"Sometimes I feel time slip like a heartbeat, dear Angel... and I wonder if you feel it too, across the distance." "To have known you for so brief a time... to live with the possibility that we shall never meet again." "Killean marie Haskel's passing... is a lesson to us all." "She was a selfless friend, a loving mother." "Her life was hard, but it was her own." "She did not surrender to sadness or hardship." "She surrendered to the fatigue... that comes with being a good person." "Killean found no peace in this world." "we pray the Lord helps her find some in his." "Ashes to ashes... dust to dust... we commit the body of Killean marie Haskel to the earth." "No." "No!" "Stop it!" " Just you and me now." " Stop it!" "No!" "Stop it!" "Please stop." "Hell, Maddie, he wasn't coming up to read you winnie-the-Pooh." "But this isn't the way we talked about." "You said you were just gonna make him tell us where he is." "What do you want from me?" "Just be quiet." "Evening, Officer." "The reason I pulled you over is you have a burned-out taillight." "Oh, yeah." "I got a fix-it ticket for that last week." "I'm just waitin'on payday to get it done." " Can I see your license, please." " Oh, yeah." "I have it right here." "what the hell was that?" "If you are indeed lost to me... it is my Lord's prayer that you are not lost to him, dear Angel... that you walk in the light... that you forgive... and that you never have to know the truth." "I'm being attacked by a tiger." " No, I'm a lion." " A lion?" "You wanna play again?" "Yeah, but this time I'm a bear." "A bear?" "You just better promise not to scare me." " Okay?" " Okay." "What's going on up here?" "The whole house is shaking." "There's a wild animal in the house." " Mommy?" " Yes, sweetie?" "Are you and Daddy gonna have another baby?" " Uh, I don't know." " I want a baby." " You do, huh?" " Yeah." "Families have lots of kids." "Some families, they have one, and some families have more." " They're still a family." " Yeah." "But can I have a sister?" "I hope it's for me." " Hello?" " Frank, please." "Hi, sweetheart." "You can hang up now, Jordan." " Okay." " Thank you." " Frank, it's Peter Watts." " Hi, Peter." "I just sent you something you should see." "Are you online?" "Yeah." "Familiar face?" "Jake Waterston." "Kidnapped, raped and murdered three nurses." "Newport News, 1992." "Strangled 'em with ten-pound test line." " Threw 'em into the James River." " He's surfaced." "Living under the name ofjim Gilroy in joplin, missouri for the past five years." "Where'd he turn up?" "A Missouri state trooper was shot last night point-blank." "The car at the scene was registered toJim Gilroy." "State police lifted his prints out of his house and sent them out on the N.C.I.C." "They matched Waterston's." "We picked it up here." "Let's make sure we don't lose him again." "Think he's all right back there?" "Couldn't say." "Well, when are we gonna pull over and ask him where he is?" "Don't worry about it." "Okay?" "We just gotta find a back road out of this state, and we'll be fine." "Think Jim'll tell us where he is?" "Maddie!" "He's gotta be damn sure I will kill him if he doesn't." "So just back off." "Hell, I'm doing everything I can for you." "You have to appreciate Jim Gilroy's discipline." "A man of his impulses able to keep quiet these past five years." "He wasn't unknown to local P.D., but, uh, he never broke a law." "He was facing multiple murder charges, capital punishment." "He'd gone underground successfully." "Why risk it?" "Unit 41, I copy." "Good morning." "Can I help you gentlemen?" "We're expected, Officer." "Is Captain Bigelow inside?" "Yes, sir." "I'm Captain Bigelow, Missouri State Police." "Peter Watts." "This is Frank Black." "You know this guyJim Gilroy who shot my trooper?" "We know him by another name... but yes, Frank pursued him while working at the F.B.I." "How violent is this fugitive?" "He murdered three women in Virginia over Labor Day weekend." "The funerals were closed casket." "The morticians were unable to satisfactorily reconstruct the bodies." " He won't get away from us." " You see this?" "Scratched on the TV." "What the hell does that mean?" "I don't know." "There's blood residue in the bathtub." "A woman died here recently." "Unrelated to this, as far as we know." " Who?" " Killean Haskel." "She bled to death in the bathtub." "They buried her yesterday." "A suicide?" " That's what the coroner concluded." "You might want to reconsider that." "Is this Killean Haskel's husband?" "Must have been." "She was divorced as far as I know." " Did she have any children?" " Yeah." "A daughter." "Madeline Haskel, 20 years old." "She lived here too." "we haven't located her yet." "Hmm." "Stop it!" "Stop!" "Has this blood been typed and cross-matched?" "We assumed it was the mother's." "I'll get a tech to take a sample." " I think it's important we find the daughter." " She involved?" "An inordinate amount of violence and suffering has occurred in this house." "She might know something that could help us." "Dear Angel, I was just thinkin'today of momma... how she had the softest, quietest voice you ever heard... like a willow in a breeze." "In church, when she sang... people standin'around her would hush just to get a better listen." "I can't help thinkin'how sad all this would have made her." "She never liked Bobby much... and, for whatever reason, I fell in love with him." "He paid attention to me... made me feel pretty." "I saw him sittin'on the hood of his Firebird late one summer night... in high school." "He was one of those types of people who acted fearless... like he had a secret." "I never had secrets." "momma had a hard life." "Guess I'm kinda glad you weren't around to see her hurt like she did." "I'm not sayin'this... like it's an excuse for anything that happened." "just that, well..." "I never wanted to be one of those people that gets too used to bein'sad." "That must sound funny comin'from me." "Love, maddie." "Where is he?" "Where is he?" "Answer me!" " Answer me." " I don't know!" " Happy birthday, sweetie." " Happy birthday, maddie." " Make a wish." " Stop!" "All right!" "I'll tell you." "I'll tell you." "The trooper took the proper approach, did everything accordingly." "But he never saw the gun." "Been over it a hundred times." "Stop it there." "Pan right." "Do you have your report here?" "That's a complete forensic rundown from the scene, including ballistics." " Mmm." " Stop there." "Killer used armor-piercing rounds." "They penetrated the vest just enough to cause death by hydrostatic shock." "His internal organs were destroyed by the shock waves from the impact." "You know what's wrong with this M.O., Peter?" "Jim Gilroy never used a gun." "How'd he kill those women?" "Garroted." "Cut." "I'm gonna enlarge it." "What are you trying to say?" "Are you saying Jim Gilroy's not the killer?" "The man you know as Gilroy is the man we know as Jake Waterston." "He's not an unintelligent man." "He's neither rash nor careless." "If he had no reason to believe his new identity was being threatened... he wouldn't act impulsively." "Go back." " Did you see that?" " Movement." " Something picked up the light." " I'm not sure I see it." "Someone's sitting in the passenger seat." " Gilroy." " Gilroy is six-two." "That person is much smaller." "The crime scene report describes two different blood samples taken at the scene." "One was the trooper's" " B-negative." "The other's A-negative." "The second sample, the A-negative-- that's Gilroy's blood type." "There was no evidence that Gilroy was wounded at the shooting." "We considered he may have been injured earlier." " I'm not sure that Gilroy's behind the wheel." " Who's the passenger, then?" " It could be the daughter, Maddie Haskel." " Hmm." "If Gilroy isn't driving the car and he's not the passenger, then where the hell is he?" "Maddie, wake up." "Wake up." "We're here." "Hello?" " Hi." "It's me." " How are you, sweetheart?" "Good." "Just tired." "just called to say good night." "jordan asleep?" " She tried to stay awake for your call." " I'm sorry." " How's it going?" " Fine." "You have to do better than that." "Just frustrated." "Local officer was killed." "Situation's very tense." "Do you have a suspect?" " Local P.D. think they do, but I disagree." " Why?" "I came down here looking for a man I've chased before... but something else is going on." "Another crime is being committed, maybe." "You're in this guy's head pretty deep, then." "No, somewhere else." "There's a young woman involved." "I believe she's with the killer, but an innocent." "Why is she with him?" "That's what I need to know." "Get some sleep, Frank." "Hey, I love you." "Me too." "Talk to you tomorrow." "Yeah." "What's got into Lottie?" "No idea." "What in the Sam Hill are you barking' at, girl?" "Me." "Who are you?" " what do you want?" " Where is he?" "Where's who?" "How'd you get in here?" "Don't move." "Just tell me where he is, and I'm gone." "I don't know what you're talkin' about." "You get the hell outta here." "Fred?" "Fred!" " What'd you do?" " Nothin'." " Tell me!" "Tell me!" "Tell me!" " Shut up." "Shut up!" "Don't make me hit you, Maddie!" "Maddie, he wasn't there." "He wasn't there." "Gilroy lied to us." "Truth or dare, brother." "Tell us where to find Angel." "And this time it better be the truth." "Don't be brave, man." "Be smart." "Where is he?" "You'll kill me either way." "Just tell us where he is, for God's sake!" "Tell us where he is!" " Please!" " Get off." " Tell us where he is!" " Get her off me!" " Tell us where he is!" " Get her off me!" "Maddie, getting hysterical, that ain't gonna help!" "Wait!" "Wait, I'll tell ya." "I'll tell ya." "Dear Angel, I was at church Easter Sunday... and the minister was talkin' about the mystery of faith... how easy it is to doubt what you can't prove... and how even though none of us saw the miracle in the Lord's tomb that day... alls we had to do was believe in it hard enough and it would be true." "And that's what faith was." "He said that we can't be weak... that we can't dismiss the miracle... that we have to be strong enough to make mysteries real." "I wish you'd been sitting there with me that day." "I can't see you." "I can't touch you... but you are always in my heart." "Love, maddie." "'`Dear Angel... '`I never told you about the night you left." "'`I'd gone out for groceries, and when I came home you were gone." "'`I was terrified." "I was lost." "'`I couldn't get a straight answer out of anybody." "'`I must have driven for hours looking for you... '`but there was no sign." "'`I got tired, and I kinda gave up." "'`I'm sorry." "I'm sorry I gave up on you that night." "Please forgive me. "" "'`Dear Angel, it's ehristmas eve." "'`I remember when I was ten years old... '`and caught momma putting presents under the tree." "'`Broke my heart." "'`Believing in Santa was the last bit oflittle kid mystery left in the world." "'`I'm looking up at the dark winter sky right now wishing that weren't true... '`wishing that old guy in the red suit would bring you home." "'`I miss you so much." "'`I gotta go." "He hates it when I write to you, and I can hear him comin'up the stairs. "" "Anything?" "Just some letters that were never sent." " Who's the addressee?" " I think they're to her father." "Records show the father's name is John Haskel." " He split." "Long gone." " He left some deep wounds." "Maybe that's where they're headed." "Maybe." " We located Jim Gilroy's car." " Where?" "Two hours south of here in Springdale, Arkansas." " Need a hand?" " I'm righting'it up right now." "Got a call from the caretaker." "He was, uh, comin' by to drop off some fertilizer" "How long ago?" "Three hours ago, maybe a little more." "Get it out of there." " What's the rush?" " Frank it up, Roy." " Let's go!" " Get on back!" "Get on back." "It's Jim Gilroy." "Get a stretcher over here!" "Where's the main house from here?" "About a hundred yards over there, but there's nobody home." "Here we go." "Get him on." " They're dead, aren't they?" " Yeah." " We're right back where we started." " No." "Now we have someone to talk to." "We're gonna find him." " You happy?" " Yeah." " Then prove it." " Bobby, no." "Bobby, stop it." "No!" "Bobby, stop!" "Please!" "I've never been clear on why they call it '`makin'love. "" "Every time I let Bobby have me... it felt more like" "like makin'peace." "You know, killin'-- killin' time." "A few precious minutes to myself." "I found out my real dad had hit my mom a couple times." "Then she took up with Jim and... he just hit her more often." "I can't stop blaming' myself for what happened to my mom." "When she found out whatJim had done to me... she just" "she couldn't live with it." "I know I'm guilty for letting what happened happen... but if I didn't stay in that car..." "I knew I'd never see Angel again." " I ain't talkin'" " Who put you in the trunk?" "I don't remember." "Do you know who killed the Nesmiths?" " Never heard of'em." " They were the people who lived on that farm." "I don't know nothin'." "I was in the trunk." "Remember?" " Why'd they try to kill you?" " Hey, could I get a soda?" " Who is Maddie riding with?" " What's that?" "You know who she is." "No, I don't." " I know you." " Really?" "You used to live at 898 Gaston Place..." "Newport News, Virginia." "You worked at a mill by the docks." "You drove a '73 Impala." "Your name is Jake Waterston, and you killed three women there." "So you have no reason to lie." "I want to help you." "Really, I do." "They beat me, left me in a trunk." "If it wasn't for that air pocket, I'd be dead." "Did you think of that?" "Yeah." "But not the way you do." "who's riding with maddie?" "The little ditch weed was with her boyfriend Bobby Webber." "why did webber assault you?" "'Cause I wasn't ready for him." " What did you do to Maddie?" " Nothin'." "You killed her mother." "Killean was a hothead." "She committed suicide." "You let her." "You watched." "You perpetrated the abuse on Maddie." "Who's Angel?" " What do you have, Peter?" " I've located Maddie's father." "Where?" "He was an inmate at the Fond du Lac Correctional Institute For Men in Waupun, Missouri." "He died there a year ago." "Where is he buried?" "No one claimed the body." "The Department of Corrections leases some plots... in a potter's field area near the prison." "The grave is unmarked." "So, either she doesn't know that her father is dead, or she's" "She's after something else." "The Newport News, Virginia D.A. sends his best." "He's starting extradition proceedings in the morning... to get Waterston back for trial." "He didn't get away this time, Frank." "This isn't finished, Peter." "You take away her father as a destination, that doesn't leave much." "She knows he's dead." "She wrote half a dozen very intimate, very personal letters to him... yet she stayed in the car watching the violence that she's seen all her life." "Were any of the letters written after his death?" "Yes, but the language was present tense." "Almost a confession... or an oral history to him... or" "what is it, Frank?" "I need Maddie Haskel's medical records." "I think I know what she's after." "I think I know who Angel is." "Anything yet?" "No." "No sign of that pickup on the wire." "They're long gone." "Peter." "What do you have?" "Maddie Haskel gave birth to a baby boy... in St. Mary's Hospital in Joplin one year ago." "The father unspecified." "What happened to this baby?" "Can we access Gilroy's bank records from here?" "Yeah." "Just need a phone line." "Go faster." "What are you gonna say to him when you see him?" "I don't know." "Gilroy maintained a fairly erratic bank balance over the last couple years." "Ten months ago a wire transfer of $7,000 was made... into an account in Gilroy's name." "That's two months after Maddie's baby was born." "Gilroy took Maddie's child and sold it... and bought himself a TV." "It's sick, but it's a motive." "That explains why "Angel" was scratched into the television screen." "He sold a baby, so he could buy a TV?" "He wanted something... and we live in a world where children have become another form of currency." "That explains why she was in that car." "Who transferred the funds to Gilroy's account?" "It's from the account of a Rudolph Barnard." "Lawyer." "Lives in Little Rock." "So Gilroy takes Maddie's baby, and he has this lawyer, Barnard, broker a deal to sell it." "They're still after the same goal... and anyone left that gets in their way is gonna die." "I'll call Little Rock P.D. and have them put Barnard into protective custody." "Run a check on Barnard's bank records from the same time period." "Hopefully there would have been a transfer made by the adopting family." "We might be able to get to them before Bobby does." "All for the love of her child." "Look at this place." "It's beautiful." "Angel must love livin' here." "Maddie, your boy's just one year old." "He don't know." "Now, let's just go in there, get him and get out of here." "Now, don't forget the flowers." "He must love it here." " Have the Travises been called?" " Line's dead." "But Little Rock P.D. is responding now." "Yes?" "Flowers for Mrs. Adeline Travis." "Get back!" " We don't have anything." " I'm sorry, mister, but you do." "You got Maddie's boy." " Who was it, wade?" " Lock the door!" "Stay up there!" "You better get your ass down here, Adeline." "Who are you?" "You come down here now!" "Come on!" " Oh, my God." " Come on!" "Come on, now!" "Give her the kid." "No." "Why?" " Because he's hers." "You stole him." " No!" " We adopted him." " Don't lie to me!" " It was legal!" "we have the papers!" " Give her the damn boy now!" "Oh, God!" "Oh, God" " Shh." "Hi, Angel." "Shh." "Momma's right here." " That's right." "Shh." " Come on, Maddie." "Let's go." " Please." " Have you been a good boy, baby?" " Come on, Maddie." " Aw, look at how big you got." "And you have your granddaddy's big eyes." "Don't take him" "Maddie." "Now." "Oh, thank you." " What the hell are you doin'?" " It's okay." "Angel belongs here, Bobby." "Not after all this, he doesn't!" "Come on." "Let's just go." "Bobby, no!" "This is the Little Rock Police Department." "I got it!" "See what you done?" "You see what you done?" "They won't shoot if I walk out holding a baby." "Give me the kid." "Give me the kid." "Give me" "Shots fired!" "Shots fired!" "Unit 9, you are code 10 until further." "Check with dispatch" "Hold!" "Hold." "It's over, Maddie." "That's Angel?" "Yeah." "Bye-bye, my baby." "I haven't seen my boy since that day." "The Travises send me a picture once in a while." "I asked them not to tell Angel anything about his mother." "I don't want him knowin' anything about me." "I mean, I doubt if-- if anybody can love him like I do... but I had a feelin' that day that... a life with me... wasn't a price my baby should pay." "He'd have just grown up to be another-- another Bobby or anotherJim... another man like my father." "I want a clean life for him." "At least I had a hand in giving' him that." "You saved me that day." "Only man in my life that ever did somethin' nice for me." "You need anything, Maddie?" "No." "I appreciate your visiting' me." "If you get the time, come back if you can." " Bring your daughter." "I'd love to meet her." " I will." "You're gonna be all right." "Time's up." "I spend my time thinkin' of Angel... prayin' he ain't thinkin' of me." "I made this!"