( moody piano ballad playing )
♫ One of these mornings ♫
♫ Won´t be better off ♫
♫ You will look for me... ♫
Where´d you score that?
Mike, the groundskeeper.
You got enough for you?
Paid 15 bucks for it.
Mike sounds pretty cool.
You want one?
( fizzing )
No.
( laughs )
Come on.
All right.
Mr. Spaulding?
All right
hand it over.
The beer--
give it to me.
( sighs )
And the cigarettes.
♫ I´ll be gone... ♫
All right now, go back to the dorms and wait for me.
Andy come here. I´d like to have a word with you.
JACK: Andy Deaver, a 17-year-old junior
at Spaulding Academy Boarding School.
He apparently told some other students
he was leaving for good that night.
We´re not sure why.
Headmaster Graham Spaulding was the last one to see him.
Andy never made it home.
♫ You will look for me. ♫
POLICEMAN: Spaulding says Andy left campus at around 6:30 p.m.
about ten minutes after the other kids
got back to their dorms.
When did the call come in from his parents?
Midnight. He was driving the family car--
same one we found on Route 34 a couple miles from here.
It had a flat tire.
One of my guys called it in at 2:45 a.m.
Doors unlocked, keys in the ignition
tire jack on the ground.
You run it through forensics?
Not exactly, yet.
What do you mean, "not exactly, yet"?
We, uh, we´ve been trying to keep kids
from drinking in the woods.
We had the car ticketed and towed to Impound.
( sighs )
Your canine unit get any hits?
We had them sniff the woods
but they kept coming back to where the car was.
Okay.
We´re going to take it from here, okay?
I told Andy that he really impressed me
in his two years here.
I... I didn´t understand why he was leaving.
You didn´t call his parents?
Well, I thought it was temporary.
You know, with some kids, you have to give them
just a little bit of rope.
So, what happened after you spoke?
Well, he headed off to his car and...
and home, I guess.
Forgive me for saying this
but you don´t seem particularly concerned.
Well, in my position
I have to maintain a certain amount of calm.
To tell you the truth
all of these kids are extremely bright
and quite frankly, many of them
would have difficulty in another school.
We have kids who-who take off
and come back in a week or so
with some excuse from their parents.
Right.
So, you run a pretty lenient ship?
I never saw being strict work with any kid.
All right, all right.
Well, we´re going to have to do a more extensive search
of the campus and the surrounding woods
if that´s okay.
Absolutely. Anything at all.
As a matter of fact...
What´s that?
A reward.
$15,000 for help, information, whatever.
I didn´t know who to make it out to.
FBI, Department of Justice.
Ah.
That´s, uh, very generous.
I´ll make sure you get a receipt.
Yes, well...
I should get back.
With all this going on and 300 adolescents, you could imagine
the anxiety.
Of course.
I am going to need to speak to you again.
Naturally.
Terrific.
Until then.
♫ Won´t be better off ♫
♫ You will look for me... ♫
Don´t take your eyes off that guy.
♫ I´ll be gone ♫
Graham Spaulding, 43, divorced, no children.
Lived in Phoenix from ´90 to ´96
Atlanta ´96 till last year.
He is a retired veterinarian, sold his practice
moved down here to take over the school last year
after his father died.
With what qualifications, looking after animals?
Well, high school´s pretty rough these days.
Hilarious.
Graham´s chief qualification seems to be
that his father was Alfred Spaulding
who founded the school in 1956.
Girlfriend? Nope, lives alone.
Any priors?
Mm-mm, record´s clean.
What about his alibi?
Says he was reviewing mid-semester evaluations
at home.
Got forensics back on the car.
Multiple prints, including those of Mr. Graham Spaulding.
The tire wound is inconsistent with a moving blowout.
It´s a sidewall puncture, probably a screwdriver.
How far away from the campus is the car?
Three and a half miles.
So somebody drove that car on the side of the road
made it look like a flat.
Mm-hmm, and they left the car jack there, too.
Nice touch.
Mmm.
Okay, we have to play this very carefully.
If Spaulding has the kid, he may try and get back to him.
We have to have a 24-hour surveillance...
If he smells us, he won´t make a move.
That´s the dance-- we have to focus on Spaulding
without him realizing he´s the prime suspect.
Best case, the kid can survive 72 hours without water.
That leaves us 58 hours.
So, Viv, I need you to set up meetings
with the other faculty members to make it look like
Spaulding´s not the only one.
Martin and Samantha
I want you to talk to all the students that you can.
Find out as much information about Spaulding
and his relationship with Andy.
BOTH: Got it.
SOG surveillance is in place on Spaulding.
It seems as though he left in a hurry.
He must´ve
but for the life of me, I can´t imagine why.
He loved it here.
Can you tell me about the phone call last night?
He sounded so...
distressed.
Mom, I just don´t want to be here anymore.
But I thought everything was going great.
Well, it´s not.
Andy, does this have something
to do with that girl, hmm?
I don´t want to talk about it.
I just want to come home.
Well, I... I want to speak to Mr. Spaulding
about this first.
No! Mom...
Please. This has nothing to do with him.
Andy...
Don´t worry, okay?
I´ll see you
in a couple of hours.
But you didn´t call Mr. Spaulding?
No, I...
I thought we´d talk about it when he got home.
What was Andy´s relationship like with Mr. Spaulding?
Well, uh, pretty close, I think.
Um, his father left us when he was six
and... well, he has a tendency to get attached
to the men in his life.
And you spoke about a girl.
Was there someone in particular?
Oh... I don´t know.
He came home last weekend
and he spent the whole time...
um... oh, what do you call it?
Uh, burning a CD for her.
But of course he wouldn´t tell me who she was.
SAMANTHA: So, you and Andy worked
in the office together?
Yeah, it´s supposed to be an honor or something.
An honor?
Mr. Spaulding picks certain kids he says deserve it.
So, that´s how I know Andy.
What´s Andy like?
I don´t know... pretty shy, keeps to himself.
How was he yesterday?
Same as always-- did his work, didn´t say much.
Any idea
why he would have wanted to leave school?
He´s not too popular here.
I figured maybe that was it.
Does he have a girlfriend?
( scoffs ): Nah. Andy?
Come on, he must have liked someone.
Phoebe Burnell, but everybody likes her.
Andy didn´t stand a chance.
That´s a cool tattoo.
Oh. Yeah, that was stupid.
Why is that?
´Cause I can never take it off.
How´s it going in here?
Fine.
Is he being helpful?
Very.
You know, technically
he needs to be with a parent or guardian
when he´s questioned, but I realize
that time is of the essence here.
Ah... please.
Continue.
Actually, we´re pretty much done here.
Thank you.
GIRL: I can´t believe all of this.
I just saw him yesterday.
How well do you know Andy?
We have a couple of classes together.
Have you two ever dated?
No.
Think he might have a crush on you?
I don´t know.
What about the CD he made for you?
What?
Why, he didn´t give it to you?
No.
Oh, my God--
that´s what that was about.
Yesterday...
we were right over there when Andy walked up to me.
Hey, Phoebe.
Hi.
What´s up?
Um...
did you, uh... did you need the notes from Chem?
I know you missed class Tuesday, so...
Oh, that´s sweet.
I got them from Hannah.
Oh.
Well, I-I have something for you.
Andy, aren´t you supposed to be covering the phones?
Yeah, I was... I was just about to.
It´d be great if you could get back down there.
We´re swamped.
In just a sec?
I should go.
I´m going to be late for class.
Thanks.
God, if that´s the last time I ever see him
and he was trying to...
Wasn´t he at the grove later?
Oh, yeah. I almost forgot.
And it was weird
because Mr. Spaulding showed up there, too.
What´s this?
Hey. It´s the blueprints of Spaulding´s house.
Take a look at this.
Six weeks ago
Spaulding put in for a permit
to build an 8 x 10 foot room
in his basement-- 12 electrical outlets, plumbing...
Extra bathroom?
No. The house already has three.
Plus, this permit doesn´t cover a toilet.
And this room has no windows or doors
leading to the outside.
A holding cell.
Or worse.
You think we have enough
for a warrant?
( sighs ): Let´s find out.
Spaulding´s house is a half a mile away from the school.
Andy was never seen entering or leaving the house.
Yeah, but with all the circumstantial evidence...
Still don´t have probable cause.
This kid could be down in some torture chamber in Spaulding´s basement
and you think this guy´s guilty
so what are we doing?
Danny, come in.
Go ahead.
Where is he?
He´s going into the administration building.
Okay, I want you and Martin to head over to his house.
Inspect the grounds.
See what´s visible through the windows.
I´ll stay on Spaulding.
Sounds good.
What´s up?
I think I heard something inside.
Listen.
You think you heard, or you did hear?
Got any new leads?
Actually, it´s too early to tell if any
of the leads are real.
Your father looks like
he was an imposing man.
One could interpret it that way, I suppose.
You went to school here?
Class of ´74.
Must have been difficult--
having your father
be the headmaster.
My father was a strong and supportive man.
Many of these kids
can´t say that.
No, I meant you must have had a rough time
from the other students.
No.
I was pretty popular, actually.
Really?
And what about you... Agent Malone?
Moved around a lot.
Father was in the Army.
By all accounts, I was pretty miserable.
Hmm. That´s a shame.
Mmm. It is.
But it made me think of the conversation
we had earlier about Andy
and how fortunate your students are
that they have someone that has their best interests at heart.
Thank you.
I must be getting back to my house.
I need to make some phone calls.
Sure.
Worried parents--
you understand.
Yes, of course.
I trust that you can find your own way out.
Sure. Absolutely.
( sotto voce ): Danny, come in.
( clearing throat )
Yeah, go ahead.
Spaulding´s on his way back. Get out of there.
Danny´s in the house.
What the hell... What are you guys doing?
He thought he heard something.
( soft whimper )
Andy?
Danny, Spaulding´s on his way back.
You got to get out of there.
Danny?
Hey, boy.
Hey.
That´s a good boy.
( whimpers )
That´s a good boy.
Danny?
( whispering ): Danny. Danny.
Spaulding just pulled up.
Get out of there.
He´s on his way into the house, man.
He´s entering the house now.
He´s in the house.
I repeat, suspect is in the house.
Did you hear me?
Yeah, I heard you.
You get something good?
Oh, yeah.
JOHNSON: They all remind me of Andy.
All gangly, self-conscious and insecure-- easy prey.
You should see the ones I left inside.
Those are disturbing.
They´re voyeuristic, like they were taken with a telephoto lens.
Except for this one.
It´s posed and nude.
We´ve got to find out who these two boys are.
They´ll run them
against any missing kids in Atlanta or Phoenix.
MALONE: Do you have anything on the warrant?
´Cause if these photos
don´t clear, we´re in big trouble.
Jack, we´re okay.
Who´s your judge, Randall?
No, he´s out of town.
It´s Adderley.
I just want everything
to be done by the book from now on, okay?
We got Spaulding on possession
of child pornography--
more if we can prove he took the pictures.
Look, I don´t want this guy walking
with a smut conviction and a slap on the wrist.
If he gets lawyered up
he´s going to stop talking
and time is running out for Andy.
So, bring him in, break him with the photos.
We don´t even know we have these photos
until the warrant clears.
Look, I need to get inside Spaulding´s head
before I meet him again.
How are we doing with the wife?
Found her in New Jersey.
I´m headed out there.
Jack, Van Doran wants to see you
Have a seat, Jack.
I just read your report on, um, Agent Taylor
searching the Spaulding residence.
There appears to be
some ambiguity regarding the photo album.
What kind of ambiguity?
The ambiguous kind.
Agent Taylor thought he heard
the kid inside.
He entered the premises
under exigent circumstances.
The album was in plain view.
Please save all of that for the judge.
Just don´t base any of your questioning
on those photos.
Without a warrant
it´s all fruit from a poisonous tree.
Do you understand?
I didn´t go to law school, Paula, but, uh...
I think I grasp the concept.
WOMAN: We met on a flight from New York to Phoenix.
We both lived there.
He was one of the most charming men I´d ever met.
We were married within eight months.
But divorced two years later.
After the first six months, he, uh... lost interest in me.
In every way.
And you filed for divorce.
I was getting there, but he beat me to it.
One day, there was a message on the machine.
The next week, I got a letter
from an attorney in Atlanta.
He´d moved there.
Do you remember
either of these two boys?
No.
That´s Robbie Griffith.
He interned for Graham at the vet clinic for awhile.
It didn´t work out.
What went wrong?
I don´t know.
I do know that Robbie
was a pretty troubled kid.
Take a look at this-- 1999 case file on Eric Lipinski
15 years old, from De Kalb County, Georgia.
Reported missing.
Found murdered four days later.
The same kid.
And Spaulding was the last to see Eric on the DOD.
Atlanta police interviewed him four times
and had to let him walk.
They couldn´t link him to the murder.
That´s the third kid.
Vivian just called.
This one-- Robbie Griffith--
missing from the Phoenix Division
since ´96.
Never found.
This Spaulding guy knows what he´s doing.
Yeah, and the sick bastard
thinks he´s going to get away with it.
Go back to the school and set up the arrest.
I´m going to get the warrant
and fax it to Westchester.
Great.
According to your affidavit, Agent Taylor
you heard what you call "suspicious noises"
coming from Mr. Spaulding´s house?
Yes, Your Honor.
I heard a high-pitched whining noise
and then I heard another sound
that I took to be chains of some sort.
"Of some sort."
Your Honor, Agent Taylor´s exigent entry into the house
was based on a totality of circumstances
surrounding the boy´s disappearance.
The evasive nature of the suspect...
All right, let´s move to the photos.
While I was in the house
I entered a darkroom, and it was there that I saw
hundreds of other pictures of teenage boys.
But none of the missing boy?
No, sir.
At which time you also observed
the source of your suspicious chain-rattling
to be a large German Shepherd?
Uh, that´s correct.
Uh-huh. So, I assume
you were preparing to leave the premises
but then you, uh...
you saw the photo album.
Yes, I was.
Your Honor
that photo album was in plain view.
Your Honor, if I may cut to the chase.
The album contains photos of the missing boy.
It also contains a nude photo of a minor
that was the victim of an unsolved murder in Atlanta.
There´s a third photo
of another minor that went missing
from the Phoenix area.
Mm-hmm.
And you believe the suspect, Spaulding, to be responsible
for the murder as well as the disappearance
of the other two boys based on these photos?
Yes. In conjunction with
other evidence.
We believe that if we can charge Spaulding
with Lipinski´s murder, we can get
a confession out of him about Andy Deaver
and perhaps find the boy alive.
Based on these photos.
They tie the cases together.
He´s got to know we´re watching him.
Mm-hmm.
Where the hell is that warrant?
( chuckling )
Gentlemen, I got to tell you
this guy Spaulding sounds like real scum.
I hope you can put him away for the rest
of his miserable life
and I´ll be glad to help you do that.
As soon as you appear before me
with constitutionally-obtained evidence.
Now, just so you understand
Agents Taylor and Malone
you may not enter a house without a search warrant
under the flimsiest
of exigent circumstances
and then bootstrap
that questionable entry
into a fishing expedition for other evidence.
And you, son--
you had no right to continue
the search after finding that dog.
You had no right to open the photo album
and you certainly had no right to remove it from the premises.
And you have absolutely no right to an arrest warrant
based on the photographs found therein.
Make sense?
Yes, sir.
( phone ringing )
Yeah?
Uh-huh.
Oh, you´re... you´re kidding.
Okay.
Warrant was denied.
We got to let him walk.
MARTIN: They found Lipinski´s body in a mine shaft tunnel
about 50 miles from his home.
According to the autopsy report
he had been strangled and revived repeatedly
over the course of three days
ending with a lethal injection of Zylazine.
Animal tranquilizer.
That´s the same as Patrick McCullough.
What do you mean?
The kid that works in the school office
with Andy, he´s got the exact same tattoo.
Is he Spaulding´s type?
Yeah. Lanky, shy, awkward.
I´m going to go talk to him.
I want Martin to go.
If there was something going on
between he and Spaulding
he´s more likely to admit it to a male agent.
I´m sorry.
No, it´s fine, I´ll, um...
have Westchester put out
search parties in the quarries and mine shafts.
Within a hundred-mile radius, please.
Look, Jack...
I know I screwed up.
Yeah.
And I know it´s going to cost us.
I´m prepared to...
You know what, Danny?
It´s... it happened, move on.
Okay.
So what´s my assignment?
Mrs. Deaver?
I... just keep thinking...
...when I brought him here that first day
I thought I had done the right thing.
He was nervous.
He didn´t know anybody.
I told him he could come home whenever he wanted.
He called me every day for that first week
till he settled in.
I really thought this was the right place for him.
It´s quiet out here.
Yes, it is.
So, how´s the investigation going?
Pretty good.
We´re still eliminating suspects.
So, how long has it been?
Since when?
Since the disappearance.
Since you last saw him, you mean.
Yes.
About 40 hours.
So I guess he didn´t just go for a walk in the woods.
I think not.
I came here to give this
back to you.
That´s not mine.
It´s not?
No.
We found it in your house.
Any suggestions as to how it may have gotten there?
You came into my house
without a warrant?
Yes.
That´s why I´m giving this
back to you.
That article was seized illegally.
Do you want it or not?
I told you, it´s not mine.
Okay.
Aren´t you even a little bit curious
as to what´s in this?
MARTIN: Patrick, we´re not screwing around here.
Andy´s life is at stake, and we are running out of time.
I don´t know what you want from me.
We think you know more than you´re telling us.
Like what?
We think that Mr. Spaulding
and Andy were having a sexual relationship.
I don´t know about that.
Patrick...
...this is serious.
I don´t know what they did, okay?
All I know is I saw them the day Andy went missing.
SPAULDING: That´s for you.
ANDY: 50 bucks?
It´s just a little thank you.
For what?
Well, for all the extra effort
that you´ve been putting in around here.
And... for being you.
Thanks.
Listen, I´m having a little barbecue
at my house tonight
for the math club.
Why don´t you come by?
I have a paper I have to finish.
Ah, just for a little bit.
Well, I´ll see.
Now don´t get all mopey.
Let me see that smile.
The barbecue was a lie.
If Andy showed up
Mr. Spaulding would say it was canceled
and they´d be alone.
How do you know that?
I just do, okay?
Patrick, did Mr. Spaulding
do that to you?
Look, if he took advantage of you
he´s the one to blame, not you.
You have nothing
to be ashamed of.
We´d go out for long drives in his truck.
He´d tell me how I needed to believe in myself--
that I was special.
Did he make you get the tattoo?
He said it would always remind me
of how strong I really was and of our times together.
It sounds stupid now.
And after I got it, he went really crazy.
What do you mean?
He kept saying things like I owed him
because he helped me so much
and that the "S" was really for Spaulding.
Is that when you started to pull away?
A couple of weeks ago.
I guess that´s when he started up with Andy.
Right.
All right, this... this is not going to be easy
but we´re going to need you
to press charges.
( sirens blaring )
( tires screeching )
( knocking )
Graham Spaulding, we have a warrant
for your arrest.
Put your hands where we can see them.
What are the charges?
Three counts of child rape, two counts
of child endangerment and six counts
of committing a lewd act with a minor.
Who´s making these charges?
Patrick McCullough.
Take him out to the car, read him his rights.
Bring in the ERT, let´s get started.
We don´t have much time.
Zylazine.
Soil samples on the truck´s wheel well
match the samples on the boost that Danny found.
We got 150-foot climbing rope also covered in soil.
Lime and clay deposits?
Mm-hmm. A cave.
There´s a national park about 60 miles north
of the Academy-- Coleman Caves.
Right. I´ve been up there.
That place has got hundreds of miles of passageways.
This time of year, temperatures drop below freezing.
Washington wants me to supervise this case directly.
We´re in the headlines now, Jack.
From this stage
we have to follow procedure flawlessly.
What "stage"?
We need a clean conviction on this one.
This kid is still alive.
Oh, come on, Jack.
The kid is gone.
I think the kid is still alive
and this son of a bitch knows where he is.
I can get it out of him.
I´m having him processed
and transferred here
to Manhattan Detention.
You´re off the case, Jack.
Paula, come on...
It´s done, Jack.
At least let me handle the transfer.
Martin
take a left up here.
That´s not the way to the thruway.
I know that you took Andy.
"Took Andy." Please.
We found the rope.
We found the boots.
We know that you took him to the Coleman Caves.
If you know so much, what do you need me for?
Actually, you need me.
How is that?
´Cause I can help you.
My boss gets ahold of you
the press...
they´re going to turn you into a monster.
I´ll take the chance.
Tell me where Andy is, and I´ll help you.
I told you, I have no idea where Andy is.
Your prints are all over his car.
Look, this is all circumstantial crap!
If you had the evidence
to arrest me for Andy´s disappearance
you would have.
And we wouldn´t be driving around in the rain now
would we?
Van Doran just called.
Jack still hasn´t made it to Manhattan Detention.
What´d you say?
I said I´d look into it.
I meant what I said
before, Graham.
I know how much you care about these kids.
That´s why you took Andy under your wing.
He was confused, vulnerable.
You were the only one who understood him.
Is that right?
I think so.
But then he turned on you, didn´t he?
I know how that feels.
I know how... painful that can be.
You pour yourself into someone--
your time, energy, and devotion.
You give them everything they need to grow
and then they just abandon you.
Are you speaking from experience?
Sure.
You love someone...
you make love to someone...
you give your life to them
and then they don´t even look at you.
Any word from Malone?
No, ma´am.
Uh, Westchester was late processing Spaulding out.
The warden told me himself that Spaulding was released
20 minutes ahead of schedule.
I hadn´t heard that.
The guy´s already asked for a lawyer.
If Jack interrogates him
if he even mentions Andy Deaver
in a custodial setting, Spaulding will walk.
I´m sure Jack knows the rule.
Get back to me in five minutes with Malone´s exact location.
Yes, ma´am.
I know about the other boy.
What other boy?
This kid.
The young... scrawny
frightened, lonely kid.
The kid who only wanted love and approval.
I know his pain.
I know that boy.
Do you?
Yes. I do.
And I know that you want to put that boy
out of his misery.
You know, Graham, your father wasn´t a strong man.
He wasn´t a supportive man.
He was a weak, cowardly, sadistic bastard.
I know he used to touch you
and I know you used to beg him to stop.
You believe whatever you want.
You don´t know anything about my father.
( sighs )
You know, I´ve been giving something
a lot of thought.
It´s occurred to me that... in some ways, I envy you.
You envy me?
Yes.
The power... that you have with those boys--
what that must feel like.
What boys?
Andy...
Eric Lipinski
Robert Griffith.
I know there have been others.
There have been many.
Do me a favor, Graham.
Tell me what it´s like...
the moment that you take them out.
Tell me.
You can see the terror in their eyes, right?
You can feel their hearts racing.
You can feel
the cold sweat under your hands
just before you stick the needle in.
It must be such a rush.
Martin...
...put the CD in.
( sighing heavily )
Andy made this CD for Phoebe.
He wanted her to think about him
when he wasn´t there.
( slow, somber tones playing )
Is that what you wanted?
Is that why you stole it?
You wanted to think about him.
Is it what you two listened to
when you were together?
No.
No, that´s right, that´s right.
That´s right, you never got a chance.
You never got a chance to go back to him
because he´s still out there.
He´s waiting.
It must be hard.
It must be hard knowing that he´s out there...
waiting.
The touch of his skin, the feel of him
under you.
I understand you, Graham, I do.
I´ve been to that school.
I´ve seen those beautiful boys.
Their beautiful bodies
to hold all that innocence in your arms...
to take...
the power.
♫ You will look for me... ♫
It must be really frustrating
knowing that Andy is out there waiting for you
waiting, waiting, waiting
and you can´t get back to him.
You can´t be with him one last time.
But I tell you what I´m going to do.
I´m going to give you
15 minutes with him if you tell me where he is.
You´d do that?
I´ll give you 15 minutes with him alone.
You can do whatever you want.
15 minutes.
Whatever you want.
♫ I´ll be gone ♫
♫ One of these mornings, one of these mornings ♫
♫ Won´t be better off, won´t be better off ♫
♫ You will look for me, you will look for me ♫
♫ I´ll be gone, I´ll be gone... ♫
He´s in bad shape, but he´s going to make it.
( indistinct radio transmission )
GRAHAM: Agent Malone.
♫ I´ll be gone ♫
♫ I´ll be gone... ♫
Do I get my 15 minutes now?
Your 15 minutes are over.
♫ You will look for me ♫
♫ I´ll be gone ♫
( retching )
♫ I´ll be gone... ♫
( sniffles )
♫ I´ll be gone ♫
♫ You will look for me ♫
♫ One of these mornings ♫
♫ Won´t be better off ♫
♫ You will look for me, I´ll be gone. ♫