Without a Trace s04e08 Episode Script

Lot of work tonight? Yeah, this Comcast analysis.
It's a pain in the ass.
No, none for me.
I'm gonna be up for hours.
- Half a glass isn't gonna kill you.
- No, thanks.
All right.
How was your day? I got the Frigidaire account.
Really? Does that mean we get free household products? Cute.
Congratulations.
- Oh, wait, that's bad luck.
- No.
Come on.
- Hey.
- Hey, no dinner with us? I'm gonna meet the guys at the arcade, I'll get something there.
- Did you finish your homework? - Yes.
- I'll be home by 10.
- Okay, don't forget your helmet.
Do I ever? I don't like that he's biking around at night.
Sue, wake up.
Have you heard from Shawn? - No, what time is it? - It's 12:40.
He's not here.
It's not here.
Maybe it's in the driveway.
Shawn, it's your father.
You're late on your curfew, buddy.
- We're hoping you're okay.
Call us.
- Owen? This is Shawn's mom.
I'm sorry to call so late.
Were you with him? Oh, good.
Do you have any idea where he is? - And he left at 9:30? - You never saw him after that? He'll turn up.
I'm sorry I woke you.
We haven't heard from him.
I was hoping you had.
Shawn, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, just call home.
Please, we wanna make sure that you're safe.
Shawn Hopkins.
No, he's not a patient.
Can you listen to me please? I'm just asking you did he come in to the ER tonight? - Hopkins.
K-I-N-S.
- Accidents, muggings, anything? He was on a bike.
He has a Schwinn 10-speed.
- Twenty-four speed.
- Twenty-four speed, I'm sorry.
Yes, I'll hold.
Yes, he's 15 years old.
Yes.
We would like to file a missing persons report.
He's a very responsible kid.
He's never missed a curfew.
You spoke to his friends? Yeah, and they said the same thing, that he left the arcade at 9:30.
Have you sent somebody down there? See if anybody saw anything? - Not yet, no.
- Well, why not? It's not open.
There's no one there to interview.
How you doing, sir? Excuse me.
- What's going on? - Who's this? I don't know.
Hi, I'm Special Agent Malone from the FBI.
- This is Special Agent Fitzgerald.
- Hi, I'm Larry Hopkins.
My wife, Susan.
Local P.
D.
Has filled us in on what's going on.
We need to put a trace on your phone.
I need you to sign paperwork.
- Why? - In case there's a ransom call.
- You think he's been kidnapped? - We're not sure.
It's just a precaution.
- We should go and talk.
- Okay.
- Why don't we go over here somewhere? - Why? We'd like to talk to you separately.
Yeah, I get that.
I wanna know why.
Because it's faster and time is a factor here.
It's okay, Larry.
- In the kitchen? - Yeah, that would be great.
Mrs.
Hopkins, we're gonna need a recent photo of Shawn.
Something with a clear view of his face.
- Is that all right? - Yeah, that's perfect.
We need to take a look at his bedroom.
- That's upstairs.
- Okay.
I'll make sure you get this back.
All right.
Wanna sit here? Now, is Shawn having any problems in school? No.
No, he's basically a straight-A student.
On the track team, all the teachers love him, he's a great kid.
- Does he do drugs? - Drugs? No.
- Drinking? - No, he's 15.
What about gambling? He's in a rotisserie league, you know, baseball, football nothing more than that.
Now, does Shawn have a girlfriend? There was There was a girl, Linda Kirkland.
But it was about a year ago.
It was only for a couple weeks.
I don't think it was serious.
Now, how about at home? Any problems here? What about violence? Is there a tendency to fight? No, he's a sweet kid.
Any friends he shouldn't be hanging around? Not that I know of, no.
We've talked a lot about Shawn now we need to talk about you and your husband a bit.
All right.
Has Mr.
Hopkins ever hurt your son physically? What? No.
Of course not.
- How about you? - No.
- What is this? - I know these questions are difficult but I have to ask them.
- Why? Often when a child is missing, one of the parents has something to do with it.
Well, not this child.
- My marriage? - Yes.
Have you or your wife had an affair recently? No, no Is that why you separated us? So you could ask us these questions? Teenagers often act out when there's trouble at home.
And you haven't answered my question.
No.
Neither one of us is having an affair and there's no big dysfunction in this family that caused my son to disappear.
Okay.
You know, my son is out there somewhere and you come into my home and you ask me these questions like I did something wrong.
What are you doing to find my son? Excuse me.
Yeah.
No, never, never, never.
- Does he work a lot of late nights? - Yeah, sometimes.
Excuse me.
I'd like to speak to my wife for a second.
Actually, we're in the middle of something right now.
You Great.
- Excuse me.
- Yeah? - Who are you? - I'm Danny Taylor, I'm with the FBI.
What are you doing? Looking through Shawn's stuff.
Your wife said it'd be okay.
- She did? - Yeah, she did.
- Why? - Why? Why do you need to look through all his stuff? There might be something in this room that will help us find Shawn.
- You're taking his computer? - Yeah.
IMs, e-mails, pics, we need to go through them.
Did you go through his closet? Teenagers have secrets, sir.
Right.
I'm sure the key to where Shawn is hidden somewhere in the closet.
Well, once our tech has a look at this, I'll bring it back to you.
Thank you.
Sue.
We gave them a wrong description.
We said he was wearing a green jacket.
- He was.
- No, he wasn't.
He was wearing the blue jacket, the one my mom gave him.
- No, I'm sure of it.
- It's not hanging in his closet.
It's at the dry cleaner.
- You're sure? - Yes.
Okay.
Can you believe the things they were asking? I have to tell you something.
What? I should have told you at the time, I don't know why I didn't.
Just tell me.
What? Last week Shawn came home pretty out of it.
- Hi, Mom.
- Are you drunk? I had a few beers with Chet and the guys.
- You can't ride your bike home like that? - I'm not an idiot.
I took a cab.
How often do you drink? Every once in a while.
Mom, it's no big deal.
Look, I'll take it easy.
Where's Dad? He's working.
Look, please, Mom, don't tell Dad and I promise I'll take it easy.
You know how he gets.
It'll be like the Spanish Inquisition.
Just let it be our little secret.
That's perfect, that's perfect.
- Larry.
- No, it's fine.
What else? Is he on drugs? - Smoking pot, what? - No.
I said I was sorry.
- I already said that I was sorry.
- Did you tell them? - Yes.
- What did they make of it? - I can't tell - Excuse me.
I need you to come down to the FBI offices.
- Why? What's going on? - I'll explain in the car.
But you said we should be here if somebody calls.
I'll have it re-routed to my cell phone.
Let's go, please.
Right this way.
His name's Ricky Johnson.
Recognize him? - I've never seen him before.
- No.
- His name familiar? - No.
Who is he? They don't know him.
- He's a drug dealer.
- You're saying Shawn knows this guy? - He was doing business with him.
- I don't believe it.
- There are three witnesses.
- It's a misunderstanding.
- Shawn doesn't do drugs.
- What drugs was he buying? This kid's into everything.
Is it possible that your son was dealing? Dealing? - Was there a change in his spending? - No.
- Is he in any kind of debt? - No.
If he's in trouble, he comes to us.
Mr.
Hopkins? I don't know.
I think he would.
Of course, he would.
He There's another explanation.
Maybe he wasn't just drinking last week.
- Maybe he was on something.
- I smelled beer on him.
Well, maybe he was mixing.
I mean, who the hell knows? It doesn't make sense, Larry.
We would know.
What are they talking about? Mr.
And Mrs.
Hopkins, would you mind coming with me? Please, come in.
Is that your son's bike? No, it isn't.
That's not his bike.
You sure? Look closely.
- That's his bike.
- No, it's not.
Susan, it's his bike.
Look at the handlebars.
- Those are his racing stickers.
- But - Has he been in an accident? - We're not sure.
- Did you find his helmet? - No.
Did he have any reason to be near Wright Avenue and Thompson Street last night? No.
That's 10 miles from our house, it's nowhere near the arcade.
Did someone take him and hit him then take him? - We're not sure.
- I don't wanna hear that.
I wanna know what you're doing.
Mrs.
Hopkins, we're doing everything possible.
Susan.
- Hi, you got those passes? - Yeah, I do.
What did he say? - Excuse me? - The kid.
The drug dealer.
What did he do to Shawn? - Oh, Mrs.
Hopkins - What did he do to my boy? We don't know that he did anything.
- You don't know? - No, not yet.
You talked to him and you don't know what he said.
Well, he didn't say much of anything actually but he did claim that he didn't do anything to Shawn.
He said that he didn't hurt Shawn.
Did you believe him? He has an alibi and when I check it out, I'll know more.
But did you believe him? - Can I get you something to drink? - Agent, I don't - Sorry, I don't know what your name is.
- Johnson.
Vivian Johnson.
Have you had cases where it looks like somebody's in trouble and then it turns out that they're okay? - It happens.
- So that could be the case with Shawn.
It could just be coincidences, that some kid stole his bike and he wrecked it Shawn could be out playing video games somewhere.
It could be Have happened something like that, right? Sure.
It's still early on.
I know.
All right, see what we got here.
It says a hundred and eight.
That's funny, because you feel more like 98.
6.
How did you manage that? I put it next to the lamp.
What's going on, you don't wanna go to school? - No.
- Why not? Well, I thought maybe you'd stay home from work with me.
Play some Scrabble, watch As the World Turns.
Like we used to.
I guess I could go in a couple of hours late.
But next time no faking.
Otherwise I won't know if there's something wrong.
Still want this? I love your chicken soup.
I love you.
Mr.
And Mrs.
Hopkins? I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
Okay.
We've marked off kids we think might be trouble at Shawn's school.
What I wanna do with you guys is go through them one by one, okay? Here's our first one.
Michael Anders? What's he into? According to our sources, he deals in steroids.
Shawn's a stick.
He doesn't do steroids.
- Are the two of them friends? - No.
Not since fifth grade.
Okay, let's go to the next one.
- Here? - Vinny Demonica.
- You know him? - I coached him in Little League.
He's apparently the school bookie.
- Shawn doesn't gamble.
- We checked Shawn's computer.
He spends about 12 hours a week playing online poker.
- What? - He's been doing it late at night which is why you don't know about it.
- Did he lose? Is he losing? - We don't know yet.
We are looking into it though.
Well, does he owe someone money? Is that why this is happening? Excuse me.
Do you know anything about a girl named Becky Grolnick? Her mother and I shared a carpool a long time ago.
Shawn's been talking to her a lot from his phone lately.
- I've never even heard of her.
- Okay, thank you.
- All right, let's Let's keep going.
- Okay.
How about this one? Mr.
Hopkins.
- I need you to focus.
- Sorry, okay.
It's okay.
I'm sorry, would you excuse me? I can't believe where we are.
I can't believe this is happening.
- I know.
- I mean, do we not know our son? Is that what's happening here? - I don't know.
- I'm just racking my brain for signs.
They talk to you about signs.
He got a B-minus in chemistry last semester.
He's always been good at science.
Could it be because he's doing drugs? Anything's possible.
- Anything is possible? - Yes, Susan, anything is possible.
We were too lenient with him and we have no idea what he might be into.
- We? You mean me.
- I was always too controlling, right? I was worried about everything, remember? I remember.
Maybe that's why he's rebelling against you now.
Yeah, I wonder where he would have learned that from.
- What is that supposed to mean? - Oh, come on.
You undermine me at every turn.
You've been doing it since he was born.
You had to have him all to yourself.
I wasn't good enough, so maybe you could make him perfect.
What? If he's rebelling against anything, it's against you.
I never knew.
Well, now you do.
What is it? Is something wrong? The New Jersey State Police just found a body outside of Princeton.
A teenager matching your son's description.
Oh, my God.
We're having trouble making a positive ID on him.
Come with us.
What do you mean you can't positively ID him? What's that mean? We should leave.
- You just need one of us, right? - Right.
- Okay, I'll go.
- No, I'm gonna go.
- Susan - I'm going to go.
I wanna see my son.
We should take my car.
That's not Shawn.
Are you sure? Shawn has a birthmark on his shoulder, that's not my son.
That's it, Shawn, that's it.
Take it easy.
Good, good job.
Okay, slow down.
Slow down.
Dad, I wanna go on the street.
- Not yet, not yet.
- Why not? There's too many cars, look at the cars.
And you're not ready.
Well, when will I be ready? When I say so.
- Come on, Dad, when? - No, you come on.
Come on, Dad, when? When will I be ready? Just give me a second.
Hello? Hey, Cara.
No, we still really don't know anything yet.
I know, thanks.
Honestly, I don't think she's really up for talking right now.
Okay, I will.
Okay, bye.
- Friend of Susan's.
- Yeah, I remember.
- She called this morning.
- Right.
You know, I'm I'm gonna go take a shower.
Sure.
I didn't know you're here.
Cara called.
- What did she say? - She just wanted an update.
I told her you'd call her back later.
You don't have to do that.
Have you eaten? No, I can't.
You think he's dead, don't you? I don't know.
Why can't the FBI tell us what they're thinking? They don't know anything.
- I'm sorry.
- No, it's okay.
I was just looking through pictures.
You want some coffee? Yeah, coffee would be great.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Agent Fitzgerald, it's been almost 36 hours.
We still have time.
I'm gonna make coffee.
You want some? No, thanks.
You get any sleep? No.
Did you ever figure out who that kid was? The one from the morgue.
Yeah, yeah, we did.
Sorry, you had to go through that.
Who was he? Well, actually, I can't tell you that.
But what happened to him? We think it was his father.
His father? His father did that to him? - Yeah.
- Why? I don't know.
Looks like it was alcohol-related.
The things you must see.
I mean, it's gotta be worse than anyone can imagine.
Well, people can imagine it.
That's how it happens.
Yeah.
- You expecting someone? - No.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Susan.
- Marsha.
- You remember Becky.
- Becky Grolnick? That's right.
I'm Agent Fitzgerald.
We've been looking for you.
I know.
We were out of town.
We just got back and heard what was happening.
We have something we need to tell you about Shawn, if that's all right.
If you have something to tell us about Shawn, it's not up to him.
- Why don't we all go sit down, okay? - Come on in.
L - Do you want me to tell them? - No, no, it's okay.
Last weekend, I was at a party and I got pretty drunk.
And there was this guy there and he He took advantage of her.
I didn't know what do or who to tell and I was over here on Monday afternoon doing homework with Shawn and guess I just sort of lost it.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to tell you, I just I haven't told anyone and it just kind of came out, I guess.
- It's okay.
It's okay.
- Who was it that did that to you? - I don't wanna say.
But you're gonna report him.
L I can't.
I can't.
I don't want to.
You have to.
I mean, what if he does it to someone else? Shawn, please don't do this.
Okay, okay, I'm sorry.
God, for all I know, I could be pregnant.
You can get one of those morning after pills.
How? Don't I need my mom to approve something? I heard Ricky Johnson sells them.
I bet I could get one off of him.
He said he wouldn't get it for me unless I told him who the guy was from the party.
And now I'm afraid that maybe he spoke to the guy and something happened to him because of that.
Who's the guy? - I don't wanna say.
- Well, you don't have a choice.
- Mrs.
Grolnick.
- She hasn't even told me yet.
Becky.
We have to know.
I can't.
Becky.
Was his name Van Horton? What the hell? - How did you know? - He's someone we're looking into.
- Who is he? - Well, the facts aren't clear yet but we think Shawn may have gotten into a fight with Horton.
- When did this happen? - Please.
- No.
I wanna know.
- On his way home.
- When were you gonna tell us? - When the facts became clear.
- What else are you not telling us? - Where is he? - We don't know yet.
- We have to find this kid.
- He might have Shawn.
- I assure you, we You need to tell me what I need you to tell me to find my boy! This is my son and you're not telling us everything that we need to know to find him! - It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay.
Let me go.
Let me go.
I wanna know what's going on with my son.
Sit down, Mr.
Hopkins.
- You like a cup of coffee? - No, I don't want any coffee.
I wanna know what's going on with my son.
Look, this whole thing is just This whole thing is Is just so hard, you know.
We don't have any control over any of it.
The reason that we don't come running to you with every detail is because the information changes and it changes quickly.
I don't see the point on taking you on that roller coaster ride.
Maybe we can help.
If we need your help, we'll tell you.
Look, anything that you can tell me is better than sitting here in the dark.
- Susan? - Upstairs.
Hey.
I've been sitting here for hours thinking he's gonna ride up on his bicycle.
I got some information from the FBI.
- Do I even want to know? - Well, it could be good news, Suze.
It It turns out that Shawn did stop by Rollo's Pizza the other night and when he got there, he ran into that Van Horton guy.
They had some words and Shawn said to him he was gonna turn him in you know, for raping Becky.
And then they fought and I guess this guy ran Shawn down on his bike.
Susan, you listening to me? - I'm listening.
- Okay.
So the FBI started searching around for Horton and they found this friend.
It turns out that Horton took Shawn to this friend's house.
And that he was alive.
Susan, he was alive.
Where is he now? They think Van Horton's on the run and that he's got him.
What do they think Horton's gonna do? They think he's panicking, but here's the thing this guy has no record or anything that suggests that he's a killer.
But he ran Shawn down with a car.
I know.
So everything that they said about Shawn the drugs and the gambling, it was nothing.
No.
He got hurt because he's trying to help somebody.
You know, I've been I've been thinking a lot about when Shawn was born.
He spent all that time in the incubator and we thought that he was gonna I never told you but I I made a deal, you know.
I don't know, with God, with myself.
What was the deal? You were so strong.
You know, you took what happened and you turned it into a blessing.
You're such a believer in life.
The deal was that if That if Shawn survived that I would never let anything happen to him.
That I would That I would protect him from the world.
Mr.
And Mrs.
Hopkins.
We've located Van Horton.
Does he have Shawn? He's holding him in an abandoned warehouse.
I'd like you to come with me in case we need your help.
- So that's what Sachs called in? - Yeah.
- All right, I gotta call it - Have a nice night.
- Where are we? - This is the outer perimeter.
The warehouse is about half a mile up the road from here.
I don't understand.
We're stopping? Yeah.
This is as far as we go for now.
I thought you said we were here to help.
SWA T is standing by ready to bang and make entry.
Who's that? What? What's happening? Agent Malone is negotiating with Horton.
He's trying to talk them out of there.
What about SWAT? What? Look, SWAT will not go in unless it's absolutely necessary, okay? Zero-one in position.
SWA T 1 to Command Post, do we have compromised authority? Stand by.
Be advised, we have an eyeball on the victim.
Unclear of his status.
He doesn't appear to be moving.
SWA T units be advised, go to green.
Roger that.
Moving to green.
- What does that mean? - SWAT's going in.
Just sit tight.
It's gonna be okay.
Shawn! - Stay in the car, Mr.
Hopkins.
- No.
- I wanna know what's happening! - Stay in the car.
I will let you know as soon as I know anything.
He's stable and ready for transport.
They got him.
They have your son.
Here, here, here.
Excuse me.
Shawn Hopkins? Just came in? - I'm sorry? - Shawn Hopkins.
Fifteen-year-old male, multiple leg fractures, came in 10 minutes ago.
- Down the hall.
- Thank you.
- Here.
- Where? What? - Oh, Shawn.
Oh, my God.
You're okay? - Be careful, please.
- How are you doing? - Okay, we need to get him to surgery.
- Stabilize his legs.
- You'll be fine.
- Don't worry.
You're gonna be okay.
- We'll be right here.
BP's 140l90.
Yeah, okay, thanks.
Nice to see one work out for a change.
- Don't get too attached to it.
- What's up? A woman got kidnapped three blocks from her house.
I gotta go to Cedarhurst, see the family.
I'll head back to the office, get going on the financials.
That would be great.
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