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In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered

especially heinous.

In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious

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

These are their stories.

What are you doing?

I can't sleep. There's too much honking.

So close the window.

Radiators. It'll get too hot.

Then turn on the sound machine.

It's so noisy.

That's the point.

It's the good noise.

It'll help me sleep.

God, just be quick.

I heard the boogeyman in my room.

I can't sleep.

Neither can Daddy.

Honey, what do we say when we have a bad dream?

I forget.

We say, thank you, bad dream.

Thank you, bad dream. Now I can go back to sleep and have a good dream.

Now I can have a good dream.

Okay.

All right, now let's get you back to bed.

But this wasn't a dream. The boogeyman is in my room.

Okay. Let's go tell him to leave.

See?

There is nobody here because the boogeyman is not real.

There was a noise.

Like what?

I don't know.

It was probably just the radiator.

Now, now, shut our eyes.

We all need a ride.

All right?

I love you.

I love you.

Night -night.

Told you.

Maybe it's an animal.

Animal?

Hello?

What's going on? Her camera's making a weird noise.

Oh, my God.

What? What is it?

The image comes in best from my daughter's room. Do you have any other

in the apartment? No.

And you do not recognize its voice? Not at all.

But the single strongest from her desk.

He fell asleep, like, right before you got here, but, I mean, he was crying.

That's the dog cage.

You need to call Tara, the feed.

It's being intercepted by another camera. Right, it's like when your

accidentally share on the same channel as a rando and you can hear them. And

can speak to them.

You can talk to your daughter on this?

Oh, yeah, she'd hear us through the camera.

Has anyone else been in the room? Just the boy.

Hi.

My name is Olivia.

Can you hear me?

I'm a police officer and I want to help you, okay?

Can you tell me your name?

Do you know where you are?

If you can tell me anything, anything at all about where you are,

about the room that you're in, I promise you I will find you. Can you do that

for me?

Hey, we're combing through records to see if anyone living in the area matches

the child's description. Okay, check child abuse and domestic violence

to see if there's any history here.

Will do. We're also waiting on NCIC, NCMEC, and New York Missing Persons

Clearinghouse to see if they have a match for an Asian male. Well, hold on.

She could be a girl. I mean, I'm going off the clothes and the hair.

Okay, we'll include females aged 9 to 11. Expand that.

7 to 13.

And I'll check Namath and the clearinghouses for Jersey, Pennsylvania,

Connecticut just in case the other kid wasn't kidnapped in New York.

Taro's on site with Griffin, seeing if they can get the signal back online.

And then they'll be able to trace it?

It's unclear, but I don't know what we do if they can't.

We've got to find this kid.

This thing's not Wi -Fi, okay?

Operates over RF.

Radio frequency?

There it is, my detective.

Okay, can you locate where the video's coming from?

Signal analyzer.

Come on, you know I don't know what that is.

The 2 .4 gigahertz band's got all your consumer products, your Bluetooth, smart

home, Wi -Fi. So maybe, just maybe, we lost the signal because of some

interference. Okay, and you can figure out where in the city this is coming

from? Yeah. I get frequency, and my boy Joe, who's on a rooftop a block away, he

turns the same signal.

He's noticed two measurements we can triangulate in approximate location.

So, uh...

What if it is an interference?

You know, what if we... I don't know, what if we lost the signal because the

camera was turned off?

Be no bueno.

You can't trace what isn't there. If there's nothing doing, there's nothing

be done.

Are you the police?

Yeah, yeah, I am. Lexi, right?

I'm Detective Griffin.

Thank you for letting us use your room.

Oh, yeah.

Your uniform kept me company.

She's a kiddie porn.

Oh.

Will you catch him?

Who? The boogeyman.

Lexi!

We will catch him and put him in jail.

Promise. Okay?

Why did her monitor pick up someone else's feed?

I mean, isn't there something to prevent that?

These monitors frequently hop.

They cycle across the band in unique patterns so that only the camera and its

accompanying monitor are ever tuned to the same frequency at the same time.

So maybe the signal's jumping.

The camera out there must overlap with this camera's pattern at least a

If I get this cycle here, I...

Joe,

we're to center frequency 2 .437 gigahertz, band 10 megahertz.

Resolution bandwidth, 100 kilohertz.

Copy that.

Hi. Hey.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, my name is Jake.

I'm a cop, okay?

We just want to make sure that you're okay.

Yeah?

Can you tell me your name?

Can you tell me your name before we lose the connection again?

The Leventhal's apartment is here.

Tarou triangulated the signal to here. Okay, so that's a taller haystack than

the whole city.

It's still a haystack. Yeah, well, we got a needle detector.

Tarou guy gave me this. That's a portable monitor? It's a signal

Exactly. It says how strong the signal is from where you're standing. But it

doesn't give you the direction.

So hot or cold? Mm -hmm.

We knock doors up there, eventually we'll get a hit.

That's two old city blocks.

I mean, how many apartments are there? I mean, it could be from...

400 to almost 1 ,000.

72nd between Columbus and Amsterdam?

Yeah, up to 74th. That's right where they turned that hotel, the Azura Hotel,

into a homeless shelter. They're housing multiple level 2 and level 3 offenders

up there.

Okay, so you two go. We have a couple of potential matches for missing children.

And you and I will check on the families.

Hey, one other thing. Yeah.

I noticed something.

All right, say it.

So I don't like to talk about this that much.

work life church state kind of thing but uh my brother he passed away when i was

15 oh i'm sorry yeah well he had autism okay and uh in moments of distress

he'd rub his head like this uh -huh he actually got a bald spot from doing it

too much the boy i noticed he was doing something like that on his arm yeah yeah

okay that's the thing to keep in mind good catch thanks

What are we looking for this thing to do? If we get close enough, the lines on

this will spike.

Are those spikes?

No, I don't think so.

It might not be close enough.

Joshua Powell, police!

Open up!

Yeah, what do you know? We need to look inside your apartment.

For what?

You got something suspicious in there?

No.

Yo, this is a rash, but I served my time.

Besides, my niece is full of BS. I ain't touching.

Well, I read the report.

Your niece was 10.

Yeah. Kids start lying when they're three.

What's that thing he's got?

Oh, that's a pedophile detector.

It detects up to a month of pedophilia activity.

Mommy, I thought this was a kid's doctor.

Just pay attention to yourself.

All right.

Sergeant Rollins?

Yeah.

Yeah. I came here because I heard they had the best lollipops.

I know the statistics.

If a child's not found in the first three hours, they won't be found at all

alive, and Spencer's been gone for over a year. Yeah.

So you've got bad news, right?

I'm going to show you a picture from a video feed that we intercepted, and I

have to warn you, it's a distressing image.

Do you recognize this boy?

I don't know.

Is that Spencer?

That's what we're trying to figure out.

Is this recent?

Oh, my God, is he in a cage?

Where is this?

We're trying to determine the location.

So it could be Spencer. Do you think it is?

I can't tell. I don't know. Okay, Dr.

Chow, was Spencer autistic?

No. Okay. Wait, what does that mean?

Does that mean that this isn't Spencer?

Or that it is?

I promise.

I promise, I will let you know more when I can.

No, no, no, wait, wait, please, please, please. What if I just say that it's

Spencer? Yes, that is Spencer.

Now can you tell me, please tell me, what happened to Spencer?

I will, I will keep you updated when I know more. I promise.

Can you, can you just say why he's in a cage?

Police, open up.

No.

No? You're a level three sex offender. We're the police. Open the door.

It definitely gets stronger, but it's not spiking.

Are there any kids out there?

Kids? Yeah, children.

No, we're adult policemen.

Did you look both ways down the hall?

Mr. Roberts, there's no kid down here.

Don't trust me.

I have my urges.

I stay in my room.

Always.

Want to come in?

going to delivery, have them leave it at the doorstep.

I think you're the first people I've seen in three weeks.

Those are the binoculars.

Checking the weather.

They can't see me.

And I just watch.

I never talk.

I never leave.

Never touch.

Did you hear anything?

No. Clay.

We're taking these.

Is that him?

I can't tell.

Okay.

God, that's so sad.

It's been so long, I maybe can't recognize my own son.

Okay, well, let's be honest. This is not a good photo. I'm asking a lot of you.

I took six months' parental leave when Avery was born, so I thought maybe

the right amount of time to come back to work after Avery went missing. It's not

the right amount of time, only choices.

And regrets.

And those two.

My friend's daughter, who's in eighth grade, she walks Avery home after school

every day.

I used to.

On Wednesdays, they get a chocolate cookie from LaVon along the way. But

wouldn't go inside, though, because it was too loud for him.

But on this day, she comes out of LaVon with a cookie and no Avery.

He's just gone.

Doesn't like loud spaces.

May I ask you, does Avery have autism?

Oh, yes. He's non -speaking.

So he can't vocalize.

Sorry, I should have said earlier. I figured you knew.

Okay. So the database said that the reporting officer said that there were

that were pending upload.

Did they upload the letter I was sent?

What letter?

Boy is not in danger.

I see your, spelled Y -E -R, name in news. I promise not to hurt Boy,

take good care of Boy. I feed him healthy meals.

He doesn't know my cement is hidden in his oatmeal. Oh, my God.

I keep him infant.

Innocent? I just saw him looking so innocent by himself on the cert.

S -P -E -R -T.

So I took him.

Okay, work up, like, profile on this creep. I mean, we know that our Vic is

Avery Lee. We need a picture of who our person is.

Okay.

That doesn't look the same.

Is it Spike?

No, but I think we're getting closer.

Joseph Wright, open up!

What's up?

Oh, hell no.

On the ground! On the ground!

What happened? I'm behind you right where I can see you. What'd I do?

Hello?

You can't have a hobby?

What are you doing with all that equipment?

Talking to friends.

What, are you going to arrest me for having a ham radio now? You talking

the kids on there? No, that's what the internet's for.

So what happened?

That thing was spiking.

The antenna here, it's acting like a repeater.

It's actually boosting the camera's signal.

So where's the boy?

It's a moment.

Could be anywhere.

Haru thinks they worked out the frequency hopping pattern, so we lose

Or at least they should be able to. So there are new measurements to estimate.

He could be anywhere in an additional four whole blocks. It's upwards of 3

apartments, almost 5 ,000 people. And no registered offenders.

Guys, I really think we should try talking to the kid again.

Last time he heard your voice, God knows what he might do if he catches you

again. I know, but we got to do something. Taru is monitoring him 24 -7.

for Taru. What are we doing?

We're sitting on our hands here. We got to find him.

The camera that broadcasted this, does it have to be the same make as the one

that accidentally received it?

I'm sorry.

Yeah, same make, same model.

Wait, I looked into it.

It was recalled for this very security fault.

Suckler was only on the market for three months.

Hill. Get some rest. I'll watch over him.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay, buddy.

All right.

Just breathe. Calm.

I am in radio range.

All right?

Can't be that far.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Here are the sales of the recalled camera for Manhattan.

Also a list of all the New York City parents who had it on their baby

None were sold in the area Taru triangulates. So, Bruno, I want you to

down all the orders from Midtown South and any precincts south of 42nd Street.

Rollins, you take the Upper East Side and obviously Midtown North. And Griff,

want you to take obviously the Upper West Side through Inwood. What if the

didn't buy the camera in New York? What if it was stolen?

Well, then we're going to keep looking, okay?

But you never know what breaks the case.

All right. So Rollins has worked up a criminal profile, things that we all

to keep in mind. This is based on probability history and some

So if you come across someone who doesn't exactly fit the profile, but

doesn't pass the smell test.

You just want to use your judgment. Right. So our suspect is probably white,

male, mid -30s to 50s, possibly dyslexic. Education?

At best, high school. So we're probably looking at an antisocial personality who

has problems holding down a relationship or a job. Also, he might be a

collector. Exactly. Someone who likes baseball cards or butterflies, who likes

to hoard something, an object, like even the child, Avery. It gives him a sense

of control or even pride over an otherwise disordered life. All right.

Let's saddle up.

Hey, Griff.

Yeah. Walk with me for a second.

So I heard that you were helping Taro monitor the camera feed last night. I

can't sleep, you know, so I figured I'd give someone else a break. All right,

but I need you sharp, and you were the one that helped us figure out that Avery

was autistic.

Yeah, I'm good.

So keep it that way.

Yeah. Okay.

Hey, it's just when I look at the kid, Avery, I keep seeing my brother.

You know, he was also non -speaking, and people would meet him, you know, and

they would ignore him, or they'd treat him like he was stupid because he didn't

talk. I'm telling you, Cap, he was so smart.

He could read anybody. He could read people better than any detective you

ever met.

You just, you had to know how to talk to him.

And how would you?

We had our own pigeon sign language.

It was just ours.

If Scott really trusted you, he'd follow any direction you give him.

How did he die?

It was a car accident.

Driver fell asleep at the wheel.

Didn't have to do with anything.

Oh.

So gross.

So I had a kiss like this once.

And 9 -1 -1 put through a call from a little girl, and she had no idea

where she was.

Did you find her? We did.

And that little girl went on to become a cop.

What? Wow, no way. Yeah.

So the story is happy or sad based on when you stop telling it.

She died.

In the line of duty of that girl.

Jeez.

I'm sorry.

This story can still change.

We just need to keep going.

Come on.

I think I can get through to Avery. I know I can. I don't doubt it.

But I can't take that risk. This little boy's life is on the line. I just don't

think we have much time before this guy does something worse.

So go.

Go and knock on doors.

No, Mr. Likos.

I'm sleeping.

What is it? I'm Sergeant Rollins. I'm my PD. You're Mr. Likos?

Yeah. Do you have any children?

No. Okay. We have records of George Likos purchasing a baby monitor that's a

dress. George is my cousin. Who caught that?

Did he do something bad again?

Does he have a history of criminal behavior?

He's a criminal if he gets away with it.

Where is George now?

The Bronx.

Do you have an address or a phone number?

You're going to get him in trouble.

Look, I know a visit from the police can be scary. I know you're a relative. You

want to protect him, but don't worry. If he hasn't done anything wrong, he's not

in any trouble.

That's a pity.

George is the worst person I ever met.

I'm not saying something.

478th to 161st Street.

You know, I have zero cell service. Do you mind if I use your phone to call

in?

Sure.

I have a hard line.

A lot of newspapers.

Yeah, I collect them.

Can't throw away history, can you? No, you can't.

I'm at the address that we had on file for George Likos, 15 East 46th Street,

Apartment 8AB.

Okay, go on. It turns out his cousin's place, Costa Likos.

C -O -S -T -A, Costa?

No, he says the address that he has for George is 407 East 161st Street.

So Costa's the guy.

That's right.

Costa says he's a really bad man.

Is there any sign that the boy is there?

I don't know. That's hard to say.

Okay.

So, Roland, the address that you're at is outside the area that Taru

triangulated.

Yeah, right. And if you arrest him and he refuses to talk, we may never find

Avery. So you want me to go look for George up in the Bronx?

No. I want you to keep...

Costa, occupied. And I'm going to radio Bruno and Griffith and get them into

place to track his movement. Hopefully he can lead us to Avery.

Yeah, sure can.

Kate Rollins.

Stay safe.

Will do.

So my captain just wants to see if we can get a little more background info on

your cousin.

Okay.

Should we sit?

Sure.

She thought if I got a glass of water, heart.

Uh -huh.

Respond to 15 East 46th Street immediately.

I'm texting you a photo now. The suspect is Costa Licos, white, 43, 6 '5".

290 balding with the pier.

This is surveillance.

Keep your distance. We do not want to tip him off. Yeah.

Advise on all movements. Copy.

You got it, Kev.

I was living in Jersey, and the Port Authority fired me.

And my mama got cancer.

I'm sorry to hear that.

She lived out of her bed.

So...

Came here to help out.

Stayed with Cousin George, so he left.

Why'd he leave?

Planted a cement in his girl.

Dummy. Now they're having twins.

He took the monitor with him?

What monitor?

The baby camera.

The one that he purchased at this address.

Yeah.

Must have.

That's really good. I have to admit something.

I haven't been completely truthful.

How's that?

Your cousin, George.

He's our chief suspect.

He's probably going to go down.

That's good.

You could help me, though.

Maybe we could take a look around.

See if he left his DNA or fingerprints on something.

Maybe in his old bedroom.

Down there. You want to look?

We lead the way.

Sorry about the darkness.

He knew light bulbs.

His room was the one at the end.

Hey, Mr. Lico.

Open the door!

Here we go.

He's fleeing.

Suspect is fleeing.

15 East 46th Street.

He's wearing a navy blue hoodie, brown pants. You got him, Bruno.

I see him.

He's heading out 46th towards Madison.

response to this prospect in the Grand Central.

Get down there. Get down.

23, track 23.

We radioed MTA PD.

Grand Central is on lockdown. They're searching the tunnels.

NYPD is patrolling every station but so far enough. If he gets away, you know

where he's going.

Oh, he's not here. But, hey, look what I found. He's dead.

He's gonna dump the kid and we are going to watch on a monitor. Yo, he's right.

Do you really think you can get the kid to talk?

I gotta try.

Hey, give me the mic.

Hey.

Okay. All right. Hey, buddy. Hey, it's me, Jake.

I know the last time we talked, you got in trouble. I don't want that to happen

again, all right?

But this is really, really important, okay?

I know that you don't communicate with words.

Okay, well, my brother was the same. He didn't talk very much, but we used to

play this game together, this really fun game.

Yeah, where if I said something true, he would touch his nose.

And if I said something not true, he would touch his forehead.

Okay, can we try to play that?

Is your name Avery?

Avery Lee?

I know that you've been through a lot, buddy.

Way, way too much in this life, yeah?

Even before all this?

People are mean, aren't they?

They are. They treat you like you're nothing.

Yeah, like you're a piece of furniture.

Like you're not even a person, yeah?

That's how they treated my brother, too.

Buddy, that is why I am positive that just like him, you are

nice, and you are smart, and you are creative, and you are a good kid. And

what? I'm looking at you right now.

You know that I can see you right now.

Can I tell you something? I have a wish that one day we can just meet in person

and I can say hi.

Yeah, that's it.

So, I'm going to ask you again, okay?

Please, please tell me if your name is Avery Lee, just touch your nose.

Yes. Okay, Avery, do you know the address of where you are?

Do you know the street number or the name?

Do you know the floor number or anything identifiable? Hold on, hold on, hold

on.

Bruno, Bruno, what's your 20?

I'm here, Cap, 75th and Amsterdam.

I want you to crisscross the block that Taro triangulated.

Siren's on.

On it.

Hey, Avery, hey, buddy, hey. So you might hear a police siren. I'm really

if it's loud. I know you don't like loud noises, all right? That's just my

partner.

Now, if you hear this siren, I just want you to put your finger to the tip of

your nose, okay?

Right now?

Crossing 74th. I'm on 73rd now.

Avery, you hear anything?

Avery, any police siren?

Good job, buddy. Good job, Ava.

Bruno, where are you at?

I'm on 70th between Broadway and Columbus.

Browns, what do you got?

Hey, Costolico's mentioned his mother, so I looked up her address.

1480 West 70th Street, number 4B.

Bruno, 1480 West 70th, apartment 4B, now.

One.

Come on, come on, come on.

Hey, Avery.

Hey, buddy.

I'm the police officer, okay? I'm here to get you out.

Come with me, come on.

All good here. No sign of a perp.

How's he doing?

A little malnourished, a little dehydrated, but his injuries are minor.

And I'm sure he wants to meet you.

They found Casper's body on the track. Yeah, I heard. Crushed by the midnight

local. That's unfortunate for any night commuters.

Hey, how do you deal with all this?

Oh, what? The darkness.

You just reunited a little boy with his mother.

Where's the darkness in that? You know what I mean.

We keep telling our stories.

No matter how dark they are, we keep telling your story.

Because I know that good always comes from people hearing them.

That and a whole lot of therapy.

Hey,

I'm Mom.

I'm sorry that I questioned you, boss.

Tynan's right. You are the best. Griff, you're a detective.

You are supposed to question everything.

Everything and everyone.

A good leader welcomes questions.

A bad one... A bad one demands loyalty, and you have to remember that.

Because...

Because someday you may need to choose who you want to follow.