The Disappearance of Vonnie (1994) - full transcript
When her sister supposedly walks away from her troubled marriage, a woman begins to suspect her brother-in-law of killing her. And even though there is no body, nor even a murder weapon, the woman perseveres until, finally, she is able to arouse enough suspicion to bring the case to court. But this would be the only time in the history of Minnesota, and perhaps the country, that anyone would be convicted of murder without a body, making the film, which is based on an actual happening, all the more unpredictable in its outcome.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
ANDY:
Good one, Vonnie.
Momma loves you.
Be good to me
and when we get home,
I'll be good to you.
Ah, come on, Vonnie.
Been promising that for years.
It's never given you
a split yet.
Maybe it knows
I'm all talk.
You can do it, Vonnie.
You know what to do.
I know what to do.
It's Horace here
that doesn't seem to get it.
Only your sister would name
a bowling ball.
Looking good!
Vonnie.
Oh, very nice.
Ah!
[VONNIE GROANS, THEN LAUGHS]
Damn. Here, look at this.
One hundred sixty-five.
You guys' scores
are getting better.
Damn right. We joined
the women's bowling league.
We start
next Thursday.
What? Next Thursday?
No, no.
Not next Thursday.
The third Thursday
in the month.
Wait a minute. Are you sure?
I wrote it down.
Corinne, you haven't got a date
right since you were born.
She put the wrong date
on your wedding invitations,
and if I hadn't caught it
before they were printed,
you'd be an old maid,
just like me.
I can believe it.
Ha, ha, ha!
You know that guy over
there keeps staring at you?
ANDY:
What guy?
Don't look.
Yeah, I saw him.
He's cute.
Don't you have to call
the babysitter?
Right. Right.
Right.
You have to go
to the little boy's room.
No, I don't.
What?
CORINNE:
Oh, Andy.
All right.
CORINNE:
I'll go first,
it won't be obvious.
Yeah. Hitler's march
into Poland was subtler.
Would you just go? He'll never
come over if we're sitting here.
All right. All right.
Well, go, go. I'm gone. Please.
Get me a pack
of smokes, ha-ha.
No problem.
Hi.
Hi.
VONNIE:
No, he's really decent.
He leads that T.O.P. group.
Corinne, she lives
across the street.
What more could you talk about?
What's that?
Oh, it's a teen program
connected with
the police department.
One of those kids-and-cops
things.
So he's not a weirdo.
CORINNE:
That's what he does
for a living?
No. He works at Raddison Dairy.
He does the T.O.P. thing
in his spare time.
Oh, well. I just hope
he doesn't think you're fast.
Say goodnight, Corinne.
Goodnight, Corinne.
ANDY: Goodnight, Vonnie.
[SIGHS]
She'll never get married.
ANDY:
Hm. It's a wonder I ever did.
CORINNE:
You!
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
Yours always last
so much longer.
Well, you wolf
yours down. Ha-ha!
Here.
Lick. Don't chomp.
Very good.
At least you share
your ice cream.
That's something.
I was wondering, uh.
What do you think of marriage?
To who?
Oh, anyone.
Anyone? I don't know.
How about me, for example?
Just ask me.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Thank you so much.
Oh, my dress.
Look at you.
Fabulous. Like a woman.
Congratulations, Ron.
BOY:
Superman's here!
It's a bird, it's a plane,
it's Superman!
Stop flying over
my baby.
Amy, come here,
you little munchkin.
RON:
Two guys took the back door.
We watched
the whole thing.
Wait a minute.
How'd you get the cops
to let you go on a bust?
They're friends
of mine.
Who's got a birthday
next?
Me!
CORINNE & VONNIE:
Yeah! Ha-ha!
Can I brush her hair,
Aunt Vonnie?
'Course you can.
I swear, I have never seen
hair like this.
You're
just too pretty.
We're gonna have to ship her
off to Hollywood.
How long do you think
it'll grow?
Oh, I don't know.
But we're never gonna
cut it, are we?
We're just gonna
let it grow,
and just trim it
to keep it healthy.
Down to my toes.
Down to your toes?
Oh! Ha-ha!
You watch her.
The boys are getting wild.
When are you gonna quit
those things?
I'm not.
Some women cook,
some women sew. I smoke.
I'm afraid.
You're afraid of
your shadow.
Get a vice,
Corinne.
RON: Honey?
Yeah?
I gotta go.
Gotta go?
Oh, Ronny,
we have all this company.
But they know I've got
my T.O.P. meeting. It's okay.
But you said we were gonna
do something tonight,
just us.
We will. We will.
I'll be home early,
I promise you.
Okay?
Look after her.
I will. Oh, jeez.
You think
he's so funny?
Whole house
could burn down,
but he wouldn't be late
for his damn T.O.P. meeting.
RON:
Okay, any questions on that?
Okay.
The other thing that's
real important
is we wanna watch out
for the older kids
drinking beer
in the parking lot. Got it?
Okay. Um.
Anybody else? Got anything?
Yeah. When we were working
the Packers game last time,
a couple of us didn't have
our uniforms yet,
and some of the people
gave us flack.
Jerry, what about it?
Yeah, we're working on that.
By the time we do
the firearms competition,
I promise everyone'll have
a uniform.
Okay. All right,
Lieutenant Vigo,
if you don't have anything else
for us...
JERRY: No.
No?
I think we're adjourned.
Nine, 10.
I'm coming to get you.
Where did that mommy hide?
Are you here?
Nope.
Where did that mommy hide?
[BUZZES]
VONNIE:
Is that my little bug?
Boo!
It is my little bug.
The lamp comes and
she scoops up the little bug.
And they race
across the finish line.
[VONNIE BUZZING]
And all the other little bugs
were hot in pursuit.
But they couldn't catch
the little lamp,
because they made it
all the way to home bed.
Yes, they did.
I love you so much, I do,
you little bug.
You're my little bug.
It was just the end
of a relationship
that wasn't good anyway,
right?
Yeah, I guess.
Now you know that I know what
I'm talking about, right?
He didn't respect you.
You never, ever let anyone
do that to you.
No one.
All right. Yeah.
Okay?
If he comes around again,
I'll have to punch him
in the nose.
[CHUCKLES]
Okay. All right, thanks.
All right.
Okay.
Let's go, guys.
Everybody to my house
for some pizza.
KIDS:
All right!
Who's going to have
the best week ever?
Me!
Yes, you. First, your birthday
party, and then on Friday,
we're gonna hop into the car
and we're gonna drive
to Appleton and get you
big-girl clothes for school.
[LAUGHING]
It'll be fun.
Make sure these plugs are
on tight and start her up, okay?
All right.
Hi, Mrs. Rickman.
Hi, hon.
Can I talk to you
for a minute?
Yeah,
sure.
I thought we were doing
something tonight.
Honey, I'm sorry.
I got hung up with the kids.
It's every night, Ron.
Can this wait? We're having
a meeting here. Please?
When aren't you?
WOMAN [ON TV]:
...was at home.
MAN [ON TV]:
Maybe they did that to Kenzie,
too.
Oh, I certainly wish I'd put
this one out, though.
As a matter of fact,
I understand...
Uh, sorry.
I was going to use the bathroom.
Guess I got a little lost.
Calm down.
I'm not rabid.
WOMAN [ON TV]:
...know, but I might know
someone who does.
MAN [ON TV]:
Well, I understand
he's a drunk...
I'll show you the way.
[WOMAN & MAN SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY]
I'm sorry about
what happened earlier.
I have a terrible temper.
Yes, you do.
Mm.
I'm beat.
[KIDS CHATTER]
VONNIE:
Corinne, we gotta serve
the cake and ice cream
before they kill each other.
Excuse me.
Can you believe this?
He's gonna miss
his own kid's birthday party.
It was an emergency.
Where's your knife?
[CHUCKLING]
RON:
Hi.
What's the matter?
You said it was an emergency.
Well, it is,
in a way.
EVERYONE:
Surprise!
What is this? Hey!
Hey, man.
You set this up?
I sure did. Everybody did.
This is great.
Let me see. What does it say?
Happy anniversary.
VONNIE:
I think Amy really loved
your present,
even though she didn't say
thank you.
Brian, thanks for coming.
Tom, thank you. Bye.
Look at all these toys.
You're a lucky little girl.
[CAR DOOR OPENS]
RON:
Amy? Where is she?
Where's the birthday girl?
There she is. Hi, baby.
Attagirl. Oh, golly.
He, he, mwah!
Amy.
Honey, why don't you go up
and find your cousin, Toni?
Yeah, honey.
Give me a kiss.
Don't give me that pathetic
expression, you son of a bitch.
RON:
Honey, I'm sorry,
but the kids--
VONNIE:
The kids? Oh.
What about your own kid?
I don't wanna get
into this right now.
I'm sure you don't,
but I'm tired of you
disappointing Amy,
and I'm tired of you putting
the T.O.P. kids in front of us.
Don't.
Don't tell me how unreasonable
I am and how hard he works.
I wasn't going to.
I just wanted to say
that...
He made a mistake
and he feels bad enough as it is
already not being here.
You can see it
on his face.
But you don't give him
a chance.
You flare up
and you go for him.
If I did that
every time
that we had a problem
in our marriage,
we'd be divorced.
There are worse things.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
WOMAN [ON TV]:
I don't think I'm gonna care
for your attitude very much.
MAN [ON TV]:
All right, I don't think
I even care for you...
I don't know why he changed
his mind. He just did.
Well, what was his reason
for it?
He said he had to go to court
in Appleton to pay a fine.
Amy would be better off
not tagging along.
Maybe he didn't want her
to see him in court.
Would you put that thing out?
I can't talk to you that way.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
[GROANS]
I'll take Amy
to the mall.
She'll forget all
about it.
No. He drove her over
to Debbie's mother's house.
He said she just loves playing
with the older kids.
Why wouldn't he bring
her over here?
Because Ron is
the expert on kids.
And I said, "Do me a favor and
don't tell me what Amy loves.
You haven't been around
enough to know that."
Was she disappointed?
Of course she was,
but I told her I'd bring her
a surprise from Appleton.
A stuffed doll we saw
in the mall.
Oh.
VONNIE:
She loved that doll.
[CAR HORN HONKS]
Well, look, don't fight about it
with him. It's not worth it.
Call me when you get back.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Hey.
Bye, Amy.
Hey, Pumpkin.
Give daddy a kiss.
How's my girl?
Is this mama's surprise?
Yeah, it sure is.
You like it?
You ready to go with me now?
Good girl. Come on.
Let's get in the car, okay?
There you go, baby.
Watch your feets, okay?
Thanks, Idelle.
[LINE RINGING]
[SIGHS]
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Did you understand
what I said?
Mommy's gone, sweetheart.
No!
Honey, I'm sorry,
but mama just left us.
No, daddy.
You don't know the game.
Mama's here.
She's just hiding.
Amy.
Mama? Mama?
Where did that mommy hide?
Mama, please come out.
Mama, it's your little bug
calling the lamp.
Mama? Mama? Mama?
Mama?
Please, mama, come out.
[LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT
CHATTERING ON TV]
Amy, where's mommy?
Mommy's gone.
What do you mean?
Honey,
don't talk like that.
Did she go to the store?
Honey, honey, it's okay.
I'm here.
Where's daddy.
CORINNE:
Ronny?
What happened? I've been
calling since last night.
Baby, why don't you go
and play outside for a while?
Go on.
What happened?
Where's Vonnie?
[EXHALES]
We were driving back
from Appleton,
and I thought everything was
fine.
Then she says,
"Pull the car over."
So I pulled over,
and I thought she was gonna
be sick or something.
And she reaches in the back
and she grabs a couple
of suitcases full of clothes,
and she says she's gotta
get her head straight
and that she can't
go on living
the way things
have been going because...
And she told me
to drive away. So I did.
Corinne, I was only gone
just for a couple of minutes,
and I came back
and she was gone.
Vonnie would never do that.
I know.
That's why I can't believe it.
No, she wouldn't leave Amy.
Corinne, you saw her
after Amy's party. She was--
I know. I saw her.
She was upset,
but she would never do this.
Maybe she was in an accident.
Maybe she's
not thinking.
Did you call the police?
No.
Not yet.
She'll be back.
I'm hoping
she's gonna walk in,
and the whole thing
will be over with.
Oh, Ron. Ron.
OFFICER:
Mrs. Kaczmarek,
Ronny said his wife
took two suitcases with her
when she left.
That would seem to indicate that
she left of her own free will.
This is a domestic matter.
We can make the usual inquiries,
but it's a little early
for us to intervene.
Wait a minute.
We don't know what might have
happened to her afterwards.
She might not be
thinking straight.
Vonnie and I never went
more than 24 hours...
Come on, come on.
Can I explain?
Now is
not the time.
What was that all about?
It looks like
Ronny's wife left him.
His sister-in-law's upset.
Corinne,
these guys are
friends of mine.
They didn't want to say
what they were thinking
in front of you.
What do you mean?
Well, they...they think that
Vonnie left me for another man.
That's what
they're thinking.
No, she wouldn't.
I would've known.
Oh, God,
that can't be true.
Look, I got an idea.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
You don't even know your
new dolly's name.
Molly.
When's daddy coming home?
Any minute.
Did Molly like
the story we read?
You like me?
Of course I do.
Where's my mommy?
Hi.
What do we say
when we're lonely?
Even though she's not here,
mommy loves me.
That's right.
You can't know everything
about someone.
Even your own sister.
Where's my lunch?
It's on the chair.
Hmm?
So you're saying
that Vonnie has a lover.
Of course not.
All I'm saying is that--
Well, what is it
that you're saying?
No matter how close you think
you are to someone,
they still have
secrets.
Hey, I gotta go.
I'm late.
You think my sister,
Vonnie,
left her child
to go off with a man?
No, I don't,
but come on, you know Vonnie.
I mean, she's got a temper.
Maybe she's trying
to teach Ronny a lesson.
Get him to appreciate
her more.
It's possible.
I gotta go. See you later.
Your thermos.
Yeah, thanks.
ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]:
Gentlemen, hold your fire.
Thank you very much
for the first demonstration.
Please check your weapons
and then proceed
to the scoring area.
We will be resuming the
presentation in 20 minutes.
In the meanwhile,
ladies and gentlemen,
there are refreshments
and a bake sale
on the north side
of the range.
BOY:
Mommy, can I go have
some cookies?
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Uh, Corinne,
I gave you a 10.
Oh, God, you did.
I'm sorry.
Do we have a 5?
Did I give you 50 cents?
Yeah, I have 50 cents here.
Okay, thanks.
Will you calm down?
I'm fine.
Oh, no you're not.
You heard anything?
How's Amy doing?
How could she be doing?
She's 6 years old
and her mother disappeared.
I try to do something
with her every day, but it's--
It's not the same.
And I know
what people are thinking.
Who gives a hoot in hell
about people?
What do you think happened?
I don't know.
I know Vonnie would
never leave Amy.
But she did,
didn't she?
Shut up, Dorra.
Go sell some cookies.
I don't know, Jerry.
What am I supposed to do?
I have to deal with it, right?
The thing I'm most--
I'm most concerned
about Amy.
She's acting
real nervous.
She's not eating
right.
She's not sleeping.
Hey, kids are resilient.
She'll be all right.
So this just came
out of nowhere?
Well, we were having
our problems.
You know, T.O.P. group,
money stuff, things like that.
Maybe I was
a little tough on her.
I gave her some money
to pay the bills.
A week before she left,
wasn't enough hot water
for the kid to take a bath.
That's what started it.
I said to her,
"I gave you the money.
Why didn't you pay the bill?"
She just shrugged.
She gets out of the car.
She needs
to think things over
and get her head straight.
Took my last 500 bucks.
Hey, if it is another guy,
the hell with her.
You're better off.
BLAKE:
This is Arnie Blake
forTrue Crime.
Guess what?
You gotta get involved.
Wait. I was watching.
It's over. Did you study
for your history test?
Yes.
When?
I studied.
I already folded that.
Hm. Two suitcases.
What did she put in them?
She doesn't have enough
clothes to fill a bag.
Mom, you're
making me crazy.
I never know what
you're talking about.
Honey...
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
...I'm talking about...
Would you look at that?
That girl Janine
is driving Ron's car.
She has to pick up Amy
from school.
So what?
CORINNE:
I happen to have read
that the first few weeks are
critical in an investigation.
After that,
the trail gets cold.
Mrs. Kaczmarek--
If you do not try
to locate my sister...
I'm going to call
the governor.
Corinne.
Corinne. Hey, hey, hey, hey,
it's okay. It's okay.
I'm sorry.
I should be comforting you.
Listen, Corinne.
I just talked to her
on the phone.
She says she needed more time
and then she asked for money.
I told her that Amy
and I missed her very much.
I asked her if
there was someone else.
She didn't say.
She just hung up the phone.
That's all.
I'm sorry, Ron.
She didn't ask about me?
No. I didn't wanna hurt
your feelings.
That's why I didn't tell you
right away.
She said she didn't want
to talk to you.
Vonnie!
ANDY: What? What is it? What?
Don't.
I have to go talk to her.
No, no, no, no, it's okay.
It's okay. It's just me.
It's just me. It's just a bad
dream. It's okay. It's okay.
It was Vonnie,
but it wasn't.
Oh, Andy, she can't not
want to talk to me.
It's okay, baby.
It's okay. Come on.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
You know, I still think you're
wrong about Hoffa.
Well, they didn't find him,
did they?
REPORTER [OVER RADIO]:
The partly decomposed body
of a woman has been discovered
in Flores County.
Police say that without
an autopsy,
it is impossible to tell
how the woman died.
The unidentified body has been
taken to the city morgue.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
If you--
No.
Is it your sister?
Mm.
No.
[EXHALES]
Somebody else's sister.
Is it raining
where you are?
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[TYPEWRITER CLICKS]
This is a person
that's missing...
[TYPEWRITER CONTINUES]
Uh-oh.
I'm not here.
Me either.
I am on break.
Okay, okay. Now you guys were
such hot shots on the Wald case,
the chief's got
a real treat for you.
The Vonnie Rickman case.
Oh, come on.
JERRY:
Chief's getting letters
from all over.
The sister writes
to everyone.
He wants you on the case
before he gets a call
from the White House.
[DOOR KNOCKING]
Where's my baby?
I brought her a treat.
Oh, shh, shh. Wait.
I just put her in bed.
We'll save this
for tomorrow.
Did she eat the lamb chops
I brought her?
Yes.
And the baked potato?
Oh, she hates
baked potatoes.
I mashed it.
Oh?
Well, I guess I'll just
go give her a goodnight kiss.
How's my baby?
Give Aunt Corinne
some sugar.
I love you.
Give Molly kisses too.
Oh, Molly.
[KISSING SOUNDS]
Mama gave her to me.
I know she did, honey.
Well, let's tuck you in.
What's this?
It's mine! Janine said
I could have it.
That's all right,
but I just want to see it.
This is mommy's.
Honey, where'd you get it?
Mommy's closet.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Well, mommy loves you,
and so does your Aunt Corinne.
What's going on, Ron?
I don't know, Corinne.
You tell me.
What are you doing here?
You said Vonnie took
two suitcases.
She didn't.
All her clothes are here.
You don't know every piece
of clothing that Vonnie owns.
Yes, I do.
I know everything she has.
What's going on, Ron?
You never lied to me.
You come in here.
You find rags
Vonnie left behind
and all of a sudden
I'm a liar?
What the hell's going on
with you?
I don't know.
I don't know yet.
VOICE [OVER PA]:
We need a salesman
on the lot, please.
That's a salesman
on the lot right now.
It's in real good shape.
I just want something
a little smaller.
SALESMAN:
Mm-hm.
Oh, well, I think we can
work something out.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Mrs. Kaczmarek,
I don't know if you remember me.
I'm Ken Braudhagen and this is
my partner, Randy Winkler.
We'd like to talk to you
about your sister.
My sister? You mean the one
that isn't missing?
I know you're not happy about
what's been done so far,
but we just got the case
and we'd like to talk
everything over with you.
Come in.
CORINNE:
Oh, there were problems.
I'm not saying Vonnie's
an angel.
You know, money stuff.
The bills weren't paid.
One time, they even had
the utilities cut off.
Anything else?
Well, Vonnie resented the time
that Ron spent with T.O.P. kids.
But you have to know Vonnie.
She's not the kind
to go off anywhere.
I used to speak with her
every single day of my life.
Even when
she didn't want to.
And, um, the thing
that she loves most is Amy.
She had her late in life,
and she's her whole life.
So, what
do you think happened?
I don't know if
I even should be saying this.
Something really weird
happened.
See,
Ron said that Vonnie packed two
suitcases full of clothing,
and yesterday I looked
in the closet,
and all of her clothes
are still there.
So, what do you think
happened?
I don't know.
Maybe they had a fight,
and he threw her out.
Maybe she was having an affair.
Maybe he's having an affair,
and trying to hide it,
but I don't know.
Ron's never lied to me before,
and he's lying to me about this.
Daddy, may I have
a lolly?
No, honey. We don't take candy
from bums like that.
Daddy, he's not a bum.
He's a policeman.
Okay, well, in that case,
I guess it's all right.
There you go.
RON:
So anyway, where were we?
You were driving your wife
home from Appleton.
Yeah, right.
So we're driving along.
She tells me to pull over.
I pull over. She gets out.
She grabs the suitcase.
I didn't even notice
the thing was lying there.
She takes the suitcase.
Tells me to drive off.
She said she
needed some time to think.
She needed to get
her head together.
Said she'd call me.
Now since then,
I've had two calls.
Uh, mostly she needs money.
And a few days ago,
I come home from work,
into the house, and she'd been
there while I was at work.
How did you know that?
Vonnie smokes like a chimney.
Ashtray was filled
with cigarette butts.
Her brand.
Great. Let's go take
a look at them.
You know, I didn't even think
of that. I threw them out.
KEN:
You, uh, went to the Kmart.
Yeah.
Why Appleton?
We have two Kmarts
right here in Green Bay.
Figure that one out.
I told her the same thing.
She said the one in Appleton
was a lot better, so...
I got an idea.
Let's put a trap on your phone
and see if we can trace
her calls.
Got a problem with that?
No. Not at all.
It's a good idea. Sure.
Here we go.
Daddy,
what's a trap?
A trap is something
that catches things.
Are you trying to catch
mommy?
No, honey.
Amy, I think it's time
we started thinking
that maybe mommy's
not gonna come back.
No! Mommy's coming back!
Amy, Amy, Amy, Amy.
Stop, stop.
Come here.
It's all right.
It's okay.
Shouldn't have taken her
with me.
She got pretty upset.
I don't know what they wanted,
but they kept asking me over
and over again
what happened
in Appleton.
Well, I'm sorry, Ron.
It's just what you
don't need right now.
Nope. Listen,
when you leave tonight,
why don't you take the new car.
Drive it home.
Oh.
Bring it back tomorrow
when you pick up Amy
from school,
and I'll use the truck,
huh?
Oh, gosh.
Are you sure that's okay?
Yeah, it's all right.
Why did you get rid
of the blue one?
It reminded me of Vonnie.
I'm sorry.
Oh, hey.
Um, Amy told me that you said
that she could call me Mom.
Yeah. You mind?
No.
[ENGINE STARTS]
ANDY:
Corinne, this is taking
over our lives.
The police are in on it now.
It's their job. Let them do it.
I've been helpful to them.
You've been very helpful.
So helpful
Ron tells me
they're harassing him
every day.
Now do you want to drive Ron
and Amy away from the family?
Look, I understand--
No, you don't understand.
Vonnie was like another part
of me. I feel lost.
Corinne, Corinne,
Vonnie is gone.
Stop it.
She may never come back.
We're here.
You're sacrificing all of us.
Toni lost Vonnie too,
and now she's losing you.
I miss her.
Yeah, we all miss her,
honey.
We miss you more.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Randy, look at this.
What's up?
KEN:
In 1972, Ron Rickman shot
and killed two men,
a father and son,
at point-blank range.
He was found not guilty
by reason of insanity.
From 1972 to 1981,
he was incarcerated
in Willoby Hospital
for the Criminally Insane.
Five years after
he got out,
he met and married
your sister, Vonnie.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[FOOTSTEPS]
Corinne, can't you
do this tomorrow?
No, no.
I knew she would
never leave Amy.
I knew it.
And I'm gonna get her.
He's not gonna have her.
No!
I'm--
No! You believed
that she would leave her family!
You believed it!
Come on, Corinne.
I didn't know.
You lying son of a bitch!
What did you do to my sister?
Stop it! Stop it!
Easy!
You killed those two men!
The police told me.
That was my past,
Corinne.
I paid for that.
Vonnie knew about that.
She knew everything.
Is my sister dead?
I don't know.
I don't know.
Yes, you do.
Come on.
You do.
CORINNE:
She's dead!
RON:
Sometimes we think people
are our friends,
but they're really not.
And other times, we think people
love us, but they really don't.
All they wanna do is hurt us.
So now you repeat back to daddy
what I told you to say.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[KNOCKING]
[UNLOCKING DOOR]
Amy? Amy, it's Aunt Corinne.
Want to go to the mall?
Amy, who cut your hair?
JANINE:
Ron was having a hard time
combing it,
so he asked me
to have it cut.
I can't go with you anymore,
Aunt Corinne.
Oh, honey.
Honey, I don't think anybody's
gonna mind
if we play a little game,
do you?
Amy, every night
when you close your eyes,
I want you
to think about me
right across the street,
sending you a great big kiss
and telling God how much
I love you, okay?
CORINNE:
People should
know about his past.
KEN:
No.
It's a bad plan.
It'll get back to him.
He's liable
to get rid of evidence.
He already
dumped the car.
It's been resold
and repainted three times.
Amy's living
with a psychopath.
He's changing everything
about her. Even her hair.
Corinne, cutting
a child's hair is not abuse.
We got nothing
specific on him.
What do you mean?
My sister's husband
is a killer.
My sister has been
missing for months.
You can't
make that leap.
Killing two people 20 years ago
does not give us a case
against him now.
The law says he paid his debt.
We don't have any evidence
to indicate that he did anything
to your sister.
Corinne,
we don't have a body.
So, you're gonna do nothing?
No.
Look, Corinne, you did your
part. You called everybody's
attention to this,
now it's our turn.
We're gonna interview
everyone who had any contact
with either
him or Vonnie.
And when we're ready,
we'll rattle his cage.
I go over
to Ron's house
every morning
and get Amy ready for school.
And then,
Janine Barker picks her up.
It's real hard for him,
you know.
I can't believe a woman walking
off and leaving her child.
It's disgusting.
She
was disgusting.
Why do you
say that?
Well,
she was an alcoholic.
TEENAGE GIRL:
Ron told me. We all knew it.
He put up with it
just for Amy.
She was
such a witch.
Did you ever see her
being mean to Amy?
TEENAGE GIRL:
Well, I saw her
being mean to Ron.
Always
snapping at him.
And I saw her
drunk one night.
I went in to use the bathroom
and she's drinking beer.
She could
hardly stand up.
She was tripping
all over herself.
Did Ron ever talk
to the kids about Vonnie?
Yeah.
The ones
he was closest to.
And he said he was
gonna divorce her.
TEENAGE GIRL:
It was just a matter of time.
We don't have
a fingerprint card on this guy?
How the hell
is that, huh?
The guy's
a two-time shooter.
He spends nine years
in a mental hospital,
and nobody
knows it.
Explain to me
how that happens.
I can't.
He can't. Why the hell
can't you explain it?
MAN:
We dropped the ball on that one.
MAN:
We lost track of him
a couple of years ago.
MAN:
But he was printed
and his card was on file
with the Green Bay police.
We checked.
No. I checked those cards.
Ron Rickman is not on file.
He pulled it.
What?
KEN:
He's in and out of the
police station all the time.
He pulled
his own card.
[TEENS LAUGHING]
TEENAGE BOY:
Okay, how about this? Ahem.
[IMITATING DRACULA]:
Welcome to the haunted house.
No, you gotta get
your voice lower. Watch.
GIRL [LAUGHING]:
Give him a few years.
Listen to me.
[IMITATING DRACULA]
Welcome to the haunted house.
[EVIL LAUGHTER]
What are you two doing?
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Hold that thought.
TEENS: Ha-ha-ha!
He's cool.
Hey Ron.
Sorry to interrupt.
[NORMAL VOICE]
Guys, this is not a great time
right now, you know?
Couple questions.
Take a sec.
KIDS:
Hurry, Uncle Ron.
Uh. Just hang on one second,
okay? I'll be right back.
Come on.
Yeah?
Just want to clear up
a couple things.
Yeah. No, sure, sure.
What's up?
Was Vonnie
an alcoholic?
No.
No, she would have
a beer every now and then,
but that
was about it.
So when you told people
she was a drunk,
that was a lie?
[CHUCKLES]
You guys.
You're listening
to my sister-in-law.
Corinne's crazy. I never
said Vonnie was a drunk.
I mean, she liked beer.
She had a couple...
That was it.
Uh, one other thing.
Sure.
Did you ever mention to
anyone that you were planning
to divorce your wife?Never.
No, I never
said that to anybody.
Oh, I'm sorry.
That's all right.
No problem. We were...
We're just leaving.
See you, Ron.
Yeah.
Hey.
Excuse me.
I-I didn't mean
to interrupt you.
JANINE:
Sorry about that.
Ah, it's all right.
A little police business,
that's all.
JANINE: Yeah?
Yeah.
Hey, you all right?
Um, Janine?
JANINE:
Yeah?
I really need you
right now.
I'm here.
Come on.
[MUFFLED GASPING]
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[GASPS]
The door
was open.
Why are you doing
this to me, Corinne?
I'm not doing
anything to you.
I'm trying to find out
what happened to my sister.
Well,so am I.
But one thing I
do not need is I do not need
to be questioned every other day
by the police because you have
a suspicious mind.
The other day,
I walked into the station
and the guys stopped talking
when I walked in, Corinne.
They're my friends.
You will stop pestering them.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
You will stay away from Amy,
and you will stay away from us.
I think that's fair.
Don't you?
God.
He threatened me.
I know you perceived it
as a threat, and maybe it was,
but what he said was that
he wanted you to stop accusing
him of things
that he denies doing.
We are as frustrated
as you are, huh?
But we have
no body.
Not one bit of physical evidence
that Vonnie is dead.
Or alive.
Isn't that the point?
CORINNE:
You've noticed there wasn't one
call from Vonnie after you put
the trap
on the phone!
RANDY:
You think we've just been
sitting here
twiddling our thumbs? Huh?
We have checked
her medical insurance,
her social security.
We have checked her banks,
under both Yvonne Rickman
and her maiden name.
Nothing.
All of this
takes time.
We have every reason
to believe...
that your sister
is no longer on this Earth.
RANDY:
But we have no evidence
that she was murdered.
Come on Mom, come on.
Trick or treat.
[SPOOKY YELLING]
That's
not fair.
Alex?
Alex,
come on!
It's not gonna
be scary, is it?
No.
I won't let any
ghosties get you, okay?
[FAKE THUNDER CRASHING]
[IN DRACULA VOICE]
Welcome to the haunted house.
You're all about to be
scared out of your wits.
[LAUGHING EVILLY]
You scared, huh?
Come on, come on.
[SCARY SCREAMING]
JANINE:
Whoa, whoa, whoa, kids.
RON:
Janine?
Hi.
Hello, Ron.
How you doing?
Um, how is Amy
doing with Francine?
She misses you,
very much.
So do I.
No, don't.
Don't do this.
Janine, you know,
this is not fair to Amy.
You know, she loves you
very much, you know.
I didn't like what happened
the other night, Ron.
Well, everything's
been kind of crazy lately.
Did you get my letter?
Did you get it?
Yes, I did.
Doesn't that explain things?
Doesn't that explain how I feel?
I mean, I would never
do anything to hurt
our relationship,
or hurt our friendship.
Well, I'm afraid
you already did.
It's gonna take
me a little time.
RON:
Francine, you can't
let a boy do this to you.
You know what
you have to do?
You have to respect yourself,
and you never, ever let anyone
make you feel
less than you are.
Can I get
a smile?
Okay,
all right.
There we go.
Okay?
Now give her to me,
and I'll put her to bed, okay?
Okay.
You wait
right here, okay?
We have to be
real quiet, okay?
Take your
jacket off.
Have a seat.
Sit down.
You know, I think
you're a very pretty girl.
You know that,
right?
And a lot of good things
are gonna come to you.
You trust me,
don't you?
I won't hurt you.
You know that, right?
Mm-hm.
It's okay.
Look at me.
It's all right.
I'm right here.
It's all right.
Shh. It's okay.
It's okay,
it's okay.
[MUFFLED SOBBING]
No, please stop it.
I don't wanna do it.
Please.
You just need somebody
to love you, that's all.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
You stay right there.
No. Ron,
please don't.
No!
No, stop it! I don't
want to, stop it!
Don't,
don't, don't!
Stop it!
Please...please,
Uncle Ron.
Uncle Ron,
please.
Please,
please don't do it.
Please.
Please. Please.
Okay.
Get up, I'll take you
home. Come on.
This is Arnie Blake for
True Crime. Guess what?
You gotta get involved.
Good?
[STATIC]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Yeah?
Excuse me, Mr. Blake?
I don't mean to disturb you,
but I'd like
to talk to you.
I-I'm having my lunch.
Can it wait?
Yes, of course.
I'm sorry.
No, I'll lose my nerve.
Just five seconds of your time.
All right.
What if I told you...
that a woman who lived
here in Green Bay,
whose whole life revolved around
her seven year old daughter,
took a day trip
with her husband,
who 20 years ago,
shot and killed two men
in cold blood,
and this woman
has never been seen again?
Would you do
this story on your show?
Come on in.
MAN:
Okay, last game.
[MAN LAUGHING]
Well,
this round's on me.
What are you
laughing about?
All right.
ARNIE [ON TV]:
True Crime was there,
Friday, February 18th, 1993.
Okay, here it is.
ARNIE: Police are still
seeking public assistance
in the search for a missing
Green Bay woman,
Yvonne Rickman,
known as Vonnie.
Since she's been missing almost
two years, there's every
reason to suspect foul play.
Police say that Ronald Rickman,
Vonnie's husband, was the last
person to see his wife alive.
Rickman therefore became
a prime suspect in what
remains an open investigation
by the Green Bay police.
Do you believe this?
ARNIE: In searching the past
of Ronald Rickman,
it was revealed that in 1972,
he shot and killed two men.
He was found not guilty
by reason of insanity
and was incarcerated
at the State Hospital
for the Criminally Insane
for nine years.
This can't be true.
Of course, it's true.
Since his release in 1981...
They can't go on TV
...he has been involved
and say it if it weren't.
in local community work.
You're never stepping in
that house again.
...has been waging a one-woman
campaign to find out
what happened to her sister.
I really didn't want to
believe that Vonnie was gone,
but, um,
after all that I know,
and after
all that we've learned,
deep down in my heart,
I really believe
that Ron Rickman
murdered my sister.
ForTrue Crime,
I'm Arnie Blake.
Guess what?
You gotta get involved.
DeLION:
I don't want to
trouble you guys,
but where's your probable cause
for a search warrant?
A man's wife is missing.
It wasn't a great marriage.
They had money problems.
Whether she
was a drunk or not,
they're all agreed
she wasn't happy with the time
he spent with those T.O.P. kids.
So she left him, I hear.
You need a hearing aid.
The guy whacked two men.
Right, but he paid
his debt in terms of the system.
That case is closed,
so even if he killed his wife
and stuffed her under his bed,
you don't get into his house
without probable cause.
I'm not having it
thrown out on a technicality.
MAN [ON BULLHORN]:
All right people, deploy and
keep within your team units.
Yeah, this is where
he used to go hunt.
In there. Right to the right.
That's the campsite.
Come on!
Come on, come, on.
Work it.
[HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD]
MAN [OVER RADIO]:
Chopper 1 to search party.
Look, this has
gotta be my last pass.
Copy that.
We've been over it
three times, Corinne.
Hey, Jerry.
What's going on?
Jer, good to see you.
Come inside, we'll get a beer.
No, I can't.
Listen, Ron, uh...
The department feels, in light
of your past problems,
that you shouldn't be involved
with the T.O.P. group anymore.
Jerry,
I made that program.
Yeah,
I know, Ron.
It was
a long time ago, Jerry.
I know,I know.
But now this thing
with your wife, you know.
I mean,
it's kids, Ron.
Hi, girls.
Hi, Mrs. Barker?
Hi, it's Ron.
Is Janine there?
I know, but I've left
three messages already,
and I was just wondering
if she's all right.
Is she all right?
If I could--
If I could just talk to her.
[HANGS UP]
You're ruining
my life.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[LOUD CRASH]
Oh, jeez.
RON:
Well, well,
look what I caught.
My nosy
sister-in-law.
The one that goes around
the world telling people
that I
killed her sister.
[GASPS]
I can't have that.
I have to protect
myself from that.
You understand,
don't you?
As long as you
understand me.
I know who you are
and now I know what you did.
Unless you kill me too,
I'm coming after you.
AMY:
Daddy?
I am Amy's father.
The garbage man
will get her before you do.
AMY:
Daddy!
Now, get out.
Now.
It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay,
it's all right.
It's okay,
it's okay.
It's okay.
It's all right.
Yeah.
I don't know. I don't know.
I mean, if I say anything,
it could open up
the whole thing.
You've got to tell the police
about those letters, Janine.
What if
they think that...
You know, what if they think
I was his lover?
In his head,
you were, Janine.
He's killed two guys
and maybe his wife.
You don't know what
he's capable of doing.
God.
What are you
gonna do?
FRIEND:
It was after one
of the T.O.P. events.
He drove me home and...
he stopped the car.
I remember he took off
his sunglasses...
and he tried
to make a pass at me.
What uh,
specifically did he do?
He reached over and...
grabbed my breast...
and then,
he tried to kiss me.
And what
did you do?
I pushed him away.
I said, "you're married."
GIRL [ON TAPE]:
We used to hang out
in the garage and...
so this one night he says,
"You want to see something?"
And he opens up
the tool box...
and there was a gun.
He's got a weapon.
It's a parole violation.
Now, you got
your warrant.
Thanks.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
COP:
Can you cover
the front porch?
[♪♪♪♪♪]
We got him,
Vonnie.
Wait a minute.
Let me talk to my daughter.
Come here.
I'm gonna go talk to these men
for awhile, then I'll be back.
Take care
of her.
Daddy.
ARNIE:
True Crime was there today,
Tuesday, April 13th, 1993,
when a Green Bay man,
Ronald Rickman, was taken
into custody. Rickman is facing
a possible parole revocation
for possession of a firearm.
The Green Bay man is not only
a two-time killer,
but a prime suspect
in his wife's
mysterious disappearance.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Get some guys down here and
tear down all this paneling.
All of it.
ARNIE [ON TV]:
The arrest comes after
years of bungled supervision
by the people who are
supposed to keep track
of Rickman,
the probation office.
[LAUGHING]
Even the Corrections Department
now admits Ron Rickman's parole
was badly handled.
Rickman has granted
temporary custody of his
daughter to his sister.
What's up?
If she's buried here, the needle
will show the irregularity.
Nothing yet?
No.
Did you check
the garage?
No.
Since Rickman's release
from the state hospital for
the criminally insane,
Channel 9's investigation has
discovered that he was leading
virtually a double life.
On the surface, he was a
model parolee, but underneath,
he was lulling the
parole office to sleep
while breaking the rules
of his release and the law.
Rickman is now in jail...
How the hell did you do that?
...for having a weapon in his
home. More on this tomorrow.
We're out of time. I'm
Arnie Blake fromTrue Crime.
Guess what?
You gotta get involved.
[SIGHING]
ANDY:
Honey, you couldn't expect
after what happened
that Ron would
let us keep Amy.
It's not
fair to her.
She misses
her mother,
she's uprooted from
her friends, school,
the family
she grew up with.
Yeah.
Nothing.
That's it.
Get Corinne
over here.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Corinne, we found
these things in the loft.
Can you
identify them?
I-I want
to record this.
This is
Vonnie's purse.
She carried it
with her everywhere.
And this
is her wallet.
CORINNE:
Her social
security card.
CORINNE:ID.
Oh, God.
This is her
cigarette case.
She never went
anywhere without it.
KEN:
We can
take a break.
Does this look like
a woman who would leave her
husband
and her daughter?
It's not a body...
but it sure as hell
tells us she didn't
leave of her
own accord.
Mrs. Kaczmarek, a prosecution
for murder without a body.
That'd be a first
for Wisconsin.
Other states have done it,
but not here.
I can't get
an indictment on this.
I need a body,
a confession, a witness,
a motive, something that gets me
closer to murder one than a...
Than a wallet
and a cigarette case.
I don't
believe this.
I wish I had
Ron Rickman's luck.
He murders two men in 1972,
and gets away with it because
he claims some sort of mental
disorder that doesn't exist.
And now, he murders my sister,
and he's gonna get away with it
because he's crafty
enough to hide the body?
JUDGE:
And the prisoner is released
on his own recognizance.
The judge is releasing
him on a signature bond.
What does
that mean?
It means he signs his name,
he's out of here.
It's not over,
Ron.
What do you
want from me, Corinne?
I've lost my wife and I stand a
good chance to lose my daughter.
You killed your wife. You don't
deserve to have your daughter.
I haven't killed anyone.
You have humiliated me
in front of the entire town.
I want you out of my life.
Like you wanted Vonnie
out of your life?
No way!
It'll never be over.
As long
as I'm standing.
Let's go,
I got a live one.
Corinne,
we gotta go.
I got the information
you guys want.
What would
that be?
I want to do
some trading first.
We're not in
that business, kid.
Well, it depends on
how bad you want what I got.
We're
out of here.
You know who
I shared a cell with?
Well, Ron Rickman as good
as told me he did his old lady.
We were talking about Hoffa.
You know, Jimmy Hoffa.
So I said he was probably in
a river with a concrete block
tied around
his legs.
And Ron said,
and Joe heard him say this too,
"The way to do it was,
you find a place where they're
going to pour concrete
the following day.
You bury the body, cover it up,
put the mesh back in,
and the next day
they pour the cement.
You never find the body."
FRIEND:Well...
it was about one and a half
to two weeks before
they went to Appleton. Um.
Ron said he was taking
Vonnie down to Appleton,
and he said he
was gonna leave her.
"Dear Janine, I want our
friendship to grow and leave
"fate in charge.
"You have made me
a very happy guy.
"I want you
to be just as happy.
"If you were here right now,
you'd get a big hug and kiss.
"Your mom and dad
and the old bat could watch. Ha.
I love you,
as ever, Ron."
DeLION:
Now, who was the "old bat,"
that Ron was referring to?
Um, his wife.
That's what
he called her.
Janine, would you tell the jury
the real reason you believe
Ron Rickman
killed his wife?
Why he killed her?
DeLION:
Yes. What was his incentive?
DeLION:
Why, Janine?
So he could have
a shot at me.
That morning,
Vonnie was very upset.
Why was that?
Because Ron wouldn't
let her take Amy with them.
Objection.
Conjecture.
JUDGE:
Sustained.
We only want
to know...
what you
yourself observed...
or were told directly.
Do you understand?
Did you have any conversations
with Vonnie in the six months
preceding her disappearance
concerning her owning a gun?
Just that Ron had
purchased a gun in her name.
Objection!
Compound question.
Your Honor?
JUDGE:
Just a minute.
The question is,
"Did you have a conversation?"
The answer
is either yes or no.
Yes.
All right.
Now it's overruled.
JUDGE
Now you may ask
what was the conversation.
What was
the conversation?
LAWYER:
Objection. Hearsay.
JUDGE [BANGS GAVEL]:
Overruled.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
I don't know what
I'm allowed to say anymore.
Just answer
the question.
I forgot
the question.
What was
the conversation?
Vonnie told me that Ron
had purchased a gun.
LAWYER:
Objection.
JUDGE [BANGS GAVEL]:
Overruled.
They stopped me
every time I said something.
I got so confused.
Yeah, but that's
what they always do.
I mean, you've seen L.A. Law.
Say this, don't say that.
I wanted to
do so well for Vonnie.
You were fine, honey.
You did everything you could.
You were
just fine.
Got some bad news...
and some bad news.
Perfect.
KEN:
And the bad news is,
LeRoy still hasn't made up
his mind to testify.
I can't stall this
any longer.
We have the tape
of his statement.
Ron as good
as confessed to him.
The defense will block it.
Even if we get it in,
they'll take the position
that he's not here to testify
in person 'cause he recanted
everything he said on the tape.
DeLION:
It's a disaster. We don't
have enough without him.
[SIGHS]
Is that it,
Mr. DeLion?
Your Honor, we have a witness
who is reluctant to testify,
but we do have
a videotape of his testimony.
No way.
Will counsel
meet me in my chambers?
The state rests,
Your Honor.
[WHISPERING LOUDLY]
You can't.
[WHISPERING]
The Judge ruled against the
tape. No tape, no testimony.
The defense calls
Ronald Rickman.
When you shared these
confidences with Janine,
did your feelings ever cross the
line from friendship to romance?
I wouldn't call it
a-a romantic feeling, um.
I did have
feelings for her.
She's, uh,
she's a very sweet girl,
very outgoing,
great personality.
And uh, she was great
with my daughter.
LAWYER:
Did you ever entertain
any thoughts that maybe someday,
if Vonnie was out of your life,
that you'd pursue something
with Janine
at a later stage?
No I didn't.
You heard the testimony
of Francine Underwood
regarding sexual liaisons
between you and her.
Is any part of
that testimony true?
None whatsoever.
Has it been
difficult for you
without Vonnie
being around?
Yes.
Yes, it has.
LAWYER:
And to this day,
do you miss Vonnie?
Yes, I, uh...
Yes, I do.
I'm not quite sure
about all my feelings
at this point,
but, um,
I know that
I love her very much...
and I care
about her very much.
Ron, have you given
any thought to what you might do
if Vonnie were to suddenly
walk back into your life?
Yes.
Every day.
RON:
I think the first thing
I would do is, um,
make sure she was okay.
See if she needed anything, um,
medically and, um,
I think both of us would
sit down and talk,
and try to
work things out.
Because, uh,
a lot of things
have happened
in both
of our lives...
since the day
she left me with my daughter.
CORINNE:
I'm sorry.
I know you think
this is stupid.
No, it's just the state has
closed its case. I think it's--
Useless.
Yeah, that's what
I used to say.
It's useless.
What's the point?
Why fight
City Hall?
I said all of that to Vonnie
when she was complaining.
[SIGHING]
Not anymore.
Mr. LeRoy.
Look,
I told them.
You testify,
you're a snitch.
I know.
I understand that.
I just came
because...
well, I don't
know why I came.
Maybe just
to see you.
See if
you're real.
To look at the one man
who really might know
what happened
to my sister.
You see,
that's the hard part...
not knowing.
I've almost gotten over
her not being around anymore.
The sadness.
You never knew
my sister, Vonnie.
She could light up any room.
She was so funny.
CORINNE:
And Amy,
that's her daughter,
they were so close.
You see, Vonnie
would never have left Amy.
Unless somebody made sure
she couldn't come back.
And you know.
And Ron's gonna
get away with it.
You should see him
in that courtroom.
He's got 'em all snowed,
and I don't care about that,
but he's also convinced
an eight-year-old girl
that her mother just picked up
one day and walked out on her.
That she didn't care enough
to stay and watch her grow up.
But I care about that.
I care about that.
Mr. LeRoy.
Vonnie got in his way,
and he killed her.
What happens one day
if Amy gets in his way?
LeROY:
He told me that he kept a gun
under the front seat
of his car,
and he said that...
Vonnie knew it was there
and that they were arguing.
He said that she reached
under the seat for it
and he grabbed for the gun,
and the next thing he remembers,
he was at home
with his daughter.
What was the last thing
he said he remembered
as he was driving home?
He said that
he felt the same
towards his wife
at that moment...
as he did them two loggers
he killed back in '72.
He was sort of smiling
when he said it.
Did Mr. Rickman say anything
to you about whether or not
he thought he would be charged
with the murder of his wife?
Yes, sir.
He said it would be
difficult to charge him
because nobody had
the gun or the body.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
JUDGE:
Has the jury
reached a verdict?
FOREMAN:
Yes, Your Honor, we have.
Will the defendant rise?
JUDGE:
We, the jury,
for our verdict,
find the defendant,
Ronald Rickman,
guilty
of first degree murder,
as charged
in the information.
[GAVEL BANGS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Oh, Andy.
ANDY:
It's okay, honey.
We're gonna be okay.
I miss you,
Vonnie,
every day.
And now you
can rest in peace.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
ANDY:
Good one, Vonnie.
Momma loves you.
Be good to me
and when we get home,
I'll be good to you.
Ah, come on, Vonnie.
Been promising that for years.
It's never given you
a split yet.
Maybe it knows
I'm all talk.
You can do it, Vonnie.
You know what to do.
I know what to do.
It's Horace here
that doesn't seem to get it.
Only your sister would name
a bowling ball.
Looking good!
Vonnie.
Oh, very nice.
Ah!
[VONNIE GROANS, THEN LAUGHS]
Damn. Here, look at this.
One hundred sixty-five.
You guys' scores
are getting better.
Damn right. We joined
the women's bowling league.
We start
next Thursday.
What? Next Thursday?
No, no.
Not next Thursday.
The third Thursday
in the month.
Wait a minute. Are you sure?
I wrote it down.
Corinne, you haven't got a date
right since you were born.
She put the wrong date
on your wedding invitations,
and if I hadn't caught it
before they were printed,
you'd be an old maid,
just like me.
I can believe it.
Ha, ha, ha!
You know that guy over
there keeps staring at you?
ANDY:
What guy?
Don't look.
Yeah, I saw him.
He's cute.
Don't you have to call
the babysitter?
Right. Right.
Right.
You have to go
to the little boy's room.
No, I don't.
What?
CORINNE:
Oh, Andy.
All right.
CORINNE:
I'll go first,
it won't be obvious.
Yeah. Hitler's march
into Poland was subtler.
Would you just go? He'll never
come over if we're sitting here.
All right. All right.
Well, go, go. I'm gone. Please.
Get me a pack
of smokes, ha-ha.
No problem.
Hi.
Hi.
VONNIE:
No, he's really decent.
He leads that T.O.P. group.
Corinne, she lives
across the street.
What more could you talk about?
What's that?
Oh, it's a teen program
connected with
the police department.
One of those kids-and-cops
things.
So he's not a weirdo.
CORINNE:
That's what he does
for a living?
No. He works at Raddison Dairy.
He does the T.O.P. thing
in his spare time.
Oh, well. I just hope
he doesn't think you're fast.
Say goodnight, Corinne.
Goodnight, Corinne.
ANDY: Goodnight, Vonnie.
[SIGHS]
She'll never get married.
ANDY:
Hm. It's a wonder I ever did.
CORINNE:
You!
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
Yours always last
so much longer.
Well, you wolf
yours down. Ha-ha!
Here.
Lick. Don't chomp.
Very good.
At least you share
your ice cream.
That's something.
I was wondering, uh.
What do you think of marriage?
To who?
Oh, anyone.
Anyone? I don't know.
How about me, for example?
Just ask me.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Thank you so much.
Oh, my dress.
Look at you.
Fabulous. Like a woman.
Congratulations, Ron.
BOY:
Superman's here!
It's a bird, it's a plane,
it's Superman!
Stop flying over
my baby.
Amy, come here,
you little munchkin.
RON:
Two guys took the back door.
We watched
the whole thing.
Wait a minute.
How'd you get the cops
to let you go on a bust?
They're friends
of mine.
Who's got a birthday
next?
Me!
CORINNE & VONNIE:
Yeah! Ha-ha!
Can I brush her hair,
Aunt Vonnie?
'Course you can.
I swear, I have never seen
hair like this.
You're
just too pretty.
We're gonna have to ship her
off to Hollywood.
How long do you think
it'll grow?
Oh, I don't know.
But we're never gonna
cut it, are we?
We're just gonna
let it grow,
and just trim it
to keep it healthy.
Down to my toes.
Down to your toes?
Oh! Ha-ha!
You watch her.
The boys are getting wild.
When are you gonna quit
those things?
I'm not.
Some women cook,
some women sew. I smoke.
I'm afraid.
You're afraid of
your shadow.
Get a vice,
Corinne.
RON: Honey?
Yeah?
I gotta go.
Gotta go?
Oh, Ronny,
we have all this company.
But they know I've got
my T.O.P. meeting. It's okay.
But you said we were gonna
do something tonight,
just us.
We will. We will.
I'll be home early,
I promise you.
Okay?
Look after her.
I will. Oh, jeez.
You think
he's so funny?
Whole house
could burn down,
but he wouldn't be late
for his damn T.O.P. meeting.
RON:
Okay, any questions on that?
Okay.
The other thing that's
real important
is we wanna watch out
for the older kids
drinking beer
in the parking lot. Got it?
Okay. Um.
Anybody else? Got anything?
Yeah. When we were working
the Packers game last time,
a couple of us didn't have
our uniforms yet,
and some of the people
gave us flack.
Jerry, what about it?
Yeah, we're working on that.
By the time we do
the firearms competition,
I promise everyone'll have
a uniform.
Okay. All right,
Lieutenant Vigo,
if you don't have anything else
for us...
JERRY: No.
No?
I think we're adjourned.
Nine, 10.
I'm coming to get you.
Where did that mommy hide?
Are you here?
Nope.
Where did that mommy hide?
[BUZZES]
VONNIE:
Is that my little bug?
Boo!
It is my little bug.
The lamp comes and
she scoops up the little bug.
And they race
across the finish line.
[VONNIE BUZZING]
And all the other little bugs
were hot in pursuit.
But they couldn't catch
the little lamp,
because they made it
all the way to home bed.
Yes, they did.
I love you so much, I do,
you little bug.
You're my little bug.
It was just the end
of a relationship
that wasn't good anyway,
right?
Yeah, I guess.
Now you know that I know what
I'm talking about, right?
He didn't respect you.
You never, ever let anyone
do that to you.
No one.
All right. Yeah.
Okay?
If he comes around again,
I'll have to punch him
in the nose.
[CHUCKLES]
Okay. All right, thanks.
All right.
Okay.
Let's go, guys.
Everybody to my house
for some pizza.
KIDS:
All right!
Who's going to have
the best week ever?
Me!
Yes, you. First, your birthday
party, and then on Friday,
we're gonna hop into the car
and we're gonna drive
to Appleton and get you
big-girl clothes for school.
[LAUGHING]
It'll be fun.
Make sure these plugs are
on tight and start her up, okay?
All right.
Hi, Mrs. Rickman.
Hi, hon.
Can I talk to you
for a minute?
Yeah,
sure.
I thought we were doing
something tonight.
Honey, I'm sorry.
I got hung up with the kids.
It's every night, Ron.
Can this wait? We're having
a meeting here. Please?
When aren't you?
WOMAN [ON TV]:
...was at home.
MAN [ON TV]:
Maybe they did that to Kenzie,
too.
Oh, I certainly wish I'd put
this one out, though.
As a matter of fact,
I understand...
Uh, sorry.
I was going to use the bathroom.
Guess I got a little lost.
Calm down.
I'm not rabid.
WOMAN [ON TV]:
...know, but I might know
someone who does.
MAN [ON TV]:
Well, I understand
he's a drunk...
I'll show you the way.
[WOMAN & MAN SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY]
I'm sorry about
what happened earlier.
I have a terrible temper.
Yes, you do.
Mm.
I'm beat.
[KIDS CHATTER]
VONNIE:
Corinne, we gotta serve
the cake and ice cream
before they kill each other.
Excuse me.
Can you believe this?
He's gonna miss
his own kid's birthday party.
It was an emergency.
Where's your knife?
[CHUCKLING]
RON:
Hi.
What's the matter?
You said it was an emergency.
Well, it is,
in a way.
EVERYONE:
Surprise!
What is this? Hey!
Hey, man.
You set this up?
I sure did. Everybody did.
This is great.
Let me see. What does it say?
Happy anniversary.
VONNIE:
I think Amy really loved
your present,
even though she didn't say
thank you.
Brian, thanks for coming.
Tom, thank you. Bye.
Look at all these toys.
You're a lucky little girl.
[CAR DOOR OPENS]
RON:
Amy? Where is she?
Where's the birthday girl?
There she is. Hi, baby.
Attagirl. Oh, golly.
He, he, mwah!
Amy.
Honey, why don't you go up
and find your cousin, Toni?
Yeah, honey.
Give me a kiss.
Don't give me that pathetic
expression, you son of a bitch.
RON:
Honey, I'm sorry,
but the kids--
VONNIE:
The kids? Oh.
What about your own kid?
I don't wanna get
into this right now.
I'm sure you don't,
but I'm tired of you
disappointing Amy,
and I'm tired of you putting
the T.O.P. kids in front of us.
Don't.
Don't tell me how unreasonable
I am and how hard he works.
I wasn't going to.
I just wanted to say
that...
He made a mistake
and he feels bad enough as it is
already not being here.
You can see it
on his face.
But you don't give him
a chance.
You flare up
and you go for him.
If I did that
every time
that we had a problem
in our marriage,
we'd be divorced.
There are worse things.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
WOMAN [ON TV]:
I don't think I'm gonna care
for your attitude very much.
MAN [ON TV]:
All right, I don't think
I even care for you...
I don't know why he changed
his mind. He just did.
Well, what was his reason
for it?
He said he had to go to court
in Appleton to pay a fine.
Amy would be better off
not tagging along.
Maybe he didn't want her
to see him in court.
Would you put that thing out?
I can't talk to you that way.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
[GROANS]
I'll take Amy
to the mall.
She'll forget all
about it.
No. He drove her over
to Debbie's mother's house.
He said she just loves playing
with the older kids.
Why wouldn't he bring
her over here?
Because Ron is
the expert on kids.
And I said, "Do me a favor and
don't tell me what Amy loves.
You haven't been around
enough to know that."
Was she disappointed?
Of course she was,
but I told her I'd bring her
a surprise from Appleton.
A stuffed doll we saw
in the mall.
Oh.
VONNIE:
She loved that doll.
[CAR HORN HONKS]
Well, look, don't fight about it
with him. It's not worth it.
Call me when you get back.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Hey.
Bye, Amy.
Hey, Pumpkin.
Give daddy a kiss.
How's my girl?
Is this mama's surprise?
Yeah, it sure is.
You like it?
You ready to go with me now?
Good girl. Come on.
Let's get in the car, okay?
There you go, baby.
Watch your feets, okay?
Thanks, Idelle.
[LINE RINGING]
[SIGHS]
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Did you understand
what I said?
Mommy's gone, sweetheart.
No!
Honey, I'm sorry,
but mama just left us.
No, daddy.
You don't know the game.
Mama's here.
She's just hiding.
Amy.
Mama? Mama?
Where did that mommy hide?
Mama, please come out.
Mama, it's your little bug
calling the lamp.
Mama? Mama? Mama?
Mama?
Please, mama, come out.
[LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT
CHATTERING ON TV]
Amy, where's mommy?
Mommy's gone.
What do you mean?
Honey,
don't talk like that.
Did she go to the store?
Honey, honey, it's okay.
I'm here.
Where's daddy.
CORINNE:
Ronny?
What happened? I've been
calling since last night.
Baby, why don't you go
and play outside for a while?
Go on.
What happened?
Where's Vonnie?
[EXHALES]
We were driving back
from Appleton,
and I thought everything was
fine.
Then she says,
"Pull the car over."
So I pulled over,
and I thought she was gonna
be sick or something.
And she reaches in the back
and she grabs a couple
of suitcases full of clothes,
and she says she's gotta
get her head straight
and that she can't
go on living
the way things
have been going because...
And she told me
to drive away. So I did.
Corinne, I was only gone
just for a couple of minutes,
and I came back
and she was gone.
Vonnie would never do that.
I know.
That's why I can't believe it.
No, she wouldn't leave Amy.
Corinne, you saw her
after Amy's party. She was--
I know. I saw her.
She was upset,
but she would never do this.
Maybe she was in an accident.
Maybe she's
not thinking.
Did you call the police?
No.
Not yet.
She'll be back.
I'm hoping
she's gonna walk in,
and the whole thing
will be over with.
Oh, Ron. Ron.
OFFICER:
Mrs. Kaczmarek,
Ronny said his wife
took two suitcases with her
when she left.
That would seem to indicate that
she left of her own free will.
This is a domestic matter.
We can make the usual inquiries,
but it's a little early
for us to intervene.
Wait a minute.
We don't know what might have
happened to her afterwards.
She might not be
thinking straight.
Vonnie and I never went
more than 24 hours...
Come on, come on.
Can I explain?
Now is
not the time.
What was that all about?
It looks like
Ronny's wife left him.
His sister-in-law's upset.
Corinne,
these guys are
friends of mine.
They didn't want to say
what they were thinking
in front of you.
What do you mean?
Well, they...they think that
Vonnie left me for another man.
That's what
they're thinking.
No, she wouldn't.
I would've known.
Oh, God,
that can't be true.
Look, I got an idea.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
You don't even know your
new dolly's name.
Molly.
When's daddy coming home?
Any minute.
Did Molly like
the story we read?
You like me?
Of course I do.
Where's my mommy?
Hi.
What do we say
when we're lonely?
Even though she's not here,
mommy loves me.
That's right.
You can't know everything
about someone.
Even your own sister.
Where's my lunch?
It's on the chair.
Hmm?
So you're saying
that Vonnie has a lover.
Of course not.
All I'm saying is that--
Well, what is it
that you're saying?
No matter how close you think
you are to someone,
they still have
secrets.
Hey, I gotta go.
I'm late.
You think my sister,
Vonnie,
left her child
to go off with a man?
No, I don't,
but come on, you know Vonnie.
I mean, she's got a temper.
Maybe she's trying
to teach Ronny a lesson.
Get him to appreciate
her more.
It's possible.
I gotta go. See you later.
Your thermos.
Yeah, thanks.
ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]:
Gentlemen, hold your fire.
Thank you very much
for the first demonstration.
Please check your weapons
and then proceed
to the scoring area.
We will be resuming the
presentation in 20 minutes.
In the meanwhile,
ladies and gentlemen,
there are refreshments
and a bake sale
on the north side
of the range.
BOY:
Mommy, can I go have
some cookies?
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Uh, Corinne,
I gave you a 10.
Oh, God, you did.
I'm sorry.
Do we have a 5?
Did I give you 50 cents?
Yeah, I have 50 cents here.
Okay, thanks.
Will you calm down?
I'm fine.
Oh, no you're not.
You heard anything?
How's Amy doing?
How could she be doing?
She's 6 years old
and her mother disappeared.
I try to do something
with her every day, but it's--
It's not the same.
And I know
what people are thinking.
Who gives a hoot in hell
about people?
What do you think happened?
I don't know.
I know Vonnie would
never leave Amy.
But she did,
didn't she?
Shut up, Dorra.
Go sell some cookies.
I don't know, Jerry.
What am I supposed to do?
I have to deal with it, right?
The thing I'm most--
I'm most concerned
about Amy.
She's acting
real nervous.
She's not eating
right.
She's not sleeping.
Hey, kids are resilient.
She'll be all right.
So this just came
out of nowhere?
Well, we were having
our problems.
You know, T.O.P. group,
money stuff, things like that.
Maybe I was
a little tough on her.
I gave her some money
to pay the bills.
A week before she left,
wasn't enough hot water
for the kid to take a bath.
That's what started it.
I said to her,
"I gave you the money.
Why didn't you pay the bill?"
She just shrugged.
She gets out of the car.
She needs
to think things over
and get her head straight.
Took my last 500 bucks.
Hey, if it is another guy,
the hell with her.
You're better off.
BLAKE:
This is Arnie Blake
forTrue Crime.
Guess what?
You gotta get involved.
Wait. I was watching.
It's over. Did you study
for your history test?
Yes.
When?
I studied.
I already folded that.
Hm. Two suitcases.
What did she put in them?
She doesn't have enough
clothes to fill a bag.
Mom, you're
making me crazy.
I never know what
you're talking about.
Honey...
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
...I'm talking about...
Would you look at that?
That girl Janine
is driving Ron's car.
She has to pick up Amy
from school.
So what?
CORINNE:
I happen to have read
that the first few weeks are
critical in an investigation.
After that,
the trail gets cold.
Mrs. Kaczmarek--
If you do not try
to locate my sister...
I'm going to call
the governor.
Corinne.
Corinne. Hey, hey, hey, hey,
it's okay. It's okay.
I'm sorry.
I should be comforting you.
Listen, Corinne.
I just talked to her
on the phone.
She says she needed more time
and then she asked for money.
I told her that Amy
and I missed her very much.
I asked her if
there was someone else.
She didn't say.
She just hung up the phone.
That's all.
I'm sorry, Ron.
She didn't ask about me?
No. I didn't wanna hurt
your feelings.
That's why I didn't tell you
right away.
She said she didn't want
to talk to you.
Vonnie!
ANDY: What? What is it? What?
Don't.
I have to go talk to her.
No, no, no, no, it's okay.
It's okay. It's just me.
It's just me. It's just a bad
dream. It's okay. It's okay.
It was Vonnie,
but it wasn't.
Oh, Andy, she can't not
want to talk to me.
It's okay, baby.
It's okay. Come on.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
You know, I still think you're
wrong about Hoffa.
Well, they didn't find him,
did they?
REPORTER [OVER RADIO]:
The partly decomposed body
of a woman has been discovered
in Flores County.
Police say that without
an autopsy,
it is impossible to tell
how the woman died.
The unidentified body has been
taken to the city morgue.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
If you--
No.
Is it your sister?
Mm.
No.
[EXHALES]
Somebody else's sister.
Is it raining
where you are?
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[TYPEWRITER CLICKS]
This is a person
that's missing...
[TYPEWRITER CONTINUES]
Uh-oh.
I'm not here.
Me either.
I am on break.
Okay, okay. Now you guys were
such hot shots on the Wald case,
the chief's got
a real treat for you.
The Vonnie Rickman case.
Oh, come on.
JERRY:
Chief's getting letters
from all over.
The sister writes
to everyone.
He wants you on the case
before he gets a call
from the White House.
[DOOR KNOCKING]
Where's my baby?
I brought her a treat.
Oh, shh, shh. Wait.
I just put her in bed.
We'll save this
for tomorrow.
Did she eat the lamb chops
I brought her?
Yes.
And the baked potato?
Oh, she hates
baked potatoes.
I mashed it.
Oh?
Well, I guess I'll just
go give her a goodnight kiss.
How's my baby?
Give Aunt Corinne
some sugar.
I love you.
Give Molly kisses too.
Oh, Molly.
[KISSING SOUNDS]
Mama gave her to me.
I know she did, honey.
Well, let's tuck you in.
What's this?
It's mine! Janine said
I could have it.
That's all right,
but I just want to see it.
This is mommy's.
Honey, where'd you get it?
Mommy's closet.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Well, mommy loves you,
and so does your Aunt Corinne.
What's going on, Ron?
I don't know, Corinne.
You tell me.
What are you doing here?
You said Vonnie took
two suitcases.
She didn't.
All her clothes are here.
You don't know every piece
of clothing that Vonnie owns.
Yes, I do.
I know everything she has.
What's going on, Ron?
You never lied to me.
You come in here.
You find rags
Vonnie left behind
and all of a sudden
I'm a liar?
What the hell's going on
with you?
I don't know.
I don't know yet.
VOICE [OVER PA]:
We need a salesman
on the lot, please.
That's a salesman
on the lot right now.
It's in real good shape.
I just want something
a little smaller.
SALESMAN:
Mm-hm.
Oh, well, I think we can
work something out.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Mrs. Kaczmarek,
I don't know if you remember me.
I'm Ken Braudhagen and this is
my partner, Randy Winkler.
We'd like to talk to you
about your sister.
My sister? You mean the one
that isn't missing?
I know you're not happy about
what's been done so far,
but we just got the case
and we'd like to talk
everything over with you.
Come in.
CORINNE:
Oh, there were problems.
I'm not saying Vonnie's
an angel.
You know, money stuff.
The bills weren't paid.
One time, they even had
the utilities cut off.
Anything else?
Well, Vonnie resented the time
that Ron spent with T.O.P. kids.
But you have to know Vonnie.
She's not the kind
to go off anywhere.
I used to speak with her
every single day of my life.
Even when
she didn't want to.
And, um, the thing
that she loves most is Amy.
She had her late in life,
and she's her whole life.
So, what
do you think happened?
I don't know if
I even should be saying this.
Something really weird
happened.
See,
Ron said that Vonnie packed two
suitcases full of clothing,
and yesterday I looked
in the closet,
and all of her clothes
are still there.
So, what do you think
happened?
I don't know.
Maybe they had a fight,
and he threw her out.
Maybe she was having an affair.
Maybe he's having an affair,
and trying to hide it,
but I don't know.
Ron's never lied to me before,
and he's lying to me about this.
Daddy, may I have
a lolly?
No, honey. We don't take candy
from bums like that.
Daddy, he's not a bum.
He's a policeman.
Okay, well, in that case,
I guess it's all right.
There you go.
RON:
So anyway, where were we?
You were driving your wife
home from Appleton.
Yeah, right.
So we're driving along.
She tells me to pull over.
I pull over. She gets out.
She grabs the suitcase.
I didn't even notice
the thing was lying there.
She takes the suitcase.
Tells me to drive off.
She said she
needed some time to think.
She needed to get
her head together.
Said she'd call me.
Now since then,
I've had two calls.
Uh, mostly she needs money.
And a few days ago,
I come home from work,
into the house, and she'd been
there while I was at work.
How did you know that?
Vonnie smokes like a chimney.
Ashtray was filled
with cigarette butts.
Her brand.
Great. Let's go take
a look at them.
You know, I didn't even think
of that. I threw them out.
KEN:
You, uh, went to the Kmart.
Yeah.
Why Appleton?
We have two Kmarts
right here in Green Bay.
Figure that one out.
I told her the same thing.
She said the one in Appleton
was a lot better, so...
I got an idea.
Let's put a trap on your phone
and see if we can trace
her calls.
Got a problem with that?
No. Not at all.
It's a good idea. Sure.
Here we go.
Daddy,
what's a trap?
A trap is something
that catches things.
Are you trying to catch
mommy?
No, honey.
Amy, I think it's time
we started thinking
that maybe mommy's
not gonna come back.
No! Mommy's coming back!
Amy, Amy, Amy, Amy.
Stop, stop.
Come here.
It's all right.
It's okay.
Shouldn't have taken her
with me.
She got pretty upset.
I don't know what they wanted,
but they kept asking me over
and over again
what happened
in Appleton.
Well, I'm sorry, Ron.
It's just what you
don't need right now.
Nope. Listen,
when you leave tonight,
why don't you take the new car.
Drive it home.
Oh.
Bring it back tomorrow
when you pick up Amy
from school,
and I'll use the truck,
huh?
Oh, gosh.
Are you sure that's okay?
Yeah, it's all right.
Why did you get rid
of the blue one?
It reminded me of Vonnie.
I'm sorry.
Oh, hey.
Um, Amy told me that you said
that she could call me Mom.
Yeah. You mind?
No.
[ENGINE STARTS]
ANDY:
Corinne, this is taking
over our lives.
The police are in on it now.
It's their job. Let them do it.
I've been helpful to them.
You've been very helpful.
So helpful
Ron tells me
they're harassing him
every day.
Now do you want to drive Ron
and Amy away from the family?
Look, I understand--
No, you don't understand.
Vonnie was like another part
of me. I feel lost.
Corinne, Corinne,
Vonnie is gone.
Stop it.
She may never come back.
We're here.
You're sacrificing all of us.
Toni lost Vonnie too,
and now she's losing you.
I miss her.
Yeah, we all miss her,
honey.
We miss you more.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Randy, look at this.
What's up?
KEN:
In 1972, Ron Rickman shot
and killed two men,
a father and son,
at point-blank range.
He was found not guilty
by reason of insanity.
From 1972 to 1981,
he was incarcerated
in Willoby Hospital
for the Criminally Insane.
Five years after
he got out,
he met and married
your sister, Vonnie.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[FOOTSTEPS]
Corinne, can't you
do this tomorrow?
No, no.
I knew she would
never leave Amy.
I knew it.
And I'm gonna get her.
He's not gonna have her.
No!
I'm--
No! You believed
that she would leave her family!
You believed it!
Come on, Corinne.
I didn't know.
You lying son of a bitch!
What did you do to my sister?
Stop it! Stop it!
Easy!
You killed those two men!
The police told me.
That was my past,
Corinne.
I paid for that.
Vonnie knew about that.
She knew everything.
Is my sister dead?
I don't know.
I don't know.
Yes, you do.
Come on.
You do.
CORINNE:
She's dead!
RON:
Sometimes we think people
are our friends,
but they're really not.
And other times, we think people
love us, but they really don't.
All they wanna do is hurt us.
So now you repeat back to daddy
what I told you to say.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[KNOCKING]
[UNLOCKING DOOR]
Amy? Amy, it's Aunt Corinne.
Want to go to the mall?
Amy, who cut your hair?
JANINE:
Ron was having a hard time
combing it,
so he asked me
to have it cut.
I can't go with you anymore,
Aunt Corinne.
Oh, honey.
Honey, I don't think anybody's
gonna mind
if we play a little game,
do you?
Amy, every night
when you close your eyes,
I want you
to think about me
right across the street,
sending you a great big kiss
and telling God how much
I love you, okay?
CORINNE:
People should
know about his past.
KEN:
No.
It's a bad plan.
It'll get back to him.
He's liable
to get rid of evidence.
He already
dumped the car.
It's been resold
and repainted three times.
Amy's living
with a psychopath.
He's changing everything
about her. Even her hair.
Corinne, cutting
a child's hair is not abuse.
We got nothing
specific on him.
What do you mean?
My sister's husband
is a killer.
My sister has been
missing for months.
You can't
make that leap.
Killing two people 20 years ago
does not give us a case
against him now.
The law says he paid his debt.
We don't have any evidence
to indicate that he did anything
to your sister.
Corinne,
we don't have a body.
So, you're gonna do nothing?
No.
Look, Corinne, you did your
part. You called everybody's
attention to this,
now it's our turn.
We're gonna interview
everyone who had any contact
with either
him or Vonnie.
And when we're ready,
we'll rattle his cage.
I go over
to Ron's house
every morning
and get Amy ready for school.
And then,
Janine Barker picks her up.
It's real hard for him,
you know.
I can't believe a woman walking
off and leaving her child.
It's disgusting.
She
was disgusting.
Why do you
say that?
Well,
she was an alcoholic.
TEENAGE GIRL:
Ron told me. We all knew it.
He put up with it
just for Amy.
She was
such a witch.
Did you ever see her
being mean to Amy?
TEENAGE GIRL:
Well, I saw her
being mean to Ron.
Always
snapping at him.
And I saw her
drunk one night.
I went in to use the bathroom
and she's drinking beer.
She could
hardly stand up.
She was tripping
all over herself.
Did Ron ever talk
to the kids about Vonnie?
Yeah.
The ones
he was closest to.
And he said he was
gonna divorce her.
TEENAGE GIRL:
It was just a matter of time.
We don't have
a fingerprint card on this guy?
How the hell
is that, huh?
The guy's
a two-time shooter.
He spends nine years
in a mental hospital,
and nobody
knows it.
Explain to me
how that happens.
I can't.
He can't. Why the hell
can't you explain it?
MAN:
We dropped the ball on that one.
MAN:
We lost track of him
a couple of years ago.
MAN:
But he was printed
and his card was on file
with the Green Bay police.
We checked.
No. I checked those cards.
Ron Rickman is not on file.
He pulled it.
What?
KEN:
He's in and out of the
police station all the time.
He pulled
his own card.
[TEENS LAUGHING]
TEENAGE BOY:
Okay, how about this? Ahem.
[IMITATING DRACULA]:
Welcome to the haunted house.
No, you gotta get
your voice lower. Watch.
GIRL [LAUGHING]:
Give him a few years.
Listen to me.
[IMITATING DRACULA]
Welcome to the haunted house.
[EVIL LAUGHTER]
What are you two doing?
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Hold that thought.
TEENS: Ha-ha-ha!
He's cool.
Hey Ron.
Sorry to interrupt.
[NORMAL VOICE]
Guys, this is not a great time
right now, you know?
Couple questions.
Take a sec.
KIDS:
Hurry, Uncle Ron.
Uh. Just hang on one second,
okay? I'll be right back.
Come on.
Yeah?
Just want to clear up
a couple things.
Yeah. No, sure, sure.
What's up?
Was Vonnie
an alcoholic?
No.
No, she would have
a beer every now and then,
but that
was about it.
So when you told people
she was a drunk,
that was a lie?
[CHUCKLES]
You guys.
You're listening
to my sister-in-law.
Corinne's crazy. I never
said Vonnie was a drunk.
I mean, she liked beer.
She had a couple...
That was it.
Uh, one other thing.
Sure.
Did you ever mention to
anyone that you were planning
to divorce your wife?Never.
No, I never
said that to anybody.
Oh, I'm sorry.
That's all right.
No problem. We were...
We're just leaving.
See you, Ron.
Yeah.
Hey.
Excuse me.
I-I didn't mean
to interrupt you.
JANINE:
Sorry about that.
Ah, it's all right.
A little police business,
that's all.
JANINE: Yeah?
Yeah.
Hey, you all right?
Um, Janine?
JANINE:
Yeah?
I really need you
right now.
I'm here.
Come on.
[MUFFLED GASPING]
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[GASPS]
The door
was open.
Why are you doing
this to me, Corinne?
I'm not doing
anything to you.
I'm trying to find out
what happened to my sister.
Well,so am I.
But one thing I
do not need is I do not need
to be questioned every other day
by the police because you have
a suspicious mind.
The other day,
I walked into the station
and the guys stopped talking
when I walked in, Corinne.
They're my friends.
You will stop pestering them.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
You will stay away from Amy,
and you will stay away from us.
I think that's fair.
Don't you?
God.
He threatened me.
I know you perceived it
as a threat, and maybe it was,
but what he said was that
he wanted you to stop accusing
him of things
that he denies doing.
We are as frustrated
as you are, huh?
But we have
no body.
Not one bit of physical evidence
that Vonnie is dead.
Or alive.
Isn't that the point?
CORINNE:
You've noticed there wasn't one
call from Vonnie after you put
the trap
on the phone!
RANDY:
You think we've just been
sitting here
twiddling our thumbs? Huh?
We have checked
her medical insurance,
her social security.
We have checked her banks,
under both Yvonne Rickman
and her maiden name.
Nothing.
All of this
takes time.
We have every reason
to believe...
that your sister
is no longer on this Earth.
RANDY:
But we have no evidence
that she was murdered.
Come on Mom, come on.
Trick or treat.
[SPOOKY YELLING]
That's
not fair.
Alex?
Alex,
come on!
It's not gonna
be scary, is it?
No.
I won't let any
ghosties get you, okay?
[FAKE THUNDER CRASHING]
[IN DRACULA VOICE]
Welcome to the haunted house.
You're all about to be
scared out of your wits.
[LAUGHING EVILLY]
You scared, huh?
Come on, come on.
[SCARY SCREAMING]
JANINE:
Whoa, whoa, whoa, kids.
RON:
Janine?
Hi.
Hello, Ron.
How you doing?
Um, how is Amy
doing with Francine?
She misses you,
very much.
So do I.
No, don't.
Don't do this.
Janine, you know,
this is not fair to Amy.
You know, she loves you
very much, you know.
I didn't like what happened
the other night, Ron.
Well, everything's
been kind of crazy lately.
Did you get my letter?
Did you get it?
Yes, I did.
Doesn't that explain things?
Doesn't that explain how I feel?
I mean, I would never
do anything to hurt
our relationship,
or hurt our friendship.
Well, I'm afraid
you already did.
It's gonna take
me a little time.
RON:
Francine, you can't
let a boy do this to you.
You know what
you have to do?
You have to respect yourself,
and you never, ever let anyone
make you feel
less than you are.
Can I get
a smile?
Okay,
all right.
There we go.
Okay?
Now give her to me,
and I'll put her to bed, okay?
Okay.
You wait
right here, okay?
We have to be
real quiet, okay?
Take your
jacket off.
Have a seat.
Sit down.
You know, I think
you're a very pretty girl.
You know that,
right?
And a lot of good things
are gonna come to you.
You trust me,
don't you?
I won't hurt you.
You know that, right?
Mm-hm.
It's okay.
Look at me.
It's all right.
I'm right here.
It's all right.
Shh. It's okay.
It's okay,
it's okay.
[MUFFLED SOBBING]
No, please stop it.
I don't wanna do it.
Please.
You just need somebody
to love you, that's all.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
You stay right there.
No. Ron,
please don't.
No!
No, stop it! I don't
want to, stop it!
Don't,
don't, don't!
Stop it!
Please...please,
Uncle Ron.
Uncle Ron,
please.
Please,
please don't do it.
Please.
Please. Please.
Okay.
Get up, I'll take you
home. Come on.
This is Arnie Blake for
True Crime. Guess what?
You gotta get involved.
Good?
[STATIC]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Yeah?
Excuse me, Mr. Blake?
I don't mean to disturb you,
but I'd like
to talk to you.
I-I'm having my lunch.
Can it wait?
Yes, of course.
I'm sorry.
No, I'll lose my nerve.
Just five seconds of your time.
All right.
What if I told you...
that a woman who lived
here in Green Bay,
whose whole life revolved around
her seven year old daughter,
took a day trip
with her husband,
who 20 years ago,
shot and killed two men
in cold blood,
and this woman
has never been seen again?
Would you do
this story on your show?
Come on in.
MAN:
Okay, last game.
[MAN LAUGHING]
Well,
this round's on me.
What are you
laughing about?
All right.
ARNIE [ON TV]:
True Crime was there,
Friday, February 18th, 1993.
Okay, here it is.
ARNIE: Police are still
seeking public assistance
in the search for a missing
Green Bay woman,
Yvonne Rickman,
known as Vonnie.
Since she's been missing almost
two years, there's every
reason to suspect foul play.
Police say that Ronald Rickman,
Vonnie's husband, was the last
person to see his wife alive.
Rickman therefore became
a prime suspect in what
remains an open investigation
by the Green Bay police.
Do you believe this?
ARNIE: In searching the past
of Ronald Rickman,
it was revealed that in 1972,
he shot and killed two men.
He was found not guilty
by reason of insanity
and was incarcerated
at the State Hospital
for the Criminally Insane
for nine years.
This can't be true.
Of course, it's true.
Since his release in 1981...
They can't go on TV
...he has been involved
and say it if it weren't.
in local community work.
You're never stepping in
that house again.
...has been waging a one-woman
campaign to find out
what happened to her sister.
I really didn't want to
believe that Vonnie was gone,
but, um,
after all that I know,
and after
all that we've learned,
deep down in my heart,
I really believe
that Ron Rickman
murdered my sister.
ForTrue Crime,
I'm Arnie Blake.
Guess what?
You gotta get involved.
DeLION:
I don't want to
trouble you guys,
but where's your probable cause
for a search warrant?
A man's wife is missing.
It wasn't a great marriage.
They had money problems.
Whether she
was a drunk or not,
they're all agreed
she wasn't happy with the time
he spent with those T.O.P. kids.
So she left him, I hear.
You need a hearing aid.
The guy whacked two men.
Right, but he paid
his debt in terms of the system.
That case is closed,
so even if he killed his wife
and stuffed her under his bed,
you don't get into his house
without probable cause.
I'm not having it
thrown out on a technicality.
MAN [ON BULLHORN]:
All right people, deploy and
keep within your team units.
Yeah, this is where
he used to go hunt.
In there. Right to the right.
That's the campsite.
Come on!
Come on, come, on.
Work it.
[HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD]
MAN [OVER RADIO]:
Chopper 1 to search party.
Look, this has
gotta be my last pass.
Copy that.
We've been over it
three times, Corinne.
Hey, Jerry.
What's going on?
Jer, good to see you.
Come inside, we'll get a beer.
No, I can't.
Listen, Ron, uh...
The department feels, in light
of your past problems,
that you shouldn't be involved
with the T.O.P. group anymore.
Jerry,
I made that program.
Yeah,
I know, Ron.
It was
a long time ago, Jerry.
I know,I know.
But now this thing
with your wife, you know.
I mean,
it's kids, Ron.
Hi, girls.
Hi, Mrs. Barker?
Hi, it's Ron.
Is Janine there?
I know, but I've left
three messages already,
and I was just wondering
if she's all right.
Is she all right?
If I could--
If I could just talk to her.
[HANGS UP]
You're ruining
my life.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[LOUD CRASH]
Oh, jeez.
RON:
Well, well,
look what I caught.
My nosy
sister-in-law.
The one that goes around
the world telling people
that I
killed her sister.
[GASPS]
I can't have that.
I have to protect
myself from that.
You understand,
don't you?
As long as you
understand me.
I know who you are
and now I know what you did.
Unless you kill me too,
I'm coming after you.
AMY:
Daddy?
I am Amy's father.
The garbage man
will get her before you do.
AMY:
Daddy!
Now, get out.
Now.
It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay,
it's all right.
It's okay,
it's okay.
It's okay.
It's all right.
Yeah.
I don't know. I don't know.
I mean, if I say anything,
it could open up
the whole thing.
You've got to tell the police
about those letters, Janine.
What if
they think that...
You know, what if they think
I was his lover?
In his head,
you were, Janine.
He's killed two guys
and maybe his wife.
You don't know what
he's capable of doing.
God.
What are you
gonna do?
FRIEND:
It was after one
of the T.O.P. events.
He drove me home and...
he stopped the car.
I remember he took off
his sunglasses...
and he tried
to make a pass at me.
What uh,
specifically did he do?
He reached over and...
grabbed my breast...
and then,
he tried to kiss me.
And what
did you do?
I pushed him away.
I said, "you're married."
GIRL [ON TAPE]:
We used to hang out
in the garage and...
so this one night he says,
"You want to see something?"
And he opens up
the tool box...
and there was a gun.
He's got a weapon.
It's a parole violation.
Now, you got
your warrant.
Thanks.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
COP:
Can you cover
the front porch?
[♪♪♪♪♪]
We got him,
Vonnie.
Wait a minute.
Let me talk to my daughter.
Come here.
I'm gonna go talk to these men
for awhile, then I'll be back.
Take care
of her.
Daddy.
ARNIE:
True Crime was there today,
Tuesday, April 13th, 1993,
when a Green Bay man,
Ronald Rickman, was taken
into custody. Rickman is facing
a possible parole revocation
for possession of a firearm.
The Green Bay man is not only
a two-time killer,
but a prime suspect
in his wife's
mysterious disappearance.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Get some guys down here and
tear down all this paneling.
All of it.
ARNIE [ON TV]:
The arrest comes after
years of bungled supervision
by the people who are
supposed to keep track
of Rickman,
the probation office.
[LAUGHING]
Even the Corrections Department
now admits Ron Rickman's parole
was badly handled.
Rickman has granted
temporary custody of his
daughter to his sister.
What's up?
If she's buried here, the needle
will show the irregularity.
Nothing yet?
No.
Did you check
the garage?
No.
Since Rickman's release
from the state hospital for
the criminally insane,
Channel 9's investigation has
discovered that he was leading
virtually a double life.
On the surface, he was a
model parolee, but underneath,
he was lulling the
parole office to sleep
while breaking the rules
of his release and the law.
Rickman is now in jail...
How the hell did you do that?
...for having a weapon in his
home. More on this tomorrow.
We're out of time. I'm
Arnie Blake fromTrue Crime.
Guess what?
You gotta get involved.
[SIGHING]
ANDY:
Honey, you couldn't expect
after what happened
that Ron would
let us keep Amy.
It's not
fair to her.
She misses
her mother,
she's uprooted from
her friends, school,
the family
she grew up with.
Yeah.
Nothing.
That's it.
Get Corinne
over here.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Corinne, we found
these things in the loft.
Can you
identify them?
I-I want
to record this.
This is
Vonnie's purse.
She carried it
with her everywhere.
And this
is her wallet.
CORINNE:
Her social
security card.
CORINNE:ID.
Oh, God.
This is her
cigarette case.
She never went
anywhere without it.
KEN:
We can
take a break.
Does this look like
a woman who would leave her
husband
and her daughter?
It's not a body...
but it sure as hell
tells us she didn't
leave of her
own accord.
Mrs. Kaczmarek, a prosecution
for murder without a body.
That'd be a first
for Wisconsin.
Other states have done it,
but not here.
I can't get
an indictment on this.
I need a body,
a confession, a witness,
a motive, something that gets me
closer to murder one than a...
Than a wallet
and a cigarette case.
I don't
believe this.
I wish I had
Ron Rickman's luck.
He murders two men in 1972,
and gets away with it because
he claims some sort of mental
disorder that doesn't exist.
And now, he murders my sister,
and he's gonna get away with it
because he's crafty
enough to hide the body?
JUDGE:
And the prisoner is released
on his own recognizance.
The judge is releasing
him on a signature bond.
What does
that mean?
It means he signs his name,
he's out of here.
It's not over,
Ron.
What do you
want from me, Corinne?
I've lost my wife and I stand a
good chance to lose my daughter.
You killed your wife. You don't
deserve to have your daughter.
I haven't killed anyone.
You have humiliated me
in front of the entire town.
I want you out of my life.
Like you wanted Vonnie
out of your life?
No way!
It'll never be over.
As long
as I'm standing.
Let's go,
I got a live one.
Corinne,
we gotta go.
I got the information
you guys want.
What would
that be?
I want to do
some trading first.
We're not in
that business, kid.
Well, it depends on
how bad you want what I got.
We're
out of here.
You know who
I shared a cell with?
Well, Ron Rickman as good
as told me he did his old lady.
We were talking about Hoffa.
You know, Jimmy Hoffa.
So I said he was probably in
a river with a concrete block
tied around
his legs.
And Ron said,
and Joe heard him say this too,
"The way to do it was,
you find a place where they're
going to pour concrete
the following day.
You bury the body, cover it up,
put the mesh back in,
and the next day
they pour the cement.
You never find the body."
FRIEND:Well...
it was about one and a half
to two weeks before
they went to Appleton. Um.
Ron said he was taking
Vonnie down to Appleton,
and he said he
was gonna leave her.
"Dear Janine, I want our
friendship to grow and leave
"fate in charge.
"You have made me
a very happy guy.
"I want you
to be just as happy.
"If you were here right now,
you'd get a big hug and kiss.
"Your mom and dad
and the old bat could watch. Ha.
I love you,
as ever, Ron."
DeLION:
Now, who was the "old bat,"
that Ron was referring to?
Um, his wife.
That's what
he called her.
Janine, would you tell the jury
the real reason you believe
Ron Rickman
killed his wife?
Why he killed her?
DeLION:
Yes. What was his incentive?
DeLION:
Why, Janine?
So he could have
a shot at me.
That morning,
Vonnie was very upset.
Why was that?
Because Ron wouldn't
let her take Amy with them.
Objection.
Conjecture.
JUDGE:
Sustained.
We only want
to know...
what you
yourself observed...
or were told directly.
Do you understand?
Did you have any conversations
with Vonnie in the six months
preceding her disappearance
concerning her owning a gun?
Just that Ron had
purchased a gun in her name.
Objection!
Compound question.
Your Honor?
JUDGE:
Just a minute.
The question is,
"Did you have a conversation?"
The answer
is either yes or no.
Yes.
All right.
Now it's overruled.
JUDGE
Now you may ask
what was the conversation.
What was
the conversation?
LAWYER:
Objection. Hearsay.
JUDGE [BANGS GAVEL]:
Overruled.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
I don't know what
I'm allowed to say anymore.
Just answer
the question.
I forgot
the question.
What was
the conversation?
Vonnie told me that Ron
had purchased a gun.
LAWYER:
Objection.
JUDGE [BANGS GAVEL]:
Overruled.
They stopped me
every time I said something.
I got so confused.
Yeah, but that's
what they always do.
I mean, you've seen L.A. Law.
Say this, don't say that.
I wanted to
do so well for Vonnie.
You were fine, honey.
You did everything you could.
You were
just fine.
Got some bad news...
and some bad news.
Perfect.
KEN:
And the bad news is,
LeRoy still hasn't made up
his mind to testify.
I can't stall this
any longer.
We have the tape
of his statement.
Ron as good
as confessed to him.
The defense will block it.
Even if we get it in,
they'll take the position
that he's not here to testify
in person 'cause he recanted
everything he said on the tape.
DeLION:
It's a disaster. We don't
have enough without him.
[SIGHS]
Is that it,
Mr. DeLion?
Your Honor, we have a witness
who is reluctant to testify,
but we do have
a videotape of his testimony.
No way.
Will counsel
meet me in my chambers?
The state rests,
Your Honor.
[WHISPERING LOUDLY]
You can't.
[WHISPERING]
The Judge ruled against the
tape. No tape, no testimony.
The defense calls
Ronald Rickman.
When you shared these
confidences with Janine,
did your feelings ever cross the
line from friendship to romance?
I wouldn't call it
a-a romantic feeling, um.
I did have
feelings for her.
She's, uh,
she's a very sweet girl,
very outgoing,
great personality.
And uh, she was great
with my daughter.
LAWYER:
Did you ever entertain
any thoughts that maybe someday,
if Vonnie was out of your life,
that you'd pursue something
with Janine
at a later stage?
No I didn't.
You heard the testimony
of Francine Underwood
regarding sexual liaisons
between you and her.
Is any part of
that testimony true?
None whatsoever.
Has it been
difficult for you
without Vonnie
being around?
Yes.
Yes, it has.
LAWYER:
And to this day,
do you miss Vonnie?
Yes, I, uh...
Yes, I do.
I'm not quite sure
about all my feelings
at this point,
but, um,
I know that
I love her very much...
and I care
about her very much.
Ron, have you given
any thought to what you might do
if Vonnie were to suddenly
walk back into your life?
Yes.
Every day.
RON:
I think the first thing
I would do is, um,
make sure she was okay.
See if she needed anything, um,
medically and, um,
I think both of us would
sit down and talk,
and try to
work things out.
Because, uh,
a lot of things
have happened
in both
of our lives...
since the day
she left me with my daughter.
CORINNE:
I'm sorry.
I know you think
this is stupid.
No, it's just the state has
closed its case. I think it's--
Useless.
Yeah, that's what
I used to say.
It's useless.
What's the point?
Why fight
City Hall?
I said all of that to Vonnie
when she was complaining.
[SIGHING]
Not anymore.
Mr. LeRoy.
Look,
I told them.
You testify,
you're a snitch.
I know.
I understand that.
I just came
because...
well, I don't
know why I came.
Maybe just
to see you.
See if
you're real.
To look at the one man
who really might know
what happened
to my sister.
You see,
that's the hard part...
not knowing.
I've almost gotten over
her not being around anymore.
The sadness.
You never knew
my sister, Vonnie.
She could light up any room.
She was so funny.
CORINNE:
And Amy,
that's her daughter,
they were so close.
You see, Vonnie
would never have left Amy.
Unless somebody made sure
she couldn't come back.
And you know.
And Ron's gonna
get away with it.
You should see him
in that courtroom.
He's got 'em all snowed,
and I don't care about that,
but he's also convinced
an eight-year-old girl
that her mother just picked up
one day and walked out on her.
That she didn't care enough
to stay and watch her grow up.
But I care about that.
I care about that.
Mr. LeRoy.
Vonnie got in his way,
and he killed her.
What happens one day
if Amy gets in his way?
LeROY:
He told me that he kept a gun
under the front seat
of his car,
and he said that...
Vonnie knew it was there
and that they were arguing.
He said that she reached
under the seat for it
and he grabbed for the gun,
and the next thing he remembers,
he was at home
with his daughter.
What was the last thing
he said he remembered
as he was driving home?
He said that
he felt the same
towards his wife
at that moment...
as he did them two loggers
he killed back in '72.
He was sort of smiling
when he said it.
Did Mr. Rickman say anything
to you about whether or not
he thought he would be charged
with the murder of his wife?
Yes, sir.
He said it would be
difficult to charge him
because nobody had
the gun or the body.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
JUDGE:
Has the jury
reached a verdict?
FOREMAN:
Yes, Your Honor, we have.
Will the defendant rise?
JUDGE:
We, the jury,
for our verdict,
find the defendant,
Ronald Rickman,
guilty
of first degree murder,
as charged
in the information.
[GAVEL BANGS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[♪♪♪♪♪]
Oh, Andy.
ANDY:
It's okay, honey.
We're gonna be okay.
I miss you,
Vonnie,
every day.
And now you
can rest in peace.
[♪♪♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪♪♪]