Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) s01e17 Episode Script
Seizure
In New York City's war on crime, the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Major Case Squad.
These are their stories.
Make sure you give me one in the back where it's quiet.
I'm going to sleep in.
The burgers are great, you don't have to worry about a bunch of guys slobbering over you.
It is pure luck I walked in here.
I just hope I don't get lost tomorrow.
You've never been to their offices? I was recruited at a job fair in Dayton.
What's the address? That's not far.
I can show you.
Okay.
I just need to make a quick stop at my motel.
I go by that building every morning on my way to the school.
You go to school? I'm a teacher.
Sixth grade.
I know, I shouldn't be grading papers while drinking beer.
You know what, Allison? I think I'm just going to go to sleep and get up early.
Thanks anyway.
People told me it would be hard meeting people in New York.
What do they know? My God, look at your nails.
I love French nails.
- I did them myself.
- Really? Mine are such a mess.
I could fix them for you.
I got everything at the motel.
Waitress? That'll be $12.
My treat.
Damn it, I must have spilled something.
I need soda water.
We can take care of it at the motel.
My son.
He's with his daddy tonight.
Let's go.
I always lose with guys.
I just have this talent for picking jerks.
Finished.
Beautiful.
Can you do my toes? Think I have pretty toes? Kiss them.
Come here.
Let me just go to the bathroom a second.
Hey, this stuff dries fast.
Law & Order CI The guy checked in around 5:00 p.
m.
Yesterday.
Paid cash for one night.
Asked for "a quiet room in the back.
" Signed in as "John Smith.
" There was 30 bucks in cash, some change inside that.
No ID.
This how you found it, with the photo facing up? Yep.
Just so we'd see it.
We're getting tapes from the security camera in the front office.
This Tshirt "Arista Day Camp.
" It's ketchup.
Looks like somebody used it to wipe a stain.
The buckle's in the right place.
Size 34.
The way she's cut up like the other five in the city last year, right? The "Motel Ripper"? It could be.
That's why we called Major Case.
We thought that guy was locked up.
So did we.
The obvious places have been wiped clean of prints.
The key was never turned in.
But Smith paid with a new $50 bill.
The manager made a deposit last night.
We're in touch with the bank.
- Victim? - Her prints aren't in the system.
Harland's checking a kids' day camp.
How close a match is it to the other killings? It's the same belt size, buckle under the right ear, same puncture wounds with the same lefthanded orientation.
The victim's dark blonde, like the others.
The place looked like a hurricane hit it.
It's a rage murder, the same signature as The Motel Ripper.
Since Kevin Reddick, The Motel Ripper did those killings, and he's in Rikers awaiting trial, we're talking about a copycat.
Except the signature was never made public.
Someone found out what it was, because they copied it.
Assuming Kevin Reddick is really The Motel Ripper.
When Reddick was pulled over six months ago, he had news clippings of the five murders in his briefcase, no alibi, he wears a size 34 belt, he's lefthanded, and he has a history of abusive relationships with women.
I'll worry about convicting Reddick on those killings.
As for this one, I suggest someone leaked the details of the signature, or Reddick bragged to one of his cellmates.
Deakins.
I'll let them know.
Harland got an ID on the kid's mother.
Home Of Rosa Dern Queens, New York Wednesday, February 20 Rosa was real careful.
She never brought any of her, you know, "friends" home.
Even when Petey stayed with his dad.
Well, she's not much of a housekeeper.
As long as she kept the place verminfree.
She have any friends in the building? She had me and the missus.
Poor girl.
"Free cover, free drink.
Ladies' night, every Tuesday.
" Last night's coupon is missing.
Rosa something.
Comes in every other week.
Last night she was here.
She left with somebody.
No.
It was a her.
Ladies' night, as in "ladies' only" night.
The other girl, had you seen her before? No.
She was nice looking, blonde, 30s.
Pink blouse and a brown skirt.
Street, casual, young professional? She was going for casual.
She was at the bar for a while, checking things out.
Definitely "binervous.
" One more thing, did either of them have anything to eat? - Fries or burger? - No.
Thank you.
We'll be in touch.
The hand towel at the motel.
There were no ketchup stains on Rosa's clothing, maybe on our mystery woman? She ate on the way here, or on her way back to the motel.
That means we'll be hitting all the burger joints between here and there.
All the lights are down.
Yeah.
I like this place.
I followed the list exactly like you said.
I didn't think I could do it.
Yeah, I did that too.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Do we have to Okay, I'll tell you.
I'll tell you everything.
Yeah, I pulled on them.
As hard as I could.
Walton Park Elementary School Queens, New York Thursday, February 21 The waitress at Potter's Grill saw you sharing fries with her.
It's very important that we find her.
I just met her that night.
All I know is, she's from Ohio.
Her name is Mary Ellen.
She said she was starting a new job yesterday.
A design company on Northern Boulevard.
I was going to help her find the address.
You left with her? No.
I changed my mind.
I'm not saying she meant anything by it, but she wanted to stop by her motel room first.
She was coming on to you? Well, I'm not saying for sure.
Please don't lie to us.
- I'm not lying.
- Your ears are turning red.
My mother taught me what that means.
Was it Mary Ellen who changed her mind? You don't want people to know about your personal life.
That's understandable.
Either way, you're a very lucky woman.
The next girl that Mary Ellen picked up, she was found dead in that motel room.
Oh my God.
That could've been me.
I was going to leave with her but when she found out I was a teacher, I don't know, all of a sudden, she said she had to get up early.
She just left.
Oh my God.
I can't believe can you excuse me? Mary Ellen was making choices.
The mother of a sevenyearold is fair game, but not a teacher? Eames.
How long? All right.
Thanks.
Latent found the $50 bill from the motel.
They're pulling prints.
Sorry about that, Johnny.
John "Johnny" West.
You were advised of your rights? You want to take care of this now or wait for your lawyer? - Let's do it now.
- Okay, Tuesday what did you do Tuesday? I got high.
At the Aladdin Motel? No, I never been there.
This is you checking in, Johnny.
No, that ain't me.
This is the money you paid with.
It's got your fingerprints on it.
Yeah, okay, it's me.
You were with a girl a blonde? Yeah, I mean, you know, we got down to the business.
You and her and her little friend she brought along? No.
No, I never seen her.
How about now? No! No! Your blonde friend picked her up Tuesday night.
She's not my friend.
I met her outside of a bodega on Astoria I mean, she paid me to rent that room.
Because you're such a stud? No.
She told me exactly what to say.
"Ask for a room in the back, because I want to get some sleep.
" I think that she wants me and her to but no, she didn't.
She gave me another 50 and told me to get lost.
So I did.
You did a stint in Rikers back in December for possession? - Yeah.
- You met Kevin Reddick.
You were on the same tier as him? - Who? - The Motel Ripper.
You picked up a few tricks from him - like what kind of belt to use - I never talked to him! where to stab her.
- Get that away from me! - You copied Reddick's signature so well, the DA's talking about charging you with all the murders.
Get that away from me! You're a methhead, isn't that right? But you don't shoot up? No.
I don't like needles.
Oh, look at that.
- I see.
I see! - No, look at that.
I cut myself.
Come on, look.
Look, it's really coming out.
He faints at the sight of blood.
That's why he doesn't shoot up.
It's an involuntary reflex.
Common in 10% of the population.
They start hyperventilating, which causes pressure on the vagus nerve, heart rate slows down pfft! What it means he couldn't have cut her up.
He wouldn't have.
It's not him.
Your little demonstration aside, Mr.
West is still the only candidate for this crime.
Why not a woman? Maybe Reddick has a girlfriend who wants to prove he's innocent.
There's no evidence he has a girlfriend.
No wife, no sister, no "kissing cousin.
" We even investigated his two coworkers, at his building management company.
This woman this Mary Ellen she had a job? Design firm on Northern Boulevard.
No such place.
Whoever she is, Reddick would need to be in contact with her now, giving her instructions, encouragement.
So, we check prison visits, letters, phone calls.
The sooner you connect this murder to Reddick, the better.
His lawyer's going to court this week to argue for bail.
I don't want Mr.
Reddick out of jail for a second.
Cell Block Rikers Island Saturdat, February 23 Inmates get prepaid calling cards.
We don't monitor the calls.
What about the visitors' list? Reddick hasn't had any visitors of a personal nature since he's been here.
He's had lawyers, psychiatrists Mr.
Munoz.
Inside his tape player.
Look at that.
I wouldn't want to show my face, either.
"'Hot 4 U 4 Ever.
' Karyn.
" Talk about "keeping the home fires burning.
" I need a cigarette and eight hours' sleep.
This doesn't read like they've been together on the outside.
My bet is, this is the only sex they've actually had.
"You looked strong and powerful.
It's good you've been out of the sun.
Your pale skin turns me on.
Could you tell?" She's seen him since he's been locked up.
She's not on the visitors' list.
He's been in court for pretrial motions.
When's that bail hearing? New York Supreme Court Part 31 Tuesday, Februaty 26 What prompts this motion for bail is new evidence that tends to exculpate my client.
Last week, a young woman was found murdered in Queens in a manner identical to those murders my client's accused of.
Your Honor, our evidence against Mr.
Reddick is the same now as it was when you remanded him to custody.
All right, Mr.
Carver.
I'm continuing remand, but I want a full investigation, and I want the parties here in 30 days to reconsider bail for Mr.
Reddick.
Next case.
Karyn? What? I told you, I didn't write those.
That little move in the courtroom, is that a special request from Kevin? How about these? Kevin's "submissive little doggie.
" He ever ask you to hurt someone? No.
And I wouldn't! Where were you Tuesday night last week? In class.
I'm a French Lit major at NYU.
I'm not a criminal.
He just asked me to pose for pictures.
- They're just pictures.
- Nude pictures.
For a serial killer.
You don't understand.
When he talks to you, he talks to this part of you.
I can't explain it.
You just want to do things for him.
He's just so hot You want to see pictures of what he did to those five girls? It's not "so hot.
" I know, he's got this brain disease.
But he would never hurt me.
He told you he had a brain disease? His shrink called me.
He warned me to stop talking to Kevin, that he's dangerous.
Like I didn't know.
But that's the whole point.
The doctor's name? Buckman.
Can I go now? I'm going to miss my study group.
We're going to check your alibi, Karyn.
Until you hear from us, don't skip any classes.
Serial killer groupies.
And I thought I was pathetic with my ABBA fan club card.
"Dr.
Roger Buckman, Haddon School of Medicine, Department of Neuropsychiatry.
" He visited Reddick at Rikers.
Office Of Dr.
Roser buckman Haddon University, New York Tuesday, February 26 Reddick didn't tell me about any other girls.
He didn't even tell me about this one.
But once I became aware she was putting herself in danger, I had a duty to warn her.
You told her Reddick had a "brain disease.
" Was that just to scare her? I told that ridiculous girl people who commit these crimes have a brain disorder.
I never told her that Reddick did.
I wouldn't violate his confidentiality.
Is Reddick a patient or a test subject? Test subject.
I'm studying Limbic Trigger Syndrome.
Certain chaotic violent behavior is caused by biological abnormalities in the limbic system of the brain.
Chaotic behavior like rage killings? Yes.
The subjects have lesions in the limbic system.
Over time, they cause partial seizures which are usually followed by the violent behavior.
What, you're saying that everyone with the lesion commits rage killings? No, I'm saying that every rage killer has the lesion.
Back to Karyn Barrett, how did you find out about her relationship with Reddick? My research associate, Dr.
Dwyer.
Is the doctor in? Kevin bragged about toying with this girl.
I was worried for her.
So I asked Dr.
Buckman for advice.
Did he brag about any other women? You know where to draw the line, Cathleen.
I'm sure she does, Doctor.
Thank you.
No, he didn't mention anyone else.
He bragged about Karyn to you.
He must feel very comfortable around you.
I think the point was to make me uncomfortable.
He likes to play games.
Who sees him more often, you or Dr.
Buckman? I do.
I conduct the interviews.
I supervise the PET scans.
Which one's Reddick? I can't tell you.
And the ID tags are numbered.
Your subjects, are they all serial killers? No.
Kevin's the only one accused of that class of crime.
But they're all rage killers.
I like the way you have things arranged you know, books, boxes all sorted by size.
It's very orderly.
A defense against the chaos in here.
The lesion in the limbic system, does it show up? Yes.
It's there.
That shadow right by the hypothalamus.
The limbic system, that governs emotion and motivation.
You've studied the field? By necessity.
Family history of schizophrenia.
If this study of yours pans out, it's a pretty good basis for an insanity plea.
Limbic Trigger Syndrome is a mental disease, so yes, there'd be legal ramifications.
Like killers getting away with murder.
They wouldn't get away with anything, they'd get treatment.
Your study will take, what, five years to complete? And who knows how long before it's accepted by the medical establishment? By then it'll be too late for old Kevin.
It's still helpful for him to understand why he behaves the way he does.
This is very cutting edge stuff.
It must be so exciting for you, doing the research, - teaching young students - I don't teach.
I only do pure research.
How did you get interested? A professor inspired you? My mother, I guess.
Before she died, she taught high school biology.
A teacher.
I'm sure she'd be very proud of you.
Thank you for talking to us, Doctor.
A university researcher with a Ph.
D? Rosa Dern's killer had a soft spot for teachers.
Dr.
Dwyer's mother was a high school teacher.
Dr.
Dwyer spared the teacher but killed the mother of a sevenyearold that fits your profile? A mother who left her son with her exhusband while she had sex with strange women in motel rooms.
That was the point the killer was making by leaving the boy's picture on top of Rosa Dern's clothes.
Which by the way, were folded neatly on top of the dresser.
Not by Rosa Dern who was a slob, but by the killer.
Dr.
Dwyer's a neat freak.
But why? Why would she commit such a crime? I'm not sure.
- You should call your office.
- What? The Queens County DA has taken jurisdiction over the Rosa Dern case, on the theory that she was killed by someone unconnected to Kevin Reddick.
They're saying whoever killed Rosa Dern also killed the other five.
If you really think Cathleen Dwyer did this, and you can connect her to Reddick, do it fast.
Neurology Research Lab Haddon University, New York Thursday, February 28 I'm stunned you're even asking.
I can't think of an individual less likely to commit a murder.
How long have you known Dr.
Dwyer? Eight years.
Ever since the university invited me here.
She was a very bright, very serious graduate student.
She sounds like a lot of fun.
Any boyfriends? You people do go for the obvious.
I sat in on some of those sessions.
They weren't blowing kisses at each other.
Everybody keeps their game face for the boss.
I'd be a pretty poor psychiatrist if I allowed someone's weak character to undermine the integrity of my life's work.
Other than the sessions you mentioned, Dr.
Dwyer was alone with Reddick the rest of the time? Yes.
Does she have access to the crime reports, or did Dwyer tell her any details of the killings? You mean the killer's unique signature? No, of course we don't have that data.
And Reddick would not incriminate himself by telling us.
I see Dr.
Dwyer had him brought here for medical tests.
Yes.
Under guard, for his PET scan, neurological evaluations.
Were there other people? Technicians who might've observed them together? Yes.
Obviously.
Yeah, that was a big day when Dr.
Dwyer brought in the Motel Ripper the first time.
He's the most famous killer they got.
The first time? Reddick had another PET scan? Yeah.
They misplaced his first one.
And then, Dr.
Buckman said it was blurry, so they brought him back three months later.
How was Dr.
Dwyer with him? Was she friendly? Well, not the first time.
But the second she was fussing all over him, holding his coat, getting him water.
That's unprofessional.
I've seen her like that with Dr.
Buckman.
But this was different? During his PET scan, she held his hand.
I mean, I don't know if he was nervous, but to stand there for Holding hands with a serial killer.
Sounds like probable cause for a search warrant.
Home Of Dr.
Cathleen Dwyer Friday, March 1 Are you sure you can just come in here? Don't you have to tell Dr.
Dwyer? No, we don't.
You mind waiting in the hallway? Has this place just been painted? I smell fresh paint.
About a month ago.
Before Dr.
Dwyer moved in.
I am not finding a pink top or a brown skirt.
Family photos.
Here's Dwyer skateboarding with a neck brace.
Tough kid.
Dwyer, Dwyer and Mom There's no pictures of Dad.
What did I tell you about "the negligent dad"? I don't know.
I forgot to write it down.
What have we here? Dr.
Dwyer's "secret garden.
" Novels by Yukio Mishima.
Domination porno for intellectuals.
Magazines.
- This is rough stuff.
- "Total Submission.
" Dr.
Dwyer likes a "strong daddy.
" Reddick's the right man for the job.
Her student loans.
She owed a couple of bricks.
Collection notices, overdue credit cards.
You got to wonder how she can afford this place.
How much is the rent here? Cheap.
It's rentcontrolled.
How did Dr.
Dwyer get it? I don't know.
There was a long waiting list.
Then all of a sudden, she pops up and moves in.
What company manages the building? Gump & Worsley.
Kevin Reddick's old employer.
They were in my apartment, Kevin, in my bedroom.
They looked through my things, they touched everything.
What did they take? - Just the financial papers.
- That's it? Yes.
There was nothing for them to find.
What are we going to do now? You're going to sit tight.
- You're going to be okay.
- I don't know if I can You remember how you were before? You thought you were too weak, that you couldn't do it.
But I said you could.
I told you could, and you did.
Doesn't that make you feel good, that I know what you're able to do? You had the strength all along.
You just needed the right man.
As long as nothing comes between us, no cops, no fears, no doubts everything will be fine.
I can't.
I don't want to.
No, don't go.
I'm done here.
Please.
Stay.
Yeah All right, big deal, so Reddick called me about Dr.
Dwyer.
What did Reddick say when he called you? He said he had this lady friend who was living in a dump.
He wanted to show her what a good guy he was.
Kevin took good care of my building, so why not do him a favor? This is a girl who had problems paying her student loan every month.
Weren't you taking a big risk? Kevin told you what, that she'd do you favors? That she was hot? Reddick just said that this girl was a little kinky and if I played my cards right, then Kinky? Yeah, she likes to take direction.
He told me she had a whole collection of erotica on the subject.
Excuse me.
Yeah? Hello.
Yeah.
Serves Dwyer right for telling Reddick she had that stuff.
You really think she told him? She lives alone.
She had it hidden in the back of her linen closet.
She's ashamed of it.
If she didn't tell him, who did? So, Dr.
Dwyer killed Rosa Dern for two rooms with a river view? She killed for needs far more basic than housing.
Needs he's uniquely adept at exploiting.
Flattery will get you nowhere, Mr.
Carver.
We thought you wanted to talk about your legal predicament.
My only predicament here is deciding which tie to wear at your client's execution.
Of course, if he gives me a reason to take the death penalty off the table A reason? His testimony against Dr.
Dwyer, that she agreed to commit a murder on his behalf.
Thanks to the Queens County DA, my client is already halfway out the door.
- I got it.
- What? A red tie.
Goodbye.
I have to know.
All that stuff you told your buddy about Dr.
Dwyer, you made that up, didn't you? - I mean, Dr.
Dwyer? - Kevin, let's go.
That educated, uptight little scientist? Not in a million years would she tell some creep she's never been intimate with her nasty little secrets.
I mean, especially a creep like you.
No woman would.
I wouldn't.
Not even if I was going to marry the guy.
Well, I guess I just have a way with the ladies.
Maybe with mixedup college kids but not Cathleen Dwyer.
You're not that good.
You expect us to believe that little mouse had the idea much less the will to strangle and stab some poor woman without some input from you? You have no idea what's inside that head of hers.
I think I have an idea it's not filled with what you'd like it to be dominance, submission, pain.
That's your fantasy, not hers.
No.
No.
She loves that stuff.
She told me once, she let a guy twist her up so much, he dislocated her shoulder.
Kevin, let's go.
Dislocated shoulder? You'd go to the emergency room for that, wouldn't you? Four years ago, Cathleen Dwyer walked into her neighborhood hospital, complaining of severe shoulder pain.
The bill was paid with a credit card.
One of her maxedout credit cards? No, this cardholder had excellent credit.
Dr.
Roger Buckman.
They had an affair.
He'd know about Dr.
Dwyer's kinks.
He could have been the one who told Reddick.
Isn't that a dangerous thing to tell a serial killer about a colleague? Not to mention bad manners? Unless you're priming the pump.
I wonder if the university knows what goes on in their research labs? Institutional Review Board Haddon University Thursday, March 7 The affair was years ago.
Anyway, we're a university, not a monastery.
How have things been between them lately? Only one thing I'm aware of.
Two months ago, Dr.
Dwyer asked the Review Board to mediate a dispute with Dr.
Buckman.
She wanted to stop doing the interviews with Kevin Reddick.
Why? They were making her uncomfortable.
But a few days later, Dr.
Dwyer withdrew her objections.
Buckman pressured her? The pressure's on for results.
Funding was nearly cut last summer.
Buckman turned things around? He made a very strong argument that cutting funding before he had a chance to study Reddick would be a disservice to the community.
The decision was validated when Dr.
Buckman presented Reddick's PET scan.
The lesion was clearly present.
Can we see the PET scan he presented to the Review Board? I just got this from the PET scan lab.
All the PET scans charged off to the study.
These things aren't cheap.
Even Buckman got a PET scan, and Dwyer.
Looks like all the researchers got one.
They're part of the control group.
Okay, here's the charge for Reddick's first PET scan.
They flubbed it, but they still charged for it.
And here's the second one three months later.
Reddick's the only test subject they did twice.
I need to see a doctor.
Moving out? Soon enough.
Dr.
Buckman, this is Ron Carver from the District Attorney's office.
Yes, what's this about? Come on in, Dr.
Dwyer.
Maybe she can testify too.
There's a hearing tomorrow on a motion to dismiss charges against Kevin Reddick.
I'd like you to testify as expert witnesses.
You made a speech.
It was at the Harvard Medical School.
Here it is.
You said, "The Motel Ripper homicides fit the profile of rage killings.
And when the perpetrator is identified, I have no doubt" no doubt "that he will be found to have a lesion in the limbic system of his brain which triggers his chaotic and violent behavior.
" That was what you said.
- Yes, that's right.
- At Harvard.
When they caught Reddick, he had the lesion, just like you predicted.
That's what we need you to say on the stand.
Well, the study isn't done yet.
I'm not sure that a court of law is the best forum.
You already said on record that the Motel Ripper will have the lesion.
I have another quote from you.
Oh jeez, I'm sorry.
We didn't mean to embarrass you, Dr.
Dwyer.
Why would I be embarrassed? Well, you had these hidden in your apartment.
You know, Reddick told us you were interested in this kind of activity, to cast aspersions on your character.
Reddick doesn't know.
You didn't tell him? Then it must've been Dr.
Buckman.
That's why Reddick knew about the dislocated shoulder.
- Cathleen, I swear to you - It's okay.
You were trying to establish a rapport with Reddick telling stories out of school about some woman you slept with.
That is absolutely false.
You would know if it's true.
Reddick seemed to have this uncanny ability to read your mind and your desires.
No wonder he had an unfair advantage.
Cathleen, don't listen to this nonsense.
You felt he understood you.
You started feeling attracted to him and that's why you tried to back out.
But Buckman pressured you forced you into Reddick's presence.
Why? You must've known what he'd do with her.
With her need to submit? I don't know what you're talking about.
Yeah, I wasn't sure either, until I found a paper that you wrote 10 years ago about the Hillside Strangler in California.
He convinced his girlfriend to commit a copycat murder to exculpate him.
That's what he had planned for you? To help exonerate Reddick? Not because he isn't the Motel Ripper, but because he doesn't have a lesion.
He doesn't have limbic trigger syndrome.
That's ridiculous.
- Reddick has the lesion - You knew, the minute you saw his first PET scan.
The theory you staked your whole career on was crap.
And sooner or later, someone was going to find out that Reddick did not have the lesions.
So you buried that PET scan, and you gave the Review Board another one from some other subject, to what? To buy time, so you could figure out a graceful way to knock Reddick out of your study? And you did that by giving him someone he could dominate and manipulate? Who had the mental equipment who had the predisposition to kill.
Dr.
Dwyer, the PET scan showing the lesion, on what Dr.
Buckman claims to be Reddick's brain what are those faint shadows there? They're difficult to see if you're not looking for them.
Those are the cervical vertebrae.
What's that right there? An injury to the disk.
Between C2 and C3? Yeah.
That's the injury you got when you were roller skating as a child? This is your PET scan.
And the lesion? It's in your brain.
And you knew that, didn't you, Doctor? You knew that, and you used her.
- Oh, no.
No - Oh my God oh my God! No.
Don't listen to that.
- You son of a bitch! - Keep that crazy woman away from me.
You son of a bitch.
How could you?! How could you do this to me!? Dr.
Buckman, you're under arrest for murder.
It's him! It's him! You bastard! You stupid burnedout quack! I hate you, you creep.
So, she had a lesion and she committed murder.
Doesn't that prove Dr.
Buckman's theory? She wasn't driven to kill out of rage.
She chose to kill out of love.
Love? It's "a many splendored thing.
"
These are their stories.
Make sure you give me one in the back where it's quiet.
I'm going to sleep in.
The burgers are great, you don't have to worry about a bunch of guys slobbering over you.
It is pure luck I walked in here.
I just hope I don't get lost tomorrow.
You've never been to their offices? I was recruited at a job fair in Dayton.
What's the address? That's not far.
I can show you.
Okay.
I just need to make a quick stop at my motel.
I go by that building every morning on my way to the school.
You go to school? I'm a teacher.
Sixth grade.
I know, I shouldn't be grading papers while drinking beer.
You know what, Allison? I think I'm just going to go to sleep and get up early.
Thanks anyway.
People told me it would be hard meeting people in New York.
What do they know? My God, look at your nails.
I love French nails.
- I did them myself.
- Really? Mine are such a mess.
I could fix them for you.
I got everything at the motel.
Waitress? That'll be $12.
My treat.
Damn it, I must have spilled something.
I need soda water.
We can take care of it at the motel.
My son.
He's with his daddy tonight.
Let's go.
I always lose with guys.
I just have this talent for picking jerks.
Finished.
Beautiful.
Can you do my toes? Think I have pretty toes? Kiss them.
Come here.
Let me just go to the bathroom a second.
Hey, this stuff dries fast.
Law & Order CI The guy checked in around 5:00 p.
m.
Yesterday.
Paid cash for one night.
Asked for "a quiet room in the back.
" Signed in as "John Smith.
" There was 30 bucks in cash, some change inside that.
No ID.
This how you found it, with the photo facing up? Yep.
Just so we'd see it.
We're getting tapes from the security camera in the front office.
This Tshirt "Arista Day Camp.
" It's ketchup.
Looks like somebody used it to wipe a stain.
The buckle's in the right place.
Size 34.
The way she's cut up like the other five in the city last year, right? The "Motel Ripper"? It could be.
That's why we called Major Case.
We thought that guy was locked up.
So did we.
The obvious places have been wiped clean of prints.
The key was never turned in.
But Smith paid with a new $50 bill.
The manager made a deposit last night.
We're in touch with the bank.
- Victim? - Her prints aren't in the system.
Harland's checking a kids' day camp.
How close a match is it to the other killings? It's the same belt size, buckle under the right ear, same puncture wounds with the same lefthanded orientation.
The victim's dark blonde, like the others.
The place looked like a hurricane hit it.
It's a rage murder, the same signature as The Motel Ripper.
Since Kevin Reddick, The Motel Ripper did those killings, and he's in Rikers awaiting trial, we're talking about a copycat.
Except the signature was never made public.
Someone found out what it was, because they copied it.
Assuming Kevin Reddick is really The Motel Ripper.
When Reddick was pulled over six months ago, he had news clippings of the five murders in his briefcase, no alibi, he wears a size 34 belt, he's lefthanded, and he has a history of abusive relationships with women.
I'll worry about convicting Reddick on those killings.
As for this one, I suggest someone leaked the details of the signature, or Reddick bragged to one of his cellmates.
Deakins.
I'll let them know.
Harland got an ID on the kid's mother.
Home Of Rosa Dern Queens, New York Wednesday, February 20 Rosa was real careful.
She never brought any of her, you know, "friends" home.
Even when Petey stayed with his dad.
Well, she's not much of a housekeeper.
As long as she kept the place verminfree.
She have any friends in the building? She had me and the missus.
Poor girl.
"Free cover, free drink.
Ladies' night, every Tuesday.
" Last night's coupon is missing.
Rosa something.
Comes in every other week.
Last night she was here.
She left with somebody.
No.
It was a her.
Ladies' night, as in "ladies' only" night.
The other girl, had you seen her before? No.
She was nice looking, blonde, 30s.
Pink blouse and a brown skirt.
Street, casual, young professional? She was going for casual.
She was at the bar for a while, checking things out.
Definitely "binervous.
" One more thing, did either of them have anything to eat? - Fries or burger? - No.
Thank you.
We'll be in touch.
The hand towel at the motel.
There were no ketchup stains on Rosa's clothing, maybe on our mystery woman? She ate on the way here, or on her way back to the motel.
That means we'll be hitting all the burger joints between here and there.
All the lights are down.
Yeah.
I like this place.
I followed the list exactly like you said.
I didn't think I could do it.
Yeah, I did that too.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Do we have to Okay, I'll tell you.
I'll tell you everything.
Yeah, I pulled on them.
As hard as I could.
Walton Park Elementary School Queens, New York Thursday, February 21 The waitress at Potter's Grill saw you sharing fries with her.
It's very important that we find her.
I just met her that night.
All I know is, she's from Ohio.
Her name is Mary Ellen.
She said she was starting a new job yesterday.
A design company on Northern Boulevard.
I was going to help her find the address.
You left with her? No.
I changed my mind.
I'm not saying she meant anything by it, but she wanted to stop by her motel room first.
She was coming on to you? Well, I'm not saying for sure.
Please don't lie to us.
- I'm not lying.
- Your ears are turning red.
My mother taught me what that means.
Was it Mary Ellen who changed her mind? You don't want people to know about your personal life.
That's understandable.
Either way, you're a very lucky woman.
The next girl that Mary Ellen picked up, she was found dead in that motel room.
Oh my God.
That could've been me.
I was going to leave with her but when she found out I was a teacher, I don't know, all of a sudden, she said she had to get up early.
She just left.
Oh my God.
I can't believe can you excuse me? Mary Ellen was making choices.
The mother of a sevenyearold is fair game, but not a teacher? Eames.
How long? All right.
Thanks.
Latent found the $50 bill from the motel.
They're pulling prints.
Sorry about that, Johnny.
John "Johnny" West.
You were advised of your rights? You want to take care of this now or wait for your lawyer? - Let's do it now.
- Okay, Tuesday what did you do Tuesday? I got high.
At the Aladdin Motel? No, I never been there.
This is you checking in, Johnny.
No, that ain't me.
This is the money you paid with.
It's got your fingerprints on it.
Yeah, okay, it's me.
You were with a girl a blonde? Yeah, I mean, you know, we got down to the business.
You and her and her little friend she brought along? No.
No, I never seen her.
How about now? No! No! Your blonde friend picked her up Tuesday night.
She's not my friend.
I met her outside of a bodega on Astoria I mean, she paid me to rent that room.
Because you're such a stud? No.
She told me exactly what to say.
"Ask for a room in the back, because I want to get some sleep.
" I think that she wants me and her to but no, she didn't.
She gave me another 50 and told me to get lost.
So I did.
You did a stint in Rikers back in December for possession? - Yeah.
- You met Kevin Reddick.
You were on the same tier as him? - Who? - The Motel Ripper.
You picked up a few tricks from him - like what kind of belt to use - I never talked to him! where to stab her.
- Get that away from me! - You copied Reddick's signature so well, the DA's talking about charging you with all the murders.
Get that away from me! You're a methhead, isn't that right? But you don't shoot up? No.
I don't like needles.
Oh, look at that.
- I see.
I see! - No, look at that.
I cut myself.
Come on, look.
Look, it's really coming out.
He faints at the sight of blood.
That's why he doesn't shoot up.
It's an involuntary reflex.
Common in 10% of the population.
They start hyperventilating, which causes pressure on the vagus nerve, heart rate slows down pfft! What it means he couldn't have cut her up.
He wouldn't have.
It's not him.
Your little demonstration aside, Mr.
West is still the only candidate for this crime.
Why not a woman? Maybe Reddick has a girlfriend who wants to prove he's innocent.
There's no evidence he has a girlfriend.
No wife, no sister, no "kissing cousin.
" We even investigated his two coworkers, at his building management company.
This woman this Mary Ellen she had a job? Design firm on Northern Boulevard.
No such place.
Whoever she is, Reddick would need to be in contact with her now, giving her instructions, encouragement.
So, we check prison visits, letters, phone calls.
The sooner you connect this murder to Reddick, the better.
His lawyer's going to court this week to argue for bail.
I don't want Mr.
Reddick out of jail for a second.
Cell Block Rikers Island Saturdat, February 23 Inmates get prepaid calling cards.
We don't monitor the calls.
What about the visitors' list? Reddick hasn't had any visitors of a personal nature since he's been here.
He's had lawyers, psychiatrists Mr.
Munoz.
Inside his tape player.
Look at that.
I wouldn't want to show my face, either.
"'Hot 4 U 4 Ever.
' Karyn.
" Talk about "keeping the home fires burning.
" I need a cigarette and eight hours' sleep.
This doesn't read like they've been together on the outside.
My bet is, this is the only sex they've actually had.
"You looked strong and powerful.
It's good you've been out of the sun.
Your pale skin turns me on.
Could you tell?" She's seen him since he's been locked up.
She's not on the visitors' list.
He's been in court for pretrial motions.
When's that bail hearing? New York Supreme Court Part 31 Tuesday, Februaty 26 What prompts this motion for bail is new evidence that tends to exculpate my client.
Last week, a young woman was found murdered in Queens in a manner identical to those murders my client's accused of.
Your Honor, our evidence against Mr.
Reddick is the same now as it was when you remanded him to custody.
All right, Mr.
Carver.
I'm continuing remand, but I want a full investigation, and I want the parties here in 30 days to reconsider bail for Mr.
Reddick.
Next case.
Karyn? What? I told you, I didn't write those.
That little move in the courtroom, is that a special request from Kevin? How about these? Kevin's "submissive little doggie.
" He ever ask you to hurt someone? No.
And I wouldn't! Where were you Tuesday night last week? In class.
I'm a French Lit major at NYU.
I'm not a criminal.
He just asked me to pose for pictures.
- They're just pictures.
- Nude pictures.
For a serial killer.
You don't understand.
When he talks to you, he talks to this part of you.
I can't explain it.
You just want to do things for him.
He's just so hot You want to see pictures of what he did to those five girls? It's not "so hot.
" I know, he's got this brain disease.
But he would never hurt me.
He told you he had a brain disease? His shrink called me.
He warned me to stop talking to Kevin, that he's dangerous.
Like I didn't know.
But that's the whole point.
The doctor's name? Buckman.
Can I go now? I'm going to miss my study group.
We're going to check your alibi, Karyn.
Until you hear from us, don't skip any classes.
Serial killer groupies.
And I thought I was pathetic with my ABBA fan club card.
"Dr.
Roger Buckman, Haddon School of Medicine, Department of Neuropsychiatry.
" He visited Reddick at Rikers.
Office Of Dr.
Roser buckman Haddon University, New York Tuesday, February 26 Reddick didn't tell me about any other girls.
He didn't even tell me about this one.
But once I became aware she was putting herself in danger, I had a duty to warn her.
You told her Reddick had a "brain disease.
" Was that just to scare her? I told that ridiculous girl people who commit these crimes have a brain disorder.
I never told her that Reddick did.
I wouldn't violate his confidentiality.
Is Reddick a patient or a test subject? Test subject.
I'm studying Limbic Trigger Syndrome.
Certain chaotic violent behavior is caused by biological abnormalities in the limbic system of the brain.
Chaotic behavior like rage killings? Yes.
The subjects have lesions in the limbic system.
Over time, they cause partial seizures which are usually followed by the violent behavior.
What, you're saying that everyone with the lesion commits rage killings? No, I'm saying that every rage killer has the lesion.
Back to Karyn Barrett, how did you find out about her relationship with Reddick? My research associate, Dr.
Dwyer.
Is the doctor in? Kevin bragged about toying with this girl.
I was worried for her.
So I asked Dr.
Buckman for advice.
Did he brag about any other women? You know where to draw the line, Cathleen.
I'm sure she does, Doctor.
Thank you.
No, he didn't mention anyone else.
He bragged about Karyn to you.
He must feel very comfortable around you.
I think the point was to make me uncomfortable.
He likes to play games.
Who sees him more often, you or Dr.
Buckman? I do.
I conduct the interviews.
I supervise the PET scans.
Which one's Reddick? I can't tell you.
And the ID tags are numbered.
Your subjects, are they all serial killers? No.
Kevin's the only one accused of that class of crime.
But they're all rage killers.
I like the way you have things arranged you know, books, boxes all sorted by size.
It's very orderly.
A defense against the chaos in here.
The lesion in the limbic system, does it show up? Yes.
It's there.
That shadow right by the hypothalamus.
The limbic system, that governs emotion and motivation.
You've studied the field? By necessity.
Family history of schizophrenia.
If this study of yours pans out, it's a pretty good basis for an insanity plea.
Limbic Trigger Syndrome is a mental disease, so yes, there'd be legal ramifications.
Like killers getting away with murder.
They wouldn't get away with anything, they'd get treatment.
Your study will take, what, five years to complete? And who knows how long before it's accepted by the medical establishment? By then it'll be too late for old Kevin.
It's still helpful for him to understand why he behaves the way he does.
This is very cutting edge stuff.
It must be so exciting for you, doing the research, - teaching young students - I don't teach.
I only do pure research.
How did you get interested? A professor inspired you? My mother, I guess.
Before she died, she taught high school biology.
A teacher.
I'm sure she'd be very proud of you.
Thank you for talking to us, Doctor.
A university researcher with a Ph.
D? Rosa Dern's killer had a soft spot for teachers.
Dr.
Dwyer's mother was a high school teacher.
Dr.
Dwyer spared the teacher but killed the mother of a sevenyearold that fits your profile? A mother who left her son with her exhusband while she had sex with strange women in motel rooms.
That was the point the killer was making by leaving the boy's picture on top of Rosa Dern's clothes.
Which by the way, were folded neatly on top of the dresser.
Not by Rosa Dern who was a slob, but by the killer.
Dr.
Dwyer's a neat freak.
But why? Why would she commit such a crime? I'm not sure.
- You should call your office.
- What? The Queens County DA has taken jurisdiction over the Rosa Dern case, on the theory that she was killed by someone unconnected to Kevin Reddick.
They're saying whoever killed Rosa Dern also killed the other five.
If you really think Cathleen Dwyer did this, and you can connect her to Reddick, do it fast.
Neurology Research Lab Haddon University, New York Thursday, February 28 I'm stunned you're even asking.
I can't think of an individual less likely to commit a murder.
How long have you known Dr.
Dwyer? Eight years.
Ever since the university invited me here.
She was a very bright, very serious graduate student.
She sounds like a lot of fun.
Any boyfriends? You people do go for the obvious.
I sat in on some of those sessions.
They weren't blowing kisses at each other.
Everybody keeps their game face for the boss.
I'd be a pretty poor psychiatrist if I allowed someone's weak character to undermine the integrity of my life's work.
Other than the sessions you mentioned, Dr.
Dwyer was alone with Reddick the rest of the time? Yes.
Does she have access to the crime reports, or did Dwyer tell her any details of the killings? You mean the killer's unique signature? No, of course we don't have that data.
And Reddick would not incriminate himself by telling us.
I see Dr.
Dwyer had him brought here for medical tests.
Yes.
Under guard, for his PET scan, neurological evaluations.
Were there other people? Technicians who might've observed them together? Yes.
Obviously.
Yeah, that was a big day when Dr.
Dwyer brought in the Motel Ripper the first time.
He's the most famous killer they got.
The first time? Reddick had another PET scan? Yeah.
They misplaced his first one.
And then, Dr.
Buckman said it was blurry, so they brought him back three months later.
How was Dr.
Dwyer with him? Was she friendly? Well, not the first time.
But the second she was fussing all over him, holding his coat, getting him water.
That's unprofessional.
I've seen her like that with Dr.
Buckman.
But this was different? During his PET scan, she held his hand.
I mean, I don't know if he was nervous, but to stand there for Holding hands with a serial killer.
Sounds like probable cause for a search warrant.
Home Of Dr.
Cathleen Dwyer Friday, March 1 Are you sure you can just come in here? Don't you have to tell Dr.
Dwyer? No, we don't.
You mind waiting in the hallway? Has this place just been painted? I smell fresh paint.
About a month ago.
Before Dr.
Dwyer moved in.
I am not finding a pink top or a brown skirt.
Family photos.
Here's Dwyer skateboarding with a neck brace.
Tough kid.
Dwyer, Dwyer and Mom There's no pictures of Dad.
What did I tell you about "the negligent dad"? I don't know.
I forgot to write it down.
What have we here? Dr.
Dwyer's "secret garden.
" Novels by Yukio Mishima.
Domination porno for intellectuals.
Magazines.
- This is rough stuff.
- "Total Submission.
" Dr.
Dwyer likes a "strong daddy.
" Reddick's the right man for the job.
Her student loans.
She owed a couple of bricks.
Collection notices, overdue credit cards.
You got to wonder how she can afford this place.
How much is the rent here? Cheap.
It's rentcontrolled.
How did Dr.
Dwyer get it? I don't know.
There was a long waiting list.
Then all of a sudden, she pops up and moves in.
What company manages the building? Gump & Worsley.
Kevin Reddick's old employer.
They were in my apartment, Kevin, in my bedroom.
They looked through my things, they touched everything.
What did they take? - Just the financial papers.
- That's it? Yes.
There was nothing for them to find.
What are we going to do now? You're going to sit tight.
- You're going to be okay.
- I don't know if I can You remember how you were before? You thought you were too weak, that you couldn't do it.
But I said you could.
I told you could, and you did.
Doesn't that make you feel good, that I know what you're able to do? You had the strength all along.
You just needed the right man.
As long as nothing comes between us, no cops, no fears, no doubts everything will be fine.
I can't.
I don't want to.
No, don't go.
I'm done here.
Please.
Stay.
Yeah All right, big deal, so Reddick called me about Dr.
Dwyer.
What did Reddick say when he called you? He said he had this lady friend who was living in a dump.
He wanted to show her what a good guy he was.
Kevin took good care of my building, so why not do him a favor? This is a girl who had problems paying her student loan every month.
Weren't you taking a big risk? Kevin told you what, that she'd do you favors? That she was hot? Reddick just said that this girl was a little kinky and if I played my cards right, then Kinky? Yeah, she likes to take direction.
He told me she had a whole collection of erotica on the subject.
Excuse me.
Yeah? Hello.
Yeah.
Serves Dwyer right for telling Reddick she had that stuff.
You really think she told him? She lives alone.
She had it hidden in the back of her linen closet.
She's ashamed of it.
If she didn't tell him, who did? So, Dr.
Dwyer killed Rosa Dern for two rooms with a river view? She killed for needs far more basic than housing.
Needs he's uniquely adept at exploiting.
Flattery will get you nowhere, Mr.
Carver.
We thought you wanted to talk about your legal predicament.
My only predicament here is deciding which tie to wear at your client's execution.
Of course, if he gives me a reason to take the death penalty off the table A reason? His testimony against Dr.
Dwyer, that she agreed to commit a murder on his behalf.
Thanks to the Queens County DA, my client is already halfway out the door.
- I got it.
- What? A red tie.
Goodbye.
I have to know.
All that stuff you told your buddy about Dr.
Dwyer, you made that up, didn't you? - I mean, Dr.
Dwyer? - Kevin, let's go.
That educated, uptight little scientist? Not in a million years would she tell some creep she's never been intimate with her nasty little secrets.
I mean, especially a creep like you.
No woman would.
I wouldn't.
Not even if I was going to marry the guy.
Well, I guess I just have a way with the ladies.
Maybe with mixedup college kids but not Cathleen Dwyer.
You're not that good.
You expect us to believe that little mouse had the idea much less the will to strangle and stab some poor woman without some input from you? You have no idea what's inside that head of hers.
I think I have an idea it's not filled with what you'd like it to be dominance, submission, pain.
That's your fantasy, not hers.
No.
No.
She loves that stuff.
She told me once, she let a guy twist her up so much, he dislocated her shoulder.
Kevin, let's go.
Dislocated shoulder? You'd go to the emergency room for that, wouldn't you? Four years ago, Cathleen Dwyer walked into her neighborhood hospital, complaining of severe shoulder pain.
The bill was paid with a credit card.
One of her maxedout credit cards? No, this cardholder had excellent credit.
Dr.
Roger Buckman.
They had an affair.
He'd know about Dr.
Dwyer's kinks.
He could have been the one who told Reddick.
Isn't that a dangerous thing to tell a serial killer about a colleague? Not to mention bad manners? Unless you're priming the pump.
I wonder if the university knows what goes on in their research labs? Institutional Review Board Haddon University Thursday, March 7 The affair was years ago.
Anyway, we're a university, not a monastery.
How have things been between them lately? Only one thing I'm aware of.
Two months ago, Dr.
Dwyer asked the Review Board to mediate a dispute with Dr.
Buckman.
She wanted to stop doing the interviews with Kevin Reddick.
Why? They were making her uncomfortable.
But a few days later, Dr.
Dwyer withdrew her objections.
Buckman pressured her? The pressure's on for results.
Funding was nearly cut last summer.
Buckman turned things around? He made a very strong argument that cutting funding before he had a chance to study Reddick would be a disservice to the community.
The decision was validated when Dr.
Buckman presented Reddick's PET scan.
The lesion was clearly present.
Can we see the PET scan he presented to the Review Board? I just got this from the PET scan lab.
All the PET scans charged off to the study.
These things aren't cheap.
Even Buckman got a PET scan, and Dwyer.
Looks like all the researchers got one.
They're part of the control group.
Okay, here's the charge for Reddick's first PET scan.
They flubbed it, but they still charged for it.
And here's the second one three months later.
Reddick's the only test subject they did twice.
I need to see a doctor.
Moving out? Soon enough.
Dr.
Buckman, this is Ron Carver from the District Attorney's office.
Yes, what's this about? Come on in, Dr.
Dwyer.
Maybe she can testify too.
There's a hearing tomorrow on a motion to dismiss charges against Kevin Reddick.
I'd like you to testify as expert witnesses.
You made a speech.
It was at the Harvard Medical School.
Here it is.
You said, "The Motel Ripper homicides fit the profile of rage killings.
And when the perpetrator is identified, I have no doubt" no doubt "that he will be found to have a lesion in the limbic system of his brain which triggers his chaotic and violent behavior.
" That was what you said.
- Yes, that's right.
- At Harvard.
When they caught Reddick, he had the lesion, just like you predicted.
That's what we need you to say on the stand.
Well, the study isn't done yet.
I'm not sure that a court of law is the best forum.
You already said on record that the Motel Ripper will have the lesion.
I have another quote from you.
Oh jeez, I'm sorry.
We didn't mean to embarrass you, Dr.
Dwyer.
Why would I be embarrassed? Well, you had these hidden in your apartment.
You know, Reddick told us you were interested in this kind of activity, to cast aspersions on your character.
Reddick doesn't know.
You didn't tell him? Then it must've been Dr.
Buckman.
That's why Reddick knew about the dislocated shoulder.
- Cathleen, I swear to you - It's okay.
You were trying to establish a rapport with Reddick telling stories out of school about some woman you slept with.
That is absolutely false.
You would know if it's true.
Reddick seemed to have this uncanny ability to read your mind and your desires.
No wonder he had an unfair advantage.
Cathleen, don't listen to this nonsense.
You felt he understood you.
You started feeling attracted to him and that's why you tried to back out.
But Buckman pressured you forced you into Reddick's presence.
Why? You must've known what he'd do with her.
With her need to submit? I don't know what you're talking about.
Yeah, I wasn't sure either, until I found a paper that you wrote 10 years ago about the Hillside Strangler in California.
He convinced his girlfriend to commit a copycat murder to exculpate him.
That's what he had planned for you? To help exonerate Reddick? Not because he isn't the Motel Ripper, but because he doesn't have a lesion.
He doesn't have limbic trigger syndrome.
That's ridiculous.
- Reddick has the lesion - You knew, the minute you saw his first PET scan.
The theory you staked your whole career on was crap.
And sooner or later, someone was going to find out that Reddick did not have the lesions.
So you buried that PET scan, and you gave the Review Board another one from some other subject, to what? To buy time, so you could figure out a graceful way to knock Reddick out of your study? And you did that by giving him someone he could dominate and manipulate? Who had the mental equipment who had the predisposition to kill.
Dr.
Dwyer, the PET scan showing the lesion, on what Dr.
Buckman claims to be Reddick's brain what are those faint shadows there? They're difficult to see if you're not looking for them.
Those are the cervical vertebrae.
What's that right there? An injury to the disk.
Between C2 and C3? Yeah.
That's the injury you got when you were roller skating as a child? This is your PET scan.
And the lesion? It's in your brain.
And you knew that, didn't you, Doctor? You knew that, and you used her.
- Oh, no.
No - Oh my God oh my God! No.
Don't listen to that.
- You son of a bitch! - Keep that crazy woman away from me.
You son of a bitch.
How could you?! How could you do this to me!? Dr.
Buckman, you're under arrest for murder.
It's him! It's him! You bastard! You stupid burnedout quack! I hate you, you creep.
So, she had a lesion and she committed murder.
Doesn't that prove Dr.
Buckman's theory? She wasn't driven to kill out of rage.
She chose to kill out of love.
Love? It's "a many splendored thing.
"