Sex crime. >> Olivia Benson. >> Elliot Stables. Frank Bremer 27. A white male. Mid30s. Multiple stab wounds. $40 left in the cigar box. Act license made out to Victor Spicer. 12 more dollars in the wallet. Was in his pants. No ID. Okay. So, it's not a robbery, but uh stabbings aren't necessarily sexual. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Is there a specific reason you call this out? >> Whoever did this sliced off his cigar and took it with him. Is that specific enough? [Applause] >> Works for me. >> I called you back because the shape of some of the wounds was bothering me. So I went back and made some additional measurements. Width of entry and depth of penetration varied over different parts of the body. >> Can't that be accounted for by the fact that he was struggling? >> Some of them were made by a blade with a serrated edge. Some of them are clean. I hate to complicate your lives, but you're looking for more than one killer. [Music] Have you found out something? >> May we come in? >> Yeah, of course. [Applause] >> Mrs. Panache, is your son at home? >> No. No, he's at preschool. >> You lied to me yesterday. >> Excuse me? >> Your husband wasn't a check. He was a Serb. I >> I I really don't see what that has to do with >> He was also under indictment as a war criminal. Look, that was just politics. >> If you want us to catch your husband's killers, we're going to need all of the information. >> This goes way beyond just politics. >> And I can see from your face that you know what he did. You don't know anything. Steven was a wonderful man. He was the greatest father I have ever seen. >> Let me ask you a question. What was it like sleeping with somebody who raped dozens of defenseless, terrified women? >> My husband is dead. >> And you know why? >> Get out. Go get out of my house. Oh, no. >> I think you know why I'm here. >> No, I have no idea. >> No idea. >> No. Stefan Tanzac was the father of your son? >> No. Robert is Nikki's father and I'm sure a very good one. Where were you Tuesday night? >> Right here. I have a presentation on Friday. Why? >> How late were you here? >> Late. Very late. Maybe 1:00. >> Was there anybody else here with you? >> Uh, no. I was the last to leave. Why are you asking me this questions? >> Stefon Tanzik was murdered Tuesday night. >> Oh, I didn't know he was in New York. He was stabbed to death. His genitals were cut off. >> Yes. So, >> so I can see that you're very affected by it. >> How would you feel if your next door neighbor raped you for 3 weeks and the government gave him a medal? >> Stephan Tanzig was your neighbor. >> We went to grammar school together. When Sar Eva became insane, I went to my cousins in the mountains. Tanzik was an officer in the Serb army. His unit came into the village, took all the men, old men, and all the boys over seven to the school and machine gunned them. Then they took all the women and children and put them into trucks. Tanzac picked me out. He said I was too pretty to stay in the tents. That night he raped me. He raped me every night for 23 days. Sometimes he was too drunk so he did it with whatever was there. A wrench, a pistol, a broom handle. Every day he would handcuff me to his bed. And every night he would say that maybe when he's tired of me, he would shoot me instead of using me. So I'm not sorry he's dead. >> Anything else? >> No, not at the moment. Anna Regova. >> Yes. >> Hi, I'm Detective Stabler. This is Detective Benson. >> Do you know a man named Stefan Tanzik >> years ago in Yugoslavia? >> How did you know him? >> He murdered my husband with my four-year-old grandson with a hatred. >> Would you mind telling us where you were Tuesday night? >> Why? >> Stefon Tanzic was murdered late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. >> Good. Now, would you mind answering our question? >> I was right here. We closed around 1:00. >> Anything else? >> Your head hurt your hand. >> Kitchen accidents. Do you know Amarda Stevens? >> Stevens? No. I don't think I know anybody by that name. I must get back to work. >> Would you please stand up, Mr. Stevens? >> What's this about? >> Marty Stevens, you're under arrest for the murder of Stefon Tanzik. We got the younger one in custody now. Send a car to meet us at 71st and Second A. Got one of them transported separately. Yes, sir. We got a positive ID from a seat cab driver at the coffee shop. >> How can you do this? >> Please put your feet in the car. >> Listen to me. I know what a shock it must have been to see Tanzanic in that cab. Don't talk to anybody without talking to your lawyer. No one say nothing. >> Hey, back up. >> Yeah. >> Ah, Miss Slice and Dice. The psycho drama over inside or what? >> We also recovered a fingernail from the front seat. We're going to get a DNA match on that. >> Am I under arrest? >> Yes, you are. >> You have the right to remain silent. >> May I call my lawyer? Oh my gosh. Somebody get a knife. Put down the knife. >> 911. 911. Get an ambulance. >> This is Detective Olivia Benson. Sex crimes. I need an ambulance now. We're at 72nd and Second Avenue. Now, >> how bad is it? >> It's got the femoral artery. >> Please don't help me. >> Stay with us. As soon as we heard his voice, we recognized him. >> And where were you at this point? >> I don't know. Somewhere downtown. I heard his voice and looked at Anna. I thought I was going to faint. >> What happened then? I don't really remember. I started to feel hot all over. My head started to spin. And then Anna suddenly reached through the divider and stabbed him in the head. And then we were both stabbing him and the car went up on the curb and we we were out of the car and we pulled open the front doors and we stabbed him more and again and again. I I was seeing him taking his clothes off. I was feeling him pushing into me, forcing me. I think you've got enough, don't you? [Music] Oh god. Oh god. >> Nice view. >> Yeah. Night, too. >> You've been here at night? >> Yeah. You know, on a on a case. >> Case of what? >> Okay. Well, you know, like a like a date with a friend. >> What friend is that? A guy buddy of mine. >> Uhhuh. >> What? >> Who found the body? >> Two uniforms in a sector car song. Yeah. You got Prince? >> Looks like half a Manhattan handle this door. >> Huh? Valet parking. >> You ever take your friends to a place where it's valet park and hand the keys you're hooked over to some stranger? >> Yeah, it's funny. >> What do we got? >> Point blank to the jaw. Upward trajectory looks like a 9 mm. Ow. Somebody wanted to make a point. Is this too nice for the perk to have left behind? >> Maybe it's the victims. >> I suppose you found the gun that comes with this lovely holster. Nothing in the car. >> No, we didn't find the weapon. >> Of course not. That would make it too simple, wouldn't you? You got an ID on the body. >> You're going to love this one. >> Whoa. Judge Warren Varela. >> What? >> I want you to seal this crime scene tighter than an accountant's ass. >> Medical waste or wasted medic. You be the judge. >> Hey, >> I got nothing. >> We're not here to borrow a cup of smack. Hey, >> you sleep here? >> No. >> No. You come here to practice Tai Chi. Were you here last Tuesday night? >> I don't know. It's today. It's >> the night that it was cold. It's always cold. >> There was a a man shot over there in a blackville. >> I know. >> What' you say? >> I heard the pops. Two of them. And then a lady in a uniform got out of the car. >> What kind of uniform? >> Blue. >> Blue. Well, that narrows it down. Now I can just call my captain, tell him thanks to you, we've solved the crime. >> Would you relax a little bit? >> Her hair was longer. >> Okay. >> Uh, look, what about her nose? Why don't we just focus on the nose? Okay. Here. >> I really don't know. I can't remember. Does >> she have any idea on the uniform? Cop, bus driver, Catholic school girl, convict? No. No. She's got no idea. So, we have almost as much as we had without a witness. The >> press found out we have a witness. I got a phone call from the governor's office. We got to move on this thing. Keep digging. Okay. You guys talked to the parole board members yet? >> No. We've been going over recent paroles. The latest round of Let's Make a Deal was with a convict named Roger Silver. >> Two of the board members are corrupt according to Emily Waterbury. >> Well, what do you say you talk to the third? >> Well, next week. Great. Thank you so much. Bye-bye. >> Hey, >> good morning, >> Gina Silver. She and Judge Varela traded phone calls for 2 years and long ones too. Uh 72 minutes, 39 minutes. >> Card carrying member of Judge Varela's fellatio for parole program. >> Roger Silver denied parole in 1997 again in 98. And one year later, same thing. >> And now >> and now he's due out for parole next week. >> You can't tell me that after he nearly kills her, she still loves him. >> I don't get it either, but it happens all the time. Thanks, Yes. >> I'm Detective Benson. This is Detective Stabler. We need to talk to you about your relationship with Judge Warren Varela. >> Mom, can I borrow a purple sweater? >> Yes. Go back with grandma. I need to talk with these people. >> Um, I met him a few years ago at Together Were Safe. I volunteered at a few of their rallies. >> You met him? >> Well, he was an acquaintance. You trade phone calls with acquaintances four times a week for two and a half years. >> We had coffee a few times. A >> lot of coffee. >> Can we do this somewhere else? >> Yeah, we can. We've got a car right outside. >> Do I need a lawyer? That's up to you, Mrs. Silver. >> Mom, what's going on? Honey, go back and do your geometry homework. I'll explain later. >> Mom, is it dad? Mom, is it dad? >> No, honey. It's about me. >> It's going to be all right. We'll have your mom back in a while. >> She looked different in a uniform. >> Take a good look. Starting with number one. >> She could be number two. But she also kind of looks like number three and four. >> Thank you. >> And and five. Could Could number five please turn to the side again? >> Too bad you weren't at the grassy. No. >> You have to let her go. >> Let her go. Why? Because her attorney said we have to. >> All right, I'm asking. She's got a kid at home and dirty fingerprints on a door handle isn't exactly a slam dunk evidence-wise. >> No, it isn't. But cherry glow lipstick on the late Judge Varela's shriveling manhood is. >> That plus saliva. We take one swab of your client's mouth, one DNA test. That's your slam dunk. >> We know what Judge Varela was doing. >> Now we just need to hear it from you. >> He called me from the office that morning and said to meet him at the pier. >> Did you know what that meant? >> Yes. So tell us. >> Was that all he said? >> Yeah. >> Look, Gina, let's save ourselves some time here. We've got all these old calls. An hour and 10 minutes, 39 minutes, 42 minutes, one-way phone sex. And then he'd want to confide in me >> about what? >> Who was on the take in what department? He went on and on. So when he said uh meet me at the pier, >> it meant that the parole board was about to vote on my husband and I I had to pay my annual dues >> cash or >> on my knees. So I did. But then he starts saying, "Actually, Gina, I have to end this. I can't jeopardize my position." His position. What about my position? >> So, he wanted to end the relationship. >> Relationship? Hardly. I was humiliated. I started to cry. He just rolled his eyes at I was embarrassing him. >> Vacina, why didn't you just leave? I kept my part of the deal. I needed him to make that phone call. >> You needed the phone call to Albany. >> Yeah. And he did. Chitchat about the weather, yada yada. And he says, Oh, the Roger Silver case. Wife's request denied >> then. What happened? >> Then he hung up the phone. He looked at me. He said, "Satisfied?" I made the call. And then he laughed. He laughed. I knew he kept a gun for protection behind the seat. That's when you shot him, isn't it? >> We need for you to write it down for us, Gina. Tell us why. >> I told you why. >> He was a jerk. He used you and then he was going to dump you. We understand that. But why go to those lengths to get back an abusive husband? We don't get that. Oh my god. I didn't have sex with a judge to get my husband out. I did it to keep him in. [Music] Oh god. >> Benson. >> Hi Olivia. >> Where are you? >> I want to see you. Talk to you. I know you want to see me. You've been trying all day. Let's meet. >> Where? >> Somewhere you feel safe. >> The station house. >> Funny. Make it to ramble. A bench that brings back fond memories. You know the one. 7 a.m. >> Don't be late, >> Olivia. I'm not a fool. If I see one cop, we'll never consummate our relationship. [Music] Drop it freak now. Drop it. >> Brown white. Get down. Just turn over and shut up. >> You lying coward [ __ ] >> He wants to confess. >> All right, let's do it. >> No, he wants to play my reactions while he's doing it. >> Well, he'll get off on that, which is good. He'll be thinking with the wrong head. Give you the advantage. >> Okay, the gun. He's got a cop to using the gun. >> Got it. Olivia, I was wondering. I thought you stood me up. >> Of course not. I just had a few things I had to take care of. >> Makeup, hair. You look nice. >> Thank you. >> So, you wanted to talk? >> Yes. I was wondering though, how's your mother? >> Fine. How's yours? >> You met her? The classic refrigerator mother. About your mother though, Serena, isn't it? Is she still carrying around all those scars from that rape? Is she still having nightmares? >> Let's talk about Karen Fitzgerald. >> One track mind. Compulsive. Good for you. >> Yeah. How'd it happen? >> We had a history, you know. So did you. I hear. >> Yeah, I knew her. She was uh smart, competent. >> Not really. Not like you. She liked to read and ramble. Same time, same day every week. >> That must have made it easy for you. >> Too easy. Too easy. Then why stalker? >> Stalked? That's sort of purple, isn't it? I mean, we both happen to go to a place we thought was safe, picturesque, filled with bird watchers and moing. Do you relax? I mean, seeing what you see every day, knowing how the world is, how bizarre and ugly it is. >> Yeah, I relax. bath chanting yoga. So, she didn't hear me sneak up behind her. She struggled a bit. It's hard to do when somebody's squeezing your trachea. It sounds a bit like styrofoam peanuts crunching. >> That's very descriptive. >> Thank you. In the clearing, I picked up a rock. I showed it to her. hit her with it. She yelped. He didn't scream. She yelped like a whipped dog. I made her crawl to me and asked me for my forgiveness for what she did to me. >> What did she do to you again? >> In court, she embarrassed me. >> Oh, >> she made a gurgling sound. I took that for an apology. I accepted. Then I took her. I think she liked it. What do you think? >> Doesn't matter what I think. >> It does to me. I mean, you're still listening, so there must be something you're enjoying about my story. Maybe something's lacking. I know you want me to say I killed her. You need that detail to kill me. >> Did you kill her? >> I had a knife and I cut her and I watched her blood seep into the ground, taking her life with it. He'll never say he used a gun. If >> he gets that detail wrong, he could duck the death penalty. Probably tossed it in the Hudson. You look disappointed, Olivia. What's the matter? Cat got your tongue. >> Just uh tell me once more. How'd you kill her? Thrill seeker. No, I'm through. Do what you can with what you got. I don't think you can kill me with it. Pity. I'm fixed on you. And until I'm dead, I'll always be in your head. Just like your mother has somebody in her head. We're joined at the hip now, aren't we? [Music] [Applause] >> 911. What is your emergency? >> I've just been raped. >> Hi, Olivia Benson, Special Victims Unit. I'm looking for the 1034. >> Which one? >> Uh, 29-year-old female, white. >> I guess that's me. >> Hi, I'm Detective Benson. >> Harper Anderson. It's nice. I know it's not really nice to meet you. I know. How long you been waiting? >> Um 45 minutes. And where's the officer that brought you in? >> I sent him to the cafeteria. He was um getting on my nerves. I'm going to ask you for a formal statement later, but in order for us to do the exam, Miss Anderson, >> Harper, please just talk to me. Okay. I need you to describe the assault. Um he um he grabbed my ankles. He grabbed my wrists. He hit the side of my face. >> Did he lose consciousness? >> No. >> Did he penetrate you? >> Vaginally. >> That's it. Did he use a condom? He um he ejaculated on my stomach and then he wiped it off with one of my shirts. >> Have you showered since the attack? >> Not since he made me take one. >> Okay, you give me a minute. >> Excuse me. I'm Detective Benson. I need a rape kit done. >> There was a head on MVA. >> Are they stabilized? >> They are now. >> Okay, then we're next. [Applause] This is overall. It will, as we discussed, prevent pregnancy in case >> I know. I know. >> You need to take two more in 12 hours. We'll have your STD and AIDS test results back within 24 hours. You'll need to retest at the 3 and 6 month marks. >> Who's um paying for all this? >> The state is. >> What else? I'm going to need to get a formal statement from you, but if you're too tired now and you want to go back to your apartment for >> I just want this to be over with. >> You sure I can get you anything to eat? >> No. Thanks. >> So, Harper, tell me what happened from the beginning. >> Um, there was a street fair that night. I guess that would be last night, which is still tonight. Um, it was loud, so I put earplugs in. I couldn't hear anything. I woke up and there was this guy standing there staring at me, holding one of my shirts in his hand. He told me to shut my eyes. He told me he had a gun. He got on top and jammed his his knees on either side of my legs to keep them closed. It happened so slowly. But I I looked at the clock. The whole thing took 42 minutes. He um took my night camp and shoved it over my head. My arms got tangled in it. He He took my ring. The gown was over my face. Over my eyes. He had stretched it tight over my eyes. He kept pushing it up so the bottom half of my face was showing. Then he tried to kiss me. I jerked away. That's when he hit me. >> I should have kicked him. I should have run away. >> If he had a gun, you didn't have a chance. [Applause] [Music] >> What do you do next? >> I heard him unzip his pants. When he was ready, he moved hard five times. He said, "Is this the way you like it?" >> And he ejaculated on my stomach. He told me I was going to have to take a shower. So, he he got off me. He zipped up his pants. He told me to get up. And then he said, he said, "Please, >> hey." >> Hey, not long, so I thought I'd call him in. >> Find any prints? >> No. >> No. >> Well, how'd you get in? >> Window off the fire escape. >> This one doesn't lock. And from the looks of things, it hasn't for a while. Hear that? >> Afterwards, he lets himself out through the front door. Okay. So he comes in through the window, sees her sleeping. He said he pushed a neck gun up. >> Yeah. And >> Well, how does she see the clock? >> Before and after. >> Takes a wallet. Then he grabbed one of her t-shirts. >> Mhm. >> Maybe she gets high. >> Maybe he was I. >> He wouldn't have had the time. And Harper didn't mention him smoking anything. >> She didn't mention the pot at all. >> Well, let's check for saliva. See if there's two types of DNA. >> This point. He immobilizes her, takes her ring, and rapes her. We still haven't found the underwear that she was wearing. You >> think he took that too? >> Trophies. >> Maybe. Then he takes her to the tub. >> Shower curtain's wet. >> Soap's not. >> No, I know where you're going with this. >> Look, women who stage rapes will wet the shower curtain, but they'll forget the soap. >> Harper didn't stage this. >> I don't know. What's this feel like to you? A curling iron >> or a gun? >> No. >> Okay, look. We have no seminal fluid. We have no vaginal trauma. >> You think Harper made those bruises herself? >> Maybe she was high, paranoid. Something might have freaked her out. >> Yeah, and this morning she said that it felt like it never happened. Is that what you want to hear? >> No. Maybe that's the truth. >> How much pot did you smoke last night? >> Why? >> You think I got paranoid? Just lost it? No, we're just wondering if there was a reason why you didn't mention smoking a joint. >> It's a routine part of the investigation. Smoking pot is not a part of my routine. I I had a job interview. I was just trying to mellow out. Nothing that happened last night is part of my routine. We just need to be thorough. >> Great. Thank you for all your hard work. >> That went well. Harper Anderson about 56 long blonde hair. >> Um, no. No. Sorry. No, I don't know her. >> She's single. Lives alone. >> Yeah, she lives in this building right here. >> No, hardly know the people in my own building. >> Really? It's a great apartment. It's got red walls just there on the third floor. >> So, it's second. >> So, you do know it? >> No, you you just described it just now. >> Mhm. Last night, were you watching her? >> Uh, last night, no. >> So, you got tired of watching? >> Took a stroll across the street. >> Oh, wait. Wait. I was here. Um, I saw everything. >> What'd you see? >> Don't I need a lawyer? >> For being a peeping tom now, just to get shrink. >> What'd you see? >> I saw this guy climbed the fire escape. The uh previous tenant had broken the lock in the window. She was laying there asleep and she woke up and he pulled the gown up over her eyes. She um >> she what? >> She doesn't wear underwear when she sleeps. He raped her on the bed and he took her into the bathroom. Why didn't you call police? [Music] >> Then what? I >> I couldn't see. >> What'd he look like? >> I really couldn't see him. >> You can see a broken lock. You can see a night gown, but you can't see the raper's face. >> I wasn't looking at him. Not at him. What are you going to do to me? [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music]