Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 15, Episode 2 - Imprisoned Lives - full transcript

NARRATOR: In the
criminal justice system,

sexually based offenses are
considered especially heinous.

In New York City,

the dedicated detectives who
investigate these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad
known as the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

LEWIS: Welcome
home, Detective Benson.

NARRATOR: Previously on
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

A detective has been
kidnapped. You find him.

(SIREN WAILING)

When he can, he moves
them to a safe house,



where he can take his time.

LEWIS: Let's get to the action.

BENSON: There was a struggle.

(GROANING)

I managed to
incapacitate the suspect.

BENSON: He still got to me.

Got to you? Yeah.

(SCREAMING)

(KEYS JINGLING)

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

(SIGHS)

Time to wake up, sweetheart.

(GROANS)

Hey, Liv, I wish you'd
let me do this for you.



Yeah, I just, uh... I wanted
to open some windows.

You okay?

Whoa, hey. Let me get
that for you. Stop. I got it.

Okay.

I'm fine. Okay.

Okay.

(EXHALES) TEACHER: Two.

(EXHALES) Three.

(EXHALES) Four.

BENSON: I mean, I
know that he's locked up.

And I know that
he can't get to me.

But I feel very angry.

If I hadn't let my guard down,

if somebody had put him away,

then, he wouldn't have
raped Alice Parker,

or raped Mrs. Mayer, or...

Or you.

That wasn't rape.

That was an assault.

An ugly, violent one, but...

But they had it worse.

You can take care of yourself.

You're fine.

Are you saying that I'm not?

Olivia, I'm suggesting
that you've undergone

a traumatic experience.

And that even you
are not a superwoman.

We went there today.

Your apartment?

The first time
since the assault?

How was that? Not good.

Returning for the first
time can be a trigger for...

Yes, I know. I know all
about that. Thank you.

I'm sure you do.

I'm sorry. It's just, uh...

That place, it
was so dark there.

Then, I realized
that I haven't...

Thrived there.

We can talk about that
some more, if you'd like.

In our next session? (LAUGHS)

Or not.

You know, I... I think...

I think I'm just...

I'm just ready to
go back to work.

I know you feel
antsy, but right now,

is SVU the best place for you?

Excuse me?

I hear you
reevaluating your home,

your relationship.

I wonder if you've given any
thought to the toll your job takes.

Not for a second.

He doesn't get to
take that from me.

Does the thought of
doing something different,

does that frighten you?

What I'm afraid of

is walking back to my...

To my squad room,
and having everybody

look at me

and wonder if I'm okay.

Hey, guys.

What, no cake?

We were gonna get you cupcakes.

Rollins, I was... I was joking.

They're... They're beautiful.
Thank you. That's so nice.

Welcome back, Detective Benson.

(HORN HONKING)

MO-MO: Hey. Want
a picture? Come on.

Oh, okay. It's Mo-Mo!

MAN: Buddy! Hi.

Hi, there. It's Mo-Mo.

Hi, Mo-Mo. Hi.

Hi, uh, what's your name?

Buddy, you don't run away from
me, okay? Hey, is that your daddy?

Do you want him to take a
picture of you with Mo-Mo?

Ten bucks, take a video.

You want a picture,
don't you? Back off.

Hey, don't push me.
Excuse me, please.

MO-MO: It's just
five bucks for a kid.

MAN: Back off. Hey.

Excuse me. Whoa.
It's for him. What?

Not again. What's going on?

That guy started
it. He pushed me.

Take the head off, sir.
I need to see some ID.

In front of these kids?

BUDDY: Pa?

Pa?

Where's Pa?

You're here with your dad, son?

We'll find him.
What's your name?

(INAUDIBLE)

Sorry.

Nick, it's okay.

You don't like my haircut?

It'll grow.

(CHUCKLES)

Where's your ring?

It is what it is.

An abandoned kid
in Times Square.

Another Mo-Mo incident.

Again?

What is it with these guys?

Go wake up your
partner and find out.

We got this, Captain.

Liv, it's just your
second day back.

(SIGHS) Captain, you're
paying me to be here.

You sent me home
yesterday after two hours.

It's a lost kid.

Please, I can handle this.

Hey, Cap. We're good.

Okay.

BENSON: He doesn't know his own
name? OFFICER: Or he won't say.

Or his parents' names,
or where he lives.

Okay. He's young.
What, seven? Eight?

He doesn't know his birthday.

He just says he
wants to go home.

But he does speak English.

When he speaks, yeah.

I don't know. Something's
off developmentally.

BENSON: Could he be autistic?

Nah, my nephew's
on the spectrum.

This is something different.

NICK: And what about
the father? Okay, thanks.

That dad, he started it.

The boy, was he
comfortable with him? Scared?

The dad scared me.

And the kid, he... He was weird.

Clinging to me like I was real?

Hi, there.

My name's Olivia.

I'm here to help you.

Do you understand
what I'm saying?

Is it okay if I hold your hand?

So, can you tell me your name?

What's your name?

Buddy.

Buddy.

A lost boy and the man with him

took off when he saw cops?

That's not good.

All the crowd, the tourists,

the guy just melted away.

Mo-Mo's getting
us a police sketch.

TARU's checking all
the security cameras.

Kid show any signs of abuse?

Doctors say he's
underweight for his age,

but he's bright, aware,
physically unharmed.

ROLLINS: We ran his profile
through Missing Persons.

There's no matches yet.

And his DNA is
not in the system.

No maternal or paternal hits.

Still. At seven or eight, he
should be able to tell us something.

BENSON: Okay,
Buddy. So, who is this?

Ma.

Ma?

Okay.

Do you live with Ma?

In house.

Who are these other two?

BUDDY: Auntie.

And Sissy.

She plays with me the most.

And that man that
you were with today.

Who was he? No.

He'll come back.

He'll be mad.

So, this man, tell me.

What's his name?

Pa.

You live with Pa?

When he's at house.

He goes sometimes.

But he always comes back.

So, when Pa comes and goes,

do you know where he goes?

Don't ask.

Be quiet.

Then, he won't be mad.

If you're quiet,
you get ice cream.

Or go out.

Out.

Out, like today.

Like today, when you saw Mo-Mo.

So, did... Did you and
Pa walk to see Mo-Mo?

Yeah.

We walked a long way.

Then, we go upstairs.

Upstairs?

To the train.

High up.

I look out the window.

Then it got dark.

Sissy taught me a trick
to make the walk go fast.

Count the cracks.

In the sidewalk.

I bet you're a
really good counter.

Me and Sissy
have lots of tricks.

We count lots of things.

Yeah?

Do you count the train stops?

BUDDY: That's train.

NICK: Okay. Good, Buddy.

But is there anything you
remember hearing, Buddy?

Maybe at night? Sirens?

Dog one and dog two.

They bark.

I don't like it when they bark.

Okay. Keep looking
out the window, Buddy.

Tell me if you see
where you walk.

That bridge.

We cross that bridge.

There's lots of cars.

It's loud.

BENSON: Okay. How many
sidewalk cracks to house?

A hundred cracks
to get that far.

Okay, around this
corner, this way?

BUDDY: Yes.

Fifty five cracks.
NICK: To house?

BUDDY: Yeah.

Okay, Buddy. Tell
us if you see house.

There.

House.

(DOGS BARKING)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Police! You sure we
got the right place?

The kid's positive.

Open up!

You looking for Tony? Tony?

The house is owned
by Angie Minetti.

Yeah. Tony's her
son. They live together.

Where's Tony right now?

I ain't seen him
since yesterday.

Mr. Minetti. Police!

He left in a hurry.

ROLLINS: Nobody's upstairs.

Open up!

NYPD.

NICK: Mr. Minetti?

FIN: Hello? Anybody in here?

ROLLINS: What
kind of hell is this?

NICK: One cell.

Two cells.

Three.

Wait. There's somebody in there.

Hey, come cut this open.

ROLLINS: Hey.

Hey. (WOMAN MOANS)

We're going to
need an ambulance.

(MOANS) Hey.

Hey. Listen, we're
here to help you.

Hey. We're police.

Hey. You're safe.

There's no sign of him. He may
have left with two other women.

ROLLINS: It's a house of
horrors. It's sick in there.

He's got Tasers,
zip tie restraints,

there's German
Shepherds out in the yard.

He's another Ariel
Castro. My God.

What do we have on him?

The neighbors say
he's Tony Minetti.

Son of homeowner, Angie Minetti.

Neighbors know the mother?

Nobody has seen her in years.

But her Social Security checks
get direct deposited every week.

Neighbors see anything?

Well, three complaints to
the local precinct this year,

including a woman tied
up outside in the dog house.

Cops showed up,
no answer. They left.

Ain't they great.

This is incredible. Incredible.

I had beers with this dude.

You ever been in his house?

No, my backyard.
We'd have a smoke.

He was just a regular
dude. Until today.

You never heard or saw
anything that didn't seem right?

No, sir.

What about the little boy?

Quiet little fella. Uh, Tony said
it was his girlfriend's nephew.

But you know, it could
have been his son.

BUDDY: That's Auntie.

Can I see Sissy?

It's over now.

The press is here?

Please tell me that
you have something.

An address on the
homeowner's son.

Fin and Amaro are en route.

Is the vic any help?

Rollins says she
may have issues.

You okay with all this? Are you?

I've got a
seven-year-old in the car

who's spent his entire
life in a basement.

And God knows what
else went on down there.

We have no idea where
this Pa is, or, or, or who he is.

And now, the
feeding frenzy begins?

Welcome back.

CRAGEN: There's no sign of the
other women at Tony Minetti's apartment.

They're bringing him in.

And he claims to have
no idea about any of this?

What do we know
about the first vic?

Um...

Uh, Rhonda Davis, 24.

She's been missing since 2002.

How did she end
up in that basement?

Well, Rollins says that
it's been very slow going.

Um, she seems to have a
diminished mental capacity.

Uh, grew up in Delaware,
in and out of foster care.

Any family?

No, the parents are deceased.

Last we know, she was living
in a group home in Brooklyn.

They didn't even
report her missing

until two years
after she ran away.

They wanted the government
checks to keep coming.

NICK: Come on.

Can somebody tell
me what's going on?

FIN: Shut up.

I haven't been to that
for-crap house in 20 years.

So, you haven't seen your
mother in two decades?

No. And if she says
I have, she's lying.

Where did you pick her up?

I told you. I've never
seen her before.

We found her chained
up in your house.

In your basement.
It's not my house.

I don't even like women.

So, what, you're
saying you're gay?

That's why my mother hates me.

When I came out,
she spit in my face

and told me I was
going straight to hell.

So, no, I've never
seen the girl before.

My mother must have set me up.

RHONDA: Mmm-mmm.

That's not Pa. That's not Pa.

I want to get out.

Out. Out. Hey.

(SHUSHING) Okay.

All right? You want to
get out? We can do that.

You want to get
something to eat?

How about some ice
cream? No, no ice cream.

Sissy said that's for Buddy.

Sissy.

She's a good sister.

Can you tell me about her?

She sleeps with Pa.

Except when he sleeps with me,

or Ma.

Except he doesn't sleep.

He stays awake and
awake and awake.

Okay.

And Pa, he...

He took Ma and Sissy with him.

Yes.

He didn't want me to go.

He said only Ma and Pumpkin Pie.

And Sissy's Pumpkin Pie?

That's when she
came to live with us.

Pa said she's our pumpkin pie.

Our Thanksgiving blessing.

We think one of the girls from
the basement is Kayla Greyland.

She went missing in the Poconos
area nine years ago around Thanksgiving.

Big media case. Buddy ID'd
the age progression photo.

So, this guy's been holding
two missing girls for 11 years?

What about the third woman?

We're checking her sketch
against old Missing Persons records.

No hits so far.

Could it be Angie Minetti?

No, it's unlikely. Angie's 85.

And Angie's real son has no idea

who was impersonating him? No.

So, who is this guy?

No mail, no
prescription bottles.

Utilities, phone all in Angie
Minetti's name, paid direct deposit.

ROLLINS: And CSU
ran prints. No hits.

So, you're nowhere closer to finding
this guy or the other two women.

Look. At least we can tell Kayla's
parents that their daughter's still alive.

Well, take the police sketch.

Predators tend to work
their own neighborhoods.

SCOTT: It doesn't look
like anyone we know.

The police, after
all these years,

said we shouldn't
expect too much.

But you're saying
she's alive with him?

It's possible.

(SOBBING) It's... I told you.

I kept praying every day.

They said on the news there
were other girls in the house.

And a little boy.

Do we know...

Well, when you
reported Kayla missing,

the police didn't
collect a DNA sample.

Kayla's toothbrush or hairbrush.

They said there was no
point unless they found a body.

Okay. Kayla's things,
you saved them?

I have her first lost tooth.

He kept her alive nine years...

He must be attached.

He wouldn't do
anything now, would he?

CSU found human skeletal remains

in the backyard in Greenpoint,

wrapped in a bedspread.

Nice sheets.

CRAGEN: Liv?

Was it another girl?

Well, they're checking
dental records.

It might be Angie Minetti.

So, he kills this old woman.

Liv, it may have
been natural causes.

He buries her in the backyard.

The M.E. didn't find
any signs of foul play.

He keeps cashing her check.

He keeps these girls chained.

And he keeps raping
them over and over.

Okay. Hold on. Okay.

When's the last time you slept?

Captain, please, I'm fine. Fine.

Even so, take a few hours.

Okay. You have to stop
treating me like I'm broken.

Well, nobody is saying that.

(KNOCKS ON DOOR)

They found Kayla.

She got picked up by New
Jersey police shoplifting in Kmart.

BENSON: She
wanted to get caught.

CRAGEN: Any signs of
our suspect? He bolted.

Witness says he was with
an older woman, in her thirties.

They thought the three
of them were a family.

FEMALE REPORTER:
(OVER TV) Kayla, over here.

Kayla, over here.

My name is Kayla Greyland.

I've been missing from
home for nine years.

I want to see my mom and my dad.

And I want to see Buddy.

I just want to go home.

Everybody's been so nice. But
I don't need to be in a hospital.

Well, the doctors just want
to make sure that you're okay.

I'm fine.

When can we take
our daughter home?

The doctors have
a few more tests.

We have a few more questions.

She doesn't need
to be upset right now.

Mr. and Mrs. Greyland, let
me buy you a cup of coffee?

I'm not leaving
her. Never again.

Your daughter's safe here.

Mom, Dad, it's okay.

You want to come with?

I'm gonna stay.

How are you doing, Kayla?

I'm worried about Buddy.

When can I see him again?

Uh...

The doctors just. I'm
not gonna hurt him.

I told you, he's
my baby. I swear.

And we believe you.

Auntie told us that...

That Buddy's your son.

But he doesn't know it.

No.

Pa said our... Our names
were Sissy, Auntie, and Ma.

Can you tell us about Ma and Pa?

Were they always together?

KAYLA: I think so.

She was in the car when they...

ROLLINS: When Pa took you?

Do you remember?

It was Thanksgiving.

I was watching TV
at my friend's house,

and my mom called
and said that the...

The turkey was ready,
so I started walking home.

And this car pulled
up. Ma was driving.

And...

She asked for
directions, so I came over.

Then, the back door
opened, and I just felt...

Jolted. I... I was shaking.

They tasered you.

When I woke up, I
was chained to the wall.

There was a bucket.

They told me that they
were my new family.

My new Ma and Pa.

That I would learn to love them.

Maybe after...

About a week, Pa said that

it was time for me to help him.

That I could better help
him if I wasn't chained.

So, he took off
my clothes, and...

And his, and he had sex with me.

I didn't even know that that
was what that was called,

but Ma explained it to me,
and she said that I was lucky.

That I was Pa's favorite.

And Ma?

She wasn't locked up?

No, she went upstairs.

Sometimes, Pa would go away.

And I would... (SNIFFS)

I would ask her to
let me... let me go.

But she said she couldn't.

That Pa was coming back.

She was just sitting in a
McDonalds by herself for five hours.

The manager finally
called the cops.

Any sign of the
man she was with?

No. He must have dumped her.

Left her with no
cash, no nothing.

She say anything? Just
that she had to wait there.

It took two of us to
haul her into the car.

Are you Ma?

We're going to need
you to come with us.

No. Pa's coming back.

He's coming back
and he won't find me.

We brought this woman in?

We need to interrogate her.

She's a victim. Or a suspect.

You heard Kayla.

She was in on the kidnap.

She had free reign of the house.

She was in control when he left.

No, no. Liv, she is classic
Stockholm. Look at her.

I mean, the woman
has been brutalized.

What she needs right
now is a psych eval.

Not to be... CRAGEN:
Well, that can wait.

This guy's getting away.

She won't tell us
her name or his.

Because she's covering for him.

Or maybe she doesn't know it.

CRAGEN: You both could be right.

At the very least, she
had this guy's trust.

She's our best shot
to apprehend him.

And you think she's going to
open up to the two male cops

that cuffed her and dragged
her in here against her will?

Let us to talk to her.

Hi.

I'm Detective Rollins.
This is Detective Benson.

What's your name?

Everyone calls me Ma.

Yeah, we know that
that was Pa's house rule,

but we need to
know your real name.

Or how about Pa's real name?

Pa.

He didn't tell me
any other name.

Are you sure?

Because we know that
you lived upstairs with him.

You shopped for him.

You... You got to come and go.

Hmm? It wasn't
like the other girls.

Like Rhonda and Kayla.

Auntie. Sissy.

We're gonna keep you safe.
He can't hurt you anymore.

You can't hold me
here. I want to go.

Oh, no. You're not
going anywhere.

I haven't done anything.
Well, you were in the car.

You took Kayla.

You're as guilty as he is.

Okay? You're going to be
charged with kidnap, assault, rape.

That's life in prison.

I didn't rape nobody.

No, no. You just kept them
chained up so he could.

They loved me. I
took care of them.

It's okay. No. No, you
took care of yourself.

You see, Rhonda
has nerve damage.

Now, she will never be the same.

Auntie was always trouble.

He had to do it.
She asked for it.

And Kayla asked for it?

And Buddy asked for it?

He never hurt Buddy.

He's a seven-year-old,
terrified.

Locked in that
basement his whole life.

Stop! Stop!

Stop! Stop! Stop! He
will never, ever, ever...

Stop! Stop! Be the same.

(SCREAMS) I love Buddy!

(MA SOBBING) Detective.

My office. Now.

I was getting somewhere.

No, you were attacking
her. She was shutting down.

I made a mistake.
You're too raw.

She knows who he
is and where he is.

I'm going back in there.
No, you are not going back in.

You are going home.

It was too soon for you
to come back to SVU.

(SIGHS)

(SCREAMING)

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

My parents have been
sending toys and money.

Everybody wants to
help you. And Buddy.

I hope so.

I don't know.

Some... Sometimes, it's...

It just feels like the top of my
head is going to go flying off.

All that time, all I
wanted was more.

More to do, more to see,

different things to talk about.

Now, I can do whatever
I want, and I just...

I just want to stay in bed.

I'm just tired of everyone
looking at me like I'm gonna break.

I saw on the TV
that you found Ma.

We did.

Buddy wants to see her.

When her face came on the TV,

he touched the screen.

I don't know how to, how to
tell him that she's not his Ma.

The doctors are gonna
help you with that.

Tell you how.

Tell you when.

She must miss him.

All that time we
were on the road,

she just kept saying
that she hoped that

Buddy didn't think that
we had left him behind.

If she wants to see
him, that's fine with me.

I don't want to take
anything from anybody.

BENSON: Hey.

Olivia. Listen, if Cragen
sees you, he's going to... Ma.

Did you talk to her today?

Yeah, but she's so traumatized,

she's never giving him up.

What's this?

It's something to trade for.

Okay. You want me
to give it a shot? I...

No.

I need to do this.

How long is this going to take?

This guy could be in
South Carolina by now.

We keep going at her, she's
gonna shut down for good.

Liv?

I was wrong before.

But she knows who he is.

And I can get her to tell me.

How?

I talked to Kayla
at the hospital.

I said you're off
this case, Olivia.

Cap, she can get through to her.

Take my place in there.

If you can't trust me,

then, I'm done.

Buddy made that for me?

Yes.

He says that he misses you.

I miss him.

Sissy says that she's...

She's fine

with you seeing Buddy.

I don't believe you.
Sissy has a good heart.

I know you know that.

And I know that you know that...

That she wouldn't
lie about that.

(SNIFFS)

When?

You can have Buddy in your life.

But just not as his mother.

He needs to know the truth.

But you can still be family.

And all you have
to do is talk to us.

(SOBS)

Can you tell us Pa's name?

I can't.

Can you tell us yours?

I just can't say it.

Okay.

So, how about you...

How about you write it down?

Tell us the name that
they used to call you

when you were a little girl.

Hmm.

So, April Hendricks, she went
missing 18 years ago in Greenpoint.

She grew up two
blocks from that house?

Any connection to the Minetti's?

NICK: Well, none we can find.

She was raised by a single
mother, now deceased. A junkie.

Yeah, and there were
allegations of abuse

from the mother's
drug dealing boyfriend.

April ran away from
home multiple times.

So, NYPD didn't work the case.

No, police questioned a few
suspects and two are dead.

And one, Michael Williams,
whereabouts unknown,

was a maintenance worker
at her parochial school.

Some of the students say
she had a crush on him.

He claimed he
was counseling her.

Police ruled him out.

The school has
no contact for him?

No, closed down five years ago.

Track down everybody
who worked there.

See if they know where he is.

COLLEEN: I wasn't her
principal then. I was her teacher.

This poor girl, everyone
thought she ran away.

She's the one on the news?

Yeah, she was held
prisoner for 18 years.

Mmm. Horrible story.

Yeah. At the time, the police
questioned a maintenance worker?

Michael Williams.

They said he didn't have
anything to do with it.

You know where he is now?

I can get you his phone number.

He works here.

He had an accident a few
days ago. He's on sick leave.

Police. ROLLINS: Open up.

Can I help you? We're
looking for Michael Williams.

That's my husband. What's this
about? Is your husband home?

He's in the back playing with
our boys. Can you tell me why?

No, ma'am. Please, just back up.

NICK: Michael Williams.

Yeah? Who the hell are you?

NYPD.

Get off of me.
Game's over, player.

Come on.

Slaves.

That's what the girls told you?

No. That's what the chains,
fences, and Tasers told us.

I was the slave.

I worked my ass off for them.

I clothed them, fed them.

Took care of their needs.

Is that what you
call raping 'em?

ROLLINS: There's no mistake.

He kept three women imprisoned

in Angie Minetti's
house for 18 years.

I worked there, taking care of
his mother. I would have known.

It wasn't his mother.

I mean, they didn't even
share the same last name.

After his parents divorced,

she went back to
her maiden name.

He tells me everything.

April and Rhonda,
they came after me.

April was 12 when you took her.

No. When I saved her.

FIN: Like you saved Rhonda.

Beat her and put her in
the backyard with the dogs.

She was on drugs.

She was out of control.

I was the only
stability in her life.

I told you, I do not
know these women.

I took care of his
mother upstairs.

That was my job.

Until she died? What?

She's not dead.
She has Alzheimer's.

Michael stays with her all
week long, taking care of her.

No, you know what? That's
not who he's taking care of.

Angie Minetti died
nine years ago.

Kayla Greyland?

She was 10.

Kayla was, was different.
She was... She was special.

But it was... It was
for the greater good.

See, because I'm not evil.

No, I got problems.

And she, she helped me.

And after her, I
didn't need any others.

DAGMARA: He's a good man.

He's so good with the boys.

He taught me English,

helped me stay in this country.

By marrying you.

Then, he moved you
to the Poconos? Yes.

Tell me more about that.

He said it would be
better for the children.

The city, he said it
was filled with bad men.

MICHAEL: Angie Minetti was

a friend of my mother's.

I took care of that woman.

I got her house in shape.

Well, see, the neighbors,

they think you were
that woman's son.

Now, your wife does, too.

Yeah, well, I was
like a son to her.

FIN: Until you killed her.

What, did she find out about
the girls in the basement?

She didn't find out.

And no, I didn't kill her.

One morning, I took
in some breakfast,

and she was gone.

So, naturally, you
buried her in the backyard

and kept cashing her
Social Security checks.

Well, I didn't kill her.

FIN: No?

What did you think was
gonna happen to Rhonda,

the girl you left
chained in the basement

when you took off
with Ma and Sis?

Well, you can't save them all.

I was gonna to call for help.

You know, I was going
to go there myself and,

and get her after
I found us a place.

But then, Kayla, she took off.

And what was I to
do with, with just Ma?

I saved those girls.

They're alive because of me.

Me.

I gave them life.

I gave, I gave Kayla a son.

He's my boy.

His wife didn't
know any of this?

Yeah, I believe her.

She was compliant. It's
a green card marriage.

Doesn't ask questions.

What about April Hendricks?
Ma? She knew all of it.

Uh, he took her when she was 12.

She thinks that
it was consensual

because he saved her
from her mother's boyfriend.

You cannot be
thinking of charging her.

She did help keep Kayla
and Rhonda imprisoned.

She is still scared to death.

She is...

A shell.

She needs long term help.

Not more punishment.

I hear you.

I hear you. She's
suffered enough.

But this guy, there's not
enough suffering on earth for him.

He's never going to
see the light of day again.

Guy's a coward.

He kept those girls
locked up all that time.

Wonder how long
he'll last in prison.

Think he'll kill himself?

So what if he does?

(CLAMORING)

KAYLA: Why can't we go?

They're working on
moving the press away.

This, uh...

(SMACKS LIPS)

This isn't gonna be easy.

I don't care about
me. It's... It's Buddy.

I... I tried the best I
could, teaching him,

but I didn't want him to know

too much about the outside

because I was afraid
that he would want things

that he couldn't have.

I want him...

I want him to go
to school and have

friends and family,
and a normal life.

But he's never going
to be normal, is he?

He doesn't even have a name.

You know, what I've seen

is that people who
have gone through

unfair,

horrific experiences,

is that they have this will...

And when they get support,

a chance,

they can not only survive,

they can thrive.

Buddy. (SNIFFS)

Buddy, wake up.

We're home.

We're home.

(SNIFFS)

Glad you decided to come back.

How've you been?

Better.