The Dead Girl

[pigeon cooing]

[bird crying out]

(Mother)

Arden?

(female voice)

Arden?

Are you down there?

Arden?

Arden?

(Mother)

All right.

Right there.

(officer No. 1)

Ma'am,

please wait here.

Oh, sh*t!

(officer No. 2)

Dispatch 27,

got an 1 144--

What did they

say to you?

- [doorbell]

- Nothing.

Twenty five minutes

of nothing?

There's a dead girl.

They just asked

some questions.

What are they

asking you for?

You don't

know anything.

I found her.

And you

called the Police.

You're the reason

those bloodsuckers

are out there,

swarming all

over my yard,

ringing my bell,

like they know me.

Before I know it,

they're going to be

pouring into my cupboards,

climbing up my stairs!

I just told them

about the dead girl!

You found her.

So what!

You keep walking!

You keep your

mouth shut!

You stupid!

Are you the one

that found the body?

(woman reporter)

Could we just get

an interview?

(male reporter)

What were you doing

in that area?

Did you know

that she

was mutilated?

[muted voices]

[upset breathing]

[supermarket music]

[indistinct female voices]

(female cashier)

And 60 cents change.

You want help out?

That's okay.

U h, where is--

where is your car?

Hey, you look

sweet on Tv.

That was you,

wasn't it?

Yeah, some people--

some people are mean,

you know,

you can see it

right here but--

you look real sweet.

Oh, I got it.

You want 'em in the back

or the front?

Back, please.

Uh, you--you need

to open it.

I'd like to take

you out sometime.

Oh!

I don't really--

You don't want

to go out with me?

Come on.

Come out with me.

It'd be fun.

I get off

at 1 1.

I can't.

Why? You got

a boyfriend?

No.

I'm not

gonna hurt you.

Thank you.

So, I'll see

you at 1 1?

(female voice)

Arden?

What did you do

to your face?

Nothing.

What's that stink?

Nothing.

The milk is sour.

[agh]

Take that off.

No!

Take it off!

You look like

a two dollar hooker.

You'd have

to pay them!

Where are

the cameras now,

Miss America?

Prancing up and down,

look at me!

Iook at me!

Spending all

my money on

all this crap!

Looking in the mirror

day and night

like a goddamn whore!

Oh, Jesus!

He took

the wrong one!

It shoulda been you,

not my boy!

Don't you talk

about him!

Don't you ever!

[breaking glass]

[gasps]

Ah!

[glass falls

on floor]

(Mother)

You filthy thing!

I'll tell them

what you did!

They'll arrest you!

You leave me,

nobody can want you.

You have nothing.

I'm bleeding.

Arden, I'm bleeding.

There 's blood on me!

[soft music on radio]

So, what was it like?

What was what like?

Finding that dead girl.

I don't know.

Sad.

I guess.

She had cuts

on her hands, right?

How do you know?

It's defense.

It means

she tried to fight.

Her clothes

were all cut up,

too, right?

She wasn't wearing

any clothes.

Why would

her clothes

be cut up?

Not a functional cutting.

That's what they call it

when the cuts don't

serve any purpose.

The 405 killer

did the same thing.

All of his victims

had these cuts

in their clothes

that the cops

couldn't explain,

'cause they didn't

make any sense

with the wounds

the girls had.

And then,

when they

finally caught him,

they realized

that it was part

of his foreplay.

And then,

when they looked

into his records,

they found out

that he'd been caught

stealing women's clothes

off the clothesline

when he was 12

years old.

And the cops went

to his parents' house

and they asked him

why he did it,

and he started crying

and he handed over

a box full

of women's underwear

bras and nylons

and underwear

all cut up.

And right

then and there,

the cops let a serial killer

slip through their fingers.

Why did he do it?

It made him

feel better.

You know, he'd get

all frustrated

or something,

then he'd cut

up things.

No.

Why did he kill

the women?

Probably something

to do with his mother.

[gasps]

[laughs]

That's what

it usually is.

Her eyes were open.

Oh, yeah?

She was just

lying there.

Hey, you know,

what would be

the coolest thing

if when somebody's died,

you could--

peel off the top layer

of their eyeball

and develop it like film

so you could have

a picture

of the last thing

they saw.

It was trees.

And the sky.

This was hers.

Could I hold it?

Hmm.

You ain't yanking

my chain, are ya?

That's her hair.

I know.

Sorry.

Just, sorry.

Why do you think

I brought you here?

I don't know.

You think it's maybe

because I like you?

I don't know.

You want

to kiss me?

Okay.

So do it.

Then you don't

want to kiss me?

I don't know.

You want me

to kiss you?

You gonna hold still

this time?

Okay.

I don't have to tie

you up, do l?

Maybe.

Maybe what?

Maybe you

should tie me up.

Or maybe

you should

just hold still.

Okay.

You want to get

in the back seat

with me?

Why not?

What's that for?

I don't know.

Is this

what you want?

I'd probably

get out of that.

[whimpers]

[in pain]

Oh!

[sigh]

Sh*t.

Sh*t!

Ow!

What's the matter?

Oh!

What's wrong?

No, I just can't

do it like that.

Why?

What'd I do?

You don't even

kiss me.

You're just lying there,

like you want me

to rape you!

Okay.

You want me

to rape you?

I'll kiss you back.

And take

the gloves off.

You need

stitches for that.

It doesn't really hurt.

Not when--

you're kissing me.

Some serial killers

use objects when

they can't get it up.

You know,

like they'll, uh,

they'll find bottles

[indistinct]

and all sorts

of things

out there.

I don't want to talk

about serial

killers anymore.

[phone ringing

at other end]

(female voice)

may I assist you?

What's your

emergency? Hello?

There's a woman,

the woman

needs help.

Is she injured?

Her daughter

left her.

Is the woman

there with you?

Hello?

No.

Where is she?

Ma'am?

She's in the house--

where they found

the dead girl.

(female voice)

They finally approved

our proposal,

to post a missing

childrens' board

near Jenny's bench.

It's good, it's good.

It'll just be one more

way of spreading the word.

(young female voice)

Oh.

Pigtail shot, you know,

we've overdone that.

I'm gonna have

to rule that out.

Your father thinks

we should go

with the headband

but, l--l--I like

the Christmas tree.

Y eah.

We have used this shot

so many times,

you know, l--

maybe the pigtails.

[loud water from tap]

the black

and white is not--

doing it for me anymore,

I think the color

would be better.

So, I'm--I'm gonna,

yeah, I'm gonna

go with the color.

I don 't know.

Maybe we should go

with the age progression.

Whichever you think.

What do you think

it might look like

to move on?

Well, my mom,

and Dad

and me, we'd--

pack up all the stuff

from her room,

and we'd take

all the boxes

with the--

newspaper reports,

and the false leads,

and the posters, and--

we'd burn everything

in a big bonfire.

And then we'd--cry

and hold one another.

and then we'd--

fall asleep

for like--

a thousand years

and then,

in the morning,

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