The Frozen Ground Page #3

will be a problem, right?

There's gonna be a problem

And you're gonna die.

- Bobby?

- Shhh.

Shhh.

Didn't hear you come in.

Holy sh*t, man!

You just about scared the hell out of me.

Oh Jesus.

Hey, I brought you a plate.

I was just having dinner

at the television.

I see.

Well, you know, Jenny,

- She says with Fran being away and all..

- Yeah.

That maybe we should

bring something over.

Oh thanks. I'm just

having a quiet night in.

Hey, look, you sure you

won't come join us?

Yeah yeah. You and Jenny

are too good to me.

She's a good woman.

Be careful with her.

Yeah. Don't go working

too hard now, okay?

Yeah. Thank you.

When he..

When he raped me,

I saw in his eyes..

I've never seen anyone's eyes

go black like that before.

I mean animal heads everywhere.

I saw that and I knew this

guy liked to kill things.

That's when I knew it wouldn't

do me no good to beg.

Like maybe he was halfway decent.

I just had to not be so scared.

Take any chance I could get.

- How did you get away?

- In the car.

I was..

I was looking out the window

And he was fixing the seat

in the back of the plane.

That's how I ran.

And he didn't wore no rubber

And I was on my period at the time,

And I had a tampon in my womb.

I kept it in me because I thought

That if there was any chance

that I was getting out of there,

I needed evidence.

And that was

the f***ing evidence..

His semen.

And I thought if there was

Any way that I would..

would escape,

That he wasn't getting away with it.

But he did.

Do you think he's done this before?

He said there were seven

girls before me..

And that I was lucky because

they usually stay for a week.

Is that..

is that enough?

I-I gotta go.

Hey, b*tch, slow down.

Need some help, girl? Hey hey,

where you running to, girl?

- Come back here, girl. Come back here.

- Hey, handsome, f*** off!

What? My money's no good?

F*** you, b*tch!

Are you f***ing crazy, honey?

You ain't got no man?

Look.

Honey, I don't know your story

and I ain't gonna ask you,

But you gotta get the f*** off the street.

Maybe dance.

- You can dance, huh?

- Yeah.

Listen, honey, I don't

want nothing from you,

But I've seen girls like you before.

I've f***in' been like you, okay? Only

I was too stupid to take some help.

You're gonna take some help. Let's go.

It's courvoisier..

French cognac.

It softens the edges.

My grandma was from France, I think.

- I'm like part Irish-French.

- Really?

I'm Brooklyn-trailer.

All right. There are two

cases down the Kenai in '71.

Hansen had a boat over the fourth of

July weekend in seward in '73 and '75.

I cross check it each

time a girl disappears.

He gets five years for theft in '76.

Supreme court overturned it,

he got out in 15 months.

Okay.

Kenai, Seward,

'75 kidnapping in Palmer here.

Bear lady found here in 1980.

Another near Eklutna.

Sherry morrow found on the knik here.

Since then 11 girls matching the profile

Have gone missing from downtown.

Now, I've only gone through

half the files, but that's..

That's 150-,

200-mile radius,

So if he is our guy, he's covering

a fair part of the state.

Wait, just slow down here.

These are all old cases.

You got one body and if you

wanna start connecting 'em,

You need more than a guess.

- And who the hell is this bear lady?

- Joanna..

Joanna Messina. She was a

young, unemployed nurse.. shot.

Found frozen and being eaten

by a 500-lb black bear.

- The boys had to shoot it.

- And they got the guy on that.

No. Passed a polygraph,

no conviction.

She matches the profile,

she stays on the list.

Well, I got a call from

the brass at A.P.D.

and they are pissed off.

They wanna know why the hell we're looking

at cases that they already closed.

Is she even gonna testify?

I don't know yet.

Well, Christ, Jack, you

better f***ing make sure.

And stay away from the A.P.D.

if this thing falls apart, we'll all

be looking at jobs in oil companies.

Sh*t.

They just found another body..

a mile from the last one.

What have you got?

No fingerprints left.

Facial dilapidation.

Still some larvae infestation.

Considerable trauma from animals.

You can see the tears.

The flesh was tough.

Say she's 20s, early 30s.

Jaw intact so might get an I.D.

If you can get me dental.

And how did she die?

Fatal gunshot wound to the sternum.

Bullet entered front and passed

clean through her heart,

Exited right shoulder blade.

Also other shots to leg

and torso.. all from behind.

Lacerations to skull,

Deep stabs to the ribs.

She put up quite a fight.

Shirt and bra both cut open in the front.

What do you make of this?

Ever try to saw a bone with a flat blade?

I'd say someone tried to remove her head.

How long was she out there?

Maybe four months,

As few as two.

She spent the summer out there.

Have you ever seen anybody

Do anything like this before?

No.

Neither have I.

We waited up.

Mommy's asleep.

She said you didn't call.

Oh!

Yeah, I should've called.

Let's go back to bed.

Don't ever grow up, honey, okay?

Okay, so listen.

You don't cheat us,

And we won't cheat you.

Okay?

We're gonna split

everything 50-50.

The f***, man?

I don't know if I can do this.

I mean turning a trick on

the street is one thing,

But getting up there and

letting it all hang loose

- In front of a f***ing room, I..

- You're gonna be fine.

You just need some help.

Now listen, I remember the first

time I got up on stage, okay?

I was so nervous, I peed all over

this cowboy in the front row.

Come on.

What's the matter?

You never met crystal before?

She's gonna be your best friend.

Go ahead.

Ready? You get it nice and hot.

You got it?

Come on, you gotta try again.

One more time.

There you go.

There you go.

It's good.

Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, you're better.

You're good now.

Take this off.

- Look at you.

- Oh my God!

You're f***ing gorgeous.

Look at you. Look at you!

Oh f***.

- You need good shoes, okay?

- Oh my God, these shoes.

- Those are good shoes.

- Oh, I got shoes.

- You good?

- I'm good.

Yeah?

You remind me of my mom.

F*** you!

Remind you of your mother!

- You do.

- You're so beautiful.

You just go out there, you

listen to the music, okay?

That's it.

Just listen to the music.

- Listen to the music.

- Yeah, you're gonna be fine.

You're gonna do just fine.

F***!

- Hey, come here.

- F*** off!

- Hey, b*tch, come here.

- The f*** you doing here?

I came here to get you.

- My f***ing necklace.

- Listen, motherf***er.

This is for my b*tch out there

on the track getting real money.

You in here bullshitting in

this motherfucking dump?

Ain't no money in here.

- Let me see what you got.

- It's my sh*t!

Why do you think I came back?

Why you think I'm here?

I'm here for you.

Why do we gotta go

through this every time?

You're supposed to be stronger than this.

I mean, you got your thing

going on around here

And I got my thing.

Check it out.

Take it.

You need me.

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