Hunter (1984–1991): Season 3, Episode 7 - True Confessions - full transcript

CHECK THIS OUT.

Man: CARDIO-RESPIRATORY
ARREST DUE TO COCAINE.

YOU WERE RAPING
HER. WE RAPED HER!

JEFF! ARE YOU
CRAZY, MAN? SHUT UP!

UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE NO CHOICE

BUT TO DROP THE
CHARGES AT THIS TIME.

MY SISTER'S DEAD BECAUSE
OF WHAT YOU DID TO HER!

YOU'LL PAY WITH YOUR LIVES!

I DIDN'T SHOOT PHILIP EPPERSON.

I THINK YOU DID.

SHE IS A PRIME
CANDIDATE FOR A FRAME.



YOU'D JUST AS SOON
SHE KILL ME, TOO.

AS BRIGHAM YOUNG
SAID, "THIS IS THE PLACE."

I DON'T SEE ANY CARS.

GOOD.

HAVE SOME TIME TO KILL.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

IT'S ABOUT YOUR HANDS.

COME ON, I KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE.

I LIKE SUSHI, TOO, BUT
NOT IN A SPORTS CAR.

LET'S GO INSIDE.

HEY, COME ON IN.

HEY, JEFF. HOW ARE YOU DOING?

THIS IS RHONDA.

VERY NICE.



WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

FASHIONABLY LATE, I GUESS.

UH, COME HERE.

THIS IS CHEF ROBERT
IN THE KITCHEN,

CREATING HIS LATEST
GOURMET TREAT.

HIS PARENTS ARE OUT?

FAR OUT... PARIS.

HERE YOU GO, MY DEAR.

A LITTLE DELICACY
ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

NO, THANKS. I DON'T DO COKE.

IS THAT WHAT IT IS, COKE?

WHOA, WE'RE NOT TALKING
JUST ANY OLD COKE HERE.

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE
IN PERUVIAN FLAKE.

HERE.

McCALL, MY LITTLE FOX.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING,
CHASING AMBULANCES?

THIS IS NOT A HOMICIDE.

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME WHEN I
PICKED UP THE CALL. WHAT'S UP?

SOMEBODY THOUGHT
THEY HAD A D.B.,

BUT NO... SHE'S ALIVE.

NOT WELL. THEY
DON'T NEED US HERE.

WELL, WHAT HAPPENED?

SOME GIRL, 18.
UNCONSCIOUS, UNRESPONSIVE.

WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.

18?

TEENAGE HEART ATTACK?

Officer: ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY
SURE SHE HADN'T TAKEN ANY DRUGS?

NOT WHILE SHE WAS WITH ME.

WHAT SHE MIGHT HAVE DONE
BEFORE I PICKED HER UP, I DON'T KNOW.

WE WERE HAVING A FEW DRINKS.

SHE SEEMED PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
SHE STARTED TO COMPLAIN

ABOUT PAINS IN HER CHEST AND SHE
WANTED TO LIE DOWN ON THE COUCH.

AND THE NEXT THING, IT WAS
LIKE SHE WAS HAVING A SEIZURE.

OR SOMETHING. SO WE CALLED 911.

AND SHE NEVER CAME TO AGAIN?

NO. I WISH WE KNEW
C.P.R. OR SOMETHING.

WE COULD HAVE HELPED THE GIRL.

HELPED HER? YOU WERE RAPING HER.

WE RAPED HER...

YOU'RE CRAZY, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!

QUIET! LET HIM TALK.

HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT
HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

YOU SAY YOU GAVE HER COCAINE?

YES. WE TALKED HER INTO IT.

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO.
SHE WANTED TO LEAVE.

BUT WE DIDN'T LET HER
GO. WE HELD HER DOWN...

JEFF!

YOU GET ALL THAT?

JUST GOES TO SHOW...

SOMETIMES A BEAT
COP CAN WRAP UP A CASE

WITHOUT CALLING
THE HOT DOG DICKS.

DID YOU MIRANDIZE HIM?

HUH?

YOU DID READ HIM HIS RIGHTS?

NO. IT WAS A
VOLUNTARY CONFESSION.

HE WASN'T A SUSPECT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THERE HAD
BEEN A CRIME COMMITTED HERE.

ARE YOU A LAWYER
NOW? READ HIM HIS RIGHTS.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN BE USED
AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE AN
ATTORNEY PRESENT DURING QUESTIONING.

IF YOU CANNOT
AFFORD AN ATTORNEY,

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE ONE
APPOINTED FOR YOU PRIOR TO QUESTIONING.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THESE RIGHTS?

YES.

WILL YOU VOLUNTARILY
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS?

I THINK I'D LIKE TO
TALK TO AN ATTORNEY.

DR. TAYLOR, 247, PLEASE.

DR. TAYLOR, 247.

MAY I HELP YOU?

YES. RHONDA BURKE,
MY SISTER. IS SHE HERE?

JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE.

WELL, IS SHE ALL RIGHT?
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HER?

IF YOU'LL JUST HAVE A SEAT,

THE DOCTOR WILL
BE RIGHT WITH YOU.

LET ME SEE HER. WHERE IS SHE?

IT'S RHONDA BURKE'S SISTER.

THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

I'M SORRY, MISS BURKE, WE
DID EVERYTHING WE COULD.

NO!

THERE'S NO WAY THESE
KIDS ARE GOING TO GET OFF.

THEY'RE GUILTY.

JEFF WYATT'S CONFESSION

WON'T BE ADMISSIBLE
AS EVIDENCE IN COURT.

THEREFORE THESE
PUNKS WILL GET OFF.

HOW? HE VOLUNTEERED
THAT CONFESSION,

MIRANDA DOES NOT APPLY.

UNFORTUNATELY, MELVIN
BELLI WILL PUT HOLES

ALL THROUGH THAT TESTIMONY.

YOU ARE SO CYNICAL.

TRY AND HAVE A LITTLE FAITH IN
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.

I AM CYNICAL, BUT IT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH JUSTICE.

IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THIS
PROSECUTOR IS OVERMATCHED BY BELLI.

HE VOLUNTEERED THE CONFESSION.

HE'S GUILTY...
THEY'RE ALL GUILTY.

SO WAS MIRANDA.

Prosecutor: AND THE STATE
WILL FURTHER ESTABLISH

THAT THE VICTIM'S DEATH
WAS A DIRECT RESULT

OF THE INGESTION OF COCAINE,

A DRUG PROVIDED
BY THE DEFENDANTS.

AND THAT THE RESULTANT HEART
ATTACK SUFFERED BY RHONDA BURKE

WAS INDUCED BY THE DRUG
AND BY THEIR SEXUAL ASSAULT.

THE PROSECUTION WILL PROVE
THAT THESE MEN ARE IN FACT

GUILTY OF BOTH RAPE

AND MURDER.

THANK YOU.

MR. BELLI, YOUR OPENING
STATEMENT PLEASE.

YES, YOUR HONOR.

MAY IT PLEASE, YOUR HONOR,

AND OF COURSE,
MAY IT PLEASE YOU,

LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY,

I WANT TO MAKE JUST A VERY
BRIEF OPENING STATEMENT

TO SET OUT SOME GUIDEPOSTS
SO THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE

THAT MY CLIENTS ARE NOT GUILTY.

YOUR HONOR, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY,

THESE YOUNG MEN
WHO ARE SITTING HERE

ARE THE REAL
VICTIMS IN THIS CASE.

VICTIMS OF A PUBLIC
OUTRAGE AGAINST DRUG ABUSE,

WHICH ALL OF US
FEEL... AND RIGHTLY SO.

CERTAINLY IT'S TRAGIC THAT RHONDA
BURKE MAY HAVE DIED OF COCAINE POISONING.

BUT THAT'S NOT JUSTIFICATION FOR
MAKING THESE BOYS SCAPEGOATS.

NO COCAINE WAS FOUND
IN THEIR POSSESSION

OR IN THE HOUSE WHERE
RHONDA BURKE DIED.

IN FACT, THE ONLY COCAINE
EVER FOUND IN THIS CASE

WAS IN THE BODY OF RHONDA BURKE.

PROXIMITY TO AN EVENT IS
NOT EVIDENCE OF COMPLICITY.

I WILL ESTABLISH AND PROVE THAT
ALL THAT THESE BOYS ARE GUILTY OF

IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US HAVE
BEEN GUILTY OF SOMETIME IN OUR LIVES...

BEING IN THE WRONG
PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.

THANK YOU.

THE PROSECUTION MAY
CALL ITS FIRST WITNESS.

Prosecutor: AND WHAT DID YOU
FIND TO BE THE CAUSE OF DEATH?

CARDIO-RESPIRATORY
ARREST DUE TO COCAINE.

AND DID YOUR
EXAMINATION ALSO INDICATE

THAT THE DECEASED
HAD BEEN VIOLATED?

OBJECTION. VIOLATED?

IT'S LEADING AND SUGGESTIVE
TO HIS OWN WITNESS.

SUSTAINED.

THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT SHE
HAD ENGAGED IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

A SHORT TIME PRIOR TO HER DEATH.

I SEE. AND WAS
THERE ANY INDICATION

OF PHYSICAL INJURY
TO THE DECEASED?

BRUISES ON HER FACIAL
CHEEKS, ARMS AND THIGHS.

YOUR WITNESS.

DEEP, LASTING BRUISES
OR MILD, FAINT BRUISES?

NO. THEY WERE INTERMEDIATE.

BY THE WAY, WAS
RHONDA BURKE A SMOKER?

YES.

DID SHE TAKE ORAL
CONTRACEPTIVES?

OBJECTION.

OVERRULED. WITNESS WILL ANSWER.

WE FOUND EVIDENCE OF THAT, YES.

SO YOU DID FIND
EVIDENCE OF THAT.

DON'T THOSE FACTORS...
SMOKING AND THE PILL...

INCREASE THE LETHAL
POTENTIAL OF COCAINE?

THAT IS THE MEDICAL
CONSENSUS, YES.

IS IT ALSO POSSIBLE THAT
RHONDA BURKE MAY HAVE LACKED

THE NECESSARY ENZYME
TO METABOLIZE THE COCAINE?

WE DIDN'T TEST FOR THAT.

THANK YOU.

OH, THERE'S ANOTHER
THING. ABOUT THOSE BRUISES.

AREN'T THERE PEOPLE
WHO BRUISE QUITE EASILY?

I MEAN, IN RESPONSE TO
ACTIONS LESS THAN VIOLENT?

YES, YES, THERE ARE.

AND COULDN'T THOSE BRUISES HAVE
COME FROM SOME AMOROUS ADVENTURE

IN THE FRONT SEAT OF
THIS LITTLE SPORTS...

OBJECTION.

WITHDRAWN, WITHDRAWN.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

Prosecutor: AND WHAT HAPPENED
AFTER YOU ARRIVED AT THE ADDRESS?

THE PARAMEDIC TEAM WAS ALREADY
ATTEMPTING RESUSCITATE THE VICTIM.

SO I BEGAN TO QUESTION THE
WITNESSES WHO WERE PRESENT

IN REGARD TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND WHAT HAPPENED
SHORTLY THEREAFTER?

ONE OF THE WITNESSES,
JEFFREY WYATT,

VOLUNTARILY CONFESSED THAT
HE AND THE OTHER DEFENDANTS

PROVIDED THE VICTIM WITH COCAINE

AND SUBSEQUENTLY RAPED HER.

AND DURING THE RAPE,
SHE SUFFERED A SEIZURE.

AND YOU RECORDED
THIS CONFESSION?

I DID.

REQUEST THAT THIS OFFICER'S
NOTES BE ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE...

NO, NO, YOUR HONOR.

AS PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT "A."

THE DEFENSE REQUESTS

THAT THE RULING ON ADMISSIBILITY

OF THESE NOTES OR ALLEGED NOTES

BE CONTINUED UNTIL COMPLETION
OF OUR CROSS EXAMINATION.

GRANTED. ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

NO, YOUR HONOR.

MR. BELLI, YOUR WITNESS.

DID YOU FIND ANY
COCAINE ON THE PREMISES?

NO, SIR.

WERE THERE ANY SIGNS
OF ANY KIND OF A STRUGGLE?

NO.

AND VERY IMPORTANTLY NOW...

DID YOU READ
MR. WYATT HIS RIGHTS

BEFORE YOU RECORDED
HIS ALLEGED STATEMENT?

I DIDN'T BECAUSE
AT THE TIME HE...

JUST ANSWER THE
QUESTION, IT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH.

YOU READ IT OR
YOU DIDN'T READ IT.

DID YOU ADVISE MR. WYATT THAT
HE HAD THE RIGHT TO LEGAL COUNSEL

BEFORE ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS?

NO! I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU HE
WASN'T IN CUSTODY AT THE TIME.

HE MADE A VOLUNTARY STATEMENT
THAT TOOK ME COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE.

HE VOLUNTEERED THE STATEMENT.

DEFENSE REQUESTS
THAT THE COURT RULE

THIS OFFICER AS A
HOSTILE WITNESS.

AND, IF YOUR HONOR WOULD,

ASK HIM TO ANSWER WHERE HE CAN,

YES OR NO... NOT AN
ELABORATE STATEMENT.

SO DIRECTED.

NOW, OFFICER MYERS.

ISN'T IT TRUE... AND
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT...

THAT MR. EPPERSON
ASKED IF HE COULD LEAVE

AND GO TO THE HOSPITAL
WITH RHONDA BURKE?

ANSWER THE QUESTION, PLEASE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT ANYBODY
TO GIVE AN HONEST ANSWER TO THAT.

YES.

AND WASN'T THIS PRIOR TO
MR. WYATT'S ALLEGED CONFESSION?

YES, BUT HE WASN'T...

YOU'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION.

YOUR HONOR, I SUBMIT THAT
THIS WITNESS' TESTIMONY,

THAT THE DEFENDANTS
HAD IN FACT BEEN DETAINED,

ESTABLISHES THEY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN

ADVISED OF THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS

TO REMAIN SILENT AND
TO HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL.

THEY WEREN'T. SINCE
THEY WERE NOT SO ADVISED,

MR. WYATT'S ALLEGED STATEMENT
IS NOT ADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE.

Judge: DOES PROSECUTION
HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?

YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE MAINTAIN

THAT THE DEFENDANT'S
CONFESSION WAS NOT COERCED.

NOR WAS HE IN THE CUSTODY
OF OFFICER MYERS AT THE TIME.

HIS STATEMENT WAS MADE
VOLUNTARILY AS A FREE CITIZEN

IN RESPONSE TO GENERAL
QUESTIONING IN THE NORMAL

FACT FINDING PROCESS
ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH AN INCIDENT.

I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THE
STATE WOULD TAKE SUCH AS VIEW

AND HOW THE OFFICER
COULD BE COMPLETELY

UNAWARE OF THE FACT THAT
A CRIME HAD BEEN COMMITTED

SHORT OF SUCH INFORMATION
BEING VOLUNTEERED.

HOWEVER, OFFICER MYERS' TESTIMONY
INDICATES THAT THE DEFENDANTS

WERE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM
OF ACTION IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY.

THE LAW IS VERY
CLEAR ON THIS POINT.

THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ADVISED OF THEIR RIGHTS.

AND SINCE THEY WERE NOT,

REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT I
MAY PERSONALLY WISH TO ADMIT

THE DEFENDANT'S
STATEMENT AS EVIDENCE,

IN GOOD CONSCIENCE

I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT
TO RULE FOR THE DEFENSE.

THE JURY WILL DISREGARD OFFICER
MYERS' TESTIMONY IN REGARD

TO A STATEMENT MADE BY
DEFENDANT JEFFREY WYATT.

AND THE OFFICER'S
NOTES IN THIS REGARD

ARE INADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE.

EXCEPTION, YOUR HONOR.

NOTED. PROCEED.

THE PROSECUTION RESTS.

MR. BELLI, YOU MAY
PRESENT YOUR CASE.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

BUT THE DEFENSE AT THIS TIME
CONTENDS THAT THE PROSECUTION

HAS FAILED TO ESTABLISH A
REASONABLE CONNECTION OR NEXUS

BETWEEN THE DEFENDANTS AND THE
CRIMES FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGED.

THEREFORE, WE MOVE THAT
THE COURT DIRECT THE JURY

TO FIND A VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL.

MR. BELLI, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
NO QUESTION IN THE COURT'S MIND

THAT THESE YOUNG MEN COMMITTED THE
ACTS WITH WHICH THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED.

THERE IS ALSO NO QUESTION IN
THE COURT'S MIND THAT THEIR RIGHTS

UNDER THE MIRANDA
DECISION HAVE BEEN VIOLATED.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
ODIOUS EXAMPLE

OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN
ERRORS OF THIS SORT ARE MADE.

UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO DROP THE CHARGES AT THIS TIME.

Judge: ORDER,
ORDER IN THE COURT.

THE JURY IS DISMISSED.

THE DEFENDANTS WILL BE
RELEASED FROM CUSTODY.

AND THIS COURT IS ADJOURNED.

HELLO, LITTLE BROTHER.

THAT'S INSANE! THEY'RE GUILTY.

ONE OF THEM CONFESSED!
THEY'RE GUILTY!

BAILIFF. BAILIFF,
REMOVE THAT WOMAN.

YOU'LL ANSWER TO
A HIGHER JUSTICE!

I'LL SEE TO THAT IF I
HAVE TO DIE FOR IT.

MY SISTER'S DEAD
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SICK,

SPOILED LITTLE
CREEPS DID TO HER!

YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!
YOU'LL PAY WITH YOUR LIVES!

Woman: PHIL...

COME ON OUT. WHAT
ARE YOU DOING IN THERE?

YOU KNOW I CAN'T
STAND BEING ALONE.

JUMP IN.

IT'S A SURE CURE
FOR ALL OF YOUR AILS.

UH, CATCH SOME RAYS.

OH, PHIL, YOU KNOW,

SOMETIMES YOU ARE
THE BIGGEST BABY.

WHY DON'T YOU SHOW ME
THAT DIVE I TAUGHT YOU?

ALL RIGHT, NOW.

CHECK THIS OUT.

DID YOU SEE IT?

PHIL? PHIL?

OH, MY GOD!

MISS BURKE?

YES, WHAT IS IT?

I'M SERGEANT McCALL, THIS IS
MY PARTNER, SERGEANT HUNTER.

WE'RE WITH THE METRO P.D.

WE HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOU,

BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO INFORM YOU

THAT YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.

IF YOU GIVE UP THAT RIGHT, ANYTHING
YOU SAY CAN BE USED AS EVIDENCE...

WHAT IS THIS? WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY
WAIT UNTIL SHE FINISHES.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO
HAVE AN ATTORNEY PRESENT.

IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY,
ONE WILL BE APPOINTED TO YOU.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THESE RIGHTS?

YES, I DO. BUT I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

TWO HOURS AGO, PHILIP
EPPERSON WAS SHOT AND KILLED.

OH, NO.

OH, MY GOD.

WELL, THAT EXPLAINS IT.

HOW'S THAT?

A WOMAN CALLED ME
ABOUT 3 HOURS AGO.

I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS
BUT SHE MANAGED TO SEND ME

OFF ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SHE TOLD ME SHE KNEW
THOSE BOYS WERE GUILTY

BECAUSE THEY'D RAPED
SOMEBODY ELSE 6 WEEKS AGO.

DID SHE SAY WHO IT WAS?

NO. SHE WOULDN'T TALK
ANYMORE ON THE PHONE.

BUT SHE SAID THAT IF I GOT
OVER THERE RIGHT AWAY,

SHE'D GIVE ME ALL THE DETAILS.

THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE BEEN?

YES. I WENT TO SEE THAT WOMAN...

BUT THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, DO YOU?

YOU THINK I KILLED HIM.

WHY AREN'T YOU AT WORK TODAY?

I'M ON A MEDICAL LEAVE.

THEY THOUGHT I WAS UNDER
TOO MUCH STRESS TO DO MY JOB.

THEY WERE RIGHT.

GETTING BACK TO THIS
WOMAN. DID YOU GO SEE HER?

I COULDN'T FIND HER.

I MEAN, I FOUND THE HOUSE,
BUT IT WAS ALL BOARDED UP.

NOBODY LIVED THERE.

ANYBODY SEE YOU?

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

DO YOU OWN A GUN?

YES. MAY WE SEE IT?

WELL, IT'S AT THE CLUB.

UH, WHAT CLUB?

THE WESTWOOD GUN CLUB.

I KEEP IT IN MY LOCKER THERE.

THERE'S NO LAW AGAINST
THAT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

AND IT CERTAINLY
ISN'T THAT ODD, EITHER.

MY FATHER WAS A MARINE.

HE TAUGHT ME TO SHOOT
WHEN I WAS IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

WHAT ADDRESS DID THE
WOMAN ON THE PHONE GIVE YOU?

Hunter: NOBODY'S
LIVED HERE IN YEARS.

Sheila: AT FIRST I THOUGHT I'D
WRITTEN DOWN THE WRONG ADDRESS.

BUT IT'S OBVIOUS.

SOMEBODY WANTED ME OUT OF THE
WAY WHILE THEY KILLED PHILIP EPPERSON.

YOU SAID YOU HAD
DIFFICULTY FINDING THIS PLACE.

DID YOU HAVE TO STOP AT ANY
TIME TO ASK FOR DIRECTIONS?

I REMEMBER NOW. I DID.

CAN I HELP YOU?

YES, SIR. THIS LADY SAYS
SHE WAS HERE EARLIER TODAY.

DO YOU RECALL SEEING HER?

I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING HER.

SHE WAS DRIVING A SILVER
MERCEDES CONVERTIBLE.

NO, I DON'T RECALL IT.

THE MAN I TALKED TO
WAS TALLER THAN YOU

AND HAD LONG,
SANDY-COLORED HAIR.

I GOT THE IMPRESSION
HE WAS A MECHANIC.

OH, WE DON'T HAVE NO MECHANICS.

WE USED TO. NOW WE JUST
PUMP GAS AND SPILL OIL.

WERE TWO PEOPLE
ON DUTY HERE TODAY?

YEAH. QUENTIN. HE WAS
HERE UP TO A HALF HOUR AGO.

MA'AM, QUENTIN,
HE'S A LITTLE FELLOW.

HE'S 5-FOOT-4 AND JUST
AS BALD AS A BABY'S BUTT.

WELL, THIS ISN'T GOING
TO HELP ME ANY, IS IT?

SERGEANT HUNTER. COME IN.

I HOPE I'M NOT DISTURBING YOU.

NO, I'M JUST FIXING DINNER.

OH, I CAN COME
BACK ANOTHER TIME.

NO, NO. COME IN, COME IN.

RIGHT NOW, A BRIBE PROBABLY
WOULDN'T DO ME ANY HARM.

HOW'S THAT?

WELL, I'M IN THE MIDDLE
OF FIXING DINNER.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ME
FOR A NICE HOME COOKED MEAL?

NO, NO. GO RIGHT AHEAD.

WELL, IF YOU WANT TO TALK,
COME ON IN THE KITCHEN.

YOU WERE PRETTY CLOSE
WITH YOUR SISTER, WEREN'T YOU?

YES, WE WERE.

OUR FATHER DIED IN
VIETNAM A FEW WEEKS

BEFORE WE GOT OUT OF SAIGON.

AND OUR MOTHER DIED
WHEN RHONDA WAS 7.

I PRACTICALLY RAISED HER MYSELF.

I TRIED TO CALL YOU EARLIER,
BUT YOUR PHONE WAS BUSY.

OH, I'VE GOT THE
PHONE OFF THE HOOK.

IT WAS RINGING LIKE CRAZY
WHEN I CAME IN HERE TODAY.

PEOPLE FROM TV, FROM THE
NEWSPAPER, AND JUST PLAIN PEOPLE.

THEY ALL THINK I'M WONDERFUL.

A KILLER, MIND YOU,
BUT WONDERFUL.

THEY WERE SURPRISED,
THOUGH, THAT I'M NOT IN JAIL.

YOU ALMOST WERE IN JAIL.

BUT I DECIDED TO
GET A SECOND OPINION.

AND?

WELL, THE DEPUTY D.A. SAYS
WE DON'T HAVE A CASE YET.

WHAT WAS THE MODEL
OF THE GUN YOU OWN?

A WALTHER P.P.K.

I THOUGHT YOU CHECKED IT.

BALLISTICS DID. YOU PRETTY
GOOD WITH IT, ARE YOU?

I'M SORRY TO SAY
IT, BUT, YES, I AM.

WOMEN'S CLUB CHAMPION.

I'VE BEEN TO THE NATIONALS
TWO YEARS IN A ROW NOW.

YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING.

ISN'T THERE LIKE A POLICE ARTIST

THAT COULD DRAW A
SKETCH OF THAT MAN

I SAW AT THE GAS STATION?

YEAH, THERE IS. BUT THERE'S
NOT ENOUGH MOTIVATION

IN THIS CASE FOR THAT YET.

DON'T THE POLICE
HAVE ANY INTEREST

IN TRYING TO PROVE
SOMEBODY ELSE DID IT?

MY PARTNER THINKS SOMEBODY
ELSE MAY HAVE DONE IT.

BUT YOU DON'T.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

YOU THINK I KILLED HIM.

SHEILA...

IF SOMEBODY RAPED AND MURDERED
MY SISTER AND GOT OFF SCOT-FREE

ON SOME SORT OF
TECHNICALITY, I COULD KILL THEM,

PLEAD DIMINISHED CAPACITY AND
NOT SPEND ONE SINGLE DAY IN JAIL.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THE
FREE COUNSEL, SERGEANT.

BUT I DIDN'T KILL THE MAN
AND I'M NOT PLEADING INSANITY.

I WAS UPSET ABOUT THE VERDICT,

AND I DID SAY SOME THINGS
IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT,

BUT I DIDN'T SHOOT
PHILIP EPPERSON.

I THINK YOU DID. WHY?

I THINK YOU FELT THOSE
BOYS DESERVED TO DIE

FOR WHAT THEY
DID TO YOUR SISTER.

WELL, I HATE TO DISAPPOINT
YOU, BUT I DIDN'T KILL HIM.

OH, I'M NOT GOING TO
LIE TO YOU AND TELL YOU

I'M SORRY ONE OF THOSE
ANIMALS IS DEAD. I'M NOT.

I WON'T SHED ONE TEAR.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
HE CAN BURN IN HELL.

SERGEANT McCALL,
SERGEANT HUNTER.

DAVID KOPHART, THE
DECEASED'S BROTHER.

MR. KOPHART.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE THE OFFICERS

INVESTIGATING ROBERT'S DEATH.

YES, WE ARE. WELL?

WHY HAVEN'T YOU ARRESTED HER?

YOU MEAN SHEILA BURKE?

WHO IN THE HELL ELSE
WOULD I BE REFERRING TO?

WE HAVE ARRESTED HER

AND SHE'S WITH HER
ATTORNEY AT THIS TIME.

AN A-1 EXAMPLE OF
LOCKING THE GARAGE DOOR

AFTER THE CAR'S BEEN STOLEN.

MR. KOPHART, WE COULD
NOT ARREST SHEILA BURKE

ON THE FIRST HOMICIDE
BECAUSE SUSPICION DOESN'T DO IT.

WE KNOW IT WOULDN'T STICK.

IF YOU'RE A BETTING MAN, I'LL
GIVE YOU ODDS THAT HER ATTORNEY,

MR. SNOW, WILL HAVE
HER OUT TODAY BY 5 P.M.

I WAS TOLD THAT
ROBERT AND HIS FRIEND,

PHIL EPPERSON, WERE
KILLED BY THE SAME GUN.

AND YOU'RE TELLING ME
SHE'S GOING TO BE RELEASED?

WE CHECKED OUT
SHEILA BURKE'S GUN.

IT WAS NOT THE GUN THAT
WAS USED IN THESE HOMICIDES.

MR. KOPHART, WE'RE CONDUCTING

A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
OF MISS BURKE.

IN FACT, SERGEANT HUNTER, AS
OF THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED IT,

WAS THOROUGHLY CONVINCED OF HER
GUILT AND WAS WORKING TO PROVE IT.

MY POINT IS THAT IF SHE
HAD BEEN IN CUSTODY,

ROBERT WOULD STILL BE ALIVE.

I MEAN, IT'S ABSOLUTELY
SCANDALOUS.

AND IF MY EARS
AREN'T DECEIVING ME,

IT'S YOU TWO, WHO ON YOUR OWN,

DECIDED NOT TO ARREST
HER AFTER THE FIRST KILLING.

MR. KOPHART, WE ARE WELL AWARE
OF THE CLOUT YOU HAVE IN THIS CITY.

HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES DOWN
TO OUR POLICE WORK, YOU HAVE NONE.

I HAVE THINGS TO DO, CAPTAIN.

YOU'RE EXCUSED.

I DON'T HAPPEN TO
BE USING MY CLOUT,

AS YOU CALL IT, SERGEANT HUNTER.

BUT IF AND WHEN
I DECIDE TO USE IT,

YOU'LL KNOW IT'S BEING USED.

GREAT.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW
SOMETHING ABOUT

THAT LOUDMOUTH, ARROGANT
CREEP THAT GIVES HIM CLOUT.

WHAT IS IT?

HIS OLD MAN LEFT HIS FORTUNE

TO THE KOPHART FUND FOR PROGRESS

AND TO HIS 4 SONS BY 4
DIFFERENT MARRIAGES.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT IS ROBERT
KOPHART'S HALF-BROTHER?

HE'S ALSO THE SOLE
EXECUTOR OF THAT FUND.

VERY INFLUENTIAL
IN POLITICAL CIRCLES.

I THINK I'D LIKE TO DO
A LITTLE WORK ON HIM.

YOU DO THAT. I'LL
WORK ON SHEILA.

HUNTER.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

ATTORNEY MICHAEL SNOW JUST
SPRUNG SHEILA FROM THE SLAMMER.

Woman: LET'S SEE WHAT SHE
HAS TO SAY. HERE SHE COMES.

Man: MISS BURKE, CAN WE
HAVE A STATEMENT, PLEASE?

THAT'S TWO DEAD. IS THERE
ONE MORE TO GO, MISS BURKE?

WHY DID YOU DO IT? YOU'RE
AN EXPERT MARKSMAN,

WOULD YOU CARE TO
COMMENT ON THAT, MISS BURKE?

NOW, HOLD IT.

MISS BURKE IS FREE BECAUSE
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ADMITS

THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT
EVIDENCE TO BRING HER TO TRIAL, OK?

HOW ABOUT A STATEMENT
FROM YOU, MR. SNOW?

THE PUBLIC WANTS
TO KNOW, MISS BURKE!

THEY DESERVE TO
KNOW, MISS BURKE.

Woman: HEY, SHEILA, WE'RE
BEHIND YOU. GO FOR IT.

SERGEANT HUNTER, WOULD
YOU PLEASE GET IN THE CAR?

I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU.

Man: GIVE THEM HELL, SHEILA.

WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME
WHY YOU INVITED HIM TO JOIN US?

BECAUSE HE'S MY BEST WITNESS.

WAS I OR WAS I NOT WITH
YOU LAST NIGHT AFTER 8:00?

8:05.

YOU SEE? I COULDN'T
HAVE DONE IT.

YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

NO. WHAT?

YOU COULD HAVE MADE IT FROM
YOUR HOUSE AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT

TO ROBERT KOPHART'S
IN ABOUT 26 MINUTES.

BUT HE WAS SHOT
INSIDE A LOCKED BUILDING.

YES. HOWEVER, YOU COULD
HAVE FOLLOWED THE CAR

IN THROUGH THE GATE
BEFORE IT CLOSED.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

YOU STILL THINK I KILLED HIM?

WELL, DIDN'T YOU?

DON'T ANSWER THAT.

NO!

YOU ARE FUNNY.

WHAT YOU SEEM TO BE SAYING IS
THAT BY SOME SHEER DUMB LUCK,

SHE GOT THERE JUST
AS THIS KID DROVE IN.

NOW, IS THAT YOUR THEORY?

THAT'S ABOUT IT, YEAH.

I WANT YOU OUT OF THIS CAR. NOW.

PULL OVER.

I THINK YOU MEANT IT, SHEILA.

WHAT?

WHEN YOU SAID YOU
WANTED THOSE KIDS DEAD.

DON'T ANSWER THAT.

GET OUT.

I'LL BE SEEING YOU.

NOT IF I CAN HELP IT.

THANKS.

WHERE YOU BEEN?

WELL, I TOOK A LITTLE RIDE WITH
SHEILA BURKE AND MICHAEL SNOW.

YOU'RE KIDDING ME.

HE LET YOU GET CLOSE
ENOUGH TO TALK TO HER?

YEP. I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

NEITHER DOES MICHAEL SNOW.

HE KICKED ME OUT. I HAD
TO WALK BACK TO THE CAR.

WHAT DID YOU DO? TELL HIM
YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS GUILTY?

YEAH. SHE ISN'T.

YES, SHE IS. NO, SHE'S NOT.

LISTEN TO THIS.

THE LATE MR. KOPHART
LEFT 100,000 SHARES

OF HIS STOCK TO
EACH OF HIS 4 KIDS.

AND 100,000 SHARES OF THE
STOCK TO THE KOPHART FUND.

NOW, THAT WAS 15 YEARS AGO.

NOW, AT THAT TIME,
KOPHART'S STOCK

WAS SELLING FOR
ABOUT $40 A SHARE.

SO, IN OTHER WORDS, DAVID
KOPHART GOT STOCK WORTH $4 MILLION

AND THE FUND GOT
THE SAME AMOUNT.

NOW, THAT IS A LOT OF
MONEY, BUT IS IT CLOUT?

IT ALL DEPENDS WHAT
THE STOCK'S WORTH.

NO, IT DOESN'T BECAUSE DAVID
KOPHART TRADED IN HIS SHARES

AND THE FUND'S SHARES FOR
NICE, SAFE AND SECURE BONDS.

SO WHAT'S YOUR POINT?

ALL OF HIS SONS GOT THEIR
SHARES WHEN THEY TURNED 21.

EXCEPT FOR ROBERT,
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T

MAKE IT TO 21. HE WAS JUST 19.

SO HIS 100,000 SHARES
WENT INTO THE KOPHART FUND

IN ACCORDANCE WITH
HIS FATHER'S WILL.

SO, WHAT ARE THEY WORTH NOW?

THEY WERE SPLIT 4 TO 1 IN 1979.

AND SPLIT AGAIN 2 FOR 1 IN 1986.

SO ROBERT HAD 800,000 SHARES
SELLING AT 52 WHEN HE DIED.

AND THAT COMES TO JUST A
WEE BIT OVER 40 MILLION BUCKS.

AND THAT IS CLOUT.

AND DAVID KOPHART GOT IT AS
SOON AS HIS HALF-BROTHER DIED.

YOU MEAN THE FUND GOT IT.

I'VE BEEN THINKING.

I'D LIKE TO TALK
TO SHEILA BURKE.

WHO IS IT?

IT'S SERGEANT McCALL.

I'M SORRY, BUT MR. SNOW
SAYS I CAN'T TALK TO YOU.

SERGEANT HUNTER ISN'T
WITH ME. I'M BY MYSELF.

I DON'T WANT TO QUESTION YOU.

I JUST WANT TO SPEAK
WITH YOU FOR A MINUTE.

ALL RIGHT. PLEASE COME IN.

THANK YOU.

I TRIED CALLING YOU, BUT I
GOT A RECORDING ON YOUR LINE

THAT SAID THE PHONE
WAS OUT OF ORDER.

IT'S OFF THE HOOK.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

PEOPLE, EVEN REPORTERS,
CALL AND ASK ME

WHEN I'M GOING TO
KILL THE THIRD ONE.

AND THEY SOUND ANXIOUS.

SOME OF THEM EVEN
OFFERED TO HELP.

ISN'T THAT SICK?

I'M GLAD YOU THINK SO. YEAH.

MAY I SIT DOWN?

OH, YES, OF COURSE.

THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU
A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS

ABOUT THAT PHONE
CALL YOU RECEIVED.

COULD YOU DESCRIBE THE VOICE?

FOR EXAMPLE, DID
YOU NOTE AN ACCENT?

I DON'T REALLY
REMEMBER AN ACCENT.

BUT THEN I REALLY WASN'T
LISTENING FOR THAT, YOU KNOW.

MORE TO THE WORDS.

WELL, IF YOU HEARD
THE VOICE AGAIN,

DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT
BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE IT?

I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS
ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE.

DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER
PHONE IN THE HOUSE?

YES, I DO.

WOULD YOU MIND GOING
TO THAT AND PICKING IT UP

WHEN I TELL YOU AND LISTEN?

OK.

YES?

Woman: I HAVE A SERGEANT McCALL

FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ON LINE 1.

WILL YOU SPEAK WITH HER?

VERY WELL. PUT HER THROUGH.

THIS IS DAVID KOPHART.

YES, I THOUGHT THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO BE INFORMED THAT

SHEILA BURKE COULD NOT BE
DETAINED BY THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

THEY SAID THAT THE
REASON WAS THE INABILITY

TO CONNECT THE
SUSPECT TO THE CRIME.

WELL, SERGEANT, TO
THE EXTENT THAT I BLAMED

YOU AND SERGEANT HUNTER
PERSONALLY FOR WHAT HAPPENED,

YOU HAVE MY APOLOGIES.

BUT ANY SYSTEM WHICH
ALLOWS A SELF-CONFESSED KILLER

TO RUN LOOSE OUGHT TO BE JUNKED.

AND I MAKE NO APOLOGY
FOR SAYING THAT.

YOU REALIZE, OF COURSE, THAT YOU
SOUND EXACTLY LIKE SHEILA BURKE.

SHE BLAMED THE SYSTEM, TOO.

ARE YOU EQUATING ME WITH
A COLD-BLOODED KILLER?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.

I JUST THOUGHT YOU'D
LIKE TO BE INFORMED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WHO WAS THAT?

DID YOU RECOGNIZE THE VOICE?

WELL, I COULDN'T
SWEAR TO IT ON A BIBLE.

BUT THE PERSON WHO CALLED ME

HAD THAT SAME PREP
SCHOOL-LIKE ACCENT.

MAYBE IT WASN'T A WOMAN.

Woman: HUNTER. SOME KID'S
BEEN WAITING DOWN THE HALL

TO SEE YOU ALL AFTERNOON.
HIS NAME'S JEFFREY WYATT.

THANK YOU.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

YEAH. I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD
GET SOME POLICE PROTECTION.

HMM.

I DON'T THINK SO.

HEY! ROB AND PHIL ARE DEAD.

CAN'T YOU PUT ME IN PROTECTIVE
CUSTODY OR SOMETHING?

THERE'S A CRAZY WOMAN OUT THERE
KILLING PEOPLE AND I COULD BE NEXT.

YEP. YOU SURE COULD BE,

BUT GUARDING YOU RIGHT
NOW IS NOT IN OUR BUDGET.

SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING,
I SHOULD JUST DISAPPEAR?

WELL, I COULD PUT YOU
IN COUNTY JAIL, JEFFREY,

BUT I DON'T THINK THE INMATES
ARE GOING TO TREAT YOU TOO KINDLY.

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT,

THE CASE AGAINST
US WAS DISMISSED.

ON A TECHNICALITY.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

GO HOME AND PLAY SITTING
DUCK FOR SOME CRAZED FEMALE?

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO, BUT
YOU CAN'T HANG AROUND HERE, JEFF.

YOU DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF I
GET BLOWN AWAY, DO YOU?

YOU'D JUST AS SOON
SHE KILL ME, TOO.

IT'S NOT IMPORTANT
WHAT I THINK RIGHT NOW.

WE JUST CAN'T HELP YOU.

SORRY.

SO, THIS IS WHERE YOU GO
TO PRACTICE KILLING PEOPLE.

WHO ARE YOU AND
WHAT DO YOU WANT?

YOU KNOW WHO I AM. YOU
SAW ME IN THE COURTROOM.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
IF THE POLICE AREN'T GOING

TO TAKE ANY ACTION
AGAINST YOU, I AM.

I'M GOING TO PROVE THAT
YOU KILLED MY BROTHER

IF IT TAKES EVERY CENT I HAVE.

I DIDN'T KILL YOUR BROTHER.

AND I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT
WHAT I SAID AT THE TRIAL.

OH, LIKE HELL YOU ARE.

YOU MADE WHAT AMOUNTS
TO A PUBLIC CONFESSION,

AND HERE YOU ARE PRACTICING
FOR THE NEXT KILLING.

DON'T TALK TO ME
ABOUT CONFESSIONS.

JEFFREY WYATT CONFESSED

AND THAT LAWYER YOU HIRED
GOT IT THROWN OUT OF COURT.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SCREAMING
ABOUT JUSTICE THEN.

NOT WHEN YOUR BROTHER WOULD HAVE
BEEN CONVICTED OF RAPE AND MURDER.

ROBERT NEVER
TOUCHED YOUR SISTER.

THEY PROVED THAT.

NOW, IT'S A TRAGEDY
THAT SHE DIED,

BUT KILLING MY BROTHER
DIDN'T BRING HER BACK.

AND I SWEAR TO GOD, I'LL SEE YOU
ANSWER FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

STOP SOUNDING SO PIOUS.

SERGEANT McCALL WAS TALKING
TO SOMEONE ON THE PHONE TODAY

AND NOW I KNOW WHO IT WAS. YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO CALLED ME.

THE ONE WHO TRICKED ME
INTO GOING OUT TO MALIBU

AT THE EXACT TIME PHILIP
EPPERSON WAS BEING KILLED.

YOU'RE THE SUSPECT NOW. NOT ME.

I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY SENSE.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT I
KILLED MY OWN BROTHER?

OH, NOT ME, THE POLICE.

BUT I WANT YOU TO
KNOW I'M GOING TO DO

EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP
THEM PROVE IT WAS YOU.

IF IT WASN'T FOR
YOUR LOUSY MONEY,

MONEY YOU NEVER EVEN EARNED,

THOSE CREEPS WOULD
HAVE PAID FOR THEIR CRIME.

YOU KNOW...

AS LONG AS YOU'RE KICKING
AROUND POSSIBLE SUSPECTS,

I'VE GOT ONE YOU TWO
HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF.

MELVIN BELLI.

NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT
THIRD KID, JEFFREY WYATT.

JEFFREY WYATT? HE
CAME IN HERE TODAY

LOOKING FOR
PROTECTION. IT'S NOT JEFF.

SO? THAT COULD BE A
GREAT COVER, RIGHT?

I MEAN, HE FELT GUILTY
ENOUGH TO CONFESS, RIGHT?

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

SO MAYBE THE GUILT'S
GNAWING AWAY AT HIM.

WHO DOES HE BLAME?
HIS TWO BUDDIES,

THE REAL BAD GUYS IN THIS CASE.

WHAT? YOU THINK HE JUST
GOES OUT AND EXECUTES THEM?

WELL, IT'S NO WILDER THAN
YOUR KOPHART THEORY, IS IT?

NO. I GUESS IT ISN'T.
IF YOU'RE RIGHT,

WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT ANY MORE KILLINGS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

LISTEN TO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.

THE ONLY PERSON WE HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT IS SHEILA BURKE.

AND I'M WORRIED.

WHO'S IN HERE?

Man: DON'T MOVE.

Man: PUT YOUR PURSE
ON THE COFFEE TABLE.

SO... THIS IS THE GUN, HUH?

THE ONE YOU USED
TO KILL ROB AND PHIL?

NO. THAT'S MY TARGET PISTOL

AND I DIDN'T KILL
ANYBODY WITH IT.

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING!

I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT
AROUND FOR YOU TO KILL ME TOO.

JEFFREY, IF YOU KILL
ME, THEY'LL ARREST YOU

AND PUT YOU IN PRISON FOR LIFE.

WELL, I'D RATHER BE
IN JAIL THAN BE DEAD.

WHY DO YOU THINK I
HAVEN'T BEEN ARRESTED?

BECAUSE THE POLICE
KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE DID IT.

NOBODY ELSE HAD ANY
REASON TO KILL ROB AND PHIL.

DAVID KOPHART HAD ALL THE MOTIVE

IN THE WORLD TO WANT
ROBERT DEAD. MONEY.

YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL
ME THAT THE POLICE THINK

ROB'S BROTHER KILLED HIM?

YES. THAT'S CRAZY.

HE DIDN'T INHERIT ROB'S MONEY.

THE KOPHART FUND DID.

TO DAVID KOPHART,
IT'S ALL THE SAME.

BUT IN ORDER TO KEEP
HIMSELF IN THE CLEAR,

HE HAD TO KILL PHILIP
EPPERSON FIRST.

AND HE PROBABLY
PLANS TO KILL YOU NEXT.

I WANT TO HELP YOU, JEFF.

YOU'VE GOT TO GO
SOMEWHERE AND HIDE

UNTIL THE POLICE ARREST HIM.

AND THEY DO SUSPECT HIM NOW.

YOU CAN GO TO MY BEACH HOUSE
IN VENICE. YOU CAN STAY THERE.

HE MIGHT LOOK FOR ME THERE.

ARE YOU KIDDING?

HE THINKS I WANT YOU KILLED.

WHY ARE YOU DOING ALL THIS?

BECAUSE I DON'T
WANT TO SEE YOU DEAD.

I JUST THOUGHT AFTER WHAT
HAPPENED TO RHONDA THAT...

WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO RHONDA IS OVER.

IT'S GONE AND FORGOTTEN.

I JUST WANT THIS
WHOLE THING TO STOP

SO THAT I CAN HAVE A
PHONE AGAIN AND GO TO WORK

AND BE ABLE TO WALK DOWN THE
STREET WITHOUT BEING MOBBED.

HERE ARE THE KEYS
AND THE ADDRESS.

YOU CAN KEEP MY
GUN FOR PROTECTION.

WHERE'S YOUR CAR?

I DON'T HAVE ONE. I TOOK A BUS.

HERE ARE MY KEYS.
THE CAR'S IN THE DRIVE.

WHEN YOU GET TO THE
BEACH HOUSE, STAY THERE.

I'LL COME BY TOMORROW WITH
SOME GROCERIES AND STUFF.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW...

WE NEVER PLANNED ANYTHING
LIKE THAT HAPPENING TO HER.

WE JUST WANTED
TO PARTY A LITTLE.

THINGS GOT KIND
OF OUT OF CONTROL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN.

I WANT TO PUT IT OUT OF MY MIND.

IT'S DONE.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW...

I'M SORRY. I REALLY AM.

HEY, HEY. SHE'S LEAVING AGAIN.

GREAT. I COULD USE A
CHANGE OF SCENERY.

GIVE HER PLENTY OF SLACK.
WE DON'T WANT TO SPOOK HER.

YEAH, WHAT DO YOU BET SHE'S
OUT FOR AN OVERNIGHTER?

YEAH, WELL, WE SPEND
ALL NIGHT AT HER PLACE,

WE SPEND ALL NIGHT HERE.
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

NO DIFFERENCE.

HIYA, BOYS.

HEY, WAKE UP. WE'RE OUT OF HERE.

I'M AWAKE, I'M AWAKE.

THAT'S HER CAR THERE,
AT THE CORNER HOUSE.

ANY ACTIVITY?

WELL, SHE LEFT HER
PLACE AT 10:25 LAST NIGHT

AND GOT HERE AT 11:10.

8-WILLIAM-4, WE'RE
10-24. L-56 IS CODE 5.

GET SOME SLEEP. THANKS.

LATER, HUNTER.

Rhonda: GET OFF OF ME!

GET AWAY FROM ME!

NO!

HEY, YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?

MY SUSPECT IS COMING
TO VISIT YOUR SUSPECT.

David: JEFFREY! ARE YOU HERE?

JEFF, IT'S DAVID
KOPHART. COME ON, JEFF.

GET IN!

WHAT IS THIS? WHAT
ARE YOU DOING? SHUT UP!

JEFF, LISTEN. I UNDERSTAND
WHY YOU'RE SCARED.

I'D BE TERRIFIED, TOO...

I SAID SHUT UP!

JEFF, WOULD YOU PLEASE
JUST PUT THE GUN AWAY?

WHERE IS SHE? WHO?

SHEILA BURKE! WHAT
DID YOU DO WITH HER?

STOP TALKING NONSENSE.

I CAME HERE BECAUSE
I GOT YOUR MESSAGE.

I BROUGHT YOU THE
MONEY YOU WANTED.

MONEY? WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

DON'T MOVE! I'LL
SHOOT YOU, I MEAN IT!

Sheila: DROP THE GUN, JEFFREY.

I SAID DROP THE GUN.

WHY? YOU GOING TO SHOOT ME? YES.

Hunter: NO, YOU'RE NOT.

DON'T MOVE, SHEILA.

LOWER THE GUN.

LOWER THE GUN.

IT WAS YOU. YOU GOT
ME TO COME HERE.

WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO DO,

KILL ME, TOO, AFTER
YOU'D KILLED HIM?

JUST A MINUTE. BEFORE SHE
ANSWERS ANY QUESTIONS,

I WANT HER TO HAVE
HER RIGHTS READ TO HER.

BUT TO ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION, YEAH.

SHE SET YOU UP FOR BOTH MURDERS,

FIGURING YOUR LAST VICTIM HERE
WOULD SHOOT YOU BEFORE HE DIED.

I'M SURE MICHAEL
SNOW WILL TELL YOU

THE SAME THING I TOLD YOU.

PLEAD GUILTY,
DIMINISHED CAPACITY.

HE'S A DAMN GOOD ATTORNEY.

SERGEANT.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

IF YOU GIVE UP THIS
RIGHT, ANYTHING YOU SAY

CAN AND WILL BE USED
AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO
SPEAK WITH AN ATTORNEY

AND TO HAVE THE ATTORNEY
PRESENT DURING QUESTIONING.

IF YOU SO DESIRE AND
CANNOT AFFORD ONE

AN ATTORNEY WILL BE APPOINTED...