Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016) s02e02 Episode Script
Il Mostro
1 Jack: Over 68 million Americans leave the safety of our borders every year.
If danger strikes, the FBI's International Response is called into action.
Reed: And we danced And danced So you remember how I promised to show you something that'd just take your breath away? Mm-hmm.
I do.
And breath taken.
[Cellphone vibrating.]
Sorry.
This might be my sister.
She's coming to visit me.
[Both chuckle.]
[Touchscreen clicks.]
Hey.
What's up? Hey, so I missed my connecting flight.
So now it looks like I won't get there till tomorrow night.
- Sorry.
- Uh, that's all right.
I, um, needed to study for this final anyway.
Uh, you hooking up with your R.
A.
is not what Mom and Dad had in mind for a semester abroad.
Uh look, can I call you back later? Don't say I didn't warn you.
Gotta go.
Love you to death.
- Love you.
Bye.
- Bye.
- [Cellphone beeps.]
- Is everything okay? Perfect.
Now where were we? [Vehicle approaching.]
[Brakes squeal.]
Oh, son of a bitch.
- [Sighs.]
- What? What's wrong? - [Engine turns off.]
- Poliziotto.
I'm gonna get in so much trouble.
No, you won't.
It's all right.
Just get out your I.
D.
[Car door closes.]
[Screams.]
[Horn blaring.]
Aah! Aah! [Groans.]
Don't do this! Please! Please! [Gunshot.]
Gina Price, 19, of Bedford, Iowa, and Peyton Moss, 21, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, were both attending Hallridge University's Overseas Studies Program in Florence, Italy.
Both bodies were found this morning on the outskirts of the city.
Now both were shot, but Gina's body suffered postmortem mutilation, and as you can see, she was redressed and restaged at the location.
Shell casings were left behind at the scene, and ballistics verify the murder weapon is a .
22 Beretta, but not just any .
22 Beretta.
You see this unique firing pin impression? This impression was cut into each spent shell casing.
Coupled with a distinct M.
O.
, it confirms that Peyton and Gina are the latest victims in the most notorious killer in Italian history.
They call him "Il Mostro di Firenze.
" The Monster of Florence.
And that's why our U.
S.
Ambassador and authorities from Italy's Special Investigation's Task Force have requested the I.
R.
T.
's immediate assistance with the investigation.
I thought they caught this "Monster of Florence" guy - 20 years ago.
- Yeah, you would've thought so, right? But, no, I remember this case.
It was just like the Zodiac, and it's unsolved.
Yeah, well, "Il Mostro," he killed 14 people, 7 couples.
He ambushed them while they were having sex in parked cars or at campsites in and around the hills of Florence.
His M.
O.
was always the same Shoot both victims and then take the extra time to mutilate the female.
Yeah, but it's odd, isn't it? I mean, what drives a power-assertive sociopath into such a prolonged period of silence? Yeah, I'm not sure, but, uh, these long, cooling off periods, while they're unusual, they're not unprecedented.
And as for why this so-called "Monster" has risen after all these years, I'd say if he remains true to form, he's gonna tell us himself.
You really think so? On top of everything else, this UNSUB is statement-driven, so it won't be too long before he reaches out to local law enforcements to taunt them with the reason he's back and how he'll fool them all over again.
Only this time, we're gonna be there to stop him.
[Indistinct conversations.]
Mi scusi, signorina.
You are Miss Alison Price, Gina's sister, yes? Yes, I am.
I am Commissario Galterio Conte, the lead investigator for GIDES.
I've already answered so many questions.
I don't know how I can help you guys.
I really need to [Crying.]
Why did I miss that damn flight? If only I'd gotten here sooner, she never would've been out there.
[Speaks indistinctly.]
This is not your fault.
Do you understand? - [Cellphone vibrating.]
- Mm-hmm.
Oh, my God.
It can't be Gina.
- [Touchscreen clicks.]
- Gina: Stop! Don't do this! - Please! - [Gunshot.]
No! Stop! Don't do this! - Please! - [Gunshot.]
Stop! Don't do this! - Please! - [Gunshot.]
No! Stop! Don't do this! - Please! - [Gunshot.]
- No! Stop - [Turns off recorder.]
[Recorder clatters.]
- [Speaks Italian.]
[THEME MUSIC.]
Jack: "When I had journeyed half of our life's way, "I found myself within a shadowed forest, for I had lost the path that does not stray.
" Dante Alighieri.
Agent Garrett, the fact this this killer has remained at large for so long is a profound embarrassment to us.
So I want you all to know how much we here at the Special Investigations Task Force appreciate the FBI's assistance with this investigation.
Thank you, Commissario Conte.
We're here to help in any way we can.
Now as was true in each of the seven previous sets of murders, Il Mostro returned via parcel what he took from the female victim.
In this case, her reproductive organs.
Along with them, he left this His intended message to us was nearly lost in all the blood.
Clara: "Dear Police, my hibernation is over.
" "Judgment is upon you now.
"With the waning crescent moon, I will kill again "the ones who contaminate each other.
"And I will not stop until the Arno runs red "like the Phlegethon.
I am the Monster.
Fear me.
" Ma non capisco.
The Arno is the river running through Florence, but what is the "Phlegethon?" It's the river of scalding blood that boils the souls of men in the Seventh Circle of Dante's "Inferno.
" Ah.
I should know this [Scoffs.]
given Dante Alighieri was born in this city.
Jack, the "waning crescent moon" begins the day after tomorrow.
So he's giving us a 48-hour window, but it also means he's accelerated his cooling-off period even more.
Yeah.
In the past, he's waited months, sometimes years, between murders.
Well, taken all together, his crimes span decades.
And he is clearly intelligent, methodical, mission-oriented.
We're probably dealing with a mature male who is highly educated, financially secure, and he's probably grappling with his own fear of mortality.
Commissario, right now, I'd like to walk through the crime scene with Agent Simmons, while Agent Jarvis reviews each of the autopsy reports.
Also, I think Agent Seger here can help expedite going through all these case files.
Maybe together, we can uncover "the road not taken.
" Si.
I couldn't agree with you more.
Displacement of gravel suggests that the assailant could have arrived in a separate vehicle, but there's not enough here to lift any tire impressions from it.
So let's run through this.
Peyton and Gina drive up here and park.
They start fooling around.
Right, which means they're distracted, so maybe they don't notice the approaching vehicle at first.
Maybe they think it's a cop who gets out with a flashlight, which keeps them in the dark.
All right, so then he moves to the driver's side, blinding Peyton with his flashlight, he fires.
One shot.
He's very efficient.
But this allows Gina time to escape, or try to anyway.
But the UNSUB knows that she's not going anywhere.
Yeah, because he's so proficient with a gun that it's become part of his pathology.
A twisted game of cat-and-mouse.
Exactly.
But do you know what strikes me so much about this UNSUB? His level of comfort here.
Yeah.
He fires multiple shots.
He then takes his time mutilating and then restaging Gina Price's body.
Because he knew no one would hear the shots or screams, not in this location, or in the locations of the other 14 murders.
Thing is, if this UNSUB is preferential, if he's choosing these couples specifically, just having a night of fun, then how in the world does he know that they'll end up in a location that suits him so perfectly? Good question.
Here are the rest of the reports you need, Agent Jarvis.
Now Medico Legale Graziani is busy at the moment, but he has asked me to help you translate the documents.
Great.
Thank you.
What's your name? Marco.
I'm an assistant coroner.
Did you assist in these autopsies? Si.
Che brutalità .
I've never seen anything like this before.
I wish I could say the same.
It's all too familiar, especially the way he chose to degrade and objectify Gina.
It seems personal.
- You think he knew this woman? - He didn't have to, but she could've been a surrogate for his rage.
Well, unfortunately, we did not discover anything that stood out in her autopsy, nor that of her companion.
It's always something, Marco.
You ever heard of something called Locard's exchange principle? - No.
- Basically, it says that while a criminal will inevitably take something away from a crime scene, he will always leave something behind.
And usually that something is found on these bodies.
Did you determine the type of blade that was used in these sharp-force injuries? They made a mold a few years ago, and it appears they thought it was some kind of specialty knife used by hunters or fishermen.
Not a surgical blade? Scalpel? Not according to his reports.
Well, I think we may need to revisit that conclusion, Marco.
Take a look.
Clean, distinct cuts.
But notice how these dissections evolve over time? Yes, almost as if the technique is going from beginner to expert.
To someone who's diminished by age, or maybe someone that just hasn't practiced in a while.
Tell you what, if I were a betting woman, which I am, I would bet the house that this Monster of Florence started killing in med school, probably became a surgeon, and now he's finding that the joints in his gifted, little hands are starting to stiffen up.
Maybe arthritis.
Now you see why this case is the longest and most expensive criminal investigation in Italy's history.
Yes, indeed, I do.
You know, it sort of feels like somebody crossed the JFK Assassination with the Zodiac.
Si.
Conspiracy theories have long been flooding in to fill the void of suspicion.
I'm particularly amused by the one about the Satanic cult The Order of the Red Rose.
That's weird.
I just found something in this case file.
Check this out.
It's a memo, dated back in 1993, from your state prosecutor's office.
It describes a commissioned report on Il Mostro - prepared by the BAU.
- The BAU? I wasn't aware the FBI had been involved in this case before.
- Neither was I.
- Is there a copy of the report? No, but I do have someone I can call.
[Touchscreen clicks.]
- Hey, Clara.
What do you need? - Hey, Monty, I've been digging through some old case files here, and I came across a reference to a profile prepared by the BAU back in 1993.
- Really? - I don't know, Monty.
You're usually very thorough on backgrounds.
- How'd you miss this? - Calling me out there, Seger? I'm just saying, could've saved us a whole lot of valuable time if we knew there was already a report on this UNSUB to work with.
Uh, this is crazy, but there's no digital record of this at all, anywhere.
Do you think this is a case of "Yesterday's technology, tomorrow!" I'm pretty sure all the reports and records of the early '90s are still being reviewed and digitized, which means that this guy's gotta go old school with the Dewey Decimal on this one.
Thanks, Monty.
The clock is really ticking on this one.
Il Mostro has promised to strike again in less than 36 hours.
I'll hit you back A.
S.
A.
P.
Man: Luv, it is getting on.
And need I remind you of our rather thoughtful dinner reservations I've made? Oh, you are such the thoughtful one.
And I have been remiss in demonstrating my appreciation of your attention to my needs.
Yeah, I may have expressed a certain enthusiasm - for this scenario, but - Well, what's wrong? Well, to be bloody honest, we're in the middle of nowhere.
You know, I feel utterly safe in your warm and loving arms.
- Mwah.
[Laughs.]
- Mwah.
Oh, my.
I believe that we've caught the attention of park authorities.
Brilliant.
Just brilliant.
Sorry.
You just have to excuse our, um [Gunshots.]
[Screams.]
No! Aah! [Crying.]
- No! - [Gunshot.]
Hey, Rossi, you got a second? I gotta ask you something.
Sure, Monty.
What do you got? I've been trying to track down this missing subject profile that was commissioned about 20 years ago.
And as far as I can tell, the paper trail leads back to you.
Oh, it does, does it? Well, I'm intrigued.
Do you remember being a part of developing a profile for a foreign subject known as the "Monster of Florence"? Actually, I do.
Really? Great.
You wouldn't happen to have a copy just laying around after 20 years, would you? If you have a few minutes, I might be able to dig up my old case notes.
You know, having to go over these notes after all these years, I remember how much this UNSUB reminded me of David Berkowitz, the so-called "Son of Sam.
" Right.
The Bronx, back in '77.
Berkowitz also targeted couples in cars.
Before they called him the "Son of Sam," the NYPD referred to him as the ".
44 Caliber Killer.
" So similar traits of mission-orientation and power-assertion.
And don't forget narcissism.
Yeah, but neither the "Son of Sam" nor the "Zodiac" performed postmortem mutilations on his female victims.
Correct, and that's how Il Mostro revealed himself to be guilt-motivated.
You see, I-I think he's native to Florence.
Certainly born in Italy.
And those Catholic roots play a part in his sense of grace versus guilt, particularly in terms of expressions of sexuality.
So you think this aggressive overkill on the female bodies might be his desire to punish the feminine form for inspiring temptation? In his twisted, emotional logic, yes.
Rossi, there's an aspect to this that seems like a God-complex playing out, and that would jibe with some evidence we have that this guy may be a surgeon.
Interesting.
I recall, at the time, investigators were more focused on hunters or butchers.
There was even a local chef that was questioned.
Yeah, those were several of the unfortunate turns that the investigation took over the last 20 years.
Well, yeah, not to mention the years wasted on victimologies that tried to explain the UNSUB's preferential selection.
Wait.
Hold on.
Are you saying you don't think he's preferential? Matt, the breakthrough I had with this profile came in the moment I realized that this UNSUB did not choose his victims.
He chooses his victims' locations.
Yeah, but it that's true, since all of these murders were committed on public properties, each one would have to hold some sort of significant personal meaning to this guy.
That's right.
If you could find that through-line that runs from location to location, well, that'll take you right to the Monster himself.
Rossi, it says here that there is an assistant state prosecutor by the name of Carmela Tafani, and she was the one who received your report? Yes.
I remember her.
But no further action was taken.
Do you think she buried it? No.
That would surprise me.
Il Mostro has stuck again.
I'm told this time tourists.
Gunned down in I Giardini Paradiso.
The cars will be waiting out front.
Andiamo.
Jack, that's 12 hours ahead of the deadline he threatened us with.
Well, you let me know if I can help you in any other way.
All right.
Your two help Conte process the scene.
Clara and I are gonna try to track down this Carmela Tafani and find out exactly why Rossi's profile never saw the light of day.
[Mae speaks Italian.]
Grazie.
The victims are Rory Poole, 38, and Diane Roberts, 34.
They're both from London, England.
M.
O.
seems consistent.
Takes out the male first, then he shoots the female while she's trying to escape.
Butchers her body and then drags her right back here to stage.
à pazzesco.
I do not see how, besides being lovers, these two are connected to the American students or any of the other couples.
According to that missing BAU profile, we don't have to worry about making a connection between the victims.
We have to find a link between this location and the locations of the other murders.
I say we also start worrying about his cooling-off period dropping to zero.
I mean, this guy's been pretty consistent with his threats, but something has triggered an accelerated timeline.
- Clara: Fermo! Fermo! - [Horn honks.]
[Man speaks Italian.]
[Doorbell buzzes.]
Woman over intercom: Chi è? Carmela Tafani.
Siamo con l'FBI.
Vorremmo parlare con lei.
I have nothing to say to the FBI.
Ms.
Tafani, David Rossi at the BAU suggested we speak.
It's about the Monster of Florence case.
[Door buzzes, unlocks.]
Il Mostro di Firenze.
It is a case I hoped to never speak of again.
It was the biggest mistake of my life.
Do you think that's because after Rossi sent you the profile, you failed to follow up? You're here because you think I covered up evidence? We're looking for the truth, Ms.
Tafani, so that we can finally bring a killer to justice.
- The truth? - Yes.
The truth is my superiors preferred to let a killer roam free rather than to admit a woman was right.
You think that sexism contributed Scusi, Agent Garret.
I know it.
I was too naive at the time to realize that my position was merely for appearance.
Can you tell us what happened after Rossi sent you the profile? Scusi.
[Sighs.]
David had said to me that the key was in where the murders took place.
Each site had a meaning for Il Mostro, and that is how I found him.
His mother had been a prostitute who often rendered her services while her infant son sit quietly in the backseat of the car.
Of course, he overcame his humble beginnings, rose to become a venerated surgeon appointed to the Ministry of Public Health.
His name was Dr.
Dominico Scarpa.
And you're saying that everyone from the lead investigator to the head prosecutor dismissed this Dr.
Dominico Scarpa's name out of hand? Yes, each and every one.
And I was reprimanded, even docked salary for commissioning the BAU report.
Do you think they were trying to cover up for him - or or somebody close to him? - At first, I did.
But then I realized it was really about power, and I, of the fairer sex, had none.
Did Dr.
Scarpa know he was, at the very lest, your prime suspect? Not until I had the opportunity to charge him.
Not with the murders of the seven couples, no, but with the rape of his own sister, Renata.
You're kidding? When was this? January, 1994.
Renata had been found bloodied and beaten on the side of the road near Calenzano.
The doctors, they documented her sexual assault, which she told them had been carried out by her brother, whom I formally charged the next week.
But in the end, I lost the case, and was summarily fired the next day.
What happened to Dr.
Scarpa? He's killed again, hasn't he? Il Mostro has claimed the lives of two American students two nights ago, and we have reason to believe he struck again last night.
So any help you can give us in trying to locate this individual would be greatly appreciated.
[Opens drawer.]
[Closes drawer.]
This opens a locker at the Piazza Santa Croce.
It contains all my notes and copies of case files.
It is all I can do to help you.
Che Dio sia con voi.
You know, I would never presume to understand or to know what it's like to walk in that woman's shoes, but I think I understand another reason why this case haunts her so much.
Why's that? It's "the one that got away.
" We all have one.
- [Typing.]
- So after he was acquitted of rape, it appears that Dr.
Dominico Scarpa hightailed it right out of Florence, out of Europe.
What about any run-ins with law enforcement? He get arrested again? No, but, according to Interpol, the not-so-good doctor was considered a person of interest for a few regional homicide investigations with the same modus operandi.
- Nothing more than that? - No.
As far as I can tell, the trail goes cold at the end of last year.
Um, last known citing was a condo purchase in Jakarta.
Hold up.
Uh, here's something curious.
Records I got from Rome indicate that there's an estate property held by the family trust.
And it's located in Calenzano.
That looks good, Monty.
Thanks.
I'll call Conte, have him send some officers to meet us there with a search warrant.
[Church bell tolling.]
Posso aiutarvi? Siamo con l'FBI.
Abbiamo un decreto di perquisizione.
E vogliamo parlare con il Dottor Scarpa.
Capisco.
I understand.
Please.
[Man singing in Italian.]
Dominico.
[Singing continues.]
- Dominico.
- Ehi? La polizia.
Not only the polizia, my dear Lia, but the FBI.
Extraordinary.
- This isn't a game, Dr.
Scarpa.
- No.
No, it's no game.
I think you are going to try to tear my house apart in a vain effort to find a pistol and find some surgical tools, which I can assure you I do not have in my possession.
Well, we also believe we can tie you to murder of 14 people, and after this search, that number's gonna go up by four.
You have been talking to Signora Tafani, and she have convinced you that I am the one and only Mostro di Firenze.
Are you? [Scoffs.]
Do I look like a mostro? Yes.
Women can be so cruel.
Doctor, where were you last night? You know, if it was not for Carmela, I would never have to leave Firenze those many years ago.
It pained me very much, because Firenze the most beautiful place on the world.
But when they diagnosed me with the liver cancer, IV stage, I decide to come home.
Innuendo and rumor They can all go to hell.
Deflecting our question only makes us more convinced of your guilt.
By the way, how is Carmela? I am surprised to hear that she is not completely consumed by a menagerie of cats.
Is this your way of saying that you have no alibi for the night in question? No, this is my way of saying I am tired of being persecute in this witch's hunt.
I am innocent.
And you want to know where I was last night and what I did.
And two nights before that.
Then I am in good luck, because both nights in question, I dined alone at Forcella D'oro.
The people there can verify my whereabouts if you like.
- Go, ask them.
- Maybe.
So then it's going to take some time, all right.
Why don't you join me for dinner? I don't think so.
No, ehi? Peccato.
Signore, it is your loss.
Feel free.
Enjoy yourself.
I must get back to my painting.
It's most important, huh? [Resumes singing in Italian.]
Si.
Posso.
What did you find? Nothing.
Yeah, he's certainly smart enough to not bring his bad habits home with him.
Perhaps you are putting too much faith in this woman Tafani.
It has nothing to do with faith, Commissario Conte.
Let's regroup, see what Simmons and Mae were able to find out.
I'm pretty sure we're not done with this Dr.
Scarpa.
[Sighs.]
Gina: No! Stop! Don't do this! Diane: Please! No! [Gunshot.]
[Gunshot.]
Monty: Dr.
Scarpagave us permission to examine his medical records, and it turns out he was not lying about the cancer.
His doctors have given him anywhere from six months to a year to live.
Well, that's consistent with our profile.
They guy's desperate to lash out and make his mark before the clock runs out.
Yeah, but even if you think he's still got the giddy-up for multiple homicides, his alibi is rock solid.
[Typing.]
I just got the security camera footage from La Forcella D'oro, and both nights, same deal.
When Scarpa dines alone, he prefers to be by himself.
[Taps keys, beeps.]
What is it, Jack? What do you see? He's not toasting himself.
[Taps key.]
The son of a bitch is taunting us.
Tafani is right.
Scarpa is still the one behind these murders.
He just must have a partner now.
It's not just a partner, Jack.
I think it's more like Scarpa's protégé, somebody he's grooming to take over for him after he's gone.
That makes sense, but it wouldn't be easy for Scarpa to find someone like that.
I mean, the profile of that kind of individual would skew towards a fanatical fan.
Yes, it would.
Monty, I need you to start looking for people who've demonstrated an intense interest in this case over the years, people who've written books, articles.
Got it.
But, you know, this being a historical case, that list gonna be pretty damn long.
- Do you best.
- Oh, I will.
[Cellphone vibrates.]
What do you have, Mae? I was actually able to cast a mikrosil mold of the blade that was used to mutilate Diane Roberts.
And I've compared that to a similar mold that was created 20 years ago.
Jack: They match? To a tee.
It's the same slightly-modified surgical scalpel.
So this protégé not only has access to Scarpa's .
22 Beretta, he's using the doctor's old surgical tools.
Now to me, that speaks to a level of trust one might only give to a family member.
Well, that's true, but as far as we know, Scarpa doesn't have any known relatives, does he? What about his sister Renata? I mean, what happened to her? Carmela: You can't honestly believe that Renata is part of all this.
Ms.
Tafani, I believe that Scarpa needs something he's never needed before.
He needs the bond of trust that can only be found in family.
He would not have found that with Renata.
He betrayed her! Savagely.
And I failed her.
No.
No, you tried to prosecute him.
I lied.
I told her that I could protect her.
By the time Scarpa had entered the courtroom, Renata had been smeared as a drug-addicted, mentally unstable woman whose delusions had led to a false charge against him.
That's not your fault.
As far as I know, Renata left Florence before the end of the trial and ran off to Naples, where I was told she died later that year.
Suicide? I did not have the heart to ask.
Ms.
Tafani, thank you.
Thank you so much for all of your help.
And I give you my word, my team and I will do everything in our power to bring Scarpa and his accomplice to justice.
I have been down that rabbit hole.
Buona fortuna, bella.
Buona fortuna.
Hey, Monty, I need you to verify a death certificate for me for a Renata Scarpa in Naples around the end of 1994.
Will do.
And I'll check for any other family ties in the region.
- Thanks.
- [Cellphone beeps.]
[Woman singing in Italian.]
Jack: Monty, what do you got? What I got is a death certificate in Naples, Italy, for Scarpa's sister Renata.
But that's not the end of the story, not by a long shot.
Turns out Renata got pregnant after her brother's rape, and she died of complications from an attempt to self-induce a late-term abortion.
Damn.
That poor girl.
- Thing is, the child survived.
- [Computer beeps.]
It was a boy, born premature, but he was eventually transferred to the care of Scarpa's own mother, who would have christened him with the name "Onario Alighieri.
" Simmons: Alighieri? Is that for real? That's, uh, that's Dante's last name.
Well, yeah, given the abuse of her son, Scarpa's mother may have intended it as a cruel joke.
Seems that giving him that name's the least cruel thing that she did to him.
Mae: From the looks of it, Onario had development challenges, most likely due to being a product of incest, and it says here that he developed an early propensity for violence.
Which culminated in the deliberate drowning death of a female classmate when Onario was just 15 years old.
He was sentenced to a youth detention facility outside Rome.
And he was released just last year on his 21st birthday.
Agent Montgomery, this list right here, these are the known aliases for Onario? Yeah, but I got them from the criminal database in Rome.
I haven't been ableto cross-reference themwith Florence yet.
I shall do so now.
Scusatemi.
So what we're looking at is an abused and emotionally abandoned boy who finds himself tormented by these innate impulses - to do harm.
- Clara: He doesn't understand them and he certainly can't control them.
He probably thinks there's an explanation somewhere in his family's history.
I say Onario goes to grandma Who's all too willing to share in the gory details, right? And in discovering these dark family secrets, Onario develops some twisted sense of himself.
And makes him wanna reach out to his long-lost father, seeking approval, because being Il Mostro is not part of Onario's birthright.
So Scarpa didn't need to find his son.
His son came looking for him.
And since dear old dad is dying, he sees in his once-forgotten son the potential for carrying on a legacy.
A way to achieve immortality.
We may have a lead on one of Onario's aliases "Cambia Accorso.
" He was cited for disturbing the peace about two months ago.
And we have an address, a flat located near Piazza del Duomo.
We're going there now.
Clara and I will got with Conte to pick up Scarpa.
You two back up the units taking down Onario.
Jack! She should be here Tafani.
She should be standing right next to us when we walk them down that hall to book them.
You're right.
Go get her.
[Indistinct radio chatter.]
[Door bangs.]
[Door bangs.]
He's not here.
It's as if he knew we were coming.
How is that possible? [Door creaks.]
Carmela? [Cellphone vibrates.]
[Cellphone beeps.]
Jack: Clara, the Scarpas are gone.
They've got Tafani.
Stay where you are.
I'm on my way.
[Beep.]
Ah, Agent Seger! How nice of you to come.
Let her go.
Last warning.
No! Gun on the floor! Now! [Gun thuds.]
Muoviti.
Move.
[Grunts.]
Ah! There's no escape.
I called for backup already.
You have to know that.
The only way I can save myself is if I surrender to you unconditional.
Isn't that what you were going to say? Scarpa, è una cosa - [Shouts in Italian.]
- No! Tafani! [Strained voice.]
Let her go! No one is going anywhere.
Hey, Jack, we were right about Onario reaching out to his father.
Yeah, he's been writing him letters every week since he was released from that youth detention center.
Thing is, all the letters were returned to him unopened.
His father was completely ignoring him.
- [Siren wailing.]
- Ignored him until Onario began to emulate his father's crimes, right? He must've gone as far as to break into his father's house and steal the tools of his trade.
Yeah, he broke in last week.
But how did you know that? Onario left another box at Scarpa's home.
The letter inside was an invitation for him to join his son at the execution of Carmela Tafani.
Clara's at Tafani's.
I know.
I'm on my way there now.
Che ne pensi, Papà ? Ehi? Vedi cos'ho fatto per te? I bring Il Mostro back from dead, yeah? I bring you both women who want to punish you, see you suffer.
Papà , see what I do, what I am? Signora Tafani.
You go to your death knowing you were right about me.
Ma vai all'Inferno! All'Inferno? You will beg for the mercy of Hell before I am finished with you.
Papà , listen to me.
Shoot her, then give me the gun.
Onario! He's not listening.
You did all of this for him, and he still doesn't see you.
No, no! Shut up! Silenzio! You don't need him.
You know that.
- Onario! - You don't need your father anymore.
You never did.
Isn't that why you brought us here? To show him? To show all of us who you really are? Verme della terra! Kill her! [Crying.]
Mi stai esaurendo! Io sono Il Mostro.
I am the Monster.
Your son.
But I am nothing to you.
You are no son of mine.
[Shouts in Italian.]
Aah! Jack: Scarpa! It's over.
Finalmente.
[Handcuffs rattle.]
[Speaks Italian.]
Andiamo.
Andiamo.
[Carmela crying.]
[Horn honks.]
Commissario, hold on.
Si.
This one's hers.
Don't you think she's earned it? Si.
Vero.
Procuratore Tafani per favore.
Grazie.
Prego.
Andiamo.
Mm.
The one that didn't get away.
No.
No, he didn't.
If danger strikes, the FBI's International Response is called into action.
Reed: And we danced And danced So you remember how I promised to show you something that'd just take your breath away? Mm-hmm.
I do.
And breath taken.
[Cellphone vibrating.]
Sorry.
This might be my sister.
She's coming to visit me.
[Both chuckle.]
[Touchscreen clicks.]
Hey.
What's up? Hey, so I missed my connecting flight.
So now it looks like I won't get there till tomorrow night.
- Sorry.
- Uh, that's all right.
I, um, needed to study for this final anyway.
Uh, you hooking up with your R.
A.
is not what Mom and Dad had in mind for a semester abroad.
Uh look, can I call you back later? Don't say I didn't warn you.
Gotta go.
Love you to death.
- Love you.
Bye.
- Bye.
- [Cellphone beeps.]
- Is everything okay? Perfect.
Now where were we? [Vehicle approaching.]
[Brakes squeal.]
Oh, son of a bitch.
- [Sighs.]
- What? What's wrong? - [Engine turns off.]
- Poliziotto.
I'm gonna get in so much trouble.
No, you won't.
It's all right.
Just get out your I.
D.
[Car door closes.]
[Screams.]
[Horn blaring.]
Aah! Aah! [Groans.]
Don't do this! Please! Please! [Gunshot.]
Gina Price, 19, of Bedford, Iowa, and Peyton Moss, 21, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, were both attending Hallridge University's Overseas Studies Program in Florence, Italy.
Both bodies were found this morning on the outskirts of the city.
Now both were shot, but Gina's body suffered postmortem mutilation, and as you can see, she was redressed and restaged at the location.
Shell casings were left behind at the scene, and ballistics verify the murder weapon is a .
22 Beretta, but not just any .
22 Beretta.
You see this unique firing pin impression? This impression was cut into each spent shell casing.
Coupled with a distinct M.
O.
, it confirms that Peyton and Gina are the latest victims in the most notorious killer in Italian history.
They call him "Il Mostro di Firenze.
" The Monster of Florence.
And that's why our U.
S.
Ambassador and authorities from Italy's Special Investigation's Task Force have requested the I.
R.
T.
's immediate assistance with the investigation.
I thought they caught this "Monster of Florence" guy - 20 years ago.
- Yeah, you would've thought so, right? But, no, I remember this case.
It was just like the Zodiac, and it's unsolved.
Yeah, well, "Il Mostro," he killed 14 people, 7 couples.
He ambushed them while they were having sex in parked cars or at campsites in and around the hills of Florence.
His M.
O.
was always the same Shoot both victims and then take the extra time to mutilate the female.
Yeah, but it's odd, isn't it? I mean, what drives a power-assertive sociopath into such a prolonged period of silence? Yeah, I'm not sure, but, uh, these long, cooling off periods, while they're unusual, they're not unprecedented.
And as for why this so-called "Monster" has risen after all these years, I'd say if he remains true to form, he's gonna tell us himself.
You really think so? On top of everything else, this UNSUB is statement-driven, so it won't be too long before he reaches out to local law enforcements to taunt them with the reason he's back and how he'll fool them all over again.
Only this time, we're gonna be there to stop him.
[Indistinct conversations.]
Mi scusi, signorina.
You are Miss Alison Price, Gina's sister, yes? Yes, I am.
I am Commissario Galterio Conte, the lead investigator for GIDES.
I've already answered so many questions.
I don't know how I can help you guys.
I really need to [Crying.]
Why did I miss that damn flight? If only I'd gotten here sooner, she never would've been out there.
[Speaks indistinctly.]
This is not your fault.
Do you understand? - [Cellphone vibrating.]
- Mm-hmm.
Oh, my God.
It can't be Gina.
- [Touchscreen clicks.]
- Gina: Stop! Don't do this! - Please! - [Gunshot.]
No! Stop! Don't do this! - Please! - [Gunshot.]
Stop! Don't do this! - Please! - [Gunshot.]
No! Stop! Don't do this! - Please! - [Gunshot.]
- No! Stop - [Turns off recorder.]
[Recorder clatters.]
- [Speaks Italian.]
[THEME MUSIC.]
Jack: "When I had journeyed half of our life's way, "I found myself within a shadowed forest, for I had lost the path that does not stray.
" Dante Alighieri.
Agent Garrett, the fact this this killer has remained at large for so long is a profound embarrassment to us.
So I want you all to know how much we here at the Special Investigations Task Force appreciate the FBI's assistance with this investigation.
Thank you, Commissario Conte.
We're here to help in any way we can.
Now as was true in each of the seven previous sets of murders, Il Mostro returned via parcel what he took from the female victim.
In this case, her reproductive organs.
Along with them, he left this His intended message to us was nearly lost in all the blood.
Clara: "Dear Police, my hibernation is over.
" "Judgment is upon you now.
"With the waning crescent moon, I will kill again "the ones who contaminate each other.
"And I will not stop until the Arno runs red "like the Phlegethon.
I am the Monster.
Fear me.
" Ma non capisco.
The Arno is the river running through Florence, but what is the "Phlegethon?" It's the river of scalding blood that boils the souls of men in the Seventh Circle of Dante's "Inferno.
" Ah.
I should know this [Scoffs.]
given Dante Alighieri was born in this city.
Jack, the "waning crescent moon" begins the day after tomorrow.
So he's giving us a 48-hour window, but it also means he's accelerated his cooling-off period even more.
Yeah.
In the past, he's waited months, sometimes years, between murders.
Well, taken all together, his crimes span decades.
And he is clearly intelligent, methodical, mission-oriented.
We're probably dealing with a mature male who is highly educated, financially secure, and he's probably grappling with his own fear of mortality.
Commissario, right now, I'd like to walk through the crime scene with Agent Simmons, while Agent Jarvis reviews each of the autopsy reports.
Also, I think Agent Seger here can help expedite going through all these case files.
Maybe together, we can uncover "the road not taken.
" Si.
I couldn't agree with you more.
Displacement of gravel suggests that the assailant could have arrived in a separate vehicle, but there's not enough here to lift any tire impressions from it.
So let's run through this.
Peyton and Gina drive up here and park.
They start fooling around.
Right, which means they're distracted, so maybe they don't notice the approaching vehicle at first.
Maybe they think it's a cop who gets out with a flashlight, which keeps them in the dark.
All right, so then he moves to the driver's side, blinding Peyton with his flashlight, he fires.
One shot.
He's very efficient.
But this allows Gina time to escape, or try to anyway.
But the UNSUB knows that she's not going anywhere.
Yeah, because he's so proficient with a gun that it's become part of his pathology.
A twisted game of cat-and-mouse.
Exactly.
But do you know what strikes me so much about this UNSUB? His level of comfort here.
Yeah.
He fires multiple shots.
He then takes his time mutilating and then restaging Gina Price's body.
Because he knew no one would hear the shots or screams, not in this location, or in the locations of the other 14 murders.
Thing is, if this UNSUB is preferential, if he's choosing these couples specifically, just having a night of fun, then how in the world does he know that they'll end up in a location that suits him so perfectly? Good question.
Here are the rest of the reports you need, Agent Jarvis.
Now Medico Legale Graziani is busy at the moment, but he has asked me to help you translate the documents.
Great.
Thank you.
What's your name? Marco.
I'm an assistant coroner.
Did you assist in these autopsies? Si.
Che brutalità .
I've never seen anything like this before.
I wish I could say the same.
It's all too familiar, especially the way he chose to degrade and objectify Gina.
It seems personal.
- You think he knew this woman? - He didn't have to, but she could've been a surrogate for his rage.
Well, unfortunately, we did not discover anything that stood out in her autopsy, nor that of her companion.
It's always something, Marco.
You ever heard of something called Locard's exchange principle? - No.
- Basically, it says that while a criminal will inevitably take something away from a crime scene, he will always leave something behind.
And usually that something is found on these bodies.
Did you determine the type of blade that was used in these sharp-force injuries? They made a mold a few years ago, and it appears they thought it was some kind of specialty knife used by hunters or fishermen.
Not a surgical blade? Scalpel? Not according to his reports.
Well, I think we may need to revisit that conclusion, Marco.
Take a look.
Clean, distinct cuts.
But notice how these dissections evolve over time? Yes, almost as if the technique is going from beginner to expert.
To someone who's diminished by age, or maybe someone that just hasn't practiced in a while.
Tell you what, if I were a betting woman, which I am, I would bet the house that this Monster of Florence started killing in med school, probably became a surgeon, and now he's finding that the joints in his gifted, little hands are starting to stiffen up.
Maybe arthritis.
Now you see why this case is the longest and most expensive criminal investigation in Italy's history.
Yes, indeed, I do.
You know, it sort of feels like somebody crossed the JFK Assassination with the Zodiac.
Si.
Conspiracy theories have long been flooding in to fill the void of suspicion.
I'm particularly amused by the one about the Satanic cult The Order of the Red Rose.
That's weird.
I just found something in this case file.
Check this out.
It's a memo, dated back in 1993, from your state prosecutor's office.
It describes a commissioned report on Il Mostro - prepared by the BAU.
- The BAU? I wasn't aware the FBI had been involved in this case before.
- Neither was I.
- Is there a copy of the report? No, but I do have someone I can call.
[Touchscreen clicks.]
- Hey, Clara.
What do you need? - Hey, Monty, I've been digging through some old case files here, and I came across a reference to a profile prepared by the BAU back in 1993.
- Really? - I don't know, Monty.
You're usually very thorough on backgrounds.
- How'd you miss this? - Calling me out there, Seger? I'm just saying, could've saved us a whole lot of valuable time if we knew there was already a report on this UNSUB to work with.
Uh, this is crazy, but there's no digital record of this at all, anywhere.
Do you think this is a case of "Yesterday's technology, tomorrow!" I'm pretty sure all the reports and records of the early '90s are still being reviewed and digitized, which means that this guy's gotta go old school with the Dewey Decimal on this one.
Thanks, Monty.
The clock is really ticking on this one.
Il Mostro has promised to strike again in less than 36 hours.
I'll hit you back A.
S.
A.
P.
Man: Luv, it is getting on.
And need I remind you of our rather thoughtful dinner reservations I've made? Oh, you are such the thoughtful one.
And I have been remiss in demonstrating my appreciation of your attention to my needs.
Yeah, I may have expressed a certain enthusiasm - for this scenario, but - Well, what's wrong? Well, to be bloody honest, we're in the middle of nowhere.
You know, I feel utterly safe in your warm and loving arms.
- Mwah.
[Laughs.]
- Mwah.
Oh, my.
I believe that we've caught the attention of park authorities.
Brilliant.
Just brilliant.
Sorry.
You just have to excuse our, um [Gunshots.]
[Screams.]
No! Aah! [Crying.]
- No! - [Gunshot.]
Hey, Rossi, you got a second? I gotta ask you something.
Sure, Monty.
What do you got? I've been trying to track down this missing subject profile that was commissioned about 20 years ago.
And as far as I can tell, the paper trail leads back to you.
Oh, it does, does it? Well, I'm intrigued.
Do you remember being a part of developing a profile for a foreign subject known as the "Monster of Florence"? Actually, I do.
Really? Great.
You wouldn't happen to have a copy just laying around after 20 years, would you? If you have a few minutes, I might be able to dig up my old case notes.
You know, having to go over these notes after all these years, I remember how much this UNSUB reminded me of David Berkowitz, the so-called "Son of Sam.
" Right.
The Bronx, back in '77.
Berkowitz also targeted couples in cars.
Before they called him the "Son of Sam," the NYPD referred to him as the ".
44 Caliber Killer.
" So similar traits of mission-orientation and power-assertion.
And don't forget narcissism.
Yeah, but neither the "Son of Sam" nor the "Zodiac" performed postmortem mutilations on his female victims.
Correct, and that's how Il Mostro revealed himself to be guilt-motivated.
You see, I-I think he's native to Florence.
Certainly born in Italy.
And those Catholic roots play a part in his sense of grace versus guilt, particularly in terms of expressions of sexuality.
So you think this aggressive overkill on the female bodies might be his desire to punish the feminine form for inspiring temptation? In his twisted, emotional logic, yes.
Rossi, there's an aspect to this that seems like a God-complex playing out, and that would jibe with some evidence we have that this guy may be a surgeon.
Interesting.
I recall, at the time, investigators were more focused on hunters or butchers.
There was even a local chef that was questioned.
Yeah, those were several of the unfortunate turns that the investigation took over the last 20 years.
Well, yeah, not to mention the years wasted on victimologies that tried to explain the UNSUB's preferential selection.
Wait.
Hold on.
Are you saying you don't think he's preferential? Matt, the breakthrough I had with this profile came in the moment I realized that this UNSUB did not choose his victims.
He chooses his victims' locations.
Yeah, but it that's true, since all of these murders were committed on public properties, each one would have to hold some sort of significant personal meaning to this guy.
That's right.
If you could find that through-line that runs from location to location, well, that'll take you right to the Monster himself.
Rossi, it says here that there is an assistant state prosecutor by the name of Carmela Tafani, and she was the one who received your report? Yes.
I remember her.
But no further action was taken.
Do you think she buried it? No.
That would surprise me.
Il Mostro has stuck again.
I'm told this time tourists.
Gunned down in I Giardini Paradiso.
The cars will be waiting out front.
Andiamo.
Jack, that's 12 hours ahead of the deadline he threatened us with.
Well, you let me know if I can help you in any other way.
All right.
Your two help Conte process the scene.
Clara and I are gonna try to track down this Carmela Tafani and find out exactly why Rossi's profile never saw the light of day.
[Mae speaks Italian.]
Grazie.
The victims are Rory Poole, 38, and Diane Roberts, 34.
They're both from London, England.
M.
O.
seems consistent.
Takes out the male first, then he shoots the female while she's trying to escape.
Butchers her body and then drags her right back here to stage.
à pazzesco.
I do not see how, besides being lovers, these two are connected to the American students or any of the other couples.
According to that missing BAU profile, we don't have to worry about making a connection between the victims.
We have to find a link between this location and the locations of the other murders.
I say we also start worrying about his cooling-off period dropping to zero.
I mean, this guy's been pretty consistent with his threats, but something has triggered an accelerated timeline.
- Clara: Fermo! Fermo! - [Horn honks.]
[Man speaks Italian.]
[Doorbell buzzes.]
Woman over intercom: Chi è? Carmela Tafani.
Siamo con l'FBI.
Vorremmo parlare con lei.
I have nothing to say to the FBI.
Ms.
Tafani, David Rossi at the BAU suggested we speak.
It's about the Monster of Florence case.
[Door buzzes, unlocks.]
Il Mostro di Firenze.
It is a case I hoped to never speak of again.
It was the biggest mistake of my life.
Do you think that's because after Rossi sent you the profile, you failed to follow up? You're here because you think I covered up evidence? We're looking for the truth, Ms.
Tafani, so that we can finally bring a killer to justice.
- The truth? - Yes.
The truth is my superiors preferred to let a killer roam free rather than to admit a woman was right.
You think that sexism contributed Scusi, Agent Garret.
I know it.
I was too naive at the time to realize that my position was merely for appearance.
Can you tell us what happened after Rossi sent you the profile? Scusi.
[Sighs.]
David had said to me that the key was in where the murders took place.
Each site had a meaning for Il Mostro, and that is how I found him.
His mother had been a prostitute who often rendered her services while her infant son sit quietly in the backseat of the car.
Of course, he overcame his humble beginnings, rose to become a venerated surgeon appointed to the Ministry of Public Health.
His name was Dr.
Dominico Scarpa.
And you're saying that everyone from the lead investigator to the head prosecutor dismissed this Dr.
Dominico Scarpa's name out of hand? Yes, each and every one.
And I was reprimanded, even docked salary for commissioning the BAU report.
Do you think they were trying to cover up for him - or or somebody close to him? - At first, I did.
But then I realized it was really about power, and I, of the fairer sex, had none.
Did Dr.
Scarpa know he was, at the very lest, your prime suspect? Not until I had the opportunity to charge him.
Not with the murders of the seven couples, no, but with the rape of his own sister, Renata.
You're kidding? When was this? January, 1994.
Renata had been found bloodied and beaten on the side of the road near Calenzano.
The doctors, they documented her sexual assault, which she told them had been carried out by her brother, whom I formally charged the next week.
But in the end, I lost the case, and was summarily fired the next day.
What happened to Dr.
Scarpa? He's killed again, hasn't he? Il Mostro has claimed the lives of two American students two nights ago, and we have reason to believe he struck again last night.
So any help you can give us in trying to locate this individual would be greatly appreciated.
[Opens drawer.]
[Closes drawer.]
This opens a locker at the Piazza Santa Croce.
It contains all my notes and copies of case files.
It is all I can do to help you.
Che Dio sia con voi.
You know, I would never presume to understand or to know what it's like to walk in that woman's shoes, but I think I understand another reason why this case haunts her so much.
Why's that? It's "the one that got away.
" We all have one.
- [Typing.]
- So after he was acquitted of rape, it appears that Dr.
Dominico Scarpa hightailed it right out of Florence, out of Europe.
What about any run-ins with law enforcement? He get arrested again? No, but, according to Interpol, the not-so-good doctor was considered a person of interest for a few regional homicide investigations with the same modus operandi.
- Nothing more than that? - No.
As far as I can tell, the trail goes cold at the end of last year.
Um, last known citing was a condo purchase in Jakarta.
Hold up.
Uh, here's something curious.
Records I got from Rome indicate that there's an estate property held by the family trust.
And it's located in Calenzano.
That looks good, Monty.
Thanks.
I'll call Conte, have him send some officers to meet us there with a search warrant.
[Church bell tolling.]
Posso aiutarvi? Siamo con l'FBI.
Abbiamo un decreto di perquisizione.
E vogliamo parlare con il Dottor Scarpa.
Capisco.
I understand.
Please.
[Man singing in Italian.]
Dominico.
[Singing continues.]
- Dominico.
- Ehi? La polizia.
Not only the polizia, my dear Lia, but the FBI.
Extraordinary.
- This isn't a game, Dr.
Scarpa.
- No.
No, it's no game.
I think you are going to try to tear my house apart in a vain effort to find a pistol and find some surgical tools, which I can assure you I do not have in my possession.
Well, we also believe we can tie you to murder of 14 people, and after this search, that number's gonna go up by four.
You have been talking to Signora Tafani, and she have convinced you that I am the one and only Mostro di Firenze.
Are you? [Scoffs.]
Do I look like a mostro? Yes.
Women can be so cruel.
Doctor, where were you last night? You know, if it was not for Carmela, I would never have to leave Firenze those many years ago.
It pained me very much, because Firenze the most beautiful place on the world.
But when they diagnosed me with the liver cancer, IV stage, I decide to come home.
Innuendo and rumor They can all go to hell.
Deflecting our question only makes us more convinced of your guilt.
By the way, how is Carmela? I am surprised to hear that she is not completely consumed by a menagerie of cats.
Is this your way of saying that you have no alibi for the night in question? No, this is my way of saying I am tired of being persecute in this witch's hunt.
I am innocent.
And you want to know where I was last night and what I did.
And two nights before that.
Then I am in good luck, because both nights in question, I dined alone at Forcella D'oro.
The people there can verify my whereabouts if you like.
- Go, ask them.
- Maybe.
So then it's going to take some time, all right.
Why don't you join me for dinner? I don't think so.
No, ehi? Peccato.
Signore, it is your loss.
Feel free.
Enjoy yourself.
I must get back to my painting.
It's most important, huh? [Resumes singing in Italian.]
Si.
Posso.
What did you find? Nothing.
Yeah, he's certainly smart enough to not bring his bad habits home with him.
Perhaps you are putting too much faith in this woman Tafani.
It has nothing to do with faith, Commissario Conte.
Let's regroup, see what Simmons and Mae were able to find out.
I'm pretty sure we're not done with this Dr.
Scarpa.
[Sighs.]
Gina: No! Stop! Don't do this! Diane: Please! No! [Gunshot.]
[Gunshot.]
Monty: Dr.
Scarpagave us permission to examine his medical records, and it turns out he was not lying about the cancer.
His doctors have given him anywhere from six months to a year to live.
Well, that's consistent with our profile.
They guy's desperate to lash out and make his mark before the clock runs out.
Yeah, but even if you think he's still got the giddy-up for multiple homicides, his alibi is rock solid.
[Typing.]
I just got the security camera footage from La Forcella D'oro, and both nights, same deal.
When Scarpa dines alone, he prefers to be by himself.
[Taps keys, beeps.]
What is it, Jack? What do you see? He's not toasting himself.
[Taps key.]
The son of a bitch is taunting us.
Tafani is right.
Scarpa is still the one behind these murders.
He just must have a partner now.
It's not just a partner, Jack.
I think it's more like Scarpa's protégé, somebody he's grooming to take over for him after he's gone.
That makes sense, but it wouldn't be easy for Scarpa to find someone like that.
I mean, the profile of that kind of individual would skew towards a fanatical fan.
Yes, it would.
Monty, I need you to start looking for people who've demonstrated an intense interest in this case over the years, people who've written books, articles.
Got it.
But, you know, this being a historical case, that list gonna be pretty damn long.
- Do you best.
- Oh, I will.
[Cellphone vibrates.]
What do you have, Mae? I was actually able to cast a mikrosil mold of the blade that was used to mutilate Diane Roberts.
And I've compared that to a similar mold that was created 20 years ago.
Jack: They match? To a tee.
It's the same slightly-modified surgical scalpel.
So this protégé not only has access to Scarpa's .
22 Beretta, he's using the doctor's old surgical tools.
Now to me, that speaks to a level of trust one might only give to a family member.
Well, that's true, but as far as we know, Scarpa doesn't have any known relatives, does he? What about his sister Renata? I mean, what happened to her? Carmela: You can't honestly believe that Renata is part of all this.
Ms.
Tafani, I believe that Scarpa needs something he's never needed before.
He needs the bond of trust that can only be found in family.
He would not have found that with Renata.
He betrayed her! Savagely.
And I failed her.
No.
No, you tried to prosecute him.
I lied.
I told her that I could protect her.
By the time Scarpa had entered the courtroom, Renata had been smeared as a drug-addicted, mentally unstable woman whose delusions had led to a false charge against him.
That's not your fault.
As far as I know, Renata left Florence before the end of the trial and ran off to Naples, where I was told she died later that year.
Suicide? I did not have the heart to ask.
Ms.
Tafani, thank you.
Thank you so much for all of your help.
And I give you my word, my team and I will do everything in our power to bring Scarpa and his accomplice to justice.
I have been down that rabbit hole.
Buona fortuna, bella.
Buona fortuna.
Hey, Monty, I need you to verify a death certificate for me for a Renata Scarpa in Naples around the end of 1994.
Will do.
And I'll check for any other family ties in the region.
- Thanks.
- [Cellphone beeps.]
[Woman singing in Italian.]
Jack: Monty, what do you got? What I got is a death certificate in Naples, Italy, for Scarpa's sister Renata.
But that's not the end of the story, not by a long shot.
Turns out Renata got pregnant after her brother's rape, and she died of complications from an attempt to self-induce a late-term abortion.
Damn.
That poor girl.
- Thing is, the child survived.
- [Computer beeps.]
It was a boy, born premature, but he was eventually transferred to the care of Scarpa's own mother, who would have christened him with the name "Onario Alighieri.
" Simmons: Alighieri? Is that for real? That's, uh, that's Dante's last name.
Well, yeah, given the abuse of her son, Scarpa's mother may have intended it as a cruel joke.
Seems that giving him that name's the least cruel thing that she did to him.
Mae: From the looks of it, Onario had development challenges, most likely due to being a product of incest, and it says here that he developed an early propensity for violence.
Which culminated in the deliberate drowning death of a female classmate when Onario was just 15 years old.
He was sentenced to a youth detention facility outside Rome.
And he was released just last year on his 21st birthday.
Agent Montgomery, this list right here, these are the known aliases for Onario? Yeah, but I got them from the criminal database in Rome.
I haven't been ableto cross-reference themwith Florence yet.
I shall do so now.
Scusatemi.
So what we're looking at is an abused and emotionally abandoned boy who finds himself tormented by these innate impulses - to do harm.
- Clara: He doesn't understand them and he certainly can't control them.
He probably thinks there's an explanation somewhere in his family's history.
I say Onario goes to grandma Who's all too willing to share in the gory details, right? And in discovering these dark family secrets, Onario develops some twisted sense of himself.
And makes him wanna reach out to his long-lost father, seeking approval, because being Il Mostro is not part of Onario's birthright.
So Scarpa didn't need to find his son.
His son came looking for him.
And since dear old dad is dying, he sees in his once-forgotten son the potential for carrying on a legacy.
A way to achieve immortality.
We may have a lead on one of Onario's aliases "Cambia Accorso.
" He was cited for disturbing the peace about two months ago.
And we have an address, a flat located near Piazza del Duomo.
We're going there now.
Clara and I will got with Conte to pick up Scarpa.
You two back up the units taking down Onario.
Jack! She should be here Tafani.
She should be standing right next to us when we walk them down that hall to book them.
You're right.
Go get her.
[Indistinct radio chatter.]
[Door bangs.]
[Door bangs.]
He's not here.
It's as if he knew we were coming.
How is that possible? [Door creaks.]
Carmela? [Cellphone vibrates.]
[Cellphone beeps.]
Jack: Clara, the Scarpas are gone.
They've got Tafani.
Stay where you are.
I'm on my way.
[Beep.]
Ah, Agent Seger! How nice of you to come.
Let her go.
Last warning.
No! Gun on the floor! Now! [Gun thuds.]
Muoviti.
Move.
[Grunts.]
Ah! There's no escape.
I called for backup already.
You have to know that.
The only way I can save myself is if I surrender to you unconditional.
Isn't that what you were going to say? Scarpa, è una cosa - [Shouts in Italian.]
- No! Tafani! [Strained voice.]
Let her go! No one is going anywhere.
Hey, Jack, we were right about Onario reaching out to his father.
Yeah, he's been writing him letters every week since he was released from that youth detention center.
Thing is, all the letters were returned to him unopened.
His father was completely ignoring him.
- [Siren wailing.]
- Ignored him until Onario began to emulate his father's crimes, right? He must've gone as far as to break into his father's house and steal the tools of his trade.
Yeah, he broke in last week.
But how did you know that? Onario left another box at Scarpa's home.
The letter inside was an invitation for him to join his son at the execution of Carmela Tafani.
Clara's at Tafani's.
I know.
I'm on my way there now.
Che ne pensi, Papà ? Ehi? Vedi cos'ho fatto per te? I bring Il Mostro back from dead, yeah? I bring you both women who want to punish you, see you suffer.
Papà , see what I do, what I am? Signora Tafani.
You go to your death knowing you were right about me.
Ma vai all'Inferno! All'Inferno? You will beg for the mercy of Hell before I am finished with you.
Papà , listen to me.
Shoot her, then give me the gun.
Onario! He's not listening.
You did all of this for him, and he still doesn't see you.
No, no! Shut up! Silenzio! You don't need him.
You know that.
- Onario! - You don't need your father anymore.
You never did.
Isn't that why you brought us here? To show him? To show all of us who you really are? Verme della terra! Kill her! [Crying.]
Mi stai esaurendo! Io sono Il Mostro.
I am the Monster.
Your son.
But I am nothing to you.
You are no son of mine.
[Shouts in Italian.]
Aah! Jack: Scarpa! It's over.
Finalmente.
[Handcuffs rattle.]
[Speaks Italian.]
Andiamo.
Andiamo.
[Carmela crying.]
[Horn honks.]
Commissario, hold on.
Si.
This one's hers.
Don't you think she's earned it? Si.
Vero.
Procuratore Tafani per favore.
Grazie.
Prego.
Andiamo.
Mm.
The one that didn't get away.
No.
No, he didn't.