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Hudson & Rex S08E02 - Runaway Witness
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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.
00:35How many times do I have to tell you?
00:37I didn't do it. You know me.
00:39No, no. Don't raise your voice to me.
00:41I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come out like that.
00:44Okay?
00:45Stay away from me.
00:50This isn't over.
00:57More papers for me to sign?
01:00Never ends.
01:01Yeah.
01:03You all right?
01:04Yeah, I'm fine. It's just a headache.
01:07Listen, this can wait.
01:10Go home, get some rest.
01:11No, I'm fine, really.
01:12No, you're not.
01:13All this business, the stress, I mean, it just eats you up.
01:16Just take the rest of the day off.
01:18Maybe you're right.
01:20Have you heard anything about the money?
01:22We're going to the police.
01:23I sent Jamie home.
01:25He's under investigation.
01:27I feel terrible about this.
01:29Never feel bad about doing the right thing.
01:31And remember, Jamie brought this on himself.
01:34Go home.
01:34Thank you, Todd.
01:38Can I see what you're drawing, Brian?
02:05Oh, I recognize that carriage house.
02:14You've remembered every detail.
02:18It's beautiful.
02:19Thanks.
02:26Let's take a walk to the community center after lunch.
02:30Hmm?
02:31You can bring your drawing and show everyone.
02:33Okay.
02:34Oh, hold up.
02:48I forgot my phone.
02:49Um, where do I put it?
02:51Just hang on.
02:52Wait right there, Brian.
02:53Brian.
02:54Brian.
02:54Brian.
02:54Brian.
02:55Brian.
02:56Brian.
02:57Brian.
02:58Brian.
02:59Brian.
03:00Brian.
03:01Brian.
03:02Brian.
03:03Brian.
03:04Brian.
03:05Brian.
03:05Brian.
03:17Brian.
03:31Brian.
03:33Ryan?
03:35Ryan?
03:39Ryan!
03:41Ryan?
04:01Mark, Rex. Glad you two got here quickly.
04:05What have we got?
04:07Well, it's two-fold.
04:09Jansen reported her 12-year-old autistic son, Brian, missing.
04:11Vanish from the neighborhood.
04:13Yeah, take a look at this.
04:15This was recorded from the law offices on security camp.
04:17See Brian and his mother here on the street.
04:21And the mother ducks in for a second.
04:23Brian waits on the sidewalk
04:25when a woman crosses the street and walks past the van.
04:31Watch this.
04:33Snatch job.
04:37Do you know who the victim is?
04:39Megan Schaefer, according to the ID found in the purse she dropped.
04:42She's a lawyer right here at Wilkins Law.
04:45And the abductor?
04:46No idea.
04:47Van's plates were stolen off of a car at Flat Rock three days ago.
04:51I put a bolo out on similar vans, but they're super common.
04:53I'll show Mark the rest.
04:54Yeah.
04:55Okay, so here...
04:57Here's Brian running away.
05:00Traumatized.
05:01Yeah, no doubt.
05:02Okay, so we can't see the face of the abductor, but the boy may have.
05:13Okay, call me to get that.
05:14We need to move on this.
05:16Find the boy fast.
05:17Right.
05:18That boy can save Megan's life.
05:19Yeah, look, we have dozens of uniformed officers scouring the neighborhood, but so far nothing.
05:27What is it, Rex?
05:29What do you got there?
05:31A pencil crayon?
05:32Brian's an accomplished artist.
05:33Yeah.
05:34His mother found the picture he dropped.
05:49It's inside.
05:50Here you go.
05:51Oh, Sarah's in there now.
05:54Okay.
05:55Well, Rex and I will check in before we begin the search.
05:58Okay.
05:59Good.
06:00Megan's parents just received a ransom demand.
06:05I'm going to talk to them.
06:06Okay.
06:08Hey, okay, what do you have?
06:18I never leave Brian alone.
06:19Never.
06:21When Brian was young, we noticed something was different.
06:25Eventually, we got the diagnosis of autism.
06:27And a couple years later, my husband died in a car crash.
06:32It was just Brian and I.
06:35That must have been very difficult.
06:37Yeah, it was devastating, but we kept going.
06:39And eventually, Brian did speak.
06:42No, it was never about speaking.
06:43It was about him finding his own way of communicating.
06:51One day, his grandmother bought him some colored pencils, and he just started making these amazing drawings.
06:59And everything changed.
07:02Oh, no, they are amazing.
07:04Incredible detail.
07:05Yeah, he does it all from memory.
07:08So drawing became his way to communicate?
07:11He rarely speaks.
07:12Just a word or two every once in a while.
07:14This is his latest.
07:20It's from this morning, and as soon as I saw it on the sidewalk, I knew something was wrong.
07:25We're going to find him.
07:27We've got officers coming in the neighborhood.
07:29Emma, there's a chance that your son saw something that could help us find the young woman who's been abducted.
07:34He must be so scared.
07:36Do you have any idea where Brian might have gone?
07:38No.
07:40But I wish I did.
07:45He has a range of responses.
07:47When he gets upset, he can be really disoriented and fight back if he feels threatened.
07:54Can Rex and I take the drawing?
07:56His scent will help us track him.
07:57Of course.
08:01Okay.
08:03Rex, come on.
08:06You have your daughter.
08:32Wait at home instructions to come.
08:34Follow precisely, or there will be consequences.
08:39Who would do this?
08:41Megan's never hurt anyone.
08:42Well, evidently, it's someone who's trying to extort money from you.
08:45You have a chain of successful produce stores.
08:49But it could also be other motivations.
08:51Such as?
08:53Someone who's trying to hurt you by taking Megan?
08:56No one.
08:57No one dislikes us that much.
08:59Are you sure?
09:01Possibly someone who's upset with your business?
09:03Well, we've had a few unhappy customers, an angry supplier or two, but nothing serious.
09:09Still, we'll need a list of names.
09:11Of course.
09:14It could also be someone with a grudge against Megan.
09:18Someone associated with one of her cases, perhaps.
09:21That's Jamie.
09:22Jamie.
09:23I'm sorry?
09:24Who's...
09:25Who's Jamie?
09:27Jamie Bridget.
09:28He works at the same firm.
09:29He and Megan were living together till recently, but she moved back home a couple weeks ago.
09:36She texted that she was leaving early from work today, walking, because she had some thinking to do.
09:42And what happened with this Jamie?
09:45She, uh...
09:47She wouldn't tell us.
09:48She's an extremely private person.
09:50We've always respected that.
09:53How did Jamie take the breakup?
09:55It's like Richard says.
09:57Megan keeps these things to herself.
09:59But who takes getting dumped well?
10:01To be honest, I've always thought there was something off about Jamie.
10:31I'm going to...
10:33You're here.
10:47Ms. Don.
11:01Brian, hey, no, it's, it's okay, I'm with the police, your mom, uh, your mom set us to find you.
11:20Brian, everything's all right, just, just, just calm down. No, no, Rex, don't be scared.
11:31Mom, mom, mom.
11:49Nice work, partner.
11:52Aww.
12:08And Brian still isn't communicating?
12:09Uh, no, nothing. I was trying to help by getting Brian to draw what he saw, but, uh, he's been through a lot.
12:15Any idea how long it'll be like this? He's our only eyewitness.
12:18Uh, no, no, his mother says he'll come out of it when he's ready.
12:21Okay, until then, we focus on the abduction.
12:23Megan's parents said that she broke up with a boyfriend from the same outfit.
12:27The mother wasn't too fond of him.
12:29You know what, Mark? Meet me at her firm.
12:31Uh, will do.
12:33Anything?
12:34No. And I know Brian would want to help try and find Megan, but right now he can't.
12:40I understand. You're both doing everything you can.
12:43Rex and I need to rejoin the search for Megan.
12:45Yeah, of course. That poor woman.
12:47If something changes with Brian, will you...?
12:50I will let you know. Immediately.
12:53Yeah.
12:54Rex?
13:02Rex?
13:03Thanks for speaking with us, Todd. What can you tell us about Jamie and Megan?
13:07They came to me about a year ago to ask about inter-office relationships.
13:12Now, they weren't breaching any HR policy, so the firm gave them the okay.
13:13They came to me about a year ago to ask about inter-office relationships.
13:25Now, they weren't breaching any HR policy, so the firm gave them the okay.
13:26They seemed like a nice, happy couple.
13:27Uh, Megan's parents told me that they broke up recently.
13:28They had. Just a couple weeks ago.
13:29Any idea why?
13:30This is rather sensitive.
13:31I think that they were already having problems.
13:33And Megan came to me with a complaint she received from one of our developer clients.
13:34What sort of complaint?
13:35What kind of complaint?
13:36I think that they were already having problems.
13:37And Megan came to me with a complaint she received from one of our developer clients.
13:38W-What sort of a complaint?
13:39They noticed irregularities in several of their escrow accounts andеняmy was to the point
13:44to statement that one of them was what happened to me.
13:49What kind of complaint?
13:54And let's say, oh well, it's a mistake.
13:56Yes, I am.
13:57Well, I want to be a little too busy.
13:58No, no, no, no, no.
13:59I want to be able to get me on that one of them.
14:03Here, where are we going?
14:04I can't be able toencense email address.
14:05One of them has been able to find out.
14:06And Jamie was the point person here,
14:08the long and short of it is.
14:10Funds that should be in the account aren't.
14:12We were actually just about to come to the SJPD for assistance.
14:15And, uh, you think that Jamie took the money?
14:18We can't be totally sure, but it seems likely.
14:21Did you confront him?
14:22Yes. As a matter of fact, he was suspended this morning.
14:33The uniforms have checked.
14:35There's no sign of Jamie at his apartment.
14:37So Jamie's suspended. He's angry at Megan.
14:40Plus, he needs the ransomware to replace what he stole.
14:43He knows the route that she would take home.
14:44So he waits up front, and when she passes, he grabs her.
14:47But what I don't get is how he thought he'd get away with it.
14:50I mean, he must have known that we'd be onto him right away.
14:53Well, maybe he wasn't thinking straight.
14:56The most important thing is that if it is Jamie,
14:59we find out where he is and what he's done with Megan.
15:02Why are you doing this?
15:04Just let me go!
15:08Okay, what do you got on Jamie Bregden?
15:1032 years old, graduate of University of Toronto in Osgoode Hall,
15:14called to the bar four years ago,
15:16moved here when he was offered the position at Wilkins.
15:17Has he gotten in any trouble before?
15:19Fender bender, traffic tickets, that's it.
15:20No luck tracking him down at tickets.
15:21We've got a bolo out on him.
15:22Does he only have a ticket?
15:23No.
15:24No.
15:25No.
15:26No.
15:27No.
15:28No.
15:29No.
15:30No.
15:31No.
15:32No.
15:33No.
15:34No.
15:35No.
15:36No.
15:37No.
15:38No.
15:39No.
15:40No.
15:41No.
15:42No.
15:43No.
15:44No.
15:45No.
15:46No.
15:47No.
15:48That's good.
15:49Does he own any other property?
15:50Any place that he might have taken Megan?
15:51None that I could find.
15:53And we've been interviewing his friends, colleagues, but no luck there either.
15:56Is there anything else?
15:57Well, I tracked Jamie's cell phone and it went dark just after 10 am.
16:01What about the vehicle?
16:02It was an SUV.
16:03A van's not his.
16:05Okay, checked stolen vehicles, rental companies, any place where he could've gotten that van.
16:09Yeah, I'm already on it, and I've been tracking Jamie and Megan's bank card transactions,
16:14but so far nothing.
16:16But what about the text from the kidnapper?
16:17text from the kidnapper.
16:18It was sent via an anonymous texting site.
16:20He also used a VoIP burner app and, I suspect, a burner phone.
16:25It's going to take a while to ID him.
16:27OK, keep working on it.
16:28And dig deeper into the missing money from the law firm.
16:31There may be something there.
16:32You betcha.
16:34Sierra has forensic results.
16:36Let's go.
16:45Oh.
16:45Hey, I was just coming to see you.
16:46Yeah, me too.
16:48Other than the victim's briefcase and purse,
16:50the only meaningful evidence we recovered
16:53are a few strands of brown hair that we think
16:55belong to the abductor.
16:57Jamie has brown hair.
16:58So do tens of thousands of other islanders.
17:01So nothing directly linking him to the abduction?
17:03No.
17:04Any word from the kidnapper?
17:05Not yet, but it's coming soon.
17:08I think our best bet is Brian providing us
17:09with a description of the abductor.
17:12Because then we can either eliminate Jamie as a person
17:13of interest, or we make him our prime suspect.
17:16Agreed.
17:16But how do we get him communicating again?
17:26Autistic children often react positively to animals,
17:29especially dogs.
17:31And Rex did calm Brian when we found him.
17:35Maybe he can help him again.
17:38You think you can do that?
17:39Oh, yeah.
17:47We've never had a pet.
17:49Just being a single mom, it never seemed like,
17:52it seemed like too much.
17:54But Brian seemed to connect with Rex.
17:57I mean, I saw it firsthand.
17:59Rex calmed her son when he was overwhelmed.
18:01And he still is overwhelmed.
18:04Brian's been through a really traumatic experience.
18:07I would be a friend he can.
18:08He just, he needs time to process and calm down.
18:12OK.
18:13But the truth is, we might not have that much time.
18:16Time to find Megan alive.
18:18And if Rex can help Brian process faster and find that calm.
18:26I have an autistic cousin, Emma.
18:28We grew up together.
18:29So I have a little understanding of how hard this must be for you.
18:34But I think you know that Brian would want to help if he could.
18:38He's a good kid.
18:39And sensitive.
18:40Artistic.
18:43I think growing up, he'll want to know that he did everything he could.
18:46And Rex can help him get there.
18:50You really think he can help Brian?
18:52Because he sure could use a friend right now.
19:05I'll eat your pencils out for you.
19:08Can you sit here?
19:20Thank you for doing this.
19:22We know it's hard.
19:23Yeah, even if it works, it's going to take time.
19:26Of course.
19:29Rex, you stay here with Sarah and help Brian.
19:32Just do what you can, OK?
19:36Go on.
19:38Who's giving him space?
19:42Yeah, he seems to know what he's doing.
19:50Ransom demand just landed.
20:05I have to go.
20:06Keep me updated.
20:07He wants $2 million in unmarked and untraceable bills.
20:20And the money is not to be tampered with in any way or he says that something terrible will happen.
20:26There will be more instructions coming.
20:30Mom, Dad, I love you.
20:32Delivered via the same anonymous texting method as last time.
20:37Still no luck tracing it?
20:38None.
20:39And nothing on Jamie's whereabouts either.
20:40Any success figuring out what's happening with those accounts at the law firm?
20:43Some, but it's complicated.
20:45I've actually asked forensic accounting to assist with this one.
20:48So the long and short of it is that there's some serious cash sitting in an account that
20:53it shouldn't be in.
20:54So where'd it go?
20:55Well, if Jamie stole it, it's really well hidden.
20:57Well, maybe he's spent it already.
20:58Have you looked into gambling debts, stock market losses, drug use even?
21:02I didn't see anything like that.
21:03The thing is, is that he's still carrying $100,000 in student debt.
21:09Keep digging, Jesse.
21:12Come with me.
21:13I, uh, called in some favors to cover the ransom, so what happens next?
21:27Well, the kidnappers will reach out again with specifics about the delivery.
21:31And once we have those details, we'll formulate a plan.
21:34What happens if the kidnappers get on to you?
21:37How do we know they won't hurt Megan?
21:38We'll be ready for anything, Mrs. Schaefer.
21:40Um, in the meantime, we do have a few more questions.
21:43Of course.
21:44Did Megan mention any problems at work, um, perhaps money-related?
21:48Nothing like that.
21:50Did she mention anything about Jamie's personal life, family, friends, or, or perhaps she mentioned
21:56a place that Jamie might have taken her?
21:58Jamie's from Saskatchewan.
22:00His whole family's back there.
22:02He moved to St. John's when the firm hired him.
22:04Yeah.
22:05And we never heard about any of his friends.
22:07Excuse me, I have to take this.
22:13Jesse, tell me you found Jamie.
22:15No, but a rental company reported that one of its fans was overdue to be returned.
22:20Let me guess.
22:21It's the same model used by the kidnappers.
22:23Exactly.
22:24And here's the thing.
22:25That fan has a GPS in it.
22:30Oh, what's he doing?
22:31Oh, he thinks Brian is ready to draw.
22:37Ken, can you help?
22:43Hey.
22:44Rex is pretty amazing.
22:45Huh, Brian?
22:46This is his friend, Sarah, and she'd like to talk to you.
22:50Hey, Brian.
22:51So, um, Rex needs your help finding this information, right?
22:56help? Hey. Rex is pretty amazing, huh, Brian? This is his friend, Sarah, and she, she'd like to talk to you.
23:13Hey, Brian. So, um, Rex needs your help finding the woman who you saw being taken on the street.
23:22Her, uh, her name is, is Megan, and she's in danger. Did you see the man who took her? You think you can draw him for us?
23:38I know you've been through a lot, and what happened would upset and disorient anyone.
23:44You know what, Rex? Rex here could help you if, if you want. Right, Rex?
23:52Oh, you know what, I'm all jammed up waiting for judicial authorization on a trace with GPS.
24:22It's a kidnapping. Yeah, but they're just, they're covering their bases, you know.
24:25Oh, wait, okay, here we go. Wait a minute. Authorization just came in. I got the search
24:30loaded. Give me a second. Well, good news. I got a ping, which means he didn't jam up the GPS.
24:37It's zeroing in on an area of paradise. That's a big area.
24:41It's triangulating. Give it a second. Waiting for it to resolve.
24:45Okay, it's a parking lot outside of a commercial laundry on Drover's Road.
24:49He's keeping her in a laundromat. Well, the internet tells me things, I tell you things.
24:52Okay, just text me the address, have some uniforms, meet me there.
24:56You know, Mark, I'm just hoping you didn't dump the van there and take her elsewhere.
24:58Let's do this.
25:10I think he's finished.
25:20Can I look at your picture, Brian?
25:30God, it's almost like a photograph.
25:43Sarah.
25:43Mark, hi.
25:45Brian just gave us a drawing of the kidnapper.
25:47The man we're looking for isn't Jamie Bregden.
25:49I know.
25:51I'm looking at Jamie Bregden.
25:53He's dead.
26:01Preliminary results from Jamie's autopsy indicate cause of death was a single stab wound to the heart.
26:06So either the killer was very lucky or...
26:09They knew what they were doing.
26:10Yeah, also there was nowhere near enough blood in the van for it to open the murder scene.
26:14Meaning Jamie was killed elsewhere and transported there.
26:17So what do we think is going on here?
26:18Uh, Brian's drawing makes it clear that it wasn't Jamie who snatched Megan off the street.
26:22Right, but he still could have been involved, right?
26:24I could have had a partner who wanted all of the ransom money to himself.
26:28Yeah, once they had Megan, the partner would have realized they didn't need Jamie anymore.
26:31Right.
26:32That's my thinking too.
26:34Jesse, did you get in touch with that van rental agency?
26:37Yeah, the van was rented using a fake ID and a credit card.
26:40The problem was, first of the month and all the clerks were swamped with people renting vans to move, so...
26:45Great, so no one remembers what this guy looks like.
26:47Well, but we do have Brian's drawing of the suspect.
26:49Maybe we use that like an artist sketch to put out an APB.
26:52You know what?
26:53I might be able to do you one better.
26:55I'm beta testing some facial recognition software.
26:57I've been using Brian's drawing as a test case.
27:00You're thinking it can work from a drawing?
27:01It's worth a shot.
27:02I'd have to upload it and get permissions.
27:04It would take some time, but it's...
27:05Oh, Jesse, the details of the ransom drop just came in.
27:08I'm sending you a link.
27:10Yeah, okay.
27:13The money is to be placed in a duffel bag.
27:17And don't try marking the ransom.
27:19He'll know.
27:20Dad, take the bag to Forest Road Cemetery at 3 o'clock sharp.
27:25Drop it on the bench by the exit.
27:28Walk away.
27:29And don't look back.
27:32Forest Road Cemetery is wide open.
27:34It's going to be hard to have surveillance there and not be spotted.
27:37There's no way we let this guy get away.
27:39This might be our only chance to save Mangan.
27:41I have an idea.
27:43The killer said not to mark the money, but what if we did in a way that only Rex could detect?
27:47Then Rex can follow the money after it's delivered.
27:49Exactly.
27:50How would you do that?
27:52Synthetics.
27:53The canine unit uses synthetic scents to train the dogs.
27:57Pseudococaine or explosive powder.
27:59Both are entirely undetectable by humans.
28:01I could spray the money with one of them.
28:08Do it.
28:08Okay.
28:08I've got eyes on Megan's father.
28:25He's crossing to the drop zone.
28:30He made the drop.
28:34And now we wait.
28:36Yeah, maybe not for long.
28:39We've got some action here.
28:41We've got a teenager.
28:42He's approaching the bag.
28:44He's looking.
28:49He's picking up the bag.
28:51He's got it.
28:52He's on the run.
28:53Let's go.
28:55Go, go, go, go, go, go.
28:56Go, go.
29:08Go, go, go.
29:08Go!
29:09Go right there.
29:10Go, go.
29:11Go, go.
29:14Easy, easy, easy.
29:19Hey, kid, just...
29:21Just set down the duffel bag.
29:24No, no, no. Don't... don't do anything stupid.
29:27No.
29:28Don't... don't... don't...
29:29Turn around!
29:40You're under arrest.
29:44You're telling me you have no idea where Megan is?
29:46I told you, I don't know any Megan.
29:48I'm just supposed to believe you had no idea what was in that duffel bag.
29:51Well, I didn't know there was money in there.
29:53It wasn't just money. It was ransom.
29:55And that makes you an accessory to kidnapping and murder.
29:58You're going to spend the rest of your life in prison.
30:02I swear, I'm... I'm telling the truth.
30:05Tell me again. How exactly did you get involved?
30:08I played this online game, StarQuest.
30:11One day, this player named Bregjam showed up,
30:13and in the chat, they offered me a bunch of game credits and skins
30:16if I did something for them.
30:17What was the ask?
30:18To go to the cemetery and watch for a man dropping a bag
30:22and then grab it when he's gone.
30:23Then what?
30:24Run to the railing and drop it into a truck waiting below.
30:27If I was late, I got nothing.
30:29So who is this Bregjam?
30:31What does he look like?
30:32I don't know.
30:32I keep telling you this.
30:34You have to believe me.
30:36I would tell you in an instant
30:39if it would help get this person back.
30:41I thought it was just a prank or something.
30:44Please.
30:45I didn't want to hurt anyone.
30:52Do we believe the kid?
30:54I think so.
30:55I mean, it's a smart setup.
30:57Totally anonymous contact when recruiting him
30:59and at the backdrop.
31:00What do we know about this pickup truck?
31:02Well, it turns out it was stolen from the Goulds about a week ago.
31:05Okay.
31:06Can we use security cameras to track it down?
31:08I tried, but I lost it leaving downtown.
31:10And what about this Bregjam?
31:12Is that like a play on Jamie Bregman?
31:13Indeed.
31:14Indeed, I traced it back to a gaming site based in Cyprus.
31:17Problem is that they used a VPN to mask the IP.
31:20I will get it, but it'll take some time.
31:22Well, time is what we do not have.
31:24Kidnapper has the money.
31:25He's already killed one person.
31:27Why would he let Megan live?
31:28Yeah, we need to find her now.
31:29Yeah.
31:30Okay, facial recognition software
31:32just got a match for Brian's drawing.
31:34Tell me we got a hit.
31:36Actually, looks like we got
31:3933 across the country.
31:43Still, that's incredible.
31:44Just from Brian's drawing.
31:46I'm just narrowing it down
31:47to search for people on the island.
31:49Okay.
31:51Okay, that leaves three.
31:53Well, let's focus on the one
31:54with the long criminal record, shall we?
31:56Agreed.
31:58Earl Blackburn, 43 years old,
32:00and did some time for armed robbery
32:02and assault.
32:03Ran a high-end chop shop
32:04disassembling stolen cars,
32:06and those are just the highlights.
32:07Do we know where this guy is?
32:08Yeah, he did parole,
32:09so I have a home address.
32:12Huh.
32:13Why don't you look at that?
32:15Looks like Earl Blackburn
32:16is represented by the law firm
32:18that Megan works for.
32:19I'm stunned.
32:30Earl was a model prisoner.
32:33He did all the programs.
32:34He had a great psych assessment.
32:36I really thought that he would phone me.
32:39Well, we need to find him
32:40as quickly as possible.
32:41He's not at his home address.
32:43Do you have any idea
32:44where he might be?
32:45No, no idea.
32:46I haven't heard from him
32:47since his parole board meeting.
32:49Did Megan have any interactions
32:51with him when he was
32:51represented by the firm?
32:55No.
32:56But you know who did?
32:57It was Jamie.
33:04So let's say Jamie's running
33:06some collapsing scam.
33:08He's in desperate need of cash.
33:09Megan has turned on him.
33:10So he cooks up a kidnap scheme.
33:12Makes revenge on Megan
33:13and ransom from her parents.
33:15But Jamie decides
33:16he can't do it alone,
33:17turns to Earl Blackburn,
33:18who you meant
33:18while working on his parole case.
33:20Right, only Earl
33:20turns the tables on Jamie.
33:22Yeah.
33:23But if this is the plan,
33:24then why didn't he give himself
33:25an alibi?
33:27What do you got, Sarah?
33:29Uh, more results
33:30from Jamie's autopsy.
33:31I can place time of death
33:32at 18 hours ago.
33:33Not long after Megan was taken.
33:35No.
33:36What else you got?
33:38Several tiny shards of chromium
33:40were found in the stab wound.
33:42Have a look.
33:43The type you'd expect
33:44to find in something
33:45like an industrial plant.
33:47Or maybe a professional chop shop?
33:51I'll have Jesse run
33:52on some occasions.
34:02Okay.
34:06Hello?
34:06Mark, it's me.
34:08I searched every location
34:09that Earl Blackburn worked at
34:10in the past,
34:11and most of the buildings
34:12they've been sold
34:13or leased out to
34:14to legitimate businesses.
34:15But there is one
34:16that remains vacant
34:17and on the market
34:18and has been
34:18for the last six months.
34:20It's at 11 Clyde Avenue
34:22in Mount Pearl.
34:23We're on our way.
34:24Have a SWAT unit
34:24meet us there.
34:25You got it.
34:25There's no signs
34:36of activity
34:37or Blackburn's truck.
34:38Yeah, Lebrex and I
34:39take a closer look.
34:40Cool.
34:40That's Viper.
34:58He's in there.
35:01Any sign of Megan?
35:01No.
35:03I can't be sure
35:04she's not there.
35:05And he's got a gun.
35:06We need to move inside.
35:07Take him down fast.
35:08Copy.
35:11Shit.
35:12Shit.
35:12It's the vehicle Blackburn
35:25used to retrieve the ransom.
35:34Nothing.
35:38Where is she?
35:40Where is she?
35:42She better be alive.
35:50She better be alive.
36:06Yeah, is this really necessary?
36:09Brian's been through so much.
36:10I know.
36:10I need him to officially
36:12identify Earl Blackburn
36:13as an eyewitness.
36:19Brian, do you think
36:20you can help the police?
36:23Brian,
36:24I need you to look at someone
36:25and tell me if they're
36:26the man you drew.
36:27Can you do that?
36:29I don't know.
36:42Oh,
36:42come on.
36:43Brian, I want you to try and remember.
37:08Brian, is that the man who you saw taking the woman in front of your house?
37:13Yeah.
37:22Oh, Brian, thank you.
37:25I want you to know how much we all appreciate what you've done.
37:29I know it wasn't easy.
37:37We got an eyewitness, Blackburn.
37:40We know you took Megan, so where is she?
37:43We've got Jamie's blood on the chop shop floor.
37:47We've got the truck you picked up the ransom in.
37:50So give yourself up and give us Megan.
37:53You know, all this time I thought you were in this with Jamie, and this is what bothers me.
38:06If Jamie was your partner, how come you didn't do anything to cover his tracks?
38:12There's someone else involved, isn't there?
38:18Someone who needed cash, needed a scapegoat.
38:21Someone at the firm who'd have access to the accounts and has the smell of blood money all over them.
38:28Okay.
38:29I'll tell you.
38:29Detective, you've got a very full slate today.
38:34How can I be of assistance?
38:35Well, I wanted to let you know that we've captured Earl Blackburn.
38:39Well, thank God.
38:40Yeah.
38:40And Megan?
38:42Unfortunately, we didn't find her, which is why I wanted to speak with you.
38:46Yeah, of course.
38:48Come on in.
38:49How can I help?
38:50Well, all along I've had a notion that there was something off about this kidnapping.
38:58How so?
38:58Well, from the get-go, everything was pointed towards Jamie, but he's a lawyer.
39:03He's a smart guy, and he had to have known we'd be onto him.
39:06Well, it's not as if Jamie was a seasoned criminal.
39:09Unlike Blackburn.
39:11But then how could Blackburn know that Megan would leave work early?
39:14Yeah, I don't know, unless he was just waiting, watching for her to go.
39:21Yeah, maybe.
39:23But then there's the money that was stolen from the escrow accounts.
39:27There is no sign that Jamie ever had it, which makes me wonder where it went, or if he even took it.
39:35I'm sorry, I don't get what you're implying here.
39:38We checked, Todd.
39:40And there is one other person at the firm who has access to those accounts.
39:53And that is you.
40:04I suspect that if I open this, I'm going to find $2 million.
40:10Tell me where she is, Todd.
40:12I have no idea.
40:13And you know that's a lie.
40:14Tell me.
40:16I believe I have the right to remain silent.
40:19And you have the right to an attorney, but you also have the right to be a decent human being.
40:23Talk to Blackburn.
40:23He's your abductor.
40:24Blackburn's not going to crack, and you know it.
40:27So far, you've had him do all your dirty work, but this time it is you who is going to let Megan die.
40:32You really want to do that?
40:35Ask yourself.
40:36She's in an abandoned machine shop in the Goulds.
40:55Megan, it's okay.
40:56It's police officers.
40:58It's my partner, Rex.
41:00Here he goes.
41:02Everything's going to be okay.
41:03Yes.
41:04Yes.
41:04You see, when Megan went to Todd to talk about the missing funds, he saw a way out of his troubles.
41:28And he hired Earl Blackburn to kidnap her and framed it up to make it look like Jamie did it.
41:35And then Todd had Blackburn killed Jamie?
41:38Todd was betting that the investigation into those missing funds would end with Jamie's death.
41:44Then he and Blackburn would split the ransom.
41:47So they were going to kill me, too.
41:57Jamie told me he had nothing to do with the missing money.
42:00I know.
42:02If only I'd believed him.
42:03Hello.
42:15Come on in.
42:15Hi.
42:16How's Brian doing?
42:17Better.
42:18Yeah.
42:19Oh.
42:22He's out of the shell he went into.
42:24And I think a lot of that has to do with Rex.
42:27Well, Rex understood Brian in a way none of us could.
42:29Yeah, it's good to have a Rex.
42:31It sure is.
42:34Would it be okay for Brian to visit Rex sometimes?
42:37Yeah, sure.
42:38I think, uh, I think Rex would probably love that.
42:46Rex.
42:46He's out of the shell.
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