EXHIBIT NARRATOR:Camponotus atriceps usepheromones to navigate pathways
through the North American forests they call home.
There are over 4,500 species
of the familyCoccinelidae worldwide.
These insectivores consumeaphids that damage crops,
promoting healthy plant growth.
These ants contributeto the cycle of life
by breaking down dead trees,
providing renewed habitatfor saplings to take hold.
The beetles you seein this case provide
a valuable functionin nature.
CHILD:I don't seeany beetles, Dad.
♪ ♪
TAYLOR:No wallet, no I.D.
And no face.
MUSEUM ANNOUNCER:May I have your attention,please.
The Cycle of Life Exhibit willbe closed until further notice.
TAYLOR:What's this?
...The Cycle of Life Exhibitwill be closed
until further notice.
TAYLOR:Looks likesome kind of drawing.
BONASERA:The killer was thorough.
Did leave a ring.
The diorama doesn't appearto be disturbed.
So if she put upa fight,
it was someplace else.
This is the dump site.
Strange place for it.
BONASERA:Where didthey come from?
Cycle of Life Exhibit.
Someone left their door open.
And they made itall the way down here?
They're flesh eaters.
Necrophilia americana.
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♪ Out here in the fields ♪
♪ I fight for my meals ♪
♪ I get my back into my living ♪
♪ I don't need to fight ♪
♪ To prove I'm right ♪
♪ I don't need to be forgiven,yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah♪
♪ Yeah. ♪
( siren blares in distance )
( traffic noises )
♪ ♪
TAYLOR: Stella's searching .for the murder site.
I'll checkthe employee records,
see who's missing,
who had accessto the building.
Hawkes, you're on the body.
The beetles have already eatenhalf our evidence.
Don't worry, Hammerback and Iwill get creative.
Lindsay, put your affinityfor bugs to work.
I don't actually havean affinity for bugs.
The beetles werethe first on the scene.
We need to knowwhat they know.
And no eating.
( chuckles )
♪ ♪
( shutter clicks )
MAN: The only employee we can't account for
is Ceci Astor.
Any relation to the AstorFamily Wing we're standing in?
The granddaughter.
She didn't show upfor work today,
and we can't locate herat home
or on her cell.
Can you think of a reason
why someone would have wantedto harm Miss Astor?
She tried to make things betterfor everybody.
Um... maybe sometimesshe tried too hard,
but... her heart was alwaysin the right place.
♪ ♪
( door squeaks, slams closed )
( running footsteps )
I'm with the New YorkCity Police Department.
I'm not going to hurt you.
See?
If you're lost, I canhelp find your parents.
( crane whirring )
FLACK:Oh, they sent outthe big guns.
I like that suit.
Thank you.
If I had your shoes,I'd be set.
Meet Jim Morris.
Facial bruising.
No blood.
No ligature marks.
Looks like his friends were
all choked up about it.
I guess the building must go up?
They never seen him before.
Old Jim, here, wasn'ta construction worker.
He was a broker.
Broker? Rich guy.
Yeah, but...
forget robbery--I got his wallet.
So what happened here, Flack?
A guy walks down to a placehe's never been,
dies of no apparent cause?
At this point, yeah.
Why must people do that?
They can't resist messing upfresh concrete.
Could be worse.
At least there'sno heart
with two people'snames in it
who are going to end upkilling each other
after they realizethey're married.
Yeah. Well, at leastwith those people...
we know what happened.
( shutter clicks )
What, you run outof bug spray?
Dermestid tissue removal.
MESSER:The museum vic.
So, uh, are you participatingin that investigation,
or is this justa forensic peep show?
Hammerback couldn't determinethe cause of death,
so he needed to de-fleshthe vic.
Using the bugs?
Yeah. They're betterat tissue removal at this stage.
They're cleaner; plus,they don't destroy
potential evidence.
And as soon as Hammerback'sfinished with you,
I get to take the beetlesback to the lab with me.
Don't eat 'em.
You're a little lateon that one.
So that doesn't meanit's not funny.
What have you gotfor me, Doc?
HAMMERBACK.Some sort of fiber.
So he's got traceon his hands?
Care to take a guessat cause of death?
Perhaps he stoppedbreathing?
Exactly.
That happens when your airwaygets flooded
with a solid blockof material.
Looks like hardenedfoam insulation.
I found a canof that at the scene.
So, uh, he wasinsulated to death?
( screaming )
That would explainthe petechiae
with no overt signsof strangulation.
You take out a sample?
At this point,I'd need a chisel.
It looks like somebodytried to remove it.
That was done with a human hand;not the vic's.
Well, it had to happenbefore the insulation dried.
Tries to kill him,then he tries to save him?
Killer with a conscience.
All rightYeah.ks, Doc.
♪ ♪
My sister wasn't simplya curator.
Ceci worked in the wingmy family built for the museum.
How exactly didyou find me here?
The museum isn'tthe only organization
my family supportedover the years.
I made a call.
Ms. Astor, I'm-I'm sorryfor your loss,
but coming here beforeI've had a chance
to process the evidenceis unusual, at best.
Do you have any suspects?
Everyone who workedthe museum knew
what kind of moneyshe came from.
This could've been an attemptat kidnapping, or robbery.
I'm well awareof what it could've been.
It's my job to actuallyfind out what happened.
You check museum employeerecords yet?
What are you doing?
We believe this childmay have witnessed
some aspect of the crime.
Have either of you everseen him before?
No.
Was he injured?
Is there somethingwrong with him?
Aside from the obvious trauma,he's fine.
Well, then wake him up,and get him to talk.
Ms. Astor, you and yourboyfriend are going home, now.
♪ ♪
( keypad beeps )
( computer beeping )
♪ ♪
Can you tellme your name?
Or where you live?
Your parents mustbe looking for you.
( siren blares in distance )
Here, it's okay.
( knocking )
You don't haveto say anything,
but Miss Parsons isgoing to collect some samples.
Hello, there.
It's okay.
It's just a Q-tip.
Look.
There we go.
Thank you.
We're goingto do one more.
Can you open yourmouth for me?
There we go.Thank you.
I'll check the blood sample
matches your vic,and then I'll see
if his DNA shows up inany missing children's database.
I appreciate you
keeping chain of custodycontained on this.
So what you make of him?
Well, he had a f1esh-eatingbeetle in his shirt pocket
when I found him.
He's got a bruise
on his upper armwith a distinct pattern
that appearsconsistent
with a ring foundon the vic's hand.
So he's a suspect?
Could just be a witness.
According to Stella,
the murder weaponwas out of his reach.
And there's no signof his parents?
Does he have a childservices case officer?
They're overloaded.
I'll get him a newset of clothes,
but I'm not rushing ituntil I know more.
PARSONS:The boy lookstraumatized.
I'm sure he is.
I just need to figure out
if it'sbecause he saw something
or because he did something.
( siren blares in distance )
Go right in here, okay?
That's all candyand junk food.
There's nothing goodfor you in there.
I'll get you some real stuff.
Have a seat right here.
( cell phone keypad beeps )
Kinsen.
What?
He'll come find me.
MAN:I didn't doanything, all right?
Mr. Martinez,have a seat.
We found your fingerprint
on the knifethat was used
to kill Ceci Astor.
You did something.
All right.
Sam?
Daddy?
As an optimist, I preferto see the body as half full.
Well, we need to empty it out.
Looks likethe dermestids
have eaten all they can.
Now it's up to usto finish the job.
Preliminary tox revealsnothing unusual,
and without visible evidence...
There's only one wayto determine cause of death.
You have any detergent?
Oh, yeah.
♪ ♪
Yeah.
Very nice.
No alteration to the bone.
Ready to degrease?
And now some ammonia?
Hmm. Yeah.
There's trauma to the baseof the occipital bone,
entering intothe foramen magnum.
Cause of death appearsto be sharp force trauma
to the brain stem.
The control centerfor breathing.
Turn that off,and she'd have no chance.
All right, Jose,why don't we start
with the bruisesand scratch marks?
I got in a fight.
Was it a fair fight?
Or did this give youan advantage?
Look, I would neverget in a fight with her.
Then why is your printon the knife?
Okay, look.
Sometimeswhen the museum closes,
you know, I handle the pieces.
You handle 14th century chiselediron knives with gold inlay?
Well, if I were Ceci,I'd think about
firing somebody who did that.
No more second chances.
We're letting you go.
No, no, wait, Ceci.Listen.
Get yourhands Please.
You don't thinkI'd be interested
in the exhibits, becauseI'm a maintenance worker?
No. See, you justdon't strike me
as an observant guy.
It's a common deficiency
among fathers who don't know
their own childrenare missing.
Hey, Sam spent a lotof time in that museum.
Okay? Sometimes...you know, he got lost.
Overnight?
What about Sam's mother?
She's dead.
That's too bad.
She would havemade a great alibi.
( techno beat plays )
♪ Bright lights ♪
♪ Strobe light ♪
♪ Full-blown perfection ♪
♪ Wants attention ♪
( computer beeping )
♪ ♪
( computer beeping )
♪ ♪
( music fades )
MESSER: Well, George, let me just say congratulations
on gettingout of prison.
ItYeah, it is.l.
It's such a big deal, I can'timagine how you left it off
off yourjob application.
Look,They do, George. know.
We'll take care of that.
Come on, man.
You went away forassault once, right?
What happened herewith Jimmy?
You brushing up on your skillsor what, man?
He was the guywho busted my window.
( glass shatters )
With what?
All I know is...
I saw him running.
Hey!
So you beat himand then killed him
by stuffing Handi-foaminsulation down his throat.
I popped him once,
and then he peeled offthree C-notes
to pay formy windshield.
Well, we got your printson the murder weapon.
Because it's my jobto use the stuff.
And it's our jobto make sure
you're not lying.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
Accordingto the State of New York,
Sam was never born.
There's no recordof him anywhere.
When he talked, he mentionedthe word "Kinsen,"
but there's no recordof that either.
Well, I hateto pile it on,
but his father isnot his father,
at least not ina biological sense.
He shares exactlyno alleles with Sam.
I take it, he didn'tmention adoption to Stella,
No.
His print's the only oneon the murder weapon.
So you'reholding him?
Yeah.
Makes it tough on Sam.
We don't know who hisbiological parents are.
The man Sam calls his fatheris the lead suspect
in a murderinvestigation.
And according to him,Sam's mother
is dead.
He's a bit of an orphan.
( elevator bell rings )
I'll talkto you later.
( keypad beeps )
Hawkes, I need you and Lindsayat Ceci Astor's apartment.
We need to finda connection
between the vicand this little boy.
Let me know.
Can I see it?
I can't help you
unless you're willingto talk to me.
How about we make a deal?
We trade stories.
You first.
Okay.
Tell me if I have this right.
Looks likethere's a little boy here,
in a citywith great old temples.
Kyoto.
That's in Japan.
You're right.
The child ran and hid,
and the man tried everythingto get the child to come out...
even offering him money.
The man was enraged...
and he began tearingat the rocks,
ripping them away,
exposing the child'shiding place.
Just when it looked likethe child was out of options,
help arrived.
Hello?
OFFICER:Police!
It's all right;I work here.
I work for Miss Astor.
Can we help youfind something?
Or are you justhelping yourself?
You see, we find you
in the apartmentof a dead woman,
with a fistfulof hundred dollar bills,
that makes ussuspicious.
And when you go silent,
we get even more suspicious.
You don't wantto talk about money...
how about love?
Is this your family?
If it is, we have both yourhusband and son in custody.
You have my son?
Give me my son!
HeWhoa.y!
All right, you're goingto have to go with this officer
till we determinewhat you're doing here.
MONROE:We'll have to swab her.
There's bloodunder her nail.
OFFICER:Ma'am?
Please, come with me.
What was she looking atover here?
WOMAN:Where arethey taking me?
Why do youhave to swab me?
Am I going to see him?
Sir, I work here.Why do I have to go?
All right.
Jose and Elena Martinezadopted,
but why is their certificatein Ceci Astor's apartment?
Hey, hey, hey,just like Sam's.
Is Ceci Astorthe birth mother?
Look at this.
Either that'sa super-concentrated marinara...
Or the victim hasa vial of blood
in her freezer.
♪ ♪
MONROE:Under the heading,
"Things I thoughtI'd never see..."
Let's hope Sam istelling Max
something that can help us.
We have Jose's printon the murder weapon,that's it.
There's no bloodon his clothes
and no traceof connecting himto the vic anywhere.
What about the traceon the beetles?
I'm still working on it.
It's some kindof herbal supplement,
but as faras I can tell,
it's not produceddomestically.
Anything from Elena?
The blood from under hernail bed came back to Jose.
Right, whichcould explain
the scratchesand bruises on his face.
Jose and Elena are married.
They had a fight.
What else do we knowabout them?
Well, Jose maybe registered
as a permanent resident,
but Elena is not a legal citizenof the U.S.
What about the adoptioncertificate you found
in the vic's apartment?
It's a forgery.
It's a really good one,but it's still a fake.
So, we know that the viccame from money.
She helped Jose getthe job at the museum,
seven years ago,
and she hired Elena in 2002.
BONASERA:Right. So she could havearranged for the adoption
and paid for first-classforged documents.
Why would she do that?
How abouthe's her nephew?
Yeah.
Blood in the vic's freezerbelongs to Sam.
He matches alleles with Ceci.
Ceci doesn't havea nephew.
MAX:That we know of.
But she does haveone sibling
who's a proven liar.
We believe this childmay have witnessed
some aspect of the crime.
Have either of youever seen him before?
No.
Carolyn Astor isused to getting
what and who she wants,no matter the cost.
FLACK:Bad news.
Half the construction crewis backing George Clark.
They all swear that whenthey left for the day,
Jim Morris wasstill alive.
I'm not surprised. I don't thinkthis has anything to do
with the construction.
It seems to beabout golf.
You thinking maybewe should get outfor a round,
talk the case out?
The case is about golf.
Trace from the vic's nails--cabretta leather.
Trace from the busted window--Surlyn.
And from the vic's shirt--
carbon fiber.
It's graphite.
From a golf club?
Leather's from a golf glove,Surlyn from a golf ball.
Give the man a prize.
So we got a vic who diedat a construction site,
yet all the evidenceis pointing at golf.
I give.
What's our vic doing
at a construction sitewith golf stuff?
My guess is he was tryingto make par.
FLACK:So our vic was workingon his putting,
using a drain pipe.
So, it lookslike our right-hander
sank a 20-foot birdie;
our lefty, uh,had a case of the yips,
and our guy's a real F.O.B.
That's very nice.
Yes, it is.
I can see where your songets his love of drawing.
You made a mistake.
No, you madea mistake.
I'm just trying to figure outhow big a mistake you made.
My sister was murdered.
When you cameto the hospital,
you wanted to see Sam,didn't you?
Aside from theobvious trauma,he's fine.
Well, then wake him upand get him to talk.
You wanted to make sure
that your son was all right.
This is harassment.
No, it's perseverance.
I'm getting a lawyer.
Make sure he knowshow to read a warrant
compelling a DNA sample.
I believe it'sin my best interest
to prove maternity.
And the father?
Stewart and I got pregnantwhen I was much younger,
and Stewart had issues.
When he went away...
He went away to where?
Prison, but it wasjust for drugs.
Ceci talked meinto having Sam.
It wasn't your idea?
Ceci was older, and...she controlled the money
because my parent's thoughtshe was more responsible.
She was, wasn't she?
She arranged for Joseand Elena to adopt Sam.
Why them?
She thought they would be goodparents, I guess.
I didn't really have a say.
Ceci took care of everything.
How'd Stewart feel
about that?
He still doesn't know.
Ceci made me promisenever to tell him.
It wasn't a problem
until Stewart came backinto my life.
And you wanted to be a family.
Stewart is no good.
He never has been.
He's changed, I swear.
He's in prison, Carolyn,
and you will not tell himabout Sam.
Must have made you mad.
I didn't kill Ceci.
Can you tell mewhere you were
the night shewas killed?
I was home with Stewart.
I'm going to haveto process you.
Take whatever you want.
It's all goingto prove one thing:
Sam is my son,and I'm taking him back.
What happened?
I thought you tracked downthe Five Borough Golfers?
Augusta National, it ain't.
That's a shame about Jim.
He talked too much,
but the kid hada lot of promise.
Promise for what?
Urban golf, you know.
♪ ♪
So who makes up the courses?
Urban golf goes backto the origins of the game.
Instead of sheepeating grass tomake bunkers,
we got girders and bulldozers
laying out new holesfor us every year.
About how many membersdo you have?
A hundred, give or takea serious injury or two.
All right, well,
we're looking for a lefty,which is quite rare,
with a case of the yips.
Initials F.O.B.
I could think of a coupleof guys like that,
but nobodywith the initials F.O.B.
This the wayyour parents do it?
I can't tell you.
Why not?
They told me not to talkto the police.
Before all this happened?
After we eat, it's your turnto tell me a story.
Chocolate.
No. First, we eatthe real food;
then you tell me a story,and, after that...
Why don't you tell meabout Kinsen?
Kinsen's mad.
At you?
Because you sawwhat happened,
and you don't
want him to know you told me.
What if you don't tell me?
What if I figureit out myself?
You know allthose pictures
that you like somuch in your book?
All you have to do
is help one of my artistsdraw a picture for me.
So is he talking?
Gave me a perfect descriptionof the killer.
Great. Eyewitness testimony.
Exactly as he saw him.
Sam's confusing a fictional
comic book characterwith a real killer.
You know who this is?
Kinsen.
Hmm.
In Sam's mind, the twoevents have fused.
Right. He is the childin the graphics novel.
I've seen it before.
A childwitnesses an event
beyond his scopeof comprehension,so he incorporates
the experienceinto a readily
available narrative.
We still can't place himin this room for certain.
Sam had a bruise
on his upper arm consistent
with being grabbedby Cece Astor.
You are not taking him!
BONASERA: Sam must have gotten away
from Cece and whoevershe was with.
He knows the museum inside out,so he heads
for his favoritehiding spot.
He ran in betweenthese two exhibits.
You notice anything?
Chocolate.
When I first found Sam,
he had a chocolate smudgeon his face.
It's 'cause he surewas eating a lot of it.
Exactly. Where did he getthe money for all these?
He was trying to tellme the whole time.
Okay.
He knew thesewere important.
He just didn'tknow how.
MUSEUM ANNOUNCER:May I have your attention,please.
The Manhattan Museum of Sciencewill be closing in 15 minutes.
The doors open tomorrow,at 10:00.
Alistair McKenzie, votedFive Borough Golf Association--
that's FBGA for short--
Golfer of the Year in 1999for his "Urban Slam."
James Burke,
Rookie of the Year in 2004,capturing
his firsttitle in theFresh Kill Open,
arguably the most difficultevent on the calendar.
How do these guys find the timeto play these tournaments?
Think about it.
It's all right here in the city.
There's no drivingan hour to a course,
no waiting on tees,because there are none.
And nobodywith the initials F.O.B.
Harry Vernon
took a leave of absence
in 2005,attending the the Withers Clinic
to work onthe mental part
of his game.
Withers Clinic? That's rehab.
Harry Vernonis a Friend Of Bill.
F.O.B.
He's a recovering alcoholic.
Know what that is, Harry?
That's an impressionof your fingernails
from the foam insulationin Jim Morrison's mouth.
You can't know that.
Oh, we will.And, according
to the FBGA log,
you were playing with Jimthe day he was killed.
We're also going totake a fingerprint
I found on a can of insulation
that you usedto kill your golfing buddy.
What happened,Harry?
Jim get to you?
Shake it off, Harry.
I mean, don't let thepressure get to you.
It's not like we got ten grandriding on this
or anything.
Doesn't seem fair, does it?
Rehab works forsome guys, but you
end up looking like the one
who's wiredon diet soda, right?
Fresh out of rehab,
trying your bestto settle your nerves,
this guy just won't shut up.
Hurry up,
or that guywho popped me
is going tocome back here
and pop you. Come on.
Man, I've seen guyswho are slow before.
Come on.Hit the ball, Harry.
Great, one down, 17 to go.
It's going to be a long day.
Come on, hurry up.Get your clubs.
I want to makethe next tee today.
Shut up!Just shut up!
Oh, my God, Jim!I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, man.
It was the only thingI sank all day.
That's your fingerprint,Stewart,
in Cece Astor's blood.
Carolyn told youSam was your child, didn't she?
What she didn'tknow is Sam
was the only childyou were ever going to father.
The beetles had tracesof oligo on them.
It's a homeopathicremedy from India
for male infertility.
Heroin can dothat to you.
I'm not takingthese anymore.
I already have a son.
You called Jose, and told him
to bring the childto the museum
or you would haveElena deported
for being in thiscountry illegally,
leaving him to choosebetween his adoptedson and his wife.
They have money, Elena.
They'll takecare of Sam.
They are nottaking our son!
Who would put a manin that position?
Someone who knowsthe only way
to solidify his standingin a wealthy family
is to produce a male heir...immediately.
He's my kid.
This never would have happened
if Cece didn't stickher little nose in.
It made you so angrywhen she intercepted you
that you killed her.
You are not taking him!
( Ceci screams )
Cece did what was best for Sam.
That's more than I can sayfor his father.
Cece was the onewho helped Jose
get statusas a permanent resident.
She tried to dothe same for Elena.
According to her will,
she left a lotmore for them
than the moneyin the freezer,
and a lot lessfor you
than you expected.
That was Cece.
Always trying tomake things better.
You lied to me,Carolyn.
When I asked you
if you hadever seen Sam.
When I asked youwho you were with
the night yoursister was killed.
And if you toldStewart about Sam.
I keep giving youopportunities totell the truth.
I wanted my son back.
The end justifies
the means when youwant something,
doesn't it?
There's goingto be a custody hearing.
I'll see you there.
I guess,maybe it's your turn...
to tell me a story.
I don't know this one.
Neither do I.
Maybe you should go homeand read it with your parents.
Then you can letme know what happened.
Okay. Bye.
Bye.
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