Village of the Damned (2017): Season 1, Episode 1 - The "Curse" Begins at Christmas - full transcript

GIVE ME TIME TO THINK ABOUT THIS

BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE
THAT I DO WANT TO REVISIT THIS.

IT WAS A VERY PAINFUL TIME.

DRYDEN HAS SEEN IT AGAIN
AND AGAIN -- VIOLENCE, MURDER.

IT WAS LIKE A SEASON OF MURDERS

DESCENDED ON DRYDEN AT LARGE.

IT WAS JUST A STRANGE
HAPPENING IN A SMALL TOWN.

AND IT JUST WENT ON FOR YEARS.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

AND THIS LITTLE BABY WOULD NOT
LAST FOREVER OUT HERE

IN THE ELEMENTS.



IT CAME AS A HORRIBLE SHOCK.

MOST OF THESE TRAGEDIES ALL
REVOLVED AROUND OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS TIME IT IS TWO
HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS,

BOTH 16, BEST FRIENDS.

HER DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED.

NONE OF IT MAKES SENSE.

SINISTER, EVIL, WITH NO REMORSE.

THAT'S WHEN YOU QUESTION GOD.

MY SISTER LOVED CHRISTMAS.

SHE, BASICALLY,
IF SHE COULD HAVE CHRISTMAS

EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR,
SHE WOULD BE IN HEAVEN.

YOU KNOW, SHE USUALLY HAD
THE WREATH ON THE DOOR

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GARLAND
ON THE BANISTER.

OF COURSE, THE CENTERPIECE
WAS THE TREE ITSELF.



DO YOU GUYS
NEED ANY MORE POP CORN?

I KNEW WE SHOULD HAVE
DONE THIS LAST WEEK.

I HAD PRACTICE.

"I HAD PRACTICE."

ENOUGH, MARC.

I KNOW, SWEETIE, BUT NOW
YOUR FATHER'S MISSING THIS.

IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL, MOM.
HE'S COMING HOME SOON.

DIDN'T GET
A REMOTE-CONTROLLED CAR.

MARC!

YOU KNOW HE'S ALREADY OPENED
THEM AND RE-TAPED THE WRAPPING.

AND THAT BETTER
NOT BE TRUE!

HELLO?

HEY, SHARON.
HOW ARE YOU?

WE WERE GOING TO SPEND
THAT CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW,

WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, SO THE PLAN
WAS THAT WE'D ALL GO DOWN THERE

AND, YOU KNOW,
WE'D BE SKATING ON THE POND.

NO, I FIGURE LIKE USUAL TIME,
LIKE, 11:00-ish.

YEAH.
YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

BYE.

ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE IT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!

I DIDN'T.

YOU'RE SO LUCKY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

HI.

CAN I HELP YOU?

ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 23rd,

I HAD JUST COME INTO THE HOUSE

AFTER DOING SOME
LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.

AND I'D JUST GOTTEN IN
THE DOOR WHEN THE PHONE RANG.

MY BROTHER CALLED.

WHAT HE SAID WAS, "I NEED YOU
TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE CAR

AND COME RIGHT OVER
TO THE HOUSE."

AND...

I BELIEVE I ASKED
WHAT'S GOING ON.

HE SAYS, "JUST GET EVERYBODY
IN THE CAR AND GET OVER HERE

AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN."

Car Three, Car Three,
we got a call for a code eight

on Ellis Hollow Road in Dryden.

JOYCE, I WAS JUST
ABOUT TO GO HOME.

I'm sure you were, John.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE CHANCES THIS IS REAL?

100 to 1.

I'M ON MY WAY.

I WAS DISPATCHED THERE
BECAUSE A NEIGHBOR

HAD HEARD AN ALARM GOING OFF.

I WAS FIGURING
THAT IT WAS ANOTHER FALSE ALARM,

WHICH PROBABLY 95% TO 97%
OF OUR ALARMS GENERALLY ARE.

AND WHEN I SHOWED UP,
THERE WAS NOTHING --

YOU COULDN'T HEAR
ANYTHING OUTSIDE.

HELLO?

ANYONE HOME?

AND AS I WAS AT THE DOOR,
I COULD HEAR THIS CONSTANT

BEEPING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE.

STATE POLICE, IS ANYBODY HOME?

AND AT THAT POINT, I JUST SAID,

"WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE
SOMETHING HAPPENED,

AND MAYBE SOMEBODY
BURNED SOMETHING ON THE STOVE

AND MIGHT HAVE GOT INJURED,

AND SOMEBODY WAS HEADED
TO THE HOSPITAL."

FROM THE LIVING ROOM,
I COULD SMELL...

THE SMELL OF GASOLINE.

AND WITH THAT,
I CAME ACROSS A GASOLINE CAN

THAT WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR
IN THE LIVING ROOM.

AND AS I LIFTED UP THE PHONE...

I REALIZED THAT THE PHONE WIRES
WERE PULLED OUT OF THE WALL.

AT THAT POINT,
I BECAME CONCERNED.

JOYCE, I'M GONNA NEED
BACKUP HERE.

POSSIBLE HOME INVASION.

All right,
on the way.

THAT'S WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR
TO WHAT I BELIEVE

ENDED UP BEING
THE MASTER BEDROOM.

AND I OPENED THE DOOR,
TRIED TO SWITCH ON THE LIGHT.

THE LIGHT BLEW.

AND THEN AS I WALKED
AROUND THE ROOM,

I FOUND THE CHARRED BODY.

IT WAS SHOCKING.

THIS WAS THE FIRST
MURDER VICTIM I HAD EVER SEEN.

I KNEW SOMETHING
NOT GOOD HAD HAPPENED,

BECAUSE MY BROTHER
WOULDN'T CALL ME OTHERWISE.

SO I, YOU KNOW...

MY HUSBAND AND I GOT
IN THE CAR WITH MY SON.

WHEN WE PULLED
INTO THE DRIVEWAY,

I SAW THAT DODIE AND TONY
WEREN'T THERE YET.

WHEN I WALKED INTO THE HOUSE,
I REMEMBER MY BROTHER,

I BELIEVE HE JUST PUT
HIS HANDS ON MY SHOULDERS,

YOU KNOW, AND LOOKING AT ME
AND SAYING THAT...

YOU KNOW, THAT DODIE AND TONY
AND SHELBY AND MARC

WERE FOUND MURDERED
IN THEIR HOME THAT MORNING.

OUR INVESTIGATORS SHOWED UP.

I GUESS THEY WENT UPSTAIRS,
AND THAT'S WHEN SOMEBODY TOLD ME

THAT IT WAS THE ENTIRE FAMILY
THAT WAS KILLED.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME,
THAT WAS OBVIOUS

THAT THIS WAS,
YOU KNOW, A MASS MURDER.

TO PIECE TOGETHER THE HARRIS
FAMILY'S LAST 24 HOURS ALIVE.

MORE THAN 50 TROOPERS
AND INVESTIGATORS

ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK,
TRACKING DOWN LEADS THEY HOPE

WILL LEAD THEM
TO A KILLER OR KILLERS.

YOU HAD FOUR -- FOUR PEOPLE
THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, MURDERED,

AND NOBODY KNEW ANYTHING.

WE LIVE IN A NIGHTMARE, WE LIVE
IN VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED.

JOHN, I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

CLEAR.

NOT IN DRYDEN.

IT'S KIND OF
A STRANGE THING TO REMEMBER,

BUT ONE TIME,
DODIE SHARED A BEDROOM,

AND WE HAD TWIN BEDS
NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

AND DURING THE NIGHT, SHE HAD
A DREAM THAT ALL THESE SPIDERS

WERE COMING DOWN
FROM THE CEILING

AND LANDING ON HER IN HER BED.

AND I WOKE UP ONE MORNING,

AND SHE WAS CURLED UP
NEXT TO ME IN MY BED.

AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE,
I'VE JUST NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT

BECAUSE I WAS,
IT MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL,

LIKE SHE CAME TO ME
FOR PROTECTION.

I BELIEVE THE MATERIALS
USED TO BIND SHELBY

WERE SOFT RIBBONS OR LIKE
A BELT FROM HER PROM DRESS.

JUST -- IT'S MIND-BOGGLING
TO EVEN THINK

WHAT HE WAS PUTTING HER THROUGH.

IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE.

THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE --

ONE OF THE LAST PICTURES
THAT WAS TAKEN

OF SHELBY AND HER BOYFRIEND.

THIS WAS, YOU KNOW,
THE DRESS THAT, YOU KNOW,

THAT PROM THAT
SHE WENT TO WITH HIM.

EVERYTHING WAS BURNT
AND BLACKENED, AND...

YEAH, I NEVER SAW IT
IN THAT COLOR.

SHE JUST --
SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL.

IT KIND OF --
IT MAKES YOUR BLOOD BOIL.

KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO SHELBY,
YOU'D WANT TO, YOU KNOW...

FOR LACK OF -- YOU'D WANT
TO KILL A GUY LIKE THAT,

IF IT WAS YOUR OWN DAUGHTER.

THAT'S HOW ANY FATHER
WOULD FEEL.

I THINK THAT'S ONLY NATURAL.

THE INVESTIGATION OF
A QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE AND ARSON

THAT OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 23,
1989, IS BEING CONDUCTED.

THE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED
AT THE FAMILY RESIDENCE

AT ELLIS HOLLOW ROAD
IN THE TOWN OF DRYDEN.

HEY, JOHN?

OUR SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME
SAID IT WAS THE WORST CRIME

IN THE 72-YEAR HISTORY
OF THE STATE POLICE.

IT WAS MY FIRST HOMICIDE CASE,
AND I WILL NEVER FORGET IT.

THERE ARE NO PRINTS, NO HAIR --
NOTHING, ANYWHERE --

EXCEPT BULLETS.

- THEY WERE SHOT?!
- YEAH, BEFORE THE FIRE.

- YOU GOT BALLISTICS?
- .22.

JOHN, I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

NOT IN DRYDEN.

WE FIND OUT THAT THE THREE --

MR. AND MRS. HARRIS AND MARC
WERE ALL HOODED.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

I...

I JUST NEED SOME AIR.

AND THEN YOU TAKE THIS HOME,
AND YOU'D TELL YOUR WIFE.

MY DAUGHTER, SHE WAS AFRAID
THAT WHOEVER DID IT WAS GONNA

COME AFTER ME BECAUSE I WAS IN,

YOU KNOW, MY NAME WAS
IN THE PAPER ALL THE TIME.

IT WAS A SCARY TIME,
I THINK, FOR EVERYBODY,

BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE
LOCKING THEIR DOORS.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WHEN YOU
KNOW SOMEBODY'S ON THE RUN

WHO JUST EXECUTED
A WHOLE FAMILY.

IT REMINDED ME OF, LIKE,
THE SHARON TATE MURDER.

AND "IN COLD BLOOD."

YOU KNOW, SUPER-SENSATIONALIZED,

BECAUSE THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY
OUT OF THE BOUNDS

OF WHAT ANY OF US ORDINARILY
PERCEIVE AS HUMAN NATURE.

CHERYL WIGGINS, 9 NEWS, DRYDEN.

GOOD.
GOOD.

I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO
LET MY KIDS GO ANYWHERE.

LIKE, EVEN TO SCHOOL.

ONE OF MY FANTASIES
WAS THAT MAYBE, LIKE,

THEY WERE GONNA GO
FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, SLEEPING
WITH ALL MY DOORS LOCKED,

THE LIGHTS ALL ON
AROUND THE HOUSE...

A KNIFE UNDER MY PILLOW.

IT WAS A STRANGE EXPERIENCE.

A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE WILL
RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT EVERYTHING

OR, YOU KNOW,
TO SEE IF IT'S BEING WATCHED.

7:00 AT NIGHT TO 7:00
IN THE MORNING WAS THE SHIFT.

AND, UM, IT WAS -- I MEAN,
THAT WAS JUST ME, THE TROOP CAR,

AND MY COFFEE AND WHATEVER.

AND THERE WAS A CHANCE
THAT MAYBE THE PERSON

WAS GONNA COME BACK.

YOUR MIND STARTS
PLAYING TRICKS ON YOU, YOU KNOW.

WIND BLOWS, THE TREES MOVE,
AND YOU CAN'T TELL IF --

IS IT OUTSIDE, IS IT INSIDE.

How you doing
out there, Martin?

GOD, JOYCE,
YOU SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH.

HAVEN'T SEEN
A SUSPECT YET, BUT...

I'M COLD AND...
JUST BORED.

SO THIS -- THIS DOLL WAS A BABY
DOLL THAT WAS GIVEN TO MY SISTER

DODIE ON HER
VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS.

I WAS SO NUMB, AND IT WAS
STILL VERY UNREAL TO ME.

BUT WALKING INTO THE HOUSE,
AND WHEN I SAW THIS DOLL,

AND I BROKE DOWN.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW,
ANOTHER DISCOLORATION

WHICH WAS A RESULT OF THE FIRE,

YOU KNOW, THAT COULDN'T
BE REPAIRED,

BUT, BASICALLY,
I HAD A NEW WIG PUT ON HER

TO BRING HER BACK
TO HER ORIGINAL...

BEAUTY.

IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME
FOR THOSE THAT ARE LEFT.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT NOW
NEED LOVE AND SUPPORT.

IT'S THE POLICE
THAT NEED THE CONFESSION

OF A GUILTY CONSCIENCE
OR A LUCKY BREAK.

IT WAS HARD TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND
THAT KIND OF FEAR

THAT THEY EXPERIENCED
IN THOSE MOMENTS.

JUST TELL US
WHAT YOU WANT.

POLICE WANT TO FIND OUT
IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYTHING

ABOUT LAST FRIDAY'S
QUADRUPLE MURDERS.

CAPTAIN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ON THIS CASE AT ALL?

THE COMMUNITY WAS CONCERNED

BECAUSE WE WEREN'T
GETTING ANYWHERE --

OR THEY BELIEVED WE
WEREN'T GETTING ANYWHERE.

- JOHN HERE?
- YEAH.

HE WAS THE FIRST ONE
ON THE SCENE.

JOHN?

YEAH, YEAH, DAVE.

SORRY TO
HAVE TO CALL YOU IN.

WELL, I HEAR ALL WE HAVE SO FAR
ARE YOUR FINGERPRINTS?

THE HOUSE WAS WIPED CLEAN.

I MEAN, IT WAS CLEAN.

IT WAS -- IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
IT WAS PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED.

SO A ROBBERY-TURNED-QUADRUPLE-
HOMICIDE,

AND YOU'VE GOT NOTHING?

THE TOWN'S GOING NUTS.

DID YOU SWEEP
THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

YES.

JUST GO DO IT AGAIN.

I'LL LOOK THIS OVER.

I LIVE ON THIS VERY STEEP HILL,

AND IT WAS STARTING
TO SNOW A LOT.

AND ON OUR WAY HOME,
I SAW SOMEBODY

RIDING A BICYCLE
IN THIS SNOWSTORM.

AND I'M LIKE, "MY GOSH."

AND SO WE SLOWED DOWN TO LOOK
AND SEE WHO IT MIGHT BE.

SO I TOOK IN A GOOD VIEW OF
THIS PERSON RIDING THE BICYCLE.

HE WAS A BLACK PERSON,

WHICH WAS NOT PREVALENT
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,

ESPECIALLY AT THAT TIME.

HE HAD ON A PARKA, SO ALL
I SAW REALLY WAS HIS FACE.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HIM,
AND IT WAS SNOWY...

SO I KEPT GOING.

HE RODE HIS BIKE
TO THE HOUSE AND...

YOU KNOW,
THAT'S HOW THINGS STARTED.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

HI.
CAN I HELP YOU?

HEY, MY TIRE'S BUSTED.

WELL, LISTEN, COME ON IN.

YOU MUST BE FREEZING OUTSIDE.
- THANKS.

SHE WOULD OPEN THE DOOR
AND IF SOMEBODY NEEDED HELP,

SHE WOULD HELP THEM.

THAT'S WHO SHE WAS.

HEY, MARC,
DO WE HAVE A PUMP?

GUYS, THIS IS...

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T
GET YOUR NAME.

DOESN'T MATTER.

WHAT?

EVERYBODY SHUT UP!

WHAT ARE --
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I SAID SHUT UP.

WHO ELSE IS HERE?

NO ONE.

MY HUSBAND'S AT WORK.

NOBODY ELSE IS HERE?

NO, IT'S JUST
THE THREE OF US.

JUST -- JUST TELL US
WHAT YOU WANT.

MY NEPHEW AND SISTER HAD BEEN
TAKEN INTO MY NEPHEW'S ROOM,

AND, YOU KNOW, TIED UP AND...

PILLOWCASES PUT ON THEIR HEADS,
THAT TYPE OF THING.

BY, YOU KNOW,
THE TIME TONY WENT HOME,

HE WOULD HAVE HAD THEM,
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY UPSTAIRS

AND, YOU KNOW, TONY ENTERED INTO
THAT PARTICULAR SCENE.

HON?

MARC?

SHELBY?

WHOSE BIKE IS THAT OUT THERE?

HONEY?
- TONY?!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
HO-HO-HO!

GUYS?

HIS GREATEST FEAR HAD TO BE
FOR HIS FAMILY.

I'M SURE HE DIDN'T CARE
ABOUT HIMSELF.

I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE
THE LAST THING.

IT WOULD BE MORE HIS WIFE
AND HIS CHILDREN.

IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO TRY TO...

TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND
THAT KIND OF FEAR

THAT THEY EXPERIENCED
IN THOSE MOMENTS.

THE POLICE BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS
A ROBBERY GONE OUT OF CONTROL.

MRS. HARRIS HAD A GIFT SHOP
ON THE PREMISES.

IT WAS JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS
WHEN THE CRIME OCCURRED.

SO THE THINKING WAS
THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE

TO GET CASH FROM THE TILL.

THEY'RE OUT, AND THEY'RE
USING THE CREDIT CARDS.

THEY BOUGHT TWO PAIRS
OF SNEAKERS, A TV,

AND $500 EARRINGS...

WITH THE HARRIS' CREDIT CARD...

FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

HOW SICK IS THAT?

BACK THEN, WE DIDN'T HAVE --

YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T HAVE
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.

SO NOW THEY TRACKED
THESE SALES CLERKS DOWN.

THEY'RE ASKING THEM WHAT THEY
SAW AND GIVE ME A DESCRIPTION.

NOW THEY HAVE IT NARROWED DOWN.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR A BLACK MALE,

ANY AGE 25 TO 30 OR THEREABOUTS,

AND AN ELDERLY,
YOU KNOW, BLACK WOMAN.

THE PRIEST WHO OFFICIATED
AT THEIR FUNERAL

WAS THE PRIEST
WHO HAD MARRIED THEM.

I DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT
BEING ANGRY AT GOD,

BUT I CERTAINLY NO LONGER
BELIEVED IN PRAYER.

BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE,
AND THEN THEY WERE GONE.

BASED ON THE SKETCHES
AND THE LEADS THAT CAME IN,

THE SUBJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED
AS MICHAEL KINGE

AND HIS MOTHER SHIRLEY KINGE.

EVERYBODY WHO WAS TIED
TO THIS COMMUNITY

HAD SOME SORT OF CONNECTION
TO THE HARRIS FAMILY

OR THE KINGE FAMILY.

YEAH, MICHAEL HAD A HISTORY
OF ARMED ROBBERY.

HE HAD AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT
FOR ROBBERY FROM DOWN STATE

WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

EVERYBODY KNEW HIM
'CAUSE HE WAS A BAD, MEAN GUY.

SHIRLEY WAS A, FOR THE MOST
PART, A CLEANING WOMAN.

SHE ALSO WAS A DESK WOMAN AT
A LOCAL BED AND BREAKFAST HERE.

HAD VIRTUALLY NO CRIMINAL
HISTORY WHATSOEVER.

THE THEORY WAS THAT IT WAS
TWO PROFESSIONAL CLEANERS

WHO HAD CLEANED THIS PLACE.

MICHAEL HAD ALSO
WORKED AS A CLEANER.

SO THE THEORY WAS
THAT MICHAEL HAD MET

WITH HIS MOTHER
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,

AND THE TWO OF THEM
HAD CLEANED THAT HOUSE TOGETHER.

IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THESE
PEOPLE DIDN'T SLIP

THROUGH OUR FINGERS.

GOD.

SUSPECTS ARE HEADED NORTH
ON MAIN AND WATTS.

SHIRLEY KINGE,
SHE KNEW SHE WAS BEING WATCHED,

AND DEFINITELY MICHAEL KINGE
WAS HYPERSENSITIVE

TO THE FACT THAT HE COULD
HAVE BEEN WATCHED.

AND WHEN YOU'D HEARD
THE NEWS BROADCASTER

SAYING THAT
A LITTLE GIRL WAS MISSING...

DRYDEN'S NOW STRUCK AGAIN.

I JUST --
I MISS HER VERY MUCH.

PEOPLE FELT THEY WERE CURSED.

THEY FELT SOMETHING
OTHERWORLDLY WAS HAPPENING.

WHY DOES LIGHTNING
KEEP STRIKING HERE?

AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN,
SHELBY AND MARC,

WERE ALL SHOT IN THE HEAD
WITH A SMALL-CALIBER WEAPON.

IT WAS LIKE A SEASON OF MURDERS
DESCENDED ON DRYDEN.

WHILE THE HARRIS MURDERS
WERE STILL UNSOLVED,

YOU HAD ALIZA MAY BUSH.

- Dryden Fire and Rescue.
- YEAH, HELLO.

I -- MY DAUGHTER'S MISSING.

NO, SHE'S GONE.

What is your address?

AT THE END
OF WEST DRYDEN ROAD.

When was the last
time you saw her?

SHE JUST WALKED OUT THE HOUSE,
I DON'T KNOW.

Can you describe
what she was wearing?

CAN YOU JUST
PLEASE COME QUICK?

THE TWO-YEAR-OLD VANISHED
FROM HER HOME FRIDAY MORNING.

IN AN EFFORT TO GET HER
DAUGHTER, ALIZA'S 24-YEAR-OLD

MOTHER MADE A TEARFUL PLEA

FOR THE KIDNAPPER
TO GIVE HER CHILD BACK.

I JUST --
I MISS HER VERY MUCH.

AND THE FAMILY, EVERYBODY,
IF YOU COULD JUST CONTACT ME

AND MAYBE DROP HER OFF
OR THEY WOULD LET US KNOW

WHERE SO WE COULD PICK HER UP.

I MEAN, I WANT HER HOME
BEFORE HER BIRTHDAY.

UM...

IT WAS ALWAYS DRYDEN.

AND WHEN YOU'D HEARD
THE NEWS BROADCASTERS SAYING

THAT THE LITTLE GIRL
WAS MISSING,

DRYDEN'S NOW STRUCK AGAIN.

YOUR MIND IS JUST LIKE,
"WHAT?! HOW?"

ANOTHER TRAGEDY, ANOTHER...

MNH-MNH.

WITH THE TWO CASES BEING
SO CLOSE TOGETHER, BACK TO BACK,

I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE AREA
WAS ON EDGE AT THIS TIME.

AS TIME PROGRESSED, WE BECAME
MORE AND MORE ALARMED AT THIS.

THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE UNDER

THE IMPRESSION THAT...ALIZA WAS
TAKEN BY THE SAME PERSON

THAT HAD MURDERED THE HARRISES.

I THINK, YEAH, THE FEELING
IS WHY DOES LIGHTNING

KEEP STRIKING HERE?

WHAT IS GOING ON?

SUPPOSEDLY, MICHAEL KINGE SAID

THAT HE WASN'T GONNA
GO BACK TO PRISON.

AND HE MIGHT NOT GO
WITHOUT A FIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN.

OUR SUSPECT IS CONSIDERED
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

LET'S NOT KEEP IT THAT WAY.

THIS IS THE LAYOUT.
COMMIT IT TO MEMORY.

THE ONLY SURPRISE I WANT
IS MICHAEL KINGE'S

WHEN WE BREAK DOWN HIS DOOR.

THEY GOT A BABY
IN THERE?

YEAH, BUT THE KID
SLEEPS ONLY IN THE ROOM

THAT'S MARKED OR
IN HIS MOTHER'S APARTMENT.

SHIRLEY KINGE
AND HER MOM LIVED ON ONE SIDE,

AND MICHAEL KINGE
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND

AND THEIR ONE-YEAR-OLD
LIVED ON THE OTHER.

GOT THE FLOOR PLAN
SO THAT THEY...

THEY KNEW WHERE THE BABY WAS
WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

MOST IMPORTANTLY
IS WHERE WAS MICHAEL.

AND HOW ARE WE GONNA GET
THROUGH THIS WITHOUT GETTING...

KILLED?

WE'RE GOING IN THE BACK DOOR.

LINDA, YOU'RE STAYING PUT
IN CASE THEY RUN.

EVERYBODY HAD A JOB TO DO.

IF EVERYBODY DOES THEIR JOB,
HOPEFULLY, NOBODY WILL GET HURT.

BENO'S UP IN THE CHOPPER.
ALL RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

THEY HAD THIS THING SET UP
LIKE A MOVIE SCRIPT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN,

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO,

AND THIS IS HOW
WE'RE GONNA DO IT.

AND THERE IS NO SECOND TAKE.

CLEAR!

BABY'S HERE!

MICHAEL KINGE,
STATE POLICE.

PUT YOUR HANDS UP
AND COME OUT.

YOU'RE SITTING THERE, AND YOU
LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA --

NO IDEA WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

MICHAEL KINGE,
STATE POLICE!

PUT YOUR HANDS UP
AND COME OUT.

MICHAEL?! MICHAEL, NO!
NO, NO, NO, NO!

MICHAEL, NO!
NO! MICHAEL!

BUT WHEN I HEARD
THAT NOBODY WAS HURT

AND THE PERPETRATOR
WAS DECEASED, I --

TO BE FRANKLY WITH YOU, I TOOK
A DEEP BREATH, A SIGH OF RELIEF.

"POLICE DISPEL RUMOR
THAT MISSING GIRL

WAS IN HOME OF SUSPECT."

I KNEW WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE.

AND I WOULD KNOW FOR SURE
THAT THAT WASN'T THE CASE.

THAT WAS DISPELLED.

I DO BELIEVE THAT SHIRLEY KINGE
WAS TERRIFIED OF HER SON.

SHE BROKE DOWN AND SAID
THAT HE WAS A GREAT BOY,

BUT HE BECAME A MONSTER.

WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER
SHE WAS IN THE HOUSE.

WHETHER IT BE BEFORE
OR AFTER THE FACT.

COULD SHE -- YOU KNOW,
COULD SHE HAVE BEEN THERE?

I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT
SHE COMMITTED THE MURDERS.

MICHAEL KILLED THE HARRISES,

AND I BELIEVE THAT SHE
HELPED HIM CLEAN THE HOUSE UP.

ACCORDING TO THE POLICE,
HER INVOLVEMENT

IN THE COVER-UP OF THE CRIME

WAS A PARTICIPATION
IN A ROBBERY,

AND THAT SHE EXPECTED
TO USE THE FRUITS

OF THE ROBBERY AFTERWARDS.

THIS IS THE GAS CAN
THAT WAS IN THE LIVING ROOM

OF THE HARRIS RESIDENCE
THE DAY I ARRIVED,

AND ALSO THE SAME GAS CAN THAT
I LIFTED THE FINGERPRINT FROM.

BECAUSE HER FINGERPRINT
WAS FOUND ON A GAS CAN,

WE HAD NO DOUBT
THAT SHE'D BEEN IN THERE.

...ARSON IN THE THIRD DEGREE.

DO YOU FIND THE DEFENDANT
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?

AND NOW SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES
SAY THEY NEED

ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET.

IS IT A CURSE?
IS IT A BLACK CLOUD?

YOU KNOW, WHY US?

I WAS NOT AT THE HARRIS HOME

ON DECEMBER 22nd
OR DECEMBER 23rd.

I'M SORRY...

THAT JUSTICE HAS TO WAIT
FOR ANOTHER DAY.

THIS IS THE GAS CAN THAT
WAS IN THE LIVING ROOM

OF THE HARRIS RESIDENCE

THE DAY I ARRIVED,
AND ALSO THE SAME GAS

CAN THAT I LIFTED
THE FINGERPRINT FROM.

DAVID HARDING WAS LYING.

IT WAS LATER DETERMINED
HE PLANTED THE PRINT

THAT WAS KEY TO THIS CASE.

THERE WERE NO PRINTS.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

BUT I ALSO CAN'T
COMPREHEND HOW SHE...

COULD LET THE COMMUNITY
GO THROUGH

WHAT SHE LET
THE COMMUNITY GO THROUGH...

...FOR OVER SIX, EIGHT WEEKS,
KNOWING WHAT HER SON DID.

AND I WOULD HOPE
THAT IF ONE OF MY CHILDREN

DID WHAT MICHAEL DID,

I WOULD TURN HIM IN
TO THE POLICE.

IT MADE NO SENSE IN 1990,
MADE NO SENSE NOW.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE

LINKING SHIRLEY KINGE
TO THE CRIME SCENE.

I USED TO DRIVE BY EVERY YEAR ON
THE DATE ON THE WAY IN TO WORK.

JUST SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
WHEN I DROVE BY

AND STILL OFTEN WONDER WHAT THEY
WENT THROUGH THAT NIGHT.

AND...

JUST THINK -- THINK ABOUT
WHAT MY HAVE BEEN.

THEY'RE AT PEACE,
AND THEY'RE TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT
AS GOOD AS I CAN...

MAKE IT.

WILL IT EVER
BE OVER FOR YOU?

NO, I DON'T THINK IT WILL
EVER BE OVER FOR US

BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE
THAT VOID THAT'S BEEN,

YOU KNOW -- THAT WE'LL HAVE
TO ALWAYS LIVE WITH NOW.

I FEEL SHE IS WITH ME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S...

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SPIRIT
THAT SHE HAD THAT,

YOU KNOW, DIDN'T DIE WITH HER.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN
WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK

WITH LITTLE SLEEP
AND EVEN FEWER CLUES.

I'VE GOT A TWO-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER MYSELF.

AND AS SOON AS I HEARD ON TV,

CHILLS WENT
UP AND DOWN MY SPINE.

WE HAVE TO ASSUME EVERYTHING
IS IN PLAY ON SOMETHING

LIKE THIS --
KIDNAPPING, LOST CHILD.

EVERYTHING WAS STILL IN PLAY.

WE HAD NOT RULED ANYTHING OUT.

BECAUSE A CHILD'S LIFE
WAS AT STAKE HERE,

THE FBI WAS SUMMONED
TO COME IN AND ASSIST US

BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF BEING A KIDNAPPING.

IT'S CERTAINLY NOT
A TRADITIONAL KIDNAPPING

IN AS MUCH AS THERE'S BEEN
NO RANSOM ASKED FOR.

NOW EVERYBODY'S LOOKING
AT THEIR NEIGHBORS

AND THINKING...

"COULD YOU DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT?

IS IT IN YOU TO DO
SOMETHING SO HORRIFIC?"

IF ANY OF THE LEADS ARE SOLID,

POLICE ARE BEING VERY
TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT IT.

CHERYL WIGGINS, 9 NEWS, DRYDEN.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

AND THE LONGER
THE SEARCH GOES ON...

THE MORE YOU START TO FEEL LIKE
WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS DONE

AND WE GOTTA GET IT DONE SOON.

WE JUST WENT FULL BORE, 100% IN
HOPES OF FINDING HER BEFORE...

BEFORE SOMETHING
TERRIBLE HAPPENED.

WE'RE GONNA FIND
THIS LITTLE GIRL.

AND THEN DOOMSDAY COMES WHEN...

THE REAL TRUTH CAME OUT.