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- It's coming soon.

Hang up and keep hounding them

till you get an exact time.

How's it going?

I managed to get 10 more agents

and 30 Alpine guides to help

with the volunteer search team.

- It worked!

- Our TV ratings are up.

News shows will be opening

with our case. Where's the helicopter?

It'll arrive this afternoon.

I'll send it east.

Good... let it hover over the town,

I want everyone to see it.

Sir, he's been waiting for two hours.

Come in...

we can talk in private here.

Sorry to bother you.

I heard what they said on TV.

You think someone took my daughter?

Is that it?

Are you looking for him?

- Can you tell me that?

- Yes.

This morning my wife found this

while she was cleaning

Anna Lou's room.

Her diary?

Why her?

There's never a why.

I've done something I'm ashamed of.

The other girl in the picture...

is Priscilla.

She's Anna Lou's best friend.

One day I got her number

from my daughter's phone

and started calling her.

As soon as she answered, I hung up.

I don't know why I did it.

Mr. Kastner, why don't you go home now

and we'll forget about this story?

Borghi, drive him home please.

What am I doing here?

Even TV reception sucks here.

And it doesn't match my shoes.

Stella, I'm pleased

you've decided to join us.

Where's your girl-thief, Vogel?

I don't see him.

Just think, Anna Lou Kastner

never left this place.

Carry on.

A valley, how can I put this?

That was once charming,

then all of the tourists vanished.

A town in the middle of nowhere

where nothing happens

and everyone knows

everyone's business, or not...

February 23rd. I went with my friend

Priscilla to take her cat to the vet.

September 9th.

Me and the confraternity kids

are staging a show on Jesus' childhood.

November 23rd.

I learned how to make bead bracelets.

Jesus, cats, and bracelets?

Expecting something different?

Her mom read her diary.

Anna Lou knew it so she had two.

That's fake, where's the real one?

I knew I was right.

Religious family, upright daughter.

Are we sure that's the truth?

16-year-olds have secrets. Maybe

a boyfriend who is older, who's an adult!

Viewers love shady situations.

Rule one:
sanctify the victim.

Monsters seem less monstrous

if people think:

"She was asking for it".

Don't you agree?

I thought you were still upset

about the mutilator case.

No, I'm not one to hold grudges.

I'll give you a 25 minute head start

on your competitors.

25 minutes is nothing!

Actually, it's an

eternity and you know it.

And what do you want from me?

Do your job well.

Someone left a white cat stuffed animal

in front of the Kastner home.

As of then, a silent and spontaneous

pilgrimage began.

Dozens of people come here,

stop, leave a gift, say a prayer,

a strong sign of hope

that Anna Lou Kastner

will soon be reunited,

safe and sound, with her loved ones.

Keep an eye on males

who have come here alone.

Everything's under control here.

He could be here tonight...

and he knows we are here too.

But he's aching

to stroll about undisturbed

amongst the people hunting for him.

If we're lucky,

he'll want to take home a souvenir.

My husband and I want to thank you.

It's a trying moment,

our faith comforts us

but so does your affection.

Anna Lou would be honored

by all of this.

The Lord is watching over our girl.

Yes...

Jesus is looking after her.

Amen.

The Lord is great.

The Lord is merciful.

The Lord watches over

the souls of the righteous.

His Word belongs

to his chosen children.

His prayer protects

the pure of heart.

The Lord has the power of compassion,

the force of mercy.

To my right,

the boy with the sweatshirt,

with the hoodie, took something.

- I see him.

- Shall I stop him?

- No.

- Why not?

He took a souvenir like you said.

Sir...

Imagine what would happen

if the reporters saw it.

He's just a kid,

he won't be going anywhere.

Sh*t!

You think the people

of Avechot are hiding something?

I'm saying

someone isn't telling the truth.

Why aren't the police

searching house by house?

- Let's take another call.

- I agree with the other caller.

The townsfolk

are protecting the monster.

What the f***?

You think this is a spectacle?

You come here, convince us there's

a monster, and treat us like suspects!

Have you ever tried to see it

from another perspective?

I've known these people forever,

I can vouch for everyone's innocence.

- I see, I'm just wasting time.

- You're an a**hole.

Not one scream.

Anna Lou didn't scream when she was

taken, or the neighbors would've heard.

Merely clapping my hands

caused them all to look outside.

You're saying she willingly

went with someone?

She trusted him.

Then she must've known him...

If she knew him...

Then Anna Lou is already dead.

They'll never forgive us.

You realize this, right?

People won't understand,

they'll blame us.

Before a body shows up,

we need a culprit.

So, attorney,

you don't believe there is a monster?

We've forgotten the lesson

we learned from the mutilator case.

I think about Mr. Romeo

and what he was unjustly subjected to.

- That man was innocent.

- Indeed, he was.

I think it's time to say enough.

We're tired of Detective Vogel's

magic tricks,

their only aim is to distract viewers

and the media from the facts,

since the rest is hot air.

Someone always falls for it

and someone always pays the price.

Attorney Levi, you defended Romeo,

did you ever have doubts...

Hello?

The boy's name is Mattia.

He lives alone with his mom.

They moved here last year.

Listen to this.

In the past, Mattia was caught

filming lovers together.

He takes psychotropics

and sees a psychiatrist

in Avechot named Flores.

Furthermore,

doubt is a moral duty.

But also an inviolable right

for the suspect.

Innocent until proved guilty.

Proved, not suspected.

Proved. That's all.

Thank you.

Something might happen tonight.

25 minutes before

your competitors, as promised.

Stella...

happy new year!

Mattia?

Mattia!

I'm not going to hurt you.

Actually, I want to offer you

a possibility.

I'll make you famous.

Viewers are crazy about this.

You'll have all the attention

you deserve.

We just have to get out of here.

Take me to where Anna Lou is.

How about this?

We'll go there together with a TV crew?

What do you think?

You know who it is?

Oncorhynchus mykiss, better known

as redband trout or rainbow trout.

Native to North America.

Year ago, someone

brought them to Europe as well.

They require cold,

well oxygenated water.

They can be found in mountain lakes.

Interesting.

Tell me about Mattia...

he was brought to Avechot too,

but never settled in,

like the rainbow trout.

He came here every Tuesday.

His father beat him and his mom,

so they ran away.

The camera he always had with him

was like his shield,

a way to secretly observe

an unknown and hostile world.

Mattia...

His videos showed us

who was following Anna Lou.

In a way,

it's good his father beat him.

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