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- I do not care what you say.

Mark Troyer stole her from me.

- You only took her home from one singing.

- What does that matter?

- Sorry to interrupt.

You boys need anything else?

- No, ma'am. - No, ma'am.

I suppose you're entitled to your own opinion,

but you are wrong.

- Oh my gosh, blood.

Blood!

What seemed like just another ordinary day

in the small town of Sweetwater, Texas

turned out to be anything but

when Karen Wong woke up to the news

that her boyfriend of six months had suddenly gone missing.

- Morning, Naomi.

- Good morning, Cheryl.

- Esther, Elizabeth, what brings you in today?

- Oh, it's awful.

The Ashes' boy, Jonas, has been diagnosed with diabetes.

Elizabeth and I are planning a fundraiser for them.

- Don't they have insurance?

- Amish do not need insurance.

We take care of each other.

- But how?

Medical costs can be expensive.

- Well, there is a fund for unexpected medical needs,

and we will collect donations at the fundraiser.

- What if that's not enough?

- We will have faith.

- Well, let me know what I can do to help.

- Thank you, Cheryl.

I'm sure there's something, right, Mamm?

- We will see.

- Lydia. - Hey, girl.

- Cheryl, this is Lydia Troyer, my very best friend.

- Hello, Ms. Cooper.

I appreciate you giving me this opportunity.

- Oh, it's just Cheryl and you're welcome.

- Hi, Mrs. Miller, Elizabeth.

- Hello, Lydia.

Well, Elizabeth and I must go.

Goodbye now.

- Goodbye, see you later.

- Esther, could you keep working on the inventory?

- Mm-hmm

- Okay, Lydia, let's start your training.

All right, so you put in the amount, print.

Give it a try.

Nice.

- While you're on Rumspringa, the rules don't apply.

You can basically do whatever you want.

- Well, if Esther's on Rumspringa,

why can't she have a phone?

- That's a whole other story,

but don't worry, I'll turn mine off when I'm working.

- I appreciate that.

- What? That's weird.

- What is it?

My cousin has been missing for three years.

- Is that from him?

- I don't know who it's from,

but someone knows what happened to Mark.

- Maybe the police can trace the number.

- I don't think that's a good idea.

- One more time.

- Hey, Cheryl.

- Hi.

- What can I get you?

- Chicken salad, please.

- You got it.

- Kathy. - Mm-hmm?

- You know pretty much everybody in Sugarcreek, right?

- Most everyone.

- Lydia Troyer just started working for me.

What about her cousin, Mark?

Did you know him?

- Mark Troyer? Hmm.

He was the most popular guy in town.

All the girls were crazy about him.

It didn't matter if they were Amish or English.

He stopped wearing Amish clothes,

and he drove a little sports car.

Didn't try to hide it from anyone.

- So what happened to him?

- No one knows.

But the night Mark disappeared,

I found his shirt in the dumpster covered in blood.

- Blood?

Do you think he was murdered?

- I don't know.

The police found his car at the bus station.

Now the official statement says

that he ran away like a lot of the Amish kids do.

- But what about the bloody shirt?

- I gave it to the police and heard nothing else about it.

- Interesting.

- I'll get those started for you.

- Thanks.

- Hey, Renee, can I please speak to Chief Twitchell?

- Hi, Cheryl.

I think he's busy right now.

- Ortega, can you put a pot of coffee on?

- Hi.

- Oh, hi, Cheryl.

- Chief, can we talk?

- Follow me.

- Lydia Troyer got a text from an unknown number

saying they know where her cousin Mark is.

- I know you're knew here,

but we already know what happened to him.

He ran off like Amish kids do on Rumspringa.

- What about the bloody shirt?

- I don't know why I'm telling you this,

but there's a lot more evidence to suggest

that Troyer kid left town than any sort of foul play.

- So you tested the blood on Mark's shirt?

- Look, he was 18.

Legally, he could leave town.

He doesn't have to tell anyone, not even his family.

- Wait, you're not even gonna trace the number?

- No need to.

That was done three years ago.

- Oh.

You have been just as helpful as always.

Excuse me.

Did someone make coffee?

- I'll see.

Hey, Renee, can you gimme the file on Mark Troyer?

- Sure.

- Let's keep this between us, okay?

- Okay, I'll get right on that.

- Cool, thanks.

Thanks for coming to meet Mark's parents.

- Lydia, what a surprise.

- Hi, Aunt Joanna.

This is my friend Cheryl.

- Hello.

- She wants to ask you some questions about Mark.

- Come in.

Thanks.

- Naomi speaks so highly of you.

She says God has given you a gift,

the way you helped find the Schwartz's baby

and solved those robberies.

- Well, that was very kind of her.

Mrs. Troyer, Lydia told me about Mark.

I'd like to try to help you find your son.

- This is my daughter Matilda.

- Hi, Matilda.

- Dad does not like us to talk about Mark.

- Matilda, I got a text.

Someone knows where Mark is.

Isn't that good news?

Who?

- I don't know.

That's what we're trying to find out.

- Do you have any idea

who might know Mark's whereabouts now?

Friends, enemies?

- No.

- I do not want his name spoken in my house.

- Mr. Troyer, hi, I'm Cheryl Cooper.

I run the Swiss Miss.

- Uncle Saul, Cheryl is here to help.

- We do not need her help.

- But we have some information about Mark.

- Lydia, please, he knows where we are.

- But Saul.

- I have nothing more to say about this.

- Oh, okay.

Well, thank you for the tea.

That was strange.

- Did I mention their Swartzentruber Amish?

- No.

- They're the most conservative of the Amish community.

- Do you think that's why Mark left?

- Maybe.

He wanted to be an artist

and that is discouraged in the Amish community.

- Kathy said that he might've had a girlfriend.

- Yes, Mark broke a lot of hearts.

- Anyone special?

- There's a long list,

but at the top I would say Sarah Yutzy, Hannah Hilty,

and Henry Detweiler.

- Henry?

- Mark flirted with Sarah Yutzy,

who was sort of dating Henry Detweiler.

So when she broke it off with Henry,

he thought it was Mark's fault.

- Oh.

And what about Hannah Hilty?

- He was Hannah's first boyfriend,

and I don't think she ever got over him.

- Oh, hold on.

Meet me at the Guggisberg in parking lot at 8:00 PM.

We need to talk.

What?

Who is this?

- Officer Ortega?

Twitchell put you up to this?

- No, he doesn't know I'm here.

- So why are you?

- I agree with you.

The Troyer case could use another look,

but we have to find new evidence

to justify reopening the case.

- We?

- The Amish aren't fond of talking to the police,

but it sounds like they will talk to you.

- So you need my help?

- Let's just say we may be able to help each other.

- Okay.

- Okay, send me the number.

I'll try and trace it.

You can't tell anyone about this, okay?

- Got it, thanks.

Thanks.

Hello. - Hi.

- Ooh, you're making pies.

- Just crust today.

- Is this for the fundraiser?

- Yes, we will decorate the barn,

and everyone who attends will bring a dish

and a bit of money to contribute.

- Yeah.

- You're having it in the barn?

- Our house just isn't big enough for that many people.

- Well, you could rent a space and have dinner catered.

- Oh, that is not what we do.

- You could raise so much more money

if you make it a special event.

I could talk to Kathy about catering.

Oh, and I could design some posters

that we could hang around town.

- Uh, I will talk to the Ashes about that.

- Would you like me to come with you?

No.

- That will not be necessary.

- Cheryl, did you tell them what happened?

- What happened?

- I'm sure you know about Mark Troyer.

- Oh, very sad story.

I can only imagine what Joanna has been through.

- Lydia got a text that they knew where Mark was,

but she does not know who sent it.

She asked me to help her find out where it came from.

- Oh, that would be such a gift to Joanna

to finally have some answers.

Even if it is bad news, she'll still know.

- Do you wanna help me?

- Yeah.

- Cheryl, you leaving already?

- Yes, I just stopped by

to ask your mom about Mark Troyer.

Did you know him?

- Not well.

He's a few years younger than me.

Though I do remember Elizabeth and Esther

being quite fond of him.

- Yeah, it sounds like he was quite popular.

Lydia gave me a few names to look into.

- Well, if you need a hand, lemme know.

- Thought you weren't into mysteries.

- I was just trying to be helpful,

but if you don't need any...

- That's not what I meant.

- Get the door for you.

- Thank you.

- All right.

- Bye, Levi. - Bye.

- Troyer's car was found abandoned

at the Canton bus station.

A search did not reveal signs of foul play.

However, Sugarcreek police have taken possession

of several items inside the car as evidence:

a book of sculptures by the artist Martin Puryear,

Canton Raceway betting slip

with a number 87 written on the back.

Troyer has not been seen since the night of September 24th.

Bo, wouldn't Mark take his car if he was running away?

I think it's suspicious too.

- Hey, Cheryl. - Hey.

Can I ask you a couple more questions about Mark Troyer?

- Yeah, sure.

Go ahead.

- The night that you found his shirt,

can you remember who else was there?

- Oh, that kind of thing sticks with you.

There was Ben Vogel, your Aunt Mitzi, and two Amish boys.

Henry Detweiler and Moses Schrock.

- Do you think Henry or Moses would talk to me?

- Like a lot of the Amish, especially the boys, no.

- Because we're women?

- Yes, and not Amish, but they talk to Levi.

- Noted.

Thanks for your help. - Yep.

Don't you wanna stay and do the dishes?

- Next time.

Kathy said the Amish boys might talk to me

if you were with me, so thank you.

- Hi there, how can I help you folks?

- We're looking for Henry Detweiler.

Is he working today?

- Yes, he's that young man right over there.

Henry.

- Hello, Levi.

- It's good to see you, Henry.

This is my friend Cheryl Cooper.

Hi.

- We'd like to talk to you about Mark Troyer.

- We heard there was some tension between the two of you.

Could you tell me about that?

- It's okay.

You can trust her.

- It is true.

There was tension between us.

We'd not been seeing each other long,

but Mark stole Sarah from me.

- So it was about a girl?

- Yeah, Sarah Yutzy.

A few weeks before he disappeared,

Mark flirted with her at a singing.

He could have had any girl he wanted, but he picked her.

She went with her,

and he moved on to a new girl.

That's what he did.

After that, she stopped wanting to see me.

- I know it's hard, but you will find someone, Henry.

I'm sure.

- I just have one last question.

Do you happen to have a cell phone?

- Phone? No.

It is forbidden, except during Rumspringa.

- Thank you for your time, Henry.

Well, he's either upset or guilty.

- I thought we were keeping this investigation between us.

You can trust him.

- Levi Miller.

Your secret is safe with me, Officer Ortega.

- So what did you find out?

- I ran a check on Mark in our system.

No matching police records from the last three years.

I also tried the community college

where he was taking art classes.

I got a disconnected phone number

and an invalid email address.

- Anything on the number I sent you?

- Not yet, but I do have some news that might help.

I spoke with Jessica Stockton.

She was the last person to see Mark Troyer in Sugarcreek.

- What did she say?

- She was driving home from Dover

when she saw a car pulled over on the side of the road.

Mark was having engine trouble but waved Jessica on.

So she didn't speak to him?

- No, but what wasn't in the police report was

that there was a girl in the car with him.

- A girl?

Did she know who it was?

- Just that she wasn't Amish and she wore glasses.

- So maybe Mark had an English girlfriend?

- It's unlikely in our church.

- But not impossible.

I mean, especially during Rumspringa, right?

- Right.

Copy that.

I gotta go.

- Thank you, officer. - Bye.

- Lydia, can you come in here?

What do you think?

- It's not very Amish.

Well, we wanna get the whole town involved,

not just the Amish.

- Mm.

"But while he was still a long way off,

his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him.

He ran to his son,

threw his arms around him and kissed him."

- Do you think Saul would let Mark come home

if he wanted to?

- Uncle Saul is strict, but he's a good father.

My mamm says he is heartbroken, but he tries to hide it.

There's nothing he would want more than to hear from Mark.

- I'm sure that's true of the whole family.

- He may be a prodigal,

but they'd welcome him home with open arms.

- Do you know if he had an English girlfriend?

- No.

Never mentioned it if he did.

But you should ask my brother Elam.

They were close.

- Lydia, if the police couldn't figure out

what happened to Mark, what makes you think I can?

- Because you care.

The police didn't.

- This is my house.

- Hold the bag wider.

- Cheryl, these are my older brothers, Elam and Thomas.

- Hey.

- Hello. - Hi.

- Cheryl wants to ask you about Mark.

- Do you know if he had English girlfriend

around the time he disappeared?

- Mark liked Amish and English girls.

- It would be hard to keep track of all the girls.

- So there was no one special,

someone he might have taken with him when he disappeared?

- Not that we know of.

- I read that they found a betting slip in his car.

- Huh?

During Rumspringa, we went to the horse races.

There was even talk Mark got mixed up with gangsters.

But the only thing we lost was our hard-earned money.

- Sorry to hear that.

Just one more question.

Do either of you have a cell phone?

- No. No, ma'am.

We give them up after Rumspringa.

Gave mine to Thomas.

- Yeah, thanks for that.

Took about a week before it broke.

It's him again.

Open the box.

- A puzzle box?

- Mark loved making them.

- It's beautiful.

- He gave it to me for my 13th birthday.

Just a couple of weeks before he disappeared.

- Well, the text said to open it.

We haven't been able to figure it out.

You can try.

- Why don't we just bust it open?

- We can't.

It's the last thing Lydia has from her cousin.

- Fine.

This is Officer Ortega.

Okay, thanks.

That was the phone company.

The number is registered to Elam Troyer.

- That's not possible.

I was with him when Lydia got that last text.

- He must be hiding something.

Why don't you talk to him and find out what it is?

- I'm on it.

Hi, again.

- What can we do for you, Cheryl?

- Elam, I thought you said you didn't have a phone.

- I gave my phone to Thomas.

- Where is it now?

- In my room, but it's broken.

- Could you show it to me?

- I'll be right back.

Here it is.

- Thank you.

It doesn't even power on.

Wait, is the SIM card still in here?

- I don't know what that is.

- Elam, are you still paying the phone bill?

- The charges were deducted from my bank account,

but when I gave it to Thomas,

I told him to change it to his.

- It broke before I even got around to it.

- Well, if you're still paying for it,

that means the SIM card's still active.

Someone could be using it in another phone.

- What's that mean?

- There's no SIM card.

- Thomas, could someone have taken it?

- I don't know.

- Nice try, Bo.

Got that part.

What are you hiding in there, Mark?

Thanks for coming with me to see Moses, Levi.

What is this?

- Levi.

How are you doing?

- Good to see you.

This is Cheryl.

- Hi. - Hi there.

- Cheryl has a few questions for you about Mark Troyer.

- He was nice enough to show me the ropes.

I started working here at the buggy shop

about a month before his disappearance.

- So you didn't notice any strange behavior?

- No, he was on Rumspringa at the time.

Everyone liked Mark, especially the girls,

except for Henry Detweiler.

He was sure Mark had ruined his chances of Sarah Yutzy.

He was angry about it.

But Sarah was never serious about Henry.

- How do you know that?

- I'm married to Sarah's sister and they talk.

- So you were at the Honeybee

the night they found Mark's bloody shirt, right?

- That wasn't Mark's shirt.

That was my shirt.

- The bloody shirt was yours?

- I cut my hand on a bus saw

the last day Mark and I had worked together.

I had blood all over,

and he got me an extra shirt out of his car,

and then I bled all over that one too.

- Must have been a deep cut.

- I have not made that mistake again.

Anyway, I called Henry.

We had phones at the time.

I called him to meet me at the Honeybee with a fresh shirt.

I threw Mark's in the dumpster before we met.

I figured he would not want that back.

- Why didn't you tell the police?

- No one asked.

My mom passed away at the time.

I wasn't working.

I didn't even hear about Mark's disappearance

until weeks later.

Was there anything else?

- No, you've been very helpful.

- Thank you, Moses.

- Good seeing you. - You too.

- You should probably talk to Officer Ortega.

- Yeah.

- And so I think given the fact

that Jessica Stockton's account was not fully recorded,

there may be reason enough to take another look at the case.

If we request access to see where the phone is located,

it, it might just give us the answers

we need to finally put this case to bed.

- That's been in bed and sleeping soundly for three years.

Troyer is a runaway.

That's the end of that.

- Chief, his family deserves closure.

- We have actual crimes to solve.

Do you understand, officer?

- Yes, sir.

That's all.

- I can't believe Ortega didn't answer.

Thanks again.

You were a huge help today.

I don't think they would've talked to me without you.

- Not all Amish men find it easy to talk to English women.

At least not as easy as I do with you.

- Hmm, I like talking to you too.

I should... - Yeah.

- Hi.

- Hey, how's it going with Moses Schrock?

- Well, it was his blood on the shirt.

Not Mark Troyer's.

- Ah, Moses Schrock's?

- Mm-hmm, he cut his hand on a saw at work.

Mark gave him his shirt,

but he bled right through it

and threw it in the dumpster.

- Oh my goodness.

- Yeah.

Anyways, while I was here,

I thought I'd check on the fundraiser.

Do you think we should get

some speakers for the dance floor?

- Amish do not dance, Cheryl.

- Well, yeah, but for the other guests.

- I know your heart is in the right place,

but this is an Amish fundraiser, not English.

- Just trying to help.

- It is not necessary.

- You're never gonna believe this.

It turns out the blood on the shirt wasn't Mark Troyer's,

it was Moses Schrock's.

So at least now we can focus on finding Mark

and not some killer.

- He said I can't pursue the case anymore.

- Are you serious?

You're just gonna give up?

- I can't lose my job over one case.

And it sounds like from what you found out from Moses

that Twitchell is right.

Mark is probably a runaway.

- You just said it, probably.

- Cheryl, please just leave this alone.

- Wow, you sound just like Twitchell.

Maybe you two deserve each other.

You don't have to do that.

- I don't mind.

Anyway, I'm not here on my own accord.

- You're not?

- Mamm is afraid that she hurt your feelings.

She asked me to come and check with you.

- I'm fine.

I wasn't listening to her or Elizabeth.

I just wanted to do everything my own way.

You know, I haven't had a yard before.

Can I try?

- Sure.

- Like?

- You'll find it easier if you rake with the breeze

that way the leaves blow towards you.

See?

Oh.

Yeah, it's not always a bad thing to be headstrong.

It means you know what you want.

- It also means you don't know when to let go.

Just like in grade school

when they took the strawberry milk off the menu.

I tried to get everyone to protest with me,

and then I found out I was the only one who liked it.

Still protested anyway.

Just me and my sign.

- Strawberry milk?

- I guess it's an acquired taste.

- How'd everything go with Officer Ortega?

- She's done helping me.

Twitchell put an end to that.

- Well, I guess that just means

you'll have to find Mark on your own.

- How?

The only clue I have left is that puzzle box

that Mark left for Lydia.

- You never mentioned a puzzle box.

- I didn't?

Come on.

- Let's see.

Just there.

Got it.

- Oh my gosh, Levi, you're amazing.

- Well, I, I do like puzzles.

- Oh, well, you know,

mysteries are just big puzzles waiting to be solved.

- What is it?

- The title to Mark's car.

He signed it over to you, Lydia.

- That's not Mark's name.

It says Mark Puryear.

- I guess he changed his last name.

- To his favorite artist.

- Which explains why we couldn't find him

in any of our searches.

- So if Mark left me his car,

that means he planned to leave all alone.

But I don't understand

why would he just vanish without telling anyone?

- I think someone did know.

- Oh, Chief Twitchell wants to see you.

- He probably wants me to make coffee.

- Yeah.

- You wanted to see me?

- Take a seat.

I went over your notes on the Troyer file.

It's not bad work.

I may have missed a few things after all.

I decided to reopen the case.

I'm writing a formal request to the courthouse right now,

asking them to track that SIM card signal

to find out who's been texting Lydia Troyer.

- Thank you, Chief.

- There's just one condition.

I don't want to hear anything

about Cheryl Cooper being involved in this.

Is that clear?

- Yes, sir.

- There you are.

I'm so glad you came.

- Of course I came.

Naomi, this is lovely.

- It would've been lovelier

if we had brought someone in to decorate.

- It could not have turned out better.

I'm sorry I tried to take over.

I just wanted the night to be successful for your friend.

- I know.

And it, and it is.

Look around.

See all these people who came out

to show my cousin and her family that they care?

- What about their medical expenses?

Well, we will be able to cover some of it,

but the most important thing is that they know

that we are there for them and we know what they need.

And whatever we can't provide,

we will trust that God will.

- You're right.

- Our table is right over there.

- I'm gonna get some food.

- Cheryl, you made it.

- Elizabeth, hi.

You did a beautiful job in here.

- You're, you're too kind.

- No, it's perfect. It truly is.

- Levi says there's some big developments in Mark's case.

- I think we're getting closer.

- I'm sure you'll figure it out.

Deb and Levi are waiting for you over there.

Oh, okay.

- Cheryl!

Cheryl, hey.

- What are you doing at an Amish fundraiser?

- I thought you'd be here.

And I wanted to tell you,

Twitchell's working on the court order

to track the cell phone.

- I think you might be too late.

They just sent me this text.

I think someone overheard me talking about the case.

- They're here?

Call the number.

- Good idea.

Where is that?

Over there!

- Lydia, come on.

- Police, stop!

- Turn around slowly.

- Elizabeth?

- What's happening?

- I think we found our mystery texter.

- But she doesn't even own

a phone.

- I bought it during my Rumspringa.

- Go on.

- I took the SIM card from Thomas's phone

when I was helping his mom with the baby.

- Why would you do that?

- Because I know what happened to Mark,

and I wanted you to know.

- What happened to him?

- He left to study art in New York.

- But why would he leave without telling anyone?

- He didn't.

He left a note for his whole family.

He's even written his parents and they've never responded.

Huh?

- How do you know?

- Mark and I used to see each other romantically.

- Mark Troyer?

- I'm sorry.

It, it was a secret.

I knew what people would think.

I was too young, but we told each other everything.

He told me things

that he did not dare tell his family or anyone.

We ended things before he left,

but we've remained friends,

even though he's married.

- Mark is married?

- So what did you mean by your text?

You're getting closer.

There's not much time.

- Mark's wife's pregnant.

And in the new year, they're moving to Rome.

I just wanted him and his family to make peace

before they left the country and it's too late.

- So it was you and the car with Mark the night he left?

- No, that, that was not me.

- Then who was it?ú

- Matilda.

- Matilda?

- I found Mark's note that night.

I did not want him to leave.

So I found him and I tried to convince him to stay,

but his mind was already made up.

- Why not tell us?

- I knew it would upset you and dad

to know that Mark had abandoned us,

our family, our faith.

- You thought it would be better for us

to think that our son left without saying goodbye?

Or even worse, to think he might be dead?

- The rules of our district are very clear.

We do not condone sin among our members.

- Did you not think that we would forgive him?

He's more important than any of the rules.

- Mark was not a member.

He'd not been baptized yet.

- Where are the letters he sent?

I want to see them.

- I, I did not want him to influence the younger children,

so I, I burned them.

I was only trying to keep our family together.

- Matilda, everyone can make their own decisions

about joining the church,

even your brothers and sisters.

- Come inside.

Can I have everyone's attention please?

I wanted to thank everyone

for coming out in support of the Ashes.

Not only have you given of your talents

with all of this delicious food,

but you have opened up your hearts and given generously.

God is good.

- This is really good.

Poor Elizabeth having to keep that all in.

- You can never trust the quiet ones.

- Do you think she still has feelings for Mark?

- Just friendship.

- Sometimes that's enough.

- Cheryl, did you see all of the pies

that they have up there?

- No.

- Did I interrupt something?

- Uh.

- He's here.

- Welcome home, Son.

- It's good to see you, Dad.

This is my wife, Anna.

- Hi, nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- I've heard a lot about you guys.

It's great to meet you.

- It's good to see you.

- Matilda.

Elam, Thomas.

- Nice to meet you.

- Lydia, good to see you.

Elizabeth, it's been too long, Lizzie.

- Are you talking about your hair?

- You must be the Cheryl Cooper I keep hearing about.

- It's very nice to meet you, Mark.

- Nice to meet you too.

- Come inside, everyone.

Supper time.

Grace has a way of pulling us back,

guiding us home even when we've strayed far,

even when we're unsure if we belong.

Tonight wasn't just a celebration for the Troyers.

It was a reminder for all of us.

No matter how far we wander,

there's always a way back to the father.