1 00:01:57,346 --> 00:01:58,572 Something wrong? 2 00:01:58,637 --> 00:01:59,903 Oh, it's my mom. 3 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:01,897 A pipe burst last night, 4 00:02:01,962 --> 00:02:03,948 and now her living room is flooded. 5 00:02:04,013 --> 00:02:05,371 - Ugh. - Yeah. Ah. 6 00:02:05,436 --> 00:02:07,511 Repairs are gonna take 3 weeks minimum, 7 00:02:07,576 --> 00:02:09,832 and she has asked to stay with me. 8 00:02:09,897 --> 00:02:12,123 That's good, right? I mean, out of all the people in her life, 9 00:02:12,147 --> 00:02:13,357 - you're the one that she chose to... - Yeah, 10 00:02:13,381 --> 00:02:15,246 I was her only option, spence. 11 00:02:15,311 --> 00:02:16,754 - Ah. - Trust me, 12 00:02:16,819 --> 00:02:18,609 she would much rather 13 00:02:18,674 --> 00:02:21,525 rent something on her own closer to home, 14 00:02:21,590 --> 00:02:23,789 but apparently money's a little tight. 15 00:02:23,854 --> 00:02:26,246 I know our relationship hasn't always been smooth sailing, 16 00:02:26,311 --> 00:02:30,036 but... I don't know, maybe this time it'll be... different. 17 00:02:30,195 --> 00:02:31,622 Maybe it will. 18 00:02:32,428 --> 00:02:33,537 Didn't you tell me your house is having 19 00:02:33,561 --> 00:02:34,933 a top-to-bottom paint job this week? 20 00:02:34,957 --> 00:02:36,679 Mm-hmm. As of this morning. 21 00:02:36,750 --> 00:02:37,787 What are you gonna do? 22 00:02:37,852 --> 00:02:40,535 Well, will took the boys to Florida for a couple days. 23 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,896 I just rented a hotel room in the city. 24 00:02:43,178 --> 00:02:45,903 Ooh, I guess I better upgrade to that junior suite now, huh? 25 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:47,381 Let me know if you need anything... 26 00:02:47,405 --> 00:02:49,539 Books, food, shoulder to cry on. 27 00:02:49,604 --> 00:02:52,021 Mmm. What was that last one? 28 00:02:53,303 --> 00:02:55,981 All right, just please keep your phone handy. 29 00:02:58,741 --> 00:02:59,902 What do we have? 30 00:02:59,967 --> 00:03:01,438 Last night 310-year-old kids 31 00:03:01,514 --> 00:03:03,785 went missing from their homes in Wesser, Iowa. 32 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:04,998 The parents didn't notice they were gone 33 00:03:05,022 --> 00:03:06,217 until they woke up this morning. 34 00:03:06,241 --> 00:03:08,472 Well, all of the families slept through the abductions. 35 00:03:08,537 --> 00:03:10,248 There must not have been much of a struggle. 36 00:03:10,272 --> 00:03:11,967 No signs of forced entry, either. 37 00:03:12,032 --> 00:03:13,365 Neighbors didn't hear a sound. 38 00:03:13,430 --> 00:03:14,843 Look, I'm not minimizing this, 39 00:03:14,913 --> 00:03:17,021 but is it possible this wasn't an abduction at all? 40 00:03:17,086 --> 00:03:18,539 I mean, group of 10-year-olds, 41 00:03:18,604 --> 00:03:19,951 tip-toe exit in the middle of the night. 42 00:03:19,975 --> 00:03:21,435 She's got a good point. I mean, what if the kids just 43 00:03:21,459 --> 00:03:22,879 made a bad decision to sneak out 44 00:03:22,944 --> 00:03:24,074 on a big adventure together? 45 00:03:24,139 --> 00:03:25,464 I was wondering that myself, 46 00:03:25,529 --> 00:03:27,714 but it was nearly freezing last night, 47 00:03:27,779 --> 00:03:30,597 and it appears all the kids left wearing their pajamas. 48 00:03:30,662 --> 00:03:32,441 None of them took any clothing or food. 49 00:03:32,506 --> 00:03:33,896 Maybe it's a straight-up kidnapping. 50 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:35,555 The ransom demands could be on their way. 51 00:03:35,626 --> 00:03:38,183 JJ has some personal business to attend to here, 52 00:03:38,248 --> 00:03:39,552 but she will be consulting by phone. 53 00:03:39,576 --> 00:03:41,396 For the rest of us, wheels up. 54 00:03:50,010 --> 00:03:51,471 Oh, no. 55 00:03:51,768 --> 00:03:53,888 Guys, guys, guys. There's something that just came in. 56 00:03:53,949 --> 00:03:56,046 You need to see it. It's from Wesser P.D. 57 00:03:56,111 --> 00:03:58,790 It's surveillance footage from a neighborhood park. 58 00:04:02,698 --> 00:04:04,181 Those are the kids. 59 00:04:06,086 --> 00:04:07,931 What the hell is going on? 60 00:04:10,427 --> 00:04:12,587 Garcia, can you zoom in on that, please? 61 00:05:10,534 --> 00:05:13,260 'There is always one moment in childhood' 62 00:05:13,325 --> 00:05:17,310 'when the door opens and lets the future in.' 63 00:05:17,526 --> 00:05:19,470 Graham Greene. 64 00:05:20,384 --> 00:05:22,234 40 years in law enforcement, 65 00:05:22,299 --> 00:05:24,281 I've never seen an abduction like this. 66 00:05:24,346 --> 00:05:26,442 The children appear to be complicit. 67 00:05:26,507 --> 00:05:28,751 I mean, they went to the unsub voluntarily. 68 00:05:28,885 --> 00:05:30,437 Yeah, but watch the last child's face. 69 00:05:30,502 --> 00:05:33,016 It's like he senses something wrong at the last moment. 70 00:05:33,081 --> 00:05:35,141 There's still no ransom demand. 71 00:05:35,206 --> 00:05:36,645 That plus the tape, 72 00:05:36,710 --> 00:05:38,603 this is looking less and less like a kidnapping. 73 00:05:38,668 --> 00:05:41,133 Normally I'd think this was a sex offender, 74 00:05:41,198 --> 00:05:44,415 but pedophiles almost never abduct more than one child at a time. 75 00:05:44,481 --> 00:05:47,592 If for no other reason than it's hard to control multiple victims. 76 00:05:47,657 --> 00:05:49,195 I don't know. The kids on the swing set 77 00:05:49,260 --> 00:05:51,079 looked pretty damn controlled. 78 00:05:51,213 --> 00:05:54,344 Maybe they were drugged somehow earlier. 79 00:05:54,409 --> 00:05:55,977 What do we know about these kids? 80 00:05:56,042 --> 00:05:57,320 They were all good students, 81 00:05:57,385 --> 00:06:00,031 stable homes, no behavioral issues at all. 82 00:06:00,096 --> 00:06:02,043 When we land, I'll coordinate with agent channing 83 00:06:02,108 --> 00:06:03,299 who's already on the ground with her 84 00:06:03,323 --> 00:06:05,007 child abduction rapid deployment team. 85 00:06:05,072 --> 00:06:07,969 The rest of you pair up, go to the children's homes, 86 00:06:08,034 --> 00:06:09,094 talk to their parents. 87 00:06:09,159 --> 00:06:10,923 We need to get a sense of these kids. 88 00:06:10,995 --> 00:06:13,820 Someone or something got ahold of them. 89 00:06:13,885 --> 00:06:15,629 We need to find out what. 90 00:06:17,026 --> 00:06:18,889 Ok, catch me up, agent channing. 91 00:06:18,987 --> 00:06:20,867 We've got local P.D. Canvassing the neighborhood 92 00:06:20,914 --> 00:06:22,633 looking for home surveillance cameras. 93 00:06:22,698 --> 00:06:25,052 Good. We'll set up monitors here for viewing. 94 00:06:25,117 --> 00:06:26,555 Our card team has handled hundreds 95 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:27,938 of child abduction cases. 96 00:06:28,003 --> 00:06:29,250 But something like this, 97 00:06:29,315 --> 00:06:31,462 we're in uncharted territory. 98 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,075 Have you met the Mayor yet? 99 00:06:34,140 --> 00:06:35,915 - No. - Buckle up. 100 00:06:39,057 --> 00:06:41,161 Are you the other FBI person? 101 00:06:41,870 --> 00:06:43,094 SSA Prentiss. 102 00:06:43,159 --> 00:06:44,477 I understand you're the Mayor. 103 00:06:44,542 --> 00:06:45,477 Rob tremaine. 104 00:06:45,542 --> 00:06:47,461 Can someone please tell me what's being done 105 00:06:47,526 --> 00:06:48,727 to get to the bottom of this? 106 00:06:48,792 --> 00:06:51,508 Our BAU team is in place, Mayor, 107 00:06:51,573 --> 00:06:52,799 and we're very good at what we do. 108 00:06:52,823 --> 00:06:54,031 I'm talking about specifics. 109 00:06:54,096 --> 00:06:55,617 What specifically are you doing? 110 00:06:55,682 --> 00:06:58,237 Honey, I'm going home with Timmy. 111 00:06:58,711 --> 00:07:00,368 Take a deep breath. 112 00:07:03,519 --> 00:07:04,773 Look, uh, I'm sorry. 113 00:07:04,838 --> 00:07:06,822 I don't mean to come on strong, 114 00:07:06,887 --> 00:07:08,042 but a thing like this. 115 00:07:08,254 --> 00:07:09,532 I understand. 116 00:07:09,829 --> 00:07:12,312 But it is important for you to present a calm 117 00:07:12,377 --> 00:07:14,502 and confident face to your community right now. 118 00:07:14,580 --> 00:07:16,205 Well, that's easier said than done. 119 00:07:16,374 --> 00:07:17,904 3 kids in one night? 120 00:07:18,162 --> 00:07:21,021 How do we know that this maniac isn't going to take more? 121 00:07:21,991 --> 00:07:23,232 We don't. 122 00:07:27,035 --> 00:07:29,127 This can't be happening. 123 00:07:29,402 --> 00:07:31,705 It's like a nightmare and I can't wake up. 124 00:07:34,112 --> 00:07:37,010 Your son was plugged in. 125 00:07:37,134 --> 00:07:39,682 Joey's addicted to his screens. 126 00:07:39,972 --> 00:07:42,775 I have kids myself. I know what you mean. 127 00:07:43,338 --> 00:07:45,423 Did your son make this? 128 00:07:45,863 --> 00:07:50,134 Yes. He loved doing papier-mache. 129 00:07:50,199 --> 00:07:51,505 It's practically the only thing 130 00:07:51,570 --> 00:07:55,041 that could tear him away from his electronics. 131 00:07:55,620 --> 00:07:59,337 Do you think that this is how this person got Joey, 132 00:07:59,402 --> 00:08:01,501 like a chat room or something? 133 00:08:01,566 --> 00:08:04,407 We'll know more once we have a chance to look at his computer. 134 00:08:04,472 --> 00:08:08,243 'Cause we monitored his online activity as best we could.' 135 00:08:08,308 --> 00:08:11,088 We put in filters, safeguards. 136 00:08:11,183 --> 00:08:12,751 But Joey and his friends, 137 00:08:12,816 --> 00:08:15,712 they know how to get around all of it. 138 00:08:15,777 --> 00:08:17,064 Oh, God. 139 00:08:17,441 --> 00:08:22,002 This cyber stuff, it's their world, not ours. 140 00:08:28,167 --> 00:08:30,711 So why these kids and why now? 141 00:08:30,776 --> 00:08:33,376 The behavior in the video, it appears as though they're responding 142 00:08:33,417 --> 00:08:35,048 to a post-hypnotic suggestion. 143 00:08:35,113 --> 00:08:37,673 If true, that's an awfully elaborate ruse. 144 00:08:37,738 --> 00:08:39,182 The seeds for this abduction must have been 145 00:08:39,206 --> 00:08:40,532 planted a long time ago. 146 00:08:40,597 --> 00:08:42,470 But the parents have confirmed that these kids 147 00:08:42,535 --> 00:08:43,915 didn't really know one another. 148 00:08:43,980 --> 00:08:45,548 They went to different schools. 149 00:08:45,613 --> 00:08:46,813 They didn't hang out socially. 150 00:08:46,847 --> 00:08:48,040 So where's the overlap? 151 00:08:48,105 --> 00:08:49,105 Maybe there isn't any. 152 00:08:49,136 --> 00:08:50,807 I mean, they could have been selected randomly online. 153 00:08:50,831 --> 00:08:52,313 Except if this is a form of hypnosis, 154 00:08:52,378 --> 00:08:53,555 the unsub would need to know 155 00:08:53,620 --> 00:08:55,533 that the children are susceptible to suggestion. 156 00:08:56,195 --> 00:08:57,392 You're on speaker, Garcia. 157 00:08:57,457 --> 00:08:58,563 Ok, I've gone through 158 00:08:58,628 --> 00:09:00,024 the registered sex offenders 159 00:09:00,089 --> 00:09:02,915 in a 50-mile radius of Wesser. 160 00:09:02,980 --> 00:09:05,399 And at the conclusion of this phone call, 161 00:09:05,464 --> 00:09:07,298 I am going to take 3, maybe 4, showers, 162 00:09:07,363 --> 00:09:08,533 scrub myself with steel wool, 163 00:09:08,598 --> 00:09:10,011 during which time I'm gonna tent the office, 164 00:09:10,035 --> 00:09:11,284 fumigate it, and when it clears out, 165 00:09:11,308 --> 00:09:12,385 I'm gonna fill it with kittens. 166 00:09:12,409 --> 00:09:13,430 You find anything? 167 00:09:13,495 --> 00:09:14,821 His name is Arthur Brodie. 168 00:09:14,886 --> 00:09:15,946 What about him? 169 00:09:16,011 --> 00:09:18,633 50 years old. He's got a long rap sheet 170 00:09:18,698 --> 00:09:19,961 of sexual deviancy, 171 00:09:20,026 --> 00:09:22,416 including but not limited to voyeurism, 172 00:09:22,503 --> 00:09:25,164 indecent exposure, possession of child pornography, 173 00:09:25,229 --> 00:09:28,313 the stealing of young women's undergarments. 174 00:09:28,378 --> 00:09:30,203 I'm definitely gonna need 4 showers. 175 00:09:30,268 --> 00:09:32,301 Why did Brodie pop out more than any others? 176 00:09:32,366 --> 00:09:35,102 Well, thing one is he was released a month ago 177 00:09:35,167 --> 00:09:38,273 after serving a 12-year sentence for statutory rape. 178 00:09:38,338 --> 00:09:40,602 Thing two, he owns a white van 179 00:09:40,667 --> 00:09:43,227 that is eerily like the one from the surveillance video. 180 00:09:43,292 --> 00:09:44,461 Does Brodie live in town? 181 00:09:44,526 --> 00:09:45,836 Yes. He lives with his mom. 182 00:09:45,901 --> 00:09:49,852 He works the graveyard shift at an assembly plant in town. 183 00:09:49,917 --> 00:09:52,228 And if you'd like another pop for this weasel, 184 00:09:52,299 --> 00:09:54,125 last night when the kids went missing, 185 00:09:54,190 --> 00:09:57,095 guess which bra thief called in sick to work. 186 00:10:07,072 --> 00:10:08,158 Let me out! 187 00:10:08,223 --> 00:10:11,125 Let me out! Please, let me out! 188 00:10:13,134 --> 00:10:15,617 - Let me out! - Let me out! Please! 189 00:10:27,152 --> 00:10:28,971 I don't want to die. 190 00:10:29,879 --> 00:10:33,393 Don't worry. We're gonna get out of here. 191 00:10:45,681 --> 00:10:46,951 Arthur Brodie? 192 00:10:48,137 --> 00:10:49,822 Your mother told us we might find you here. 193 00:10:49,887 --> 00:10:50,916 What's the problem? 194 00:10:50,981 --> 00:10:52,220 I'm minding my own business. 195 00:10:52,285 --> 00:10:54,573 You minding your business or theirs? 196 00:10:55,754 --> 00:10:56,793 Heh. 197 00:10:56,871 --> 00:11:00,610 'Assembly and maintenance of your corvell 350 vacuum cleaner.' 198 00:11:00,675 --> 00:11:01,791 Come on, Brodie. 199 00:11:01,856 --> 00:11:03,121 You want to pretend you're here to read, 200 00:11:03,145 --> 00:11:04,643 you got to do better than that. 201 00:11:04,731 --> 00:11:06,183 That your white van parked over there? 202 00:11:06,207 --> 00:11:07,647 You can't touch it without a warrant. 203 00:11:07,708 --> 00:11:08,726 I've got my rights. 204 00:11:08,791 --> 00:11:10,830 Yes, we can. And no, you don't. 205 00:11:10,895 --> 00:11:12,815 You're on parole. That's all the warrant we need. 206 00:11:12,856 --> 00:11:14,142 The hell with you people. 207 00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:15,761 We're not done yet. 208 00:11:17,315 --> 00:11:18,559 Ahh! 209 00:11:24,136 --> 00:11:25,448 Now we're done. 210 00:11:27,816 --> 00:11:30,166 All right, mom, here we are. 211 00:11:30,231 --> 00:11:32,759 All these years, I can't believe 212 00:11:32,824 --> 00:11:34,962 this is the first time I've seen where you work. 213 00:11:35,027 --> 00:11:37,220 Wow. Ha ha! 214 00:11:37,285 --> 00:11:39,642 You're sure you don't want me to take you to the mall? 215 00:11:39,707 --> 00:11:41,439 You could shop, watch a movie. 216 00:11:41,504 --> 00:11:43,386 No, right here's fine. 217 00:11:43,724 --> 00:11:46,486 You just do what you need to do, and I will sit here, 218 00:11:46,551 --> 00:11:47,918 quiet as a mouse. 219 00:11:48,058 --> 00:11:49,402 Ok. 220 00:11:50,465 --> 00:11:51,652 Oh. 221 00:11:53,918 --> 00:11:55,282 Don't. 222 00:11:55,699 --> 00:11:57,714 Ok, uh, heh! 223 00:11:57,957 --> 00:12:00,048 I'm sorry. I was just... 224 00:12:00,113 --> 00:12:02,119 Don't look in the files. 225 00:12:02,184 --> 00:12:07,244 It, uh, can be difficult to process... ok? 226 00:12:07,309 --> 00:12:08,934 Ok. Sorry. 227 00:12:09,249 --> 00:12:10,854 It's ok. 228 00:12:14,971 --> 00:12:16,143 Ok. 229 00:12:16,298 --> 00:12:18,216 You know what I thought might be fun? 230 00:12:18,493 --> 00:12:22,873 The two of us take a drive out to Ocean City this weekend. 231 00:12:22,938 --> 00:12:26,086 I... I'm consulting on an active case, mom, 232 00:12:26,151 --> 00:12:29,691 so until we close it, there are no weekends. 233 00:12:29,756 --> 00:12:31,780 I haven't been to Ocean City 234 00:12:31,845 --> 00:12:34,774 since you and Roz were just little things. 235 00:12:34,901 --> 00:12:37,264 That's where your dad and I took you girls 236 00:12:37,329 --> 00:12:39,970 to have lobster for the first time, remember? 237 00:12:40,385 --> 00:12:41,876 No, not really. 238 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,728 Yeah, funniest thing. 239 00:12:44,846 --> 00:12:46,984 The lobsters were in a tank out front 240 00:12:47,049 --> 00:12:50,001 so the customers could pick the one they wanted, 241 00:12:50,096 --> 00:12:55,399 but when the man reached in to grab the one... you picked... 242 00:12:55,805 --> 00:12:56,806 What? 243 00:12:56,884 --> 00:13:00,750 Well, it hit you that that poor fish 244 00:13:00,815 --> 00:13:02,359 was about to go get cooked. 245 00:13:02,424 --> 00:13:06,124 So you told that man to put it right back where it was, 246 00:13:06,189 --> 00:13:08,869 and we had to order you a hot dog instead. 247 00:13:09,384 --> 00:13:12,696 That's funny, I really... I don't remember that at all. 248 00:13:12,900 --> 00:13:16,136 Well, I should have known you were gonna be an FBI agent. 249 00:13:16,502 --> 00:13:19,850 Even back then, you were all about saving lives. 250 00:13:23,943 --> 00:13:26,225 What's that abrasion on his forehead? 251 00:13:26,663 --> 00:13:28,567 Apparently he gave Lewis a shove 252 00:13:28,632 --> 00:13:30,794 and reid went a little cell block 'd' on him. 253 00:13:30,859 --> 00:13:32,179 Nice. 254 00:13:32,358 --> 00:13:34,264 Mr. Brodie, where were you last night? 255 00:13:34,484 --> 00:13:35,942 I don't got to say a thing. 256 00:13:36,007 --> 00:13:37,585 Well, actually, you do. 257 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:39,934 That's one of the rights a person gives up 258 00:13:39,999 --> 00:13:42,160 for assaulting underage girls. 259 00:13:42,225 --> 00:13:44,841 Nobody got assaulted. And it was a girl. 260 00:13:44,951 --> 00:13:47,379 One. Me and Brandi were in love. 261 00:13:47,444 --> 00:13:49,363 That would be Brandi Nichols, 262 00:13:49,428 --> 00:13:50,481 eighth grader. 263 00:13:50,546 --> 00:13:53,688 Who was all of 13 years old in 2004 264 00:13:53,753 --> 00:13:55,917 when you first began having sex with her. 265 00:13:55,982 --> 00:13:57,615 Hey, if that's a crime, you better get out there 266 00:13:57,639 --> 00:13:59,176 and slap the cuffs on Shakespeare, too. 267 00:13:59,241 --> 00:14:00,288 Excuse me? 268 00:14:00,366 --> 00:14:01,606 Romeo and juliet. 269 00:14:01,671 --> 00:14:04,005 You know how old she was? 13. 270 00:14:04,178 --> 00:14:06,363 So how come with her, it's this great romance, 271 00:14:06,428 --> 00:14:08,770 but when it was me and Brandi, I'm a pervert? 272 00:14:08,835 --> 00:14:10,692 Now, my Shakespeare's a little rusty, 273 00:14:10,757 --> 00:14:13,801 but I don't remember Romeo being a 50-year-old degenerate 274 00:14:13,866 --> 00:14:15,981 'who collects girls' underwear. 275 00:14:16,046 --> 00:14:17,590 You didn't answer my question, mr. Brodie. 276 00:14:17,614 --> 00:14:21,185 Where were you last night between the hours of 9 p.m. and 4 a.m.? 277 00:14:21,296 --> 00:14:23,365 At home with my mom. 278 00:14:24,022 --> 00:14:25,238 Call and ask. 279 00:14:25,303 --> 00:14:26,831 Now, if you're not gonna charge me 280 00:14:26,896 --> 00:14:28,070 with anything, then I'm... 281 00:14:28,135 --> 00:14:30,246 Oh, we're definitely gonna charge you with something. 282 00:14:30,326 --> 00:14:33,331 Parole violation, assault on a federal agent. 283 00:14:33,396 --> 00:14:34,706 That should get the ball rolling. 284 00:14:34,771 --> 00:14:35,834 Wait. 285 00:14:35,912 --> 00:14:37,340 I'm going to jail? 286 00:14:37,974 --> 00:14:39,347 Well, look at it this way. 287 00:14:39,412 --> 00:14:41,840 Someone asks you wherefore art thou, 288 00:14:42,231 --> 00:14:43,895 you know what to say. 289 00:14:45,326 --> 00:14:47,969 Ok, so we have a citywide curfew in place tonight. 290 00:14:48,034 --> 00:14:49,422 I heard the good news about Brodie. 291 00:14:49,487 --> 00:14:51,347 I'm scheduling a press conference to announce 292 00:14:51,412 --> 00:14:53,419 that we have our primary suspect in custody. 293 00:14:53,545 --> 00:14:56,049 Ah! That's a little premature, Mayor. 294 00:14:56,761 --> 00:14:57,917 Why? 295 00:14:57,995 --> 00:15:00,104 Well, because people are gonna think the danger is passed. 296 00:15:00,128 --> 00:15:01,128 It hasn't. 297 00:15:01,211 --> 00:15:02,542 Brodie's still a person of interest, 298 00:15:02,566 --> 00:15:04,744 but his van came back clean and he has an alibi. 299 00:15:06,534 --> 00:15:07,852 You mean his mom? 300 00:15:08,331 --> 00:15:10,383 And the only reason the van is clean 301 00:15:10,448 --> 00:15:12,027 is because he cleaned it. 302 00:15:12,092 --> 00:15:14,680 We'll hold a press conference when it's appropriate. 303 00:15:14,745 --> 00:15:15,972 Oh, good. 304 00:15:16,112 --> 00:15:17,431 When would that be, 305 00:15:17,526 --> 00:15:20,041 when the next batch of kids goes missing? 306 00:15:21,105 --> 00:15:22,666 Unbelievable. 307 00:15:23,930 --> 00:15:25,276 Hmm. 308 00:15:25,586 --> 00:15:29,196 Look, I know he wants to tie this all off in a tidy bow, but come on. 309 00:15:29,815 --> 00:15:31,355 You think Brodie's our guy? 310 00:15:31,420 --> 00:15:33,642 No, no. The guy's a moron. 311 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:36,181 And morons don't grab children? 312 00:15:36,246 --> 00:15:37,946 Yeah, but this unsub isn't grabbing. 313 00:15:38,011 --> 00:15:39,524 The kids are going to him. 314 00:15:39,589 --> 00:15:41,500 For an offender to sink in their hooks that deep 315 00:15:41,565 --> 00:15:43,705 requires patience, planning, and smarts, 316 00:15:43,808 --> 00:15:45,063 none of which is Brodie. 317 00:15:45,128 --> 00:15:46,735 At least this town's on high alert. 318 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,391 I doubt there's a door in Wesser, Iowa 319 00:15:48,456 --> 00:15:50,416 that hasn't been double- and triple-bolted. 320 00:15:50,588 --> 00:15:52,242 Let's hope that's enough. 321 00:17:27,013 --> 00:17:28,632 The unsub's sending a message... 322 00:17:28,697 --> 00:17:30,871 'Take all the precautions you want, I can still get your kids.' 323 00:17:30,895 --> 00:17:33,377 Katie's father not only double-locked the front door, 324 00:17:33,442 --> 00:17:35,002 he barricaded it with a couch. 325 00:17:35,067 --> 00:17:36,926 Did their daughter know any of the other missing kids? 326 00:17:36,950 --> 00:17:38,023 No, she was homeschooled. 327 00:17:38,088 --> 00:17:39,719 These kids are linked somehow. 328 00:17:39,820 --> 00:17:42,940 We need to widen out, look into extracurricular activities... 329 00:17:43,005 --> 00:17:45,479 Sports, summer camps. 330 00:17:45,544 --> 00:17:47,119 The kids on the surveillance video, 331 00:17:47,184 --> 00:17:49,804 they-they looked like they were on auto-pilot, right? 332 00:17:49,869 --> 00:17:51,095 More like zombified. 333 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,014 But katie's parents put up a barricade. 334 00:17:54,370 --> 00:17:58,221 So she was forced to use in-the-moment cognitive skills 335 00:17:58,286 --> 00:17:59,822 to circumvent the obstacle. 336 00:17:59,887 --> 00:18:02,447 Evaluate, problem-solve, improvise. 337 00:18:02,512 --> 00:18:04,418 Not... your average zombie's strong suit. 338 00:18:04,483 --> 00:18:06,043 Making it even more likely that the unsub 339 00:18:06,067 --> 00:18:08,268 had previous personal interactions with the children. 340 00:18:08,435 --> 00:18:11,455 The unsub dropped a packet off at the local newspaper. 341 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:12,972 It's on its way here now. 342 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:19,683 I'm so cold. 343 00:18:20,670 --> 00:18:23,222 It'll be warmer if we sit close together. 344 00:18:23,544 --> 00:18:24,880 Come on. 345 00:18:31,915 --> 00:18:34,502 It was found outside the newspaper offices. 346 00:18:34,567 --> 00:18:36,191 Nobody saw who left it. 347 00:18:36,457 --> 00:18:39,152 Names of the first 3 kids. 348 00:18:42,107 --> 00:18:43,424 Nail clippings. 349 00:18:43,489 --> 00:18:46,425 So why send proof of life with no ransom demand? 350 00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:49,785 There was a flash drive in the envelope, too. 351 00:18:51,759 --> 00:18:56,449 How does it feel? 352 00:18:56,903 --> 00:18:58,378 What did he say? 353 00:18:58,465 --> 00:19:00,214 How does it feel? 354 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,979 Our unsub used the expression 'how does it feel?' 355 00:19:05,044 --> 00:19:07,924 This indicates that, while he abducted the kids, 356 00:19:07,989 --> 00:19:10,619 our unsub's anger is focused on someone else. 357 00:19:10,684 --> 00:19:12,401 It also explains why there appears to be 358 00:19:12,466 --> 00:19:14,150 no deliberate harm to the children. 359 00:19:14,258 --> 00:19:16,585 The kids are merely a means to an end. 360 00:19:16,663 --> 00:19:18,611 He's not a sexual predator nor a kidnapper 361 00:19:18,676 --> 00:19:20,007 in a traditional sense. 362 00:19:20,169 --> 00:19:22,396 This person is an injustice collector, 363 00:19:22,461 --> 00:19:24,745 and as such is motivated by revenge. 364 00:19:24,931 --> 00:19:26,684 None of the children's parents, however, 365 00:19:26,749 --> 00:19:29,459 are in professions that typically evoke revenge-based anger... 366 00:19:29,524 --> 00:19:31,547 Doctors, judges, lawyers. 367 00:19:31,631 --> 00:19:32,949 We believe the unsub is. 368 00:19:33,014 --> 00:19:35,366 In his mid-30s to mid-40s. 369 00:19:35,431 --> 00:19:37,756 He's thorough, intelligent, and calculating. 370 00:19:37,821 --> 00:19:40,389 He may have also suffered the loss of a child recently. 371 00:19:40,454 --> 00:19:42,654 That could be what's triggered these current abductions. 372 00:19:42,681 --> 00:19:45,280 Now, whether this was a literal death, 373 00:19:45,345 --> 00:19:48,780 a physical separation, or purely a symbolic loss isn't clear. 374 00:19:48,845 --> 00:19:50,354 The children are apparently responding 375 00:19:50,419 --> 00:19:53,062 to a form of post-hypnotic suggestion. 376 00:19:53,269 --> 00:19:55,037 He's also technological savvy 377 00:19:55,102 --> 00:19:56,996 and capable of bonding with children. 378 00:19:57,061 --> 00:19:58,905 In fact, his cyber expertise may be 379 00:19:58,970 --> 00:20:00,071 his entreée into their world. 380 00:20:00,095 --> 00:20:01,819 And this person is known to your children, 381 00:20:01,884 --> 00:20:03,868 and he might even be known to you. 382 00:20:03,946 --> 00:20:06,194 He is a local and not a transient, 383 00:20:06,259 --> 00:20:08,329 which will make identifying him even more difficult. 384 00:20:08,399 --> 00:20:10,625 Hypervigilance is key. 385 00:20:10,711 --> 00:20:13,294 It's not enough to lock the doors and the windows. 386 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,512 Adults cannot take their eyes off of children, 387 00:20:15,577 --> 00:20:16,926 not even for a minute. 388 00:20:16,991 --> 00:20:18,958 Even if you think your kids 389 00:20:19,023 --> 00:20:20,876 are secure and protected, 390 00:20:20,943 --> 00:20:23,193 this unsub has demonstrated to us that they are not. 391 00:20:23,349 --> 00:20:24,882 Thank you. 392 00:20:43,659 --> 00:20:45,167 Ahem. 393 00:20:46,907 --> 00:20:48,320 - Good. - Mm-hmm. 394 00:20:48,385 --> 00:20:49,471 Mm-hmm. 395 00:20:49,549 --> 00:20:52,258 So, um, I got a call 396 00:20:52,323 --> 00:20:54,501 from your insurance adjustor. 397 00:20:54,576 --> 00:20:55,829 Mm-hmm. 398 00:20:56,023 --> 00:20:58,381 He was calling to confirm 399 00:20:58,446 --> 00:21:01,039 that you had declined a benefit. 400 00:21:01,432 --> 00:21:04,664 Your policy provides a generous rental allowance 401 00:21:04,729 --> 00:21:06,674 if you're displaced from your home. 402 00:21:09,828 --> 00:21:11,298 So now you know. 403 00:21:12,229 --> 00:21:14,656 Mom, why would you make up that story 404 00:21:14,721 --> 00:21:16,499 that you had no other options? 405 00:21:16,564 --> 00:21:19,569 Because I wanted to spend time with you, 406 00:21:19,634 --> 00:21:22,507 and I was afraid if I asked, you would tell me no. 407 00:21:23,176 --> 00:21:24,373 Why would I do that? 408 00:21:24,438 --> 00:21:25,795 Oh, come on, JJ. 409 00:21:25,860 --> 00:21:28,448 You are perfectly happy up here 410 00:21:28,539 --> 00:21:31,017 with your life just as it is. 411 00:21:31,082 --> 00:21:33,373 The same way you are perfectly happy 412 00:21:33,438 --> 00:21:35,920 with your life in East Allegheny, right? 413 00:21:35,985 --> 00:21:37,742 - It does not mean that... - Oh, you think I'm happy? 414 00:21:37,766 --> 00:21:39,272 You think I'm happy 415 00:21:39,337 --> 00:21:41,804 in that house all alone, 416 00:21:42,249 --> 00:21:45,023 your dad off with his new wife, 417 00:21:45,660 --> 00:21:48,506 one daughter who never saw 17, 418 00:21:48,571 --> 00:21:49,735 and the other... 419 00:21:53,259 --> 00:21:55,476 The other what, mom? 420 00:21:56,405 --> 00:21:57,873 The other what? 421 00:21:57,938 --> 00:21:59,376 Who left. 422 00:21:59,622 --> 00:22:02,531 Who went away and stayed away. 423 00:22:02,962 --> 00:22:04,178 I came back. 424 00:22:04,243 --> 00:22:05,917 Yeah, after 20 years. 425 00:22:05,982 --> 00:22:08,439 - Can you blame me? - Look, 426 00:22:08,604 --> 00:22:11,045 the terrible memories, what happened to Roz, 427 00:22:11,110 --> 00:22:12,415 they're... 428 00:22:13,279 --> 00:22:14,828 It's all there... 429 00:22:15,612 --> 00:22:17,429 In that place. 430 00:22:17,556 --> 00:22:19,656 Well, I'm there, too, remember? 431 00:22:23,697 --> 00:22:26,715 Well, we're checking every industrial space in the area. 432 00:22:26,780 --> 00:22:27,974 So far nothing. 433 00:22:28,039 --> 00:22:30,245 Look at this photo from katie linz's bedroom. 434 00:22:30,565 --> 00:22:33,031 She was making something out of papier-mache, 435 00:22:33,657 --> 00:22:35,444 just like Joey pryor. 436 00:22:35,509 --> 00:22:36,912 School project, maybe. 437 00:22:36,977 --> 00:22:39,023 No, no, katie was homeschooled. 438 00:22:39,501 --> 00:22:40,726 I'll have Garcia look into it. 439 00:22:40,791 --> 00:22:42,220 Yeah. 440 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,185 Well, the sun's going down. 441 00:22:48,250 --> 00:22:50,914 Every last patrol officer's walking the streets. 442 00:22:51,277 --> 00:22:53,831 This little town's turned into a fortress. 443 00:22:53,994 --> 00:22:56,382 Think the unsub will be discouraged? 444 00:22:56,902 --> 00:22:58,672 Yeah, me, neither. 445 00:23:01,572 --> 00:23:03,929 Well, how much longer will you be? 446 00:23:04,016 --> 00:23:07,131 No, no. I'm just making up a spare bed. 447 00:23:07,262 --> 00:23:08,656 Timmy's sleeping in our room tonight, 448 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,547 whether he likes it or not. 449 00:23:10,888 --> 00:23:13,726 Mom, why can't I watch tv? 450 00:23:13,820 --> 00:23:15,906 Listen, I need to get started on dinner. 451 00:23:16,745 --> 00:23:18,132 Love you, too. 452 00:23:27,623 --> 00:23:29,804 Somebody's at the door. 453 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:54,211 What are you doing here? 454 00:23:58,571 --> 00:24:00,039 What's going on? 455 00:24:00,585 --> 00:24:02,747 There's a disturbance at the Mayor's house. 456 00:24:02,817 --> 00:24:05,304 A neighbor said she heard a child scream. 457 00:24:31,133 --> 00:24:32,952 Call an ambulance. 458 00:24:38,407 --> 00:24:40,281 It's ok. Help is on the way. 459 00:24:44,762 --> 00:24:46,628 Ambulance is almost here. 460 00:24:48,597 --> 00:24:50,143 It's too late. 461 00:24:50,269 --> 00:24:51,910 She's already dead. 462 00:25:04,262 --> 00:25:05,870 What the hell happened here? 463 00:25:06,033 --> 00:25:09,376 Mrs. Tremaine's skull was crushed, and the boy's missing. 464 00:25:09,441 --> 00:25:10,817 That's a big change in M.O., 465 00:25:10,882 --> 00:25:13,211 but this had to have been our unsub. 466 00:25:13,299 --> 00:25:14,718 Judging by the volume of blood, 467 00:25:14,783 --> 00:25:16,844 she was most likely attacked here and left for dead. 468 00:25:16,909 --> 00:25:19,187 But I thought Mrs. Tremaine 469 00:25:19,252 --> 00:25:20,954 was in the kitchen fixing dinner. 470 00:25:21,260 --> 00:25:23,579 That was after the attack. 471 00:25:24,010 --> 00:25:25,175 Come again. 472 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,258 Her neocortex was destroyed, 473 00:25:27,330 --> 00:25:29,788 but her paleocortex must have remained intact. 474 00:25:29,853 --> 00:25:31,663 It's the more primitive part of the brain 475 00:25:31,728 --> 00:25:33,710 that guides instinct and habitual action. 476 00:25:33,775 --> 00:25:37,543 Like when it's dinnertime, you go fix dinner. 477 00:25:37,814 --> 00:25:41,846 Ok. Well, that's a sharp escalation of violence. 478 00:25:42,135 --> 00:25:44,640 And the unsub didn't try to lure Timmy out 479 00:25:44,705 --> 00:25:46,788 like he did the others. Or he tried and failed. 480 00:25:46,859 --> 00:25:48,609 - Mayor, you can't go in... - It's my house. 481 00:25:48,674 --> 00:25:49,861 Let me in. 482 00:25:50,487 --> 00:25:52,123 They said, uh... 483 00:26:01,884 --> 00:26:03,289 Joan is dead. 484 00:26:03,397 --> 00:26:04,611 Mayor... 485 00:26:06,530 --> 00:26:08,177 Where's my boy? 486 00:26:14,883 --> 00:26:16,232 He's gone, isn't he? 487 00:26:16,368 --> 00:26:18,052 We're gonna find your son. 488 00:26:19,225 --> 00:26:20,654 You have my word on that. 489 00:26:20,991 --> 00:26:22,801 Mayor tremaine, I know it's difficult 490 00:26:22,866 --> 00:26:24,715 to think clearly right now, 491 00:26:24,780 --> 00:26:27,280 but it's incredibly important that we know 492 00:26:27,345 --> 00:26:29,607 if Timmy had a cell phone or a computer. 493 00:26:29,770 --> 00:26:31,163 Yeah. 494 00:26:33,014 --> 00:26:34,629 It's upstairs in my office. 495 00:26:34,694 --> 00:26:35,746 It's in your office? 496 00:26:35,811 --> 00:26:37,630 Timmy didn't do his chores, 497 00:26:37,827 --> 00:26:40,519 so we took it away for a few days. 498 00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:42,053 Ok. 499 00:26:42,139 --> 00:26:43,348 Let's get you out of here. 500 00:26:43,569 --> 00:26:45,412 Ok? Come on. 501 00:26:50,882 --> 00:26:52,044 Well, that explains it. 502 00:26:52,109 --> 00:26:53,749 The kids are being lured via the internet, 503 00:26:53,788 --> 00:26:55,113 but Timmy was offline. 504 00:26:55,178 --> 00:26:59,482 So the unsub got an ax and went back to basics. 505 00:27:00,194 --> 00:27:02,973 So the wife and the son of the Mayor. 506 00:27:03,038 --> 00:27:04,146 That can't be a coincidence. 507 00:27:04,170 --> 00:27:06,209 Yeah, and the packet was sent to the town newspaper. 508 00:27:06,233 --> 00:27:07,758 I mean, this unsub's anger isn't directed 509 00:27:07,782 --> 00:27:09,388 at any specific parents. 510 00:27:09,518 --> 00:27:11,497 He's got a grudge against the town as a whole. 511 00:27:11,975 --> 00:27:13,601 Garcia, what have you got? 512 00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:16,242 It turns out that Joey Pryor and katie Linz 513 00:27:16,307 --> 00:27:18,679 took a papier-mache class together as part 514 00:27:18,744 --> 00:27:20,251 of this summer activities program 515 00:27:20,316 --> 00:27:22,277 located at the county fairgrounds. 516 00:27:22,342 --> 00:27:24,166 Now, I know what you're thinking, and before you ask... 517 00:27:24,190 --> 00:27:27,113 I'm sorry... the instructor was a retired nurse 518 00:27:27,178 --> 00:27:28,178 in her seventies. 519 00:27:28,231 --> 00:27:29,736 That's about as un-unsubby as they come. 520 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,309 Were the other kids enrolled? 521 00:27:31,374 --> 00:27:32,496 Not in that class, 522 00:27:32,561 --> 00:27:34,112 but in that activities program, yes. 523 00:27:34,177 --> 00:27:37,394 Let's see. Aiden Lyson was taking a woodworking course. 524 00:27:37,459 --> 00:27:40,035 Olivia woolsey went the 4-h route, learning about chickens. 525 00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:42,099 Ok, so the unsub Cherry picked the kids 526 00:27:42,164 --> 00:27:43,316 from the other classes. 527 00:27:43,381 --> 00:27:45,285 I think we just found our guy's hunting grounds. 528 00:27:45,350 --> 00:27:46,822 But I've gone through all the instructors, 529 00:27:46,846 --> 00:27:48,856 and nobody matches the unsub's profile. 530 00:27:48,921 --> 00:27:51,660 Ok, what about parents or fairground employees? 531 00:27:51,725 --> 00:27:53,196 No, nobody. And the thing is, 532 00:27:53,261 --> 00:27:54,727 that place is open to the public. 533 00:27:54,829 --> 00:27:56,200 Tons of people go in and out, 534 00:27:56,265 --> 00:27:59,255 it could be practically anybody in town. 535 00:28:01,936 --> 00:28:04,986 We found these encrypted emails in Timmy's inbox. 536 00:28:05,051 --> 00:28:06,553 The date of the first one 537 00:28:06,618 --> 00:28:08,459 is the night, the 3 children vanished. 538 00:28:08,524 --> 00:28:10,013 So Timmy was meant to be part of 539 00:28:10,078 --> 00:28:11,866 the first group of abductions. 540 00:28:22,806 --> 00:28:24,366 This is an asmr video... 541 00:28:24,431 --> 00:28:26,269 Autonomous sensory meridian response. 542 00:28:26,334 --> 00:28:28,108 It's a tactile sensory stimulation that can 543 00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:31,124 evoke low-grade euphoria, particularly in children and young adults. 544 00:28:31,189 --> 00:28:32,323 I've never heard of it. 545 00:28:32,388 --> 00:28:34,553 Euphoria. So that must be the drug 546 00:28:34,618 --> 00:28:36,796 that our unsub was using to induce 547 00:28:36,861 --> 00:28:39,352 a suggestible state to the kids he abducted. 548 00:28:42,490 --> 00:28:43,910 Uh, what just happened? 549 00:28:43,975 --> 00:28:45,271 I was afraid of this. 550 00:28:45,336 --> 00:28:47,811 The emails are programmed to self-delete after being viewed. 551 00:28:47,876 --> 00:28:49,657 That's why we didn't find anything on the other computers. 552 00:28:49,681 --> 00:28:52,643 Ok, he sent 4 more identical emails, 553 00:28:52,708 --> 00:28:55,099 so we'll just film the next video 554 00:28:55,164 --> 00:28:56,200 and have a record of it. 555 00:28:56,265 --> 00:28:57,985 To do this, the technical level of expertise 556 00:28:58,022 --> 00:28:59,307 would have to be off the charts. 557 00:28:59,372 --> 00:29:00,740 I'm talking penelope Garcia level. 558 00:29:00,805 --> 00:29:02,428 Well, that narrows the suspect pool. 559 00:29:02,493 --> 00:29:03,577 That's good, right? 560 00:29:03,654 --> 00:29:05,068 Yeah, but it also means our unsub is 561 00:29:05,133 --> 00:29:06,547 a lot more formidable than we thought, 562 00:29:06,571 --> 00:29:08,366 and that's bad. 563 00:29:36,617 --> 00:29:38,583 Euphoria ain't what it used to be. 564 00:29:38,648 --> 00:29:42,077 Ok. Well, let's walk through it. 565 00:29:42,227 --> 00:29:44,544 The kids crawl into bed, they go to sleep. 566 00:29:44,609 --> 00:29:46,216 Ping, they get an email. 567 00:29:46,281 --> 00:29:48,221 They open it, watch the video, 568 00:29:48,427 --> 00:29:50,920 go wandering out intothe night to be taken by by a stranger. 569 00:29:50,985 --> 00:29:52,311 That feels like a stretch. 570 00:29:52,376 --> 00:29:54,618 Yeah, I agree. Sandpaper, whispering. 571 00:29:54,683 --> 00:29:56,562 It's just not enough to induce the behavior 572 00:29:56,627 --> 00:29:57,921 we saw on that surveillance tape. 573 00:29:57,986 --> 00:30:00,922 So something must be added to the mix... 574 00:30:01,037 --> 00:30:02,797 Subliminal messaging, maybe. 575 00:30:03,039 --> 00:30:05,343 You mean, the old 'eat popcorn' thing, 576 00:30:05,408 --> 00:30:06,848 because that turned out to be a hoax. 577 00:30:06,903 --> 00:30:08,265 Well, they weren't all hoaxes. 578 00:30:08,330 --> 00:30:11,726 It's a serious enough phenomenon that subliminal advertising's 579 00:30:11,791 --> 00:30:13,158 been banned in the u.K. 580 00:30:13,223 --> 00:30:15,291 That might explain the papier-mache. 581 00:30:15,356 --> 00:30:16,778 It's a tactile, immersive activity 582 00:30:18,141 --> 00:30:19,384 like finger-painting or working a potter's wheel. 583 00:30:19,408 --> 00:30:21,214 Give us something good, Garcia. 584 00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:24,261 Ok, I went through the asmr video 585 00:30:24,326 --> 00:30:26,998 for sub-visual clues. Nada. 586 00:30:27,063 --> 00:30:29,827 Then I looked for sub-audio clues, 587 00:30:29,892 --> 00:30:31,718 and I found this running throughout. 588 00:30:35,517 --> 00:30:38,679 That's like the back and forth of a playground swing. 589 00:30:38,751 --> 00:30:41,070 It might be the unsub's subliminal message 590 00:30:41,157 --> 00:30:42,569 to the kids on where to go. 591 00:30:42,634 --> 00:30:43,933 And at no additional cost 592 00:30:43,998 --> 00:30:45,373 to the American taxpayer, 593 00:30:45,438 --> 00:30:46,865 I scanned for back masking, 594 00:30:46,930 --> 00:30:49,147 which is messages played backwards 595 00:30:49,212 --> 00:30:51,139 or under other audio tracks, you know like, 596 00:30:51,204 --> 00:30:52,672 'I buried paul.' 597 00:30:52,794 --> 00:30:54,992 And I found this. 598 00:30:55,175 --> 00:30:58,961 Hamelin. Hamelin. 599 00:30:59,688 --> 00:31:02,157 Hamelin. 600 00:31:02,657 --> 00:31:04,733 Is that Hamelin? 601 00:31:04,798 --> 00:31:06,757 Of 'Pied Piper' fame. 602 00:31:06,852 --> 00:31:09,135 He played a flute and lured the town's children 603 00:31:09,211 --> 00:31:10,279 from their homes. 604 00:31:10,344 --> 00:31:13,429 The unsub must see himself as a 21st century version of that, 605 00:31:13,767 --> 00:31:16,132 except he traded in the flute for a laptop. 606 00:31:16,242 --> 00:31:17,444 Guys, I think I blocked it out 607 00:31:17,509 --> 00:31:19,373 and I'm not sure I want to unblock it back in, 608 00:31:19,438 --> 00:31:21,446 but what eventually happened to the kids from hamelin? 609 00:31:21,470 --> 00:31:24,500 They were all led to a riverbank and drowned. 610 00:31:31,039 --> 00:31:33,521 He had these kids right where he wanted them. 611 00:31:33,586 --> 00:31:36,162 Asmr, susceptibility to tactile stimulation, 612 00:31:36,227 --> 00:31:37,373 subliminal messaging, 613 00:31:37,438 --> 00:31:39,318 plus, they're at the most vulnerable age 614 00:31:39,383 --> 00:31:40,646 for psychological manipulation. 615 00:31:40,711 --> 00:31:42,442 A perfect storm. What have you got? 616 00:31:42,507 --> 00:31:44,641 Employment records for the summer activities program. 617 00:31:44,706 --> 00:31:46,996 The first set of payroll checks were issued on june 15th, 618 00:31:47,061 --> 00:31:48,224 except for one. 619 00:31:48,289 --> 00:31:50,849 The computer teacher didn't get hers until July 8th. 620 00:31:50,914 --> 00:31:51,958 I looked back, 621 00:31:52,023 --> 00:31:53,490 discovered that the original teacher, 622 00:31:53,555 --> 00:31:55,849 wayne hollis, was fired after only 3 weeks on the job 623 00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:58,146 for suspected inappropriate behavior with the students. 624 00:31:58,211 --> 00:32:01,146 I think that thud we just heard is a dart hitting a bull's-eye. 625 00:32:01,211 --> 00:32:02,620 What kind of inappropriate behavior? 626 00:32:02,685 --> 00:32:04,749 Undetermined and maybe nonexistent. 627 00:32:04,828 --> 00:32:07,841 Apparently, he would meet with children after school 628 00:32:07,906 --> 00:32:10,365 to teach them things, sometimes at the park or in the mall. 629 00:32:10,430 --> 00:32:12,429 Anyway, the parents found out, they started talking, 630 00:32:12,453 --> 00:32:14,599 things snowballed, and people wondered 631 00:32:14,664 --> 00:32:15,857 if he was molesting them. 632 00:32:15,922 --> 00:32:17,635 So once the gossip machine revved up, 633 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:18,826 it didn't slow down. 634 00:32:18,891 --> 00:32:20,499 I bet you the parents of some of these abducted children 635 00:32:20,523 --> 00:32:22,028 were right in the middle, stirring the pot. 636 00:32:22,052 --> 00:32:23,292 Does Hollis have a regular job? 637 00:32:23,353 --> 00:32:24,787 He does. He's a research consultant 638 00:32:24,852 --> 00:32:26,032 at a hi-tech firm in Des Moines. 639 00:32:26,056 --> 00:32:27,074 He's also a single father 640 00:32:27,139 --> 00:32:28,426 to a 15-year-old son named Garrett. 641 00:32:28,450 --> 00:32:29,558 Garcia has the address. 642 00:32:29,628 --> 00:32:30,999 I'll send Luke and Dave. 643 00:32:53,905 --> 00:32:56,190 Hollis' utility bill hasn't been paid in two months, 644 00:32:56,255 --> 00:32:58,786 and the teenager, Garrett, hasn't been to class in 3 weeks. 645 00:32:58,866 --> 00:33:00,840 Father and son just packed up and left? 646 00:33:00,905 --> 00:33:02,449 Maybe. Garrett was ridiculed at school 647 00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:04,496 for the molestation rumors surrounding his father. 648 00:33:04,561 --> 00:33:06,355 The advisor said he was worried about the kid 649 00:33:06,420 --> 00:33:08,146 that he was spiraling down. 650 00:33:13,403 --> 00:33:17,137 Ohh, what a cute baby. 651 00:33:17,202 --> 00:33:18,346 Thank you. 652 00:33:18,453 --> 00:33:21,652 How old is he? Or is it a she? 653 00:33:21,717 --> 00:33:24,654 He's a little boy, and he's almost 8 months old. 654 00:33:24,889 --> 00:33:29,310 It's hard to believe that people were ever so innocent, 655 00:33:29,639 --> 00:33:31,413 so pure 656 00:33:31,710 --> 00:33:34,083 and untainted. 657 00:33:35,842 --> 00:33:37,215 Why do you hurt him? 658 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:38,374 Pardon me? 659 00:33:38,472 --> 00:33:39,745 Why hurt your boy? 660 00:33:39,846 --> 00:33:43,314 Why do such terrible, 661 00:33:43,379 --> 00:33:45,547 unthinkable things to him? 662 00:33:45,700 --> 00:33:48,667 Because that's what I heard 663 00:33:49,043 --> 00:33:52,119 from your neighbors, your friends, 664 00:33:52,270 --> 00:33:54,761 the people you thought you could trust, 665 00:33:54,958 --> 00:33:58,604 the same way all of you talked about me. 666 00:33:58,681 --> 00:33:59,855 Leave me alone. 667 00:34:01,016 --> 00:34:02,489 Stay put. 668 00:34:02,989 --> 00:34:04,987 Do not move. Stop! 669 00:34:05,934 --> 00:34:07,672 Any of you move, I kill her. 670 00:34:07,775 --> 00:34:09,820 - Please don't hurt me! - Do not move a step! 671 00:34:09,885 --> 00:34:11,390 So the Hollis house was empty? 672 00:34:11,455 --> 00:34:13,687 Yeah, except for a chair that was knocked over 673 00:34:13,752 --> 00:34:16,413 - in the middle of the living room. - Like there'd been a struggle? 674 00:34:16,478 --> 00:34:17,812 That's what we thought, 675 00:34:17,877 --> 00:34:19,727 and then looked up at the ceiling. 676 00:34:20,478 --> 00:34:22,360 It was hung over a roof beam. 677 00:34:22,697 --> 00:34:25,304 Matt said that Hollis' son Garrett had been teased 678 00:34:25,369 --> 00:34:28,152 and tormented in school over rumors surrounding his father. 679 00:34:28,217 --> 00:34:29,501 Garrett must have hung himself. 680 00:34:29,566 --> 00:34:31,016 His father found him and cut him down. 681 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,194 And buried him. 682 00:34:32,259 --> 00:34:33,856 There was freshly turned dirt in the backyard. 683 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,429 It's being excavated as we speak. 684 00:34:35,494 --> 00:34:37,819 We have a hostage situation in Legacy park. 685 00:34:37,884 --> 00:34:39,719 Tara and Matt are in the area. 686 00:34:47,123 --> 00:34:49,216 I'm serious. Don't move, people! 687 00:34:49,434 --> 00:34:53,004 Do not move! Run away, I kill her. 688 00:34:53,069 --> 00:34:55,177 Wayne Hollis, FBI. 689 00:34:55,303 --> 00:34:57,181 Let her go. Drop the weapon. 690 00:34:57,246 --> 00:34:58,418 No, no, no, no. 691 00:34:58,483 --> 00:35:01,114 Everybody in this town talks except me. 692 00:35:01,279 --> 00:35:04,167 Gossip, rumor, innuendo. 693 00:35:04,232 --> 00:35:06,645 You think I hurt your children, 694 00:35:07,740 --> 00:35:09,588 but I didn't. 695 00:35:10,272 --> 00:35:12,106 It was a lie. 696 00:35:12,256 --> 00:35:14,244 We know about your son, Wayne. 697 00:35:14,662 --> 00:35:15,855 Think about Garrett. 698 00:35:15,924 --> 00:35:17,897 This is not how he'd want you to react. 699 00:35:17,962 --> 00:35:19,858 It doesn't matter what Garrett wants or doesn't want. 700 00:35:19,882 --> 00:35:21,139 He's dead, 701 00:35:21,744 --> 00:35:23,403 because of you, 702 00:35:23,533 --> 00:35:24,866 all of you. 703 00:35:24,931 --> 00:35:27,655 He had hopes and dreams, 704 00:35:27,955 --> 00:35:30,673 and you took it all away with your lies. 705 00:35:31,408 --> 00:35:32,755 Lies! 706 00:35:33,658 --> 00:35:37,938 Well, now I'm taking something away from you. 707 00:35:38,197 --> 00:35:40,227 By the time you find your children, 708 00:35:40,666 --> 00:35:42,415 it'll be too late. 709 00:35:43,401 --> 00:35:45,193 And that will haunt you 710 00:35:45,494 --> 00:35:47,649 for the rest of your lives. 711 00:35:49,733 --> 00:35:51,039 No! 712 00:35:56,651 --> 00:35:57,932 No wallet. 713 00:35:58,033 --> 00:35:59,415 Pockets are empty. 714 00:36:00,237 --> 00:36:01,392 What is it? 715 00:36:03,237 --> 00:36:05,282 Well, I don't know. 716 00:36:05,536 --> 00:36:07,195 It's unlike any mud I've ever seen. 717 00:36:07,260 --> 00:36:09,446 Let's get a rush analysis on that. 718 00:36:15,594 --> 00:36:17,126 Here you go, agent. 719 00:36:17,510 --> 00:36:18,955 Thank you. 720 00:36:19,385 --> 00:36:20,834 Lab results on the mud. 721 00:36:20,899 --> 00:36:22,242 - And? - Sample contains 722 00:36:22,307 --> 00:36:23,984 large amounts of proteases. 723 00:36:24,049 --> 00:36:25,703 - And? - Proteolytic enzymes. 724 00:36:25,768 --> 00:36:27,101 They break down the peptide bonds 725 00:36:27,166 --> 00:36:29,289 between amino acids found in complex proteins. 726 00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:30,944 It's commonly found in meat tenderizers. 727 00:36:31,174 --> 00:36:33,372 - Garcia. - Uh... 728 00:36:33,877 --> 00:36:35,695 Got it. Great plains meat tenderizer. 729 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,203 The company was based out of Wesser, Iowa, 730 00:36:38,268 --> 00:36:39,948 until it went out of business 20 years ago. 731 00:36:39,987 --> 00:36:41,385 I'm sending the address now. 732 00:36:56,271 --> 00:36:57,519 Anybody in there? 733 00:36:57,584 --> 00:36:59,372 Aiden, Olivia, Joey. 734 00:36:59,443 --> 00:37:01,050 Now, this unit's locked up tight. 735 00:37:01,115 --> 00:37:02,917 Kids, we're the police. 736 00:37:02,982 --> 00:37:04,074 You're ok now. 737 00:37:04,139 --> 00:37:05,355 There's gonna be a loud noise. 738 00:37:05,420 --> 00:37:07,238 We need to knock the lock off the door. 739 00:37:07,303 --> 00:37:08,762 All right. Watch out. 740 00:37:16,385 --> 00:37:17,806 Hey. Look at me. 741 00:37:18,112 --> 00:37:19,676 We're here to help you. 742 00:37:19,741 --> 00:37:22,034 Hey, Joey, we got you. Come on. 743 00:37:22,510 --> 00:37:24,072 All right. 744 00:37:49,954 --> 00:37:52,828 No chance I can change your mind? 745 00:37:52,893 --> 00:37:54,922 Mm. No, sweetheart. 746 00:37:54,987 --> 00:37:56,539 I need to go home. 747 00:37:56,604 --> 00:37:58,509 I really wish you'd stay. 748 00:38:00,846 --> 00:38:04,158 You ever project yourself into the future? 749 00:38:04,737 --> 00:38:05,957 How do you mean? 750 00:38:06,097 --> 00:38:08,914 Imagine what your life's gonna look like 751 00:38:08,979 --> 00:38:11,539 down the road, but really see it, 752 00:38:11,604 --> 00:38:13,617 like it's a movie and you're 753 00:38:13,682 --> 00:38:15,861 sitting in the theater watching. 754 00:38:16,620 --> 00:38:18,520 I guess I've always just been 755 00:38:18,815 --> 00:38:21,109 too wrapped up in the craziness of now. 756 00:38:21,174 --> 00:38:22,432 Yeah. 757 00:38:23,964 --> 00:38:25,642 When I was younger, 758 00:38:25,831 --> 00:38:29,478 I played this movie in my head all the time. 759 00:38:29,901 --> 00:38:33,447 You and Roz all grown. 760 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,704 Your dad and I in a house out in the country, 761 00:38:37,831 --> 00:38:40,306 grandkids running all around, 762 00:38:40,886 --> 00:38:43,095 food cooking in the kitchen. 763 00:38:44,620 --> 00:38:46,162 That sounds nice. 764 00:38:46,534 --> 00:38:51,564 Yeah. Except it was all make-believe. 765 00:38:51,878 --> 00:38:54,570 After Roz died, I threw that stupid movie 766 00:38:54,635 --> 00:38:56,665 in the trash for good. 767 00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:59,884 I blamed your father. 768 00:39:00,214 --> 00:39:01,699 I blamed myself. 769 00:39:02,065 --> 00:39:05,275 I blamed the whole damn world. 770 00:39:06,348 --> 00:39:09,159 I got so caught up in all my troubles 771 00:39:09,301 --> 00:39:10,572 that I forgot 772 00:39:10,637 --> 00:39:13,425 there was another little girl under my roof 773 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,089 who had just lost her sister. 774 00:39:17,137 --> 00:39:19,878 You needed me, and I wasn't there. 775 00:39:25,106 --> 00:39:26,540 You did the best you could. 776 00:39:26,605 --> 00:39:29,751 No. No, I did not do my best, 777 00:39:29,816 --> 00:39:31,776 and I realize that now, 778 00:39:31,933 --> 00:39:34,643 and I am truly sorry. 779 00:39:34,881 --> 00:39:36,144 Mom. 780 00:39:38,308 --> 00:39:40,947 Now we know the truth about Roz. 781 00:39:41,042 --> 00:39:43,166 Yes. Thanks to you. 782 00:39:45,213 --> 00:39:47,041 I'm proud of you. 783 00:39:47,534 --> 00:39:50,588 I don't think I've ever told you that. 784 00:39:51,846 --> 00:39:53,532 Every morning you get up 785 00:39:53,597 --> 00:39:55,235 and you go to work, and you make 786 00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:57,205 a difference in people's lives. 787 00:39:58,136 --> 00:40:01,729 You look in those folders so the rest of us don't have to. 788 00:40:03,563 --> 00:40:05,244 Thanks, mom. 789 00:40:07,089 --> 00:40:09,776 That means more than you'll ever know. 790 00:40:13,097 --> 00:40:14,285 This way. 791 00:40:14,350 --> 00:40:16,572 Over here. Right here. 792 00:40:19,669 --> 00:40:24,066 Dad, it's ok. I'm ok. 793 00:40:33,391 --> 00:40:35,219 A lot of wounds to heal, 794 00:40:35,431 --> 00:40:37,122 but it's started. 795 00:40:37,567 --> 00:40:39,207 I missed you guys! 796 00:40:44,426 --> 00:40:45,729 Let's head home. 797 00:40:49,340 --> 00:40:51,315 'It isn't what they say about you, 798 00:40:51,441 --> 00:40:53,081 it's what they whisper.' 799 00:40:53,307 --> 00:40:54,557 Errol Flynn. 800 00:40:54,691 --> 00:40:56,026 I'm so happy to hear that. 801 00:40:56,145 --> 00:40:57,377 And where's your mom now? 802 00:40:57,442 --> 00:40:59,962 Oh, she's saying good-bye to Garcia. 803 00:41:00,027 --> 00:41:03,073 She wants me to drive her back to Pennsylvania tonight. 804 00:41:03,152 --> 00:41:04,331 Well, give her my love. 805 00:41:04,418 --> 00:41:06,135 Yeah, I will. 806 00:41:06,816 --> 00:41:09,648 Uh, Spence, have you... 807 00:41:10,137 --> 00:41:12,189 Have you ever projected yourself 808 00:41:12,254 --> 00:41:14,862 into an imagined future? 809 00:41:15,207 --> 00:41:17,181 You know, given that particles can travel 810 00:41:17,246 --> 00:41:18,486 faster than the speed of light, 811 00:41:18,543 --> 00:41:20,720 it's always kind of felt like pointless speculation. 812 00:41:20,785 --> 00:41:23,751 You'd have to, obviously, solve that first. 813 00:41:23,816 --> 00:41:26,009 Mm. Yeah, yeah. You're right. 814 00:41:26,074 --> 00:41:28,776 We would definitely have to solve that first. 815 00:41:28,871 --> 00:41:30,876 But to answer your question, 816 00:41:30,941 --> 00:41:33,798 yes, I actually have 3 or 4 817 00:41:33,863 --> 00:41:35,955 - imagined futures. - Really? 818 00:41:36,113 --> 00:41:37,596 You sound surprised. 819 00:41:39,168 --> 00:41:40,628 I am. 820 00:41:41,769 --> 00:41:43,502 Tell me about it someday. 821 00:41:43,597 --> 00:41:44,908 It's a date. 822 00:41:45,035 --> 00:41:46,316 Okay. 823 00:41:49,807 --> 00:41:53,252 S-S-So, uh, I have a proposal. 824 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,709 Let's postpone East Allegheny for a day, 825 00:41:57,011 --> 00:42:00,354 and we take that drive to Ocean City tomorrow. 826 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:01,832 You sure? 827 00:42:02,219 --> 00:42:03,720 Yeah. Why not? 828 00:42:03,785 --> 00:42:05,329 Let's do it. 829 00:42:05,394 --> 00:42:06,714 All right. 830 00:42:08,352 --> 00:42:11,221 Do you think that seafood restaurant's still there? 831 00:42:11,363 --> 00:42:13,330 Oh, yeah, we could check. 832 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,916 I think I've helped save enough lives today. 833 00:42:17,144 --> 00:42:18,965 I want a lobster do-over.