Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 3, Episode 11 - Birthright - full transcript

(WHERE THE DEVIL DON'T STAY PLAYING)

One hand on the jug but you never do know

Just stick close.
Nobody's gonna mess with us

-if we're in a group.
-It's been three weeks.

-I was the last one to talk to her.
-You really think somebody took her?

-You guys are being crazy.
-Julie wouldn't disappear.

You sure about that?

It's like she vanished.
Just like that other girl.

-Her mom's a total wreck.
-Right.

(SCOFFS)

Everyone around here is losing it.



-They're just scared.
-Trust me, Julie got her ass out of here.

I guarantee you, she's probably
in D.C. or New York right now.

(SCREAMS)

-Danny. Danny.
-MOLLY: Danny!

(WHEEZING)

Oh, my God.

Danny! Danny.

(LAUGHS)

You're a bastard.

(LAUGHING)

DANNY: You should
have seen your face, man.

That was hilarious. He was so freaked out.

What?

(SCOFFS) God.



What?

-It wasn't funny, jackass.
-Come on, guys.

You want me drunk and naked. Just say it.

I shouldn't have to try so hard.

(RUSTLING)

-Did you hear that?
-No way. He doesn't know when to quit.

-What are you doing?
-I'm gonna go kick his ass.

Hey, hurry back.

Danny.

Danny.

Danny.

I swear to God, I'm going to kill you.

I couldn't find him.

Molly?

Molly.

(LAUGHING)

-Son of a bitch, Danny. Where's Molly?
-This is too easy, man. She's with you.

No, come on, where's Molly? Seriously.

She's with you.

-Molly.
-Molly.

-Molly!
-Molly!

-Molly!
-Molly!

JJ: Yeah, I'm about to present
the case to the team.

Oh, no. I'm confident
that they'll feel the same way.

Okay.

We'll be there as soon as we can.
Thank you.

Everyone's here. Sorry I'm late.

Okay.

Last night in Fredericksburg,
a 20-year-old woman,

Molly McCarthy, was abducted.

She's the third to go missing
in the last six weeks.

All disappeared from public places.
No one's seen them since.

Until now.

Couple days ago,
body parts with cigarette burns

were recovered from a national park,

which was once the site
of the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Were they able to make an ID?

It was the first victim
taken six weeks ago.

Decomp indicated that
she had been dead just over a week.

-So, he likes spending time with them.
-How'd she end up like that?

M.E. found microscopic tool marks
on the bone.

I remember reading about a case
like this in Spotsylvania County,

-similar markings on the bone.
-JJ: It was the winter of 1980.

Also Fredericksburg. Five women, 16 to 24,

buried in pieces, same markings,
same Civil War battlefield.

Killed the same time of year
and left at the same dump site?

-It's like an anniversary.
-That case is still open.

Back then, the victims
were drug addicts and runaways.

If he spends that much time with them,

there's a chance these two women
could still be alive.

Wait, we think
this could be the same killer?

-That's a hell of a cooling-off period.
-BTK resurfaced after a 25-year hiatus.

REID: True, but he didn't kill anyone.
He only taunted the police.

ROSSI: The marks on the bone
and where he dumps them,

that's a very specific signature.

Hard to copycat details
that were never made public.

Garcia, check the MO
against girls missing in other states.

-It could explain the long absence.
-GARCIA: I'm on it.

ROSSI: If this is the same UnSub,

what's he been doing
for the past 27 years?

(GRUNTS)

(GASPS)

(GRUNTING)

Julie?

Molly?

If you're quiet, you won't get burned.
Trust me. Do what he says.

(HONKY TONK WOMEN PLAYING ON TAPE)

-MAN: Go on. Show her.
-It's a party.

Gimme, gimme
Gimme the Honky Tonk blues

Well, all right

HOTCH: The American poet,
Anne Sexton once wrote,

"It doesn't matter who my father was,
it matters who I remember he was."

The killer has
an obvious disregard for women.

Sees them as disposable and worthless.

You know, he'd need a lot of time
and privacy to do this to them.

Seclusion. Time.

Back then, the theory was he was
a seasonal worker on one of the farms.

There's the dump site.

It's funny, he always dumps the bodies
in this battlefield,

-no matter what the risk.
-It's a respected landmark.

He's flaunting.
It makes him feel important.

(GRUNTING)

Does everybody just think I ran away?

No. It was just me. I was stupid.

-You sure?
-I promise.

The whole town. Everybody's searching.

My mom and dad?

They would never think
that you just took off like that.

How long have I been here?

Three weeks.

Does he do that every night?

You just have to go to a different place.
That's the only way to get through it.

Sheriff Ballantyne, Jennifer Jareau.

Hi, I appreciate you all
coming down so quickly.

Aaron Hotchner. This is Dr. Spencer Reid.

Hi, crime scene's right up here.

I figured, if this is the same killer
as before,

I didn't want to waste any time
before I got your help.

The other agents
are meeting John Caulfield,

the sheriff from the original case.

-Yeah.
-You know him?

No, not personally.
You know, I just heard stories.

How do you mean?

Well, you know, by all accounts,
he was a decent sheriff.

-Good man.
-Right.

Truth is, we don't get a lot of murders
down here, and this case broke him.

-How so?
-BALLANTYNE: The same old.

He started drinking, marriage busted
up, and finally they asked him to retire.

Am I in the right place?

-David Rossi.
-John Caulfield.

-Agents Derek Morgan, Emily Prentiss.
-Just going over your old case, sir.

Oh!

Sharon Chroniger.

She was 16 years old.

We found her body in pieces.

I promised her parents
that I would find out who did this.

Then her father passed away.

Tell us what Fredericksburg
was like in 1980.

It was a farming community, rural.
Everybody knew everybody.

You could leave your doors open at night.

Town homes and housing communities
are everywhere now.

It could explain
the change in victim type.

Runaways and prostitutes
to college students.

He's taking what's available.

It's not normal for a killer to stop
for 27 years, is it?

No. But he could've been in prison,
injured. He might have moved away.

He must have found other ways
to satisfy his needs.

There were about 20 kids
partying 100 yards that way.

Molly McCarthy was taken here.

We found a blanket, a sweatshirt
and a pair of shoes over there.

How does someone not see or hear them?

It was dark. He had the advantage.

Molly's boyfriend
was the last person to see her.

He said she was alone
for a minute, maybe less.

-He's patient. Works fast.
-He's perfected his MO.

If our UnSub's pushing 60,
he's got to be strong enough

to carry her a long way
without her struggling.

REID: I've seen a lot of properties
on unmarked dirt roads

with no visible street signs.
Nothing on any maps.

Yeah, if you don't live around here,
it can be hell finding your way around.

He's definitely local.

Can you show us
the various entrances to this place?

Sure.

I'll catch up.

Ever since we had Jack, I always dread it

when you bring me a case involving kids.

Why are you telling me this?

Every case we work,
every case we don't work,

-comes across your desk.
-Yeah.

And most of the victims are women.
And most of them are about your age.

It's okay if you lose it
every once in a while.

It reminds people that we're human.

-You never lose it.
-Maybe I should have.

(JULIE PANTING)

Promise, if I die, you'll never
tell my parents what he did to us.

-You're not going to die.
-MAN: Quiet!

-Promise.
-We're getting out of here.

(HONKY TONK WOMEN PLAYING ON TAPE)

I had to put up some kind of a fight

MAN: Go.

-Julie, get up!
-MAN: I said quiet!

The lady then she covered me in roses

-MAN: Do it.
-Let me do it.

(SCREAMS)

-I'm trying, I swear.
-Julie, please.

No!

(SCREAMING)

It's the Honky Tonk women

Julie! I promise!

I've got two sets of parents
waiting for an ID.

-I can help you with that.
-Thanks.

He didn't spread them around this time.
They were in plain sight.

He's taunting us. He's basically saying,

"I'm doing this, and there's nothing
you can do to stop me."

Nobody can get in here
without showing their ID at the gate.

I have a copy of that visitors list,
but there's a hundred ways in.

These fences back up
to personal properties.

He knows these grounds as well as anyone.

He could've jumped the fence,

disposed of his victims
and walked right back out.

Let me out of here! Help!

Help! Help me! Help!

Help! Let me out of here!

-You've come to check up on me?
-Nope.

-Legend around here says I'm crazy.
-I'm not big on legends.

I didn't want to think that
someone from here could've done this.

-You believed in your community.
-That was my mistake.

Pretty common one.

I want to show you something.

I carry this wherever I go.

-What, your kids?
-Indianapolis. Christmas Eve.

One of my first cases on the job.

Three kids watched their parents
get beaten to death.

Every year I call to tell them
I haven't forgotten. I'm still looking.

Last year,

not one of them bothered
to return my call.

Come on. We're wasting time.

I've got a list of violations in this
county that precede the 1980 murders.

DUI, petty thefts, rape, assault.
A few of these were repeat offenders.

Garcia's got something.

GARCIA: Don't worry, it's not contagious.

So, I have dug across the whole
country looking for this guy's MO,

I found a sum total of zilch.
So, I went closer to home.

I found a complaint filed by
a Karen Foley in the next county over.

The story's awful.
I sent a copy to all your handhelds.

The PG version is that
she was kidnapped in 1979,

-but then she escaped.
-I never heard that story.

It wasn't your jurisdiction.

What if she was his first?

Like his dress rehearsal.
Figured out who and where to hunt.

Learned what worked, what didn't.

Maybe careful planning
has always been a part of his process.

Where is she now?

Baby girl, work your magic
and find us an address.

GARCIA: I'm on it.

Ms. Foley? Hello.

I'm Emily Prentiss, this is Derek Morgan.

We're from the FBI. Do you have a minute?

FBI?

We're investigating
the murders of two women

and the abduction of a third
in Fredericksburg.

-Maybe you read about it?
-Yes. It's awful.

Ma'am, we think it may be related
to what happened to you in 1979.

Your abduction.

I'm sorry. You're mistaken.

Why would you say that?
You sound pretty certain.

-I am. I made it up.
-We've read your report.

You were drugged, burned, beaten,
sexually assaulted.

-You were held against your will.
-No, I was 17.

I had to have some kind of excuse
for where I'd been.

-Where had you been?
-Around. I was using back then.

You called home, ma'am.

Some offenders force their victims
to contact families

-to explain their whereabouts.
-There was no offender.

A lot of the details
in your report are consistent

with what happened to those women in 1980.

You're calling me a liar?

We understand if you're trying
to protect yourself from that memory,

but right now, you're the only
person alive who can help us.

No other women have to suffer.
Whatever did happen, you survived it.

Please, when you're ready to talk...

I'm not a lead. I'm sorry.
I hope you find whoever's doing this.

-Karen Foley recanted her story.
-Do you think she's lying?

Well, something happened to her.
She avoided eye contact,

shielded herself. She got very defensive.

Just refused to admit it happened.

She couldn't open that door.
Afraid she could never come back.

Right now, the only person
she's protecting is the offender.

We just told her that this guy
could still be out there.

She wasn't even concerned.
She wasn't scared at all. Why?

Maybe she's got nothing to be afraid of.

-Now where are you going with this?
-Why can't someone let a case go?

Because in your gut, you know
the son of a bitch is still out there.

Exactly. Only she doesn't blink.

She'd only move back here
because she thought it was safe,

so the guy who actually did this to her
either moved away or he died.

You know who this man is.
He grew up here, too.

He was in his mid-20s back then.
He left after you found his last victim.

December 13, 1980.

MORGAN: He might have gone
to prison, could have joined the military.

Moved away, sold his property.

PRENTISS: He was reckless
in his personal life.

A drinker.
He would've had arrests for DUI.

This is it. This is your case. Right here.

He was meticulous, so he may have
had two areas of control.

Both private.
One to torture and one to confine them.

A workshop maybe. A barn, a garage even.

December, 1980. The man was here,
and then he was gone.

-You know him, John.
-Robert Wilkinson.

-Three DUIs. Spent a few days in jail.
-Well, he's dead.

He was 28 when it happened.
He fell into his combine harvester.

-When was this?
-December 1980.

Right when the killings stopped.

Karen Foley moved back soon after that.

-Was he survived by anyone?
-A widow.

-Sheriff Caulfield.
-Hello, Mary. May we come in?

How've you been?

-And your son?
-He's married now. Doing just fine.

I know you didn't make a house call
to see how I'm doing.

We're investigating a case,
and it's led us to Robert.

Well, he's been dead for 27 years.
What could he have done?

Murdered five women in 1980.

Well, I'm sure you remember.

I'm sorry. I haven't thought about him
for a long time.

You were a young widow,

and the sheriff said
you had to raise your son by yourself.

It's hard to believe you wouldn't think
about him from time to time.

I've never felt sorry for myself.

Most women who widowed young
consider themselves victims.

-I moved on.
-You remarried?

I moved back here with my parents.

Stayed here for a bit
while I was pregnant.

Robert was mean when he drank.
He begged me to come home.

-Said he'd changed.
-Did he?

I don't know. He died the day I went back.

-She doesn't seem too upset.
-She wasn't surprised.

She didn't even ask
why we thought he did it.

She suspected him. He was a drunk.
She got pregnant and left him.

Abandonment. Might've had
the same thing with his mother.

Either way, he can't handle it.
It's his stressor. He starts killing.

Madonna-whore complex.

He couldn't touch his pure wife,
so he had to find disposable girls.

But the killings stopped when he died.
So, who's doing it now?

(SKIN AND BONES PLAYING ON RADIO)

Don't it feel so bad?

Well, I'm used to that

Don't it feel so bad?

Get used to that

Don't push it, baby

Mr. Parker? You still here?

I swear I love you
Just the way you are

What have I got?

Oh, skin and bones, baby
Yes, you are my star

I swear I love you
Just the way you are

(SCREAMING)

-There's been another abduction.
-BALLANTYNE: Name's Tara Ricker.

Family called this morning,
she didn't come home last night.

We're still trying to locate the vehicle.

We know he kills
after he takes another victim,

-so we're running out of time here.
-All right, what do we know?

Definitely a copycat.
Same MO, same dump site.

Only you never released
any of that to the press.

-No.
-REID: He had to learn it from someone.

-A family member? A friend maybe?
-Mary and Robert Wilkinson had a son.

Are you suggesting there's
a genetic predisposition to killing?

It's one factor, along with
psychology and socialization.

If you have a combination of genetics

and a son who grew up without a father,

searching for his own identity,
it could be a stressor.

I remember Charlie Wilkinson
was 15, he killed a neighbour's cat.

He put it in a bag
and hit it against a tree.

How old is Charlie Wilkinson?

Mary was pregnant with him
when Robert died.

PRENTISS: That's 27 years ago.

Makes him roughly the same age
Robert was when he started killing.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

What have you got for us, girl?

I just found the reason
why Karen Foley was lying.

What are you doing back here?
I told you before, I don't know anything.

We know that he burned you, Ms. Foley.

All of the other victims had them, too.

We know that you were raped
by Robert Wilkinson,

and we know that you have a son
because of it.

There was another girl here?

Listen to me. Her name was Julie Stanton.

I promised that her parents
would never know what he did to us.

Why are you telling me?

Because...
Because he's going to kill me first.

(SOBBING)

-Stephen doesn't know the truth, so...
-You never told him about his father?

I made him out to be a hero. Said he
died in a motorcycle accident, so...

Why did you decide to have the child?

I...

I couldn't make my baby pay
for what his father did.

Is Stephen drinking again?

Yes. He just got out of jail for a DUI.

Has he been hostile
or gone for long periods of time?

Why are you asking me these questions?

You lied about your past
because you're protecting your son.

You're scared that he could be
hurting these women, aren't you?

We need to talk to him, Ms. Foley.

Car's clean. We're dusting it for prints.

-How long has it been here?
-Owner said since last night.

How the hell
do you not find that suspicious?

He's back and forth from the farm.

Says he didn't pay much attention until
he heard Tara Ricker was missing.

-Did you talk to any customers?
-Yeah, no one remembers seeing Tara.

Four girls are missing, and someone
doesn't notice an abandoned car.

Yeah, what's up, Reid?

Got it.

Charlie Wilkinson
didn't show up for work today.

Let's go see if he's home.

-Stephen.
-Mom!

-I knew something was wrong.
-David Rossi and Emily Prentiss, FBI.

We're investigating the disappearance
of four women from this area.

Yeah, the girl over at the Monroe farm.
I heard about that.

-Do you know something about that?
-I don't know anything.

Does the name Robert Wilkinson
mean anything to you?

-Please, don't.
-No, it's okay.

-Is this about what he did to my mom?
-What are you talking about?

You thought you could keep it a secret?

-I've known for a long time.
-What?

-That Robert Wilkinson raped you.
-Why are you saying that?

You never got married. You never dated.

Cried yourself to sleep every night.

I knew someone hurt you. Real bad.

And then one day,
I was cleaning out the garage,

and I found that article about the man
who died in the farming accident.

-Robert Wilkinson.
-There was a picture of him.

And another article about women
disappearing and being found dead.

And just when you walked in the door
and saw me holding that picture,

the way you looked at me. I knew.

Well, that was 10 years ago.
You knew I made it all up?

-You knew?
-They were really great stories.

Honey, I wanted you to believe
he was a good man.

You're the only good thing
that came out of it.

So, what, you think this old case
is connected to the new murders?

-Yes, we do.
-But Wilkinson's dead.

And I'm not.

Mom, you think I did this?

If you thought
that I could turn out like him,

-why would you ever even have me?
-I never regretted my decision. Never.

I'm sorry, Stephen.
I don't want to doubt you.

I didn't kill anybody.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

-Yeah, Rossi.
-What's going on?

Morgan and Reid
went to find Charlie Wilkinson at work.

He wasn't there.

Well, we can't rule out
Stephen Foley just yet.

We're on our way
to the Wilkinson house now.

Let us know what you find.

Can you tell us what he did to you?

I'll try.

I remember the first time
he took me to the barn.

It's the Honky Tonk women

He would cover my head,
so I didn't know where I was,

but it didn't really matter.

He kept me so high,
I didn't know what day it was.

He wanted me to dance for him.
He would call it a party.

One night he was
so passed out, that I realized

that the barn door was unlocked
and my cuffs were undone,

so I was able to get away.

The cops didn't believe your story?

They just thought I was a junkie.

-It was humiliating.
-Did you see any other girls there?

I was the only one.

Can you remember any details
about your surroundings?

Nothing is too small.

KAREN: I scratched a little
peace symbol on the wall.

I would touch it every night
before he came for me.

That was my guardian angel.

-Chrissy Wilkinson?
-Can I help you?

I'm Jennifer Jareau, this is Derek Morgan.

-We're with the FBI.
-FBI?

We're looking for Charles Wilkinson.
Is he here?

-He's at work.
-JJ: He's not there.

-Do you mind if we take a look around?
-I don't understand. What's this about?

We're investigating
the murders of some local women.

And you're looking for Charlie?

Ma'am, we could go get a warrant
if we needed to.

Ma'am.

Let's go.

Reid.

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

Obviously, this is where
he's been torturing them,

-but where is he keeping them?
-Somewhere isolated.

He can't risk storing them
close to his house.

-Do you know this property?
-I only had contact with Robert in town.

Ms. Wilkinson.

Excuse us.

-Chrissy called. What's going on?
-We're looking for Charlie.

Don't you want to know why?

You knew Charlie was an angry kid.

Made excuses
when he killed the neighbour's cat.

You saw the path he was going down.

It's why you moved away from this place.

-You knew what happened here.
-That's not true.

You were afraid of the stock he came from.

You thought if you just took him away
from his father's home,

you kept it all a big secret,
then everything would be okay.

I protected him.

Problem is, a boy like Charlie,
with so much anger,

so many questions,
needs to know where he came from.

He wouldn't quit until he knew.
And then one day, he figured it out.

It was over, John.

You didn't have to worry
about any other girls getting hurt,

and I did not want my son
to have the legacy

-that his father was a murderer.
-Where's Charlie now?

I don't know. Honest. Honest, I don't.

-Where does Charlie go to be alone?
-The barn.

-Where else?
-God, I don't know.

JJ: Hey, Hotch, we got something.

This was all locked in the closet.

It looks like it was Robert Wilkinson's
before Charlie got his hands on it.

So, Charlie went looking
for a father figure,

-and this is who he found.
-If he was killing animals,

it's clear
he already has murderous impulses,

and finding this must have
made him feel like it was okay.

Like it was almost his birthright.

"They like it when they get to share me."

Is there anything in there
about where he keeps them?

-Nothing yet.
-Keep reading.

-There's no peace sign in here.
-It must be where he held them.

Karen Foley said
he'd make her walk outside.

You think she can handle
coming back to this place?

(SIGHS) I don't know. You saw her.
She's buried this thing for 27 years.

Do we have a choice?

Thank you for coming.
We all know this can't be easy for you.

She's been shaking the whole way here.

You survived this once,
and it made you stronger.

You can do this, Mom.

(INHALES)

(EXHALES)

-Oh, God.
-Are you okay?

That smell was a part of me.

-Who's that?
-That's Mary Wilkinson.

The wife?

He tortured me every single night.
Could you hear my screams?

Did you kiss him
when he was finished with me?

PRENTISS: Please!
Please, don't do this to yourself.

What did she think he was doing
in that barn every night?

Did you ask? Did you ask
why he wanted to be away from you?

Why? Why didn't you stop him?
Why didn't you help?

I killed him.

What?

Before Charlie was born.

I came home, and I saw this place,
and I knew what he had done.

And I couldn't let my innocent baby
be brought into this.

You did.

Thank you.

Hey, Sheriff.
I need to rest for a little bit.

Will you be here when Charlie comes home?

Yeah, don't worry. Get your rest.

I...

I don't know where he'd take me.
He always had that bag over my head.

Your other senses
could have been in overdrive.

-We're going to walk you through.
-What did the ground feel like?

(EXHALES)

ROSSI: Close your eyes. Take a few steps.

(SIGHS)

KAREN: Leaves and twigs.
It was a long walk.

There was a hill. I stumbled.

There's something soft and cold,
but it's covering something hard.

-PRENTISS: Like wood?
-Rocks. Taller than me.

-Along the north side of the property.
-Hotch, I think we've got something.

-Thank you.
-Did I help?

Yes.

Yeah, see it. Careful, Morgan.

I got it.

-Hello? Help us, we're in here!
-HOTCH: Clear.

Please. Oh, my God.

-MORGAN: Ma'am, you okay?
-She just passed out.

-BALLANTYNE: Get an ambulance.
-Can you stand up?

Right now, paramedics. Ma'am?

-HOTCH: Sheriff.
-She's got a pulse, but she's out.

Where the hell's Charlie?

-Mary, where would Charlie go?
-I don't know.

What about your husband?

There's a place on the battlefield.
It's over the ridge.

Can you show us?

Charlie.

You know better than to bother me here.

The FBI's at the farm.

They went into the barn,
and they found a lot of blood.

The sheriff says you killed those girls
who have been missing.

They have pictures and books
and everything.

That's why you'd stay in the barn
all night?

What did you do to them, Charlie?
Did you rape them?

-We are starting a family.
-I never wanted that.

You are a liar. And a sick son of a bitch.

Just like your daddy was.

(GUN FIRING)

He's gone.

He came at me.

I had to do it.

You okay?

If you stop caring, you're jaded.
If you care too much, it'll ruin you.

Just know
that you did everything you could.

Sometimes we get it right
with a little luck,

and most of the times we don't.
That's the job. It's never perfect.

-It's still better to care.
-You really believe that?

(DECORATION DAY PLAYING)

I believe it's never perfect.

CAULFIELD: You'd think I'd feel better.

It's Decoration Day

You know,
these last killings weren't your fault.

Yeah.

You couldn't have solved that case.
Your killer was dead.

Not to me. Twenty-seven years.

It's Decoration Day

How long's it been for you?

And I knew the Hill Boys would put us away

-Twenty-one.
-Don't let it get to 22.

He said, "We'll fight till the last
Lawson's last living day"

I never knew how it all got started

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

Thank you.

And I don't know the name
of that boy we tied down

And beat till he just
couldn't walk anymore

But I know the caliber in Daddy's chest

JJ: Wordsworth wrote, "A simple child

"That lightly draws its breath
And feels its life in every limb

"What should it know of death?"

'Cause nobody needs all us Lawsons alive

-Who's up for a drink?
-Who's up for five?

-Count me in.
-I don't know.

Stop with the "I don't know."
You're in, kid. JJ?

(GROANS) I'd love to.
I'm going to have to take a rain-check.

-Hotch?
-Yeah?

You up for a beer?

Sure.

-Agent Hotchner?
-Yes.

What is it?

It's Decoration Day

Haley's filing for divorce.
I've been served.

And I've got a family in Mobile Bay

And they've never seen my daddy's grave