Without a Trace s04e14 Episode Script

Here's your shirt.
Leave the rest, I don't want you to be late.
Thanks for breakfast.
Best eggs you ever made.
- How do cutlets sound for dinner? - Great, Ma.
You know, I wish you'd be more careful.
Those oil stains never come out.
Hazard of the job.
- I swear, you'd think I'd learn.
- Yeah, you'd think.
It's just nice to see you in such a good mood.
Is there anything you wanna tell me? How about we talk about it over dinner? Love you.
Love you too.
One eighty-two.
- Andrew Reynolds? - Yup.
- You need to come with us.
- Let me guess.
Sexual assault? Assailant's a white male, - That's about right.
- This is ridiculous.
Stop harassing my son.
He didn't do anything.
Mom, it's okay.
How can he make a fresh start when none of you will give him the chance? Number 1, step back.
Number 2, step forward.
Turn to the right.
Turn to the left.
Number 2, step back.
Number 3, step forward.
- Are those stripes? - Yes, so what? They look nice.
- Thank you.
So, what's going on? - Andrew Reynolds, 29.
He was brought in for a rape lineup two days ago.
The victim didn't ID him, so he was released.
- That's the last time anyone saw him.
- What made him a suspect? He has a misdemeanor charge for criminal mischief in New York and a rape conviction in Japan.
He was stationed there as a Marine.
Dishonorably discharged and served five years in prison over there.
- When was this? - Four months ago.
The mom says the police keep harassing him.
Well, he's not on parole.
Have you considered he just got fed up and ran? I did until I found this in his room.
- Was there an envelope? Postmark? - Nope.
Can't spell.
The police said the girl didn't even identify Andy in the lineup.
- Has he received any threats before? - Not that I know about.
How about any contact with the family of the woman in Japan? He never mentioned it.
You think they wrote this note? We're not sure.
What's his social life like? He goes to work and he comes home.
- Doesn't date? - No.
Miss Reynolds, you have to stop protecting him.
- Sorry? - Your son is up to something.
And the sooner you tell us, the sooner we're gonna be able to find him.
My son made a mistake.
Why can't any of you let him live it down? What else can you tell us about the rape? - It's not something we talk about.
- And how's he been acting lately? Miss Reynolds? He seemed pretty depressed last week.
Andy? - You okay? - Yeah.
Just looking at some old pictures.
I haven't taken that out since you came home.
Hey, remember this? "The Oakwood Derby Championship.
" I was so proud of you.
I came in third.
But you built your car yourself.
You could tell the other boys' fathers made theirs.
Andy what's wrong? You must be so disappointed in me.
Everything you did and I just I just let you down and I'm sorry.
Andy.
Do you have any idea what made him so upset that night? No.
Is it possible that Andy hurt himself? No, he's been in a much better mood ever since he visited a friend of his upstate.
- When was that? - He was gone for three days.
He got back the day before he went missing.
Do you know this friend? His name is Charles Murray.
I made Andy leave his information in case there was an emergency.
Can you think of anything else that could account for his change in mood? He promised he'd tell me when he got home.
Preliminary forensics on the note: No prints.
Where are we on the victim's family from the lineup? Two brothers and a dad.
Everybody alibied out.
You know, this is supposed to be "you're," apostrophe R-E.
Oh, Marty gets a gold star.
Hey, it might speak to a person with English as a second language.
Okay, I admit it.
I wrote the note.
I'm saying that the letter could have been sent by someone related to the rape in Japan.
Reynolds only served five years.
If I was that woman's family I wouldn't be happy.
- What do we know about her? Her name wasn't disclosed.
But we know that the crime took place at a bar named Nagata's.
I'll call the Tokyo Legat, have him dig into it.
- Okay.
- Fitzgerald.
Let me show you something.
This is Reynolds' datebook.
And I have this entry for a pickup from two days ago.
Maybe it's an order number for whatever he was picking up.
All right, thanks.
Guys, that was Andy's friend, Charles Murray.
Andy asked him to lie if his mom called.
- He never went to visit.
- So where was he those three days? Andy never told him.
- How long has Reynolds worked here? - Three months.
So you know about the rape conviction? Yeah, I was stationed in Seoul at the time.
It was big news.
When I read that he was from New York, like me, I took an interest.
So you're Marine Corps too? HMLA-45.
That's a Cobra Squadron.
How did he end up working for you? He brought his mom's car in for an oil change.
And I recognized him from his picture in the paper.
We got to talking.
He was having a hard time finding work.
So you offered him a job.
That's very generous of you.
I'm not condoning what he did, all right? But he turned himself in, served his time.
Besides, we try to take care of our own.
Guess that wasn't such a good idea.
What do you mean? It seemed everything was working out okay until a couple of days ago.
- What are you doing? - I was just closing up.
Cut the crap, what is this? I was gonna pay it back.
What, like, you think I wouldn't find out? Like I don't keep books here? I'm sorry, man.
I needed the money.
Andy, what kind of trouble are you in? - Am I fired? - No, you owe me an explanation.
Are you gambling again? Just call me if you need me to cover till you find somebody else, okay? How much do you need? What's there, a thousand? Look consider it an advance on your pay, all right? And next time, tell me when you got a problem.
Go on, take it.
Thanks.
He said he needed a few days to straighten things out.
But he was supposed to be back day before yesterday.
Okay, so he tries to steal a grand from you, you catch him but you let him keep the money anyway.
That's nice.
I considered Andy a friend.
So Reynolds has a big gambling problem? Got it overseas.
Lot of guys do.
Sitting around, nothing to do.
He said that he kicked it, but I don't know.
What's with Jack's tie? I tried asking.
It didn't go well.
What didn't go well? Some records that we were looking for.
No, she was asking about the stripes.
- Elena.
- It's the truth.
It was a gift.
No, it's very nice.
It looks good.
You see, I told you.
Who is she? I'll tell her that you liked the tie.
Where are we on the gambling? Nothing since Reynolds got out of jail.
But these are his bank records from when he was at Camp Forrester.
Kept a balance next to zero.
- Yep, his base pay was 1600.
- Maybe he spent it all gambling.
You guys, Andy was in Japan last week.
I got his name here on departing- and return-flight manifests.
Well, I doubt he was there sightseeing.
It's a long way to go for just three days.
Maybe he had to repay his gambling debt over there.
No, he could just as easily wire the money.
Elena, you know that number you found in Andy's appointment book? I think the pickup date is when he was in Japan.
Do you have it there? That number's for a company called Hiroki Dubs in Tokyo.
Reynolds apparently paid the company to archive some tape that he made.
They're supposed to be e- mailing it to me right now, so Date stamp is from four days ago.
Okay, I'm recording.
How should I start? Just say your name.
Kimiko Asakawa.
Are you the girl that was raped outside Nagata's Bar, September 18th, 2000? Yes.
Andrew Reynolds is not the man who raped me.
Isn't that enough? Just tell them that I'm innocent.
That's Reynolds.
Andrew Reynolds is innocent.
If I leave now, I can be in Japan by tomorrow.
You're going to Tokyo? Yeah, if her family's involved, this girl may know where Reynolds is.
Hey, Jack get off okay? Yeah, flight lands in nine hours.
How are we with the tape? Well, we determined that the woman on the tape is the real victim.
Kimiko Asakawa.
Okay, how's her family make out as suspects? Her father, Hitoshi Asakawa, is a bigwig in offshore commodities.
Mom has a pretty large extended family.
But none of them have been in the States.
Maybe they got someone else to do their dirty work.
I don't know, you know, conservative culture like Japan Reynolds gets her to confess that he's not the rapist family could lose face.
- So, what's all this? - Tokyo P.
D.
I am just hoping that something points to other suspects in this rape.
You really think Reynolds is innocent? Well, there's no DNA evidence.
And when Kimiko was first presented with his photo amongst the other Marines, she didn't even ID him.
So why would he confess? Man, you got me.
Anyway, I gotta head downstairs and get another translation on this file.
Okay.
Major Malloy, hi.
I'm Special Agent Spade.
Special Agent Delgado.
- Hi.
- How was your flight from D.
C? Fine, thanks.
Has there been any progress locating Corporal Reynolds? No, not yet.
You were his officer in charge at Camp Forrester, correct? You said on the phone, his disappearance might be related to the rape? We're actually investigating the possibility that he might be innocent.
I was as surprised as anyone when he turned himself in.
Why is that? After the accusation, I sat in when NCIS interviewed him.
PFCs Jenkins and Rodriguez put you at Nagata's the night of the rape.
- Is this true, Corporal Reynolds? - Yes, sir.
What were you doing there? They tape the Yankee games for us.
They show them at night.
Lot of us New York fellas go there and watch.
- You drinking that night? - Yes, sir.
You looking to get some? No, sir.
Just there to watch the game, sir.
- You nervous, corporal? - A little, sir.
- Why? Did you rape that girl? - No, sir.
- You protecting the person who did? - No, sir.
Then you got nothing to be nervous about.
- So who won? - Excuse me, sir? The night that girl was forced to have intercourse against her will who won the game? The Yanks, sir.
Jeter went 2 for 4 with a home run.
Pettitte gave up one, Rivera had the save.
As far as I knew, Reynolds was cleared.
Four days later, he turned himself in.
Let me ask you something, do you think it's possible that he admitted to the rape to protect someone else? I don't know.
Can you think of any other reason he would have confessed? No, but there was something else weird that happened.
A few days before I saw him fight with another Marine.
- Did you ask him about it? He said the guy owed him money for some sundries he picked up in town.
- But he could have been lying.
- Do you remember who this Marine was? It was five years ago.
Hey, Danny.
I think I found the guy Reynolds got in the fight with.
Corey Williams.
They both got written up and they spent a day in the brig.
He's one of the suspects in the Tokyo P.
D.
File.
Since he's gotten out, he's been charged for domestic abuse and assault.
His wife filed a restraining order.
- Pattern of violence against women.
- This could be our guy.
- Doug.
- Jack.
Right over here.
How's the place they're putting you up? Good for a shower and a shave.
I don't think I've seen more of it than that.
- Thanks for your help.
- No problem.
Things have gotten interesting since Hitoshi Asakawa's name came up.
That's the girl's father? Yeah, he's got ties to a group called Ichigumi.
It's a yakuza syndicate here in Tokyo.
They're into everything from illegal gambling to extortion, murder.
How does Reynolds get out of prison alive after raping a daughter of a mobster? Asakawa's got a reputation for being patient.
Maybe he's waiting.
- Any idea where he is? - Yeah.
You were a suspect in the rape case, right, Mr.
Williams? Half the base was.
You've been really busy since you got out.
Domestic abuse, assault.
I served my time.
Yeah, and I'm sure you don't wanna serve any more.
So if Reynolds was trying to prove he was innocent, that would mean that the person who actually committed the rape might get caught.
So you think that I raped that girl and did something to Andy.
Well, you and Reynolds got into a fight before he turned himself in.
- What was that about? - He lent me some money a month before.
He was desperate to get it back, with interest.
- Why? - He was gambling.
I didn't realize how deep he was in until days later, when I saw him at Nagata's.
Sorry, man.
I'm gonna hit the head.
Hey.
I know I messed up.
All right, I can have some of the 24 grand by the end of the week.
I beg slit your throat.
Mr.
Asakawa has a way you pay him back.
I'll do whatever you want me to do, just don't hurt me.
You here the night young lady was raped? What's that got to do with any? Tomorrow you turn yourself in.
Say you the one who raped her.
I can't do that, man, you know what'll happen to me? You have a family in America.
You stick to story.
If you tell anyone ever of your innocence you and your mother dead.
Yeah.
Why did Asakawa want an innocent man in jail for this rape? I don't know.
And Andy didn't care.
He just knew if he didn't do it, they were gonna kill him.
All right.
Can I go now? When we find out you didn't rape that girl or do something to Andy, you might.
There he is.
Ask him where Andrew Reynolds is.
He didn't even know Reynolds was in the country.
That's interesting because Kimiko knew he was here.
Andrew Reynolds is not the man who raped me.
Reynolds shot it when he was here.
If he knew Reynolds came into his house it'd be obvious he killed him because he'd still have Reynolds' blood smeared over his hands and lips.
If he wants me to believe him, he has to take me to meet his daughter.
He says there's no way.
Your daughter sat in court and accused an innocent man of rape.
Now, I'm sure in this country there are laws against perjury.
He wants us to go for a ride.
Miss Asakawa, I'm Special Agent Jack Malone from the FBI.
Thank you.
My father said you are asking questions about Andrew Reynolds.
That he was missing? Yes, we think it has something to do with the videotape he had you make.
Have you had any communication with him since? Am I in trouble? Was your father aware that Reynolds was here? No.
I tried to warn Andrew about the danger he was getting himself into.
But he wouldn't listen.
I just need you to say that it wasn't me that raped you.
I can't help you.
You need to go.
You know it wasn't me.
Why can't you say it? - You wouldn't understand.
- Just tell me.
Why was it so important for me to go to jail for what happened to you? After After I was raped my mother tried to kill herself.
My father decided that sending the wrong man to prison was better than sending no one.
He didn't care that the real rapist got off? He needed to give my mother peace.
And to protect our family reputation by making sure we had the justice.
What about you? What about your justice? It doesn't matter.
- Lf my father found out you were he - I'm not leaving without the tape.
What's so important? You've already been to prison.
The difficult part is over.
A week ago, I found out I have a son.
And his mother won't let me see him because of what she thinks I did to you.
- How old is he? - He's 5.
You would risk your life for a chance to see a son you don't even know? I've made a lot of mistakes in my life.
But I'm not about to add having a son who doesn't know who I am to that list.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm recording.
Did he volunteer any other information about his son? His name, who the mother was, anything? No.
Miss Asakawa I know this is extremely difficult for you but could you give me a detailed description of the man who raped you? I gave the police a description.
I'm sorry.
That's okay.
That's okay.
I was drinking.
I shouldn't have been there.
I brought the shame to my entire family.
Miss Asakawa, what happened to you was not your fault.
The girl claims she can't remember anything new about her attacker.
All right, I'm gonna keep sifting through Tokyo P.
D.
's file.
- Where are we on Asakawa's associates? - I checked the list Bryant e-mailed.
None of them are in the U.
S.
, Jack.
Nice work.
So, what about the kid? It's possible Reynolds went missing trying to see his son.
- Lf the kid's 5 he was conceived in Japan.
- His mother could have been a local.
I don't know, Reynolds went right back after he got the tape.
My guess is mom and the kid are stateside.
- Could have been another Marine.
- Well, there were 1500 of them stationed at Camp Forrester when Reynolds was there.
I'm guessing, what, Well, if she's in the Armed Forces, she's gotta report a pregnancy.
You had your son while you were stationed at Camp Forrester, correct? Yes.
Well, your son's birth certificate lists the father as a Jeremy Holt.
My boyfriend at the time.
We talked to him.
And he was nowhere near Japan when your son was conceived.
Why did you lie? Who Case's father is is my own business.
Unless, of course, the father was a subordinate.
Then it's grounds for dishonorable discharge.
That's why you didn't tell anyone that Andrew Reynolds was the father? You wanna add impeding a federal investigation to the list? We'd been seeing each other six months when I got pregnant.
Talking about leaving the military so we didn't have to keep things private.
Then Andy turned himself in for the rape.
Wait, Andy claimed he didn't know about Case until recently.
I loved him.
I felt so betrayed and disgusted.
So I wrote him a letter in prison telling him I miscarried.
I didn't ever wanna see him again.
How did Andy find out about Case? I sent him some things a few weeks ago.
I didn't expect him to show up at my door.
Andy? Hey.
What are you doing here? I just wanted to stop by, say thank you.
For returning this.
I know how much it meant to you.
It's just, not too many people have reached out to me since I got out.
I wasn't reaching out.
That's why I put it in the mail.
Heard you got married, couple of years ago.
Navy guy.
- Yeah.
- I'll try not to hold that against him.
- Look, I have something on the stove - Susan, I'm sorry for what I did to you.
- You know, you need to go.
- Wait, wait.
Mom, put on another movie.
Okay, go.
You have a son? Yes.
How old is he? Five.
- You told me you miscarried.
- And you raped a girl.
- I did what I had to do.
- And I don't have the right to know that I'm a father? - Case has a father, a good one who loves and cares about him.
Now get out of here and don't ever come back.
That's the last I talked to him.
Well, we know that's not true.
He called your house from JFK after his flight landed the day before he went missing.
- Well, I didn't speak with him.
- Well, somebody did.
- Did you tell your husband Andy came? - Of course.
He knows who Case's father is.
Okay, so we need to know if this is your husband's handwriting.
Oh, my God.
Your wife identified your handwriting.
So? I admit I wrote it.
You need to learn how to spell.
It's just a threat.
Doesn't mean I went through with it.
When did you send it to Reynolds? As soon as Susan told me he came by the house.
You blame me for wanting to keep a convicted rapist away from my family? What happened when he called you? He said he had proof that he didn't rape the girl.
He wanted to show it to Susan.
Told him come by when I knew that she and Case would be out of the house.
- Where's Susan? - She's not here.
You said she'd be home.
All right, what's going on here, man? You can't take a hint, so I thought this might help.
You want me to go, fine, but Susan needs to see this.
- What's that? Your proof? - Look at it yourself if you want.
I don't give a rat's ass what you did or didn't do to some geisha girl.
I don't want you around here, understand? You gonna kill me? I ever see you again, yeah.
And that's it? You threatened him at gunpoint and then let him go? You don't believe me, call the Port Chester Police.
What do they have to do with it? Desk sergeant called me.
Picked up Reynolds on a drunk and disorderly.
Guy said Reynolds was ranting about me trying to kill him.
Well, how come there's not a police report on Reynolds? Ask the guy I talked to.
I think his name was a Officer Sheffield? Officer Sheffield have anything else to say? Yeah, he asked me if I'd seen the tape.
I told him I didn't bother.
As far as I was concerned, the guy was guilty.
Okay, thanks.
Yeah.
All right, get this.
There's no Officer Sheffield.
And the call to Malloy's husband didn't come from the police.
It traces back to Nelson's lube shop.
So someone from Nelson's wanted to find out about that tape.
- Because they're involved in the rape? - Kimiko said a Marine raped her, right? Well, Nelson served at the same time as Reynolds.
So how is Nelson supposed to rape Kimiko if he's stationed in Seoul? Because he was on leave in Tokyo.
Miss Asakawa, I want you to take a look at something.
We think that this may be the man who raped you.
I don't know.
Okay, I understand that this is very unpleasant.
Please try to remember.
Please.
Are you sure? Hey, any news about Andy? Shut up.
We know you raped that girl in Japan.
- Wait a minute.
- What did you do to Andy? I didn't do anything to Andy.
Credit-card receipts put you at Nagata's the night of the rape, Nelson.
- That doesn't mean I did it.
- No.
But the rape victim identifying you as the man who did it, does.
Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute, she ID'd Andy five years ago.
Now she thinks it's me? She sounds confused.
She's not confused.
You knew Andy had that tape.
That's ridiculous.
We're going downtown, let's go.
Come on.
Yes.
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- That's interesting.
Because your prints are all over the drum.
The safest place for you to be is in an American prison, don't you get that? Listen, if you don't confess you'll be extradited to Japan to stand trial for Kimiko's rape.
And I'm sure the father's gonna take care of you, real well.
It's your choice.
Andy showed up right after closing, wanting to talk.
I made him tell me everything.
I'm sorry to lay all this on you.
I didn't know where else to go.
- What are you going to do? - Gonna go to the cops.
She can't keep my son from me.
What about the tape? I was just gonna show my mom and Susan, now I'm gonna show the cops.
- That girl deserves justice.
- Now, wait a minute, you crazy? You said the yakuza threatened you and your mom if you told anybody.
Then I'll ask the cops to protect us.
I don't think that you should do that.
You don't need to protect me, okay? I'm not.
What are you talking about? I didn't read about the rape in the papers, Andy.
I was in Tokyo.
- You're telling me this now? - Yeah.
I thought that you might remember seeing me that night at Nagata's.
What were you doing there? - Wait, are you telling me it was you? - I was drunk.
She was drunker.
- It got out of hand.
- That doesn't make it right.
I'm sorry for what happened to you.
I'm trying to make up for it.
Now, we're friends, remember? I need that tape, Andy.
- I'm getting the hell out of here.
- I need the tape.
Andy, I need that tape.
Why couldn't he have just listened? Write it down.
If he had just let it go, everything would have been fine.
What about the girl you raped? How was everything supposed to be fine with her? Miss Reynolds? I have bad news.
- Oh, my God.
- I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
How did he? - What happened? - Your son didn't rape that girl in Japan.
He wanted to clear his name and the man who was really responsible the man killed him.
What? No, that doesn't make sense.
Why wouldn't Andy tell me? I think he was gonna do that the night he disappeared.
I can't believe this is happening.
My sweet boy.
I know this is very upsetting but there's one more thing.
What else could there be? You have a grandson.
His name is Case.
Andy didn't know about it until last week.
When can I see him? I'll contact the mother.
And I'll arrange it as soon as possible, I will.
Okay, okay.
Well, Andy wanted Case to know his father.
You should be proud.
I am.
I always was.
- Welcome back.
- Thanks.
Got you a little something.
What's this? Well, it's not exactly original but it's all they had in the airport.
One for everybody? Ladies only.
What about the guys? Did you? Did you break the news to the mother? I did.
Horrible.
Does it get any easier? Unfortunately, yes.
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