Without a Trace s05e05 Episode Script
The Damage Done
Previously on Without A Trace: The door was kicked in and there's blood on the floor.
Three people missing.
Still smells like gunpowder.
What are we looking for? Sadik Marku.
He runs a gang of Albanians.
- Where's the Jordano family? - Oh, I don't know.
I probably wouldn't tell you if I did.
- I know you put a hit out on that kid.
- You're full of a lot of accusations.
But I'm guessing, not a lot of proof.
We wouldn't be talking like this, right? We need to find the Jordanos before Sadik does.
There are rules I have to follow, you don't have to fear me.
I don't care about the rules.
You stay away from that family or I will put a bullet in your brain.
I'm coming to get you.
I'm gonna pick a story, then wrap you up.
Where are you going? Come here.
- Come here.
Mom.
Stop it.
- Stop it, Mom.
- What? I don't get hugs anymore? - Not now, I'm busy.
- Oh, you're busy? Well, how about you get busy getting ready for bed? Because it's bedtime.
Daddy.
Hey, rabbit.
Ah.
You ready for bed? No, I've got all this stupid reading to do.
Hey, reading's not stupid.
How else are you gonna know anything? You gotta be smart if you're gonna go far.
Okay, I'll do it.
Good boy.
Gonna take care of your mom while I'm gone? You're the man of the house? Pinkie promise? Good show.
All right.
Lock up behind me.
Officer? Sir? Make sure she doesn't get back in here, will you? See them in.
- What's going on? - We've got Petros Marku, 8.
Julia Martique, 27.
Both abducted last night.
- Petros is Sadik's son? - Mm-hm.
And Julia is his girlfriend.
And he has a wife.
Odetta.
Jack, um did NYPD ask us to be here? Because I'm not getting a very warm welcome.
I have a friend in the 1-6 who gives me a heads-up whenever Sadik's around.
So we're not invited.
The Jordano family is in the Witness Protection Program.
As long as Sadik's around, we're invited.
Is this about nailing Sadik or finding a mother and her kid? Who called in the 911? - A neighbor.
His name is Paul Banks.
- Hmm.
Mr.
Banks, uh, Jack Malone, FBI.
So, what did you see last night? It was what I heard, at first.
Julia let out a horrible scream around 10.
Ten? Why did you wait till almost 11 to call 911? Well, everyone knows Sadik is a member of the Albanian mob.
I call the cops, I better have a pretty damn good reason.
And that reason would be what? Well, I took Mookie out a little after I heard Julia.
That was That was when I knew it was really serious.
No, God! No! I couldn't really get a clear look at anybody.
Anybody else around? Maybe in a car, I don't know.
- Did you get a plate number? - Yeah, first two letters: F-H.
That's really all I know.
Okay.
Thank you.
Oh, uh, ahem.
Detective Pappas says he's on a special team investigating Sadik.
Yeah, I know.
He says this is his case.
Not anymore.
Where are you going? Hey, I'm talking to you.
Sadik.
You deaf, or disrespectful.
- Disrespectful.
Frankie, easy.
Say hello to Agent Malone.
Do you have any idea where your son is? And what's it to you? Where were you last night? Minding my own business.
Why are we having this conversation? Because I stayed away from the Jordanos.
Your girlfriend and your son are missing.
Oh, come on, what are you talking about? I was just there last night.
That's what their place looked like this morning.
Take a look.
If you're calling your girlfriend, you're wasting your time.
It's gonna go straight to voice mail.
Nobody is available to take your call.
You and you, come with me.
Where you going? - Check on my family.
I don't think so.
All right, everybody, take a nice, deep, relaxing breath.
Felon with a weapon.
It's not your lucky day.
Wanna tell your boys to put their guns down? Call Cohen.
Let's go.
Agent Malone.
- What the hell are you doing here? Look, I told your partner I'd be handling this case.
With two people missing, it's a better fit for us.
You're stepping on an ongoing investigation.
I'll watch where I put my feet.
Come on, man.
Look, we've been on Sadik for six months.
If he knows feds are around, he and his people just close up shop.
Look, I'm not gonna let a woman and her son twist in the wind.
Oh, uh, maybe because you wanna bust him yourself, that it? I know you got a jones for this guy.
I'll tell you what.
You keep me in the loop and I'll keep you in the loop.
Yeah, right.
Sadik hasn't said anything? - No.
Well, NYPD has linked his crew to two gang killings in the last month.
Um, an Izzy Sandoval and a Ricardo Reed were beaten to death with a pipe.
Phew.
Who's got the biggest beef? Latin Kings, 118th Street Gang, the Bonanno family.
You can pretty much take your pick.
I don't think we should be working this case.
- Come on.
- I'm serious.
This kid and his mom would be better off if Jack would let Detective Pappas do his job.
He knows this world better, he knows the players.
What? Julia called Sadik's wife an hour before she was taken with the boy.
Who would do such a thing? Petros.
He's so innocent.
Let's talk about Julia.
Your husband has a child with another woman while married to you.
That's gotta make you pretty angry.
You think I took them away? That's crazy.
You're crazy.
Why did Julia call you on your phone before they disappeared? I was just talking to her about dinner.
I told her we were making casserole.
I'm sorry, you, um, were gonna make a casserole for your husband's girlfriend? Mm.
The whole family.
Sadik too.
Every Tuesday.
You're telling us that your husband having this girlfriend doesn't even make you a little jealous.
It's how things are.
It was difficult, at first but then Petros was born.
He brought joy to Sadik.
He brought Julia and I closer.
And now you're just one big happy family.
I don't expect you to understand.
Okay.
Uh Was Sadik having trouble with, uh, any rivals? Other gang members? Anything like that? I just work in club.
I only know Sadik's men.
Okay, why don't you tell me about his men? They are like dogs in the yard.
They all want to be the next Sadik.
Some of them are less patient than others.
Anyone specific? Can you give us a name? Arti Lazar.
He's one of the new guys.
It's not fair.
All the other kids got a chocolate bar.
Oh, she just forgot.
Your teacher will give you one tomorrow, Petros.
Sweetheart, it's okay you didn't get one.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What do you mean it's okay? What are you trying to teach this kid, Julia? Listen.
It's not okay that you didn't get your candy.
Right? It's not fair.
The world isn't always fair which is why sometimes you have to take what's yours.
You understand? I got this from a nun at an orphanage when I was feeling forgotten.
And now you know I'm always thinking of you.
ARTl: Hey, boss.
I just delivered the wine you wanted.
I put it in the cabinet by the fridge.
How'd you get in there? - I used the clicker.
You broke into the house? Into their house? No, I didn't break in.
I grabbed that out of your car.
- Get your ass back to the club.
- I was doing what Frankie told me.
Don't do what Frankie tells you.
Do what I tell you.
I'm sorry, Mr.
Marku, I guess I wasn't thinking.
It won't happen again.
Get out of here.
At first, I didn't think anything of it.
But now I wonder.
You think a low-level guy like this would go up against your husband? That's how they prove themselves.
That's how Sadik came up.
- Sorry to keep you waiting.
- No, you're not.
Where's Julia? Where's my son? - I don't have a clue.
- Who took them? Why don't you tell me? What, you think I had something to do with this? I would rather die than hurt my son.
You understand? He's my flesh and blood.
Any problems between you and Julia? - You're trying to hang this on me.
- I'm gonna hang this on whoever did it.
That's such crap.
You brought me in on a bogus weapons charge so you could build a case.
Brought you because you wouldn't talk in front of your crew.
- Think I'm gonna talk? - Under the circumstances not a bad idea.
Look, my job is to find Julia and your son.
The fact that I think that you're piece of garbage is irrelevant.
Whoever took them waited until you left.
There's been no ransom call.
So it's not about the money.
Now, someone is sending you a message.
Any idea who it is? Is this some kind of payback? Does this have anything to do with Ricardo Reed or Izzy Sandoval? What about in your crew? Is anybody climbing up the ladder, looking to knock you off your perch? I see what you're trying to do.
I'm trying to find out who your enemies are.
I'm asking exactly the same questions I would ask anybody in your situation.
You're trying to get me sent away.
Well, that's a chance that you're gonna have to take.
What's more important to you? Running your crew or finding your son? If I were you, I would pick one.
Send my lawyer up when he gets here, please? Sure.
I can do that.
Hey, Danny, do me a favor, will you? Call his lawyer, gonna move Sadik to jail.
Well, are we? Look, I'm trying to buy a little time here.
Okay.
Arti? Yes, Arti.
Guy's a little green, maybe, but he's not stupid enough to cross Sadik.
- When was the last time you saw him? - Yesterday.
Where is he now, Frankie? - It's not my day to watch him.
Aren't you overlooking the obvious? And no disrespect to my boss' squeeze, but I watch the news.
What are 95 percent of all child abductions? You think Julia took Petros? I'm just saying, that chick's got issues.
Know how much that is, rabbit? Hey, get used to counting those Benjamins, Petros.
Ten 100s makes a thousand.
Good job, put it there.
Hey, you wanna see what 10 G's feels like? Come on, Petros, it's time to go.
Okay, that's good, hold it like this.
- Sweetie? - That's good.
Why don't you go wash your hands, okay? What was that all about? I don't like him around all this cash.
You sure don't mind spending it, do you? That's not what I mean.
He never sees anyone earn it.
- What are you saying, I don't work now? - You're not listening.
- What? - You don't want this life for him yet you keep dragging him into it.
Don't tell me how to raise my son.
Julia's lucky she didn't get smacked.
The point is, it could've been her.
No, the point is that we have a witness that saw them getting forced into a car.
Whatever.
If there's nothing else, I'm needed at the club.
So the SUV matches the description the neighbor gave the cops.
No sign of Julia and Petros, huh? No, parking enforcement ID'd the car from the APB.
No one saw him pull in, and no one heard the shots.
- Artie lives in the Village? - Right.
- What's he doing in Staten Island? - I don't know.
Looks like he did some off-roading before he ended up like that.
- Where Artie went before he got shot? - Yeah, looks that way.
We found a receipt on him printed at, uh, 1:37 this morning at a gas station here.
Near Harriman State Park? That'd explain the mud.
Yeah, park rangers are checking all the cabins circulating photos of Petros and Julia.
Could be he went up there to stash them.
Yeah, or to dump the bodies.
Preliminary forensics came in.
Artie was killed with a 3.
80 around 9 a.
m.
It sounds like Sadik's men got to him.
Excuse.
Johnson.
They would have tortured him and there's no sign of that.
If someone took my kid, I wouldn't waste time with torture, I'd shoot.
Okay, thanks.
That was local P.
D.
Harriman.
They found Julia, beat up, but no sign of Petros.
- They take her to a hospital? - Nope, she insisted on going home.
I lost him.
I lost my baby.
Well, we're here to help you find him, okay? So tell us what happened.
They took him from me.
- Who took him? - I don't know.
I think one of them was Arti.
I knew it.
- You have to find him.
We did.
He's dead.
Julia talk to us, please? From the start, what happened? Petros and I were alone in the house and there was a knock on the door.
I didn't think, I just opened it.
No.
Aah! Run, Petros, run! There were two men in masks.
They put us in a car, an SUV.
And they tied us up.
- Where did they take you? I don't know.
They put a bag over my head, I couldn't see.
We drove for what seemed like hours, and then we stopped.
Get out.
Don't Petros! Mama! Petros, Petros! Mama! - Mom! Mama! - Tell Sadik he brought this on himself.
Mama! Mama! No, don't! No! No! Don't take him away from me! Get back here! Petros! It was dark.
I got lost.
And now Petros is gone.
And the other man, Julia? Did you recognize his voice? I tried to listen but they had the music up very loud because Petros was crying.
Does Sadik know that you found me? Not yet.
He'll blame me.
I'm as good as dead.
- I don't get why they let Julia go.
- Because she doesn't matter to Sadik.
His son does.
Yeah, but she can ID Arti.
Why take the chance? Well, apparently Arti's not the one in charge.
It's the other guy.
Did the clerk at the gas station get a look at him? No, he only saw Arti.
Jack, Sadik's lawyer's in the lobby and he's pissed you sent him downtown.
Uh, do me a favor and stall him, will you? Come on, I know what I'm doing.
Where's Petros? They still have him.
Where is Julia? I wanna see her.
We have her in protective custody but she doesn't wanna speak to you.
Two men abducted them.
One of them was Arti Lazar.
Arti? You can't talk to him either.
They shot him in the head.
The second man had a message for you.
He says that you brought this on yourself.
What else? It's possible that Julia was sexually assaulted.
Who is the second man? Is he from the outside? Or is he one of your own crew? Just give me a name.
Go to hell.
I could have found Petros if it wasn't for you dragging me in here.
If anything happens to my son, I swear to God The reason Petros was abducted was because of you, not me.
Mr.
Marku? You and me are done.
You wanna do this yourself but I'm telling you, it's a bad idea.
It will not end well.
Where the hell have you been? Yeah, he just left the interrogation room.
Yeah, bring Martin with you and do not lose him.
Okay.
Why did you bring me here? I'm just a waitress, I don't know about Sadik's guys.
Do you know Arti Lazar? Yeah, what about him? He talked to you a lot from his cell phone these last few months.
We used to see each other.
He also called you, uh, this morning from a from a pay phone in Stony Point.
What did you guys talk about? He gambles.
I loaned him money.
He wanted to come by and pay me back.
He stayed a while.
You live, um, on Staten Island, yeah? - On the corner of Mill and Abbots.
- So? So we found Arti's body in a parking lot two doors down.
Arti? I can't believe it.
Did he tell anyone he was coming to see you? - No.
- No? He was up in Harriman Park last night.
Mention anything about that to you? How much money did he give you? Five grand.
How did he get the money? You listen to me.
There is an 8-year-old boy missing.
If you don't help me out here I'm gonna start asking about your green-card status.
You got it? I think Sadik gave Arti a bonus for introducing him to this guy some Aryan Brotherhood person.
I know these guys from the joint.
Up at Sumter? No, Glades.
I don't know any of those guys you mentioned.
I already told you, man.
Your friends are Damon and Vidos.
Oh, so you know two guys.
Because Arti vouched for you, you think you're in with me now? Come on, Sadik, the guy checks out.
I don't know this fundërrinë.
Look, I gave you five guys.
You know, to vouch for me.
If that ain't enough well, you can go to hell.
What do you think you're doing? Ah, I want some uzis, but I don't need this.
You don't lay cash on my table, and then pick it back up again.
No guns, no green.
That ain't how it works.
You're making a big mistake.
The deal went bad, the guy got the hell out of there.
But Sadik kept his money.
How do you know that? I saw him put it in the safe.
- Did you get this guy's name? - I think Arti called him Travis.
I don't know his last name.
I think Dorina's lying.
She said no one that knew Arti was coming over this morning.
But right after she talked to him, she called the club.
She works there.
She probably makes 20 calls a day there.
At 8: 15 in the morning? Plus, the two calls were only one minute apart and then an hour later, Arti shows up dead.
You've got a point.
So what? - So I think it's worth looking into.
You picked up Sadik 10 minutes before that call came in.
You saw who was at the club.
Go through mug shots, you can ID Samantha, I just don't have time for that.
Jack, this could help us find a suspect.
Sadik is gonna do that for us.
We've got somebody tailing him.
Well, what if he doesn't lead us anywhere? That jerk knows who did it.
I can tell from looking at his eyes when I talk to him.
What if he's wrong? What if he doesn't know who did it? Or does that not matter, Jack? Whatever it takes.
- Does anybody know where Sadik is? - Give me one second.
He and his men got into an apartment building on Hunter and 47th.
- Any idea who they're going to see? - We're already working on it.
Let me speak to Viv.
Ahem, Viv, we're looking for a guy named Travis.
We don't have a last name.
Um, look at the, uh, directory on the building.
We're on it.
All right, there's, uh, no Travis but we've got a T.
Gibson, uh, T.
Billings, T.
Holt T.
Brown.
- Here we go, I have the tenant list.
I have a Tamara, a Timothy, a Trevor and a Travis Holt.
- Did you hear that? - Yeah, we got a Holt, Apartment 4-D.
I want you to get in there.
I don't care how you do it.
But cover your ass.
Where is my son? - Did you hear that? In there.
I want my son! FBI! - FBI! - Hands where we can see them.
- Drop it, Sadik.
He's got my kid.
Get against the wall! Get against the wall, now! - Get against the wall.
- Say goodbye to your family.
- Say goodbye to your family.
Get against the wall, now.
Get against the wall, get against the wall.
Let me see your hands.
I want my son.
I don't care.
Spread them.
- Where's Petros Marku? - I don't know.
I need an ambulance.
Hands where I can see them.
- Both of you, right now.
- Where's the boy? I'm a cop.
I'm undercover with the 1-5.
Watch your head.
Make sure we can keep this guy in custody till we find the kid.
- You got it, I'll see you later.
- Okay.
Let's go.
Where the hell is Sadik? You put my agents at risk.
They could've been killed in there.
Hey, my guy's the one who got beat to a pulp.
We hadn't showed up, he'd be dead.
Wouldn't have happened if you hadn't turned Sadik loose.
If you'd kept me in the loop about what you were doing Malone, this is my case.
Stay the hell away.
You don't give a crap about your guy.
You're just pushing your agenda.
Yeah? Then I guess we're the same.
Yeah, you wish, jerk.
What are you looking at? Travis, I'm Agent Johnson.
I don't know anything about Sadik's kid.
We think that Arti took him with an accomplice.
- Someone in Sadik's crew? - It's a possibility.
And I might know who it is? You don't lay cash on my table, and then pick it back again.
No guns, no green.
That ain't how it works.
I won, Dad! You're making the biggest mistake of your life.
Daddy? Hey, rabbit, we're just playing pretend right now.
Get him out of here, Frankie.
He's all wrong, any moron can see that.
Come on, let's go.
We'll work something out about the money.
He ain't gonna be around forever.
Frankie was serious.
I think he was gonna make his move.
- Did you get the cash back? We wanted him to keep it.
We could track how the money flowed through Sadik's organization.
So the money was marked.
Yeah.
Thanks.
- Heal fast.
- I hope you find him.
Kid saved my life.
- You beat up the wrong guy.
- I heard.
They'll go for attempted murder.
He's a cop.
I'm looking at 20 years.
Sounds about right.
You just wound me up and let me go.
That stuff about Julia being attacked? I made it up.
What are you doing here? You got what you wanted.
What I want is to find your son.
Look, with good behavior, you could be out in 10 years.
Petros will be 18.
You still have time.
- He's all I got.
- Then give me something.
I don't know.
I thought it was Travis but now I don't know.
I swear.
Have you considered your friend Frankie? Frankie? No.
No, you're wrong.
You're wrong.
He knows what my boy means to me.
That is my point.
He would not betray me.
He was there from the beginning.
When we were kids MOTHER SADIK MOTHER: MOTHER: No! They dragged her body away.
By the time we came out, there was nothing but her blood left on the floor.
That was a long time ago.
A lot of things change.
Not Frankie.
Not me.
Did you give Arti any of the money that you took from Travis? - It went straight into the safe.
- That money was marked.
Arti used that money to pay off Dorina.
Now, only somebody with access to that safe could get to the money.
Frankie had access.
And he tried to make a deal with Travis behind your back.
He's like a brother to me.
Are you willing to bet your son's life on that? Hey, Frankie, what's up? - I know you, what's this all about? - It's about Petros.
I had nothing Where is he? Come on, guys.
- It's marked.
I just got that money from Sadik's wife.
From Odetta, really? What for? I sold her a pair of blank Belgian passports a couple of hours ago.
Three-eighty automatic.
It's got your prints.
We found it in the garbage behind your house.
And I'll bet it matches the bullet in Arti's head.
All right, then let's talk about the passports that you bought.
You're leaving the country? I think one of those passports is for you and the other one is for Petros.
I think you don't have a child of your own so you decided to take Julia's.
You are a stupid, simple woman.
- Hey.
- You're going to jail for a very long time.
Why don't you just return the kid? I would never hurt Julia.
No, but you'd hire Arti to do it and then kill him to cover it up.
- You're wrong.
You asked Dorina to call if she heard from Arti and she said yes because you're Sadik's wife.
And then you drove to Staten Island and you shot him.
Why? I was trying to help Petros and Julia.
Help them with what? Something I should have done long ago.
Get away.
Get away from this life.
Petros, stop bouncing.
Now you know why Sadik calls him rabbit.
Heh.
- Does he ever stop? - When he gets thirsty.
He's growing up so fast, kind of scares me.
I understand.
I know you do.
Mama, hands up.
Oh, my God, Petros, where did you get that? In Daddy's drawer.
It's heavy.
Petros, put it down.
- I'm playing pretend like Daddy.
It's not pretend.
Please, what you're doing is very dangerous, sweetheart.
- Please, just give it to me.
That's good.
- Do as your mama says.
Good.
That's when we knew we must get him away from his father.
So you paid Arti to help get Julia and Petros away? I thought I could trust him.
He betrayed us.
How? He stole all the money I gave to Julia and then just dumped her in the park.
Where is Petros? Did Arti do something to him? I think I've said enough.
Doesn't make sense.
Her story doesn't track.
Neither does Julia's.
There was no kidnapping and no second man.
You know what I think? I think she is covering for Julia.
You mind if I sit? Must have been very difficult to come back here.
Of course it was.
You intentionally trashed this place to make it look like an abduction and then you had Arti drive you and your son off.
That's not true.
Your neighbor witnessed the abduction.
He says that you were resisting.
Under the circumstances I would have thought that you'd have been more than willing to go.
Where's your son? I don't know.
I think you do.
What happened to your son? Please leave me alone.
That's why Arti carried him out of here in a bundle, isn't it? He was already dead wasn't he? Did you kill him? Did you kill your son? It was an accident.
It all happened so fast.
Mommy, where are we going? On a little adventure.
- Is Daddy coming too? - It's a surprise for Dad.
Are we going to go see him? Are we going to the club? Where are your shoes? Put your shoes on.
Here.
Can I wear my Heelys? Where are they? Did you leave them in your room? I already looked.
Okay.
You think you took them off over here? Sweetheart, I'm not seeing them.
If they're not in your room, you have to wear something else.
Petros! Petros! I I was distracted, I stepped away.
It was only for a few seconds.
Julia, uh I need to know where your son's body is.
Did they find him yet? Yeah, 10 minutes ago.
They're bringing in his body for positive ID.
You know, I thought that I could nail Sadik and still find his son.
I thought I could do both.
One out of two.
That wasn't my job.
This was my job.
Just tell me.
He's dead.
We found him buried at Harriman State Park.
Who did this to him? It was an accident.
What do you mean, it was an accident? Julia was going to leave you, she was taking him with her.
She packed the gun for protection.
She left him alone for a second.
That was it.
Adapted by:
Three people missing.
Still smells like gunpowder.
What are we looking for? Sadik Marku.
He runs a gang of Albanians.
- Where's the Jordano family? - Oh, I don't know.
I probably wouldn't tell you if I did.
- I know you put a hit out on that kid.
- You're full of a lot of accusations.
But I'm guessing, not a lot of proof.
We wouldn't be talking like this, right? We need to find the Jordanos before Sadik does.
There are rules I have to follow, you don't have to fear me.
I don't care about the rules.
You stay away from that family or I will put a bullet in your brain.
I'm coming to get you.
I'm gonna pick a story, then wrap you up.
Where are you going? Come here.
- Come here.
Mom.
Stop it.
- Stop it, Mom.
- What? I don't get hugs anymore? - Not now, I'm busy.
- Oh, you're busy? Well, how about you get busy getting ready for bed? Because it's bedtime.
Daddy.
Hey, rabbit.
Ah.
You ready for bed? No, I've got all this stupid reading to do.
Hey, reading's not stupid.
How else are you gonna know anything? You gotta be smart if you're gonna go far.
Okay, I'll do it.
Good boy.
Gonna take care of your mom while I'm gone? You're the man of the house? Pinkie promise? Good show.
All right.
Lock up behind me.
Officer? Sir? Make sure she doesn't get back in here, will you? See them in.
- What's going on? - We've got Petros Marku, 8.
Julia Martique, 27.
Both abducted last night.
- Petros is Sadik's son? - Mm-hm.
And Julia is his girlfriend.
And he has a wife.
Odetta.
Jack, um did NYPD ask us to be here? Because I'm not getting a very warm welcome.
I have a friend in the 1-6 who gives me a heads-up whenever Sadik's around.
So we're not invited.
The Jordano family is in the Witness Protection Program.
As long as Sadik's around, we're invited.
Is this about nailing Sadik or finding a mother and her kid? Who called in the 911? - A neighbor.
His name is Paul Banks.
- Hmm.
Mr.
Banks, uh, Jack Malone, FBI.
So, what did you see last night? It was what I heard, at first.
Julia let out a horrible scream around 10.
Ten? Why did you wait till almost 11 to call 911? Well, everyone knows Sadik is a member of the Albanian mob.
I call the cops, I better have a pretty damn good reason.
And that reason would be what? Well, I took Mookie out a little after I heard Julia.
That was That was when I knew it was really serious.
No, God! No! I couldn't really get a clear look at anybody.
Anybody else around? Maybe in a car, I don't know.
- Did you get a plate number? - Yeah, first two letters: F-H.
That's really all I know.
Okay.
Thank you.
Oh, uh, ahem.
Detective Pappas says he's on a special team investigating Sadik.
Yeah, I know.
He says this is his case.
Not anymore.
Where are you going? Hey, I'm talking to you.
Sadik.
You deaf, or disrespectful.
- Disrespectful.
Frankie, easy.
Say hello to Agent Malone.
Do you have any idea where your son is? And what's it to you? Where were you last night? Minding my own business.
Why are we having this conversation? Because I stayed away from the Jordanos.
Your girlfriend and your son are missing.
Oh, come on, what are you talking about? I was just there last night.
That's what their place looked like this morning.
Take a look.
If you're calling your girlfriend, you're wasting your time.
It's gonna go straight to voice mail.
Nobody is available to take your call.
You and you, come with me.
Where you going? - Check on my family.
I don't think so.
All right, everybody, take a nice, deep, relaxing breath.
Felon with a weapon.
It's not your lucky day.
Wanna tell your boys to put their guns down? Call Cohen.
Let's go.
Agent Malone.
- What the hell are you doing here? Look, I told your partner I'd be handling this case.
With two people missing, it's a better fit for us.
You're stepping on an ongoing investigation.
I'll watch where I put my feet.
Come on, man.
Look, we've been on Sadik for six months.
If he knows feds are around, he and his people just close up shop.
Look, I'm not gonna let a woman and her son twist in the wind.
Oh, uh, maybe because you wanna bust him yourself, that it? I know you got a jones for this guy.
I'll tell you what.
You keep me in the loop and I'll keep you in the loop.
Yeah, right.
Sadik hasn't said anything? - No.
Well, NYPD has linked his crew to two gang killings in the last month.
Um, an Izzy Sandoval and a Ricardo Reed were beaten to death with a pipe.
Phew.
Who's got the biggest beef? Latin Kings, 118th Street Gang, the Bonanno family.
You can pretty much take your pick.
I don't think we should be working this case.
- Come on.
- I'm serious.
This kid and his mom would be better off if Jack would let Detective Pappas do his job.
He knows this world better, he knows the players.
What? Julia called Sadik's wife an hour before she was taken with the boy.
Who would do such a thing? Petros.
He's so innocent.
Let's talk about Julia.
Your husband has a child with another woman while married to you.
That's gotta make you pretty angry.
You think I took them away? That's crazy.
You're crazy.
Why did Julia call you on your phone before they disappeared? I was just talking to her about dinner.
I told her we were making casserole.
I'm sorry, you, um, were gonna make a casserole for your husband's girlfriend? Mm.
The whole family.
Sadik too.
Every Tuesday.
You're telling us that your husband having this girlfriend doesn't even make you a little jealous.
It's how things are.
It was difficult, at first but then Petros was born.
He brought joy to Sadik.
He brought Julia and I closer.
And now you're just one big happy family.
I don't expect you to understand.
Okay.
Uh Was Sadik having trouble with, uh, any rivals? Other gang members? Anything like that? I just work in club.
I only know Sadik's men.
Okay, why don't you tell me about his men? They are like dogs in the yard.
They all want to be the next Sadik.
Some of them are less patient than others.
Anyone specific? Can you give us a name? Arti Lazar.
He's one of the new guys.
It's not fair.
All the other kids got a chocolate bar.
Oh, she just forgot.
Your teacher will give you one tomorrow, Petros.
Sweetheart, it's okay you didn't get one.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What do you mean it's okay? What are you trying to teach this kid, Julia? Listen.
It's not okay that you didn't get your candy.
Right? It's not fair.
The world isn't always fair which is why sometimes you have to take what's yours.
You understand? I got this from a nun at an orphanage when I was feeling forgotten.
And now you know I'm always thinking of you.
ARTl: Hey, boss.
I just delivered the wine you wanted.
I put it in the cabinet by the fridge.
How'd you get in there? - I used the clicker.
You broke into the house? Into their house? No, I didn't break in.
I grabbed that out of your car.
- Get your ass back to the club.
- I was doing what Frankie told me.
Don't do what Frankie tells you.
Do what I tell you.
I'm sorry, Mr.
Marku, I guess I wasn't thinking.
It won't happen again.
Get out of here.
At first, I didn't think anything of it.
But now I wonder.
You think a low-level guy like this would go up against your husband? That's how they prove themselves.
That's how Sadik came up.
- Sorry to keep you waiting.
- No, you're not.
Where's Julia? Where's my son? - I don't have a clue.
- Who took them? Why don't you tell me? What, you think I had something to do with this? I would rather die than hurt my son.
You understand? He's my flesh and blood.
Any problems between you and Julia? - You're trying to hang this on me.
- I'm gonna hang this on whoever did it.
That's such crap.
You brought me in on a bogus weapons charge so you could build a case.
Brought you because you wouldn't talk in front of your crew.
- Think I'm gonna talk? - Under the circumstances not a bad idea.
Look, my job is to find Julia and your son.
The fact that I think that you're piece of garbage is irrelevant.
Whoever took them waited until you left.
There's been no ransom call.
So it's not about the money.
Now, someone is sending you a message.
Any idea who it is? Is this some kind of payback? Does this have anything to do with Ricardo Reed or Izzy Sandoval? What about in your crew? Is anybody climbing up the ladder, looking to knock you off your perch? I see what you're trying to do.
I'm trying to find out who your enemies are.
I'm asking exactly the same questions I would ask anybody in your situation.
You're trying to get me sent away.
Well, that's a chance that you're gonna have to take.
What's more important to you? Running your crew or finding your son? If I were you, I would pick one.
Send my lawyer up when he gets here, please? Sure.
I can do that.
Hey, Danny, do me a favor, will you? Call his lawyer, gonna move Sadik to jail.
Well, are we? Look, I'm trying to buy a little time here.
Okay.
Arti? Yes, Arti.
Guy's a little green, maybe, but he's not stupid enough to cross Sadik.
- When was the last time you saw him? - Yesterday.
Where is he now, Frankie? - It's not my day to watch him.
Aren't you overlooking the obvious? And no disrespect to my boss' squeeze, but I watch the news.
What are 95 percent of all child abductions? You think Julia took Petros? I'm just saying, that chick's got issues.
Know how much that is, rabbit? Hey, get used to counting those Benjamins, Petros.
Ten 100s makes a thousand.
Good job, put it there.
Hey, you wanna see what 10 G's feels like? Come on, Petros, it's time to go.
Okay, that's good, hold it like this.
- Sweetie? - That's good.
Why don't you go wash your hands, okay? What was that all about? I don't like him around all this cash.
You sure don't mind spending it, do you? That's not what I mean.
He never sees anyone earn it.
- What are you saying, I don't work now? - You're not listening.
- What? - You don't want this life for him yet you keep dragging him into it.
Don't tell me how to raise my son.
Julia's lucky she didn't get smacked.
The point is, it could've been her.
No, the point is that we have a witness that saw them getting forced into a car.
Whatever.
If there's nothing else, I'm needed at the club.
So the SUV matches the description the neighbor gave the cops.
No sign of Julia and Petros, huh? No, parking enforcement ID'd the car from the APB.
No one saw him pull in, and no one heard the shots.
- Artie lives in the Village? - Right.
- What's he doing in Staten Island? - I don't know.
Looks like he did some off-roading before he ended up like that.
- Where Artie went before he got shot? - Yeah, looks that way.
We found a receipt on him printed at, uh, 1:37 this morning at a gas station here.
Near Harriman State Park? That'd explain the mud.
Yeah, park rangers are checking all the cabins circulating photos of Petros and Julia.
Could be he went up there to stash them.
Yeah, or to dump the bodies.
Preliminary forensics came in.
Artie was killed with a 3.
80 around 9 a.
m.
It sounds like Sadik's men got to him.
Excuse.
Johnson.
They would have tortured him and there's no sign of that.
If someone took my kid, I wouldn't waste time with torture, I'd shoot.
Okay, thanks.
That was local P.
D.
Harriman.
They found Julia, beat up, but no sign of Petros.
- They take her to a hospital? - Nope, she insisted on going home.
I lost him.
I lost my baby.
Well, we're here to help you find him, okay? So tell us what happened.
They took him from me.
- Who took him? - I don't know.
I think one of them was Arti.
I knew it.
- You have to find him.
We did.
He's dead.
Julia talk to us, please? From the start, what happened? Petros and I were alone in the house and there was a knock on the door.
I didn't think, I just opened it.
No.
Aah! Run, Petros, run! There were two men in masks.
They put us in a car, an SUV.
And they tied us up.
- Where did they take you? I don't know.
They put a bag over my head, I couldn't see.
We drove for what seemed like hours, and then we stopped.
Get out.
Don't Petros! Mama! Petros, Petros! Mama! - Mom! Mama! - Tell Sadik he brought this on himself.
Mama! Mama! No, don't! No! No! Don't take him away from me! Get back here! Petros! It was dark.
I got lost.
And now Petros is gone.
And the other man, Julia? Did you recognize his voice? I tried to listen but they had the music up very loud because Petros was crying.
Does Sadik know that you found me? Not yet.
He'll blame me.
I'm as good as dead.
- I don't get why they let Julia go.
- Because she doesn't matter to Sadik.
His son does.
Yeah, but she can ID Arti.
Why take the chance? Well, apparently Arti's not the one in charge.
It's the other guy.
Did the clerk at the gas station get a look at him? No, he only saw Arti.
Jack, Sadik's lawyer's in the lobby and he's pissed you sent him downtown.
Uh, do me a favor and stall him, will you? Come on, I know what I'm doing.
Where's Petros? They still have him.
Where is Julia? I wanna see her.
We have her in protective custody but she doesn't wanna speak to you.
Two men abducted them.
One of them was Arti Lazar.
Arti? You can't talk to him either.
They shot him in the head.
The second man had a message for you.
He says that you brought this on yourself.
What else? It's possible that Julia was sexually assaulted.
Who is the second man? Is he from the outside? Or is he one of your own crew? Just give me a name.
Go to hell.
I could have found Petros if it wasn't for you dragging me in here.
If anything happens to my son, I swear to God The reason Petros was abducted was because of you, not me.
Mr.
Marku? You and me are done.
You wanna do this yourself but I'm telling you, it's a bad idea.
It will not end well.
Where the hell have you been? Yeah, he just left the interrogation room.
Yeah, bring Martin with you and do not lose him.
Okay.
Why did you bring me here? I'm just a waitress, I don't know about Sadik's guys.
Do you know Arti Lazar? Yeah, what about him? He talked to you a lot from his cell phone these last few months.
We used to see each other.
He also called you, uh, this morning from a from a pay phone in Stony Point.
What did you guys talk about? He gambles.
I loaned him money.
He wanted to come by and pay me back.
He stayed a while.
You live, um, on Staten Island, yeah? - On the corner of Mill and Abbots.
- So? So we found Arti's body in a parking lot two doors down.
Arti? I can't believe it.
Did he tell anyone he was coming to see you? - No.
- No? He was up in Harriman Park last night.
Mention anything about that to you? How much money did he give you? Five grand.
How did he get the money? You listen to me.
There is an 8-year-old boy missing.
If you don't help me out here I'm gonna start asking about your green-card status.
You got it? I think Sadik gave Arti a bonus for introducing him to this guy some Aryan Brotherhood person.
I know these guys from the joint.
Up at Sumter? No, Glades.
I don't know any of those guys you mentioned.
I already told you, man.
Your friends are Damon and Vidos.
Oh, so you know two guys.
Because Arti vouched for you, you think you're in with me now? Come on, Sadik, the guy checks out.
I don't know this fundërrinë.
Look, I gave you five guys.
You know, to vouch for me.
If that ain't enough well, you can go to hell.
What do you think you're doing? Ah, I want some uzis, but I don't need this.
You don't lay cash on my table, and then pick it back up again.
No guns, no green.
That ain't how it works.
You're making a big mistake.
The deal went bad, the guy got the hell out of there.
But Sadik kept his money.
How do you know that? I saw him put it in the safe.
- Did you get this guy's name? - I think Arti called him Travis.
I don't know his last name.
I think Dorina's lying.
She said no one that knew Arti was coming over this morning.
But right after she talked to him, she called the club.
She works there.
She probably makes 20 calls a day there.
At 8: 15 in the morning? Plus, the two calls were only one minute apart and then an hour later, Arti shows up dead.
You've got a point.
So what? - So I think it's worth looking into.
You picked up Sadik 10 minutes before that call came in.
You saw who was at the club.
Go through mug shots, you can ID Samantha, I just don't have time for that.
Jack, this could help us find a suspect.
Sadik is gonna do that for us.
We've got somebody tailing him.
Well, what if he doesn't lead us anywhere? That jerk knows who did it.
I can tell from looking at his eyes when I talk to him.
What if he's wrong? What if he doesn't know who did it? Or does that not matter, Jack? Whatever it takes.
- Does anybody know where Sadik is? - Give me one second.
He and his men got into an apartment building on Hunter and 47th.
- Any idea who they're going to see? - We're already working on it.
Let me speak to Viv.
Ahem, Viv, we're looking for a guy named Travis.
We don't have a last name.
Um, look at the, uh, directory on the building.
We're on it.
All right, there's, uh, no Travis but we've got a T.
Gibson, uh, T.
Billings, T.
Holt T.
Brown.
- Here we go, I have the tenant list.
I have a Tamara, a Timothy, a Trevor and a Travis Holt.
- Did you hear that? - Yeah, we got a Holt, Apartment 4-D.
I want you to get in there.
I don't care how you do it.
But cover your ass.
Where is my son? - Did you hear that? In there.
I want my son! FBI! - FBI! - Hands where we can see them.
- Drop it, Sadik.
He's got my kid.
Get against the wall! Get against the wall, now! - Get against the wall.
- Say goodbye to your family.
- Say goodbye to your family.
Get against the wall, now.
Get against the wall, get against the wall.
Let me see your hands.
I want my son.
I don't care.
Spread them.
- Where's Petros Marku? - I don't know.
I need an ambulance.
Hands where I can see them.
- Both of you, right now.
- Where's the boy? I'm a cop.
I'm undercover with the 1-5.
Watch your head.
Make sure we can keep this guy in custody till we find the kid.
- You got it, I'll see you later.
- Okay.
Let's go.
Where the hell is Sadik? You put my agents at risk.
They could've been killed in there.
Hey, my guy's the one who got beat to a pulp.
We hadn't showed up, he'd be dead.
Wouldn't have happened if you hadn't turned Sadik loose.
If you'd kept me in the loop about what you were doing Malone, this is my case.
Stay the hell away.
You don't give a crap about your guy.
You're just pushing your agenda.
Yeah? Then I guess we're the same.
Yeah, you wish, jerk.
What are you looking at? Travis, I'm Agent Johnson.
I don't know anything about Sadik's kid.
We think that Arti took him with an accomplice.
- Someone in Sadik's crew? - It's a possibility.
And I might know who it is? You don't lay cash on my table, and then pick it back again.
No guns, no green.
That ain't how it works.
I won, Dad! You're making the biggest mistake of your life.
Daddy? Hey, rabbit, we're just playing pretend right now.
Get him out of here, Frankie.
He's all wrong, any moron can see that.
Come on, let's go.
We'll work something out about the money.
He ain't gonna be around forever.
Frankie was serious.
I think he was gonna make his move.
- Did you get the cash back? We wanted him to keep it.
We could track how the money flowed through Sadik's organization.
So the money was marked.
Yeah.
Thanks.
- Heal fast.
- I hope you find him.
Kid saved my life.
- You beat up the wrong guy.
- I heard.
They'll go for attempted murder.
He's a cop.
I'm looking at 20 years.
Sounds about right.
You just wound me up and let me go.
That stuff about Julia being attacked? I made it up.
What are you doing here? You got what you wanted.
What I want is to find your son.
Look, with good behavior, you could be out in 10 years.
Petros will be 18.
You still have time.
- He's all I got.
- Then give me something.
I don't know.
I thought it was Travis but now I don't know.
I swear.
Have you considered your friend Frankie? Frankie? No.
No, you're wrong.
You're wrong.
He knows what my boy means to me.
That is my point.
He would not betray me.
He was there from the beginning.
When we were kids MOTHER SADIK MOTHER: MOTHER: No! They dragged her body away.
By the time we came out, there was nothing but her blood left on the floor.
That was a long time ago.
A lot of things change.
Not Frankie.
Not me.
Did you give Arti any of the money that you took from Travis? - It went straight into the safe.
- That money was marked.
Arti used that money to pay off Dorina.
Now, only somebody with access to that safe could get to the money.
Frankie had access.
And he tried to make a deal with Travis behind your back.
He's like a brother to me.
Are you willing to bet your son's life on that? Hey, Frankie, what's up? - I know you, what's this all about? - It's about Petros.
I had nothing Where is he? Come on, guys.
- It's marked.
I just got that money from Sadik's wife.
From Odetta, really? What for? I sold her a pair of blank Belgian passports a couple of hours ago.
Three-eighty automatic.
It's got your prints.
We found it in the garbage behind your house.
And I'll bet it matches the bullet in Arti's head.
All right, then let's talk about the passports that you bought.
You're leaving the country? I think one of those passports is for you and the other one is for Petros.
I think you don't have a child of your own so you decided to take Julia's.
You are a stupid, simple woman.
- Hey.
- You're going to jail for a very long time.
Why don't you just return the kid? I would never hurt Julia.
No, but you'd hire Arti to do it and then kill him to cover it up.
- You're wrong.
You asked Dorina to call if she heard from Arti and she said yes because you're Sadik's wife.
And then you drove to Staten Island and you shot him.
Why? I was trying to help Petros and Julia.
Help them with what? Something I should have done long ago.
Get away.
Get away from this life.
Petros, stop bouncing.
Now you know why Sadik calls him rabbit.
Heh.
- Does he ever stop? - When he gets thirsty.
He's growing up so fast, kind of scares me.
I understand.
I know you do.
Mama, hands up.
Oh, my God, Petros, where did you get that? In Daddy's drawer.
It's heavy.
Petros, put it down.
- I'm playing pretend like Daddy.
It's not pretend.
Please, what you're doing is very dangerous, sweetheart.
- Please, just give it to me.
That's good.
- Do as your mama says.
Good.
That's when we knew we must get him away from his father.
So you paid Arti to help get Julia and Petros away? I thought I could trust him.
He betrayed us.
How? He stole all the money I gave to Julia and then just dumped her in the park.
Where is Petros? Did Arti do something to him? I think I've said enough.
Doesn't make sense.
Her story doesn't track.
Neither does Julia's.
There was no kidnapping and no second man.
You know what I think? I think she is covering for Julia.
You mind if I sit? Must have been very difficult to come back here.
Of course it was.
You intentionally trashed this place to make it look like an abduction and then you had Arti drive you and your son off.
That's not true.
Your neighbor witnessed the abduction.
He says that you were resisting.
Under the circumstances I would have thought that you'd have been more than willing to go.
Where's your son? I don't know.
I think you do.
What happened to your son? Please leave me alone.
That's why Arti carried him out of here in a bundle, isn't it? He was already dead wasn't he? Did you kill him? Did you kill your son? It was an accident.
It all happened so fast.
Mommy, where are we going? On a little adventure.
- Is Daddy coming too? - It's a surprise for Dad.
Are we going to go see him? Are we going to the club? Where are your shoes? Put your shoes on.
Here.
Can I wear my Heelys? Where are they? Did you leave them in your room? I already looked.
Okay.
You think you took them off over here? Sweetheart, I'm not seeing them.
If they're not in your room, you have to wear something else.
Petros! Petros! I I was distracted, I stepped away.
It was only for a few seconds.
Julia, uh I need to know where your son's body is.
Did they find him yet? Yeah, 10 minutes ago.
They're bringing in his body for positive ID.
You know, I thought that I could nail Sadik and still find his son.
I thought I could do both.
One out of two.
That wasn't my job.
This was my job.
Just tell me.
He's dead.
We found him buried at Harriman State Park.
Who did this to him? It was an accident.
What do you mean, it was an accident? Julia was going to leave you, she was taking him with her.
She packed the gun for protection.
She left him alone for a second.
That was it.
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