMBER.

I...

I JUST REMEMBER WAKING UP,
AND THERE WERE TWO BODIES THERE.

BUT BAN SAYS NOTHING
ABOUT WHY HE KILLED THEM OR HOW

OR EVEN WHO WAS
THE FIRST VICTIM.

I DON'T REMEMBER.

DID HE STAB TIBOR
QUICKLY, TWICE,

AND ALICE REACTS?

HE'D HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.

OR DID HE REACT AGAINST ALICE
OUT OF JEALOUSY,

STAB HER 22 TIMES...

HE WANTS TO REMOVE HER,
NOT JUST TO DESTROY HER BODY.

HE WANTS TO DESTROY
HER VERY IDENTITY.

HE WANTS HER NOT TO EXIST,
NOT TO HAVE EXISTED.

...AND THEN,
REALIZING WHAT HE'D DONE,

KILL TIBOR AFTERWARDS?

THEORISTS COULD PRESENT A CASE
BOTH WAYS.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW
WHO WAS STABBED FIRST.

THE ONLY PERSON WHO REALLY KNOWS
WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT ROOM

IS ATTILA BAN,
AND HE ISN'T TELLING.

AFTER SEEING WHAT HE HAS DONE,

ATTILA DRAGS TIBOR'S
LIFELESS BODY TO THE BATHTUB,

WHERE HE CAREFULLY WASHES
THE BLOOD OFF OF HIS WOUNDS.

OVERWHELMED WITH GUILT,
ATTILA ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.

HE TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF
IN SEVERAL WAYS --

BY ELECTROCUTION,

BY AN OVERDOSE,
AND BY STABBING HIMSELF.

AND, INDEED,
WHEN HE WAS FOUND BY THE POLICE,

HE HAD SOME KNIVES
STICKING INTO HIS BODY --

SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS.

RANDOMLY PULLING AT A WHOLE
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT METHODS

DOESN'T SMACK
OF SOMEBODY COMMITTED

TO FOLLOWING THROUGH
WITH THE SUICIDE.

I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE

THAT ONE OF THE METHODS
WOULDN'T HAVE WORKED,

HAD HE REALLY INTENDED
TO KILL HIMSELF.

ON JULY 9, 2012,

NEARLY ONE YEAR AFTER TIBOR VASS
AND ALICE ADAMS

WERE BRUTALLY STABBED TO DEATH,

ATTILA BAN GOES ON TRIAL.

HE IS CHARGED
WITH TWO COUNTS OF MURDER.

ATTILA BAN CLEARLY WAS
AFFECTED AND UPSET

BY THE FACT THAT TIBOR
WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO HUNGARY.

AND THEN SEEING SOMEBODY ELSE,
A WOMAN,

HAVING SOME KIND OF SEXUAL
CONTACT WITH HIM

MAY WELL HAVE BEEN THE TRIGGER.

BAN ASKS THE JURY
FOR FORGIVENESS

AND TRIES TO EXPLAIN THAT TIBOR
WAS HIS REASON TO LIVE,

AND HE KNEW IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE
WHAT HE DID.

IT'S A SELF-SERVING STATEMENT,

THE STATEMENT
OF A MAN LOOKING FOR EXCUSES.

QUITE OFTEN,
PEOPLE WHO'VE KILLED SOMEBODY

HAVE GREAT REGRETS AFTERWARDS.

IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT TO DISCERN

WHETHER THAT'S SORROW
FOR THEMSELVES,

SORROW FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE,

OR ACTUALLY GENUINE SORROW FOR
THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THE JURY FINDS BAN'S
CLAIMS OF SELECTIVE MEMORY LOSS

DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT.

HE CLEARLY DOES REMEMBER
SOME OF THE EVENTS,

SUCH AS TAKING A BATH,
POSTING FACEBOOK UPDATES,

AND REMEMBERING TO TAKE WATER
WITH HIM INTO THE DIVAN.

JUST DOESN'T SEEM CONSISTENT
WITH SOMEBODY TOTALLY BLANKING.

ATTILA BAN HAS NO SUCH EXCUSE,

AND THE JURY SAW THROUGH
HIS EXCUSES VERY QUICKLY

ATTILA BAN
IS CONVICTED OF THE MURDERS

AND GIVEN A SENTENCE
OF 26 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON.

AT HIS FORMER HOTEL,

THE BUSTLE OF INTERNATIONAL
TRAVELERS CONTINUES ON

WITH LITTLE CHANGE.

BUT THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS
OF THE VICTIMS

ARE LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS
THAN ANSWERS

ABOUT WHY THE STAR HOTEL MANAGER
KILLED ALICE ADAMS

AND THE OBJECT OF HIS AFFECTION,
TIBOR VASS.

ALTHOUGH ON THE FACE OF IT,

ATTILA WAS DOING WELL
AT HIS WORK,

HE WAS IN FACT,
EXTREMELY DEPRESSED.

HE WAS FINDING IT
MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT

TO COPE WITH HIS LIFE
DAY TO DAY.

IF PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES
IN A SITUATION

WHERE THEY REALLY CAN'T COPE
WITH THEIR DAILY LIVES,

WHERE THINGS
ARE TOO MUCH FOR THEM,

RATHER THAN CARRYING ON,

THE THING TO DO
IS TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP.

IT WAS A TRAGEDY.

I FEEL SORRY
FOR TIBOR AND ALICE'S FAMILIES.

BUT I FEEL SORRY
FOR ATTILA, AS WELL...

FOR THE PERSON
I KNOW HE COULD HAVE BEEN.

WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT,
WHATEVER THE REASON WAS FOR IT,

BROUGHT TWO YOUNG LIVES
TO AN OBVIOUSLY PREMATURE END.

IT'S VERY REMINISCENT

OF A SORT OF "ROMEO AND JULIET"
TYPE NARRATIVE.

ONE SO LOVED THAT CONTINUING
TO EXIST WITHOUT THEM

PUSHED ATTILA TO DO THINGS

THAT HE WILL REGRET
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.