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- It feels so good to get out of the heat.

Are you sure you don't wanna take a dip?

I mean, my God, you are in such great shape,

you could swim the Olympics.

(water splashing)

I just wanna tell you, it's really sweet of you,

the way you've been taking care of me these past few days.

I mean, it is the most unlikely way to make a friend,

but you've really been a godsend.

Thank you.

(birds chirping)

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(victim screaming)

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(police sirens blaring)

- Tyler Pierce.

Six felony arrest for bank robbery, one conviction,

probation completed in Southern Missouri.

Let's go have a talk with this gentleman.

- Okay.

(footsteps tapping)

(door thudding)

(footsteps tapping)

(cup tapping)

- We're from the Bureau.

I'm Agent Gottfried.

She's Hildebrandt.

We asked the local law to bring you in

so that we could ask you some questions.

- Well, what about?

- $2 million?

- Mm, that's a lot of money.

I'm just fixing roofs these days.

That's what I do now for a living.

- I understand that.

But we've got a guard shot

during the robbery of the Merchant's National Bank

in Independence, Arkansas.

(gun firing)

(guard screaming)

- That's 200 miles from here.

That's another state.

Why are you bothering with me?

- You're a top shelf pro.

Worked with a lot of industrial strength crews,

the kind that executed this bank.

All we need to know from you is,

where you were last Friday at 4:59 p.m.

- Up on the roof.

- Maybe that was Thursday.

Maybe Friday, you were driving

up to the Merchant's National Bank,

with your are two friends, time to arrive,

one minute before the bank was going to close.

(people screaming)

- [Citizen] What's going on?

(guns firing)

(footsteps thudding)

(guns firing)

- You, get up, get over here.

(dramatic music)

(manager groaning)

Open up that door.

Get it open, go.

Drop it, drop it.

Get on the floor, get down.

- Stay the fuck down.

(dramatic music)

- Let's go.

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(gun firing)

(people screaming)

(gun firing)

(people screaming)

- [Guard] Ah, fuck.

- You fucking bastard.

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(guard groaning)

- No.

- Please.

- Don't do it.

Go, get out, get out, get out.

- Well, you got your money, all right,

but you left a little something behind.

- Did I?

- I fucked up.

- Can you feel your legs?

- I should've worn my fucking mask.

- Damn.

You gonna be okay? - Do me that favor, will you?

Do me that favor, do it.

Don't fuck around.

Do it.

(gun firing)

- He was a two time loser named Eddie Voss,

a known associate, and you just left him there.

You must not have been that close.

- It was for retirement fund, right?

One last score to set you up before your teeth fall out.

- I got an alibi and I'm sticking to it.

- I know your story, Pierce.

Your father was in and out of correctional institutions

his whole life.

Seems you didn't learn anything from that.

But you're the last of your line,

I'm gonna see to that personally.

One of the witnesses outside the bank saw your face.

(people screaming)

He IDed you from a computer composite.

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(people screaming)

You're busted.

Get this piece of outta my sight.

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(footsteps thudding)

- This guy makes a brick wall look porous.

(door thudding)

- They call him the Iceman for a reason.

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- Pierce, you have a phone call.

Pick it up over there.

(keys jingling)

(gate hinge creaking)

(people chattering)

(gate thudding)

- Hello.

- Hey, Tyler.

Tyler, you and I have never, we've never met or even spoken.

I'm Carl Sackett.

I'm Margaret's husband.

- Okay, what do you want?

- I've read in the paper you got arrested by the Georgia PD,

so I knew where to find you.

Well, Tyler, it's your daughter, Lisa.

She's gone.

- What do you mean, what are you saying, gone?

- Tyler, she's dead.

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Tyler.

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Tyler, did you hear what I said?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I'm here.

- Well, they found her down by the river

in that state park where she's been rangering.

Well, the sick son of a bitch, he slit her throat.

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- Why would anybody want to do that?

- 'Cause the a lunatic, that's why.

It's that Sweetwater guy down there killing people.

- Okay.

- Well, look, you know, it's gonna be in a couple of days,

I just wanted to let you know.

I'm really sorry.

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- Listen, Carl, thanks for calling.

(line beeping)

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- What was that all about?

- None of your business.

(gate thudding)

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- [Young Lisa] Daddy.

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(garage door cranking)

(footsteps tapping)

- Prisoner Tyler appears to be transported

to the Pensacola State Courthouse

for arraignment this morning.

- Okay.

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(footsteps tapping)

- [Officer] Watch your head.

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(footsteps thudding)

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(van doors thudding)

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(van engine revving)

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- Look at you, the Iceman.

Looking like a chump in leg irons.

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You're one cool customer aren't you?

Got it down so tight

that nothing gets through to you, does it?

Just don't care about nobody or nothing.

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(van engine revving)

- I had a cat once that I liked a lot.

- Oh yeah.

What happened to it?

- It died.

- Well, the good news is they'll probably

give you the death penalty,

so you'll be reunited again with that cat real soon.

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(van engine revving)

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(Tyler coughing)

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- What's the bad news?

- You're the bad news.

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- You don't know the half of it.

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(gun cocking)

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(gun firing)

(car tires screeching)

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(glass crunching)

(van crashing)

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(glass crunching)

(Tyler panting)

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(footsteps thudding)

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(Gottfried groaning)

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(truck engine revving)

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(Gottfried panting)

- Pierce.

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(sand crunching)

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(sand crunching)

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(vehicle engines revving)

- Hey, thanks a lot.

Y'all take care now.

(vehicle engines revving)

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(vehicle engines revving)

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(vehicle engines revving)

- Lisa Pierce with this holy water,

as a reminder of her baptism,

we come to know God's love and mercy in our own lives,

and thus come to experience his consolation.

(Margaret crying)

With the blessing of Almighty God, the Father, the Son,

and the Holy Spirit come upon you

and remain with you forever.

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Go in peace.

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(Margaret crying)

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(Margaret crying)

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(birds chirping)

(footsteps thudding)

- Did any local hospitals report treating anyone today

that fits Tyler Pierce's description?

- No.

But a gray suburban truck was just reported stolen,

three blocks from the crash scene.

We got the plates.

- Get the license plate number and vehicle description

to all the Atlanta police departments in the outlying area.

Maybe we'll get lucky.

- Well, we may have already, you're not gonna believe this.

The most recent victim of the Sweetwater Killer

is a young park ranger named Lisa Pierce.

- Pierce?

Would that be any relative to Tyler?

- His daughter?

- Let's go.

We'll coordinate and contact mobile PD on the way.

I think our boy may be going home.

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(truck engine revving)

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(footsteps crunching)

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(birds chirping)

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(Tyler knocking)

(footsteps tapping)

- Tyler.

(footsteps tapping)

(door thudding)

(lock clanking)

Our little girl.

(Margaret crying)

- Listen, the police are looking for me

and I can't stay here very long, all right.

Let me come in for a minute.

(footsteps thudding)

- Tyler.

- Hello.

- Good to finally meet you.

- Tyler, this is Jason.

Jason was Lisa's boyfriend.

Jason, this is Tyler Pierce, Lisa's father.

- Mr. Pierce.

(dog barking)

Mr. Pierce, I just wanted, I just want you to know

that I tried to make Lisa happy,

that I loved her and still love her.

We were gonna be married in five weeks.

I just can't get it outta my head,

what that son of a bitch did to her.

- Give it time, son.

- She talked about you sometimes.

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She was looking forward to seeing you at the wedding.

- Yeah.

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Hey Carl, do you mind if I talk to Margaret alone for a bit?

- Yeah, sure.

Jason, why don't you and I go out and have a smoke?

(footsteps thudding)

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(car engine revving)

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(car engine revving)

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- This is Gottfried, I'm in position.

I make an adult male in his 40s

and an adult male in his 20s, on the front porch.

Still no sign of Pierce, but the windows are curtained.

Stay sharp, over.

- I don't know what to say to you, Tyler.

I know you're blaming me for not taking care of her,

but I couldn't do it.

(Margaret crying)

You can't tell a young woman what to do now.

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I tried to tell her it was a dangerous job,

but being a ranger out there,

that huge swamp, it just goes on forever.

I told her, Tyler, now look what happened.

(Margaret crying)

- She was at the wrong place at the wrong time,

that's all there was to it.

Ain't nothing anybody could have done about it.

I don't blame you for anything.

- I know what you thinking.

You're thinking that, "That bitch,

"that bitch left me a long time ago when I was in trouble,

"and now she's no good to my girl

"and got her killed by that goddamn maniac."

- That's not what I'm thinking.

(Margaret crying)

- Oh yes.

- I went out and robbed a bank, I got caught.

That makes me a pretty bad husband, okay?

You did the right thing walking away from me.

As far as taking care of Lisa's concerned,

I think you did a fine job.

(Margaret crying)

I'm the one that walked away from the responsibility.

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- Come on, Pierce.

(indistinct police radio chatter)

Still no sign of Pierce, over.

- How far is that park she used to work in, anyway?

- About 30 miles.

The Sweetwater County National Reserve.

It's on the map.

- Where's the police department in this county?

- The sheriff's department

is in the county courthouse, I think.

But some detectives has already been over here,

I don't think they know anything at all.

- I don't think they know Jack shit.

They would've done something about it by now.

- What are you gonna do?

- Anybody asks, you didn't see me, right?

- Aha.

- I gotta get outta here.

Listen, I'm paying for the funeral, okay?

- No, that's okay, you don't have to do that.

She was my baby, she was my daughter.

- Well, she belonged to us both.

So, I'm paying for it just the same.

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- Tyler, do you ever think about us, sometimes,

the way we were together?

- That wouldn't be very smart, would it?

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(door hinge creaking)

- Take care of yourself, Tyler.

(door thudding)

- There's our guy.

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- Pierce is standing on the front porch, probably Armed.

Wait for my word to move.

- Listen, you take care of Margaret, all right.

- I'll take front position.

Stay behind me.

(birds chirping)

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I got you now, Pierce.

Let's move.

(car engines revving)

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- Freeze Pierce.

Motherfucker.

(gun firing)

Don't you run.

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(footsteps thudding)

Get down on the ground.

(gun firing)

(footsteps crunching)

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(police sirens blaring)

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(car door thudding)

(car engine revving)

(police sirens blaring)

(car engine revving)

(police sirens blaring)

(car tires screeching)

(police sirens blaring)

(car engine revving)

(police sirens blaring)

(car engine revving)

(police sirens blaring)

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(police sirens blaring)

(guns firing)

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(guns firing)

(car engine revving)

(police sirens blaring)

(guns firing)

(police sirens blaring)

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(gun firing)

(car crashing)

(police sirens blaring)

(Gottfried groaning)

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(footsteps crunching)

(gun firing)

(Gottfried groaning)

(footsteps crunching)

Give it up Pierce,

you can't get away.

(gun firing)

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(gun firing)

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(footsteps crunching)

(gun firing)

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(truck engine revving)

(Gottfried panting)

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- Over here.

(dramatic music)

(footsteps crunching)

What happened?

- He must have had a vehicle hidden out here,

in case he needed it.

- Which way did he go?

- He either went east to Jacksonville

or west of New Orleans, either way, he's gone.

Let's run a trace on that gray suburban he stole in Georgia

and any other off-road vehicle,

judging by the size and pattern of the tire tracks.

(both panting)

- Don't tell me you memorized tire patterns.

- What else am I gonna do on a Saturday night?

(footsteps crunching)

(car engine revving)

(insects chirping)

(car engine revving)

(insects chirping)

(car door thudding)

- Hi, how are you?

Thank God you reached me before I got off duty.

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Is this where the mother said she left the newborn?

(dramatic music)

(boxes thudding)

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I don't see a thing.

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(Mercedes groaning)

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(Mercedes groaning)

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(truck engine revving)

(birds chirping)

(truck door thudding)

- Mr. Pierce, follow me.

- Great place.

- How can I help you, Mr. Pierce?

- Well, Mr. Lombardi, I'm looking for someone.

- Who?

- The Sweetwater Killer.

His latest victim was my daughter, Lisa.

(birds chirping)

- You mean the scumbag murdered your little girl?

- That's right.

So you want access to my information sources.

You want me to spread the word that you're not a cop

and that people should talk to you?

Anything else?

- I'm also gonna need some kind of consultant.

Somebody who knows, you know, the who's who

around the Sweetwater area.

You know what I mean Mr. Lombardi, the key players.

- Could have had a lot of friends down here at one time,

if I remember correctly.

- Yeah, I was busy and I did appreciate the offer.

- Come here.

(insects chirping)

Close.

(insects chirping)

You spit in my face then, you come to me now?

If I was who I was then, I'd take a chainsaw to you.

- Mr. Lombardi, maybe I can buy your trust.

A hundred thousand dollars.

- I got plenty of money.

Fuck your money.

And fuck you, hot shot.

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You come up in my face again, I have you killed.

So I'm cutting you a break, you got me?

- Phil, he just wants referrals.

- Naomi, don't start with me.

(dramatic music)

- Have a nice day.

(dramatic music)

(footsteps thudding)

- Mr. Pierce.

- Yeah.

- Look, I'm sorry about that.

(footsteps tapping)

- Well, don't be because I'm over it already.

- Do you really have that kind of cash?

- Maybe.

- Look, I can help you get what you want.

- Yeah, how are you gonna do that, Ms?

- Cohen, Naomi.

I know everyone that Lombardi knows,

some of them better than he does.

And I know the Sweetwater area because I was raised there.

- You know, I wouldn't want to get you in trouble.

I think we're probably being watched.

- Look, I don't know what you're up to.

And frankly, I don't care.

I just know that I need that money.

And judging by your performance back there,

Phil was right about one thing, you are desperate.

Well, so am I.

Look, can you meet me at 407 Riverfront Drive in one hour?

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- All right.

(footsteps crunching)

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(truck engine revving)

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(truck engine revving)

(birds chirping)

(truck door thudding)

(birds chirping)

(footsteps thudding)

(Tyler knocking)

(birds chirping)

- You're late.

(birds chirping)

You want a drink?

- What have you got?

- What's your poison?

- Scotch, no ice.

- Right.

(scotch bubbling)

Listen, this is strictly business.

Nothing personal, but you're nowhere near my type.

- And Mr. Lombardi is, huh?

(gentle upbeat music)

- Well, thanks for noticing.

(gentle upbeat music)

Look, don't judge me, all right.

There's a time I was a very prestigious clientele,

I had doctors and lawyers and politicians.

But I got tired of being intimate with strangers.

I wanted to get out while they still had a piece of my soul.

I just need my nest egg.

- Okay.

That's what you want the money for, huh?

- Mm-hmm.

- It'd be kind of dangerous earning it.

- Yeah, well, I can take care of myself.

- Can you?

(Tyler laughing)

(birds chirping)

About that price.

You know Lombardi, I was paying for his knowledge.

- All right then, why don't you test me?

- All right.

(birds chirping)

Who's the chief of police in Sweetwater?

- It's Maxie.

He's this young guy and actually a friend of a friend

knows his wife.

You know, he wants to run for governor someday,

so he is not in the business.

- What business would that be?

- It's drugs.

It's the big thing around here.

Maxi is actually on the up an up

but most of his cops aren't.

- Well, that's useful information.

- Look, you need a safe base of operation,

you can stay here.

You pay me $5,000.

You want a psychiatrist, I'll hook you up.

You pay me another five.

Look, we'll just keep going like

that until you feel uncomfortable, all right.

- I'm already uncomfortable.

- Hmm.

(birds chirping)

Look, you can stay on the couch.

Think about it.

(birds chirping)

(insects chirping)

Here.

If you need anything during the night, get it yourself.

And if you wanna watch TV, just keep it down.

- The fourth apparent victim of the Sweetwater Killer

has been found tonight behind a sandwich shop in Old Town.

Surprisingly, the victim was a rookie police woman

named Mercedes Calderon.

Officer Calderon had been on the job for only six months,

but according to her fellow officers,

already respected as a good cop.

What puzzles investigators

is how an armed trained police officer

could be murdered by an assailant

using, what police assume is,

a small knife or straight razor.

So far, all the victims have been identically mutilated,

and they have all been young women wearing uniforms.

Aside from that, there is no apparent pattern

or motive the killings.

The police consider the suspect to be mentally unstable,

physically powerful, and as this latest attack shows,

growing more bold.

- [Reporter] Thank you, Gail.

Now another news, election day is getting closer.

(gentle music)

(insects chirping)

(people chattering)

- Hello, honey.

It's been 10 years since I've seen you.

You sure look nice.

(people chattering)

I'm sorry I've been away so long,

I guess I've been kind of irresponsible.

- It's okay, Daddy.

I mean, you're just a natural armed robber.

It's just what you're good at.

What?

(dramatic music)

What?

(Lisa screaming)

Daddy, Daddy help me.

Daddy.

- Hey, stop it. - Oh my God.

(glass crunching)

(door hinge creaking)

- What happened, are you okay?

- I knocked something over, I had a bad dream.

(insects chirping)

- You get those often?

- I hope not.

- Yeah, me too.

(insects chirping)

Look, I got some sleeping pills if you need 'em.

- Well, thanks.

Go back to bed.

- Yeah, I was just there.

(footsteps thudding)

(insects chirping)

(door hinge creaking)

(door thudding)

(birds chirping)

(footsteps crunching)

- Thanks.

You sure it's okay to drink alcohol after the abortion?

(dramatic music)

I guess it doesn't matter now.

Thanks.

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I just feel so strange,

you know, to have done it and have it over with.

But it's almost like I can still feel it inside.

Do you know what I mean?

What are you doing?

Stop.

Why, why?

(victim groaning)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps thudding)

(victim groaning)

(dramatic music)

(keys jingling)

Why are you doing this?

(victim screaming)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps crunching)

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(victim screaming)

(footsteps crunching)

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(footsteps crunching)

(victim screaming)

(footsteps crunching)

(victim screaming)

(water splashing)

Ow.

Bitch.

(victim screaming)

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(victim screaming)

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(birds chirping)

(truck engine revving)

- [Man] Hey MoMo, can you help me out here.

(car engine revving)

- I can't believe he's working out of a place like this.

You know, he used to have this fabulous penthouse downtown.

(car engine revving)

- How'd he end up here?

- Well, you know, he wrote

one too many illegal prescriptions to an undercover cop.

- What are your questions, Mr. Pierce?

- I'm interested in finding out what you know

about serial killers, why they do what they do?

- By far, most common reason is

their self-esteem has been abused,

usually when they were young.

The only way that they can feel human

is to mutilate men, women, or children

more beautiful than they are.

- Okay.

What about this Sweetwater character, what's his thing?

Why does he do what he does?

- You mean cutting off the breasts?

- Yeah.

What is that, a sexual thing, right?

- It's my educated guess that the Sweetwater

is more angry than turned on.

The removal of the breasts is a message to the world.

A statement.

- Okay, I think I get it.

- One more thing, Mr. Pierce.

It's as if in an odd way, the victims

were willing sacrifices.

They must have either trusted their killer

or allowed the Sweetwater to stand close to them.

Naomi, dear, would you allow me to have a few words

with Mr. Pierce alone, please?

- I'll be right out.

- Certainly.

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- [Man] Back up over here.

- All right, what did you guys talk about up there?

- He's worried about you.

- Me, why?

- Being with me.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait,

why should he be worried about me being with you?

- My body movements.

- What?

- He says, I'm angry.

(both laughing)

- Please.

Any fool can see that.

(footsteps tapping)

- [Reporter] This is Channel 15 news.

There may be a break in the Sweetwater Killer case.

News Channel 15's Gail Smith with the details.

- [Gail] Police are confirming

that 22-year-old Maura Mitchell

is the Sweetwater Killer's fifth victim.

- Jesus Christ, when is this gonna stop?

- As in all the other cases, no witnesses have come forward

and no suspects have been found.

Let's go live now to the scene of the murder

with a statement from Sweetwater Police,

Sergeant George Burney.

- I repeat, we are confirming that Moira Mitchell

is the Sweetwater Killer's fifth victim.

Now we need

the public's help. - Looked a lot better

with a mustache.

- You know that guy?

- He used to be quiet.

- This individual will be brought to justice.

It's just a matter of time.

- Is he a bad guy?

- No, he's a real sicko, I had to drop him.

- No, I mean, was he in the business?

- Drugs?

Honey, George Burney was the department's bagman.

He used to have a drop off right at the end of Highway 58.

And today's drop off day.

- Highway 58.

You sure about that location?

- Yeah I am.

Look, I'd be really careful with that guy,

he can be really dangerous.

- So can I.

(keys jingling)

Okay, be a good girl.

(footsteps thudding)

(car engine revving)

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(truck engine revving)

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(car door thudding)

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(camera shutter clicking)

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- Same time next week?

- Yeah.

- Don't be late, asshole.

- Whatever.

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(footsteps crunching)

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(truck door thudding)

(dramatic music)

(vehicle engines revving)

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(vehicle engines revving)

(dramatic music)

(vehicle engines revving)

(dramatic music)

- Pull over.

- You stupid son of a bitch.

- Pull over.

- I'm a cop.

Get the hell outta here.

(dramatic music)

- Come on.

Pull it over.

(dramatic music)

(vehicle engines revving)

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(vehicle engines revving)

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(vehicle engines revving)

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(truck engine revving)

(car crashing)

(dramatic music)

(truck door thudding)

Come on, on out of there, now, come on.

Drop it, drop it.

- What the do you think you're doing?

I'm a cop asshole.

And I'm gonna bust you.

- Come on down here.

You better just calm down there, George

'cause you ain't gonna bust nobody.

My name is Tyler Pierce,

my daughter Lisa was murdered by the Sweetwater Killer

and I intend to do something about it.

What I need from you is all the files,

all the papers, all the summaries.

Everything you've got on the Sweetwater case,

you're gonna turn over to me.

I'll tell you where and when,

and I'm gonna give you a lot of money.

Even more than you're getting from all those drug boys

that you're dirty with.

- I don't know what you're talking about.

- Nah?

What's that on the seat, your lunch?

You know something, you ain't no cop.

You're nothing but a criminal with a badge.

- I'm a police officer

and I'm gonna add attempted bribery

to the charges I'm arresting you for.

- Yeah, you're gonna have to change your mind real quick.

That's $10,000 cash.

And there's 15 more coming to you

when I get them files I asked for.

- I ain't touching that shit.

- Oh yes you are.

I'll shoot you dead where you stand.

I'm gonna count now to 10.

One.

- You're fucking crazy.

- Two, three.

- Come on.

- Four,

five,

six.

- Come on now.

- Seven,

eight,

nine.

(dramatic music)

- All right, all right.

- Pick it up.

- Jesus Christ.

- Pick it up.

(dramatic music)

(George laughing)

- You wouldn't have shot me.

- You wanna bet?

I would've shot you in the head,

left you lying there with your brains in the dirt.

I gotta be going now, but I'll be in touch, okay.

(dramatic music)

And if you tell anybody about me,

what we talked about here today,

I took a bunch of pictures of you and all your drug pals.

And I'll turn them photos over to the press

and then you'll go to jail.

It's not a good place for a police officer to be, you know.

(Tyler laughing)

They don't like you guys in there.

Adios.

(dramatic music)

- God damn it.

(gentle music)

- [Naomi] Look, what makes you so sure

that Burney's gonna do it, huh?

- Because I'm a very persuasive individual.

(gentle music)

- I bet you are.

You know, I got a call from Salcodo this morning.

- I suppose he's worried about you again.

- Yeah, actually he is.

Well, he seems to think that I might be

in some sort of danger.

- You are.

As a matter of fact, I'm gonna pay you $50,000

for the information you've already given me.

And I just want you out of it.

And we can just go our separate ways.

- Yeah.

Sure, whatever you want.

(insects chirping)

(footsteps tapping)

Tyler, look wait.

We're both beat, why don't you just

spend the night here, all right.

(insects chirping)

(waves crashing)

(insects chirping)

(waves crashing)

(gentle music)

(footsteps tapping)

(gentle music)

(Naomi moaning)

(gentle music)

(Naomi moaning)

(gentle music)

(Naomi moaning)

(gentle music)

(Naomi moaning)

(gentle music)

(insects chirping)

(dramatic music)

(insects chirping)

(dramatic music)

(insects chirping)

(dramatic music)

(sand crunching)

(dramatic music)

(insects chirping)

(dramatic music)

(insects chirping)

(door hinge creaking)

(insects chirping)

- [Tyler] Hey.

- Hey.

- [Tyler] You want some breakfast?

- Wait a minute, what, where's yours?

- I went out for something.

Here's your money.

$50,000.

Consultation fee.

- Look, Tyler.

- I just want you out of it, Naomi, okay.

- I appreciate that.

But I wanna help you.

- What does that mean, you want more money?

- No.

No, honey, I don't want anything I haven't earned.

- There's something I gotta do.

(gentle music)

I'll be back to get you when I'm done.

(gentle music)

(truck engine revving)

(dramatic music)

(truck door thudding)

(dramatic music)

There you are.

(dramatic music)

- Now I want the negatives.

- Wouldn't do you any good anyway,

'cause I could've duped 'em.

Just have to trust me that everything's gonna be all right.

Is it all here?

- As of nine o'clock this morning.

- Well, then you and I are done.

(dramatic music)

I wouldn't do that if I were you.

Murder's still a felony in this state.

(truck engine revving)

(dramatic music)

(truck doors thudding)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps crunching)

- So Tyler, why are we here?

- This is the place where Lisa was murdered.

(footsteps crunching)

(gentle music)

(birds chirping)

(gentle music)

(birds chirping)

(dramatic music)

(Tyler coughing)

(birds chirping)

(gentle music)

(Tyler crying)

(gentle music)

(Tyler crying)

(gentle music)

(Tyler crying)

- Oh my God.

(gentle music)

- Don't look at the pictures of Lisa, okay.

None of those girls had anything in common,

except for the uniform thing.

They didn't go to the same schools,

didn't have the same jobs.

- It says here that only two of them

had their appendix taken out.

None of them had any major injuries.

They all had different physicians, and.

- What are the DNC?

- That's when they dilate the womb

and they take out the tissue.

- All the victims had terminated pregnancies.

- Well, actually all of them but one,

this Rue Long, she didn't have an abortion.

(gentle music)

I guess I could make some phone calls

to see if anybody knew her.

(gentle music)

- So did my daughter.

(gentle music)

(footsteps crunching)

It says in that file, she was six weeks pregnant.

(gentle music)

(footsteps crunching)

(insects chirping)

(vehicle engines revving)

- Jesus.

Mr. Pierce, what?

- You never told me the whole story about you and Lisa,

did you?

- What do you mean?

- Mm.

You know what I mean?

You never told me she was pregnant.

- How did you find out about that?

(dramatic music)

- Well, the truth is a funny thing,

it just as a way of coming out sooner or later,

sometimes it just needs a little push.

And that's what I'm doing here tonight.

- You don't understand.

- I think you forced her to have an abortion, son.

- No.

- Yeah.

Then after that, she decided to cancel the wedding.

And you probably had an argument,

and I'm sure it was an accident.

(dramatic music)

But you killed her, didn't you, Jason?

- You think I'd hurt Lisa?

Do you think I'd kill all those others?

- You've heard the Sweetwater Killer, everybody has.

So you just did it like that.

You figured nobody would suspect you, right?

- That's crazy.

- I'm gonna ask you a question,

and if you don't answer it in a way

that makes me believe you,

I'm gonna blow off your knee cap.

(dramatic music)

Aha.

- Please don't do this.

Please don't do this, Sir.

Please don't do this.

- If the answer is yes, I'm gonna make this very short.

And if it's no, I'll apologize and I'll leave.

(dramatic music)

Here's the question.

Did you kill my daughter?

(Jason crying)

- I would never hurt Lisa.

(gentle music)

- You better come up with more than that.

- She wanted to have the abortion.

(gentle music)

I wanted to have the kid.

We fought about that.

She thought she had bad blood, like you.

(gentle music)

She didn't want children to turn out to be criminals.

(gentle music)

You know, I told her I wanted to take the chance.

(gentle music)

She was too afraid.

(gentle music)

I begged her not to kill our baby.

(gentle music)

I would never hurt Lisa.

I loved her so much.

- Yeah, so did I.

Okay, okay.

I'm sorry kid.

(gentle music)

(footsteps thudding)

(vehicle engines revving)

- I got a tread pattern match.

- You do?

(telephones ringing)

- These tires are made

for only three commercially available vehicle types.

Sent Pierce's photo dealer that sells them.

If we get a positive ID, then we'll get a license number

and know what our vehicle to look for.

- All right, what are you gonna do?

- I got something else up my sleeve.

(footsteps thudding)

- Well, I got good news and I've got bad news.

- Okay, gimme the bad news first.

- All right.

The bad news is that the good news is gonna cost you $5,000.

- It better be some pretty fucking good news.

- Well, I spoke to a friend of mine,

she said that she personally knew the victim, Rue Long.

She says there was this guy, this really bad guy

that she was involved with right before she was killed,

and she's got a name.

- All right.

Set it up.

- I will.

(insects chirping)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps tapping)

(dramatic music)

(birds chirping)

(dramatic music)

- You must be, Jackie.

- I understand you have some money for me.

Naomi, dear girl, promised me five long ones.

- Well, it depends on how good your information is.

- Did she also tell you that as old as I am,

I'm not too old to deal with anyone

that tries to fuck me over.

- I understand.

Let's have it.

- Well, the girl was the third one killed, Rue Long.

Auntie believes that she had a secret life,

she'd been leading all this time.

(footsteps thudding)

Her old boyfriend was a, on the sly course,

was a young black boy, Tomas Seguin.

Anyhow, he was very handsome, but very quick with a knife,

almost killed two boys up there in Mobile.

Well, anyhow, he was a drug dealer

down there in Gator Grove.

Well, when our princess was killed,

Auntie had reason to believe she was hooked on cocaine.

He used her, you know, like a drug runner.

What do you call them people?

- Mules.

- Holy shit.

- Aha.

- Well, okay.

I think that's money well spent.

And there you are.

Okay.

(footsteps thudding)

Gator Grove's about 30 miles outta town.

(footsteps thudding)

Think I'll go pay those bad boys a visit.

First, I'm gonna drop you off at home.

- Uh-uh, I'm going with you.

(truck engine revving)

(dramatic music)

- Listen, I'm gonna go see these people.

If anything happens, just take off, okay.

- Yeah.

(dramatic music)

(truck door thudding)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps crunching)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps crunching)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps crunching)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps thudding)

- Hey.

Drop that shotgun.

- Hey man, don't kill me.

- Back up.

- Okay.

- Back up.

- No hard feelings, man.

(dramatic music)

- All right.

I'll start asking questions.

First time you lie to me, I'm gonna thumb your eye,

right outta your head.

- I understand.

- Okay.

You worked with a woman, her name was Rue Dorothy Long.

She was running stuff for your people.

- That was before my time, man.

- Ow.

Okay, okay, okay, yeah.

- You had a problem with her, yeah?

- Ow, ooh, yeah, I think so man.

(man groaning)

- Well, what happened?

- She was skimming from the top man.

- So you killed her.

Who did it, Tomas, who did it?

- Tomas.

- How did he do it, huh?

- Come on, he cut off a breast, man.

(dramatic music)

He tried to make it look like that Sweetwater Killer, huh?

- That's it, man.

- Sit up.

Sit up here.

(dramatic music)

- So Seguin killed Rue

and made it look like the Sweetwater Killer.

Oh my God.

God, Tyler, you know what this means, don't you?

- Yeah.

We're back to square one.

(man groaning)

- Bad motherfucker in a black pickup.

Get him.

(footsteps crunching)

(van door thudding)

(van engine revving)

- It means that we've got something

that the police never had.

We've gotta control.

We've got a murder that the Sweetwater didn't commit,

which means that everything that's true

about the other four victims, that's not true about Rue

is the reason why the Sweetwater does what he does?

- Maybe.

- Yeah, and Salcodo says

that when you have the reason, the why,

you've got the killer as plain as day.

Well, I really didn't think we were gonna crack.

What do you mean, maybe?

- Well, how do you know that it's a why?

Maybe it's a where or a when.

(van engine revving)

(dramatic music)

Maybe he picked his victims

because they spit on the sidewalk.

Maybe he picks his victims

because they bought lamb chops on Friday.

- That's true. - How the hell

am I supposed to know?

- Oh fuck, this guy's so crazy.

- There you go again.

How do you know it's a he?

- Oh man.

Then I guess we gotta go back to the police reports

and check it out.

(van engine revving)

(dramatic music)

- What's different about this Rue Dorothy Long, huh,

in the autopsy report?

What sticks out in your mind?

- Well, she's the one of five.

- The abortion thing.

- Right.

(van engine revving)

(dramatic music)

- We got trouble, honey.

- What?

- Somebody's tailing me.

- What?

Oh my God.

- Aha.

There's a map in that glove box, get it out.

(vehicle engines revving)

- Okay.

Not this street, but the next one, the next one.

You see that?

- Yeah.

- Make a left.

(truck engine revving)

(dramatic music)

- You stay put.

- No, I'm going with you. - Okay,

you stay.

(dramatic music)

(truck door thudding)

(footsteps crunching)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps crunching)

I told you to stay in the car.

- Shh.

(van engine revving)

(dramatic music)

(van engine revving)

(dramatic music)

(van door thudding)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps crunching)

Hey, I don't want to shoot you

and you don't want to get shot.

Get your hands up.

(dramatic music)

(birds chirping)

(dramatic music)

(fighters groaning)

(dramatic music)

(fighters groaning)

- Shit.

(dramatic music)

(gun firing)

(dramatic music)

Shit.

(dramatic music)

(gun firing)

(birds chirping)

(gentle music)

(footsteps crunching)

- You are Tomas Seguin?

- Yeah, yeah.

Did you kill Rue Dorothy Long?

- Yeah, I killed her.

- What about the Park Ranger?

(gentle music)

- No Park Ranger.

(gentle music)

(truck engine revving)

(truck doors thudding)

(birds chirping)

(footsteps crunching)

(birds chirping)

- Well, we know the Sweetwater's reasons for sure now.

- Come here.

You know, people have killed

over this abortion thing before, you know.

- Yeah.

But nobody's ever killed the women

who had the abortions, up until now.

- Yeah.

- How did he even know they were pregnant?

How did he know what they did with their babies?

Had to be a doctor or a friend, some kind of acquaintance.

- You know, the police report said that all these women,

they all had these new friends in their life

before they were killed,

but none of the reports mentioned any names.

- I'm gonna go see Margaret.

I'm gonna talk to Lisa's old boyfriend.

See if I can find out where she went to have it done.

(birds chirping)

I don't know nothing about these places.

- Listen, Tyler, why don't you let me go to the clinics

and check it out, all right.

I know how these places are run.

I've taken a lot of girlfriends there.

(birds chirping)

- All right.

(vehicle engines revving)

- I got it.

Truck dealer in Springfield

remembered a guy bought one for cash a couple of weeks ago.

He just faxed me a positive ID on Pierce

and a license number.

So now we know what to look for.

- And where to look.

- [Tyler Voiceover] You go to a women's clinic?

- [Jason Voiceover] Fifth and Main.

- [Tyler] Are you sure, Jason?

This is very important.

- Who's that?

- Tyler Pierce.

- Can you confirm that?

- I got Cussler in the lab to make an electronic profile

of Tyler's voice interrogation tape,

we fed it into the cell phone scanners.

They were searching for a match all day.

This one came through a few minutes ago.

Grab your coat, we're gonna go stake out that clinic.

- Should we notify the local police?

- I don't want them to tip our hand.

I don't want Pierce to know we're back on this track.

- All right, let's go.

(dramatic music)

(car engine revving)

- [Crowd] Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

- I'm not having a baby.

- [Crowd] Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

- I'm a reporter.

- [Crowd] Don't kill your babies.

- Excuse me.

- [Crowd] Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

- I am so sorry about that.

They're supposed to stay across the street,

but they always sneak over.

- Is it always the same people?

- We've got every nutcase on the coast coming through here.

Now, how can we help you?

- Well, my name is Naomi Cohen,

I'm a writer and I'm doing a magazine article.

I was wondering if I could talk to the doctor in charge.

- Oh, I'm sorry, that's impossible,

the doctor never speaks to reporters.

- Yes, I understand.

But I was wondering if any of you

have noticed anything weird.

You know the Sweetwater's latest victim, Moira Mitchell,

she had an abortion here only a week before she died.

- Yeah, that was weird.

But we pass a lot of women through here,

bad things are bound to happen to some of them.

- Yeah, I understand.

But I have some information

that all the Sweetwater's victims have had abortions.

I was wondering if you could help me

and let me know whether or not they've had them here.

- I'm sorry, you'll have to leave now.

(dramatic music)

- Thank you.

(dramatic music)

- Tyler, what are you doing here?

- Hey, are you by yourself?

- Yeah.

No, Carl's in the house.

- Listen, I'm running out of time.

- What happened to your face?

- Oh, it's nothing.

Listen, the last time we talked,

you told me that you and Lisa

had some kind of argument before she died.

- Yeah, we had a fight.

- What was that about?

- Lisa was gonna have a baby.

(birds chirping)

She wanted to have an abortion and then she had one.

I wanted her to have the baby.

(Margaret crying)

You already knew that?

- Yeah.

I just found out myself.

(birds chirping)

This is important.

Was there anybody new that you saw hanging around with Lisa,

a new friend or somebody that you never noticed before?

Anybody like that that sticks out in your mind?

- New?

No.

(birds chirping)

(dramatic music)

There was this woman that hung around with her

a few weeks, back then.

- What woman?

- I wouldn't call her a friend, I never even met her.

- What was her name?

- I don't know.

- [Crowd] Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

- Naomi.

Look, no way are these doctors gonna talk to you

about women being murdered by people

picketing this place or whatever, but,

if you come back tonight, there's a file,

I have a key, it's full of photographs

and license plate numbers of every wacko

that's ever picketed this place.

I think some of them could kill.

- Oh, thank you so much.

It's gonna be really helpful.

- All right, come back at eight o'clock.

I have a patient, I have to go.

- Wight o'clock.

Thank you.

- [Crowd] Don't kill your babies.

Don't kill your babies.

- Tyler, you you got a phone call.

- Yeah.

- Can you tell me what the hell's going on?

- Hey.

- Tyler, I did the clinic.

Real luck, this nurse is gonna lemme copy the files

that they keep on record of all the people

that harass their patients.

This could be it.

- Well, that's great news.

I'll see you tonight at nine o'clock, okay.

- He wanted to know about that girl

that was hanging around with Lisa.

- The skinny thing?

- [Margaret] Skinny one, yeah.

- Do you know about this woman that she's talking about?

- Yeah, I think I remember.

I saw 'em downtown shopping.

She's a tall, skinny thing.

Well, last name was same as that pilot.

- What pilot?

- Yeager.

Yeah, I think that was at the Karen Yeager.

(birds chirping)

- All right.

(dramatic music)

(insects chirping)

(dramatic music)

(insects chirping)

(dramatic music)

(Tyler knocking)

(thunder rumbling)

(car engine revving)

(dramatic music)

(rain pattering)

- Come in.

- Thanks.

You know, I really think

the Sweetwater's an anti abortionist

who's been picketing outside there for years.

- I guess it is possible.

- Ugh, thank you so much for doing this.

- Oh, it's okay.

I got the photograph file.

Follow me back here. - Great.

(dramatic music)

- This is OR number one.

- Hey, you know what?

I never did get your name.

I promise not to print it.

- Karen Yeager.

(dramatic music)

(thunder rumbling)

(footsteps thudding)

- Well, Karen, I was wondering

what you thought about all this.

- Well, I know that some women have reasons to abort

and they come here, which I don't mind,

because sometimes a child's soul can still be saved.

(dramatic music)

This doesn't bother you, does it?

(dramatic music)

(thunder rumbling)

(dramatic music)

- No.

No, I'm fine.

- Well, it bothers me, Naomi, it disturbs me.

But the light speaks to me.

And I think by my being in this light and not being afraid.

(Karen laughing)

Well, I don't know.

Sometimes it scares me half to death.

(dramatic music)

(thunder rumbling)

- Well, I think I'm gonna go now.

- No, the light says I'm meeting you now.

(dramatic music)

(both groaning)

(dramatic music)

(thunder rumbling)

(vehicle engines revving)

- [Reporter] And offshore winds

are quickly building up to 50 miles an hour.

The storm has been officially upgraded to hurricane status.

People are warned to stay in their homes.

Highway patrol.

- Man, would you relax?

I don't think anybody's going anywhere very fast.

- This caught us all with our pants down.

(dramatic music)

- Oh.

- No one can help you now but me.

Shh.

- Oh my God, you're crazy.

- I don't normally perform in the ceremony here.

In nature, there are many more pathways

back to the true light.

But it won't be the first time I've had to improvise.

- Why, why, why do, why do you kill your patients?

- I prep them for transport.

The message must be heard.

- What is your message?

- That motherhood is sacred.

- You're not God.

- Of course not.

The babies tell me.

(dramatic music)

- [Dr. Salcodo Voiceover] The victims

were willing sacrifices.

They must have trusted their killer.

(dramatic music)

- [Tyler Voiceover] So did my daughter.

Says in that file, she was six weeks pregnant.

(dramatic music)

- I am a nurse.

I believe in preserving life.

Some of the women that come here carry fetal tissue

that is not yet alive.

And I remove it before it can hurt them.

(dramatic music)

But for those who wait too long, I perform the procedure.

They would just go somewhere else if I didn't.

And then the sacred bond

between mother and child would be broken.

When I have them here, I can restore it.

- And you do that by killing the mothers?

- She forfeits life in her body when she refuses

the same to her child.

- What?

- What I do is free her soul to join the baby.

This helps make it easier for their souls

to find one another again.

- Okay,

what about the breast,

why do you have to remove the breasts?

(dramatic music)

- The mother's breast is a child's destiny.

I bury them together in the place where all life begins.

(dramatic music)

It helps their souls find one another again.

(dramatic music)

(wind gushing)

(vehicle engines revving)

(thunder rumbling)

- Just because you think this right,

it doesn't make this right.

- Right?

You wanna hear right?

When I was 13-years-old, I was raped by my older brother,

and I was too afraid to tell my parents I was pregnant.

So I tried to stop it.

Fell down as hard as I could, swallowed kerosene.

But none of it helped and I just hurt myself very badly.

By the time I came back, it was three months later

and I was already beginning to show.

So, I took a coat hanger.

And I passed out.

And when I woke up, I was lying in a puddle of blood.

And in the center of it was lying my child.

(thunder rumbling)

He was small as a kitten and still attached.

(Karen crying)

And he spoke to me.

He was begging me for his life, and I was so afraid.

I picked him up and I put him to my breast

and I squeezed him as hard as I could.

I held him so tightly until the voice went away.

(dramatic music)

You wanna tell me about right?

(dramatic music)

- I don't need that, I'm not pregnant, I'm not pregnant.

- You may not have a child inside you,

but you do have the truth.

- Oh God, you're fucking crazy.

(dramatic music)

(truck engine revving)

(dramatic music)

(truck engine revving)

(dramatic music)

(thunder rumbling)

(dramatic music)

Please. - Nothing can interfere

with the union of mother and child in the light.

- Oh my God.

No.

You're outta your mind.

Oh Jesus.

Oh God.

Oh my God.

- I'ma surgically separate your body from your soul.

You're a non-believer.

And I will not let you interfere.

(dramatic music)

(thunder rumbling)

- Oh God.

(dramatic music)

Tyler.

(dramatic music)

(car engine revving)

- Hey, where is she?

- Tyler, careful.

She's in here, she's in here, you gotta be careful.

(Karen screaming)

(Naomi screaming)

(dramatic music)

(Tyler groaning)

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(both groaning)

- No.

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(both groaning)

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Tyler.

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(surgical knife clanking)

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(Karen screaming)

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Tyler.

Tyler.

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- Who are you?

- My name is Tyler Pierce, I'm Lisa's father.

- Lisa, this is over Lisa.

I saved your daughter.

She was going to hell without me.

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You don't understand.

You can't kill me.

I'm on a mission from God.

(gun firing)

(Karen groaning)

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(gun cocking)

(thunder rumbling)

- Say hello to him for me.

(thunder rumbling)

- There's the Sweetwater Clinic right there.

The plates match.

He's inside.

(car engine revving)

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(car engine revving)

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- You want to go to jail?

- What?

- What are you doing?

- I'm not gonna hurt you.

Just do as I say.

Say you trust me.

- Yeah, I trust you.

- Come on.

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- Freeze Pierce.

- Hold it right there.

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- Now put them guns down or I'll shoot.

- You don't wanna do that, Pierce.

Now, you drop the gun and let the girl go.

- I ain't gonna ask you again.

Put 'em down.

I'll put bullets in her head.

Get 'em down.

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(rain pattering)

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(guns clanking)

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Kick 'em over.

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(guns thudding)

Get out your cuffs.

Hook yourselves together.

Cuff yourself to that car.

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(keys jingling)

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Come on.

Throw me over the keys.

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(keys jingling)

- Every cop in this state is gonna be after you.

- Shut up.

I could kill you, Gottfried, both you and your partner.

The Sweetwater Killer is dead, she's inside,

her name is Karen Yeager.

All the victims were patients here, at this clinic.

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I got all the records.

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- I'll find you pierce.

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Sooner or later, I'll find you.

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- Hey Naomi.

(truck engine revving)

Give this to the cops.

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Get yourself out of the rain.

(truck engine revving)

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(truck engine revving)

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- [Tyler Voiceover] Every once in a while,

somewhere along the way, you've got to make a sacrifice.

I never really believed that, until now.

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(singer vocalizing)

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(singer vocalizing)

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