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- Is that fair?

- Yes.

But it's not gonna go sour.

Good. Now go kick some arse.

What the hell? Let's do this.

All right.

Why would you film it?

Daddy, I can't find the bathroom.

Come here. Come on. Come on.

We'll get you...

Thank you, Daddy.

Look at all these new paintings.

You're really getting good.

Thank you. Maybe one day

I'll paint something really good.

- Then I'll be famous like you.

- I'm sure you will, princess.

- All right, get some sleep.

- OK.

- And Daddy?

- Yes?

Are you gonna write a really good book

this time so we can go home?

I'm gonna write the best book

that anyones ever read.

- Operator.

- Yeah, King County Police, please.

- Is this an emergency?

- Yes, yes, it is.

King County Police Department.

How may I direct your call?

King County Police Department.

How may I direct your call?

Hello?

Hello?

All right.

You came back and left the box.

Why?

Dammit, Ashley.

Ashley?

Trevor!

Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, hey. hey!

Wake up. Trevor, Wake up, all right?

Hey, hey, hey. Hey, wake up.

Wake up, all right?

OK, OK. Come on, come on.

My God, is he OK?

Come on, open up.

Here we go. Come outside.

Hey, hey-Hey, hey, all right?

Hey, hey, hey, wake up.

Come on, come on, come on. wake up.

Wake up, wake up. wake up.

Trevor, wake up for me, all right?

Hey, hey, hey.

Look at the stars.

Trevor. Trevor, Trevor.

- Why are we outside?

- All right, bud. OK.

You were having a bad dream. OK?

One of those night terrors.

- Just go back to sleep.

- I thought these were over.

It's just the stress of the move.

I found him in one of the moving boxes.

Poor baby.

He'll be all right in a few hours.

Tracy. I...

What is it? What's the matter?

I wanna... I wanna tell you something.

OK.

I'm just really sorry.

It's not your fault.

Come on. It's cold. Let's go inside.

I was in a box?

- You were in a box.

- I don't remember any of that.

It's not the strangest place

we've ever found you.

Please don't talk about the dryer.

Are we talking about the time we found

Trevor trying to pee in the dryer?

- God, Mom, no.

- I'm sorry, honey.

I thought that's what

you were talking about.

Did Trevor try to pee

in the dryer again?

- Mom.

- No. Your brother had a night terror.

- Is that like a bad dream?

- Kind of.

I think I had one of those.

No, a night terror

is a special kind of bad dream.

We would have remembered if you had one.

Don't do that. You can sit right here.

So, Ashley, you excited

about your first day at the new school?

- What about you?

- I guess.

It's nice to see you're both so

enthusiastic about our adventure.

- Stop it.

- Hey, you two stop it. Stop it.

Be the bigger person.

Are you gonna take them?

Yeah, I've got some errands to run.

I figured I'd get the lay of the land

and let you get some work done.

- Eat up. You're running late.

- You heard your mother.

Grab some road breakfast and skedaddle.

- I left you a fresh pot of coffee.

- Thanks.

Have a nice morning

with your murder victims.

- Yes. dear.

- Come on.

- Trevor, where's your notebook?

- It should be in my backpack.

Can you see it in there?

F***.

That's it. OK.

"Super 8 film was first released in 1966

by Eastman Kodak."

OK.

Trevor. Don't walk away from me.

Ashley. close the door.

Trevor, what on earth were you thinking?

I'll tell you again.

I wasn't thinking.

That's your problem.

You don't think.

You wanna be treated like an adult

but you don't act like one.

You and Dad do lots of thinking.

If you did. we wouldn't be here.

You don't know what

you're talking about.

- I know more than you.

- Go to your room!

- I don't wanna see you until dinner.

- Fine.

- What happened?

- Mom's overreacting.

- Your son is acting out again.

- What did he do?

- You're automatically taking her side?

- Hey, stop it. What did you do?

I drew a picture.

A picture with a permanent marker

on the classroom whiteboard.

- God. Trevor?

- Tell him what you drew.

- I drew a tree.

- With four people hanging from it.

Go to your room. Trevor.

I need to speak to your father.

His first day at school, Ellison,

and he's already hearing the

grisly details of your mystery?

- What did he hear?

- Exactly what he drew.

That your book is about a

family that was hung.

- Christ, Ellison.

- But that's all he heard?

That's not enough?

Look, I'm sorry he had to find out

like this all right? I am.

But. come on. it was bound to happen.

Really? That's your response?

You think that makes it OK?

No, it doesn't make it OK. all right?

Nothing about what happened

to these people is OK.

But bad things happen to good people

and they still need

to have their story told.

- They deserve that much.

- You're a real man of the people.

Come...

- I'm putting the kids to bed.

- Kiss them good night for me.

- You're getting good work done?

- Yeah.

Good. Please keep the door closed.

OK, 1998. St Louis murders.

New details today in the grisly murders

of a focal family

found earlier this week.

Police have released this photo

of Christopher Miller,

the missing 13-year-old son

of William and Penny Miller.

The Millers.

Along with their younger son,

were found stabbed

inside their home.

And police now are asking

for any information

that could lead to Christopher's return

or the apprehension of any suspects

involved in this vicious multiple murder

and child abduction.

Family Hanging Out.

Pool Party.

Barbecue.

Sleepy Time.

Really. I'm fine.

I'd prefer to take you down to

the hospital. You should get stitches.

- Can't force you, though.

- Yeah, and I'm not gonna go.

The bleedings stopped for now.

But if it starts again

or if there's any more swelling,

call a doctor immediately.

- Thank you. Appreciate it.

- OK.

- This way.

- So... let's go see this hole.

So you say you heard a loud thump

and footsteps in the attic

after the power went out?

Yes.

- But the ladder wasn't down?

- No, it wasn't.

It's not possible to close it

from inside the attic?

No.

So how would an intruder get up there?

I didn't say anyone was up there. I said

it sounded like there was an intruder.

- I did see a small snake, though.

- Snakes don't have feet.

You know, I'm...

I'm guessing that you got squirrels.

With, you know, way in and out up there

and all the power gone off

in the neighbourhood.

I bet they got spooked from the sound

of everything shutting down at once.

- You know how they are.

- Not really.

- I'm not really a squirrel guy.

- Really?

I did kill a scorpion when we

first moved in here. though,

so maybe I should get an exterminator.

Scorpions have feet. but you wouldn't

hear 'em like you would squirrels.

Well, Officer, thank you very much.

It's... I will... If there's

anything else I can do for you...

Actually. there is. I left my copy

of Kentucky Blood down at the station.

It'd really mean a lot to me

if you signed a copy.

- I got a few extra copies in my office.

- Thank you so much. That's so great.

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