Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 14, Episode 2 - Starter Home - full transcript
When the mummified remains of numerous victims are found in the walls of an elderly couple's remote South Carolina home, Rossi, J.J., and Simmons are dispatched to track down a trail of clues that date back over 20 years. The hunt becomes urgent after BAU learns the killer has a specific ritual of when to strike, and like clockwork another person goes missing. Also, Rossi reconnects with his ex-wife, Krystall.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
WOMAN: SERIOUSLY,
THIS IS BEYOND GROSS.
WHO LEAVES DIRTY
DISHES IN THE SINK?
I KNOW WE BOUGHT
THIS HOUSE AS IT,
BUT COME ON.
MAN: I DON’T THINK
THIS WALL IS LOAD-BEARING, HON.
WE CAN KNOCK IT OUT,
BUILD THE BABY’S NURSERY
IN THIS DIRECTION.
I GUESS.
HEY, WHAT’S
THE MATTER?
YOU SURE WE DID
THE RIGHT THING?
BUYING THIS PLACE,
I MEAN.
IT’S KIND OF CREEPY.
WE WANTED A PLACE
TO MAKE OUR OWN,
REMEMBER?
COME ON, BABE.
WE’RE GOING TO
BE HAPPY HERE.
I PROMISE.
I HOPE YOU’RE RIGHT.
WHAT THE HELL?
THERE A HAZMAT SUIT
ANYWHERE AROUND HERE?
BEN?
YOU OK?
AAH!
[DISHES SHATTER]
[SIGHS]
I’M SORRY I’M LATE.
NEVER LIVE WHERE
YOUR COMMUTE
INVOLVES A BRIDGE.
IT’S OK. I WAS JUST
GOING THROUGH
POTENTIAL CASES.
HEY, I MEANT IT WHEN
I SAID YOU SHOULD TAKE
SOME TIME OFF.
YOU’VE JUST BEEN
THROUGH A LOT.
THAT’S LIKE
THE JOB DESCRIPTION
OF EVERYBODY
WHO WORKS HERE.
"MUST GO THROUGH A LOT."
I’M OK.
THAT JUST CAME IN.
A MUMMY?
YEAH, THEY FOUND IT
INSIDE OF A WALL
IN A CABIN OUTSIDE
VARNVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY THINK IT’S
REALLY OLD.
WELL, IT’S NOT SOMETHING
YOU SEE EVERY DAY,
BUT IT SOUNDS MORE
LIKE A COLD CASE.
THAT’S A NO THEN.
HEY, WAIT A SECOND.
ROSSI’S STILL IN
SAVANNAH, ISN’T HE?
UH-HUH. HE COMES
BACK TODAY.
AND HOW FAR IS VARNVILLE
FROM THE MAIN HIGHWAY?
NOT FAR, LIKE 10 MILES.
OK. WELL, MAYBE HE CAN
SWING BY ON HIS WAY OUT,
TAKE A LOOK,
ADVISE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ON HOW TO PROCEED.
NO PROBLEM, EMILY.
I WAS JUST GETTING
READY TO CHECK OUT.
DAVID, BEFORE
YOU DROP ME--
SHH, SHH, SHH.
UH, YEAH, HAVE GARCIA SEND ME
THE CONTACT INFORMATION
AND I’LL COORDINATE
FROM THE ROAD.
I’LL CHECK IN
WHEN I GET THERE.
OK.
DID YOU JUST SHUSH ME?
I’M SORRY.
THAT WAS EMILY.
OH. YEAH, YOU DON’T WANT
YOUR BOSS TO KNOW
YOU HAVE A WOMAN
IN A HOTEL ROOM.
WHAT I DON’T WANT IS
THE WHOLE TEAM
WEIGHING IN JUST YET.
THEY TEND TO HAVE
A PROPRIETARY INTEREST
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
IN MY LOVE LIFE.
[RING]
MM-HMM. OH.
[RING]
SHH.
PORTIA.
UH, YEAH, I’M LEAVING
FOR THE AIRPORT NOW.
SAVANNAH IS LOVELY.
LOT OF WORK, BUT I
MANAGED TO SQUEEZE IN
A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.
[LAUGHS] YES.
I’LL CALL YOU WHEN
I LAND AT JFK.
BYE.
[ZIPS SUITCASE]
SO YOU DON’T WANT
YOUR DAUGHTER TO KNOW
YOU HAVE A MAN
IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM.
DAVID ROSSI IS
A TOUCHY SUBJECT
RIGHT NOW.
WHY?
WELL, THE LAST TIME THE
3 OF US WERE TOGETHER,
YOU LOBBED A GRENADE
INTO HER WEDDING PLANS.
SHE WAS ABOUT TO MARRY
AN ABUSIVE CON MAN.
OK, A GRENADE THAT
NEEDED TO BE LOBBED.
I KNOW THAT
AND SHE KNOWS THAT.
BUT THE WOUNDS ARE
A LITTLE FRESH RIGHT NOW,
THAT’S ALL.
WHICH MEANS SHE DOESN’T
APPRECIATE YOU SLEEPING
WITH THE ENEMY.
STOP IT.
SHE DOESN’T THINK THAT
YOU’RE THE ENEMY.
MMM.
SHE JUST MET A NEW GUY,
THE FIRST ONE THAT
SHE’S BEEN INTERESTED IN
SINCE THE BREAKUP.
THAT’S GREAT.
SO MAYBE JUST FOR
A LITTLE BIT,
WE KEEP THIS ON
THE DOWNLOW.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I APPRECIATE THE HELP,
AGENT ROSSI.
NOBODY’S TOUCHED
A THING, LIKE YOU ASKED.
IS THE CORONER EN ROUTE
FROM CHARLESTON YET?
THEY SHOULD BE HERE
ANY MINUTE.
THE CADAVER DOG
JUST ARRIVED.
MAN: GET TO WORK.
LET’S GO.
WHO WERE
THE PREVIOUS OWNERS?
THAT’D BE KARL
AND DOROTHY ELGIN.
HERMITS.
BUILT THE PLACE
BACK IN THE SIXTIES
AND JUST HOLED UP.
THEY STILL AROUND?
OH, KARL DIED
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,
AND DOROTHY’S BEEN PUT
IN A NURSING HOME.
FROM WHAT I HEAR,
SHE’S PRETTY MUCH
LOST HER MARBLES.
[DOG BARKING]
CAN’T IMAGINE WHO
THE BODY COULD BE.
I MEAN, NOBODY’S
BEEN REPORTED MISSING
AROUND THESE PARTS
THAT I CAN REMEMBER.
[DOG BARKING]
[WHIMPERING]
DOG LOOKS LIKE
IT’S CONFUSED.
THE DOG’S NOT CONFUSED,
IT’S OVERWHELMED.
[BARKING]
[WHIMPERING]
[BARKING]
ROSSI: "MEMORY IS
A CRAZY WOMAN
THAT HOARDS COLORED RAGS
AND THROWS AWAY FOOD."
AUSTIN O’MALLEY.
JJ: SO AS FAR AS
ANYONE KNOWS,
KARL AND DOROTHY
ELGIN LIVED
TOTALLY ISOLATED.
NO KIDS, NO FAMILY,
NO FRIENDS.
50 YEARS. I MEAN,
THEY HAD TO HAVE
SOME INTERACTION
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
5 BODIES AND COUNTING,
ALL YOUNG FEMALES.
CORONER SAYS THE VICTIMS
HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
ARE WE LOOKING AT
A HUSBAND AND WIFE
KILLING TEAM HERE?
IT’S RARE,
BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.
IN ENGLAND,
ROSEMARY WEST ASSISTED
HER HUSBAND FRED
IN THE MURDER OF
12 INDIVIDUALS
OVER A 20-YEAR SPAN
WITHOUT DETECTION.
DOROTHY ELGIN COULD
BE A HOMEGROWN VERSION
OF THAT--
FEMALE ACCOMMODATING
THE PSYCHOPATHIC
URGES OF THE MAN.
OK, BUT WHY MUMMIFY?
FORENSIC COUNTERMEASURE,
MAYBE?
HMM. THROWING THE BODIES
IN A SWAMP WOULD HAVE BEEN
A BETTER FORENSIC
COUNTERMEASURE.
LUKE’S RIGHT. IT WAS
A DELIBERATE CHOICE
TO PRESERVE
THOSE CORPSES,
KEEP THE VICTIMS
CLOSE TO HOME.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE
THE KILLER THOUGHT
HE WAS SENDING
THE BODIES INTO
THE FUTURE.
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
BELIEVED THE SOULS
OF THE DECEASED
WOULD RETURN
FROM THE AFTERLIFE
TO RE-INHABIT THEIR
ORIGINAL BODIES,
SO THE HUMAN FORM
WAS KEPT IN TACT
AND RECOGNIZABLE.
THERE’S ALSO A LITERAL
COVERING UP OF THE CRIME HERE,
AND THAT SAYS REMORSE.
MATT, JJ, GO TO
THE LOCAL SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT,
HELP THEM PREPARE
FOR THE MEDIA FRENZY
THAT’S COMING DOWN
THE PIKE.
LUKE, YOU AND I WILL
MEET ROSSI AT
THE CRIME SCENE.
REID, TARA, GO TO
THE NURSING HOME,
SEE IF YOU CAN TALK
TO DOROTHY ELGIN.
IF ANYONE KNOWS THE SECRETS
OF THAT HOUSE, IT’S HER.
WOMAN: MRS. ELGIN WAS
COMMITTED HERE 3 MONTHS AGO.
SHE WAS FOUND WANDERING
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
AND THE DIAGNOSIS
WAS DEMENTIA?
THAT’S RIGHT.
HONESTLY, I DON’T
KNOW HOW MUCH LUCK
Y’ALL ARE GONNA HAVE
TALKING TO HER.
MRS. ELGIN DRIFTS
IN AND OUT.
DID SHE BRING ANY
PERSONAL POSSESSIONS
WITH HER?
SHE HAD A BAG WITH
SOME SMALL ITEMS
WHEN THE POLICE
FOUND HER.
I BELIEVE THEY’RE
STILL IN HER ROOM
IF YOU WANT TO
TAKE A LOOK.
WHAT ABOUT
VISITORS?
NOT A ONE.
IT’S SAD, REALLY.
MRS. ELGIN, THERE’S
SOME PEOPLE HERE TO SEE YOU.
DOROTHY, HI.
I’M TARA.
THIS IS
MY FRIEND REID.
WE WERE HOPING TO
MAYBE TALK TO YOU
ABOUT YOUR OLD HOUSE.
WE THINK SOMETHING
BAD HAPPENED THERE.
MAYBE WITH YOUR HELP,
WE COULD FIX IT.
ROSSI: GOOD.
YOU FOUND IT OK.
HOW MANY VICTIMS
ARE WE UP TO?
7, IN THE WALLS
AND UNDER THE FLOOR.
THEY FOUND THIS BOX
FILLED WITH KNICKKNACKS
NEXT TO ONE OF
THE BODIES.
SOUVENIRS OF THEIR VICTIMS.
WE SHOULD GET
DESCRIPTIONS OF
THESE ITEMS
OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
IT MIGHT JOG
SOMEONE’S MEMORY.
DR. CALDWELL, THIS IS
SSA PRENTISS AND SSA ALVEZ.
DR. CALDWELL’S WITH
THE CHARLESTON
CORONER’S OFFICE.
SHE CAME UP
TO HELP US OUT.
YEAH, LOCAL M.E.’s
NOT EQUIPPED
TO HANDLE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
SO I’M HAVING THE REMAINS
TAKEN BACK TO OUR FACILITIES.
DO WE KNOW HOW LONG
THE BODIES HAVE BEEN HERE?
BALLPARK, 20 YEARS.
SOME LONGER, SOME SHORTER.
THIS ALL SEEMS
FAIRLY SOPHISTICATED.
IT IS.
THE INTERNAL ORGANS
WEREN’T REMOVED
AS WITH A TRUE
MUMMIFICATION,
BUT THE BODIES WERE TREATED
BEFORE BEING WRAPPED
AND THEN SALTED.
THAT’S WHY THERE’S
NO DISCERNIBLE ODOR.
THOSE LOOK LIKE THE
TEETH OF A METH ADDICT.
THESE WOMEN PROBABLY
ALL LIVED HIGH-RISK
LIFESTYLES--
DRUG ADDICTS,
PROSTITUTES, RUNAWAYS.
EXPLAINS WHY THEY MIGHT
VANISH FOR DECADES
AND NOBODY KNOWS
OR CARES.
SOMEBODY CARED.
THE VICTIMS’ CLOTHES
WERE MENDED,
CAREFULLY SEWN,
AND KEPT IN GOOD REPAIR.
MAN: DR. CALDWELL,
YOU BETTER COME
LOOK AT THIS.
THESE VICTIMS DON’T
LOOK AS OLD.
CALDWELL: THEY AREN’T.
THEY’VE BEEN DEAD
LESS THAN A YEAR.
MEANING AFTER
KARL DIED
AND DOROTHY BECAME
AN INVALID.
THIS COLD CASE
JUST GOT HOT.
WE’VE GOT AN ACTIVE UNSUB.
FIND ANYTHING
IN HER ROOM?
JUST THE ITEMS
SHE HAD WITH HER
WHEN SHE WAS PICKED UP--
[PHONE BEEPS]
A HAND MIRROR,
A DECK OF CARDS,
AND A HAIRBRUSH.
PRENTISS.
DOROTHY, I WAS HOPING
MAYBE WE COULD TALK
ABOUT SOMETHING
ELSE, OK?
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER
YOUR HUSBAND PASSED?
DID ANYONE NEW
EVER COME OUT--
IT WON’T WORK.
EXCUSE ME?
IT WON’T WORK.
IT’S NOT THE SAME.
WHAT IS NOT THE SAME?
IT’S NOT THE SAME!
OK, DOROTHY,
IT’S ALL RIGHT.
WE BELIEVE YOU.
[CAR BEEPS]
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
ARE THE BODIES RECOGNIZABLE?
MS. UNDERWOOD--
BECAUSE ON THE NEWS
THEY SAID THEY WERE PRESERVED.
IT’S BEST TO WAIT
UNTIL DNA CAN--
I’M NOT AFRAID TO LOOK.
I DON’T CARE HOW
AWFUL IT IS.
DARIA WAS MY ONLY SISTER.
THE DAY SHE RAN AWAY
I WAS IN SCHOOL,
SEVENTH GRADE.
I DIDN’T EVEN GET
A CHANCE TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
[SOBBING]
I KNOW WHAT
YOU’RE FEELING.
BELIEVE ME, I DO.
LOOK, I HAVE YOUR
CONTACT INFORMATION.
IF WE GET ANY NEWS,
I’LL BE IN TOUCH, OK?
THIS WAY, MA’AM.
THANK YOU.
[SIGHS]
TOUGH SITUATION.
HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET
SOME ANSWERS SOON.
WELL, WE’VE IDENTIFIED
THE TWO LATEST VICTIMS--
JUNE BERKHOLT
AND AMY SANDERS,
BOTH IN THEIR FORTIES.
ABDUCTED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
WHILE DOING ERRANDS.
ANYWAY, PRENTISS WANTS US
TO DRIVE TO CHARLESTON
TO SEE WHAT ELSE
THE M.E. HAS.
HELP ME!
HELP ME!
PLEASE!
[CLANGING]
[WHIMPERING]
[KEYS JINGLE, DOOR UNLOCKS]
[DOOR CREAKS]
[GROANS] JUST ANOTHER
DAY AT THE OFFICE.
MAMA ALWAYS SAID I SHOULD
HAVE STUDIED ACCOUNTING.
IT’S PROBABLY EASIEST
IF WE LOOKED AT THESE
AS TWO SEPARATE,
DISTINCT CRIMES--
THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.
SIMPLICITY’S GOOD.
FIRE AWAY.
LET’S START WITH
THE 7 VICTIMS
FROM THE PAST.
ALL WERE FEMALE
CAUCASIANS
IN THEIR LATE TEENS
TO MID-TWENTIES,
BRUNETTES, SMALL BONED,
AROUND 5’6," 5’7".
THEY WERE KILLED OVER
A PERIOD OF TWO DECADES,
ROUGHLY 1988 TO 2008.
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED?
NO. NO SIGNS OF RAPE,
TORTURE, OR PROLONGED
CONFINEMENT.
JJ: WHAT ABOUT C.O.D.?
POISON.
THAT SKEWS FEMALE.
PUTS DOROTHY SOLIDLY
IN THE PICTURE.
NOW FOR THE PRESENT.
TWO LATEST VICTIMS
RANGED IN AGE
FROM 42 TO 46 AND HAD
A ROUGHER TIME OF IT.
THEY BOTH SUFFERED
BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA
TO THE HEAD.
WE’RE DEFINITELY DEALING
WITH TWO DIFFERENT
KILLERS HERE.
AN OFFENDER’S SIGNATURE
WOULDN’T DEVIATE
THAT DRAMATICALLY.
YEAH, THERE IS
A LOT MORE ANGER
IN OUR ACTIVE UNSUB.
AND SADISM.
I FOUND INSULATION RESIDUE
IN THE VICTIM’S LUNGS.
SO THE WOMEN WERE
ENTOMBED WHILE THEY
WERE STILL ALIVE.
OUR UNSUB HAS TO BE
SOMEONE CLOSE
TO THE ELGINS.
HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH
THE EARLIER KILLINGS
AND TRIED TO EMULATE THEM.
ALVEZ: A FRIEND, MAYBE,
OR A FAMILY MEMBER
WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT.
OK, LET’S TAKE A STEP BACK
AND REVIEW WHAT WE’VE
GOT SO FAR.
KARL ELGIN BEGAN KILLING
YOUNG RUNAWAY TYPES
STARTING BACK IN
THE EIGHTIES.
BROUGHT THEM BACK TO
THE HOUSE USING SOME
SORT OF RUSE,
A HOT MEAL,
ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.
SO MANY VICTIMS OVER
SUCH A LONG TIME SPAN,
DOROTHY HAD TO BE
COMPLICIT.
MORE THAN THAT, MAYBE.
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN
CALLING THE SHOTS,
REINING IN THE MORE
VIOLENT TENDENCIES
OF HER HUSBAND.
NOW FAST FORWARD
TO PRESENT DAY,
AND YEARS AFTER KARL’S
LAST VICTIM,
TWO MORE WOMEN ARE KILLED
IN THE SPAN OF 12 MONTHS.
MURDERS THAT
COINCIDENTALLY STARTED
SHORTLY AFTER KARL DIED.
GARCIA.
DIGAME.
HAVE YOU FOUND ANY
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
TWO WOMEN WE JUST ID’d?
NO, I HAVE NOT.
BOTH WERE MARRIED
AND HAD CHILDREN,
PARTICIPATED IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THEY BOTH SEEM LIKE
MODEL CITIZENS.
TWO WOMEN LIKE THAT
GO MISSING IN LESS
THAN A YEAR
AND NOBODY DOWN HERE
CONNECTS THE DOTS?
LEWIS: YOU’RE PRETTY
GREAT AT THAT.
MY AUNT LOVED TO SEW.
I WAS A TOMBOY,
ALWAYS TEARING
MY JEANS,
AND SHE WOULD
MEND THEM,
MAKE THEM GOOD AS NEW.
NOW, DOROTHY, YOU CAN
BE TRUTHFUL WITH US
ABOUT KARL AND THE GIRLS.
WE KNOW YOU CARED ABOUT THEM.
THAT’S WHY YOU FIXED
THEIR CLOTHING.
I’M SORRY, BUT IT’S TIME
FOR MRS. ELGIN’S MEDICINE.
DOROTHY, YOU SAID
SOMETHING EARLIER.
"IT WON’T WORK.
IT’S NOT THE SAME."
WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
DID I SAY THAT?
YOU DON’T REMEMBER?
NO.
I’LL BRING HER BACK
IN A FEW MINUTES
IF YOU’D LIKE TO WAIT.
SOMETHING’S
GOING ON WITH HER.
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
NURSE:
NO! NO!
CALL 9-1-1.
MAN: SOMEBODY HELP.
HELP HER.
ALL RIGHT, YEAH.
THANKS.
[SIGHS]
DOROTHY DIED ON
THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
WHATEVER SHE KNEW
DIED WITH HER.
I CAN’T BELIEVE
SHE DID THAT.
WELL, MAYBE THE GUILT
GOT TO BE TOO MUCH FOR HER.
IS THAT EVERYTHING?
THERE’S NOTHING ELSE?
THOSE ARE THE ONLY ITEMS
SHE BROUGHT FROM HER HOUSE.
ALL RIGHT, DOROTHY WAS
PICKED UP BY THE POLICE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
SHE WAS BROUGHT HERE,
WENT TO BED,
BUT SHE WASN’T PROCESSED
UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING.
SO SHE HAD A SMALL WINDOW
OF UNSUPERVISED TIME.
WHAT’S THE ONE THING
WE KNOW FOR SURE
ABOUT THE ELGINS?
THEY LIKE TO HIDE THINGS.
YEAH.
JEWELRY, KEYCHAINS,
BODIES, YOU KNOW,
THE IMPORTANT STUFF.
OLD HABITS DIE HARD.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WE COULD TALK.
IT’D BE NICE.
I...
JUST TELL ME WHAT
YOU’RE WRITING THERE.
[GRUNTS]
YOU’RE SCARING ME.
[EXHALES]
[GRUNTS]
THE VICTIMS PROBABLY
WROTE THESE.
WE’RE HAVING FORENSICS
EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING
OF THE ENVELOPES.
PRENTISS: AT LEAST NOW
WE HAVE NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
LET’S SEE IF GARCIA
CAN TRACK DOWN
THE INTENDED RECIPIENTS.
WHY WRITE LETTERS THAT
NEVER EVEN GOT MAILED?
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WAY
FOR KARL AND DOROTHY
TO PSYCHOLOGICALLY
CONTROL THEIR VICTIMS,
ALLOW THEM TO WRITE
LETTERS TO LOVED ONES,
GIVE THEM A SENSE
OF BEING IN A SAFE
AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT.
WHICH MAKES
THE BEHAVIORAL PROFILE
LESS SOCIOPATHIC,
ODDLY ENOUGH.
HOW COME?
TO USE PARENTAL LOVE
AS A MANIPULATING DEVICE
MEANS THEY HAVE
AN UNDERSTANDING OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY.
MOST SOCIOPATHS DON’T.
BY DEFINITION,
THEY LACK THE SENSE
OF HUMAN CONNECTEDNESS
THE REST OF US FEEL.
THE ELGINS MUST HAVE
EXPERIENCED IT FIRST HAND.
SHERIFF: I DON’T SEE
HOW THEY COULD.
KARL AND DOROTHY
DIDN’T HAVE ANY KIDS.
WAS THAT EVER VERIFIED?
WELL, I’D DRIVE OUT
THERE NOW AND THEN
JUST TO CHECK IN
ON THEM,
AND I NEVER SAW
ANOTHER SOUL BESIDES
KARL AND DOROTHY.
SHERIFF, HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD THE SAYING,
DOES A TREE FALLING
IN AN EMPTY FOREST
MAKE A SOUND?
IT’S A METAPHYSICAL RIDDLE
ABOUT UNPERCEIVED EXISTENCE.
THE ANSWER’S LARGELY
DEPENDENT ON WHETHER
YOU SUBSCRIBE TO
SUBSTANCE OR BUNDLE THEORY.
IN THIS CASE, I BELIEVE
AGENT PRENTISS
IS SAYING THAT, YES,
THE TREE DOES MAKE A SOUND.
PRENTISS: THANK YOU.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
AUTOPSY ON DOROTHY ELGIN
REVEALS AT SOME POINT
IN HER LIFE SHE
DID GIVE BIRTH.
I’LL BE DAMNED.
WITH THE RECENT KILLINGS,
THE SIGNATURE CHANGED.
ALL THE FEMININE
ASPECTS WENT AWAY.
WHAT IF DOROTHY
HAD A SON?
HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT
THE EARLIER KILLINGS,
MAYBE EVEN WITNESSED THEM.
AND THEN WHEN
THE PATRIARCH DIED,
HE WAS THERE TO
PICK UP THE TORCH.
DOROTHY DIDN’T COMMIT
SUICIDE FROM GUILT.
IT WAS TO PROTECT
THE PERSON SHE KNEW
OR SUSPECTED
MIGHT BE BEHIND
THE CURRENT MURDERS--
HER OWN CHILD.
IN HER DEMENTIA,
SHE COULDN’T TRUST WHAT
SHE MIGHT LET SLIP.
SO RATHER THAN RISK
INCRIMINATING HER OWN BOY,
SHE TOOK HERSELF
OUT OF THE PICTURE.
OK, A LOCAL WOMAN
NAMED MARY BREWER
WAS JUST REPORTED MISSING.
40 YEARS OLD,
BRUNETTE, 5’6".
WELL, THE SON’S
VICTIMOLOGY MATCHES
THAT OF THE FATHER’S
IN TERMS OF TYPE,
BUT HE HIS AGING
THE WOMEN UP.
SO IF THE EARLIER
VICTIMS WOULD HAVE LIVED,
THEY’D BE THE AGE
OF THE CURRENT VICTIMS.
THESE SURROGATES MUST
MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS
TO THE TWO DIFFERENT
KILLERS.
OK, WELL, FORENSICS JUST
FINISHED UP WITH THE ENVELOPES.
[GRUNTING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
DON’T, PLEASE.
[SOBBING]
[WHIMPERING]
SING ME A SONG.
WHAT?
[SOBBING]
I’M SAD.
♪ HUSH, LITTLE BABY ♪
♪ DON’T SAY A WORD ♪
♪ MAMA’S GONNA BUY YOU
A MOCKINGBIRD ♪
♪ IF THAT MOCKINGBIRD
WON’T SING ♪
♪ MAMA’S GONNA BUY YOU
A DIAMOND RING ♪
♪ IF THAT DIAMOND RING
GETS BROKE ♪
♪ MAMA’S GONNA BUY YOU
A BILLY GOAT ♪
SIMMONS: WORDS FROM
THE GRAVE.
OUR UNSUB’S IDENTITY
COULD BE HIDDEN IN HERE.
[SIGHS]
LET’S DO IT.
"DEAR, MOM AND DAD,
IT’S ME DELTA.
GETTING THIS LETTER,
YOU MUST BE SHOCKED."
WOMAN, VOICE-OVER:
I DON’T THINK I EVER WROTE
ANYTHING TO YOU BEFORE.
I’M STAYING WITH A NICE
OLDER COUPLE I MET
WHEN I WAS HITCHHIKING.
WE PLAY CARDS AND THINGS.
I’M GETTING HEALTHY.
THERE’S A POND WHERE KARL’S
TEACHING ME HOW TO FISH.
HE’S SO NICE.
"KARL IS DOROTHY’S HUSBAND."
SECOND WOMAN, VOICE-OVER:
DON’T WORRY BECAUSE
THEY TREAT ME
JUST LIKE I WAS
THEIR OWN DAUGHTER.
I’LL BE COMING HOME
NEXT WEEK.
HONEST.
THIRD WOMAN, VOICE-OVER:
PLEASE DON’T BE MAD
WHEN YOU SEE ME.
JUST HOLD ME.
I LOVE YOU.
THEY HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WAS IN STORE.
[SIGHS] THE COMMON REFRAIN
IS "THEY TREATED ME LIKE
I WAS THEIR OWN DAUGHTER."
WELL, MAYBE THAT’S
WHAT THE ABDUCTIONS
WERE ALL ABOUT.
KARL AND DOROTHY,
THEY HAD A SON,
MAYBE THEY WANTED
TO ADD A DAUGHTER.
BUILDING A FAMILY?
OK, WE NEED TO GO WIDER.
WE’RE HERE TODAY TO ENLIST
THE HELP OF THE PUBLIC
IN FINDING MARY BREWER.
PRENTISS: THE PERSON WE
BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR TAKING MARY IS A MAN
WITH A CLOSE CONNECTION
TO KARL AND DOROTHY ELGIN,
THE COUPLE SUSPECTED
IN THE MURDERS
OF 7 OTHER WOMEN
MANY YEARS AGO.
SIMMONS: THERE’S EVIDENCE
THAT THE COUPLE MAY HAVE
HAD A CHILD.
AND GIVEN THAT THE KILLINGS
PROFILE STRONGLY AS MALE,
WE COULD BE LOOKING AT
A HERETOFORE UNKNOWN SON.
WE’RE HOPING OTHERS
MIGHT HAVE HAD CONTACT
WITH THE FAMILY
AND SURVIVED.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE
WE’RE REACHING OUT TO.
[CLANG]
SIMMONS: THIS KILLER
IS NOT CRIMINALLY SOPHISTICATED,
AND HE’S ABDUCTING
HIGH-PROFILE TARGETS
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
THIS IS AN INDICATOR
THAT THE PERSON WE’RE
SEARCHING FOR
MAY BE DEVOLVING.
THIS MAKES HIM SIGNIFICANTLY
MORE DANGEROUS.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
TO FIND MARY BREWER,
BUT ALSO TO GIVE LOVED ONES
OF THE EARLIER VICTIMS
THE CLOSURE THEY DESERVE.
JJ: WE URGE ANYONE
WHO MAY HAVE PERTINENT
INFORMATION
TO CONTACT THE FBI
AT THE NUMBER PROVIDED.
THANK YOU.
[GASPS]
I’M NOT HUNGRY.
IT’S NOT FOR YOU.
YOU WANT ME
TO FEED YOU?
A PLANE.
WHAT?
MAKE IT A PLANE...
FLYING IN.
[MAKING AIRPLANE SOUNDS]
HERE IT COMES.
CLOSE YOUR EYES.
OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
INTO THE HANGAR.
[IMITATES PLANE]
UHH!
[GROANING]
[GASPING]
WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME?!
MARY BREWER’S HUSBAND’S
ON HIS WAY IN,
AND WE GOT AN APB OUT
ON HER VEHICLE RIGHT NOW.
MEDIA OUTREACH IS WORKING.
NOW IT’S JUST A MATTER
OF SORTING THROUGH
WHICH LEADS ARE REAL
AND WHICH AREN’T.
UNFORTUNATELY, GARCIA’S
NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK
WITH THE LETTERS.
THE INTENDED RECIPIENTS
HAVE EITHER PASSED AWAY
OR MOVED ELSEWHERE.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
EXCUSE ME, AGENTS.
THIS WOMAN SAYS IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT SHE TALK
TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
I’M AGENT PRENTISS.
THIS IS AGENT SIMMONS.
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
KARL AND DOROTHY ELGIN,
THEY DIDN’T HAVE A SON.
OK. AND YOU KNOW
THIS HOW?
I GREW UP IN THAT HOUSE.
KARL AND DOROTHY ELGIN
WERE MY PARENTS.
APPARENTLY SHE RAN
AWAY FROM HOME WHEN
SHE WAS 16
AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.
THINK SHE’S LEGIT
OR JUST SOMEBODY
LOOKING FOR THEIR
15 MINUTES OF FAME?
SHERIFF SAID SHE WAS
ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE
ELGINS’ HOUSE IN DETAIL.
WOMAN: MY MOM AND DAD
WEREN’T NORMAL,
I ALWAYS KNEW THAT,
BUT THEY WEREN’T KILLERS.
NOT NORMAL HOW?
IT WAS JUST THEM.
ALL THEY EVER TALKED
ABOUT WAS GETTING
AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
IS THAT WHY YOU RAN AWAY?
YEAH. I MEAN,
I HAD NO FRIENDS,
WASN’T EVEN ALLOWED
TO GO INTO TOWN.
TOWARDS THE END,
I’D SNEAK AWAY AT NIGHT,
HANG OUT WITH KIDS
MY OWN AGE.
AND DO WHAT?
TALK, DRINK BEER.
WHAT NORMAL
TEENAGERS DO.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE
TO LEAVE FOR GOOD?
ONE DAY I JUST
OPENED THE DOOR
AND WALKED OUT
AND NEVER CAME BACK.
MOVED TO GEORGIA,
GOT MYSELF A NEW LIFE.
MARRIED, TWO KIDS.
LEEANNE,
WERE YOU THERE WHEN
YOUR PARENTS STARTED
MURDERING THOSE GIRLS?
THAT’S WHAT I’M
TRYING TO TELL YOU.
THEY COULDN’T HAVE
DONE ALL THE THINGS
PEOPLE ARE SAYING.
IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE,
SOME OTHER MONSTER.
MARY: I’M SORRY.
LET ME PUT A BANDAGE
ON YOUR HEAD.
I’LL--I’LL TAKE
CARE OF YOU.
I PROMISE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[WHIMPERS]
NO!
SO IT WASN’T ABOUT
CREATING A DAUGHTER.
THEY WERE TRYING TO
REPLACE THE DAUGHTER
THEY’D LOST.
YOU KNOW, LEEANNE’S
5’7", BRUNETTE,
SMALL BONED.
YEAH, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING
STILL NOT SITTING RIGHT.
A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL ONE DAY
WALKS AWAY FROM THE ONLY
WORLD SHE’S EVER KNOWN,
NO MONEY,
NO RESOURCES, NOTHING.
THERE’S MORE TO THIS
THAN RUN-OF-THE-MILL
TEENAGE ANGST.
YEAH, SOMETHING
TRIGGERED HER DECISION.
[BEEP]
ROSSI: PENELOPE.
DAVID.
LEEANNE GARRITY
RAN AWAY FROM HOME
IN EITHER THE SPRING
OR SUMMER OF 1988.
DID ANYTHING UNUSUAL
HAPPEN IN THE AREA BACK THEN?
I AM A FIRM BELIEVER
THAT UNUSUAL
LIES IN THE BRAIN
OF THE BEHOLDER.
HAVING SAID THAT,
THE MAJORITY OF BRAINS
WOULD SAY THAT THIS QUALIFIES.
JUNE 5, 1988, LOCAL FARMER
NAMED ROGER MILBURN
KILLED HIS WIFE
AND HIS TEENAGE SON
BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE.
IT WAS HUGE LOCAL NEWS
AT THE TIME.
ROSSI: THANK YOU.
[BEEP]
LEEANNE MUST HAVE
HEARD ABOUT THAT.
IF SHE WAS IN DENIAL
ABOUT HER PARENTS’
HOMICIDAL TENDENCIES,
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
ONE HELL OF A WAKEUP CALL.
YEAH, SHE COULD HAVE
FEARED THE SAME THING
HAPPENING TO HER.
JJ, CAN YOU
AND THE BOY GENIUS
TAKE A LOOK AT WHATEVER
THEY MAY HAVE ON FILE
ABOUT THAT OLD CASE?
YEAH, YOU GOT IT.
OK, SO THIS IS EVERYTHING
COLLECTED FROM THE MILBURN
CRIME SCENE?
YES, MA’AM.
JJ, LOOK AT THIS.
YEAH, THAT DOESN’T TRACK.
WHAT DOESN’T?
BULLET TRAJECTORIES,
BODY ANGLES,
AND BLOOD SPATTER
ARE NOT CONSISTENT
WITH A MURDER-SUICIDE.
WERE ROGER MILBURN’S
HANDS EVER TESTED
FOR GUN POWDER RESIDUE?
NO, MA’AM. IT SEEMED
LIKE AN OPEN-AND-SHUT
CASE BACK THEN.
THIS CRIME SCENE WAS STAGED.
SOMEONE ELSE KILLED THIS FAMILY.
JJ: IT WAS JUST A MOTHER,
FATHER, AND TEENAGE SON
LIVING AT THE MILBURN
HOUSE, CORRECT?
NO ONE ELSE?
THAT’S RIGHT.
WHAT WERE THEY DOING
WITH A BABY BOTTLE?
WHERE DID THE MILBURNS LIVE?
UH...
RIGHT THERE.
THAT’S RIGHT NEXT
TO THE ELGIN PROPERTY.
LEWIS: YOU WEREN’T
ENTIRELY TRUTHFUL
WITH US, LEEANNE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THOSE NIGHTS THAT
YOU WENT SNEAKING OUT,
THERE WAS ONLY ONE KID
THAT YOU WENT TO HANG
OUT WITH, RIGHT?
AND YOU DIDN’T JUST
DRINK BEER.
YOU GOT PREGNANT.
NO.
WHERE DID YOU--
THE MILBURN FAMILY.
THEY LIVED CLOSE BY.
THEIR TEENAGE SON STEVE,
HE WAS ABOUT YOUR AGE, RIGHT?
ALVEZ: HE’S THE ONE YOU
WERE SNEAKING OUT TO SEE.
I DIDN’T MEAN
FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
DID YOUR PARENTS KNOW?
I HAD THE BABY
AT THE HOUSE.
IN SECRET.
LEWIS: AND WHAT ABOUT STEVE?
NOBODY KNEW.
MY MOM AND DAD SAID
THEY’D RAISE THE BABY
THEMSELVES,
BUT IT ONLY
MADE THEM CRAZIER.
I’D EVEN GET TIED
TO THE BED SOMETIMES
TO MAKE SURE I WOULDN’T
GO RUNNING OFF AGAIN.
BUT YOU DID ANYWAY.
ONE NIGHT I HAD A CHANCE,
SO I TOOK MY LITTLE BOY
AND I RAN.
I DROPPED HIM OFF
AT HIS DADDY’S
AND KEPT GOING.
WHY? WHY LEAVE
YOUR BABY BEHIND?
THAT WASN’T MY PLAN.
BUT STEVE’S MOM AND DAD,
THEY DIDN’T WANT NOTHING
TO DO WITH ME
OR MY FAMILY.
THEY KNEW MY MOM AND DAD
WERE KIND OF CRAZY.
AND THE BABY WAS
THEIR GRANDSON, TOO.
THEY SAID THEY’D TAKE
HIM AND RAISE HIM PROPER,
BUT ONLY IF I WENT AWAY.
SO I LEFT.
WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT?
IN WAS IN THE EVIDENCE BOX
FROM THE MILBURN CRIME SCENE.
CRIME SCENE? WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT?
LEEANNE, SHORTLY AFTER
YOU RAN AWAY,
THE MILBURN FAMILY
WAS KILLED.
MY BABY?
HE WASN’T THERE.
THERE WAS THE MOTHER,
THE FATHER, AND STEVE.
POLICE RULED IT
A MURDER-SUICIDE.
LEWIS: EXCEPT THAT IT WASN’T.
WE BELIEVE THAT YOUR FATHER
CAME LOOKING FOR HIS GRANDSON
AND THEN TOOK HIM
BY FORCE.
TOOK HIM?
YOU MEAN MY LITTLE BOY
GREW UP WITH THEM,
IN THAT HOUSE?
WHERE IS HE NOW?
NO.
PLEASE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO
DO THIS.
GRANDPA KNEW.
KNEW WHAT?
I DON’T KNOW WHAT
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.
WHEN YOU LEFT,
GRANDPA SAID GRANDMA GOT...
REALLY, REALLY SAD.
[SALT POURING]
HE WANTED HER
TO GET BETTER,
LIKE SHE USED TO BE.
HE FOUND OTHERS, BUT...
BUT HE HAD TO MAKE SURE
THEY DIDN’T RUN AWAY.
BOY: DON’T BE SAD,
GRANDMA.
THEN GRANDPA DIED.
I TRIED TO FIND
THE OTHER ONES, TOO,
BUT IT DIDN’T WORK.
IT WASN’T THE SAME.
THAT WON’T HAPPEN TO ME.
[CLANG]
[GASPING]
AAH!
[GASPING]
[UNSUB COUGHING
AND GASPING]
[CHAINS RATTLING]
[UNSUB SCREAMS]
[PANTING]
AAH! AAH!
AAH!
SO WE KNOW WHO AND WHY
BUT NOT WHERE.
WELL, THE UNSUB
WOULDN’T GO FAR FROM
WHERE HE GREW UP.
ALL OF THE TRAUMA
IS ROOTED THERE.
OK, WELL, LETTERS
THE VICTIMS WROTE
THEIR LOVED ONES...
YEAH, WHAT ABOUT THEM?
WELL, SEVERAL TALKED
ABOUT A POND
WHERE KARL TOOK THEM
FISHING.
RECREATING WHAT HE MUST
HAVE DONE WITH LEEANNE.
FISHING?
JJ: IN A POND
SOMEWHERE NEAR YOUR HOUSE.
YEAH, I MEAN, MY DAD
TOOK ME FISHING
WHEN I WAS LITTLE.
WHERE WAS IT?
THERE’S NO POND ON
YOUR FAMILY’S PROPERTY.
I KNOW. WE HAD
TO DRIVE THERE.
WHICH DIRECTION?
I DON’T KNOW.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE
YOU TO GET THERE?
15 MINUTES, MAYBE.
IT WAS NEXT TO
AN EMPTY CABIN.
THERE WAS
A BRIDGE NEARBY.
WHY DO YOU WANT--
GARCIA.
GARCIA: HOLD ON.
GOT IT.
SENDING COORDINATES NOW.
ROSSI AND SIMMONS ARE
OUT AT THE ELGIN CRIME SCENE.
THEY’RE CLOSER THAN WE ARE.
WE’LL PROVIDE BACKUP.
DAVE...
ROSSI: I’LL SECURE THE BACK.
[CLICKS FLASHLIGHT OFF]
ROSSI, HE’S IN
THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.
HE’S ALONE.
COPY.
I’M AT THE REAR
ENTRANCE.
ANY SIGN OF
MARY BREWER?
NEGATIVE.
WE BREACH ON 3.
1, 2, 3.
FBI!
PUT YOUR HANDS UP.
HANDS UP! NOW!
WHERE’S MARY BREWER?
[HANDCUFFS CLICK]
NEED AN AMBULANCE
TO THE LOCATION.
ROSSI: MARY!
MARY BREWER!
NO SIGN OF HER.
WHERE IS SHE?
MARY!
[MUFFLED SCREAMS]
[GRUNTING]
YOU’RE OK.
YOU’RE SAFE NOW.
UNSUB: NO! NO! NO!
NO, LEAVE HER
WHERE SHE WAS.
SHE BELONGS WITH ME.
IT’S OK, IT’S OK.
YOU’RE SAFE.
YOU’RE SAFE.
SO ALL THIS IS
BECAUSE THE ELGINS’
DAUGHTER RAN OFF?
KARL SAW THE EFFECT
IT HAD ON HIS WIFE,
SO HE WENT OUT,
FOUND THOSE GIRLS
IN AN ATTEMPT
TO PULL DOROTHY OUT
OF HER TAILSPIN.
HE SURROUNDED HER
WITH SUBSTITUTE LEEANNES
IN THE WALL,
UNDER THE FLOOR,
BASICALLY ENCIRCLING HER.
AND THEIR GRANDSON TRIED
TO DO THE SAME THING FOR HER
ONCE KARL DIED.
IS THIS A NORMAL
CASE FOR YOU FOLKS?
NONE OF THEM ARE NORMAL.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
SHERIFF:
WELL, DR. REID,
I CAN SAY IT WAS
A PLEASURE TALKING
TO YOU.
I’M GONNA GIVE THAT
TREE IN THE FOREST
THING SOME MORE THOUGHT.
DON’T GIVE IT
TOO MUCH THOUGHT.
IT’S BASICALLY
AN INFALLIBLE CONJECTURE.
COPY THAT.
WELL, THANKS AGAIN.
UH, EMILY, I NEED
TO GO TO NEW YORK
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT?
AFTER THE WRENCH
I THREW IN YOUR VACATION
WITH MY QUICK DETOUR,
TAKE ALL THE TIME
YOU WANT.
COMING?
UH, YEAH, YEAH.
IN A MINUTE.
THERE’S SOMETHING
I HAVE TO DO.
HEY.
UM...
I THINK THAT WAS
MEANT FOR YOU.
JJ, VOICE-OVER:
"WITHOUT A FAMILY,
MAN, ALONE IN THE WORLD
TREMBLES WITH THE COLD."
ANDRE MAUROIS.
ROSSI: THIS ONE’S PRETTY
GOOD, HUH? [INDISTINCT]
THANK YOU.
YOU’RE WELCOME.
PORTIA: THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
MY PLEASURE.
WE DIDN’T INVITE YOU HERE
JUST TO PICK UP THE TAB.
YEAH, WELL,
DON’T YOU WORRY,
YOU’LL ALL BE GETTING
INVOICES IN THE MAIL.
[LAUGHTER]
IT WAS GREAT
MEETING YOU, SIR.
I LOVED YOUR STORIES.
YOU SHOULD SERIOUSLY
WRITE A BOOK.
YOU KNOW,
I JUST MAY DO THAT.
I’M GONNA START
HUNTING A CAB.
SATURDAY NIGHTS
ARE TOUGH.
YOU DON’T RIDE SHARE?
NO, SCOTT DOESN’T LIKE
TO DOWNLOAD APPS.
THIS GUY’S JUST GETTING
BETTER AND BETTER.
OK, SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS
THINK OF SCOTT?
HONESTLY.
HONESTLY?
I THINK HE’S
TERRIFIC.
YOU DO?
I DO.
I KNOW HE’S NOT
UP-TO-DATE ON TRUE
CRIME AUTHORS,
BUT WE JUST--WE CLICK.
TAXI’S WAITING.
I LOVE YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU.
AS YOU CAN SEE,
PORTIA’S OVER HER
DAVID ROSSI ISSUES.
AND I WASN’T KIDDING
ABOUT HER NEW GUY.
SCOTT’S GREAT.
IT WAS IMPORTANT
FOR PORTIA TO
HEAR YOU SAY THAT.
I THINK THAT’S WHY SHE CALLED
YOU TO COME TO NEW YORK.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO STEP IN
AS SUBSTITUTE FATHER?
I’M FLATTERED,
THOUGH THE IRONY OF
ANYONE ASKING ME
FOR ROMANTIC ADVICE...
YOU’VE HAD YOUR SHARE
OF ROMANCE.
THERE’S BEEN AT LEAST 3 WOMEN
THAT SAW YOU AS
HUSBAND MATERIAL.
YEAH, WELL, WE’VE ALL
SEEN HOW THAT TURNED OUT.
HAVE WE?
WELL, THAT’S A SUBJECT
THAT BEARS FURTHER
DISCUSSION.
CARE FOR A NIGHTCAP?
♪ BACK FOR MORE ♪
♪ COMING BACK FOR MORE ♪
WOMAN: SERIOUSLY,
THIS IS BEYOND GROSS.
WHO LEAVES DIRTY
DISHES IN THE SINK?
I KNOW WE BOUGHT
THIS HOUSE AS IT,
BUT COME ON.
MAN: I DON’T THINK
THIS WALL IS LOAD-BEARING, HON.
WE CAN KNOCK IT OUT,
BUILD THE BABY’S NURSERY
IN THIS DIRECTION.
I GUESS.
HEY, WHAT’S
THE MATTER?
YOU SURE WE DID
THE RIGHT THING?
BUYING THIS PLACE,
I MEAN.
IT’S KIND OF CREEPY.
WE WANTED A PLACE
TO MAKE OUR OWN,
REMEMBER?
COME ON, BABE.
WE’RE GOING TO
BE HAPPY HERE.
I PROMISE.
I HOPE YOU’RE RIGHT.
WHAT THE HELL?
THERE A HAZMAT SUIT
ANYWHERE AROUND HERE?
BEN?
YOU OK?
AAH!
[DISHES SHATTER]
[SIGHS]
I’M SORRY I’M LATE.
NEVER LIVE WHERE
YOUR COMMUTE
INVOLVES A BRIDGE.
IT’S OK. I WAS JUST
GOING THROUGH
POTENTIAL CASES.
HEY, I MEANT IT WHEN
I SAID YOU SHOULD TAKE
SOME TIME OFF.
YOU’VE JUST BEEN
THROUGH A LOT.
THAT’S LIKE
THE JOB DESCRIPTION
OF EVERYBODY
WHO WORKS HERE.
"MUST GO THROUGH A LOT."
I’M OK.
THAT JUST CAME IN.
A MUMMY?
YEAH, THEY FOUND IT
INSIDE OF A WALL
IN A CABIN OUTSIDE
VARNVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY THINK IT’S
REALLY OLD.
WELL, IT’S NOT SOMETHING
YOU SEE EVERY DAY,
BUT IT SOUNDS MORE
LIKE A COLD CASE.
THAT’S A NO THEN.
HEY, WAIT A SECOND.
ROSSI’S STILL IN
SAVANNAH, ISN’T HE?
UH-HUH. HE COMES
BACK TODAY.
AND HOW FAR IS VARNVILLE
FROM THE MAIN HIGHWAY?
NOT FAR, LIKE 10 MILES.
OK. WELL, MAYBE HE CAN
SWING BY ON HIS WAY OUT,
TAKE A LOOK,
ADVISE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ON HOW TO PROCEED.
NO PROBLEM, EMILY.
I WAS JUST GETTING
READY TO CHECK OUT.
DAVID, BEFORE
YOU DROP ME--
SHH, SHH, SHH.
UH, YEAH, HAVE GARCIA SEND ME
THE CONTACT INFORMATION
AND I’LL COORDINATE
FROM THE ROAD.
I’LL CHECK IN
WHEN I GET THERE.
OK.
DID YOU JUST SHUSH ME?
I’M SORRY.
THAT WAS EMILY.
OH. YEAH, YOU DON’T WANT
YOUR BOSS TO KNOW
YOU HAVE A WOMAN
IN A HOTEL ROOM.
WHAT I DON’T WANT IS
THE WHOLE TEAM
WEIGHING IN JUST YET.
THEY TEND TO HAVE
A PROPRIETARY INTEREST
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
IN MY LOVE LIFE.
[RING]
MM-HMM. OH.
[RING]
SHH.
PORTIA.
UH, YEAH, I’M LEAVING
FOR THE AIRPORT NOW.
SAVANNAH IS LOVELY.
LOT OF WORK, BUT I
MANAGED TO SQUEEZE IN
A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.
[LAUGHS] YES.
I’LL CALL YOU WHEN
I LAND AT JFK.
BYE.
[ZIPS SUITCASE]
SO YOU DON’T WANT
YOUR DAUGHTER TO KNOW
YOU HAVE A MAN
IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM.
DAVID ROSSI IS
A TOUCHY SUBJECT
RIGHT NOW.
WHY?
WELL, THE LAST TIME THE
3 OF US WERE TOGETHER,
YOU LOBBED A GRENADE
INTO HER WEDDING PLANS.
SHE WAS ABOUT TO MARRY
AN ABUSIVE CON MAN.
OK, A GRENADE THAT
NEEDED TO BE LOBBED.
I KNOW THAT
AND SHE KNOWS THAT.
BUT THE WOUNDS ARE
A LITTLE FRESH RIGHT NOW,
THAT’S ALL.
WHICH MEANS SHE DOESN’T
APPRECIATE YOU SLEEPING
WITH THE ENEMY.
STOP IT.
SHE DOESN’T THINK THAT
YOU’RE THE ENEMY.
MMM.
SHE JUST MET A NEW GUY,
THE FIRST ONE THAT
SHE’S BEEN INTERESTED IN
SINCE THE BREAKUP.
THAT’S GREAT.
SO MAYBE JUST FOR
A LITTLE BIT,
WE KEEP THIS ON
THE DOWNLOW.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I APPRECIATE THE HELP,
AGENT ROSSI.
NOBODY’S TOUCHED
A THING, LIKE YOU ASKED.
IS THE CORONER EN ROUTE
FROM CHARLESTON YET?
THEY SHOULD BE HERE
ANY MINUTE.
THE CADAVER DOG
JUST ARRIVED.
MAN: GET TO WORK.
LET’S GO.
WHO WERE
THE PREVIOUS OWNERS?
THAT’D BE KARL
AND DOROTHY ELGIN.
HERMITS.
BUILT THE PLACE
BACK IN THE SIXTIES
AND JUST HOLED UP.
THEY STILL AROUND?
OH, KARL DIED
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,
AND DOROTHY’S BEEN PUT
IN A NURSING HOME.
FROM WHAT I HEAR,
SHE’S PRETTY MUCH
LOST HER MARBLES.
[DOG BARKING]
CAN’T IMAGINE WHO
THE BODY COULD BE.
I MEAN, NOBODY’S
BEEN REPORTED MISSING
AROUND THESE PARTS
THAT I CAN REMEMBER.
[DOG BARKING]
[WHIMPERING]
DOG LOOKS LIKE
IT’S CONFUSED.
THE DOG’S NOT CONFUSED,
IT’S OVERWHELMED.
[BARKING]
[WHIMPERING]
[BARKING]
ROSSI: "MEMORY IS
A CRAZY WOMAN
THAT HOARDS COLORED RAGS
AND THROWS AWAY FOOD."
AUSTIN O’MALLEY.
JJ: SO AS FAR AS
ANYONE KNOWS,
KARL AND DOROTHY
ELGIN LIVED
TOTALLY ISOLATED.
NO KIDS, NO FAMILY,
NO FRIENDS.
50 YEARS. I MEAN,
THEY HAD TO HAVE
SOME INTERACTION
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
5 BODIES AND COUNTING,
ALL YOUNG FEMALES.
CORONER SAYS THE VICTIMS
HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
ARE WE LOOKING AT
A HUSBAND AND WIFE
KILLING TEAM HERE?
IT’S RARE,
BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.
IN ENGLAND,
ROSEMARY WEST ASSISTED
HER HUSBAND FRED
IN THE MURDER OF
12 INDIVIDUALS
OVER A 20-YEAR SPAN
WITHOUT DETECTION.
DOROTHY ELGIN COULD
BE A HOMEGROWN VERSION
OF THAT--
FEMALE ACCOMMODATING
THE PSYCHOPATHIC
URGES OF THE MAN.
OK, BUT WHY MUMMIFY?
FORENSIC COUNTERMEASURE,
MAYBE?
HMM. THROWING THE BODIES
IN A SWAMP WOULD HAVE BEEN
A BETTER FORENSIC
COUNTERMEASURE.
LUKE’S RIGHT. IT WAS
A DELIBERATE CHOICE
TO PRESERVE
THOSE CORPSES,
KEEP THE VICTIMS
CLOSE TO HOME.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE
THE KILLER THOUGHT
HE WAS SENDING
THE BODIES INTO
THE FUTURE.
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
BELIEVED THE SOULS
OF THE DECEASED
WOULD RETURN
FROM THE AFTERLIFE
TO RE-INHABIT THEIR
ORIGINAL BODIES,
SO THE HUMAN FORM
WAS KEPT IN TACT
AND RECOGNIZABLE.
THERE’S ALSO A LITERAL
COVERING UP OF THE CRIME HERE,
AND THAT SAYS REMORSE.
MATT, JJ, GO TO
THE LOCAL SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT,
HELP THEM PREPARE
FOR THE MEDIA FRENZY
THAT’S COMING DOWN
THE PIKE.
LUKE, YOU AND I WILL
MEET ROSSI AT
THE CRIME SCENE.
REID, TARA, GO TO
THE NURSING HOME,
SEE IF YOU CAN TALK
TO DOROTHY ELGIN.
IF ANYONE KNOWS THE SECRETS
OF THAT HOUSE, IT’S HER.
WOMAN: MRS. ELGIN WAS
COMMITTED HERE 3 MONTHS AGO.
SHE WAS FOUND WANDERING
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
AND THE DIAGNOSIS
WAS DEMENTIA?
THAT’S RIGHT.
HONESTLY, I DON’T
KNOW HOW MUCH LUCK
Y’ALL ARE GONNA HAVE
TALKING TO HER.
MRS. ELGIN DRIFTS
IN AND OUT.
DID SHE BRING ANY
PERSONAL POSSESSIONS
WITH HER?
SHE HAD A BAG WITH
SOME SMALL ITEMS
WHEN THE POLICE
FOUND HER.
I BELIEVE THEY’RE
STILL IN HER ROOM
IF YOU WANT TO
TAKE A LOOK.
WHAT ABOUT
VISITORS?
NOT A ONE.
IT’S SAD, REALLY.
MRS. ELGIN, THERE’S
SOME PEOPLE HERE TO SEE YOU.
DOROTHY, HI.
I’M TARA.
THIS IS
MY FRIEND REID.
WE WERE HOPING TO
MAYBE TALK TO YOU
ABOUT YOUR OLD HOUSE.
WE THINK SOMETHING
BAD HAPPENED THERE.
MAYBE WITH YOUR HELP,
WE COULD FIX IT.
ROSSI: GOOD.
YOU FOUND IT OK.
HOW MANY VICTIMS
ARE WE UP TO?
7, IN THE WALLS
AND UNDER THE FLOOR.
THEY FOUND THIS BOX
FILLED WITH KNICKKNACKS
NEXT TO ONE OF
THE BODIES.
SOUVENIRS OF THEIR VICTIMS.
WE SHOULD GET
DESCRIPTIONS OF
THESE ITEMS
OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
IT MIGHT JOG
SOMEONE’S MEMORY.
DR. CALDWELL, THIS IS
SSA PRENTISS AND SSA ALVEZ.
DR. CALDWELL’S WITH
THE CHARLESTON
CORONER’S OFFICE.
SHE CAME UP
TO HELP US OUT.
YEAH, LOCAL M.E.’s
NOT EQUIPPED
TO HANDLE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
SO I’M HAVING THE REMAINS
TAKEN BACK TO OUR FACILITIES.
DO WE KNOW HOW LONG
THE BODIES HAVE BEEN HERE?
BALLPARK, 20 YEARS.
SOME LONGER, SOME SHORTER.
THIS ALL SEEMS
FAIRLY SOPHISTICATED.
IT IS.
THE INTERNAL ORGANS
WEREN’T REMOVED
AS WITH A TRUE
MUMMIFICATION,
BUT THE BODIES WERE TREATED
BEFORE BEING WRAPPED
AND THEN SALTED.
THAT’S WHY THERE’S
NO DISCERNIBLE ODOR.
THOSE LOOK LIKE THE
TEETH OF A METH ADDICT.
THESE WOMEN PROBABLY
ALL LIVED HIGH-RISK
LIFESTYLES--
DRUG ADDICTS,
PROSTITUTES, RUNAWAYS.
EXPLAINS WHY THEY MIGHT
VANISH FOR DECADES
AND NOBODY KNOWS
OR CARES.
SOMEBODY CARED.
THE VICTIMS’ CLOTHES
WERE MENDED,
CAREFULLY SEWN,
AND KEPT IN GOOD REPAIR.
MAN: DR. CALDWELL,
YOU BETTER COME
LOOK AT THIS.
THESE VICTIMS DON’T
LOOK AS OLD.
CALDWELL: THEY AREN’T.
THEY’VE BEEN DEAD
LESS THAN A YEAR.
MEANING AFTER
KARL DIED
AND DOROTHY BECAME
AN INVALID.
THIS COLD CASE
JUST GOT HOT.
WE’VE GOT AN ACTIVE UNSUB.
FIND ANYTHING
IN HER ROOM?
JUST THE ITEMS
SHE HAD WITH HER
WHEN SHE WAS PICKED UP--
[PHONE BEEPS]
A HAND MIRROR,
A DECK OF CARDS,
AND A HAIRBRUSH.
PRENTISS.
DOROTHY, I WAS HOPING
MAYBE WE COULD TALK
ABOUT SOMETHING
ELSE, OK?
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER
YOUR HUSBAND PASSED?
DID ANYONE NEW
EVER COME OUT--
IT WON’T WORK.
EXCUSE ME?
IT WON’T WORK.
IT’S NOT THE SAME.
WHAT IS NOT THE SAME?
IT’S NOT THE SAME!
OK, DOROTHY,
IT’S ALL RIGHT.
WE BELIEVE YOU.
[CAR BEEPS]
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
ARE THE BODIES RECOGNIZABLE?
MS. UNDERWOOD--
BECAUSE ON THE NEWS
THEY SAID THEY WERE PRESERVED.
IT’S BEST TO WAIT
UNTIL DNA CAN--
I’M NOT AFRAID TO LOOK.
I DON’T CARE HOW
AWFUL IT IS.
DARIA WAS MY ONLY SISTER.
THE DAY SHE RAN AWAY
I WAS IN SCHOOL,
SEVENTH GRADE.
I DIDN’T EVEN GET
A CHANCE TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
[SOBBING]
I KNOW WHAT
YOU’RE FEELING.
BELIEVE ME, I DO.
LOOK, I HAVE YOUR
CONTACT INFORMATION.
IF WE GET ANY NEWS,
I’LL BE IN TOUCH, OK?
THIS WAY, MA’AM.
THANK YOU.
[SIGHS]
TOUGH SITUATION.
HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET
SOME ANSWERS SOON.
WELL, WE’VE IDENTIFIED
THE TWO LATEST VICTIMS--
JUNE BERKHOLT
AND AMY SANDERS,
BOTH IN THEIR FORTIES.
ABDUCTED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
WHILE DOING ERRANDS.
ANYWAY, PRENTISS WANTS US
TO DRIVE TO CHARLESTON
TO SEE WHAT ELSE
THE M.E. HAS.
HELP ME!
HELP ME!
PLEASE!
[CLANGING]
[WHIMPERING]
[KEYS JINGLE, DOOR UNLOCKS]
[DOOR CREAKS]
[GROANS] JUST ANOTHER
DAY AT THE OFFICE.
MAMA ALWAYS SAID I SHOULD
HAVE STUDIED ACCOUNTING.
IT’S PROBABLY EASIEST
IF WE LOOKED AT THESE
AS TWO SEPARATE,
DISTINCT CRIMES--
THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.
SIMPLICITY’S GOOD.
FIRE AWAY.
LET’S START WITH
THE 7 VICTIMS
FROM THE PAST.
ALL WERE FEMALE
CAUCASIANS
IN THEIR LATE TEENS
TO MID-TWENTIES,
BRUNETTES, SMALL BONED,
AROUND 5’6," 5’7".
THEY WERE KILLED OVER
A PERIOD OF TWO DECADES,
ROUGHLY 1988 TO 2008.
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED?
NO. NO SIGNS OF RAPE,
TORTURE, OR PROLONGED
CONFINEMENT.
JJ: WHAT ABOUT C.O.D.?
POISON.
THAT SKEWS FEMALE.
PUTS DOROTHY SOLIDLY
IN THE PICTURE.
NOW FOR THE PRESENT.
TWO LATEST VICTIMS
RANGED IN AGE
FROM 42 TO 46 AND HAD
A ROUGHER TIME OF IT.
THEY BOTH SUFFERED
BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA
TO THE HEAD.
WE’RE DEFINITELY DEALING
WITH TWO DIFFERENT
KILLERS HERE.
AN OFFENDER’S SIGNATURE
WOULDN’T DEVIATE
THAT DRAMATICALLY.
YEAH, THERE IS
A LOT MORE ANGER
IN OUR ACTIVE UNSUB.
AND SADISM.
I FOUND INSULATION RESIDUE
IN THE VICTIM’S LUNGS.
SO THE WOMEN WERE
ENTOMBED WHILE THEY
WERE STILL ALIVE.
OUR UNSUB HAS TO BE
SOMEONE CLOSE
TO THE ELGINS.
HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH
THE EARLIER KILLINGS
AND TRIED TO EMULATE THEM.
ALVEZ: A FRIEND, MAYBE,
OR A FAMILY MEMBER
WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT.
OK, LET’S TAKE A STEP BACK
AND REVIEW WHAT WE’VE
GOT SO FAR.
KARL ELGIN BEGAN KILLING
YOUNG RUNAWAY TYPES
STARTING BACK IN
THE EIGHTIES.
BROUGHT THEM BACK TO
THE HOUSE USING SOME
SORT OF RUSE,
A HOT MEAL,
ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.
SO MANY VICTIMS OVER
SUCH A LONG TIME SPAN,
DOROTHY HAD TO BE
COMPLICIT.
MORE THAN THAT, MAYBE.
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN
CALLING THE SHOTS,
REINING IN THE MORE
VIOLENT TENDENCIES
OF HER HUSBAND.
NOW FAST FORWARD
TO PRESENT DAY,
AND YEARS AFTER KARL’S
LAST VICTIM,
TWO MORE WOMEN ARE KILLED
IN THE SPAN OF 12 MONTHS.
MURDERS THAT
COINCIDENTALLY STARTED
SHORTLY AFTER KARL DIED.
GARCIA.
DIGAME.
HAVE YOU FOUND ANY
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
TWO WOMEN WE JUST ID’d?
NO, I HAVE NOT.
BOTH WERE MARRIED
AND HAD CHILDREN,
PARTICIPATED IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THEY BOTH SEEM LIKE
MODEL CITIZENS.
TWO WOMEN LIKE THAT
GO MISSING IN LESS
THAN A YEAR
AND NOBODY DOWN HERE
CONNECTS THE DOTS?
LEWIS: YOU’RE PRETTY
GREAT AT THAT.
MY AUNT LOVED TO SEW.
I WAS A TOMBOY,
ALWAYS TEARING
MY JEANS,
AND SHE WOULD
MEND THEM,
MAKE THEM GOOD AS NEW.
NOW, DOROTHY, YOU CAN
BE TRUTHFUL WITH US
ABOUT KARL AND THE GIRLS.
WE KNOW YOU CARED ABOUT THEM.
THAT’S WHY YOU FIXED
THEIR CLOTHING.
I’M SORRY, BUT IT’S TIME
FOR MRS. ELGIN’S MEDICINE.
DOROTHY, YOU SAID
SOMETHING EARLIER.
"IT WON’T WORK.
IT’S NOT THE SAME."
WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
DID I SAY THAT?
YOU DON’T REMEMBER?
NO.
I’LL BRING HER BACK
IN A FEW MINUTES
IF YOU’D LIKE TO WAIT.
SOMETHING’S
GOING ON WITH HER.
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
NURSE:
NO! NO!
CALL 9-1-1.
MAN: SOMEBODY HELP.
HELP HER.
ALL RIGHT, YEAH.
THANKS.
[SIGHS]
DOROTHY DIED ON
THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
WHATEVER SHE KNEW
DIED WITH HER.
I CAN’T BELIEVE
SHE DID THAT.
WELL, MAYBE THE GUILT
GOT TO BE TOO MUCH FOR HER.
IS THAT EVERYTHING?
THERE’S NOTHING ELSE?
THOSE ARE THE ONLY ITEMS
SHE BROUGHT FROM HER HOUSE.
ALL RIGHT, DOROTHY WAS
PICKED UP BY THE POLICE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
SHE WAS BROUGHT HERE,
WENT TO BED,
BUT SHE WASN’T PROCESSED
UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING.
SO SHE HAD A SMALL WINDOW
OF UNSUPERVISED TIME.
WHAT’S THE ONE THING
WE KNOW FOR SURE
ABOUT THE ELGINS?
THEY LIKE TO HIDE THINGS.
YEAH.
JEWELRY, KEYCHAINS,
BODIES, YOU KNOW,
THE IMPORTANT STUFF.
OLD HABITS DIE HARD.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WE COULD TALK.
IT’D BE NICE.
I...
JUST TELL ME WHAT
YOU’RE WRITING THERE.
[GRUNTS]
YOU’RE SCARING ME.
[EXHALES]
[GRUNTS]
THE VICTIMS PROBABLY
WROTE THESE.
WE’RE HAVING FORENSICS
EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING
OF THE ENVELOPES.
PRENTISS: AT LEAST NOW
WE HAVE NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
LET’S SEE IF GARCIA
CAN TRACK DOWN
THE INTENDED RECIPIENTS.
WHY WRITE LETTERS THAT
NEVER EVEN GOT MAILED?
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WAY
FOR KARL AND DOROTHY
TO PSYCHOLOGICALLY
CONTROL THEIR VICTIMS,
ALLOW THEM TO WRITE
LETTERS TO LOVED ONES,
GIVE THEM A SENSE
OF BEING IN A SAFE
AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT.
WHICH MAKES
THE BEHAVIORAL PROFILE
LESS SOCIOPATHIC,
ODDLY ENOUGH.
HOW COME?
TO USE PARENTAL LOVE
AS A MANIPULATING DEVICE
MEANS THEY HAVE
AN UNDERSTANDING OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY.
MOST SOCIOPATHS DON’T.
BY DEFINITION,
THEY LACK THE SENSE
OF HUMAN CONNECTEDNESS
THE REST OF US FEEL.
THE ELGINS MUST HAVE
EXPERIENCED IT FIRST HAND.
SHERIFF: I DON’T SEE
HOW THEY COULD.
KARL AND DOROTHY
DIDN’T HAVE ANY KIDS.
WAS THAT EVER VERIFIED?
WELL, I’D DRIVE OUT
THERE NOW AND THEN
JUST TO CHECK IN
ON THEM,
AND I NEVER SAW
ANOTHER SOUL BESIDES
KARL AND DOROTHY.
SHERIFF, HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD THE SAYING,
DOES A TREE FALLING
IN AN EMPTY FOREST
MAKE A SOUND?
IT’S A METAPHYSICAL RIDDLE
ABOUT UNPERCEIVED EXISTENCE.
THE ANSWER’S LARGELY
DEPENDENT ON WHETHER
YOU SUBSCRIBE TO
SUBSTANCE OR BUNDLE THEORY.
IN THIS CASE, I BELIEVE
AGENT PRENTISS
IS SAYING THAT, YES,
THE TREE DOES MAKE A SOUND.
PRENTISS: THANK YOU.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
AUTOPSY ON DOROTHY ELGIN
REVEALS AT SOME POINT
IN HER LIFE SHE
DID GIVE BIRTH.
I’LL BE DAMNED.
WITH THE RECENT KILLINGS,
THE SIGNATURE CHANGED.
ALL THE FEMININE
ASPECTS WENT AWAY.
WHAT IF DOROTHY
HAD A SON?
HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT
THE EARLIER KILLINGS,
MAYBE EVEN WITNESSED THEM.
AND THEN WHEN
THE PATRIARCH DIED,
HE WAS THERE TO
PICK UP THE TORCH.
DOROTHY DIDN’T COMMIT
SUICIDE FROM GUILT.
IT WAS TO PROTECT
THE PERSON SHE KNEW
OR SUSPECTED
MIGHT BE BEHIND
THE CURRENT MURDERS--
HER OWN CHILD.
IN HER DEMENTIA,
SHE COULDN’T TRUST WHAT
SHE MIGHT LET SLIP.
SO RATHER THAN RISK
INCRIMINATING HER OWN BOY,
SHE TOOK HERSELF
OUT OF THE PICTURE.
OK, A LOCAL WOMAN
NAMED MARY BREWER
WAS JUST REPORTED MISSING.
40 YEARS OLD,
BRUNETTE, 5’6".
WELL, THE SON’S
VICTIMOLOGY MATCHES
THAT OF THE FATHER’S
IN TERMS OF TYPE,
BUT HE HIS AGING
THE WOMEN UP.
SO IF THE EARLIER
VICTIMS WOULD HAVE LIVED,
THEY’D BE THE AGE
OF THE CURRENT VICTIMS.
THESE SURROGATES MUST
MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS
TO THE TWO DIFFERENT
KILLERS.
OK, WELL, FORENSICS JUST
FINISHED UP WITH THE ENVELOPES.
[GRUNTING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
DON’T, PLEASE.
[SOBBING]
[WHIMPERING]
SING ME A SONG.
WHAT?
[SOBBING]
I’M SAD.
♪ HUSH, LITTLE BABY ♪
♪ DON’T SAY A WORD ♪
♪ MAMA’S GONNA BUY YOU
A MOCKINGBIRD ♪
♪ IF THAT MOCKINGBIRD
WON’T SING ♪
♪ MAMA’S GONNA BUY YOU
A DIAMOND RING ♪
♪ IF THAT DIAMOND RING
GETS BROKE ♪
♪ MAMA’S GONNA BUY YOU
A BILLY GOAT ♪
SIMMONS: WORDS FROM
THE GRAVE.
OUR UNSUB’S IDENTITY
COULD BE HIDDEN IN HERE.
[SIGHS]
LET’S DO IT.
"DEAR, MOM AND DAD,
IT’S ME DELTA.
GETTING THIS LETTER,
YOU MUST BE SHOCKED."
WOMAN, VOICE-OVER:
I DON’T THINK I EVER WROTE
ANYTHING TO YOU BEFORE.
I’M STAYING WITH A NICE
OLDER COUPLE I MET
WHEN I WAS HITCHHIKING.
WE PLAY CARDS AND THINGS.
I’M GETTING HEALTHY.
THERE’S A POND WHERE KARL’S
TEACHING ME HOW TO FISH.
HE’S SO NICE.
"KARL IS DOROTHY’S HUSBAND."
SECOND WOMAN, VOICE-OVER:
DON’T WORRY BECAUSE
THEY TREAT ME
JUST LIKE I WAS
THEIR OWN DAUGHTER.
I’LL BE COMING HOME
NEXT WEEK.
HONEST.
THIRD WOMAN, VOICE-OVER:
PLEASE DON’T BE MAD
WHEN YOU SEE ME.
JUST HOLD ME.
I LOVE YOU.
THEY HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WAS IN STORE.
[SIGHS] THE COMMON REFRAIN
IS "THEY TREATED ME LIKE
I WAS THEIR OWN DAUGHTER."
WELL, MAYBE THAT’S
WHAT THE ABDUCTIONS
WERE ALL ABOUT.
KARL AND DOROTHY,
THEY HAD A SON,
MAYBE THEY WANTED
TO ADD A DAUGHTER.
BUILDING A FAMILY?
OK, WE NEED TO GO WIDER.
WE’RE HERE TODAY TO ENLIST
THE HELP OF THE PUBLIC
IN FINDING MARY BREWER.
PRENTISS: THE PERSON WE
BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR TAKING MARY IS A MAN
WITH A CLOSE CONNECTION
TO KARL AND DOROTHY ELGIN,
THE COUPLE SUSPECTED
IN THE MURDERS
OF 7 OTHER WOMEN
MANY YEARS AGO.
SIMMONS: THERE’S EVIDENCE
THAT THE COUPLE MAY HAVE
HAD A CHILD.
AND GIVEN THAT THE KILLINGS
PROFILE STRONGLY AS MALE,
WE COULD BE LOOKING AT
A HERETOFORE UNKNOWN SON.
WE’RE HOPING OTHERS
MIGHT HAVE HAD CONTACT
WITH THE FAMILY
AND SURVIVED.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE
WE’RE REACHING OUT TO.
[CLANG]
SIMMONS: THIS KILLER
IS NOT CRIMINALLY SOPHISTICATED,
AND HE’S ABDUCTING
HIGH-PROFILE TARGETS
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
THIS IS AN INDICATOR
THAT THE PERSON WE’RE
SEARCHING FOR
MAY BE DEVOLVING.
THIS MAKES HIM SIGNIFICANTLY
MORE DANGEROUS.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
TO FIND MARY BREWER,
BUT ALSO TO GIVE LOVED ONES
OF THE EARLIER VICTIMS
THE CLOSURE THEY DESERVE.
JJ: WE URGE ANYONE
WHO MAY HAVE PERTINENT
INFORMATION
TO CONTACT THE FBI
AT THE NUMBER PROVIDED.
THANK YOU.
[GASPS]
I’M NOT HUNGRY.
IT’S NOT FOR YOU.
YOU WANT ME
TO FEED YOU?
A PLANE.
WHAT?
MAKE IT A PLANE...
FLYING IN.
[MAKING AIRPLANE SOUNDS]
HERE IT COMES.
CLOSE YOUR EYES.
OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
INTO THE HANGAR.
[IMITATES PLANE]
UHH!
[GROANING]
[GASPING]
WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME?!
MARY BREWER’S HUSBAND’S
ON HIS WAY IN,
AND WE GOT AN APB OUT
ON HER VEHICLE RIGHT NOW.
MEDIA OUTREACH IS WORKING.
NOW IT’S JUST A MATTER
OF SORTING THROUGH
WHICH LEADS ARE REAL
AND WHICH AREN’T.
UNFORTUNATELY, GARCIA’S
NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK
WITH THE LETTERS.
THE INTENDED RECIPIENTS
HAVE EITHER PASSED AWAY
OR MOVED ELSEWHERE.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
EXCUSE ME, AGENTS.
THIS WOMAN SAYS IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT SHE TALK
TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
I’M AGENT PRENTISS.
THIS IS AGENT SIMMONS.
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
KARL AND DOROTHY ELGIN,
THEY DIDN’T HAVE A SON.
OK. AND YOU KNOW
THIS HOW?
I GREW UP IN THAT HOUSE.
KARL AND DOROTHY ELGIN
WERE MY PARENTS.
APPARENTLY SHE RAN
AWAY FROM HOME WHEN
SHE WAS 16
AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.
THINK SHE’S LEGIT
OR JUST SOMEBODY
LOOKING FOR THEIR
15 MINUTES OF FAME?
SHERIFF SAID SHE WAS
ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE
ELGINS’ HOUSE IN DETAIL.
WOMAN: MY MOM AND DAD
WEREN’T NORMAL,
I ALWAYS KNEW THAT,
BUT THEY WEREN’T KILLERS.
NOT NORMAL HOW?
IT WAS JUST THEM.
ALL THEY EVER TALKED
ABOUT WAS GETTING
AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
IS THAT WHY YOU RAN AWAY?
YEAH. I MEAN,
I HAD NO FRIENDS,
WASN’T EVEN ALLOWED
TO GO INTO TOWN.
TOWARDS THE END,
I’D SNEAK AWAY AT NIGHT,
HANG OUT WITH KIDS
MY OWN AGE.
AND DO WHAT?
TALK, DRINK BEER.
WHAT NORMAL
TEENAGERS DO.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE
TO LEAVE FOR GOOD?
ONE DAY I JUST
OPENED THE DOOR
AND WALKED OUT
AND NEVER CAME BACK.
MOVED TO GEORGIA,
GOT MYSELF A NEW LIFE.
MARRIED, TWO KIDS.
LEEANNE,
WERE YOU THERE WHEN
YOUR PARENTS STARTED
MURDERING THOSE GIRLS?
THAT’S WHAT I’M
TRYING TO TELL YOU.
THEY COULDN’T HAVE
DONE ALL THE THINGS
PEOPLE ARE SAYING.
IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE,
SOME OTHER MONSTER.
MARY: I’M SORRY.
LET ME PUT A BANDAGE
ON YOUR HEAD.
I’LL--I’LL TAKE
CARE OF YOU.
I PROMISE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[WHIMPERS]
NO!
SO IT WASN’T ABOUT
CREATING A DAUGHTER.
THEY WERE TRYING TO
REPLACE THE DAUGHTER
THEY’D LOST.
YOU KNOW, LEEANNE’S
5’7", BRUNETTE,
SMALL BONED.
YEAH, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING
STILL NOT SITTING RIGHT.
A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL ONE DAY
WALKS AWAY FROM THE ONLY
WORLD SHE’S EVER KNOWN,
NO MONEY,
NO RESOURCES, NOTHING.
THERE’S MORE TO THIS
THAN RUN-OF-THE-MILL
TEENAGE ANGST.
YEAH, SOMETHING
TRIGGERED HER DECISION.
[BEEP]
ROSSI: PENELOPE.
DAVID.
LEEANNE GARRITY
RAN AWAY FROM HOME
IN EITHER THE SPRING
OR SUMMER OF 1988.
DID ANYTHING UNUSUAL
HAPPEN IN THE AREA BACK THEN?
I AM A FIRM BELIEVER
THAT UNUSUAL
LIES IN THE BRAIN
OF THE BEHOLDER.
HAVING SAID THAT,
THE MAJORITY OF BRAINS
WOULD SAY THAT THIS QUALIFIES.
JUNE 5, 1988, LOCAL FARMER
NAMED ROGER MILBURN
KILLED HIS WIFE
AND HIS TEENAGE SON
BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE.
IT WAS HUGE LOCAL NEWS
AT THE TIME.
ROSSI: THANK YOU.
[BEEP]
LEEANNE MUST HAVE
HEARD ABOUT THAT.
IF SHE WAS IN DENIAL
ABOUT HER PARENTS’
HOMICIDAL TENDENCIES,
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
ONE HELL OF A WAKEUP CALL.
YEAH, SHE COULD HAVE
FEARED THE SAME THING
HAPPENING TO HER.
JJ, CAN YOU
AND THE BOY GENIUS
TAKE A LOOK AT WHATEVER
THEY MAY HAVE ON FILE
ABOUT THAT OLD CASE?
YEAH, YOU GOT IT.
OK, SO THIS IS EVERYTHING
COLLECTED FROM THE MILBURN
CRIME SCENE?
YES, MA’AM.
JJ, LOOK AT THIS.
YEAH, THAT DOESN’T TRACK.
WHAT DOESN’T?
BULLET TRAJECTORIES,
BODY ANGLES,
AND BLOOD SPATTER
ARE NOT CONSISTENT
WITH A MURDER-SUICIDE.
WERE ROGER MILBURN’S
HANDS EVER TESTED
FOR GUN POWDER RESIDUE?
NO, MA’AM. IT SEEMED
LIKE AN OPEN-AND-SHUT
CASE BACK THEN.
THIS CRIME SCENE WAS STAGED.
SOMEONE ELSE KILLED THIS FAMILY.
JJ: IT WAS JUST A MOTHER,
FATHER, AND TEENAGE SON
LIVING AT THE MILBURN
HOUSE, CORRECT?
NO ONE ELSE?
THAT’S RIGHT.
WHAT WERE THEY DOING
WITH A BABY BOTTLE?
WHERE DID THE MILBURNS LIVE?
UH...
RIGHT THERE.
THAT’S RIGHT NEXT
TO THE ELGIN PROPERTY.
LEWIS: YOU WEREN’T
ENTIRELY TRUTHFUL
WITH US, LEEANNE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THOSE NIGHTS THAT
YOU WENT SNEAKING OUT,
THERE WAS ONLY ONE KID
THAT YOU WENT TO HANG
OUT WITH, RIGHT?
AND YOU DIDN’T JUST
DRINK BEER.
YOU GOT PREGNANT.
NO.
WHERE DID YOU--
THE MILBURN FAMILY.
THEY LIVED CLOSE BY.
THEIR TEENAGE SON STEVE,
HE WAS ABOUT YOUR AGE, RIGHT?
ALVEZ: HE’S THE ONE YOU
WERE SNEAKING OUT TO SEE.
I DIDN’T MEAN
FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
DID YOUR PARENTS KNOW?
I HAD THE BABY
AT THE HOUSE.
IN SECRET.
LEWIS: AND WHAT ABOUT STEVE?
NOBODY KNEW.
MY MOM AND DAD SAID
THEY’D RAISE THE BABY
THEMSELVES,
BUT IT ONLY
MADE THEM CRAZIER.
I’D EVEN GET TIED
TO THE BED SOMETIMES
TO MAKE SURE I WOULDN’T
GO RUNNING OFF AGAIN.
BUT YOU DID ANYWAY.
ONE NIGHT I HAD A CHANCE,
SO I TOOK MY LITTLE BOY
AND I RAN.
I DROPPED HIM OFF
AT HIS DADDY’S
AND KEPT GOING.
WHY? WHY LEAVE
YOUR BABY BEHIND?
THAT WASN’T MY PLAN.
BUT STEVE’S MOM AND DAD,
THEY DIDN’T WANT NOTHING
TO DO WITH ME
OR MY FAMILY.
THEY KNEW MY MOM AND DAD
WERE KIND OF CRAZY.
AND THE BABY WAS
THEIR GRANDSON, TOO.
THEY SAID THEY’D TAKE
HIM AND RAISE HIM PROPER,
BUT ONLY IF I WENT AWAY.
SO I LEFT.
WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT?
IN WAS IN THE EVIDENCE BOX
FROM THE MILBURN CRIME SCENE.
CRIME SCENE? WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT?
LEEANNE, SHORTLY AFTER
YOU RAN AWAY,
THE MILBURN FAMILY
WAS KILLED.
MY BABY?
HE WASN’T THERE.
THERE WAS THE MOTHER,
THE FATHER, AND STEVE.
POLICE RULED IT
A MURDER-SUICIDE.
LEWIS: EXCEPT THAT IT WASN’T.
WE BELIEVE THAT YOUR FATHER
CAME LOOKING FOR HIS GRANDSON
AND THEN TOOK HIM
BY FORCE.
TOOK HIM?
YOU MEAN MY LITTLE BOY
GREW UP WITH THEM,
IN THAT HOUSE?
WHERE IS HE NOW?
NO.
PLEASE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO
DO THIS.
GRANDPA KNEW.
KNEW WHAT?
I DON’T KNOW WHAT
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.
WHEN YOU LEFT,
GRANDPA SAID GRANDMA GOT...
REALLY, REALLY SAD.
[SALT POURING]
HE WANTED HER
TO GET BETTER,
LIKE SHE USED TO BE.
HE FOUND OTHERS, BUT...
BUT HE HAD TO MAKE SURE
THEY DIDN’T RUN AWAY.
BOY: DON’T BE SAD,
GRANDMA.
THEN GRANDPA DIED.
I TRIED TO FIND
THE OTHER ONES, TOO,
BUT IT DIDN’T WORK.
IT WASN’T THE SAME.
THAT WON’T HAPPEN TO ME.
[CLANG]
[GASPING]
AAH!
[GASPING]
[UNSUB COUGHING
AND GASPING]
[CHAINS RATTLING]
[UNSUB SCREAMS]
[PANTING]
AAH! AAH!
AAH!
SO WE KNOW WHO AND WHY
BUT NOT WHERE.
WELL, THE UNSUB
WOULDN’T GO FAR FROM
WHERE HE GREW UP.
ALL OF THE TRAUMA
IS ROOTED THERE.
OK, WELL, LETTERS
THE VICTIMS WROTE
THEIR LOVED ONES...
YEAH, WHAT ABOUT THEM?
WELL, SEVERAL TALKED
ABOUT A POND
WHERE KARL TOOK THEM
FISHING.
RECREATING WHAT HE MUST
HAVE DONE WITH LEEANNE.
FISHING?
JJ: IN A POND
SOMEWHERE NEAR YOUR HOUSE.
YEAH, I MEAN, MY DAD
TOOK ME FISHING
WHEN I WAS LITTLE.
WHERE WAS IT?
THERE’S NO POND ON
YOUR FAMILY’S PROPERTY.
I KNOW. WE HAD
TO DRIVE THERE.
WHICH DIRECTION?
I DON’T KNOW.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE
YOU TO GET THERE?
15 MINUTES, MAYBE.
IT WAS NEXT TO
AN EMPTY CABIN.
THERE WAS
A BRIDGE NEARBY.
WHY DO YOU WANT--
GARCIA.
GARCIA: HOLD ON.
GOT IT.
SENDING COORDINATES NOW.
ROSSI AND SIMMONS ARE
OUT AT THE ELGIN CRIME SCENE.
THEY’RE CLOSER THAN WE ARE.
WE’LL PROVIDE BACKUP.
DAVE...
ROSSI: I’LL SECURE THE BACK.
[CLICKS FLASHLIGHT OFF]
ROSSI, HE’S IN
THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.
HE’S ALONE.
COPY.
I’M AT THE REAR
ENTRANCE.
ANY SIGN OF
MARY BREWER?
NEGATIVE.
WE BREACH ON 3.
1, 2, 3.
FBI!
PUT YOUR HANDS UP.
HANDS UP! NOW!
WHERE’S MARY BREWER?
[HANDCUFFS CLICK]
NEED AN AMBULANCE
TO THE LOCATION.
ROSSI: MARY!
MARY BREWER!
NO SIGN OF HER.
WHERE IS SHE?
MARY!
[MUFFLED SCREAMS]
[GRUNTING]
YOU’RE OK.
YOU’RE SAFE NOW.
UNSUB: NO! NO! NO!
NO, LEAVE HER
WHERE SHE WAS.
SHE BELONGS WITH ME.
IT’S OK, IT’S OK.
YOU’RE SAFE.
YOU’RE SAFE.
SO ALL THIS IS
BECAUSE THE ELGINS’
DAUGHTER RAN OFF?
KARL SAW THE EFFECT
IT HAD ON HIS WIFE,
SO HE WENT OUT,
FOUND THOSE GIRLS
IN AN ATTEMPT
TO PULL DOROTHY OUT
OF HER TAILSPIN.
HE SURROUNDED HER
WITH SUBSTITUTE LEEANNES
IN THE WALL,
UNDER THE FLOOR,
BASICALLY ENCIRCLING HER.
AND THEIR GRANDSON TRIED
TO DO THE SAME THING FOR HER
ONCE KARL DIED.
IS THIS A NORMAL
CASE FOR YOU FOLKS?
NONE OF THEM ARE NORMAL.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
SHERIFF:
WELL, DR. REID,
I CAN SAY IT WAS
A PLEASURE TALKING
TO YOU.
I’M GONNA GIVE THAT
TREE IN THE FOREST
THING SOME MORE THOUGHT.
DON’T GIVE IT
TOO MUCH THOUGHT.
IT’S BASICALLY
AN INFALLIBLE CONJECTURE.
COPY THAT.
WELL, THANKS AGAIN.
UH, EMILY, I NEED
TO GO TO NEW YORK
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT?
AFTER THE WRENCH
I THREW IN YOUR VACATION
WITH MY QUICK DETOUR,
TAKE ALL THE TIME
YOU WANT.
COMING?
UH, YEAH, YEAH.
IN A MINUTE.
THERE’S SOMETHING
I HAVE TO DO.
HEY.
UM...
I THINK THAT WAS
MEANT FOR YOU.
JJ, VOICE-OVER:
"WITHOUT A FAMILY,
MAN, ALONE IN THE WORLD
TREMBLES WITH THE COLD."
ANDRE MAUROIS.
ROSSI: THIS ONE’S PRETTY
GOOD, HUH? [INDISTINCT]
THANK YOU.
YOU’RE WELCOME.
PORTIA: THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
MY PLEASURE.
WE DIDN’T INVITE YOU HERE
JUST TO PICK UP THE TAB.
YEAH, WELL,
DON’T YOU WORRY,
YOU’LL ALL BE GETTING
INVOICES IN THE MAIL.
[LAUGHTER]
IT WAS GREAT
MEETING YOU, SIR.
I LOVED YOUR STORIES.
YOU SHOULD SERIOUSLY
WRITE A BOOK.
YOU KNOW,
I JUST MAY DO THAT.
I’M GONNA START
HUNTING A CAB.
SATURDAY NIGHTS
ARE TOUGH.
YOU DON’T RIDE SHARE?
NO, SCOTT DOESN’T LIKE
TO DOWNLOAD APPS.
THIS GUY’S JUST GETTING
BETTER AND BETTER.
OK, SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS
THINK OF SCOTT?
HONESTLY.
HONESTLY?
I THINK HE’S
TERRIFIC.
YOU DO?
I DO.
I KNOW HE’S NOT
UP-TO-DATE ON TRUE
CRIME AUTHORS,
BUT WE JUST--WE CLICK.
TAXI’S WAITING.
I LOVE YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU.
AS YOU CAN SEE,
PORTIA’S OVER HER
DAVID ROSSI ISSUES.
AND I WASN’T KIDDING
ABOUT HER NEW GUY.
SCOTT’S GREAT.
IT WAS IMPORTANT
FOR PORTIA TO
HEAR YOU SAY THAT.
I THINK THAT’S WHY SHE CALLED
YOU TO COME TO NEW YORK.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO STEP IN
AS SUBSTITUTE FATHER?
I’M FLATTERED,
THOUGH THE IRONY OF
ANYONE ASKING ME
FOR ROMANTIC ADVICE...
YOU’VE HAD YOUR SHARE
OF ROMANCE.
THERE’S BEEN AT LEAST 3 WOMEN
THAT SAW YOU AS
HUSBAND MATERIAL.
YEAH, WELL, WE’VE ALL
SEEN HOW THAT TURNED OUT.
HAVE WE?
WELL, THAT’S A SUBJECT
THAT BEARS FURTHER
DISCUSSION.
CARE FOR A NIGHTCAP?
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