My Life Is Murder

For goodness sake,

if you know that I'm always going to be late,

it would be polite for you to be late, too.

- Just saying. - Why are you breathing weird?

Because I ran here. And you're the light of my life

Oh, God. What's wrong?

No, I'm not taking that till you tell me what's wrong.

This is what's wrong.

Kidnap and murder victim, Marcus Farrow.

28. Entrepreneur, outdoor adventurer.

Owner of Uncharted Tours, based out west.

He specialized in high venture tourism for wealthy clients

wanting a boutique wilderness experience.

Oh, yeah, I've seen the ads.

The cause of death was blunt-force trauma to the head.

We found a brick next to the body.

No prints.

Police have arrested this man.

Jared O'Loughlin.

Jared worked for Marcus

and was at his house the morning Marcus went missing.

That night, Marcus's brother Connor got a ransom call

- demanding 100 - K cash...

And Jared's voice was on the other end of the line?

Brother thinks so.

They found the body in Jared's garage three days later.

They're gonna charge Jared with first-degree murder.

Why do I get the feeling this is personal?

Oh, you know this kid.

Yeah, I've been mentoring him in a rehabilitation program

for young offenders.

He's a good kid.

He's turning his life around.

"Is"? Or "was"?

Does Jared have an alibi? Motive?

Money. He was angry about not being paid.

Why aren't you doing the digging on this?

Not my case. Conflict of interest.

You pick.

You want me to find him innocent.

I want you to find the truth.

Well, I assume that you traced the ransom call?

It was made from a phone belonging

to the victim's fiancée.

The fiancée?

She says it was stolen from the house.

We're very sorry for your loss.

The first night, after, I kept thinking about

all the time I wasted that day.

Thinking about stupid things --

clients,

work, dinner,

macros.

I didn't think about him.

All those wasted hours.

I didn't think about him once.

Sugar?

No.

Look, it would be really helpful

if we could just start at the beginning.

In your statement, you said that you let Jared

into the house that morning.

I...

Yeah.

I was running late for a session with a client at 10:30.

I was...

I was distracted, running around, um...

What time did Jared show up?

10 past, 10:15.

He just went straight for Marcus, didn't even say hi.

He just went straight into how --

how he hadn't been paid yet, how he needed money.

Did it get physical?

He's scary when he's mad.

So he didn't get physical?

Well, he didn't have to. He just --

He went on and on like...

It was -- It was like I wasn't even there.

And then I turn my back for one minute, he took my phone.

You saw him take your phone?

No, but...

I mean, who else could it be?

Where was the last place you remember seeing your phone?

I put it down when I let him in.

On the table just by the door.

And I went to my bedroom.

I got...

my bag and I came back and it was gone.

He was the only one here.

And did you look for it?

I ran Find My Phone on my laptop, it --

It said it was in the house.

I was --

I was running late, so I-I left it.

So, you got to the gym at 10:30 AM?

Barely just made it.

Are you looking for an alibi?

I'm just trying to get the details straight.

Powerlifter at 10:30.

Two one-hour sessions back to back brings me to 12:30,

when I had lunch with a friend.

Then I taught two group classes, got home at 3:30.

When you realized that Marcus wasn't here.

Not immediately.

I assumed that he was at work.

Oh, but his car was still at the house.

In the garage. I didn't look in the garage.

- Why would I? - Oh, right.

Your statement says that you called Marcus's brother

at 6:00 PM when you notice that Marcus still wasn't home.

Well, how did you do that if your phone was missing?

What are you trying to do?

My fiancé was just found dead in the garage

of a violent ex-con.

Jared has only been convicted of crimes against property,

- not people. - Oh. Are you -- are you --

are you saying that he didn't do it?

No, I don't know who did it.

Just that it's not in keeping with his record.

Well, you wouldn't be saying that

if you saw him that morning.

And you haven't answered my question.

About calling Marcus' brother when your phone was missing.

The landline.

I called him from the landline.

Thank you.

For the tea.

Oh...

Marcus had life insurance, didn't he?

Like $1 million worth?

I only found out he had life insurance after he was killed.

Gotcha.

10:15, Jared shows up at the house.

Two minutes later, Dennie's phone disappears,

but Find My Phone places it inside the house.

And six minutes after that,

she leaves for the gym without it.

- Mm-hmm. - You don't believe her?

Well, I believe her about the gym

'cause like 40 people saw her there.

But the phone stuff -- not so sure.

Well, the timeline checks out.

I mean if Jared showed up at 10:15 --

The file shows that the phone was switched off

while Dennie was at home.

So, yeah -- it could've been Jared

who took it and turned it off. But it could've been Marcus.

It could've been Dennie herself.

To stop her being tracked.

The only person insisting that Marcus was kidnapped

when Dennie was at the gym was Dennie.

How much does this case mean to Harry?

A lot.

Let's visit Unchartered Tours.

I'll talk to Connor. You talk to the workers.

Okay.

London Business School Summa Cum Laude.

That's impressive.

Three years and a truck load of debt, but thank you.

I understand you helped Marcus

get this place up off the ground?

I herded the cash.

Investors, start up, pitching.

All that nerdy stuff Marcus hated, that's me.

Well, you seem eminently qualified for adventure tourism.

Well, I guess I'm a jack of all trades.

But Marcus -- he was special.

He walks into a room, everybody lights up.

Everybody orbits.

And then then when our parents died, he just...

I -- I had to come back.

He wasn't in any shape to take care of this place,

and if he'd lost it...

You're a good brother.

Not good enough.

Right through this way, guys.

Head on through.

Welcome, welcome.

Oh, just through there on your left.

Madison Feliciano.

You must be Vincent.

I've already spoken to the police.

Well, I'm not the police.

I'm with the police but not the police.

It's a subtle but significant difference.

I'm sorry for your loss.

So you wanna get to it?

Did you see Marcus on the day he was killed?

Nah. Oh, he was meant to come in.

He's a hands-on kinda boss.

He was gonna check out some new tracks.

Maybe see if we can open up a new tour next year and expand.

He never showed up.

First timers?

First timers.

You know, after we got the news, I thought about quitting.

Was gonna head down south, get some time.

But, ah, then I remembered

Marcus would never cancel a booking

for anything except bad weather.