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(upbeat jazzy music)

- Thank you, room 1011.

- [Valet] Got it, sir.

(upbeat jazzy music)

- [Dispatcher] Four Adam 30, meet the security officer

at the Hotel Wilton, 219 West Seventh,

regarding suspicious circumstances.

30 handle, code two.

- Roger, control.

(upbeat jazzy music)

- You wanted some help?

- Yes, Sergeant, we do.

A man came in here about five minutes ago.

Our parking attendant, Jim, parked his car for him

and happened to look at the trunk.

That's when he called me.

- Let's go take a look.

- Did he give you a name and room number?

- Yeah, he told me 1011.

- But after I saw the car,

I decided to call you people first.

- Call Four Adam 16 for backup.

I'll try the room.

- Thank you.

- [T.J.] I'm terribly sorry.

(dramatic music)

- Hey, that's him!

(upbeat electronic music)

- Move, move, move, move, move!

Watch out, watch out!

Get down!

(gunshots banging)

- [Joe] What do you got?

- We're sure it's Marshall.

He actually stayed at the hotel last night.

Checked out in the morning.

Probably stopped back to pick up his airline tickets.

- Sounds reasonable, what else?

- He came in last night from Miami.

- Sure.

They found two dead girls there now, same MO.

- He used the name L.K. Bentley.

Gave out information that generally checks

with the area in Dallas where he lives.

- The address is wrong and the street is wrong, but close.

- Sounds familiar.

Any idea how he met this victim?

- He stopped by the cocktail lounge in the hotel last night.

Had a drink, several actually.

And this young lady, Marian Sullivan,

worked as a cocktail waitress in the lounge.

The night manager was called at home,

and he said that she left with Marshall.

- What the hell's he tell them?

- He offers them an executive secretarial position

in the Dallas area with a well-established firm

and good opportunities for promotion.

Uh oh, brace yourself.

You're gonna see more FBI and police brass and newspaper

and TV hotshots than you've seen in a long time.

- Joe, I don't wanna be shut out of this one.

- Hooker, it's a different case, different circumstances.

You're not Robbery-Homicide anymore.

- I know, I know.

I'm on the streets, and I've got eight hours there,

and I got 16 more you can have gratis.

- Okay, okay.

Be careful of the brass, okay?

And the other agencies.

- Last time I got clobbered.

I've learned my lesson.

- [Teller] Next.

- I, I'm sorry, I'm in the wrong line.

- Change your mind?

- Yeah, I did.

I guess I did anyway.

- I know how you feel.

I'm on the road a lot and get tired

of terminals and stations.

You know the Southwest well?

- What, I'm sorry?

- Well you were in line for Dallas, Santa Fe, Albuquerque.

I thought that's maybe where you came from.

- Oh, no I have an aunt that lives there.

Do you think I could bother you for change for the phone?

- Sure.

- I have a dollar, I just--

- No, no, no, don't worry about it.

- You sure? - No, I'm positive.

Here you go.

Hey, oh.

- Thank you.

- Sorry, just coffee.

The microwave is down today.

- Coffee's fine, whoops.

We can grab a hot dog at the bus station.

- I don't recall the food being that good there.

- Well it isn't, but Marshall's gotta know

that the airports are being watched.

That leaves 28 neighborhood

and two major downtown bus terminals.

- Sounds like you've got a full day planned.

- I said I was sorry, Lee.

I just couldn't take it anymore.

- It wasn't my idea to get laid off, Yvonne.

The same thing happened to 12 other guys.

- I know, I'm not blaming you for that.

(baby crying)

- The baby's crying.

- I know, I can hear her.

Oh God, Lee, I'm sorry.

- I need you.

And even if I didn't, Cheryl does.

- Okay.

I'm gonna come home.

I love you.

- I love you.

We'll be okay.

- Okay.

- Miss, I can see you're upset.

Hey, what would it hurt?

- Thank you.

- [Dispatcher] Four Adam 16, a suspect matching description

of 187 suspect Robert Marshall has been reported seen

in the vicinity of the Fourth Street bus station.

Handle the call, code two.

- Four Adam 16, roger.

- [Jim] That's 10 blocks from here through midtown traffic.

- Take a job with my firm in Dallas,

and your life gets a thousand percent better.

- Well, I can type and I probably know enough shorthand.

I can take a letter.

I don't know, I'm pretty well-committed here.

- You mean your husband and your baby?

Thought you were running away from all that.

- Yeah, I was, and I can never forgive myself for that.

- Oh, sure you can.

We all forgive ourselves for everything.

- Can I ask you something?

- Absolutely.

- Well, I mean, I'm sure you're everything you say you are.

I can tell by your clothes and your manners,

but what's a guy like you doing hanging out in bus stations?

- So I can pick up dumb, shallow little girls like you.

- Ow! - Hey, shut up, shut up!

Shut up.

Now get in the car.

I said get in the car!

(upbeat electronic music)

Start the car and drive away.

You make one sound and you're a dead slut.

- [Dispatcher] Four Adam 30, meet Four Adam 16

at Fourth Street bus station.

- Four Adam 30, roger.

(dramatic music)

- [Stacy] Excuse me.

- Could be Marshall.

Came out with a blonde girl, shoved her into a mustang,

and took off a few minutes ago.

- [T.J.] Anything on the license plates?

- No, just a red Mustang.

- Get a description of the car on the horn.

We'll get additional units down here.

We've got to identify that girl.

I'll notify Joe Fisher and Robbery-Homicide.

- Sergeant, is it Marshall?

- We don't know.

What do you got?

- A man on the phone.

He's expecting his wife home,

and he has got a very sick child on his hands.

- Get a description of the wife?

- Yes, blonde, green eyes, 19 years old.

Can't come looking for her because she took their car.

It's a '65 red Mustang.

I got the plate.

- Good.

(knocking)

(baby crying)

Mr. Lee Winslow?

- That's right, what is it?

- Do you and your wife own a red Mustang,

license number 984XUY?

- I just told the people at the bus station that.

What's happened? - May we come in?

- What's your baby's name?

- Cheryl, she's running a fever.

- Hi, Cheryl, why don't you come up over here, huh?

Let me take you.

Where's her bedroom?

- In there.

- Okay come on, Cheryl, let's go back here.

Oh, you can show me the tour.

- What's goin' on?

- Mr. Winslow, we have reason to believe

that your wife may have been kidnapped by Robert Marshall.

- Who's Robert Marshall?

How do you know?

- Does this man look at all familiar to you?

- No, no.

Wait, I've seen his picture on TV.

He's killed girls all over the country.

- Yes, he has.

Why did your wife go to the bus station today?

- She came home from work early, and the baby was feverish.

And I didn't get a job again today.

She said she couldn't stand it anymore,

so I told her to get the hell out.

But I was mad at her, you know.

God, I never meant.

- Course you didn't.

You can help us by getting the most recent

picture of your wife.

(knocking)

- Fisher and a half dozen FBI agents are right behind us.

- Help Romano.

Mr. Winslow has a sick baby on his hands.

- That way.

But what makes you so sure?

Have you found Yvonne?

She wouldn't go with him.

- We're trying to put it together now.

She and Marshall were in line at one of the ticket windows,

but your wife didn't buy a ticket.

- Yeah, that's right.

That's right, she was coming back to me.

Oh.

- Take it easy.

- Oh my God.

- We'll find your wife.

I'll get her back for you.

- [Vince] Looks like we're out of this one.

- No, we're not out of this one.

No matter what happens in there,

we'll keep checking back with the husband.

- You've known Joe Fisher a long time?

- Yeah, we worked Robbery-Homicide together.

- You worked a case like this?

- You're getting perceptive, Junior.

Mills Taskforce, '78.

- Where's that, on the south side?

- That's right.

Seven little girls between the ages of 10 and 14.

Kidnap murders.

I wanted to move the taskforce headquarters

into the neighborhood where the murders were happening.

The brass thought they could do it in the federal building.

They were wrong.

- Stacy, the ambulance is here.

- She's burning up.

I'll call you as soon as I know anything.

- [T.J.] Alright, move it.

Move along, just keep movin'.

Thank you.

- Gimme the keys.

Gimme the keys!

Let's go.

Let's go!

Come on!

Come on out, out!

What's the matter with you?

If you start stallin', I'll kill you right here and now.

You understand that?

Your only hope is to please me.

- Okay, I understand.

- Somebody's still too cheap to put in an alarm.

Come on.

Been a long time since I worked here.

- I thought you were from Dallas.

- Nah, I've been livin' there for years,

but I grew up around here.

My dad owned this shop.

Used to work here for him.

He's dead now.

- I'm sorry.

- Forget it.

- Did you love him a lot?

- I hated him.

He used to beat me right here in this shop

when I was little.

I was hoping one of these babies might be in here.

'79 Camaro.

Used to work on these cars a lot.

Very popular car with the swinging singles, remember Yvonne?

- No, I don't.

- Used to come in here.

Young executives with their pinstripes, sexy girls with 'em.

You're prettier than any girl they brought in here.

- I have a little girl at home.

She's very sick.

Remember, I told you?

She's very sick.

- I don't care about your little girl.

I don't care about her or your husband or you.

Let's get out of here.

Come on.

- What about my suitcase?

- [Robert] We'll pick it up on the way out.

- [Yvonne] Okay.

- Alright, you get a jump from the guys.

And there's the scoop sheet with the Camaro

Marshall lifted last night.

- Well maybe that was his first big mistake, boosting a car

we'd have information on in a couple of hours.

- I'd like to think so,

but Marshall has killed girls in four major cities,

and each time he's stolen a car from a lot

and driven it night and day,

picked up girls in populated areas,

and made his escape from major airports.

And good cops were looking for him.

- Yeah, well maybe his luck's run out here.

- Count on it.

- What about poor Yvonne's luck?

I keep remembering the girl in the trunk of that car.

- Yvonne Winslow is alive.

We've identified her, and we're gonna get her back.

- Well at least we got plenty of people interested

in this one.

- That may be, but we depend on ourselves.

- What do you mean by that?

- I think I know.

I looked up some files on the south end murders,

the taskforce they put together in '78.

- I heard you wound up virtually running that taskforce.

- Yeah, I ran it for a while, and we were making headway.

I wanted to flood the area where the murders had occurred

with teams of police and agents.

After murder number four, I went nose to nose

with the government and the brass to get those men.

They yanked me off the taskforce,

and three more little girls between the ages of 10 and 14

were killed, one right after the other.

And it didn't have to happen.

- But that's a different case altogether.

- That's right, different case, different MO.

And this time we have a chance to save someone,

Yvonne Winslow.

Come on, I've got a roll call to run.

(upbeat electronic music)

- [Yvonne] They must be looking for us all over the city.

- Just for me.

Not a nice couple from San Francisco.

You know, you're a very pretty girl.

Nice body too.

You know who Laurel Simpson is?

- No.

- She's on Atlanta, the daytime soap.

She looks something like you.

Or you look something like her.

She has terrific legs.

- You're crazy.

- Tell me something I don't know.

Think we'll get you some nice, new high-heeled pumps

like she wears.

It's lucky for you that you look like her.

Maybe, maybe not.

(upbeat jazzy music)

- [Dispatcher] Four Adam 30, on your requested update

on search for stolen Camaro we have no new information

and no further sighting of 187 suspect Robert Marshall.

- Roger, control.

- That's 5.80, sir.

- Can you change a 50?

- Let me check, I think so.

Here you go, that's six, 10, 30, and 50.

Thank you very much.

- Would you do me a favor?

Would you take that silly cap off for a minute?

- Is that better?

- It's much better.

Thank you.

- [T.J.] What do you got?

- Marshall let Yvonne make a call to see how Cheryl is.

- How did you find out about it?

- Dr. Salter was on duty last night.

Came on just in time to take the call.

I had left my card.

- [T.J.] Any chance to trace the call?

- She was only on the wire a minute.

Asked how the baby was and Salter told her the truth.

- You two spend as much time as you can with the doctor.

Get down every word Yvonne said.

Take him through the conversation several times.

Background noises, traffic, TV, radio.

- Well, you were right, Hooker.

- About what?

- She is still alive.

(dramatic music)

- There she is.

How 'bout that?

She's gotta wait for the bus.

She'll remember me.

That's why I brought you along with me this time, Yvonne.

Why don't you go, huh?

- No, no I can't help you hurt someone else.

I can't.

- Now I know where you live, and I know where your kid is.

So you do exactly what I tell you or I'll kill your husband

and your sick kid and then you.

Bye.

(dramatic music)

- There's a man, he raped me.

- Oh my God.

- I got away but my baby's in the back seat.

- It's okay, calm down, I'll help you.

We'll call the police.

- No, I want to get my baby.

- I'll help you with your baby, then we'll call the police.

- No, go run.

Go run!

Run!

Get out of here, run!

Hurry, run!

- [Woman] Help me, help me!

Someone call the police!

- I couldn't do it.

(crying)

- I ran inside and called for help,

and some customers followed me outside,

but the car was already down the street.

So that's when I called the police.

I was still afraid he'd come back.

I'm scared now in a police station.

- It's alright, it's over now.

- Was Yvonne Winslow with him the first time?

- No, he was alone.

I thought he looked familiar, but then I thought he must

just be a repeat customer.

I'm sorry, I can't seem to stop talking.

- That's alright, that's what helps us.

So he came back again with Yvonne.

Did she go into the restaurant?

- No, she came over to me at the bus stop,

and then she warned me as I got closer to the car.

She saved my life.

- She warned you off, almost certainly.

- I've read the newspaper.

I've seen the TV.

He's been arrested so many times,

and they keep letting him go.

- Right.

Rape, assault, attempted murder,

and each time it's plea bargained down to a swinging door.

- Every honest shrink has told the courts

the longer he's on the street, the more violent he'll be.

- But why would he wanna kill me and keep her alive?

- In you go.

There you go.

How do they feel?

- They're fine.

You're right, I guess that is a good style for me.

- Well, shouldn't you walk on 'em?

- Okay.

- Take a look in the mirror.

I think they're very sexy.

- Yeah, guess they are pretty sexy.

- I also bought you a dress.

The saleswoman said they'd go well with the shoes.

How do you like it?

- I like it.

- Well, put it on.

- Are we going somewhere?

- Yeah, we're going out for a while.

Kind of a night on the town before we take off.

When we come back,

we're gonna come back like husband and wife, okay?

- [Reporter] The kidnapped girl's daughter

has improved overnight.

Meanwhile, police pressed an all-out search

for the cross country killer.

Marshall is now believed to be responsible for two

additional homicides. - Hey, I told you to change.

- In the Miami area. - It's Cheryl.

My little girl's better.

- [Reporter] If you have any information

concerning Marshall. - Get back in there

and put that dress on.

- [Reporter] Immediately notify the nearest police

or FBI authorities.

- How'd you find me?

- Your neighbors told us you went back to work.

- Yeah, yeah they called me back to the job.

That's good, I couldn't stand it anymore.

The phone was ringin' off the wall.

- [T.J.] Wanna tell us about it?

- Some magazine wants to give me $40,000 for our story.

- [Vince] You're gonna get a lot of offers like that.

- I don't need their damn money.

I don't need what they say, what they ask.

- [T.J.] Get it out.

- They talk now as if Yvonne went with him willingly.

They ask me if she'd ever had any other affairs

that I know of.

Yvonne and I never had anybody except each other and Cheryl.

- You know that, that's all that counts.

- Hell, I don't know sometimes.

I mean, one minute I'm afraid they're gonna find her dead,

and then--

- The next you're angrier than hell that she ran off

to the bus station in the first place.

- When that comes over the radio, some woman in a store

says Marshall came in and bought a new dress

and a pair of shoes for Yvonne.

Now what am I supposed to think?

- I can't tell you what to think.

I can tell you what we think and what we know.

- Yeah, but she went up to the other girl too.

It's hard to believe Yvonne would ever do that.

- She did that because she was afraid Marshall

will take her life,

and she warned the other girl in time for her to run away.

- You mean, she couldn't go through with it?

- That's right.

She increased the danger to herself,

she put her own life in jeopardy,

to save the other girl's life.

She's not with him voluntarily, not now, not ever.

The victims never are.

- [Dispatcher] Four Adam 30, meet Four Adam 16 on TAC-two.

- Four Adam 30, roger.

What have you got, Jim?

- We've been workin' out from the store where Marshall

did the shopping.

We found the Camaro stashed a couple blocks away.

- [Vince] Surprised he held onto it this long.

- We just found a branch bank where he cashed $5,000

in travelers checks using the name of L.K. Bentley again.

- Yvonne wasn't with him at either place?

- Nope.

We asked the teller where he went.

He happened to see Marshall go across the street

to a travel agency.

- You got something.

- You bet your life.

Mr. and Mrs. L.K. Bentley have reservations

tomorrow on an Aztec Lines cruise to La Paz.

- Roger.

- Bingo, maybe tomorrow, huh?

- I don't wanna wait until tomorrow.

He let her call once before.

Now she's leaving, she'll wanna call again.

(phone ringing)

- Hello?

- Lee?

Hi, baby, it's me.

- Where are you?

- I can't tell you that, Honey.

If I tell you that, he's gonna kill me.

He let me call so I can say good-bye.

I wanted you to know that I love you.

- That's very touching.

Let's go back to the motel.

I feel like making love.

- I never made love with you, not ever, not once.

Not ever.

- I let you call your husband.

I kept you alive so far, and you stay alive as long

as you do exactly what I tell you to, you got that?

You think anybody can help you?

You think anybody can take you away from me, huh?

(laughing)

- No one by either name?

Alright, don't say anything about this call to anybody.

Either Sergeant Hooker or myself will get back to you

in a few minutes, thanks.

- What you got, Hooker?

- I dropped by Lee Winslow's house after work.

- [Joe] And?

- And he got another call from his wife, listen.

- [Yvonne] He just let me call so I could say good-bye.

I wanted you to know that I love you.

- That's a jackhammer drill

and a compressor in the background.

I called the Department of Water and Power,

and they say they got a crew working outside

the new Citywide Bank tonight.

- That's right across from the downtown Stanford Hotel.

- I just got off the wire their security man.

There's a bank of phones outside the hotel,

but there's no registration at the Stanford

under any of the names that Marshall has used.

- You got six hotels and a dozen motels

within walking distance of the Stanford.

- Some of the Stanford shops are open late.

Maybe they bought some new clothes for the trip

and are killing time.

- Now you're the only cop that Winslow's been willing

to talk to since this thing happened.

- Well, Stacy took his kid to the hospital.

We spent some time listening to his story.

And we went down to his job today and realized

that he was depressed and feeling the pressure.

And we did what we could to reassure him.

- Yeah, I think that's admirable, but I'm curious.

Is Yvonne with Marshall now voluntarily, Sergeant?

She apparently made a phone call outside a hotel

full of people.

- She's terrified by him, dominated by him.

- Are you sure about that?

- Yes, I'm sure about that.

But why don't we get her back first and then ask her?

- No argument there, Sergeant.

You developed information they be taking a cruise tomorrow,

but we've got a good lead to the hotel tonight.

And we've gotta take advantage of it.

- We need somebody in that hotel right now.

(dramatic music)

- Stacy to Hooker, it's quiet.

- Hooker to Stacy, acknowledging.

I should be in that lounge.

- No, no, if I let you stay in there,

then Martinez and his buddy are gonna wanna be in there,

and then it's gonna look like

a law enforcement officer's convention.

Corrigan and Romano are already in the coffee shop.

- Hey, why don't you go ahead and get us a table?

Order me a gin and tonic, okay?

- Okay.

- You look beautiful.

- She's here, alone so far.

- Hooker?

- We wait for Marshall.

- We move now, he's there.

- We have to know he's there, then we move.

- [Stacy] Can I get you anything?

- A gin and tonic and a water, please.

- It's happening all over again.

You wanna wait to be sure.

We wait, we lose the girl.

- Look, I don't know what you're talking about.

- I know.

Look, Hooker, I'm sorry, but we're running the show.

When Stacy sees Marshall,

we'll move in and wrap them both up.

- Wait for Stacy to confirm that Marshall's with Yvonne.

- Two wines, thank you.

Gin and tonic?

- Mm hm.

- Can I get you anything else?

- No, that'll be just fine, thank you.

- Okay.

Something wrong, sir?

- Yeah, I just remembered I left my wallet

in the liquor store.

I'll be right back, Sweetheart.

Alright, Copper, I'm leaning a gun against your spine.

You make one sound and I'll blow you away.

Yvonne, let's go.

(dramatic music)

- Stacy?

Stacy, acknowledge.

Stacy?

Corrigan, Romano, move in.

(dramatic music)

- Let's go, let's go!

Keep movin'.

Keep Bobby Marshall happy.

(upbeat jazzy music)

- [T.J.] Romano.

(speaking in foreign language)

- Hooker.

- No show, and the cruise ship is about to weigh anchor.

- Well, we had to check it out.

Don't worry, the FBI's got agents covering every departure

from the harbor.

- We got four hours before we're due back at the precinct.

We'll take the unmarked cars, go back downtown,

and start from scratch.

We'll try the train station, the bus station,

anything it takes.

- Look, Hooker, the fact that Stacy was grabbed

is no reflection on you.

We held you up.

- That doesn't matter to me.

I just want to get Stacy back alive.

- How do you like it, Copper?

It's not what you had in mind when you sailed

through the academy, huh?

Forget it.

Well, we had a lot of fun, girls,

but all good things must come to an end.

Sit down, stay there.

We'll be in San Francisco tonight.

If you make one sound,

I'll put six in the back of your head.

And then I'll do the same for Yvonne, you believe that?

(dramatic music)

Sit down, you too.

Down on the floor.

Down!

Don't move.

Oh, this is gonna be perfect.

Get out of town, then we can stop and have a little party.

Just the three of us.

You'd like that, wouldn't you girls?

- Go, tell them where we are.

Go.

Now, go.

Alright.

- Damn!

(screaming)

Stupid slut.

- Stop it, please!

Please don't!

(gunshot banging)

- Just you and me now, Copper.

- [Dispatch] Four Adam 20 and any other unit

able to handle a GTA with shots fired at the Olympic Motel.

11th and High Street.

- This is Four Zebra 30.

We will handle Four Adam 20's hotshot call.

(upbeat jazzy music) (siren blaring)

- There she is, call Corrigan.

- [Yvonne] Somebody help me, please!

- Get out of the way!

- He still has her.

She's in there.

- Where, where?

- In a camper.

- Did you see which way they went?

- The street down that way.

San Francisco.

- Corrigan's on his way.

I called an ambulance.

- Stay with her. - Yeah.

- And have Corrigan put an all-frequency bulletin out.

- It'll be alright.

You're gonna get help, you're totally fine.

It's gonna be alright.

(dramatic music) (siren blaring)

(gunshots banging)

- I'm okay, go on.

(gunshot banging)

- Hold it!

(gunshot banging)

(gunshot banging)

Not this time.

This watch makes the worst coffee in the history

of police departments.

Anything on Yvonne Winslow?

- Her husband just called.

She's out of danger.

- That's good.

Anything on Stacy and Corrigan?

- Negative, Stacy was probably just treated and released.

Jim took her home.

He'll probably be in any minute.

She's probably going to take an IOD day off.

- Well that makes sense.

- Shooting team not gonna take you back out to the site?

- They're giving me 15 minutes.

Corrigan could've called and told me Stacy was alright.

- No, he couldn't.

I want to say I'm okay.

- Could've waited, but I'm glad you came in.

- Thanks.

- [T.J.] Why don't you go home and get some sleep?

- I figure we'd have a couple cups of coffee with Romano

and get a start on the reports.

- No, no, no, Stacy's been through enough for one day.

You can do the reports later.

- By the time the shooting team turns you loose,

it'll be time for breakfast.

How about our treat for breakfast at Tremendous Tacos.

- Whatever.

You know I was just saying that this watch

makes the best coffee in the history of police departments.

(upbeat jazzy music)