All language subtitles for FBI Most Wanted. S02E08. Vanished

The clouds are so cold
that tiny ice crystals form.

But how come it rains?

Well, when the air is warmer
like in the spring,

it is rain instead of snow.

So HailStorm can't fight in the spring?

Is he the one made of ice?

No, that's Glacier.
HailStorm shoots icicles.

I'll put it by the fence.

Whose car is that?

I don't know.

Wait. That's Samuel.

You got a new car?

Yup. Traded my old one.

Guy gave me an unbelievable deal.

Hey, kiddo.

- I made a rain gauge.
- Cool.

Figured we'd celebrate
with a big breakfast.

- French toast and eggs?
- Sounds great.

Can I go outside?
I want to test my rain gauge out.

Yes. Put on your jacket

and don't leave the yard, Caleb.

- Okay.
- Mm-hmm.

And Jamie says if we want
to use reclaimed wood,

he has some in his barn we can use.

How does that sound?

Samuel?

- Where'd you go?
- Uh, bathroom.

And tell Jamie yes.

I'll come by and get it tomorrow.

Mm.

Still can't believe you got a new car.

Very impulsive.

Kinda like it.

I've been thinking about it
forever and I figured...

You know, why not?

- Life's too short.
- Mm.

I forgot eggs! Wanna hit the store?

Nah.

You can ride in my new Jeep!

Your mom said it was okay.

Can I get a treat?

Definitely.

Come on.

Grandma.

Thanks for doing this.

Hmm? Oh, not a problem.

I love Tali and it's a part
of my job, so...

Here we go.

This is Riley.

So what am I dealing with here?

Well, he's not grade.

But he's not purebred, either.
Sort of in the middle.

On the younger side
with great potential.

He's perfect for Tali.

How much?

I think I have a rate sheet
around here somewhere

if you want to see it.

Sarah, I want to apologize
for the other day.

Oh, no, no, no.

No, I overstepped
and I got it wrong, but,

you know, Tali's gonna be here a lot

and I just don't want it
to be awkward between us.

You didn't get it wrong.

I didn't?

No, you just...

you caught me off-guard
and I reacted in the moment.

I understand.

I don't understand.

Right.

Here's the deal.

I'm just coming off of a breakup

from a very bad relationship.

It's part of the reason
I moved here, and...

- I'm sorry.
- Don't be.

It was the right thing to do.
I'm glad I did it.

But then I started
to find my footing again

and the last thing
I was expecting was...

You.

I'm not saying no, Jess.

Ask me again.

Would you consider
having dinner with me?

Yes.

Got the call last night.
Packed my bags, hit the Acela.

Here I am.

- Where you coming from?
- Counter-terrorism in DC.

How many wiretaps
did you have to sit on?

Too many. Trust me.

Started out in LAPD gang unit
for six years.

Soon as a temporary
call of duty came out

for Fugitive Task Force, I jumped at it.

I always wanted to work
with the best of the best.

My supervisor put in
a good word for me with Jesse.

What?

It's Jess or Boss.

I'd go with Boss.

- 'Scuse me.
- Oh, I'm sorry.

Hey, Barnes. Check this out.

Hana must really miss us.

Oh, good, you're here.

- You meet everybody?
- Yes, sir.

Clinton's assignment got extended.

Agent Ortiz is gonna join us.

He comes very highly recommended,

so let's make him feel welcome.

- I just wanna say that...
- Barnes, what have we got?

I just read the Amber Alert.

Two female victims,

Caroline Vaughter,
and her 89-year-old grandmother, Amanda.

Stabbed to death in their home
in rural Maine.

EMS responded to a Life Alert call.

Notified local PD.

Caroline has
an eight-year-old son, Caleb.

He's missing.

Child Abduction Rapid
Deployment called the Director

and asked for all hands.

Stranger kidnappings are rare.

What about the father?
Is he in the picture?

Died two years ago.

Sheriffs found a black Jeep
abandoned in a parking lot

ten miles from the house.

Registered to a Dean Judd in Portland.

He wasn't home. Not answering his cell.

- Criminal record?
- No.

That's why they think it's stolen.

Prints are all over it
and at the Vaughter's house

belonging to this guy.

Samuel Smith.

BOLOs already out on him
and his 2008 Pontiac.

In the system for a juvie arrest

for involuntary manslaughter.

Denny Straight, eight years old,

was found drowned in a lake
near Augusta.

Samuel was arrested, never charged.

Any connections
between Samuel and the victims

or the boy?

Not that I can find.
No ransom note, either.

This isn't about money.

How old was Samuel when he was arrested?

- Uh, looks like 14.
- 14.

Teenage years are when
some pedophiles realize

they're attracted to children.

Denny was eight. Same age as Caleb.

So are we thinking we're
dealing with a sexual predator?

Every parent's worst nightmare.

Let's get to Maine.

You and Ortiz get to the crime scene.

Barnes and I'll hit Samuel's last known.

And call Isobel.
Tell her we need the G5.

You guys have a plane? Nice.

Pro tip for the ride to the airport?

New guy gets in the back seat.

Bag. You're gonna need it.

I thought we were going to the store.

We will.

Just let me do a few things here first.

You said I could get a treat.

You'll get your treat, Caleb.

You just have to be patient.

- You okay, LA?
- Yeah. Why?

Well, you still got that puffy parka on.

I'm freezing my ass, man.

It snows in DC, but this is next-level.

What do we got?

ERT sent us photos of tire
tracks by the abandoned Jeep.

Yeah? Let me see.

Well, that's a bust.

They'll never be able to print those.

Sure we will.

We got sharp edges with debris in them.

These are fresh.

What you know about tracks?

Isn't LA one big, concrete freeway?

I used to hunt with my uncles
in North Texas.

Dirt, mud, snow. Not much different.

What'd you hunt?

Feral pigs.

- Really?
- Yeah.

I wasn't real interested
in hunting something

that couldn't fight back.

Well, you make a mistake hunting pigs,

you miss out on some bacon.

You make a mistake over here,
people die.

Yeah. Thanks for clearing that up.

Samuel's place reminds me
of my Grandma Lottie's.

Only thing missing
is a jar of ribbon candy

stuck together since the '70s.

Church was a big deal.

If you didn't show up,
you better be dying.

My father had the same
philosophy about the racetrack.

Lots of commentary about the Bible here.

Leviticus, Judges, Ezra.
All Old Testament.

"No one can enter the Kingdom of God

unless they are born
of water and the Spirit."

John 3:5.

His parents had Samuel late in life.

Could've been an oopsie baby.

- When did they die?
- 13 years ago.

No other addresses for him on record,

so guess he's been living here
his whole life.

Well, either he likes their style

or he was so dominated by their memory

that he can't change anything.

That's strange.

Samuel was an only child, right?

Yeah, this had to have been him.

Kid spent a lot of time in here.

Under a watchful eye.

Looks like it was a deadbolt.

You think they punished him
by locking him in here?

Maybe. I mean, their books
are all about the first Testament,

which is about atonement,
consequences for your sins.

What's going on down there?

The VIN's been scratched off.

Let's see if the lab can work on it.

There's no boat or trailer
registered to Samuel,

so whose is this?

- Kenny, what's happening?
- Hey, Boss.

So I pulled Augusta PD's records.

Turns out Samuel was in there twice.

Well, why did we only
get one hit this morning?

Well, that's because this one,

Samuel wasn't a suspect,
he was a victim.

He was hit by a car
when he was seven years old.

Driver was a Jonathan Van Courtland.

Samuel's dad filed a police report

but he never followed up.

Maybe they settled privately
or with insurance.

Another thing.

Augusta PD's system logs
every time a file is accessed.

Samuel's juvie file was pulled 11
years ago by a cop in Waterville.

He's retired now, but he's still around.

Right. Send me the address.

We'll head there
as soon as we're done here.

What is that? Paint?

- I don't know.
- Whatever it is, it's recent.

Get ERT to take a sample.

That's not all.

Bench seats?

You think they belong
to the boat out there?

Why would Samuel take them out?

Mm, Denny, the eight-year-old
who drowned?

They found him in a lake, didn't they?

You think he's taking Caleb
out in the water?

I think that once you kill somebody,
and you get away with it...

You do it again.

Samuel took another kid, huh?

What do you mean, another?

I'm pretty sure he did
the same thing 11 years ago.

Daniel Cain. Nine years old.

Samuel was his tutor.

Story was that Daniel
got lost in the woods

and died of exposure, but

mother always thought
that Samuel took him.

And why is that?

Something about him
rubbed her the wrong way.

You know, so she fired him.

And a week later,
a Tuesday in September,

Daniel walks into the woods
and doesn't walk out.

- Did you question Samuel?
- Oh, yeah.

I didn't have any evidence.

But you were interested
enough to pull his juvie file.

I talked to him, you know?
Something about that guy

made the hair on the back
of my neck stand up.

- Evil?
- Yeah.

So I start thinking he's had to
have done this to other kids.

You just don't do something
like that at 14 and then stop.

I didn't have any proof, though.

Can you tell us
about the search for Daniel?

The whole town came out.

You know, there was a bad storm
out that night.

And the parents, though,
they didn't want to quit, you know?

Traipsing outside,
screaming for their kid.

Three days later, a cadaver dog alerts

about ten miles from the Cain place.

We didn't find a body, you know?

Those woods are wild
with animals that would've tore it up.

My guess?

If you don't find
your missing kid in three days,

you'll be looking for a body.

Here. Drink up.

I already had one.

I know, but two glasses
will make you extra-strong.

Whole thing. Come on.

Good boy.

I knew you could do it.

Where's my mom?

I didn't want to have to do this.

Caleb...

your mom doesn't love you anymore.

Yes, she does.

Well, all the times you misbehaved,

telling her you brushed
your teeth when you didn't,

talking back.

I'll be better. I promise.

It's too late.

She was tired and overwhelmed.

She said she was gonna
put you up for adoption.

- Really?
- But I saved you.

You should be grateful.

And if you behave, and promise
me you'll do everything I tell you to,

we can have a really good time.

Kinda feel funny.

You're probably just tired.

- Here. Come here.
- I wanna go home.

You are home.

Come on.

All right. Yeah.

When your mom and I were dating,
remember all the fun we had?

Fishing, hiking Foster Falls?

It's just you and me now.

It'll be okay.

Just go to sleep.

So we got a dozen lakes
in a 100-mile radius.

State police are covering
all marinas and boat ramps.

They have the manpower for that?

Missing kid?

They got guys from Vermont
to New Hampshire coming in

on their days off.

Denny in a lake, Daniel in the woods.

- Now Caleb.
- There might be others.

We're pulling missing children files,
for the last 11 years.

The same age, gender,
Maine and neighboring states.

When Samuel took Daniel,
he didn't harm the parents.

When he took Caleb, he killed
the mom and the grandmother.

So why the change in MO?

Maybe Caroline tried to stop him.

Mama bear mode fighting for her child.

Or maybe Samuel did know them.

Single mom and a disabled grandmother

in the middle of nowhere?

- Makes for an easy target.
- Uh-huh.

Those tracks ERT pulled
by the stolen Jeep?

They fit models Pontiacs and Chevrolets.

Well, Samuel could be driving
his own car.

Yeah, and you see
the pattern impression?

- Mm-hmm.
- The outer edges are soft

because the car's out of alignment.

- Okay, add that to the alert.
- I already did.

Anything on the owner of that Jeep?

Still haven't heard back.

Okay. We got anything else?

Uh, Samuel's employer.

A sporting goods store in Augusta.

Okay.
You and Ortiz run that down.

Kenny and I'll go see the Cain parents.

We got the retired cop's take
on Daniel's disappearance.

Now I wanna hear theirs.

This is Daniel when he was nine.

He got that scar birdwatching.

Fell out of a tree.

Here you go.

So Samuel Smith was Daniel's tutor?

Yeah.

Yeah, we met him after he
posted a flyer in the coffee shop.

Who expects the devil
to be wearing a jacket,

carrying a math workbook?

Daniel wanted to be an ornithologist.

He kept track of every bird he saw.

I, uh... I do it for him now.

That's nice.

May I ask you a question?

What made you so suspicious of Samuel?

One night, I walked into Daniel's room.

Daniel was on the floor
doing his homework.

Samuel was spooning him.

It was just so inappropriate.

I kicked him out.
A week later, Daniel disappeared.

Samuel threatened
to sue the cops for harassment,

so they backed off.

We didn't care about getting sued,
so we followed him for months.

We were... obsessed.

- Where'd he go?
- Work and home. That was it.

I still don't understand.

How does someone do that to a child?

Truth is that there is no answer.

After it happened...

in the mornings when I went
into the kitchen to make the coffee,

there was this moment.

I knew when I turned the corner,

Daniel would be sitting there
at the table

eating cereal, swinging his legs.

Ready with some weird bird fact.

Then one morning,
there was no magical thinking.

That chair was empty.

It was gonna stay empty.

Caleb Isaac Vaughter,

when your eyes first met mine,
we were tethered.

Your skin, your ribs, your eyelashes...

Your shoulder blades and feet.

You shall be cleansed.

No one can enter the kingdom

unless they are born of water

and the Spirit.

Ashes to ashes,

dust to dust.

A stranger to my son.

So did Samuel talk
about what he does on weekends?

He's not much for small talk,

which suits me fine.

Mostly, we talk about the store.

And how long have you known him?

Long time.

He used to come in with his dad.

Slowed down a mite
after he got hit by that car.

- But he's a good kid.
- Good kid?

You know this isn't
the first boy he's kidnapped?

Young man,

our system says innocent
until proven guilty.

He was never charged with anything.

I trust him with this store.

He's a reliable employee.

Then how come he hasn't
shown up to work for two days?

I don't know.

Any idea where he is?

No. I haven't talked to him.

What do you mean
you trust him with your store?

Well, I almost never come in.

But lest you think I'm an idiot,

my trust isn't without limits.

Everything's on camera or online.

I can log in and see
Ike O'Clair bought snowshoes.

We're gonna need access to your system.

Inventory, footage, everything you got.

That might take a while.

You know what, Jerry?

We don't have a while.

There's an eight-year-old kid missing

and we're trying to save his life.

So you either go back to that
office and get us what we need

or I'll do it myself.

We are not playing.

You believe this guy?

Has a pedophile working for him

and he acts like we're the ones
putting him out?

So is that story about you true?

What'd you hear?

You and Hot-Foot-Steve
busted someone out in Jersey,

but you didn't tighten the cuffs.

Suspect got into the neighborhood

and the Bureau had to call in
local PD to lock it down.

Cost 20 grand in overtime

and the defense tried
to use it at trial.

It wasn't my finest hour.

What happened?

Like you said,
I didn't tighten the cuffs.

Got a month's suspension.

But it was a good reminder
to pay attention to the little things.

Here you go.

Login and password for a guest account.

You should be able to see everything.

Thank you.

Hey, guys.

Just got the lab report.

They ID'd the drops from
Samuel's garage.

It's aluminum.

Almost looks like spatter from a weld.

Was he trying to restrain Caleb?

Keep from jumping overboard?

Except the spatter's on the outside.

Wouldn't welding something
to the outside of a boat

affect the weight and balance?

Probably.

Unless he wanted to sink it
for some reason.

I got something from the store records.

Samuel logged every sale,
and matched it to customer receipts,

except for three transactions
last month.

Looks like he faked some sales,
took some stuff,

and fudged the inventory
to cover his tracks.

What'd he take?

Shovels, something called a mattock,

and a bunch of scuba tanks.

Well, a mattock's used for deep digging.

It'll break through stone,
roots, you name it.

He's digging deep
and he needs tanks of air.

What if the boat's not going
in the water?

What if he's welding something
to it to seal it?

- A tomb.
- Could be.

He could be burying Caleb.

Well, if he's burying him,
why would he need the air?

Well, maybe he learned
a lesson from Denny and Daniel.

Killing them means
he can't satisfy his urges.

It's better to keep him alive.

Okay, Samuel took 20 tanks.

Each has 90 minutes of oxygen.
That's what?

- 30 hours.
- 30 hours.

30 hours. Okay.

Guys, PD finally found Dean Judd,
the owner of the stolen Jeep.

He was out of the country on business,

flew home last night, and his car
was missing from long-term parking.

So Samuel stole it from the airport?

They sent surveillance footage

from a car rental agency
across the street.

There's a hit on our BOLO
around 7:00 a.m. two days ago.

The Pontiac. That's our guy.

Who's that with him?

Samuel has a partner.

Depending on when Caleb was buried,

he might only have
a few hours of air left.

Where are we on the partner?

Traffic cams only have him for a minute.

All right, well,
Samuel lived a narrow life.

How did he meet this guy?

Could've been at work.
I'm scanning the store tapes now.

Forensics reconstructed the VIN

from the boat trailer at Samuel's.

Belongs to a Drew Abner.

He owns a car repair shop in Augusta.

Well, he would definitely have the tools

to grind down a VIN number.

And he lives three miles from Samuel.

Drew Abner?

We're the FBI.

We need to talk.

Stop right there!

Hey!

What the hell?

I'm sorry!
It's a sickness.

Where's Caleb, huh?
Get up!

- Who?
- The boy Samuel kidnapped.

- I don't know.
- What are you sorry about?

Samuel and I, we like
to trade things, all right?

I gave him my boat a few weeks ago.

In exchange for what?

- Pictures of kids.
- What?

Turn around.

Did you steal a car
with Samuel yesterday?

What? No, no, no, no, no, no.

No, I was at the doctor's all morning.

And you can check it out.
I swear.

- It's not him.
- We'll do that.

Right now,
I'm more interested in Samuel.

- Where is he?
- I don't know.

- Can you call him?
- I don't have his number.

Then how'd you keep in touch?

I send him a message
through an anonymous chat app.

He calls me back from a number.
It's always different.

- Start redeeming yourself.
- Send him a message.

- What do you want me to say?
- Tell him you want to meet.

- And what if he won't?
- Doesn't matter. Just keep him talking.

Hey.

What's up?

I got something for you.

I've probably seen it before.

Not this.

Another time.

Uh, it's video. He's young.

Your type.

Look, I gotta go.
You want this or not?

30 minutes.
The place from before.

He's late.

Could've gotten spooked.

We have a plan B if this doesn't work?

If he's 30 minutes away,

we're talking hundreds of square miles.

Caleb'll be out of oxygen
before we search 5% of it.

Well, let's hope plan A works, then.

I got the car.

One occupant.

Can't tell if it's Samuel
or his partner.

Go, go, go.

FBI! Get on the ground!

Stop right there!

Get down!

FBI!

All right, listen. Settle down, Samuel.

I know what they do
to guys like me in prison.

Okay. Let's make a deal.

You sound like Denny.

"P-p-please."

You all finding his body
taught me a lot.

Where's Caleb, Samuel?

You'll never find him.

Wait!

He killed Caleb with that jump.

Now we have no leads.

- Kid's probably already dead.
- Not necessarily.

Samuel said that the cops found
Denny's body.

With Caleb, he said,
"You'll never find him."

- Not find his body.
- So Caleb could still be alive?

So if he started a tank
when he came to meet Drew,

that means Caleb has
about 50 minutes of air left.

- How are we coming, Kenny?
- Got two pings.

One to a tower in Appleton.

The other's to a remote
location by a river

and the road between them's
under repair.

- Car was out of alignment.
- That could've done it.

All right, 16 River Road...
It's the only one there.

The owner is Jonathan
Van Courtland Family Trust.

Van Courtlands.

That's the family
that hit Samuel with their car.

This is it.

This is where we could find Caleb.

It's okay.

It's a test. He's testing me.

FBI! Stay where you are!

Damn it.

Watch that door, far right!

Hey! Get back here!

- We need him alive, Kenny!
- Got it!

Hey, hey!

Turn around!
Hands above your head.

Where is he? Where is he?

Where's Caleb?

Daniel?

What?

You're Daniel Cain?

I'm not Daniel. I'm Laz.

Where did Samuel bury Caleb?

You're trying to trick me.

My father warned me
about men with badges.

Your mom and dad are Michelle and John.

They miss you.

My family is my father, Samuel.

What were you drawing?

I-I just do that when I'm scared.

Bar locks on the door.

Handcuffs on the bed.

For 11 years, he took pieces of Daniel.

I'm not sure there's anything left.

He had to forget to survive.

Maybe we can help him remember.

Samuel took another little boy.

Just like when he took you.

He buried this little boy in a boat

and he's running out of time.

One time, Father left the door unlocked.

I waited seven hours and 36 minutes,

then went outside.

He'd been waiting.

I don't want to get hurt again.

Samuel isn't with us anymore, okay?

He's never gonna hurt you
again, I promise you.

Daniel, look at me.

It's over, okay? You're safe.

All of this... it's over.

You know, your mom...

She kept your bird log.

Every time she sees a snow goose

or a blue-winged teal
or a mourning dove,

she marks it.

F-F-F-Father told me my parents hate me.

No, no, no, no, no.
They love you.

They love you.
They can't wait to see you.

But Daniel, please.

Please just tell me where Caleb is.

I...

I only went to the hole once to
help Father carry the boat.

Do you remember where that was?

There was a juvenile cardinal in a tree.

I looked for its nest.

I remember there was piles of rocks.

- Okay. That's good.
- What else? Where was that?

- I don't know.
- Well, try to think.

- I can't.
- Yes, you can. I know you can.

Where was the sun?

Was it in front of you,
to the left of you, behind you?

It was, uh, through the windshield.

Through the windshield.

So you were driving a car,
you're driving a car.

- Yes.
- Okay, great.

Was the road...
Was it dirt or was it paved?

It was paved.

I remember a pile of rocks
after a hairpin turn.

And then the road ended.

There was a lot of snow.

So you left tracks?

Up here! I got tracks!

I think it's up here.

- There!
- I see it.

It's a tank!

Tank's empty.

- All right.
- There it is.

Okay.

Here it is! Let's dig.

Keep digging.

I hit something!

There's a window! Caleb!

Caleb!

- Do you see anything?
- No.

- Caleb!
- Caleb!

- Can you hear us?
- There's a latch!

- Caleb!
- All right, it's open.

Okay. Get your shovels under.

- Ready?
- Ready!

Got it? One, two, three.

Hurry up. Come on, come on.

- I got him.
- You got him?

Yeah, I got him, I got him.

Over here.

Lay him down.

Come on, buddy. It's all right.

It's all right. We got him.

It's all right.

Caleb, Caleb. Can you hear me?

Caleb?

Come on, Caleb.

He's breathing!
He's breathing.

Oh, he's breathing.

There we go, there we go.
Good boy.

Okay.
Caleb, can you hear me?

Huh? Can you hear me?

Attaboy. Come on.

Put the blanket on him.
There we go.

Caleb, can you hear me?

Get EMT here.
Quick as they can.

On it.

Let's get a medic down at my location.

We found him.

Well done.

Well done.

Good boy. Good boy.

Crosby talked to the Van Courtlands.

When they hit Samuel with their car,

they paid his family off

and gave them an unofficial,
50-year lease on the house.

So he could kill Daniel
and raise him as Lazarus

without anyone around.

Wouldn't have mattered.

11 years and Daniel
only went alone outside once.

And he was raped for it.

You know I worked with
Hot-Foot-Steve a couple times?

Yeah?

We hooked this Russian
mobster out in Long Island.

Thing is, Hot-Foot
didn't tighten the cuffs.

- Guy almost got away.
- Huh.

Wasn't you who screwed up
in Jersey, was it?

You took the fall for him.

He was retiring.

Suspension would've messed that up.

All this kid has been through

and he's gonna end up
with strangers in foster care.

Actually, Jess tracked down
an aunt and uncle in Michigan.

They have a son the same age.

They're flying in this afternoon.

It's okay. It's okay, Caleb.

- You're safe.
- It's all right, buddy.

It's okay.

Where am I?

In a hospital in Portland.

- Who are you?
- I'm Sheryll. This is Ivan.

- We're with the FBI.
- Nice to meet you.

Where's my mom?

Where is he?

He's in our office.

I need you to be prepared.

Daniel's experienced
a lot of emotional trauma,

and psychologically, he's unpredictable.

I would suggest that
you don't move towards him

or try to touch him.

Just let him make the first move.

Daniel?

Honey, it's me.

Mom?

My baby.

Oh, my baby.

Hey.