Previously on Without a Trace...
My wife was offered a really good job
in Chicago
and she took it.
I've decided to go with her.
I guess old feelings die hard.
I just got a call
from Van Doren.
I got the promotion.
Congratulations.
Hey, Martin.
Yeah.
Want to share a cab?
I live uptown.
Yeah, I know.
I don't want you to move to Chicago with us.
Why?
I don't want to be married to you anymore.
My parents wouldn't even be together if it weren't for me--
like they're doing me any favors.
If they want out, they should just do it already.
Mia, you have to consider that all of this
has been hard on them, too.
Yeah, their perfect little girl turned into a freak.
You're blind, not a freak.
Come on. We're going to do an exercise.
What, now?
Isn't it, like, 2:00 in the morning?
Let's go. Exercises.
Six months and all I know how to do is walk into walls.
Yep, come on.
Okay.
I want you to walk straight ahead 200 feet,
turn around, then come right back to me.
There are no cues here.
Sure there are.
You've got the stream to your east,
the hum of the generator to the west,
the crackle of the fire at your home base.
You've got everything you need.
I'm really sick of hearing you say that.
And I'm sick of you making excuses.
Well, you know what?
If it's so easy, why don't you do it?
I never said it was easy.
But if you want me to do it, I'll do it.
Here, take this.
Where are you going?
To put out the fire.
You can turn off the lantern now.
Okay.
It's completely dark now.
So here I go.
( owl hooting, grasshoppers chirping )
Louisa...
Don't talk.
You're making it easy for me.
Hello
Who's there?
Louisa?
Louisa!
Kelly.
Louisa!
Kelly!
Louisa!
Kelly!
: Louisa!
Kelly!
Damn it.
Spade.
Hey, Viv.
1822 Freedmont. Uh-huh, I got it.
Yeah, I'll be there in a half hour.
No, I'm fine.
Okay, bye.
Martin, I've got to go to work.
Fitzgerald.
Hey, Viv.
Mm-hmm.
Right.
Yeah, I'll meet her there.
What do we got, boss?
17-year-old Kelly Corcoran, who happens to be blind,
comes out here on a camping trip
with her mobility instructor, 25-year-old Louisa Cruz.
Park ranger comes by about midnight,
saw them by the campfire.
Around 1:00
nearby campers heard screaming.
Now is this where the struggle occurred?
Yeah.
Tire tracks here, looks like they drove up.
So this guy is staking out the campground,
he's waiting for his chance, he gets it,
he comes in with his car and he makes the grab, right?
Except there were at least two guys.
There are four sets of prints, two of which
match with the girls.
Is that Louisa's Camaro?
Yeah, they haven't pulled anything off of it yet.
Pretty, blind white girl goes missing in the woods?
There's going to be a lot more
where that came from. You ready for it?
You stick around here, canvass all the other campers
and coordinate with forensics.
Will do.
I'm Special Agent Vivian Johnson,
I'm in charge here.
DISPATCHER : 7L1-40 Roger.
7851-- a family dispute.
4972 West 21st Street, Number Three.
( garbled radio transmission continues )
I thought you were
waking them.
Come on, girls.
Girls, it's time to get up.
Kate, Anna.
Guys, come on.
How long have Louisa and Kelly
been working together?
About six months.
Is that how long
Kelly's been blind?
She started losing her vision about a year ago.
It's a condition called Retinitis Pigmatosa.
At first we thought
it was about getting contact lenses.
Within a few months,
she was completely blind.
Louisa was assigned to Kelly by the school district.
And how was their relationship?
Kelly's had
a very tough time.
She's completely withdrawn from her friends.
She barely even talks to us anymore.
But I feel
like Louisa is making some real progress with her.
He thinks cutting class and lying to us is progress.
It's what a normal teenager
would do, so, yes, I do.
What kind of lying?
Louisa was supposed to pick
Kelly up after school yesterday for their camping trip.
But when Louisa got there,
Kelly was gone.
So, we all waited here for Kelly to get home.
She's just trying to exert some independence.
Well, she's not going on this camping trip
with you tonight, that's for sure.
Punishing her like that
would be a mistake.
Excuse me?
The last thing she wants to do is spend
48 hours alone
with me telling her what to do.
Where have you been?
I went to get something to eat.
Well, it would have been nice
if you could have told someone where you were going.
We were worried sick about you.
Who were you with?
Nobody special.
Kelly.
What, Dad?
I wasn't having sex, I wasn't doing drugs.
I just went to get a hamburger.
We had an appointment.
I went to meet you.
Oh, you're here?
Well, that's just great.
I guess the three of you have just been
hanging around trying to figure out
how to handle me.
Mom... do you mind?
I can't see.
It would be great if you wouldn't get in my way.
VIVIAN: Is it possible that she's involved with a boy?
Anything's possible.
I saw the car
that dropped her off.
You didn't tell me that.
It was a light blue sports car.
I think it was a Camaro.
Louisa drives a light blue Camaro, doesn't she?
I don't know.
They always walk here together from school.
We never saw Louisa's car.
All Louisa cares about in life is helping people.
Her mother died when she was six,
and all she ever did was help me.
Imagine that.
Poor child.
No mother, and a father who's blind.
What do you know about Kelly?
She hasn't accepted her situation yet.
For me, I was born without sight,
so I never knew any different, but her--
she knows what she's missing.
Mr. Cruise, excuse me.
Uh, does your daughter, does she have a boyfriend?
No.
Not right now.
She's very serious about her work.
Is there anybody else
who uses her car?
She shares it with my son, why?
Because Kelly's father saw
someone drop her off
yesterday in that car, and it wasn't Louisa.
Excuse me.
Tito!
Get out here now!
Ven, mijo!
What?
Are you messing around with Kelly, huh?
TITO: No!
Someone saw you with her yesterday.
Now, stop fooling around.
Diganos!
All right, man.
Me and Kelly, we hang out
So, what were you doing yesterday?
We were just getting something to eat.
It was no big deal.
Did you hear we're going on our big camping trip tonight?
Yeah, Louisa said something about that.
It's supposed to be some sort
of bonding thing, or something.
Hey, you know
she cares about you a lot, you know that, right?
Why don't you come to the campground tonight?
Whoa, w-what are you talking about?
Louisa can't know about us.
We'll sneak away from her.
We'll make our own party.
I-I can't do that.
Come on, it'll be fun.
Just for a few hours?
I don't know.
Please?
All right, well, maybe.
Okay.
So did you go?
No, my sister took the Camaro
and I couldn't get a car.
Did you tell anybody else you were thinking
about heading up there?
No.
Was there anyone at the restaurant
who might have overheard you
talking about the trip?
Yeah, the waiter.
Can I get a refill here?
Sure.
Uh, would you like anything, Kelly?
No, thanks.
TITO: It seemed a little weird,
but I guess she went there a lot before she lost her sight.
Maybe the waiter knew her from before.
REPORTER: The kidnapping of a teenage girl and her 25-year-old instructor
so far seems to have the FBI stumped.
And with most of the bureau's resources dedicated
to counterterrorism these days,
there's even some question about whether
they're adequately equipped to deal with cases like this.
What you got?
Well, I found some white paint on a post near the tent.
Looks like the kidnappers backed into it.
Uh-huh.
I've got the forensics back on those tire tracks.
They're Michelin 185/R17's.
The tire of choice for the Ford panel van.
All right, I'll ask around.
I'll see if anybody spotted one.
I'll call you back.
Why aren't you coming with us?
Well, there's some stuff at work
that I have to take care of first.
As soon as I've done that,
I'll come out and see you soon, okay?
You're getting divorced, aren't you?
No one is saying that, baby.
There are some things that your mother and I need to discuss,
but in the meantime, we need to get you out to Chicago
so you can start your new school, okay?
Live in the new house with the yard?
Yes, you'll live in the new house with the yard.
Yeah, right.
Is this him here?
No, I don't think so.
What about that guy?
Definitely not.
So I'm going to need everybody
who was on shift yesterday
before 4:00 and 6:00 p.m.--
names, addresses, phone numbers.
I'll see what I can do,
but we're a little shorthanded today.
Shorthanded?
Did somebody not show up?
Yeah, one of the waiters.
Which one?
Trent Barker.
Did he, uh, did he call in?
Nope.
Is he normally pretty reliable?
Hmm. He's one of our best.
He never missed a shift before today.
Hey. That's him.
You sure?
Yeah.
Trent Barker.
Trent usually works on Saturdays.
I don't know why he wouldn't be at the restaurant.
He's not answering his cell phone.
Do you want me to leave a message?
No, we don't want to alarm him.
Uh, Miss Barker,
do you mind if I use your bathroom?
Oh, sure, go ahead.
It's right here around the corner.
How do you take your tea?
You said her name was Kelly?
That's right.
I don't remember him mentioning anything
about her.
He doesn't talk to me about girls.
So who are Trent's friends?
He doesn't have too many friends.
You know,
he never finished high school or anything.
He's more of an artistic type.
Right.
I wonder what's taking your friend so long.
You know,
he had a little food poisoning last night.
I'm sure he won't be too much longer.
You know, this tea is so delicious.
Would you mind if I had another cup?
Oh, sure.
Thank you.
Of course, I put everything back where I found it.
Are you sure Barker's mother didn't see you go up there?
Positive.
First priority
is to save the girls, right?
Obviously, Martin.
All right, look.
All I'm saying is at least now we know
he's one of our guys.
All right, leave Sam
at the house to question the mother.
You go back to Hardigan's and see what you can find out
about this guy.
All right, I'll head out there now.
Yeah, okay.
Yep, thanks.
Plane took off two hours ago.
I cannot believe you let her take the girls.
What was I supposed to do?
They're enrolled to go to school tomorrow.
Do you realize how difficult you're making this for me?
I'm making it difficult for you?
You've worked enough custody cases to know it's going
to be almost impossible to get them back.
Now, if you'd have called me last night,
I file an injunction,
they stay in New York, we're golden.
I wasn't thinking about litigation last night.
I was thinking about how to keep my girls out of this mess.
Well, it is a mess.
And by the way, it's exactly the way Maria wanted it.
What are you talking about?
Are you serious?
The night before you're leaving, she just springs this on you?
You know what?
It's just a lot more complicated than that.
Things haven't been right in my marriage for a long, long time.
Do you have your most recent phone bills?
I don't know, why?
Because I think you're going to find multiple calls
to her divorce attorney.
You know, I think you're wrong.
Is that right?
Hey, hang on to those boxes.
What are you doing? Just stop it, okay?
Jack, I know it's hard to admit.
I am telling you that you are wrong.
This is not premeditated.
I think I know my wife that much.
I just talked to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Authority.
It turns out that a white panel van blew through a toll stop,
3:30 a.m., Route 191.
Which exit?
Stroudsburg. It's 130 miles away from the Gap
which fits the timeline.
I know Stroudsburg.
That exit leads right up to the Poconos.
Maybe he took them to some isolated cabin up there.
Tell Pennsylvania State Police
to focus their search in that 100-mile radius.
And find out if Trent Barker
has a connection to anyone up in the Poconos.
You got it.
She has suffered a mild concussion and a fractured rib,
but she's conscious, she's going to be fine.
Can we talk to her?
She's on a mild sedative, but go ahead.
You've got two minutes,
then I'm going to need her, okay?
All right.
Well, whoever hit her
dumped her at the ER and took off.
The nurse saw a red pickup racing out of the parking lot,
that's all we got.
Well, this must have been the closest hospital
so let's put patrol stops
along Route 55 and Route 447.
A 60-mile perimeter each way.
Gotcha.
Jack?
Hey.
They didn't have roast beef so I got you ham and cheese.
Now she wants sole custody of the kids.
You called her.
You were right, she was planning it.
She called a divorce attorney six times in the last month.
So what do I do?
You been following the news?
No.
A couple of girls went missing out in Jersey.
You know what? They gave my job away, all right?
To a friend.
The courts don't particularly like unemployed dads.
Especially when mom's making mid six figures.
You know, I am not unemployed, Ed.
Well, when you don't show up
for work on Monday in Chicago...
I'm not going to Chicago.
My daughters are not going to stay there.
They grew up in New York, okay?
They go to school here, they got friends here,
they got family here, they got a grandfather.
They belong here in New York.
And that's exactly what I'm going to argue,
but none of that will matter
unless you get your old job back.
I was trying to fight them off
and Louisa came running over to stop them, and...
They must have hit her with a bat or something,
because she broke her leg.
Okay.
Then what happened?
They put us in the car and we drove for hours to the cabin.
They tied us up and...
The stronger one, he...
started on Louisa.
Get off her, you pig!
Leave her alone!
( man grunting rhythmically, Louisa crying )
Louisa, are you okay?
Shut up, bitch.
You're next.
Go ahead, man, your turn.
Uh, I don't know.
This is weird, man.
Hey, this is what we came up here for.
I'm not feeling it.
Let's just do a bong hit and chill out, okay?
Let's go.
You have got to find her.
You've got to find her!
SAMANTHA: Okay.
Okay, Kelly, um,
what can you tell us about the cabin?
I don't know, it was... up in the woods somewhere.
There was no one else around, I don't think.
How did you escape?
They started...
smoking pot and popping pills and stuff.
The-the strong one, he must have passed out.
The other one, he took off.
I managed to get the ropes off me,
but Louisa... she couldn't move.
Her leg was so bad, she said...
she said I had to leave her there.
But I can't get out of here on my own.
I have no idea where I am.
Now, listen to me, okay? Just listen.
We don't have a lot of time.
You hear the wind?
The chimes? Yeah.
That's where the door is.
The sun's coming straight at us,
so we must be east.
If you go south, you'll hit the main road.
I can't make it, Louisa. I can't do this.
Yes, you can.
Think of everything you've learned
in the last six months.
Okay, south to the road.
Keep the sun
to your right.
You can do this, Kelly.
Now go.
There were all these...
woods and branches,
and I just kept going.
I kept thinking how I had to get out of there
to save her.
And then I heard that car,
and I tried to wave him down.
I guess I stepped too far into the road.
And neither of the men's voices
were familiar to you?
No.
VIVIAN: Do you know
a waiter from Hardigan's named Trent Barker?
Why?
We think that
he may be one of the men who took you.
Oh, my God.
There was this one guy there.
We used to...
give him a hard time.
This was before I went blind.
It was pretty mean-- the stuff I used to do.
I thought I was just being funny, but...
There's his tip.
...Sick.
WOMAN 2: That's so disgusting...
KELLY: I'd sometimes ask myself
why I lost my sight,
and I'd think maybe God was punishing me.
Kelly, God isn't
punishing you.
And none of this is your fault.
Trent Barker?
FBI.
I need you to come with me.
Come on, let's go. Come on.
What?
DANNY: We found the van
in the Hardigan's parking lot,
and that van matches evidence
that we found at the campground, Trent.
I was never at any campground.
MARTIN: Look, we know that none of this
was your idea, and that you couldn't go through
with raping her.
Lot Mardell is the one behind this, right?
The van's registered
in Lot's name.
The two of you work at the same restaurant.
Where is the cabin?
I don't know about any cabin.
Come on, Trent.
We know that Kelly and her friends used to make fun of you.
I don't even know anybody named Kelly.
Then how do you explain the sketches of her
in your room, huh?
Okay. I knew her.
But-But I swear to God, I-I didn't do anything to her.
Right after you ran away from the cabin, Kelly escaped.
Trent, look at me.
Kelly escaped, and she ID'd you because she recognized
your voice.
She knows you from the restaurant.
Now I know you're lying to me.
Because she has no idea who I am, okay?
No idea.
Anything on the cabin yet?
Not yet.
Look, I want to put Kelly on the phone with him.
Once he knows that she can I.D. him,
he's got to come clean. Uh...
Martin?
Look, I'm afraid that'll spook him.
If-If you just let us keep working on him...
Martin, you've been working him
for over an hour, and he hasn't given anything up yet.
We don't have time.
Okay.
We've got your mother on the phone.
She wants to talk to you.
DANNY: Go ahead,
pick it up.
Hello, Mom?
Mom, are you there?
It's him, it's definitely him.
Okay.
Are you all right to go ahead and talk to him?
All right.
Just like we talked about.
This is Kelly, Kelly Corcoran.
You better tell them
where Louisa is, you hear me? You...
tell them,
because I know you.
I will testify against you, and I will send you
to jail for the rest of your
miserable life. Do you hear me?
I want a lawyer.
VIVIAN: We've got the full cooperation
of the local law enforcement and state police,
and every possible
resource at our disposal will be exhausted,
including the media.
REPORTER: The kidnapping of a teenage girl
and her 25-year-old instructor
so far seem to have the FBI stumped.
We've got an idea of the area,
we got all the roads out of there blocked,
and we're doing everything that we can.
Well, can I talk to Kelly?
That's up to her parents.
They're over there.
Uh, I'll be right back, Poppy, okay?
Do you think my daughter is dead?
I think the man that took her knows
that he's surrounded, and he'll realize
that he's got no choice but to give up.
I'm very sorry.
Excuse me.
Hello?
Baptism by fire, huh?
You could
say that.
Where are you, Chicago?
Uh, no.
Something came up.
I have to take a later flight.
Oh.
Are you all right?
Yeah, yeah, no, I'm-I'm good.
I just wanted to, uh, wanted to check in.
I mean, you guys are all over the news.
We're doing fine.
We got one girl, we're closing in on the other.
So, you got one?
That's good. Are you withholding that from the press?
Yeah, we wanted the perp to go looking for her
and leave the other one behind.
That's a good call.
MAN: Agent Johnson?
Listen, Jack, I really have to go.
Sure, okay.
Uh... Uh, good luck.
Have a safe flight.
Uh, I will, thanks.
What do you think his partner did
when he woke up and found him gone?
If Louisa isn't dead,
he's raping her over and over again,
and we're sitting here with our thumbs up our asses.
He's lawyered up.
You want to go back in and start questioning him?
Danny, let me tell you something.
If Jack were here right now, we wouldn't think twice.
He'd be the first one through that door.
Let's go.
Mm-hmm.
I thought you might be thirsty.
Thanks.
Find your lawyer?
My mom's taking care of it.
Oh, that'll be good, I guess.
You ever deal with a lawyer before?
He'll make a good defendant, don't you think?
I mean, good for TV.
Yeah, we'll have to clean him up a little bit.
Ah, he'll look great.
Yeah, and then they'll put his mom
right there behind him in the courtroom.
You know, they do that for sympathy.
Then they'll probably dig into your entire life story,
your childhood, everything.
Tabloids.
Big circus.
You know, if it were me, I'd probably want to cut a deal
before my lawyer tried to turn himself
into a big star at my expense.
You're trying to play me.
No, I'm trying to help you, Trent.
Because they're going to turn you into a freak.
Look, I understand why all of this happened.
You wanted her.
You wanted her in the worst way.
Come on, I've been there before.
I know that feeling.
I did.
You did what?
Want her.
But I...
I know I never had a chance.
Yeah.
Sure, of course.
I mean, you had to take her.
No.
It wasn't like that.
What was it like, Trent, hmm?
She stopped coming in to the restaurant.
For months.
I thought I'd never
see her again.
Then she came back.
You'll be fine.
Trust yourself.
Oh, no.
Oh.
I'm sorry. I...
No, no, no, no. It was my fault.
No, it's me. I'm blind.
I-I don't know what I'm doing.
It's... It's okay.
Kelly? I'm fine.
Just please,
leave me alone.
You didn't get anything on you.
It's okay.
Thanks.
Can you just... show me to my table?
Of course.
So,
you used to come in here all the time.
Not so much anymore.
How come?
Because I slam into waiters, and people feel sorry for me.
I don't feel sorry for you.
I think...
My name's Trent.
Well, thanks, Trent.
TRENT: That was the first time
she was ever nice to me.
You thought that you had a chance with her?
I was going to ask her out the next time she came in.
But the next time she came in she was with that other guy,
right?
She didn't even
know who I was.
Do you know that guy?
No, no idea.
MARTIN: And that's when you made your plan?
No.
It wasn't my idea.
It was Lot's.
She chose that greaseball over you?
Come on, man.
The only right thing to do
is teach her a lesson.
Like what?
She's going to this camping thing tonight, right?
Yeah.
We grab her... you get to have your fun.
Well, what kind of fun?
Whatever you want.
She doesn't even know that you exist.
Doesn't it just make you burn?
Who the hell does she think she is?
She thinks she's better than you?
She's a cripple.
That's the beauty of it.
We grab her, we do what we want with her...
she can never ID us.
Come on, man.
You know that you want her.
We weren't even supposed to take that other girl.
She... she just
came flying in out of nowhere.
She was going crazy trying to stop us.
So Lot took her.
He slammed her leg in the car door.
He broke her leg.
He's crazy.
He'll probably kill her.
MARTIN: The van belongs
to Mardell's cousin.
We don't have a name.
It's somewhere off of Route 55
between ten and 20 miles from the railroad tracks.
He's on foot.
Yeah, and the van
that Barker took is the only vehicle
they had at the cabin, so Mardell's got to be on foot.
I don't think he got too far.
You talked to Trent without his lawyer?
Viv, we got you a location.
Get the chopper up here now.
Okay, great.
Thanks. Bye.
I think Kelly can show us the way.
How?
Was that a railroad track?
Yeah.
This is
definitely the way.
I remember from last night.
This is the way we were going.
So how much longer do you think?
Ten or 15 minutes, but you have to go faster.
They were driving faster.
Faster is good.
Okay, watch your head.
Careful. Thank you.
You have to stand in front of me.
I'll take your arm.
Okay.
Wait, stop.
Can you turn that off, please?
Do you hear that?
It's a saw or a drill
or something.
Yeah.
When I was coming down the hill
through the woods, I remember hearing that sound.
I thought maybe someone was doing construction.
I-I-I
went towards it.
So you were moving towards it from the opposite direction.
Yeah.
Okay, let's go. It's up there.
All right, here you go.
Take my arm. Okay.
There it is!
We've got the cabin in sight.
FBI!
Clear!
MARTIN : Lot Mardell!
This is the FBI. You are surrounded!
Drop the weapon and put your hands in the air!
Get up!
Drop the weapon now!
If you want to get away, just run.
Just run!
You got him?
Suspect is heading south-southeast,
through the woods towards the road.
LOUISA: Help!
Somebody help me!
I got her.
Please, help me!
Okay, it's okay, we're the FBI.
You're safe now, all right?
VIVIAN: I got Louisa.
We're about a mile and a half up the road.
We need an ambulance right away.
Where's Kelly? What happened to Kelly?
Kelly's fine.
Kelly brought us to you, she's the reason we're here.
Suspect is down, repeat, suspect is down.
SAMANTHA: Here she is.
Louisa?
Kelly?
Kelly!
I'm so proud of you!
You realize that it's going to be virtually impossible
to bring a case against Trent Barker.
We were willing to risk the conviction
in order to save the girl.
Oh, and it was your call to make?
No, it wasn't.
Why didn't you tell me what you were doing?
Because we wanted you
to have deniability in case it went bad.
You were protecting me?
It was wrong.
Damn right it was.
Go home.
You know...
I would have considered it if you'd asked.
Okay, good night, you guys.
ALL: Good night.
Well, you just got your head handed to you.
Wouldn't be the first time.
I guess some things around here won't change too much, huh?
I was thinking some things will, though.
What do you mean?
I mean you and me.
We, um, sort of got interrupted this morning.
Yeah, we did.
I'll walk out ahead of you.
Okay.