Columbus Circle

Well, the only thing I know is

she's got a wedding ring, no husband.

We gotta find out if

the husband's around.

She have any family?

According

to these pictures

over here on the

table, she does.

Check

with the building

to see if they have any

surveillance tapes,

find out if there

were any guests

in the last 12 hours

that she might have had.

You know, her other

slipper's up here. Yeah?

Well, I'm just saying,

it's improbable

that somebody would wanna walk

down the stairs with one slipper.

Well, it's late at night, she

wants to go to the bathroom,

she forgets her slipper.

She's disoriented, you know?

There's only one point of

impact and it's severe enough

that she fell from a 12foot height,

not rolling down the stairs.

You're right.

What are you on, Twitter?

Put the phone away.

I mean, it's within the

realm of possibilities

that she might have been thrown.

Right?

"Now that the apartment

across the hall is vacant."

"I would like very much to discuss

purchasing it for myself."

"I don't mean to take advantage"

"of Mrs. Lonnigan's

passing so quickly,"

"but one must admit that the

sweet darling had a good life,"

"and in fact, lived longer than

most people would actually desire."

NYPD. Open up.

NYPD.

"Please also take

into consideration"

"that I first

declared my interest"

"over two years ago after

she first fell ill."

"I shall await your

earliest response."

"Best, Abigail Clayton."

So, can you tell me

about the tenants

that live across the

hall from Mrs. Lonnigan?

What are their names? Oh, yeah.

That's Abigail Clayton.

Abigail Clayton.

Well, can you tell me about her?

Well, not.

Not really, sir.

I've actually never met her.

You've never met her?

No.

I'm very sorry.

Klandermann. Yes.

Just a few more hours, actually,

is what I've been told.

Can I get a coffee?

It's unavoidable, yes.

We're so sorry for the... Yes.

It is a disturbance. You're...

Yup. Thank you.

I'm sorry.

What were you asking me?

You were saying that you've never

met the tenant who lives across...

No. No, no, I haven't.

I've been here now...

It's been 11 years. Oh, my.

She was in the apartment before I

arrived, yes, so we've never met.

In 11 years, you've never had any

interaction with her personally?

That's not completely true, sir.

Every day or night

at a specific time

she will pass a letter to

me underneath the door.

I'm the only one in the building

who communicates with her.

Food, clothing, you

name it, I deliver it.

I leave It In the

hallway, I knock, I leave.

She never goes out. Ever.

Yeah, so, in that sense, we

have had communication, yes.

That's a little strange.

Well, this is

Columbus Circle, sir.

Nothing seems strange

around here.

All right, I'm gonna have to ask

you to come into the station...

Really? ...after you get off.

What time will that be?

Is that absolutely...

Yeah, so...

I'm gonna go try one more time.

Miss Clayton?

Open up, please. It's NYPD.

I know you're in there

Look, I tried to call, I.

I just need two

minutes of your time.

Fine.

We can do this one of two ways.

You can let me in now and

I'll make it short and sweet

or I'll come back later with a

warrant and a bunch of other guys.

And from what I understand,

you won't like that too much.

All right, fine,

I'll get awarrant.

Creepy hallway.

Hello? Oh, hey.

Uh, Ma'am, I'm so sorry.

I just needed to talk to you

about your neighbor, if I may.

I didn't know her.

I'm sorry.

I'm very busy right now.

Look, nobody...

I'm gonna come in here for a second.

I'll shut the door. Uh...

Look, nobody's in trouble.

I'm just following protocol.

I just needed a few

minutes of your time.

You live right across

the hall from her.

Right.

Wow, this is a really

beautiful apartment you have.

Is that what they teach

you in detective school?

Charm me with false praise and then

we're sitting down for coffee?

Well, if you're offering, you know,

I'd love a cup of coffee. I...

I got here at 6:
00

in the morning.

I came from another case,

I've been up all night.

Coffee would be great.

You cook?

Yes.

Are you expecting

somebody at this hour?

I imagine that you already

know the answer to that one.

Okay, you got me.

That was dishonest. I... Uh...

I was just trying

to break the ice.

Yeah, well, I'm not interested in

breaking ice or engaging in small talk,

so I'd very much

like it if you would

just get to the

point so that I can

get on with my morning.

So no coffee?

How long have you lived here?

You wanted to talk to

me about my neighbor?

Thank you. Uh...

Yeah, that's right.

This is really nice.

She was old

and it's my understanding she

was sick for quite a while.

I don't know.

Well, from what I

put together, uh,

she was feeling a lot better.

You know, she liked to take the

stairs instead of the elevator.

She preferred to walk

instead of taking a cab.

Hmm. Well, if you say so.

So, your concierge says that you

don't like to get out that much.

I suppose so.

Are you... Uh...

What is that? Um...

Agoraphobia?

Well, if you insist.

No, no offense.

You know, I suffer from arachnophobia.

Really?

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah. That's a fear of spiders.

Well, what I wouldn't do for a shoebox

full of tarantulas right now.

You're pretty witty for a lady

that doesn't get out that much.

Are you here to talk

about me or Hilary?

Hilary?

That was her name.

But I thought you

didn't know her at all.

No, Detective, I did not.

So why would you call her by her first

name if you didn't know her at all?

All right. Are we done yet?

No. Just a few more minutes.

Um, over the last couple

of days or weeks,

were there any strange visitors

or anything out of the ordinary

that you were aware of

coming from the apartment?

No strange sounds last

night when she died?

Since I don't know when

she died, day or night,

and since I've already

made it clear

that I didn't hear anything out of the

ordinary coming from her apartment,

then I'd venture to guess

that we are entering

into an area of...

Hmm, redundancy?

Okay, now we're done.

Thank you for the coffee.

I'm gonna give you a couple of cards.

If you think of

anything, uh, call me.

Thank you.I will.

Okay.

Hey, this is a really nice vase.

It's a little confusing,

but it's nice.

I'm sure you could

figure it out.

Her name

is Justine Waters,

"and she was known as

America's little darling."

The sole heiress of

the Waters fortune,

estimated in the hundreds

of millions of dollars,

she mysteriously disappeared

Take a look at these

home videos of Justine.

They show her at the Waters family

summer cottage in upstate New York.

As you can see, Justine

is being filmed

showcasing her hula hoop skills.

At the time, she held the world

record of 14 straight hours.

Now, there's been much speculation

on Justine's whereabouts.

Theories range from her running

off with a Saudi prince

to her being a victim

of foul play.

Now while the great and

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