All language subtitles for Hudson And Rex s08e02 Runaway Witness

Megan.

Megan.

Look, can we talk about this?

There's nothing to talk about, Jamie.

How many times do I have to tell you?

I didn't do it. You know me. No, no.

Don't raise your voice to me.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean it to come out like that.

Okay? Stay away from me.

This isn't over.

More papers for me to sign?

Never ends. Yeah.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. Just a headache.

Listen, this can wait.

Go home, get some rest.

No, I'm fine, really. No, you're not.
All this business, the stress, I mean,

just eats you up. Just take the rest of
the day off.

Maybe you're right.

Have you heard anything about the money?

We're going to the police.

I sent Jamie home.

He's under investigation.

I feel terrible about this.

Never feel bad about doing the right
thing. And remember, Jamie brought this

himself.

Go home.

Thank you, Todd.

Can I see what you're drawing, Brian?

I recognize that carriage house.

You've remembered every detail.

It's beautiful.

Thanks.

Let's take a walk to the community
center after lunch.

You can bring your drawing and show
everyone.

Okay.

Oh, hold up. I forgot my phone.

Where did I put it?

Hang on. Wait right there, Brian.

Glad you two got here quickly.

What have we got?

Well, it's twofold.

Emma Janza reported her 12 -year -old
autistic son, Brian, missing.

Vanished from the neighborhood.

Yeah, take a look at this.

This was recorded from the loft of his
own security camp.

See Brian and his mother here on the
street?

And the mother ducks in for a second.

Brian waits on the sidewalk when a woman
crosses the street and walks past the

van.

Watch this.

That's a job.

Do we know who the victim is? Megan
Schaefer, according to the ID found in

purse she dropped.

She's a lawyer right here at Wilkins
Law.

And the abductor?

No idea.

The van's plates were stolen off of a
car in Flat Rock three days ago. I put a

bolo out on similar vans, but they're
super common.

Show Michael out. Yeah.

Okay, so here, here's Brian running
away.

Traumatized. Yeah, no doubt.

Okay, so we can't see the face of the
abductor, but the boy may have.

We need to move on this.

Find the boy fast.

Right. That boy can save Megan's life.

Yeah, look, we have dozens of uniformed
officers scouring the neighborhood, but

so far nothing.

What is it, Rex?

What do you got there?

Pencil crayon.

Brian's an accomplished artist.

Yeah. His mother found the picture he
dropped. It's inside.

Here you go.

Oh, Sarah's in there now.

Okay. Well, Rex and I will check in
before we begin the search.

Megan's parents just received a ransom
demand.

I'm going to talk to them. Okay.

Hey, okay, what do you have?

I never leave Brian alone.

Never.

When Brian was young, we noticed
something different.

Eventually, we got the diagnosis of
autism.

And a couple years later, my husband
died in a car crash.

It was just Brian and I.

That must have been very difficult.

Yeah, devastating, but we kept going.

And eventually, Brian did speak. No, it
was never about speaking.

It was about him finding his own way of
communicating.

One day, his grandmother bought him some
colored pencils, and he just started

making these amazing drawings.

And everything changed.

Oh, no, they are amazing.

It's incredible detail.

Yeah, he does it all from memory.

So drawing became his way to
communicate?

He rarely speaks. Just a word or two
every once in a while.

This is his latest.

From this morning, and as soon as I saw
it on the sidewalk, I knew something was

wrong.

We're going to find him.

We've got officers combing the
neighborhood.

Emma, there's a chance that your son saw
something that could help us find the

young woman who's been abducted.

He must be so scared.

Do you have any idea where Brian might
have gone? No.

But I wish I did.

He has a range of responses when he gets
upset.

He can be really disoriented and fight
back if he feels threatened.

Can Rex and I take the drawing? That
will help us track him. Of course.

Thank you.

Okay. Rex?

You have your daughter.

Wait at home, instructions to come.

Follow precisely, or there will be
consequences.

Who would do this?

Megan's never hurt anyone.

Well, evidently, it's someone who's
trying to extort money from you.

You have a chain of successful produce
stores.

But it could also be other motivations.

Such as?

Someone who's trying to hurt you by
taking Megan.

No one. No one dislikes us that much.

Are you sure?

Possibly someone who's upset with your
business?

Well, we've had a few unhappy customers,
an angry supplier or two, but nothing

serious. Still, we'll need a list of
names.

Of course.

It could also be someone with a grudge
against Megan.

Someone associated with one of her
cases, perhaps.

That's Jamie.

I'm sorry? Who's Jamie?

Jamie Bregdon. He works at the same
firm. He and Megan were living together

recently, but she moved back home a
couple weeks ago.

She texted that she was leaving early
from work today, walking, because she

some thinking to do.

And what happened with this Jamie?

She, uh... She wouldn't tell us.

She's an extremely private person. We've
always respected that.

How did Jamie take the breakup?

It's like Richard says.

Megan keeps these things to herself.

But who takes getting dumped well?

To be honest, I've always thought there
was something off about Jamie.

Stop. Brian.

Hey.

No, it's okay. I'm with the police. Your
mom, uh... Your mom says to find you.

Everything's all right. Just calm down.

No, no. Rex, please stay.

Nice work, partner.

And Brian still isn't communicating?

No, nothing.

I was trying to help by getting Brian to
draw what he saw, but he's been through

a lot. Any idea how long he'll be like
this?

He's our only eyewitness.

No. No, his mother says he'll come out
of it when he's ready. Okay, until then,

we focus on the abduction.

Megan's parents said that she broke up
with a boyfriend from the same outfit.

The mother wasn't too fond of him.

You know what, Mark?

Meet me at her front.

I will do.

Anything? No.

And I know Brian would want to help try
and find Megan, but right now he can't.

I understand. You're both doing
everything you can.

Rex and I need to rejoin the search for
Megan. Yeah, of course. That poor woman.

If something changes with Ryan, will
you... I will let you know immediately.

Thank you.

Rex.

Thanks for speaking with us, Todd. What
can you tell us about Jamie and Megan?

They came to me about a year ago to ask
about inter -office relationships.

Now, they weren't breaching any HR
policies, so the firm gave them the

They seem like a nice, happy couple.

Megan's parents told me that they broke
up recently.

They had, just a couple weeks ago.

Any idea why?

This is rather sensitive.

I think that they were already having
problems, and Maiden came to me with a

complaint she received from one of our
developer clients.

What sort of complaint?

They noticed irregularities in several
of their escrow accounts, and Jamie was

the point person here, the long and
short of it is.

Funds that should be in the account
aren't.

We were actually just about to come to
the SJPD for assistance.

You think that Jamie took the money?

We can't be totally sure, but it seems
likely.

Did you confront him? Yes. As a matter
of fact, he was suspended this morning.

The uniforms are checked.

There's no sign of Jamie in the
apartment.

So Jamie's suspended.

He's angry at Megan. Plus, he needs the
ransom money to replace what he stole.

He knows the route that she would take
home. So he waits out front, and when

passes, he grabs her.

But what I don't get is how he thought
he'd get away with it.

I mean, he must have known that we'd be
on to him right away.

Well, maybe he wasn't thinking straight.

The most important thing is that if it
is Jamie, we find out where he is and

what he's done with Megan.

doing this?

Just let me go!

Okay, what do you got on Jamie Bregdon?

32 years old, graduate of University of
Toronto in Osgoode Hall.

Called to the bar four years ago.

Moved here when he was offered the
position at Wilkins.

Has he gotten in any trouble before?

Fender bender, traffic ticket, that's
it. No luck tracking him down, I take

Got a bolo out on him.

Does he own any other property?

Any place that he might have taken
Megan? None that I can find.

And we've been interviewing his friends,
colleagues, but no luck there either.

Is there anything else?

Well, tracked Jamie's cell phone. It
went dark just after 10 a .m. What about

the vehicle?

It was an SUV.

Van's not his.

Okay, check stolen vehicles, rental
companies, any place where he could have

gotten that van. Yeah, I'm already on
it. And I've been tracking Jamie and

Megan's bank card transactions, but so
far, nothing.

What about the text from the kidnapper?

It was sent via an anonymous texting
site. He also used a VoIP burner app

suspect, a burner phone.

It's going to take a while to ID him.

Okay, keep working on it.

And dig deeper into the missing money
from the law firm. There may be

there. You betcha.

Sarah has forensic results.

Go.

Oh. Hey, I was just coming to see you.
Yeah, me too.

Other than the victim's briefcase and
purse, the only meaningful evidence we

recovered are a few strands of brown
hair that we think belong to the

Jamie has brown hair. So do tens of
thousands of other islanders. So nothing

directly linking him to the abduction?

No. Any word from the kidnapper?

Not yet, but it's coming soon.

I think our best bet is Brian providing
us with a description of the abductor.

Because then we can either eliminate
Jamie as a person of interest, or we

him our prime suspect.

Agreed, but how do we get him
communicating again?

I just think children often react
positively to animals, especially dogs.

And Rex did calm Brian when we found
him.

Maybe he can help him again.

You think you can do that?

Oh, yeah.

We never had a pet.

Just being a single mom, it never seemed
like, it seemed like too much.

But Brian seemed to connect with Rex.

I mean, I saw it firsthand.

Rex calmed her son when he was
overwhelmed.

And he still is overwhelmed.

Brian's been through a really traumatic
experience.

I would be for any kid.

He just, he needs time to process and
calm down. But the truth is, we might

have that much time.

Time to find Megan alive, and if Rex can
help Brian process faster and find that

calm.

I have an autistic cousin, Emma. We grew
up together, so I have a little

understanding of how hard this must be
for you.

But I think you know that Brian would
want to help if he could.

He's a good kid. And sensitive.

Artistic.

I think growing up, he'll want to know
that he did everything he could.

And Rex can help him get there.

You really think you can help Brian?

Because he sure could use a friend right
now.

I'll eat your pimple, though, for you.

Thank you for doing this. We know it's
hard.

Yeah, even if it works, it's going to
take time. Of course.

Rick, you stay here with Sarah. Help
Brian. Just do what you can, okay?

Go on.

I was giving him space.

And he seems to know what he's doing.

Ransom demand just landed. I have to go.

Keep me updated.

He wants two million dollars.

In unmarked and untraceable bills.

And the money is not to be tampered with
in any way or he says that...

Something terrible will happen.

There will be more instructions coming.

Mom, Dad, I love you.

Delivered via the same anonymous texting
method as last time.

Still no log tracing?

None. And nothing on Jamie's whereabouts
either.

Any success figuring out what's
happening with those accounts at the law

Some. But it's complicated. I've
actually asked Forensic Accounting to

with this one. So, the long and short of
it is that there's some serious cash

sitting in an account that it shouldn't
be in. So where to go?

Well, if Jamie stole it, it's really
well hidden.

Well, maybe he's spent it already.

Have you looked into gambling debt,
stock market losses, drug use even?

I didn't see anything like that. Thing
is that he's still carrying $100 ,000 in

student debt.

Keep digging, Jesse.

Come on.

I called in some favors to cover the
ransom, so...

What happens next?

Well, the kidnappers will reach out
again with specifics about the delivery.

And once we have those details, we'll
formulate a plan.

What happens if the kidnappers get onto
you?

How do we know they won't hurt Megan?

We'll be ready for anything.

This is Schaefer. In the meantime, we do
have a few more questions.

Of course.

Did Megan mention any problems at work?

Perhaps money -related?

Nothing like that.

Did she mention anything about Jamie's
personal life?

Family? Friends?

Or perhaps she mentioned a place that
Jamie might have taken her.

Jamie's from Saskatchewan. His whole
family's back there.

He moved to St. John's when the firm
hired him. Yeah, and we never heard

any of his friends.

Excuse me, I have to take this.

Jackie, tell me you found Jamie. No, but
a rental company reported that one of

its fans was overdue to be returned.

Let me guess.

The same model used by the kidnappers.

Exactly. And here's the thing, that fan
has a GPS in it.

What's he doing?

He thinks Brian is ready to draw.

Can you help?

Hey.

Rex is pretty amazing, huh, Brian?

This is his friend, Sarah, and she'd
like to talk to you.

Hey, Brian.

So, um, Rex needs your help finding the
woman who you saw being taken on the

street.

Her, uh, her name is... is Megan, and
she's in danger.

Did you see the man who took her?

You think you can draw him for us?

I know you've been through a lot, and
what happened would upset and disorient

anyone.

You know what, Rex?

Rex here can help you if you want.

Jesse, any progress in getting the
overdue vans location?

You know what? I'm all jammed up waiting
for judicial authorization on a trace

for the GPS.

It's a kidnapping.

Yeah, but they're covering their bases,
you know.

Oh, wait. Okay, here we go. Wait a
minute.

Authorization just came in. I got the
search loaded. Give me a second.

Well, good news. I got a ping, which
means he didn't jam up the GPS.

It's zeroing in on an area of paradise.

That's a big area.

It's triangulating. Give it a second.

Waiting for it to resolve.

Okay, it's a parking lot outside of a
commercial laundry on Drover's Road.

They're keeping her in a laundromat.
Well, the internet tells me things, I

you things. Okay, just text me the
address and have the uniforms meet me

You know what, Mark? I'm just hoping you
didn't dump the van there and take her

elsewhere.

Let's do this.

Can I look at your picture, Brian?

God, it's almost like a photograph.

Dara. Mark, hi.

Brian just gave us a drawing of the
kidnapper. The man we're looking for

Jamie Bregdon.

I know.

I'm looking at Jamie Bregdon.

He's dead.

Preliminary results from Jamie's autopsy
indicate cause of death was a single

stab wound to the heart. So either the
killer was very lucky or... They knew

what they were doing. Yeah, also there
was nowhere near enough blood in the van

for it to have been the murder scene.

Meaning Jamie was killed elsewhere and
transported there.

So what do we think is going on here?

Brian's drawing makes it clear that it
wasn't Jamie who snatched Megan off the

street. Right, but he still could have
been involved, right?

I could have had a partner who wanted
all of the ransom money himself.

You know, once they had Megan, the
partner would have realized they didn't

Jamie anymore.

Right. That's my thinking, too.

Jesse, did you get in touch with that
van rental agency?

Yeah, the van was rented using a fake ID
and a credit card. The problem was,

first of the month, and all the clerks
were swamped with people renting vans to

move, so... Great, so no one remembers
what this guy looks like. Well, but we

have Brian's drawing of the suspect.

Maybe we use that like an artist sketch
to put out an APB. You know what? I

might be able to do you one better.

I'm beta testing some facial recognition
software.

I've been using Brian's drawing as a
test case.

You think it can work from a drawing?
It's worth a shot. I'd have to upload it

and get permission.

It would take some time. Just see the
details of the ransom drop just came in.

I'm sending you a link.

The money is to be placed in a duffel
bag.

And don't try marking the ransom.

He'll know.

Dad, take the bag to Forest Road
Cemetery at 3 o 'clock sharp.

Drop it on the bench by the exit.

Walk away.

And don't look back.

Forest Road Cemetery is wide open. It's
going to be hard to have surveillance

there and not be spotted. There's no way
we let this guy get away.

This might be our only chance to save
Megan.

I have an idea.

The killer said not to mark the money,
but what if we did it in a way that only

Rex could detect?

Numerix can follow the money after it's
delivered.

Exactly. How would you do that?

Synthetic. The canine unit used a
synthetic scent to train the dog.

Pseudococaine or explosive powder, both
are entirely undetectable by humans. I

could spray the money with one of them.

Do it.

I've got eyes on Megan's father.

Crossed to the drop zone.

He made the drop.

And now we wait.

Yeah, maybe not for long.

We've got some action here.

I've got a teenager. He's approaching
the bag.

He's looking.

He's picking up the bag.

He's got it. He's on the run.

Go!

Go, go, go, go, go!

Go! Right there!

Easy,

easy.

Hey, kid, just...

Just set down the duffel bag.

No, no, no. Don't, don't do anything
stupid.

No.

Don't, don't, don't.

You're under arrest.

You're telling me you have no idea where
Megan is? I told you, I don't know any

Megan. I'm just supposed to believe you
had no idea what was in that duffel bag.

Well, I didn't know there was money in
there. It wasn't just money.

It was ransom.

And that makes you an accessory to
kidnapping and murder. You're going to

the rest of your life in prison.

I swear, I'm telling the truth. Tell me
again. How exactly did you get involved?

I played this online game, Star Quest.

One day this player named Breadjam
showed up and in the chat they offered

bunch of game credits and skins if I did
something for them. What was the ask?

To go to the cemetery and watch for a
man dropping a bag and then grab it when

he's gone.

Then what? Run to the railing and drop
it into a truck waiting below.

If I was late, I got nothing.

So who is this Breadjam? What does he
look like? I don't know. I keep telling

you this.

You have to believe me.

I would tell you in an instant.

If it would help get this person back.

I thought it was just a prank or
something.

Please. I didn't want to hurt anyone.

Do we believe the kids?

I think so.

I mean, it's a smart setup.

Totally anonymous contact.

We're recruiting them and at the
backdrop.

What do we know about this pickup truck?
Well, it turns out it was stolen from

the ghouls about a week ago. Okay.

Can we use security cameras to track it
down? I tried.

But I lost it leaving downtown.

And what about this bread jam? Is that
like a play on Jamie Bregman? Indeed.

Indeed, I traced it back to a gaming
site based in Cyprus.

Problem is that they used a VPN to mask
the IP. I will get it, but it'll take

some time. Well, time is what we do not
have.

Kidnapper has the money. He's already
killed one person. Why would he let

live? Yeah, we need to find her now.

Yeah.

Okay, facial recognition software just
got a match for Brian's drawing.

Tell me we got a hit.

Actually... Looks like we got 33 across
the country.

Phil, that's incredible. This is from
Brian's drawing.

I'm just narrowing it down to search for
people on the island.

Okay.

Okay, that leaves three.

Let's focus on the one with the long
criminal record, shall we? Agreed.

Earl Blackburn, 43 years old, did some
time for armed robbery and assault.

Ran a high -end chop shop just
assembling stolen cars, and those are

highlights. Do we know where this guy
is? Yeah, he did parole, so I have a

address.

Huh.

Why don't you look at that?

Looks like Earl Blackburn is represented
by the law firm that Megan works for.

I'm stunned.

Earl was...

A model prisoner. He did all the
programs. He had a great psych

really thought that he... Well, we need
to find him as quickly as possible.

He's not at his home address. Do you
have any idea where he might be?

No. No idea. I haven't heard from him
since his parole board meeting.

Did Megan have any interactions with him
when he was represented by the firm?

No. But you know who did?

It was Jamie.

So let's say Jamie's running some
collapsing scam.

He's in desperate need of cash.

Megan has turned on him. So he cooks up
a kidnap scheme.

It's revenge on Megan and ransom from
her parents.

But Jamie decides he can't do it alone,
turns to Earl Blackburn, who he met

while working on his parole case. Right,
only Earl turns the tables on Jamie.

Yeah. But if this is the plan, then why
didn't he give himself an alibi?

What do you got, Sarah?

Uh, more results from Jamie's autopsy. I
can place time of death at 18 hours

ago. Not long after Megan was taken.

No.

What else you got?

Several tiny shards of chromium were
found in the stab wound.

Have a look. The type you'd expect to
find in something like an industrial

plant. Or maybe a professional chop
shop.

I'll have Jesse run on some locations.

Mark, it's me. I searched every location
that Earl Blackburn worked at in the

past, and most of the buildings they've
sold or leased out to legitimate

businesses. But there is one that
remains vacant on the market and has

the last six months.

It's at 11 Clyde Avenue in Mount Pearl.

We're on our way. Have a SWAT unit meet
us there. You got it.

There's no signs of activity or
Blackburn's truck.

Yeah, I'll have Rex and I take a closer
look.

Go.

That's Blackburn.

He's in there.

Any sign of Megan?

No. I can't be sure she's not there.

And he's got it, guys. We need to move
inside.

Take him down fast.

Okay.

Nothing. Where... Where is she?

She better be alive.

Is this really necessary?

Brian's been through so much. I know. I
need him to officially identify Earl

Blackburn as the night witness.

Brian, do you think you can help the
police?

Brian, I need you to look at someone and
tell me if they're the man you drew.

Can you do that?

I want you to try and remember.

Brian, is that the man who you thought
taking the woman in front of your house?

Yeah.

Oh, Brian, thank you.

I want you to know how much we all
appreciate what you've done. I know it

easy.

We got an eyewitness, Blackburn.

We know you took Megan. So where is she?

We've got Jamie's blood on the chop shop
floor.

We've got the truck you picked up the
ransom in.

So give yourself up and give us Megan.

You know, all this time I thought you
were in this with Jamie. And this is

bothers me.

If Jamie was your partner, how come he
didn't do anything to cover his tracks?

There's someone else involved, isn't
there?

Someone who needed cash, needed a
scapegoat.

Someone at the firm who'd have access to
the accounts and had the smell of blood

money all over them.

Okay, I'll tell you.

Detective, gun out.

Very full slate today. How can I be of
assistance?

Well, I wanted to let you know that
we've captured Earl Blackburn. Well,

God. And Megan?

Unfortunately, we didn't find her, which
is why I wanted to speak with you.

Yeah, of course.

Come on in.

How can I help?

All along, I've had a notion that there
was something off about this kidnapping.

How so? Well, from the get -go,
everything was pointed towards Jamie,

He's a lawyer. He's a smart guy, and he
had to have known we'd be on to him.

Well, it's not as if Jamie was a
seasoned criminal, unlike Blackburn.

But then how could Blackburn know that
Megan would leave work early?

Yeah, I don't know, unless he was just
waiting, watching for her to go.

Yeah, maybe.

But then there's the money that was
stolen from the escrow accounts.

There is no sign that Jamie ever had it,
which makes me wonder...

where it went, or if he even took it.

I'm sorry, I don't get what you're
implying there. We checked, Todd.

And there is one other person at the
firm who has access to those accounts.

And that is you.

The fact that if I open that, I'm going
to find $2 million.

Tell me where she is, Todd.

I have no idea.

And you know that's a lie. Tell me.

I believe I have the right to remain
silent. And you have the right to an

attorney, but you also have the right to
be a decent human being. Talk to

Blackburn. He's your abductor.

Blackburn's not going to crack and you
know it.

So far you've had him do all your dirty
work, but this time it is you who is

going to let Megan die.

You really want to do that?

Ask yourself.

She's in an abandoned machine shop in
the ghoul.

Megan, it's okay.

We're police officers.

This is my partner, Rex.

He's yours.

Everything's going to be okay.

You see, when Megan went to Todd to talk
about the missing funds, he saw a way

out of his troubles.

And he hired Earl Blackburn to kidnap
her and framed it up to make it look

Jamie did it.

And then Todd had Blackburn kill Jamie?

Todd was betting that the investigation
into those missing funds would end with

Jamie's death.

Then he and Blackburn would split the
ransom.

So they were going to kill me too?

Jamie told me he had nothing to do with
the missing money. I know.

If only I'd believed him.

Hello. Come on in. Hi.

How's Brian doing?

Better. Yeah.

Oh.

He's out of the shell he went into.

I think a lot of that has to do with
Rex.

Well, Rex understood Brian in a way none
of us could.

Yeah, it's good to have a Rex.

It sure is.

Would it be okay for Brian to visit Rex
sometime?

Yeah, sure.

I think Rex would probably love that.