Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In the criminal system

Sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous.

In new york city, the dedicated detectives

Who investigate these vicious felonies Are members of an elite squad

Known as the special victims unit.

These are their stories.

Come on. Relax, jake.

You're a natural.

You're doing just fine.

I'll take over at the next stop.

Hey, the kid's gotta learn before you retire, tony.

Yeah, yeah. Okay.

Well, that's weird.

Cara raleigh's not here.

Maybe she's running late.

No, no. She's always on time.

You mind checking on her?

Miss raleigh?

Hello?

Anybody here?

Hey, kid. What's the holdup, huh?

No one's home.

Someone's always home.

Nice place, huh?

- Miss raleigh? - Hello?

- Parabus! Your ride's here!

Oh, my god.

Cara raleigh, 41.

- Confined to a wheelchair. - Found by?

- Parabus drivers. Injuries?

Suspicious bruising to her chest, arms, and abdomen,

In various stages of healing.

Unfortunately, I've seen this before In chair-bound victims.

Caregivers, family members, They get frustrated, lash out.

That's not where it ends.

Victim came in without a diaper.

When I found signs of intercourse,

I ordered a rape kit and bagged her nightgown.

- Did she say she was raped? - No.

Well, you know, that's not how it works.

We can't start an investigation without a complaining witness.

This time, you'll have to.

The patient has a very aggressive form Of multiple sclerosis.

She's now a quadriplegic.

- Can she speak? - No.

So unless the guy was a psychic, she can't consent

And it's rape.

How's that, better?

Detective benson. This is my partner, detective stabler.

Damien woods. What happened to my aunt?

We were hoping you could tell us.

- Is she usually left alone at night? - Never.

My mom or one of the home care nurses Is supposed to be with her.

- I pick up the slack when I can. - But not last night?

- No, I was studying at the hudson library.

- Where's your mother now? - I don't know.

I called her, like, ten times.

I'll tell you what, we can find her for you. What's her name?

Janice raleigh.

We need to ask your aunt a few questions.

Can she respond at all?

Blinking mainly.

One blink means yes? Two, no?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Hi.

I know this is hard,

But we need to know what happened to you last night.

Miss raleigh, were you raped?

Do you know your attacker?

No?

Are you sure?

Miss raleigh, we also know that someone's been beating you.

Is it the same person who raped you?

Look, I know that you're afraid,

But we're gonna find out who did this to you

So they can never hurt you again.

RALEIGH RESIDENCE TUESDAY, MARCH 16

Tell me you found something, judy.

The usual suspects... hairs, fibers, and prints,

But no forced entry and no scratches on the dead bolt.

The doer had a key.

How 'bout fluids or anything on the diaper?

No, just degraded blood stains on a man's shirt.

Found it in the washing machine.

That's probably the nephew's.

You know that how?

Oh, this kid's a brute.

The bus driver said he found the victim on the floor,

But he noticed the bed was undisturbed.

It takes serious upper body strength To lift dead weight.

You think he sexually abused his quadriplegic aunt?

If that's her blood on his shirt,

I'll put big foot in a cage myself.

Any news from the hospital?

Our victim's being admitted overnight.

Until we figure out who's abusing her, She can't go home.

Wouldn't be a problem If she'd I.D. Who's smacking her around.

Olivia's staying put, trying to change her mind.

That the victim's sister?

Yeah. Janice raleigh.

Patrol picked her up on her way home.

Are you the bastard who had cops put me

In the back of a squad car like a criminal?

Sorry about that, but I couldn't find you,

And I have some bad news that needed saying face-to-face.

What is it?

Your sister was attacked last night

In her bedroom.

She was raped.

That's insane. Who...

Who goes after a woman in a wheelchair?

Attendants, strangers looking for easy prey.

Over half disabled women are either physically Or sexually assaulted.

Where's my son? Was he attacked too?

Damien's okay. He wasn't at home last night.

- He was supposed to be. - So were you.

Bus driver found your sister When she wasn't at his stop.

You wanna tell me where you've been?

With a friend.

I left a message for my boy to stay with my sister.

And how do you know he got it?

He's supposed to call if he's not coming home.

When I didn't hear from him, I just assumed.

Oh, god.

Who handles her daily care?

Elena colby is our day nurse, And I take care of her at night.

But right now,

She's out of town on vacation, So

- damien's been helping out. - Any male nurses?

In the beginning, there were three.

You fired 'em?

I made complaints about missing checks

To the nursing care agency,

Home healing.

HOME HEALING TUESDAY, MARCH 16

We investigated janice raleigh's theft complaint. It was without merit.

You hone those detective skills in nursing school?

I questioned her three rns,

And since money wasn't missing from the account, The matter was dropped.

By your clients or you?

Although innocent of any wrongdoing, I reassigned the nurses.

We're gonna need their names.

Mark hubbard, alan foster, drew cummings,

But they've all moved on.

You don't find that weird?

Home care's a transient business. Nurses get better offers.

But none of those three had y other complaints,

No more than usual.

That sounds a lot like an excuse.

Look, many of our patients are in constant pain.

They're depressed, even suicidal.

They have to blame someone.

Every nurse has had accusations hurled at them.

What kind of accusations?

Oh, missing property, Invasis of privacy,

Inappropriate touching. They're usually bogus,

And we do rigorous background checks.

Cara's sister said that you have the key To the raleigh home?

With a three-shift rotation, it's required.

First shift takes the key, the last brings it back. But I returned it.

When was that?

After janice raleigh Scaled back to a one-day shift.

I guess she was trying to save money.

Think one of my people copied the key?

Why don't you give us their files, we'll let you know.

Drew cummings, currently on trial For distribution of schedule iv drugs.

- Which ones? - Vicodin, percocet,

oxycontin. You name it, he sold it.

But he was doing late night trial

prep With his attorneys when cara raleigh was attacked.

That's alan foster, 35, Multiple state-certified rn.

No priors and he looks clean.

He's now strictly private, working for some hypochondriac

Out on long island.

What about this mark hubbard?

Multiple counts of check kiting, Fraud, and blackmail, but nothing stuck.

- Well, I smell a payoff. - All the victims recanted.

He had to have something on them.

That's easy when you have access to their homes.

Pick him up and shake him hard.

APARTMENT OF MARK HUBBARD TUESDAY, MARSCH 16

- What's that smell? - Probable cause.

Hang on, there's plenty of party for all of us.

Let's take this party down to the precinct.

Don't say anything.

How old are you, sweet pea?

18.

- What's on the table? - Possession of a controlled substance.

Recreational pot?

And before you guys go there, I didn't touch the girl.

That's not what she said.

She's got a wild imagination,

Probably from smoking too much of her daddy's stash.

He's got cancer everywhere,

And he needs the weed for pain.

Hubbard, you can spin this any way you want.

You can't prove a thing, all right, Or I'd already be in the tombs.

Now we found this camera

Hidden in your bookcase. What were you gonna do,