Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Haystack (2007)
Tamara Tunie: ME Dr. Melinda Warner
Quotes
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Detective Elliot Stabler : [to Dr. Warner] Why'd she kill him?
Dr. Melinda Warner : Same old story. Abuse, shaken baby. Could've been an accident.
Detective Elliot Stabler : One time, Dickie busted his head open on the corner of a coffee table. Okay, there was blood everywhere. I... I thought I was gonna lose him. Now that's an accident, but you don't dump a body and blame it on the other parent.
Dr. Melinda Warner : People would rather believe a story like that than admit mothers can kill their own children.
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Dr. Melinda Warner : Kinship DNA isn't proof. Just an investigative tool.
TARU Tech Ruben Morales : It's a violation of civil liberties. You go after me 'cause my dad's a perp? That's guilt by association.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Well, I'm more worried about a missing child than your civil liberties.
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Dr. Melinda Warner : If Paddy was abusive, why would Laura name her son after him?
Detective Elliot Stabler : A batterer's control over his victim doesn't stop when the relationship ends.