Without a Trace (2002–2009): Season 2, Episode 21 - Two Families - full transcript

I have one brief announcement.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals,
as of 3:15 this afternoon...

has rejected Richard Wilson's claims
for federal relief.

As of this moment,
Richard Wilson will be executed...

as scheduled, at midnight on Friday.

Mr. Deans, do you plan any more appeals?

We feel we have a number
of strong constitutional issues...

which we hope the Supreme Court
will now take under review.

So how's he doing?

Well, I spoke with Ricky this morning,
and he's calm.

As you know, he continues
to maintain his innocence...



so the court's ruling
comes as quite a disappointment.

Excuse me. Can I say something?

It is an insult to my family, and to
the memory of my brother and his wife...

that this man continues
to claim his innocence.

Mr. Hyatt, do you believe
it's really gonna happen this time?

We've waited 11 years.
That's long enough.

The Hyatts deserve closure,
as do the people of this state.

Thank you. That's all.

- Ms. Costello.
- Mr. Deans.

- Hello?
- Andrea.

Oh, God, Mark. Where are you?

I don't know. Somewhere in the Bronx.
We lost, Andrea.

I know. Phil called me.

Come home now.



They're gonna kill him.

Please come home, honey, okay?

Honey?

Phil says we still got the Supreme Court,
but he doesn't believe that.

I can see it in his eyes.

Where are you, Mark?

I gotta go.

- Mark, please.
- I love you.

Mark, please.

We had hope, you know?

Ricky had such a lousy lawyer at his trial.

Mr. Deans said he thought
if the court got that...

Deans. That's your son's lawyer now?

Yeah. He thought that the federal court...

they might give him a new trial.
Something about jury instructions.

I'm not sure I understood.

Mrs. Wilson, did your husband
say anything on the phone...

about where he was headed?

No.

No friends, relatives
that he might go and speak to?

It's been 11 years. I'm afraid Mark's got
nobody to talk to except me.

And how did he sound on the phone?

- Sorry?
- Was he depressed?

Agent Johnson, my husband has devoted
every waking second of his life...

for the past 11 years
to getting our son off death row.

He wasn't about to give up
with two days left.

Excuse me, Mrs. Wilson,
but I found these on your desk in there.

Yeah, and there are about 100 more
where those came from.

I know it's a long shot. You have any idea
who might have sent them?

This thing they say my son did,
killing that girl's parents in front of her...

there are a lot of people
who want to see him die for it.

Mark's been trying
to keep Ricky alive, so...

I guess some of those people wouldn't
mind if Mark went right along with him.

I don't want you to have
anything artificial.

Okay. This one says
"other natural flavors."

You just ate, honey.

They only have low fat.
Can you live with that?

Sure.

Come on, Jess. We're done.

Give me the money.
I said give me the money!

Give me the money! I...

April 8, 1993.

Richard Wilson enters
a convenience store in Atkins, Virginia.

Encountered a night manager,
Terrence Oaks.

Also two young parents,
Willa and Shelby Hyatt.

Their daughter, Jesse, who was five
at the time, watched her parents die.

Now, she later identified Richard Wilson...

as did a number of other witnesses...

who saw him running from the store
to his car.

Wilson had a record of drug offenses,
burglary and assault...

and when the cops picked him up,
he gave a false alibi.

- What about the weapon?
- The bullets came from a.38...

but the actual weapon
was never recovered.

But it was known
that Wilson had acquired a.38...

two months before the actual crime.

And he's still claiming he's innocent?
I love it.

You may not believe him,
but his family apparently does.

His father has spent the last 11 years
trying to prove his son's innocence.

11 years?

Maybe Mark Wilson hears the courts
have turned down his son's last appeal...

he's thinking suicide.

I've already called morgues, hospitals.
No body.

Wilson and Bill Hyatt got into it
at the press conference yesterday.

Now, Bill Hyatt is Jesse's uncle.

He and his wife
have been taking care of Jesse...

ever since her parents were killed.

Come on, Jack,
you're thinking the victim's family?

A case like this, half that town's
gonna be partying on Friday night, Jack.

You may be right,
but I'm gonna start with the Hyatts.

Now, Danny, I want you to run a check
on Wilson's phone records, his financials...

the whole nine yards.

Samantha, check with Wilson's lawyer.
See if there's another angle on this case.

All right.

At first, we'd go together. All the hearings,
the motions, the press conferences.

They'd set a date,
you prepare yourself, and then...

there's another stay.

Each time, they'd say such awful things
about Ricky.

After five years...

I got tired.

- Has it gotten this close before?
- No.

Which is why I was gonna go with him
this time. But at the last minute, I...

- I couldn't.
- It's okay. It really is.

I just feel so dizzy.

- Should I call Dr. Marcus?
- Why?

So he can tell me it's anxiety again?

I don't have to go.
Phil will call us when the court decides.

Mark, go.
It's important for you to be there.

I'll come right back, either way.

This is it, isn't it?

Sweetie, you can't think like that.

I'm very close on some things.

And that's the last I saw him.

We're supposed to drive
down to Virginia tomorrow.

I think they give us an hour with him...

You know, they won't even let us
be witnesses.

Mrs. Wilson, your husband said
that he was close on some things.

- Any idea what he meant?
- No.

But he's still actively involved
in your son's case.

That's all he does.
Track down one lead after another.

What's your relationship like
with the Hyatts?

Don't have a relationship.

It's gotta be hard, though,
knowing how they feel about your son.

I'd see them, you know,
when I go down with Mark.

They'd be out in front of the cameras.

Always bring that little girl with them.

Talk about how killing Ricky
would set things right.

It was hard to hear.
But I don't judge them anymore.

They're just caught up in all of it.

Same as us.

Mr. And Mrs. Hyatt, I really appreciate
you taking the time to speak to me.

Not a problem.

You know, I'm not sure I understand.
You're looking for Mark Wilson?

Yes. His wife reported him missing.

How can we help?

One of the last places he was seen
was at the press conference yesterday.

Yeah, he was there. He's always there.

And it's my understanding that you and he
had some kind of altercation.

Yeah, we did. I was getting ready to leave,
and he came up to me.

We've waited 11 years.
That's long enough.

The Hyatts deserve closure,
as do the people of this state.

Thank you. That's all.

I know what you think, but he didn't do it.

- He killed my brother.
- No, he didn't.

Look, it's a little late for that, okay?

- Please, if I could just talk to you.
- I got nothing to say to you, okay?

- Come on, please, I'm begging you.
- Hey!

Okay.

You stay away from me.
You stay away from my family.

He's my son.

Let's go. Come on. It's okay.

That was it.

He left.

Do you have any idea
what he wanted to talk to you about?

I have no idea.

I get the impression that you think
this execution is long overdue.

What do you think?

Mrs. Hyatt? Anything?

That night, they were over for dinner.

We were all still living in Atkins,
and Shelby...

that's Bill's brother...

he was teaching seventh grade.
That's how they met.

Willa worked at the library.

On the way home,
they stopped off for some milk.

Supermarket was closed,
which is why they...

Which is why they were there.

That kid's been tried
and convicted by a jury...

yet he appeals, and appeals, and appeals,
and they come back...

and they put us through it again.

And we feel for Mr. Wilson. We do.

I know he's losing a son.
But this has to end.

This has to be over now.

Excuse me. I'm going over to Melissa's.
Is that okay?

That's fine, honey.

She suffers the most.

I understand.

Listen...

Thank you, once again, for your time.

Just so that you know,
the reason they came over for dinner...

- No, Bill, you don't owe...
- That's okay. I do.

The reason they came over
for dinner that night...

was to tell us that they were expecting.
Willa was pregnant.

It's justice. Nothing more than that.

I've been Ricky's lawyer for two years.

The firm lets me handle these pro bono.

Has Mark Wilson been working with you?

Not sure I'd put it that way.
It's hard with the families.

They tend to have their own perspective.

It's not always useful to the process.

You mean they tend to think
their relatives are innocent.

In Mark Wilson's case,
he definitely believes that.

Why isn't that useful?

Once you're into federal appeals,
it's not about guilt or innocence.

You don't get to retry the case.

Mostly, I'm looking
for constitutional errors.

Suppose there's new evidence.

That's first year criminal law,
Agent Spade.

The system hates new evidence.

It's unreliable.
Witnesses change their minds...

victims start to feel bad.

You want the appeals court
to second-guess the trial judge...

your new evidence better be damn good.

Okay, is it possible
that Mark Wilson found...

or thought he found,
new evidence in his son's case?

I don't really know. You know,
Mark was always jumping on something.

I was over there a few days ago.

- These are all of them?
- Should be.

That's everyone who gave a statement
in the parking lot.

- What about these addresses?
- It's 11 years, Mark.

- Your guess is as good as mine.
- You never updated them?

Listen, Mark, you want my advice?
You have to leave this alone now.

I need all the attention focused
on the issues I think we can win on...

Look, if one of these people lied,
that's not enough? Just for a stay?

Maybe. Look.

Do what you have to do.

And you don't know why he was
interested in the original witnesses?

No idea.

Do you think Ricky's guilty?

- I don't think he got a fair trial.
- That's not what I asked.

I know.

If we could get a look at the trial records...

it might help us
track Mark's whereabouts.

If you're busy, I can come by your office.

No, that's okay. The Supremes
have it now, so the most I can do is...

hope that Rehnquist didn't have
a second glass of wine with dinner.

Is that what this is about for you?

I believe in the death penalty, Mr. Deans.

You've got a lot of company there.

There are people who do things to
other people, things I have seen them do...

for which I believe they deserve to die.

You seem like a caring person,
Agent Spade. Thoughtful, informed.

Okay. Let's say there are such people.

You want to be the one to determine, out
of all the killers out there, who should die.

The problem is, no one's asking you.
Or me.

The criminal justice system decides
who lives and dies in this country.

Now, that's cops and DAs
and judges and defense attorneys...

who are all human beings.
All capable of being wrong.

Careless or corrupt or just lazy.

It doesn't matter,
because mistakes will be made...

and the wrong people will die.

And some of those people,
by the way, will be innocent.

Well, I think I have a little more faith
in the system than you do.

Yes, you do.

- I'll have the case files sent over.
- Thank you.

I got the Wilsons' finances back.
They're broke.

Their credit cards are maxed out...

and they've used up all their savings
on their son's case.

This thing has taken over their lives.

I don't think either family
has survived this particularly well.

Have you set up a meeting with Ricky yet?

Virginia Corrections isn't big
on customer service...

but I got it set up for tomorrow.

- He's being executed tomorrow.
- I know.

Okay, this is everything, and I mean
everything, from Ricky Wilson's trial.

Transcripts, psych evaluations.

If his father was looking for something,
I would say it is in here.

Viv's already running down the witnesses.

I'm so sorry. When did that happen?

That's awful.

Do you know who did it? Yeah, of course.

Well, I'm very sorry to hear that.
Do you know what hospital?

Okay. Thanks.

That was a Lucy Nash.
Her boyfriend, Ken Hammond...

was one of the witnesses at
the parking lot the night of the shooting.

Two days ago, she gets home,
finds him beaten close to death.

He's in a hospital in Trenton.

- Wait a minute. Trenton?
- Yeah.

Yep. Mark Wilson called his wife
from Trenton two days ago.

She's the pretty one, if you believe it.

Mr. Hammond, just take us through
exactly what happened.

Sure. It's like I said,
I'd just gotten out of my car.

- Hey. You Ken Hammond?
- Who wants to know?

You testified at Ricky Wilson's trial.

- I don't remember.
- Sure you do.

- Convenience store shooting. Atkins. '93.
- Yeah.

That kid shot that couple.
I saw him run. The cops got him.

- What were you doing there?
- What?

In the parking lot. Why were you there?

Get the hell out of here.

Tell me the truth!

Tell me the truth!

Any idea what he thought
you could tell him?

The hell would I know?
The guy is wacked...

but now that you tell me who he is,
I can kind of see why.

His boy's getting
the needle tomorrow, right?

So you've been following the case.

Not really.

But it's in all the papers.

Excuse me.

- What's up?
- Do me a favor.

Run this Ken Hammond
through the indices.

See what other background
you can dig up.

- You think he's lying.
- Yeah.

There's something he's not telling us.
One other thing.

Can you take a look at the next town
that Wilson checked in from?

Yeah.

Okay, he made a call later that day
from Basking Ridge, New Jersey.

Any chance we can find
a link there to Hammond?

- I thought you said one more thing.
- Yeah, but it's you.

All right.

They moved the actual death house
over here a few years ago.

The state uses lethal injection
or electrocution. Inmate gets to choose.

The row is actually at another prison. They
bring them over here about a week before.

Separate cell.
No books, family pictures, nothing.

- 24-hour suicide watch.
- Suicide watch?

Yeah, go figure, huh?

I have no idea why he would go missing.

When was the last time
you talked to your father?

A couple of days ago, I guess.

According to the prison logs, Ricky,
it's been a week.

Okay, a week.

It would really help us if you could tell us
what you two talked about.

It was pretty much like every other time.

He was a little more worked up than usual.

Can't hardly blame him.

Deans says we got a good chance,
a really good chance, in federal court.

Okay, then we'll see.

Listen to this.
I talked with a guy in Dinwiddie...

who served time at Wallens Ridge
with a guy who said his cellmate was...

- Dad...
- No, listen.

His cellmate was bragging about
a shooting he got away with 11 years ago.

- Come on.
- We're this close, Ricky.

- Dad, there's no more time, Dad.
- Don't.

Don't you ever say that,
you understand me?

I am never giving up on you, son.

Never.

That's the last time I heard from him.

- Did he mention Ken Hammond?
- Okay.

- Hold on a second.
- It's just a question.

Ken Hammond.
He testified against you at your trial.

The name's familiar, but, you know,
that's a long time ago.

- Your dad talk about him?
- What is this about?

Apparently, your father thought
that Ken Hammond could help your case.

Especially if he could get him
to recant his testimony.

When he refused, your father beat him up.

I have no idea why. I mean,
he never mentioned his name to me.

Thanks for your time.

You didn't tell me you were gonna ask
about his case.

You're right. We didn't.

If you have information
that might be relevant to...

- To whose job? Yours or ours?
- We are on the same side, Agent Malone.

I don't think so, Mr. Deans. We are
simply looking for a missing person.

Okay. Thank you.

That was the Supreme Court.

We lost. I gotta go tell Ricky.

Martin, I got some more info
on Ken Hammond.

Listen to this.

Couple years after the shooting in Atkins,
he did three years...

for an armed robbery at another
convenience store, also in Virginia.

- Anybody shot?
- I don't know. Let's have a look.

Nope. But according to the parole reports,
the gun he used was a.38.

The same kind of gun
as the Atkins shooting.

Thank you.

Okay, so what happened.
I did my time. So what?

- You didn't tell us. That's so what.
- You didn't ask.

You know what I think? I think
Mark Wilson found out what you did...

and he came to you
with the same questions that we have.

- He never mentioned it.
- He didn't mention...

that maybe you weren't just a witness
at that first robbery?

That you were a part of it and then
conveniently testified against his son.

You're crazy.

After he left you, he went
to Basking Ridge. Any idea why?

- I give up. Why?
- Come on, Ken.

You told him something to save your ass.

I want a lawyer.

Can you just wait one second?

Agent Malone? Maryann Costello,
attorney for the Commonwealth.

You want to tell me why the Bureau's
sniffing around the Wilson case?

Well, somebody's gone missing
in our jurisdiction...

so we're looking for them.
You got a problem with that?

No. I do have a problem, though,
with the family of a condemned man...

using a federal agency
as part of a cheap publicity stunt.

- Publicity stunt.
- Well, come on.

They're obviously trying to focus attention
on their son's case.

Your state's about to execute a man.
What's wrong with a little attention?

Maybe you missed something,
but Ricky Wilson is the killer here.

Do you normally wear this much makeup,
Ms. Costello?

- Beg your pardon?
- Looks good on TV, doesn't it?

And that's a new suit, isn't it?

You know what?

I'd say there was more than one cheap
publicity stunt going on around here.

Excuse me.

Malone.

Hammond knows something.
He just lawyered-up.

- You think he's involved in that robbery?
- Yeah.

I'm also thinking that if he was involved,
and he falsely ID'd Ricky as the shooter...

then maybe Ricky didn't do it.

Yeah, maybe.

You gotta admit, it's a possibility.

What about the Basking Ridge connection?

Sam's still running it down.
The execution's in 12 hours, Jack.

Yeah, I know. I'll get back to you.

I think your father told you something...

about Ken Hammond
the last time he was here.

It's not true.

Was Hammond your partner
in the convenience store?

- What?
- Ricky...

two weeks ago, your dad had nothing.

And then suddenly, two days later,
he's all over Ken Hammond.

I don't know anything about it.

Your father's life could be
in great danger right now.

You know, you guys got it all wrong.

All your dad is trying to do
is save your life. That's it.

What really happened
the last time your father was here?

Look, it happened exactly the way
I told you. Except...

I couldn't let him go.

We're this close, Ricky.

- There's no more time, Dad.
- Don't say that.

Never say that. You understand me?

I am never giving up on you, son.

Never.

I did it.

What?

I said I did it.

I shot those people.

- You don't know what you're saying.
- No, I do.

- I killed them.
- You're confused.

No, I'm not confused. I did it. It's the truth.

- No, Ricky, stop it. Just stop it!
- Dad, listen to me. I did it!

I killed them.

Dad, look at me.

I'm gonna die.

And I can't keep lying about it.

You deserve better than that.

- No. It's... No.
- Dad, I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry for what I did.
- Ricky...

I'm sorry about all this
that I put you through.

But it's the truth.

- Oh, God, no.
- Dad, I'm sorry.

Dad.

You know, there's no more time.

I had to tell him the truth.

I know what Ricky said,
and I know why he said it.

- Did you believe him?
- Of course not.

Ricky loves his father.
Even with all his problems...

dropping out of school,
drugs, and everything...

Mark has never given up on him.
Never will. Ricky knows that.

I think he was trying to help Mark let go.

Did Mark believe him?

Mrs. Wilson,
it's very important for us to know.

I don't understand why.

Because we've been tracking
Mark's behavior over the last few days...

and we're pretty sure
he's trying to prove your son innocent.

But if he believed Ricky's confession,
we're back at square one.

Did you talk to Mark about it?

Andrea?

Mark believed it. He believed it.

Mark? Oh, my God, what are you doing?

He killed them, Andrea.

He shot them.

Stop it!

Terry Oaks, Shelby and Willa Hyatt.

Right in front of their little girl.

- And that was six days ago?
- Yeah.

How was Mark after that?

It was strange.

He didn't leave the apartment
for two days. Barely spoke to me.

And then the next day, I got up late,
and he was gone.

The next time I saw him...

it was like nothing had ever happened.
He was full of hope again.

Said he thought he'd figured out a way
to save Ricky.

- Did he say how?
- No.

And I didn't ask him.

Andrea, why didn't you tell us
all of this before?

The truth?

No matter what my son did,
I don't want him to die.

Okay. Let's take a look at this.

A week ago, he's ready to give up.
Doesn't leave his house for two days.

Then all of a sudden, four days ago,
he's back at it.

Gets a list of witnesses from the lawyer...

and the next day
beats the crap out of one of them.

We find out what happened here...

- I say we find him.
- You're not gonna believe this.

Ken Hammond?
Our witness that Mark beat up...

who just happens to have robbed
a convenience store himself...

turns out he has a partner in crime.
His name is Vincent Rigas.

And here's the great part.
Rigas lives in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.

Hi. We're with the FBI.
We're looking for Vincent Rigas.

- I'm Maria Rigas. Vince was my husband.
- Was?

He died. A year ago June. Car accident.

- It's like I told the other guy.
- What other guy?

- He came to see me.
- Who? Mark Wilson?

Yes. He was here three days ago.

He seemed so upset
he couldn't talk to Vince, I invited him in.

Thank you.
Do you mind if I ask you about Vincent?

It's okay. I really think he was trying
to get his life together.

Did he ever talk to you about
some of the trouble he was in before?

I know he did bad things.

The robbery.
The one he did with Ken Hammond.

The one he went to prison for.
Did he ever talk about that?

Sometimes. He was angry
that Ken testified against him.

Maria, did Vincent ever talk about
another robbery that he did with Ken?

Maybe another convenience store,
where some people got killed?

No. Why?

Well, my son was convicted in that crime.

They say he acted alone, but recently,
I've learned there was a witness...

who saw two people robbing the store.
If this is true...

maybe there's a chance to prove
my son is innocent.

No. I'm sorry. I wish I could help,
but Vince never mentioned it.

Did Mr. Wilson tell you
who this witness was?

No. I asked, but he said he couldn't.

All right.

Nothing. There's no statement by anyone
on record that even suggests...

there were two perps in the store.

- What about police reports?
- Nada.

- Wait a minute.
- What've you got?

Okay, this is the list
of prosecution witnesses.

Mostly statements from eyewitnesses,
as taken down by the police detectives...

investigating the case.

- And?
- The detectives weren't the first cops...

to show up on the scene. Hang on a sec.

Okay, here we go.

The responding officer
on the scene was Steve Parsons.

The 22-year-old beat cop says
he was overwhelmed by what he found.

Okay, it says here that Parsons
got to the scene...

and that he found Jesse Hyatt in the store.

There's no police report
in the record from Officer Parsons.

He's the first one on the scene,
and there's no record of what he saw.

Okay, let's track him down.

Hey, I'm Steve Parsons.
They buzzed me down at headquarters.

What can I do for the Feds?

Well, according to our records...

you worked
for the Atkins Police Department...

- about 11 years ago, right?
- Yeah, that's right.

I took the state job about six years back.

You remember a triple homicide
in a convenience store?

Sure as hell do. I see in the paper
they're finally gonna fry that guy.

So what's up?

Can you tell us what you found when
you got to the crime scene that night?

Yeah, like I'm ever gonna forget it.
It was a quiet night.

I'd gotten the call, shots fired.
I was just a few blocks away.

I must've gotten there
in under two minutes.

Oh, no.

Oh, no. Oh, God. Okay.

It's okay, honey. It's okay.

It's okay, I'm here. Come here.
I'm here, it's okay. Come here. Let's go.

It's okay. It's all right.

- It was awful.
- What about the girl?

I took her outside.
Waited with her for the EMTs.

What's this all about?

Did you question her
while you waited with her?

I did, yeah. I was pretty inexperienced.
I tried to...

get her to tell me what happened in there.

And was she able to?

No, she couldn't tell me anything.
After what she'd just seen?

What she was saying, it didn't make
any sense. She was confused.

Confused? Confused how?

I mean about what she saw.
Who she saw in there.

Was she confused
about how many gunmen there were?

I don't remember.

Did she say that there were two gunmen
in that store?

- I don't remember.
- Try to remember.

Officer Parsons, there is a man
on death row who is going to die tonight.

You're an officer
who's sworn to uphold the law.

Did Jesse Hyatt tell you that there
were two gunmen in that store?

She said something like that.
But like I told you, she was confused.

Have you talked to a Mark Wilson
in the last three days?

Mark Wilson? No. Who's that?

You know what? I think we're done.

Thanks for your help. I think that
Mark Wilson talked to Jesse Hyatt.

That's what made him turn.

How dare you come back here?

Take it easy.
We just have a few questions.

Good. Then you can come back
and ask them tomorrow.

- We'd rather not.
- You're trying to stop it, aren't you?

No, sir.
We're just trying to find Mark Wilson.

- Well, I have no idea where he is.
- Uncle Bill?

Go back inside, Jess.

- May we talk to your niece?
- No. You may not.

Mr. Hyatt, we believe that Jesse
may have told Mark Wilson something...

that led him to believe
that his son is innocent.

My niece didn't say anything
to Mark Wilson.

- How can you be sure?
- 'Cause she would never talk to that man.

Do you understand?

Now, I'm sorry, but we're done here.

Just got off the phone with Martin.
He thinks the Hyatts are lying.

- What about a warrant for the house?
- We don't have enough.

Let's say they're right, that Jesse
told Mark about the two suspects.

He would want her to go on record, right?

There's no way she would.
Not in that family.

Wait a sec. He did call his wife...

from a phone booth in the Bronx
the night he disappeared.

- Do you have an exact location?
- Yeah. A service stop.

Exit Six, Route 295.

- That's a southbound exit.
- Maybe he was heading back to Jesse.

To try and convince her to go public.

Okay, let's start a search
for Mark Wilson's car.

Set up the perimeter five miles
around the Hyatt residence.

You got it.

Jersey cops found the car at a dump
four miles from the Hyatt place.

Let's hope that's enough for a warrant.

William Hyatt, we have a warrant
to search these premises.

This is insane.
We were just heading for the prison.

I'd stick around if I were you.

Hi, Jesse.

Jesse, we need to know
if you spoke to Mark Wilson.

I'm calling my lawyer.

- Did you talk to him?
- I'll take care of it.

- Get away from her!
- Please!

Mr. Hyatt, we need to find out
whether your niece spoke to Mark Wilson.

My God, she was five years old
when it happened.

- Why are you doing this?
- Please leave her alone.

We're gonna have to ask her
some questions.

She didn't talk to him!

Yes, I did.

What?

He came here,
and I told him what I remembered.

When?

Four days ago.

Honey, I don't understand.

Jesse, what did you tell him?

No one was home.

And I saw his car in the driveway.

He wanted to talk to Uncle Bill.

He only wanted to apologize.

I know that, I can't even imagine...

what this has been like for you.

But I have to tell you, I am sorry...

for what my son did.

All these years,
I believed he was innocent.

I'm so...

I'm so sorry.

Mr. Wilson...

I think your son...

I think your son may be innocent.

I told him what I saw.

What I remembered seeing.

There were two men.

Later, everyone had told me
what had happened.

How they'd figured out who did it.

And I guess, after a while,
I just started to believe them.

I'm sorry, Uncle Bill.
I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't.

- I couldn't.
- It's all right.

Look, Jesse, did he come back here
two days ago?

No. I didn't see him.

Are you sure?
Because we think he did come back.

We found his car a few miles from here.

Oh, my God, Bill. What did you do?

You tell me, what did you do?

He came looking for her.

- Where's Jesse?
- What the hell are you doing here?

- I gotta see her.
- Like hell you do.

Bill, I have to.

Get off my property. Get off!

- You're not going in there!
- Get off me!

When I saw him on the ground,
all I could think about was that...

they weren't gonna go through with it.

They were gonna put it off
one more time because of me.

I was gonna let him go, I swear.

I was gonna turn myself in after tonight.

I'm sorry.

Where is he?

Mark, I'm with the FBI.
We're gonna get you out of here.

What time is it? Please, what time is it?

You recognize this man?

No. I'm sorry.

It was so long ago.

Here's the cop's affidavit.
We can't find his notebooks.

- Okay, thanks.
- Do you have enough?

Maybe. Ask Agent Spade
about new evidence.