- Priority Homicide investigates the murder of a judge, and Brenda must bond with his autistic son to find the killer.
- A judge is found shot to death lying in a park and his son is missing, possibly abducted by the murderer. The mother, Jillian Thompson, comes to HQ looking for her son, Brenda learns she is divorced, working in Phoenix, where the judge had full custody in L.A. Brenda is aware their son is autistic, after visiting the judge's home. Jillian speaks about the treatment her son Keith has received from the classmates where he attends school.
Eddie Hoke is a suspect, a big fish per Captain Taylor, Pope has Hoke brought in for questioning with Brenda and Taylor sitting in on the interview. Hoke's attorney states my client was in your cell when this all went down.
The judge's car is found at the airport with the autistic son in the trunk. Brenda has some of her clues divulged by way of the son as she seeks the murderer. Keith is continually uttering the coordinates where he is located or wanting to know the coordinates of his immediate location; the episode title is a reflection of Keith's autistic behavior.
Brenda asks the team of detectives, wouldn't a carjacker who had no qualms killing a judge, also kill Keith? Brenda pleads with Pope not release Keith to his mother because she will take him to Phoenix then she will have to have him extradited. The judge's Mercedes has a special GPS installed, stating the precise location of the vehicle upon start of the car through an electronic voice. The reason why Keith went into one of his anxiety modes when Brenda's car was started and the voice never came on announcing the location. By researching the coordinates, Lt. Tao and Brenda realize the killer made a stop other than the park or the poker game.
Gabriel and Brenda go to the other location to find a bar, with Gabriel asking Brenda why would someone who has just shot a judge with an autistic teen locked in the trunk of a stolen car, come here? Daniels and Sanchez have Tao search the calls of the number from the men's room payphone from a time immediately after the murder. There was one familiar number called from that phone. It turns out to be a cell number held by Jillian Thompson; a phone she later denies owning, although purchased in Tempe AZ.
Video tape shows a man leaving the bar, who in turn is identified by Keith from the control room. The suspected killer is Jason Murphy, interviewed by Brenda, determining his brother was sentenced by the judge. Brenda describes Jason's actions on the night of the murder. Three cigarettes he smoked with the grounded butts in the area outside of the poker game. Jason car-jacked the Mercedes, he shot the judge, stole his car with Keith in the back seat, later put in the trunk, which Keith scratched Jason because he doesn't like being touched. He drove to LAX, left the car and flew home to San Fran, his flight manifest shown to him by Brenda. Brenda asks Jason to write down the name of the person hiring him to kill the judge. He would not be charged by the state of California for any crime giving Brenda the written name.
Brenda leaves Jason in his interview room going to Jillian's interview room, where Brenda is told Jillian did not purchase a prepaid cell phone, days earlier. She answers Brenda's inquiry of the $75,000 withdrawal being for home improvements to accommodate Keith moving to Phoenix and having his own room. Brenda then shows Jillian a picture of Jason Murphy asking how long she has known this man? Jillian says she has never seen him before, but Brenda asks why did he call you twenty minutes after he murdered your husband?
Brenda shows Jillian pictures of two choices where Keith can be housed while she is in prison; she also sees her name penned by Jason Murphy on a tablet saying she hired him to kill her ex-husband. Brenda says to Jillian you have a choice of facilities for Keith to reside, tell me you paid Jason to kill your husband or I will turn Keith over to Child Services and he will go the lesser desirable location.
Jason Murphy called the judge's home threatening husband Michael Thompson according to Jillian. Brenda says to her, then you knew he would not be opposed morally to killing the judge. When Michael took away Keith, he took away my life, cries Jillian to Brenda, I guess now we're even.
Brenda goes back to the interview room with Jason Murphy and his attorney Pierson. She then introduces Special Agent Howard from the FBI, who will be taking Jason into custody, as the new Federal law for car-jacking has the death penalty attached to it. Agent Howard will fill you in on all the details. Thank you says Brenda, as Agent Howard reads Jason his rights.
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