All language subtitles for Law.and.Order.S21E03.WEBRip.x264-ION10

In the criminal justice
system,

the people are represented

by two separate,
yet equally important groups:

the police,
who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Do you remember
when this park

was a refuge from tourists?

You mean back in the '80s,

when it was full
of drug dealers and riots?

The good old days.

And now we've got these

"van life" people
hanging around here.

They're kids--

seeking adventure,
living their best life.

They're fake hippies driving
gas-guzzling motor homes,

drinking oat milk lattes

all paid for
with daddy's credit card.

It's a sham.

They're not
bothering anyone.

They're a nuisance.
This is what I'm talking about.

Look at all this trash.

It isn't trash.

It's blood.

[siren wailing]

Van is registered
to Amanda Larson.

She's 22 from Columbus, Ohio.

When was the last time
someone had eyes on her?

Yesterday afternoon.

What was she doing
in Manhattan?

Came to the city
five days ago.

Been living in her vehicle.
- Uh-huh.

Any summonses on the vehicle?
- No.

What about a wallet?

Phone?
- Haven't located either.

I think this is one
of her shoes.

Couldn't find the other one.
- Yeah, probably on her foot.

Deep scuff marks on the heel.

Probably being
dragged someplace.

Must've lost
the other one in the process.

At first I thought
it was a simple car break,

but the blood,
the shoe, the missing tourist?

Figured I'd better call it in.

Check 911 calls.

Have LMSI pull video footage
from every camera

within a three-block radius.

Also start a canvas
on residential

and business cameras.
- [whistles]

You got something?

A hammer.
Blood looks fresh.

I'll check the hospitals.

She might've ended
up in an emergency room.

Or the morgue.

[tense music]

[dramatic music]

♪

Amanda and I
spent the day together.

We got passes to a gym
so we could shower.

And after that,
we went to the laundromat.

What time did you
get back here?

Um, around 5:00.

Have any idea
where she went after this?

Who she might have been with?

I knocked on her door
at around 10:00

to see if she wanted
to do a livestream

in front
of the Tenement Museum,

but she wasn't here.

Did you notice
the condition of the van?

Was the window broken?

No.
No, no, nothing like that.

Did you hear anything?

Yelling or glass breaking?

No, but I sleep
with a sound machine.

Do you have any idea
who Amanda was hanging with

while she was here in New York?

I never saw her
with anyone IRL,

but she was huge
on social media.

She made van life a thing.

Living in a van.

How did she make that a thing?

She had a vlog--

posted about life on the road.

She was actually pretty shy.

But when she was on camera,

everything she did
looked like so much fun.

She's the reason I got a van.

A lot of people
feel the same way.

How many is a lot?

Like over two million?

And the tips just
keep on coming.

I swear, half of her
two million followers

are armchair detectives just
clogging up the phone lines.

Who knows?

Maybe they'll help us
find a lead.

Yeah, better chance
the Jets win the Super Bowl.

Well, at 10:00 p.m.,
the van was intact.

And at 11:37 p.m.,

she posts
from a party in Brooklyn.

And then at 7:24 a.m.,

we get the call that
the van has been broken into.

I just got off the phone
with the parents--

they're a wreck.

They said they get a check-in
call from Amanda every morning.

Ten weeks she's been traveling,
never missed a day

until this morning.

They're jumping
on a plane and I'd like

to have some news
for them when they land.

- Mm-hmm.
- Where are we at?

Canvassing--haven't
come up with anything,

nothing on the 911 call logs,

and the Missing Persons Squad
have come up empty.

No credit card activity.

Yeah, we should check
her father's credit card too.

He said that
she uses it sometimes

when hers is maxed out.
What about her phone?

It's either turned off
or the battery's dead.

I put in a request
for a cell site order.

- Forensics?
- F-BIO put a priority

on the testing of the blood

and promised
a quick turnaround.

Let's retrace her last steps,

starting with
her last-known location,

which is the party,
and then we're gonna

have to work forward
from there.

Already have
Unis canvassing the area.

And one of them just found
a potential witness

in East Williamsburg.

Let's go.

Do you know
who Amanda Larson is?

Yeah, I know her.
I DM'd her to come.

Put her on the VIP list.
- Why's that?

She's a big influencer.

Yeah, she posts about
how much fun she's having?

Exactly--
gives the party cred.

All it cost me
was bottle service.

You talk to her?

For a few seconds.

Seemed pretty cool. Good vibe.

You see her hanging out
with anyone?

She spent most of the time
in the VIP section over there.

Everyone was trying
to take selfies with her.

But, uh, there was a dude--

he runs a vegan lifestyle blog.

Think they left together.

We're gonna need his name.

Yeah.
Yeah, I know Amanda.

Yeah, I met her last night.

I was just telling Megan
about her.

I can't believe what happened.

I mean, her blood was
all over her van like that.

Wait--how'd you know
there was blood on the van?

It's all over social media.

Let me show you.

Hmm.

You go to the party, Megan?

I wasn't feeling well,
so I stayed home.

So you were here all night?

I was still up
when Toby got home.

We went through the content
from the party together.

What time was that?

Like 2:00?

2:15?

You come back alone?

Yeah, yeah.

Um, Amanda and I walked
to the subway together.

I got on the L train,
Eastbound, and...

last time I saw her,
she was on the platform

waiting to go to Manhattan.

We'll need you and Megan

to come down to the precinct
with us.

Uh, o-okay. Why?

Because you're
lying your ass off.

[tense music]

You see
where Amanda is standing?

Looks like a bank--
an ATM.

You see what time
that picture was taken?

It says 4:06 this morning.

That's when Amanda
used her father's credit card

to withdraw cash.

Guess where
that ATM is located.

Across the street
from your apartment, Toby!

Which tells me you and Amanda
didn't part ways

on that subway platform
like you said.

[slams table]

Time to tell the truth.

Otherwise,
you and Toby are gonna be

the lead suspects
in a kidnap-murder plot.

♪

I saw her in the apartment.

When?

Around 2:00.

She came home with Toby.

And how did that
make you feel, Megan?

Angry? Jealous?
- No.

Your boyfriend
brings another woman

to your apartment
at 2:00 in the morning?

You had to feel something--
- It's not like that!

Toby can hook up
with anyone he wants to.

We're not together anymore.

Megan and I broke up
a couple months ago.

You know, we still
live together and everything--

um, we just live
in separate bedrooms, you know?

She does her thing,
I do my thing.

Then why lie
about bringing Amanda home?

Our blog is called
"Two Vegans in Love,"

and it's about us as a couple
living a healthy life.

If people find out that--
that Megan and I broke up,

I mean, it'll--
it'll ruin everything.

You held up a potential
homicide investigation

to protect your brand?

It took us one year
to reach influencer status.

It's how we pay the bills!

Amanda left my apartment
around 4:00.

She was alone, and...

I never saw her again.

[knock at door]

Lab work came back.

The DNA profile shows that
the blood in the van

didn't belong to Amanda.

Might be good news,
she might still be alive.

Hopefully, but if the blood
at the scene isn't Amanda's...

It belongs to a guy
by the name of Joseph Denzig.

We got a hit in the database.

His rap sheet looks like
a receipt from CVS.

Track him down--
before the internet does.

I don't want a mob
of amateur sleuths

hearing about this and taking
the law into their own hands.

What happened
to your wrist, Joey?

I fell.

Climbing over a fence.

Mm-hmm.

Where were you
yesterday morning

between the hours
of 4:00 and 7:00 a.m.?

Here--sleeping.

Are you familiar with a woman
named Amanda Larson?

Never heard of her.

That's strange,
'cause I just found

her driver's license
in your closet.

[tense music]

Turn around. Turn around!

- [grunts]
- Let's go. Let's go.

Your blood is all
over Amanda Larson's van.

We don't have time
for 20 questions.

Where's the girl?

I told you, I have no idea.

Man, we've seen your priors.

You're not a kidnapper--
you're a thief.

So what happened, hmm?

I used a hammer
to smash the window on her van.

When I reached in and unlocked
the door, I sliced my wrist.

Almost bled out.
- Mm-hmm, and Amanda was there?

Right before I broke in,

I saw her coming
down the street.

She walked up to the van,
but a guy came out of nowhere

and started yelling at her.

There was somebody
waiting for her?

They argued,

then he grabbed her
and dragged her away.

She dropped her purse,

and she was kicking so much,
one of her shoes flew off.

Okay, you just stood there
and let that happen, huh?

Let a dude just
snatch her up like that?

Look, I ain't no hero, bro.

Yeah, either you're lying
or you're a coward.

- Look--
- Neither is good.

I didn't touch that girl.

I swear!
- Okay, what did he look like?

The guy who grabbed her?
- I didn't see his face.

Height, hair color? Anything?

Brown hair.
Around my height.

He dragged her
to a blue and tan pickup truck.

A blue and tan truck?
Okay.

You see the license plate?

No, but I'm pretty sure
it was a Chevy.

Put him in.

Watch your head.

Hey, everyone, it's Amanda.

I wasn't able to drive
my van all the way to Paris.

Posted March 1st.

That's two days
before Amanda went missing.

To see the beautiful arch.

Check out the background.

That's a blue and tan truck.

[tense music]

Even though it's freezing,

the park is just
full of energy.

There are kids on strollers,
and dogs, street performers...

Pause it right there.

Maybe that's the guy
that Denzig was describing.

And here's another video that
she posted about an hour later.

It is such a beautiful day.

It is freezing--it literally
feels like ten degrees.

Wait, stop it right there.

- Same clothes, same guy.
- Maybe she has a stalker.

Made it easy for him--
posted every detail of her life

and her future plans.
A predator's dream.

I know you are not implying
that this is her fault.

No, I'm just
making an observation.

Call me old-fashioned,
call me paranoid,

I don't give a rat's ass.

That is why my kids

don't have
social media accounts.

All right, send a screenshot
over to Facial Rec

and have SMART
do a deep dive on social media.

Let's go back to the area
where Amanda's van was parked

and see if anybody
knows this guy.

We're so grateful
to all of you for coming out.

There's a signup list
for volunteers

at the entrance to the park,

right next to the fliers
with Amanda's photo.

We're asking people to pass
them out to anyone you see.

At the grocery store,
your school, your church.

We appreciate all of you...
- Thank you.

For helping us find
our beloved daughter, Amanda.

She's gonna be more
recognizable than the Pope.

Yeah, this is what happens

when a pretty white girl
goes missing.

- Haley, hey.
- Oh, hi. Nice to see you.

Do, uh, do any one
of you recognize this guy?

Oh, yeah,
I've seen him before.

Around here?

No, we matched
on You First a few days ago.

Huh?

- It's a dating app.
- You went out with him?

No, no, he's like
a Wall Street guy.

He's not my type.

You think I can take
a look at his profile?

Yeah, he said his
name was Tim something...

Suspect's real name
is Daniel Garrett.

He's all over the dating sites.

He has, like,
12 different aliases.

Yeah, and I bet each one
has a phony résumé too.

He told Amanda
he was an oncologist,

served in the military,
and volunteers

for the local animal shelter.

They arranged to meet two days
before she went missing.

They spent the day together.

- So he's not a stalker?
- No, they were on a date.

He messaged her
to meet up again,

"You wanna go out tonight?"

She blows him off.

Okay, so she goes
to this loft party

on Wednesday night, right?
- Yeah.

And then she posts all
about it on her social media,

making it look like
she had the time of her life.

And I'm guessing it didn't
sit so well with Garrett.

Hey, have we tracked down
his truck yet?

- No.
- Working on it.

Have we tried
pinging his phone?

It's turned off.

What about his boss,
his neighbors?

No one's seen him
in the past three days.

- Parents?
- Father deceased,

mother lives in Tampa.

- [sighs]
- All right.

Let's call the local PD

and send someone over
to her house,

just in case he reaches out.

License plate readers
show Garrett

driving through
the Lincoln Tunnel

5:12 a.m. Thursday morning.

Do we know what exit he took?

7. Bordentown.

That's ten minutes
from Wharton State Park.

A hundred thousand acres
of trees and mud.

Hell of a place
to bury a body.

[indistinct chatter]

[suspenseful music]

♪

Over here.

Clearing about 50 yards
up ahead.

That's his truck.

[whistles]

- Freeze! Police!
- We got him!

[tense music]

He's going to the river!

♪

Stop moving!

[handcuffs clicking]

Get up. Get up!

What have you done
with Amanda?

What have you done?

Hey, hey, hey!
All good, Frank?

♪

Yeah, I'm good.

- Junior. Get him in there.
- Yes, sir.

Hey, any sign of Amanda?

No, but we got a shovel
with fresh dirt,

zip ties,
and an empty bag of lye.

Oh, that son of a bitch
buried her already...

Somewhere.

Where'd you bury her, Daniel?

I have no idea
what you're talking about.

There's still
fresh dirt on the shovel.

There was a bag of lye
in your pickup.

What was that for?

We've seen
your dating profile.

We know you went out with her.
- So?

She blew you off and it
made you very, very upset.

Just--
just tell us where she is.

Tell us where she is,
or I swear to God!

Frank!

[sighs]

I want a lawyer.

Now.

Let's go.

Clock's running out.

I can only hold him
another 18 hours.

You want us to charge him?

With what?

Felony murder.

[exhales]

We don't have a body.

I don't think
we even have enough

to make a kidnapping case
right now.

I'll run it up the flagpole.

We have a decent
circumstantial case.

Without a body, it is
definitely less than decent.

What evidence do you have?

We found Amanda's prints
in Garrett's truck.

They went on a date.
She was in his truck.

We also have a witness
who saw someone matching

Garrett's description
grab her off the street.

A witness
with a four-page rap sheet

who was unable
to make a positive ID.

Garrett was hiding
in the woods

with a shovel, zip ties, lye.

I'm not saying it's perfect,

but we definitely
have something--

definitely enough
to charge him.

But not enough to convict.

As it stands, we can't
even prove Amanda's dead.

Are you questioning
whether or not she's dead?

No, I'm questioning
whether or not

we can convince
a jury she's dead.

We get one bite at the apple.

I don't want to blow it
by moving too quickly.

Wharton State Forest
is massive.

Good chance we never
find Amanda's remains.

It's not ideal,
but you need to move forward.

Try this case
with what we have.

[tense music]

With all due respect,
you want to try a murder case

even though we can't
prove how, when,

or even if
the victim was killed?

- That's correct.
- May I ask why?

Because it's a hell of a lot
better than the alternative.

Docket number CR-200931-22
People v Daniel Garrett

alleging murder
in the first degree.

How do you plead,
Mr. Garrett?

- Not guilty.
- Bail?

Mr. Garrett is accused
of felony murder in connection

with the kidnapping
and slaying of Amanda Larson.

The defendant
has no significant ties

to the community and has
already proven himself

to be a flight risk.

He was apprehended hiding
at a campsite

deep in the woods
of Wharton Forest.

People seek remand.

I'll hear you on bail.

I am filing a motion
to dismiss.

The complaint
is legally insufficient.

The people will never be
able to present

a prima facie murder case.

There are no forensics linking
my client to the crime,

and, in fact, no evidence
that a crime even occurred.

There is no body.

You're bringing
a homicide case without a body?

It's true that
the victim's remains

haven't yet been recovered.

Because she isn't dead.

Amanda Larson
is a social media star.

This is all
a big publicity stunt.

That's preposterous.

I literally just read
on Twitter that she's

in the Bahamas
sitting on the beach.

Perhaps I'm a purist,
Counselor--

I don't accept
tweets as evidence.

Motion denied.

The defendant is remanded.
Next case.

[gavel pounds]

It's pretty clear
the defense is gonna focus

on Amanda's
social media presence,

claim this is all part

of some big,
twisted attention grab.

There's a lot of money
in being an influencer.

- Your point?
- All they have to do is

convince one juror that

there's a possibility
that Amanda is alive,

that this is a publicity stunt,
and we have a mistrial.

[sighs]
So let's, uh,

let's keep
all social media addicts

and aspiring influencers
off the jury.

That's pretty much everyone
under 30.

And anyone with negative
views of social media stars.

That's pretty much
everyone over 30.

Garrett had a social media
presence as well, correct?

Yeah.

It was complete fiction,
but he had presence,

especially on the dating apps.

So then it's doubtful that
Amanda was the first woman that

he ever reeled in
with a fake persona.

Want me to look
for other victims?

Or at least other people
that he duped or stalked.

Worth a try.

We've identified six women--
all willing to testify

they met
Mr. Garrett through phony,

duplicitous
social media interactions.

Garrett would
present himself as a doctor,

a lawyer, a banker,
then meet these women.

When they
discovered he was lying,

they ended the date,
or the relationship,

as the case may be,
at which point

Garrett got incensed,

lashed out at the women,
called them whores, tramps.

In two separate instances,

he actually assaulted
the women.

- And you want them to testify?
- Yes.

How is their testimony
remotely relevant

to this murder case?

We'll demonstrate
a clear pattern of behavior,

admissible under Molineux.

Molineux requires prior
bad acts similar in nature.

My client obviously
didn't kill any of these women.

He came damn close--
two different times.

Hit one woman in the face.

He forced another
into his truck at knife point.

Fortunately,
she managed to escape.

Your Honor,
none of this has anything to do

with whether or not my client
killed Amanda Larson.

It'll give the jury
a complete and accurate picture

of who the defendant really is.

That he is capable of violence.

It's a close call.

But the prejudicial impact
outweighs the probative value.

Motion is denied.

We'll be fine.

We just need to dig
into the evidence we have.

When all the facts
have been presented,

the only logical conclusion
will be

Garrett threw her in his truck,
killed her,

then buried her body
in that state park.

I hope you're right.

Are they here for us?
- Oh, no.

What?

A new photo was just posted
on Amanda's social media feed.

"A little fun in the sun."

Tag says she's in Cancun?

Someone must've
hacked her account.

Posted six minutes ago,
and it already has

over 5,000 comments.

A lot of people
are giving her emojis,

smiley faces, and thumbs up.

Mr. Price, what do you think
about Amanda Larson's photo?

Are you going to ask
the Mexican authorities

to help find her?

I just read that your office
is going to drop the charges.

No, that's false.
We're not dropping the charges.

Beyond that,
I have no further comment.

There's no way
Amanda posted that photograph.

Not in a million years.

Why do you say that?

I know my daughter.

She's a kind, loving,
conscientious woman.

If she were alive,
she would let us know.

She would call me.

Were you and Amanda close?

We talked
on the phone every day.

I loved hearing about her life,
her adventures.

Did she have plans
to take a break

from the road,
come home for a few days?

Yes, she was going
to surprise her grandfather

for his 80th birthday.

We were supposed
to have a party.

It would've been yesterday.

She never would've missed it.

Never.

Thank you.

And again,
I'm sorry for your loss.

Your witness.

Good afternoon, Ms. Larson.

I'm going to have to ask you
some difficult questions.

How many social media followers
did Amanda have

when she started
her van life adventure?

- I'm not sure.
- About two million.

Does that sound about right?

I know that
she was very popular.

People loved watching her.

And how many followers
does she have now,

since she left New York?

She didn't leave New York.

She was abducted and killed!

The answer
is over ten million.

Objection,
counsel is testifying.

Ask a question, Ms. Knight.

Your daughter started off
her social media career

with a travel blog,
is that correct?

Yes, it eventually evolved
into her van life blog.

And there was some
controversy about that account

a few years back, wasn't there?

People accused her of lying
to get attention,

said she was
photoshopping images of herself

onto fake backgrounds.

Made it look like
she was in Paris,

when really, she was sitting
in your kitchen in Columbus.

The blog was fun, aspirational.

Amanda was still a teenager,
nobody was supposed to believe

that she was off
traveling the world by herself.

Isn't it true that
your daughter's primary goal

is to create buzz?

Increase traffic to her page?

It's only part
of who she was.

Yes, she liked the attention,
it gave her a sense

of community,
a feeling that she belonged.

It also generated

quite a bit of revenue
for her, too, didn't it?

It helped defray
the cost of her trips.

You are talking
about my daughter.

She was a good person!

She was kind to people.

She loved animals.

[sobbing]
Loved her family.

And we loved her very much.

And now she's dead.

Where is she?

Please, just tell me.
Where is Amanda?

I'm begging you!
- Your Honor, please.

Okay,
let's take a breather.

We're in recess.
[gavel pounds]

[sobbing]

[somber music]

♪

I'm sorry you have to go
through all this.

He knows where she is.

Why won't he just--

I just want to know
where she is.

Give her a proper burial,
for God's sake.

We have
three agencies out there

right now, searching,
looking for Amanda.

We know.
And we appreciate it.

She's my little girl.

And she's all alone
in that forest.

That's all I think about.

- I--
- I can't sleep, I...

Excuse us.

[phone buzzes]

- Finally some good news.
- What?

Garrett is
going to take the stand.

Son of a bitch
is so used to lying,

he thinks he can fool the jury.

I liked Amanda.

I thought she liked me too.

Guess I misread her vibe.

What'd you talk about
on your date?

Her trip across the country, mostly.

Places she'd been,
people she met.

- Did you ask her out again?
- Yeah.

But, um,
she's the kind of woman

who's always looking
for the next party.

There's nothing
wrong with that, I guess.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, Mr. Garrett.

Or should I call you
Mr. Spencer?

Or Mr. Jackson?

Or Mr. Honan?

Those dating profiles
are all yours, correct?

Sometimes I use
different names on dating apps.

I have to protect myself--

there's a lot
of crazies out there.

Yes, there are.

But you didn't go
to Princeton, correct?

Or Harvard Medical School?

Come on, people
exaggerate on those sites.

You didn't go to college at
all, let alone medical school.

You just said you did
in order to meet women,

women like Amanda Larson.

Look,
I was just playing around.

It was like
a social experiment.

I wanted to see
which résumé was the best.

It was like a joke.
- Oh.

You went out with Amanda
on March 1st, correct?

Yes--we had coffee,
then did some sightseeing.

That was it.

No, actually, that wasn't it

because a couple of hours
after she turned you down

for a second date,
you went to Home Depot

on 23rd Street
and bought zip ties.

A shovel. A plastic tarp.

I was going camping.

You also bought
a 30 pound bag of lye.

[tense music]

What was that for?

To keep animals away.

Let's go back
to the timeline,

the things we know for certain.

You tricked Amanda Larson
into having coffee with you.

Did some sightseeing.
She rejected you.

You went out and bought
a bag of lye and a shovel.

Then you dragged her off
the street and into your truck.

She fought back and lost one
of her shoes in the struggle.

Objection,
this isn't a question.

It's a closing argument.
- Sustained.

Anything else, Mr. Price?

Uh, no, that covers it.

Okay, we're adjourned
for the day.

[gavel pounds]

Nice job.

[phone buzzing]
- [sighs]

Nolan Price.

Okay, we'll be right there.

That was Bernard.

Someone just found Amanda's
missing shoe.

Well, as you can see,

Lisa's been following
the case religiously.

I went to high school
with Danny Garrett.

He was a total loser
back then too.

So how'd you find the shoe?

I remembered
Danny's cousin had a cabin

near Wharton Forest.

He invited me there once,
said he was having a party.

But when I got there,
there was no party.

And I just started running.

Never been so scared
in my life.

Lisa decided to check out
the cabin for herself.

I thought I might find
Amanda's dead body there.

I didn't, but I saw the shoe
inside the house.

I knew it was the exact
same one found near her van.

How do you know that?

I saw the pictures
on social media.

Did someone let you
into the cabin?

No. No one was there.

How'd you get in?

I jimmied the lock.

- You broke in?
- Yeah, that a problem?

The good news is,
the owners of the cabin

don't want to press charges.

Bad news is, that damn shoe
is fraught with issues.

No, the law is clear.

The 4th Amendment doesn't apply
to private citizens.

A motion to suppress
will be denied.

This is about
more than meeting

the threshold
for admissibility.

Photos of Amanda's shoe
from the crime scene

were all over the internet.

It is plausible
this witness saw the photos,

went down to Macy's,
and bought its mate.

That shoe is identical
to the one at the crime scene.

Same size,
same amount of wear and tear.

She could easily
have manipulated it.

You think
the witness is lying?

No, but the jury might.

A key piece of evidence suddenly

appears at the 11th hour?
It doesn't look good.

And if the jury doesn't buy it,
they'll hold us responsible.

The circumstances
surrounding the search

were less than ideal.

But the shoe
is the next best thing

to having Amanda Larson's body.

Put the witness on the stand.

I found it
under the mattress.

In his cousin's cabin
less than a mile

from Wharton Forest.
- Thank you.

Your Honor,
let the record reflect

that the shoe I'm holding
is the exact same brand,

same size,
same color as the shoe

recovered outside
of Amanda Larson's van.

I'll allow it.

You never liked my client,
did you?

- Correct.
- You've known him

since high school?

He was in my
10th grade homeroom.

You asked him to prom,
and he turned you down, right?

Is that what he said?

He's delusional.

Please just answer
the question.

No, I never asked him
to prom.

You started a podcast
about this case about a week

before miraculously
finding this shoe.

I have a podcast, yes.

And this trial will increase
the size of your audience?

- Probably.
- And your social media

followers will skyrocket
as well?

I suppose.

You planning to do any
of the morning talk shows?

I got a few requests.

Must feel good,
all that attention.

I'm just doing what's right
because I know the truth.

I know that Daniel Garrett
is dangerous.

You haven't spoken
to my client in several years.

You have no idea
if he's dangerous.

You're just fabricating stories
so that you can raise

your profile to help launch

your social media brand.
- Objection.

Withdrawn. That's all I have.

Are there any
additional witnesses?

- No, Your Honor.
- Ms. Knight?

May I have some time
to confer with the prosecution?

Let's recess until tomorrow.

[gavel pounds]

Hypothetically speaking,
if my client

could lead you to the location
of Ms. Laron's remains,

what kind of deal
are you willing to proffer?

[tense music]

What are you looking for?

Man one. Fifteen years.

On a felony murder?

Choice number two
is Amanda's parents

never find their daughter.

♪

We'll get back to you.

I can't make any guarantees,
but as things stand right now,

I think we have a good shot
at a guilty verdict.

If so, Garrett is
staring down a life sentence.

Believe me,
I want him to rot in prison.

But there's one thing
I want more.

Closure.

A conviction
will give you closure.

No, a conviction
will give you closure.

You'll move on
to your next case.

But we'll still be
in the exact same position!

Waiting by the phone,

wondering where
our daughter is.

But you'll have
the peace of mind to know

that Garrett is behind bars,

that he won't be able to hurt
anyone else's daughter.

Look, we get it,
but we--

No, we want to give
our daughter a proper burial.

So please.

Make the deal.

[somber music]

♪

I think
we should make the deal.

We can't just ignore the
Larsons' desire for closure.

I have tremendous empathy
for them, I do.

But we're not
their personal attorneys.

We can't let their grieving,

their emotions,
drive the train here.

You want to go
to the jury with this?

We can't just give
a predator a sweetheart deal

to make the family feel better
about a horrible situation.

It's a jury trial.

That photo of her on the beach
is still making the rounds.

Anything's possible.

Means there is a chance
we could lose.

Then what?

The Larsons will never know
where Amanda is buried,

and Garrett will be
back out on the street.

- How old is Garrett?
- 27.

If we take the deal...

Garrett will wind up serving
about 12 1/2 years,

which means he'll be 39
years old when he's released.

Plenty of time to victimize

a whole new generation
of women.

Can you bring
this one home, Nolan?

I believe I can.

Then pass on the deal.

[tense music]

Bury this son of a bitch.

♪

People have always
been interested in true crime,

but lately, it's become
a national obsession--

fueled by the internet.

Someone goes missing,
and people want to follow along

in real time.

A family's tragedy
becomes entertainment,

an exciting mystery
to be solved.

And the people involved
become objects of our--

our curiosity.

Their faces are splashed
all over social media,

so many times that we begin
to think we know them,

based on nothing more
than a photograph

or a description
on a dating site.

The line between truth
and fiction is blurred.

Daniel Garrett created
a false narrative in order

to dupe Amanda Larson.

And that is exactly
what the defense

is trying to do to you.

Don't fall for it.

Learn from Amanda's mistake.

The credible, reliable,
real-life evidence

proves that
Amanda Larson is dead

and that he killed her.

When you go back
to the jury room to deliberate,

remember one thing.

"Verdict" comes from the Latin
"veredictum."

It means to speak the truth.

So when you come back out here,
I ask you to do

what Daniel Garrett
seems incapable of doing.

Speak the truth.

♪

Has the jury
reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

We find the defendant guilty.

[crowd gasping]
- [whimpering]

Members of the jury,
thank you for your service.

You are excused.

[sobbing]

We did the right thing, Sam.

Not sure Amanda's parents
would agree.

[somber music]

♪

[dramatic music]

♪

[wolf howls]