Previously on "Secrets and Lies"...
I had to travel when you kids were young.
Do you have any idea what it was like for us
while you were away?
Where were you this past week?
Out of town on business.
I'm here about Dad. I think he may have cancer.
He's got a second phone,
and a cancer center called him on it.
S.E.G. owns a whorehouse?
Melanie Warner, you're under arrest.
- You're under arrest. - You put me here.
Your actions did that.
I received this... Blackmail.
Kate paid the money without even telling me.
What makes you think it was Patrick?
Who else would've done this?
The transponder Kate planted on the money is on the move.
This could be your guy.
What the hell?
You think your father's extorting you?
No. That's ridiculous.
Somebody blackmailed you, Kate paid them,
put a transponder in with the money,
and we followed the tracking device,
175 miles from where you live, here.
In the middle of the night... I get it.
But my father has no reason to blackmail me. He doesn't need the money.
All right. Did you tell him about the extortion?
Not until this morning.
Well, then, he's involved somehow.
And if the blackmailer killed Kate, then...
Please stop talking.
That money's still in that building.
Whoa, whoa. What are you doing?
Getting what I came for. I want answers.
Well, there's no one in there to give them to you, man. Use your head.
Says the guy who punches first and asks questions later.
Hey, hey, hey! Those are security contacts, right there.
System's state of the art, okay?
You got to think, all right?
We'll come back tomorrow morning when they're open.
- No. - Look!
I'm looking for my daughter, and I am not gonna go down
because you turned into the Hulk.
The cops show up, I'm gonna bail.
- I'm not leaving. - Fine.
But I'm driving.
I'm out of here, man.
Look, you want to calm down and ask me if I have a plan?
All right, the best way to get answers is to ask the right person.
My father's already lied to me about a second phone and cancer.
What makes you think he's gonna tell me the truth about this?
I didn't mean him, okay?
The blackmailer knows who you are,
so tomorrow morning, when R.B. Trucking opens,
I'm gonna go in, do some recon, collect some Intel.
I don't... I don't get you.
When you want answers, you just... you just beat the crap
- out of whoever's in your path. - That's not true.
Okay? I watched you and Kate for days
before I decided she was my best hope,
because she was the one shopping for baby clothes.
Turns out I was right.
I did the same thing with Liam and Neil.
I can't.
I can't just sit around here till morning and do nothing.
You got no choice.
Okay, between Cornell
and the investigation into your company,
you got enough trouble.
Do you want answers...
or the cell next to Patrick?
Your package from the private lab arrived.
Care to explain this?
Kate Warner had a charge from the private lab on her credit card.
We got a warrant for the materials she had tested and the results.
Well, the lead panned out.
Eric Warner was being blackmailed for 100 grand.
Well, then, whoever extorted Eric could've killed Kate.
Begs the question why Eric didn't hand this letter over right away.
Maybe he wasn't aware right away.
I think the reason Eric was unaware
that his wife took 100K from his savings
is because she paid the blackmailer without telling him.
Why wouldn't she tell him?
Either he didn't take it seriously or he refused to be intimidated.
Kate had to know paying the money
wasn't gonna make the blackmailer go away.
That's why she had her ex Shane Campbell
install the tracking software on her iPad.
The GPS with the cash pings the software when it moves.
Kate was trying to follow the money to the blackmailer.
What the hell did she think she was gonna do when she found him?
Well, if she did find him, he could've killed her.
So, how do we find this guy?
This letter is threatening to expose
Eric Warner's juvenile record.
So the blackmailer had to be in possession of it.
Amanda Warner said her father had the only copy.
And he has yet to turn it over.
So either he's hiding it
or he's hiding the fact that it's missing.
I don't care who John Warner's friends are.
Go shake his tree.
The DNA results in there might help, too.
DNA results?
Ah. What you got?
Oh, magazine cutouts... How very 1973.
Hmm. No fingerprints found on the blackmail letter?
Right. But whoever licked the envelope left their DNA.
Oh, my god.
I know this guy.
This is random S.T.R.
What the hell am I supposed to do with that?
I want you to run it through the system, compare it to all this.
I think Eric Warner's blackmailer is a member of his family.
I wish I was hiring,
but last few months, I had to let people go.
Yeah, economy's for crap, man.
Yeah, I even got rid of the secretary.
I got to take this.
Sure, man all right, thank you.
- Thanks anyway. - Yeah, you got it.
It's good meeting you.
This is R.B.
What'd you find out?
You got any relatives here in Georgia?
No.
I just met the owner, R.B.,
and he's giving out pink slips, having money problems,
and I'm pretty sure he got the juvie file to blackmail you
from your father.
How you figure?
Well, 'cause his full name is Robert Brian Warner.
He had this.
- This is a blanket warrant. - Mm.
- You understand? - Mm-hmm.
- So do not waste it. - You know I won't.
- Ken, thank you. - What's up, Cornell?
I'm looking for John Warner.
Too late. Patrick Warner just got bail.
He's probably posting bond right now.
Hey.
I just wanted to thank you.
For Melanie's necklace.
Ever since that footage started to make its rounds,
every single person's been bending over backwards
- to help me with my case. - Of course they are.
Too many high-powered men on tape.
Judges don't want to look like they're protecting anyone.
Right now, it doesn't look like S.E.G. owns any other brothels,
but, thanks to Turk, I got a blanket warrant just to make sure
the rest of the Warners are keeping it clean.
Thanks.
How we doing with the Kate Warner homicide?
The investigation is ongoing.
Well, it's been three weeks, so you must have something.
I'm not talking to you
until I have solid evidence and a confession.
You're just a cog in the wheel, Cornell.
I'll get my update from your boss.
Have you heard from Eric?
No.
He's not answering any of my calls.
- Well, I mean... - Mr. Warner.
What do you want?
Can't this wait?
I've waited long enough.
Where's Eric's juvenile file?
I don't know, but I'll keep looking.
Any idea the last time you saw it?
Maybe in your office or your home?
Why is this so important?
Maybe your car? Perhaps it was stolen.
It probably got filed incorrectly
with the paperwork at S.E.G. What is your issue?
It's odd that such a sensitive document
would be handled so carelessly.
Surely you wouldn't want it to fall into the wrong hands.
Any idea why your best friend would use a private DNA lab?
I don't know. Maybe it has to do
with the son that she put up for adoption.
It's funny... your brother Eric said the same thing.
Look, if his name's Warner,
he's got to be some kind of relative.
- That I never met? - I don't know.
A distant, screwed-up cousin or something?
Doesn't make sense how he got ahold of my juvie file.
My dad wouldn't just give it to him. The guy must've stolen it.
Yeah, you know what? Why... Why'd your dad even have it?
I mean, you decked a guy 20 years ago,
- so wouldn't it be shredded by now? - It should have been.
I didn't even know it existed until seven months ago.
How's that?
The lawyer that defended me died.
His firm sent all client paperwork back to the address on file.
What, your dad's house?
Yeah. My father brought it into the office
and asked me if I wanted to keep it.
At the time, I was about to propose to Kate.
I didn't want to think about that.
So he said he'd hang onto it.
Well, you need to find out your dad's connection to this guy.
Oh. Why didn't I think of that? Thank you.
Yeah, by searching the Internet?
While you're at it, maybe ask Siri who blackmailed you.
Look,
S.E.G.'s software goes deeper.
It's how we find out about companies before we take them over.
All right.
R.B. Trucking company's articles of incorporation show
that there's a Corinne Warner on the board.
She's right around the same age as my dad,
but she lives right here in town.
So she's, what, R.B.'s mom or something?
Whoever she is, maybe she can tell me
how my father knows R.B.
Undercover work.
What are you gonna say?
That's not my case.
Well, the world doesn't revolve around you.
You have the answers for that DNA from the envelope?
Scored a partial match.
To whom?
Eric Warner.
And Amanda.
And Patrick.
So the blackmailer is related to the Warners.
He is.
And the DNA comparison, it tells us how.
Is this all of it?
That's everything your key witnesses provided for testing.
That's not the right jacket.
Can I help you?
Uh, Corinne Warner?
- Mm. - Hi. I'm Eric.
I'm a business associate of John's.
He... he's in town and he told me to stop by,
but I don't see his S.U.V.
Oh, he's on his way back with my son.
- Oh? Oh, you mean R.B.? - Ah.
Would you like to come in and wait?
I'm sure he'd love to catch up.
Why not?
I'm sure we have a lot to talk about.
I was just about to make some lemonade.
Would you like some?
I don't... I don't want to impose.
Oh, it's no trouble.
How long have you known John?
I don't usually meet my husband's co-workers
since he's always on the road.
He promised to travel less now.
Well, maybe I'll get to see more of him.
How closely do you work with John?
Uh...
Hi.
I need to know if John Warner made any recent phone calls.
My blanket warrant does give me access
to everything Warner and S.E.G. What are you looking for?
Well, someone used Eric's juvenile record
to blackmail him, and John had the only copy.
I paid him a visit, so now his next step
will be to warn the extortionist.
- Why would he warn them? - Because it's his other son.
- Patrick? - No.
The one no one knows about.
Okay.
So, we got two phone calls to a cellphone in Augusta, Georgia.
And he's there right now, but that makes sense.
Why?
Well, because he owns a house in Augusta.
Since when?
December 1971.
I'll text you that address right now.
This is nice.
What is?
Since so much of John's business is out of town,
it's rare I get to meet his colleagues.
- I-I should go. - Oh, don't do that.
He'll be back in a moment.
I just... I just don't want to intrude.
Don't be silly. I'm glad for the company.
So, tell me a little about yourself.
How long have you been married?
Oh. Uh...
One second.
_
Oh. There you are.
Eric was just about to tell me...
- Shouldn't you be resting? - Oh. I'm fine.
I think this is yours.
Uh, Eric and I have... We have some work to discuss,
so we're gonna get out of your way.
It was nice meeting you, Eric.
Nice meeting you, too.
- Lying son of a bitch. - Eric, calm down.
How long have you been married to her?
This is not the time or place to talk about...
You don't get to dictate terms anymore.
- Ever. Do you understand? - You're angry. You have a right to be.
Shut your mouth.
This isn't some problem that can just be fixed
if we just look at it from the right angle.
You have two wives, two families.
Everything... Every single thing... You've ever told me is a lie.
What the hell is wrong with you?
You come to my mother's house?
And how did I get here, hmm?
She's dying.
- When were you born? - Eric...
Don't touch me.
I came first.
I'm the oldest son.
I'm the one he's supposed to pass on his legacy to,
the one he's supposed to care about.
You're a criminal.
From what I read, so are you.
Will you both please just stop this?
I'm begging you. Corinne hasn't hurt anyone.
We...
It's okay.
Why are you here?
To find out if you killed my wife
and to get my money back.
I didn't go near your damn wife, and I was owed that money.
- How? - I got a good look
at how some of the Warners live high on the hog.
He spent money on you and left me out in the cold.
I took care of you, always.
You had food. You had a home. You had two parents who loved you.
- You were never here. - He was... half the time.
Robert, you're a grown man,
but you have never acted like one.
I sent you to college, you dropped out.
I started your company, you ran it into the ground.
You help strangers. You could've helped me fix it.
I tried! I gave you more money. I gave you a plan.
- But you never listen. - You gave him everything!
I worked hard for what I have.
At our father's company.
Which he founded using money from my mother's trust.
This has nothing to do with you.
And if I find out you had something to do with my wife...
- You called the police? - No.
But I wish I had.
Robert Brian Warner, you're under arrest for extortion.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
- Dad? - It'll gonna be okay.
- Don't talk without a lawyer. - You have the right to an attorney.
- Dad! - Excuse me, sir.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford an attorney...
John Warner, we have a warrant for your arrest
for bigamy and perjury.
Read him his rights.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
This way, Mr. Warner.
What's happening? Where are you taking them?
Mrs. Warner, your husband and son have been arrested
on charges out of north Carolina.
We're transferring them to custody of the Charlotte police.
Come on. Watch your head.
Who are you?
I'm his son.
Sir, watch your head.
You lied to me.
All right, good work.
You just, uh, check in with me later
and fill me in later.
Mrs. Warner, I'm Detective Andrea Cornell, Charlotte police.
Can you tell me why my husband and son have been arrested?
Your son is being charged for extortion,
and your husband is
a person of interest in a homicide investigation.
Is there someone you can call to be with you?
Do you have to take them to Charlotte?
Yes, ma'am, I do.
Take my number.
Despite not cooperating, I found out about the blackmail.
Good for you.
Would've gone a lot faster had you been forthcoming.
Did R.B. kill my wife?
I need you to follow me down to the station
- to give your statement. - I'll make sure he gets there.
There's still a bench warrant out for your arrest, Detective.
But since you're not Georgia police,
you can't arrest me here, Detective.
That's right.
You're not my problem till you're back in my jurisdiction.
Drive carefully.
Mandy, it's me.
I need you to meet me at C.M.C.P.D.
I'll be there in a few hours.
Is everything okay? Should I call Dad?
No. He's, uh... he's already on his way.
Eric, what is going on?
I'll explain when I get there.
Bye.
Sorry, man.
Your family's...
Something.
See, this... This just can't be real.
Eh, I'm pretty sure if it was a dream, I wouldn't be in it.
22 days ago,
my wife was pushed off the roof of our building,
and all I want to know is who did it.
Everywhere I look... Someone else is lying.
Look, people can only hide who they are for so long.
The truth always comes out.
But it's not all bad.
Danny, my brother is a thief who almost destroyed our company,
my half-brother extorted me, my sister-in-law is a pimp,
and my father... My father's a bigamist.
Yeah.
But your wife was the real deal.
Yeah.
Yeah, she was.
And I still don't know who killed her.
Look, Cornell is a pain in the ass,
but she's also a pit bull.
She won't stop until she locks the bastard up.
Trust me.
It's your murder. Which one you want?
I'll take John, but you go first.
R.B.'s the weaker link.
Been a while since I seen one of these.
You know, people think these things are just slapped together...
Grab some magazines, cut out whatever.
But I appreciate the craftsmanship,
the artistry.
'Course, there was that one little slip-up.
Never lick the envelope, R.B.
That's how you ended up in here with me.
I wouldn't be too hard on yourself, though.
That's not how Kate found you.
She was a smart cookie.
The money Kate delivered,
she slipped a GPS transponder into the bag.
That's how she got to you.
She had the game rigged from the beginning.
What?
You made it so simple for her, and she had to complicate it.
She found you, discovered who you are,
and was going to expose you.
I don't blame you for stopping her.
- That's not what happened. - Sure seems that way to me.
No.
About six months ago, my company started to fail.
I just wanted a loan to save it, but my father shut me down.
So you decided to get even with him.
I didn't decide anything. I wasn't planning this.
It never would've happened
if my father knew how to change a flat tire.
That's when I found out I had a brother
and that he'd killed some kid.
I had to go see who he was.
My half-brother drives a $100,000 car,
and I live hand-to-mouth.
I just needed a loan.
I could live with him always saying no to me
until I realized that he says yes to them for everything.
Must have made you angry.
Hell, yeah, it did.
I didn't know Eric, but I knew I hated him.
I knew he had to pay.
Well, you got the money.
It's all there.
I didn't even go to pick it up at the drop for weeks.
Why not?
I thought it was because I was scared.
But then I realized...
It wasn't about the money.
It was about hurting what my dad loved the most.
Blackmail?
- How dare you? - They owe me.
They have nothing to do with you.
You... you have no right!
How much is enough?
Says the piece of crap with two families.
Why weren't we good enough? Why... why did you need them?
It wasn't...
I love our life.
And I love my life with them.
But you had enough from your other life with them
to make ours better!
What didn't you have?! What was so hard?!
You're 43 years old! You still expect Daddy to wipe your ass?!
I had two lives... neither of them was better.
Money doesn't make everything better.
Sometimes it makes it worse.
Only people with money say that.
Well, that's a great story, R.B.
However, it doesn't prove
that you didn't murder Kate Warner.
When Kate was killed,
I was at the hospital with my mother.
She was getting chemo.
Dad couldn't be there, of course.
Eric, what is going on?
The cops won't tell me what's up.
Why are you doing this to my family?
I'm not doing anything to you.
Well, you show up out of the blue,
pretending to be someone else,
and... and suddenly my husband and son are under arrest.
What am I supposed to think?
Eric, who is under arrest, and who is this woman?
I'm Corinne Warner. Who are you?
Warner?
There's no real easy way to say this.
Uh, Corinne, this is my sister, Amanda.
Amanda, this is, um...
This is Dad's other wife.
Whoa.
Our father's a bigamist.
Whoa.
R.B.'S got a solid alibi.
Nurse and two patients confirm
he was with his mother during her chemo treatments
when Kate was killed.
You got to hand it to this guy...
Living a double life for 40 years?
Undercovers can't pull it off for that long.
Cops are doing a job.
John Warner lied every time he opened his mouth
because he wanted everything.
Self-preservation's certainly a motive
if Kate found out what he was up to.
Is my son all right?
Which one?
R.B. is in custody, and Eric... I'd imagine... is in shock.
Decades of deceit by their father
builds up a lot of anger.
I didn't mean to hurt anyone.
Yet you hurt everyone.
You... you may not understand,
and you may not believe me, detective,
but I love both my families very much.
Must have been difficult living two lives.
The fact that you got away with it for so long
makes me wonder what you would have done
if Kate found out.
- But she didn't. - You had a lot to lose.
I didn't kill Kate.
When did you first discover that your other son was blackmailing Eric?
We have the cash.
We have the GPS tracker that Kate put within it.
And we have R.B.'s DNA on the envelope of the extortion letter.
He's going away.
It was yesterday that I learned about... the extortion.
When Eric showed me the letter, I realized what had happened.
It was months ago.
I put Eric's juvenile file in my briefcase.
I was gonna take it home, and then I got a call
that said that Corinne had relapsed.
And then I forgot about the file until you requested a copy.
You put it all together and went to talk to R.B.?
I went to his office.
He wasn't there, so I went back in the morning and...
I thought if I could get the money back and...
Sweep it all under the rug. Is that it?
Kate didn't know about my two families, Detective,
or she would've confronted me, and she didn't.
I had no reason to kill her. You have to believe that.
Hey, Major.
What did Cornell get on John Warner?
We can put him away for bigamy and perjury.
Not murder?
Can't rule him out in Kate's death.
Well, aside from two employees, seems like you can't eliminate anyone.
It was a party. Time of death can only be narrowed
to a 15-minute window.
Two felonies mean we can hold John Warner
until we figure this out.
I put the wrong guy away once before.
I'm not doing it again.
John Warner is more valuable to me
as a cooperating witness against R.B.
You got to cut him loose.
Kate wanted me to pay after that first letter.
Maybe if I had...
You can torture yourself,
or you can help us put the culprit in prison.
I want the person who killed my wife in prison.
Who is it?
Who?
I don't know what happened or what to think.
Is it... is it R.B.? Is it Melanie?
Is it my brother? Is it my father?
- Who killed my wife? - I can't tell you that yet.
Is it because you still think it's me,
or is it because you just don't know?
Take your pick.
Kate's iPad... We need that
to make the case against your halfbrother.
No, thank you.
Is there anything I can get you?
Your mother... Did you call her?
She's been in a coma for a long time.
So, when John was with us, you...
We were alone.
What kind of person looks his family in the eye and lies?
How do you live with yourself?
Hey. What happened, Mandy? Is Dad okay?
- Yeah. - He bailed you out?
- What's going on? Where is he? - Dad's with Cornell.
Damn it, Eric! What did you do?!
Dad did this to himself.
How many more people's lives are you gonna destroy?
That depends on how many more secrets you all have.
Stop it. Not here.
First I killed Kate, and then Melanie,
and now... now Dad did?
I don't care what Eric's told you,
my father did not kill Kate.
The only person that you should be looking at is Eric.
He pushed our mom down the stairs 20 years ago.
And what do I get? Nothing!
You lazy little...
Mom, stop!
Eric told us to lie.
He did it once.
He probably did it again.
Is that true, Mr. Warner?
Did you push your mother down the stairs?
- Yes. - No, he didn't. Um...
You do realize you're confessing to attempted murder?
Self-defense... not that there's a way to prove that.
Of course... When it comes to you,
it's always someone else's fault, huh?
Eric, what did you do?
He didn't do anything wrong.
Mandy, stop protecting him. I saw him push her.
How could you see anything at the bottom of the stairs?
You don't know what you are talking about, so shut up.
I know that Eric took away the only mother I had.
You should be glad.
I know I am.
Eric, stop talking.
Eric, this is not you. Wh-what happened?
Someone had to protect us from that woman.
While you were off playing house with wife number one,
we were dealing with the drunk and abusive wife number two.
"Wife number one"?
Dad, you were married before Mom?
He still is.
Her name's Corinne.
This this is a mistake.
- Dad! - Not now.
- Wha... Dad? - We'll talk later.
There was no abuse, all right?
Well, since none of your stories match up,
you leave me no choice, then, to open another investigation.
Detective, can I have a minute, please?
You... you can't listen to anything Patrick has to say right now.
He is angry and has an agenda.
So do you, counselor.
Eric was protecting me.
It was self-defense.
Then you lied.
He did push your mother down the stairs.
I'm telling you, it wasn't his fault.
Your entire family has lied at every turn.
I can't trust anything any one of you say
without the corroboration of someone else.
Is that all?
What's happening with my son?
He is being charged and booked on extortion.
He blackmailed Eric Warner.
R.B. did what?
I'm sorry, Mrs. Warner, but we have solid evidence.
The only thing you can do for your son now
is post bail and hire a good attorney.
You're free to go for now.
You disappointed?
I didn't tell that cop about Mom for revenge.
No one lies to themselves quite like you do, Patrick.
If you two are gonna fight, take it outside.
I'm so sorry, honey.
I forgive you.
Oh.
I am done with this family.
Doubtful.
You always need something.
You feel better?
Just capital.
You?
Eric.
Eric, I'm sorry for all of this.
I'm sorry for what R.B. did, for John,
for all the lies.
You didn't know, did you?
Um, I'm still trying to process
the enormity of what he did.
I feel so stupid... 44 years of marriage,
another wife, three children...
I'm the dumbest woman on the planet.
If you didn't know...
How can you forgive him so easily?
You... you think that was easy?
Forgiveness is hard.
But if I couldn't find the strength to do it myself,
I couldn't ask you to.
Uh, Corinne, my father doesn't deserve...
I'm asking you to forgive my son.
I know I have no right,
but I am begging you to say you gave R.B. the money.
Look, the cops already know that Kate paid the blackmail. I...
You're the victim here. Lie.
Please forgive R.B. Let my son go.
If you have any compassion, don't let them send him away.
Your son put me...
- Put Kate through hell. - I know.
I-I'm dying, Eric.
I don't have long.
I can't afford to hold a grudge.
But neither can you.
Hate and anger will eat you alive.
Hi.
You were right. It was the wrong jacket.
But that's not even the best part.
The only epithelials that I found on the clothes
were from southeast China, specifically Dongguan.
Which means?
Here.
I just put my epithelials on the sleeve of my lab coat.
We all do that any time we put something on
or take it off.
What's that have to do with China?
That's where the clothes were made.
The only skin cells that I found on the inside of the garments
were from the Chinese worker who made them.
You're saying the clothes were brandnew.
Never worn, never even tried on.
So the killer dumped their clothes from the night of the party
and then turned in brandnew ones to police.
Yeah.
It's a bait-and-switch.
I know who.
Now I just need to know why.