"Keep coming." "Keep coming." "Come on." "Plenty of room.Plenty of room.Let's go." "Plenty of room.Plenty of room." "That's good." "Chief,are you sureyou've recovered enough from your surgeryto be doing this?" "I have a note from my doctor,sergeant." "You can read itif you'd like." "Thank you." "Morning,everybody." "Where's our victim?" "A traffic-chopper pilot spotted the car at 6:00 this morning,dialed 911." "Fire and rescue repelled down the hill,found a body -- female,early 40s,declared dead on the scene -- called the patrol car." "Most of our vic is over there." "Most of her?" "Yeah,coyotes came by the bodyduring the night,chief." "Yuck." "So,it's a traffic accident.And we're here because?" "The victim's I.D. Was found in the car." "Her nameis marguerite scott." "She worked with thedepartment of homeland security." "Our fire-and-rescueguys brought this up." "The car was a rental." "The victim picked it upfive days ago at lax." "Paid extra for a hybrid." "Our accident investigators saw no signs of a collision,no skid marks." "It seems like she accelerated right off the cliff." "If she's from D.C." "She might have been lost,didn't see the turn." "Or she did it on purpose." "A woman so concerned about the planet that she rents a hybrid to kill herself in?" "Maybe she saw a tree down there she wanted to hug." "Detective daniels,could you please get in touch with someone from homeland security?" "Ask them what ms.Scott might have been doing here." "Yes,ma'am." "Thank you." "Pardon me,sir." "I'm deputy chief brenda johnson of the lapd, and,um,I need to examine the scene of the accident, but I'm just recoveringfrom abdominal surgery, so I was wondering if you could,pretty please,give me a lift." "Let's go." "Um,chief,you are not physically ready for this." "I need to see the body." "We don't have training on those harnesses." "We're not supposed to use them." "You're not doing it,sergeant." "Take the rest of the crew and climb down,and I'll meet you there." "Ready whenever you are." "Now,wait,wait,wait!" "I have a duty!" "Okay,wait!" "Damn it,chief!" "Let's go." "Watch your step,guys." "You're not coming?" "I don't hike." "hard to tell which injuries are from the crash and which are from the coyotes." "Brenda:" "Looks like they didn't touch her face." "Thank you." "Let's take a look at the car." "We didn't find a handbag or cellphone." "Detective sanchezis still doing a search of the perimeter of the crash site." "Now,she was from out of town,chief, so she may have been using the gps system that comes with the car." "Assuming the motherboard's still intact, we can see what addresses she was punching in." "I see a valet ticket down there." "Uh,let's check her hotel room, drag her room phone,and try and find her cell." "See who she was talking to." "Lieutenant flynn,if you could grab that valet ticket,please." "Uh,lieutenant tao,as soon as buzz has what he needs here, please have this car towed to the print shed." "And,d,sergeant gabriel,see if you can take the body to the morgue,please." "See if we can determinethe exact cause of death." "um...chief" "Detective sanchez,you find anything?" "I found a toe,chief." "I bagged it." "chief..." "listen..." "Hand it off to sergeant gabriel here and have him take it to the morgue." "Chief,listen." "Yes,buzz,what is it?" "You're standing in poison oak." "Hey." "Are you okay?" "Perfect." "Perfect." "I just need to,uh,take these painkillers that the doctor gave me, but I cannot seem to find them." "So,was maggie scott's deathan accident or what?" "Oh,we don't know yet." "She is a departmentof homeland security employee, and detective daniels saysthat she was here on business, but they won't tell us why or what she was doing." "She was an accountant,and she was auditing us." "You called her maggie." "Yeah,she was a friend." "Listen,I'd appreciate it if you,uh, kept me very closely advised about what happened to her." "S-sure." "And no worries about overtimeon this one." "I'll,uh --I'll cover it somehow." "Okay." " Thank you." " Sure." "Impossible." "Homeland security gave us a grant for the new communication equipment.." "so police could communicate during a crisis." "Maggie " " Marguerite " " Scott was sent by dhs to keep tabs on how we were spending their money." "Part of lapd's financial troubles -- for every dollar the feds give us, we spend two dollars trying to prove we're not wasting it." "Well,there's your motive,chief." "Everybody hates an auditor." "Maggie's husband is on his way to L.A." "But our friends at dhs were more eager to talk about Maggie's missing cellphone and laptop, both of which are encrypted and contain classified information." "Which is why I can't get a phone bi." "What have we founding maggie's hotel room?" "No sign of forced entry." "And although she never used the phone in her room, we couldn't find a cell phone anywhere." "We did,however,find a laptop charger." "We pulled the navigation system out of maggie's car,chief." "The screen is shot,d to her gps." "The first one is from her hotel, and the second is 150 north los angeles street." "She was in our building --this week." "Most likely to see jim hanson in fiscal operations." "Then there's the italian restaurant downtown.We called." "She dined there, two nights ago -- alone." "The next addressis a business in north hollywood --civil audio." "Which supplied the radios we purchased with the dhs grant money." "This last address is interesting -- elysian park drive,precisely where maggie scott's car went off the cliff, and it's only five blocks from lapd's academy road." "Yeah,but why would she want to know how to get to that exact spot?" "There wasn't even a house there." "Maybe she had a boyfriend that no one knew about." "I mean,a lot of couples go up there to,you know... check out the view." "Well,she was a little long in the tooth to be necking in her car." "Priority Homicide, Provenza.." "Hey,look,she's a federal employee working for homeland security,and she's married." "Maybe she didn't want anybody at the hotel to see who she was with." "That was gabriel,chief.They're ready for you at the morgue." "Wonderful." "Okay,uh,lieutenant tao,I would like to talk to -- no,thank you -- this jim hanson from the fiscal operations department." "All right.Thank you." "So,chief,you really think maggie's death had anything to do with us?" "I don't know,commander, but whoever was meeting her at lover's lane wasn't just interested in maggie." "They wanted her computer,too." "Carry on,everybody." "Can it wait?" "I'm sitting on a wiretap." "It won't take long, I have a dead employee from the department of homeland security by the name of Marguerite Scott, and I need you to get a dump on her encrypted cellphone." "Why don't you just download it?" "It's missing... along with her laptop,also encrypted." "I don't know if I should check on this for you." "Oh,if I have to hear one more time about how your friends are making fun of you for doing me favors..." "I am recovering from surgery!" "Please!" "There are new rules in place." "If you get us involved -- and I can't have chocolate anymore." "Do you understand that?" "Do you?" "Please,just make the call." "Okay,brenda." "Marguerite scott." "I'll make the call." "Great suit." "Did you get itat fred segal?" "Yeah.Yeah,I did." "I know this girl there.She gets me a discount." "Love that place." "I live just around the corner from there." "Sorry that took so long." "What --what have you learned?" "It's a little complicated." "Your vic survived the crash and was well enough to climb out of the car and crawl her way up the hill." "Crawl?" " Are you sure she wasn't thrown out of the car?" " No." "These are seat-belt bruises,which means she was definitelystrapped in at impact." "And then look... at the dirt under her nails, the abrasions on her knees and elbows." "She crawled up that hill." "The question ishow she was able to climb when she expired instantly from massive trauma to the head." " But that didn't happen during the crash?" " No." "I found a splinter in her head, indicating someone struck her with a branch or a large stick." "And the final blow might have come from a rock after she drove off the cliff." "Not her best day." "Two last things -- notice anything unusual about your vic's face?" "Don't make me guess." "Coyotes always feed on the body's soft tissue first." "My guess is they left her face alone because of the seasoning." "Excuse me?" "Someone doused your vic with pepper spray, which might explain why she drove off the cliff in the first place." "Maggie scott is dead?" "I'm afraid so,mr.Hanson." "I'm so sorry about that." "Oh,my god." "The lapd was put through this exhausting audit for nothing?" "Sorry to see you're so broken up over maggie's death." "No,no --yeah,I'm sorry,all right?" "But the woman was a time waster." "This section manages a billion-dollar annual budget." "2% of that comes from the dhs, yet I spent 80% of my time justifying expenses to maggie." "The woman was in my office every other month for almost two years." "You have no idea how much extra work she created." "During maggie's last visit out here,she also stopped at a place called civilaudio." "Do you have any idea what she was looking for?" "This month it was civilaudio.I have no idea what it was." "Last month,it was --I don't even remember." "The point is it doesn't matter anymore." "Why is that?" "Because the way the Federal operates, It'll be ages before they send anybody to pick up where she left off, if they even bother." "Well,maybe we shouldn't waitfor the federal government." "Maybe you should let my detective take a look at your books." "Fine.I'll,uh" "I'll make sure you get everything you need." "Uh,mr.Hanson,do you know if maggie was seeing anyone romantically while she was here?" "Did she have a boyfriend?" "Or maybe she was having an affair of some kind." "She didn't discuss her personal life with me, and I am not the type of guy to spread rumors." "So, if you excuse me.." "It's gonna take me a minute to put your paperwork through." "You know what,though?" "I will offer one opinion,ma'am." "Maybe you should let me spend more time helping you fight crime and not fighting accountants." "That's just a thought." "Watch your step.You'll take nasty fall here." "I'm so sorry to bother youon a saturday,Mr.White, but according to our files,your company provides the lapd and fire department with first-responder communications." "Civil audio's not my company.I'm just the CFO." "I've been there since 9/11." "Before that,I was on the job." "Lapd?" "Yes,ma'am.15 years." "Tactical technology unit." "So civil audio's a good fit -- better pay,and no one ever shoots at me." "Sorry about the mess.Overbudget.Stupid contractor." "Air-conditioner's out." "I had to cancel the pool." "Now I have two kids who are gonna be very disappointed when they come back from summer camp." "That's just tragic." "Right this way." " Thank you." " Thank you." "It is hot." "Mr.White,can you tell me what maggie scott was doing in your office earlier this week?" "Auditors are like police officers." "They don't tell you what they're looking for until they find it." "She wanted all our billing records to lapd,so I gave them to her.Why?" "Is old maggie giving you a hard time?" "In a manner of speaking." "Her car went over a cliff last night,and we found her this morning,dead." "Hey,I'm going for takeout." "Something wrong?" "Well,yes and no." "Remember that crazy womanI told you about,the one from homeland security?" "The horrible accountant lady?" "She died last night." "That's too bad." "Gosh." "Well... just get me whatever you're having.Thanks." "Sorry to interrupt." "I've got to tell you,the outpouring of sadness for this woman so far, it's -- it's touching." "Obviously,I feel bad about what happened." "I mean,it's terrible." "But just the idea of going through another audit with maggie -- she's brutal.Just talk to your people." "Ask jim hanson." "I'm sorry.Did you say another audit?" "Starting monday morning." "Jim hanson didn't mention that." "Not that it was gonna be much different" "Maggie was investigating the way the lapd paid us for almost two years." "Poor jimmy." "And his wife just left him,too." "Look..." "I appreciatedmaggie's tenacity.I did" "But I just hope whoever takes her place will be a little less rabid." "Well,hanson said there wouldn't be another audit." "Well,that's wishful thinking." "Dhs might not get to it right away,but they'll be back." "Hey,if we're done,uh,I got about three timesas many people here as usual." "I threaten to fire them,and suddenly they can't finish fast enough." "If there's anything I can do,just let me know,okay?" "Thank you,sir." "Thank you so much." " Thank you." " My pleasure." "How long before you start feeling the symptoms of poison oak?" "Probably not until tonight sometime." "I told you not to go down there." "Oh,I know.I know." "Oh,come on." "chief,no luck getting access tomaggie scott's encrypted phone." "I'm sure we'll be hearingfrom the fbi any minute now." "The victim's husband,uh,ken -- he just flew infrom washington." "He's in your office.Maggie scott'srental-car company called." "Their accident investigators want to know when they can get a lookat their hybrid." "What did you tell them?" "What I always tell them --sure.No problem.Then I hung up." "The car's stillin the print shed." "We hang onto maggie's car until we know what happened to maggie." "And I wantthat steering wheel tested for pepper spray." "How am I gonna tell that manhis wife was eaten by coyotes?" "Poor woman." "What are all these about?" "Financial recordsfrom jim hanson." "Exactly what you would expect,chief." "Bury the two paragraphs of information you actually want in a big load of bull pucky." "I'll start working on it,chief." "Oh,bless you.Bless you." "Nobody's told mewhen I can see my wife's body,and I've been here almost an hour." "Actually,sir,I think you might want to wait for a funeral home or mortuary to take a look at your wife." "Are you sure it's her?" "Are you absolutely certain?" "I'm sorry,sir.Yes,I am." "Is there anythingI should know?" "Did she die quickly?" "I...don't thinkshe saw it coming." "Oh,god,I don't knowhow I'm gonna tell our daughter." "Sir,do you know anyone who might have wanted to hurt your wife?" "Did she ever talk to you about a threat or... no,no." "The only thing maggie ever complained about was the travel." "I thinkshe was happier lately not having to come back to L.A.Every other week." "Every other week?" "According to dhs,maggie was in los angeles every other month." "Do you knowif she had other business here,or did she have any relatives or friends?" "No,it was work." "Why else would she come?" "Chief johnson, special agents blackburnand horlacher from the fbi." "It's about maggie scott." "I'm --I'm terribly sorry." "I am right slap dab in the middle of interviewing the victim's husband." "Good to see you again,too,chief johnson.Sorry to interrupt." "But the fbi needs to speakwith mr.Scott right now." "I've been in touchwith special agent fritz howard." "***Thank you for informing him about the encrypted laptop and cellphone that have gone missing." "Which makes this investigation a national-security issue." "I hardly think maggie scott was killed by terrorists, unless you thinkthe evildoers are trying to destroy the world with pepper spray." "We're talking about the murderof a federal employee, plus the theftof classified materials." "So we would like allthe evidence you've collected." "We're gonna take the victim'shusband with us right now,too." "If you have any furtherquestions for mr.Scott,let us know." "Great to see you again,ma'am." "Oh,I bet." "Ma'am." "Lieutenants flynnand provenza," "I'd like you to copyeverything that we have before we hand it offto these gentlemen." "And,detective daniels,please give the boxes forfiscal operations to the fbi**" "And while they're lookingat our finances,let's take a lookat mr.Hanson'S." "Thank you." "Lieutenant tao,please putthe car's computer in the desk." "And,uh,detective sanchez,I'd like youto move maggie's rental car out of the print shed." "To where?" "Someplacethe fbi won't find it." "Listen,just because -- just because the fbiis starting an investigation doesn't meanyou have to halt yours." "Let them look for the laptop.You find the killer." "Well,I still have lots ofquestions for maggie's husband." "******" "He's the only personso far who seems at all upsetabout her death." "But here's the thing,will." "Maggie was visiting los angelesevery other week last year for reasonsother than dhs business." "She lied to her husbandabout that, and her carwent over a hillside at a place where peoplesometimes go to... you know." "So I'm guessing that she mighthave been having an affair." "I can promise youwho she was seeing last year has nothing to dowith her death." "How can you say that?" "Because the affairshe was having was with me." "When were you ing to tell methat you had been sleepingwith my murder victim?" "Well,there wasn'treally so much sleeping." "Do you want tohear about this,or do you justwant to get all mad?" "I'm investigatingher murder,will." "Okay,you want to get mad." "Look,we met about a year ago, and we started seeing each otherwhenever she was in town." "Every other week." "I flew her out sometimes and put her upat the cielo hotel." "And it endedsix months ago." "I was never involvedin any of her audits, so there's no conflictof interest,and her husbandnever knew." "So you were seeing maggie while you were still marriedto estelle." "Technically,yes, but after estellefiled for divorce." "Look,estelle was alreadyseeing someone else." "I was pretty much alone,as you well know." "What should I have done?" "Should I havejust stopped living?" "***" "She was married!" "You couldn't have foundsomeone single?" "Forget it." "Are there e-mails from youon her computer?" "Not onthe government account." "I mean,did she evercheck personal mail on her encrypted laptop?" "I don't know." "What?" "What?" "There'sa female investigator working foran intelligence agency, who was in a relationship, who you seduced into coming to los angeleson a regular basis." "It all sounds so familiar,and yet,um,I'm surprised." "Do you want to...talk about this?" "In detail?" " Drop it." " 'Cause we can." "Drop it,I said." "And tell mewhat else you know about the victimthat can help me." "Maggie was...honest." "Except about mewith her husband,she was an honest person." "She wasa relentless investigator." "She,uh,believed in what she was doing." "Her personal lifemay have been a bit of a mess,but she wasextremely professional." "And she was stubbornwhen she was right, which shealmost always was." "Thanks." "Wait." "I now howthis is going to sound,but the outcomeof this investigation, the timing of it,could affectmy custody agreement." "My kids." "Right." "Well,I'll try to find outwhat happened to maggie beforethat becomes an issue." "Thank you." "Look..." "I'M... really sorry." "Again." "You're really sorryagain." "Yes,gentlemen?" "What morecan I do for you today?" "Maybe we weren't clearwhen we said we want everything you haveon the maggie scott case." "You have her husband." "We're handing overthe rest of our evidence." "What more do you need?" "We need the car mrs.Scottwas driving when she crashed." "It's not ******" "It's got to bearound here somewhere." "It was certainly in no conditionto go driving off." "The fbi issueda national-security letter, which compels youto turn over every aspect of your case to us." "And when investingmatters of this import, we shouldn't even be dealingwith you at all,really, but ratherthe homicide task force in your owncounterterrorism bureau." "Wait." "Okay." "No problem." "What?" "Just one moment,chief." "If we hook you guys up with our counterterrorismbureau's homicide task force, you guys will be coolwith a joint operation?" "You would haveno more complaints?" "None." "Great." "Let's do it." "All right,then." "Follow me,gentlemen." "COUNTER TERROR SQUAD" "What the hell is this?" "You guys said you wanted to work with the homicide task force of lapd's counter terrorism bureau." "That would be us." "We even passed our weapons-of-mass-destruction training." "This is a bunch of crap." "This is not what we agreed to." "Oh,I'm so sorry,agent blackbird." "It's exactlywhat we agreed to." "But it's alsonot my problem." "Lieutenants provenzaand i aren't part ofthe ctb's homicide task force." "You'll have to address yourconcerns to lieutenant flynn." "We want the car." "We gave you the gps informationfrom the car's computer." "We still need the car." "What for?" "Uh,yoo-hoo." "This really isn't my business,but,detective sanchez, do you know where these menmight find maggie's prius?" "Uh,well,it was probably towedto the central garage." "I could take you there." "Why don't you do that,huh?" "Sirs,don't forgetyour evidence." "Hey,hey,hey,hey!" "Just the boxes,boys." "The cart belongs to lapd." "Make sure you liftwith your legs." "Don't hurt yourself." "Payback's a bitch,boys." "Chief,I checked the prius'sonline service manual." "If you use a cellphone witha bluetooth wireless connection, you can makecalls through the car." "Maggie's prius probablyhas a record of numbers she dialed and received." "That's why the fbiwanted the car." "They can't get into maggie'sencrypted cellphone yet,either." "Well,it is our patriotic dutyto help them out." "Let's go take a look." "The prius's bluetooth systemisn't really designed to display the informationwithout the menu." "We tinkered around a littleand found the phone numbers." "And here they are in order." "And the last callmaggie scott received came from joe white,the cfo of civilaudio." "Right after that,she punched in the address of wherewe found her body." "While I'm lookinginto mr.Hanson's finances " "Yes, thank you." "Detective Daniels please lookinto mr.White'S." "I knew joe whitewhen he was on the job." "There's no way he'dmurder anyone." "It's ridiculous." "Well,joe was a bit of a playerwhen he was around here." "Maybe he and maggiewere doing the big nasty and she was gonnatell his wife." "You think whitewould try to take somebody out with a canof pepper spray?" "come on" "You can't keep doing this." "Doing what?" "Being angry at me." "You insisted -- insisted-- I get the fbi involved." "I'm not angry." "So,what is this?" "So I recognizethe mood when I see it again." "It's disappointment." "You knew what would happen when you called your buddiesat the fbi, and you didn't tell me." "I'm a little let down,frankly." "I told you the requestwas a bad idea." "You demandedI do it anyway." "Then you hung up on mebefore I could explain." "And you're saying i let you down?" "Well,just be aware,most of the time,I'm never gonna askfor your help again." "That is fine,because what happened here,in reality,is you confided in me, and I tried to do somethingabout your problem." "And apparently,I just made it worse." "That's exactlywhat happened." "You tried to help me,and you only made it worse." "Let's see if I can't providethat same kind of help to the fbi." "Don't scratch!" "As cfo of civilaudio,joseph white pulls innearly $500,000 a year." "That's a lot of radios,chief." "A ton more cashthan he was making here." "But his new residence cost three times as muchas he got for his condo, which,for the record,is two blocks away from the scene of the accident, right above academy road." "He knew the area well." "Joe white paid $1.5 millionfor this house?" "Oh,how are we ever gonnabe able to afford a new house?" "How?" "And for the past two years, mr.White has been spending more than doublehis declared income without incurringany obvious debt." "It's like he's pulling moneyfrom someplace off the books." "He did,however,cancel a chargeto his contractor four days ago." "He was complainingabout them going overbudget." "But there were constructionworkers in his backyard." "Saturday morning,the charges were reauthorized, provided thatthe contractor would guarantee everything would be finishedin three weeks." "Timeline --maggie scott drops by joe white's officeat civilaudio, tells joe that,uh,his accountingdoesn't quite add up." "That night,maggie flies off a cliff,and joecontinues his remodel." "Do-da,do-da." "Sing whatever songyou want." "I still don't believejoe white would have anything to dowith something like this." "He was building a pool." "He didn't want todisappoint the family." "And what about jim hanson,our fiscal operations director?" "His divorce left himstrapped for cash." "Almost maxed outon all of his credit cards." "But his personal investments seem solid." "Detective sanchez,where did you last see special agents black burn and horlacher?" "They were checking our impound facilities, but I had the car moved againa few hours ago." "They'll never find it." "Excellent." "Uh,lieutenant flynn, please call our fbi friends and tell them what we've discovered about joe white." "Chief,we share our information with the fbi, they're likely to take matters into their own hands and makeour situation worse." "That is the established pattern,lieutenant." "Let's hope it holds onfor another day." "Gentlemen,gentlemen!" "Gentlemen,I have to ask you to wait." "Excuse me" "You cannot take white awaylike this." "We called you,remember?" "Sergeant,we're questioningmr.White today." "It could be you'llhave a crack at him later." "We agreed to share our information." "All right,just for you." "Mr.White here seems to have faked civilaudio's invoices to police and fire departments all through the southwest, adding on a little surcharge for every radio he sold and keeping itfor himself." "And the victim knew all about it." "****" "Chief,where are you going?" "Hopefully,I'm gonna find out where maggie's encrypted cellphone and computer are." "This isall a terrible mistake." "Joe would never kill anyone,except maybe in self-defense." "He was a police officer." "Our accident investigators agree." "They say maggie's car drove straight over that cliff." "Oh,you have to tell that to the fbi,please." "Oh,I will." "I will." "But what I was wondering is why you didn't just tell them that yourself." "Tell them what?" "That you were there,that you witnessed the accident." "But I wasn't there." "Mrs.White,I'm not gonna lie to you." "Leaving the sceneof an accident is punishable by 6 monthsin prison or a $10,000 fine." "Before we talk about it,I should inform you of your rights." "You have the right to remain silent." "Anything you say canand will be used against you." "You have the rightto an attorney." "If you cannot affordan attorney,one will be appointed to youby the state." "Have you heard and understood these rights?" "Yes." "Now,if you really want to help your husband " "I do." "Of course I do." "Then you're gonna have to fess up." "Because I know that you were there when maggie scott drove herself off that cliff." "Why do you think that?" "The last call she received was from this house." "And immediately following the phone call, she punched in an address to the gps system on her prius, an address only four blocks from the condo where you and joe used to live." "She and she drove there for a spur-of-the-moment meeting of some kind." "Now,I don't thinkshe would agree to meet alone at night in a deserted corner of the world with anyone she was about to accuse of embezzlement." "Now,if I'm wrong,mrs.White,just tell me." "If it was your husband she was meeting with,not you, if our accident investigators made a mistake -- no." "No." "Listen,let me --let me just explain." "What joe did was not embezzlement at all." "He borroweda little bit of money because we went so far over budget with this remodel." "Our contractor lied to us about what everything would cost." "And we have this adjustable mortgage,and the payments have skyrocketed." "We put everything we have into this house." "Joe was just trying to keep usfrom losing our life savings." "And..." "I wanted mrs.Scott to know that." "That sounds reasonable." "So you wanted to explain that to her." "So I called her,and I told her where to meet me." "I said I had some information she needed for her audit." "I was waiting for her." "When she drove up,she,um -- she rolled down the window without turning off her engine." "I told her " " I said ifshe would just give us a month, joe would make things right, that he would flip the house and put all the money he borrowed back with interest." "She agreed?" "No." "She didn't." "She said joe would go to jail, she was going to report him,that she was just following orders." "I argued with her,and she got really mad." "And she drove off and missed the turn and -- and drove over the side of the cliff." "Oh, I was just so upset." "I got back into my car,and I drove away." "You could have called someone and waited for them to arrive." "I know I should have." "I know." "But it was dark,and I was afraid." "And I'm sorry." "I'm so,so,so sorry." "So sorry that you got in touch with your contractor and told him to have his workers finish up the remodel of your house?" "Listen!" "I was just making the best of a terrible situation." "I thought if we could get the house in shape to sell, joe had time to repay the money, which is what I told that woman we wanted to do." "But she wouldn't listen." "Well,that might have been because of the pepper spray that you spewed all over her face." "That's a report from our scientific investigation division and the L.A.County coroner's office documenting that there was pepper spray on the victim's face and the steering wheel." "Which is another reason I knew that it was you and not your husband, because the attack was so inept -- there was no attack!" "That woman --she reached through the window, grabbed me by the arm,and tried to drag me along the road." "She must have given your arm quite a bruise." "Could I see that,please?" "No?" "That makes me wonder,mrs.White, what elsedo you have up your sleeve?" "It's been awfully hot here lately." "Your husband's in shorts and a t-shirt." "Sergeant gabriel here took his jacket off the moment we sat down." "And yet here you are,all covered up,head to toe." "That is exactly the type of rash I'd expect to see on someone who was begging for mercy with a can of pepper spray." "You may notice that I've gota similar rash on my legs." "Like you,I didn'tget anything on my hands." "That's because we were both wearing gloves when we were standing in the poison oak over maggie scott's body." "She didn't die in that crash,did she?" "No." "No,she pulled herself up out of that car and, crying for help,crawled her way back up to the road." "She had a husband and a daughter." "She was trying to see them again." "She was doing everything she could, but you wouldn't let her." "Stop." "Please stop." "Please stop?" "Is that what maggie said as you hiked down the side of the hill and beat her with a tree branch?" "Was she begging you to stop before you crushed her skull in and then left her body to be torn apart by coyotes?" "Please stop!" "It was far too latefor please stop." "I was only trying to help my husband." "Let's skip the part where you try to explain yourself." "I just don't have the stomach for it today." "Because there's something else I need to know,mrs.White -- the whereabouts of an encrypted cellphone and a computer." "And it is somethingI really need to know." "That smells good." "For all your help." "Even without trying,you always do." "Still,nobody knows who maggie was seeing all this time she came to L.A." "Yeah,well,some secrets are best taken to the grave." "Oh,uh,speaking of maggie... here are her computer and cellphone." "I don't know which is which." "Maybe youcould hand them over to agent blackbirdwith my regards." "Where did you find them?" "Susan white smashed them to bits and put them in a dumpster behind a nearby home depot along with the can of pepper spray." "Nice." "Got anotherlittle baggie in there with maggie's priusin it?" "I'm sureit'll turn up by and by." "The fedswill take the residence." "And after we sue civil audio,our money problems will go from terminal to merely bad." "Sir,if I might offer a suggestion,being that it was priority homicide -- actually,this is the first arrest of our new ctb homicide task force." " so congratulations - oh, thank you sir" "I was wondering if some of the money could be applied to priority homicide's budget." "The idea of losing personnelat this phase is just,uh -- oh,no." "Well,that's not my car." "No,sir." "It's not." "Sergeant,where is my car?" "Sir,I think in an effort to maintain access to the vehicle and other evidence pertaining to the murder, someone must have thought -- you're just making all this up off the top of your head,right?" "I am,sir." "I don't know how this happened." "This is terrible." "Go find my car." "I'm finding it right now,sir." "Thank you."