T.J. Hooker (1982) s03e18 Episode Script
Death on the Line
(upbeat disco music) (slow downbeat music) - Listen dear I'm going to run, 'cause I'm missing the best part of the sun.
There's no one out at the pool.
If I'm lucky I might be able to get myself one good hour of peace and quiet.
- [Man On phone.]
Okay, alright I'll let you go.
I'm sorry about today, but I'll make it up to you alright.
- I'm sure you will.
I'll talk to you later.
I love you.
- [Man On Phone.]
I love you too babe.
I'll see you tomorrow.
- Okay bye bye.
(slow suspenseful music) - Our little chicken is ready to be plucked.
- Roger.
(upbeat dramatic suspenseful music) - You got me down for teaching the eight o'clock class.
Do you realize that's the (mumble) of my evening.
- The Crisis Center needs volunteers to teach self defense, counsel victims.
I mean even Dr.
Carson doesn't get paid for the time she puts in.
- Okay, but she's married.
She doesn't need the time to meet to find a women with whom I will spend the rest of my life.
- Or the rest of the evening.
- Whatever.
(dramatic suspenseful music) (electronic buzzer) - [Dispatcher.]
All units and Four-Adam-30, a possible attack in progress.
At 229 Wallace.
Four-Adam-30, handle the call, code three.
(blaring sirens) - Four-Adam-30, roger.
(blaring sirens) - That could be our man.
(screeching tires) - Hooker it's Linda Stevens.
- Take care of her.
- Take it easy Linda.
- He hurt me.
- Take it easy.
(upbeat suspenseful music) (screeching tires) (upbeat music) (blaring sirens) Four-Adam-30 in pursuit of 261 suspect in a Gold 73 Gremlin northbound on Wallace.
Passing 10th street.
- Six blocks away, close enough.
Let's jump in.
- Four-Adam-16 we're rolling back up to the 30.
Our ETA is three.
(blaring sirens) (upbeat music) (screeching tires) Where did they go? - Let's try to cut 'em off.
(screeching tires) (screeching tires) (crashing cars) (screeching tires) Four-Adam-30 to Control.
Advise all units the Becker Drawbridge area attack suspect last seen going westbound on Becker boulevard (rinigng bell) How's Linda? - Dr.
Carson's still examining her.
Linda would not let me take her to a hospital.
She finally let me take her here.
- Poor kid.
Last time I saw her she was so bubbly.
All smiles.
- Last week.
The day she got engaged.
- What's her condition? - Physically, she was lucky.
It's her mental state I'm concerned about.
I understand that you all know girl.
- Yeah she's a civilian secretary at the precinct.
She always struck as sensitive, vulnerable.
- That's how I'm reading her.
She doesn't even want to admit she was raped.
- Is there any doubt about it? - Not according to the test.
- I want those tests by the book.
Defense attorneys love to rip it with lack of evidence.
- Don't worry I've set up guidelines for evidence collection in storage.
- Stacy? Where's Linda is she hurt? - Take it easy Dan.
She's going to be okay.
- What's this all about? At Linda's apartment the police told me they brought her here.
- She was attacked.
- She has a few minor cuts and bruises.
- I want to see her.
(whimpering) - Sorry.
- Linda are you alright? - I was at the pool and there was this shadow.
And then something hit me.
And then everything started spinning like a (mumble).
And then I felt hands on my throat strangling me.
- Linda.
He didn't rape you did he? - No, no.
No I'm okay.
- [Dan.]
Oh thank god.
- [Linda.]
EVerything's okay.
- Why did you lie to him? - I'm sorry Hooker I can't handle it.
I know.
- Well he's going to find out.
We'll need your testimony and the results of the test.
- No.
No, no testimony and no tests.
- Linda I know you've been through a terrible ordeal, but if we're going to catch this animal.
- Don't you understand? Dan would never be able to live with this.
It could ruin our whole life together.
- I think the man who attacked you is the Marina Rapist.
And if I'm right you're the first of his victims to survive.
That's why we've got to have the test results.
- I don't care about that.
I don't ever want to think about him again.
- Look please, we need your help.
I don't ever want to think about him again because it didn't happen.
- We need your help.
- It was just a terrible nightmare.
It didn't happen so please just leave me alone.
Just leave alone.
- Hooker don't push her she's on the edge.
Give her some time.
- I know.
I just don't know how much time the Marina Rapists is going to give us, before he strikes again.
(slow eerie dramatic music) - Thanks for taking off alone load Bryce.
I almost got nailed out there.
- What was I supposed to do Hang around until he caught both of us.
How did you do on the loot? - Nothing big.
Some jewelry, a little cash.
Man you've got to start finding some girls with some bread man.
Over the last three jobs, I only got enough for two days worth of snow.
- That's a sleazy habit, you ought to do something about that.
You know that.
- Why don't you do something about yours? Why don't you do something about finding some chicks in a high rent district for a change? - 'Cause rich old broads don't turn me on.
Is that her ring? - Yeah probably a family heirloom.
Maybe she was engaged.
- Loose it dummy.
You're too dangerous to fence that.
It'd be too easy to identify.
- Alright.
Just take me back to my truck.
- Back off Hooker.
Detectives want to move as fast as you do.
- Linda was attacked yesterday afternoon, forensics team didn't leave her apartment until an hour ago.
We operated on that speed on the street, we wouldn't catch a cold.
- Now look she didn't give us permission to checkout her apartment until this morning.
- What about the women who called in the 261? Did she give the detectives a description of the rapist? - Jeans an tennis shoes.
THat's all she saw before she ran into her apartment and locked herself in.
Too scared to even lookout the window, till he was long gone.
- Captain that animal was strangling Linda.
He's already raped and killed three other women in the marina.
- Now we've finally got a break we've got to of after them with everything we've got.
And I want in on that.
- Alright.
I'll tell the detectives you're going to help out.
But you make sure you keep up to date on everything you turn.
- Hey Hooker.
We just got word, they located the car the rapist stole.
- Did they leave anything for forensics? - Negative, he either wiped off his prints or he wore gloves.
- Romano did you get that list I asked you for? - Every know fence and pawn broker who handles the kind of loot the rapist rips off.
- And we're still trying to deal with his robbing her places after he attacked her.
But I did get a list of the jewelry.
- We've added them to the list of detective's list of items stolen from the first three victims.
- Good let's roll.
On our way I want to swing by Linda's apartment see if forensics turned anything there.
- It's hard to understand, the way guys can turn away when a rape happens.
- Don't lay it off on the entire male population.
I've come across guys who have been nothing but understanding.
- You think Linda Steven's fiance will walk when he finds out she's been raped? - Who knows? Some guys just can't handle it now matter how hard they try.
But I do know she's making a mistake not telling him the truth upfront.
- She's afraid.
Afraid of what he'll do.
- The woman the guy loves is victimized, raped and maybe he feels part of what they had together has been violated.
He's angry, frustrated, confused, a mess.
He's wrong.
But there are no easy answers to it Stace.
Ever.
- Hooker, Romano if you ame to give us a hand, you're late.
- Did you find anything? - No a few items, but they looked like the girls.
Figure our boy wore gloves.
- He must have ice water for blood.
Not only raping but robbing the same victim.
It's hard to believe one man could do that.
- You check this white powder here? - It's plaster dust from the wall.
The victim had a kitchen phone extension put in four days ago.
The dates on that warranty in the nearest drawer.
- It sounds like he didn't miss a thing.
- I'm with you partner.
Let's go check the pawn shops.
- What is this the tenth, eleventh pawn shop we've been to.
- Twelve but who's counting? Right now it's all I got so we've got to keep hitting it until we turn something.
There he is (mumble) Morey the Hawkmister.
Bringing your cherished dreams and he'll chisel you down to a dime on the dollar.
- Hooker you want to hawk the badge and gun? We could do some business.
- No what I want is to look in your safe.
- You got some kind of paper? - Don't send my partner for a warrant Morey.
You wouldn't like what happens when it comes back.
- Good advice.
Do we get a look? - Eh.
- No, no Morey.
Not the top drawer where you keep your solid brass watches.
The bottom drawer.
Where you stash all your stolen goods.
- This came off the wrist of a dead girl.
Second victim of the Marina Rapist.
- Hey Hooker, I swear no way would I do business with filth like that one.
- You would and you did.
Now tell me about it.
What did he look like? How many times did he come in? - Once.
One time only.
I can't remember the guy.
It's a parade in here.
They come in wearing dark glasses, hats pulled down.
Better for business you don't even look.
- Morey if the man who brought you this comes back or if you spot any of the other items on this list.
You're going to call me faster than I can say two to five for receiving stolen goods.
- Yes sir.
- Let me here it again.
- Yes sir.
(slow dramatic music) (slow suspenseful music) (ringing phone) - Here' I'll get it.
- Oh it's alright, it's a line check.
I'll get it.
Yeah.
- I've put a circle around this address Tanner.
- I think we'll be back.
- Victim one, raped and strangled in her bedroom.
No signs, of forced entry.
Second victim in her own car.
Just as she pulled out of her townhouse garage.
Look here forensic found footprints athletic shoes and a witness to Linda's rape the man wore tennis shoes.
- Almost every guy today owns pair of athletic shoes.
- Victim number three in her living room.
Again no forced entry.
- So what's it mean? One and three knew the rapist let him in? - I just flashed on two things at Linda's apartment.
When we roll in the call, the rapist was coming in out of the apartment building, he saw us duck back in.
Finally wound up.
Taken off in a stolen car.
Do you remember that? If it was parked across the apartment building? The rapist may might very well have been heading for if we hadn't spooked him.
- Vaguely a truck.
A Municipal Phone Company service truck.
- You got it.
The other thing I remember is the new phone in Linda's apartment.
- A telephone service man it could be a perfect cover.
- Practically the invisible man.
So many people see don't remember seeing.
Open the door let him in without even thinking.
- Which could account for the daylight M.
O.
When he's out making service calls? - Sounds right but how do we prove it? - You and Jim check with the phone company see if service was scheduled to any of the three victim's homes before they were killed.
And if so who made the service calls.
- So how much can you give me for it? You know me we've worked together before.
- Sure I remember.
Not bad.
I'll have to wash it up a little bit.
Get my glass, get a better look at it.
Sergeant Hooker urgent.
Well get a hold of him.
It's important.
Tell him Morey has something for him.
(honking cars) - All three women had telephone repair service in the last three months.
- And it looks like all the victims had service calls only a week before the murders.
- Is there any way of know who the repairmen where on those jobs? - Oh of course, I've got it right here.
You know the company is very careful in selecting its employees and I don't want to believe it was anyone working for us.
Here it is.
One man did all three repair jobs.
Names Tanner, Cliff Tanner.
- I need his personal file and photo I.
D.
Mr.
Vickers.
- I'll get 'em for you.
- Thanks.
- Then we better get a hold of Hooker.
- Just as soon as I get on the phone he's gone.
Left this behind.
Antique gold, small diamonds emerald, just like on the list you gave me.
- What about the guy? What did he look like? - Thirty, six foot tall, beard, brown hair.
- Gives us something to go on.
- Yeah, he's not your average snook.
- Hey Hooker I think we I.
D.
'ed the rapist.
The same phone repair man was at all the victim's apartments just a few days before they were killed.
- Recognize him? - Yeah.
That's him.
That's the guy.
- Do you know where we can find him? We checked out his next scheduled service call, but he wasn't there.
Detectives have it staked out in case he shows up.
- He might just be making an unscheduled stop.
We need a list of all the service calls he's made in the last two weeks.
- We've already got it.
We narrowed it down to anyone who's young, female, and living alone.
There's only four there.
- How many in the marine area? - Just two.
- You take one, we'll take the other.
Let's roll.
(suspenseful dramatic music) (knocking door) - [Woman.]
Who is it? - Phone company.
Sorry to trouble you again ma'am.
- What's the problem? You said you repaired it last time.
- I know we've had some complaints so we think that the trouble is coming from here.
- After all the time you spent on my phone.
I know.
- What are you guys doing? (suspenseful dramatic music) Oh no.
(screaming) - I don't see his truck.
Maybe he parked it around back.
There he is.
Seal off the alley.
(upbeat jazz funk rock music) (blaring sirens) (suspenseful music) - Sorry sweet stuff.
I can't leave any witnesses.
(upbeat jazz funk rock music) (screeching car tires) (blaring sirens) (screeching car tire) (firing gunshot) (crashing car) - Don't touch the car.
(electronic crackling fire) Get him out.
(exploding car) - We got him Hooker.
- We've got someone Junior.
Someone who isn't wearing tennis shoes.
(slow dramatic music) - Thank you.
- Hooker.
- This is Frank Bryce lineman works in the marina area.
- I heard you're asking about Cliff Tanner.
- Can you tell us anything about him? - He worked here for a couple of years.
I hardly knew him.
He's a loner.
- Still I'd like you to remember any names he mentioned.
- The way he kept to himself.
That was enough to keep me going in the opposite direction.
- I've go to tell you it shakes you up when you find out a guy you've been working with is the Marina Rapist.
- Two of the men we talked to said that Tanner wore boots.
Is that so? - Yeah, most of us wear athletic shoes these days.
Makes it easier climbing around in attics and places when you're working on phone lines.
- If you think of anything we'd ought to know, here give me a call.
- Sergeant Tanner's dead.
Why are you asking these questions? - We want to make sure that we've covered all the basis, before we close the case.
- Pretty thorough huh.
I guess you have to be to catch the Marina Rapist.
How did you guys know it was Tanner? - Police business Mr.
Bryce.
- Looks like you were right.
We got the wrong guy.
- It's not going to make Sheridan very happy.
- Hey nice work Hooker.
'Cause the detectives weren't too thrilled that you picked up the golden ring.
- Brass ring.
- I don't think Tanner's the Marina Rapist.
- You've got to be kidding.
- Tanner tried to hawk Linda's ring.
He was in all the other victim's pads.
- How can you say he's the wrong man? - The witness at Linda Steven's apartment building said that the rapist had tennis shoes.
Tanner only wore work boots.
- People have been known to own more than one kind of shoe Hooker.
- Not Tanner just boots.
- And then there was the way he strolled out of coed's building.
Without a worry in the world, 'till he saw us.
But the coroners report said he didn't complete the act.
That he was interrupted.
I think he was interrupted by us.
Chasing Tanner.
The real rapist heard us and split.
- Two rapist? Is that what you're saying? - One rapist, one robber.
Tanner did the robbing.
The other man.
Tied to Tanner in some kind of sick partnership.
He's the one who rapes and murders.
- I don't buy it.
Not without more than a theory.
The Marina Rapist is dead.
- We know Tanner is not the rapist.
But the captain is right, there's no way we can prove it Hooker.
- There is one way, convince Linda to release the test results.
- If they don't match Tanner then we know.
- Hooker please, Linda's in real emotional trouble.
If you start pressuring her for this.
If we do and she agrees, we may keep the rapist from killing another innocent victim.
- I understand that, but she's been through so much.
- Linda's already a victim.
Our priority is to do you job.
- It just seems so cold.
- Now look, if there was another way, I'd take it.
- Thank you very much.
- Hooker I heard the good news.
You caught the Marina Rapist.
I'd like to think so, but - But what? - Hooker thinks the man we caught may have had a real partner who's the real rapist.
- I think Linda's test results will back that up.
- I just phoned Stacy, I told her that I though Linda should stay here, again tonight she's still quite disturbed.
- How long do you think it will be before she can talk about it? I know it's tough, but she has to realize how important it is for us to do our job and find the rapist.
- She realizes, but she's an emotional rollercoaster.
The first response a rape victim feels is shock, followed by disbelief.
Once the realization of what happens settles in, the victims invariably feel shame, and guilt.
- She feels there's something more she could have done to prevent the rape.
- Exactly.
- The next response is depression.
Overwhelming feelings of helplessness.
Followed by fear, anger and anxiety.
Which is where she is now.
- Look I don't want to hurt her anymore than she's already been hurt, but if the rapist is out there, we've got to know that.
- Yeah, she's in the yard.
- Alright.
- Linda.
- Please, you've caught the rapist, now leave me alone.
- I don't think the man we've got is the man who attacked you.
I think the killer's still out there.
I think he's going to kill again.
Unless you help us stop him.
- Hooker nothing's changed.
I told you.
I don't want to loose Dan.
Think about it Linda.
Is it fair to Dan? - What happens the day he finds out? And he will you know.
- I want to tell him.
But I can't.
- Give him a chance.
Give him time.
Give yourself time.
- Linda fight back.
Help him make that man pay for what he did to you.
I want to catch him.
I want him bad.
And you're the only one who can make that happen.
- Okay.
You can have my test.
- Well that's a start.
Would you like me to talk to Dan for you? - It would help me.
- I'll tell him what you want to see him.
- I got it.
- Linda agreed to release the test results.
- Oh great.
- Do you remember the rapist's blood type? - Type A.
- Then it wasn't Tanner.
The coroner said his blood was type O.
- The lineman we talked to said that Tanner was a loner.
It doesn't figure that he'd develop a relationship with a psycho killer overnight.
- Then we'll dig into Tanner's background, see what we can turn.
- Go get him.
- I'll go get Linda's test result for you, besides the rapist blood results, I've collected a few strains of hair.
- Good that will give us enough evidence for a conclusive I.
D.
when we do nab him.
Tell Jim and Stacy to give you a hand checking out Tanner.
(slow suspenseful music) (knocking door) - Who is it? - [Bryce.]
Municipal Telephone.
- I thought you fixed it last week? - This is just a follow up call ma'am.
We still have some problems in the area.
- I don't understand.
It seems to be working alright.
- [Man.]
Honey where did you hide my blazer? - It's in the closet darling.
- [Man.]
I'm supposed to be in the office in 20 minutes.
I got to run or the boss will have my head.
- Heyis this your only telephone? - Ah uh we have one in the kitchen and the bedroom.
- I seem to be a little out of sinc today, I got to check the junction box.
Are you going to be here for awhile? - Until four.
- Thank you.
- Dan.
Linda asked me to stop by and talk to you.
- Then I was right.
That she - Raped.
Go ahead and say it.
Spit it out get rid of it.
- Why? Why Linda of all people? What kind of animal would do a thing like that? - Sick animal.
One that would have killed her if he hadn't been scared away.
Linda's lucky to be alive.
The trouble is she doesn't feel that way right now.
She needs your reassurance.
She needs to know you still feel the same way about her.
- The same.
How the hell can I? Any man who gives a damn about his women, how can he feel anything? Sick anger.
- To get past those feelings, you're going to need help.
That's what the rape enter is all about.
It's for all the victims.
You're a victim too Dan.
Almost as much as Linda.
- I can't even think about it.
Let alone talk to someone.
- I think you'll change your mind.
Like I said she'll needs ya, she needs to talk to you.
The two of you have a lifetime of happiness ahead of you.
It's up to you.
Get your act together.
Go to work.
Don't make a mistake that you'll regret the rest of your life.
(dramatic downbeat music) - Collins George, you need an installer? - It's Robert Collins.
- Is your watch over.
- Yeah, we're trying to find Tanner's partner.
The guy at the phone company said that Tanner was a loner.
Trying to find an employee he goes back with.
- You figure that had a long time relationship.
- Shared rape and murder, for that they'd have to be pretty close.
- We're cross checking the Municipal Phone Company's personal records, with Tanner's school roster, army records, stuff like that.
- I'll see if I can pull some staff.
Give you a hand in it.
- You got a Frank Edmond.
- Edwards, Francine, not even close.
- What about a Frank Bryce? Same platoon both stateside and overseas.
- Stacy don't bother checking.
That's him.
- The guy we talked to Bryce.
- Jim, call the phone company dispatcher see if you can find out where Bryce is supposed to be right now.
If you find him bring him in.
- You want some units sent over to Bryce's apartment? - Right? - We'll pick up a warrant to get into Bryce's company lock.
I saw something that I want to see again.
Up close.
(downbeat music) (electronic buzzer) - [Dispatcher.]
Four-Adam-30, four-Adam-16 on tack two.
- See if you can find someone with authority in the office to open up the lockers.
Four-Adam-30 roger.
This is 30, go 16.
- We checked Bryce's route, he should be at his second stop, but he's nowhere in site.
- We'll let you know if we come up with anything at this end.
- Hooker, this is Mr.
Vickers the supervisor.
Jim and Stacy Sheridan talked about.
- How do you do? Can you open up Fran Bryce's locker? - Well it is company property? - It's important.
- What are we looking for? - These.
Old routing sheets.
I know this one had a name circled.
More than one.
Alice Gardner.
- Victim number three.
- Cathy Freeman.
- Victim number five.
- Here's one that circled, wasn't a victim, not yet anyway.
Judy Kilmer, 1649 Apian Way.
Thank you very much for your help.
- [Dispatcher.]
(mumbling) 120 West 81st street.
(downbeat eerie music) (knocking door) - Who is it? - Telephone company.
I was right, I check the junction box, something keeps causing static on your neighbor's line.
- Well could you hurry, I'm on my way to the airport.
- It won't take a minute.
- What are you doing? (screaming) (slapping) - [Romano.]
Phone company truck, he's here.
- [Hooker.]
Call for backup.
- Four-Adam-30 needs backup at 424 Surfview, possible 261 in progress.
- Nice try sweet stuff.
(smashing door) (upbeat suspenseful music) (firing gun) - Call an ambulance.
(upbeat suspenseful disco music) (firing gun) (firing gun) (firing gun) (firing gun) Alright Bryce give it up.
You've got no chance.
(upbeat suspenseful disco music) (smacking punches) (splashing water) (dramatic music) (downbeat music) - Alright I want you to come up behind me as if you're an attacker.
Like this.
I'll show you how to get - You and your people have helped us so much.
Is something wrong? - No, no, it's just that I leaned on Stacy a little bit too hard when she wanted to protect Linda.
I owe her an apology.
- Hooker, I didn't get a chance to talk to you at roll call.
- Stacy I've for something to tell you first.
- No me first.
- No, no, what I have to say is very important.
- Hooker I know you're a sergeant and Stacy's only a rookie, but this time let her speak first.
Okay? Pam, Linda and Dan are inside.
Why don't you give them a hand picking out the wedding invitations.
(laughing) - I want to apologize.
- Ah listen Stacy.
- No let me finish.
I've been listening to you and taking your advice, ever since you taught me about crossing streets at the corner.
And a lot of people, including some of my own family, weren't too keen on my joining the department.
But you convinced me to take a stand.
- One of my better moves.
(slow downbeat music) - This time I let my emotions get in the way of an investigation.
I acted with my feelings not my head.
I made a mistake.
- You're allowed one.
- Okay now what did you want to say? - I forgot, it couldn't be very important.
(upbeat music) (upbeat disco music)
There's no one out at the pool.
If I'm lucky I might be able to get myself one good hour of peace and quiet.
- [Man On phone.]
Okay, alright I'll let you go.
I'm sorry about today, but I'll make it up to you alright.
- I'm sure you will.
I'll talk to you later.
I love you.
- [Man On Phone.]
I love you too babe.
I'll see you tomorrow.
- Okay bye bye.
(slow suspenseful music) - Our little chicken is ready to be plucked.
- Roger.
(upbeat dramatic suspenseful music) - You got me down for teaching the eight o'clock class.
Do you realize that's the (mumble) of my evening.
- The Crisis Center needs volunteers to teach self defense, counsel victims.
I mean even Dr.
Carson doesn't get paid for the time she puts in.
- Okay, but she's married.
She doesn't need the time to meet to find a women with whom I will spend the rest of my life.
- Or the rest of the evening.
- Whatever.
(dramatic suspenseful music) (electronic buzzer) - [Dispatcher.]
All units and Four-Adam-30, a possible attack in progress.
At 229 Wallace.
Four-Adam-30, handle the call, code three.
(blaring sirens) - Four-Adam-30, roger.
(blaring sirens) - That could be our man.
(screeching tires) - Hooker it's Linda Stevens.
- Take care of her.
- Take it easy Linda.
- He hurt me.
- Take it easy.
(upbeat suspenseful music) (screeching tires) (upbeat music) (blaring sirens) Four-Adam-30 in pursuit of 261 suspect in a Gold 73 Gremlin northbound on Wallace.
Passing 10th street.
- Six blocks away, close enough.
Let's jump in.
- Four-Adam-16 we're rolling back up to the 30.
Our ETA is three.
(blaring sirens) (upbeat music) (screeching tires) Where did they go? - Let's try to cut 'em off.
(screeching tires) (screeching tires) (crashing cars) (screeching tires) Four-Adam-30 to Control.
Advise all units the Becker Drawbridge area attack suspect last seen going westbound on Becker boulevard (rinigng bell) How's Linda? - Dr.
Carson's still examining her.
Linda would not let me take her to a hospital.
She finally let me take her here.
- Poor kid.
Last time I saw her she was so bubbly.
All smiles.
- Last week.
The day she got engaged.
- What's her condition? - Physically, she was lucky.
It's her mental state I'm concerned about.
I understand that you all know girl.
- Yeah she's a civilian secretary at the precinct.
She always struck as sensitive, vulnerable.
- That's how I'm reading her.
She doesn't even want to admit she was raped.
- Is there any doubt about it? - Not according to the test.
- I want those tests by the book.
Defense attorneys love to rip it with lack of evidence.
- Don't worry I've set up guidelines for evidence collection in storage.
- Stacy? Where's Linda is she hurt? - Take it easy Dan.
She's going to be okay.
- What's this all about? At Linda's apartment the police told me they brought her here.
- She was attacked.
- She has a few minor cuts and bruises.
- I want to see her.
(whimpering) - Sorry.
- Linda are you alright? - I was at the pool and there was this shadow.
And then something hit me.
And then everything started spinning like a (mumble).
And then I felt hands on my throat strangling me.
- Linda.
He didn't rape you did he? - No, no.
No I'm okay.
- [Dan.]
Oh thank god.
- [Linda.]
EVerything's okay.
- Why did you lie to him? - I'm sorry Hooker I can't handle it.
I know.
- Well he's going to find out.
We'll need your testimony and the results of the test.
- No.
No, no testimony and no tests.
- Linda I know you've been through a terrible ordeal, but if we're going to catch this animal.
- Don't you understand? Dan would never be able to live with this.
It could ruin our whole life together.
- I think the man who attacked you is the Marina Rapist.
And if I'm right you're the first of his victims to survive.
That's why we've got to have the test results.
- I don't care about that.
I don't ever want to think about him again.
- Look please, we need your help.
I don't ever want to think about him again because it didn't happen.
- We need your help.
- It was just a terrible nightmare.
It didn't happen so please just leave me alone.
Just leave alone.
- Hooker don't push her she's on the edge.
Give her some time.
- I know.
I just don't know how much time the Marina Rapists is going to give us, before he strikes again.
(slow eerie dramatic music) - Thanks for taking off alone load Bryce.
I almost got nailed out there.
- What was I supposed to do Hang around until he caught both of us.
How did you do on the loot? - Nothing big.
Some jewelry, a little cash.
Man you've got to start finding some girls with some bread man.
Over the last three jobs, I only got enough for two days worth of snow.
- That's a sleazy habit, you ought to do something about that.
You know that.
- Why don't you do something about yours? Why don't you do something about finding some chicks in a high rent district for a change? - 'Cause rich old broads don't turn me on.
Is that her ring? - Yeah probably a family heirloom.
Maybe she was engaged.
- Loose it dummy.
You're too dangerous to fence that.
It'd be too easy to identify.
- Alright.
Just take me back to my truck.
- Back off Hooker.
Detectives want to move as fast as you do.
- Linda was attacked yesterday afternoon, forensics team didn't leave her apartment until an hour ago.
We operated on that speed on the street, we wouldn't catch a cold.
- Now look she didn't give us permission to checkout her apartment until this morning.
- What about the women who called in the 261? Did she give the detectives a description of the rapist? - Jeans an tennis shoes.
THat's all she saw before she ran into her apartment and locked herself in.
Too scared to even lookout the window, till he was long gone.
- Captain that animal was strangling Linda.
He's already raped and killed three other women in the marina.
- Now we've finally got a break we've got to of after them with everything we've got.
And I want in on that.
- Alright.
I'll tell the detectives you're going to help out.
But you make sure you keep up to date on everything you turn.
- Hey Hooker.
We just got word, they located the car the rapist stole.
- Did they leave anything for forensics? - Negative, he either wiped off his prints or he wore gloves.
- Romano did you get that list I asked you for? - Every know fence and pawn broker who handles the kind of loot the rapist rips off.
- And we're still trying to deal with his robbing her places after he attacked her.
But I did get a list of the jewelry.
- We've added them to the list of detective's list of items stolen from the first three victims.
- Good let's roll.
On our way I want to swing by Linda's apartment see if forensics turned anything there.
- It's hard to understand, the way guys can turn away when a rape happens.
- Don't lay it off on the entire male population.
I've come across guys who have been nothing but understanding.
- You think Linda Steven's fiance will walk when he finds out she's been raped? - Who knows? Some guys just can't handle it now matter how hard they try.
But I do know she's making a mistake not telling him the truth upfront.
- She's afraid.
Afraid of what he'll do.
- The woman the guy loves is victimized, raped and maybe he feels part of what they had together has been violated.
He's angry, frustrated, confused, a mess.
He's wrong.
But there are no easy answers to it Stace.
Ever.
- Hooker, Romano if you ame to give us a hand, you're late.
- Did you find anything? - No a few items, but they looked like the girls.
Figure our boy wore gloves.
- He must have ice water for blood.
Not only raping but robbing the same victim.
It's hard to believe one man could do that.
- You check this white powder here? - It's plaster dust from the wall.
The victim had a kitchen phone extension put in four days ago.
The dates on that warranty in the nearest drawer.
- It sounds like he didn't miss a thing.
- I'm with you partner.
Let's go check the pawn shops.
- What is this the tenth, eleventh pawn shop we've been to.
- Twelve but who's counting? Right now it's all I got so we've got to keep hitting it until we turn something.
There he is (mumble) Morey the Hawkmister.
Bringing your cherished dreams and he'll chisel you down to a dime on the dollar.
- Hooker you want to hawk the badge and gun? We could do some business.
- No what I want is to look in your safe.
- You got some kind of paper? - Don't send my partner for a warrant Morey.
You wouldn't like what happens when it comes back.
- Good advice.
Do we get a look? - Eh.
- No, no Morey.
Not the top drawer where you keep your solid brass watches.
The bottom drawer.
Where you stash all your stolen goods.
- This came off the wrist of a dead girl.
Second victim of the Marina Rapist.
- Hey Hooker, I swear no way would I do business with filth like that one.
- You would and you did.
Now tell me about it.
What did he look like? How many times did he come in? - Once.
One time only.
I can't remember the guy.
It's a parade in here.
They come in wearing dark glasses, hats pulled down.
Better for business you don't even look.
- Morey if the man who brought you this comes back or if you spot any of the other items on this list.
You're going to call me faster than I can say two to five for receiving stolen goods.
- Yes sir.
- Let me here it again.
- Yes sir.
(slow dramatic music) (slow suspenseful music) (ringing phone) - Here' I'll get it.
- Oh it's alright, it's a line check.
I'll get it.
Yeah.
- I've put a circle around this address Tanner.
- I think we'll be back.
- Victim one, raped and strangled in her bedroom.
No signs, of forced entry.
Second victim in her own car.
Just as she pulled out of her townhouse garage.
Look here forensic found footprints athletic shoes and a witness to Linda's rape the man wore tennis shoes.
- Almost every guy today owns pair of athletic shoes.
- Victim number three in her living room.
Again no forced entry.
- So what's it mean? One and three knew the rapist let him in? - I just flashed on two things at Linda's apartment.
When we roll in the call, the rapist was coming in out of the apartment building, he saw us duck back in.
Finally wound up.
Taken off in a stolen car.
Do you remember that? If it was parked across the apartment building? The rapist may might very well have been heading for if we hadn't spooked him.
- Vaguely a truck.
A Municipal Phone Company service truck.
- You got it.
The other thing I remember is the new phone in Linda's apartment.
- A telephone service man it could be a perfect cover.
- Practically the invisible man.
So many people see don't remember seeing.
Open the door let him in without even thinking.
- Which could account for the daylight M.
O.
When he's out making service calls? - Sounds right but how do we prove it? - You and Jim check with the phone company see if service was scheduled to any of the three victim's homes before they were killed.
And if so who made the service calls.
- So how much can you give me for it? You know me we've worked together before.
- Sure I remember.
Not bad.
I'll have to wash it up a little bit.
Get my glass, get a better look at it.
Sergeant Hooker urgent.
Well get a hold of him.
It's important.
Tell him Morey has something for him.
(honking cars) - All three women had telephone repair service in the last three months.
- And it looks like all the victims had service calls only a week before the murders.
- Is there any way of know who the repairmen where on those jobs? - Oh of course, I've got it right here.
You know the company is very careful in selecting its employees and I don't want to believe it was anyone working for us.
Here it is.
One man did all three repair jobs.
Names Tanner, Cliff Tanner.
- I need his personal file and photo I.
D.
Mr.
Vickers.
- I'll get 'em for you.
- Thanks.
- Then we better get a hold of Hooker.
- Just as soon as I get on the phone he's gone.
Left this behind.
Antique gold, small diamonds emerald, just like on the list you gave me.
- What about the guy? What did he look like? - Thirty, six foot tall, beard, brown hair.
- Gives us something to go on.
- Yeah, he's not your average snook.
- Hey Hooker I think we I.
D.
'ed the rapist.
The same phone repair man was at all the victim's apartments just a few days before they were killed.
- Recognize him? - Yeah.
That's him.
That's the guy.
- Do you know where we can find him? We checked out his next scheduled service call, but he wasn't there.
Detectives have it staked out in case he shows up.
- He might just be making an unscheduled stop.
We need a list of all the service calls he's made in the last two weeks.
- We've already got it.
We narrowed it down to anyone who's young, female, and living alone.
There's only four there.
- How many in the marine area? - Just two.
- You take one, we'll take the other.
Let's roll.
(suspenseful dramatic music) (knocking door) - [Woman.]
Who is it? - Phone company.
Sorry to trouble you again ma'am.
- What's the problem? You said you repaired it last time.
- I know we've had some complaints so we think that the trouble is coming from here.
- After all the time you spent on my phone.
I know.
- What are you guys doing? (suspenseful dramatic music) Oh no.
(screaming) - I don't see his truck.
Maybe he parked it around back.
There he is.
Seal off the alley.
(upbeat jazz funk rock music) (blaring sirens) (suspenseful music) - Sorry sweet stuff.
I can't leave any witnesses.
(upbeat jazz funk rock music) (screeching car tires) (blaring sirens) (screeching car tire) (firing gunshot) (crashing car) - Don't touch the car.
(electronic crackling fire) Get him out.
(exploding car) - We got him Hooker.
- We've got someone Junior.
Someone who isn't wearing tennis shoes.
(slow dramatic music) - Thank you.
- Hooker.
- This is Frank Bryce lineman works in the marina area.
- I heard you're asking about Cliff Tanner.
- Can you tell us anything about him? - He worked here for a couple of years.
I hardly knew him.
He's a loner.
- Still I'd like you to remember any names he mentioned.
- The way he kept to himself.
That was enough to keep me going in the opposite direction.
- I've go to tell you it shakes you up when you find out a guy you've been working with is the Marina Rapist.
- Two of the men we talked to said that Tanner wore boots.
Is that so? - Yeah, most of us wear athletic shoes these days.
Makes it easier climbing around in attics and places when you're working on phone lines.
- If you think of anything we'd ought to know, here give me a call.
- Sergeant Tanner's dead.
Why are you asking these questions? - We want to make sure that we've covered all the basis, before we close the case.
- Pretty thorough huh.
I guess you have to be to catch the Marina Rapist.
How did you guys know it was Tanner? - Police business Mr.
Bryce.
- Looks like you were right.
We got the wrong guy.
- It's not going to make Sheridan very happy.
- Hey nice work Hooker.
'Cause the detectives weren't too thrilled that you picked up the golden ring.
- Brass ring.
- I don't think Tanner's the Marina Rapist.
- You've got to be kidding.
- Tanner tried to hawk Linda's ring.
He was in all the other victim's pads.
- How can you say he's the wrong man? - The witness at Linda Steven's apartment building said that the rapist had tennis shoes.
Tanner only wore work boots.
- People have been known to own more than one kind of shoe Hooker.
- Not Tanner just boots.
- And then there was the way he strolled out of coed's building.
Without a worry in the world, 'till he saw us.
But the coroners report said he didn't complete the act.
That he was interrupted.
I think he was interrupted by us.
Chasing Tanner.
The real rapist heard us and split.
- Two rapist? Is that what you're saying? - One rapist, one robber.
Tanner did the robbing.
The other man.
Tied to Tanner in some kind of sick partnership.
He's the one who rapes and murders.
- I don't buy it.
Not without more than a theory.
The Marina Rapist is dead.
- We know Tanner is not the rapist.
But the captain is right, there's no way we can prove it Hooker.
- There is one way, convince Linda to release the test results.
- If they don't match Tanner then we know.
- Hooker please, Linda's in real emotional trouble.
If you start pressuring her for this.
If we do and she agrees, we may keep the rapist from killing another innocent victim.
- I understand that, but she's been through so much.
- Linda's already a victim.
Our priority is to do you job.
- It just seems so cold.
- Now look, if there was another way, I'd take it.
- Thank you very much.
- Hooker I heard the good news.
You caught the Marina Rapist.
I'd like to think so, but - But what? - Hooker thinks the man we caught may have had a real partner who's the real rapist.
- I think Linda's test results will back that up.
- I just phoned Stacy, I told her that I though Linda should stay here, again tonight she's still quite disturbed.
- How long do you think it will be before she can talk about it? I know it's tough, but she has to realize how important it is for us to do our job and find the rapist.
- She realizes, but she's an emotional rollercoaster.
The first response a rape victim feels is shock, followed by disbelief.
Once the realization of what happens settles in, the victims invariably feel shame, and guilt.
- She feels there's something more she could have done to prevent the rape.
- Exactly.
- The next response is depression.
Overwhelming feelings of helplessness.
Followed by fear, anger and anxiety.
Which is where she is now.
- Look I don't want to hurt her anymore than she's already been hurt, but if the rapist is out there, we've got to know that.
- Yeah, she's in the yard.
- Alright.
- Linda.
- Please, you've caught the rapist, now leave me alone.
- I don't think the man we've got is the man who attacked you.
I think the killer's still out there.
I think he's going to kill again.
Unless you help us stop him.
- Hooker nothing's changed.
I told you.
I don't want to loose Dan.
Think about it Linda.
Is it fair to Dan? - What happens the day he finds out? And he will you know.
- I want to tell him.
But I can't.
- Give him a chance.
Give him time.
Give yourself time.
- Linda fight back.
Help him make that man pay for what he did to you.
I want to catch him.
I want him bad.
And you're the only one who can make that happen.
- Okay.
You can have my test.
- Well that's a start.
Would you like me to talk to Dan for you? - It would help me.
- I'll tell him what you want to see him.
- I got it.
- Linda agreed to release the test results.
- Oh great.
- Do you remember the rapist's blood type? - Type A.
- Then it wasn't Tanner.
The coroner said his blood was type O.
- The lineman we talked to said that Tanner was a loner.
It doesn't figure that he'd develop a relationship with a psycho killer overnight.
- Then we'll dig into Tanner's background, see what we can turn.
- Go get him.
- I'll go get Linda's test result for you, besides the rapist blood results, I've collected a few strains of hair.
- Good that will give us enough evidence for a conclusive I.
D.
when we do nab him.
Tell Jim and Stacy to give you a hand checking out Tanner.
(slow suspenseful music) (knocking door) - Who is it? - [Bryce.]
Municipal Telephone.
- I thought you fixed it last week? - This is just a follow up call ma'am.
We still have some problems in the area.
- I don't understand.
It seems to be working alright.
- [Man.]
Honey where did you hide my blazer? - It's in the closet darling.
- [Man.]
I'm supposed to be in the office in 20 minutes.
I got to run or the boss will have my head.
- Heyis this your only telephone? - Ah uh we have one in the kitchen and the bedroom.
- I seem to be a little out of sinc today, I got to check the junction box.
Are you going to be here for awhile? - Until four.
- Thank you.
- Dan.
Linda asked me to stop by and talk to you.
- Then I was right.
That she - Raped.
Go ahead and say it.
Spit it out get rid of it.
- Why? Why Linda of all people? What kind of animal would do a thing like that? - Sick animal.
One that would have killed her if he hadn't been scared away.
Linda's lucky to be alive.
The trouble is she doesn't feel that way right now.
She needs your reassurance.
She needs to know you still feel the same way about her.
- The same.
How the hell can I? Any man who gives a damn about his women, how can he feel anything? Sick anger.
- To get past those feelings, you're going to need help.
That's what the rape enter is all about.
It's for all the victims.
You're a victim too Dan.
Almost as much as Linda.
- I can't even think about it.
Let alone talk to someone.
- I think you'll change your mind.
Like I said she'll needs ya, she needs to talk to you.
The two of you have a lifetime of happiness ahead of you.
It's up to you.
Get your act together.
Go to work.
Don't make a mistake that you'll regret the rest of your life.
(dramatic downbeat music) - Collins George, you need an installer? - It's Robert Collins.
- Is your watch over.
- Yeah, we're trying to find Tanner's partner.
The guy at the phone company said that Tanner was a loner.
Trying to find an employee he goes back with.
- You figure that had a long time relationship.
- Shared rape and murder, for that they'd have to be pretty close.
- We're cross checking the Municipal Phone Company's personal records, with Tanner's school roster, army records, stuff like that.
- I'll see if I can pull some staff.
Give you a hand in it.
- You got a Frank Edmond.
- Edwards, Francine, not even close.
- What about a Frank Bryce? Same platoon both stateside and overseas.
- Stacy don't bother checking.
That's him.
- The guy we talked to Bryce.
- Jim, call the phone company dispatcher see if you can find out where Bryce is supposed to be right now.
If you find him bring him in.
- You want some units sent over to Bryce's apartment? - Right? - We'll pick up a warrant to get into Bryce's company lock.
I saw something that I want to see again.
Up close.
(downbeat music) (electronic buzzer) - [Dispatcher.]
Four-Adam-30, four-Adam-16 on tack two.
- See if you can find someone with authority in the office to open up the lockers.
Four-Adam-30 roger.
This is 30, go 16.
- We checked Bryce's route, he should be at his second stop, but he's nowhere in site.
- We'll let you know if we come up with anything at this end.
- Hooker, this is Mr.
Vickers the supervisor.
Jim and Stacy Sheridan talked about.
- How do you do? Can you open up Fran Bryce's locker? - Well it is company property? - It's important.
- What are we looking for? - These.
Old routing sheets.
I know this one had a name circled.
More than one.
Alice Gardner.
- Victim number three.
- Cathy Freeman.
- Victim number five.
- Here's one that circled, wasn't a victim, not yet anyway.
Judy Kilmer, 1649 Apian Way.
Thank you very much for your help.
- [Dispatcher.]
(mumbling) 120 West 81st street.
(downbeat eerie music) (knocking door) - Who is it? - Telephone company.
I was right, I check the junction box, something keeps causing static on your neighbor's line.
- Well could you hurry, I'm on my way to the airport.
- It won't take a minute.
- What are you doing? (screaming) (slapping) - [Romano.]
Phone company truck, he's here.
- [Hooker.]
Call for backup.
- Four-Adam-30 needs backup at 424 Surfview, possible 261 in progress.
- Nice try sweet stuff.
(smashing door) (upbeat suspenseful music) (firing gun) - Call an ambulance.
(upbeat suspenseful disco music) (firing gun) (firing gun) (firing gun) (firing gun) Alright Bryce give it up.
You've got no chance.
(upbeat suspenseful disco music) (smacking punches) (splashing water) (dramatic music) (downbeat music) - Alright I want you to come up behind me as if you're an attacker.
Like this.
I'll show you how to get - You and your people have helped us so much.
Is something wrong? - No, no, it's just that I leaned on Stacy a little bit too hard when she wanted to protect Linda.
I owe her an apology.
- Hooker, I didn't get a chance to talk to you at roll call.
- Stacy I've for something to tell you first.
- No me first.
- No, no, what I have to say is very important.
- Hooker I know you're a sergeant and Stacy's only a rookie, but this time let her speak first.
Okay? Pam, Linda and Dan are inside.
Why don't you give them a hand picking out the wedding invitations.
(laughing) - I want to apologize.
- Ah listen Stacy.
- No let me finish.
I've been listening to you and taking your advice, ever since you taught me about crossing streets at the corner.
And a lot of people, including some of my own family, weren't too keen on my joining the department.
But you convinced me to take a stand.
- One of my better moves.
(slow downbeat music) - This time I let my emotions get in the way of an investigation.
I acted with my feelings not my head.
I made a mistake.
- You're allowed one.
- Okay now what did you want to say? - I forgot, it couldn't be very important.
(upbeat music) (upbeat disco music)