"We all thought he was guilty." "There was all that proof." "A cop doing time?" "Please." "Broke nely every bone in his bod after the case was re-opened, we found that none of the physical evidence on scene matched offer crews." "As I said at the press conference,after detective crews was exonerated, life was his sentence,and life is what he got back." "pelican bay penitentiary 1998~2007" "And the murdered couple's daughter rachel?" "los angeles four months later" "Where was she?" "She was out of the house." "I guess you could say that she was lucky but with this being her family, detective carl ames(retired) lead detective crews murder case i'm not sure the word "lucky" correctly applies." "Rachel." "Oh,she was here." "let her go" "I think I might go into space." "Space?" "Yeah,you can pay the russians to take you up there now." "So after spending 12 years in a box down here, you're gonna pay the russians to put you in a box up there." "I think they mentioned something about jet packs." "Dani reese,homicide." "Got one for you down there." "Yeah." "One of my men climbed down." "Didn't get a pulse off the passenger." "Car started to slip." "I pulled all personnel up to safe ground till we can ge a heavy crew up here." "What about the driver?" "Gone." "Probably drunk and fled the scene." "Where did your partner go?" "She was shot." "All right." "I'll call air support for help with thsearch." "Hey." "Hey." "It must be a busy night." "Why doou say that?" "Well,I've been waiting here for a while." "You're a valet,aren't you?" "Yeah,that's rht." "Very busy this evening." "Don't sweat it." "My wife loves this place." "Worth the wait." "She was just here." "Did you see where she went?" "Probably went inside." "I'm just..." "You know..." "You're not t valet." "Life Season 01 Episode 03" "What a mess." "It's got gps." "Global positioning satellites." "Thanks." "A ring of geosynchronous satellites in constant contact with your car." "Yeah,I get discovery channel too." "You see that show about crabbing?" "Now that's a dangerous job." "The bullet entered the seat from the rear." "That means the gun was red from back there." "But the entrance wound into the woman was in her stomach." "Okay,how does that work?" "So..." "The shooter was back there." "The wife turned around to face him." "There was someone else in the car?" "Or her husband pulled over,climbed in the back,and..." "Shot her." " Mr. Stylman,your wife" " Is dead." "They told me." "I know." "Can you tell us what happened?" "The doctor,she said it was a car wreck." "Can't remember." "What do you remember?" "We went to dinner,I got the car from the valet,and then,uh..." "And then?" "And then I woke up here." "I didn't even drink,but can't remeer the end." "My head hurts." "I try to think about it." "It hts so much." "We'd adventure-travel,you know." "Went hella camping in equador last year." "Winter climbing in alaska the year before that." "And she dies in a car wreck." "Mr. Stylman,your wife was shot." "Shot?" "I dot understand what you're saying." "It was a car wreck." "Shot once." "They said it was a car wreck." "Peter." "Peter,look at me." "Good." "That's good." "Stay here." "Ll me what happened in your car." "Head hurts so muc peter,tell me what happed in your car." "You went to the valet and got your car." "Yes." "Then you were driving." " I always drive,even when it's" " No,it wasn' her car." "It was your car." "Peter,tell me what happened in your car." "When I go home,I have to tell the children that their mother is dead." "He was still in prison when you got out?" "Yeah." "He'deen in for eight years wh we met." "ted earley financial advisor to charlie crews" "Served two more,uh,after I got out, and he found me when he was released." "Found you?" "Yeah,I wasn't,um..." "I sn't doing so well." "Uh,so he found me and asked me if I would handle his,uh,settlement money." "I'm prohibited from handling public funds,but this is private,so¡ª" "Do you think it's smart for him to let a convicted felon handle his settlement money?" "I'm not sure I like that question." "Hello." "we have a problem." "Everything okay?" "There was a coyote by the patio." "Kept me in the pool for over an hour." "I am still suffering s - side effects." "A coyote during the day?" "These things have no fear of people." "They're insane." "I used to get cote calls all the time on patrol,but only at night." "Well,they're obviously getting more brazen." "Brazen?" "Huh." "Sure it wasn't just a dog?" "It was a mangy predator,and I don't want it prowling around." "I mean,what if it attacks a neighbor's kid?" "Did you feed it?" "No,but Mrs.Bellfield's cat is missing." "They atet,charlie." "They ate her cat." "Yeah." "Okay." "Look,I gotta go." "Can we talk about this when I get home?" "You got a pest problem?" "He's not so bad." "Peter stylman drove to work yesterday,same as every day." "Came home on time,picked up his wife shelby." "They went to dinner at the cove restaurant here." "Left the restaurant at 9:45." "That's confirmed by waiters as well as the gps?" "And the valet too." "Driving home,they made one stop,this ramp off the 110,a gas station, but they didn't gas." "Their tank was almost ety." "Detective reese,homicide." "Is someone dead?" "A lot of people are dead." "Eventually,everyone." "A car crashed shortly after stopping here last night." "A female passenger was shot." "That's terrible." "Who shot her?" "Someone with a gun." "Look,I admire a question answered with a question,I do, because there is no answer,only questions, but I'd like you to try really hard to give us an answer anyway." "We'll start with an easy one,okay?" "Do youork here alone?" "Yes." "So when we take you downtown for questioning, you'll have to close up and lose all that business." "I rememb,okay?" "I remember,'cause,you know,he put his card in, but then he didn't pump nothing,you know?" "So I look out,and they were talking to this big latino dude." "You know,he was all tatted up." "Real big." "You saw them drive off together?" "Another customer came in,you know?" "I didn't see where they went." "Didn't it make you curious?" "Look,I try not to get involved,you know it's dangerous out there." "You should try crabbing." "detective carl ames(retired) lead detective crews murder case" "Yeah,I worked that case." "Took my 20 right after we closed it." "And no dna is gonna tell me we got the wrong guy." "Have you see detective crews since his release from prin?" "Now why uid I want to do that?" "you looking for an apology?" "Just looking for a beer,detective." "Beer?" "You know,we just run out." "Well,maybe then i'll just have a soda." "Run out of soda too." "You got no right to be in here." "This is where I drink." "Wanted to thank you." "You know,before I went away," "I never really appreciated my life,my job,my wife, but now,now I know." "I know that every day I spend above ground is a reason to celebrate." "Why couldn't you have just died in there?" "That would have been too easy." "Rachel was in the house." "She was there when it haened." "next round's on me." "the daughter rachel,where was she?" "detective carl ames(retired) lead detective crews murder case" "She was at a sleepov." "How many times I gotta tell you that?" "Don't remember anything about what happened." "We talked to your car." "You talked to my car?" "We retraced your steps using s." "You stopped at a gas station onour way home from dinner, where a ry large latino man approached you." "We haven't been able to identify him yet." "He kept his back to the gas station security cameras." "My head is hurting." "Just leave me alone." "Do you know what trepanning is,peter?" "No." "It was an ancient cure for head pain." "They thought theain was caused by spirits in your head, so they would drill a hole in your skull to let the spirits out." "Do we have to drill a hole in your head,peter?" "Why would you say something like that?" "What kind of person says something like that?" "It's gonna hurt when you look inside and remember what happened to you and to your wife." "My wife is dead." "No,She's still dying." "Now tell us what happened in that car and let her go." "There was this guy." "He came up to us." "He had a gun,and..." "He told me to ge in the car and drive." "But shelby,she couldn't calm down." "He kept waving his gun." "She was gonna get herself killed." "And I reached for it." "I fought with him,ani got my hand on the gun, and shelby turned around and I see..." "That the gun went off." "He just jumped out,and I drove fast." "She was biding." "She was dying." "I put myand over her wound." "I lost control." "Why would you want me to rember that?" "Prints came back from inside the car." "Manny umaga,served time r carjacking,grand theft au,and assault with a deadlweapon." "Your driver i.d. Him?" "Umaga's actually a samoan,not a latino." "We've been looking at the wrong mug shots." "Do we believe stylman's sudden recall?" "That he blocked it out 'cause of what,guilt that he got his wife killed?" "We're gonna pick up umaga,see what he has to say about what happened in that car." "Suspect's been out four months." "What's his p.o. Say?" "Hasn't checked in in weeks." "Totally m.i.a." "We got a list of known associate go get him." "Nice teamwork,ou two." "buscando maldito?" "Ins hiring mels these days?" "yo,don't you look at my ride." "Do not look at his ride." "You could not handle my ride." "You could not handle his ride." "Rbo baby,bored out." "Custom gears,performance chip,and a hand-built throttle box." "Hand-built throttle box." "That one's pimp daddy." "Does it have gps?" "You don't want that." "The man ack you like a dog with gps." "Like a dog." "Yeah." "Yeah,you're right,I don't want that." "The man'll track me with that." "Crews,you are the man." "Oh,yes." "Yeah,right." "I am the man." "We need to ask you a few questions." "You know what I would love?" "I would love to airbrush you on the hood of my car." "What do you see on her belt?" "A gun." "What else?" "A badge." "A woman wearing a gu and a badge asks you a question,answer it." "Are you sure you're the man?" "We're looking for manny umaga." "Oh,that fool?" "11 grand thatvatoowes me." "Vatoowes him 11 grand." "Do you know where he is?" "I know exactly where he is." "And I'll do you one better." "We'll come with you." "Like a posse?" "Yeah." "What?" "We'll flush him out." "Right when he sees me,he'll be sure to go for hipiece." "You'll be all set up on him." "Bam!" "You shoot him dead." "And we say,"oh,it was a clean shoot."" "Bam." "Done." "I think we can handle it." "Lapd!" "Get a paramedic up here." "Drop it!" "I said,drop it!" "Drop your weapon!" "I said,drop it!" "Hands in the air!" "Flash-bangs,huh?" "Good for aggravated assault,maybe even attempted murder." "There's a lot of guys after me." "I didn't know it was the police." "Is that poor cop all right?" "Yeah." "You can send him flowers." "Interrogatioone." "Did you find the gun?" "We need it to make the murder ironclad." "The carjacking victim's coming in to i.d." "You got him?" "You tell us." "M not sure." "All right,take another look,peter." "It's not him." "Are you su?" "No,I" " It could be" "Mr. Stylman,is this the man that carjacked you?" "I don't-- maybe." "That's not the man who shot your wife?" "No." "That's not the man who killed your wife?" "No,no." "I wish it was,but it's not." "I used to think,what if I had believed him." "What if I hadn't walked away?" "Would he be here now?" "We would have come through this together." "We would have won." "jennifer conover ex-wife of charlie crews" "But I didn't believe him, and I've learned it's better not to think that way." "There was 500 pounds of samoan in the back of stylm's car, and he blocked it out?" "Am I the only one who thinks that's odd?" "No." "We think it's odd too." "We think that's odd too." "So why won't stylman i.d. Manny?" "You think it was a set-up?" "Stylman arranged to have his wife killed,hired big boy,and made it look like a carjacking." "So faing to i.d. The shooter is part of the quid pro quo." "Quid pro quo." "Stop it." "Stop wha why won't you i.d. The shooter?" "You know what it looks like?" "It looks like you hired manny to kill your wife, but then make it look like a carjacking." "Is this how u treat all your victims?" "Interrogating them,making them feel like crimils when you've supposedly got the killer?" "A killer that we can't prosecute because you won't i.d. Him." "I can't remember." "Do you want me to say it was him when it wasn't?" "We've got moti if stylman wants out of the marriage but divorce isn't enough." "If we tie him to manny,we can put them both away." "I want you to give me your knife." "My knife?" "Why?" "Because I want to swear a blood oath with you, and I need something to cut my pinkie." "Give me your knife or I burn you with i.a.d." "For nousing your service weapon when you should have." "I need to know that my partner is a cop and not con." "Anything else you carrying from the old days?" "Sharpened toothbrush?" "Light lb full of bleach?" "Charlie." "Hey." "Everything all right?" "Constance griffith." "Oh,sorry." "Charlie's lawyer?" "Yeah." "Dani reese." "Charlie's partner." "We'll pick this up tomorrow." "What brings you down here?" "So I heard something th I didn't believe,I didn'tant to believe, so I thought I would come down here and ask you about it myself." "Wait." "You mean the knife thing?" "What knife thing?" "I'm talking about you violating the terms of your settlement." "My settlement has terms?" "You went to see ames,charlie?" "I went outor a beer." "You talked to ames?" "It's a free country." "I don't have to tell you that's the law the law of the landis freedom." "Yes,that's the w,but the money and the badge are not the law." "The money and the badge are the settlement." "How did you find out about this?" "This guy is retired lapd." "You go near his house,you go near him,and he'll shoot you." "You understand." "I wanted him to see my face." "Take your money and" " And go." "You deserve it." "Is that what you want?" "Do you want me to go?" "Then lie to me,and-- and tell me that you'll be careful." "did she see?" "Charlie." "Do you hear those coyotes?" "I hate to bother you, but it sounds like we have a wholpack of them out there now." "That's where they belong." "Well,I can'sleep." "They're taunting me,charlie." "Do you know that native americans considered coyotes to be trickste,scavengers,thieves,shape-shifter they're survivors." "And you know what's amazing?" "Coyotes are the only indigenous north american animals to have proliferated since the europeans settled here." "They're used to being subordinate to bears and wolves, but since we've eliminated those top predators,they've actually excelled." "You're not making me feel any better." "I want you to feel better." "Should I call animal control?" "They're not gonna do anything about creatures living in the hills." "Creatures?" "Ted." "Ted." "Domestic dogs have killed hundreds of people." "Nobody's ever been killed by a coyote." "Yet." "jennifer conover ex-wife charlie crews" "After the divorce from charlie,you remarried?" "Three years after." "Yes." "And you have childrenwith your new husband?" "Two children." "A boy and a girl." "And what do you tell your children about your first hband?" "We don't talk about that." "all right,this has gotta stop." "Step out of the car,please." "Charlie." "Step out of the car,please." "Charlie,if you have a problem with me,deal with me." "You have to stop doing this." "Sir,you were driving in excess of the speed limit." "I need you to step out of the car right now." " Drive away from hi - he's cop." "Drive away from him now,mark." "If you don't step out of the car right now, i'm gonna get highway patrol down here,and they're gonna drag you out." "This is ridiculous." "It's ridiculous." "It's juvenile,what you're doing." "How are the kids?" "You don't care about my kids." "They could have been our kids." "What do you want,charlie?" "I want to the un-wobbling pivot at the center of an ever-revolving universe." "I want to be still." "What do you want here,charlie?" "I want to know where she is." "Leave her alone,charlie." "Where she?" "This is the first time you've seen me in 12 years, and that's all you want to say?" "That's all I want to say." "She's gone." "Her faly died,and she got a new one." "They changed her name." "Don't ask me what it is." "I don't know." "She's gone." "And don't yodare try to find her." "Just leave her alone." "Please get out of my husband's car." "We've got you jacking e victims at the gas station across the street." "The owner picked you out of a mug book." "Okay." "I was in the car,but not like you say." "I didn't shoot the bitch." "Oh,who did?" "Her old man." "Stylman?" "The driver." "I was gonna jack 'em." "They both got out of the car,had to use the can or ask for directions,I don't know." "So I creeped in the back seat." "They was so involved,they never saw me." "He popped her." "I got scared and ran." "How much you weigh?" "530." "And they didn't notice you in the back?" "Who's getting jacked now?" " Beverly hills shot his wife,not me!" " Sit down!" "If I shot her like you say,why he don't say that?" "'cause I'm innocent!" "Sit down!" " Help!" "Help!" " I didn't touch you." " Sit down!" " That crazy cop!" "He pulled a knife on me before!" "Keep him away from me!" "Help!" "Help!" "Help!" "Help!" " I didn't touch you - that crazy cop!" "He pulled a knife on me bef" "Tell me you're not buying this." "About you hurting him?" "Of course not." "About you pulling a knife?" "Will all due resct,lieutenant,the suspect is full of crap." "Are you saying dettive crews did not pull a knife on manny umaga?" "He did not." "That's not true." "She's lying." "She's lying protect me,because that's what partners do, and we're partners now." "But don't do that for me." "You pulled a knife on a suspect?" "He pulled one firs bring the husband backown here." " Ma'am,I'd like to" " You're both cking up your partner." "I get it." "I also get we have an unsolved homicide." "Cut umaga loose before we get hit with a lawsuit." "But just make sure you have enough to go all the way around the other side of the pool,okay?" "Yes,sir." "Thanks." "Hey." "What do you think?" "A fee?" "I got a faastic deal-- $12 a foot." "Now coyotes can jump,but I figure eight feet ought to be enough." "A fence?" "Yeah." "Hey,guys,uh..." "Take it down." "Manny says stylman did it." "Stylman says manny wasn't even in the car." "Manny is a career criminal,and stylman" "Is a good family man." "Or at least he was." "Up until three days ago,stylman was a good husband,a good father." "What happened in that car that he won't tell us?" "That he can't tell us?" "We have to use his own strength against him." "His strength?" "What's his strength?" "His weakness." "His weakness is his strength?" "Exactly." "It's lik the one-handed clap." "Are you really zen?" "I'm zen-ish." "You want in on this?" "My mother-in-law is taking my kids with her after e funeral." "Taking them where?" "Back to fresno to live with her." "You're giving your kids away?" "They'll be better off." "That should work out pretty well." "What do you mean?" "Well,peter,you're gonna need someone to take care of them." "We've come her to arrest you." "We have a witness who saw you shoot your wife." "I didn't shoot her." "I tried to save her." "The man in the car shot her." "You fought for her?" "Yes." "But you won't fight for your kids?" "I fought for her." "You fought that monster manny, but you can't be there for your kids?" "Why are you giving them away?" "I fought for her." "What are you ashamed of?" " You push me." " Did i?" "Crews." "Now that was a one-nded clap." "I didn't." "I didn't fight him." "I just said,"give him whatever he wants,just as long as he didn't kill us."" "I said I had ten grand in a lockbox upstairs." "Here?" "I told him iad the money in the house." "Where your kids were?" "I was so scared,I told him I had the money in my house." "I wasn't thinking out my children." "And what did your wife do?" "Shelby was furious." "Bringing a gunman home." "She..." "Went for the gun." "That should have been me." "I tried to speed to the hospital,but I screwed that up too." "She died knowing I wasn't even a man." "I wasn't a man that night." "And I'm gonna have to live with th." "But I'm gonna be one to my kids." "It's what she would have wanted." "I asked you to leave me alone." "You didn't listen to me." "You know,I bet he lived his whole life thking if it ever came down to it, he'd be the hero." "Don't u think like that?" "Even if he id's manny,it's not gonna stick." "A jury will never believe him." "He's changed his story too many times." "Too many times." "Our killer is gonna walk." "He's gonna walk." "Didn't I tell you top that?" "Didn't i?" "If manny's gonna walk,we might as well give him a ride." "Amigo!" "Give me one lucky lucky." "hey,what's up,manny?" "Hey,you know,I heard you got busted." "You beat it?" "You beat it?" "Yeah." "You kn ps can't hold me." "Hey,so we should celebrate." "You want to come with us and celebrat" "I think I'm okay." "Oh,no,man,you're not okay." "You nt to celebrate with us." "Come on,manny." "Mira,donde esta mi dinero?" "Where's my 11 grand?" "Don't hassle me." "I'll get you the money." "You're out of time,bro." "Out of time." "Look,man,I just jacked some dude." "Had him crying so bad,he said he had ten grand at home." "Take me there,i'll split it with you." "Yeah,but you see,you owe me 11." "11." "I killed her for nothing." "Imagine what i'm gonna do to you." "Yo,francisco,musica." "Yo,you're gonna love this sound,manny." "I put the system in myself." "Check it." "I killed her for nothing." "Imagine what i'm gonna do to you." "no knife this time,manny." "Life Season 01 Episode 03"