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[narrator] 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.

[Latifah] Police operator 3529.
Where is your emergency?

-[Maria] Hello?
-Where you calling from?

-[indistinct chatter]
-[telephones ringing]

[Latifah] Hello? Are you in Harlem?

[Maria] I'm in a room.

-What's wrong, sweetheart?
-[Maria] I can't get out.

-I'm hungry.
-[whispers] Ronda, Ronda!

[Maria] I need help.
Please can you help me?

-Can you tell me where you are?
-[Maria] I don't know where I am.

-[ominous music playing]
-[indistinct chatter]

Olivia! Olivia!

I need you.

[sighs] One second.

911 got a call from a nine-year-old girl.
Says she's locked in a room.

-Is she hurt?
-We don't know.

Parents probably didn't wanna pay
for a babysitter.

Just keep her talking
till we can track her down. Line two.

All right, everybody, let's keep it quiet.

[indistinct chatter]

This is Detective Benson. Put her through.

-[Maria] Hello?
-Hi. My name's Olivia. What's your name?

-[Maria] Maria.
-Hi, Maria.

You and me are gonna talk
until my friends come and get you, okay?

[Maria] Tell them to come quick.

-[Benson] Are you hurt, Maria?
-[Maria] I'm hungry. My stomach hurts.

-Well, when's the last time you ate?
-[Maria] Two days ago.

Well, you must be starving.

-What about drink?
-[Maria] I finished the water yesterday.

[sobbing] Please, will you help me?

We will, sweetheart.
We're gonna be there soon.

[theme music playing]

[theme music concludes]

It's an old phone with no GPS.
Registered to a cabbie, Ricardo Garcia.

He took an assault collar
for whaling on his wife.

-Where'd the 911 call come from?
-Spanish Harlem.

Probably the housing project
on 115th and 3rd.

There's gotta be thousands
of apartments there.

-That's as close as the trace gets us.
-The girl doesn't know her own address?

No. Probably 'cause
she hasn't eaten for two days.

Liv is talking to her now.

TARU moved her
into the interview room where it's quiet.

Now, we gotta throw everything at this.
Elliot's on a case in Brooklyn.

Munch is running
the door-to-door in the projects.

And I need you to find Ricardo Garcia.

The super said he moved last month,
didn't leave an address.

Maria give us anything?

She won't say her last name
or tell us where her parents are.

-Why not?
-She seems scared.

Olivia's still trying to get her address.

[Benson] Maria, now, are you
in a house or an apartment?

[Maria] I... I don't know.

[Benson] Okay, how many rooms
do you live in?

[Maria] I live in one room.
But I got so hungry and thirsty,

I broke the lock
and I went in the other room.

-There was a bottle of water. I drank it.
-Is the door always locked?

[Maria] When I'm alone.

Maria, did your parents
lock you in this room?

[Maria] No. I... I don't know.

-[Benson] Can you go outside?
-[Maria] That door doesn't open.

Okay, can you see anything out the window?

Like tall buildings, a bridge,
a river, anything like that?

[Maria] Uh, there aren't any windows.
Just a bed and a picture on the wall.

[Benson] What kind of picture?

-[Maria] A garden.
-Maria, how did you get the phone?

-[Maria] I... I found it.
-Where?

-[Maria] In his jacket.
-Whose jacket?

[Maria] Richard's jacket.
It was on the door.

The phone was in the pocket.

-I didn't steal it.
-Maria, who's Richard?

-[Maria] M... My dad.
-[Benson] And what's his last name?

-[Maria] I don't know.
-[Benson] You don't know?

Doesn't he have
the same last name as you?

What about your mom? What's her name?

[Maria] Beatrice. Beatrice Recinos.

Uh-huh. And is she with Richard now?

-[Maria] No.
-Where is she?

-[Maria sobbing] She's nowhere. She died.
-I'm sorry, Maria.

[receiver beeps]

Run Maria Recinos through Missing Persons.

We're on it. Cell phone is registered
to cab driver Ricardo Garcia.

-Ricardo? Richard. That's the same name.
-Sounds like it.

Fin called, managed
to track him through the cab company.

-[siren wailing]
-[tires screech]

-[car horn honks]
-Hey!

-Ricardo Garcia.
-What did I do?

-[Fin] You got a cell phone?
-Why?

-Take it easy. I lost it.
-Where?

-If I knew that, it wouldn't be lost.
-You got a daughter?

-Yeah, why?
-How old is she?

-About nine, I don't know.
-What do you mean you don't know?

I've never seen her,
'cause her loving mama stole her from me.

Where's her mother live?

-Spanish Harlem.
-Come on, you're taking me there.

Where are you from, Maria?

[Maria] I'm from here. America.

Your English is very good.
Where did you learn it?

[Maria] My mother taught me.
She was a teacher.

Did she teach you at home or at school?

-[Maria] At home.
-[Benson] But where do you go to school?

[indistinct chatter]

[Maria] My dad says I don't need to.

Don't you ever go to stores
or to the park? Do you ever go to movies?

[Maria] I don't go out.

You have to go out sometimes.

[Maria] I stay in my room.

[knocking on door]

-[Fin] Police, where's your daughter?
-Why?

What lies has this loser been telling you?

You can't just walk in here.
[speaks Spanish]

-[Ricardo] He's got a bug up his ass.
-My mom says I have to stay in.

Hello, Liv? Hold on, hold on, who is this?

-What's your name?
-Angela.

-[sighs] All right, sorry to bother you.
-[Selma] Are you all right, baby?

Captain, this is Fin.

-It's not Garcia. His child's safe.
-[Cragen] Okay.

-Come on back.
-[indistinct chatter]

Now, how the hell did Maria
end up with Garcia's phone?

Her dad could've stolen it.
He could have even cloned the number.

[Cragen] I thought that went out
in the '90s.

-It's back. All you need is a DDI.
-Well, speak English, for God's sake.

Digital Data Interceptor.

Scan the airwaves,
steal any number you want.

So, we can't even trace this guy
through his phone bills.

We can, but it'd take days.

[Cragen] She's already been on 50 minutes.

John.

-[sirens wailing]
-Munch.

-[Cragen] How's it going?
-Oh, great.

I got 60 men tryna search
2,000 apartments here, Captain.

TARU's gonna have to tighten the noose
or the girl's gotta give us more help.

Tell me, Maria,
is there anything else in the room?

Like papers, letters,
bills with an address on it?

[Maria] Nothing. Just a big plastic bag.

-Well, did you look inside it?
-[Maria] It's got clothes.

-What kind of clothes.
-[Maria] Girl's clothes.

Are they yours?

[Maria] I have to wear them sometimes
when I dress up.

Maria, what about your dad's jacket?

Why don't you look inside
and tell me if there's anything else

-in the pockets, okay?
-[Maria] Okay.

[receiver beeps]

Missing Persons drew a blank
on Maria Recinos.

-Are you getting anything?
-Not a lot. She's still afraid.

Is there any chance she's making this up?

[inhales deeply] Some of the things
don't make sense. I think she's for real.

I've got a dialect expert
coming in to track her accent.

-Maybe that'll help.
-[Maria] Olivia.

-I found a piece of paper all squashed up.
-Good job, sweetheart, what does it say?

[Maria] Felipe's Burgers.
342 94th Street and then lots of numbers.

Huh. Do you know the place?

[Maria] Uh.

Maria, listen to me,
this is very important.

Do you know Felipe's Burgers?

-[Maria] Yes.
-Are you sure?

[Maria] It's where Richard buys my food.

94th Street is nearly
20 blocks out of the search area.

But if this Richard buys her food
there all the time,

they probably know him.

-[receiver beeps]
-Good job, Maria, very good job.

-[suspenseful music playing]
-[tires screech]

This is it, 342 94th Street.

What do you mean?
There's nothing here.

[indistinct chatter over radio]

[traffic whizzing]

[Fin] Ma'am, you know where
Felipe's Burgers is?

-It's... You're looking at it.
-What happened?

They had a fire three months ago.
Sold it, tore down what was left.

-[Fin] Thank you.
-No loss. Burgers were lousy.

Captain, this place is gone.
It burnt down three months ago.

[Maria] Sometimes he gives me hot dogs.
But not with mustard, only ketchup.

I like French fries best.

Maria, when is the last time
Richard brought you food from Felipe's?

[Maria] I... I don't know. Two days ago?

[indistinct chatter]

Felipe's burned down
three months ago, Maria.

How is that possible?

[Maria] I don't know.

-[sighs]
-[receiver beeps]

We've got more than 100 officers
out there chasing shadows.

You have got to push her.

[receiver beeps]

Maria, I can't help you
if you're lying to me.

-[Maria] He said this would happen.
-Said what would happen?

[Maria] He said if I told the police,
they wouldn't believe me.

Told them what?

Maria?

-[line cuts]
-[dial tone ringing]

-[ominous music playing]
-She hung up.

-Call her again.
-[Morales] I'm on it.

-[operator] We're sorry. The number...
-Try her again.

...you have reached is no longer in...

Even if the phone is out of service,
she could still make 911 calls.

[dial tone ringing]

[operator] We're sorry.
The number you have reached...

[dial tone ringing]

[operator] We're sorry. The number
you have reached is no longer in service.

I lost her.

[Cragen] We've alerted the call center.

They'll put her through
if she phones again.

-She won't. [slurps]
-[indistinct chatter]

I was too tough on her.

She calls here asking for help
and I accuse her of lying.

We had to find out.

You know,
there might be another explanation.

Well, what do you mean?

[Cragen] You remember Jessica,
September '04?

She calls 911.

Says she's four years old
and that her mommy has stopped breathing.

She gave the cops
a home address, a school,

even a teacher's name before she hung up.

They searched,
never found a single one of 'em.

Dozens of cops tied up.
Thousands of hours wasted.

It was all a hoax by an 18-year-old girl.

Captain! I've got something.

-I've enhanced the background. Listen.
-[keyboard clacking]

[Maria] Felipe's Burgers.

-342 94th Street and then lots of numbers.
-[traffic whizzing]

-[computer beeps]
-Well, sounds like traffic,

but with something else underneath, like,
some kind of hum. Play it again.

-[keyboard clacking]
-I'll try and EQ the voice out.

-[Maria] 342...
-[vehicle engine revving]

It's an engine, a car or truck.

-She's moving?
-[computer beeps]

She said she was locked in a room.

She could be in a tractor trailer
or in a cargo container on a flatbed.

[Benson] But the phone signal
wasn't moving.

Well, maybe she's parked somewhere
or just moving within the search area.

Captain. This is Julia Ortiz,
dialect expert.

I worked with her in court.

-Donald Cragen, Olivia Benson.
-Hey.

Tell us what you need.

[Ronda] So, keep it circulating
until somebody sees it.

Ronda, I think it's her.

-It's the same number.
-[telephones ringing]

-Hello? Is this Maria?
-[indistinct chatter]

[Maria] Yes, can I talk to
a lady called Olivia?

[Ronda] Sure, honey.
I'll put you right through to her.

Holland Tunnel? She's leaving Manhattan.

[Cragen] Liv, Maria called 911 again.
They're putting her through.

-Okay.
-Now, the call location has changed

to near the Holland Tunnel,
so she must've moved.

I'm stopping the search in Harlem
and sending Fin downtown.

Any luck?

[Julia] I think she's from
Central America.

El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras.
I hear more, I can narrow it down.

-[Morales] Olivia, it's her.
-[receiver beeps]

Maria, it's Olivia.
I'm so glad you called back.

[Maria] I wasn't lying to you.
You didn't have to get angry.

I wasn't angry with you, sweetheart.

[Maria] Yes, you were.
Your voice was angry.

No, honey, I was just worried.
Now, listen to me.

Maria, we are tracking your phone call
because that's how we're gonna find you.

-And I can see here that you've moved.
-[Maria] No, I'm still here.

Well, then is the room moving?

[Maria] Rooms can't move.
Why are you teasing me?

I'm not, I'm just trying
to work things out.

-Maria, hold on, okay?
-[receiver beeps]

What are we gonna believe?
The technology or the girl?

-[receiver beeps]
-Maria, can you hear any noises?

[Maria] I don't know.
I think I can hear cars.

I'll see where Fin is.

-[siren wailing]
-[Cragen] Fin, it's Cragen.

What's your location?

Approaching the tunnel.
Traffic's already backed up.

What do you want me to do, Captain?

-[radio static]
-[indistinct chatter]

I'll get onto Port Authority PD.
We shut down the tunnel.

Search every van,
every truck leaving Manhattan.

-Tunnel's gonna be shut down for hours.
-[Cragen] Yup. I'll get back to you.

Maria, were you born in New York?

-[Maria] Yes.
-No? Okay.

Maria, my friend Julia's here

and she can tell exactly
where people are from

-just by listening to them talk.
-[Maria] No! I can't talk anymore.

-I'll get in trouble.
-[Benson] Why will you get in trouble?

[Maria] Richard will be angry.
He'll do things.

[Maria] A mi me da Mincho.
I have to go... go. Bye.

No, no, Maria. Please don't go.
It's okay, honey, please don't go.

-[receiver beeps]
-"Me da Mincho" means "I'm scared."

-It's Honduran slang.
-Okay.

-[receiver beeps]
-Honey,

you're not gonna get into any trouble.

Are you from Honduras?

[Maria] Will you get here before he does?

-[Benson] I will.
-[Maria] Yes.

Where in Honduras?

-[Maria] Tegus.
-Huh?

-[receiver beeps]
-It's what the locals call Tegucigalpa.

-It's the capital.
-Okay.

-[receiver beeps]
-And where in Tegus are you from?

[Maria] 1253 Calle Federal,

-apartment three.
-[receiver beeps]

Okay, we're gonna need to talk
to the Honduran Consul.

[receiver beeps]

Maria, who brought you to America?

[speaks Spanish]

He's tied up. There's some sort
of reception going on at the consulate.

-Okay, what do you want the Consul to do?
-Put us in touch with the Honduran police.

Okay, I'll go see him in person.

-You know him?
-Not yet.

[Maria] We came across the desert
and through the big fence.

A man was waiting. He took me to New York.

[Benson] And this was after your mom died?

-[Maria] No. She was still alive.
-[Benson] Your mom sent you away?

[Maria] To be with my dad in America.

[Benson] You mean Richard.

[Maria] I... I don't know.
Please, when are you coming to get me?

Soon, Maria. You have to be brave.

Did your mom send you to Richard?

[Maria sobbing] He made me promise
not to tell.

Maria, listen to me.
Richard isn't gonna hurt you.

Did your mom send you to him?

[Maria sobbing] No.
She sent me to my old dad.

Sweetheart, I don't understand.
I thought Richard is your dad.

[Maria sobbing] He's my new dad.

My mom and dad sold me for much money,
so I belong to Richard now.

And I have to do what he wants.

[somber music playing]

What does he do, Maria?

[Maria sobbing]
I don't wanna talk about it.

Does he do bad things to you?

[Maria sobbing]

He hurts me a lot.

[sobbing] And then his friends hurt me

so that he can take his pictures.

[siren wailing]

[Fin] Port Authority PD's
already got roadblocks in place.

We want all trucks, big rigs,
panel trucks, tractor trailers, whatever.

Peel 'em onto Watts, no exceptions.

-What do we got?
-[indistinct chatter over radio]

Get it outta here.

[Farias] How can you be certain
she's from Honduras?

A dialect expert identified her accent
and the girl herself confirmed it.

It could be a practical joke,
or she's just trying to get attention.

Look, Mr. Farias,
this girl is terrified and she's starving.

If we don't get to her soon,
then we'll find her dead body.

Then guess
who'll be getting some attention?

What do you want me to do?

Connect us with the police
in Tegucigalpa, the higher up the better.

You can open doors for us.

-[indistinct chatter]
-[gentle music playing]

-[indistinct chatter]
-[Munch] We got a problem, Captain.

The second call came in at 6:54.
It's now 7:29.

If she's moving, the tower position
would've changed by now.

She's probably stuck in traffic,
behind our roadblocks.

Well, even with those, she would've moved
a couple blocks in a half an hour.

There's something else. The phone signal.

Normally calls triangulate off
three cell phone towers.

But both times, this phone
is only giving us a reading off of two.

I've asked a communications expert

-from the FBI to come in...
-But what can we do now?

Ask Maria to hang up and call in again.
We'll see what happens to the signal.

No. We can't risk losing her again.

Liv's been talking to her
for nearly two hours.

We're still no closer to finding her.
What have we got to lose?

-[Maria] You want me to hang up?
-For two seconds, that's all.

And then dial 911
just like you did before.

[Maria] But why?

Because, Maria,
it's gonna help us find you.

Please, just do it for me.

-[dial tone ringing]
-[sighs]

[ominous music playing]

[telephone rings]

Olivia, she's on.

-[receiver beeps]
-Maria.

-[Maria] It's me.
-I knew you'd come back.

[Maria] Did it work?
Can you see where I am now?

[Munch] She's in Queens?

From the Holland Tunnel
to Queens in two minutes?

-That's impossible.
-How do we explain it?

-We don't. We're being played.
-[Maria] Olivia, can you see me now?

-Yes, we can see.
-[Maria] Then will you come and get me?

Soon, honey.

Very soon.

-[Maria] Pollito chicken, gallina hen...
-[receiver beeps]

I don't care what technology says.
This girl is real. Listen to her.

-What if it isn't a girl?
-What do you mean?

-[cell phone ringing]
-[Maria] Ventana window, y puerta door...

Benson.

Hello?

[Maria] ...tigre es tiger, y oso bear.

-It's another girl.
-Put her on speaker.

-[cell phone beeps]
-[girl] I'm scared. I need your help.

Who is this?

[girl] Please, I don't know
who else to call.

-I'm being held prisoner.
-Olivia, come here.

[indistinct chatter]

How did you get this number?

-Olivia, you gave it to me...
-[girl] Olivia, you gave it to me,

-don't you remember?
-...don't you remember?

What the hell are you doing?

It's a voice changer.
Intelligence agencies use it.

It allows you
to alter your voice however you want.

-What's your point?
-This whole thing could be a sick joke.

This sweet little girl doesn't even exist.

[Maria] Olivia, did you like it?

-[Maria] Olivia!
-Sorry, Maria, I liked it.

-[Maria] What's wrong?
-Nothing's wrong.

-[Maria] Your voice is angry again.
-I'm not angry, Maria, I'm really not.

Why don't you say the rhyme again
and this time I'm gonna listen really hard

-so I can learn it, too.
-[receiver beeps]

Nobody would invent the nightmare
that she has been through.

Why are you trying
to poke holes in her story

rather than trying to find her?
Because Munch found some spook toy?

Whoever's doing this likes spook toys.
He's already using at least one device.

-What are you talking about?
-Listen to the background.

-[Maria speaking Spanish]
-[car horn honking]

That same sequence of car horns
repeats every seven minutes.

The traffic sounds are on a tape loop.

It's called "Sound Cover."
It enables any smartass to pretend

he's somewhere that he's not,
like an airport, the freeway, anywhere.

So, can't we track this guy
through the gadgets?

I mean, where does he buy them?

Sound Cover is only available
through a website in Germany,

where it's now 2:00 a.m.

Voice changers are available
at any spy store in the country.

[Maria] Sombrero hat, zapato shoe...

You may be right. I may be an idiot.

But I am talking to this girl
until I am proven wrong.

Did Fin arrange a door-to-door in Queens?

I'm not sending another hundred men
on a wild goose chase.

I'm sorry.

[Maria] Chiringa kite,
mañana morning, y noche...

-[receiver beeps]
-[Maria] Manzana apple.

Manzana apple.

-[Maria] Verde green.
-Verde green.

-[Maria] Castillo castle.
-Castillo castle.

-[Maria] Y reina queen.
-Y reina queen.

Novak just called from the consulate.

Honduran Police just spoke
to Maria's mother, Beatrice.

-But she's supposed to be dead.
-No, it's the daughter who's dead.

Maria? How, for God's sake?

Trying to sneak across the U.S. border
to join her dad in Las Vegas.

Honduran cops are getting photos from Mom.

Tell Liv.

I don't know
if this makes it better or worse.

I'm looking for Captain Cragen.

-[Cragen] You found him.
-Special Agent Rachel Sorannis, FBI.

I hear you got a phone problem.

[Cragen] This way.

Maria Recinos is dead?

Her cousin was taking her
to her dad's in Las Vegas,

lost her in the desert
when they were surprised

-by the border patrol.
-Did they find a body?

-[Fin] No.
-[Maria speaking in Spanish]

Well, that's convenient.
What if this cousin is a sleaze?

And instead of losing her in the desert,
he sells her to a pedophile?

-[Fin] That's a bit of a stretch, Liv.
-Is it?

She's living with a guy
who says he's her dad

and she doesn't even know his last name.

If Maria Recinos is dead,
then who is that on the phone?

I don't know.

Honduran cops are sending us photos
of Maria from her mother.

[Maria] Olivia, can I stop now?

-[Maria] Olivia, where are you?
-I'm here, I'm here.

Maria, I have something to tell you.

Your mother is alive.

The police in Tegus just spoke with her.

-[Maria] But Richard said...
-Richard's lying to you.

Your mother's alive.

Maria, I have to ask you a question.
What happened when you were in the desert?

-Did... Did your cousin lose you?
-[Maria] No, he took me through the fence

and gave me to a man
who said he'd take me to my dad.

-But he took me to Richard instead.
-[receiver beeps]

[Maria] Olivia,
phone is saying something. "Battery low."

[receiver beeps]

Any ideas?

Uh, yes, we think so. Best guess,
something's diverting the phone signal

sending it to different cell towers
each time a call is made.

Look, assume Maria's telling the truth.

[sighs] She and her cell phone
are in one place.

The nearest cell towers
should receive the phone's signal.

If you vector back from the cell tower,
you can get an approximate location.

But Maria's jumping all over the map.

She's in Harlem
and Holland Tunnel, Queens.

How could somebody make this happen?

Hack into the cell company's switchboard
and program a virus,

so that whenever
this particular phone calls,

the virus recognizes the number

and diverts the signal
to random cell towers.

And how do we fix this?

The cell company has at least
ten switchboards in Manhattan.

I scan each one
for the virus and download this.

It'll spot any anomalous programs
and we can remove them.

-[Cragen] How long?
-Cell company's giving us full access.

How long?

Captain, we got a photo coming in.

Meet Maria Recinos.
Honduran police just scanned it through.

Her mother said this was taken
at her ninth birthday party.

I'll get the photo to the media.

Wait, hold on. Show it to Olivia first.
Let's make sure it's not another stunt.

[Maria] I had cousins,
but no brothers or sisters.

-Do you have children, Olivia?
-No.

[Maria] Don't you like them?

I love them.
I... I would love to have a child.

[Maria] You wouldn't send her away,
would you?

[receiver beeps]

-[Maria] Like my mother sent me?
-Maria Recinos from her mom.

-[Maria] I miss my home...
-On her ninth birthday. We gotta be sure.

[Maria] Especially my cat.
His name was Chimichanga.

-You know, like the food.
-[receiver beeps]

Maria.

Do you remember your last birthday?

[Maria sobbing] Yes.

Do you remember what you were wearing?

[Maria sobbing] A pink dress
with a big yellow bow.

And Mama let me wear her gold bracelets
even though they were too big.

I blew out the candles on my first try.

I've seen her before.

-[receiver beeps]
-I'm switching to the portable.

[ominous music playing]

[Maria] Olivia, what's happening?

I'm looking for something
that might help us find you. Hold on.

[Maria] Looking for what?
I don't understand.

Sweetheart,
I need you to hold on right now, okay?

What is it, Liv?

Montreal SVU did a mailing
to all precincts.

Photos of a girl.

-I know that I have them.
-[Maria] Olivia, I'm tired.

Can we stop talking now?

[Benson] No, baby, I need you just
to hang on, okay?

Just one second.
Why don't you sing me a song?

-Let's check the file room.
-Good.

Sing me a song, sweetie.
What's your favorite song?

[Maria] I don't know.

[Benson] Yes, you do.
You know your favorite song.

Just sing it to me right now.

[Maria singing in Spanish]

God knows how long we have
until her cell phone dies.

-What are you looking for?
-Photos of a girl.

Montreal SVU has seen her
in dozens of porn shots,

-never able to identify.
-[Fin] I got it.

[sighs] That's it.

-[Maria singing in Spanish]
-It's her.

It's her, she said there was a picture
of a garden on the wall.

Are you convinced?

This man is one of the worst
child pornographers

they've ever seen
and they don't know a thing about him.

That explains the bells
and whistles on the phone.

He wants to make sure
his kiddie porn business

-doesn't get traced.
-Call Montreal, let 'em know.

-Olivia, get a description of this guy.
-I'm trying. This girl is exhausted.

Please tell me
that you've got something on the trace.

We know how he's rerouting the calls,
but not where he's doing it from.

-[Maria] It says low battery.
-We'll be there soon, baby. I promise.

-[receiver beeps]
-Sweetheart,

can you describe
the picture on the wall for me?

[Maria] It's a garden with flowers
and trees. And there's a white fence.

Is this where Richard takes
the pictures of you?

[Maria] It's where he does everything.

Tell me what he looks like, Maria.
What color are his eyes and his hair?

[Maria] He has brown hair.
I don't remember his eyes.

And is there anything special about him?

Does he wear glasses or have a mustache?

-Are there any scars?
-[Maria] He has silver glasses.

And when he does bad things,
he takes them off.

And he folds them up
and he puts them in a blue case.

Olivia, my eyes are sleepy.
Can we stop now?

I know, sweetie.
I know that you're tired, honey.

But you have to keep talking to me.
We're getting so close, okay?

[Maria] You keep saying that,
but you're not.

He'll be back soon.
I'll hear him on the stairs.

-The stairs?
-[Maria] When he comes to see me.

Sometimes just his footsteps.
Sometimes more.

Those days I want to die.

Stairs, no windows. Could be a basement.

Get his description to Montreal PD.
See if it matches anybody.

-And tell 'em he's an electronics junkie.
-Damn it.

-You got anything?
-Eight out of twelve switchboards scanned.

-Nothing so far.
-[Cragen] And if you're wrong about this?

Don't ask.

-[Maria] Olivia, can I go now?
-No, baby, you gotta stay with me.

[Maria] But I'm not with you.

As long as you're on the phone,
you're with me, okay?

-I'm not letting you go.
-[Maria] It's okay. You can let me go.

What do you mean, Maria?

[Maria] My stomach doesn't hurt anymore.
I can sleep.

No, honey, you can't sleep.
You have to stay awake now.

-[receiver beeps]
-[Maria] Listen, my phone's sleepy too.

-I'm gonna sleep.
-Maria, listen, you can't sleep now, okay?

I want you to talk to me.
Just... Why don't you sing to me?

Sing me a song, okay?
Maria, listen, listen, ready?

Pollito chicken, gallina hen...

Come on.

Maria? Maria, please talk to me now.
You have to talk to me, okay?

-[receiver beeps]
-Baby, please don't leave me now.

[Maria] "Recharge battery."
My phone's going out.

Bye, Olivia.

-No, no, honey, listen to me. Ready?
-[suspenseful music playing]

-The battery's going.
-We know.

[Benson] Zapato shoe,
naranja orange Y azul blue...

Come on, Maria.

Cena dinner, cuchara spoon

Come on, baby, keep talking to me.

[Maria] Cuchara spoon,

-estrella star...
-[Benson] Y luna moon.

That's good.
Now just keep it going, ready?

-[keyboard clacking]
-[Maria speaking in Spanish]

-[Sorannis] Got something!
-[Benson] Maria, I still can't hear you.

Stay awake, honey,
you gotta stay awake.

Put me through to 118.

Almohada pillow y cuarto room.

Come on, Maria, I can't hear you.

Mapo mop y escoba broom.

Virus is on your board at 118th.
He hacked in through your ODBC driver.

Just run the virus scan.

What now?

We remove the virus.
Ask Maria to phone again.

-We'll get a real trace.
-[Benson] Maria, I still can't hear you.

Stay awake, baby.
You've got to stay awake.

-[Maria] I can't.
-Yes, you can, Maria. I know that you can.

Talk to me, honey. Sing to me. Anything.

Virus is removed.

They found it, Liv.
She's gotta hang up and call back.

Maria. My friends fixed the phone.
Now, all you have to do is dial 911

and we're gonna know
exactly where you are.

Please, Maria, just one more time.

Come on, honey. Hang up, dial 911.

Just like you did before.
I know that you can do this.

[receiver beeps]

Maria, wake up! Maria!

[Richard breathing heavily
over cell phone]

Maria?

[Richard] Who is this? [breathes heavily]

This is the police.
We know exactly where you are.

[Richard breathes heavily] No, you don't.

[dial tone ringing]

No.

No! [sobs]

[Cragen] Amber Alert is out on Maria.
Montreal sent us more photos.

Munch is going through 'em,
looking for location cues.

Fin and Sorannis
are at the cell company switchboard.

And the judge has given us warrants
to examine company employee files,

cross-check against
sex offender registries.

-We'll find this guy.
-[indistinct chatter]

He's not gonna be on any registry.
He took a girl that nobody would miss.

He kept her in a place
that nobody would find.

We'll find him through the cell company.

If he just hacked in,
he'll still have left some trace.

[Benson] Even if we catch him,

he's had plenty of time
to get rid of the body.

[sighs]

I hear you had a date.

[sighs] Yeah.

Even had theater tickets.

To what?

Spamalot.

I hear it's funny.

Detective Tutuola.

Come and pollute your soul
with some child porn, my friend.

-Any luck with the phone company?
-[Fin] No.

You get anything here?

[sighs] Not yet.

[sighs]

Now, look at this beside the bed.

-What? The cup?
-The logo on it.

Fill it... Fill it... "Fel."

-Felipe's.
-Felipe's Burgers.

-[ominous music playing]
-She read the cup.

That's why she thought
that Richard brought her food from there.

That place burned down.
You want us to go back there?

Across the street from Felipe's
there's an electronics store.

Our perp's a communications freak.

[sirens wailing]

This place has been closed a while, Liv.

[indistinct chatter]

-[Fin] Do we get a warrant?
-On what grounds?

[car engine starts]

Police! Stop the car!

[tires screech]

Hey!

-Hey! What is this?
-It's police business.

I don't understand. What did I do?

-Empty.
-What do you know? Richard Dwyer.

-What are you doing here, Richard?
-I stopped to buy a soda.

[Fin] You live all the way in Long Island.
You came way over here to get soda?

I was passing through.
What the hell are you looking for?

Nothing here.
What do you have to do with that store?

-Why do you wanna know?
-Why won't you answer?

Maybe his keys will open the door.

-Hey! You can't do that!
-Keep him here. Gimme that light.

[Benson] Maria.

Maria!

It's the stairs.

Ammonia. He cleaned up.

Maria!

Maria!

Maria.

He got her.

But he only got her an hour ago.

She could still be alive.
Bring him down here.

This is Maria Recinos. I spoke to her
for more than two hours today

-on your phone.
-That's impossible.

-My phone's been with me the whole time.
-[Benson] She described you.

She told me everything
that you did to her, here in this room.

We have hundreds of photos
like this, all taken here.

Please, I honestly don't know
what you're saying.

I'm a day trader. I live on Long Island.

Why do you have
the keys to the store?

It belongs to my dad.

I hardly ever come here.
I'm trying to sell it.

Then where are you gonna make
your child porn?

-[keys clatter]
-I would never do such a thing.

I swear,
I haven't been down here in years.

Maybe one of the people
who worked for my dad kept keys.

-I can give you names.
-Why are you here tonight?

I had a business meeting downtown.
I stopped by to check everything was okay.

You know where she is.

Now, if she dies, I promise you
I will make the rest of your life hell.

You can't do this to me. I want my lawyer.

[Benson sighs]

[breathes heavily]

I want my lawyer.

Fin!

If I'm not under arrest, I wanna go.

You said you had a business meeting.

-That's right.
-So, why have you got mud on your shoes?

Get off me! You can't do this!

Soon as the lab gets this,

they're gonna tell us
exactly where you buried her.

Last chance, Richard. Where is she?

[groans]

Liv, look at this. Burnt wood.
Felipe's Burgers burned down.

There was charred beams.

She's in the empty lot.

[indistinct chatter over radio]

Okay, divide it up. Look for any disturbed
or darker earth footprints. Let's go.

I got something!
This ground's been disturbed.

Footprint.

[Benson] We need to dig! Get some tools!

Okay, use wood,
get pieces of fence, anything!

[Benson] Wait! Wait! Dig! Dig!

[Fin] What the hell is this?

[Benson] Oh, God.

-[Fin] I smell chloroform.
-[Benson] Okay.

Help me lift her up.

Come on, come on.
She's not breathing. Okay.

Stay with me. Come on, Maria.

-Come on, girl. Come on, yeah. Yeah.
-[coughs]

[Benson] It's okay, honey. It's okay.
Good girl. It's okay.

It's okay, Maria. It's okay.
[breathes heavily]

Olivia.

[theme music playing]

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