Columbus Circle

Well, the only thing I know is she's got a wedding ring, no husband.

We gotta find out if the husband's around.

She have any family?

According to these pictures over here on the table, she does.

Check with the building to see

if they have any surveillance tapes,

find out if there were any guests

in the last 12 hours that she might have had.

You know, her other slipper’s up here. Yeah?

Well, I'm just saying, it's improbable

that somebody would wanna walk down the stairs with one slipper.

Well, it's late at night, she wants to go to the bathroom,

she forgets her slipper. She's disoriented, you know?

There's only one point of impact and it's severe enough

that she fell from a 12-foot height, not rolling down the stairs.

You're right.

What are you on, Twitter?

Put the phone away.

I mean, it's within the realm of possibilities

that she might have been thrown.

Right?

"Now that the apartment across the hall is vacant

"I would like very much to discuss purchasing it for myself.

"I don't mean to take advantage

"of Mrs. Lonnigan's passing so quickly,

"but one must admit that the sweet darling had a good life,

"and in fact, lived longer than most people would actually desire."

NYPD. Open up.

NYPD.

"Please also take into consideration

"that I first declared my interest

"over two years ago, after she first fell ill.

"I shall await your earliest response.

"Best, Abigail Clayton."

So, can you tell me about the tenants

that live across the hall from Mrs. Lonnigan?

What are their names? Oh, yeah. That's, um... That's Abigail Clayton.

Abigail Clayton. Well, can you tell me about her?

Well, not...

Not really, sir. I've actually never met her.

You've never met her?

No. I'm very sorry.

Klandermann. Yes.

Just a few more hours, actually, is what I've been told.

Can I get a coffee? It's unavoidable, yes.

We're so sorry for the... Yes.

It is a disturbance. You're...

Yup. Thank you.

I'm sorry. What were you asking me?

You were saying that you've never met the tenant who lives across...

No. No, no, I haven't. I've been here now...

It's been 11 years. Oh, my.

She was in the apartment before I arrived, yes, so we've never met.

In 11 years, you've never had any interaction with her personally?

That's not completely true, sir.

Every day or night at a specific time

she will pass a letter to me underneath the door.

I'm the only one in the building who communicates with her.

Food, clothing, you name it, I deliver it.

I leave it in the hallway, I knock, I leave.

She never goes out. Ever.

Yeah, so, in that sense, we have had communication, yes.

That's a little strange. Well, this is Columbus Circle, sir.

Nothing seems strange around here.

All right, I'm gonna have to ask you to come into the station...

Really? ...after you get off. What time will that be?

Is that absolutely...

30. I get off at 9:30.

Yeah, so...

I'm gonna go try one more time.

Miss Clayton?? Open up, please. It's NYPD.

I know you're in there. Look, I tried to call, I...

I just need two minutes of your time.

Fine. We can do this one of two ways.

You can let me in now and I'll make it short and sweet

or I'll come back later with a warrant and a bunch of other guys.

And from what I understand, you won't like that too much.

All right, fine, I'll get a warrant.

Creepy hallway.

Hello? Oh, hey.

Uh, Ma'am, I'm so sorry.

I just needed to talk to you about your neighbor, if I may.

I didn't know her.

I'm sorry. I'm very busy right now.

Look, nobody... I'm gonna come in here for a second.

I'll shut the door.

Look, nobody's in trouble. I'm just following protocol.

I just needed a few minutes of your time.

You live right across the hall from her.

Right.

Wow, this is a really beautiful apartment you have.

Is that what they teach you in detective school?

Charm me with false praise and then we're sitting down for coffee?

Well, if you're offering, you know, I'd love a cup of coffee. I...

00 in the morning.

I came from another case, I've been up all night.

Coffee would be great.

You cook?

Yes. Are you expecting somebody at this hour?

I imagine that you already know the answer to that one.

Okay, you got me. That was dishonest. I, uh...

I was just trying to break the ice.

Yeah, well, I'm not interested in breaking ice or engaging in small talk,

so I'd very much like it if you would

just get to the point so that I can

get on with my morning.

So no coffee?

How long have you lived here?

You wanted to talk to me about my neighbor?

Thank you. Uh...

Yeah, that's right.

This is really nice.

She was old

and it's my understanding she was sick for quite a while.

I don't know. Well, from what I put together, uh,

she was feeling a lot better.

You know, she liked to take the stairs instead of the elevator.

She preferred to walk instead of taking a cab.

Hmm. Well, if you say so.

So, your concierge says that you don't like to get out that much.

I suppose so.

Are you, uh...

What is that? Um...

Agoraphobic?

Well, if you insist.

No, no offense. You know, I suffer from arachnophobia.

Really?

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah. That's a fear of spiders.

Well, what I wouldn't do for a shoebox full of tarantulas right now.

You're pretty witty for a lady that doesn't get out that much.

Are you here to talk about me or Hilary?

Hilary?

That was her name.

But I thought you didn't know her at all.

No, Detective, I did not.

So why would you call her by her first name if you didn't know her at all?

All right. Are we done yet?

No. Just a few more minutes.

Um, over the last couple of days or weeks,

were there any strange visitors

or anything out of the ordinary

that you were aware of coming from the apartment?

No strange sounds last night when she died?

Since I don't know when she died, day or night,

and since I've already made it clear

that I didn't hear anything out of the ordinary coming from her apartment,

then I'd venture to guess that we are entering

into an area of... Hmm, redundancy?

Okay, now we're done.

Thank you for the coffee. I'm gonna give you a couple of cards.

If you think of anything, uh, call me.

Thank you. I will.

Okay.

Hey, this is a really nice vase.

It's a little confusing, but it's nice.

I'm sure you could figure it out.

Her name is Justine Waters,

and she was known as "America's little darling."

The sole heiress of the Waters fortune,

estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars,

she mysteriously disappeared 17 years ago this month.

Take a look at these home videos of Justine.

They show her at the Waters family summer cottage in upstate New York.

As you can see, Justine is being filmed

showcasing her hula hoop skills.

At the time, she held the world record of 14 straight hours.

Now, there's been much speculation on Justine's whereabouts.

Theories range from her running off with a Saudi prince

to her being a victim of foul play.

Now while the great and powerful Phillip Waters

claimed until his death five years ago

that he never stopped looking for his daughter,

Justine's 17-year silence

remains the most talked about missing persons mystery to date.

In the days leading up to what would become

her historic vanishing act,

it was rumored that 18-year-old Justine Waters

had just become engaged to Prince Achmed Mustafi of Jordan.

What did happen to Justine Waters?

And will we ever see her again?

I'm Jerry Penacoli for Extra.

I'm wondering if you could help me identify

this crest?

Interesting. Yeah? Why is that?

Well, this could be a family crest.

This is the letter "M," correct?

Well, that was the intention. The drawing is rough, but...

Well, where'd you find this?

I can't really tell you. I just need to find out what it is.

Okay. I got a book in the back,

something of an almanac, so to speak.

Might be able to find a match.

How long do you think... Oh, one second.

Yeah?

Yeah, I went through all the evidence like you asked.

Hey, put it out. Step on it.

Yeah, what do you got? Not much.

The only thing that might interest you

are some prescription medications,