Without a Trace s03e04 Episode Script

I think our little Nicki 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? You 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? Listen, why don't we take this out onto the patio, okay? That way, Nat can finally enjoy his fine Cuban.
And we can all get some fresh air.
There you go.
Thank you so much, June.
Good night, darling.
Good night.
Good night.
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 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.
It's too late.
I'll do better.
Be ready for the train station in the morning.
Please, Lawrence.
Please don't.
Who is it? FBI.
Where's your daughter? What? Where's your daughter? I don't know.
June? Where is June? I don't know.
Your daughter is missing.
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? Special Agent Jack Malone, FBI.
Did you find her? No, not yet.
Spoke to the nanny's mother.
She hasn't heard from her.
She has no idea where she is.
Oh, my God.
June wouldn't hurt her, would she? No, no.
It's gonna be okay.
Oh, my God.
I'm sorry if Terri's been a little out of it.
She's on a bit of medication.
Anxiety? No, depression.
She's 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.
Terri, honey? Are you okay? Yes, I'll be out in a minute.
All right.
She had a little bit too much to drink last night.
It'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.
We have been trying to get pregnant for over three years.
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 kind of a guy goes through all of that and then starts banging the nanny, but it is not me.
I had to ask.
All right, the house alarm was set at 1:32 a.
m.
That lines up with when the parents went to bed.
And then it was disengaged at 4: 12 a.
m.
Must've been when June took off.
She took off in a hurry.
Or packed in a hurry.
She left her cell phone.
Well, train station's less than a mile.
We've got locals canvassing.
Or she had a partner with a car.
You know, we should consider that somebody grabbed them both.
How did you meet June? She was working for some friends in the city.
They went off to Europe and 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.
Anybody else that could have a motive for doing this? No.
No.
Do you know if June has 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? 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 had caterers for the party.
No, I know it was her.
Tell him about the time you caught her with your necklace.
Right.
This was last week.
I came back from lunch early and I found her in my dressing room.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I was just trying this Oh, June, don't be silly.
Sit down.
Nicki's asleep.
I fed her at 1.
She took the whole bottle.
Oh, I know.
I looked in on her.
I bought this in a little boutique on 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? Oh, what do you mean? I know other 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 at dinner with you last night? Well, I didn't know that I was going to fire her.
I I thought at first that I would talk to her.
And then as the evening went on I just got madder and madder And drunker, from what I'm told.
So what if she was drunk? What's this to do with finding Nicki? 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.
Was she unusually attached to your daughter? Unusually? No, she No, she was great with her.
She cared for her or 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.
And who are June's friends? There are some people from school.
What school? City College.
She goes at night.
She wants to be in fashion.
Do you have any names of her friends? No.
My other daughter may know.
Well, where is she? I think she's working.
She's a receptionist in a law firm.
I'll call her.
What's the number? Okay, thank you.
She isn't there? No, she went to make a delivery.
She'll be back.
I found this in her closet.
Mrs.
Pierce gave that to her.
She 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 $3000.
Where does a nanny going to night school get $3000 for a TV? Something happened to my daughter! You should be looking for her.
And not coming in here with your guns, making me a criminal.
All right.
Full canvass of the train station.
Nobody saw June.
Maybe she had a partner.
Phone records come in yet? Does this girl know how to spend.
Credit cards? Yeah, six of them.
She's maxed out on five.
Twenty two thousand dollars in debt.
A lot if you make 12 bucks an hour.
Okay, you know what's weird? Terri Pierce cosigned a couple of the cards.
June wouldn't have been able to get them otherwise.
Stealing dresses and jewelry isn't a nice way to repay her.
Neither does stealing her kid.
No.
But that much financial trouble could be her motive.
I wouldn't be surprised if we get a ransom call soon.
How long have you worked here? Thirty two 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 9.
And 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 and such.
How did you feel when Terri hired June? Terri wanted somebody younger.
I I understood that.
More energy.
And 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, everything she had.
Clothes, the money The 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? What? Are you gonna replace that? Can you afford to replace that? Terri won't care.
She offered it to me the other day.
Mrs.
Pierce gives what she wants, when she wants.
You don't take what you want.
That's what I've been telling her.
I've warned her.
Know your place or you'll get burned.
You are so paranoid.
She treats you like a 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 it.
It's an acquired taste.
I told her to stay away from the caviar.
And from Anthony.
Why is 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 there when the Monroes first built the house.
He turned over the business to Anthony a few years ago.
Mrs.
Reston? Lawrence? Where's my daughter? Where's Terri? Is she upstairs? She's 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.
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 Carl.
We will find her, Lawrence.
We'll get her back.
I hope so.
I hope so.
Now, come on.
Buck up.
You've gotta be strong, for Terri's sake.
Unknown caller.
Payphone.
West 47th Street, Manhattan.
Okay.
If it's June, just keep her talking.
Hello? 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? Wait.
Is it? What, is this for real? Looks like we may have rushed to judgment on June.
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"? In the water? They mean under one of the entrance ramps.
It's hard to believe that 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 distorted and there's street noise.
What kind of voice distorter is it? Low tech.
Very low tech.
Look, the call came in from West 47th Street, the electronic district.
Maybe they bought it there.
Let's start making calls there.
It's gonna be okay.
We're gonna figure all of this out together, all right? Go 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? Okay, now we have two basic options here.
We can pay the kidnappers with real cash and we can try to follow them and see if they lead us to June and Nicki.
Now, the second option is to use decoy money and just arrest them there and force them to tell us where Nicki and June are.
Which do you recommend? I recommend arresting them right there.
They say they'll kill them.
We should pay and take their word.
That's easy for you to say when it's not your money.
You're worried about the money? What's a million dollars to you? Your sister thinks it's quite a bit.
What does that mean? You do the math.
I want everybody here to take a deep breath.
What if we give them the money and they don't let them go? That's why I recommend that we arrest them right there and then.
I agree.
I think it's correct.
We fight fire with fire, take them down when we have the chance.
I agree.
I know.
Mrs.
Ojeda, what'd you 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 the list of the Pierces' household employees? You got something? I think so.
Anthony DeBellis? Yeah.
Special Agent Fitzgerald with the FBI.
I need to ask you a few questions.
About what? The Pierces' daughter was kidnapped.
What? Oh, jeez.
So 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, all right.
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 you two been sleeping together? Couple of weeks.
It was nothing serious.
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.
Twenty ish 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.
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 found out Terri was abusing the baby.
What? That's why I have Nicki.
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.
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? That's preposterous.
Your wife is suffering from postpartum depression.
It can cause some unusual behavior.
Well, that's not what happened here.
My wife was depressed, but she would never do anything to harm our child.
Did June see something that prompted your wife to have you fire her? I can understand why it might look that way, okay, but no.
If you wouldn't mind waiting.
It turns out that June called her sister.
She says that she has your daughter.
So Nicki's okay? That's what the sister says.
Oh, thank God.
She also says that you were abusing your baby.
That's why you fired June, that's why June took Nicki, 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.
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.
So that leaves me with a couple 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.
Twenty 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.
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.
That's why I made up the story about June stealing because I didn't want Lawrence to find out.
I mean, what would be the point? Any possibility the gardener helped June to kidnap the baby? No.
Anthony would never hurt Nicki.
He would never be involved.
No, I know that much.
You didn't tell me everything.
It's Terri's 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.
There you go.
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 pills.
What do you care? I don't think Anthony should be around.
What Anthony? Anthony DeBellis, the gardener.
What's he got to do with anything? She loves him.
She 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.
And 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.
Why? Well, because you do.
Okay.
Yeah.
Am I going to see you tomorrow? No, I'll try coming out next weekend.
Really? Yeah, I'm gonna bring your favorite bagels from H & H, okay? Sesame.
That's right.
Listen, can I talk to your sister? Can I talk to Hanna? Hanna.
Daddy wants to talk to you.
I don 't want to.
She doesn 't want to.
Okay.
Just tell her I send her a big hug and a kiss, okay? Okay.
I love you.
Yeah.
Yeah, I love you too, sweetheart.
Yeah, I'll see you soon.
Bye.
You should be getting it now.
If you can distribute it to all of your drivers.
Well, as many as you can.
We're talking about a kidnapped child here.
I appreciate it.
June's sister said the call from the bus came in about 10, right? I got a call from a 314 cell phone into her law office at 9:57 a.
m.
Two minute call.
Three one four, 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's St.
Louis, I'll have the photo distribution focus on westbound lines.
I'll find out who owns that phone.
Okay.
Malone.
Okay, thanks.
We found your daughter.
I'm sorry to say that she's dead.
Oh, my God.
I'll arrange for a car to take you home.
Oh, my God.
She's wrapped in her baby blanket with a lot of care.
It's a shallow grave.
They must have dug it up in a hurry.
Cause of death? Coroner thinks it was suffocation.
Any signs of abuse? No.
Okay, you can take her away.
We found Nicki.
With June? 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 like she turned against you.
And June called you, and you made a plan to get back at Terri.
By killing her child? Are you crazy? Then why would June do it? Over losing a job? I don't know.
I don't know.
It doesn't make any sense.
You're damn right it doesn't.
Will you see that he signs it and sends it back? You got it.
Thanks.
We found the man with the cell phone.
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 10 minutes.
Hopefully, she's still on the bus.
Where's my daughter? Where's June? She's coming in from Pittsburgh.
Here, sit down.
When she gets here, we're gonna have to talk to her first, okay? She wouldn't have hurt that baby.
I know how it looks, but she'd never Mrs.
Ojeda.
I need you to sit here calmly, okay? Okay.
When I get news, I'll come talk to you.
All right.
Thank you.
Okay.
Is she here? Found $40,000 in her backpack.
Somebody pay her to kill the baby? Maybe.
Or 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 dollars? How about the ransom call you had your sister make? What was that about? I was scared.
But I didn't kill Nicki, 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.
Excuse me.
We found June.
Well, 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.
She was abusing your child and June saw it.
No, no.
I believe that's why you sent her away.
There was no abuse.
She knew too much.
I believe that your wife killed the baby.
No.
Mr.
Pierce, do not waste my time.
I will find out, whether I talk to you or your wife.
It's up to you.
There was no abuse.
This was an accident.
What kind of accident? She was feeding her.
She was trying to be a good mother.
Terri? Terri, come on.
Come on, honey.
Come to bed.
Terri.
Nicki? Terri? Terri? Terri? Terri? Terri? Terri.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Nicki? Nicki.
Nicki, breathe.
Terri, what happened? Terri.
Nicki, breathe.
Nicki, breathe.
Terri, wake up.
Terri.
What happened? I don't know.
She was feeding her.
She must've smothered her.
Should I call 911? Yes.
No, no.
No, no.
We have to call someone.
No, I can't do that to her.
I can't do that to Terri.
No.
Then what? What are you doing? Listen to me.
Listen carefully.
I'll take you to the train station.
Go into the city, get on an Amtrak or a bus, I don't care.
But you are gonna go away.
You're gonna go far away.
This is $40,000 to get you started.
But why? This has to look like something else.
I can't tell Terri she killed our daughter.
But she didn't No, listen.
This is what we'll do.
There's no time to talk about this.
Sorry, but I can't do this.
No, you can and you will.
Or I am 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 Nicki into the woods and I buried her.
I thought that it would look like she had been kidnapped that it had gone bad.
I thought that June would just go away and I thought I couldn't afford to have her around.
I thought You thought we'd never suspect you and if we did, you'd hire a lawyer and get away with it.
No, no, no.
Where's my high priced lawyer? That's not what it's 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.
Lawrence told us everything.
Everything? Why would you run, June, when all you had to do is 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.