The Gulf (2019) s01e02 Episode Script
Episode 2
1 Everyone's a suspect till we find out where this boy's been for the last five years.
I'm really sorry that I couldn't be at the funeral.
I didn't go.
I'm not gonna pretend I liked him just because he's dead.
We've got reason to believe that Nathan's kidnapper's holding another child captive.
(SEAGULLS CRY) (ETHEREAL MUSIC) (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION, CAR DOORS SLAM) (ENGINE TURNS OFF) (SIGHS, SNIFFLES) So, this happened nearly two weeks ago, but you've only just remembered? Yeah, I've had some memory loss since the accident.
Right.
- So, you didn't see the driver? - No.
Are you sure the boy that you saw was Nathan? Yeah, it was Nathan.
(OMINOUS MUSIC) (SIGHS, SNIFFLES) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (TENSE MUSIC) (CLEARS THROAT) Get them to photograph all this, dust for prints.
There's a job to aspire to.
(TENSE MUSIC) (WATER RUNS) Can you get them to check for a print match on the card that Nathan gave us.
- Why didn't you follow up on her? - Sorry, what? Why didn't you follow up on her? On every kid's self-harming? You go knock yourself out.
Fuck it! (SIGHS) (FOGHORN BLARES) Between you and me is a body of water.
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Copyright Able 2019 (TENSE TAPPING MUSIC) She's older than Nathan, 13.
14.
She's got long red hair.
She's thin.
She's pale.
She's got blue eyes.
She's got marks on both her forearms, here and here, some old and some fresh.
It's not great, and I'm sorry.
Now, we know that the name Lucy means something to Nathan, and I I think that it's the girl.
Could be the kidnapper.
Look, whatever her name is, this girl is in serious trouble.
We need to check out every missing child on the island in the last 10 years and any kid that was missing that was presumed dead.
Rory, school records on the island, you do primary school and secondary.
Harding, adults, OK? Uh, I wanna list of all Lucys on the island in the last 10 years.
Look.
I know this is an island and all, but how could a kid be kept captive for years and no one know about it? Hmm? Nathan was the result of a balls-up, but where's this girl come from? How come no one's reported her missing? Doug Bennington's here to see.
Can I send him through? - Yeah.
Oh, um, (CLEARS THROAT) I'll be out in a second.
Track down all the white vans on the island.
Ah, yes, I actually got a call this morning.
It was a burnt-out van up Waimea way.
- Check it out.
- I'll do that.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) - Where are you going? - Gonna interview Billy Brax.
I asked you to track everyone with the name Lucy.
You're telling me not to go interview Billy? No, I'm just saying I know Billy and he's solid.
Well, he gets two ticks on my list.
One he lives within the two-K radius of where Nathan turned up, and, two, he was part of the group the day that Nathan went missing.
You said, 'Those of us who weren't on the original investigation 'should prioritise re-interviewing everyone.
' It's what I'm doing.
All right, well, just don't let it slip that Nathan's alive.
Yeah, got that note.
- He reminds me of me back in the day.
- He's an arsehole.
Exactly.
- (ENGINE STARTS) - (CHUCKLES) What's up? I've been going over the case in my head.
Now, there were a couple of older boys Dillan something, he was OK, but the other one, Mark, he had all the signs of someone we're gonna see again, you know? - Mm-hm.
- I could never put my finger on it, but there was something not quite right with those two.
You should get your offsider to interview them.
He's got the sort of shitty attitude that might just work with them.
(CHUCKLES) Thank you.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC) (HAUNTING MUSIC) (AXE THUDS, DOG BARKS DISTANTLY) (AXE THUDS REPEATEDLY, WOOD CLATTERS) (DOG BARKS VICIOUSLY) Oh, he's friendly.
Just let him sniff you, and he'll leave you alone.
- Geez.
- (LAUGHS) Told you he's friendly.
All righty, Conrad, you had your fun, mate.
Now go on, get out of it.
(CHICKENS CLUCK) You're not one of the local cops.
Detective Justin Harding.
Isolated spot.
Does it back on to the reserve over there? Yep.
You live here alone? Just me and the animals.
So no Mrs Billy or little Billies? What can I do for you, Justin? You held a memorial service for that kid who drowned some years back A week after he went missing.
- A bit quick, wasn't it? - Nah.
His spirit needed setting free, man.
And was it? Was it what? Set free? You have to ask a higher authority than me.
- His father wanted it.
- Simon? Yeah.
Mum was still holding out hope.
Not the dad.
Why was that? You'd have to ask him.
I'll do that.
You were in charge of some of the kids on that trip, weren't you? (INHALES, EXHALES HEAVILY) Yeah.
I was supposed to be teaching the older boys some bushcraft.
Waste of time.
City kids couldn't teach them a thing.
They annoy you, did they, those city kids? (INHALES) No more than you're annoying me now.
Yeah, I need you over here in Auckland.
There's, uh two boys that need interviewing.
Yeah, Mark Sutton and a Dillan.
Holloway.
Yeah, I'm seeing him this afternoon.
OK.
- Did you talk to Billy? - (SIGHS) Yeah.
Sends his love.
I was gonna call you, actually.
HQ finally responded about Nathan's backpack.
Apparently after the case was closed, they gave it to his father.
WOMAN: Why can't you understand that?! MAN: No, no, that that is not what I am saying, OK.
You can see what happened.
- That is exactly what you're saying! - (SIGHS) It's not his fault, Simon.
I know that, but he's not OK.
- I mean - Of course, he's not OK.
What's going on? (SIGHS) Oh for (TUTS) Suni, tried to take a sandwich from Nathan, and Nathan bit him! - Kids bite.
- Not like this, OK.
- You didn't see it.
- He is not safe around Suni.
Oh, spare me your precious Suni! He We've got reason to believe that Nathan's kidnapper's holding another child captive.
- What? - And we need to find her and quickly.
- (SIGHS) I have to talk to Nathan.
- I don't think that's a good idea.
Yeah.
Yeah, OK.
Just be gentle.
(GRUNTS) When did it appear? - Oh, wasn't here yesterday morning.
- Right.
Does it look like the one you saw Saturday night? Well, could be.
Pretty hard to tell now.
(TUTS) Oh, some people just got no respect for our beautiful wilderness.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Hey, buddy.
Two weeks ago, I banged my head in a car accident, and I Well, I've forgotten a lot of stuff, but I remember seeing you at the old at the old petrol station.
Yeah, and that's where you got my card, isn't it? From the girl that you were with.
STERNLY: I need you to help me get her out of there.
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You have to go easy on him.
Look, this morning, he was under the couch trying to bite Simon every time he came near him.
Why do you think he was trying to bite Simon? I don't know what triggered it.
Jealousy of a new child.
- I just I need some more time with him - We don't have time.
- Young girl's life is on the line.
- (SIGHS) Nathan.
Yeah, I need any help that you've got, anything that you can give me about where she might be located.
It's really very important.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) Any clue about where he was hiding you.
Lucy was her name, yeah? Lucy? And she was your friend? Come on, Nathan, you got away from him.
Don't you want her to get away too? (WAILS) OK, breathe, darling.
Breathe.
You're OK.
Breathe.
It's OK.
Just breathe.
I want you to come down the station.
(SCOFFS) Why? What, so I'm a suspect now? 2.
30? Where's Nathan's backpack? What? The backpack that was found after Nathan went missing.
It was given back to you after the inquiry was complete, and I need to run some tests on it.
You've got Nathan's backpack? - I destroyed it.
- You what? Why? Come on, Simon, we're going home.
Simon? (OMINOUS MUSIC) (HORNS HONK, SIREN BLARES) I need to talk to Nathan without his parents or his bloody psychologist interfering.
She said he's set his progress back six months.
(SIGHS) That's bull.
He wanted to talk to me.
Jess? STERNLY: Jess? (TENSE MUSIC) (SOMBRE MUSIC) (DOOR CREAKS) (WATER BURBLES) (GASPS) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (METAL CREAKS) (WATER GURGLES) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) Jess.
Oh, shit, mate.
How you doing? Hey, I'm sorry I couldn't make the funeral.
That's OK.
I didn't either.
Did you check the brake fluid and the cables and the steering bolts? Yeah, I examined all that.
That's my job, eh? - And? Hey, come on, Jess, you know I can't Hey, why don't you talk to Petrie.
He's got the report.
I was in that thing.
(SNIFFLES) Alex was killed in that thing.
I just (BREATHES HEAVILY) Oh, come on, I just want answers.
That's all.
(SIGHS) Tell me what you remember about the day that Nathan Baum disappeared.
I, uh I don't remember much about that time at all, to be honest.
- Well, this might help.
- What is it? Read it out loud.
Um.
READS: 'The bus dropped us at the entrance to the reserve.
'Everyone collected their bags, and well all walked to the first clearing.
'It only took about 10 minutes.
BOTH: 'It was in the karakia, you know, a prayer thing that's said often in groups.
' What's your problem, mate? My problem, Mark, is that's your statement.
And this is your mate Dillan's.
And I just find it a little bit suspicious how both of them have the same word-for-word account of what happened.
Yeah, well, that's what happened, so (CHUCKLES) See.
See, here's the thing, Mark.
It's obvious from these that you two were covering for each other.
Now, I need to know why you lied.
(SNIFFS) OK.
I'll go ask your mate Dillan.
(TENSE MUSIC) Wait! All right, look, me and Dillan, we were arseholes back then, right.
We were 12.
I mean, all 12-year-old boys are arseholes, so (SIGHS) some of those kids, the ones that were acting like spoiled brats, we roughed them up a bit on the way to the karakia.
Was Nathan one of those brats? No, he was smart enough to stay out of our way.
So you and Dillan never made it down to the karakia? So you can't have seen Nathan.
Hey, um, I thought you might be interested in this.
It's got some photos from that trip.
I was a parent helper there.
I don't know you took any photos, Dad.
Where's the last time you saw Nathan that day, Mr Sutton? Never saw him.
I was keeping an eye on the big boys, like this ratbag here.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah, he was just telling me what a bit of a ratbag he wasback then.
Weren't you, Mark? (SCOFFS) Traces of normal human secretion sweat, urine, saliva.
A few small spots of blood.
Nathan's? We found nine human hairs in total.
Six were Nathan's.
The remaining three were from other individuals.
Animal hairs rabbit, possum, dog.
And the hairs on Nathan's backpack, did you get a match on them? Those hairs were destroyed three months ago.
You're kidding.
Unfortunately, we're not obliged to keep samples once the case is closed.
(SIGHS) (DOG BARKS) (DOGS SNIFF) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (DOG BARKS) Why get offside with the parents and the psychologist? I mean, that was not very smart, was it? (GROANS) No, look, we brought a bit of time by not going public with this.
But eventually in the dead of night, he's gonna wake up and realise that Nathan is talking to the cops, that he is telling us where he is, and that is when he's gonna get rid of her.
OK, I've heard you.
I'll see what I can do.
- Can I have a copy of that? - I'll think about it.
- I don't think you have any right to think - Listen.
If you want to show me you're still capable of making good decisions, you'll leave right now.
- Shall I shut this? - Yes, please.
(SIGHS) I heard Nathan went apeshit.
- What happened? - Who told you that? Chloe, Nathan's mum.
We've got a bit of rapport going.
(CHUCKLES) Should you not be interviewing those two boys? Already cracked them.
Neither of them saw Nathan at the karakia weren't even there, too busy bullying some of the younger kids.
Yeah.
But I got this.
Where did you get this? Mark's dad.
He was a parent helper on the day of the trip.
'Good work, Harding.
' Yeah, no worries, Jess.
Thank you for coming in, Simon.
Could you begin by telling me about your relationship with Rashni.
(CLEARS THROAT) Uh, we began seeing each other six months after Nathan died after we were told he was dead.
Rashni was on the trip to the island, though, correct, as Nathan's teacher? Yeah.
Yes.
That's right.
But you didn't start a relationship until after Nathan went missing? She was very supportive.
I have a photo I'd like you to look at.
This was taken on the day that Nathan went missing.
Could you describe what's going on in the photo please.
Uh, it's me and Rashni talking.
Do you hold hands with everybody you talk to? What were you talking about? I don't remember.
You destroyed Nathan's backpack.
How? I threw it in the rubbish.
(SCOFFS) What was I supposed to do just hide it under the bed, pop it in the garage? So you threw it in the rubbish.
It was too painful for me to keep it! - Sit down, Simon.
- No! No, I want to leave.
You are absolutely free to go.
One more thing.
Do you have a dog? A dog? No.
Have you ever had a dog? Yes.
Yes, actually.
I got custody of Nathan's dog.
Victor died last year.
Chloe wanted him buried at her place you know, the family home.
So we ended up burying him together.
It wasn't meant to be a big thing, but But it felt like we were burying Nathan.
Neither of us said anything, but I know we both felt it.
Oh, shit! Oh, shit! - Oh, shit.
- Lolly scramble.
(MUTTERS) I got it.
Yep, thanks.
Yeah.
Get anything from Simon? I want you to disinter the dog.
You want me to what? Hmm.
Dig up his dead dog.
I know what disinter means.
When I said 'you want me to what', I meant 'you've got to be fucking kidding me'.
- Ma'am.
- Take forensics with you.
Check the hair on the dog with the hair that was found on Nathan's clothes.
Questions? (EXHALES) (SIGHS) The dog's buried at the mother's place.
Oh, I really hope that doesn't interfere with your rapport.
(SIGHS) (SNIFFS) (SURREAL MUSIC) (DOG BARKS) (GROANS) (DOG BARKS) So, Dillan and Mark were too busy bullying other kids to even make it to the karakia, so that's not a sighting.
And what about this guy? He saw him on the rope swing.
Uh, yeah, that's what he said at the time.
Now he says he was just trying to be helpful.
What about the phys ed teacher.
She was solid? Uh, she lied to cover up the fact that she was off having a smoke.
She said, 'Thought it wouldn't matter because other people had seen him.
' - Charge her.
- It was five years ago.
There's no statute of limitations on providing false statements to the police, Pup.
(SIGHS) Right, well.
Basically, we don't have a verifiable sighting of Nathan after the karakia.
And the only person to see him at the karakia was his dad.
(SIGHS) What about the van? Um, someone went to a bit of trouble.
It's been totally fried.
There's There's no plates, and apart from the fact that it's white, there's actually nothing to identify it at all.
No, there's got to be something.
Go on, get forensics in there.
Get them to go over the whole thing with a fine-tooth comb if you have to.
Cheer up, mate.
Think of Justin Harding having to dig up a dead dog right now.
(CHUCKLES) - Jess? Jess? - Yeah.
(SIGHS) They've done two double shifts without a break.
Tell them to harden up.
No, I'm not prepared to do that.
They're gonna make mistakes if they don't sleep.
- Tell them to go home, then.
- I did.
- They won't go until you do.
- (SIGHS) MUTTERS: Fine.
I'll work from home.
Good night.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) - Hey.
- Hey.
- You want something? - (SIGHS) No, just these headaches are making me nauseous.
Well, I've got just the thing.
AJ gets really bad migraines, so I always have these on me just in case.
They're legit.
Honestly, they really work.
Yeah.
Where did you get them from? Oh, come on, they're just tramas, Mum.
Take them.
You'll feel much better.
For God's sake, it's not heroin.
(SWALLOWS) Do you know how to (CLEARS THROAT) sync my new iPhone with my old iCloud account? You're such a dinosaur.
I wanna check (GROANS) who I talked to before the accident.
I've got memory blanks.
How do you mean? Uh, well, I mean, I can remember your birthday, but And there's just holes between then and waking up in the hospital.
(SIGHS) Did I say anything to you, anything odd or? Like what? I dunno.
Um.
You had a couple of crank calls.
Hmm.
Did I say who called? Heavy breather.
(IMITATES BREATHING) Oh.
(CHUCKLES) Do you think you forgot other important things? - From before the accident, I mean.
- Yeah, probably.
What's this? That's Alex.
It got delivered this afternoon.
I hope your head feels better.
(SOMBRE MUSIC) (SIGHS) (INQUISITIVE MUSIC) Hey, I've synced your phone.
It's all back.
(GENTLE MUSIC) (BIRDSONG) (WAVES LAP SOFTLY) (DOOR OPENS) - (GRUNTS) - (TYRES CRUNCH ON GRAVEL) (CAR DOOR OPENS) (CAR DOOR SLAMS) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) Boss.
Coffee, croissant and some news you're not gonna like.
Mm-hm.
Forensics have come back with more info on the hairs on Nathan's clothes.
The DNA of the girl and unidentified male are familial.
- Oh, Christ, she's his daughter.
- Mm-hm.
Explains why no one reported her missing.
They also have a match for the dog hairs.
All right, well, that puts Simon at the top of our suspects list.
At least that's something.
The match wasn't for Simon's dog.
The hairs on Nathan's clothes are a match for Billy Brax' dog.
- What? - His dog's hairs were on my clothes.
When the hairs from Simon's dog didn't match, I got them to test Billy's dog.
Look, it doesn't necessarily mean Billy's our guy All right, let's do this properly.
We need to get forensics in there to get a clean sample of Billy's dog.
They're already on their way.
(SIGHS) Good.
Well, I'll get a warrant for his house and property.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) (CURIOUS MUSIC) It's OK, Pup.
It's your job, brother.
(DOG PANTS) Hi.
Rory.
I want you to pull all of the unknown calls off my old SIM card, anyone not in my contacts.
I think that Nathan called me two, maybe three times.
- Yeah, I'm on it.
- Thank you.
Man on a mission.
- Find anything yet? - (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) Look, I think Billy should be interviewed at Central not on the island, I mean.
- The local guys like him too much.
- Yeah, you're right.
And I think it should be me that does it.
OK.
Well, wait for the test results.
Don't go talking to him till I say so.
(TENSE MUSIC) (SIGHS) (SNIFFLES) Can you not leave him alone for five minutes? OK, how about I ask you some questions? - (BREATHES HEAVILY) - Yeah, all right.
Right, um (PANTS) On the day of Nathan's disappearance, when was the last time you saw him? And just think carefully before you answer.
(SIGHS) At the karakia.
After that, I went off with the year eight students.
We went and studied medicinal plants.
So, you're sure that you saw him at the karakia? OK.
(SIGHS) To be precise, it was just before that.
We stopped and talked at the edge of the clearing.
About what? His backpack, actually.
He didn't have it with him.
Look, he was always leaving things behind, you know shoes, hat, lunchbox.
Very annoying.
We were trying to get him to take responsibility for his own things.
I told him that he had to go back and get it.
He asked me to come with him, and, uh And I refused.
So he went alone? Yeah.
Look I watched him walk back down the track.
OK, it would have taken maybe 10 minutes.
Yeah, did you see him return? No, but obviously he did.
He was seen by half a dozen people after that.
Look, I admit I got annoyed.
OK, I just wanted him to grow up a bit.
(CRIES SOFTLY) (CRIES SOFTLY) WHISPERS: Oh, mate.
Hey.
- Oh.
- (SOBS, WHIMPERS) I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Nate.
Hey.
I hate that that was the last thing I said to you and Hey.
- Hey.
- (SOBS) Come here.
(SOBS) I'm sorry, buddy.
I'm so sorry.
(SOBS) I'm sorry.
(SOBS) Search came back with a big zero from Billy Brax'.
Nothing? No, no sign of children being kept not a lot.
Not even a gate on the entire property.
Well, we are still waiting for forensics, so Harding, you said that these two boys were bullying the other kids.
What exactly were they doing? They'd grab their backpacks off them.
When the kids went looking for them, they'd rough them up a bit.
You didn't think of mentioning that? Cos that'd be the reason why Nathan was hiding his backpack in the bus.
It's because he was worried about being targeted by these two.
And then Simon sent him back on his own to go get it.
Yeah.
Hey, we're gonna need to talk to Jack Brodie again and find out whether Nathan made it back to the bus at all.
RORY: Hey, um, I've got those unidentified callers you wanted.
Great.
There were three calls from that number, and you called it back once, but hung up after 10 seconds, - so maybe it went to voicemail.
- Yes.
There is something else.
I accessed the message in your old voicemail, and it was from that number.
AUTOMATED VOICE: Message received 3rd October 2018.
(BEEP!) It's the day before my accident.
(HEAVY BREATHING, WHIMPERING PLAYS) Play it again.
(HEAVY BREATHING, WHIMPERING PLAYS) Nathan, he's coming.
Geez.
That's why I ordered Nathan's case file.
If I ordered Nathan's case file, then I would have had the message traced.
OK, call Comms and make sure I got that message traced.
- It was the 3rd or the 4th of October, OK? - OK.
Uh.
(DIAL TONE) Simon.
Yeah, Detective Savage here.
Hey, I just send you through a photo.
Can Can you and Rashni have a look? Yeah, OK.
Yeah, no, no, it's fine.
I'm going 10-7.
All right, thanks.
OK, Rory says that call was tracked by comms got stuck in the system after your accident.
Where's it from? - Waimea Valley.
- (SIGHS) - It's where Billy Brax lives - Yeah, I know Billy Brax lives there.
Hey.
In your original statement, you said that you weren't at the karakia, that you were back on the bus.
Did you see Nathan return to the bus? Jack? Because I, uh gave Nathan's father this and one of his teachers never seen this guy before, which is strange, right? Considering both of them came on the bus.
But This guy.
Not you.
Who is it? Took your time, didn't you? - What are you doing here, Doug? - I called him.
I want to make a confession.
I'd had a fair bit to drink the night before.
Well, the truth is I'd been on a bender that night.
Wife had left me.
My life was shit.
Anyway, when I woke that morning, I knew I'd still be over the limit.
I'd lose my licence for sure.
Not much on the island for a guy like me.
Doug gives me the odd job.
On his property, I mean.
Tell her, Jack.
So, I got someone to do the (SIGHS) morning shift for me.
Drive them to the reserve, then bring the bus back here.
Who? I didn't think I needed to say anything because the kid didn't go missing till later in the day.
It's not like the bus driver had anything to do with it.
Who did you get to drive the bus? (WHIMPERS) - (DOG BARKS) (SIGHS) (TENSE MUSIC) (DOG BARKS) - Gill Larson.
279 Waimea Road.
- (SIREN BLARES) RORY: He's in the same valley as Billy Brax, and we just asked Billy where his dog goes when he's away.
And get this.
He stays with Gill Larson's dogs.
OK, got it.
Thanks, Rory.
(SIREN BLARES) (DOG BARKS) - Get inside! - (WHIMPERS) - Go on! - (CHAINS RATTLE) (GUNSHOT) (SCREAMS HOARSELY) (DOGS BARK) (GUNSHOT, DOGS BARK, GUN COCKS) (GUNSHOT) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (SIRENS BLARE) (GRUNTS) (TENSE MUSIC) (BREATHES HEAVILY) Bugger.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) (BREATHES HEAVILY) Shit.
Clear.
Bathroom.
- Yeah.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) - Clear.
(TENSE MUSIC) (GUN COCKS) (BREATHES HEAVILY) Oh, fuck, Harding.
Bloody hell.
- (GUNSHOT) - (GASPS) - With me.
- Yep.
Head for the kennels.
- Shed down the back there.
- Cover me.
(SPLASHING) (BREATHES HEAVILY) - Fuck.
- What have you got? Shot the fucking dogs.
Geez.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) Oh no.
(SIGHS, PANTS) Hey, she's here.
Hey, hey.
It's OK.
It's OK.
I'm a cop.
I'm a cop.
You're OK.
It's all right.
Good.
- Yeah.
- She all right? Good.
Can you stand? You're all right? OK.
You're all right? - (GUN COCKS) - Drop it.
(TENSE MUSIC) - You don't wanna do that, mate.
- Oh, don't I? Just do what he says, Harding.
You're the one who took my boy? He's not your boy.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) - She's not your girl either.
- (SIRENS BLARE) Just drop the gun, Gill.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) - (BREATHES HEAVILY) - (SIRENS BLARE) Hey! Lucy! Daddy loves you, OK? OK?! - No! - No! (GUNSHOT) No! (SIRENS BLARE) Oh, fuck! (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) (HANDBRAKE CLICKS) She's a homebirth never registered.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) The mother? Looks like she left the country when the girl was about 5 never looked back.
Can't blame her for that.
I can.
Some of these locals must have seen something.
How come nobody said anything? That's something we can all ask ourselves.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (SNIFFLES) - Hey.
(SNIFFLES) - Hey.
You're OK, hey.
Nathan did it.
You can do it too, all right? Good.
(SNIFFLES) (SNIFFLES) It's OK.
Good.
(SNIFFLES) Oh.
Oh yeah, good.
You're all right.
I got you.
- You're good.
- (SNIFFLES) (SIGHS) You're good.
(POIGNANT MUSIC) (SIREN HOWLS) (POIGNANT MUSIC BUILDS) (HANDBRAKE CLICKS) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (INQUISITIVE MUSIC) (BREATHES DEEPLY) (EXHALES) (METAL CREAKS) (INAUDIBLE) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (METAL CREAKS, WATER BURBLES) (GASPS) (SIGHS)
I'm really sorry that I couldn't be at the funeral.
I didn't go.
I'm not gonna pretend I liked him just because he's dead.
We've got reason to believe that Nathan's kidnapper's holding another child captive.
(SEAGULLS CRY) (ETHEREAL MUSIC) (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION, CAR DOORS SLAM) (ENGINE TURNS OFF) (SIGHS, SNIFFLES) So, this happened nearly two weeks ago, but you've only just remembered? Yeah, I've had some memory loss since the accident.
Right.
- So, you didn't see the driver? - No.
Are you sure the boy that you saw was Nathan? Yeah, it was Nathan.
(OMINOUS MUSIC) (SIGHS, SNIFFLES) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (TENSE MUSIC) (CLEARS THROAT) Get them to photograph all this, dust for prints.
There's a job to aspire to.
(TENSE MUSIC) (WATER RUNS) Can you get them to check for a print match on the card that Nathan gave us.
- Why didn't you follow up on her? - Sorry, what? Why didn't you follow up on her? On every kid's self-harming? You go knock yourself out.
Fuck it! (SIGHS) (FOGHORN BLARES) Between you and me is a body of water.
Captions by Antony Vlug.
Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.
Copyright Able 2019 (TENSE TAPPING MUSIC) She's older than Nathan, 13.
14.
She's got long red hair.
She's thin.
She's pale.
She's got blue eyes.
She's got marks on both her forearms, here and here, some old and some fresh.
It's not great, and I'm sorry.
Now, we know that the name Lucy means something to Nathan, and I I think that it's the girl.
Could be the kidnapper.
Look, whatever her name is, this girl is in serious trouble.
We need to check out every missing child on the island in the last 10 years and any kid that was missing that was presumed dead.
Rory, school records on the island, you do primary school and secondary.
Harding, adults, OK? Uh, I wanna list of all Lucys on the island in the last 10 years.
Look.
I know this is an island and all, but how could a kid be kept captive for years and no one know about it? Hmm? Nathan was the result of a balls-up, but where's this girl come from? How come no one's reported her missing? Doug Bennington's here to see.
Can I send him through? - Yeah.
Oh, um, (CLEARS THROAT) I'll be out in a second.
Track down all the white vans on the island.
Ah, yes, I actually got a call this morning.
It was a burnt-out van up Waimea way.
- Check it out.
- I'll do that.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) - Where are you going? - Gonna interview Billy Brax.
I asked you to track everyone with the name Lucy.
You're telling me not to go interview Billy? No, I'm just saying I know Billy and he's solid.
Well, he gets two ticks on my list.
One he lives within the two-K radius of where Nathan turned up, and, two, he was part of the group the day that Nathan went missing.
You said, 'Those of us who weren't on the original investigation 'should prioritise re-interviewing everyone.
' It's what I'm doing.
All right, well, just don't let it slip that Nathan's alive.
Yeah, got that note.
- He reminds me of me back in the day.
- He's an arsehole.
Exactly.
- (ENGINE STARTS) - (CHUCKLES) What's up? I've been going over the case in my head.
Now, there were a couple of older boys Dillan something, he was OK, but the other one, Mark, he had all the signs of someone we're gonna see again, you know? - Mm-hm.
- I could never put my finger on it, but there was something not quite right with those two.
You should get your offsider to interview them.
He's got the sort of shitty attitude that might just work with them.
(CHUCKLES) Thank you.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC) (HAUNTING MUSIC) (AXE THUDS, DOG BARKS DISTANTLY) (AXE THUDS REPEATEDLY, WOOD CLATTERS) (DOG BARKS VICIOUSLY) Oh, he's friendly.
Just let him sniff you, and he'll leave you alone.
- Geez.
- (LAUGHS) Told you he's friendly.
All righty, Conrad, you had your fun, mate.
Now go on, get out of it.
(CHICKENS CLUCK) You're not one of the local cops.
Detective Justin Harding.
Isolated spot.
Does it back on to the reserve over there? Yep.
You live here alone? Just me and the animals.
So no Mrs Billy or little Billies? What can I do for you, Justin? You held a memorial service for that kid who drowned some years back A week after he went missing.
- A bit quick, wasn't it? - Nah.
His spirit needed setting free, man.
And was it? Was it what? Set free? You have to ask a higher authority than me.
- His father wanted it.
- Simon? Yeah.
Mum was still holding out hope.
Not the dad.
Why was that? You'd have to ask him.
I'll do that.
You were in charge of some of the kids on that trip, weren't you? (INHALES, EXHALES HEAVILY) Yeah.
I was supposed to be teaching the older boys some bushcraft.
Waste of time.
City kids couldn't teach them a thing.
They annoy you, did they, those city kids? (INHALES) No more than you're annoying me now.
Yeah, I need you over here in Auckland.
There's, uh two boys that need interviewing.
Yeah, Mark Sutton and a Dillan.
Holloway.
Yeah, I'm seeing him this afternoon.
OK.
- Did you talk to Billy? - (SIGHS) Yeah.
Sends his love.
I was gonna call you, actually.
HQ finally responded about Nathan's backpack.
Apparently after the case was closed, they gave it to his father.
WOMAN: Why can't you understand that?! MAN: No, no, that that is not what I am saying, OK.
You can see what happened.
- That is exactly what you're saying! - (SIGHS) It's not his fault, Simon.
I know that, but he's not OK.
- I mean - Of course, he's not OK.
What's going on? (SIGHS) Oh for (TUTS) Suni, tried to take a sandwich from Nathan, and Nathan bit him! - Kids bite.
- Not like this, OK.
- You didn't see it.
- He is not safe around Suni.
Oh, spare me your precious Suni! He We've got reason to believe that Nathan's kidnapper's holding another child captive.
- What? - And we need to find her and quickly.
- (SIGHS) I have to talk to Nathan.
- I don't think that's a good idea.
Yeah.
Yeah, OK.
Just be gentle.
(GRUNTS) When did it appear? - Oh, wasn't here yesterday morning.
- Right.
Does it look like the one you saw Saturday night? Well, could be.
Pretty hard to tell now.
(TUTS) Oh, some people just got no respect for our beautiful wilderness.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Hey, buddy.
Two weeks ago, I banged my head in a car accident, and I Well, I've forgotten a lot of stuff, but I remember seeing you at the old at the old petrol station.
Yeah, and that's where you got my card, isn't it? From the girl that you were with.
STERNLY: I need you to help me get her out of there.
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You have to go easy on him.
Look, this morning, he was under the couch trying to bite Simon every time he came near him.
Why do you think he was trying to bite Simon? I don't know what triggered it.
Jealousy of a new child.
- I just I need some more time with him - We don't have time.
- Young girl's life is on the line.
- (SIGHS) Nathan.
Yeah, I need any help that you've got, anything that you can give me about where she might be located.
It's really very important.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) Any clue about where he was hiding you.
Lucy was her name, yeah? Lucy? And she was your friend? Come on, Nathan, you got away from him.
Don't you want her to get away too? (WAILS) OK, breathe, darling.
Breathe.
You're OK.
Breathe.
It's OK.
Just breathe.
I want you to come down the station.
(SCOFFS) Why? What, so I'm a suspect now? 2.
30? Where's Nathan's backpack? What? The backpack that was found after Nathan went missing.
It was given back to you after the inquiry was complete, and I need to run some tests on it.
You've got Nathan's backpack? - I destroyed it.
- You what? Why? Come on, Simon, we're going home.
Simon? (OMINOUS MUSIC) (HORNS HONK, SIREN BLARES) I need to talk to Nathan without his parents or his bloody psychologist interfering.
She said he's set his progress back six months.
(SIGHS) That's bull.
He wanted to talk to me.
Jess? STERNLY: Jess? (TENSE MUSIC) (SOMBRE MUSIC) (DOOR CREAKS) (WATER BURBLES) (GASPS) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (METAL CREAKS) (WATER GURGLES) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) Jess.
Oh, shit, mate.
How you doing? Hey, I'm sorry I couldn't make the funeral.
That's OK.
I didn't either.
Did you check the brake fluid and the cables and the steering bolts? Yeah, I examined all that.
That's my job, eh? - And? Hey, come on, Jess, you know I can't Hey, why don't you talk to Petrie.
He's got the report.
I was in that thing.
(SNIFFLES) Alex was killed in that thing.
I just (BREATHES HEAVILY) Oh, come on, I just want answers.
That's all.
(SIGHS) Tell me what you remember about the day that Nathan Baum disappeared.
I, uh I don't remember much about that time at all, to be honest.
- Well, this might help.
- What is it? Read it out loud.
Um.
READS: 'The bus dropped us at the entrance to the reserve.
'Everyone collected their bags, and well all walked to the first clearing.
'It only took about 10 minutes.
BOTH: 'It was in the karakia, you know, a prayer thing that's said often in groups.
' What's your problem, mate? My problem, Mark, is that's your statement.
And this is your mate Dillan's.
And I just find it a little bit suspicious how both of them have the same word-for-word account of what happened.
Yeah, well, that's what happened, so (CHUCKLES) See.
See, here's the thing, Mark.
It's obvious from these that you two were covering for each other.
Now, I need to know why you lied.
(SNIFFS) OK.
I'll go ask your mate Dillan.
(TENSE MUSIC) Wait! All right, look, me and Dillan, we were arseholes back then, right.
We were 12.
I mean, all 12-year-old boys are arseholes, so (SIGHS) some of those kids, the ones that were acting like spoiled brats, we roughed them up a bit on the way to the karakia.
Was Nathan one of those brats? No, he was smart enough to stay out of our way.
So you and Dillan never made it down to the karakia? So you can't have seen Nathan.
Hey, um, I thought you might be interested in this.
It's got some photos from that trip.
I was a parent helper there.
I don't know you took any photos, Dad.
Where's the last time you saw Nathan that day, Mr Sutton? Never saw him.
I was keeping an eye on the big boys, like this ratbag here.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah, he was just telling me what a bit of a ratbag he wasback then.
Weren't you, Mark? (SCOFFS) Traces of normal human secretion sweat, urine, saliva.
A few small spots of blood.
Nathan's? We found nine human hairs in total.
Six were Nathan's.
The remaining three were from other individuals.
Animal hairs rabbit, possum, dog.
And the hairs on Nathan's backpack, did you get a match on them? Those hairs were destroyed three months ago.
You're kidding.
Unfortunately, we're not obliged to keep samples once the case is closed.
(SIGHS) (DOG BARKS) (DOGS SNIFF) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (DOG BARKS) Why get offside with the parents and the psychologist? I mean, that was not very smart, was it? (GROANS) No, look, we brought a bit of time by not going public with this.
But eventually in the dead of night, he's gonna wake up and realise that Nathan is talking to the cops, that he is telling us where he is, and that is when he's gonna get rid of her.
OK, I've heard you.
I'll see what I can do.
- Can I have a copy of that? - I'll think about it.
- I don't think you have any right to think - Listen.
If you want to show me you're still capable of making good decisions, you'll leave right now.
- Shall I shut this? - Yes, please.
(SIGHS) I heard Nathan went apeshit.
- What happened? - Who told you that? Chloe, Nathan's mum.
We've got a bit of rapport going.
(CHUCKLES) Should you not be interviewing those two boys? Already cracked them.
Neither of them saw Nathan at the karakia weren't even there, too busy bullying some of the younger kids.
Yeah.
But I got this.
Where did you get this? Mark's dad.
He was a parent helper on the day of the trip.
'Good work, Harding.
' Yeah, no worries, Jess.
Thank you for coming in, Simon.
Could you begin by telling me about your relationship with Rashni.
(CLEARS THROAT) Uh, we began seeing each other six months after Nathan died after we were told he was dead.
Rashni was on the trip to the island, though, correct, as Nathan's teacher? Yeah.
Yes.
That's right.
But you didn't start a relationship until after Nathan went missing? She was very supportive.
I have a photo I'd like you to look at.
This was taken on the day that Nathan went missing.
Could you describe what's going on in the photo please.
Uh, it's me and Rashni talking.
Do you hold hands with everybody you talk to? What were you talking about? I don't remember.
You destroyed Nathan's backpack.
How? I threw it in the rubbish.
(SCOFFS) What was I supposed to do just hide it under the bed, pop it in the garage? So you threw it in the rubbish.
It was too painful for me to keep it! - Sit down, Simon.
- No! No, I want to leave.
You are absolutely free to go.
One more thing.
Do you have a dog? A dog? No.
Have you ever had a dog? Yes.
Yes, actually.
I got custody of Nathan's dog.
Victor died last year.
Chloe wanted him buried at her place you know, the family home.
So we ended up burying him together.
It wasn't meant to be a big thing, but But it felt like we were burying Nathan.
Neither of us said anything, but I know we both felt it.
Oh, shit! Oh, shit! - Oh, shit.
- Lolly scramble.
(MUTTERS) I got it.
Yep, thanks.
Yeah.
Get anything from Simon? I want you to disinter the dog.
You want me to what? Hmm.
Dig up his dead dog.
I know what disinter means.
When I said 'you want me to what', I meant 'you've got to be fucking kidding me'.
- Ma'am.
- Take forensics with you.
Check the hair on the dog with the hair that was found on Nathan's clothes.
Questions? (EXHALES) (SIGHS) The dog's buried at the mother's place.
Oh, I really hope that doesn't interfere with your rapport.
(SIGHS) (SNIFFS) (SURREAL MUSIC) (DOG BARKS) (GROANS) (DOG BARKS) So, Dillan and Mark were too busy bullying other kids to even make it to the karakia, so that's not a sighting.
And what about this guy? He saw him on the rope swing.
Uh, yeah, that's what he said at the time.
Now he says he was just trying to be helpful.
What about the phys ed teacher.
She was solid? Uh, she lied to cover up the fact that she was off having a smoke.
She said, 'Thought it wouldn't matter because other people had seen him.
' - Charge her.
- It was five years ago.
There's no statute of limitations on providing false statements to the police, Pup.
(SIGHS) Right, well.
Basically, we don't have a verifiable sighting of Nathan after the karakia.
And the only person to see him at the karakia was his dad.
(SIGHS) What about the van? Um, someone went to a bit of trouble.
It's been totally fried.
There's There's no plates, and apart from the fact that it's white, there's actually nothing to identify it at all.
No, there's got to be something.
Go on, get forensics in there.
Get them to go over the whole thing with a fine-tooth comb if you have to.
Cheer up, mate.
Think of Justin Harding having to dig up a dead dog right now.
(CHUCKLES) - Jess? Jess? - Yeah.
(SIGHS) They've done two double shifts without a break.
Tell them to harden up.
No, I'm not prepared to do that.
They're gonna make mistakes if they don't sleep.
- Tell them to go home, then.
- I did.
- They won't go until you do.
- (SIGHS) MUTTERS: Fine.
I'll work from home.
Good night.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) - Hey.
- Hey.
- You want something? - (SIGHS) No, just these headaches are making me nauseous.
Well, I've got just the thing.
AJ gets really bad migraines, so I always have these on me just in case.
They're legit.
Honestly, they really work.
Yeah.
Where did you get them from? Oh, come on, they're just tramas, Mum.
Take them.
You'll feel much better.
For God's sake, it's not heroin.
(SWALLOWS) Do you know how to (CLEARS THROAT) sync my new iPhone with my old iCloud account? You're such a dinosaur.
I wanna check (GROANS) who I talked to before the accident.
I've got memory blanks.
How do you mean? Uh, well, I mean, I can remember your birthday, but And there's just holes between then and waking up in the hospital.
(SIGHS) Did I say anything to you, anything odd or? Like what? I dunno.
Um.
You had a couple of crank calls.
Hmm.
Did I say who called? Heavy breather.
(IMITATES BREATHING) Oh.
(CHUCKLES) Do you think you forgot other important things? - From before the accident, I mean.
- Yeah, probably.
What's this? That's Alex.
It got delivered this afternoon.
I hope your head feels better.
(SOMBRE MUSIC) (SIGHS) (INQUISITIVE MUSIC) Hey, I've synced your phone.
It's all back.
(GENTLE MUSIC) (BIRDSONG) (WAVES LAP SOFTLY) (DOOR OPENS) - (GRUNTS) - (TYRES CRUNCH ON GRAVEL) (CAR DOOR OPENS) (CAR DOOR SLAMS) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) Boss.
Coffee, croissant and some news you're not gonna like.
Mm-hm.
Forensics have come back with more info on the hairs on Nathan's clothes.
The DNA of the girl and unidentified male are familial.
- Oh, Christ, she's his daughter.
- Mm-hm.
Explains why no one reported her missing.
They also have a match for the dog hairs.
All right, well, that puts Simon at the top of our suspects list.
At least that's something.
The match wasn't for Simon's dog.
The hairs on Nathan's clothes are a match for Billy Brax' dog.
- What? - His dog's hairs were on my clothes.
When the hairs from Simon's dog didn't match, I got them to test Billy's dog.
Look, it doesn't necessarily mean Billy's our guy All right, let's do this properly.
We need to get forensics in there to get a clean sample of Billy's dog.
They're already on their way.
(SIGHS) Good.
Well, I'll get a warrant for his house and property.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) (CURIOUS MUSIC) It's OK, Pup.
It's your job, brother.
(DOG PANTS) Hi.
Rory.
I want you to pull all of the unknown calls off my old SIM card, anyone not in my contacts.
I think that Nathan called me two, maybe three times.
- Yeah, I'm on it.
- Thank you.
Man on a mission.
- Find anything yet? - (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) Look, I think Billy should be interviewed at Central not on the island, I mean.
- The local guys like him too much.
- Yeah, you're right.
And I think it should be me that does it.
OK.
Well, wait for the test results.
Don't go talking to him till I say so.
(TENSE MUSIC) (SIGHS) (SNIFFLES) Can you not leave him alone for five minutes? OK, how about I ask you some questions? - (BREATHES HEAVILY) - Yeah, all right.
Right, um (PANTS) On the day of Nathan's disappearance, when was the last time you saw him? And just think carefully before you answer.
(SIGHS) At the karakia.
After that, I went off with the year eight students.
We went and studied medicinal plants.
So, you're sure that you saw him at the karakia? OK.
(SIGHS) To be precise, it was just before that.
We stopped and talked at the edge of the clearing.
About what? His backpack, actually.
He didn't have it with him.
Look, he was always leaving things behind, you know shoes, hat, lunchbox.
Very annoying.
We were trying to get him to take responsibility for his own things.
I told him that he had to go back and get it.
He asked me to come with him, and, uh And I refused.
So he went alone? Yeah.
Look I watched him walk back down the track.
OK, it would have taken maybe 10 minutes.
Yeah, did you see him return? No, but obviously he did.
He was seen by half a dozen people after that.
Look, I admit I got annoyed.
OK, I just wanted him to grow up a bit.
(CRIES SOFTLY) (CRIES SOFTLY) WHISPERS: Oh, mate.
Hey.
- Oh.
- (SOBS, WHIMPERS) I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Nate.
Hey.
I hate that that was the last thing I said to you and Hey.
- Hey.
- (SOBS) Come here.
(SOBS) I'm sorry, buddy.
I'm so sorry.
(SOBS) I'm sorry.
(SOBS) Search came back with a big zero from Billy Brax'.
Nothing? No, no sign of children being kept not a lot.
Not even a gate on the entire property.
Well, we are still waiting for forensics, so Harding, you said that these two boys were bullying the other kids.
What exactly were they doing? They'd grab their backpacks off them.
When the kids went looking for them, they'd rough them up a bit.
You didn't think of mentioning that? Cos that'd be the reason why Nathan was hiding his backpack in the bus.
It's because he was worried about being targeted by these two.
And then Simon sent him back on his own to go get it.
Yeah.
Hey, we're gonna need to talk to Jack Brodie again and find out whether Nathan made it back to the bus at all.
RORY: Hey, um, I've got those unidentified callers you wanted.
Great.
There were three calls from that number, and you called it back once, but hung up after 10 seconds, - so maybe it went to voicemail.
- Yes.
There is something else.
I accessed the message in your old voicemail, and it was from that number.
AUTOMATED VOICE: Message received 3rd October 2018.
(BEEP!) It's the day before my accident.
(HEAVY BREATHING, WHIMPERING PLAYS) Play it again.
(HEAVY BREATHING, WHIMPERING PLAYS) Nathan, he's coming.
Geez.
That's why I ordered Nathan's case file.
If I ordered Nathan's case file, then I would have had the message traced.
OK, call Comms and make sure I got that message traced.
- It was the 3rd or the 4th of October, OK? - OK.
Uh.
(DIAL TONE) Simon.
Yeah, Detective Savage here.
Hey, I just send you through a photo.
Can Can you and Rashni have a look? Yeah, OK.
Yeah, no, no, it's fine.
I'm going 10-7.
All right, thanks.
OK, Rory says that call was tracked by comms got stuck in the system after your accident.
Where's it from? - Waimea Valley.
- (SIGHS) - It's where Billy Brax lives - Yeah, I know Billy Brax lives there.
Hey.
In your original statement, you said that you weren't at the karakia, that you were back on the bus.
Did you see Nathan return to the bus? Jack? Because I, uh gave Nathan's father this and one of his teachers never seen this guy before, which is strange, right? Considering both of them came on the bus.
But This guy.
Not you.
Who is it? Took your time, didn't you? - What are you doing here, Doug? - I called him.
I want to make a confession.
I'd had a fair bit to drink the night before.
Well, the truth is I'd been on a bender that night.
Wife had left me.
My life was shit.
Anyway, when I woke that morning, I knew I'd still be over the limit.
I'd lose my licence for sure.
Not much on the island for a guy like me.
Doug gives me the odd job.
On his property, I mean.
Tell her, Jack.
So, I got someone to do the (SIGHS) morning shift for me.
Drive them to the reserve, then bring the bus back here.
Who? I didn't think I needed to say anything because the kid didn't go missing till later in the day.
It's not like the bus driver had anything to do with it.
Who did you get to drive the bus? (WHIMPERS) - (DOG BARKS) (SIGHS) (TENSE MUSIC) (DOG BARKS) - Gill Larson.
279 Waimea Road.
- (SIREN BLARES) RORY: He's in the same valley as Billy Brax, and we just asked Billy where his dog goes when he's away.
And get this.
He stays with Gill Larson's dogs.
OK, got it.
Thanks, Rory.
(SIREN BLARES) (DOG BARKS) - Get inside! - (WHIMPERS) - Go on! - (CHAINS RATTLE) (GUNSHOT) (SCREAMS HOARSELY) (DOGS BARK) (GUNSHOT, DOGS BARK, GUN COCKS) (GUNSHOT) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (SIRENS BLARE) (GRUNTS) (TENSE MUSIC) (BREATHES HEAVILY) Bugger.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) (BREATHES HEAVILY) Shit.
Clear.
Bathroom.
- Yeah.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) - Clear.
(TENSE MUSIC) (GUN COCKS) (BREATHES HEAVILY) Oh, fuck, Harding.
Bloody hell.
- (GUNSHOT) - (GASPS) - With me.
- Yep.
Head for the kennels.
- Shed down the back there.
- Cover me.
(SPLASHING) (BREATHES HEAVILY) - Fuck.
- What have you got? Shot the fucking dogs.
Geez.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) Oh no.
(SIGHS, PANTS) Hey, she's here.
Hey, hey.
It's OK.
It's OK.
I'm a cop.
I'm a cop.
You're OK.
It's all right.
Good.
- Yeah.
- She all right? Good.
Can you stand? You're all right? OK.
You're all right? - (GUN COCKS) - Drop it.
(TENSE MUSIC) - You don't wanna do that, mate.
- Oh, don't I? Just do what he says, Harding.
You're the one who took my boy? He's not your boy.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) - She's not your girl either.
- (SIRENS BLARE) Just drop the gun, Gill.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) - (BREATHES HEAVILY) - (SIRENS BLARE) Hey! Lucy! Daddy loves you, OK? OK?! - No! - No! (GUNSHOT) No! (SIRENS BLARE) Oh, fuck! (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) (HANDBRAKE CLICKS) She's a homebirth never registered.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) The mother? Looks like she left the country when the girl was about 5 never looked back.
Can't blame her for that.
I can.
Some of these locals must have seen something.
How come nobody said anything? That's something we can all ask ourselves.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (SNIFFLES) - Hey.
(SNIFFLES) - Hey.
You're OK, hey.
Nathan did it.
You can do it too, all right? Good.
(SNIFFLES) (SNIFFLES) It's OK.
Good.
(SNIFFLES) Oh.
Oh yeah, good.
You're all right.
I got you.
- You're good.
- (SNIFFLES) (SIGHS) You're good.
(POIGNANT MUSIC) (SIREN HOWLS) (POIGNANT MUSIC BUILDS) (HANDBRAKE CLICKS) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (INQUISITIVE MUSIC) (BREATHES DEEPLY) (EXHALES) (METAL CREAKS) (INAUDIBLE) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (METAL CREAKS, WATER BURBLES) (GASPS) (SIGHS)