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The police raid...

posted 10 years ago by jmichael3387
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Would the police really have raided their house like that within a few hours of the murder? Before Russell Crowe's wife even knew that her boss was dead?

How was she even a suspect so quickly? For her to be a suspect, the police would have had to have found-out that she argued with her boss that day. And/or they would have had to have found her fingerprints on the fire extinguisher.

So they conducted the investigation before she even found-out about her bosses death? Or am I missing something?

Pretty good movie though. Good drama as far as Crowe's and his wife's disappointment and shock, as well as the escape.

[–] Joaquin_Deniro_Pacino 9 years ago

Witness saw her drive her car out the parking lot

[–] emmettronan 9 years ago

I kinda wondered that, too.
So her co-worker saw her drive off, and I guess we could assume he knew about the fight with the boss, but did they really arrest her just on that? And then check for fingerprints later?
If she'd never been arrested before, how would they have prints to match them to, unless they matched them afterward with the prints they took when they booked her?

[–] gtgrad95 9 years ago

That's a good point. I think what probably happened is that the coworker saw her drive off, they took the fingerprints off the fire extinguisher, and then matched it to her workstation or coffee mug or something at work. They then had enough evidence to arrest her.

[–] emmettronan 9 years ago

Oh yeah, I hadn't really thought about that part, matching them to other things, not just in the computer.
Yeah, still pretty strange with the whole arrest thing anyway though. Because didn't they arrest her the very next morning?
I get why they paced the movie like they did, but it still would've been kinda nice to see how some of the court stuff went. Like was she the only suspect or was it narrowed down? Seems like they could make a whole new movie based just off of the court stuff in that three-year time.

[–] ventasclothes 9 years ago

The pace and efficiency of a well resourced Homicide squad is amazing.

With regards to fingerprints, a coffee cup belonging to her would not be enough. Too much doubt that someone else could have touched it.

An evidence search and arrest warrant is easy and fast to obtain. Police just need reasonable belief that she committed the offence.
She was Seen fighting with the victim earlier + seen leaving the scene = reasonable belief.

Does it prove it beyond reasonable doubt well thats what a good defense lawyer does.... go in and muddy the wayers

[–] ATG6 (3000) 6 years ago

her prints were on the murder weapon, case closed.

[–] matthall619 8 years ago

That's silly. How would fingerprints from another source be any kind of evidence?
She was seen fleeing the scene after a fight with the victim, that's grounds for an arrest. Then they find the blood and match the fingerprints, cut and dry case very quickly.

[–] mel-holden 9 years ago

I read it as that as she drove out of the parking garage, the person driving in recognized her and also easily saw there was a body lying on the ground. To the person driving in, they'd wonder why the wife would just drive off without dealing with a body lying on the ground! Who'd do that unless they were guilty? Very suspicious!

But so much was made clear at end of movie, including that she never saw the body from where she was standing/moving around/driving.

But I also did think the arrest was not handled as it would likely in real life. Also, they had to interrupt her before she had a chance to innocently say to her husband 'Honey, this is odd - there's some blood on my sleeve and I have no idea where it came from!'

[–] ATG6 (3000) 6 years ago

no, in real life they would have sent a SWAT team at 2 AM, broke down the door, shot the dog, pinned the husband and the kid to the floor and cuffed them with zip ties. cops don't mess around any more.

[–] Tabbycat (898) 5 years ago

No, that was some movie bullshit.

Detective was unnecessarily hard and obnoxious, threatening the husband with arrest and grabbing him. Very unlikely what would happen in real life especially if they may want to question hubby later. Not every bust has to be like a drug bust. For one the community can pushback various ways to make a cop’s life hard and second, it’s dangerous.

But it do make for a cracklin’ scene.