Darrow & Darrow: In The Key of Murder Page #9

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TRY IT AGAIN!

CHESTER, GO THROUGH

THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AGAIN.

SEARCH EVERYTHING

FROM THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT.

GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.

[PHOEBE]:
I SWEAR,

IF YOU DO THAT...

YOU'LL BE SORRY.

[TERRY]:

OH, I'M TREMBLING.

[PHONE RINGING]

[CLEARING THROAT]

IT'S THE WIFE.

DO YOU MIND?

HELLO.

I'M COMING HOME SOON, HON'.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

I JUST HEARD SOMETHING

FOR THE FIRST TIME.

DON'T YOU HEAR IT?

HEAR WHAT?

WINNIE, GET ME

THE TRANSCRIP FROM LINDA YASBECK'S

TESTIMONY.

JUST A SEC.

HERE IT IS.

READ THE PAR WHERE SHE TALKS ABOU HER HUSBAND'S MURDER,

THE NIGHT OF THE CALL.

WHEN HE WAS SHOT?

UM, OKAY.

"I'M COMING HOME

SOON, HON'."

[TERRY]:

I'M COMING HOME SOON, HON'.

OKAY, I...

HEY, PHOEBE?

PHOEBE, WHAT ARE YOU--

[GUN FIRING]

[CRASHING]

"HEY, PHOEBE?"

"PHOEBE,

WHAT ARE YOU..."

AND THEN SHE HEARS

THE GUN SHOT.

EVERYTHING HE SAID

WAS IN THIS RECORDING.

SOMEBODY COULD HAVE EDITED THIS

AND PLACED THE CALL.

WHICH WOULD MEAN TERRY MIGH HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEAD BY 1:30.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE,

THEN PHOEBE WOULD HAVE BEEN

PLAYING AT THE CLUB.

SHE'D HAVE

AN AIRTIGHT ALIBI.

YOU'VE GOT TO PROVE IT.

LOOK, IT'S THE TRUTH, RIGHT?

DON'T KILL ME.

I'M JUST THE MESSENGER.

YOU EVER WONDER:

WHY THE MESSENGER

HAS SO FEW FRIENDS?

UGH.

MRS. YASBECK,

I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO ASK YOU

TO DO THIS AGAIN,

BUT DO YOU REMEMBER

THE PHONE CALL:

YOU RECEIVED:

FROM YOUR HUSBAND

ON THE NIGHT IN QUESTION?

[LINDA]:
YES.

I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

DO YOU REMEMBER:

HIS EXACT WORDS?

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

I SEE NO REASON ON EARTH

TO PUT MRS. YASBECK

THROUGH THIS ORDEAL AGAIN.

I'M INCLINED TO AGREE.

IT DOES SEEM UNNECESSARY.

IF THE COUR WOULD JUST INDULGE ME

FOR ONE MORE MINUTE.

I, FOR ONE,

AM TIRED OF INDULGING

MS. DARROW.

YOUR HONOR...

ENOUGH.

WHAT ABOUT YOU,

MRS. YASBECK?

DO YOU OBJECT?

NO.

I REMEMBER HIS EXACT WORDS.

HE SAID, "I'LL BE

COMING HOME SOON, HON'."

THOSE WERE HIS FIRST WORDS?

[LINDA]:
YES.

HE DIDN'T SAY HELLO?

NO, HE DIDN'T.

DID HE USUALLY:

SAY HELLO?

I GUESS USUALLY,

YES, HE SAID HELLO.

OKAY.

AND THEN WHAT DID HE SAY NEXT?

"HEY, PHOEBE."

[CLAIRE]:
WAS

IT A QUESTION?

PARDON?

WAS IT LIKE, "HEY, PHOEBE,"

OR WAS IT LIKE, "HEY, PHOEBE?"

I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY, WHAT DID HE SAY NEXT?

HE SAID,

"PHOEBE, WHAT ARE YOU..."

THANK YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE.

DID IT SOUND SOMETHING

LIKE THIS?

CHESTER.

[TERRY]:

I'M COMING HOME SOON, HON'.

HEY, PHOEBE?

PHOEBE, WHAT ARE YOU...

YES, YES.

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR!

NON-DISCLOSURE.

HOW DID MS. DARROW GE A COPY OF THAT PHONE CALL?

I WAS WONDERING:

THE SAME THING, MS. DARROW.

I DIDN'T.

MY ASSOCIATE, CHESTER LIME,

PIECED IT TOGETHER

FROM BITS OF A CONVERSATION

ON A STUDIO TAPE.

SO THAT WASN'T THE CALL

THAT MRS. YASBECK HEARD?

ACTUALLY, THAT IS EXACTLY

WHAT MRS. YASBECK HEARD

BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY

WHAT THE KILLER DID.

I OBJECT AGAIN.

ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TAKE

MS. DARROW'S WORD FOR I THAT THIS MAGICAL AUDIO TRICK

IS POSSIBLE?

OBJECTION SUSTAINED!

THAT'S MY JOB,

MS. DARROW.

[CLAIRE]:
I'M SORRY,

I WAS JUST TRYING TO SAVE TIME,

BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO CALL

AN EXPERT ON AUDIO ENGINEERING.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL

JONAH LAROCHELLE.

[MUTTERING]

[CLAIRE]:

MR. LAROCHELLE,

IN YOUR EXPERT OPINION,

COULD THE AUDIO HAVE BEEN

ALTERED IN THE WAY DESCRIBED?

I IMAGINE IT COULD.

COULD YOU HAVE MADE

THIS RECORDING YOURSELF?

I THINK I COULD HAVE.

DID YOU MAKE THIS RECORDING?

I... NO!

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

WELL, WHO WAS IN

A BETTER POSITION TO MAKE IT?

PHOEBE.

SHE USED TO BE MY ASSISTANT.

SHE KNOWS ALL ABOU AUDIO ENGINEERING,

AND BESIDES, SHE TRIED

TO KILL ME, REMEMBER?

SHE HIT ME ON THE HEAD

AND THEN TRIED TO ASPHYXIATE ME

WITH MY OWN CAR.

[CLAIRE]:

OH, YES, THE CAR.

YOU WERE VERY LUCKY...

OR WERE YOU LUCKY?

MAYBE YOU WERE JUST... CAREFUL.

OBJECTION.

[JUDGE]:

I'M GOING TO ALLOW IT.

I WANT TO SEE:

WHERE THIS IS GOING.

DID YOU STAGE:

THAT ASSAULT ON YOURSELF,

MR. LAROCHELLE?

WHY ON EARTH WOULD I DO THAT?

TO DIVERT SUSPICION

FROM YOURSELF:

AND MAKE IT LOOK

LIKE PHOEBE STRASBERG

TRIED TO KILL YOU.

OBJECTION!

WITHDRAWN.

TELL ME, I WANT TO SEE

IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS OBJEC WE'VE LABELED EXHIBIT C.

SURE, IT'S A MIC STAND.

WHICH MIC STAND?

IT'S A MIC STAND.

THEY ALL LOOK ALIKE.

I DON'T THINK SO.

THIS MIC STAND WAS FOUND

IN THE DUMPSTER:

OF A CHINESE RESTAURAN THREE BLOCKS

FROM TERRY YASBECK'S STUDIO.

DO YOU SEE THE RED CLIP?

WHAT?

OH, YEAH, IT LOOKS

LIKE PHOEBE'S MIC STAND,

THE ONE THAT SHE ALWAYS LIKED.

[CLAIRE]:

YOU ARE CORRECT.

IN FACT, WE ARE

PREPARED TO PROVE

THAT THAT IS:

PHOEBE'S MIC STAND,

AND WE ARE ALSO:

PREPARED TO PROVE

THAT THE INSIDE TUBE

OF THAT MIC STAND

AND THE RED CLIP

ARE BOTH COATED:

WITH BRAKE FLUID--

BRAKE FLUID:

FROM A CAR...

NOT UNLIKE YOURS,

MR. LAROCHELLE.

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

THE CONNECTION:

BETWEEN THIS BRAKE FLUID

AND THE BRAKE FLUID

IN MR. LAROCHELLE'S CAR...

[CLAIRE]:

HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU ARE CORRECT, MRS. ASHLAND,

AND I DON'T THINK

IT CAN BE PROVEN...

BUT IT IS INTERESTING,

DON'T YOU THINK?

NOT REALLY.

BECAUSE SOMEBODY KNEW

THAT THE STATE WOULD GIVE

PHOEBE STRASBERG

A GUNSHOT-RESIDUE TES AFTER TERRY YASBECK

WAS KILLED,

AND THAT PERSON KNEW

THAT BRAKE FLUID COULD CAUSE

A FALSE POSITIVE ON THE TEST.

I MEAN, YOU CAN FIND THAT OU ON THE INTERNET...

AND THAT PERSON DID THA BECAUSE THAT PERSON KILLED

TERRY YASBECK:

AND TRIED:

TO FRAME PHOEBE STRASBERG

FOR THE CRIME.

WELL, IT WASN'T ME.

I WAS WITH PHOEBE

AT THE NIGHTCLUB

WHEN TERRY WAS KILLED.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

HOW DO YOU KNOW:

WHEN TERRY WAS KILLED?

I DON'T.

YOU'RE CONFUSING ME.

DO I HAVE TO ANSWER?

YOU KIND OF DO.

UH, COULD YOU REPEA THE QUESTION?

WITHDRAWN.

I'D LIKE TO PLAY

THAT TAPE FOR YOU AGAIN.

OBJECTION.

[CLAIRE]:
MR. LAROCHELLE

IS AN EXPERT.

I WOULD LIKE HIS OPINION ON IT.

OVERRULED.

PROCEED, MS. DARROW.

[CLAIRE]:
THANK YOU,

YOUR HONOR.

CHESTER?

READY.

[TERRY]:

I'M COMING HOME SOON, HON'.

HEY, PHOEBE?

PHOEBE, WHAT ARE YOU--

WELL?

LIKE SHE SAID,

I'VE ALREADY HEARD IT.

OH, BUT YOU HAVEN'T.

THAT IS A DIFFERENT RECORDING.

THAT IS A RECORDING

THAT MY ASSOCIATE, CHESTER LIME,

WHO IS VERY THOROUGH,

FOUND ON TERRY YASBECK'S

STUDIO COMPUTER SYSTEM.

WELL, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

IT WAS REALLY HARD TO FIND.

HE HAD TO SEARCH THROUGH

ALL THESE DELETED FILES

AND RECONSTRUCT IT.

I DID.

WE BELIEVE YOU, MR. LIME.

[CLAIRE]:
BUT IN THE END,

HE FOUND IT,

BECAUSE COMPUTERS

ARE LIKE ELEPHANTS...

THEY REMEMBER EVERYTHING...

AND YOU KNOW WHOSE FILE

IT WAS DELETED FROM?

NO.

IT WAS YOURS.

WHY'D YOU MAKE

THAT RECORDING?

IT WAS A JOKE.

WAS IT?

I'M NOT LAUGHING,

MR. LAROCHELLE.

YOUR WIFE:

IS PHOEBE'S BACKUP SINGER,

ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

[JONAH]:
YES.

ARE YOU AWARE:

THAT YOUR WIFE:

SENT TERRY YASBECK

AN EMAIL:

THE WEEK OF THE MURDER?

AN EMAIL?

WITH AN ATTACHMENT.

I, I, I...

I SEEM TO REMEMBER SOMETHING.

SHE SENT HIM:

AN E-MAIL OF HER SINGING.

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