you know a julie torelli? yeah. she used to date a friend of mine. i went clubbin' last night. with who? sam depaul. who dated julie torelli. look. sam and me went clubbin' last night. people at adonis' will vouch. but before you and sam went clubbing, you had a little adventure with gasoline. excuse me? you helped sam depaul burn up julie torelli's body in her car, joe. that puts you in a bad spot. see, that don't put me nowhere. i didn't know nothin' about no fire. are--are you a dummy, joe? listen to me. look, i didn't know nothin' about no gasoline. look, all i know is, sam called to pick him up. i get there, and he-- he's got this pepsi bottle full of gas. i said, "i'll take you where you want to go, "but i don't want to know nothin' about that pepsi bottle." so that's what happened. i took him where he wanted. he got out. i waited. he--he come back. [snickers] congratulations, joe. that story bought you a lethal injection. the hell if it does. write him up the same as depaul. wait, wait, wait! listen to me! he had me stay around the corner so i couldn't see what was gonna

torelli? yeah. i'm detective sipowicz. this is detective simone and russell. nothing bad happened, did it? you drive a '92 pontiac? my daughter julie does. it's registered in my name. when did you last see julie? she was just here for my birthday party till, uh, maybe 3:00. long as she's all right, the hell with what happened to the car. that car's license plate is involved in an investigation that we're conducting right now, mr. torelli. so nothing to be alarmed about. where'd your daughter go when she left? i presume errands. she got a boyfriend, mr. torelli? i had to break that off. so what's the story with the license plate? someone put it on another car? what else can you tell us about her former boyfriend, sir? they think the jerk stole the license plate off julie's car. simone: hello, ma'am. are you her mother? no. lois is inside. i'm jerry's sister-in-law. the jerk's name is sam depaul. jerk. or the creep, we call him. we need to talk to him. my niece jamie knows where he lives. she's here, too. we'll need to talk to her then, if that's ok. so, what, the jerk used her plate to pull off some kind of robbery? that's what the