Speaker 1: Solve Presents The Happy Girl Part one. Breathe in relaxation.
Speaker 1: Breathe out a peaceful heart. If an emotion arises, anxiety
Speaker 1: maybe anger, that's okay, just notice it, then calmly, gently
Speaker 1: bring yourself back to the breath. Breathe and relaxation. Fuck
Speaker 1: and I interrupted in your moment of zin. No, Superintendent Luck,
Speaker 1: what can I do for you? Clear your mind? You've
Speaker 1: got a call. Uh, but I'm on desk duty indefinitely.
Speaker 1: Ben and Falls East Trailhead detective from Ben Pet's waiting
Speaker 1: for you. Detective Flaherty, Oregon State Police Detective Flaherty. Hi,
Speaker 1: Detective Lisa Watkins Ben p D. Would you like to
Speaker 1: follow me? We're up the trail here, a little ways
Speaker 1: into the forest. Thanks your new Watkins. Yeah, I just
Speaker 1: moved from Portland. Had enough city life back there. I
Speaker 1: was deputy, mostly doing traffic by lay and Ben p
Speaker 1: D had an opening for a detective. We're right over here.
Speaker 1: M what have we got? Teenage girl gunshot woundto the head,
Speaker 1: self inflicted, not unless she shot herself in the back
Speaker 1: of the head. I'm sorry, let's have a look or
Speaker 1: her phones on her battery is dead. But we run
Speaker 1: the plates on the vehicle out by where you parked.
Speaker 1: Figure it's hers. Got a name of Kierra Matthews. You
Speaker 1: know her? Damn it? Yeah, yeah, I know her. She's
Speaker 1: my friend Tom's kid, a teen. I think that's when
Speaker 1: I got pulled off the bench. Okay, walk me through it. Uh,
Speaker 1: what's what you see is what you get. I'm afraid
Speaker 1: a couple out for a morning hike discovered the body.
Speaker 1: You saw that evidence marker on our walk over here.
Speaker 1: We believe those are her gloves. Found a bullet casing
Speaker 1: about fifty yards that way, so it looks like she
Speaker 1: was moved. No sign of a gun. Keep looking. We
Speaker 1: are yes, sir. Is this Tom a close friend of yours?
Speaker 1: I mean close enough. I went to high school together
Speaker 1: and see each other a few times a year Barbecue's
Speaker 1: fantasy baseball draft. And what do you know about Kira?
Speaker 1: I didn't see her all that much, but based on
Speaker 1: what Tom said about her, she seemed like your average teenager,
Speaker 1: you know, a nice girl. We'll get a couple more
Speaker 1: uniforms from state out here to help campas the area.
Speaker 1: That would be great. We'll run this out of my office.
Speaker 1: That's all right with you? UM, yeah, okay, that's fine. Good.
Speaker 1: Can you handle the corner when they get here? Sure,
Speaker 1: where are you going to tell my friend his daughter's dead?
Speaker 1: So I am, and I'm so sorry. Are you going
Speaker 1: to catch who did this? You have my word? I
Speaker 1: thought you were on some sort of administrative leaf brought
Speaker 1: back on probation. I just have to finish that court
Speaker 1: mandated therapy and stay out of trouble. And this isn't
Speaker 1: a conflict of interest thus being friends, they're short staffed.
Speaker 1: What are they gonna say? Plus, I got this kid
Speaker 1: from City p D work in the case with me,
Speaker 1: the case. That's what curious. Now my daughter, she's a case.
Speaker 1: I can't believe it. Look, I know this is hard,
Speaker 1: but can you think of anyone who wanted to hurt Kira?
Speaker 1: Why would anyone want to hurt Kira? She's just a sweet,
Speaker 1: happy girl. All right? Well, bring me up to speed.
Speaker 1: Give me the snapshot of her life lately. I mean,
Speaker 1: she's quiet. You know, she was taking a gap year
Speaker 1: before call. When she's here, she'd mostly stay in a room.
Speaker 1: She spent most of her time at. Her boyfriends practically
Speaker 1: lived there. What's the boyfriend's name, Jason? Kemp. I don't
Speaker 1: like the kid, if I'm being honest. And why is
Speaker 1: that he's older? She seems cross? What was their relationship like?
Speaker 1: You think she'd ever tell me? You'd have to ask him.
Speaker 1: I will that we don't need to have a look
Speaker 1: around her bedroom. Is that all right with you? Okay? Yeah, stairs,
Speaker 1: I meant when I said to him, we're gonna catch
Speaker 1: the sun of a bitch. Thanks Mikey getting settled in? Yes,
Speaker 1: thank you. I was just about to put up a
Speaker 1: map of the crime scene. Oh good, good. You'll like
Speaker 1: working with Flaherty. But keep an eye on him. How
Speaker 1: do you mean, sir? There's a reason he was put
Speaker 1: on leave. Don't get me wrong. He's a great detective.
Speaker 1: But as important as your partner is in these investigations,
Speaker 1: nothing is more important than the case. Protect the case
Speaker 1: at all costs, even if it means protecting it from
Speaker 1: your partner. Hey, hey, Flaherty, I'm sorry about Kira because
Speaker 1: I was tom as you'd expect. How did it go
Speaker 1: with the crime scene? Nothing new, but we have guys
Speaker 1: scouring the woods. Now, good, come with me. Where are
Speaker 1: we going? Kira had a boyfriend. The dad doesn't like him,
Speaker 1: so let's see if we like him. I I can't
Speaker 1: believe it. I'm very sorry, Jason, I know this is devastating.
Speaker 1: What was Kara doing in the woods that night? I
Speaker 1: have no idea. Did she tell you where she was going,
Speaker 1: who she was going with? No, she didn't say was
Speaker 1: she with you? You just told him that his girlfriend
Speaker 1: has been murdered. Maybe take your foot off the gas.
Speaker 1: Where were you Thursday night? I was at a buddy's place.
Speaker 1: Which buddy? When did you get home? Uh, Steve Rodriguez?
Speaker 1: I got home late, maybe one. I thought Kiro would
Speaker 1: be here when I got in. Their dad says, she
Speaker 1: spent most of her time here. Yeah, we were doing
Speaker 1: like a trial run living together. Had she been acting
Speaker 1: differently at all? Did she seem anxious or upset about anything? No,
Speaker 1: she seemed like herself because she had been keeping secrets
Speaker 1: from you. No. See that's a trick question. Of course
Speaker 1: she was. We all do. So she was keeping something
Speaker 1: from you? Who would she tell? I guess Abby, that's
Speaker 1: her best friend, Abby Goodwin. You get in touch with
Speaker 1: a good one girl. Yes. She agreed to speak with
Speaker 1: us tomorrow at her place eleven o'clock. Good. Thanks Watkins,
Speaker 1: when we were talking to Jason. You didn't like the
Speaker 1: way I was pressing him. It's not my approach, but
Speaker 1: that's fine. We're trying to solve a murder. Do you
Speaker 1: think we should do it with kid gloves? That's not
Speaker 1: what I was suggesting. And you really don't have to
Speaker 1: explain yourself. It's fine. Mhm. Odds are that one of
Speaker 1: these people we talked to, people who were close to Kira,
Speaker 1: is going to turn out to be the killer. You
Speaker 1: have to go hard if you want them to break.
Speaker 1: If you can't handle that. No, really, it's all right.
Speaker 1: It's nothing I'm not used to used to homicide investigations.
Speaker 1: No angry men blow, Yes, thank you, we'll be right there.
Speaker 1: That was the emmy autopsy is done. I put the
Speaker 1: time of death between eleven PM and one am. What
Speaker 1: time did the boyfriends say he was out anything in
Speaker 1: the talks. At the time of her death, she had
Speaker 1: methylene dioxy meth amphetamine in her system m d M,
Speaker 1: a party drug. In terms of the physical examination, temperatures
Speaker 1: were around freezing that night. She has a hat and
Speaker 1: the jacket on, but no gloves, so you can see
Speaker 1: more advanced prospite on the exposed areas like her hands, face,
Speaker 1: and neck. So those were her gloves on the trail.
Speaker 1: Now what's really strang change is the angle of the
Speaker 1: gunshot wound on the back of her head. It would
Speaker 1: suggest the killer was aiming down and from some feet away.
Speaker 1: She was most likely kneeling when she was shot execution style.
Speaker 1: Why would anyone execute a teenage girl? You all right? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's just disturbing. Have you ever seen anything like this before?
Speaker 1: Not like this? Hey, when are we going to talk
Speaker 1: to the girl's father. I already talked to him. No, No,
Speaker 1: I mean talk to him. Tom didn't kill his daughter.
Speaker 1: You've been at this a lot longer than I have,
Speaker 1: so you know it could be anyone. I hear you, Watkins.
Speaker 1: But I'm from here, Okay. I grew up with the guy.
Speaker 1: If I thought he was a suspect, I've already brought
Speaker 1: him in. Okay, Then what's next? I just got Kiras
Speaker 1: bank records with any luck, she used her debit cards somewhere.
Speaker 1: No point of sale purchases. Wait, she did make a
Speaker 1: withdrawal that morning. Look, a thousand dollars cleared out her
Speaker 1: savings the day she was killed. Huh, I think she
Speaker 1: owed some money. Abby, thanks for speaking with us. We're
Speaker 1: we're so sorry for your loss. Yeah, thank you. We
Speaker 1: went through Kira's phone. You're the last person she called
Speaker 1: the night she was killed. What did you too? Talk about?
Speaker 1: Just the usual stuff. I guess com planning about our
Speaker 1: part time jobs and we've got to get new ones.
Speaker 1: We may plans to shopping on the weekend. Sorry. I
Speaker 1: did she say if she was going to meet up
Speaker 1: with anybody that night? She She didn't mentioned anyone. No,
Speaker 1: you know if she owed anybody money? No? I mean, um,
Speaker 1: I don't know. What about the drugs, Abby, what drugs
Speaker 1: you can? You can take that? No, it's fine. Kira
Speaker 1: did molly that night. Where do you figure she got
Speaker 1: it from? I don't know. Could it have been Jason?
Speaker 1: I doubt it. He's a dick, but I don't think
Speaker 1: he's into that stuff. No. Why would you call him
Speaker 1: a dick because he was cheating on Kira with who? Everybody?
Speaker 1: Did Kira? No? Yes, was Kira seeing anyone else? Trying
Speaker 1: to even the score. You're asking about her cheating and
Speaker 1: doing drugs. Kira was a good person. We know that, Abby.
Speaker 1: Her father told me as much. Her dad what did
Speaker 1: he say? He said she was sweet, you know, a
Speaker 1: happy girl. He didn't even know her. If he did,
Speaker 1: he wouldn't describe Kira as happy. Oh I thought they
Speaker 1: were close? Are you kidding? He treated Kira like shit?
Speaker 1: She hated him. How are you feeling about this new case?
Speaker 1: Working with his rookie detective from CITYPD. She seems sharp.
Speaker 1: Referred to me as an angry man the other day,
Speaker 1: wondering if that's by reputation or if I just present
Speaker 1: that way. M And if you do, if your partner
Speaker 1: thinks that of you, what would that mean to you?
Speaker 1: I wonder a microscope as it is, I don't want
Speaker 1: to have to censor everything I say or do this case.
Speaker 1: This case is stressful enough as it is. Because you
Speaker 1: don't want to let your friend down. No, I don't.
Speaker 1: The rookie she um she wants us to bring Tom
Speaker 1: in for an interview official like, and you disagree. It's crazy.
Speaker 1: It's Tom wouldn't hurt his daughter. I thought. It's the
Speaker 1: job of a detective to entertain every possibility, no matter
Speaker 1: how outlandish. Now you're sounding like her. There is one
Speaker 1: thing curious. Friend told us that Kira hated Tom it's
Speaker 1: been eating at me. M Why is that Tom always
Speaker 1: seemed to get the things I was struggling with my temper.
Speaker 1: I mean, maybe that's because he was an angry man himself.
Speaker 1: Maybe he was a ship dad. And yeah, my b
Speaker 1: I am a ship detective for not noticing Michael. A
Speaker 1: case this personal, it will test you. You'll have to
Speaker 1: be a specially vigilant about monitoring your emotions or else
Speaker 1: you could jeopardize the case like last time. Sorry, this
Speaker 1: is a rookie. It's okay, go ahead, okay. I found
Speaker 1: the gun. Please tell me it's registered. Please open up,
Speaker 1: Get off of me. What do you Jason Camp, We're
Speaker 1: arresting you on a suspicion of the murder of Kara Matthews. What.
Speaker 1: I didn't do anything. We found this gun in a
Speaker 1: bush not far from where Kira's body was found. Ballistics
Speaker 1: matched it to the shellcasing we recovered at the scene.
Speaker 1: This is your gun, Jason, right, Yes, but I didn't
Speaker 1: do it. I didn't kill her. An easy way for
Speaker 1: you to make things worse for yourself would be to
Speaker 1: keep lying. I'm not lying. It's my gun, but it
Speaker 1: was stolen. I realized it was gone after I spoke
Speaker 1: to you guys, I didn't think it had anything to
Speaker 1: do with Kira. Okay, listen, the only fingerprints on the
Speaker 1: gun belonged to you and Kira. How do you explain
Speaker 1: that Kira and I would go to the shooting range sometimes.
Speaker 1: That's the only time I ever used the gun. So
Speaker 1: your story is that somebody stole your gun to kill
Speaker 1: your girlfriend? What to to frame you? I don't know.
Speaker 1: I left it in a shoe box at the back
Speaker 1: of my closet like I always do. Somebody must have
Speaker 1: broken in and stolen it. I have no idea, but
Speaker 1: I didn't kill Kira. Get comfortable. You're gonna be here
Speaker 1: a while. We're holding him on suspicion for now. We'll
Speaker 1: need to tie a few things up before we can
Speaker 1: charge him with murder. You sure with him? He looks
Speaker 1: good for it. Yeah, that's ah. We are spoke to
Speaker 1: Abby Goodwin. Abby. Yeah, okay, what's she saying? Well she
Speaker 1: said to you and Kia. Well she said you didn't
Speaker 1: get along. So what are you asking? I'm asking as
Speaker 1: a friend, not a cop. What was going on there?
Speaker 1: You know how much I used to party, right, I've
Speaker 1: been trying to get it under control. Mikey. I swear
Speaker 1: I'm mostly off the hard stuff, but sometimes when I drink,
Speaker 1: I guess cur called the brunt of it. What I
Speaker 1: wouldn't give to have a second chance to be a
Speaker 1: better dad. You want to do right by your daughter.
Speaker 1: Start cleaning it up. Now, there'll be a trial. We'll
Speaker 1: need you. Okay, Yeah, thanks? Hey, hey, hey, where do
Speaker 1: you think you're taking him? This man's in our custody.
Speaker 1: My client has been released. I'm taking him home. Your clients,
Speaker 1: the prime suspect and a murder investigation, then charge him otherwise,
Speaker 1: out of the way, detective, out of our way. Please,
Speaker 1: you've got to let him leave. I told you I
Speaker 1: didn't do it. You walk out of here. Don't you
Speaker 1: think for a second that you're a freeman. Okay, that's enough,
Speaker 1: Yes it is. Come on, I tried calling you. Your
Speaker 1: phone's off. Twenty four hours is up. We can't hold him.
Speaker 1: His alibi checked out, his friend confirmed they were drinking
Speaker 1: together until about one thirty, says Jason never left his sight. Bullshit,
Speaker 1: he's covering for him. Hey, hey, you need to calm down.
Speaker 1: Maybe the friend is covering for him, but the lawyer's right.
Speaker 1: You don't have enough to charge him. You're getting in
Speaker 1: that kid's face. Won't change that. You're protecting me now, Watkins,
Speaker 1: I'm protecting the case. I can't fucking believe this ship.
Speaker 1: Are you okay? We need more evidence? Fine? Come on?
Speaker 1: Anything can cures text with Jason standard toxic relationship stuff.
Speaker 1: They fight, He says he loves her, Prince repeat. How
Speaker 1: about her email? Doesn't look like her and Jason communicated
Speaker 1: much on here? Nothing unusual otherwise, Check the trash empty?
Speaker 1: What about the draft folder? Well, let me check walkins. Look, look,
Speaker 1: holy ship? What is this? What is this? Is this
Speaker 1: a personal ad? Yeah? It's this is one of those
Speaker 1: anonymous email threads when you post something on Craig's list.
Speaker 1: Scroll down. Yeah, you should be able to see the
Speaker 1: original ad here. It looks actually posted a couple of
Speaker 1: months ago. I want to hire someone to kill me.
Speaker 1: Have you ever wondered what it feels like to take
Speaker 1: a life. I'm looking for someone who will follow through
Speaker 1: private meeting spot and a secluded location. You will shoot
Speaker 1: me in the back of the head and it will
Speaker 1: never be traced back to you. One dollars cash, serious
Speaker 1: and freeze only. Kira put a hit out on herself,
Speaker 1: So much for the Happy Girl. Detective Michael Flaherty was
Speaker 1: played by Michael Traynor. Detective Lisa Watkins by the law
Speaker 1: batter Tom matt Used by Jason Huber, Kira Matthews by
Speaker 1: Gina Vittori, Abby Goodwin by Lexi Di Benedetto Get Craig
Speaker 1: by Scott Cooper, Ryan, Jason Kemp by Eric Lobez, Suzanne
Speaker 1: by Aaron Coker, Superintendent Brian Locke by Darren Cooper. This
Speaker 1: episode of Solve was written and directed by Corey Serge.
Speaker 1: Executive produced by Corey Serge, Executive produced by Walt Palmer
Speaker 1: and Starling Barnett. Casting by Daisy Laura. Audio production and
Speaker 1: post production by Salt Audio production manager Liz Lamy. Recording
Speaker 1: engineer Zach Jerrich, Hope Brush, and John Schmidt. Original music
Speaker 1: and score by Nathan Turchon, Edited and mixed by Zach Jurich,
Speaker 1: Assistant editor shy Han Zoo. Sound designed by Eric Rachelson,
Speaker 1: Script supervisor Marilyn Miller.