:22:24
Excuse me, Miss. Police officer.
:22:26
Christ. Vice?
:22:27
No, Homicide. It's about Julia Niemeyer.
:22:30
That's a relief. Actually, I was thinking
about calling you guys.
:22:33
Why didn't you?
:22:35
You know, I just didn't know what to say.
:22:37
- Why? Did you kill her?
- Of course not.
:22:39
But I make it a policy not to talk to police.
They ask too many questions.
:22:43
Well, we're gonna have to break policy
this time.
:22:45
- What's your name?
- Joanie Pratt, age 35...
:22:49
former actress, model, singer, dancer,
and what usually follows.
:22:53
What do you do now?
:22:54
- What usually follows.
- Which is?
:22:57
- Isn't there someplace else we could talk?
- What's wrong with here?
:23:00
I'm trying to spare you the police station.
So, please tell me, what do you do now?
:23:05
It's illegal.
:23:06
Lady, if it has nothing
to do with this murder, I couldn't care less.
:23:10
I deal Quaaludes and I fuck selected
older men who don't want to get involved.
:23:16
I think you're right. Maybe we should go
someplace else and talk.
:23:21
I thought the papers said
she was found dead, presumably...
:23:23
strangled by a burglar who panicked.
:23:25
No, it was a story we gave out to the media
to keep them disinterested. So far, so good.
:23:29
What I need from you
is to tell me all you can about Julia...
:23:32
including what these sex ads were about.
:23:34
Look, there was nothing wrong or illegal
in anything that we...
:23:36
I don't give a shit if the two of you were
fucking each other in a bathtub of cocaine.
:23:41
All I care about is stopping this maniac
before he kills again.
:23:43
Do you understand?
:23:45
- Yeah.
- So?
:23:48
Well, we first met, of all places,
in the public library.
:23:52
I was returning some books,
and she was taking out a whole stack, and...
:23:56
I noticed they were all about sex...
:23:58
so I made a friendly comment
and we got to talking and...