The Rookie - Season 4 Episode 16
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00:00That's Aaron Thorson, rich kid, TikTok famous before he got arrested for murdering his roommate
00:12in Paris.
00:13I was locked in the cell for 541 days.
00:16The person who murdered Patrick, he's still out there and no one is looking for him because
00:20they still think that I did it.
00:21I don't want to be a part of this reality TV show.
00:23Sweetie, it's only going to help you.
00:25I'm Morris Mackey.
00:26I'm a reality TV producer here.
00:28I just want to say this has been so fascinating.
00:30I love true crime and to be in a documentary, it's just, it's a dream come true.
00:37Can I just?
00:38You're back.
00:39Another crazy story.
00:40How could I stay away?
00:42You good to go?
00:43Yeah.
00:44Where should I start?
00:45Why don't you tell me about Aaron Thorson?
00:46Well, Aaron came to the FTO program with the deck stacked against him.
00:57He had to sue the LAPD even to get into the academy.
01:00I mean, you have to respect just how hard he fought just to be here.
01:05But what happened in Paris never left him no matter how hard he tried to move on.
01:10People would argue that doing a reality show is the opposite of moving on.
01:14Well, those people haven't experienced what it's like to be infamous.
01:17I mean, Aaron was desperate to reset the way the world saw him.
01:21And it all blew up in his face.
01:22Yeah.
01:23Yeah, it really did.
01:24I can't believe this is happening to me again.
01:37It's nice to see you again.
01:40And congratulations on the baby.
01:44Did being pregnant make what you went through with Aaron more stressful?
01:46Not here to talk about me.
01:48Fair enough.
01:49Let's talk about the reality show.
01:51Okay.
01:52It was his mom's idea.
01:53It was a way to rebrand his image.
01:56And what did you think of the title?
01:58No comment.
01:59Seriously, though, you have to have had an opinion.
02:01Listen, you're not going to get me to say that dumbass title, so let's just move on.
02:23Yeah, so back there is my parents' room and the family room.
02:36Oh, right here.
02:38This is my favorite photo.
02:39I was six.
02:41And you might recognize my dad.
02:43He was part of a 90s rap duo, Flex and Flow.
02:46That's them right here.
02:47Yeah, man.
02:48When I was a kid, I used to love riding my tricycle up and down the street.
02:53Up and down this hallway.
02:54Until he knocked over my Music Industry Achievement Award and broke it.
02:58Aaron tried to put it back together with Play-Doh, thinking we wouldn't notice.
03:02But that's my son.
03:04Always trying to get away with something.
03:06Not anymore.
03:08I mean, now he's very responsible.
03:13Over here, we got my childhood bedroom.
03:16What the hell?
03:21Hey, I never had this picture of Patrick.
03:23Did you put this here?
03:24We just thought it'd be a nice surprise.
03:26Man, Morris, what the hell did I tell you about faking stuff like this?
03:30Relax.
03:31Not a big deal.
03:32We just wanted to do it for a take.
03:33Yeah, man, that's not cool.
03:34You know what?
03:35You're right.
03:36My bad.
03:37We'll do it again, but without the photo.
03:39Okay.
03:40Yeah.
03:41Okay.
03:42Got that?
03:48Morris was white-hot from doing several award-winning documentaries in a row.
03:52The king of those 30 under 30 lists.
03:54He had a real gift for earning people's trust.
03:56Convincing them that he was on their side.
03:58That they have a say on the final cut.
04:01Then surprise, they didn't.
04:04Hey.
04:05Sorry.
04:06I, uh, totally forgot this was happening today.
04:10We just started.
04:11Uh, don't forget to tell them about the, uh, forensics expert.
04:14I know.
04:15Uh, and the, uh, the French prosecutor.
04:16I sent you that interview, right?
04:17He's biased against Aaron from the jump.
04:21I'm a decade older, but Aaron and I had similar upbringings, rich parents, private schools.
04:27Just lucky social media didn't exist.
04:29If I was in Aaron's generation, I would have just as much embarrassing footage as he did.
04:33Of what?
04:34You studied tort reform at 15?
04:36I got into trouble?
04:37Uh-huh.
04:38Okay.
04:39The point is, when you grow up in this world, you don't hear no a lot, which can make you
04:43a real ass.
04:44Which can make you a very selfish person.
04:47Yo, they only got like five pairs of these in the whole world, and I got a pair.
04:52You don't have a pair, but I do.
04:53What's up?
04:54What's up?
04:55Hey, yo, what up, everybody?
04:56It's your boy, AT, and my guy, Patty P, right here.
04:59We got a pool party tonight.
05:01Everybody come through.
05:02Oh, shit.
05:03Got the matching.
05:04You know.
05:05Got the matching.
05:06And the shade.
05:07Have fun.
05:08You know what it is.
05:09Have fun.
05:10You know the vibes.
05:11You know the vibes.
05:12$30,000 a bottle, and he didn't drink a sip.
05:21That boy lost his mind.
05:22I had to get him out of his comfort zone.
05:24I mean, I thought, you know, a semester abroad would have helped him mature, so I sent him
05:29to Paris.
05:30I was on scholarship, University of Michigan.
05:40Go Wolverines.
05:41I don't know why I said that.
05:43Can I please start over?
05:44You're doing fine.
05:45When did you first meet Aaron and Patrick?
05:48The program held a mixer.
05:49When we first arrived, it was mostly just a bunch of awkward college students butchering
05:53French, but Aaron and Patrick were from this whole other world.
05:57First impressions?
05:58I mean, honestly, they seemed like entitled douchebags, but then I got to know them.
06:04You know, it was like another planet.
06:06Planet rich.
06:07Patrick was the funniest.
06:09All that stuff you saw on Instagram, that's not who they were.
06:12Yeah, I mean, we went from the two musketeers to four, you know, just like that.
06:16Me, Patrick, Roan, and Everest, we were inseparable, and, uh, man, that feels like so long ago.
06:26Are you nervous about the reunion?
06:27A little, or a lot.
06:30Yeah, I mean, um, I haven't seen them since the trial, and they all went home, graduated
06:37from college, got jobs, and I went to prison.
06:41Do they believe in your innocence?
06:42Yeah.
06:43100%.
06:44They both said that.
06:45You know, there can be a big difference between what people say and what they believe.
06:49Sorry.
06:50Let...
06:51Hold on.
06:52Let me reset that.
06:53Sorry.
06:54Ro, Ro.
06:55Good to see you, man.
06:56Yeah, you too, man.
06:57Hey.
06:58You look so different.
06:59Yeah, I'm a little older.
07:00No, it's not that.
07:01I don't know.
07:02You're like a different guy.
07:03Something like that.
07:04I think I'm gonna cry.
07:05No, no, no crying.
07:06You're gonna mess up my makeup.
07:07Oh, I'm sorry I didn't come sooner.
07:08No, don't worry about it.
07:09It's okay.
07:10It's okay.
07:11It's okay.
07:12It's okay.
07:13It's okay.
07:14It's okay.
07:15It's okay.
07:16It's okay.
07:17It's okay.
07:18It's okay.
07:19It's okay.
07:20It's okay.
07:21It's okay.
07:22It's okay.
07:23It's okay.
07:24It's okay.
07:25Don't worry about it really.
07:26I'm just glad to see you guys.
07:27Okay.
07:28All right, so let's get inside.
07:29I've got food, drinks, cameras, and I'm sorry.
07:34This is so weird.
07:35Hey, it's fine.
07:36We're just happy to see you, bro.
07:38Me too.
07:39Yeah.
07:40Yeah.
07:41All right, guys, I got to swap out my battery.
07:42Give me a second.
07:44Okay.
07:45What the hell?
07:55Holy...
08:06Morris Mackey's throat had been cut.
08:07By the time his body was found, he'd been dead approximately four hours.
08:11And who were your initial suspects?
08:13Everyone who stepped foot in the house that day.
08:14Including Aaron?
08:15Everyone.
08:16Good morning.
08:17Good morning.
08:18It's nice to see you again.
08:19Nice to see you.
08:20I heard you were happy with how the last documentary came out.
08:24Oh my God, it was so good and I got so many compliments.
08:29Oh, that's great.
08:30How about you?
08:32Didn't see it.
08:33Can we get started?
08:34Uh, yeah.
08:35So, tell me what happened when you arrived at the scene.
08:38We were the first responders.
08:44Whoa.
08:46Okay.
08:48It was a frenetic day.
08:50So many people, so many personalities.
08:54But when you're talking a star-studded crime scene with a witness list comprised mostly of influencers, I guess that's no surprise.
09:02Alright, look.
09:03Even with all those cameras and phones rolling in the house, none of them caught anything even remotely helpful to our investigation.
09:08Yeah.
09:09Luck?
09:10It just wasn't in our cards that day.
09:13What?
09:14Why are you so happy?
09:15I am being colorful.
09:17They will use more of our coverage if we give them a bucket of sound bites.
09:20I'm right, right?
09:21Can we get back to the murder?
09:23I followed protocols.
09:24You know, I called it in, cleared the house, did everything right.
09:28You believe me, right?
09:29Of course.
09:30I mean, but we have to follow protocol, too.
09:32It's gonna be okay.
09:33I can't believe this is happening to me again.
09:35I know.
09:38Are you okay?
09:40I think I'm having like a panic attack.
09:42Oh, okay.
09:43Just sit down and I'm gonna grab you some water, okay?
09:45I'll be right back.
09:46Show's over.
09:47Time to go.
09:48What?
09:49No.
09:50No, no.
09:51No, it's not.
09:52This is my house, my production.
09:53The show goes on.
09:54Connor, keep filming.
09:55Yeah, that's not how this works.
09:56This is my crime scene.
09:57Shut it off now.
09:59Shut it off!
10:03There's nothing we can do.
10:04Well, thanks for coming out.
10:05Yeah.
10:06Our paramedic crew was short-staffed,
10:09and since we're all EMT-trained, I was subbing in.
10:12But I don't understand.
10:13Why were you called in at all?
10:14He was clearly dead, right?
10:16You have no idea how many people I see look that way
10:18and then spring back to life.
10:20Oh.
10:21Interesting.
10:22And what did you think at the time?
10:23Did it seem to you like Aaron did it?
10:25Of course not.
10:26He would never do anything like that.
10:27Really?
10:28Really.
10:29And you're confident saying that,
10:30considering your ex-husband?
10:33Wow.
10:34Okay.
10:36Huh, clearly you come prepared.
10:38Yeah, um, I married a sociopath once,
10:42so maybe I'm not the best judge of character.
10:46It's not about being a good judge of character.
10:47We judge by the facts.
10:49And what do the facts say?
10:50At first, not much.
10:55So how long have you been here filming today?
10:57Three or four hours.
10:58After rehearsal this morning,
10:59they had Everest and me in the kitchen
11:01getting our hair and makeup done
11:02while they filmed other stuff.
11:04So you were in the kitchen the whole time?
11:05Uh, well, I did sneak off to Crafty once,
11:08or four times.
11:10I heard they had ice cream,
11:11and I've been dieting like crazy
11:12because I was going to be on television,
11:13and I heard the camera odds like 10 pounds.
11:15Is that true?
11:16So when was the last time you saw Morris?
11:18Honestly, I ain't seen him all day.
11:20I was dealing with work stuff
11:21right up until we started filming.
11:23And where were you when Morris' body was found?
11:25In my office.
11:26And how would you characterize
11:27Aaron's relationship with Morris?
11:33It's important you tell the truth.
11:36They didn't always agree
11:37about the direction of the show,
11:39but my son, he would never hurt anyone.
11:48Hey, do we really have to do this in here?
11:51Yes, we do, son.
11:54Per government code 3300,
11:56and per lie barker,
11:57I am required to advise
11:59that you do not have the right to remain silent.
12:01Anything you say can and will be used against you.
12:04Refusal to fully and completely answer
12:07all of Detective Lopez's questions
12:09will result in immediate termination.
12:13Do you understand?
12:16Yes, sir.
12:17I'm here to protect you
12:18as your union representative.
12:20This is your choice,
12:22but like Sergeant Gray said,
12:23if you choose not to cooperate,
12:25you will lose your job.
12:26Of course I'll cooperate.
12:30Good man.
12:33All right.
12:34I'll leave you to it.
12:39I didn't kill Morris.
12:44When I saw him lying there,
12:47like Patrick...
12:49I understand,
12:50but it was common knowledge
12:51that you and Morris weren't on the best of terms.
12:54Who are you with?
12:55TMZ?
12:56Still feeding off my career?
12:58Morris, man, what are you doing?
12:59Get out of here!
13:00Get out of here, now!
13:01Yeah, what he did to Patrick's dad
13:04was callous and exploitative,
13:07but I wouldn't kill him for it.
13:09Yeah, that was bad.
13:10Aaron pulled over Patrick's dad
13:12in a routine car stop.
13:14It was a total random reunion,
13:16but Morris and his cameraman
13:19were there filming,
13:20and that just made everything worse.
13:22Dexter Hayes, he was a grieving father,
13:26and he took a swing at Officer Thorson,
13:30so we had to book him,
13:31but we let him go as soon as we could,
13:34and I thought that would be the end of it.
13:36But you suspected that Patrick's dad
13:38could have killed Morris.
13:39We did.
13:40He was furious about every...
13:43about the reality show.
13:45And after years of the press
13:46feeding off of his grief,
13:48yeah, it was believable
13:49that he could have snapped.
13:51This is absurd. You do know that.
13:53All right, sir, can you tell me
13:54where you were yesterday afternoon?
13:56I was in the office
13:57morning to midnight,
13:58asking any one of my employees.
14:00I didn't do this.
14:02Any idea who did?
14:03I can tell you that whoever killed that man,
14:07his last name is Thorson.
14:10I blame myself for ever
14:11letting them into Patrick's life.
14:13They're a sick family,
14:14and Aaron is not the only killer among them.
14:17What did he mean by that?
14:18You know what he meant by that.
14:19And we knew from the reality show
14:22that Morris gave Aaron's father
14:23a clear motive.
14:24And that's what I was thinking
14:26for the opening theme.
14:27Yeah?
14:28Yeah.
14:29I like it.
14:30You do?
14:31Almost as much as I like you.
14:33Mm-hmm.
14:34That is so sweet, huh?
14:37Hey!
14:38You hookin' up with my wife, man?
14:40Link, it's not what you think.
14:41Boy, you better get the hell up outta here.
14:45What the hell was that?!
14:47Are you seriously doing this to me again?!
14:50In my own house!
14:51There's footage of Lincoln
14:52catching Morris and Ivana
14:53in an intimate moment.
14:54That had to factor into your investigation.
14:57Jealousy is a primal motive.
14:59And some believe that Lincoln
15:00had killed for jealousy once before.
15:02He was a suspect in a 20-year-old murder,
15:04wasn't he?
15:05Yes, he was.
15:08What can you tell me about your father's hip-hop duo,
15:11Flex & Flow?
15:12I mean, I was like a baby, you know,
15:14when they were at their height.
15:15And, uh, that was the year
15:17Make The Noise went platinum.
15:19Flex & Flow had one of the most iconic singles
15:21of the late 90s.
15:22Oh, my God, Make The Noise?
15:23That's, like, one of my go-to karaoke jams.
15:26My crib is all a-poppin'
15:27The party's never stoppin'
15:28Who the boys that make the noise?
15:30Flex & Flow, yo, Flex & Flow
15:32Can I be interviewed alone?
15:35Yeah, we comin' for you
15:36My crib is all a-poppin'
15:37This party's never stoppin'
15:38Who the boys that make the noise?
15:39Flex & Flow, yo, Flex & Flow
15:41My crib is all a-poppin'
15:42This party's never stoppin'
15:43Who the boys that make the noise?
15:44Flex & Flow, yo, Flex & Flow
15:46Flex & Flow
15:57Oh, yes, that's me.
15:59I was a flow girl.
16:02I was a flow girl.
16:05Wait, what?
16:06There was a scout who saw me cheering in high school,
16:09and he asked me to audition.
16:11At first, I thought he was just trying to get in my pants,
16:13but it turned out to be legit,
16:16and it was for Flex & Flow.
16:18I was the biggest fan.
16:20What are you wearing, by the way?
16:22Oh, I teach capoeira on Thursdays and Sundays.
16:25Oh.
16:26Did you ever see Flex & Flow argue
16:28while you were working with him?
16:29Mm, I mean, well, sure,
16:31but nothing serious.
16:33They were like brothers, and brothers fight.
16:35What do you say to the people who are convinced
16:36that your husband killed his late partner?
16:38Oh, honey, this alleged feud between Link and Calvin
16:41has gotten blown way out of proportion over the years.
16:44But what about the night of Calvin's murder,
16:46the infamous pre-release party for two hype homies?
16:48Did the party get a little wild?
16:50Sure.
16:51Did the police come and break it up?
16:52Mm-hmm.
16:53And did Link and Calvin argue?
16:55You bet.
16:56But they were just passionate people,
16:58and nobody ever threatened nobody.
17:01Yeah, they, uh, they threatened each other.
17:04I was there.
17:05I was a rookie officer then.
17:07My T.O. and I got a 415 call
17:10for an out-of-control party.
17:12It was a record-release event for Flex & Flow.
17:16Anyway, as we were breaking things up,
17:19I saw Flex & Flow in each other's faces.
17:21Could you hear what they were fighting about?
17:23No.
17:24As I approached, their limousine was pulling up.
17:26But Flex, um, I'm sorry, Lincoln,
17:29was still very hot.
17:31He refused to get into the limo with Flow,
17:34and, um, yeah, he said that he'd rather walk
17:38than to deal with Flow's nonsense.
17:40Um, it was a good thing, too.
17:43A devastating loss for the music industry today as Calvin Yard,
17:47one half of the popular duo Flex & Flow,
17:50was gunned down in Los Angeles last night
17:52after leaving his record launch party.
17:54It couldn't have been more than five minutes later
17:57that we got a shots fired call.
17:59As Flow's limo was making a turn on La Cienega,
18:03a car pulled alongside it and unloaded 20 rounds
18:07at the rear of the vehicle.
18:09Um, Flow was shot seven times.
18:13Yeah.
18:15That was my first homicide.
18:18I'll never forget it.
18:20It changes you.
18:22I did not have anything to do with Calvin's death.
18:26But at the time of his murder, all the talk was...
18:28That was garbage, man. All garbage.
18:30I love Calvin like a brother.
18:32You know, this... this is straight-up exploitive.
18:35Calvin's murder was solved decades ago, and you know it.
18:38A man named Gary Brown was convicted of Flow's murder.
18:41It turns out Flow was sleeping with Gary's wife,
18:44so as far as the LAPD was concerned, case closed.
18:47Yeah, but they are a guilt-haunted,
18:49Lincoln's reputation like a dark shroud.
18:52That was really good.
18:55Thanks.
18:57With Lincoln alibi'd out, you know,
18:59the investigation focused on Yvonne.
19:01Mrs. Thorson, how long had you been having an affair
19:03with Morris Mackey?
19:05Please, I was not sleeping with him.
19:07But the footage, from every rose that's a thorson, we saw it.
19:10That was for the show.
19:12What are you saying, you staged it?
19:14It's a reality show. Of course we staged it.
19:17I can prove it. I have the rest of the footage.
19:19Boy, you better get the hell up out of here.
19:24What the hell was that?
19:26Are you seriously doing this to me again?
19:28In my own house?
19:30You got some nerve.
19:32Let's talk about all the women you slept with when you were flex.
19:35Cut.
19:37Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.
19:39Link, buddy, you're going off script.
19:42I can't believe you're seriously doing this to me again.
19:45That's not the line.
19:47Yeah, man, I was improv-ing a little.
19:49Yeah, maybe not do that.
19:51It's a lot more powerful if this is the first time Yvonne has stepped out on you.
19:54Okay, so, Morris, how did I do?
19:56It was a bit big.
19:58Yeah, maybe dial it back a hair.
20:00Let's go again.
20:02Go.
20:04We're making a show, people.
20:06None of that was in the footage you turned over to us.
20:09Oops, my bad.
20:11You want everything now,
20:13or you'll be arrested for obstruction.
20:15Oh, that was good.
20:17Do you think I can get a copy of that?
20:19That would play really well in the show.
20:21Mrs. Thorson, this is serious.
20:23Morris Mackey was murdered in your house.
20:25Your son is still a suspect.
20:27Just like the police to only focus on what's in front of their nose.
20:30Morris Mackey didn't disappear out of thin air
20:33when he started working for me.
20:35Honey, the man had enemies.
20:37We are you! We are you!
20:39We are you! We are you!
20:41They're the crazy ones!
20:43We're the sane ones!
20:45You're the cult! You're she!
20:47Prior to working with the Thorson family,
20:49Morris had been hired by a bunch of QAnon conspiracy theorists.
20:52Apparently, they didn't like the negative publicity they were getting,
20:55and they wanted to show their side,
20:57try to control the narrative.
20:59So what happened?
21:01Morris was allowed into the Inner Sanctum,
21:03conducted dozens of interviews with founders and followers,
21:05but he didn't make a propaganda film.
21:07He told the truth.
21:09We're in a war.
21:11Every one of us is prepared to start killing for our freedom.
21:13Morris may have won an Emmy,
21:15but he also pissed off a lot of unhinged and hyper-violent people.
21:17The storm is coming.
21:19There will be retribution.
21:23I've heard rumors that you have insight
21:25into the QAnon angle of this case.
21:27Have you ever tried to put toothpaste back in the tube?
21:29Look, I know it's an expression,
21:31but have you actually tried to do it?
21:33I have.
21:35It's basically impossible.
21:37And what do you think Q is trying to tell people
21:39with these Q drops, these cryptic messages?
21:41I really wasn't trying to say anything.
21:43I was just typing, and maybe I got a little carried away.
21:45Wait, what did you say?
21:49Well, I guess now is as good a time as any to reveal it.
21:55I'm Q.
21:57Smitty is Q?
21:59I'm sorry, what?
22:01A lot of writers use pseudonyms.
22:03Q is my first initial, so...
22:05Hey, is my name down there?
22:09But it was an accident?
22:11He didn't start it on purpose?
22:13That's what he said.
22:15Yeah, sounds like Smitty.
22:17I was trying to start the fanfiction club for This Is Us,
22:19and things just got out of hand.
22:21What the hell does This Is Us fanfic have to do with a cult?
22:23I mistakenly mixed cough syrup with diet pills
22:25when I was writing the satanic alien storyline
22:27for Jack and Rebecca.
22:29I woke up the next morning and read it.
22:31None of it made sense.
22:33But overnight, I'd gotten so many followers,
22:35I just went with it.
22:37You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.
22:41Morris had received threats
22:43from hundreds of QAnon followers,
22:45but when we started investigating them,
22:47one immediately stood out.
22:49Tell me about Connor Hart.
22:51What about him got your attention?
22:53Well, he was working as a cameraman on the reality show,
22:55so that...
22:57Connor, thanks for coming down.
22:59I'm not in trouble, am I?
23:01No. At least I cleared a few things up.
23:03I told you everything I know.
23:05I was getting a battery,
23:07and he was just lying there.
23:09I'm not sure if you're aware,
23:11but it's common to run background checks on witnesses.
23:13And when we looked into you,
23:15we discovered that you're a member of QAnon.
23:17No, no, no.
23:19I may have gone to a political rally or two,
23:21but I'm really not into that.
23:23I swear.
23:25Every one of us is prepared
23:27to start killing for our freedom.
23:29The storm is coming.
23:31There will be retribution.
23:37So clearly, you are a follower of Q.
23:39Why would you work for Morris?
23:41Honestly?
23:43I realized Morris was the best thing
23:45that could have happened to the movement.
23:47That makes no sense.
23:49But it does.
23:51Morris's documentary exposed who was a true believer.
23:53And who wasn't.
23:55He never admitted it.
23:57But I think Morris was working for Q.
23:59That's why I followed him to the next gig.
24:01Do you still consider yourself a believer of Q?
24:03Well, some stuff didn't come true.
24:05The London bombing,
24:07Pope's arrest,
24:09Zuckerberg still has a job,
24:11January 20th came and went,
24:13March 4th came and went.
24:15I'm starting to think Kennedy is still dead.
24:17Both of them.
24:19So you don't believe Morris?
24:21So you don't believe in Q anymore?
24:23Oh, I believe every word.
24:25Connor was, um...
24:27Deranged?
24:29Let's say reality challenged,
24:31which doesn't make him a killer.
24:33No.
24:35And the fact that he had a camera on his shoulder
24:37for the entire murder window
24:39means that he couldn't have killed Morris,
24:41so we were back to square one.
24:43When the QAnon lead didn't pan out,
24:45how did you pick up the pieces of the case?
24:47We rolled up our sleeves and put in the hours.
24:49We took on the painstaking process
24:51of reviewing every piece of video Morris shot
24:53in the weeks before he died,
24:55including the footage Yvonne forgot to give us.
24:57Until I found something that changed everything.
25:03Lopez.
25:05Come look at this.
25:07So I immediately informed Detective Lopez
25:09of what I'd discovered.
25:11Look at what I just found.
25:13What?
25:15Okay.
25:19Okay.
25:23I thought I knew everything about Patrick's murder.
25:25I had done my homework.
25:27But the truth
25:29was hiding right in front of me all this time.
25:31I know
25:33who killed Patrick Hayes.
25:35And I can prove it.
25:39Someone's here.
25:41More to follow.
25:43That video was recorded minutes
25:45before Morris was murdered.
25:49I mean, Morris claiming that he knew
25:51who the killer was must have been energizing for you.
25:53Finally, a break in your roommate's murder.
25:55He... he wasn't my roommate.
25:57And I hate when people
25:59call him that. You know, like we
26:01found each other on some French Craigslist
26:03or something like that. Patrick was my best
26:05friend from the time that we were little kids.
26:07I mean, I was at his house so often, his dad bought us
26:09two of everything. You know, like siblings.
26:11Yeah, Patrick was my brother.
26:13How did it feel to hear that Morris thought he'd discovered
26:15who killed Patrick?
26:17There have been so many
26:19theories over the years, and so
26:21many people think that they had it figured out.
26:23I just
26:25never really got my hopes up about it.
26:27This was different, though. I mean, he made a break in the case
26:29and died minutes later. You have to see the connection.
26:31Well, uh,
26:33in the words of Detective
26:35Harper, we look for
26:37facts, not stories.
26:39Yeah, sure, but I mean, the timing.
26:41I mean, these murders had to be
26:43related. Whoever killed Patrick also killed
26:45Morris. Is it possible Morris
26:47found out that Aaron was the killer all along?
26:49Not a chance. The Paris police never
26:51had a shred of evidence
26:53against Aaron. They fumbled the entire
26:55case. Right off the bat, the paparazzi
26:57completely contaminated the crime scene.
26:59...
27:01...
27:03...
27:05...
27:07...
27:09...
27:11...
27:13...
27:15But Aaron's DNA was all over
27:17the murder web. You mean the knife the
27:19killer pulled from the kitchen block on Aaron
27:21and Patrick's counter? What do
27:23you want to bet that if we went to your house, we'd find
27:25your DNA all over your stuff, too?
27:27I'm...
27:29Was that too mean? No.
27:31It actually felt good.
27:33It's a dumb question. From the
27:35beginning, the French police's case against Aaron
27:37seemed flawed. Oh, yeah. Their case
27:39was a mess, and their
27:41forensics were compromised. I mean, the
27:43theory that Aaron killed Patrick
27:45because he didn't do his share of the chores never made sense.
27:47For one thing, they had a housekeeper.
27:49For another, Aaron is not a psychopath, which
27:51you would have to be to stab your roommate for leaving
27:53dirty dishes in the sink. I mean,
27:55I've come close to stabbing him
27:57over dirty dishes, but
27:59that's different. We're married.
28:01What do you say to the theory that
28:03Aaron had a falling out with his roommate?
28:05Aaron and Patrick were
28:07out partying that night. Does that sound like a
28:09broken friendship careening towards murder?
28:11By his own admission, Aaron was taking prescription
28:13drugs. Yeah, for a football injury
28:15he got in high school. They impair
28:17your ability to operate heavy
28:19machinery, not turn
28:21you into a hardened killer.
28:23Aaron passed out early,
28:25woke up in the middle
28:27of the night, went to pee, and
28:29found Patrick's body.
28:39The French police
28:41took one look at a young black man
28:43and decided he was the killer.
28:45I mean, they didn't even pursue any other suspects.
28:47Bonjour. I appreciate you speaking with me.
28:49Your accent is terrible.
28:51Detective, you've been accused of leading
28:53an incredibly biased investigation.
28:57We follow the facts.
28:59And the fact that Patrick picked up a woman
29:01at the club that night, Colette Levine?
29:03She was seen leaving
29:05the apartment before the time of
29:07death.
29:09What about her jealous, controlling boyfriend?
29:11Did you interview him?
29:13No, we did not.
29:17But the thing that ultimately got you released from prison
29:19is the identification of this man.
29:21Yeah, Colette's boyfriend, Julian.
29:23Handsome, French,
29:25and, you know, let's just say
29:27he's super white, you know?
29:29What is finance,
29:31bro, in French?
29:33Shouldn't you know that? You spent years in France.
29:35Yeah, but I didn't retain it.
29:37It was actually
29:39a group of internet sleuths who found
29:41Colette's boyfriend. They spent
29:43countless hours investigating
29:45Aaron's case. They also pointed the figure
29:47to dozens of innocent people ruining their lives.
29:49Yes, some members of the group took it a little too far.
29:51We've been looking at the internet
29:53sleuths, actually.
29:55Any chance you post under the title
29:57True Crime Junkie?
29:59I...
30:01That...
30:03That doesn't...
30:05I might have logged on once or twice.
30:07Seriously?
30:09I mean, can you not see how people would take that
30:11as a clear sign of bias?
30:13I categorically denied any preferential treatment.
30:15Okay?
30:17How can you say that with a straight face when it was revealed that Julian
30:19was the son of the French finance minister?
30:21Are you telling me you didn't get a phone call asking...
30:23Ça suffit. Merci beaucoup.
30:25C'est terminé. Merci.
30:27Oh, come on. Don't do that. Come back.
30:29So it must have been frustrating to learn
30:31that the French police knew his identity
30:33before your first trial and didn't say anything.
30:35I mean, yeah, the good news
30:37was that the fact that they
30:39ignored Julian,
30:41it got me my retrial.
30:43The bad news was
30:45the unidentified DNA on the knife,
30:47it didn't belong to Julian, so he...
30:49you know, he had an alibi.
30:51As horrible as the experience was, is there anything
30:53that you actually miss from that time?
30:55Miss? God, no.
30:57Wha...
30:59Well, Carlos.
31:01Carlos?
31:03Yeah. Uh, Carlos the Jackal.
31:05He was my cellmate.
31:07And, uh, man, he had some stories.
31:09So you're saying that the Jackal got you
31:11after your year and a half of incarceration?
31:13No. My mom did.
31:15Yeah, I don't...
31:17I don't think I would have got through it without her.
31:19Um, she actually
31:21leased an apartment
31:23in Paris until I was released.
31:25And, uh, she visits me every week.
31:27And I tell you what, if they would have let her,
31:29she would have been over there every day.
31:31Of course I moved to Paris. I'm his mother.
31:33I would have served the prison time
31:35for him if I could.
31:37You're a close family. We are.
31:39That's what I suggested.
31:41Were you close with Patrick?
31:43Yes. I adored him.
31:45He's a wonderful boy.
31:47According to your friends, you thought Patrick was a troublemaker
31:49and a bad influence on Aaron.
31:51Anyone who said that was lying.
31:53Yvonne, were you in Paris
31:55the day Patrick was murdered?
31:57Of course not. I was here in L.A.
31:59How do you explain this footage
32:01taken the day of Patrick's murder?
32:10Oh, hell no.
32:12This interview is over. Yvonne.
32:14No. No. We did not okay this question.
32:16Who do you think you are?
32:18You fired!
32:20I actually don't work for you.
32:22You need to kiss my ass.
32:24Did you know that your mother was in Paris
32:26the day that Patrick was killed?
32:28What?
32:30No, she was... she was home in L.A.
32:32Mm, we have footage of her
32:34shopping on the Chandelier the night of the murder.
32:36Okay, well, that's impossible.
32:38Isn't this her?
32:52Officer Thorson, come back.
32:54Come on, let's finish this interview.
32:56Hey, there he is.
32:58You lied to me.
33:00You lied to everyone.
33:02I didn't want all my private business out there for all the world to see.
33:04Mom, you are literally producing
33:06a reality show about our lives.
33:08That's different.
33:10I was on trial for murder, fighting for my life.
33:12Exactly. The fact that I was even in Paris on that night.
33:14How does that help you?
33:16And what was your reaction to the revelation
33:18that Aaron's mother was in Paris at the time of the murder?
33:20Like, bombshell, game-changer.
33:22I mean, none of this stuff came out at the time of the trial.
33:24This is... it's so exciting,
33:26what it means for the case.
33:28Not for Aaron. His mom lied to him.
33:30Yes, that...
33:32that is true.
33:34Thanks for coming back in.
33:36We just need to clear something up
33:38about the night Patrick was killed.
33:40Patrick? I thought this was about Morris' murder.
33:42Oh, it's about both.
33:44See, you felt Patrick was a bad influence
33:46on your son,
33:48so you flew Aaron to Paris to separate them.
33:50Only Patrick followed Aaron there,
33:52so you took matters into your own hands.
33:54You flew to Paris,
33:56you killed Patrick, but somehow Morris found out.
33:58So to keep your deadly secret,
34:00you killed him, too.
34:02Yeah.
34:04That's a fun theory.
34:06Good story, but you're wrong.
34:08Then explain why you went to Paris
34:10and why you kept it a secret.
34:12Because I was with Jean-Pierre Darby.
34:14Who?
34:16The footballer?
34:18Yes, we met a month before at a fashion show in Milan.
34:20I'm sorry, you went to Paris
34:22for an international booty call?
34:24Yes.
34:26And we were in bed all night, asking.
34:28Hell, ask the neighbors.
34:30They were determined to convict you.
34:32Had it come out that I was in town,
34:34they would have used it against you.
34:36Said that we were conspiring to kill Patrick.
34:38Coming clean would have only hurt your case,
34:40made it worse.
34:42Yeah, you know what, I forgot how good you are at that.
34:44At what?
34:46At justifying yourself.
34:48You lied in a murder trial,
34:50you cheated on your husband,
34:52and now you're the hero, right?
34:54Yeah, sure, Mom.
34:56We'll go with that.
34:58You accused Aaron's mother of the murder,
35:00with almost no evidence to back it up.
35:02I-I did.
35:04And, uh, in my defense,
35:06I'd been scrubbing reality show footage
35:08for over 200 hours at that point.
35:10So who broke the case?
35:12Oh, that was Detective Lopez.
35:14My wife is a badass.
35:16We knew the murders were connected,
35:18and we knew that Patrick's murder in Paris
35:20was never properly investigated,
35:22so I dug back into that case.
35:24Right now, I'm trying to figure out
35:26a timeline, getting to know more about Patrick's life.
35:28What did the four of you do that last month?
35:30No details too small.
35:32Um...
35:34let's ask my brain.
35:36I can tell you one thing
35:38that we definitely didn't do.
35:40Go to class.
35:42I mean, Aaron's parents let him borrow their private jet
35:44anytime he wanted, so we went all around Europe.
35:46I mean, Italy,
35:48Greece, French Riviera.
35:50Can I see?
35:52Yeah.
35:54I thought, screw school,
35:56when am I ever gonna get to visit Planet Rich again, right?
35:58So Santorini for the weekend.
36:00Yes, please.
36:02These photos of you guys on the tarmac,
36:04you always have so much luggage.
36:06I know.
36:08Rowan always acted like it was the Oregon Trail.
36:10Why? Every time I've seen him,
36:12he was wearing a golf tee and jeans.
36:14Not exactly a clothes horse.
36:16Oh. Uh...
36:18true. I wonder what was in there.
36:20Did you ever see Rowan with drugs back then?
36:22I mean, yeah.
36:24He was always kind of the life of the party,
36:26if you know what I mean. Why?
36:28Before Paris, Rowan's family in Iowa
36:30was in financial trouble.
36:32He almost dropped out of school.
36:34Now he lives in Brentwood and drives a Porsche.
36:36I guess.
36:38I-I see you're very excited,
36:40and I love that I'm not really following.
36:44Hey, Nolan.
36:46Where's Rowan?
36:48Uh, he just left. Why? I thought you were done with him.
36:50I was, until I realized
36:52he's the one who killed Patrick.
36:54All right.
36:56Here we go. Here we go.
36:58Nice, nice.
37:00Bro, it's been crazy. I've had, like, half a million followers
37:02from all the publicity.
37:04What, you think, uh, you think, uh, Aaron did it?
37:06Of course he did. The guy's a total psycho.
37:08Okay, watch this.
37:10Okay.
37:14Oh, fudge.
37:16Hold on. I'm gonna do it again. Okay, okay.
37:18Rowan.
37:20What the hell?
37:22We got a warrant for your arrest.
37:24What? For what?
37:26For the murders of Patrick Hayes and Morris Mackey.
37:28Oh, snap!
37:30That's crazy and wrong.
37:32I didn't... Why would you even think that?
37:34Because Patrick found out you were smuggling drugs
37:36in Aaron's private jet and threatened to tell the police.
37:38Somehow Morris found out that you killed Patrick
37:40to protect your secret, so you killed him, too.
37:42Come on.
37:44That's... I mean, that's so, so wrong.
37:46Okay.
37:48Okay.
37:52Oh!
37:54Oh, snap!
37:58Are you okay?
38:00All right, you're fine.
38:02Stand up.
38:04You're under arrest.
38:06Rowan always had these crazy plans.
38:08You know, let's go to Morocco,
38:10or, dude, I heard about this sick party in Ibiza,
38:12and...
38:14I never thought about it.
38:16But he was the one
38:18who decided where we were flying to, always.
38:20And, you know, now,
38:22looking back at it with cop eyes,
38:24I mean, it is so obvious
38:26that Rowan was up to something.
38:28I just could never see it.
38:32I mean, Patrick did, though.
38:36Look, why didn't he tell me?
38:38You know, we talked about everything.
38:40And why wouldn't he tell me about this?
38:42You know, if he had...
38:46Everything.
38:48Everything would have been so different.
38:56Aaron.
39:04Is it true?
39:06Yes, sir.
39:08It's true.
39:10Yes, sir.
39:14Rowan Clawson confessed to murdering Patrick.
39:20I'm so sorry I didn't believe you.
39:24Can you ever forgive me?
39:28Of course.
39:34After all this time,
39:36the case of who killed Patrick Hayes
39:38is finally solved.
39:40But the question that lingers
39:42is whether the emotional wounds
39:44will heal.
39:46Feels gross, right?
39:48Yeah.
39:52Two people were dead.
39:56Even after you catch the guy,
39:58it's still just awful.
40:00I'm just glad the truth
40:02finally came out.
40:04Aaron's innocence is now proven,
40:06and he deserves to move on
40:08with the rest of his life.
40:10And we'll be here to help him do that.
40:12And now that it's over,
40:14what's your view of Aaron Thorson?
40:16I will admit
40:18it took a minute for Aaron to win me over.
40:20But once he did,
40:22I knew he'd be a good cop.
40:24All right, I'm done.
40:26Wait, this is not gonna air
40:28before his training is done, right?
40:30Because I gotta keep him hungry.
40:32I never once stopped
40:34believing in my boy.
40:36Has he forgiven you for the lie?
40:38He will.
40:40There's nothing our family can't get through.
40:42It looks like Aaron will finally be able
40:44to put all of this behind him.
40:46That's not really how it works.
40:48I mean, as someone who has
40:50had friends killed, you never really
40:52get closure.
40:54All you can hope for is that
40:56the memories of them,
40:58the good times you had together
41:00are what you see when you think of them.
41:02How does it feel?
41:04Having the truth come out after all these years?
41:06I...
41:08I don't know.
41:10It's still sinking in.
41:12This is obviously gonna make compelling episodes of your reality show.
41:14Oh, no.
41:16Every Rose Has a Thorson
41:18is not moving forward.
41:20I mean, it was a mistake to do in the first place.
41:22I mean, the only reason
41:24why I did agree to it was to rehabilitate
41:26my image.
41:28But ironically,
41:30I ended up doing something even better,
41:32which was uncover the truth.
41:34So what are you gonna do now?
41:42Live.
41:46For myself and for Patrick.
41:48Mm-hmm.
42:00Damn it.
42:30You