1 00:00:01,367 --> 00:00:03,063 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:03,136 --> 00:00:06,765 sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:07,932 In New York City, 4 00:00:08,007 --> 00:00:11,034 the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies 5 00:00:11,111 --> 00:00:14,638 are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. 6 00:00:14,714 --> 00:00:16,181 These are their stories. 7 00:00:18,785 --> 00:00:20,082 I'm freezing. 8 00:00:20,153 --> 00:00:22,314 You want to warm up? Paddle harder. 9 00:00:22,389 --> 00:00:24,949 I must have been crazy to let you talk me into this. 10 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:28,461 Got to train early to be in shape for the class 5 rapids this summer. 11 00:00:28,528 --> 00:00:29,961 It's the middle of winter! 12 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:32,828 Hasn't stopped anyone from using the Hudson as a garbage can. 13 00:00:36,302 --> 00:00:38,293 Must've fallen off a boat. 14 00:00:38,371 --> 00:00:40,396 Maybe they left us a couple of brews. 15 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:45,773 Oh, my God! 16 00:00:46,579 --> 00:00:48,376 We got a call for child abuse. 17 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:50,814 Hope you haven't had lunch yet. 18 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:54,012 There's a special place in hell for whoever did this. 19 00:00:54,087 --> 00:00:55,577 How old? 20 00:00:55,655 --> 00:00:58,146 Haven't seen it, but I heard newborn. 21 00:00:58,224 --> 00:00:59,486 Anyone touch anything? 22 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:00,787 Guy who found it closed the lid. 23 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:04,762 I know it's evidence, but thank God for small favors. 24 00:01:04,831 --> 00:01:06,458 You can buy this cooler anywhere in town. 25 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:08,364 Look at this. 26 00:01:08,435 --> 00:01:10,995 Perp must have put something heavy in the bag to weigh it down. 27 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:12,834 Bag breaks, the cooler floats up. 28 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:16,171 Got a partial logo. Probably be able to find the store from this. 29 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:18,369 Please tell me this isn't what I think. 30 00:01:18,445 --> 00:01:19,776 Sorry. 31 00:01:19,846 --> 00:01:21,074 Give me a minute. 32 00:01:22,382 --> 00:01:26,512 Cooler could've been dropped off the dock or from a water taxi. 33 00:01:26,586 --> 00:01:29,487 If you don't want your baby, there are other options. 34 00:01:29,556 --> 00:01:32,753 Not for a girl who throws her newborn in the river. 35 00:01:32,826 --> 00:01:34,919 She's not a newborn. 36 00:01:34,994 --> 00:01:36,552 How do you know? 37 00:01:36,629 --> 00:01:39,598 Umbilical stump's gone. She's at least a month old. 38 00:02:33,050 --> 00:02:37,146 One-month-old white female, eight pounds, two ounces, dead about a day. 39 00:02:37,221 --> 00:02:38,518 She appears well cared for. 40 00:02:38,589 --> 00:02:41,581 Body scan shows no sign of abuse or neglect. 41 00:02:41,658 --> 00:02:43,785 What was the cause of death? 42 00:02:43,861 --> 00:02:47,695 A lethal dose of tricyclic antidepressants. 43 00:02:47,765 --> 00:02:50,393 Mother could have been taking those for postpartum depression. 44 00:02:50,467 --> 00:02:53,903 Except that tricyclics aren't prescribed to nursing mothers. 45 00:02:53,971 --> 00:02:56,201 There was breast milk in the baby's stomach. 46 00:02:56,273 --> 00:02:58,366 So she breast-fed and bonded with this child. 47 00:02:58,442 --> 00:03:00,342 That doesn't sound like a woman who would do this. 48 00:03:00,411 --> 00:03:02,436 You got anything that can lead us to the perp? 49 00:03:02,513 --> 00:03:04,708 The cooler can help. 50 00:03:04,782 --> 00:03:07,876 No damage, so it wasn't dropped from a great height, like a bridge. 51 00:03:07,951 --> 00:03:09,714 Take a look at this. 52 00:03:09,787 --> 00:03:11,118 What is that, algae? 53 00:03:11,188 --> 00:03:12,655 Or some other plant matter. 54 00:03:12,723 --> 00:03:15,123 I also found this on the corpse. 55 00:03:15,192 --> 00:03:18,719 Sodium hypochlorite, an industrial-strength cleanser. 56 00:03:18,796 --> 00:03:20,764 So where do we find that with algae? 57 00:03:20,831 --> 00:03:22,162 No place I know of. 58 00:03:22,232 --> 00:03:25,167 When we find the source, maybe we find the dump site. 59 00:03:28,038 --> 00:03:29,869 ID'ing this was a no-brainer. 60 00:03:29,940 --> 00:03:32,738 It's Enteromorpha, a common type of algae. 61 00:03:32,810 --> 00:03:35,472 Very nutritious. You can get it at sushi restaurants. 62 00:03:35,546 --> 00:03:37,241 I'll stick with burgers and fries, thanks. 63 00:03:37,314 --> 00:03:39,214 Seaweed's healthier. 64 00:03:39,283 --> 00:03:41,410 Come, take a look at this. 65 00:03:44,354 --> 00:03:47,323 It's a map of the lower Hudson. 66 00:03:47,391 --> 00:03:50,451 This is where Enteromorpha likes to grow. 67 00:03:50,527 --> 00:03:53,394 So the cooler had to float through one of these places to pick it up. 68 00:03:53,497 --> 00:03:56,591 And the sodium hypochlorite, any idea how it got in the water? 69 00:03:56,667 --> 00:03:59,659 It's used by sewage treatment plants to disinfect waste 70 00:03:59,736 --> 00:04:01,260 before it's put into the river. 71 00:04:01,338 --> 00:04:02,828 Well, there's a treatment plant on the Hudson, 72 00:04:02,906 --> 00:04:04,567 right under the Riverbank State Park. 73 00:04:04,641 --> 00:04:06,074 West 137. 74 00:04:06,143 --> 00:04:09,544 Now, the cooler was found all the way down here in Battery Park. 75 00:04:09,613 --> 00:04:11,012 Could it have traveled that far? 76 00:04:11,081 --> 00:04:12,343 Without a doubt. 77 00:04:12,416 --> 00:04:15,351 These are the current patterns the day the cooler was found. 78 00:04:15,419 --> 00:04:17,250 I'll bet the cooler was dropped into the water 79 00:04:17,321 --> 00:04:20,017 somewhere along this stretch of river, 80 00:04:20,090 --> 00:04:23,548 and floated along this current to Battery Park. 81 00:04:24,595 --> 00:04:28,361 We're talking a mile or two stretch with direct access to the river. 82 00:04:28,432 --> 00:04:30,229 People come from all over to picnic there. 83 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:32,131 Well, the bag on the cooler narrows it down. 84 00:04:32,202 --> 00:04:35,694 It came from The Bountiful Earth health food store about ten blocks away. 85 00:04:35,772 --> 00:04:37,797 Perp probably stopped there, maybe lives nearby. 86 00:04:37,875 --> 00:04:40,309 People who murder their children usually report them missing, 87 00:04:40,377 --> 00:04:43,141 deflect suspicion off themselves. 88 00:04:43,213 --> 00:04:44,237 Any chance it's a kidnap? 89 00:04:44,314 --> 00:04:47,147 The infant was wrapped in a blanket with the weights on the outside of the cooler 90 00:04:47,217 --> 00:04:49,048 to keep them form crushing the baby. 91 00:04:49,119 --> 00:04:51,451 This perp is definitely someone with an emotional connection. 92 00:04:51,522 --> 00:04:53,149 Newborn murders are usually the mother. 93 00:04:53,223 --> 00:04:55,282 A one-month-old could just as easily be the father. 94 00:04:55,359 --> 00:04:58,351 If he had a reason to conceal the pregnancy, say, because of incest, 95 00:04:58,428 --> 00:05:00,328 I doubt he would have taken so long to commit the crime. 96 00:05:00,397 --> 00:05:02,126 I'm leaning towards the mother. 97 00:05:02,199 --> 00:05:04,963 Where would she have kept the baby hidden for a month? 98 00:05:05,035 --> 00:05:08,198 Student away from home fits the profile. 99 00:05:09,039 --> 00:05:10,233 Hudson University. 100 00:05:10,307 --> 00:05:12,332 It's just down the road from the health food store. 101 00:05:12,409 --> 00:05:15,139 We know roughly when the baby was conceived. 102 00:05:15,212 --> 00:05:17,009 College is the best lead we've got. 103 00:05:20,083 --> 00:05:23,416 I'm very sorry, but our students have a right to their privacy. 104 00:05:23,487 --> 00:05:25,546 Who administers the pregnancy tests here? 105 00:05:25,622 --> 00:05:28,614 Doesn't matter, because you're not going to talk to them. 106 00:05:28,692 --> 00:05:30,319 You really want us trolling your hallways 107 00:05:30,394 --> 00:05:33,056 asking everyone until we find who we're looking for? 108 00:05:33,130 --> 00:05:35,826 Our patients are usually referred to the S.H.A.R.E. desk. 109 00:05:37,968 --> 00:05:39,128 S. H. A. R. E? 110 00:05:39,202 --> 00:05:43,104 Sexual Health and Reproductive Education, staffed by student volunteers. 111 00:05:43,173 --> 00:05:46,336 They collect urine samples and then they send them to the lab 112 00:05:46,410 --> 00:05:47,638 for pregnancy tests. 113 00:05:47,711 --> 00:05:49,235 So, they would have all the names. 114 00:05:49,313 --> 00:05:50,974 No, they'll have the numbers. 115 00:05:51,515 --> 00:05:52,914 It's anonymous. 116 00:05:52,983 --> 00:05:55,008 Okay, so who has the names? 117 00:05:55,085 --> 00:05:56,416 I do. 118 00:05:56,486 --> 00:06:00,582 So come back with a court order or don't come back at all. 119 00:06:01,858 --> 00:06:05,021 We don't even have any proof the victim's mother went to health services. 120 00:06:05,095 --> 00:06:07,723 We understand that, Alex, but this is our best shot. 121 00:06:07,798 --> 00:06:10,198 Well, I need more evidence before I can get a subpoena. 122 00:06:10,267 --> 00:06:12,394 Sounds like you're stonewalling us. 123 00:06:12,469 --> 00:06:14,403 Yeah, what is this really about? 124 00:06:14,471 --> 00:06:17,065 Olivia, would you want somebody digging through your medical records? 125 00:06:17,140 --> 00:06:19,404 I had a pregnancy scare in college. That was bad enough. 126 00:06:19,509 --> 00:06:21,807 I can't imagine the police knocking at my door. 127 00:06:21,878 --> 00:06:23,209 But this is our best lead. 128 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:26,511 Health Services at Hudson has students giving pregnancy tests. 129 00:06:26,583 --> 00:06:27,607 So? 130 00:06:27,684 --> 00:06:30,312 Judge in Iowa ruled confidentiality does not apply 131 00:06:30,387 --> 00:06:32,548 when tests aren't performed by doctors or nurses. 132 00:06:32,623 --> 00:06:34,955 And Planned Parenthood fought the case so hard on the course 133 00:06:35,025 --> 00:06:36,458 that the county finally had to drop it. 134 00:06:36,526 --> 00:06:38,221 Still worth giving a try. 135 00:06:38,762 --> 00:06:40,593 All right, I'll run it by my boss, 136 00:06:40,664 --> 00:06:42,928 but I can tell right now what she's going to say. 137 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,369 Someone killed a child. It's our duty to speak for the victim. 138 00:06:47,437 --> 00:06:49,234 So now we're the pregnancy police? 139 00:06:49,306 --> 00:06:52,605 We're violating a woman's rights for what amounts to a Hail Mary. 140 00:06:52,676 --> 00:06:54,871 This isn't about abortion rights, Alex. 141 00:06:54,945 --> 00:06:57,413 We are talking about a one-month-old infant. 142 00:06:57,481 --> 00:07:00,041 Okay, so what if that doesn't work, what are we supposed to do? 143 00:07:00,117 --> 00:07:03,280 Question every single woman who bought an EPT kit at the drugstore? 144 00:07:03,353 --> 00:07:05,787 I'm afraid you're missing the point. 145 00:07:05,856 --> 00:07:08,381 We all worked hard to pass the Baby Safe Haven law. 146 00:07:08,458 --> 00:07:10,619 That mother could have dropped her child off at any fire station, 147 00:07:10,694 --> 00:07:13,026 any hospital, without fear of prosecution. 148 00:07:13,096 --> 00:07:15,326 Instead, she chose to murder. 149 00:07:17,768 --> 00:07:21,067 So you're going to make an example of her by taking away women's privacy? 150 00:07:21,138 --> 00:07:23,129 I'm not painting her with a scarlet letter. 151 00:07:23,206 --> 00:07:25,902 I'm just trying to find this child's killer. 152 00:07:26,677 --> 00:07:29,202 Well, a judge might not see it that way. 153 00:07:29,279 --> 00:07:32,476 Most still place a pretty high value on privacy rights. 154 00:07:34,951 --> 00:07:36,418 We'll keep our scope narrow. 155 00:07:36,486 --> 00:07:38,511 Limit it to test results from a two-month period. 156 00:07:38,588 --> 00:07:42,649 Stipulate we'll rule out women who already have documented births on file. 157 00:07:42,726 --> 00:07:44,819 Alex, 158 00:07:44,895 --> 00:07:47,386 I want that list of names. 159 00:07:50,967 --> 00:07:52,264 I don't like it. 160 00:07:52,335 --> 00:07:53,825 The only reason we got this list is because 161 00:07:53,904 --> 00:07:56,202 Judge Hill is slightly to the right of Attila the Hun. 162 00:07:56,273 --> 00:07:58,366 Why don't you give it a rest? How many you got? 163 00:07:58,442 --> 00:08:00,410 Twenty-four pregnant college girls. 164 00:08:00,510 --> 00:08:04,241 And excuse me if I'm alarmed by the total disregard for human rights in this country. 165 00:08:04,314 --> 00:08:07,477 If you got a problem with it, why don't you get your bony ass out of here? 166 00:08:09,619 --> 00:08:12,554 Okay, out of two dozen women with positive pregnancy tests, 167 00:08:12,622 --> 00:08:14,249 16 were issued birth certificates. 168 00:08:14,324 --> 00:08:17,225 That leaves eight suspects with no reported baby. 169 00:08:17,294 --> 00:08:19,319 Let's go invade their privacy. 170 00:08:23,433 --> 00:08:24,593 Can I help you? 171 00:08:24,668 --> 00:08:27,967 Detectives Tutuola and Munch. Is Angela Savvas here? 172 00:08:28,038 --> 00:08:29,528 Angie's my wife. What's this about? 173 00:08:29,606 --> 00:08:31,039 We really should be talking to both of you. 174 00:08:31,108 --> 00:08:34,669 She's not feeling well so you'll have to speak with me. 175 00:08:34,744 --> 00:08:36,474 Is your wife a student at Hudson University? 176 00:08:36,546 --> 00:08:37,877 A grad student, yeah. 177 00:08:37,948 --> 00:08:40,916 We understand she found out she was pregnant nine months ago. 178 00:08:42,017 --> 00:08:44,815 Unless that's a crime, I don't see how it's any of your business. 179 00:08:44,888 --> 00:08:47,755 You remember that abandoned baby they found in the river? 180 00:08:47,824 --> 00:08:50,019 We have reason to believe that the mother attended Hudson. 181 00:08:50,093 --> 00:08:52,323 So now you're interrogating every woman on campus? 182 00:08:52,395 --> 00:08:55,159 Just those with positive pregnancy tests and no child. 183 00:08:57,667 --> 00:09:00,067 You're right, we don't have a child. 184 00:09:00,137 --> 00:09:02,196 My wife had a miscarriage. 185 00:09:03,707 --> 00:09:04,731 Sorry. 186 00:09:04,808 --> 00:09:06,503 She went to Presbyterian Hospital. 187 00:09:07,878 --> 00:09:09,539 You want to see the discharge papers? 188 00:09:09,613 --> 00:09:10,910 That won't be necessary. 189 00:09:10,981 --> 00:09:12,608 Then get the hell out of here. 190 00:09:14,851 --> 00:09:17,046 Cheer up. Only three more to go. 191 00:09:22,292 --> 00:09:23,520 Hi. Hi. 192 00:09:23,593 --> 00:09:24,753 Find what you're looking for? 193 00:09:24,828 --> 00:09:26,420 Actually, we were looking for you. 194 00:09:26,496 --> 00:09:28,259 Ellen Swanson? Yes? 195 00:09:28,331 --> 00:09:31,425 I'm Detective Benson. This is my partner Detective Stabler. 196 00:09:31,501 --> 00:09:32,991 We'd like to talk to you for a moment. 197 00:09:33,069 --> 00:09:36,095 Sure. How did you find me? 198 00:09:36,173 --> 00:09:39,609 The Registrar said this is where you do your work-study. 199 00:09:39,676 --> 00:09:42,201 Probably be best if we went somewhere more private. 200 00:09:43,513 --> 00:09:46,311 This is a mistake. I've never been pregnant. 201 00:09:46,383 --> 00:09:48,874 Health Services says you tested positive eight months ago. 202 00:09:48,952 --> 00:09:51,785 They're wrong. I was in Paris for a study abroad eight months ago. 203 00:09:51,855 --> 00:09:53,015 I just got back. 204 00:09:53,089 --> 00:09:55,057 Could somebody in your dorm have borrowed your ID 205 00:09:55,125 --> 00:09:56,752 and then returned it without your knowing? 206 00:09:56,827 --> 00:09:58,192 I live in an apartment alone. 207 00:09:58,261 --> 00:09:59,592 I really have to get back to work. 208 00:09:59,663 --> 00:10:01,824 Just one more thing. 209 00:10:01,898 --> 00:10:04,765 We'd like a DNA swab to rule you out. 210 00:10:04,835 --> 00:10:05,961 No way. 211 00:10:06,036 --> 00:10:10,632 You can't just go prying into my private life and then expect me to cooperate. 212 00:10:12,576 --> 00:10:14,840 INS confirms Ellen was in Paris eight months ago. 213 00:10:14,911 --> 00:10:16,970 Another necessary invasion of privacy. 214 00:10:17,047 --> 00:10:18,309 Well, not exactly. 215 00:10:18,381 --> 00:10:20,679 She flew back here for two weeks shortly after she got there. 216 00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:23,014 Let me guess. She had a pregnancy test as soon as she got home. 217 00:10:23,086 --> 00:10:24,144 The day after. 218 00:10:24,221 --> 00:10:26,553 Probably realized she was pregnant and came home to deal with it. 219 00:10:26,623 --> 00:10:27,817 Boyfriend says all the right things, 220 00:10:27,891 --> 00:10:30,086 she goes back to Paris thinking they're one big happy family. 221 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,890 When she returns, he's changed his mind. 222 00:10:33,864 --> 00:10:36,128 Too late to get an abortion, afraid to tell her parents. 223 00:10:36,199 --> 00:10:37,666 So she has the kid at home, 224 00:10:37,734 --> 00:10:40,202 she spends a month trying to figure out how to get rid of it. 225 00:10:40,270 --> 00:10:41,862 Does that play? 226 00:10:42,305 --> 00:10:43,670 Enough to get a warrant. 227 00:10:44,674 --> 00:10:48,303 You're wrong about this. I told you, I've never been pregnant. 228 00:10:48,378 --> 00:10:49,868 Just like you told us that Health Services 229 00:10:49,946 --> 00:10:52,608 never gave you a pregnancy test because you were in Paris. 230 00:10:52,682 --> 00:10:54,513 Why won't you believe me? 231 00:10:54,584 --> 00:10:57,052 Because your story doesn't match the facts. 232 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,384 Look what we have here. 233 00:10:59,456 --> 00:11:02,425 She shops at The Bountiful Earth. Very health-conscious. 234 00:11:02,492 --> 00:11:05,086 Everyone on campus shops there. 235 00:11:05,161 --> 00:11:09,063 Dumbbells usually come in pairs. Where's the other 20-pounder? 236 00:11:09,132 --> 00:11:11,430 I lost it moving in. 237 00:11:13,570 --> 00:11:14,764 Elliot. 238 00:11:16,973 --> 00:11:21,410 From Conception to Delivery: A First-Time Mother's Guide. 239 00:11:21,478 --> 00:11:24,345 This receipt shows that you bought that book 240 00:11:24,414 --> 00:11:27,577 the day after that pregnancy test you never took. 241 00:11:35,583 --> 00:11:37,107 I haven't done anything wrong. 242 00:11:37,184 --> 00:11:39,778 Then take a DNA test and clear this whole thing up. 243 00:11:39,854 --> 00:11:40,843 No. Fine. 244 00:11:40,922 --> 00:11:42,617 We have enough evidence for a court order. 245 00:11:44,125 --> 00:11:47,652 Positive pregnancy test, a how-to book for expectant mothers, 246 00:11:47,728 --> 00:11:49,423 a bag that matches the bag... 247 00:11:49,497 --> 00:11:50,555 Stop... 248 00:11:50,631 --> 00:11:52,155 Used to weigh down the cooler. 249 00:11:52,233 --> 00:11:53,700 Oh, my God. 250 00:11:57,104 --> 00:11:58,901 What happened, Ellen? 251 00:12:00,207 --> 00:12:01,834 I don't know... 252 00:12:01,909 --> 00:12:03,206 Just tell us. 253 00:12:04,545 --> 00:12:07,013 I'm telling you, you'll feel better. Just tell us. 254 00:12:10,151 --> 00:12:12,085 It wasn't me. 255 00:12:13,020 --> 00:12:14,920 Well, who was it, then? 256 00:12:16,090 --> 00:12:19,719 My sister, Patty. She's only 15. 257 00:12:21,629 --> 00:12:25,395 So, you gave her your college ID to get tested so no one would find out. 258 00:12:25,766 --> 00:12:27,757 She panicked. She needed me. 259 00:12:27,835 --> 00:12:30,133 That's why I came back from Paris. 260 00:12:30,204 --> 00:12:32,297 Why didn't she go to your parents? 261 00:12:32,373 --> 00:12:34,238 You don't know my dad. 262 00:12:35,309 --> 00:12:36,640 So what did she tell you? 263 00:12:36,711 --> 00:12:38,679 That she was going to have the baby. 264 00:12:38,746 --> 00:12:40,475 Did she say who the father was? 265 00:12:40,548 --> 00:12:43,142 Her ex-boyfriend, Paul Howley. 266 00:12:43,217 --> 00:12:48,348 He's older, works for some maintenance company. 267 00:12:48,422 --> 00:12:51,118 So you went back to Paris. 268 00:12:51,192 --> 00:12:53,592 And what happened when you came home? 269 00:12:53,661 --> 00:12:55,424 There was no baby. 270 00:12:55,496 --> 00:12:57,396 Patty said the test was wrong, 271 00:12:57,465 --> 00:12:59,695 that she never wanted to talk about it again. 272 00:13:00,901 --> 00:13:04,132 Then when I heard about the baby in the cooler... 273 00:13:06,807 --> 00:13:11,904 You have to understand, she was so scared, and she's just a kid. 274 00:13:14,649 --> 00:13:16,947 Patty could have kept her baby at her boyfriend's apartment. 275 00:13:17,018 --> 00:13:18,918 Until playing daddy lost its novelty. 276 00:13:18,986 --> 00:13:20,214 Then she had to figure out what to do. 277 00:13:20,287 --> 00:13:22,255 She's a minor. Bring her in with her parents. 278 00:13:22,323 --> 00:13:24,814 Father's some corporate big shot. 279 00:13:24,892 --> 00:13:28,419 He's flying in from D. C. Mother's a homemaker. Still no answer. 280 00:13:28,496 --> 00:13:30,862 Ellen says she runs errands this time of day. 281 00:13:30,931 --> 00:13:32,262 Thank you. 282 00:13:32,333 --> 00:13:34,631 Teacher at Patty's school says she got an emergency page, 283 00:13:34,702 --> 00:13:36,829 left the classroom to answer, never came back. 284 00:13:36,904 --> 00:13:39,134 Big sister Ellen must have warned her. 285 00:13:39,206 --> 00:13:41,106 School's faxing over a yearbook photo. 286 00:13:41,175 --> 00:13:43,575 Maybe Patty's boyfriend can help us find her. 287 00:13:47,948 --> 00:13:50,917 I haven't seen Patty in eight months. She broke up with me. 288 00:13:50,985 --> 00:13:52,850 She dumped you or did you kick her to the curb 289 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,115 when you found out she was going to make you a daddy? 290 00:13:55,189 --> 00:13:56,178 She was pregnant? 291 00:13:56,257 --> 00:13:58,725 Let me guess, you didn't always practice safe sex? 292 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,593 We never had sex. She was too young. 293 00:14:02,663 --> 00:14:03,823 How old were you eight months ago? 294 00:14:03,898 --> 00:14:04,990 Seventeen. 295 00:14:05,066 --> 00:14:07,125 Well, that wasn't statutory rape, so spill it. 296 00:14:07,201 --> 00:14:08,691 Did you have sex with Patty? 297 00:14:09,837 --> 00:14:11,270 Yes. You hit it raw? 298 00:14:12,006 --> 00:14:14,440 Well, a couple of times we didn't use protection. 299 00:14:14,508 --> 00:14:17,841 But she never said anything about being pregnant. 300 00:14:17,912 --> 00:14:19,777 What did I do? 301 00:14:19,847 --> 00:14:22,407 You heard about that baby we found in the river? 302 00:14:22,483 --> 00:14:23,507 You think she was mine? 303 00:14:23,584 --> 00:14:26,144 We can find out if you'll let us run a DNA test. 304 00:14:27,288 --> 00:14:28,550 No problem. 305 00:14:29,490 --> 00:14:31,583 I would have supported Patty and the baby. 306 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,790 I got a union job now, I make a good buck. 307 00:14:34,862 --> 00:14:37,831 If you would have stepped up, why do you think she didn't tell you? 308 00:14:37,898 --> 00:14:40,765 Her father. The guy's a world class jerk. 309 00:14:41,569 --> 00:14:43,628 He hates me because I'm a dropout. 310 00:14:43,704 --> 00:14:45,535 Any idea where we can find Patty? 311 00:14:45,606 --> 00:14:48,404 If she's not at home or at school, I really don't know. 312 00:14:48,476 --> 00:14:50,808 How about paging her? You still got the number? 313 00:14:50,878 --> 00:14:51,970 Yeah, I remember it. 314 00:14:52,046 --> 00:14:54,139 Call it. Tell her to meet you. 315 00:15:02,056 --> 00:15:03,921 Patty Swanson? 316 00:15:08,462 --> 00:15:10,657 Please don't tell my parents. 317 00:15:11,766 --> 00:15:12,926 Please. 318 00:15:15,069 --> 00:15:17,162 You're pregnant? 319 00:15:17,238 --> 00:15:22,039 No, Daddy. Not anymore. 320 00:15:22,109 --> 00:15:23,371 You stupid slut. 321 00:15:23,444 --> 00:15:24,536 Mr. Swanson. 322 00:15:24,612 --> 00:15:25,874 What, you just spread your legs 323 00:15:25,946 --> 00:15:28,141 for the first dropout punk who comes sniffing around? 324 00:15:28,215 --> 00:15:30,547 Sir, calm down. 325 00:15:31,185 --> 00:15:32,584 Calm down. 326 00:15:32,653 --> 00:15:35,019 We know you didn't mean to hurt anyone. 327 00:15:36,056 --> 00:15:38,183 For God's sake, Patty, what happened? 328 00:15:40,127 --> 00:15:41,754 I killed my baby. 329 00:15:44,231 --> 00:15:47,428 God, I killed my baby. I'm so sorry, Daddy. 330 00:15:47,501 --> 00:15:48,763 What did you do? 331 00:15:50,938 --> 00:15:52,098 What? 332 00:15:52,540 --> 00:15:57,034 I went to this place on 96th Street. 333 00:15:58,445 --> 00:15:59,912 A clinic? 334 00:16:01,549 --> 00:16:02,607 Yes. 335 00:16:04,652 --> 00:16:07,519 I'm so sorry. I just didn't know where else to go. 336 00:16:07,588 --> 00:16:10,022 You had an abortion? Without my permission? 337 00:16:10,090 --> 00:16:11,580 The law says that she doesn't need it. 338 00:16:11,659 --> 00:16:12,785 Like hell she doesn't! 339 00:16:12,860 --> 00:16:15,954 I've asked you to calm down. Now I'm telling you to sit down. 340 00:16:17,331 --> 00:16:19,060 Sit down. 341 00:16:24,538 --> 00:16:26,369 Patty, we're going to need your okay 342 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,136 to check this story with the clinic, all right? 343 00:16:30,144 --> 00:16:31,475 All right. 344 00:16:37,885 --> 00:16:39,375 How'd it go? 345 00:16:39,453 --> 00:16:41,353 Only crime here is that her father's a prick. 346 00:16:41,422 --> 00:16:42,821 And a wife beater. 347 00:16:43,858 --> 00:16:45,189 What did you say? 348 00:16:45,259 --> 00:16:47,853 Swanson has half a dozen domestic violence collars. 349 00:16:47,928 --> 00:16:49,156 His wife never pressed charges, 350 00:16:49,230 --> 00:16:51,664 but the local precinct knows their address by heart. 351 00:16:55,302 --> 00:16:57,600 Listen to me, Detective. 352 00:16:57,671 --> 00:16:59,036 If you ever speak to me that way again, 353 00:16:59,106 --> 00:17:01,939 I'll make damn sure the Police Commissioner hears about it. 354 00:17:02,009 --> 00:17:03,340 We play golf together. 355 00:17:04,478 --> 00:17:05,911 Does he know about your handicap? 356 00:17:05,980 --> 00:17:07,470 My handicap? 357 00:17:07,548 --> 00:17:09,379 The one that makes you slap your wife around. 358 00:17:12,753 --> 00:17:14,515 Well, good, I've got your attention. 359 00:17:16,323 --> 00:17:18,518 You raise your hand to her or your daughters again, 360 00:17:19,293 --> 00:17:20,760 I'll be paying you a visit. 361 00:17:22,428 --> 00:17:24,055 Is that a threat? 362 00:17:25,131 --> 00:17:26,326 Yeah. 363 00:17:26,634 --> 00:17:27,930 Roger? 364 00:17:37,778 --> 00:17:39,575 Clinic confirmed Patty's abortion. 365 00:17:41,515 --> 00:17:43,506 So we turned her world upside down for nothing. 366 00:17:43,584 --> 00:17:45,074 Another good day's work. 367 00:17:46,086 --> 00:17:47,713 I heard what you said to the father. 368 00:17:48,889 --> 00:17:50,982 I meant every word of that. 369 00:17:54,194 --> 00:17:57,960 Wow, you look like you left somebody alone at a very nice place. 370 00:17:58,032 --> 00:18:01,195 My husband will wait. This couldn't. It's about the baby. 371 00:18:01,268 --> 00:18:02,326 What's wrong? 372 00:18:02,403 --> 00:18:05,600 During the autopsy, I noticed her retinas had a reddish discoloration, 373 00:18:05,673 --> 00:18:09,268 so I ordered several genetic tests. One came back positive. 374 00:18:09,343 --> 00:18:10,935 What for? Tay-Sachs. 375 00:18:11,011 --> 00:18:12,569 No treatment or cure. 376 00:18:12,646 --> 00:18:15,012 She'd have died a horrible death by the age of five. 377 00:18:16,483 --> 00:18:18,110 This was a mercy killing. 378 00:18:24,598 --> 00:18:27,192 So, this changes the profile. 379 00:18:27,267 --> 00:18:28,928 Instead of looking for one parent, 380 00:18:29,002 --> 00:18:32,130 we're probably looking for a couple, reasonably well-off, 381 00:18:32,205 --> 00:18:34,230 responsible enough to get medical care for their baby. 382 00:18:34,307 --> 00:18:36,138 Explains why she's a month old. 383 00:18:36,209 --> 00:18:39,337 Mother probably never thought of doing this until she found out the baby was sick. 384 00:18:39,412 --> 00:18:41,607 People like this, they wouldn't have kept their kid a secret. 385 00:18:41,681 --> 00:18:44,741 No, but they're probably covering up her disappearance. 386 00:18:44,818 --> 00:18:46,786 They might have relocated at the time of her death, 387 00:18:46,853 --> 00:18:48,753 or reported her missing in another state. 388 00:18:48,822 --> 00:18:51,086 I'll check with the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 389 00:18:51,157 --> 00:18:53,955 In the meantime, any idea how we can pick up their trail? 390 00:18:54,027 --> 00:18:56,621 Yeah. Tay-Sachs is most common among certain ethnic groups, 391 00:18:56,696 --> 00:18:58,755 particularly the Jewish community. 392 00:18:58,832 --> 00:19:01,630 Same old story. When all else fails, round up the Jews. 393 00:19:01,701 --> 00:19:04,761 It's also common among French-Canadians and Cajuns. 394 00:19:05,372 --> 00:19:08,535 Genetic screening has drastically reduced the number of Tay-Sachs babies. 395 00:19:08,608 --> 00:19:12,476 Both parents need to carry the gene and they were probably never tested. 396 00:19:12,545 --> 00:19:14,274 If I had a kid with some rare disease, 397 00:19:14,347 --> 00:19:16,815 first thing I'd do is find a doctor who specializes in it. 398 00:19:20,620 --> 00:19:23,316 It's a horrible disease, worse than most parents can possibly bear. 399 00:19:23,390 --> 00:19:24,823 And how close are you to a cure? 400 00:19:24,891 --> 00:19:26,415 Years away. 401 00:19:26,493 --> 00:19:28,461 Tay-Sachs patients are missing a key enzyme. 402 00:19:28,528 --> 00:19:31,053 Without it, a fatty substance builds up in the brain, 403 00:19:31,131 --> 00:19:34,692 causing progressive loss of function and eventually death. 404 00:19:34,768 --> 00:19:37,566 Would our victim have shown any symptoms? 405 00:19:37,637 --> 00:19:40,572 Nothing the parents would have noticed until about six months. 406 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,505 Then why did they have their baby tested? 407 00:19:42,575 --> 00:19:44,702 The cherry-red spots in the eyes your M.E. found 408 00:19:44,778 --> 00:19:47,269 can appear as early as two days after birth. 409 00:19:47,347 --> 00:19:50,407 Any pediatrician could have spotted them during a well-baby checkup. 410 00:19:50,483 --> 00:19:52,075 Do you have any patients who died suddenly 411 00:19:52,152 --> 00:19:54,086 or missed appointments, haven't come back? 412 00:19:54,154 --> 00:19:56,782 My work is in research. I don't treat these children myself. 413 00:19:56,856 --> 00:19:59,450 But even if I did, you know I couldn't tell you about them. 414 00:19:59,526 --> 00:20:03,428 Okay. Are there any places the parents can go for help? 415 00:20:03,496 --> 00:20:05,487 Fortunately, this disease is rare. 416 00:20:05,565 --> 00:20:07,499 There's only one support group in the area. 417 00:20:08,568 --> 00:20:10,331 Not everybody comes to every meeting. 418 00:20:10,403 --> 00:20:12,098 We get people from as far away as Maine. 419 00:20:12,172 --> 00:20:16,575 But these parents would probably be local, child born about a month ago. 420 00:20:17,444 --> 00:20:18,934 There was a woman from Manhattan. 421 00:20:19,012 --> 00:20:22,778 Came to a meeting a few weeks ago, but never came back. 422 00:20:22,849 --> 00:20:24,180 Any idea why? 423 00:20:24,250 --> 00:20:27,242 She seemed disturbed when she saw the child of one of our parents. 424 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:28,446 Can't say I blame her. 425 00:20:28,521 --> 00:20:29,613 Do you remember her name? 426 00:20:29,689 --> 00:20:30,713 Sorry. 427 00:20:30,790 --> 00:20:34,658 Well, what about a list of members or a sign-in sheet? 428 00:20:34,728 --> 00:20:36,491 Can't give that out. 429 00:20:36,563 --> 00:20:39,293 Rabbi, we're pretty sure that the parents 430 00:20:39,366 --> 00:20:43,496 that we're looking for murdered their baby because she had Tay-Sachs. 431 00:20:43,570 --> 00:20:44,764 Oh, God. 432 00:20:44,838 --> 00:20:45,930 And with all due respect, 433 00:20:46,005 --> 00:20:49,099 there is no law protecting the confidentiality of support groups. 434 00:20:49,175 --> 00:20:52,770 I'm only trying to protect what little solace the members of this group have left. 435 00:20:54,414 --> 00:20:56,882 I'm sorry, we'll have to get a subpoena. 436 00:20:56,950 --> 00:20:58,042 Okay. 437 00:20:59,219 --> 00:21:00,311 Okay. 438 00:21:04,357 --> 00:21:06,951 Here's the list. I'll fax you the sign-in sheets. 439 00:21:07,026 --> 00:21:10,826 But there's no guarantee the woman you're looking for is going to be on any of them. 440 00:21:10,897 --> 00:21:13,798 We don't require parents to sign in, or even tell us who they are. 441 00:21:13,867 --> 00:21:16,301 Do you remember anything else about this woman? 442 00:21:16,369 --> 00:21:19,532 Where she lived, who referred her? 443 00:21:19,606 --> 00:21:21,164 Now that you mention it, yes. 444 00:21:21,241 --> 00:21:23,209 Her pediatrician, Judah Platner, sent her. 445 00:21:23,710 --> 00:21:25,405 He belongs to our congregation. 446 00:21:26,312 --> 00:21:28,644 We're not asking for records. We're asking for the name of the woman 447 00:21:28,715 --> 00:21:30,649 you referred to the Tay-Sachs support group. 448 00:21:30,717 --> 00:21:32,685 That's the same thing, isn't it? 449 00:21:32,752 --> 00:21:35,277 Besides, I haven't had a Tay-Sachs patient in a couple of years. 450 00:21:35,355 --> 00:21:37,289 Rabbi Birnbaum mentioned you by name. 451 00:21:37,357 --> 00:21:39,621 Yes, I know. He visits patients here all the time. 452 00:21:39,692 --> 00:21:41,557 It's easy enough to mix me up with another pediatrician. 453 00:21:41,628 --> 00:21:44,256 Dr. Platner, a child has been murdered. If you know anything at all... 454 00:21:44,330 --> 00:21:45,388 I would tell you. 455 00:21:45,465 --> 00:21:47,990 The law requires me to report any abuse of a child. 456 00:21:48,067 --> 00:21:50,535 Have you had any patients die recently? 457 00:21:50,603 --> 00:21:52,571 Yes. A five-year old boy. 458 00:21:52,639 --> 00:21:54,504 Neuroblastoma. Just last month. 459 00:21:55,308 --> 00:21:58,038 It doesn't happen often but it never gets any easier. 460 00:21:58,111 --> 00:21:59,806 Any you've sent for genetic testing? 461 00:21:59,879 --> 00:22:01,972 Detective, stop wasting your time and mine. 462 00:22:02,048 --> 00:22:03,811 Believe me, I'd help you if I could. 463 00:22:05,185 --> 00:22:08,154 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children came up with squat. 464 00:22:08,221 --> 00:22:11,554 Same with Missing Persons in all five boroughs and the rest of the Tri-State. 465 00:22:11,624 --> 00:22:14,525 Mother goes to a support group. She gets the kid tested. 466 00:22:14,594 --> 00:22:17,290 You've got all of this media coverage... 467 00:22:17,363 --> 00:22:20,764 Someone who knows them is not suspicious that this baby is gone missing? 468 00:22:20,834 --> 00:22:22,597 I mean, why hasn't anyone reported them? 469 00:22:22,669 --> 00:22:25,365 Because everybody knows the baby died. They just don't know how. 470 00:22:25,438 --> 00:22:26,928 Yeah, and somehow they covered it up. 471 00:22:27,006 --> 00:22:28,837 Maybe with help from your Dr. Platner. 472 00:22:28,908 --> 00:22:30,239 What'd you find? 473 00:22:30,310 --> 00:22:33,177 Vital Stats had the death certificate on a cancer patient, 474 00:22:33,246 --> 00:22:36,113 but he signed one just last week on a month-old girl. 475 00:22:36,182 --> 00:22:38,412 Funny how he forgot to tell us that. Cause of death? 476 00:22:38,485 --> 00:22:39,952 Asphyxiation Pneumonia. 477 00:22:40,019 --> 00:22:43,580 Little girl's name was Sarah Brown. Parents, Andrea and Daniel. 478 00:22:44,457 --> 00:22:47,790 The funeral was Wednesday. We're still sitting shiva. 479 00:22:47,861 --> 00:22:49,692 We're very sorry for your loss. 480 00:22:49,762 --> 00:22:51,525 We'll take as little of your time as possible. 481 00:22:51,598 --> 00:22:54,465 Dr. Platner was Sarah's pediatrician, wasn't he? 482 00:22:54,534 --> 00:22:56,559 Yes, but how would you know that? 483 00:22:56,636 --> 00:22:58,627 We have a list of all his patients. 484 00:22:59,372 --> 00:23:00,703 What exactly is this about? 485 00:23:00,773 --> 00:23:03,105 We're investigating a complaint against Dr. Platner 486 00:23:03,176 --> 00:23:05,736 and we're following up with all of his patients' parents. 487 00:23:05,812 --> 00:23:07,677 I'm sorry, may I use the bathroom? 488 00:23:07,747 --> 00:23:10,841 Sure, it's through the bedroom. Pardon the mess. 489 00:23:56,129 --> 00:23:57,153 Anything? 490 00:23:57,230 --> 00:24:00,631 Not in the medicine cabinet, but there was an empty vial in the garbage can. 491 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:02,224 Something called Imipramine. 492 00:24:02,936 --> 00:24:04,267 I've never heard of it. When was it filled? 493 00:24:04,337 --> 00:24:07,238 Last week, two days before the baby turned up. 494 00:24:07,307 --> 00:24:09,639 For Andrea Richman. Must be her maiden name. 495 00:24:09,709 --> 00:24:12,473 Prescribed by Dr. Platner. 496 00:24:16,015 --> 00:24:19,075 Well, how often does a pediatrician write a prescription for the parents? 497 00:24:21,454 --> 00:24:24,184 The M.E. Confirmed Imipramine is the tricyclic antidepressant 498 00:24:24,257 --> 00:24:25,417 that caused Sarah Brown's death. 499 00:24:25,491 --> 00:24:27,823 Parents probably used what they needed to put the baby to sleep 500 00:24:27,894 --> 00:24:29,191 and flushed the rest down the toilet. 501 00:24:29,262 --> 00:24:30,820 If the doctor gave them the pills to do this, 502 00:24:30,897 --> 00:24:32,797 he's just as guilty as the Browns are. 503 00:24:33,266 --> 00:24:35,097 I'll get a warrant to pick up that pill vial. 504 00:24:35,168 --> 00:24:37,864 Our baby was found in a cooler. 505 00:24:37,937 --> 00:24:40,167 Are we saying these parents buried an empty casket? 506 00:24:40,239 --> 00:24:44,141 I checked out the funeral home that the Browns used. 507 00:24:44,210 --> 00:24:46,269 There are multiple Health Department violations. 508 00:24:46,346 --> 00:24:47,643 The Browns could have paid them off. 509 00:24:47,714 --> 00:24:50,148 Why dump the body in the river? Why not just bury it? 510 00:24:50,216 --> 00:24:52,241 We're not going to know until the parents give it up. 511 00:24:52,318 --> 00:24:55,253 We can't prove the Browns are the parents without their DNA. 512 00:24:55,321 --> 00:24:57,289 Which we can't get without more evidence. 513 00:24:57,357 --> 00:24:59,188 We got the pill bottle. 514 00:24:59,258 --> 00:25:01,089 Is that enough to dig up the kid's grave? 515 00:25:16,843 --> 00:25:18,902 I'll run tests on the lining, 516 00:25:18,978 --> 00:25:21,845 but I'm pretty sure there's never been a body in this coffin. 517 00:25:23,282 --> 00:25:25,341 I see a selfless act of mercy, not a murder. 518 00:25:25,418 --> 00:25:27,079 The law doesn't make that distinction, Counselor. 519 00:25:27,153 --> 00:25:28,518 The jury will. They'll never convict. 520 00:25:28,588 --> 00:25:30,715 Juries don't like defendants who kill their own children. 521 00:25:30,790 --> 00:25:33,850 If this was Dr. Platner's idea and you agree to testify against him... 522 00:25:33,926 --> 00:25:36,588 It was my idea. But I couldn't bear to hurt Sarah. 523 00:25:36,663 --> 00:25:37,789 So you had your husband do it? 524 00:25:37,864 --> 00:25:38,922 He had nothing to do with this. 525 00:25:38,998 --> 00:25:40,966 Andrea, please, don't say anything else. 526 00:25:41,034 --> 00:25:42,592 No, I need to tell them. I didn't know what to do, 527 00:25:42,669 --> 00:25:44,762 so I asked Dr. Platner for help. 528 00:25:44,837 --> 00:25:47,237 And you wrote Andrea the prescription. 529 00:25:47,306 --> 00:25:49,274 Nothing could have saved Sarah. 530 00:25:49,342 --> 00:25:51,310 I've seen many children die. 531 00:25:51,377 --> 00:25:53,607 Children born without brains, riddled with cancer. 532 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,580 This time, at least I was able to do something 533 00:25:55,648 --> 00:25:56,945 before that little girl suffered. 534 00:25:57,016 --> 00:25:58,142 What about your oath? 535 00:25:58,217 --> 00:26:02,278 To do no harm? I couldn't even make Sarah comfortable. 536 00:26:02,355 --> 00:26:04,653 Her mother wanted to spare her years of torture. 537 00:26:04,724 --> 00:26:08,182 Now, would it have been less harmful to make her go through that? 538 00:26:08,261 --> 00:26:10,286 The jury will see him as an angel of mercy. 539 00:26:10,363 --> 00:26:11,887 Or an angel of death. 540 00:26:11,964 --> 00:26:14,524 Our version goes down a lot smoother. 541 00:26:16,002 --> 00:26:19,267 We'll consider a plea if there's no time involved. 542 00:26:19,338 --> 00:26:21,272 Your client provided the murder weapon. 543 00:26:21,340 --> 00:26:22,568 We're not going to send the message 544 00:26:22,642 --> 00:26:24,303 that you can kill a terminally ill child 545 00:26:24,377 --> 00:26:26,072 and get off with a slap on the wrist. 546 00:26:26,612 --> 00:26:28,273 You're looking at 25-years-to-life. 547 00:26:28,347 --> 00:26:29,780 Not after the jury hears her story. 548 00:26:29,849 --> 00:26:31,441 You fed Sarah the drugs. 549 00:26:31,517 --> 00:26:35,146 DNA proves that little girl in the river is your daughter. 550 00:26:38,424 --> 00:26:40,415 She was my baby. 551 00:26:40,493 --> 00:26:43,189 You could never know how hard this was. 552 00:26:44,263 --> 00:26:46,390 Instead of suffering, 553 00:26:47,533 --> 00:26:49,967 she just went peacefully to sleep. 554 00:26:53,172 --> 00:26:55,037 It's still murder. 555 00:27:06,143 --> 00:27:07,405 You're not testifying? 556 00:27:07,478 --> 00:27:09,343 I have a personal interest. 557 00:27:09,413 --> 00:27:10,744 Sitting on the defense's side? 558 00:27:10,814 --> 00:27:12,577 Oh, ye of little faith. 559 00:27:13,150 --> 00:27:15,084 I assumed that you were pro-euthanasia. 560 00:27:15,152 --> 00:27:17,211 Yeah, for adults who are competent to ask for it. 561 00:27:17,287 --> 00:27:18,447 But not for children? 562 00:27:18,522 --> 00:27:21,889 First kids with incurable diseases, then the disabled. Where does it stop? 563 00:27:23,127 --> 00:27:25,891 Defense is going to argue that Andrea did this out of love. 564 00:27:25,963 --> 00:27:28,693 It doesn't matter what intentions this road is paved with, Alex, 565 00:27:28,766 --> 00:27:30,859 it only leads to one place. 566 00:27:36,774 --> 00:27:40,437 I was Andrea's pediatrician since the day she was born. 567 00:27:40,511 --> 00:27:43,776 But you were more than just her doctor, weren't you? 568 00:27:43,847 --> 00:27:46,816 Well, Andrea's father, Joel, died when she was about 12. 569 00:27:46,884 --> 00:27:49,785 I was sort of her surrogate father while she was growing up. 570 00:27:49,853 --> 00:27:54,381 We lost touch from the time she went to college until Sarah was born. 571 00:27:54,458 --> 00:27:56,653 How did you learn that Sarah was sick? 572 00:27:56,727 --> 00:27:59,491 At her two-week checkup, I saw the red spots in her eyes. 573 00:27:59,563 --> 00:28:02,088 I told Andrea she had to get the girl tested. 574 00:28:02,166 --> 00:28:04,634 And when the results of those tests came back? 575 00:28:04,701 --> 00:28:08,000 I told Andrea and Daniel their child had Tay-Sachs. 576 00:28:08,072 --> 00:28:12,202 They felt terrible guilt because they had not been tested themselves. 577 00:28:12,276 --> 00:28:14,141 Did you tell them what Sarah faced? 578 00:28:14,211 --> 00:28:15,269 Yes, I did. 579 00:28:15,345 --> 00:28:16,505 Would you tell us? 580 00:28:16,580 --> 00:28:19,674 At about six months, Sarah would start having seizures. 581 00:28:19,750 --> 00:28:23,345 Her vision would progressively deteriorate until she went blind. 582 00:28:23,420 --> 00:28:25,479 Her brain function would slowly disappear. 583 00:28:25,556 --> 00:28:28,218 She would lose the ability to sit up and swallow. 584 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,459 She would need a feeding tube to stay alive. 585 00:28:33,530 --> 00:28:38,524 I told Andrea and Daniel that their beautiful little child 586 00:28:38,602 --> 00:28:43,096 would die a terrible death before she was five. 587 00:28:43,173 --> 00:28:44,834 How did they take the news? 588 00:28:44,908 --> 00:28:46,933 As bad as you would expect. 589 00:28:47,010 --> 00:28:50,241 They couldn't stand the thought of Sarah suffering and then losing her. 590 00:28:50,314 --> 00:28:53,249 Doctor, at any time did you advise Andrea 591 00:28:53,317 --> 00:28:56,377 or Daniel Brown to euthanize their daughter? 592 00:28:56,453 --> 00:28:57,511 Absolutely not. 593 00:28:57,588 --> 00:28:59,886 Then why did you prescribe the tricyclics 594 00:28:59,957 --> 00:29:02,187 that Andrea used to put Sarah to sleep? 595 00:29:02,259 --> 00:29:06,525 Andrea said that she was going to euthanize Sarah with me or without me. 596 00:29:06,597 --> 00:29:09,293 You see, I knew what Sarah was going to go through. 597 00:29:09,366 --> 00:29:12,893 I just wanted it to be as painless as possible for both of them. 598 00:29:12,970 --> 00:29:14,369 Thank you, Doctor. 599 00:29:16,673 --> 00:29:18,937 No questions for this witness. 600 00:29:21,278 --> 00:29:24,509 Dr. Platner, when you agreed to help Andrea Brown kill her daughter... 601 00:29:24,581 --> 00:29:25,673 No, no, no. That's not what I said. 602 00:29:25,749 --> 00:29:27,307 Please let me finish, Doctor. 603 00:29:27,384 --> 00:29:29,375 Did you ever talk to her husband, Daniel? 604 00:29:30,187 --> 00:29:31,779 No, I didn't. 605 00:29:31,855 --> 00:29:34,016 But he was Sarah's father. 606 00:29:34,091 --> 00:29:37,424 Andrea would have never done this if it wasn't what they both wanted. 607 00:29:39,163 --> 00:29:42,132 You also falsified the death certificate, didn't you? 608 00:29:42,199 --> 00:29:43,598 Yes, I did. 609 00:29:44,434 --> 00:29:47,631 Did you also advise Andrea to dump Sarah's body in the Hudson River? 610 00:29:47,704 --> 00:29:48,693 No, no, of course not. 611 00:29:48,772 --> 00:29:52,606 Then why did you arrange for the funeral home to bury an empty casket? 612 00:29:52,676 --> 00:29:57,079 Andrea was supposed to call me when Sarah had gone to sleep. But she panicked. 613 00:29:57,147 --> 00:30:00,014 She didn't come to me until after she had already put Sarah in the river. 614 00:30:00,083 --> 00:30:01,983 And you helped her cover it up? 615 00:30:03,287 --> 00:30:04,686 Yes, I did. 616 00:30:06,356 --> 00:30:07,653 Dr. Platner, do you think that children 617 00:30:07,724 --> 00:30:09,988 who have no chance of survival should be euthanized? 618 00:30:10,060 --> 00:30:11,618 Objection. Overruled. 619 00:30:11,695 --> 00:30:13,492 Have you ever seen a child with Tay-Sachs? 620 00:30:13,564 --> 00:30:15,293 Or any fatal disease? 621 00:30:15,365 --> 00:30:18,892 And how would we determine the criteria for killing a child? 622 00:30:18,969 --> 00:30:20,994 Those born with half a brain? 623 00:30:21,071 --> 00:30:22,902 Deaf children? Blind children, maybe? 624 00:30:22,973 --> 00:30:24,235 Is this necessary, Your Honor? 625 00:30:24,308 --> 00:30:26,367 You've made your point, Miss Cabot. Move on. 626 00:30:26,910 --> 00:30:29,902 Dr. Platner, for how many other patients have you ended the suffering? 627 00:30:29,980 --> 00:30:31,072 None. 628 00:30:31,148 --> 00:30:32,547 Then why did you do it in this case? 629 00:30:33,750 --> 00:30:35,581 Sarah was hopeless. 630 00:30:35,652 --> 00:30:37,415 I was like a father to Andrea. 631 00:30:37,487 --> 00:30:39,512 I couldn't let this destroy her, too. 632 00:30:42,859 --> 00:30:44,486 Nothing further. 633 00:30:51,802 --> 00:30:54,293 Daniel had to work late that night. 634 00:30:54,538 --> 00:30:56,836 I crushed the pills, 635 00:30:57,541 --> 00:30:59,372 I put them in some formula. 636 00:31:00,877 --> 00:31:03,004 I nursed her one last time, 637 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,939 and then I gave Sarah the bottle. 638 00:31:06,016 --> 00:31:07,881 And I... 639 00:31:08,518 --> 00:31:13,546 I held her and I watched her as she peacefully drifted off to sleep. 640 00:31:16,159 --> 00:31:18,525 Tell the jury what happened next. 641 00:31:18,595 --> 00:31:19,926 I lost it. 642 00:31:21,832 --> 00:31:24,062 I was supposed to call Judah... 643 00:31:24,134 --> 00:31:26,898 Dr. Platner, but... 644 00:31:28,105 --> 00:31:31,040 I put Sarah in the car and I just drove. 645 00:31:31,108 --> 00:31:34,305 I went to the river and stopped at a place 646 00:31:34,378 --> 00:31:36,744 where Daniel and I used to picnic. 647 00:31:37,514 --> 00:31:39,573 Did you call your husband? 648 00:31:39,650 --> 00:31:40,674 No. 649 00:31:40,751 --> 00:31:43,618 I didn't want him to see our baby like that. 650 00:31:43,687 --> 00:31:45,314 What did you do? 651 00:31:46,690 --> 00:31:48,157 I put the 652 00:31:49,393 --> 00:31:52,760 tire iron into the grocery sack, I tied it around the 653 00:31:53,897 --> 00:31:55,125 handle. 654 00:31:56,233 --> 00:31:57,757 I wrapped Sarah 655 00:31:59,436 --> 00:32:01,233 in a blanket and I... 656 00:32:01,872 --> 00:32:03,840 And I put her inside and 657 00:32:04,641 --> 00:32:06,370 I placed it on the water 658 00:32:06,443 --> 00:32:10,777 and I just... I watched while it disappeared. 659 00:32:13,283 --> 00:32:14,477 Andrea, 660 00:32:15,552 --> 00:32:18,077 you had other alternatives, didn't you? 661 00:32:18,155 --> 00:32:22,148 There was a support group that Judah recommended. 662 00:32:22,225 --> 00:32:28,460 And I went and I listened to the parents discuss their kids. 663 00:32:29,299 --> 00:32:32,291 They can't move. They can't see. 664 00:32:32,369 --> 00:32:34,360 It made me even more determined to do what I did. 665 00:32:34,438 --> 00:32:35,530 Why? 666 00:32:35,605 --> 00:32:38,369 Because I loved Sarah so much. 667 00:32:38,442 --> 00:32:40,967 I could not stand to see her suffer. 668 00:32:42,079 --> 00:32:43,671 Nothing further. 669 00:32:46,917 --> 00:32:49,977 Sarah wasn't showing any symptoms of Tay-Sachs. 670 00:32:50,987 --> 00:32:52,887 Why didn't you wait until she did? 671 00:32:52,956 --> 00:32:54,924 I didn't want her to be in any pain. 672 00:32:54,991 --> 00:32:58,518 Wasn't this as much about your pain as it was Sarah's? 673 00:32:58,595 --> 00:33:01,086 I did it to spare Sarah, not me. 674 00:33:02,199 --> 00:33:04,827 I will be in agony for the rest of my life. 675 00:33:04,901 --> 00:33:09,361 You testified that you went to the support group by yourself. 676 00:33:09,439 --> 00:33:11,339 Where was your husband? 677 00:33:13,777 --> 00:33:15,938 I didn't think he could handle it. 678 00:33:16,012 --> 00:33:19,778 Dr. Platner said that you both wanted to end Sarah's life 679 00:33:19,850 --> 00:33:23,217 and yet you told detectives that your husband wasn't involved. 680 00:33:23,954 --> 00:33:26,821 Why did you make this decision on your own? 681 00:33:32,562 --> 00:33:35,622 I didn't want Daniel to be the one who did it. 682 00:33:36,533 --> 00:33:39,468 I know what I did was against the law. 683 00:33:39,536 --> 00:33:42,300 But I believe in a loving God. 684 00:33:43,473 --> 00:33:46,374 And I cannot believe that a loving God 685 00:33:46,443 --> 00:33:49,708 would want an innocent child to suffer so horribly. 686 00:34:05,295 --> 00:34:06,694 Miss Cabot. 687 00:34:07,998 --> 00:34:09,761 Your client seems upset. What's going on? 688 00:34:09,833 --> 00:34:11,824 Dr. Platner asked me to talk to you. 689 00:34:11,902 --> 00:34:13,267 Why? 690 00:34:13,336 --> 00:34:15,303 He wants to make a deal. 691 00:34:16,306 --> 00:34:18,035 In return for what? 692 00:34:19,109 --> 00:34:20,872 I've already testified, Ms. Cabot. 693 00:34:22,044 --> 00:34:23,672 Believe me, I'm not hiding anything. 694 00:34:24,681 --> 00:34:27,172 I did what I had to do for Andrea and Sarah. 695 00:34:27,250 --> 00:34:28,945 What happened to your noble intentions, 696 00:34:29,019 --> 00:34:31,419 alleviating the suffering of dying children? 697 00:34:32,122 --> 00:34:35,319 I've been taking care of children for almost 40 years. 698 00:34:35,392 --> 00:34:37,359 If I'm convicted, I'll die in prison. 699 00:34:39,296 --> 00:34:40,593 What are you looking for? 700 00:34:40,664 --> 00:34:42,256 Man two, five-to-15. 701 00:34:42,332 --> 00:34:45,768 And this doesn't have anything to do with the fireworks I witnessed after court today? 702 00:34:45,836 --> 00:34:47,359 There isn't anything that my client knows 703 00:34:47,437 --> 00:34:49,405 that he hasn't told you or the jury. 704 00:34:50,006 --> 00:34:51,870 And he may very well be acquitted. 705 00:34:52,843 --> 00:34:54,674 You didn't let Platner cop a plea, did you? 706 00:34:54,743 --> 00:34:56,439 We told him we'd sleep on it. 707 00:34:56,513 --> 00:34:59,310 All that posturing about euthanasia and now he just wants to give up? 708 00:34:59,381 --> 00:35:00,713 What's he really afraid of? 709 00:35:00,783 --> 00:35:02,649 I'm not sure, but Platner looked pretty surprised 710 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,745 when Andrea testified she never told her husband what she was going to do. 711 00:35:05,822 --> 00:35:08,552 This was the most important decision of their lives. 712 00:35:08,625 --> 00:35:09,922 How could she not include him? 713 00:35:09,993 --> 00:35:12,461 She said she didn't want Daniel to be the one who did it. 714 00:35:12,529 --> 00:35:13,962 Maybe she was protecting him. 715 00:35:14,030 --> 00:35:15,520 Not from us. 716 00:35:15,599 --> 00:35:18,693 Even if he was involved, the only proof of that would be Andrea's testimony 717 00:35:18,768 --> 00:35:21,202 and spousal privilege puts that off limits. 718 00:35:21,271 --> 00:35:23,364 Well, maybe Andrea was protecting him from the truth. 719 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:24,532 About what? 720 00:35:24,608 --> 00:35:26,542 Every Jewish couple I know got tested for Tay-Sachs 721 00:35:26,610 --> 00:35:28,009 before they walked down the aisle. 722 00:35:28,078 --> 00:35:29,943 Why would an educated couple like the Browns 723 00:35:30,013 --> 00:35:31,503 roll the dice and take those chances? 724 00:35:31,581 --> 00:35:34,448 Because they thought there was no chance they could have a Tay-Sachs baby. 725 00:35:34,518 --> 00:35:36,884 If Danny wasn't born Jewish, he'd got better odds at hitting the lottery 726 00:35:36,953 --> 00:35:38,853 than carrying the Tay-Sachs gene. 727 00:35:39,689 --> 00:35:41,384 What kind of offer requires the presence 728 00:35:41,458 --> 00:35:44,154 of the defendant's husband but not her? 729 00:35:44,227 --> 00:35:45,558 No offer. 730 00:35:45,629 --> 00:35:49,156 We have a court order for a DNA test for Mr. Brown. 731 00:35:49,232 --> 00:35:50,824 What the hell for? 732 00:35:50,901 --> 00:35:53,199 We checked your birth certificate. 733 00:35:53,270 --> 00:35:54,965 You were born Catholic. 734 00:35:55,038 --> 00:35:59,532 Yes, but I converted to Judaism before Andrea and I got married. So what? 735 00:35:59,609 --> 00:36:03,602 So there's very little chance that you carry the Tay-Sachs gene. 736 00:36:07,284 --> 00:36:08,774 You can't do this. 737 00:36:09,586 --> 00:36:11,486 I know my rights. Spousal privilege. 738 00:36:11,555 --> 00:36:14,353 Husbands and wives can't incriminate each other. 739 00:36:14,925 --> 00:36:17,223 Well, that's not entirely true. 740 00:36:17,727 --> 00:36:20,560 Communication between spouses is protected. 741 00:36:20,897 --> 00:36:23,457 But the privilege doesn't cover DNA. 742 00:36:28,071 --> 00:36:31,563 We can take you to the M. E.'s office right now for the DNA test. 743 00:36:31,641 --> 00:36:33,506 Don't waste your time. 744 00:36:34,411 --> 00:36:35,605 I'm 745 00:36:36,746 --> 00:36:39,010 not Sarah's biological father. 746 00:36:45,322 --> 00:36:47,483 Andrea told you, didn't she? 747 00:36:48,258 --> 00:36:50,021 About the affair. 748 00:36:50,093 --> 00:36:52,061 After she was arrested. 749 00:36:52,128 --> 00:36:55,393 But I suspected something when Sarah was diagnosed. 750 00:36:58,868 --> 00:37:01,166 It was with some guy in her office. 751 00:37:03,139 --> 00:37:04,970 How do you know she wasn't just trying 752 00:37:05,041 --> 00:37:07,475 to cover up the affair when she killed Sarah? 753 00:37:11,047 --> 00:37:14,915 Because she loved that child more than anything in the world. 754 00:37:19,689 --> 00:37:21,418 Please state your name for the record. 755 00:37:21,491 --> 00:37:23,186 Steven Kellerman. 756 00:37:23,259 --> 00:37:25,659 Mr. Kellerman, how do you know the defendant? 757 00:37:25,729 --> 00:37:27,594 I worked with her. 758 00:37:27,664 --> 00:37:30,462 What was the extent of your relationship? 759 00:37:31,267 --> 00:37:33,167 I'm not sure what that means. 760 00:37:33,236 --> 00:37:35,727 Did you have sex with Andrea Brown? 761 00:37:39,342 --> 00:37:42,869 It only happened once after we'd worked late. Her husband was away. 762 00:37:42,946 --> 00:37:45,938 After that, you transferred to a different office, didn't you? 763 00:37:46,016 --> 00:37:47,540 To Boston, yes. 764 00:37:49,019 --> 00:37:52,420 When did you become aware that Andrea Brown was pregnant with your child? 765 00:37:52,489 --> 00:37:54,684 When I read about the case in the newspaper. 766 00:37:54,758 --> 00:37:58,159 So you're saying you never even knew about your own daughter? 767 00:37:58,228 --> 00:37:59,320 Yes. 768 00:38:00,664 --> 00:38:02,256 Nothing further. 769 00:38:07,504 --> 00:38:08,732 Who ended the affair? 770 00:38:08,805 --> 00:38:11,797 Andrea did, immediately after it began. 771 00:38:11,875 --> 00:38:15,140 I loved her, but she loved her husband 772 00:38:15,211 --> 00:38:16,701 and she had a moment of weakness... 773 00:38:16,780 --> 00:38:20,341 Objection! Mr. Kellerman is not here as a character witness. 774 00:38:20,417 --> 00:38:22,749 Sustained. Jury will disregard. 775 00:38:23,319 --> 00:38:27,085 When you read about Andrea in the newspaper, why didn't you come forward? 776 00:38:28,591 --> 00:38:31,822 Because I had a brother that died of Tay-Sachs and I've seen what that does. 777 00:38:33,229 --> 00:38:36,164 And if I'd been in Andrea's position, I would have done the same thing. 778 00:38:37,901 --> 00:38:39,459 I'm very sorry. 779 00:38:46,676 --> 00:38:49,668 Andrea Brown's actions had one purpose. 780 00:38:51,448 --> 00:38:52,506 One. 781 00:38:54,517 --> 00:38:59,250 To spare the child she loved years of horrible agony, 782 00:38:59,322 --> 00:39:01,688 leading to an inevitable death. 783 00:39:06,629 --> 00:39:09,996 When you go into the jury room, ladies and gentlemen, 784 00:39:10,333 --> 00:39:15,930 you must decide if this woman deserves to go to prison for at least 25 years. 785 00:39:16,606 --> 00:39:18,471 But before you answer that question, 786 00:39:19,576 --> 00:39:21,009 ask one of yourselves, 787 00:39:22,779 --> 00:39:24,679 "If this were my child, 788 00:39:25,415 --> 00:39:27,076 "what would I do?" 789 00:39:28,318 --> 00:39:30,582 And if that question gives you pause, 790 00:39:30,653 --> 00:39:34,054 I pray you decide that Andrea Brown has already suffered enough. 791 00:39:44,567 --> 00:39:49,732 Andrea Brown ground up a lethal dose of antidepressants and fed it to her baby. 792 00:39:51,775 --> 00:39:55,108 The defense doesn't dispute these facts, but they argue 793 00:39:55,178 --> 00:39:58,238 Mrs. Brown acted out of the noblest of motives. 794 00:39:59,082 --> 00:40:01,209 Let's examine these motives. 795 00:40:01,785 --> 00:40:05,380 Andrea Brown had an extramarital affair and got pregnant. 796 00:40:07,423 --> 00:40:10,620 When she found out the baby wasn't her husband's, did she tell him? 797 00:40:11,828 --> 00:40:12,886 No. 798 00:40:13,763 --> 00:40:16,425 Did she tell Steve Kellerman that he was the father? 799 00:40:17,300 --> 00:40:18,995 No. 800 00:40:19,636 --> 00:40:22,537 Did she tell Dr. Platner, when pressuring him for a prescription, 801 00:40:22,605 --> 00:40:25,335 an act she knew could land him in prison? 802 00:40:26,476 --> 00:40:27,534 No. 803 00:40:28,878 --> 00:40:32,041 From the start, Andrea Brown's primary concern 804 00:40:32,115 --> 00:40:35,312 was preserving her marriage, her image, 805 00:40:35,385 --> 00:40:38,752 and her lifestyle by hiding at all costs her affair. 806 00:40:39,322 --> 00:40:41,688 She knew that the longer Sarah was alive, 807 00:40:41,758 --> 00:40:43,851 the greater the chances someone would find out 808 00:40:43,927 --> 00:40:46,521 that Daniel Brown was not the father. 809 00:40:48,498 --> 00:40:50,557 So she killed her daughter, 810 00:40:51,634 --> 00:40:56,037 a helpless child who had not yet begun to suffer the effects of Tay-Sachs, 811 00:40:56,105 --> 00:40:59,097 all of this to conceal the fact that she'd slept with another man. 812 00:41:00,777 --> 00:41:03,575 The defense would have you believe this was an act of mercy. 813 00:41:04,981 --> 00:41:06,312 It wasn't. 814 00:41:07,784 --> 00:41:10,480 This was a clear-cut case of murder. 815 00:41:18,761 --> 00:41:22,925 On the sole count of murder in the second degree, how does the jury find? 816 00:41:26,336 --> 00:41:28,531 We find the defendant guilty. 817 00:41:54,964 --> 00:41:56,761 Good work, Counselor. 818 00:41:56,833 --> 00:41:58,494 She didn't deserve 25-to-life. 819 00:41:58,568 --> 00:41:59,660 Jury thought so. 820 00:41:59,736 --> 00:42:01,567 Because I turned her into a whore. 821 00:42:01,638 --> 00:42:03,731 It doesn't matter. She killed her child. 822 00:42:03,806 --> 00:42:05,535 What if it was your daughter? 823 00:42:05,608 --> 00:42:07,269 What would you have done? 824 00:42:11,147 --> 00:42:12,774 Whatever I could.