:37:01
been much of a believer in God, sir...
:37:03
but the way I've been stumbling on
certain kinds of evidence in this case...
:37:06
has me questioning my beliefs.
:37:09
I go to church on Sunday
and to prayer meetings three times a week.
:37:13
But when I put on my holster
I put God out of my mind.
:37:16
You want something, you tell me what it is,
and stop all the bullshit.
:37:19
Right.
:37:23
Sir, in the course of my investigation
into the Niemeyer murder...
:37:26
I've come across
strong, instinctive evidence...
:37:28
that points to at least 16
other murders of young women...
:37:30
dating back 15 years.
:37:32
The M.O. S are varied, but the victims
were all of a certain physical type.
:37:35
Now, I've gotten the case files
on these homicides, and...
:37:37
chronological consistencies
and other factors...
:37:40
have convinced me that all 16 women
were killed by the same man.
:37:43
The man, in fact, who killed Julia Niemeyer.
:37:45
What you do mean by "chronological
consistencies and other factors"?
:37:49
There are four dates of death
on the exact same day.
:37:51
June 10th, two in the early '70s
and two in late '70s.
:37:54
And of these,
two were listed as gunshot suicides.
:37:57
Now, any cop with half a brain
should have known...
:37:59
that women
almost never kill themselves with guns.
:38:02
Is that it?
:38:04
The last two murders
have been particularly brutal...
:38:06
which makes me believe
he's close to exploding.
:38:07
That means we've got to
start pushing him, sir.
:38:09
And I can do that with a
dozen experienced homicide dicks, full-time.
:38:12
I want liaisons set up
with every other department in the country.
:38:15
I need permission
to recruit uniformed officers...
:38:17
for the shit work and authority to grant...
:38:19
unlimited overtime,
and most important, sir...
:38:21
we need a full-scale media blitz...
:38:22
I haven't heard any hard, physical evidence.
:38:24
You got any witnesses? Any notations
from detectives within our department...
:38:27
or any department that lend credence
to your mass-murder theory?
:38:30
No one's bothered to go over the files...
:38:32
How many of these 16 investigations
are still open?
:38:35
None. But that's the point.
:38:36
Are there any other officers
within our department...
:38:38
- who corroborate your hypothesis?
- No.
:38:40
Other departments?
:38:43
No.
:38:45
Hopkins, I'm not gonna trust you on this.
:38:49
Even though I must admit you're
a good detective with a good arrest record.
:38:52
- Then what's the problem, sir?
- You know damn well what the problem is.
:38:55
It's too old, too vague, too costly, and too
potentially embarrassing to the department.