Without a Trace s01e11 Episode Script

The trees are bare.
They shimmer in the cold morning light.
-Trees don't shimmer.
-All right, fine.
The trees are bare.
The icy streets shimmer in the cold morning light.
Here we are in Ra venwood, a small town where everyone knows everyone and nothing ever happens.
This is the home of our host, Annie Miller.
A modest home with a few spindly plants in front.
This is one of the many scenes of our town.
Ra venwood.
Annie, what are you doing? - Just cutting some old stuff I shot.
- You're gonna be late for school.
I know.
Mr.
Pfeiffer said you can't bring your camera to school anymore.
- I'll keep it in my locker.
- Hand it over.
Bye.
Hey, wait.
Annie Miller, a 13-year-old eighth grader at Ravenwood Middle School.
Said goodbye to her mother and like every morning since she was 7, walked to the bus stop.
She didn't get on the bus, she didn't show up at school.
They found this camcorder six blocks away on the road by a stop sign in the opposite direction of the school.
Is there anything on it we can salvage? I'll give it to tech, see what they can dig out.
Good evening.
Barry Mitchell.
I'm the Mayor.
- Special Agent Spade.
- Special Agent Malone.
It's just such a shock.
We were pretty surprised by all of this, but everybody's ready to help.
We're gonna have to talk to a lot of people.
Some of them we're gonna have to question officially.
It could cause some fallout.
Whatever you can do to keep people united and calm would be a big help.
Whatever you need.
Do you know Annie Miller? Yeah.
She was in my son's class.
Do you think she was taken by someone who lives here? It's too hard to tell yet.
You know, in this town nobody here even locks their doors.
People leave their keys in their cars.
I just never thought it would happen here.
Ravenwood, New York.
Population: 7,806.
And all of them suspects.
It seems like your classic small town: main street, town hall, two schools.
And a serious crime problem.
- What do you got? - Here's the last year.
Two kids arrested for getting high behind the gym a couple of petty thefts, and one DUI.
That's it.
Okay, tech did a pass at Annie's video.
This is what they came up with.
There's no audio.
Let's have a look.
She must've turned it on when she knew she was in trouble.
There's a struggle.
She's trying to get out right there.
They're still trying to upgrade the image.
All right.
Here's what I got so far.
This is the center of town.
School's here, bus stop's here.
She starts walking.
Somebody stops and offers her a lift.
She gets in.
They make a wrong turn.
That's when she gets nervous and turns on the camera.
When he stops at the stop sign at Applewood she tries to get out of the car and they have this struggle.
That's where the camera dropped, right there.
If she went willingly, she probably knows the person.
Not necessarily.
Small town, trusting girl.
She might've accepted a lift from a stranger.
The sooner we get her profile, the more we'll know.
Is the mom talking yet? The last time I talked to Sam she was still pretty shook up.
I'm gonna head out there.
You and Viv go talk to the teachers, friends see what you can find out.
Danny, you come with me.
The Mayor's set up an emergency rescue center at the Trainor's Bar & Grill.
Sniff around there.
See what you can find out.
- What's so fascinating? - It's nothing.
It's just, this town, it seems so innocent, you know.
Just wait till we're done with them.
How's it going? I found her secret stash of home movies.
- The other girl's Siobhan Arintero.
- Martin and Viv are up at her house now.
How's the mother? She's still pretty out of it.
She's in the bedroom.
Hi, I'm Special Agent Malone from the FBI.
Carol, the FBI's here.
- Are you up for a.
- Yes.
Sure.
- Please, don't get up.
Stay.
- No, it's okay.
- I'd like to speak to Mrs.
Miller alone.
- Okay.
- I'll be downstairs if you need me.
- Okay.
Thank you.
Mrs.
Miller, I know that you've already talked to the police.
I've read their report.
But there's a few things - that I would like to go over with you.
- Sure.
Did Annie have any boyfriends? No, she's not interested in boys.
She's 13 and she's not interested in boys? She's precocious but she's a little bit shy and she's not physically very developed.
It's just pretty much her and Siobhan.
They've been best friends since the third grade and they're pretty inseparable.
Did they socialize with other kids their age? No, not really.
They.
They're considered to kind of be outsiders.
You know.
I told Annie that it's okay to be different.
That you don't have to be part of the pack that you just have to be who you are.
Would you like a handkerchief? No, I'm okay.
It's okay.
Just take your time.
I have no idea.
I was waiting for her at the bus stop like usual and she was late.
That's it.
Any chance she was gonna play hooky with a boy or some other friend? She wouldn't have gone anywhere without telling me first.
- Are there any boyfriends? - My daughter's too young for that.
And so is Annie.
Mr.
Arintero, please let her answer the questions.
I'm sorry.
- Go ahead, sweetheart.
- You can tell us anything.
No one will be mad at you, no matter what.
There's nothing to get mad at! We don't have any boyfriends.
We don't do drugs.
We're into our own thing.
Annie wouldn't have gone anywhere without telling me first.
Do you have any idea who she might've gotten in the car with? We know everyone here.
It could've been anyone.
Who are the significant men in Annie's life? Teachers, coaches, anybody that she spends a lot of time with.
Just Derek Trainor, the man that was here.
- Trainor? - Yeah.
What's his relationship with you? He's Annie's godfather.
My husband died when Annie was eight and Derek's been everything to us.
- But you're not romantically involved? - No, we're just good friends.
I saw that Annie has a computer.
She spend a lot of time on the Net? No, we only have one phone line so I didn't sign up for it.
And she really just uses the computer for her video stuff.
What do you know about those videos? You mean the Annie and Siobhan Show? They run around, they interview people.
They pretend that they have their own talk show.
She keeps the DVDs locked up in her drawer.
Yeah.
I know that.
That's just being 13.
It's asserting her independence.
- Right.
- I'm okay with that.
I don't think there's anything sinister on those videos.
Are you kidding me? No! You guys! You remember how hard she smacked me? That's disgusting, okay? Come on.
I want you to look at this.
Hang on.
Okay, look.
Are you kidding me? No! You guys! You remember how hard she smacked me? That's disgusting, okay? - Tell me about your TV show.
- It's kind of like a documentary.
About what? It's about us and the town, and the things we see.
Excuse me.
Yeah? Annie's the director and I'm the producer.
We take turns shooting.
Annie's got a great eye.
That's a pretty bracelet.
It's a friendship bracelet.
Me and Annie both have one.
Okay.
Sorry about that.
I was wondering.
Annie's godfather, Derek Trainor, do you get to hang out with him much? - Uncle Derek? - Yes.
Yes, he's really cool.
I've known him practically my whole life.
Why are you asking about Derek? No reason in particular.
We just wanna get a sense of the girls' lives.
- Sure you don't want a real drink? - No, I'm fine, thanks.
- Not on the job? - Not ever.
Right.
- What's going on? - I can't get a read on this guy.
Hey, I'm sorry I couldn't speak with you in the house, I just I wanted to get back here to help out.
How's Carol doing? Under the circumstances she's doing pretty well.
I just can't believe this.
I've known Annie since the day she was born.
Mr.
Trainor, why don't we go sit in the corner? I have a few questions I need to ask you anyway.
Yes, sure.
Can you tell me the nature of your relationship with Annie? - The nature? - Yes.
Carol and Annie are pretty much the only family I've ever known.
She's like a daughter to me.
Carol said that Annie came to visit you the night before she disappeared.
What can you tell me about that? It was about 6:30.
She was having a typical spat with her mom.
So she decided to come over and hang out.
And she so totally doesn't get my situation, or me, or my life because if she did, she wouldn't have asked if I was in the talent show.
Since it's so totally obvious that no one in my school is interested in videos.
You know, maybe if you let your mom into your life more then she wouldn't say so many things that make you crazy.
Like how? Like show her the videos that you and Siobhan are making.
Come on, Annie, that's why I got you the camera.
She wouldn't understand them.
What's wrong with me? I feel like I'm all over the place in a million pieces.
Nothing is wrong with you, sweetheart.
You're just 13, that's all.
- So you gave her the camera? - I thought it would be good for her.
She's very creative and not really very social.
- How late did she stay at your place? - Till about 8:00.
Carol mentioned that sometimes Annie slept over at your house.
Yes, on several occasions.
- When they need a time-out.
- Right.
- So where were you this morning? - I was here.
The bread delivery is at 6:30.
- Anyone else? - Marla.
- How long have you been working here? - A couple of years.
- You like it? - Yes, it's right in the center of things.
Derek's so good to me.
Everybody loves Derek.
- Marla, right? - Yes, that's right.
- Where were you this morning? - I was here.
Got here about 6:30.
Is that what time you usually start? Actually, no.
I'm doing double shifts this week.
I usually get here about 3:00 in the afternoon but I offered to help Derek out.
- And Derek, was he here? - Yes.
Same time.
6:30.
- So you two spent all morning together? - Right.
Anyone else? No.
The busboys and waiters don't get here till 9:00.
Okay.
Thanks.
- Thanks for the drink.
- You bet.
Do me a favor.
Be here tomorrow morning at 6:30 when the bread gets delivered.
So who do you love? The Show! We dis, we damn, and we endure.
First, who we hate.
I hate that girl.
- Here.
- Thank you.
Looks like I should've brought you eye drops.
Yes, and you look like a million bucks.
Look at this.
-You know who thinks you're cute? -Who? Mr.
Steamy-Eyes! -Gross! You mean Mr.
Steamy-Four-Eyes? -Mr.
Steamy-Four-Eyes.
-l feel kind of sorry for him.
-Please, you feel sorry for everybody.
I do.
He's kind ofpathetic.
Yes, in a steamy-four-eyes kind of way.
- Does Derek Trainor wear glasses? - I don't think so.
Siobhan would know who it is.
I've been sitting here all night looking for clues and suspects.
I mean, I'm not just seeing her, I'm seeing everything she sees.
And I keep thinking that if I get to know her, maybe that'll help.
You know? And then I think maybe I'll get to know her and it won't make any difference at all.
God, I'm sorry, this.
You're not supposed to get used to this.
You're not.
When you do, it's time to hang it up.
- You're sure you don't want me to wait? - No, Mom, I'm fine.
Okay.
I love you, sweetheart.
- How could this happen? - Her mother walked her to the bus stop.
There were a bunch of other kids there, but she left the group.
Didn't anybody try to stop her? The other kids tried but she insisted that she had to go home because she'd forgotten something.
Call the Mayor.
Have him set up a meeting outside the town hall so we can do surveillance.
Maybe we can draw this guy out into the open.
- Danny, anything on Derek Trainor? - His alibi does not check out.
The bread guy never saw him.
- You're pushing the bartender? - She's sticking to her story.
- I'm gonna take a crack at this Derek guy.
- No.
I'm gonna send Samantha.
He'll be less intimidated by a woman.
No offense.
None taken.
Martin, anything on that tape from the car? They got some additional sound.
They're working on picture.
Tell them to drop everything and focus on that video.
I gotta call you back.
She left her math book behind.
I told her not to go anywhere by herself.
What are the shortcuts back to the house? The fastest way is by the street.
And it's only four blocks from here to the bus stop.
Four blocks.
How could no one have seen anything? How could they have not seen? That's what I wanna know.
What are you people doing out there? I mean, you walk around town with your fancy badges doing what? - Mr.
Arintero, I understand how you feel.
- How do you know how I feel? I understand how you feel because I have two small daughters of my own.
Now, please sit down so we can discuss this.
Don't tell me what to do in my own house.
I understand completely.
Okay? But the sooner we start talking about this the sooner we can find your daughter.
Thank you.
Now, we believe that whoever took your daughter knew both the girls.
- What about Derek Trainor? - What about him? I don't trust him.
You didn't say anything about that yesterday.
It didn't occur to me yesterday.
But now, after I think about it there's something strange about that guy.
Don't be ridiculous.
He would never do anything to the girls.
How do you know? How do we really know? How do we really know anything about him? He practically raised Annie.
Has he ever done anything to give you cause for concern? No.
It's just unnatural for a man his age to spend so much time with two teenage girls.
God.
In one of their videos the girls talked about a Mr.
Four-Eyes a Mr.
Steamy-Four-Eyes.
- Do you have any idea who that could be? - No.
Mr.
Trainor? You know, they have so many silly nicknames for everything.
You don't wear glasses, do you, Mr.
Trainor? Me? No.
Twenty-twenty vision.
They said they thought he was kind of sad and pathetic.
Thirteen-year-old girls think all adults are sad and pathetic.
- It could be anyone.
- Absolutely.
Mr.
Trainor, could I speak with you for a moment privately? You know Mr.
Keates, your bread delivery guy he said that you usually sign for the delivery but yesterday, it was Marla.
He said he didn't remember actually seeing you at the restaurant.
- I was in the office paying bills.
- What about this morning? I was at home asleep.
It was 7:00 a.
m.
, and I am exhausted.
Yesterday was horrendous, as you know, and I was up with Carol most of the night.
Right.
Then you wouldn't mind if we checked your apartment? Go ahead.
I don't have anything to hide.
Okay, how about that guy? Is he a classic or what? It's like they almost wanna be suspects.
If that's him, he's got nuts of steel.
They can't help it.
They gotta show up.
See what's happening.
It's all part of the thrill.
Two girls in 24 hours, and right under our noses.
It's like this son of a bitch is taunting us.
This is a great community.
People's nerves are pretty shot right now.
I'm afraid this whole thing might backfire.
We don't wanna alarm anyone but we find this a very effective way to pinpoint suspects.
I wanna let you know that my wife and my children are as scared as you are.
We are doing everything in our power to catch the person who is terrorizing our town.
I want to introduce Special Agent Jack Malone from the FBI.
I'd just like to assure all of you that we are running down every lead.
And that if anyone has any information that you think can help please feel free to come forward.
Thank you.
- Mr.
Mayor, one question.
- What's taking so long? Thank you very much.
- Mr.
Brandini? - That's right.
I'm Special Agent Johnson from the FBI.
Mr.
Arintero told me that you would help us.
- We need a list of all his employees.
- Sure.
You want everyone? And maybe you could tell me if any of them have records? I'm gonna find out anyway.
You might as well save me some time.
We have 24 employees.
And as far as I know, there's two that have had run-ins with the law.
Rodriguez, who took a job down in Florida a couple of weeks ago - and Miguel Gonzalez.
- What kind of trouble with Gonzalez? He got a couple of DUIs, and some domestic thing.
I mean, nothing major.
Beating your wife is nothing major? I didn't mean to offend.
I mean, it's not like it's murder, right? Could you verify Mr.
Gonzalez's whereabouts these past two mornings? He starts work at around 8:00.
He comes in from Harper, though.
That's about an hour away.
I'm sorry I can't be of more help.
We'll start with what we've got.
Thanks.
Jack, we got another Siobhan sighting.
A 10-year-old girl thought she saw her going into the woods.
- I think she's caught up in the excitement.
- All right.
Excuse me, my name's Emma Carr.
I work for the Mayor.
Hi.
I wanted to tell you something.
I'm probably being ridiculous but I guess you never really know anybody.
Anything that you tell us will be held in the strictest confidence.
He was at a two-day mayor convention in Hoboken and didn't get back until yesterday morning at 9:00.
But I called him the night before at his hotel.
It must've been 11:30 or so and he had already checked out.
I hope I didn't do anything wrong telling you.
No, not at all.
In fact, thank you very much.
- Must be the town snitch.
- Well, he is a politician.
- I'll run it out.
- Please.
- Why are they doing this? - I don't know.
- What is going on here? - I just.
Mr.
Trainor, we found this in your laundry.
Who does it belong to? That's Annie's T-shirt.
- And we found these.
- Those are hers.
She left them here one night when she spent the night.
And what were they doing in the dryer, freshly washed? I don't know.
She probably just put them into my laundry basket like she always does and then I put everything into the wash.
So yesterday, with everything going on, you decided to do laundry? I was just trying to keep myself busy.
Take my mind off of things.
Tell her, Carol.
Carol, tell her I would never do anything to Annie.
Please.
I can't deal with this right now.
Yeah? We found Annie's underwear in Trainor's washing machine, freshly laundered.
I'll be right over.
-No, I think we should bring him in.
- Okay, but take him out the back door.
Danny.
Wait, hold on.
Go and pound that bartender until she tells you why she covered for Derek.
You got it.
I just got a call from the police chief.
It's not good.
Preliminaries suggest strangulation.
She was left out in the open, but he put a blanket over her.
Hi.
What? What is it? Mrs.
Miller, could we come in? No! Please don't give up hope.
Siobhan may still be alive.
And you arrested Derek Trainor.
He's the one responsible.
- We have taken him in for questioning.
- But I heard he was in handcuffs.
We're hoping the autopsy will give us some answers.
You're gonna do an autopsy? Okay, he came to me last night after he'd seen your partners over at Carol's and he was really scared.
And he said that at the time of Annie's disappearance he was with someone and that she was married and he didn't want to expose her, and could I just cover for him - and say that he was here.
- Who's the woman? - I don't know.
- Okay, Marla.
Annie Miller's dead.
If Derek Trainor killed her, you're an accessory.
You think because I had a relationship with this amazing girl that it must've been perverted or violent.
That's your world, isn't it? Where grown men harm young girls and every relationship is tainted with violence.
You see what you wanna see.
We found her underwear in your washing machine.
We know you weren't at the restaurant that morning and that you asked your bartender to lie for you.
I've already lost Annie and Carol.
I'm not gonna let you take anything else away from me.
I am innocent.
I haven't done anything.
Who's the woman? Marla told us you were having an affair.
We need to speak to her if it's true.
I can't tell you.
Look, nothing you say will go beyond this room, Mr.
Trainor.
But if you're innocent we want to know so we can clear you and move on.
Do you think I'm stupid? I watch the news.
I know what happens to people.
If you have a real alibi and you fail to disclose it you're not being heroic.
You are costing us time and you are possibly costing Siobhan her life! I'm sorry, I need to speak to my lawyer.
If he's innocent, he's making things harder on himself.
We're not helping.
We should've interviewed him at his house.
- What, do you wanna hold him? - We don't have anything to hold him on.
- Any luck reconstructing the video? - Still working on it.
Do you believe what they've done to this place? This kind of stress can bring out the worst in some people.
I'm ashamed.
I was wondering, Mr.
Mayor.
You told one of our agents that you were at a conference in Hoboken the morning that Annie disappeared.
- Yeah, that's right.
- Right.
Well, that's funny because we have it that you were at the Richfield Motel off of Route 25 between 2:00 and 9:00 a.
m.
that morning.
- What? - Yeah.
I was just there.
Next time you wanna hide something avoid using your own credit card.
Why are you into my credit cards? Because one little girl is dead and another is still missing.
You think I killed Annie Miller in that hotel room? When Siobhan went missing, I was with the rescue committee.
That's 30 people who can vouch for my whereabouts.
We have a witness that confirms that you've been lying to us.
Look, it's pretty simple, Mr.
Mayor.
You can either tell me the truth right now or you can take a walk in front of all those TV cameras, in handcuffs.
I was at the hotel with Derek Trainor.
We go there sometimes.
You understand now? Okay.
All right.
Then why didn't you come forward? You knew we arrested him.
I was trying to protect my family.
Right.
And look what happened.
This happened because of you.
Have you seen this one yet? No.
Here we are at the Arintero home where our co-host, Siobhan Arintero, has spent all ofher young life.
See that guy in the background.
Are they flirting? Looks like he's flirting.
took her first steps, said her first words and generally tore the place down since the day she was born.
Is that the same guy? Miguel Gonzalez.
- Yeah, it sure looks like it.
- He works for Siobhan's father.
He's got three DUIs, six-month probation for domestic violence.
He was supposed to be out on a job today, but never showed.
And his wife has no idea where he is.
Let's head back up there.
What about the sound? Were you able to get anything? You hear that? You hear the voice? There's nothing there.
If there were you'd see it here.
There'd be a modulation.
That's just background.
Gonzalez just called.
He was on a bender last night.
Now he's back at home sleeping it off.
Look at this.
Annie's or Siobhan's? Recognize this? No.
We found it in your locker.
- What is it? - It's a bracelet.
It belonged to Annie Miller.
I have never seen this before in my life.
Really? How did it get in your locker? I don't know, maybe somebody put it there.
We found this in the alley behind your house.
That is Annie Miller's shoe.
I swear to God I have never seen that before.
Where were you on the day that Annie Miller disappeared? Driving to work.
Took you all day to drive to work? I mean, in the morning from 7:00 to 8:00.
We didn't say what time she disappeared.
I know, but the guys at work, they talk about it.
She was going to the school? What about the morning Siobhan disappeared? Same thing.
In my car.
That really works well for you, doesn't it? I don't know anything about those girls.
I barely ever saw them.
Really? We have a videotape of you sweet-talking Siobhan.
She used to come up to me.
She wanted to teach me English or something.
You're a wife beater? You like to beat your wife.
You like to hit her and slap her around.
What's the matter? Your wife's not powerless enough for you? You wanna pick on little girls now? Is that it? I swear I didn't do anything.
I've got enough to put you away for life right now, you understand? But of course if you tell us where Siobhan is we can at least make sure that you get a window in your cell.
You've been locked up before, haven't you, Miguel? You know how important it is to have a window.
You're right, that is so funny.
People's dogs always look like them.
Have you ever noticed it? I know.
That's why I look like a little fluffy dog.
With curly hair.
We just got Annie Miller's DNA reports.
She was sexually assaulted.
Nothing matches Miguel Gonzalez or Derek Trainor.
Semen negative, blood negative, fingerprints negative.
Hi.
Man, that drive is brutal.
You all right? Nope.
We've got a visitor.
There's my mom, Wanda and Mr.
Brandini, my dad's right-hand man.
He just came by to drop off some stuff for our lawn and then my mom made some coffee, and blah-blah-blah.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God.
That's him.
This guy still doesn't have an alibi.
Either somebody planted that evidence to frame him or he's working with a partner.
- We're back to square one.
- Right.
Guys, I've got something I wanna show you.
-You know who thinks you're cute? -Who? Mr.
Steamy-Eyes! -Gross! You mean Mr.
Steamy-Four-Eyes? -Mr.
Steamy-Four-Eyes.
-l feel kind of sorry for him.
-Please, you feel sorry for everybody.
I do.
He's kind ofpathetic.
Yeah, in a steamy-four-eyes kind of way.
He's been around the girls for years.
His obsession is building.
Annie's at the cusp of womanhood.
He can't take it.
He snaps.
How many people in Ravenwood wear glasses? And even if he is Mr.
Steamy-Eyes, it doesn't mean anything.
You met Brandini, right? Viv, you talked to him.
Isn't he the kind they'd call gross? The kind of guy they'd call sad and pathetic? Yeah, and they both felt sorry for him.
So neither of them would've been afraid to get into his car.
Especially Siobhan, because he worked for her father.
So even after Annie disappeared, she might not hesitate to go with him.
He could've planted that evidence quite easily.
You know, these girls are very different physical types.
Maybe Brandini didn't take Siobhan for sex.
Maybe he thought she knew something.
That's why he decided to grab her this morning despite the high risk.
Since he works for her father and doesn't have a sexual interest - wouldn't it be harder killing her? - It might.
- So now what? You wanna bring him in? - No, we draw him out.
Currently we have a man in custody for the abduction and murder of Annie Miller.
He has confessed to the crime and we're confident that he will soon confess the whereabouts of Siobhan Arintero.
Thank you.
If we're wrong, and little girls start walking the streets again.
I don't think little girls are gonna walk the streets alone again for a long time.
Suspect in transit.
And turning north on Sycamore.
Got it.
Think he made us? It's the last thing on his mind.
Freeze! FBI! Let's get her out of the car.
Somebody call an ambulance! It's okay, sweetheart.
It's okay.
I know him.
He works for my dad.
I gotta tell Annie about this.
She's not gonna believe it.
She's not gonna believe any of this.
Your parents are gonna be here soon, sweetheart.
Okay? We don't look alike, did you notice that? She didn't have any hair when she was born.
Just this little cue ball of a head.
I kept saying to the nurse: "Are you sure that's my baby? She doesn't look at all like me.
" I got a chance to see all of Annie's work and I brought something I thought you might like to see.
- I'll leave you alone.
- No.
- Please, don't go.
- Okay.
-So, who do you love? -My Uncle Derek.
-Who else? -Carol Doreen Miller, my mom.
I didn't know her middle name was Doreen.
That's cool.
Hey, Mom, I know I don't say this too often but I really do love you, seriously.