"Hey, whitehead, filing duty logs for the week was letting you off easy." "I should have thrown in a wash for the GTO." "You you keep talking, there, partner." "I hope you like eating crow for breakfast." "Now, there's what some people call shooting." "But that right there, my friend, is marksmanship." "Never been the same since we switched over to these damn Glocks." "I was a crack shot with my .38." "Mm." "I suspect the wind affected you." "Or maybe the fluorescent lights were causing a glare?" "I'm sorry whitehead, I shouldn't mock." "Maybe the sound of gunfire was distracting?" "Oh, hey." "Love the smell of gunpowder in the morning." "Reminds me of home." "What are those?" "Oh, uh, smartphone upgrades." "Detectives will now be networked together for real-time information sharing." "Mine works just fine." "Thank you, no." "Sorry, Dwight, but you don't have a choice." "This is all I need " "Something else that doesn't work." "I'm getting some coffee." "Wrong side of the bed today?" "Like the sun rising in the east." "Who's that gentleman?" "Oh, a walk-in." "Name is Ted Creskoe." "Came all the way down here from Springfield, Missouri." "I tried to help him, but he insisted on speaking with a detective." "What about?" "He wants to report a missing person." "Just have a seat here, Mr. Creskoe." "Call me "Ted."" "All right, Ted." "Name of the missing person?" "Jill Creskoe." "She's my daughter." "And how old is she?" "21." "When's the last time you saw her?" "Four years ago." "Mr. Creskoe " "Look, Jill was a wild child." "And when I put my foot down, she ran off." "I'm sorry to hear that, but she's an adult." "I mean, what makes you think she's missing?" "Well, Jill never called after she left, but she sent these home over the years, all postmarked from Memphis, to let me and her mother, lila, know that she was okay." "I haven't even had a chance to tell her lila passed away." "Here " " Here -- Here's the last card she sent." "It was sent more than five weeks ago." "Yes, and she sent one a month." "And she would have sent another card if she'd changed her plans." "Ted, you've given me no evidence of a crime here." "Well, I know in my heart that she meant to come home." "Please, sir." "I got no place else to turn." "I'll see what I can do." "Well, I'm " " I'm staying in the background because it's her time." "Yes, but..." "Well, he may not be my first choice for her, but, you know, I-I couldn't be happier." "Without hard evidence, she's not gonna want to sign off on this." "Mm-hmm." "I got to try." "Mm-hmm." "Your funeral, but I'm here for you." "Okay, well, you know what?" "I got to run." "Bye-bye." "You two got a reason for being here?" "A man's reported his daughter missing." "Can't say there's much to support his claim, but we'd like to look into it." "You know what?" "A couple hours is all I'm asking." "I was " " If you'd looked him in the eye like I did, departmental resources wouldn't even be a question." "May I speak?" "A parent fearing for a child." "You go find his girl." "You heard the lady." "♪ I'm goin' to Memphis ♪" "♪ where the beat is tough ♪" "♪ Memphis ♪" "♪ I can't get enough ♪" "♪ oh, well, it makes you tremble ♪" "♪ and it makes you weak ♪" "♪ gets in your blood, that Memphis beat ♪" "Anything here give us a clue as to where this girl might be?" "Nothing yet." "There's no Jill Creskoe listed in Memphis." "I checked DMV, phone companies " " Nothing." "I also passed her photo off to the morgue " "No match against Jane does." "What's up with all these birds?" "Ted said his wife kept a few at home." "When Jill was a little girl, she took care of them." "Delila's " " Isn't that store in midtown?" "Yeah, I know it." "It closed down last year." "Most of these envelopes the post office on Union." "Could be Jill works or lives in that area." "What say we canvass it and see what turns up?" "Glad I wore comfortable shoes." "Seems like she was a familiar face, but nobody exactly knew her." "That's the same vibe I'm getting." "Clerk at the drugstore remembers her buying cards there " "Must be the ones she sent home." "Funny thing, too, is she always paid with change." "Some of the people that I often wore an apron.She even money says she was a waitress around here." "Man, I'm starving, whitehead." "We can't keep coming into restaurants and not eat." "Back for you boys in a flash." "I might be dead by then." "Sorry, I'm shorthanded today." "Lisa, proprietor and waitress, at your service." "You don't, by any chance, know this young woman, do you?" "Yeah, that's, uh -- That " " That's Jill." "She work here?" "Uh, she did, but I haven't seen her in over a week." "What happened?" "I don't rightly know." "No-showed for a shift, and that was that." "And you tried reaching her, of course?" "A few times, mm-hmm." "Never heard back." "Figured that was her way of quitting." "You got a number or an address for Ms. Creskoe?" "Creskoe?" "Huh." "Far as I know, her name's Jill Simon." "Hey." "Hey, yourself." "Does a Jill creskoe or Jill Simon live here?" "That's my wife." "Who are you?" "MPD." "Can we talk to her?" "No, you can't." "She's dead." "So, she left last week to go visit her mother." "But then, two days ago, the state troopers called, said that her car went off the road and into the river." "I guess a few days went by before anybody even spotted it." "Current down there is really strong, so her body was swept away while she tried to escape the wreckage." "Can you imagine?" "No." "Yeah, troopers said it might be a while before they find her body." "We're very sorry for your loss." "Well, if you didn't know, what are you doing here?" "Well, her father, Ted creskoe, came in to report her missing." "Excuse me." "And I lost my wife." "All right, he ain't my concern." "You should talk to him." "Yo, I never met Jill's father, and I got no intention of meeting him, you feel me?" "All I said was, is that I thought it was the right thing to do." "Yeah, well..." "We all grieve in our own way." "I got nothing to say to the man." "What are you doing?" "Uh, thought I was getting another text message." "It's kind of a new phone." "Still trying to get a handle on it." "Well, if you boys ain't got nothin' else..." "I'd like to be alone." "What was that business with the phone?" "Derek's got a record -- Drinking and violence." "Winning combination." "Judging by the way he'd already packed up her stuff," "Derek sure wasn't wasting any time mourning." "You think he's lying about the drowning?" "Easy enough to check." "All I know is something ain't right." "Oh, hey, Dwight." "State troopers confirm what Derek told you." "They found a dodge registered to Jill Simon in the Sawgrass river up off of 51." "What about the body?" "That section of the river has a strong undertow." "Body probably won't surface till after the water levels drop." "Dwight, you need to pass that on to Mr. Creskoe." "I will." "And you and whitehead need to move on to new business." "Now, we can't do that just yet." "Jill's husband, Derek, has got a record and a real bad way about him." "You know that's not enough." "I knew you'd say that, so me and whitehead talked to their neighbors." "Jill and Derek fought all the time." "He was hitting her." "Any charges filed?" "Nope, but they had one hell of a battle the day she went missing." "I took this picture today." "Like he landed a few blows and his lady fought back." "Build a timeline of the day she went missing, see what turns up." "Where's greenback?" "I don't know." "Hi, there!" "Uh, yes, I-it was a surprise." "Sutton, pull Jill's cellphone records." "And find out what that's all about." "Hey." "Where the hell did you get off to?" "Went down to the armory to swap out my gun." "Why?" "Well, obviously, the sight was off." "Obviously." "J-Jill's dead?" "That " " That can't be." "Sorry to be the bearers of such bad news." "I'm just -- I'm at a loss." "I mean..." "I-I don't even know what to say." "Why don't you start by telling us why you lied to us in the first place?" "Excuse me?" "We looked at Jill's cellphone records." "She placed a seven-minute call to you the day she disappeared." "It's the very last call she made." "Don't lie again." "Jill told me she was leaving Derek..." "Going home to her mom, wouldn't be to work for a while, maybe " " Maybe never." "And why didn't you tell us this before?" "For all I knew, Derek reported her missing and was using you to find her." "He's dangerous, isn't he?" "Jill was afraid he'd be on her like a hound dog on a rabbit." "It's gonna be tough going after Derek for murder without a body." "He had motive and opportunity." "We'll piece together the rest." "Put that car in the river, you destroy most of the physical evidence." "He figures he's got the perfect crime." "Don't they all?" "But somewhere he made a mistake." "We just need to find it." "I heard you were looking for me?" "Shut the door." "Come on in." "I-I need a little tech support with my computer." "Oh." "Looks fine." "What's the problem?" "I'm looking for an event, and I can't find it." "Okay." "The Rice-Bingham engagement announcement." "Well, if you use a plus sign in between the keywords, it limits the results." "Found it." "Is that your daughter?" "Well, congratulations!" "Uh, when's the wedding?" "Well, it doesn't say." "Reggie, scroll." "Find it." "Well, I can't." "It's not here." "Well, couldn't you just call her?" "Yeah, okay." "Thank you, detective." "Thanks for your help." "Let's just keep this between us, shall we?" "Good man." "Here's where Jill's sweater got snagged when she climbed out the window." "Ooh." "Smells like ass crack in here." "Well, make it quick, then." "Aw!" "I just bought these pants." "Aw, damn it!" "What are you so happy about?" "Checked the tranny and the linkage." "This car was in neutral when it went in the water." "Which means it wasn't an accident." "Damn straight." "Derek put Jill in this car and pushed it into the river." "*****, but this time she fought back, didn't she?" "She told you she was leaving." "You couldn't stand the thought of your woman telling you off, so you tried to knock some sense into her." "And then you killed her." "You got no proof." "Forensics tell us the car went in the water last Tuesday night." "Where were you?" "I was at home watching tv." "Alone?" "No, no." "I was with Mr. Daniels." "First name Jack." "Mm." "Where'd you get the scrapes on your knuckles and the scratches on your arms, smartass?" "Work." "That's bullshit." "When we find your DNA under her nails," "I won't bother asking you questions." "Case closed." "You get the needle." "All right." "All right." "We fought that day, okay?" "I may have smacked her." "Confessing halfway gets you nothing." "Oh, I didn't kill her." "I mean, you got to understand, man, like, that's just how we loved each other." "Know what I'm saying?" "Like, we always fought, and she always came back." "'Cause you dragged her back and knocked her senseless." "She would be turning tricks at a rest stop if it wasn't for me." "She was an 18-year-old runaway living on the streets when I met her." "And I gave her a hand up." "She's too grateful to ever leave me." "All that proves is you're an asshole." "He's softening up." "Let's let him stew a bit." "Good job on getting him to admit he hit her." "That'll get us a warrant." "You tell greenback and Sutton to turn that place upside down." "Maybe we'll catch a break, find us a murder weapon." "For all we know, he killed her there." "Maybe we'll find a body." "Come sit." "Mr. creskoe, did Jill mention her husband in any recent contact?" "I didn't know she was married till detective Hendricks told me." "Nothing about Derek in any letters or cards?" "No." "Why?" "We now have reason to believe that he may have murdered her." "If you can think of anything that would help us..." "This is all my fault." "How do you mean?" "I was too strict." "Mr. creskoe, I am sure you did your best." "There's a lot I could have done different." "But mostly, I should have loved Jill more." "Tech boys are doing a sweep of the backyard." "All right." "Make sure they keep an eye out for fresh digging, especially up under that rusted junk." "Will do." "Oh, hey, uh, did you get that e-mail from rice asking for an update?" "No." "Really?" "That was like an hour ago." "What?" "My new phone!" "It must have fallen out of my pocket." "Oh, man, rice is gonna have your hide." "Oh, no, no." "Oh, uh, is this what you're looking for?" "All right." "How did you get it?" "You left it on the kitchen counter." "Give it here." "Not so fast." "Me and Dwight have a question." "Well, give me the phone, and I'll call him." "Oh, no deal." "Don't play with me, Davey." "All we want to know is, what's up with rice?" "Nothing." "There's your answer." "Really?" "Ask yourself this " "Do you really want to requisition a new new felon at $350 a pop?" "Fine!" "Fine." "I'm gonna regret this." "Oh, lord!" "Tanya." "Great seeing you." "Hank, you are looking fit." "You must have been in the gym." "Well, I play some racquetball." "I see!" "Hank, when are you gonna do this city a favor and run for DA?" "You throw your hat in the ring, you know I got your back." "I appreciate that, Tanya." "And, of course, if there's anything you ever need..." "You give me a call." "Thank you." "Wait, you know what?" "Come to think of it, there is one little thing." "Of course." "I have a murder suspect, and I need to see his wife's financial records, see if he got his hand in the cookie jar too soon." "What's the hold-up?" "We don't have a body." "You and judge roth, y'all play a little bit of poker every now and then, don't you?" "I-I'll give roth a call." "Thank you." "How lucky am I that I ran into you today?" "Bye-bye." "Jill's credit card is actually part of Derek's account." "Guy kept her on a short leash." "Looks like she had a checking account in her old name, though." "Hey." "You wouldn't call me a bad shot, would you?" "Well, you'll never be a SWAT sniper, but, no, I wouldn't." "What's up?" "I got to qualify on the range in order to re-take the lieutenant's exam." "You never had trouble before." "It's rice, the way she keeps hounding me." "She's all in my head." "Well, believe it or not, whitehead, you need help, Sutton's your man." "Yeah, I heard he was a good shot." "Always thought it was a joke." "Best shot in the department." "Hell will freeze over before I go to Sutton with hat in hand." "How many 21-year-olds you know with life-insurance policies?" "More or less, none." "Life?" "Home?" "Auto?" "MPD." "Sir, canceled checks say that a client by the name of Jill creskoe recently took out a life-insurance policy through you." "We'd like to take a look at it." "Not without a warrant." "Look, I've had my fill of warrants today." "This girl was killed by her husband." "I want to know if he's the beneficiary." "Edwin, you help us stop this fraud and I can promise you, you'll get credit for it." "Let's see what we got." "Derek's not the beneficiary." "It's her mother, lila." "If she's also passed, who gets the money?" "Lila's next of kin." "Jill's father, Ted." "Did you send a notice to lila saying she was the beneficiary?" "Of course." "That's standard procedure." "Interesting how Ted forgot to mention that." "All right, here's how it plays out." "About a month ago," "Ted gets a card from Jill saying she's coming home." "At the same time, he gets a notice that his dead wife, lila, is the beneficiary of Jill's new life-insurance policy." "Oh, I don't like where this is going." "Now, the policy is outsized for a girl of Jill's age and earnings." "I hate to think a man would murder his own child." "It's a huge payoff." "Is there anything else to support this theory?" "I called the Springfield police in Missouri." "Ted Creskoe's got a long history of drinking and fighting " "At home, especially." "Jill was a runaway he barely even knew." "She was worth more to him dead than alive." "It all makes sense..." "Except for one thing." "He came to us." "And here's why." "The insurance policy is in Jill Creskoe's name." "Now, legally, Jill Simon is the one who's presumed dead." "Ted killed her." "He needed us to straighten out the names so he could get his payday." "Why am I in this room?" "It tends to bring out the truth." "I don't like that tone." "What kind of game are you playing with me?" "It's a puzzle, Ted." "Here are the pieces -- We got a lonely man, no family, not much money." "You don't know me." "We got a girl in a bad situation, trying to reconnect with her mother." "You've gone right off the rails." "And we got a life-insurance policy that pays 300 grand..." "To you." "This is about Jill's life insurance?" "You hid it from me." "I di" " I didn't think it mattered!" "My daughter was all I had left." "She was practically a stranger." "Did that make it easier for you to kill her?" "I'd never lay a finger on that girl." "Oh, like you never laid a hand on your wife?" "Come on, Ted." "We know who you are." "Come on." "It's time for the truth." "It's no secret I was a terrible husband." "Jill saw the worst of it." "But for me, seeing Lila's grace and kindness as she slipped away..." "A man can change." "I crawled out of the bottle." "And I came here to honor Lila's memory by making amends to Jill." "I came looking for my daughter..." "To tell her I'm sorry." "All righty, thank you." "Where are we?" "Calling gas stations, diners, what have you, trying to find anyone who can put either Ted or Derek near the scene of Jill's wreck." "We're not getting much traction." "Well, that's not good enough, is it?" "We're doing everything that can be done." "What's going on?" "We have suspects, but no hard evidence." "We got a murder, no body." "Do we even have a damn case?" "Personal is personal, till it starts leaking all over the office." "Tread lightly where you're going, Dwight." "Look, better yet, do not go there at all." "It's not fair you're taking out your frustration on us." "I do not have any frustrations." "We all know about your daughter's engagement." "Look, in the name of office peace," "I got to ask, shouldn't you be happy?" "I didn't know." "I didn't know." "All day long, people have been calling to congratulate me." "Sorry to hear that." "The biggest day of my daughter's life, and she doesn't want me there." "I can't imagine that's true." "Dwight, we have not talked in over a year." "I'll tell you what -- If she wants me to be a part of this wedding, she'd better call me, or I won't even go." "Okay." "Thank you." "Hey, Sutton, how's it going?" "If this is about your new phone, it's out of my hands." "No, I'm just wondering if you might want to go down to the range and fire a few rounds." "Nah, I'm good." "Why not?" "I don't know." "Shooting indoors just seems kind of wrong somehow." "Yeah, I agree, but, you know, my targeting's been a bit off here, and the word is you're a great shot." "Are you asking me for help?" "No." "Just want to observe your style." "Okay." "Detective white." "We're on our way." "Thanks for the heads-up." "River's dropped a foot since last week, so this wasn't unexpected." "Some boys saw the body." "Is it definitely Jill creskoe?" "Well, we know it's a woman, but time and water ain't been kind." "You're gonna have to match DNA or dental records to get the positive I.D." "This girl didn't just drown." "Her skull was split open." "Relax your grip!" "Straighten out that elbow!" "Don't forget to breathe." "Shut the hell up, Sutton!" "You're distracting me." "I'm just trying to help." "Well, I haven't asked for, have I?" "I know what your problem is." "I doubt it." "I don't even know if you have the goods." "You did worse than I did!" "Look closer." "Six shots, one hole." "The same hole." "Observe that." "I came to you for help." "Is this your way of seeing what you can do for me?" "Following the evidence." "You really think I killed my girl?" "I don't know." "The medical examiner's report should be done shortly." "You found Jill's body?" "Yeah." "For one of you, this will be over soon." "They say only the guilty man sleeps in jail." "'Cause he knows that's where he belongs." "Yep, so let's stir the pot and see who acts like they belong." "I don't know which one of you killed that girl, but somebody better step up and talk." "All I did was sell her the damn car." "I will not do somebody else's time!" "Yo, you better shut up and get out of my face." "That what you said to your wife before you killed her?" "Even though that piece of trash brought me nothing but misery," "I ain't did nothin'." "That's my daughter you're talking about." "Let me ask you something, daddy." "What was it you did that made your little girl run away?" "I never in my life hurt that girl." "Now, take your finger back." "Oh, yeah?" "Or what?" "Or I'm gonna stop waiting for the law to make this right." "It ain't my neck on the line." "Go ahead." "Take your best shot, old man." "Come on." "Oh, boy." "Sutton, you better get in there and help greenback break it up." "That didn't exactly yield much." "I know something now I didn't before " "Neither of them killed Jill." "How you figure?" "They don't give a rat's ass about the ME's report." "They're amped up and fighting instead of waiting for the other shoe to drop." "So you think we're missing somebody?" "Let's go talk to the only person Jill really trusted." "Go around back." "I recognize that pooch." "It belongs to Jill." "Now, why does Lisa have it?" "Hey, excuse me." "Have you seen the owner " " Lisa?" "Not since early this morning." "How long has she had this dog?" "A while, on and off." "But it's not hers." "It's her girlfriend's." "That dog's telling me he's being held against his own will." "Exigent circumstances." "We ought to go and ask a few questions." "Step back." "Oh, hold up." "I got an app for that." "Yeah, what's up, there?" "Oh, what's up, buddy?" "Lisa had to be jealous that Jill wouldn't leave Derek." "Look at this." "Looks like the threads that we saw in Jill's car." "It wasn't Jill's sweater that got snagged." "It was Lisa's when she put the car in the river." "You weren't returning our calls." "I-I guess I had no reception." "It's funny how that happens near the state line." "You nervous, sweetie?" "Kind of." "You should be." "Murder's a serious offense." "Wait, what?" "W-why would you think that I would do anything to Jill." "Well, maybe 'cause you were having an affair." "We were just friends, is all." "Okay?" "And that was fine." "Must have hurt, though, watching her go back, time after time, to the man who beat her." "Whatever happened, I know it was an accident." "Nothing -- Nothing happened." "We have evidence that you were there when her car went in the river." "Okay, I d-- I didn't kill Jill." "Okay?" "I-I-I-I swear it." "M-m-maybe " "No, no, no, you already tried pointing us at Derek." "Don't try it again." "No, no, no, you're right." "Derek didn't kill her." "I'm just " "And, uh, how are you so sure about that?" "Well, you " " You -- You said it was an accident..." "I can only imagine this merits the interruption." "Just got the medical examiner's report." "That body in the river -- It's not Jill." "Who is it?" "Aubrey Dunston from west Memphis." "It's not even a homicide." "They're calling it a boating accident." "What's that look?" "Well, Lisa's slip of the tongue got me thinking." "About what?" "Well, Jill ran from Ted, reinvented herself." "Maybe she's doing it again." "I believe that you didn't kill Jill." "But I also believe you would have done anything for her, given the situation she was in." "She's my friend." "Goes without saying." "Even help her fake her own death." "I mean, you told me yourself Derek would drag her back, no matter what." "Jill thought it was her only way out, so we came up with a plan, but she, uh -- She kept putting it off." "Too scared." "Until that last fight." "She called me, and she said," ""it's " " It's now, or it's..." "Never."" "You got to tell me where she's hiding." "She doesn't need to keep running." "If you bring her back," "Derek will just get his hooks back into her." "Not on my watch." "Trust me." "Maintenance, ma'am." "Need to check the a.C." "I think everything's working fine..." "Memphis police." "My name is Dwight Hendricks." "What do you want?" "I know this is gonna sound strange, but I'm here to tell you everything's gonna be okay." "What?" "Derek is never gonna touch you again." "I promise you that." "I don't know how you found me or what he told you, but I am not going back to him." "Jill, I-I understand why you feel like you need to run, but..." "Faking an accident, insurance fraud..." "No, the money isn't for me." "It's for my mom." "You and your friend Lisa are going " "And Lisa did not do anything wrong." "She just gave me a ride." "We'll get it all straightened out, but not if you keep running." "You're not trapped anymore." "The door is open." "All you have to do is step out into the clear." "Just, uh..." "Give me a minute." "Get my stuff." "I don't know if I can do this." "Sure you can." "I'm gonna be close by." "Detective Hendricks told me about mom." "All lila ever talked about was you." "She loved you so much." "I don't know if you can understand..." "How much I missed her." "Ted..." "This is the chance you asked for." "Just speak plain." "I want to apologize for being the kind of man I used to be..." "And say that I'm -- I'm so deeply sorry for all the time you didn't get to spend with your mother." "♪ Maybe I didn't treat you ♪" "You should have these to remember her by." "♪ Quite as good as I should have ♪" "And if you should ever find your way to forgiveness..." "My door will be open." "♪ Maybe I didn't love you ♪" "♪ quite as often as I could have ♪" "♪ Little things I should have said and done ♪" "Thank you." "♪ I just never took the time ♪" "♪ you were always on my mind ♪" "♪ you were always on my mind ♪" "♪ maybe I didn't hold you ♪" "You again, man?" "Yo, you can't keep locking me up for no reason." "Jill's alive, and she sent me with a message for you." "Where is she?" "Don't ask that question again." "That's the message." "Don't look for her, don't wonder about her, don't breathe her name." "So help me God, it'll be the last question you ever ask." "♪ If I made you feel second best ♪" "♪ girl, I'm sorry, I was blind ♪" "♪ you were always on my mind ♪" "♪ you were always on my mind ♪" "♪ tell me ♪" "♪ tell me that your sweet love hasn't died ♪" "You called?" "Yeah." "Maybe I could use a few pointers." "Is that your way of asking me for help?" "Yeah." "Yes, it is." "This wisdom was passed down from my granddaddy to my daddy to me." "See, shooting isn't in the hands." "It's in the head." "My family secret is, keep an empty head." "♪ Maybe I didn't hold you ♪" "Well, I'll be damned." "♪ All those lonely, lonely times ♪" "♪ and I guess I never told you ♪" "Uh, hey!" "I " " I-I didn't expect you to pick up." "I, uh " " I was just about to leave a message." "I was, uh, just calling to..." "To congratulate you." "♪ You were always on my mind ♪" "Tish, I -- I hope you're happy." "Um... ♪ Tell me ♪" "♪ tell me that your sweet love hasn't died ♪" "I miss you so much." "And I think about you every day." "Darlin'... ♪ Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied ♪" "I need you in my life." "♪ Oh, satisfied ♪" "Yeah?" "♪ Little things I should have said and done ♪" "♪ I just never took the time ♪" "♪ you were always on my mind ♪" "♪ you were always on my mind ♪"