Homicide: Life on the Street s06e05 Episode Script

I was in Baltimore on October 9th.
I went down there to talk to Brittany.
- State her full name.
- Brittany Janaway.
'Hi, sweetheart.
Wave to Mom.
' 'I love you, Daddy.
' I took a cab to her house.
What happened after you got there? I I saw her getting attacked in her house, in the family room.
I I was right outside the window.
She was screaming.
Did you see or hear who was attacking Brittany? No.
Then a door slammed at the next house.
I ran my ass out of there.
He confirms what we know, he's vague about what we don't.
He's lying.
He'd be better off telling us he didn't see anything at all.
If he's our whole case, we're in trouble.
We should start by having the police reinterview Janaway.
There is an easy way out.
If the girl was raped in Baltimore, we hand them jurisdiction.
The girl died here.
It's our case.
Baltimore will fight us to extradite Janaway.
Possession is nine tenths of the law.
As long as Janaway's here, we're keeping him.
- Where is he, Counsellor? - What's going on here? Dr Janaway has left the building.
Don't say, "I told you so.
" I was never convinced the father wasn't involved.
- So where are Dr and Mrs Janaway? - I don't know.
- They knew we wanted to talk to them? - I didn't have to draw them a diagram.
You want to hazard a guess as to where they went? I would guess they went home to Baltimore.
- Aisle or window? - What? On the Southbound to Charm City.
Look at all the shiny happy people.
Yeah, well, they just survived a train ride.
Where the hell is Munch? What kind of name is Munch? It sounds like foreplay.
- His mama married a mutt.
- Uh-huh.
Hey, you married, or you just wear that for protection? - I don't want to talk about it.
- Oh, come on.
It can't be that bad.
What do you know? You divorced? Define divorced.
Are you still married? You got some Jane Eyre thing going on? You got her locked up somewhere? You got chased out of Seattle, didn't you? - Meldrick! - Munchkin! What you get yourself into? Same pile, different foot.
Detectives Curtis and Briscoe.
Detective Ballard.
Curtis is married.
Briscoe's circling the drain.
Hi.
OK, who's riding with me? We are.
You boys have a good trip down? I'm pretty sure that in another life, Briscoe and Munch were married.
Detective Bayliss.
Are these Detectives Briscoe and Curtis from New York City? Has Charon sent his minions across the Styx again? - What, Frank? - Charon, the god of the dead.
We arrested a guy who belonged to Briscoe and Curtis.
They took possession, and the bastard popped a hole in his vena cava.
He died right there on the platform at Penn Station.
It was just eerie.
Ah, Detective Munch, Detective Falsone.
What brings you to Baltimore? Gee, we're sorry it took longer than we planned.
You've brought friends with you.
Curtis, Briscoe.
Please, step into my office.
Lieutenant Van Buren called.
She wants one of you to call Jack McCoy.
She say why? If Dr Janaway is arrested here, the DA in New York will want to extradite.
We bag this Janaway guy, and these humps get to take him back north? - Us humps have a jurisdiction claim.
- We all know what happened last time.
Wait.
Let's find him first, all right? Talk to me.
The original suspect claims he saw Brittany assaulted here in Baltimore.
- By whom? - Dear old dad.
We'll get a search warrant for the house right away.
Next? Janaway still keeps an office at Madison General.
Good.
Falsone, take Curtis over to the house with a lab crew.
Briscoe, as unseemly as it may be, ride with Munch over to the hospital.
- You call us humps? - It's texture.
I had to make him think I cared.
I don't give a crap who fries the bastard.
- Why did Janaway quit working here? - He never told me.
But it was after his daughter showed up here from school, and she was bleeding.
Bleeding from what? - Injury? Being beaten? - I don't remember.
Steve made a point of keeping it quiet.
He was shaken up by the whole thing.
You can talk to one of the emergency room RNs.
They could tell you more.
- Nice neighbourhood.
- Yeah.
My street looks just like this, only dirtier and more run-down.
- New York cops make good cake? - Yeah, if you put your time in.
- What, no moonlighting? - Never had to.
Mm.
I've tended bar, I've nightwatched and driven a cab.
I was thinking of printing up one of those bikini calendars, "Cops of Baltimore".
- What happened? - You seen the cops in Baltimore? You're right.
Munch in a thong would be hard on the eyes.
Give us a minute to see if the suspect is here.
Hey, which window did Ramirez say he saw the assault? Right side of the house, past some French doors.
Where the hell's that sound coming from? Hey, open the door.
Come on! - What are you doing? - There goes the crime scene.
Have a seat, Mrs Janaway, and we'll be right with you.
This is Mrs Janaway.
We found her with a Hoover in her hand.
The housekeeper didn't show up so she started cleaning the place herself.
- She was vacuuming a crime scene? - Forensics got a full cleaning bag.
That'll speed things up.
- Any word from Munch and Briscoe? - They're still at the hospital.
Falsone, Janine called for you, wouldn't leave her last name.
- That's cos it's mine.
Ex-wife.
- Oh, your son is fine and not to worry.
- Not to worry? About what? - She didn't say.
You want to make a call? I'll get started with Mrs Janaway.
Nah, it's Janine's way of reminding me that she holds all the cards.
She's got sole custody of my kid.
- Monica Mason? - Yes, how can I help you? Detective Munch and Detective Briscoe.
Dr Crandall said we should talk to you.
A doctor referring somebody to a nurse? That's a first.
You were on duty a few years ago when Brittany was brought in for some kind of bleeding.
Yeah, I remember.
- What kind of an injury was it? - Vaginal.
There had been a tear.
- Who brought her in? - Paramedics.
- Who treated her? - Her father.
He insisted.
- I'm surprised Dr Crandall told you.
- Why? Dr Janaway was adamant that we keep quiet about what had happened.
- Did he say why? - He didn't want his wife to know.
So she wouldn't worry, I guess.
Thanks.
So would you tell us why you and your husband left New York so abruptly? Well, after that man was arrested for killing Brittany, and all the press, we just wanted to get away.
The man in New York is no longer a suspect.
Brittany's killer is still out there? Do you have any other suspects? Where can we find your husband? My husband? Why do you want to talk to Steven? We have a witness who saw someone attacking Brittany in your house.
We just want to talk to him.
Steven is a devoted father.
He adored her.
Did he spend a lot of time alone with your daughter? Well, yes, like all fathers should.
Has he ever been accused of being a danger to children? Never.
- He didn't have an attraction for her? - Good Lord, no.
Absolutely, no.
That's awful.
How can you even think that? Because it happens.
Was your husband alone with Brittany the night she was attacked? Oh, you're wrong.
You're wrong.
We would love to be wrong, but we need to talk to him to find that out.
Ma'am, where is he? - Can I help you? - Depends on who you are.
I'm Chis Chandler, the club pro.
John Munch, Lennie Briscoe.
Jewish cops.
We got a shot at joining this club? We want to talk to Dr Steven Janaway.
He and his partner should be off the 18th momentarily.
His daughter dies five days ago, and he's out whacking the pill.
Are you gonna wait for him? He won't try to convert anybody, don't worry.
OK.
So, Munch, you ever play golf? Once.
I agree with Mark Twain.
All a golf game does is ruin a good walk.
- You weren't any good at it.
- I didn't want to be.
What philosophy is that? You didn't want to be good at something? I know you hold me in moderate esteem at best, but you don't really know me.
You wear a badge and you avenge the dead.
I think I know you.
Here he is.
- Dr Janaway? - Yes? Detective John Munch, Baltimore Police Department.
Detective Briscoe.
Yes, hello.
Detective.
- Doctor, we need an hour of your time.
- Why? About what? There's a couple of things in the case that have changed.
I'd love to help you, but I'm due home right now.
It won't take long.
- You arrested somebody in New York.
- Car's right over here, huh? Carl, would you take these for me, please? 'Did you read him his rights? ' 'No, he came in voluntarily.
' All right, play it close to the vest.
Don't let him talk about the murder without telling him he's a suspect.
Right, Gee.
Is my wife here yet? Nope.
Really? It's not like her.
- Is she a good wife that way? - What way do you mean? I mean is she there for you, sickness and health, richer or poorer? - Yes.
- You're a lucky man.
- How long you been married? - 21 years.
You hit marital paydirt, didn't you? Yes.
- You ever get bored? - Bored how? Of your wife.
Every day, the same face, the same voice, the perfunctory sex, the same problems, the deals you have to make to help you cope with the crushing dullness of married life.
Now I know I know you.
I love my wife.
OK, three years ago did you treat your daughter for vaginal bleeding at Madison General ER? Yes.
And did you ask the staff there to exercise discretion in discussing it? Why am I here? First I have to tell you something.
- What? - You have the right to an attorney.
You have the right to shut up right now.
- You understand? - Yes.
- Were you in Baltimore two weeks ago? - Yes.
- Were your wife and daughter with you? - Yes.
You're aware that the ME determined that Brittany suffered a rape-like attack, which over two or three weeks evolved into toxic shock syndrome? Yes.
And given the time frame of that attack, in all likelihood it happened here in Baltimore.
I suppose that makes sense, yes.
And when she was 11, you treated your daughter for internal bleeding, and you covered it up.
Yes.
I know your daughter was only 14 when she died but when she dressed up for work she didn't look anything like a pubescent teenager.
Yes.
- You see where I'm goin' with this? - Yes.
Dr Janaway, as a result of some corrupted image of her as some kind of object of beauty, and and maybe encouraged by past behaviour, did you in fact sexually assault your daughter? No.
No, I did not.
- We think you did.
- I don't give a damn what you think.
Well, we got you in the house the night it happened.
We have an eyewitness, we have credible evidence of prior child abuse, and we have a little girl too weak to defend herself, who is now dead.
You think I raped my daughter? Then prove it.
Hi, Jack.
Brushing up on your law-school-library power nap? I guess I'm losing my touch.
Janaway was just brought in for questioning in Baltimore.
You're going down to contest jurisdiction? If he's charged, yes.
Have the research on concurrent jurisdiction? It's on my computer.
I just have to print it out.
Danvers'll argue it's a felony murder, that the underlying felony took place in Baltimore.
That's the obvious argument.
It's a winner, unless you redraw the map of New York City to include Baltimore.
I'm gonna redefine the crime, murder two, depraved indifference.
In New York, Dr Janaway knew she was dying and did nothing to save her.
Well, you might win a consolation prize for most creative entry.
- It's worth a train trip.
- You seem so excited.
After the hoops Drake has put us through, I want his head over my mantle, right next to his client.
They serve out good justice too, Jack.
Brittany Janaway died here, she's buried here, she's going to get justice here.
- 'Hello? ' - Hey, Janine.
It's me.
- Is Daniel all right? - 'Yeah, he was in the hospital.
' - When? - 'The day I called you.
He had a fever.
'He's fine.
Thanks for calling right back.
' - Can I talk to him? Just a second.
- 'He's not feeling Call back later.
' - I just want to hear him say Daddy.
- 'That's the other line.
I gotta go.
' Come on, we gotta get to the courthouse for the hearing.
- Ed? - Jack McCoy.
- Hello.
- Ed Danvers.
Nice to meet you.
- How was the trip down? - Uneventful, which is the way I like it.
- What's the name of the judge? - Susan Aandahl.
- You know her, then? - Yes.
A little unfair, don't you think? Two against one? Ha.
I know your reputation.
I'll take the odds.
- Is this a done deal? - I don't know.
- You don't know? - No, Detectives.
I don't.
Each position has merit.
Hey, don't let us down.
This jag has to answer for what he did in our yard.
All right.
Good morning, everybody, and welcome.
I only ask that we keep the tone civil and the rhetoric to a minimum.
Mr McCoy, approach.
Yes, Your Honour.
The District Attorney of - How's Adam? - Adam? Adam Schiff? Yes.
Ten years ago, I was an Assistant DA in New York in Adam's office.
- He's doing fine.
Why did you leave? - I was a Mets fan.
- He's a Red Sox fan.
- Exactly.
After Buckner booted that grounder, Adam wouldn't give me the time of day.
This woman hates me.
- Please, give him my best.
- Sure.
- Mr McCoy, you may proceed.
- Yes, Your Honour.
The District Attorney of the County of New York will stipulate that the rape of Brittany Janaway occurred in this jurisdiction.
What did not occur in this jurisdiction was her death.
The infection that killed her progressed while she was in her father's custody, with his knowledge, and in the City of New York.
We're asking for the Governor's signature to extradite.
You're up.
There's no evidence Janaway had any knowledge that his daughter was suffering from advanced toxic shock.
He was a highly regarded physician.
This is not depraved indifference.
This is felony murder.
The predicate crime is rape and it doesn't matter where she died.
It matters when.
He watched her die over the course of two weeks.
He could have saved her, but he didn't, and that is depraved indifference.
Why did he try to save her life when she expired? Fear or change of heart.
It doesn't alter our contention that as she was dying, he took no action.
He was found on his knees, crying, forcing his breath into her lungs.
Performing for the witness.
Well, he's in our jail.
Nine tenths of the law.
- And we have the eyewitness.
- So much for rhetoric and civility.
Mr McCoy, I agree with your argument, but you cannot answer why he tried to resuscitate if he wanted her to die.
Pending indictment, Dr Janaway will be tried here in this court for the murder of his daughter Brittany.
Mr Danvers, in fairness to the District Attorney of New York, I am going to cross-designate counsel pro hac vice.
You both want him, you both get him.
The trial date is a month from today.
- Hey, so where's Danvers? - Over at the courthouse.
Let me have another shot.
Buy you a drink? Glenlivet rocks, please.
- It's your first time in Baltimore, huh? - Yes.
- You hate it, right? - No, why? New Yorkers hate every city but theirs.
You ever wonder what some of these dead people might have become, you know, if they lived? Some guy who got whacked on the subway, he might have discovered the cure for cancer.
Or maybe Brittany, she could have been a scientist or a teacher, a mother.
He's gonna answer for it, Falsone.
Don't worry.
Yeah, well, I want him to suffer for it.
I had this buddy when I was seven or eight or I don't know, whatever.
Jake Morsette.
Sweet kid.
Never wore a pair of pants that somebody else didn't first.
Anyway, his parents were drinkers.
They used to beat him somethin' awful, man.
I told him to come live with me, but every day he'd go back home.
Then one day he just didn't show up for school.
How's our case? Tricky.
Circumstantial.
Well, you know, where does it come from? How does a man sexually abuse his own child? Once I was on a vacation with my family.
Sitting on the sand, watching the water.
I look over down the beach, I see this beautiful-looking girl, her back to me, talking to some guys.
I started to think you know, what you think when you see a girl that pretty.
She turned around.
It was my daughter.
I felt a little sick to my stomach.
Some people don't have any conscience.
- 'Hi, sweetheart.
Wave to Mom.
' - 'I love you, Daddy.
' Mr Ramirez, did your mother work as a housekeeper for the Janaway family in New York? Yes, sir.
Did you ever meet Brittany Janaway? Yes, sir.
Were you two friends? Did you get along? I loved her.
Mr Ramirez, have you ever been in Baltimore before? Yeah, once.
- What brought you down here? - She did.
Really? Why? Well, I wanted to talk to her about stuff, you know? So I came down here on the train.
- Did you see her? - Well, sort of, yeah.
- What do you mean? - I I took a cab to her house.
The lights were pretty much out.
I I walked to the front door.
I heard Brittany yelling.
She was saying, "No, please.
Please, no.
Don't hurt me.
" What did you do next? I went to the side of the house and looked through the window.
Brittany ran past the window.
She wasn't wearing no pants or nothing.
She was crying.
Then the door slammed over at the house next door, and I ran away.
Do you remember what time it was? checked my watch.
Thank you.
- Mr Drake.
- Yeah.
How you doin', Mr Ramirez? - Good, sir.
- Good.
Have you er have you ever been arrested? - Yes, sir.
- Mm.
What was the charge? - Burglary.
- All right.
You loved Brittany very, very much, didn't you? With all your heart.
- But did she give you the time of day? - No.
Did it make you mad? - Sure, yeah.
- Mm-hm.
Mad, huh? Mad enough to come down here and maybe show her a thing or two, huh? - Maybe get even for the heartbreak? - Objection, Your Honour.
Please.
Sustained.
- What are you saying? - What am I saying? Huh! - I should be defending YOU for murder! - Objection, Your Honour.
Sustained.
Did you not hear me rule on the objections? Not gonna happen again, Your Honour.
I'm sorry.
My name is Jodi Farrar.
- Jodi, did you know Brittany Janaway? - Yes, we went to school together.
Jodi, do you remember an incident three years ago with Brittany at school? Yes.
Tell us what happened.
We were in art class, and Brit started feeling sick.
She asked to go to the bathroom, and asked if I'd go with her.
- And did you? - Yes.
- What happened in the bathroom? - She was holding her stomach.
She was pretty sick.
She was crying.
She was bleeding pretty badly.
Where was she bleeding, Jodi? It was vaginal.
Who was the attending physician? Originally, it was Dr Carl Furston, but then Brittany's father, Dr Janaway, came in and replaced him.
How was she treated? - I'm not sure.
- Why is that? Dr Janaway asked that everyone leave the examining room.
Did he say why? He said that he didn't want his wife to find out.
The People rest, Your Honour.
Mr Drake, while we're young, please.
Uh, yeah.
The Defence calls Dr Steven Janaway to the stand.
Please raise your right hand.
Do you swear that the testimony you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? - I do.
- Thank you.
Please be seated.
Dr Janaway, did you love your daughter? Yes.
Do you miss her? Yes.
Every single waking moment.
Dr Janaway, did you rape your daughter and thereby cause the death of the little girl? - No.
I did not.
- Thank you.
Your Honour, may we have a moment? - This isn't right.
- It's a bluff.
- Ed, this guy's setting us up.
- I don't think so.
We should ask for a continuance.
- Gentlemen? - Uh, thank you.
We're ready.
Do you own the house at Swarthmore Drive, where she was assaulted? Yes.
Were you at your house during a visit to Baltimore, on the night of October 9th? Yes.
The eyewitness here testified that he saw your daughter being assaulted at precisely 8:45 on the night of October 9th.
Yes.
Dr Janaway, were you at home at that hour on that night? No, I was not.
Really? Where were you then? I was at the Harbor Court Hotel.
Were you alone? No, I was not.
I was with a woman.
- Approach, Your Honour! - In my chambers.
This testimony is not admissible.
We requested alibi notification from them a month ago.
I didn't know that there was an alibi.
If you withheld this information, you're in a world of dirt with me.
I know.
Janaway never thought he'd have to give it up.
Wait a second.
The Prosecution rested, Your Honour, then I found out about it.
Janaway turns to me and lays this in my lap.
I have to put him on the stand.
The People move to strike the alibi testimony.
What are you afraid of? Why don't you put him on the stand? We need a continuance to prove or disprove the alibi.
You have 48 hours.
Now get out of my office.
We have only 48 hours to pull this out of the proverbial hat.
Don't be bitchy or selfish.
Communicate, cooperate.
Danvers? What we need is multiple teams checking each piece of Janaway's alibi.
Munch, interview the hotel staff.
Check registration logs, credit card receipts.
Yeah, right.
Bellhops, maids, got it.
- You got a picture of Janaway? - It's being printed up.
It's a big hotel.
It'll take some time.
Kellerman, you interview the floor staff.
The woman Janaway says he was with is Andrea Plotkin.
Now, this trial's had a lot of press.
She may be hesitant to get involved.
Cajole her, get her comfortable enough to give a statement.
- Right, like buy her a drink.
- Back rub.
We don't have much time.
Get me the down-and-dirties.
- I'll take it from there.
- OK.
The room is spinning Out of control You act like you didn't notice Brushed my hand Forbidden fruit Ring on my finger You're such a moral, moral man But you throw it away, no question Will I pretend I'm innocent? What would happen if we kissed? Would your tongue slip past my lips? Would you run away? Would you stay? Or would I melt into you? Janaway was at the Harbor Court on October 9th.
He checked in at 6:20pm.
vodka martinis and a veggie platter.
You need fibre to commit adultery.
The bellman delivered the plate at 8:50.
He saw Janaway and Miss Plotkin, and they didn't check out until 1:30am.
Miss Plotkin is actually Dr Plotkin.
She told us that she and Janaway went to medical school together.
The affair's been going on for ten years.
Janaway often complained that he and Mrs Janaway were having problems, most pertaining to their daughter.
- The alibi checks out.
- Who do we bring in first? We bring 'em in together, in separate cars and in separate rooms.
This should not be pleasant for either of them.
They've been manipulating the law for months.
Now it's just us and them.
Hey, Janaway.
Hey, Janaway.
Give me one statement.
- Sir - Just one quick one! Here we go! Mrs Janaway.
Mrs Janaway, just one question.
Mrs Janaway.
- Mrs Janaway.
- Mrs Janaway! So this where we stand.
Your alibi for the night Brittany was attacked checks out.
What we need to know from you now is if you didn't do it, do you know who did? No.
Did your wife know about the affair with Dr Plotkin? Thanks for coming in.
This shouldn't take too long.
Must have been hard listening to your husband's testimony.
Hard? When he talked about sports fishing with that other woman.
Yes, it was.
Were you a good mother? Do you think you were a good father, Doctor? At times.
You never hit Brittany, did you? - No.
- How could you? You were out planting some other broad the night she needed you most.
You didn't sexually assault her, did you? No.
Ever want to? - You enjoy this, don't you? - Answer me.
No.
Doesn't it kill you inside to know that someone did? Why do you think he did it? - Pardon? - Went astray.
You're an attractive woman.
You bored, he's bored.
I've been married.
I don't know why I keep going back.
I know the feeling.
You do? All I mean is 21 years is a long time.
Yeah, but you had a beautiful daughter, though, right? Yes.
Did your wife ever harm your daughter? - Steven, answer that.
- It's just not Steven, you opened up this can of worms, OK? You're gonna walk.
Now, tell the man what you know.
Let's get outta here.
Come on.
Why did you risk trial? Why did you risk a possible death sentence if you were innocent? Because I'm guilty for doing nothing.
I should have been there that night.
I I should have taken Brittany out of that house a long time ago.
Did your wife regularly physically abuse your daughter? Yes.
- Consider yourself beautiful? - I've listened to you stray for an hour.
Keep your questions to the point.
- You think you're beautiful? - I'm, uh I'm all right, I guess.
Boys followed you around? Had to beat 'em off with a stick? - I was popular.
- As popular as your daughter? No.
That couldn't have felt good.
Here you are, having spent a life as a person that people talk about, then bam! This angel comes along, out of your own body, and gets all the attention, makes all that money, gets all Daddy's time, and you're left folding laundry.
That's a waste.
Sounds like maybe your husband loved your daughter more than you.
Sounds like he paid more attention to her, was more affectionate with her.
He was.
I mean I felt like scenery sometimes.
- Now, that doesn't sound fair to me.
- It wasn't.
- What the hell's the matter with you? - Pardon me? 'You were jealous of your own daughter.
' My daughter and I fought a lot.
That's all I'll say.
Did you discuss it with your husband? - He was never around.
- This has gone too far.
You ever get so mad at your husband that you'd lash out? Lash out? So lost and so hurt and so alone, that the only thing you could do was to destroy the thing you loved most.
Mrs Janaway, did you rape your little girl? Haven't you talked to Danvers? Yeah, but it's like going to the doctor.
I just wanted a second opinion.
I think getting shared custody of your little boy lies entirely with you.
And from what I've seen, you want something badly enough, you'll get it.
Yeah, let me ask you something else, cos it's buggin' me.
The wrong guy almost went away for all this.
You don't get to wear that guilt by yourself.
I wanted him, too.
Yeah, but what about the "what if"? I don't know, Paul.
I just don't know.
Well, see ya.
I hope not.
Come down on your own And leave your body alone Somebody must change Detective Please come in.
I didn't mean to disturb you.
I thought you might want the stuff we took.
Oh, yes.
Thank you.
Yeah, I just wanted to make sure these things got back to you.
You hated me, didn't you? It's in my nature to believe the worst in people.
You know, it's funny, you never knew my daughter, but you owned her cause like she was your own blood.
Yeah.
Kinda made her mine, you know? I got my own.
He's three.
Three and a half.
I've missed half his life spending time in my own.
It already feels like it's too late.
But I can't find my way home But I can't find my way home Still I can't find my way home And I ain't done nothing wrong But I can't find my way home