1 00:00:04,500 --> 00:00:06,180 Excuse us. 2 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,590 Uh,the 911 caller said the south tower. 3 00:00:12,610 --> 00:00:15,520 Right. Which you get to from the central plaza on the third floor. 4 00:00:15,550 --> 00:00:17,710 No. You cross around the corridor. 5 00:00:17,730 --> 00:00:18,600 Well,you know what? 6 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:21,070 We'll just see who gets there first. 7 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:33,490 Sync:fisherchen www.YDY.com 8 00:00:33,530 --> 00:00:44,620 www.YDY.com Proudly Presents 9 00:00:44,660 --> 00:00:46,770 There's no reason for you to have called the police. 10 00:00:46,790 --> 00:00:49,830 I called the police because no one can explain what happened to my son. 11 00:00:49,860 --> 00:00:50,870 Ms. Langner,please. 12 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,080 Let me get you a grief counselor. 13 00:00:52,110 --> 00:00:54,430 I don't need a grief counselor! 14 00:00:54,460 --> 00:00:56,300 I want those doctors arrested. 15 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,080 Let's discuss this in my office. 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,090 Detective daniels,lapd. 17 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,300 Priority homicide. 18 00:01:01,330 --> 00:01:02,640 Help mE. 19 00:01:02,670 --> 00:01:05,290 They murdered my son. 20 00:01:08,990 --> 00:01:10,940 Ok,just take a breath. 21 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:12,660 Take a breath. 22 00:01:16,510 --> 00:01:18,450 Ok? 23 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:21,590 So,what's going on here? 24 00:01:23,870 --> 00:01:29,070 I brought my son nicky in for a simple endoscopy. 25 00:01:29,470 --> 00:01:31,500 And now he's dead. 26 00:01:32,220 --> 00:01:33,850 They killed him. 27 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,560 Detective. If I may. 28 00:01:38,790 --> 00:01:43,640 There's no question that we've had a terrible tragedy here tonight. 29 00:01:43,890 --> 00:01:46,510 But the presence of police... 30 00:01:46,530 --> 00:01:49,880 it just seems to be inflaming the situation. 31 00:01:49,930 --> 00:01:53,310 It might be best for everyone if you just went home. 32 00:01:53,340 --> 00:01:54,280 I'm sorry. 33 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:57,200 You do not tell the lapd to go home. 34 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:58,810 Detective,please. 35 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,080 Don't overreact to this situation. 36 00:02:03,150 --> 00:02:06,730 It is common to hear accusations like this from people who have lost children. 37 00:02:06,750 --> 00:02:07,970 But I can assure you, 38 00:02:07,990 --> 00:02:11,750 the doctors took all heroic measures to save the boy's life. 39 00:02:11,770 --> 00:02:14,380 I'd like to hear that from them. 40 00:02:14,490 --> 00:02:18,020 Dr. Woods and dr. Sands are unavailable. 41 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,990 Since you refuse to cooperate, 42 00:02:23,030 --> 00:02:25,760 and I have reasonable suspicion regarding this attended death-- 43 00:02:25,780 --> 00:02:26,520 reasonable suspicion? 44 00:02:26,540 --> 00:02:29,150 I am designating the O. R. A crime scene. 45 00:02:29,190 --> 00:02:30,480 No one touches the body. 46 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,930 Nothing is disturbed or removed. 47 00:02:32,950 --> 00:02:35,500 Please secure the operating suite. 48 00:02:43,110 --> 00:02:44,040 Let's go. 49 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:52,074 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app 50 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,510 Sorry to pull you guys away from dinner. 51 00:03:05,540 --> 00:03:07,850 The speeches were endless.The food never came. 52 00:03:07,870 --> 00:03:09,450 I was about to eat my napkin. 53 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,360 What's going on here? Well,we have a problem. 54 00:03:11,390 --> 00:03:13,410 The mother over here,melissa langner, 55 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,550 her son nicky came in for a routine procedure. 56 00:03:16,580 --> 00:03:18,290 Are you in charge? 57 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:20,020 Talk to the lady. 58 00:03:20,050 --> 00:03:22,340 Deputy chief brenda leigh johnson.I'll be with you in a minute,sir. 59 00:03:22,370 --> 00:03:23,470 Go on. 60 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,990 So,her son,went through surgery to stop some minor gastric bleeding, 61 00:03:28,010 --> 00:03:30,750 there were some complications,he died, 62 00:03:30,770 --> 00:03:34,030 and now she's saying that he was murdered. 63 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:37,140 Ok. 64 00:03:37,170 --> 00:03:37,930 Thank you,sergeant. 65 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:39,400 And you are? Howard pierce. 66 00:03:39,430 --> 00:03:42,290 Administrative director of southwest pacific university hospital. 67 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,820 One of your people has shutdown our operating room. 68 00:03:44,850 --> 00:03:47,670 That was daniels' call before I got here. 69 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:49,330 Ok. 70 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,580 I'd be happy to address your concerns as soon as I get more information. 71 00:03:52,610 --> 00:03:54,380 One moment,please. 72 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:56,720 Oh,excuse me. 73 00:03:56,750 --> 00:03:58,950 This is the woman I was speaking of. 74 00:03:58,970 --> 00:04:00,550 Ms. Langner. 75 00:04:00,770 --> 00:04:04,600 I'm deputy chief brenda leigh johnson of the lapd. 76 00:04:05,420 --> 00:04:07,410 I'm sorry to press you at a time like this, 77 00:04:07,430 --> 00:04:11,030 but I need to know why you think your son was murdered. 78 00:04:13,630 --> 00:04:16,990 Nicky started throwing up around 6:15. 79 00:04:17,020 --> 00:04:19,210 There was a little blood. 80 00:04:19,340 --> 00:04:21,650 I'm a fourth year medical student. 81 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,610 I knew it probably wasn't anything too serious, 82 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,230 but I didn't want to misdiagnose him so I brought him here 83 00:04:27,260 --> 00:04:29,760 so that they could scope him. 84 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,310 10 minutes later,he was in major surgerY. 85 00:04:35,780 --> 00:04:39,140 20 minutes later,he was dead. 86 00:04:39,270 --> 00:04:41,030 That's A... 87 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:43,550 that is a terrible story,ms. Langner, 88 00:04:43,570 --> 00:04:46,360 but what makes you think it was a crime? 89 00:04:47,380 --> 00:04:49,210 Because... 90 00:04:49,390 --> 00:04:51,870 when I questioned dr. Woods, 91 00:04:51,910 --> 00:04:53,590 the vascular surgeon, 92 00:04:53,620 --> 00:04:55,570 about the cause of death, 93 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,650 he kept changing his answer. 94 00:04:57,670 --> 00:05:00,250 And after the third response, 95 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:05,100 he just looked at the other doctor,the G.I. Specialist... 96 00:05:05,340 --> 00:05:08,280 and I saw it in their eyes. 97 00:05:08,870 --> 00:05:12,140 They are covering something up. 98 00:05:12,230 --> 00:05:12,900 Ms. Langner... 99 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:14,800 please... 100 00:05:14,930 --> 00:05:16,840 help me. 101 00:05:19,330 --> 00:05:21,450 Please? 102 00:05:25,870 --> 00:05:28,280 Ok. I'll be right back. 103 00:05:29,060 --> 00:05:33,210 I hope that we are acting on good solid suspicions and not just sympathy. 104 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:39,150 Chief,I initiated this investigation because I was being actively obstructed. 105 00:06:13,250 --> 00:06:17,200 could the bruises be from how he was handled during surgery? 106 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:18,200 No. 107 00:06:18,230 --> 00:06:19,090 I doubt it. 108 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,640 The yellowing suggests they happened much earlier. 109 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,890 Is that a video camera? 110 00:06:40,190 --> 00:06:44,580 You should know as soon as your grieving mother went to the bathroom,those guys appeared. 111 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:46,900 They've been huddling. 112 00:06:46,930 --> 00:06:50,050 Looks like they're planning their next play. 113 00:06:51,740 --> 00:06:54,060 And they are leaving. 114 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:56,740 I don't think they're a flight risk. 115 00:06:59,540 --> 00:07:02,550 Mr. Pierce,I believe we've gotten off on the wrong foot. 116 00:07:02,580 --> 00:07:04,280 I'm confident that with your cooperation, 117 00:07:04,300 --> 00:07:06,220 we can resolve this issue right noW. I agree. 118 00:07:06,250 --> 00:07:08,740 All I need is the surgery video,the boy's charts, 119 00:07:08,770 --> 00:07:10,440 and to have a short conversation with the physicians. 120 00:07:10,470 --> 00:07:12,430 Well,that's not going to happen. 121 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:13,150 Excuse me? 122 00:07:13,170 --> 00:07:15,200 You want to resolve this quickly,let me help you. 123 00:07:15,230 --> 00:07:19,950 There...was...no...murder. 124 00:07:20,020 --> 00:07:24,820 You need to turn that operating suite back over to us right now. 125 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,400 Sergeant gabriel,please notify building operations that we'll be shutting down this floor. 126 00:07:31,420 --> 00:07:33,510 Nothing goes in or out without our permission. 127 00:07:33,540 --> 00:07:34,560 Nothing. You can't do that! 128 00:07:34,580 --> 00:07:35,490 One more word out of you, 129 00:07:35,510 --> 00:07:40,880 and I will padlock this entire hospital and arrest you for interfering with a murder investigation. 130 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:48,670 We don't know there was malpractice. 131 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:50,560 Much less a crime,much less murder. 132 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:52,260 So let's be clear about what's going on here. 133 00:07:52,290 --> 00:07:58,480 You're launching a full-fledged investigation into a nationally respected hospital based on the hunch of a hysterical woman. 134 00:07:58,510 --> 00:08:01,730 Daniels and I both felt she might be telling the truth. 135 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,940 Ok. Make that three hysterical women. 136 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,160 I know you don't want me to respond to that. 137 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:13,390 No. What it looks like to me is a grieving mother desperate to pin the blame for her son's death on somebody. 138 00:08:13,420 --> 00:08:16,510 Ever consider she might be pinning it on those responsible? 139 00:08:16,510 --> 00:08:19,320 Todd woods is one of the top vascular surgeons in the country. 140 00:08:19,340 --> 00:08:22,870 What possible motive could he or this other doctor have for murdering an 8-year-old boy? 141 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:24,260 Well,then,if there's no issue, 142 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:25,540 why won't this mr. Pierce, 143 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,300 this jerk of a hospital administrator help me? 144 00:08:28,330 --> 00:08:33,380 Brenda,just because somebody doesn't share your agenda doesn't make them a jerk. 145 00:08:35,210 --> 00:08:39,270 Dr. Woods was decorated for his work as a trauma surgeon during the first gulf war. 146 00:08:39,300 --> 00:08:41,770 He pioneered the use of carotid stents. 147 00:08:41,790 --> 00:08:45,380 Dr. Sands has performed over 2,000 endoscopic procedures. 148 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,460 He's been recognized--thank you. I get it. 149 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:49,380 The attending physicians are geniuses. 150 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:50,210 Now,like chief johnson, 151 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:54,860 I am committed to resolving this with the least inconvenience for all involved. 152 00:08:54,890 --> 00:08:57,150 Then end the criminal inquiry. 153 00:08:57,180 --> 00:09:00,330 If ms. Langner continues to harbor doubts about her son's treatment, 154 00:09:00,350 --> 00:09:02,860 she has numerous civil remedies available to her. 155 00:09:02,890 --> 00:09:05,020 We are asking for minimal cooperation. 156 00:09:05,060 --> 00:09:07,840 And I am telling you that these doctors' records are protected, 157 00:09:07,870 --> 00:09:11,280 and they will remain confidential. 158 00:09:11,370 --> 00:09:13,580 And let me give you a word of warning,sir, 159 00:09:13,610 --> 00:09:18,140 the legal principals at stake in this case are more important than you seem to imagine. 160 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:23,790 Now I urge you to think very carefully about what you do next. 161 00:09:28,060 --> 00:09:29,650 Martha,get me martin garnett,please. 162 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:30,820 Thank you. 163 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,330 Garnett's the deputy district attorney. 164 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:39,190 I'm gonna ask him to have the grand jury issue subpoenas for everything related to the langner case. 165 00:09:39,220 --> 00:09:44,740 Just to satisfy my own stupid,uninformed curiosity. 166 00:09:48,020 --> 00:09:51,770 There's no reason to involve a grand jury. 167 00:09:54,030 --> 00:09:58,580 I can arrange for the doctors to speak with you and for the hospital to turn over the video. 168 00:09:58,610 --> 00:10:00,430 But the charts remain sealed. 169 00:10:00,460 --> 00:10:01,250 That's better. 170 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:02,650 And how long will this take? 171 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:03,940 I hope we don't need to make an appointment. 172 00:10:03,970 --> 00:10:05,100 I'll be back in 2 hours. 173 00:10:05,130 --> 00:10:05,940 Excellent. 174 00:10:05,970 --> 00:10:08,680 Thank you.Thank you so much. 175 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,040 Wow. The motto is first do no harm. 176 00:10:13,070 --> 00:10:15,480 They should add,second,don't be so obnoxious. 177 00:10:15,510 --> 00:10:18,350 You realize that by limiting the information they turn over, 178 00:10:18,370 --> 00:10:20,080 they're trying to guide our conclusions. 179 00:10:20,110 --> 00:10:22,020 You're welcome,brenda. 180 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,200 Thank you. 181 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,530 As you can see,there was already significant bleeding when I began the egd. 182 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:31,360 The egd? 183 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:33,780 Esophago-gastro duodenoscopy. 184 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:40,850 It's when the doctors slide the scope down the patient's throat to get a visualization of the upper gastro intestinal tract. 185 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:43,200 What causes this kind of bleeding? 186 00:10:43,220 --> 00:10:44,900 Hematemesis.Vomiting blood. 187 00:10:44,930 --> 00:10:48,440 It can be caused by gastritis,or in rare cases,mallory-weiss tears. 188 00:10:48,460 --> 00:10:49,190 Which are? 189 00:10:49,220 --> 00:10:53,240 Burst blood vessels in the mucosa of the esophagus. 190 00:10:53,270 --> 00:10:55,930 I did a year in medical school. 191 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,350 Cauterization should reduce that bleeding, 192 00:10:59,380 --> 00:11:01,640 but 3 minutes into the procedure, 193 00:11:01,670 --> 00:11:04,460 the patient's blood pressure dropped to 60 over 30, 194 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,510 began transfusing with o-negative. 195 00:11:06,540 --> 00:11:08,410 And called for surgical back-up. 196 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,050 I arrived less than 10 minutes later, 197 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,390 and performed an emergency laparotomy. 198 00:11:12,420 --> 00:11:16,610 Exploring the abdominal cavity for hemorrhage. 199 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,360 At 19:16,the patient coded. 200 00:11:19,380 --> 00:11:23,260 At 19:19,I discovered a bleed in the left gastric artery. 201 00:11:23,290 --> 00:11:26,370 As I began suturing this perforation, 202 00:11:26,390 --> 00:11:29,240 the patient flatlined. 203 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:33,130 Had no meaningful heart function for 3 minutes. 204 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:34,800 Despite closing this rupture, 205 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,870 the patient's diastolic pressure never rose above 20 millimeters. 206 00:11:38,910 --> 00:11:42,900 Repeated attempts to establish a normal sinus rhythm failed, 207 00:11:42,930 --> 00:11:47,100 and we pronounced the patient dead at 19:31. 208 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:49,680 Thank you,buzz. 209 00:11:49,730 --> 00:11:52,800 If you were to review your charts with our forensic pathologists, 210 00:11:52,830 --> 00:11:57,630 would they be entirely consistent with what you just told us? 211 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:58,810 No. 212 00:11:58,830 --> 00:12:02,750 No. The charts would indicate something significant beyond that. 213 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:03,840 Over the past 6 months, 214 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:12,750 melissa langner brought her son to the E.R. Repeatedly with complaints ranging from allergies to asthma to acute gastric distress. 215 00:12:12,770 --> 00:12:16,710 The exact cause of these various ailments remains undetermined, 216 00:12:16,730 --> 00:12:20,250 but they share one common element. 217 00:12:20,950 --> 00:12:24,470 They all could've been artificially induced. 218 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:25,510 And as you saw last night, 219 00:12:25,540 --> 00:12:28,080 melissa langner is emotionally unstable. 220 00:12:28,110 --> 00:12:31,560 Are you suggesting melissa langner deliberately made her son sick? 221 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:32,900 I am. 222 00:12:32,930 --> 00:12:39,160 And the treating physicians thought this might be a case of munchausen's by proxy and so listed it on the boy's charts. 223 00:12:39,210 --> 00:12:45,690 Doctors woods and sands were concerned that bringing these allegations to your attention would needlessly complicate a tragedy. 224 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:47,940 But if you're certain this is murder, 225 00:12:47,970 --> 00:12:52,550 then I'd consider melissa langner a serious suspect. 226 00:12:56,300 --> 00:13:00,170 Thank you so much for coming in on such a sad day. 227 00:13:00,550 --> 00:13:02,640 Do you have someone staying with you? 228 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:06,660 No,but I-- I'm managing. 229 00:13:07,530 --> 00:13:11,290 Thank you for fol--following... 230 00:13:11,330 --> 00:13:13,010 through on this. 231 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:17,960 Well,we are committed to discovering exactly what happened to nicholas. 232 00:13:18,140 --> 00:13:20,870 I don't believe you've met lieutenant tao. 233 00:13:21,810 --> 00:13:23,870 My condolences. 234 00:13:25,660 --> 00:13:28,350 Ms. Langner,this morning, 235 00:13:28,370 --> 00:13:31,310 dr. Woods and dr. Sands gave their statements, 236 00:13:31,350 --> 00:13:34,130 and they maintain your son died from severe internal bleeding. 237 00:13:34,150 --> 00:13:38,360 Despite dr. Woods having closed a perforation in the left gastric artery. 238 00:13:38,380 --> 00:13:39,690 Have you seen the charts yet? 239 00:13:39,710 --> 00:13:40,370 We haven't, 240 00:13:40,390 --> 00:13:45,940 but we've been assured there's nothing in there that would contradict the video of your son's surgery. 241 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,460 I'm sorry to ask you questions on such a hard day, 242 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,270 but we were also told that in recent months, 243 00:13:53,330 --> 00:13:56,420 nicky's made approximately a dozen trips to the E.R. 244 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,160 Is that true? 245 00:14:00,610 --> 00:14:04,350 Nicky had always been a healthy kid. 246 00:14:04,530 --> 00:14:07,460 And then his dad died last july, 247 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,590 it was totally unexpected. 248 00:14:10,610 --> 00:14:12,550 Oh,my. 249 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,870 So nicky is the second family member you've lost in a year? 250 00:14:16,910 --> 00:14:18,970 That's so unfortunate. 251 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,140 After my husband died,I was almost suicidal. 252 00:14:22,180 --> 00:14:24,030 I'm so sorry. 253 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,880 Have you been talking to anyone about this? 254 00:14:25,900 --> 00:14:31,840 Yes. And with antidepressants,things improved, 255 00:14:31,870 --> 00:14:35,270 but nicky,suddenly,he was sick. 256 00:14:35,290 --> 00:14:36,210 All the time. 257 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,420 It was like he picked up every germ. 258 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,300 The flu,the chicken pox. 259 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,670 Yesterday,he was vomiting blood. 260 00:14:47,750 --> 00:14:51,680 Do you have any idea what might have caused your son to throw up? 261 00:14:59,970 --> 00:15:03,640 There are a hundred different physical reasons. 262 00:15:03,660 --> 00:15:06,620 Or it could've been a lot of stress. 263 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,170 Losing his dad,being in a new school. 264 00:15:10,950 --> 00:15:15,640 Was nicky being treated for anything that might have affected his motor coordination? 265 00:15:15,670 --> 00:15:19,180 No. Why? 266 00:15:19,450 --> 00:15:21,440 Well,when we examined nicholas, 267 00:15:21,470 --> 00:15:24,290 he seemed to have several bruises. 268 00:15:24,420 --> 00:15:28,630 Was he bumping into objects or falling down a lot? 269 00:15:30,870 --> 00:15:34,710 How else do you think he might have sustained those injuries? 270 00:15:39,860 --> 00:15:43,230 Are you suggesting I hurt nicky? 271 00:15:43,250 --> 00:15:44,800 We have to consider all the possibilities. 272 00:15:44,830 --> 00:15:49,320 That...isn'T...a possibility. 273 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,930 That is an insult. 274 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:55,480 My son was everything to me. 275 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,480 Do you really believe I would have hit him? 276 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:01,370 Do you? 277 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,400 Maybe not hit him,but hurt him. 278 00:16:03,420 --> 00:16:06,100 Doctors have access to things that can make children sick, 279 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,180 and you're a medical student. 280 00:16:08,270 --> 00:16:14,670 Well,thank you for your commitment to finding out what happened,ms. JohnsoN. 281 00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:17,590 But I won't be needing your help anymore. 282 00:16:18,330 --> 00:16:20,060 Mrs. Langner. 283 00:16:22,190 --> 00:16:24,000 We have to help. 284 00:16:24,030 --> 00:16:26,700 Whether you like it or not. 285 00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:38,920 Last 10 years,I've worked 3 cases of munchausen by proxy. 286 00:16:38,950 --> 00:16:42,950 Mothers are supposed to be making their kids sick to get sympathy for themselves. 287 00:16:42,990 --> 00:16:43,940 It's bullshit. 288 00:16:43,970 --> 00:16:45,050 Really? 289 00:16:45,070 --> 00:16:49,510 And what about all the surveillance tapes of parents overdosing their kids and smothering them with pillows. 290 00:16:49,540 --> 00:16:51,980 Hey,I'm not saying it never happens. 291 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,540 But every case I saw, 292 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,310 there was always a sick kid,a pain in the ass mom, 293 00:16:56,330 --> 00:16:58,670 and a doctor who wanted them both to disappear. 294 00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:01,450 Easiest way to accomplish that is say the word munchausen. 295 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,340 Ok,lieutenant flynn,we appreciate your perspective, 296 00:17:04,370 --> 00:17:07,790 but as you are our resident expert in munchausen's by proxy... 297 00:17:07,820 --> 00:17:09,650 you want the profile,fine. 298 00:17:09,670 --> 00:17:14,250 The fbi says that the vast majority of munchausen perpetrators are women. 299 00:17:14,270 --> 00:17:16,040 80 percent have medical background, 300 00:17:16,070 --> 00:17:18,030 and most are under psychiatric treatment. 301 00:17:18,060 --> 00:17:20,830 So far we're batting a thousand.Anything else? 302 00:17:21,220 --> 00:17:28,210 Parent tends to keep their child from other adults and away from outside activities like playing with other kids. 303 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,750 Do we know anything about nicholas langner's extended family? 304 00:17:31,770 --> 00:17:33,100 School friends,anything? 305 00:17:33,130 --> 00:17:37,630 Nicky attended robert hutchins academy. 306 00:17:37,660 --> 00:17:39,870 It's an expensive private school, 307 00:17:39,890 --> 00:17:41,250 and the teacher said he's intelligent, 308 00:17:41,290 --> 00:17:42,780 hardworking,shy. 309 00:17:42,810 --> 00:17:44,170 One last thing,chief. 310 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,680 When munchausen happens among medical people, 311 00:17:46,710 --> 00:17:50,650 it's to cause illness then save the kid to impress other doctors. 312 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,460 An added incentive for melissa langner. 313 00:17:53,540 --> 00:17:58,150 The doctors treating her son were the same ones she'd have for medical rotations. 314 00:17:58,180 --> 00:18:00,920 Whatever happened to good old fashioned brown-nosing? 315 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,870 Except she didn't save the kid,did she? 316 00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:05,200 Preliminary autopsy report. 317 00:18:05,230 --> 00:18:08,650 Nicholas langner died from massive internal bleeding. 318 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:13,440 Dr. Crippen found 3 prescription drugs in his system all within acceptable levels, 319 00:18:13,450 --> 00:18:17,750 and none could've acted with that specificity on his gastric artery. 320 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,020 Ok,lieutenant provenza, 321 00:18:20,030 --> 00:18:22,540 please get a warrant and search melissa langner's house. 322 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:29,060 Keep a special eye out for any substances that might not have shown up in her son's blood work but could've made him sick. 323 00:18:29,090 --> 00:18:30,150 Lieutenant flynn, 324 00:18:30,180 --> 00:18:32,310 please keep looking for langner relatives. 325 00:18:32,350 --> 00:18:33,180 Sergeant gabriel, 326 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,240 I think we ought to find out if nick langner played well with others. 327 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,060 What's the name of his school again? 328 00:18:39,150 --> 00:18:42,010 Many of these kids haven't even lost a pet. 329 00:18:42,030 --> 00:18:45,340 Imagine trying to explain the death of a classmate. 330 00:18:45,370 --> 00:18:48,250 My nicky was such a special little boy. 331 00:18:48,380 --> 00:18:51,780 Did you have much interaction with his mother? 332 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,010 In 25 years of teaching, 333 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,330 I've dealt with a lot of overprotective parents, 334 00:18:57,350 --> 00:19:00,820 but they pale in comparison to melissa langner. 335 00:19:00,870 --> 00:19:02,640 What do you mean by that? 336 00:19:02,930 --> 00:19:06,330 Well,for example,when nicky first arrived, 337 00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:09,400 he was placed with one of our younger instructors. 338 00:19:09,420 --> 00:19:12,290 But ms. Langner reduced her to tears so often, 339 00:19:12,330 --> 00:19:14,350 and with so many accusations of carelessness, 340 00:19:14,390 --> 00:19:18,140 that I moved him into my own class. 341 00:19:18,230 --> 00:19:19,530 As we discussed, 342 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:23,390 nicky hadn't been here very long,and he was shy. 343 00:19:23,420 --> 00:19:25,860 Tyler crosby wasn't just his best friend, 344 00:19:25,890 --> 00:19:27,840 he was his only friend. 345 00:19:27,870 --> 00:19:31,000 I've gotten permission from tyler's mother to have him speak with you, 346 00:19:31,030 --> 00:19:34,930 but,of course,you will be sensitive to what he's going through. 347 00:19:34,950 --> 00:19:36,150 Absolutely,ma'am. 348 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:37,530 Of course. 349 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,150 Tyler. 350 00:19:39,460 --> 00:19:41,550 I'm brenda leigh johnson. 351 00:19:41,590 --> 00:19:43,400 Do you know why I'm here? 352 00:19:43,450 --> 00:19:44,450 Nicky. 353 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:45,960 That's right. 354 00:19:46,010 --> 00:19:49,090 We're here to talk about your friend. 355 00:19:50,870 --> 00:19:54,490 It's hard when someone you care about passes away. 356 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,140 I'm sorry. 357 00:19:56,170 --> 00:19:57,860 I didn't mean to. 358 00:19:57,900 --> 00:19:59,570 I didn'T. 359 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,730 I was only playing. 360 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,050 You didn't mean to what? 361 00:20:05,170 --> 00:20:07,990 I didn't mean to kill him. 362 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,430 I'm sorry. 363 00:20:09,450 --> 00:20:11,590 Please don't arrest me. 364 00:20:11,590 --> 00:20:13,870 Why--why do you think you killed him? 365 00:20:13,910 --> 00:20:16,910 His mom said not to wrestle. 366 00:20:17,070 --> 00:20:19,170 He wanted to. 367 00:20:19,430 --> 00:20:20,640 He came at me. 368 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,750 He made me. 369 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:25,260 What--what did you do? 370 00:20:25,310 --> 00:20:29,000 I turned him over and I held him down. 371 00:20:29,390 --> 00:20:32,130 But he was laughing. 372 00:20:33,790 --> 00:20:36,680 I didn't mean to hurt him. 373 00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:40,410 Please don't tell nicky's mom. 374 00:20:40,430 --> 00:20:43,100 Please,I'm afraid of her. 375 00:20:43,810 --> 00:20:46,310 Did nicky's mom threaten you? 376 00:20:46,350 --> 00:20:49,340 Yeah. Yeah,she warned me. 377 00:20:49,450 --> 00:20:51,900 She warned me not to hurt him. 378 00:21:02,790 --> 00:21:08,710 Langner's house has padding on every table corner and covers on all the electrical outlets. 379 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,850 I'm telling you,this is a mom who wanted to build a giant bubble around her kid. 380 00:21:13,010 --> 00:21:15,510 All the medicine cabinets are full of vitamins. 381 00:21:15,540 --> 00:21:18,410 Not to mention 3 half empty bottles of ipecac. 382 00:21:18,430 --> 00:21:19,430 That induces vomiting. 383 00:21:19,460 --> 00:21:21,960 You do that enough,and anybody's insides will start to bleed. 384 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:25,810 Chief,I found melissa langner's in-laws in... 385 00:21:26,270 --> 00:21:27,970 rancho palos verdes. 386 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,240 Beverly and walter langner. 387 00:21:30,270 --> 00:21:32,910 They're in your office,and they want to talk. 388 00:21:32,950 --> 00:21:33,790 Ok. 389 00:21:34,340 --> 00:21:37,100 We are both... 390 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:39,630 horrified by nicky's death. 391 00:21:39,660 --> 00:21:41,920 But not completely surprised. 392 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,280 This past year... 393 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,930 since our son died so unexpectedly, 394 00:21:47,950 --> 00:21:50,130 melissa's become increasingly... 395 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,170 well... 396 00:21:51,180 --> 00:21:52,720 paranoid. 397 00:21:52,750 --> 00:21:55,120 She refused to let us near nicky. 398 00:21:55,150 --> 00:22:00,660 We had to sue her to get limited visitation with our own grandson. 399 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:02,990 It's so embarrassing. 400 00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:05,920 What reasons did she give the judge for denying you visits? 401 00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:10,020 She claimed that nicky was too sick to spend time away from home. 402 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:15,090 And that my occasional cigar at dinner posed an unreasonable health risk. 403 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:16,160 If he was sickly, 404 00:22:16,180 --> 00:22:18,940 it was only because melissa made him that way. 405 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,550 But I don't blame her alone. 406 00:22:21,580 --> 00:22:25,070 That boyfriend of hers played a part in this. 407 00:22:25,070 --> 00:22:27,560 Um,you didn't mention a boyfriend. 408 00:22:27,590 --> 00:22:29,980 A couple of months after our son died, 409 00:22:30,010 --> 00:22:32,750 she took up with this guy she dated in high school. 410 00:22:32,780 --> 00:22:34,550 Jason higgins. 411 00:22:34,580 --> 00:22:35,960 She never let us meet him, 412 00:22:35,990 --> 00:22:38,790 but the second that nicky told us about him, 413 00:22:38,820 --> 00:22:40,350 I had him checked out. 414 00:22:40,370 --> 00:22:42,140 He has an ex, 415 00:22:42,180 --> 00:22:43,220 he owes alimony, 416 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,460 he owes child support, 417 00:22:44,490 --> 00:22:47,070 and there's a restraining order against him,too. 418 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:50,590 Years back,we set up a trust for our son. 419 00:22:50,750 --> 00:22:56,500 And,uh... after he died,it passed on to our grandson,and... 420 00:22:56,530 --> 00:23:00,750 now that he's gone,too,that money, 421 00:23:00,770 --> 00:23:05,660 it's $3 million today,goes to melissa, 422 00:23:05,690 --> 00:23:12,000 and if she marries him,this jason higgins. 423 00:23:15,670 --> 00:23:17,080 According to langner's parents, 424 00:23:17,110 --> 00:23:18,870 higgins has anger issues, 425 00:23:18,890 --> 00:23:21,910 so we're gonna play good cop,bad cop. 426 00:23:21,940 --> 00:23:23,780 You're not gonna make me be the good cop,are you? 427 00:23:23,810 --> 00:23:25,780 I don't think that's possible,lieutenant. 428 00:23:25,810 --> 00:23:27,950 How bad do you want me to be? 429 00:23:28,090 --> 00:23:29,660 Go for broke. 430 00:23:30,830 --> 00:23:34,840 Mr. Higgins,deputy chief brenda leigh johnson of the lapd. 431 00:23:37,030 --> 00:23:38,410 I just can't believe he's dead. 432 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,730 I mean,the little guy got sick a lot, 433 00:23:40,750 --> 00:23:43,280 but I really thought he'd grow out of it. 434 00:23:43,310 --> 00:23:45,250 I was the same way when I was his age. 435 00:23:45,270 --> 00:23:46,580 Yeah,and look at you now. 436 00:23:46,610 --> 00:23:48,660 Easy,lieutenant. 437 00:23:48,850 --> 00:23:53,290 How would you describe melissa langner's behavior over the last several months? 438 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:58,920 Melissa...and i have known each other since we were 15. 439 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,640 She's always been,I don't know,tightly wound. 440 00:24:03,660 --> 00:24:06,170 And her husband goes and drops dead on his morning jog, 441 00:24:06,190 --> 00:24:09,760 I mean,that's enough to make anybody lose it a little bit. 442 00:24:09,770 --> 00:24:13,300 Do you believe melissa langner lost it? 443 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,000 You think melissa had something to do with nicky's death? 444 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:18,900 No way. Oh,no. 445 00:24:18,930 --> 00:24:20,410 Melissa's whole life was about nicky. 446 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,670 She was totally obsessed with that kid. 447 00:24:23,750 --> 00:24:27,410 And how's your financial situation,mr. Higgins? 448 00:24:27,830 --> 00:24:29,250 Is this about my ex wife? 449 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:30,510 'Cause I settled with her 3 months ago. 450 00:24:30,530 --> 00:24:32,020 And I've made every payment since then. 451 00:24:32,050 --> 00:24:33,530 I'll show you the cancelled checks if you want. 452 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:34,790 Why,you got 'em on you? 453 00:24:34,830 --> 00:24:37,600 We understand your ex wife took out a restraining order on you. 454 00:24:37,630 --> 00:24:40,600 Yeah. Because she wouldn't tell me why she was leaving, 455 00:24:40,620 --> 00:24:41,530 and I got a little mad. 456 00:24:41,550 --> 00:24:43,230 I sense that. 457 00:24:43,260 --> 00:24:45,810 Did you ever get mad like that with nick? 458 00:24:45,860 --> 00:24:46,860 No! 459 00:24:47,260 --> 00:24:49,760 Do I look like the kind of guy who'd beat up on an 8-year-old kid? 460 00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:51,150 Are we talking boy or girl? 461 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:53,040 Hey,screw you! 462 00:24:53,070 --> 00:24:54,390 Well,if that's an offer, 463 00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:56,180 you might be a little friendlier about it. 464 00:24:56,210 --> 00:24:57,370 Lieutenant. 465 00:24:57,410 --> 00:24:59,040 I asked you not to jump to conclusions. 466 00:24:59,060 --> 00:25:02,090 It could be that mr. Higgins here had nothing to do with this crime. 467 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:04,550 When was the last time you saw nick langner? 468 00:25:04,580 --> 00:25:06,810 All of a sudden,I'm a suspect? 469 00:25:06,850 --> 00:25:11,180 I ain't seen nicky since last wednesday night when I broke up with melissa. 470 00:25:11,650 --> 00:25:13,360 You broke up with melissa langner? 471 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,100 Why do you think I didn't know anything about what happened to nicky? 472 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:21,330 I don't know,chief. 473 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:23,660 If this guy didn't want the kid but wanted the money, 474 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:24,880 why break up with her? 475 00:25:24,910 --> 00:25:26,370 Chief. 476 00:25:26,540 --> 00:25:27,650 This is something you should see. 477 00:25:27,690 --> 00:25:28,630 Geez,tao. 478 00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:31,140 I'm starting to think you enjoy looking at this stuff. 479 00:25:31,170 --> 00:25:33,330 These bruises are called purpura. 480 00:25:33,350 --> 00:25:37,640 They can be caused spontaneously by some blood clotting disorders. 481 00:25:37,770 --> 00:25:41,210 Are you suggesting maybe nobody hit nicky at all? 482 00:25:41,950 --> 00:25:46,940 Wouldn't a clotting disorder have been something that would've been diagnosed before surgery? 483 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,420 Or could this have been artificially induced as well? 484 00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:53,360 I won't know for sure unless I have dr. Crippen re-examine the body. 485 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:54,980 All right. 486 00:25:55,010 --> 00:25:58,240 Try and come back with a definite answer I can understand. 487 00:25:58,740 --> 00:25:59,900 And print outs. 488 00:25:59,930 --> 00:26:00,930 Chief. 489 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,210 Pope's office just called. 490 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,780 He needs to see you right away. 491 00:26:12,990 --> 00:26:14,640 chief johnson. 492 00:26:16,260 --> 00:26:17,360 I don't know if you heard, 493 00:26:17,390 --> 00:26:18,400 but a couple of nights ago, 494 00:26:18,420 --> 00:26:20,610 a lady was strangled to death on laurel canyon. 495 00:26:20,630 --> 00:26:22,810 An elderly woman living alone. 496 00:26:22,830 --> 00:26:24,680 Yeah. Right. 497 00:26:24,790 --> 00:26:25,620 And last night, 498 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,160 there was another homicide just around the corner. 499 00:26:28,190 --> 00:26:29,430 Could be the start of a spree, 500 00:26:29,450 --> 00:26:32,760 so you understand why this investigation has picked up greater urgency. 501 00:26:32,790 --> 00:26:38,400 My detectives are already stretched a bit thin and since priority homicide isn't really doing much right now... 502 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:41,660 I appreciate the gravity of the situation,commander, 503 00:26:41,690 --> 00:26:43,850 but as it so happens,we are busy. 504 00:26:43,870 --> 00:26:47,270 I'm close to resolving the nicholas langner investigatioN. 505 00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:48,450 Nicholas langner? 506 00:26:48,490 --> 00:26:49,880 The boy who died during surgery? 507 00:26:49,910 --> 00:26:52,260 Yes,this past day has opened up new leads. 508 00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:54,890 We are looking at a murder a night in the hollywood hills. 509 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,580 One more,and this jumps to the papers and all hell breaks loose. 510 00:26:58,610 --> 00:27:01,270 Look,I have kids. 511 00:27:01,420 --> 00:27:04,180 And what happened to that boy is... 512 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,220 I can't even think about it. 513 00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:08,610 It's every parent's worst nightmare. 514 00:27:08,650 --> 00:27:09,860 Is the mother suffering? 515 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:11,600 Of course. 516 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:12,720 Does that make it murder? 517 00:27:12,740 --> 00:27:13,210 No. 518 00:27:13,220 --> 00:27:15,090 Is it a case for priority homicide, 519 00:27:15,110 --> 00:27:16,260 absolutely not. 520 00:27:16,290 --> 00:27:19,040 It's not.It just is not. 521 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,510 Now,get your people to robbery/homicide as soon as possible. 522 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:23,570 If this is a spree killer, 523 00:27:23,580 --> 00:27:26,380 you could be taking over the case tonight. 524 00:27:27,510 --> 00:27:28,670 Ok,then. 525 00:27:28,710 --> 00:27:29,880 Thank you. 526 00:27:30,010 --> 00:27:31,310 Commander. 527 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,340 So we're just gonna let it go. 528 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:37,400 And we have to go to robbery/homicide. 529 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:38,600 This is complete crap. 530 00:27:38,620 --> 00:27:39,790 We have momentum. 531 00:27:39,810 --> 00:27:41,730 We're getting close to something here. 532 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,930 Uh,chief,it's lieutenant tao. 533 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:45,990 He says it's urgent. 534 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,680 Hold on a second. 535 00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:52,510 Chief johnson. 536 00:27:52,540 --> 00:27:54,600 Chief.We got a problem. 537 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:58,110 The morgue released nicholas langner's body. 538 00:27:58,220 --> 00:28:01,650 All right. Well,get over to the funeral home before it gets cremated or embalmed. 539 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:02,710 Well,that's the thing. 540 00:28:02,730 --> 00:28:05,570 Melissa langner didn't send the body to a funeral home. 541 00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:08,080 She released it to her medical school. 542 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,670 Ok. Thank you,lieutenant tao. 543 00:28:16,430 --> 00:28:18,780 Lieutenant flynn and provenza. 544 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,790 Please report to robbery/homicide and give detective ross a hand. 545 00:28:21,820 --> 00:28:22,950 Ross,huh? Yeah. 546 00:28:22,980 --> 00:28:23,960 I'll give him a hand all right. 547 00:28:23,990 --> 00:28:26,150 Sawed off little runt. 548 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:31,640 what about me,chief? 549 00:28:31,670 --> 00:28:34,110 Yeah,you,too,sergeant gabriel. 550 00:28:37,380 --> 00:28:40,050 But on your way there... 551 00:28:40,370 --> 00:28:45,560 get the deputy da to convene a grand jury to subpoena nicky langner's hospital records. 552 00:28:45,710 --> 00:28:50,570 And also the doctor's schedules for last weekend,please. 553 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,320 Thank you. 554 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,510 Feel like driving,detective daniels? 555 00:29:00,540 --> 00:29:01,540 Where we going? 556 00:29:01,570 --> 00:29:03,260 Robbery/homicide. 557 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,300 By way of southwest pacific university. 558 00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:11,520 Pardon me,ma'am. 559 00:29:11,540 --> 00:29:14,550 Can you tell me where the anatomy lab is? 560 00:29:15,330 --> 00:29:16,790 Thank you. 561 00:29:34,990 --> 00:29:37,390 my god. 562 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,820 MrS. Langner. 563 00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:48,270 Wait until you see thiS. 564 00:30:01,850 --> 00:30:07,260 this is the subpoenaed paperwork for each of nicholas langner's 12 E.R. Visits. 565 00:30:07,290 --> 00:30:08,710 Please. 566 00:30:08,810 --> 00:30:12,020 Detective daniels and i have gone through all of them. 567 00:30:12,710 --> 00:30:14,220 Though the doctors said they'd be there, 568 00:30:14,250 --> 00:30:18,630 there is not a single notation on any of these charts indicating munchausen's by proxy. 569 00:30:18,660 --> 00:30:21,650 So the reason howard pierce threw out that misdirect? 570 00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:25,260 See what time dr. Sands ordered the cbc and chem panel? 571 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:26,970 And look when he started the endoscopy. 572 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,840 Now I've gone over these test results with forensics, 573 00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:33,150 cbc shows nicholas langner's platelet count at 5,000. 574 00:30:33,180 --> 00:30:35,850 About 4 percent of what it would be in a healthy kid. 575 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:36,990 Help me,lieutenant tao. 576 00:30:37,020 --> 00:30:38,680 I have no idea what you're talking about. 577 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,390 It means he developed a clotting disorder. 578 00:30:41,420 --> 00:30:43,960 He'd become sort of a hemophiliac. 579 00:30:43,980 --> 00:30:47,190 So a doctor shoves a scope down his throat,makes a tear, 580 00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:48,940 and the kid bleeds to death. 581 00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:50,900 How would he develop something like this? 582 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:52,240 Is it an illness? 583 00:30:52,260 --> 00:30:55,040 Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpora. 584 00:30:55,060 --> 00:30:56,970 I'm not even gonna try and pronounce that. 585 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,470 Also known as itp. 586 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:04,000 It was probably a temporary after effect of a viral infection like the chicken pox. 587 00:31:04,020 --> 00:31:06,770 Melissa langner said he contracted it a few months back. 588 00:31:06,790 --> 00:31:10,960 And a platelet count that low would've caused spontaneous bruising. 589 00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:13,560 So,in other words,maybe nobody hit him. 590 00:31:13,580 --> 00:31:17,030 Or maybe he wrestled when his mother told him not to. 591 00:31:18,870 --> 00:31:20,370 All right,then. 592 00:31:20,510 --> 00:31:21,620 Thank you. 593 00:31:21,750 --> 00:31:22,980 Good job. 594 00:31:31,510 --> 00:31:33,050 Have you looked at my camcorder tape? 595 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,100 Not yet. I will. 596 00:31:36,850 --> 00:31:38,420 So,ms. Langner,I have to tell you, 597 00:31:38,450 --> 00:31:41,370 I have been a criminal investigator for almost 10 years. 598 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,510 And I had a very interesting life before that, 599 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,910 but this afternoon,that was a first for me. 600 00:31:45,950 --> 00:31:49,440 You have to look at the tape. 601 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,430 I know you still think I had something to do with nicky's death. 602 00:31:53,470 --> 00:31:54,910 Well,what am i supposed to think? 603 00:31:54,930 --> 00:31:57,720 Your son contracts a serious of unexplained illnesses, 604 00:31:57,740 --> 00:32:00,740 you intimidate his teacher,his 9-year-old friend,his grandparents, 605 00:32:00,770 --> 00:32:02,260 and then,on top of everything else, 606 00:32:02,310 --> 00:32:07,010 you perform an unsanctioned dissection of the boy you say you loved. 607 00:32:07,050 --> 00:32:11,260 It was the only way to prove what I believed. 608 00:32:11,270 --> 00:32:14,320 And what your coroner should've discovered. 609 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,830 Woods told you... 610 00:32:18,020 --> 00:32:20,660 he'd repaired the left gastric artery. 611 00:32:20,690 --> 00:32:22,090 He lied. 612 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,180 Don't believe me. 613 00:32:28,070 --> 00:32:30,070 Look at the tape. 614 00:32:34,210 --> 00:32:36,600 I'm under the omentum. 615 00:32:37,290 --> 00:32:40,220 And I have located the left... 616 00:32:40,950 --> 00:32:42,580 gastric artery. 617 00:32:50,060 --> 00:32:52,820 There is the perforation. 618 00:32:52,860 --> 00:33:01,870 There are only two stitches in a perforation which needed 8 to 10 for closure. 619 00:33:01,970 --> 00:33:04,860 They never sealed the artery. 620 00:33:04,930 --> 00:33:06,550 Ok. That's enough,buzz. 621 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:07,800 Thank you. 622 00:33:08,090 --> 00:33:11,170 Can you play the hospital surgery footage now. 623 00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:18,920 Can you magnify his hands? 624 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,650 Just give me one second. 625 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,340 What am I looking at? 626 00:33:31,980 --> 00:33:33,840 A man... 627 00:33:34,250 --> 00:33:38,550 pretending to stitch while a little boy bleeds out. 628 00:33:43,620 --> 00:33:45,520 Thank you,buzz. 629 00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:48,550 Howard? 630 00:33:48,570 --> 00:33:51,180 I'm sorry,this has gone beyond the purview of a hospital. 631 00:33:51,230 --> 00:33:52,130 I believe,at this point, 632 00:33:52,170 --> 00:33:55,330 you and dr. Woods would be better served by a lawyer. 633 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,280 Excuse me,chief johnson. 634 00:34:02,930 --> 00:34:04,400 If you gentlemen have seen enough, 635 00:34:04,430 --> 00:34:08,540 I'll have questions for you after I speak with deputy district attorney garnett here. 636 00:34:08,570 --> 00:34:09,210 Lieutenant tao, 637 00:34:09,210 --> 00:34:13,750 would you please escort doctors woods and sands into interview room 1 and read them their rights. 638 00:34:13,750 --> 00:34:15,300 Thank you so much. 639 00:34:15,330 --> 00:34:17,230 Right this way,doctors. 640 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,540 You have the right to remain silent... 641 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:23,940 I'm a little lost. 642 00:34:23,970 --> 00:34:26,480 What do you want me to do with these guys? 643 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:29,200 Uh,well,to start with, 644 00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:35,710 you could indict them for second degree murder or conspiracy to commit grievous bodily injury,negligent homicide. 645 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:36,510 Are you joking? 646 00:34:36,540 --> 00:34:38,970 Dr. Woods didn't try to help that boy out at all. 647 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,150 He's clearly putting on a show for the camera. 648 00:34:41,180 --> 00:34:44,800 Or he's a surgeon with poor aim after 16 hours on his feet. 649 00:34:44,830 --> 00:34:46,400 Listen,before I can prosecute a crime, 650 00:34:46,430 --> 00:34:48,150 I need to establish a crime has been committed. 651 00:34:48,150 --> 00:34:49,820 What you're describing so far-- 652 00:34:49,830 --> 00:34:52,320 the mother's video indicates that he didn't do-- 653 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,360 oh,yeah. The freak show amateur autopsy. 654 00:34:54,390 --> 00:34:58,320 Putting aside how the jury's gonna react to watching a mother dissect her own son, 655 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,140 once the body was released by the morgue, 656 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:01,500 it was outside of the chain of evidence. 657 00:35:01,530 --> 00:35:03,960 That tape is completely inadmissible. 658 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:09,130 Nick langner was an 8 year old boy who went into the er vomiting and came out dead. 659 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,170 And those men did that to him. 660 00:35:11,190 --> 00:35:13,960 Well,prove that's what they intended, 661 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,310 and we'll talk. 662 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,970 Sorry for the hold uP. 663 00:35:22,030 --> 00:35:24,300 We try not to keep people waiting so long. 664 00:35:24,330 --> 00:35:26,750 I should tell you that I never speak without a lawyer present, 665 00:35:26,780 --> 00:35:31,290 so you'll understand if i respectfully decline to answer your questions. 666 00:35:31,460 --> 00:35:34,740 You've both invoked your right to counsel which makes an interview impossible. 667 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,600 So I'll just have a theoretical discussion with lieutenant tao here. 668 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:40,710 I don't really have any questions anyway. 669 00:35:40,750 --> 00:35:45,750 Just some good news for one of you,and some very bad news for the other. 670 00:35:45,780 --> 00:35:48,150 Lieutenant tao,which should i give them first? 671 00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:50,320 I'm thinking they'd like to hear the good news. 672 00:35:50,340 --> 00:35:51,400 Ok. 673 00:35:51,810 --> 00:35:53,650 Dr. Sands,last sunday night, 674 00:35:53,670 --> 00:35:59,790 you killed a young boy due to acts of negligence and malpractice and then lied about it. 675 00:35:59,820 --> 00:36:00,370 Gosh... 676 00:36:00,370 --> 00:36:04,200 now that I've said that out loud,the good news doesn't sound so great. 677 00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:05,680 It gets better though. 678 00:36:06,510 --> 00:36:11,030 Nicholas langner was admitted to the er at 18:42. 679 00:36:11,070 --> 00:36:14,930 At 18:48,dr. Sands ordered a cbc, 680 00:36:14,970 --> 00:36:17,340 chem panel,and coags. 681 00:36:17,370 --> 00:36:21,400 Coags were to measure how well nicky's blood would clot. 682 00:36:21,850 --> 00:36:24,150 About how long do these tests take,lieutenant tao? 683 00:36:24,170 --> 00:36:25,390 At least 20 minutes. 684 00:36:25,410 --> 00:36:32,150 And yet,dr. Sands,you began the endoscopy at 18:55,only 7 minutes later. 685 00:36:32,170 --> 00:36:35,150 Before you could've possibly seen the results of nicky's blood test. 686 00:36:35,180 --> 00:36:36,430 Which is a shame. 687 00:36:36,450 --> 00:36:40,390 Because those coags would've shown that nicky's platelets were extremely low, 688 00:36:40,420 --> 00:36:43,330 indicating a condition called... 689 00:36:43,630 --> 00:36:45,210 lieutenant tao? 690 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:47,590 Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. 691 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:48,600 Itp. 692 00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:51,680 Actually,if you had looked him over at the er, 693 00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:56,160 you might have noticed nicky had itp simply by looking at the bruises on his torso. 694 00:36:56,190 --> 00:36:57,850 I know how to diagnose itp. 695 00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,260 Oh,I'm sorry,are you speaking? 696 00:36:59,290 --> 00:37:01,780 Have you revoked your right to counsel? 697 00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:02,750 No. 698 00:37:02,780 --> 00:37:04,190 Ok. 699 00:37:04,350 --> 00:37:09,020 My guess is the reason you didn't notice the bruising was because you just finished a 24-hour shift. 700 00:37:09,050 --> 00:37:10,500 If you hadn't had one foot out the door, 701 00:37:10,530 --> 00:37:13,540 you might have given nicholas plasma for clotting, 702 00:37:13,570 --> 00:37:16,470 had a surgeon standing by and everything might have been fine. 703 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:18,010 Instead,you rushed in to your endoscopy, 704 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,410 and considering how tired you were, 705 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,150 and how much blood was in nicky's stomach, 706 00:37:21,180 --> 00:37:25,070 it's not so surprising that you perforated the kid's gastric artery,is it? 707 00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:26,830 Don't answer that,dr. Sands. 708 00:37:26,860 --> 00:37:28,790 You don't speak without a lawyer. 709 00:37:28,810 --> 00:37:35,500 Well,the good news about all of this is that everything that we've just described is merely malpractice. 710 00:37:35,510 --> 00:37:38,130 Oh,your insurance premiums may go up, 711 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,740 and you may have some bad publicity,but, 712 00:37:40,770 --> 00:37:42,490 malpractice is not a criminal offense. 713 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,290 So you are free to go,dr. Sands. 714 00:37:45,330 --> 00:37:49,290 Unfortunately,dr. Woods,I can't say the same thing about you. 715 00:37:50,590 --> 00:37:55,700 You are aware that melissa langner's videotape directly contradicts what you told us. 716 00:37:55,720 --> 00:38:01,060 You did not repair nicky's gastric artery,though why,I have no idea. 717 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:02,370 It doesn't really matter. 718 00:38:02,390 --> 00:38:05,550 The surgeon's report clearly states you sutured the artery closed. 719 00:38:05,580 --> 00:38:06,390 You even billed for it, 720 00:38:06,420 --> 00:38:08,760 and that's your signature on the bottom. 721 00:38:08,860 --> 00:38:14,150 It's quite legible actually considering what they say about doctor's handwriting. 722 00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:15,290 Anyway... 723 00:38:15,310 --> 00:38:22,520 I'm sure you are aware that falsifying medical records for fraudulent purposes is a felony. 724 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:23,760 I think I see what she's trying to do, 725 00:38:23,790 --> 00:38:25,370 but if he speaks without a lawyer, 726 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:26,840 nothing he says can be used in court. 727 00:38:26,860 --> 00:38:29,120 She's trying to get him-- where's everybody at? 728 00:38:29,150 --> 00:38:31,630 I thought you were going to see ross? 729 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,210 What the-- 730 00:38:33,370 --> 00:38:35,960 what is she doing in there? 731 00:38:37,410 --> 00:38:40,260 Oh,my. Dr. Sands,you're still here. 732 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,870 I got so wrapped up in giving dr. Woods his bad news, 733 00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:44,750 that I completely forgot you were here. 734 00:38:44,770 --> 00:38:45,600 Run along now. 735 00:38:45,620 --> 00:38:49,130 Make sure to get your parking validated on the way out. 736 00:38:51,670 --> 00:38:54,220 You're not going anywhere. 737 00:38:55,870 --> 00:38:58,740 Dr. Woods,I have to advise you not to speak without an attorney. 738 00:38:58,770 --> 00:38:59,830 This is ridiculous. 739 00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:01,090 I don't need an attorney. 740 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,500 I'm revoking my right to counsel. 741 00:39:07,910 --> 00:39:09,740 It was his fault. 742 00:39:11,060 --> 00:39:13,420 I never expected that you'd do anything but find the bleeding. 743 00:39:13,450 --> 00:39:15,760 You knew the kid was hypoxic when he hit the table. 744 00:39:15,790 --> 00:39:20,310 I had 3 minutes to find your mistake and that left me 45 seconds to fix it. 745 00:39:20,330 --> 00:39:21,810 Then what? 746 00:39:21,890 --> 00:39:26,260 The boy had no blood pumped to his brain for almost 4 minutes. 747 00:39:26,290 --> 00:39:28,680 So he would've woke up paralyzed. 748 00:39:28,710 --> 00:39:29,980 Maybe blind. 749 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,160 Mentally handicapped for the rest of his life. 750 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:33,500 At best. 751 00:39:33,530 --> 00:39:34,790 You didn't know that. 752 00:39:34,860 --> 00:39:36,590 Ok,ok. 753 00:39:37,310 --> 00:39:39,980 Let me see if I've got this straight,doctor. 754 00:39:40,010 --> 00:39:42,590 Are you saying you could have repaired the artery, 755 00:39:42,610 --> 00:39:44,020 but knowing it would take another minute, 756 00:39:44,050 --> 00:39:49,320 you chose to let nicholas langner die rather than bring him back in less than pristine condition? 757 00:39:49,350 --> 00:39:53,170 No,no,no. Not Less than pristine condition. 758 00:39:53,370 --> 00:39:56,810 Irreparably damaged. 759 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,240 But it's possible that he might have been fine, 760 00:39:59,260 --> 00:40:02,630 and you wouldn't have known that until you resuscitated him. 761 00:40:02,750 --> 00:40:06,680 I had both my hands in that boy's abdomen with seconds, 762 00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:12,820 seconds to weigh the likely outcome,death,or severe disability. 763 00:40:12,870 --> 00:40:15,790 Not to mention,exposing your carelessness. 764 00:40:15,820 --> 00:40:17,860 I never asked you to cover for me. 765 00:40:17,890 --> 00:40:20,770 Only because you lack the guts. 766 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:24,530 Given the options,I was presented with,ms. Johnson, 767 00:40:24,550 --> 00:40:27,930 I made absolutely the right choice. 768 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,110 To kill nicholas langner? 769 00:40:30,130 --> 00:40:31,600 To let him die. 770 00:40:31,620 --> 00:40:32,760 Yes. 771 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:39,690 Yes,I let him die because as it so happens,ms. Johnson,that's my job. 772 00:40:39,870 --> 00:40:41,150 Is it? 773 00:40:41,180 --> 00:40:47,640 I make more life and death decisions before 10 o'clock in the morning than most people make in a lifetime. 774 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,760 On the rare occasion that I can't save someone, 775 00:40:50,790 --> 00:40:54,740 I don't have time to weep and wail and point fingers 776 00:40:54,760 --> 00:41:00,560 because in the next room,there's another patient whose life is on the line. 777 00:41:00,580 --> 00:41:04,080 I made the right choice with nicholas langner. 778 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,540 The only choice that made any sense. 779 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,300 And I'd do it again. 780 00:41:13,820 --> 00:41:16,960 If you were so certain that you made the right choice, 781 00:41:16,980 --> 00:41:20,250 why did you try to blame nicky's mother for her son's death? 782 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:25,280 You knew that munchausen's by proxy was not in any of that boy's charts. 783 00:41:42,010 --> 00:41:43,910 Did I not tell you to help robbery/homicide? 784 00:41:43,950 --> 00:41:44,760 What are you doing here? 785 00:41:44,770 --> 00:41:46,590 Getting a physician to admit to manslaughter. 786 00:41:46,610 --> 00:41:48,340 You heard him,mr. Garnett. 787 00:41:48,370 --> 00:41:50,520 Todd woods said he chose to let nick langner die. 788 00:41:50,540 --> 00:41:51,820 No,that's not what I heard. 789 00:41:51,850 --> 00:41:53,510 What I heard was a doctor saying,in his opinion, 790 00:41:53,550 --> 00:41:55,700 he could not save that child's life. 791 00:41:55,730 --> 00:41:59,270 And no jury is ever going to convict this man and no judge is ever gonna let it go to trial, 792 00:41:59,310 --> 00:42:00,490 and malpractice is not a crime, 793 00:42:00,530 --> 00:42:02,620 so at the risk of repeating myself,what do you want me to do? 794 00:42:02,650 --> 00:42:07,170 You tell me exactly what you want those doctors to say in order to try them for manslaughter and I will go back in there, 795 00:42:07,190 --> 00:42:09,400 and I will get them to say it. 796 00:42:09,490 --> 00:42:10,590 I'm sorry,chief johnson. 797 00:42:10,630 --> 00:42:13,890 I don't prosecute cases I know I can't win. 798 00:42:13,890 --> 00:42:15,840 Excuse me,fellows. 799 00:42:16,150 --> 00:42:18,610 You're just like dr. Woods. 800 00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:21,970 Unless you're assured a perfect outcome,you walk away. 801 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,110 And you're just like this crazy mother here. 802 00:42:24,130 --> 00:42:26,650 Insisting we treat tragedy as murder. 803 00:42:26,730 --> 00:42:30,220 So how about this,ma'am.You pick your battles,I'll pick mine. 804 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:40,090 All right. This case is officially over. Now. 805 00:42:40,110 --> 00:42:43,470 How soon can you get your people to laurel canyon? 806 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,980 Lieutenant tao. 807 00:42:47,570 --> 00:42:50,220 Please report to robbery/homicide. 808 00:42:50,450 --> 00:42:53,800 And detective daniels,if you could wait for me. 809 00:43:00,430 --> 00:43:01,840 Before I let these doctors go, 810 00:43:01,860 --> 00:43:04,960 I want to apologize to melissa langner for the world we live in. 811 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,350 Excuse mE. 812 00:43:17,140 --> 00:43:18,630 Ms. Langner. 813 00:43:18,740 --> 00:43:21,490 I am so very sorry to have to tell you... 814 00:43:21,500 --> 00:43:23,850 buzz,turn the volume down,please. 815 00:43:23,890 --> 00:43:25,520 I can't listen to this. 816 00:43:25,570 --> 00:43:27,710 What? 817 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:48,370 Sorry. 818 00:43:48,390 --> 00:43:49,780 You want to split? 819 00:43:49,810 --> 00:43:51,860 Oh,no,thanks,chief. 820 00:43:58,110 --> 00:43:59,330 look,detective. 821 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,300 I know you're upset,but... 822 00:44:05,340 --> 00:44:07,210 we did everything we could. 823 00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:08,940 We don't-- 824 00:44:09,350 --> 00:44:11,190 punish. We don'T... 825 00:44:11,220 --> 00:44:11,990 prosecute. 826 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,650 We just... 827 00:44:13,820 --> 00:44:16,170 we just find out the truth. 828 00:44:32,590 --> 00:44:34,020 It's around the corner. 829 00:44:39,130 --> 00:44:40,660 Drop your weapon! 830 00:44:40,820 --> 00:44:41,980 Right now! 831 00:44:42,020 --> 00:44:43,230 Drop your weapon. 832 00:44:43,260 --> 00:44:45,170 Right there.Drop it. 833 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:47,710 Turn around! 834 00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:02,290 Should be a much easier case for you to prosecute,ms. Johnson. 835 00:45:06,030 --> 00:45:09,430 You know,I think dr. Woods thought he was god. 836 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,240 Turns out he was wrong. 837 00:45:14,770 --> 00:45:18,000 Sync:fisherchen www.YDY.com 838 00:45:18,050 --> 00:45:21,670 www.YDY.com Proudly Presents 839 00:45:22,305 --> 00:46:22,574 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app