Story : Like Father, Like Son
Summary : When a young woman is found dead, detectives race to solve the case, with her young son's DNA as the only solid clue.
Chapter Ten
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Monday Morning 11AMFin and Munch are at Julia Brennan's apartment.
MUNCHMa'am, we pulled this list of numbers frequently called in Boston from your son Blake's phone. Do you recognize any of these names?
FINMegan Dolling
Dante Price
Jamie Whittaker
Julia nods after each nameJULIAI've heard these names, but none of them really stick out.
FINIgnacio Decampo
JULIAIggy?
MUNCHIggy?
JULIAIggy Decampo, his family used to live in our building, the boys grew up together. Blake and Iggy were roommates at Boston.
MUNCHDo you think the boys would be staying with Iggy.
JULIAIf they were in Boston, it would be with Iggy I bet. But well… Blake and Iggy got into some trouble their sophomore year of college.
FINFor?
JULIAThey were caught with pot, and charged with intent to sell. The boys weren't on campus at the time, and none was found in their dorm room so they weren't kicked out of school.
MUNCHHave either of them been in trouble since?
JULIANo. Not at all. Well Iggy's mother Gloria told me he got a DUI last year. They messed up, but really Blake and Iggy aren't bad.
BACK AT THE PRECINCTMunch and Huang are typing away at a computer.
HUANGThere it is, Ignacio DeCampo- Marijuana trafficking charges. DUI last May. Both in Boston.
MUNCHSo she told us the truth. Pull up Blake Brennan.
HUANGThere is the marijuana trafficking charges as well. Nothing else.
MUNCHWhat were the charges for these two?
HUANGNone on here. Maybe their parents took care of it with money.
Fin comes in the roomFINYou know, the last place these guys were in Europe was Amsterdam.
HUANGYou think they're smuggling now?
MUNCHI don't know. We need Boston PD to go pick up Iggy.
CRAGENS OFFICE
CRAGENGood work detectives. A Captain in Boston owes me. I'll have him send his guys out for Iggy right away.
Cragen picks up the phone. Before he dials he turns back to Munch, Fin, and Huang.
CRAGENI mean it, good work.
Boston Police Department
Iggy is sitting in a chair eyeballing a detective.
DETECTIVEWhere are Blake and Anthony Brennan?
IGGYI don't know.
DETECTIVEWe know they came here to see you in Boston.
IGGYNo they didn't.
An officer walks into the room.
OFFICERDetective Heine, we found this empty package in his apartment. It's postmarked from Amsterdam.
IGGYOkay. Look they were here. But they left this morning.
OFFICERThe drug dogs found the package.
DETECTIVEWhat was in it?
IGGYI want my lawyer.
DETECTIVEWe are going to bust you for drug trafficking again. Where are they now?
IGGYThey got on a train to New York this morning. They should be there soon.
DETECTIVEAllright. Officer O'Reilly, take him to a phone to get his lawyer, I have to take care of this.
PENN STATION
Anthony and Blake get off the train. An officer with drug dog, Cragen, Finn, and Munch are waiting for them.
CRAGENExcuse me, Mr. Brennan's.
The two brothers turn and look at them.
MUNCHWe need you to come with us.
BLAKEExcuse me?
The drug dog sniffs at their luggage and barks.
FINI think you know why.
CUT TO
Benson and Stabler are interrogating Anthony.
BENSONWhy did you go to Europe the weekend your beloved wife's show was opening?
ANTHONYBlake and I have been saving and planning for this trip for almost 6 years now. It was over a year ago that he found these great airline prices and locked us in. She got the role later. I should have just stayed home.
STABLERWish you would have come back, but chose to sneak home early.
ANTHONYWell we were in Denmark and the airline called. They said our flight was way overbooked and they would offer us a big discount to come back a few days early and land in Boston. We figured it was destiny and took a visit with Iggy.
STABLERWe know you went to Boston with drugs smuggled into the country, came home, raped and killed your wife, and then went back to Boston.
ANTHONYI did not! What are you talking about?
STABLERYour DNA was found all over the scene.
ANTHONYWhat do you mean my DNA? For starters I wasn't even there. And second you never took a blood test from me.
BENSONWe identified your son. Turns out his father did it.
ANTHONYWhy is Nicky involved? Oh no, was he at the apartment.
STABLERNo you knew he would be at your Mother's, and he would not be a witness. Not that it would matter. The kid never speaks. Did you hit him too?
ANTHONYNO! I love my family!
STABLERWhy won't you kid speak?
ANTHONYI don't know. My parents are paying for speech therapy. They did the same thing with me.
BENSON Did you rape your wife four years ago too?
STABLERDid you do it again, only get excided and accidentally killed her? You freaked out and ran.
ANTHONYNO! And I didn't rape her four years ago, I came home and found her that way.
BENSONWhat happened?
ANTHONYI came home from work. We had both been working a lot lately doing shows and holding jobs and all. I expected her to be in the kitchen and she wasn't. I found her in the bathtub crying. She wouldn't let me touch her and she wouldn't talk at first.
BENSONDid she tell you what happened?
ANTHONYShe said she was taking a nap and someone came in the house wearing a ski mask, he put a bag with a draw sting around her neck. He kept pulling the string until she passed out.
STABLERDid you rape your wife?
ANTHONYNo! Don't you get it I love my wife.
BENSONThen why does DNA prove to us that Nicky's father killed your wife.
ANTHONYNo! I didn't kill my wife! You know for almost a full year we didn't have sex and she couldn't sleep without lights on. I had to leave work early to go get Katie from work to walk her home. This ruined her life. Why would I ruin her life? Katie was my world.
BENSONYou didn't have sex for a year? So was she pregnant with Nicky when she was raped?
ANTHONYWe found out she was pregnant about a month after the rape. At first we were afraid it was the rapist's child.
Benson tenses up a bit and turns and walks away, facing the wall.
ANTHONYAnd of course she thought about abortion at first.
BENSONBecause you couldn't possibly love that child?
STABLERBenson-
ANTHONYNo. At first Katie thought she couldn't love it. We were going to put the child up for adoption. But the first time she felt it kick. I put my hand on her belly, and felt him kicking. It was just a little bump, but…. I don't know. Any part of Katie is a part of me.
STABLERSo know your telling us that you're not Nicky's father to cover yourself?
ANTHONYNo I am Nicky's father. A friend of my father's is a fertility specialist. She did an amniocentesis and took blood from Katie and I. And I was Nicky's father.
BENSONWell part of being Nicky's biological father is the rape and murder of Katie.
ANTHONYI don't know what you're talking about. Just, I guess I need a lawyer. I don't know.
Benson and Stabler leave the room.
CRAGENThis guy sure is not budging.
BENSONWe have solid proof.
STABLERNot quite.
CRAGENExactly. How about you two go home and get some sleep. We'll make sure this guy gets a lawyer and we get a sample from him to confirm that he is the child's father. Come in early tomorrow. And Stabler, leave the football this time.