Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man
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What if he wanted to fire into someone
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and know the bullet didn't have
the velocity to go through the body?

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- But why?
- He didn't want any trace of the crime

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in the room where he shot him.
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Well, you've given these details of yours
a lot of thought.

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I know all these things don't seem like much
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but put them all together,
one on top of the other,

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and that kidnapping just doesn't add up.
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Let me understand you correctly.
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Was this perhaps
not an ordinary kidnapping?

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That's right. That's interesting, isn't it?
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What if someone murdered your husband
and made it look like a kidnapping?

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- So the ransom money was a setup?
- That's possible.

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Look how that throws us off.
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We're looking for kidnappers that don't exist.
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In the meantime, the real killer is so close
we can't even see him.

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And all these little details fall into place -
the angle of the gun.

:54:58
Shot by someone he knew
while the murderer was sitting down.

:55:03
- The calibre of the bullet.
- Right.

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Killed in a room
where he didn't wanna leave any traces.

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The empty bag?
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- That's a puzzler. I can't figure that one out.
- In all honesty, I must tell you,

:55:16
yours is one of the most absurd
hypotheses I have ever heard.

:55:20
Nothing you said proves anything
one way or another.

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I know. I'm not a lawyer,
and maybe my theories are not that great

:55:28
but, Mrs Williams,
I've been a cop for a long time

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and after a few years,
the old nose gets to be pretty good.

:55:35
- What do you want?
- You could help

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if you would just talk to me
about your husband

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and maybe I can come up with
a business associate, a friend,

:55:44
- somebody with a motive to kill.
- And if you can't?

:55:47
Federal men are on the kidnapping,
there's no harm done.

:55:52
- I don't hold with your murder theory.
- You're within your rights.

:55:57
Let me finish.
But I will do whatever I can to help.


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