in new york city's war on crime the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the major case squad. these are their stories. man: all she has to do is keep her head elevated. explain that to her. you can do that, can't you? going up again tomorrow, doc? no. next saturday. that gives you a whole week to clean it. did my wife call? if she does, tell her i'll be in the office in half an hour. woman: i think people who have children to save their marriage are just kidding themselves. then why do you want to have children? i just think that we lead a selfish life, peter and me.

you know, with our dinners and our hobbies and... you think you'd make a good mother? i don't know. my friends who have kids, they didn't know. so you make this decision to have a child-- what would you have to change to make yourself ready? i would need to cut out my little mood adjusters once and for all this time. do you think you could do that, valerie? peter. hi, honey. how was your flight? valerie, i've got six people here plus a patient out cold on the table. okay, well, i just wanted to hear your voice. oh, i found a couch at palizetti. if you want me to pay for the couch let me do my job. valerie: we decided on martinique sometime in february. two weeks in the sun, a romantic holiday.

oh, right. oh, jen, don't start. i have to be downtown in 20 minutes. after all he's put you through. ( sighing ): oh. just be my friend, okay? i've got enough judges. val, you need to leave peter. and that's not going to happen. i wouldn't do that to my parents. you want to grasp the loose skin on the upper arm and make an incision extending from the elbow to the axilla. now, this is where you've got to be precise. steer clear of the ligaments, underlying musculature, or... ...or her arm could come off like the wing of a thanksgiving turkey. you look good. how long can you stay? i've only got an hour. we need to talk. man: here you are, dr. kelmer. what's that? somebody left it for your wife.

give it to me. they said she has to sign for it. give it to me; i'll get her signature. valerie: peter? in here. i bought something for the promise ball. it's a judith leiber. if-if you hate it, i'll take it back. it's nice. i'm a mess. i'll see you after my bath? ( plane engine roaring ) forget something, doc?

no. going up. i didn't get a chance to clean her. pull the chocks. what about your flight plan? your flight plan! [captioning sponsored by studios usa television, nbc and "toyota. get the feeling."]

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suggested i come here. what do you think happened to her? ( sighs ) before we met, valerie had had psychiatric problems. she'd attempted suicide seven, eight years ago. and you think she hurt herself? she threaten something like that? not to me. on the list, there's a doctor. nathanson, her therapist. i called him and gave him permission to talk to you. that's very helpful, doctor. i got a copy of the report from missing persons. they checked with hospitals and paramedics in all five boroughs. there's another thing. occasionally, valerie did drugs with her girlfriends. cocaine, amphetamines, too. we've had endless discussions about it. you don't use drugs? of course not. anyway, if something happened to her while she was on drugs... well, you wanted to know what i thought. i put all my numbers on that sheet. as soon as we find something, we'll call you.

no. i want to get your numbers. i'll be calling you. i just don't want to be the last to know. how do we like being an annex to the missing persons bureau? ( sighs ) this friends and neighbors list it's, uh, alphabetized. i should have him work on my sock drawer. guy obviously being a barrel of laughs i'm taking bets she doesn't want him to find her. her cousin, jennifer barish filed her own missing person's report a day before kelmer did. she told them she suspects foul play. jennifer: i knew the minute he called me looking for her. i knew peter had killed her. a gut feeling? he has a terrible temper. valerie was scared to death of him... and she knew he had a mistress. did she know who? no. she just knew there was someone.

and when's the last time you talked to her? saturday. she came over for lunch. did she seem depressed? depressed? what did peter tell you? that she was suicidal? she wasn't depressed at all. dr. kelmer told us valerie's been doing drugs: cocaine, uppers. not that much. who does she do them with? girlfriends? boyfriends? this is unfair. valerie told me her shrink warned her. he told her someday peter was really going to hurt her. nathanson: i had to laugh when i got the message from peter giving me permission to talk to you. as long as she might be alive valerie is the only one who can waive the confidentiality. as a doctor, peter bloody well knows that. let's put it this way: are you concerned about her safety? i am concerned about any patient who misses two sessions without calling me.

i still can't discuss her situation with you. i took a few psych classes in college. how about i give you my opinion if you agree, you let me know? how? by coughing twice? coughing's good. here goes. kelmer's a control freak, she's self-destructive and the more he tries to control her the more she rebels. she takes a lover. kelmer panics. he gets angry. he kills her. same scenario, except his efforts to control her lead her to feelings of depression hopelessness. she suicides. she ran away and joined the circus? oh, was i supposed to cough? any scenario is possible, detective. for now, i have to assume she's still alive.

goren: all right, you have our number. if you hear from her, please call. thank you. among her friends and family, even odds it's kelmer. found more candidates in her cell phone records. these four gentleman callers weren't on kelmer's list. this one, warren d'alacosta friday and saturday alone he and valerie called each other half a dozen times. warren: i don't know any valerie whatever. it must have been a wrong number. you want to rethink that answer, mr. d'alacosta? we looked into your pedigree. couple duis, couple dope pops delinquent on your child support. you drive too fast drink too much, don't meet your obligations don't give a damn about anybody. my partner has a fancy word for people like you: psychopath. i call them screw-ups. if you want to join the two million of your fellow psychopaths who are already in jail, just keep lying to the police. okay, so i know her. is there any reason why you're not inviting us in?

so, warren weren't you concerned when you didn't hear from valerie for a week? no. she said she wanted to stop seeing me. why? she said she needed to get serious about her life, her marriage. must have been a big disappointment for you. i knew it wasn't going to last. are one of these her? can we see it, please? it's very nice. you couldn't pay me enough. i'll be there in a few hours. what size shirt do you wear? ( whispering ): i have to go. all done, doctor.

man: dr. kelmer came in around 4:00 on saturday-- i gave him his mail and the hand-delivered envelope addressed to mrs. kelmer. when did she get home? um... a few minutes after. did you see her on sunday? uh, no. how about him? no, no, no. are there any other exits in here? uh, no, but the basement connects to the garage next door. man 2: he used to park next to me. then he complained about these phantom dings so he had the condo board move me over here next to this beautiful column. were you down here sunday? yes, around 2:00. my wife and i drove back from the farm in pennsylvania. did you see mrs. kelmer or the doctor? just him. we were unloading the car, and i heard a noise turned around, and there he was. where? over there, behind his car.

he'd just closed the trunk. did you see what was in it? no. i heard this thunk and then he got in his car and drove away. sure, could've been his wife's body. could've been a beach ball. could've been nothing. there's no evidence she's even dead. i have a strong feeling she is. i stand corrected, then. she suicided. this was a woman according to her phone records she spent hours on the phone talking to her friends. but from saturday afternoon on, there's not a peep from her. maybe she had laryngitis? goren: i want to go at him with a search warrant for his car, for his apartment. goren. what? we worried about the noses he did at city hall getting bent out of shape? ( phone ringing ) major case, eames speaking. we'll be right there. the two-oh caught a break. man: i told the officers. her hairstyle was different. more swept off her face, you know? but the minute i seen this poster outside

i knew that's the one was in here two days ago. was she with anybody? no. did she seem okay? she ordered two pounds of nova. you have an excellent memory. you wear those glasses while you work? only when i'm slicing. when i'm talking to a customer, i drop them. anyone else see her? what about him? ah, he wouldn't know his own mother. listen, black leather coat gray shirt with black trim was what she wore when last seen, right? that's what she had on. trust me, it was her. the end of summer always makes me a little sad. ♪ but then i remember they're going back to school and payless has shoes for everybody. on sale! [ male announcer ] hurry in to find great prices on a huge selection of back to school shoes. women's start at only $16.99. kids' only $9.99. [ sighs ] hear that? [ silence ]

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they'll see a judge protecting a well-connected doctor. if i were you, i'd hedge my bets. i'll grant your warrant but only for the auto. if you want to poke around his apartment you bring me probable cause on a platter. i like the blue. i do, too. it matches your eyes. i have to reschedule tomorrow afternoon. i'm getting together with my in-laws to figure out the next move. well, what about a private detective? i mean, if the police can't do anything, maybe you should... their incompetence amazes me; i have to do everything. why valerie's doing this to me... my poor baby. don't furrow your brow like that. why, am i getting lines? i can take care of them. and i'm going to do something about those cheekbones. aren't i beautiful enough for you?

well, why settle for beautiful when you can have perfect? what room are you painting, anyway? the bathroom. no blood traces, no hair, no tissue. car was detailed recently, probably more than once. you can still smell the shampoo on the floor mats. ( phone ringing ) it's a receipt for aviation fuel from westchester airport from two months ago. he's a fly boy. maybe he took his wife up for a spin sunday afternoon. your doctor's bouncing off the walls in the claims area. you steal my car, you rip it apart. didn't you talk to the witness who saw valerie? well, you know us: we're like dumb dogs. we get a scent, and we follow it. what scent is that? the husband's the obvious suspect. i've been nothing but cooperative with you. if you wanted to search my car

all you had to do was ask. we appreciate it. does that mean you'll consent to a search of your apartment? you've exhausted my goodwill, detectives. get a warrant. a couple of weeks ago, huh? sunday, yeah, i think so. saturday he gave me crap about not cleaning the plane. can we see the plane? sure. it's over there. you get that a lot-- pilots giving you a hard time? ah, recreational pilots, you know. they all think they're mercury astronauts. kelmer a good pilot? instrument-rated, but i wouldn't fly with him. why not? bad temper. can we see his flight plan for sunday? that's just it; he didn't file one. i've got him running a plane that saturday then the following saturday nothing for sunday. you keep records on the computer? i put them in the computer when i have time. i'm only one woman, sweetheart. are you in here alone everyday?

yes, from 7:00 to 6:00-- except when i have to go to the little girl's room. that's in the next building. you lock up? no. people got to get to the vending machine. do you always keep the rental slips under there? where i can get at them. and so can everyone else. thanks. i'm going to hire more people, set up a phone bank and i'm offering a reward of $10,000. $10,000? we'll find her, eleanor. what's wrong with her? you think we believe this? this act you're putting on? what did you do to my valerie? me? i can't look at you anymore. that's it, that's it, go! you raised her, with all her drugs and mental problems, her screwing around that's all on your head. god will punish you for what you've done. all i did was turn a shoe salesman's daughter into a surgeon's wife. did i ever hear any thanks from you?

when do i get a little consideration for what i'm going through? ( crying ) if they make one accusation in public, i'll sue. you do that, peter. let the world see what a hypocrite you are. valerie's the hypocrite. i'm no fool. there'll be hell to pay when she comes back. he left his apartment around 2:00 and arrived at the hospital just before 5:00-- roughly three hours. we're giving him half an hour to westchester 15 minutes to get the plane ready. assume the same on the other end that leaves an hour and a half flying time. a cessna turbo stationaire makes 178 knots. that means he could cover this area. and we're going with an ocean dump. winds this time of year come from the north. that means the currents are from east to west onshore. areas of search should be long island, from long beach to bridgehampton and new jersey from leonardo down to cape may. dibs on long island.

man: forgive the facilities. jersey legislature hasn't been very generous. a couple of joggers found her out on the beach early wednesday. i was going to get around to an autopsy this weekend. any idea on how long she'd been in the water? two or three weeks. here you go. female caucasian from the ribcage to the shoulders.

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