Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man
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just that they share the house,
nothing more.

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He could never stomach
living a lie like that, and he told her so.

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She just laughed at him.
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I put my arm around him.
I didn't know what else to do.

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- What did he do?
- He threatened to throw her out

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and close the office.
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He stood up to her.
I think that's why he was killed.

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Look, Margaret,
you've told me some reasons

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why maybe your stepmother
might have a motive.

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- But they're all true.
- I didn't say they weren't.

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But you don't have any proof of anything,
you don't have any evidence.

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All you have is your assumptions.
You understand?

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Besides, how could she do it?
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What would she do,
involve some other people?

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Hm? That would be very risky, wouldn't it?
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You see, the only possible way would be...
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- No. No, that's crazy.
- What?

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It just occurred to me
that the only possible way

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would be if somehow
there never was a kidnapping.

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She killed him,
then set it up to look that way.

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I never said that.
That's a crazy idea. Forget that idea.

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How do you prove something like that?
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Goodness, I don't know.
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I think you got a crazy idea there.
You ought to forget about it.

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Well, I'll be in touch with you, Lieutenant.
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All right. All right.
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Maybe the position of the car seat.
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Did you say something?
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There might be something
in the position of the car seat.

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- What car seat?
- Your father's car.

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When they picked up your father's car,
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somebody noticed that
the car seat had been moved forward.

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I don't understand.
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Your father's a very tall man,
six foot or better.


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