- I don't know what else you want me to say,
- We got three dead bodies
and your girlfriend is missing,
You were the last one to talk to her,
- Ex girlfriend,
- Why do I feel like there's something
you're not telling me?
- I'm afraid if I tell you,
you'll think I'm crazy,
- You'd be surprised by the things that I hear,
Try me,
- Do you believe in ghosts?
- Elizabeth?
Elizabeth?
Elizabeth,
I'm coming in,
- Laura,
Laura,
Laura!
- What?
- Your friend,
What was her name?
- Elizabeth,
Elizabeth Hayward,
- Can you spell that for me?
- H-E-Y-W-O-O-D,
I think,
You can check the mail,
I'm sure it's somewhere,
- You don't know how to spell your friend's last name?
- She's not really my friend and we're roommates,
I don't know her very well,
- How long have you lived here?
- A couple months, I just moved here,
- Where'd you move from?
- Massachusetts,
- Welcome to the city,
- How did you meet?
- She posted an ad for a roommate and I responded,
She works all night
and I go to school during the day,
so we never really saw each other,
- What's the last time you saw her?
- I don't know, a couple of days ago, maybe,
- Can you be more specific?
- Sorry, Wednesday,
She was leaving for work,
It was just in passing,
Do you guys know how long she was in there like that?
- It's hard to say right now,
Our best guess, probably a day or two,
- Did she have any medical issues,
seizures, anything like that?
- Not that I know of,
I didn't know her very well,
- Any history of drug use?
- Not that I know of,
Do you guys have any idea what happened to her?
- We're not going to know much until we get an autopsy done,
From what we can see, there's no sign of trauma,
We don't have much to go on,
Hopefully an autopsy clears things up,
- And her face, that look on her face?
- People make all kinds of faces when they die,
especially if they've had a seizure,
Doesn't mean anything,
- I just can't get it out of my head,
- Just a couple more questions and we'll get out of here,
Did she have any family,
anybody important that we need to contact?
- She has a boyfriend,
- Any issues between them?
- No, not that I know of,
She really seemed to like him,
He's practically obsessed with her,
and not in a bad way,
I mean, he really seems to care about her,
- Do you know his name?
- Derrick,
I don't know his last name,
It's probably in her phone,
- Hey, anybody find her her phone in there?
- Do you guys think
that he had anything to do with this?
- We're just asking questions,
Maybe he has some information that could help us,
Anything else you need to tell us?
- Not that I can think of, no,
- I think that's it for now,
We have your number,
If we have any questions, we can call you,
- That's it?
- Unless you have something else for us,
- No, it's just, it's weird,
- You're going to need some help
cleaning up that room in there,
That's a crime scene cleanup company,
They're open 24 hours,
Do you have anywhere else you can stay tonight?
- No, I don't really know anyone around here,
- Okay, well here's my card,
I wrote my cell phone on the back,
So you call me anytime, day or night, doesn't matter,
- Thank you,
- Okay, we'll be going now,
- What do you think of that?
- I think we call the ME
and try to rush the autopsy,
- You think it was medical?
- I don't know what to think,
But don't think I didn't see that shit in there,
- What shit?
- You giving her your cell number,
- I was just trying to do the right thing,
You saw how upset she was,
- How many times if I told you not to get involved
with a girl on a case,
- Who sat on getting involved?
Plus you and I both know
she had nothing to do with that up there,
- We don't know that,
- No struggle,
no trauma,
no nothing,
- Yeah, and she could have poisoned her,
- Oh come on,
- It's a possibility,
- She's not the type
that's going to go kill her roommate,
- Hey, even salt looks like sugar,
- Wow,
Where'd you get that gem of knowledge?
- You know, I'm just saying,
don't get involved with a girl on a case,
- I know what I'm doing,
- Yeah, I bet you do,
Okay, I'm getting hungry,
Let's go get something to eat,
- You're always hungry,
- Just drive,
- Hey mom, they just left,
- What did they say?
- They said they don't know what happened,
They just took the body away
and said, they'd let me know,
- You're not going to stay there tonight, are you?
- I don't have anywhere else to go,
- Well, can't you stay in a hotel or something?
- Mom,
Do you know how expensive hotels are here?
- Is there someone you can stay with?
- Who?
I don't know anyone who lives here,
- What about someone from school?
- I don't know anyone well enough to ask,
- I just hate to think of you in that place all alone,
There's no place you can go just for tonight?
- And then what?
It's like, I have to come back here at some point,
They said she was in there for at least a day or two,
I just can't stop thinking
about how many times I walked past her door,
not knowing she was in there like that,
Mom, I slept in my bed last night
and she was there,
like 10 feet away,
That's freaking me out thinking about it,
- I'm sorry, honey,
Is there anything I can do?
- No, I'll be okay,
- If you need anything, you call me,
I leave my phone on,
- Okay,
Thanks mom,
- I love you,
- I love you too,
- Crime scene cleanup,
- Hi, my name is Laura,
The police gave me your business card
and told me to call,
- Okay,
- My roommate, she,
she passed away in her room,
- What kind of service do you need?
- Sorry?
- What kind of bodily fluids,
and on what surfaces?
- Well, she died on the floor,
It's a wooden floor
and there's some urine,
I don't know what else,
- Yeah, hold on a second,
- Sure,
- Yeah, we won't be able to get out there
until tomorrow morning,
Around 10:00 AM,
- Your card says your 24 hours,
- Yeah, well we got a lot of calls tonight,
So we're a little backed up,
- Okay,
It's okay, I'll take care of it,
- Do you really think that girl
had something to do with her roommate's death?
- Listen, one thing I've learned from this job
is that it doesn't matter what you think,
It's what you know,
And what you know is always changing,
Some guys want to go off their hunches or their gut,
but that's bullshit,
It's all about what you know,
So we wait for the autopsy report to come back
and we go from there,
In the meantime, you gotta get that girl out of your head,
- I didn't even say anything,
- You're thinking about her,
I can see it,
Don't get involved,
- Okay,
- Back when I was first out of uniform,
I was working a case similar to this one,
A young girl in her early 20s was found dead,
This girl had a brother only a few years older than her,
so we questioned him and his alibi checked out,
Months go by
and we get nowhere on this case,
As time goes on,
I keep in contact with the brother
and we start talking more and more,
He's not a suspect,
and the case isn't going anywhere, right,
So we went out a few times,
Long story short,
we get some new evidence that blew his alibi,
Yeah,
One thing leads to another and we arrested him,
Of course, once the lawyers
found out that him and I had been out on a few dates,
they had a field day with that,
He walked, and
I damn near lost my job,
So take it from me,
don't get involved with anyone on a case,
- Okay,
Okay, I won't get involved,
- Good,
- That girl's cute though,
Definitely cute,
- Eat your damn food,
- So what's the most messed up case you ever worked?
- Now why would you ask me something like that
when we're eating?
- I can handle it,
- Okay,
We found this guy in his car dead,
His face was completely blown off,
blood all over the windshield,
like he'd taken a shotgun to the back of his head,
Only problem was
there was no entrance wound in the back,
So how did this guy die?
Turns out this poor bastard killed himself
by sticking a lit M 80 in his mouth
and blown his face off,
Kind of looked like that pizza you're eating right there,
- You got to say that?
- You asked for it,
- Boom, nice,
Hey, I gotta take this,
Hello?
- Hey,
- Hey, what's up?
- Can we talk?
- Hold on,
Hey, take this,
Sorry, what did you say?
- You sound busy,
- No, that's fine,
What's up?
- I, I just,
I need someone to talk to,
- Say that one more time,
- Forget it, I'll let you go,
- I can talk,
What's up,
- Look, I had a crazy night
and I just needed someone to talk to
and you sound busy, so I'll let you go,
- Please don't be like that,
- Don't be like what?
- Don't get mad at me because I'm out,
You're the one who broke up with me, remember?
- I'm not,
I'm not mad at you because you're out, okay,
I just,
nevermind,
I shouldn't have called,
- Yeah, fine, whatever,
- Yeah, I'm sorry to bother you,
- Hey, keep playing,
I'll be right back,
- Hello?
- Hey,
I went to another room so we can talk,
- You didn't have to do that, okay,
I know I shouldn't have called, I'm sorry,
- I never said you shouldn't have called,
I just said don't get mad at me for having fun,
I mean, you can't expect me just to sit at home, you know,
- I'm not mad cause you're out, I,
I had a really bad night
and I just needed someone to talk to,
- Okay, well what happened?
- My roommate,
I found her dead in the apartment tonight,
- Jesus,
Are you okay?
- Not really,
- I'm sorry,
I don't know what to say,
- Can you come here?
- Tonight?
- Yeah, I don't have anyone else to call,
- Even if I left right now,
I wouldn't be there for hours,
It would almost be morning before I got there,
- I can't be here alone,
- I can't,
I'm sorry,
I'm out,
I'm drinking,
I just don't think it would be a good idea,
Look, I know you're having a shitty night
and I'm sorry about that, but
you can't do this to me, Laura,
It's not fair,
You can't just expect me to drop everything
because you're upset,
Maybe if we were still together
it would be different, but we're not,
- I didn't want to break up with you,
- Then why did you?
- Cause you didn't leave me much choice,
- You're the one who wanted to go to New York, not me,
- Look, I don't want to do this right now, okay,
- Neither do I,
- This is mistake,
I'm sorry I called,
- Laura don't,
- Good job Laura,
- Yeah, I'll be out in a second,
- Hello?
- Hi, is this detective Miller?
- Yes, speaking,
- Hi, this is Laura,
You were in my apartment earlier,
- Hi, Laura,
Is everything okay?
- Yeah, everything's fine,
I realized, I forgot to tell you guys something,
I know it sounds weird,
I,
I think I heard scratching
coming from Elizabeth's room earlier tonight,
- Scratching like an animal?
- I don't know,
I just, I heard it
and that's why I went in and knocked on her door,
- Okay,
Let me talk to my partner,
We'll try to come back over there
and see if we missed anything,
Is that okay?
- Yeah,
Yeah, that would that would actually
make me feel a lot better,
- All right, hang tight,
We'll be there shortly,
- Thank you,
- My partner said you heard scratching in the walls?
- Yeah, I thought I heard scratching
or something coming from her room,
That's why I went and checked on her in the first place,
- Yeah, probably rats,
- Richards? - Yeah,
- Look at this,
Looks like scratches to me,
- How the hell did we miss that?
Okay, I gotta take this,
Make sure you get some pictures of those scratches,
Detective Richards,
Yeah, what you got?
- What do you think did that?
- It's hard to say,
- Do you think she did it?
- If she did,
that isn't what you heard,
- Maybe someone else did it,
- Who would have had a reason?
- I don't know, I'm just worried someone got in here,
- The windows were locked, we checked,
There's no sign of forced entry,
Hold on,
Miller,
Okay, I'll be right there,
That was my partner, we got to go,
- Okay,
- You've been through a traumatic experience,
Don't let it get in your head,
You'll feel better in a few days,
Just go get some sleep,
- Yeah, thank you,
- Call me if you need anything,
- Okay,
- Hey,
- What's up?
- That was the medical examiner,
No signs of trauma,
No indications of homicide,
- What did he find?
- Nothing,
She appeared healthy,
- What does he think then?
- As of now he has no idea,
We got to wait for the toxicology report,
- Anything about rats going after the body?
- No, in fact,
he said there wasn't a single mark on her,
- Does that seem strange to you?
- Not yet, it doesn't,
There's still a few more things to rule out first,
- What do we do now?
- We have other cases to work,
So we just wait and see where this one goes,
- Okay,
- Hello?
- Hey, are you all right?
- Yeah, I just had a really bad dream,
- Oh, I'm sorry,
Did I wake you up?
- No, I'm fine,
- You want me to let you go back to sleep?
- Hell no, there's no way I'm sleeping tonight,
- Listen, I didn't really like the way
we got off the phone before,
Do you want to talk?
- Yeah, I do,
- Sorry about earlier,
- No, I'm sorry, you were,
you were right,
We're not together,
And I shouldn't have expected you to come,
So where'd you go tonight?
- I just went out with the guys,
Clive was throwing a party,
Figured we should just swung by,
- Yeah, how was it?
- Same as usual, I guess,
I'm not made at you, you know,
about leaving, I mean,
I would have left too I had the chance,
- So why didn't you come?
- Because that's your life,
It's not mine,
I couldn't just follow you around wherever you went,
If I'm gonna leave here,
it has to be on my own terms,
Plus, you never really asked me to,
- I guess I just kinda thought you would,
And then you didn't and I didn't know what to do,
- I guess maybe we should have talked this through
a little better, huh?
- Maybe,
- What's wrong?
- Someone just knocked at the door,
- At this time of night?
- Yeah, it's probably just the cops,
I'm gonna call you back,
- Yeah, yeah, okay,
- Hey, Laura, right?
- Yeah,
- It's Derrick,
We met a little while back,
I'm Elizabeth's boyfriend,
- Yeah, I remember you,
Can I help you?
- The police came to my place,
They told me what happened,
I just can't believe it,
- Yeah, yeah, I'm really sorry,
I wish I could have done more,
By the time I found her, it was too late,
- I'm sure you did everything you could,
How you holding up?
- Honestly, not great,
It's been hard to be in the apartment alone,
- I can understand that,
I don't know what to do with myself,
I guess that's why I came here,
I just didn't know what to do,
You mind if I come in?
- Yeah, sure,
- You sure?
I don't want to impose,
- No, it's fine,
I probably shouldn't be here alone,
Do you want some tea or something?
- No, I'm fine,
Thanks,
What did the police tell you?
- They said that they don't know what happened,
I hadn't seen Elizabeth in a couple of days,
so I went to check on her,
I found her on the floor,
I called the police,
- What made you go into her room?
- I don't know,
I just wanted to see if she was home I guess,
- Something must have made you go check,
- Not really, why?
- Just seems kind of weird,
I'm not accusing you of anything,
Just trying to wrap my head around it,
I mean, what could have happened to her?
- I was hoping you might be able to tell me,
Did she have any medical issues or anything?
- No, not that she ever talked about,
- Drugs?
No,
- Do you think maybe somebody did this to her?
- Why do you say that?
- I don't know, I guess I,
just trying to wrap my head around it,
- She's the most beautiful person I've ever seen,
It's funny when I first met her,
I wasn't that interested,
And suddenly
everything changed,
I couldn't get her out of my head,
She was all I could think about,
- I'm gonna go to the bathroom,
I'll be right back,
- Detective Miller,
- Hey it's Laura,
- Is everything all right?
- Yeah, Derrick, Elizabeth's boyfriend,
Did you talk to him?
Yeah, we talked to him,
Why?
- He's here,
- At your apartment?
- Yeah,
Should I be worried?
- The initial autopsy came back
and there's no sign of foul play,
We still have to wait on the toxicology report
but I don't think you have anything to worry about,
- Okay,
Okay, and you're sure?
- This guy is probably just upset
and has no place to go,
If you want him, to go, tell him to leave,
And if he doesn't, call me back,
- Okay, yeah,
I think this night just has me on edge,
Thank you,
- I am so sorry about this,
I promise I'm gonna make this right,
- What are you doing?
- I just,
I just wanted to see where she was last,
- It's getting late,
I probably should get some sleep,
- Can I just stay here a little longer?
- No, I think you should probably go,
- I understand,
Sorry if I bothered you,
- Was it the cops?
- No, it was her boyfriend,
- What did he want?
- I dunno,
He was sad and he needed to talk to someone,
- You don't think
he had something to do with this, do you?
- No, the cops said they didn't think
there was any foul play,
But when I went to the bathroom,
I came out and he was standing in her room talking,
- What was he saying?
- He said he was sorry,
And it sounded like he said he was going to make it right,
It was weird,
- Yeah, that's weird,
- Maybe he was looking for something,
You know, the cops really didn't search her room,
Maybe he was trying to find something
and they missed it,
- Be careful,
You don't want to go making this
into something that it's not,
- Yeah, I know,
I just, I it's like, I know something's wrong,
I kinda feel that something's wrong,
- Why don't you go search her room yourself?
Maybe the cops missed something,
- I know, I know,
I really don't want to,
- You can keep me on the phone
if it makes you feel better,
- No, it's okay,
I got it, I can do it,
- All right,
Well I'm home now,
So just give me a call if you find anything,
- No, I don't want to keep you up,
- No, it's cool,
Now you got me involved,
- All right, I will,
- So what'd you find?
- I found a weird box in her closet,
It had some kind of witchcraft stuff in it,
I don't know,
- Witchcraft?
What, was she in to that kind of stuff?
- If she was, I didn't know about it,
I also found a crazy symbol painted underneath her bed,
- Symbol?
What kind of symbol?
- I don't know,
I've never seen it before,
I took a picture of it, I sent it to you,
- Yeah, I just got it,
Give me a second, okay,
What the hell is that?
- I don't know, but I don't like it,
I've never seen it before,
I'm trying to find it on the internet,
- Do you think it has something to do with her death?
- Hey Kit, my battery's about to die,
Can I call you back?
- Okay,
I'm going to start looking up this symbol,
See if I can find anything,
If I do I'll, I'll let you know,
Okay? - Okay,
Bye,
- Hey,
- I don't know what happened,
All the lights went out,
I'm really scared,
- Whoa, whoa, Laura, calm down,
What, what happened?
- I don't know, I don't know,
All the lights went out and I'm just scared,
- Look, it's probably just the breaker,
You just have to reset it,
- I want to go to the basement,
I don't want to go to the basement,
I'm really scared,
- Hey, hey, it's okay,
I will be on the phone with you the whole time,
Okay?
- Okay, okay, okay,
Okay,
Okay wait,
wait, wait, wait,
Okay, I'm going to call you when I go downstairs,
Wait,
- All right, call me back,
- Hey,
- Yeah, I found the box,
I don't know what to do,
- Well do you see anything that's been tripped?
- It all looks the same,
It looks same,
What do I do, what do I do?
- Okay, look for like a label
with your apartment number on it,
- No, nothing is labeled,
I don't know what to do,
Tell me what to do,
What do I do?
- Hello?
Christian?
- Laura?
Laura?
- Hello?
- Laura?
- Hi, you've reached Laura,
I'm sorry I couldn't answer,
Please leave a message,
- Hey, it's me,
Call me back as soon as you get this,
I found that symbol online,
And it,
look I think you need to get out the apartment
as soon as possible,
Okay, I'm going to jump in my car and head down there
but it's going to be a few hours before I get there,
So just call me back when you get this, okay,
- Hi, you've reached Laura,
I'm sorry I couldn't answer,
Please leave a message,
Hello?
Please, I need help,
Please stop,
What do you want?
Stop!
What do you want, what do you want?
- Detective Richards,
- Hey, it's Miller,
Listen, something about this case
still isn't sitting right with me,
- Are you still harping on that?
- I don't like the scratches on the door,
the weirdo boyfriend showing up,
and now she's not answering her phone,
I'm heading over there to check on her,
- I'm sure you're wondering what's going on,
I'm so sorry that I have to do this to you
but I need to help Elizabeth,
I love her more than anything in this world,
She made sure that
she made an offering to him in exchange for my love,
which he granted,
but she didn't take it seriously,
She didn't live up to her end of the bargain,
So he came for her
and he took her
and now she's gone,
I can't get her out of my head,
I need her back,
I can't live without her,
but I can get her back,
I can get her back,
I just need your help,
I need your body,
If I give you to him, I can have her back,
I'm so sorry I have to do this to you,
but your sacrifice to him will bring her back to me,
I promise it won't hurt,
- Hi, you've reached Laura,
I'm sorry I couldn't answer,
Please leave a message,
- I offer her to you,
My blood is my confident,
- Drop the weapon,
Hold on, I'm gonna get you out of here,
Are you okay?
All right, you're okay,
I got to call this in,
Dispatch,
- This is dispatch, go ahead,
This is detective Miller,
shots fired 36 Highland Avenue apartment three,
suspect down, send units,
- Copy that,
Units are on their way,
- Laura, what are you doing?
- It's not Laura anymore,
My name is Elizabeth,
- So that's your story, huh?
A ghost scared you out of your house,
- I told you, you wouldn't believe me,
By the time I got to Laura's place,
she was gone and you guys were already there,
- None of that explains why I have a detective
with his throat slit ear to ear
and your girlfriend is missing,
- Ex girlfriend,
- That symbol,
you said, you know what it is?
You mind sharing that with me?
- It's probably best if I don't talk about it,
- Yeah, well, it'll be worse for you
if you don't,
- Hey Richards here to see you,
- Yeah, I'll be right there,
I'll be right back,
When I get back, you better start talking,
- Hello?
Hello?