One margherita, one meat lover's, and one mushroom with pineapple, which should be illegal. I'll shoot them a really dirty look for you when I drop them off. Ah. Would you?
Hey. Shutting down the phone soon. Should be your last run. You wanna come over after?
I don't know. Are you gonna let me pick the movie this time?
Oh, I thought you liked the horror movie marathon. You liked "Cabin in the Woods." I liked Chris Hemsworth. Ouch. I'm kidding. Yeah, I'd be up for a movie night. Might take me an hour, though. These deliveries are all over. No rush. I'll be here.
I'll call you when I'm on my way back. Mm-hmm.
[indistinct chatter] [horns honking] [distant sirens wailing]
Hey, there you are. Come see my new place. [indistinct chatter]
Thanks for coming all the way out. Yeah, it's not a problem. We hear you have a possible abduction. Yeah, we found the car early this morning. Registration came back to a pizza place in the city. Apparently, both the car and the driver were reported missing late last night. What do you know about the driver?
22-year-old delivery girl named Chloe Rogers. Guy who called it in said she went out for her last run a little before midnight. Never made any of her stops. Pizzas are still in the car. All of her delivery addresses are within two miles of the pizza place. So why the hell'd she end up an hour outside the city?
Uh, you find any personal effects?
Phone, ID, wallet?
No bag or wallet, but her cell phone was left in the cup holder.
Okay, let's get a K-9 unit to search the surrounding area. We could find a body somewhere out there.
OA, there's a secondary set of tire tracks. Okay. Thank you.
All right, folks. Let's get into it. We have a missing persons case-- 22-year-old Chloe Rogers, delivery driver for Luna Pizza in Chelsea. She left work driving the company car at around 11:55 p.m. Uh, the car was found this morning an hour away. The question is, where's Chloe?
Was she with the car when it was abandoned, or was she carjacked before it even left the city?
Carjacking isn't a bad theory. ERT found damage on the car's passenger side door handle. Thinks someone was trying to break in with a screwdriver. All right, that's-- that's something. Although how many car thieves do you know wanna steal a pizza delivery vehicle?
Right. Have we heard from Maggie and OA?
Yeah, just talked to them. The area is pretty deserted, so they're not having much luck with witnesses. But they did send over footage from the gas station up the road. Ooh. Check this out. Timestamps puts this at 12:42 a.m. Can you zoom in on that car?
Well, that confirms the abduction theory. Can we get an ID from that?
Uh, no. It's too dark for facial rec. Can we find another angle?
Get him coming back the other way?
No, I checked. Wherever they went after ditching the car, they didn't pass the gas station again. Okay, well, if the evidence won't help us, maybe the victim can. What do we know about her? Uh, not a lot. We're actually having trouble finding information. We don't have an official ID yet, and there's no online presence. Well, somebody's gotta know her. Who reported her missing?
Uh, a coworker from the pizza place. Ben Miller. Scola and Tiffany are talking to him now.
My dad hired Chloe to work with us about six months ago, and we started dating pretty soon after that. But she's a great girl, you know?
I mean, she wouldn't just disappear like this. Yeah. We're not doubting that. Can you tell us what happened last night?
Um, I don't know. She was supposed to be back after her run to drop the car off. When she wasn't back by 1:00, I started getting worried. Okay, and you were here the whole time?
Cameras will confirm that?
Yeah. What, you don't think I did anything to Chloe?
You were the last one to see her. We just have to ask. Yeah, I get it, but I would never. Look, we haven't been together for a long time, but I really do care about her. Good. Help us find her. You know anything about her background?
What do you mean?
Well, we're having trouble tracking down her family, for one, so she ever say anything about them?
I think it was just her and her dad. But she didn't really talk about him a lot. I got the feeling they didn't have the best relationship. How so? I don't know. Any time I'd mention him, she'd just change the subject. I think she came to New York for a fresh start, you know?
Where was she from, originally?
Upstate, around Poughkeepsie. You know her dad's name?
No. Sorry. We're gonna do everything we can to track down Chloe, but we need more information. I mean, she worked for your dad, right?
He must have some paperwork on her. A W-4 or a driver's license?
I don't--I don't think so. She was an employee here, wasn't she? Yeah, but she didn't have a bank account set up yet, so my dad was paying her cash under the table. All right, you know anyone else that she was hanging out with, where she was living, how she spent her time off? I don't think she knew many people in the city. She--she was staying at a youth hostel a few blocks from here, Millennial Lodge. Chloe's one of our long-termers. Been here about six months. Is that pretty common?
Not really, but it happens. Cheaper than paying New York rent, I guess.
This is her. Okay. Let's see here.
Nothing here. Did you know her at all?
Not really. I mean, she was nice but kinda kept to herself. We do these family dinners every Friday, go out afterwards. Chloe only came once. I don't think it was a great experience for her. Yeah? Why is that?
Some guy got overly interested in her, followed her back here. And she's shy, you know. Didn't know how to handle it. The guys on staff had to chase him away. When was this? About a month ago. You all have cameras outside?
This could be it.
Can we--can we get sound on this?
Uh, no. It's video only.
He clearly has rage issues. Can we ID him from here?
Running facial rec now. Yep. Brett Porter. 20 years old. He's a business major at NYU. All right. Can we get a current location?
Can't guarantee he's there now, but it looks like he lives in off-campus student housing.
Hey!
FBI. We're not here to bust your party, but we need everyone to stay where they are. Where are you going?
Sit down.
Hey. I live here. Everything okay?
We're looking for Brett Porter. You see him? Yeah, uh, I think he went, um, into his room with a girl.
Hey, Brett, open up.
Open it.
Yo, what the hell? Where's the girl?
In the bathroom. What's going on?
You okay?
Yeah, I--what's happening? We have some questions to ask Brett about a missing girl. Hold on. You can't just barge in here. Actually, we can.
Look, I don't know what you want me to say. I don't know anyone named Chloe. Well, it sure seems like you know her. What is this?
You don't remember?
You met her at the bar. You followed her to her hostel. This is you? Yeah?
Okay. Yeah. Look, I'll admit it wasn't my finest moment. But that's not Chloe, whatever you said her name was, that's Tasha. Okay, whatever her name is, she was abducted last night. And we have you on video screaming at her a few weeks before she disappeared. So what happened?
She rejected you. You felt embarrassed. No. Hold on. I--I wasn't into Tasha. Chloe. I'm telling you, that girl's name is Tasha. I know her from Poughkeepsie. Okay, are you sure about that?
Yeah. She worked for my parents. Cleaned our house twice a week, until she robbed us and took off. When was that?
Last summer. Maybe July? So when I ran into her, I confronted her about it. But that's it. That's the last time I saw her.
Brett Porter alibied out. He was at a university fundraiser. We've got about a dozen photos confirming it. At least that's something definitive. So still no firm ID on our victim?
No, and the deeper we dig into her, the more questions we have. You get her toothbrush to the lab?
Yeah, they're running her DNA now. Okay. I know it's a long shot, but we know she has a history of theft. Maybe she's in the criminal database. Hey, you talk to Brett's parents?
Yeah, they confirmed Chloe worked for them under the name Tasha, and that she stole $2,000 from them. But they didn't have much info on her. Same situation as the pizza place-- paid her under the table, didn't even know her last name. Great. All right. Folks, we should all be working on this. This woman did not just appear out of nowhere. Let's keep searching social media. And hey, Phil, why don't you get a team together. Start cold-calling Poughkeepsie, yeah?
Hey, Jubal. That was the lab. We just got a hit on her DNA. So she has a record. Not exactly. She popped in NamUs. The missing persons database?
Real name Annabelle Collier. She was abducted from Staten Island at age four, and presumed dead for the past 18 years.
Annabelle Collier was abducted outside of a daycare center back in 2004. Her mom's a waitress. Still lives out in Staten Island. Her father was a contractor, but he died of a heart attack. In 2008. That's--that's right. How do you-- The Collier abduction was one of my first cases when I joined the bureau. I kept in contact with her parents for years after we closed the case. Jubal, we got the guy who took Annabelle. He confessed to killing her. I--I know. I read the report. But the DNA is conclusive. Chloe Rogers and Annabelle Collier are the same person.
You know, we're kind of hitting a wall on this one. I was hoping you could provide some context. I guess you and your old partner know more about the Collier case than anyone else. Maybe you could--are--are you still in touch with him?
No. No, not for years. But he still works with the FBI, with Crimes Against Children in New Haven. I can give him a call. No, I'll reach out. It was our case. He should hear it from me.
[indistinct chatter] Hey, stranger. Hey. Thank you for coming all the way down here. It's perfect timing. It's Angie's week for the kids, and I was in the city dropping them off anyway. Cream, no sugar. Thank you. I actually drink it black now. Turns out all that cream is not as healthy as we once thought. Don't tell me you've turned into a health nut. [chuckles] No. That's no fun. So what's going on? You said you got a DNA hit on Annabelle Collier?
Yeah, on an abduction case that we're working. DNA is a 100% match. You sure? Positive. Annabelle's alive, 22 years old. She's been out there the whole time. I--I don't understand how this could be possible. I mean, Eddie Lyman confessed to killing her. I guess he was lying. But that doesn't mean he wasn't our abductor. Really? Because he's been in prison for the past 17 years. He could have handed her off to an accomplice or sold her to some sex trafficker. Whatever happened, we missed it. And we stopped looking for that little girl. We worked off the intel we had at the time.
The important thing is to focus on the present, okay?
Good news is, we got another shot at this. [sighs] Yeah. The problem is, we don't have any leads. Well, we may have one. Apparently Eddie Lyman beat his case on appeal. He's been out of prison for four months.
Eddie Lyman. He went to prison back in 2004 for the abduction and murder of Annabelle Collier. Annabelle was a four-year-old little girl who was taken from a playground at her daycare center outside of Staten Island. Lyman was her neighbor. He was in his 20s at the time and a known predator. And according to this, even before Annabelle went missing, Lyman served time for child pornography, molestation, luring of a minor. Right. Annabelle's mother had reported him for being creepy. You know, loitering, leering, trying to start conversations with young girls. Checked his phone. Cell records showed him near the daycare at the time of the abduction. Even without his confession, the case against him was solid. So how did he end up back on the street?
The public defender who represented him was an alcoholic, disbarred a few years back. Ineffective assistance of counsel. Lyman was released, pending a new trial. Just in time for Annabelle to disappear again. I just got off the phone with Lyman's parole officer. He's working as a janitor at a place called the Cameron Motel. Okay. Lyman could be our guy, folks. Let's get a full team down there, ready to search that motel. Copy that.
Lyman has access to dozens of motel rooms, and Annabelle could be in any one of them, so it's imperative that we contain him before he knows we're onsite. Understood?
agents: Yes, ma'am. Jubal, how are we looking on your end?
Yeah, Elise is going through motel records, making a list of vacant rooms. Should have that to Scola in the next five. Copy that. All right. We'll let you know when we have eyes on Lyman.
Hey, look.
Go.
Eddie Lyman, FBI. Drop it. Hands up. Hey. Hey. Just take it easy. Take it easy. What are you doing with that bleach?
A kid threw up in one of the bathrooms. Where's Annabelle? Annabelle?
The girl you abducted 18 years ago. Oh, you gotta be kidding me. I never touched that girl. Get him out of here. Wha--come on, man. You cannot be serious right now. Tiff, we got him. Move in. [sighs] God.
You got that one. You guys, come with me.
I don't know how many times I have to say it. I didn't take that girl. Not yesterday. Not 18 years ago. That's not what you said back then. Yeah, well, I was confused. He got me all mixed up. No. You were released because your lawyer was a drunk. Yeah, who told me I get to go home if I said what you wanted me to. I was blindsided. We are not here to re-try your case. You're gonna get another shot at that in a few months. But what do you think the jury's gonna say when they find out you didn't last a year on the outside without attacking this poor girl again?
Why are you doing this?
I don't know this girl. We have you on camera with her last night. No. That isn't me. Really?
Because that looks a hell of a lot like the ring you were wearing when we picked you up. Silver band, red stone. Okay. Yeah. It looks like the same ring. But I ain't the only guy who has one. It's a class ring. Half of Oakwood High has that same ring. Guys--guys who lived in the same neighborhood as me 18 years ago. That isn't me.
You got the wrong guy. Again.
I wanna go home too, okay? But that's not how it works. All right, you're not gonna go home until you tell me what you did with the little girl. I already told you. You've told me, like, six different stories, Eddie. What's going on? Come on. I need the truth. [knock at door] All right. One more time. Let's take it back. October 5th. - Hey. Hey. So Lyman's alibi checks out. He was at work at the time of the abduction. Okay. Thank you. What you watching?
It's Lyman's original confession.
From there. I went to go see the kids. They were on the playground, and-- You went to go see Annabelle?
Yeah. I saw Annabelle. Okay. Now we're getting somewhere. I was at a Quantico in-service when Lyman was arrested, and Jake took the confession alone. Okay. And?
You can see Ly-- Lyman is unstable. And Jake is pushing him really hard, spinning him upside down. Well, you had other evidence on Lyman, right?
What, the--the cell data. Yeah. I had Ian look into it. It turns out technology has come a long way since then. The carrier overestimated their ability to pinpoint the location data. Meaning?
Meaning Lyman could have been anywhere within a five-mile radius of that daycare. Including at home, where he said he was. Right. Jubal, I buried the wrong guy. And as a result, we stopped looking for Annabelle.
Good news is, we have better information now. JOC just got a lead on the ring our abductor was wearing. Okay.
The class ring that our present-day abductor was wearing comes from the same high school Lyman attended--Oakwood. Which means that the person we're looking for is from the same town where Annabelle Collier was abducted back in 2004, which is either a crazy coincidence, or-- Or we're looking for the same abductor. Is there any way to track who bought those rings?
Yes, we called the company, and Elise has the original purchase order. There were 36 men in that graduating class who ordered rings, but eliminating anyone who's passed away or doesn't match our abductor's physical description, and we're left with six men. Right. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, we can bring them in for questioning?
I'd hold off-- that part of Staten Island operates like a small town. We go in there without concrete intel, we risk spooking our perp. Right. All right, let me see what I can do to narrow it down from here. Okay. You know, there is one person from that neighborhood I think we're safe talking to. You wanna go to the girl's mom?
If we are looking for the same guy, maybe Joan Collier knew him.
You sure it's her?
We're positive. Annabelle's alive.
Oh, my God.
But I don't-- I don't understand. You told me-- you told me Eddie Lyman confessed. You said he killed her. That's what he told us at the time. And you just-- you just took his word for it?
Well, not exactly. My daughter's been out there for years, going through God knows what, because what?
You--you wanted another win on your record? You wanted to move on? You wanted to make it easier?
I know you're upset. I get it. You get it?
You get what it's like thinking your daughter is dead when she's not?
I'm sorry. I didn't--I didn't-- I didn't mean it literally. But we didn't just take his word for it. We closed the case on the totality of the evidence. And frankly, revisiting the past isn't gonna help us find your daughter now.
Look, this is-- this is good news. Your daughter is alive. You just told me she was abducted. Again. How is that good news?
Because she's breathing. Alive is better than dead. It just is. This is-- this is unbelievable. You people act like I don't have feelings. That little girl was my daughter, and you told me she was dead, and she's not. Joan.
Listen to me. You have every right to be upset, to hate us.
But right now, we need your help to find your daughter. Annabelle.
Just me and you, okay?
Now, my team has narrowed it down to six suspects.
They're all from the same area. They went to the same high school.
Just let me know if you recognize any of them.
That's him. Jeff Whalen? Yeah. He, uh--he worked for my husband. He was...kind of a sad kid. He lost his parents young.
A bit of a loner. Was he ever around Annabelle?
Yeah, he was, uh--
He was kind of attentive to her. Yeah, and I-- I thought it was sweet, because he didn't have a family. But then he-- he stopped coming around when Annabelle went missing. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. [sobs] Joan. Hey. It's gonna be okay.
Yeah?
That's what you said last time.
Anything?
Yeah. She ID'd one of them. Jeff Whalen. Good. Glad you were able to connect with her. Yeah, it's funny how much easier that is when you're not trying to gaslight her. Izzy, she was spinning out. We're working an abduction case. Every minute counts. We don't have time to hold her hand and beg for forgiveness. You don't think we owe her that?
After what that woman has been through? Like I keep saying, we worked off the intel that we had. So?
How does that help Joan Collier or her daughter?
Look, I feel the same way you do. But we did the best that we could.
Did we?
What the hell does that mean?
It means we had a lot going on back then.
That had nothing to do with any of this.
Seems to me we were either fighting, or-- No. If anything, us being together helped us deal with the stress and the late nights. Izzy, we were good together. We were. We followed the leads that we had, and they didn't work out. That's just what happens sometimes. Hell, this guy Whalen, he wasn't even on our radar back then. So do yourself a favor and let it go. Let it go?
Only thing you can do. No. The only thing we can do is find Annabelle.
This time, anyway.
All right, I wanna know everything there is to know about Jeff Whalen. Who he is, what he's been doing, who his childhood best friends are. Whalen was born in Poughkeepsie in 1980. Only child. His parents moved him to Staten Island when he was in junior high, but they were both killed in a car accident a couple of years later. Whalen bounced around foster homes for the rest of high school until he turned 18. From there, he started working odd jobs as a carpenter on Staten Island up until early 2004. He pretty much falls off the grid after that. What do you mean? What--where'd he go?
No clue. Last employment on file was terminated four months before Annabelle disappeared. After that, he's a ghost. Well, he's supposedly been living out in the world, right?
Well, not under that name or Social Security number. You said he was from Poughkeepsie, right?
Mm-hmm. Well, our victim was living up there with her dad under a fake name. Maybe Whalen's using a fake name too. That's a good idea. Let's run his photo through the DMV database. Okay, I got something. Jim Wilson, 42 years old. Lives in Fairview, 15 minutes outside of Poughkeepsie. Yeah, yeah, yeah! That's him. Is this address current? I think so. Property records still list him as the owner, and he's still paying utilities. All right, let's check it out.
Heads up. Gray Honda Civic pulling in now.
Is that him?
Hard to tell from here.
He's headed in the house.
Jeff Whalen! FBI. We need to talk. Set the bag down. Turn around. Now. Okay. Okay. I'm putting the bag down.
Who are you? Paul Carson. What do you guys want?
You live here?
Yeah, I moved in this fall. Where's the guy who owns this house?
I don't know. He left town right around the time I moved in.
Yeah. I knew him as Jim Wilson. He's lived in town as long as I've been around. At least 15 years. He live alone?
No, he's got a daughter. Probably college age now. That her?
Yeah, Tasha. Nice girl. A little quiet, but they both were. What was their relationship like?
Tasha and her father, based off what you saw? They were a little strange, to be honest with you. Very insular. Got the feeling he was kind of overprotective, but I guess she broke out on her own eventually. What do you mean, you guess? I don't know. The rumor was that she ran away. Left in the middle of the night. No note. That kind of thing. Wilson was pretty broken up by it. I figured that's why he left town, to track her down. You know how to get in contact with him?
No, that was a part of the deal when he agreed to rent me this place. I'm paying a reduced rate, but the upkeep of the house is on me. Where do you send the rent?
I can get you the address. It's a PO box in a town called Nelsonville.
Hey, Jubal. - Yeah?
Yeah, the post office clerk confirmed Whalen's been checking his box regularly the last five months. That--that's great. Do they know where he's been staying?
No, but they have him on security cameras driving a green pickup truck. You'll get the footage soon. Yeah, got it. Downloading it now.
Okay. Okay.
There's Whalen.
Kelly, can you run these plates, please?
318, Charlie, Hotel, Uniform, Romeo. Okay. Green Chevy S-10, purchased for cash five months ago. Registered to Jim Wilson. Do we have a way of tracking it?
It's a 2003 model. No GPS. All right. Let's put a BOLO out on that vehicle, please. I wanna get air support up there too. See if we can get eyes on it from above.
Maggie, 10 o'clock.
Hey, Jubal. We've got eyes on Whalen. All right, we got him. Get Putnam PD over there. We need backup.
Jubal, Whalen made us. He's fleeing in that green pickup truck, heading east on Main Street. We're in pursuit.
Damn it!
All right, folks, Jeff Whalen is in the wind, and he knows we're on to him, which means we need to find him, and fast. Kelly, where are we with that truck?
Nothing yet, but we got the entire Putnam County Police Department out there looking for it. Air support two minutes out. Any leads on where he's going?
If he's going to the post office regularly, he's gotta be living nearby. We've been looking at recent property sales in the area. There was one about five months back that stands out. A small cabin way back in the woods on the outskirts of town. Buyer paid cash the same day Whalen emptied his accounts and left Poughkeepsie. Was his name on the deed? No. House was purchased under the name Joe Woodman. So we're into a bit of guesswork there. Okay, but we know Whalen has changed his name in the past, and the initials are consistent. Jeff Whalen, Jim Wilson, Joe Woodman. It's gotta be him. Yeah. Jubal, get SWAT and both teams over to that address, now. Yes, ma'am. Where are you going?
To Nelsonville.
Hey. How's it looking? No sign of Whalen, but we're definitely in the right spot. Green truck is parked on the side. All right, let's send a scout to get eyes on him. But stay out of sight until we're ready to move in. Yes, ma'am. Copy. Jubal, Whalen's truck's on site. I wanna get a team into that house as soon as possible. How are you on your side? - Air support is up. We have an aerial view of the property, and Elise has blueprints for the house. All right. Can we get a copy to OA?
Yeah, sending now. We've got several acres of woods in between you and the next property. We need to get that contained. How long before we have the manpower for that?
Scola and Tiffany are on their way with a second SWAT team. Isobel, we might have a problem. Jubal, hang on. What's going on?
Whalen may know that we're here. Scouts got eyes on him. He retreated into the house, closed the curtains. So much for the element of surprise. So let's switch gears. Wait for backup, treat it like a hostage negotiation. No, no, the longer we let this boil, the worse it gets for Annabelle. We've gotta stop him before he does something rash. Hang on. Whoa, whoa. Think about it for a minute. We don't have a minute, Jake. Whalen is a loose cannon. Maggie, OA, we're going in now. Got it.
Bravo team, go.
Alpha team, on me.
OA!
Hey!
Where's the girl?
I couldn't just let her leave! She's my daughter. I love her. She was my little baby! Where is she?
We were supposed to be together forever. I love her. Hey. Hey. Where is she? Isobel, we have him. We're bringing him back now. Let's go.
Nice job, you two. Dan, how's the search of the house coming?
Any sign of Annabelle?
Negative. The house is clear. Let's move out. There's no way. Annabelle is the only family Whalen has. He's too attached to her to not have her with him. Keep searching that house, Dan. She's gotta be there. We can do another sweep.
What the hell?
Dan, talk to me. Are you guys okay?
Gas line exploded. Whalen must have untethered it. Everybody out, now! Wait, what about the girl?
She isn't here. We have to clear out. There's gas everywhere. The whole place is gonna go up.
That's everyone. No, no. They--they don't have Annabelle. We've gotta find her.
Are you out of your mind?
They swept the place. She isn't here. No, she has to be. Annabelle means everything to Whalen. Hey, Izzy. It's suicide. We let her down once, and I will not do it again.
Annabelle?
[panting, coughing] Annabelle, I'm with the FBI. I'm gonna get you out of here, okay?
Tasha, this is your mother, Joan Collier.
I'm sorry, I didn't--
He told me you were dead.
Mm. Hmm. Mm-hmm.
You two have a lot to catch up on, so take your time. When you're ready, we're here to help.
We're gonna get you through this, okay?
Thank you.
How's Annabelle doing?
She's okay. She's, uh trying to process. You know, make sense of everything. Izzy, what you did, running into that house, was-- Insane?
Yeah.
We should--we should go out and celebrate and have a couple of drinks. For old time's sake. Mm, no. I don't think so.
Well, it was really good to see you.
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