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00:00Good morning.
00:24Megan.
00:26Megan.
00:30Look, can we, uh, talk about this?
00:33There's nothing to talk about, Jamie.
00:34How many times do I have to tell you?
00:36I didn't do it. You know me.
00:38No, no. Don't raise your voice to me.
00:40I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come out like that.
00:43Okay?
00:43Stay away from me.
00:48This isn't over.
00:56More papers for me to sign?
00:58Never ends.
00:59Yeah.
01:00Are you all right?
01:02Yeah, I'm fine. It's just a headache.
01:05Listen, this can wait. Go home, get some rest.
01:08No, I'm fine, really.
01:10No, you're not. All this business, the stress, I mean, it just eats you up. Just take the rest of the day off.
01:16Maybe you're right.
01:18Have you heard anything about the money?
01:19We're going to the police. I sent Jamie home. He's under investigation.
01:24I feel terrible about this.
01:25Never feel bad about doing the right thing.
01:28And remember, Jamie brought this on himself.
01:31Go home.
01:33Thank you, Todd.
01:34Can I see what you're drawing, Brian?
02:00Oh, I recognize that carriage house.
02:09You've remembered every detail.
02:12It's beautiful.
02:15Thanks.
02:16Let's take a walk to the community center after lunch.
02:24Hmm?
02:24You can bring your drawing and show everyone.
02:27Okay.
02:27Okay.
02:28Oh, hold up. I forgot my phone.
02:42Um, where did I put it?
02:44Just hang on.
02:45Wait right there, Brian.
02:46Brian.
02:46I don't know.
03:07Oh, no.
03:08Oh, no.
03:10Oh, no.
03:11Support R ALL
03:13Ryan?
03:24Ryan?
03:30Ryan!
03:43Mark, Rex, glad you two got here quickly.
03:56What have we got?
03:57Well, it's two-fold.
03:58Emma Jansen reported her 12-year-old autistic son,
04:00Brian, missing.
04:01Vanished from the neighborhood.
04:02Yeah, take a look at this.
04:04This was recorded from the law office zone security camp.
04:07See Brian and his mother here on the street.
04:10And the mother ducks in for a second.
04:13Brian waits on the sidewalk when a woman
04:16crosses the street and walks past the van.
04:20Watch this.
04:25Snatch job.
04:26Do you know who the victim is?
04:27Megan Schaefer, according to the ID found
04:29in the purse she dropped.
04:30She's a lawyer right here at Wilkins Law.
04:33And the abductor?
04:34No idea.
04:35The van's plates were stolen off of a car at Flat Rock
04:37three days ago.
04:38I put a bolo out on similar vans, but they're super common.
04:41Show Michael Rapp.
04:42Yeah, OK, so here, here's Brian running away.
04:47Traumatized.
04:48Yeah, no doubt.
04:49OK, so we can't see the face of the abductor,
04:51but the boy may have.
04:59OK, call me to get that.
05:01We need to move on this.
05:02Find the boy fast.
05:03Right.
05:05That boy can save Megan's life.
05:06Yeah, look, we have dozens of uniformed officers scouring
05:08the neighborhood, but so far, nothing.
05:13What is it, Rex?
05:15What do you got there?
05:16Pencil crayon?
05:18Brian's an accomplished artist.
05:19Yeah.
05:20His mother found the picture he dropped.
05:21It's inside.
05:22Here you go.
05:23Well, Sarah's in there now.
05:24OK.
05:25Well, Rex and I will check in before we begin the search.
05:25Pencil crayon.
05:27Brian's an accomplished artist.
05:29Yeah.
05:31His mother found the picture he dropped.
05:33It's inside.
05:35Here you go.
05:37Well, Sarah's in there now.
05:39Okay. Well, Rex and I will check in
05:41before we begin the search.
05:43Okay. Good.
05:45Megan's parents
05:47just received a ransom demand.
05:49I'm gonna talk to them. Okay.
05:51Hey, okay, what do you have?
05:55I never leave Brian alone. Never.
06:03When Brian was young,
06:05we noticed something was different.
06:07Eventually, we got the diagnosis
06:09of autism.
06:11And a couple years later,
06:13my husband died in a car crash.
06:15It was just Brian and I.
06:17That must have been very difficult.
06:19Yeah, it was devastating, but we kept going.
06:21And eventually,
06:23Brian did speak.
06:25No, it was never about speaking.
06:27It was about him finding
06:29his own way of communicating.
06:31One day,
06:33his grandmother bought him
06:35some colored pencils and he
06:37just started making these amazing drawings.
06:39And everything changed.
06:41Well, no, they are amazing.
06:43It's incredible detail.
06:45Yeah, he does it all from memory.
06:47So Dran became his way to communicate?
06:49He rarely speaks.
06:51Just a word or two every once in a while.
06:53This is his latest.
06:55It's from this morning,
06:57and as soon as I saw it on the sidewalk,
06:59I knew something was wrong.
07:01We're gonna find him.
07:02We've got officers coming in the neighborhood.
07:03Emma, there's a chance
07:04that your son saw something
07:05that could help us find a young woman
07:06who's been abducted.
07:07He must be so scared.
07:08Do you have any idea
07:09where Brian might have gone?
07:10No.
07:11But I wish I did.
07:13He has a range of responses when he gets upset.
07:28He can be really disoriented
07:30and fight back if he feels threatened.
07:32Can Rex and I take the drawing?
07:34His scent will help us track him.
07:36Of course.
07:39Okay.
07:40Rex, come on.
07:43We have your daughter.
08:08Wait at home instructions to come.
08:11Follow precisely,
08:13or there will be consequences.
08:15Who would do this?
08:16Megan's never hurt anyone.
08:18Well, evidently,
08:19it's someone who's trying to extort money from you.
08:21You have a chain of successful produce stores.
08:24But it could also be other motivations.
08:26Such as?
08:28Someone who's trying to hurt you by taking Megan?
08:30No one.
08:32No one dislikes us that much.
08:34Are you sure?
08:35Possibly someone who's upset with your business?
08:38Well, we've had a few unhappy customers,
08:40an angry supplier or two, but nothing serious.
08:44Still, we'll need a list of names.
08:45Of course.
08:48It could also be someone with a grudge against Megan.
08:51Someone associated with one of her cases, perhaps.
08:54That's Jamie.
08:56I'm sorry?
08:57Who's...
08:58Who's Jamie?
09:00Jamie Bredden.
09:01He works at the same firm.
09:03He and Megan were living together till recently,
09:05but she moved back home a couple weeks ago.
09:09She texted that she was leaving early from work today,
09:12walking, because she had some thinking to do.
09:15And what happened with this Jamie?
09:18She, uh...
09:19She wouldn't tell us.
09:21She's an extremely private person.
09:23We've always respected that.
09:25How did Jamie take the breakup?
09:27It's like Richard says.
09:29Megan keeps these things to herself.
09:31But who takes getting dumped well?
09:34To be honest,
09:36I've always thought there was something off about Jamie.
09:51You stop.
10:21Oh, Brian.
10:22Hey!
10:23No, it's okay.
10:24I'm with the police.
10:25Your mom, uh...
10:26Your mom said to find you.
10:27Oh!
10:28Oh!
10:29Oh!
10:30Oh!
10:31Oh!
10:32Oh!
10:33Oh!
10:34Oh!
10:35Oh!
10:36Oh!
10:37Brian!
10:38Hey!
10:39No, it's okay.
10:40I'm with the police.
10:41Your mom, uh...
10:42Your mom said, uh...
10:43To find you.
10:45Oh!
10:46Oh!
10:47Oh!
10:48Brian!
10:49Everything's all right.
10:50Just calm down.
10:52No, no, Rex, don't be scared.
11:17Nice work, partner.
11:20And Brian still isn't communicating?
11:36Uh, no, nothing.
11:37I was trying to help by getting Brian to draw what he saw,
11:39but, uh, he's been through a lot.
11:41Any idea how long it'll be like this?
11:43He's our only eyewitness.
11:44Uh, no, no, his mother says he'll come out of it
11:46when he's ready.
11:47Okay, until then, we focus on the abduction.
11:49Megan's parents said that she broke up with a boyfriend
11:51from the same outfit.
11:53My mother wasn't too fond of him.
11:55You know what, Mark?
11:56Meet me at her firm.
11:57I will do.
11:59Anything?
12:00No.
12:01And I know Brian would want to help try and find Megan,
12:03but right now, he can't.
12:05I understand.
12:06You're both doing everything you can.
12:08Rex and I need to rejoin the search for Megan.
12:10Yeah, of course.
12:11That poor woman.
12:13If something changes with Brian, will you?
12:14I will let you know immediately.
12:17Yeah.
12:18Rex?
12:25Rex?
12:26Thanks for speaking with us, Todd.
12:39What can you tell us about Jamie and Megan?
12:53They came to me about a year ago to ask about inter-office relationships.
12:59Now, they weren't breaching any HR policy, so the firm gave them the okay.
13:04They seemed like a nice, happy couple.
13:06Megan's parents told me that they broke up recently.
13:09They had, just a couple weeks ago.
13:11Any idea why?
13:13This is rather sensitive.
13:15I think that they were already having problems,
13:18and Megan came to me with a complaint she received from one of our developer clients.
13:22What sort of complaint?
13:23They noticed irregularities in several of their escrow accounts,
13:26and Jamie was the point person here, the long and short of it is.
13:30Funds that should be in the account aren't.
13:32We were actually just about to come to the SJPD for assistance.
13:35And, uh, you think that Jamie took the money?
13:38We can't be totally sure, but it seems likely.
13:40Did you confront him?
13:41Yes.
13:42As a matter of fact, he was suspended this morning.
13:52The uniforms are checked.
13:54There's no sign of Jamie at his apartment.
13:56So Jamie's suspended.
13:57He's angry at Megan.
13:58Plus, he needs the ransom money to replace what he stole.
14:01He knows the route that she would take home.
14:03So he waits out front, and when she passes, he grounds her.
14:06But what I don't get is how he thought he'd get away with it.
14:09I mean, he must have known that we'd be onto him right away.
14:12Well, maybe he wasn't thinking straight.
14:15The most important thing is that if it is Jamie, we find out where he is.
14:19And what he's done with Megan.
14:35Why are you doing this?
14:36Just let me go.
14:47Okay.
14:47What do you got on Jamie Bregnan?
14:4932 years old.
14:50Graduate of University of Toronto in Osgoode Hall.
14:53Called to the bar four years ago.
14:55Moved here when he was offered the position at Wilkins.
14:57Has he gotten in any trouble before?
14:59Fender bender, traffic tickets, that's it.
15:01No luck tracking him down, I take it.
15:02We've got a bolo out on him.
15:03Does he own any other property?
15:05Any place that he might have taken Megan?
15:07None that I can find.
15:08And we've been interviewing his friends, colleagues,
15:10but no luck there either.
15:11Is there anything else?
15:12Well, tracked Jamie's cell phone.
15:14It went dark just after 10 a.m.
15:16What about the vehicle?
15:17It was an SUV.
15:18The van's not his.
15:19Okay, check stolen vehicles, rental companies,
15:21any place where he could have gotten that van.
15:23Yeah, I'm already on it.
15:24And I've been tracking Jamie and Megan's bank card transactions,
15:29but so far nothing.
15:31But what about the text from the kidnapper?
15:32It was sent via an anonymous texting site.
15:34He also used a VoIP, burner app,
15:36and I suspect a burner phone.
15:38It's gonna take a while to ID him.
15:40Okay, keep working on it.
15:42And dig deeper into the missing money from the law firm.
15:45There may be something there.
15:46You betcha.
15:47Sarah has forensic results.
15:49Let's go.
15:54Oh.
15:57Hey, I was just coming to see you.
15:59Yeah, me too.
16:00Other than the victim's briefcase and purse,
16:02the only meaningful evidence we recovered
16:05are a few strands of brown hair
16:07that we think belong to the abductor.
16:09Jamie has brown hair.
16:10So do tens of thousands of other islanders.
16:12So nothing directly linking him to the abduction?
16:15No. Any word from the kidnapper?
16:17Not yet, but it's coming soon.
16:19I think our best bet is Brian providing us
16:21with a description of the abductor.
16:23Because then we can either eliminate Jamie
16:24as a person of interest,
16:25or we make him our prime suspect.
16:27Agreed, but how do we get him communicating again?
16:37Autistic children often react positively to animals,
16:40especially dogs.
16:42And Rex did calm Brian when we found him.
16:45Maybe he can help him again.
16:48You think you can do that?
16:49Oh, yeah.
16:50Mm-hmm.
16:57We've never had a pet.
16:59Just being a single mom, it never seemed like...
17:02It seemed like too much.
17:03But Brian seemed to connect with Rex.
17:06I mean, I saw it firsthand.
17:08Rex calmed her son when he was overwhelmed.
17:10And he still is overwhelmed.
17:12Brian's been through a really traumatic experience.
17:15Rex would be for any kid.
17:17He just...
17:18He needs time to process and calm down.
17:20Okay.
17:21But the truth is, we might not have that much time.
17:23Time to find Megan alive.
17:26And if Rex can help Brian process faster
17:29and find that calm...
17:33I have an autistic cousin, Emma.
17:36We grew up together.
17:37So, I have a little understanding of how hard this must be for you.
17:41But I think you know that Brian would want to help if he could.
17:44He's a good kid.
17:46And sensitive.
17:47Artistic.
17:50I think growing up he'll want to know that he did everything he could.
17:53And Rex can help him get there.
17:57You really think he can help Brian?
17:59Because he sure could use a friend right now.
18:11I'll eat your pencils out for you.
18:13Can you sit here?
18:25Thank you for doing this.
18:27We know it's hard.
18:28Yeah, even if it works, it's going to take time.
18:31Of course.
18:34Rex, you stay here with Sarah.
18:36Help Brian.
18:37Just do what you can, okay?
18:40Go on.
18:58Who's giving him space?
19:02He seems to know what he's doing.
19:08Ransom demand just landed.
19:09I have to go.
19:10Keep me updated.
19:11He wants two million dollars in unmarked and untraceable bills.
19:24And the money is not to be tampered with in any way or he says that something terrible will happen.
19:29There will be more instructions coming.
19:33Mom, Dad, I love you.
19:35I love you.
19:35I love you.
19:36Delivered via the same anonymous texting method as last time.
19:39Still not allowed tracing it?
19:40None.
19:41And nothing on Jamie's whereabouts either.
19:42Any success figuring out what's happening with those accounts at the law firm?
19:45Some.
19:46But it's complicated.
19:47I've actually asked forensic accounting to assist with this one.
19:50The long and short of it is that there's some serious cash sitting in an account that it shouldn't be in.
19:55So where'd it go?
19:56Well, if Jamie stole it, it's really well hidden.
19:58Well, maybe he's spent it already.
19:59Have you looked into gambling debts, stock market losses, drug use even?
20:03I didn't see anything like that.
20:05The thing is that he's still carrying a hundred thousand dollars in student debt.
20:10Keep digging, Jesse.
20:11Come with me.
20:20I, uh, called in some favors to cover the ransom, so what happens next?
20:26Well, the kidnappers will reach out again with specifics about the delivery.
20:30And once we have those details, we'll formulate a plan.
20:33What happens if the kidnappers get onto you?
20:35How do we know they won't hurt Megan?
20:37We'll be ready for anything, Mrs. Schaffer.
20:39In the meantime, we do have a few more questions.
20:41Of course.
20:42Did Megan mention any problems at work?
20:45Perhaps money-related?
20:47Nothing like that.
20:48Did she mention anything about Jamie's personal life?
20:51Family?
20:52Friends?
20:53Or-or perhaps she mentioned a place that Jamie might have taken her?
20:56Jamie's from Saskatchewan.
20:57His whole family's back there.
20:59He moved to St. John's when the firm hired him.
21:01Yeah.
21:02And we never heard about any of his friends.
21:06Excuse me, I have to take this.
21:10Jesse, tell me you found Jamie.
21:12No, but a rental company reported that one of its fans was overdue to be returned.
21:17Let me guess.
21:18It's the same model used by the kidnappers.
21:20Exactly.
21:21And here's the thing.
21:22That fan has a GPS in it.
21:24What's he doing?
21:25Why do you think Brian is ready to draw?
21:29Kent, can you help?
21:31Hey.
21:32Rex is pretty amazing, huh?
21:33Why do you think Brian is ready to draw?
21:34Can-can you help?
21:36What's he doing?
21:43Why do you think Brian is ready to draw?
21:50Kent, can you help?
21:56Hey.
21:59Rex is pretty amazing, huh, Brian?
22:02This is his friend, Sarah,
22:04and she'd like to talk to you.
22:08Hey, Brian.
22:11So, um, Rex needs your help
22:14finding the woman who you saw being taken on the street.
22:17Her, uh, her name is Megan,
22:20and she's in danger.
22:24Did you see the man who took her?
22:27You think you can draw him for us?
22:32I know you've been through a lot,
22:33and what happened would upset and disorient anyone.
22:37You know what, Rex?
22:38Rex here could help you if you want.
22:42Right, Rex?
22:42Jesse, any progress in getting the overdue van's location?
23:09Oh, you know what?
23:10I'm all jammed up waiting for judicial authorization
23:12on a trace for the GPS.
23:13It's a kidnapping.
23:14Yeah, but they're just, they're covering their bases, you know.
23:16Oh, wait, okay, here we go.
23:17Wait a minute.
23:19Authorization just came in.
23:20I got the search loaded.
23:21Give me a second.
23:24Well, good news.
23:25I got a ping, which means he didn't jam up the GPS.
23:28It's zeroing in on an area of paradise.
23:30That's a big area.
23:31Well, it's triangulating.
23:32Give it a second.
23:33Waiting for it to resolve.
23:35Okay, it's a parking lot outside of a commercial laundry
23:38on Drover's Road.
23:39He's keeping her in a laundromat.
23:40Well, the internet tells me things, I tell you things.
23:42Okay, just text me the address,
23:44have some uniforms, meet me there.
23:45You know what, Mark?
23:46I'm just hoping you didn't dump the van there
23:47and take her elsewhere.
23:55Let's do this.
23:56I think he's finished.
24:11Can I look at your picture, Brian?
24:18God, it's almost like a photograph.
24:20Sarah.
24:31Mark, hi.
24:32Brian just gave us a drawing of the kidnapper.
24:34The man we're looking for isn't Jamie Bregden.
24:36I know.
24:38I'm looking at Jamie Bregden.
24:40He's dead.
24:40Preliminary results from Jamie's autopsy
24:50indicate cause of death
24:51was a single stab wound to the heart.
24:53So either the killer was very lucky or...
24:55They knew what they were doing.
24:57Yeah, also, there was nowhere near enough blood
24:58in the van for it to open the murder scene.
25:00Meaning Jamie was killed elsewhere
25:01and transported there.
25:03So what do we think is going on here?
25:04Brian's drawing makes it clear
25:06that it wasn't Jamie who snatched Megan off the street.
25:08Right, but he still could have been involved, right?
25:09I could have had a partner
25:11who wanted all of the ransom money to himself.
25:13Yeah, once they had Megan,
25:14the partner would have realized
25:15they didn't need Jamie anymore.
25:16Right.
25:17That's my thinking too.
25:19Jesse, did you get in touch
25:21with that van rental agency?
25:22Yeah, the van was rented
25:23using a fake ID and a credit card.
25:25The problem was, first of the month
25:26and all the clerks were swamped with people
25:28renting vans to move, so...
25:30Great, so no one remembers
25:30what this guy looks like.
25:31Well, but we do have Brian's drawing of the suspect.
25:34Maybe we use that like an artist sketch
25:35to put out an APB.
25:37You know what?
25:37I might be able to do you one better.
25:38I'm beta-testing some facial recognition software.
25:41I've been using Brian's drawing as a test case.
25:44You're thinking it can work from a drawing?
25:45It's worth a shot.
25:46I'd have to upload it and get permission,
25:47so it would take some time, but it's...
25:49Oh, Jesse, the details of the ransom drop just came in.
25:51I'm sending you a link.
25:53Yeah, okay.
25:57The money is to be placed in a duffel bag.
26:00And don't try marking the ransom.
26:02He'll know.
26:02Dad, take the bag to Forest Road Cemetery
26:06at 3 o'clock sharp.
26:08Drop it on the bench by the exit,
26:10walk away,
26:12and don't look back.
26:14Forest Road Cemetery is wide open.
26:17It's gonna be hard to have surveillance there
26:18and not be spotted.
26:19There's no way we let this guy get away.
26:21This might be our only chance to save Megan.
26:23I have an idea.
26:24The killer said not to mark the money,
26:26but what if we did in a way that only Rex could detect?
26:29Then Rex can follow the money after it's delivered.
26:30Exactly.
26:32How would you do that?
26:33Synthetics.
26:34The canine unit uses synthetic scents to train the dogs.
26:38Pseudococaine or explosive powder,
26:40both are entirely undetectable by humans.
26:42I could spray the money with one of them.
26:48Do it.
26:49Okay.
27:00I've got eyes on Megan's father.
27:06Let's cross it to the drop zone.
27:10He made the drop.
27:13And now we wait.
27:15Yeah, maybe not for long.
27:18We've got some action here.
27:20I've got a teenager.
27:21He's approaching the bag.
27:22He's looking.
27:28He's picking up the bag.
27:30He's got it.
27:31He's on the run.
27:32Let's go.
27:33Go, go, go, go, go, go.
27:46Stop right there.
27:47Easy, easy, easy.
27:56Hey, kid, just set down the duffel bag.
28:01No, no, no.
28:02Don't do anything stupid.
28:04No.
28:05Don't, don't, don't.
28:06Stop.
28:06Turn around.
28:17You're under arrest.
28:20You're telling me you have no idea where Megan is?
28:22I told you, I don't know any Megan.
28:24I'm just supposed to believe you had no idea what was in that duffel bag.
28:27Well, I didn't know there was money in there.
28:28Well, it wasn't just money.
28:30It was ransom.
28:31And that makes you an accessory to kidnapping and murder.
28:33You're going to spend the rest of your life in prison.
28:36I swear, I'm telling the truth.
28:40Then tell me again.
28:41How exactly did you get involved?
28:43I played this online game, StarQuest.
28:46One day, this player named Bregjam showed up,
28:47and in the chat, they offered me a bunch of game credits and skins
28:50if I did something for them.
28:52What was the ask?
28:53To go to the cemetery and watch for a man dropping a bag
28:56and then grab it when he's gone.
28:57Then what?
28:58Run to the railing and drop it into a truck waiting below.
29:01If I was late, I got nothing.
29:03So who is this Bregjam?
29:04What does he look like?
29:05I don't know.
29:06I keep telling you this.
29:08You have to believe me.
29:10I would tell you in an instant if it would help get this person back.
29:15I thought it was just a prank or something.
29:17Please.
29:18I didn't want to hurt anyone.
29:25Do we believe the kid?
29:26I think so.
29:27I mean, it's a smart setup.
29:29Totally anonymous contact.
29:31We're recruiting him and at the backdrop.
29:33What do we know about this pickup truck?
29:35Well, it turns out it was stolen from the Goulds about a week ago.
29:37Okay.
29:39Can we use security cameras to track it down?
29:40I tried, but I lost it leaving downtown.
29:42And what about this Bregjam?
29:43Is that like a play on Jamie Bregman?
29:45Indeed.
29:46Indeed, I traced it back to a gaming site based in Cyprus.
29:49Problem is, is that they used a VPN to mask the IP.
29:52I will get it, but it'll take some time.
29:54Well, time is what we do not have.
29:55Kidnapper has the money.
29:56He's already killed one person.
29:58Why would he let Megan live?
29:59Yeah, we need to find her now.
30:00Yeah.
30:01Okay, facial recognition software just got a match for Brian's drawing.
30:05Tell me we got a hit.
30:07Actually, looks like we got 33 across the country.
30:13Still, that's incredible.
30:14Just from Brian's drawing.
30:16I'm just narrowing it down to search for people on the island.
30:20Okay.
30:21Okay, that leaves three.
30:23Well, let's focus on the one with the long criminal record, shall we?
30:26Agreed.
30:26Earl Blackburn, 43 years old, did some time for armed robbery and assault.
30:33Ran a high-end chop shop disassembling stolen cars, and those are just the highlights.
30:36Do we know where this guy is?
30:37Yeah, he did parole, so I have a home address.
30:41Huh.
30:42Why don't you look at that?
30:44Looks like Earl Blackburn is represented by the law firm that Megan works for.
30:47I'm stunned.
30:58Earl was a model prisoner.
31:01He did all the programs.
31:02He had a great psych assessment.
31:04I really thought that he was fun.
31:06Well, we need to find him as quickly as possible.
31:08He's, uh, he's not at his home address.
31:10Do you have any idea where he might be?
31:12No, no idea.
31:13I haven't heard from him since his parole board meeting.
31:17Did Megan have any interactions with him when he was represented by the firm?
31:21No.
31:22But you know who did?
31:24It was Jamie.
31:24So let's say Jamie's running some collapsing scam.
31:34He's in desperate need of cash.
31:36Megan has turned on him.
31:37So he cooks up a kidnap scheme.
31:39Makes revenge on Megan and ransom from her parents.
31:41But Jamie decides he can't do it alone, turns to Earl Blackburn, who you met while working on his parole case.
31:45Right, only Earl turns the tables on Jamie.
31:47Yeah.
31:48But if this is the plan, then why didn't he give himself an alibi?
31:53What do you got, Sarah?
31:53Uh, more results from Jamie's autopsy.
31:56I can place time of death at 18 hours ago.
31:58Not long after Megan was taken.
32:00No.
32:01What else you got?
32:03Several tiny shards of chromium were found in the stab wound.
32:07Have a look.
32:08The type you'd expect to find in something like an industrial plant.
32:12Or maybe a professional shop shop.
32:16I'll have Jesse running on some occasions.
32:23Mark, it's me.
32:24I searched every location that Earl Blackburn worked at in the past, and most of the buildings
32:35they had been sold or leased out to legitimate businesses.
32:38But there is one that remains vacant and on the market, and has been for the last six months.
32:43It's at 11 Clyde Avenue in Mount Pearl.
32:45We're on our way.
32:46Have a SWAT unit meet us there.
32:48You got it.
32:58There's no signs of activity or Blackburn's truck.
33:00Yeah, I'll let Rex and I take a closer look.
33:02Go.
33:18That's Viper.
33:20He's in there.
33:22Any sign of Megan?
33:23No.
33:24But I can't be sure she's not there.
33:26And he's got a gun.
33:26We need to move inside.
33:28Take him down fast.
33:29Copy.
33:29It's the vehicle Blackburn used to retrieve the ransom.
33:53Nothing.
33:57Where is she?
33:59Where is she?
34:07She better be alive.
34:09Huh?
34:09Yeah, um, is this really necessary?
34:26Brian's been through so much.
34:27I know.
34:28I need him to officially identify Earl Blackburn as an eyewitness.
34:32Brian, I need you to look at someone and tell me if they're the man you drew.
34:44Can you do that?
34:46I need you to go to his Arabia?
34:47I need you to talk to anybody near you.
34:48Let's do that.
34:49Okay, wait.
34:49I need you to get her kommen to your next door.
34:51Conservancy makes her missus.
34:51He's missing you.
34:52Now, one of these are haunted� items.
34:54She's far and discovered up.
34:55That's the human being.
34:56Yeah.
34:57She broke out.
34:57And youина, Ariland has no idea.
34:58And you're listening to anyone.
34:59Tell them?
34:59Oh, you really?
35:04You're looking to watch another woman, the man whootz Jurand,
35:05you do me?
35:07And you're looking to see another woman on the other side of your next door,
35:08and so that you'reohn.
35:09You're touching her after a mission.
35:10I'm doing.
35:11I can't explain it to him to her.
35:11Brian, I want you to try and remember.
35:23Brian, is that the man who you saw taking the woman in front of your house?
35:34Yeah.
35:36Oh, Brian, thank you.
35:38Brian, I want you to know how much we all appreciate what you've done.
35:43I know it wasn't easy.
35:51We've got an eyewitness, Blackburn.
35:53We know you took Megan, so where is she?
35:57We've got Jamie's blood on the chop shop floor.
36:00We've got the truck you picked up the ransom in.
36:03So give yourself up and give us Megan.
36:08You know, all this time I thought you were in this with Jamie, and this is what bothers me.
36:18If Jamie was your partner, how come you didn't do anything to cover his tracks?
36:24There's someone else involved, isn't there?
36:29Someone who needed cash, needed a scapegoat.
36:33Someone at the firm who'd have access to the accounts and has the smell of blood money all over them.
36:39Okay.
36:40I'll tell you.
36:43Detective.
36:44Got a very full slate today.
36:45How can I be of assistance?
36:46Well, I wanted to let you know that we've captured Earl Blackburn.
36:49Well, thank God.
36:50Yeah.
36:50And Megan?
36:51Unfortunately, we didn't find her, which is why I wanted to speak with you.
36:57Yeah, of course.
36:58Come on in.
36:59How can I help?
37:02All along, I've had a notion that there was something off about this kidnapping.
37:07How so?
37:08Well, from the get-go, everything was pointed towards Jamie, but he's a lawyer.
37:12He's a smart guy, and he had to have known we'd be onto him.
37:15Well, it's not as if Jamie was a seasoned criminal.
37:18Unlike Blackburn.
37:20But then how could Blackburn know that Megan would leave work early?
37:25Yeah, I don't know.
37:26Unless he was just waiting, watching for her to go?
37:29Yeah, maybe.
37:31But then there's the money that was stolen from the escrow accounts.
37:34There is no sign that Jamie ever had it, which makes me wonder where it went, or if he even
37:42took it.
37:43I'm sorry.
37:44I don't get what you're implying here.
37:46We checked, Todd.
37:48And there is one other person at the firm who has access to those accounts.
37:52And that is you.
38:10I suspect that if I open this, I'm going to find $2 million.
38:16Tell me where she is, Todd.
38:18I have no idea.
38:19And you know that's a lie.
38:20Tell me.
38:20I believe I have the right to remain silent.
38:25And you have the right to an attorney, but you also have the right to be a decent human
38:28being.
38:28Talk to Blackburn.
38:29He's your abductor.
38:30Blackburn's not going to crack, and you know it.
38:32So far, you've had him do all your dirty work, but this time, it is you who is going to
38:36let Megan die.
38:38You really want to do that?
38:40Ask yourself.
38:46She's in an abandoned machine shop in the Goulds.
38:50Megan, it's okay.
38:59We're police officers.
39:02It's my partner, Rex.
39:04Here you go.
39:06Everything's going to be okay.
39:07Yes.
39:07You see, when Megan went to Todd to talk about the missing funds, he saw a way out of his
39:30troubles, and he hired Earl Blackburn to kidnap her and framed it up to make it look like
39:36Jamie did it.
39:37And then Todd had Blackburn kill Jamie?
39:40Todd was betting that the investigation into those missing funds would end with Jamie's
39:45death.
39:46Then he and Blackburn would split the ransom.
39:48So they were going to kill me, too?
39:58Jamie told me he had nothing to do with the missing money.
40:01I know.
40:03If only I'd believed him.
40:04Hello.
40:15Come on in.
40:16Hi.
40:16How's Brian doing?
40:17Better.
40:18Yeah.
40:19Oh.
40:22He's out of the shell he went into.
40:24And I think a lot of that has to do with Rex.
40:27Well, Rex understood Brian in a way none of us could.
40:29Yeah.
40:29It's good to have it, Rex.
40:31It sure is.
40:32Would it be okay for Brian to visit Rex sometimes?
40:37Yeah, sure.
40:37I think, uh, I think Rex would probably love that.
40:44Rex.
40:51
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