Dead of Winter (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Last Christmas - full transcript

BAD THINGS
HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE.

AND SOMETIMES,
THERE IS NO REASON,

AND SOMETIMES, PROBLEMS
JUST FIND US.

I TOLD MYSELF,

"YOU CAN'T FALL APART.

FALLING APART ISN'T GOING
TO DO YOU ANY GOOD."

- THE BODY, MISSING THE HEAD,
- AN ARM, AND A HAND, WAS FOUND

IN THIS WOODED AREA
OF BARRINGTON IN JANUARY.

TO KNEEL DOWN
NEXT TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING

AND START SAWING THEIR HEAD OFF?

MY REAL CONCERN WOULD BE
ONCE HE HAD THAT TASTE OF BLOOD



THAT HE WOULD KILL AGAIN.

I REMEMBER CHRISTMAS OF '92,

MY BROTHER WAS THE ONE
THAT USUALLY HAD CHRISTMAS.

BUT DEAN WAS NOWHERE
TO BE FOUND.

I'M SORRY.
I'LL GET CHANGED, AND WE CAN GO.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

I TOLD YOUR UNCLE WE'D BE THERE
OVER AN HOUR AGO.

I SAID I'M SORRY.

YEAH, WELL, TELL THAT
TO YOUR HUNGRY COUSINS.

MOM, COME ON.
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

IF THAT'S
THE WAY YOU FEEL, DEAN,

JUST STAY HOME TONIGHT.

I DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM
LEAVING HIM AT HOME

ON CHRISTMAS DAY,



BECAUSE AS DEAN'S MOTHER,

I FELT DEAN NEEDED TOUGH LOVE.

DEAN, I'M HOME!

I BROUGHT YOU SOME LEFTOVERS.

WHEN I CAME HOME,
THEN DEAN WAS GONE.

DEAN?

I'M SORRY FOR
BEING UPSET EARLIER.

AT FIRST,
I WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIM,

BUT HE DID ALWAYS COME BACK.

AND HE WAS 22 YEARS OLD.

AND AFTER TWO OR THREE DAYS
NOT HEARING FROM HIM,

THEN I WAS CONCERNED.

I BECAME AWARE OF DEAN MISSING

A LITTLE AFTER CHRISTMAS.

IN THE PAST, I USED TO REFER
THAT THERE'S TWO DEANS.

THERE'S A DEAN THAT WAS
VERY SERIOUS ABOUT SCHOOL,

VERY STUDIOUS -- LIKE,
HE'S GETTING ALL "A"s.

BUT THEN, THERE WAS ALSO
THE OTHER DEAN

THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT
MORE MISCHIEVOUS.

MY INITIAL THING IS,
"YEAH, HE'S PROBABLY OFF

DOING SOME
HAREBRAINED ADVENTURE.

HE IS -- AND NOT
JUST CALLING HOME."

- Hello?
- HI. BOB?

IT'S YOUR AUNT MARY KAY.

Hey, Mary.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN DEAN LATELY,
HAVE YOU?

He's still not home?
You know how he is.

He's probably just trying
to make you nervous.

THAT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND
THAT SOMETHING BAD

HAPPENED TO DEAN.

IF YOU HEAR FROM HIM,
TELL HIM TO GIVE ME A CALL.

BY THAT TIME,
THEN I WAS TALKING TO EVERYBODY,

AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY SAID,

"YES, I SHOULD GO TO FILE
A MISSING PERSONS REPORT."

HAVE A SEAT
RIGHT THERE.

WHEN INDIVIDUALS COME INTO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

TO FILE A MISSING
PERSONS REPORT,

YOU TRY AND GET THE BEST PICTURE
YOU CAN OF THE PERSON

BUT ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT THE PERSON
MAY BE GOING THROUGH.

DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE
OF YOUR SON?

YES.

THIS IS HIM
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,

RIGHT BEFORE HE GRADUATED.

IS THIS SOMEBODY
WHO'S UPSET WITH THE FAMILY?

WAS THERE A RECENT FAMILY FIGHT,

AND THEY'RE JUST
NEEDING TO COOL OFF

IN A GIRLFRIEND'S BASEMENT
FOR A WHILE?

I'LL SEND THIS AROUND.

WE'LL HAVE THE OFFICERS
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR HIM.

DEAN STRUCK ME AS A TYPICAL
22-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE KID.

BUT EACH DAY THAT PASSES
WITH NO COMMUNICATION,

NOT EVEN A PHONE CALL TO MOM,

THE CONCERN GETS GREATER
AND GREATER.

I'M SURE WE'LL FIND HIM.

THANK YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

WEEKS PASS, AND THERE
IS STILL NO SIGN OF DEAN.

MARY KAY WONDERS IF SHE'LL
EVER SEE HER SON AGAIN.

I JUST HAD TO KEEP TELLING
MYSELF I HAD TO BE OKAY.

FALLING APART WAS NOT GOING
TO HELP, BECAUSE I WAS IT.

I GUESS I ALWAYS THOUGHT

EVENTUALLY, HE WOULD
BE COMING HOME.

WE RECEIVED A REPORT
AT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT

FROM A MOM AND HER DAUGHTER WHO
WENT FOR AN AFTER-SCHOOL WALK

ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS
IN BARRINGTON

AND SAW KIND OF
A PINK, FLESHY THING

STICKING OUT OF THE SNOW.

THEY THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS
SOME KIND OF DEAD ANIMAL,

AND THEY WEREN'T SURE.

SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE
OUT THERE.

WAIT.

WHAT'S THAT?

WHAT IS IT?

AND AS I GET CLOSER,
I ACTUALLY SEE

THAT THERE'S
AN APPENDAGE STICKING OUT,

BUT THERE'S NOTHING
AT THE END OF THE APPENDAGE.

THERE'S NO HAND. THERE'S NO PAW.

THERE'S NOTHING.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,

I SEE THE WAISTBAND
OF SOME BLUE JEANS.

NOW I KNOW THAT
IT IS HUMAN REMAINS.

WE NEED TO CLEAR THE AREA.

WE GOT
A CRIME SCENE HERE.

DETECTIVES CALL IN
FORENSIC SPECIALISTS

TO EXAMINE THE BODY.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE NEXT
TO SOME RAILROAD TRACKS,

SO I WAS TRYING TO THINK,

"WAS THIS A VICTIM
OF SOME TRAIN ACCIDENT?"

COULD'VE BEEN SEVERAL
DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW.

AS THE E.T.s BEGAN
THE EXCAVATION OF THE BODY,

YOU COULD SEE
THAT THE TORSO PORTION

WAS WITHOUT A HEAD,

WAS MISSING
ITS COMPLETE LEFT ARM,

AND WAS MISSING ITS RIGHT HAND.

FIND A WALLET ANYWHERE?

- NO.
- I.D.?

NO, NOTHING ON THE GROUND.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CHECK
A POCKET.

THE BODY WAS FROZEN SOLID,

SO, INCLUDING, THE POCKETS
WERE FROZEN SOLID.

WHY DON'T WE CUT IT OPEN?

ALL RIGHT.

WE SLOWLY CUT
THE FRONT JEAN POCKETS,

AND WE FOUND A FOLDED-UP
PIECE OF STATIONERY PAPER.

WHAT'S IT SAY?

"ROOM 34."

IT LOOKS LIKE
A TELEPHONE NUMBER.

THE HOTEL THAT THIS PHONE NUMBER
REGISTERED TO

WAS PROBABLY APPROXIMATELY
20 MILES FROM BARRINGTON.

- Hotel Hyperion.
- HI.

THIS IS DETECTIVE KEVIN CROKE
FROM BARRINGTON P.D.

- How can I help you?
- I WAS LOOKING FOR

SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT A PERSON

WHO MIGHT BE STAYING
AT YOUR HOTEL.

ROOM 34.

Yeah, I rented it
to a woman.

She's been staying here
a while now.

THE MANAGER RELAYS A STORY

ABOUT ONE GUEST
WHO STAYED FOR OVER A MONTH.

REALLY?

DO YOU HAVE A NAME?

Yeah, her name
is Lenarczyk.

- OKAY.
- Nadine Lenarczyk.

NADINE -- COULD YOU SPELL
THE LAST NAME, PLEASE?

Sure. It's
L- E-N-A-R-C-Z-Y-K.

THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

- YES?
- NADINE LENARCZYK,

- YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
- I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

- WAIT, WHAT -- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- ANYTHING YOU SAY OR DO CAN --

SHE WAS WANTED ON A WARRANT,

WHICH WOULD GIVE US
PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST HER,

SO WE COULD TALK TO HER.

WHAT IS THIS FOR?

UPON TAKING NADINE INTO CUSTODY,

AT FIRST, SHE WAS CONFUSED,

AND WE WEREN'T GIVING HER TOO
MUCH INFORMATION AT THAT TIME.

- YOU CAN'T ARREST ME!
- IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD ONE,

ONE WILL BE APPOINTED
TO YOU BY THE COURTS.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
THESE RIGHTS, NADINE?

STOP!

SHE TELLS US THAT SHE'S
AN INFORMANT FOR THE FBI.

- I'M WORKING FOR THE FBI.
- WHAT?

I'M NOT SURPRISED
NADINE IS NOT SITTING WITH YOU

AND GIVING AN INTERVIEW.

MY GUESS IS SHE WANTS
TO PUT THIS BEHIND HER FOREVER.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BRING BACK
SOME VERY BAD MEMORIES.

THREE WEEKS AFTER THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF DEAN FAWCETT,

DETECTIVES ARE HOPEFUL THAT
FBI INFORMANT NADINE LENARCZYK

MAY KNOW THE IDENTITY
OF THE DEAD BODY

DISCOVERED NEAR
THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE FBI
ABOUT OUR MYSTERY WOMAN?

TURNS OUT NADINE'S
TELLING THE TRUTH.

SHE'S AN FBI INFORMANT.

REALLY?

WHAT'S THE CASE?

THEY COULDN'T SAY.

WE CONTACTED THIS FBI AGENT,
AND HE ACTUALLY DID CONFIRM

THAT, "YES, I AM
WORKING WITH NADINE.

SHE IS PROVIDING INFORMATION.

SHE IS INVOLVED
IN SOME OTHER CRIMES."

WE EXPLAINED TO HIM
WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT,

AND HE SAID, "OKAY, YEAH. NO,

THESE ARE COMPLETELY
UNRELATED SITUATIONS."

THEY REVIEWED
OUR JOHN DOE CASE,

AND THEY DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY CONNECTION.

GAVE US THE GO-AHEAD
TO QUESTION HER.

THE BARRINGTON POLICE
ARRESTED NADINE

BECAUSE IT WAS HER HOTEL
ROOM NUMBER AND PHONE NUMBER

ON THE PIECE OF PAPER
FOUND IN THE VICTIM'S POCKET.

WELL, ALL RIGHT THEN.

LET'S SEE WHAT SHE KNOWS.

SHE'S AN INFORMANT WITH THE FBI,

WORKING WITH SOME VERY VIOLENT
AND DANGEROUS PEOPLE,

SO SHE WAS, YOU KNOW,
RIGHTFULLY SO,

VERY KIND OF UPSET OR NERVOUS

ABOUT WHAT WAS ABOUT
TO TAKE PLACE.

I'M NOT GOING TO TALK
TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE FBI CASE.

I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE TALKING
TO ANYONE ABOUT IT.

THAT'S FINE.

WE DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY DEAL
YOU HAVE WITH THE FBI.

THEN WHY AM I HERE?

YOU KNOW, NADINE
WAS BEING VIEWED

AS A WITNESS AT THIS POINT.

SHE MIGHT HAVE SOME INFORMATION.

YOU'RE HERE...

...BECAUSE OF HIM.

YOU EVER SEEN
THIS GUY BEFORE?

YEAH, I KNOW HIM.

AND SHE SAID, "WELL, YEAH.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DO.

I KNOW A GUY -- DIDN'T KNOW HIM
WELL, BUT I KNEW A GUY.

I ONLY KNOW HIS FIRST NAME."

WELL, I MET HIM ONCE,

DEAN,
AROUND CHRISTMAS.

WHERE'D YOU GET THIS FROM?

SEEN IT BEFORE?

IT'S MY ROOM NUMBER.

I WATCHED DEAN
AS HE WROTE IT DOWN.

THIS DEAN?

YEAH.

WE'RE NOW CONVINCED
THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED

THE VICTIM AS DEAN FAWCETT.

WITH THE BODY NOW IDENTIFIED,

DETECTIVES HEAD TO MARY KAY'S
HOME TO DELIVER THE NEWS.

DETECTIVE?

HI, MARY KAY.

CAN WE COME IN?

YES.

SO, DID YOU FIND HIM?

WE DID.

DEAN WAS --

I- I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO TELL YOU THIS.

HE WAS MURDERED.

MURDERED?

MARY KAY, I'M SO SORRY.

WE'LL FIND THE PEOPLE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

WHY DON'T YOU COME
HAVE A SEAT?

WHILE YOU'RE WORKING
THESE INVESTIGATIONS,

YOU NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT

THAT YOU'RE WORKING
FOR A FAMILY.

YOU KNOW?
THAT'S WHAT'S YOUR MOTIVATION.

THAT'S WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING.

BUT WHY IS DEAN FAWCETT DEAD,

AND WHO HAS KILLED HIM?

DETECTIVES CONTINUE
TO PRESS NADINE FOR ANSWERS.

SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD JUST
MET HIM AROUND CHRISTMASTIME,

AND THEY WERE DOING
SOME SHOPPING

AND WRITING
ALL THESE BAD CHECKS.

DEAN WAS BUYING A LOT
OF EXPENSIVE STUFF,

KNOWING THAT HIS CHECKS
WOULD BOUNCE.

BUT IT WASN'T HIS IDEA.

SO WE ASKED NADINE
WHAT ELSE SHE KNEW

ABOUT THE BAD-CHECK WRITING,
AND SHE SAID IT ACTUALLY STARTED

WHEN TWO FRIENDS OF HERS
CONTACTED HER.

NADINE THEN STARTED
TO TELL US MORE OF THE STORY.

NADINE WAS A FRIEND
OF THE MEN IN THIS CREW,

PAUL MODROWSKI
AND ROBERT FARACI.

GUYS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

THAT IS PRETTY SAD.
DEFINITELY NOT A TREE

FOR SOMEONE WHO'S ABOUT
TO COME INTO A LOT OF MONEY.

HEY, GUYS, I'M GOING TO HEAD OUT
FOR A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT?

I'M GOING TO TO THE STORE.
YOU WANT SOMETHING?

- NO, THANKS, BOBBY.
- BEER? HOW ABOUT YOU?

- I'M GOOD.
- YOU SURE?

- I'M GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS.

SO, HOW DOES
THIS WORK, EXACTLY?

IT'S EASY.
WE JUST GO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING,

PAY WITH A CHECK,
AND THEN BEFORE THEY REALIZE

THE CHECK'S NO GOOD, WE'VE
ALREADY SOLD IT OFF FOR CASH.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

WHO'S WRITING THE CHECKS?

UM, A FRIEND OF MINE.
HIS NAME'S DEAN.

DO YOU TRUST HIM?

I THINK SO.

IT BECAME VERY CLEAR
THAT DEAN WAS JUST DESPERATE

TO HAVE SOME FRIENDS
AND JUST TO GET ALONG.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE
PART OF A GROUP.

HE DIDN'T LIKE
GETTING IN TROUBLE,

BUT, YOU KNOW, HE DID LIKE
HANGING OUT WITH THESE GUYS.

DUDE, WE COULD AT LEAST
GET A GRAND FOR THIS.

WE SHOULD JUST GRAB EVERYTHING
THAT'S EXPENSIVE.

WHY WASTE TIME?
COME ON.

THIS IS AWESOME.

COME ON.
GET ANYTHING YOU WANT.

THEY WERE USING DEAN FAWCETT.

DEAN?

WHAT'S WRONG?

IT'S NOTHING. ME AND MY MOM
JUST HAD A FIGHT.

COME IN.

I JUST SPENT
CHRISTMAS ALONE.

WELL, YOU COULD'VE
COME HERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

LATELY, I'VE JUST BEEN THINKING
ABOUT TAKING OFF

AND NOT TELLING ANYONE.

I MEAN,
THAT WOULD SHOW HER.

YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT.

YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MOM.

BESIDES, I DON'T THINK
PAUL WOULD BE TOO THRILLED

IF YOU TOOK OFF.

HE STILL NEEDS YOU
AND YOUR CHECKBOOK.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING
TO GET AWAY WITH THIS FOREVER.

EVENTUALLY, SOMEONE'S
GOING TO FIND OUT.

WHEN THEY DO, I'M NOT
TAKING THE FALL FOR IT.

DEAN TOLD NADINE, "WELL,
IF I'M GETTING IN TROUBLE,

I'M TAKING EVERYBODY
DOWN WITH ME."

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

NEVER MIND.
JUST FORGET THAT I SAID IT.

RIGHT.

FORGOTTEN.

SO NOW NADINE IS ARMED
WITH THIS INFORMATION

THAT DEAN MAY NOT BE AS STAND-UP
OF A GUY AS THEY THOUGHT.

THE BEAUTY AND MAGIC
OF PICTURES, RIGHT?

IT'S ALWAYS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.

BUT IT DOES SHOW HOW HAPPY HE IS

AND THAT --

...WHAT A GOOD GUY HE WAS OR IS.

IF DEAN WAS STILL HERE,

HE WOULD WANT ME
TELLING HIS STORY.

ANYTIME I REFERRED TO HIM,

I ALWAYS SAID
THAT HE WAS MY MIRACLE BABY.

CHRISTMAS OF '92 WAS
THE LAST TIME I SAW DEAN.

- FAWCETT'S BODY, MISSING
- THE HEAD, AN ARM, AND A HAND,

WAS FOUND IN THIS WOODED AREA
OF BARRINGTON IN JANUARY.

MY COUSIN, A BISHOP,
HE WAS THE SPEAKER AT THE WAKE,

AND HE WROTE THIS.

"DON'T PLAY WITH BAD COMPANIONS.

CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS WISELY.

DEAN DIDN'T."

BUT WHICH OF
DEAN'S FRIENDS HAS BETRAYED HIM?

KEY WITNESS NADINE
MAY HOLD THE ANSWER.

NADINE WAS A VERY
IMPORTANT WITNESS IN THIS CASE.

SHE KIND OF PUT A LOT
OF PIECES TOGETHER.

SOMETHING REALLY STRANGE
HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS.

PAUL.

HAVE YOU SEEN
BOBBY AND DEAN ANYWHERE?

I DON'T KNOW WHERE BOBBY WENT,
BUT DEAN'S INSIDE.

LISTEN, THERE'S SOMETHING
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

WHAT IS IT?

IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING, BUT
DEAN SAID SOMETHING STRANGE --

SOMETHING LIKE IF WE GET CAUGHT,
HE'S NOT GOING TO TAKE THE FALL.

HE SAID THAT?

NO, H-HE WAS PROBABLY JUST
UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING.

HE GOT INTO A FIGHT
WITH HIS MOM AT CHRISTMAS.

I'LL TALK TO HIM. IF YOU
SEE BOBBY, YOU LET ME KNOW.

HEY, PAUL.
HE DIDN'T MEAN IT, PAUL.

HEY, BUDDY.

HI.

CHECK THIS OUT.

THAT'S COOL.

WHAT'S IT FOR?

JUST GOOD TO HAVE IT ON ME,
YOU KNOW?

YOU NEVER KNOW
WHO YOU COULD TRUST.

I CAN TRUST YOU,
THOUGH, RIGHT?

OF COURSE, YEAH.

YOU SURE?

YEAH.

HEY, WHEN BOBBY COMES BACK,
LET'S HOP IN MY CAR.

I GOT SOMETHING
TO SHOW YOU.

COOL. OKAY.

NADINE NEVER SAW
THAT YOUNG MAN AGAIN.

THAT WAS THE MORNING
OF DECEMBER 28, 1992.

WHEN NADINE PASSED THE
INFORMATION ALONG TO MODROWSKI,

SHE PROBABLY DID NOT KNOW

THAT SHE WAS...

SIGNING DEAN FAWCETT'S
DEATH WARRANT.

WE CONTACTED MARY KAY FAWCETT

SHORTLY AFTER OUR CONVERSATION
WITH NADINE

TO ASK HER SOME QUESTIONS
ABOUT HER SON.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.

OF COURSE.

DID YOU GUYS
FIND ANYTHING?

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NAMES.

I THINK IT WAS HEADED BY

A FELLA NAMED
PAUL MODROWSKI.

PAUL?

YOU KNOW PAUL MODROWSKI?

WELL, I MET HIM ONCE.

HE DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT
TO ME.

HOW SO?

HE WAS SHIFTY AND WOULDN'T
LOOK ME IN THE EYE.

MARY KAY FAWCETT,
THE MOTHER OF DEAN FAWCETT,

INFORMED US THAT SHE DIDN'T
GET A REALLY GOOD VIBE

FROM THIS PAUL MODROWSKI.

I DON'T KNOW.

SOMETHING ABOUT HIM
JUST DIDN'T ADD UP.

WE LEARNED
THAT WHAT MADE MODROWSKI

A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
FROM FARACI

WAS HIS TENDENCY
TOWARDS VIOLENCE.

POLICE MOVE QUICKLY
TO LOCATE PAUL MODROWSKI

AND ROBERT FARACI,
BUT THEY HAVE BOTH VANISHED.

SO THE NEXT INVESTIGATIVE PATH

WAS TO FIND BOB FARACI
AND PAUL MODROWSKI.

AND NOBODY SEEMED TO KNOW
WHERE THEY WERE AT.

IF THEY WERE INNOCENT,
THEY'D HAVE NO REASON TO FLEE.

WE DECIDED TO EXPAND
OUR SEARCH FOR OUR SUSPECTS

NATIONWIDE.

Dispatch for unit 315.

GO FOR 315.

Detective, we got a hit
on Bob Faraci.

He was picked up
down in Florida.

FLORIDA?

OKAY, TELL THEM
TO HOLD ONTO HIM.

HE'S A PERSON OF INTEREST.

That's going to be hard, sir.
They already released him.

BY THE TIME WE HAD GOTTEN
THE INFORMATION

ABOUT THE ARREST, THOUGH,
HE HAD ALREADY BONDED OUT

AND WAS NO LONGER IN THE CUSTODY

OF THE CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO NOW, AGAIN, THE HUNT BEGINS
IN EARNEST AGAIN

TO TRY AND FIND OUT,
"ALL RIGHT. WHERE ARE THEY AT?"

LISTEN, I NEED YOU
TO LET THEM KNOW THE SITUATION.

WE NEED TO MOBILIZE OFFICERS
AND FIND HIM.

10-4. I'm on it.

SOUL OF CHRIST,
BE MY SANCTIFICATION.

BODY OF CHRIST, BE MY SALVATION.

BLOOD OF CHRIST, FILL MY VEINS.
BLOOD OF CHRIST, FILL MY VEINS.

HAVING THE FAITH THAT I HAVE
DID HELP ME.

I DID HAVE PRAYERS.

I HAD TWO PRAYERS
THAT I WOULD SAY ALL THE TIME

TO GET ME THROUGH THIS.

BID ME COME TO THEE ABOVE

WITH THY SAINTS.

WORLD WITHOUT END.

JUST SAY, "OKAY,
LET GOD TAKE CARE OF IT."

DETECTIVES BELIEVE
THAT BOTH FUGITIVES

HAVE ESCAPED TO FLORIDA,

BUT THEY SOON LEARN
THAT ROBERT FARACI

IS MUCH CLOSER TO HOME.

SO OUR NEXT BREAK CAME
WHEN WE RECEIVED A TIP

THAT ROBERT FARACI
HAD RETURNED TO ILLINOIS.

WE BELIEVED THESE WERE
DANGEROUS PEOPLE

AND THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE DEALING WITH KILLERS.

EVERYTHING WAS IN PLAY
AT THAT POINT.

BUT WE HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE.

AFTER MONTHS ON THE RUN,

DETECTIVES LEARN THAT
MURDER SUSPECT ROBERT FARACI

MAY BE BACK IN ILLINOIS
WITH HIS WIFE.

GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.
HOW CAN I HELP?

I'M DETECTIVE CROKE,
AND THIS IS MY PARTNER.

WE'RE WORKING A CASE,
AND WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE

THAT THERE'S A PERSON
OF INTEREST STAYING HERE.

REALLY?

THEY WERE STAYING
AT A LOCAL MOTEL.

WE SPOKE TO THE CLERK.

HE HAD SEEN THEM LEAVE
AND GO TO THE RESTAURANT,

WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR
TO THE MOTEL.

SO WE WENT TO RESTAURANT,
AND WE DID IN FACT SEE BOB

SITTING IN THERE WITH ROSE.

CAME BACK OUT, MADE A DECISION.

"SHOULD WE MAKE A SCENE IN THE
RESTAURANT, OR SHOULD WE WAIT?"

WE CAN'T RISK IT.

WHY DON'T YOU STAY IN THE CAR,
AND I'LL COVER THE FRONT DOOR?

AND WHEN THEY COME OUT,
WE CAN JUMP ON THEM.

ROBERT FARACI!

HANDS BEHIND
YOUR HEAD NOW.

WE JUST, YOU KNOW,
ANNOUNCED, "POLICE,"

AND, "YOU'RE UNDER ARREST,"
AND, "TURN AROUND,"

AND THEY COMPLIED
WITH ALL OUR INSTRUCTIONS.

HE KNEW HE WAS A SUSPECT,
SO I THINK HE KNEW IT WAS

JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE
HE WAS GOING TO GET ARRESTED.

THIS NORTHWEST SUBURBAN MAN

IS THE CENTER OF ALL
THE RECENT ATTENTION.

25-YEAR-OLD ROBERT FARACI
OF NORRIDGE

IS CHARGED IN THE MURDER
OF 22-YEAR-OLD DEAN FAWCETT

OF LA GRANGE PARK.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

DEAN FAWCETT.

WHAT ABOUT HIM?

WE KNOW ABOUT
THE CHECK FRAUD.

WE KNOW ABOUT YOU.
WE KNOW ABOUT PAUL,

AND WE KNOW ABOUT NADINE.

DEAN IS DEAD.

I WANT TO KNOW WHY.

LOOK, PAUL IS CRAZY.
ALL RIGHT?

AFTER A WHILE,
HE STARTED GETTING PARANOID.

IT GOT TO THE POINT
WHERE HE THOUGHT

DEAN WAS GOING TO RAT US OUT
IF THE COPS NABBED HIM.

SO HE DECIDED
TO KILL HIM?

DEAN WAS THE WITNESS THAT WOULD
BRING THEM ALL DOWN WITH HIM.

YOU KNOW, WOULD THEY HAVE GONE
TO PRISON FOR THIS?

MAYBE. BUT IN MODROWSKI'S WORLD,

YOU PREVENT HIM FROM EVER
BECOMING A WITNESS AGAINST YOU.

LOOK, I DIDN'T WANT NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS.

OKAY.

I UNDERSTAND.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED?

YEAH, THIS IS
STUPID, PAUL.

WHY DON'T YOU GUYS SHUT UP
AND JUST DO AS I SAY, OKAY?

SCREW THIS, MAN.
I'M OUT OF HERE.

IT'S FREEZING.
LET'S JUST GO BACK.

NO GOING BACK.

I THINK MAYBE
THE VERY FIRST TIME

DEAN HAD AN INKLING THAT,

"SOMETHING REALLY SERIOUS
IS HAPPENING NOW."

WHY?
WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

- GET ON THE GROUND.
- WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

I'M NOT GOING TO LET A LITTLE
RAT LIKE YOU TAKE ME OUT!

WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT?
GET ON THE GROUND!

THEY WALK DOWN
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EMBANKMENT.

PAUL PULLS OUT THE 9mm
AND JUST SIMPLY ORDERS DEAN

TO GET ON THE GROUND, LAY DOWN.

I P-PROMISED
I WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

I WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT YOU.

- I PROMISED I WOULDN'T --
- GET DOWN! ALL THE WAY!

AND AGAIN, DEAN BEING DEAN,
HE OBEYS THE ORDERS.

PLEASE! I DON'T WANT TO --
JUST PLEASE DON'T SHOOT!

HE WAS BEGGING FOR HIS LIFE,

MODROWSKI, WITH GUN IN HAND,
POINTED AT HIM,

DEMANDING TO KNOW,
"WHAT DID YOU TELL THE POLICE?"

IT'S TOO LATE!
I'VE MADE UP MY MIND.

AND DEAN DENIED EVERYTHING,
BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.

PLEASE! PLEASE!

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.

NO, YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE COMING
TO HELP ME FINISH THIS.

BOB BLAMED PAUL MODROWSKI
FOR BEING THE MONSTER IN THIS,

AND IN FACT, BOB SAID
HE WAS EVEN SCARED OF PAUL.

SO THAT'S YOUR
STATEMENT, THEN?

LOOK, I --
I SAID WHAT I SAID.

AND, WHILE HE PARTICIPATED
IN THE CRIME,

THAT HE ONLY DID SO BECAUSE
HE FEARED FOR HIS OWN SAFETY

AND THE SAFETY OF HIS WIFE.

WE'LL BE BACK IN 5.

MODROWSKI CUT OFF DEAN'S HEAD.

HE CUT OFF DEAN'S LEFT ARM

AND CUT OFF DEAN'S RIGHT HAND

WITH A SAW.

MODROWSKI,
WITH THOSE BODY PARTS,

LEFT DEAN FAWCETT
ON THAT RAILROAD EMBANKMENT,

SO DEAN'S HEAD AND HANDS
WERE NEVER FOUND AGAIN.

AND NOW THE SEARCH FOR PAUL
MODROWSKI REALLY INTENSIFIED.

- POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
- ANOTHER SUSPECT IN THE CASE.

IT'S JUST KIND OF SCARY
TO THINK ABOUT

SOME PERSON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
COULD DO THAT.

WELL, HE HANGS AROUND
WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAN I DO,

'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW PEOPLE
WHO WALK AROUND EVERY DAY

SAYING THEY'RE GOING
TO SHOOT PEOPLE.

FOUR MONTHS AFTER DEAN'S MURDER,

POLICE APPREHEND PAUL MODROWSKI

NEAR A RELATIVE'S HOME
IN CHICAGO.

- 18-YEAR-OLD PAUL MODROWSKI
- SPORTED A CLEAN-SHAVEN FACE

AND A BRAND-NEW HAIRCUT AS
HE LEFT JAIL FOR COURT TODAY,

BUT COPS SAY HE'S ANYTHING BUT
THE CLEAN-CUT BOY NEXT DOOR.

HE'S BEEN CHARGED
WITH THE MUTILATION-MURDER

OF THIS MAN --
22-YEAR-OLD DEAN FAWCETT.

DETECTIVES DIG INTO
PAUL MODROWSKI'S PAST,

AND WHAT THEY UNCOVER
IS TERRIFYING.

AS A TEENAGER,
HE USED TO MUTILATE ANIMALS,

AND HE WOULD TAKE PLEASURE
OUT OF CUTTING UP SMALL ANIMALS

AND TORTURING SMALL ANIMALS.
SO TORTURING A HUMAN

I THINK WOULD GIVE HIM
THE SAME TYPE OF PLEASURE

THAT HE GOT FROM
TORTURING LITTLE ANIMALS.

HE WAS VERY INTIMIDATING.

LIKE, WHEN HE WALKED DOWN
THE HALLS OF THE SCHOOL,

THEY JUST PARTED
LIKE THE RED SEA.

NOBODY WANTED ANYTHING
TO DO WITH HIM

AND BASICALLY
WERE AFRAID OF HIM.

I WOULD DESCRIBE PAUL MODROWSKI
AS FRANKENSTEIN,

BUT THEN, EVEN THEN,
EVEN FRANKENSTEIN HAD A HEART.

PAUL MODROWSKI HAD ICE
IN HIS VEINS.

- POLICE PLAN TO CALL THIS MAN,
- 25-YEAR-OLD ROBERT FARACI,

BEFORE A GRAND JURY
INVESTIGATING THE CASE.

FARACI HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED
IN THE BARRINGTON MURDER.

AND AS A RESULT OF THE JURORS

BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO BOBBY
ON THE STAND IN TEARS,

CRYING ABOUT HOW SCARED HE WAS
FROM PAUL MODROWSKI,

THE JURORS BOUGHT INTO THAT.

AND THEY ULTIMATELY
SIDED WITH HIS STORY,

AND THEY ACQUITTED HIM
OF THE MURDER CHARGES,

AND BOB FARACI WAS SET FREE.

WE WERE ALL STUNNED.

THERE WERE, YOU KNOW,
UNCOMFORTABLE...

QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

IN OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE
WITH THE BURDEN OF PROOF,

MANY TIMES,

THERE IS A NOT-GUILTY VERDICT.

I PROMISED
I WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING!

PLEASE! PLEASE!

IN A SEPARATE TRIAL,
PAUL MODROWSKI IS FOUND GUILTY

OF MURDER,
BUT HE DISPUTES FARACI'S

VERSION OF EVENTS
AND MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE

TO THIS DAY.

IF PAUL MODROWSKI
WAS NOT ARRESTED

FOR THE MURDER OF DEAN FAWCETT,

IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY
THAT HE WOULD HAVE COMMITTED

MORE VIOLENT CRIMES
AND POSSIBLY MURDER.

COLD-BLOODED KILLER.

VIOLENT FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE.

NOT ONE SHRED OF EMOTION.

CALM, COOL, COLLECTED.

HE WAS ALMOST NONHUMAN.

WHEN DEAN WAS MISSING,
I WENT INTO HIS ROOM,

AND IN A DRAWER, I FOUND A PAPER
THAT HE HAD WRITTEN.

IT SOUNDS LIKE
THINGS WERE GOING ON,

BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO GET OUT OF IT.

"WE ARE ALL HERE
BUT JUST ONE TIME.

NO ONE KNOWS HOW.

THIS IS THE PLACE
ONE ALMIGHTY CREATOR TESTS YOU.

HE EVEN GAVE A SON.

THIS GIVES US A SECOND CHANCE.

DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?

BECAUSE IF IT DOES,
I THINK IT MEANS TWO THINGS.

YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ME,

AND YOU BELIEVE
IN WHAT I BELIEVE IN."

AND AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE,

DEAN HAD PRINTED, "HEAVEN."

OKAY?

YEP, I HAVE NOT READ THAT
IN A LONG TIME,

SO THIS IS PROBABLY
THE MOST DIFFICULT PART.

OKAY?

NO. NO ONE EVER DIED
IN MY FAMILY

THAT I WAS SO CLOSE TO.

THERE WAS A SENSE OF --
I WANTED JUSTICE OR VENGEANCE,

BUT JESUS CHRIST'S SACRIFICE
APPLIES TO THEM

JUST AS MUCH TO ME
AND TO MY COUSIN,

SO I...

...YOU KNOW, ALSO
HAVE TO FORGIVE THEM.

MODROWSKI HAS LOST ALL HIS
APPEALS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,

AND WILL BE IN JAIL
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

AND AT FIRST, I THOUGHT
THE DEATH PENALTY,

BUT THEN AFTER
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT,

I THOUGHT THAT WAS
ALMOST TOO GOOD FOR HIM --

THAT FOR WHAT HE DID,

THEN HE SHOULD JUST, EVERY DAY,

THINK ABOUT IT.

MARY KAY DESERVED A LOT BETTER.

HER ONLY CHILD
WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HER,

AND SHE HAS HAD TO LIVE
THE REST OF HER LIFE

WITHOUT HER SON IN IT.

IT'S WHY PROSECUTORS
DO WHAT THEY DO.

IT'S FOR THEM. IT'S FOR
THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

IT'S NOT FOR US.