Transcripts For WHO Dateline NBC 20151123

Hey, i think your guy might be cooking ecstasy. Is that so . He got arrested six months ago when one of his distributors got popped. Narcotics found evidence that he was buying chemicals, but the distributor couldnt pick him out of a lineup, so they had to cut hester loose. All the distributor knew was a name. He had actually never met the boss. So if thats it, then maybe i can just go back to doing one job for you, huh . Not just yet. Hester or whatever his name is is very serious about protecting his identity. Maybe serious enough to kill. You think hed go after the girl . Thats what i need to know, which means you need to find out how he stole her identity. But who were those guys . Im afraid they may be in the drug trade, and they think you are too. Thanks. Thats who stole my identity . A drug dealer . So you know about the i. D. Theft. Ive known for a few weeks, but i think its been going on for months. I kept calling my credit card company, my bank. They kept telling me to call the police. The cops just kept telling me to fill out more reports and call the bank. White collar crime is at the bottom of every Police Departments todo list. Well, i take it youre not a cop. Not quite. Private investigator . Its very raymond chandler, isnt it . The reality is a little bit more mundane, im afraid, mostly following people around and taking pictures. Why were you following me . Ive been hired by another victim. The police didnt do anything for him either. So what do i do now . Right now . Breathe deep. Have a cup of tea. I have someone keeping an eye on the man that stole your identity. As soon as we have enough proof to arrest him, well get the police involved. You franklin . You must be fusco. Detective dez franklin, i. D. Theft squad. Jordan hester, shes our vic. A man stealing a womans identitythats a new one. Yeah, apparently, its been going on for about a year now. A year . So were not talking about a shopping spree at best buy. Hes using her i. D. As a cover for criminal activity, right . We think hes cooking e. Seriously . Why do you find that so strange . This case last year. Suspect claimed he was innocent all the way through trial, said somebody stole his identity. No one believed him . My unit catches upwards of 100 new complaints every day. Cant bring us in every time somebody says he didnt do it. What was the charge . Manufacture with intent. Making ecstasy. Kyle morrison. Im pretty sure hes still locked up. Ill take this. Thats my cue. Im detective franklin. Id like to talk to you about a string of credit card thefts. We already know about the scanner you keep under your apron. [phone rings] nypd homicide. Yes, its detective fusco. Im looking for an inmate by the name of kyle morrison. Can you tell me where hes being held . Hope youre enjoying your tea, finch. Im going to take a closer look at hesters van. Oh, the guy takes his computer with him everywhere. Hes even more careful than you are, finch. I might need a little help cracking his never mind. Laptops not passwordprotected. Guess hes not as careful as i thought, finch. Okay, not seeing any secret accounts full of drug profits or messages about business. To give you more leverage and control and since when do seasoned drug dealers need howto tips from the internet . [phone beeps] [gasps] oh, i missed a client meeting. What do you do for a living . Oh, well, technically im a freelance buyer, but no one really knows what that means. Buyer of what . Antiques. You know, i love old stuff. Like books. Especially books. I cant really afford to buy the stuff i like, so people hire me and i buy old stuff for them. Kind of like a interior decorator with cobwebs. [chuckles] sounds like fun. Well, its an embarrassing use of an arts degree, but its my dream. You know, someday id love to own my own shop. That is, if this whole i. D. Thing hasnt permanently ruined my credit, or i dont wind up dead. Any idea when i can go home . I think its too dangerous right now. What if these guys figured out where you live . We should get you a hotel room. Can i at least pack a bag . Im not sure thats wise. So this is our entire next shipment . Whered you get this stuff . It smells a little different. Thats because its even more pure. Now lets start the cook. So this batch will be ready in, what . 24 hours or so . [scoffs] if my nana was cooking it. Youre homicide . You guys think i killed someone too . Thats not why im here. What, so you just want to rub it in . Well, congratulations. You got me. I thought you didnt do it. Im not a drug dealer. Ive been saying that for a year. Nobodys believed me yet. Once a suspect, always a suspect. When did you know your identity was first stolen . When the cops knocked down my door, put a shotgun to my head. And that was what . A year ago . [sighs] you know what . The more i talked to you guys, the more you twisted my words around, so, you know, maybe today im not in the mood. We think what happened to you may have happened to someone else. Sit down. Look, i know you got no reason to trust me. I know exactly how you feel. Everyones got you wrong. Everyone thinks youre something that youre not, and you got no way to change their mind. You help me catch this guy, and ill see about getting you out of here. You believe me . Until you give me reason not to. When itwhen it started, it was just the money. Id call the bank, and then theyd close the account, but then another one would pop right back up. Before long, my credit was shot, my savings were gone. Couldnt pay my mortgage. I couldnt support my family. And then the cops came rolling up. You got kids . My boys nine. Missed my daughters second birthday last month. Her mother doesnt want anything to do with me anymore. Look, you help me catch this guy, and ill do my best to get you home and see your little girl. I give you my word. Somethings not right here. Damn it, were out of time. The cops are on their way here right now. What . How . Who cares . Weve gotta get this merch out of here fast. What about the cook . Forget it, this lab is burned. Its okay. [sighs] oh, okay. Why are there towels everywhere . Oh, yeah, Sprinkler System went off yesterday. Some idiot pulled the alarm. How odd. Ive arranged a hotel room for you, if you want to collect your things. Uh, in a minute. We really shouldnt linger. I know, but after the day ive had, i could use something a little stronger than tea. Heres the victims accounts. You recognize any of these charges . Hardware stores. There were a lot of those on my accounts too. And bulk purchases of chemicals. Thats what the cops used as evidence against me. Supplies for the labs. I guess. Recognize anything else . Okay. These are the bank statements. You recognize anything here . Wait. Why do you have a picture of her . Thats jordan hester. Shes the victim. No, no, no, thats mary. She was the receptionist at my accountants office. Mary . Excuse me a minute. When youre done with the wipedown, get the hell out, and ill be in touch when i find a new lab. Get one with skylights like the last one. Its better ventilation for when we heat the phosphorous. Yeah, sure, whatever you want. Lets move phosphorous is used to make meth, boss. And the last place didnt have any skylights. Who the hell are you . I think we may have gotten this backwards, finch. My hesters not the identity thief, which means yours is. [phone chirping] i know. When the flu hits, its a really big deal. The aches. The chills. The fever. An even bigger deal . Everything you miss out on. Family pizza night. The big game. Or date night. Why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to . Prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1. 3 days faster. Thats 30 sooner. Call your doctor right away. And attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. 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Dont worry. Pretty soon, youll feel much better. Tell me who you are. Who i am doesnt matter right now. What matters is, i know who you are. Who am i, then . Stay back. I will shoot you. How . The safetys still on. No offense, but im surprised you fooled these guys as long as you did. I know youre the real jordan hester. I know your life was stolen. Here. I even know who stole it. Do the other one. Well, who stole it . First things first. What exactly was your plan . You were accused of being a drug dealer, so then you decided to become one . No one would believe me. And i was always a bit of an introvert, you know, a private person. Yeah, i know the type. I never thought that i would be punished for it. My old boss, Police People hear youre a drug dealer, they stop listening to you. I mean, have you ever hit bottom . I never realized how far down i could go. After a while, i figured, if people keep thinking im this bad guy, why do i keep trying to convince them that im not . Someone stole your identity, so you decided to steal theirs. Thats nitric acid, not safrole. Itll melt all this into mush, destroy this equipment. And then i was going to take the rest of this supply, about 1 2 million worth, to lure that bastard out into the open. And then what . Kill him . I dont want to kill anybody. I just want my identity back. Okay. Its a terrible plan. But i like it, so lets do it. Oh, first thing you need to know, the bastard isnt a he. Shes a she. Finch, are you there . I most certainly am. You need to get out of there. He wasnt planning to kill her, so she must still be planning to kill him. Why, i never. Harold . You all right . I believe youve drugged me. Ecstasy. I told you youd feel better. Whoosh. But if i understand this process, i can counter the ef oh, wow. Well, hello there. Well, it was either this or shoot you. I find chemistry. So much more efficient. Finch, ive got this end under control. Were preparing a surprise for our mutual friend. Our mutual friend, charles dickens, published. 1864, 65. The plot turns on a case of concealed identity how ironic. Hey, do you have a copy . What . What . Finch, are you all right . Never been all righter. But i might have been outfoxed. Finch outfoxed. Wow, wow. What the hell are you doing . Wow. Fi finch . Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, that is my very good friend. Who was it . Who is he . Where is he . Nowhere that matters, and not in the lab. Oh, no. Joseph, its me. You need to get to the lab. No, now. Weve got bigger problems than i thought. Ill meet you there. I like your face sideways. Im sorry, harold. Mm. Fast as you can, fusco. 851 12th street, the village. Finch is in trouble. All right, im on it. [siren wailing] youve still got your security clearance from your time in the army, detective, so i can show you this. The fbi doesnt run classified ops unless theres issues of. National security. Used to be the cia worked closely with us. Then they stopped. Extreme action became the norm. Kidnappings, renditions, assassinations, right here in the u. S. And to run these ops, they needed dangerous, often sociopathic men. Like the one youve been chasing. But at some point, we think this man left the agency. Initially, the pattern was chaotic, but now a trend has emerged. We think we know what hes doing here in new york. And what is that . We think hes selling his services to the highest bidder. Weve seen it before, Mexican Special forces taking over the drug trade in juarez, exbritish sas selling blood diamonds in liberia. Men like that, theyre done fighting. Theres no place for them in society, which makes them very dangerous. We believe hes been working with one of the organized crime syndicates, specifically a man named elias. You think hes working for elias . One of our contacts in the russian mob told us he took out a team they sent to kill elias. Now the cia is already trying to clean up this mess. We know that youve been contacted by this man, agent snow. We believe that hes the man the agency uses to sweep these domestic ops under the rug. Tell me. Whats the bureaus interest in this . Whats your interest . You want to put one over on the cia . Yes, i want to expose the cia for what its become, but. Mainly, i want to catch him. We cant have rogue government hit men operating on domestic soil. Obviously you feel the same. Thats why youve been so vigilant in pursuing him. Oh, without much luck. So far. But youve been working alone. Now youll have the bureaus support. Were going back to all the old cases, reinterviewing witnesses, looking at physical evidence, so beyond your report, is there anything else you can share with us . Nothing comes to mind. Rest assured, detective, well find him. You alone . What . Hello, detective, just in time for dinner. Have a seat. Almost ready. Fast food. Very bad. What is that . She made it for me. Its some kind of flambe. Wait, wait, wait, its not quite ready. Come on, lets get you out of here. Okay. This way, this way. I got him. Good. Thanks, lionel. Ill call you as soon as were clear. Lets go. Drop the bags. Drop the bags. Hello, mr. Hester. Did you really think you could take over my operation . Well, youre here, arent you . Touche. Im thinking of keeping your name a little longer. After all. Im a better jordan hester than youve ever been. Get rid of them. More than enough chemicals in here to deal with the bodies. Guest pc does what . through the door pc does amazingly thin designs. Pc does what no pc hasdone before. Does yours . I accept im not 22. I accept im not the rower i used to be. A type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. But i wont accept is getting out there with less than my best. So if i can go for Something Better than warfarin, i will. Eliquis. 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You wanna hack the pentagon . We had to meet here . Relax, richard. Dinners with clients are a writeoff. You should know that. I cant keep doing this, mary. I could lose my job. You give me what i want, or youre going to lose a lot more than your job. Now, who do i get to be next . You said a woman this time, right . Well, men tend to hold a grudge. Try this one instead. Your names not mary either. Its tara. You can run along. Nice mug shot. Impressive rap sheet too. Arrests for shoplifting, forging checks, insurance fraud. Torched your own name by the time you were 23. What now . [scoffs] you gonna kill me . For a while, i thought i might have it in me. But then, i was just playing you, wasnt i . [sirens wailing in the distance] for the record, you make a terrible jordan hester. There she is. Tara verlander. Youre under arrest. Well get to the charges later. Gonna take some time to sort this out. Thank you. For giving me my life back. Youre welcome. [policas amongster] my hands are red, i have been bleeding [indistinct radio chatter] what will happen, what will happen when i seduce you, teacher how did you track down her old mug shot . Watch your head. Police work. Even i do it on occasion. Im surprised you didnt want the collar. Too highprofile. Plus i think hrs taking a cut of her operation. Which do you like better, good cop or bad cop . You tell me. Am i under with hr, or am i working cases with you . Fire burning down a monastery whyd you do it [phone ringing] how i begged him to take other women on but he dont know where to turn he dont know who to call on on the gate. [buzz] releasing prisoner. Tears in my eyes everyones asking everyones asking youre a free man. Thank you. Now get home to your little girl. Apologies like the birds in the sky and even they are falling everyones asking, wheres your child in this plan . Whoa, why didnt you tell me i had so many books . Itll be out of your system in a few hours. 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I told her, i will make this right. I will make this right for you. Im lester holt. And this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with shining star. Reporter cajun country is happened. Baton rouge, the Louisiana State capitol perched on the banks of the mississippi. Three blocks off the river, on a chilly thursday night, a criminal defense lawyer was working late, drafting a writ for the big murder trial starting monday. When did the killer take her . Sometime after 8 00 was the best guess. The news led next mornings early drive. I hear on a local news station, they interrupt to say that there is a downtown murder in a law office. Reporter attorney prem burns was on her way into work. Which, of course, alerts me. Initially, my my gosh is it an attorney . Reporter the office, now strung with yellow crime scene tape, belonged to an upandcomer named Chiquita Tate. A local woman just a few years out of law school, but already making a name for herself in the competitive, pads and helmets, arena of litigation and criminal defense. She had recently won a halfmillion dollar jury verdict. Thats pretty good for somebody out such a short time. Reporter chiquita was one of seven, her father, absent, raised by her grandma in a tired neighborhood of boardedup houses. Smart and determined, she rose above her impoverished early years and once her fuse was lit, she became a rocket. She was talented. She had overcome so very much in a short time period. She was the star of her family. Reporter chiquita was the first in her family to go to college. Then she enrolled in hometown southern law school. Got grabbed up by a law firm where she started clerking while studying for the bar. Thats when she met legal she was just driven, wanting to to get that next ill call it that next high. And law school was that, being a lawyer was that. And she achieved it. Reporter she passed the bar on her first shot . On her first shot. Reporter she eagerly lapped up the hard cases, the kind that made news. Accused killers, druggies, gangbangers. She seemed at ease in the spotlight, happily talking to reporters. Chiquita was enjoying such success, she opened her own firm in a nice building a few blocks from the courts complex. Lessie hookfin went with her. Reporter what areas did she start to stake out for herself . Criminal. She wanted to do criminal so bad. Reporter prem burns watched her in action. Chiquita was one to speak her mind and dress how she wanted in conservative lady lawyer pantsuits one day and stilettos and spiky hair the next. She would walk into a courtroom and she looked like she owned the place. Reporter you could hear her coming before you saw her, huh . You could, you could. And we always joked, because chiquita would wear fourinch heels and just strut in and you knew Chiquita Tate was in the courtroom. Reporter another thing, chiquita was all about family. She hired her sister denita to help in the office. And denita knew better than anyone that harddriving chiquita could be sunny one minute and a gulf coast storm the next. She fired me, like, every week. Reporter she fired you . Yeah, every week, and then, at night reporter you were her office assistant. Yeah, and at night at night she will call me and say well talk, and then shed say, see ya in the mornin. Im, like, i thought i was fired. Reporter in fact, it was a skirmish with chiquita that sparked the interest of a young man named greg harris who, almost literally, bumped into her while they were both cruising around town. Gregs brother mike says it started when greg cut chiquita off. Shes in a corvette. Hes in a mercedes. Shes blowin the horn at him and so they pull up to the red light. And i heard a few smiles went from him, a few smiles went from her. And after that, it was all she wrote. Reporter greg harris was doing well as a contractor. The romance blossomed and chiquita moved into gregs home a big step up from the falling down neighborhood of shotgun houses where she grew up. They got married in a small wedding with family in 2008 and a year later chiquita was moving into that nice new office varnishing the bookshelves, proudly hanging out her shingle. Reporter did anybody ever worry about her and her clients . cause there were some tough i reporter hombres that she was defending. There were. But i dont think that it was to the point where either she had to worry or anyone else had to worry. Reporter on february 19, 2009, chiquita was working hard, prepping her defense in a double homicide case. She told lessie she had to work late just a couple of hours, but chiquita never returned home that night. Her husband greg called her office repeatedly but got no answer. Around dawn he drove down to the office, troubled, hed say later, to see his wifes hummer parked where she left it. He couldnt get in the locked building, so he called 911. Um, my wife, um, she was working late last night, but i cant get inside the building. I need a cop over here quick. Reporter greg suddenly spotted a patrol car and flagged it down. An Office Worker let the policeman in the building while greg called his sisterinlaw denita. And he was, like, d, the hummer is still parked here. And they wont let me in the office. Reporter once upstairs, it took only a glance for the Patrol Officer to declare chiquitas office a crime scene, a bad one. The shining starlight of Chiquita Tate had been cruelly and for what reason . When we come back, the first clues. No blood in the elevator, no blood on the lobby. Her left hand was opened. There was a piece of hair in it. I was like, oh, my lord. gasps can we keep him . Please . Mom, can we keep him . Ahh both pleaaaase . New pet . 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So he came toward me and grabbed me pretty much to hold me up because i was going down. And thats when he told me she was dead. Reporter chiquitas loved ones were huddled together when veteran homicide detectives Chris Johnson and elvin howard rolled up to the scene. So the responding officers told you, thats the husband over there, but hes on the edge of things for you. You havent approached him yet . Thats thats correct. He was upset to the point where uniform patrol had to put him in the back of the unit. So do you go up at the point . No. At that time, we try to gather as much information as possible. Reporter the detectives began their standard investigative ritual putting together a timeline of the victims last day. Assistant Lessie Hookfin knew some of it. So that thursday, how does that fit in your recollection . What was that day like . Pretty regular day. Reporter chiquita had gone to court and that very day talked to reporters about her latest case. The statute is the question that i would like the Appellate Court to review. Reporter after a quick chat, she headed back to her office where workers were refinishing a bookcase. Lessie left at her regular time, about 5 30. And she remembers being concerned about the smell of varnish. I said, quita, dont stay in here too late, because the smell was just overpowering. She said, less, im not gonna stay in here late. Im just gonna read this. Reporter but she did stay late. Chiquitas husband greg told police his wife called him around 7 00 or so and asked him to please bring her something to eat, so he set out from their home in baker, about 25 minutes away. Then he said he went to mcdonalds in baker and got some hamburgers and fries and brought it to chiquita in her office. Chiquita met him downstairs, according to greg, and let him into the building, because at 5 30 in the evening until 7 30 in the next morning the building is locked. And unless you have a swipe card, you cant get access. Exactly. Reporter greg told the cops he encountered a number of tenants in the building working late that night. He remembered running downstairs on a small errand for his wife. Yeah. Chiquita had a client that was coming over to pick up some money. So he went downstairs to pay this client and pick up some paperwork from this person for chiquita. Reporter greg said chiquita had more work to do and yet another client to see, so he took off for home he said. It was sometime around 8 30. What happened next was a bloody mystery. It would be up to the detectives out. The attorney hearing the awful news on her car radio that morning the one who got such a kick out of chiquita in court was, in fact, a legendary baton rouge prosecutor. My boss, the district attorney, was out there. There were so Many Police Officers there, the crime scene van was there. And so, i went into that and immediately said to my boss, i want this. I want this case. Reporter prem insisted as she always does on viewing the crime scene. As she entered the office she noticed chiquita had been fixing things up. But then, when you proceeded into the next room where her body was, i was like, oh, my lord. She was butchered. She was butchered. She was laying on the floor. She had little slipper socks on her feet, the way all of us would be if we stay after work. Were not going to keep our heels on. She basically had a law book that i think she had been the time the attack began. Reporter chiquita had been stabbed 43 times. The attack was brutal and messy, the bloodstained wall suggesting a fight to the death. Did you have a murder weapon . No, we didnt. Reporter did you get lucky with a footprint or a partial print or anything in blood . Anything like that . No, we did not get lucky with a footprint. No blood in the elevator, no blood in the lobby, no blood on the buttons. Reporter the killer had improbably vanished without leaving a trail. Taken anything either. Had the office been trashed . Had anybody been looking through no. We didnt see that. She had expensive jewelry still on her on her hands. She had earrings in her ear. So it it def so this is starting to tell of this killing, huh . Thats correct. Reporter it didnt look like however, as crime scene techs processed the scene, the investigators realized chiquitas wallet was missing from her purse. What looked like a major clue. And her left hand was opened, there was a piece of hair in it. Not actually, 91 strands of hair in it. And her right arm was over her head and she just she just died like that. Reporter had she pulled it from her killers head . The hair was long. Had the killer been a woman . What were your theories . What did you think . I actually, uh, did not come to any conclusions because i couldnt think of a soul who wouldve wanted her dead. Reporter chiquitas fatherinlaw, silver ray harris, admired her courage, but wondered about the kind of clients who came with her line of work. Bein a criminal lawyer, thats what you deal with, criminals. So you have to accept a degree of bad people. They come lookin for for the toughest of the tough, huh . Thats what i hear. That she would shed if you went to her, shed try to help you. Could have been an unhappy client. Could well have been someone who didnt like the results that they got from her. Could have been. Or could have been a member of the victims family. Reporter the list of potential suspects could be as long as her client list. Yet, chiquitas brotherinlaw says he cant understand how anyone could do such a thing. Heartless. Completely. To do her that way. When i get on my knees at night, i pray hell get justice. Reporter police were confident they would get their man or woman. And something up a street pole gave them hope. Outside chiquitas office were City Surveillance cameras and traffic cams. Did one of several cameras see someone enter after greg left . There may not have been a trail of blood, but with a little luck, those cameras just might give them a portrait of their killer, or killers, suitable for framing. Coming up she sees the wallet on the side of the road. The missing wallet and that mystery clump of hair. What might it reveal . Someones hair out, youre going to find root hairs