- 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.
[train horn blaring]
[indistinct chatter]
No, I understand.
[snoring]
Hey, Matthew, you're snoring.
Wake the hell up.
I gotta go to the bathroom.
So what?
You haven't gone yet, and I figured
maybe you had to go too.
Leave me alone.
Drink more water.
Drink.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Good boy.
I'll be right back. - Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I'm listening.
Babe, I'm sorry I didn't wake you up to say goodbye,
but you looked like a sleeping angel--
a hot one.
Yeah, the kid in front of me is a heroin addict.
What do you mean, how can I tell, Heather?
He's nodding off.
♪ ♪
Pop's probably hauling his ass to rehab in Buffalo.
Tickets.
I gotta go.
Kiss the baby.
I told you I got business.
I'll be home when I'm home.
Tickets, please.
Where's your father?
The bathroom.
Next stop, Cleveland.
♪ ♪
It stinks in there.
You're lucky that stuff makes you constipated.
♪ ♪
Velasco, since when do you make donuts?
I don't.
I made them.
Renee Curry.
Joe Velasco.
Curry's IAB.
Used to be.
Um, I hope Benson told you that I was joining the squad.
I imagine that took some string pulling.
- Yeah, it did. - Aren't you a captain?
Look, I'm not interested in pulling rank around here.
You know, I was hoping that we could be--
What?
Friends.
I don't make friends with Internal Affairs.
But I am gonna eat one of your donuts under protest.
I can respect that.
Well, respect this.
I got Benson's back--
first, last, and always.
When were you planning on telling me Curry was here?
I gave you the heads-up.
- You did? - Yes, I did, Fin.
You don't listen.
And I got approval, so don't worry.
- From? - McGrath.
Who do you think?
He did you one last favor before he stepped down?
How come you never bring me baked goods?
Why is there another captain here?
Because Curry needed a change.
And you needed a Rollins.
Curry is looking to prove herself,
and not as a captain, and not as an IAB suit,
and certainly not as a replacement for Amanda.
And she actually wants to be a SVU investigator?
She does.
I don't have to take orders from her?
No.
But you do have to be nice to her.
What are you doing?
I don't know.
I know, I know.
I haven't, you know, been myself in weeks.
Now that you mention it, you have been
a little obsessive about Maddie.
I know. I know, Fin.
Captain, Sarge, a blast just went out.
A passenger on a train out of Pittsburgh was handed this.
Call NYPD.
That's it?
Look, this--this is the kid who passed the note?
Same passenger took the pic.
Boy looks doped up.
Only that's not a boy.
♪ ♪
Everything all right?
Captain, what are you doing?
Come in here and look at this.
Come in closer and look at this.
Do you see what I see?
I wish I did.
Captain, we've been down this road before.
You remember the gun we found in the men's room?
- Maddie didn't have dark hair. - Or a dope habit.
Every drugstore in America sells hair dye.
And Tanya Garcia didn't have a dope habit
until she met up with George from Canada.
Guys, look closely.
This could be Maddie.
Liv.
Fin, I've been staring at her picture for over a month.
I've been studying this child's face for over a month.
Trust me.
We need to call the Feds.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Well, I appreciate you letting me
take up your time, Chief--
Acting Chief, I know, but I know that you're busy.
Thank you.
I thought you were calling Clay.
He's the head of your CART. - I already did it.
And you thought you'd share this dead end
with our new interim chief?
You know how long it takes NYPD
to give these travel vouchers.
You wanna go to Pittsburgh?
Yes, that's the last place Maddie was seen.
What'd the chief tell you?
That there's not enough evidence to justify my travel.
Protocol is protocol.
What did the Feds say about you going out there?
They said they would find somebody
from my CART to follow up with the cops from Pittsburgh.
Speaking of which, Captain, I just got off the phone
with Special Victims Unit in Pittsburgh,
the detective that gave us a note on the ticket.
Did they find the passenger who Maddie passed the note to?
Not yet, but he said that both the ticket and the photo
were given to some random uni in the street.
How long ago?
- Three days... - What?
After the date on the ticket.
[suspenseful music]
Three days.
They sent it as soon as they got it.
So why the delay from the passenger
who initially got it?
Whether this vic turns out to be Maddie or not,
kid's still gonna need help.
Velasco, I'm gonna need you to get me a list
of every person on that train.
Copy.
I'll see if I can track down the conductor.
[sighs]
I still gotta warm up to her.
Okay, I think that our focus needs to be on all stops
off the Pittsburgh spur.
No telling where or if they got off,
but I'll pull cams from every station until I find 'em.
Eileen?
Hey, it's Captain Benson.
How's Peter doing?
Good.
I'm--I'm so glad to hear that.
Uh, listen, I'd like to ask you to come in.
There's something that I need to show you.
Thank you both so much for coming in.
So...
A beat cop in Pittsburgh was handed a note.
We believe that it was a cry for help.
And you think it's from Maddie?
Well, she left other things for us to find, didn't she?
Like her bracelet.
Does this mean she's still alive?
My job is not to speculate.
Okay, so why are we down here?
Eileen, I don't wanna give you false hope,
and this may be a long shot.
I just wanted to give you all the information that I have.
♪ ♪
My God, Peter.
It looks like her, doesn't it?
I'm not sure.
How long ago was this photo taken?
Three days ago on a train headed out of Pittsburgh.
Wait a minute, our daughter's being trafficked?
We don't know how this guy operates right now.
We--we feel that he's a drifter turned opportunist.
You said a police officer in Pittsburgh was handed a note.
Can I see it? - Yeah.
Call NYPD.
That--that's it?
She may not have had time to write anything else.
It's sloppy, but I recognize it.
Okay, please--please tell us you are stopping this train.
Captain, SVU detective from Pittsburgh on the line.
Thank you. Thank you.
For what? We didn't do anything.
For proving that I'm not imagining things.
♪ ♪
Detective?
- Captain Benson, as I was telling Sergeant Tutuola,
I asked that beat cop if he could ID
whoever handed him that note on the ticket.
And?
It's a young woman with a baby in her arms.
This young woman with a baby have a name?
Uni said she didn't wanna give it.
Okay, so can you get
your Intelligence people to help us with that?
Yeah, I'll get them on it.
But at least there's some good news.
Please tell me.
The head of your CART sent an agent our way.
Supposed to be the East Coast expert on child abductions.
Bit of an idling chainsaw.
Took over half the squad room
and stole the stapler from off my desk.
Well, good, because that's exactly what we need.
Captain, I got a security cam hit on a platform in Buffalo.
Okay.
Well, I'm sure that I'll be speaking with you again soon.
Okay, take care.
Okay, goodbye.
What do you got?
You think that's George from Canada?
Could be, but then again, who knows?
Tanya Garcia.
The girl we found OD'ing in that bag
in the motel room back in January?
She's probably the only person that can
give a positive ID on this--
on this piece of garbage.
♪ ♪
Hey, Tanya.
- Hey. - You're looking well.
Thanks.
Sorry I couldn't come to you.
I actually just started this job,
and I can't afford to mess it up.
- No worries. - We get it.
Yeah.
You guys needed help with something?
Yeah, wanted to know if you would, uh,
take a look at something for us.
Yeah, that's George.
But that little boy, I swear I've never seen him.
Tanya, that's not a boy. That's--that's Maddie.
♪ ♪
- He cut her hair? - Yeah, and then some.
Yeah, well, at least she ain't too aware.
- What do you mean? - She's high.
You can tell.
And it's in that water bottle.
George likes to dissolve fent in warm water, let it cool,
and then fills the water bottle.
That's, um--that's how he kept me nodding out too.
So this image was taken from a security camera
on the train platform in Buffalo.
Does George have any friends up there?
No, Buffalo's just a hub.
I mean, the man's like a ping-pong ball.
All he does is bounce around those in-between places.
What do you mean, in-between places?
You know, like, uh--
like those--those little towns that everybody flies over.
George has even got a special name for it.
He calls it his zo--
uh, zone rouge, you know, like the makeup.
You know what he means by that?
I don't know.
George is just smart like that, I guess.
Yo, Tanya, break is over.
Um, I gotta go.
- Okay, Tanya, thank you. - Mm-hmm.
Take care, Tanya.
[phone buzzes] Okay.
Yo, Velasco, what's good?
I had the Feds run the photo of George
through facial recognition. - And?
No hits.
I was gonna try Interpol next.
Well, that train only goes so far.
Yeah, but it does go into Canada, right?
Isn't that where the guy's from?
♪ ♪
Pittsburgh Intel Unit located that lady with the baby.
The one that handed Maddie's note to the cops
three days too late?
Yeah, her baby daddy, Cash Bowford, he's a lowlife.
Got a record--drugs.
Well, George likes getting young girls high on fent.
And this Bowford guy might be his source.
[stammers] Well, there's only one way to find out.
You're about to ask me to drive you
to the airport, aren't you?
Fin, at this point,
I'm not waiting for permission.
♪ ♪
Welcome to Pittsburgh.
How was your flight?
It would have been better if I slept.
Mm. Sykes is here.
Oh, the idling chainsaw.
Yeah.
Well, for what it's worth,
I don't think she slept, either.
Agent Sykes.
Captain Benson.
Clay didn't, uh, tell me you were coming.
He didn't know.
So where's the rest of our CART?
We're it.
Okay, um...
well, I--I hear that you are the East Coast
expert on child abduction.
I guess so, yeah.
So what can you tell me about George from Canada?
Guy's a messianic nihilist.
Despises all humans, including himself.
I see you read the behavioral analysis profile.
I'm the one that put it together.
You wouldn't happen to have his name then, would you?
Yeah, Brice Escoffier.
Well, at least that's the name
he put on the credit card statement
he purchased the tickets with.
So he's transient. He's running from something.
Yeah, Canadian Security Intelligence
is searching the database.
Uh, Captain Benson, Agent Sykes?
You're gonna wanna see this.
Cash Bowford and Heather Pittenger.
Our Intel Unit placed him on the train
at the same time as Maddie.
Guy's a small-time drug mule, likely just moving shipment.
Okay, well, that explains why he used his girlfriend
to approach the uni.
My guess is, between the two of them,
she's the one with a conscience.
Why'd it take her three days to report it, though?
Wanna find out?
They both waived Miranda.
Hey, uh, listen.
Uh, before we go in, I want to admit something.
What's that?
I thought it was a boy in the photo.
You're not the only one who's guilty
of tunnel blindness, Agent Sykes.
Yeah, that's the note. Can I go now?
Look, I'm cooperating. - Three days too late.
Yeah, don't act so noble.
Your baby mama is the one that passed the note to PBP.
That young guy on the train looked high, not traumatized.
Well, he is a she.
And her name is Maddie Flynn.
It's that missing girl from New York.
You watch the news?
So she passed you a note.
And you could have been a hero instead of a bottom feeder
working as a drug mule.
Yeah, that's the real reason you had trouble
passing the note on, isn't it?
So what were you carrying?
Nothing.
You keep lying, and we're gonna get a drug dog
and search every piece of luggage you own.
Yeah, as a matter of fact, we could add a federal charge
to your growing indictment collection.
Look, we don't care how you make your money.
We care about finding this girl.
Maddie Flynn?
Wow.
That was all over the news.
- Yeah, it was. - Is Cash in trouble?
Uh, not if you tell us the truth.
Is this the note you gave the cops?
As soon as I found it.
- Where? - His back pocket.
I do his laundry.
Sometimes it's like I have two babies.
Did you ask him about it?
Yeah.
And what did he say?
To leave it alone.
But I'm not just some pushover.
I kept drilling him.
And then what?
He said it was just some addict
being dragged to rehab by his dad.
Did you believe him?
Cash lies out of one side of his mouth
while the other's smiling.
But if you're saying it's that girl from the news,
I'd do anything.
Well, talking to us is a really good start.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
At night, after Cash travels, I look through his phone.
For what?
I already told you he's a liar.
What do you think?
You found something, didn't you?
A new number.
I asked him about it, and he said
it was some guy he met playing chess
late at night in the snack car.
It was that guy with the kid.
I've got Cash's work phone in my bag.
He's on probation.
I have a clean record. I'd like to keep it that way.
Heather, you're not gonna get into any trouble with this.
♪ ♪
Gum?
Um, don't mind if I do.
So I ran that number you gave me.
Popped up under George Ross Brouchard.
He have a record?
Multiple arrests for fraud, burglary, narcotics.
You're not gonna believe this.
The guy's on the train again.
- At least his phone is. - And it's inbound.
Hold on. Heading back to Pittsburgh?
That's pretty sloppy if true.
Well, one of the main traits of this guy, grandiosity.
Maybe he's messing with us.
We won't know until we intercept him.
Just pulled out of Erie.
Okay, so that gives us, what, an hour?
Okay, I'm gonna call Clay for backup.
All right, let him know we'll meet him en route.
♪ ♪
So our perp's name is George Ross Brouchard.
We need to be prepared for anything.
We believe he's being accompanied by a minor
who's being trafficked across state lines.
Train workers are aware we'll be boarding the train.
Her name is Maddie Flynn.
She's 5'4", blue eyes.
However, the perp has changed her appearance.
So let's do this fast, let's do this right,
and let's do this by the book.
PBP.
Please exit the train as quickly as possible.
[passengers murmuring]
George Brouchard!
♪ ♪
What the hell are you doing? Get the hell off me.
NYPD. Where's Maddie Flynn?
Maddie Flynn? Don't know.
I want the rest of his luggage.
Get it down.
It would be a large bag.
This one. That's it.
Wouldn't be the first time he put a girl in a bag.
Open it.
It's locked. - Then unlock it!
- The bolt cutters. - Cut it open! Let's go!
♪ ♪
You sold her? - Where is she?
I have no idea who you're talking about.
Where is she? - Agent--
Where is she?
Agent Sykes.
- Where is she? - Shannah, Shannah. Look at me.
Get him out of here.
Hey, hey.
You okay?
Mm-hmm.
I'm fine.
♪ ♪
Brouchard didn't waste any time lawyering up.
He make an admission? - No.
He says he has no idea where Maddie is.
We know that's a lie.
So no outstanding warrants. Guy's not on parole.
Who cares? We got him.
Did the Feds find anything
on George's phone, anything at all?
We're still going through it.
So what else do we know about this guy?
Dozens of arrests starting at the age of 17.
Drugs, burglary, aggravated assault, all pled down.
So no cards to play there.
Oh. [chuckles]
What?
I'm so sick of blue-state DAs.
Too spineless to take anything in front of a judge
that's not a royal flush.
Take it easy.
You've been an expert in child abduction
with the Feds for how long now? - Ten years.
Ten years? Well, then you should know.
My job starts when yours ends.
And all due respect, your job didn't end
just because we finagled Brouchard's extradition
out of Pennsylvania.
The scumbag sold a 15-year-old girl.
Without someone to tie it to, that is just a wad of cash.
So what are we actually charging this weirdo with?
My full intent is to bring
a grand jury presentation for kidnapping,
but the eighth floor wants this case
to be absolutely unassailable, especially after extradition.
Carisi, we have witnesses who saw him with Maddie.
Your witnesses saw him with a boy who not only vanished
but never existed in the first place.
Tanya Garcia ID'd George from a picture.
A runaway, who, by her own admission,
was high on fentanyl for the better part of a year.
Liv, I know what this case means to you.
But my office has a word for cases like this.
- What's that? - A colander.
Okay.
So we need to tie him and the money to the sale of Maddie.
Or bring me whoever bought her.
So you can flip him.
Either of which gets us to Maddie.
Which is all we want.
You see, Agent Sykes? We're on the same side here.
Uh, Captain?
Brouchard's lawyer wants a word.
My client's willing to cooperate with a condition.
He'll talk, but only to the two of you.
My client had no idea that the young man
was a missing teenage girl. - Your client's a liar.
I didn't take Maddie.
I saw you.
You saw me?
I saw you driving out of Manhattan
in an energy drink van.
I was coming out of the tunnel.
And you were driving.
And Maddie was in the passenger seat.
You were coming out of a tunnel?
Yes, I was.
This is all starting to make sense.
What is?
I didn't take her.
You lost her.
That's gotta hurt.
George, enough.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
You think that you can hurt me for losing Maddie?
That's cute.
You could never hurt me any more
than I've already hurt myself.
What do you want?
- A deal. - Nope.
I'll tell you where she is.
- No. - George.
What's the deal?
I wanna be in a prison with a view of the mountains.
Why?
To see a world in a grain of sand
and a heaven in a wildflower,
hold infinity in the palm of my hand,
an eternity in an hour.
If I'm to be lost, I wanna do it in a place
where all lost things go.
Like your own private little zone rouge?
I see you're a student of history.
No, I'm a student of Tanya Garcia.
Oh, you may not know.
You may not know that she's still alive,
the girl that you loaded up on fent
and then tried to drown her in a tub.
I need to talk to my client.
You know about lost things, don't you, Agent Sykes?
That's why you attacked me.
Oh, yeah, that's right, drink your water.
I'll put something in it, if you like.
Yeah, no, thanks.
Something to dull the pain.
You lost someone.
Was it a boy?
A girl.
So there's a girl-shaped hole in your heart.
Maybe your new friend can help you fill it.
♪ ♪
Feds just recovered deleted texts off his phone
arranging the sale of Maddie.
To who?
A guy named Leonard Fleming.
Lives just outside of Rochester.
That's gotta hurt.
♪ ♪
So what do we know about this guy who purchased Maddie?
Leonard Fleming, 35. Grew up in Rochester.
Some--some kind of house painter.
Does he have a record?
Seven juvie arrests for voyeurism.
Okay, so he's a peeping Tom.
Vics all about Maddie's age too.
You wanna talk about it?
Talk about what?
Okay.
Look, if you ever do wanna-- - I don't.
Well, then I guess it's all for the best.
- What is? - The fact that we're here.
Captain Benson, Shannah.
- Clark Kent. - I just got here a bit ago.
Dogs took a look around the place,
already picked up on her scent, but--
No sign of Maddie or this Leonard Fleming guy?
Does anyone else live here?
He's not married, no kids, no relatives
other than his mother, but she died of lung cancer
a few weeks ago.
Fleming took care of her here. - According to who?
His neighbor.
Excuse me?
Fleming's mother, she lived here before she died?
- That's right. - Uh-huh.
Do you have any idea where she lived before then?
[sighs]
Look, you know, I can turn up the heat if you're cold.
Oh, I'm fine.
Are you?
Yeah. Are you?
You sure you're not just projecting?
I'm sorry?
You saw Maddie in a van right after she was kidnapped,
and you didn't stop the guy.
Who was she?
The lost girl that Brouchard talked about.
[apprehensive music]
♪ ♪
Uh, she was my sister.
She disappeared on the way to the town pool.
Um, and we were a year apart, so.
Oh, Shannah, I'm so sorry.
And cops found remains.
Um, and it took a whole year for the DNA, but--
But it wasn't hers?
Oh, my God.
Two years later, some dumb kids were looking for a place
to smoke a joint in the woods,
and they came across this box of old "Playboys,"
and some Polaroids of her fell out.
Cops let me keep this.
The guy who took her cut her hair short too.
Where was this?
It was in Allentown where I grew up.
Did they bring in the FBI, the state troopers, the dogs?
Yeah.
I don't, uh--I don't feel her in the world anymore.
You're gonna make the next right up here.
♪ ♪
Real quiet up here.
Not a whole lot of neighbors.
It's a good place to bring a drugged girl
if you wanna be left alone. - Okay.
Velasco, Curry, you take the back.
You with me? - Yeah.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Maddie?
This place looks abandoned.
What's up with all these leaves?
Nothing out back.
Search this place top to bottom.
Curry, take the upstairs.
Velasco, you with me? - Yeah.
- You take the basement? - Yeah.
I'm coming with you.
There's no one here.
We should wait on more backup--
Feds, dogs.
I just wanna see for myself.
♪ ♪
What the hell?
Maddie?
[soft whimpering]
[whispering] Did you hear that?
Heard something.
Oh, my God. It's okay, Maddie.
Maddie.
Maddie, we're here.
Maddie, I got you.
You're safe now, honey. Where is he?
Shadow. He's watching us. Oh, my God, take her.
[Maddie whimpering]
Suspect is running down the south side
of the house, headed east.
One officer in pursuit.
♪ ♪
NYPD, stop!
Fleming! Don't move!
On your knees.
Put your hands up.
Interlace your fingers behind your head.
♪ ♪
He said he'd knew if I moved off the bed from the--
the leaves crunching.
You're safe now, Maddie.
I got you. - [sobbing]
I got you.
[soft dramatic music]
I got you, honey. You're safe.
♪ ♪
George didn't touch me.
Okay.
That's um, that's great to hear.
I tried to fight.
He just--he had me so lost.
[sniffles]
I'm sorry.
I wasn't myself.
Hey, Maddie, Maddie.
You made it through, hmm?
And you're safe now.
You're safe now, sweetheart.
[sobbing]
It's okay. It's okay.
Maddie, the guy we arrested at the house?
He just watched me.
Dendrophile.
I'm sorry?
Peeping Toms, sometimes they develop a motif
in connection to where they usually watch from--
in this case-- - Trees.
- Mom? Mom! - Maddie?
Dad!
Oh, baby.
Mommy.
Daddy.
I missed you so much.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
Oh.
So is Maddie gonna be okay?
So she was kept high on fentanyl.
Um, she may experience some withdrawal,
but the doctors are checking for that.
Um, physically?
I know what you're asking.
We wish we had an answer.
The doctor is gonna do a rape kit.
But as of now, it seems that her abductor
was just looking for a payday.
So this is--this is a really good outcome.
I mean, obviously, mentally and emotionally,
Maddie has been through a lot, as--
as you all have.
What she's gonna need now is a good family,
which thank God she has.
Not everyone's that lucky.
You saved our little girl.
Thank you.
♪ ♪
Hey, Fin, just make sure that you keep Carisi in the loop,
okay, 'cause I don't wanna give this guy's lawyer any excuses.
Okay, thanks.
Dendrophiles, huh?
You know, I've-- I've seen a lot of things,
but dendrophiles.
Oh, you're lucky to work in Manhattan.
Yeah, I have a new love for cement.
[chuckles] Come on, I'll drive.
Just as long as you'll do me a favor.
What we talked about in the car--
You prefer that I forgot.
Um, think you can do that for me?
- Well, do you want me to lie? - Yeah, that'd be great.
Yeah, I don't think that I can do that any more
than I can forget your story.
All right, how about we just avoid it altogether?
An awkward ride home in total silence
after the month I've had?
That sounds like heaven. - [chuckles]
Leonard Fleming accepted 25 years
for the kidnapping charge.
He'll get another 10 with federal charges.
Great work, Counselor, Agent.
What about George Brouchard?
It'd be nice to spare Maddie a trial.
I'm still working out his plea deal.
Well, you don't seem worried.
Well, with Fleming's full confession, I'm not.
Brouchard's gonna do serious time, no matter what.
That's his lawyer now. I'll keep you posted.
[sighs] Well, it has been a month.
Well, we're all thinking about going out for a beer.
You wanna come?
Renee, how about--
how about you look after my friend?
As long as he's buying.
Uncle Sam's our sugar daddy for the night.
Am I right, Clay? - Oh. [chuckles]
You two go ahead. I'll be right there.
So now what are you gonna do
now that our CART's been dismantled?
Well, it's on to the next one, same as you.
You glad to be done with me?
Actually, I couldn't be more grateful.
Maddie's home with her family.
And you lent us Agent Sykes,
and we couldn't have done it without her.
Well, about that.
You can feel it as a boss
when someone has worked for you for too long.
Oh.
I suspected as much, but Shannah
finally came out and said it.
It's hard to get her to open up.
I noticed that.
What kind of change is she looking for?
You should probably hear that from her.
- So you're leaving the FBI? - No, I love the FBI.
It was always my dream to be an agent.
Okay, so how is this gonna work?
So they're gonna loan me out--embed me.
With SVU?
I'll give you access to all different kinds
of cases, resources.
I like the sound of that.
But um, but...
What I really wanna know is why.
Past ten years, I've been bouncing
all around the country.
I mean, they're like my lost years.
Like your own little zone rouge?
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The real Shannah's been missing for a long time.
Well, let's see if we can find her.
And in the meantime,
I'll speak to the interim chief.
[phone buzzes]
Yeah. Great.
Velasco?
Sorry to interrupt you on your first real day off
in a while, Captain, but 1PP called.
And?
It's been said
the true measure of a city is how safe it is
for its most vulnerable citizens.
Today, I stand before you
with some of the brave investigators
who make that measure ever more possible.
Captain Olivia Benson and Manhattan SVU,
and Special Agent in Charge Harrison Clay of the FBI,
who, after a month-long manhunt,
returned a 15-year-old girl not only to her parents,
but to this city,
a city they all chose to move to
from across the country a little over a year ago.
Maddie...
I'm here to say the city of New York
is with you on the long road ahead.
Your fight is our fight,
together, as we heal.
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