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John Stillman : Vine is here about Travis Whitman, the art dealer.
Lilly Rush : His wife died last month. Fell down the stairs at their home.
John Stillman : Well, that's his story, at least. But now he's been charged with her murder.
Lilly Rush : Really?
John Stillman : Lillian thinks he could be responsible for another death.
Lilly Rush : Whose?
Lillian Vine - 2006 : My daughter's in 1968.They were both 18.
Lilly Rush : What happened?
Lillian Vine - 2006 : Travis escorted Emma to her debutante ball. She died that night. From a fall down the stairs.
Lilly Rush : That doesn't happen twice in a lifetime.
Lillian Vine - 2006 : It's the same death.
John Stillman : Emma's case was put on a shelf pretty quick after it came in.
Lilly Rush : Was it ruled an accident?
John Stillman : No, it was handled as an S job, suspicious death. It meant no one looked at it too closely in '68.
Lilly Rush : Well, it's 2006 now, and we like to look.
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Scotty Valens : What do you got, a dead bride?
Lilly Rush : Debutante. Emma Elizabeth Vine.
Kat Miller : Found at the base of a flight of stairs at the Edgecomb hotel, December, '68.
Scotty Valens : Spinal fracture, cracked skull. That's a bad fall.
Lilly Rush : Or a good shove.
Kat Miller : Cops couldn't get traction on the case.No one would talk.
Scotty Valens : A white glove conspiracy?
Lilly Rush : Society people didn't want a scandal on their hands.Closed ranks.
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Lilly Rush : Lillian said Emma was wearing a ring that night. A gold swan with a diamond eye. But it was missing from the body.
Scotty Valens : A lot of people could have taken it. Hotel staff that found the body, paramedics
Lilly Rush : They put out feelers to pawnshops at the time, seeing if someone tried to move it. Came up empty.
Kat Miller : Maybe they waited until the heat died down? I'll check sale records.