The Forgotten s01e05 Episode Script
River John
what would you do for the person you love? sometimes you make compromises for them.
sometimes you carry them.
And sometimes,when they cry for help,you'll do anything.
Season 1 Episode 05 Sadly,yes.
Either your students are failing or you're failing your students.
I'm just saying.
okay,assemble.
Recess is over.
We got a white male,mid 40s, found in a chicago river drainage tunnel two months ago, a few days after death.
Well,the current could have brought him there from anywhere.
Mm,the water definitely explains the facial bloating.
When tyler's done with his sketch,I'll look at missing persons.
Maybe we'll get lucky and find a match.
Did he drown,alex? No.
It's a gunshot wound to the chest.
The police found a 38 caliber pistol on him, but the serial number was filed off.
They also found a notebook.
It's moleskine,expensive.
But the pages are waterlogged, so not much of the writing is visible.
He was wearing wing tips,khakis and a blue oxford.
How does a guy who dresses like that end up in the chicago river with a bullet in his chest? It could have been a robbery.
No.
Carryinga black market weapon? This guy's looking for trouble.
Eurepo says that his gun clip was full,so he never even got off a shot.
Why would a guy with a gun not even shoot back? Maybe the killer caught him off guard.
No,he was shot in the chest.
He saw the killer coming.
You know,I think our guy's an amateur.
When I first started shooting,I think he might have gone to a gun range to practice.
Uh,you have a gun? Northside arsenal,baby the only gun range in town.
That's not a bad idea.
I mean,the police investigated the gun.
Maybe we should learn more about the guy who was carrying it.
He could have been a regular there,or maybe somebody will remember helping him out.
Seriously? No one else is concerned that he has a gun? locked and secured at all times.
Walter,why don't you take candace with you to the gun range? And you? I'm on the notebook.
I may know somebody who can help us restore these pages.
- Hey.
- Hey.
You look good,greta.
Can I help you with something? Uh,river john--I need the pages of his notebook restored.
What is it? We're pretty busy here,and I'm on a deadline,so I don't really have time.
this is important.
Please.
We have some pen stroke software.
I'll see what I can do.
Thanks.
ma'am,please use the crosswalk.
Ma'am? You brought this on yourself.
Jaywalkers.
you know this guy? Uhyeah.
yeah,I remember him.
He was here about two months ago,flipped his lid when I wouldn't let him shoot, but,uh,he didn't havea F.
O.
I.
D.
Card.
It's a firearm owner'sidentification card.
Illinois requires it,even if you're from out of state.
That's why we're the only range in chicago.
Most people just go across the line to indiana.
Didn'the just apply for a card? Well,it takes 30 days.
He said he couldn't wait that long.
I thought I understood the contours of my life.
A guy like me didn't need a gun.
But then suddenly,I didn't have a choice.
He just kept saying,"I need to be ready.
I need to be ready.
" So he was angry? Uh,not angry.
He was he was desperate.
hey,theo.
What's up? Hey.
Do I know you? Yeah,we hung out that one timeat the vending machine.
Hey,this is theo.
He's a regular.
Do you,uh,remember seeing this guy here about two months ago? Kind of nerdy? Yeah,I think so.
They wouldn't let him shoot.
Well,I saw him outside.
He didn't want to shoot.
He wanted to shoot up.
He wanted to know where he could buy some heroin.
Heroin? I thought the coroner didn't find drugs in his system.
Heroin is only detectable for 72 hours.
But they also didn't find any organ damage indicating lonterm use, which could mean our guy was a light user or a new one.
Maybe he was a drug dealer,you know,like a suburban kingpin,like that lady on cable.
What if our guy went to the south side looking for drugs or found his way there? Roosevelt park is a well-known drug market.
It's also close to the river and the interstate.
I think we should take a look.
Should we really be handing out fliers down there? I know it's notthe safest neighborhood,but there's helpful people there,too.
Maybe russell can send some police officers to canvass with us.
No,that will never fly.
I know that neighborhood.
We show upown there with a bunch of cops,nobody'll talk with us.
Come on.
There's safety in numbers.
We'll go during the day.
We'll be fine.
hey.
I thought if we came down here alone,people would talk to us.
We're not wanted here.
And if riverenohn ev made it to this neighborhood,neither was he.
Did you see this guy? did you see this man? Sure,man.
Dorky white dude.
He your daddy? No.
No,he's not my daddy.
What do you ow about him? right now,nothing.
You need to break me off.
Information ain't free,and your pockets look deep-- say$1,000 deep.
Are you serious? A man is dead.
Now it's $2,000.
People die down here every day.
You offend my sensitivity.
Maybe I should just roll through your neighborhood one day.
yo,tre! punk.
if he knows something,we'll get him to talk.
But,uh,we pick our battles,especially down here.
alex donovan! You causing trouble? I met flora when I was a rookie.
Her ex-husband was a stickup man down here.
He tried to break into her apartment one night,then she shot him three times,right by that window.
Made quite an impression.
On my husband,too.
So I saw you outside,wandering around.
I thght you left the police.
I did.
I work different types of cases now, but people aren't as helpful as I remember.
Nice to see you haven't changed.
Nothing scares me anymore.
I was here before gangs.
I'll be here long after they're gone.
You seen this man? no,babe.
And the only person who was willing to admit they did see him is this kid named tre,but his help is pretty pricey.
Tre? Foolish man-boy,mouth writing checks his butt can't cash? You mean preston.
What is she doing? Looks like flora is reaching out to a different type of network.
preston sharpe iii.
You'd best be opening your mouth.
Or what? Oh,I'm-a call your father at work again,make him punch out early.
Then he's gonna punch you out.
What you smiling at? We're not cops.
We just want his name.
I *** got no name.
But he was on the block a couple months ago.
I'm out.
Hey.
We're not done.
U need to get your hands off me,man.
We just want to know what he was doing here.
Were you selling him drugs? Hell,no.
He was a window shopper-- not buying,just looking.
- For what? - For his wife.
We were married seven years.
But in the end,she needed more help than I could give her.
Drugs and a man looking for hiswife in the wrong neighborhood.
And a gun.
He didn't know how to use it,but now we know why he thought he might need to.
well,he loved her.
Look at the lengths he went through to find her.
Or maybe he was trying to find her to hurt her.
and we don't even know if he did find her.
The search alone could have gotten him killed.
All true,which means anyone he met along the way is a suspect.
I'm greta wilkes.
Alex told me to meet him here.
Oh,of course.
I'm lindsey.
- It's nice to meet you.
- You,too.
Hey.
How'd it go with the notebook? I could only restore one page.
Not everything can be repaired.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Uh,thank you.
Why don't you come on in,see how it all works? No,thanks.
I should get going.
- It was nice to meet you,though.
- You,too.
Looks like list of local addresses.
Looks like our guy had other ideas on where to find his wife.
There's,like,20 of 'em.
So we do what we always do-- divide and conquer.
Hey.
How's it going? The porn's over there.
Have you seen this man? We think he may have beenaround here a couple months ago.
I'm sorry.
I don't recognize him.
Thanks.
You can keep that.
D.
M.
V.
,Public library,an empty lot.
It's all so random.
Maybit's part of some plan he didn't get a chance to execute.
Or places he thought his wife worked? An empty lot? The places on the list are pretty far apart.
I mean,they'd be tough to getto by train or even foot.
Maybe he had a car.
Yeah,but if he could have been anywhere,the car can be anywhere,too.
It's been two months since he died.
If he did have a car,there's only one place it would be now.
We have 17 unclaimed vehicles in the system since river john's death two months ago.
He was searching for his wife.
He was,uh,anous,he was in a hurry.
So look for anything messy.
Clothes,food,wrappers,toothbrush,hair comb-- anything like that.
Anything else? Let's go.
Grace.
How did you know? I did it myself for six months after I left the force, chasing after leads,running into the dark lucy? Your daughter? this is detectivrussell.
Meet me in row "g," section 4.
I didn't care how it looked,and I didn't care how I looked or what I said.
All the conventions just slid away,because the only thing that mattered was her.
This is the first time you mentioned what you did when you were gone.
why all the secrecy? I was your partner,alex.
I know how hard it was for you.
You remember the guy I became after lucy was kidnapped? You mean the guy chicago P.
D.
Decided to ease into a half pension so he wouldn't screw anything else up? That guy is kind of hard to forget.
Well,let's just say I got worse before I got better.
The doe's prints are all over the car.
We ran the V.
I.
N.
It's belongs to a jack carson out in downers grove.
- you're jack carson? - Yeah.
Sorry I'm not dead.
- do you know this guy or not? - Yeah.
He rolled up with a cracked engine block a few months back.
Hey,what,check the oil? Never thought of that.
Paid cash or one of my beaters.
Why would he buy a junk car? Well,now you'd have to ask him that.
that's hilarious.
Look,he bought the first thing I showed him,didn't look under the hodi, didn't negotiate.
Probably wouldn't know what to look for anyway.
How about the car he came in with? Is that still around? Yeah,it's around.
Um,there's the alternator.
Muffler's over there.
Look,I can do this all day.
It's worth more divvied up,saves me the hassle of getting it registered.
uh,do you remember anything about the--the license plate before you tore up the car? Maybe there was a logo on it? Or--or the color? Yeah,I remember green-- the color of the money he paid me with.
look I don't like your dog,and I don't like you.
But hey,I'm just a guy.
She--she's a cop.
Yes,very beautiful,but a cop,and I don't thinkshe likes you either.
She comes with a gun and cuffs and all sorts of things.
- A taser.
- Yeah,taser.
Ha ha.
Now you want to try again? Anything you remember about the license plates? It was white,maybe.
Had a bell on it.
- Like a-a liberty bell? - Sure.
Whatever.
see?That wasn't so hard.
Get the taser.
Just kidding.
Ndsey,with bells on the license plates.
their license plates? Hard to believe.
But they're all these specialized commemorative plates now,and any group can pay and get one.
For instance,the utah handbell appreciation society.
That is very not interesting.
I guess we should look at the missing persons lists, see if there's a photo on of those states that matches the sketch of river john.
Okay.
I'll make coffee.
Yes,please.
Wait.
I found him.
Look.
Henry morse from indianapolis-- that's only three hours from chicago.
Let's callx.
If there was a missing persons report someone there is looking for him.
So let's bring him home.
I was born in indianapolis.
I went to school here,grew up here.
And I worked s hardfo r this house.
A lot of happy times here with friends and family.
And then it all came crashindown.
- candace.
- We're on the rea.
You a friend of henry's? - Um,I'm alex.
- Jerry.
Actually,I didn't know henry all that well.
We just met recently.
Oh,nice guy.
You look up "accountant" in the dictionary,there would probably be a picture of henry.
knew the tax code by heart,but he couldn't fix a gutter to save his life.
Was he married? He was.
Uh,anna and henry got divorced over a year ago.
Not sure what happened.
- daddy.
- Hey.
Daughter named claire-- she was uh,9,I think.
Want some? Go see mom.
- You,uh - no,thanks.
Is,uh,henry okay? He was murdered in chicago a couple months ago.
Oh,my god.
Ou have any idea where his wife might be now? No.
Um,sorry.
I really can't help.
I should go.
Excuse me.
Thanks.
so I did some,uh,digging in our school library using lexisnexis, and I found out that henry and anna's divorcewas finalized a year ago.
And anna has full custody of 10-year-old claire.
Yeah,I checked the phone records.
I couldn't find any anna morses in chicago.
I checked her maiden name,too.
I couldn't find anything.
Um,have we found a relative? Yeah.
Henry has a sister elaine morse.
But there's no current address listed here for her-- benjamin,put that away right now! Um,what about anna? Does she have someone locally? Oh,good idea.
Let's take a look.
Uh,according to her public record here,she has a brother named frank breen.
I'll call alex.
Frank breen? excuse me.
Is your name frank breen? Yeah.
I'm a friend of henry morse.
I was hoping you could tell me where I could find anna and claire.
Hey.
'M talking to you.
- come on.
Get up.
- Okay.
can we talk now? What are you,a private eye? - Henry was murdered.
- Really? Good.
- What's so good about it? - Henry abused my sister.
She was afraid he'd start in on claire.
- where are they? - I don't know.
She doesn't want me to know.
Anna left town with claire almost a year ago to get away from him.
No one's heard from them since.
Mr.
Donovan.
Welcome to indianapolis.
Alex.
Thanks for seeing me.
Detective russell gave me a call.
I'm happy to help.
I heard about henry morse.
He was looking for his wife and daughter.
Was it your case? Not really a case.
Henry said she kidnapped their daughter, but the wife had legal custody,so our hands were tied.
Anna's brother claimedthat she took off because henry was abusive.
He feels strongly about it.
He abused her? No.
Yeah,I never heard that.
And if that were true,she would have put it on the record so she could keep him away from her.
Maybe she decided to take off to chigo instead.
I doubt it.
Henry said she started using drugs again--heroin,I think.
Well,that would explainthe parts of town where he was looking for her.
I think he was gonna appeal the custody judgment and take claire away from her.
For something that wasn't a case, you know the facts pretty well.
Henry and i got to be pretty close.
I just wish there was more I could have done.
He was in here every day.
He was calm at fst,buthen-- the longer his daughter was missing, the more agitated he got.
He didn't believe you when you said your handswere tied, he didn't understd how you didn't have the same urgency he did or why you couldn't sense his pain.
Then he realized you couldn't help him.
He decided to go out on his own.
How did you know that? Because that's what I said the day when my daughter lucywas kidnapped.
She was my obsession.
I was willing to do anything, go anywhere,trust anyone.
I had to find her.
And did you? Henry said he hired private investigators, child recovery companies.
But they just took advantage of him.
He went into debt looking for claire.
His house is in foreclosure.
when was the last time you saw him? About three months ago.
He asked me to trace a voice mailthat came into his office.
It was from a pay phone in chicago.
And after a few days,I called his office, but never heard back.
Days turned into weeks.
I figured he'd gotten himself into some trouble, so I filed a missing persons report.
What was on the voice mail? I don't know.
He never played it for me.
I need to hear that message.
That's what started henry on his journey.
I can call indycomm and see if they saved it,but-- we don't have time for that.
I'll--I'll be in touch.
Thanks.
- Who are you again? - I'm his brother.
Henry never talked about a brother.
Really? He never,never talked about me? - No.
- I thought he forgave me,and now--now he's gone.
could I just take a look inside? Maybe there's a photo or a letter of course.
take all the time you need.
that was interesting.
Hey,alex,what are you doing? - Here.
Take it.
- What? Here.
**** press 1 to play saved messages.
recorded august 12th,3:40 P.
M daddy,it's me.
I need you.
Please help me.
We have to find her.
But if it's a kidnapping, won't the fbi be getting involved? All the evidence this was a kidnapping is circumstantial.
Anna had custody.
She could do whatever she wanted, and henry never proved that she was using drugs.
Russell can't call the fbi yet.
It's up to me.
So what do you want us to do? We know who he was.
This is a guy who would do anything,talk to anyone, so we've got to talk to anyone,everyone.
- That's a lot of people.
- You think this is funny? Alex.
I'm sorry.
I wasn't clear.
We need to expand our search, just like henry did-- not just dealers,users.
We're looking for na now, to we need to go where people like anna hang out, where they live-- downscale bars, weekly hotels,flophouses.
Okay,so we'll come up with a list.
He needed to dig deep.
So will we.
This,uh,this could get dangerous.
I can go alone,if you're uncomfortable.
Hey.
We're comfortable.
I mean,not totally comfortable,but whatever you need,alex.
Yeah.
hey.
Do you know this man or this woman? Who the hell are you? We're just wondering if either of them were here.
You're kinda cute.
So are you.
You're like brad pitt,which is why I'm so nervous.
Let's go.
Yeah,he was here.
For real? He stayed here? I didn't say that,but he was here.
He asked meif I had seen that woman.
I had no idea what he was talking about.
- That was his wife.
- Well,whatever.
He wouldn't stop.
He was asking everybody.
Finally had to tell him something just so he would shut the hell up.
Sent him to this kid tre tre? The corner boy? Yeah,he keeps his ears to the ground around here.
He can find anyone or anything.
This guy sent henry to tre.
I'm calling alex back.
So we can go to roosevelt park by ourselves again? I'm calling russell.
tre,stop! hey.
never good to run,tre.
You don't just let the police walk up on you.
Henry comes to see you and then washes up in the river a few days later.
You're the last person we know who saw him alive, so unless you give ussomething else he came to me because everyone knows that I know.
- Know what exactly? - Everything.
Okay,then I guess you know henry's wife anna was an addict.
Her drug of choice was your drug of choice.
I'm guessing she was a regular customer.
Man,you ain't got nothing.
Only a matter of time.
Maybe I want a lawyer.
And I want a search warrant.
Do you want me to call your old man first or should I get some big scary dudes with guns to come ki in the door? Okay,man.
Fine.
I knew the woman.
You knew anna morse? Whatever her name was.
The ly that the dude was looking for.
Did you tell him where she lived? She was a customer.
That information is confidential.
This is important,tre.
Where was she? Maybe you didn't tell him, but it's in your best interest to tell me.
I didn't know,all right? She came around every once in a while looking to score.
But usually she paged me.
I'd make a drop on one of my runs.
So you know where she lives? no.
We never go door-to-door.
Streets,alleys-- she was real needy,man.
She'd be paging me from all over.
So tre was selling drugs to anna.
We know that much.
Bend that,we don't have anything.
We can't even keep him for possession you think your wife wasbuying drugs from thisuy, you'd wait around for her to show up.
Or you could follow him on one of his runs and hope he leads you right to her.
And your daughter.
Tre said he made deliveries to her all over the city.
That could be dozens of addresses, and I doubt this knucklehead carries a rolodex.
A list of addresses henry had a list of addrses.
They were random,nonsensical-- a library,a bakery.
Maybe he was following tre and keeping track of all of the stops.
You went to all these places? Yeah,we need to go back this time not with henry's picture,with anna'S.
- Excuse me,everyone.
- Hi.
Does anyone here recognize this woman? It's very important that we find out who she is.
Ere's a little girl who's in a lot of trouble right now,okay? Please.
Anyone? hey,man.
I'm back.
I was wondering if you'd seen this woman.
It might have been a couple months ago.
Yeah.
She used to buy lollipops a couple times a week.
Um,do you know where she lived? Those lollipops were for someone who might be in trouble.
I saw her go in that building right there, the one with the awning.
Thank you so much.
I didn't know her,but yeah,she lived on my floor.
The three of them moved out a month ago.
- Three of 'em? - Sure.
They lived with a guy.
The landlord says they have surveillance just inside the building.
I went back over the week before henry morse was found in the river.
Take a look at this-- two days before he washed up.
He got her.
He found his daughter.
He looks scared,but scared of what? Keep rolling.
that's him.
That's the guythat lived with them.
I found her.
She looked just as I remembered her.
But we never had a chance.
Henruerescd his daughter that morning, and he's killed that night.
And now she's back with her drug addict mother and whoever else.
Wherever anna and claire were hd when they moved out of the apartment, they didn't want anyone to know where they were going, so she didn't forward the mail.
The manager was about to throw it out.
We got there just in time.
Well,here's something.
This one's addressed to "oscar temple.
" Think that's the guy? Possibly it could be someone who lived there before her.
I still get mail from the last two people who lived in my apartment.
What is it? It's a personal letter to anna morse with no name or return address, but there's a street number-- 369 mulberry drive.
So? The morse family lived at 371 mulberry drive.
Her next door neighbor knew where she was? Hey! That's evidence.
- Arrest me.
- Don't push it.
"369 mulberry drive-- gerald powell.
" Jerry.
He's the,uh,the friendly soccer dad.
- You know him? - We met,and he lied.
If he knew she was in chicago,he might know where she is now.
I'm gonna check this in,th let's go.
Hey! You knew anna morse was in chicago.
We found the envelope and the money.
I was just helpin' her out,all right? Helping her out? You were sending money to a junkie.
You think she was using that money to pay her rent? Anna needed a fresh start.
She'd been through enough.
Henry had been abusing her for years.
Enough with this abuse crap.
Anna was a drug addict.
Maybe she lied to you,but you definitely lied to me.
I had no idea who you were,man.
You show up here asking questio for all I knew, you were another one of henry's P.
I.
S.
I-it's okay,honey.
It's--it's all right.
it's okay.
Did you ever hear her talk about a guy named oscar temple? - Who are you? - Indy P.
D.
Answer the question.
No,no,I didn'T.
- Where is she now? - I don't know.
Look,I sent the money to the address in chicago because I thought that's wre anna was.
- What about claire? Where is she? - She's with her mother.
So you haven't talked to anna? She hasn't called you? I'm not answering any more questions without a lawyer.
The only thing I'm guilty of is trying to help a friend.
it's confirmed.
Oscar temple lived with anna and claire.
Oscar's got three priors for assault, did time at statesville pen,out on parole since 2007.
- What are you doing? - He's lying.
- You don't know that! - I'm not leaving here until he tells me where they are.
- look,I told you-- - I know you're using.
Excuse me? The candy in your pocket.
Look,I'm not a cop anymore,but I used to be.
That's a tell for a heroin addict--dead giveaway.
But you're snorting it,right? That way there's no needle marks.
So were you and anna using together-- a little smack to take off the stress of suburban le? Some people can manage a habit.
Most people can'T.
I think you better leave.
Look,I'm not here to bust you or break up your marriage.
You need help,but that's a separate disssion.
This is about something else.
This is about being a parent,a father.
Anna wasn't rational.
We have no idea what she mighha done to henry or what she might do to clai.
If it were your little boy out there with someone who could hurt him, wouldn't you do anything to make sure that didn't happen? Of course,but anna didn't hurt claire, and she wouldn't kill henry.
How do you know? because I spoke to her.
When? Yesterday.
I called her after you came by the first time.
It's like I said.
I had no idea who you were.
She asked me if henry was with you, and I told her that you said that henry was dead.
- She didn't know? - No.
She had no idea.
She was shocked.
She started crying.
Addicts are great liars,jerry.
Not to other aicts.
She thought henry was alive.
- Where was she? - Um,I don't know.
Um some pay phone--ohio,I think.
Give me that.
- "5-1-3"? - Yeah.
She was stressed.
S-she couldn't talk.
She wasn't alone.
Call the ohio police.
Trace this number.
We can find her.
When we got the call after you confirmed the local number, we traced it to this location.
It wasn't a pay phone.
It was a landline.
- Did you try talking him down? - Of course.
He wasn't interested.
Says he won't go back to jail.
Should have thought of that before.
We approached.
Shots were fired.
That's when we called for backup.
Any of your men injured? Luckily,no,but we've got an armed andangerous criminal in there with a woman and a little girl.
- We're not taking any chances.
- We should alex! Get out! I'm not a cop,all right? I'm unarmed.
I'm not here to arrest you.
Don't move! I won't come any closer.
I just want to talk.
Can we-- can we just talk,please? Think about what you're doing.
Just--just put the gun down and let's just talk,okay? Just put it down before the situation gets any more out of control.
I promise I won't do anything.
where is she? Claire! sweetie.
It's okay,honey.
It's okay.
You're gonna be okay.
it's--it's gonna be okay.
Um,I'm a friend of your daddy'S.
*** come here.
Sweetie,take my hand.
It's okay.
it's okay,sweetie.
It's okay.
Love can drive you to the darkest places.
I went farther than ever thought I could, I did things I could have never imagined.
But at some point,for a guy like me, even with all the love in the world the road ran out.
I was just a regular man a husband,a father and maybe I won't be there to see her grow up, but at least I know the last words I've ever said belong to her.
"My darling claire,my sweet pea," my silly,sensitive,"beautiful daughter I love you.
" my name is henry morse.
gra.
Hi.
I just wanted to come by and thank you for your help.
It's a bit of a messy situation, but I think it's gonna be okay.
You found her? We did.
Good.
And I'll find our daughter,too.
sometimes you carry them.
And sometimes,when they cry for help,you'll do anything.
Season 1 Episode 05 Sadly,yes.
Either your students are failing or you're failing your students.
I'm just saying.
okay,assemble.
Recess is over.
We got a white male,mid 40s, found in a chicago river drainage tunnel two months ago, a few days after death.
Well,the current could have brought him there from anywhere.
Mm,the water definitely explains the facial bloating.
When tyler's done with his sketch,I'll look at missing persons.
Maybe we'll get lucky and find a match.
Did he drown,alex? No.
It's a gunshot wound to the chest.
The police found a 38 caliber pistol on him, but the serial number was filed off.
They also found a notebook.
It's moleskine,expensive.
But the pages are waterlogged, so not much of the writing is visible.
He was wearing wing tips,khakis and a blue oxford.
How does a guy who dresses like that end up in the chicago river with a bullet in his chest? It could have been a robbery.
No.
Carryinga black market weapon? This guy's looking for trouble.
Eurepo says that his gun clip was full,so he never even got off a shot.
Why would a guy with a gun not even shoot back? Maybe the killer caught him off guard.
No,he was shot in the chest.
He saw the killer coming.
You know,I think our guy's an amateur.
When I first started shooting,I think he might have gone to a gun range to practice.
Uh,you have a gun? Northside arsenal,baby the only gun range in town.
That's not a bad idea.
I mean,the police investigated the gun.
Maybe we should learn more about the guy who was carrying it.
He could have been a regular there,or maybe somebody will remember helping him out.
Seriously? No one else is concerned that he has a gun? locked and secured at all times.
Walter,why don't you take candace with you to the gun range? And you? I'm on the notebook.
I may know somebody who can help us restore these pages.
- Hey.
- Hey.
You look good,greta.
Can I help you with something? Uh,river john--I need the pages of his notebook restored.
What is it? We're pretty busy here,and I'm on a deadline,so I don't really have time.
this is important.
Please.
We have some pen stroke software.
I'll see what I can do.
Thanks.
ma'am,please use the crosswalk.
Ma'am? You brought this on yourself.
Jaywalkers.
you know this guy? Uhyeah.
yeah,I remember him.
He was here about two months ago,flipped his lid when I wouldn't let him shoot, but,uh,he didn't havea F.
O.
I.
D.
Card.
It's a firearm owner'sidentification card.
Illinois requires it,even if you're from out of state.
That's why we're the only range in chicago.
Most people just go across the line to indiana.
Didn'the just apply for a card? Well,it takes 30 days.
He said he couldn't wait that long.
I thought I understood the contours of my life.
A guy like me didn't need a gun.
But then suddenly,I didn't have a choice.
He just kept saying,"I need to be ready.
I need to be ready.
" So he was angry? Uh,not angry.
He was he was desperate.
hey,theo.
What's up? Hey.
Do I know you? Yeah,we hung out that one timeat the vending machine.
Hey,this is theo.
He's a regular.
Do you,uh,remember seeing this guy here about two months ago? Kind of nerdy? Yeah,I think so.
They wouldn't let him shoot.
Well,I saw him outside.
He didn't want to shoot.
He wanted to shoot up.
He wanted to know where he could buy some heroin.
Heroin? I thought the coroner didn't find drugs in his system.
Heroin is only detectable for 72 hours.
But they also didn't find any organ damage indicating lonterm use, which could mean our guy was a light user or a new one.
Maybe he was a drug dealer,you know,like a suburban kingpin,like that lady on cable.
What if our guy went to the south side looking for drugs or found his way there? Roosevelt park is a well-known drug market.
It's also close to the river and the interstate.
I think we should take a look.
Should we really be handing out fliers down there? I know it's notthe safest neighborhood,but there's helpful people there,too.
Maybe russell can send some police officers to canvass with us.
No,that will never fly.
I know that neighborhood.
We show upown there with a bunch of cops,nobody'll talk with us.
Come on.
There's safety in numbers.
We'll go during the day.
We'll be fine.
hey.
I thought if we came down here alone,people would talk to us.
We're not wanted here.
And if riverenohn ev made it to this neighborhood,neither was he.
Did you see this guy? did you see this man? Sure,man.
Dorky white dude.
He your daddy? No.
No,he's not my daddy.
What do you ow about him? right now,nothing.
You need to break me off.
Information ain't free,and your pockets look deep-- say$1,000 deep.
Are you serious? A man is dead.
Now it's $2,000.
People die down here every day.
You offend my sensitivity.
Maybe I should just roll through your neighborhood one day.
yo,tre! punk.
if he knows something,we'll get him to talk.
But,uh,we pick our battles,especially down here.
alex donovan! You causing trouble? I met flora when I was a rookie.
Her ex-husband was a stickup man down here.
He tried to break into her apartment one night,then she shot him three times,right by that window.
Made quite an impression.
On my husband,too.
So I saw you outside,wandering around.
I thght you left the police.
I did.
I work different types of cases now, but people aren't as helpful as I remember.
Nice to see you haven't changed.
Nothing scares me anymore.
I was here before gangs.
I'll be here long after they're gone.
You seen this man? no,babe.
And the only person who was willing to admit they did see him is this kid named tre,but his help is pretty pricey.
Tre? Foolish man-boy,mouth writing checks his butt can't cash? You mean preston.
What is she doing? Looks like flora is reaching out to a different type of network.
preston sharpe iii.
You'd best be opening your mouth.
Or what? Oh,I'm-a call your father at work again,make him punch out early.
Then he's gonna punch you out.
What you smiling at? We're not cops.
We just want his name.
I *** got no name.
But he was on the block a couple months ago.
I'm out.
Hey.
We're not done.
U need to get your hands off me,man.
We just want to know what he was doing here.
Were you selling him drugs? Hell,no.
He was a window shopper-- not buying,just looking.
- For what? - For his wife.
We were married seven years.
But in the end,she needed more help than I could give her.
Drugs and a man looking for hiswife in the wrong neighborhood.
And a gun.
He didn't know how to use it,but now we know why he thought he might need to.
well,he loved her.
Look at the lengths he went through to find her.
Or maybe he was trying to find her to hurt her.
and we don't even know if he did find her.
The search alone could have gotten him killed.
All true,which means anyone he met along the way is a suspect.
I'm greta wilkes.
Alex told me to meet him here.
Oh,of course.
I'm lindsey.
- It's nice to meet you.
- You,too.
Hey.
How'd it go with the notebook? I could only restore one page.
Not everything can be repaired.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Uh,thank you.
Why don't you come on in,see how it all works? No,thanks.
I should get going.
- It was nice to meet you,though.
- You,too.
Looks like list of local addresses.
Looks like our guy had other ideas on where to find his wife.
There's,like,20 of 'em.
So we do what we always do-- divide and conquer.
Hey.
How's it going? The porn's over there.
Have you seen this man? We think he may have beenaround here a couple months ago.
I'm sorry.
I don't recognize him.
Thanks.
You can keep that.
D.
M.
V.
,Public library,an empty lot.
It's all so random.
Maybit's part of some plan he didn't get a chance to execute.
Or places he thought his wife worked? An empty lot? The places on the list are pretty far apart.
I mean,they'd be tough to getto by train or even foot.
Maybe he had a car.
Yeah,but if he could have been anywhere,the car can be anywhere,too.
It's been two months since he died.
If he did have a car,there's only one place it would be now.
We have 17 unclaimed vehicles in the system since river john's death two months ago.
He was searching for his wife.
He was,uh,anous,he was in a hurry.
So look for anything messy.
Clothes,food,wrappers,toothbrush,hair comb-- anything like that.
Anything else? Let's go.
Grace.
How did you know? I did it myself for six months after I left the force, chasing after leads,running into the dark lucy? Your daughter? this is detectivrussell.
Meet me in row "g," section 4.
I didn't care how it looked,and I didn't care how I looked or what I said.
All the conventions just slid away,because the only thing that mattered was her.
This is the first time you mentioned what you did when you were gone.
why all the secrecy? I was your partner,alex.
I know how hard it was for you.
You remember the guy I became after lucy was kidnapped? You mean the guy chicago P.
D.
Decided to ease into a half pension so he wouldn't screw anything else up? That guy is kind of hard to forget.
Well,let's just say I got worse before I got better.
The doe's prints are all over the car.
We ran the V.
I.
N.
It's belongs to a jack carson out in downers grove.
- you're jack carson? - Yeah.
Sorry I'm not dead.
- do you know this guy or not? - Yeah.
He rolled up with a cracked engine block a few months back.
Hey,what,check the oil? Never thought of that.
Paid cash or one of my beaters.
Why would he buy a junk car? Well,now you'd have to ask him that.
that's hilarious.
Look,he bought the first thing I showed him,didn't look under the hodi, didn't negotiate.
Probably wouldn't know what to look for anyway.
How about the car he came in with? Is that still around? Yeah,it's around.
Um,there's the alternator.
Muffler's over there.
Look,I can do this all day.
It's worth more divvied up,saves me the hassle of getting it registered.
uh,do you remember anything about the--the license plate before you tore up the car? Maybe there was a logo on it? Or--or the color? Yeah,I remember green-- the color of the money he paid me with.
look I don't like your dog,and I don't like you.
But hey,I'm just a guy.
She--she's a cop.
Yes,very beautiful,but a cop,and I don't thinkshe likes you either.
She comes with a gun and cuffs and all sorts of things.
- A taser.
- Yeah,taser.
Ha ha.
Now you want to try again? Anything you remember about the license plates? It was white,maybe.
Had a bell on it.
- Like a-a liberty bell? - Sure.
Whatever.
see?That wasn't so hard.
Get the taser.
Just kidding.
Ndsey,with bells on the license plates.
their license plates? Hard to believe.
But they're all these specialized commemorative plates now,and any group can pay and get one.
For instance,the utah handbell appreciation society.
That is very not interesting.
I guess we should look at the missing persons lists, see if there's a photo on of those states that matches the sketch of river john.
Okay.
I'll make coffee.
Yes,please.
Wait.
I found him.
Look.
Henry morse from indianapolis-- that's only three hours from chicago.
Let's callx.
If there was a missing persons report someone there is looking for him.
So let's bring him home.
I was born in indianapolis.
I went to school here,grew up here.
And I worked s hardfo r this house.
A lot of happy times here with friends and family.
And then it all came crashindown.
- candace.
- We're on the rea.
You a friend of henry's? - Um,I'm alex.
- Jerry.
Actually,I didn't know henry all that well.
We just met recently.
Oh,nice guy.
You look up "accountant" in the dictionary,there would probably be a picture of henry.
knew the tax code by heart,but he couldn't fix a gutter to save his life.
Was he married? He was.
Uh,anna and henry got divorced over a year ago.
Not sure what happened.
- daddy.
- Hey.
Daughter named claire-- she was uh,9,I think.
Want some? Go see mom.
- You,uh - no,thanks.
Is,uh,henry okay? He was murdered in chicago a couple months ago.
Oh,my god.
Ou have any idea where his wife might be now? No.
Um,sorry.
I really can't help.
I should go.
Excuse me.
Thanks.
so I did some,uh,digging in our school library using lexisnexis, and I found out that henry and anna's divorcewas finalized a year ago.
And anna has full custody of 10-year-old claire.
Yeah,I checked the phone records.
I couldn't find any anna morses in chicago.
I checked her maiden name,too.
I couldn't find anything.
Um,have we found a relative? Yeah.
Henry has a sister elaine morse.
But there's no current address listed here for her-- benjamin,put that away right now! Um,what about anna? Does she have someone locally? Oh,good idea.
Let's take a look.
Uh,according to her public record here,she has a brother named frank breen.
I'll call alex.
Frank breen? excuse me.
Is your name frank breen? Yeah.
I'm a friend of henry morse.
I was hoping you could tell me where I could find anna and claire.
Hey.
'M talking to you.
- come on.
Get up.
- Okay.
can we talk now? What are you,a private eye? - Henry was murdered.
- Really? Good.
- What's so good about it? - Henry abused my sister.
She was afraid he'd start in on claire.
- where are they? - I don't know.
She doesn't want me to know.
Anna left town with claire almost a year ago to get away from him.
No one's heard from them since.
Mr.
Donovan.
Welcome to indianapolis.
Alex.
Thanks for seeing me.
Detective russell gave me a call.
I'm happy to help.
I heard about henry morse.
He was looking for his wife and daughter.
Was it your case? Not really a case.
Henry said she kidnapped their daughter, but the wife had legal custody,so our hands were tied.
Anna's brother claimedthat she took off because henry was abusive.
He feels strongly about it.
He abused her? No.
Yeah,I never heard that.
And if that were true,she would have put it on the record so she could keep him away from her.
Maybe she decided to take off to chigo instead.
I doubt it.
Henry said she started using drugs again--heroin,I think.
Well,that would explainthe parts of town where he was looking for her.
I think he was gonna appeal the custody judgment and take claire away from her.
For something that wasn't a case, you know the facts pretty well.
Henry and i got to be pretty close.
I just wish there was more I could have done.
He was in here every day.
He was calm at fst,buthen-- the longer his daughter was missing, the more agitated he got.
He didn't believe you when you said your handswere tied, he didn't understd how you didn't have the same urgency he did or why you couldn't sense his pain.
Then he realized you couldn't help him.
He decided to go out on his own.
How did you know that? Because that's what I said the day when my daughter lucywas kidnapped.
She was my obsession.
I was willing to do anything, go anywhere,trust anyone.
I had to find her.
And did you? Henry said he hired private investigators, child recovery companies.
But they just took advantage of him.
He went into debt looking for claire.
His house is in foreclosure.
when was the last time you saw him? About three months ago.
He asked me to trace a voice mailthat came into his office.
It was from a pay phone in chicago.
And after a few days,I called his office, but never heard back.
Days turned into weeks.
I figured he'd gotten himself into some trouble, so I filed a missing persons report.
What was on the voice mail? I don't know.
He never played it for me.
I need to hear that message.
That's what started henry on his journey.
I can call indycomm and see if they saved it,but-- we don't have time for that.
I'll--I'll be in touch.
Thanks.
- Who are you again? - I'm his brother.
Henry never talked about a brother.
Really? He never,never talked about me? - No.
- I thought he forgave me,and now--now he's gone.
could I just take a look inside? Maybe there's a photo or a letter of course.
take all the time you need.
that was interesting.
Hey,alex,what are you doing? - Here.
Take it.
- What? Here.
**** press 1 to play saved messages.
recorded august 12th,3:40 P.
M daddy,it's me.
I need you.
Please help me.
We have to find her.
But if it's a kidnapping, won't the fbi be getting involved? All the evidence this was a kidnapping is circumstantial.
Anna had custody.
She could do whatever she wanted, and henry never proved that she was using drugs.
Russell can't call the fbi yet.
It's up to me.
So what do you want us to do? We know who he was.
This is a guy who would do anything,talk to anyone, so we've got to talk to anyone,everyone.
- That's a lot of people.
- You think this is funny? Alex.
I'm sorry.
I wasn't clear.
We need to expand our search, just like henry did-- not just dealers,users.
We're looking for na now, to we need to go where people like anna hang out, where they live-- downscale bars, weekly hotels,flophouses.
Okay,so we'll come up with a list.
He needed to dig deep.
So will we.
This,uh,this could get dangerous.
I can go alone,if you're uncomfortable.
Hey.
We're comfortable.
I mean,not totally comfortable,but whatever you need,alex.
Yeah.
hey.
Do you know this man or this woman? Who the hell are you? We're just wondering if either of them were here.
You're kinda cute.
So are you.
You're like brad pitt,which is why I'm so nervous.
Let's go.
Yeah,he was here.
For real? He stayed here? I didn't say that,but he was here.
He asked meif I had seen that woman.
I had no idea what he was talking about.
- That was his wife.
- Well,whatever.
He wouldn't stop.
He was asking everybody.
Finally had to tell him something just so he would shut the hell up.
Sent him to this kid tre tre? The corner boy? Yeah,he keeps his ears to the ground around here.
He can find anyone or anything.
This guy sent henry to tre.
I'm calling alex back.
So we can go to roosevelt park by ourselves again? I'm calling russell.
tre,stop! hey.
never good to run,tre.
You don't just let the police walk up on you.
Henry comes to see you and then washes up in the river a few days later.
You're the last person we know who saw him alive, so unless you give ussomething else he came to me because everyone knows that I know.
- Know what exactly? - Everything.
Okay,then I guess you know henry's wife anna was an addict.
Her drug of choice was your drug of choice.
I'm guessing she was a regular customer.
Man,you ain't got nothing.
Only a matter of time.
Maybe I want a lawyer.
And I want a search warrant.
Do you want me to call your old man first or should I get some big scary dudes with guns to come ki in the door? Okay,man.
Fine.
I knew the woman.
You knew anna morse? Whatever her name was.
The ly that the dude was looking for.
Did you tell him where she lived? She was a customer.
That information is confidential.
This is important,tre.
Where was she? Maybe you didn't tell him, but it's in your best interest to tell me.
I didn't know,all right? She came around every once in a while looking to score.
But usually she paged me.
I'd make a drop on one of my runs.
So you know where she lives? no.
We never go door-to-door.
Streets,alleys-- she was real needy,man.
She'd be paging me from all over.
So tre was selling drugs to anna.
We know that much.
Bend that,we don't have anything.
We can't even keep him for possession you think your wife wasbuying drugs from thisuy, you'd wait around for her to show up.
Or you could follow him on one of his runs and hope he leads you right to her.
And your daughter.
Tre said he made deliveries to her all over the city.
That could be dozens of addresses, and I doubt this knucklehead carries a rolodex.
A list of addresses henry had a list of addrses.
They were random,nonsensical-- a library,a bakery.
Maybe he was following tre and keeping track of all of the stops.
You went to all these places? Yeah,we need to go back this time not with henry's picture,with anna'S.
- Excuse me,everyone.
- Hi.
Does anyone here recognize this woman? It's very important that we find out who she is.
Ere's a little girl who's in a lot of trouble right now,okay? Please.
Anyone? hey,man.
I'm back.
I was wondering if you'd seen this woman.
It might have been a couple months ago.
Yeah.
She used to buy lollipops a couple times a week.
Um,do you know where she lived? Those lollipops were for someone who might be in trouble.
I saw her go in that building right there, the one with the awning.
Thank you so much.
I didn't know her,but yeah,she lived on my floor.
The three of them moved out a month ago.
- Three of 'em? - Sure.
They lived with a guy.
The landlord says they have surveillance just inside the building.
I went back over the week before henry morse was found in the river.
Take a look at this-- two days before he washed up.
He got her.
He found his daughter.
He looks scared,but scared of what? Keep rolling.
that's him.
That's the guythat lived with them.
I found her.
She looked just as I remembered her.
But we never had a chance.
Henruerescd his daughter that morning, and he's killed that night.
And now she's back with her drug addict mother and whoever else.
Wherever anna and claire were hd when they moved out of the apartment, they didn't want anyone to know where they were going, so she didn't forward the mail.
The manager was about to throw it out.
We got there just in time.
Well,here's something.
This one's addressed to "oscar temple.
" Think that's the guy? Possibly it could be someone who lived there before her.
I still get mail from the last two people who lived in my apartment.
What is it? It's a personal letter to anna morse with no name or return address, but there's a street number-- 369 mulberry drive.
So? The morse family lived at 371 mulberry drive.
Her next door neighbor knew where she was? Hey! That's evidence.
- Arrest me.
- Don't push it.
"369 mulberry drive-- gerald powell.
" Jerry.
He's the,uh,the friendly soccer dad.
- You know him? - We met,and he lied.
If he knew she was in chicago,he might know where she is now.
I'm gonna check this in,th let's go.
Hey! You knew anna morse was in chicago.
We found the envelope and the money.
I was just helpin' her out,all right? Helping her out? You were sending money to a junkie.
You think she was using that money to pay her rent? Anna needed a fresh start.
She'd been through enough.
Henry had been abusing her for years.
Enough with this abuse crap.
Anna was a drug addict.
Maybe she lied to you,but you definitely lied to me.
I had no idea who you were,man.
You show up here asking questio for all I knew, you were another one of henry's P.
I.
S.
I-it's okay,honey.
It's--it's all right.
it's okay.
Did you ever hear her talk about a guy named oscar temple? - Who are you? - Indy P.
D.
Answer the question.
No,no,I didn'T.
- Where is she now? - I don't know.
Look,I sent the money to the address in chicago because I thought that's wre anna was.
- What about claire? Where is she? - She's with her mother.
So you haven't talked to anna? She hasn't called you? I'm not answering any more questions without a lawyer.
The only thing I'm guilty of is trying to help a friend.
it's confirmed.
Oscar temple lived with anna and claire.
Oscar's got three priors for assault, did time at statesville pen,out on parole since 2007.
- What are you doing? - He's lying.
- You don't know that! - I'm not leaving here until he tells me where they are.
- look,I told you-- - I know you're using.
Excuse me? The candy in your pocket.
Look,I'm not a cop anymore,but I used to be.
That's a tell for a heroin addict--dead giveaway.
But you're snorting it,right? That way there's no needle marks.
So were you and anna using together-- a little smack to take off the stress of suburban le? Some people can manage a habit.
Most people can'T.
I think you better leave.
Look,I'm not here to bust you or break up your marriage.
You need help,but that's a separate disssion.
This is about something else.
This is about being a parent,a father.
Anna wasn't rational.
We have no idea what she mighha done to henry or what she might do to clai.
If it were your little boy out there with someone who could hurt him, wouldn't you do anything to make sure that didn't happen? Of course,but anna didn't hurt claire, and she wouldn't kill henry.
How do you know? because I spoke to her.
When? Yesterday.
I called her after you came by the first time.
It's like I said.
I had no idea who you were.
She asked me if henry was with you, and I told her that you said that henry was dead.
- She didn't know? - No.
She had no idea.
She was shocked.
She started crying.
Addicts are great liars,jerry.
Not to other aicts.
She thought henry was alive.
- Where was she? - Um,I don't know.
Um some pay phone--ohio,I think.
Give me that.
- "5-1-3"? - Yeah.
She was stressed.
S-she couldn't talk.
She wasn't alone.
Call the ohio police.
Trace this number.
We can find her.
When we got the call after you confirmed the local number, we traced it to this location.
It wasn't a pay phone.
It was a landline.
- Did you try talking him down? - Of course.
He wasn't interested.
Says he won't go back to jail.
Should have thought of that before.
We approached.
Shots were fired.
That's when we called for backup.
Any of your men injured? Luckily,no,but we've got an armed andangerous criminal in there with a woman and a little girl.
- We're not taking any chances.
- We should alex! Get out! I'm not a cop,all right? I'm unarmed.
I'm not here to arrest you.
Don't move! I won't come any closer.
I just want to talk.
Can we-- can we just talk,please? Think about what you're doing.
Just--just put the gun down and let's just talk,okay? Just put it down before the situation gets any more out of control.
I promise I won't do anything.
where is she? Claire! sweetie.
It's okay,honey.
It's okay.
You're gonna be okay.
it's--it's gonna be okay.
Um,I'm a friend of your daddy'S.
*** come here.
Sweetie,take my hand.
It's okay.
it's okay,sweetie.
It's okay.
Love can drive you to the darkest places.
I went farther than ever thought I could, I did things I could have never imagined.
But at some point,for a guy like me, even with all the love in the world the road ran out.
I was just a regular man a husband,a father and maybe I won't be there to see her grow up, but at least I know the last words I've ever said belong to her.
"My darling claire,my sweet pea," my silly,sensitive,"beautiful daughter I love you.
" my name is henry morse.
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Hi.
I just wanted to come by and thank you for your help.
It's a bit of a messy situation, but I think it's gonna be okay.
You found her? We did.
Good.
And I'll find our daughter,too.