Benson and Tutuola entered the home of Alex and Megan Knab, the
married couple whose murder Munch had called in. A number of police officers
and members of CSU were canvassing the crime scene and collecting evidence.
When they entered the home, Munch walked over to them.
"What have we got?" Benson asked.
"Victims were found this morning by
the girlfriend of their son, who was here to housesit for them. According to
her, the couple was scheduled to leave for England this afternoon, and she was
to housesit for them for a week."
"And where is she now?" said
Benson.
"Over there, sitting on the couch. Her
name is Hallie Johnson, 16. Victims are in the bedroom," Munch replied.
Fin followed him into the bedroom while Olivia spoke to the girl.
"Hallie?" she said. The girl
nodded. "My name is Olivia. I'm a detective with the Special Victims Unit.
Can you tell me what happened?"
"I let myself in with the key they
gave me last night," Hallie replied. "I thought they had already left
for the airport since their flight was supposed to leave about three hours
before I got there, and they liked to plan ahead. I let the dog out, and I went
to Alex and Megan's room to clean up their bedding since they asked me to. I
opened the door and found their bodies inside. I called the police right away,
and then I called Dominic."
"And is Dominic the Knabs' son?"
"Yes. He's my boyfriend. I called to
tell him that I had found them and instead of freaking out, he calmly told me
that he knew and hung up. I think he might have done it."
Olivia nodded and thanked her.
Meanwhile, Fin and Munch met with Warner in
the bedroom. She was examining the bodies of Alex and Megan; both of them were
nude and bloodied. When Fin and Munch entered the room, she looked up from her
work and spoke to them.
"I think the same perp attacked these
victims," she said.
"How do you know?" Fin asked.
"Based on the way the woman was
raped," Warner replied. "Just like Grace Bontz, she was raped in the
same three ways. And the man was sodomized violently before bleeding to death.
He suffered a long death."
"How long have they been dead?"
asked Munch as Olivia walked in.
"I estimate time of death was no more
than six or seven hours ago, based on body temperature and the blood not being
completely dried yet. I'm guessing they had been dead about five hours when
Hallie discovered them. Did Hallie give you anything, Liv?"
"She said she called the son, and told
him what happened. When she did tell him, he said 'I know' and hung up the
phone. She and I are in agreement that he might have done it."
"Or maybe he just knew about it and
won't talk," Munch said. "We'll have to take her to the station for
questioning."
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At the precinct, Olivia sat down with Hallie
and asked her to describe exactly what had happened in the events leading up to
when she found the bodies. As she interviewed him, ADAs Alexandra Cabot and
Casey Novak and Dr. George Huang listened to the interview from outside of the
interview room.
"How would you describe Dominic's tone
when he said that he knew his parents were murdered?" Olivia asked.
"It sounded cold, almost...I don't
know...calculating. It's like he didn't even care. He's always been a little
off all the time, but when he said that, it sounded genuine," replied
Hallie.
Olivia thanked her, asked her to wait a
moment and then left the interview room. She turned to Huang and the ADA's.
"Well what do you think?" she
asked.
"I think Dominic only knew about his
parents' murder. I don't think he had a first-hand involvement in it,"
Huang replied.
"How are you coming to that
conclusion?" Alex asked.
"Based on the way Hallie described it,
it sounds like he just discovered their body and left them there. If he had
involvement in their murder, he likely would have just hung up the phone when
she told him, or if he felt guilty, he would have confessed."
"Is him knowing about his parents'
murder enough to get us a warrant to search his room and computer for
clues?" Olivia asked.
"Absolutely, if he knows something, we
need to question him," Alex replied. "Unfortunately, I'm due in court
in an hour so I won't be able to get your warrant. Casey?"
"I'll talk to Elizabeth Donnelly and
get you the warrant within the hour. Liv, Fin, you guys go on back to the
Knab's apartment, and wait for me there."
Olivia and Fin went back to the Knab's
house to wait for Casey's warrant. While they waited, an officer from CSU spoke
to them.
"No fluids were present on either of
the victims," she said. "Megan had traces of spermicide in her, so
the attacker used a condom. Alex was sodomized with a small wooden block before
bleeding to death, as your ME already told you. No hairs or prints were found
anywhere that didn't belong to either of the victims, or the son. Your perps
were pretty smart. We have Ruben Morales from TARU checking out the computer
now."
"Good, we'll need his help when Novak
gets here with our warrant," Fin said. "Thank you ma'am."
He and Olivia proceeded to the Alex and
Megan's office where Morales was working on their computer.
"Find anything yet?" Olivia
asked.
"Nada," replied Morales.
"These two mostly used their computer for business only. The hard drive is
clean. I can't search the son's room until a warrant is granted."
"Well you don't have to wait
anymore," Casey said as she walked into the room carrying a piece of
folded paper. "I got your warrant. Search the room."
Olivia and Fin went with Morales into
Dominic's room. While Morales searched the hard drive of Dominic's computer,
Olivia and Fin searched around the rest of the room. After ten minutes of
searching, Benson and Tutuola had found nothing of interest to the case.
"Please tell me you got
something," Olivia pleaded.
"I do. I've checked his last instant
message conversation, and it looks like he is at the house of a friend by the
name of Derrick White. I will trace his IP address, and I'll get you the
location of his computer."
After a few minutes of searching, Morales
came up with the location of Dominic's friend's computer.
"Got it," he said. "It's an
apartment in the Bronx."
Olivia and Fin wrote down the address and
left the apartment. They raced across Manhattan, and reached the friend's house
within an hour. They both went inside of the complex, where the landlord told
them what apartment number Dominic's friend was in. He led them upstairs, and
banged on the friend's apartment door.
"Hey, White, open up!" the
landlord shouted. "Your rent is overdue, and if you don't come clean, I'm
going to call the cops."
When no response came, Olivia and Fin drew
out their guns as Olivia told the landlord to open the door. He nodded and let
them inside.
"Police! We're looking for Dominic
Knab. If you're in here, Dominic, come on out," Olivia called.
They entered the kitchen where they found
two men standing together. One of them seemed to freeze to his chair as Olivia
and Fin entered, while the other jumped out of his chair, ran at Fin and
punched him in the face before running out the door.
"Are you alright?" Olivia shouted
as she went after the man.
"Yeah, I'm fine, go!" Fin yelled
back, standing back up. "Are you Derrick White?" he asked to the man
sitting down. The man appeared to be around 20-years-old, and seemed frightened
out of his wits.
"Yes, I am. Why are you looking for
Dominic?" Derrick replied.
"He's the prime suspect in his
parent's murder. He is also going to do some time for assaulting a police
officer."
Meanwhile, Olivia chased Dominic to the end
of the hall before she managed to get close enough to tackle him to the ground.
She held him down while she took out her handcuffs and put them on him.
"Dominic Knab?" she asked while
she stood him up.
"Who the hell are you?" Dominic
asked in a raspy voice.
"The sex crimes detective who is
arresting a 17-year-old murderer," Olivia replied.
"What? I didn't murder anybody!"
"Maybe not, but I'm still going to
arrest you. Dominic Knab, you're under arrest for the murders of your parents,
Alex and Megan Knab, and for the assault of police detective Fin Tutuola. You
have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against
you in a court of law."
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Back at the precinct, Olivia and Fin
questioned Dominic in one of the interview rooms.
"You're lucky I don't nail your sorry
ass for hitting me in the face," Fin said.
"Oh, threatening me? That could be
considered police brutality in a court of law," Dominic replied.
"Only if he hits you without provoking
him," Olivia interjected. "And believe me, he is easily provoked, and
I won't stop him from striking you if you do push him too much."
For the next half-hour, Olivia and Fin
interviewed Dominic. He described how he allegedly murdered his parents in cold
blood, raping his mother with a condom on and sodomizing his father with the
small wooden block. Most of his story seemed to check out with all of the
evidence that had uncovered. As Dominic finished confessing, Cragen entered the
room.
"Captain," Olivia said.
"You're just in time to see us charge Dominic here with rape, murder and
assaulting a police officer."
"Well, he's only going to be charged
with the assault," Cragen replied. "Can I see you both outside for a
moment?" Olivia and Fin followed Cragen out.
"What's up, Captain?" asked Fin.
"It can't be him," Cragen
replied. "We have surveillance video of him partying at a bar at the time
of his parents' deaths, and it shows that he stayed there until one hour before
Hallie discovered his parents."
"So we're back to square one again,
just like that?" Olivia demanded.
"Not quite," Cragen said.
"There's been another rape/homicide and more evidence may have been found.
We might be getting closer to finding this attacker."
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