"You like coming here?" "Just to see how you handle it." "Christ, it stinks." "But I'd rather be questioning the faggot." "Pedophile." "I call them faggots." "Johnson wanted to handle it." "With Dufour." "Dufour's at Dugas' place with the techies." " The boss doesn't like me." " Yes, he does." "He gives me all the dirty work." "You complained that I was always with Parent." "On fun jobs with Parent." "You'd rather question the girl's mother?" "Ready?" "Go on in." "I usually keep my distance and just listen." "All right." "Could you repeat that?" "I've told you 30 times." "Your daughter is dead." "I washed Nadia's hair last time she was home." "That's all." "When was that?" "The previous weekend." "You didn't wash the tub since?" "is that a crime?" "I was just wondering." "I washed the tub." "I never do the drain." "Well, neither do I." "What'll you do with the hair?" "Probably nothing." "You won't tell me?" "Ma'am, do you have something to tell me?" "I'm just wondering why she took my girl's hair from my bathtub." "We leave nothing to chance." "Sometimes..." "Sometimes what?" "Just sometimes." "Ma'am... I'm asking the questions here." "Are you accusing me?" "Not yet." "Hi." " Hi." " Hi." "Your boss is still off?" "For two more weeks." "It seems to match." "It fits?" "It comes from here." "Right." "Okay... interesting. in an autopsy, some clues make sense, others don't." "And this one?" "It didn't until you brought that lock of hair." "Look at this." "Explain from over there, I'll understand." "A picture's worth a thousand words." "Not for me, thanks." "Forget it, she can't handle it." "She'll get used to it." "I doubt it." " Look." " lt's purple." "Strangulation?" "She was hit here." "Hit by what?" "Maybe not hit, but..." "Her mom washed her hair." "Maybe she bumped her head on the tap." "She'd struggle if her hair was caught." "Enough to rip out a chunk of hair?" "Someone holds you under water, you struggle. lt's a reflex." "The water in her lungs." "It won't take long to analyze." "But the river contains many other substances." "Even shampoo?" "Nothing else to say?" "It wasn't me." "Suzanne..." "Yes?" "is Savaria still recovering?" "No, his injury wasn't serious." "Call him." "I have a client for him, if he's ready to start working." "Fine." "We're searching your house again." " You won't find anything." " We've got your sleeping bag." "If you're not guilty, why run?" "Why shave your head?" "You're a bit old for teddy bears." "We found the girl's earring in your basement." "Nadia..." "Nadia came over a few times." "The problem is, you came over her a few times." "Wash your hands before handling photos." "After the basement, we'll do the bathroom." "Goddamn sicko." "There's 10 years' worth of sperm down here." " He didn't practice safe sex." " Not really." "No, siree." "Any unusual marks on the surface?" "Just normal wear and tear." "That's a big help." "Check for any hairs or fibers." "If there's any trace of her, it won't be obvious." "Christ..." "Get me a bag." "Come here, you." "All right." "Come on, damn it." "Here, check this out." "Not bad, huh?" "A bathing suit." "We've got you, pervert." "Now we've got you." " Why did she drown in the tub?" " l don't know." " Why was her body in the river?" " l really don't know." "We're going to ask Nadia's mom." "Why not wait for the forensic report, just in case?" "Let's see what she told Parent." "He's with her now." " How's Dugas involved?" " l don't know." "The mom wouldn't help a pedophile kill her daughter." " l don't know." " You don't know, but... you never give up." "Do you ever give up?" " What?" " You didn't notice." " What?" " Your moustache." "I'll wipe it off." "Look at me." "That's it." " Okay?" "Let's see..." " What?" "Don't ever do that again." "Hey, Anne..." "Come on... lt was just an innocent kiss." "Don't flip out." "Listen, I give kisses when I feel like it." "It was a stolen kiss." "It doesn't mean anything." " You have a girlfriend." " More than one." "Does it make a difference?" " So, what..." " Don't ever do it again." "Come on, I'm like your brother." "It's cool." "Did I upset you with the hair?" "Yes, a bit." "But you understand my reasons?" "Your concern, yes, but not your reasons." "Tell me where you were." " Why?" " You loved Nadia most." " Why weren't you there?" " lt was Benoit's weekend." "It's like everyone decided to be away just then." " We'll drive you home." " Thanks." "I'll get a taxi." "Etienne." "There goes the taxi driver." "Go for it!" " They arrested Dugas?" " Yes." " Who told you that?" " The social worker." " So, I don't love Nadia?" " l have to go." "You won't incriminate me." " Move it." " You're not going." "That's enough!" "Calm down." "Mrs. Lambert, stay here." "This is a nightmare." "Yes, you could call it that." "We never really got along." "I can see that." "I never suspected our neighbor was like that." "He was always so nice to Nadia." "They're always nice." "My boyfriend's really aggressive towards him." " You know what?" " What?" "I can't believe..." " Who don't you believe?" " Not who." "What." "That he killed her." "He may have abused her, but not killed her." "Why couldn't he have done it?" "It's silly... lt happened two years ago." "Dugas had a cat. lt got sick." "Benoit had it put down because Dugas couldn't do it." "How could he have killed Nadia, if he couldn't kill a cat?" "Kennedy was her boss." "Contact him." "Do I say who I am?" "First, contact Smith at the fbi." "Tell him who you are." " What do I say?" " Say Fortier works for us." "You're managing the files." "You need to talk to Kennedy." "Smith will make sure you don't look suspicious." "Wouldn't the truth be easier?" "It'd be easier if Fortier would cooperate." "How can a shrink be working here without police training?" "We can't ask Kennedy that." "She'd have my head if she knew I'm investigating her." "I wish you'd say what you're after." "If I knew, I wouldn't be looking." "Go pay her a visit." "The locksmith just called." "She locked herself out." "Get going." " Hey, Fernand." " Hi." "How's it going, Fernand?" "Isn't Deschênes supposed to be in Quebec?" "He had to come back for a few days." "Yeah?" "So, how is our radio pervert?" "Fine." "But you're not fine." "Sure I am." "I know you." "Something's up." " So?" " We've got the evidence." "He's a pervert." "May I see?" "We'll send it to the lab." "We'll ask him if he used to swim with her." "What's that?" "More evidence?" "Sorry." " Let's go, Fernand." " Come on." "Go on!" "What we'll do is..." "Thank you." "You can go." "I hope you'll consider my client's cooperation." "It's in his interest." "is that a threat?" "It's always best to cooperate with the police." "Anyhow, your client didn't tell us much." "Only what he knows." "And this?" " What is it?" " Nadia's bathing suit." "It was hidden behind the water heater." " You said "hidden."" " An odd place to change." "Why was it there?" "Nadia came to play sometimes." "She left it there." "She's not a normal child." "Why were you playing with a 10-year-old?" "Sometimes I'd babysit while they went shopping." "We found incriminating evidence at your house." "You tried to get away by changing your appearance." "We found traces in your basement." "Traces of what?" "Do I have to draw you a picture?" "It's sticky and you can deposit it in banks." "But it won't earn you interest." "What does it prove?" "Children turn him on." "I've never touched a child in my life." "Are you accusing him?" "I just said he gets off on children." "I never said he touched her, or that he killed her." "We'll let you know when we have something." "I'd like us to talk, alone." "You don't have to." "That's fine." "Have a seat." "Too bad your first case back is like this." " Luck of the draw." " lt's not a case, yet." "That's what I'm saying." "Depends what Fortier says." "She decides?" "She provides information on which I base my decision." "Mind your manners, please." "I'll mind my manners if you mind yours." "What do you mean by that?" "Release him if you have nothing on him." "At the very least, we have child pornography." " You could have told me." " Waiting for all the charges." "We'll let Fortier do her job." "You'll get your indictments." "You have nothing." "Child pornography, I said." "Let me see it." "If Fortier trumps up some charges, I'm calling Dr. Ross." "You will release my client." "Excuse me." "Yes." "Yes, of course." "I won't be recording this." "Any hidden microphones?" "I just want to understand." "I won't use what you say here." "I'll tell you if we need a statement." "Children turn you on?" "I never hurt a child." "I didn't ask that." "I like kids, but not to hurt them." "To do what?" "To give them love." "So many are abused." "I didn't ask that." "What did you ask?" "Did you play sexual games with Nadia?" "With other children?" "How do you explain the sperm on the photos?" "You asked me if I played games." "I said no." "I understand." "You're trying to tell me..." "You'd hold back?" "If I tell you the truth, you can't use it?" "At least, not to charge you." "I've always had this feeling." "A sexual attraction to children." "Since... I was about 12 or 13." "It's not much fun." "I'm sure it's not." "No, it's..." "And I... I know what it's like." "To be abused by an adult?" "Yeah." "I mean... I never wanted another child to..." "Of course..." "Some people say..." "Guys who have the same feeling." "Yes." "We kind of get to know each other." "They say it doesn't hurt the kids." "That it's good for them..." "We give them affection." "But..." "Not you." "Nadia... I watched her at my place, in her bathing suit." "I never touched her." "It was afterwards, that you..." "Can I talk to you for a second?" "The forensic expert just called." "Does Savaria know?" " lt doesn't concern him." " What do you mean?" "Finish it later." "Mayrand, were you laughing at Parent?" "Anne needs a taxi." "Take her to the morgue." " You're absolutely certain?" " Only death is more certain." "It's a pathologist joke." "Okay, it's not funny." "Apart from the usual junk found in the river, organic waste, et cetera... her stomach contained an emulsion." " An emulsion?" " Soap." " Shampoo?" " Possibly." " ls it suspicious?" " How many liters of shampoo would make it a murder to you?" "Can you find a link between the shampoo and the hair?" "It was in her lungs, too." "The marks on her neck suggest she was drowned." "Those, plus the head injuries indicate she struggled." " ln a bubblebath?" " While having her hair washed." "They washed her hair before killing her." "Weird." "Even weirder is that he or she did it at the mother's house." "If the events happened at the same time." "What events?" "The drowning and the hair pulled out." " lsn't that what you just said?" " Yes." "We need proof of that to nab Dugas." "I don't understand." "Can you prove it or not?" "Based on the absorption rate of the soap, its synthesis with the other substances, combined with the laceration on the scalp, I'm statistically satisfied that the events occurred in the same hour." "Yeah..." " Shall we call the office?" " Yes." " ls that your lunch?" " Yes." "Bye." " Want some?" " No thanks." "This will relax us." " Stop thinking about him." " l can't." "Makes me sick, too." "I don't want to think about him anymore." "It makes me too angry." "How do you feel?" "Empty." "You shouldn't feel guilty." "Why not?" "It wasn't your job to watch your sister." "If only I'd been there." "That's how we all feel." "On the other hand..." "Can I tell you something, just between you and me?" "Of course." "I hate how it happened, but you sister's better off wherever she is." "I don't think so." "She ended up in the wrong family." "I mean, with the wrong dad." "Ma'am..." "Cpl. Dufour, Cpl. Parent." "Come with us, please." "I'm arranging my daughter's funeral." "This can't wait." "You better come with us." " What for?" " She died in your bath." "It's best if you come willingly." "What do you mean?" "You're under arrest for the murder of Nadia Lambert." "You have the right to remain silent." "Anything you say can be used against you." " Used against me?" " ln court." "Your purse and keys, please." "Come with us, please." "Johnson's gang can't hold my client any longer." "is he charged or not?" "Johnson found child pornography in his basement." "Kids in bathing suits isn't pornography." "I thought you were more scrupulous on that subject." "It's not out of sympathy." "I have a job to do." "I swear, if Johnson..." "Excuse me." "We're releasing Dugas." "What are you doing with Christine Sirois?" "I'll let you know." "What's going on?" "Tell Dugas not to leave town." "Talk to me." "The autopsy proves beyond doubt that she drowned in the bathtub... at your house." "How can you be sure?" "We found soap in her stomach and lungs." "We have proof that she was forcibly held under water, long enough to drown her." "You told me you live alone?" "Yes." "What happened?" "You knew Nadia was alone that afternoon?" "Yes." "How's that?" "I stopped by at Benoit's." "On Saturday?" "Yes." "I don't know what I was thinking." "I just lost it all of a sudden." "When I got there," "Nadia was all alone." "They'd left her alone." "Do you know what that means?" "I heard her voice in my head." "Whose voice?" "His new girlfriend's." "I heard her yelling." "I wondered if she beat her." "Any evidence?" "Go on." "A great sadness welled up inside me." "As if I myself were Nadia." "I couldn't take any more." "You took her to your house?" "Yes." "I ran a bath." "She liked playing in water." "That's when... ls your dad home?" "I just took him to work." "is there a message?" "I don't know if I should tell you." "Something happened?" "Actually, yes..." "They released Dugas." "It wasn't him." " Who was it?" " We don't know yet." "You should keep your eye on him anyway." "My dad's gonna kill him." "I won't take any chances." " Tell your dad I'll be back." " Right." "You're saying you killed her?" "There's something missing." "What?" "Why?" "I just did it." "Let's say you acted on impulse." "Now can you say why?" "What provoked you to do it?" "Compassion." "Compassion?" "I'd seen my daughter suffer enough." "That's what you felt?" "I'd been closing my eyes for years." "Since that woman came along." "Should all autistic children be euthanized?" "I didn't say that." "Nadia's unique." "I don't think for others, I think for myself." "You know what's at stake?" "I don't care." "I should've died too." "That's not very nice for your son." "That's why I'm not dead." "Okay..." "You'll appear in court and we'll set a trial date." "Will I be allowed out?" "You should get a lawyer." "It was me." "I'm sure you'll be incarcerated until your trial." "Jean-Marie..." "Yes, my darling?" "The answering machine?" " l always check it, don't I?" " Sometimes." "I'm not from the movies." "I'm a real cop." "Nothing important on it." " The rest?" " We're checking the bathroom." "There'll be clues everywhere." " Don't look for the obvious." " Which means?" "The mother confessed." "A ton of evidence won't help." "The case has to be airtight." "I don't like quick confessions." "You can be so complicated." "You must like it here, kid." "It's very clean." "I hate being caught off-guard." "You?" "You've got eyes in the back of your head." " Anne..." " What?" " Do you do marriage counseling?" " Marriage counseling?" "Don't worry." "I was just wondering." "For me and Rita." "I asked you at the courthouse." "Yes, I do marriage counseling." " Yeah?" " Between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m." " That's a nice answer." " You asked for it." "You think so?" "There's a message about a house showing on the machine." "For when?" "They didn't say." "We should get the call list." " From your place?" " You're so silly." "No, from Rita's." ""Rita, give me your heart" ""Rita, give me your hand" " "Rita"" " You really crack me up." "I'm going for a smoke." "Jerk." "You have her under control this time?" "You're not going to start your catfighting again?" "I just want to know what I'm in for." "You've got a confession." "A pedophile who takes off, a mother who confesses, and apparently, a not-very-nice stepmother." " Who told you that?" " Kathleen." "We ruled out the stepmother long ago." "But can we agree on something this time?" "I want the charges to be by the book." "She still doesn't have a lawyer?" "Brings back memories." "Losing face once in the year is enough for me." "I'll speak to Fortier." "Thank you very much." "My pleasure." "Are you after something specific?" "I'm just trying to finish the job properly." "Tell me the truth." "I'm too proud." "You didn't see that one coming." "Not for a second." "And I still don't understand." "It's pretty far-out." "A mother killing her daughter..." "The problem is, it's not." "What does it take for you?" "Mrs. Sirois isn't quite crazy enough to have done it." "She lost it." "It can happen to anyone." "Not to anyone." "One has to be prone." "Nadia's mother doesn't have it in her." "It's endearing." "It shows you have your limits, like everyone else." "Back to the station?" "Something's missing." "I've been ringing the doorbell for 10 minutes." " Did you tell them the latest?" " Only half." "Fine. I'll..." "How could you release a guy like him?" "We never suspected him." "We can't arrest him on circumstantial evidence." "You always let perverts like him get away with it." "How many will he kill before you find your damn evidence?" "Someone's confessed to her murder." "You should know, and I'd rather be the one to tell you." "It's your ex-wife." " What's this?" " She saves these articles." "Prison riot." "It'd take two months to do it properly." "The house is a mess." "I heard about it." "She said it was nothing." "If that's nothing, I'd like to see what is." "The file..." "Continue as we agreed, and keep me posted." "Hi." "Deschênes..." "Shouldn't he be in Quebec?" "On and off, you know?" " What's that look?" " You're hiding something." " Me?" " Yes." "You." "You're acting strange." "Confess." "Come on!" "Louise Dussault's afraid I'll stick my nose in her business?" "You're so good, there's no hiding anything from you." "Louise wants the charges to be by the book, and that we follow our plan." "You know what?" "She should be worried about me." "It's too obvious. lt bugs me." "It bugs you." "It bugs you because it's an easy one?" "Are you a masochist?" "Have you ever had to negotiate something... like buying a house?" "Yes, Anne." "You have a price in mind." "You want the best deal." "You meet the vendor, and he accepts your first offer." "No bargaining." "How do you feel?" "Like I got screwed somewhere." "I feel that with the mother." "I feel like I bought it a little too fast." "I understand." " Got it?" " Yes." "Good." "That girl." "Where did she come from?" "WOMEN'S detention CENTER" "WOMEN'S detention CENTER 99 09 14" "She got 50 calls about houses." "She's a real estate agent." "Real estate agents work on weekends." "Not much time for killing their kids between clients." "The idea of a mercy killing... lt doesn't fit for her." "The only other hypothesis is she and Dugas are together." "I find that hard to believe." "She's not the type." "That's pretty twisted." "She's in love with the pedophile?" "They kill her daughter." "She covers for him." "That's way out in left field." "Dussault would kill me." "It would've been good, though." "Love's a good reason to protect a killer." "See you at the bar?" "That'll take our minds off this." "I hate pedophiles." " Where are the others?" " On a job." "What kind of job?" "They're checking out a few things." "Anne, you'll be there for sure?" "I can't go." "The guys'll be mad at you again." "I'm not in the mood." "I've got something on my mind." "Some other time." "That must hurt." "Probably." "Relax." "Calm down." "Get inside." "Go home." "They can't watch you forever." "I'm gonna kill you!" "Listen up." "We can book you for assault and making death threats." "We don't like the guy any more than you do." "Calm down." "We wouldn't invite him for Christmas dinner." "It wasn't Christine." "He killed her!" "If that's the case, we'll get him." "I don't know why she said that." "I can't believe it." "It's not true." "Let's go, buddy." "It's all right." "Do you really think she did it, Fernand?" "Here."