1 00:00:05,013 --> 00:00:07,208 Try "naked girls". 2 00:00:13,493 --> 00:00:15,961 All right! We got 473 matches. 3 00:00:16,053 --> 00:00:19,841 If we spent just five minutes in each site, that would make... 4 00:00:19,933 --> 00:00:22,811 39 hours of porn on the Internet. 5 00:00:22,893 --> 00:00:25,930 Yeah! That is why Bill Gates should be president. 6 00:00:26,013 --> 00:00:30,564 There. That one. "100% Free Nasty Hardcore Coed Teenage Virgins. " 7 00:00:38,293 --> 00:00:40,488 "I understand I'll be exposed to images, 8 00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:45,010 verbal descriptions and audio sounds of a sexually orientated erotic nature. " 9 00:00:45,093 --> 00:00:47,891 "Under penalty of perjury, I affirm that I am an adult 10 00:00:47,973 --> 00:00:50,407 at least 21 years of age. " 11 00:00:56,573 --> 00:00:59,212 - Yes. - Oh. 12 00:00:59,293 --> 00:01:03,650 $9.95? That's false advertising. It says, "100% free". 13 00:01:03,733 --> 00:01:09,365 - And we said we were over 21. - It's OK. One down, 472 to go. 14 00:01:15,133 --> 00:01:18,443 - Don't start without me. - You almost gave me a heart attack. 15 00:01:18,533 --> 00:01:21,127 I thought you were my mom. 16 00:01:24,253 --> 00:01:27,689 - The pizza's cold. - I got something that'll make up for that. 17 00:01:27,773 --> 00:01:32,164 I ran into Leahy. He heard about it while lurking on a chatroom for perverts. 18 00:01:32,253 --> 00:01:34,528 - Heard about what? - An address. 19 00:01:35,173 --> 00:01:38,722 - To a very special place. - Oh, yes. 20 00:01:57,293 --> 00:02:01,127 - S and M. - I don't know. She doesn't look the type. 21 00:02:01,213 --> 00:02:03,204 As if you'd know. 22 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:08,893 The higher the number, the less clothes. 23 00:02:08,973 --> 00:02:12,727 So what happens at 37122? Full frontal? 24 00:02:14,733 --> 00:02:16,849 Better. Watch. 25 00:02:19,293 --> 00:02:22,569 This is getting kinda freaky. 26 00:02:30,173 --> 00:02:32,050 - God! - We gotta tell somebody. 27 00:02:32,133 --> 00:02:34,328 What are we gonna tell them? 28 00:02:34,413 --> 00:02:37,166 We need proof. Hit "print". 29 00:02:42,893 --> 00:02:45,009 Did that really happen? 30 00:03:45,293 --> 00:03:49,332 The Group received reports from 24 police departments across the US. 31 00:03:50,133 --> 00:03:54,331 All had complaints from citizens claiming to have witnessed a murder on a webcast. 32 00:03:54,413 --> 00:03:56,483 - The accounts are consistent? - Yes. 33 00:03:56,573 --> 00:04:01,567 Over a period of several hours a series of live still images updated. 34 00:04:01,653 --> 00:04:04,565 They depicted this woman being restrained to a chair 35 00:04:04,653 --> 00:04:09,124 and then murdered when the number of hits on the website matched the one on the wall. 36 00:04:09,213 --> 00:04:13,047 - 37122. And the website? - It disappeared. 37 00:04:13,133 --> 00:04:17,092 In your hands is the only visual record we have of the entire incident. 38 00:04:17,173 --> 00:04:22,770 Some of the Group think it might have been staged. Some kind of sick performance art. 39 00:04:23,573 --> 00:04:29,489 No, it's real. Though the elaborate nature of the murder shows he's performing for us. 40 00:04:29,573 --> 00:04:33,043 - Who has jurisdiction over this? - Technically, nobody. 41 00:04:33,133 --> 00:04:36,569 No agency can claim jurisdiction till we find out where it happened. 42 00:04:36,653 --> 00:04:39,292 The law hasn't kept up with the technology. 43 00:04:39,373 --> 00:04:43,605 No crime scene, no physical evidence and we don't know the identity of the victim. 44 00:04:44,933 --> 00:04:48,448 Do you think he's gonna commit another murder? 45 00:04:48,933 --> 00:04:50,924 You can count on it. 46 00:04:57,653 --> 00:05:01,692 The first step in finding the victim's identity is to deconstruct her face 47 00:05:01,773 --> 00:05:04,731 to give the computer something to compare to other faces. 48 00:05:04,813 --> 00:05:07,611 We highlight the cardinal points of the victim's face, 49 00:05:07,693 --> 00:05:13,404 which creates an abstraction I can enhance by the minute degrees of pixel contrast. 50 00:05:13,493 --> 00:05:18,009 Reducing her face to a string of numbers I can feed into the Missing Persons Registry. 51 00:05:18,933 --> 00:05:20,810 This will take a minute. 52 00:05:25,253 --> 00:05:27,892 Sorry about the mess. It's the maid's day off. 53 00:05:27,973 --> 00:05:32,683 Don't worry about it. Your apartment's exactly how I imagined it would be. 54 00:05:34,493 --> 00:05:38,611 - Ooh! We got six maybes. - Show all of them. 55 00:05:39,733 --> 00:05:42,293 Which of the missing women have an e-mail address? 56 00:05:43,693 --> 00:05:49,086 Three. Claudia Vance, Rebecca Damsen and Patricia Viamonte. 57 00:05:49,173 --> 00:05:53,132 Can you tell how active they were online before they went missing? 58 00:05:53,693 --> 00:05:58,209 Viamonte's got a CompuNetServe account which she's used twice. 59 00:05:58,293 --> 00:06:02,172 Vance has got the same kind of account and logged in about once a week. 60 00:06:02,253 --> 00:06:04,528 What about Damsen? 61 00:06:04,613 --> 00:06:08,128 She's posted hundreds of messages in every conceivable newsgroup. 62 00:06:08,213 --> 00:06:10,408 Must have been online hundreds of hours. 63 00:06:10,493 --> 00:06:12,961 My kinda woman. A real net chick. 64 00:06:13,053 --> 00:06:16,602 - Is there a user profile? - Uh-huh. 65 00:06:16,693 --> 00:06:21,130 Female, 26. Librarian at the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music. 66 00:06:21,213 --> 00:06:24,250 - She's the victim. - Just because she uses the computer? 67 00:06:24,333 --> 00:06:28,804 No. Because he does. The web has become his world. 68 00:06:28,893 --> 00:06:32,044 He showed her off on the Internet. He killed her on the Internet. 69 00:06:32,133 --> 00:06:36,524 I believe he stalked her then made contact in cyberspace 70 00:06:36,613 --> 00:06:38,604 before abducting her in real life. 71 00:06:38,693 --> 00:06:40,729 There may be a record of that contact. 72 00:06:40,813 --> 00:06:43,043 I need access to her e-mail account. 73 00:06:43,133 --> 00:06:46,569 We need permission from CompuNetServe and to go through the bureaucracy. 74 00:06:46,653 --> 00:06:49,247 - You'd get the files by the end of the week. - No good. 75 00:06:49,333 --> 00:06:52,928 The killer's already trawling for his next victim. 76 00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:57,803 I could try hacking into their system, but I need something with a lot more fire power. 77 00:06:57,893 --> 00:07:00,088 Where can we get access to that equipment? 78 00:07:00,173 --> 00:07:05,406 I can think of two places. The NSA data system at Vandenberg, level three clearance. 79 00:07:05,493 --> 00:07:09,042 The other is even harder to get into. 80 00:07:20,013 --> 00:07:22,447 Access is restricted to the Millennium Group 81 00:07:22,533 --> 00:07:25,445 but this is a special case, so anything you don't see, ask. 82 00:07:25,893 --> 00:07:29,329 My God. This is like a hacker's wet dream. 83 00:07:29,413 --> 00:07:32,485 Dickey Bird told me about it, but I thought he was yanking my chain. 84 00:07:32,573 --> 00:07:34,962 That's a T3 line. It's like a fire hose 85 00:07:35,053 --> 00:07:39,444 compared to the soda straw we were sucking information out of. 86 00:07:45,733 --> 00:07:49,772 You two may wanna leave the room. What I'm doing isn't exactly legal. 87 00:07:49,853 --> 00:07:52,526 Just get in as quick as you can. 88 00:08:03,933 --> 00:08:07,846 Ding! 11 seconds. Her password was "password". 89 00:08:07,933 --> 00:08:11,323 Her pseudonym online was Queen Libido. 90 00:08:11,413 --> 00:08:16,646 These are quite explicit. Doesn't sync with a librarian from the Sheboygan. 91 00:08:16,733 --> 00:08:20,567 Some people feel liberated when they adopt an Internet persona. 92 00:08:20,653 --> 00:08:23,372 In cyberspace people are free to experiment. 93 00:08:23,453 --> 00:08:28,811 Online I've changed my name, my appearance, sexual orientation. Even gender. 94 00:08:28,893 --> 00:08:31,691 That's more personal information than I need, Brian. 95 00:08:31,773 --> 00:08:34,048 Her correspondents were two men and a woman. 96 00:08:34,133 --> 00:08:38,012 - Or so they claim. - We ought to interview them soon. 97 00:08:38,093 --> 00:08:41,290 - Who do you want to talk to first? - Ideally all at once. 98 00:08:41,373 --> 00:08:44,570 Otherwise they'll communicate and tip off the suspect. 99 00:08:44,653 --> 00:08:47,690 - But we can't be in three places at one time. - You can. 100 00:08:58,053 --> 00:09:02,729 We have full duplex vid connections with every city now. We can see and hear them. 101 00:09:02,813 --> 00:09:06,328 These sliders allow you to turn up the volume on any of the satcasts. 102 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:09,644 If you wanna talk, hit this. Otherwise you can't be heard. 103 00:09:10,573 --> 00:09:12,689 - Peter, can you hear me? - Loud and clear. 104 00:09:13,173 --> 00:09:15,403 Detective Brusky? 105 00:09:16,173 --> 00:09:18,403 - Sergeant Collier? - Mm-hm. 106 00:09:20,333 --> 00:09:22,324 Let's go. 107 00:09:24,493 --> 00:09:27,405 Yeah, that's me. My onscreen name is Big One. 108 00:09:28,133 --> 00:09:30,124 I never heard of a law against e-mail. 109 00:09:30,213 --> 00:09:34,968 - Ask him if he ever met Queen Libido. - Have you had contact with Queen Libido? 110 00:09:35,053 --> 00:09:38,523 Never have, never will. Don't even want to see a picture. 111 00:09:39,333 --> 00:09:44,361 I get off on their minds. Physical attributes bore me. Look at me. Now close your eyes... 112 00:09:44,453 --> 00:09:47,047 Frank, this is Officer Dominic. 113 00:09:47,133 --> 00:09:50,284 I don't think this Brandon Heygood llI is home. 114 00:09:50,373 --> 00:09:52,329 Officer, time is of the essence. 115 00:09:52,413 --> 00:09:55,962 Can you turn that away a sec? 116 00:09:56,053 --> 00:09:59,682 What do you know? He left the door unlocked. 117 00:10:03,013 --> 00:10:07,211 There must be some mistake. The person you're looking for is obviously female. 118 00:10:07,293 --> 00:10:09,648 With a name like LadyLove. 119 00:10:09,733 --> 00:10:11,530 Honey, have you been online? 120 00:10:11,613 --> 00:10:15,447 Brusky, I think you'd find more success if you isolated the husband. 121 00:10:15,533 --> 00:10:21,324 Mrs O'Connor, do you think we might talk to your husband in private for a moment? 122 00:10:21,413 --> 00:10:23,973 - Peter, anything of interest? - Still looking. 123 00:10:24,053 --> 00:10:28,410 It smells terrible in here. Food rotting. Like he hasn't been home for days. 124 00:10:28,493 --> 00:10:31,326 - Why not use your own name? - It's a nom de plume. 125 00:10:32,053 --> 00:10:34,726 It's common amongst authors and literary people. 126 00:10:34,813 --> 00:10:38,852 LadyLove just happens to be my writing persona. 127 00:10:40,133 --> 00:10:43,409 Peter, on the wall. What was on the wall? 128 00:10:43,493 --> 00:10:45,927 Show him the wall. Show him the pictures. 129 00:10:50,733 --> 00:10:53,930 That's it. The cemetery. The victim. That's where the girl is. 130 00:10:54,613 --> 00:10:58,526 - I can't do this on video. - You wanna come down after the storm? 131 00:10:58,613 --> 00:11:01,047 They're predicting heavy rains here. El Ni�o. 132 00:11:01,133 --> 00:11:05,445 - A lot of evidence could be washed away. - Then go to the cemetery now. 133 00:11:18,133 --> 00:11:20,852 Let us be your eyes and ears. Tell us where to look. 134 00:11:20,933 --> 00:11:25,006 - Show me everything. - Just keep panning all around. 135 00:11:26,333 --> 00:11:29,405 Try and tell me what you're thinking, put it into words. 136 00:11:29,493 --> 00:11:31,609 I can't put it into words. 137 00:11:32,653 --> 00:11:35,406 What I do exists somewhere on the other side of words. 138 00:11:35,493 --> 00:11:38,132 It's gonna rain. We won't get a second chance. 139 00:11:50,573 --> 00:11:54,646 You slaughtered that young girl for no other reason than you wanted to. 140 00:11:55,413 --> 00:11:59,531 You hate yourself but you feel like you're God at the same time. 141 00:11:59,613 --> 00:12:01,604 But maybe the bitch had it coming. 142 00:12:01,693 --> 00:12:04,082 I watched the life drain from her body. 143 00:12:04,173 --> 00:12:07,404 And now she's mine forever. I showed her to the world. 144 00:12:08,093 --> 00:12:13,292 And now I have her in a safe place where I can see her any time I want. 145 00:12:19,253 --> 00:12:21,369 There's a shed. 146 00:12:21,453 --> 00:12:23,728 Over here. Shed. 147 00:12:31,173 --> 00:12:33,448 - It hasn't been opened. - Show me the lock. 148 00:12:34,173 --> 00:12:38,007 That's a new lock. My lock. I wanted to be careful. He wanted to be careful. 149 00:12:38,093 --> 00:12:40,482 Open it up. Get in there. 150 00:12:48,253 --> 00:12:51,404 God, it's both of them. The girl and Heygood. 151 00:12:53,133 --> 00:12:56,967 Heygood's not our killer. He's another victim. 152 00:12:58,613 --> 00:13:00,604 Those are numbers? 153 00:13:03,453 --> 00:13:06,650 3, 6, 2, 5, 8, 8, 9, 12. 154 00:13:06,733 --> 00:13:08,724 Maybe passages from the Bible. 155 00:13:08,813 --> 00:13:11,691 - It's an IP. - It's an Internet address. 156 00:13:15,253 --> 00:13:17,562 He's taken another victim. 157 00:13:28,613 --> 00:13:31,889 - Any changes on the website? - Only the target number. 158 00:13:31,973 --> 00:13:34,441 The chair's exactly the same. 159 00:13:35,693 --> 00:13:39,732 On the floor the spray pattern is consistent with the carotid artery being cut. 160 00:13:39,813 --> 00:13:44,170 - Anything from the shack? - No prints or useful fibres. He was careful. 161 00:13:44,253 --> 00:13:47,768 The FBI's prepared to mobilise when we find the location of the site. 162 00:13:47,853 --> 00:13:50,606 - It could be anywhere. - OK. I'm set. 163 00:13:50,693 --> 00:13:55,369 CompuNetServe is ready to help with the trace. 164 00:13:55,453 --> 00:13:58,251 This shows how the web connection is routed. 165 00:13:58,333 --> 00:14:02,121 We find out how the website gets to us and how the picture got to the website. 166 00:14:02,213 --> 00:14:04,283 I've got to do the trace within one cycle. 167 00:14:04,373 --> 00:14:07,524 Every time it updates, we're back to ground zero. 168 00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:10,446 - Go. - It travelled the fibre backbone. 169 00:14:11,973 --> 00:14:14,123 Come on. Just a second more. 170 00:14:15,053 --> 00:14:17,692 The picture was routed to a server in Michigan. 171 00:14:21,293 --> 00:14:24,251 Boston. On the main server for the state of Massachusetts. 172 00:14:24,333 --> 00:14:28,121 I've got it originating in a suburb called Wellesley. 173 00:14:29,053 --> 00:14:32,568 - Come on. - Boston. 174 00:14:32,653 --> 00:14:34,132 - Damn! - Lost it. 175 00:14:34,213 --> 00:14:36,932 - We need an account number and a name. - I'm close. 176 00:14:37,013 --> 00:14:41,325 - The next one will give me an address. - Boston law enforcement's ready to move. 177 00:14:44,333 --> 00:14:46,972 What? That's impossible. No one can do this. 178 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:50,125 - What's going on? - This update is from a different server. 179 00:14:50,213 --> 00:14:53,171 It's coming from Hawaii. The server is in Honolulu. 180 00:14:53,253 --> 00:14:55,403 What is it, Boston or Hawaii? 181 00:14:56,013 --> 00:14:57,844 I have to start over. 182 00:14:57,933 --> 00:14:59,889 Tracking it back. 183 00:14:59,973 --> 00:15:02,931 Came off the backbone. That's right, come to Papa. 184 00:15:03,013 --> 00:15:06,767 Routing information. It's coming from... Canterbury, England. 185 00:15:06,853 --> 00:15:08,605 I don't get it. 186 00:15:09,533 --> 00:15:13,651 He's playing with us. He gave us his address because he knew we couldn't trace it. 187 00:15:13,733 --> 00:15:18,284 There are two million lines of code running CompuNetServe. 188 00:15:18,373 --> 00:15:21,171 I'm sorry. I can't identify the source of the call. 189 00:15:21,253 --> 00:15:23,369 - I can disconnect the website. - No. 190 00:15:23,453 --> 00:15:26,331 Then we cut off our only source of information. 191 00:15:27,853 --> 00:15:29,844 696314. 192 00:15:34,293 --> 00:15:36,409 696314. 193 00:15:40,653 --> 00:15:43,804 I have a feeling it's more than a target number. It's a puzzle. 194 00:15:43,893 --> 00:15:47,932 - It's something we have to unravel. - Peter. 696314. 195 00:15:48,013 --> 00:15:51,449 I know that number. I practically lived with it when I was in the FBI. 196 00:15:51,533 --> 00:15:55,367 San Francisco file, aka Avatar. 197 00:15:55,453 --> 00:15:57,648 Still unsolved. Does that ring a bell? 198 00:15:57,733 --> 00:16:03,490 You've taken a 12-year leap. The last murder attributed to Avatar was in 1986. 199 00:16:03,573 --> 00:16:08,203 He was the same kind of predator. He killed couples, took souvenirs, taunted the police. 200 00:16:08,293 --> 00:16:12,411 The unique aspect of this case is its public nature. It's murder on display. 201 00:16:12,493 --> 00:16:16,771 - We've got to focus on that. - It's a new medium to vent the same old rage. 202 00:16:16,853 --> 00:16:19,765 You take the technology out of it, it's the same crime. 203 00:16:19,853 --> 00:16:22,083 696314. 204 00:16:22,173 --> 00:16:25,848 - It can't be a coincidence. - Mr Black, Mr Watts. 205 00:16:26,813 --> 00:16:29,805 The picture changed. This just came in. 206 00:16:31,653 --> 00:16:34,804 - Forward that to FBI Cryptography. - I already did. 207 00:16:38,173 --> 00:16:40,971 A rotation substitution cipher. 208 00:16:41,053 --> 00:16:45,763 Semaphore codes, horoscope symbols. Just like Avatar. 209 00:16:45,853 --> 00:16:48,572 Looks like we lost the signal. 210 00:16:48,653 --> 00:16:51,372 That's not blank. That's a curtain. 211 00:16:51,453 --> 00:16:54,968 Like on the stage. He's gonna open the curtain and show us something. 212 00:16:55,053 --> 00:16:58,489 - Print every frame. - Printing. 213 00:16:59,973 --> 00:17:01,804 His next victim. 214 00:17:05,773 --> 00:17:07,923 I don't know if I wanna see this. 215 00:17:08,013 --> 00:17:10,971 If we can ID her, at least we can tell where she came from. 216 00:17:11,053 --> 00:17:15,604 That's a first step to finding out where he's holding her. 217 00:17:16,693 --> 00:17:18,729 No, he won't show us her face. 218 00:17:18,813 --> 00:17:22,362 That's how we found the other two bodies. 219 00:17:22,853 --> 00:17:25,845 The cipher's all he's gonna give us. 220 00:17:37,373 --> 00:17:41,844 We sent the cipher to the Group's cryptographer. They haven't had much luck. 221 00:17:41,933 --> 00:17:43,810 Agent Tully, how's it going? 222 00:17:43,893 --> 00:17:47,203 We've run it through every known algorithmic solution. Nothing. 223 00:17:47,293 --> 00:17:49,887 - Did you try my suggestion? - Yeah, we tried it. 224 00:17:49,973 --> 00:17:54,410 This code may look similar but it's not the same as the Avatar code sent ten years ago. 225 00:17:54,493 --> 00:17:58,281 OK. We'll be here if you come up with anything. 226 00:18:03,773 --> 00:18:06,765 He could be a copycat. 227 00:18:06,853 --> 00:18:13,247 Someone who was obsessed with the case, with him. Obsessed enough to re-create it. 228 00:18:13,333 --> 00:18:16,928 The most recent events are not a copy. It's a whole new creation. 229 00:18:17,013 --> 00:18:19,163 From the slipstream of electrons. 230 00:18:19,253 --> 00:18:22,768 A world as real as life or death, but disappear in the blink of an eye. 231 00:18:22,853 --> 00:18:25,526 The devil has a new playground. 232 00:18:27,293 --> 00:18:31,650 696314... was a message. 233 00:18:31,733 --> 00:18:34,293 This cipher was another message. 234 00:18:34,373 --> 00:18:37,843 He found this important enough to send it twice. 235 00:18:37,933 --> 00:18:41,812 First before the reveal of the victim and then again after. 236 00:18:41,893 --> 00:18:45,283 - What if he didn't send the same one twice? - I've checked it. 237 00:18:45,373 --> 00:18:47,841 Every symbol, every position. Exactly the same. 238 00:18:47,933 --> 00:18:52,802 To our eye, maybe, but at the pixel level there could be a slight difference. 239 00:18:52,893 --> 00:18:55,851 Each point could be one of 64,000 colours. 240 00:18:55,933 --> 00:19:01,485 We can't tell the difference between, say, colour 32,105 and colour 32,106. 241 00:19:01,573 --> 00:19:03,928 It's just one small dot in a big picture. 242 00:19:04,373 --> 00:19:08,082 So, two pictures which appear identical by sight, 243 00:19:08,173 --> 00:19:10,971 and they have the same file size, 244 00:19:11,053 --> 00:19:14,170 can conceal within them a hidden message? 245 00:19:14,253 --> 00:19:18,041 Yes, those two files may be different, not in a major way but in a minute way. 246 00:19:18,133 --> 00:19:23,082 Least significant digit. The imperceptible difference yields a binary number. 247 00:19:23,173 --> 00:19:27,724 If we find that number, we'll find the message. 248 00:19:28,933 --> 00:19:32,846 This is the cipher as we know it, and this is how we're gonna decode it. 249 00:19:32,933 --> 00:19:37,051 We compare binaries in successive pairs of pictures until we find a difference. 250 00:19:38,373 --> 00:19:42,002 - There's a mismatch. And another. - Thousands of bits. 251 00:19:42,093 --> 00:19:45,324 - Is the message in a recognisable file type? - It's... 252 00:19:47,653 --> 00:19:50,008 - A sound file. - Play it. 253 00:20:03,173 --> 00:20:09,169 - "Defer, defer to the Lord High Executioner. " - The Mikado. 254 00:20:09,253 --> 00:20:13,087 Yeah. Avatar's favourite operetta. 255 00:20:21,253 --> 00:20:25,644 This was never made public. Maybe ten people in the nation knew about it. 256 00:20:27,213 --> 00:20:28,202 What is it? 257 00:20:28,293 --> 00:20:31,126 Avatar sent four ciphers to the San Francisco newspapers. 258 00:20:31,213 --> 00:20:35,252 Three of them are published. An amateur cryptographer cracked it. 259 00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:37,483 - The fourth... - Was never decoded. 260 00:20:37,573 --> 00:20:42,169 That's what we led people to believe but we cracked it. 261 00:20:42,253 --> 00:20:44,244 "We work in the dark. We do what we can. " 262 00:20:44,333 --> 00:20:46,688 "We give what we have. " 263 00:20:46,773 --> 00:20:48,764 "Our doubt is our passion. " 264 00:20:48,853 --> 00:20:51,162 "Our passion is our task. " 265 00:20:51,253 --> 00:20:53,892 "And the rest is the madness of art. " 266 00:20:53,973 --> 00:20:56,771 - Henry James. - Yeah, but Avatar changed one word. 267 00:20:56,853 --> 00:20:59,447 "The rest is the madness of pain. " 268 00:21:00,253 --> 00:21:03,848 Brian, is there a way that we could send a message to his website? 269 00:21:03,933 --> 00:21:09,565 No. There's no e-mail link. But a newsgroup has gone crazy over this web death room. 270 00:21:09,653 --> 00:21:12,247 It has over 300 new posts in the last two hours. 271 00:21:13,293 --> 00:21:17,445 - What do you think? - Avatar may be monitoring the newsgroup. 272 00:21:17,533 --> 00:21:20,969 - We could take a shot. - We'll send our own cipher. 273 00:21:21,053 --> 00:21:23,886 We'll do the Henry James without the last word. 274 00:21:23,973 --> 00:21:28,046 We'll sign it "Sceptic". We address it to the Lord High Executioner. 275 00:21:28,133 --> 00:21:31,284 - Got that, Brian? - Who is this Avatar anyway? 276 00:21:31,773 --> 00:21:33,764 That's a good question. 277 00:21:33,853 --> 00:21:39,166 As many as 19 murders over seven years were attributed to Avatar. 278 00:21:40,573 --> 00:21:44,168 The only survivor described Avatar as wearing a robe and a hood. 279 00:21:44,253 --> 00:21:48,531 His eighth victim was a cab driver. Avatar shot him on a crowded street. 280 00:21:48,613 --> 00:21:53,084 Still covered with blood, he was seen heading into a public park. 281 00:21:54,653 --> 00:21:58,646 40 police officers went to the park. They searched all night, finding no one. 282 00:21:58,733 --> 00:22:00,530 They gave up at dawn. 283 00:22:00,613 --> 00:22:04,242 Days later, a letter arrived with a swatch of bloody clothing. 284 00:22:04,333 --> 00:22:09,851 Avatar described dozens of officers searching for him, down to the badge numbers. 285 00:22:09,933 --> 00:22:14,051 He was that close, but none of the officers saw him. 286 00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:16,693 I was with the search team in the park, 287 00:22:16,773 --> 00:22:21,244 but I was younger and my instincts weren't as refined. 288 00:22:22,533 --> 00:22:26,162 But I felt him. I was too slow to react and he was gone. 289 00:22:29,293 --> 00:22:31,090 Oh, my God. 290 00:22:41,653 --> 00:22:44,247 He's back. 291 00:24:21,013 --> 00:24:23,732 Time for breakfast before the video conference. 292 00:24:25,173 --> 00:24:30,372 FBI set up links anywhere there was a girl missing who might match our victim. 293 00:24:30,453 --> 00:24:32,603 Cancel it. We're casting too wide a net. 294 00:24:33,173 --> 00:24:36,085 Frank, the first victim was from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 295 00:24:36,173 --> 00:24:39,085 Yes, but her body was found in San Jose. 296 00:24:39,173 --> 00:24:43,849 37122. That was what was on the wall behind the first victim. 297 00:24:43,933 --> 00:24:46,401 37 north. 122 west. 298 00:24:46,493 --> 00:24:50,566 That's San Francisco in the atlas. 37122. 299 00:24:50,653 --> 00:24:54,248 The counter on that website is above 600,000. We've got a day. 300 00:24:54,333 --> 00:24:57,291 If we direct our search across the US, we won't make it. 301 00:24:57,373 --> 00:25:00,206 He told us who he is, what to look for. 302 00:25:00,293 --> 00:25:02,887 Damn it, I should have seen it, felt it. 303 00:25:02,973 --> 00:25:06,045 But I've been in front of this monitor and I don't feel a thing. 304 00:25:06,133 --> 00:25:08,522 I cannot feel anything through those wires. 305 00:25:08,613 --> 00:25:12,686 He has put us on the defensive and has been two steps ahead of us all along. 306 00:25:12,773 --> 00:25:15,082 You know why? We're not taking control. 307 00:25:15,173 --> 00:25:17,846 Maybe he told us where to look because he isn't there. 308 00:25:17,933 --> 00:25:20,572 He's too arrogant for that kind of deception. 309 00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:23,804 Avatar will tell us how to find him. 310 00:25:23,893 --> 00:25:27,852 And then, after he escapes, it proves his superiority. 311 00:25:27,933 --> 00:25:30,891 If we do what he wants, that may be his cue to kill this girl. 312 00:25:30,973 --> 00:25:33,885 If we don't do something, it guarantees she dies. 313 00:25:36,733 --> 00:25:39,611 OK, we'll take it one step at a time. 314 00:25:39,693 --> 00:25:43,572 We'll narrow the search and brief San Francisco police. 315 00:25:46,093 --> 00:25:49,403 No, the other way. Turn the focus ring the other way. 316 00:25:51,293 --> 00:25:55,605 - He zoomed out instead of focusing. - I still can't programme my VCR. 317 00:25:55,693 --> 00:25:58,605 - Captain Bachman, can you see and hear us? - Loud and clear. 318 00:25:58,693 --> 00:26:02,083 We got the faxes. And I gotta say I'm confused. 319 00:26:02,173 --> 00:26:06,086 The first two bodies were found in a cemetery in San Jose. 320 00:26:06,173 --> 00:26:09,927 What leads you to believe that this death room is located in San Francisco? 321 00:26:10,013 --> 00:26:12,288 That's where he's always been. 322 00:26:12,373 --> 00:26:15,524 I believe we're dealing with Avatar here. He targets couples. 323 00:26:15,613 --> 00:26:20,448 He kills the male, kidnaps the girl, then enslaves her before the murder. 324 00:26:20,533 --> 00:26:22,728 These are low-risk victims. 325 00:26:22,813 --> 00:26:25,771 - Most likely professionals. - Wait a minute. Avatar? 326 00:26:25,853 --> 00:26:29,243 - The maniac from the '80s? - We have strong evidence... 327 00:26:29,333 --> 00:26:32,291 As a homicide detective when Avatar was active, 328 00:26:32,373 --> 00:26:36,412 I know the fear he inspired in this city, this department, 329 00:26:36,493 --> 00:26:39,132 and, the truth be told, in me. 330 00:26:39,213 --> 00:26:43,684 Not many people know this, but we had two suspects. 331 00:26:43,773 --> 00:26:46,287 One worked in a hardware store, one construction. 332 00:26:46,373 --> 00:26:50,082 Both were college dropouts, both highly intelligent and both are dead. 333 00:26:51,013 --> 00:26:55,165 All this you've got here - the faxes, the computers, the Internet web room, 334 00:26:55,253 --> 00:26:57,244 this camera I'm speaking into - 335 00:26:57,333 --> 00:26:59,608 none of this can replace legwork. 336 00:26:59,693 --> 00:27:03,163 With a bit of legwork, you would have found out what I already know. 337 00:27:03,253 --> 00:27:09,328 If there's anything else I can help you gentlemen with, pick up a phone. 338 00:27:22,893 --> 00:27:27,683 At the current rate, how long before the number of hits match the target number? 339 00:27:27,773 --> 00:27:32,403 It's been getting about 4,000 hits per hour. That gives us maybe 21 hours. 340 00:27:32,493 --> 00:27:36,202 4,000 people visit this site just because a girl might be killed. 341 00:27:36,293 --> 00:27:42,323 There's a lot of repeat business. Most of them just hope that she'll take off her clothes. 342 00:27:42,413 --> 00:27:45,132 Yeah, but some of them know what's gonna happen. 343 00:27:45,213 --> 00:27:50,128 They saw it on the previous site. Their actions make them accessories to the crime. 344 00:27:50,213 --> 00:27:54,968 Not to be even more downbeat, but the rate of web hits always increase 345 00:27:55,053 --> 00:27:57,248 the closer it gets to the anticipated event. 346 00:27:57,573 --> 00:28:00,133 Damn it. 347 00:28:19,733 --> 00:28:21,724 Peter. 348 00:28:31,893 --> 00:28:33,485 What did I do? 349 00:28:56,413 --> 00:28:59,052 Just a little bit more and I'm done here. 350 00:28:59,133 --> 00:29:03,649 Frank. I've been in touch with CompuNetServe. 351 00:29:03,733 --> 00:29:06,452 When we switch the feed from his side to ours, 352 00:29:06,533 --> 00:29:10,162 they've indicated a possibility of a lag lasting one to three seconds. 353 00:29:10,933 --> 00:29:14,243 - If he's looking at his monitor... - He kills her. 354 00:29:21,013 --> 00:29:25,450 We'll see Avatar's site but everyone else, including him, will be diverted to ours. 355 00:29:25,533 --> 00:29:28,570 But we can ensure the hit counter never reaches its target. 356 00:29:28,653 --> 00:29:32,487 At best it gives us about 18 hours before he decides something's wrong. 357 00:29:32,973 --> 00:29:35,533 - I'm ready. - It has to be a perfect match. 358 00:29:35,613 --> 00:29:37,604 It has to appear perfect at 640 x 480. 359 00:29:37,693 --> 00:29:40,810 Angela, move your right hand a hair to your left. 360 00:29:44,133 --> 00:29:47,045 On the next update, we take over. 361 00:29:51,533 --> 00:29:53,763 Do it. 362 00:30:02,573 --> 00:30:04,086 Got it. 363 00:30:05,933 --> 00:30:07,924 Now what? 364 00:30:08,013 --> 00:30:10,322 I wish I knew. 365 00:30:13,213 --> 00:30:15,966 Angela, slide down a little and move to your left. 366 00:30:18,013 --> 00:30:21,528 Thank God she moved. I was beginning to lose feeling on the right side. 367 00:30:21,973 --> 00:30:27,923 - Uh, do you need any water or anything? - Not right now. 368 00:30:28,013 --> 00:30:30,368 There's usually a minute between updates. 369 00:30:30,453 --> 00:30:35,129 I could give you a massage to get some of the circulation back. 370 00:30:35,573 --> 00:30:38,929 Is this some kind of a sick come-on? I'm not enjoying myself. 371 00:30:39,013 --> 00:30:41,811 I don't get tied up in real life. 372 00:30:41,893 --> 00:30:43,963 Forget I even mentioned it. 373 00:30:47,773 --> 00:30:49,764 Frank. 374 00:31:05,413 --> 00:31:07,131 What's going on? 375 00:31:16,333 --> 00:31:18,324 Print it. 376 00:31:34,653 --> 00:31:40,125 Got it. The message hidden in the last webcast ciphers appear to be two URLs. 377 00:31:40,213 --> 00:31:42,283 Two websites? Two more victims? 378 00:31:42,373 --> 00:31:45,410 It could represent an escalation. 379 00:31:45,493 --> 00:31:47,961 Bring it up, Brian. 380 00:31:49,613 --> 00:31:52,173 Not again. I hate that chair. 381 00:31:52,253 --> 00:31:55,962 - The target number's gone down. - I'm not certain what that represents. 382 00:31:56,053 --> 00:32:00,410 He killed the other girl before he reached target. Bring up the other website. 383 00:32:07,173 --> 00:32:10,131 350 million hits? That'll never happen. 384 00:32:10,213 --> 00:32:12,886 If that's a live picture, we got a major break. 385 00:32:13,493 --> 00:32:15,882 Modem all that information to the FBI. 386 00:32:17,013 --> 00:32:21,052 - What do you make of that number? - It's too long to be a case file. 387 00:32:21,133 --> 00:32:25,365 - Special Agent Tully, please. I'll hold. - Maybe it's a square root. 388 00:32:25,453 --> 00:32:27,250 350... 389 00:32:27,333 --> 00:32:28,561 047... 390 00:32:28,653 --> 00:32:31,486 734. 391 00:32:32,813 --> 00:32:36,852 Whoa. Maybe it's a word. 392 00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:41,052 Hellhouse. Changed an O for a U. 393 00:32:44,733 --> 00:32:46,963 We find that RV and we got him. 394 00:32:50,973 --> 00:32:53,362 - Bachman. - This is Frank Black. 395 00:32:53,453 --> 00:32:58,891 I'm forwarding information to you from the FBI regarding the Internet killer. 396 00:32:58,973 --> 00:33:01,726 You've finally given up the idea this is Avatar. 397 00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:06,250 Regardless of his name, we believe he's located in a 20-square-mile area 398 00:33:06,333 --> 00:33:10,087 in and around San Francisco, adjacent to a body of water. 399 00:33:10,173 --> 00:33:12,209 How did you come to determine that? 400 00:33:15,773 --> 00:33:18,651 This is Peter Watts. We determined that from a picture. 401 00:33:18,733 --> 00:33:22,567 The location of the sun on the horizon, the exact time of day, 402 00:33:22,653 --> 00:33:25,565 the angle of a shadow on a fixed object of standard height. 403 00:33:25,653 --> 00:33:28,372 All these details are in the e-mail from the FBI. 404 00:33:28,453 --> 00:33:33,163 - I could talk to the commissioner. - No need to bother the commissioner. 405 00:33:33,253 --> 00:33:36,404 If the FBI says that's where he is, that's where we'll find him. 406 00:33:36,493 --> 00:33:39,769 I'll send down a couple of patrol cars right away. 407 00:33:40,693 --> 00:33:42,923 He's covering his behind. I'm going there. 408 00:33:43,013 --> 00:33:45,322 I believe he's gonna send out those patrols. 409 00:33:45,413 --> 00:33:50,203 It's not about him, it's about me. I do better being there. 410 00:34:31,053 --> 00:34:33,965 - Frank Black. - That image is getting more specific. 411 00:34:34,053 --> 00:34:36,567 The door is from a Casalette brand mobile home, 412 00:34:36,653 --> 00:34:38,883 manufactured between '69 and '74. 413 00:34:38,973 --> 00:34:43,125 SFPD is canvassing every waterside trailer park and parking lot in the area. 414 00:34:43,213 --> 00:34:47,252 - Anything on the other website? - No, it's still the chair so far. 415 00:34:47,333 --> 00:34:53,363 - Where are you heading? - A few haunts where Avatar dropped bodies. 416 00:34:53,453 --> 00:34:55,762 I don't know if it will get us anywhere. 417 00:34:55,853 --> 00:34:59,607 Just being outside, I feel like my senses are finally working. 418 00:34:59,693 --> 00:35:02,161 Leave your phone on. I'll update you. 419 00:35:02,253 --> 00:35:04,403 All right. 420 00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:04,043 Mr Watts, I think you should see this. 421 00:36:49,453 --> 00:36:52,251 - Frank Black. - Frank, they found the RV. 422 00:36:52,333 --> 00:36:56,804 It's at the Powell wrecking yard in Oakland. 6521 Alessandro. 423 00:36:56,893 --> 00:37:00,852 - Officers are there now. - I'm on my way. 424 00:37:34,573 --> 00:37:36,723 San Francisco police. Anyone home? 425 00:38:04,533 --> 00:38:07,206 This is Unit 4-19. Shots fired. Officer down. 426 00:38:07,293 --> 00:38:10,968 Officer down at 6521 Alessandro. Officer down. 427 00:38:59,373 --> 00:39:02,604 Get out of there! 428 00:39:02,693 --> 00:39:04,809 Easy. 429 00:40:03,533 --> 00:40:06,969 They got him, right? There's no way he could have got away. 430 00:40:21,933 --> 00:40:23,412 There's Frank. 431 00:40:44,293 --> 00:40:46,284 No, they didn't get him. 432 00:41:43,053 --> 00:41:45,044 Don't move. 433 00:41:51,973 --> 00:41:54,282 Oh. 434 00:41:54,373 --> 00:41:57,843 You're safe now. Nobody's gonna hurt you. 435 00:42:08,813 --> 00:42:11,043 You all right? 436 00:42:13,853 --> 00:42:17,732 They found a badly burned body at the mobile home at the wrecking yard. 437 00:42:17,813 --> 00:42:22,568 Identification's gonna be difficult, but police believe it was the Internet killer. 438 00:42:22,653 --> 00:42:24,962 No, it's another victim. 439 00:42:25,053 --> 00:42:28,807 Twice I've been close enough to stop him. Twice I've failed, Pete. 440 00:42:28,893 --> 00:42:34,331 - You didn't fail. You saved this girl. - He's still out there. 441 00:42:34,413 --> 00:42:39,885 - Is he gonna reappear? - Not in this form. Not in this medium. 442 00:42:41,533 --> 00:42:46,926 But when he finds that next thing, that next weakness, that's when he'll be there again. 443 00:42:50,893 --> 00:42:52,963 You can count on it. 444 00:43:37,653 --> 00:43:39,405 I made this.