Copycat k*ller, The (2026)

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I have to tell you,

that was a lot fancier

than I was expecting.

Most cops I know just

eat off of styrofoam,

not Wisteria porcelain.

Yeah, well you did just catch

the Sigil Slayer for them.

Uh-huh.

I mean that's worth at least

four courses plus

hors d'oeuvres.

At least.

Though, the wine list

was a little suspect.

I know.

Thankfully...

I have addressed it with

my favorite ros,

Chateau d'Esclans.

That's very sweet

but I'm exhausted.

Can we have it later?

I still got to work on that

new case for the morning.

Ah,

and don't forget you got

another one of these tomorrow.

Yeah.

Mm.

-Thank you.

-Mm-hm.

You're the Association

of Criminal Profiler's

newest inductee.

Oh.

Oh,

I know.

I know, it must be exhausting

being the darling of

the profiling community.

Don't tease me!

I just wish they would name

some new pathology after me

and let me skip

all these dinners.

Okay, I need to go to sleep.

Well, let's get you to bed then.

Wait, wait.

Maybe not just yet.

Mm.

Hm.

Come here.

Remember me?

You've gotta be kidding me.

We've been planning

this for weeks.

No, you've been

planning it for weeks.

I'm not going.

Well, your doctor says

it's time for you to

get back out there

and re-establish

yourself in the field.

Yeah. Well, I'm

a doctor too Vale,

and I said I'm not going.

Mm-hm. Yeah.

Not that kind of doctor.

Look, Ellie.

What happened with Boyd,

that's over.

He's in prison

and you put him there.

And it's because

you have a gift.

Yeah, Vale.

A gift that almost

got me k*lled.

And it's saved peoples lives.

I mean, how many other

people would have died

if you hadn't stopped him.

I don't know.

I don't know.

You're so good at this

and it's time for you

to get back out there

and start doing it again.

And you think a

true crime conference

with a panel about

the Sigil Slayer

is the best way to make

a difference, Vale?

Really?

I think that

it's the best way

to face your fears

and I'm really, really,

really sorry but

I already confirmed

that you would be

-speaking on the panel.

-What?

I'm sorry.

And you know what?

I don't think you

really wanna be

turning down that reporter

from Behavioral Crime Magazine

because I saw his byline photo

and it is a swipe right

for sure.

All right, listen.

If this is a set up

for a blind date, Vale,

you're fired.

All right, well you can fire me

from being your

research assistant

but you can't fire me

from being your friend.

Mm.

Wait, is that...

Is Kenneth going to

be at the conference?

Looks like

he's on your panel.

Must have added him last minute

it was TBD when proofed

the program copy last week.

I'm sorry.

Are they expecting

me to sit beside him

after everything

he wrote about me

in that stupid book?

That stupid book is

probably the reason

why you're on the same panel.

You know, like,

you're the fact and

he's the fiction.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

You're probably right.

This is probably too soon.

I'm just gonna call,

we can cancel this whole thing.

No, no. It's fine.

It's fine.

Facing your fears and all that.

I mean,

Boyd couldn't take me out,

I sure as hell am not

gonna let my ex do it.

Okay.

Good.

Ellie, what... Are you...

-I'm sorry.

-Are you okay?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Sorry, I'm...

I'm fine, I just...

Deep breath.

-I'm sorry.

-No, it's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

Oh, hey.

That's him.

Who? What?

The reporter that's

gonna interview you.

Julian Duffy.

Told you he was handsome.

Miss Douglas.

Yes, hi.

Sorry, please call me Ellie.

Julian, from Behavioral

Crime Magazine, right?

Yeah, that's me.

Look, I am really looking

forward to our interview.

I can't wait to dive

into your resume.

I mean, the Sigil Slayer,

The River City Ripper,

The Babysitter Murders,

it's honestly some of the most

inventive and creative

profiling I have ever seen.

Thank you.

Sorry,

this is my research

assistant, Vale Talbot.

Yeah, of course.

We met over the phone.

Nice to meet you.

I cannot wait to hear you

speak at the panel today.

Oh, I will try to not bore

you to death.

That's impossible.

I've literally read

all your books.

I mean, your approach to

behavior evidence analysis

as a viable alternate

methodology is fascinating.

Thank you.

All right.

I guess we'll see you later.

I'm looking forward to it.

You think he's

a snack don't you?

I was just being nice.

Oh, yeah.

That's what nice looks like.

Moon eyes and mild drool.

May I remind you

that you work for me?

No, you may not.

And now, I'm going

to get us checked in.

You're on in an hour,

the conference

room is over there

if you want to scope it out.

Hi.

Thanks for coming.

Hello.

-Okay.

-Eleanor.

Detective Deloria,

it's good to see you.

Never thought I'd

hear you say that

or that I would see you in

Poe's Landing ever again,

and yet, here you are.

Right, yeah.

Well, it's taken me a minute

but I am trying to push past it.

Hopefully, we can do the same.

I'm looking forward

to your presentation.

Obviously,

and I thought that

was really incredible.

I've also done some digging

myself into public records.

Hi.

Thank you.

Thank you for having me.

Ellie.

Wow.

You look amazing as usual.

Ken.

It's been a while.

Hey, I'm sorry I

didn't mean to...

No, it's fine. I'm past it.

I heard that your

book tour went well.

Looks like you didn't need me

to do that signing

with you after all.

Yeah, well.

I just wanted to say,

sorry again for asking.

It was insensitive.

I can think of

another word for it.

A few, actually.

Yeah, well, I was just

kind of hoping that we can

put all that behind us.

By following me

to a conference and

crashing my panel?

-Following?

-Mm-hm.

Well, they

asked me to come.

There are reprints of my book.

Yes, your book.

Your book.

Where you make me look

like some fear-stricken,

hysterical-No, no, no, no, no.

I did no such thing, actually.

The Sigil Slayer k*lled

a dozen women, Ken,

and then he broke out of

prison and nearly k*lled me

and you turned all of that into

a pop psychology paperback.

He's a m*rder*r,

not a muse.

Yeah, well the people deserve

to know how we solved the case.

We?

That's rich!

-I helped.

-Mm.

Yeah, we bounced

ideas off of each other.

Okay.

Those victims deserved better

than your yellow prose

and your tabloid journalism.

And honestly, so did I.

And what did I deserve?

I stuck around after that attack

and you just refused

to let me in.

What do you want, Ken?

I nearly died.

Hey, you're on in five.

Ellie, I just...

We knew that as a child

Glen Boyd had survived his

parents in a tragic fire,

but his whereabouts after

their death were undocumented.

It was suspected that

he spent many years

in various foster care homes

until he was sent to

juvenile detention

for his reckless

behavior as a teenager,

but his k*lling spree

did not begin until

he was an adult,

many years later.

With so many gaps

in the known history

of this primary suspect,

it's those first

and earliest cases

that can provide the most

useful insight for a profiler.

It's when a k*ller is

at their most unsettled,

unpracticed,

and where they make

the most mistakes.

Here's one of them.

You'll see some dirt

on the handle of the knife

used to k*ll Melissa Parker.

We determined that

this bit of evidence

came from Tamerlane Creek

running just outside

Poe's Landing.

This is also where two

more victims were found.

They were young women

from rural, low-income areas.

They had brown hair, fair skin,

and on their bodies is where

the symbols were first seen.

Dubbed, "Sigils" by the press,

there were three different ones

branded onto the

victim's bodies.

This initially led

us to believe that

there was more than one k*ller.

However, after Boyd's arrest

the murders stopped and

the case was closed.

To this day,

we still don't know

what those sigils meant.

Um...

Um...

Remember me?

The um...

The evidence did

finally lead to Boyd

being arrested.

And

by creating a profile

based entirely off of

the physical evidence

found at the scene,

we determined that

the k*ller had

impulse control issues,

of course, and

an obsession with

repetition and patterns.

Shush, shush, shush.

Excuse me.

This helped us to...

It helped us to...

Excuse me.

Sorry.

Excuse me.

Ellie.

It wasn't that bad.

Vale, it was awful!

And that reporter was there too,

wasn't he?

Probably recorded the

whole thing on his phone.

I'm gonna go viral.

God!

Honestly, I feel like if

anyone was recording it-

Ellie.

Are you okay?

Hi, Julian.

I'm so sorry.

I think we're gonna

need to cancel.

Listen, I just wanted to come

and see how you were doing.

Of course, this isn't the

time for an interview.

It's fine. It's fine.

Really, please sit.

It's fine.

All right.

The whole thing just kind of

caught me off guard, that's all.

Yeah, yeah.

I couldn't imagine

getting up there myself,

reliving that pain

in front of everyone.

Yeah, thank you

for understanding.

I have to say,

I was thoroughly impressed

with what you got through

in your presentation.

I mean, pulling

together a profile

divorced from the archetypes

and templates used in the past.

Really nice.

Yeah.

Well, the theory is that

we have so many

preconceptions and biases

about what a serial k*ller is,

how they behave,

it's kind of hard to-

Excuse me.

Thank God, coffee!

Are you Dr. Eleanor Douglas?

Yes.

I thought so.

I'm so excited to meet you.

I'm Christine Sanford.

Right.

You look familiar.

I was at the conference earlier.

I saw you and Kenneth

Burrow in the green room

and I was like,

I was gonna say hi

and then I thought,

maybe I shouldn't.

Yeah, no, right. Yeah.

It started out as

a hobby and then it

became an obsession

and I've read all

of your articles.

You have?

Yeah.

I mean, you caught

the Sigil Slayer.

Well...

No, everybody in

this town was so scared

and then you came

and you saved us.

It was inspirational.

I'm studying criminal

psychology now because of you.

That's amazing.

Yeah.

All I did was

help though, really.

No way!

I mean, thank goodness you did.

The police were not

getting anywhere.

Believe me.

I was following along

like an amateur detective.

Really?

Kind of have my own theory.

What's the theory?

Well,

you know the Landor house?

The old creepy building

off the main road.

Well, it used to be a

foster home years ago.

Maybe Boyd spent

some time there.

A lot of kids passed through it.

You know it's local legend

that bad things happened there.

They sound like

world class parents.

Yeah, I mean, the

Landors disappeared,

the house remained abandoned,

and no one ever thought to

connect it to the Sigil Slayer.

So how do you think

it's all connected?

Well, I think that

you were on to something

in your initial

investigation Dr. Douglas.

Oh, what do you mean?

Well, it's like you

said in your presentation.

I believe there is

more than one k*ller.

And I believe there is evidence

missing that can prove it.

Yeah, you know

Christine, the murders stopped

when Boyd was arrested.

I think you might be

chasing a dead end.

Just like I did.

Yeah, you're probably right.

But my gut

tells me that there's more.

Anyways,

I should get back

to work.

Hey, do you

want an autograph?

Don't be ridiculous, stop.

Come on, just do it.

I would really love one.

It was very nice to

meet you, Christine.

An honor to meet

you Dr. Douglas.

I'll take that.

She's and eager

beaver isn't she?

Yeah, she seems harmless.

So, I guess we're not

getting those coffees.

Do you want to grab one

back at the hotel instead?

Maybe even a drink?

Yeah, I guess

that would work.

Vale, why don't you join us?

I have some work

that I need to do

back in my room but I'll

catch up with you later.

I guess, but I...

Have a good interview.

Um...

Shall we?

Yeah.

No, I mean I helped

break the case

but half the cops

thought I was a witch

and the rest tried to use

me as their therapist.

I mean, you should be proud.

Your approach works.

I can't take credit

for the whole thing.

No, of course not.

Most of the credit should

go to Kenneth Burrow, right?

At least according to his book.

I'm kidding.

You know, he almost

blew the whole case.

The cops were getting all

of these false confessions

so to weed them out they were

withholding crime

scene information

including as symbol

that Boyd used

that was never

released to the press.

Kenneth's chatting up

this reporter one night

and he almost revealed

it trying to impress her.

Wow.

Yeah, exactly.

Hey, can I ask you something?

Sure.

Why choose profiling?

Why choose to get into

such a dark field of work?

My brother.

He was taken when I was 14.

I was supposed to

be watching him

but there was a party that night

and I knew it was

wrong to leave but

I did it anyway.

And when I got

home, he was gone.

Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.

They found him three days later.

He was taken by this dr*fter.

Somebody who had almost

been caught before.

You know, I lost

someone close to me too.

We were very close.

It never stops hurting.

Even though he's gone,

it still feels like he's

right there, you know?

I would do anything

to get him back.

Hey, I'm not sure I

want that in your article.

Oh, I stopped taking

notes two hours ago.

Got a little caught up, I guess.

Well, I think I'm

gonna call it a night.

Maybe just one more drink?

I don't know.

It's kind of been a long day.

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Maybe tomorrow.

Maybe we could

have one in my room.

Sit down.

No!

Whoa, hey, hey.

Hey.

Are you okay?

We can stop.

It's fine.

It's okay.

Yeah.

Remember me?

You know, it's probably

just some demented joke

from someone in the

crowd at the conference

when they saw you were spooked.

This type of thing can

draw some real sickos.

Yeah, I'm not sure that's

like a technical term.

What's wrong?

My necklace.

Did you see my necklace?

Did we take it off last night?

How did they know

that was the symbol

that Boyd left in my

apartment when he attacked me?

I don't know.

No one's seen this.

It's the one thing

the police withheld.

-I'll get it.

-Thank you.

Morning.

Detective Deloria,

hi, yeah. What are

you doing here?

I need you to come

with me to the station.

We need to talk.

Look, if this is about

the evidence I presented

at the conference last night

I am sorry

that I didn't credit your

input with the investigation.

Thank you, I appreciate that

but it's not about that.

Okay, then what is it?

It's about the death

of Christine Sanford.

Deloria,

what's going on?

Have a seat.

Christine Sanford was

found stabbed to death

in her home this morning.

Oh, my God. That poor girl.

She was found with one of these.

Okay.

This is obviously

a copycat k*ller.

Let's start with

Christine's home,

although we can't be sure that

she was m*rder*d there.

Sorry, I don't think

you're understanding me.

I'm not asking for your help.

What are you talking about?

How did you know Miss Sanford?

I mean, I saw her

at the conference

and then we met at the diner

when she was our server.

And what did you talk about?

She was a fan.

Of yours?

No, of true crime, I guess,

but I mean, she was

familiar with my work

and what I had done in

Poe's Landing with you.

Yes, we all know

what you did here.

Now, what did you talk about

with Miss Sanford exactly?

The Sigil Slayer case, Boyd,

the Landor house.

She thought that he was

under foster care there.

Yeah, we don't have

any record of that.

She felt that there was

more evidence to uncover.

Like this symbol?

Deloria,

I know that we had

our differences

when we worked

the case together.

I worked on that

case with my team for years

and you inserted yourself

in the last three months.

Okay, fine,

but that doesn't mean I

had anything to do with

Christine getting k*lled.

I mean, this is

obviously somebody

trying to imitate the

Sigil Slayer and...

Look, I found this

last night in my purse.

Any idea who might

have done this?

No, I mean I thought

it was some sick prank.

I'm keeping it for evidence.

Am I a suspect?

Person of interest for now.

You're free to go but

stay near by.

Deloria, come on.

We have to work

on this together.

Ellie, this is not just a case.

This is a person

and you're involved

so I need you to stay in town

and stay out of it.

- But there's someone-

- Okay.

Ellie, you're free to go.

Okay? I'll be in touch soon.

Please don't speak

to the press, okay?

They will be swarming

Poe's Landing

and while that might be

very good for your career-

Come on, Deloria. Please.

I won't have it in my town.

Understood?

Yes.

I can't believe she's

not letting you help.

Yeah, it's ridiculous.

I mean, we didn't

exactly get along

when we worked together

the first time.

She can be a bit territorial.

I mean, a woman's dead.

This isn't the time

for a turf w*r.

Yeah, look.

I'm sorry to leave

you in the lurch

like this with your article

but I really can't focus

on that, right now.

So hopefully, your editor

will cut you some slack,

give you a k*ll

fee or something-

Hey, hey.

You don't need to worry

about that, Ellie.

You need to worry about

yourself right now.

And Christine.

I should not have

come to this town

or this conference.

I mean, it can't

be a coincidence

that somebody slipped

that sigil into my bag

and then the next day

Christine is found

m*rder*d by someone using

the same MO as Boyd.

I mean...

What if somebody k*lled her

because she talked to me?

I guess that's possible but

you were just being kind,

that doesn't make

you responsible.

I don't know.

I don't know it's...

Hey.

If you wanted me to

do something about it,

I could help.

Off the record?

Yeah, yeah. Of course.

Yeah.

Okay, so let me

get this straight.

There's a copycat k*ller

who has m*rder*d one women

and is threatening you

and you just want to

stick around here?

You just want to

see how things go?

Yeah, look.

I can't make you stay

and if you want to leave

I totally understand

but I could really use

your help with this.

I need to see this through.

I feel awful about Christine.

Can't we just leave

this one to the local cops?

I mean, you've evaded

death once already.

You know Deloria

lacks the resources.

She's smart but

she has no back up.

Okay.

I understand, I think.

How can I help?

Do what you do best, research.

Find me anything you can

about Christine.

For all we know,

this is just a

local with a grudge

using this opportunity to

throw people off the trail

by using the conference.

I mean, that would

be pretty brilliant.

It would be pretty sick, Vale.

Right, yeah.

What's the priority?

Let's start with the basics.

Just get me Christine's address.

Why?

Vale.

Just please be careful.

You do not pay me

enough to bail you out.

Thank you.

Of course.

Vale, I'm

at Christine's house.

Stay close by.

Vale, I'm at

the Landor house.

What do you have

on Cheryl Landor?

-Freeze!

-Oh!

-Eleanor.

-Jeez!

Tell me what the

hell you're doing here.

Stop! Just put down that down!

Oh, my God.

You didn't have to point your

g*n at me though, you know?

Well, you were an

intruder, Eleanor.

I was looking for evidence.

You know, that's not

exactly what I had in mind

when I told you not

to get involved.

Well, like it or not,

I am involved.

That's what I'm worried about.

What took you to

the Landor house?

The missing evidence

that Christine alluded to

and obviously, she was right.

I mean, you saw it.

That triangle sigil

was freshly painted.

Yes, but how do I know it

wasn't you who painted it?

You can't seriously believe

that I'm the one who

k*lled Christine?

I believe that you

bulldozed my investigation

the first time around.

There would have been

so many more casualties

if I hadn't helped you

get there faster, Deloria.

I could have got there on my own

and I didn't need your help.

Okay.

Look, I'm just trying

to follow the evidence

and letting it paint a picture.

There's no preconceptions.

What are you trying to say?

You're free to go Eleanor.

You'll be hearing from me soon.

Look, just

don't get so hung up on me

that you can't see

the real k*ller, okay?

We'll see about that, won't we?

Okay, so what do we do?

Can you get the

original police files

from the Sigil Slayer case?

Yeah, man. I can try.

It's gonna take some time.

I might have to get

a little creative

with the police

databases and such.

Okay, good because

whoever k*lled Christine knew

about the triangle sigil

so we need to see what else

could be in those files

and we need to make a list

of everyone who knew

about that sigil.

It's gonna be a

pretty short list.

Well, it will be

less work for us then.

Let's start with

all of the police officers

from Poe's Landing

who worked on the original case.

I can help with that.

See who's still around,

still on the force,

that kind of thing.

Great, who else?

I mean, there's you, obviously.

There's me, there's Boyd,

Deloria.

Myself now, since

you showed it to me.

Right, and then there's

Kenneth.

He knew.

And someone had

dinner with Christine

the night that she died.

There were two glasses of ros,

Chateau d'Esclans,

which is Kenneth's favorite.

Have you told Deloria?

And admit that I

was snooping around

an active crime scene? No.

And that's not proof

of anything, right?

I would need to have something

more concrete than that.

Maybe we should get the check.

By creating a profile

based entirely off of the

physical evidence

found at the scene,

we determined that

the k*ller had

impulse control issues.

Ellie, what are you doing here?

We need to talk, Ken.

Yeah, sure.

How'd you find out

where I was staying?

Vale.

She got the room list

for the other panelists.

Right, yeah.

I remember her

talent.

You want a coffee or something?

How about some ros?

Chateau d'Esclans?

A little early, don't you think?

That's right.

You like to have it at night.

Date nights to be specific

like the one you

had with Christine.

Yeah, I don't know what

you're talking about.

You were never a good liar, Ken.

You know what?

Maybe you should go, Ellie.

I know that you

were with Christine

the night that she died

and if you don't tell

me what's going on,

the police are going

to find out too.

Are you threatening me?

No!

No!

I mean, I could have told

the detective earlier today,

but I didn't.

I wanted to give you

a chance to explain.

Explain what?

Huh?

Yes, I met her at

the conference.

We went for dinner,

it was a lovely evening.

After dessert and

a glass of wine,

I left. That's it.

You're unbelievable.

All she wanted to do

was discuss the

Sigil Slayer case.

Then the next thing I know

she's come to a

tragic end, okay?

What?

It wasn't just

a tragic end, Ken.

She was m*rder*d

and on top of that,

whoever did it is

trying to frame me.

Yeah, well that has

nothing to do with me.

Did you tell her about

the triangle sigil?

Of course not.

I would never discuss

sensitive information.

Well, then help me explain

because you were the last

person with Christine

the night that she died.

I'm not a m*rder*r, Ellie.

Okay, and I don't need this

attention right now, okay?

My book is being

optioned for a movie

and I don't want

to jeopardize that.

This is not about

your reputation, Ken.

A young woman is dead.

Are you serious?

Who are you?

We went for dinner, that's it.

Leave me out of this.

Honestly Ken,

I don't think you've

given me a choice.

Why didn't you give

it to Detective Deloria?

I can't.

I've tampered with evidence

and somehow, I am her

number one suspect.

If I give this to her,

she'll arrest me.

I mean, look at this.

Christine was

trying to figure out

how those three

sigils were connected,

but she knew that

something was missing.

That means she's a super fan.

I doubt she had any real

criminal profiling experience.

This could all be nonsense.

No, she does not seem

silly to me in this.

She was looking for something.

Maybe, maybe it

was the triangle.

I don't know.

I think you should burn it.

What?

Look, it's not

gonna help your case

if they find this

in your possession.

Hey.

Oof!

Feels like your

muscles are gonna snap.

Hey, I have an idea.

Here, sit up.

Here, turn like this.

Have you heard of box breathing?

What?

The relaxation technique?

Yeah.

I learned it when I was a kid.

Got me through some tough times.

Here.

Breathe in.

Slow

and hold.

And breath out.

Slow

and hold.

One more.

Breath in, slow.

And hold.

And breath out, slow.

Better?

Yeah.

Is there anything

else I can do to help?

I can stay with you tonight.

I think I need to be alone.

Yeah, of course.

Are you sure you

don't need anything?

I need to do something

and I need to do it alone.

Okay.

Remember me?

Don't be scared.

I don't bite.

You don't seem

surprised to see me.

I'm not.

I knew you'd come eventually.

You always struck me as

someone drawn to the truth.

I don't expect you

to tell me the truth.

I don't know what

I was expecting.

I am the truth.

You just have to accept it.

I made you famous.

A hero needs a villain.

To enter the arena.

I'm not here to listen

to you preach, Boyd.

Then why did you come?

There's been another m*rder.

Another sigil slaying

or at least that's what

it's supposed to look like.

Oh, that's odd isn't it?

Considering.

Surely the cops

don't think I did it.

No, that's why I'm here.

They think I did.

Ah.

Interesting.

The Sigil Slayer

puts an innocent man in jail

so she can cover

up her own crimes

and continue k*lling.

Shame on you.

I'm being framed, Boyd,

and my gut is telling me that

you know who's behind it.

You sure about that?

I'm sure you k*lled those women.

So whoever's doing this

is not the Sigil Slayer.

Or maybe you got it wrong

and that mistake's coming

to bite you in the a*s.

Or cut your throat.

Are you threatening me?

I did not make a mistake.

I just followed the evidence.

You saw what you wanted to see.

We got you, didn't we?

Yeah, you did.

Bravo.

Bravo.

You got me.

For now.

I wanna go back to my cell.

What do you mean, Boyd?

Hey?

What do you mean by that?

You'll see.

Hey, it's Deloria.

Listen, where are we with the

prints from the wine bottle

at Christine Sanford's house?

Okay.

I'm gonna bring

in Kenneth Burrow,

see if he'll volunteer

his prints for comparison.

Yeah.

And can you check the database

and run any unknowns

against exclusionary prints

that we have on file from

the old Sigil Slayer cases.

Great.

Hey.

No.

No, Vale.

I'm fine. I just...

I just needed to go off

on my own, you know?

I really think there's

something else going on.

It's like everything...

What are you doing here?

What the hell did

you tell the police?

What?

They had me come

in for fingerprints.

You're putting this

on me, aren't you?

I am not putting

anything on you, Ken.

You just couldn't

handle the break up.

So what? You're

trying to punish me?

Or what, to ruin my life?

-I think you need to go.

-Why?

Huh?

So you can set me up?

Tell them that I broke in

and that I threatened you?

Is that not what

you're doing, right now?

I guess then I have

nothing left to lose do I?

You need to go.

Yeah, and you,

you need to watch yourself.

Ken, go away.

Police. Open up.

Thank God.

Did you see Ken leave my room?

He got in somehow and

he was threatening me.

Eleanor, turn around.

I need you turn around.

Eleanor Douglas,

you're under arrest

for the m*rder of

Christine Sanford.

Deloria, I know this looks

bad but I am being framed

and I think my ex, Ken

Burrows is behind it.

He threatened me earlier.

Is this Kenneth's necklace?

I found the pendent

at the Landor house

and the chain in

Christine's hand.

You didn't have it when we

first spoke here at the station.

I checked the footage,

but you did have it

at the conference.

I checked the

footage for that too.

That went missing the

first night I was here.

The night Christine was k*lled.

Well, someone took it.

The same night the triangle

sigil was put in my purse.

Do you recognize this?

Yes.

This is a bottle of

wine, Chateau d'Esclans.

So you're familiar with it?

Yeah, it's Kenneth's

favorite ros

and he was with Christine

the night she was k*lled.

So why are your

fingerprints all over it?

Why do you have my fingerprints?

I have them on file from

the Sigil Slayer case.

Why did you go to

Christine's house?

To find out why she was k*lled

and it led me to

the Landor house.

You followed her there

and then you k*lled her.

No. No.

That's what somebody

wants you to think.

I was with Julian Duffy

the night that

Christine was m*rder*d.

You can ask him.

Oh, I did.

Yes, he confirmed that you

spent the night together.

Perfect.

But he's a heavy sleeper

and he said he couldn't

be sure of your movements

the night of the m*rder.

What?

You know that doesn't

mean I k*lled somebody.

No, Ellie.

Thing is I don't know,

because you have

been lying to me

since the moment you got here.

You're right.

Okay, I have.

I have not been giving

you the whole truth

and I am sorry about that.

I wasn't sure if

I could trust you

and honestly, I'm

still not sure.

But there is something

that I need to show you.

Where'd you get this?

Christine's house

in her bedroom.

Ellie, you tampered

with evidence!

Do you have any idea

how bad that looks?

Yes, I do.

That's why I'm telling

you about it, okay?

You had doubts about those

symbols just like I did

and it looks like

Christine did too.

She was trying to piece

something together

and maybe that's

why she was k*lled.

Look, look at this.

Yeah, we've seen this before.

Yes, okay?

Three symbols

and the triangle.

Maybe we were right.

Maybe there's more than one

k*ller working with Boyd

and Christine knew it.

Well, who else knew

about the triangle sigil?

Kenneth.

And he threatened you?

Yes.

Do I need to call my lawyer?

No.

Not yet.

Thank you, Deloria.

Don't thank me, okay?

This is not a favor.

This is a bet

and I don't like to lose, okay?

Okay.

Thank you.

Ellie,

hey.

What are you doing here?

I've been looking for you.

Where have you been?

Are you all right?

I got arrested for

Christine's m*rder.

What, what are

you talking about?

I don't feel like

talking about it.

It's over now.

She was just doing her job.

No, no, no. She can't do this.

No, she can.

She can.

Why did you tell her that you

weren't sure I was with you

the night that

Christine was m*rder*d?

I wasn't sure.

What do you mean

you weren't sure?

I don't know,

anything can happen

-when you're asleep.

-Fine.

Okay.

I don't need you

looking out for me.

It's fine.

Ellie.

I'm gonna confront him, Vale.

Don't do it, Ellie.

He's dangerous.

Leave this one to Deloria.

He's my ex.

It's too risky for

him to hurt me.

I have to know.

Ellie, listen-

I found the clothes, Ken.

What?

Don't.

You were following me?

What'd you do with them?

I gave them to the police.

Oh, my gosh.

Why are you here?

Because I wanted to

look you in the eyes

and get the truth from you

before you get arrested.

Arrested for what?

Come on!

What hitting on a waitress?

For being clumsy?

Look, I broke a glass.

I cut my hand

and then I spilled

wine all over myself.

Yeah, no. I find

that hard to believe.

Look.

Okay, all she wanted to do was

talk about you and your work

and your articles.

She barely even

mentioned my book.

Okay, okay.

Did that piss you off, Ken?

Is that why you k*lled her?

I did not k*ll her!

You're gonna ruin my life

over this insane fantasy

that you're having?

Or maybe it's worse,

maybe it's revenge.

And it's been festering

inside to get back at me.

What?

Yeah.

Did you k*ll her to frame me?

Or maybe it's that new

boyfriend of yours.

I don't know what

you're talking about.

You don't even know him, do you?

Typical Ellie.

You know I checked online,

there is not a single article

by Behavioral Crime Magazine

by Julian Duffy.

You're not making any sense.

Yeah, or maybe it's that

snotty assistant of yours

trying to make things

right on your behalf.

Stop.

Did you stop when I asked

you to leave me alone?

Look, I'm sorry.

It's just-

Just stop!

Okay, before you do

stuff that you'll regret.

Ellie I told you to get

the hell out of here.

Try again.

Please leave a

message after the tone.

Hello, this is Eleanor Douglas,

I'm calling about one of

your writers, Julian Duffy.

If someone could call

me back at this number,

that would be great.

Thank you.

Hey.

Hi.

I was looking for that.

Is that why you came back?

Yeah.

I mean, no. Not really.

Look, I wanted to apologize.

You were right.

I didn't stick up for

you when I should have

and I'm sorry.

Hey, hey.

I'm really sorry, okay?

I know.

What we are looking

for is any discrepancies.

Something that stands out

or doesn't seem to fit.

Okay, so these are

the case notes and files

downloaded from

the police system.

And these,

are original case files.

That's a lot of material.

Okay, so let's dig in.

I'm gonna get a small coffee.

Wait.

What is it?

The files don't match.

There's evidence in

Vale's original files

that never got uploaded to the

scanned files in the system.

This is all pointing

to somebody else.

Vale, did we...

What are you saying?

That Boyd's innocent?

Maybe.

Come here and look at this.

There are six crime

scene photos missing

from the Parker m*rder.

There's a footprint

here, fibers here,

different brand

of cigarette here.

There's two more

crime scene photos

missing from the Bridgers case

and there's a whole

days worth of receipts

from the Davro gas station

near where Lindsay

Siro's body was found.

So what does that mean?

It means that I was

missing information.

It means that my profile

was missing evidence.

I mean, this whole case

could be compromised.

There could be a different

k*ller out there.

This case could be reopened.

Boyd could get out of prison.

No.

How could this happen.

I mean...

There was a lot of pressure

to put someone behind bars.

I mean, maybe

Deloria omitted it.

Maybe it was just a mistake.

You know, they had people

working 12-hour shifts,

typing notes out.

I was one of them and...

But I wasn't the only

one who was helping out.

Who else?

Kenneth.

Ken?

Ken, Ken.

Don't!

Don't touch him Ellie.

Oh!

No, no.

Oh, my God.

Ellie, you need

to leave right now.

Call somebody.

Can you call somebody?

Ellie.

We'll call somebody.

We need to go.

No, no, no.

We're not leaving him.

We're not leaving him.

We're not leaving him.

We need to get out

of here, right now.

Hey, nobody move.

Oh, God. Deloria.

Get forensics here, okay?

And take both their statements.

Eleanor, I need you

to come with me.

We can't leave him.

Ellie, get up and follow me now.

Oh, God.

Wait, wait.

Ellie I'll be right behind you.

You are not pinning this on me.

You're right. I'm not.

Why did you haul me in here?

Why are you not out there

looking for the real k*ller?

Look, Ellie. I know

that you didn't do this.

What the hell's going on?

I agree with you.

I think you're being framed.

But I need them to think

the plan is working.

Okay, okay.

What do you need me to do.

Nothing. I think you should

stay here where it's safe.

No, I'm not staying here.

I cannot stay here, Deloria.

Okay.

But you really need

to get some rest.

Go back to your hotel

room and wait for my call.

And don't let anyone

into your room.

Do you understand me?

Okay.

Yeah, okay.

Hey, hey!

Ellie, what's going on?

Are you okay?

Shush.

There are triangle

sigils in my room.

-I need to get out of here.

-What?

I need to get out

of here, right now.

Okay, okay. Through the lobby.

It's gonna be okay.

Let's go back to the room, okay?

Yeah.

I need to call Deloria.

Yes, this is Eleanor Douglas.

Wait.

I'm sorry what do you mean?

Who are you?

He doesn't work here.

Okay, thanks.

Vale, what are you doing here?

I can't find Ellie or Julian and

neither one of them

will answer their phone.

Yeah, I haven't been

able to reach Ellie either.

I don't know what to do.

Ellie?

Oh, my God!

Just stay calm.

What do you mean, stay calm?

The sigil was here.

This is Ellie's bag.

It's the real Sigil Slayer.

We messed up.

We put the wrong

person in prison.

And now, the real

k*ller has Ellie

-and he has Julian.

-Stop!

Please, just let me think, okay?

This is not the Sigil Slayer.

It can't be.

They k*lled Kenneth and

that's not part of the M.O.

Right?

And a suspicious kidnapping?

No, that's too high profile.

Too high risk.

That's not what the

Sigil Slayer does.

No, this is someone else.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna talk to the only

person who has all the answers.

She's still breathing

for now.

Everything's on track.

I'm ready for them.

No, we'll make it believable.

Then we'll make it hurt.

Detective.

What a pleasant surprise.

I thought you forgot

about little old me.

What do I owe this great honor?

You smell so good.

Tell me what it was

like to be in foster care

with Cheryl Landor.

Come on Glenn,

tell me about the Landors.

This visit's over.

Take me back to my cell.

I gotta tell you,

whoever you've got out

here k*lling for you

they're destroying

everything you've built.

Your legend, your legacy.

The legacy of the Sigil

Slayer's gonna live on long

after you and I

are dead and gone.

Really?

Kenneth Burrow's been m*rder*d.

Eleanor Douglas is missing.

None of that fits your profile.

Your whole story is unraveling.

I don't know, detective.

Why don't you ask

the Sigil Slayer?

I hear she's still out there.

Maybe,

or maybe he's in here

working with someone out there.

Julian Duffy.

Now, I can't tie him to the

m*rder of Christine Sanford,

not yet,

but Kenneth,

that m*rder was messy.

Less calculated.

Tell me about Cheryl Landor.

What does this

house mean to you?

Nothing.

Nothing.

It can burn for all I care.

Did Miss Landor abuse

you like your parents did?

Hm?

That's why you k*lled

them in that fire.

I know it wasn't your fault.

I know that you

created this monster

to hide behind, to protect

yourself from the abuse.

If you wanna

restore your legacy,

help me.

Tell me what this means.

I know you know.

Please.

If you wanna catch monsters

you have to go back to

where they were made.

Oh, wonderful. You're awake.

What the hell is going on?

How's the head?

Oh, let me see that.

Don't worry, I'll get

something to bandage that up.

Yeah, I wouldn't want

you to bleed to death

before you, you know,

bleed to death.

Why are you doing this?

I mean, isn't that obvious?

To show the world you were

wrong about the Sigil Slayer.

You're the real k*ller?

How?

How is that...

Oh, my God!

There it is.

Keep pushing,

you're almost there.

A lot of kids pass through it.

You know, it's local legend

that bad things happened there.

Learned it when I was a kid.

Breath in, slow.

I believe there is

more than one k*ller.

You and Boyd were

working together?

Are you partners?

Oh, so close.

Not partners.

And I would do anything

to get him back.

Brothers.

Boyd didn't

have a brother.

He didn't have

records of a brother.

See, we destroyed them all

when we escaped this hell hole.

You were both the Sigil Slayer?

That's why the evidence

was so muddy at first.

Until I cleaned it up.

Oh, God.

See, you're good.

Very good.

I may have lied

about all this but

I didn't lie about that.

You were getting too

close to figuring out

there was more than

one Sigil Slayer

so we had to make a choice.

Good old Glenn took the fall

to protect us like

he always did.

So what does all of this...

I mean, what are you...

You trying to get

him out of prison?

Is this revenge?

I mean, you don't

have to do this.

Can't it be both?

Because believe me,

framing you for the killings,

blowing holes in my

darling brothers case,

that's the point.

But watching you suffer...

No.

That's the cherry on top.

Dispatch.

I'm headed to the Landor house.

I'll call for back

up if I need it.

Roger.

Vale!

What the hell are

you doing here?

I think that Ellie's here.

If the k*ller brought her here

I'll never forgive myself.

Wait in the car.

I'm coming with you.

Vale, wait!

I am going to check upstairs.

Vale!

Ellie!

Vale.

Julian.

What took you so long?

Well, I've been

covering for you brother.

Guess you didn't see that

one coming did you, Eleanor?

I don't understand.

I don't need you to understand.

What about her?

Oh, don't worry about her.

She's not going anywhere.

So you're siblings?

Christine was right then?

This is Glenn's foster home?

This is your home, Vale?

Mm.

Always so smart.

She had a big mouth

and I enjoyed shutting her up.

What happened...

What happened after

Glenn went to juvie?

The abuse got worse.

Glenn never got a chance

to k*ll our foster mom

so our victims took her place.

So you're all the Sigil Slayer?

Is that what this is?

Did you guys make that?

Take a look.

We made it together

when we were kids

so that we will be

bonded together, forever.

So that we could stay a family.

All right, I've had enough.

Julian don't.

Put it down.

I want her to suffer down here

like we all did.

Go get the suicide note.

See, now you're gonna take

the fall for everything.

It's time to make things right.

I need you to sign this.

He always wanted your autograph.

Nobody move.

Vale!

Don't move.

Leave it.

I said, leave it.

Drop your weapon.

Drop your weapon.

Don't even think about it.

Stay down. Don't...

It's okay, Ellie.

You did what you had to do.

Okay?

It's okay.

Dispatch, this is Deloria.

Copy, go ahead.

I need back up and an

ambulance to the Landor house.

Roger.

Back up's on the way.

Hey, you okay?

Nope.

But I will be.

Thanks for trusting me.

I am sorry that I

didn't do it sooner.

Well, luckily the case is closed

and Glenn Boyd can

never get out of prison.

Thank you for coming, ladies.

Who should I make this out to?

Special Agent Lisa

Deloria, please.

Deloria, it's so

good to see you.

You too, Ellie.

What are you doing here?

Well, actually

I'm working on a case

and I could really

use your help.

Okay, lets find

somewhere to talk

after I work through this line.

Great.

Okay, you don't

want one of these.

No, I absolutely do.

I'm proud of you.

Well, look at that.