Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Daydream Believer (2015)

Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba

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• Olivia Benson : Yates usually chooses his victims at random, okay? He either burned the bodies or he buried them. He never left evidence.

  Rafael Barba : Not even with the two vics in Queens?

  Olivia Benson : There's no blood from them on his clothes or on his body. He must have changed his clothes, washed himself. None of his DNA is in their apartment.

  Rafael Barba : Can the vic who survived ID him?

  Hank Voight : Brain damage. I got a State's Attorney standing by in Chicago. We can try Yates for his last two victims there.

  Rafael Barba : You mean the one he burned along with any evidence? Or the one who apparently died while Yates was walking in the park with one of your detectives, along with your whole squad there to alibi him.

  Olivia Benson : Hold on, Barba. This might be something. Nadia Decotis was not random. This was a screw you to Chicago PD.

• Greg Yates : [to Dr. Warner after looking at photographs of Nadia's death]  Doctor, could Miss Decotis' injuries have been caused by her prostitution?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : It's unlikely. She was savaged.

  Greg Yates : Savaged, you say? How so?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : In addition to the blunt trauma and strangulation, there were cuts on her nipples and external genitalia.

  Greg Yates : And her anal sphincter, was that torn?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Yes, it was.

  Greg Yates : And these injuries, though not fatal, they would've been painful?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Very. She died a slow death.

  Greg Yates : How long did she survive after the first attack started?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Thirty minutes. Maybe longer.

  Greg Yates : And she would've been in agony all through it?

  Judge Elana Barth : Mr. Barba, not to put words in your mouth, but I'm willing to entertain an objection if you have one.

  Rafael Barba : I'm fine, your Honor.

  Greg Yates : Doctor, was she in a lot of pain?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Yes. I'm sure she was.

  Greg Yates : Were there signs of struggle?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : Yes. The skin was torn around the ligature marks.

  Greg Yates : What goes through a victim's head in their final moments?

  Attorney Crane : Your Honor, may I please speak with my client?

  Greg Yates : No, I'm not done here.

  Attorney Crane : Short recess.

  Greg Yates : Sit down.

  [Crane takes her seat] 

  Greg Yates : [to Dr. Warner]  Back to Nadia. Would the terror, the fear have flooded her with adrenaline?

  Dr. Melinda Warner : I can't answer that.

  Greg Yates : Would she have awareness of what was going on? Would she understand that these were the final moments of her life?

  [Dr. Warner doesn't answer] 

  Greg Yates : Come on, doctor. We are both medical people! Use your knowledge!

  [looks around to see that the entire courtroom is staring at him] 

  Greg Yates : Or... Or don't.