"(Bonner) What are you doing?" "Get back in the fucking vehicle, Mike!" "Mike, get back in the fucking vehicle." "Let's go, Mike, now!" "(Mike) Dad?" "Dad?" "I can hardly hear you." "(Corporal) Your son has gone "AWOL"." "My son's in Iraq." " Your son was in Iraq, sir." "His unit arrived stateside four days ago." "If my son were back, I'd know it." " Sir, your son has until Sunday to get back or he'll be listed as absent." "I'm sorry, I have another call." "(Answering Machine) You have no messages." "(Mike) Hey, this is Mike." "Leave a message." "If I get a signal, I'll call you back." "It's your old man." "Heard you're back." "Give me a call when you get a chance." "(President Bush) Think about that." "Freedom is on the march, and we're safer because of it." "Ira is still dangerous." "It is dangerous because that society is becoming more free... and heading toward democracy." "(Reporter on TV) Analysts say a broader strategy is at work." "One that began with the offensive in the Sunni Triangle city of Samarra... earlier this month." "There you go." "You sure that thing's gonna fit?" " You gotta trust somebody sometime, Hank." "Anyone call?" " No." "(Operator) Fort Rudd, how may I direct your call?" "First Sergeant Arnold Bickman, Criminal Investigations Division." "I'm sorry, sir." "I have no one by that name on base." "Thank you." "Anything you wanna tell me?" "Why can't I go with you?" " He's holed up some place celebrating." "The last thing he needs is his mother walking in on him." "I'll call you when I get there tomorrow." " It's a two-day drive." "For some people." "(Music)" "You don't wanna let it touch the ground." " Ok." "Where are you from?" " El Salvador." "Do you know what it means when a flag flies upside-down?" " No." "It's an international distress signal." "No shit?" " No shit." "It means we're in a whole lot of trouble, so come save our ass because we don't have a prayer in hell of saving ourselves." "It says a lot." " Yes, it does." "You know how to do it now?" " Oh, yes." "Good." "(Reporter on radio) This whole concept of "Vote or Die!", to me the question is:" "Are they gonna vote?" "Are they gonna leave the bong long enough to actually vote?" "I don't know." "(Mike) Dad?" "Daddy?" "(Boy) Dad?" "Dad?" "Dad?" "(Weatherman) Overnight tonight will be partly cloudy with lows near 31 degrees." "A strong low pressure system will pass southward along New Mexico tonight, bringing with it colder temperatures and overcast skies..." "Go ahead, Sergeant." "(Soldier) Thank you, ma'am." "Sergeant Deerfield?" "Thanks for seeing me." "I know you're busy." " I wish you would've told me... you were coming down." "I could've made a little more time." "I bet the base has changed a lot since your day." "Thanks, Corporal." "What about his buddies?" " We asked, of course." "The rest of my guys just got back from a 72." "I don't wanna seem like I'm not concerned but where they've been, it's a miracle more guys don't blow off for a few days." "Would you mind if I had a look at his quarters?" "No." "Penning." "Yes, Sarge." " Specialist Deerfield's father." "Steve Penning." "Good to meet you, sir." "Have you heard from Mike?" " No." "Mr. Deerfield wants to take a look at his son's quarters." " Certainly, sir." "Shortcut's through here." "Me and Mike go back to Bosnia." "He told me enough stories about you." "He hasn't called or anything?" " Does that surprise you?" "Oh, you know better than me, sir." "But I recall Mike showing up for roll call... with a collarbone sticking through his skin." "Long, Ortiez." "This is Doc's dad." "Oh." "Honor to meet you, sir." " Good to meet you." "Doc?" " A nickname we gave him." "Made no sense." "That's Mike's room, there." "You boys have any idea where Mike could be?" " No, sir." "Sorry." " Must be one hell of a woman." "Yeah." "Good to meet you, sir." " When you hear from Mike, you tell him to get his butt back here." " Ok." "Sorry?" " This is Specialist Deerfield's dad." "We've come to look at his bunk." " Roger, Sarge." "I thought you were someone trying to steal shit." "Is that your room?" " Yeah." "That's Mike's bunk, there." "It was nice to meet you, sir." "Who's that?" "We lost a man." "That's your duffel, right?" " Yeah." "Tried to convince him to take the one he was issued." "It's like talking to a wall." "No photographs." "Sorry?" "Well, Mike's always taking pictures and emailing them to me, and I don't see any photographs or a camera." "(Carnelly) Property theft is a real problem." "I guess it was the same during your stint." " Yeah." "You mind if I take this?" "His mother gave it to him and I left mine at home." "I'd like to, but I can't let you remove anything." "I understand." " Ok." "(Man on TV) Well, I think New Mexico is a very important state, and I want to win New Mexico." "New Mexico has great possibilities... of better jobs." "You've got those wonderful lab... (Gabriel) This phone's been around some intense heat." "It's been in Iraq." " That could do it." "All right." "Ah, this is seriously fried." "Let's see." "Ok." "Address book." "All right, there's numbers for barracks, burgers, chicken, mom, pizza, "TD's", Ted." " What's "TD's"?" "That's a local joint." "Could've been more, but that's all that's left." "Ok." "Thanks." "How much?" " You want the media?" "Media?" " Yeah." "Look." "(Bonner on TV) Speed up!" "(Gabriel) This is trash." "Oh." "Oh, yeah, here we go." "Bonner, take this." "Long, toss the ball!" "Sure." "(Mike) The first time one of these kids is gonna get to touch an American football." "That's your son?" " That's Mike." "(Mike) Yeah!" "Everybody, come this way!" "This way!" "Hey, that's my ball, you little fuckers!" "Hey!" "Shit!" "(Bonner) What's wrong, man?" "Did Ali Baba take your football?" "(Mike) Turn off the fucking phone." "Any more?" "Yeah, but it looks like the rest of the files are corrupted." "If you want, I have a program at home that can pull them off." "It's slow, but I could charge you a hundred flat." " Can you email them to me?" "Yeah, no problem." "Thanks." " Where's "TD's"?" "I'm looking for my boy!" "I'm looking for my son." "Good luck." "(Waitress) I need four tequila shots!" "(Joan) What are you doing?" "(Hank) Just looking at some old photos." "You gonna be ok?" "It doesn't make sense." "He wouldn't leave without telling us." "I will find him." "Ok." "Good night." " Good night." "(Hank) I can hardly hear you." "(Mike) You gotta get me out of here." "Well, she should've known better." "Hold a sec." "Your son is in the army." " Yes, ma'am." "Then you need to see the Military Police." " They're pretty busy with the war." "I'm trying to check things out for myself." " You can file a missing person's report." "In which case, you'll need to see the Military Police." "How about you let me talk to somebody who does more than answer a phone?" "Sir, I wondered if you could help me with this... (Angie) I don't think you understand." "He loved that dog." "I'm sure he did, but the dog bit him." " When a dog bites you, what do you do?" "I really don't know." " You tie it up, you give it away, you might even shoot it, but you sure as hell don't pick it up by the throat, wrestle it into the bathroom, and drown it in the tub." "That doesn't sound a little bit strange?" "(Hodge barks)" "Maybe he thought it was more humane." " More humane?" "It's a Doberman." "He's drowning it right in front of our son and it's biting him." "And I'm crying for him to stop." "That all sounds humane to you?" "Has your husband ever threatened you?" " No, never." "He just needs help." "That's why you need to go to the V. A. You need to go to them." "And you need to ask them about counseling." " You think I haven't been down there?" "He won't go." "He's gonna hurt himself." "I know he is." "Look, I'd really like to help you here." " Really?" "Oh, because it looks to me like you don't give a crap." "You know, in fact, I do." "But I gotta tell you, crimes against dogs are particularly hard to prosecute." "So, I have somebody waiting for me." " Fuck you, lady." "Ok." "That kind of morning, hm?" "You gotta take that to Military Police." " Well." "I'm trying to keep my son out of more trouble." "I know you're busy." "But all I need you to do is make one phone call to his bank... and find out if he's made any withdrawals or used his credit card in the last week." "Retired cop, or just watch a lot of TV?" "Military Police, retired." " Then you should know." "Army has jurisdiction over its personnel." "I'm sorry." "I hope you find your son." "I don't know what you think your job is, but if it's anything like mine was, it's to roll up drunks, twiddle your thumbs, not ask too many questions." "But my son has spent the last 18 months bringing democracy to a shithole... and serving his country." "He deserves better than this." "(President Bush on TV) Because we have done the hard work, we are entering a season of hope..." "My God." "Hank Deerfield." "I'll be a son-of-a-bitch." "What the hell you doing at home?" " Well, you almost missed us." "We're taking the camper and going to see the grandkids." "I called you at the base." " Base?" "Well, Christ, Hank." "I've been retired for 14 years." "You have not." " Yeah, going on 15." "How in the hell are you?" " Fine." "Oh, you want coffee or a piece of pie?" " No, no, I don't have time." "Helen's waiting in the camper." "What'd you do, bust an axle and call me for a tow?" "No, I was hoping you were still at C.I.D." "I'm looking for a friendly face." "Neither one of your boys in trouble, I hope." " No." "What was that oldest one's name?" "Darren?" " David." "David, that's right." "Joined 82nd Airborne, didn't he?" " Yeah." "Yeah, tough bunch of sons-of-bitches." "How's he liking it?" "He died in a helicopter crash on maneuvers at Fort Bragg 10 years ago." "Oh God, I'm sorry to hear that, Hank." "Very sorry." "How about the younger one?" " Mike." "Yeah." " Regular Army, just like his old man." "In Iraq, doing well." "I'm doing a favor for a neighbor lady." "One of her boys is in a little trouble." "Is there anybody we know still there?" "No, no." "They're all gone." "(Horn honking)" "She got you on a short leash." "Well, you know." "Kids are waiting for us." "(Music)" "I found his old checkbook." "Is there anything written on it?" "I need a password." "No, there's nothing on it." " You sure?" "Which do you think it is, Hank, I'm blind or I just don't feel like telling you?" "I'm worried, Hank." "I'm truly worried." "He's a good boy." "He'll have a reason." "Hank?" " I'll find him." "Talk to you tomorrow." "(Soldier on TV) Echo One, this is Echo Two, go ahead." "Whoa." "What's going on?" " Don't worry, it's not animal-related." "What?" "They found body parts out on Mesa Luna Road." "I'll get the car." " Ok." "(Mike) Hey, Bonner." "There's your family." "Stop fucking around." "Oh, fuck." " Oh, shit!" "What do I do?" "Do not stop." "Do not fucking stop." " Speed up!" "What are you doing?" "(Detective) Maybe go down there a little bit further." "(Wayne) Aaron, I need more evidence markers." "(Aaron) You got all we have." "Straighten out some wire hangers, and buy Dixie cups to stick on the ends of them." "Come on." "And get me a receipt." "Sean?" "Thanks." "What the hell is going on?" "Tell me good news, Hodge." "Well, it looks like the victim was killed by that fire site there, then the body was chopped up, it was burned." "and animals scattered the parts." "You're smiling like an idiot because..." " Well, the base bought this field... from the city two months ago." "City property only extends... 50 feet from the center line of the road." "So, I don't think its our body, Chief." "Well, hallelujah." "Let's go home." "(He whistles)" "Wrap it up, fellas." "Boys with the shiny buttons are coming in." "(Reporter on TV) It will necessarily break the back of the insurgency." "(Man) It is not, though, the panacea." "Just by taking it out does not mean... the rest of the insurgency will fall." "More than half of Fallujah's... 250,000 residents have already fled in anticipation of the offensive." "Insurgents believed to number in the thousands have been preparing defenses... attacking U.S. troops and rigging booby traps." "Fallujah is not just the biggest hotbed of resistance..." "Mr. Deerfield?" "Jim Osher." "Could I get a word?" "Yeah, come on in." "I... just be a minute." "Sir, I regret to inform you that a body was found last night." "We believe it to be the remains of your son, Specialist Michael Deerfield." "Right." "They'll need me to identify the body?" "No, sir." "They determined the identity in other ways." "I believe partial fingerprints." " What do you mean "partial"?" "What happened to him?" " I'm not at liberty to say, sir..." "I wanna see his body now!" "(Music)" "Sergeant Deerfield, this isn't necessary." "It's not the way you wanna remember him." " Maybe not." "But it's the way he left this earth, so I don't see as I have any choice." "(Medical Examiner) Working backwards, the carbon patterns show... that the body was dismembered before it was burned." "It appears a large knife or similar tool was used, but the blade was dull, which is why which is why the bones are shattered rather than severed." "Now, the burn patterns show us that the dismembered parts were stacked... and doused with an accelerant in an attempt to incinerate the body." "Ridiculous, because you'd need an oven to approach an effective temperature which means most of the tissue would've been left intact." "So the damage is largely the result of scavengers stripping the bones." "Now, cause of death is gonna take more time to determine, but there is evidence of stab wounds." " How many?" "I'm sorry?" "How many stab wounds?" "Well, with much of the flesh missing, we can only count the blows... that made impact with the bone." " How many of those were there?" "Forty-two." "One knife?" "Or several?" "One." "Gonna turn these over to the Army?" " We tried to." "They said they took their own photos." "And they didn't say it in a nice way." "If it's all right, I'd like to give you a call tomorrow before you go home." "I have a few questions." " Ask them now." "Your son didn't happen to own a green car?" " Mike didn't own a car." "Motorist reported seeing a green sedan parked on the shoulder near the field... that Saturday night." "One of the theories is that this is a carjacking... or a robbery gone wrong, and there's a big uptick in gang activity lately." "I wanna see where he died." "Sorry." "It's still an active crime scene, I will let you know as soon as you can." "Ok." "What else you wanna ask?" "A lot of the deaths we've seen like these have been drug-related." "Are you asking if Mike was a drug dealer or just an addict?" "I don't wanna be asking anything." " The Army does regular drug tests." "Not when they're in Iraq." "We found this under your son's mattress." "It's not gonna go in my report." "But why I ask is last month we arrested three soldiers... who were trying to smuggle heroin in from Kuwait." "They'd made arrangements... to sell it to a local Mexican gang." "I understand Mike spoke a little Spanish?" "And you think he could've been a drug mule because he spoke Spanish?" "No, because somebody cut off his hands and his head." "I'm really sorry about your son." "Show me." "I'm sorry?" "I need to see where he died." "It's not our case." "The murder occurred on military property." " But you know where it is?" "There's nothing to see." " Then there shouldn't be any problems." "(Hank) You people sure as hell know how to trample a crime scene, I'll give you that." "I suppose you thought it was a good idea to have everybody park on this shoulder." "If your crime scene boys knew what they were doing, they'd have found... traces of blood in the gravel right here." "It's where he was killed." "So, you don't see blood, but you know it's there?" " Yeah." "Just like I know his body was dragged from here to there." "That's remarkable." "The ground is rock hard, but you see drag marks." "You go to the trouble to burn a body, don't you think you will cover the tracks?" "I'm going to the restroom." "You might find it easier just to drive around that field in your car." "You couldn't do any more damage." "Everybody knows everything." "(Music)" "Hi." " Hi." "Can I help you?" " I suppose the M.P. s have been in here, asking you questions about what happened in that field over there." "They sure have." "Terrible thing." "I'm checking it out for the family." "Mind if I ask if you saw anything going on?" "We would've liked to help." "We didn't even know what it was when we smelled it, did we, honey?" " No." "How's that?" "That Sunday morning when we drove in the parking lot, we'd thought somebody'd been barbecuing." "Smelt like burned meat." "Thank you." "Tell your M.P. friends they should be looking for a blue car, not a green one." "Why?" "Because a blue car under a yellow light looks green." "Doesn't it?" "It certainly does." "Thank you." "It's the least I could do." " I'd say that's accurate." "(Joan) I'll get a plane ticket." " No." "What do you mean? "No"?" " I'll bring him home soon as I can." "I need to see him." "I need to be with Michael." "He's gone." " I need to be with my boy." "There is nothing left." "What the hell does that mean?" "Joanie, for once in your life, will you take my word for something?" "For once?" "For once?" "I seem to remember me being the one saying no, and you saying it'd be good for his character." "Who won that argument?" "Mike was the one who wanted to join." "I sure as hell didn't encourage it." "Living in this house, he never could've felt like a man if he had not gone." "Both of my boys, Hank." "You could've left me one." "Joanie?" "Joan, please." "Joanie, I can't sit here and listen to you cry." "Well, then don't." "(David) Door." "Night." "Night, sweetheart." "(Music)" "Fuck!" "(Bonner on TV) Another hallway left, Stacked, on me." "Ortiez, cover this door to the right." "Go to the right." "Penning, get this door with me." "Go, go." "Give me a status on the door." "You'd better not be fucking around with the phone!" "(Mike) Absolutely not, Bonner!" "See how the clothes aren't burnt?" "It's really weird, Dad." "(Bonner) All right, all clear." "Let's move it out!" "(Bartender) Evie, a chicken sandwich." "Mustard or mayonnaise?" "No, thank you, ma'am." "A woman stands topless in front of you." ""Ma'am" could be taken as an insult." "Hm, is this your son?" " Yes, ma'am." "I'm asking if anybody saw him." "It would've been a week ago." "Saturday." "I'm sorry." "I don't recognize anything but the uniform." "Thank you, ma'am." "Miss." "(Officer) Right here." "(Wayne imitates a chicken)" "Stay here." "Excuse me, Lieutenant?" "I was just wondering how I came to be assigned this case." "Which case?" " Jacob Ronald Millard." "Slaughterhouse employee, arrested for torturing chickens." "It's no big deal." "Everybody does it." " Everybody doesn't poke their eyes out." "Sure they do." " Shut up!" "My Boss just doesn't want me humping his daughter." "Now we're shocked beyond words." " You see how you could draw... information out of people?" "People just like you, Emily." "That is how you got promoted from traffic to detective squad, am I right?" "I'm sorry?" " Oh, don't be." "If Wayne or Hodge here could've fucked their way into the squad, they would've, too." " Well, Wayne would have." "One of us needs to know what we're doing." "You see, that's what concerns me." "Having fucked my way into the job," "I may not be qualified enough to piece together this complex of a crime." "I mean, take that murder site." "I would've never come to the conclusion... that that soldier was killed on Army property." "I would've been fooled... by the signs of struggle on the side of the road." "And you know that little trail of broken brush from there to where he was burned?" "Well, that would've made me think he was killed in our jurisdiction, and then moved." "Because the killers didn't think it smart to chop him up... under a bright streetlight." "Yeah." "I would've totally misread that crime scene." "No, no, no, no." "It's good work." "I mean, we needed another homicide." "What, we've solved three, out of the last ten?" "Another unsolved murder would really cement my standing with the mayor." "You feel the need to show your fellow detectives up?" "Is that it?" "No, sir." " So, it's the Military Police?" "You think they're a bunch of boobs and are gonna bungle the investigation?" "No, sir, but let's not pretend we don't know the real motives... for the Army wanting this case." " Psychic powers." "When did you discover you had these?" " So you don't believe... their primary concern will be how this incident reflects on the Army?" "You see this as a career move?" "Is that it?" " I don't have a career." "I have a job." "I take care of my son and I do what I'm told." "But this boy died in a ditch beside one of our streets." "Someone burned him like a cord of wood, leaving his remains for the animals." "With respect, if that was your son just back from Iraq, I don't think... you'd be quite as happy about tossing this case off to someone else... just so you look better come election time." "That was "with respect"?" " That was my intent, sir." "Well, fine." "I'll think about it and I'll let you know." "Every second we lose in this..." "But didn't you just say that you would do whatever you were told?" " Yeah." "I sometimes exaggerate for effect." "How's David?" "Sorry?" " Your son." "He's fine, thanks for asking." " That deadbeat ex of yours... ever show up for any of his games?" " Luckily, David's pretty pathetic... at every sport he attempts." "So he wants as few people to witness it as possible." "Well, that's a damn shame, isn't it?" "It's not like he's the boy's father." "Anyway, the way I see it, it's the oddballs and the misfits... who go on to do interesting things with their lives." "I mean, how many former high school quarterbacks do we roll into the drunk tank... every Saturday night?" "Little misery in school is a good thing." "You know, I was first-string quarterback in my high school." "I seem to recall you showing me pictures of such, sir." "You're just gonna keep after me about this Deerfield boy, aren't you?" "I think you know what the right thing to do is, sir." "Hm." "Jesus Christ." "Hilary." "Get me Captain Fenderman at the base." "(Hilary) Yes, sir." "(Airport Announcer) Reed Cohn, Reed Cohn." "Please report back to the security checkpoint for a lost item." "(Kirklander) Would you like to sit down, ma'am?" "Is that everything?" "Is that all of him?" " Yes, ma'am." "You must have to keep that room cold?" " Yes, ma'am." "That looks cold." "I wanna go inside." "Can I go inside?" "No, ma'am." "I'm sorry." "My deepest sympathies, ma'am." "You don't have a child, do you?" "Do you?" "(Music)" "(Knocking)" "Mr. Deerfield?" " Hi." "I overheard you asking if you could have Mike's Bible." "It might bring you some comfort." " Anybody knows you took this?" "No, sir." "I asked the Visitor's Center where you were staying and they told me." "Can I buy you a coffee?" " I really should get back." "How about a drink?" "To Mike." "Oh God." "I need to ask you something." "And I want the truth." "Was Mike doing drugs?" " Doc?" "I guess." "No more than the other guys." "He wasn't like a heavy doper or anything." "You ever see him hanging out off the base with anyone?" "Maybe Mexicans?" "No, sir." "How are you adjusting?" " Being back?" "It hasn't been that long." " Have you called your parents?" "My mom." "My dad and I aren't close." "Did you guys talk much?" " Sure." "We could've talked more." "Did he ever say anything to you I should know?" " No, sir." "I mean... you see a lot of shit over there, and you don't wanna talk about it." "Even with your buddies." " Yeah." "But he did all right, Mike?" " He was a first-class soldier." "You know Mike." "He loved the Army." "Couldn't wait to get over there and save the good guys and hurt the bad guys." "They shouldn't send heroes to places like Iraq." "Everything there's fucked up." "Before I went, I'd never said this, but you ask me now, they should just nuke it and watch it all turn back to dust." "(Joan) Hank?" "Are you ok?" " Yeah, I was just about to call you." "A package came from Michael." "What kind of package?" " I don't know, it's a package." "He sent it to himself." "It's from overseas." "I'm gonna open it." "No." "What do you mean, "No"?" "Does it look like it's been opened by Customs or by the military?" "How would I know?" "No, it doesn't." "Why can't I open it?" " Just don't." "Please." "Just put it someplace safe." "Ok." "Good night." " Good night." "Morning." " Morning." "I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about your son." "I thought it wasn't your case." " Yeah, it sort of fell back to me." "Isn't that our good fortune?" "I was wondering if you know if your son had any enemies." "You mean other than the thousands of Iraqis and foreign fighters... who've been trying to kill him up until a couple of weeks ago?" "That shirt looks like it's still wet." "It's dry enough." "Anything bothering him that you know about?" " No." "You looking into the gang connection?" " Why?" "You have reason to think your son was involved in gangs or drugs?" "No." "When did you last speak to him?" " Why?" "Capital One faxed me a recent summary of his credit card charges." "The day after he got back, he bought some tube socks..." "I told him a dozen times, those are the worst socks you can buy." "They have no heel, they wear right through." "And then he went out for some chicken." "They say what time?" " And no more charges." "We're assuming your son was killed sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning." "We still haven't found his wallet, but if it was stolen, we'd see a lot more charges on it, like computers, stereos, what have you?" "Have you been to the chicken place yet?" "Enjoy it." "How can I help you?" " We're making inquiries... about a soldier who was here a week ago." " You're kidding me, right?" "We're a block from the base." " Can you tell what time he was here?" "It's the last four digits." "1:03 a.m., Sunday morning." "We bill that as Saturday." "Anything else?" "Could you tell us what he bought?" " Not without the actual receipt." "Ok." "Thank you." "Your four-piece dinner is $ 6.79." "Is that what most people order?" "That or the three-piece." " So with tax... $ 21.77 would be... three meals, three people." "Four, if it's the three-piece, or one really hungry soldier." "There you are." "I just dropped something off for you." "You did?" " We took statements from the men... in Mike's squad." "Thought you'd want them." " That's great." "I was gonna call you." "To arrange interviews." " Saved you the trouble." "How so?" "Sworn statements on your desk." " Why?" "You didn't think I'd want to interview them myself?" "Just trying to give you a leg up." " Thanks." "I like to do my own detective work." " I'll tell you what." "Read the statements." "If you still wanna question them," "I will be glad to take the request to my C.O." "Perhaps you misunderstood me." "It's not a request." "I want the list of the men in his unit..." " On your desk." "And I wanna interview them this afternoon." " You'll have to go to my C.O. with that." "My Chief already spoke to him." " This is a bit of a jurisdictional mess." "The murder happened in our jurisdiction." " That's where it gets murky." "Read those." "I'd be glad to put the request in." "You don't have the sworn statements, is that what you're saying?" " Yes." "I have the statements..." " Then they're cooperating." "I have a right to interview witnesses." " Has the Army said you can't?" "They said they'd consider my request." " And that was a full 10 minutes ago." "And I'd like to talk to these men before they've been coached." "Debriefed so often that any inconsistency in their stories will have disappeared." "Being a former military man, I'm sure you've seen that happen." "Perhaps when you served with Lieutenant Kirklander?" "I tell you what." "Skip upstairs and cry to your boyfriend." "Because I'm just not in the mood to give a shit." "(General on TV) ...So that'll take a little while." "(Reporter) As you're speaking, we're showing video that has just come in." "You ordered yet?" "Ok." "Dig in, men." "May I?" " Please." "Ok." "Out." "No, I can do it." " You can." "Now get ready for bed." "Go on." "Is there anything I can do?" "You're supposed to read it to me." " I don't understand one word of it." "Well, do you know any stories?" " I'm not much of a storyteller." "Well, then, read me the book." "You know where your name comes from?" " My mother?" "No, before that." "You're named after King David." "Your mother didn't tell you that?" "That figures." "All right." "There were two great armies assembled, the Israelites and the Philistines." "And they were both up on hills with the Valley of Elah in between." "It's a place in Palestine, you know where it is?" " No." "That doesn't matter." "Anyway, the Philistines had a champion." "A huge giant named Goliath." "Really." "There's a robot named Goliath." " This is a different guy." "So, every day, for 40 days," "Goliath would stride down into the valley and challenge somebody... from the other side to flight, but nobody would." "All the bravest and strongest warriors that the king had were all too scared." "Why didn't they just shoot him?" " They didn't have guns." "They had arrows, but there are rules to combat." "You don't shoot someone that's challenging you to fight with a sword." "So, anyway, one day, this kid, not much bigger than you, comes delivering bread." "He says to the king, "I'll fight Goliath."" "Really?" "No way." " It's a true story." "So, the king dresses David in his own armor." "But it's much too big and heavy, so, David takes it off and he looks around." "He finds 5 smooth stones about that big." "And he steps out into the valley, with his slingshot in his hand." "Goliath comes running, yelling this horrible scream." "And David lets fly with that slingshot, hits him in the forehead, cracks his skull open." "Goliath falls down." "Dead." " So, he shot him." "With a rock." "Not the same thing." "And you wanna know how he beat him?" " How?" "The first thing David had to fight was his own fear." "He beat that, he beat Goliath." "Because when Goliath came running, David just planted his feet, took aim, and waited." "You know how much courage that took?" "Just a few more steps and Goliath would've crushed him." "Then he let fly with that rock." "That's how you fight monsters." "You lure them in close to you, you look them in the eye, you smack them down." "You fight a lot of monsters?" " Yeah." "Did you win?" "If I didn't, I'd have been crushed, right?" " Yeah." "Ok, then." "Good night." "He likes to sleep with that door open." " He'll be ok." "(David) Door!" "Not that much." " Ok." "That's good." "You know that story isn't true." " Of course it's true." "It's even in the Koran." "May I read the men's statements?" "There is nothing in them that'll help." "The last time any of the men saw Mike... was Saturday afternoon, before he left base." "You're a good father." "You don't have to prove you loved him." "I'm sure he knew." "(Music)" "(Mike) Dad." "Daddy?" "Something happened, Dad." "(Music)" "(Reporter on TV) It's the second day of what the U.S. military is now calling... the "New Dawn" in Fallujah." "The operation is aimed at crushing the insurgents in their stronghold." "But how many insurgents are still there?" "We'll go live to the front lines..." "(Evie) Hi." "Evie, from the bar." ""Ma'am"?" "Yeah." "I'm sorry." "Hello." "I saw the picture of your son in the newspaper." "When you came in," "I thought he was just missing." "I'm sorry." "Thank you." "May I?" "Nice eyes." "I remember him." "I work in another bar on the weekends." "He was there." "Must've been Saturday night." " What's the name of that bar?" "(Bouncer) Yeah, they were here." "(Hank) Both of them?" "Yeah, them and their buddies." " Saturday night?" "We had to throw them out." "That one was harassing one of the dancers." "This guy?" " The other one." "Get a lot of assholes in here, but he was going for the prize." "Shouting obscenities at the dancers." " I think you got the wrong man." "You ask me to I.D. a guy, and then you tell me that I'm wrong." "Are you two related?" " What time did they leave?" "Fuck if I know." "They weren't happy about it." "Two of them got into it out in the parking lot." "Thought I was gonna have to break it up myself." " Thank you." "Detective Nugent will stay with you while you write out your statement." "I want the pen back, Nugent." "Word?" "This is not Saigon." "This in not 1967." "You do not question witnesses." "I figured somebody should." " It must be frustrating... being such a damn good investigator surrounded by incompetent fools." "What is it you do back in Munro?" " I haul gravel." "That's a shame." "Think of all the crime that could've been solved... in the last thirty years if you'd been on the job." "This thing goes to trial, the defense will say you poisoned the well." "It won't go to trial." " What?" "It wasn't them." " I'm sorry?" "I don't know why they lied in their statements about not being with him, but they didn't do it." " They were fighting in the parking lot." "They were blowing off steam." "You have not been to war so you cannot understand this." "You do not fight beside a man and then do that to him." "That's quite the world you live in." " Find out why they lied." "There'll be a reason." "(Sanders) So you were there?" "Yeah." "So why would you lie?" " It's complicated." "Why don't you just tell me what happened?" "We were at this strip club." "Just hanging out, having a good time." "We were drinking, of course." "And Mike starts acting really weird." "Got really angry, throwing change at the stripper." "And then he started talking trash, so she started talking trash, and they tossed us out." "And we're getting in the car, and Bonner's all pissed saying Mike can walk." "Mike grabs him and they just start going off on each other." "But it's the kind of shit that happens all the time." "The whole macho warrior crap." "Nobody got hurt." "So, we got in the car, we drove around for a while." "Then we stopped at the "Chicken Shack", across from the base." "Mike bought, for getting us kicked out." "And what time was this?" " I don't know." "Around one." "And then we came back here." "All of you?" "No." "Just the three of us." "Why would you leave him there?" " Because we were wasted." "We had had enough, but Mike wanted to find some meth." "He wanted to buy drugs?" " Yeah, he needed to be more fucked up." "Pardon my language, ma'am." "Do you think that's what happened to him?" "You think he went looking for drugs, ran into the wrong people?" " Who knows?" "Mike always had secrets." "You know, over there, he was always sneaking off by himself." "He really didn't get along too well with people." "You get kicked out of the strip club at 11, show up at the "Chicken Shack" at one." "What were you doing for a whole two hours?" "Driving around, looking for a party, or women." "Did you stop anywhere?" "Yes, ma'am." "Now you want me to guess?" "We found a hooker over on Ten Mile Road." "She blew all four of us." "Why didn't you just say that?" " Because we didn't think..." "Mike would want his parents to know." " You didn't want his father to know... he got a blowjob?" " And was buying drugs." "I wouldn't want somebody telling my parents." "So, what was the fight about?" " Mike was in some dark mood." "I don't know why." "And then he started saying nasty things to that stripper." "Like what?" " Just stuff I'm not gonna repeat." "The woman's a stripper, not something on your shoe." "Out in the parking lot, Penning said Mike came at you swinging." "Might have, I don't recall." " So, what was different about that night?" "Was it just that you had a knife?" " I don't need a knife, ma'am." "Back in Iraq things are different." "Someone makes you mad, you can deal with it?" "You lost me." " It's a whole different world." "You got power." " You've obviously never been in the Army." "No, I haven't." "But I know that you've got weapons and authority." "You put men face-down in the dirt, step on their backs, kick in their doors." "Somebody comes running at you, you kill them." "The guy could have bombs, guns, you don't know." "You kill him first." " You make the call." "React or die, isn't that what they say?" "You ever stab someone?" "If I did, it wouldn't be your business." " You're there one day, back here another." "I gotta tell you, somebody comes charging at me, I'd reach for my weapon." "Did you notice the interview is over?" " I'm glad none of this bothered you." "Because I gotta tell you, I saw my father come back from war." "Things he did, things he couldn't deal with pretty much destroyed him." "Was he in Panama?" "You have no idea what we did over there, and we did it for you." "For me?" " If I were you, I'd just say thanks, leave it at that, and kiss my ass." " Walk away." "You happy now?" "Or do you want to convene a war crimes tribunal?" "I want the clothes they were wearing." "I want to take full body photographs... for cuts and bruises." " You can have all the undies you want." "But you might want to take a glance at this." "You still want them?" "Yeah." "Hey!" "You better hang up." "Saddam could be calling." ""Mike, Mike, I give up."" "Hey, you... (Mike) Leave him alone!" " Fuck you, man!" "Hey, you... (Mike) Leave him alone." " Fuck you, man!" "You were right." "They couldn't have done it." "They were with Mike at the "Chicken Shack" at one." "Bonner, Penning, and Long arrived back at base 20 minutes later." "The field where we found Mike's remains is a half an hour away." "There's no way they could've driven there in time." "Never mind..." "So, they left him there?" "They said Mike wanted to buy drugs." " And that's why they lied?" "And they had no idea where he went when they left him, or who he met?" " No." "And I have statements from every other man in the squad." "May I see those?" "If they're telling the truth, no one saw him after dinner time." "The lab says no traces of blood on their clothes or their belongings." "Did you look at these clothes?" "Look at this shirt." "It still has crease marks... where it came off the shelf." " Clothes are cheap on the base." "First thing you do when you get back is toss every stitch you took with you." "There are 9 soldiers in an infantry squad." "Yeah?" " They lost a man in Iraq." "There ought to be seven statements here and there's only six." "So, one of them's on leave." " When I got here, the Sergeant told me all of his men were back from liberty." "Read the names." "Yeah." " Hi, this is Fred Gainley... at the Buxton Sheriff's Office." "Are you missing a man?" "Because I have a Robert Ortiez here on a drunk and disorderly..." "He says he's one of yours." " I'll send someone over to get him." "I appreciate it, thank you." "He's "AWOL"." "Check for priors and warrants." "And see if he owns a car." "Bad boy." "(Nunez) He's a local boy." "First arrested Bobby Ortiez... when he was 14, for drug trafficking." "Got bail and the witness disappeared." "About a year and a half ago we liked him for drug smuggling." "Suddenly he gets patriotic and joins up." " How did they let him in the Army?" "No felony convictions." "They've been lowering the standards every month... since this thing started." " There's a 1999 Chevrolet Malibu... registered in his name." " What color?" "Blue." "That's not enough for a warrant." " He's "AWOL"." "The Army can go after him, we can't." " He's got 4 unpaid parking tickets." "Try Judge Osorio." "Any idea where our boy might be?" " Finding Bobby's never the problem." "Go back to your motel." "I'll call you." "Police!" "Open up!" "He's on the roof!" "I got him!" "Take the street, not the alley." "Take the street, jackass." "Fucking wetbacks." "It's always knives, isn't it?" "You like cutting people up?" "Get off." " What the hell are you doing?" "Don't you move." "Don't you move." "Jesus." "(Nugent) You ok?" "Fuck." "Change him up." " All right." "Good." "We'll take him from here." "(Detective) I'll try to be home by 8:30." "I'm not gonna make any promises, ok?" "(Hank) What was it, Chico?" "You wanted him to carry drugs and he wouldn't do it?" "Is that it, Chico?" "Afraid he was gonna tell on you?" "Wouldn't it be funny if the devil looked just like you?" " Come back." "You wetback prick." "I'll show you what the devil looks like." "Fuck you, man!" "I see you cracked him wide open." " Hold your hand up." "He isn't pressing any charges." "And you're damn lucky I feel pity on you, or I'd be doing it myself." " I didn't mean to hit you." "Is that an apology in your world?" " I'm sorry." "Keep it." "Isn't anybody gonna question him?" " I questioned him!" "They questioned him." "We searched his house." "There's no evidence he had anything to do with it." "(Music)" "(Knocking)" "Something's happened." "We found him hanging in his room." "Jesus." "Did he leave a note?" " No." "My father gave it to me when I went to Vietnam." "I gave it to Mike." "It was in Bonner's pants' pocket." "He was carrying it?" "He didn't leave a note, he just put it in his pocket and then hung himself?" "I'm sorry." "But this is as close as we're gonna get to a confession." "Confession." "Bonner's car." "What color is it?" "Blue." "Why?" "That watch doesn't prove anything." " You think your son gave him that watch?" "It could've been planted on him." " So why did he kill himself, Hank?" "You tell me how he killed Mike." "He had an alibi, he was at the base, why'd he kill him?" "When'd he kill him?" " I don't know!" "(Cell phone)" "What?" "(Nugent) Hey." "You remember that woman with the dead dog?" "(Dispatcher over radio) Fourteen, fourteen, what's your location?" "(Officer) Standby outside the mobile home... (indistinct Chatter over Radio)" "We drained it." "Where's the boy?" "He wasn't home, thank God." "He was at his grandparents'." "That's good." "That's good." "(Music)" "(Medical Examiner) The remains will be shipped today." "Please check the address." "That's correct." "If I can be of any other help, just let me know." "Sir." "You got any jumper cables?" "Thanks." "I wanted to say how sorry I am for what happened to Mike." "And I wanted to apologize for lying about not seeing him that night." "I just thought that if I were Mike, I wouldn't want my parents to know." "You got a cigarette?" " Yeah." "You think Bonner killed him?" "No." "I don't know." "I don't understand any of this." "What would he have against my boy?" " Nothing." "I'm sorry." "Did Mike tell you much about Bosnia?" " Some." "We seemed to always pull sentry duty together." "Freezing our asses off." "He used to try to convince me of the craziest things." "Try to get you to wear pantyhose?" "Did he tell you?" " No, I told him." "Cuts the cold like nothing else." "So he wasn't lying?" " You just don't want to get shot... wearing a pair of those things." "You'll never live it down." "It's fucked up, isn't it?" "Yeah." "(Mike on TV) Let's get you to a good American hospital." "Speed this thing up!" "It's ok." "I'm gonna help you." "It's ok." "Take it easy." "(Man is screaming)" "You ok?" "You all right?" "Now, where does it hurt?" "Right there?" "Oh." "Easy." "Right there?" "We're gonna take care of you, ok?" "Good night." "(Knocking)" "Tell me that's your son's signature on his credit card receipt." "No, it is not." "We always assumed Mike was there." "That's Penning's signature." "Three meals." "Penning, Bonner and Long." "(Music)" "Penning and Long." "I want them now." "I can't give them to you." " Oh yes, you can." "And you will." "Corporal Penning has come forward." "He's implicated Long and Bonner." "You son-of-a-bitch." "You went to him with a fucking deal, didn't you?" "He'll do serious time." " Yeah?" "How serious?" "How serious?" "How much time?" " As much as I could get." "Well, luckily for me, that means shit." " You see these?" "Those are warrants." "We have jurisdiction, you're compelled to deliver those men." "I want them now." "I am not the only one who made a deal." "My C.O. talked to yours." "It is just one less headache for them." "It's out of our hands now." "I'm sorry." "I bet you are." "I want to hear the confession." " Long isn't speaking." "I'll get you Penning's statement." " No, I want to hear it from his lips, and I want him present." "That's not gonna happen." "How many soldiers do you think leave this base every night to go visit a bar, have a drink or two?" " I know you're feeling burned." "I'm not burned, I'm fucking pissed off." "Take a guess." "On an average weekend, what, seven, eight thousand soldiers?" "You know what I'm gonna do?" "I'm gonna sit in my car... outside any one of your entrances and I'm gonna pull over every vehicle... that comes back to the base." "I will arrest every soldier whose blood alcohol... is 1/1000 over the legal limit." "How many men do you think that would be?" "How long does it take till you're fired?" " I'm gonna do it on my own time, and we have a pretty good union." "Say four to five weeks." "How many DUI's do you think I could make in a month?" "Should we find out?" "(Officer) Commander's office." "Let me speak to Captain Henning, please." " One moment, sir." "We were leaving the strip club." "We thought that Mike and Bonner have cooled down." "They could be like that, laughing one minute and fighting the next." "Anyway, we're in the car, and Mike's all pissy... and Bonner just starts needling him." "Just saying shit." " Like what?" "I don't know." "Like what a good driver Mike is." "Stuff that makes no sense." "But Bonner has enough, and he pulls over." "They just start going off on each other." "And Long was yelling for them to cut it out, so we can go home." "And then Mike starts cussing at him, too." "Then I look down, and I'm stabbing him." "You, you were?" "Yeah." "And your friends didn't try and stop you?" "(Penning) They were sort of stunned." "They're yelling." "And Mike falls to the ground, and he's dead." "And Long is screaming, "Christ, what do we do now?"" "It was Bonner's idea to chop him up." "He used to work for a butcher." "He knew how to work the knife around the joints." "Made it easier." "We would've buried the parts, but it was getting late and we hadn't eaten." "You were hungry?" " Starving." "We stopped at the "Chicken Shack"." "I liked Mike, we all did." "On another night that would've been Mike with the knife and me in the field." "I think he was the smart one." "I think he could see." "I'm truly sorry, sir." "I'm sorry for your loss." "I saw a video Mike shot." "Him in the back of a Humvee." "Looked like he was torturing a prisoner." "We arrested some haji who was wounded." "And we were riding along." "And Mike was pretending like he was a medic." "And he would stick his hand in this guy's wound... and he says, "Does this hurt?"" "And the haji screamed, "Yeah, yeah."" "And then Mike would stick his hand in the exact same place... and say, "Does that hurt?"" "It was pretty funny." "It became a thing with Mike." "That's how he got the name "Doc"." "It was just a way to cope." "We all did stupid things." "Excuse me, sir." "You know where Private Ortiez's room is?" "(Hank) You got a minute?" "I need to apologize to you." " You got some real serious issues, man." "Yeah." "That's true." "(Ortiez) I got a honorable discharge, if you could believe it." "(Hank) It's the Army, I'll believe anything." "(Ortiez) I hated it over there." "Sleep in fucking tents." "No toilets, no showers." "No toilet paper, gotta use your hand." "I couldn't wait to get out." "After two weeks here... all I wanna do is go back." "How fucked is that?" "You know what that is?" "Mike took it and emailed it to me." "Why would he do that?" "I don't know what anybody's told you." "There are standing orders." "You're in a convoy, someone or something gets in front of your vehicle, you do not stop." "You stop, shitheads pop up with RPG's and kill you all dead." "First week in Iraq, we're driving downrange." "Six of us in the back." "You can't see squat back there." "Doc hit something." "We hear it thump around underneath." "He stops." "Gets out." "Drives on." "Not a word." "Later, some guy said we hit a kid." "I don't believe it." "You ask me... we hit a dog." "We killed a dog." "I don't know what that is." "No fucking idea." "(Mike) Hey, Bonner, there's your family." "Stop fucking around!" "(Mike) Hey!" "It's a fucking phone." "Fuck you, you could have broken it." " You're a fucking idiot." "Oh, fuck." "(Mike) Oh, shit." " Do not stop." "Do not fucking stop!" "What do I do?" " Speed up!" "(Bonner) What are you doing?" "(Mike) Dad?" "Get back in the fucking vehicle, Mike!" "Mike, get back in the fucking vehicle!" "(Mike) Dad." "Let's go, Mike!" "Now." "(Mike) Are you there, Dad?" "I can hardly hear you." "You gotta get me out of here." "Well, that's just nerves talking." "Something happened, Dad." "For Christ's sake." "Is anybody there with you?" "No, I'm alone." "That's good." "Ok, Daddy, I gotta go." "You be safe, son." "Stay safe." "Yeah." "You, too." "You know, my son's been driving me crazy ever since you came over." "He wants a slingshot." "I guess it could be worse." "It could be a BB gun." "Thank you." "(Sanders) So, every day, Goliath would walk into the valley... to challenge someone, anyone." "But no one would fight him." "Until David showed up... and said, "You know what?" "I'll do it." "I'll fight him."" "So the king dressed David up in his own armor, which was so big..." "But why would he let him fight a giant?" "He was just a boy." "I don't know, sweetheart." "Do you think he was scared?" " David?" "(Sanders) Yeah." "I think he would have been really scared." "(Song "Lost")" "Just like that?" " Just like that." "It looks really old." "It's been well-used." "And I shouldn't take it down at night?" " No." "You leave it just like that." "That's a lot easier." "(Song "Lost")"