1 00:00:10,053 --> 00:00:13,386 ( music playing ) 2 00:00:20,345 --> 00:00:22,678 ♪ I got a letter this mornin' ♪ 3 00:00:22,762 --> 00:00:25,219 ♪ How do you reckon it read? ♪ 4 00:00:25,303 --> 00:00:29,762 ♪ Said "Hurry, hurry, the man you love is dead" ♪ 5 00:00:29,845 --> 00:00:34,136 ♪ I got a letter this mornin' ♪ 6 00:00:34,219 --> 00:00:36,803 ♪ How do you reckon it read? ♪ 7 00:00:40,178 --> 00:00:43,845 ♪ Said "Hurry, hurry ♪ 8 00:00:43,928 --> 00:00:46,720 ♪ The man you love is dead" ♪ 9 00:00:50,053 --> 00:00:52,470 ♪ Well, I grabbed up my suitcase ♪ 10 00:00:52,553 --> 00:00:55,887 ♪ And I took off down the road ♪ 11 00:00:55,969 --> 00:00:59,803 ♪ When I got there he was layin' on the coolin' board ♪ 12 00:01:01,178 --> 00:01:03,345 ♪ Grabbed up my suitcase ♪ 13 00:01:03,428 --> 00:01:06,303 ♪ And I took off down the road ♪ 14 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,303 ♪ Mmm, when I got there he was layin' ♪ 15 00:01:13,386 --> 00:01:16,094 ♪ Layin' on the coolin' board ♪ 16 00:01:19,678 --> 00:01:22,637 ♪ Mmm, mmm ♪ 17 00:01:43,178 --> 00:01:45,178 ( wind whistling ) 18 00:01:49,386 --> 00:01:52,511 - ( birds chirping ) - ( insects buzzing ) 19 00:01:56,178 --> 00:01:58,553 ( clicking sound ) 20 00:02:14,845 --> 00:02:17,470 Wayne Hays: Yeah, 'course I remember. 21 00:02:17,553 --> 00:02:19,762 Jim Dobkins: Not too long ago? 22 00:02:23,219 --> 00:02:26,762 Ten years is nothin'. I remember everything. 23 00:02:26,845 --> 00:02:29,219 Jim: Well, we can't know. 24 00:02:30,803 --> 00:02:31,803 I mean, 25 00:02:31,887 --> 00:02:33,178 what you don't remember, 26 00:02:33,261 --> 00:02:35,178 you don't know you don't remember. 27 00:02:35,261 --> 00:02:38,386 That's some education in semantics you're givin' me. 28 00:02:39,803 --> 00:02:42,386 Hey, let's skip the deposition 29 00:02:42,470 --> 00:02:45,011 and I can just take notes on your lecture. 30 00:02:47,219 --> 00:02:48,637 I brought my case file. 31 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,969 Thanks for comin' in, Wayne. It's good to see you. 32 00:02:51,053 --> 00:02:52,428 - Alan. - How's the job? 33 00:02:54,553 --> 00:02:56,219 Still there. 34 00:02:58,845 --> 00:03:01,386 No major cases, but... 35 00:03:01,470 --> 00:03:04,386 get more time with the wife and kids. 36 00:03:04,470 --> 00:03:05,720 That's good, I guess. 37 00:03:05,803 --> 00:03:07,511 I take time off, inside three days, 38 00:03:07,595 --> 00:03:09,678 my wife tells me, "Get back to work." 39 00:03:09,762 --> 00:03:13,011 - ( grunts ) - Jim: Well, Detective Hays, 40 00:03:13,094 --> 00:03:16,887 we need you to go back over the Purcell case. Cases. 41 00:03:16,969 --> 00:03:19,887 Lookin' to overturn the conviction, right? 42 00:03:23,094 --> 00:03:24,470 You good with that? 43 00:03:24,553 --> 00:03:26,595 I wouldn't be here otherwise. 44 00:03:26,678 --> 00:03:30,094 Why contest it now? Ten years after the fact? 45 00:03:31,969 --> 00:03:34,303 It's the family doin' it, I know. But why? 46 00:03:36,303 --> 00:03:39,011 Jim: You're having memory problems, right? 47 00:03:39,094 --> 00:03:40,553 What? 48 00:03:40,637 --> 00:03:43,011 Wayne ( on recording ): You're having memory problems. 49 00:03:43,094 --> 00:03:44,345 Don't whine about it. 50 00:03:45,637 --> 00:03:48,720 Today's May 20th, 2015. 51 00:03:48,803 --> 00:03:52,637 Henry's comin' with the people from the TV. 52 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,386 You don't like the questions, or you don't wanna do it, 53 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:59,678 Henry'll tell 'em to go screw. 54 00:03:59,762 --> 00:04:02,428 But remember why you're talkin' to 'em. 55 00:04:02,511 --> 00:04:04,845 Figure out how much they know. 56 00:04:04,928 --> 00:04:08,595 You don't need no surprises this late in the game. 57 00:04:08,678 --> 00:04:11,762 I'm recordin' this on the 19th. 58 00:04:11,845 --> 00:04:15,637 Today's the 20th. Look at your pictures. 59 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,678 Take notes. Remember. 60 00:04:18,762 --> 00:04:22,969 Remember the nightstand if you... if you need it. 61 00:04:30,969 --> 00:04:32,303 ( knocking on door ) 62 00:04:34,428 --> 00:04:36,887 - Hey, Dad. - Hi. 63 00:04:36,969 --> 00:04:38,845 They're all set when you're ready. 64 00:04:41,845 --> 00:04:43,219 Mm-hmm. 65 00:04:50,678 --> 00:04:54,428 Alan: I think it's a strong case. 66 00:04:54,511 --> 00:04:56,720 You're paid to think that, right? 67 00:04:59,887 --> 00:05:01,803 My wife's publishing a book about it. 68 00:05:01,887 --> 00:05:03,678 Maybe she could help you. 69 00:05:03,762 --> 00:05:05,803 Let's get through this first. 70 00:05:05,887 --> 00:05:09,386 Could you tell us about November 7th, 1980? 71 00:05:09,470 --> 00:05:11,553 Your timeline of events. 72 00:05:12,762 --> 00:05:14,386 Sure. 73 00:05:22,053 --> 00:05:23,678 ( sighs ) 74 00:05:24,887 --> 00:05:27,428 November 7th, 1980. 75 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,845 Wayne: Friday. 76 00:05:31,928 --> 00:05:34,887 I remember it was the day Steve McQueen died. 77 00:05:39,428 --> 00:05:42,303 Radio: Pleasure is a thread of pain ♪ 78 00:05:42,386 --> 00:05:44,762 ♪ When it is undone... ♪ 79 00:05:46,637 --> 00:05:49,470 Hey, Dad. Can we ride out to the playground? 80 00:05:49,553 --> 00:05:51,094 What for? 81 00:05:51,178 --> 00:05:53,928 Ronnie's got a new dog he's bringing out there. 82 00:05:56,428 --> 00:05:59,261 - Home by 5:30. - Yes, sir. 83 00:05:59,345 --> 00:06:02,803 ♪ I only know I am not free ♪ 84 00:06:02,887 --> 00:06:05,428 ♪ The nights when I am sane... ♪ 85 00:06:05,511 --> 00:06:08,470 Hey, Dad. When's Mom coming home? 86 00:06:09,678 --> 00:06:11,470 I don't know. 87 00:06:11,553 --> 00:06:13,345 Hey, watch out for your sister. 88 00:06:13,428 --> 00:06:15,261 Yes, sir. 89 00:06:15,345 --> 00:06:17,011 Home by 5:30, I mean it! 90 00:06:17,094 --> 00:06:19,720 Y'all be back before the sun goes down, ya understand? 91 00:06:19,803 --> 00:06:22,094 Both: Yes, sir! 92 00:06:22,178 --> 00:06:24,887 ♪ Just as there may seem to be ♪ 93 00:06:24,969 --> 00:06:28,845 ♪ A smile that's out of place ♪ 94 00:06:28,928 --> 00:06:34,345 ♪ It only means there is a pain that hurts too much to face ♪ 95 00:06:39,637 --> 00:06:41,428 ( clicking ) 96 00:06:51,969 --> 00:06:54,303 ( dogs barking ) 97 00:07:03,303 --> 00:07:05,303 Wayne: Kids left their house 98 00:07:05,386 --> 00:07:08,011 approximately 4:00 p.m. 99 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:10,637 This from multiple statements. 100 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,803 Radio: ♪ We sharpen up our teeth ♪ 101 00:07:15,803 --> 00:07:19,386 ♪ White sugar he speaks French ♪ 102 00:07:19,470 --> 00:07:20,845 Driver: Come on, let's go! 103 00:07:20,928 --> 00:07:25,637 ♪ Memorizing torsos ♪ 104 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,928 ♪ He's open-throated... ♪ 105 00:07:28,011 --> 00:07:30,219 Driver: Let's go. 106 00:07:30,303 --> 00:07:32,678 - Dude, watch the leather, man. - Dude, all right. 107 00:07:34,887 --> 00:07:38,178 ♪ In the corner... ♪ 108 00:07:43,969 --> 00:07:45,845 ( clicking ) 109 00:07:54,887 --> 00:07:56,845 ( firecrackers popping ) 110 00:08:01,887 --> 00:08:03,928 ( popping continues ) 111 00:08:29,553 --> 00:08:32,845 ♪ To burn it down ♪ 112 00:08:32,928 --> 00:08:34,470 ♪ Sugarlight, sugarlight ♪ 113 00:08:34,553 --> 00:08:37,178 ♪ I can't believe ♪ 114 00:08:37,261 --> 00:08:41,803 ♪ Swallowing one bulb after another in the city of electric light ♪ 115 00:08:41,887 --> 00:08:45,011 - ♪ Sugarlight, sugarlight I-- ♪ - ( shuts off engine ) 116 00:08:45,094 --> 00:08:46,803 ( clicking ) 117 00:09:05,386 --> 00:09:07,470 Alan: And what were you doing that evening? 118 00:09:09,595 --> 00:09:12,053 I was with my partner at the time. 119 00:09:12,136 --> 00:09:14,011 Roland West. 120 00:09:15,303 --> 00:09:17,386 We were doin' our regular shift. 121 00:09:17,470 --> 00:09:21,136 Following up on a series of thefts, I believe. 122 00:09:22,969 --> 00:09:25,178 - ( gunshots continue ) - Wayne: Workin' cases. 123 00:09:27,136 --> 00:09:29,219 Roland: You'll get him next time. 124 00:09:29,303 --> 00:09:34,428 Fate spared its shitty rat life, and it has no clue. 125 00:09:34,511 --> 00:09:37,094 Another way of sayin' you're slow on the draw. 126 00:09:45,386 --> 00:09:47,511 Roland: Steve McQueen died today. 127 00:10:02,845 --> 00:10:05,094 We should do somethin'. 128 00:10:05,178 --> 00:10:07,303 We could go to Miss Minnie's. 129 00:10:07,386 --> 00:10:10,678 Give me a break. I can't pay for it, man. 130 00:10:10,762 --> 00:10:13,928 It's more honest than most relationships. 131 00:10:14,011 --> 00:10:17,386 You never bought no Saigon trim while you was over there? 132 00:10:18,928 --> 00:10:21,053 Guess I'm a romantic. 133 00:10:21,136 --> 00:10:23,595 I'm a feminist. 134 00:10:23,678 --> 00:10:26,928 They want to sell me a piece of ass, they got the right. 135 00:10:27,011 --> 00:10:30,803 Shit. You're gonna pay for it one way or another. 136 00:10:36,637 --> 00:10:39,511 You see yourself gettin' married, Purple? 137 00:10:40,595 --> 00:10:42,136 No, sir. 138 00:10:42,219 --> 00:10:43,969 I'm not a big enough asshole 139 00:10:44,053 --> 00:10:46,219 to put a woman and children through that. 140 00:10:54,219 --> 00:10:55,219 Hey. 141 00:10:58,178 --> 00:11:00,261 Don't. 142 00:11:00,345 --> 00:11:02,720 Shh... 143 00:11:10,345 --> 00:11:12,637 Dick! 144 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,053 Foxes are predatory vermin, son. 145 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,345 Farmers, I was little, 146 00:11:18,428 --> 00:11:20,720 they gave you a dollar, you kill a fox. 147 00:11:20,803 --> 00:11:23,762 I'll give you a dollar for lettin' it go. 148 00:11:28,595 --> 00:11:31,011 Let's go ride around. 149 00:11:31,094 --> 00:11:33,219 Listen to some music. 150 00:11:34,261 --> 00:11:35,928 All right. 151 00:11:36,011 --> 00:11:39,011 Maybe we can find somebody to beat the shit out of. 152 00:11:39,094 --> 00:11:40,553 Boy, that'd be nice. 153 00:11:46,428 --> 00:11:48,720 ( baseball game plays on radio ) 154 00:12:14,678 --> 00:12:17,470 ( dog barking ) 155 00:12:31,511 --> 00:12:34,595 I don't think so. Let me ask him. 156 00:12:34,678 --> 00:12:36,595 Hey, son? Ronnie? 157 00:12:36,678 --> 00:12:38,553 You seen the Purcell kids? Will and his sister? 158 00:12:38,637 --> 00:12:39,969 - Were they here? - No. 159 00:12:40,053 --> 00:12:42,011 No, he says they haven't been by. 160 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:44,303 You heard from 'em at all? Were they supposed to come by? 161 00:12:44,386 --> 00:12:47,928 No. I told him he could come by to see the new puppy sometime. 162 00:12:48,011 --> 00:12:49,928 But he didn't say today. 163 00:12:50,011 --> 00:12:52,928 No, Tom, I'm sorry. He hasn't heard from 'em. 164 00:12:53,011 --> 00:12:55,511 Yeah, he's been here all afternoon, since school. 165 00:12:56,762 --> 00:12:57,928 All right. 166 00:12:58,011 --> 00:13:00,178 I'll let you know if I hear anything. 167 00:13:01,678 --> 00:13:03,845 ( car engine rumbling ) 168 00:13:30,928 --> 00:13:34,053 - ( fireworks whistling ) - ( teens chattering ) 169 00:13:34,136 --> 00:13:35,887 - ( laughter ) - ( rock music playing ) 170 00:13:35,969 --> 00:13:41,011 ♪ Out of my mind on Saturday night ♪ 171 00:13:41,094 --> 00:13:43,136 Boy: This fuckin' piece of shit. 172 00:13:43,219 --> 00:13:44,720 ♪ 1970 rollin' in sight ♪ 173 00:13:44,803 --> 00:13:48,678 ♪ Radio burnin' up above ♪ 174 00:13:48,762 --> 00:13:53,845 ♪ Beautiful baby, feed my love all night ♪ 175 00:13:53,928 --> 00:13:56,845 ( laughing ) 176 00:14:19,428 --> 00:14:21,928 I don't wanna eat no boar meat, man. 177 00:14:23,595 --> 00:14:25,386 Tracked it for two days. 178 00:14:26,928 --> 00:14:29,637 Had to make my own muzzle-loader for the season. 179 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,720 Why'd you kill a boar, but not a fox? 180 00:14:33,928 --> 00:14:36,928 Well, you eat the boar. 181 00:14:38,762 --> 00:14:41,261 I only had the one shot at him. 182 00:14:41,345 --> 00:14:44,386 If I missed, that was my ass. 183 00:14:44,470 --> 00:14:48,219 Guess I like a more level playin' field. 184 00:14:48,303 --> 00:14:52,386 Hmm. Except with rats. 185 00:14:52,470 --> 00:14:55,595 You know how many times rats almost ended civilization? 186 00:14:55,678 --> 00:14:57,678 How many? 187 00:14:57,762 --> 00:15:00,136 I don't know. At least two. 188 00:15:01,470 --> 00:15:03,553 I hate rats. 189 00:15:03,637 --> 00:15:06,762 What about deer? You hunt deer? 190 00:15:06,845 --> 00:15:09,053 Only with a bow. 191 00:15:09,136 --> 00:15:11,470 Never in a stand and never with bait. 192 00:15:12,887 --> 00:15:14,386 Police Dispatcher: D-12, over. 193 00:15:14,470 --> 00:15:15,637 D-12, you copy? 194 00:15:17,094 --> 00:15:18,428 ( grunts ) 195 00:15:20,094 --> 00:15:21,553 D-12 here. Over. 196 00:15:21,637 --> 00:15:23,720 PD in West Finger called for assist. 197 00:15:23,803 --> 00:15:25,219 Missing persons. 198 00:15:25,303 --> 00:15:27,969 That's 5009 Shoepick Lane. 199 00:15:30,136 --> 00:15:33,136 Copy. We got it. Be there in ten. 200 00:15:35,887 --> 00:15:37,345 Fifteen. 201 00:15:38,595 --> 00:15:40,678 Shoepick Lane? 202 00:15:40,762 --> 00:15:42,720 Go towards Devil's Den. 203 00:15:42,803 --> 00:15:45,928 You know how to get to West Finger. 204 00:15:46,011 --> 00:15:49,428 We almost had a clean night, man. 205 00:15:49,511 --> 00:15:52,011 Turn on the light if you want. 206 00:16:06,595 --> 00:16:09,011 ( chatter ) 207 00:16:19,845 --> 00:16:24,637 Tom Purcell. Two kids, William and Julie. Twelve and ten. 208 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:26,678 Supposed to be home by 5:30, never arrived. 209 00:16:26,762 --> 00:16:29,219 Tom: They not been home before the sun goes down. 210 00:16:29,303 --> 00:16:30,720 That part I know. 211 00:16:34,345 --> 00:16:37,261 Woman: Is this setup OK for you? 212 00:16:37,345 --> 00:16:40,553 Uh, yes. This is fine. 213 00:16:50,261 --> 00:16:53,386 So, you caught the case back in '80. 214 00:16:53,470 --> 00:16:55,428 Uh, yes. 215 00:16:58,595 --> 00:17:01,553 Big full moon that night, 216 00:17:01,637 --> 00:17:03,219 and... 217 00:17:06,928 --> 00:17:08,887 I remember the moon. 218 00:17:08,969 --> 00:17:11,720 And Steve McQueen had died. 219 00:17:13,261 --> 00:17:14,928 Tom: Will and Julie. 220 00:17:15,011 --> 00:17:17,011 I can't find 'em anywhere. 221 00:17:17,094 --> 00:17:19,261 We need a bunch of people out here right now. 222 00:17:19,345 --> 00:17:21,637 Need to be on every street, down in the woods-- 223 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,011 All right, Mr. Purcell, slow down, please. 224 00:17:24,094 --> 00:17:25,678 Take us through what happened, you could, 225 00:17:25,762 --> 00:17:27,595 so we can know the right thing to do next. 226 00:17:33,136 --> 00:17:36,011 Went ridin' their bikes. Around 4:00. 227 00:17:36,094 --> 00:17:38,178 Supposed to be home by 5:30. 228 00:17:38,261 --> 00:17:41,845 They were supposed to go by a friend's house. Kid says he never saw 'em. 229 00:17:41,928 --> 00:17:44,845 Jim: Never occurred to you he might be lyin'? 230 00:17:44,928 --> 00:17:46,762 'Course it did. 231 00:17:46,845 --> 00:17:49,762 General rule is, everybody's lyin'. 232 00:17:49,845 --> 00:17:51,553 Period. 233 00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:54,178 First impression, though, no. 234 00:17:54,261 --> 00:17:57,470 I did not believe he was fabricatin', not about this. 235 00:17:57,553 --> 00:17:59,386 "About this." 236 00:17:59,470 --> 00:18:02,969 Yeah. I mean, I didn't... 237 00:18:03,053 --> 00:18:06,845 check around if he was honest about his overtime or his height. 238 00:18:07,928 --> 00:18:09,136 ( sighs ) 239 00:18:11,094 --> 00:18:13,219 What is this, really? 240 00:18:13,303 --> 00:18:15,094 Y'all know something I don't? 241 00:18:15,178 --> 00:18:18,470 Well, we don't know what you know. 242 00:18:18,553 --> 00:18:21,470 So we can't really answer that. 243 00:18:23,595 --> 00:18:25,803 I was deposed when the man's family 244 00:18:25,887 --> 00:18:29,261 tried gettin' the conviction overturned in '90. 245 00:18:29,345 --> 00:18:33,303 Then worked the case again when it was reopened. 246 00:18:33,386 --> 00:18:36,845 That's when my wife published the book. 247 00:18:36,928 --> 00:18:39,553 Wish you could've talked to her. ( chuckles ) 248 00:18:41,428 --> 00:18:44,637 I used to think back then... 249 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:48,261 it was before 'Nam and after 'Nam. 250 00:18:48,345 --> 00:18:50,553 But more it's... 251 00:18:50,637 --> 00:18:53,178 before the Purcell case and after. 252 00:18:55,011 --> 00:18:58,011 And it keeps comin' back. 253 00:18:58,094 --> 00:19:00,053 Here we are. 254 00:19:00,136 --> 00:19:02,887 What is it, 2015? 255 00:19:04,178 --> 00:19:06,637 Come back again. 256 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,803 And your wife's book, which is now, well, 257 00:19:09,887 --> 00:19:13,219 it's considered a classic of literary nonfiction. 258 00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:17,553 Yeah. Yeah. 259 00:19:20,219 --> 00:19:22,219 She did a good job. 260 00:19:26,011 --> 00:19:27,595 She was a good-- 261 00:19:31,428 --> 00:19:33,595 She was a good writer. 262 00:19:33,678 --> 00:19:37,511 Um, good teacher, 263 00:19:37,595 --> 00:19:40,261 good investigator, really. 264 00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:43,178 She was good at lots of things. 265 00:19:43,261 --> 00:19:46,428 - I'm sorry for your loss. - Yeah. 266 00:19:47,511 --> 00:19:49,094 A few years back. 267 00:19:53,136 --> 00:19:56,053 We made plans. I retired and... 268 00:20:00,136 --> 00:20:02,678 Just got me thinkin'. 269 00:20:02,762 --> 00:20:04,261 ( inhales ) 270 00:20:04,345 --> 00:20:05,678 Phew. 271 00:20:05,762 --> 00:20:08,928 Those kids. My kids. My wife. 272 00:20:18,553 --> 00:20:19,928 ( exhales ) 273 00:20:23,053 --> 00:20:25,053 I'm sorry. 274 00:20:25,136 --> 00:20:28,011 Guess I'm just missin' her today. 275 00:20:30,762 --> 00:20:32,345 Wayne ( age 34 ): Your wife, Mr. Purcell. 276 00:20:32,428 --> 00:20:35,637 She expected back tonight? 277 00:20:38,386 --> 00:20:40,178 I think. 278 00:20:42,178 --> 00:20:43,762 I don't know. 279 00:20:43,845 --> 00:20:45,720 Any chance the kids could be with her? 280 00:20:45,803 --> 00:20:48,094 No. No, no chance. 281 00:20:48,178 --> 00:20:49,845 Roland: Have you talked to her? 282 00:20:49,928 --> 00:20:52,720 Not since this mornin'. 283 00:20:52,803 --> 00:20:55,386 She waitresses down at The Sawhorse. 284 00:20:55,470 --> 00:20:58,428 She's out with her friends now, and I can't reach her. 285 00:20:59,845 --> 00:21:01,219 Get the APB out right away. 286 00:21:01,303 --> 00:21:03,303 I need as many troopers as Highway can spare. 287 00:21:03,386 --> 00:21:06,595 K-9 trackers. If State's isn't available, check with the sheriffs. 288 00:21:06,678 --> 00:21:10,678 We're gonna search the fields, the woods, put patrols on every street. 289 00:21:10,762 --> 00:21:12,553 Hi-beams out. I wanna light all this up. 290 00:21:12,637 --> 00:21:15,094 Tom: Ain't you gonna call the FBI? 291 00:21:15,178 --> 00:21:17,178 That's what they do on TV. 292 00:21:17,261 --> 00:21:18,928 Takes 72 hours, sir. 293 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:20,678 We don't know yet if-- 294 00:21:22,011 --> 00:21:23,762 We have to wait on that. 295 00:21:23,845 --> 00:21:26,553 You two. Start canvassing neighbors. 296 00:21:26,637 --> 00:21:29,053 Ask if they saw the kids, anything unusual. 297 00:21:29,136 --> 00:21:31,470 Roland: Any other relatives the kids might be with? 298 00:21:31,553 --> 00:21:33,428 Tom: No. No, my parents are in Shreveport, 299 00:21:33,511 --> 00:21:35,345 and Lucy's passed. 300 00:21:36,845 --> 00:21:39,637 Talk to Ronnie Ball. Will's friend. 301 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,511 I could take y'all out to the playground. 302 00:21:42,595 --> 00:21:43,887 OK, sure. 303 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:45,803 Mind if we look around the house 304 00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:47,595 while we wait on the other officers? 305 00:21:47,678 --> 00:21:49,637 They're not in the fuckin' house. 306 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,969 Roland: Yes, sir, but sometimes 307 00:21:52,053 --> 00:21:54,553 might be some kind of clue where they went, 308 00:21:54,637 --> 00:21:56,303 if they had other plans. 309 00:21:56,386 --> 00:21:58,470 - What? Why would they-- - Wayne: Just sayin', sir. 310 00:21:58,553 --> 00:22:00,053 It's been known to do some good. 311 00:22:00,136 --> 00:22:02,261 We have to consider all possibilities. 312 00:22:02,345 --> 00:22:03,845 Yeah. 313 00:22:03,928 --> 00:22:05,762 Whatever. Do what you want. 314 00:22:05,845 --> 00:22:08,428 - Mr. Purcell-- - Take the house apart, you want. 315 00:22:08,511 --> 00:22:10,386 Flip on the TV. Grab yourself a beer. 316 00:22:10,470 --> 00:22:12,762 I'm goin' out to find my kids. 317 00:22:12,845 --> 00:22:14,887 I know you want to do that, sir, 318 00:22:14,969 --> 00:22:18,428 but I promise, we're getting that handled. 319 00:22:18,511 --> 00:22:20,345 We need you nearby, answering questions 320 00:22:20,428 --> 00:22:22,219 or if somebody calls. 321 00:22:23,470 --> 00:22:24,845 Oh. 322 00:22:24,928 --> 00:22:27,511 You promise. 323 00:22:27,595 --> 00:22:29,595 Huh? 324 00:22:31,595 --> 00:22:33,219 Yes, sir. 325 00:22:35,094 --> 00:22:37,386 Can you take us through the house? 326 00:22:39,094 --> 00:22:40,553 Please? 327 00:23:13,178 --> 00:23:15,887 That's Will's room... 328 00:23:15,969 --> 00:23:17,595 that's Julie's. 329 00:23:22,637 --> 00:23:24,845 That one you and your wife's? 330 00:23:26,762 --> 00:23:28,470 My wife's. 331 00:23:30,803 --> 00:23:34,136 Well, go on. Knock yourself out. 332 00:24:17,678 --> 00:24:21,511 Roland: Think his wife left him, took the kids? 333 00:24:21,595 --> 00:24:25,094 I mean, they ain't together. 334 00:24:25,178 --> 00:24:27,178 Think you're right. 335 00:24:29,845 --> 00:24:32,178 I hope you're right. 336 00:24:34,053 --> 00:24:37,178 Expect she'll call by the mornin' if that's the case. 337 00:24:39,261 --> 00:24:40,678 Wayne ( age 44 ): In fact, our first thought was 338 00:24:40,762 --> 00:24:42,261 the wife had taken off with the kids 339 00:24:42,345 --> 00:24:44,470 and hadn't told the guy. 340 00:24:44,553 --> 00:24:47,470 The marriage wasn't in a good place. 341 00:24:47,553 --> 00:24:50,887 Jim: When'd you drop that theory? 342 00:24:50,969 --> 00:24:53,136 About two minutes later. 343 00:24:53,219 --> 00:24:55,011 - Lucy: What the fuck is goin on, Tom? - Tom: Let me talk to you. 344 00:24:55,094 --> 00:24:57,053 Tom: Listen. Come here, god damn it! 345 00:24:57,136 --> 00:25:00,219 Lucy: What happened? ( breathing heavily ) 346 00:25:00,303 --> 00:25:02,720 What did you do? What did you do?! 347 00:25:02,803 --> 00:25:06,386 Me? Me? You're their fuckin' mother, where were you? Where were you?! 348 00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:10,136 I am entitled to a life! All you had to do was watch 'em! 349 00:25:10,219 --> 00:25:12,470 I let them ride bikes like we done a million times. 350 00:25:12,553 --> 00:25:14,928 Maybe if you were home and not out lookin' for dick! 351 00:25:15,011 --> 00:25:16,762 Wayne: Mrs. Purcell. 352 00:25:16,845 --> 00:25:19,053 I'm Wayne Hays. 353 00:25:19,136 --> 00:25:20,261 This is Roland West. 354 00:25:20,345 --> 00:25:23,261 State Police detectives. 355 00:25:23,345 --> 00:25:26,094 We put an APB on your kids, we got men comin' to search now. 356 00:25:26,178 --> 00:25:28,720 Can you think of anywhere they might have gone? 357 00:25:28,803 --> 00:25:31,511 Friends or relations? 358 00:25:31,595 --> 00:25:35,345 No. W-We don't have any relat-- 359 00:25:35,428 --> 00:25:37,470 relatives close or nearby. 360 00:25:37,553 --> 00:25:40,511 I don't-- I don't understand. 361 00:25:40,595 --> 00:25:42,470 What happened? 362 00:25:42,553 --> 00:25:45,887 You dumbass! You piece of shit! 363 00:25:45,969 --> 00:25:47,887 - You slut! You slut! - You stupid piece of shit! 364 00:25:47,969 --> 00:25:49,595 Hey! 365 00:25:49,678 --> 00:25:52,011 You been drinkin' tonight, Mrs. Purcell? 366 00:25:52,094 --> 00:25:53,803 What? 367 00:25:53,887 --> 00:25:56,428 So? It's not against the law. 368 00:25:56,511 --> 00:25:58,969 - I'm entitled to a life. - Of course you are. 369 00:25:59,053 --> 00:26:01,887 But you two gettin' mad isn't helping anything right now. 370 00:26:01,969 --> 00:26:04,762 Need to work together, with us. 371 00:26:04,845 --> 00:26:06,637 OK? For the kids. 372 00:26:08,428 --> 00:26:10,470 God damn it, he's so stupid. 373 00:26:11,678 --> 00:26:13,887 Everything you touch turns to shit. 374 00:26:13,969 --> 00:26:16,303 You been runnin' me down. You been runnin' me down for ten years. 375 00:26:16,386 --> 00:26:21,178 Hey! Why don't we get some coffee goin', all right? 376 00:26:21,261 --> 00:26:23,303 Everybody just calm down. 377 00:26:28,637 --> 00:26:30,511 I'll make the coffee. 378 00:26:44,678 --> 00:26:46,637 Kids headed west down the street 379 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,720 goin' to a playground near the school. 380 00:26:48,803 --> 00:26:51,386 I want three two-man teams goin' through these fields 381 00:26:51,470 --> 00:26:53,219 between the main roads. 382 00:26:53,303 --> 00:26:56,969 ( police radio chatter ) 383 00:27:12,678 --> 00:27:14,136 Roland: Everybody else 384 00:27:14,219 --> 00:27:16,887 get spotlights up and down each one of these streets-- 385 00:27:16,969 --> 00:27:19,303 here, here, and here. 386 00:27:19,386 --> 00:27:21,595 Y'all start canvassing... 387 00:27:33,386 --> 00:27:34,928 Roland: We're waitin' on dogs, 388 00:27:35,011 --> 00:27:36,595 but let's get goin'. 389 00:27:36,678 --> 00:27:38,428 Officer: Yes, sir. 390 00:28:46,345 --> 00:28:48,803 I ain't never seen these before. 391 00:28:48,887 --> 00:28:50,053 You sure? 392 00:28:50,136 --> 00:28:51,261 No judgement. 393 00:28:51,345 --> 00:28:53,053 I read it myself. 394 00:28:53,136 --> 00:28:55,386 Yeah. So do I. 395 00:28:55,470 --> 00:28:58,762 But these are old, and I never seen 'em. 396 00:29:01,803 --> 00:29:03,762 He had these? 397 00:29:03,845 --> 00:29:05,803 It's not unusual. 398 00:29:05,887 --> 00:29:08,470 No. ( mutters ) 399 00:29:08,553 --> 00:29:11,345 Y'all find anything else? 400 00:29:12,595 --> 00:29:14,136 No, sir. 401 00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:18,053 If we could ask their mother... maybe she could tell us 402 00:29:18,136 --> 00:29:20,511 they have any clothes missin' or not. 403 00:29:20,595 --> 00:29:22,303 Might point us if they run off. 404 00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:24,136 No, I don't think she's in shape for that. 405 00:29:24,219 --> 00:29:27,178 And they didn't run off. I'm tellin' you. 406 00:29:27,261 --> 00:29:28,511 Roland: Yes, sir. 407 00:29:28,595 --> 00:29:30,428 But it needs doin'. 408 00:29:30,511 --> 00:29:32,553 Save us time. 409 00:30:01,053 --> 00:30:02,762 Woman: I didn't see the children. 410 00:30:02,845 --> 00:30:05,969 But I saw some older boys, teenagers, 411 00:30:06,053 --> 00:30:07,887 in a purple Volkswagen bug. 412 00:30:09,386 --> 00:30:11,762 I wasn't home until after 7:00. 413 00:30:11,845 --> 00:30:13,887 Woman 2: I saw the two kids 414 00:30:13,969 --> 00:30:16,136 riding out toward the park. 415 00:30:16,219 --> 00:30:19,303 But I didn't see any teenagers. 416 00:30:19,386 --> 00:30:22,219 But I know they hang around at Devil's Den. 417 00:30:22,303 --> 00:30:27,094 I hear things... about what they do out there. 418 00:30:27,178 --> 00:30:29,428 Teenage Girl: Yeah, sometimes, like, 419 00:30:29,511 --> 00:30:32,720 out by the ranger tower at the edge of the park, 420 00:30:32,803 --> 00:30:34,928 people hang out, listen to music. 421 00:30:35,011 --> 00:30:39,720 That Volkswagen is Freddy Burns's, I think. 422 00:30:39,803 --> 00:30:43,386 I seen that "Trash Man" fella. I don't know his name. 423 00:30:43,470 --> 00:30:45,053 Rides around town in a go-cart, 424 00:30:45,136 --> 00:30:46,637 pickin' through garbage. 425 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,511 Everybody knows him. 426 00:30:48,595 --> 00:30:52,094 Patty! What's that "Trash Man" guy's name? 427 00:30:52,178 --> 00:30:55,845 His last name's Woodard, I think. 428 00:30:55,928 --> 00:31:00,303 I saw him ridin' around when I was lookin' for the kids. 429 00:31:00,386 --> 00:31:04,762 He drives a go-cart and tows this little trailer. 430 00:31:04,845 --> 00:31:08,553 He picks up trash and sells it at the scrapyard, I guess. 431 00:31:08,637 --> 00:31:09,928 Been around for years. 432 00:31:10,011 --> 00:31:11,845 I never liked him. 433 00:31:11,928 --> 00:31:14,720 Goin' through other people's trash. 434 00:31:14,803 --> 00:31:16,803 Any idea where he lives? 435 00:31:18,511 --> 00:31:22,178 We're sorry for the personal nature of these questions, but... 436 00:31:22,261 --> 00:31:25,261 we need to know everything we can. 437 00:31:26,803 --> 00:31:29,553 How long you folks been sleepin' separate? 438 00:31:29,637 --> 00:31:32,803 - Few months. - About six months. 439 00:31:32,887 --> 00:31:34,928 - Since beginning of summer. - Hasn't been that long. 440 00:31:35,011 --> 00:31:37,011 Yeah, it has. Dan left last May, 441 00:31:37,094 --> 00:31:38,303 then I took the couch. 442 00:31:38,386 --> 00:31:40,678 - Dan? - He's my cousin. 443 00:31:40,762 --> 00:31:42,637 Stayed with us a few weeks last spring. 444 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,219 He's like an uncle to the kids. 445 00:31:44,303 --> 00:31:46,219 And what's his last name? 446 00:31:46,303 --> 00:31:49,720 O'Brien. Same as mine... used to be. 447 00:31:49,803 --> 00:31:51,511 Where's he live? 448 00:31:51,595 --> 00:31:54,303 He's up in Springfield, Missouri. 449 00:31:54,386 --> 00:31:57,136 But he hasn't seen the family in a long time. 450 00:31:57,219 --> 00:32:00,803 - He stayed there on the couch? - No, he stayed in Will's room, 451 00:32:00,887 --> 00:32:02,094 Will was on the couch. 452 00:32:08,928 --> 00:32:11,762 Would you write down his contact info? 453 00:32:11,845 --> 00:32:13,386 Phone number and address. 454 00:32:13,470 --> 00:32:16,261 What for? Been gone since May. 455 00:32:16,345 --> 00:32:18,094 Just have to check out anything we can. 456 00:32:18,178 --> 00:32:22,553 Sometimes, there's tension between the parents, or... 457 00:32:22,637 --> 00:32:24,470 fightin' and whatnot, 458 00:32:24,553 --> 00:32:26,969 kids'll make like to run away. 459 00:32:27,053 --> 00:32:29,720 They didn't run away, god damn it. 460 00:32:29,803 --> 00:32:32,428 Why don't you go find that "Trash Man" bastard 461 00:32:32,511 --> 00:32:34,345 and ask him some questions. 462 00:32:34,428 --> 00:32:37,219 - Did you talk to Ronnie Ball? - Roland: We did. 463 00:32:37,303 --> 00:32:38,887 Hadn't seen Will since school. 464 00:32:38,969 --> 00:32:41,386 Parents said he'd been home since 3:00. 465 00:32:41,470 --> 00:32:44,178 - ( Lucy sobs ) - Tom: But they didn't run off. 466 00:32:52,511 --> 00:32:54,762 ( Lucy continues crying ) 467 00:32:54,845 --> 00:32:58,553 Wayne ( age 70 ): Everybody went home to wait for daylight. 468 00:32:58,637 --> 00:33:01,470 I didn't go to sleep that first night. 469 00:33:01,553 --> 00:33:04,386 I stayed out, trying to find a trail. 470 00:33:07,803 --> 00:33:10,053 I was a tracker, you see. 471 00:33:12,386 --> 00:33:14,720 ( insects chirring ) 472 00:33:39,094 --> 00:33:40,637 ( clanks ) 473 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,762 Wayne ( age 70 ): I should stop. 474 00:33:46,845 --> 00:33:48,303 Do I need to stop? 475 00:33:50,219 --> 00:33:52,637 No, uh, we're OK. 476 00:33:53,678 --> 00:33:55,928 Sorry about that. 477 00:33:56,011 --> 00:33:58,178 Please continue, Mr. Hays. 478 00:33:58,261 --> 00:34:00,136 Uh... 479 00:34:00,219 --> 00:34:04,178 had maybe 15 guys out that first night. 480 00:34:04,261 --> 00:34:06,845 They went home after a few hours. 481 00:34:06,928 --> 00:34:08,637 Day would give us better odds. 482 00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:10,637 Get the news to help. 483 00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:12,887 Female Newscaster: Two children are missing 484 00:34:12,969 --> 00:34:14,345 from a West Finger neighborhood. 485 00:34:14,428 --> 00:34:16,803 Will and Julie Purcell were last seen 486 00:34:16,887 --> 00:34:19,553 riding their bicycles west on Turpin Road, 487 00:34:19,637 --> 00:34:21,553 not far from Devil's Den State Park, 488 00:34:21,637 --> 00:34:23,762 around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. 489 00:34:23,845 --> 00:34:26,803 Police are calling on volunteers to aid in the search 490 00:34:26,887 --> 00:34:29,845 and are asking all residents to keep an eye out 491 00:34:29,928 --> 00:34:32,720 and report anything unusual they might have noticed 492 00:34:32,803 --> 00:34:35,720 or believe might be relevant to the case. 493 00:34:35,803 --> 00:34:38,136 The brother and sister are 12 and 10, 494 00:34:38,219 --> 00:34:40,678 and attend the West Finger school system. 495 00:34:56,303 --> 00:34:59,595 Woman: "Tell me a story. 496 00:34:59,678 --> 00:35:03,678 In this century, and moment, of mania. 497 00:35:05,094 --> 00:35:07,303 Tell me a story. 498 00:35:08,887 --> 00:35:13,011 Make it a story of great distances, and starlight. 499 00:35:14,887 --> 00:35:18,762 The name of the story will be Time, 500 00:35:18,845 --> 00:35:22,219 but you must not pronounce its name. 501 00:35:22,303 --> 00:35:25,887 Tell me a story of deep delight." 502 00:35:28,178 --> 00:35:29,762 What do you think Warren means by that? 503 00:35:29,845 --> 00:35:34,595 Why mustn't you say the name of the story? 504 00:35:34,678 --> 00:35:36,178 Anybody? 505 00:35:38,345 --> 00:35:41,011 - Riley? - ( soft knock on door ) 506 00:35:41,094 --> 00:35:44,845 I teach English, eighth through twelfth grade. 507 00:35:44,928 --> 00:35:47,178 Will's a student of mine, too. 508 00:35:47,261 --> 00:35:49,511 Roland: Do you got a boy in your class right now, 509 00:35:49,595 --> 00:35:52,219 a senior, named Freddy Burns? 510 00:35:54,845 --> 00:35:57,303 Yes. He's here today. 511 00:35:57,386 --> 00:35:58,762 We'd like to speak with him. 512 00:35:59,887 --> 00:36:01,345 OK. 513 00:36:01,428 --> 00:36:03,386 What are you studying? 514 00:36:05,345 --> 00:36:07,261 The quote. 515 00:36:07,345 --> 00:36:11,219 Uh, it's a poem we're discussing. 516 00:36:11,303 --> 00:36:12,887 Huh. 517 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:17,053 ( opens door ) 518 00:36:20,969 --> 00:36:22,261 ( door closes ) 519 00:36:22,345 --> 00:36:23,928 What? 520 00:36:24,011 --> 00:36:25,595 "What?" 521 00:36:28,511 --> 00:36:30,511 Freddy: We were just hanging out, ya know? 522 00:36:30,595 --> 00:36:33,511 Go down to the ranger tower, mess around. 523 00:36:33,595 --> 00:36:35,345 What time was that? 524 00:36:35,428 --> 00:36:39,178 Um, maybe 4:30, 4:45 we got there, I think. 525 00:36:39,261 --> 00:36:41,136 And that was you... 526 00:36:41,219 --> 00:36:44,345 Ryan Peters, and this Lampanella boy? 527 00:36:44,428 --> 00:36:45,762 Anybody drinkin'? 528 00:36:45,845 --> 00:36:47,303 No, sir. 529 00:36:51,511 --> 00:36:53,303 See on the news this mornin'... 530 00:36:53,386 --> 00:36:54,803 about those missing kids? 531 00:36:56,094 --> 00:36:59,595 These two. You recognize 'em? 532 00:36:59,678 --> 00:37:02,136 Yeah, I seen 'em around. 533 00:37:03,470 --> 00:37:04,969 I think we saw 'em. 534 00:37:05,053 --> 00:37:07,053 You saw 'em. 535 00:37:07,136 --> 00:37:08,928 Ridin' their bikes. 536 00:37:09,011 --> 00:37:12,011 Yesterday. We passed 'em when we were drivin'. 537 00:37:12,094 --> 00:37:14,178 What time was that? 538 00:37:14,261 --> 00:37:17,762 Maybe 4:15? Before we got to the park. 539 00:37:17,845 --> 00:37:20,136 You saw 'em riding their bikes in the neighborhood? 540 00:37:20,219 --> 00:37:21,845 Yes, sir. 541 00:37:21,928 --> 00:37:24,845 Just the once? You didn't see 'em again? 542 00:37:24,928 --> 00:37:28,219 - No, sir. - And they weren't out at the tower? 543 00:37:28,303 --> 00:37:30,637 No. No, sir. 544 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:34,011 What time y'all leave the park? 545 00:37:34,094 --> 00:37:38,053 It was about 9:00, I think. A little after. 546 00:37:38,136 --> 00:37:39,969 Let me ask you. 547 00:37:41,803 --> 00:37:43,470 What's up with this? 548 00:37:45,969 --> 00:37:48,261 I-I mean, it's-- 549 00:37:48,345 --> 00:37:50,178 it's just a band. 550 00:37:50,261 --> 00:37:52,345 Black Sabbath, huh? 551 00:37:52,428 --> 00:37:54,553 What's a Black Sabbath? 552 00:37:54,637 --> 00:37:57,511 It's a satanic mass. 553 00:37:58,678 --> 00:38:01,762 Is that true? It's satanic? 554 00:38:01,845 --> 00:38:04,511 I think it's just their name. 555 00:38:10,637 --> 00:38:12,720 ( exhales ) 556 00:38:15,386 --> 00:38:17,969 You see either of these children yesterday? 557 00:38:21,094 --> 00:38:23,053 - Um... - What? 558 00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:29,053 Yeah. Yea-- 559 00:38:30,053 --> 00:38:32,094 I mean, yes, sir. I-- 560 00:38:32,178 --> 00:38:35,261 They were-- They were out playin' in-- in the park. 561 00:38:35,345 --> 00:38:37,261 You saw 'em in the park? 562 00:38:40,053 --> 00:38:43,136 Were they up at the tower when y'all hangin' out? 563 00:38:43,219 --> 00:38:45,345 No. I-- 564 00:38:46,511 --> 00:38:48,178 I mean, I-I don't think so. 565 00:38:48,261 --> 00:38:51,011 But you don't know. 566 00:38:51,094 --> 00:38:53,595 I don't know all the kids that were playin' out there, ya know? 567 00:38:53,678 --> 00:38:55,428 There were other kids out there? 568 00:38:55,511 --> 00:38:57,969 Yeah. They weren't with us, um-- 569 00:38:58,053 --> 00:39:01,637 There were a couple kids playin' with firecrackers 570 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:03,969 and younger kids just runnin' around. 571 00:39:04,053 --> 00:39:05,845 We didn't talk to 'em. 572 00:39:05,928 --> 00:39:08,637 You know any of their names? 573 00:39:10,053 --> 00:39:11,094 No. 574 00:39:11,178 --> 00:39:13,511 Wayne: Anything you can tell me 575 00:39:13,595 --> 00:39:15,470 about Will? 576 00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:18,011 His friends? Family? 577 00:39:18,094 --> 00:39:20,470 Any sense you might've had? 578 00:39:22,887 --> 00:39:25,386 He's a good student. 579 00:39:25,470 --> 00:39:28,637 Quiet, polite in homeroom. 580 00:39:29,762 --> 00:39:32,053 He's very advanced in English. 581 00:39:33,803 --> 00:39:36,969 As far as home, I don't really know. 582 00:39:37,053 --> 00:39:39,928 I don't know either of his parents. 583 00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:42,136 But he's a nice boy. 584 00:39:43,803 --> 00:39:45,845 He has a sensitivity. 585 00:39:45,928 --> 00:39:49,969 You always worry a bit about the sensitive ones. 586 00:39:50,053 --> 00:39:51,470 Hmm. 587 00:39:51,553 --> 00:39:53,345 There's a few of the older boys here, 588 00:39:53,428 --> 00:39:55,428 you know, they make it hard on the others. 589 00:39:55,511 --> 00:39:59,219 But I never saw Will getting any trouble. 590 00:39:59,303 --> 00:40:02,219 I just... 591 00:40:02,303 --> 00:40:06,219 well, I don't think he got noticed much. 592 00:40:06,303 --> 00:40:08,553 How long you been teachin'? 593 00:40:08,637 --> 00:40:11,303 - About six years. - All at West Finger? 594 00:40:11,386 --> 00:40:12,762 Yes, sir. 595 00:40:12,845 --> 00:40:15,053 Hey, you say "sir," I start lookin' for my boss. 596 00:40:15,136 --> 00:40:16,511 No, I'm sorry. 597 00:40:16,595 --> 00:40:19,803 Just, you know. Police. 598 00:40:25,637 --> 00:40:27,887 How is it here? 599 00:40:27,969 --> 00:40:29,178 You know. 600 00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:32,637 It's fine. 601 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,595 It's good, really, for what it is. 602 00:40:35,678 --> 00:40:38,178 I hear something now and then. 603 00:40:39,845 --> 00:40:43,178 They're all poor around here. That's the main thing. 604 00:40:43,261 --> 00:40:45,261 What you hear now and then? 605 00:40:45,345 --> 00:40:47,345 You know... 606 00:40:47,428 --> 00:40:50,053 a word in the hallway or something. 607 00:40:51,803 --> 00:40:53,845 They're careful around me. 608 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:58,470 ( grunts, clears throat ) 609 00:40:58,553 --> 00:41:00,845 What about these boys, um, 610 00:41:00,928 --> 00:41:04,595 Freddy Burns, Ryan Peters, and Jason Lampanella? 611 00:41:04,678 --> 00:41:06,595 I don't know. 612 00:41:06,678 --> 00:41:09,511 They're kinda their own little group. 613 00:41:09,595 --> 00:41:11,762 They posture a lot, 614 00:41:11,845 --> 00:41:15,969 but I'd say they're mostly outcasts. 615 00:41:16,053 --> 00:41:17,386 Tough attitudes, 616 00:41:17,470 --> 00:41:20,845 can't talk to girls-- that kind of thing. 617 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:26,553 And Will's good in English? 618 00:41:26,637 --> 00:41:28,969 Reads at a twelfth grade level, 619 00:41:29,053 --> 00:41:31,094 writes very well, 620 00:41:31,178 --> 00:41:33,720 pays attention in class. 621 00:41:33,803 --> 00:41:36,386 He's a bit shy about speaking up. 622 00:41:38,219 --> 00:41:40,595 And, um... 623 00:41:40,678 --> 00:41:42,219 you from this area? 624 00:41:43,803 --> 00:41:45,553 Fayetteville. 625 00:41:45,637 --> 00:41:47,887 Still live there. 626 00:41:47,969 --> 00:41:49,678 So do I. 627 00:41:49,762 --> 00:41:51,470 Nice place. 628 00:41:51,553 --> 00:41:52,887 Yep. 629 00:41:57,637 --> 00:42:00,511 All right, um... ( clears throat ) 630 00:42:00,595 --> 00:42:02,678 thanks very much, Miss Reardon. 631 00:42:02,762 --> 00:42:05,261 Well, now you have me looking for my mother. 632 00:42:05,345 --> 00:42:07,637 Yeah, OK. 633 00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:09,511 I'm Wayne. 634 00:42:09,595 --> 00:42:11,511 Amelia. 635 00:42:11,595 --> 00:42:12,762 OK. 636 00:42:14,470 --> 00:42:16,887 Think you'll find those children? 637 00:42:16,969 --> 00:42:18,637 I've got hope. 638 00:42:21,928 --> 00:42:23,595 I'll let you know if there's anything else. 639 00:42:23,678 --> 00:42:26,053 Please do. 640 00:42:26,136 --> 00:42:27,928 Anything at all. 641 00:42:31,303 --> 00:42:32,720 Do you have a number? 642 00:42:46,136 --> 00:42:48,470 - I'll be in touch. - Good. 643 00:42:56,887 --> 00:42:59,094 Think they're lyin'? 644 00:42:59,178 --> 00:43:03,637 I mean, they're lyin', but... 645 00:43:03,720 --> 00:43:06,219 think it's just regular teenage lyin', 646 00:43:06,303 --> 00:43:08,720 or somethin' else? 647 00:43:08,803 --> 00:43:10,428 I don't know. 648 00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:14,678 The one, Burns, lied about the beer. 649 00:43:14,762 --> 00:43:18,345 - There's lots of reasons to do that. - Mm-hmm. 650 00:43:18,428 --> 00:43:21,428 Put a couple guys tailin' Burns and Peters. 651 00:43:21,511 --> 00:43:25,053 Hit this address up for the trash can guy, Woodard. 652 00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:28,178 Come back on the teenagers, we need to. 653 00:43:30,470 --> 00:43:31,928 What about that teacher? 654 00:43:32,011 --> 00:43:34,345 You gonna come back on her? 655 00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:41,011 Uh-huh. 656 00:43:43,303 --> 00:43:45,053 Wayne ( age 70 ): After the school, 657 00:43:45,136 --> 00:43:47,261 we, uh... 658 00:43:47,345 --> 00:43:50,178 checked out that guy people called "Trash Man." 659 00:43:51,762 --> 00:43:53,303 Brett Woodard. 660 00:43:57,845 --> 00:43:59,845 Used to ride around in his go-cart 661 00:43:59,969 --> 00:44:01,845 collectin' garbage. 662 00:44:03,428 --> 00:44:05,887 He wasn't home. 663 00:44:05,969 --> 00:44:09,178 Checked around his place, the door was open. 664 00:44:11,470 --> 00:44:13,261 Anyways, 665 00:44:13,345 --> 00:44:15,261 you know what happened with him. 666 00:44:17,887 --> 00:44:20,219 ( dog barking ) 667 00:44:58,928 --> 00:45:01,178 ( banging on door ) 668 00:45:01,261 --> 00:45:02,887 ( hinges creak ) 669 00:45:37,595 --> 00:45:40,345 Roland: Think the backyard was neater. 670 00:45:47,511 --> 00:45:50,762 A lot of guys have trouble, they come back. 671 00:45:50,845 --> 00:45:53,386 Mm-hmm. 672 00:45:53,470 --> 00:45:55,720 Roland: I heard one of my old rodeo buddies 673 00:45:55,803 --> 00:45:57,720 is on the street in Shreveport. 674 00:45:57,803 --> 00:46:01,595 There's another buddy went to prison in Oklahoma. 675 00:46:01,678 --> 00:46:04,303 Killed a dude in a bar fight. 676 00:46:05,887 --> 00:46:08,178 You know guys like that? 677 00:46:10,637 --> 00:46:12,011 Couple. 678 00:46:15,303 --> 00:46:17,553 Put an APB on this guy. 679 00:46:23,178 --> 00:46:24,678 ( hinges creak ) 680 00:46:37,762 --> 00:46:39,720 I'm ready to go now. 681 00:46:41,678 --> 00:46:43,845 I don't want to be here. 682 00:46:43,928 --> 00:46:46,178 - I need to stop for today. - Filmmaker: Oh. 683 00:46:46,261 --> 00:46:49,887 Um, well, we didn't really get into the questions. 684 00:46:49,969 --> 00:46:52,969 I understand if it's difficult to discuss Mr. Woodard-- 685 00:46:53,053 --> 00:46:54,428 Not today. 686 00:46:56,219 --> 00:46:57,887 I'm sorry. 687 00:47:01,386 --> 00:47:04,219 - You all right, Pop? - I think. I don't know. 688 00:47:04,303 --> 00:47:06,762 - Can you get 'em out of here? - Yeah, sure. 689 00:47:45,094 --> 00:47:48,595 Roland: Wanna thank the volunteers came out with us today. 690 00:47:48,678 --> 00:47:51,762 - It's a tough thing. - ( dog barking ) 691 00:47:53,595 --> 00:47:56,428 - Man: Check this spot. - ( barking continues ) 692 00:47:56,511 --> 00:47:58,845 Get those fuckin' dogs away from me. 693 00:47:58,928 --> 00:48:00,428 - ( dog whines ) - Man: OK. 694 00:48:21,303 --> 00:48:23,762 What's your partner doin'? 695 00:48:25,053 --> 00:48:27,053 He's got his own thing. 696 00:48:27,136 --> 00:48:29,803 Well, how's that help us? 697 00:48:29,887 --> 00:48:34,553 Man was a LRRP in 'Nam. You know what that is? 698 00:48:34,637 --> 00:48:36,678 Long range reconnaissance. 699 00:48:36,762 --> 00:48:39,720 Drop 'em in the jungle alone, 700 00:48:39,803 --> 00:48:42,470 come out two or three weeks later 701 00:48:42,553 --> 00:48:44,261 with scalps. 702 00:48:46,345 --> 00:48:47,803 He's like a pathfinder. 703 00:48:49,470 --> 00:48:51,762 Tracks wild boar for fun. 704 00:48:54,178 --> 00:48:57,136 He wanna look alone, I'm OK with it. 705 00:49:07,011 --> 00:49:09,345 ( insects chirring ) 706 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:34,928 ( grunts ) 707 00:50:11,219 --> 00:50:13,720 ( bird and insect sounds ) 708 00:50:42,345 --> 00:50:44,219 ( camera clicks ) 709 00:50:45,845 --> 00:50:48,136 ( panting softly ) 710 00:51:28,553 --> 00:51:29,637 ( camera clicks ) 711 00:52:29,219 --> 00:52:30,720 ( panting ) 712 00:52:42,428 --> 00:52:43,428 ( camera clicks ) 713 00:52:57,219 --> 00:52:58,678 ( softly ) Shit. 714 00:53:20,595 --> 00:53:23,094 ( breathing heavily ) 715 00:53:46,845 --> 00:53:49,303 ( static ) 716 00:53:49,386 --> 00:53:51,053 Roland? 717 00:53:51,136 --> 00:53:53,178 Roland: Copy. 718 00:53:53,261 --> 00:53:55,094 I found the boy. 719 00:54:03,386 --> 00:54:05,595 Amelia: "What is love? 720 00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:09,637 One name for it is Knowledge." 721 00:54:20,470 --> 00:54:22,928 - Henry: Dad? - ( knocks on door ) 722 00:54:23,011 --> 00:54:25,303 Crew cleared out. 723 00:54:25,386 --> 00:54:27,011 They're gone. 724 00:54:32,887 --> 00:54:34,219 Pop? 725 00:54:38,428 --> 00:54:40,386 ( search party chatter ) 726 00:55:03,470 --> 00:55:06,261 There's another one of them dolls, 727 00:55:06,345 --> 00:55:08,011 further back. 728 00:55:10,094 --> 00:55:12,511 Right where the trail got sketchy. 729 00:55:14,386 --> 00:55:16,303 Bag 'em all. 730 00:55:16,386 --> 00:55:17,595 OK. 731 00:55:19,720 --> 00:55:22,511 Leadin' me. 732 00:55:22,595 --> 00:55:25,011 Like a marker or somethin'. 733 00:55:29,303 --> 00:55:31,553 Kid's head looked injured. 734 00:55:34,637 --> 00:55:37,553 Did a little tunnel work over there, you know? 735 00:55:39,553 --> 00:55:41,887 Almost couldn't go inside. 736 00:55:42,969 --> 00:55:44,219 All right. 737 00:55:45,261 --> 00:55:47,261 There's no sign of the girl. 738 00:55:47,345 --> 00:55:49,678 We have to get back out there lookin' for her. 739 00:55:49,762 --> 00:55:52,470 OK, man. All right. We will. 740 00:55:56,678 --> 00:55:58,803 Wayne ( age 44 ): You know what I found. 741 00:55:58,887 --> 00:56:01,637 I don't need to go back over it. 742 00:56:05,136 --> 00:56:08,969 I think I'm done for the day, unless y'all wanna tell me what's goin' on. 743 00:56:09,053 --> 00:56:11,136 What's goin' on is the wrong man ten years ago. 744 00:56:11,219 --> 00:56:13,762 No shit. But tell me why. 745 00:56:16,928 --> 00:56:20,637 OK, I'll give y'all another 20 minutes some other time, 746 00:56:20,720 --> 00:56:23,511 and that's how we'll do this. 747 00:56:23,595 --> 00:56:25,678 Maybe we'll finish up by next summer. 748 00:56:25,762 --> 00:56:27,094 ( slaps paper on desk ) 749 00:56:29,011 --> 00:56:31,595 The girl... Julie. 750 00:56:31,678 --> 00:56:34,053 - Alan, I don't-- - What about her? 751 00:56:34,136 --> 00:56:38,136 Her prints went into the system when they established the database. 752 00:56:42,969 --> 00:56:47,678 - OK. - An after-hours burglary in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. 753 00:56:47,762 --> 00:56:49,637 Two months ago. 754 00:56:49,720 --> 00:56:51,386 A Walgreen's. 755 00:56:51,470 --> 00:56:53,762 Somebody broke into the pharmacy. 756 00:56:53,845 --> 00:56:56,637 PD worked the store for fingerprints. 757 00:56:58,053 --> 00:57:01,053 Only one set of prints hit. 758 00:57:01,136 --> 00:57:03,011 Julie Purcell's. 759 00:57:04,678 --> 00:57:06,678 Julie. 760 00:57:06,762 --> 00:57:09,261 - She's alive? - Apparently. 761 00:57:10,386 --> 00:57:12,345 Jesus Christ. 762 00:57:17,678 --> 00:57:19,511 She's out there. 763 00:57:29,345 --> 00:57:31,720 Where ya goin'? 764 00:57:31,803 --> 00:57:33,678 Back out. 765 00:57:34,845 --> 00:57:36,678 We have to find her. 766 00:57:38,511 --> 00:57:41,511 It's too dark, man. 767 00:57:41,595 --> 00:57:43,178 I don't care. 768 00:57:45,511 --> 00:57:49,219 Male Vocalist: ♪ I, I, I ♪ 769 00:57:55,928 --> 00:58:01,053 ♪ Woke up this mornin' with the sundown shining in ♪ 770 00:58:04,345 --> 00:58:07,053 ♪ I found my broken mind ♪ 771 00:58:07,136 --> 00:58:10,720 ♪ In a brown paper bag within ♪ 772 00:58:14,678 --> 00:58:19,261 ♪ Tripped on a cloud, I fell eight miles high ♪ 773 00:58:19,345 --> 00:58:23,845 ♪ Tore my mind up on a jagged sky ♪ 774 00:58:23,928 --> 00:58:25,928 ♪ Just dropped in ♪ 775 00:58:26,011 --> 00:58:27,969 ♪ To see what condition ♪ 776 00:58:28,053 --> 00:58:30,678 ♪ My condition was in ♪ 777 00:58:30,762 --> 00:58:35,261 ♪ I, I, I ♪ 778 00:59:03,011 --> 00:59:05,762 DETECTIVE WAYNE HAYS: Everybody was scared. That included us. 779 00:59:06,094 --> 00:59:08,094 -(CLOCK TICKING) -♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC) ♪ 780 00:59:08,261 --> 00:59:10,261 MAN: We're gonna have to have a curfew for a little while. 781 00:59:12,178 --> 00:59:14,553 You questioned people during this time, right? 782 00:59:14,637 --> 00:59:16,136 Do you know another way to do it? 783 00:59:16,595 --> 00:59:18,511 ROLAND WEST: Vice gave me a dude to look at. 784 00:59:18,595 --> 00:59:20,136 We need you to come with us, sir. 785 00:59:20,553 --> 00:59:21,969 AMELIA REARDON: Did you see her get the doll? 786 00:59:22,053 --> 00:59:24,303 There were two ghosts dressed in big sheets. 787 00:59:25,470 --> 00:59:28,303 I never stopped coming up with theories about that case. 788 00:59:29,136 --> 00:59:31,178 ♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪ 789 00:59:31,803 --> 00:59:33,094 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪