Deja Vu Page #2

Concentrate on time and cause.

Full spread of lab tests. Everything.

Just pretend like the ferry explosion

never happened today, okay?

Absolutely.

Claire?

- She's beautiful, huh?

- Yeah.

Very.

You'll need a photograph

for your investigation, right?

There's plenty in the house.

Plenty to choose from.

Mr. Kuchever, I'm sorry about this,

but I'm gonna need you

to confirm your daughter's identity.

Okay.

Now, anything that you can tell me

about your daughter's activities

over the weekend,

or any time, anything at all,

will be helpful.

Well, I don't know.

My flight got in

at 8:
00 a.m. this morning,

and she was supposed to pick me up,

but she wasn't there.

I thought maybe she just overslept,

so I took a cab

and I went straight to her house.

Her and Alan's car was gone,

so I thought

maybe she'd just finally sold it.

- Who's Alan?

- Her fianc.

Or ex-fianc.

They broke up a few months ago.

And where is he now, Alan?

- He moved to Montreal.

- Okay.

She was too good for him, anyway.

I got a sweater that she left,

if you want to take it.

No, that's okay. But if you have keys

to her house, I would appreciate it.

Oh, she had a date.

Last night on the phone, she told me

that she was gonna meet someone,

but she didn't say who.

Her friend Beth set it up.

Beth.

Beth Walsh. Claire baby-sits

her daughter, Abbey, sometimes.

Okay.

Thank you.

That's good for now.

Somebody'll be in touch.

Agent Carlin?

Doug.

I want you to take these.

Well, that's...

Just go through them

when you get a chance.

- Well, it's really not necessary.

- Yes, it is.

See, I know how these things go,

Agent Carlin,

and I need her to matter to you.

Monday, 7:
48 p.m.

Hi, Claire. It's Dad.

My flight gets in

at 7:
55 tomorrow morning,

so don't stay up too late.

Love you. Bye-bye.

Tuesday, 9:
44 a.m.

Claire? Hi, it's Beth. Are you there?

I'm sorry to call you so early,

but you said you were gonna call me

when you got home,

and when you didn't,

I started to get worried.

Beth, is this a joke?

Oh, hey, hey! No.

Like I said, I was just worried

about you, that's all.

I can't talk right now.

Someone's here. I'll call you later.

Claire...

Tuesday, 9:
50 a.m.

Tuesday, 10:
04 a.m.

Claire, it's Dad. I did say 7:55, didn't I?

I'm here at the airport, waiting for you.

If you're not coming, I hope

you're sending Beth or someone.

Call me.

Tuesday, 1:
18 p.m.

Yeah, this is A TF Agent Doug Carlin

returning your call.

My cell number is 504-555-0130.

Tuesday, 1:
18 p.m.

Yeah, this is A TF Agent Doug Carlin

returning your call.

My cell number is 504-555-0130.

The blast wave initiated here,

hit the bulkhead

and propagated fore and aft

along the path of least resistance

until it hits this access hatch.

And that's where it gets really bad.

The blast wave continues

into the engine room,

bursting the fuel tanks.

This utility shaft here

acts like a chimney,

draws the thermal components

into the engine room,

which ignites the fuel vapor,

causing a secondary explosion

of far greater magnitude.

Essentially, the initial

device turns the whole ferry into a bomb

and detonates it.

And so our early guess

is that the bomb vehicle

was a minivan or SUV.

- Possibly red or tan.

- Make and model?

- Take weeks, maybe months.

- I got a partial on the license plate.

Sh*t.

Check all the SUVs and minivans

that are registered in the state.

Anything recently rented or purchased,

anything tied to a theft

or a missing persons report.

- Agent McCready?

- Yeah.

Doug Carlin, ATF.

Oh, yeah. Oklahoma City.

Right. That's right.

This afternoon, I witnessed an autopsy

of a young woman who washed up

off the Poland Wharf.

Heavy fuel burns,

traces of PETN on her face.

PETN, that's the base explosive

used by domestic terrorists.

She also lost several fingers

in what appeared to be blast damage.

Appeared?

That's right. I checked the tide tables

against the position of the blast.

For her to have washed up

that early and that far upriver,

she would've had to have been killed

two hours before the ferry exploded.

Before?

She died before the explosion?

She died before the explosion, yeah.

Her name is Claire Kuchever.

She washed up before the explosion

and against the tide.

- Do you have a scenario?

- Yes, I do.

I believe that somebody abducted her

in her home, taped her mouth,

bound her wrists, burned her alive,

dumped her in the river

so she would appear to be

just another disaster victim.

A disaster that hadn't happened yet.

But the PETN tells us

that the bomber came in direct contact

with the victim.

You solve her case, you solve this case.

Why this woman?

Good question. Her SUV is missing.

It's a tan and red Bronco.

It could have been stolen

to drive the bomb to the ferry.

Oh, one more thing.

The victim called the local ATF office

the morning of the explosion.

Yeah.

- We'll look into it.

- Okay.

All right.

Okay.

Where's Larry?

- What?

- Larry Minuti, my partner.

That's his car right there. Is he here?

I thought you said he was on vacation.

Yeah, that's right.

What?

Those cars were brought here

from the Algiers ferry parking lot.

They're the vehicles

that belonged to the victims.

Sorry.

So he's a former Marine?

Yes, sir. Yeah. Local, too.

He's born and bred in New Orleans.

His family still in the area?

Nope. Nothing, really, but his job.

- You like him?

- He's smart.

Yeah, I like him, too.

All right. Let's go find him.

Oklahoma City.

Yeah.

- You and Larry were close?

- Yeah.

Yeah, you know, close enough

to get on each other's nerves.

Doug, I've been put in charge

of a newly-formed investigative unit.

The ferry disaster is our first case,

and I want you on the team.

Why me?

We've got

some unique time constraints.

I need someone who can look

at a crime scene exactly one time,

tell us what's missing,

tell us what shouldn't be there,

tell us what we can ignore

and, especially,

what we need to pursue.

Also, you're local. You know the people

and you know the area.

But why an ATF guy?

Why not? It's your shot.

You want to find the guy

who killed Minuti, don't you?

Yes, I do.

I guess you've got some questions.

For me to have questions,

first I'd need to know something.

Now I do have some questions.

Don't touch anything.

We don't need you yet.

Doug, you remember

Dr. Alexander Denny.

Where's my audio?

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Okay.

Anytime you want to jump in here,

be my guest.

- Me?

- Yeah.

What are we looking for?

You know, clues, suspects,

anything out of the norm.

- When was this taken?

- Four and a half days ago.

Gunnars,

try the guy with the backpack.

Oh, that's tender.

I wish I had someone. Okay, widen out.

Let's cruise the car deck for a while,

see what we got.

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