The Closer (2005–2012): Season 3, Episode 4 - Ruby - full transcript

You check out these two
addresses. You get this one.

And let me know what
you find out. Go! Go!

- Chat these people up.
- Thank you.

Folks. Look, I'm going to ask
for some patience here, all right?

We'll have people come
out and speak to you.

Her name is Ruby Williams.
She's eight years old.

Her teacher said she went
home for lunch around noon.

When she didn't show up, her mom called
the school, called all of Ruby's friends.

Nobody had seen her.
So at 12:29, she called 911.

That was nearly 90 minutes ago.

Responding officers
checked the house,



started retracing
Ruby's route from school.

No sign of her, so at 1:00,
they called for additional units.

Have we started a grid
search of the neighborhood?

Yes, ma'am. Stopping every
car, knocking on every door.

We got uniforms and detectives
that have rolled out from Hollywood,

Wilshire and Northeast Division to
lend a hand, and the FBI is here, too.

Afternoon.

All these different divisions, there's
no time for a turf war, Sergeant.

No, ma'am, everybody
knows a child goes missing,

Priority Homicide runs the show.

All right then, thank
you. Gentlemen?

All right, it's just
after 2:00 p.m.,

which means that Ruby Williams
has been missing for two hours.

We'll start with the family
and we'll work our way out.



The FBI is here to give us
whatever support we need.

We've got guys from the Behavioral Unit
working up profiles on possible suspects.

Look, if Ruby was snatched, what are
the chances she's still alive come sundown?

We could get a call any minute
saying someone found this little girl

with a friend playing
hooky or just plain lost.

Under no circumstances do we use the
word "homicide" in front of this family.

Okay? Let's just keep our heads.

Do the Williams have a computer?
Did we get permission to take it?

Yeah. I did a background check on
mom, dad, uncles. No criminal record.

That's Ruby's older
brother, Carlton.

He was supposed to walk
her home, but he forgot.

- Says he was playing video games.
- We may be talking to him again later.

Thank you.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams,
I'm Deputy Chief Johnson.

I think you've already
met Sergeant Gabriel.

We need to ask you a
few questions about Ruby.

We've already talked
to four different people.

And I hope we're
the last. I really do.

Mrs. Williams, I know you're
going through an ordeal,

but I need you to help me.

Will you please help me?

Mr. Williams, is Ruby
allowed on the Internet?

I don't let either of my kids go
online unless it's a school project,

and then I supervise.

Her teachers love her.
She makes As and Bs.

Only reason she's doing summer
school is so that she can play the violin.

She's got a solo
in the fall concert.

There she is in the backyard,
getting ready for the Easter pageant.

- Thank you, Grandma. We love the dress.
- Look at her.

She's a...

- She's a beautiful little girl.
- Ode to Joy.

Has she had any problems with the
other children in the neighborhood?

Does she have a relationship
with any of her grandparents?

My parents passed away
before Ruby was born.

Randall's mother lives in...

In Texas with my sister. Ruby
sees her at Christmas time.

Has Ruby been having any
trouble with her older brother?

No.

How about you and your
wife? You two getting on?

Ruby's got a good home
here. She's a happy little girl.

And we always tell her,

"If a stranger talks
to you funny, you run."

Run, run, run!

Run, run, run!

We're gonna bring
your little girl home.

I promise you that.

- So, look like a family thing?
- My gut tells me no.

All right. Whatever
resources you need, you got it.

Look, Will, I just don't think the
mother's in any shape to come in front

- of the cameras right now.
- Listen, Brenda.

Assuming the worst,
this can only help.

You know most child abductors
don't see their victims as real people.

Let's let this guy see what
kind of pain he's causing.

All right.

This is my baby girl. Her
name is Ruby Williams.

If anyone out there knows
anything, if anyone saw her...

My baby. Oh my...
I want my baby.

Please. I want my baby. Ruby.

The LAPD is seeking information

regarding the disappearance
of eight-year-old Ruby Williams.

She was last seen walking home
from school nearly three hours ago.

Have we gotten anything useful
from the neighborhood canvass?

I'm entering data from every
field interview into the system

as fast as I can get it.

Let's see, we have
three different people

who saw a green truck
by the school around noon.

I also have a blue van, a suspicious brown
delivery vehicle, and an ice-cream truck.

Green truck. I've
got one of those.

Yeah, we found the green truck and
the Mexican gardeners that went with it.

And they didn't see anything.

And we interviewed the ice-cream
man, and he was gone by 11:00 a.m.

Hey, Mike, you can cross off
the brown delivery truck, too.

Driver was uploading downtown
between 12:00 and 1:30.

Supervisor backs him up.

- What about the blue van?
- Blue van.

A neighbor saw it parked
on the street three days ago.

When she tried to get a
better look, the driver took off.

- She see his face?
- White guy, kind of average-looking.

Okay, so white guy, kind of
average-looking. Blue van.

- That doesn't give us much to go on.
- Hang on. Hang on, Chief.

I have a blue van.

Guy here saw it twice
this morning on this street.

Hey, Chief. Does silver count?

I got a white male in a silver blue
van around 11:30 this morning.

What's the fastest way
out of this neighborhood?

If this is the route from Ruby's
school to her house, then I got two exits.

I can either go this way, I'm
on the 101 in 10 minutes, or...

He heads north
right into Griffith Park.

Then I can be at the 134 or
135 freeways in 10 minutes.

Okay, these streets
are businesses.

Maybe some of them
have security cameras.

I can have my guys
pull the footage.

Let's take a look at every vehicle
entering and exiting the neighborhood

from 9:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m. today.

Lieutenant Provenza,
please contact the city

about whoever runs
the traffic cameras.

Maybe our blue van ran a
red light. Lieutenant Flynn...

Chief! Detective Sanchez
is with the K-9 Unit.

The dogs found something.

Buzz, would you
document this, please?

- This is bad. This is very bad.
- Hang on. Hang on.

Detective Sanchez, didn't the
search team cover this area already?

No, ma'am.

They checked the road from the
girl's school, but this alley's a dead end.

The dogs led us here.

Okay. Run, run, run.

Ruby was doing exactly
what her parents told her to do.

The driver must've come up on her
as she was walking home from school.

Maybe tried to talk her into the
car. Maybe it was a blitz attack.

Either way, she ran, and
this is where she was grabbed.

See how her sleeves are inside out?
She was pulled right out of her jacket.

I got your blue van!

At 10:32 a.m., the van heads north
on Hillhurst passing this liquor store.

Now, this film is from
the same camera,

but 32 minutes later,
he's going the other way.

Here he comes again at
11:39, going back the other way.

- He was trolling.
- Right.

Now, we don't pick him
up on this camera again.

Instead, he shows up on the
other side of the neighborhood here,

six blocks from where
you guys found the jacket.

This mini-mall camera picks
him up at 12:21:23 seconds,

21 minutes after
Ruby left school.

Next clean shot we get of him
is here, 12:21 and 46 seconds.

- He is leaving the neighborhood.
- I can't see the driver.

And here he is approaching
this intersection at 12:22:02.

Chief? I think I
got a plate number.

12:22:08, our blue van cuts
through the gas station at the red light.

- He was in a hurry.
- I'll make this bigger.

Okay, "4DLX401."

- Give me three seconds.
- Print it out.

I got a VIN number and
a name. Roger A. Stimple.

- Studio City address.
- Does Mr. Stimple have a rap sheet?

It's almost 4:00.

Guys, Roger Stimple is
on parole for sexual battery.

Okay. Have a parole officer
meet us at his address.

Got one on speed dial.

Commander Taylor, please
take over the command post.

Detective Daniels, every single bit
of information comes through you.

Thank you. Everyone else...

- Van looks empty, Chief.
- Doesn't mean she wasn't in there.

Go ahead.

Detective Sanchez,
maybe he didn't hear us.

Would you mind giving it a try?

Get out!

- Are you Roger Stimple?
- Yeah.

- Are you home alone, sir?
- Ruby!

- Hey! You guys can't go in there!
- I'm afraid we can, sir.

As a condition of your parole,

you signed a consent form
allowing searches of your person,

property and residence
without a warrant.

- Kitchen's clear!
- Find her.

- Is that your blue van over there?
- Yeah.

Lieutenant!

Why can't you just
leave me alone?

Get away!

- Okay. Have you been home all day?
- I was taking a nap.

- Can anyone verify that?
- No.

Did anyone borrow your blue van

- while you were sleeping?
- No. This ain't fair.

- Answer the question!
- No! You guys keep picking on me!

Mr. Stimple!

Why can't you leave me alone?
I was minding my own business.

- Get in there. Find her.
- Hey, you don't have the right!

Find her.

Did we get anything
from the suspect's van?

Nothing yet.

Mr. Stimple, your rights
were read to you in the car...

What about the other car? The
one under the tarp. Is that his, too?

1977 Mercury Cougar,
in less than mint condition.

There's no way he's keeping a
clunker like that under canvas,

unless he's hiding something.

Chief Johnson is having
them tear it apart right now.

This is terrible.

Well, I'm gonna do my best to get
you through this as quickly as possible.

But first is there anyone
you'd like us to call?

Your wife or your girlfriend?

I don't have a girlfriend.

What about your boss?

- I was laid off three weeks ago.
- That's too bad. What were you doing?

I was landscaping.

Mostly mow and blow.

And what do you do
now? For work, I mean.

It's not that easy to get a job as
a registered sex offender, is it?

You're referring to your
conviction for sexual battery?

Some girl says I groped her,
and I get two and a half years.

Now I've got to move again.

After you guys dragged me
out of my house in handcuffs,

- all because a dog barked at my van.
- That must be very frustrating.

Especially after you've already
served your time in prison.

And no matter what I
do, nobody trusts me.

My mother's gonna
think this is my fault.

Why is that?

When I got fired, she said she
didn't want me to come home,

and not to bother her anymore.

She didn't even wanna
hear my side of the story!

Blame Roger first.
Yeah, that's her mantra.

- Or motto, or whatever.
- It's terrible.

That is so unfair.

When the rest of the
world lets you down,

you should always be able
to count on your mother.

She's supposed to
love you, no matter what.

But right now there's
another little girl

that I'm sure would like to
talk to her mother and can't.

You might have heard
about her on the news.

A little girl who
went missing today.

I'm sure her mother is just
desperate to hear her voice.

And I feel strongly that
you can help us with this

because you were driving around in
the neighborhood when she went missing.

So if you know anything,
or you saw anything,

I'd really like to know.

Roger.

You know where I
might find this little girl?

What little girl?

Her name is Ruby Williams.

She's eight years old.

She likes to play the violin.

And this afternoon on her way
home from school, she was abducted.

She was in your van!

If something happened, I
want to help you figure this out.

This is your chance
to explain yourself.

I want a lawyer.

Interview over.

I'll be right back.

Fritz, are we any
closer to finding the girl?

Hang on, Will.

Did you get anything from
the van or the apartment?

No. No. He's lawyered up.

And I need something that
ties him to Ruby Williams

other than the testimony
of a German shepherd.

Don't look at me like that.

And how would you
like me to look at you?

Don't judge me.

I know that look.

Well, you know, I know a
little something about looks, too.

Looking at you, you know
something about this little girl.

She's not that little.

Oh, really?

You see, everyone
pretends kids don't want sex,

but they do.

You remember
when you were a kid?

It's all you thought about.

There's nothing wrong with it.

It's biology.

And besides,

black girls are different.

Is that right?

I mean, look at her.

Black girls are way more
sexually mature than white girls.

That's why they
have kids so young.

You probably grew up
swimming in black ass.

It's the way they walk.

Shake. Shake.
Shaking their thing.

Kill the feed, Buzz.

- But the Chief said never...
- I said kill it!

Do not leave this room!

Why not?

Because Sergeant Gabriel is
about to make a break in the case.

No, Detective Daniels, don't
say anything to the family yet.

It could be a hoax.

No. No, he wouldn't tell
me. He told Sergeant Gabriel.

Yes, it is amazing.

It doesn't matter
who he told. We know.

Send four black and whites to
the Vermont Canyon entrance

by the pay phones
at the rest area.

And send the K-9s. Thank you.

Sergeant Gabriel, just to be clear,
Roger said that he left Ruby at the park.

He didn't say that she
was dead. Is that right?

Where are the phones?
Where are the phones?

Ruby!

Ruby!

Damn it!

No!

She's eight years old!

No!

No!

No!

No!

In my office.

What did you do?

We found her, didn't we?
It doesn't matter what I did.

Nothing matters more.

Roger Stimple didn't look like
that when I left the interview room.

So I need to know, Sergeant,

- did you beat the suspect?
- He deserved it!

That is not something that
you get to decide on your own

in an interview
room with your fists!

Are you seriously taking his side?
He killed her! I got a confession!

You got an admission! Roger
told you where to find her.

Not that he took her.
Not that he killed her.

And since you beat
that admission out of him,

the jury won't be
able to hear it anyway!

I promised that mother I was
going to bring her daughter home.

And that's exactly
what I was trying to do.

You committed a criminal act!

When Roger gets a lawyer
and tells him what you did,

and IA hears his complaint,

what about your future?

What do you... What do
you want me to do now?

Just go home.

Wait till you hear from me.

You probably grew up
swimming in black ass.

It's the way they walk.

Shake. Shake.
Shaking their thing.

Buzz, why'd you stop the taping?

I thought when you left the
room, the interview was over.

I have made myself
perfectly clear.

Unless I stop that tape myself, it stays
on as long as the suspect is in the room.

Chief,

- I killed the feed.
- Why?

Because I thought
it was a good idea.

Lieutenant, I want you to
take charge of the prisoner.

Make sure he's fed and gets
medical attention if he needs it.

We don't have to book him or let
him see his lawyer until he's arraigned.

Which means we
have less than 43 hours

to tie him to Ruby's
murder some other way.

I want the squad working,
but no one sees this tape,

or knows about what
Sergeant Gabriel has done.

- Have I made myself very clear?
- Yes, ma'am.

Thanks.

Hey, listen, your instincts about
Roger's second car were right on.

We found a report on a '77
Mercury Cougar just like Roger's,

same blue paint on the bumper, tied to
two separate abductions five years ago,

before our guy went to jail
on that sexual battery charge.

Two girls, African
American, ages nine and 11.

- They were never found.
- So Ruby wasn't his first victim?

Well, last few years on parole
must've been a cooling off period,

but he just lost his job, and
you said his family cut him off?

Yeah, he's got some
kind of a mother thing.

Yeah. Just the kind of
stressor events to set him off.

I should've never left
Gabriel alone in that room.

I saw how mad he was.

I knew he was upset.

You told Pope about it yet?

No.

I'm still looking for a way out.

Well, you tie Roger Stimple
to these other missing girls.

It's okay. It's okay.

Detective. You're working late.

Yes. We found out that the landscaping
firm where Roger Stimple used to work

had a contract at the park
where Ruby was found.

Couldn't you have called
with this information, Detective?

May I come in?

I'm not sure what
David told you,

- but he knows what he did was wrong.
- Well, that's a start.

Please do not let this be the last
thing he does as a police officer.

That may not be up to me.

As soon as the suspect shows
up in court with his lawyer,

David's actions are
gonna be front and center,

and the only way out of
this is gonna be for me to lie.

Is that what you want me to do?

You know, I wonder.

Would you be here pleading
David's case if y'all weren't dating?

- But we are dating.
- No, I... Look, I don't wanna...

I don't wanna talk about that.
Okay, look, I don't wanna discuss it.

Chief, I know that you and Commander
Taylor have a complicated relationship,

but he cares a lot about David,

and sometimes, he has
solutions to these kinds of things.

Chief?

We checked Stimple's home computer,
no sign of pornography, child or other.

Thirty-year-old single man lives alone,
no pornography. Now, that's suspicious.

Chief, one of the keys
on Roger's keychain

matches the padlock
on the fence at the park.

Boots from Roger's apartment match
the prints we found in the park's bathroom.

That's probably
where he raped her.

Roger's DNA's on file from previous busts.
It'll take a few days to get a match.

Okay, what about the
two other missing girls?

I'm checking their case
files against Roger's Mercury

and his whereabouts
five years ago.

If our scumbag killed those girls,
he probably buried them in the park.

- He knows the place inside and out.
- Then why didn't he bury Ruby?

He probably panicked when he heard
our helicopters, left her in the ditch.

I'm telling you, Chief.
Those girls are out there.

Griffith Park is
over 4,000 acres.

We'd never find them
without Roger's help.

- So we get him to tell us.
- It's not that simple.

It worked with Ruby. Why not
with these previous two girls?

- Get Gabriel, have him talk to him...
- It's not that simple.

Well, then what am I missing?

Excuse me, everyone.

I wanted to thank all of you personally
for your hard work and dedication.

I know it's...

It's just awful when an investigation
ends the way this one did.

PHD handled it quickly, professionally,
and you got a predator off the street.

Thank you, Chief Pope.

Do we have a booking
photo of the suspect?

- I'd like to release it to the press.
- There's been a slight complication.

What's that?

Well, there's some question as
to whether Roger's confession

came after he invoked
his right to counsel.

I don't understand that.
If he invoked, he invoked.

- If he confessed, he revoked. Right?
- It fell somewhere in between.

And unfortunately,
we didn't get it on tape.

It doesn't hurt us too
bad, but the thing is, Chief,

we think this guy, Roger, is responsible
for at least two other child abductions.

We don't wanna taint other
witnesses by releasing Roger's photo.

So we're going to keep
his identity under wraps

until we're done
with the investigation.

Okay. All right, but I want this
sorted out by the time he's arraigned,

so I can smear his
face all over the news.

Commander Taylor and I
are pooling our resources.

Okay, good. Thank
you, Commander.

Chief Johnson,
you wanted to talk?

Gabriel let his emotions
get the better of him.

It's happened to all of us.

- What Gabriel did was... It was immature.
- It wasn't just immature.

He acted in such a way that I
now can't see how to close my case

without permanently
damaging his career.

And make no mistake,
Commander, I will close my case.

Let's not forget, Gabriel's
not the bad guy here.

- There's a child killer in the mix.
- Whose admission I can't use.

Too bad you can't get
Roger to confess again.

Believe me.

I've been trying to figure
out how to do that all night.

- You haven't booked the suspect yet?
- No. He's still in isolation.

You know what, Chief?

You have a lot to do still,

what with having to look after
these other two missing girls.

Why don't I take Roger off your hands?
Have Robbery/Homicide book him.

I don't see how
that's gonna help me.

Oh, it will.

It will.

- You wanted to see me, Chief?
- Yes.

Lieutenant, what have we
got on Roger's second car?

Well, so far, nada.

SID took some fibers, and they're
looking for blood, hair, anything

that'll match one of the
girls from five years ago.

It'll take weeks if it
works at all. Thank you.

Chief,

I did a bad thing once.

I'm talking about
the first time.

It was many years ago. I
was very young, like Gabriel.

And my heart, back when I had
a heart, was in the right place.

But I was stubborn,
I was stupid,

and I did something
that I'm not proud of.

But people grow, people change,

and, well, look at me now.

Excuse me, Chief. We
just got a call from lockup.

- Roger wants to talk to you.
- To me?

Yes, Commander Taylor
is bringing him up right now.

I'm here to protect and serve.

- You're not protecting me!
- I didn't leave you in there.

I brought you out of
there so you'd be safe.

What's the problem?

- What happened?
- He did this to me!

He put me in the cell
with other prisoners!

You know, sometimes you forget how
other prisoners treat people like Roger.

How did they find
out who he was?

I don't know. Maybe some guard
must've said something. You know how it is.

Isn't there a rule against putting
child molesters in general population?

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Wait a minute.

Is that what you are, Roger?
Are you a child molester?

- I didn't...
- 'Cause before you said you wasn't.

- He can't say that!
- You denied everything!

- You're the one who put me in there!
- What's it gonna be?

- He told them about me!
- Are you a child molester or not?

What are you, Roger?
Do you like little girls, huh?

What are you, Roger?
Are you a child molester?

You're the one
who put me in there!

- Well, are you?
- He told them about me!

- What are you?
- All right, all right!

- Talk to me!
- Mr. Stimple...

- Talk to me!
- Do not answer that question!

- Talk to me!
- Commander, that is enough.

Sorry. Sorry, Chief.

- Please help me.
- I can't do anything for you!

I can't even talk to you because
you've asked for a lawyer!

I wanna talk.

Okay. Fine.

Let's get a doctor to take a
look at you. And then we'll talk.

No, not him.

Can't we just keep this white?

Let's go.

Thank you, Doctor.

Roger, just to
be perfectly clear,

you are now saying that
you wanna talk to me.

Ouch.

In fact, you asked to talk.

I heard he had a little scuffle
in the general population.

Honestly, Chief, there was
no safe place to put this guy.

And you don't have to talk to
me without your attorney present.

You understand that, too?

Okay. Again,
just for the record,

you were just
treated by a doctor

for wounds you say you received from
your fellow prisoners in your holding cell.

They attacked and beat you.

- Listen, they're gonna kill me!
- Roger...

They're gonna kill me! I
can't go back down there!

It's okay. It's okay. Roger, I
won't send you back. I swear!

You're safe with me.

And I promise you, I will look
into whoever did this to you. Okay?

Okay?

Roger, let's you and
I talk about Ruby.

Because we looked for her by the
pay phones, but she wasn't there.

I wanna help y'all find her.

Look, I made a mistake. I was
wrong not to talk to y'all before.

All right, all I know is I was driving
through the park, and there she was.

- Just walking along, by herself.
- In the park?

Yeah. And I used to
work in that park, all right?

It's not safe for a kid to
walk around alone like that.

So I offered her a lift.

That's why your dogs
smelled her in my van.

She wanted to call her folks, so
I took a service road that I know.

And I dropped her off by the phones
and I gave her some change to call home.

And then I took off.

I'm telling you that's
what happened.

Do you remember, was
she wearing her pink jacket?

Yeah!

Yeah, that sounds right.

She had her hands
in her pockets.

And about what time was this?

I think... I think it was
maybe around 12:00.

- And you never got out of your van?
- No.

This explains a lot.

How she got in your van, why she
was in that remote part of the park.

Yeah! Yeah, I was
just trying to help.

And you're helping
now! You're helping a lot!

Because, Roger, you're probably
the last person to see Ruby alive.

You see, we didn't find her by
the pay phones, but we did find her.

She was dead, Roger.

Oh, man.

I can't believe it.

Did you see anything
suspicious in the park?

A car that didn't belong?
Or someone walking around?

Yeah!

Yeah, well, you know,
this could be nothing,

but there was this one dude I saw
as we were heading to the phones.

He was a young guy.

Maybe 20, 25.

He was black or Hispanic.
You know, kind of Cuban black.

You know what I
mean? He was a big guy.

Oh, man.

There are bad people out there.

Roger, you say you saw
Ruby in the park around noon?

That's when her teacher
saw her leaving school.

- Well, it could've been a little later.
- The same time we got pictures

- of your van driving in her neighborhood.
- I drive all around.

- You say you didn't get out of your van.
- I drive all around.

But we've got your
footprints all over the park.

That doesn't mean anything!

And you say you saw
Ruby in her pink jacket

which we found in the alleyway
where she was abducted!

Now, it is high time
that you tell me the truth.

The whole truth, Roger.

Please.

Let's you and I help each other.

Otherwise, there's
nothing left to talk about.

All right. I'm gonna go
find Commander Taylor.

- No! Don't send me back there!
- What choice do I have?

It's so hard.

Look, Roger, you
agreed to talk to me.

That's an important first step. Now,
let me help you make the next one.

Because I know... I know
what you're going through.

Because girls that age,

they are so beautiful.

Other guys, they pretend that they
don't feel the same way, but they do.

And the girls want it, too.

They just can't admit it.

'Cause their mothers
would pass judgment.

But I'm not passing
judgment, Roger.

I just wanna know what happened.

I was driving around.

And I seen this
girl I've seen before.

You couldn't help
but notice her.

And I don't go for girls
who don't want me.

Now, I've been on the other
end of that thing when I was a kid.

No, she was into it.

- All you were doing was giving her a ride.
- Exactly.

We were just driving around.
It was all just fun, you know?

I wasn't gonna do anything.

But she wanted it, so...

She was flirting with you.

You two fool around?

Then right in the
middle of it, she changed.

She got all mad at me.

Said she was gonna tell
the cops what we'd done,

which is so perfect.

Just lead me on
and just flip like that?

Then I got mad.

Roger, if something happened,

if there was an accident,
you need to tell me.

'Cause the DNA, that's
gonna link you to Ruby.

And the DA is gonna make you out
to be a monster in a very public trial.

Is that how you want
your mother to see you?

Is that how you want
the world to see you?

I know that there's an
explanation that only you have.

And I want to hear
your side of the story.

But if I'm gonna help you,
I need to hear it from you.

She just started screaming.

She was making so much noise.

I was just trying
to keep her quiet.

I didn't wanna hurt her.

But her neck, it just snapped.

So easy.

And then she got quiet.

I know how that sounds, but...

It was an accident.

- You didn't mean it.
- No.

Well, at least now we know.

Thank you, Roger. I
know that that was hard.

There's two more things
I wanna talk to you about.

Yeah.

Chief Johnson's just about
done with Roger Stimple.

She played him perfectly, Chief.

Got confessions on both
Ruby and the two other girls.

That's excellent. Thank you.

And let's not release his
booking photo to the press.

Use the DMV shot instead.

I don't want people to see a
fat lip and feel sorry for this guy.

Yes, sir.

I'm hungry.

They'll be serving first
meal in a couple of hours.

- You can eat in your cell.
- Wait. What's gonna happen to me?

You'll be kept in isolation
here until morning.

Then you'll be
handed over to County,

which is under the supervision
of the Sheriff's Department.

And after that, I have no idea.

You don't understand.

If they put me back
in general population,

they'll beat me.

- They'll beat me.
- No, Roger, I do understand.

What I'm trying to tell you is

I don't care.

- Yes, Detective, what is it?
- I just wanted to say thank you.

- There's nothing to thank me for.
- You got the confession.

I did?

Because this will most
certainly be a capital case,

Roger's lawyer
will insist on a trial

and David will have to
testify about what he did.

I have to advise Chief
Pope of all this in the morning

before Roger's lawyer
breaks it to reporters.

And what will this
mean for David?

Well, we'll see, won't we?

I'm sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

- Hello?
- Sorry to wake you, Chief.

- I've got good news and better news.
- Okay, what's the good news?

It only took a couple of
hours for the search team

to find the remains of the two other
girls right where Roger said they'd be.

- Yeah, and what's the better news?
- No trial.

You can take away their
shoelaces and their belt,

but they still find a
way to hang themselves.

The idea of life in prison must
have been just too horrible.

- Wrote a suicide note on his hand.
- Well, it's more of an apology, actually,

to his mother.

- Hey, you wanted to see me, Chief?
- Yes. Come in.

As you know, Roger Stimple
hanged himself in his cell this morning.

There will be no trial, so
you're off the hook on that.

I just wanna say I'm really
sorry for causing so much trouble.

"I'm sorry" won't
cut it, Sergeant.

I want you to know that I'm
really mad about this situation.

I'm really mad at you
for having caused it.

And I'm really mad
that I have to be the one

to enter it in your
permanent record.

But I can't sweep this under the
rug just because you're my favorite.

In accordance with
departmental regulations,

I have asked that
Commander Taylor

investigate your conduct
with Roger Stimple.

And he has written you
up for excessive force.

You're writing me up. Okay.

We have both
spoken to Chief Pope,

and he has decided that a
10-day suspension without pay

is the necessary and
appropriate response.

Now, you can sign that report,

acknowledging that you agree
with Commander Taylor's findings,

and hand over your
gun and your badge,

or you can hire a lawyer and roll the dice
with Internal Affairs. It's your choice.

I need to know, Sergeant.

If I put you in a room with
another Roger Stimple,

is this gonna happen again?

I don't know.

Don't come back until you do.

English -SDH