1 00:00:04,226 --> 00:00:04,444 . 2 00:00:04,487 --> 00:00:06,272 - In the criminal justice system, 3 00:00:06,315 --> 00:00:07,795 sexually based offenses 4 00:00:07,838 --> 00:00:09,927 are considered especially heinous. 5 00:00:09,971 --> 00:00:12,582 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 6 00:00:12,626 --> 00:00:14,323 who investigate these vicious felonies 7 00:00:14,367 --> 00:00:16,064 are members of an elite squad 8 00:00:16,108 --> 00:00:17,848 known as the Special Victims Unit. 9 00:00:17,892 --> 00:00:19,676 These are their stories. 10 00:00:21,722 --> 00:00:24,551 [indistinct chatter] 11 00:00:24,594 --> 00:00:27,641 [Spin Doctors' "Two Princes" playing faintly] 12 00:00:27,684 --> 00:00:29,860 ♪ 13 00:00:29,904 --> 00:00:32,688 [laughter] 14 00:00:32,733 --> 00:00:34,648 - This is it, folks. It's moments like this 15 00:00:34,691 --> 00:00:37,346 where it all comes down to one shot at glory. 16 00:00:37,390 --> 00:00:40,045 The crowd's on their feet in Allentown tonight 17 00:00:40,088 --> 00:00:42,873 to cheer on its hamper hero, 18 00:00:42,917 --> 00:00:45,267 Crystal Sykes! 19 00:00:45,311 --> 00:00:46,964 - ♪ And that's some bread now ♪ 20 00:00:47,008 --> 00:00:50,751 ♪ This one said he wants to buy you rockets ♪ 21 00:00:50,794 --> 00:00:53,275 - Shannah, I just want to go to the pool. 22 00:00:53,319 --> 00:00:55,147 - Yeah, well, Mom said we had to clean our room. 23 00:00:55,190 --> 00:00:57,540 - Okay, but this is your sock. 24 00:00:57,584 --> 00:01:00,152 So why don't you just walk it to the hamper? 25 00:01:00,195 --> 00:01:03,155 - Because that's boring, idiot. 26 00:01:03,198 --> 00:01:04,720 - Oh, my God, it stinks. 27 00:01:04,765 --> 00:01:08,725 - Eh, well, all the more reason to make this shot. 28 00:01:08,769 --> 00:01:11,902 With the game on the line, Crystal makes the free throw! 29 00:01:11,946 --> 00:01:13,339 Yeah! [both grunt] 30 00:01:13,382 --> 00:01:16,168 - Shannah, phone call. 31 00:01:16,211 --> 00:01:17,343 - Who is it? 32 00:01:17,386 --> 00:01:19,300 - Michael. - Yuck. 33 00:01:19,345 --> 00:01:21,738 - Hey, don't say that. He's nice. 34 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:23,913 - Shannah, I'm melting. 35 00:01:23,958 --> 00:01:26,830 - Just go ahead without me. I'll meet you there. 36 00:01:26,874 --> 00:01:28,441 - ♪ Just go ahead now 37 00:01:28,484 --> 00:01:31,400 ♪ And if you'd like to tell me "maybe" ♪ 38 00:01:31,444 --> 00:01:32,967 ♪ Just go ahead now 39 00:01:33,010 --> 00:01:36,405 ♪ And if you would like to buy me flowers ♪ 40 00:01:36,449 --> 00:01:38,233 ♪ Just go ahead now... 41 00:01:38,276 --> 00:01:41,236 [ominous music] 42 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,849 ♪ 43 00:01:45,893 --> 00:01:47,155 - Damn, girl. 44 00:01:47,199 --> 00:01:49,331 Picked a hell of a day to bike to the pool. 45 00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:50,680 It's hot out here. 46 00:01:50,724 --> 00:01:52,508 - Not when I get there it won't be. 47 00:01:52,552 --> 00:01:54,597 - Well, you ain't gonna make it like that. 48 00:01:54,641 --> 00:01:55,859 Tire's flat. 49 00:01:55,903 --> 00:01:57,165 - You got a bike pump? 50 00:01:57,209 --> 00:01:58,427 - No. 51 00:01:58,471 --> 00:02:00,386 But I'm going to the pool, same as you. 52 00:02:00,429 --> 00:02:02,605 How about I give you a lift? 53 00:02:02,649 --> 00:02:05,565 - My sister should be coming up the road any minute now. 54 00:02:05,608 --> 00:02:07,219 - Well, so you'll beat her there. 55 00:02:07,262 --> 00:02:08,871 - My mom said not to go with strangers. 56 00:02:08,916 --> 00:02:12,615 - [chuckles] I ain't asking you to get in. 57 00:02:12,659 --> 00:02:14,182 Come on. 58 00:02:14,226 --> 00:02:15,836 Hop in the back with your bike. 59 00:02:17,272 --> 00:02:18,926 What's the matter, silly? 60 00:02:18,969 --> 00:02:21,581 Never rode in the bed of a pickup truck before? 61 00:02:21,624 --> 00:02:23,104 - Have too. 62 00:02:23,148 --> 00:02:24,758 - Well, come on then. 63 00:02:24,801 --> 00:02:26,238 Toss it up in there. 64 00:02:26,281 --> 00:02:33,419 ♪ 65 00:02:41,253 --> 00:02:43,168 Don't worry. 66 00:02:43,211 --> 00:02:44,343 I'll help you. 67 00:03:08,105 --> 00:03:09,716 [engine turns over] 68 00:03:09,759 --> 00:03:16,723 ♪ 69 00:03:18,768 --> 00:03:20,161 - Hey. 70 00:03:20,205 --> 00:03:22,076 - Hey. - Thank you for meeting me. 71 00:03:22,119 --> 00:03:23,512 - You're the one who called. 72 00:03:23,556 --> 00:03:25,122 - Yeah, well, you haven't come into work 73 00:03:25,166 --> 00:03:26,341 since the Brouchard trial. 74 00:03:26,385 --> 00:03:27,690 - Yeah, I got your messages. 75 00:03:27,733 --> 00:03:30,302 - Yeah, and you didn't call me back. 76 00:03:30,345 --> 00:03:33,479 - Uh, I'll take another. And for my friend-- 77 00:03:33,522 --> 00:03:35,350 - No, thanks, I'm good. - All right, just the one. 78 00:03:35,394 --> 00:03:36,699 Thank you. 79 00:03:36,743 --> 00:03:39,048 - Look, I know that I'm not your boss, 80 00:03:39,093 --> 00:03:41,051 but is everything okay? 81 00:03:41,095 --> 00:03:42,401 - Oh, yeah. 82 00:03:43,750 --> 00:03:46,666 - Well, that is the most "no" sounding "yeah" 83 00:03:46,709 --> 00:03:48,233 I've ever heard in my life. 84 00:03:48,276 --> 00:03:49,712 - [laughs] 85 00:03:49,756 --> 00:03:51,497 Thank you. 86 00:03:51,540 --> 00:03:54,151 It was the, um, 87 00:03:54,195 --> 00:03:57,067 anniversary of her disappearance three days ago. 88 00:03:57,111 --> 00:03:58,373 - Oh, your sister? 89 00:03:58,417 --> 00:04:00,070 - Yeah, Crystal. 90 00:04:00,114 --> 00:04:03,378 [pensive music] 91 00:04:03,422 --> 00:04:08,427 - So that's, uh-- that's why you went MIA? 92 00:04:08,470 --> 00:04:12,561 Look, if you don't want to talk to me, then... 93 00:04:12,605 --> 00:04:15,390 how about a good therapist? 94 00:04:15,434 --> 00:04:17,479 - [scoffs] 95 00:04:17,523 --> 00:04:20,395 I got my own way of dealing with things, okay? 96 00:04:20,439 --> 00:04:23,224 So listen, I talked to Clay, 97 00:04:23,268 --> 00:04:25,444 and, uh, he's putting me on a case. 98 00:04:25,487 --> 00:04:29,143 There's a missing boy in Wisconsin. 99 00:04:29,186 --> 00:04:32,277 - How come you don't just try to find your sister? 100 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,322 - Honestly, I'd just rather move on. 101 00:04:34,366 --> 00:04:36,759 - Well, is this your way of moving on? 102 00:04:36,803 --> 00:04:38,457 - [laughs] - Throwing a grenade 103 00:04:38,500 --> 00:04:40,067 into your life with a three-day bender? 104 00:04:40,110 --> 00:04:41,764 - All right. All right. 105 00:04:41,808 --> 00:04:43,940 - I know that you're too tough for therapy and-- 106 00:04:43,984 --> 00:04:48,205 and closure, but, um-- 107 00:04:48,249 --> 00:04:50,512 but what about your parents? 108 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:52,558 - My parents are 70. 109 00:04:52,601 --> 00:04:54,603 - You don't think they want to know what happened? 110 00:04:54,647 --> 00:04:55,996 - I think it nearly killed them 111 00:04:56,039 --> 00:04:58,651 when the wrong remains were found 20 years ago. 112 00:04:58,694 --> 00:05:01,915 - And what if he's still out there hurting young girls? 113 00:05:03,830 --> 00:05:06,354 You've dedicated your life to helping victims. 114 00:05:06,398 --> 00:05:09,575 - Okay. Okay. 115 00:05:09,618 --> 00:05:11,968 I don't need to know what happened to my sister 116 00:05:12,012 --> 00:05:14,536 to do my job. 117 00:05:14,580 --> 00:05:15,798 - Listen, you're drunk, 118 00:05:15,842 --> 00:05:18,627 so at least let me drive you home, okay? 119 00:05:18,671 --> 00:05:20,934 - I guess I will see you when I see you. 120 00:05:20,977 --> 00:05:27,897 ♪ 121 00:06:08,111 --> 00:06:11,071 [dramatic music] 122 00:06:11,114 --> 00:06:18,078 ♪ 123 00:06:56,725 --> 00:06:56,943 . 124 00:06:56,986 --> 00:06:58,335 - Morning. 125 00:06:58,379 --> 00:06:59,859 - Good morning. 126 00:06:59,902 --> 00:07:02,035 - I can smell the mildew on those files from here. 127 00:07:02,078 --> 00:07:03,384 What case you working on, 128 00:07:03,428 --> 00:07:05,647 disappearance of the Lindbergh baby? 129 00:07:05,691 --> 00:07:07,475 - I caught a cold case last night. 130 00:07:07,519 --> 00:07:09,172 - Last night? I thought you were with Sykes. 131 00:07:09,216 --> 00:07:10,609 - Yeah, I was. 132 00:07:10,652 --> 00:07:12,262 - So what's happening with her? Is she coming back? 133 00:07:12,306 --> 00:07:14,003 - You know, Fin, to be honest with you, I really don't know. 134 00:07:14,047 --> 00:07:15,396 I think, um, 135 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,486 Sykes has some stuff that she needs to work out. 136 00:07:18,530 --> 00:07:20,401 - Some of that stuff wouldn't have to do 137 00:07:20,445 --> 00:07:22,577 with her missing sister? 138 00:07:25,580 --> 00:07:28,191 Okay, you didn't exactly catch a cold case. 139 00:07:28,235 --> 00:07:29,192 It caught you. 140 00:07:29,236 --> 00:07:30,455 - Okay. 141 00:07:30,498 --> 00:07:32,369 So I went through 142 00:07:32,413 --> 00:07:36,330 Crystal Sykes' case files on--on ViCAP. 143 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:37,679 - Sykes know that? 144 00:07:37,723 --> 00:07:39,464 - No, and she doesn't need to hear it from you. 145 00:07:39,507 --> 00:07:41,117 - Fair enough. 146 00:07:41,161 --> 00:07:42,510 What'd you find out? 147 00:07:42,554 --> 00:07:45,774 - So ViCAP flagged some other abduction cases 148 00:07:45,818 --> 00:07:49,865 that were in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. 149 00:07:49,909 --> 00:07:51,693 - But didn't Sykes grow up in Allentown? 150 00:07:51,737 --> 00:07:53,521 - Yes, and that's why I think 151 00:07:53,565 --> 00:07:55,871 that we're looking at a marauder. 152 00:07:55,914 --> 00:07:57,873 - A serial predator that works an area. 153 00:07:57,917 --> 00:08:00,528 - So Crystal Sykes had Polaroids taken of her 154 00:08:00,572 --> 00:08:02,791 that were found in the woods as evidence. 155 00:08:02,835 --> 00:08:06,795 Now, I found some other cases that were similar. 156 00:08:06,839 --> 00:08:08,188 - So where do we start? 157 00:08:08,231 --> 00:08:10,190 We get lucky, trace the guy through the camera? 158 00:08:10,233 --> 00:08:13,106 - Well, I already woke up this poor kid at TARU 159 00:08:13,149 --> 00:08:14,890 at 3:00 in the morning 160 00:08:14,934 --> 00:08:18,459 and hit a dead end at the factory. 161 00:08:18,503 --> 00:08:21,897 You know, these Polaroids are analog. 162 00:08:21,941 --> 00:08:23,986 - No metadata. 163 00:08:24,030 --> 00:08:26,293 You didn't happen to wake up any of the white shirts 164 00:08:26,336 --> 00:08:27,990 at 1PP, did you? 165 00:08:28,034 --> 00:08:29,775 - Uh, no. Why would I do that? 166 00:08:29,818 --> 00:08:32,647 - Just wondering how they would feel about Manhattan SVU 167 00:08:32,691 --> 00:08:35,563 going after a 27-year-old case in Allentown. 168 00:08:35,607 --> 00:08:38,566 - Well, luckily for us, one of the cases 169 00:08:38,610 --> 00:08:41,438 is actually in our jurisdiction. 170 00:08:41,482 --> 00:08:44,311 [suspenseful music] 171 00:08:44,354 --> 00:08:47,923 - Gwen Markham, missing in 2002. 172 00:08:47,967 --> 00:08:49,011 Well, at least that's this century. 173 00:08:49,055 --> 00:08:51,057 - Look--and a body was recovered. 174 00:08:51,100 --> 00:08:55,148 And maybe there could be some biological evidence 175 00:08:55,191 --> 00:08:57,846 that they didn't think was valuable, but is now. 176 00:08:57,890 --> 00:09:01,415 - That's worth looking into, but this is gonna get messy. 177 00:09:01,458 --> 00:09:02,938 I mean, we can keep this from Sykes, 178 00:09:02,982 --> 00:09:04,636 but what do we tell the rest of the squad? 179 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,552 - We tell them that we're just doing our jobs. 180 00:09:09,031 --> 00:09:11,860 We're looking at six cold cases, 181 00:09:11,904 --> 00:09:15,472 all missing girls over a decade-long time span. 182 00:09:15,516 --> 00:09:16,952 - Why are we looking into this now? 183 00:09:16,996 --> 00:09:19,607 - Because, uh, Carisi has a case coming up on appeal-- 184 00:09:19,651 --> 00:09:21,304 - And? - He asked me to look into it. 185 00:09:21,348 --> 00:09:24,003 So there are two kinds of serial predators. 186 00:09:24,046 --> 00:09:26,309 There are commuters and marauders. 187 00:09:26,353 --> 00:09:30,009 Commuters travel to a given location to find victims. 188 00:09:30,052 --> 00:09:33,882 - Marauders stick to one locale but offend all around it. 189 00:09:33,926 --> 00:09:35,318 - In this case, the Northeast. 190 00:09:35,362 --> 00:09:36,537 - Yeah, that's his crime range. 191 00:09:36,581 --> 00:09:39,322 - So he lives somewhere in here. 192 00:09:39,366 --> 00:09:40,628 - Hundred square miles. 193 00:09:40,672 --> 00:09:42,108 - Doesn't exactly narrow it down. 194 00:09:42,151 --> 00:09:43,805 - Yeah, where do we start? - Actually, we start 195 00:09:43,849 --> 00:09:46,503 with the one crime that was in our jurisdiction-- 196 00:09:46,547 --> 00:09:47,635 Gwen Markham. 197 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:48,984 - They located a body. 198 00:09:49,028 --> 00:09:50,507 - From 2002? 199 00:09:50,551 --> 00:09:53,423 - Did Homicide find any forensic evidence on the body? 200 00:09:53,467 --> 00:09:54,860 - It was over 20 years ago, 201 00:09:54,903 --> 00:09:57,689 but forensics has improved exponentially since then. 202 00:09:57,732 --> 00:09:59,168 - We're gonna exhume her? 203 00:09:59,212 --> 00:10:01,431 - Yes, with permission from the family. 204 00:10:01,475 --> 00:10:04,434 - So what's the overlap of these two New York cases? 205 00:10:04,478 --> 00:10:06,436 - Markham and Dao both went missing 206 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,742 while headed home alone. 207 00:10:07,786 --> 00:10:10,658 - So Gwen Markham here in Washington Heights 208 00:10:10,702 --> 00:10:12,486 and Kimberly Dao in the Hudson Valley. 209 00:10:12,529 --> 00:10:14,009 - During the same time period? 210 00:10:14,053 --> 00:10:16,621 - About two years apart, but it's close enough. 211 00:10:16,664 --> 00:10:18,057 - Now, Gwen Markham's family still lives 212 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:19,885 in the same place they did when she went missing. 213 00:10:19,928 --> 00:10:21,234 - They willing to talk? 214 00:10:21,277 --> 00:10:23,018 - We won't know till we knock on their door. 215 00:10:23,062 --> 00:10:25,107 - Fin and I are gonna talk to the Markhams. 216 00:10:25,151 --> 00:10:28,807 - Kim Dao has a father. He owns a dry cleaners upstate. 217 00:10:28,850 --> 00:10:31,679 - Velasco and Bruno, if you could talk to Mr. Dao. 218 00:10:31,723 --> 00:10:33,681 And, Curry, see if you can come up 219 00:10:33,725 --> 00:10:35,204 with any labs on Gwen Markham. 220 00:10:35,248 --> 00:10:36,423 - Okay. 221 00:10:36,466 --> 00:10:41,907 ♪ 222 00:10:41,950 --> 00:10:43,909 - Every weekend, Gwen and I would ride our bikes 223 00:10:43,952 --> 00:10:46,651 along the river, down to the Village. 224 00:10:46,694 --> 00:10:47,913 That weekend was no different. 225 00:10:47,956 --> 00:10:49,958 - So you and Gwen were first cousins? 226 00:10:50,002 --> 00:10:50,872 - Mm-hmm. 227 00:10:50,916 --> 00:10:52,395 - You must have been close. 228 00:10:52,439 --> 00:10:54,659 - They were the same age. - She was like a sister to me. 229 00:10:54,702 --> 00:10:57,096 - If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you 230 00:10:57,139 --> 00:11:01,230 to take us back to the day that Gwen went missing. 231 00:11:01,274 --> 00:11:02,623 - [sighs] 232 00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:04,625 It was July 19th. It was summer. 233 00:11:04,669 --> 00:11:06,627 We were off from school. 234 00:11:06,671 --> 00:11:09,195 Gwen and I just got back from one of our long bike rides. 235 00:11:09,238 --> 00:11:11,501 - Before she left, I asked her to pick up eggs. 236 00:11:11,545 --> 00:11:12,589 She forgot. 237 00:11:12,633 --> 00:11:13,895 - So you sent her back out? 238 00:11:13,939 --> 00:11:15,505 - It wasn't even late. 239 00:11:15,549 --> 00:11:17,377 - Back then, you knew people in the neighborhood by name. 240 00:11:17,420 --> 00:11:18,813 - They'd wave, say hello. 241 00:11:18,857 --> 00:11:20,249 - It still don't make no sense. 242 00:11:20,293 --> 00:11:22,425 - We looked for days, everyone did. 243 00:11:22,469 --> 00:11:23,905 My aunt and uncle-- 244 00:11:23,949 --> 00:11:26,865 we--we got all the tenants in the building, 245 00:11:26,908 --> 00:11:28,301 next door, the whole street. 246 00:11:28,344 --> 00:11:30,477 - After all that, 247 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,870 she was found by a dog. 248 00:11:31,913 --> 00:11:33,393 - [groans, scoffs] 249 00:11:34,829 --> 00:11:36,222 Why are you dredging up the past? 250 00:11:36,265 --> 00:11:40,748 - Mr. Markham, I appreciate how--how hard this is, 251 00:11:40,792 --> 00:11:42,271 how difficult it is. 252 00:11:42,315 --> 00:11:45,231 But we're just looking for any details 253 00:11:45,274 --> 00:11:48,408 that the initial investigators may have missed. 254 00:11:48,451 --> 00:11:51,803 - After 22 years, I still remember her smile, her laugh. 255 00:11:51,846 --> 00:11:53,108 But all the rest of that stuff, 256 00:11:53,152 --> 00:11:55,284 the pain surrounding the investigation, 257 00:11:55,328 --> 00:11:57,547 we all locked it away because it never went nowhere. 258 00:11:57,591 --> 00:11:59,985 - We understand your frustration. 259 00:12:00,028 --> 00:12:02,770 - As far as I'm concerned, we buried all this with Gwen. 260 00:12:02,814 --> 00:12:04,424 And whoever took her, 261 00:12:04,467 --> 00:12:06,643 I hope he's underneath the ground now, too, 262 00:12:06,687 --> 00:12:07,993 and that his soul is burning in hell. 263 00:12:08,036 --> 00:12:09,777 - Lee, they only want to help. 264 00:12:09,821 --> 00:12:13,128 [somber music] 265 00:12:13,172 --> 00:12:14,956 I'm sorry. - We don't mean to cause you 266 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,523 any more pain than you've already gone through, 267 00:12:16,566 --> 00:12:17,872 believe me. 268 00:12:19,308 --> 00:12:22,224 - The last time, cops just gave up. 269 00:12:22,268 --> 00:12:23,791 They left us without any answers. 270 00:12:23,835 --> 00:12:24,923 - That's why we're here. 271 00:12:24,966 --> 00:12:28,056 [cell phone buzzing] 272 00:12:29,492 --> 00:12:31,146 If you would excuse me. 273 00:12:31,190 --> 00:12:32,800 - Of course. 274 00:12:32,844 --> 00:12:35,324 - Listen, if you think of anything, 275 00:12:35,368 --> 00:12:38,414 day or night, give us a call, doesn't matter. 276 00:12:38,458 --> 00:12:42,027 - If you guys are gonna start all this again, 277 00:12:42,070 --> 00:12:43,942 you better finish it. 278 00:12:43,985 --> 00:12:45,987 - I would be happy to. 279 00:12:46,031 --> 00:12:49,034 No, no, no. It's not any trouble at all. 280 00:12:49,077 --> 00:12:52,907 I--I think we can get there in--in probably two hours. 281 00:12:52,951 --> 00:12:54,039 Great. Thank you so much, 282 00:12:54,082 --> 00:12:56,563 and thank you for calling me back. 283 00:12:56,606 --> 00:12:58,565 Okay. See you soon. 284 00:12:58,608 --> 00:13:01,046 - Who was that? - I think I just figured out 285 00:13:01,089 --> 00:13:03,309 a way around our jurisdictional limitations. 286 00:13:03,352 --> 00:13:05,137 - You did? - That was the retired 287 00:13:05,180 --> 00:13:08,140 detective on the Crystal Sykes kidnapping case. 288 00:13:08,183 --> 00:13:10,838 - And he wants to talk to us? 289 00:13:10,882 --> 00:13:12,840 What does he have to add other than giving us 290 00:13:12,884 --> 00:13:15,843 probable cause to include her along with the New York cases? 291 00:13:15,887 --> 00:13:18,367 - Well, you can ask him yourself... 292 00:13:18,411 --> 00:13:22,154 after you drive us to Allentown. 293 00:13:22,197 --> 00:13:25,026 Come on, let's take the stairs. 294 00:13:25,070 --> 00:13:27,028 - My daughter is still out there. 295 00:13:27,072 --> 00:13:29,857 She's coming home one day. 296 00:13:29,901 --> 00:13:30,989 - It's good to have hope. 297 00:13:31,032 --> 00:13:33,208 - She's 38, a woman now. 298 00:13:33,252 --> 00:13:34,862 Who knows? 299 00:13:34,906 --> 00:13:36,342 - Is that your daughter? 300 00:13:36,385 --> 00:13:38,561 - Yes, that's Kim. 301 00:13:38,605 --> 00:13:39,867 - She's beautiful. 302 00:13:39,911 --> 00:13:41,173 - Thank you. 303 00:13:41,216 --> 00:13:43,001 I don't have a more recent photo of her, 304 00:13:43,044 --> 00:13:46,047 but I'm sure she still is. 305 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:48,136 Maybe she escaped the man who took her 306 00:13:48,180 --> 00:13:50,660 and just couldn't find her way home. 307 00:13:50,704 --> 00:13:53,098 Maybe she settled down somewhere. 308 00:13:53,141 --> 00:13:54,926 Maybe she got married. 309 00:13:54,969 --> 00:13:58,538 [chuckling] I might be a grandfather. 310 00:13:59,669 --> 00:14:03,891 - Mr. Dao, we've been going over your daughter's case file. 311 00:14:03,935 --> 00:14:05,545 - Is there anything else you can tell us 312 00:14:05,588 --> 00:14:08,069 about Kim's disappearance? - You know, something, um, 313 00:14:08,113 --> 00:14:11,072 you wouldn't know to tell the police back in 2000. 314 00:14:11,116 --> 00:14:13,466 - You mean the greeting cards? 315 00:14:13,509 --> 00:14:15,207 [tense music] 316 00:14:15,250 --> 00:14:17,252 - Greeting cards? - What greeting cards? 317 00:14:17,296 --> 00:14:20,734 - Handwritten, from Kimmy, for different holidays. 318 00:14:20,777 --> 00:14:25,086 - You're saying your daughter sent you holiday cards? 319 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:27,219 - For years after she went missing. 320 00:14:27,262 --> 00:14:29,090 - And you think it was Kim's writing? 321 00:14:30,962 --> 00:14:33,268 - One day they just stopped. 322 00:14:33,312 --> 00:14:35,575 - How long after they started? 323 00:14:35,618 --> 00:14:38,143 - Like I said, uh, a few years. 324 00:14:38,186 --> 00:14:40,928 Haven't gotten one since. 325 00:14:40,972 --> 00:14:44,105 You think maybe this means Kimmy escaped? 326 00:14:44,149 --> 00:14:46,368 - Where are these greeting cards now? 327 00:14:46,412 --> 00:14:53,332 ♪ 328 00:14:54,811 --> 00:14:56,204 - I want them back... [chuckles] 329 00:14:56,248 --> 00:15:00,339 In case Kimmy asks for them someday. 330 00:15:06,693 --> 00:15:08,129 - Lemonade. 331 00:15:08,173 --> 00:15:11,132 Made it myself, just like the wife used to. 332 00:15:11,176 --> 00:15:13,395 - Well, thank you, Detective McCluskey. 333 00:15:13,439 --> 00:15:15,093 - I haven't been Detective McCluskey 334 00:15:15,136 --> 00:15:17,617 in 20 years now. Please, call me Ed. 335 00:15:17,660 --> 00:15:18,879 - Ed. 336 00:15:18,923 --> 00:15:21,186 - I gotta say, I was glad you called. 337 00:15:21,229 --> 00:15:23,840 But why did you two start looking 338 00:15:23,884 --> 00:15:25,842 at Crystal Sykes's old case? 339 00:15:25,886 --> 00:15:27,627 - Curiosity. - You know, we came, uh, 340 00:15:27,670 --> 00:15:31,674 across your name on ViCAP, and we were wondering what-- 341 00:15:31,718 --> 00:15:33,850 what you remembered. 342 00:15:33,894 --> 00:15:35,852 - The thing that case taught me-- 343 00:15:35,896 --> 00:15:38,986 memory is a monster. 344 00:15:39,030 --> 00:15:41,423 I forget. It doesn't. 345 00:15:44,165 --> 00:15:46,211 - When's the last time you got a call about her? 346 00:15:46,254 --> 00:15:48,082 - I keep in touch with Shannah and her parents 347 00:15:48,126 --> 00:15:50,693 from time to time, exchange Christmas cards, 348 00:15:50,737 --> 00:15:52,434 run into each other every couple of years 349 00:15:52,478 --> 00:15:54,349 in a supermarket. 350 00:15:54,393 --> 00:15:57,352 But as far as hearing from another cop, 351 00:15:57,396 --> 00:16:01,878 this is the first time in a long, long while. 352 00:16:01,922 --> 00:16:06,535 ♪ 353 00:16:10,322 --> 00:16:10,539 . 354 00:16:10,583 --> 00:16:13,455 - That photo looks a lot like the one that Shannah showed me. 355 00:16:13,499 --> 00:16:15,066 - Who do you think gave it to her? 356 00:16:15,109 --> 00:16:16,545 - How long ago? 357 00:16:16,589 --> 00:16:18,591 - After I found out she was going to the FBI Academy. 358 00:16:18,634 --> 00:16:20,419 - What, you thought it would motivate her? 359 00:16:20,462 --> 00:16:23,291 - I thought it might just stop her from blaming herself. 360 00:16:23,335 --> 00:16:26,512 But instead, Shannah just locked it away in her purse. 361 00:16:26,555 --> 00:16:29,341 - Well, like you said, memory is a monster. 362 00:16:29,384 --> 00:16:31,125 - Part of me thinks that Crystal's case 363 00:16:31,169 --> 00:16:32,648 is the only thing keeping me alive. 364 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:34,781 - You know, maybe the same goes for Shannah. 365 00:16:34,824 --> 00:16:37,784 Maybe she thinks that, if she solves this case, 366 00:16:37,827 --> 00:16:41,222 it'll take away the one thing that's driving her. 367 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:43,137 - Is that why you're going behind her back? 368 00:16:43,181 --> 00:16:45,096 - Lying has a bad rap, 369 00:16:45,139 --> 00:16:46,880 but it can be pretty therapeutic. 370 00:16:46,923 --> 00:16:50,753 - Especially when you're going for a greater truth. 371 00:16:50,797 --> 00:16:55,976 Look, we put together a geographic Venn diagram. 372 00:16:56,020 --> 00:16:58,457 - We've narrowed down the perp's home base 373 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:01,068 to about a hundred square miles. 374 00:17:01,112 --> 00:17:02,504 - You gonna tell her you're looking into it? 375 00:17:02,548 --> 00:17:04,419 - As soon as you find the guy. 376 00:17:04,463 --> 00:17:05,638 - Me? - We can't look 377 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,553 outside of New York on this one. 378 00:17:07,595 --> 00:17:10,642 - Not without catching a rain of hellfire from 1PP. 379 00:17:10,686 --> 00:17:13,080 - Well, I'm gonna catch a rain of hellfire from Shannah 380 00:17:13,123 --> 00:17:14,516 if she finds out I'm looking into it. 381 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,997 - Well, I'm not gonna tell her, and neither is he. 382 00:17:18,042 --> 00:17:20,957 Are you? 383 00:17:21,001 --> 00:17:23,308 - No. 384 00:17:23,351 --> 00:17:26,398 - Then we will send you everything we have. 385 00:17:27,877 --> 00:17:30,793 - What the hell else have I got to do? 386 00:17:30,837 --> 00:17:32,795 - Lab get anything off those greeting cards? 387 00:17:32,839 --> 00:17:34,536 - Well, I see the sender was smart enough 388 00:17:34,580 --> 00:17:36,582 to leave off the return addresses. 389 00:17:36,625 --> 00:17:38,236 - But what they didn't know-- on the backside 390 00:17:38,279 --> 00:17:40,064 of every letter is a small barcode. 391 00:17:40,107 --> 00:17:41,891 - It's called a VES tag. - And? 392 00:17:41,935 --> 00:17:43,632 - TARU traced the point of origin 393 00:17:43,676 --> 00:17:45,460 to a PO box in Bayonne, New Jersey. 394 00:17:45,504 --> 00:17:46,505 - A name attached? 395 00:17:46,548 --> 00:17:47,854 - Yeah, Ronald Givens. 396 00:17:47,897 --> 00:17:48,724 - He have a record? 397 00:17:48,768 --> 00:17:50,117 - He had a DUI in the '80s. 398 00:17:50,161 --> 00:17:51,292 Other than that, he's clean. 399 00:17:51,336 --> 00:17:53,207 - Okay. You get in contact with him? 400 00:17:53,251 --> 00:17:55,166 - Not without a Ouija board. 401 00:17:55,209 --> 00:17:56,515 Givens died in 2012. 402 00:17:56,558 --> 00:17:58,169 - But he had a son named Ronnie Jr. 403 00:17:58,212 --> 00:18:01,346 - So head out to Jersey and see what this Givens guy remembers 404 00:18:01,389 --> 00:18:03,609 about his father. 405 00:18:03,652 --> 00:18:05,350 And then we have Gwen Markham. 406 00:18:05,393 --> 00:18:08,048 - Yeah, managed to locate her grave out in Queens. 407 00:18:08,092 --> 00:18:10,703 - Did you track down the tech who did the original work? 408 00:18:10,746 --> 00:18:13,358 - Found one guy who was just an assistant tech at the time. 409 00:18:13,401 --> 00:18:15,186 He remembers him and his old supervisor 410 00:18:15,229 --> 00:18:16,361 pulling samples, but-- 411 00:18:16,404 --> 00:18:17,710 - Nothing conclusive? - No. 412 00:18:17,753 --> 00:18:19,320 But that doesn't mean anything. 413 00:18:19,364 --> 00:18:21,105 I mean, like you said, technology's made 414 00:18:21,148 --> 00:18:22,541 leaps and bounds since then. 415 00:18:22,584 --> 00:18:25,544 - It's at least enough for a request for exhumation. 416 00:18:25,587 --> 00:18:27,415 - Look, I'm going to get Carisi 417 00:18:27,459 --> 00:18:29,069 to push through the court order, right? 418 00:18:29,113 --> 00:18:31,463 It should be straightforward, 419 00:18:31,506 --> 00:18:33,508 provided the parents go along with it. 420 00:18:33,552 --> 00:18:34,988 - From what you said about how they reacted 421 00:18:35,031 --> 00:18:36,598 to a whole new set of cops showing up, 422 00:18:36,642 --> 00:18:38,774 it's a pretty big if. 423 00:18:42,213 --> 00:18:43,257 - My dad didn't send those. 424 00:18:43,301 --> 00:18:44,780 - Well, we think he did. 425 00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:47,479 - Kim Dao went missing back in the summer of 2000. 426 00:18:47,522 --> 00:18:49,263 - Sure, I remember. It was all over the local news. 427 00:18:49,307 --> 00:18:52,136 - Well, someone sent these greeting cards to her father. 428 00:18:52,179 --> 00:18:54,616 - "Dear Dad, Daddy, I miss you. Love, Kim." 429 00:18:54,660 --> 00:18:56,488 - Again, my dad didn't send those. 430 00:18:56,531 --> 00:18:58,316 - Well, they came from a PO box in your dad's name. 431 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,405 - I know. 432 00:19:00,448 --> 00:19:02,798 I sent them. 433 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:03,712 - You sent them? 434 00:19:03,756 --> 00:19:07,107 - I was 14, same age as Kim. 435 00:19:07,151 --> 00:19:09,501 - You tortured her poor father. You gave him false hope. 436 00:19:09,544 --> 00:19:10,850 - I was only trying to help. 437 00:19:10,893 --> 00:19:12,591 - Well, you're gonna have to walk me through that. 438 00:19:12,634 --> 00:19:14,636 - I thought Kim was kind of cute 439 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:15,985 when I saw her picture on the news. 440 00:19:16,029 --> 00:19:17,291 I--I bonded with her. 441 00:19:17,335 --> 00:19:18,553 - You mean you fantasized about her. 442 00:19:18,597 --> 00:19:20,120 - I remember seeing her dad on TV 443 00:19:20,164 --> 00:19:21,643 pleading for her safe return. 444 00:19:21,687 --> 00:19:23,776 I also read that the police investigation was stalled, 445 00:19:23,819 --> 00:19:25,778 so I--I figured if he got some letters, 446 00:19:25,821 --> 00:19:27,475 it might give them a reason to keep looking. 447 00:19:27,519 --> 00:19:28,781 - And then what? 448 00:19:28,824 --> 00:19:30,957 She'd get rescued and invite you to prom? 449 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,220 - I was an unpopular kid who wanted his life 450 00:19:33,264 --> 00:19:35,483 to be as big as what I was reading in true crime books. 451 00:19:35,527 --> 00:19:38,094 - So what happened? Why'd you stop? 452 00:19:38,138 --> 00:19:39,400 - I moved onto other stuff. 453 00:19:39,444 --> 00:19:42,011 [tense music] 454 00:19:42,055 --> 00:19:43,665 Anything else I can help you with? 455 00:19:43,709 --> 00:19:45,537 - Actually, there is. 456 00:19:45,580 --> 00:19:47,147 - You know, if you'd licked the envelopes, 457 00:19:47,191 --> 00:19:48,409 you could have saved us a trip. 458 00:19:48,453 --> 00:19:50,498 - Open up and say "ah." 459 00:19:52,152 --> 00:19:54,850 - So the greeting cards were sent to Kim Dao's father 460 00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:56,025 by a teenager? 461 00:19:56,069 --> 00:19:58,027 - A true crime buff with a vic fetish. 462 00:19:58,071 --> 00:20:00,465 - Yeah, he was 14 when Kim Dao went missing. 463 00:20:00,508 --> 00:20:01,988 - Doesn't rule him out as a suspect. 464 00:20:02,031 --> 00:20:03,207 - Well, we have his DNA. 465 00:20:03,250 --> 00:20:05,557 So when we exhume Gwen, 466 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,080 we have something to test it against. 467 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:09,735 - Gwen's been buried for over 20 years. 468 00:20:09,778 --> 00:20:12,607 If the ground was wet or the coffin got ruptured... 469 00:20:12,651 --> 00:20:13,826 [cell phone buzzes] Who says we'll even get 470 00:20:13,869 --> 00:20:16,176 a viable sample? - Ah, it's Carisi. 471 00:20:16,220 --> 00:20:18,874 Hey, how'd it go? 472 00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:21,094 What? 473 00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:22,835 What happened? 474 00:20:22,878 --> 00:20:25,054 I kn--I know, but can't you-- 475 00:20:26,491 --> 00:20:28,014 Okay. 476 00:20:28,057 --> 00:20:30,843 No, I understand. 477 00:20:30,886 --> 00:20:33,324 So the court order was denied. 478 00:20:33,367 --> 00:20:35,369 You were right. 479 00:20:35,413 --> 00:20:36,588 Her parents don't want 480 00:20:36,631 --> 00:20:38,720 their daughter's grave site disturbed. 481 00:20:38,764 --> 00:20:41,245 - There's got to be another way around that, no? 482 00:20:41,288 --> 00:20:43,029 - What about the cousin, Cal? 483 00:20:43,072 --> 00:20:45,988 - He did seem pretty gung-ho about solving it. 484 00:20:46,032 --> 00:20:48,208 - Maybe we can use him to talk to the parents. 485 00:20:48,252 --> 00:20:49,731 Let's do that. 486 00:20:52,995 --> 00:20:55,389 - So this is where she went missing... 487 00:20:57,304 --> 00:20:58,479 At least from what we think, 488 00:20:58,523 --> 00:21:00,046 'cause the cops found the carton of eggs 489 00:21:00,089 --> 00:21:02,178 that she went out to buy in the trash over there. 490 00:21:02,222 --> 00:21:04,311 - With your aunt and uncle standing in our way, 491 00:21:04,355 --> 00:21:08,054 it's gonna be next to impossible to exhume Gwen. 492 00:21:08,097 --> 00:21:09,490 - Well, you're the cops. 493 00:21:09,534 --> 00:21:11,275 Can't you just, like, subpoena them or something? 494 00:21:11,318 --> 00:21:13,102 - Yeah, unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. 495 00:21:13,146 --> 00:21:14,234 - With no new evidence, 496 00:21:14,278 --> 00:21:16,062 our DA's gonna tell us to pound sand. 497 00:21:16,105 --> 00:21:21,981 - So do you think you can talk sense into them? 498 00:21:22,024 --> 00:21:23,591 - I'll try. 499 00:21:23,635 --> 00:21:26,507 But my uncle's head is harder than the wood on that bench. 500 00:21:26,551 --> 00:21:29,162 - Well, you were the last one to see her alive, weren't you? 501 00:21:30,598 --> 00:21:32,470 - [laughs dryly] Yeah. 502 00:21:32,513 --> 00:21:34,428 Before she went missing, we made a plan to meet 503 00:21:34,472 --> 00:21:37,388 at a handball court in a schoolyard not far from here. 504 00:21:37,431 --> 00:21:39,564 My friend Tony, we were gonna teach her how to play. 505 00:21:39,607 --> 00:21:41,392 - So you have an alibi? - I told those cops 506 00:21:41,435 --> 00:21:42,915 everything I know back in the day. 507 00:21:42,958 --> 00:21:44,743 And as soon as they hit a dead end just like this, 508 00:21:44,786 --> 00:21:46,919 they start gunning for me as a suspect. 509 00:21:46,962 --> 00:21:49,225 - Did you help them? Were you--were you honest? 510 00:21:49,269 --> 00:21:51,402 - Yeah, you're damn right I told them the truth. 511 00:21:51,445 --> 00:21:52,881 I wanted to find whoever hurt Gwen. 512 00:21:52,925 --> 00:21:55,057 I still do. 513 00:21:55,101 --> 00:21:56,450 You know what? You--you two, 514 00:21:56,494 --> 00:21:58,365 you talked a real big game yesterday. 515 00:21:58,409 --> 00:22:00,498 But it turns out you're just like all the other cops. 516 00:22:00,541 --> 00:22:01,629 - He's right, you know. 517 00:22:01,673 --> 00:22:03,762 - No, he's not. 518 00:22:03,805 --> 00:22:06,199 - This case went cold for a reason, Liv. 519 00:22:06,242 --> 00:22:08,854 - Hey, Cal. Wait up. 520 00:22:08,897 --> 00:22:11,770 We're not giving up on Gwen, and neither should you. 521 00:22:11,813 --> 00:22:13,032 - I'm sick of feeling powerless. 522 00:22:13,075 --> 00:22:14,773 - Well, then do something about it. 523 00:22:14,816 --> 00:22:17,819 Look, you were young when Gwen went missing. 524 00:22:17,863 --> 00:22:20,474 But you're not a helpless teenager anymore. 525 00:22:20,518 --> 00:22:23,521 You're a grown man. Maybe there were details 526 00:22:23,564 --> 00:22:25,958 about this case that you wanted to forget, 527 00:22:26,001 --> 00:22:29,527 that you filed away, that you kept hidden, 528 00:22:29,570 --> 00:22:31,485 because you weren't ready to deal with them. 529 00:22:33,008 --> 00:22:36,925 I need you to rack your brain, 530 00:22:36,969 --> 00:22:40,451 because if your aunt and uncle won't help us... 531 00:22:40,494 --> 00:22:42,844 [soft suspenseful music] 532 00:22:42,888 --> 00:22:46,500 We need to bring something bigger to court. 533 00:22:46,544 --> 00:22:47,806 - Like what? 534 00:22:47,849 --> 00:22:49,155 - Like new evidence. 535 00:22:49,198 --> 00:22:51,810 - A new suspect? 536 00:22:51,853 --> 00:22:55,379 - Something that will cut through the red tape. 537 00:22:55,422 --> 00:23:01,820 ♪ 538 00:23:01,863 --> 00:23:04,213 - How'd the cousin take it? 539 00:23:04,257 --> 00:23:06,346 - He's frustrated. 540 00:23:06,390 --> 00:23:08,174 The guy lost hope a long time ago. 541 00:23:08,217 --> 00:23:09,131 - Can't say I blame him. 542 00:23:09,175 --> 00:23:10,698 - But without that court order, 543 00:23:10,742 --> 00:23:12,787 Gwen Markham doesn't get us any closer to our marauder. 544 00:23:12,831 --> 00:23:14,180 - You track down next of kin 545 00:23:14,223 --> 00:23:15,834 for any of the other open cases? 546 00:23:15,877 --> 00:23:17,313 - No one who was willing to talk. 547 00:23:17,357 --> 00:23:18,663 [cell phone buzzes] - Yeah, we're stuck 548 00:23:18,706 --> 00:23:20,099 with what we have in front of us. 549 00:23:20,142 --> 00:23:21,927 - We can re-canvass the Markham case 550 00:23:21,970 --> 00:23:23,189 and go after old witnesses. 551 00:23:23,232 --> 00:23:25,496 - I already tried, just a bunch of circles. 552 00:23:25,539 --> 00:23:27,193 - Hey, guys, I got to take this. 553 00:23:27,236 --> 00:23:28,629 Ed. 554 00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:31,763 - Captain, um, I got a copy of that map you sent me, 555 00:23:31,806 --> 00:23:34,592 and it got me thinking about the Polaroids. 556 00:23:34,635 --> 00:23:36,028 - Polaroids, why? 557 00:23:36,071 --> 00:23:38,334 - Particularly in the other two cases, where-- 558 00:23:38,378 --> 00:23:40,902 where the Polaroids were found in the woods, uh, 559 00:23:40,946 --> 00:23:44,210 Scranton, Cherry Hill-- just like Crystal's. 560 00:23:44,253 --> 00:23:46,342 If I didn't know better, I would say 561 00:23:46,386 --> 00:23:49,868 that the guy got married around those years. 562 00:23:49,911 --> 00:23:51,173 - Why would you say that? 563 00:23:51,217 --> 00:23:53,828 - Well, the Polaroids are souvenirs, right? 564 00:23:53,872 --> 00:23:55,439 - And he was suddenly scared 565 00:23:55,482 --> 00:23:57,397 somebody he loved would find them. 566 00:23:57,441 --> 00:23:59,443 - Absolutely. 567 00:23:59,486 --> 00:24:01,662 - Uh, Ed--Ed, I got to go. 568 00:24:01,706 --> 00:24:04,317 [soft dramatic music] 569 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:07,625 Cal, what's going on? 570 00:24:07,668 --> 00:24:10,410 - I did it. 571 00:24:10,454 --> 00:24:13,326 I killed Gwen. 572 00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:16,460 So I raped and killed my own cousin. 573 00:24:16,503 --> 00:24:18,200 ♪ 574 00:24:22,291 --> 00:24:22,466 . 575 00:24:22,509 --> 00:24:24,685 - So this guy just walks in and confesses 576 00:24:24,729 --> 00:24:26,252 to a 22-year-old murder? - Apparently so. 577 00:24:26,295 --> 00:24:27,471 - So what's the play here? 578 00:24:27,514 --> 00:24:30,778 - Take his confession, you and Curry. 579 00:24:30,822 --> 00:24:31,953 - All right, by the book. 580 00:24:31,997 --> 00:24:34,303 We Mirandize him, record the statement. 581 00:24:34,347 --> 00:24:36,567 - I expect nothing less from you, Captain. 582 00:24:38,699 --> 00:24:39,787 - Mr. Markham, do you understand 583 00:24:39,831 --> 00:24:41,180 the rights I've just read to you? 584 00:24:41,223 --> 00:24:42,486 - I do. I don't need a lawyer. 585 00:24:42,529 --> 00:24:44,618 - Okay, then. What do you want to tell us? 586 00:24:44,662 --> 00:24:47,316 - I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. 587 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,362 [tense music] 588 00:24:49,405 --> 00:24:51,233 It was me. I killed Gwen. 589 00:24:54,106 --> 00:24:55,803 - Walk us through what happened. 590 00:24:55,847 --> 00:24:59,198 - [stammering] You know how I-- I told those original cops 591 00:24:59,241 --> 00:25:00,765 that I was supposed to meet Gwen 592 00:25:00,808 --> 00:25:02,680 at a handball court nearby? 593 00:25:02,723 --> 00:25:04,246 - You had an alibi. 594 00:25:04,290 --> 00:25:06,248 - Your friend Tony said you were at the courts with him. 595 00:25:06,292 --> 00:25:08,816 - Yeah, that's the thing. 596 00:25:10,296 --> 00:25:13,429 He, uh--Tony lied for me. 597 00:25:13,473 --> 00:25:17,782 The truth is, is that I went to the deli with her. 598 00:25:17,825 --> 00:25:21,002 And, uh, I--I tried to get her 599 00:25:21,046 --> 00:25:22,917 to do stuff with me on the walk back. 600 00:25:22,961 --> 00:25:24,179 - Your own cousin? 601 00:25:24,223 --> 00:25:25,572 - Yeah, I know it's sick. 602 00:25:25,616 --> 00:25:31,491 But...I was having a bad time that summer. 603 00:25:31,535 --> 00:25:34,625 I was lonely. I was angry. 604 00:25:34,668 --> 00:25:37,062 I'd watch her get dressed sometimes, 605 00:25:37,105 --> 00:25:39,064 and I'd wonder. 606 00:25:39,107 --> 00:25:40,892 - Okay. 607 00:25:40,935 --> 00:25:42,937 Then what? 608 00:25:42,981 --> 00:25:46,245 - Then she tried screaming, and it freaked me out. 609 00:25:46,288 --> 00:25:51,206 So, uh, I put my hand on her throat, 610 00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:54,035 you know, just to try to get her to quiet down. 611 00:25:54,079 --> 00:25:58,431 And, uh, she stopped breathing. 612 00:25:58,474 --> 00:26:00,607 [clears throat] So I hid her body 613 00:26:00,651 --> 00:26:04,611 behind a rock wall under some brush. 614 00:26:04,655 --> 00:26:05,786 [sniffles] 615 00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:09,355 - Mr. Markham, 616 00:26:09,398 --> 00:26:11,749 is there a reason why you're confessing now? 617 00:26:11,792 --> 00:26:15,230 - So, uh, everyone can have closure... 618 00:26:17,798 --> 00:26:20,105 All of us, 619 00:26:20,148 --> 00:26:22,455 including me. 620 00:26:22,498 --> 00:26:23,630 - What'd you say to him 621 00:26:23,674 --> 00:26:25,110 at the park when you went after him? 622 00:26:25,153 --> 00:26:26,459 - I told him that we're not giving up, 623 00:26:26,502 --> 00:26:30,768 but...we needed new evidence. 624 00:26:30,811 --> 00:26:33,466 - And then, poof, magically he makes a full confession? 625 00:26:33,509 --> 00:26:36,077 - Well, I didn't put him up to it. 626 00:26:36,121 --> 00:26:38,210 - And the only way to clear him 627 00:26:38,253 --> 00:26:40,604 is to exhume Gwen Markham's body. 628 00:26:42,606 --> 00:26:44,564 - If you think that that's a false confession, 629 00:26:44,608 --> 00:26:46,653 then you and I both know that's the only way to do it. 630 00:26:46,697 --> 00:26:48,960 - And funnily enough, it's also the best way 631 00:26:49,003 --> 00:26:50,614 to ID Crystal Sykes's killer. 632 00:26:50,657 --> 00:26:52,964 - Yes, and I'm just as surprised as you are. 633 00:26:53,007 --> 00:26:54,661 - This guy's going to Rikers. 634 00:26:54,705 --> 00:26:56,881 - And if it makes you feel more comfortable, 635 00:26:56,924 --> 00:26:59,579 I can have him sent to the Brooklyn House of Detention. 636 00:26:59,623 --> 00:27:02,147 - And what happens if there's no DNA on the body? 637 00:27:02,190 --> 00:27:05,498 - DNA is a very durable molecule. 638 00:27:05,541 --> 00:27:07,892 If it's there, the M.E. will find it. 639 00:27:07,935 --> 00:27:10,155 - For this guy's sake, 640 00:27:10,198 --> 00:27:11,852 I hope so. 641 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,769 - What are we looking for? 642 00:27:15,813 --> 00:27:18,685 - Low-level touch samples, residual semen-- 643 00:27:18,729 --> 00:27:23,821 - No, I mean, why is Benson so obsessed with this case? 644 00:27:23,864 --> 00:27:27,694 - You know Benson, bringing closure to the families. 645 00:27:27,738 --> 00:27:30,654 - Yeah, but this is a bit above and beyond, 646 00:27:30,697 --> 00:27:32,264 don't you think? 647 00:27:34,266 --> 00:27:36,398 - Captain, some good news from the lab. 648 00:27:36,442 --> 00:27:38,226 - They found DNA on Gwen's body? 649 00:27:38,270 --> 00:27:39,706 - Touch DNA, and they were able 650 00:27:39,750 --> 00:27:41,839 to pull a profile from the traces of semen. 651 00:27:41,882 --> 00:27:42,883 - We get an actual match? 652 00:27:42,927 --> 00:27:44,493 - Excluding Cal... - Okay, good. 653 00:27:44,537 --> 00:27:46,278 - And our true crime nut, Ronnie Jr. 654 00:27:46,321 --> 00:27:48,410 - But nothing in CODIS on the actual perp? 655 00:27:48,454 --> 00:27:50,848 - Not so far. 656 00:27:50,891 --> 00:27:54,199 - All right, what about the genealogical websites? 657 00:27:54,242 --> 00:27:55,853 - They're working on that. 658 00:27:55,896 --> 00:27:58,812 [soft tense music] 659 00:27:58,856 --> 00:28:04,035 ♪ 660 00:28:04,078 --> 00:28:05,645 - Jane Doe? 661 00:28:05,689 --> 00:28:07,299 Might as well have had the common courtesy 662 00:28:07,342 --> 00:28:08,866 to use her name. - Shannah, listen to me. 663 00:28:08,909 --> 00:28:10,084 I can explain all of this. - I asked you to leave 664 00:28:10,128 --> 00:28:11,869 my sister's case alone. 665 00:28:11,912 --> 00:28:13,305 What, you didn't think I'd-- I'd find out 666 00:28:13,348 --> 00:28:14,480 with all my contacts in Allentown? 667 00:28:14,523 --> 00:28:17,178 - Of course I did. 668 00:28:17,222 --> 00:28:18,702 But I read your sister's file... 669 00:28:18,745 --> 00:28:19,964 - [laughing dryly] Well, hold on. 670 00:28:20,007 --> 00:28:21,922 It looks like you did a little more than that. 671 00:28:21,966 --> 00:28:23,794 I mean, look at this board. - And I found 672 00:28:23,837 --> 00:28:27,319 that there were five other missing girls. 673 00:28:27,362 --> 00:28:29,321 - This is not about the vics. 674 00:28:29,364 --> 00:28:32,759 This is not about me. 675 00:28:32,803 --> 00:28:35,283 This is about you. 676 00:28:37,111 --> 00:28:39,810 - This guy has been at this for over 30 years. 677 00:28:39,853 --> 00:28:42,682 - Mm-hmm. - There are five other 678 00:28:42,726 --> 00:28:46,512 open cases, which means there are five other families 679 00:28:46,555 --> 00:28:48,122 involved in this, Shannah. 680 00:28:48,166 --> 00:28:50,168 So it's not about you 681 00:28:50,211 --> 00:28:51,647 or me or Crystal. - Oh, okay. 682 00:28:51,691 --> 00:28:52,953 - It's bigger than us. - You know what? 683 00:28:52,997 --> 00:28:56,304 Allentown PD paid a visit to my parents today. 684 00:28:56,348 --> 00:28:57,915 My mother called me crying. 685 00:28:57,958 --> 00:29:01,048 - What can I do? - I want you to leave it alone. 686 00:29:03,224 --> 00:29:06,184 - I'm sorry, but I-- 687 00:29:06,227 --> 00:29:08,664 I can't do that. 688 00:29:13,539 --> 00:29:15,236 - Embedding here was a mistake. 689 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,935 - I'm sorry you feel that way, because I certainly don't. 690 00:29:17,978 --> 00:29:20,676 - Good luck with your open cases. 691 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,026 I hope they help distract you 692 00:29:22,069 --> 00:29:23,767 from your own endless amounts of baggage. 693 00:29:23,810 --> 00:29:25,943 - I know that this is painful-- 694 00:29:25,986 --> 00:29:27,858 - Johnny D. 695 00:29:30,164 --> 00:29:32,166 William Lewis. 696 00:29:32,210 --> 00:29:33,646 You think you're the only one 697 00:29:33,689 --> 00:29:36,257 who can look into someone's background? 698 00:29:36,301 --> 00:29:43,438 ♪ 699 00:29:55,363 --> 00:29:55,755 . 700 00:29:55,799 --> 00:29:59,150 - Hey, Fin, I really don't need an "I told you so" from you. 701 00:29:59,193 --> 00:30:00,412 - Have I ever? 702 00:30:00,455 --> 00:30:03,502 - No, you haven't, but... 703 00:30:03,545 --> 00:30:05,025 probably should have told Sykes. 704 00:30:05,069 --> 00:30:07,636 - It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission, 705 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,203 the 16th Precinct way, right? 706 00:30:09,247 --> 00:30:12,163 - I don't see forgiveness coming my way anytime soon. 707 00:30:12,206 --> 00:30:15,122 - But we did get new forensics off Gwen's body. 708 00:30:15,166 --> 00:30:16,689 At least you were right about that. 709 00:30:16,732 --> 00:30:19,735 - And what about Cal, sitting in the Brooklyn House of D 710 00:30:19,779 --> 00:30:20,998 on a false confession? 711 00:30:21,041 --> 00:30:23,391 - Carisi said he'll work it out with the DA. 712 00:30:23,435 --> 00:30:24,958 [cell phone buzzes] 713 00:30:25,002 --> 00:30:26,873 - Ah. 714 00:30:26,917 --> 00:30:30,007 Well, I hope I don't have to ask for more forgiveness. 715 00:30:30,050 --> 00:30:31,225 Hey. 716 00:30:33,358 --> 00:30:36,970 Carisi says he'll ROR Cal Markham by end of day. 717 00:30:37,014 --> 00:30:38,493 - Okay. 718 00:30:38,537 --> 00:30:39,973 You want me to tell Cal the good news, or you want to? 719 00:30:40,017 --> 00:30:41,670 - Well let's--let's both do it. 720 00:30:41,714 --> 00:30:43,237 - And who's gonna tell Bruno and Curry 721 00:30:43,281 --> 00:30:44,673 they got fed a false confession? 722 00:30:44,717 --> 00:30:46,023 - You're the sergeant. 723 00:30:46,066 --> 00:30:48,155 - [laughs] I'll tell Bruno, 724 00:30:48,199 --> 00:30:51,115 but the last thing I need is Curry going all IAB on my ass. 725 00:30:51,158 --> 00:30:52,290 - Okay. 726 00:30:55,946 --> 00:30:57,904 - My client did not murder his cousin. 727 00:30:57,948 --> 00:30:59,906 - And we know that. - But he did confess. 728 00:30:59,950 --> 00:31:01,777 - I did, and I'd do it again. 729 00:31:01,821 --> 00:31:03,605 I just wanted to find the real killer. 730 00:31:03,649 --> 00:31:06,391 - And we know that, too. 731 00:31:06,434 --> 00:31:07,740 - So did you find this guy? 732 00:31:07,783 --> 00:31:09,611 - We're getting closer. 733 00:31:09,655 --> 00:31:12,179 We got a DNA hit off her body. 734 00:31:12,223 --> 00:31:14,094 - And? - We're still tracing it. 735 00:31:14,138 --> 00:31:16,314 - Meanwhile, when is my client getting out of here? 736 00:31:16,357 --> 00:31:19,056 - I spoke with the ADA, and the charges will be dropped. 737 00:31:19,099 --> 00:31:20,666 - When? - We're working on that. 738 00:31:20,709 --> 00:31:22,146 - I don't care, just as long as you find 739 00:31:22,189 --> 00:31:24,278 whoever killed Gwen. Promise me that. 740 00:31:24,322 --> 00:31:27,151 - I'll tell you what we can promise you, 741 00:31:27,194 --> 00:31:30,284 that we're doing everything we can. 742 00:31:30,328 --> 00:31:32,504 - Well, all said and done, Cal won't be able 743 00:31:32,547 --> 00:31:35,637 to sue the department, not when it was his idea. 744 00:31:35,681 --> 00:31:37,335 - Huh, great news. 745 00:31:37,378 --> 00:31:39,990 Curry got a genealogical match off the DNA. 746 00:31:40,033 --> 00:31:41,992 - How much of a match? - Thank you. 747 00:31:42,035 --> 00:31:46,126 A daughter, Hanna Kincaid, 35, 748 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:48,346 lives in Bridgewater, New Jersey. 749 00:31:51,653 --> 00:31:55,179 - I did that genetic test so long ago. 750 00:31:55,222 --> 00:31:57,659 My husband didn't believe that I have Welsh blood. 751 00:31:57,703 --> 00:31:59,052 Proved him wrong. 752 00:31:59,096 --> 00:32:01,663 - Best part of any marriage. 753 00:32:01,707 --> 00:32:03,796 - But what does this have to do 754 00:32:03,839 --> 00:32:06,799 with a police investigation in Manhattan? 755 00:32:06,842 --> 00:32:09,062 - We're looking into a series of crimes 756 00:32:09,106 --> 00:32:11,978 that ended over 20 years ago. 757 00:32:12,022 --> 00:32:13,240 - I don't understand. 758 00:32:13,284 --> 00:32:14,807 - We have DNA evidence that you might 759 00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:18,158 be a genealogical match to a person we're interested in, 760 00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:20,813 a male relative. 761 00:32:20,856 --> 00:32:22,423 - That's impossible. 762 00:32:22,467 --> 00:32:23,729 - The person we're looking for 763 00:32:23,772 --> 00:32:26,427 would be in their 60s or 70s by now. 764 00:32:26,471 --> 00:32:29,865 - You know anybody in that age range? 765 00:32:29,909 --> 00:32:33,260 - Just my dad. He turned 72 last month. 766 00:32:33,304 --> 00:32:35,871 But my father is not a criminal. 767 00:32:35,915 --> 00:32:38,526 He coached my T-ball team, 768 00:32:38,570 --> 00:32:40,702 took us camping. 769 00:32:40,746 --> 00:32:42,704 - What did he do for a living? 770 00:32:42,748 --> 00:32:44,619 - Insurance claims adjuster. 771 00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:48,014 - Let me guess, traveled a lot around the East Coast? 772 00:32:48,058 --> 00:32:49,755 [tense music] 773 00:32:49,798 --> 00:32:51,322 - Oh, he's a good man. 774 00:32:51,365 --> 00:32:54,020 He goes to church, has grandchildren. 775 00:32:54,064 --> 00:32:56,675 He's been happily married to my mother for 40 years. 776 00:32:56,718 --> 00:32:59,808 Today is their anniversary. I'm headed there now. 777 00:32:59,852 --> 00:33:01,419 - Where's the party? 778 00:33:03,421 --> 00:33:06,163 - You ready to blow out our candles, sweetheart? 779 00:33:06,206 --> 00:33:07,773 [laughter] 780 00:33:07,816 --> 00:33:09,818 [inhales deeply] 781 00:33:09,862 --> 00:33:13,561 [cheers] 782 00:33:13,605 --> 00:33:14,998 Thank you. Thank you. 783 00:33:15,041 --> 00:33:21,439 ♪ 784 00:33:21,482 --> 00:33:23,571 - Can I help you? 785 00:33:23,615 --> 00:33:24,790 What's this? 786 00:33:24,833 --> 00:33:26,487 - We're looking for Richard Kincaid. 787 00:33:26,531 --> 00:33:28,663 - Well, that's my husband. Who are you people? 788 00:33:28,707 --> 00:33:30,491 - Manhattan SVU. 789 00:33:30,535 --> 00:33:31,753 - What's going on? 790 00:33:31,797 --> 00:33:33,407 - We have some questions we need to ask him. 791 00:33:33,451 --> 00:33:34,669 - Where is he? 792 00:33:34,713 --> 00:33:36,019 Hey! 793 00:33:37,411 --> 00:33:39,805 Hey. NYPD. 794 00:33:44,375 --> 00:33:45,550 Hey! 795 00:33:49,467 --> 00:33:51,382 - Hands on your head. 796 00:33:51,425 --> 00:33:53,601 - Do you like taking photos of young girls? 797 00:33:53,645 --> 00:33:55,603 - Wh-wh--I don't know what you're talking about. 798 00:33:55,647 --> 00:33:58,084 - Oh, then what's with the go bag? 799 00:33:58,128 --> 00:34:00,956 Huh? Packed and ready to flee-- 800 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,526 a stack of cash, change of clothes, 801 00:34:05,570 --> 00:34:06,919 and a .357. 802 00:34:06,962 --> 00:34:08,311 - Sitting here waiting all these years. 803 00:34:08,355 --> 00:34:10,314 - You've been expecting us, huh? 804 00:34:12,532 --> 00:34:14,057 - Richard, what's going on? 805 00:34:14,099 --> 00:34:16,276 Rich--no. - I don't understand this. 806 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,105 I mean, why are you doing this to me? 807 00:34:19,148 --> 00:34:21,977 - For Crystal and for all the other girls. 808 00:34:22,021 --> 00:34:23,369 It's over, Richard. 809 00:34:25,329 --> 00:34:27,113 I need you to search everywhere. 810 00:34:27,157 --> 00:34:28,722 Rip this house apart if you have to. 811 00:34:28,767 --> 00:34:31,552 We know that he liked to keep Polaroids as trophies. 812 00:34:31,596 --> 00:34:33,597 So there's got to be a stash somewhere. 813 00:34:36,166 --> 00:34:38,516 You didn't hide the Polaroids when you got married. 814 00:34:38,559 --> 00:34:41,648 You hid them when she was old enough to find them. 815 00:34:41,693 --> 00:34:48,568 ♪ 816 00:34:58,405 --> 00:34:58,579 . 817 00:34:58,623 --> 00:35:01,756 - So one of our dogs found this out behind your home. 818 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,802 This is Gwen Markham. Do you remember her? 819 00:35:03,845 --> 00:35:06,500 She disappeared from a park in Manhattan. 820 00:35:06,544 --> 00:35:08,589 - That photo looks like a long time ago. 821 00:35:08,633 --> 00:35:09,590 - It was. 822 00:35:09,634 --> 00:35:12,506 But we just found out that 823 00:35:12,550 --> 00:35:16,554 your DNA matches the DNA on her body. 824 00:35:17,903 --> 00:35:20,732 - A 22-year-old sample. It's degraded. 825 00:35:20,775 --> 00:35:22,342 - A well-preserved sample like this, 826 00:35:22,386 --> 00:35:24,127 half-life's over 500 years. 827 00:35:24,170 --> 00:35:25,824 - This is Kim Dao. She went missing 828 00:35:25,867 --> 00:35:29,088 while riding her scooter home from a sleepover, 829 00:35:29,132 --> 00:35:31,917 Middletown, New York. 830 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,311 [tense music] 831 00:35:34,354 --> 00:35:36,487 Peyton Freeman, 832 00:35:36,530 --> 00:35:38,184 she was walking to a gas station 833 00:35:38,228 --> 00:35:40,143 to buy her stepdad cigarettes. 834 00:35:40,186 --> 00:35:41,666 Cherry Hill, New Jersey. 835 00:35:41,709 --> 00:35:43,885 - You may have DNA in the Markham case, 836 00:35:43,929 --> 00:35:46,627 but you have no genetic evidence tying my client 837 00:35:46,671 --> 00:35:47,715 to any of these other cases. 838 00:35:47,759 --> 00:35:48,977 - Okay, so how do you explain 839 00:35:49,021 --> 00:35:51,197 the Polaroids found stashed in the woods? 840 00:35:51,241 --> 00:35:53,199 - For all you know, he found them in the woods, 841 00:35:53,243 --> 00:35:56,246 like the kids who found Crystal Sykes's Polaroids. 842 00:35:56,289 --> 00:35:57,725 - That's right. I found them. 843 00:35:57,769 --> 00:35:59,249 - You found them? 844 00:35:59,292 --> 00:36:00,554 Well, aside from being 845 00:36:00,598 --> 00:36:05,211 a marauder-type serial predator, 846 00:36:05,255 --> 00:36:07,213 your client's a very bad liar. 847 00:36:07,257 --> 00:36:08,954 - MO is the same. 848 00:36:08,997 --> 00:36:11,130 Teenage girls taken. 849 00:36:11,174 --> 00:36:14,089 They were alone, no witnesses, all in the Northeast. 850 00:36:14,133 --> 00:36:18,790 ♪ 851 00:36:18,833 --> 00:36:22,272 - Crystal Sykes, 852 00:36:22,315 --> 00:36:24,622 she was biking to a local swimming pool. 853 00:36:24,665 --> 00:36:28,234 You cut and dyed her hair. 854 00:36:28,278 --> 00:36:30,193 - I remember her. - Richard, 855 00:36:30,236 --> 00:36:31,846 I'd advise you to stop talking. 856 00:36:31,890 --> 00:36:34,458 - He's already looking at life in prison for Gwen's murder. 857 00:36:34,501 --> 00:36:37,069 And Pennsylvania has the death penalty. 858 00:36:41,378 --> 00:36:42,640 - What do you want? 859 00:36:42,683 --> 00:36:45,512 - I want to know where these bodies are buried. 860 00:36:46,992 --> 00:36:51,431 And if you cooperate with me, then the Pennsylvania DA 861 00:36:51,475 --> 00:36:53,651 will try to avoid capital punishment. 862 00:36:53,694 --> 00:36:56,262 And that way you get to see your wife, 863 00:36:56,306 --> 00:36:58,351 you get to see your grandchildren. 864 00:36:58,395 --> 00:37:00,005 - Richard, I advise you against this. 865 00:37:00,048 --> 00:37:01,311 - No. 866 00:37:03,661 --> 00:37:06,881 I could live for another 20 years. 867 00:37:08,579 --> 00:37:12,757 I want to see my grandkids grow up. 868 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,498 - Well, that's a lot more than your victims 869 00:37:14,541 --> 00:37:17,849 or their families will ever have. 870 00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:22,854 - I'll show you where the girls are buried-- 871 00:37:22,897 --> 00:37:24,508 all of them. 872 00:37:24,551 --> 00:37:31,689 ♪ 873 00:37:35,954 --> 00:37:41,699 I made the choice to kill her after finding this place-- 874 00:37:41,742 --> 00:37:46,530 a beautiful place for a beautiful young girl. 875 00:37:49,010 --> 00:37:53,928 Peyton almost talked me out of strangling her. 876 00:37:57,410 --> 00:38:00,979 My whole life had felt pretty pointless 877 00:38:01,022 --> 00:38:03,373 until I started this. 878 00:38:04,852 --> 00:38:07,551 These girls were so pretty, so young. 879 00:38:09,248 --> 00:38:11,468 I wanted them to stay that way. 880 00:38:11,511 --> 00:38:18,649 ♪ 881 00:38:32,271 --> 00:38:33,751 [door opens] 882 00:38:38,408 --> 00:38:40,410 - Hey. - Hi. 883 00:38:41,846 --> 00:38:43,238 Where's the M.E.? - I asked him 884 00:38:43,282 --> 00:38:44,762 to give us a minute. 885 00:38:55,425 --> 00:38:56,643 - Is that her? 886 00:38:56,687 --> 00:38:59,254 [soft dramatic music] 887 00:38:59,298 --> 00:39:02,562 - You know, um, 888 00:39:02,606 --> 00:39:06,349 if you want to be sure... 889 00:39:06,392 --> 00:39:08,655 - Are you asking me for DNA? 890 00:39:08,699 --> 00:39:15,836 ♪ 891 00:39:21,799 --> 00:39:23,975 I asked you to leave it alone. 892 00:39:27,587 --> 00:39:30,460 Why didn't you? 893 00:39:32,723 --> 00:39:35,682 - I did it for Crystal. 894 00:39:37,031 --> 00:39:39,077 - [choking up] It really hurts. 895 00:39:41,993 --> 00:39:44,691 - Please tell me what I can do. 896 00:39:44,735 --> 00:39:45,953 - [crying] I'm sorry. 897 00:39:45,997 --> 00:39:48,086 Just give me some space for a sec. 898 00:39:48,129 --> 00:39:55,049 ♪ 899 00:40:05,886 --> 00:40:08,846 [sobbing] 900 00:40:39,529 --> 00:40:42,488 [dramatic music] 901 00:40:42,532 --> 00:40:49,669 ♪ 902 00:41:09,559 --> 00:41:12,649 [wolf howls]