The Frozen Ground Page #2

- Flying up, getting a few?

- Maybe next week.

I sure would like to. We're still on

for dinner with Joan, yeah, Tuesday?

If that's what the girls arranged.

- You know, whatever they say.

- Yeah.

- Oh hey, Bob.

- Hi.

Morning.

Good mornin', Bob.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- Oh no!

- I know.

I can never seem to get

the hang of this, Bob.

More pressure.

Like that.

Oh nice.

- Did that closing order come in?

- It did.

They called and changed it to

today, but I can handle it.

Okay.

Do that, please.

Yeah.

Hey, I got that.

- I'll sort that out for you, Bob.

- Okay, thank you.

- You wanna take one of these home?

- I sure do.

Okay. Are we still having Halloween here?

- You betcha we are.

- My kids are all excited.

- Are they? That's good.

- Yep.

- All right, keep at it now.

- All right. See ya.

I'm going over suspects from

court and rape-center cases.

I'll check the rest in the morning.

Are you stayin'?

You have anything

on a Robert C. Hansen?

Grabbed some girl back in '71.

Drove her at gunpoint, hands bound and

naked, to Kenai lake and then raped her.

He got five years, he was

out in three months.

It seems he just had a

run-in with a prostitute.

She told Anchorage police

the exact same story.

- Why isn't this guy on our list?

- That was 12 years ago.

- If we open it up that much..

- Get everything you can from archive.

And check all missing persons

from the same period.

- Do you know anyone downtown.. vice?

- Yeah, one guy. Why?

- I need a meet. Tonight.

- Got it.

Eight girls in the last two years..

all late teens, early 20s,

5'2 " to 5'7", 120-125 lbs,

all made big money dates

With a stranger and then disappeared.

Cindy Paulson, 23, 5'2", 120 lbs

Was offered $200 for a blowj*b

and then raped at gunpoint.

Guy said he liked to take pictures,

Was gonna take her to his cabin

in the wild, but she got away.

There's not one lead on any

of these girls, except her.

Wherever she is, we need to find her.

- He's on. You want me to come?

- No.

Go back through all the

older files and see

if there are any other

girls that match.

- Let me guess.

- Gentile?

Halcombe.

Thanks for helping.

The night's still young.

Don't thank me yet.

Here, put this on.

Take this sh*t off.

There, now you look like an eighth-grade

teacher out looking for a perv.

I gotta warn you. You're not

gonna make many friends

For reopening up this case,

Not down here.

Word travels fast.

Whoever gave you that file just

f***ed his next promotion..

And your career.

They call it the track, like for horses.

The ho-stro.. where the ho's stroll.

Everyone knows everyone.

All the pimps know all the other

pimps, who owns which girls,

Which girls are the wild ones.

Black girls are boosters,

whites are flat-backs.

Good money-earning b*tch can do

both.. their words not mine.

It's move and hustle.

Give the least, get the most.

You know, it's all about the paper.

Let's dance.

I checked around.

Before here,

Cindy was arrested under p&I in Portland.

Has priors for prostitution

in cali, Washington,

Oregon and Denver.

She's been on the street

since she was 11 years old.

Quite a track star.

Pimp's a Clayton Jackson.

S.F.P.D. Had him

for trying to rearrange

His last girl's face with a

tire iron, but he got off.

Real nice piece of f***in' work.

Some of these bars are part of a

mob circuit run out of Seattle.

They move the girls

around, L.A., Portland,

Up here, Hawaii, Florida.

Sometimes with no notice,

they're just gone.

It keeps the talent fresh.

Have you seen this girl?

Have you seen her?

- Have you seen this girl?

- Nah, just started.

Her name's Cindy.

If she's street, we keep 'em outta here.

Might've come in.

I dunno.

Try the sleeping lady.

Maybe she's there.

Wait a minute. Have you seen her?

Her name's Paula.

She was a walk-in.

Not on the circuit or nothin'.

Said her name was angel.

They all do.

First night she went all the way.

Kept her heels on, going

for the big money.

That takes guts.

Not many girls do that.

Hey look, I know what you're thinking.

They're not whores really.

Just girls.

- Janet.

- I gotta go.

- Boss says back inside.

- She's doin' him a favor. F*** off.

Not any more.

F*** off.

Okay, big boy.

Move on.

If she's here, we'll find her.

I'll look around a couple more hours.

Mrs. Morehead?

Sergeant Halcombe.

I was told you had some

information about your sister.

I do.

Lyle asked me for these a long time ago.

- They're Sussie's dental records.

- Okay.

She only came up for two weeks, you know?

That was 15 months ago.

She left her daughter Lizzie

With our folks.

She's four.

Every time the phone rings

I think it might be her.

Oh..

We won those when we were kids.

It's a pair.

And Sussie never took hers off.

Mrs. Morehead,

I know how you feel.

I know. We're doing everything

we can to find her.

Sergeant,

I know it's selfish,

But I want you to remember her

Over the others.

I just want to find her and

lay her down somewhere nice.

- I understand.

- You keep that.

Hi, Bob, the kids just

wanted to say good night.

Call us back if it's not too late.

We're having a great time. It's..

it's really beautiful here

And mom and dad are

really enjoying the kids.

We'll be back in two days.

God bless.

The crocodile returns,

Covered in fresh red earth.

At first, her peculiar

behavior is a puzzle.

Then her secret is revealed.

There is no escape.

Lyle back?

Anything from the FBI?

Yeah, he's been searching court

records and nothing from them yet.

Somebody's looking out for you.

She's pretty scared. Won't say

where she's living or working.

- Will she talk?

- I don't know. That's up to you.

Remember she's a kid,

but don't get fooled.

I'm Sergeant Halcombe.

- How old's your daughter?

- She's six.

Is that your sister?

She's dead, isn't she?

Shall I call you Cindy?

Uh-huh.

And how old are you?

Um, I'm Sev.

I'm 18 now.

I was 17 at the time.

You're not 23?

Why don't you just start at the beginning?

What you told the police downtown.

Okay. Um..

I was on the corner of 5th and denali

And he rode by

Around 11:
00,

And he offered me

$200 for a..

You know, a blowj*b and I

said fine, no problem.

Um..

He brought me to his place.

He said his family was away.

Um, and he..

He took me down..

To.. he called it his den.

It was..

It was more of a dungeon and..

Thanks.

Um..

Ah, damn it.

No no no, don't step there.

Don't step there.

Don't step there.

Sorry.

- What the hell's that?

- I'm sorry.

Disgusting!

Clean it up.

I can't reach it.

I can't reach.

You think you're ready?

You ready for some more fun?

Oh God, please just let me go.

You're the.. you're the

best one I ever had.

Please just let me go.

I have a little girl.

I wanna see my mom.

I wanna..

I wanna go do it on that bearskin.

Bobby?

Hey, Bob, you here?

- Bobby?

- Hey! Now now now.

If-if he hears you-you,

You gotta believe there

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