( people chatting )
( laughing )
I think our little Nicky is gonna love Paris.
Aren't you, little beauty?
They let you smoke in restaurants over there.
Oh, God.
Paris, I'm so jealous.
We're going to Rome and Milan, too.
Oh, Milan, the shopping.
I know, I can't wait.
It's gotten to be so expensive,
especially with the dollar where it is.
That's what credit cards are for, right?
Terri, you've taught her well.
She's a lucky nanny.
Yeah.
Mrs. Reston?
More coffee, Mr. Monroe?
No, not for me. But I think Terri could use some.
Relax, Dad.
It's not like I'm driving.
Well, you're breast feeding.
We don't want you turning your daughter
into an alcoholic, do we?
( clears throat ) Listen...
why don't we take this out onto the patio?
That way Nat can finally enjoy his fine Cuban,
we can all get some fresh air.
Here you go.
Thank you so much, June.
Goodnight, darling.
Goodnight.
( sighs )
How's Terri doing?
She's very upset, frankly.
And so am I.
Did I do something?
Apparently you stole one of her dresses.
What?
And some jewelry.
She gave me that stuff.
She-she said she didn't want it anymore.
She's drunk, she's probably... June...
we brought you into our home.
We treated you like a member of this family.
I know, I know. I love it here.
Please, give me a second chance.
Whatever I did wrong, I'll make it better.
Sorry, it's too late. I'll do better.
I'll take you to the train station in the morning.
Please, Lawrence, please don't.
( knocking on door )
Who is it? FBI.
Where's your daughter?
What's happening? Where's your daughter?
I-I don't know. What's happening?
June, where is June? I-I don't know.
Okay, your daughter is missing and so is the Pierces' baby.
Now I have this search warrant
to search the premises.
June wouldn't take the baby.
Who said that? Who said that?
( knocking )
Special Agent Jack Malone, FBI.
Did you find her?
( sighs ): No, not yet.
We spoke to your nanny's mother,
she hasn't heard from her. She has no idea where she is.
( cries ): Oh, my God.
Shh, shh, shh.
( crying )
June wouldn't hurt her, would she?
No, no. It's going to be okay.
Oh, my God.
( blips )
I'm sorry if Terri's been a little out of it,
she's on a bit of medication.
What, anxiety?
No, depression.
She's, uh, postpartum.
She's either not sleeping
or she's sleeping all day.
She's depressed and then she feels guilty
about being depressed.
It's, it's been awful.
( retching )
Terri, honey?
Are you okay?
TERRI: Yes, I'll be out in a minute.
Alright.
( retching )
She, uh... she had a little bit
too much to drink last night.
That's not a great mix, booze and pills.
No, no, it's not.
Mr. Pierce, is your wife an alcoholic?
I don't know.
Maybe.
How long you been married?
Nine years.
Have you and June ever been involved?
Involved?
Involved.
Let me tell you something.
My wife and I have been trying to get pregnant
for over three years now.
We've been through everything--
all of the procedures, in vitro, everything--
because I love my wife
and I wanted to have a family with her.
I don't know what kinda guy goes through all of that,
and then starts banging the nanny,
but it is not me.
I had to ask.
Alright. The house alarm was set at 1:32 a.m.
That lines up with when the parents went to bed.
It was disengaged at 4:12 a.m. Must've been when June took off.
Looks like she took off in a hurry, or packed in a hurry,
she left her cell phone.
Train station's less than a mile from here.
Got locals canvassing.
Or she had a partner with a car.
Well, you know, we should consider
that somebody grabbed them both.
How did you meet June?
She was working part-time for some friends in the city.
They went off to Europe
and, uh, June was looking for something more permanent.
She had great references so we hired her.
Mrs. Pierce, if you wouldn't mind putting those down?
I need you to focus.
Is there anybody else that works here that could have a motive?
No. No.
As far as you know, does June have a boyfriend?
No. No, not that I know of.
What kind of employee would you say she was?
She was good, she was fine.
She was conscientious.
Mrs. Pierce?
I liked her.
I really did.
Until you caught her stealing?
Yeah. Which was when?
Yesterday afternoon.
I didn't...
I didn't exactly catch her.
A dress was missing and some jewelry.
How can you be certain it was her?
You have other house staff
and you had caterers here for the party.
No, I know it was her.
Listen, tell him about the time you caught her
with your necklace. Right. Um...
This was last week.
I came back from lunch early, um, and I found her
in my dressing room.
I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I was just trying...
Oh, June,
don't be silly. Sit down.
Nicky's asleep. I fed her at 1:00. She took the whole bottle.
I know, I looked in on her.
I bought this in a little boutique in Cap D'Antibes.
Lift your hair.
There we go.
Oh, that looks fabulous on you.
Yeah? Yeah.
You can borrow it sometime.
If you have a hot date or something.
Why are you so nice to me?
What do you mean?
I know other people who work as nannies,
their employers don't treat them the way you do.
Well, maybe you just remind me
of me a little bit when I was your age.
Come on, how could that be?
Because you're so young and full of promise.
Well, you're the best thing that ever happened to me.
Seriously.
And then she betrayed me.
If you knew you were going to fire her,
why would you have her sit down to dinner with you last night?
I didn't know I was gonna fire her.
I, um, I thought at first that I would talk to her,
and then as the evening went on,
I just got madder and madder and...
And drunker from what I'm told.
So what if she was drunk?! What's this got to do with finding our daughter?
If June took your baby...
What do you mean "if"? What else could've happened?
I have to consider every possibility.
And if June took your daughter, motive is crucial.
How did she take it when you fired her?
She was upset.
I mean, obviously. Did she make any threats?
No. Would you say
that she was unusually attached to your daughter?
Unusually?
No, she, she was great with her.
She cared for her, otherwise she would not have been hired here.
Do you have children, Agent Malone?
As a matter of fact, I do.
Then I'm sure you can imagine
how difficult this must be.
DANNY: Andwho are June's friends?
Uh, there are some people from school.
What school?
City College. She goes there at night.
She wants to be in fashion.
Do you have names of her friends?
No, she doesn't tell me. My other daughter may know.
Well, where's she? I think she's working.
She's, uh, a receptionist in a law firm.
I'll call her, what's the number?
Okay, thank you. She isn't there?
She's making a delivery. She'll be back in a few minutes.
I found this in your daughter's closet.
Mrs. Pierce gave that to her.
Mrs. Pierce gave her an Armani dress?
I also found these.
My daughter doesn't steal.
Your daughter was fired last night for stealing.
They're lying. They gave those to her.
Where'd you get the plasma?
The TV?
June gave it to me for my birthday. Is that illegal?
No, it's not illegal, but it costs $3,000.
Where does a nanny going to night school get $3,000 for a TV?
Something has happened to my daughter!
You should be looking for her and not coming in here
with your guns, making me a criminal!
Alright.
Full canvass of the train station. Nobody saw June.
Maybe she had a partner? Mm-mm.
Phone records come in yet?
Man, does this girl know how to spend.
Credit cards? Yeah, six of them.
She's maxed out on five. $22,000 in debt.
That's a lot for someone making 12 bucks an hour.
Okay, you know what's weird?
Terri Pierce cosigned a couple of these credit cards.
June wouldn't have been able to get them otherwise.
Stealing dresses and jewelry doesn't seem
like a nice way of repaying the favor.
Neither does stealing her kid.
If she has that much financial trouble, that could be our motive.
I wouldn't be surprised if we get a ransom call soon.
How long have you been working for the Pierces?
32 years.
I used to live with the Monroes, Terri's mother and father in Manhattan.
I practically raised Terri myself.
Mrs. Monroe passed away when Terri was nine,
Mr. Monroe never remarried, so a lot of it fell to me.
But you're not full-time anymore?
I still come out to clean a few times a week and do dinner parties.
How did you feel when Terri hired June?
Terri wanted somebody younger.
I-I understood that.
More energy.
How did you find June?
She took good care of the baby.
Are you surprised that June would steal from them?
I know she idolized Terri and everything she had:
clothes, the money.
Her husband?
No. Lawrence? Never.
He worships Terri.
But I think I know who June was with.
Who's that?
Anthony DeBellis.
He's the gardener.
I caught them messing around in here last week.
Come on, just try it.
It's beluga, the best caviar in the world.
What the hell's going on here?
( giggles ): What?
Are you gonna replace that?
Can you afford to replace that?
Terri won't care.
She offered it to me the other day. Oop.
Mrs. Pierce gives what she wants when she wants.
You don't take what you want.
I've been telling her that. I've been warning her.
You gotta know your place or you'll get burned.
You are so paranoid.
She treats you like her new pet.
What happens when she gets sick of it?
Terri's not like that.
She believes in me.
So does Lawrence.
You don't even like t.
It's an acquired taste.
I told her to stay away
from the caviar, and from Anthony.
Why's that?
If you're busy flirting, you're not doing your job.
And this Anthony, what do you know about him?
He's been working around here for at least 20 years.
His father did all that landscaping back there,
when the Monroes first built the house.
Then he turned over the business to Anthony a few years ago.
( door opens ) Mrs. Reston? Lawrence?
Where's my daughter? Where's Terri?
Is she upstairs?
She's just upstairs lying down.
Have the police found anything yet?
Mr. Monroe, before you go up,
if I could just ask you a few questions?
Yes.
You were here last night for the dinner party.
Yes. Mm-hmm.
Did you notice anything unusual
about June's behavior?
She was sitting with the guests at the table
out of place, out of line as usual.
Did you know her well? Not really.
But what you knew, you didn't like.
She has greedy eyes.
You can see it from the way she looks at everything.
We will find her, Lawrence. We'll get her back.
I hope so. Come on. Buck up. Buck up.
You gotta be strong, for Terri's sake.
Unknown caller, pay phone, West 47th Street, Manhattan.
( phone rings )
Okay, if it's June, just keep her talking.
Hello?
( distorted voice ): We have both of them.
The baby and the nanny.
We want a million dollars in cash.
Drop it off under the Brooklyn Bridge at midnight tonight.
If you don't, we'll kill them both.
Wait, hello?
( receiver clicks )
Wait is, is this for real?
Looks like we may have
rushed to judgment on June.
( distorted voice ): We have both of them. The baby and the nanny.
We want a million dollars in cash.
Drop it off under the Brooklyn Bridge at midnight tonight.
If you don't, we'll kill them both.
Under the Brooklyn Bridge? What, in the water?
I guess they mean under one of the entrance ramps.
Find it hard to believe June's not involved.
"We have them both? " Sounds like an obvious way to get us off her.
Can you tell whether it's a man or a woman?
No, it's too distorted and the street noise isn't helping.
Can you tell what kinda voice distorter it is?
Low tech, very low tech.
Look, the call came in from West 47th Street,
the electronic district.
Maybe they bought it there.
I'll start making calls there.
It's gonna be okay.
We're gonna figure all of this out together,
alright? Come this way.
I honestly don't understand what that other family is doing here,
when you acknowledge that June herself
might still be involved.
If June is innocent,
then we have an obligation to include her family.
If she's not, then how they react to you could tell us something.
In the meantime, I need you to keep your opinions to yourself. You understand?
Right here.
Okay.
Now, we have two basic options here.
We can pay the kidnappers with real cash,
we could try to follow them
and see if they lead us to June and Nicky.
The second option is to use decoy money
and arrest them right there under the bridge,
and force them to tell us where Nicky and June are.
Which do you recommend?
I recommend arresting them right there under the bridge.
They say they'll kill them. We should pay and take their word.
With all due respect, that's easy for you to say, it's not your money.
You're worried about the money? What's a million dollars to you?
Apparently, your sister thinks it's a lotta money.
What's that supposed to mean? You do the math.
I want everybody here to take a deep breath, okay?
What if we give them the money, and they still don't let them go?
That's why I recommend the second option,
that we arrest them right there.
I agree with you. I think it's correct.
We fight fire with fire.
Take them down when we have the chance.
I agree.
( speaking foreign language )
I know. Miss Ojeda, what did she just say?
She said, "What was the point in bringing us here
if we have no say?"
Mrs. Ojeda, I really think that this is the right option.
Yeah, a voice distorter.
Probably this morning.
Okay, thank you. Yeah, bye.
Do you have that list of the Pierces' household employees?
You got something? I think so.
( speaking foreign language )
Anthony DeBellis?
Yeah?
Special Agent Fitzgerald with the FBI.
I need to ask you a few questions.
About what?
The Pierces' daughter was kidnapped last night.
What? Oh, geez.
How well do you know June Ojeda?
Why? Because she's missing, too,
and we know that she called you at 3:45 in the morning.
She was upset, alright?
She just wanted to talk.
I'm sorry to wake you up. I... I don't know what to do.
June, what's going on, June?
They fired me.
Why?
I don't know. It doesn't matter.
I just wanted to say goodbye.
June.
June?
June.
That was it. That's all she said.
So how long have you two been sleeping together?
A couple of weeks.
It was nothing serious.
What, now you think I had something to do with this?
I think you probably need to come with me.
Yeah, thanks.
Do you want some coffee?
Yeah, and what time was that?
Thanks very much.
20ish Filipino woman,
purchased an LDS voice distorter
this morning at 11:30.
Phil's Audio Emporium, West 45th Street.
Sounds like June, right?
Or her sister.
She works on West 36th Street
and she was out of the office at the same time.
Convenient. Mm-hmm.
She called me this morning.
Where was she?
I think she was on a bus.
Going where?
I don't know. She wouldn't say.
What did she say to you?
She sounded so terrified.
They say it's because I stole,
but it's because I...
It's because I... I found out Terri was abusing the baby.
What?
That's why I have Nicky,
to protect her from them.
June.
I need you to call the...
I need you to call the Pierces and act like you're a kidnapper.
Ask for some money.
Make up some story, but tell them I was kidnapped, too.
Why?
To confuse the police. I need time to get away.
Please, Etta, please.
I love you.
So I went and bought that thing to change my voice
and I did what she said.
Where would your sister go?
I don't know.
She doesn't have anyone but us.
She said that Terri
abused our daughter? Mm-hmm.
That's preposterous.
Your wife is suffering from postpartum depression.
It can, uh, cause some unusual behavior.
Well, that's not what happened here.
Yes, my wife was depressed,
but she would never do anything to harm our child.
Is it possible that June witnessed something,
that prompted your wife to have you fire her?
I-I can understand why it might look that way,
okay? But no.
If you wouldn't mind waiting.
June called her sister from the road.
She says that she has your daughter.
So Nicky's okay? I'm not exactly
sure of that, but that's what the sister says.
Oh, thank God!
She also says that you were abusing your baby.
That that's why you fired June,
that's why June took Nicky-- to protect her from you.
And you believe her?
Well, all things considered, it makes sense.
Unless there's something that you're not telling me.
Now, I thought about our conversation this morning.
You said that June had betrayed you
and that's why you fired her.
It occurred to me that betrayal
might have something to do with the gardener.
That leaves me with a couple of options.
My favorites are, either you're sleeping with the gardener,
or you're sleeping with June.
Well, you're right.
I did fire June because I saw them together.
20 years? You've been working here that long?
That's, like, when I was born.
I know it.
What was Terri like back then?
She was beautiful...
and happy.
Not like now.
I feel sorry for her.
I don't think she really loves Lawrence.
Lawrence was the right choice.
She's paying for it now.
She blew it.
She should have gone with you.
Well, she had her shot.
( June laughing )
I understand why he feels the way he does,
but she-- she went after him to get at me.
Because it was the one thing
that she could have that I couldn't.
But you had him at one time.
We have been in love since we were 15.
It's been the only time of my life
that I've ever been happy.
Let me guess, your father put a stop to it.
Oh, he said that he would stop paying for school,
he was gonna take away my trust fund, disown me.
Is your husband aware of it? No.
I mean, that's why I made up the whole story about June stealing,
because I didn't want Lawrence
to find out. I mean, what would be the point?
Is there any possibility that the gardener
assisted June in kidnapping the baby? No.
Anthony would never hurt Nicky.
He would never be involved. No. I know that much.
VIVIAN: You didn't tell me the whole story about Anthony.
That's Terri's personal business.
It was up to her to tell you people.
Well, now she has.
He shouldn't have been working there anymore.
We tried to straighten her out.
Can't you sit up when you feed her?
I'm tired.
You're tired because you sleep 14 hours a day,
and you keep popping those damn pills.
What do you care? I don't think Anthony
oughta be around here anymore.
What Anthony? Anthony DeBellis, the gardener.
What's he got to do with anything?
She loves him, that's what.
She just keeps him around here to torture herself.
That's ridiculous. Tell him, Terri.
He doesn't care.
He doesn't care about anybody but himself.
I can't deal with this now.
I don't know what to do with her.
Why don't you just let it go, Terri?
I was supposed to be happy.
She was supposed to make me happy.
We tried.
But I can tell you this--
if you don't find that baby, Terri's not gonna
make it through.
Not with all that guilt she's got.
No, you have to listen to your mother, sweetheart.
Why?
Well, because you do.
Okay. Yeah.
Am I going to see you tomorrow?
No, I'm gonna try and come out next weekend.
Really? Uh-huh.
Yeah, I'm gonna bring your favorite bagels from H&H, okay?
Hmm. Sesame. That's right.
Listen, can I... can I talk to your sister? Can I talk to Hannah?
Hannah, daddy wants to talk to you.
I don't want to.
( sighs )
She doesn't want to.
Okay, um...
just, uh...
tell her I sent her a big hug and a kiss, okay?
Okay. I love you.
Yeah.
Yeah, I love you, too, sweetheart.
I'll see you soon.
Bye.
You should be getting it now.
If you can have it distributed to all your drivers.
Well, as many as you can. We're talking about a kidnapped child here.
I appreciate it, thanks. June's sister said the call
from the bus came in about 10:00 this morning. Yeah.
I got a call from a 314 cell phone number,
into her law office at 9:57 a.m., two-minute call.
314, that's a St. Louis area code.
She could have an accomplice out of St. Louis.
Or she borrowed a cell phone from someone on the bus.
Straight to voice mail.
You know what, if it is St. Louis,
I'll have the photo distribution focus on the westbound lines.
I'm gonna find out who owns that phone. Okay.
( phone rings )
Malone.
( sighs softly )
Okay, thanks.
( sighs )
We found your daughter.
I'm sorry to say that she's dead.
( gasps )
Oh, my God.
( Terri sobbing )
Shh, shh, shh...
( continues sobbing )
I'll arrange for a car to take you home.
Oh, my God!
She's wrapped in a baby blanket
with a lot of care.
It's a shallow grave.
Yeah, they must have dug it up in a hurry.
Cause of death?
The coroner thinks it was suffocation.
Any signs of abuse?
No.
Okay, you can take her away.
We found Nicky.
With June?
The baby's dead.
Apparently... June buried her
in the woods outside the Pierces' house.
Oh, my God.
Anthony, did you help her? What?
I want you to stop protecting her.
I'm not. God, I'm not.
Poor Terri.
Poor Terri?
Why don't you give me a break.
You warned June that Terri
would turn against her, just like she turned against you,
when she did, June called you and you made a plan to get back at Terri.
By killing her child? Are you crazy?
Why would June do it? Over losing a job?
I don't know.
It doesn't make any sense.
You're damn right it doesn't.
VIVIAN: See that he signs it and sends it back.
You got it. Thanks.
Tracked down the St. Louis man with the cell phone.
He confirms he lent it to June this morning.
So where is she? He got off the bus in Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
a couple hours ago-- the next stop is Pittsburgh in ten minutes.
Hopefully, she's still on the bus.
Oh, where's my daughter? Where is June?
She's coming in right now from Pittsburgh.
Here, sit down.
Unfortunately, when she gets here,
we're gonna have to talk to her first.
She wouldn't have hurt that baby.
I know how it looks, but...
Mrs. Ojeda,
I need you to sit here calmly. Okay.
The moment that I get news, I'll let you know.
Alright. Thank you.
Okay.
She here?
We found $40,000 in her backpack.
Somebody pay her to kill the baby?
Maybe.
Maybe it was a black market deal that went bad.
I think you should take a crack at her.
Why?
I don't think my approach would be particularly useful right now.
Have you been advised of your rights?
Do you wanna tell me why you did it?
I was scared.
Of what?
Of you people.
Of us?
That you'd blame it on me.
But you killed her, didn't you, June?
No.
Did you talk to Terri and Lawrence? What did they say?
It doesn't matter what they said.
How about the $40,000?
How about the ransom call you had your sister make? What was that about?
I was scared, but I didn't kill Nicky, I swear.
Then who? Anthony?
No. Then who?
Who paid you?
I wanna talk to Lawrence. Where's Lawrence?
It doesn't matter where Lawrence is.
No, I wanna talk to Lawrence!
Please.
( garbled radio transmission )
Excuse me.
We found June.
Well, what, what did she say?
Only that she wants to speak to you.
To me?
Well, why?
I don't know.
But I do know that she had $40,000 in cash in her possession.
What?
Mr. Pierce, your wife was depressed.
I believe she was abusing your child and June saw it.
No, no.
I believe that's why you sent June away.
There was no abuse.
She knew too much.
I believe your wife killed the baby.
No.
Mr. Pierce, do not waste my time.
I will find out one way or the other,
whether I talk to you or your wife, it's up to you.
There was no abuse.
This...
this was an accident.
What kinda accident?
She was feeding her.
She was trying to be a good mother.
Terri?
Terri, come on.
Come on, honey, come to bed.
Terri.
Nicky.
Terri. Terri.
Terri.
Terri!
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Nicky.
Nicky, breathe.
Terri, what happened?!
Terri!
Nicky, breathe. Nicky, breathe.
Terri, wake up! Terri.
Terri! What happened?
I don't know!
She was feeding her! She must have smothered her!
Should I call 911?
Yes!
No, no. No.
No, no. We have to call someone.
No. I can't do that to her. I can't do that to Terri.
Then what?
What are you doing? Listen to me. Listen carefully.
I'm gonna take you to the train station, get into the city.
Get on an Amtrak or a bus, you are gonna go far away.
This is $40,000. The should be enough to get you started.
But why?
Because this has to look like something else.
I cannot tell Terri she killed our daughter.
But she...
No. this is what we're gonna do.
There's no time to talk about this.
I'm sorry but I can't... No, you can, and you will!
Or I'm gonna have to handle this a different way.
Who do you think the police are gonna believe
if I tell them that you did it?
Huh?
You... or me?
Now...
you have a choice.
You either stay here and be blamed
for what happened, or you take this money
and you go and you start a new life.
I carried Terri upstairs
and put her into bed.
She was so drugged up she didn't know what was happening.
I took our Nicky into the woods
and I buried her.
( sobbing )
I thought that it would look like
she had been kidnapped.
That it had gone bad.
I thought that June would just go away
I thought I couldn't afford to have her around here. I thought...
You thought we'd never suspect you, and even if we did,
you could hire a high-powered lawyer and get away with it.
No, no. No.
Where's my high-priced lawyer now? That's not what this is about.
Then what is this about?
I could not let Terri live with what she did.
She would kill herself.
Unfortunately, Mr. Pierce,
I am going to have to speak to your wife.
Please, just let me.
We're not gonna make it through this.
Please, just let me do this one last thing for her.
Go ahead.
But I'm gonna have to take you both in when you're done.
( whispering )
( door shuts )
Lawrence told us everything.
Everything?
Why would you run, June,
when all you had to do was stay and tell the truth?
They have the money and power. What do I have?
What have you been doing this whole time--
assuming it was me?
That's because you ran.
If you'd have stayed,
you'd have been given a fair shake.
I'm sorry.