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Entrance and exits are all secure, monitored 24-7 by a doorman.

You got shared laundry on the third floor.

Water's always included.

Fridge is in the unit.

And the neighbors?

In this particular unit? Yeah. Are they cool? Are they the type of people that

host book clubs and adopt little rat dogs?

I'm not sure I can tell you that. On police, it's legal.

Is it, though?

They got rat dogs?

No, you're good.

This is it.

Here we go.

So that's the only shared wall.

Appliances are all up to date. AC and heat are central in units.

When's it available?

Now.

Now as in I need to apply, sign a paper, and wait? Or now as in I can give you

cash and move in tonight?

Don't you need time at your last place?

Lease is done. It was short term.

You don't need to pack.

I have all my stuff with me.

I can pay you first, last security deposit in cash if I can move in

tonight.

Run my credit. I'm good for the rest.

Hey, what's up?

You got something new for me?

Hi. No, I don't. Nothing on your sister.

But I wanted to see, um, what are you doing right now?

Nothing. I'm working. Why?

I was just... I was hoping you could do me a favor.

You okay?

Yes. It's not me. I'm... I'm sorry. I'm calling. It's one of the families from

the organization.

Just... Can you come now? Yeah. I'm on my way.

Send me the address.

What's going on?

Thank you for coming.

I'm sorry. I didn't know what to do. It's fine.

Am I here as police?

I don't know. I came here an hour ago. I got a call from one of my families.

A son was worried about his mom.

She's been having a hard time, but then I got here and said that... Is that her

house? God.

Sarah? Yes, that's her house. I told her I called you and she got mad. I said you

would come unofficially, but then...

I just want to help. You have to get out. Please.

He said no police.

He said no police. Ma'am. I shouldn't have...

You're okay. Just take a deep breath.

Take a breath. I'm just here to help.

You can't be here.

You're gonna get him killed.

Gemma, can you please explain to me what you're talking about? No.

Gemma says her son came to see her tonight.

He's been missing 18 years.

And you believe this man was your son? He was.

Okay, Grady, you were here?

No. I don't live here anymore. I just came to drop off some groceries.

Okay, so you didn't see this man.

It was Ben.

Call him by his name.

No, I didn't see him.

Well, it's because he doesn't believe Ben was here. He thinks I'm crazy.

Made it all up.

Okay, Ben came to your porch. He's 25 now.

What exactly did he say to you, Jen?

That he needed help, that he was still with the man who took him, and he only

had a few minutes because the man would notice that he was gone, and that is why

he had to leave quick.

And he didn't want to call police?

No, he couldn't. This man has other children he took.

He will kill them. My son is trying to save them, so no.

He can't just leave. He needed cash. He needs time.

Okay. Oh, don't do that. Don't, don't say okay. Like you understand.

You think I'm making this up. I don't. He was here.

He has been here before.

What?

What do you mean before?

He's been here three times.

He is trying to get away.

It's Ben.

He knows the song I sang him every night, that I called him Bubby, that he

was taken by the slide at the playground.

It's my boy. He's come back, and you need to help him.

Please, it is my boy.

And any other cameras you have near 3551 Winthrop.

Thanks.

What are you doing back here?

Ah, a favor. Just working some footage.

What kind of favor?

A woman believes her son came home tonight after 18 years missing.

She doesn't seem well. It's...

There was someone in her house tonight.

How'd something?

Take a look at this.

He drove there?

Yeah. Drag his vehicle, find out where it came from.

That's it. Same temp tags as your footage.

I did a walk-by.

Ben's parked out front of 2213 and house is owned by an LLC. System said that

it's been sitting there empty for six months.

It could fit.

Gemma says that Ben told her that he's still living with his abductor, that

he'd only leave for short periods if there were kids there.

Shades are drawn.

Some kind of light is on. Someone's home.

We don't have a warrant. We got a knock.

Chicago Police. Open up.

Chicago Police. We can't leave the property until we speak to someone.

What's going on?

Hi, sir.

Chicago Police.

I'm Officer Monty. This is Sergeant Boyd. Can you step outside?

Why?

We just want to talk just right over here.

Um... No, there must be some kind of mistake.

Sorry, I don't know why you're here. Just want to have a conversation, clear

a few things up. Can you come out? No.

No, I can't.

Wait. We're here to help you, okay?

You need to go?

We can't. I need you to step outside, please.

Hey! We're here to help!

Torres. Preston.

You're okay.

Calm down.

Hey, is there anyone else here? No, no, no, no. Is there anyone else here? Is

that why you're scared? Is someone else in here?

We're not going to hurt you. We're here to help. Hey, I'm not going to hurt you.

We're here to help you. Calm down. Calm down.

Hey, Monty, what were Ben's descriptors on his missing persons report? What?

What were his descriptors? He had a birthmark on his left collarbone.

You're not Ben.

You're not Ben.

Hey!

Who the hell are you, huh?

You exploited a mother's grief for a couple thousand in cash so you could get

high. The least you could do is give me your real name.

I'm not asking for your damn firstborn. I'm asking for your name.

Bro, the longer you sit in silence, the worse it's gonna be for you.

You say nothing? We're gonna assume you had knowledge of the kidnapping because

you were involved.

The slide, the song, the name, his mother called him Bubby. How did you

know all of that?

All right, fine. Have it your way.

We now assume you were an active participant in that kidnapping. We'll

treat you as such. Give me your hand.

Give me your hand.

The other one.

He would have been young when Ben Cartwright was abducted. Not that young.

We don't even know his real age. He definitely doesn't look 25, and he's

lying about that. Still no match on his prints. Not writing to the Nationals.

He's not in the system. Still waiting for his DNA results, but... He drove

that van to Gemma's house. We can at least track that. We seized that. The

temp tags were fictitious. Vin came back hot, stolen from Lawndale. What about

where you're located?

I'm running the LLC who owns that place. All employees, but... The place was

sitting empty. He could have...

walked past it, drove past it, and decided to hang there and screw with a

grieving woman's head.

Yeah. Look, we're going to find his name. It's just a matter of time.

Look, right now, you got to go. Yeah, I got to go tell this woman her son didn't

come home.

Hey. Can I come in?

Yeah.

Hey.

Mom? Did you find him? Is he okay?

No, Jim, I didn't find your son.

I did find the man who came here last night, but that man is not Ben.

No, no, you don't understand.

No, I... I do.

I found the man who visited you last night.

We tested his DNA.

It's not a match for Ben's.

It's not him.

No.

We believe he was here for Cash.

No.

How did he know?

I told you what he said. He... The song, my name for him, the slide.

We never released any of that to the public. I never said any of that on air,

not once.

I know. That man knows my Ben.

We believe he has knowledge of your son's abduction. It's got more than

knowledge. He came to me.

Well, yeah, because he... For cash.

No, I know.

I understand, honey, but I...

He chose me. He could have chosen anyone to con, but he came to me. Something

must have led him here.

He must know where my boy is.

It's still a lead.

I can help.

I know that man, whoever he is. I have talked with him. I have cried with him.

I can convince him to help. Has he helped yet?

No, not yet. He's not talking.

Then I have to help.

I can convince him.

to tell us where my boy is, please.

Please, I can.

Let me try.

You have wrinkles.

You... That's why you didn't want to come in the house.

Why you had to stay on the porch in the dark.

It's okay.

I understand.

You must have been so desperate.

You must have needed money so badly to trick me like that.

And it's okay.

I forgive you.

But please, if you can help my boy, you must.

You must do the right thing now.

And tell me where my Ben is.

I know you know.

There must be a part of you that wanted to tell me to help him.

that led you to me so please tell me please i know you know where he

is he must have told you all of those things you know how much he misses me he

needs to come home he needs his mother i will tell you what i know but only for a

deal and only if you get this woman the hell out of here

His real name's Tillman Brandt. He's actually 35.

He's got no priors.

But, man, this guy reads like a con man. City to city, state to state, collecting

small payouts, scamming people.

When the hell did he get to Chicago?

Three months ago. He wanted a payout, and he knew how to find one.

I remember something happened with my brother Eddie.

Did some digging, found that woman.

Your brother?

Mm-hmm.

He is not a good man. Okay.

How so?

Listen, you want something, you're gonna have to speak more freely. He likes

boys.

Young ones.

Always has.

Like to... make friends with them, pretend like they were his buddies.

You know what that really means, though, yeah?

Was Ben Kirkwright one of those boys?

Yeah, so Tillman claims that when he used to visit his brother's apartment,

sometimes there'd be young boys there, one of them being Ben Kirkwright.

I got an apartment listed here for Eddie Brandt that fits the timeline.

So Tillman Brandt actually went to that apartment 18 years ago and sees Ben

Kirkwright being held?

Well, it ain't like Eddie told me he was holding the damn kid.

No? What did you think your 30-year-old brother was doing with a 7-year-old? You

couldn't piece that together?

That ain't nice. No, none of this is nice. Officer, what did Eddie tell you?

Eddie said Ben was his friend.

I did ask.

I asked Eddie.

Said, um... Said, that boy, it don't seem good.

Don't seem good in his head. And did you hurt him?

And Eddie said, no. Said Ben was slow.

Ben was injured?

Think his head was.

Yeah.

That's when Ben told me about his ma.

Said, um... Said he wanted to go home.

Said he was just at the slide. He didn't understand what had happened.

And you never reported any of that? I'm telling you now, ain't I?

Does he know where they are now?

No. Doesn't sound like he has any idea.

Eddie saw Ben Kerr right that one time and never talked to his brother again

about it. Eddie's last known address was over a decade ago.

We got nothing current. We got nothing on social media.

No utilities.

No phone.

No real property.

No registered vehicle.

Social security number is flat.

No work history in his name. Guy's non-existent.

You gotta know how to find him. How many times I gotta tell you? I don't know.

You know the thing about deals is you gotta give something to get something.

I've given you everything.

Well, it means nothing if we can't find Eddie or Ben.

I could tell you how to find him. Then why the hell aren't you telling me? He

likes the internet.

Certain sites.

I know which ones he likes. I know how to reach him.

The site Tillman provided is on the dark web and is only accessible for tour

browsers. Looks like it's coming for the sale of child pornography and private

forums. They're being used to solicit underage sex.

Is Eddie's username on there?

Yeah, frequently, but... IP addresses aren't chased. Not only for tour exits.

If we're gonna find him, we're gonna have to bait him out.

Use Tillman to bait his brother to meet him somewhere.

Tillman insists his brother won't fall for a random meet, and Tillman would

have to pretend he needed cash and offer Eddie something he would pay for.

Over him what?

I don't get it.

If you know this Eddie, you think he abducted my brother, and my brother

could still be with him. Why are you here? Can we step outside to talk,

please? No.

I can't miss work. I told you that.

Why aren't you grabbing this Eddie?

We don't know where he is.

We want to lure him out, but the best bet to do that is a ruse of solicitation

for sex with a minor.

What?

Are you kidding me?

I wish we had a better option. You're here asking me to be bait? The CPD

doesn't have any officers that fit the bill that are available right now.

It'd simply be a meet.

We would have eyes on you the entire time.

You're 18.

You could say yes or no.

Then no.

No, I'm not going to meet with a pedophile. Grady, if this man has your

brother... Really?

That's what you want to go with? I'm just asking you to think it through. I

know who you are.

You work with Sarah.

You have a missing sister.

You're a part of all of this delusion. You saw my mother that night. You saw

her when you brought her into your district to talk to the man who was

conning her. Does she look like a healthy woman to you? No, she doesn't.

But that's not what's important, is it? This is a real lead.

They're all real leads.

All of this is real to her. This is her entire existence.

I get it. You don't.

I'm only here.

Because one night my mom got drunk and begged my dad for a new baby because the

pain hurt too much.

That is why I'm here.

Do you know how screwed up and unhealthy that is?

I'm not feeling into this anymore.

Imani. It's because you never knew your brother.

What? That's why you get to say that, why you don't understand.

You want to pretend you know me? Well, I knew my sister.

I only got six years with her, but I knew her.

I knew her sleeping next to me, how her hair would take up the whole damn house,

her chasing behind me on her lanky-ass legs.

I knew her, always right there over my shoulder, and she still is.

You know, half the time I think, if I turn around fast enough, if the light's

just right, I'll see her there.

I get that you want to take the pain away from your mom.

That's not a thing.

Your brother will always be there, right over her shoulder, until she finds him.

If you want to help her, help her find him.

Heading in position.

I see you.

I got eyes on the front with tact officers.

Cams are good.

I'm moving up top to get better eyes.

Ken, you see me?

I got you, you're good.

Again,

2 o'clock, black jacket, blue jeans.

He's coming from the west side, he must have been here already.

He's with a kid.

What do you mean a kid? He's got a kid with him?

I don't know. I think he came with him.

He's young.

13 maybe?

Come on.

We're coming in.

I'm burnt.

They made me. They're moving.

Move. Move. Get out of my way. Get out of my way, please.

Get out of the way. Move.

I don't have eyes. Repeat. I still don't have eyes. They could have gone upstairs

or downstairs. Does anyone have them?

I don't have eyes.

Good morning.

Get to Grady. Get him outside. I got the second floor. Torres, where are you? I'm

inside in the lobby now.

I don't have eyes.

West End Exhibits. Go now. Copy you.

What's going on? What are you doing?

Come with me. Now. Come on.

CPIC's running the streetcams nearby for us, but that's a lot of footage.

CTA's forwarding everything they have. If they got on the L after they left,

those cameras got them. Clearly this man is not stupid. I mean, he planned ahead.

There's nothing current on the feed. Security's running all the footage back

now. I had my gun hidden, my badge.

I don't know how the hell he made me. If that kid is his current victim, he

tipped off his captor. He could be being groomed, possibly Stockholm.

No officers.

I've got a good still.

This kid's young. Yeah.

This is the best I got. It's when they were arriving.

I lose him in the crowd after that. Did you run the footage outside?

You got him entering on foot from a vehicle?

No, nothing.

All the images I have of them are all interior.

They both have their heads down.

I got him.

Kid's in our system.

Charlie Cruz, 13 years old, multiple juvie priors, listed as an habitual

runaway, last reported missing from a group home six months ago. He's a street

kid. That's how he made you. That's probably how Eddie met him. Look, we can

use this. We can track him. I got nothing on traffic cams or pods outside

the museum.

Kid doesn't have a cell phone, but he does have social media. I got Snapchat,

Finch, and Discord accounts registered to his name.

He's probably using public computer stances. Uh-huh.

Hey, what about the owl?

They never get on.

Okay, so Charlie posts pretty regular, so he has some type of access to a

computer or a phone.

Wait. Okay, I'm starting to get it.

Okay, he used public Wi-Fi recently to access most of these accounts.

A guy, four hits at libraries, a computer cafe, a junior high in

Lawndale.

Here we go.

Private IP.

What? Where?

At a house in South Lawndale.

He's rented out by a son of a bitch, Eddie Tillman.

It's him.

It's an alias. He's using his damn brother's name.

He's got to be there now. He knows police were at the museum. He's probably

getting ready to flee. Start cracking off a warrant. Get a state's attorney on

board. I'll wake up a judge.

I know.

Imani, you good?

Imani?

I'm fine.

50-21.

Judge fired by offender and police offended down.

I need a crime lab rolled to 651 West Beaumont.

Is the house clear?

Charlie's in custody. Place is clear.

Previous victim named Ben Kirkwright. Simple evidentiary search and then

forensics comes in and process the rest. So the less you can touch, the better.

Hart, hit the front. Katara, hit the back.

Stay locked in.

If you find anything, call up.

Copy.

Anything? Yeah. He admitted to some touching and kissing. He's a little

embarrassed. He's starting to understand now.

He said he met him at the library.

That he was nice and became his friend.

Grooming? Yeah.

Did you get anything on Ben at the house?

No.

What would he have...

Officer Armani. She was there at the museum.

How you doing?

I was hoping you could help me with something.

Do you remember ever seeing a man named Ben Curtright?

He would have been 25 years old now.

Where would I have seen him?

With Eddie.

Maybe he lived with Eddie.

Maybe you saw him come over.

I don't think so.

Plus, he said when he went missing, this is what he might have looked like now.

It's a reproduction, so it's not perfect.

No, I never saw him.

But... I heard about him, I think.

What do you mean?

I don't know if it was this bad. It's okay.

Just tell us what you heard.

He... Eddie gets it. He said he got it.

How I went to juvie, how my family...

Eddie'd say he was the same.

Said he'd done something bad in his life.

Said... Caused his friend, Ben, to die.

But... I didn't know he meant little boy. No, no, we know that.

We know.

Charlie, did Eddie ever say how men died or when he died?

This is Eddie Brandt. He was shot and killed by police last night when we

executed a warrant.

We believe Eddie Brandt was responsible for abducting your son, Ben, 18 years

ago. Eddie worked about a mile from the playground where Ben was abducted.

We believe Eddie was driving home that day.

We don't think the abduction was planned. Eddie just... He saw Ben and he

took him.

Eddie Brandt was a serial pedophile?

We have evidence he injured Ben.

In the assault, he hurt his head.

Eddie took Ben back to his apartment where we know he was alive for a few

hours. He was seen, and then we believe Ben died.

Either from his injuries or Eddie killed him that night.

The next day, Eddie rented a boat at a dock on Lake Michigan.

We have DNR records from that day of a complaint that was filed.

A witness reported seeing a man on Lake Michigan... dumping something into deep

water. DNR responded, pulled over the vessel in question, found no evidence of

the dumping, but still wrote a citation, and that citation was to Eddie Brandt.

The boat was destroyed years ago. We have no DNA, but all evidence indicates

Eddie Brandt disposed of Ben's body in Lake Michigan the day after his

disappearance.

But you didn't find a body.

No.

We don't think we will. I'm sorry.

But the evidence is conclusive enough. How can it be without a body?

Mom.

No.

You... You don't have him. You didn't find him.

There's only for you to be sure that that's... My Ben on that boat it And

you can't know we believe the evidence is conclusive No, I mean he could have

escaped he could I mean he could still be out there He

could Know I that I'm sorry this

this is it's not enough it I I I don't believe this I

don't I won't leave this I don't I won't

No. No.

I must seem like that.

Like what?

Delusional.

I've been looking for Shari over 20 years.

My parents died looking.

They believe her disappearance is linked to sex trafficking.

There are pictures, sightings.

Confirmed.

No, all unconfirmed, but we chased every single one of them, followed them across

the country.

Moved 12 times in eight years. I hated it.

I left, but then they both died, and I was the only one left to keep searching.

Was there a sighting in Chicago?

Yeah.

That's... why I came here.

Why am I seeing like that?