Without a Trace s03e01 Episode Script

Previously on Without a Trace: My wife was offered a really good job in Chicago and she took it.
I've decided to go with her.
I guess old feelings die hard.
Just got a call from Van Doren.
I got the promotion.
Congratulations.
Hey, Martin.
Yeah.
You wanna share a cab? I live uptown.
Yeah, I know.
I don't want you to move to Chicago with us.
Why? I don't wanna be married to you anymore.
My parents wouldn't even be together if it weren't for me.
Like they're doing me any favors.
If they want out, they should just do it already.
You have to consider that all of this has been hard on them too.
Their perfect little girl turned into a freak.
You're blind, not a freak.
Come on, we're gonna do an exercise.
Now? Isn't it like 2 in the morning? Let's go.
Exercises.
Six months, and all I know how to do is walk into walls.
Come on.
Okay, I want you to walk straight ahead 200 feet turn around, then come right back to me.
There are no cues here.
Sure there are.
You've got the stream to your east the hum of the generator to the west the crackle of the fire at your home base.
Everything you need.
I'm sick of hearing you say that.
And I am sick of you making excuses.
Well, you know what, if it's so easy, why don't you do it? I never said it was easy.
But if you want me to do it I'll do it.
Here, take this.
Where are you going? To put out the fire.
Turn off the lantern.
Okay.
It's completely dark now.
So here I go.
Louisa.
Don't talk.
You're making it easy for me.
Hello? Who's there? Who's there? Louisa? Louisa! Stay where you are.
Kelly? Louisa! Louisa! Kelly! Louisa! Spade.
Hey, Viv.
Yeah, I'll be there in a half hour.
No, I'm fine.
Okay, bye.
We got work.
Fitzgerald.
Yeah, hey, Viv.
Right.
Yeah, I'll meet her there.
Who we got, boss? Seventeen year old Kelly Corcoran, who happens to be blind comes out here on a camping trip with her mobility instructor 25 year old Louisa Cruz.
Park ranger comes by about midnight, saw them by the campfire.
Around 1:00, nearby campers heard screaming.
Is this where the struggle occurred? Yeah.
Tire tracks here.
Looks like they drove up.
So this guy is staking out the campground he's waiting for his chance, he gets it comes in with his car, grabs them? Except there were at least two guys.
There are four sets of prints, two of which match with the girls.
Is that Louisa's Camaro? They haven't pulled anything off of it yet.
Pretty, blind white girl goes missing in the woods.
Gonna be a lot more coming.
You ready for it? You stick around here canvass all the other campers and coordinate with Forensics.
Will do.
I'm Special Agent Vivian Johnson.
I'm in charge here.
I thought you were waking them.
Come on, girls.
Girls.
It's time to get up.
Kate, Hanna.
Guys, come on.
How long had Louisa and Kelly been working together? About six months.
Is that how long Kelly's been blind? She started losing her vision about a year ago.
It's a condition called retinitis pigmentosa.
At first, we thought it was about getting contact lenses.
Within a few months she was completely blind.
Louisa was assigned to Kelly by the school district.
And how is their relationship? Kelly's had a very tough time.
She's completely withdrawn from her friends.
She barely even talks to us anymore.
But I feel like Louisa's making some real progress with her.
He thinks cutting class and lying is progress.
It's what a normal teenager would do.
So, yes, I do.
What kind of lying? Louisa was supposed to pick Kelly up after school yesterday for their camping trip but when Louisa got there, Kelly was gone.
So we all waited here for Kelly to get home.
She's just trying to exert some independence.
She's not going on this camping trip with you tonight, that's for sure.
Punishing her like that would be a mistake.
Excuse me? The last thing she wants to do is spend 48 hours alone with me telling her what to do.
Where have you been? What? I went to get something to eat.
You could have told us where you were going.
We were worried sick about you.
Who were you with? Nobody special.
Kelly What, Dad? I wasn't having sex.
I wasn't doing drugs.
I just went to get a hamburger.
We had an appointment.
I went to meet you.
Oh, you're here? Well, that's just great.
I guess the three of you have just been hanging around trying to figure out how to handle me.
Mom, do you mind? I can't see.
It would be great if you wouldn't get in my way.
Is it possible that she's involved with a boy? Anything's possible.
I saw the car that dropped her off.
You didn't tell me that.
It was a light blue sports car.
I think it was a Camaro.
Louisa drives a light blue Camaro, doesn't she? I don't know.
They always walk here together from school.
We never saw Louisa's car.
All Louisa cares about in life is helping people.
Her mother died when she was 6, and all she ever did was help me.
Imagine that for a child.
No mother and a father who's blind.
What do you know about Kelly? She hasn't accepted her situation yet.
For me, I was born without sight, so I never knew any different.
But her, she knows what she's missing.
Mr.
Cruz, excuse me.
Does your daughter have a boyfriend? No.
Not right now.
She's very serious about her work.
Well, is there anybody else who uses her car? She shares it with my son, why? Because Kelly's father saw someone drop her off yesterday in that car and it wasn't Louisa.
Excuse me.
Tito.
Get out here, now.
What? Were you messing around with Kelly? No! Someone saw you with her yesterday.
Now, stop fooling around.
All right, man.
Me and Kelly, we hang out.
So what? So, what were you doing yesterday? We were just getting something to eat.
It was no big deal.
You hear we're going on our big camping trip tonight? Yeah, Louisa said something about that.
It's supposed to be some sort of bonding thing or something.
Hey, you know, she cares about you a lot.
You know that, right? Why don't you come to the campground tonight.
What are you talking about? Louisa can't know about us.
We'll sneak away from her.
We'll make our own party.
I can't do that to her.
Come on, it'll be fun.
Just for a few hours.
I don't know, man.
Please.
All right, well, maybe.
Yeah? So did you go? No, Louisa took the Camaro.
I couldn't get a car.
Tell anybody you were thinking about heading up there? No.
Was there anyone at the restaurant who might have overheard you talking? Yeah, the waiter.
Can I get a refill here? Sure.
Would you like anything, Kelly? No, thanks.
He seemed a little weird but she went through a lot before she lost her sight.
Maybe the waiter knew her from before.
Are we ready? The kidnapping of a teenage girl and her 25 year old instructor so far seem to have the FBI stumped.
And with most of the bureau's resources dedicated to counterterrorism there's some question about whether they're adequately equipped to deal with cases like this.
What you got? Well, I found some white paint on a post near the tent.
Looks like the kidnappers backed into it.
I got the forensics back on those tire tracks.
They're Michelin 185 R 17's.
Tire of choice for the Ford panel van.
I'll ask around, see if anybody spotted one.
I'll call you back.
Why aren't you coming with us? There are some things at work I have to take care of.
As soon as I've done that, I'll come out and see you soon, okay? You're getting divorced, aren't you? No one's saying that, baby.
There are some things your mother and I need to discuss.
In the meantime, we need to get you out to Chicago so you can start your new school, okay? And live in the new house with the yard? Yes, and live in the new house with the yard.
Yeah, right.
Is this him here? No, I don't think so.
What about that guy? No.
Definitely not.
I'll need everybody who was on shift yesterday between 4 and 6 p.
m.
Names, addresses, phone numbers.
I'll see what I can do, but we're a little short handed today.
Short handed? Did somebody not show up? Yeah, one of the waiters.
Which one? Trent Barker.
Did he? Did he call in? Nope.
Is he normally pretty reliable? He's one of our best.
He never missed a shift before today.
Hey, that's him.
You sure? Yeah.
Trent Barker.
Trent usually works on Saturdays.
I don't know why he wouldn't be at the restaurant.
He's not answering his cell phone.
You want me to leave a message? No, we don't want to alarm him.
Ms.
Barker, mind if I use the bathroom? Oh, no, sure.
It's right down there around the corner.
How do you take your tea? You said her name was Kelly? That's right.
I don't remember him mentioning anything about her.
He doesn't talk to me about girls.
So who are Trent's friends? He doesn't have too many friends.
You know, he never finished high school or anything.
He's more of an artistic type.
Right.
I wonder what's taking your friend so long.
You know, he had a little food poisoning last night.
I'm sure he won't be too much longer.
You know, this tea is so delicious.
Would you mind if I had another cup? Oh, sure.
Thank you.
I put everything back where I found it.
You sure his mother didn't see you go up there? Positive.
First priority is to save the girls, right? Obviously, Martin.
All right, look.
All I'm saying is at least now we know he's one of our guys.
All right, leave Sam at the house to question the mother.
You go back to Hardigan's and see what you can find out about this guy.
I'll head out there now.
Yeah, okay.
Yeah, thanks.
Plane took off two hours ago.
I can't believe you let her take the girls.
What was I supposed to do? They're enrolled to go to school tomorrow You're making this difficult for me.
I'm making it difficult? You've worked custody cases.
Gonna be impossible to get them back.
If you'd call me last night, I file an injunction they stay in New York.
I wasn't thinking about litigation.
I was thinking about keeping my girls out of this mess.
It is a mess.
By the way, it's exactly the way Maria wanted it.
What are you talking about? Are you serious? Night before you leave, she springs this on you? You know what, it's just a lot more complicated than that.
Things haven't been right for a long, long time.
You have your most recent phone bills? Why? I think you're gonna find multiple calls to her divorce attorney.
I think you're wrong.
Is that right? Hey, hang onto those boxes.
Stop it.
Jack, I know it's hard to admit.
I am telling you that you are wrong.
This is not premeditated.
I think I know my wife that much.
Talked to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Authority.
It turns out that a white panel van ran a toll stop, 3:30 a.
m.
, Route 191.
Which exit? Stroudsburg.
It's 130 miles away from the grab, which fits the timeline.
I know Stroudsburg.
That exit leads right up to the Poconos.
Maybe they took them to some isolated cabin up there Tell Pennsylvania State Police to focus their search in that and find out if Trent Barker has a connection to anyone in the Poconos.
You got it.
Stop! Please help me! She suffered a mild concussion and a fractured rib.
But she's conscious.
She'll be fine.
Can we talk to her? She's on a mild sedative, but go ahead.
You've got two minutes and then I'm gonna need her, okay? Okay.
Well, whoever hit her dumped her at the ER and took off.
The nurse saw a red pickup racing out of the parking lot.
That's all we got.
This must have been the closest hospital.
So let's put patrol stops along Route 55 and Route 447.
Sixty mile perimeter each way.
Got you.
Jack? Hey.
They didn't have roast beef, so I got you ham and cheese.
Now she wants sole custody of the kids.
You called her.
You were right.
She was planning it.
She called the divorce attorney six times in the last month.
So, what do I do? Have you been following the news? No.
Couple of girls went missing in Jersey.
You know what? They gave my job away, all right, to a friend.
The courts don't particularly like unemployed dads.
Especially when Mom makes six figures.
I am not unemployed, Ed.
Well, when you don't show up for work in Chicago I'm not going to Chicago.
And my daughters are not gonna stay there.
They grew up in New York.
They go to school here, they got friends, family, a grandfather.
They belong here in New York.
And that's exactly what I'm gonna argue.
But none of that will matter unless you get your old job back.
I was trying to fight them off and Louisa came running over to stop them and they must have hit her with a bat or something because she broke her leg.
Okay.
Then what happened? They put us in the car and we drove for hours to the cabin.
They tied us up, and The stronger one, he started on Louisa.
Get off her, you pigs! Leave her alone! Louisa, are you okay? Shut up, bitch.
You're next.
Go ahead, man.
Your turn.
I don't know.
This is weird, man.
Hey, this is what we came up here for.
I'm not feeling it.
Let's just do a bong hit and chill out, okay? Let's go.
You've got to find her.
You've got to find her! Okay, okay, Kelly what can you tell us about the cabin? I don't know, it was up in the woods somewhere.
There was no one else around, I don't think.
How did you escape? They started smoking pot and popping pills and stuff.
The strong one, he must have passed out.
The other one, he took off.
I managed to get the ropes off me, but Louisa She couldn't move.
Her leg was so bad.
She said She said I had to leave her there.
But I can 't get out of here on my own.
I have no idea where I am.
Listen to me, okay? Just listen.
We don't have a lot of time.
You hear the wind? The chimes? Yeah.
That's where the door is.
The sun's coming straight at us, so we must be east.
You go south, you'll hit the main road.
I can't make it, Louisa.
I can't do this.
Yes, you can.
Think of everything you've learned the last six months.
Okay, south to the road, the sun to your left.
You can do this, Kelly.
Now go.
There were all these woods and branches, and I just kept going.
I kept thinking how I had to get out of there to save her.
And then I heard that car and I tried to wave him down.
I guess I stepped too far into the road.
And neither of the men's voices were familiar? No.
Do you know a waiter from Hardigan's named Trent Barker? Why? We think that he may be one of the men who took you.
Oh, my God.
There was this one guy there.
We used to give him a hard time.
This was before I went blind.
It was pretty mean, the stuff I used to do.
I thought I was just being funny, but There's the tip.
Oh, sick.
I sometimes ask myself why I lost my sight and I think maybe God was punishing me.
Kelly, God isn't punishing you.
And none of this is your fault.
Trent, where the hell have you been? I'm sorry.
I had some stuff to take care of.
It'll never Busiest day.
Trent Barker? FBI.
I need you to come with me.
Come on, let's go.
Come on.
But We found the van in the Hardigan's parking lot.
And that van matches evidence that we found at the campground, Trent.
I was never at any campground.
Look, we know that none of this was your idea and that you couldn't go through with raping her.
Lott Mardell's the one behind this, right? The van's registered in Lott's name.
The two of you work at the same restaurant.
Where is the cabin? I don't know about any cabin.
Come on, Trent.
We know Kelly and her friends made fun of you.
I don't even know anybody named Kelly.
Then how do you explain the sketches of her in your room, huh? Okay.
I knew her.
But I swear to God, I didn't do anything to her.
Right after you ran away from the cabin, Kelly escaped.
Trent, look at me.
Kelly escaped.
And she ID'd you because she recognized your voice.
She knows you from the restaurant.
Now I know you're lying to me because she has no idea who I am, okay? No idea.
Anything on the cabin yet? Not yet.
Look, I wanna put Kelly on the phone with Trent.
Once he knows that she can ID him, he's gotta come clean.
Martin? Look, I'm afraid that'll spook him.
If you let us work him You been working him for over an hour and he hasn't given anything up yet.
We don't have time.
Okay.
Your mother's on the phone.
She wants to talk to you.
Go ahead.
Pick it up.
Hello, Mom? Mom, are you there? It's him.
It's definitely him.
Okay.
Are you all right to go ahead and talk to him? All right.
Like we talked about.
This is Kelly, Kelly Corcoran.
You better tell them where Louisa is, you hear me? Tell them.
Because I know you.
I will testify against you and send you to jail for the rest of your miserable life, do you hear me? I want a lawyer.
We've got the full cooperation of local law enforcement and state police and every possible resource at our disposal will be exhausted including the media.
It's been 17 hours, and the FBI seem to have no leads in the disappearance of the missing We've got an idea of the area, got the roads blocked.
We're doing everything that we can.
Well, can I talk to Kelly? That's up to her parents.
They're over there.
All right.
I'll be right back, papi, okay? Do you think my daughter is dead? I think the man that took her knows that he's surrounded and he will realize that he has no choice but to give up.
I'm very sorry.
Excuse me.
Hello? Baptism by fire, huh? You could say that.
Where are you, Chicago? No, something came up.
I'm taking a later flight.
Are you all right? Yeah, yeah.
No, I'm good.
I just wanted to I wanted to check in.
You guys are all over the news.
We're doing fine.
We got one girl, we're closing in on the other.
So you got one? That's good.
Withholding it from the press? We want the perp to go look for her and leave the other one behind.
That's a good call.
Agent Johnson.
Listen, Jack, I really have to go.
Sure.
Okay.
Good luck.
Have a safe flight.
I will, thanks.
What do you think his partner did when he found him gone? If Louisa isn't dead, he's raping her.
We're here with our thumbs up our ass.
He's lawyered up.
You wanna go back in and start questioning him? Let me tell you something, if Jack were here now we wouldn't think twice.
He'd be the first one through that door.
Let's go.
Here you go.
I thought you might be thirsty.
Thanks.
You find your lawyer? My mom's taking care of it.
Well, that'll be good, I guess.
You ever deal with a lawyer before? He'll make a good defendant.
I mean, good for TV.
We'll have to clean him up a little bit.
He'll look great.
Then they'll put his mom right there behind him in the courtroom.
You know, they do that for sympathy.
Then they'll dig into your life story.
Your childhood, everything.
Tabloids.
Big circus.
You know, if it were me, I'd probably cut a deal before my lawyer tried to turn himself into a big star at my expense.
You're trying to play me.
No, I'm trying to help you.
Because they're gonna turn you into a freak.
Look I understand why all this happened.
You wanted her.
You wanted her in the worst way.
Come on, I've been there before.
I know that feeling.
I did.
You did what? Want her.
But I knew I never had a chance.
Yeah, sure, of course.
You had to take her.
No, it wasn't like that.
Then what was it like, Trent? She stopped coming into the restaurant.
For months.
I thought I'd never see her again.
Then she came back.
You'll be fine.
Trust yourself.
Oh, no.
I'm sorry.
No, no, no.
It was my fault.
No, it's me, I'm blind.
I don't know what I'm doing.
It's okay.
Kelly I'm fine.
Just please leave me alone.
Okay.
You didn't get anything on you.
It's okay.
Thanks.
Can you just show me to my table? Of course.
So you used to come in here all the time.
Not so much anymore, how come? Because I slam into waiters and people feel sorry for me.
I don't feel sorry for you.
I think My name's Trent.
Well, thanks, Trent.
That was the first time she was ever nice to me.
You thought you had a chance with her.
I was gonna ask her out next time she came.
But the next time she came in she was with that other guy, right? She didn't even know who I was.
Do you know that guy? No.
No idea.
And that's when you made your plan? No.
It wasn't my idea.
It was Lott's.
She picked that grease ball over you? Come on, man.
The only right thing to do is teach her a lesson.
Like what? She's going to this camping thing tonight, right? Yeah.
We grab her.
You get to have your fun.
What kind of fun? Whatever you want.
She doesn't even know that you exist.
Doesn't it just make you burn? Who the hell does she think she is? She thinks she's better than you? She's a cripple.
That's the beauty of it.
We grab her, we do what we want with her she can never ID us.
Come on, man.
You know that you want her.
We weren't supposed to take that other girl.
She just came flying in out of nowhere.
She was going crazy trying to stop us, so Lott took her.
He slammed her leg in the car door.
He broke her leg.
He's crazy.
He'll probably kill her.
The van belongs to Mardell's cousin.
Don't have a name.
It's off of Route 55, between He's on foot.
Yeah.
The van Barker took is the only vehicle at the cabin, so he's on foot.
He can 't be far.
You talked to Trent without his lawyer.
We got you a location.
Get the chopper up here now.
Okay, great.
Thanks.
Bye.
I think Kelly can show us the way.
How? Was that a railroad track? Yeah.
This is definitely the way.
I remember from last night.
This is the way.
How much longer, do you think? Ten or 15 minutes, but you have to go faster.
They were driving faster.
Faster's good.
Okay, watch your knee.
I can do it.
You have to stand in front of me.
I'll take your arm.
Okay.
Wait.
Stop.
Can you turn that thing off, please? Do you hear that? It's a saw or a drill or something.
Yeah.
When I was coming down the hill I remember hearing that sound.
I thought maybe someone was doing construction.
I went towards it.
You were moving towards it from the opposite direction? Yeah.
Okay, let's go.
It's up there.
Here you go.
Take my arm.
Okay.
No sign of the cabin or the fugitive.
There it is.
We've got the cabin in sight.
FBI! Clear! Come on! Come on! Come on.
Let's go! Get up, come on! You're surrounded.
Drop the weapon.
Put your hands in the air.
Get up! Get up! If you wanna get away, just run! Just run! Get up! You got him? No.
Freeze! FBI! Suspect is heading south southeast through the woods, towards the road.
Help! Somebody help me! Please help me! Hey, it's okay.
We're with the FBI, all right? You're safe now.
I got Louisa.
We're about a mile and a half up the road.
We need an ambulance right away.
Where's Kelly? What happened to Kelly? Kelly's fine.
Kelly brought us to you.
She's the reason we're here.
Suspect is down.
Repeat, suspect is down.
Louisa? Louisa? Kelly? Kelly? You realize it'll be virtually impossible to bring a case against Trent Barker.
We were willing to risk the conviction in order to save the girl.
And it was your call to make? No, it wasn't.
Why didn't you tell me what you were doing? We wanted you to have deniability if it went bad.
You were protecting me? It was wrong.
Damn right, it was.
Go home.
You know I would have considered it if you'd asked.
Okay, good night, you guys.
Good night.
Well, you just got your head handed to you.
Wouldn't be the first time.
I guess some things around here won't change too much, huh? I was thinking some things will, though.
What do you mean? I mean you and me.
We sort of got interrupted this morning.
Yeah, we did.
I'll walk out ahead of you.
Okay.
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