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Someone left that envelope this morning.

You're alright, whatever that is.

Yeah. We have an armed robbery in progress.

Our offender's name?

Gary Bell.

Why do you keep attacking our head?

It's over, too.

I don't want this in my head anymore!

No! Your son is dead.

He'd like to inform his daughter.

Gary said he made me this way. Who do you think he is?

I want an investigative alert put out on Raymond Bell. There's something wrong

in that house.

Good night.

Good night.

Still nothing?

No. What is it you're hoping to find?

I don't know.

That's why I'm looking at everything. I'm telling you, this man is violent.

Well, the bike messenger dropped us off practically the dead of night.

So you're checking up on his granddaughter, Julie?

You think Raymond's harming her?

You okay?

Thanks.

Who is this messenger? You catch the company he works for? No, but I can find

out.

Sarge, you see the alert that just hit?

Attempted burglary in progress two blocks from Raymond Bell's house.

Just popped our investigative alerts.

Probably nothing again, but you want to hit it?

Chicago PD!

Got blood.

Yeah, window's broken.

Chicago PD!

Hello?

Someone come.

Oh, my God.

Mary, are you all right? Yes, I'm fine.

Is there anyone else in the house? No, no, it's just me. I would have heard.

All right, can you tell us what happened?

I went upstairs.

I heard loud banging and then glass breaking.

And I locked myself in the bathroom and I called 911.

You did the right thing. Do you have access to this doorbell camera?

Yes.

I forgot about that thing.

My son set it up. I never check it. I should.

Just take your time.

Okay, here.

All right.

Here it is.

Thank you.

There we go.

He's being followed.

He was looking for help.

You may still be in the area. Call for backup.

Have an ambulance standby.

Thank you, ma 'am.

5021 Union on scene of the attempted burglary. It wasn't burglary, was it?

4581 South Hamilton requesting you. What's going on?

Help's on the way, ma 'am.

More blood.

Bonnie. 50 -21. No sign of the victim or offender.

Entering the Woodbury Club property.

East 10.

Copy. 50 -21.

Notified response.

I got a shoe.

Chicago PD, sir.

Sir, are you all right?

50 -21 Union.

Disregard the anvil. Roll the crime lab and medical examiner.

Stop, 50 -21. Crime lab, now in route.

He did.

They meant Bell's plan.

His victims.

Yeah.

He destroyed their heads.

They saw it.

They're pulling prints now. We should have an ID soon. Do we know where he

from? Not yet. The closest traffic camera is on Crestview and Emerald. We

catch much there.

We lose the offender and the victim before and after the door came from the

footage of the neighbor. Well, then just go wider.

Pods, buscans, taxis. Nothing yet on the cameras.

Well, then just keep running it. I want to know where this kid came from. And I

want to know how it traces back to Bell.

Raymond Bell?

Father of Gary of the Violent Rubbers?

That's how we caught this. Had an investigative alert around the

So our billet house is blocks away.

That's right.

Look, our victim's hand looks a hell of a lot like Gary's victim's.

Same overkill, same brutality.

Remember, right before he died, Gary said, he made me like this. Okay, but

the victim's entire body is beaten. The hand might not be a signature. They

could be defensive wounds.

So indulge me.

It hit the tech room.

Run every prior hand injury that pops. The rest of you just keep working the

thing. Get me a rush on those prints.

Where are you heading? You back up?

No.

Officer. Sergeant. Sorry to bother you this morning.

No, not at all. How can I help you?

There was an assault in the area last night, and we're asking everyone if they

saw or heard anything.

No, I didn't. I'm sorry.

But you would have.

Pardon me? You were home last night.

Yes.

All night long with my granddaughter, Julie.

And, uh, yeah. If you don't mind... Yes, Peter.

She might have seen something.

Julie?

Julie, this is Sergeant Boyd. He's going to ask you a question, and I want you

to answer, just speak the truth.

Yes, sir. Okay.

Hi, Julie.

I was hoping you could help me.

Did you hear anything last night? Anything unusual, out of the ordinary?

No.

See anything out your window?

Person, maybe?

I was asleep.

We were home all night long. Okay.

That's very helpful.

Thank you.

That'll be all?

Okay.

Victim's prints came back from Michael Murray. 20 years old, been in and out of

the system.

Triers for solicitation and drug possession.

No LKA.

Emmy says manner of death with blunt force trauma to the skull with a

cylindrical object likely a metal pipe. And the head?

Damage from repeated blows.

Ligature marks on the wrist indicate he was likely restrained during the

beating. All right, are we up on Mike's phone socials? Yes, sir. Just got muds

and toes. Looks like he was getting a series of calls around 9 p .m. from a

Romeo Vasquez.

Romeo sent social media messages demanding cash in real colorful

Romeo Vasquez. His phone's registered to 1361 Low Street in Inglewood.

Yeah, that's him. He's got priors for promoting prostitution and gun charges,

and he's on parole for aggravated assault.

Huh.

The spirit over money, temper's flared, actually into violence. I mean, it

sounds like he might be Mike's pimp.

Vice is his address listed as a possible trap house.

Doesn't fit with Raymond Bell, but it does fit.

All right, Torres, keep working Mike's phone.

Imani, Kev, let's go visit Romeo.

Copy that.

I asked if your name is Romeo Vasquez. It's not a trick question.

You got a warrant with those questions.

I can get one.

Yeah, we'll come back when you get one then.

Nice piece, Romeo. Aren't you up for roll?

Romeo.

Hey. Hey. Got him, Sarge?

Yeah, I got him. Sit down.

I don't know. You might have to take these doors.

Hey, come on. All right, all right, all right.

Okay, come on.

Stop.

You done?

I'm done.

Clear.

There you go.

Mind it. Handle this guy.

No, no, no. I'll talk to him in the kitchen.

Listen to me.

You can go back to prison. You can talk to me right now. It's up to you.

You texted Mike Murray last night demanding money.

That ain't no question, man. Yes or no?

Again, it's not a trick question.

Yes.

Mike was gonna blow his whole damn roll up his arm, kill himself in the process.

Wasn't that good for your business?

I was trying to save him from himself, man.

He's got no self -control. Okay.

When was the last time you had eyes on Mike?

Last night.

Okay. Man, we were in this kitchen arguing about him shooting up junk, then

ran out the back to get well.

Show me.

All right, man. He came out through here, bro.

What?

I didn't see that there.

This is stuff?

Yeah, yeah, but I didn't know that was there.

All right, so what happened to him? I'm telling you, man, I don't know.

He ran out the back, shut the door. That's all I've seen.

Take him back inside.

Mm -hmm.

That mean I'm done, yeah?

You're not going to take me in, right?

Shut up.

Morning, sir.

Listen, uh, got a minute?

Oh, sir.

We're investigating an incident that took place back here last night by 9 o

'clock. You didn't happen to see anything, did you? There's always

going down out here. That house?

Uh -huh. And what's there last night?

I was woken up.

I understand.

I go to bed early.

Okay.

Woke up to screeching tires.

There's always something back here, so I was... Picked.

Looked out my window.

Saw a silver car taking off. Real fast.

Silver sedan?

That's what I said. Silver sedan.

Make it model?

I didn't have my glasses on.

Did you happen to see the driver?

Like I said. Right. No glasses.

Thank you. That's very helpful.

Roll the crime lab.

On every camera you can find.

I want

you to canvas this entire neighborhood with photos of Raymond Bell.

You got a connection on Raymond Bell?

Neighbors saw a silver sedan speeding away last night. Raymond Bell drives an

silver Mercedes.

His alibi is fiction. He was here.

This is him.

Let's go.

Hey.

Atwater says he still has no witnesses other than the neighbor.

Street camps?

Pots? Nope, nothing.

The street doesn't have many eyes. I saw tower dumps in both Bell and Romeo's

areas came back empty, and we can't connect the two besides the silver sedan

description. So widen the camp search.

Search? Search a mile radius outside Bell's place.

It took some digging, but I think I found it.

A hand injury? Yeah, it's a supplemental report from 2022.

A man came into the hospital with a crushed hand.

Doctors reported the injury as suspicious.

When the detectives came to question him, the man insisted that it was a work

accident. This guy's name is Aaron Crompton. He's 53 years old. Seems he's

in and out of psychiatric care since he was a child. At the time of the

incident, he was working as a gardener for Raymond Bell.

For how long?

His whole life. I mean, he grew up off the Bells' property. His dad was a

gardener there since the 60s. He took over when he was 17, and he was working

there until the hand accident.

Where is he?

His LKA was listed as a friend named Vivian, but I spoke to her. She said he

unwell and moved out. She thinks that he's living in a CTA closet underground.

What? Yeah, the abandoned Jackson station.

Okay, just keep digging in on Mike Murray.

Imani, with me.

I'm still on hold with mass transit. Hank, hold up.

I ID'd the courier who dropped off your folder.

Go. I'll meet you downstairs.

Luke Lombardi, run -of -the -mill deadbeat, couple arrests, weed, pills,

He's got an ad up online for an independent bike messenger service,

front for pot delivery.

Can you drag him down for me? Yeah. It's unlicensed, but I can dig something up.

Okay. Yeah.

We're Chicago Police. You're not in any trouble.

We just want to talk to you.

Vivian sent us.

Aaron Crompton.

Aaron?

There's definitely someone living down here.

Calm down. Calm down. No one's going to evict you. Aaron, Aaron, can you look at

me? Can you look at me? Hey, hey, hey, can you look at me?

We're not going to evict you, okay?

No one's going to harm you.

Hey, it's okay.

Hey.

My hand?

It's always my hand.

Everyone wanting to ask.

You heard of phantom limb syndrome, yes? Yeah.

Common with amputations.

Neurons firing even though they're gone.

So I can feel them.

The fingers, they're there. They're just not there.

Raymond Bell took them.

Still hurt.

Even now.

I can still feel it.

For a bag of mulch.

That's why he hurt you.

Thought I stole it.

Caught me, right?

Why didn't you report, Bell?

He caught me stealing half a bag of mulch and did this.

Understand?

Imagine what he'd do if I got him arrested.

What do Bells do?

They ring.

Rotten family.

All of them.

Rotten, rotten, rotten.

Can you still report it?

No. No.

Laws, right and wrong, they don't mean anything to Bell.

Raymond?

He came out different, too. Okay. Worse.

Worse of a bad bat.

Bad. He's a bad man. Bad man. Bad.

Bad how?

You know.

I know you know.

There are ghosts in that house.

Ghosts?

People come in, they don't go out. Yeah, like who? Like who? People. Okay. A

nurse once, I saw her drunk.

Prince Raymond carried her out of his car four in the morning into the house.

She goes in, never comes out.

I hear screams.

In, always in, never out.

Hey, maybe they were just having a good time. Oh, no, no.

He had me build a wine cellar in his basement. Okay. I never saw a single

of wine go in.

Never. Never.

A wine cellar? No wine?

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Will any of that be usable?

I doubt it.

You mean it's not going to go on record?

Even if he does, it doesn't fit with Mike.

Not yet.

But if there really are disappearances linked to Bell, it went in and never

out.

So start combing through missing persons, unsolved abductions.

Any nurse who went missing the last ten years.

What is it?

Julie Bell was just admitted to the hospital.

Knock,

knock.

Oh, hello.

Hi, my name is Sarah. I'm with Child Services, and this is Officer Ava Imani.

Yes, I know who she is.

We just wanted to ask Julie a few questions, make sure she's okay.

You've had a tough day, huh, Julie?

Mr. Bell, if you could give us a minute.

Be right outside, Julie.

And remember, always speak the truth.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Bell.

Now, why did I expect to see you here?

Oh.

Well, ever since your son's case, I get lied on everything related to Julie.

Oh, what happened?

She wasn't supposed to be climbing that tree.

No? No.

Branches are weak. It's a brute rut.

She hit every limb on the way down. Oh, God.

Grandfather said not to climb it.

Its branches are weak because of the root rot.

But you climbed it anyway?

Yes.

I hit everyone on the way down.

That's kind of weird, though.

Yeah, because, uh... I mean, Julie's teachers, they describe her as quiet,

polite.

But at home, she's disobedient.

So you've spoken to her teachers?

Yeah.

You really have a problem with me, huh?

So nobody else hurt you?

Why do you keep asking me that?

It's just a trade.

I know you.

I've known many men like you.

Oh, how's that?

Violent men.

I would never lay a hand on that girl.

Sorry. I play games on my phone.

I love those games, too.

My sister and I used to play on Game Boys together when I was around your

I loved them.

You know, if you both download Candy Crusade, you can play against each

Yeah, I wish we could.

Hey, I've got an idea.

Just in case anyone does hurt you, or if you get hurt for any reason, you can

reach out to me.

Now you have my number. I know you fell from a tree, but do you like climbing

trees, Julie?

Yes.

I think so.

How about exploring your granddad's house?

Have you ever been to the basement? Julie, you don't need to answer that.

basement where Mike was?

No, Aurelia.

What?

Aurelia's in the basement, not Mike.

Who's Aurelia, Julie?

Officer. Aurelia's in the basement.

Do you talk to her?

No.

She's a ghost.

Officer Imani. Who else is down there, Julie? This is not a police interview.

Mike Murray, does that name mean anything to you? White man, dark hair.

are doing is illegal without a guardian present.

There's no evidence of wrongdoing here.

Julie fell from a tree, and she needs to recover.

That means you need to leave now.

Thank you, Julie.

Aurelia Sloan, 28, went missing from a park in Englewood three years ago.

According to her family, she's an addict and she was working as a nurse at the

time she went missing. Which fits with Crompton's account.

Neighbor Crompton won't go on the record.

And we can't use Julie's story.

Michael, Crompton, Aurelia.

They're different genders, ages, different neighborhoods.

There's no clear connect here.

Has to be.

He chose them.

He inflicted his violence on them. Why?

94 Expressway.

Both abduction sites were a couple blocks off the 94 Expressway.

I mean, it could be nothing, but... Run it. Do a geographical nexus.

Any missings last seen within a half mile of an exit ramp.

You want to see this, trust me.

He's down.

All right.

Oh, he's straight.

Mm -hmm.

One source won't go on record, and the other is a minor who spoke unofficially.

That's right.

I'd love to help you out here, but it's too thin.

The 94 connection is compelling but circumstantial. Nothing here links

to Raymond Bell. What about Julie?

What about her?

She was taken to the hospital with suspicious injuries.

She's living in the house with a suspected murderer. And DCFS made the

Dennis. Until we can bring hard evidence against Dennis. Dennis!

I've looked this man in the eye.

His instinct is violence. He will harm again. I believe you, but what we need

legal recourse. She's a child.

She's not safe.

Why didn't you go to Chapman with this?

She's been slam dunking cases for you the past few years. Ian was busy.

Right.

I hate this as much as you do, but I'm sorry.

It's not enough.

I need something concrete with these old cases. A witness, a DNA, anything that

gets you to bail.

You get that, and I'll put it to a judge in minutes.

We need more.

What? Exactly what it sounds like. We need more.

Let's get the team together.

start hitting all last known associates and locations of all of our 12 missings.

Most of these cases were years ago. There won't be any leads. I know how

goes. Everything will be dried up. Well, let's hope not.

There's got to be something. Imani, you want to argue about it or you want to

move? Hank?

What? I found your messenger.

Okay. Lives on the west side.

Give me the address.

I just want to remind you, this is 50 Kids with a half -baked messenger

okay? Trudy, may I please have the address?

Thank you.

Hey, man.

What's going on?

You a bite messenger?

Yeah, kind of. You dropped an envelope at the 21st District Police Station the

other night. Who is it from?

I don't know. That instinct you're having right now?

Listen to me.

Who was it from?

I don't look at what's inside.

Who? Some guy.

A white guy, like 50s or 60s. Come on. I don't know. He wore a hat and it

covered most of his face.

Paid with cash at the pickup.

Where was the pickup?

It was like on a corner somewhere. I don't know. What did he look like?

He's like a white guy.

You said that. What was he wearing?

A white t -shirt, black dress pants, black shoes.

It sounded like a cuff.

No, no, no, no. I remember.

His shoes were shined.

Like, they were, like, really shiny. Like, there wasn't a scuff on them. Oh,

man, this guy wasn't a cop. He sat behind a desk for sure. I need the

called from.

Now.

What do you mean, what problem?

Look at that.

What am I looking at?

It's a message from Julie Bell. Uh -huh.

I think it's a cry for help.

I tried calling back. I'm not getting through.

I think she's in danger.

How did she get your phone number?

I gave it to her at the hospital.

And what else do we have on Bell?

Nothing yet.

Nothing on the 11 missings, nothing on Mike Murray, but we got to move on this.

On what exactly?

On this message on a girl in trouble.

We crashed the house, claim exigent. No judge in the world would disagree.

They would.

Ava, we don't even know what we're looking at here.

This could be a little girl messing with her phone. It could be her grandfather

setting a trap.

I don't care. We got to move.

Okay, we move.

And she clams up again, then where are we?

So we do nothing.

No, we do something.

But we do it with control.

Come on.

Before we do anything, we need to confirm that Julie is unharmed.

Imani will head to her school in the morning.

You make sure she's safe.

Then we catch Bell off guard.

This man is proud, arrogant.

In his mind, he is the smartest person in every room.

He's the one in control.

But we don't have enough to arrest.

But I am telling you, he won't be able to help himself.

Raymond Bell.

Detective Burgess, this is Officer Atwater.

We have some new information regarding the body we found near your home, and we

were hoping you could come down to the district with us.

He'll want to know what we have.

He will come in willingly, and we let him believe he can outsmart us. Sure.

We just make Bell believe we have something, something real.

We make him curious.

Eventually, Bell will want nothing more than to talk to us, to prove us wrong,

and we let him talk.

We keep him talking until he makes a mistake.

Until we get what we need.

Have a seat.

What is it you would like to know?

Why don't we work backwards?

Let's start with Mike Murray.

The assault victim went missing near your house the other day.

Do you recognize him?

A really fun, disappeared from a park on 21st Avenue in Englewood, right off 94.

I don't know that name.

Nicholas Harsh, last seen in an alley off Sacramento Street.

That's terrible.

Pat Delaney, reported missing over a year ago.

You don't recognize him?

Should I?

Last person to see him alive saw him speaking to a white male with brown hair

a silver Mercedes sedan.

Well, I guess that we should call in every white guy that owns a Mercedes.

Six years ago, Elizabeth de Real vanished from an overpass.

Vanished from an overpass.

Ask him about the park in Englewood again.

No, never been there.

You've never been to Morningside Park?

Why would I go to a park in Inglewood?

Oh, so you do know where it is.

I know where Ford Theater is.

Do you think I shot Lincoln?

Probably took too many pills, fell in the lake, for all I know.

Pharmaceuticals. It's just too easy for people to make bad choices.

So you're telling me this woman killed herself?

Look at her eyes.

She doesn't want to live anymore.

Press.

How can you tell that?

One can tell.

So you can tell when people want to die?

No, I didn't say that.

Ask him about the parking angle one again.

Get him talking details.

See if his story changes.

Do you think I was stupid?

That I'm harmful?

That I would hurt someone, a young woman?

I wouldn't.

And I've already told you, I've never been to that park.

Okay. Oh, no.

Sorry.

Sorry.

I'm a little hazy.

One more time. Just help me out here.

Uh, sorry.

Um, Amelia Murray, Aurelia Murray, the nurse.

Sloan.

You're right, yes. Aurelia Sloan. She went missing near an exit off the 94 in

Englewood. That, you know, that park, 21st and Highland. Brookline?

No, it's 21st and Highland.

Playground is on Highland.

One block west, and the park with all the homeless people, because I'm

you should know this.

What playground?

The fire trucks.

You're right. Okay, yes. My God.

Were you with Julie when you were there? No, I was not with Julie when I was

there. I'm sorry. When were you there?

Huh?

When was it?

Did he?

He said the minute he was there.

But you did visit that park.

Just three hours ago, you said you'd never met Aurelius Sloan.

You said repeatedly you'd never been to that park in your life.

And now you seem to have a pretty familiar knowledge of the park, the

playground, the surrounding area. Hell, you even know where the homeless sleep.

So, which one is it, Raymond?

You're mistaken.

Mistaken, though.

I got it all on camera. I can play it back for you if you like.

I think we've had enough for one day. We do.

Am I under arrest?

Why lie about something so simple?

I'll take that as my answer.

Now, open the door, please.

I'm a free man, and I'm demanding you let me leave.

Right now.

This is compelling.

Bell tied himself to the location where Aurelia Sloan was last seen.

It even mentions a playground that was torn down a month after Aurelia

disappeared. Meaning he was at that park during the time period when she

disappeared. It's a connection.

A real one.

I can put a track order in.

A tracker?

Put a tracker on any of Bell's known vehicles.

If he leaves us any evidence, then we can move. Are you for real?

There's a child in danger, and you're giving us permission to put GPS on his

car. This evidence is enough for a tracker order.

Well, what happens when Bell flies off the handle and beats Julie to death? How

much will the evidence be worth then? If you wanted a different answer, you

should have met the burden of proof.

I can get you a tracker order, do you want it or not. We'll take it.

Yeah, sorry.

I need a tracker put on it. And I controlled it.

Control it.

All right, Kim, get the tracker order going.

The rest of you just go home, get some rest. We'll start fresh in the morning.

Hey Julie.

Julie! Julie, it's Officer Armani.

Julie.

Julie, it's Officer Armani. I'm here to help you.

Sure.