Motive

Get him on the radio for me ASAP.

Wendy.

Morning, Doc.

Aw, Good Lord.

He fell from the crane.

Detectives are on their way.

Thanks.

Damn. It's my niece.

She still doesn't realize I have a job now.

Go ahead. Take it. Take it.

They're only young once.

Come on!

Just be a moment.

Well, hurry it up!

Some people got to get to work.

Some people are at work, sir.

Hey. Hey!

Hey!

Really?

Did you get his license?

Forget it.

Life's too short.

Obviously, we have no comment at this time.

It's an ongoing investigation,

but as soon as I have some more information,

I'll be glad to let you guys in on it. Okay?

- Thank you. - Excuse me, please.

Afternoon, Detectives.

That's a nice suit, sir.

What are you doing here?

Just giving a press conference at City Hall...

Ah. Another one?

When the call came through.

Which we have answered.

It's not that we don't appreciate the interest, sir.

We got it from here.

Look, we need this thing closed clean

and we need it closed fast.

Okay, I'll be clean, you be fast.

You two obviously haven't heard yet.

The vic was one of our own.

Hey. I'm... I'm gonna stay up here.

It's Stan.

Hey, your shift started, like, 20 minutes ago.

Uh... Um...

I covered for you with Mike.

Uh, my kid. She's sick.

Can't find your key card?

No.

Thanks.

Is everything gonna be okay?

Uh, sorry?

With your kid.

Oh! Uh... Uh, sure. Yeah.

Everything's going to be fine.

So you saw him and got out of your car...

There was so much blood.

Was he still alive when you found him?

Yes, barely.

When I saw him, at first, I thought

it was just a homeless man.

I don't mean "Just"...

I understand.

Did you, uh, see anyone near the victim?

No. Uh...

When I was driving up the ramp,

I saw a black van

speeding past me on the way down.

It's okay. Take your time.

You're doing fine.

I called 911

and tried to stop the bleeding.

I remember hearing that if you put pressure on the wounds...

But there were so many.

Okay.

Thank you.

Multiple stab wounds.

Uh, the punctures are clean and cylindrical,

like from an ice pick.

Victim would've lost consciousness

as he bled out.

Still warm. No rigor.

I put T-o-D roughly one half-hour ago.

Okay. Betts?

You need to stop now.

I called Dr. Allsop,

and he's on his way in, okay?

The, uh, coroner from Surrey?

Yeah.

Stan was your friend.

And mentor.

So professionally,

it's conflict of interest, okay?

Thanks.

Yeah.

Trajectory of the bullet at a 38-degree angle

exiting out the back,

two centimeters above the scapula.

Exam concluded at 2:17 PM.

Man, everything's disappearing today.

Sorry?

Well, first your key card, now my awl.

Haven't seen it, have you?

It's a blue handle like this. A long spike.

No. If I do...

It's easy enough to tell it's mine.

I carve my initials on all my tools.

Real small. Right up by the handle.

You do?

Better safe than sorry, right?

Yeah, right.

Diane, uh... I was wondering...

You know what? I'm really not feeling well.

I think I'm gonna clock out early.

Thank you, sir.

- Hey. - Hey.

So he had a couple hundred dollars

left in the wallet.

Not a robbery, then.

Well, with the traffic in and out of here,

forensics is gonna be a nightmare.

Tell me you got good news?

Security camera in the cashier's booth downstairs.

The black van?

But the driver's face

was hidden from the sun visor.

Of course it was.

And whoever it was, they paid cash.

'Course he did. Plates?

Obscured.

Then I guess your job just got a little more interesting.

Dr. Rogers.

I understand the victim was a friend of yours.

I trained under Stan.

He was a great coroner.

A great guy.

I just want you to know we'll do everything we can.

Yeah, I know the spin, Sergeant.

You gonna catch the son-of-a-bitch?

Yes. We are.

That's all I need to know.

He's expecting you.

You're just gonna fight again!

I don't expect you to understand

everything that's happened between you and your dad.

Why do you talk to me like that? I'm almost a teenager.

Okay, listen.

Your dad and I still care very much for each other,

and nothing will ever change that.

Tamara's invited me over to play video games.

Her mom's gonna pick us up after school.

Jackie, what happened

to our family is nothing to be ashamed of.

Then why don't you see your friends anymore?

Because I'm working extra shifts and I'm tired.

Right.

Sometimes at night,

you think I'm asleep, but I hear you.

Crying.

Just because you want to see dad

doesn't mean you have to drag me along, too.

You okay?

Where are you going?

To do the part I hate the most.

Can I come with?

Mm-hmm.

Maggie could use a friendly face right about now.

He wasn't afraid of death.

"Just part of the job," he'd say.

No need for fear. Or sadness.

Except of course, for the ones left behind.

I'm so sorry, Maggie.

Thanks, Betty.

You know, I don't think I can take sympathy right now.

Not quite sure I've got the stamina for it.

Look, I know you have your job to do.

Just ask your questions.

Stan's wallet was still with his body.

We don't think this was a mugging.

Can you think of anyone

who would want to hurt him?

No.

No! Nobody we know could...

This guy at the grocery store.

What guy? When?

Yesterday morning,

this guy just came up and started shouting at Stan.

What did he say?

Oh...

I don't know.

I was in the produce aisle,

and by the time I got there, he was already leaving.

Did Stan say what it was about?

No, he just laughed.

But I thought it was very odd.

Oh! How'd you know?

Thank you!

Um, lucky guess.

Mm!

You get hold of that grocery store?