you had to take id on the deposit on the tank, didn't you? we have these cute little mini-tanks now. he just bought it. how regular does hcome in here? every few weeks or so-- for the seasonal candy. we're one of the only places that sells it ar round. seasonal candy. you know-- candy canes marshmallow chicks, chocolate bunnies. it's right there. that's what he gets-- the candy corn. if i were him, with those teeth, i'd lay off the sugar. thanks. i want two men on that rty shop 9:00 to 9:00. nobody so much as takes a pee break without somebody covering. benson. michael-- hi. i am so sorry. yeah, we-we have kind of a cluster going on here, so, um... every day till the end of creation-- how's that? i really can't talk right now so let me call you later, okay? all right, thanks. the luds on that pay phone come back yet? not yet. cath, you know... i do know how important it is, baby, but... okay. yeah, i don't know.

okay. bye-bye. cathy now infos me we've been working 36 hours. tell me again everything he gave sophie to eat. uh, cupcakes and fruit punch. benson: and candy corn. i extended the parameters, i got three autopsy reports with those exact same stomach contents. we got a girl from the bronx in '98, one in brooklyn in '99 and a long island girl last year. all three were strangled. all three were killed three days after they went missing. all three were found in water. how did nobody see the pattern? all from different boroughs. one wasn't found for two weeks. the m.e. put t.o.d. 11 days prior. the third day. sophie escaped on her third day. six blocks fro the east river. kirsten begins her third day in the morning. i take it we're all staying.

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eight-year-old rhonda simmons abducted three years ago in the bronx. raped, strangled and dumped in the east river. body washed up by the navy yards. year and a half later, we got sheila wells seven, grabbed from grnpoint. raped, strangled... sewer workers found her. back at it a year later. kira bly, nine-year-old from manhasset. same m.o., found her in the sound. are we sensing a pattern yet? he's accelerating. only six months before sophie, dabefore kirsten. there's no dna on rhonda. how about you guys? zero. water washes away all sins. or at least all dna. any other similarities? uh, all five of them are white between the ages of seven and nine all come from working-class families described as cute and outgoing. guy's probably a loner. impulsive, socially marginalized. is this a smart guy or is he just fickle? he keeps changing his hunting grounds. i mean, we dealing with a salesman, maybe a mover. let's check out the grab sites. the first one was in the bronx.

then he moves over to long island and crosses to manhattan. moving up in affluence. his confidence is building. one p.p. again. they need to release. i can't keep putting them off. i'm not tipping all of you. sorry, captain, we got a problem. brass wants to go public. well, it's their call. what we give them is ours. i'm listening. hold back the van, it's our only solid lead. the second it's out, he'll dump it. so he dumps it. we get a whole van full of new evidence. or he hightails out of town, which helps us not. elliot? best case scenario someone sees him, turns him in. release the composite. who died and left you captain? lest we forget the worst case scenario. morning paper comes out and we get a deluge of phone calls from wackos. the women turning in the ex who done them wrong. neighbors turning in the freak down the street. leaving us here answering thousands of false leads instead of out there finding kirsten. or our guy reads the paper, he panics and he starts making mistakes. this guy is ritual. he starts with party day next it's picture day

release the composite, a descriion of the van but hold back the time clock. who is that woman? mrs. simmons. mother of one of the dead girls. whose turn is it? i'm sorry, i know you're terribly busy. it's fine, really. it's just they never had a single lead. i brought this for you. you should really keep that. we have one in the file. not this one. this is her last school photo. it came in the mail three weeks after she was murdered. i want it in your pocket when you catch him. fin, i don't see latent on the pay phone.

well, when do you plan on getting it? when they're done. damn it! this place is a pigsty. you're the one who said no janitors. thanks, olivia, it's my fault. munch: pay dirt! crime lab report from the liquor store. benson: latent? i got the luds from the pay phone. a 911 at 8:02 p.m. prior to that, a ten-second local call at 7:53 p.m. to a mr. saul garner. let's go wake him up. it's 5:00 in the a.m. what is this all about? phone call you got monday nht. 7:53 in the p.m. monday... wasn't home. you look like you slept on a sewer grate last night. where were you monday? on a date. we're going to have to have the lucky girl's name. why? i'm telling you i didn't get no call. it lasted about ten seconds. just like long enough to get a message. ten seconds? maybe it was a wrong number. or my girlfriend checking up on me.

i swear. ( phones ringing ) i take it the papers hit the stands. would you hold on one second? put down the paper pick up a phone. the wacko on line one or the psychotic on line two? don't joke. the next tip could break the case. well, that was the psychic from california who didn't say anything much about the killings but did predict that half of manhattan would slip into the river tomorrow. earthquake. you four, put down the phones. what do you got? crime lab ran the a on sophie through the data bank. we got a cold hit. how? we don't have dna from the other cases. this sample is from another body five years ago. stabler: sixth victim. bonnie weathers, a ten-year-old from queens howard beach section. raped, strangled and dumped. river? abandoned warehouse. before he wiseup and moved to the water. that's why we got the dna. corn candy. if this was his first. they usually start close to home. in their safety zone. firsone's always the sloppiest. let's re-interview everybody starting with the cops who caught it. i already talked to their captain.

you know how long it's going to take us? not as long as it's going to take them to get their asses down here. good point. damn it, it's the twins' birthday. i never picked up their present. i think you have an excuse. yeah, you come talk to me after you cancel on michael again tonight. tatum and becker? you hear something, becker? yeah, now you mention it, i do. sounds like something going right over your head. look, pulling the case file that was a boss-to-boss thing. that's not how my partner and i operate. but we're here now because we know the important stuff is not in the file. you're right. it's in our heads. and we're just too lazy to go out and pick the guy up. look. i know that we're on your turf and i would be prickly about it, too. that's why i had everyntention of coming in here and schmoozing and kissing a little ass.

( sighs ) now my partner and i have been on this case for thredays straight and we're too damned tired to get in a pissing match so i just need to know if you're going to help us or not. what do you want to know? you interviewed over 200 people on the weathers case. we don't have time to re-interview them all. give us a shortcut. who'd you like? nobody good enough. okay, at this point, we'll take anyone. just your cree average guys who happened to be in the vicinity. the janitor at the school, his name was phil dartman. did he have bad teeth? no. but the guy who lived down the street did. clayton mills. now if you're looking for somebody with bad teeth my money's on this guy joe hayes. he was dating the baby-sitter at the time. did a stint in attica. assault.

joe hayes? who's asking? detective tutuola and munch. you own a white van? no. but know what this is about. really? illuminate us. you think i killed those girls on account of that little queens bitch. he's a sharp one. did you? i got the right to shut up if i want to. i got work to do. doesn't look good. an innocent man would want to clear himself. i'm an ex-con. i'm the one you go to first. i didn't rape no grade- schooler five years ago and i sure as hell didn't do nobody now. it's munch. i need a 24-hour detail on a guy we're sitting on till they get here. stabler: looking for mr. mills. sure. clayton works here. why, did he do something wrong? no, we just want to chat with him. is he a photographer?

but he doesn't really have "it." yet, you still keep him around. he's available when i need him. do you work with schools a lot? it's my bread and butter. keeps me busy year round. does clayton come with you to these shoots? he does the lights, lugs the equipment. why? that background look familiar to you? is this one of yours? yeah. clayton working today? no, in called sick. okay, is, uh... is this the current address for him? yeah. he rents a room from an old woman... he used the schools as a hunting ground. mrs. rapoport.

nobody. you guys? clear. nothing there. well, well, well. kirsten. today's paper. look. fin: we're too late. say hello to mrs. rapoport. she must've walked in on him.

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stabler: the neighbor said the landlady took a junket to atlantic city last friday. the day sophie was taken. benson: it was supposed to be a four-day stint. but she lost all of her money so she came back a day early. the neighbor said that she does this a few times a year. we thinking these the times the guy struck? oh, this is the only time that he has the run of the house. stabler: e's got four hours left to live we've got to track down family and friends... elliot, she's already dead. this guy is on the run-- you think that he's sticking to a time clock? proceed under the assumption she's still alive. you know that. proceed, proceed, what are we going to proceed to? what are we going to do? get a few minutes of rack time, both of you. take a nap, i'll let you know how it turns out. screw you. screw you. now that's enough, both of you! you go out and get some fresh air. elliot, you talk to your wife. what?

how old are you guys again today, five? eight. eight. eight? no, you're not. you're eight? well, you know something, i think uncle munchie has some pudding cups in the... they know where the pudding cups are. oh, hi. hi, baby. ohhh... i'm so sorry, kath, i got like two seconds. we'll take them. ( both sigh ) did you get the, uh... yeah. taken care of. good. hey. it's fuzzy and black. it is fuzzy and black. well, i don't think i have anything for you guys. brought you a present. this is the best present a gus ever had. thank you. elliot. got something. okay, i love you. bye. bye. fin just called in. you remember saul? saul. last call from the pay phone where kirsten was grabbed. the guy said he wasn't home had no idea who it could have been, yeah. munch and fin paid a return visit to his pawnshop. clayton needs to flee, and he needs traveling money.

but he finally admitted that clayton called him back. okay, so clayton's going to the pawn shop? no, no, no, he afraid to drive into new york city. he wants saul to meet him in brooklyn. beautifu oh, man. stabler: the van is clear. man ( on walkie talkie ): delta one in position. man 2: delta two set. we're all set. we're good down here. man: copy that. what he unloading, barbie dolls? some old broad's got an attic full of antiques and jewelry. he sells for her. landlady he bludgeoned to death. oh, furthest stretch, i considered he might he might be a thief. but a kid-raping killer? not a clue. you do anything to tip him off you're going down as a kid-raping accomplice. you got me? what if he shoots me? i'll live. he's not going to shoot you. every sharpshooter in the city's out there. i don't see anyone.

he's here. don't talk, don't look down at me! he's getting closer. saul. why aren't they stopping him? they need a few seconds to close off the rear flank. if he sees you talking he's going to know it's a setup. damn it, munch, shut him up. munch: damn it, saul, don't talk! if your lips keep moving i'll kill you myself. saul bring it over here. ( tires squeal ) ( sirens wailing ) freeze, police! let me see your hands! both hands out of the car, now!

( thumps ) clayton mills, do not move. you're under arrest. you have the right to remain silent. kirsten? honey? ( bags rustling ) kirsten? mmm... it's okay. it's okay. it's all over. u're going home. you're going home. man: my client would like to discuss the terms of a deal. your client rapes and kills children. the only deal he getting is a free last meal. my client has disclosed to me that at some point in the past

and disposed of the body. we already know that, mr. mills. in fact, we know about all four of the girls you killed. five. attorney: apparently, there's a fifth victim whose body has never been recovered. four bodies puts a needle in your arm. i don't need a fifth. i bet the mother would like some closure. tell me the girl's name. attorney: that he won't tell me. mills: she was my first. perfect little princess. sweet as could be. give me her name. take the death penalty off of the table.

i need you to authorize this deal. counselor, i am a public servant. and e public at large does not want this... boil on the butt of humanity living to a ripe old age. charlie, think of the mother. i am. and i'm sure that she'd want to see him die. maybe, but she probably wants to know what happened to her daughter, also. and what about the mothers of all his other victims? they want him dead. the city wants him dead. even protesters against the death penalty want to see this guy dead. you don't know all of the other mothers want him dead. of course, they do. mrs. douglas? this is sophie douglas's mother. one of clayton mills' victims. mrs. douglas. i am truly sor

thankfully, she did escape with her life. what do you think should happen to him, mrs. douglas? he raped her. i mean, he killed her childhood. i want him dead. look, it's more unbearable than you can ever imagine. i cried every second that sophie was missing. i wanted to crawl out of my skin. sometimes, i didn't realize that i'd be screaming at the top of my lungs. i mean, not knowing for three days nearly killed me. i can't imagine this poor woman going through that for years. and letting it go on for the rest of her life?

you've got to help this woman. get him out of here. [captioning sponsored by studios usa television and nbc captioned by the caption center wgbh educatial foundation] mrs. lehr?

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