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00:00Calling to order this meeting of the Avalon Birdwatching Association, order, everyone.
00:10I will not be silenced, Meredith. Not when it comes to my birds.
00:14Need I remind you, Topher Bouchard, that the Red Cross bill is highly endangered.
00:20Technically just threatened, Patricia.
00:21That destruction of its habitat is the sole reason for its decline.
00:25One of the many reasons.
00:26And that Newfoundland is the only place on Earth that the Perkna subspecies mates, lays their eggs, and raises their young.
00:36So I will not allow you or anyone else to disturb or even know the whereabouts of its nesting colony on my tract of woodland.
00:44Let alone invite you and your bandwagon of birders from away, from trampling all over it.
00:51Say hello to the avian activists.
00:54It decides to everything, I guess.
00:55Patricia, please. Topher's tour members are our invited guests.
01:01They might be yours, Meredith, but they're not mine.
01:04And I have always respected that, Patricia. I have never stepped foot on your land.
01:10And yet, someone's been messing around in my woods.
01:13And just as the Red Cross bills are coming for their six-week stay.
01:18And you think that was me?
01:20Frankly, I resent that accusation.
01:22Well, whoever it was, Topher Bouchard, they better not try it again, or I will make them pay.
01:33Patricia.
01:34Patricia.
01:34Patricia.
01:34Patricia.
01:34Patricia.
01:35Patricia.
01:35Patricia.
01:35Patricia.
01:36Patricia.
01:36Patricia.
01:36Oh, my God.
02:06Hey, don't be a sore loser.
02:10Swimming's the only time I get to beat you at a race.
02:15What have you found?
02:28Hunting bird in Newfoundland.
02:30Good one, Rex.
02:31Bird is from around here who'd kill to see that.
02:36Okay, everyone.
02:42We're nowhere near Patricia's land, so we should be fine.
02:45Just stay on the path or you might end up with a soaker.
02:49This is Newfoundland's glorious marshlands.
02:53Now, I know when people think Newfoundland birding,
02:56they think gannets and puffins,
02:58but we have our share of wetland birds as well.
03:02Many just passing through,
03:05here to breed and feed,
03:07then off again.
03:08I came all this way to see baby crossbills,
03:11not herons and ducks,
03:12so take us to the colony.
03:13Well, I would if I could,
03:15but listen.
03:17That's the right crossbill.
03:22It's over in that forest.
03:24Oh.
03:25Oh, not so fast, Colin.
03:27Oh.
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03:48That's all I can tell you.
03:49I didn't even want to be in that marsh.
03:51I can see ducks back in Seattle.
03:52Okay.
03:53Yes.
03:53Yep.
03:53Hey, just wait with the rest of the group.
03:55I'll get back to you.
03:56Hey.
03:57Donovan Call gave me the basics on birdwatching tourists,
04:00found a body in the marshes and then drove here.
04:02Yeah.
04:03Yeah.
04:04Terrified that there was a killer on the loose.
04:06Okay.
04:07Victim's name is Patricia McGee.
04:08She's a local twitcher in St. John's.
04:10People that found her are all chasers.
04:12So what you're saying is that the victim is a devoted local birder,
04:15i.e.
04:15twitcher,
04:16whereas all these people have come a long distance hoping to see interesting birds?
04:20Yeah.
04:23Are you into birding, Mark?
04:24No.
04:24I did a crash course on the drive-in just like you.
04:27I didn't do that.
04:28What have you discovered so far?
04:29Well, Skylar Jenkins came all the way to St. John's to see the baby red cross bills and
04:35it feels ripped off.
04:36Well, that's fascinating, but maybe not pertinent.
04:38Colin Crawford, he found the body.
04:40He's new to birding.
04:41Flew in about a week ago.
04:42Any previous connection to the victim?
04:44Only peripherally.
04:45Skylar and Colin attended a meeting of the Avalon Bird Watchers Association three days ago
04:49where the tour operator over there, Topher Bouchard, got into an argument with a victim.
04:55Pertaining to?
04:56Patricia accused him of trespassing on land that she owned in search of the Red Cross Bill's nesting colony,
05:01the exact location of which she would divulge to no one.
05:04And was he trespassing this morning?
05:05No, no.
05:06The marsh is public land.
05:07Her land is west of there and her house is very close to the crime scene.
05:11I'll get contact info for the people here and release them, but hold Colin and Topher back.
05:15I want to check in with Sarah before I interview them.
05:17Okay.
05:18Rex.
05:20By the way, he's a real dude.
05:23A casual but committed birder.
05:25Very nice, Mark.
05:25I really have to up my game in the Obscure Information Department.
05:32Rex and I are on route to the crime scene.
05:34Sarah, are you still there?
05:35Yeah, I'm here.
05:36See you soon.
05:40The victim was found prone here on the ground.
05:43Apparently strangled with her own binocular strap, but I'll confirm the cause of death.
05:47Whoever killed her didn't bring a weapon.
05:50Suggest the attack may have been random.
05:53Spontaneous.
05:54Staged to appear as such.
05:57There's no cell phone found, but her wallet wasn't taken.
06:01No assault other than the obvious.
06:05Yeah, I'll take the body for foreign DNA.
06:08Have you determined a time of death?
06:10Uh, no more than 12 hours.
06:12I'll be more exact after the autopsy today.
06:14What was she doing here by this pond?
06:17Was she meeting someone?
06:18Did she often birdwatch here?
06:20Alone?
06:24What do you got there, Rex?
06:31Oh, something in the hair.
06:34A bird feather?
06:37It's small.
06:39It's red.
06:40Yeah, it could be the red crossbill.
06:42You can identify a bird off one feather?
06:44No, I can make a wild guess from an argument that the victim had just a few days ago.
06:49Oh, people argue about birds.
06:51Oh, don't they argue about?
06:59Erk!
07:02Rex is certainly interested in that.
07:05Well, if Rex thinks it's significant, then maybe it is.
07:09Thanks for waiting, Colin.
07:27Oh, no problem.
07:29You good?
07:29Uh, sorry.
07:31Still a little shaken.
07:33I came to Newfoundland to spot birds, not bodies.
07:35I just have a few questions.
07:36Um, now you witnessed an argument between the victim and your tour guide, Topher.
07:41Yeah.
07:42I mean, I only took up birding recently when I retired, but it seemed a pretty common point
07:46of contention.
07:47And what is that?
07:48People who want to shelter birds from any human interference versus those who want to bring
07:53more and more people to see them.
07:54And the argument got heated?
07:56Yeah.
07:56Yeah, but she threatened him, not the other way around.
07:59Hmm.
08:01You don't think Topher was involved?
08:04It's too early to say.
08:05I'm just asking some routine questions.
08:07I mean, he has seemed really tense the past few days, but running a fledgling business is
08:11really hard.
08:12Oh.
08:12Ah.
08:13Pardon the pun.
08:15Uh, fledgling.
08:16Right.
08:17Uh, you said you took up the hobby when you retired.
08:19You, uh, you seem a little young for that.
08:21Oh.
08:22I made a killing in tech stocks.
08:24Oh.
08:24Still trying to figure out what to do with my time.
08:25Well, hopefully this hasn't scared you off.
08:27No, no.
08:28I'll stick it out.
08:29Sorry about this.
08:30I know this can't be great for business.
08:32Half the tour is talking about leaving, requesting refunds.
08:37This sort of thing just doesn't happen here.
08:39You know, terrible things happen everywhere, unfortunately.
08:42How long did you know the victim, Topher?
08:44A little over five years.
08:45Since I started the business, joined the local birding club.
08:47Where you argued with the victim just days ago.
08:50Patricia picked fights with everyone.
08:52She was nuts about hoarding the Red Cross bill all to herself.
08:55She accused me of trespassing.
08:57And did you?
08:58No.
08:59Never.
09:00I'm not even exactly sure where her land is, let alone bring people onto it.
09:03But you'd like to, I assume.
09:06You must be under a lot of pressure to get your clients access to rare birds,
09:09especially when they've flown so far to see them.
09:12Are you suggesting I might have something to do with this?
09:16If I did, why would I bring my tour group to find the body?
09:19That's a good question.
09:20Yeah.
09:20Where were you last night, Topher?
09:22Seriously.
09:23Oh, yeah.
09:24Very.
09:26I had a drink at the motel where the tour is staying,
09:30and then went up to my room to plan the next day's events.
09:33Can anyone corroborate that?
09:34No.
09:36But what could I possibly have to gain from killing Patricia?
09:38Well, that's a good question, too.
09:46Find out what you can about this Topher character.
09:49He got defensive straight out of the gate.
09:50You know, see if he has a record, financial situation, general background.
09:53Yeah, will do.
09:54Run a quick check on a tour group, too.
09:55Just, you know, routine stuff.
09:58Have we identified next of kin?
09:59Well, there's no existing family,
10:01but her husband, Jedediah McGee,
10:03is listed as your sole beneficiary.
10:05Haven't been able to locate him.
10:07Oh, they weren't together anymore?
10:08No one on the island by that name.
10:10What about close friends?
10:11I mean, they might know where he is.
10:13And if Patricia was having trouble with anyone, felt threatened...
10:16Well, there's Meredith Legault.
10:17She's waiting at Patricia's house with Joe.
10:19She's an old friend and president of the Birders Association.
10:23She had a key.
10:24Well, I guess what they say is true.
10:26Birds of a feather, unlock together.
10:28Mark, are you stealing my vibe?
10:31I'm moving in on you, Jesse.
10:33Moving in on you.
10:37Don't like that.
10:47What a horrible, horrible thing to happen.
10:50I don't think I'll ever feel safe in the marsh again.
10:54Neither of us thought twice about going in there alone.
10:57You knew Patricia a long time.
10:58Since we were girls.
11:01We grew up together.
11:03Can you think of anyone who might have wanted to harm her?
11:05You don't think someone she knew could have done this?
11:07Well, we have to look at all possibilities.
11:09It seems that she could be contentious.
11:12That's an understatement.
11:14I'm sorry to say, but Patty wasn't always so prickly.
11:18She just got her heart broken so young.
11:21How's that?
11:22She was married briefly.
11:23She was barely 20.
11:25To a man named Jedediah.
11:27He was the one who first got us all into birding.
11:30Encouraged her to spend every dime that she inherited to buy that land.
11:34And then he just disappeared one day.
11:37Disappeared?
11:37Teddy had something to take care of and never returned.
11:40She waited and waited.
11:43She still has enlisted as a beneficiary in her will.
11:47Not that there's much to inherit.
11:49Rumor is she was struggling just to hold on to the house.
11:52So why didn't she sell the land?
11:54It must have been worth something.
11:56Patricia would rather die than betray her birds.
12:00Come with me.
12:01I'll let you into her house.
12:09Birds.
12:10Birds.
12:12Birds.
12:14It's a sad story, really.
12:16I mean, I love golf, but I'm not building a shrine to it.
12:20I don't know.
12:20You have to admire her dedication.
12:23Put her money where her mouth was.
12:25Did everything she could to protect a threatened species.
12:27Yeah, never forgot the love of her life.
12:32Oh.
12:34Yeah.
12:35Well, they look happy there.
12:36That must be a young Jedediah.
12:39No computer.
12:41No cell phone on the body.
12:44She was old school.
12:45Yeah, well, I can't find anything that indicates she was planning to meet someone or had been threatened in any way.
12:51Nothing out of the ordinary.
12:52Don't look like old journals.
12:59Looks like she kept a diary of her life.
13:01What you got there, Rex?
13:06What is it?
13:07Hey, is that what you see, Rex?
13:15It says red crossbill nest.
13:17Well, that's the bird that Patricia was arguing about trying to protect.
13:22What's this?
13:23Wow, is that real, Ruby?
13:29Why would somebody who's struggling to pay their bills have something like this?
13:32And is there more where this came from?
13:33That is quite the Ruby.
14:01I mean, look, if it's real, it's worth a fortune.
14:04But where did it come from?
14:05And why wouldn't Patricia sell it if she was really struggling?
14:08Why was she storing it in a red crossbill nest?
14:10The bird that she was arguing about that nested on her land and left a feather in her hair.
14:15I've got a meeting with a local jeweler in town later today just to check on the value
14:19and also to keep it safe until we find out about her heir.
14:22Okay, I'm still searching for Jedediah McGee.
14:24I'm going to take this wedding photo and run it through facial recognition.
14:26Let me know what you find out.
14:28Also, I've been looking into the bird tourists, including the man that found the body.
14:31There's nothing unusual or suspicious about them.
14:33And Topher?
14:34Well, it seems that his business is hanging on by a thread, but there's no record.
14:39And as he said, he had a drink with the tour group,
14:41and he told them he was heading in for the evening.
14:43But no one will vouch for him.
14:44There was Skylar, the disappointed chaser.
14:46She said she's pretty sure she saw him head into his room, but that was about it.
14:49And what do we know about her?
14:51Well, she works for her parents' development company.
14:53Got into birding when it became popular online.
14:55Hashtag trendy.
14:56So that makes Topher our top suspect.
14:59But what I don't understand is why someone would kill just to look at some birds.
15:03That must be more than that.
15:05I'm going to head over to the provincial land registry.
15:06I want to know exactly where Patricia's land was.
15:10Something's nagging at you.
15:11Well, maybe it's all the bird-o-mania that's rubbing off on me.
15:14I looked it up.
15:15Red crossbills like to raise their young and mature forests right now,
15:19this time of year, and only for a few weeks.
15:21So?
15:22So why was a twitcher, like Patricia, wasting her time in a marsh?
15:26Why was she looking at ducks when she should have been spending all her time at the crossbills?
15:29I think you're right.
15:31I think you've caught bird-mania.
15:34Blame Rex.
15:34Sarah's got the autopsy results.
15:38Let's go.
15:43Sarah, what have we got?
15:45Hey.
15:45Yeah, okay.
15:46So, time of death, 10 to 12 hours before the body was discovered.
15:50Cause of death also is presumed victim died of strangulation.
15:53Now, I did find foreign DNA on the binocular strap.
15:57It's traced, but it's there.
15:58Well, that's great news.
15:59Have you run it through the national database?
16:00That is the bad news.
16:02There was no match, but I'm widening the search.
16:05Also, the bird song Rex heard was, in fact, from the rare red crossbill,
16:11as was the feather from her hair.
16:14Well, I guess that makes me some kind of expert after all.
16:20Patricia's body showed clear signs of lividity.
16:22Posthumous pooling all the blood.
16:23Exactly, but the discoloration was on the posterior thorax.
16:27On her back?
16:28Yeah.
16:28But Patricia was found face down.
16:30I know.
16:31The blood should have pulled anteriorly.
16:33So, the lividity is off.
16:35She was found in a marsh when any sane bird who would be in the woods.
16:38And Rex found a red crossbill feather in her hair when she was nowhere near their nesting site.
16:44The body was moved.
16:46Moved.
16:47Yep.
16:47Yeah.
16:49But from where?
16:51And why?
16:52Well, maybe she wasn't the only one who wanted to keep people away from their nesting site.
16:58Maybe they didn't want anyone to see where she'd actually been murdered.
17:02Ah!
17:04Maybe I can find some answers at the land registry.
17:15Hello?
17:15Hello?
17:15Anybody here?
17:23Yes!
17:26Oh!
17:30Detective!
17:33Meredith.
17:34What can I do to help?
17:36Definitely a real gemstone.
17:43No doubt about that.
17:46So it's a ruby then.
17:48Oh.
17:49And one of exceptional quality.
17:52Burmese.
17:54Remarkable clarity.
17:55And its color is the purest pigeon blood red.
18:00Pigeon blood?
18:03It's ironic.
18:05How's that?
18:07Well, the house where we found it was once owned by a lifelong bird watcher.
18:12One with deep pockets, I assume?
18:15What'd you say then?
18:18How much would you estimate that this ring is worth?
18:21Judging the gem's weight, uh, between four and five carats.
18:25On the right day with the right buyers, I'd expect this ring to sell for at least two million dollars.
18:35Well, I guess I'll be requesting backup to get this pigeon back to the roost, huh?
18:38I'm sorry I didn't mention to you that I worked at the registry.
18:44Well, I'm not sure why you would.
18:46Yeah, exactly.
18:47I'm just glad to help.
18:49Though I'm not sure how an outline of her property will help you find a killer.
18:53I'm just getting the lay of the land.
18:57Well, here it is.
19:00Patricia owned all of this area here.
19:03Is this survey hand-drawn?
19:05And Newfoundland has a unique land registry situation.
19:10The original settlers were breaking international treaties by overwintering,
19:14when it was indeed a newfound land.
19:16So anyone who did settle was simply squatting.
19:20Just claiming the land for their own, building on it with no deed.
19:23Exactly.
19:24This led to generations of families selling squatting rights over kitchen tables,
19:28drawing out the boundaries themselves.
19:30And this list here is tracking who claimed it, when, and who they passed it on to?
19:35Exactly.
19:36Okay.
19:37Oh.
19:38I never noticed that before.
19:40Noticed what?
19:41The man Patricia bought the land from.
19:44Lester Zimmer.
19:45He was a well-known Slavine, especially when it came to land transfer.
19:49I'm assuming by Slavine you mean a...
19:51A man with a less than reputable character.
19:53Zimmer was known for selling land that he didn't actually have claim to.
19:56So you're saying Patricia may not have even owned the land that she vowed to protect?
20:01Though I'm not sure how that could have led to someone killing her.
20:07It's just...
20:09interesting.
20:16I think we're in trouble.
20:18You have to do something.
20:20You have to do something.
20:26Two million dollars just sitting on top of a shelf in a bird's nest.
20:33I mean, still, it could have been passed down to her and she kept it, having no idea what it was worth.
20:37Yeah, but she put it in a Red Cross bill's nest.
20:39I mean, there has to be some significance to that.
20:42Yeah, I know, Rex.
20:43We're missing something.
20:44I just got a hit on the DNA found on the binocular strap.
20:47Jedediah Harris.
20:49Jedediah Harris, but not McGee.
20:51Yeah.
20:51Uh, is there a photo?
20:52I sent Jesse his Coast Guard records.
20:55Yeah, apparently he went AWOL.
20:57Okay, coming right up.
20:59Yeah, can you, uh, can you throw up a picture of Patricia's wedding photo as well?
21:02Yeah, you got it.
21:03Here.
21:05That's the same Jedediah, all right.
21:07The way that means...
21:08The DNA found on the murder weapon belongs to none other than Patricia's long-lost husband.
21:13Jedediah has returned after all these years.
21:16Where is he now?
21:17Well, I don't know.
21:17I don't know.
21:21Guys, I put out a bolo on Jedediah using the age-adjusted image.
21:35Won't be 100% accurate, but it's a start.
21:39He looks like every tourist on this island.
21:41And half the islanders.
21:43Yeah, and comparing it with passenger arrivals, no hits.
21:46Photo progression is far from liable.
21:47Yeah, this is basically AI's version of a wild guess.
21:50So basically, we're looking for a 45-year-old Caucasian male who may look like our average Joe
21:55and could have already fled the island, for all we know.
21:57But who came back 25 years later to kill his estranged wife.
22:00Why?
22:01Well, he's listed as the sole beneficiary on her will.
22:03Could it be he's after the land?
22:05Maybe he knew about the ruby ring.
22:08Killed her to inherit that.
22:09I mean, it's all got to be interconnected, but everything goes back to that Red Cross bill.
22:13We need to find that nesting site soon.
22:15Yeah, see where Patricia was actually killed and why she was moved.
22:18Analyze that site.
22:19And I'm going to look more into this ring.
22:21A ruby of this size has got to have some history.
22:24Meanwhile, Rex and I are going to get set for that bird hunt tomorrow.
22:27Not that I have any doubt that Rex will lead you to the nesting colony,
22:30but hey, should we?
22:31Should we put you to the test first?
22:33Rex!
22:41Rex can pinpoint and track birdsong better than humans
22:44for a lot of really cool reasons.
22:46Dogs hear more frequencies, right?
22:47Yes, exactly.
22:49Especially higher frequencies.
22:50So we can hear up to 20,000 hertz.
22:58Okay.
22:59While dogs can hear up to 40,000.
23:02Okay.
23:02While dogs can hear up to 40,000.
23:02Rex can hear up to 40,000 hertz.
23:05So, when Rex hears a bird song, he might be hearing additional notes that are way out of our range.
23:16Exactly.
23:17And his remarkable hearing doesn't end there.
23:19Because dogs possess this complex system of at least 18 muscles in each ear canal,
23:25enabling them to independently move, tilt, rotate, and adjust their ears to better capture and locate sounds.
23:30So not only can Rex hear the Red Crossbow song better than I can.
23:34He can hear more of it from a further distance,
23:36and he can track you directly there.
23:43I think we're all set for tomorrow.
23:45Joe, what are you doing here?
24:01It's an hour before shift.
24:03Uh, I never left.
24:04I just grabbed a couple of hours on the couch.
24:07And signed out all these old evidence boxes?
24:09Yeah.
24:09Yeah, I had my coat on, and then I remembered an old jewelry heist from back when I was a rookie.
24:14It was hard to find the information, but, uh, you know what?
24:18Check this out.
24:18Wait, did you figure out how to put the images on the board?
24:21Sort of.
24:22Uh, oh, here it is.
24:24That's Patricia's ring.
24:26Yeah, it was stolen from the jeweler where I had the ring appraised, but three owners ago.
24:30And we have a suspect.
24:33His name is Leo Stiles.
24:36We picked him up two days after the heist trying to flee the island by ferry.
24:41He was held, questioned, but never arrested.
24:44So, therefore, no mugshot.
24:45Exactly.
24:46He was extradited back to the United States on old warrants,
24:49but the jewels from the heist never found.
24:52Huh.
24:53Okay, so you're thinking,
24:55you're thinking that Leo is actually Patricia's husband under a false name,
24:58and the reason why he disappeared is because he was extradited?
25:01You are reading my mind.
25:03He was released, returned, came to claim the jewels,
25:05and then maybe Patricia got in his way.
25:07Okay.
25:08I'll call the prison where he was incarcerated,
25:09see if they can send over an image if he was released.
25:11No, I'm one step ahead of you, young detective.
25:13See, the thing is, he was extradited back to California.
25:17It's still the middle of the night there,
25:18so we may need to wait on that information.
25:22Huh.
25:23Now Joe's stealing my mojo.
25:26Mojo.
25:27Okay, Rex.
25:35So we're just gonna follow that bird's song to find their nesting site.
25:41Seems doable.
25:46But I, uh,
25:49yeah, I have a feeling
25:50that I'm not hearing
25:52what you're hearing.
25:53What do you have there?
26:17Bird's nest and shotgun shells.
26:23Get him!
26:34Go, go!
26:35Go!
26:49Rex.
26:50Easy, boy.
26:52Let him go.
26:53No place on the truck.
27:04No.
27:05White, nondescript.
27:06So no one was actually shooting at you?
27:08No, shotgun was, uh,
27:10shotgun fire was at a distance.
27:11It's possible it wasn't even connected to the shells
27:14that had found on the ground
27:14or the guy who fled.
27:16Or it could have been Jedediah and an accomplice.
27:18You guys are gonna need backup
27:20if you plan on going out there again.
27:21The more people, the more noise, the more targets.
27:24I was trained to track
27:25and dense brush in the military, Joe.
27:27Stealth is your best friend.
27:29That and a dog.
27:34First, I need to add a bit more intel.
27:36I'm meeting up with Sarah, get her insights.
27:38See if we can track this killer
27:39out of the bush before we head back in.
27:41Okay.
27:46It appears to be a red crossbill's nest.
27:49A cup-like shape and the color of the eggs.
27:52Well, do what you need, has to be certain.
27:54Now, why would Jedediah or anyone
27:56be shooting down nests?
27:57But to silence the birds, perhaps.
27:59You and Rex were tracking their nesting area
28:01via their bird song.
28:02Right to the edge of the colony,
28:04by the looks of it.
28:05So get rid of the birds,
28:06you get rid of their song.
28:07Yeah, and stop anyone
28:08from finding their nesting site.
28:09People or police.
28:14No, it's odd to find
28:16a survey spike on her land.
28:18By all accounts, Patricia was never going to sell.
28:21So maybe someone needed her dead
28:22before they could close the deal.
28:24Someone like her husband
28:25getting ready to sell after inheritance?
28:28Well, let's see what Torbay Surveyors
28:30has to say about that.
28:32Thanks, Sarah.
28:33Come on, Rex.
28:37Joe.
28:37Hey, president of California,
28:39got back to a senescent image
28:40of Leo Stiles,
28:41the suspect in the old jewelry robbery.
28:44That's definitely not Patricia's husband.
28:47Damn, I really thought
28:47I was onto something.
28:48Well, Joe, you still might be
28:49because I combed through
28:50Patricia's journals,
28:51the ones that you had booked
28:52into evidence,
28:53and found the exact date
28:54that Jedediah disappeared.
28:55And?
28:55It was two days
28:56after the jewelry robbery.
28:58Said he had to take care of something,
28:59then he gave her a red ring
29:00before he left.
29:01There's definitely a connection.
29:02That is great work.
29:03Well done, Jesse.
29:04Yes, reclaiming my vibe.
29:06Sorry, what?
29:07What did you say?
29:09Okay, look,
29:10we need to contact the prison again
29:11and see if we can set up
29:11an interview with Leo Stiles.
29:13Ah, no can do.
29:14He passed away a month ago.
29:16Ah, seems like it's one step forward,
29:18two steps back with this case.
29:20All right, we still contact the prison.
29:22We see if there's someone
29:23that we can talk to.
29:24Someone who knew this man well.
29:26Okay?
29:26After 25 years in there,
29:27he's got to have spoken
29:28to somebody about the robbery.
29:30Someone who can lead us to Jedediah.
29:41I couldn't find anything.
29:43Maybe the police already have it?
29:47I need to see you.
29:49Where can we meet?
29:56You know it's illegal
29:58to remove an official survey spike.
30:02Well, I'm a police officer
30:04investigating a homicide.
30:05I think it's okay.
30:07Well, I don't feel comfortable
30:08divulging confidential client information.
30:13Oh, really?
30:15Was it the owner of the property,
30:18the murder victim,
30:19who hired you to survey her land?
30:21No.
30:22No.
30:22So you were, in fact,
30:26trespassing
30:26when someone else hired you.
30:28Weren't you just mentioning
30:29the legalities of surveys?
30:33Listen, they talked me into it.
30:35They said there was some question
30:36about who owned the land anyway,
30:38that they were going to fight
30:39for ownership in Coors.
30:40Yeah, I don't need excuses.
30:41I need a name.
30:42Oh, Detective.
31:01Uh, make any headway
31:03on the investigation?
31:03Ah, these things take time.
31:05I'm just here to ask
31:05a few more questions.
31:07How can I help?
31:08Oh, no, the questions
31:09are not for you.
31:09The questions are for Topher.
31:12I don't know.
31:22As I recall,
31:23you said you didn't even know
31:24where Patricia's land was.
31:26I was nervous, okay?
31:28Patricia and I just had
31:29a very public argument
31:30right before she was killed.
31:31I also remember you asking
31:32if you had killed her
31:33why you were bringing
31:34your tour group to find her.
31:36It doesn't make any sense.
31:37Unless you were working
31:38with someone else.
31:39Have you been in contact
31:41with Patricia's husband,
31:42Jedediah?
31:43Who?
31:44No.
31:44Did he offer to sell you
31:45the land if you helped him?
31:48Agreed to find Patricia's body.
31:51This is insanity.
31:52Because we, uh,
31:53we suspect that Patricia
31:54was killed on her own land
31:55protecting the Red Cross bills.
31:57Whoever killed her
31:57didn't want a search party
31:58coming through there.
32:00Who would go to that extent
32:01to hide a bunch of birds?
32:02But it was you
32:03running through the woods yesterday.
32:05Didn't you drive away
32:06in that white pickup over there?
32:10That was you.
32:12I thought I was being chased
32:13by some maniac with a shotgun.
32:17Look, I'll admit,
32:19I was trying to get Patricia's land.
32:21I was in the woods
32:22to get those spikes
32:23so I wouldn't be implicated.
32:24But I did not kill Patricia.
32:27And I am not working with anyone.
32:29Oh.
32:30Hmm.
32:34Who are you hiding, Topher?
32:36Is Jedediah in here?
32:39I have never met
32:40a Jedediah in my life.
32:42I have.
32:43But I swear,
32:44I haven't seen him
32:45in over 25 years.
32:54So tell me if I've got this straight.
32:56You two were plotting
32:57to falsely claim
32:58that Patricia really
32:59didn't own her own land.
33:01So you could pressure her
33:02into selling
33:02before she lost it outright?
33:04It was for her own good.
33:06She was going to lose the house
33:07and I knew her birds
33:09would be safe with Topher.
33:11I want to open up
33:12a bird sanctuary
33:12with boardwalks going through
33:15so people can see
33:16the Red Cross bills
33:17and fight to protect them.
33:18And make some money
33:19along the way.
33:20Well,
33:21commerce is not a crime.
33:23But fraud is.
33:25And now we've found out
33:26that you entered
33:26Patricia's house illegally.
33:28A neighbor called in.
33:32I told her not to go.
33:34I was just looking
33:35for the letter I'd sent
33:36claiming the title
33:37was under review.
33:39You sure you weren't
33:40looking for this?
33:43That's the ring Jedediah
33:45gave Patricia
33:45the day he left.
33:51Were you aware
33:51that Jedediah was involved
33:53in a jewelry heist
33:54just days before?
33:55I had no idea.
33:58Are you saying
33:58this thing is real?
34:00How could it be?
34:01He gave it to her
34:02in a crossbill nest
34:03like a sweet joke
34:04or a riddle.
34:05Which she kept there
34:07till her dying day?
34:09The crossbill colony
34:10was very special to them.
34:13Their secret place
34:14that only they could find.
34:16So even you
34:17haven't been there.
34:19I tried trespassing
34:22a couple of times.
34:23Just following
34:24the bird song.
34:26But the bush
34:28is just so dense.
34:29And after the birds
34:30are gone and the song
34:31stops.
34:32I don't know
34:32why you'd bother.
34:33Without the song
34:34to guide you
34:35it would be next
34:35to impossible
34:36to find where they nest.
34:37Even for Jedediah
34:38after 25 years.
34:40You don't think
34:41he's involved in this?
34:43After all this time?
34:44We have evidence
34:46that strongly suggests
34:47he was.
34:48Even after he left her
34:50I...
34:51always believed
34:52in their love.
34:55To think she might
34:56have died at his hand.
35:06You think the jewels
35:07are hidden
35:07where the crossbills nest?
35:08That's exactly
35:08what I think.
35:09Yeah.
35:10Jedediah and Leo
35:11robbed the jewelry store
35:13then hid the jewels
35:13where only they could
35:14find them
35:14and then plan on
35:15returning when
35:16the heat was off.
35:17Yeah, but Leo
35:17was caught
35:18and died in prison.
35:19And then when he
35:20finally returned
35:20Patricia surprised him.
35:22Wrong place,
35:23wrong time.
35:24When the birds
35:24are nesting
35:25is the only time
35:25you could find
35:26that spot.
35:26I mean,
35:27they were destined
35:28to stumble on each other.
35:29Yeah.
35:29And she was destined
35:30to be on the wrong
35:31side of that.
35:31Which I guess
35:32sounds good,
35:33but why is Jedediah
35:34still out there?
35:35Shooting down nests,
35:37silencing birds
35:37so no one could
35:38track him to the site.
35:39Yeah, presumably
35:39he knew exactly
35:40where the jewels
35:41were hidden.
35:42So why not just
35:42return and take them
35:43and run?
35:44Why take so long
35:45to get him back
35:45in the first place?
35:46Hey, guys,
35:47you're gonna want
35:48to get in on
35:48this telecall.
35:49I got Leo's
35:50longtime prison guard
35:50calling in from the States.
35:53Okay.
35:54Let's get Sarah, too.
36:00Leo was an old head
36:01even when I first
36:02started work here.
36:02Meaning he's been
36:03in prison a long time?
36:0425 years
36:05by the time he died.
36:07Spent his days
36:07talking about
36:08the heists he pulled.
36:10He knew he was
36:11gonna die in here,
36:11so why not brag?
36:13Did he ever mention
36:13a jewelry heist
36:14in Newfoundland, Canada
36:15or a partner
36:16named Jedediah?
36:18I'm not sure.
36:19I know he claimed
36:20to have a stash
36:21of loot somewhere
36:21hidden where no one
36:22could find it.
36:23Did he leave
36:24any journals behind?
36:25Letters from the outside?
36:26No, nothing like that.
36:28You know,
36:28it's too bad
36:29you didn't call
36:30a few weeks ago.
36:31His cellmate
36:31was just released.
36:34Yeah.
36:35Bradley spent
36:35a couple of years
36:36with Leo.
36:36Probably heard
36:37every story
36:37a million times.
36:38Okay, well,
36:39if you send over
36:39Bradley's record,
36:40we might be able
36:41to track him down.
36:42Absolutely.
36:43Will do.
36:45But be careful.
36:46Bradley Hoffman
36:47seems nice enough,
36:48but he's a stone-cold killer.
36:49Got a lot of technicality
36:51after his third appeal.
36:53Thanks.
36:55Here's Bradley's record.
36:59That's Colin Crawford,
37:01the birder
37:01who found Patricia's body.
37:04Find him.
37:05Yeah, yeah,
37:05I'll check in
37:06with the motel
37:07and Topher.
37:07He's been released.
37:08You need to move
37:09into that forest?
37:09It's miles of thick brush.
37:11Can the tactical unit
37:12get us that kind of coverage?
37:14We don't need tactical.
37:15Right, right.
37:16All we need
37:16is stealth and a dog.
37:18There could be
37:18two of them
37:19out there, Mark.
37:20Jedediah's DNA
37:20was on the murder weapon.
37:21He's connected somehow.
37:22Well, then we bring him in, too.
37:23We spooked them.
37:24They could disappear
37:24into those woods
37:25and we never bring them in.
37:27Tactical's there.
37:28They will stay 20 yards back.
37:30It's the final answer.
37:32Okay.
37:33Come on, Rex.
37:41All right,
37:41just hold here
37:42and wait for my signal.
37:43Come on, Rex.
37:51Let's find this guy
37:51before he brings down
37:52any more crossbills.
37:53Come on.
38:13Well, someone's looking
38:17for something, all right?
38:19You gotta be close.
38:26What is it, Rex?
38:29Who's your friend?
38:30I think we might
38:42have found you
38:43how to die.
38:43I guess
38:44his partner
38:45didn't want
38:45to split the loot.
38:48Easy.
38:48Easy.
38:50Stealth.
38:51When I take him
39:00or shall I take him?
39:03Shut up
39:04or I'll shut you up!
39:06Yeah, sure.
39:07Shots fired.
39:13Team one, proceed with caution.
39:16You looking for something
39:17down there, Colin?
39:18Or should I call you Brad?
39:23Whose identity did you steal?
39:25You know,
39:26along with all your other crimes.
39:27I'm just out here
39:31searching for birds.
39:32Oh, is that right?
39:33Okay.
39:34Okay.
39:35But you've been here before,
39:36yes?
39:38You came looking
39:39for the jewels,
39:40but all you found
39:41was Jedediah.
39:43Did Patricia come across
39:44you the same day
39:45that you stumbled
39:45on Jedediah's remains?
39:47Hmm?
39:48Is that why you killed her?
39:49What are you doing here?
39:52You.
39:53You.
39:53And then move the body
40:02to try and protect
40:03the location of the jewels
40:04while you continue to search?
40:11A man would nearly kill himself
40:12pulling that much weight
40:13through the brush.
40:15You're a determined man, though.
40:17Right?
40:23I think you're looking
40:26in the wrong place,
40:27to be honest.
40:30How's that?
40:31Jedediah gave Patricia a ring
40:33after the heist.
40:35Put it in a Red Cross bill nest.
40:39Oh.
40:47Oh.
40:50I think a little bird
40:51just told me
40:51where to find the stash.
40:53Oh.
41:01What?
41:05Hmm.
41:20Hmm.
41:22Someone's getting steak dinner tonight.
41:47Well, it turns out there are $3 million worth of jewels
41:50in the crossbill's nest, not including the ring.
41:53More importantly, Colin, a.k.a. Brad,
41:55is back behind bars where he belongs.
41:57Well, Sarah had mentioned that Jedediah's DNA
41:59was found all over the gloves at the crime scene,
42:01and it's a miracle that the sample
42:03and the binos trap hadn't been degraded.
42:05Yeah, it's like Jedediah was literally
42:07getting his revenge from the grave.
42:10He and Patricia are gonna be laid to rest together.
42:12I think they'd appreciate that.
42:14The land is gonna be turned into a sanctuary
42:16just like Patricia wanted.
42:17Yeah, well, I'm just glad that the red crossbills are safe.
42:20And that you and Rex now have a little patch to dip into.
42:23You better get your bins ready for this, lifer.
42:28I can't even pretend.
42:29I have no idea what you just said.
42:31Got it back.
42:33All right, who's ready for dinner?
42:36Well, Sarah and Donovan will be here any minute.
42:38What are we having?
42:39Roast duck.
42:43Just kidding, twitchers.
42:46It's steak.
42:47Rexx?
42:52Rexx?
42:55Oh, nice cach.
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