Hunter (1984–1991): Season 5, Episode 9 - Partners - full transcript
When the husband of a policewoman is murdered, evidence of wife abuse makes Hunter and McCall suspect the woman's patrol partner who knew about the beatings.
Tonight on "Hunter."
-Point of this is,
Gordon was murdered
about 10 o'clock last night.
-Is he dead?
-He was shot.
-You're accusing Dana or
murdering her own husband.
-I didn't do it!
-But what if they're
more than partners?
What if they're lovers?
-You know, if I said something
like that about McCall,
you'd deck me.
-Your husband was
killed in the line of duty.
-I thought I'd gotten over that.
-I want police protection.
Hunter?
-Have a good night.
-Maybe he found
something that got him killed.
-Let's get out of here, man.
Come on, come on, come on!
1 Adam 27, pursuit of a
van heading east on Seventh.
Roger, 1 Adam 27.
Assistance is on the way.
-Come on!
-All right, freeze right there!
You too.
Hands up against the van.
-What do you got?
-A 187.
-Any ID?
-Got a good print here.
Let's see if we can
get a plaster cast of it.
-SID's rolling
on that right now.
-Hey, I got something for you.
-Sergeant Hunter.
-Picked up your broadcast.
We caught those
three dudes doing
a land-speed record in that van.
It was loaded
with tires, wheels,
and a lot of used parts.
There was a .45
under the front seat.
We may have
bagged your suspects.
-I don't think so.
That's a small-caliber round.
-Yeah, he's been
dead for some time.
Rigor mortis has set in.
I want you to book
these guys on a 484 auto.
Also hold them in conjunction
with investigation of 187.
-Got it.
-The murder of INS
Agent Gordon Lynch.
-Isn't that Dana
Lynch's husband?
-Yeah, I'm afraid it is.
-This is 1 William 156.
Have Captain Devane meet
me on Open Tack Place.
Roger, 1 William 156.
Stand by.
-Did you get him on the radio?
All right.
Thanks.
Dana's on her way in.
I sure wish there was
some easier way to do this.
-I've known Dana
since the Academy.
I'll tell her.
-OK.
-Who's case is it going to be?
-Well, Gordon was an INS agent.
The FBI's going
to have jurisdiction.
-Charlie...
-I think maybe I could talk
them into letting us share it, huh?
I'd like to keep this
one in the family.
-Hey, Kates.
I need to talk to you
about your 318 follow-ups.
And Lynch?
You go see Captain Devane.
Come on.
-I'll talk to you later.
-Yeah.
-Dana?
-Hey, Dee Dee.
-Captain Devane asked
me to speak with you.
Why don't we go
someplace private?
-What's it about?
Gordon?
Has Gordon been hurt?
What's happened to him, Dee Dee?
Is he dead?
-He was shot
sometime last night.
Dana, I'm sorry.
He's gone.
-OK.
The coroner says
Gordon was murdered
about 10 o'clock last night.
Now, if he was working the
Garment District like you say,
how'd he wind up at
the First Street bridge?
-I don't know.
He radioed in his
location about 9:00.
He didn't mention what
he was doing there.
-Now, Gordon was, ah,
investigating a company
by the name of A1 Employment?
-They're day-labor brokers.
They supply workers
to the garment makers.
Gordon suspected A1 was
tied into a coyote pipeline,
but he didn't know how.
-Well, this list of companies
that A1 supplied to... half
of them have check-marks
and dates next to them.
What does that mean?
-Gordon pulled surprise
inspections on those companies.
He was hoping to
find illegals that A1
had passed off to its clients.
-Maybe he found something
at one of the companies
that got him killed.
-Maybe.
I'd have a hard time
believing anyone
got the drop on Gordon Lynch.
He was the best new agent
I'd worked with in years.
-Tell me, is there
anything else you
can think of that might help
us with our investigation?
-Last night, our
radio dispatcher
got a call from an Officer
Ellis with the Vernon Police
Department.
He said he wanted
Gordon's location for a meet.
Said he had some hot info.
-What time was that?
About 9:30 last night.
I checked with Vernon
PD this morning.
They don't have
an officer Ellis.
-I explained to Mr. Lynch that
the new immigration laws could
put us out of
business if we were
caught using illegal workers.
-Well, where were
you last night at 10:00?
-We were here, working late.
We stayed past midnight.
-Are you suggesting
that we had something
to do with Gordon Lynch's death?
-Look, fellas, I'm not
suggesting anything yet.
-Well, it's the truth.
You find out differently,
you give us a call.
-I'll do that.
Listen, I appreciate your time,
hope your business continues
to prosper, and if you guys
happen to leave town or go
anywhere, please give me a call.
Huh?
The, ah, the phone
number down here
on the bottom right-hand
corner is a direct line to my office.
Thanks.
-Look, you've got to
clean up this mess.
I'm not going down the
sewer because of you.
Why don't you think, man?
Use that head of yours.
-Hey, lay off!
I think I'll call that
cop, take my chances.
-What, you got a death wish?
You don't talk to him.
And get rid of whatever
Lynch was looking for.
I don't want that cop to
pin a murder rap on me.
-Hi, Glenn.
-How old was he?
35?
-That's right.
35.
Something like that.
Really young.
-Well, at least they
didn't have any kids.
-Hi.
How's she doing?
-She's really hurting.
She's taking it real rough.
You know, I... I kind
of wish you'd talk to her.
You're the only one who really
knows what she's going through.
-Yeah.
-Thanks.
-Thank you.
-Hi.
How you doing?
-I feel numb.
Like I've been hit
by a mack truck.
-Yeah, that's to be expected.
It takes time.
-Captain Devane said that
your husband was a cop
and that he was
killed in the line of duty.
-Mm-hmm.
His name was Stephen.
He died about six years ago.
I thought I'd gotten over that.
I guess it's something you
don't ever really get over,
you just kind of carry it
around inside, you know?
After a while, it's not so bad.
I'm here for you if you need me.
-Thank you.
-I've never seen a guy so happy
to transfer to INS as Gordon.
-How long was he
in the Border Patrol?
-Six long years.
He was wasted there.
Gordon was smart, ambitious.
Paid attention to detail.
The kind that gets promoted.
That's what makes
this whole deal so rotten.
-This the first
agent you've lost?
-Hadn't even been
with us a full month.
Killed on his first assignment.
What the hell?
Call me if we can help.
-Thanks.
-You know, I wish
we had something.
A lead, or something.
Something we could tell Dana.
-So do I.
-I didn't really get a chance
to know Gordon very well,
but he seemed like
a wonderful person.
-Yeah, he was a saint.
But he made a lousy husband.
-You shouldn't have stayed.
-I couldn't leave you like this.
-I'll be OK.
-Hey, come on.
Look.
Don't go getting
brave on me, now.
Huh?
I'm your partner.
Come on.
Let it go.
-You're more than
my partner, Glenn.
You're all I've got.
-You're in awfully early
this morning, aren't you?
-Well, I just figured I'd, ah,
get down to business here.
-You know, I, ah,
I hate to feel like,
ah... that you need to
take this load by yourself.
-It's not that.
Just, ah, I didn't sleep
very well last night,
so I just thought
I'd come in and try
to take care of this
case early, you know?
It's brought up a lot of
very difficult memories.
-I understand that.
You could have
called me, though.
-I know.
Thanks.
All right.
What did you find on
the A1 Employment?
-Well, Rojas and Chavez
are guilty of something.
What, I don't know.
-Yeah, well, I've
been sitting here
checking through our
files, trying to find anything
on their clients that
might be able to tie
them into Gordon's death.
-Well, that's a good idea.
I'm going to visit the last
company Gordon pulled
an inspection on and work
my way back to the first.
-That's going to
take a long time.
-You have a better idea?
-No, it's just that I think the
sooner we get this case figured
out, the better off
Dana's going to be.
-OK, now look a little
bit more to your left.
Looking back over.
Now bend over, give
me that sexy, pouty look.
Wonderful.
OK.
Doing great, babe.
The camera loves
you, sweetheart.
OK.
Let me get these
lights adjusted now.
-Mr. Fuller.
-Oh.
Mr. Hunter.
Right on time.
Be right up.
-How you doing?
-Fine, thanks.
Like to meet her?
-Right after we
have a small chat.
-To the right here.
There's a room down this way.
-Oh.
You wouldn't happen to be
the Mr. Christopher, would you?
-No, I wish.
No, I'm just a hired hand.
You see this?
This is the Mr. Christopher.
Computerized Design
Plotter Model 6100.
Five years ago,
Mr. Hunter, this company
hired me to open this plant.
They gave me 20 employees.
Now I'm proud to say
that we have nearly 1,000
in various shops around LA.
My office is this way.
-Gordon Lynch of the INS
pulled a surprise investigation here
about, oh, three days or so ago.
Did, ah, he happen to
hit you with any citations?
-No, we passed
with flying colors.
But that was... that was
just a partial inspection.
-What do you mean, partial?
-Well, all he really wanted
was the citizenship papers
of any workers that were sent
over here by A1 Employment.
-Did he tell you why?
-No, I just figured that A1
must be playing fast and loose
with the new immigration
laws, so next day
I just pulled the plug on them.
-Do you think that they
might have been trying
to slide some
illegals in on you?
-Oh, I don't know, but I do
know that times have changed.
In the old days, every
rag manufacturer in LA
used illegals, and if they were
busted by the INS, so what?
It's different now.
Employers can catch
up to thousands of dollars
in fines for each violation.
We don't need
that kind of grief.
-Mm-hmm.
What do Chavez and
Rojas think about that?
-They squawked.
Loud.
I just said, thank you very
much, gentleman, but no thanks.
-Sergeant McCall?
-Yes.
-They told me at
the desk that you're
handling the Gordon
Lynch murder investigation.
Is that true?
-Yes.
That's right.
How can I help you?
-Well, I was working the night
that Gordon Lynch was killed,
and I responded to a call that
I think you should know about.
-Albert Goodman?
-Yes?
-Sergeant Dee Dee
McCall, Homicide.
I just need to ask you a
few questions, Mr. Goodman.
It's about the Lynches.
-Oh, yes.
I heard about
Mr. Lynch getting killed.
-The Sheriff's Department
said that you phoned them
about a disturbance at
their home night before last.
-Yeah.
That's right.
Well, they were fighting
like cats and dogs.
I was worried about Mrs. Lynch.
-Well, the deputies say that
when they arrived at the house,
there was no one home.
Are you sure that it was the
Lynches you heard arguing?
-Yes, ma'am.
A few minutes after I called
the cops, Mr. Lynch got in the car
and drove away, and a
little bit after that, Mrs. Lynch
did the same.
-Certain about that?
-All my faculties are in
perfect working order.
-How often did you
hear them arguing?
-Oh, look, Sergeant, I don't
like squealing on my neighbors.
But if I do, should you at
least take me out to lunch?
-Hey, where have you been?
I called you an hour ago.
-Medical Records.
Been going over
Dana Lynch's file.
There are quite a few things
she has not been telling us.
-Yeah, like what?
-Take a look at that.
-I'm, ah, glad you stopped by.
I was going to give
you a call this evening.
Would you like a cup of coffee?
-Yeah.
I would.
Thanks.
Dana, I have to ask you
some personal questions
about the kind of marriage that
you and Gordon had together.
It was kind of
stormy, wasn't it?
-Gordon and I had spats.
No different than anyone else.
-The Sheriff's
Department has been here
11 times over the
last three years.
Your medical records show
that you had a broken finger, two
fractured ribs, scalp
laceration requiring 12 stitches,
and a broken nose.
All off-duty injuries.
-Guess I'm just sort
of accident-prone.
-Dana, we've both seen
this pattern of violence before.
Gordon was beating
you, wasn't he?
I'm sorry.
I didn't hear you.
-Yes.
He beat me.
-I never pried into
Dana's personal life.
I don't know what was going
on between her and Gordon.
-Oh, come on, Glenn.
Don't give me that.
You spend eight hours
a day in the same patrol
car with the girl.
You know what the
hell was going on.
-It was none of my
business, all right?
-And when she was too
beat up to come to work,
you arranged for her to
take some special days off.
You even carried
her workload for her.
-All right.
I helped her out.
So what?
-How long had Gordon
been beating her up?
-From the time she
got out of the Academy
and became a patrol cop.
He was jealous.
He tried to get
into the department
himself and he failed.
Took it out on her.
-Gordon said that I
lorded it over him...
That I made the police
force and he didn't.
He would get angry
and he would hit me.
Usually, I... I, you know, I
felt very guilty and confused,
but then I realized that
this was just an excuse.
That he liked hurting me.
-Why didn't you leave him?
-I was afraid of what
he might do to me.
-You could have gone
and gotten some help.
-Dee Dee, I'm a police officer.
I'm supposed to be
able to handle violence.
And what if the
department found out
that I couldn't even
handle it in my own home?
-I imagine that, ah, Glenn
Kates was pretty upset
when he found out
what was going on.
Did he ever make any
threats against Gordon?
-I don't believe this.
You're accusing Dana of
murdering her own husband,
after all she's been through.
-Look, maybe she
saw no other way out.
Maybe she had to kill him.
-You know, if I said something
like that about McCall,
you'd deck me.
-That may be true, Glenn,
but I still need some answers.
-The night Gordon was murdered,
Dana and I met at the Pit Stop
for drinks.
She was with me all evening.
-You sure about that?
-Yeah, I am sure about that.
You know, instead of
accusing Dana of all this,
why don't you
get up off your but
and find out who
the real killer is?
-Glenn and I watched the
Lakers/Warriors game together.
We didn't leave the Pit
Stop until almost 11:00.
-You know we'll
have to check that out.
If you're covering for
Glenn, we'll find out.
-Well, I'm not covering for him.
Glenn didn't do it!
-Then who do you think did?
-I don't know.
What are you asking me, Dee Dee?
I haven't done anything.
-I'm telling you,
there's nowhere to hide.
I didn't count on
nothing like this.
Because I'm scared!
Because I'm scared, that's why.
Look, I'm going to
the cops, and I'm
going to hope they believe me.
What you do is your business.
No... no, you listen.
We're not partners anymore.
From now on, it's
every man for himself.
Hey, give me Homicide.
Sergeant Hunter.
-Sergeant Hunter,
you've got a hot one.
A Mr. Augustine Rojas
wants to meet with you.
Said he knows who
killed Gordon Lynch.
Said he'd be at this address.
-Hmm?
That is a hot one.
Thank you.
-Two days ago, I overheard
Augustine talking to Lynch
on the phone, that they
set up a meet for that night.
He was afraid that
the killer had seen him.
He got scared, so he took off.
I think whoever
killed Lynch did that.
-Yeah, and who the
hell is it, Chavez?
-Look, I swear to
god, he didn't tell me.
Look, I could be next.
You've got to help me.
I want police protection.
-You know what I'm going to do?
I'm going to leave you
out here on the street.
I think you'll like it.
-Hunter!
-Have a good night.
-Did you see this
couple here the night
of the Lakers/Warriors game?
It was two nights ago.
-No.
But the place was jammed.
Maybe one of the other
girls waited on them.
You want me to ask around?
-Yeah, would you, please?
-Sure.
-Thank you.
Dale Loomis.
What are you doing in
a bar without a woman?
This is a first.
-Yeah, looks like
my luck has changed.
Sit down, McCall.
I'll buy you a drink.
-Thanks.
I'll take a club soda.
-All right.
Um, sweetheart,
club soda for the lady
and another one of these for me.
So, what have you been
doing with yourself, McCall?
-I'm working the
Gordon/Lynch murder.
-Oh, yeah.
Too bad about Dana.
She's a fine person.
-You know, Dale,
if there's anything
that you might be
able to tell me on it,
it certainly would help.
-What is this,
IAD investigation?
-Could be.
-Well, it's not worth
repeating, really.
You know how rumors get started
about male and female partners.
-Yeah, I know.
So what happened?
-Well, a couple of
weeks ago, two officers
were in the locker
room telling jokes
and being kind of raunchy.
You know how guys get sometimes.
Well, anyway, one of them
made some cracks about Dana.
Glenn Kates walked
in, got an earful,
and he just came unwrapped.
Went for the guy.
I had to break them apart
before World War III broke out.
-Sergeant McCall.
-Yes?
-Linda said I
should talk to you.
-Yeah.
Uh, why don't we
speak over there?
Thanks for the tip, Dale.
Don't have too many of those.
-Medicinal purposes.
-I served these two
a couple nights ago.
They came in and sat
and talked for a while.
The man got up and walked
out like he was really angry.
-Do you remember about
what time it was when he left?
-Yeah.
Just before my shift ended.
About 9:00.
-Thanks.
-Sure.
-This case is going
to IAD as of now.
-Charlie, don't do it now.
-You talk to Glenn.
You talk to Dana.
Now, it is obvious
they conspired
to cook up that
phony alibi for Glenn.
It is possible, just
possible, that they
also conspired to kill Gordon.
-Captain, I don't
think Dana's a killer.
Abused women do not usually
turn the tables on their husbands
and murder them.
-Well, that still leaves
Glenn Kates, doesn't it?
And there's no proof
at all that he didn't do it.
I'm telling you, if we
don't move on this
and it turns out that either
one of them are guilty,
we're going to be up to our
eyeballs in IAD investigations.
-I think you and I ought to
talk to each one of them again.
-Yeah.
-OK.
OK.
But this time, they
check out 100%,
or we dropkick the both
of them into IAD's lap
and that's the end of that.
-I can't believe that
Dana lied to me.
Do you think that
she and Glenn were
in on Gordon's murder together?
-Look, you're unable to
shake down Dana's story.
I'm unable to shake
down Kates's story, right?
-Right.
They're partners.
They're trying to
protect each other.
That's what you and I would be.
-I know that.
But what if they're
more than partners?
What if they're lovers?
-Thank you.
-I never should have
called Glenn that night,
but I had to talk to someone.
-Glenn said that he
left the Pit at 9 o'clock.
Where'd he go?
-He said he went home.
-You think he was
telling the truth?
-Why would he lie to me?
-The question is,
why did you lie to me?
Did you lie so that you could
give Glenn an alibi so that we
wouldn't have to find out
where he really was that night?
Dana, do you think that
Glenn killed your husband?
-I don't know.
Dee Dee, I just don't know.
-Hi, Glenn.
-Hi.
-It's a beauty.
You do good work.
-Thanks.
You into classic rods?
-You know, I checked your alibi
the night Gordon was murdered.
You left the Pit Stop
at 9 o'clock, not 11:00.
Where'd you go?
-Right here.
Worked on the
car a couple hours.
-I don't think so.
You met Dana at the Pit Stop.
That's when she
told you that, ah,
Gordon had been beating her.
You left angry.
You contacted the INS to
find a location on Gordon,
then you went to
the First Street Bridge
and you killed him.
-You want to run
that one by me again?
-I think you killed
Gordon, Glenn.
-You've got to be one
righteous cop to walk up
to a fellow officer and
accuse him of crap like that.
-You having an affair with Dana?
-I wish.
She could have done a whole
lot better than Gordon Lynch.
You know, I know what
you're thinking, and you're right.
Dana means a lot to me.
But it's a one-way street.
Always has been.
-You think it might have become
a two-way street with Gordon
out of the way,
like killing him?
-I thought about it.
In fact, I used to
dream about killing him.
I wish I had.
But I didn't do it,
and neither did Dana.
-Can I get that?
-Yeah.
-Thanks.
-OK.
Come on.
-Hunter, this is stupid.
What kind of case do
you have against me?
Bootprints that
don't prove anything.
-It proves you were there
the night Gordon was killed.
Take your watch off.
-I did not kill Gordon Lynch.
That's it.
-Oh, Glenn... you better
get yourself an attorney.
-I didn't kill Gordon Lynch.
Yeah, I saw him.
We argued.
That's all.
He was alive when I left there.
From there, I went back to the
Pit Stop, but Dana was gone.
The next day, when I heard
Gordon had been killed,
I thought it might have
looked like Dana had done it.
-So you lied to
give Dana an alibi?
-Yeah.
I wanted to protect her.
I know that's wrong,
but Dana is no killer.
I also remembered something
else that happened that night.
-Yeah?
What's that?
-Gordon was there
to meet someone.
Maybe they killed him.
-What makes you think that?
-When I first approached
Gordon, he couldn't see too well.
It was dark, and he called
out someone else's name.
-What was the name?
-Chavez.
1 William 156, be advised.
1 William 134 reports
Carmelo Chavez
is not in the A1
Employment Office.
-Just a second, Chavez.
Give me that.
You lied to me.
You said it was Rojas that
met Lynch at the bridge.
It was you, wasn't it?
-I was helping Gordon
Lynch with his investigation.
Look, I found out that
Augustine had another partner.
They were using A1
as a cover to smuggle
illegals into the country.
-Uh-huh.
-They made it look
as if I was behind it.
I confronted Augustine.
He got scared, and he
decided to turn himself in.
That's why I met Lynch
at the First Street bridge.
-Look, I'm not INS.
All I want is Gordon's killer.
-I don't know, maybe his
other partner followed me
and then killed
Lynch after I left.
-Why didn't you
tell me this before?
-Because I knew you
figured me for the killer,
and I just decided to shut up.
- Uh-huh.
- Well, you don't believe me now.
Why should you believe me then?
-You know what I can't believe?
I can't believe you don't
know who the silent partner is.
-Look, I swear I don't know.
I broke into Augustine's
place trying to find it.
-You got the papers there, huh?
-Augustine forged my
name on a lot of them.
He was setting me up
to take the fall for him.
He was my best friend
for years, and now
he was trying to screw me over.
Why?
-Money.
Augustine Rojas brought
in over $4 million...
According to these
books... in 36 months,
and he split it with a partner.
He kept hundreds and
hundreds of accounts on workers,
and I would bet that most
of them were illegal aliens.
He had to be funneling them
through the Garment District.
-Skimming checks, eh?
-Mm-hmm.
He charged the going
hourly rate for day labor,
and he wound up taking
half of it for himself.
If these workers
were illegals, there's
no way that they could
even file a complaint.
-Yeah, and we still have no
idea who Rojas' partner is, either.
-None.
I don't think it should be
too hard to find out, though.
We find out where these
workers are employed,
we find Rojas' partner.
-Yeah.
See if you can find a Jesse
Rodriguez and a Luca Deleon
in here.
-Who are they?
-Employees of the month.
-You know I have always
cooperated with the INS,
but this is getting to
be a little ridiculous.
Come on.
Two inspections in one week?
-Most of the workers
Rojas was running tabs on
are still here on the payroll.
We also checked
their citizenship papers.
Some of the best
forgeries I've ever seen.
You know about this?
-No, of course I
don't know about that.
Is it all right if I
take a look at this?
-Why, look.
It says right here, every
one of these workers
was supplied to us
by A1 Employment.
That means that either
Chavez or Rojas is behind this.
-No, Mr. Fuller.
We think that you and Rojas
were the brains behind this.
Rojas ran illegals into LA,
and you counterfeited their work
papers on the
company print shop.
-Why would I do
something like that?
-Well, I think $2 million is a
real good reason, don't you?
You see, Mr. Fuller,
we have search warrants
and we've looked
at your bank account.
We're going to find the money.
Just a matter of time.
-Notify backup he took off.
-Too busy?
-Hey, how you doing?
-Hi.
-Pretty good.
We, ah, just came
from the DA's office.
He's going for two counts
of murder one against Fuller.
-Good.
-We really appreciate your help.
-I just want to say
thank you, Dee Dee.
I couldn't have gotten
through this without you.
-You're welcome.
-Funeral's tomorrow at noon.
-We'll be there.
-Bye.
-They are very
lucky to be partners.
-Yep.
Just like a couple
partners I know.
-Well, thanks.
-No, I didn't mean us.
Abbott and Costello.
They're having a film
festival at the Hurley Theater.
Let's get out of here.
-Point of this is,
Gordon was murdered
about 10 o'clock last night.
-Is he dead?
-He was shot.
-You're accusing Dana or
murdering her own husband.
-I didn't do it!
-But what if they're
more than partners?
What if they're lovers?
-You know, if I said something
like that about McCall,
you'd deck me.
-Your husband was
killed in the line of duty.
-I thought I'd gotten over that.
-I want police protection.
Hunter?
-Have a good night.
-Maybe he found
something that got him killed.
-Let's get out of here, man.
Come on, come on, come on!
1 Adam 27, pursuit of a
van heading east on Seventh.
Roger, 1 Adam 27.
Assistance is on the way.
-Come on!
-All right, freeze right there!
You too.
Hands up against the van.
-What do you got?
-A 187.
-Any ID?
-Got a good print here.
Let's see if we can
get a plaster cast of it.
-SID's rolling
on that right now.
-Hey, I got something for you.
-Sergeant Hunter.
-Picked up your broadcast.
We caught those
three dudes doing
a land-speed record in that van.
It was loaded
with tires, wheels,
and a lot of used parts.
There was a .45
under the front seat.
We may have
bagged your suspects.
-I don't think so.
That's a small-caliber round.
-Yeah, he's been
dead for some time.
Rigor mortis has set in.
I want you to book
these guys on a 484 auto.
Also hold them in conjunction
with investigation of 187.
-Got it.
-The murder of INS
Agent Gordon Lynch.
-Isn't that Dana
Lynch's husband?
-Yeah, I'm afraid it is.
-This is 1 William 156.
Have Captain Devane meet
me on Open Tack Place.
Roger, 1 William 156.
Stand by.
-Did you get him on the radio?
All right.
Thanks.
Dana's on her way in.
I sure wish there was
some easier way to do this.
-I've known Dana
since the Academy.
I'll tell her.
-OK.
-Who's case is it going to be?
-Well, Gordon was an INS agent.
The FBI's going
to have jurisdiction.
-Charlie...
-I think maybe I could talk
them into letting us share it, huh?
I'd like to keep this
one in the family.
-Hey, Kates.
I need to talk to you
about your 318 follow-ups.
And Lynch?
You go see Captain Devane.
Come on.
-I'll talk to you later.
-Yeah.
-Dana?
-Hey, Dee Dee.
-Captain Devane asked
me to speak with you.
Why don't we go
someplace private?
-What's it about?
Gordon?
Has Gordon been hurt?
What's happened to him, Dee Dee?
Is he dead?
-He was shot
sometime last night.
Dana, I'm sorry.
He's gone.
-OK.
The coroner says
Gordon was murdered
about 10 o'clock last night.
Now, if he was working the
Garment District like you say,
how'd he wind up at
the First Street bridge?
-I don't know.
He radioed in his
location about 9:00.
He didn't mention what
he was doing there.
-Now, Gordon was, ah,
investigating a company
by the name of A1 Employment?
-They're day-labor brokers.
They supply workers
to the garment makers.
Gordon suspected A1 was
tied into a coyote pipeline,
but he didn't know how.
-Well, this list of companies
that A1 supplied to... half
of them have check-marks
and dates next to them.
What does that mean?
-Gordon pulled surprise
inspections on those companies.
He was hoping to
find illegals that A1
had passed off to its clients.
-Maybe he found something
at one of the companies
that got him killed.
-Maybe.
I'd have a hard time
believing anyone
got the drop on Gordon Lynch.
He was the best new agent
I'd worked with in years.
-Tell me, is there
anything else you
can think of that might help
us with our investigation?
-Last night, our
radio dispatcher
got a call from an Officer
Ellis with the Vernon Police
Department.
He said he wanted
Gordon's location for a meet.
Said he had some hot info.
-What time was that?
About 9:30 last night.
I checked with Vernon
PD this morning.
They don't have
an officer Ellis.
-I explained to Mr. Lynch that
the new immigration laws could
put us out of
business if we were
caught using illegal workers.
-Well, where were
you last night at 10:00?
-We were here, working late.
We stayed past midnight.
-Are you suggesting
that we had something
to do with Gordon Lynch's death?
-Look, fellas, I'm not
suggesting anything yet.
-Well, it's the truth.
You find out differently,
you give us a call.
-I'll do that.
Listen, I appreciate your time,
hope your business continues
to prosper, and if you guys
happen to leave town or go
anywhere, please give me a call.
Huh?
The, ah, the phone
number down here
on the bottom right-hand
corner is a direct line to my office.
Thanks.
-Look, you've got to
clean up this mess.
I'm not going down the
sewer because of you.
Why don't you think, man?
Use that head of yours.
-Hey, lay off!
I think I'll call that
cop, take my chances.
-What, you got a death wish?
You don't talk to him.
And get rid of whatever
Lynch was looking for.
I don't want that cop to
pin a murder rap on me.
-Hi, Glenn.
-How old was he?
35?
-That's right.
35.
Something like that.
Really young.
-Well, at least they
didn't have any kids.
-Hi.
How's she doing?
-She's really hurting.
She's taking it real rough.
You know, I... I kind
of wish you'd talk to her.
You're the only one who really
knows what she's going through.
-Yeah.
-Thanks.
-Thank you.
-Hi.
How you doing?
-I feel numb.
Like I've been hit
by a mack truck.
-Yeah, that's to be expected.
It takes time.
-Captain Devane said that
your husband was a cop
and that he was
killed in the line of duty.
-Mm-hmm.
His name was Stephen.
He died about six years ago.
I thought I'd gotten over that.
I guess it's something you
don't ever really get over,
you just kind of carry it
around inside, you know?
After a while, it's not so bad.
I'm here for you if you need me.
-Thank you.
-I've never seen a guy so happy
to transfer to INS as Gordon.
-How long was he
in the Border Patrol?
-Six long years.
He was wasted there.
Gordon was smart, ambitious.
Paid attention to detail.
The kind that gets promoted.
That's what makes
this whole deal so rotten.
-This the first
agent you've lost?
-Hadn't even been
with us a full month.
Killed on his first assignment.
What the hell?
Call me if we can help.
-Thanks.
-You know, I wish
we had something.
A lead, or something.
Something we could tell Dana.
-So do I.
-I didn't really get a chance
to know Gordon very well,
but he seemed like
a wonderful person.
-Yeah, he was a saint.
But he made a lousy husband.
-You shouldn't have stayed.
-I couldn't leave you like this.
-I'll be OK.
-Hey, come on.
Look.
Don't go getting
brave on me, now.
Huh?
I'm your partner.
Come on.
Let it go.
-You're more than
my partner, Glenn.
You're all I've got.
-You're in awfully early
this morning, aren't you?
-Well, I just figured I'd, ah,
get down to business here.
-You know, I, ah,
I hate to feel like,
ah... that you need to
take this load by yourself.
-It's not that.
Just, ah, I didn't sleep
very well last night,
so I just thought
I'd come in and try
to take care of this
case early, you know?
It's brought up a lot of
very difficult memories.
-I understand that.
You could have
called me, though.
-I know.
Thanks.
All right.
What did you find on
the A1 Employment?
-Well, Rojas and Chavez
are guilty of something.
What, I don't know.
-Yeah, well, I've
been sitting here
checking through our
files, trying to find anything
on their clients that
might be able to tie
them into Gordon's death.
-Well, that's a good idea.
I'm going to visit the last
company Gordon pulled
an inspection on and work
my way back to the first.
-That's going to
take a long time.
-You have a better idea?
-No, it's just that I think the
sooner we get this case figured
out, the better off
Dana's going to be.
-OK, now look a little
bit more to your left.
Looking back over.
Now bend over, give
me that sexy, pouty look.
Wonderful.
OK.
Doing great, babe.
The camera loves
you, sweetheart.
OK.
Let me get these
lights adjusted now.
-Mr. Fuller.
-Oh.
Mr. Hunter.
Right on time.
Be right up.
-How you doing?
-Fine, thanks.
Like to meet her?
-Right after we
have a small chat.
-To the right here.
There's a room down this way.
-Oh.
You wouldn't happen to be
the Mr. Christopher, would you?
-No, I wish.
No, I'm just a hired hand.
You see this?
This is the Mr. Christopher.
Computerized Design
Plotter Model 6100.
Five years ago,
Mr. Hunter, this company
hired me to open this plant.
They gave me 20 employees.
Now I'm proud to say
that we have nearly 1,000
in various shops around LA.
My office is this way.
-Gordon Lynch of the INS
pulled a surprise investigation here
about, oh, three days or so ago.
Did, ah, he happen to
hit you with any citations?
-No, we passed
with flying colors.
But that was... that was
just a partial inspection.
-What do you mean, partial?
-Well, all he really wanted
was the citizenship papers
of any workers that were sent
over here by A1 Employment.
-Did he tell you why?
-No, I just figured that A1
must be playing fast and loose
with the new immigration
laws, so next day
I just pulled the plug on them.
-Do you think that they
might have been trying
to slide some
illegals in on you?
-Oh, I don't know, but I do
know that times have changed.
In the old days, every
rag manufacturer in LA
used illegals, and if they were
busted by the INS, so what?
It's different now.
Employers can catch
up to thousands of dollars
in fines for each violation.
We don't need
that kind of grief.
-Mm-hmm.
What do Chavez and
Rojas think about that?
-They squawked.
Loud.
I just said, thank you very
much, gentleman, but no thanks.
-Sergeant McCall?
-Yes.
-They told me at
the desk that you're
handling the Gordon
Lynch murder investigation.
Is that true?
-Yes.
That's right.
How can I help you?
-Well, I was working the night
that Gordon Lynch was killed,
and I responded to a call that
I think you should know about.
-Albert Goodman?
-Yes?
-Sergeant Dee Dee
McCall, Homicide.
I just need to ask you a
few questions, Mr. Goodman.
It's about the Lynches.
-Oh, yes.
I heard about
Mr. Lynch getting killed.
-The Sheriff's Department
said that you phoned them
about a disturbance at
their home night before last.
-Yeah.
That's right.
Well, they were fighting
like cats and dogs.
I was worried about Mrs. Lynch.
-Well, the deputies say that
when they arrived at the house,
there was no one home.
Are you sure that it was the
Lynches you heard arguing?
-Yes, ma'am.
A few minutes after I called
the cops, Mr. Lynch got in the car
and drove away, and a
little bit after that, Mrs. Lynch
did the same.
-Certain about that?
-All my faculties are in
perfect working order.
-How often did you
hear them arguing?
-Oh, look, Sergeant, I don't
like squealing on my neighbors.
But if I do, should you at
least take me out to lunch?
-Hey, where have you been?
I called you an hour ago.
-Medical Records.
Been going over
Dana Lynch's file.
There are quite a few things
she has not been telling us.
-Yeah, like what?
-Take a look at that.
-I'm, ah, glad you stopped by.
I was going to give
you a call this evening.
Would you like a cup of coffee?
-Yeah.
I would.
Thanks.
Dana, I have to ask you
some personal questions
about the kind of marriage that
you and Gordon had together.
It was kind of
stormy, wasn't it?
-Gordon and I had spats.
No different than anyone else.
-The Sheriff's
Department has been here
11 times over the
last three years.
Your medical records show
that you had a broken finger, two
fractured ribs, scalp
laceration requiring 12 stitches,
and a broken nose.
All off-duty injuries.
-Guess I'm just sort
of accident-prone.
-Dana, we've both seen
this pattern of violence before.
Gordon was beating
you, wasn't he?
I'm sorry.
I didn't hear you.
-Yes.
He beat me.
-I never pried into
Dana's personal life.
I don't know what was going
on between her and Gordon.
-Oh, come on, Glenn.
Don't give me that.
You spend eight hours
a day in the same patrol
car with the girl.
You know what the
hell was going on.
-It was none of my
business, all right?
-And when she was too
beat up to come to work,
you arranged for her to
take some special days off.
You even carried
her workload for her.
-All right.
I helped her out.
So what?
-How long had Gordon
been beating her up?
-From the time she
got out of the Academy
and became a patrol cop.
He was jealous.
He tried to get
into the department
himself and he failed.
Took it out on her.
-Gordon said that I
lorded it over him...
That I made the police
force and he didn't.
He would get angry
and he would hit me.
Usually, I... I, you know, I
felt very guilty and confused,
but then I realized that
this was just an excuse.
That he liked hurting me.
-Why didn't you leave him?
-I was afraid of what
he might do to me.
-You could have gone
and gotten some help.
-Dee Dee, I'm a police officer.
I'm supposed to be
able to handle violence.
And what if the
department found out
that I couldn't even
handle it in my own home?
-I imagine that, ah, Glenn
Kates was pretty upset
when he found out
what was going on.
Did he ever make any
threats against Gordon?
-I don't believe this.
You're accusing Dana of
murdering her own husband,
after all she's been through.
-Look, maybe she
saw no other way out.
Maybe she had to kill him.
-You know, if I said something
like that about McCall,
you'd deck me.
-That may be true, Glenn,
but I still need some answers.
-The night Gordon was murdered,
Dana and I met at the Pit Stop
for drinks.
She was with me all evening.
-You sure about that?
-Yeah, I am sure about that.
You know, instead of
accusing Dana of all this,
why don't you
get up off your but
and find out who
the real killer is?
-Glenn and I watched the
Lakers/Warriors game together.
We didn't leave the Pit
Stop until almost 11:00.
-You know we'll
have to check that out.
If you're covering for
Glenn, we'll find out.
-Well, I'm not covering for him.
Glenn didn't do it!
-Then who do you think did?
-I don't know.
What are you asking me, Dee Dee?
I haven't done anything.
-I'm telling you,
there's nowhere to hide.
I didn't count on
nothing like this.
Because I'm scared!
Because I'm scared, that's why.
Look, I'm going to
the cops, and I'm
going to hope they believe me.
What you do is your business.
No... no, you listen.
We're not partners anymore.
From now on, it's
every man for himself.
Hey, give me Homicide.
Sergeant Hunter.
-Sergeant Hunter,
you've got a hot one.
A Mr. Augustine Rojas
wants to meet with you.
Said he knows who
killed Gordon Lynch.
Said he'd be at this address.
-Hmm?
That is a hot one.
Thank you.
-Two days ago, I overheard
Augustine talking to Lynch
on the phone, that they
set up a meet for that night.
He was afraid that
the killer had seen him.
He got scared, so he took off.
I think whoever
killed Lynch did that.
-Yeah, and who the
hell is it, Chavez?
-Look, I swear to
god, he didn't tell me.
Look, I could be next.
You've got to help me.
I want police protection.
-You know what I'm going to do?
I'm going to leave you
out here on the street.
I think you'll like it.
-Hunter!
-Have a good night.
-Did you see this
couple here the night
of the Lakers/Warriors game?
It was two nights ago.
-No.
But the place was jammed.
Maybe one of the other
girls waited on them.
You want me to ask around?
-Yeah, would you, please?
-Sure.
-Thank you.
Dale Loomis.
What are you doing in
a bar without a woman?
This is a first.
-Yeah, looks like
my luck has changed.
Sit down, McCall.
I'll buy you a drink.
-Thanks.
I'll take a club soda.
-All right.
Um, sweetheart,
club soda for the lady
and another one of these for me.
So, what have you been
doing with yourself, McCall?
-I'm working the
Gordon/Lynch murder.
-Oh, yeah.
Too bad about Dana.
She's a fine person.
-You know, Dale,
if there's anything
that you might be
able to tell me on it,
it certainly would help.
-What is this,
IAD investigation?
-Could be.
-Well, it's not worth
repeating, really.
You know how rumors get started
about male and female partners.
-Yeah, I know.
So what happened?
-Well, a couple of
weeks ago, two officers
were in the locker
room telling jokes
and being kind of raunchy.
You know how guys get sometimes.
Well, anyway, one of them
made some cracks about Dana.
Glenn Kates walked
in, got an earful,
and he just came unwrapped.
Went for the guy.
I had to break them apart
before World War III broke out.
-Sergeant McCall.
-Yes?
-Linda said I
should talk to you.
-Yeah.
Uh, why don't we
speak over there?
Thanks for the tip, Dale.
Don't have too many of those.
-Medicinal purposes.
-I served these two
a couple nights ago.
They came in and sat
and talked for a while.
The man got up and walked
out like he was really angry.
-Do you remember about
what time it was when he left?
-Yeah.
Just before my shift ended.
About 9:00.
-Thanks.
-Sure.
-This case is going
to IAD as of now.
-Charlie, don't do it now.
-You talk to Glenn.
You talk to Dana.
Now, it is obvious
they conspired
to cook up that
phony alibi for Glenn.
It is possible, just
possible, that they
also conspired to kill Gordon.
-Captain, I don't
think Dana's a killer.
Abused women do not usually
turn the tables on their husbands
and murder them.
-Well, that still leaves
Glenn Kates, doesn't it?
And there's no proof
at all that he didn't do it.
I'm telling you, if we
don't move on this
and it turns out that either
one of them are guilty,
we're going to be up to our
eyeballs in IAD investigations.
-I think you and I ought to
talk to each one of them again.
-Yeah.
-OK.
OK.
But this time, they
check out 100%,
or we dropkick the both
of them into IAD's lap
and that's the end of that.
-I can't believe that
Dana lied to me.
Do you think that
she and Glenn were
in on Gordon's murder together?
-Look, you're unable to
shake down Dana's story.
I'm unable to shake
down Kates's story, right?
-Right.
They're partners.
They're trying to
protect each other.
That's what you and I would be.
-I know that.
But what if they're
more than partners?
What if they're lovers?
-Thank you.
-I never should have
called Glenn that night,
but I had to talk to someone.
-Glenn said that he
left the Pit at 9 o'clock.
Where'd he go?
-He said he went home.
-You think he was
telling the truth?
-Why would he lie to me?
-The question is,
why did you lie to me?
Did you lie so that you could
give Glenn an alibi so that we
wouldn't have to find out
where he really was that night?
Dana, do you think that
Glenn killed your husband?
-I don't know.
Dee Dee, I just don't know.
-Hi, Glenn.
-Hi.
-It's a beauty.
You do good work.
-Thanks.
You into classic rods?
-You know, I checked your alibi
the night Gordon was murdered.
You left the Pit Stop
at 9 o'clock, not 11:00.
Where'd you go?
-Right here.
Worked on the
car a couple hours.
-I don't think so.
You met Dana at the Pit Stop.
That's when she
told you that, ah,
Gordon had been beating her.
You left angry.
You contacted the INS to
find a location on Gordon,
then you went to
the First Street Bridge
and you killed him.
-You want to run
that one by me again?
-I think you killed
Gordon, Glenn.
-You've got to be one
righteous cop to walk up
to a fellow officer and
accuse him of crap like that.
-You having an affair with Dana?
-I wish.
She could have done a whole
lot better than Gordon Lynch.
You know, I know what
you're thinking, and you're right.
Dana means a lot to me.
But it's a one-way street.
Always has been.
-You think it might have become
a two-way street with Gordon
out of the way,
like killing him?
-I thought about it.
In fact, I used to
dream about killing him.
I wish I had.
But I didn't do it,
and neither did Dana.
-Can I get that?
-Yeah.
-Thanks.
-OK.
Come on.
-Hunter, this is stupid.
What kind of case do
you have against me?
Bootprints that
don't prove anything.
-It proves you were there
the night Gordon was killed.
Take your watch off.
-I did not kill Gordon Lynch.
That's it.
-Oh, Glenn... you better
get yourself an attorney.
-I didn't kill Gordon Lynch.
Yeah, I saw him.
We argued.
That's all.
He was alive when I left there.
From there, I went back to the
Pit Stop, but Dana was gone.
The next day, when I heard
Gordon had been killed,
I thought it might have
looked like Dana had done it.
-So you lied to
give Dana an alibi?
-Yeah.
I wanted to protect her.
I know that's wrong,
but Dana is no killer.
I also remembered something
else that happened that night.
-Yeah?
What's that?
-Gordon was there
to meet someone.
Maybe they killed him.
-What makes you think that?
-When I first approached
Gordon, he couldn't see too well.
It was dark, and he called
out someone else's name.
-What was the name?
-Chavez.
1 William 156, be advised.
1 William 134 reports
Carmelo Chavez
is not in the A1
Employment Office.
-Just a second, Chavez.
Give me that.
You lied to me.
You said it was Rojas that
met Lynch at the bridge.
It was you, wasn't it?
-I was helping Gordon
Lynch with his investigation.
Look, I found out that
Augustine had another partner.
They were using A1
as a cover to smuggle
illegals into the country.
-Uh-huh.
-They made it look
as if I was behind it.
I confronted Augustine.
He got scared, and he
decided to turn himself in.
That's why I met Lynch
at the First Street bridge.
-Look, I'm not INS.
All I want is Gordon's killer.
-I don't know, maybe his
other partner followed me
and then killed
Lynch after I left.
-Why didn't you
tell me this before?
-Because I knew you
figured me for the killer,
and I just decided to shut up.
- Uh-huh.
- Well, you don't believe me now.
Why should you believe me then?
-You know what I can't believe?
I can't believe you don't
know who the silent partner is.
-Look, I swear I don't know.
I broke into Augustine's
place trying to find it.
-You got the papers there, huh?
-Augustine forged my
name on a lot of them.
He was setting me up
to take the fall for him.
He was my best friend
for years, and now
he was trying to screw me over.
Why?
-Money.
Augustine Rojas brought
in over $4 million...
According to these
books... in 36 months,
and he split it with a partner.
He kept hundreds and
hundreds of accounts on workers,
and I would bet that most
of them were illegal aliens.
He had to be funneling them
through the Garment District.
-Skimming checks, eh?
-Mm-hmm.
He charged the going
hourly rate for day labor,
and he wound up taking
half of it for himself.
If these workers
were illegals, there's
no way that they could
even file a complaint.
-Yeah, and we still have no
idea who Rojas' partner is, either.
-None.
I don't think it should be
too hard to find out, though.
We find out where these
workers are employed,
we find Rojas' partner.
-Yeah.
See if you can find a Jesse
Rodriguez and a Luca Deleon
in here.
-Who are they?
-Employees of the month.
-You know I have always
cooperated with the INS,
but this is getting to
be a little ridiculous.
Come on.
Two inspections in one week?
-Most of the workers
Rojas was running tabs on
are still here on the payroll.
We also checked
their citizenship papers.
Some of the best
forgeries I've ever seen.
You know about this?
-No, of course I
don't know about that.
Is it all right if I
take a look at this?
-Why, look.
It says right here, every
one of these workers
was supplied to us
by A1 Employment.
That means that either
Chavez or Rojas is behind this.
-No, Mr. Fuller.
We think that you and Rojas
were the brains behind this.
Rojas ran illegals into LA,
and you counterfeited their work
papers on the
company print shop.
-Why would I do
something like that?
-Well, I think $2 million is a
real good reason, don't you?
You see, Mr. Fuller,
we have search warrants
and we've looked
at your bank account.
We're going to find the money.
Just a matter of time.
-Notify backup he took off.
-Too busy?
-Hey, how you doing?
-Hi.
-Pretty good.
We, ah, just came
from the DA's office.
He's going for two counts
of murder one against Fuller.
-Good.
-We really appreciate your help.
-I just want to say
thank you, Dee Dee.
I couldn't have gotten
through this without you.
-You're welcome.
-Funeral's tomorrow at noon.
-We'll be there.
-Bye.
-They are very
lucky to be partners.
-Yep.
Just like a couple
partners I know.
-Well, thanks.
-No, I didn't mean us.
Abbott and Costello.
They're having a film
festival at the Hurley Theater.
Let's get out of here.