Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Devil's Dissections (2015)

Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba

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• Amanda Rollins : Yates is appealing his conviction. Why would he tip us off to another victim? He's sick, but he's not stupid.

  Rafael Barba : Rollins, all due respect...

  Amanda Rollins : Don't start a sentence that way.

• Rafael Barba : What am I looking at here?

  Amanda Rollins : It's proof that the body in the wall was Lena Grunwald. Okay, Warner found these gold overlays on her teeth that are specific to German-Swiss dentists.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, another detail Rudnick did not put in his autopsy report.

  Odafin Tutuola : We confirmed with her dentist in Switzerland. It is Lena's body.

  Rafael Barba : She never went home?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, here's where it gets tricky. I finally heard back from my guy at TSA. Now according to them, Lena Grunwald left JFK for Zurich on February 11, 2002.

  Rafael Barba : So? We can't pinpoint her time of death. She must have come back and been murdered sometime later.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, but there's no record of her coming back. So, on a hunch, I looked at Rudnick's travel. Now, this guy, he's got the opposite problem, all right? He returned from Paris to JFK on February 15 but there's no record of him leaving the US or even Canada.

  Rafael Barba : Okay, you got a theory to go with this travel log?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : What if Rudnick left the US using Lena's passport and then came back as himself?

  Rafael Barba : You're suggesting he was able to pass as a woman, post 9/11?

  Odafin Tutuola : Yeah. A red-haired lady with a Swiss passport. So outside their profile no one took a second look at her.

  Amanda Rollins : And Rachel, the victim from the bay, I mean, she was last seen leaving her shelter with a woman. Or someone dressed like one.

  Rafael Barba : You using facial recognition software?

  Odafin Tutuola : We are. Liv is headed to 1PP now to get the okay to bring Rudnick in for questioning.

  Rafael Barba : Call her off. We'll ask forgiveness later. For now, I'll find a pretext to invite him to my office.

  Amanda Rollins : So while he's with you, how about a warrant for his house? I mean, knives, dresses, who knows what we'll find.

  Rafael Barba : All right

• Rafael Barba : Accusing the Deputy Chief ME of rape and murder? And they offered this conspiracy theory up right after their conjugal visit?

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, I know.

  Rafael Barba : He worked you two.

  Odafin Tutuola : And the fiancee worked us. Give Yates points. That's a bold move.

  Amanda Rollins : I'm sorry. You all were right, I was wrong.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Hold on, Rollins. Now, look, I'm still only mid-search, but there was a Lena Grunwald from Switzerland who went to Columbia at that time. Now, as far as I can tell, she never graduates. She just disappears off the grid in the winter of 2002.

  Rafael Barba : You actually looked into this?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, Counselor, I did. 'Cause if Yates is taking a flyer for an appeal, then we have to rule this out. Now, I'm still new here. But how well do you guys know Carl Rudnick?

  Olivia Benson : [to Carisi]  He got here right before you did. He came out of Miami-Dade, I think.

  Rafael Barba : Carisi's right. Yates is looking to overturn his conviction. Did Rudnick ever mention that he went to medical school with Yates?

  Amanda Rollins : No, he didn't.

  Olivia Benson : So what if he did? Yates kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered Nadia. He is guilty. The only reason he's bringing up conflicting evidence is for his appeal.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Still, if they did know each other, then Rudnick should have recused himself.

  Rafael Barba : That's easy enough to confirm. And while you're at it, see if Rudnick has any connection to the townhouse in Harlem, or if he even knew this supposed fiancee Lena Grunwald.