The Listener s05e08 Episode Script
White Whale
Logan! I got your text.
Oh, geez.
You've got some real fancy friends, you know that? Yeah, we're not here to rub elbows.
Let's go.
I'm a little underdressed.
- You know my wife, Catherine, of course? - Recognize that guy? The river clean-up is going to have a huge impact on the quality of life in the city.
Yeah, yeah.
That's Greg Turner, right? He's running for mayor again.
He lost by a couple hundred votes last time.
He's with his wife, Catherine and his campaign manager, Steve Garfield.
I haven't really been following the race, but my girlfriend's a huge fan of Turner's, actually.
Says he's exactly what the city needs, you know, an honest, hard-working guy who's gonna make the city a better place.
And that's exactly what she's supposed to believe.
I want you to read him.
Find out whatever you can.
You serious? Look, I You want me to read the guy who's running for mayor? Yeah, is there a problem with that? Kind of have a rule against just randomly reading people.
There's nothing random about this, just take my word for it.
It doesn't work that way.
How does it work? I grab pieces of whatever a person's thinking at the time.
So, Turner would have to be thinking about whatever it is you think he did.
No problem.
Let's go.
Well, I tell you, someone's gotta get in there and clean up the corruption in city hall.
Hello, Turner.
Detective Becker.
What brings you here this evening? Well, I just thought you might be ready to tell me what happened to Sally.
I'd do anything for you.
I'm sorry, would you give us a moment, honey? - Of course.
You'll excuse us, won't you? - Yeah.
Have you met Judith? Detective, if I had any information at all that I thought useful You'd bury it as deep as you could, I know.
This time's gonna be different.
This time, there's just nowhere for you to hide.
Detective Becker, this is a private function at the candidate's home.
Perhaps you should drop by the campaign office tomorrow.
It's Staff Inspector, now.
I'm with the IIB and we're re-opening the Sally Lipton case.
I thought this was all over.
Why don't we take a step over here, - there's somebody you have to meet.
- Sure.
What'd you get? Did you see anything? Nothing concrete.
But I think he knows more about the girl than he's letting on.
What happened to her, anyway? Sally Lipton disappeared three years ago working on Turner's first campaign.
And you think he had something to do with it? He killed her.
Now that I've got you, I'm going to prove it.
- sync & corrections by wolfen- Murderer? Turner's the best thing this city's seen in years.
Well, Becker thinks he's good for it.
I don't buy it.
I've been writing about Turner for three years now.
How he plans to improve public transit, build affordable housing, target corruption at city hall.
I mean, one more term with Mayor Driscoll and the city's sunk.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Look, I got a read that looked like there was something going on between Sally and Turner.
Then why wasn't Turner arrested when she disappeared? I don't know.
I don't know.
But I know that Becker's re-opening the case and we're investigating Greg Turner for murder.
That's off the record, by the way.
Sally Lipton was only 23 years old when she disappeared three years ago while working as a junior fund-raiser on Greg Turner's first campaign.
She looks young, even for 23.
Her mother described her as idealistic to a fault.
Very trusting, but also hardworking and dedicated to whatever cause she threw herself into.
And that cause was Turner? Sally told her roommate she was off to see Turner the night she disappeared.
She was never seen again.
You think there was something going on between the two? She was young and infatuated and he's a politician.
You do the math.
When I saw Sally in Turner's mind.
I mean, nothing explicit but she was definitely infatuated with him.
An affair with a girl that young would have tarnished his good-guy image, ruined his political chances for good.
So, Turner thinks she'll talk and Then he kills her to keep her quiet That's the direction we were headed at metro.
But you guys could never prove it? Nope.
Never found a body.
Never found out where she was meeting Turner, either.
In fact, he had an alibi provided by his wife.
Catherine Turner runs a big eco charity it depends almost exclusively on private donations from wealthy patrons.
She said that he was home with her all night, I don't buy that.
You really think she'd cover for a cheating husband? She had a lot at stake, too.
Yeah, I think she lied.
I think Turner's good for this.
I'm having all the stored evidence from the metro case sent over asap.
Thank you Corporal Sergeant.
I sent over a list of all the people that we interviewed in the first investigation.
Alright, we'll start with the roommate.
She was the last one to see Sally alive.
And I want reads on absolutely everyone.
No exceptions.
Yes, sir.
This one got away from me the first time.
Don't let me down on this.
Alright, he's acting like I'm his personal superpower.
He's still getting used to how your reads work, OK? - And if he's right about Turner - Oh, he better be right.
Because if Tia had to choose between me or Turner this morning You wouldn't be the first one to lose out to a guy with a bigger platform.
Let's figure out what happened to her, come on.
She was my best friend and then she was just gone.
That must have been very difficult for you.
It still is.
But, I've already told the police everything I know.
Sargent Becker interviewed me over and over again.
Well, he hopes by reopening the case with us, having fresh eyes and ears, we might get a new lead or jog loose a new memory.
I just don't know what else I can tell you.
Start from the beginning.
Pretend like we know nothing.
You were the last person to see Sally alive.
She rushed in and out that night.
Said she was going to meet Turner.
I won't be late.
In your initial interviews, you said that you thought that they were having an affair.
She never said anything.
But I know they were.
Turner was all she ever talked about and she'd become really secretive in the last few weeks.
You know if she was messaging Turner or if they were having a relationship online? I don't know.
I know the police couldn't find any proof of an affair or a secret meeting and that Turner just denied everything.
But I know it was him.
She went to meet Turner and then she never came back.
So, you're telling me that the IIB thinks that Turner killed somebody and is covering it up? Keep your voice down.
Well, I think everyone would have heard about it by now.
That's like, international front page headline news.
Yeah, tell me about it.
Not that I can use it.
That's the problem with living with an IIB OP.
You get all this great stuff, you can't write it.
And you cannot say a word.
My lips are sealed, OK? It's the bartender's oath.
This is like attorney-client confidentiality here.
Good.
I don't buy it.
I've met Turner, he is a great guy.
I think so, too.
I mean, I've never met the guy.
I've seen his face on bus benches.
But the IIB thinks that he killed somebody and is covering it up? Toby's boss thinks so.
What, Becker? Nah, nah.
That hardly means it's the truth.
- You don't even know him.
- Hey, I met Becker before you were even in the picture, young lady.
And I know the type, OK? He's like a dog with a bone.
He gets an idea in his head and he doesn't let it go.
How do you think he figured out Toby has his, you know, thing he has.
He just kept pounding and pounding until he cracked it.
And he was right about that.
Right? So, guess that means he could be right about this, too.
No, no, no.
He got lucky once.
I'm willing to bet that Turner is still the guy that he says he is, OK? The guy he seems to be and the guy that this city needs.
Mayor Driscoll is an embarrassment.
Do you know what? I have friends who run the city hall beat they say we don't even know the half of it.
I mean, drinking in the office, women coming and going at all hours.
Hitting on everything that moves.
It's gross.
It's about time we change things.
It's about time someone did something to change things, for a change.
What? You know what I think I'm going to throw my hat into the ring.
Not like I'm not gonna run for mayor But I mean, this is a hub of public discourse and citizenry - and whatnot.
- What are you gonna do? Because buying votes with alcohol is kind of illegal.
That's not the idea.
Although, in this case, you have to admit, - that would be pretty good.
- So what are you going to do? I don't know.
Yet.
And if I did, i wouldn't tell you, OK? It's gotta be perfect.
As for Turner, Toby knows what he's doing.
He'll do the right thing.
Even if his boss pushes him in the wrong direction? Becker's got a lot of power and now with Toby's gift He's got even more.
There was no affair.
The girl was fixated on Turner, worshiped the ground that he walked on, but it was totally one sided.
So why'd he set up the meet with her? She didn't.
You guys have all the phone records, the emails, the texts.
Right, but he probably had a burner phone.
Politicians usually do when they're having illicit affairs with very young women.
Look, you guys have got this all wrong.
Turner's a good man and a man this city desperately needs if we're going to be rid of our lousy excuse of a mayor.
But your boss is on a one man crusade to ruin him.
- I'm going to take you down, Turner.
Promise.
So why do you think Becker has it out for Turner? Because he can't accept that he got it wrong.
Didn't crack the case.
Maybe you two haven't noticed but the guy's a bit of a strong arm.
- Thank you for your time.
- OK.
Alright, what'd you get? Well, the roommate, Veronica, is pretty convinced there was something going on between Sally and Turner.
I saw Sally online at night she was on a web-page with a flying horse on it.
A flying horse? A a file-storing site I know has something like that.
Come on, how do you do that? Yeah, that's it.
We never found anything like this in the first investigation.
Let me look into it.
Even if the account's been deleted there's still maybe fragments of files buried deep in the server.
Who else did you get? The campaign manager, Steve, is just as convinced there was nothing going on.
But you read him right? I mean he's lying.
I don't think so.
He might not be right, but he believes what he said.
I thought this gift of yours was supposed to make solving cases easier? It's not really that straight forward.
I'm starting to see that.
Please tell me you got something else off him? Nothing relevant, no.
That's great.
That's just great.
So we haven't been able to clarify motive at all.
Alright, well let's see how we do on opportunity.
Go talk to Turner's wife.
She's the one who supplied the alibi.
See what you can read, push her hard, then use that information to get her to recant.
And this time, please come back with something concrete.
I'm not watching this creep waltz his way into city hall without a fight.
How did the campaign manager put it, again? Something about a strong arm.
Guys.
I was talking to an old friend at metro, you know, when they were sending over the old I.
T.
Files.
- Yeah? - And during the first Sally Lipton investigation, Becker was sanctioned after Turner lodged a harassment complaint.
It took him two years to get his next promotion.
- What? - Toby got a read from the campaign manager.
I heard Becker threaten Turner, said he was going to "Take him down.
" Well, he wouldn't be the first cop who got obsessed with the wrong man's guilt.
Or he's just trying to get that black check mark taken off of his record.
So, he's not his biggest fan of the guy, but you guys think - he's gonna go that far? - No But I mean, how well do we really know him? He does only seem to be looking for whatever reads - make Turner look good for it.
- OK.
So, what do we do? First, we go talk to the wife.
If Toby says the alibi sticks, the gloves come off.
I can offer you tea.
I'm afraid there's not much else in the house with all the campaigning It's fine, Mrs.
Turner.
We won't be long.
We just have a couple of questions for you.
Anything I can do to help.
I didn't know Sally well, but she was an intern at my charity before she moved over to the campaign.
What her poor family must be going through Mrs.
Turner, it's been suggested that Sally and your husband were having an affair.
My husband isn't that kind of man.
And he'd never take advantage of a young woman's trust.
Good to a fault But Sally's roommate said that Sally was meeting your husband the night that she disappeared.
That - Doesn't concern you at all? - How could it? Greg was home with me - from seven o'clock on.
- You're certain? He was asleep on that couch he walked in the door.
Honey, wake up I coaxed him up to bed around midnight.
The usual routine during an exhausting campaign.
- OK, well thank you for your time.
- If there's anything else - Of course.
Sweetheart? I saw the car out front.
I didn't know we were expecting Anyone.
You were at the fundraiser last night.
That's right.
We're from the IIB.
We're investigating Sally Lipton's disappearance.
First you confront me at a private function and now here you are harassing my wife.
- Greg, please - No, no, no, sweetheart.
This is unacceptable, it's gone too far.
This is blatant police targeting days before the election and I won't stand for it.
You think the police should be concerned with optics, Mr.
Turner? I think your boss is trying to destroy me to protect his own career.
And if you're not careful, - he's gonna bring you down with him.
- I'll see to it.
Thank you for your time.
So was I reading you right in there? The wife's telling the truth.
I saw Turner asleep on the couch the night Sally disappeared.
You're sure? Yeah, I think Becker's out for the wrong man.
Bringing us down with him.
You're sure that's what you saw? It was a clear read.
I saw him asleep on the couch.
Did you see a calendar? You see a clock on the wall? How do you know Turner's wife was - even thinking of the right night? - Memories usually flow from the question being asked.
- It's not pure science - Then you asked the wrong questions! Get back there.
Talk to her again and get me something I can use.
Sergeant? Look, I understand - where you're coming from.
- You do? You feel in your gut that Turner's good for this and you want to follow that instinct.
We've all been there.
Get to the point, McCluskey.
You're being an ass.
- Excuse me? - We're running out of leads On Turner, just like you did back at metro.
And you're too blind to see it.
If you don't back up and take a look at the brick wall that you're running all of our heads into, You're going to end up sanctioned for the second time.
Sit down.
You ever had an unsolved case like this? Of course.
We all have.
Sally's mother calls me once a month looking for an update.
Once a month for three years.
And every time I've gotta tell her I've got nothing.
That's why you can't let this go? Is there a competing theory out there? They think I'm trying to move up the ladder by getting a conviction on Mr.
Clean, get that citation removed from my file, is that right? They won't anymore.
Next time Sally's mother calls, - I'm going to have answers.
- Yeah, you will.
But you need to let us start looking at other options.
Becker says that we can widen the investigation and ease up on Turner.
- You hypnotized him, right? - That was plan B.
Dev, tell me you have something.
Well, it's something.
I managed to locate fragments of deleted files from Sally's cancelled andromeda account but it's just bits and pieces.
You're not kidding.
It's just a jumble of words and short phrases.
Right now, but if I run it through a program that orders everything according to frequency of repetitions The more she used a word, the higher up on the list it went.
That's right.
So once you get through the obvious words: "And", "The", etcetera.
You get Turner.
Hundreds of times.
But that's not unusual, I mean she worked for him, right? She did But then there's this.
Kellar.
Who's Kellar? I don't know, but her deleted files have that name even more than Turner's.
And she transferred all the files mentioning Kellar to a flash drive before deleting them.
All on the same night she disappeared.
We all assumed that Sally was emailing Turner late at night to try to hide their affair.
Maybe she was hiding something else? Did the roommate ever mention anything about Kellar - in the initial interviews? - No one did.
Like I said, it's not much.
What if she was seeing someone else? Yeah, but her roommate said she had crazy hours.
Maybe this Kellar person did, too? Let's go speak to the campaign boss.
Kellar isn't a person, the Kellar company is one of our biggest campaign contributors.
Well, what can you tell us about them? They focus on green products, recycling programs, solar research Do you have any idea what connection Sally might've had to the Kellar company? Something she wanted to keep secret? I have no idea.
The head of fundraising handles all their contributions personally.
Sally would've had nothing to do with them.
We lose Kellar, we lose everything.
So, who would we contact there? You have heard of something called obstruction of justice, right? It comes with a nice long prison term.
The CEO's name is Dylan Stewart.
- His offices are down on Adelaide.
- Thank you.
- You see the look he gave me? - Good thing I know CPR.
Now you're after the Kellar company? We're not "After" anyone.
It sounds like Becker is.
He's gunning for Turner, and now he's wants to drag a company who should be given Earth day awards into this witch hunt.
Tia? Witch hunt? It's an investigation.
Verging on police harassment, if it's not there already.
I'm not the only one who's made that accusation, am I? Becker got into a little heat the last time He worked this case.
It just makes me wonder about his political leanings.
Political leanings? You ask Turner's biggest contributor questions that link him to Sally's disappearance? They could drop him, Toby.
Done.
Over.
We're back to mayor Driscoll and his wall-to-wall corruption.
Look, Sally was 23 years old.
I think her family deserves some answers.
Don't you? - Hey! Who wants a beer? - I do.
- What colour? - Colour? Oh, well, you see, we're running an informal election-based poll, completely unbiased.
We've coloured two of the drafts, one for each of the leading candidates, and we're gonna be tallying up the orders for each.
So, what's Turner's colour? I'll have a non-alcoholic one of those.
Green, it is.
You know, 'cause he's so eco.
- And for you, sir? - What colour is the current mayor's? Oh, well, Driscoll's is a delicate shade that we're referring to as gutter scum.
It's a kind of a reddish, brownish, sorta sickly blah - Totally unbiased.
- Two greens it is.
Look, I just needed to talk, to get this off my chest.
I'm not comfortable with this investigation either.
A young girl's missing.
I get it.
I do.
So shouldn't I do whatever I can - to find out what happened to her? - Yes.
Of course.
But in this case, I think Becker's turned you into his own illegal wire-tapping service.
And I don't think that's why you joined the IIB.
What if Tia's right and this is police harassment? Well, everyone has to answer to the law.
Mr.
Stewart, we're with the IIB.
We have a few questions for you regarding Sally Lipton's disappearance.
Yeah, I was glad to hear you re-opened the case.
What do you mean she found out? Who the hell is this girl? Oh, so you knew Sally Lipton? Well no, I never met the girl, but everyone from the campaign was talking about it at the time.
She was very interested in your company.
Do you have any idea why? Lots of young people are interested in the Kellar company.
It's not that surprising.
Do you know why she was researching you guys? Or what she might've found out? I've put Bolt on it.
Don't worry.
I'm sorry, no.
And I apologize, But I've got a meeting across town that I'm already late for.
So you don't know what happened to Sally? No, of course not.
Take care of it.
I only wish I could help.
If there's anything else, please don't hesitate.
We won't.
I think I might have just seen Sally's killer.
So Kellar's not a person.
It's a company and it's a contributor to Turner's campaign? When we interviewed the CEO, Dylan Stewart, we got a read of this guy here.
- Who is that? - We're not sure, but we think that his last name might be Bolt.
That's right.
I got a clear read of Dylan telling Bolt to "Take care of it".
I never even seen these guys before.
The Kellar company was Turner's biggest campaign contributor, but Sally had no direct contact with them.
So, then why would the CEO want to kill her? It was something she knew.
I saw Dylan on the phone promising to keep her quiet.
We think that she may have found out some dirt on the company.
I've taken a cursory look at Kellar company and Stewart, - but nothing appears out of line.
- Keep looking.
- And find this mystery man.
- Yes, sir.
Toby and I'll go talk to the roommate again.
Maybe she knew what Sally found out and just didn't realize it was important.
Thanks.
Just hold up a sec, guys, listen, I got a call from the superintendent this morning.
About what? Well, she told me in not so many words to back off Turner until after the election.
So because he's a politician, he gets a get out of jail free card? Yeah.
Something about not interfering with the democratic process.
But the investigation is steering away from Turner, now.
We're looking at the Kellar company at this point.
Which happens to be one of Turner's biggest campaign contributors.
Listen, all that matters is if we don't back down now, you guys could end up with black marks on your records.
I should know.
I can't drag you down with me.
Michelle's right.
The law shouldn't apply differently to different people.
We go where the evidence leads us.
I don't remember Sally ever talking about the Kellar company.
What about this guy? Dylan Stewart.
Do you recognize him? I've never seen him before.
But, I think I recognize him.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
He was the cop that came by later and picked up the rest of Sally's stuff.
I've already told the other detectives from metro everything I know.
You mean, the police came back? It was a couple of weeks after she was gone, he came by and practically cleared out the place.
Did he show you a badge? No, I don't think so.
You think it was him? So Sally's got something on the Kellar company? Right.
Which she was working on secretly, and I think is on that flash drive.
She confronts Dylan with the info, threatens him, maybe? And Dylan gets our mystery man to kill her.
And then the same guy poses as a cop, to try to get the drive from the rest of her things.
But why kill her when you don't have all the evidence.
It doesn't add up.
I ran the sketch from Toby's read through facial recognition with the last name Bolt - and boom, I got a hit.
- Nice.
First name's Martin, he's a security expert.
I'll text you his current address.
- Thank you.
- Let's go.
Well, the informal poll has Turner winning by a landslide.
Apparently, only 3 people out of 100 ordered the gutter scum.
Hey, what's with the long face? You're a Turner supporter, right? Officially, I'm unbiased.
But yes, 100% I am in the Turner camp.
What if Toby's boss is right? What if Turner isn't the good guy I think he is and I just don't want to believe it? What if he's just a slimy politician who's played me? Well, I think you still gotta believe in heroes, even if sometimes you get it wrong.
That might be OK for regular people I like to consider myself extra regular.
I didn't mean that.
I mean, I'm a journalist.
Like clockwork.
It's my job to keep an objective stance.
I'm worried I let blind faith cloud my coverage of this guy.
Tia.
You are a fantastic reporter.
OK, your column is like, the only thing I read that's not Fantasy Basketball.
And your job is to just keep trying to get it right.
That's what you do.
- Thank you, Oz.
- And don't lose faith in the good guys.
Now, can I interest you in one of our candidate sandwiches? - Sure.
- OK, we've got the Turner, which is free-range chicken on organic arugula on an artisan spelt roll.
You know what? I'll take the driscoll.
Just to maintain my neutrality.
OK.
One canned pork product on a day-old bun, coming up.
We have a witness who will testify that you impersonated a police officer to steal personal belongings from a murder victim.
Eye witness testimony is notoriously unreliable, especially three years out.
My client denies any knowledge of Sally Lipton or her disappearance.
You know, you're a pretty high priced muzzle for a glorified security guard.
- Who's paying your bills, Martin? - Don't answer that.
Dylan Stewart? The Kellar company? Just keep your mouth shut, Martin, and you're safe.
He hired you, didn't he? Hired you to kill Sally.
Don't say anything.
Is there something about the right to remain silent that eludes you? He told you to "Take care of it".
And you did.
Stop harassing my client.
He can remain silent, but that doesn't mean we have to.
You lured her out into the woods, somewhere her body would never be found.
Who are you, where's Mr.
Turner? Somewhere far out, you pretended to be Turner and you killed her.
You killed Sally Lipton No.
No, I didn't.
Martin's telling the truth.
He didn't kill her.
- How can you see him not do something? - He was there.
He met Sally the night she disappeared.
Same red coat.
But that's it.
When I accused him of killing her and I just saw images of him walking away.
Nothing of the murder.
But if he didn't kill her, what was he doing there? - I don't know.
- What do you mean you don't know? You're a mind reader! How about we stop hitting our heads against brick walls and focus on finding that meeting spot.
Alright, um It was in a park.
There was a stone well and there was a statue of a soldier with the word "Bravery" on a plaque.
I mean, if I saw it, I would recognize it.
Let's see what I can find.
You running some kind of fancy imaging software? Sort of.
I'm typing "Statue", "Soldier", and "Bravery" into a geo-specific search engine and I'm just gonna hit return.
- That's amazing.
- That's it.
That's High Park.
The south entrance by the woods.
Call the canine unit, get a cadaver dog down there.
You don't think that's a bit premature? Sally didn't make it out of those woods.
I think we all know that.
Red jacket.
It's her.
Yup.
Get the body to the coroner for a positive I.
D.
- Yes sir.
- Good work, Logan.
Well, we gotta find who did this.
What's that? It was found in the well with the body.
Let's see.
There's thousands of dollars here.
What was she doing with all that money? The preliminary autopsy shows that Sally died from a gunshot wound to the chest there's no trace yet on the bullet.
There was 20,000 dollars found in the bag that was buried with her.
But no prints on the money or the bag.
Do we have any good news? There's this.
It was found in Sally's coat pocket.
Is that the missing flash drive? - Do you know what's on that? - Not yet.
There's a lot of corrosion, but I'll see what I can get.
OK, so why did Sally have 20 grand with her? Maybe maybe she wasn't as innocent as she seemed? Let's get Martin Bolt back in here.
Now that we've got a body, let's see if we can't make him crack.
Come on now.
Time for you to get all cleaned up.
Hey, Alex.
So, Dev said you were working on the flash drive and we're just waiting for a unit to pick Martin Bolt so I thought I'd check in and see how it's going.
Yeah, sorry.
I've completely taken over your space, but the lab's all backed up and Dev said that you needed this pronto.
Yeah, no, course, that's fine.
- How's it going? - Slow.
But that's usual.
First, I have to make sure all the liquid has evaporated.
But then it's left behind residue, and contaminants, even salt that wreak havoc on the connectors.
So, would that be why my cell didn't work when I dropped it - in the kitchen sink? - Exactly.
- OK.
- But with a little time and effort, each bit of the delicate circuitry can be cleaned and with any luck I think we're gonna need more than luck.
Certainly more than Sally had.
It's awful to think that she was down there all that time.
Such a cold and lonely place.
Yeah, it's always difficult.
Especially when the victim is that young, right? It must hit a little bit closer to home.
Now that I have a daughter of my own, I I can't even imagine what Sally's mom has had to go through.
Becker tries to hide it, but I can tell he's feeling for her, too.
Yeah, maybe there's more to Becker than we all thought.
I think the most important thing now is to find Sally's killer and then make sure that he pays.
Yeah, well, hopefully this flash drive will cooperate.
How soon before you'll know? As soon as I charge it up and see if it blows.
- Well, fingers crossed.
- Hey, Michelle, they got Martin Bolt in the box for you.
Let me know when you have something.
Will do.
Hey, Alex.
- Do you mind if I? - Sure.
Yeah.
- It's really coming along.
- Thanks.
- You do really great work.
- Thank you.
Let me know when you're ready to give it a go.
OK.
Can't wait.
I had nothing to do with killing that girl.
- That is the straight up truth.
- So you didn't get a message to her pretending to be Turner and set up that meet? Mr.
Bolt, I'd advise you not to implicate yourself or others.
But we know the two of you were there in the woods.
If not to kill her, then why were you there? Oh, OK.
You gave her the 20,000, didn't you? - Mr.
Bolt - It was a pay-off, wasn't it? Who sent you? Just tell her to keep her mouth shut.
Take care of it She knew something about the Kellar company the CEO didn't want anyone to find out.
Mr.
Bolt, need I remind you, that "Certain parties" will be very unhappy if you continue to cooperate.
You know, can I give you a little heads up, as well? You're looking at a life sentence here.
Would Sally know what got her killed? I don't know what she knew.
But I know this, that girl was alive when I left her.
Look, Bolt's telling the truth.
That's all he knows.
So if Bolt didn't pull the trigger, who did? - Dylan Stewart.
- No.
Why pay a guy to deliver a bribe and then kill the girl? Why leave 20k down in that well? It doesn't make any sense.
Guys.
I know what Sally Lipton found out.
I was able to salvage enough information off the damaged drive to figure out what she was working on She was investigating every major donor - in the Turner campaign.
- Including the Kellar company? She was a fund-raiser for the campaign, and a huge admirer of his, so She was making sure all of the donors were on the up-and-up.
Exactly.
She was on the same path that The Kellar company was owned by someone else a numbered corporation and there's nothing unusual about that, except that that company was owned by another company, and that was owned by another company, and so on and so on OK, so who actually owns the Kellar company? Well, that question was not so easy to answer.
It would've taken Sally weeks to track down.
Ownership of the Kellar company went from coast-to-coast to overseas, to the Canary Islands, to Monaco, all numbered companies, it's all very difficult to trace.
- Corporal.
- Sorry.
Our squeaky clean eco company is owned by none other than Superior Contracting.
Well, that's basically - another name for the mob.
- And they've made millions building, shoddy roads all across this city, and been accused multiple times of bribing city officials to secure contracts.
So Turner's being funded by the same corruption that he's campaigning against.
Exactly.
They're corrupt, they're powerful and they've got a ton to lose.
I mean, if they don't have a connection at city hall, they're basically out of business.
Excuse me.
Alex? OK.
So Sally found out that the Kellar company was dirty Right.
She tells Turner, who tells Dylan and decides to bribe her, sends Bolt with the money Yeah, but that's not good enough for Turner.
He doesn't want her to talk.
So, he waits till Martin is gone and then he silences her for good.
So, Alex was able to track that book bag by its label.
It's made by a lady, she runs a little shop, and each one is one of a kind.
It was purchased three years ago, on his credit card, and the clerk even remembers selling it to him.
In fact, she's some kind of a fan.
Alex just sent us a picture of the candidate with the bag.
That's it.
We've got him.
No, that only connects Turner to the bribe, that doesn't put the gun in his hand.
No, why would he use a bag that could trace back to him? No, I don't think he meant to leave the bag behind.
He killed her and things just went sideways from there.
What if we charge him and we're wrong? Alright.
We could be walking into a whole pile of it here, but there's only one way of finding out.
Alright.
We'll go get the answers you need.
- Are you sure it's her? - Positive.
She was shot and killed after receiving a $20,000 pay-off - from you and Dylan Stewart.
- No.
That's ridiculous.
My husband would never bribe anyone.
This can't be happening.
Sally figured out that one of your contributors was crooked and she was naive enough to believe that you didn't know about it.
I didn't! I didn't know! I had no idea Kellar was associated with those low-lifes at superior until you just told me, just now.
Well, it was Dylan's idea to bribe her, but that wasn't good enough for you, was it? What? No! You made sure that Martin Bolt was gone and then you killed her.
I have to make them believe me You have no evidence to support this and you can't prove anything because I didn't do anything.
We have this.
It was found with her body.
Where did you get these? Greg? What is it? You were right.
You've been right all along.
I killed Sally Lipton.
No, no.
That's a lie.
You were asleep on that couch for hours and hours.
I know you were! You know he was asleep on the couch because you drugged him.
Don't say anything, Catherine.
You weren't lying when you gave us your husband's alibi.
You knew he was on the couch because you made sure of it.
You had to make sure that he didn't know that you left the house that night.
Catherine I think we should call our lawyer.
How did you find out that Sally knew about the Kellar company? I don't want him to get in trouble You know so much about these things.
She came to you for advice, didn't she? She didn't want him to get in trouble.
Is this your bag? Is that a gift from your husband? Catherine Don't.
You don't have to say anything.
How long did you know that he was getting money from the same corrupt people that he was running against? Greg's a good man.
But he believes he can change things without making backroom deals.
Sally Lipton was just like him.
I told Dylan we couldn't buy her silence with a bribe.
So you killed her.
You did this.
You think you can buy me off with money? I'm calling Mr.
Turner.
And then I'm calling the police.
I can't let you do that.
Greg, I only did it for you.
Please, you have to believe me.
I couldn't stand by and watch her bring you down.
Please.
You killed someone to win an election.
Catherine Turner's signed confession.
She and superior contracting had a deal from the get go: They'd create a eco company as a front to funnel into her husband's campaign.
I guess they were expecting some pretty juicy road contracts once he was in power.
Yeah, she would've had access to a lot of confidential information that would've made winning those contracts a piece of cake.
Yeah, she thought her husband was going to make a big difference in the lives of a lot of people.
She made a deal with the devil.
And then sacrificed a young girl's life to cover it up.
Turner's backing out of the race, citing "Personal issues".
I guess that's too bad, because in the end he was exactly the guy that he said he was.
- Thank you, by the way.
- No problem.
It's what we do.
Hey, can we buy you a drink? This was a long, hard road for you.
No, thank you.
I I've got something that I've been waiting a long time to do.
Sally's mom.
She gets closure.
That's good.
So you were right.
Turner was one of the good guys.
And I'm guessing Metro will be going after superior contracting for illegal campaign contributions? Yeah, well, Dylan Stewart's gonna go down for extortion, along with Martin Bolt.
And Catherine Turner killed her, all because she knew Sally would never break her principles and take a bribe.
Hey.
Wait up, wait up.
Are you kidding me? I've got a story to write.
Hey, I've got - some leftovers? - Sounds great.
Moligen stew.
Got kinda tired with the whole mayoral race after Turner dropped out.
So, I threw all these vegetables into a bowl, added some green beer, and stirred.
Sounds interesting.
What does it taste like? Politics.
- sync & corrections bu wolfen -
Oh, geez.
You've got some real fancy friends, you know that? Yeah, we're not here to rub elbows.
Let's go.
I'm a little underdressed.
- You know my wife, Catherine, of course? - Recognize that guy? The river clean-up is going to have a huge impact on the quality of life in the city.
Yeah, yeah.
That's Greg Turner, right? He's running for mayor again.
He lost by a couple hundred votes last time.
He's with his wife, Catherine and his campaign manager, Steve Garfield.
I haven't really been following the race, but my girlfriend's a huge fan of Turner's, actually.
Says he's exactly what the city needs, you know, an honest, hard-working guy who's gonna make the city a better place.
And that's exactly what she's supposed to believe.
I want you to read him.
Find out whatever you can.
You serious? Look, I You want me to read the guy who's running for mayor? Yeah, is there a problem with that? Kind of have a rule against just randomly reading people.
There's nothing random about this, just take my word for it.
It doesn't work that way.
How does it work? I grab pieces of whatever a person's thinking at the time.
So, Turner would have to be thinking about whatever it is you think he did.
No problem.
Let's go.
Well, I tell you, someone's gotta get in there and clean up the corruption in city hall.
Hello, Turner.
Detective Becker.
What brings you here this evening? Well, I just thought you might be ready to tell me what happened to Sally.
I'd do anything for you.
I'm sorry, would you give us a moment, honey? - Of course.
You'll excuse us, won't you? - Yeah.
Have you met Judith? Detective, if I had any information at all that I thought useful You'd bury it as deep as you could, I know.
This time's gonna be different.
This time, there's just nowhere for you to hide.
Detective Becker, this is a private function at the candidate's home.
Perhaps you should drop by the campaign office tomorrow.
It's Staff Inspector, now.
I'm with the IIB and we're re-opening the Sally Lipton case.
I thought this was all over.
Why don't we take a step over here, - there's somebody you have to meet.
- Sure.
What'd you get? Did you see anything? Nothing concrete.
But I think he knows more about the girl than he's letting on.
What happened to her, anyway? Sally Lipton disappeared three years ago working on Turner's first campaign.
And you think he had something to do with it? He killed her.
Now that I've got you, I'm going to prove it.
- sync & corrections by wolfen- Murderer? Turner's the best thing this city's seen in years.
Well, Becker thinks he's good for it.
I don't buy it.
I've been writing about Turner for three years now.
How he plans to improve public transit, build affordable housing, target corruption at city hall.
I mean, one more term with Mayor Driscoll and the city's sunk.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Look, I got a read that looked like there was something going on between Sally and Turner.
Then why wasn't Turner arrested when she disappeared? I don't know.
I don't know.
But I know that Becker's re-opening the case and we're investigating Greg Turner for murder.
That's off the record, by the way.
Sally Lipton was only 23 years old when she disappeared three years ago while working as a junior fund-raiser on Greg Turner's first campaign.
She looks young, even for 23.
Her mother described her as idealistic to a fault.
Very trusting, but also hardworking and dedicated to whatever cause she threw herself into.
And that cause was Turner? Sally told her roommate she was off to see Turner the night she disappeared.
She was never seen again.
You think there was something going on between the two? She was young and infatuated and he's a politician.
You do the math.
When I saw Sally in Turner's mind.
I mean, nothing explicit but she was definitely infatuated with him.
An affair with a girl that young would have tarnished his good-guy image, ruined his political chances for good.
So, Turner thinks she'll talk and Then he kills her to keep her quiet That's the direction we were headed at metro.
But you guys could never prove it? Nope.
Never found a body.
Never found out where she was meeting Turner, either.
In fact, he had an alibi provided by his wife.
Catherine Turner runs a big eco charity it depends almost exclusively on private donations from wealthy patrons.
She said that he was home with her all night, I don't buy that.
You really think she'd cover for a cheating husband? She had a lot at stake, too.
Yeah, I think she lied.
I think Turner's good for this.
I'm having all the stored evidence from the metro case sent over asap.
Thank you Corporal Sergeant.
I sent over a list of all the people that we interviewed in the first investigation.
Alright, we'll start with the roommate.
She was the last one to see Sally alive.
And I want reads on absolutely everyone.
No exceptions.
Yes, sir.
This one got away from me the first time.
Don't let me down on this.
Alright, he's acting like I'm his personal superpower.
He's still getting used to how your reads work, OK? - And if he's right about Turner - Oh, he better be right.
Because if Tia had to choose between me or Turner this morning You wouldn't be the first one to lose out to a guy with a bigger platform.
Let's figure out what happened to her, come on.
She was my best friend and then she was just gone.
That must have been very difficult for you.
It still is.
But, I've already told the police everything I know.
Sargent Becker interviewed me over and over again.
Well, he hopes by reopening the case with us, having fresh eyes and ears, we might get a new lead or jog loose a new memory.
I just don't know what else I can tell you.
Start from the beginning.
Pretend like we know nothing.
You were the last person to see Sally alive.
She rushed in and out that night.
Said she was going to meet Turner.
I won't be late.
In your initial interviews, you said that you thought that they were having an affair.
She never said anything.
But I know they were.
Turner was all she ever talked about and she'd become really secretive in the last few weeks.
You know if she was messaging Turner or if they were having a relationship online? I don't know.
I know the police couldn't find any proof of an affair or a secret meeting and that Turner just denied everything.
But I know it was him.
She went to meet Turner and then she never came back.
So, you're telling me that the IIB thinks that Turner killed somebody and is covering it up? Keep your voice down.
Well, I think everyone would have heard about it by now.
That's like, international front page headline news.
Yeah, tell me about it.
Not that I can use it.
That's the problem with living with an IIB OP.
You get all this great stuff, you can't write it.
And you cannot say a word.
My lips are sealed, OK? It's the bartender's oath.
This is like attorney-client confidentiality here.
Good.
I don't buy it.
I've met Turner, he is a great guy.
I think so, too.
I mean, I've never met the guy.
I've seen his face on bus benches.
But the IIB thinks that he killed somebody and is covering it up? Toby's boss thinks so.
What, Becker? Nah, nah.
That hardly means it's the truth.
- You don't even know him.
- Hey, I met Becker before you were even in the picture, young lady.
And I know the type, OK? He's like a dog with a bone.
He gets an idea in his head and he doesn't let it go.
How do you think he figured out Toby has his, you know, thing he has.
He just kept pounding and pounding until he cracked it.
And he was right about that.
Right? So, guess that means he could be right about this, too.
No, no, no.
He got lucky once.
I'm willing to bet that Turner is still the guy that he says he is, OK? The guy he seems to be and the guy that this city needs.
Mayor Driscoll is an embarrassment.
Do you know what? I have friends who run the city hall beat they say we don't even know the half of it.
I mean, drinking in the office, women coming and going at all hours.
Hitting on everything that moves.
It's gross.
It's about time we change things.
It's about time someone did something to change things, for a change.
What? You know what I think I'm going to throw my hat into the ring.
Not like I'm not gonna run for mayor But I mean, this is a hub of public discourse and citizenry - and whatnot.
- What are you gonna do? Because buying votes with alcohol is kind of illegal.
That's not the idea.
Although, in this case, you have to admit, - that would be pretty good.
- So what are you going to do? I don't know.
Yet.
And if I did, i wouldn't tell you, OK? It's gotta be perfect.
As for Turner, Toby knows what he's doing.
He'll do the right thing.
Even if his boss pushes him in the wrong direction? Becker's got a lot of power and now with Toby's gift He's got even more.
There was no affair.
The girl was fixated on Turner, worshiped the ground that he walked on, but it was totally one sided.
So why'd he set up the meet with her? She didn't.
You guys have all the phone records, the emails, the texts.
Right, but he probably had a burner phone.
Politicians usually do when they're having illicit affairs with very young women.
Look, you guys have got this all wrong.
Turner's a good man and a man this city desperately needs if we're going to be rid of our lousy excuse of a mayor.
But your boss is on a one man crusade to ruin him.
- I'm going to take you down, Turner.
Promise.
So why do you think Becker has it out for Turner? Because he can't accept that he got it wrong.
Didn't crack the case.
Maybe you two haven't noticed but the guy's a bit of a strong arm.
- Thank you for your time.
- OK.
Alright, what'd you get? Well, the roommate, Veronica, is pretty convinced there was something going on between Sally and Turner.
I saw Sally online at night she was on a web-page with a flying horse on it.
A flying horse? A a file-storing site I know has something like that.
Come on, how do you do that? Yeah, that's it.
We never found anything like this in the first investigation.
Let me look into it.
Even if the account's been deleted there's still maybe fragments of files buried deep in the server.
Who else did you get? The campaign manager, Steve, is just as convinced there was nothing going on.
But you read him right? I mean he's lying.
I don't think so.
He might not be right, but he believes what he said.
I thought this gift of yours was supposed to make solving cases easier? It's not really that straight forward.
I'm starting to see that.
Please tell me you got something else off him? Nothing relevant, no.
That's great.
That's just great.
So we haven't been able to clarify motive at all.
Alright, well let's see how we do on opportunity.
Go talk to Turner's wife.
She's the one who supplied the alibi.
See what you can read, push her hard, then use that information to get her to recant.
And this time, please come back with something concrete.
I'm not watching this creep waltz his way into city hall without a fight.
How did the campaign manager put it, again? Something about a strong arm.
Guys.
I was talking to an old friend at metro, you know, when they were sending over the old I.
T.
Files.
- Yeah? - And during the first Sally Lipton investigation, Becker was sanctioned after Turner lodged a harassment complaint.
It took him two years to get his next promotion.
- What? - Toby got a read from the campaign manager.
I heard Becker threaten Turner, said he was going to "Take him down.
" Well, he wouldn't be the first cop who got obsessed with the wrong man's guilt.
Or he's just trying to get that black check mark taken off of his record.
So, he's not his biggest fan of the guy, but you guys think - he's gonna go that far? - No But I mean, how well do we really know him? He does only seem to be looking for whatever reads - make Turner look good for it.
- OK.
So, what do we do? First, we go talk to the wife.
If Toby says the alibi sticks, the gloves come off.
I can offer you tea.
I'm afraid there's not much else in the house with all the campaigning It's fine, Mrs.
Turner.
We won't be long.
We just have a couple of questions for you.
Anything I can do to help.
I didn't know Sally well, but she was an intern at my charity before she moved over to the campaign.
What her poor family must be going through Mrs.
Turner, it's been suggested that Sally and your husband were having an affair.
My husband isn't that kind of man.
And he'd never take advantage of a young woman's trust.
Good to a fault But Sally's roommate said that Sally was meeting your husband the night that she disappeared.
That - Doesn't concern you at all? - How could it? Greg was home with me - from seven o'clock on.
- You're certain? He was asleep on that couch he walked in the door.
Honey, wake up I coaxed him up to bed around midnight.
The usual routine during an exhausting campaign.
- OK, well thank you for your time.
- If there's anything else - Of course.
Sweetheart? I saw the car out front.
I didn't know we were expecting Anyone.
You were at the fundraiser last night.
That's right.
We're from the IIB.
We're investigating Sally Lipton's disappearance.
First you confront me at a private function and now here you are harassing my wife.
- Greg, please - No, no, no, sweetheart.
This is unacceptable, it's gone too far.
This is blatant police targeting days before the election and I won't stand for it.
You think the police should be concerned with optics, Mr.
Turner? I think your boss is trying to destroy me to protect his own career.
And if you're not careful, - he's gonna bring you down with him.
- I'll see to it.
Thank you for your time.
So was I reading you right in there? The wife's telling the truth.
I saw Turner asleep on the couch the night Sally disappeared.
You're sure? Yeah, I think Becker's out for the wrong man.
Bringing us down with him.
You're sure that's what you saw? It was a clear read.
I saw him asleep on the couch.
Did you see a calendar? You see a clock on the wall? How do you know Turner's wife was - even thinking of the right night? - Memories usually flow from the question being asked.
- It's not pure science - Then you asked the wrong questions! Get back there.
Talk to her again and get me something I can use.
Sergeant? Look, I understand - where you're coming from.
- You do? You feel in your gut that Turner's good for this and you want to follow that instinct.
We've all been there.
Get to the point, McCluskey.
You're being an ass.
- Excuse me? - We're running out of leads On Turner, just like you did back at metro.
And you're too blind to see it.
If you don't back up and take a look at the brick wall that you're running all of our heads into, You're going to end up sanctioned for the second time.
Sit down.
You ever had an unsolved case like this? Of course.
We all have.
Sally's mother calls me once a month looking for an update.
Once a month for three years.
And every time I've gotta tell her I've got nothing.
That's why you can't let this go? Is there a competing theory out there? They think I'm trying to move up the ladder by getting a conviction on Mr.
Clean, get that citation removed from my file, is that right? They won't anymore.
Next time Sally's mother calls, - I'm going to have answers.
- Yeah, you will.
But you need to let us start looking at other options.
Becker says that we can widen the investigation and ease up on Turner.
- You hypnotized him, right? - That was plan B.
Dev, tell me you have something.
Well, it's something.
I managed to locate fragments of deleted files from Sally's cancelled andromeda account but it's just bits and pieces.
You're not kidding.
It's just a jumble of words and short phrases.
Right now, but if I run it through a program that orders everything according to frequency of repetitions The more she used a word, the higher up on the list it went.
That's right.
So once you get through the obvious words: "And", "The", etcetera.
You get Turner.
Hundreds of times.
But that's not unusual, I mean she worked for him, right? She did But then there's this.
Kellar.
Who's Kellar? I don't know, but her deleted files have that name even more than Turner's.
And she transferred all the files mentioning Kellar to a flash drive before deleting them.
All on the same night she disappeared.
We all assumed that Sally was emailing Turner late at night to try to hide their affair.
Maybe she was hiding something else? Did the roommate ever mention anything about Kellar - in the initial interviews? - No one did.
Like I said, it's not much.
What if she was seeing someone else? Yeah, but her roommate said she had crazy hours.
Maybe this Kellar person did, too? Let's go speak to the campaign boss.
Kellar isn't a person, the Kellar company is one of our biggest campaign contributors.
Well, what can you tell us about them? They focus on green products, recycling programs, solar research Do you have any idea what connection Sally might've had to the Kellar company? Something she wanted to keep secret? I have no idea.
The head of fundraising handles all their contributions personally.
Sally would've had nothing to do with them.
We lose Kellar, we lose everything.
So, who would we contact there? You have heard of something called obstruction of justice, right? It comes with a nice long prison term.
The CEO's name is Dylan Stewart.
- His offices are down on Adelaide.
- Thank you.
- You see the look he gave me? - Good thing I know CPR.
Now you're after the Kellar company? We're not "After" anyone.
It sounds like Becker is.
He's gunning for Turner, and now he's wants to drag a company who should be given Earth day awards into this witch hunt.
Tia? Witch hunt? It's an investigation.
Verging on police harassment, if it's not there already.
I'm not the only one who's made that accusation, am I? Becker got into a little heat the last time He worked this case.
It just makes me wonder about his political leanings.
Political leanings? You ask Turner's biggest contributor questions that link him to Sally's disappearance? They could drop him, Toby.
Done.
Over.
We're back to mayor Driscoll and his wall-to-wall corruption.
Look, Sally was 23 years old.
I think her family deserves some answers.
Don't you? - Hey! Who wants a beer? - I do.
- What colour? - Colour? Oh, well, you see, we're running an informal election-based poll, completely unbiased.
We've coloured two of the drafts, one for each of the leading candidates, and we're gonna be tallying up the orders for each.
So, what's Turner's colour? I'll have a non-alcoholic one of those.
Green, it is.
You know, 'cause he's so eco.
- And for you, sir? - What colour is the current mayor's? Oh, well, Driscoll's is a delicate shade that we're referring to as gutter scum.
It's a kind of a reddish, brownish, sorta sickly blah - Totally unbiased.
- Two greens it is.
Look, I just needed to talk, to get this off my chest.
I'm not comfortable with this investigation either.
A young girl's missing.
I get it.
I do.
So shouldn't I do whatever I can - to find out what happened to her? - Yes.
Of course.
But in this case, I think Becker's turned you into his own illegal wire-tapping service.
And I don't think that's why you joined the IIB.
What if Tia's right and this is police harassment? Well, everyone has to answer to the law.
Mr.
Stewart, we're with the IIB.
We have a few questions for you regarding Sally Lipton's disappearance.
Yeah, I was glad to hear you re-opened the case.
What do you mean she found out? Who the hell is this girl? Oh, so you knew Sally Lipton? Well no, I never met the girl, but everyone from the campaign was talking about it at the time.
She was very interested in your company.
Do you have any idea why? Lots of young people are interested in the Kellar company.
It's not that surprising.
Do you know why she was researching you guys? Or what she might've found out? I've put Bolt on it.
Don't worry.
I'm sorry, no.
And I apologize, But I've got a meeting across town that I'm already late for.
So you don't know what happened to Sally? No, of course not.
Take care of it.
I only wish I could help.
If there's anything else, please don't hesitate.
We won't.
I think I might have just seen Sally's killer.
So Kellar's not a person.
It's a company and it's a contributor to Turner's campaign? When we interviewed the CEO, Dylan Stewart, we got a read of this guy here.
- Who is that? - We're not sure, but we think that his last name might be Bolt.
That's right.
I got a clear read of Dylan telling Bolt to "Take care of it".
I never even seen these guys before.
The Kellar company was Turner's biggest campaign contributor, but Sally had no direct contact with them.
So, then why would the CEO want to kill her? It was something she knew.
I saw Dylan on the phone promising to keep her quiet.
We think that she may have found out some dirt on the company.
I've taken a cursory look at Kellar company and Stewart, - but nothing appears out of line.
- Keep looking.
- And find this mystery man.
- Yes, sir.
Toby and I'll go talk to the roommate again.
Maybe she knew what Sally found out and just didn't realize it was important.
Thanks.
Just hold up a sec, guys, listen, I got a call from the superintendent this morning.
About what? Well, she told me in not so many words to back off Turner until after the election.
So because he's a politician, he gets a get out of jail free card? Yeah.
Something about not interfering with the democratic process.
But the investigation is steering away from Turner, now.
We're looking at the Kellar company at this point.
Which happens to be one of Turner's biggest campaign contributors.
Listen, all that matters is if we don't back down now, you guys could end up with black marks on your records.
I should know.
I can't drag you down with me.
Michelle's right.
The law shouldn't apply differently to different people.
We go where the evidence leads us.
I don't remember Sally ever talking about the Kellar company.
What about this guy? Dylan Stewart.
Do you recognize him? I've never seen him before.
But, I think I recognize him.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
He was the cop that came by later and picked up the rest of Sally's stuff.
I've already told the other detectives from metro everything I know.
You mean, the police came back? It was a couple of weeks after she was gone, he came by and practically cleared out the place.
Did he show you a badge? No, I don't think so.
You think it was him? So Sally's got something on the Kellar company? Right.
Which she was working on secretly, and I think is on that flash drive.
She confronts Dylan with the info, threatens him, maybe? And Dylan gets our mystery man to kill her.
And then the same guy poses as a cop, to try to get the drive from the rest of her things.
But why kill her when you don't have all the evidence.
It doesn't add up.
I ran the sketch from Toby's read through facial recognition with the last name Bolt - and boom, I got a hit.
- Nice.
First name's Martin, he's a security expert.
I'll text you his current address.
- Thank you.
- Let's go.
Well, the informal poll has Turner winning by a landslide.
Apparently, only 3 people out of 100 ordered the gutter scum.
Hey, what's with the long face? You're a Turner supporter, right? Officially, I'm unbiased.
But yes, 100% I am in the Turner camp.
What if Toby's boss is right? What if Turner isn't the good guy I think he is and I just don't want to believe it? What if he's just a slimy politician who's played me? Well, I think you still gotta believe in heroes, even if sometimes you get it wrong.
That might be OK for regular people I like to consider myself extra regular.
I didn't mean that.
I mean, I'm a journalist.
Like clockwork.
It's my job to keep an objective stance.
I'm worried I let blind faith cloud my coverage of this guy.
Tia.
You are a fantastic reporter.
OK, your column is like, the only thing I read that's not Fantasy Basketball.
And your job is to just keep trying to get it right.
That's what you do.
- Thank you, Oz.
- And don't lose faith in the good guys.
Now, can I interest you in one of our candidate sandwiches? - Sure.
- OK, we've got the Turner, which is free-range chicken on organic arugula on an artisan spelt roll.
You know what? I'll take the driscoll.
Just to maintain my neutrality.
OK.
One canned pork product on a day-old bun, coming up.
We have a witness who will testify that you impersonated a police officer to steal personal belongings from a murder victim.
Eye witness testimony is notoriously unreliable, especially three years out.
My client denies any knowledge of Sally Lipton or her disappearance.
You know, you're a pretty high priced muzzle for a glorified security guard.
- Who's paying your bills, Martin? - Don't answer that.
Dylan Stewart? The Kellar company? Just keep your mouth shut, Martin, and you're safe.
He hired you, didn't he? Hired you to kill Sally.
Don't say anything.
Is there something about the right to remain silent that eludes you? He told you to "Take care of it".
And you did.
Stop harassing my client.
He can remain silent, but that doesn't mean we have to.
You lured her out into the woods, somewhere her body would never be found.
Who are you, where's Mr.
Turner? Somewhere far out, you pretended to be Turner and you killed her.
You killed Sally Lipton No.
No, I didn't.
Martin's telling the truth.
He didn't kill her.
- How can you see him not do something? - He was there.
He met Sally the night she disappeared.
Same red coat.
But that's it.
When I accused him of killing her and I just saw images of him walking away.
Nothing of the murder.
But if he didn't kill her, what was he doing there? - I don't know.
- What do you mean you don't know? You're a mind reader! How about we stop hitting our heads against brick walls and focus on finding that meeting spot.
Alright, um It was in a park.
There was a stone well and there was a statue of a soldier with the word "Bravery" on a plaque.
I mean, if I saw it, I would recognize it.
Let's see what I can find.
You running some kind of fancy imaging software? Sort of.
I'm typing "Statue", "Soldier", and "Bravery" into a geo-specific search engine and I'm just gonna hit return.
- That's amazing.
- That's it.
That's High Park.
The south entrance by the woods.
Call the canine unit, get a cadaver dog down there.
You don't think that's a bit premature? Sally didn't make it out of those woods.
I think we all know that.
Red jacket.
It's her.
Yup.
Get the body to the coroner for a positive I.
D.
- Yes sir.
- Good work, Logan.
Well, we gotta find who did this.
What's that? It was found in the well with the body.
Let's see.
There's thousands of dollars here.
What was she doing with all that money? The preliminary autopsy shows that Sally died from a gunshot wound to the chest there's no trace yet on the bullet.
There was 20,000 dollars found in the bag that was buried with her.
But no prints on the money or the bag.
Do we have any good news? There's this.
It was found in Sally's coat pocket.
Is that the missing flash drive? - Do you know what's on that? - Not yet.
There's a lot of corrosion, but I'll see what I can get.
OK, so why did Sally have 20 grand with her? Maybe maybe she wasn't as innocent as she seemed? Let's get Martin Bolt back in here.
Now that we've got a body, let's see if we can't make him crack.
Come on now.
Time for you to get all cleaned up.
Hey, Alex.
So, Dev said you were working on the flash drive and we're just waiting for a unit to pick Martin Bolt so I thought I'd check in and see how it's going.
Yeah, sorry.
I've completely taken over your space, but the lab's all backed up and Dev said that you needed this pronto.
Yeah, no, course, that's fine.
- How's it going? - Slow.
But that's usual.
First, I have to make sure all the liquid has evaporated.
But then it's left behind residue, and contaminants, even salt that wreak havoc on the connectors.
So, would that be why my cell didn't work when I dropped it - in the kitchen sink? - Exactly.
- OK.
- But with a little time and effort, each bit of the delicate circuitry can be cleaned and with any luck I think we're gonna need more than luck.
Certainly more than Sally had.
It's awful to think that she was down there all that time.
Such a cold and lonely place.
Yeah, it's always difficult.
Especially when the victim is that young, right? It must hit a little bit closer to home.
Now that I have a daughter of my own, I I can't even imagine what Sally's mom has had to go through.
Becker tries to hide it, but I can tell he's feeling for her, too.
Yeah, maybe there's more to Becker than we all thought.
I think the most important thing now is to find Sally's killer and then make sure that he pays.
Yeah, well, hopefully this flash drive will cooperate.
How soon before you'll know? As soon as I charge it up and see if it blows.
- Well, fingers crossed.
- Hey, Michelle, they got Martin Bolt in the box for you.
Let me know when you have something.
Will do.
Hey, Alex.
- Do you mind if I? - Sure.
Yeah.
- It's really coming along.
- Thanks.
- You do really great work.
- Thank you.
Let me know when you're ready to give it a go.
OK.
Can't wait.
I had nothing to do with killing that girl.
- That is the straight up truth.
- So you didn't get a message to her pretending to be Turner and set up that meet? Mr.
Bolt, I'd advise you not to implicate yourself or others.
But we know the two of you were there in the woods.
If not to kill her, then why were you there? Oh, OK.
You gave her the 20,000, didn't you? - Mr.
Bolt - It was a pay-off, wasn't it? Who sent you? Just tell her to keep her mouth shut.
Take care of it She knew something about the Kellar company the CEO didn't want anyone to find out.
Mr.
Bolt, need I remind you, that "Certain parties" will be very unhappy if you continue to cooperate.
You know, can I give you a little heads up, as well? You're looking at a life sentence here.
Would Sally know what got her killed? I don't know what she knew.
But I know this, that girl was alive when I left her.
Look, Bolt's telling the truth.
That's all he knows.
So if Bolt didn't pull the trigger, who did? - Dylan Stewart.
- No.
Why pay a guy to deliver a bribe and then kill the girl? Why leave 20k down in that well? It doesn't make any sense.
Guys.
I know what Sally Lipton found out.
I was able to salvage enough information off the damaged drive to figure out what she was working on She was investigating every major donor - in the Turner campaign.
- Including the Kellar company? She was a fund-raiser for the campaign, and a huge admirer of his, so She was making sure all of the donors were on the up-and-up.
Exactly.
She was on the same path that The Kellar company was owned by someone else a numbered corporation and there's nothing unusual about that, except that that company was owned by another company, and that was owned by another company, and so on and so on OK, so who actually owns the Kellar company? Well, that question was not so easy to answer.
It would've taken Sally weeks to track down.
Ownership of the Kellar company went from coast-to-coast to overseas, to the Canary Islands, to Monaco, all numbered companies, it's all very difficult to trace.
- Corporal.
- Sorry.
Our squeaky clean eco company is owned by none other than Superior Contracting.
Well, that's basically - another name for the mob.
- And they've made millions building, shoddy roads all across this city, and been accused multiple times of bribing city officials to secure contracts.
So Turner's being funded by the same corruption that he's campaigning against.
Exactly.
They're corrupt, they're powerful and they've got a ton to lose.
I mean, if they don't have a connection at city hall, they're basically out of business.
Excuse me.
Alex? OK.
So Sally found out that the Kellar company was dirty Right.
She tells Turner, who tells Dylan and decides to bribe her, sends Bolt with the money Yeah, but that's not good enough for Turner.
He doesn't want her to talk.
So, he waits till Martin is gone and then he silences her for good.
So, Alex was able to track that book bag by its label.
It's made by a lady, she runs a little shop, and each one is one of a kind.
It was purchased three years ago, on his credit card, and the clerk even remembers selling it to him.
In fact, she's some kind of a fan.
Alex just sent us a picture of the candidate with the bag.
That's it.
We've got him.
No, that only connects Turner to the bribe, that doesn't put the gun in his hand.
No, why would he use a bag that could trace back to him? No, I don't think he meant to leave the bag behind.
He killed her and things just went sideways from there.
What if we charge him and we're wrong? Alright.
We could be walking into a whole pile of it here, but there's only one way of finding out.
Alright.
We'll go get the answers you need.
- Are you sure it's her? - Positive.
She was shot and killed after receiving a $20,000 pay-off - from you and Dylan Stewart.
- No.
That's ridiculous.
My husband would never bribe anyone.
This can't be happening.
Sally figured out that one of your contributors was crooked and she was naive enough to believe that you didn't know about it.
I didn't! I didn't know! I had no idea Kellar was associated with those low-lifes at superior until you just told me, just now.
Well, it was Dylan's idea to bribe her, but that wasn't good enough for you, was it? What? No! You made sure that Martin Bolt was gone and then you killed her.
I have to make them believe me You have no evidence to support this and you can't prove anything because I didn't do anything.
We have this.
It was found with her body.
Where did you get these? Greg? What is it? You were right.
You've been right all along.
I killed Sally Lipton.
No, no.
That's a lie.
You were asleep on that couch for hours and hours.
I know you were! You know he was asleep on the couch because you drugged him.
Don't say anything, Catherine.
You weren't lying when you gave us your husband's alibi.
You knew he was on the couch because you made sure of it.
You had to make sure that he didn't know that you left the house that night.
Catherine I think we should call our lawyer.
How did you find out that Sally knew about the Kellar company? I don't want him to get in trouble You know so much about these things.
She came to you for advice, didn't she? She didn't want him to get in trouble.
Is this your bag? Is that a gift from your husband? Catherine Don't.
You don't have to say anything.
How long did you know that he was getting money from the same corrupt people that he was running against? Greg's a good man.
But he believes he can change things without making backroom deals.
Sally Lipton was just like him.
I told Dylan we couldn't buy her silence with a bribe.
So you killed her.
You did this.
You think you can buy me off with money? I'm calling Mr.
Turner.
And then I'm calling the police.
I can't let you do that.
Greg, I only did it for you.
Please, you have to believe me.
I couldn't stand by and watch her bring you down.
Please.
You killed someone to win an election.
Catherine Turner's signed confession.
She and superior contracting had a deal from the get go: They'd create a eco company as a front to funnel into her husband's campaign.
I guess they were expecting some pretty juicy road contracts once he was in power.
Yeah, she would've had access to a lot of confidential information that would've made winning those contracts a piece of cake.
Yeah, she thought her husband was going to make a big difference in the lives of a lot of people.
She made a deal with the devil.
And then sacrificed a young girl's life to cover it up.
Turner's backing out of the race, citing "Personal issues".
I guess that's too bad, because in the end he was exactly the guy that he said he was.
- Thank you, by the way.
- No problem.
It's what we do.
Hey, can we buy you a drink? This was a long, hard road for you.
No, thank you.
I I've got something that I've been waiting a long time to do.
Sally's mom.
She gets closure.
That's good.
So you were right.
Turner was one of the good guys.
And I'm guessing Metro will be going after superior contracting for illegal campaign contributions? Yeah, well, Dylan Stewart's gonna go down for extortion, along with Martin Bolt.
And Catherine Turner killed her, all because she knew Sally would never break her principles and take a bribe.
Hey.
Wait up, wait up.
Are you kidding me? I've got a story to write.
Hey, I've got - some leftovers? - Sounds great.
Moligen stew.
Got kinda tired with the whole mayoral race after Turner dropped out.
So, I threw all these vegetables into a bowl, added some green beer, and stirred.
Sounds interesting.
What does it taste like? Politics.
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