Monk, Season 2

[Monk, Sharona, Stottlemeyer and Disher are at the scene of the store clerk's death]

Monk:
When did it happen?

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
The M.E. is saying two and a half, three hours. He worked as the night manager at the Stop 'n Go on Ridgedale.

Sharona:
Oh my God, we were just there! That's where we bought the newspaper. [to Randy] Along with your letter in it to me.

Lt. Disher:
It wasn't to you!

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
His shift ended at 4:00 AM, he came here to make the night deposit. He got jumped by the killer, stabbed twice: once in the neck, once in the stomach, with that bottle. [Monk looks at the remains of a bottle]

Monk:
No prints on the bottle?

Lt. Disher:
Nothing yet.

Monk:
Surveillance camera?

Lt. Disher:
Negative. It's over by the ATM, facing the wrong way. It didn't see a thing. [Stottlemeyer turns to Monk]

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
Now what I can't get over, is that we haven't had a homicide in this neighborhood for over four years, all of a sudden we've got two: first your newspaper boy, killed for a newspaper, and now this robbery.

Monk:
No, this was no robbery.

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
But the killer took the money.

Monk:
The killer wants us to think robbery. But why wouldn't he do it in a more secluded spot? He could have killed him anywhere between here and the store.

Lt. Disher:
Well maybe the killer just waited for him here by the bank.

Monk:
No. No, the killer had to have followed the victim from the store. [points at the bottle] Cream soda bottle. You can't find that brand anywhere else.

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
Well how do you know the victim wasn't drinking it? He worked at the Stop 'n Go.

Monk:
That's true. [Sharona examines the bottle]

Sharona:
It's a woman. There's lipstick on the bottle. [Monk and Stottlemeyer squat and see some lipstick towards the bottom of the bottle]

Monk:
How did I miss that?

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
She's stronger and smarter than you.