(Episode 16)
What do you think happened on the rooftop after he was dragged there?
These days, we can find everything online.
They tend to brag about it on their social media.
I doubt that he'll even open his mouth.
Seriously. He's a head case.
If not through the kids,
we must find out through other means.
I don't know if I should have my son transferred to another school.
Jae Hoon's room is right next to his.
It's suicide, right?
My gosh, it's the exam week for Kang Doo.
You might disapprove of me if I say this.
But our sons' ranks will go one place higher.
So Jun Ha will be at the top of his class now.
Top of his class?
That doesn't mean anything.
All I want...
is for Jun Ha to stay healthy.
Everyone is here except for me.
Hello. I'm Prosecutor Eun Sol from Seoul Eastern District.
What is this regarding?
I wanted to discuss something with all of you.
I understand that you must be heartbroken.
I wanted to comfort you,
but I didn't reach out because I thought it wasn't the right time.
Nonetheless, ambushing our meeting...
with the prosecutor is no way to behave.
I heard...
it's the exam week for the kids.
Do you want me to call them out too?
Or...
will you cooperate with the investigation?
For all these years,
your sons followed the academy schedule I made,
and you tried hard to put your sons in the study groups I'd formed.
You bought me a designer handbag.
You came to my home and made kimchi.
You got me tickets for the most luxurious massages.
You wanted your sons to join my study groups.
Don't you remember?
My son, Sung Jae,
was your idol, object of admiration, and your dream son.
You were good to me as you wanted your sons to be like mine.
But...
as soon as my son was gone,
you all jumped ship.
Do Hee.
You're being rude.
I no longer have a son.
My son...
died.
Do you think...
my son's death has nothing to do with yours?
I know that your sons are done with their academy at 8:30pm.
You're in charge of giving them a ride today, right?
And I know that you have all of their cell phones in your bag.
Can you show them to me?
Should I request for a search and seizure warrant?
I'll get on it right away.
Hold on, please.
I'll show them to you.
Could you unlock the phones as well?
Do you think they are some kind of delinquents or thugs?
Ma'am, you're greatly mistaken.
This meeting consists of the top five students...
from the specialized high school.
All of their fathers are influential as well.
I find this kind of behavior very rude.
I didn't find anything.
- On all of the phones? - Yes.
You're suspecting innocent kids.
Are you lawfully executing your official duty?
You don't have evidence. That's why you're going through their phones.
He only posted their group photos on his social media.
It's odd that these best friends didn't create a group chatroom.
Did you all...
erase it?
Park Jun Ha, Ahn Jae Hoon, Cha Dong Soo, and Kim Kang Doo.
These four students were with Sung Jae...
- on the scene of the incident. - That's not possible.
- Jun Ha was at the academy then. - So was Jae Hoon.
Then...
who are they?
Five students went up together,
but why did only four of them come back down?
This is a murder case.
Park Jun Ha, Ahn Jae Hoon, Cha Dong Soo, and Kim Kang Doo...
are suspects of Ma Sung Jae's murder.
Thank you for your cooperation today.
What are you talking about?
What did she just say?
Unbelievable.
What's going on?
Can you please explain?
What are we going to do?
What are you doing?
Swab everything...
from there to there.
He didn't ask us to take just the samples?
He wanted the entire wall. Including the rails.
(Court)
The cause of death of the driver, the husband,
is cervical vertebrae fracture. In other words, his neck broke.
And the cause of death of the passenger, the wife,
is hemothorax of thoracic cavity caused by rib fracture.
In other words,
she died because her chest was filled with blood.
Can we tell which one of them died first?
When someone's cervical vertebrae is fractured,
it can cause the person to die immediately from the injury.
But hemothorax of the thoracic cavity...
takes at least minutes to cause someone to die...
since the blood needs to fill up until it's impossible to breathe.
Hence,
it looks like the husband died first.
If the husband died...
even a minute before the wife,
that means his assets...
were inherited by his wife while she was alive.
What are you talking about?
This is nonsense.
Overruled.
Please continue.
Therefore, it is only logical...
for his assets to be...
given to her family, her sister, which is his sister-in-law.
(Defense Counsel)
The swindling of his inheritance by the defendant, her mother-in-law,
is illegal.
That is all.
Take it.
I wrote a book.
("Every Murder Leaves a Mark")
I'll have a good read. Your books are always helpful.
I'm embarrassed to show this to those who are in the field.
These books are a must-read...
if you're someone who works in the field.
If your brother saw you today,
he would've been very proud.
(Hangook University Hospital, Kang Yong)
There is no damage caused by an external force...
or any intervention from another person.
However,
I did see two fresh needle marks on his left arm.
We'd have to run a test for toxic substances,
but it looks like a suicide by poisoning.
A suicide?
You said your brother was a doctor, right?
Yes.
Doctors know the kind of poison that can kill them very well.
For now,
I can only conclude that he injected it himself.
He wouldn't kill himself.
He said he's getting married soon.
His fiancee is pregnant too.
"People who commit suicide..."
"always leave hesitation wounds."
That's from your book.
My brother only had two needle marks on his left arm.
There were no hesitation wounds.
It was as if someone else had injected it in him.
Many surgeons are ambidextrous.
My brother was left-handed.
He was always more precise with his left hand.
If he wanted to inject poison himself,
he definitely would've used his left hand.
I'm at Seon Hospital right now.
- I'll go inside. - Good work.
The puzzles are coming together one by one.
(Psychotropic Drugs Registration)
Numbers of psychotropic drugs were left out of...
this registration.
(February 2018, March 2018, April 2018)
(Psychotropic Drugs Registration)
You must've gotten pretty rich from selling off spare drugs.
This was from 10 years ago, so it was difficult to find.
I also pass along Prosecutor Kang's advice.
"You should stop doing this."
(Psychotropic Drugs Registration)
(National Forensic Service)
The doors are closing.
Stella, wait.
Hi.
Stella.
- Are you okay? - Yes, I'm okay. Thanks.
In Korea,
we say you need rice to go through a difficult time.
"The power of rice".
Do you want to go eat with me?
- Hello. - Going up.
The doors are closing.
- Great work, Lieutenant Cha. - Oh, it's nothing, Director Park.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
The doors are closing.
Stella, I'm asking you out on...
Dr. Baek asks you to analyze...
Ma Sung Jae's case in the standard dose.
Sure, but that'll take a while.
If you make it quick, I'll buy you beef.
Really? Beef? Meat?
There's a great place nearby.
Fantastic.
I've been analyzing them urgently already.
Stella, what about me?
You like beef too, right?
Yes, of course.
- Do you want to join us? - What?
Good idea.
Ciao.
Wait. Stella. Wait. Stella.
- What are you doing? - You surprised me.
The doors are closing.
- Do you have your car? - Yes, what?
Wait, what?
Is your car parked here?
Yes.
Why are you so on edge?
Mr. Jang.
Are you close...
with Stella?
We're all family here at the National Forensic Service.
Stella is really good at grilling meat.
We recently had a meal together. Just the two of us.
I'm good at grilling meat too. This time, I'll do that.
What?
Do you really like meat that much?
Yes, I need all I can get.
(Vitamins)
Your urine has been really bright recently, right?
How did you know?
I was about to see a doctor because I was worried.
If you have too much vitamin B in your system, it comes out.
"Always take the right dosage."
That's what Stella always says.
Stella?
Fine, I won't eat these.
Dr. Baek, she's the nutritionist.
This was our lunch menu last month.
Do they usually eat lunch at 12pm?
Yes, it's always at 12pm unless something comes up.
The lunch menu on that day was spicy gochujang pork.
That's odd.
- His duodenum wasn't red. - Maybe he didn't eat lunch.
Or he might hate spicy pork.
Sung Jae didn't eat lunch on that day.
He just had a snack at 4pm.
We served white rice cake with milk.
Something that enters your body never lies.
You've seen your bright-colored urine.
It's nothing.
[Kocowa Ver] MBC E16 Partners for Justice "Everyone’s Equal Before the Law" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
Chief Prosecutor No.
Do you have a favor to ask?
No.
Someone asked me out on a lunch,
but I felt too awkward to come alone, so I brought you.
Who was it?
Do you know Euddeum Law Firm?
Isn't it 1 of Korea's top 5 firms?
Hello, I'm a bit late.
Welcome.
This is the wife of Euddeum's representative.
- This is... - I know very well who she is.
I didn't know that...
Jun Ha was Euddeum's representative's son.
I'm sure you did not.
Now that you do, I hope I needn't explain the situation.
Sorry. I'd like to be excused.
No one remains a prosecutor forever.
Think carefully.
I will pay for my meal.
- Shall I pay for yours too? - Sure.
You may.
I'll pay for my meal.
Letting someone else pay for you...
these days could cause a big problem.
Let's pay separately.
- Where's Prosecutor Eun? - She's late.
I hope she gets here soon.
- Welcome. - Hello.
- Let's start the meeting. - Okay.
Please sit first.
Then we'll begin.
Ma Sung Jae always did better than Park Jun Ha,
so Park Jun Ha always came second in his year.
They were famous rivals.
Always coming second to someone else...
is much worse than coming last all the time.
Did you ever come second?
I was always second. From the back.
"Exin" is a slang word teenagers use these days.
"Explosion of inferiority".
It's so obvious.
Sung Jae skipped a grade and was two years younger.
- It must've hurt Jun Ha's pride. - With Sung Jae out of the way,
- Jun Ha would win? - That's it.
That's the circumstances mapped out.
Yes, but the thing is...
Take over.
As you see here, at 6pm, Sung Jae and his friends...
take the elevator upstairs. An hour later at 7pm,
only his friends come down.
The body was found two hours later...
at 9pm.
Do we have estimated time of death? There are two hours unaccounted for.
Not yet. Dr. Baek's taking his time.
Prosecutor Eun.
This is no time to wait for the NFS.
A kid is dead.
None of you seem to get it because...
you're single without kids,
but listen.
This feels like a beating heart...
was ripped out of you while you're still breathing.
No parent can sleep at night. We must catch the killer.
If it was 3 to 1, they could've overpowered Sung Jae.
If they wanted to, they could've pushed him over.
I feel so sorry for him.
He must've been so scared.
Security footages from the apartment block Sung Jae fell from.
We got a verification request for it.
It was from...
Euddeum Law Firm. What's going on?
Did they hire a lawyer already?
Park Jun Ha's father is Euddeum's highest lawyer.
- What? - What?
- Darn it. - Darn it.
Euddeum will be really tough to deal with.
Everyone's equal before the law.
Was anything ever easy?
The sky he last saw. His last urine sample.
His last meal. His last...
What are you doing?
Do you have time to kill? We're all really busy.
The liquid found on the wall was Sung Jae's urine.
(DNA Report)
(Ma Sung Jae)
- The railing. - We found microfibers.
It matches his pants.
If you were pushed, you'd fall head-first.
He came up at 6pm, and at 7pm, only the others came down.
His body was found at 9pm.
If we have estimated time of death,
we have the whole puzzle.
- Puzzle? - Yes.
- Traces of murder. - Don't write a novel.
No. This time I'll write a masterpiece.
"He died between 6pm and 7pm."
If you can tell us this, we can close this case.
Write your novel.
Is this Ma Sung Jae's residence?
- Yes. - Delivery.
What is it?
It's a delivery made to his name.
Oh no.
He saved his allowance to buy this.
(Shipping!)
He waited. He waited, honey!
He did not kill himself!
There's no way he killed himself!
Sung Jae.
Sung Jae. Sung Jae...
You're going to go in? This is for bodies.
- Will you go in then? - I'll make you look good.
Four hours later. Not yet.
- We must do it again. - Okay.
We must do it again.
Okay.
There's no time.
Eat faster.
Lie down.
I put down a layer of plastic.
There's no time. Hurry.
Will you hurry up?
Do you have estimated time of death?
Dr. Ma and the prosecutors are all nagging about when...
Will you do it? You do it then.
- No, no. - Get out.
(National Forensic Service)
What are you trying to pull?
Why would my son kill himself? Why?
What do you know?
What... What do you know?
Why would my son kill himself? Why?
(Partners for Justice)
Tell the truth! You pushed Sung Jae!
Your son's a murderer!
I think Sung Jae was bullied a bit.
Call over Ma Sung Jae.
Why do you get special treatment? Why?
He cheated first.
You felt inferior to him. You weren't the only one, right?
Everyone in this school was jealous of Sung Jae.
He would never commit suicide.
I'll prove that Dr. Baek was wrong...
and make sure that he never gets to work in this field ever again.