Hows it gonna be when theres no one there to talk to. Hows the millers tale gonna help me in life . cat meows totally unreadable. So drop the class. Hows it gonna be . Im going to med school anyway. Hows it gonna be . Hey. What . Im done studying. Im not. Yeah, you are. Bruce, i he a seminar in the morning. Its only summer school. Skip it. What am i gonna have to do, kick you out of here . Im getting sick of that story, too. train horn blaring in distance train wheels clacking meows came in this morning addressed to homicide. I think its one of yours. Number one. Kitchen floor. She had a useless cat who did nothing. Number two. Brunette. At least two useless cats. Ellen curtis had two cats. Three. This one died on me. And her useless cat just watched. Oh. This bastard. I dont like what i do, but i cant go yet. The days are still warm. Thats him. Try to get prints off this . This guy doesnt leave prints. Where has he been for five years . And why is he sending us this letter . 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He only struck when the weather was warm, so i check out baseball teams, Exchange Students coming in for the summer. Circus. Yeah . I interviewed a damn clown. Who was the top suspect . Bruce elridge. Gails boyfriend. How come . He gave a shady, hostile interview. Refused to give his dna, had not one good alibi for any of the rapes. Unfortunately, veras under orders not to talk to him. Thats not official. The d. A. s office was very clear, nick. Do not approach him again. What did you do to him . I was running the case. He was a serious suspect. He put him in the room four times what am i supposed to do, start all over again . Ill start it over. Whoa, this is my job. Im not gonna get cut out of it. Well, which one is it, vera . You in or out . I dont know. All right. Lil will read the case again. You want to join her, okay. But i dont want you going to bruce without new direction. We got the letter. Connect him to the letter, nick, you can go back. Not before. You got an angle, how to do that . Yeah, i got an angle. No. Not you again. Got some questions, larry. Forget it. You browbeat this guy, too . Hes a material witness. I talk to him sometimes. sighs okay. lightly taps larry, um, its lilly rush. With homicide. I need to talk to you about gail. Ill talk to you. Not him. Grow up. Open the door, larry. Detective vera will take a little walk. This guys sick, huh . Anything about it say bruce elridge to you . The smugness fits. He was such a snob. Hed never even say hello. So you didnt know him well. Nah. You told 911 that you thought gail and her boyfriend were having a fight next door. I may speak. I never saw anyone else go insidthat apartment. What was your relationship with gail . Good neighbors. Good friends. Maybe something could have blossomed if the world was laid out differently. So now youre flirting . You didnt say that five years ago. You asked about the 911 call, not my relationship with gail. Did the noise from next door wake you, larry . I was up, working. the cranberries when youre gone playing but i miss you when youre gone. muffled scream that is what i do ooh, yeah ba, ba, baby. clattering gail . Whats going on in there . It sounds like more than reading. keypad beeping, line ringing operator 911. Im at 1832 sansom. Im worried about my neighbor. That was heroic, making that call, larry. It was instinct. Anyway, uh. The cops came, knocked, left. She was found dead the next day. Cops cant break down door just because some guy senses something. I gave a dna sample right off. Ill give another one if you like. Thats not necessary. So back to bruce. You seen him lately . I did run into him a couple of months ago, up at the temple campus. He does experiments at med school. Yeah, and he was full of hot air about some kind of sleep study hes doing on cats. Thank you. Oh, yeah. So maybe we should check that out. Howd you find out about his research . I track this guy. I knew it was animals, but i always figured it was lab rats. Thats him. You cant talk to me. That letter you wrote gave me new cause. Your pal here made my life miserable five years ago. You could have ended it at anytime by giving a dna sample. Lets not have that conversation again. Bruce, im the one who wanted to talk to you. And who are you . Detective rush. Im looking back into gails murder. Uhhuh. I was wondering about the Animal Research you do. What about it . Were talking cats, right . Yeah. And i dont feel guilty about it if thats your next question. You kill those cats . If need be. If a persons got cancer im not gonna worry about testing on some useless animal. Why are they useless . Theyre subhuman. Small brains. Like women . Women have a use. Bruce, why not make this easy . Volunteer your dna. Fourth amendment says i got a right to privacy. Dont you want to be ruled out as a suspect . On the contrary. I dont want desperate detectives to act like its a discovery if they match my dna to semen that was on gails sheets. I was her boyfriend. We were very active, if you get me. Im re my dnas all over that place. I see. I dont need a witch hunt just cause you couldnt solve this thing. Vera. What is it about this job . You yap on all the time about the other cases. Why not this one . This one did things to me. Like what . You er work a job makes you feel helpless . Yeah, i can always find motive, direction, but. That piece of crap, he stops. Leaves me with nothing. I start second guessing everything, you know . Maybe im not the bad ass i think i am. I want this guy. So do i. We can get him. But i need you, vera. You know him better than anyone. Vera if hes following his m. O. , hes already hunting. Stalking someone right now, following her home. Lets hope shes got her windows locked. I should have noticed that they all had cats. It didnt mean anything till we got the letter. Jeffries its a list of parolees who were locked up the last five years and just got out. One guy fits the time line, but he weighs 300 pounds. Since when . His whole life. It aint him. Was worth a try. Yeah. Well, howd you do today . Found out bruce elridge tortures cats for a living. Does he . Mmhmm. Talks about useless animals and wont give up his dna. I gotta go sit on him. Make sure he doesnt climb through anybodys window tonight. I got new addresses on the first two victims theyve both moved. Lets go. Wait till tomorrow. I dont want you going to these girls at midnight asking about their rape. Yeah. Tomorrow. Good night. Show off that belt you replaced. Show off the fuel pump, the oil change, the upgrade. You did it. There are a lot of places you can go to do it yourself. But theres only one place that can help you do it right. Autozone. Because even the pros know, parts are just part of what we do. We have the advice, the instructions, we even loan tools. So show it off america. 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Okay. I gotta go to work, but, um. Im home every day by 6 00. All right. Could be him. Could be yo yo ma. I didnt see crap. He covered your eyes right away. Im in my kitchen. All of a sudden, theres a towel over my face. Guy whispers that hes real sorry. Rapes me right there. And then stays for an hour, talking to me. Man im always nervous on first dates. But we did okay, didnt we . You were playing such a sad song before. You wanna play it for me . I dont think so. Man thats okay. Those bars on your windows are no good, honey. Theyre too far apart. You gotta be more careful. cat yowls you know what he said to me right before he left . Wish that we had met under different circumstances. Im sorry, niki. I just hope you finally get the guy. I dont want to make you uncomfortable, but, um. You were obviously in close contact with him. Yeah. He touched you. You must have touched him. Was there anything that you felt that was distinctive . Um. Scars . Moles . This is kind of weird. Thats okay. I did touch him. I didnt do it to be intimate. Of course not. I was trying to get him off me. And you noticed something. Smooth skin. Legs, arms, everything. Soft and smooth like a womans. Excuse me a second, niki. Whats that . Bruce elridges coffee cup. You stole his coffee . He abandoned it in a public place. Now we got his precious dna. According to niki lamas, were looking at a guy with super smooth skin. Thats new. Maybe he shaves his body before he attacks. No hair ever found at the scenes. Anything from ellen curtis . Jeffries got the sense she knew something. Ill go back to her today. And hows our boy vera doing . Hes. Passionate. That passion almost compromised this case five years ago. Im watching, boss. knock on door i hate to rat a guy out, but vera just walked in with bruce elridge. I cant have this. Let me go. Youll want to look at this first. This isnt going to help. Elridge you cant keep me here. I can keep you here for six hours. So whats with the animal experiments . sighs what are you, an activist . Lot of killers start off torturing animals. Smart guy like you. Should know something about that. So what . Is that you, brucehmm . Did you go from cats to women with your viciousness . laughing thats a leap. You slip into their apartments with that wimpboy frame of yours. You terrorize them and you pretend youre on a date . Ive got a girlfriend. Were very, very happy. Maybe you didnt mean to kill gail. Just rape her like the others. I didnt do anything to her, so why dont you stop acting like a thug. Whatd you just call me, you little rube . Say it again, come on say it again. Say it again vera. Looks like bruce here thinks im wasting his time. Come out here. Bruce has Better Things to do. Vera we got the dna back. Its a negative match. You bunch of thugs bruce. What the hells wrong with you . Whats that supposed to mean you knew we wouldnt match your dna. So . So why not give a sample five years ago like a normal person . I got a right to privacy. Hows giving a swab of spit invading your privacy . A guys got a ght to have sex with his own girlfriend. Okay. Okay. You werent having sex with her. Excuse me . You didnt want us to not find your dna. It wasnt anywhere in that apartment, cause she was shutting you down. We went out for seven months. And by that time a guys got a right. You think i wanted all those macho cops, all my friends, knowing i was putting up with a prude . Hey. Bruce. This aint high school. This case died five years ago and you could have helped us bring it in. And you coming off to your pals like some big stud isnt more important than a girl dying. My partner got the sense you knew we were on the wrong trail. How would i know that . Maybe you saw the guy. No. Maybe. You knew the guy . I really try not to think about this. Thats understandable. But he contacted us. Let us know hes gonna do it again. I cant worry about that. If you could describe him. I cant. I know thats what youve been saying all these years, but maybe its because its too painful. Ellen, im just scared its gonna happen again. I never used to be scared of anything. No . Now i live with my parents. Im terrified if im not home before dark. You had a life before. You just want it back. I dont think thats the cards. I do. But you have to start by telling me what you saw that night. It might not be relevant. I was at the free library outside, buying a coffee and this, um. This guy started talking to me about books and i cant even remember what else. But it was only for, like, a few minutes. And then i went home. And that was it. Did you get his name . Then the rape happened that night. knocking olive . Edie . cat meowing hey, kitty, kitty, kitty. Yeah, you ared me. knob squeaking, water running man im so sorry. First dates are hard. Especially with serious girls like you. I just wish we couldve met under different circumstances. It was so quick. It was like a flashbulb. And i, uh. I could be wrong, but. The face i keep seeing is the guy from the library. Um. Dark hair. Kind of shaggy. Smooth skin. This is going to help us a lot. Im sorry i didnt do it earlier. You werent ready earlier. I should have told that first detective. I was worried hed think that since id talked to the guy. Id led him on. You know . Detective vera only looks like a neanderthal. knocking excuse me. What . Sex crimes got an assault, 9th and lombard. Same m. O. . Crawled through the second floor window. sighs our boy is back. And secretly served it up at this produce stand in the heart of grape country . Its a freshover come taste some grapes tell us what you think. These guys have an amazing sweetness. Yeah they do. Probably the best grapes ive ever had. A thousand thumbs up. Walmart works directly with growers to get you the best Quality Produce theyve ever had. 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Kenfield filter. Left it right at the bedside. This the victim . Yeah. Sex crimes took her to the hospital. They know you want talk to her, though. We doing this together . Yeah. Please. camera clicks maybe i should have fought or something. Theres no should, tanya. Does, uh. This look like him . He covered my eyes so quickly. Did he speak to you . Yeah. Afterwards, he talked a lot. He talked about art and books. But i dont. I dont know how he knew that. Did you recognize his voice . No. He was a stranger. cat meows you study art history . Yeah. Been to any museums lately . Um. I was at the rodin a few days ago. Vera did you notice anything about his skin . It was. Smooth. You know, like. Hairless. No hair at all . Didnt seem like it. Do you know what he told me before he left . That he wished that we had met under. Under different circumstances. And that he was sorry. Rush does this guy stalk girls on ben franklin parkway . Gail worked at the museum of art. Ellen was at the free library the day she was attacked. And tanya went to the rodin last week. Niki was on locust. Leaving the academy of music. Maybe he targets smart girls. All the victims were college types. Serious girls. He said it to ellen. Lets post this composite all over the parkw. I got it. I interviewed a woman that worked with gail at the art museum. Anna. Anna. Berlin. They had lunch together the day of the murder. We have this now. Lets see if she knows our new friend. Berlin is this who killed gail . Could be. Do you recognize him at all . I dont think so. Take your time. I cant be sure, but. But what . It sort of looks like a guy wed see out here at lunchtime. You and gail saw him . Hed hang out here, smoking, watching people. I kind of forgot about him. He hasnt been around for years, but hes en back lately. Ever get a name . No. We only talked to him once. Hows the premed student . Arrogant. Pushy. In other words, the same. I know, i have bad taste in men. Man you ladies work here . Yeah. Hows the new exhibit . The monet . Its beautiful. I recommend it. Maybe ill take a look. See you in there. I didnt think to mention it to you back then. People are always asking questions. Do you think he may have been watching gail . He wasnt there for the art. Got something. Girl was with a friend and her mom on ben franklin parkway. Saw your composite. This is lilly. Shes a police officer, too. Tell her what you told me. Thats carl. My mommys boyfriend. What do you got . Carl heeley, grew up in a trailer park in trenton, moved to philly at 18, worked as a Security Guard in the Franklin Institute from 92 to 98. Across from the free library. Yeah. And the last five years, he was at an army base in portland. Just got back to town. Howd he behave in oregon . Dishonorably discharged six weeks ago. Breaking into a female officers room. Through the window. She was trained in combat though, unlike our girls. She fought him, i. D. d him, and they sent him packing. Military wilhave blood type. Were getting a subpoena right now. Pick up this soldier. Whats this about . A woman was raped in old city last night. Im sorry to hear that. Where were you last night, carl . At home. Reading. Can anyone verify that . My girlfriend and her daughter. You a big reader, carl . You could say. You lived in the area five years ago when three women were raped. Do you remember ything about that . Not really. Mm. But you heard about it, right . Yeah, i think i remember somhing about it, but that was a long time ago. This looks a lot like you, dont you think . Sort of. Can you arrest aan for looking like a drawing . Were asking guys who look like this picture to take a dna test. Would you do that . Im sorry. I prefer not to. Look, ilove to help you out, but i got to get back new job and all. So, is there anything else . No. Crap. It was a kenfield filter. Shop early with kmart sneak free layaway. 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Cait, honey, take dolly and play in the room, okay . We lived together five years ago. We broke up when he moved. If you broke up, howd yoget this army picture . We kept in touch. Caitlin says that carls still your boyfriend. That hes around the apartment a lot. Yeah, well. Maybe i never got over him. You remember those rapes five years ago . Yeah. Do you remember that a girl was murdered . What, you trying to say that was carl . This is the guy. You tell me, bridget. Carl is a good person. He is. He is. Yall should see him with caitlin and the animals. Down at that shelter you work at . Yeah. He helps out sometimes. You got any pets here . No, no. Carl always says that dogs are for families and cats are for single girls. Mm. Carl says that, huh . Yeah, we joke about it. You know, cats and book clubs, two sure signs that a womans all alone in the world. Im guessing you wouldnt be caught dead at a book club. I noticed your shakespeare collection over there. Yeah, carl got that at a garage sale. U guys read the tragedies together . He looks at em sometimes. I dont like books. Maybe thats why he took off five years ago. What do you mean . Nothing. No, what . We talked to carl earlier today and he just wasnt, uh. Very complimentary about your. Brain power. Thats mean. I thought so. Was he with you last night . Yeah, he was here. He go out after . He went out for a walk, late. cause there was another rape last night. Another woman who lives alone, with a cat. Carl take a lot of walks . Yeah. He has trouble sleeping. He always did. Honey. Whats wrong . Nothing. Cant sleep is all. Come back to bed. Im going to get some air. Okay. Be careful. You, too. Keep the windows closed. Yeah, he did that a lot. Hed leave in the middle of the night. Didnt you think it was pretty odd that he shaved like that, bridget . He always shaved, you know . He said, um. It had to do, you know, with biking, for speed. Did he always shave at midnight . I dont know. You remember the rapes, though, dont you . Yeah. Didnt you ever think. That i was living with a rapist . No, i never thought that. Would you . Does it make sense now . sighs yeah, i guess. With the walks and all. Now that think abo it, hes only ridden that bike a couple times since ive known him. Bridge . Im so sorry, carl. You really should be more careful. I just wish we couldve met under different circumstances. You really should why are you here . Areful. We just want to chat. Again. We called the base up in oregon. Seems you got the same blood type as our rapist. chuckles softly type a is pretty common. Weve got your letter, too. chuckling im not much of a writer. Plus that cigarette you left at tanyas tells me youre just about ready to stop this. Vera howd them army boys deal with you shaving your chest and your legs . I cut that out up there. Didnt nt to be on the wrong side of dont ask, dont tell, huh . I just didnt get much of a chance to bike in oregon. Rush mmhmm. What kind of people do you come from. Carl . Nothing special. Educated . No. Low rent . You could say. Not a lot of books in the trailer, i take it . My mom couldnt read. Vera what about that sister of yours, the one thats in jail for prostitution . She a. Big scholar . Yeah, you come from trash, you end up trash. With a trash girlfriend. You were looking for someone better. A classy girl with. Education. I like girls with culture who dont eat their takeout right out of a box. Hm, like bridget . Bridgets never been to a museum in her life. So you went looking for a girl with a Little Something upstairs. Trolling through the museums and libraries till you found her, then you followed her home. Looked to see if there was a cat in her window, cause that meant she was all alone in there. And you got that talent for getting into tiny places. Talk or dont talk. It doesnt matter anymore. Bridget gave us your razor. Its at the dna lab right now. Vera yep. Were just waiting for the official word. I used to slide down the Laundry Chute at my best friends building. You cant believe how narrow it was. Id get into thenee and steal things. It was, like, the one thing that i was really, really good at, getting into small places. I was, like, known for it. Thats sensational, carl. I told you. I was ready soon, as soon as the weather changed. Yeah. You told us. I just had these demons. Is that why you joined the military . To maybe get some discipline . I kept them down for a while, but they came back. The. One in oregon was a fighter, like the other one that. Gail. The girl you murdered. I just wanted to. Date her, you know, not hurt her. meows quiet im sorry. Studying, huh . gasps college girl . Let me. Go panting you should be more careful. That windows wide open. knocng larry gail . Whats going on in there . No sounds like more than reading. Quiet. Quiet. Quiet. muffled gasping i just wish wed met. 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