Without a Trace s05e04 Episode Script

Who is brave enough to tackle this problem? Let's go, girls.
Somebody, show some initiative.
- Angelina.
- Oh, hell, no.
I know you can do it.
Get up here and solve this thing.
You better get that chalk out of my face.
Okay.
Open your workbooks to Chapter 4 and work quietly.
Quietly.
- That was awesome.
Thanks.
Excellent work, Malia.
I'll take that.
Who wrote this? Malia, come with me.
All of you girls, stay in your seats.
Wait here.
I wanna know who wrote this, now.
She was discovered missing Tuesday evening.
We searched the entire facility, and there's no sign of escape.
Nothing we found indicates violence.
Besides the death threat.
Any idea who wrote the note? No, that's why I called.
I need this dealt with quickly and aboveboard.
- Any problems we should know about? - Two murders, three suicides six reported cases of sexual assault, all in the last year and a half.
Well, what about escapes? Six in the past year.
Pardon me for asking this, but how do you still have a job? This all happened before my time.
I took over five weeks ago to clean up this place.
Did Malia have any problems with any other girls? No.
She was a model resident.
Well, you don't go to juvie for making honor roll.
She had served 13 months on a 18-month sentence.
DUl, vehicular manslaughter.
Prior to that, she had some minor drug offenses, some truancy issues.
She grew up a foster kid until she was adopted three years ago.
Hey.
Let me ask you: Who's this? That is Malia's sister, Claire.
Her boyfriend was seriously injured in the accident.
Fourth passenger was killed.
The sisters walked away unscathed.
- You find anything else? - Well, she likes to read.
And she likes to clean her teeth.
Guys, I found something.
I need you to come with us too.
- This place isn't exactly Alcatraz.
- It's not supposed to be.
Our goal is incarceration without confinement.
Well, you've got it half right.
Is this system armed? Yes, always.
- Open the door, please.
That should have triggered the alarm.
- I don't know how this happened.
- I'll tell you how it happened.
Someone disconnected the contact switch.
They stripped the wires and twisted them together to keep the circuit closed.
- How many people have keys to this? - All the staff.
So Malia rigs the alarm, steals a key and walks out the door.
Or whoever sent the note followed through with their threat and carried her.
Hey.
Sam went to run background on the girls and Jack called Malia's parents.
- What about the visitor's log? - Viv's on it.
Are you brushing up on your algebra? Heh, heh.
It's the seating chart.
All the girls were sitting in their assigned seats when, uh, Malia received the note.
- How was attendance? - Hundred percent.
Let's see if we can figure out who wrote the note.
That got handed to me, and I passed it on.
So what? So did you have a problem with Malia? If I got a problem with someone, I don't write them a note.
That ain't the way I do things.
Right.
Apparently, the way you do things involves slashing people with a metal ruler.
Like I said, I don't write notes.
She was real quiet.
You keep to yourself as much as Malia did and folks think you're hiding something.
You know, your file says you're affiliated with La Raza.
- So? - So Malia didn't have a gang to back her up, which makes her an easy target.
I actually like the girl.
There's plenty in here who deserve worse than her.
So who wrote the note, Michele? I don't know who wrote it but, uh, I know where it came from.
All roads lead back to you, Angelina.
I found the note on my desk.
It wasn't addressed to me, so I passed it on.
Okay, so why was it on your desk? Look, I got nothing to say.
The girl you all should be talking to is Jamie.
Oh, yeah? What's Jamie's relationship with Malia? They're like a lot of girls in here gay for the stay.
It's not like that.
Malia and I are just friends.
And she's a foster kid too, so she gets it.
Gets what? Being in the system and all that.
I mean, at least she was adopted and she had her sister, but You know, we're not criminals.
I mean, I was put here on runaway charges and her thing, it was a total accident.
Did she ever confide in you? About what? I don't know.
Any kind of trouble that she was in.
If she had any enemies.
Anything.
Well, I mean, everybody here has got enemies.
Jamie if you know anything or you've seen anything, you need to help your friend.
All right, a couple of days ago they brought in a bunch of high-school kids.
Like a Scared Straight kind of thing where we talk about life decisions.
Whatever.
It's something to do.
My name is Malia.
I should be a freshman in high school, but I'm here.
This is Jake Hollingsworth.
I killed him and ruined everybody's life his parents, my parents, all of our friends.
My sister's boyfriend, Charlie can, like, barely walk because of me.
The police and judge sent me here because that's what I deserve.
But it doesn't change anything.
Because even when I get out of here Jake will still be dead and I'll still be the one who killed him.
That'll never change.
Can I go now? Yes.
You messing with me? What are you, stupid? You're gonna get hurt.
You screwed up.
You know what, you bitch? I knew it was you.
- Michele Vasquez? - Yeah.
Did Malia tell you what they were fighting about? No.
She said I'd be better off not knowing.
That'll work.
Martin? They're bringing Michele down.
You think it's a weapon? Ah, it's not filed down enough to do real damage.
It can be a work in progress.
Let me see that.
Maybe it's not a weapon.
- Are you looking for a vent? - Yep.
Let's see if I can Well, gangs like to brand their products.
Didn't you find strands of dental floss in Malia's stuff? Yep, and it looks like the same size.
Hey.
Any luck identifying the girls from La Raza? Gang intelligence gave us five girls.
All of them alibied out.
Let me guess.
The angels were napping.
No.
Four of them were in separation for a fight.
One was recovering from a diabetic seizure.
What about Michele Vasquez? She admits to writing the note, but she denies anything else.
If Malia stole drugs, she'd know La Raza was coming after her, right? So, what if she just escapes? Or she took the drugs herself and overdosed.
Where's the body? The alarm was disabled.
Anybody could have moved the body.
She's passed every drug test she took since entering Barkley.
When was the last time she was tested? Uh - Six weeks ago.
- A lot could happen in six weeks.
She stole drugs? - Does that surprise you? - No.
I just wish it did.
- We thought Barkley would help her.
- Oh, come on.
You know, give her a choice and she will make the wrong one.
Think a life of bouncing around foster homes had anything to do with that? Yes, of course, but her sister has managed to do very well.
- They're different people, Mark.
- How are they different? We adopted the girls three years ago.
Claire has always been very cautious and very reserved but Malia is a risk taker.
She's fearless.
On your visit three days ago, what was her state of mind? She actually seemed to be thriving.
But this last visit did not go well.
Where's Claire? She was coming.
She has her hands full with Charlie.
His pain's getting worse.
Listen.
I've earned enough good-behavior points for a furlough.
All you have to do is tell, uh, Director Haskell you wanna take me for the weekend.
Out of the question.
Why? It's just a weekend.
This isn't about you earning enough points for a weekend jaunt.
This is about you taking responsibility for your actions.
I am.
I'm doing great in here.
My grades are good.
L It's just two little days.
The answer is no.
I've earned the points.
I need out.
- Calm down.
- No, you calm down! - I deserve to get out of here! - Calm down.
- Calm down, Malia.
- This isn't fair.
I am hard on her because that's what she needs.
- She ever ask for a furlough before? - No.
Well, she's been in there 13 months.
Uh, why now? Why was she so desperate to get out? She's impulsive.
When she doesn't get what she wants, she throws a fit.
It's more than that.
I think she's lonely.
She misses her sister.
All right.
Now, she received a visit from a man by the name of Robert Purvis.
Ever heard of him? No.
No.
Do you think he's involved? We're tracking him down.
Custodian walked in on Angelina taking pills in the bathroom.
What kind of pills? - Nurse found a large amount of the anti-ulcer drug Misoprostol.
Attempted suicide by anti-ulcer medicine.
That's new.
I don't think it was suicide.
That drug is very common in illegal abortions.
- Really? Huh.
- Yeah.
You have an explanation for girls getting pregnant in here? The only men these girls have contact with are the guards.
Hey.
So where are you from? Bronx.
Okay.
Are they here? My father is.
Angelina we really need your help here, okay? He made me have an abortion.
Who? The guard.
And what's this guard's name? Officer Watson.
Angelina, did he rape you? No.
He pimped me and a couple other girls to guys on the outside.
Okay.
Was Malia involved in this? She came to me the other day.
She wanted in.
This might hurt a little bit.
Shut it! That thing you told me about, I want it.
- I thought you weren't interested.
- I changed my mind.
Look at her.
It's not like dinner and a movie with these pigs.
They can get real nasty.
I can handle myself.
Why do you think Malia wanted in? I don't know but she was supposed to turn her first trick the day she disappeared.
Amanda Washington, Laura Reavis, Katie McDonald.
Any of these names ringing a bell? Yeah, they're all juvenile offenders.
They're all children that you've been using as prostitutes.
Troubled girls with troubled minds.
They will say just about anything.
- I want you to write it down.
- Write what down? The name of the individual that you sold Malia to.
I don't know anything about that.
And I got nothing to say.
You were running a child prostitution ring and you forced a girl to have a near-fatal abortion.
That's attempted murder and sex trafficking.
- Did she tell you that? - No, I'm telling you that! And you are really starting to piss me off! Now, we can start talking about this, or we can call in the lawyers.
I will put this in the hands of the U.
S.
Attorney and he will be more than happy to tack on a murder charge.
Is that what you want? Is that what you want? It wasn't about hooking.
She said she's gonna give me a grand if I could get her out for a couple of hours.
I saw her outside her class, so I made the move.
Wait here.
I'll be 15 minutes.
If you screw me on this and try to run, I'm gonna turn out your friend Jamie.
I've got some clients that are perfect for her.
Son of a bitch.
And so, what, you just left her there? - What am I gonna do, get in a gunfight? - You nasty piece of Hey, I waited for her at Barkley, but she never showed.
What was her business at the high-rise? - I have no idea.
- What was the address? - My sister's been shot? - We don't know.
Some neighbors reported shots from the alley.
The police responded but they didn't find anything.
- Oh, my God.
The address is 544 West 43rd Place.
CPS file says that you both lived there with a foster family four years ago.
Yes.
With the Wexlers.
We checked.
They moved two years ago.
Do you have any idea why she'd go back to that building? - I don't know.
- Claire, don't protect him.
Protect who? Doug Berry.
- And who's that? He lived down the hall from us when we were with the Wexlers.
He's nobody.
- He's a drug dealer.
Malia hated him.
- Charlie.
Just tell them what happened.
I had just graduated from high school.
- Get used to that, college girl.
- I will never get used to that.
What? I don't know.
I'm just proud of you.
Got into college.
That's awesome.
Yeah, it is pretty sweet.
- Just don't forget about me, all right? - Hey.
This is just phase one of the master plan.
I'm paving the way for both of us.
Keep your grades up, and we'll get an apartment together.
- Mm, I don't see me going to college.
- I do, and I'm not giving you a choice.
In the meantime, you'll be sleeping on my futon every weekend.
Okay.
- I was totally right about you two.
- Doug, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be, like, at a grown-up party since you're 22? I love kids, what can I say? Hey, what's this? It's a happy pill.
- What does it do? - Makes you happy.
Take it.
We're celebrating, right? - Yeah, but I Yeah, but nothing.
You don't always have to be a goody-goody.
Let's have some fun.
Bottoms up.
I've been looking everywhere for you.
You guys are being anti-social.
Come on.
- Let's go.
- Yeah, come on.
Come on.
- Come on, come on, come on.
- Come on.
After a couple of hours, we were out of our minds.
I just wanted to go home.
I found him lying facedown in the bushes.
Aw, what a lightweight.
Thanks, Jake.
I'm kind of toasted myself.
Can I grab a ride? Sure, but I can't drive.
I got it.
- Sure you're cool to drive? - Cooler than you.
Give me the keys.
Malia blamed Doug for the accident.
She said he gave us some bad stuff.
But she didn't tell the police he provided the drugs.
He said if we ever told, he'd kill us.
And Doug doesn't care.
He'd do it.
- Excuse me.
I need to talk to you.
- Okay.
Uh, excuse me.
- What's up? - A shop owner saw Malia get into a car with an older guy.
- Did he get a description? - He got plates.
- What is he, a cop? - Neighborhood watch.
He saw an older guy, younger girl.
He figured it was solicitation.
- Kurt Hollingsworth.
- Sound familiar? Malia killed his son in the accident.
You received a collect call from a pay phone in Hell's Kitchen at 9: 15 p.
m.
I'm not denying that.
We also have a witness who saw Malia get into your car.
Yeah.
She called me.
So I went downtown and picked her up.
Oh, right, right.
Because, of course, she'd call the guy that, quote, um: "Hopes your wasted life is filled with the same emptiness I wake up with every day.
" These are your words from Malia's adjudication hearing? That was then.
I had just buried my son.
- I was a little angry.
- You work your anger out on her? No.
Look, when I lost Jake, everything fell apart.
My wife and I, we We couldn't help each other.
I couldn't work, couldn't get out of bed.
- What's that got to do with Malia? - I was desperate.
I needed something, anything.
So about a month ago, I went to see her.
Well, your name didn't appear on the visitor's log.
I used a 50-dollar fake ID.
Robert Purvis.
Yeah.
I didn't think she would see me.
- So, what, you just ambushed her? - No.
I just wanted to talk.
There's pictures of Jake all over the house.
He's, uh He's smiling in every one of them.
Ha, that kid.
He, uh He smiled for his driver's license.
What was the last thing that he said? He said: "I love this song.
Turn it up.
" Then what? Then he rolled down the window and listened to it.
What song was it? I don't remember what it was called.
But I remember it sounded really good and he really did love it.
Yeah.
I told him a million times to call if he was ever too drunk and needed a ride.
Why didn't he call? - Because he had a ride.
- With a drunk girl.
He knew better than that.
He should have known better.
I should have made him know that.
It wasn't Jake's fault.
And it definitely wasn't yours either.
I think about you a lot.
I do.
I used to, uh, pray that you were miserable.
But I could never bring myself to hate you.
I tried.
But you're the closest thing that I have to my son.
I want you to promise me something.
I want you to promise me that if you ever need anything you'll call.
No questions asked.
Just call.
Okay.
She was the last person to see my son.
I need that connection.
Assuming you're telling the truth, what did she want? She needed a ride to Metro-North so I took her to Harlem and 125th Street station.
- Which line? - I didn't ask.
- Any idea what she was doing? - No.
All right, so let me get this straight.
A 15-year-old girl escapes from juvie calls and asks you for a ride, and you don't ask her what's going on? I promised I'd help her no questions asked.
I honored that.
Hey, Danny.
I spoke with Transit.
They're pulling all ticket receipts for single rides and posting Malia's picture.
- And what about the security video? - We're downloading it right now.
Well, here's what I got.
If she got on the Metro-North rail at 125th and Harlem we're looking at three possible lines: Hudson, Harlem and New Haven.
Well, all of those lines have dozens of stops.
And connecting rail service, transfer points.
- She could be anywhere.
- Give me one second.
Delgado.
Okay.
Yeah, good.
They got Doug Berry.
They're bringing him in right now.
Where's Malia Norton? Uh, prison, last I heard.
Did I make some kind of FBI Most Wanted list or something? Hmm? I gotta call Mom.
She's gonna be so proud.
Heh, heh.
Don't forget to mention the manslaughter charge.
I didn't kill anyone.
We have testimony that you provided the drugs that caused a fatal accident.
Now, in New York State, that's good enough for manslaughter.
She was at your apartment, moron.
What happened? I was just cruising in my crib and all of a sudden she went Aeon Flux on me.
Hey.
- Where's my sister? - Shouldn't you be locked in your cage? - I got out to see you.
- Oh.
I get it.
This is a conjugal visit.
- What's this? - What my sister owes you.
I said cash.
I don't want this schwag.
- That's 2000, and you know it.
- It's 1200, tops.
Okay, fine, I'll get more.
Just leave my sister alone.
Me leave her alone? She's the one blowing up my cell every two hours.
That girl went professional dope fiend six months ago.
I finally had to cut her ass off.
Of course, now that you're starting to settle her tab I'll start returning some of those phone calls.
You stay away from her.
Take it easy.
What are you gonna do? I said stay the hell away from Claire.
I chased after her, but she was ghost.
Why would you lean on Malia to pay off Claire's drug debt? I didn't.
I thought she was still in juvie serving her sister's time.
What are you talking about? Malia should have never got locked up.
You cool to drive? Cooler than you'll ever be.
She wasn't the one driving when they wrecked that car.
I didn't see that one coming.
That's your little sister.
She looks freezing.
That's because she was.
It was about 40 degrees out.
This is her at the Pelham stop, right by your apartment.
So we know that she came to see you.
I've told you 50 times.
I haven't seen her.
I want you to find her.
I would tell you.
I swear I would tell you.
There are some things you haven't told us, isn't there? Like what? Like the fact that you were driving the night of the accident.
Claire you made your sister take the fall for you and then you turned your back on her.
I didn't make her do anything.
Charlie, please wake up! Oh, my God! Please.
Oh, my God.
Malia! Malia.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, he won't move.
The door won't open.
Oh, my God, Charlie.
Malia! Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
The door won't open.
He's not moving.
Charlie.
- Jake's dead.
- What? He's dead.
What are you? Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, I killed him.
What did I do? Charlie.
- Charlie, wake up! Charlie! - Claire.
Claire, you gotta listen to me.
Listen.
Stop it, Claire.
Stop it.
- Listen to me, Claire.
- No, Charlie, please don't die! Claire, listen to me! Listen to me.
You didn't do anything, okay? - What? - I was driving.
- What? - They'll be easy on me.
I'm a minor.
- No way.
My God.
- They'll send you to real prison.
- I don't care! I don't care about that.
- You won't be able to go to college.
Remember the master plan? The apartment? - Remember? Listen, listen.
- I don't care.
No.
- I'm only gonna go away for a while.
- No, I did this! I did this! Claire, listen to me.
No, no, no, Claire.
I was driving.
We have to do it this way, okay? Okay? I was driving.
She seemed so sure it was the right thing to do.
God, she's a baby.
- This whole thing is my fault.
- Yeah.
It is your fault.
- You need to tell us where she is.
- I don't know.
Maybe she came by because she was sick of doing your time and sick of paying your drug debts.
What? How'd she find out that you owed money to Doug Berry? Because I told her.
Mom and Dad said you deferred your enrollment.
- Not a big deal.
- What? The whole reason I'm here is so you can go to college.
Okay, I'll enroll next semester.
I didn't come here to get lectured.
I need a favor.
I kind of screwed up.
Remember that savings bond the Wexlers gave you? - For college.
- Yeah.
How much was it for? - About 3000.
Why? - I just need it.
- What's going on with you? - Nothing.
You're using.
Whatever, it's not a big deal.
I owe somebody 2000 bucks.
Two thousand? Who? Doug Berry.
It's just painkillers.
Charlie's doctor won't give him enough.
You know how psycho Doug is.
You have to pay.
If I could pay him, I wouldn't be here.
I didn't mean it like that.
Does it look like I have money? I don't have anything.
I am in here all by myself, and you're a junkie? - It's not like I meant for this to happen.
- I took all the crap for you.
All the anger and meanness everybody has about the accident, it's all on me.
I took it all for you.
Forget it.
This was a mistake.
It's not your problem.
I didn't know she'd break out.
But you didn't give her much of a choice.
- Yeah.
Martin, it's me.
Listen, I'm in Claire Norton's apartment.
- Is Charlie Wilkes still with you? - Yeah, we still have him.
Good.
I found a clump of red hair wrapped around the wheel of his chair.
There's tissue, there's blood attached to it.
Right.
I got it.
Charlie this is Agent Fitzgerald.
Hello.
- What's the matter? I'm having a migraine.
Need some aspirin? Aspirin doesn't help.
Yeah, nothing works, does it? The migraines, the back pain.
But Claire takes care of you, huh? - We take care of each other.
- By pumping enough oxy into each other to kill a mule.
- Lf it's possible, I'd like to do this later.
- Later? Later? No, it's not possible.
We found Malia's blood and hair in your bedroom.
- I didn't do anything.
Yes, you did.
Malia showed up and threatened to take Claire away from you, and you killed her.
Yeah, I have to lie down.
My head - Where is she, Charlie? - Shut up.
Do you have any idea what it's like in Sing Sing for a guy with your limitations? You are gonna be the poster boy for Bitch of the Month.
I don't know what happened.
I was asleep.
Claire? Claire.
Claire, wake up.
- Claire, wake up.
- What the hell you doing here? - We need to call an ambulance.
- She's fine.
Call an ambulance, Charlie.
And then what? - What are you talking about? I know Claire was driving that night.
She told me.
I lost it at first, but now I understand why you guys lied, and I'm fine with it.
This isn't about you, Charlie.
She's killing herself.
Going to prison isn't going to help her.
Can we talk about this for two seconds? - Charlie, move.
- I can't do this without her.
Look at me.
I can't lose Claire.
All you have to do is five months, and this is over.
No, it's over right now.
I'm calling the police.
Charlie, move.
She was so irrational, and I wanted her to calm down so we could talk this through.
- Where is she, Charlie? But then she wouldn't wake up.
What did you do with her? I put her in my chair and used the elevator to get her down to the storage room in the basement.
Malia? Go check in there.
Malia! I got her.
Let's get a medic in here.
Hey.
I'm Martin with the FBI.
You're safe now, okay? All right, let's get you out of here.
You're all right, come on.
All right.
Easy.
I got you.
Okay.
There we go.
You're safe now.
- Hold up, guys.
Oh, my God.
Look at you.
I am so sorry.
I love you.
All right, Claire, she needs to go.
- Can I go with her? - No.
No, you can't.
First straighten things out with the district attorney regarding the accident.
Okay.
All right.
Let's go.
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