Murder at 1600 Page #2

I'm on it.

Where are you from?

Iowa.

So why the Secret Service? | I mean, why not...?

Kindergarten teacher?

You don't look like one of those.

I was in the Olympics.

The Olympics!

That's how I got in the Secret Service.

- That right? | - I was on the sharpshooting team.

We met President Reagan. It was 1988.

One of his agents was a woman. | She took me under her wing.

Sharpshooting.

I feel safer already.

I brought home the gold.

Where are we going?

To my place. I got to change.

You're being evicted?

Whole building. Feds are tearing | it down to put up a garage for the...

Interstate Commerce Commission.

Why do they need a parking lot here?

I'm trying to figure that out. Everyone | thinks I can fix it because I'm a cop.

Harlan, what's going on?

Mrs. Wallace...

Soon we'll be living | out of garbage cans.

I'm making progress.

- Truly I am. | - Progress.

That's what you call it?

Progress. | Yeah, you're making progress!

You take care of your business.

What you should be doing | is taking care of your business.

I know what he's making progress at.

Make yourself comfortable.

Washington City, July 21 st, 1861.

This is Manassas.

First battle of Bull Run.

I'll show you something.

Right here.

Where Stonewall Jackson | got his nickname.

That's Sudley Springs there.

Civilians used to take picnics | to that crest to watch the battle.

Amazing, huh?

How did you...?

I'm a homicide cop | in the homicide capital of the world.

It's cheaper than a shrink.

You did this all by yourself?

The whole thing.

My father was a history buff | so he kind of rubbed off on me.

What did he do?

He worked at the Smithsonian | for about 34 years...

...as a guard.

How am I going to move all this?

First I must take it apart, | then put it back together again.

Oh, no. Hell, no!

I can't move.

I'll be right back.

Stand back.

Detective Regis, | Stengel's been looking for you.

Who isn't?

Remember that claim check? | I sent Greeley to the drug store.

Let's see what we got.

And there she is...

...live and in color.

Where'd you get these?

We'll be late for the autopsy.

Her VISA card activity, last 24 hours.

Banning Travel, 1500 bucks.

I got it by a nose hair.

Phone records, credit card, bank | account, all impounded, now classified.

She had a flight to New York...

...reservation at the Pierre...

...rental car, flight to the Virgin | Islands, St. Croix...

...one-way.

Lady was buying a new life.

She wasn't coming back, either.

The evidence indicates | a crime of passion.

There's evidence of vaginal penetration.

There's traces of lubricant in the | vaginal tract and under fingernails.

The blows were from the left, | and powerful.

A condom was used.

No semen...

...no blood, except hers.

No DNA.

Signs of force?

No.

So you're saying sex, not rape.

This doesn't leave the room.

It was here we saw the image | of an untroubled President...

...before the White House | murder cast a dark cloud...

...over this once highly | regarded administration.

Cory Alan Luchessi, janitor.

Nobody can account for him | during a 45-minute period...

...prior to when the Secret Service | found him in the East Room at 11:02.

The time of her death is set...

...between 10:
30...

...and 11:
00.

He eats a doughnut...

...then stabs her 8 times.

Lee Harvey Oswald was seen in the book | depository cafeteria drinking Coke...

...a minute after Kennedy was shot.

He's reading Soap Opera Digest.

2 months ago...

That's not enough.

If that's all you got, you got nothing.

Except this.

It was found in the bathroom.

It's the missing button...

...from a shirt in Luchessi's apartment.

Luchessi doesn't clean the bathrooms.

All right, where is he?

Being picked up.

What would it take for me | to see the surveillance tapes?

Not much.

Just an act of Congress.

After you, detective.

That button was labeled | as found in the dining room.

How did it get in the lavatory?

I labeled it wrong.

Did you kill her?

Did you have an affair with Carla?

Never.

But you came on to her, right?

You did come on to her, yeah?

Did you come on to Carla Town?

I came on to her. I mean...

...did you ever see her?

She's hot.

You take it further than that?

No.

Listen to me.

Carla...

...was strictly hands-off.

What do you mean, hands-off?

I don't know.

But then, that was the word. | The Secret Service...

...was looking out for her.

How?

I don't know.

Like if she worked late, say...

...11 o'clock, 12 o'clock...

...the Secret Service guys...

...they would always drive her home.

Don't want that, don't want that. That!

This is an act of war.

This is the Pueblo revisited, | and he wants to negotiate?

Give me a break!

Neil negotiating to defend us | at a table!

He can't even defend his own house.

Where's your rider at?

How did you get down here?

You want to live...

...open the door 2 inches | and slide your weapon out.

Don't make me stain my linen.

Out!

Sh*t!

It's a nasty-ass city, Regis.

Congratulations, | you are now a statistic.

Let me see that.

Son of a b*tch!

So they're eavesdropping.

Big surprise. It's the government.

Look...

They brought you in on this...

...for the same reason they brought | Dallas doctors in to work on Kennedy.

They go the extra mile so no one'll say | they couldn't have done more.

You never would've let me hold Luchessi | on what they have.

You know that.

All right, go take another look at it.

But don't make any f***ing noise | till you have something real.

Yes, sir.

Come on, Carla.

Talk to me.

This is full frame?

The machines automatically crop.

- Can you get me closer to this? | - No problem.

He's Secret Service. | Can you make me a hard copy?

Thank you. You the man!

Is there any progress in the case?

Was the First Family involved?

Can I have a fruit juice, please?

Aren't you the...?

The Speaker of the House.

How you doing?

Good, thanks.

Do you ever speak to anyone | at the Interstate Commerce Commission?

They're some organization, I'm not | really sure, but they're evicting me.

Excuse me, Mr. Speaker...

...the detective is needed elsewhere.

Don't worry about it, I'll call you.

What're you doing here?

Trying to find you.

The task force is closed. | We have a suspect.

Yeah. Me too.

Who's that?

He's Secret Service. You should know.

I can't tell you.

Is that classified too?

- Yes, it is. | - Then I'll have to find out for myself.

There he is.

The one who just stepped to the podium.

What's his name?

I can't tell you that.

Either you help me or I'll find out the | loud way.

Please.

- What's his name? | - Burton Cash.

Who's he assigned to?

Kyle Neil.

The President's son?

Ladies and gentlemen...

...it is an honor to present | the First Lady of the United States...

...Mrs. Kitty Neil.

If the bodyguard was there, that means | Kyle was on that boat as well.

Kyle Neil was having an affair | with Carla Town.

He had sex with her that night.

Agent Chance, right here, right now.

I've got to go.

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