I told my lawyer I'd agreed a mediation if Magda dropped the preconditions.
I know. I know, Mom.
But at least it's not as ugly as divorce court.
Thanks, Mom.
I'm trying.
Okay.
I love you too. Bye.
I love you too.
Hello.
Good morning, G.
When did that happen?
Hey, guys.
Whoa.
Who did this?
Don't know
Where's all our stuff don't know I think it's safe to go away don't know I'm saying I think it's safe to go in
Am I seeing assigned seats?
Yep, I'm here
Nice nice
Oh look even sharpen my pencils
Do you write with pencils no could be one of Nate's psych experiments? I'm not one of Nate's lab rats
You ever known me to receive mail nope send mail nope
Organization and productivity are directly correlated
cleanliness is next to um
Efficiency so you moved our stuff. I tried to stop her heady. She's the only one
Continue mr. Callan continue with the authority
Hmm
Nate if your comment that they might be miffed constitutes trying to stop me
I suggest you learn more forceful techniques of self assertion not that I would have listened people this is an office
Insofar as you have equipment
Necessary to your duties you'll find it in your desks insofar as you had stuff
You'll find it all upstairs in trash bags most of its Kansas
You're welcome to add a personal touch or two, but let's not again have it looking like a fraternity lounge
Now if you'll follow me we have work
Chief petty officer Frank McKellen was murdered last night
He was one of the Navy's top engineers who worked on super cavitation really cool technology
It's a bubble around a submarine quadruples at speed from 25 knots top speed flow submerged to a hundred knots
Nifty track trick you want to keep secret murder and possible espionage
Both balls are in your court mr. Callan
Hey new bullpen's great, huh?
And enlist the sailor lives here it's a little too upmarket isn't it way up market
Mobile's go over cribs right
Looks like baby moved out probably not by herself now the alarm system showed this window open just before the murder
Eric is a house directly behind us they have a security camp
Thanks, so McKellen hears a noise when he comes in killer takes him from behind no strong
Kelly's six foot so the killer's strong. He's quiet knows how to use a knife
Hey guys
What do you see?
Dusted for Prince, but they're on any
This was the only window open so he came and went through here the whole crime scene is like this
Do you know the forensic support is gonna find?
Absolutely nothing no Prince fibers hairs. Let's get in leave a trace
Nanny can the front row seat
Okay, thanks
Callan
Who's that heads or tails? I'm not telling you
The window that the killer used was not covered by the security camera out back our guy must have cased the house first then but
Eric found another camera next door. This is video from four days ago
He's running facial recognition, but there's been no hits yet, and now it's your turn Sam
McKellen's wife split with the baby a month ago. No, I'm still trying to track it down
Financials turns out McKellen's money is clean. He designed sub technology before he joined the Navy
His patents are lucrative
Why would a wealthy engineer enlist same reason Pat Tillman left the NFL to join the army?
patriotism
McKellen signed on after 9-eleven
So a patriotic guy sells secrets that would make him unpatriotic Kenzie you were tails for the record on my phone
Please thank you very much
Feels weird
I like it. I'm over here your way over there
See the forensics report now right there in the inbox
The outbox
Kenzie was right. Hello left. No DNA. No fibers, no hairs, no prints
Nothing. I've never seen anything like it
Thanks
Agent Callan agent Hannah tractor
NSA completed a preliminary review
Sub-program security protocols do not appear to have been breached
Espionage or not this case is still a priority
That's why I'm sending our top forensic specialist to assist you, but they had no forensics our forensic expert has a theory about this crime
That's
She always say original
Thanks, McKellen is the victim of a serial killer
No other law enforcement organization in this country thinks this killer even exists
Can't say I knew either and you're sending this person. Why I was ganged up on
Who hangs up on the director of a federal agency. Oh, you'd be surprised mr. Callan and who's the expert oops
I think I took our own turn. Hello, Abby. We're in here
Oh, there you are. Hi. Oh
This place is seriously cool
So how do you double tap get the menu fill the screen it's all very intuitive no wonder McGee can't stop talking about this
So I'm sure Leon has told you that I know who killed me Callan. Wait, you call him Leon. You don't not successfully
Give it time. You have a name for us. Abby. He's called the phantom
By whom by me anyone else
but just me
Well, I'm I'm going to leave you kids to it, but I must say Abby you are the first NCIS
Employee I've ever met with a sense of style
You'd all do well to note that one can be functional and stylish at the same time
Right, mr. Beal
So Abby the forensics report has no evidence of the killer. That's why I call him the phantom
14 murders in two years. I mean it took me a while to see his pattern, but okay pull up list of his murders, please
This is a private website for a forensic specialist Abby's a rock star among them
I've been blogging about the phantom for a few months. I'm trying to get local police departments to pursue him
All right, 67 year-old black female poisoned in Tampa killer left nothing no hair no DNA no fibers zippity-doodle
22 year-old white male shot in Des Moines. No trace of a killer 37 year-old Asian female in Boise with a crowbar
Do you know how hard it is to cudgel someone to death with a crowbar and leave no forensic evidence?
The cases with zero forensics are rare like like every few years kind of rare and this is 14 in two years, okay?
Have any of the local PDs pursued this phantom theory not one we can't leave that
Now serial killers are either organized or disorganized this guy's organized and leaving no forensics
But completely disorganized in everything else. I mean random victims weapons locations
It just doesn't look like one single killer. He makes it look random on purpose
That's how I knew that McKellen was a phantom victim
Not just the no forensics part, but he never repeats himself like he's never cut the neck of a four-year-old white guy before see
Clearly you've spent a lot of time on this if you want to get my attention
Show me a crime scene and tell me there's no clues. Oh, we have a clue
This guy
Casing the house three days before the murder
well, okay
Phantom's not really the kind of guy to let himself get caught on camera
But three days prior and scoping the place out. Maybe he's finally slipped up
I'm just curious
Why you pressured Vance to send a bee
He wasn't buying her phantom theory
He needed goosey
So you want us chasing the phantom mr. Callan. Is that what you think? I don't know
There's
There's been some meddling around here and a little fuzzy on the command chain
This case lacks forensics as your operations manager
I procured for you our best scientist to help you
You as head agent are free to pursue whatever theory of crime makes the most sense
There's no fuzzing this gallon you still shoot the ducks. I just roll the boat
What is he holding rabbit misses his little girl hang on let me see here and here
It's the same fabric top and bottom
Overall it's a full bodysuit that explains it. He doesn't leave it. He takes it with him
Takes what with him hair and fibers and skin
Evidence
Every day we lose fifty thousand dead epidermal cells. That's one point five pounds per year
We have to go to this crime scene. I'll be the crime scene is done. Yeah, they found nothing
So you want to go why?
Because I think I can find something
All right
CSI guys tracked through dirt the scene is completely contaminated abby
I'm not looking for footprints that leave dirt. I'm looking for footprints that removed her
Okay, so you're thinking that
Come with me smart thinking abby you live up to the hype
Dom found emails from Maggie McKellen threatening to kill her husband. I'm gonna need to talk to her
Gotta find her first. Yo Callan sound in here
So most footwear is electrically neutral, but some bodysuits made for chemical workers or doctors
They have a tiny electrostatic charge electrostatic charges
They pick up dust just like those dust cloths you see advertised on late night TV. You know about cleaning products
You watch late night TV. I can get the full pattern from his booty in this dust here
And then I can find you the make and a manufacturer
Thank you every shootout. You're welcome G Callan
So where do we start looking for Magda McKellen?
Zuggler Smith, I hate lawyers miss Jenkins has left for lunch. See I told you she said the restaurant
There she is enjoy your lunch. Thank you
My job I deal with a lot of jerks
Frank McKellen was a real gentleman even to his wife who demanded two-thirds of his submarine patents
Things get invented before they even met you advise him to fight with the future value. Hell, yes
They already agree we trained if he can afford to hire you
cute
Frank told me they'd be worth a lot more soon
Top secret and all that had to mean the Navy liked his inventions. That's a lucky wife
She's a widow not an ex so Magda McKellen gets it all
So when your people went to serve her with the papers where they go
Yeah
Five years married to a button-down Navy guy. She splits moves down here to get a taste of the crazies
I used to live here. Well, you were crazy speaks for itself
That's her. Oh, she's fast
Fast for a short girl. I
Said she's fast. I said she's short Danny cam. Kelly's killer was the same height as he was. She's got the motive
She's just not tall enough
But he is
It's a guy that was casing McKellen's house
Boyfriend girlfriend she's not even divorced yet
You see other partners after I was shot. Oh, no, I'm a loyal got you
Go lover boy over there's loyal loyal enough to do Magnus bidding
What do you think 10 bucks?
Was that a casual walking away or I see two guys that may be law enforcement walking away
I might look like law enforcement. Yeah, what do I look like like you grew up here?
Oh
You heard good
There's Magda McKellen, I'll talk you get the video, okay
Make sure you zoom in on her reaction you're on
So what's your name Cyrus Hill
It's funny you don't actually look like a Cyrus facial recognition says that your name is Ted Brock
Why'd you run I thought you were gonna steal my stuff and had nothing to do with the two outstanding arrest warrants
So basically what you do is you butter up rich ladies and then you steal their things
What I want to know is
Where were you last night? I had a date with Magda McKellen Magda McKellen
Hi, I'm special agent Kenzie Bly. I need to speak with you. Please have a seat
This is difficult, I'm sorry to have to tell you but
Your husband was murdered last night
I'm sorry
In his house
I
Really sorry, but I need to ask you this
Where were you last night? I took Magda to dinner at the Ivy. I was I was here with Lily my baby and Lily
She hired a babysitter
I'll take her story over his
Facial keys eyebrows parted lips her surprise is genuine. She didn't know
Guys she just skewered his alibi. Let's get to motive
Tell me something
How long have you known this man?
Cyrus
Two weeks why
Actually his name is Ted Ted. I'm guessing
You wanted the submarine patents that Magda would get if her husband was dead
I have no idea what you're talking about. Did you tell Ted about your husband's patents?
Yes, my mistake. I was
Pissed off after phone call from Frank's lawyer. He knows about the patents gee
Magda just called you a liar. She's out there
She can hear me you weren't with her last night
You knew about the patents and that she might lose them in the divorce
So you went to McKellen's house last night you killed him now. She's a rich widow and
She dates you with it that that that that isn't true Magda. I I didn't kill anybody case the house four days ago
Security camera across the street. That's why you picked a different window last night when you killed him
But I didn't kill him. Then why did you case the house Ted?
Magda said he kept ten grand and bear bonds. I saw the security camera. I didn't go in. I'm not a B&E guy
So where were you last night?
I
Brentwood
Lady friend she rich
So what happened a lover boy Brock he was what he said he was so we turned him over to LAPD for those outstanding warrants and
Back to square one Magda's not involved. We've pretty much ruled out espionage
We have a killer who has fancy suits and study security cams. We're missing motive maybe because it's random
Oh, Abby got you on board. He wishes
So do you guys know about the birthday paradox Abby discusses it in our blog
How many people do you need in a room to have an even chance that two of them have the same birthday?
I don't know
182 and a half
Only 23
And we 57 people it's a 99% chance that two of them have the same birthday true randomness
Includes repeats a truly random group of murders would have at least two white males in their 20s
Yeah, or two gunshot deaths or two stabbing deaths, but there are no repeats
It's hard to do if the MO is to make it all appear random
And why kill a McKellen when there are so many other easy targets, and if it is the phantom
Then you change this MO
Now why would he do that?
Hey, so good news flagstaff PDs go max their crime scene Jose pinion
Electrocuted in his bathtub five weeks ago. I told him look for dust prints. I hope nobody cleaned the floor
So um, so that's the the booty pattern yep
It was left inversely in the dust on the floor at the McKellen's house
It's a pattern from a hazmat suit made by a protector suits, Inc. I emailed them for a distribution list
But they're not open till morning
No
Well
So then if we have to wait until until morning then are you trying to ask me out Eric?
Yeah, okay just checking go ahead
Maybe a drink at say steampunk
It's only the coolest place. I wanted to go but never been west of the Mississippi. Yes
How'd you know what steampunk you mentioned online somewhere you've been reading my blog a lot
So along with seeing this awesome club
I also want to see the Museum of Jurassic Technology and the car museum. Oh, have you seen out back?
There's hot rods everywhere. Yeah, this is where they hang out. That's what makes this place so cool
And I want to see an earthquake. Oh, I mean, I know you can't see an earthquake
But I want to feel one the whole earth shaking. I'm just a small we're no people or animals get hurt
But doesn't it feel cool? Yeah, I guess it feels kind of funky
When when no one gets hurt, um, do you want another whoever this is your own refills?
I'm gonna go check out the hot rides
Flags they have PD found footprints in the dust same size same pattern Abby's right
Phantom's real my god
I am buying that woman a beer by a brewery, but I still need to know why McKellen the phantoms other victims were all easier targets
That's not the only difference all the other cases happened in smaller cities with PDs that didn't have the resources to nationalize the case
But now Los Angeles second biggest PD in the country and he gets NC is involved a federal agency
It's not random you hit McKellen because of NC is yeah, but what does that get you other than caught?
I get you Abby shoot out
Oh
The one person calling attention to you when you try might hella stay off the radar
He must have had access to a blog she only reported her phantom theory on her closed forum
He hacks into that sees that she's a threat and kill someone from the Navy to draw her out
Where is she?
They went to a bar a place she talked about before online
Oh
Hey Colin you guys should come down here this place is awesome
What
I
Where was she abducted in a dark parking lot Leon?
No video and so far no witnesses Nate I want brass tacks
The good news is he abducted her instead of killing her outright
Probably wants to go out and show her he's superior the bad news is she does pose a major
Threat to him, so he will kill her probably soon. All right
You keep me in the loop gives in his team on route to Manassas Airport
He's trying to get a favor with the FBI to bar the g5
They'll be with you by midday. Let's pray Abby has that look
Excuse me, have you seen this woman? Hey, I'm talking to you. I don't care big muggle cop without a warrant
Listen, I don't know what muggle means, but I don't have time for this Marilyn Manson same. Let's do this all at once
Hi this woman was abducted from here 30 minutes ago anyone see anything
Anyone we need your help
She was here with a blonde dude creepy-looking guy and flip-flops
He's okay
anyone else please
Anyone her name is Abby, please we need your help
Please she's a friend of mine
Guy came in yesterday gave me this
He said she was an old friend asked me to text him if she came in
He gave me a hundred bucks
What do you look like like you like the blonde guy she was here with
He and I don't really look alike. Sorry all muggles look the same
Okay, we've identified every person who's had access to Abby's online forum except one check out Mike 287
He mentioned steamboat. He suggests that she loved it if she went to LA post is two months old
Which means he's been planning it for that long. Yeah, he's sitting a lot of bait
Who's Mike 287 come on guys bust down this door poses is Mike King Kirk LA County criminalist the real King Kirk has been in hospice for months
He's using onion routers to hide the computer he posts from but I'm pretty sure he's actually in LA that makes sense all this planning to lure out Abby
And like Callan was saying it's a lot more work than he's ever had to do before
Easier to do it in a familiar place home feel advantage. Hey the encrypted phone that the bar woman sent the text to belongs to Zuggler Smith
That's McKellen's law firm. They bought 30 secure phones for their attorneys six months ago
That's not all they bought. They took delivery of a whole bunch of hazmat suits
Delivery is going back two years. The phantom started killing
So he's a lawyer figures. Yeah, but which lawyer doesn't say who actually received the suit
So we don't know who the firm issued the phone to I'm firing up the opposite her now
law firms are only lead
We go undercover
I
Can't move
Just a little chemical restraining it'll wear off slowly you'll start feeling your fingers and your toes first
So it's not quite a creepy dungeon. I made it for you Abby you who named me
Phantom
If I could have caught you I would have and yet
Caught you you went right where I asked you to go
You're Mike 287
Making a little Abby movie. Oh, that's for watching me when I go to work. I took the day off today. So we could be together
After all Abby
We're team. There's no I in your team
You'll resist at first and maybe I'll wait for you to come around or
Maybe I won't the only people coming around are my friends and they're gonna smash through the door
Wherever the door is
You're gonna put you in prison. We belong
Creep a couple of things
First anyone comes in here the place bursts into flames
You take and second
I'm good at what I do definition of the opposite of good in part
Thanks to you. I won't wear the suit on smooth floors anymore. There'll be no more
Phantom footprints. I didn't blog about that. No, you told Flagstaff PD
They posted it when they found them and by the way, don't
Call me a creep
You're right
So we just met it's not polite to judge I
Just I have this this itch right on the tip of my nose. Could you just help me please?
Ah
Don't you dare cool cool. That's what you look like
Who's better Zuggler or Smith for what man forgetting every stinking penny
You've come to the right place. Have a seat, please I
Don't believe it. I was here first you weasel
So you're gonna spend my money to screw me out of my money so hard
You're gonna want to crawl back to the sewer you came from that's it. Don't do it. Don't touch me give back my purse
Don't touch me fine. See if they take your business
Are you gonna pay the retainer? I froze you out of all the accounts or maybe they'll take
Contributions like you so freely gave to the pool guy shut up and the gardener for the driver and the
It's all right go back into your office
I'm in which way do I go every okay? I think you want the last room on your left. You think
You know, it's not like we had a lot of time to plan Sam
I hacked the surveillance system buzzed through a lot of old video and caught a woman giving out a cell phone
And she's a chief admin. She keeps a roster in her right desk drawer. It's the best I got
Capturing video now
Got it Sam
I
Will do it this chicken by tomorrow. Thanks
Hey, how have you had a little thing up front?
Hey, Kenzie on our way back guys, I found you the phone was signed out to Mike Smith founding partner
I hacked into his computer. It's been idle for two days. I don't think he's been at work
He logs on as Mike 287 and visits Abby's blog regularly. I'm sending you his license
Andress is 287 Brachner Mike 287
Oh boy
Abby's alive
He's streaming my video from his house to his computer at work. At least I hope it's live
He's with her. We're ten minutes out
Hold on hold on this can't be his house the room she's in looks like doesn't have any windows
It's got to be a commercial space. I'm thinking
Yeah 458 North Fig the law office is expanding to the building next door Smith owns it. We're standing right in front of it
Eric said no windows basement
Guys he's moving towards her
Mike Smith, he's not the fan. We're in the wrong place. So was he
He's been dead two or three days Eric the phantom works in the law firm Smith his boss gets suspicious so he kills him
I bet there's no forensics in there either
Sam we got him check your phone
Mike 287 posts from Smith's work computer at those specific time codes. We found this guy
The receptionist front desk at the law firm male receptionist is Tom Smith
Your dead guy's his uncle Mike
The boss is your uncle you have the run at a place so wherever he's got Abby's probably got the run of that place, too
Okay, there's nothing in Tom's name
But his uncle has a dozen had a dozen real estate holdings office buildings warehouses. It could be any of them
So we checked them all out. We'll take half Kenzie and Dom you take the other half
Find out if any PD can lend a hand already on it. Oh and Eric eyes on Abby
So streaming
What's the bed for
To you who empower me
Wait, he's toasting her. I thought he was gonna gloat. What's with the wine and the bed men love women who appreciate them
And she alone has appreciated him. I don't buy it. He's too smart
He knows she's this downfall. He knows that she won't come around the best
He's just playing with her playing like chess more like a bear with a salmon
You must have been good at math good at everything so Tampa knows your first
My fifth
So what for did I miss well, they were before the suit
My first was in Chico
My first human. I mean animals before that there were dozens of animals
That's how I knew I was built for this really. I just couldn't stop killing
animals
Was such intense pleasure
It's not fun
It's awful
And you are awful
Every person an animal that you killed had a life and people that loved them and deserved them alive
I'm not on your side
I've never been on your side and I will never be on your side. I
Know
But it was fun to pretend
Do you want to pretend by yourself another night of life after all you'll be able to move soon
Yeah
And look at this
For down eight to go Kenzie make that five down seven to go got two black and whites dispatching now
We don't have time to search seven buildings even with local PD find where that camera is now was fixed. There's no swing
Wait, I do have zoom zoom out Eric. Go white so we can see the building
Eric Eric, I don't believe it. She's signing to the camera. That's signed you read sign language since I was seven
She's finger spelling
right noise
Something I can't read it's like when someone's mumbling her fingers are slurred noise
Construction construction noise that's half the message then start looking for construction sites
Callan there's a warehouse on the corner of Sixth and Ardmore owned by Smith construction down the block on our way
Truth is you're just not smart enough for me Abby
Because you're there and I'm here and now the great forensic specialist dies without any evidence of her killer
And it will be fun for me Abby
I've almost got the second half the message it's noise
Doors doors noise doors
Uh
Doors it's um, it's wait guys stop what?
Abby signing construction noise doors booby trapped. How we getting in there?
Okay skylight fire escape north side
I'll leave
trip the door fuse remotely
place will go kaboom and the phantom
Remains traceless. You're not traceless. Oh, come on Abby
You know butane burns hot enough to destroy evidence
You have my teeth marks in your finger
Creep
Miami oh Miami was half the height and we still got all busted up
One of us may land soft enough to get the shot. Yeah, if one of us is Peter Pan. I
Saved the white woman in her late 20s slot for you
Guys you should be on
Guys gotta go now
Oh
You've got to lay off the doughnuts buddy
You okay? Yeah
Thank you g killing you welcome every shit up
Des Moines PD got a traffic came shot of Smith near the crime scene and Tampa PD found him on a flight manifest leaving after the murder
Saw 15 murders in as many hours Abby. How's that feel?
Almost as good as being alive
Hey, I lowered them down and he did it perfectly
The post incident medical evaluation is not optional Abby. They're waiting for you go go
Hey, I'm so sorry, but there's something way more important that I have to do first
What could possibly Abby on screen in 30 seconds that?
I
Give give I'm okay. I know you were coming to save me with these guys. They were amazing really
I mean you should see what they can do with a fire hose
McGee you were so right about all the places
I mean not as full as home because nothing just full of home
I can't wait to see you guys again. We were scary and all but we got them
I
Know Chester's a small thing. We're going to lend you some resources to search for evidence
You're going to tell me that I should have consulted you before
My team's getting half a day's desk work done in half an hour
You row pretty good
Thanks
I