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(narrator)
In the criminal
justice system,

sexually-based offenses

are considered
especially heinous.

In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

who investigate
these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as
the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

Police operator 5527.
What's your emergency?

[People chattering]

Caller, can you hear me?

Caller, can you hear me?

What have you got?

Hello, caller, are you there?
Listen.

[Woman screams]

(man)
Shut up!

She must've
dropped her phone.

Do what I say and
I won't hurt you!

What's the location?

Haven't got one.
It's a cell phone.
Only the number's coming up.

Shut up.
Start the car.

Get going!
Okay. Okay.

Come on! Come on!

Where do you want me
to go?
Drive away.

Come on, honey,
tell us where you are.

Which way?
Take a right.

Take a right.
Let's go!

Please don't
kill me.

I'm not going
to kill you.

I've got something else
in mind.

Sweet mother of God.
It's the carjack rapist.

(woman)
Please don't kill me.

That's it.
There's dead air for a while,
then the call cuts out.

We've been chasing
this guy for a month.

He blitzes his first
four victims from behind,
knocks them out,

rapes them
and steals their cars.

Something's must've
gone wrong.

He didn't dump her.
Tape sounds like
she was next to him.

Which means that
she's the only one
who can ID him.

Is there any way that you can
bring out his voice
more clearly?

Quality's too poor.
She either dropped the phone

or it was in her purse
or pocket.

Voice enhancement
will take a few hours.

How about a fix
on her location?

The phone's first three digits
are an exchange
used by Cell Atlantic.

Tech guy over there says
the call relayed off

two different cell towers.

The first is on
Avenue A and Sixth Street.

(Stabler)
How many blocks
does that cell site cover?

Houston to Seventh
to Avenue B.
Then the call switched over

to the second tower, here,
south of Houston.

Goes all the way
to the East River.

Which means this
could have happened
anywhere within 30 blocks.

If the City had enhanced 911
for cell phones,

we'd know exactly
where this happened.

(Morales)
Settle for a lead on
who she is?

We'll take
whatever you got.

Cell Atlantic says
the phone is one of 18

leased to
the Studio Arts League.

Our artists in residence
spend most of their time

teaching classes
in public schools.

We give them phones
to keep them in touch.

Whose cell phone
number is this?

Um, let me check.

[Francesca murmuring]

Annika Bergeron.
She's a painter.

That's one of hers.

Wonderful sense of
color and line...

Why are you asking
about Annika's phone?

We need to see her.
Do you know where she lives?

Over by
Tompkins Square Park.

Matches where
the call came from.

Yeah. Um,

has Annika come in today?

No, she's home on bed rest
for the last week.

Why?

Annika's pregnant,
due in two weeks.

Doctor says high-risk.

(Tony)
I don't know
where she could be.

Doctor told her
to stay in bed
or she'd lose the baby.

She's been taking
his orders real seriously.

She has an appointment card
for an ob-gyn.

Dr. Crespo.

Who's been helping her out
since she's been on bed rest?

This is a good building.
Folks look out for each other.

Neighbors come by all day,

Annika knows if she's needs
anything at night to call me.

When was the last time
you saw her?

Checked on her last night,
around 9:00.

Said she was
going to sleep.

Does she own a car?

Big, black SUV.
Tahoe, I think.

This doesn't add up.

Pregnant woman on bed rest
doesn't go for a drive

in the middle of the night
without a good reason.

Maybe she got a call.

She went out to her car,
she got jacked.

We'll pull the LUDs,

see who she was talking to
last night.

Is this Annika?

Yeah. Pretty girl, huh?

Baby's father around?

I haven't seen any
guy come around here

since Daniel
moved out last year.

Daniel have a last name?

Daniel Lester.

Nice guy, carpenter,
always helped me fix stuff.

They have any problems?

Not that I saw.
Then one day, poof!

He's gone.

(Stabler)
You know where
we can find him?

Granville Developers.

Big-shot contractors
in midtown.

Annika's missing?

Is there anything
I can do to help?

(Stabler)
The super says
she drives a black SUV,

but we haven't
been able to find anything

registered under her name.

We never had a car.

Annika must have bought it
after I moved out.

You still in touch
with her?

Not much.
She, uh, e-mailed me
a couple of times,

little things like
wanting something

out of a closet.
That sort of thing.

Well, in any of those e-mails,
did she mention a baby?

No. What baby?

Annika's pregnant.

Really?

[Phone ringing]

When is she due?

Soon, and we are concerned
about her medical condition.

We need to speak
with her right away.

(Rose)
Daniel, I promised Melinda

she could
have your attention
for a full five minutes.

The florist needs
the final decision today.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Uh, Jeannie didn't tell me
that you were in a meeting.

This is Rose Granville,
my boss,

and her daughter,
Melinda, my fiancee.

Detectives Benson
and Stabler.

The police? What's wrong?

My ex-girlfriend,
Annika, is missing.

How long?

(Benson)
Since last night.

She made a 911 call
that we couldn't trace.

(Rose)
That's terrible.

We'll let you
finish talking.

We're pretty much done here.

We do need
contact information
for a family member, though.

Annika's parents
are dead,

but her sister, Laura,
lives over in Jersey,
Passaic County.

(Laura)
Annika doesn't own a car.

The... the Tahoe's mine,
I lent it to her.

Did something happen
to my sister?

It's possible she was
carjacked last night.

Is she all right?

We don't know.
She's missing.

Ah, that doesn't
make sense, really.

Because if the car
was stolen, where is she?

She wouldn't just
disappear.

We're doing everything
we can to find her.

Now, did you speak
with her last night?

No, I spoke to her
a couple of days ago
and everything was fine.

(Stabler)
She left her apartment
late at night.

Is it possible she went
to see the baby's father?

As far as Annika's concerned,
the baby doesn't
have a father.

She had a one-night stand
and she never
saw the guy again.

How does she feel
about being a single parent?

She's 31.
She always wanted a child.

She doesn't want to
wait around for Mr. Right.

That baby is all
she talks about.

(Fin)
We canvassed
Annika's block.

The guy at
the bodega next door

said he saw a black SUV
with Jersey plates

parked in front of his store
all week, till this morning.

So we got no car
and no witnesses.

Pregnant women
are fighters.

If Annika resisted,
she could be lying
somewhere injured.

Or he freaked when he saw
she was pregnant, killed her,
dumped her,

then took the car
to a chop shop.

Let's just keep working it
like she is still alive, huh?

Dr. Crespo's here,
Annika's ob-gyn.

I got a message
from Det. Stabler.

That's me.
Thanks for coming.

He says
we have a problem.

Annika can't deliver the baby
vaginally. She has a condition
called placenta previa.

Meaning?

The placenta's
blocking the birth canal.

She's scheduled
for a C-section.

What happens if Annika goes
into labor before then?

The baby tears through,
causing a massive hemorrhage.

Annika bleeds out,
and the baby could die
from lack of oxygen.

(Fin)
Okay. Thanks for the info.

That was Morales.
He got something
off the audio tape.

I didn't get anywhere
with the perp's voice,

but I isolated
the background noises.

Listen to this.

[Dinging]

[Car engine starts]

It's the ignition
turning over.

Exactly. Now they're driving.

Based on the position
where the car was parked,

they're headed
south on Avenue A.

You hear that?

The turn signal?

Yeah.
They're eastbound on Houston.

How do you know
they turned left?

Fast-forward
a few minutes.

One more turn signal
and they're at the highway.

You hear the traffic?

Must be the FDR Drive.
That's the only
highway nearby.

Any idea how
far they traveled?

Listen to the echoes.

[Horns blaring]

They're going under a bridge.

So it's gotta be
the Williamsburg,
Manhattan, or Brooklyn.

Right, but which one?

And then the engine stops.

I'd say they're parked next
to the FDR.

It's the only area
that matches these acoustics.

This place is secluded
enough for a rape.

So were the Williamsburg
and Manhattan bridges.
No sign of her there.

(Dumont)
Over here!

Find her.
Find her, Barnaby.

Find her. Find her, Barnaby.
Find her.

Good dog. Good dog.
Good dog.

The scent trail starts
at the curb, ends here.

Definitely belongs
to your victim.

So he dragged her
over here?

Check out the skid marks.

There was another car here.

Think she was transferred?

Could've had
a partner waiting.

He takes the woman
but leaves the car?

That's not
the carjack rapist's MO.

He's graduated
from rape to kidnap.

Maybe he wants more time
with his victim.

He went to a lot of
trouble to arrange it.

If he took Annika in another
car, where's her SUV?

[Police radio chattering]

Maybe it got towed to impound.
"No parking anytime."

Black Chevy Tahoe,
towed from South
Street and Dover.

Slim Jim?
There you go.

I think we got ourselves
a copycat here,

using a high-profile MO

to send us down
the wrong track.

Somebody targeted Annika.

They called her,

they lured her out
of the apartment,

and kidnapped her.

This was planned.
Got it.

Seat's soaked with blood.

(Siper)
The victim's prints are all
over the steering wheel.

She drove, perp controlled her
from the passenger seat.

His hand was here,
on the back of her headrest.

You lift prints?

I wish.
This bastard's smarter
than the average mutt.

He was wearing
leather gloves.

How'd you get that?

Animal hide has
a unique texture,

plus the stitching
along the seams

makes its own impression.

I can match it
if you find the gloves.

That's easy once
we find out who he is.

Can you help us with that?

I'll have more
in two hours.

(Trevor)
This can't wait.

What have you got?

ME says the blood is
definitely Annika's
with cervical cells present.

Good news: There's no trace
of amniotic fluid,
so she's not in labor yet.

What's the bad news?

I talked to her doctor.
Based on the amount of blood
she's already lost,

he says she's got
36 hours, tops,

before she and the baby
both die.

If it's not
the carjack rapist,
what's the motive?

Don't know.
Annika was squeaky clean,

no problems with
anyone we can find.

Pregnancy elevates
a woman's risk

of intimate partner violence
including homicide.

What do we have on
the baby's father?

He's out
of the picture.

Annika never told him
she was pregnant.

Pregnancy could
still be a factor.

There's a bunch
of cases nationwide

where women are being
snatched for their babies.

In which case
he's stashed her somewhere
until she gives birth.

If we don't find them
in 30 hours, she and
the baby are both dead.

If the perp was after a baby,

she didn't just find Annika
on the street at 3:00 a.m.

You're right.
The LUDs are back.

At 3:16 Annika
got a phone call

from a payphone a block away
from her apartment.

It lasted 50 seconds.

That's 15 minutes
before she called 911.

Then an outgoing call
to a car service.

Dispatcher
remember her?

They say a woman called
asking for
an out-of-town fare.

They sent a car,
but Annika never showed up.

She goes downstairs
to meet the car,

but whatever she's got to do
is so urgent,

she decides to drive herself.
That's when he jumps her.

Where the hell
was she going?

Before she left,
the last call she made
was at 3:22

to her dial-up ISP.

She went online?

Yeah. I had Morales
look at her computer.

She went to
a Maplt Now website,

downloaded
driving directions.

Passaic County Hospital.

Her sister lives in Passaic.

Your sister calls,
says she's hurt.

What would you do?

You think I set up
my own sister?

I didn't call her.

So it's just a coincidence
she was headed for your town
at night?

No, l... I can't explain it.

I haven't even
spoken to her in weeks.

I thought you said you talked
to her a few days ago?

I lied.

I was embarrassed.

I had a fight with her,
and I hung up on the phone.

Let me guess.
You fought over money.

W-Who told you?

Well, the cancelled checks
in Annika's apartment.

She gave you half her salary,
even with a baby on the way.

L... I was having some
cash-flow problems.

That's the understatement
of the year.

Credit cards are maxed out.

Bill collectors have you
on the hot list.

Bankruptcy looks
like a sure thing.

My ex-boyfriend was
a real con artist.

He ran up some major bills,
and then skipped out.

L... I made some mistakes
trying to get out of debt.

Annika was helping me out.

Why would I want her
to disappear?

Well, maybe your boyfriend
thought she was a cash cow,

he wanted
a little extra.

No, no, no. Bob is locked up
in Arizona.

He pulled the same scam
on the sheriff's baby sister.

Now that leaves you all alone
in the jackpot, doesn't it?

Listen, I am telling you,
I never called her.

Someone must've
made up a story

just to get her
out of the house.

Like the father
of the baby?

I promised I would not tell
anyone about him.

Your sister and the baby
are going to die

if we can't find her.

Daniel Lester.
It's her ex-boyfriend.

That's the baby's father.

You think I hurt Annika?

(Benson)
Did you?

I can't believe this.

I was in Boston.
Here's my boarding pass.

I stayed
at the Ritz-Carlton.

Why would I do
anything to her?

Because she's carrying
your child

and you're about
to marry another woman.

It's my baby?
Are you sure?

Annika was.
You two sleeping together?

No. I love Melinda.
Annika and I are through.

(Stabler)
Since when?

You broke up 14 months ago and
she's eight months pregnant.

Gotta be some reason why she
thinks that baby's yours.

It happened once.

It was after we broke up.

I went over to
Annika's apartment

to pick up some
old receipts for my taxes.

And we had a glass of wine

and then another,
and we ended up in bed.

It was stupid.

We laughed
about it afterwards.

Why'd you two break up?

We fought about money.

Rose Granville has got
to be paying you
a pretty good salary.

That was the problem.

Annika said
I was selling out.

But you didn't.

Look, my dad was
a garbage man.

He had six mouths to feed.

Annika thought being
a starving artist was cool.

I knew it wasn't
the life I wanted.

Neither of us
would change our minds,
so we broke up.

And Melinda didn't have
anything to do
with that decision?

No. Annika and I broke up

before Melinda
even knew who I was.

Does your fiancee
know that you slept with her?

No.

But I'm going to
have to tell her now.

(Melinda)
You don't have to tell me.

So Daniel cut
Annika loose

and now he's marrying
the boss's daughter.

This guy just hit
the super lotto.

An illegitimate child
would mess up his plans
to marry into money.

Very least it's going
to cost him a bundle
in child support.

So he makes sure
his pregnant ex-girlfriend

disappears along
with her little secret.

Boston's a four-hour drive
from here.

Easy enough to fly up,
check into a hotel,

drive here, kill Annika,
and back to Boston.

Great way to
establish an alibi.

Playing it real well.

Guess who's got
a rap sheet?

Daniel Lester.
Bingo.

Couple of assault charges,
mostly dismissed.

One plea to
disorderly conduct.

Your boy's got
himself a temper.

(Cragen)
Set up the hotline phones
over here

and keep me informed.

(woman)
You got it.

What's going on?

Only 25 hours left.
One P.P. Is going public.

We're notifying hospital ERs
and OB departments now.

Press conference
in half an hour,

get Annika's face on
the morning news.

Why are we going public when
Lester looks like our perp?

Department isn't prepared
to call him a suspect yet.

They've got
a better theory?

Annika was abducted by
somebody desperate for a baby.

You must be kidding.
We considered that.

We thought it was
a stranger kidnap

before we knew
Lester had a $1 million motive
to get rid of his baby.

The minute you get me proof
he's guilty,

I'll take it to the brass.

(Benson)
Who's gonna cry
for the cameras?

Annika's sister.

Annika was here
yesterday at 3:15 a.m.

Getting into
a black Chevy Tahoe.

If you've seen her,
please contact police.

A tip-line is open and
all calls are confidential.

Please help my sister
and her baby.

Bring Annika to...

Elliot, look who's here.

(Rose)
Good morning, Detectives.

What can
we do for you?

I would like to
speak to the reporters.

Why?

Granville Developers is
offering a $100,000 reward

for information leading to
Annika's safe return home.

That's very generous
of you

considering
that Annika's baby

is the child of
your future son-in-law.

My daughter loves him.

That matters far more to me
than one indiscretion.

Does Melinda
share those feelings?

There are two innocent lives
at stake.

We want to do
whatever we can to help.

(reporter)
Mrs. Granville,
why are you here?

Do you know
the missing girl?

Annika Bergeron
is a family friend.

She's a lovely,
talented young woman
with a promising future.

(Stabler)
Daniel ripped a page
from the O.J. Playbook,

getting Rose to post a reward
for "the real killer."

That guy's
got brass balls.

We have over 500 calls
in less than three hours.

Every bottom feeder in town
is after that reward.

A psychic claimed
she could channel
Annika for a price.

Let me guess.

She's in a cold,
dark place, near water.

(Fin)
I got one.

A guy just called,

said he'd swap
information for Annika
for the reward money.

According to him,
she's still alive.

Why do you think
he's legit?

Well, I asked him
the baby's father's name,

he came right back
with Daniel Lester.

That was our hold back.

Did you set a meet?
He did.

Two hours.
A pedestrian island,

Sixth and Fourth Avenue.

Let's go.

Hold up.
He's got one condition.

He says Daniel's
gotta bring the money.

Stay with
the detectives at all times

and follow their
instructions explicitly.

(Daniel)
I understand.

Daniel, be careful.

Don't worry.
I'm not looking to be a hero.

Daniel's going
to be fine.

Guy's got no reason
to harm him.

(Melinda)
Then why
the bulletproof vest?

Just a precaution.
We got people
covering the entire area.

That corner will
be the safest place
in the city today.

Once Daniel
makes the exchange,
he just walks away.

I have the money, Detectives.

(Morales)
I'll take the briefcase.

What about the FBI?
Don't they handle this?

They're already in place.

Trust me,
we got everything covered.

You'll let us know
the minute this is over?

You have my word.

It's time to go.

It's five after.
He's not coming.

Be patient.

What if he doesn't show up?

He will.

He's got 100,000 good reasons
waiting for him.

2:00. Black coat,
ball cap.

Is that him?

We'll see.

Take your positions.

Here we go.

Where's Annika?

Give me the money.

Tell me where she is.

[Both grunting]

(Benson)
Look out!

[Horn honking]

[Woman screaming]

I'm sorry. I freaked out.

I just wanted to
know where he took her.

Where is she? Where's Annika?

Where the hell is she?

Come on. Talk to me.
Where the hell is she?
Where's Annika?

Come on. Come on.

[Panting]

He's gone.
He didn't say a word.

Our only lead to
Annika is road kill.
We're screwed.

The tips are coming in,
but nothing solid.

Prints on
the dead guy came back.

Greg Jezic.

Two-time loser
with a nasty past.

Bunch of assaults, one murder,
got pled down to Man two.

Parole officer said
he was muscle for hire.

Used to break legs
for some loan shark

until he did
his last bid upstate.

Guy's a
wannabe mercenary.

Advertises in the back pages
of Soldier of Fortune
magazine:

"Have gun, will travel."

Doesn't sound
like Jezic's the type

to come up
with this on his own.

Somebody paid him
to snatch Annika.

Jezic does the job,
hears about the reward,

decides he wants
to get paid twice.

If he left Annika alone
when he came to the meet,

she could be locked up,
bleeding somewhere.

Which leaves us with
about 19 hours left.

John, Fin, keep going
on Jezic's background.

Financials, LUDs,
known associates.

Elliot, Olivia, get a warrant
for the apartment.

Maybe something
there will tell us

who paid Jezic
for the abduction.

(Stabler)
Police! Open up!

We're clear.

What a dump.

There's no blood trail.

I doubt she was ever here.

Porno,

Soldier of Fortune,
more porno, Guns & Ammo.

Well, Jezic's
a real renaissance man.

There's got to be something
here to lead us
to who hired Jezic.

Hey, check this out.
Annika. Telephoto lens.

There's got to be
dozens of pictures here.

Bastard's been stalking her
for a while.

For a guy who lives
like a pig, he keeps
meticulous records.

"2:17 p. M:
Target returns to apartment.

4:16 p. M: Target goes to
the grocery store."

When did you say
the surveillance started?

I didn't.

It's August 22.

August 20,
Jezic received

a $5,000 wire transfer
from Western Union.

Guy works cheap.

That was just a down payment.
He got another $5,000,

the day before
he snatched her.

Western Union funds originated

from an account
in the Cayman Islands.

(Benson)
Whose?
No name.

Banks down there
take privacy very seriously.

(Munch)
Whoever paid Jezic,
they're not going to tell.

In the Caymans,
even asking information

about an account holder
is a crime.

Guys, you've to get us
something we can work with.

We may have
a lead on Jezic's LUDs.

Day before the down payment,
Jezic got a collect call

from an inmate
at Sing Sing.

That's where Jezic
did his last jolt.

(Fergus)
Inmates can only make
collect or prepaid calls.

Either way, They have
to key in their ID number
before using the telephone.

(Stabler)
So who called
Greg Jezic?

Sam Marlett.

What's his story?

No disciplinary
infractions.

Uh, doing six to eight
for extortion.

(Benson)
You know what
the con was?

Yeah. He got his
stripper girlfriend
to bang a married man,

then he tried
to blackmail him.

The mark had balls
and he reported the shakedown.

He had any visitors
since coming upstate?

That's easy enough to check.

One. Daniel Lester.

When?

About a month ago.

I got nothing to say to you.

So just listen.

This is Annika Bergeron,
Daniel Lester's ex-girlfriend,

the one he asked you
to help him get rid of.

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

(Benson)
We know that Daniel
came to see you.

He tells you about
his problem,

so you reach out to your old
cellmate, Greg Jezic,

who he hired to
kidnap a vulnerable,

pregnant woman
who never hurt a soul.

I haven't talked to Jezic
since he made parole.

How's he doing?

He's dead, asswipe.

He got greedy, so Daniel
shoved him under a car.

Daniel's doing a very nice job
keeping his hands clean,

which still leaves you
holding the bag.

So you want me
to give Daniel up?

Smart guy.

Screw you.

Daniel is not worth adding
25 to life to your sentence.

He's the only family
I've got.

Daniel never stopped
looking out for me.

He even got me a job
in the mailroom

at Granville Developers

before I screwed up again.
He never gave up on me,

I'm not giving up
on him.

So you're gonna take the fall?
Yeah.

I'll die in here before I say
one word against him.

Kidnaplmurder
conviction will make

that wish come true.
Lethal injection.

Yo, C.O., I want to
go back to my cell.

This is your last chance
to save Annika's life

and your friend
from a capital charge.

Go to hell.

You're right, friends
should stick together.

You and Daniel can share
a cell on death row.

Warden's orders.

He's going to the hole,
no phone privileges.

We wouldn't want you
warning your old pal
that we're coming for him.

Daniel would
never hurt anyone.

Stand By Your Man
sounds much better
when Tammy Wynette sings it.

You're wrong.
(Stabler)
Is that right?

How much do you know
about your fiance?

I know he is a good,
kind, gentle man.

With two arrests
for assault.

He was a kid.
He got in some bar fights.

A couple of nights in jail
does not make him a monster.

But he's got friends
who are.

Sam Marlett's got
a hell of a rap sheet.

Sam from
the mailroom?

Daniel's trying to help him
straighten out his life.
Is that a crime?

Daniel's
a real saint, huh?

He tell you
how Marlett paid him back?

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

Sam Marlett arranged
Annika's kidnapping.

That can't be true.

I guess you don't know Daniel
as well as you think.

(Fin)
Look what we found.

"Invest in Paradise:
A guide to tax-free,

confidential
Cayman Islands banking."

Brochures from
the same bank the payments
to Jezic came from.

We found it
in Daniel's desk.

Melinda,
where's Daniel now?

I don't know.

Two innocent people
are going to die.

Do you understand that?

He's at the new building site.

(Rose)
Make sure you check
the shipment carefully.

No problem, Rose.

Detectives.
Any news about Annika?

Drop the act.
What?

Put your hands
behind your back.

What are you doing?
This is a mistake!

No, it's not.
What's going on?

Daniel Lester,
you're under arrest for the
kidnapping of Annika Bergeron.

You've got
the right to remain silent.

Don't say a word.
I'll call my lawyer.

I didn't kidnap Annika.

Because you didn't want to
get your hands dirty.

So you paid Greg Jezic
to do the dirty work.

Who?

Greg Jezic, the guy
you pushed under a car.

That was an accident.

Is it an accident
that he's the ex-cellmate

to your best friend,
Sam Marlett?

Sam? What's Sam
got to do with this?

Don't play games
with me.

I'm 30 seconds
from shoving your face
right through that wall.

I swear, I don't know
what you guys
are talking about.

Come on, sure you do.
You wanted Annika
out of the picture,

so she wouldn't get
into the way of your plans
to marry into more money

than you could
ever have made
in 10 lifetimes.

You cry on
Sam Marlett's shoulder,
so he finds Jezic for you.

While you're conveniently
out of town,

Jezic lures Annika
out of the house
and fakes a carjacking.

(Benson)
But you screwed up,
Daniel.

That reward you offered
was a little bit too tempting.

$100,000 sounded
mighty good to Jezic

who you only paid $10,000
for the original job.

Jezic's no fool.

He asks you to
bring him the money

so if things go wrong,
he just gives you up.

But we know what
you did to Jezic.

No! This is insane.

I've never met that man
before in my life.

Daniel, the payments
to Jezic came

from the same bank
in the Cayman Islands

where you do your business.

We found the brochures
in your house.

Where's Annika?

I don't know.

Is she alive?

I don't know.

Daniel,

Annika's going to die.

That baby is going to die.

That baby is your baby.

Yeah. You're right. I did it.

I'm so sorry.

Daniel, it's not
too late to fix this.

Tell us where Annika is
and we can get to her in time.

I don't know
where he took her.

Yes, you do.
Yeah, you do.

Just tell us.

I wish I could.

[Knocking on door]

If she dies because
you're holding out on us,

I will personally
stick that needle

in your arm myself,
you little prick.

I thought he was
going to go for it
at the end there.

Why'd you pull me out?
Did you think I'd hit him?

I know your act, Elliot.

Rose Granville
is in my office.

You've arrested
the wrong man.

Daniel couldn't
have done this.

With all due respect,
Mrs. Granville,

he just confessed.

That's impossible.

Did he say
why he did it?

Marrying your daughter

is quite a lucky break
for a boy

from the wrong side
of the tracks.

Overnight,
he makes the "A" list.

Daniel loves Melinda.

He would never
marry her for her money.

I made sure of that.

So you were concerned?

(Rose)
Of course.

I made a mistake
marrying Melinda's father.

I wasn't going to let
history repeat itself.

He left you?

With half my money
and my secretary.

But Daniel isn't like that.

(Stabler)
You had him checked out?

A woman in my position
has to protect her family.

Did your private detective
find anything?

No. He's devoted
to my daughter.

He cheated on your daughter.

She forgave him.
So did I.

But he didn't know
you would.

Why would he risk that
when he could make
the problem disappear?

Daniel is not capable
of violence.

He killed the man
who kidnapped Annika.

That was a freak accident.

You're railroading him based
on your fantasy of who he is.

Yes, Daniel grew up poor,

but he would never
kill anyone to get rich.

Ma'am, you're entitled
to your opinion.

But we're running out
of time.

Daniel does know
where Annika is,

and if he doesn't tell us,
she dies.

I can see that
I can't convince you.

Perhaps my lawyer
can persuade

the District Attorney
not to file charges.

He went to law school
with him.

Goodbye, gentlemen.

She's definitely going to put
her money where her mouth is.

[Knocking on door]
Without more evidence,
we don't have a chance.

(Fin)
Lab just called.

They may have something
that'll help.

Warner sent over Jezic's
clothes from the morgue.

Found this in
his pants pocket.

Looks like a receipt.

Took me an hour to unfold
without shredding it.

Too much blood.
It's illegible.

To the naked eye.

That's why God
invented lasers.

Different frequencies
reveal different inks.

Who knew?
Kill the lights.

We'll start at
400 nanometers.

Nothing.

Trying 500.

Still nothing.

Let's see what 600 does.

I'll be damned.
I can read that clear as day.

(Fin)
Gas receipt.

Jezic tanked up
an hour before the meet.

Moe's Gas 'n' Go,
in the Rockaways.

I know that place.
It's out by the beach.

I used to spend
my summers there.

Let's go.

(Moe)
Sure, I've seen him.
When?

Yesterday,
maybe the day before.

Drove a black Mustang.

Nice car, but beat to hell.

You know which way
he came from?

Not the bridge,
that's for sure.

Plenty of service stations
closer than mine,

that's why my business
is in the toilet.

If a guy wanted privacy,
you know, no neighbors,

there a place around here
he might hole up?

There's a couple of old
cottages on the beach
around the point.

Pretty deserted
out there after Labor Day.

This way, right?
Yeah.

Hey, you won't make it
in that car.

Take my truck.

[Seagulls cawing]

No cars, no signs of life.

Could be
any one of these.

I'll call for backup.

(woman)
Help! Please!

Did you hear that?

Please help.

Help!

Help!

Help me!

This is it.

[Annika crying]

Annika? Police.

Anyone in the house?

No.

You'll be fine.
I'm getting you out of here.

SVU Detective
to Central K.

10-54 on the sand
at beach, 139 Street.

We have a woman
in labor with complications.

Please don't let my baby die.

No one's gonna be
dying around here, okay?

Just relax.

The bus will take
at least 10 minutes.

All right.

How long have
you been in labor?

All day.

The placenta's
almost out.

She loses more blood,
they're both
going to be dead.

I think my baby's coming.

Don't push.
You can't do that.

The ambulance isn't here.
You must wait for it.

No, then my baby will die.

You listen to me.

If you give birth
to that baby now,
you will bleed to death.

Please,
I want to save my baby.

Please save my baby.

Go out to the truck.
See if they've got

a first-aid kit
and a flashlight,

and get the newspaper off
the front seat.

All right now, Annika.

It's just you and me,
all right?

Have you ever
done this before?

I have four kids of my own.

I helped deliver each
and every one of them.

How many girls?

Three, one boy.

I'm having a girl.

No flashlight,
no first-aid kit.

Give me the light.
Give me the light.

You're doing great.

You're doing great.

I'm so tired.

You hold on, all right?
Stay with me.

You gotta do this, Annika.
Okay?

Placenta's almost out.
Keep her talking.

Annika. Come on, baby.
Stay with me.

Tell me about your baby.

Her name is Celia.
After my mother.

(Fin)
That's a pretty name.

Almost here.

You've got to tell Daniel.

Daniel already knows.

Melinda wasn't supposed
to say anything.

Melinda?

She came by to see me.

Oh, God!

Breathe.
Now push.

Breathe.

Breathe.

Now push.

Push!

Give me the newspaper.

[Annika crying]

One more push, Annika.
One more push.

Oh, God!

[Baby crying]

Is my baby okay?

She's perfect.

Hello, Celia.

I love you, baby girl.

Annika, the man
who brought you here.

Did he say why he took you?

She paid him to.

Who paid him?

[Gasping]

I'm losing her pulse.

Annika, Annika,
you have to hold on.

Help is almost here. Hold on.

Annika, look at me.
Look at me.

[Police siren wailing]

That's it, that's your baby.

Why was I
brought here?

Because there's somebody
that you need to see.

Annika? You found her.
Can I see her?

Drop the act, Daniel.

I know that
you didn't do this.

I told you.

I wanted Annika and the baby
out of the way
so I could marry Melinda.

Stop protecting her.

Who?
Melinda.

Annika told us everything.

Before she died.

She told us that you didn't
know about the baby,

but Melinda did.

Melinda had nothing
to do with this.

It was me. I'm responsible.

[Knocking on door]

Daniel, this is Celia,
your daughter.

And you're all
she has in the world.

You take the fall for Melinda
and you go to jail,

and she's all alone.

Can I hold her?

Here you go, honey.

[Baby cries]

There you go,
sweetie.

You said it was urgent.
Is Daniel okay?

He's fine.
We're releasing him.

Thank God. L... I knew
he couldn't have done this.

Um, I-I've got
to go see him.

We still have to
clear up a few things.

Why'd you visit Annika?

I fell in love with Daniel
the first moment I saw him.

But I was afraid he still had
feelings for Annika.

So you talked to her,
woman to woman?

About a month ago.

And I just knew that
it was Daniel's baby.

She tried to deny it,
but I just knew.

And Annika said that she
wasn't going to tell him.

But you didn't believe her.
You panicked.

It was falling apart.

And you thought
of Sam Marlett.

He'd do anything
to help Daniel.

No, it wasn't me.

Couple of calls,
a little bit of money,

all of your problems
just disappear.

You're wrong!

Daniel.

Don't touch me.

You have got to believe me,

I would never ever
hurt Annika.

Jezic told Annika
a woman hired him.

I swear, it was not me.

Melinda, nobody knew that

Daniel was the father
except you.

Who else knows?

No one.

You're a liar.

(Benson)
Melinda.

You have to tell us.

I can't.

You told your mother.

She knew Marlett
from the mailroom.

She was the one
who put the bank brochure
in your house.

You knew.
All along, you knew.

No, I didn't.

You let Annika die.

No. I did not find out
until this afternoon.

I went to our business manager
to get money for your bail.

I didn't have enough cash,

so I asked him about
your Cayman account,

and he said that you didn't
have one. Only Mom does.

Why didn't you
say anything?

Because it was too late
to help Annika.

And you were going to let
your mother get away with it.

She's my mother.

I love her.
I didn't know what to do.

Daniel, my attorney said
you've been released.

What wonderful news.

How could you do this?

I don't understand.

I know I'm not the man
you'd have chosen
to marry your daughter.

No education,
no money, no future.

But I would have
loved your daughter.

I would have been good to her.

Where are you going, Daniel?

Mom, they know
it was you.

What did you
say to them?

Why did you do this?

Why? I had no other choice.

You love Daniel. You deserve
a wonderful life together.

That baby would
have ruined everything.

I told you
that didn't matter to me.

Oh,

you've always
been so trusting.

But I know men.

Daniel would have taken
your money

and gone back to
that woman and her baby.

No.

I did this for you.
I wanted you to be happy.

That's all I ever wanted!

Rose Granville,
you are under arrest
for kidnapping and the murder

of Annika Bergeron.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say
can and will be used...

Daniel, wait.

Daniel!