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My name is Hannah Martin.

And we are the parents of Sinead Martin.

I was asked to bring something

personal of our daughter's.

Some "thing" that would...

encapsulate

what Sinead means to us.

Our daughter doesn't find meaning in things.

She finds it in family...

...her friends, love, happiness.

Nothing that I can...

show you here today.

Sinead told us a joke when she was seven.

"Knock, knock?" "Who's there?"

"Ice cream."

- "Ice cream who?" - Pull!

"I-scream...

"so you can hear me."

If you have Sinead...

...please let her go.

And Sinead, love...

I scream

so you can hear me.

- Thank you. - (REPORTERS CLAMOR)

DS Huia, can you confirm Colin Friends is a suspect?

- Thank you, everybody, for your time. - (CLAMOR)

Mr Friends,

where were you on the evening of November 10th between the hours of 6:30 and 10pm?

As I said, I left work at the usual time.

I went home, I made my wife soup and then I spent an hour or two at the gun club.

- Your wife can confirm the time you arrived home? - My wife?

My wife's not well.

My client's already answered those questions. I suggest you cut to the chase.

Yesterday, when Sergeant Harris asked you when you first came to the region,

you advised September 2020, three years ago.

That wasn't your first time in Mount Affinity.

You lived here back in 2006, Mr Friends.

Why did you lie to us?

I didn't lie.

I didn't lie!

We moved here three years ago.

And I stayed here briefly from May 2006, working on a project at the mill.

You were here at the same time Emma Wilson and Gabriel Peeters were murdered.

You can't be serious.

Where did you get those scratches, Mr Friends?

- I'm not sure. - I'm requesting a voluntary DNA sample,

access to your electronic equipment, including home computer,

- laptops, cell phone... - Not without a warrant.

I need air.

Where's Sinead?

- LAWYER: I'm calling an ambulance. - RICHTER: Look at me and relax.

You've had a panic attack before, you what this is, yes?

Breathe in through your nose. In and out slowly, you know what to do.

I need to go home.

Unless you're arresting my client, we're leaving.

Come up slowly. Get up.

- There we go. - This way.

(DOOR CLOSES)

We need that warrant.

Confirmation from ESR. The blood from the mill is Ronan's.

There's also animal blood and another human profile

but it doesn't match Sinead's and it's not on the database.

Colin's blood's not in the profile.

Any update on his history in Mount Affinity?

Colin rented a bach.

- A what? - A small house on the outskirts of town in late 2006.

He lived alone for quite a number of months.

- He said he was working at the mill. - Why does a mill need a tech scientist?

He was researching fungal spores and resin acid exposure.

He wrote a paper published later that year.

- When exactly did he get here? - 15th November.

Three weeks before the first murder.

Until he returned to his post as a lecturer at Auckland Uni

in late...

February 2007.

So, Colin was definitely in Mount Affinity for both murders.

If Ronan's blood was in that room at the mill and the goat was dismembered there,

the killer had to have been coming and going.

Bruce, I want a team knocking on doors

to see if anyone saw anything in the vicinity of the mill.

And until we get that warrant, I want 24-hour surveillance on Friends' house.

He doesn't do anything, he doesn't go anywhere without us following, OK?

- Copy that. - Great, thank you.

Good work, team. Thanks, everyone.

PODCAST: 'Who were the victims?

'How did they come to be in Mount Affinity that fateful summer?

'What drew the Goat Man to them?

'And, other than their grizzly murders,

'is there another link that binds Emma and Gabriel?

'I'm Ava Scott, and this is episode two of The Mountain Murders.'

RICHTER: Let me know if Ava solves this one, will you?

- (PODCAST OFF) - Hey.

You know the way serial killers typically don't just stop?

If that's what we're dealing with, where do you think they've been all this time?

In rare cases, they go dormant for years, sometimes even decades.

Hm.

- Why, have you got a theory? - Maybe.

You?

Drink?

- I promise I won't ask a single question. - Oh, yeah?

Go on, then.

Whoa.

All right.

- So, how are you? - Yeah, I'm good.

- You? - I meant since Derry.

I'm not pressing charges.

Come on, talk to me.

I knew he wasn't going to do it.

But I suppose him, or someone like him, might.

Do you ever get sick of it all?

All the ugliness and the...

All the shit coming at you non-stop from all sides.

Do you ever just want to stop?

And give up all of this?

Richter, I know the risks.

You've seen the locks on my doors, but... what else would I do?

I don't know who the fuck I am without this job!

- You can do whatever you want. - (SCOFFS)

- Oh, yeah? - Yeah, course you can.

You're Aileen fucking Ryan!

Good night, Aileen.

Good night, Richter.

'Let's start right back at the beginning,

'to what we knew then and what we know now...'

Where'd you go?

Nowhere important.

What are you hiding from me?

Nothing, my love.

Not one thing.

Colin, I'm dying.

I'm not a child.

WIKI: # I te po marino e

♪ Te korowai

♪ o Te Atua

♪ Ko taku whare okioki

BUSTER: I know your heart is broken.

(IN MAORI) And I cannot heal you

from what I have done.

Our boy leaves us today.

And I'll leave, too,

if that's your will.

♪ Te kapua

♪ i te Ikaroa

♪ Moku, mo aku takahanga... ♪

(BIRDSONG)

DOC: Harriet's doing well, considering. Her stomach should settle in a day or so.

- As if you need more on your plate. - You've heard the talk, I'm sure.

Do you think I'm capable of what they're saying, Ray?

I think anyone is capable of anything.

But when I look at you,

I see a good man.

TAMATI: Jesus!

- Hey, Tamati. - Hey, Doc.

Hey, Colin.

Oh, come on, mate.

(LOCK TURNS)

(SIGHS)

Listen, I...

I don't understand any of this.

You know, what they're saying.

You hurt Sinead?

Colin! It's bullshit!

I know it is.

Come on.

Look, just tell me... that you didn't do anything wrong.

Please, mate.

You're the best man I know, Colin.

(CRYING)

(SOFTLY) Hi, my love.

Scrambled eggs.

You try to eat it, OK?

HARRIET: Where are you going?

COLIN: Well, those chickens of yours won't feed themselves.

I love you.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(DOG BARKING)

VOICES CALLING: Sinead! Sinead!

Sinead!

Sinead!

Sinead!

- Sinead! - Sinead!

Sinead!

(RADIO CRACKLES) 'Val. Val, come in.'

- Go ahead. - 'Yeah, we're near the end of the valley.

'We need you down here, boss.'

Copy.

This way, team.

We almost missed it.

There.

(BUZZER)

(CLUNK)

Colin?

(COUGHING)

AILEEN: Frank.

Shelly Duncan, Frank's solicitor.

What are you doing here?

Shelly?

Just checking in.

Losing a son?

It's not easy.

OFFICER: 15 minutes.

Colin?

You said something the day of the funeral.

First off...

who are you?

I'm a journalist.

Colin?

Colin!

And what are you doing here with me, missy journalist?

You tell me.

Colin?

(CHICKENS CLUCKING)

AILEEN: The Goat Man.

You heard those words, closed your eyes and off you went.

Where did you go?

HARRIET: Colin?

Call me.

AILEEN: I think you do know something.

The public is safe from you.

But who's out there?

(RINGING)

(RINGING STOPS)

Have they found the girl?

- Not yet. - Do they have a suspect?

They do.

But they're not giving anything away.

You said,

"It's not what it looks like.

"Never was."

What did you mean?

Diana Huia.

She's the main pig on this case, right?

What does she know that you don't?

What's she not telling you...

...little Diana?

Did they ever find her mummy?

OFFICER: Hey, Pastors. Time's up.

VAL: One of my teams found this place this morning.

Signs of a struggle.

Sinead's shoe.

She didn't break out. This was unlocked.

So, he came and got her. When?

(PHONE RINGING)

DS Huia.

How long ago?

Our guys outside Colin Friends' house? They lost him.

- What's our timeline? - Last time they saw him, four hours ago.

Enough time to get up here.

Bruce knows the river best.

I'll get some dive teams under his command to search for likely dump spots.

Can you go with him? We need to act fast before there's any chance of flooding.

To clarify, the ground search is abandoned?

Keep some teams on the ground. They're out there so we're not giving up.

But we need to redirect some of our resources to recovery and the water.

DIANA: A young woman's life is at stake, Mrs Friends.

RICHTER: Do you have idea where your husband might have taken her?

I'm sorry, I really am,

but the best way you can help your husband right now is by telling us everything.

I don't know.

I just don't know.

We have no idea how he's moving - by foot or vehicle, or in what direction.

I want checkpoints on every road going out of Mount Affinity.

Check every car, every truck, their back seats, their boots.

Yes, I know it's a big job. It's someone's life!

The police have specified a person of interest.

Colin Friends, 54 years old, most recently employed at the local tech company, Houkura.

- Do you know Colin Friends? - I don't know Colin Friends well.

I do know that he's a brilliant scientist, committed to the Houkura philosophy.

But apart from that, I have no knowledge of why the police would want to speak with him.

- Thank you, everybody. - (CLAMOR)

Gwenda.

- Anything on that priority one alert? - Nothing yet.

- Bruce? - Sorry, mate.

(PHONE RINGING)

DS Huia.

OK, where?

Oh, fuck.

Yeah. Yeah, we'll be there in ten minutes.

(VOICES INAUDIBLE)

(VOICES INAUDIBLE)

The news is not good, I'm afraid.

Sinead has not been found.

(IN MAORI) May the heavens protect Sinead

and return her safely to her parents.

We have assembled, our bond is firm.

We are united, we are one.

(NOTIFICATION CHIMES)

DAVID: What's going on?

- What do you mean? - What do I mean? Seriously?

The main suspect in Ronan's death,

a potential fucking serial killer, committed suicide today.

What were you doing? Obsessing about some...

- Frank Pastors knows something. - He's playing with you.

There's no story here. Let it go.

I'm not asking you.

BRUCE: I know the stats.

Every hour she's gone, the chances plummet.

But in my bones...

...I really felt like we were going to get her back.

Stupid!

It's not stupid, Bruce.

What do you think?

Is there a chance?

None of the other crimes were abduction for abduction's sake.

He took them to kill them.

If he's gone, she's gone.

Looking for her, on the river bed.

(EXHALES)

BRUCE: I'm going home.

RICHTER: You're not going to sleep tonight?

Me neither.

I'm gonna need a drink.

Drink just makes it worse.

- This is a police station, Richter. - Yeah, but out there is just a car park.

(SHE CHUCKLES)

With the Mountain Murderer dead...

...they'll give a bit of resources into finding the last victim, but...

there'll be a limit.

Her body could be anywhere, Richter.

That's what they said to me.

That Mum...

We might never find Sinead.

Or know what happened to her.

Anyway, you'll be wanting to get back.

Can't be who I was there.

- Not now. - So, what's your plan?

Give up?

Fuck you!

How is it that Irish

can always make "fuck" sound so...

- Bitter? - (LAUGHS) I was going to say "charming".

I don't know, must be a gift.

Mm!

What about your friend, Aileen?

And don't say you don't like her, it's lame.

- You just going to walk away? - Hm.

Don't do that.

Because that, my Irish friend, that is a special kind of hell.

What about you? What's next?

Tie up the loose ends.

- Back to the city and my real life. - Are you sure this isn't your real life?

Mm-hm!

So, Mr Flash International Detective thinks he knows all about me now, does he?

- Maybe I do. - Or maybe you don't, gob-shit.

It's gob-shite, not gob-shit.

(LAUGHING) You're a gob-shit,

you gob-shite!

Oh, God!

Good work, Detective.

(TIRES SCREECH, CRASH)

- Oh, fuck! - (DOGS BARKING)

I'm quite stoned.

Hannah!

DIANA: Hannah!

RICHTER: Hannah.

- Oh. - Oh, shit!

BOTH: Hannah!

Hannah!

Lean back.

(GROANS)

- DS Huia reporting a traffic collision. - It's OK, I'm here.

One car, solo occupant, ambulance assistance...

HANNAH: Oh, God, I don't want to be alive.

DIANA: ..main street, about halfway up, opposite the police station.

HANNAH: Where is she, Richter?

DIANA: Yeah, I'll stay on the line.

It's OK. I got you.

I don't want to live.

I got you, I'm here. I'm here.

DIANA: Yeah, I'm still here.

Sinead?

Sinead!

- Sinead. - Mum!

Mum.

(SPLUTTERS)

(CHUCKLES)

This isn't the first time she's made a big entrance.

I was abroad when she was born.

Hannah went into labor early and I couldn't get a flight.

So, I stayed in the hotel room and smoked.

- About five packs of cigarettes! - (BOTH CHUCKLE)

(COUGHS) That's how long the delivery took, five packs of cigarettes!

I haven't smoked since then.

Mr Martin.

Your wife and daughter are a little hard to keep apart, understandably so.

How is Sinead?

Dehydrated, bruised, traumatised.

Physically, she'll be fine, but right now, she just wants to see her dad.

Thank you, Doctor.

- When can we talk to her? - She needs to rest.

Tomorrow?

(HE CHUCKLES)

(IN MAORI) I asked you to keep my secrets.

Hide my shame.

I'm sorry.

I thought I was protecting Wiki.

Protecting myself.

Cuppa tea?

OK.

(KNOCKING)

(SIGHS)

Sinead's alive and safe.

- No way? - Yeah.

How?

I... I don't know. It's a bloody miracle. We get to talk to her tomorrow.

- Oh, that's amazing. - Yeah.

That's fucking amazing!

- What happened? Did she escape or...? - We don't know anything yet.

- We get to talk to her tomorrow. - Jesus!

- If I believed in miracles, well... - Yeah.

- Yeah, best news ever. - Yeah.

Well... good night.

Aileen.

Yeah?

I'm sorry.

I really didn't want to come out here.

I thought the story was a goose chase.

- David dug his heels in, of course. - (CHUCKLES)

I'm glad he did.

Are you? What was that?

I miss this.

Yeah, me too.

Can I ask you something?

Yeah.

Why are you leaving your job?

I should go.

Hey.

Enough.

OK, you're not leaving until you just tell me what the... what the fuck is wrong!

What is it?

I have the gene for Huntington's.

Do you know what that is?

- Yeah, I know it. - OK. That's it.

- Oh... - Don't, please.

Come here.

(WHISPERS) I'm sorry.

I don't want this to... touch you, you know?

When I can't walk or talk or I can't look after myself.

I'm just so fucking angry all the time. I'm just...

- So fucking angry. - Whatever happens, I don't care.

- I do. I do! - OK.

I care.

I don't want you anywhere near this.

Don't go.

- Theo, don't go. - I have to.

I'm sorry.

I was calling but... you, er, weren't in your room.

Sinead's awake.

She's ready to talk.

SINEAD: Mum says you flew around the world to save me.

RICHTER: Well, lucky for us, you saved yourself.

DIANA: I can't tell you how much we hoped for this moment.

- Was it you who found him? - Search and Rescue.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I knew he was dead when I saw him on the deck.

What happened, Sinead?

Can you tell us what happened from the start?

I went to the garage to put petrol in the car and pick up a bottle of wine.

Ronan was cooking when I left, then...

Ronan? Ronan!

Jesus Christ! No, no, no, no!

Ronan, Ronan.

(SCREAMS)

I felt something

and then nothing.

- Then I woke up in the boot of a car. - (SCREAMING)

Help me!

Oh, no! No!

Next thing I remember was the hut.

(BOLT THROWN)

No.

Let me out.

Let me out!

Let me out!

LET ME OUT!

LET ME OUT!!!

How did you get out?

Last time he came, I grabbed at his arms

and then he put this cloth over my face.

I lost consciousness.

When I woke up...

...the cable ties were cut and the door was open.

So I just ran.

Ran until I found the road.

Mum says you found who did it,

says he killed himself.

Who was he?

It was your boss, Colin Friends.

- Colin? - Mm-hm.

That's impossible.

It couldn't have been him. I saw him that night on the way home from the garage.

Jeez! Oh, my God!

(MUSIC POUNDING)

Colin?

Colin?

Are you OK?

Are you all right, Colin?

OK, then.

Jesus!

He was locked. He could barely walk.

Colin didn't do it.

(CAR BEEPS)

If it wasn't Colin...

(ROCK PLAYING)

♪ Well, there's a hell cat, loose cat, hear it wail

♪ Well, it's gonna get to you, got the demon power

♪ You got to run, run, brother, you know your soul's on fire... ♪