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How do you do?She waits out here.
I'm afraid she's quite
crucial to my process,Captain.
It's okay,really.
Actually,it isn't.
At
least not according
to my father's
e-mail.
'Cause he-he explained it's
the job
of a proper valet to accompany
his
or her charge to their
place of business.
Well,consider this my place of
business.
Consider every wretched hive of
depravity
and
murder
in
this
city
my
place
of
business.
Unless,of
course,you don't think you
have the
stomach for the work I do.
I'm good.
Could you put these gloves on,please?
d
Mantlo came home a few hours
ago
to find his door kicked in and his
wife...
Amy Dampier,missing.
That's,uh... that's Mantlo over there.
He's a headshrinker out
at
Sanbridge Hospital.
Says he caught
an emergency last
night,didn't get home
till
:
5 a.m.
4
Saw the front door,called
.
First officers on the scene found signs
of-of
a
struggle
in
the
kitchen
and
in
the
master
bedroom.
But
no r.
Ransom demand?
What is it?
I'm not sure.
r's cell
phone,have you
recovered it?
We have her cell phone?
Thank you,Detective.
She
either lost a
tremendous amount of
weight
or underwent significant
plastic
surgery sometime in the last
two years.
She looks the same in all
the photos.
That's my point.
Ovular frames...
are
older,have been here longer You
can
tell by the way the wall has faded--
square frames newer.
They're the only ones
that
feature r.
Coincidence?
her cell
phone.
No photos of her older than
two years.
Yet there are countless
pictures of other
people
in
her
life,as
many
as
five
years
ago.
I take it you
two have
worked together before?
Yeah,ten years ago.
A
few months after
/
I
was assigned to Scotland Yard
to observe their
counterterrorism bureau.
Holmes mostly worked
homicides,but,uh...
...our paths still crossed a few times.
Captain,if you please?
Yeah?
Ms. Dampier
knew her
let him into the house
herself.
Captain,who-who is this
guy?
There are two broken
glasses here.
You can tell from the
volume of shards.
Obviously,she
was pouring a glass of
water for her
guest when he assailed her.
Right.
Is
that something you would do if some
nut
job comes in and kicks your door in,
5
you ask him if he's thirsty.
Could I...?Thank you.
,
Base of glass
number... two.
,
,
If
you take another glance at
the boot
print on the front door,
,
,
you will see an almost imperceptible
spot of blood where the heel made
contact.
,
,
Lab
tests,I'm certain,will
conclude it's
the victim's blood,
,
,
and could only have been left there
after the assault had already taken
place.
,
,
r let the man in
because he
was familiar to her.
,
,
He kicked the door in as he
exited to try to obscure this fact.
,
,
Also,he took
something
from the living room.
,
,
Note the
symmetry of the space,hm?
,
,
This wall is very nearly
a
reflection of that one.
,
,
Pictures,pictures,knickkna
cks,knickknacks.
,
,
I see balance everywhere,except...
this one space.
,
,
Hey,something was
here--
what was it?
,
,
I'm
sorry?
,
,
Maybe this isn't the best time.
,
,
No,no,please
concentrate.
,
,
Something used to occupy that space.
,
,
I need you to
tell me what it was.
,
Uh,it was an old... ring
box--
Amy's grandmother gave it to her.
Why?
You said there
were also signs
of struggle in the
master bedroom?
What is it?
Why is it so important that
the kidnapper took a ring box?
Kidnappers don't take trophies.
Killers do.
There's no
body,genius.
There's no blood on the
front stoop or walk,either.
It's rather difficult not to leave
any when you're abducting someone
with an arterial
wound,wouldn't you agree?
You're certain your men have been
over every inch of this house?
Of course.
But as you can
see,there
was a struggle here.
She's in the safe room.
6
What safe room?
The
one behind that wall.
Husband didn't
say anything
about any safe room.
There's a slight angle
to
the floor in here.
You can't f...
It's...
The extra weight of the
safe room steel
reinforcements can
cause the floor around
it
to
decline slightly,creating a
slope
between one and five degrees.
Sometimes I hate it when I'm right.
For the last time,I loved my wife.
I
didn't
hurt
her,and
before
this
moment,I
had
no
idea
there
was
any
safe
room
in
my
house.
You get why
that's hard
for us to believe,don't
you?
The place was gutted before
Amy
and I moved in two years ago.
She oversaw all the construction.
I'm sorry,but,uh,are you saying she
had it installed,but never told you?
How do you do it?
Do
what?
Guess things.
I
don't guess. I observe.
And once I've
observed,I deduce.
You said you
could tell from my
hands that I used to
be a surgeon.
9++
singular,actually.
It was soft,no calluses.
Also,it smelled faintly of beeswax.
Oh,many surgeons,as you know,use a
beeswax cream to protect their hands
from the dehydrating
effects
of repeated washings.
Well... You're
no longer
practicing,but old habits die
hard.
As far as why you gave up
your
medical career to become a
companion--
I'd wager that
addiction claimed
the life of someone
close to you,
and his or her death moved
you to
make drastic changes in your
life.
Am I close?
What about my father?
What about him?
How did you
know he had an affair?
Google.
7
Well,not
everything is deducible.
I,uh,just want
to say
thanks for helping out today.
You-you got us our guy
in,and,uh... and we're grateful.
We can take it from here.
Respectfully,Detective,I
doubt that very much,
'cause I have reason to believe that
Richard Mantlo didn't kill his wife.
Wait,wait,,wait.
Come again?
Dr. Mantlo has
girls'
feet,or hadn't you noticed?
He's a size eight if he's an inch.
The boot print on his
front
door was an
.
-
So?
- So he was smart.
He
wore bigger shoes to throw us off.
-
Did
he
also
wear
bigger
hands
when
he
strangled
his wife?
- Holmes...
Well,these strangulation marks are
indicative
of
a
man
much
larger
than
Mantlo.
No
just heavier,but-but taller.
I'd
estimate his height to be somewhere
between six
foot-one,six foot-three.
Your M.E. will
come to the same
conclusion in a couple
of hours.
I'm delivering it now.
You're a 'em I'm right.
I'm
not a doctor.
Were
a doctor.
Surely you
haven't
forgotten how bruising works.
Okay,yeah,sure,these hands do seem a
little small for the bruise pattern,but
I...
With your
permission,Captain,I'd
like a moment
alone with .
- Captain,this...
- You got two minutes.
Tall men in your
life-- I'd
like a list.
Amy was a good person,but
if you're here
because
you
think I had something to do with it...
said that
you'd made a pass
at her at a holiday
party last year.
Actually,no,I
didn't.
I asked her about all the
plastic surgery she'd had.
Plastic surgery?
Okay,look,I
helped
plan
a
fund-
raiser
for
the
8
hospital,two years ago,that
was before the
surgeries.
I
know I still have the pictures.
There.
That's a
picture of Amy and
that I took that
night,okay?
Tell me you wouldn't want
to ask her why she did it.
Tell me about the stalking charge
brought against you two years ago.
I asked my neighbor out.
She
overreacted.
Mr. Polk,can you tell us
where you were last night?
Home... alone.
I much of an
alibi,but I
don't care,because I didn't
do it.
Um,did you know that honey
was
dripping through the ceiling?
s sometimes.
I take it
beekeeping is a hobby.
I'm writing a
book.
Practical
Handbook
of
Bee
Culture
with
Some
Observations Upon the Segregation of
the
Queen.
Up here.
I've just started Chapter
.
Would you like
to hear
the last few paragraphs?
Did you talk to the police about
that scary administrator guy?
- I have not.
- But I
thought that...
Mr. Polk is a
prat,no doubt,but his
body language
said
berries to take
another life.
Why do you suppose you
hate your job so much?
I
don't hate my job.
You have two
alarm clocks.
No one with two alarm
clocks loves their job.
Two
alarm clocks means it's a chore
for you
to get up in the morning.
You don't hate
what I do,though.
That much was
obvious
when we talked to Mr. Polk.
There was a look on your face.
I imagine it was the same look you wore
to the O.R. when you were still a
surgeon.
You're wrong.
I
know my father secured your
services
for the next six weeks?
9
The simple truth is,I don't need you.
I'm finished with drugs.I
won't be using them again.
My
advice?
Take a six-week holiday.
I promise I won't tell Papa.
**
I'm gonna need your saliva
now.
.
I take back everything
I said last night.
You
obviously love your job.
Couldn't wait
to get
started this morning.
Open you mouth so I can swab it.
If you're on anything,the
strip on the cup will turn blue.
I have a... I have a new
theory about our killer.
I
think he may have struck
at least once
before.
I-- who love what I do--
woke up
early and couldn't stop
thinking
about the ring box he stole
from Amy Dampier's living room.
You said it was some sort of trophy.
And you know what flavor of
killers takes trophies,don't you?
Serial.
Souvenirs help
them
differentiate between victims.
It occurred to me that if
Amy wasn't our killer's first,
though,there might be
other
cases in common.
Eileen Renfro.
Savagely beaten and strangled by an
intruder in her Bronx home two years
ago.
He took a jewelry box on
his way
out,but left behind a size
footprint.
Drug free.
Congratulations.
Especially striking-- the physical
similarities between her and Amy.
Both were curvaceous with long red
hair.
You think the
killer has a type?
The one
significant difference in the
cases--
Eileen Renfro survived her attack.
I'm
sorry.
,
I can see why you think
it
might be the same guy.
,
,
I just don't think I can help you.
,
,
10
We know from the police report that
the man who assaulted you wore a mask.
,
,
That doesn't
mean you
can't help us identify him.
,
,
Did he say
anything to you?
,
,
No. I came in through my
front door,and he was just...
,
,
there.
,
,
Did he have a
particular scent?
,
,
Uh... I don't think so.
,
,
Was he tall,short,somewhere
in between?
,
,
I
don't know.I mean,he was on top of me
so
quickly,his
hands
were
around
my
throat.
,
,
And what about the mask?
,
,
What about it?
,
,
Was it
ski,Mexican
wrestling,paper plate?
,
,
Ski.
,
,
ent.
,
,
So,you got a
good look at his eyes.
,
,
Oh,correct me if I'm
wrong,but a-a strangler can,
,
,
- literally,not
be more than an arm's length
from his
stranglee,can he?
- Mr. Holmes?
,
,
That's
what?Two?Two and a half feet?
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