Major Crimes s06e02 Episode Script
Sanctuary City Part 2
1 PROVENZA: Previously on "Major Crimes" REPORTER: Yesterday, three teenagers went missing during a Catholic school field trip.
MASON: The boy on the far right, his name's Lucas Garza, and he's been a Type-A diabetic since he was 7.
Teacher found Lucas Garza's backpack on the bus.
TAO: Are those insulin kits? Middle boy, Ryan Rojas, two months ago, his stepfather died, putting him and his mother in financial trouble.
Your husband fell off your balcony after beating your son.
Father Jonas tried to stop me from looking into the locker of Ryan Rojas.
Miguel Diaz is a Dreamer.
He would never bring unwanted attention on to his family, who are undocumented.
BUZZ: Why don't you want us to look under the floor of your closet? It's exactly a million dollars, and every penny of it is legally ours.
Detective Camila Paige has become exceptional - at finding teenagers.
- I'm Detective Paige.
Very happy that you requested me, Commander, and hopeful I can contribute.
I'll get these wires up and running.
If someone makes a ransom demand and the boys call in, we need to know.
Mateo received a very angry phone call from a Marvin Garret.
Your neighbor's son is missing with two of his friends.
You call it a crisis.
I call it a good start.
Here's our diabetic.
Now, where are the other two boys? SYKES: Three teenage boys go missing from a school field trip, then one of them just one winds up back at school, dead.
PROVENZA: In an area searched by me, patrol, and dogs, and I can assure you, Lucas was not here yesterday.
He wasn't dead yesterday either.
Based on lividity and rigor, he couldn't have passed away before 1:00 this morning.
Dirt and brick underneath the sleeping bag dry.
No dew, so he was probably dumped here before 3:00.
Um[ CLEARS THROAT .]
I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
I was just was hoping for some better news for these families.
Um so, we don't know who killed Lucas or where the murder occurred.
I'm not sure it is a murder.
That sweet smell coming from the body indicates ketoacidosis.
PROVENZA: What what does that mean? TAO: Lucas didn't take his insulin, so acid built up in his blood until it killed him.
It leaves a fruity odor on your breath.
With no other signs of trauma, we have to assume he died from complications related to diabetes.
Diabetes didn't dump him in this flower bed.
FR.
JONAS: Commander Raydor! I'd like to bless Lucas, please.
SHARON: You may pray over him, Father, but do not anoint or touch him.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER .]
So, why leave the body so exposed? It's possible Maybe Lucas had a seizure or passed out and the other boys freaked, were afraid to take him to the hospital, and after Lucas died, they brought him back to the church so he'd be easy to find.
Thank you for your insights, Detective Paige.
Both Ryan and Miguel knew very well that Lucas was a diabetic, so why leave him Do they know the symptoms of diabetic shock? Either our missing boys are responsible for what happened here or Or they're dead, too.
I can't think of them as dead.
Suspects, yes, but not dead.
And, for official purposes, Lucas is not dead yet either.
No notifications until we find out what happened.
Uh, not a word about this off any of the wires we have in all the families's devices, but I did manage to get us first up at the morgue.
Any fibers or soil on his clothes might tell us where he's been.
PROVENZA: Mike, grab some guys and search the eastern edge of the property moving up to the schoolyard.
- Copy that.
- Thanks.
Buzz, get some patrol officers and meet me right upstairs here at that door to the sanctuary.
- Sir.
- Sykes, I want the dogs.
Maybe they can, uh, pick something up.
DR.
MORALES: I can smell the ketoacidosis Kendall mentioned, but there's a sweet odor on his clothes, too.
The lab will have to do a tox screen on them also.
[ KNOCKING .]
Lieutenant! You can't go in there looking for This is a house of God! Christ would never keep me out.
Will you? This is called a sanctuary for a reason.
Oof.
I'm gonna have to check each and every injection site to make sure only insulin was used.
Perhaps you can get the archdiocese's legal department on the phone and they can explain exigent circumstances to you.
Or I can just have this door broken down and ask for forgiveness once I get inside.
That won't be necessary! Stan.
This is sacrilege.
Sacrilege is a child found dead outside our church.
Besides, we have nothing to hide.
Let's go.
DR.
MORALES: I don't see anything out of the way except a little mild inflammation of the throat.
Is that inconsistent with natural causes? Ketoacidosis normally ends in a coma, but he could've had seizures and vomiting first.
This kind of inflammation often appears as result of acid reflux.
FR.
JONAS: Lieutenant, Ryan and Miguel are not involved with this.
You have an awful lot of faith in these boys, Father.
Because they wouldn't dump Lucas somewhere in a sleeping bag.
They're friends.
They love each other.
Loved.
They loved each other.
DR.
MORALES: No obvious signs of sexual assault, although it's hard to say for sure.
What about drugs? We'll run a tox screen, but since you need answers fast, I can check his stomach contents.
Since you're so close to these kids, let's have you and Father Stan come downtown.
Eventually we'll have to notify the Garzas and the other parents that Lucas is dead.
Your presence might be a comfort to the family.
What do you intend to tell them? Depends on what we find.
Nothing but bile, which is what you'd expect.
A boy who'd had diabetes for so long would know that his best shot at staying alive was eating.
- But he didn't eat.
- Or he wasn't allowed to.
- [ CELLPHONE BUZZING .]
- Hold on.
Oh.
Yes, Chief? Yeah, we're still with the body.
Why? On my way.
The FBI is here.
TAO: Lieutenant, we didn't locate anything outside.
If the dogs are done inside here, I can give them a run outside on the grounds.
- Hey, guys, with me.
- Nothing in the school either.
ROBBY: And now the press has arrived.
Oh, God.
Thanks for nothing.
REPORTER: The fact that the police are searching here a second time raises questions about the Church's involvement in the disappearance of the St.
Joseph's Three.
Other than mentioning Marvin Garret as a person of interest, the L.
A.
P.
D.
offered no signs of progress in the disappearance of the St.
Joseph's Three Lucas Garza, Ryan Rojas, and Miguel Diaz though, as we know from long experience, it's difficult to get community assistance in gang-related seem to be splitting their attention between the next-door neighbor of a family of illegals and St.
Joseph of Nazareth's, a church famous for schooling and supporting so-called "undocumented immigrants.
" By refusing to classify the kidnapping of three Latino boys as a hate crime, the L.
A.
P.
D.
has sent a very clear messa It's all true, and it's all wrong.
Well, as the Commander has said, as long as they keep showing the boys' pictures And clearly, the news captured the attention of the FBI.
Uh, no, we're here because of the court order Mr.
and Mrs.
Diaz filed to get their million dollars back.
VEGA: Of course we would've preferred to hear about the kidnapping from you guys, as that's the procedure in abductions like this.
I'm sorry, Special Agent Vega, Special Agent Fey.
Do you guys know something we don't? Because we have no evidence of kidnapping.
The Diaz were obviously putting together a ransom.
FLYNN: Why not check out the Garzas, then? They're multi-millionaires.
Mr.
and Mrs.
Diaz could have cartel connections that make them a target.
Kidnappings aren't exactly uncommon in that community.
You're assuming, because they're of Mexican descent, they're mixed up in cartels? I'm of Mexican descent.
So, no, I don't assume cartel connections because of Señor and Señora Diaz's heritage.
I assume it because they're here illegally.
And when you come to this country the wrong way, you can get caught up with the wrong people.
FLYNN: Isn't it more likely that the three boys - just went off together - Okay, look.
I know L.
A.
is a sanctuary city, and you want to give these people a pass A pass? The Diaz's son is missing, one of the boys he disappeared with is dead.
What sort of a pass is that? You could use the threat of deportation to make them more cooperative.
And break the trust the L.
A.
P.
D.
has with the undocumented community? Do you want them to stop stepping forward as witnesses, to quit reporting rapes, missing children, and murders out of fear of being deported? And don't start this sanctuary city bullshit with me.
The L.
A.
P.
D.
may not have a budget or an obligation to enforce U.
S.
immigration laws, but we never keep you guys from doing it.
You want to head downstairs, Vega? Make some random stops, ask some people for their papers? The streets are all yours.
Or you can hang here for a moment and get caught up with this case.
Your choice.
We're listening.
Okay, the boys left the field trip out of their own volition and it appears were not coerced into a car.
Yes.
We found Lucas Garza's body at a Catholic church.
You know who hangs out at Catholic churches? Priests.
These boys would've let Father Jonas drive them away without a second thought.
And then the priest murdered Lucas Garza? It's not a murder yet.
He died from complications related to diabetes.
MASON: Okay, how about this? We make the Diaz's million dollars available to you, and if it turns out it was for a ransom, the case is yours.
And you keep the money, no problem.
Okay.
We also need to tell the Diazes that Lucas is dead.
They know how high the stakes are, they're much more likely to admit the ransom demand.
We can't notify the Diazes about the death of Lucas Garza before telling the Garzas themselves.
It's unethical.
I won't do it.
I'd hate to have to tell my friends at ICE about the Diaz's illegal entry into the U.
S.
FLYNN: You tell anybody you want, Vega.
Right now, these missing boys are either suspects or material witnesses, and the Diaz family is not going anywhere until we sort that out.
MASON: However, notifying the Garzas about Lucas' death, that, Commander that is something we have to do.
Well, then we have to inform the other families as well.
We should join your discussion with the Diaz family.
Certainly.
Lieutenant Flynn will show Special Agents Fey and Vega to our conference room.
[ DOOR CLOSES .]
Are you sure you want the FBI in on this, boss, and with the families? One of the parents could be involved.
But in the absence of compelling evidence to that effect All right, Chief, but be aware I'm not giving up my jurisdictional authority over this case without cause.
Better to have the FBI standing inside the tent and pissing out than outside the tent, pissing in.
But either way, I'm not cleaning it up.
Uh, Chief.
[ CLEARS THROAT .]
I never say this to anyone except my wife, but here goes.
I was wrong, you were right.
About? This case is beginning to feel like a seriously major crime.
[ DOOR CLOSES .]
Sara? You know Father Stan, of course.
Uh, Doctor, this is Lieutenant Provenza.
Father Stan? What are you doing here? FR.
JONAS: Thought I might be able to help, or at least provide some support.
S-Support? What's going on? Mr.
and Mrs.
Diaz, has anyone contacted you by phone, e-mail, text about your son? Is this more about a ransom? W-we've been all over this.
That money is operating cash for our business.
We've told you that.
And you've told us nothing.
You must know something about my son.
You must know something by now.
ROBBY: We do have some bad news we need to share with you.
Thankfully, it's not about your son, but We found Lucas's body.
[ SOBBING .]
No no no No no W-where? Where did you find him? When? This morning, outside of St.
Joseph's.
He was wrapped up in a sleeping bag and left on top of a flower bed.
[ VOICE BREAKING .]
No, no, y-you looked there.
Y-You you said you looked at the church.
You told us that! You They told us that! TAO: We believe his body was deliberately placed there overnight.
How can how can you be sure? I can't believe this.
I can't H-How did he die? He missed his insulin injections.
Ketoacidosis took over.
[ SOBBING .]
Natural causes.
We're very sorry.
So Ryan didn't do it? [ VOICE BREAKING .]
Thank God.
Oh, thank God.
Wait, what's going on in there? What have they told her? What does she know that we don't know?! One of the reasons we need you to take the ransom questions more seriously is that Lucas Garza is dead.
PROVENZA: We know that these are incredibly tough circumstances, but we still have two other boys missing Those boys?! Those boys are the reason that my son is gone! Sara, please, they would never do anything to harm Don't touch me! You have never been here for this family! FR.
STAN: Sara, Mateo.
It might be best to pray for the faith, the strength to overcome We trusted your church with my son, and look what happened! You let those two other boys talk Lucas into leaving with them! Ugh! Ms.
Garza! Can I see Lucas? His body? I'd like to see my son, please.
What did they do?! What did Ryan do to my boy?! What did he do?! Your son is a killer! You're a killer! You married a killer, and look what happened! [ VOICE BREAKING .]
My boy is dead, and you're just standing around doing nothing! How could you not be doing something! Ugh! [ SOBBING .]
- Amy.
- They killed him! They killed him! They killed him! - You killed my boy! - Wh-what? They killed him! Ryan and Miguel killed my son! They killed my boy! They killed my boy! They killed my son.
[ SOBBING .]
They killed my baby.
HOBBS: There's no absolute proof about who's behind these deaths, but somehow or other, they all have Phillip Stroh in common, and you are still the most important witness against him.
What about Brenda? [ SIGHS .]
Former Chief Johnson is an ex-police officer whose interest in Stroh strayed into extrajudicial territory.
Well, she shot him, several times.
Look, when we first met, I didn't like you, not only because you were difficult, but because I mostly dislike all teenagers.
Now, though now, you're an adult, and you've grown on me.
And in addition to being the best assistant I have ever had, you are also the material witness in an unresolved murder trial, and while Phillip Stroh lives, the State must protect you.
But I'd rather be able to help defend myself, and I want access to some those I am confident that we can take care of you, Rusty.
We're professionals.
We do this all the time.
FLYNN: The person responsible for Lucas Garza's death had to know him.
Lucas and the other kids three 15-year-old boys now, you couldn't force them into a vehicle all at once without some kind of a struggle.
Father Jonas just can't stop telling us enough how close he was to these boys.
I think he may have been very close to Ryan's mother as well.
TAO: And Lucas's body was at the church.
HOBBS: If that makes Father Jonas a suspect, so is every teacher, student, and parishioner at St.
Joseph's.
Yeah, but they weren't there obstructing justice this morning.
Father Jonas was, and that's enough to arrest him.
- I wouldn't recommend that.
- I agree with Andrea.
I've dealt with the Church in an official capacity before, and they can go from righteous to hostile very quickly.
That's why I'm thankful we have someone here who is capable of dealing with the priests of St.
Joseph's in an extremely personal way.
I suppose you're beginning to believe that these boys were responsible for their own disappearance.
Do you have any idea where they were going? No, but they did walk away from the museum together, unforced, and they drove off with someone they knew.
Is that certain? If they had a friend or a relative pick them up, Father Jonas would be able to Father Jonas won't help you paint these boys into troubled teens.
Lucas's father struggles with addiction, Ryan was physically abused, and Miguel lives in fear of deportation.
That sounds like trouble to me, Father.
Well, you can't expect Jonas to tell you anything he heard from Ryan or Miguel in confession or do anything that would break his sacred relationship with them.
His sacred relationship with these boys will be over if they die.
How many more 15-year-olds are you prepared to find in the flower beds of St.
Joseph's? But how do you expect us to stop that from happening? I have put so much faith in the Catholic Church.
I would ask if the Church put just a little faith in me.
Was there any conflict between the three boys, as far as you know? I don't think so.
No bullying, no fighting over a girl? We know that Kelly Garret liked Lucas a lot, and Miguel liked her.
Ryan spent a lot of time with her, too, didn't he? Ryan is not interested in Kelly Garret, that I promise you.
As for Miguel and Lucas, there was tension at first, but it went away.
Now, y-you were closer to Ryan than the other two boys.
Is that right? I have a very specific relationship with each of them, but my bond with Ryan is yes, it's more intense.
How intense? I don't like that word.
"Intense.
" neglected.
Neglected kids make better targets for exploitation.
Well, he definitely knows all the intimate details of Ryan's life.
PROVENZA: So, you said Ryan's biological father, Ian, was a real piece of work.
- So you met him? - I have.
Yeah, he came to the school about two weeks ago, and when I wouldn't release Ryan to him, he threatened me.
He even pushed me a little.
Oh, what did you do? Turn the other cheek? I asked for security, but I let him speak to Ryan for a moment because of what the boy and his mother are going through.
God seems to be challenging Ryan.
First his biological father rejects him, then his cartel-affiliated stepdad sort of falls off a balcony, and now he's disappeared.
Sometimes challenges like these are given to us so that we might seek harder for Christ.
The physical abuse that Ryan suffered from his stepfather Okay, let's take it back a second.
If you knew that Ryan was getting knocked around, why didn't you report it? Apart from the Church's little habit of covering up abuse You're getting close to privileged information, but I can tell you this Ryan came to school a couple of days with bruises on his face, which he tried to explain away.
I didn't believe him, and at the proper moment, we discussed it.
PROVENZA: Okay, so, if it was clear to you that Ryan had been knocked around, could it have been obvious to others? Possibly.
Could some of them have been motivated to act on that knowledge? I'm not sure what you mean.
Could Lucas or Miguel have noticed that his gangster stepfather was beating him and taken matters into their own hands? Are you suggesting these boys pushed Ryan's stepdad off that balcony together? I've stood on Ms.
Rojas' balcony.
- No one just fell over it.
- Hector could've jumped! Or a Mexican cartel employee was pushed to his death.
And then the cartel decided to push back, and the boys made a run for it.
ROBBY: Or maybe Lucas felt guilty about helping murder his friend's stepdad and then wanted to go to the police, and maybe Ryan and Miguel felt like Lucas was losing his nerve.
You just won't stop, will you, until you turn these boys into monsters! Excuse me.
I have to help some traumatized students at school deal with the death of someone they loved.
And I'm sad to say that right now, our prayers are doing more to find Ryan and Miguel than you people.
This is exactly the ending I wanted to avoid, and we still have no idea where those boys were going.
Ah, well next time, we use a gentler touch.
At least we have a pretty good idea he's hiding something.
Well, he's a priest.
Of course he's hiding something.
[ DOOR OPENS .]
- [ SIGHS .]
- Hey, off the subject, but why is everyone putting money in that jar on the lieutenant's desk? For the use of his printer.
We pay him 5 cents a page.
What are you talking about? Look, you just have to do it.
Also, don't sit at the lieutenant's desk.
Ever.
Anything else I need to know? Uh oh, it's great that you understand the way Commander Raydor thinks, but it might better for, well, everyone, if you let her talk first.
I mean, since she's in charge.
Father Jonas may be waiting for you by the elevator.
- He was upset.
- Over? Some alternative theories about the disappearance we were simply trying to eliminate.
If you could convince him to come back.
He's very knowledgeable about these boys.
You understand, Sharon, my primary mission is to serve the Church? And mine is to find Ryan and Miguel alive.
Are you suggesting our missions conflict? Congrats.
You've actually made me suspect Father Jonas a little.
And the problem with that is? The problem is that interview also made me suspect Ryan's biological father and convinced me that we need to follow up on the accidental death of his stepdad, because the theory that these boys killed Lucas in a cover-up is suddenly very credible.
Oh, I forgot, there's the Diaz's neighbor, who the lieutenant helpfully nominated as a person of interest to the press and his daughter, who has a driver's license.
The defense will have a field day with those two, not to mention the addicted Dr.
Garza and the undocumented couple with their million in cash.
I'll come back when you've drained the suspect pool a little and maybe settled on a motive.
Thank you, Andrea.
We'll keep you informed.
Good luck finding the kids alive.
I'll meet you downstairs in a few minutes.
Sure.
I want a gun.
What?! I don't want to depend on someone else being there at the right time and place, and I want my own No, no, I get it.
But, look, if you would just accept an undercover detail like any ordinary person I don't have to ask.
I'm 21.
The 2nd Amendment is on my side.
Okay, look, I'm not gonna stand here and argue about the Constitution with you.
Why ask me about a gun instead of Sharon? Because I also want a permit to carry a concealed weapon, and I know that those have to be approved by someone higher the Chief or Sheriff so I'm gonna need Mom's help with that.
Plus, I think it would be wrong to bring a weapon into the house without her permission.
Oh, good, you're not completely crazy.
And you want my help convincing Sharon that you should have a conceal-and-carry permit.
- Please.
- Oh, my God.
I am willing to learn everything I need to know about how to use a gun and keep it safe.
Andy, please? I promise you will not be sorry.
Okay, kid.
I will talk to Sharon, and I will try to give her your point of view.
Let me get back to work.
So, the FBI got a report back on the Diaz's million dollars, and since we have information to share, too, I'd like to propose we form an ad hoc task force.
And who would be in charge of this task force? The L.
A.
P.
D.
has absolute jurisdiction, especially as the kidnapping has yet to be proven.
But our position Commander Raydor leads or we go our separate ways.
The end.
So, what did you learn about the money? The Diazes have an older daughter, Anna.
The million dollars was withdrawn from her bank account just last week.
Anna is an American citizen well, married to one.
We should make sure they're living together as husband and wife.
Mm-hmm.
You do that, Victor.
And following up, we found the money was a transfer payment to Anna for a house sold by her parents.
But there's a kicker the Diaz family only bought that house six months ago, also with cash, for 100 grand less than they ended up selling it for.
Uh, ever hear of money laundering? Uh, ever hear of house flipping? - [ CHUCKLES .]
- That's their business, Vega buying homes more cheaply than they sell them.
TAO: Should we pause here to explain the rudimentary basics of capitalism? - Uh, no, it's not - Congratulations, Vega.
You used the Diaz's money to prove that they're good at their jobs.
Since the information we got from the FBI was worthless, can we pretend this task force thing never happened? Detective Sykes, let's try and move forward.
Let's start by going back.
Two weeks ago, Ryan Rojas' biological father, Ian Nuñez, tried to bribe him into leaving school.
Maybe Mr.
Nuñez did that same thing last Thursday at the museum.
TAO: Which would, admittedly, almost fit with a kidnapping scenario.
PROVENZA: We tried to get Mr.
Nuñez to consent to a search of his house.
He denied it.
Then now sounds like the perfect time to tap all the families' phones.
VEGA: There's a chance these parents aren't telling us everything, and you guys can get wires up and running much faster than we can.
Look, if you have something you need us to do for you, you should do this for us.
Chief? Your thoughts? Okay, then.
Uh, let's start writing a warrant allowing us to listen to the families on all their different devices.
- Amy? - Yes, Commander.
Oh, but even though we can do this faster than you, it still takes hours.
And while we manage that part of our brand-new task force, uh, Detective Paige? Yes, thank you, Commander.
Maybe you guys could do a really thorough check on Marvin Garret, the Diaz's neighbor.
It's important that we speak with his daughter, Kelly, but we have no legal means of forcing Marvin to cooperate.
Hey, it's even possible you could find something on Mr.
Garret more incriminating than house flipping.
Commander, something just popped up on our wire and I I, uh I You've already got a phone tap up and running? O-oh, no, no.
You thought this is not for the St.
Joseph's Three.
It's from our ongoing investigation into the Commander, would it be okay if I mentioned the, uh the Hollywood Strangler? - Okay, Buzz.
- Hollywood Strangler.
Well, that's what we're calling it internally.
Fine.
Where should we set up? Oh, uh, Lieutenant Flynn will help you settle in somewhere over there.
Um, excuse us while we continue to investigate the other case.
Right over here, guys.
Desk one, desk two.
Be right there! You're upping the price per page? Wait, Lieutenant, did you deliberately keep us from getting a new printer so you could do some price gouging? Shh! Now, you and the squad will pay your regular nickel a copy.
This is a new federal tax.
Ad hoc task force, my ass.
An hour ago, Daniella Rojas made a call to a landline - belonging to her ex-husband.
- Ian Nuñez.
This might make it clearer as to why they didn't stay in touch.
IAN: I told you not to call me here.
DANIELLA: Until you pay your child support, I'll call you wherever I want.
You should've thought about your bank account before letting your new husband fall off a balcony.
- I never touched him.
- Yeah, right.
Well, good thing the police don't know you like I do.
What, what is this about anyway, huh? I want Ryan.
Where is he? Why are you asking me? I told you, I haven't seen him! Father Jonas said you tried to take him out of school two weeks ago.
Oh, come on.
What, that day at school? All I did was try to give the little man some money, and that freaky priest got all Just give me my Ryan back.
This isn't funny anymore.
I know you have him.
I know it.
- [ PHONE CLICKS .]
- Ian? Ian! Damn it! [ PHONE CLICKS .]
TAO: Wow.
What do we do with that? Forget about asking for consent.
We use this conversation to get a warrant to search lan's residence, his cars, and his devices.
I'll have patrol watch his house while we drive there.
Good.
BUZZ: You think he's hiding two teenagers in there with his whole in-the-dark family sitting around the dining room table? Probably not.
Ah, could find something in his vehicle.
- Here we go.
- Michael.
Ian Nuñez, we're here to serve a search warrant - on your residence.
- You're what? ROBBY: We have reason to believe Ryan Rojas and Miguel Diaz may be in your house.
Ryan Rojas, Miguel Diaz Ian, those are the boys they're showing on television.
What does that have to do with us? Ryan Rojas is your 15-year-old stepson, ma'am.
Congratulations.
It's a boy.
- Hey, come on, man.
- Wait, what? I need you both to step back.
- No, you're not going - Now.
Listen, we can talk about this, all right? Listen, you don't have to do this.
I said you don't have to do this! Oh, what the hell? Well, I thought we'd just be searching for the missing boys.
But now, Ian Nuñez, you're under arrest for assaulting a police officer.
The fact that you haven't paid child support in over a decade is not gonna look good when you're arraigned.
- Child support? - Mm-hmm.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR .]
Hey.
I thought you had already left with Andy.
No, he went to help Dr.
and Mrs.
Garza at the morgue, but not before telling me you want a gun.
Already? Okay, um Well, before you say "no," I think it's important to remember that I don't drink, I don't do drugs, and And technically you don't need my permission.
Right, but I also want a conceal-and-carry permit, which I couldn't get on my own.
And besides, I would never bring a weapon into this house without your approval.
And without knowing how to use one, which is why I've scheduled us a session at the L.
A.
P.
D.
firing range after work if I can make it.
Oh, so so you're okay with me having a conceal-and-carry permit? No.
I'd rather you accept an undercover detail, but as much as I hate to think about this entire situation, you may have a point.
DR.
MORALES: Before your son died, he lapsed into a coma, and I doubt he felt anything or even knew it was coming.
You'll excuse me, Doctor, if I find very little solace in that.
I spent all night with the press outside my house shouting questions about the death of my son.
Please, I need you to release his body to a mortuary.
I'm afraid we're going to have to keep him a little while longer.
We'd like to have him cremated.
He's not a criminal.
He deserves a funeral.
FLYNN: We understand that, sir, but the doctor here has some more tests he needs to run.
What for? The cause of death is obvious.
What else do you need to know? To determine what, if anything, happened to your son before he died.
What does that matter if he died from natural causes? Dr.
Garza, it's not fair, but your son's death is part of an open investigation and the cause is subject to change.
Please! Please don't take him apart.
Please don't cut him to pieces, please.
[ SOBBING .]
Oh, Lucas - Sara.
Sara! - Oh, Lucas! Oh Sara they've already done that.
They cut him open, removed his organs, and put him back together.
Step outside.
Go on.
Finish your tests quickly, Doctor, or I'll have my lawyer get a court order forcing you to release Lucas' body.
My wife can't handle this much longer.
[ DOOR CLOSES .]
Before we give up the body, I need to know what substance was on his clothes and then check and see if it was also in his bloodstream, and those tests are going to take time.
I know, Doctor.
Um, did you notice Dr.
Garza seemed Probably on oxy, but no way to check without a warrant for his blood.
Perhaps grief drove him back to bad habits.
Or guilt.
Addicts don't need a reason to use, only an excuse.
Let's just hope he doesn't act on his threat to call a lawyer.
So far, his son is the only true evidence we have.
IAN: You didn't find any dead 15-year-old boys in my house, right? Big surprise.
And that other lady cop, she broke my nose, and she put me in jail for nothing.
That other lady cop did you a big favor.
If there was ever a night you want to spend in jail, it's the night that your wife finds out that she has a stepson you never told her about.
Oh, speaking of Ryan I have no idea where he is.
If I did, I'd tell you.
- [ KNOCK ON DOOR, DOOR OPENS .]
- Commander.
- What, you think I - [ CLICKS .]
We got something back on Marv Garret if you want to hear about it.
Uh, Detective Paige, if you would help the FBI prepare a briefing while we finish this interview, please? You bet, Commander.
- [ CLICKS .]
- What, you think I wanted to have my wife dragged into this? My children? You people may have just ruined my whole life, and for what? For nothing.
What did I ever do to Ryan? What, except try to give him some money? I would've also taken him out to lunch if that asshole priest hadn't stopped me.
He does way too much.
Oh, he's, uh, he's helping Ryan out with his homework after school.
He's he's taking him to the movies.
He is he's teaching him how to drive.
Doing all the stuff that you would rather be doing with Ryan.
Look, all I'm saying is Father Jonas is a lot more involved in that kid's life than the average teacher.
Look, I-I got to go.
I've got to talk to my present wife, if she hasn't already packed up her stuff and left.
No, no, you're staying here with us.
What? Why? You didn't find nothing at the house.
I told you everything I know.
You got to let me leave.
Mm, there's just this little issue of you assaulting a police officer.
A-Assau Assaulting? As I gave her a little push, and look what she did to me! Bitch.
Okay, fine, you want to have me arraigned, I want a lawyer.
How 'bout that? It's not gonna help you, but okay.
Father Jonas again.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR, DOOR OPENS .]
Can't believe I'm saying this, but the FBI stumbled on something that actually might help.
Turns out Marvin Garret does more than just make calls to ICE about his neighbors.
We found an IP address linked to a computer he uses at home.
Not sure who owns the website, but it's called unhyphenatednation.
com, and Marvin is its administrator.
"Unhyphenated Nation" is dedicated to the end of multiculturalism and the removal of all extensions to the word "American.
" For example, the hyphens between African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Asian-Americans Hmm.
What about Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans? That doesn't seem to come up.
FEY: Unhyphenated's main issue appears to be crimes by illegal aliens.
The site is operated by Marvin? VEGA: Under the pseudonym "Buddy E.
Lee," so he didn't pay for it, and it's not listed under his real name, which is why it slipped by you guys.
You see? The Patriot Act comes in handy now and then.
FLYNN: A disgusting website isn't enough to arrest this Marvin dirtbag.
Or even get us a warrant to search his property.
But he also posts a podcast and lots of YouTube videos.
There's about 150 hours of Marvin Garret shooting off his mouth here.
Really? He might slip up, admit to something illegal.
Yeah, but who has time to listen to all that bullshit? [ SIGHS .]
Just give me the files.
And one other thing Marvin Garret has a federal license to sell firearms.
How on earth did Marv okay.
What I don't understand is why would these boys have gotten into a car with Marvin? TAO: Maybe they didn't.
Maybe they got into a car with his unhyphenated daughter.
ROBBY: And before we direct all our resources at Marvin Garret, I have news.
- From where? - The Office of the Archdiocese.
Since Father Jonas was blocking us, I found an intern there who volunteered a little info before she realized it would be frowned upon by her holier-than-thou superiors.
Beguiling an intern.
For shame.
Well, you can't beguile someone who doesn't want to be beguiled.
I've tried.
Anyway, before she realized I was L.
A.
P.
D.
, our lovely intern gave up what might be damning information on Father Jonas.
What sort of damning information? He's been transferred to six different dioceses over the past five years.
Monterey, Tucson, Denver, Reno, Phoenix, and L.
A.
TAO: And two of these transfers happened in the middle of the school year.
FLYNN: Sounds like another one of the Church's tried-and-true tactics to cover up sexual abuse.
Well, our priest has told us over and over how close he is to these boys.
Intensely close.
And Father Jonas gave Ryan driving lessons.
Yeah, well, front seat or back? Could've been the trunk.
All right, Lieutenant.
Since Father Jonas won't come to us, let's go to him.
Your weapon is your last resort, always.
I understand.
Try again.
I want you to remember that this training is about the gun.
It is not about the soul.
Taking a human life up-close is very hard.
You need to put some serious thought into how [ WHIRRING .]
Well, right now, all I need is for Phillip Stroh to stand completely still.
Hmm, that's not bad for your third try.
[ CELLPHONE BUZZING .]
Hold on.
Yes, Lieutenant? Have you picked up our well-travelled priest yet? Oh? What sort of problem? FR.
STAN: Sharon, your detectives can't look through our private quarters.
You were fine with us searching the whole property yesterday morning.
We're just here for Father Jonas.
SHARON: You can't keep us from his room, Father.
I stopped by a judge's house on the way here.
I have a search warrant for the entire rectory.
- There's no need, Sharon.
- I disagree.
Father, forgive us our trespasses and step aside.
ROBBY: L.
A.
P.
D.
! Open up! Well, our person of interest is definitely not at home.
I see.
Where'd he go? Father Jonas has left the country.
MASON: The boy on the far right, his name's Lucas Garza, and he's been a Type-A diabetic since he was 7.
Teacher found Lucas Garza's backpack on the bus.
TAO: Are those insulin kits? Middle boy, Ryan Rojas, two months ago, his stepfather died, putting him and his mother in financial trouble.
Your husband fell off your balcony after beating your son.
Father Jonas tried to stop me from looking into the locker of Ryan Rojas.
Miguel Diaz is a Dreamer.
He would never bring unwanted attention on to his family, who are undocumented.
BUZZ: Why don't you want us to look under the floor of your closet? It's exactly a million dollars, and every penny of it is legally ours.
Detective Camila Paige has become exceptional - at finding teenagers.
- I'm Detective Paige.
Very happy that you requested me, Commander, and hopeful I can contribute.
I'll get these wires up and running.
If someone makes a ransom demand and the boys call in, we need to know.
Mateo received a very angry phone call from a Marvin Garret.
Your neighbor's son is missing with two of his friends.
You call it a crisis.
I call it a good start.
Here's our diabetic.
Now, where are the other two boys? SYKES: Three teenage boys go missing from a school field trip, then one of them just one winds up back at school, dead.
PROVENZA: In an area searched by me, patrol, and dogs, and I can assure you, Lucas was not here yesterday.
He wasn't dead yesterday either.
Based on lividity and rigor, he couldn't have passed away before 1:00 this morning.
Dirt and brick underneath the sleeping bag dry.
No dew, so he was probably dumped here before 3:00.
Um[ CLEARS THROAT .]
I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
I was just was hoping for some better news for these families.
Um so, we don't know who killed Lucas or where the murder occurred.
I'm not sure it is a murder.
That sweet smell coming from the body indicates ketoacidosis.
PROVENZA: What what does that mean? TAO: Lucas didn't take his insulin, so acid built up in his blood until it killed him.
It leaves a fruity odor on your breath.
With no other signs of trauma, we have to assume he died from complications related to diabetes.
Diabetes didn't dump him in this flower bed.
FR.
JONAS: Commander Raydor! I'd like to bless Lucas, please.
SHARON: You may pray over him, Father, but do not anoint or touch him.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER .]
So, why leave the body so exposed? It's possible Maybe Lucas had a seizure or passed out and the other boys freaked, were afraid to take him to the hospital, and after Lucas died, they brought him back to the church so he'd be easy to find.
Thank you for your insights, Detective Paige.
Both Ryan and Miguel knew very well that Lucas was a diabetic, so why leave him Do they know the symptoms of diabetic shock? Either our missing boys are responsible for what happened here or Or they're dead, too.
I can't think of them as dead.
Suspects, yes, but not dead.
And, for official purposes, Lucas is not dead yet either.
No notifications until we find out what happened.
Uh, not a word about this off any of the wires we have in all the families's devices, but I did manage to get us first up at the morgue.
Any fibers or soil on his clothes might tell us where he's been.
PROVENZA: Mike, grab some guys and search the eastern edge of the property moving up to the schoolyard.
- Copy that.
- Thanks.
Buzz, get some patrol officers and meet me right upstairs here at that door to the sanctuary.
- Sir.
- Sykes, I want the dogs.
Maybe they can, uh, pick something up.
DR.
MORALES: I can smell the ketoacidosis Kendall mentioned, but there's a sweet odor on his clothes, too.
The lab will have to do a tox screen on them also.
[ KNOCKING .]
Lieutenant! You can't go in there looking for This is a house of God! Christ would never keep me out.
Will you? This is called a sanctuary for a reason.
Oof.
I'm gonna have to check each and every injection site to make sure only insulin was used.
Perhaps you can get the archdiocese's legal department on the phone and they can explain exigent circumstances to you.
Or I can just have this door broken down and ask for forgiveness once I get inside.
That won't be necessary! Stan.
This is sacrilege.
Sacrilege is a child found dead outside our church.
Besides, we have nothing to hide.
Let's go.
DR.
MORALES: I don't see anything out of the way except a little mild inflammation of the throat.
Is that inconsistent with natural causes? Ketoacidosis normally ends in a coma, but he could've had seizures and vomiting first.
This kind of inflammation often appears as result of acid reflux.
FR.
JONAS: Lieutenant, Ryan and Miguel are not involved with this.
You have an awful lot of faith in these boys, Father.
Because they wouldn't dump Lucas somewhere in a sleeping bag.
They're friends.
They love each other.
Loved.
They loved each other.
DR.
MORALES: No obvious signs of sexual assault, although it's hard to say for sure.
What about drugs? We'll run a tox screen, but since you need answers fast, I can check his stomach contents.
Since you're so close to these kids, let's have you and Father Stan come downtown.
Eventually we'll have to notify the Garzas and the other parents that Lucas is dead.
Your presence might be a comfort to the family.
What do you intend to tell them? Depends on what we find.
Nothing but bile, which is what you'd expect.
A boy who'd had diabetes for so long would know that his best shot at staying alive was eating.
- But he didn't eat.
- Or he wasn't allowed to.
- [ CELLPHONE BUZZING .]
- Hold on.
Oh.
Yes, Chief? Yeah, we're still with the body.
Why? On my way.
The FBI is here.
TAO: Lieutenant, we didn't locate anything outside.
If the dogs are done inside here, I can give them a run outside on the grounds.
- Hey, guys, with me.
- Nothing in the school either.
ROBBY: And now the press has arrived.
Oh, God.
Thanks for nothing.
REPORTER: The fact that the police are searching here a second time raises questions about the Church's involvement in the disappearance of the St.
Joseph's Three.
Other than mentioning Marvin Garret as a person of interest, the L.
A.
P.
D.
offered no signs of progress in the disappearance of the St.
Joseph's Three Lucas Garza, Ryan Rojas, and Miguel Diaz though, as we know from long experience, it's difficult to get community assistance in gang-related seem to be splitting their attention between the next-door neighbor of a family of illegals and St.
Joseph of Nazareth's, a church famous for schooling and supporting so-called "undocumented immigrants.
" By refusing to classify the kidnapping of three Latino boys as a hate crime, the L.
A.
P.
D.
has sent a very clear messa It's all true, and it's all wrong.
Well, as the Commander has said, as long as they keep showing the boys' pictures And clearly, the news captured the attention of the FBI.
Uh, no, we're here because of the court order Mr.
and Mrs.
Diaz filed to get their million dollars back.
VEGA: Of course we would've preferred to hear about the kidnapping from you guys, as that's the procedure in abductions like this.
I'm sorry, Special Agent Vega, Special Agent Fey.
Do you guys know something we don't? Because we have no evidence of kidnapping.
The Diaz were obviously putting together a ransom.
FLYNN: Why not check out the Garzas, then? They're multi-millionaires.
Mr.
and Mrs.
Diaz could have cartel connections that make them a target.
Kidnappings aren't exactly uncommon in that community.
You're assuming, because they're of Mexican descent, they're mixed up in cartels? I'm of Mexican descent.
So, no, I don't assume cartel connections because of Señor and Señora Diaz's heritage.
I assume it because they're here illegally.
And when you come to this country the wrong way, you can get caught up with the wrong people.
FLYNN: Isn't it more likely that the three boys - just went off together - Okay, look.
I know L.
A.
is a sanctuary city, and you want to give these people a pass A pass? The Diaz's son is missing, one of the boys he disappeared with is dead.
What sort of a pass is that? You could use the threat of deportation to make them more cooperative.
And break the trust the L.
A.
P.
D.
has with the undocumented community? Do you want them to stop stepping forward as witnesses, to quit reporting rapes, missing children, and murders out of fear of being deported? And don't start this sanctuary city bullshit with me.
The L.
A.
P.
D.
may not have a budget or an obligation to enforce U.
S.
immigration laws, but we never keep you guys from doing it.
You want to head downstairs, Vega? Make some random stops, ask some people for their papers? The streets are all yours.
Or you can hang here for a moment and get caught up with this case.
Your choice.
We're listening.
Okay, the boys left the field trip out of their own volition and it appears were not coerced into a car.
Yes.
We found Lucas Garza's body at a Catholic church.
You know who hangs out at Catholic churches? Priests.
These boys would've let Father Jonas drive them away without a second thought.
And then the priest murdered Lucas Garza? It's not a murder yet.
He died from complications related to diabetes.
MASON: Okay, how about this? We make the Diaz's million dollars available to you, and if it turns out it was for a ransom, the case is yours.
And you keep the money, no problem.
Okay.
We also need to tell the Diazes that Lucas is dead.
They know how high the stakes are, they're much more likely to admit the ransom demand.
We can't notify the Diazes about the death of Lucas Garza before telling the Garzas themselves.
It's unethical.
I won't do it.
I'd hate to have to tell my friends at ICE about the Diaz's illegal entry into the U.
S.
FLYNN: You tell anybody you want, Vega.
Right now, these missing boys are either suspects or material witnesses, and the Diaz family is not going anywhere until we sort that out.
MASON: However, notifying the Garzas about Lucas' death, that, Commander that is something we have to do.
Well, then we have to inform the other families as well.
We should join your discussion with the Diaz family.
Certainly.
Lieutenant Flynn will show Special Agents Fey and Vega to our conference room.
[ DOOR CLOSES .]
Are you sure you want the FBI in on this, boss, and with the families? One of the parents could be involved.
But in the absence of compelling evidence to that effect All right, Chief, but be aware I'm not giving up my jurisdictional authority over this case without cause.
Better to have the FBI standing inside the tent and pissing out than outside the tent, pissing in.
But either way, I'm not cleaning it up.
Uh, Chief.
[ CLEARS THROAT .]
I never say this to anyone except my wife, but here goes.
I was wrong, you were right.
About? This case is beginning to feel like a seriously major crime.
[ DOOR CLOSES .]
Sara? You know Father Stan, of course.
Uh, Doctor, this is Lieutenant Provenza.
Father Stan? What are you doing here? FR.
JONAS: Thought I might be able to help, or at least provide some support.
S-Support? What's going on? Mr.
and Mrs.
Diaz, has anyone contacted you by phone, e-mail, text about your son? Is this more about a ransom? W-we've been all over this.
That money is operating cash for our business.
We've told you that.
And you've told us nothing.
You must know something about my son.
You must know something by now.
ROBBY: We do have some bad news we need to share with you.
Thankfully, it's not about your son, but We found Lucas's body.
[ SOBBING .]
No no no No no W-where? Where did you find him? When? This morning, outside of St.
Joseph's.
He was wrapped up in a sleeping bag and left on top of a flower bed.
[ VOICE BREAKING .]
No, no, y-you looked there.
Y-You you said you looked at the church.
You told us that! You They told us that! TAO: We believe his body was deliberately placed there overnight.
How can how can you be sure? I can't believe this.
I can't H-How did he die? He missed his insulin injections.
Ketoacidosis took over.
[ SOBBING .]
Natural causes.
We're very sorry.
So Ryan didn't do it? [ VOICE BREAKING .]
Thank God.
Oh, thank God.
Wait, what's going on in there? What have they told her? What does she know that we don't know?! One of the reasons we need you to take the ransom questions more seriously is that Lucas Garza is dead.
PROVENZA: We know that these are incredibly tough circumstances, but we still have two other boys missing Those boys?! Those boys are the reason that my son is gone! Sara, please, they would never do anything to harm Don't touch me! You have never been here for this family! FR.
STAN: Sara, Mateo.
It might be best to pray for the faith, the strength to overcome We trusted your church with my son, and look what happened! You let those two other boys talk Lucas into leaving with them! Ugh! Ms.
Garza! Can I see Lucas? His body? I'd like to see my son, please.
What did they do?! What did Ryan do to my boy?! What did he do?! Your son is a killer! You're a killer! You married a killer, and look what happened! [ VOICE BREAKING .]
My boy is dead, and you're just standing around doing nothing! How could you not be doing something! Ugh! [ SOBBING .]
- Amy.
- They killed him! They killed him! They killed him! - You killed my boy! - Wh-what? They killed him! Ryan and Miguel killed my son! They killed my boy! They killed my boy! They killed my son.
[ SOBBING .]
They killed my baby.
HOBBS: There's no absolute proof about who's behind these deaths, but somehow or other, they all have Phillip Stroh in common, and you are still the most important witness against him.
What about Brenda? [ SIGHS .]
Former Chief Johnson is an ex-police officer whose interest in Stroh strayed into extrajudicial territory.
Well, she shot him, several times.
Look, when we first met, I didn't like you, not only because you were difficult, but because I mostly dislike all teenagers.
Now, though now, you're an adult, and you've grown on me.
And in addition to being the best assistant I have ever had, you are also the material witness in an unresolved murder trial, and while Phillip Stroh lives, the State must protect you.
But I'd rather be able to help defend myself, and I want access to some those I am confident that we can take care of you, Rusty.
We're professionals.
We do this all the time.
FLYNN: The person responsible for Lucas Garza's death had to know him.
Lucas and the other kids three 15-year-old boys now, you couldn't force them into a vehicle all at once without some kind of a struggle.
Father Jonas just can't stop telling us enough how close he was to these boys.
I think he may have been very close to Ryan's mother as well.
TAO: And Lucas's body was at the church.
HOBBS: If that makes Father Jonas a suspect, so is every teacher, student, and parishioner at St.
Joseph's.
Yeah, but they weren't there obstructing justice this morning.
Father Jonas was, and that's enough to arrest him.
- I wouldn't recommend that.
- I agree with Andrea.
I've dealt with the Church in an official capacity before, and they can go from righteous to hostile very quickly.
That's why I'm thankful we have someone here who is capable of dealing with the priests of St.
Joseph's in an extremely personal way.
I suppose you're beginning to believe that these boys were responsible for their own disappearance.
Do you have any idea where they were going? No, but they did walk away from the museum together, unforced, and they drove off with someone they knew.
Is that certain? If they had a friend or a relative pick them up, Father Jonas would be able to Father Jonas won't help you paint these boys into troubled teens.
Lucas's father struggles with addiction, Ryan was physically abused, and Miguel lives in fear of deportation.
That sounds like trouble to me, Father.
Well, you can't expect Jonas to tell you anything he heard from Ryan or Miguel in confession or do anything that would break his sacred relationship with them.
His sacred relationship with these boys will be over if they die.
How many more 15-year-olds are you prepared to find in the flower beds of St.
Joseph's? But how do you expect us to stop that from happening? I have put so much faith in the Catholic Church.
I would ask if the Church put just a little faith in me.
Was there any conflict between the three boys, as far as you know? I don't think so.
No bullying, no fighting over a girl? We know that Kelly Garret liked Lucas a lot, and Miguel liked her.
Ryan spent a lot of time with her, too, didn't he? Ryan is not interested in Kelly Garret, that I promise you.
As for Miguel and Lucas, there was tension at first, but it went away.
Now, y-you were closer to Ryan than the other two boys.
Is that right? I have a very specific relationship with each of them, but my bond with Ryan is yes, it's more intense.
How intense? I don't like that word.
"Intense.
" neglected.
Neglected kids make better targets for exploitation.
Well, he definitely knows all the intimate details of Ryan's life.
PROVENZA: So, you said Ryan's biological father, Ian, was a real piece of work.
- So you met him? - I have.
Yeah, he came to the school about two weeks ago, and when I wouldn't release Ryan to him, he threatened me.
He even pushed me a little.
Oh, what did you do? Turn the other cheek? I asked for security, but I let him speak to Ryan for a moment because of what the boy and his mother are going through.
God seems to be challenging Ryan.
First his biological father rejects him, then his cartel-affiliated stepdad sort of falls off a balcony, and now he's disappeared.
Sometimes challenges like these are given to us so that we might seek harder for Christ.
The physical abuse that Ryan suffered from his stepfather Okay, let's take it back a second.
If you knew that Ryan was getting knocked around, why didn't you report it? Apart from the Church's little habit of covering up abuse You're getting close to privileged information, but I can tell you this Ryan came to school a couple of days with bruises on his face, which he tried to explain away.
I didn't believe him, and at the proper moment, we discussed it.
PROVENZA: Okay, so, if it was clear to you that Ryan had been knocked around, could it have been obvious to others? Possibly.
Could some of them have been motivated to act on that knowledge? I'm not sure what you mean.
Could Lucas or Miguel have noticed that his gangster stepfather was beating him and taken matters into their own hands? Are you suggesting these boys pushed Ryan's stepdad off that balcony together? I've stood on Ms.
Rojas' balcony.
- No one just fell over it.
- Hector could've jumped! Or a Mexican cartel employee was pushed to his death.
And then the cartel decided to push back, and the boys made a run for it.
ROBBY: Or maybe Lucas felt guilty about helping murder his friend's stepdad and then wanted to go to the police, and maybe Ryan and Miguel felt like Lucas was losing his nerve.
You just won't stop, will you, until you turn these boys into monsters! Excuse me.
I have to help some traumatized students at school deal with the death of someone they loved.
And I'm sad to say that right now, our prayers are doing more to find Ryan and Miguel than you people.
This is exactly the ending I wanted to avoid, and we still have no idea where those boys were going.
Ah, well next time, we use a gentler touch.
At least we have a pretty good idea he's hiding something.
Well, he's a priest.
Of course he's hiding something.
[ DOOR OPENS .]
- [ SIGHS .]
- Hey, off the subject, but why is everyone putting money in that jar on the lieutenant's desk? For the use of his printer.
We pay him 5 cents a page.
What are you talking about? Look, you just have to do it.
Also, don't sit at the lieutenant's desk.
Ever.
Anything else I need to know? Uh oh, it's great that you understand the way Commander Raydor thinks, but it might better for, well, everyone, if you let her talk first.
I mean, since she's in charge.
Father Jonas may be waiting for you by the elevator.
- He was upset.
- Over? Some alternative theories about the disappearance we were simply trying to eliminate.
If you could convince him to come back.
He's very knowledgeable about these boys.
You understand, Sharon, my primary mission is to serve the Church? And mine is to find Ryan and Miguel alive.
Are you suggesting our missions conflict? Congrats.
You've actually made me suspect Father Jonas a little.
And the problem with that is? The problem is that interview also made me suspect Ryan's biological father and convinced me that we need to follow up on the accidental death of his stepdad, because the theory that these boys killed Lucas in a cover-up is suddenly very credible.
Oh, I forgot, there's the Diaz's neighbor, who the lieutenant helpfully nominated as a person of interest to the press and his daughter, who has a driver's license.
The defense will have a field day with those two, not to mention the addicted Dr.
Garza and the undocumented couple with their million in cash.
I'll come back when you've drained the suspect pool a little and maybe settled on a motive.
Thank you, Andrea.
We'll keep you informed.
Good luck finding the kids alive.
I'll meet you downstairs in a few minutes.
Sure.
I want a gun.
What?! I don't want to depend on someone else being there at the right time and place, and I want my own No, no, I get it.
But, look, if you would just accept an undercover detail like any ordinary person I don't have to ask.
I'm 21.
The 2nd Amendment is on my side.
Okay, look, I'm not gonna stand here and argue about the Constitution with you.
Why ask me about a gun instead of Sharon? Because I also want a permit to carry a concealed weapon, and I know that those have to be approved by someone higher the Chief or Sheriff so I'm gonna need Mom's help with that.
Plus, I think it would be wrong to bring a weapon into the house without her permission.
Oh, good, you're not completely crazy.
And you want my help convincing Sharon that you should have a conceal-and-carry permit.
- Please.
- Oh, my God.
I am willing to learn everything I need to know about how to use a gun and keep it safe.
Andy, please? I promise you will not be sorry.
Okay, kid.
I will talk to Sharon, and I will try to give her your point of view.
Let me get back to work.
So, the FBI got a report back on the Diaz's million dollars, and since we have information to share, too, I'd like to propose we form an ad hoc task force.
And who would be in charge of this task force? The L.
A.
P.
D.
has absolute jurisdiction, especially as the kidnapping has yet to be proven.
But our position Commander Raydor leads or we go our separate ways.
The end.
So, what did you learn about the money? The Diazes have an older daughter, Anna.
The million dollars was withdrawn from her bank account just last week.
Anna is an American citizen well, married to one.
We should make sure they're living together as husband and wife.
Mm-hmm.
You do that, Victor.
And following up, we found the money was a transfer payment to Anna for a house sold by her parents.
But there's a kicker the Diaz family only bought that house six months ago, also with cash, for 100 grand less than they ended up selling it for.
Uh, ever hear of money laundering? Uh, ever hear of house flipping? - [ CHUCKLES .]
- That's their business, Vega buying homes more cheaply than they sell them.
TAO: Should we pause here to explain the rudimentary basics of capitalism? - Uh, no, it's not - Congratulations, Vega.
You used the Diaz's money to prove that they're good at their jobs.
Since the information we got from the FBI was worthless, can we pretend this task force thing never happened? Detective Sykes, let's try and move forward.
Let's start by going back.
Two weeks ago, Ryan Rojas' biological father, Ian Nuñez, tried to bribe him into leaving school.
Maybe Mr.
Nuñez did that same thing last Thursday at the museum.
TAO: Which would, admittedly, almost fit with a kidnapping scenario.
PROVENZA: We tried to get Mr.
Nuñez to consent to a search of his house.
He denied it.
Then now sounds like the perfect time to tap all the families' phones.
VEGA: There's a chance these parents aren't telling us everything, and you guys can get wires up and running much faster than we can.
Look, if you have something you need us to do for you, you should do this for us.
Chief? Your thoughts? Okay, then.
Uh, let's start writing a warrant allowing us to listen to the families on all their different devices.
- Amy? - Yes, Commander.
Oh, but even though we can do this faster than you, it still takes hours.
And while we manage that part of our brand-new task force, uh, Detective Paige? Yes, thank you, Commander.
Maybe you guys could do a really thorough check on Marvin Garret, the Diaz's neighbor.
It's important that we speak with his daughter, Kelly, but we have no legal means of forcing Marvin to cooperate.
Hey, it's even possible you could find something on Mr.
Garret more incriminating than house flipping.
Commander, something just popped up on our wire and I I, uh I You've already got a phone tap up and running? O-oh, no, no.
You thought this is not for the St.
Joseph's Three.
It's from our ongoing investigation into the Commander, would it be okay if I mentioned the, uh the Hollywood Strangler? - Okay, Buzz.
- Hollywood Strangler.
Well, that's what we're calling it internally.
Fine.
Where should we set up? Oh, uh, Lieutenant Flynn will help you settle in somewhere over there.
Um, excuse us while we continue to investigate the other case.
Right over here, guys.
Desk one, desk two.
Be right there! You're upping the price per page? Wait, Lieutenant, did you deliberately keep us from getting a new printer so you could do some price gouging? Shh! Now, you and the squad will pay your regular nickel a copy.
This is a new federal tax.
Ad hoc task force, my ass.
An hour ago, Daniella Rojas made a call to a landline - belonging to her ex-husband.
- Ian Nuñez.
This might make it clearer as to why they didn't stay in touch.
IAN: I told you not to call me here.
DANIELLA: Until you pay your child support, I'll call you wherever I want.
You should've thought about your bank account before letting your new husband fall off a balcony.
- I never touched him.
- Yeah, right.
Well, good thing the police don't know you like I do.
What, what is this about anyway, huh? I want Ryan.
Where is he? Why are you asking me? I told you, I haven't seen him! Father Jonas said you tried to take him out of school two weeks ago.
Oh, come on.
What, that day at school? All I did was try to give the little man some money, and that freaky priest got all Just give me my Ryan back.
This isn't funny anymore.
I know you have him.
I know it.
- [ PHONE CLICKS .]
- Ian? Ian! Damn it! [ PHONE CLICKS .]
TAO: Wow.
What do we do with that? Forget about asking for consent.
We use this conversation to get a warrant to search lan's residence, his cars, and his devices.
I'll have patrol watch his house while we drive there.
Good.
BUZZ: You think he's hiding two teenagers in there with his whole in-the-dark family sitting around the dining room table? Probably not.
Ah, could find something in his vehicle.
- Here we go.
- Michael.
Ian Nuñez, we're here to serve a search warrant - on your residence.
- You're what? ROBBY: We have reason to believe Ryan Rojas and Miguel Diaz may be in your house.
Ryan Rojas, Miguel Diaz Ian, those are the boys they're showing on television.
What does that have to do with us? Ryan Rojas is your 15-year-old stepson, ma'am.
Congratulations.
It's a boy.
- Hey, come on, man.
- Wait, what? I need you both to step back.
- No, you're not going - Now.
Listen, we can talk about this, all right? Listen, you don't have to do this.
I said you don't have to do this! Oh, what the hell? Well, I thought we'd just be searching for the missing boys.
But now, Ian Nuñez, you're under arrest for assaulting a police officer.
The fact that you haven't paid child support in over a decade is not gonna look good when you're arraigned.
- Child support? - Mm-hmm.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR .]
Hey.
I thought you had already left with Andy.
No, he went to help Dr.
and Mrs.
Garza at the morgue, but not before telling me you want a gun.
Already? Okay, um Well, before you say "no," I think it's important to remember that I don't drink, I don't do drugs, and And technically you don't need my permission.
Right, but I also want a conceal-and-carry permit, which I couldn't get on my own.
And besides, I would never bring a weapon into this house without your approval.
And without knowing how to use one, which is why I've scheduled us a session at the L.
A.
P.
D.
firing range after work if I can make it.
Oh, so so you're okay with me having a conceal-and-carry permit? No.
I'd rather you accept an undercover detail, but as much as I hate to think about this entire situation, you may have a point.
DR.
MORALES: Before your son died, he lapsed into a coma, and I doubt he felt anything or even knew it was coming.
You'll excuse me, Doctor, if I find very little solace in that.
I spent all night with the press outside my house shouting questions about the death of my son.
Please, I need you to release his body to a mortuary.
I'm afraid we're going to have to keep him a little while longer.
We'd like to have him cremated.
He's not a criminal.
He deserves a funeral.
FLYNN: We understand that, sir, but the doctor here has some more tests he needs to run.
What for? The cause of death is obvious.
What else do you need to know? To determine what, if anything, happened to your son before he died.
What does that matter if he died from natural causes? Dr.
Garza, it's not fair, but your son's death is part of an open investigation and the cause is subject to change.
Please! Please don't take him apart.
Please don't cut him to pieces, please.
[ SOBBING .]
Oh, Lucas - Sara.
Sara! - Oh, Lucas! Oh Sara they've already done that.
They cut him open, removed his organs, and put him back together.
Step outside.
Go on.
Finish your tests quickly, Doctor, or I'll have my lawyer get a court order forcing you to release Lucas' body.
My wife can't handle this much longer.
[ DOOR CLOSES .]
Before we give up the body, I need to know what substance was on his clothes and then check and see if it was also in his bloodstream, and those tests are going to take time.
I know, Doctor.
Um, did you notice Dr.
Garza seemed Probably on oxy, but no way to check without a warrant for his blood.
Perhaps grief drove him back to bad habits.
Or guilt.
Addicts don't need a reason to use, only an excuse.
Let's just hope he doesn't act on his threat to call a lawyer.
So far, his son is the only true evidence we have.
IAN: You didn't find any dead 15-year-old boys in my house, right? Big surprise.
And that other lady cop, she broke my nose, and she put me in jail for nothing.
That other lady cop did you a big favor.
If there was ever a night you want to spend in jail, it's the night that your wife finds out that she has a stepson you never told her about.
Oh, speaking of Ryan I have no idea where he is.
If I did, I'd tell you.
- [ KNOCK ON DOOR, DOOR OPENS .]
- Commander.
- What, you think I - [ CLICKS .]
We got something back on Marv Garret if you want to hear about it.
Uh, Detective Paige, if you would help the FBI prepare a briefing while we finish this interview, please? You bet, Commander.
- [ CLICKS .]
- What, you think I wanted to have my wife dragged into this? My children? You people may have just ruined my whole life, and for what? For nothing.
What did I ever do to Ryan? What, except try to give him some money? I would've also taken him out to lunch if that asshole priest hadn't stopped me.
He does way too much.
Oh, he's, uh, he's helping Ryan out with his homework after school.
He's he's taking him to the movies.
He is he's teaching him how to drive.
Doing all the stuff that you would rather be doing with Ryan.
Look, all I'm saying is Father Jonas is a lot more involved in that kid's life than the average teacher.
Look, I-I got to go.
I've got to talk to my present wife, if she hasn't already packed up her stuff and left.
No, no, you're staying here with us.
What? Why? You didn't find nothing at the house.
I told you everything I know.
You got to let me leave.
Mm, there's just this little issue of you assaulting a police officer.
A-Assau Assaulting? As I gave her a little push, and look what she did to me! Bitch.
Okay, fine, you want to have me arraigned, I want a lawyer.
How 'bout that? It's not gonna help you, but okay.
Father Jonas again.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR, DOOR OPENS .]
Can't believe I'm saying this, but the FBI stumbled on something that actually might help.
Turns out Marvin Garret does more than just make calls to ICE about his neighbors.
We found an IP address linked to a computer he uses at home.
Not sure who owns the website, but it's called unhyphenatednation.
com, and Marvin is its administrator.
"Unhyphenated Nation" is dedicated to the end of multiculturalism and the removal of all extensions to the word "American.
" For example, the hyphens between African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Asian-Americans Hmm.
What about Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans? That doesn't seem to come up.
FEY: Unhyphenated's main issue appears to be crimes by illegal aliens.
The site is operated by Marvin? VEGA: Under the pseudonym "Buddy E.
Lee," so he didn't pay for it, and it's not listed under his real name, which is why it slipped by you guys.
You see? The Patriot Act comes in handy now and then.
FLYNN: A disgusting website isn't enough to arrest this Marvin dirtbag.
Or even get us a warrant to search his property.
But he also posts a podcast and lots of YouTube videos.
There's about 150 hours of Marvin Garret shooting off his mouth here.
Really? He might slip up, admit to something illegal.
Yeah, but who has time to listen to all that bullshit? [ SIGHS .]
Just give me the files.
And one other thing Marvin Garret has a federal license to sell firearms.
How on earth did Marv okay.
What I don't understand is why would these boys have gotten into a car with Marvin? TAO: Maybe they didn't.
Maybe they got into a car with his unhyphenated daughter.
ROBBY: And before we direct all our resources at Marvin Garret, I have news.
- From where? - The Office of the Archdiocese.
Since Father Jonas was blocking us, I found an intern there who volunteered a little info before she realized it would be frowned upon by her holier-than-thou superiors.
Beguiling an intern.
For shame.
Well, you can't beguile someone who doesn't want to be beguiled.
I've tried.
Anyway, before she realized I was L.
A.
P.
D.
, our lovely intern gave up what might be damning information on Father Jonas.
What sort of damning information? He's been transferred to six different dioceses over the past five years.
Monterey, Tucson, Denver, Reno, Phoenix, and L.
A.
TAO: And two of these transfers happened in the middle of the school year.
FLYNN: Sounds like another one of the Church's tried-and-true tactics to cover up sexual abuse.
Well, our priest has told us over and over how close he is to these boys.
Intensely close.
And Father Jonas gave Ryan driving lessons.
Yeah, well, front seat or back? Could've been the trunk.
All right, Lieutenant.
Since Father Jonas won't come to us, let's go to him.
Your weapon is your last resort, always.
I understand.
Try again.
I want you to remember that this training is about the gun.
It is not about the soul.
Taking a human life up-close is very hard.
You need to put some serious thought into how [ WHIRRING .]
Well, right now, all I need is for Phillip Stroh to stand completely still.
Hmm, that's not bad for your third try.
[ CELLPHONE BUZZING .]
Hold on.
Yes, Lieutenant? Have you picked up our well-travelled priest yet? Oh? What sort of problem? FR.
STAN: Sharon, your detectives can't look through our private quarters.
You were fine with us searching the whole property yesterday morning.
We're just here for Father Jonas.
SHARON: You can't keep us from his room, Father.
I stopped by a judge's house on the way here.
I have a search warrant for the entire rectory.
- There's no need, Sharon.
- I disagree.
Father, forgive us our trespasses and step aside.
ROBBY: L.
A.
P.
D.
! Open up! Well, our person of interest is definitely not at home.
I see.
Where'd he go? Father Jonas has left the country.