The Frozen Ground Page #6

And any other girls who are killed.

Now if you'll excuse me, I should

probably check on miss Paulson.

Sergeant.

We'll look these over, get

back to you in a few days.

You know..

He stalks them like his

next trophy animal,

He rapes them and he kills them.

He is probably doing it right now.

We don't have a few days!

I want a warrant.

Now!

If he's wrong, if this guy gets off..

We'll never get him in again.

Then unlike in the past,

We all better make sure

that doesn't happen.

Hey, Bob? You have a minute?

I was hoping you could help

us down at the station.

In 1971, there was an incident

Involving a miss Allen over in Spenard.

Can you tell me what happened there, Bob?

Well, um,

That, um.. I don't

know what to say.

I guess you could just..

Call that an urge.

And is that to do with what Dr.

Mcmannus said at your sentencing?

I can't remember..

Schizophrenic or

manic-depressive problems.

A mental state you would sometimes go into

And things would just..

Happen,

But then you wouldn't remember.

Was he off-base on that?

Is that bothering you, Bob?

Hey, listen, whatever the problem is here,

I want to help you gentlemen clear it up.

You know, but by the same token,

Uh, my lawyer always told me

never to.. you know.

But I can help you clear it up.

What's your question?

- There was a second incident..

- Mm-Hmm.

In December of '71.

- You were arrested for that also?

- Yeah yeah.

- Her name was Bowden.

- That situation,

There is your basic, you know,

Money for sex..

Prop-proposition.

I said, "look hey, you know,

this.. we agreed on a price",

And God damn it, that's

the way it's gonna be."

And she just kept arguing with

me.. more and more money,

More and more money.

And then, you know,

I just dropped her off in Anchorage.

She says you bound her with a snare

trap and put a gun to her head.

No.

And you started going

down towards the Kenai

- To the sunset lodge and rented a cabin.

- That part's true.

And she says you raped her. And you wrote

her mother and father's name and address

And her son's name down and said if

she told anyone, you'd harm 'em.

Well, I do remember her name being

written down on a piece of paper

That she gave me to contact

her, but I don't remember..

Sergeant.

It'll take longer than we thought.

Every wall is a hidden

closet crammed with stuff.

Okay. As soon

as you get anything.

- Okay, I'm on it.

- Please.

She worked at the embers bar, 1979.

Oh oh, yeah yeah, okay.

Yeah, I remember her.

That was, uh, primarily the same thing.

Haven't you learned by

now, Bob, that these girls

Aren't just gonna play it cool with you?

I mean, you know that they know

That they have

a commodity that you want..

And with a nice wife at home.

- Is there a problem there?

- No.

At home there's no problem at all.

I.. I mentioned to you-you

both that, uh..

Both of these times, uh..

I wanted oral sex.

But that's not something that I would

want.. want my wife to perform, okay?

You know, not somebody that

I love and respect and..

and cherish and..

We've got all the bank

statements, other documents,

Nothing that has anything

to do with any girls.

- I'm heading to the plane.

- Okay, good.

All right. The prostitutes

are upset, you're upset.

Yeah.

Things can happen in

that specific arrangement.

But let's go back

to miss Allen for a moment..

The young lady over in Spenard.

She worked

for a real-estate company.

Yeah. Well, the first time

I'd seen her she was downtown,

And I had an attraction to her right away.

So, you know, I followed her home

And, um, she just seemed

like a really neat person.

What happened the second

time you went over?

- You had a gun.

- Yeah well..

I hadn't intended to rape

her or anything like that.

Yeah no.

It's the same.

There's stolen stuff everywhere.

- Yeah, we got guys out at the camper too.

- I need more

Or he's gonna walk.

I said to myself,

"you know.. you know, Bob,

You gotta have some

priorities in your life."

When I've done this now, I've

done it to my family too.

And I put my wife through

an awful lot of grief

And I don't want to do that anymore, okay?

You took some of these girls out

or you picked 'em up for sex?

I'm not denying that.

Yeah, but I'm talking

about case after case

Over a period of 12 years.

And all these

girls' cases are saying

the exact same thing:

"I was bound.

I was threatened."

A gun or knife was involved.

And you're telling me that everybody's

making up the same story?

I'm showing you a pattern, Bob,

And you're lying to me.

Well, it just seems like

You've gone to this

untold amount of trouble.

You know, you're bringing

up things from my past,

I would be as hard pressed to remember

Back when I was born in Iowa.

A .223 shell casing

was found at her gravesite.

She was shot and killed.

You're telling me I shot this person?

Bullshit!

I did not shoot anybody

And I would not hurt anybody.

- And that's the truth.

- Hansen's wife doesn't know anything.

It's like they live in

two separate worlds.

We found his stolen mounts

right on the damned wall.

The .223,

the arrowhead necklace?

Anything that links him

directly to one of the girls?

- How's it going with him?

- He still doesn't want a lawyer,

But he's giving us

everything we already know.

The rest is babble. Look, I

need the .223 or something!

Who is that?

That's Sherry morrow.

She was found on the

knik with an ace bandage

Wrapped around her face and her arms.

Or what was left of them.

There was also

a .223 shell casing

Found at her gravesite.

Identical extractor markings to the shell

- We found at Paula's grave.

- You think that came out of my gun?

Bullshit it did!

Why are you telling us

that everybody's wrong?

- Because in this case they are.

- You said the psychiatrists were wrong,

But admitted you lied to them and told

us you don't really have a problem.

You're not hearing voices,

you're not seeing things.

And if that's true..

Then there's a far worse problem,

And it cannot continue.

Well, I'll tell you what. It

can't because it never started.

I didn't shoot anybody.

Yeah, we've got 17 weapons so far.

Al's running numbers now,

but none of 'em are a .223.

Well yeah, it's all as Cindy said,

But there's no prints, fibers, anything.

Yeah well, we're running

out of places to look.

Probable insurance fraud.

No, nothing on any girls.

Most of us don't have much

respect for a prostitute.

They're beneath us, aren't they?

- I think so.

- Why are they beneath us, Bob?

Well, it's obvious.

Didn't you find, growing up, that

girls had a certain power over you?

They know what boys want and they

can dictate when they can have it.

Isn't it nice when we get older

and we can turn the tables,

Dominate, take the lead?

Isn't it?

Determine when you touch them or whatever?

- When you pay for it.

- Right.

And they won't reject you.

You're paying for it,

They'll do what you tell them.

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