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While this episode was inspired by actual events, all of the characters

in the episode are fictional.

Certain scenes were created for dramatic purposes, and any similarity to actual

persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Our criminal database is the largest in the country.

Real -time updates with NCIC, the National Fingerprint Registry, and VICAP

allows the VCTF to affect the investigations of up to 800 cases at a

nationwide.

So, the American people are getting something for their money.

If you thought the VCTF was an unnecessary expenditure of the American

Madam Congresswoman, you wouldn't have turned to us for help. And if you

you needed to address me as Madam...

You wouldn't be giving me this tour with a stain on your tie.

The abduction of Ruth Lassen and her two daughters is something that we can't

tolerate. Missing for a week is not evidence of an abduction. I need a crime

scene, witnesses.

It's evidence enough for the press.

These stores are driving visitors away in droves. A dip in tourism doesn't

justify the expense of BCTF resources.

So what will you give me for free?

The number to the Sacramento field office.

My support for your profile?

You need damage control.

I have a congressional budget hearing at the end of the month.

I could use someone like you in my corner.

My position on law enforcement spending is a matter of public record.

People have been known to change their minds.

Work with us. See what we do.

Maybe your position will soften.

Agent Burke.

The congresswoman needs a profile.

Based on this?

Hypothetically.

Hypothetically. We're probably looking at a white male aged 24 to 32 years old.

He's familiar with the area, suggesting a local inhabitant.

He's a loner.

With no significant relationships in his life allowing him to come and go

without being noticed.

He's careful not to do anything to call attention to himself.

Preying on the weak and the innocent.

Unable to stop or control his urges.

going again and again without remorse until he's either caught or died.

Hypothetically.

One room efficiency, washer, dryer, new appliances, $5 .50 a month, first and

last month's rent, and references.

Yeah, but they never checked those.

Bailed out on your last apartment only three months' rent.

Well, leave that one off.

I'm kidding. Come on, look, I'm going to come clean here.

Just bail to the first of the month, and I'll be out by then.

Can't hurt to look.

Agent Burke.

The charred remains of two bodies were found inside Yosemite National Park.

I thought we were looking for three.

Identities haven't been established.

The bodies were too far gone.

So much for my profile.

Will she be coming with us?

The congresswoman will be advised about progress.

See you on the plane.

All right.

I'm sorry, Danny.

Good night.

We're not going.

I just can't right now. I can't. I'm sorry.

I can take him.

Great.

Knew I liked this guy, huh?

Huh? I gotta go.

I'm late for group.

Huh?

Yeah, I knew I liked this guy, too.

Hey, thanks for helping me break in my kitchen the other night. Yeah, in the

hallway. Living room.

You have a bedroom, don't you?

Well, you're just gonna have to come over and find out.

It's a very big place.

Unlike this.

$5 .50 a month.

That's all he can afford?

You can't co -sign a lease for him, Rachel.

You give him a safety net like that, and he'll dive right into it.

George.

We've taken primary on a case in Northern California. I want you with us.

Please let me handle my end of it from here. I want you with us, George.

Bailey, they canceled me, you know, so I made another appointment. For a month

from now?

That was their first available.

First available is what you get when you fail to mention the drug addiction

that's affecting your work and destroying your life.

You've lied about this long enough, George.

The alternative is something neither one of us wants to consider.

I identified the vehicle from the VIN number.

It went into a Ruth Lassen.

And her daughters were staying at the Mill Valley Lodge about six miles

of town, along Highway 101.

How far from the main road are we? I don't know, maybe a mile, a mile and a

quarter.

You'd have to know this area to know this spot was even here.

Oh, we got a little biker problem.

Drug use?

I would strongly imagine, yes.

I'll get with the Mariposa and Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office, build a list of

local offenders.

Nick Marks around the sternum.

My fools.

Pregnancy is keeping Grace grounded for a while. I'll get the remains back to

her for identification.

I'll need a chopper. Yeah, I got one on call.

Evidence collected will be transported to the FBI lab in Washington.

It's a good thing your new friend didn't deal away her entire congressional

stance on my profile.

Converting Karen Archer into a fan could make a big difference.

Oh, that's what those looks were for, huh?

Taking one for the team?

Bailey,

I was way off.

This was not done by somebody who wants to be ignored. This was done by someone

who was screaming for attention.

Led us right to the body.

Don't overlook the empirical.

A hangout for bikers could be the result of drugs, alcohol.

An all -night binge that led to ritual and violence.

Or it's someone who knew that's what we'd think.

I mean, if they're burning evidence, why leave all this?

They have reservations for three nights.

I mentioned you might drive over to Big Sur for the day.

Left their things in the room, so I assume that's what they did. I'll need a

copy of your guest registry. Going back three weeks.

Give me that.

Will you two stop it? Give that back.

We try to respect the privacy of our guests.

Questions won't be kept to information they may have about the abductions.

Did you hear any arguing or fighting coming from their room?

No, ma 'am.

I hardly knew they were there.

I told you just like they left.

The room was clean.

We didn't know anything was wrong.

Did you see them leave?

No. They could have left the night before.

Look, you know when I'm going to be able to turn the police over?

I'll let you know when we're done.

That's not a forced entry.

No struggle.

Wonder where Dolan was that night.

Three women wouldn't open the door to a stranger.

George, find out everything you can about the owner of the Mill Valley

Guy's name is Dolan. D -O -L -A -N.

First name Mark.

Yeah.

Lisa's suitcase is brand new.

More clothes, nicer jewelry.

Well, maybe she worked part -time.

You ever know a 16 -year -old to spend money on luggage?

Talked to the groundskeeper, the kitchen staff. Nobody saw anything unusual the

morning of the abduction.

Lady who runs the kitchen said their car was gone when she got to work around

about 6 .15.

Who was the last employee to see them?

It was the barkeep. Said they had dinner in the bar the night before they

disappeared. And some biker was talking them off.

George facts this through.

Edwin James Laws, EJ.

A regular with the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office.

Barkeep heard him suggesting trails they might want to hike, and he hasn't been

heard from or seen since the abduction.

On robbery.

Stale in possession of methamphetamines.

Did three years for aggravated sexual assault.

Attacked a couple of coeds following an all -night meth binge.

A drug that leads to violent, unpredictable outbursts.

Well, until we get a note out through Port from Graves, we don't know what

of violence, if any, the victims were subjected to.

I want an APB out on Lord. and everything Ident Division has on him.

George.

George!

Yeah? Ident Criminal History Records is offline for routine servicing, but I

should be able to get some information on laws within the hour.

What did you get on Dolan?

A shaky adolescence. His mother was institutionalized when he was 16.

A couple of months after that, he was questioned in a date rape.

The act was never consummated, so they didn't pursue any charges. Although he

did leave some DNA on the victim's clothes.

Get a copy of the lab report. I want the DNA results.

It's coming.

We don't know that there was a sexual component to these killings. A sexual

component can be associated with the fire he set.

The fires show more like a sign to me.

His satisfaction isn't in the commission of the killings.

He wants everyone to know about it.

He wants to be caught?

No, he wants to be noticed.

These are needs that are in strong competition with each other.

There might be an element of sibling rivalry.

The killer could have his own issues with his brother or sister.

Let me run a family history on Dolan and Lawson.

Two sisters close in age, competing for the attention of the same man. Maybe one

of them liked to party more than the other.

Went with the guy.

You know what? Check with the father and friends. See if either of the sisters

had a history of drug use.

The killer might have been in constant competition with his sibling.

And targeting siblings with a similar history.

Mark Dolan has a brother living in New Mexico. He's a rocket scientist.

Literally.

Works at Los Alamos.

E .J. also has a brother, Lawrence Laws, doing three years in county for parole

violation, also for sexual assault.

When was he picked up? Two days ago. So he was out at the time of the murders,

with an arrest record that rivals his brother's. They're dristers, Bailey.

Dolan's a fixture, living a constant reminder of his brother's success.

After eight days the chances of survival grow slimmer by the minute.

I've got border dogs coming in from Seattle. A third body may still be out

there.

Take a look at this.

When did this arrive?

The mail just now.

Dental records confirm the IDs of the Charb remains as Ruth and Katie Lassen,

which strongly suggest that this poor child is Lisa.

Tox screenings revealed an unusually high B -cell count.

I've sent for Lisa's medical records to see if she had lymphoma as a child. It's

pretty rare.

Childhood lymphoma is fatal in about 70 % of the cases.

She survived it.

Maybe Lisa was treated differently by her family as a result of her brush with

death.

Was there sexual contact?

Nothing to suggest that it wasn't consensual.

Left a lot of DNA.

I was going to rule the cause of death in all three cases as multiple

but then I noticed this.

They're not from a knife?

They're from a knife.

But the fire should have blackened the marrow as well, and it didn't because

wounds were cauterized.

The stabbings were inflicted post -mortem. They were stabbed after death.

At the base of the neck is uneven, but it was done with a sharp, clean edge. A

hunting knife, not a surgical tool, serrated at the hilt.

You find the knife, and I will probably be able to make a match.

The stabbings may be an attempt to link two separate killings.

The killer only has one target, Lisa.

He eliminated the other two.

Lisa, there's one he took his rage out on.

Drugs may be behind that rage. Lisa had a history of drug use. Katie was a

straight arrow.

Lisa may have gone with the killer or killers to party.

The fire chilled more like that of guilt and destruction.

I mean, he's laying victims down to their final rest. He's cremating the

remains. I can't see a lawless gang of bikers feeling remorse.

Well, maybe someone who was with him that night does. E .J.'s brother's being

brought in for questioning.

We'll hook up later, right? Yeah. All right.

Glad I caught you. Hey.

What? Everything all right with Denny? No, he's fine.

We went and looked at apartments.

He hated it. Well, he loved it.

Backed up toilets, feeling pain, couldn't wait to sign the lease.

What do you expect at the 550, Mom?

A place where drug dealers don't outnumber cops six to one.

He tried to act like he didn't notice the activity.

Maybe he didn't notice the activity.

Rachel.

I can't release Danny into that environment.

So what are you saying?

What, he can't stay with me? That goes against everything that you and I have

been talking about. That's not what I'm talking about.

He's not ready, Rachel.

They think the killer is here in the park.

Did they release a sketch?

Uh, I haven't seen one yet.

Who am I supposed to look out for?

Anyone suspicious?

I've been hiking these woods all my life, not letting some nut scare me off.

Where are you headed?

To Ogapath.

Oh, it's nice up there.

Mm -hmm.

Um...

You, uh... Do you have any way to defend yourself?

I'll be fine.

But... Well, aren't we helpful?

Taking care of that little honey.

I heard there's some cops up here asking questions.

About those women.

What'd you tell them?

Nothing.

You know her?

That sweet thing.

You'd like to get some of that, wouldn't you?

Huh?

Not that you'd know what to do with it.

Where's EJ?

Dead from a knife fight would be fine with me.

So this is a win -win for you, Lawrence.

Dealing a brother you hate for time off, whether he did it or not?

He did it. He did it. He and Garrett left me that way. This can't...

They did time together in Stockton, and they were burning the pipe, and they

were doing shots with them girls, and, you know.

Where's the mom?

I didn't see no mom.

Did you see the attack?

No.

But Lumley, he was getting all worked up, you know. He'd been inside for two

a half years, and he wasn't about to take no for an answer like I needed to

that. Where can we find Lumley?

What do I get?

I mean, he moves around a lot, you know.

Last time I heard, he had a place in Mariposa.

But that was a long time ago.

Get him out of here.

Hey, hey, I told you the whole story.

We've got prints off a tequila bottle at the crime scene. I said I was there,

but I didn't do those. We also got DNA.

This guy's a burnout.

Three days in custody, he can still smell the sulfur in his breath. Thank

DNA doesn't lie.

He fits the profile, and he was out at the time.

The guy rolling over on his brother is sibling rivalry.

Unless he knows his brother will roll over on him.

George.

I need information on the whereabouts on a Garrett Lumley.

You got a county?

Start with Mariposa and work your way out.

You doing okay?

I'm hanging on.

I'll get this to you right away.

Are you still there?

I need you to send them, like, right away.

I'm having a little trouble here.

I was just stupid to think that I'd be all right.

If the killer was a sexual predator, he would be taking things of femininity,

hair, fingers.

He'd take a head.

That's a sign of triumph, not sex.

And he would have buried it someplace of significance to him.

I got two teams of men out there with dogs beating the bushes.

Maybe we should shut the park down till we find it.

Closing the park may be giving him what he wants.

Anything on Lumley?

I got a P .O. box in Mariposa. I'm still digging.

We still don't know that Laws is with Lumley.

I've got agents canvassing his photo over a six -state area.

Now, Laws did time with the guy.

Lumley may be the only person he can trust right now.

Maybe that's the idea of siblings that you're working on, the brotherhood of

guys in prison.

The rivalry would have started during childhood.

Grace confirmed that Lisa had lymphoma.

That would have led to special treatment of a child that they almost lost.

Now, if that behavior mimics the killer's childhood, his anger would be

at Lisa.

The stabbings, the beheading.

She's the one that he needs to have triumph over.

And why are you like Dolan?

Abandoned emotionally during adolescence.

A brother who dropped the family business into Dolan's lap, and then he

to achieve success, winning the praise of his family.

Those parcels off the liquor bottles match Lumley and both brothers.

That still only suggests that the killer knew that the partying was going on out

there, and he's using that to throw off our investigation.

Like the knife wounds. I've got an address on Lumley.

I traced the owner of the P .O. box to an address just outside of town, 23

Overland. That's deep wood back there.

I'll need backup from some of you, then.

Can't read the tab.

Shovelhead.

Same type of bike driven by Lowe's.

John, take the unit and hold position at the rear of the cabin.

Okay, sir.

Get down!

Get down!

What the hell do you mean, the wrong map?

The county incorporated Overland in 1998.

Face fire!

Flank him, John. I'll cover you.

Who the hell is in there?

Occupant's name is Cecil Young. He made ATF's shortlist last year.

Bailey, I'm sorry.

Your hand's on your head!

Move it!

Get him on your head!

And a pearl -handled Chinese repeater.

Must have been hell trying to decide which one to use.

A shootout with an anti -government extremist.

He fired on federal agents during the course of an investigation.

An investigation into the wrong person.

It was a justifiable act of force.

The suspect will be booked and charged with assault with a deadly weapon,

assaulting a federal officer, and attempted murder.

None of which would have happened if you'd had the right house.

I can't argue the mistake.

This is no time to be making them.

Now, who's responsible, Bailey?

It's my team.

Don't do that.

Someone needs to answer for this.

After Ruby Ridge... This is not Ruby Ridge.

And I will not let the misguided beliefs of a gun -hoarding anti -government

fanatic turn this into a witch hunt against the VCTF.

The responsibility begins and ends with me.

Bailey, I made a connection between Laws and Mark Dolman. They were in this

juvenile camp together when Mark was 15.

My mistake.

I let personal feelings impair my judgment.

You were unfit for duty.

I need your badge and your gun.

You're relieved of duty pending a fitness for duty physical by a bureau

physician.

Subject to a board of review.

Mark Dolan spent six months in youth camp in the prosecution.

A guy like Laws would have bounced Dolan around like a tackling gun.

Yeah, well, it sounds like he did.

Disorderly conduct, fighting, moral misconduct.

Humiliation at that point of his sexual development caused deep emotional

scarring and a lifetime of rage.

Maybe Dolan sent the postcard to get back at Laws anonymously.

Or Dolan committed the acts himself, overcompensating for his sexual

humiliations, knowing we'd suspect Laws.

It's time to talk to Dolan.

I'll see if I can't get a 20.

Bailey.

George lied to all of us.

I should have seen it.

I should have seen it in Danny, but I didn't.

Because I love him.

Ensuring the safety of this unit is part of my job. I failed to do that. Bailey.

We could have lost lives out there.

We didn't.

I know what you're doing, Rachel, and I appreciate it.

But the reason I feel responsible for George is because I am.

How did it sit with the Congresswoman?

Oh, it didn't.

Shortest romance in history.

Well, maybe not.

It's all right.

I'm tired anyway.

You're never tired.

Good night.

Am I breaking something up?

Gray goose up, very dry, olives.

I owe you an apology.

A man with your record of service doesn't need a lecture from me.

Two tours in Vietnam, the highest FBI entrance exam in 20 years, unit chief

a GS -15 rating before 40.

Thank you.

You like your suits tailor -made, your Scotch single malts, and your operas

Italian.

That's a hell of a staff you've got.

They make me look good.

This afternoon made me realize just how easy it is to intellectualize what you

do. That guy was a powder keg ready to go off.

One of thousands, I'm sure.

You're outmanned and underfunded.

I want to give you a name.

Russell Wheatley.

Spin duck.

A forensic accountant.

Ross made my bill on public schools look like the best deal since Seward's

purchase of Alaska.

Plan on spending time with me in Washington.

I want to show your face around town.

I know Washington pretty well.

Not my Washington.

Maybe the killer's sibling was missing for a while.

In a coma or a runaway.

In his return, robbed the killer of his parents' affections.

Thanks.

We'll see if that applies to any of our suspects.

Malone.

Camper's found the body.

Jane Wesson, 28.

Works for Park Services.

Out on display where he knew she'd be found quickly.

Last seen at the lodge store with the day's provisions.

Still no 20 on Dolan.

There was an abandoned campfire about a half a mile from here.

Obviously disturbed.

They found this.

Mark Dolan.

If Dolan's not at the lodge, I don't know where he'd be this time of day.

I'll get right out there.

You never got to come into my face. I mean, I had to hear it from him.

Look, Danny, I wanted to tell you myself, but I'm out of town.

Right. What, having a life? I mean, I'm stuck in this.

All these freaks and losers.

Dr. Arquette is making the best decisions that he can for you. Look,

for me, Rachel. This is for you. And don't Dr.

Arquette me, okay? I know what the two of you are doing. Danny. Look, he is my

therapist, Rachel. Guy I've been spilling my guts to for the past six

they're sleeping with him. No, it's not like that.

What? Did you get together to talk about me and accidentally fall into bed?

No, we do not talk about your therapy. That would be unethical.

This is a joke. You know, you stole them from me, just like you've taken every

chance I've ever had to do anything with my life.

Penny.

I'm never going to trust either one of you ever again.

Preliminary autopsy revealed no sexual contact with the lady's victim.

No fire.

No attempt to tell us where to find the body.

An employee at the lodge confirmed the sheath was Dolan's. The size knife

withholds was consistent with the Lynch and Grace's autopsy.

Where are we on Dolan? His truck's missing. Cash register was emptied out.

I put agents on his property around the clock. The sheriff's department is

conducting a three -county manhunt.

It's going to be six.

But if he's on foot and knows the park, he could stay lost some time for a week.

We might be better off loosening our grip on the park.

Get him running on the outside so someone can recognize him.

A review of the suspect's background revealed no incidents have run away on

missing siblings.

And none of the suspect's siblings suffered any long -term illnesses.

Maybe the siblings part of the profile is wrong.

Well, the profile's right, and he doesn't like how wrong we are.

His first killing was emotional, and then very calculated as he went back

his steps, confusing evidence, trying to throw us off.

But this last one, it was premeditated.

A little bit of anger.

Anger at who?

At a cop, law enforcement.

For not catching him? For not knowing who he is.

I want to go back to the cabin.

It was like Katie didn't exist.

You don't know how that feels.

To be invisible to your own mother.

It happened to you.

To your brother.

Didn't it?

Hicks, that's not your real name, is it?

Hitchcock.

Jason and Wayne Hitchcock.

They made a TV movie about us!

About Jason.

And I changed my name when I went away to school.

I hated people knowing I was that Hitchcock.

Always asking me about him.

No matches on any suspect.

Thanks, Lucy.

DNA didn't match any of them.

I think they call this square one.

Garrett Lomely was picked up in Spokane. Claims he hasn't seen Laws in two

months.

Where the hell is Dolan?

I'll see where Hicks is on that.

John was supposed to set me free.

And you cleared it up for him. You cleared it up yourself and you killed

Weston. You wanted recognition and attention.

You were going nowhere.

That's exactly where you wanted us to go. Don't blame her death on us. No, no.

Don't you... You are to blame.

You are all to blame.

You are powerless to stop people like me.

To save my brother from abduction, you are powerless.

Oh, you saved him in the movie!

But that's not really how it ended.

He saved himself.

He escaped.

He came back after seven years.

I couldn't stand the way Lisa looked at me.

Even dead, Lisa had this special air about her.

Yeah, she really wasn't that special.

Katie... Katie was much more animated and alive.

She was asking questions about the park.

We had quite a little talk while her mom and Lisa were off picking flowers.

You know, where they were from, where they were staying.

Why her mother had always told Lisa more affection.

I felt bad about Katie.

Not about them.

They were stealing your thunder.

Lost, maybe.

But Dolan was an idiot.

I called to tell him he was under suspicion.

Thought I would help him out.

He came right to me.

Now you're ready to take the credit.

Well, it's really only important that you know Agent Burke.

No answer from Hicks.

Rachel's MIA.

Coincidence that doesn't suit well with me.

Why would you go with Hicks without Thomas?

Maybe this is why.

Hitchcock.

Hicks. Son of a bitch has got Rachel.

Where?

Mobile S. Park Services.

You don't know what it was like to watch your parents grieve, to

cling to you for support, and then to have it all just snitch out from under

you.

So quick.

Let me get you seated up.

Still breathing.

You okay?

Yeah. We got a man down.

He'll get you up.

Yeah,

Hicks is going to make a full recovery.

The case will probably go before a judge at the end of the summer.

We'll transmit our files so you can prepare for trial.

A copy of which I was going to mail to you.

I like this way better.

It's been a while since I've flown coach.

Didn't think first class was fair to the American taxpayers, since this visit

isn't strictly business.

Well, preparing for the budget hearing sounds like official business to me.

If that was the only reason that I was in town, then I would have stuck with

first class.

I haven't been attracted to a man this much in a long time.

How did Danny find out about us?

How the hell am I supposed to know?

He spends most of his time with you.

Talking about him.

I would never risk a breach of ethics just to... Just to what?

I'm not going to dignify that.

Mm -hmm.

Believe me, I have a lot more to lose than you do.

He's my brother. I definitely have more to lose than you.

Hey, Daniel.