The Closer

The Closer 7x07 A Family Affair Original Air Date on August 22, 2011

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Detective Ortega?

Yes.

Yes. You must be Commander Taylor.

That would be me. This way.

I want to thank you so much for taking the time

to look into this.

Oh, it's a pleasure.

We're always happy to help out our friends

in the Phoenix Police Department.

19-year-old woman named Sedona Gibson,

originally from Phoenix,

found dead in a hotel room last week.

Hollywood Division was unable to I.D. her body till yesterday,

which is why Detective Ortega here only just arrived.

I have concerns about the coroner's ruling.

Hollywood told me I'd be better served by coming downtown.

Did they?

All right.

Uh, preliminary autopsy report. Sedona Gibson.

States cause of death was either accidental

or deliberate heroin overdose -- - Overdose.

Yes.

But neither of those things can be true.

Just, uh, out of curiosity,

why is the Phoenix P.D. interested in this case?

Well, they're not.

The victim, Sedona --

she was my daughter.

I'm...so sorry, Detective Ortega.

I'm sure that this must be a very difficult time

for you and your family.

I understand that you work narcotics

for the Phoenix P.D.? Yes.

And I appreciate very much the professional courtesy

of looking into this matter.

Of course.

Of course.

You have reason to believe

that the coroner's investigation was inaccurate?

My daughter was a Type-1 Diabetic.

She knew the risks involved with her disease,

and she also knew that drug use

would severely magnify those risks.

Pope: Detective...

having a good reason not to do something

doesn't mean that people won't try it,

especially when they're young.

And her tox screen came back positive for heroin

and Ambien.

She wasn't a heroin addict.

Please.

There's another explanation.

Has anyone even talked to her asshole husband?

Is his name Drew?

Yes, Drew. Drew Gibson.

Hollywood tried tracking him down, Chief.

Said Drew was unreachable at his last-known address.

Pope: Do you have some reason to believe that her husband

was involved in her death?

She didn't do this to herself.

That, I know.

And Drew was not a good man.

How long has it been since you've seen your daughter?

Almost two years.

Well, Sedona was 17,

a junior in high school, when she met Drew,

and -- and he was 23 -- older --

and a very bad influence.

So my husband and I

told Sedona that she had to stop seeing him...

Or leave home.

So she...

she dropped out of school and came to Los Angeles.

With Drew?

Yes, and she married him here.

And, uh, have you spoken with her since?

She called...

a few weeks ago.

But before we had a chance to say much,

my husband took the phone away from me and hung up on her.

Brenda: Do you know why she was calling?

No, I...

I tried to find her, but... her number was blocked,

and I couldn't legally run her name.

Detective, I-I'm sure that...

Working in narcotics makes losing a child to drugs

that much harder, but...

It's not unusual for someone in your daughter's profession

to make questionable choices like this.

What profession?

Um...

What profession?

Hollywood Division claims that your daughter

was working as an escort when she died.

Pope: I'm sorry. Detective?

Will you excuse us just for a moment, please?

Did you bring that poor woman down here

so that I'd have to be the one to tell her

that her daughter was a prostitute?

No. Of course not. I thought Hollywood Division told her.

Hollywood Division?

They ran a pretty bare-bones investigation, didn't they?

Well, a hooker dead from an overdose in a hotel room

doesn't usually justify a lot of shoe leather.

Hollywood did their due diligence.

They brushed her off -- just like they did her mother.

They didn't search her residence.

They didn't call anyone --

not her last John or this husband of hers.

They only just I.D.'d the body.

Detective Ortega is a fellow law-enforcement officer,

so let's humor her a little.

What is Captain Raydor doing here?

Well, she finished reviewing the depositions

you and your squad gave in the civil suit,

and now she has some follow-up questions

for Detective Sanchez.

Why?!

We've already talked about this Turell Baylor business

till we're blue in the face!

Actually, that's not true.

Your entire squad has started referring Raydor to their union reps.

Maybe you could convince Sanchez to cooperate a little?

Exactly how many people

am I supposed to be humoring around here, huh?

Detective Ortega. Captain Raydor.

Do you know how hard it is to do your job

while humoring so many difficult people?

I might have some idea. Yeah.

Chief, a, uh, officer from Hollywood Division

just dropped this off.

It's the sum total

of the evidence they collected from the hotel room

where Detective Ortega's daughter was found.

Flynn: Not much to it, except the, uh,

syringe that killed her.

Uh, her heels, coat,

and...small purse.

Tao: It's called a clutch.

Small purse -- it's called a clutch.

Yeah. Okay. The clutch.

It had $24 in it,

a receipt from the taxi the night she died.

No drugs, no phone.

Chief.

Um, Detective Ortega,

we are getting a warrant

to search your daughter's apartment,

and in the meantime,

Detective Sanchez is going to the morgue

to see if he can expedite the release of your daughter's --

I want to go with him.

Um, I-I don't think that's a very good idea.

Please.

I've waited so long to see my daughter.

Please.

You sure you want to do this, Detective?

I could prepare the body in a room. I could --

It's not my first time in a morgue.

I know what to expect.

Let me. Please.

There's only one injection site, just one.

She's got needle marks on her stomach and legs, too.

Those are probably from her Insulin injections.

Doctor, if I recall correctly...

Your autopsy reported nothing

that would indicate chronic drug use.

Um, let me see.

DNA's not in yet.

They must have I.D.'d her some other way.

But I do have results

on a hair-follicle drug test,

and she was clean.

So she wasn't a user?

Or this was her first time.

Detective Sanchez.

Okay. Send it over.

We got the warrant to search your daughter's apartment.

Flight back from Vegas.

$100 chips.

A note in a foreign language.

No sign of drug use.

Do you want to look through the purse, ma'am?

Yeah.

She has an I.D. for Santa Monica Community College.

She's got her G.E.D. up here, too.

Your daughter was very beautiful.

She was, wasn't she?

Sanchez: Buzz. I need you.

Tag this. Tag this.

Lieutenant Tao, the syringe that we found at the crime scene --

do you have it on your desk?

It should have a lot number.

What is it?

Six...

Jackson, Charlie, Bravo,

One, "Dash," Nancy...

Delta, Charlie,