Without a Trace s03e07 Episode Script

Previously on Without a Trace: Colleen McGrath.
She dropped off her son Jake at the babysitter's, never came back.
On top of rent, she has childcare, food What if it got to be too much? All her stuff was still at the motel.
Why didn't she take it with her? Jake just needs a hearing aid.
You should be able to find one for about $500.
I don't have that kind of money.
What's in the bag, Colleen? I needed the money for a medical thing.
Check it out.
Heroin.
You calling me a thief? I was one bag short.
Know what they're gonna do if I don't get it? Colleen's got drug dealers thinking she ripped them off because of you.
He's gonna kill me.
This case is really getting to you.
Yeah.
A drug mule went missing two years ago.
Similar profile.
Twenty six year old woman, Elizabeth Rogers.
Whoever this man is, he took Colleen.
And she's not the first.
I think I know how to get him.
Okay, I'm listening.
I move into her motel, get a job at the Every Mart, see what I dig up.
We are not set up for you to go undercover.
Jack, I don't need to go that deep to get information.
I just need to find someone who went on a drug run, or Colleen confided in.
Those people won't talk to cops.
They'll talk to someone living or working beside them.
Elizabeth Rogers was killed two years ago and this guy is still out there.
Who knows how many people he's killed or will kill.
When I say you're done you pack your bags and you get your ass out of there.
Okay.
The washer dryer's behind the soda machine.
It's 2 bucks a load, it takes quarters and I don't make change.
Okay.
You can have a hot plate, but roaches aren't my problem.
Hi, Claude.
Hi, Amy.
Come on, Amy.
Let's go.
And another thing, no pets.
I'm cat free.
One seventy five a week, due on Mondays.
Whether you work or not.
I got a job at the Every Mart.
I don't care where.
No drugs, no tricks, no trouble.
You won't have any.
I need a week in advance.
Right.
There you go.
Welcome to the Glen Capri, Sally.
Samantha.
My name's Samantha.
Well, good for you.
Customers decide they don't want something, they drop it.
You need to bring it back to overstock.
By the break room? Put in the right department's cart.
Bring the housewares cart here, restock your merchandise.
Is there a special time I'm supposed to do this? When you have no customers who need your help.
Got it? Got it.
As it says in the handbook, damaged packaging should go to the back.
Someone who really wants an item will buy the last one even if it's not perfect.
I'm sure you'll get the hang of it.
Samantha check in today? Yep.
She met two new people at the motel last night.
Both of them said they'd never met Colleen.
Right.
But I'm gonna follow up anyway.
Here we go.
What? That other drug mule, Elizabeth Rogers before she was killed two years ago, she worked at an auto parts store.
Guess who her supervisor was.
You recognize her, Mr.
Burdick? No, I'm sorry.
I'm afraid I don't remember her.
You don't remember a girl murdered? Didn't happen while I was there.
She was found in the river with a bullet between her eyes.
I didn't hurt anyone.
Two women, both drug mules, both worked for you.
What's that? Coincidence? How about those deposits that you made into your bank account before each of the women went missing? I just found girls who needed a little extra money.
So you roped Colleen in when you caught her stealing? I thought I was doing her a favor.
Don't ever do this again.
I won't.
Colleen.
If you really need extra cash, I might know a way.
I'll do anything.
Extra shifts, short No, it's not here.
It's an off the books thing, but good money.
What is it? All you have to do is deliver a package.
I can get you an advance.
And that's the last I heard until she went missing.
Who's this? Mr.
Burdick, you've already lied to me twice.
Only thing stopping me from snapping your head off is that you can help me.
Now, who is it? His name is John Barr.
Where do we find Mr.
Barr? Don't know.
If I had a candidate for a run, I'd call him.
He came to me.
Write down his number.
I haven't heard from him in about a week.
Since Colleen disappeared.
He might not even be around.
If he's not, I'll assume you're lying to me, and you're gonna wish you hadn't.
Ten minutes, then it's time for dinner.
Okay.
Hey.
What's your doll's name? Lisa Louise Marcia Jane.
That's a big name for a little doll.
How long have you lived at this motel? I don't know.
There's lots of kids here.
You must have lots of friends.
Heather, Jean, Barb.
She lives upstairs.
What about Jake? You know Jake? He doesn't live here anymore.
I know.
I think I'm I think I'm in his room.
It's scary.
Why is that? Because there was a man.
That's not Deke's problem.
A thousand bucks, that is Deke's problem.
He wants it back in 48 hours.
You'd better not be empty handed.
You're sure the man said "Deke"? Yeah.
Then I stopped playing.
Went inside.
That was smart.
Does your mom let you chew gum? Yeah? I bought a pack of gum today.
Got anything? Well, no luck finding our guy John Barr.
His cell phone bills go to a mailbox store.
And the social that he gave on his application is fake.
So he's using an alias.
But the manager at Every Mart was telling the truth.
According to Barr's cell phone records he called a lot before Colleen went missing but hasn't since.
Any of these numbers tie into somebody named Deke? No.
Moving heroin is more than a two man operation.
Barr must have had other recruiters besides Burdick.
What other calls were made in the last week? Okay, we've got two to a takeout place, one to a liquor store and one, two, three, to Coleman Die Cast.
Barr must've found another recruiter.
Samantha's wasting her time at Every Mart.
Let's get her into Coleman Die Cast.
Reference I called said you could lift 80 pounds.
He B.
S.
Ing me? You're scrawny.
I'm scrawny but I'm strong.
Well, we're short handed.
You start today.
But that drug test comes back positive No, I'm straight.
Joanna, Howie.
Hey.
This line's making an induction system.
You're boring two holes and deburring the holes before passing to Howie.
Wear your safety equipment.
Lunch is at noon.
You get a half hour.
One 10 minute break in the morning, one in the afternoon.
You gotta pee, okay.
But don't make a career out of it.
How much do I get paid? Not enough.
I think he just expects you to be grateful he lets you go pee.
Floor manager seems like the best choice.
He's the only one with access.
What's the matter? My body hurts from the machines.
Turn around.
Come on.
So who do you think the mule is? I don't know, Jack.
I just It's so hard to keep my eye on everybody when I got to move 40 pieces an hour.
I'm gonna have to start asking my coworkers out for beers after work.
I got something for you.
Put it in your windowsill.
If you're in trouble, take it out.
Okay.
You know, if you really cared about me you wouldn't have told my boss that I could lift 80 pounds.
I didn't.
I told him you could dead lift 150.
Hey, Amy.
What are you doing? Waiting.
Waiting for what? My mom works late sometimes.
I just like to wait till she gets home so she can tuck me in.
Is she gonna be home soon? You know, I could I could wait with you if you want.
Yeah? Hey, Howie, want me to take an early lunch so you can catch up? The faster you go, the faster they make you go.
That's just your way of saying I'm better at this than you are.
That's a sad little achievement, Sam.
Yeah, I guess I am falling behind.
What are you looking at? He's gonna kill me.
Howie.
Eight hours a day standing right next to me.
I can't believe I wasn't onto him.
You've only been working there for a couple days.
You would've figured it out even if Barr hadn't shown up.
I don't know.
Look, this is Barr's license plate number.
It's a dark blue Ford F150 King Cab.
We'll track it down.
I think Howie picked Joanna to make the run.
He's been working on her all morning.
Did we find Colleen yet? No.
What happened to her son? Social Services put him back with his father.
If we find Colleen's body are you gonna pull the plug on this assignment? Why don't you just keep deburring whatever it is you're deburring and keep an eye on Joanna.
Maybe you'll see something that can help us.
Okay.
Hey.
Hey, Jack, listen to this.
John Barr is an alias for John Burns.
This guy's into possession, armed robbery, assault.
He did six years in Dannemora.
While there, he took business classes.
Got out three years ago.
And moved into drug mule management.
So it appears.
Is the DEA aware of him? They're into it.
Got an address? Yeah, an apartment in Lawndale.
We should pick him up.
No, he's too low level.
He's a murderer.
And he's the lead suspect in our investigation.
Yes, I understand that.
Unfortunately, I don't think Colleen is coming back and we have a chance to break a bigger case.
We should follow him and see if he leads us up the chain.
Which means that Sam stays right where she is.
For now.
Joanna? Yeah.
I'm getting spoilage because my drill depth isn't consistent.
What am I doing wrong? Well, you're grabbing the back part of the handle.
The bit is set for a one third rotation.
You've never done this kind of work before, have you? I needed a job.
You know, long sleeves give a little cushion.
And they'll help the metal slide on your arm.
It'll mean less bruising.
Joanna? Yeah.
I got coupons left from when I worked at Denny's and I can't stand the idea of eating at the mini mart again.
I'd love some company.
Okay.
Okay.
Mom got sick right after I moved in here.
She needed some medicines, and I'd used all my cash on the security deposit.
So now I'm working weekends at Weston Distribution.
And the ends meet.
Most of the time.
I don't know how you're working two jobs.
I'm tired from the one job I'm doing poorly.
Where you been? Out.
No beer for me? I'll go to the deli and get you some.
Thought you said your mom had emphysema.
It's the habit I took up to help me forget about my other bad habits.
She's working two jobs and still falling behind.
Not to mention Les, the deadbeat boyfriend who's turning her money into beer and not giving her much.
Did she mention travel plans or taking time off? No, I have no idea when the run is, but I'm pretty sure she's the one.
They were just trying to survive, Martin, Joanna, Colleen.
All it takes is one tough break for them to fall off a cliff.
Are you okay? Tired.
But that's the good thing about not having a television or a cell phone.
Nothing to stop me from going to bed early.
Yeah, I've been getting a lot of sleep too.
All right, I'll let you go.
Good night.
Good night.
Please, Mommy.
Mommy, please, just a few.
I just wanna catch a few lightning bugs, then we can go inside.
I had a hard day at work, Samantha.
We'll catch some tomorrow.
You said that yesterday.
If we don't catch them tonight, I'll have to sleep in the dark again.
I know right where they are.
Samantha, I am tired.
I don't want to catch fireflies.
I'll go by myself.
It's time for bed.
Through a prison connection, the DEA tied Burns to a man named D.
K.
Nimmanit.
They think he's the boss of a Thai group that's moving heroin to the U.
S.
Through Canada.
Known associates? Yeah.
Yeah, he's got a nasty capo named Niran Kiet.
Suspected by the Thai Police of being involved in some very high level drug assassinations back in Bangkok.
But they're clean here? That's why they hire a guy like Burns.
Colleen makes a mistake, he takes care of it.
Okay, I'm gonna get these photos to Danny just in case he runs into them.
Hey, Viv, it's Samantha.
Listen, Joanna didn't show up for work today.
You think there's a problem? Yeah.
Joanna? She's alive.
This is Agent Fitzgerald.
We're gonna need an ambulance at the trailer park.
Hey, you order a pizza? Yeah.
Let me get my wallet.
Come on in.
Hey.
What happened to Joanna? It's not good.
Broken collarbone, fractured wrist.
Hospital's keeping her overnight for observation.
She says it was a domestic dispute.
Think she's telling the truth? Well, she's not pressing charges.
Well, whatever it is, she's not gonna be able to make that run.
Green peppers.
You remembered.
Fitzgerald.
Right.
You gonna send it over now? Yeah, okay.
What? We found Colleen's body in the river.
I'm sorry.
This ink stamp was on the back of her hand.
Have you seen that around anywhere? No.
Look, Jack said you can come back in now.
He's gonna hand the case over to the locals and the DEA.
I can give you a lift.
I left some of my personal belongings at my work station at Coleman's.
It might look suspicious if I didn't go in to pick them up.
And I wouldn't wanna compromise the rest of the investigation, so You sure? Yeah.
Yeah, just I'll quit tomorrow at the end of the day and tell Jack he can pick me up at the regular spot tomorrow night.
All right.
The boyfriend, I think.
She's pretty busted up.
No one comes to mind.
I'll think about it.
Brian? Listen I know we're behind because of Joanna.
I got this collections guy breathing down my neck.
He says he's gonna start garnishing my paycheck unless I make a big payment.
I'm right on the edge.
I can't afford to take home less than I am now.
So maybe if I could help out You're already at 40 hours.
But you don't have to pay me overtime.
I wouldn't tell anyone, I swear.
I'm sorry, Sam.
What? Brian.
Damn.
Sam.
I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I heard what's going on.
I'm pretty screwed.
Yeah, I'm really sorry.
But I might be able to help.
You still on break? I've got two minutes left.
I have a friend.
He pays good money.
All you have to do is deliver a couple packages.
Look, Jack, all I need is a couple more days.
Long enough for them to make contact with me.
We're not set up for undercover.
Then set it up, Jack! Listen, if I don't do this this whole case is based on paper trails and sketches.
We'll be lucky if we bust a couple of guys on minor charges.
Do you get that? It's not your decision.
Understand that? If we had no history, you'd let me do this, no questions asked.
It's got nothing to do with our history.
Then the only conclusion I can jump to is that you don't trust me.
Jack, please.
She doesn't even know where the drop is or when.
Burns is gonna make contact with her.
We don't have coverage for this.
The DEA will give us some assistance.
Does Danny still got Burns under surveillance? No, but it turns out D.
K.
Nimmanit owns some bars in the area.
Word has it on the street that he's laundering money through them.
If Danny's checking out bars, who's on Burns? Anderson.
And you're gonna relieve Anderson at 10:00, okay? Yeah.
Yeah, good, good.
Ten dollar cover.
This means "balance," right? Means you can come in.
Samantha.
Come on, let's go.
No.
We have got to figure out a way to live under the same roof.
Like you care how I feel.
Why don't you stop pretending and just let me leave? Samantha, you are coming home.
I know that you don't want to, but right now it's not really up to you.
Can I help you? I'm Howie's friend.
Just a sec.
So Howie says you're looking to pick up some extra cash.
Yeah.
What do you need me for? You look like a girl who can make money any number of ways.
I just need a little extra cash.
I'm not looking to make a career change.
I got a package I need delivered to Port Jeff.
I'll give you 800 bucks.
Half up front, the rest when you drop it off.
What kind of package? That doesn't matter.
You're either willing to help me or not.
And if you don't want to, that's fine, I'll go.
No.
I want to.
A day or two.
I'll be in touch.
Hey.
You should've called.
Burns might have been watching.
I didn't want him to see me running to a pay phone.
I told you, when you made contact, you call us.
We cannot have a lag in information.
Okay.
All right.
I'm sorry.
I'll I'll talk to you later, I guess.
Bye.
Fine.
Why didn't you pull her out when you had a chance? Because I don't make decisions based on fear.
Do you want me to set up surveillance at the motel? Yes.
Just as soon as I know when the drop is.
Joanna? Oh, my God.
What happened? I had to send my mom some extra money, and Did Les do this to you? Yeah.
He just came back by the trailer and said he was gonna finish what he started.
I can't call the cops.
He'll kill me.
It's okay.
I don't have anywhere else to go.
It's okay, it's okay.
We'll figure it out, okay? Come on.
Just go inside and grab what you can.
Clothes, money, valuables.
You're not coming back from the shelter, so make sure you don't want to, okay? I knew you'd come back, you stupid bitch.
Fast as you can, Joanna.
Les, please.
We don't want trouble, okay? Who are you? Fifteen minutes and we'll be out of your way.
Go inside, Joanna, now! Get your stuff.
Go, Joanna! I just serve drinks.
You must be really good at it.
Big balance in your checking account, a new car.
You don't get those on The difference must be those 100 dollar bills that I saw Niran Kiet slip you.
It was a tip.
For what? Looking the other way? I don't know what you're talking about.
Did you know she's dead? You can close your eyes, but it doesn't change anything.
She's still dead.
If I tell you anything, I'll need protection.
We'll take care of it.
I only saw her once.
I had no idea what she'd done, but she was desperate.
I don't have the whole amount.
I know I'm supposed to but I've got part of it and I promise I'll get the rest real soon.
I promise.
How much do you have? Three hundred and fifty dollars.
I know I owe you a thousand.
And I'll pay interest if I have to.
I'm real sorry.
I didn't mean to lose your your stuff.
And I'll get you your money.
Please.
You'll bring more next time.
I will.
I promise.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
I didn't let myself think about what he was going to do.
I couldn't.
Do you know she had a son? So do I.
Samantha.
Yeah.
I've been sent to pick you up for the delivery.
Where's the other guy? I'm sorry, I'm just I thought there was gonna be some kind of warning.
I'm supposed to work No warning.
We need to go now.
Quietly.
Okay, I'm just gonna grab my purse.
Forget the purse.
You're coming right now.
Leave it.
All right.
All right.
Go, go, go.
Pulled this from the security camera across the street.
Look at that.
Late model Cadillac, right? There's two.
I'll bet you one is Kiet.
Call Viv and get her this information.
All right.
Do me a favor, blow that up for me.
I want a better look at the license plate.
Should we pick up Burns? No, I'll take care of it.
Have we got anything yet? No.
I got to go.
All right, thanks, Viv.
Hey, Martin, you okay? I'm just worried about her.
I know you are.
Hey.
Amy, right? You're a friend of my friend Sam.
Did you see her this morning? Look, I think she's in a little trouble, and I know how to help her.
So if there's anything you can tell me She was with a lady.
A lady who had her arm in a sling.
Les Tillman, I'm Special Agent Johnson with the FBI.
Stand up and put your hands where I can see them.
I didn't do nothing.
Seen this woman? Yeah, that bitch tried to kill me this morning.
What happened? Tell me, or I'll be the second woman that tries to kill you today.
She attacked me.
She almost broke my arm.
She had me in some kind of thing like this.
Like this? Yeah.
That hurts.
Were there any cars around? People walking by? Did anyone see her do this to you? I don't know.
Maybe.
There's always people hanging around.
Malone.
I think she got made.
I'm not a cop.
I'm not a cop.
Please stop.
Stop, please, stop.
You remember Elizabeth Rogers? You had Duane Burdick recruit her from a store two years ago.
Apparently, she was last seen with a guy who looks remarkably like you.
And then that same guy happened to threaten Colleen McGrath.
And now both women are dead.
I didn't kill anybody.
Who's that? She's an FBI agent.
I never seen her before.
You're lying.
I saw you at her room.
You know, you move drugs and you're a schmuck.
You take one of my FBI agents and you're a dead man.
You tell me what happened or I'm gonna march you over to Deke.
I'll show him my badge and tell him how helpful you were.
Then I'll walk away.
Don't think I won't do it.
I don't give a crap about this job.
All right, look, I didn't take her, okay? One of my guys watched her to make sure she was straight up.
He saw her go to that other woman's trailer.
He realized she was a cop.
And what'd you do? I called my boss, Niran Kiet.
Where'd he take her? I don't know.
Where did he take her? Could've been a couple of places.
Then let's have them.
Put it down! Get down, get down! Turn around! Turn around.
Get down! Get your hands back here.
Viv, we got heroin.
Jack, she's not here.
Get up.
I said get up.
Get her! FBI, drop your Transporting one to county now.
Jack, I'm gonna ride with her.
Call me after you talk to the doctor.
Okay.
Yes, sir! Is she gonna be okay? She's beat up pretty bad, but she's gonna make it.
It was a tough call to make.
Thanks.
Are you okay? It looks a lot worse than it is.
I hear you helped me.
I just told the lady.
Thank you.
My mom's taking me to the park.
It's 10 blocks and I can't walk it by myself.
Well, you better go then.
Amy? You can put this in your room.
Bye.
Bye.
Let's go, Mom.
Mom? It's Samantha.
Yeah, I know.
It's been a long time.
No, I was just thinking about you, and I How are things in Kenosha? Yeah, I'm fine.
I just wanted to call you.