Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 6, Episode 9 - Into the Woods - full transcript

When a boy is found murdered on the Appalachian Trail, the BAU team goes deep into its forests in search of a man lurking in the wilderness who is targeting children.

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Maybe we should go back.

That spot i told you about
is just a little further.

You said that an hour ago.

Ok,so,here's where we are now.

I think we passed that.

Well,this is where we stopped for sammy.

Wait,where is sammy?

Sammy. Sammy,quit fooling around.

Sammy,where are you?!

- That's not funny!
- Don't ever do that!



All right.Sorry.

- Did you hear that?
- It's not me.

No,no,no.

Stay here.

What is it,dad?

10-year-old daniel lanham was reported missing while
on a camping trip with his father last november.

His remains were just discovered
by hikers in pennsylvania.

That's really close to
the appalachian trail.

The rangers are the ones calling us in.

The trail covers 14 states
and is nearly 2,200 miles long.

It's a miracle he was ever found.

I don't think he was supposed to be.

The unsub could have left him for the
elements,but he wrapped him in plastic.

Remorse?



Think he bonded with the kid?

If he's an opportunistic
offender,probably not.

What are the chances that
daniel was his only victim?

Not good.

- Garcia,will you let the rangers know
- yes,sir.

***

We're gonna need some more
wood,the drier the better.

- How much?
- Whatever you can carry.

I can help.

Great.You can get the twigs.

I can carry logs.

Yeah?You and what army?

I don't need one.

Keep an eye on her.

Hey,wait up,ana.

I've got that stick.

Hey,come,come.

Hey,hold on,wait for me.

Here's one.

Ana! Ana,let's go!

Ok.

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Ralph ellison said,

"i am invisible,understand,simply
because people refuse to see me."

guys,i started a geographic
profile on the assumption

that the appalachian trail is
this unsub's hunting ground.

We got lucky with daniel.I
doubt we'll find any more bodies.

Parents think their kids are
lost,but what's worse,he has them.

Hiding out in the middle of nowhere.

The pennsylvania police considered
daniel's father a suspect.

They interviewed him several times.

Without a body,they can't charge him.

Well,he appeared to be
obsessed with finding his son.

He even went back into the woods dozens
of times following daniel's disappearance.

He claimed he was searching for him.

All right,we'll start
with daniel's life.

He's been exposed to
a large suspect pool.

Community,school,family friends--
we can't rule anybody out.

- Agent hotchner?
- Ranger turner.

This is agent rossi,dr. Reid.

Um,got out some of the maps that
we use for search and rescue.

Just let me know what
else you might need.

- Do you have the m.e.report on daniel?
- Yeah.

It got here just before you did.

Is mr. Lanham here?

He's in my office.

We've had him in a half a dozen times.

Look what happened in march.

Mr. Lanham,i'm agent
hotchner with the fbi.

- Hello.
- I need to ask you some questions.

Mr. Lanham,you went back to the same spot where daniel
went missing every weekend from november until mid-march.

- That's right.
- And then you stopped going.

Why? What changed?

Mr. Lanham,daniel died
sometime in mid-march.

You need to explain why you stopped looking
for him at the same time that he died.

I don't know.I just...

I just had this feeling
that he was gone.

You and daniel went camping
regularly in the woods?

Yeah.

His mother had full custody
and we only had the weekends.

I wanted to make them
special,something he'd always remember.

Daniel may have been his
only human contact for months.

You think he's done this before?

It's difficult to say.

Most child offenders dispose
of their victims immediately.

They become overwhelmed with reality and
sometimes shame,until the urge builds up again.

This guy's moved past that,though.He
feels no remorse about his compulsions.

He's most likely had other victims.

If he's a preferential offender,they'd
be about the same age as daniel.

Garcia,look for prepubescent boys who went missing
from the appalachian trail in the last year.

Better make that 5 years.This
guy's had a lot of practice.

It wouldn't have taken long for
the elements to destroy the body.

He wanted daniel preserved.

Maybe it isn't a disposal
site,maybe it's a grave.

Then he'd have to leave a marker.

And he wouldn't want
other hikers to notice it.

Well,he doesn't consider
himself a visitor in the woods.

He feels at home here like he owns it.

And he'd want to show his dominance.

You know,animals make their mark as high
up in a tree as they can possibly reach.

He probably used an ax.

Prentiss.

He's got another body
buried around here somewhere.

So the night he disappeared...
You set up camp,then fell asleep?

- Yeah.
- And then a man came in your tent?

No. No one came in the tent.

Daniel,he--he got
up and he went out.

- You ok?
- Yeah.Just bathroom.

Be right back.

I should have followed him.

But i didn't.

I fell back asleep.

You and the cops and
everybody,you think that i did it.

It doesn't matter.

Not to me.

The only thing that i care about is
what my little boy was thinking...

That i wasn't there to protect him.

I was his hero and i failed.

How do i live with that?

You think he's telling the truth?

Yeah,i do.

We found another body at the disposal
site,wrapped in plastic,roughly daniel's age.

His clothing matches a
missing persons report.

Boy's name is tyler stolts,and
he was abducted 23 months ago.

When did lanham move to the area?

Summer of '09.

then we can clear him as a suspect.

Tyler went missing in october of
2008,daniel the following november.

So he takes a kid off the trail in
the fall and keeps him all winter.

It's like he's hibernating with him.

- What?
- I need to go pee.

Go get mom.

Please,i really have to go.

- Fine.
- Make it quick.

Go behind there.

Ok.

I can't do it here.

All right. Come on.

I don't want you listening.

Then go back there.

Ok.

Ana,hurry up,it's freezing.

Ana.

He said he'd kill mom and dad.

- Who?
- Me.

What'd you find,reid?

I went back 10 years,matching reports of missing
children with daniel and tyler's victimology,

and in my estimation,this
unsub may have taken 12 victims.

How can you attribute all of
those to the same offender?

The dates and locations of the
abductions create an unmistakable pattern.

Then if he's been abducting children for 10
years,why weren't we called in before now?

The thing is,he walks the entire trail,end to
end,and each way takes approximately 6 months.

His sixth victim was taken from
dawsonville,georgia,in 2006,

then he walked all the way to manchester,vermont,and
he took a seventh victim in 2007.

he wasn't down south again until 2009.

when james clutter's parents woke up
from a night of camping,he was gone.

They just assumed he wandered off.

We didn't get called in
because nobody knew he existed.

The crimes are years apart
and across state lines.

The interesting thing is,10 years
ago he was a more aggressive hunter,

likely on the move hunting and
killing all 365 days a year,

but 2 years ago he
stopped traveling so far.

He's slowing down.

I think something's affected his mobility.Old age
or an injury from years of living on the trail.

But the odd thing is,for the past 2
winters,he's returned to this 30-mile radius.

He takes a victim with him in the fall to stay
with him until spring somewhere within that area.

These are harsh winters.

He needs to find shelter.

And it would have to
be heavy camouflaged.

Even the most experienced
hikers haven't seen it.

our parents will be looking for us.

They'll know we're gone.

We want our mom and dad!

If you let us go,we won't tell.

Promise.We won't.

Right,ana?

Yeah.

You can't just leave
us here in the dark.

Robert!

**

what do we have?

Unsub took two kids this time,10-year-old
robert brooks and his 8-year-old sister ana.

Girls aren't his preference.

Not a lot of families
camping out in november.

He took what he could get.

And robert wasn't alone.He
couldn't risk leaving a witness.

The question is,how long
will he keep her alive?

Robert,i'm scared.

What does he want?

I don't know.

What is he gonna do to us?

I don't know.

- Do you think he's
gonna-- - Just stop,please.

mom and dad know we're gone by now.

So they're gonna send
everybody to find us.

But what if no one ever finds us?

Don't say that.

We're gonna be ok.

Come on,come on.

It's gonna be fine.

Here.

He kind of looks like mr. Binky.

Robert... Whose toys are these?

The kids wanted their own tent.

They're too big to fit with us.

We could hear them giggling.

I fell asleep to it.

Would it be possible for us to get a piece of each
of the children's clothing to help in the search?

- Sure.
- Thank you.

I want to go with them.

Mr. Brooks,i need you to stay in the
camp in case robert and ana come back.

Excuse me.Thank you.

Mr. Lanham,can i help you?

I heard the news.

I know this area as well as anyone.

Sir,i can't have you on the trail.

I'm not out here for vengeance.

What those kids are going through,it's
the same thing daniel went through.

I understand.

I need to be here.

Maybe you can help out in some
other way,but you can't be here.

- Sir,i'm sorry.
- Hotch.

Excuse me.Go ahead,reid.

Ok,worst-case scenario-- the
children were taken at 9 p.m.

that gives him roughly a 12-hour
head start at 3 miles per hour.

He's got two children.

At 2 miles per hour,that's roughly a 24-mile
radius,the same ground we profiled last night.

But,hotch,if he's an
experienced tracker,

he'll probably realize he's being hunted
by now and discard all nonessentials.

Like ana.

She's not his type.

Until we have reason to believe
otherwise,we have to assume she's alive.

We'll deliver the profile and
get search and rescue teams going.

No! What are you doing?

He could have poisoned that.

But i'm thirsty.

Come here.I want to show you something.

I don't want to leave my sister.

You want a flashlight?

He'll bring you one.

Robert,please don't leave me.

Robert... Robert!

This unsub hunts for,abducts,and
keeps his victims in the woods.

We believe he left civilization and forged a
home for himself right here in the wilderness.

Which means he's lost any
societal or moral restraints.

He's devoted his life to taking children,and
he's found the perfect place to hide them.

He's found or made a shelter
which is difficult to find.

It allows him to withstand harsh weather and is
secure enough to keep his victims from escaping.

So it must be sizable,underground
or on a mountainside.

Sometimes the voices of trapped children gets
drowned out by search parties calling for them.

Which is why we're asking
you to call out robert

and ana's names but leave pauses in
between to listen for their responses.

Ok,let's go.

Ana!

Robert?

Let's see,iron deposits in mckee's
pond,so the water's undrinkable.

So that would leave...

I always thought i had searched
every inch of those woods.

Do you ever think he ever
heard me calling his name?

Even if he didn't,i'm sure he
knew you were looking for him.

I was.

I knew he was out there somewhere.

Mr. Lanham,do you mind if
i ask you a few questions?

You know this area better than anyone,and i
think that you can help us find these children.

Robert,what happened?

What happened?Tell me.

Next time he comes to get me...

Run.

And don't stop.

No,i don't want to go by myself.

Promise.

Ok,promise.

Ana! Robert!

Ana? Ana!

Robert!

Hey,when do the temperatures
drop below freezing?

By thanksgiving at the latest.

They'd have to go where
the food supply is.

And that saves us another 5 miles.

What about shelter?Where did
you stay when you were out there?

I was holed up in a cave mostly.

Caves have a natal temperature.

They provide their own heating source.

I need to go to the bathroom.

Me,too.

You wait.

I want to go to the bathroom.

Get back.

Down there.

Stay!Get back!

I said go!Down there.

Get back!

Get up! Get up!

Get back!I said stay there!

Run,ana,run! Run! Run!

Get away from her!

Stay away from her!

Get off her!

Get up! Get up!

Ana?

It's ok. It's ok. Come here.

My name's emily. You're safe now.

We've been looking for
you for a long time.

Hey,ana. Where's your brother?

I thought he'd run after me,but
i looked back and he wasn't there.

Ana,do you know which
direction you came from?

I don't know.

I just started running.

Robert told me to run and not
stop running no matter what.

It's ok.You did the right thing.

Listen,this nice ranger,she's going to
take you home to your mom and dad now,ok?

ok

Get up. Get up. Get up!

I can't. I can't go any further.

This is all your fault.

I told you i wouldn't hurt you.

Robert!

Robert! Robert!

No matter how bad things
get,they can get worse.

I shouldn't have left
robert,but he told me to run.

He made me promise.

It's ok,baby.

But he still has him.

Sweetie,you did the right thing.

Ana,the man who took you and
robert,what do you remember about him?

He smelled.

He was dirty.

Anything else?

He was scary.

And he walked funny.

Like with a limp?

- Yeah.
- Good.

That helps us.

She must have come through here.

He's gotta have a shelter nearby.

All right,back the dogs up.

I've never seen this cave before.

It could be a den,or it could go deep.

This has gotta be it.

All right,let's go.

It looks like he was in a hurry.

He left some cash,a week's worth of
rations,and some clothes back there.

Look at this.

Pills and flowers.

I don't see this guy as a botanist.

Do you think he smokes those?

this mine's been sealed for years.

The shaft goes about another
100 feet and collapses in.

I also found a box of ammo but no gun.

Reid,i'm sending you a picture
of a flower this guy collects.

It's loading right now.

This guy's in survival mode.

If he's on the run,what
does that mean for robert?

Reid: it's devil's claw.

It's a homeopathic pain treatment
most commonly used for swollen joints.

The little girl told hotch that
the unsub walked with a limp.

He could be using devil's
claw as a pain treatment.

The unsub needs drugs?

It would explain why he's covering
less and less ground each year.

You know,the thing is,though,that flower
wouldn't keep him mobile for 8 months.

If he's suffering from
a degenerative disease,

he'd have a hard time getting
around without painkillers.

All right,come on,let's get out of here.

I'm gonna tie you.

You make a sound,you run for it,you die.

Got it?

Let's go. Come on.

All the trailheads in
the area have been closed.

Rangers are processing
everyone coming off.

He knows every inch of this place.

He'll get out on a route
we didn't even know existed.

Guys,his first abduction off the
trail was jonestown,pennsylvania.

What if he grew up around here?

He could have a friend
or relative in the area.

The closest city is harrisburg.He needs
supplies,medication,and a place to hide.

Yeah,i don't want to hear your
sob story.Just pay me by monday.

What--who
is it?

Let me in.

Shane,i told you if
i ever saw you again--

brandon,open this damn door
before somebody sees me.

You stole my whole
supply,you son of a bitch.

You know how long it took to buy back
the number of pills you ripped off?

What i got's so good,we
can talk another deal.

Ain't nothin' that good.

What's your name?

Garcia,cross-reference your list with men convicted of
sex crimes against boys age 8 to 12 in the early 1990s.

Start with pennsylvania.

He'd have stopped showing up to parole meetings
in 2001 and he's been off the grid ever since.

Well,i've got about 2
dozen of those,so-- wait.

Oh,this is super weird.

Um... 11 of these men paroled in the early
nineties have the exact same last known address.

A cluster of pervs?

That rules out areas that
are near schools and parks.

Housing options are
limited,to say the least.

Guess that makes sense.The cluster
would be the one place they feel safe.

Garcia,what's the address?

Sending it right now.

I need at least 3 months' worth.

That's it,shane.

If that ain't good enough,find
somewhere else to stay.

I know you got more.

I told you,that's all i got.

Where are you hidin' 'em?

Ah,come on.

Ah,please...

Thought you said you
didn't have any more.

What the hell is this?

Please,that's all i got left.

Since you've been so generous,i'm
gonna give you an hour.

Play nice with him.

I don't want any bruising.

Garcia,we think the unsub might have
suffered from a degenerative disease.

Can you check prison medical records?

Ok,i got him.Shane wyland.

He was incarcerated in 1994
for... Jeez,raping a 10-year-old.

I have no idea why he's out now.

I'm sending you his mug shot.

Garcia,did any of the current residents
of the cluster serve prison time with him,

or did they share a parole officer?

I'm looking,but i'm
currently dice-less.

He's got a kid with him,so he's gotta be
going to someone he knows wouldn't turn him in.

Reid said he'd need painkillers right
away.He left his supply in the mine.

Well,there was a lot of
money left in that backpack.

I don't know how much he's got on
him,but those drugs aren't cheap.

But he's got robert.

To some people,that's as good as cash.

You ok,buddy?

Oh,i know something
that always cheers me up.

Want to watch a video?

Stay away from me.

Oh,don't play games now. Hmm?

Stay away from me!

Come on. Come on.

You two take the front,rossi
and i will take the back.

Local p.D.'S standing by
to go in on our say-so.

I'm sorry.

Get up.

Wake up,kid.

Look,i'm sorry.

Come on.

He's gonna kill me. He's gonna kill me.

Yeah,yeah,that's fine,well,i'm
not calling the exterminator.

You can go buy yourself some damn traps.

Whoever did it,just
get them out of here.

Sir,do you know shane wyland?

- No.
- Have you ever seen this kid?

Definitely not.

Anybody under 18 walks in here,i
got the cops on speed dial.

Ok,so you want to score,who
do you go to in the building?

I got nothing to do with that.

Come on,man,somebody in
this building has the hookup.

Look,this place is full of lowlifes.

A lot of them sell on the side.

We're looking for someone who would
have moved in here back in the nineties.

The only cat lived here
that long is brandon stiles.

Room 408.

thank you.You tip him
off,you're an accessory.

Don't make a mess.

Brandon stiles!

Fbi!

It's clear here.

Prentiss.

Robert was here.

Hotch,it looks like
robert was in the room.

It looks like there was
some kind of a struggle.

If he managed to escape,they
could be chasing him down now.

All right,you continue to search the
building.We'll cover the surrounding area.

Got it.

Officers cleared the surrounding
blocks,showed robert's picture.

No one saw anything.

We need to clear every
dumpster in a 4-block radius.

If things went wrong and he killed the
boy,would he take the body out in daylight?

He could get him out in a duffel bag.

East stairwell is clear.

Copy that.I'm on my way.

I'm not going back to prison.

Kid! Come back here!

Come here!

Don't move!

I didn't take him.Shane
brought him to me.

I--i didn't
do anything.

It's ok,robert.You're safe now.

Get on your knees.Get down!

Where's shane wyland?Where'd he go?

I--i
don't know.

He--he just
dropped the kid off.

He said he'd be back in an hour.

Hotch,we've got robert.

Shane wyland is not in the building,but
he may be in the immediate vicinity.

- Let's go.
- Get up.Get up!

He got away.

What about the kid?

He's headed to the hospital.

Uh...we,uh... We found
this in the mine shaft.

It's daniel's.

I'm sorry,mr. Lanham.

How often does that happen?

Not often enough.

Shane must have seen the police
presence and just taken off.

It was easy for him.

Robert's a tough kid.

Knowing he fought back will
help him get through this.

In my entire career,i've only brought back a handful
of kids to their parents after the 24-hour mark.

This is not a loss in my book.

Before now,nobody knew that there
was a pedophile hunting on the trail.

Now we know who he is
and what he looks like.

His photo's been sent to
all the ranger stations.

Do you think he'll go back there?

Well,he can't function anywhere else.

He's got no place to hide.We've
taken that away from him.

It's just hard to accept there's no
justice for the families he destroyed.

We'll get him.

Elise cabot said,

"evil endures a moment's flush and
then leaves but a burnt-out shell."

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