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Shh, it's just me.

You scared me.

It's all right, come on.

We have to get dressed.

It's nighttime.

Yeah, put this over you.

Do not wake him up. Just come on.

But what if...? Put your clothes on.

You have to get out of here.

But what if...? Just hold on.

MAN: What's going on in there?!

MAN: Open this door! Come on!

Open the door!

Ow!

Todd, come on.

I can't. Yes, you can.

Just walk over here.

Are you in there, too, Bryan?

It's all you have to do, but you have to hurry. He's coming.

Just come over here, I'll lift you through.

MAN: Open the door, you little bastard!

Whoa, whoa, slow down there, pal!

Glad to see you guys.

We're not sure what to make of this kid.

What's his name?

Bryan Parker.

Got his name off a library card.

So, what, he's not talking?

No. He's still pretty shook up.

All he's saying is that some little boy's been abducted.

SAMANTHA: All right.

MARTIN: Bryan.

Hey. I'm Martin, this is Samantha.

We're both with the FBI.

We'd like to ask you a couple of questions, okay?

You know what, why don't you, uh...

why don't you guys give us some room.

So, Bryan, I'm Samantha.

Um... we're here to help.

Nothing to be afraid of.

Okay?

Now, these guys, they told me you know something

about a boy being abducted, is that right?

Can you tell me his name?

Todd.

Todd?

Okay, great.

Do you know where Todd is right now?

Bryan... I want to help you, I do,

but you gotta give me something; anything.

Um, do you know who took him?

Who took him, Bryan?

My dad.

Randall Parker, FBI! Open up!

Clear.

All clear.

Is Randall Parker in the system?

No. No criminal record,

but we put out an APB on him and his van.

And what's the story on the boys?

At first, I thought they might be brothers,

but then Bryan says he doesn't even know Todd.

No last name?

Nope, Todd's the only name he's got.

Well, the only Todd that's gone missing

in New York in the last month is black.

There's no telling what he's been through, huh?

We're sending a social worker to evaluate him.

Mm.

Thank you.

Hey, Bryan.

Can I get you something to drink, something to eat?

Where's Todd?

Did you find Todd?

We haven't found your dad or Todd yet.

I should've just dragged him out of there.

I could've done that, you know?

Well, you tried to save Todd.

What you did was brave.

No, it wasn't.

We wouldn't be looking for him right now

if it wasn't for you.

It's too late.

No, it isn't too late.

Listen to me, the more you can tell us about Todd,

the sooner we're going to be able to find him, okay?

I don't know where they went.

I don't know anything.

So Todd never told you anything, anything about himself?

Dad never left us alone together.

He'd lock Todd up most of the time.

Bryan, do you know why your dad took him?

Be-Because he likes boys.

Can we talk about something else?

Sure.

Um, why don't you tell me when you first saw Todd.

It was last Sunday.

So, a week ago.

Dad had been away for, like, three days

on some work thing, he says.

Hey, kiddo, how you doing?

Fine.

Um, this is Todd.

He's going to be staying with us for a little while.

It's Mrs. Vadressa's kid.

You remember me talking about her?

Not really.

Oh, she's a client.

I've known her for years.

Anyway, she booked a trip to Italy

and her ex was supposed to take care of Todd

and he got sick

and he's not going to be able to.

The poor little guy was pretty upset.

He cried himself to sleep.

Anyway, I told her that we'd look after him

until she got back.

So how'd the math test go?

Okay.

Okay?

What, uh, what is "okay" as a percentage?

Ninety-six.

96 percent?

That is not okay.

That is fantastic.

I am... I'm proud of you, okay?

And I knew you were going to do great,

so I got you a little something.

What? What do you think?

The new Xbox?

Yeah. Really?

I got it in the van; wait till you see it.

It's fanta...

Oh, you know, um, if he wakes up, give him one of these,

okay?

SAMANTHA: Why didn't you believe your dad's story?

I just didn't, that's all.

Does your dad have any family, parents, brothers, sisters?

Not that I know about.

What about friends from work?

He's a painter-- houses and stuff.

He works alone most of the time.

Right.

You said that your mom died when you were little, yeah?

Yeah.

Do you remember any family trips?

Any, any people coming over...?

No.

What about other kids?

What do you mean?

Did your dad ever bring home any other kids?

No.

So, then, Todd was the first?

Yeah.

That's what I said.

Okay.

(indistinct police radio transmission in distance)

Jack, the time stamp shows Parker making a phone call

ten minutes after Bryan got the hell out of here.

Local call.

Let's have ERT come in here

and see if they can pick up some DNA and fingerprints.

I have a feeling it's not the first kid this guy's grabbed.

Parker called a Judy Brooks on Seventh.

Martin's tracking her down.

Maybe she'll know who this boy is.

You haven't been able to I.D. Todd, huh?

Well, Sam has Bryan going through pictures.

I mean, we have his name, we have his description.

Th-This should be a no-brainer.

Well, his name is probably not Todd.

Plus, Parker was gone

for three days; he could have grabbed

the kid from out of town.

This is so frustrating. Mm-hmm.

Mrs. Brooks? Yeah?

Hi. I'm Special Agent Fitzgerald with the FBI.

I, uh, need to ask you a few questions about Randall Parker.

Now, I understand that Parker called you this morning

around 5:00 a.m.

Yeah, he was looking for his son.

He said that Bryan had run away,

and he wanted to know if I had heard from him.

And I hadn't.

Why did he think Bryan would contact you?

There was this incident last week.

I got here as quick as I could.

Are you okay? Is he okay?

He's fine, Mr. Parker.

Why don't you tell your dad what happened.

I got busted.

For what?

Drinking.

I'm drunk, Dad.

Drinking?!

You're only 12 years old.

I don't feel like I'm 12.

Well, obviously,

this is a serious violation of school policy,

but my main concern is what caused

this behavior.

And did Bryan tell you what that was?

Mm-hmm.

He says he's having problems at home.

Uh, that's news to me.

Well, then why don't we take this opportunity to discuss it?

Yeah... yeah, we should.

Um...

Bryan.... look, you know I love you,

and I'm not angry about this, but...

I thought things were pretty good at home.

Um, and if they're not,

then I'll try to make them better,

but you gotta...

tell me what's wrong.

Hmm?

You know what's wrong.

No, I honestly don't.

But I'm listening.

Okay?

Both of us are listening.

So why don't you just tell us.

Is it the long hours I've been working?

You know, I know what it is; it's...

it's Todd, isn't it?

Uh, friend of the family's kid is staying

with us for while, and I think

maybe I've been paying a little too much attention

to him and not enough to Bryan.

That's it, isn't it, Bryan?

Yeah. Yeah.

That's it.

Well, good.

That's a good first step.

I thought we had made some progress.

I recommended a family therapist

and gave them my phone number, in case they wanted to talk.

I'm assuming that Parker listed next of kin

when he enrolled Bryan here?

Yeah, it's required; but that was seven years ago.

Well, I'm going to need to see those records anyway.

How come they don't have names?

They do.

All these kids are missing?

What happened to them?

Some of them were taken by a parent,

some of them were taken by a stranger; some, we just...

...we don't know.

Some of them are dead.

Yeah... some of them are probably dead.

So how long do you keep looking until you give up?

We never give up.

That's him.

Todd's real name is Daniel Ellison, age five;

went missing ten days ago from a carnival in Milford, PA.

Did we notify the parents?

Mm-hmm. They're on their way.

Yo, Viv, we have a little bit of a time gap.

Bryan said that the kid showed up on on Sunday, right?

Yeah.

But he went missing ten days ago.

Where were they for the last three days?

I don't know. Stashed somewhere.

Maybe Parker had him put up in a motel.

Parker's not his real name.

What do you mean? Bryan's school file.

Previous address, next of kin,

it's all bogus.

So I dug a little deeper.

Records on Parker only go back seven years.

Before that, nothing.

Ugh. So Todd's not really Todd and Parker's not really Parker.

Well, whoever he is,

NYPD just found his van.

You know what? These are pharmaceutical.

Run them in to the lab and see what narcotic's in them.

You bet. Thank you.

ELENA: Jack.

Felix, this is Special Agent Malone.

Tell him what you just told me.

It was, like, an hour ago.

I went in to clean the bathroom...

Oh...!

Sorry, man, I didn't know anyone was in here.

Yeah, no, my kid just got gum stuck in his hair.

I kind of had to get drastic, so I'll be done in a minute.

Yeah, no problem. I'll come back later.

I didn't realize it wasn't his kid.

Did you notice which way they went?

No, I didn't.

Jack...

this was inside the trash.

Probably dyed the kid's hair.

Uh-huh.

: Malone.

Are you sure?

Okay.

The lab ran a test on the DNA

that they picked up in the apartment.

Bryan is not Randall Parker's son.

Yeah, okay, thanks.

So far, they canvassed four square blocks,

and no one ever saw Parker or the kid,

but he may have boosted a car.

From where?

From a long-term parking lot

very close to the gas station.

Vehicle description?

We will, once the owner reports it stolen.

It's a long-term parking lot, which is why he picked it.

We don't know where with this guy.

I'm going to keep working the neighborhood.

Okay.

How are you doing with the kid?

I'm letting him take a break right now.

I want you to go back in there and get on it.

Look, Jack, he needs help; he needs professional help.

Which I will get him,

once we get the information that we need.

Jack, he needs a therapist.

Every second that ticks by,

the odds are greater that Daniel will turn up dead.

Yes, I'm aware of that.

But this kid still thinks that Parker is his father.

I don't think I'm qualified to tell him...

I want you to go back in there and dig into his past,

find out who he is, where he's from

and maybe that will give us a lead on Parker, okay? I...

Just go in there and do it.

So his real name's Daniel.

From Milford, Pennsylvania.

Does that ring a bell?

No.

Bryan, you lived in the apartment with your father

for seven years-- where were you before that?

I don't know.

You would've been five years old.

No?

So nothing before the apartment?

I guess I was too little.

Right.

Good picture.

I always wished I could draw.

It never really comes out the way I want it to.

Have you seen this house before?

It's just always been in my head.

Maybe you've been there.

I feel like I was.

You know what?

Bryan, I'm going to ask you to do something

and it's going to sound kind of stupid, all right?

But I want you to bear with me.

I want you to close your eyes and try and picture the house.

I know, I know.

Will you try it?

Just concentrate really hard.

Can you see it?

Yeah.

Brick.

With white around the windows and a pointed roof.

You see anything else?

There's a car in the driveway.

Sort of brownish.

Can you see a license plate on the car?

I can't really tell what it says.

All right, what about, um... color?

Can you see the color of the license plate?

White...

with dark letters.

Okay, Bryan, um...

Are you at the house?

Yeah.

I'm playing.

Playing in a pile of leaves.

A woman's there.

: She hugs me.

Is it your mother?

I don't know.

I know I've asked you this before.

Do you remember your mother's name?

No.

But she was married to my dad, so can't you look it up?

SAMANTHA: Well, to be honest

with you, we haven't had a lot of luck with that.

Why are you asking me about my mother?

Because we're trying to get background on you

to help us find Daniel.

What does Daniel have to do with me remembering my mom,

or with where I was when I was five?

It...

You're not telling me something.

You know what? I think we should take

a break right now. Was he married to my mom?

I don't know.

So if they weren't married, why was I living with him?

There could be all kinds of reasons why.

Did he take me?

Did he take me like he did Daniel?

He did.

And you knew?

I didn't know. You knew all along.

I didn't know, Bryan.

Is that even my name?

I thought

you were on my side!

I am on your side.

You don't give a damn about me.

You only care about finding Daniel!

Just get away from me!

Get out.

Okay.

Happy?

Viv, you trying to figure out who Bryan is?

I'm running all the kids

who went missing the same time as Parker grabbed him.

He took Bryan at five, and Daniel is five,

so I guess he was looking for a younger model, huh?

Ugh... horrible.

He's not in the database?

No one in this case is.

Well, at least we've got an I.D.

on what Parker's driving.

A blue Ford van was reported stolen from long-term parking,

and we have an APB out, so that's something.

That is.

Johnson.

Yeah, thanks.

Daniel's folks are here.

He was cutting Daniel's hair?

Oh, my God.

Why would he do that?

To change his appearance.

We have a nationwide alert out on the both of them.

Daniel looked okay. though, right?

He seemed okay?

Yes-- from everything I understand.

We are putting all our resources into finding your son.

Is this man a...

sex offender?

He doesn't have a record.

Do you have any idea where my son is?

We have a few leads that we're following,

and, um... there are some reasons to be hopeful.

What reasons?

The fact that this man bothered to change your son's appearance,

to dye his hair, to cut it.

It shows that he's formed some kind of bond with him.

As disturbing as that is to hear,

that works in our favor.

Um...

I'd like to show you a photo.

Familiar?

No.

Um, I don't recognize him.

Wait, I saw this guy.

What Where?

At the carnival?

No, uh, before that--

in the morning, at-at-at the park.

Hey.

You okay, buddy?

Yeah, yeah, I got off the trail.

Kind of had a rough go getting back on.

Yeah, I guess I learned my lesson.

I guess you did.

Have a good one.

Yeah, you, too.

He seemed just like another hiker.

I never gave it another thought.

Where's this park?

Well, according to Mr. Ellison,

Parker came out right about here.

What the hell is over there?

You know, Parker had three days

with Daniel that we can't account for, right?

Right.

Well, maybe after he grabbed him, he brought him out here

and kept him someplace in the area.

Well, based on this map, the closest thing to a shelter

is a cave about a, about a quarter mile east of here.

Danny.

Damn it.

So Danny said there was

a blunt force trauma to the boy's head.

The Pike County Coroner is I.D.'ing the body.

I heard.

So, how can I help you?

You can look through these.

Boys missing in the New York state area

in the past seven to eight years.

And how do you know Bryan is from New York?

I don't. I'm playing the odds.

He said he remembered a white license tag

with black letters, and we found him in New York,

so I figured we'd start there. All right.

The boy they found is not Daniel Ellison.

What?!

Who is he?

We don't know yet.

He's the same age as Daniel,

but the coroner thinks he's been dead for about a month.

Wait a second-- I thought

it was a freshly dug grave.

Yeah, looks like Parker

reburied the body; they found

two different types of soil on it.

Bryan said that Daniel was the only boy he ever brought home.

We need to talk.

Why would I talk to you?

You lied to me. No, you lied to me.

You told me

Daniel was the only kid Parker brought home. So?

Why don't you tell me about the boy he took before Daniel?

There was no boy.

Stop lying.

I'm not lying.

We just dug up his body from a shallow grave.

You tell me

who he is.

He had a mark on his ankle, like a restraint.

I think he was kept somewhere. I think it was your apartment.

No. The mark matched

a strap we found in Parker's dresser.

Did he make you help him?

No! Bryan, you're here

because you tried to save Daniel.

And I know the last thing you want

is for him to end up like this boy.

So tell me what happened!

He was brought to the house...

like you said.

What's his name?

I don't know.

He was only there one night.

RANDALL: Then shut up!

Stop crying!

BOY: No! Get away from me!

Get away!

RANDALL: Don't make me come after you.

Come on!

We're friends, you and me.

Come on, now!

BOY: No, I want my mommy!

Damn it.

Come here, you.

Okay. Come on.

Okay, come on, get up, kid. You're okay.

You're okay. I didn't hurt you.

Come on.

Come on.

Oh, God.

Wake up.

Up, kid. You okay?

Just breathe.

Damn it!

Oh, God!

And when I woke up...

they were both gone.

As if nothing ever happened.

I just stood there.

It's not your fault.

I knew what was happening to him.

Why didn't I do something?

There's nothing you could do.

Hey.

So, according to Bryan, the boy died on August third, right?

These are the phone records of that day.

Just before midnight, Parker made a phone call

to a Sarah Pratt from Leman, Pennsylvania.

He call before?

Twice a year, around mid-May and December 25.

Christmas and possibly her birthday.

Could be a family member,

ex-wife...

All right, here we go.

Sarah Pratt, 38 years old.

Doesn't say anything about her being married or not.

How long did the call last?

Let me see... two minutes.

He reached out to her before, so let's hope that

he's going to do it again.

What the hell's going on here?

You Sarah Pratt?

Yeah. What do you want?

I'm Jack Malone from the FBI.

Do you know this man?

Yeah, that's Robert. Why are you looking for him?

We believe that he's involved in the abduction

of several small boys, possibly murder.

He wouldn't do that.

VIVIAN: Then you won't mind

if we take a look inside.

Go right ahead.

Thank you.

What's Robert's last name?

Pratt. He's my cousin.

And when was the last time you actually saw him?

I don't know.

Um... seven years ago, maybe.

Hey, darling.

Robby, what are you doing here?

I was just in the neighborhood.

Ohh! Mm!

Wanted to visit my favorite cuz.

Who's that?

ROBERT: Him? Oh, that's Bryan.

That's my girlfriend's kid.

I just wanted to take him on a road trip.

Just so he could see the sights...

so him and me could bond.

I knew you'd settle down sooner or later.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm.

And, the fact is, actually, we didn't get as far as we

were hoping to today, and so since, you know,

we were here and I know you got the... room in the barn,

I was hoping that maybe we could crash here for tonight?

Robbie, that barn burned down like five years ago.

Oh.

But, hey, you guys can stay in the house.

Uh, really, Sarah, I, I couldn't do that.

Oh, that's silly, why not? It's no trouble at all.

Just, just, you know, it wouldn't feel right.

So, um, thanks, anyway. We'll find a motel.

Wait. What about the trailer?

Remember?

Past the dry well by the woods?

Oh.

Are you sure that'd be okay?

It's the least I can do.

That boy with him--

was he kidnapped?

Put your hands in the air and come out!

Come on, there's no point to this.

Just step outside the trailer with your hands in the air.

Is the boy in there?

No.

Okay, here's the situation.

The suspect is dead, the young boy is still missing.

You're going to have to comb every inch of these woods.

Agent Johnson is going to coordinate the search.

Now we're going to conduct a grid search.

Half of you are going to go with Agent Fitzgerald.

So let's move out.

Does it look familiar?

A little.

Is this where he took Daniel?

Yeah.

Who's van is that?

That is the van that Pratt was driving.

Does that mean you caught him?

We did, he's dead.

Did he tell you who I really am?

No.

We're still working on that.

Bryan, I need you to look at this picture

and really focus, okay?

You were here, too.

When?

Seven years ago, when he took you.

Look at it.

Can you tell me anything?

It was dark.

I was cold and scared.

That's all I can remember.

Hey, can I get some help over here?

VIVIAN: Daniel!

Hey!

Hey, buddy, you're safe now.

I'm going to come in.

You're safe now, okay?

Come on, let's get you out of here.

Someone get a medic.

Oh, okay. Gotcha.

Gonna tear this off...

That's it; take a good breath.

Hey, yeah, we got him.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

Hey, listen, he's alive.

I'll call you back.

(indistinct conversation, quiet laughter)

Well, except for a few minor cuts and bruises,

Daniel's going to be okay.

Physically, anyway.

Also, the coroner I.D.'d the body of the boy that we found.

Lucas Chethek.

He's from Bimington.

What about Bryan?

Still haven't been able to match him

to any missing persons report for kids.

He's got to be something we overlooked.

We should keep checking.

I searched the trailer.

I mean, look, I know it's been seven years,

but I thought I might find something.

Yeah, it's a reasonable assumption.

No wonder Bryan doesn't remember anything.

Who the hell would want to?

Got that right.

Okay, well, I'll keep you posted.

Thanks.

Your name is Max McNeal.

Max?

Where am I from?

New York.

Are my parents around?

Your mom is.

Has she been looking for me?

She didn't think you were still alive.

Nobody did.

You were on a camping trip at Delaware National Park.

You were fishing, your mom was videotaping it.

She ran out of tape, went to get another one.

The search went on for a week.

There were divers.

All they found was one of your shoes.

So they thought I was dead?

Yeah.

Turns out that Robert Pratt lived half a mile

from where you went missing.

Does my mother know?

She does.

And I'm going to take you to her.

You ready to go in?

Can you come with me?

Of course I can.

Should we go?

Let's go.