Real Detective (2016) s01e01 Episode Script
Redemption
-(woman breathing heavily)
-(distant sirens)
I've been a homicide detective
for over 21 years.
I've been around evil men
most of my life.
There's two different worlds.
There's the world that
you live in.
And then there's
the world of the bad guys.
At one point I was involved
in a lot of shootings.
I was just doing my job.
Then there came a case that
changed me significantly.
The stakes are too high to allow
somebody like this to go free.
I remember like it
was yesterday.
(woman screaming):
Help! Help!
-(muffled screaming)
-(whimpering)
(muffled screaming)
Yes, I believe in evil.
(theme music) ♪
♪♪
(leaves rustling)
(leaves rustling)
It's right over there.
-Who called it in?
-Uniform.
Some homeless guy came
down into the Jungle,
said he found her.
(seat belts unbuckling)
(sighing)
The Jungle is a place
where we have a lot of
transients and mentally ill
people living in campsites.
(leaves rustling)
Female, looked to be
in her mid-30s.
And the transient who found her?
We're holding him.
We have a lot of fights
and shootings and murders
from people trespassing
on these campsites.
(coughing)
The Jungle is not a place you
want to go
when you've left your gun
at home. (chuckles)
Remember that.
(chuckles)
(flash sound)
(indistinct police radio)
(flash sound)
-Tied her up with shoe laces.
-Didn't do a very good job.
(Mike): Why are you tying
somebody up?
To restrict their movement.
Now what's the use of tying
somebody up with their hands
this far apart?
Strangulation?
Looks like rape.
Snap a photo of that.
-Any ID?
-Nah, nothing on her.
No purse. Nothing.
On the way she's dressed there's
no way she's from the Jungle.
Look at her clothes,
they're practically new.
No, she ain't from the Jungle.
You couldn't pick a better
place to dump a body.
Why don't you talk to the
transient who found her?
Take a walk around; see if any
of the locals saw anything.
You know, your mind's spinning,
thinking OK, why
is this? Why is this?
This is what you're always
asking yourself as a detective.
Why is this person up here?
Why is she dressed like she is?
How long was she up here? Who
could have brought her up here?
Was she killed here?
You mind stepping into
the light so I can see you?
You got a name?
-It's none of your business.
You military?
Marines.
Look, I'll cut right to it.
We found a young woman
dead not too far from here.
You know anything about that?
No sir, I do not.
You didn't see or hear anything
that could be related to that?
I'd tell you if I did.
All right, well,
if you remember anything
find a way to give me a call.
(siren blares)
Thank you for your service.
(Mike): So in this case
I end up going to a scene
with a dead, strangled woman,
with no identification,
with no witnesses.
People who live in the area
are all social rejects
who do not take kindly to
talking to any outsiders.
That's what I was stuck with.
Death was by strangulation.
These scrapes were from falling.
-She tried to get away.
-(sighs) You ID her?
Ran her prints.
Name's Denise Harris,
a school teacher.
School teacher? What the hell
is a school teacher doing
in the Jungle?
Million dollar question.
(sighing)
(violin music) ♪
(Mike): So now I have this
school teacher who's dead
in the Jungle.
A body that was tied up and
gagged and then strangled.
It's very hard, gut-wrenching.
Everybody I spoke to had nothing
but nice things to say
about Denise.
Including James Cooper,
her boyfriend.
-James Cooper, is it?
-Yeah. James Cooper.
-That's Denise's mother?
-(softly crying)
The hardest thing we do is when
we're talking to the family.
People are trying to grieve
and you want them to grieve,
but I need information and
I need the information now.
-I don't have time to grieve.
-Denise lived here with you?
I Haven't seen her in
over a week.
-You didn't report her missing?
-I didn't think she was missing.
We had a fight. She left.
It's happened before.
-You know where she went?
-No.
Who started it?
-Is that your beer?
-Denise's favourite.
-Denise liked to drink?
-She wasn't an alcoholic,
if that's what you're asking.
She was a good person.
School kids loved her.
Everybody loved her.
(Mike): You know,
my partner and I,
I think we developed
a relationship with Denise.
You're looking at those
pictures every day.
You're thinking
of the good times.
That's what the family
wants to remember.
And that's what you want
to remember also for them.
I'm sorry for your loss.
We're gonna find
the person who did this.
Mr. Cooper, mind if
I take a look at your hands?
Do you remember what Denise was
wearing the last time
you saw her?
Jeans, a silver chain
with a cross on it
and she always had her purse.
Where were you last Thursday?
I was at work. I came straight
home, like I always do.
Am I a suspect?
Talking to Mr. Cooper,
lights are kind of going off
in our head.
He was so calm about when
we told him
that his girlfriend is dead.
It gave me some concern.
Real concern.
Got to feel for the mother,
but the boyfriend wasn't right.
No reaction, never even
asked how she died.
If we can't alibi him,
jealous boyfriend makes
for a good motive.
Denise Harris's case
will always stay with me.
Beautiful girl.
A pre-school teacher
and college educated,
very well liked,
very well respected.
I feel horrible for her.
Horrible for her.
Mike, you got like 15 messages.
Most of them are from
King County jail.
(Mike chuckling)
(sighing)
"Ask yourself why somebody would
dump the body there."
"You want to know how she was
killed?" Already do.
Classic, wonder-who-did-it.
(chuckles)
(sighs) Just a bunch of
criminals looking for a deal.
"There's a beer can
on the tree near the body."
Son-of-a-bitch.
(phone ringing)
Ciesynski.
(man): Hello, Detective.
Have you asked yourself how
a nice, quiet school teacher
could turn up dead
in the Jungle?
I'm chasing down all these
leads.
A lot of them are coming
to dead ends.
But now, also I'm having
somebody say,
"I know who did this.
I know who was with her
and I was with this guy."
And I could take you to right
where this thing happened.
His name was Dewayne Lee Harris.
(door opens)
He was facing a robbery charge
and he wanted assistance
on getting a lesser sentence.
Dewayne's been bad in prison.
They had to keep him
in solitary for a while
because he does misbehave
a little bit.
(Dewayne): Detective,
you got my messages.
How did you know all that
stuff about Denise Harris?
-A little bird told me.
-Hmm
I don't see a lot of birds
flying around here, Dewayne.
(Dewayne):
Look man, I was there.
I saw the guy do it.
I appreciate you calling
and all.
You seem to know a lot
of information you shouldn't.
Nice school teacher
in the Jungle.
Story about the beer can.
(Dewayne):
You like the beer can story?
What else do you know,
Dewayne?
Can you get me a deal?
You're the one who called me
asked me what a nice school
teacher was doing in the Jungle.
-Again, Detective Got a deal?
-Depends. You got a name?
(Dewayne exhales) Unless I
see something in writing,
I'm not telling you jack.
I can't help you then.
Dewayne, they got you doing
two years for robbery.
They got you in holding
right now.
I can just take my sweet time
and come back when you're
actually really ready to talk.
Unless you want
to give me something.
Cup-a-chino.
What?
Get me a cup-a-chino,
two sugars.
Maybe then you'll believe me
when I tell you I know who
killed that girl.
All you want is a cappuccino?
No, I want out, but I'll start
with a cappuccino.
(Mike): Dewayne was kind of
a hard guy.
I could tell he was in the joint
before, in the penitentiary.
That's when I could tell
right off the get-go,
he really wanted
to be in control.
And that was not gonna happen.
Get this.
Dewayne wasn't in jail at
the time of Denise's murder.
In fact, he wasn't arrested
until the next day.
Might be worth
buying him that cappuccino.
Could be a witness.
Could be a suspect.
No, there's no way he did it.
He's only in for robbery.
He's got to know he's gonna
do what, 18 months max?
Why risk coming forward and
getting booked on a
murder charge?
He's no idiot.
If he did it he's just gonna
keep his mouth shut.
Denise's murder has all the
signs of a serial killer.
How do you figure that?
The underwear,
-the shoe laces.
-Used to restrict a
-victim's movement.
-And that's just it.
If they were tied too loosely.
She could have easily escaped.
You think they
were a signature?
I think we're gonna see more
bodies like this pop up.
-Detective, can we talk?
-Yeah.
Listen
I didn't tell you
guys everything.
I asked you if you were hiding
anything and you didn't
Purposely I wasn't
hiding anything.
I just, it's just
-Just what?
-(James sighs)
Denise had left me
for another man.
This guy has been
in and out of our lives.
I saw them together
a few weeks ago.
Where'd you see them?
This bar she likes to go to.
You went to a bar?
I thought you said you go
to work, go home, watch TV?
I know, I know.
I couldn't say anything before.
Her mother was there.
I'm sorry.
I went to this place
we used to like to hang out at
and I saw her there
with this other guy.
Okay.
You got a name?
Jason Rennie.
Thanks.
(Mike): I'm still thinking,
did he have something
to do with this?
You could tell he still
really, really loved her.
James Cooper
was still a suspect,
but now so was Jason Rennie.
-(dog barking)
-(birds chirping)
Think Cooper was just
trying to throw us off?
Love triangle gone wrong?
Wouldn't be the first time.
-(sighing)
-(distant baby crying)
-(door unlocking)
-(house keys jangling)
Jason Rennie?
-(thud)
-(alarm sounding)
By the time he makes it out
to the side door,
we were able to grab him.
-(grunting)
-(handcuffs closing)
Ah!
Look,
I barely even know her.
I mean I met her at the bar one
night and we spoke. That's it.
So why'd you run from us?
I didn't know who you guys were.
Heard you had words
with James Cooper.
Yeah, he confronted us
at the bar we were at.
He wasn't happy.
I didn't mess with him though.
He was definitely angry with
her, I can tell you that.
Can anyone account for your
whereabouts the night
she was killed?
I was home, alone.
Of course you were.
Right?
Would you be willing
to take a polygraph?
-Is your name Jason Rennie?
-Yes.
Do you know
Denise Harris?
-Yes.
Were you dating Denise Harris?
-No.
-Do you know James Cooper?
-Yes.
Did you kill Denise Harris?
No.
(Mike): James Cooper's
been alibied.
Check this out.
Apartment and security footage
goes back two weeks.
Cooper's telling the truth.
Every day he comes home,
same time, doesn't leave.
Nobody visited him.
So when he saw Jason and Denise
at the bar,
it was over two weeks ago.
Yeah, there's no way Denise was
killed more than two weeks ago.
Might be worth going back
to the prison see your buddy.
Yeah. You know where
I can get a good cappuccino?
(cup sliding across table)
It would be nice
to be out of here.
(sugar packets shaking)
That's a damn good cup-a-chino.
Mike
You must be thinking
I did it, right?
You've been a detective
a long time.
Have you ever heard of someone
calling the cops on themselves
in a murder case?
Someone who wasn't
a crazy bastard?
Let's just cut to it, Dewayne.
-I'm enjoying this.
-I'm not.
You don't like games, Detective?
I like games.
I gave you something
you wanted, Dewayne.
Now you give me something.
That's how it works.
It would be nice
to see the sun
(Mike scoffs)
Good luck with
the robbery charges.
Never did find the purse,
did you?
What was that?
Never did find the purse.
You know why?
Want to enlighten me?
Because he dumped it.
And I know where.
(dramatic music builds up) ♪
Dewayne really wanted to be
in control of this situation.
And he thought that
he was smarter than me.
And he wanted to
impress that upon me,
that he was the smart guy and
he was holding all the cards.
I let him have
a little bit of that.
Dewayne said the killer threw
away Denise's purse
in a ravine near the scene.
To me he's adding,
adding and adding
information about this case that
only the murderer would
have known.
That's golden.
(handcuffs closing)
I said, let's go!
There was something real
creepy about this guy.
And it was just killing me that
I had to go out and appease him.
-Hey, Mikey-Mike.
-(Mike chuckling)
-(indistinct police radio)
-Mikey-Mike, is it?
I give all my friends nicknames.
-Friends now?
When you see where I'm
taking you, you're gonna
think we're friends too.
Hey, do me a solid.
Unlock these windows so I can
feel some fresh air on my face.
(indistinct police radio)
How's your family, Mikey-Mike?
OK, you know what?
Forget this.
We're taking him back.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
We're here.
(Dewayne): Yeah.
That's it,
right there on the left.
You ready, Mikey-Mike?
(Mike): Taking a prisoner into
the Jungle is pretty risky.
Is he gonna try and run for it?
Does he have
an accomplice set up?
Is somebody gonna try
to take us out to get him free?
Detective Steiger
tells him, "Dewayne,
"you start anything funny
and you try to run on us,
"you know, do something crazy,
(inhales deeply)
we're gonna shoot you."
And he laughs. "Ha ha ha ha."
"No, no, Dewayne.
We're gonna shoot you."
We're a little bit leery,
but we're going there
to try to solve this.
We had to get it done.
You screwing with us, Dewayne?
I wouldn't do that,
Mikey-Mike.
-(Dewayne): Down there.
-(bird cawing)
Doesn't feel right.
I'll go down.
(bird cawing and wings flapping)
You all right, Mikey-Mike?
Shut up, Dewayne.
How's your family, Mikey-Mike?
I said shut the hell up.
Now, now, Mikey-Mike.
We outside.
Steiger!
Steiger!
(leaves rustling)
(Steiger exhales deeply)
I told you you'd be happy.
We friends now?
Come on.
(Mike):
Dewayne told us about the purse.
He told us about
where the can of beer
was impaled on the tree branch.
This guy was at the scene.
Is this the murderer?
See, I told you I knew
where the purse would be.
I saw the whole thing happen.
How do we know
it wasn't you, Dewayne?
Come on, Mikey-Mike.
Would I be bringing you
out here if I did it?
I know the guy
that did it, though.
You got to stop
lying to us, Dewayne.
I'm not lying to you,
Mikey-Mike.
(Mike): Denise's murder had all
the signs of a serial murderer.
The gag in her mouth.
The positioning of her body.
The tying of the hands
with her own shoelaces.
If we find another
body like that
we're definitely gonna say we're
gonna have a serial murderer.
The craziest thing,
as soon as we get Dewayne out
of the Jungle,
catch another body.
(woman over radio):
We've got a code 10.
Suspected homicide in
the Jungle by Interstate 90.
All units reporting.
And I'm thinking is there
a signature involved?
That's something we had
to find out.
-What do you got?
-A female found dead.
-When was she killed?
-Couple hours ago?
-It was just called in.
-We'll take a look at the body.
(indistinct police radio)
Steiger!
Keep an eye on him?
(bird cawing)
(Mike): Strangled woman with
no identification,
but no witnesses
in the Jungle.
And there were
some similarities in the way
she was killed and the way
Denise was killed.
Both vics about the same age.
They even look similar.
Black female, early 30s.
Ligature marks
around her neck.
It's strangulation.
Nice clothes,
not typical for the Jungle.
Looks like it could be rape.
(Mike):
I'm looking at the victim.
She was killed while Dewayne
was in custody.
He had nothing to do
with that homicide.
Told you I was innocent.
(wind howling)
(dramatic music) ♪
(siren blares in the distance)
(Mike): Around this time I
started receiving more calls
from Dewayne from jail.
First couple of times
I didn't even take them.
Finally I'm like, well,
I got nothing to lose
and so I said,
yeah, I'll talk to you.
He goes,
"Why don't you come get me?
I got something
really good for you."
(indistinct police radio)
So Mikey-Mike, do I ever
have a treat for you today.
Stop right here.
(car shifting to park)
Trust me, you'll love it.
Isn't that where
your kids go to school?
How did you know where my--
(choking)
-Trust me, Mikey-Mike.
I know everything about you.
I'll just get your kids.
I'm dying to meet them.
(strained) Steiger. Steiger.
(Mike): Not everybody's able
to do the type of job
that most homicide
detectives have to do.
You got to realize,
dealing with a guy like Dewayne
gets inside of your head.
(Steiger):
I'm heading out, Mikey-Mike.
The Denise Harris investigation
was a very emotional case
that affected a lot of people,
myself included.
(ticking)
We got to keep him talking.
Yeah, without a deal,
good luck with that.
Then let's get the deal.
(Dewayne):
I knew I'd see you again.
(Mike): You and I need to talk.
(Dewayne): I figured as much,
since I'm the only person that
can help you with this case.
What, no cup-a-chino?
Just think, Mike,
you don't control this thing.
I do.
People are being murdered.
So why don't you do one good
thing with your life for once?
Just give me the name.
Help me get
this guy off the street.
(chuckling)
Here's the thing, Mike,
you don't seem to understand.
I'm not interested
in doing the right thing.
This name you
seem to want so bad,
that's my get-out-
of-jail-free card.
Two women are dead
and you don't give a damn.
You get me out,
I'll give you your killer
on a silver platter.
I talked to the DA.
(Mike): We have somebody
running around the streets,
killing women.
I needed to get
something out of him.
You give me a name,
you're a free man.
Darrel Smith.
Darrel Smith?
Tell me about Darrel Smith.
Darrel Smith was a guy
I used to pull jobs with.
Clearly he was better
at it than I was.
What does he look like?
He's a big guy, white dude.
Military, I think.
Had a thunderbolt tattooed
on the side of his neck.
How'd he kill Denise?
(whew) He killed a lot of women,
I guarantee you that.
He'd pick them up at a bar,
get them drunk,
bring them back to the Jungle.
And if I find him,
you can identify him?
Oh, yeah.
I'll never forget those eyes.
They were pure evil.
(distant police radio)
This is it.
Hey!
Sir.
Oh, damn it.
We'll find him. We have every
cop in Seattle looking for him.
Dewayne said he likes
to pick up women at bars.
Get them drunk
and take them here.
We got to find the nearest bar.
Excuse me.
Do you recognize this girl?
Yeah, she's been here before.
She okay?
Uh unfortunately, no.
She's been murdered.
You remember the last time
she was in here?
Two, three weeks ago, maybe.
How was she killed?
Tied up with shoe laces,
strangled, just creepy stuff.
It's all I know, sorry.
Honest.
Yeah, okay.
If you do remember anything,
anything else,
just give me a call.
(pool balls cracking)
-Detective?
-Yeah.
I overheard you talking
to the bartender.
Yeah.
-You know something about that?
-You can say that.
I was raped by a guy who tried
to pull the same thing on me.
(Mike): It was like right
out of the movies.
This girl Angela
comes right out of nowhere
and tells me
this horrific story.
You walk me through what
happened as best you can?
I was out with
some girlfriends.
(Angela): I walked home.
The bar was close to home.
I lived in those apartments
just north of the Jungle.
(engine rumbling)
I was almost back at my
apartment when this guy
I had drinks with earlier
followed me in his car.
He was calling at me.
-Got out.
-(Angela): (yelling) Help! Help!
Help! Help!
(muffled screams)
-(heavy breathing)
-He took me to the Jungle.
Told me he was gonna kill me.
He was chasing me.
He
He tied my hands up
with my shoelaces.
(flash sound)
-He tied you up with shoelaces?
-(Angela): Yeah.
But he left them loose
like he wanted me to struggle
and run.
He raped me.
-(screaming)
-(leaves rustling)
When he was done,
he began to strangle me.
But I fought him.
(sobs)
Then by the grace of God,
this homeless guy
came up our way
and he took off.
If it wasn't
for him I'd be dead.
(Mike): The sheer terror
that went through her.
I don't remember if she was
actually reliving what happened,
or just realizing
how close she came to death,
because it was real close.
I want to thank you
for coming forward.
It was very brave.
I do have some photos
I would like to show you
if you feel up to it.
(whispering) Okay.
Thank you.
That's him?
I will never,
ever forget his face.
Are you sure?
(Mike): I couldn't believe it.
After spending over three weeks
every day with Dewayne,
this just cemented our feelings
that this was our guy.
He did it by himself.
(Dewayne whistling)
Your lucky day, Dewayne.
(whistling)
(door closing)
Mikey-Mike.
Come to see me off.
Thought it was
the least I could do.
(handcuffs jangling)
How come I still
got these on, then?
Protocol.
I do need you to do one
more thing, though,
before you're released.
-Anything for you, Mikey-Mike.
We found Darrel Smith.
So we just need you to ID him.
(Mike): And he just looks at me
and there it kind of registers:
"Uh-oh."
I know you killed Denise Harris.
When you called me with the beer
can story that no one else
knew about, you certainly
peaked my interest.
But then when you
led us to the purse,
Dewayne, you became
our prime suspect.
No one else could know that. And
then you threw your thunderbolt
pal in there from the Jungle.
What was his name, Darrel Smith?
-You got a name?
-It's none of your business.
The thunderbolt guy.
Turns out he was the homeless
guy that came upon Dewayne
when he was assaulting Angela.
(Dewayne): That's impossible.
There's a serial killer
out there.
The underwear,
the shoelaces.
(Steiger): You think they were
a signature?
I was with you when
you found the last body.
Care to explain that?
It's funny you mention that,
because that's exactly where
we turned the tables on you.
Do you think they're related?
(Steiger): No shoelaces.
No undergarment in the mouth.
(Mike): This girl's death
has nothing to do with Denise.
(Mike): (sighs) The fact that
Dewayne led us straight
to the purse
Dewayne must
have killed Denise.
The only question is
how are we gonna prove it?
I hate to say it,
but we keep him talking.
He thinks he's smarter than us.
Let him think we believe
his ridiculous story until
he leads us to a witness
or an accomplice
or a piece of
evidence we don't have.
You think you can handle that?
See Dewayne, ever since
we found that second body,
you think you've been playing
us. But we've been playing you.
But Dewayne,
when you gave us the bar?
Dewayne, that was
a gift from you to me.
Because it led us straight
to one of your victims.
A surviving one, actually.
(Angela whimpering)
(grunting)
(thud)
(Angela crying)
Angela, remember her?
I don't think Dewayne
ever seen it coming.
And this,
your cup-a-chino.
Got you now.
Dewayne, you're mine.
Good luck with
the robbery charges.
It's got your DNA all over it.
I like games too.
I just prefer
to play the long game.
(chains crashing)
Mikey-Mike.
You're good.
I'll tell you.
I killed her.
I've been killing my whole life.
(sighs)
Where are the others, Dewayne?
(Mike): When he would finally
talk about the murders,
he would go into a
trance-like state and his
voice would get deeper.
(deeper voice)
Go back to the Jungle.
You'll find more.
After Dewayne confessed
to killing Denise Harris,
two other women
were found murdered.
Olivia Smith
and Antoinette Jones.
(distant police radio)
(Mike): Dewayne was very proud
of what he did,
and would talk openly about it.
He told us what
he would say to them.
They're crying for mercy
and he'd say,
"Don't be crying here now.
Now's the time for just
you be dying."
I'd ask him, why would you bring
them up to the Jungle?
And he'd look back and he'd
laugh. He'd say, "Mikey-Mike,
"you know what
it's like up there.
Nobody can hear you scream."
Why? Why kill
innocent women?
Why kill at all?
Because I could.
I wanted to.
(Mike): I thought I knew evil.
I've been around evil men
most of my life.
Dewayne Lee Harris,
he had that
persuasion over people.
But he was
a psychopathic murderer.
He was a scary, scary man.
I definitely wished
this case never happened.
(door closing)
It changed me significantly.
If I could say
anything to Denise today.
It would have been
that you weren't the only one
that was fooled by Dewayne.
He tried to fool
a lot of people.
Unfortunately, you were one.
People like Dewayne Harris,
they believe that
they're smarter than you.
Dewayne believed that
he was holding all the cards.
If I could speak to Dewayne now,
I'd like to ask him, you know,
"Between us, if you got out,
what would you do?
Would you do the same stuff?"
And I know just what'd happen.
He'd be sitting back there.
He'd start laughing.
(Mike imitates Dewayne):
"Well, you know I would.
Come on Mikey-Mike,
you know I would."
(door closing)
♪♪
-(distant sirens)
I've been a homicide detective
for over 21 years.
I've been around evil men
most of my life.
There's two different worlds.
There's the world that
you live in.
And then there's
the world of the bad guys.
At one point I was involved
in a lot of shootings.
I was just doing my job.
Then there came a case that
changed me significantly.
The stakes are too high to allow
somebody like this to go free.
I remember like it
was yesterday.
(woman screaming):
Help! Help!
-(muffled screaming)
-(whimpering)
(muffled screaming)
Yes, I believe in evil.
(theme music) ♪
♪♪
(leaves rustling)
(leaves rustling)
It's right over there.
-Who called it in?
-Uniform.
Some homeless guy came
down into the Jungle,
said he found her.
(seat belts unbuckling)
(sighing)
The Jungle is a place
where we have a lot of
transients and mentally ill
people living in campsites.
(leaves rustling)
Female, looked to be
in her mid-30s.
And the transient who found her?
We're holding him.
We have a lot of fights
and shootings and murders
from people trespassing
on these campsites.
(coughing)
The Jungle is not a place you
want to go
when you've left your gun
at home. (chuckles)
Remember that.
(chuckles)
(flash sound)
(indistinct police radio)
(flash sound)
-Tied her up with shoe laces.
-Didn't do a very good job.
(Mike): Why are you tying
somebody up?
To restrict their movement.
Now what's the use of tying
somebody up with their hands
this far apart?
Strangulation?
Looks like rape.
Snap a photo of that.
-Any ID?
-Nah, nothing on her.
No purse. Nothing.
On the way she's dressed there's
no way she's from the Jungle.
Look at her clothes,
they're practically new.
No, she ain't from the Jungle.
You couldn't pick a better
place to dump a body.
Why don't you talk to the
transient who found her?
Take a walk around; see if any
of the locals saw anything.
You know, your mind's spinning,
thinking OK, why
is this? Why is this?
This is what you're always
asking yourself as a detective.
Why is this person up here?
Why is she dressed like she is?
How long was she up here? Who
could have brought her up here?
Was she killed here?
You mind stepping into
the light so I can see you?
You got a name?
-It's none of your business.
You military?
Marines.
Look, I'll cut right to it.
We found a young woman
dead not too far from here.
You know anything about that?
No sir, I do not.
You didn't see or hear anything
that could be related to that?
I'd tell you if I did.
All right, well,
if you remember anything
find a way to give me a call.
(siren blares)
Thank you for your service.
(Mike): So in this case
I end up going to a scene
with a dead, strangled woman,
with no identification,
with no witnesses.
People who live in the area
are all social rejects
who do not take kindly to
talking to any outsiders.
That's what I was stuck with.
Death was by strangulation.
These scrapes were from falling.
-She tried to get away.
-(sighs) You ID her?
Ran her prints.
Name's Denise Harris,
a school teacher.
School teacher? What the hell
is a school teacher doing
in the Jungle?
Million dollar question.
(sighing)
(violin music) ♪
(Mike): So now I have this
school teacher who's dead
in the Jungle.
A body that was tied up and
gagged and then strangled.
It's very hard, gut-wrenching.
Everybody I spoke to had nothing
but nice things to say
about Denise.
Including James Cooper,
her boyfriend.
-James Cooper, is it?
-Yeah. James Cooper.
-That's Denise's mother?
-(softly crying)
The hardest thing we do is when
we're talking to the family.
People are trying to grieve
and you want them to grieve,
but I need information and
I need the information now.
-I don't have time to grieve.
-Denise lived here with you?
I Haven't seen her in
over a week.
-You didn't report her missing?
-I didn't think she was missing.
We had a fight. She left.
It's happened before.
-You know where she went?
-No.
Who started it?
-Is that your beer?
-Denise's favourite.
-Denise liked to drink?
-She wasn't an alcoholic,
if that's what you're asking.
She was a good person.
School kids loved her.
Everybody loved her.
(Mike): You know,
my partner and I,
I think we developed
a relationship with Denise.
You're looking at those
pictures every day.
You're thinking
of the good times.
That's what the family
wants to remember.
And that's what you want
to remember also for them.
I'm sorry for your loss.
We're gonna find
the person who did this.
Mr. Cooper, mind if
I take a look at your hands?
Do you remember what Denise was
wearing the last time
you saw her?
Jeans, a silver chain
with a cross on it
and she always had her purse.
Where were you last Thursday?
I was at work. I came straight
home, like I always do.
Am I a suspect?
Talking to Mr. Cooper,
lights are kind of going off
in our head.
He was so calm about when
we told him
that his girlfriend is dead.
It gave me some concern.
Real concern.
Got to feel for the mother,
but the boyfriend wasn't right.
No reaction, never even
asked how she died.
If we can't alibi him,
jealous boyfriend makes
for a good motive.
Denise Harris's case
will always stay with me.
Beautiful girl.
A pre-school teacher
and college educated,
very well liked,
very well respected.
I feel horrible for her.
Horrible for her.
Mike, you got like 15 messages.
Most of them are from
King County jail.
(Mike chuckling)
(sighing)
"Ask yourself why somebody would
dump the body there."
"You want to know how she was
killed?" Already do.
Classic, wonder-who-did-it.
(chuckles)
(sighs) Just a bunch of
criminals looking for a deal.
"There's a beer can
on the tree near the body."
Son-of-a-bitch.
(phone ringing)
Ciesynski.
(man): Hello, Detective.
Have you asked yourself how
a nice, quiet school teacher
could turn up dead
in the Jungle?
I'm chasing down all these
leads.
A lot of them are coming
to dead ends.
But now, also I'm having
somebody say,
"I know who did this.
I know who was with her
and I was with this guy."
And I could take you to right
where this thing happened.
His name was Dewayne Lee Harris.
(door opens)
He was facing a robbery charge
and he wanted assistance
on getting a lesser sentence.
Dewayne's been bad in prison.
They had to keep him
in solitary for a while
because he does misbehave
a little bit.
(Dewayne): Detective,
you got my messages.
How did you know all that
stuff about Denise Harris?
-A little bird told me.
-Hmm
I don't see a lot of birds
flying around here, Dewayne.
(Dewayne):
Look man, I was there.
I saw the guy do it.
I appreciate you calling
and all.
You seem to know a lot
of information you shouldn't.
Nice school teacher
in the Jungle.
Story about the beer can.
(Dewayne):
You like the beer can story?
What else do you know,
Dewayne?
Can you get me a deal?
You're the one who called me
asked me what a nice school
teacher was doing in the Jungle.
-Again, Detective Got a deal?
-Depends. You got a name?
(Dewayne exhales) Unless I
see something in writing,
I'm not telling you jack.
I can't help you then.
Dewayne, they got you doing
two years for robbery.
They got you in holding
right now.
I can just take my sweet time
and come back when you're
actually really ready to talk.
Unless you want
to give me something.
Cup-a-chino.
What?
Get me a cup-a-chino,
two sugars.
Maybe then you'll believe me
when I tell you I know who
killed that girl.
All you want is a cappuccino?
No, I want out, but I'll start
with a cappuccino.
(Mike): Dewayne was kind of
a hard guy.
I could tell he was in the joint
before, in the penitentiary.
That's when I could tell
right off the get-go,
he really wanted
to be in control.
And that was not gonna happen.
Get this.
Dewayne wasn't in jail at
the time of Denise's murder.
In fact, he wasn't arrested
until the next day.
Might be worth
buying him that cappuccino.
Could be a witness.
Could be a suspect.
No, there's no way he did it.
He's only in for robbery.
He's got to know he's gonna
do what, 18 months max?
Why risk coming forward and
getting booked on a
murder charge?
He's no idiot.
If he did it he's just gonna
keep his mouth shut.
Denise's murder has all the
signs of a serial killer.
How do you figure that?
The underwear,
-the shoe laces.
-Used to restrict a
-victim's movement.
-And that's just it.
If they were tied too loosely.
She could have easily escaped.
You think they
were a signature?
I think we're gonna see more
bodies like this pop up.
-Detective, can we talk?
-Yeah.
Listen
I didn't tell you
guys everything.
I asked you if you were hiding
anything and you didn't
Purposely I wasn't
hiding anything.
I just, it's just
-Just what?
-(James sighs)
Denise had left me
for another man.
This guy has been
in and out of our lives.
I saw them together
a few weeks ago.
Where'd you see them?
This bar she likes to go to.
You went to a bar?
I thought you said you go
to work, go home, watch TV?
I know, I know.
I couldn't say anything before.
Her mother was there.
I'm sorry.
I went to this place
we used to like to hang out at
and I saw her there
with this other guy.
Okay.
You got a name?
Jason Rennie.
Thanks.
(Mike): I'm still thinking,
did he have something
to do with this?
You could tell he still
really, really loved her.
James Cooper
was still a suspect,
but now so was Jason Rennie.
-(dog barking)
-(birds chirping)
Think Cooper was just
trying to throw us off?
Love triangle gone wrong?
Wouldn't be the first time.
-(sighing)
-(distant baby crying)
-(door unlocking)
-(house keys jangling)
Jason Rennie?
-(thud)
-(alarm sounding)
By the time he makes it out
to the side door,
we were able to grab him.
-(grunting)
-(handcuffs closing)
Ah!
Look,
I barely even know her.
I mean I met her at the bar one
night and we spoke. That's it.
So why'd you run from us?
I didn't know who you guys were.
Heard you had words
with James Cooper.
Yeah, he confronted us
at the bar we were at.
He wasn't happy.
I didn't mess with him though.
He was definitely angry with
her, I can tell you that.
Can anyone account for your
whereabouts the night
she was killed?
I was home, alone.
Of course you were.
Right?
Would you be willing
to take a polygraph?
-Is your name Jason Rennie?
-Yes.
Do you know
Denise Harris?
-Yes.
Were you dating Denise Harris?
-No.
-Do you know James Cooper?
-Yes.
Did you kill Denise Harris?
No.
(Mike): James Cooper's
been alibied.
Check this out.
Apartment and security footage
goes back two weeks.
Cooper's telling the truth.
Every day he comes home,
same time, doesn't leave.
Nobody visited him.
So when he saw Jason and Denise
at the bar,
it was over two weeks ago.
Yeah, there's no way Denise was
killed more than two weeks ago.
Might be worth going back
to the prison see your buddy.
Yeah. You know where
I can get a good cappuccino?
(cup sliding across table)
It would be nice
to be out of here.
(sugar packets shaking)
That's a damn good cup-a-chino.
Mike
You must be thinking
I did it, right?
You've been a detective
a long time.
Have you ever heard of someone
calling the cops on themselves
in a murder case?
Someone who wasn't
a crazy bastard?
Let's just cut to it, Dewayne.
-I'm enjoying this.
-I'm not.
You don't like games, Detective?
I like games.
I gave you something
you wanted, Dewayne.
Now you give me something.
That's how it works.
It would be nice
to see the sun
(Mike scoffs)
Good luck with
the robbery charges.
Never did find the purse,
did you?
What was that?
Never did find the purse.
You know why?
Want to enlighten me?
Because he dumped it.
And I know where.
(dramatic music builds up) ♪
Dewayne really wanted to be
in control of this situation.
And he thought that
he was smarter than me.
And he wanted to
impress that upon me,
that he was the smart guy and
he was holding all the cards.
I let him have
a little bit of that.
Dewayne said the killer threw
away Denise's purse
in a ravine near the scene.
To me he's adding,
adding and adding
information about this case that
only the murderer would
have known.
That's golden.
(handcuffs closing)
I said, let's go!
There was something real
creepy about this guy.
And it was just killing me that
I had to go out and appease him.
-Hey, Mikey-Mike.
-(Mike chuckling)
-(indistinct police radio)
-Mikey-Mike, is it?
I give all my friends nicknames.
-Friends now?
When you see where I'm
taking you, you're gonna
think we're friends too.
Hey, do me a solid.
Unlock these windows so I can
feel some fresh air on my face.
(indistinct police radio)
How's your family, Mikey-Mike?
OK, you know what?
Forget this.
We're taking him back.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
We're here.
(Dewayne): Yeah.
That's it,
right there on the left.
You ready, Mikey-Mike?
(Mike): Taking a prisoner into
the Jungle is pretty risky.
Is he gonna try and run for it?
Does he have
an accomplice set up?
Is somebody gonna try
to take us out to get him free?
Detective Steiger
tells him, "Dewayne,
"you start anything funny
and you try to run on us,
"you know, do something crazy,
(inhales deeply)
we're gonna shoot you."
And he laughs. "Ha ha ha ha."
"No, no, Dewayne.
We're gonna shoot you."
We're a little bit leery,
but we're going there
to try to solve this.
We had to get it done.
You screwing with us, Dewayne?
I wouldn't do that,
Mikey-Mike.
-(Dewayne): Down there.
-(bird cawing)
Doesn't feel right.
I'll go down.
(bird cawing and wings flapping)
You all right, Mikey-Mike?
Shut up, Dewayne.
How's your family, Mikey-Mike?
I said shut the hell up.
Now, now, Mikey-Mike.
We outside.
Steiger!
Steiger!
(leaves rustling)
(Steiger exhales deeply)
I told you you'd be happy.
We friends now?
Come on.
(Mike):
Dewayne told us about the purse.
He told us about
where the can of beer
was impaled on the tree branch.
This guy was at the scene.
Is this the murderer?
See, I told you I knew
where the purse would be.
I saw the whole thing happen.
How do we know
it wasn't you, Dewayne?
Come on, Mikey-Mike.
Would I be bringing you
out here if I did it?
I know the guy
that did it, though.
You got to stop
lying to us, Dewayne.
I'm not lying to you,
Mikey-Mike.
(Mike): Denise's murder had all
the signs of a serial murderer.
The gag in her mouth.
The positioning of her body.
The tying of the hands
with her own shoelaces.
If we find another
body like that
we're definitely gonna say we're
gonna have a serial murderer.
The craziest thing,
as soon as we get Dewayne out
of the Jungle,
catch another body.
(woman over radio):
We've got a code 10.
Suspected homicide in
the Jungle by Interstate 90.
All units reporting.
And I'm thinking is there
a signature involved?
That's something we had
to find out.
-What do you got?
-A female found dead.
-When was she killed?
-Couple hours ago?
-It was just called in.
-We'll take a look at the body.
(indistinct police radio)
Steiger!
Keep an eye on him?
(bird cawing)
(Mike): Strangled woman with
no identification,
but no witnesses
in the Jungle.
And there were
some similarities in the way
she was killed and the way
Denise was killed.
Both vics about the same age.
They even look similar.
Black female, early 30s.
Ligature marks
around her neck.
It's strangulation.
Nice clothes,
not typical for the Jungle.
Looks like it could be rape.
(Mike):
I'm looking at the victim.
She was killed while Dewayne
was in custody.
He had nothing to do
with that homicide.
Told you I was innocent.
(wind howling)
(dramatic music) ♪
(siren blares in the distance)
(Mike): Around this time I
started receiving more calls
from Dewayne from jail.
First couple of times
I didn't even take them.
Finally I'm like, well,
I got nothing to lose
and so I said,
yeah, I'll talk to you.
He goes,
"Why don't you come get me?
I got something
really good for you."
(indistinct police radio)
So Mikey-Mike, do I ever
have a treat for you today.
Stop right here.
(car shifting to park)
Trust me, you'll love it.
Isn't that where
your kids go to school?
How did you know where my--
(choking)
-Trust me, Mikey-Mike.
I know everything about you.
I'll just get your kids.
I'm dying to meet them.
(strained) Steiger. Steiger.
(Mike): Not everybody's able
to do the type of job
that most homicide
detectives have to do.
You got to realize,
dealing with a guy like Dewayne
gets inside of your head.
(Steiger):
I'm heading out, Mikey-Mike.
The Denise Harris investigation
was a very emotional case
that affected a lot of people,
myself included.
(ticking)
We got to keep him talking.
Yeah, without a deal,
good luck with that.
Then let's get the deal.
(Dewayne):
I knew I'd see you again.
(Mike): You and I need to talk.
(Dewayne): I figured as much,
since I'm the only person that
can help you with this case.
What, no cup-a-chino?
Just think, Mike,
you don't control this thing.
I do.
People are being murdered.
So why don't you do one good
thing with your life for once?
Just give me the name.
Help me get
this guy off the street.
(chuckling)
Here's the thing, Mike,
you don't seem to understand.
I'm not interested
in doing the right thing.
This name you
seem to want so bad,
that's my get-out-
of-jail-free card.
Two women are dead
and you don't give a damn.
You get me out,
I'll give you your killer
on a silver platter.
I talked to the DA.
(Mike): We have somebody
running around the streets,
killing women.
I needed to get
something out of him.
You give me a name,
you're a free man.
Darrel Smith.
Darrel Smith?
Tell me about Darrel Smith.
Darrel Smith was a guy
I used to pull jobs with.
Clearly he was better
at it than I was.
What does he look like?
He's a big guy, white dude.
Military, I think.
Had a thunderbolt tattooed
on the side of his neck.
How'd he kill Denise?
(whew) He killed a lot of women,
I guarantee you that.
He'd pick them up at a bar,
get them drunk,
bring them back to the Jungle.
And if I find him,
you can identify him?
Oh, yeah.
I'll never forget those eyes.
They were pure evil.
(distant police radio)
This is it.
Hey!
Sir.
Oh, damn it.
We'll find him. We have every
cop in Seattle looking for him.
Dewayne said he likes
to pick up women at bars.
Get them drunk
and take them here.
We got to find the nearest bar.
Excuse me.
Do you recognize this girl?
Yeah, she's been here before.
She okay?
Uh unfortunately, no.
She's been murdered.
You remember the last time
she was in here?
Two, three weeks ago, maybe.
How was she killed?
Tied up with shoe laces,
strangled, just creepy stuff.
It's all I know, sorry.
Honest.
Yeah, okay.
If you do remember anything,
anything else,
just give me a call.
(pool balls cracking)
-Detective?
-Yeah.
I overheard you talking
to the bartender.
Yeah.
-You know something about that?
-You can say that.
I was raped by a guy who tried
to pull the same thing on me.
(Mike): It was like right
out of the movies.
This girl Angela
comes right out of nowhere
and tells me
this horrific story.
You walk me through what
happened as best you can?
I was out with
some girlfriends.
(Angela): I walked home.
The bar was close to home.
I lived in those apartments
just north of the Jungle.
(engine rumbling)
I was almost back at my
apartment when this guy
I had drinks with earlier
followed me in his car.
He was calling at me.
-Got out.
-(Angela): (yelling) Help! Help!
Help! Help!
(muffled screams)
-(heavy breathing)
-He took me to the Jungle.
Told me he was gonna kill me.
He was chasing me.
He
He tied my hands up
with my shoelaces.
(flash sound)
-He tied you up with shoelaces?
-(Angela): Yeah.
But he left them loose
like he wanted me to struggle
and run.
He raped me.
-(screaming)
-(leaves rustling)
When he was done,
he began to strangle me.
But I fought him.
(sobs)
Then by the grace of God,
this homeless guy
came up our way
and he took off.
If it wasn't
for him I'd be dead.
(Mike): The sheer terror
that went through her.
I don't remember if she was
actually reliving what happened,
or just realizing
how close she came to death,
because it was real close.
I want to thank you
for coming forward.
It was very brave.
I do have some photos
I would like to show you
if you feel up to it.
(whispering) Okay.
Thank you.
That's him?
I will never,
ever forget his face.
Are you sure?
(Mike): I couldn't believe it.
After spending over three weeks
every day with Dewayne,
this just cemented our feelings
that this was our guy.
He did it by himself.
(Dewayne whistling)
Your lucky day, Dewayne.
(whistling)
(door closing)
Mikey-Mike.
Come to see me off.
Thought it was
the least I could do.
(handcuffs jangling)
How come I still
got these on, then?
Protocol.
I do need you to do one
more thing, though,
before you're released.
-Anything for you, Mikey-Mike.
We found Darrel Smith.
So we just need you to ID him.
(Mike): And he just looks at me
and there it kind of registers:
"Uh-oh."
I know you killed Denise Harris.
When you called me with the beer
can story that no one else
knew about, you certainly
peaked my interest.
But then when you
led us to the purse,
Dewayne, you became
our prime suspect.
No one else could know that. And
then you threw your thunderbolt
pal in there from the Jungle.
What was his name, Darrel Smith?
-You got a name?
-It's none of your business.
The thunderbolt guy.
Turns out he was the homeless
guy that came upon Dewayne
when he was assaulting Angela.
(Dewayne): That's impossible.
There's a serial killer
out there.
The underwear,
the shoelaces.
(Steiger): You think they were
a signature?
I was with you when
you found the last body.
Care to explain that?
It's funny you mention that,
because that's exactly where
we turned the tables on you.
Do you think they're related?
(Steiger): No shoelaces.
No undergarment in the mouth.
(Mike): This girl's death
has nothing to do with Denise.
(Mike): (sighs) The fact that
Dewayne led us straight
to the purse
Dewayne must
have killed Denise.
The only question is
how are we gonna prove it?
I hate to say it,
but we keep him talking.
He thinks he's smarter than us.
Let him think we believe
his ridiculous story until
he leads us to a witness
or an accomplice
or a piece of
evidence we don't have.
You think you can handle that?
See Dewayne, ever since
we found that second body,
you think you've been playing
us. But we've been playing you.
But Dewayne,
when you gave us the bar?
Dewayne, that was
a gift from you to me.
Because it led us straight
to one of your victims.
A surviving one, actually.
(Angela whimpering)
(grunting)
(thud)
(Angela crying)
Angela, remember her?
I don't think Dewayne
ever seen it coming.
And this,
your cup-a-chino.
Got you now.
Dewayne, you're mine.
Good luck with
the robbery charges.
It's got your DNA all over it.
I like games too.
I just prefer
to play the long game.
(chains crashing)
Mikey-Mike.
You're good.
I'll tell you.
I killed her.
I've been killing my whole life.
(sighs)
Where are the others, Dewayne?
(Mike): When he would finally
talk about the murders,
he would go into a
trance-like state and his
voice would get deeper.
(deeper voice)
Go back to the Jungle.
You'll find more.
After Dewayne confessed
to killing Denise Harris,
two other women
were found murdered.
Olivia Smith
and Antoinette Jones.
(distant police radio)
(Mike): Dewayne was very proud
of what he did,
and would talk openly about it.
He told us what
he would say to them.
They're crying for mercy
and he'd say,
"Don't be crying here now.
Now's the time for just
you be dying."
I'd ask him, why would you bring
them up to the Jungle?
And he'd look back and he'd
laugh. He'd say, "Mikey-Mike,
"you know what
it's like up there.
Nobody can hear you scream."
Why? Why kill
innocent women?
Why kill at all?
Because I could.
I wanted to.
(Mike): I thought I knew evil.
I've been around evil men
most of my life.
Dewayne Lee Harris,
he had that
persuasion over people.
But he was
a psychopathic murderer.
He was a scary, scary man.
I definitely wished
this case never happened.
(door closing)
It changed me significantly.
If I could say
anything to Denise today.
It would have been
that you weren't the only one
that was fooled by Dewayne.
He tried to fool
a lot of people.
Unfortunately, you were one.
People like Dewayne Harris,
they believe that
they're smarter than you.
Dewayne believed that
he was holding all the cards.
If I could speak to Dewayne now,
I'd like to ask him, you know,
"Between us, if you got out,
what would you do?
Would you do the same stuff?"
And I know just what'd happen.
He'd be sitting back there.
He'd start laughing.
(Mike imitates Dewayne):
"Well, you know I would.
Come on Mikey-Mike,
you know I would."
(door closing)
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