November 16, 2020 • 23 mins
When a teenage girl is found shot execution-style in the woods, a homicide detective is pulled off desk duty to solve the murder, while his new partner attempts to protect the case from his worse impulses.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Solve Presents The Happy Girl Part one. Breathe in relaxation.
(00:30):
Breathe out a peaceful heart. If an emotion arises, anxiety
maybe anger, that's okay, just notice it, then calmly, gently
bring yourself back to the breath. Breathe and relaxation. Fuck
(00:59):
and I interrupted in your moment of zin. No, Superintendent Luck,
what can I do for you? Clear your mind? You've
got a call. Uh, but I'm on desk duty indefinitely.
Ben and Falls East Trailhead detective from Ben Pet's waiting
for you. Detective Flaherty, Oregon State Police Detective Flaherty. Hi,
(01:34):
Detective Lisa Watkins Ben p D. Would you like to
follow me? We're up the trail here, a little ways
into the forest. Thanks your new Watkins. Yeah, I just
(01:54):
moved from Portland. Had enough city life back there. I
was deputy, mostly doing traffic by lay and Ben p
D had an opening for a detective. We're right over here.
M what have we got? Teenage girl gunshot woundto the head,
self inflicted, not unless she shot herself in the back
of the head. I'm sorry, let's have a look or
(02:20):
her phones on her battery is dead. But we run
the plates on the vehicle out by where you parked.
Figure it's hers. Got a name of Kierra Matthews. You
know her? Damn it? Yeah, yeah, I know her. She's
my friend Tom's kid, a teen. I think that's when
(02:41):
I got pulled off the bench. Okay, walk me through it. Uh,
what's what you see is what you get. I'm afraid
a couple out for a morning hike discovered the body.
You saw that evidence marker on our walk over here.
We believe those are her gloves. Found a bullet casing
about fifty yards that way, so it looks like she
was moved. No sign of a gun. Keep looking. We
(03:04):
are yes, sir. Is this Tom a close friend of yours?
I mean close enough. I went to high school together
and see each other a few times a year Barbecue's
fantasy baseball draft. And what do you know about Kira?
I didn't see her all that much, but based on
what Tom said about her, she seemed like your average teenager,
(03:25):
you know, a nice girl. We'll get a couple more
uniforms from state out here to help campas the area.
That would be great. We'll run this out of my office.
That's all right with you? UM, yeah, okay, that's fine. Good.
Can you handle the corner when they get here? Sure,
(03:46):
where are you going to tell my friend his daughter's dead?
So I am, and I'm so sorry. Are you going
to catch who did this? You have my word? I
(04:06):
thought you were on some sort of administrative leaf brought
back on probation. I just have to finish that court
mandated therapy and stay out of trouble. And this isn't
a conflict of interest thus being friends, they're short staffed.
What are they gonna say? Plus, I got this kid
from City p D work in the case with me,
(04:30):
the case. That's what curious. Now my daughter, she's a case.
I can't believe it. Look, I know this is hard,
but can you think of anyone who wanted to hurt Kira?
Why would anyone want to hurt Kira? She's just a sweet,
happy girl. All right? Well, bring me up to speed.
(04:53):
Give me the snapshot of her life lately. I mean,
she's quiet. You know, she was taking a gap year
before call. When she's here, she'd mostly stay in a room.
She spent most of her time at. Her boyfriends practically
lived there. What's the boyfriend's name, Jason? Kemp. I don't
like the kid, if I'm being honest. And why is
(05:13):
that he's older? She seems cross? What was their relationship like?
You think she'd ever tell me? You'd have to ask him.
I will that we don't need to have a look
around her bedroom. Is that all right with you? Okay? Yeah, stairs,
(05:40):
I meant when I said to him, we're gonna catch
the sun of a bitch. Thanks Mikey getting settled in? Yes,
thank you. I was just about to put up a
(06:02):
map of the crime scene. Oh good, good. You'll like
working with Flaherty. But keep an eye on him. How
do you mean, sir? There's a reason he was put
on leave. Don't get me wrong. He's a great detective.
But as important as your partner is in these investigations,
nothing is more important than the case. Protect the case
(06:23):
at all costs, even if it means protecting it from
your partner. Hey, hey, Flaherty, I'm sorry about Kira because
I was tom as you'd expect. How did it go
with the crime scene? Nothing new, but we have guys
scouring the woods. Now, good, come with me. Where are
(06:48):
we going? Kira had a boyfriend. The dad doesn't like him,
so let's see if we like him. I I can't
(07:09):
believe it. I'm very sorry, Jason, I know this is devastating.
What was Kara doing in the woods that night? I
have no idea. Did she tell you where she was going,
who she was going with? No, she didn't say was
she with you? You just told him that his girlfriend
has been murdered. Maybe take your foot off the gas.
(07:30):
Where were you Thursday night? I was at a buddy's place.
Which buddy? When did you get home? Uh, Steve Rodriguez?
I got home late, maybe one. I thought Kiro would
be here when I got in. Their dad says, she
spent most of her time here. Yeah, we were doing
like a trial run living together. Had she been acting
(07:53):
differently at all? Did she seem anxious or upset about anything? No,
she seemed like herself because she had been keeping secrets
from you. No. See that's a trick question. Of course
she was. We all do. So she was keeping something
from you? Who would she tell? I guess Abby, that's
her best friend, Abby Goodwin. You get in touch with
(08:27):
a good one girl. Yes. She agreed to speak with
us tomorrow at her place eleven o'clock. Good. Thanks Watkins,
when we were talking to Jason. You didn't like the
way I was pressing him. It's not my approach, but
that's fine. We're trying to solve a murder. Do you
think we should do it with kid gloves? That's not
what I was suggesting. And you really don't have to
(08:48):
explain yourself. It's fine. Mhm. Odds are that one of
these people we talked to, people who were close to Kira,
is going to turn out to be the killer. You
have to go hard if you want them to break.
If you can't handle that. No, really, it's all right.
It's nothing I'm not used to used to homicide investigations.
(09:11):
No angry men blow, Yes, thank you, we'll be right there.
That was the emmy autopsy is done. I put the
time of death between eleven PM and one am. What
(09:32):
time did the boyfriends say he was out anything in
the talks. At the time of her death, she had
methylene dioxy meth amphetamine in her system m d M,
a party drug. In terms of the physical examination, temperatures
were around freezing that night. She has a hat and
the jacket on, but no gloves, so you can see
more advanced prospite on the exposed areas like her hands, face,
(09:54):
and neck. So those were her gloves on the trail.
Now what's really strang change is the angle of the
gunshot wound on the back of her head. It would
suggest the killer was aiming down and from some feet away.
She was most likely kneeling when she was shot execution style.
Why would anyone execute a teenage girl? You all right? Yeah,
(10:24):
it's just disturbing. Have you ever seen anything like this before?
Not like this? Hey, when are we going to talk
to the girl's father. I already talked to him. No, No,
I mean talk to him. Tom didn't kill his daughter.
(10:44):
You've been at this a lot longer than I have,
so you know it could be anyone. I hear you, Watkins.
But I'm from here, Okay. I grew up with the guy.
If I thought he was a suspect, I've already brought
him in. Okay, Then what's next? I just got Kiras
bank records with any luck, she used her debit cards somewhere.
(11:05):
No point of sale purchases. Wait, she did make a
withdrawal that morning. Look, a thousand dollars cleared out her
savings the day she was killed. Huh, I think she
owed some money. Abby, thanks for speaking with us. We're
(11:29):
we're so sorry for your loss. Yeah, thank you. We
went through Kira's phone. You're the last person she called
the night she was killed. What did you too? Talk about?
Just the usual stuff. I guess com planning about our
part time jobs and we've got to get new ones.
We may plans to shopping on the weekend. Sorry. I
(11:53):
did she say if she was going to meet up
with anybody that night? She She didn't mentioned anyone. No,
you know if she owed anybody money? No? I mean, um,
I don't know. What about the drugs, Abby, what drugs
you can? You can take that? No, it's fine. Kira
(12:15):
did molly that night. Where do you figure she got
it from? I don't know. Could it have been Jason?
I doubt it. He's a dick, but I don't think
he's into that stuff. No. Why would you call him
a dick because he was cheating on Kira with who? Everybody?
(12:36):
Did Kira? No? Yes, was Kira seeing anyone else? Trying
to even the score. You're asking about her cheating and
doing drugs. Kira was a good person. We know that, Abby.
Her father told me as much. Her dad what did
he say? He said she was sweet, you know, a
(12:57):
happy girl. He didn't even know her. If he did,
he wouldn't describe Kira as happy. Oh I thought they
were close? Are you kidding? He treated Kira like shit?
She hated him. How are you feeling about this new case?
(13:29):
Working with his rookie detective from CITYPD. She seems sharp.
Referred to me as an angry man the other day,
wondering if that's by reputation or if I just present
that way. M And if you do, if your partner
thinks that of you, what would that mean to you?
(13:51):
I wonder a microscope as it is, I don't want
to have to censor everything I say or do this case.
This case is stressful enough as it is. Because you
don't want to let your friend down. No, I don't.
The rookie she um she wants us to bring Tom
in for an interview official like, and you disagree. It's crazy.
(14:15):
It's Tom wouldn't hurt his daughter. I thought. It's the
job of a detective to entertain every possibility, no matter
how outlandish. Now you're sounding like her. There is one
thing curious. Friend told us that Kira hated Tom it's
been eating at me. M Why is that Tom always
(14:40):
seemed to get the things I was struggling with my temper.
I mean, maybe that's because he was an angry man himself.
Maybe he was a ship dad. And yeah, my b
I am a ship detective for not noticing Michael. A
(15:05):
case this personal, it will test you. You'll have to
be a specially vigilant about monitoring your emotions or else
you could jeopardize the case like last time. Sorry, this
is a rookie. It's okay, go ahead, okay. I found
(15:27):
the gun. Please tell me it's registered. Please open up,
Get off of me. What do you Jason Camp, We're
arresting you on a suspicion of the murder of Kara Matthews. What.
(15:49):
I didn't do anything. We found this gun in a
bush not far from where Kira's body was found. Ballistics
matched it to the shellcasing we recovered at the scene.
(16:09):
This is your gun, Jason, right, Yes, but I didn't
do it. I didn't kill her. An easy way for
you to make things worse for yourself would be to
keep lying. I'm not lying. It's my gun, but it
was stolen. I realized it was gone after I spoke
to you guys, I didn't think it had anything to
do with Kira. Okay, listen, the only fingerprints on the
(16:30):
gun belonged to you and Kira. How do you explain
that Kira and I would go to the shooting range sometimes.
That's the only time I ever used the gun. So
your story is that somebody stole your gun to kill
your girlfriend? What to to frame you? I don't know.
I left it in a shoe box at the back
of my closet like I always do. Somebody must have
broken in and stolen it. I have no idea, but
(16:52):
I didn't kill Kira. Get comfortable. You're gonna be here
a while. We're holding him on suspicion for now. We'll
(17:15):
need to tie a few things up before we can
charge him with murder. You sure with him? He looks
good for it. Yeah, that's ah. We are spoke to
Abby Goodwin. Abby. Yeah, okay, what's she saying? Well she
(17:40):
said to you and Kia. Well she said you didn't
get along. So what are you asking? I'm asking as
a friend, not a cop. What was going on there?
You know how much I used to party, right, I've
been trying to get it under control. Mikey. I swear
(18:02):
I'm mostly off the hard stuff, but sometimes when I drink,
I guess cur called the brunt of it. What I
wouldn't give to have a second chance to be a
better dad. You want to do right by your daughter.
Start cleaning it up. Now, there'll be a trial. We'll
(18:24):
need you. Okay, Yeah, thanks? Hey, hey, hey, where do
(18:45):
you think you're taking him? This man's in our custody.
My client has been released. I'm taking him home. Your clients,
the prime suspect and a murder investigation, then charge him otherwise,
out of the way, detective, out of our way. Please,
you've got to let him leave. I told you I
didn't do it. You walk out of here. Don't you
(19:05):
think for a second that you're a freeman. Okay, that's enough,
Yes it is. Come on, I tried calling you. Your
phone's off. Twenty four hours is up. We can't hold him.
His alibi checked out, his friend confirmed they were drinking
together until about one thirty, says Jason never left his sight. Bullshit,
he's covering for him. Hey, hey, you need to calm down.
(19:30):
Maybe the friend is covering for him, but the lawyer's right.
You don't have enough to charge him. You're getting in
that kid's face. Won't change that. You're protecting me now, Watkins,
I'm protecting the case. I can't fucking believe this ship.
(19:59):
Are you okay? We need more evidence? Fine? Come on?
Anything can cures text with Jason standard toxic relationship stuff.
(20:19):
They fight, He says he loves her, Prince repeat. How
about her email? Doesn't look like her and Jason communicated
much on here? Nothing unusual otherwise, Check the trash empty?
What about the draft folder? Well, let me check walkins. Look, look,
(20:40):
holy ship? What is this? What is this? Is this
a personal ad? Yeah? It's this is one of those
anonymous email threads when you post something on Craig's list.
Scroll down. Yeah, you should be able to see the
original ad here. It looks actually posted a couple of
months ago. I want to hire someone to kill me.
(21:03):
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to take
a life. I'm looking for someone who will follow through
private meeting spot and a secluded location. You will shoot
me in the back of the head and it will
never be traced back to you. One dollars cash, serious
and freeze only. Kira put a hit out on herself,
(21:27):
So much for the Happy Girl. Detective Michael Flaherty was
(21:53):
played by Michael Traynor. Detective Lisa Watkins by the law
batter Tom matt Used by Jason Huber, Kira Matthews by
Gina Vittori, Abby Goodwin by Lexi Di Benedetto Get Craig
by Scott Cooper, Ryan, Jason Kemp by Eric Lobez, Suzanne
(22:13):
by Aaron Coker, Superintendent Brian Locke by Darren Cooper. This
episode of Solve was written and directed by Corey Serge.
Executive produced by Corey Serge, Executive produced by Walt Palmer
and Starling Barnett. Casting by Daisy Laura. Audio production and
post production by Salt Audio production manager Liz Lamy. Recording
(22:38):
engineer Zach Jerrich, Hope Brush, and John Schmidt. Original music
and score by Nathan Turchon, Edited and mixed by Zach Jurich,
Assistant editor shy Han Zoo. Sound designed by Eric Rachelson,
Script supervisor Marilyn Miller.
Solve Presents The Happy Girl Part one. Breathe in relaxation.
(00:30):
Breathe out a peaceful heart. If an emotion arises, anxiety
maybe anger, that's okay, just notice it, then calmly, gently
bring yourself back to the breath. Breathe and relaxation. Fuck
(00:59):
and I interrupted in your moment of zin. No, Superintendent Luck,
what can I do for you? Clear your mind? You've
got a call. Uh, but I'm on desk duty indefinitely.
Ben and Falls East Trailhead detective from Ben Pet's waiting
for you. Detective Flaherty, Oregon State Police Detective Flaherty. Hi,
(01:34):
Detective Lisa Watkins Ben p D. Would you like to
follow me? We're up the trail here, a little ways
into the forest. Thanks your new Watkins. Yeah, I just
(01:54):
moved from Portland. Had enough city life back there. I
was deputy, mostly doing traffic by lay and Ben p
D had an opening for a detective. We're right over here.
M what have we got? Teenage girl gunshot woundto the head,
self inflicted, not unless she shot herself in the back
of the head. I'm sorry, let's have a look or
(02:20):
her phones on her battery is dead. But we run
the plates on the vehicle out by where you parked.
Figure it's hers. Got a name of Kierra Matthews. You
know her? Damn it? Yeah, yeah, I know her. She's
my friend Tom's kid, a teen. I think that's when
(02:41):
I got pulled off the bench. Okay, walk me through it. Uh,
what's what you see is what you get. I'm afraid
a couple out for a morning hike discovered the body.
You saw that evidence marker on our walk over here.
We believe those are her gloves. Found a bullet casing
about fifty yards that way, so it looks like she
was moved. No sign of a gun. Keep looking. We
(03:04):
are yes, sir. Is this Tom a close friend of yours?
I mean close enough. I went to high school together
and see each other a few times a year Barbecue's
fantasy baseball draft. And what do you know about Kira?
I didn't see her all that much, but based on
what Tom said about her, she seemed like your average teenager,
(03:25):
you know, a nice girl. We'll get a couple more
uniforms from state out here to help campas the area.
That would be great. We'll run this out of my office.
That's all right with you? UM, yeah, okay, that's fine. Good.
Can you handle the corner when they get here? Sure,
(03:46):
where are you going to tell my friend his daughter's dead?
So I am, and I'm so sorry. Are you going
to catch who did this? You have my word? I
(04:06):
thought you were on some sort of administrative leaf brought
back on probation. I just have to finish that court
mandated therapy and stay out of trouble. And this isn't
a conflict of interest thus being friends, they're short staffed.
What are they gonna say? Plus, I got this kid
from City p D work in the case with me,
(04:30):
the case. That's what curious. Now my daughter, she's a case.
I can't believe it. Look, I know this is hard,
but can you think of anyone who wanted to hurt Kira?
Why would anyone want to hurt Kira? She's just a sweet,
happy girl. All right? Well, bring me up to speed.
(04:53):
Give me the snapshot of her life lately. I mean,
she's quiet. You know, she was taking a gap year
before call. When she's here, she'd mostly stay in a room.
She spent most of her time at. Her boyfriends practically
lived there. What's the boyfriend's name, Jason? Kemp. I don't
like the kid, if I'm being honest. And why is
(05:13):
that he's older? She seems cross? What was their relationship like?
You think she'd ever tell me? You'd have to ask him.
I will that we don't need to have a look
around her bedroom. Is that all right with you? Okay? Yeah, stairs,
(05:40):
I meant when I said to him, we're gonna catch
the sun of a bitch. Thanks Mikey getting settled in? Yes,
thank you. I was just about to put up a
(06:02):
map of the crime scene. Oh good, good. You'll like
working with Flaherty. But keep an eye on him. How
do you mean, sir? There's a reason he was put
on leave. Don't get me wrong. He's a great detective.
But as important as your partner is in these investigations,
nothing is more important than the case. Protect the case
(06:23):
at all costs, even if it means protecting it from
your partner. Hey, hey, Flaherty, I'm sorry about Kira because
I was tom as you'd expect. How did it go
with the crime scene? Nothing new, but we have guys
scouring the woods. Now, good, come with me. Where are
(06:48):
we going? Kira had a boyfriend. The dad doesn't like him,
so let's see if we like him. I I can't
(07:09):
believe it. I'm very sorry, Jason, I know this is devastating.
What was Kara doing in the woods that night? I
have no idea. Did she tell you where she was going,
who she was going with? No, she didn't say was
she with you? You just told him that his girlfriend
has been murdered. Maybe take your foot off the gas.
(07:30):
Where were you Thursday night? I was at a buddy's place.
Which buddy? When did you get home? Uh, Steve Rodriguez?
I got home late, maybe one. I thought Kiro would
be here when I got in. Their dad says, she
spent most of her time here. Yeah, we were doing
like a trial run living together. Had she been acting
(07:53):
differently at all? Did she seem anxious or upset about anything? No,
she seemed like herself because she had been keeping secrets
from you. No. See that's a trick question. Of course
she was. We all do. So she was keeping something
from you? Who would she tell? I guess Abby, that's
her best friend, Abby Goodwin. You get in touch with
(08:27):
a good one girl. Yes. She agreed to speak with
us tomorrow at her place eleven o'clock. Good. Thanks Watkins,
when we were talking to Jason. You didn't like the
way I was pressing him. It's not my approach, but
that's fine. We're trying to solve a murder. Do you
think we should do it with kid gloves? That's not
what I was suggesting. And you really don't have to
(08:48):
explain yourself. It's fine. Mhm. Odds are that one of
these people we talked to, people who were close to Kira,
is going to turn out to be the killer. You
have to go hard if you want them to break.
If you can't handle that. No, really, it's all right.
It's nothing I'm not used to used to homicide investigations.
(09:11):
No angry men blow, Yes, thank you, we'll be right there.
That was the emmy autopsy is done. I put the
time of death between eleven PM and one am. What
(09:32):
time did the boyfriends say he was out anything in
the talks. At the time of her death, she had
methylene dioxy meth amphetamine in her system m d M,
a party drug. In terms of the physical examination, temperatures
were around freezing that night. She has a hat and
the jacket on, but no gloves, so you can see
more advanced prospite on the exposed areas like her hands, face,
(09:54):
and neck. So those were her gloves on the trail.
Now what's really strang change is the angle of the
gunshot wound on the back of her head. It would
suggest the killer was aiming down and from some feet away.
She was most likely kneeling when she was shot execution style.
Why would anyone execute a teenage girl? You all right? Yeah,
(10:24):
it's just disturbing. Have you ever seen anything like this before?
Not like this? Hey, when are we going to talk
to the girl's father. I already talked to him. No, No,
I mean talk to him. Tom didn't kill his daughter.
(10:44):
You've been at this a lot longer than I have,
so you know it could be anyone. I hear you, Watkins.
But I'm from here, Okay. I grew up with the guy.
If I thought he was a suspect, I've already brought
him in. Okay, Then what's next? I just got Kiras
bank records with any luck, she used her debit cards somewhere.
(11:05):
No point of sale purchases. Wait, she did make a
withdrawal that morning. Look, a thousand dollars cleared out her
savings the day she was killed. Huh, I think she
owed some money. Abby, thanks for speaking with us. We're
(11:29):
we're so sorry for your loss. Yeah, thank you. We
went through Kira's phone. You're the last person she called
the night she was killed. What did you too? Talk about?
Just the usual stuff. I guess com planning about our
part time jobs and we've got to get new ones.
We may plans to shopping on the weekend. Sorry. I
(11:53):
did she say if she was going to meet up
with anybody that night? She She didn't mentioned anyone. No,
you know if she owed anybody money? No? I mean, um,
I don't know. What about the drugs, Abby, what drugs
you can? You can take that? No, it's fine. Kira
(12:15):
did molly that night. Where do you figure she got
it from? I don't know. Could it have been Jason?
I doubt it. He's a dick, but I don't think
he's into that stuff. No. Why would you call him
a dick because he was cheating on Kira with who? Everybody?
(12:36):
Did Kira? No? Yes, was Kira seeing anyone else? Trying
to even the score. You're asking about her cheating and
doing drugs. Kira was a good person. We know that, Abby.
Her father told me as much. Her dad what did
he say? He said she was sweet, you know, a
(12:57):
happy girl. He didn't even know her. If he did,
he wouldn't describe Kira as happy. Oh I thought they
were close? Are you kidding? He treated Kira like shit?
She hated him. How are you feeling about this new case?
(13:29):
Working with his rookie detective from CITYPD. She seems sharp.
Referred to me as an angry man the other day,
wondering if that's by reputation or if I just present
that way. M And if you do, if your partner
thinks that of you, what would that mean to you?
(13:51):
I wonder a microscope as it is, I don't want
to have to censor everything I say or do this case.
This case is stressful enough as it is. Because you
don't want to let your friend down. No, I don't.
The rookie she um she wants us to bring Tom
in for an interview official like, and you disagree. It's crazy.
(14:15):
It's Tom wouldn't hurt his daughter. I thought. It's the
job of a detective to entertain every possibility, no matter
how outlandish. Now you're sounding like her. There is one
thing curious. Friend told us that Kira hated Tom it's
been eating at me. M Why is that Tom always
(14:40):
seemed to get the things I was struggling with my temper.
I mean, maybe that's because he was an angry man himself.
Maybe he was a ship dad. And yeah, my b
I am a ship detective for not noticing Michael. A
(15:05):
case this personal, it will test you. You'll have to
be a specially vigilant about monitoring your emotions or else
you could jeopardize the case like last time. Sorry, this
is a rookie. It's okay, go ahead, okay. I found
(15:27):
the gun. Please tell me it's registered. Please open up,
Get off of me. What do you Jason Camp, We're
arresting you on a suspicion of the murder of Kara Matthews. What.
(15:49):
I didn't do anything. We found this gun in a
bush not far from where Kira's body was found. Ballistics
matched it to the shellcasing we recovered at the scene.
(16:09):
This is your gun, Jason, right, Yes, but I didn't
do it. I didn't kill her. An easy way for
you to make things worse for yourself would be to
keep lying. I'm not lying. It's my gun, but it
was stolen. I realized it was gone after I spoke
to you guys, I didn't think it had anything to
do with Kira. Okay, listen, the only fingerprints on the
(16:30):
gun belonged to you and Kira. How do you explain
that Kira and I would go to the shooting range sometimes.
That's the only time I ever used the gun. So
your story is that somebody stole your gun to kill
your girlfriend? What to to frame you? I don't know.
I left it in a shoe box at the back
of my closet like I always do. Somebody must have
broken in and stolen it. I have no idea, but
(16:52):
I didn't kill Kira. Get comfortable. You're gonna be here
a while. We're holding him on suspicion for now. We'll
(17:15):
need to tie a few things up before we can
charge him with murder. You sure with him? He looks
good for it. Yeah, that's ah. We are spoke to
Abby Goodwin. Abby. Yeah, okay, what's she saying? Well she
(17:40):
said to you and Kia. Well she said you didn't
get along. So what are you asking? I'm asking as
a friend, not a cop. What was going on there?
You know how much I used to party, right, I've
been trying to get it under control. Mikey. I swear
(18:02):
I'm mostly off the hard stuff, but sometimes when I drink,
I guess cur called the brunt of it. What I
wouldn't give to have a second chance to be a
better dad. You want to do right by your daughter.
Start cleaning it up. Now, there'll be a trial. We'll
(18:24):
need you. Okay, Yeah, thanks? Hey, hey, hey, where do
(18:45):
you think you're taking him? This man's in our custody.
My client has been released. I'm taking him home. Your clients,
the prime suspect and a murder investigation, then charge him otherwise,
out of the way, detective, out of our way. Please,
you've got to let him leave. I told you I
didn't do it. You walk out of here. Don't you
(19:05):
think for a second that you're a freeman. Okay, that's enough,
Yes it is. Come on, I tried calling you. Your
phone's off. Twenty four hours is up. We can't hold him.
His alibi checked out, his friend confirmed they were drinking
together until about one thirty, says Jason never left his sight. Bullshit,
he's covering for him. Hey, hey, you need to calm down.
(19:30):
Maybe the friend is covering for him, but the lawyer's right.
You don't have enough to charge him. You're getting in
that kid's face. Won't change that. You're protecting me now, Watkins,
I'm protecting the case. I can't fucking believe this ship.
(19:59):
Are you okay? We need more evidence? Fine? Come on?
Anything can cures text with Jason standard toxic relationship stuff.
(20:19):
They fight, He says he loves her, Prince repeat. How
about her email? Doesn't look like her and Jason communicated
much on here? Nothing unusual otherwise, Check the trash empty?
What about the draft folder? Well, let me check walkins. Look, look,
(20:40):
holy ship? What is this? What is this? Is this
a personal ad? Yeah? It's this is one of those
anonymous email threads when you post something on Craig's list.
Scroll down. Yeah, you should be able to see the
original ad here. It looks actually posted a couple of
months ago. I want to hire someone to kill me.
(21:03):
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to take
a life. I'm looking for someone who will follow through
private meeting spot and a secluded location. You will shoot
me in the back of the head and it will
never be traced back to you. One dollars cash, serious
and freeze only. Kira put a hit out on herself,
(21:27):
So much for the Happy Girl. Detective Michael Flaherty was
(21:53):
played by Michael Traynor. Detective Lisa Watkins by the law
batter Tom matt Used by Jason Huber, Kira Matthews by
Gina Vittori, Abby Goodwin by Lexi Di Benedetto Get Craig
by Scott Cooper, Ryan, Jason Kemp by Eric Lobez, Suzanne
(22:13):
by Aaron Coker, Superintendent Brian Locke by Darren Cooper. This
episode of Solve was written and directed by Corey Serge.
Executive produced by Corey Serge, Executive produced by Walt Palmer
and Starling Barnett. Casting by Daisy Laura. Audio production and
post production by Salt Audio production manager Liz Lamy. Recording
(22:38):
engineer Zach Jerrich, Hope Brush, and John Schmidt. Original music
and score by Nathan Turchon, Edited and mixed by Zach Jurich,
Assistant editor shy Han Zoo. Sound designed by Eric Rachelson,
Script supervisor Marilyn Miller.
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