Poignancy is not missing from this story as a teen's father is shot dead in plain view and it was from a man hired by his own mother. Brenda tells her right to her face in the interview room, you are a piece of work. The mother called her dead ex-husband's cell knowing the police would answer because the hired gun wanted more money because the son was in the Mercedes when the father was killed. After killing the man, the killer put the live son in the trunk, drove to LAX and flew home to San Francisco.
The autistic son was a chore for Brenda to get information in order to solve the crime. Using the father's cell phone call record, it was found the killer stopped at a bar with the kid in the trunk with the stolen Mercedes. He wanted more money because of the kid tagging along. Mom wants to take the kid home but Brenda questions the killer receiving $75,000 and coincidently the mother withdrawing the same amount just before the crime was committed.
Jillian Thompson paid Jason Murphy $75,000 to kill her ex-husband Michael Thompson and she expresses her contempt of him to Brenda with her admission of guilt. He got to every divorce lawyer in town, no one would represent me, I didn't stand a chance. I had to sit in that courtroom and listen to them tell how I wasn't fit to raise my own child. When Michael took away Keith, he took away my life, sobs Jillian to Brenda, I guess now we're even.
Brenda re-enters the other interview room to explain to Jason Murphy and his counsel, Pierson that there's a new law, making car-jacking a Federal offense and it has the death penalty attached to it. Mr. Howard will fill you in the details. Agent Fritz Howard quotes Jason Murphy his rights as his attorney, Pierson listens.
The final scenes have Keith yelling where am I as he is escorted to the door on the way to the better care-giving facility. Pope answers Brenda's question of where they are taking him; a somber ending to a heinous crime.
The autistic son was a chore for Brenda to get information in order to solve the crime. Using the father's cell phone call record, it was found the killer stopped at a bar with the kid in the trunk with the stolen Mercedes. He wanted more money because of the kid tagging along. Mom wants to take the kid home but Brenda questions the killer receiving $75,000 and coincidently the mother withdrawing the same amount just before the crime was committed.
Jillian Thompson paid Jason Murphy $75,000 to kill her ex-husband Michael Thompson and she expresses her contempt of him to Brenda with her admission of guilt. He got to every divorce lawyer in town, no one would represent me, I didn't stand a chance. I had to sit in that courtroom and listen to them tell how I wasn't fit to raise my own child. When Michael took away Keith, he took away my life, sobs Jillian to Brenda, I guess now we're even.
Brenda re-enters the other interview room to explain to Jason Murphy and his counsel, Pierson that there's a new law, making car-jacking a Federal offense and it has the death penalty attached to it. Mr. Howard will fill you in the details. Agent Fritz Howard quotes Jason Murphy his rights as his attorney, Pierson listens.
The final scenes have Keith yelling where am I as he is escorted to the door on the way to the better care-giving facility. Pope answers Brenda's question of where they are taking him; a somber ending to a heinous crime.