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INT. DE JONG HOME - DAY

Jake, Wes, Anne and Harold Jay pass dishes around the De

Jong's dining room.

ANNE:

...as soon as the service starts,

the ushers all go off to Big Boy's

and have coffee...

The PHONE RINGS.

ANNE:

(continuing)

I'll get it.

(gets up)

So that when someone like Mrs. Van

Dorn in a wheelchair needs some help

there's nobody there.

She walks into the living room. After a moment, Anne walks

back into the room.

ANNE:

(continuing)

It's for you, Jake.

Van Dorn excuses himself, walks into the living room and

answers the phone. His VOICE can be HEARD in the background

ANNE:

(continuing)

Well, I just hope I don't get old

and in a wheelchair and have to depend

on the ushers to help me out of

church.

(to Harold Jay)

You would never let that happen to

your mother, would you?

Harold Jay nods and keeps eating. He's used to this.

A moment later, Jake, his face drained of color, walks back

into the room.

WES:

What is it, Jake?

JAKE:

Wes, Anne, come here a moment.

Wes and Anne step into the living room.

JAKE:

That was Mrs. Steensma calling from

California.

(a beat)

Kristen's disappeared.

ANNE:

Kristen?

WES:

What happened?

JAKE:

They don't know. They were having

some recreation deal out at Knott's

Berry Farm and Kristen wasn't there

when they got back to the bus and

they couldn't find her.

ANNE:

Have they called the police?

JAKE:

Yeah.

WES:

Is Marsha there?

JAKE:

Yeah. She's quite upset. I'm going

to fly out today. They want me to

bring some pictures.

WES:

I'll come with you. Let me pack some

things.

He starts to walk away.

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EXT. L.A. INTERNATIONAL - DAY

A United Jet lands. Marsha's VOICE is HEARD from the following

scene.

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INT. BELLFLOWER HOME - DAY

Jake and Wes sit near Marsha. Mrs. Steensma stands nearby.

MARSHA:

...They have a ride called "The Great

White Knuckler", a roller coaster.

Last time I saw Kristen was standing

over there...

WES:

Why was she alone?

He looks at Mrs. Steensma. Marsha is hiding something: She

was off necking when Kristen disappeared.

JAKE:

Was she alone?

MARSHA:

I told this to the policeman.

MRS. STEENSMA

They had met an older boy earlier.

MARSHA:

But she wasn't with him when I saw

her last.

MRS. STEENSMA

She tried to give the officers a

description. It was nothing out of

the ordinary.

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INT. L.A. POLICE DEPARTMENT - DAY

DETECTIVE BURROWS, of Missing Persons, carries Kristen's

picture and a form Jake has filled out into the "Runaway

Room". Jake and Wes follow.

One long wall is covered with tacked-up snapshots of persons

(mostly young) the police are looking for. Each snapshot is

attached to a small form listing the missing person's name,

age, home and so forth. A sign above the photo montage reads:

"Have you seen this person?"

Burrows tacks up Kristen's picture on the Missing Persons

wall.

BURROWS:

The boy your daughter was talking to

didn't work at the park. We've

interviewed everybody there.

JAKE:

But is she, has...

BURROWS:

There's no evidence of any foul play

at present. I hope she's just a

runaway.

JAKE:

There's something wrong here. Kristen

is not the type of girl to just up

and leave.

BURROWS:

I said I hope she's a runaway. Better

that than she just disappears like

so many others do. Sometimes they

turn up years later, sometimes not.

A lot of crimes go unreported,

unknown. These are realities.

JAKE:

What are you doing?

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