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uh, stage, if you will,

I'm reminded of a quote

by will Shakespeare,

"cowards die many times

before their deaths.

The Valiant never taste

of death, but once."

The alleged kidnapper,

this coward of a man,

is deceased.

He was identified

as 40-year-old William Fontaine.

The crime seems to be that

of a personal vendetta.

This investigation is ongoing,

so I can't tell you

any more than the facts

at this moment.

I can tell you, however,

there does appear to be

a hero in this story,

the Valiant,

Mr. Jebediah Thompson.

Mr. Thompson was acquainted

with Mr. Fontaine,

who knew that Mr. Thompson

owned a secluded cabin

in a remote wooded area.

This is where

he took Patty Wilson,

and where they remained

until Mr. Thompson

made an unexpected visit

to that cabin

and discovered them.

At this point, he realized

that she was a missing child,

made an attempt to rescue her,

a fight ensued,

leading to his death.

JT is a rare breed.

We'd like to thank

him for his courage

and for rescuing Patty Wilson.

Uh, at this moment, Mrs. Wilson

would like to make a statement.

Hello.

Well, I just wanna say

we are over the moon

to have our precious

daughter back,

and I want to sincerely

thank the FBI,

sheriff Williams,

and the entire department,

as well as this community,

for your compassion

and your generosity

and your assistance

during this horrific ordeal.

Don and I are so proud

of what a strong and

resilient girl Patty is,

and we're so happy

that she's going to be able to

show the world her talents.

But I really want

to take a moment

to give thanks to JT.

Because of this brave man,

we have our baby back.

He'll always be our hero,

and we can never

thank him enough.

One last thing.

One last thing, thank you.

One last thing.

I want to thank the lord.

Thank you, for bringing back

our little girl...

Safe and sound,

and I want to thank all of you.

God bless you.

Well, if it isn't

Leanne milling.

Oh, I don't have time

for an interview, now, honey.

I'm meeting someone.

Yeah, I know, you're late.

Have a seat.

Join me.

How dare you send me

that ridiculous text.

Oh.

Hello, uh, can I get an iced tea

unsweetened, two lemons?

I'll have the same, but sweet,

very sweet.

You're Leanne Wilson.

My momma says

you're an inspiration.

That is so kind.

Please tell your momma,

thank you for her love

and support and prayers.

I'll get those teas.

Sweet.

You're just loving this,

aren't you?

The attention, the spotlight,

the fame?

You haven't changed one bit.

What are you suggesting?

That is disgusting.

Hey, drop the act,

Leanne, please.

I know the truth.

Yes, of course, you do.

Everybody does.

They saw it

on the press conference

on television today.

Yeah, I saw it as well,

and I'd have to say

if I didn't know you were

lying through your teeth,

I'd have believed every word.

What? Are you trying

to slander me?

Slander?

No, no, no, no.

The word is expose.

Ok, what is this?

You still have a little bug

up your ass about high school?

Oh, no, this is

so much more than that.

I followed you to that cabin

in the middle of nowhere.

Imagine my surprise to see

all the key players there.

You, Billy, JT,

and your missing child.

Wow. You look worried.

Are you Ok?

You have no idea

how good it feels

after all these years

to just knock that snotty

look off your face.

Oh, and don't get

any crazy ideas either

because if anything

happens to me,

I've made arrangements

for the story to be released.

Oh.

I'm afraid you're going down,

and I'm so happy

to be the one to do it.

F***.

Wait! Shh!

Please.

You want money for the iced tea?

No, just sit down, please.

I want to explain this time.

The truth, for real.

I know you'll understand.

Ok, Billy and I did reconnect.

Don and I were going through

a really hard time,

and I just talked to Billy,

and he made me feel

so good about myself,

but then when I realized

I couldn't really

go through with it,

Billy went ballistic.

He started threatening me,

and then he kidnapped Patty,

and told me

that if I didn't leave don,

he would keep her

or maybe do worse,

and so I figured

I couldn't hurt don

any more than I already had,

and I would just

play along with Billy

until maybe he would

just let Patty go.

Somehow I figured

I could convince him.

I thought you were going to

tell me the truth.

That doesn't add up,

and you didn't have to

kill Billy.

I...

JT did.

He had to.

He was threatening Patty.

Listen, as far as I'm concerned,

all signs point

to you being the killer,

and regardless,

you withheld information

in an abduction

of your own child.

Well, he was blackmailing me.

What was I supposed to do?

He said if I called the cops,

he would kill himself and Patty.

He was crazy.

He was not the Billy

we knew from high school.

I don't know, leanne.

That's just it. You don't know.

And how can you ruin

my entire family

based on something that you're

really not sure about?

Not to mention,

most people might think that

you're just trying

to put yourself in the limelight

by using my tragedy.

- Oh, that's ridiculous.

- Yeah, I know it is. It is.

Yeah.

I know, but you,

you of all people,

know the media

and how they can spin things.

And a lot of people

are going to wonder

why you didn't go

to the police first.

I was about to break the news.

I just had to finish

my investigation

and gather my evidence

before I presented it

to the authorities.

I think it's far from

a slam dunk for you.

I think you might become

the laughing stock of the media.

I have an idea.

I have an idea that might put

both of us on top.

Oh, you know what,

will you take a look at this

for me?

Thank you.

Did I mess up my face?

I think you look great.

Think we look great.

I think we're ready. Thank you.

All right, we're on in five,

- and cue music.

- Four, three...

Good evening, I'm Nancy Nelson.

Tonight, I'm joined

by a mother and survivor,

Mrs. Leanne Wilson.

She is giving us

the first interview

since she was reunited

with her daughter, Patty,

who was missing...

Please welcome,

your host, Ms. Leanne Wilson!

Oh, wow. Thank you.

Oh, thank you,

thank you so much.

Oh, I just wanted to say...

Oh, thank you so much.

Wow, wow.

This is really

such an amazing thing

to happen to our family,

after so much tragedy,

to have such a victory

and to be here with you.

Oh!

All my life I wanted to do

something to empower women.

Ok, we're ready for you.

Are you ready, Patty?

Are you excited?

You're not nervous are you?

Ok, we're gonna go up here.

We're gonna be

a little bit quiet

'cause they already

started taping, Ok?

It's just coming up here.

Oh, and look,

that's your mom on TV.

Let's go.

Come on, y'all.

Let's give a round of applause

all round. Thank you so much.

I am Leanne Wilson,

and this is our

very first Leanne show.

Thank you so much for being here

and saying so many

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