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Hi.

Is Rob in here?

I thought you both left.

Mind checking the back?

He's making me late for my cake.

Maybe...

If he comes back, tell him to take a cab home

before his father kicks his rear-end.

Okay, Mrs. Piest. Happy birthday again.

- Thanks, Kim. - Thank you.

Is Rob here?

What are you talking about?

Mom?

Ma?

What's going on?

I can't find him.

I understand protocol, sir.

Was in Korea.

We cannot wait 24 hours.

Very well. Fine.

We'll be in touch.

Here. Smell this.

Good girl. Okay.

Kerry, you take Caesar in your mom's car.

You scour east of wolf road down to algonquin.

Kenneth, you take Kelly west.

I'll take everything south down to O'Hare.

What about me? What should I do?

Stay here.

In case he calls or comes back home.

Check in with your mom, Kenneth, every 40 minutes.

Kerry, every 45. I'm 50. Understood?

- I don't have any change. - Just... call collect.

Come on, girl.

Goes to Maine west?

Mine too. Sophomore?

As you were saying, he works at the pharmacy?

Yeah. He stocks shelves.

Elizabeth went in to pick him up

the same time as she always does every night,

and Rob told her that he needed to meet a man about a job.

- Who? - Didn't give a name.

He's a contractor. He worked at construction.

And Elizabeth told Rob

that she'd wait for him inside the store.

In the car.

I, I told him I'd wait in the car.

Details matter, don't they?

Yeah.

Inside, outside, you know...

My wife is upset, as you can imagine.

He's got a job.

So what's he meeting with this guy for?

He's getting his license this year.

Saving up for a car.

All right. Well, listen, we have the file,

but they usually show up, kids.

This is des plaines. It's not mayberry.

I'm guessing he had an itch. He went down to Chicago...

- No, no. - Met... no?

- Mr. Piest... - Sir, he would not do that.

I've been chief of detectives for a few months now.

Before that, I was on the street.

Every parent who comes in or cares enough to come in,

we get the same response.

One of two things ends up happening here.

Either, a, they get picked up by us for doing something dumb

or, b, they walk through the front door

and they get grounded.

Okay?

He's an honor student.

Two badges away from being an eagle scout.

My son would not leave his mother

sitting in a freezing parking lot on her birthday.

Do you understand?

If Rob said he would be back in a minute, he would be.

You're going to interview the, the contractor, right?

We're gonna review this file

and we're gonna figure out what the next steps are.

So please go home and get some sleep.

Do not go running around with your dogs anymore.

We'll take it from here.

Hey. Hey. Let's go.

I can't find my gym shoe.

Shoe? You only got one of 'em?

Yeah.

Eat your breakfast.

Good morning.

Goodnight.

Tell the boy he left a fucking shoe in the yard.

You didn't wanna bring it in?

If I bent down, I couldn't have got back up.

Yeah?

Why is this on my desk?

I would've put it in your hand if it'd been there.

Helen had an overnight.

You try getting that little shit ready for school,

out the door, and be on time.

I got kids too. I was on time.

Yeah? Were they even awake when you left?

No.

You don't do shit. Shut the fuck up.

Do me a favor. Take a look at this.

Yeah. I did.

Missing kid. So what?

Just took off last night.

Okay. So you want me to bump you back to narcotics right now

or you want me to wait till the end of the day?

You ain't gotta be so mean about it.

Was gonna say yes.

You look good, by the way.

I know.

Kim byers?

Yes, sir?

Detective tovar. How are you doing?

I'm fine, sir. How are you?

You worked with Rob piest yesterday?

Yes, sir.

You're not a suspect.

Okay.

Unless you should be?

No.

Did he run away?

Go to the city? Got friends there?

Know anything about anything like that?

No. No. And he wouldn't.

You're so sure?

That's not him.

What's him?

A little nerdy.

He's a good-looking nerd.

You two a thing?

Before his mother came to pick him up,

before he disappeared, what happened?

A contractor came in here. I have his card.

I took it out of the drawer in case somebody asked.

So he was here?

Measuring some things for some work he was gonna do.

Rob was gonna talk to him about a job,

so he took his coat back from me and left.

That's the last time I saw him.

Why'd you have his coat?

The door. Always opening.

I was freezing, so he lent it to me.

Did you talk to this guy?

He did a job here a few months back.

But he isn't really nice to girls.

Isn't nice to girls.

I don't know. Just a feeling.

He was kinda mean.

Not just to me, all the girls who work here.

He was nice to the boys.

Police. Looking for John gacy.

Can I help you?

Rafael tovar.

You wanna hang up?

Had a death in the family.

My uncle.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah. Was expected, a little.

But I got my sister on the line.

We're just trying to figure things out.

Well, we gotta talk. Kid's missing.

Reported last seen with you.

Hang on a second, Karen.

Yeah, I don't know who that is.

- You run pdm contractors? - Yeah.

What's that stand for?

Pretty damn messy?

Polish daily maintenance?

Painting, decorating, and maintenance.

You were at the nisson pharmacy last night

offering this kid a job?

I was there but, no, I didn't.

I don't even know who this kid is, but...

Tell your sister you'll call her back. We gotta talk.

Did you not hear me when I said I had a death in the family?

I did.

I need to get my affairs in order.

I need a statement.

Of course. Of course.

I mean, I, I don't mind.

I'd be glad to.

It's just could you give me a few hours

to handle this and then I... I'm all yours?

Swing by the station.

I'll be there.

Great.

Condolences again.

Appreciate you.

When I showed him the photograph,

he said he never saw the kid.

But he got pissed at you.

Annoyed. And I was pushing him.

Dead uncle? I might be the same.

What do you think?

I think two people said they saw them together.

No.

Two people said that Rob piest said they were together.

Nobody saw 'em.

What do you think?

That I spent enough time undercover,

being lied to, in the eye.

No, the kid was with him.

And I think we need to get a warrant for that house.

Yeah. Yeah, it's me.

Yeah, I need everything that Chicago pd's got on a guy.

And I need a favor asap.

Thank you, sir.

First name, John Wayne.

Hello. How we doing?

- Yeah. Yeah. - Hiya. How's it going?

Like rooster cogburn.

Good to see you, gentlemen.

Thank you, officer.

- Mr. Gacy. - Hi.

Thanks for coming in.

This is lieutenant Joe kozenczak.

Mr. Gacy.

Yeah. Anything to help.

And, and John's fine. Drop the mister.

I don't know who the hell you're talking about, right?

Couldn't make it in last night? I waited for you.

Jeez.

Family and then a car accident.

Can you believe it? When it rains.

Everything all right?

Yeah. Everything's fine.

I just got a contusion of the ego.

Black ice. I slipped off the road.

Guy with a truck pulled me out.

Well, don't suppose anything's changed since yesterday,

but what we're all trying to figure out

is why everybody seems to think you met with this kid.

Right. Yeah.

Me too.

Well, maybe he was saying

that he wanted to meet with me

because I'm a businessman, right?

Successful.

Lots of jobs and employees.

Mostly high school kids, yeah?

Cops do cop things.

Yeah.

I'm giving 'em a chance to learn a skill.

Keep 'em out of trouble.

They look at me, see what they could be.

Anamosa state penitentiary?

Cops do cop things.

So that, that was a misunderstanding.

A 10-year stretch ain't a misunderstanding.

I was out after 18 months

because it was a misunderstanding.

Long about the summer of '67,

August, maybe September of '67,

I was in Iowa running for Jaycee president.

Jaycee?

The leadership organization.

Teaches entrepreneurship,

community service. It's a high honor.

I was friends

with this guy, Don voorhees, and... senior.

And I asked him to be my campaign manager.

And in the incident in question,

I was driving, right?

I was just going about my day.

And I see his son, Don Jr., hitchhiking.

So I give him a ride.

And he starts asking me about films.

What kind of films?

Come on.

I wanna hear you say it.

I came here to help, lieutenant, all right?

Last night,

I says about the death in my family and he's rude,

- just like this. - I know.

It's how we know we can trust you.

Right.

Stag films.

Like an asshole, I took him home.

Got to drinking. Showed him these films.

Then I got horny.

Anyhow, to cut the conversation short,

what happened is that he ended up blowing me.

I believe I blew him.

And he told his dad and I got arrested and convicted.

Sodomy of an underage male.

You were married, right?

Yes, I was.

I had a wife and two kids,

and I haven't seen them since.

And why the fuck did I go and get myself involved with him?

You go and get yourself involved with Rob piest?

No.

Based on your past convictions, we got a warrant

to search your house.

We gonna find Rob in there?

No, you will not.

Okay.

You can give us the keys or we can just go in?

Like the old-fashioned way?

There's no need to kick it down.

I'll just meet you over there.

No. We're gonna stay here and chat some more.

Detectives fanholm and Albrecht, they'll take the keys.

Just wipe your feet please.

Police.

Rob piest, you in here?

Rob piest, you're safe.

Call out to us if you can.

What the fuck?

What? You got something against clowns?

I got something against people with a thing for clowns.

You get the attic.

I'll stay down here.

Allen?

It's right on top of the trash.

We confirmed that Kim put it in the kid's coat

when she borrowed it and forgot to take it out

when she gave it back.

Original warrant wasn't broad enough.

We need to get back in there and tear that place apart.

Well, I can't get you another warrant without probable cause.

Well, what the fuck do you call that?

I call this a ticket to develop photos.

Well, we got porn. We got handcuffs.

We got police badges.

We got some big dick thing.

How much porn you got in your house?

Him? Lots.

I don't have this big dick thing, fucker.

I've been living in this city my whole life,

I've never seen anything like this guy's house.

What about this?

This isn't gacy's.

That could be his cousin's or nephew's.

Who the fuck knows?

Listen, if you're asking me, it's enough.

But if you're asking the judge who just gave us a warrant?

Not enough.

Those two fucking psychos murdered that couple last year.

- Do you remember that? - Yeah.

Shot 'em in the fucking face.

Do you remember?

- In the face. - Yeah, they got let go.

Yeah.

For unconstitutional search and seizure.

We find out this guy took piest,

the charges have to stick.

Don't blame me.

Blame George fucking Washington or some shit.

Can I just say something here?

No. Raise your fucking hand first.

We got the anamosa thing.

We got the shit in the attic.

We got the porn, shit like that, right?

Maybe this piest kid's a fag, right?

He, he... things get out of handy.

He, he, he doesn't know how to go home.

He runs off.

He's hoovering dicks for bus fare.

We're in here jerking off.

You know, you're the one jerking off

in this scenario, right?

- What is the matter with you? - Shut the fuck up,

- both of you. - I don't see it.

The kid doesn't come from that type of family.

Look, we don't need a warrant to tail gacy.

Put two teams on him.

One at night. These two schmucks during the day.

Hey.

All right.

All right.

Look, and don't stay out of sight, all right?

Let him know you're there, all over him, wherever he goes.

Why?

I don't know. Something about him.

It's like... it's like he wants to be liked.

You've seen, he's upstanding, you know?

Two cops following him around?

People starting asking questions.

It'll get under his skin.

I don't know. Maybe,

maybe he does something fucking stupid.

You have something to say?

You think the police are right?

That he just... he ran off?

Does that sound like your brother?

No.

Do you know where he is?

No.

- Are you covering for him? - No.

- Ma, that is our point. - What's your point?

It sounds like the police are paying you lip service.

What, what would you like us to do?

You like us to drive around randomly?

Maybe.

Okay. Maybe we do something other than just to sit here

eating dinner like nothing's fucking happened.

Maybe, Kenneth, the police know

more than a kid studying to be an eye doctor.

Maybe.

- You are not excused. - I'm 24 and I didn't ask.

- Goodnight, ma. - Ken...

See ya.

You said they said usually.

The detective.

You said he said missing kids usually come home.

What happens when they don't?

All right, gentlemen.

Hot coffee. Hot coffee coming in.

There you go. You take that.

You take that.

You boys have any fun last night?

Hey, Mr. and Mrs. Pain in my balls are upset.

They wanna see you when we get there.

About what?

Started with the paint.

There's lead in it.

Dangerous or something.

God.

A bunch of hooey.

People see conspiracies in everything these days,

don't they?

I'll give 'em the old gacy special?

Top of the morning.

Allen and Mike, right?

Good morning.

You know, I've got some spare hammers,

if you care to swing with me?

Not today.

No? What you guys doing here?

Looking for Rob piest.

- Yeah. But you were in my house. - There was nothing there, right?

You cleared me.

Call it, diligence.

Diligence.

Look at you.

How long you guys doing this for?

Till we get bored I guess

or you could just tell us where he is.

I don't know where he is.

Wish I did.

Guess I'll be seeing you around?

Every way you look.

All right, boys.

Follow me.

You see that?

That's what I was going...

I know. I'm spreading it. I'm spreading it. God damn it.

Where's the work Van?

We got that estimate across town.

Impounded, I think, they said.

- What? - The cops came to my place.

They had papers and they said they were taking the Van.

And you just let them take it?

Yeah, John, I did.

They had papers.

You did the right thing.

You always do.

Thanks for telling me.

When's this gonna stop?

I don't know.

Phone, Sam.

Hon, can you help me out here?

Help you steal my plant?

The office needs a little livening.

It's not gonna fit back there.

It fit when we brought it home.

You're aware plants grow, right?

I am.

See?

Told ya.

Hello.

Sam.

It's John.

Pardon me? John who?

John gacy.

We saw each other at my barbecue awhile back.

Yeah, of course.

John, how are you?

- Been a while. - Yeah.

Great. Business is great.

I hear the kids are great.

Except, my ex can't be trusted, you know.

- Neither of 'em. - Right.

You got a sick kid over there?

Yeah. How'd you know?

I hear cartoons on a school day.

Two plus two equals sick kid.

Yeah. Sure I'll be next.

Hey, did his nursery work out good?

Sorry?

You had me bid on it.

And then, I don't know,

it seems like you went with somebody else.

Yeah, we did.

Long time ago.

Came out nice. Very happy.

How's, how's defending the public going?

No longer actually.

I'm... just opened my own practice.

You know, just getting it off the ground.

Well, good on you.

Yeah. Thank you.

So what can I do for you, John?

Right. Listen.

Coppers.

Can they... can they just follow you for as long as they want?

Well, that's a loaded question.

What're you getting at? Are you being followed?

For about a week now.

- A week? - Yeah.

They think I saw this kid right before

he upped and disappeared.

- Did you? - No.

And I've offered everything that I can.

Time, conversation, theories.

I mean, I gave 'em the keys to my house.

Search it, I says.

But, now, I've got...

Friends, employees, and perfect strangers asking me

all these questions 'cause they're with me all the time.

Okay. Who's this?

It's des plaines pd.

Allen fanholm and Mike Albrecht.

You know 'em?

Yeah.

Work with Joe kozenczak.

Yeah. And, and detective tovar.

All right. Well, let me... Let me give him a call.

Were you gonna bill me for this?

Well, we'll see what they say first.

Joe.

- Sam. - Perfect timing.

Holy shit.

Were you just waiting in your car for me to get here?

- Yeah. - Let me guess.

- You got your first client? - Nothing official.

Just poking around.

- For an acquaintance. - Yeah. Who is it?

John Wayne gacy.

You've been following him for a week now.

He been cooperating?

- Yup. - Good.

You gonna charge him?

Haven't decided yet.

Well, time to piss or get off the pot, my friend.

Or what?

Advise him to file a civil suit for harassment.

Good luck with that.

You're not gonna pull your men?

No.

There. There. He's right there.

- That car? - Yeah. Come on.

Let's get in there.

Private property, man.

My ma's a member.

Hey. Come on. Say hi to my ma.

Hi, ma.

- Mike. What a surprise. - Nice to see you.

Hey, how are you? How are you?

- Mikey. - Alderman.

I'll catch up with you in a bit.

There's some troublemakers I gotta take care of here.

Well, well, well.

They let anybody in here these days?

John, this is my son, Mike, and his friend, al.

This is your son?

Yeah.

Wow. You made a good-looking kid, Gladys.

What a camera-face.

You two know each other?

Yeah. These guys are my bodyguards.

Say, you guys know a good place to get some pie?

I got a hankering for pie.

Now, what kind of pie do you want?

Gladys, it's the holidays, so it's gotta be pumpkin.

- Or a pecan. - Or a pecan.

That is right. That's right.

Pumpkin reminds me of my ma, 'cause she used to bake 'em

right around this time of year.

And, you know, my dad, he'd come home from work...

he was a mechanic,

so he'd come home stinking of sweat and gas.

And he'd grab my mom and give her a kiss

and she'd say, "gosh."

Slide him away and say, "shower, you stink."

And, you know, he'd, he'd kiss us kids and he'd...

He'd sniff the kitchen, you know, smell the pie.

And he'd say, "that's a mother's love right there."

Aww, for cute.

So how long you've been a member here, John?

You know, I, I, I never seen you here before.

He's the most popular non-member there is.

Is that right?

Yeah. I mean, I get invites all the time.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

'Cause I got connections with everybody

from the mayor to the mob

and all the muckety-mucks in between.

Word is that that piest kid's in Wisconsin. Hitchhiked.

You got any idea where, John?

I mean, Wisconsin's a pretty big place.

That I know, 'cause I got property up there.

Yeah. Nevada, Minnesota, Florida too.

That's a lot of taxes.

Well, dad taught me, real estate's king.

You liked your dad a lot,

I did.

I mean, he was a hard man.

Hard to please.

Had a tough time keeping his belt looped,

but... you know, dads get a bad rap, you know?

They're getting us ready for the real world.

They're hard, 'cause the real world is hard.

You can't be doin' that.

Mrs. Piest, please do not go there again.

We understand.

She understands.

But he's a suspect, correct?

There's only so much I'm allowed to share with you.

What I can say is that we have been following him.

Did you bring him in?

Yes.

But we don't have anything to hold him on.

How long have you been following him?

Last seven days.

And you haven't arrested him?

What, what if... seven days?

What if he knows where Rob is?

We have to get this right.

It is imperative that we get this right.

My son is out there.

I understand this, Mrs. Piest.

- Elizabeth, please. - No, don't say that.

You don't. You don't understand.

- He's out there. He needs us. - Stop it.

We've been patient. You disappeared.

You didn't, didn't call us. Didn't come by.

Only now when I do something, now you come?

I want some goddamn answers!

Okay.

I'm sorry.

You have nothing to be sorry for.

We just need time.

I am asking you for more time.

And I promise you, I will be in touch.

Rob's scared and alone.

You guys wanna buy some weed?

We know you got some in there.

How 'bout some fried fish?

Couple of beers?

Come on. Come on in. Warm up.

It's insultin' if you say no.

I know it doesn't look possible,

but you can fit 400 people in my yard.

It's a code violation.

Listen to him.

Don't go callin' the fire marshal on me

next year, okay?

But it's always theme parties, right?

We did Hawaii once.

And a couple years back,

there was a real doozy bicentennial.

Okay. You got to check this out.

Watch this.

Is it the right way?

Hey.

- What do you think? - Yeah.

Paul revere's got nothin' on me, right?

The British are coming!

Yeah, you should have seen the whole thing though.

It was really something.

The wig, the white wig, you know?

- Right. - And the lace and the long coat.

Hey, do you guys know Mrs. Rosalynn Carter?

- Yeah, sure, John. - I know the first lady.

Really? From where?

Just the news and whatever.

Okay.

That makes sense. Yeah. No. I met her.

I wouldn't even say that.

I welcomed her personally.

I threw an event for her.

No, yeah. Yeah, I got a photo of us.

Right there. Look, look, on the fridge.

Place of honor.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Would you guys check out my art when you were in here?

You like it? Pretty damn good?

What do you think of my clowns?

- I think there's a lot of them. - A lot, yeah.

Yeah. Well, yeah,

I got an infinity for 'em 'cause I clown.

What fuck does that mean?

Well.

Badoop. Badoop. Badoop. Badoop. Badoop.

Badoop. Badoop. Badoop. Badoop.

Woo. Woo.

Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop.

Pogo the clown at your service.

- Desperate to meet ya. - Get the fuck out of here.

Okay. Okay.

I created it myself.

On account of me being Polish

and on the go all the time, "po-go."

- Yeah, yeah. - Yeah. Do parades,

10, 15 parades, charities.

I did a cat show once for the veep of bressler.

The ice cream company, you know, 33 flavors?

- Yeah. - Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. I enjoy it, clownin'.

I mean, there's no money in it but I find it relaxin'.

You know, I can just regress into bein' a kid.

And there are things that you can do

that you wouldn't do as a person, you know?

You can sit on women's laps

and, you know, honk, honk, cop a feel.

Okay.

Yeah.

They can't say anything 'cause you're a clown.

You're a clown.

I do crippled kids, sick kids.

- The look on their face. - Yeah.

It's like retarded Christmas mornin', you know.

Yeah, it's the best.

But, only if I'm in a good mood

'cause if I'm in a bad mood, it is bad for me to be a clown.

Woo. I'm serious.

'Cause some of those kids

can just be little bastards, you know?

- You know? - Yeah.

And instead of pinchin' them on the cheek,

you just want to whack the shit out of them, right?

- Yeah. - Feel that.

But when you clown, you can hide who you really are

and what you really feel.

You just hide behind a mask of love,

and, happiness, and joy.

But...

I, I figure that clowns can get away with anythin'.

'Cause nobody would expect it.

Shit.

They could murder somebody and get away with it...

'Cause nobody suspects a clown.

Use your washroom.

It sucks

yeah. We, we gotta go.

What?

Why're you leavin' so soon?

Thanks for dinner, John.

Answer it.

Hello. Tovar residence.

Dad, it's Mr. Fanholm.

Give it here.

Al.

He finally did something fuckin' stupid.

- Wait, wait, wait. - Hang, hang on.

Turn that thing off right now.

Say again?

Can you hear me?

Yeah, yeah. Go ahead.

He invited us in,

out of the blue, for food, beer, you know?

There's something wrong in there.

There's a smell.

What're you talkin' about?

Been around enough car accidents,

crime scenes, morgues.

There's a body in that fuckin' house.

Sam.

Shit. Are you headin' out?

- I don't wanna keep you. - Hey, John.

Yeah, no, thanks for stopping by.

I, meant to call you. My fault.

Yeah. No problem.

I brought this for your boy.

That's very kind of you, John. Thanks.

Well, you know, it's a real pisser being sick.

Yeah. Actually, Sammy, my son,

he's, he's in the hospital now.

- What? - Yeah.

Fever spiked.

And, Mary's over there now.

And our baby's with my mom.

And...

I'm headed to the hospital now, so... Shit.

- But... - I'm so sorry.

Yeah, thank you. Thanks.

But, it's, it's why I, I didn't call you back. So...

if you can find time tomorrow to come back in,

I'll have the paperwork ready for you to sign, okay?

What for?

The cease-and-desist letter, John.

Against the des plaines pd.

- Right. - Get them off your back.

Yeah. I, I think you got a real case, so...

Yeah. Yeah.

That's, that's good, Sam.

Thanks. That sounds real good.

I'll come by tomorrow and I'll sign everything.

But, you got just a minute?

John, I, I just told you, my son's in the hospital, okay?

- Yeah. I heard you. - Well...

But I've been contemplatin', okay?

Just been thinkin'.

This, this might influence our case, Sam.

I think I know why they're following me.

Okay.

Okay, John.

They think I did somethin' with that Rob kid

because I think they figured out

that I brought him back to my place.

I thought you said you didn't know him.

Yeah, I did say that, but, I mean...

I, I met him...

And I brought him back to my place.

And with you bein' my lawyer and all now,

I just wanna clear the air.

Good mornin'.

Allen. Mike.

Is everything okay?

He's been here all night.

You guys gonna be here a while?

- We go where he goes. - Hey, look, Sam.

We're just trying to be stand up here.

We got another warrant.

We're gonna hit his house in a bit, all right?

Listen...

If he tries to leave...

Shoot out his fucking tires.

What the hell are you talking about?

What happened in there?

I can't. I gotta go back...

Get back to the office before anybody goes back.

Fuck.

Whoa.

Get me kozenczak.

Shit.

- Yeah, the guy's out of control. - What do you want us to do?

Take him.

Okay.

Somebody get me a fucking shovel!