1 00:00:03,974 --> 00:00:06,445 (soft music) 2 00:00:19,472 --> 00:00:21,208 (door opens) 3 00:00:22,679 --> 00:00:24,583 - What number am I thinking of? 4 00:00:26,119 --> 00:00:27,589 - It doesn't work like that. 5 00:00:31,163 --> 00:00:33,667 Seven. It's always seven. 6 00:00:35,538 --> 00:00:36,540 - It's time. 7 00:00:45,423 --> 00:00:47,094 (exhales deeply) 8 00:00:51,102 --> 00:00:53,908 (tense music) 9 00:00:53,908 --> 00:00:56,613 - I'm so sorry. I really tried. 10 00:00:56,613 --> 00:00:58,885 Well, three different spot treatments didn't work. 11 00:00:58,885 --> 00:01:02,559 I wanted to get your okay. before trying hydrogen peroxide. 12 00:01:02,559 --> 00:01:05,831 Red wine is an acid, and silks hate acid. 13 00:01:05,831 --> 00:01:08,203 (woman): Red wine? No, it's a, it's a ketchup stain. 14 00:01:08,203 --> 00:01:10,875 - No, ketchup's redder. When it's purple, it's wine. 15 00:01:10,875 --> 00:01:13,113 - No, no, no. My husband was at a Cardinals game 16 00:01:13,113 --> 00:01:15,250 and someone walked into him holding a hot dog. 17 00:01:15,250 --> 00:01:17,488 - You know what? You're so right. 18 00:01:17,488 --> 00:01:21,128 It's ketchup. Um, I will let you know. 19 00:01:21,128 --> 00:01:22,532 - Thank you. - Okay, bye. 20 00:01:23,734 --> 00:01:25,872 (TV newscast playing) 21 00:01:25,872 --> 00:01:27,474 (bell on door ringing) 22 00:01:27,474 --> 00:01:28,978 We're closed! 23 00:01:28,978 --> 00:01:30,781 - Special delivery. 24 00:01:30,781 --> 00:01:32,351 - Oh. - Hey, Lorraine. 25 00:01:32,351 --> 00:01:35,223 - Now Ray, you're not here to get your tux cleaned. 26 00:01:35,223 --> 00:01:38,262 - I saw your car outside. I'm still getting your mail. 27 00:01:38,262 --> 00:01:40,635 - Oh. Thanks. 28 00:01:41,637 --> 00:01:43,273 - You figure if you wait long enough, 29 00:01:43,273 --> 00:01:44,876 they'll stop asking for their money? 30 00:01:44,876 --> 00:01:48,349 - I'm working late, aren't I? You stopped drinking. 31 00:01:48,349 --> 00:01:50,922 - How in the world can you know that? 32 00:01:50,922 --> 00:01:52,491 Have you been going through my trash? 33 00:01:52,491 --> 00:01:54,194 - Oh, your pants are too loose. 34 00:01:54,194 --> 00:01:56,499 You're down to the last loop on your belt. 35 00:01:56,499 --> 00:01:58,370 - Going on four months now. 36 00:01:58,370 --> 00:01:59,639 Two meetings a week. 37 00:01:59,639 --> 00:02:01,577 I dunno, maybe this time I'll stick. 38 00:02:01,577 --> 00:02:04,750 - That's great. Good for you, Ray. 39 00:02:04,750 --> 00:02:06,252 - How's things around here? 40 00:02:06,252 --> 00:02:09,425 - Well, I just got yelled at by Jeanie Franco, 41 00:02:09,425 --> 00:02:14,703 whose husband's having an affair with a clumsy red wine drinker. 42 00:02:14,703 --> 00:02:17,408 - Tell me you did not put yourself in the middle of that. 43 00:02:17,408 --> 00:02:19,779 - I didn't say a word. You'd have been proud of me. 44 00:02:19,779 --> 00:02:22,852 - Hey, can I at least pay your cable bill? 45 00:02:22,852 --> 00:02:25,958 I'm the reason you signed up for it in the first place, 46 00:02:25,958 --> 00:02:29,232 and I'm saving a fortune on my bar tab. 47 00:02:29,232 --> 00:02:31,436 - You're not paying my damn bills. 48 00:02:31,436 --> 00:02:33,541 - I could pay off all of 'em 49 00:02:33,541 --> 00:02:35,778 and we still wouldn't be even, Lorraine. 50 00:02:37,381 --> 00:02:38,817 - Take off your pants. 51 00:02:39,553 --> 00:02:41,289 - What? - I'll take 'em in. 52 00:02:41,990 --> 00:02:44,529 - You want me to walk out of here in my underpants? 53 00:02:44,529 --> 00:02:46,834 - I got something in your size. 54 00:02:47,636 --> 00:02:49,873 - He's not gonna come in looking for it? 55 00:02:49,873 --> 00:02:51,075 - If he hasn't needed a set 56 00:02:51,075 --> 00:02:52,779 of work clothes in a month, he got fired. 57 00:02:52,779 --> 00:02:54,549 (newscaster): ...in Charlotte North Carolina this morning... 58 00:02:54,549 --> 00:02:56,687 - All right. - Melissa and Frank Conley 59 00:02:56,687 --> 00:02:58,658 made an impassioned plea to the public 60 00:02:58,658 --> 00:03:02,397 for the safe return of their son Rory Conley. 61 00:03:02,397 --> 00:03:06,373 - Rory is six. He's tall for his age, 62 00:03:06,373 --> 00:03:09,178 with brown hair and gaps in his teeth. 63 00:03:09,178 --> 00:03:10,748 He was dressed as a fox. 64 00:03:10,748 --> 00:03:13,152 (newscaster): It's been a year since their five-year-old son 65 00:03:13,152 --> 00:03:15,591 was abducted from Charlotte Comic Expo. 66 00:03:15,591 --> 00:03:18,463 - The good news is, I can always look for work 67 00:03:18,463 --> 00:03:20,467 as a security guard. 68 00:03:20,467 --> 00:03:22,873 - The family now offering a reward... 69 00:03:22,873 --> 00:03:24,977 - What? - ...of up to $50,000 70 00:03:24,977 --> 00:03:28,316 for information that could lead to his safe return. 71 00:03:28,316 --> 00:03:30,554 - Is it happening again? 72 00:03:33,627 --> 00:03:36,265 (soft music) 73 00:03:39,471 --> 00:03:42,277 - Why are you being so dramatic? 74 00:03:44,481 --> 00:03:46,987 You have the best view in the house. 75 00:03:47,454 --> 00:03:49,692 (sniffs) You'll be okay. 76 00:03:50,628 --> 00:03:52,098 Yeah. 77 00:03:52,098 --> 00:03:53,934 (microwave beeping) 78 00:04:01,883 --> 00:04:03,987 (police sirens in the distance) 79 00:04:08,329 --> 00:04:10,367 (reporter): Are you frustrated with the police? 80 00:04:10,367 --> 00:04:11,904 Do you know if they're following leads? 81 00:04:11,904 --> 00:04:13,541 - They say they're doing their best, 82 00:04:13,541 --> 00:04:16,813 and I guess we have to believe them. Thank you. 83 00:04:16,813 --> 00:04:19,051 (Frank): Thank you for being here. 84 00:04:41,095 --> 00:04:42,599 (line ringing) 85 00:04:42,599 --> 00:04:44,301 (woman): You have reached the Charlotte Mecklenburg 86 00:04:44,301 --> 00:04:45,571 Police Missing Persons Unit. 87 00:04:45,571 --> 00:04:48,677 Please leave your message and phone number after the ton. 88 00:04:48,677 --> 00:04:49,579 (beep) 89 00:04:49,579 --> 00:04:52,317 - Hello. My name is Lorraine Howell. 90 00:04:52,317 --> 00:04:53,720 I live in Branson, Missouri, 91 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,896 and I am calling about Rory Conley. 92 00:04:58,564 --> 00:05:00,434 - I kept thinking the worst had passed. 93 00:05:00,434 --> 00:05:03,106 But new lows would sneak up on us. 94 00:05:03,774 --> 00:05:07,414 Each day that passed meant it was that much less likely. 95 00:05:08,216 --> 00:05:10,989 The police said they'd call when they knew something. 96 00:05:10,989 --> 00:05:13,560 But the phone never rang. 97 00:05:14,896 --> 00:05:15,865 And then it did. 98 00:05:16,967 --> 00:05:18,671 The detective on the case said someone had come forward 99 00:05:18,671 --> 00:05:22,144 with information. It was unsubstantiated, 100 00:05:22,144 --> 00:05:25,450 borderline insane, but... 101 00:05:26,151 --> 00:05:27,955 when you're in pitch darkness, 102 00:05:28,958 --> 00:05:30,662 no light is too small. 103 00:05:30,995 --> 00:05:35,538 - This will sound strange, but I can see things sometimes. 104 00:05:35,538 --> 00:05:39,445 Images, strong, clear images, 105 00:05:39,445 --> 00:05:42,451 not hallucinations, they're real. 106 00:05:42,451 --> 00:05:45,925 I, I can see Rory. 107 00:05:45,925 --> 00:05:48,129 He's is alive. 108 00:05:48,129 --> 00:05:51,335 He... he's... 109 00:05:51,335 --> 00:05:52,873 There's an older woman 110 00:05:52,873 --> 00:05:55,343 with a Southern accent talking to him. 111 00:05:55,343 --> 00:05:58,249 She's telling him to eat graham crackers, 112 00:05:58,249 --> 00:06:01,121 but he's not listening. He has a, 113 00:06:01,121 --> 00:06:04,094 he has a toy car in his hand, 114 00:06:04,094 --> 00:06:07,635 a little purple toy race car. 115 00:06:07,635 --> 00:06:11,543 He's driving it along a seam in the sofa upholstery, 116 00:06:11,543 --> 00:06:14,949 making sounds like tires squealing. 117 00:06:14,949 --> 00:06:19,057 - She was so sure. She told us exactly what we needed to hear. 118 00:06:19,057 --> 00:06:22,063 - He has crumbs on his shirt. 119 00:06:22,899 --> 00:06:26,906 He's, he's uh lost one of his bottom teeth. 120 00:06:27,842 --> 00:06:29,378 (exhales) 121 00:06:29,378 --> 00:06:31,984 He is being cared for. 122 00:06:31,984 --> 00:06:33,854 Please don't give up. 123 00:06:33,854 --> 00:06:36,291 - Who wouldn't want to believe their missing son 124 00:06:36,291 --> 00:06:37,662 is still alive? 125 00:06:39,131 --> 00:06:40,901 Even if it was a lie? 126 00:06:43,372 --> 00:06:46,178 (theme music) 127 00:06:59,438 --> 00:07:01,442 (soft music) 128 00:07:05,518 --> 00:07:08,691 - Hey. Hey. 129 00:07:08,691 --> 00:07:10,226 - Hey. 130 00:07:10,628 --> 00:07:12,497 - I got your pants. 131 00:07:12,497 --> 00:07:15,036 - Oh, thanks, Lorraine. Really. 132 00:07:16,239 --> 00:07:18,243 And you're throwing in a free fern? 133 00:07:18,878 --> 00:07:20,748 - I'm going out of town. Do me a favor, 134 00:07:20,748 --> 00:07:23,086 look after it when I'm gone? 135 00:07:23,086 --> 00:07:24,890 - I don't have the best track record for keeping 136 00:07:24,890 --> 00:07:27,962 things alive. I can remember one marriage in particular. 137 00:07:27,962 --> 00:07:30,501 - You'll do fine. Indirect light, 138 00:07:30,501 --> 00:07:31,970 somewhere nice and humid. 139 00:07:31,970 --> 00:07:33,808 It'll drink as much as you give it. 140 00:07:33,808 --> 00:07:35,611 - My kinda plant. (chuckles) 141 00:07:36,647 --> 00:07:40,320 So, how long am I taking care of Mr. Fern? 142 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,991 - I don't know. Couple weeks, maybe. 143 00:07:41,991 --> 00:07:45,129 - It's the kid, isn't it? The one on TV? 144 00:07:46,533 --> 00:07:48,336 Why, Lorraine? 145 00:07:48,336 --> 00:07:49,673 It's never worth it, 146 00:07:49,673 --> 00:07:52,344 putting yourself in the middle of all that pain. 147 00:07:52,344 --> 00:07:54,348 You're always worse off on the other side. 148 00:07:54,348 --> 00:07:56,152 - I have to do this. 149 00:07:56,152 --> 00:07:58,356 - No, you don't. Stay. 150 00:07:58,356 --> 00:08:00,293 Let me take you out to dinner. We-- 151 00:08:00,293 --> 00:08:02,030 - I have to go. I have to go. 152 00:08:02,030 --> 00:08:04,769 Don't over-water it. You'll rot the roots. 153 00:08:08,142 --> 00:08:11,449 - The purple toy car, that's what did it. 154 00:08:11,449 --> 00:08:13,954 He had it in his pocket the day that he... 155 00:08:17,194 --> 00:08:21,235 It's people like her who claim to be psychics, 156 00:08:21,235 --> 00:08:22,538 they do research. 157 00:08:22,538 --> 00:08:24,441 Maybe she saw him holding it in pictures. 158 00:08:24,441 --> 00:08:27,915 - So given that skepticism, why bring her to North Carolina? 159 00:08:27,915 --> 00:08:30,621 - She said she needed to be in Rory's room. 160 00:08:30,621 --> 00:08:32,959 Establish a connection. 161 00:08:33,527 --> 00:08:36,332 I wasn't sure. Frank was. 162 00:08:36,332 --> 00:08:38,904 And he knew the magic words. 163 00:08:38,904 --> 00:08:40,574 He said the same thing I tell all my buyers 164 00:08:40,574 --> 00:08:42,579 when they're looking at a house: 165 00:08:43,413 --> 00:08:46,486 All the research in the world doesn't compare to the feeling 166 00:08:46,486 --> 00:08:48,723 you get when it's right in front of you. 167 00:08:49,357 --> 00:08:51,996 (city hubbub) 168 00:09:01,717 --> 00:09:03,820 - You must be Frank. 169 00:09:04,488 --> 00:09:06,291 - Thank you for coming. 170 00:09:06,994 --> 00:09:08,830 - Oh. 171 00:09:18,550 --> 00:09:20,721 (woman on speakers): ... outcomes to yourself. - Oh, sorry. 172 00:09:20,721 --> 00:09:23,259 - ...through the power of manifestation, by focusing on positive thoughts-- 173 00:09:23,259 --> 00:09:25,998 - My wife doesn't believe in any of this stuff. 174 00:09:25,998 --> 00:09:28,335 She'd rather listen to nails on a chalkboard. 175 00:09:28,335 --> 00:09:30,239 I guess even that beats the quiet. 176 00:09:30,239 --> 00:09:33,714 Unless, do you need quiet to... 177 00:09:33,714 --> 00:09:36,586 get the energies in alignment, or... ? 178 00:09:36,586 --> 00:09:38,256 If you'd rather, I can turn it off. 179 00:09:38,256 --> 00:09:40,828 - No, it's fine. I'm a... 180 00:09:40,828 --> 00:09:42,732 normal person, I promise. 181 00:09:42,732 --> 00:09:44,969 - Okay. (chuckling) 182 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,217 (soft music) 183 00:10:02,872 --> 00:10:05,744 I'll go get Melissa. Melissa! 184 00:10:12,925 --> 00:10:16,700 - Hi. Nice to meet you. I'm Melissa Conley. 185 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,036 - Uh... (clears throat) 186 00:10:18,036 --> 00:10:19,071 Lorraine. 187 00:10:19,071 --> 00:10:20,608 I'm so sorry for what you've been through. 188 00:10:20,608 --> 00:10:22,945 - Thanks. Thanks for coming. 189 00:10:22,945 --> 00:10:25,751 - Oh. You smell that? Cookies. 190 00:10:25,751 --> 00:10:28,155 She's been out of the real estate game for a year, 191 00:10:28,155 --> 00:10:30,894 but she still pulls the open house trick. 192 00:10:30,894 --> 00:10:34,067 Don't fall for it, Lorraine. Place is a dump. 193 00:10:34,067 --> 00:10:36,405 - I'll bet Rory loved oatmeal raisin. 194 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,645 - I, I thought it might help. I don't know. 195 00:10:39,645 --> 00:10:41,683 - Yeah. - Set the mood. (laughs) 196 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,325 Anyway. Shall we... shall we begin? 197 00:10:52,337 --> 00:10:54,675 It's this way. - Oh, okay. 198 00:10:57,381 --> 00:10:59,150 - Please. 199 00:11:20,159 --> 00:11:21,696 - Anything you need to get started, 200 00:11:21,696 --> 00:11:23,634 you just let us know. 201 00:11:24,468 --> 00:11:26,806 Or, if you'd rather, we could go over what we know. 202 00:11:26,806 --> 00:11:28,275 We've got that folder from the police 203 00:11:28,275 --> 00:11:29,779 around here somewhere-- - Frank. Remember... 204 00:11:29,779 --> 00:11:32,050 what we talked about? - Yeah. Right. Sorry. 205 00:11:32,050 --> 00:11:34,889 - My husband's a talker, but maybe there are things 206 00:11:34,889 --> 00:11:36,960 you could tell us instead? (Frank): Mm-hmm. 207 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:40,768 - Um... (clicks tongue) 208 00:11:40,768 --> 00:11:43,707 You don't have to tell me anything. I just... 209 00:11:44,775 --> 00:11:47,380 I get a feeling. 210 00:11:49,451 --> 00:11:51,088 - But only sometimes. 211 00:11:51,757 --> 00:11:53,292 (exhales) - Yeah. 212 00:11:55,363 --> 00:11:57,300 It comes or it doesn't. 213 00:11:57,669 --> 00:12:00,039 (soft piano music) 214 00:12:17,073 --> 00:12:18,075 May I? 215 00:12:18,075 --> 00:12:19,277 - Yeah. 216 00:12:28,997 --> 00:12:30,867 (sighs) 217 00:12:40,186 --> 00:12:42,859 - Was Rory allergic to peanuts? 218 00:12:42,859 --> 00:12:44,461 (exhaling) 219 00:12:45,130 --> 00:12:47,902 - No. He didn't have any allergies. 220 00:12:47,902 --> 00:12:50,339 - Then why did he sort his Halloween candy 221 00:12:50,339 --> 00:12:52,845 one pile with peanuts, and one without? 222 00:12:52,845 --> 00:12:54,181 - I'm allergic. - Frank... 223 00:12:54,181 --> 00:12:58,122 - I, I, I told Rory not to bring peanuts into the house 224 00:12:58,122 --> 00:12:59,458 or he couldn't kiss me goodnight. 225 00:12:59,458 --> 00:13:01,462 And so he would trade the ones with peanuts 226 00:13:01,462 --> 00:13:02,732 for sour gummy worms. 227 00:13:02,732 --> 00:13:03,867 - But that doesn't mean that he's alive. 228 00:13:03,867 --> 00:13:06,005 Or that we're gonna find him. - Yeah. But, yeah, but-- 229 00:13:06,005 --> 00:13:08,810 - No, no, no. You're right, you're right. This is scary 230 00:13:08,810 --> 00:13:11,415 letting a stranger into your house. 231 00:13:13,119 --> 00:13:15,791 Your heart's already broken, 232 00:13:15,791 --> 00:13:19,464 you don't wanna have it broken again. 233 00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:21,536 I promise I wouldn't put you through this 234 00:13:21,536 --> 00:13:25,744 unless I knew there was reason to hope. Just hope. 235 00:13:26,078 --> 00:13:28,382 - She could have seen Frank's EpiPen in the car, 236 00:13:28,382 --> 00:13:31,221 she could have noticed we had no nuts in our kitchen, 237 00:13:31,221 --> 00:13:34,061 or a million other clues I might have missed. 238 00:13:34,629 --> 00:13:38,302 But still. That night, I slept a full eight hours 239 00:13:38,302 --> 00:13:41,943 for the first time in a year. So, I guess in some way, 240 00:13:41,943 --> 00:13:43,445 I did believe it. 241 00:13:43,445 --> 00:13:45,383 - You put the defendant up in your guest room, correct? 242 00:13:45,383 --> 00:13:48,757 - Yes. It was impossible to know when, or if, 243 00:13:48,757 --> 00:13:51,763 she'd see anything that we could have used. 244 00:13:51,763 --> 00:13:53,600 So she stayed. 245 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,606 - And did she ask for anything besides the room? 246 00:13:56,606 --> 00:13:58,577 Some sort of payment? 247 00:13:58,577 --> 00:14:00,715 - We offered, she refused. 248 00:14:00,715 --> 00:14:02,317 Then she got a call from her landlord. 249 00:14:02,317 --> 00:14:05,189 She was behind on rent, so she'd have to go back 250 00:14:05,189 --> 00:14:08,429 and move her things out. So we paid it off for her. 251 00:14:08,429 --> 00:14:09,732 We could afford it. 252 00:14:09,732 --> 00:14:11,903 Little by little, other things came up. 253 00:14:11,903 --> 00:14:15,343 Loans. Car payments. So she stayed. 254 00:14:15,343 --> 00:14:19,385 And a week turned into a month, which turned into two months. 255 00:14:19,385 --> 00:14:21,890 - Why welcome her in? Why pay off her debts? 256 00:14:21,890 --> 00:14:24,094 What made you think she was legitimate? 257 00:14:24,094 --> 00:14:26,064 - She'd done it before. 258 00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:29,505 She found that girl. The one in Nevada. 259 00:14:30,173 --> 00:14:32,110 Lorraine led the police right to her, 260 00:14:32,110 --> 00:14:33,980 and now she's in college. 261 00:14:34,950 --> 00:14:36,619 She'd done it once. 262 00:14:37,588 --> 00:14:39,491 I thought she could do it again. 263 00:14:40,961 --> 00:14:42,931 (music swells up) 264 00:14:50,747 --> 00:14:52,584 (chuckles): Hi. - Hi. 265 00:14:52,584 --> 00:14:55,389 Still keep the freezer stocked with mint chip. 266 00:14:56,358 --> 00:14:57,394 - Good. 267 00:14:57,394 --> 00:15:00,466 Never know when he might come back and want some. 268 00:15:02,436 --> 00:15:03,840 - Nothing new? 269 00:15:04,642 --> 00:15:07,280 - It's only been four days since I last saw him. 270 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,585 - Yeah. Yeah. - Don't read into it. 271 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:11,756 - Thanks. - Hm. 272 00:15:12,725 --> 00:15:15,330 - You're all right to stay, yeah? - Of course. 273 00:15:15,330 --> 00:15:17,334 There's no one missing me in Missouri. 274 00:15:17,334 --> 00:15:21,576 - No one? No, no family? - Mm-hmm. Not really. 275 00:15:21,576 --> 00:15:23,111 You and Melissa are... 276 00:15:23,813 --> 00:15:26,919 It's good you have each other. 277 00:15:26,919 --> 00:15:29,726 - Yeah, it's a great balance. 278 00:15:29,726 --> 00:15:33,867 She's vegetables, and I'm ice cream. 279 00:15:33,867 --> 00:15:36,405 - Mm. - I was always the one 280 00:15:36,405 --> 00:15:37,808 who indulged Rory. 281 00:15:37,808 --> 00:15:41,014 Like the stuffed koala on his bed. 282 00:15:41,014 --> 00:15:42,619 When he saw that at the convention, 283 00:15:42,619 --> 00:15:44,054 he begged me for it. 284 00:15:44,054 --> 00:15:46,124 He'd look at me with those big eyes. 285 00:15:46,124 --> 00:15:48,897 I swear to god, the kid knew exactly what he was doing. 286 00:15:49,498 --> 00:15:53,038 Yeah. There were so many people there. 287 00:15:55,042 --> 00:15:57,213 I turned away for a second. 288 00:15:58,148 --> 00:16:00,153 Maybe if I didn't, 289 00:16:00,153 --> 00:16:01,422 he wouldn't have... 290 00:16:01,422 --> 00:16:05,831 - Hey. It's not your fault. It's not. 291 00:16:05,831 --> 00:16:07,133 - Yeah... 292 00:16:08,202 --> 00:16:09,470 - Nothing made him happier than mornings his dad 293 00:16:09,470 --> 00:16:13,145 woke him up to play hooky. Nothing. 294 00:16:14,649 --> 00:16:17,755 - I bet. Good night. 295 00:16:18,189 --> 00:16:20,125 - Have you seen anything else? 296 00:16:22,263 --> 00:16:24,635 - Not yet. - How, how long did it 297 00:16:24,635 --> 00:16:28,509 take the last time? That girl you found in 2007. 298 00:16:28,509 --> 00:16:30,046 - Amelia Price. 299 00:16:30,046 --> 00:16:32,050 - How long until you saw the thing 300 00:16:32,050 --> 00:16:33,820 that led the police to her? 301 00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:36,024 - I couldn't piece it together. 302 00:16:36,024 --> 00:16:38,328 I just saw fleeting images. 303 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:41,602 I kept... 304 00:16:41,602 --> 00:16:45,944 I kept seeing this row of little jars 305 00:16:45,944 --> 00:16:48,249 with peeling labels on a windowsill. 306 00:16:48,249 --> 00:16:51,288 Then I could see past the grimy windowpane, 307 00:16:51,288 --> 00:16:54,962 out to a water tower with faded lettering. 308 00:16:54,962 --> 00:16:58,235 I-T-E space S-T. 309 00:16:58,235 --> 00:16:59,939 Then someone found a manufacturer 310 00:16:59,939 --> 00:17:01,408 named Granite State Steel, 311 00:17:01,408 --> 00:17:06,418 and next to one of their, um, water towers was... 312 00:17:07,186 --> 00:17:08,857 a trailer park. 313 00:17:08,857 --> 00:17:11,061 They knocked on doors, 314 00:17:11,061 --> 00:17:14,267 the guy ran, and they found Amelia. 315 00:17:15,737 --> 00:17:19,177 Her family sends me Christmas cards every year. 316 00:17:21,682 --> 00:17:25,289 - It's been 17 years since you've seen a missing child? 317 00:17:29,364 --> 00:17:30,600 - Yes. 318 00:17:33,405 --> 00:17:35,777 Good night. - Good night. 319 00:17:35,777 --> 00:17:37,413 (man): That's it? A blue sedan? 320 00:17:37,914 --> 00:17:40,820 - From the '90s, right? - It could be the early aughts. 321 00:17:40,820 --> 00:17:43,793 Definitely an older model. With a pull-down armrest 322 00:17:43,793 --> 00:17:47,367 in the backseat. Rory was using to draw on it. 323 00:17:47,367 --> 00:17:49,404 - And, and there was a burger wrapper in the cup holder. 324 00:17:49,404 --> 00:17:51,542 Didn't you say that? - Yeah. 325 00:17:53,813 --> 00:17:55,482 Are, are you gonna write it down? 326 00:17:55,482 --> 00:17:57,420 - Okay. Uh, I'll write it down, 327 00:17:57,420 --> 00:17:59,926 along with your other tips. Yeah. 328 00:17:59,926 --> 00:18:01,963 An older woman with a Southern accent, 329 00:18:01,963 --> 00:18:03,432 a backyard with a tire swing, 330 00:18:03,432 --> 00:18:06,071 and the sounds of jack-hammering from a construction site. 331 00:18:06,906 --> 00:18:09,979 You didn't also happen to see like a license plate? 332 00:18:09,979 --> 00:18:12,918 Or um, a street sign? Or a state flag? 333 00:18:14,020 --> 00:18:17,460 - Lorraine has seen things that can't otherwise be explained. 334 00:18:17,460 --> 00:18:19,197 She knew Rory had that purple car 335 00:18:19,197 --> 00:18:21,736 the day he disappeared. - It's not much to go on. 336 00:18:21,736 --> 00:18:23,740 - Yeah, but it's something. 337 00:18:23,740 --> 00:18:25,811 - I didn't peg you as much of a believer, Ms. Conley. 338 00:18:25,811 --> 00:18:28,482 - Well, at least it's better than the nothing your office 339 00:18:28,482 --> 00:18:30,152 has to show for the past year. 340 00:18:30,152 --> 00:18:31,556 - Okay. Just because we don't have answers, 341 00:18:31,556 --> 00:18:33,125 doesn't mean we're not still looking. 342 00:18:33,492 --> 00:18:36,733 We're tracking half a dozen child-abduction cases. 343 00:18:36,733 --> 00:18:37,835 Three in particular. 344 00:18:37,835 --> 00:18:40,039 If we solve one of those, it could lead us to him. 345 00:18:40,039 --> 00:18:42,712 So, I apologize 346 00:18:42,712 --> 00:18:45,216 if I'm not keen on wasting our resources 347 00:18:45,216 --> 00:18:46,652 tracking down a palm reader's tip. 348 00:18:46,652 --> 00:18:48,422 - She found that girl, Amelia Price. 349 00:18:48,422 --> 00:18:50,192 - A broken clock's right twice a day. 350 00:18:50,192 --> 00:18:52,096 - But it's not just random guesses, 351 00:18:52,096 --> 00:18:53,499 I gave concrete details. 352 00:18:53,499 --> 00:18:55,971 - Yeah, that's great, fine, great, 353 00:18:55,971 --> 00:18:57,608 but you're not exactly one for one, 354 00:18:57,608 --> 00:18:59,110 are you, Ms. Howell? 355 00:18:59,110 --> 00:19:01,382 I looked you up on the NCIC database 356 00:19:01,382 --> 00:19:02,951 and there were six cases, six I could find, 357 00:19:02,951 --> 00:19:05,256 I'm sure there were more where you offered information. 358 00:19:05,256 --> 00:19:07,393 For someone who can't force a vision, 359 00:19:07,393 --> 00:19:09,164 you've got a lot to say. 360 00:19:09,164 --> 00:19:11,001 And not enough of a track record to back it up. 361 00:19:11,001 --> 00:19:13,205 - I wonder if you're more worried about your track record 362 00:19:13,205 --> 00:19:16,044 than mine. Those are a lot of case files. 363 00:19:16,044 --> 00:19:18,316 Maybe you've bitten off too much? 364 00:19:18,316 --> 00:19:20,320 A man your age has to be looking at the clock, 365 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,190 hoping for that promotion to Captain. 366 00:19:22,190 --> 00:19:24,995 Maybe it's easier to brush these pesky, 367 00:19:24,995 --> 00:19:28,468 unsolvable cases out of sight. 368 00:19:30,306 --> 00:19:31,776 - I think we're done here. 369 00:19:31,776 --> 00:19:32,944 (sighs) 370 00:19:35,950 --> 00:19:41,361 - Do yourself a favor? Start ironing your shirts. 371 00:19:44,535 --> 00:19:46,572 - You're so right, I mean, look at his case load. 372 00:19:46,572 --> 00:19:48,342 He can't afford to have someone else show him up. 373 00:19:48,342 --> 00:19:50,379 - There were other cases? 374 00:19:50,379 --> 00:19:52,383 - Sorry? - You said the last case 375 00:19:52,383 --> 00:19:54,689 you took was the Nevada girl. But there were others. 376 00:19:54,689 --> 00:19:58,863 - Yeah six. Six, since Amelia Price. 377 00:19:58,863 --> 00:20:02,771 - Why didn't you tell us? - In some cases, my... 378 00:20:03,238 --> 00:20:05,242 connection was severed. 379 00:20:05,242 --> 00:20:06,812 - So you lied. 380 00:20:07,079 --> 00:20:08,348 (sighs) 381 00:20:08,983 --> 00:20:11,054 - Yes, I lied. 382 00:20:11,054 --> 00:20:12,524 Did you really want to know 383 00:20:12,524 --> 00:20:14,562 that I stopped being able to see 384 00:20:14,562 --> 00:20:16,566 four of the six children, 385 00:20:16,566 --> 00:20:18,503 and that they were later found dead? 386 00:20:18,503 --> 00:20:22,644 Did you really want to know how often this doesn't work out? 387 00:20:22,644 --> 00:20:25,850 I'm sorry, but I was protecting you. 388 00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:27,621 Rory is alive. 389 00:20:28,055 --> 00:20:29,925 That much I know. 390 00:20:29,925 --> 00:20:33,031 Just like I knew about Amelia. 391 00:20:34,869 --> 00:20:36,004 Ugh! 392 00:20:40,413 --> 00:20:43,351 - The day we found Amelia Price was a great day. 393 00:20:43,351 --> 00:20:46,258 A great day. I was on Dan Rather, 394 00:20:46,258 --> 00:20:48,629 and I remember, he called me a hero, and I said, 395 00:20:48,629 --> 00:20:51,134 look, the world had given up. 396 00:20:51,134 --> 00:20:54,006 But not me. Not the family. 397 00:20:54,842 --> 00:20:56,278 And not Lorraine. 398 00:20:56,278 --> 00:20:58,516 We had no leads, you know. 399 00:20:58,516 --> 00:21:00,385 Most of the team had been reassigned. 400 00:21:00,385 --> 00:21:02,323 It was just me and the tip desk. 401 00:21:02,323 --> 00:21:04,729 Lorraine was a godsend. 402 00:21:04,729 --> 00:21:08,302 Deserved every bit of that reward. 403 00:21:08,302 --> 00:21:10,273 - And how much of the reward did you receive 404 00:21:10,273 --> 00:21:11,809 for solving the case? - None. 405 00:21:11,809 --> 00:21:14,247 - And how were your financial circumstances at the time? 406 00:21:14,247 --> 00:21:15,617 - I was doing all right. 407 00:21:15,617 --> 00:21:17,420 I picked the Steelers over the Seahawks 408 00:21:17,420 --> 00:21:20,159 in the Super Bowl, so-- - So you weren't experiencing 409 00:21:20,159 --> 00:21:22,831 any financial hardship in 2006, correct? 410 00:21:22,831 --> 00:21:24,802 - Not particularly. - Your Honor, 411 00:21:24,802 --> 00:21:28,375 I'd like to offer into evidence the following document. 412 00:21:29,711 --> 00:21:30,880 (tense music) 413 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,418 Detective, do you recognize what this is? 414 00:21:34,888 --> 00:21:38,730 - Yeah, it's a letter from the court from March 2006. 415 00:21:38,730 --> 00:21:40,968 - You're eight months behind on your child support. 416 00:21:40,968 --> 00:21:43,573 - Well yeah, but-- - Explain the highlighted 417 00:21:43,573 --> 00:21:46,144 portion on the list of assets from your divorce settlement? 418 00:21:46,144 --> 00:21:49,383 - Uh, this has nothing to do with it. 419 00:21:49,383 --> 00:21:51,522 I'd just bought a new Ford F-150. 420 00:21:51,522 --> 00:21:53,693 I was paying it off. Look, I saved up, 421 00:21:53,693 --> 00:21:56,966 I got a promotion. I could pull in more overtime 422 00:21:56,966 --> 00:21:58,970 once the Price case was off my desk, all right? 423 00:21:58,970 --> 00:22:01,776 - You said you were the only one monitoring the tip line, 424 00:22:01,776 --> 00:22:04,682 and had a tip come in, you would have received 425 00:22:04,682 --> 00:22:07,921 none of the reward money, correct? 426 00:22:07,921 --> 00:22:08,990 - That's what I said. 427 00:22:08,990 --> 00:22:12,063 - So, just at time that you were short on funds, 428 00:22:12,063 --> 00:22:16,171 an outside party who claimed to have a supernatural gift, 429 00:22:16,171 --> 00:22:18,208 happened to offer up information 430 00:22:18,208 --> 00:22:19,678 that would reinforce her claim 431 00:22:19,678 --> 00:22:21,448 and secure her the reward money? - Hold on... 432 00:22:21,448 --> 00:22:23,151 - Wouldn't you both have benefited 433 00:22:23,151 --> 00:22:24,420 from splitting the reward money? 434 00:22:24,420 --> 00:22:26,391 - That's not at all what happened, all right? 435 00:22:26,391 --> 00:22:29,230 I did my job, I brought Amelia home, 436 00:22:29,230 --> 00:22:31,134 and I'm not the one on trial here. 437 00:22:31,134 --> 00:22:32,704 - No further questions, Your Honor. 438 00:22:37,146 --> 00:22:38,750 - I... 439 00:22:38,750 --> 00:22:41,288 I-I can't get my statements. 440 00:22:41,288 --> 00:22:43,626 The bank's records don't go back that far. 441 00:22:43,626 --> 00:22:46,533 But I used the reward to pay off my credit card debt. 442 00:22:46,533 --> 00:22:48,503 I didn't know that man before. - Okay. Okay. 443 00:22:48,503 --> 00:22:52,877 - I didn't speak to him after. You have to trust me. 444 00:22:54,214 --> 00:22:55,884 (little girl babbling) 445 00:22:56,318 --> 00:22:58,556 (soft piano music) 446 00:23:04,535 --> 00:23:06,739 - Detective Serrano, you have stated 447 00:23:06,739 --> 00:23:10,078 that the defendant fed the Conleys false hope, 448 00:23:10,078 --> 00:23:12,016 that her so-called visions had nothing to do 449 00:23:12,016 --> 00:23:13,853 with the disappearance of Rory Conley. 450 00:23:13,853 --> 00:23:16,726 Can you state that conclusively? - Yes, I can. 451 00:23:16,726 --> 00:23:18,529 - And how do you know that for a fact? 452 00:23:18,529 --> 00:23:19,998 (door bell rings) 453 00:23:22,203 --> 00:23:23,405 - Frank? 454 00:23:23,405 --> 00:23:24,842 - Maybe it's better if we sit. 455 00:23:24,842 --> 00:23:26,745 - No, I don't want to sit down. - Ms. Conley-- 456 00:23:26,745 --> 00:23:28,650 - Just say it. (man sighs) 457 00:23:28,650 --> 00:23:30,018 - I have some news. 458 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:31,890 It's not good news, 459 00:23:32,223 --> 00:23:33,560 but maybe, I hope, it'll bring you 460 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,095 some amount of peace. 461 00:23:36,164 --> 00:23:39,505 Last night, we charged a man with the murder of your son. 462 00:23:39,839 --> 00:23:41,775 (ominous music) 463 00:23:42,678 --> 00:23:43,946 - No. 464 00:23:44,413 --> 00:23:46,317 - How do... how do you know? 465 00:23:46,317 --> 00:23:47,453 - He confessed. 466 00:23:47,453 --> 00:23:50,158 - Oh! Oh no! 467 00:23:52,496 --> 00:23:54,133 (crying) 468 00:23:57,340 --> 00:23:59,978 - Four days ago, a retired contractor 469 00:23:59,978 --> 00:24:02,651 named Matthew Lee Boyd was stopped at a D.U.I. 470 00:24:02,651 --> 00:24:04,721 checkpoint in Virginia. 471 00:24:04,721 --> 00:24:06,258 His fingerprints matched those 472 00:24:06,258 --> 00:24:09,565 of a case of a missing Pittsburgh boy, Noah Jackson. 473 00:24:09,565 --> 00:24:12,269 In the trunk of his car, we found children's toys 474 00:24:12,269 --> 00:24:13,539 and zip ties. 475 00:24:13,539 --> 00:24:15,643 Now, while under interrogation, 476 00:24:15,643 --> 00:24:18,081 he admitted to two more murders. 477 00:24:18,081 --> 00:24:21,755 One boy had gone missing in Richmond, that's Caden Greer, 478 00:24:21,755 --> 00:24:25,730 and the second was... was Rory. 479 00:24:27,534 --> 00:24:28,569 (exhales) 480 00:24:28,569 --> 00:24:30,038 - Did he... 481 00:24:30,038 --> 00:24:32,678 Did he tell you where he took Rory? 482 00:24:32,678 --> 00:24:35,817 - Well, he was on a bender, so he doesn't remember much, 483 00:24:35,817 --> 00:24:38,590 but he is cooperating. It'll take some time 484 00:24:38,590 --> 00:24:41,060 to track down the bodies. But for now, 485 00:24:41,060 --> 00:24:43,799 we have his license plate charged with a highway toll 486 00:24:43,799 --> 00:24:46,606 on I-85 around the time that Rory disappeared. 487 00:24:46,606 --> 00:24:48,843 - Are you sure that's-- - No! You don't talk! 488 00:24:48,843 --> 00:24:51,247 You don't say one single damn thing. 489 00:24:53,051 --> 00:24:55,690 (tense music) 490 00:25:01,869 --> 00:25:04,841 What are you doing? Why aren't you packing? 491 00:25:04,841 --> 00:25:08,181 Do you need some help? Here, I'll help you. 492 00:25:09,752 --> 00:25:11,555 - Melissa, hey, whoa-- - I told you to get out. 493 00:25:11,555 --> 00:25:13,358 What is wrong with you? Why won't you go? 494 00:25:13,358 --> 00:25:15,128 - The police have it wrong. 495 00:25:20,941 --> 00:25:23,579 The police have it wrong. - How do you know? 496 00:25:23,579 --> 00:25:25,583 - Oh Frank, please don't keep falling for it. 497 00:25:25,583 --> 00:25:27,687 - How can they say anything conclusively 498 00:25:27,687 --> 00:25:30,527 if there's no physical evidence? - Evidence? 499 00:25:30,527 --> 00:25:32,362 You read tea leaves! 500 00:25:32,362 --> 00:25:34,668 Don't talk to us about evidence! 501 00:25:35,570 --> 00:25:37,674 - I swear, I can still feel him. 502 00:25:37,674 --> 00:25:39,678 - Yeah, and so can I. 503 00:25:39,678 --> 00:25:43,619 But he was my son, and I knew him and you didn't. 504 00:25:43,619 --> 00:25:46,625 And you watched this news clip and hallucinated a boy 505 00:25:46,625 --> 00:25:49,565 that was already dead, you leech! 506 00:25:49,565 --> 00:25:52,837 Just get her out of here. 507 00:25:57,614 --> 00:26:00,853 (dramatic music swells) 508 00:26:14,380 --> 00:26:16,050 - Wait, Lorraine. 509 00:26:16,952 --> 00:26:19,758 Maybe I'm stupid for still believing you. 510 00:26:19,758 --> 00:26:21,261 Maybe it's just wishful thinking. 511 00:26:21,261 --> 00:26:22,964 But I don't want you to go. 512 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,841 ' Cause once you go, it's over. I'm never finding him. 513 00:26:31,949 --> 00:26:33,719 - So Frank kept her around. 514 00:26:33,719 --> 00:26:35,756 And that's when all hell broke loose. 515 00:26:35,756 --> 00:26:38,562 - Inside, a man is being charged for three murders, 516 00:26:38,562 --> 00:26:40,700 but there are only two bodies. 517 00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:43,873 I feel for the parents of Noah Jackson and Caden Greer, 518 00:26:43,873 --> 00:26:46,077 who are experiencing the unimaginable, 519 00:26:46,077 --> 00:26:49,084 but at least they know what happened to their child. 520 00:26:49,084 --> 00:26:51,789 I don't. Matthew Lee Boyd has not been able 521 00:26:51,789 --> 00:26:54,828 to point to Rory's body. He doesn't know. 522 00:26:54,828 --> 00:26:57,901 - The true crime podcasts. The social media sleuths. 523 00:26:57,901 --> 00:27:00,941 Someone found CCTV footage of a blue '98 sedan 524 00:27:00,941 --> 00:27:02,877 near the convention center that day, 525 00:27:02,877 --> 00:27:04,715 so that meant Lorraine must be right. 526 00:27:04,715 --> 00:27:06,450 Right now, I'm focused on convicting 527 00:27:06,450 --> 00:27:09,123 a confessed criminal, okay? So please, out of my way. 528 00:27:09,123 --> 00:27:11,094 - I understand why Detective Serrano 529 00:27:11,094 --> 00:27:12,664 wants this case closed, but he hasn't 530 00:27:12,664 --> 00:27:14,367 produced sufficient proof. 531 00:27:14,367 --> 00:27:15,904 - You don't always get the physical evidence, 532 00:27:15,904 --> 00:27:17,641 but I'm pretty damn close. 533 00:27:17,641 --> 00:27:19,611 - If the police are asking me to abandon hope 534 00:27:19,611 --> 00:27:23,418 that my son is alive, I need certainty. 535 00:27:23,418 --> 00:27:25,523 Not "pretty damn close." 536 00:27:25,523 --> 00:27:27,527 - You can't blame a grieving father. 537 00:27:27,527 --> 00:27:29,330 He wanted to keep his boy alive. 538 00:27:29,330 --> 00:27:30,834 But what did she want? 539 00:27:30,834 --> 00:27:32,804 Why couldn't she let it go? 540 00:27:32,804 --> 00:27:35,677 Maybe she needed to keep her resume clean for next time. 541 00:27:35,677 --> 00:27:37,881 (knocking) 542 00:27:41,220 --> 00:27:42,757 - Can I come in? 543 00:27:42,757 --> 00:27:44,961 - Yes. Of course. 544 00:27:49,003 --> 00:27:51,875 - I found this place on our credit card statements. 545 00:27:53,713 --> 00:27:55,382 Sixty bucks a night? 546 00:27:55,382 --> 00:27:56,585 That's highway robbery. 547 00:27:56,585 --> 00:27:57,854 - Well, Frank said he wanted to-- 548 00:27:57,854 --> 00:27:59,658 - Frank doesn't have it in him to tell you no. 549 00:27:59,658 --> 00:28:01,427 Same as with Rory. 550 00:28:02,597 --> 00:28:04,568 He lets you take advantage of him. 551 00:28:05,069 --> 00:28:08,342 - Rory couldn't take advantage of you, could he? 552 00:28:08,676 --> 00:28:11,415 - No. I was the strict one. 553 00:28:11,415 --> 00:28:12,784 - Someone had to be. 554 00:28:12,784 --> 00:28:14,286 (chuckles) - Yeah. 555 00:28:14,286 --> 00:28:16,458 Otherwise, he'd be up till midnight every night 556 00:28:16,458 --> 00:28:17,927 eating Froot Loops. 557 00:28:18,963 --> 00:28:20,834 - And you thought, when he was older, 558 00:28:20,834 --> 00:28:22,436 he would understand. 559 00:28:23,906 --> 00:28:25,810 - I figured he'd have self-control, 560 00:28:25,810 --> 00:28:28,716 and teeth with no cavities, and he'd thank me. 561 00:28:29,584 --> 00:28:31,153 But now he's gone. 562 00:28:33,091 --> 00:28:36,565 And he knew me as the lady who only said no. 563 00:28:37,266 --> 00:28:39,070 - I'm sure he didn't-- - The district attorney 564 00:28:39,070 --> 00:28:40,907 reached out to me. They want to prosecute you 565 00:28:40,907 --> 00:28:43,378 for exploiting our situation and standing in the way 566 00:28:43,378 --> 00:28:44,581 of an investigation. 567 00:28:45,182 --> 00:28:47,621 These things carry prison time. 568 00:28:47,621 --> 00:28:49,323 Forfeiture of assets. 569 00:28:52,864 --> 00:28:55,336 - Wh... Why are you telling me this? 570 00:28:55,336 --> 00:28:57,574 - They won't have a case without my testimony. 571 00:28:57,574 --> 00:29:00,112 So I won't cooperate. - Oh. 572 00:29:00,514 --> 00:29:02,015 On one condition. 573 00:29:02,918 --> 00:29:05,121 Tell Frank you got it wrong. 574 00:29:05,990 --> 00:29:08,061 Tell him Rory's gone. 575 00:29:08,729 --> 00:29:10,098 - Melissa-- - As long as you keep 576 00:29:10,098 --> 00:29:12,036 his hope alive, the wound will never heal. 577 00:29:12,036 --> 00:29:15,275 And-and we have to move on. 578 00:29:15,275 --> 00:29:19,150 And it is not too late, and we could start over, and... 579 00:29:19,150 --> 00:29:20,352 Please. 580 00:29:21,054 --> 00:29:21,955 Please? 581 00:29:22,691 --> 00:29:24,828 I've already lost my son. 582 00:29:25,462 --> 00:29:27,399 I can't lose my husband, too. 583 00:29:27,901 --> 00:29:30,038 (soft music) 584 00:29:30,038 --> 00:29:33,846 - I didn't ask for this. I saw something. 585 00:29:34,313 --> 00:29:37,119 You said it had enough truth to it that I should 586 00:29:37,119 --> 00:29:40,526 uproot my life. And yes, I didn't leave much behind. 587 00:29:40,526 --> 00:29:42,797 And yes, I accepted your money, 588 00:29:42,797 --> 00:29:46,004 but that doesn't mean I am a fraud. 589 00:29:46,004 --> 00:29:48,509 - Please, just tell me how much. Please. 590 00:29:48,509 --> 00:29:50,980 (laughing) 591 00:29:51,715 --> 00:29:53,819 - Look at where I am. 592 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,525 If I could be bought, don't you think 593 00:29:56,525 --> 00:30:00,533 I would have been bought? If, if I were a fraud, 594 00:30:00,533 --> 00:30:01,902 I would cut my losses 595 00:30:01,902 --> 00:30:03,806 and take the get-out-of-jail-free card. 596 00:30:03,806 --> 00:30:05,643 If, if I were a fraud, 597 00:30:05,643 --> 00:30:07,213 I would be able to sleep at night 598 00:30:07,213 --> 00:30:10,085 without seeing a missing child I never knew. 599 00:30:10,085 --> 00:30:15,062 Do you have any idea what this gift has cost me? 600 00:30:15,062 --> 00:30:17,834 A marriage. A family. 601 00:30:17,834 --> 00:30:20,238 Everyone wants me to see something! 602 00:30:20,238 --> 00:30:22,711 But if I can't, or if I do, but it's not the right thing, 603 00:30:22,711 --> 00:30:26,484 then I am a con artist and a liar! 604 00:30:26,484 --> 00:30:29,891 I don't see lottery numbers! 605 00:30:29,891 --> 00:30:31,895 I see pain. 606 00:30:32,730 --> 00:30:34,534 I... (sighs) 607 00:30:35,770 --> 00:30:38,207 I turn toward it... 608 00:30:39,277 --> 00:30:42,115 'cause I am the only one who can. 609 00:30:51,669 --> 00:30:54,206 (door opens and slams shut) 610 00:30:54,206 --> 00:30:56,979 (man): Why didn't Matthew Lee Boyd's case go to trial? 611 00:30:56,979 --> 00:30:59,283 - He took a plea. Three life sentences. 612 00:30:59,283 --> 00:31:02,122 - Was that your recommendation? - Absolutely not. 613 00:31:02,122 --> 00:31:05,730 I said forget the death penalty, I'll strangle him myself. 614 00:31:05,730 --> 00:31:07,132 But when it came down to it, 615 00:31:07,132 --> 00:31:08,636 I could forego the punishment 616 00:31:08,636 --> 00:31:10,874 to save the families from sitting through a trial. 617 00:31:10,874 --> 00:31:12,644 - So other words, he was so guilty 618 00:31:12,644 --> 00:31:13,979 beyond all reasonable doubt, 619 00:31:13,979 --> 00:31:15,951 a trial would only serve to prolong 620 00:31:15,951 --> 00:31:18,120 the victims' families' pain? - Correct. 621 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,391 - Your Honor, I would like to offer the following video 622 00:31:20,391 --> 00:31:21,494 into evidence. 623 00:31:21,494 --> 00:31:24,100 Detective, what do you recognize this video to be? 624 00:31:24,467 --> 00:31:27,607 - That is my interrogation of Matthew Lee Boyd. 625 00:31:27,607 --> 00:31:29,343 (intriguing music) 626 00:31:29,343 --> 00:31:31,180 There's another one, isn't there? 627 00:31:31,180 --> 00:31:34,521 - There was a third. - A third kid? A boy? 628 00:31:35,455 --> 00:31:37,392 (Matthew): A boy, yeah. - Where? 629 00:31:37,392 --> 00:31:39,764 (Matthew): I don't remember. - Yeah, you do. 630 00:31:39,764 --> 00:31:42,938 What do you remember? (Matthew): Are they gonna kill me? 631 00:31:42,938 --> 00:31:45,777 - Maybe. These are capital crimes. 632 00:31:45,777 --> 00:31:47,046 But if you cooperate, 633 00:31:47,046 --> 00:31:48,883 we may not pursue the death penalty. 634 00:31:48,883 --> 00:31:50,520 Where was the third boy? 635 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,757 (Matthew): Near the water. Big crowd. 636 00:31:52,757 --> 00:31:55,061 - A convention? 637 00:31:57,032 --> 00:31:59,336 - Yeah. A convention. 638 00:31:59,336 --> 00:32:01,173 (ominous music) 639 00:32:01,173 --> 00:32:03,278 - So Boyd had no lawyer during a confession 640 00:32:03,278 --> 00:32:05,081 that led to a guilty plea, 641 00:32:05,081 --> 00:32:06,852 and no trial during which that confession 642 00:32:06,852 --> 00:32:08,255 could be properly examined? 643 00:32:08,255 --> 00:32:09,524 - He waived his right to a lawyer. 644 00:32:09,524 --> 00:32:11,260 - If he pointed you to the other two bodies 645 00:32:11,260 --> 00:32:13,331 within hours, why not make the location of the third body 646 00:32:13,331 --> 00:32:14,934 a condition of the plea agreement? 647 00:32:14,934 --> 00:32:16,905 - It wasn't up to me. - Did you recommend 648 00:32:16,905 --> 00:32:18,341 not pursuing the death penalty 649 00:32:18,341 --> 00:32:21,013 in order to elicit a confession for Rory Conley's murder? 650 00:32:21,013 --> 00:32:23,284 - Yes. That's how confessions happen. 651 00:32:23,284 --> 00:32:24,621 - Even knowing his confession 652 00:32:24,621 --> 00:32:27,693 rested upon information you yourself gave him? 653 00:32:27,693 --> 00:32:29,631 (tense music) (audience chatter) 654 00:32:36,645 --> 00:32:38,916 - Do you swear that the evidence you give to the court 655 00:32:38,916 --> 00:32:40,452 shall be the truth, the whole truth, 656 00:32:40,452 --> 00:32:42,857 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 657 00:32:42,857 --> 00:32:44,527 - I do. 658 00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:49,370 - When did you first become aware 659 00:32:49,370 --> 00:32:53,044 you possessed such an extraordinary gift? 660 00:32:53,044 --> 00:32:55,281 - I was too young to remember 661 00:32:55,281 --> 00:32:57,720 when my brother was shipped off to Vietnam. 662 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,960 But I remember when my family 663 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,064 got the call saying his unit 664 00:33:03,064 --> 00:33:06,403 had gone out on night patrol and never come back. 665 00:33:06,403 --> 00:33:08,642 Four confirmed dead, two Missing in Action. 666 00:33:08,642 --> 00:33:11,347 We knew what that meant. He was dead, but no bodies. 667 00:33:11,347 --> 00:33:14,755 My mother was out of her mind. 668 00:33:15,055 --> 00:33:17,058 Joe was the oldest, 669 00:33:17,058 --> 00:33:19,463 her golden boy. 670 00:33:19,463 --> 00:33:22,503 I didn't understand what was happening. I couldn't... 671 00:33:23,605 --> 00:33:25,677 (sighs) console her. 672 00:33:26,044 --> 00:33:28,649 One day, I was in Joe's room. 673 00:33:28,649 --> 00:33:32,289 Um, and I saw him. 674 00:33:33,659 --> 00:33:37,499 Somewhere far away, wrapped in a checkerboard quilt. 675 00:33:39,637 --> 00:33:40,974 Green and white. 676 00:33:40,974 --> 00:33:42,577 - What did you make of it? 677 00:33:43,345 --> 00:33:45,249 - I knew it wasn't a hallucination. 678 00:33:45,249 --> 00:33:47,052 I tried to imagine where he was before, 679 00:33:47,052 --> 00:33:48,656 but this was different. 680 00:33:48,656 --> 00:33:50,258 I knew... 681 00:33:51,227 --> 00:33:54,835 this was happening. 682 00:33:55,135 --> 00:33:58,074 I knew he was alive. 683 00:33:58,074 --> 00:34:00,513 - Did your family believe you? 684 00:34:00,513 --> 00:34:03,050 - My mother didn't need any convincing. 685 00:34:03,050 --> 00:34:05,690 We'd sit... together at night 686 00:34:05,690 --> 00:34:09,964 and I'd tell her what I saw. 687 00:34:09,964 --> 00:34:14,073 How Joe needed a haircut and... 688 00:34:14,073 --> 00:34:16,477 (sighs) 689 00:34:16,477 --> 00:34:17,714 ...a shower. 690 00:34:17,714 --> 00:34:20,085 - And then you got the call. 691 00:34:20,085 --> 00:34:23,491 - Yes. They had negotiated his release... 692 00:34:24,426 --> 00:34:29,069 from a prison camp, and he was alive and coming home. 693 00:34:31,073 --> 00:34:32,309 It... 694 00:34:33,545 --> 00:34:37,787 And it was, it was like our lives were starting up again. 695 00:34:37,787 --> 00:34:39,724 Um... (sniffling) 696 00:34:39,724 --> 00:34:43,365 The day after he came back, he said that the one thing 697 00:34:43,365 --> 00:34:47,506 that kept him going was playing chess. 698 00:34:49,377 --> 00:34:51,548 And it turned out that... 699 00:34:52,116 --> 00:34:56,558 that chessboard was green and white. 700 00:34:58,261 --> 00:35:00,332 - We have some clippings from the local paper 701 00:35:00,332 --> 00:35:01,835 to offer into evidence. 702 00:35:04,206 --> 00:35:06,578 (crowd whispering) 703 00:35:08,782 --> 00:35:11,253 (ominous music) 704 00:35:12,088 --> 00:35:15,896 So, if you are a fraud, is it fair to say 705 00:35:15,896 --> 00:35:18,769 you began your grift quite early? 706 00:35:19,671 --> 00:35:21,473 And for no money at all? 707 00:35:25,849 --> 00:35:28,655 - Ms. Howell, did it feel good, 708 00:35:28,655 --> 00:35:31,227 seeing how grateful the Conleys were? 709 00:35:31,227 --> 00:35:32,797 How much your information meant to them? 710 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:35,836 - I was happy to be able to provide that hope. 711 00:35:35,836 --> 00:35:38,074 - Hmm, just as I'm sure you were happy to provide 712 00:35:38,074 --> 00:35:39,978 hope that to your own mother? - Yes. 713 00:35:39,978 --> 00:35:42,717 - Now you said that your brother was the golden child. 714 00:35:42,717 --> 00:35:43,819 What did that make you? 715 00:35:43,819 --> 00:35:46,725 - I was shy. Quiet. The youngest of five. 716 00:35:46,725 --> 00:35:50,666 Uh, my mother was sure I would ruin my eyesight 717 00:35:50,666 --> 00:35:52,136 with how much time I spent reading. 718 00:35:52,136 --> 00:35:54,674 But she was much more focused on my brothers. 719 00:35:54,674 --> 00:35:56,645 - And when you were the only one that knew your brother 720 00:35:56,645 --> 00:35:58,949 was alive, did it bring you together? 721 00:35:58,949 --> 00:36:01,420 - Yes. We leaned on each other. 722 00:36:01,420 --> 00:36:05,663 - Gosh, that feeling, that feeling of being a hero, 723 00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:06,999 being important... 724 00:36:06,999 --> 00:36:09,469 must have been intoxicating? 725 00:36:10,839 --> 00:36:13,111 - I suppose. I was very young. 726 00:36:13,111 --> 00:36:14,747 - Well, fast-forward to now. 727 00:36:14,747 --> 00:36:17,754 You've had some very high-profile successes, 728 00:36:17,754 --> 00:36:19,323 some quiet failures. 729 00:36:19,323 --> 00:36:21,996 Tell me, why do you keep going back to it? 730 00:36:21,996 --> 00:36:25,368 - Because I... I... 731 00:36:26,337 --> 00:36:29,243 I have to. - You "have to". 732 00:36:29,243 --> 00:36:31,413 You have to what? Make up for your first, 733 00:36:31,413 --> 00:36:33,050 greatest failure? 734 00:36:33,986 --> 00:36:36,257 Please tell us about the passing of your brother. 735 00:36:36,257 --> 00:36:38,394 (crowd chattering) 736 00:36:39,263 --> 00:36:41,802 - Uh, four years after he came home, 737 00:36:41,802 --> 00:36:44,875 he was killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver 738 00:36:44,875 --> 00:36:47,814 on Route 108. He was on his way to pick me up from school. 739 00:36:47,814 --> 00:36:49,718 - And when you failed to foresee the accident, 740 00:36:49,718 --> 00:36:52,389 did you blame yourself? (whispering): He was on... 741 00:36:52,389 --> 00:36:54,594 (louder): He was on his way to pick me up, how could I not? 742 00:36:54,594 --> 00:36:59,302 But I, I never claimed to be able to see the future. 743 00:36:59,302 --> 00:37:00,706 I wish I could. 744 00:37:00,706 --> 00:37:02,777 - But your mother believed wholeheartedly in your gift, 745 00:37:02,777 --> 00:37:05,950 didn't she? And did that belief lead her to place 746 00:37:05,950 --> 00:37:08,254 all the responsibility for keeping your brother safe 747 00:37:08,254 --> 00:37:10,926 onto you? - She didn't blame me, no. 748 00:37:12,362 --> 00:37:14,868 But she never quite trusted me again. 749 00:37:14,868 --> 00:37:16,404 - And what about the rest of your family, 750 00:37:16,404 --> 00:37:18,441 would you consider yourselves estranged? 751 00:37:19,978 --> 00:37:21,080 - No. 752 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:22,883 - When was the last time you saw them? 753 00:37:23,284 --> 00:37:25,756 - 2002 at my mother's funeral. 754 00:37:25,756 --> 00:37:28,461 - Is that why you seek out new families? 755 00:37:28,461 --> 00:37:31,433 Desperate, broken ones like the Conleys, 756 00:37:31,433 --> 00:37:33,672 who welcomed you with open arms? 757 00:37:34,306 --> 00:37:37,079 (crowd chatters) 758 00:37:37,079 --> 00:37:39,717 - I just wanna help. 759 00:37:39,717 --> 00:37:40,820 - Maybe. 760 00:37:40,820 --> 00:37:43,024 Maybe by offering them what you couldn't provide 761 00:37:43,024 --> 00:37:45,461 for your own family gives you meaning in your life? 762 00:37:45,461 --> 00:37:47,365 - If I did it only for myself, 763 00:37:47,365 --> 00:37:51,140 I'd have learned by now to stay far, far away. 764 00:37:51,140 --> 00:37:54,312 - And yet you've spent your life seeking to be indispensable 765 00:37:54,312 --> 00:37:56,283 to people in pain, haven't you? 766 00:37:56,283 --> 00:37:58,487 Would you say, Ms. Howell, that the trouble 767 00:37:58,487 --> 00:38:00,793 with an unpredictable gift, felt only by the one 768 00:38:00,793 --> 00:38:03,932 who possesses it, is that it bears a striking resemblance 769 00:38:03,932 --> 00:38:05,969 to somebody just making guesses? 770 00:38:06,805 --> 00:38:11,046 - But I'm not just making guesses. 771 00:38:12,082 --> 00:38:14,019 I'm, I'm not lying. 772 00:38:14,019 --> 00:38:16,825 - But how can you be sure you're telling the truth? 773 00:38:16,825 --> 00:38:20,298 I mean, after all, isn't a truly successful fraudster's 774 00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:22,435 first victim herself? 775 00:38:23,137 --> 00:38:24,540 (dramatic music swells) 776 00:38:24,540 --> 00:38:26,443 No further questions Your Honor. 777 00:38:28,916 --> 00:38:30,752 - In a trial for fraud, the State is required 778 00:38:30,752 --> 00:38:33,457 to prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt. 779 00:38:33,457 --> 00:38:37,934 One: that the defendant knowingly misrepresented facts. 780 00:38:37,934 --> 00:38:41,440 Two, the defendant had an intent to deceive 781 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,210 and succeeded in that deceit. 782 00:38:43,210 --> 00:38:47,485 And three, the deception was done for financial benefit. 783 00:38:47,485 --> 00:38:49,055 It's not a question of whether the defendant 784 00:38:49,055 --> 00:38:51,594 was right or wrong. That much we may never know. 785 00:38:51,594 --> 00:38:53,732 It's not a question of whether she profited financially 786 00:38:53,732 --> 00:38:56,638 when all is said and done. It doesn't even matter 787 00:38:56,638 --> 00:38:59,342 whether you believe she's entirely delusional. 788 00:38:59,342 --> 00:39:01,314 What it comes down to is this: 789 00:39:01,314 --> 00:39:03,585 Did Lorraine Howell 790 00:39:03,585 --> 00:39:06,190 believe what she was telling the Conleys? 791 00:39:06,825 --> 00:39:10,198 The girl who kept her family's hope alive, 792 00:39:10,198 --> 00:39:13,471 the woman who knowingly exposes herself 793 00:39:13,471 --> 00:39:15,609 to some of the worst pain in the world... 794 00:39:15,609 --> 00:39:19,550 Does that woman have faith in her own gift? 795 00:39:36,951 --> 00:39:38,622 (exhales deeply) 796 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,630 (chuckling) 797 00:39:46,136 --> 00:39:47,840 - I don't want the money back. 798 00:39:49,978 --> 00:39:52,617 I don't want her to go to jail. I didn't do it to punish her, 799 00:39:52,617 --> 00:39:54,419 I did it to convince you. 800 00:39:54,419 --> 00:39:56,290 Maybe seeing it all laid out, in court-- 801 00:39:56,290 --> 00:39:58,294 - You saw the same tape I saw. 802 00:39:58,294 --> 00:39:59,897 It wasn't a real confession-- - Stop. 803 00:39:59,897 --> 00:40:01,901 (soft music) 804 00:40:03,672 --> 00:40:05,943 I can't keep going around and around. 805 00:40:05,943 --> 00:40:09,049 There will always be reasons to doubt. 806 00:40:11,722 --> 00:40:14,694 - What kind of father would I be if I gave up? 807 00:40:18,067 --> 00:40:20,539 - You were a wonderful father. 808 00:40:22,108 --> 00:40:24,212 And you could be, again. 809 00:40:27,853 --> 00:40:30,592 But I'm tired of hoping, Frank. 810 00:40:32,262 --> 00:40:34,499 I can't do it anymore. 811 00:40:37,472 --> 00:40:39,511 (judge): Has the jury reached a verdict? 812 00:40:39,511 --> 00:40:41,514 - We have, Your Honor. 813 00:40:41,514 --> 00:40:44,653 We the jury, in the case of the State of North Carolina 814 00:40:44,653 --> 00:40:48,929 versus Lorraine Howell, find the defendant not guilty. 815 00:40:49,296 --> 00:40:51,199 (dramatic music) 816 00:40:51,199 --> 00:40:52,402 (crowd chatters) 817 00:40:52,402 --> 00:40:54,339 (judge): Jurors, thank you for your service. 818 00:40:54,339 --> 00:40:56,444 This court is adjourned. 819 00:40:56,444 --> 00:40:59,015 (gavel bangs) (bailiff): All rise. 820 00:41:06,397 --> 00:41:08,635 - Congratulations. - Thank you. 821 00:41:08,635 --> 00:41:10,505 - Lorraine. Lorraine. 822 00:41:13,579 --> 00:41:15,683 You'll call me, right? 823 00:41:15,683 --> 00:41:18,220 Even if you think something's too small, I wanna, 824 00:41:18,220 --> 00:41:19,624 I wanna hear it. 825 00:41:19,624 --> 00:41:24,600 Yeah. Yeah, this isn't over. It isn't over. 826 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,071 (grave music) 827 00:41:29,209 --> 00:41:30,712 Thank you. 828 00:41:32,883 --> 00:41:34,085 (sighs) 829 00:41:47,446 --> 00:41:49,049 (soft hopeful music) 830 00:41:49,049 --> 00:41:51,220 - I figured since you weren't calling me back, 831 00:41:51,220 --> 00:41:53,892 you probably didn't want me sitting in the back of the court 832 00:41:53,892 --> 00:41:57,131 for the trial. But I wanted to be here when it was over. 833 00:42:01,006 --> 00:42:04,245 (sobbing): It's good.... It's good to see you, Ray. 834 00:42:10,926 --> 00:42:12,797 (sighs) 835 00:42:12,797 --> 00:42:15,201 - You ready to go home? 836 00:42:19,009 --> 00:42:20,679 Car's fixed. 837 00:42:22,583 --> 00:42:24,854 Um, more or less. 838 00:42:24,854 --> 00:42:27,025 (chuckles) 839 00:42:27,025 --> 00:42:29,295 (indistinct arguing) 840 00:42:35,141 --> 00:42:36,778 (sighs) 841 00:42:39,149 --> 00:42:40,218 You did all you could. 842 00:42:40,218 --> 00:42:42,823 What else was there to do but tell the truth? 843 00:42:46,129 --> 00:42:47,733 (muffled sob) 844 00:43:02,295 --> 00:43:03,865 You okay? (sniffles) 845 00:43:22,335 --> 00:43:25,642 (intriguing music) 846 00:43:54,499 --> 00:43:57,004 Subtitling: difuze