Special Victims Unit

Interrogation Room

September 1

Munch and Fin are watching Neil O'Riley fidget through the one-way glass.

"What kinda freak would do that? Man, that's messed up," Fin questions aloud.

Munch retorts, "The kind with priors. Seems like Mr. O'Riley here has troubling keeping his clothes on after a few hundred shots."

The two detectives enter the room. Munch stands beside a clearly uncomfortable O'Riley. Fin takes a seat and just stares blankly.

O'Riley speaks up, "Look fellas, I don't know why you hauled me in here. I didn't do anything."

Munch quips, "Sure, that's what they all say," He puts a copy of the photo from Carrie's aunt down on the table, "Know her?"

"Well, she looks a little different, but that's Carrie. Beautiful girl…shame what the drugs did to her."

Munch continues, "And where exactly did you know her from…I mean, a guy like you couldn't get a girl like that to look his way even if he had a hundred dollar bill hanging from his zipper."

"From my last job. At that home. I was a night janitor…I, uh, got fired."

Fin adds, "Bet that was a pretty sweet job, moppin' floors and all. Why did they can ya?"

"They said Carrie told them that I stole from her."

Munch leans down to him, "Really….'cause I think getting caught polishing your door knob in Carrie's room while she slept really did you in. You know…..robbery….lewd acts in public….only a few small steps from there to rape/homicide."

"No WAY! That's sick!"

Fin chimes in cooly, "Bet that pissed you off. Getting fired 'cause of Carrie. I even bet it made you do this," He lays out crime scene photos across the table.

O'Riley recoils, "NO! I would never hurt her!"

Fin bates him, "Alright, then where were you Tuesday night from say, two to four a.m.?"

O'Riley responds, "Well, see….a month ago, right after I lost my job, I stopped by a bar. I guess I had to much…."

Munch rolls his eyes, "Not real bright for a man with your record, but you didn't answer my partner's question."

"I'm workin' on it. So, as I leave this bar….some of your fellow officers notice me stumbling home and they arrest me right? So, I get in front of this judge says I gotta go to these meetings. I just started not to long ago and my sponsor said to call whenever…and, after the meeting Tuesday night…I was a wreck, so he came back to my place and stayed all night." He writes down a name and number, "Call him….only, uh, I don't know his last name….can I go now?"

Munch opens the door, O'Riley starts to walk out the door, but stops in front of Munch, "Hey if you guys wanna know what I think…."

"Not really."

"I was gonna say, the only person I ever saw fight with Carrie or that Carrie didn't like was that Ryland girl….real bitch that one….I even saw her slap Carrie once."

Munch and Fin cast glances at each other as O'Riley leaves.