Without a Trace s06e18 Episode Script

Previously on Without A Trace I took the liberty to clear some time on your calendar.
Therapeutic assessment related to lethal action.
Right.
OPR.
What's that? Brian Donovan.
I need to know who you are before I let you in my baby's life.
So you run a background check on me? This is a waiver of paternal rights signed by the father of my child who now wants nothing to do with me or the baby.
He didn't exactly come through, did he? You just dig up dirt on this guy.
You have no idea what you've done! It's none of your business! Warrantless searches, witness intimidation.
What's amazing about this OPR investigation isn't what you did.
It's that you've done it all before.
I stand behind every single one of my actions, and I don't care about the consequences.
Agent Malone, we're ready to get started.
- Enjoy your latte.
- I always do.
What can I get you? - Is the mint latte good? - Everything's good.
Hey, how'd it go? You know, like OPR goes.
They asked questions.
I answered them.
Don't worry.
You'll get your chance this afternoon.
Seems like a very dramatic way to get a free cup of coffee.
Yeah.
Employee named Millie Brown opened the store this morning at 7:00.
The owner came in a hour later, found it looking like this.
Then he decided to look at the security tape.
Here, check it out.
We found the shell casing right over there.
ERT is hoping they can pull a print from it.
And then see, eventually just forces them right out the back door.
He doesn't even look at the cash register.
Yeah, I think that rules out robbery.
But that makes the customers a target.
- Any other cameras in here? - No.
But Elena's hoping that we might be to grab something off one of the street cams.
All right, so the only person we can ID is the girl.
Right, the barista? Yeah, I'm afraid so.
I'm going to need a triple shot for this one.
- Still no IDs on our victims, huh? - No, just the barista.
NYPD's helping with the canvass, so something's got to pop.
Why does a guy abduct four people? I don't know, but it wasn't random.
He wore a hat to hide his face.
He was in and out of there fast.
- The man had a plan.
- He targeted them.
Or one of them, and he didn't want any witnesses.
I guarantee, we find who they are, we're going to find who he is.
Let's hope.
You know, I'm going to take a close look at the security footage.
Hey, hold that elevator! Yeah, the card number is 497 Hey.
Very important, yes.
All right, so please get back to me as soon as you can, please.
So, what's going on? It looks like the older guy used a coffee card to buy his lattes, so I have corporate office checking to see if they have his name on file.
Great.
Be nice to get some traction on this thing.
Listen, have you talked to Jack? Yeah.
How's he doing? You know, it's it's hard to tell with him.
I'm supposed to talk to OPR in two hours.
Man, they got us lined up like ducks in a row.
- Any advice? - Yeah.
Just tell them what you know and get the hell out of there.
- Good luck, okay? - All right.
All right, stop.
Look.
He threw the call to voice mail.
- What's the time code? - 8:10.
Okay, let's look at any calls that came through the cell tower at that time.
Can you blow that up? Isn't that one of those Scissor phones? Yes.
Which is good, 'cause they're exclusive to one network.
That narrows down the number of calls we'll have run down.
Let's keep moving forward.
Back it up a little.
So she comes in, she scans the room.
Is she looking for someone? Hi.
We got an ID off that coffee card.
Name's Dan Mahoney.
His wife's on her way in, and the barista's boyfriend is on his way to Interview 1.
I got it.
All right, let's go from the gunman's entrance again.
Look the way he's holding the gun.
Sweeps the room with it.
You think cop? Or military? So is it good news or bad news that our gunman knows what he's doing? Dan went to Buzzby's almost every morning.
It was close to our house.
Okay, well, if he was a regular, then maybe he knew some of these people? Told you their names? I don't recognize anybody.
Okay.
I know these images are blurry, but take another look.
- I know Millie.
- Great.
- Anyone else? - I've never seen them.
I don't know who they are.
All right, did Millie mention any customers who frightened her, or - gave her a hard time? - No, never.
Okay.
Does she know any police or military personnel? He has a brother who was in the navy.
Okay, is there anyone outside of the coffee shop that you can think of who may have had a problem with Dan? No, Millie's an artist.
This gig is just how she makes ends meet.
And nothing unusual happened in the last couple weeks? Erratic behavior? Strange hours? Any, any mood swings? No.
Everything has been great.
Millie's the easiest-going person there is.
Look, here's my card.
If you think of anything else, call me, all right? I will.
I will.
You're going to find him, right? We're going to do our best.
Agent Johnson.
- Alex.
- Got a minute? Of course.
What's going on? Agent Malone's OPR investigion kicked off today.
I'm scheduled for 3:00.
Jack had a lot of flattering things to say this morning about your work on the task force.
Good.
But I'm sure you didn't come all the way down here to tell me that.
I just wanted to make sure there aren't going to be any more surprises in this case.
What kind of surprises? Any procedural irregularities that would adversely affect the prosecution of the suspects.
Well, you know me: "I's" dotted, "t's" crossed.
It's all in my report.
Good.
No, we will definitely look into it.
We will.
All calls to the tip line are taken very seriously.
Especially ones from citizens of Saturn.
Hey, our neighborhood canvass paid off.
I had NYPD run plates on all the cars that were parked within walking distance of the coffee shop.
Then I pulled DMV photos.
Found one of our hostages.
His name's Julian Simonson.
All right.
That guy, check this out.
The gunman went right for him.
Maybe he was the target.
I'm going to see if I can track down any family on the Simonson guy.
Why would anyone want to kidnap Julian? It's not like we have any money.
We're still paying off expenses from our wedding.
Your husband's an accountant? Is there any chance because of your debts that he may have reappropriated some money from a client? No, Julian would never do something like that.
Look at these pictures again.
Are you sure you don't recognize any of these people? Where was this coffee shop? The West Village.
His office is in the Bronx.
I don't know what he was doing down in the Village.
Are you sure you don't know? Yes.
How long have you and your husband been married? Last November.
And how would you describe your relationship? Good.
Sometimes when you make it official, things change.
I had always heard about couples growing apart.
About one losing interest in the other.
I just didn't think that it would happen so soon.
It's 2:00 in the morning.
I told you I'd be working late.
You know, all the people who filed extensions? I called the office.
You didn't answer.
I don't know what you want me to say.
You smell like perfume.
I went out for a few drinks with some people at the office.
We've only been married for six months.
- You didn't even give us a chance.
- I'm not cheating on you.
Then what are you doing? Tell me what you're hiding.
Nothing.
- You're being paranoid.
- That's not an answer.
Anya, I love you.
I wouldn't do anything to hurt you.
You are hurting me.
Just tell me where you were, Julian.
Please Can't you just tell me where you were? I'll sleep on the couch.
We can talk in the morning.
When I got up, he was gone.
And I told myself that he was right and I was just being paranoid.
You think Julian is having an affair.
It doesn't matter what I think.
Listen, if your husband was having an affair, there's a possibility that this man was connected.
Just take a look.
Do you recognize him? No.
I I don't think so.
You just never think about this kind of thing.
I just don't want that to be the last conversation that I have with him.
That's strange because none of Julian's coworkers know anything about an affair.
That doesn't mean he wasn't having one.
He received three calls on his work extension last week, from a place called the Hoskins Hotel.
Thanks.
- Got a location? - Ithaca.
All I'm doing is telling the truth; that's it.
He knows how is his work; it's not that simple, okay.
You've to be careful.
It's going to start looking like insubordination.
- You're going to get suspended.
- Elena, I'm not going to get suspended.
- What if Jack finds out? - I don't care if Jack finds out.
All we ever do is cover for him.
We've been doing it for years.
He keeps breaking the rules, and we keep acting like nothing happened.
You sure this isn't a little bit personal than that? Yeah, I'm sure.
What happens if the next time Jack gets shot, he dies? How am I going to feel? It's not on you.
Elena, it is on me.
People got a right to privacy.
I'm sure he'd be willing to waive his right to privacy in order to be found.
Sir, we promise, no other patrons will ever know that you helped us.
Okay? He never stayed here.
He just visited a couple times.
I don't know when he left, but his car wasn't there in the morning.
Is this her? - That's her.
- Does she have a name? M Mary.
Warren.
Yeah.
I think that's it.
She has tiny, little handwriting.
So, did you ever see anybody that could have been an angry husband or boyfriend? She didn't seem like the husband or boyfriend type.
Meaning? There was a vibe.
Like she played on the pink team? Okay.
Well, if you can think about anything else, please, let us know.
If they weren't having sex, what were they doing all the way up here? I could ask and answer the questions, but I'm not sure that would do you much good.
I- I don't know what to tell you.
I don't know why I didn't defend myself more aggressively in there.
Did you defend yourself at all? No.
Not really.
So when the OPR investigator asked you why you went to get Jen Long yourself, you said? I said I don't know.
Have you ever responded "I don't know" to any question before today? Why "I don't know"? Instead of, "She was a young girl" "I thought might be at risk because of an ongoing FBI investigation.
" I just don't think that I should have to defend myself.
So, you've dedicated yourself to the pursuit of all these strangers, and you seem to have no idea why; and now, for some reason, you're willing to throw it all away, to save a girl you've already saved.
And your point is what? I don't know.
Okay.
Got the results back on that shell casing.
The best ERT could come up with was a partial print.
- How partial? - Three reference points.
Now, assuming we can narrow it down to age, gender and build, we're still looking at maybe hundreds, if not thousands of matches.
That's assuming that he's even in the database.
Exactly.
Guys, Julian just started calling Mary Warren a week ago.
Before that nothing.
What have those two been up to for the last week that gets them abducted? Mary doesn't have a boyfriend.
She's very shy; that's why she likes the Internet so much.
And you're sure you would know if there was someone.
Definitely.
Can you tell me who this man is? That's Julian.
They went to college together.
Okay Have you seen them together recently? He came by last week.
There was something not right about the whole thing.
I can't keep quiet anymore.
What's the point of telling anyone now? Steven is dead.
I can't let it go.
All you did is talk to him.
It wasn't your fault.
We have to do something.
I know.
Maybe we should just call the police.
And say what? We can't prove anything.
I'm tired of waiting for someone else to take care of it.
He has to be stopped, and you're the only one I can turn to.
You have to help.
And you have no idea what they were talking about? When he left, I asked her and she wouldn't say.
She got very upset with me.
What about Steven? I don't know who he is.
She never mentioned a Steven.
You know what your daughter was doing in city this morning? No.
Because, the day after our fight, she packed a bag and left.
She said she'd be in touch.
I called her several times, but I never heard back.
So Mary Warren lied to her mother.
She and Julian did not go to college together.
- Where did he go? - He went to Penn.
She went to SUNY-Jefferson.
You know, their connection could be this dead guy.
But Julian's wife never heard him mention anybody by the name of Steven, so Buffalo.
- What? - Yeah, Buffalo.
Two days before Mary and Julian started calling each other, both of their cell phones were roaming in Buffalo.
- Buffalo, Buffalo Can I? - Yeah.
One of the matches for the partial print was from a guy in Buffalo.
Bob Clifford.
- He has a record? - No, no record.
But he's retired US Army Special Forces.
I haven't seen or heard from Bob since Tuesday.
Is that normal for him, to disappear for a couple of days? No, it's not like that.
It's not like what? He moved out.
I'm not sure where he went.
You two having marital problems? He said he had to take some time to think about some things.
Does your husband know either of these two people? That's Julian Steven's friend.
I don't know her, but she was here.
Who's Steven? My stepson.
And when were When were these guys here? A week ago.
Steven's wake.
I'm sorry.
How did he die? He committed suicide.
Always been a troubled boy ever since I've know him.
Last week He took some pills.
I wish those two hadn't shown up.
Please, let me know if there's anything I can do.
Thank you so much for coming.
What's he doing here? I don't know.
We should leave.
- We came for Steven.
- Honey, let's not make a scene.
I just I wanted to say how sorry I am.
Yes, me, too.
I am so sorry.
You think that makes up for what you did? I didn't do anything.
You killed my son.
What happened it's not my fault.
You came here, and he killed himself.
Steven would still be here if it weren't for you.
- I didn't mean for anything to happen.
- You should've left it alone.
- We had to talk about camp.
- Just get out.
That's why Steven killed himself 'cause we didn't deal with it.
- Get out! - Come on, Julian.
Let's go.
I've never seen Bob so upset.
I tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't say anything.
And what was this camp that Julian was referring to? I don't know.
I think Steven went to a summer camp when he was younger.
Why did your husband think that Julian killed his son? All Bob would say is that Steven's problems were Julian's fault.
Guys, that was Mary Warren's mom.
She confirms that her daughter also went to Camp Woodford in 1996.
The police in Woodford didn't investigate any violent crimes that summer, and Emts were only called to camp for minor injuries.
You know, we have kids at a summer camp.
One of them committed suicide later, and we have Julian saying that somebody needs to be stopped.
I mean, I hate say this, but we could be talking about a sexual predator.
Well, that would explain why nobody reported it.
Yeah.
Then who is our perp? Look, where was Bob Clifford working the summer of '96? According to his tax return Camp Woodford.
So let's say that Bob abused Julian and his own son.
Then Julian threatens to bring everything out into the open.
Guess Bob didn't want that to happen.
Well that would just about wrap it up.
I thank you for your time and candor, Agent Fitzgerald.
Can I go now? Absolutely.
Actually, there's one more question.
Yes? I need you to assess Agent Malone's fitness in running the Missing Persons Squad.
It's not a question.
Then how about telling me if you think Agent Malone is the best individual to run the Missing Persons Unit? Listen It's really easy to sit in here and make judgments.
But it's a whole other deal out there in the field trying to save lives.
Jack Malone is one of the best investigators I have ever worked with.
So, you think he's the right man for the job? For sure.
Don't you? Are you seriously asking me that question? Yes, we are.
I've worked for Jack for nine years.
He's human, and he can make mistakes, but there is nobody that I know that can do this job better.
But I don't think that's what you want to hear, is it? I want whatever answer you believe to be accurate.
No, you don't.
You know what? I'm not feeling very well.
Would you mind if we did this later? No, I'm comfortable with the facts of the case as we've discussed them.
So, thank you very much, gentlemen, for a very efficient meeting.
I have some more questions.
Well, I can't imagine that you need to ask me anything else about the human trafficking case, so I assume that you want to talk about Agent Malone.
Yes, I do.
Well, now that's not a game I want to play.
And I hope that my many years of exemplary service to this agency buys me a pass out of this room so that I don't have to.
Could you repeat the question, please? Is Agent Malone the best person to run this unit? Do you want to take a moment, Agent Taylor? No, I don't.
I mean, I don't need a moment.
Julian never said anything about a summer camp.
Where was it? It's about an hour outside the city.
Would have been when he was about 13.
What's that summer of '96? This is going to be unpleasant to have to hear, but we believe that the abductor worked at that camp and was responsible for molesting several children, including your husband.
I don't know anything about that.
Approximately four months ago, your husband reestablished contact with a guy that went to the same camp.
After that contact, that individual committed suicide.
He killed himself? Mrs.
Simonson, if Julian shared any of his experiences with you, it may help us locate him.
He made me promise that I wouldn't tell anybody.
I understand, but breaking that promise may be the only way that we can locate him.
When we were first married, Julian wasn't very experienced.
I thought it would only be a matter of time.
Come on, Jule.
It's not gonna happen.
Look, if I if I did something wrong Can we not talk about this now? If you tell me what's wrong, we can figure it out together.
Figure out what? That I'm a freak? Julian, you're not a freak.
Please, Julian, we've got to talk about this.
This is totally normal, but we can't make it better if you run away from me.
I don't want to lose you.
No, you won't.
You can't tell anybody.
I won't.
I was just a kid at this stupid summer camp.
There was a man who worked there.
He He It didn't just happen to me.
There were others, my friends.
He said if we told I didn't even try to fight back.
Oh, you were just a kid.
I should have stopped him anyway.
No, it is not your fault.
Yes, it is.
Everything would be different if I had stopped him.
No.
No.
No, you didn't do anything wrong.
You didn't do anything wrong.
He must have called his friend after that.
He never said anything about someone killing himself.
Did he ever tell you the name of his abuser? He just said that he was a swimming instructor at the camp.
Thank you.
That's very helpful.
Alex.
Well? Let's go to your office.
Anything we need to talk about we can talk about right here.
The OPR investigators heard all testimonies, gone over all the reports.
We've made a decision.
You're going back on the street, Jack.
You'll step down as head of the unit.
Your pay grade drops to 13.
I assume that Vivian will be taking over.
We're having discussions about candidates tonight.
Let me tell you something, Jack.
I fought for you.
This could have been a hell of a lot worse.
The next time this happens, I won't be so lucky.
Okay.
No, the right response is "There won't be a next time.
" Anything else? That'll be all.
Jack You got a week to clear your office.
You okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
Where are we on the case? Well, I checked with some former campers and none of them know about any allegations regarding Clifford.
You know what? Clifford wasn't the swimming instructor.
The director of the camp just told me it was a guy by the name of Bruce Matthews.
Bruce Matthews? Let's see.
He looks familiar.
That's because he's Dan Mahoney.
All right, Mary used her computer at work to track down Dan Mahoney, who changed his name eight years ago.
Easy enough for her to find the court filing.
I get why they wanted to confront him, but at a coffee shop? It sounds like they wanted talk to him, not take him hostage.
They must have told Bob Clifford and then he decided that talking wasn't enough.
Hey, guys, we got a van going up an all-access road at Camp Woodford.
- Let me tell Jack.
- I'll notify SWAT.
Excuse me, Agent Beams.
Beams.
Right.
You busy right now? Can I help you? Yeah, I'm Samantha Spade.
I called a little earlier.
I'm a patient of Dr.
Kusnos.
I have a preadmission form on file.
I think I'm in labor.
Contractions? About a minute long.
- Your water break? - Not yet.
Well, let's get you triaged.
Take a look.
Is there anyone we should call? No.
I'm good.
No, let me.
Oh, thank you.
FBI.
Freeze! Hands where I can see 'em.
I can't stop the bleeding.
All right, look, move, move over here.
Sit down on the bed over there.
- Keep your hands where we can see'em.
- We got one down, we need a medic.
Okay, can you apply pressure here? Where's everybody else? I think the woods maybe.
They went out that way.
Let's go.
Is she gonna be okay? Yeah, she's gonna be fine.
Help's on its way, just Look, do me a favor.
Why don't you tell me what happened.
Bob didn't want to hurt anybody.
He just lost his son.
You worthless excuse for a human being.
This gun's got hollow points.
Your head is gonna explode like a pumpkin.
Do you hear me now? Yes.
What was that, scumbag? Yes, I heard you.
Good.
Now let's talk about what happened at that camp.
This was not the plan.
Really? What was the plan? Get together and have a little chat at a cafe? You think this guy's gonna turn himself in? He worked at camp for five years.
We could find other victims who will testify.
Once we go public, they'll come forward.
You go public, he hires a couple of fancy lawyers who twist your words around.
Wake up! No.
No, no, no.
We're gonna have our own trial right here.
Please don't do this.
I have a wife.
I have a family.
Steven had a family.
Look at me! He was my son! Oh, please! Please don't kill me! Julian It's okay.
It's gonna be okay.
He took Mahoney and left.
He said it was up to him to end it all.
Read it.
I said read it! "I was sick back then.
I didn't know what I was doing.
" Freeze.
FBI! Drop your gun.
He hurt my son.
Read what he wrote.
Please don't let him kill me! Steven wrote me.
He told me how he'd get him drunk and he touched him.
Just drop the gun.
It was during the whole summer.
Why didn't Steven tell me? He'd ask me every day if he could come home and I just kept saying no.
Just put the gun down.
He killed my Okay, I need paramedics.
I got a man down.
Right away! Thank you.
Do me a favor.
Shut up.
Who are you? - Agent Beams.
- Where's Agent Spade? Told me to watch her desk.
- How long ago was that? - Hour or two ago.
That's precise.
You use the phone? No.
She told me to answer if it rang.
Did it? No.
Special Agent Jack Malone from the FBI.
Who am I speaking to? Paper.
What's the address? You found me.
I bribed the stork.
I- I got him a gift.
The gift store downstairs was closed.
And, this was the best I could come up with.
But, it's appropriate.
It's for a boy, you know.
Yeah, no, yeah, yeah.
I mean, it might take a while for it to fit, but Generally size is not my thing.
I'm not too good at it.
How are you? Wonderful.
Beautiful.
You can hold him.
Really? Really.
Okay.
Oh, he's beautiful.
Yeah.
You have a name? Not yet.
I'd like to throw Malone into the ring.
Noted.
You forget You know, you didn't have to do this alone.
Yeah, I did.
What I mean is you don't have to do it alone anymore.