Haunted Echoes

[Dog barking]

Guy, the dog's barking.

Hm?

The dog's barking.

Honey, he'll be quiet

in a minute.

[Dog barking continues]

Trotsky.

Trotsky, come here.

Trotsky.

Where are you, Trotsky?

[Screams]

[Dogs barking]

REPORTER:
Ten-year-old

Kimberly Dykstra

was found missing by her parents

early Sunday morning.

Although the back door

was discovered open,

there were no signs

of forced entry.

Police have questioned

Kimberly's parents

and ruled them out as suspects.

[Crowd chatter]

MACDONALD:
Quiet, please.

Please, quiet.

Can I have your attention please?

The investigation is underway,

and we are following

all possible leads.

If anyone knows anything,

get in touch with us, please.

We haven't been able to sleep and...

We just want to say, um,

we love you, sweetheart.

REPORTER:
Still no breaks

in the case of Kimberly Dykstra

who disappeared from

her parents' home five days ago.

Neighbors and even strangers

have joined police in the search...

REPORTER:
Police have verified

that the body found last night

is, in fact, ten-year-old

Kimberly Dykstra,

who disappeared without a trace

nine days ago.

The body was found

by two volunteers...

I can't really say anything

about the condition of the body

or what the autopsy revealed,

but Kimberly's parents did have

a statement they'd like me to read.

FEMALE:
Certainly.

MACDONALD:
We would like

to express our gratitude

to all who've supported us

during this most difficult time.

Your prayers and heartfelt wishes

have meant more to us

than words can say.

[Screams]

GUY:
Just, it's just an anesthetic.

How am I supposed to put

the sutures in without an anesthetic?

She doesn't like needles, man.

And she doesn't speak English.

I figured that out for myself.

You sure she fell?

Sure a tree didn't hit her?

She fell, all right. Look at her.

She ain't got no balance...

Well, just do me a favor

and translate.

Tell her it's only gonna hurt

for just a second,

and then she's not

gonna feel anything,

and we can patch her right up,

and she can go home.

Would you just tell her that, please?

[Speaks Spanish]

Tranquila. Okay?

[Screams]

RADIO:
It's 8:27

on this lovely Tuesday morning,

so let's check in for a traffic report

with Officer Don.

Hi, Don.

OFFICER DON:

Good morning.

It's presently smooth on the 110 north

and the 134 west.

The 405 north is backed up

as usual at this hour,

and that also goes for the 10,

and there's a major pile up

blocking all lanes of traffic

on the 110 north

near the Marmyan Way exit,

so all you Pasadena bound drivers

might want to consider a detour.

Hey, Laura.

Laura, pick up the phone, honey.

I think I've found something

you're just gonna love.

It was owned by the same person

for almost 40 years, a widow.

Her son put her in a nursing home.

As you can see,

she took really good care of it,

even kept the original furnishings.

Now, I certainly don't think

you'll have to renovate

unless you want to, of course.

Now, my house,

we live in an old place, too.

When we moved in,

my husband wanted to change it,

I said, "Barry, no."

A place this beautiful,

it's like painting a mustache

on the Mona Lisa.

[Laughs]

Now, I hate to be forward, but you

two are such a handsome couple.

Are you Italian, by any chance?

Uh, no, sorry.

REALTOR:
Well, I am.

I moved to California

to be an actress,

but then I met my husband,

he's a doctor, you know.

LAURA:
Oh, so is Guy.

Yeah, you mentioned that.

Maybe that's why

you look so familiar.

My husband's a plastic surgeon,

does all the big celebrities.

Tina Hunt, the newscaster.

That's Barry.

LAURA:

Guy works in the ER.

Yeah, it's temporary, uh,

the hospital was cutting staff,

and I just, I keep meaning

to get into private practice,

but, you know,

one thing and then another.

Yeah, Barry works on a lot

of free victims, accident victims.

I'm sure you get a lot of those.

Yeah, that's, uh, generally what

you do get in the emergency room.

Are these floors new?

Yes, they are. I guess Mrs. Gitchell

must have re-done it.

That's the previous owner.

She must have been crazy about

this place to live in it for so long.

She raised her children here.

You can just sense it.

It is the perfect place

to raise children.

Or, if you don't want any,

it's perfect for that, too.

[Laughs]

Are there a lot of children

in the neighborhood?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, that's how I know you.

You're the ones

with the little girl who...

Oh, my God, I am so sorry for you.

I watched the whole thing on TV.

I said to Barry, I said,

"Barry, if that ever happened

to my little girl,

I don't know what I'd do."

Yeah, well, I guess...

Something you can't know

unless it happens to you.

[Singing on video]

[Phone rings]

Hey.

Is it busy there tonight?

GUY:
Well, it's kind of slow,

actually.

Did I wake you?

No. I couldn't sleep.

GUY:
So, what'd you think?

I don't think so.

Why not?

You always said you wanted to live

in a Victorian and, uh,

I realize it's gonna take some work,

but I thought it might give us

a project.

You know, keep us busy.

You mean keep me busy, don't you?

You're already busy.

GUY:
Well, Laura, I'm not gonna

be working this shift forever,

it's temporary.

And, you know, I could take

a couple weeks off to get it started.

I, I just, I worry about you

being alone all the time,

cooped up with all those memories.

But I want to remember.

GUY:
And I want you to, but,

you know, I also want you to live.

GUY:
Laura.

Got some food down here.

[Laughing]

I couldn't even see it,

and then I opened the top

of the box to let it out,

and out it goes, out of the box

and right out the window.

[Laughing]

GUY:
I didn't think Kimberly

was ever gonna forgive you.

That was the whole reason

we got that dog.

[Laughing]

-LAURA:
Oh, God.

-GUY:
Man.

Oh, I thought he was so cute.

Although you didn't think he was so

cute after he chewed your shoes up,

that was the whole reason

that you...

I know,

l, I put him outside that night.

We don't know if that's what led to...

No, it must have been.

Must have been.

I mean, she, you know

how much she loved that dog.

You know, every time

you would put him out,

she would go right downstairs

and let him in again.

And there was no signs

of a break in.

No fingerprints that they found

on Dennis Law

in our house anywhere.

Well, he might

have been wearing gloves.

Look, honey, we don't know

what happened that night.

And we never will.

Like I don't know what you did

with that dog, either.

Nothing. I didn't do anything

to the dog.

He just ran away one day.

Dogs do that, you know.

Because he knew you didn't like him.

You know what, I liked him just fine.

I really don't want

to talk about it anymore.

What happened happened.

No amount of second guessing

is ever gonna change anything.

I raped her, you know.

It felt so good.

Can I show you how I did it?

Guy.

[Scream]

She just touched me.

Who?

This, this girl.

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